Top News Eads Lady Ea gles Are Headed to State for the First Time Since 2009 By Betsy Barnett March 15, 2013 KiowaCountyPress.com

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2 Peo ple & Places WEATHER WEATHER Up com ing Events Ki owa County Driver s Li cense Sched ule - MARCH - March 19th & 20th - APRIL - April 2nd & 3rd; April 23rd; and April 30th. The Classy Lassie Red Hat ter s group will meet on Sat ur day, March 23, at 10:00 a.m. for break fast at K&M Ranch House Res tau - rant. La dies are in vited for an hour of fun and vis it ing with a bit of ed u ca tion or cul ture tossed in. No dues, no ob li ga - tion, just a good time. LAMAR THEATRE 219 S. Main - Lamar $7.50 Adults - $5.00 Children & Seniors - $5.00 Thursdays Starts Friday, March 15 Nicholas Sparks SAFE HAVEN 6:45 p.m. Daily Held Over Stars: Melissa McCarthy, Jason Bateman 8:55 p.m. Daily R Press Kiowa County P.O. Box Maine Street, Eads, CO press@kiowacountypress.com Connie McPherson, Editor Chris Sorensen, Publisher Volunteer Contributors: Dawna Weirich, USDA/Ag News Melissa Peterson, Doris Lessenden, Curtis Schrimp, Sharon Scott, Marilyn White, Sue Fox, Rhonda Uhland, Honey Bell Dixon, Monica Uhland Slim Randles, KCSO All Rights Reserved. IDENTITY THIEF COMING SOON PG 13 Snitch Jack the Giant Slayer Oz the Great and Powerful Mar. 6 - Mar. 12 Date High Low Precip T Last year High/Low:...72/17 Mar Precip. ( 12/ 13): 0.27/0.21 Year to Date Precip As recorded in Eads by USDA. Friday Saturday Sunday (USPS ) Legal newspaper of Kiowa County Periodical Postage paid at Eads, Colorado Published Friday of each week. POSTMASTER: Send change of address to: P.O. Box 248, Eads, CO KCEDF An nual Meet - ing has been re sched uled from March 28 to Mon day, March 25. Busi ness, Cit i zen and Vol un teer of the Year will be awarded along with a din - ner and pro gram. Please join us! The Ki owa County Com mis sion ers will meet in regular session on Tuesday, March 26; Tues day, April 9 and Thurs day, April 25. Meet ings are held in the Com mis sioner s Of fice at 1305 Goff Street, Eads court house start ing at 9 a.m. On meet ing days the com mis - sion ers will be eat ing lunch An ni ver sa ries March 21 Mr. and Mrs. Da vid Walker, Mr. and Mrs. Mi chael Prudy, March 24 Mr. and Mrs. Rus sell Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Walt Immer. Weekend Forecast 78/38 Mostly sunny, W wind mph becoming N. Partly cloudy evening with N wind around 10 mph. 60/37 20 % 63/33 20% chance rain/snow, partly sunny, E NE wind around 10 mph. Mostly cloudy evening, SE wind mph. Mostly sunny with W wind 5-10 mph becoming S. Partly cloudy evening with S wind 5-10 mph becoming Light. Office Hours: 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., Mon. - Thurs. 9 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Friday Deadline: 4:00 p.m. Tues. NO EXCEPTIONS Rates: In Kiowa County $22; all other $ subscription (PDF Format) $18 world-wide Subscriptions are non-refundable. To ensure uninterrupted service, renew your subscription before the expiration date shown on your mailing label. KiowaCountyPress.com 2 KiowaCountyPress.com March 15, 2013 from 12 noon to 1 p.m. at K&M Ranch House Restaurant. Nyce Dunn of the Tone Zone has moved her full ser - vice sa lon to her house lo - cated at 710 Lu ther Street. Please call to make an ap - point ment Birth days March 18 Mikayla Schmidt, Garold Deines, Rodney Shiv ers, Amanda Berggren, Dane Gayne, Nate Weirich, Julianna Engelhardt, Brandi Riegeway, Anne Weisdorfer, Kinley Reedy. March 19 Rebekah Wedel, Rhonda Uhland, Ka ren Krueger, Aus tin Montalbo. March 20 Melanie Miller, Na than Dorow, Rev. Philip Hirsch, Keith Uhland, Jeffrey Dunlap, Allyrah Atkins. March 21 Olivia Reynolds, Lauren Weber, Barbara Wil son, Marvin Eikenberg, Hamilton, Chelsie Klukowski. Steer-Aid Clinic will be held June 1 and 2 at WW Feed & Sup ply in La Junta, Col o rado. The clinic is open to all 4-H and FFA youth, said Curt Rus sell of WW Feed & Sup ply. The fee is $40 per youth and the res er va tion dead line is May 18. For fur - ther de tails and a ten ta tive sched ule, call (719) Pastor s Pearls By Pas tor Rich ard Zabriskie Simpleton Are you a sim ple ton or a pru dent per son? A pru - dent per son fore sees dan ger and takes pre cau tions. The sim ple ton goes blindly on and suf fers the con se - quences. Prov erbs 27:12 NLT Coleman, Will Crow, Tabatha Fer ris. March 22 Sharon Wil - son, Jor dan Barnett, Da - Kota Gould, Ty ler Stave ly, Kailey Lane. March 23 Gayla But - ler, Cora Coffman, Kaye Split ter, Heath Bachman, Brinley Bachman, Diasy Hebberd, Jamie Mager, Bred Owens, Marty Barnett, Mat thew Weber, Brent Stoker, Kent Stoker, Rob Miller, Amanda Brown. March 24 Travis Barnes, Angie Woelk, Kimbir Jones, Karl K & M Ranch House Restaurant 505 E. 15th Street - Eads, CO (719) HOURS: Monday-Saturday - 6:30 a.m.-9:00 p.m. Sunday - 6:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Daily Lunch Specials - Monday-Friday For March - Friday Night Special Mushroom Baked Pork Chop Ashley or go to List ing in for ma tion must be sub mit ted by 4:00 p.m. each Tues day for pub li - ca tion in the next Fri day edi - tion. Avail able space may be lim ited. Call (719) for more in for ma - tion or to place your listing. Card of Thanks To Con nie for sup ply ing those with no time to fix some - thing to eat, lunches. To Do ris and Robin in go ing against New York be lieve that sweets are bad. To Lou ise in try ing to make brown look green (plant cut - tings/start ers and pots). So far so good. Jeanne Sorensen Card of Thanks The Eads High School Art De part ment would like to say thank you to the in di vid u als that pur chased auc tioned art pieces at the FFA La bor Auc - tion. The stu dents were very proud and ex cited to show and sell their pro jects. The funds raised go right back into the art pro gram. Thank you for your support! Sin cerely, The Eads HS Art De part ment and its Stu dents Card of Thanks We would like to ex press our heart felt thanks to the Sher iff s de part ment and all the firefighters who re sponded to our re cent fire. The re sponse was quick and they did an ex - cel lent job of keep ing the fire con tained and stayed through the night to keep an eye on it. God Bless all our first re - sponders. We would also like to thank Andy and Kathy McCracken for call ing in the fire. It was due to Kathy s diligent efforts 911 was called and the first re - spond ers knew where the fire was. Thank you! Kenny and Elaine Lindholm

3 Top News Eads Lady Ea gles Are Headed to State for the First Time Since 2009 By Betsy Barnett The Eads Lady Ea gles met a big chal lenge over the week end as they marched through their bracket in the Re gion 3 tour na ment at Massari Arena on the cam pus of CSU-P on Fri day and Sat - ur day qual i fy ing for the 1A Girls State Bas ket ball Tour na ment to be held March at the 1st Bank Cen ter in Broom - field, CO. The Eads Girls (17-5) are ranked #6 and will face off in the quarterfinals on Thurs - day at 5:30 against the third seated Caliche Buf - fa los (20-3). Kim #2 and Idalia #7 are on the Eads side of the bracket. Norwood is the top seed and has the best re cord of any team in the tournament. At the Re gion 3 Tour na - ment the Eads group plowed through the Dis - trict 6 con tend ers in dom - i nat ing fash ion with a win over Cotopaxi in the semi fi nals on Fri day night; and a vic tory over higher seeded Cen - ten nial on Sat ur day night. The big ger Ea gles dom - i nated Cotopaxi from the get-go as their in side-out - side game was fir ing on all cylinders behind the post play from the Twin Tow ers Marisa Dixon (6 0) and Tanaia Hansen (6 1); and the hot shoot ing from wing player Hailey Ray who hit a deuce and trey early in the game. By the end of one pe riod Eads was in dom i nant con trol, The Lady Ea gles con tin ued to take over the game into the sec ond with guard Brittanie Newman and Kailyn Lane con trol ling the ac tion along with con - tin ued strong play from Hansen and Dixon. By the in ter mis sion Eads was in con trol Al though the Ea gles used their bench lib er ally through - out the sec ond half they con tin ued to out score the frus trated Lady Pi rates. Ten of the twelve Lady Ea gles ended up in the book as they fin ished with a good solid per for mance; and, more im por tantly, fresh legs for their Sat ur - day af ter noon meet ing with Dis trict League champions and #3 seeded Centennial. Eads did n t know any - thing about Cen ten nial but soon saw that they were very lit tle and pretty quick and their whole MO was to press full court the en tire game. The pres - sure did n t bother the Eads start ers too much as they used their dom i - nat ing size to pound the ball in side against the much smaller Cen ten nial girls. Lane and Ray did a great job open ing up the in side by forc ing the de - fense out on them at the per im e ter by hit ting 13 points be tween them in the first half. Hansen con - trolled the in side while Dixon found her self in a lit tle bit of early foul trou - ble. By halftime Eads was in con trol They would ex tend that lead in the third pe riod as the Eads de fense nearly shut down the Cen ten nial shoot ers while the Lady Ea gles en joyed 17 points from Newman, Dorian Ray, Lane, Hansen, and fresh man post Brook lyn Lenox. It was all but over af ter three as Eads used their bench through out the fourth. A slight flurry of steals and layups by Cen ten nial at the very end of the game got them closer than the score really indicates. In the Cotopaxi game it was all The Tow ers in the scor ing de part ment as Dixon led the way with 23 points fol lowed by Hansen with 16 more. How ever, the Cen ten nial game brought out the best in the Eads guards as Lane led the way with 14 points. Hansen and Dixon would tack on 13 and 9 more apiece. Soph o - more power for ward Eboni Nash was a nice sur prise for Eads dom i - nat ing down low and hit - ting for four buckets. Good luck to the Eads Lady Ea gles as they head to the front-range to rep - re sent Ea gle Na tion at the 1A State Bas ket ball Tour na ment. It has been since 2009 that Eads has had the op por tu nity to play for the cov eted gold ball. Back row: Dorian Ray, Tori Uhland. Eb ony Nash, Brooke Lenox, Marisa Dixon. Kailyn Ray, Tanaia Hanson, Hailey Ray, Shyanne Sewell, Chelsea Crosby. Front Row: Brittanie Newman, Sa vanna Gyurman, Dena Hallman, Abby McDowell, Mi cah Crawford, Man ager. (Honey Belle Dixon Photo) March 15, 2013 KiowaCountyPress.com 3

4 Agriculture & Outdoor Life USDA Up date By Eads USDA Ser vice Cen ter Sur plus Copier The FSA Of fice has a sur - plus copier that IS NOT in working condition. It s esti - mated it would take ap prox - i mately a min i mum of $ to get the copier op er a tional again. The FSA and NRCS Of fices share a copier at this point, and with bud get cuts copier re - pairs aren t funded. The copier is avail able to view at the FSA Of fice. NAP Deadline Fri day, March 15th is the dead line to pur chase a 2013 NAP (Non In sur able Crop As sis tance Pro gram) pol icy through FSA spring planted non-in sur able crops, such as feed crops and com mon mil let. If pro - duc ers have land that is phys i cally lo cated in an ad - join ing county but for FSA pur poses are ad min is trated through Ki owa County, the NAP fee is $ per pro ducer, per crop, per ad - ministrative county. The Of fice re ceived the following verification on sub se quent crop plant ing this week. If a pro ducer is Press Kiowa County plant ing a non-in sur able crop such as sor ghum for - age or com mon mil let for ei - ther grain or for age fol low - ing failed 2013 wheat, those acres WILL NOT BE in sur able through a NAP pol icy with FSA. The acres will be con sid ered a ghost crop for FSA pur poses. This 4 KiowaCountyPress.com March 15, 2013 is due to Ki owa County not be ing an ap proved dou ble crop ping county. There are just a few coun ties in Col o - rado that are ap proved for double-cropping and the prac tice is doc u mented mostly with ir ri gated land. Pro gram Lock Out Be gin ning March 11th through Mon day, April 8th there are cer tain FSA ap pli - ca tion pro grams that will not be avail able to the FSA em ploy ees. This is due to the MIDAS (Mod ern ize and In no vate the De liv ery of Ag - ricultural Systems) Release. MIDAS will be the up dated operating system for FSA programs. Employees will be at tend ing MIDAS train - ing in April. We ask for your pa tience dur ing this tran si - tion. Kiowa County USDA Contact Info Telephone FSA (Ext 2), NRCS (Ext 3). in di vid ual s firstname.lastname@ co.usda.gov (Ex am ple Ag Day 2013 Trib ute to Farm ers and Ranch ers By Trudy Kareus CO FSA State Di rec tor March 19 is the 40th an - ni ver sary of Na tional Ag Day. It s not a day that seems to get a lot of at ten - tion. Which is kind of sur - pris ing since so much of what makes this coun try great can be traced back to our ag ri cul tural roots, and be cause Amer i can ag ri cul ture plays such a critical economic and food se cu rity role in our state, our coun try and around the world. Not to men tion that we all must have food to live. As the old say ing goes, if you HOW TO SUBSCRIBE In Kiowa County 1 year = $22.00 Out of Kiowa County 1 year = $ Sub 1 year = $18.00 (719) press@kiowacountypress.com Mail checks to Kiowa County Press PO Box 248 Eads, CO Subscriptions are CASH-IN-ADVANCE basis No Credit Cards CHECK YOUR ADDRESS LABEL FOR YOUR EXPIRATION DATE! This will be your only notice as to when your newspaper needs to be renewed. ate today, thank a farmer. The world is chang ing rap idly and the chal - lenges fac ing our na tion s farm ers and ranch ers are daunt ing. It is es ti mated that we will have to in - crease food pro duc tion by 70 per cent by 2050 to feed a global pop u la tion of 9.3 bil lion. What s more, ag ri - cul ture will play a role in meet ing the grow ing de - mand for en ergy, which is ex pected to in crease by more than 40% by These are chal leng ing times for farm ers and ranch ers as they face the un cer tainty of cli mate change and the con - straints of diminishing wa ter re sources. But they con tinue to rise to the chal lenge ev ery sin gle day in or der to bring us the most abun dant, af - ford able and safest food supply in the world. These days, most of us living in Colorado s cities and towns don t spend much time think ing about who grows our food or where it co mes from. The closest interaction most of us have with a farmer or rancher is when we visit our lo cal farm ers mar ket or we stop by a U-pick or chard or pump kin patch. There are apoc ry phal sto ries of kids who think that spa ghetti grows in sticks from the Don t Forget Kiowa County Public Library BOOK SALE! March a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mon. thru Fri. Closed during noon hour. name.name@co.usda.gov, nadene.gaynor, charla.fer - ris, dawna.weirich, hallie.barlow, marvin.wat - son, mar lin.miller, brett.jones). Ki owa County Farm Loan Contact Info Telephone (ext2) Natalie Bond; Natalie.bond@co.usda.gov; Mary Rhoades, mary.rhoades@co.usda.gov ground or that choc o late milk co mes from brown cows. I choose to think that these sto ries are just ur ban myths but I also think that many of us have n t made that im por - tant con nec tion that nearly ev ery thing we eat de pends on hav ing ad e - quate soil, wa ter, and sun - shine. And the nur tur ing skills of a farmer or rancher who un der stands how to coax a seed to life - whether it s a field a wheat or a flock of lambs - while pre serv ing and en - hanc ing the resources that sustain that life. So, take some time to think about those fam i lies in your communities who are work ing from dusk to dawn to make sure we can count on a healthy, abun dant, safe and af - ford able food sup ply. To those tens of thou sands of farm ers and ranch ers in Col o rado who are help ing the ag ri cul ture sec tor lead the way to re cov ery from our last re ces sion. To those fam ily farm ers across the na tion who, in the ver nac u lar of my 92 year old dad, gets er done ev ery sin gle day. Hat s off to our farm ers and ranch ers on Na tional Ag Day! We d like to give you the day off. But you ve got a world to feed.

5 About Town By Do ris Lessenden and Me lissa Pe ter son A care less word may kin - dle strife, A cruel word may wreck a life; A timely word may lessen stress, A lov ing word may heal and bless. Anon. Congratulations to the fol - low ing stu dents who won awards in the Dis trict VFW (Vet er ans of For eign Wars) poster con tests. Vet eran Areta Blooding Laird gave these writ ten re sults to me. In Sec ond-grade Cash Mor - gan won 1st and Ty Mi chael placed 2nd. In Fourth Grade JaNae Voss s poster won 1st place and will be sent to Den ver to be judged in the State Com pe ti tion and Colby Stoker won 2nd Place. Mor gan John son had the top poster in the Fifth grade competition. Sopho - more Melanie Mar tin par tic - i pated in the Voice of De - moc racy Speech con test. We ap pre ci ate Areta s vol - un teer work that ben e fits many stu dents to earn pos - si ble prizes and schol ar - ships. Peo ple at the Prai rie Pines As sisted Liv ing cen ter are so glad that Do ris Cope land, who was a for mer res i dent, has cho sen to come back to live at the Pines. Do ris says that this is a pleas ant place to live. She is a lovely lady who enjoys interactions with oth ers. Our most sin cere sym pa - thy goes out to Lill Penn of Eads and her daugh ters, San dra Jones and Debra Immer of Eads and their fam i lies as well as her other two daughters following the death of her daugh ter, Donna, of La Junta. Nicole Smith an Eads graduate went to Colorado State University-Pueblo last fall but de cided to come back to Eads and con tinue her stud ies at Lamar Com - mu nity Col lege in Nurs ing stud ies where she says she Com mu nity Life loves it. We are glad to have Nicole back in Eads be cause she works as a C.N.A. at Weisbrod Nurs ing Home when she can at tend ballgames when she is not babysitting. Nicole made an amaz ing amount of NOISE cheer ing with the cheer - lead ers at the Dis trict Bas - ket ball play-offs in Lamar. By her side was one of her cheer lead ing team mates, Shealynn McCracken. These girls were ded i cated Eads Cheer lead ers for sev - eral years and now both are stu dents at LCC. We ap pre - ci ate ded i cated Ea gle Fans. Marlynn Eickenberg of Haswell had a great time when she was in vited to go on a Ca rib bean Cruise with her friend and for mer schoolmate, Sarah Ferris. One of Sa rah s sis ters who had planned to go on the fam ily cruise was n t able to go, so Marlynn felt blessed to be in vited. She told us that it was a blast, the meals were just ter rific and so was the en ter tain ment and all the beauty of the is - lands. They did n t get to see one is land be cause the ocean was too tur bu lent. Marlynn is a C.N.A. and as - sis tant to Yonda Leon ard in the Activity Department. She is a real bless ing to the res i dents and oth ers who visit at the nurs ing home. Marlynn said that Sa rah s son, Brandon and wife; Tabitha Fer ris of Eads also en joyed the cruise with fam ily mem bers. As we watched or lis tened to the Lady Ea gles bas ket - ball game at Re gional Tour - na ment at the Col o rado State University-Pueblo Massri Gym, last Fri day, we were pleased that the girls scored so highly that all the team mates had much more play ing time in the 65 to 34 game with the Cotapaxi team. The Lady Ea gles were victorious on Saturday when they played Cen ten - nial from the San Luis Val - ley. Next they travel to the Colorado State Tournament at Broom field where they have a chance to play three days. Thanks to the KVAY and KLMR ra dio sta tions out of Lamar who car ried all the ballgames both days be - cause many lo cal busi - nesses paid spon sor ships. As the weath er man pre - dicted Sat ur day, we had some snow and a lot of blow ing wind and dust. Thus the Eads and Kit Car - son girls had to stay over in Pueblo for their safety. Jan Rich ards was in Pueblo Thurs day for a med i - cal ap point ment and to get sup plies for the KCDEF An - nual Din ner Meet ing on Mon day, March 25th. How - ever best of all, she was able to see her new grand - son, born to Shawn and Jamie (Lane) Kraft. His par - ents are stu dents at CSU-Pueblo. The Eads Ea gle Base ball team has been prac tic ing each eve ning. They ex pect stu dents to come from Kit Car son and Plainview Schools to join the team. The first games will be March 21 and 22 dur ing Spring Break. Let us thank the Eads Consumer Supply Company board mem bers. They are Mike Weirich, Barry Koch, Chad Rouse, Randy Car ney, and Jeff Salis bury. Mike and Barry were lean ing over a pick-up wait ing for a man to come who was 45 min utes late for their com mit tee meet ing. When I asked them when the An nual meet ing would be, they re - plied prob a bly in April af ter the Au dit of the com pany is com pleted. We surely do appreciate both shops, the me chan i cal and farm sup - ply store and the C-Store, on High way 96 and 287 who serve hun dreds of cus - tom ers each day. The joy ful mu sic that em - a nated from the Prai rie Pines Sunday af ter noon was from many peo ple who came from Wild Horse, Kit Car son, and Eads to sing-a-long as Jimmy Brown played the pi ano. He was ac com pa nied by Cory Crow on elec tric gui tar and Phil Pollreis on acous tic gui - tar with Syl via Weeks and Penny McPherson lead ing the songs. This was fol - lowed by a pot luck sup per. Teresa Witte also added some tasty cas se roles and bis cuits. Linda Watts, Ad - min is tra tor was glad to have her par ents, Ron and Joyce Howard of Arap aho, came for the afternoon festivities. The award win ning film Argo was shown at the Plains Thea tre last week - end. This was in deed a fine movie based on the true hap pen ings of six Amer i can cit i zens and how they were hid den in the Ca na dian Em - bassy for a long, long time and how just a few Amer i - can men were able to plan their es cape back to Amer - ica af ter an Mus lim up ris ing against the United States. Next week peo ple can see Skyfall, the ex cit ing new James Bond movie. How - ever, the best photo I saw on the Plains Thea tre screen Sunday night was the pic ture of our Eads Lady Ea gles Team af ter re ceiv ing one of their Bas ket ball Champion trophies. I have even more re spect for our Sher iff s De part ment af ter try ing to lift some of the heavy equip ment they Eads C-Store wear or carry. Three of the of fi cers, Jake Six and Jeff Myers and Casey Sheridan, along with Casey s son, Damian, were man ning the con ces sion stand and tick - ets. Un der sher iff Sheridan had a dis play of three heavy black guns, a hel met, gog - gles and two vests. The of fi - cers wear a black vest un der their shirts, but they also have a re ally bulky vest for cri sis times. I was as - tounded by the cost of the vest, but he said that a grant had paid for them. It is good to know that our men can be pro tected. I hope they never have to use them but in this day and age we need to be even more pre pared and ready for the fu ture hap pen ings. Spring Break is March 18 to 23, so be pre pared to see more youth out and about Con tin ued on page 6 Plains Theater Sat. & Sun. - 7:00 pm March 16 & 17 SKYFALL Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Naomie Harris Bond s loyalty to M is tested asher past comes back to haunt her, bringing M16 under attack. PG-13 Eads Consumers Supply We have: Propane - Batteries (Marine/Car) - Tires & Tubes - Oil - Feed - Bulk Fuel We can: Fix truck tires Service jobs - Brakes - On-the-road tire repair Country C-Store Hot Dogs - Sandwiches - Pizza Oven - Ice Cream - Chips & Snacks - Candy - Dining Area Pop 6-12 oz. cans - $ oz. bottles - $3.49 March 15, 2013 KiowaCountyPress.com 5

6 Home Coun try I be lieve I ll write some Celtic mu sic, said Dud one morn ing at the world di lemma think tank down at the cof fee shop. I ve been study ing it. I did n t know you were Celtic, Steve said. I m not, but I do get oc - ca sional bouts of de pres - sion and that qual i fies me. I ve thought about it a lot. Maybe they sing that way be cause they don t have sun sets like we do, or be - cause the horses run around the race track the wrong di rec tion. All I know is, af ter two hours of Celtic mu sic, cir cus clowns would look at each other and say Why bother? But writ ing Celtic mu - By Slim Randles sic should be fairly easy. To start with, just find a girl who has a voice like a mouse caught in an echo cham ber or empty sep tic tank, then you add in some stringed in stru - ments and a flute played by some one whose dog just died. You start out by hav ing the singer say how much she loves the guy de spite her con di tion, and we know what con di tion that is, right? Those Celts are try ing to out num ber the sheep again. Then she wails that her fa ther was de pressed one day and ran the young man off. He was told not to re turn un til he ei ther had more sheep than the old man or had done NEAL MANN Cell: (785) FARM & RANCH REALTY, INC. Colby, Kansas TOLL FREE: KiowaCountyPress.com March 15, 2013 some thing worth while, like whit tling down the House of Lords or start - ing a dis till ery. Is n t that kinda de - press ing, Dud? Doc asked. It s Saturday afternoon Of course. That s the and we have some wind whole point. Then she and it s try ing to snow. wails that Mr. Won der ful The way the weather be came an out law and looks, I m glad they put a wan dered freely, think ing new stove in our church. only of her un til he was ei - Maybe we can stay warm. ther shot by some Eng lish We are sup posed to have guy or in flicted on Aus tra - church to mor row, but the lia. And that s why, as way they said it was around soon as she fin ishes this Limon, our pas tor might not lit tle ditty, she s off to come. It s nice to think of drown her self in a loch. the peo ple who do nated The gang shook their money to our church in heads. Marty s name so we had There is some va ri ety, enough to pay for a new though, Dud said. stove. Some times she s ex pect - We did n t have church to - ing twins. Some times her day as I think the weath er - beau is at tacked by sheep. man told our pas tor she had Some times he sails away better stay home in Limon to dark est Cleve land to off of the high way. I did n t es cape her singing. see any traf fic and later I But in this de pres sion seen a snow plow work ing. there is at least a key to We did n t get to try out our the en tire cul ture. new stove. How do you have that Allen Naugle called me fig ured? said Steve. this morn ing and said he It s ob vi ous, Dud said, was go ing to feed and I did - grin ning. The ap pli ca - n t need to get out in this tion of sin gle-malt whisky kind of weather. They don t come any better. is to kill the pain, and they raise sheep so they can stick wool in their ears. Brought to you by Home About Town - Coun try (the book). See it at Con tin ued from page 5 ome/home.html Wild Horse Roundup town. Sat ur day the 23rd is the big Track Meet at Lamar. We are sad dened by the clo sure of Thurs days on Maine. What a great shop it was to poke around in! We want to thank Mel Haskell for the years she owned the shop and all the great finds we dis cov ered. But we know how quickly grand - chil dren grow up, so we hope Mel en joys this time with them! March Mad ness has come to Eads! Stop by The Tone Zone and More on Maine By Curtis Schrimp LeeAnn called to day for a lit tle visit. She said they had a lit tle snow, but the weather is n t too bad, but it is n t John s fish ing weather. Jessi was home help ing her mom clean and paint the house they rent out. It was John s folks house. They had it rented out to some folks who about ru ined it. They put them out and they got it rented out to a lady and her thir teen year old son. She works in a nurs ing home and sounds nice. LeeAnn sounds anx ious as for the last of April when she co mes home. Oh happy day! There was a card party to - night with four ta bles of four. Re sults for the women were: Hi - Susie Paintin; 2nd Luanna Naugle; Low Em ily Nolan; re sults for the men were: Hi Darrel Schallenberger; 2nd Dal - las Loutzenhiser; Low James Bledsoe. Next time folks! Street for lots of great deals on Scentsy, hand bags, jew - elry and more. Deb Kliesen has a great as sort ment of items to choose from. The sale be gins Mon day, March 18th. Stop by and check it out. Each time I go into Crow s Stop and Shop I find some - thing new! Keith and Jennifer have an ex cel lent se lec tion and they are will - ing to try new items; just ask them about pos si bly or - der ing some of your faves! 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7 East End Events How about that bliz zard on Sat ur day? I was in Sheridan Lake help ing with the bowl ing tour na ment and we did n t get to leave the bowl ing al ley un til around 11:30 that eve ning. Even then, the high way was packed with snow and ice and there were places where I could hardly see the road for the blow ing snow. By Sharon Scott Thirty min utes later, I was re ally glad to see the lights of Towner. It was nice and wet, but not much stayed on the wheat fields. Larry and Judy Tuttle went to Col o rado Springs over the week end to watch their granddaughter Emily com pete in the Zone 8 fi - nals for I.E.A. She placed 1st in over fences for her team; 6th in in di vid ual over fences and 5th in in di vid ual flat. Her mid dle school team, the North Woods Farms were the Zone 8 Champions. Emily will be com pet ing in over fences at the Na tional Fi nals in Syr a - cuse, NY in April. Con grat u - la tions Em ily on your ac - com plish ments and to your team also. Leo and Kathy Specht and Becca Specht and her fiancée Russ, went to Ne - braska this past week end to at tend the wed ding of Kathy s niece. Ki owa County Fair Board Up date By Brenda Fickenscher Secretary For the year of 2013, the Ki owa County Fair Board has the following policies and ac tions taken: the Pa - vil ion and Out door Ro deo Arena us age is free (do - na tions wel come) to non-profit or ga ni za tions. Sign up for us age is one week in ad vance at the Ex ten sion Of fice in the Court house (Eads), if lights are used: the charge will be $75 for the first two hours of use then $50 for each ad di tional hour. At sign up you need to spec ify any prep work that needs to be done and which bath rooms will be made avail able. The Term of Use Con tract out - lines this and more in for - ma tion. For Profit (Com - mercial) Companies or Groups, the fee is $150 in advance. The Ki owa County Com - mu nity Build ing is $150 for rental. There is no charge to use the chairs and ta bles but they can - not be taken from the building. The kitchen-only us age is $75 per event. No out side or out side us age al lowed. The RV area (south west cor ner of grounds) charge is $30 per day per plug-in used. Again, all con tracts and fee pay - ment avail able at the Ex - ten sion Of fice. No stalls are rented out ex cept at fair ground events (with fair board ap proval) with a charge of $20 per event per stall (one horse/stall). Over - night trav el ers can off-load their an i mals if they are tied-up, cor ralled or closely su per vised. A donation is welcome. For ac cess to wa ter and bath - rooms call (719) or (719) *. The race track can be used for ex er cise if the fair board is con tacted in advance (use above number *). As a fair board, we feel these are rea son able rates and trust that no one will abuse the pol i - cies. Some other coun ties have gone to a dam age de posit pol icy in ad di tion to a us age fee but we have not gone to that, yet. The up keep, re place ment and re pair of the build - ings, in fra struc ture, fenc - ing and grounds ran over $22,330 in Util i ties added on to that amounted to an other $10,659 plus other line item costs. The County Gen eral Fund bud gets the fair board $40,000 and our to tal bud get was $90,890. We went over bud get by $9,276 for The 2013 bud get is set at $83,370. The fair it self in 2012 cost $48,077 to pro duce. At this time, we do not fore see any ma jor pur chases but will still need to raise be - tween $2,200 - $5,400 to sat isfy our bud get (de - pend ing on more cost sav - ing cuts to the fair). The following people have stepped up to vol un teer with many hours, mon e - tary ex pense and sweat-eq uity to this board: Shane Lessenden (Haswell), Terrie Leon Maine Street, Eads Computer Sales & Service Computer Repair Personal Shopping Services Office Supply Retailer Stop in and See what we can do for you! Jeanne Sorensen J.D. and Barb Wil son went to Den ver on Mon day on busi ness. Cora Coffman went to Trin i dad over the week end to visit Cecil, Lana and Jor - dan Coffman. Michelle, Ryley and Breeanna Scott spent the week end in Hugoton, KS with Mark Scott. Wilma Eitel was re ally ap - pre cia tive of her birth day gift from her two great grand sons, Ty ler and Trey. They came and painted her din ing room for her. Happy Be lated Birth day Wilma!! ard (Arlington), Areta Laird (Eads), Tearle Lessenden (Eads), Kevin Davis (Chivington), Bobby Sinka (Brandon), Dale But ler (re tired 2012-Towner) and Brenda Fickenscher (Chivington). Any one wish ing to con struc tively com ment, ap ply to the fair board or look at our records are free to do so. My grand daugh ter Lexi and I went to Gar den City on Fri day to help at the Dog Show. Sev enty-four bowl ers en - joyed them selves on Sat ur - day and Sunday at the An - nual Bowl ing Tour na ment at the KA Hall in Sheridan Lake. Ev ery one got home safely Sat ur day night and the roads were n t too bad for those that came Sunday af ter noon to bowl. Garold and Zelpha would like to thank ev ery one who helped in any way; es pe cially the bowl ers and the Cal cutta Fri day night bid ders. We had a fun time! There will be a Girl s Baby Shower for Lisa (Woelk) Compton on Sat ur day, April 6th at 2 p.m. at the Weskan, KS Fire House. Ev - ery one is in vited. The nurs - ery is done in frogs, and any color will fit in. Not much news this week. Lots of colds and sick ness go ing around. Have a good week! Kiowa County Hospital District Dr. Sean Oquist Oquist Family Chiropractic at hospital every Wednesday Dr. Dormish Podiatrist Here every other month beginning in February 2012 Dr. Barry Smith Cardiologist Second Tuesday of each month Ultrasound Services Second Thursday of each month For above services appointments Call (719) Dexa Scan (Bone density test) One day per month For appointments Call (719) March 15, 2013 KiowaCountyPress.com 7

8 South east Health Group s Sum mer Jam Pro gram receives National Impact Award By Jeannie Larsen The Youth & Fam ily Ser - vices Team of South east Health Group in La Junta, CO, un der the lead - er ship of Youth and Fam - ily Services Director, Laura DiPrince, has been rec og nized by the Na - tional Coun cil for Com - mu nity Be hav ioral Healthcare s Awards of Ex cel lence. Cho sen from a field of nearly 1,000 ap - pli cants, the Sum mer Jam pro gram was named Program of Signifi - cance un der the Im pact Awards: Ex cel lence in Service Innovation. Sum mer Jam is a re - spite care and be hav ioral skills train ing pro gram for school-age youth with se vere emo tional and be - hav ioral prob lems. It pro - vides 12 weeks of ther apy and skill-build ing groups fo cused on age and abil ity. Youth at tend the pro gram one day a week with their same-age peers to learn about and prac tice men - tal wellness us ing pos i - tive so cial skills, in creas - ing self-es teem, cop ing with de pres sion, man ag - ing anx i ety, deal ing with stress and in creas ing re - siliency. During Christmas and Spring Break, youth at tend daily for a few hours in stead of a full day. The pro gram has VALLEY MEMORIAL FUNERAL CHAPEL COMPASSION & DIGNITY DEREK & ANGELA RINER 206 S. 5th - Lamar, CO S Main St. - Holly, CO Toll Free valleymemorial@valleymemorialfc.com valleymemorialfc.com Pages from the Past Fifteen Years Ago March 9, 1973 March 6, 1998 Permanent easement Senator Ben for hunting at Nee Noshe Nighthorse Campbell Reservoir was discussed introduced a bill for NPS to by LAVCOG at their purchase the Sand Creek meeting held recently in Las Frank Alexander, historical site. Animas. minister of the Assembly of Everything went wrong God Church was appointed Twenty-Five Years Ago in a big was as Eads Eagles county judge by the March 4, 1988 were knocked out of a state commissioners. Elden Reinert was berth due to a loss to Arriba The dry conditions honored by Farm Bureau were relieved here when Insurance by being named Ranch owners of snow covered the area. The to 4 of the company s several counties joined storm moved through production clubs. together to offer a reward dumping 6-8 inches of for the conviction of anyone snow. Forty Years Ago found vandalizing or Eads CO-OP C-Store (719) Eads, Colorado (719) KiowaCountyPress.com March 15, 2013 Member FDIC been op er at ing in southeastern Colorado since Otteman and DiPrince will be pre sented with the award April 9, 2013 at the Na tional Coun cil Con fer - ence in Las Ve gas, NV. This con fer ence marks the 50th an ni ver sary of the pas sage of the 1963 Community Mental Health Act. The commitment and ex cel lence that the Youth and Fam ily Ser vices team Youth & Fam ily Ser vices Team Mem bers. (SEMHS dem on strated is fan tas - Photo) tic, but I think that for this or ga ni za tion, that is the form South east Health em ployed a car ing and stan dard and not the ex - Group. As the only com - com pe tent staff of 75 dur - cep tion, said CFO Barry pre hen sive out pa tient ing the fis cal year. Shioshita. Shioshita was pro vider of sub stance use For more information, re fer ring to sev eral other dis or der, men tal health call (719) or go to South east Health Group and pri mary care ser - achieve ments that have vices, South east Health been rec og nized Group served over 3,500 com; or nationally since unique in di vid u als and South east Health Group is a 501c3 non profit healthcare pro vider serv - ing the cit i zens of south - Chey enne Manor Makes Best east ern Col o rado since Nurs ing Home Rat ings South east Men tal Health Ser vices, Part ner - By Mary Snyder ship for Prog ress and The U.S. News and Wellness Works are the World Re ports re leased three com pa nies that its Best Nurs ing Home Rat ings, on Feb ru ary 26, 2013, high light ing the top stealing farm machinery. nurs ing homes in each Fifty Years Ago state and nearly 100 ma - March 8, 1963 jor met ro pol i tan area. Eugene C. Kelley was The rat ings cover more appointed by the than 15,000 nurs ing commissioners to fill the homes na tion wide and vacancy left by Sheriff Roy are freely avail able at Weibers when he resigned. To cre ate Best Nurs ing Homes, U.S. News drew on data from Nurs ing Home Com pare, run by the Cen ters for Medicare and Medicaid Ser vices, the fed eral agency that sets and en forces stan - dards for nurs ing homes. Press Kiowa County (719) press@kiowacountypress.com Subscription Delivery at the Convert your existing print subscription, or start a new subscription online now! Only $18.00 per year! U.S. News awarded the Best Nurs ing Home des ig na tion to homes that re cently earned an over - all rat ing of five stars, the agency s high est. Each home is also rated sep a - rately on qual ity of care, health-in spec tions re - cord, and level of nurse staffing. Once again, Chey enne Manor of Chey enne Wells, CO re ceived the honor of a 5 STAR RATING. We are ex tremely proud of our staff and the high stan - dards that our staff places on the care of our res i - dents! With out their car - ing and thought ful ded i - ca tion and ex per tise, we could not con tinue to pro - vide the qual ity ser vices that we do. Ev ery sin gle staff mem ber is vi tally im - por tant to what we do. This sur vey shows how much heart and soul our staff pours into the care that they pro vide for each and every resident here.

9 School & Youth 7 th Grade Knowl edge Bowl Team Win at Lamar By Sue Fox The Eads Mid dle School sev enth grade knowl edge bowl team mem bers con - tin ued their win ning ways when they took top hon - ors at the Lamar meet. Zach Haase, Trey McDowell, Mad i son Kelley and Cameryn Mar - tin had the best writ ten score in the sev enth grade di vi sion and com - peted well in the three oral rounds. Their to tal score was ten points higher than that of the sec ond place team. The eighth grade team of Cameron Crow, Trent Rittgers, and Fred Turner also had a good writ ten score, but faced the un en - vi able task of go ing head-to-head with a strong Swink team in the first oral round. They dropped into the sec ond room for the sec ond oral round and scored well. How ever, their suc cess in that round bumped them back into the top room where they had to com - pete against Swink and a good team from Lamar. The Eads eighth grad ers held their own and had a de cent score, but were edged out of third place The 7th grade team of Cameryn Mar tin, Trey McDowell, Zach Haase, and Mad i son Kelley earned first place at the Lamar Mid dle School Knowl edge Bowl. (Sue Fox Photo) by the Plainview eighth grade team. Ryan Koeller and Benji Da vis made up the third LCC Hosts Rop ing Clinic with Cole Dorenkamp By Jenna Randle On March 23rd and 24th Lamar Community College Ro deo Team will host a Calf Rop ing/break away and Team Rop ing Clinic from 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. at the LCC out door ro deo arena. LCC As sis tant Ro - deo Coach and PRCA Cow boy, Cole Dorenkamp will be the fea tured clinician. Par tic i pants of all ages and abil i ties are en cour - aged to at tend; in struc - tion will be tai lored to par - ticipants individual levels. This clinic will in clude ground work and arena time on both days. Make sure to re serve your spot early; en tries are lim ited to en sure a qual ity ex pe ri - ence for all par tic i pants. The cost for one event is Parenting Class Se ries for Di vorced or Divorcing Parents By Lois Illick Chil dren in the Mid - dle is the ti tle of the parenting train ing of fered by CSU Ex ten sion. Par - ents will learn to re duce chil dren s ex po sure to pa - ren tal con flict, de crease the stress chil dren ex pe - ri ence, in crease clear and sup port ive com mu ni ca - tion skills be tween par - ents, re duce the im pact your be hav ior has on your children and more. This 3-ses sion se ries for di vorced or di vorc ing par - ents will be held from 6:00-8:00 p.m. on Mon - days, April 1, 8, and 15 at the CSU Ex ten sion of fice. The cost is $25.00 per per - son. Pre-pay ment is re - quired. To reg is ter, make check pay able to: Ex ten - sion Pro gram Fund and bring or send to CSU Ex - ten sion, 701 Court Street, Suite C, Pueblo, CO Reg is tra tion dead line is March 25th. For more in - formation, call (719) If you have a dis abil ity for which you seek an ac - commodation, please no - tify us (who, spe cif i cally, with con tact in for ma tion, and so many days prior to the event. place Plainview team. They strug gled in the writ ten round, but had solid scores in all three $150.00, the cost for both events is $225.00, and a $ deposit is due by March 15. Cole Dorenkamp be gan his ro deo ca reer at a young age in Lit tle Britches, con tin u ing on to Colorado Jr. Rodeo Assn and High School Ro deos. He then com peted for Lamar Community College where he was a Cen - tral Rocky Moun tain Re - gion All-Around Cham - pion and a Team Rop ing Cham pion. Cole con tin - ued at Gillette Col lege and Oklahoma Pan han dle State Uni ver sity af ter at - tend ing LCC. Dorenkamp is a 4-time Col lege Na - tional Fi nals Ro deo qual i - fier. To day, Cole is the as - Food Safety Train ing and Cer tif i ca tion Course Of fered By Lois Illick ServSafe, the Na tional Serv ing Safe Food Cer tif i - ca tion Course will be con - ducted Wednes day, April 10th from 7:45 a.m.-5:00 p.m. in Pueblo, at CSU Ex ten sion, 701 Court Street, Suite C. Suc cess - ful com ple tion of this course also sat is fies the safe food han dling cer tif i - ca tion re quire ments of the new Col o rado Cottage Food Act. Lim ited space is avail - able for at ten dees. The course, taught by a cer ti fied Col o rado State Uni ver sity Ex ten sion Agent, is de vel oped and reg u larly up-dated by the Na tional Res tau rant As - so ci a tion Ed u ca tional Foun da tion. The course reg is tra tion of $120 in - cludes train ing, train ing oral rounds and came from be hind to fin ish third. sis tant ro deo coach for LCC and com petes pro - fessionally in team ropings and PRCA rodeos. For more information or to reg is ter please con tact Danielle Wol lert at (719) or ag@lamarcc.edu. ma te ri als, a light lunch, and the cer tif i ca tion ex - am i na tion. Dead line for registration is noon on Wednes day, March 27. To reg is ter or for more in - formation, call CSU Extension at (719) HEALTH CARE WITH A PERSONAL TOUCH We Provide: Home Makers - Home Health Aides Skilled Nursing Service Physical Therapy We can help you obtain Medical Equipment! (719) (719) A Division of Weisbrod Memorial County Hospital March 15, 2013 KiowaCountyPress.com 9

10 LCC Rec og nizes Fac ulty and Staff of the Year By Jenna Randle Ev ery year Lamar Com - mu nity Col lege staff and fac ulty vote for Fac ulty, Administrator, Classified, and Ad junct Fac ulty of the year. This year we are proud to an nounce the win ners of the pres ti gious awards. Please help us in congratulating: Fac ulty of the Year: Nancy Winsor - Nancy Winsor be gan her ca reer as a Nurs ing fac ulty mem ber at Lamar Com - mu nity Col lege in Her ed u ca tional phi los o - phy is to build a cul ture of learn ing. She spends many hours in and out of the class room de vel op ing each stu dent based on their strengths and weak - nesses. Winsor earned a BHS in Re spi ra tory Ther - apy and a MSN with a Post Mas ter s Cer tif i cate in Nurs ing Ed u ca tion. Winsor s nurs ing back - ground is in crit i cal care med i cine. She is ex - tremely proud of her chil - dren, Clairissa and Mark, and has been mar ried to her hus band, Kett Winsor, for twenty years. Winsor lives by a quote from Mother Teresa, Be faith - ful in small things be - cause it is in them that your strength lies. Ad min is tra tor/pro fes - sional-tech ni cal Em - ployee of the Year: Anne-Ma rie Crampton - Anne-Ma rie Crampton originally joined Lamar Community College in 1998 as Lamar/Prowers School-to-Ca reer co or di - na tor. In 2000, she be - came the col lege s di rec - tor of Communication & Kiowa County Hospital District Weisbrod Memorial Hospital P.O. Box Eads, CO Mon.-Fri. 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. & 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Our Medical Staff: Eads Medical Clinic Dr. Jeffrey Waggoner - Mon, Wed, Thurs & Fri Erin Hieb-Morgan, FNPC Mike Manley, PA-C - Wednesdays Wiley Medical Clinic Mike Manley, PA-C Dr. Jeffrey Waggoner - Tuesdays Closed Wednesdays For appointments call Eads Wiley KiowaCountyPress.com March 15, 2013 De vel op ment. Since then Crampton has fo cused primarily on leading the col lege s mar ket ing ef - forts with vary ing lev els of responsibility within the LCC Foun da tion and grants ad min is tra tion. She has now as sumed the role of full-time foun da - tion di rec tor and is the director of Institutional Advancement. Crampton grad u ated from the Uni ver sity of Ar - i zona with a BS in Busi - ness Administra - tion-mar ket ing and com pleted her MA in Ed - u ca tion Ad min is tra tion from Adams State. Crampton is ac tive in her com mu nity as a Eads School Cal en dar and Lunch Menu March 18 thru March 21 Spring Break! Superior Quality Digital Printing and Copy Services Color & Black & White Kiowa County Press 1208 Maine Street, Eads Rotarian and city coun cil mem ber. She is mar ried to LCC s head base ball coach, Scott Crampton, and to gether they have two chil dren, Kathryn (18) and Brent (16). Clas si fied Em ployee of the Year: Frank Vaca - Life long Lamar res i dent Frank Vaca is proud to be named Lamar Com mu - nity Col lege s 2013 Clas si - fied Em ployee of the Year. This is Vaca s third se lec - tion since he be gan work - ing at LCC 12 years ago; he also re ceived the award in 2001 and As the Head Cus to dian, Vaca main tains a busy sched - ule be ing the sole cus to - dian for LCC s Ad min is - tra tion Build ing and Equine Com plex. Vaca also trains new em ploy - ees and as sists other cus - to di ans as needed. His contagious work ethic and pos i tive at ti tude are rec og nized by staff and stu dents. Vaca is quick with a genuine hello and willing to assist others. Prior to work ing at LCC Vaca was a welder for seven years and a NATIONAL FARMERS UNION INSURANCE COMPANIES Your National Farmers Union Insurance Agent In Kiowa County Melinda J. Kelley P.O. Box South Main Street Lamar, Colorado (719) or plumber for five years. When not at LCC he en - joys spend ing time with fam ily friends and fish ing. Ad junct Fac ulty of the Year: Ian Blacker - Ian Blacker was born in Eng - land and raised through - out parts of Eng land and Scot land. In 1980 Blacker moved to the United Stated to at tend col lege where he met his wife, Lori Maertens. Blacker and his fam ily moved to Lamar 18 years ago. He is cur rently the lead pas tor at Lamar Chris tian Church and has taught at Lamar Community College for five years as an ad junct in struc tor. Blacker, who has his mas ter s de gree in Lead - er ship, has taught Busi - ness Ethics, Critical Rea - son ing and Logic, Pub lic Speak ing, In ter per sonal Communication, Philoso - phy, and Lead er ship. Through out his ca reer he has been a head women s soc cer coach and an as - sis tant men s soc cer coach at Grinnell Col lege in Iowa. He has also been a sports of fi cial for over forty years. Blacker stated Teach- ing at LCC is a huge priv i - lege and great re spon si - bil ity. Many stu dents, fac ulty, and staff have be - come friends over the years and I have trea - sured mem o ries from the pro cess of be ing an ed u - ca tor. Blacker has three daugh ters, two sons in-law and a Chesapeake lab.

11 Government & Commentary Ki owa County Com mis sioner s Min utes Of fi cial The Reg u lar Meet ing of the Ki owa County Com - mis sion ers was called to or der at 9:00 a.m. by Chair man Rich ard Scott on Feb ru ary 12, Oswald opened the meet - ing with prayer and the Pledge of Al le giance. Those at tend ing were: Rich ard Scott, Com mis - sioner; Wil liam E. Koehler, Commissioner; Don ald Oswald, Com mis - sioner; Peggy Dunlap, Ad - ministrator. All Commis - sion ers voted af fir ma tive unless otherwise noted. Jeanne Sorensen en - tered the meet ing at 9:15 a.m. as a vis i tor. Clerk Lening was gone for va ca - tion. The agenda will be amended to add un der the old busi ness as #12-Dis cus sion of Li - brary in for ma tion and #13-Bids on Fire De part - ment doors/heat ers. Scott made the mo tion, sec onded by Oswald, to ac cept the agenda with the changes. Dis cus sion was held on the load limit on Ki owa County bridges and paved county roads. Koehler made a mo tion, sec onded by Oswald, that we keep the 20,000 pound load limit on county Rd 78 from High way 96 to the Prowers County line; County Road 49 from High way 96 to the Prowers County line and County Road 19 from High way 96 to the Bent County line. Weight limit signs will be posted on both ends of these roads. Oswald made a mo tion, sec onded by Koehler, that all loads be is sued a per - mit flat fee of $ which in cludes mov ing in and out of Ki owa County. An 18 wheel over sized load is over 85,000 gross pounds, a tan dem load is over 40,000 pounds, and sin gle axle is 20,000 pounds ac cord ing to the Port of En try. This word - ing will need to be on the permit. Dis cus sion was held re - gard ing the ad di tion of bridge lo ca tion and weight lim its to the back of the per mit form cur - rently in use for Ki owa County. Scott said that he wanted what ever the low - est weight limit is on our bridge re port be put on the back of the per mit. Each bridge will be num - bered and shown as to which County Road it is lo cated on along with the weight limit and its prox - im ity to the near est road in ter sec tions. Koehler made a mo tion, sec onded by Oswald, to place bridge num bers, lo ca tion and re - stric tions on the back of the currently used permit form. Sher iff Frazee and Riley Frazee en tered the room to dis cuss the Emer gency Man age ment po si tion. Riley stated that the State will pay half of the funds for Emer gency Man age - ment and there were is - sues get ting the pa per - work com pleted for The State needs to know who is re spon si ble for the ap pli ca tion as it can t just say the Sher iff s de part - ment. At this point, Casey Sheridan is the only one on the ap pli ca tion and we can add oth ers to the ap - plication. The Commission ers want to add Sher - iff Frazee as well. Krissy worked on the new ap pli - ca tion with Sheridan and it is now in to the State of - fice. As far as the Com - mis sion ers are con - cerned, these two names on the application will be fine for now. There was dis cus sion re gard ing the fire that was south of Eads over the week end. The Com - mis sion ers came to the con clu sion that a pro to col needs to be set up that in or der for any equip ment from Road & Bridge needs a phone call to a Commissioner first, then if the ok is given, a Road & Bridge su per vi sor will need to be onsite with the In ci dent Com mander. At no time is there to be equip ment sent to a fire with out a su per vi sor on site to have com mu ni ca - tion with op er a tor. This pro to col will be dis cussed later in the meet ing and we will get back with Sher iff Frazee. Ben e fits and train ing were also dis cussed re gard ing the vol un teers who fight these fires. There needs to be some com pen sa tion for these vol un teers who give of their time to see that County residents are covered during emergencies. Sher iff Frazee handed in some ve hi cle es ti mates for the Commissioners to look over. Some of the ve - hi cles are in need of re - pair as soon as pos si ble. The Commissioners have asked that we use lo cal busi nesses first be fore go ing on the internet to look for parts. He also gave them in for ma tion re gard ing the Sec ond Amend ment to look at. There is some word ing on the Amend ment that Scott is con cerned with and will be look ing into it a little further. The po si tion of Emer - gency Man ager in Ki owa County was dis cussed. There are re quire ments on the EMPG grant and Krissy has taken some of these classes so that we are in com pli ance. There is a ve hi cle that has not been sold that was in the Emer gency Man age ment of fice. Oswald made a mo - tion, sec onded by Koehler, to ad ver tise for an Emer gency Man age - ment po si tion again as a full time em ployee. The dead line for the ap pli ca - tions to be turned in will be March 20, Ap pli - ca tions will be re viewed be fore in ter view ing. In - ter views will be con - ducted be fore the March 26, 2013 Com mis sioner meet ing. The ad ver tise - ment will be sent to Riley Frazee so that he can get the word out as well. In for ma tion has been re ceived from EPA re - gard ing the haz ard ous ma te ri als that could pos - si bly be in the build ing on Maine Street. An ap pli ca - tion will be sent in to see if we could get some as sis - tance with this so there would n t be a big ex pense to the County and still move in a for ward di rec - tion. The next phase of fund ing will be in April and we should know some thing soon if we are awarded a grant. Scott would like to know if we went with the Brownsfield grant if the build ing would have to be built in the same place or can it be moved? Dunlap will check on these ques - tions and re port back at the next meeting. We are still wait ing on a re ply from Lee Mer kel re - Con tin ued on page 13 Marples Country Market Your TOTAL Health Food Store 101 N. 4th Street Lamar, Colorado (719) Weisbrod Memorial County Hospital and Nursing Home "Providing Twenty-Four Hour Care with a Personal Touch" *Post Hospital (Swing Bed) Care *Nursing Home Care *Skilled Therapies *Home Health Care For more information please contact Social Service Director 1208 Luther Street Eads, Colorado (719) Ext. 147 March 15, 2013 KiowaCountyPress.com 11

12 Prai rie Pines Meet ing Min utes By Michelle Wyckoff Tom Da vis called the meet ing to or der at 7:00 p.m. Feb ru ary 7, Those in at ten dance were Administrator Linda Watts, Qual ity Con trol Man ager Theresa Witte, Vice Chair man Tom Da - vis, Sec re tary Michelle Wyckoff, Trust ees Theresa Weber and Cindy McLoud, Commissioner Don ald Oswald and Micheal McLoud. The Board wel comes Cindy McLoud to the po - si tion of Trustee. She has gra ciously ac cepted the chal lenge of up dat ing the Prai rie Pines website and Face Book page. Cindy moved to ac cept the Jan u ary min utes with the cor rec tion of the spell ing of her last name, Theresa sec onded, mo - tion car ried. Financial Report: Ki - owa County Trea surer Steve Baxter re leased $29,000 in mill levy funds to Prai rie Pines. This en - abled Linda to make the pay ment of $8, to Col o rado East Bank and Trust. With all Jan u ary ex penses sub tracted, there was a net profit of $ The food bud get has been cut from $ in De cem ber to $ for the month of Jan u ary. Linda will work to cut that even fur ther to a monthly bud get of around $1500. Linda has pur chased a new printer from Plains Net work Ser vices. With a credit that was left over there, it was less ex pen - sive than try ing to re pair the old one. Ad min is tra tive Re port: Three new res i dents have moved to Prai rie Pines, with two more com ing, how ever, one will be mov - ing to a nurs ing home soon. Sev eral new peo ple are on sched ule to tour in the next few weeks. Cur - rently there is only one dou ble room available. Ac cord ing to reg u la - tions, two ad di tional Qmaps and PCPs have been hired for the three ad di tional res i dents dur - ing the wak ing hours. Af ter Jan u ary 1, 2013, the em ploy ees have had to be dis missed from the County pay roll and re - hired by Prai rie Pines. They have all had new back ground checks and drug tests. Cindy moved to open a gen eral sav ings ac count for the monthly res i den - tial de pos its, Theresa seconded, motion carried. Linda will re search the Me mo rial Fund ac count and get it rec on ciled. Sharon John son was kind enough to of fer to con tinue re search for in - sur ing the pool. There s a chance it could come from Col o rado East Bank and Trust. Main te nance Re port: There is a fowl odor at the front en trance of the build ing. Linda will con - tact the city for their help to dis cover the source and re solve the prob lem. Mike Crane has in - stalled a new alarm on the east door. The car pet needs to be sham pooed, and two rooms need to be re - placed. Mar ket ing and Ad ver - tis ing: We would like to look into the pos si bil ity of mak ing an ad to show at the thea tre to ad ver tise Prai rie Pines. Some one will look into this. Linda has ar ranged for Prai rie Pines to be put on the Plainview school s pocket cal en dars. They will come out in the spring and the fall. She s put Prai rie Pines in the yearly di rec tory for the Lamar Led ger s an nual mass mail ing, as well as re serv ing 30 spots on KAVY Ra dio. Of course she will con tinue to ad ver - tise in the Ki owa County Press. Prog ress and Tran si - tion: Linda has ob tained the Wage With hold ing Li - cense. Pay roll with hold - ing will be done quar terly. Linda will also ap proach Trice Watts to see if he would be in ter ested in be - ing the new ac coun tant for Prai rie Pines. Linda has now up dated the Prai rie Pines website. Cindy will work to up date the Face Book page. Bill Dutro, Di rec tor of Colorado Small Business De vel op ment, has of fered to send some one pro fi - cient in Quick Books Pro to tu tor Linda for as long as she needs to be come pro fi cient in the program also. With no fur ther busi - ness to dis cuss, Theresa moved to ad journ at 9:02 p.m. The next meet ing will be March 14th at 6:30 p.m. SCHERLER SALES, INC. Customer Meeting & Applicator Certification Clinic Monday, March 18 Chez W. DuVall s Restaurant Granada, Colorado 8:30 a.m. - Registration Coffee & Rolls 9:00 a.m. - Applicators Certification Class Begins 12:00 p.m. - Lunch Provided by Scherler Sales, Inc. & Our Sponsors 12:45 p.m. - New Products and Ideas from our Seed & Chemical Company Representatives RSVP: (719) Scherler Sales Office (719) Burl Cell Phone Planter Calibration Clinic March 26 & 27 at Scherler Farms HQ Call above numbers to reserve your spot! 12 KiowaCountyPress.com March 15, 2013 Ki owa County Com mis sion ers Spe cial Meet ings Of fi cial Feb ru ary 22, 2013 The Spe cial Meet ing of the Ki owa County Com - mis sion ers was called to or der at 9:10 a.m. by Chair man Rich ard Scott on Feb ru ary 22, Those at tend ing were: Rich ard Scott, Com mis - sioner; Wil liam E. Koehler, Commissioner; Don ald Oswald, Com mis - sioner; Peggy Dunlap, Ad - ministrator. Visitors: Dan Tafoya-Komatsu; Doug Corley-Power Mo tive; Andy Remmo-Power Motive. The Commissioners were to meet with con - trac tors to dis cuss what pro grams their com pany can of fer in re gards to Road & Bridge equip - ment, pri mar ily Maintainers. Koehler made a mo tion, sec onded Craig Kerfoot Associate Broker Mobile: craigkerfoot@ymail.com Please contact me for your real estate needs Find Your Freedom by Oswald, that we go into Ex ec u tive Ses sion as per - mit ted by CRS (4 (a) for the pur pose of pur - chase, ac qui si tion, lease, or trans fer or sale of real, per sonal, or other property interest. The Commissioners came out of Ex ec u tive Ses sion at 11:55 a.m. With no fur ther busi - ness, Wil liam Koehler made the mo tion, sec - onded by Don ald Oswald, to ad journ the meet ing at 12:00 p.m. All Com mis - sion ers voted af fir ma tive. February 25, 2013 The Spe cial Meet ing of the Ki owa County Com - mis sion ers was called to or der at 2:00 p.m. by Chair man Rich ard Scott on Feb ru ary 25, Vis i - tors: Terry Koehn-Wag - ner Equip ment Co. The Commissioners Con tin ued on page 13

13 Ki owa County - Con tin ued from page 11 gard ing the DOLA funds for the Murdock build ing. The Coun ties in the South ern Dis trict had a special meeting which was held in Walsenburg on Fri day, Feb ru ary 8th. The Commissioners have sent an to Andy Karsain for in for ma tion on that meet ing. We will wait for information from CCI and dis cuss at a later time. Mike Crain came in and talked to the Com mis - sion ers re gard ing Nick Johnson s position since we don t have Prai rie Pines As sisted Liv ing. Mike would like to have Nick as full time as there are times that 2 peo ple are not enough to take care of things here at the Court house and other County build ings. Af ter discussion, the Commission ers de cided to make John son a full time employee. There has been 1 let ter of in ter est re ceived for the Fair board. The dead - line for all let ters will be March 1, The Com - mis sion ers will be mak ing a de ci sion on March 14th. A let ter was re ceived from Small Busi ness De - vel op ment Cen ter thank - ing us for the $ do - na tion that we made on be half of their short fall. Kiowa County Spe cial - Con tin ued from page 12 were to meet with con - trac tors to dis cuss what pro grams their com pany can of fer in re gards to Road & Bridge equip - ment, pri mar ily Maintainers. Scott made a mo tion, sec onded by Koehler that we go into Ex ec u tive Ses sion as per - mit ted by CRS (4 (a) for the pur pose of pur - chase, ac qui si tion, lease, or trans fer or sale of real, per sonal, or other property interest. The Commissioners This or ga ni za tion is over at La Junta but works with 6 Counties. The Commissioners will go to the Haswell Se nior Cit i zens meet ing on Feb - ru ary 20, 2013 to dis cuss the pro posed Fire Dis - trict. They will re port back at the next meet ing and what ques tions were raised. We need to have many more pub lic meet - ings so that all res i dents know what to expect. Road & Bridge fore men think that we need 10 more ra dios for equip - ment. Oswald will get these or dered as soon as pos si ble. Komatsu will be here on Fri day, Feb ru ary 22, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. to dis cuss the pur chas ing or leas ing of maintainers/grad ers and Power Equip ment will be here at 2:00 p.m. Col o rado Ma chin ery and Wag ner Equip ment Co. will be here on Mon day, Feb ru - ary 25, 2013 to give their presentations. The to tal funds for Prai - rie Pines As sisted Liv ing were paid to them the first of Feb ru ary. This in - cluded the funds we were hold ing as a re serve for any out stand ing checks or un fore seen bills as well as 2013 cur rent taxes. Dis cus sion was made and all funds that were due to them have been paid to them as of Feb ru ary. If any other war rants come came out of Ex ec u tive Ses sion at 3:15 p.m. With no fur ther busi - ness, Wil liam Koehler made the mo tion, sec - onded by Don ald Oswald, to ad journ the meet ing at 3:16 pm. All Com mis sion - ers voted af fir ma tive. in for 2012, they will be paid out of County Gen - eral funds. Most of the bills have been paid for 2012 and there should n t be many more com ing in. Blue prints and plans can be given to PPAL but all pa per work remains at the County. DSS Di rec tor Den nis Pearson met with the Commissioners. Pearson re ported that Medicaid paid out $426, in De - cem ber of which $391,000 went to the hos pi tal. Bill - ing for Jan u ary was about $58, He also stated that he needs to at tend a meet ing for the State ev - ery 2nd Tues day of the month if we could sched - ule those meet ings dif fer - ently that would be great. He also pre sented a con - tract that needed to be signed for Don Steerman for $90.00 hour. Oswald made a mo tion, sec onded by Koehler, to sign the con tract for Oswald asked Pearson about the RESADA meet ing and it will be held in April. Oswald made a mo tion, sec onded by Koehler, to go into Ex ec u tive Ses sion at 1:35 p.m. pur su ant to and as per mit ted by CRS (4)(f) for the pur - pose of per son nel mat - LANDFILL WINT Wednesday Thursday Saturday 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sunday 1:00-4:30 p.m. Closed if wind or muddy con CLOSED: Noon to 12:30 Don t Monkey Around! Sell Your Stuff Fast in the Classifieds! The Press Classifieds reach hundreds of eager buyers every week, and cost as little as $3.00. Classifieds: the affordable way to get results! Call ters. All Commissioners voted affirmative. The Commissioners came out of Ex ec u tive Ses sion at 1:45 p.m. and re sumed the Reg u lar meeting. Oswald made a mo tion, and Scott sec onded it, that the em ploy ment of em ployee in ques tion be ter mi nated. The po si tion open ing will be ad ver - tised again and dead line for applications will be March 6, A mo tion needs to be made re gard ing the pro - to col of Road & Bridge in emer gency sit u a tions. Oswald made a mo tion, sec onded by Koehler, that a Road fore man will need Pub lic No tice NOTICE Eads Mini Stor age, Goff and HWY 96/287, Eads, Col o rado, will dis - pose of items stored in Unit #16 be long ing to Nancy Guenther for un paid rent. Items in clude mis cel - la neous. Sale date an nounced later. First Pub lished March 8, 2013 Last Pub lished March 22, 2013 In the Ki owa County Press to be on an emer gency site and work ing with In - ci dent Com mander be - fore County Maintainer or equip ment can be used. A form was pre sented for CSBG re im burse ment and needed a sig na ture from Chair man. Oswald made a mo tion, sec onded by Koehler, to sign the re - imbursement form. With no fur ther busi - ness, Oswald made the motion, seconded by Koehler, to ad journ the meet ing at 2:35 p.m. Classifieds CLASSIFIED ADVERTISERS The Press can be re spon si ble for only one incorrect insertion. Rates: $0.20 per word, $3.00 min i mum. A $1.00 ser vice fee will be ap plied to all charged ads. Clas si fied dead line is 4:00 p.m. Tuesdays. FOR SALE - HOMES 1000 Kerr Street, Eads, CO - 4 bed room, 2 bath, sprin kler in front yard, un at tached ga rage & carport-for more information please call MISC I have CRP Buy ers and need list - ings. Rich ard Grant ham Re alty, Ordway, CO ACCEPTING BIDS The Town of Eads is accepting sealed bids for the following equipment: 1971 GMC Dump Truck; 46,000 original miles; regularly maintained; comes with 10 ft. Myers snow plow and bed vibrator; in running condition 1988 Chevy Suburban; 126,000 miles; clean; new battery; good tires; regularly maintained; in great running condition Bids must be submitted in a sealed envelope labeled SEALED BID by 5:00 p.m. April 8, 2013 to: Town of Eads Clerk's Office 110 W. 13th Street - P.O. Box 8 Eads, CO The Town of Eads reserves the right to reject any and all bids. For more information call Van at March 15, 2013 KiowaCountyPress.com 13

14 Kath er ine and Hailee Trosper are de lighted to an nounce the birth of their sis ter, Zoey Ann Trosper. Proud par ents are Tim and Glo ria Trosper. Zoey was born at Prowers Med i cal Cen ter in Lamar, on Jan u ary 31, 2013 at 8:16 a.m. She weighed 6 pounds 15 Birth KNOW HOW FARM DAYS SALE Join us for the 2013 Filter & Tool Sales Event and SAVE! Accepting pre-book orders through April 6, 2013 Friday, April 5 Join us for lunch 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Open House! All Week April 1-5 EADS Auto Supply & Hardware LLC ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long. Pa ter nal Grand par ents are Bill and Linda Trosper of Eads. Ma ter - nal Grand par ents are Cal vin and Nadene Gaynor of Kit Car son. Great-Grand moth ers are; Peggy White of Chico, CA, and Peggy Gaynor of Oak Park, MI. 404 East 15th Street or Your local source for auto, farm, ranch, hardware, plumbing and building supplies 14 KiowaCountyPress.com March 15, 2013 Big Game Hunt ing Meet ing in Lamar By Mi chael Seraphin Col o rado Parks and Wild life is of fer ing a free informational session about big game hunt ing. If this is the first time you have con sid ered hunt ing, or you are an old pro who wants to know what is new in 2013, you may ben e fit from at tend ing the presentation. Ev ery year we get ques tions about how to get the best hunt ing li - censes, so this is a great chance to be come fa mil - iar with the Col o rado hunt ing li cense ap pli ca - tion pro cess, said Lamar District Wildlife Manager Rick Gardner. The meet ing is 6:30 p.m., March 20 at the CPW of fice, 2500 S. Main Street. For more in for ma - tion, or to reg is ter, call (719) Gardner said the meet - ing is a great op por tu nity for any one in ter ested in hunt ing deer, elk, prong - horn, bear, moose, bighorn sheep or moun - tain goat. The dead line for sub - mit ting a 2013 ap pli ca tion for a lim ited hunt ing li - cense is April 2. Steer-Aid Clinic Dates Set By Su san Rus sell Youth should mark their cal en dars now for a hands-on beef clinic to be held June 1 and 2. Sullivan Sup ply s Stock Show Uni ver sity will be a High way Con struc tion Re sumes East of Las Animas By Bob Wil son Work is pick ing up where it left off to add pass ing and merg ing lanes and con struct other im prove ments on U.S. 50, east and west of Hasty and at State High way (SH) 196 (McClave Junc - tion). The Colorado Depart - sum mer ment of Trans por ta tion Traf fic (CDOT) pro ject went on win ter hi a tus in No vem - ber Re main ing work con - sists of as phalt pav ing, construction of accelera - tion and de cel er a tion lanes at McClave Junc - tion, pass ing lanes on east bound and west - bound U.S. 50, east and west of Hasty, along with new sign ing, seed ing and strip ing. Drain age im - prove ments also will be made in Hasty, with new curbs, gut ters and storm drain work. Driv ers can ex pect sin - gle lane clo sures from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Mon day through Fri day, with flaggers al ter nat ing traf - fic through the work zone. De lays up to 10 min utes should be ex pected. The speed limit also will be re - duced to 45 mph through the work zone and ve hi - cles wider than 12 feet will not be al lowed to travel through the area dur ing work hours. The $7.5 mil lion pro ject, con tracted to A & S Con - struc tion Com pany of Canon City, CO, is sched - uled for com ple tion in in for ma tion about this or other CDOT pro jects is on the website, by call ing 511 or via sub - scription . part of WW Feed & Sup - ply s 2013 Steer-Aid clinic held in La Junta, CO. It will fo cus on show man - ship, feed ing and nu tri - tion, daily hair and an i mal care, show day groom ing, and how to achieve that cham pi on ship look. The clinic is open to all 4-H and FFA youth, said Curt Rus sell of WW Feed & Sup ply. The fee is $40 per youth and the res er - va tion dead line is May 18. For fur ther de tails and a ten ta tive sched ule, call (719) or go to Digital COLOR Printing & Copying Services Kiowa County Press 1208 Maine Street, Eads (719)