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2 Peo ple & Places Up com ing Events Eads Driv ers Li cense Sched ule RENEWAL'S ONLY March MVR Re ports Avail able March 12th, Steve Desmond will per form in con cert at the Sheridan Lake Bi ble Church at 10:45 a.m. and 7 p.m. Ev ery one is in - vited to at tend. March 13 Larry Tuttle March 19 Karen Krueger Rhonda Uhland Kiowa County Hospital Dis trict Health Fair March 24 & 25 Eads El e men tary School 7:00am - 11:00am Dog-Cat Clinic March 25, 2017 Eads City Hall 9-12 Good News!. The hot tub at Prai rie Pines has been re paired. Con tact Prai rie Pines for hours etc. Ev ery Fri day 2 pm cof - fee hour at Prai rie Pines Cof fee Hour ev ery Thurs day Morn ing 9 am at Weisbrod ECU Eads Se nior Cen ter is the site for Meals on Wheels pre pared by Sage Ser vices in Lamar. They are de liv ered HOT to Eads two days a week. Con tact Areta Laird for more in for ma tion Hunter Ed Internet Con clu sion Course in Eads on March 12 at the Ki owa County Court house. Todd Marriott Dis trict Wild life Manager ( ) for any ques tions? you might have? Please reg is ter for the class online es/he-online-classes.aspx Kit Carson Veterans of For eign Wars Post 3411 are meet ing March at 6:30pm Eads Se nior Cit i zen. To see if your are el i gi ble to join the Vet er ans of For eign Wars please bring your dis - charge DD214. Aux il iary is also meet ing at the Se nior Cen ter. Spouses and chil dren are el i gi ble for the Auxiliary LEAP (Low-In come En ergy As sis tance Pro gram) runs from No vem ber 1, 2016 through April 30, You may only ap ply and be ap proved one time in this pe riod. Con tact Ashlynn Miner at Ki owa County So - cial Ser vices ( ) for more in for ma tion Af ter school kids pro - gram ev ery Mon day. Some - one will be at the school to walk over any kids that want to walk and we are fin ished at 5:30pm and also give them a snack. If you have any ques tions please feel free to call Pas tor Tony Praise Community Church Ki owa County Com - mis sion ers Meet ing Dates ; March 14, 2017; March 28, 2017 Open to the pub lic -9:00am - Com mis sion ers will re cess 12-1 for lunch 4 day no tice is pre ferred for posted agenda Santa Fe Trail As so ci a - tion Events March Bent's Fort Chap ter of the Santa Fe Trail As so ci a tion "Geocaching Along the Trail" Spring Ahead ONE HOUR This Weekend Year to Date Precip As recorded in Eads by USDA. Kiowa County Press P.O. Box Maine Street, Eads, CO kiowacountypress@gmail.com 2016 All Rights Reserved. Mar 01 - Mar Last year High/Low...76/17 Feb Precip. ( 16/ 17): 0.04/0.29 Office Hours: 9 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Monday -Friday (closed for lunch 1-2 p.m.) Deadline: 4:00 p.m. Tuesday Friday Saturday Sunday Jeanne Sorensen, Editor Chris Sorensen, Publisher 66/36 61/31 71/34 Weekend Forecast Mostly Sunny SSE Wind MPH Partly Cloudy evening SE wind 5-15 MPH becoming N after midnight Mostly Sunny N wind MPH Partly Cloudy evening wind E MPH becoming S after midnight Mostly Sunny SSW wind 10 MPH NNE afternoon Partly Cloudy evening N wind 5-10 MPH (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 Rates: all content free to read online at KiowaCountyPress.net Subscriptions: $24.00/year - available in Kiowa County, Colorado, only. $0.75/ print copies at news racks In Sheridan Lake, Eads, and Hasewell KiowaCountyPress.com Anniversaries March 15 Mr. & Mrs. Trey Eder March 16 Mr. & Mrs. Harley Koeller March 17 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Koch Mr. & Mrs. Adrian Torres Mr. & Mrs. P. Neugabauer Mr. & Mrs. George Ellicott March 19 Mr. & Mrs. Benton Talbert Birth days March 13 Ken Flory Weston Meardon Grady Weeks Luke Specht Vicki Purdy Larry Tuttle Brad Compton March 14 Ja son Muth Hailee Trosper March 15 Lily Ann Hollis Tim ber Jean Cleve land Zoe Kraft Sharon Bixler Taylyn Coen Melinda Wallick Lo gan Hofferber Hanna Shelden Peggy Dunlap March 16 Ky Harkness Kristi Hirsch Deb Kliesen Alexis Uhland Miciah Zane Da vis Alyssa Hadley March 17 Glen Da vis Katie Jacobs Ryan Lane*Mil i tary Service Debby Fox-Bux ton March 18 Mikayla Schmidt Garold Deines Rodney Shiv ers Amanda Berggren Nate Weirich Julianna Engelhardt Jesse Bradley Brandi Ridgeway Abigail Guirguis Kinley Reedy Anne Dee Weisdorfer March 19 Ka ren Krueger Aus tin Luis Montalbo Rhonda Uhland Rebeka Wedel Pas tor's Pearls by Pastor Richard Zabriskie God or no God By wis dom the LORD laid the earth s foun da tions, by un der - stand ing he set the heav ens in place... Prov erbs 3:19 2 KiowaCountyPress.net March 10, 2017

3 Com mu nity About Town by Do ris Lessenden ta bles with an abun dant ar - ray of side dishes and des - serts brought by some of the guests. Din ner mu sic was East End Events by Sharon Scott It is our priv i lege to give ev ery thing we have to the One who gave us ev ery - thing on the cross Tim Gustafson on thoughts on Romans 12:1. The ex cite ment last week-end is that the Lady Eagle played Basketball in the CHSAA Re gional games at the La Junta high school where the sea soned KLMR ra dio an nouncer, Ethan Denton, said the gym was more packed than he ever had seen it. An Eads man stated that there was won - der ment about how the Lady Ea gles would do be - cause their sec ond game was against seeded num ber 2, the Kim-Branson team, and Eads was the 8 th seeded team. But Eads won that game af ter win - ning over the Holly team so they will be play ing in the Colorado State Finals in Loveland this week. Con - grat u la tions to the Eads Ea - gle team and their coaches, Mr. Trey Eder and Mr. Justin McLoud. The Kit Car son Boys and Kit Car son Girls also have berths in the state fi nals along with the Chey - enne Wells boys and Holly boys and South Baca girls team all from our Region 3. The staff at Prai rie Pines hosted a fes tive Mardi Gras din ner party Tues day for the resident s families and friends. New Administrator Tina W. Kraft and Pam B. Weirich greeted the guests and handed out feather and gold masks, beads, and an - other caretaker distributed col or ful hats. The party-goes sat around pas - tel clothed ta bles un der ac - cor dion lamps and dec o ra - tions. Board Pres i dent Mike Lening, greeted the guests and blessed the food; then Chef Chris tina Wolf and the care taker staff served big trays of spicy broiled shrimp, po ta toes and veg e - Read more About Town at KiowaCountyPress.net Death Notice Bertha Bert Bouldin (Sep tem ber 3, March 6, 2017) Fu neral Ser vice Sat ur day, Mar 11, :00 AM Praise Com mu nity Church 310 W 7th Street Eads, CO Burial Sat ur day, Mar 11, :00 PM Eads Cem e tery Friends and fam ily wish - ing to send flow ers can call: Prai rie In Brown Fu neral Home Can you be lieve that we will be turn ing our clocks ahead next Sunday to Day - light Sav ings Time and Spring is just a cou ple weeks away. We ve al ready had quite a few Spring days, hope we don t have too many win try days come Spring. It was a busy week with the Re gional bas ket ball games in LaJunta on Fri day and Sat ur day. There were sev eral close games with the out come de cided in the last few min utes. Cora Coffman and I watched all the games on Sat ur day. The South Baca, Eads and Kit Car son girls and the Holly, Chey enne Wells and Kit Car son boys are on their way to the State Tour na - ment in Greeley next week. Con grat u la tions to these teams and we wish them the best of luck at the State Bas ket ball Tournament. When I ar rived home from church on Sunday, we had vis i tors at our home. Ed Bertram and his grand son Mark from Il li nois had stopped by to visit. Ed and his wife Ora lived in Towner sev eral years ago and Ed man aged the Bird Seed Fac - tory. Our con do lences to Ed and fam ily on los ing Ora this past De cem ber. I will always remember Ora for her great sense of hu mor and her home made do nuts. It sure was good to see Ed and we enjoyed reminiscing about the good ole days. Last week end, Freda Schmidt and Bryan, Dorcas Read more East End Events at KiowaCountyPress.net Lamar CO PO Box W. Lee Ave. # Springfield CO PO Box US Hwy Holly CO PO Box S. Main St Walsh CO PO Box N. Colorado St Years Ago 15 Years Ago March 11,1977 March 8, 2002 Nine Eads High School Picture by Ceil Crockett had students are learning in the debris up to six feet deep traditional way about Europe, from a dirt storm in February. but soon will be touring the Dirt and sand accumulated continent to learn first hand. several inches deep in the Raeann Kelley, Christie yard and drive Kelley, Linda Oswald, Mark Forsyth, Debbie Oswald 25 Years Ago Shelly Shotton, Robert March 5, 1992 Rachel Davis won the Regional Daughters of the American Revolution essay contest. Eads CO-OP C-Store Pages from the Past (719) Daniels, Dawn Gulley and Bill Dawson will leave April 5 for Italy, France and Switzerland Eads, Colorado (719) Member FDIC 50 Years Ago March 10, 1967 A large portion of eastern Colorado received temporary relief from the drought as result of a snowstorm that blanketed the area with about 3 inches of snow. 100 Years Ago March 9, 1917 The largest cattle sale ever held in Kiowa County took place at the C.W. Sweitzer ranch on Rush Creek. About 525 fine young cattle were sold ath public auction with total sales amounted to over $28,000. Kiowa County Press (719) kiowacountypress@gmail.com March 10, 2017 KiowaCountyPress.net 3

4 Agriculture USDA Up date by Eads USDA Ser vice Cen ter IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER: County Committee Meet ing - 2 nd Tues day each month NO meet ing in March March 12 th - Day light Sav ings Time - spring for - ward! March 14 th - Farm Loan per son nel in Eads March 15 th 2017 NAP application date for Spring Crops March 15 th July 15 th - CRP Pri mary Nest ing Sea - son NO Ac tiv ity per mit - ted on CRP March 31 st - Last day to re quest LDP or Mar ket - ing Loan for 2016 wheat. CRP Continuous Signup - Lesser Prai rie Chicken, CRP Grass land and HELI (Highly Erod ible Land Ini tia tive) acre avail able. Pro duc ers in ter ested are urged to con tact FSA Of fice. Dis claimer: In for ma tion in this UPDATE is per ti - nent to Ki owa County FSA only. Pro duc ers read ing this and that do not have FSA in ter est in Ki owa County are ad vised to con tact their lo cal FSA Office. MARCH 15 th! Go ing to re peat the March 15 th deadlines Visit the of fice to pur chase a NAP pol icy and re mem - ber to com plete any CRP contract management prior to the 15 th. Con tract management can resume July 16 th. NAP application dead - line for 2017 spring crops, Kiowa County Hospital District Health Fair March 24 & 25 Eads Elementary School 7:00am - 11:00am 4 KiowaCountyPress.net March 10, 2017 such as com mon mil let, sor ghum for age, and dual pur pose sor ghum. Pro - ducers interested in pur - chas ing a pol icy need to visit the of fice prior to the March 15 th dead line. These are crops that are not in sur able through Fed - eral Crop In sur ance but are in sur able through FSA with a Non In sured As sis - tance Pro gram (NAP) ap - pli ca tion.. So cially dis ad - vantaged producers in clud ing women and be - ginning farmers and ranchers the application ser vice is waived and buy-up cov er age is re - duced by half. The ap pli - ca tion ser vice fee is $250.0 per pro ducer, per crop. CRP Pri mary Nest ing Sea son March 14 th July 15 th there can be no activity on enrolled CRP (ex cept CRP grass lands). No contract management such as har row ing, disking or inter-seed ing can be completed during these three months. Pro duc ers are not au tho rized for rou - tine graz ing un til July 15 th. Any un au tho rized uses can re sult in pen al ties as - sessed to the CRP pro duc - ers or ter mi na tion of the con tract. CRP pro duc ers are re minded that is un au - tho rized graz ing does oc - cur, FSA will con tact CRP pro ducer not the owner of the live stock. It is the CRP participant s responsibility to main tain fences. CROP INSURANCE DEADLINE- It s al ways a good idea to visit with your crop in sur ance agent prior to March 15 th to be cer tain any sum mer crops you are plan ning on plant ing have cov er age for the 2017 year. Crop in sur ance is not a re quire ment for FSA pay - ment eligibility, as this changed with the 2014 Farm Bill. CRP Cost Share With the CRP con tract management being com - pleted on CRP con tracts, there are a few re mind ers for producers. Paid bills must be turned into the FSA of fice. Cost share re quests will be is sued to CRP par tic i - pants only. Pro duc ers cannot make arrangement for the cost share to be paid to the con trac tor. It is the CRP pro ducer s re - spon si bil ity to pay the con - trac tor the full bal ance of the bill. The FSA of fice will re im burse CRP con - tract hold ers. As sign ment of pay ment is the only ex - cep tion to this rule. Marketing Assistance Loan (MAL) and Loan De fi ciency Pay ment (LDP) Re quests Dead line March 31 st Fri day, March 31 st is the last day for pro duc ers to request a Marketing Assis - tance Loan or Loan De fi - ciency Pay ment on 2016 wheat. Cur rently there is no LDP rate, how ever if pro duc ers have sold wheat stored in the el e va tor and did not re quest an LDP, all is not lost. The FSA of fice will use the rate for the day beneficial interest (sold) was lost. Pro duc ers who have wheat in stor age and have not re quested an LDP can place those bush els un der loan with a Mar ket ing As - sis tance Loan (MAL). Loans are for 9 months, for farm stor age the bins will need to be in spected due to the late ness of the re quest for MAL. Ware - house stored will re quire the 9 months of stor age paid to the el e va tor prior to dis burse ment. Producers are encour - aged to con tact the FSA of fice will ques tions re - gard ing LDP s and MAL s. CRP GRASSLANDS CRP Grass lands is part of Conservation Reserve Program, landowners and operators can protect grass lands which in this area are the na tive grasses. State leased ground is ineligible for of - fer ing. Graz ing is al lowed, pro duc ers who are ac - cepted into the pro gram work with NRCS to de - velop a graz ing plan for the ac cepted acres. Con tract du ra tion is 15 years and rental rate is $15.00 per acre. Of fers are ranked na tion - ally; with rank ing dead - lines an nounced four times a year, cur rently the FSA of fice has not been no ti fied of the next rank ing pe riod dead line. CRP grass lands is a con tin u ous CRP signup; how ever when the 2 mil lion acres allotted nationally are accepted, additional signups may be discontinued. FSA uses the fol low ing ranking factors; Con tin ued on Page 8

5 Kiowa County Hospital District & County Board Meeting Jan u ary 24, 2017 The Ki owa County Hos - pi tal Dis trict and County Board met in reg u lar ses - sion on Jan u ary 24, 2017 at 6:33 p.m. at the Bank Meeting Room. Dis trict Board mem - bers pres ent were: Rob - ert Woods, Mary Eikner, Syl via Shields, Priscilla Waggoner and Cathryn An der son. County Board mem bers pres ent were: Kim Har - ris, Craig Kerfoot, John Negley and Den nis Pearson. Ab sent: Lori Shalberg (called) Oth ers pres ent: Tristen Sheridan, Shan non Dixon, Char Korrell, Kevin Siefkas and Cindy McLoud. The meet ing was called to or der by Mary Eikner, Chair man of the Board. COUNTY VOTING MEMBERS: Craig Kerfoot, John Negley and Den nis Pearson APPROVAL OF MINUTES: A mo tion was made to ap prove the No - vem ber min utes by Syl via Shields and Rob ert Woods sec onded it. All aye. AGENDA: Add Wendy/Grant and Grant Writer. A mo tion was made by Den nis Pearson to ap prove the Agenda as amended and it was sec - onded by Priscilla Waggoner. All aye. COMMITTEE REPORTS FINANCE COMMITTEE: The De - cem ber financials were re viewed. We had a loss this month. The AR is be - ing worked on and should be show ing some im - prove ments soon. Com - pared 2016 to 2015, we had a lot of ex tra ex penses with locums and the CT pro ject. PLANNING COMMITTEE: We will hold off on a com mu nity meet ing re gard ing stra te - gic plan ning un til later in the year. GRANT COMMITTEE: Tristen has sent in the fourth quar ter sum mary for DOLA and Car ing for Col o rado. We have cur - rently spent $293, on this pro ject and still have $536, left. The CT ma chine is sched uled to be in stalled the week of Feb ru ary 14. DOLA came for a visit on Jan u ary 19 and were very pleased with the pro ject. We thought the CT tech would be cer ti fied by the end of De cem ber, but she still needs to com plete her clinicals. We are look - ing for the sec ond tech also. We must have some - one avail able 24/7 who is cer ti fied to run the CT. CREDENTIALING Dr. Knaus, Dr. Hiam and delineation of privileges for Steph a nie Green, NP, were re viewed. Med Staff ap proved priv i leges for all three. A mo tion was made by Priscilla Waggoner to ap prove all three for priv i - leges and Craig Kerfoot sec onded it. All aye. POLICIES & PROCEDURES We have the Clinic, Laun dry, Phys i cal Ther - apy and End of Life Op - tions for re view this month. It was de cided by Med Staff that we will opt out of the End of Life rul - ing. A mo tion was made by Syl via Shields to ap - prove all pol i cies pre - sented and Craig Kerfoot sec onded it. All aye. OLD BUSINESS PROVIDER RECRUITMENT: We are us ing Ar thur Mar shall for re cruit ment. We have not got ten any in ter est so far. MARCUM HOUSE: We sold the Marcum House for $10,000. We closed on Jan u ary 12, NEW BUSINESS ECU & HOSPITAL REPORT: The HCAHPS re port was re viewed. Tristen re viewed the Col - o rado Ru ral Health Cen - ter s Snap shot of Ru ral Health in Col o rado. It has a lot of good in for ma tion about ru ral Col o rado. CRHC and Col o rado Hos - pital Association both work to keep us small hospitals going. Tristen par tic i pates in the PLC meet ings ev ery other week. They are dis - cussing seven legislative is sues that may af fect ru - ral hos pi tals. Ev ery one is wel come to come lis ten in on these meet ings. They are ev ery other week on Wednes days. QA/De part ment meet - ing re viewed re ports from sev eral de part ments. Med Staff termed Dr. Santaguida s priv i leges since he no lon ger works for us. Over the last two months, we have had three med er rors, no falls and three pos si ble flus. Dr. Feinsod did four psych re views. We have a new res i dent so that brings us to 14. We will be do ing some new ad ver tis ing. In March, our ads will be on the carts at Safeway. We are still us ing ra dio and news pa per ads also. The Health Fair will be March 24 and 25. POSTING PLACE: The post ing places for 2017 will be the Post Of fice, Court house and Hos pi tal. Syl via Shields made a mo - tion to ap prove the post - ing places and Priscilla Waggoner sec onded it. All aye. HOSPITAL AGREEMENTS: The In - ter gov ern men tal Agree - ment for Am bu lance Ser - vices, Resolution for Li cens ing and In spec tion for Am bu lance Ser vice and Hos pi tal Ser vice Agree ment were re - viewed. A mo tion was made by Rob ert Woods to ap prove these agree - ments and Cathryn An - der son sec onded it. All aye. FACILITY: Over all we need to watch what we are spend ing. No more new pro jects un less nec - es sary. In the next few months, we will be fin ish - ing up the CT and pay ing for it. This will be a large de crease in our cash. We will also be gin pay ing wages for two CT techs. This pro ject will re quire a lot more money than we orig i nally planned. We are check ing with other agen - cies to see about ex tra grant money. We have a re cruiter look ing for a phy si cian, but no luck so far. Our new Nurse Prac ti tio ner is here and await ing her Colorado license. We need to make a de ci sion about how many pro vid - ers to keep in the Clinic at all times. If we con tinue to use locums full time along with our mid-level, this will not help with our ex - penses. Our Chronic Care pro gram at the clinic has helped keep the visit level up. We need to look at new ideas for rev e nue that do not cost a lot. We are look - ing at a trauma des ig na - tion for our ER. If we do this, we could in crease our charges and be re im - bursed ac cord ingly. This will be some thing that we work on this year. We have added the MORE pro gram at the clinic for den tal ex ams. We would also like to see more well child vis its. We would like to be in volved in any de ci - sions when the Pub lic Health con tract is up. We need to look at all ar - eas and see where we can cut some costs and make sure that each de part - ment is run ning ef fi - ciently and does not have any un nec es sary ex - penses. OTHER TELEMETRY GRANT: Wendy called into the meet ing to dis cuss ap ply - ing for a grant for a new te lem e try ma chine and a glide scope. Eunice has an EMS grant that we could use for this. Our cur rent te lem e try ma - chine is on its last leg. There is no lon ger sup - port or main te nance for this ma chine. We would like to try for a grant to help with this, so that when it does quit, we won t have to pay the whole pur chase price. The glide scope is some - thing that would be ben e - fi cial to the ER. It helps intubate pa tients. Our flight crews cur rently do this when they ar rive on scene. The te lem e try ma - chine is $80,000 and the glide scope is $20,000. If we ap ply for the fi nan cial waiver we would be re - spon si ble for 20 per cent, oth er wise we would be re - spon si ble for 50 per cent. The grant is due Feb ru - ary 13, so Wendy would like to know if she can pro - ceed with the grant ap pli - ca tion. Dis cus sion fol - lowed. We could look at other op tions for the 20 per cent. Maybe some do - na tions or other grants. Priscilla Waggoner made a mo tion to ap ply for the grant, with the stip u la tion that the 20 per cent needs to come from an other source be sides the Hos pi - tal and Syl via Shields sec - onded it. All aye. GRANT WRITER: Craig Kerfoot sug gested that maybe the Hos pi tal, County, School and Town could get to gether and hire a grant writer that could help us all out. The Board thought this was a good idea. He will talk to the other en ti - ties and see what they think. The meeting was adjourned at 9:26 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Kiowa County Hospital District Board Syl via Shields, Sec - retary-treasurer March 10, 2017 KiowaCountyPress.net 5

6 School & Youth Read kiowacountypress.net Re gional Sci ence Fair fea tures 191 stu dent pro jects Hometown Gas & Grill Hot Dogs - Sandwiches - Pizza Oven - Ice Cream Pop - Chips & Snacks - Candy - Dining Area Eads, CO th St Kristin Lub bers Re serve, Grand and Spe cial Awards On Wednes day, March 1, Lamar Commu nity Col lege s Wellness Cen ter was packed with area stu dents and their pro jects for the an - nual Southeast Colorado Sci ence Fair. The sci ence fair fea tured 191 pro jects from the el e men tary through high school lev els and in cluded stu dents from Alta Vista, Cam po, Chey - enne Wells, Eads, Holly, Lamar Mid dle School, Lamar High School, Wansted St 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 & The Kiowa County Fair and Rodeo Are Teaming Together to Raise Funds for the Kiowa County Fair and Rodeo Whenever you place a Schwan s order use Campaign # and 20% will help fund The Kiowa County Fair and Rodeo Tell your Family & Friends use Campaign # KiowaCountyPress.net March 10, 2017 each of the el e men tary, ju - nior high, and high school levels. Additional awards are pre sented by Ar kan sas Valley Dental Association, Baca County Cor o ner s Of - fice, Colorado Chapter of Soil and Wa ter Con ser va - tion, Inez Hickey Crill Fam - ily, and the Lamar Com mu - nity College Foundation. Walsh Schools boasted the Grand Cham pion el e - men tary, ju nior high and high school pro jects, with Cole Tedder rep re sent ing the el e men tary, D Neil Doyle rep re sent ing ju nior Plainview Hawks School Calendar ***SPRING BREAK MARCH 13-16*** Mon & Tues Mar 13 & 14 State HS Knowl edge Bowl in Fort Col lins Wed Mar pm JH McClave Sat Mar 25 9 am HS Lamar Tues Mar 28 2 pm HS Tri - bune high and Vic to ria Dunivan rep re sent ing the high school. The el e men tary Re - serve Cham pion was Payson Coen from Alta Parkview, Spring field, Walsh, and Wiley. Twenty-four of the pro - jects sub mit ted were cho - sen to con tinue to the state sci ence fair in April. Pro jects vary in their sci - en tific in ter est but are all judged based on the depth of sci en tific method pre - sented. A mon e tary prize is awarded to first, sec ond, and third places within each cat e gory and an over - all Grand and Re serve Cham pion are cho sen from El e men tary Cole Tedder and Payson Coen High School Vistoria Dunivan and ShannonBland Eads Ea gles School Calendar Fri day, March 10 MS W at Lamar 12:00 HS Girls State Bas ket - ball at Greeley MS KB at Burlington Leave Time 7:00 a.m. Sunday, March 12 Hunters Education Conclusion Course at Court House March 13 - March 19 Spring Break Mon day March 13 Tues day March 14 HS State KB at CSU March 14, 15, 16 9:00 a.m. HS Track Prac tice Vista. The ju nior high Re - serve Cham pion was awarded to Brooke McDon - ald from Walsh while the high school Re serve Cham pion was awarded to Shan non Bland of Lamar High School. Lamar Community Col - lege wishes to thank the efforts of everyone who helps make the South east Re gional Sci ence Fair a suc cess. With out spon sors and com mu nity sup port this event would not be pos si ble. Best of luck to all participants advancing on to the state sci ence fair in April! Mon day, March 20 FFA Meet ing Lunch: Spa ghetti w/ Garlic Bread Tues day, March 21 PARCC Test ing 8:00AM 8th Grade Eads School Menu Break fast March 13 16: Spring Break Lunch March 13 16: Spring Break KiowaCountyPress.net

7 Classifieds CLASSIFIED ADVERTISERS The Press can be re spon si ble for only one in cor rect in ser - tion. Rates: $7.50 per week, flat fee, any num ber of words. Also pub lished on line at KiowaCountyPress.net at no extra charge. HELP WANTED The Pi o neer Cem e tery Dis trict Board will be ac cept ing ap pli ca - tions for care taker. Ap pli ca tions may be picked up at the Ki owa County As ses sor's Of fice or at the Ki owa County Ab stract Of - fice. Ap pli ca tions must be re - turned by March 20, LANDFILL WINTER HOURS Effective EADS LANDFILL Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm CLOSED for Lunch 12:00-12:30 Friday 8:00am - Noon HASWELL LANDFILL Friday 1:00pm - 4:00pm Anyone wishing to receive a text message when there are holiday or weather related closures can text landfill closures and your name from your cell phone to hp PER DIEM RN S NEEDED!! There are now openings for PER DIEM - RN night and morning (12hr) shifts a Cheyenne Manor! Pay up to $35.00 per hour (DOE) PLUS a $2.00 shift differential for nights and weekends. This is a GREAT working environment! We pay the best because we hire the best! Qualifications: Must be dedicated to caring for our honored elders AND learning OUR way of caring for our valued clients. Positive Attitudes and extremely dependable people are our hiring preference. If this is you, please consider joning our team for even one or two days/nights a month! Please Call or apply in person to Danielle Pelton, DON or Doris Gibbs, ADON at Cheyenne Manor 561 W 1st Street N Hwy 385 Cheyenne Wells, Co Touch Screen 15 Notebook Windows 10 * 15.6 Touch Screen * 12 GB RAM * 7th generation Intel Core i5 * HD Webcam * Multi-Format Digital Media Card Reader * SuperMulit DVD Burner * 1x b/g/n WAN + Bluetooth 1xUSB 3.1-2xUSB 2.0-1xHDMI - 1x RJ-45(Lan) - 1x Headphone/Microphone Combo Jack $ EOE WALKABLE COMMUNITY For more pictures and information Small, Safe, Walkable Community! 1024 sq. Ft. (Includes 256 sq. ft. Enclosed front porch) affordable, older home with many updates. 2 bdrm/1 bath 3 season porch Dell Computer All-In-One Desktop 20 Touch Screen- Windows 10 8xDVD+/-RW 6GB RAM 1 TB Hard Drive Wireless Card Scratch & Dent (Cosmetic Flaws) $600 LG TV S 24 Smart $ Smart $ LED $ Smart $ Smart $780 $765 March 10, 2017 KiowaCountyPress.net 7

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