FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, Weekly VOLUME 117, NUMBER 46. New Ser vices Pro vided By Flight for Life for South east ern Colorado By Eunice M.

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1 Press Kiowa County Kiowa County Your Community Newspaper KiowaCountyPress.com Weather Report Nov. 3-9 Weekend Forecast Date High Low Precip. Friday 39/ Mostly cloudy, SE wind mph, 40% chance of evening snow showers Saturday 36/ Mostly cloudy, 40% chance of morning snow showers As recorded in Eads by Ben Fisher. Sunday 41/23 Last year High/Low:...71/27 Nov. Precip. ( 03/ 04):.0.06/0.32 Cloudy, slight chance of morning snow showers turning to rain. Year to Date Precip FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, Weekly VOLUME 117, NUMBER 46 THIS WEEK4 Deadlines for Thanksgiving page 13 Obituary - LaRue Ad am son page 2 Let ter to the Ed i tor page 3 Upcoming Events page 6 10K/5 A Day Pro - gram page 8 Birthdays page 14 About Town page 5 Anniversaries page 9 Eads School Lunch Menu page 6 Author Coming to Eads Elementary page 2 Ki owa COunty WIFE Elects Officers page 3 5th Grade Cel e - brates Ar bor Day page 8 Plainview School Calendar page 9 Weisbrod Auxiliary Meets page 2 Teach ers Get Mas - ter De grees page 3 Public Notices pages 10, 11, 12, 13 New Ser vices Pro vided By Flight for Life for South east ern Colorado By Eunice M. Weber Ambulance Director No vem ber 4th 2004, Flight for Life landed the new est he li cop ter to join their ser - vices on our High School Foot ball field. This was their way of cel e brat ing their new est ad di tion and mak ing South east ern Col o rado aware of their new base location. For many years, Flight for Life Col o rado has been serv - ing South east ern Col o rado with lo ca tions at St. An thony AARP ElderWatch Warns of Localized Scam Se niors and dis abled adults are be ing tar geted in Prowers County and other Col o rado coun ties by a door-to-door so lic i tor of fer - ing to help folks ob tain the Col o rado Prop erty, Rent and Heat re bate; he is sell - ing the forms for $50.00 each and of fer ing im me di ate approval. Please do not fall for this scam, to ap ply for this re - bate is free. You can call your lo cal County De part - ment of Hu man Ser vices and re ceive this form or get forms at There is an other pro gram to help with en ergy costs, LEAP (Low En ergy As sis - tance Pro gram) a fed er ally funded pro gram ad min is - tered by the Col o rado De - part ment of Hu man Ser - vices. LEAP is de signed to help with your win ter heat - ing costs. Re quest an ap pli - Hos pi tal, in Den ver and Penrose-St. Fran cis Health Services located in Colorado Springs. Re cently a new lo - ca tion has been added to the Flight for Life Sys tem at St. Mary Corwin Med i cal Center in Pueblo. Flight for Life is a pi o neer in the field of air med i cal trans por ta tion. In con tin u - ous ser vice since 1972, Flight for Life was the first ci vil ian, hos pi tal-based emergency helicopter pro - gram in the coun try. Flight for Life has con tin ued its ca tion for LEAP at HEAT HELP. If you are ap proached by this so lic - i tor please re port it to your lo cal po lice de part ment and your County Department of lead er ship in the field, add - ing fixed wing air planes and Crit i cal Care Ground Am bu - lances to its ser vice. It has helped the re gion s most crit i cally ill and in jured pa - tients from the ti ni est preterm in fant to the el derly car diac pa tient. Flight for Life trans ports pa tients to the most ap pro pri ate re ceiv - ing fa cil ity at the re quest of the send ing fa cil ity or agency. It serves 200 com - mu ni ties state wide. Their crews in clude 31 Flight Nurses and 23 Flight Para - Human Services. AARP ElderWatch is a pro gram with the Col o rado At tor ney Gen eral to help stop the fi nan cial ex ploi ta - tion of se niors. For more in - med ics that are ex ten sively trained in emer gency and crit i cal care med i cine. The Pi lots have many years of EMS experience and thousands of flight hours in helicopters. Flight for Life Col o rado is the busi est crit i cal care trans port pro gram in the re - gion. And now with its new base at St. Mary Corwin Medical Center in Pueblo, will be able to pro vide our area with an ef fec tive re - sponse time. for ma tion about AARP ElderWatch call us at (op tion 2) or visit our website at NEWSPAPER Save Money. Subscribe to the Press. See Page 2. Ex ca va tion work be gan last week at the site of an as sisted liv ing cen ter be ing built south of Eads. A ground break ing cer e mony for the multi-mil lion dol lar pro ject was held in late Oc to ber, with com ple tion of the fa cil ity ex pected around mid-2005.

2 2 Kiowa County Press - us at press@kiowacountypress.com Friday, November 12, 2004 Obituary LaRue Ad am son, 89 LaRue Lillie Ar nold was born Sep tem ber 27, 1915, to Gustavas Adolfus and Cecil (Berry) Ar nold at 1211 Kerr Street in Eads. LaRue was the sec ond of four chil dren, older sis ter Orletha; youn - ger brother, Don and youn - ger sis ter, Floda. The fam ily moved to Chivington where her mother was the Post mas - ter and her fa ther ran a small gro cery store. LaRue at tended the Chivington School un til the elev enth grade when she mar ried John Da vid Ad am son in Tri bune, Kan sas on Au gust 12, John and LaRue settled in Rifle, Colorado for a short time. Then they moved to Ft. Lupton, where John worked at the beet mill and LaRue helped John s sis ter, Mary and hus band Roy run a gas sta - tion and care for their two boys. Later John and LaRue moved from Ft. Lupton Card of Thanks A spe cial thanks to Alvin and Mar ga ret Clamp dur ing my re - cent sur gery. Thanks to ev ery - one for the phone calls and cards. I en joyed them very much. God Bless you all. Louise McCrary Valley Memorial Funeral Chapel and Monument Company Thoughtful Service Thoughtfully Priced BECAUSE WE CARE Gene Millbrand Director (719) S. 5th Lamar, Colorado back north of Chivington where he worked as a farmer for his par ents and H.H. Hooker. It was here where LaRue gave birth to their first child, a lit tle girl named Alma May on May 1, Alma, the first of eleven chil dren would be fol lowed by Do ris in April 1936, Jimmy in June 1939, Da vid in Au gust 1941, Dale in July 1943, Bonnie in Au - Card of Thanks On Oc to ber 13, 2004, we lost our brother and friend, Jimmy. Eight days later, on Oc - to ber 21, 2004, we lost our mother LaRue, the in spi ra tion of who all of us have be come. Words can not ex press our sor - row. We would like to thank all of our friends, far and near, for their ex pres sions of love for Jim, LaRue and all the fam ily. Thank you to all from the As - sem bly of God Church for the meal for Jim. Thank you to Jackie Koehler and all for the meal for LaRue. The phone calls, food, flow ers, cards and kind words are all ap pre ci ated. Our mother re ceived ex cel - lent care at Weisbrod Hos pi tal and Nurs ing Home. Thank you to Dr. Hadley, Dr. Ahmad, Erin and the en tire staff for keep ing her as com fort able as pos si ble. Thank you to all. Alma (Bob) Bu chanan Do ris (Tom) Owens David (Ruth) Adamson Dale (Linda) Ad am son Bonnie (Mike) Bishop Lois (Danny) Weisdorfer Linda (Rodney) Hopkins Bud (Marlene) Ad am son Daryll (Mandy) Ad am son Jerry (Tina) Ad am son Doris Adamson Grandchildren and great grandchildren Press Kiowa County P.O. Box All Rights 1208 Maine Street, Reserved. Eads, CO Telephone: press@kiowacountypress.com Connie McPherson, Managing Editor Chris Sorensen, Publisher & Technology Coordinator Pegi Hueller, Web Site Manager Betsy Barnett, School Sports, Community Interest Rodney Johnson, USDA/Ag News Volunteer Contributors: Edith Koeller, Ida- Doris Lessenden, Curtis Schrimp, Lana Weber, Mina Loy Rip Teal (USPS ) Legal newspaper of Kiowa County Periodical Postage paid at Eads, Colorado Published Friday of each week. gust 1945, Bud in Oc to ber 1946, Linda and Lois in Feb ru ary 1948, Daryll in Oc to ber 1954, Jerry in Oc - to ber LaRue and John raised their chil dren on the Ad am son fam ily home stead nine miles north west of Chivington. It was here that John passed away on June 10, LaRue took care of the home stead un til her move Card of Thanks We wish to thank ev ery one who made our 50 th wed ding anniversary so special. To Wanda Lessenden, Glenda Stoker, Helen Mitch ell and Janet McKnight, to Lloyd and Edith Hall and Tom Knowlton for the gui tar, har mon ica and banjo mu sic; for all the cards and good wishes; to the Haswell Se niors for the beau ti - ful flo ral ar range ments and a spe cial gift. You all made a dream come true. The party was lovely and we thank you all so much. Guy and Mary Shafer Card of Thanks I would like to take this op - portunity to thank everyone who sup ported me in the No - vem ber 2nd elec tion. Your Sup port was greatly ap pre ci - ated. I would like to thank Dawna and my nieces who helped do the Booth at the fair, and to my sis ter Ca thy Rabe who gave a lot of her time to help with my cam paign. It goes with out men tion a big thanks goes to my Par ents and the rest of my fam ily for all of their Sup port. In clos ing I would also like to thank the Dem o crat Party for all of their support also. Mike Weirich Office Hours: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Mon. - Fri. Article Deadline: 10:00 a.m. Wed. Classified Deadline: 9:00 a.m. Wed. Advertising Deadline: 4:00 p.m. Tues. Rates: In Kiowa County $19.00; all other Colorado counties: $21.00; other states $ subscription (PDF Format) $18.00 Subscriptions are non-refundable. To ensure uninterrupted service, please renew your subscription before the expiration date shown on your mailing label. POSTMASTER: Send change of address to: P.O. Box 248, Eads, CO KiowaCountyPress.com to the Unity Vil lage of Eads in Jan u ary She lived there un til en ter ing the Weisbrod Me mo rial Hos pi - tal and Nurs ing Home m the first part of Sep tem ber 2004 where she passed away on Oc to ber 21, LaRue was pre ceded in death by her hus band, John David Adamson; her son, Jim Ad am son; daugh - ter-in-law, Jackie Ad am - son; her par ents, Gustavas and Cecil (Berry) Ar nold; brother, Don ald Ar nold; sis ter. Orletha MaciIntosh; six grand chil dren and one great-grandchild in infancy. She is sur vived by her sis - ter, Floda Schab of Se at tle, Wash ing ton; her chil dren Alma (Bob) Bu chanan of Manhattan, Kan sas; Do ris (Tom) Owens of Sparks, Nebraska; David (Ruth) Ad am son and Dale (Linda) Ad am son of Chivington, Col o rado; Bonnie (Mike) Bishop of Calhan; and Bud (Marlene) Adamson, Linda (Rodney) Hopkins, Lois (Danny) Weidorfer, Daryll (Mandy) Adamson, Jerry (Tina) Ad am son all of Eads; and daugh ter-in-law, Do ris Ad am son of Lamar. She is also sur vived by forty-two grandchildren and nu mer ous great and great-great grandchildren. In Memoriam In mem ory of Roy Rob ert son. One gift, above all oth ers God gives to us to trea sure One that knows no time, no place And one gold can not mea sure. The pre cious, poi gnant, ten der gift of mem ory.... that will keep Our dear one ever in our hearts. Al though God gives him sleep. It brings back long re mem bered things A song, a word, a smile And the world s a better place... be cause We had him for awhile! We miss you as a hus band, fa ther, grandpa, gramps, your fam ily Weisbrod Aux il iary Meets By Kim Rich ards Sec re tary/trea surer The Weisbrod Me mo rial County Hos pi tal and Nurs - ing Home Aux il iary met Tues day, Oc to ber 19, 2004 at Our Place. The fol low ing were pres - ent: An nie Cole, Vice Pres i - dent, Kim Rich ards, Sec re - tary/trea surer; Dora Pearcey, Betty Frazee, Margaret Frazee, Joyce Berry, Lola Igou, Philomene Liesen, Al ice Well, Do ris Lessenden, and guests Tonya Lane, Rhonda Kreuger. Meet ing was called to or - der. Sep tem ber min utes were read and ap proved. Trea surer s re port was given. Un der Old Busi ness: The rope clock that was or - dered is now up in Room 2. This room is now com plete on be half of Roy Rob ert son Memorial. Also because of the stip u la tions on the bed - spreads that we want to re - place we de cided to ask Harriett if she would look for them on our be half. We are still hav ing no luck on the 6 square vi nyl ta ble cloths for the res i dents. Rhonda said they need to be 36 by 36. Un der New Busi ness: The Hos pi tal Ba zaar is No - vem ber 20, We will ask Sis Howard if she wants to col lect the do na - tions from the busi nesses for our do na tion draw ing. Do ris will get the gift for our do na tion. Our ta ble this year will again only sale popcorn balls. Mar ga ret made a mo tion and sec onded by Dora to adjourn meeting. Next meet ing will be No vem ber 16 at Our Place. Author Debbie Dadey coming to Eads Elementary Monday, November 15th Public welcome, call for times For further information contact Taya Jagers at

3 Friday, November 12, 2004 Kiowa County Press - Visit us on the web at KiowaCountyPress.com 3 Let ter to the Editor Ed i tor Ki owa County Press A note to re mind the com - mu nity that they have a great as set in the Art ists of the Plains which is the kind of or ga ni za tion that goes to ward mak ing this town and county com plete, or if you pre fer, well-rounded. Also to thank those art - ists for their im me di ate ac - cep tance of a new mem ber and spon sor ing the book sign ing event for Cindy Perry of Kit Car son and my self last Sat ur day eve - ning. A great turn out for the read ing and talk with ex cel lent par tic i pa tion of the audience attending. A spe cial thanks to the pa - trons of the gal lery whose pur chases help keep this show case of talent alive and accessible. I re ally am en joy ing be - com ing a part of Ki owa County and I ap pre ci ate the ac knowl edg ment that writ ers and po ets are art - ists too. More to come. Visit your gal lery and share. Vaya con Dios, Jeff C. Camp bell Ki owa County WIFE Chap ter Elects Of fi cers By Phyl lis Nel son Ki owa County WIFE chap ter 124 met Oc to ber 28 at Our Place Res tau rant in Eads. It was our an nual county meet ing at which the fol low ing of fi cers were elected for 2005: Pres i dent Fran Larrew, Vice-Pres i - dent Ca thy Scherler; Sec - re tary Freda Schmidt, Treasurer Fannie Murdock, Historian Mary Ann Richardson, Reporter Phyllis Nelson, County Com mit tee Mi nor ity Rep - re sen ta tive Fran Larrew, Tele phone Tree Ha zel Woelk, Pho tog ra pher Ca - thy Scherler, Com mod ity and Is sue Chairs: Beef Fran Larrew, Ce real Grains Mary Ann Rich ard - son, En ergy Phyl lis Nel son, Oil seeds Ca thy Scherler, Ru ral Health Freda Schmidt and Wind Data Theresa Weber. Rod John son, Ki owa County FSA ad vi sor and Mike Stephens from the Pueblo FSA of fice spoke to us about LDP s, which farms to sign, di sas ter aid to ag ri cul tural ar eas for 2003 or 2004 crop years and global po si tion ing sys tems which will be in use in the near fu ture to de ter mine bound ary lines and acres. We re ceived $50 for the fair pa rade float, tak ing 2 nd place for or ga ni za tions. State con ven tion was held No vem ber 4 at Our Place at 11 a.m. Names sub mit ted by our chap ter for State Trea surer and Board of Di rec tors were Jennifer Folzein from Ster - ling; for Sec re tary Freda Schmidt; His to rian Mary Lou Wil liams. Fran Larrew and Freda Schmidt will at - tend Na tional Wife Con ven - tion in Wich ita, Kan sas on November WIFE will be serv ing lunch at the Hos pi tal Ba - zaar No vem ber 20. The menu will in clude Sloppy Joes, ham and cheese sand wiches, baked beans, po tato salad, pies and drinks. We will also have fresh pe cans for sale. If you wish to or der pe cans in ad - vance or to find out the cost per pound, please call Theresa Weber at (719) or Phyl lis Nel son at (719) Teach ers com plete Mas ter s de gree - Teach ers from all over south east Col o rado re cently completed their Master s degree in Education in Technology in Education through Lesley Uni ver sity. Teach ers were able to ob tain their mas ter s de gree by at tend ing classes in at Lamar Com mu nity Col lege one week end a month for 22 months. Lesley Uni ver sity, a na - tion ally ac cred ited uni ver sity, be gan of fer ing off-cam pus pro grams sev eral years ago and has be come the leader in pro vid ing mas ter s de gree pro grams to teach ers all over the United States. The teach ers from this area com plet ing the pro gram in Lamar in clude: Sandy Den ham (Wiley High School), Julie Rob ins (Spring field El e men tary), Jan elle Randel (Eads Mid dle School) Janet Chenoweth (Chey enne Wells El e men tary), Nickole Bowie (Walsh El e men tary) Jammie Bryan (Holly High School), Mary Bur nett (Lamar), Mark Pennington (Granada High School), Shan non Ellenberger (Eads High School) Valerie Harper (Lamar High School), Coleen Tinnes (Wiley El e men tary), Kristi Cook (Walsh El e men - tary), Alisha Hall (Pritchett El - e men tary), and Jean Wag ner (Las Animas Mid dle School). Grad u a tion cer e mo nies will be held May 23, 2005 at the Lesley Uni ver sity cam pus in Cam bridge, MA. CARD SHOWER for Betty Jacobs Who will turn 80 Years Old November 16 She has chosen to celebrate this grand occasion with her family in Oklahoma City during the Thanksgiving holiday. Please remember her with a card (and maybe a hug if you see her). Please send cards to: Betty Jacobs 1204 Rittgers Street Eads, CO Seniors don t forget to get your RSVP in by November 17 for the Eads School Thanksgiving Dinner. (719) Member FDIC

4 4 Kiowa County Press - us at press@kiowacountypress.com Friday, November 12, 2004 USDA Up date By Rod John son As grain sor ghum har - vest pro gresses, both yields and test weight are dis ap point ing. The late start to the grow ing sea son and cool sum mer months made it dif fi cult for grain sor ghum to mature. County Com mit tee Elec tions Ag ri cul ture pro duc ers in Lo cal Ad min is tra tive Area #3 (from Galatea to the west end of the county) may have al ready or soon will be re ceiv ing an elec - tion bal lot for the County Com mit tee elec tion. There will be only one name on the bal lot since in cum bent County Committeeperson, Paul Zimmerman, was the only one to sub mit a nom i - nat ing pe ti tion. Pro duc ers may also write-in a can di - date s name. El i gi ble vot - ers may re quest a bal lot at the FSA Of fice if one is not re ceived by mail. Bal lots must be post marked or re - turned in per son to the FSA Of fice no later than De cem - ber 6, The County Com mit tee will tab u late the bal lots on De cem ber 10, 2004, at 9:00 a.m. in the Ki owa County FSA Office. Yellow Corn/bu Grain Sorghum/cwt Sunflowers/cwt*(oil) Wheat/bu Oats $1.40 $1.37 $1.38 $1.38 $1.37 $1.39 The Kiowa County loan rate is shown for each crop and the Posted County Price (PCP) for each day. The LDP rate for any day is determined by subtracting the PCP from the Kiowa County loan rate. If the PCP is above the loan rate, no LDP is in effect. LDP's are also applicable to other crops including barley, oats, soybeans, and oilseeds (*including non-oil sunflowers). Contact the FSA Office for rates. Telephone FSA (Ext 2), NRCS (Ext 3). individuals firstname.last name@ co.usda.gov (Example rod.johnson@co.usda.gov,, walt.immer, nadene.gaynor, dawna.weirich, charla.ferris, marvin.watson, marlin.miller, brett.jones) Kiowa County FSA Web Site Eads Haswell C-Store The ballot counting is open to the public. No NAP Grass Loss Af ter eval u a tion of the graz ing loss in the county by the County Com mit tee, NRCS and CSU Ex ten sion, it was de ter mine the county average grazing loss was only 45% for the 2004 grow ing sea son. To be el i gi ble for graz ing loss pay ment un der the Noninsured Crop Di sas ter As sis tance Pro gram (NAP), a graz ing loss must ex ceed 50% on a county wide av er age. Some ar eas of the county did ex pe ri - ence graz ing loss above 50% but the County Com - mit tee is not al lowed to split the county for determining a loss. NAP Fees Due De cem ber 1 The ad min is tra tive fee of $100 per crop, per pro - ducer, for native grass pasture is due no later than December 1, 2004 to be el i gi ble for cov er age in the 2005 grow ing sea son. Other crops with a De cem - ber 1 dead line for pay ing the $100 fee are alfalfa, mixed for age and mus - tard. The dead line for pur - chasing NAP coverage on most other spring crops is March Kiowa County Posted County Price Corn, Sorghum, Sunflowers, Wheat & Oats Loan Rate Nov 4 Nov 5 Nov 8 $2.06 $1.77 $1.75 $1.79 $3.39 $2.69 $2.66 $2.70 $9.30 $11.11 $11.55 $11.55 $2.65 $3.18 $3.23 $3.30 Nov 9 $1.78 $2.67 $11.55 $3.40 Nov 10 $1.78 $2.67 $11.55 $3.36 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 Vol un tary Reg is ter To Reach Minority Producers The U.S. De part ment of Ag ri cul ture s (USDA) Farm Ser vice Agency (FSA) an nounced that mi - nor ity farm ers and ranch - ers in Ki owa County and across the na tion may now join a new vol un tary reg is - ter to re ceive in for ma tion from USDA. The new Mi - nor ity Farm Reg is ter is an out reach tool to reach underserved farm ers and ranch ers who are not cur - rently en rolled in USDA loan, farm or con ser va tion pro grams. The Register will cre ate a shared out - reach list that will help USDA, com mu nity-based or ga ni za tions and mi nor - ity-serv ing ed u ca tional in - sti tu tions to communicate with minority farmers and ranchers. In di vid u als wish ing to join the Reg is ter must sign and date a form that pro - vides their name and ad - dress. Pro vid ing phone num bers, ad dress, race, ethnicity, gender and farm or ranch lo ca tion will be vol un tary, al though the ad di tional in for ma tion in - creases the pro ducer s op - por tu ni ties for re ceiv ing appropriate assistance. The Reg is ter pam phlet with the reg is tra tion form is available at the Ki owa County USDA Ser vice Cen - ter or from ap proved USDA out reach part ners. Com - pleted forms may be mailed to: Mi nor ity Farm Reg is ter, USDA Stop Code 0503, 1400 In de pend ence Av e nue, S.W., Wash ing ton, D.C., The reg is tra - Niche Beef Pro duc tion and Mar ket ing Workshop Col o rado State Uni ver - sity and Amer i can Farm - land Trust are spon sor ing a niche beef pro duc tion and mar ket ing work shop on Dec. 7 and 8 at the Ag ri cul - tural Research Develop - ment and Ed u ca tion Cen - ter, 4616 NE Front age Road in Fort Col lins, dur - ing the 4th An nual Taylor Beef Symposium. The ed u ca tional work - shop is de signed to help Col o rado s beef pro duc ers more effectively market their prod ucts to con sum - ers by im prov ing busi ness, pro duc tion and mar ket plan ning. The work shop will in clude a trade show to match pro duc ers with tech - ni cal and busi ness re - sources, a tour of Dou ble J Meat Pack ing in Pierce and fea ture guest speakers and panels. The work shop is a unique and timely op por tu - nity, said Tom Field, as so - NATIONAL FARMERS UNION INSURANCE COMPANIES Your National Farmers Union Insurance Agent In Kiowa County Lonie J. Hoffman P.O. Box N. Main Cow Palace Inn Lamar, Colorado (719) ci ate pro fes sor in an i mal sci ences at Col o rado State. Stu dents and pro fes sion - als will be able to learn from and net work with ex - pe ri enced pro fes sion als in the branded beef business. Guest speak ers for the work shop in clude Tem ple Grandin, as so ci ate pro fes - sor in an i mal sci ences at Col o rado State Uni ver sity; Doc and Con nie Hat field of Or e gon Coun try Beef; rep - resentatives from Colorado Home stead Ranches in Paonia; Rex Moore of Mav - erick Ranch Natural Meats; and Allen Wil liams of The Jacob Alliance. Top ics to be dis cussed at the sym po sium in clude fi - nan cial plan ning, risk man - age ment, un der stand ing consumer preferences, tion in for ma tion is avail - able on the FSA s Web site at s/pub li ca tions/mfr/de - fault.htm. Reg is tra tion forms are available in Spanish and English. Kiowa County USDA Con tact Info Tele phone FSA (Ext 2), NRCS (Ext 3). in di vid u als firstname.lastname@ co.usda.gov (Ex am ple rod.johnson@co.usda.gov,, walt.immer, nadene.gaynor, dawna.weirich, charla.fer - ris, marvin.wat son, mar - lin.miller, brett.jones) Ki - owa County FSA Web Site /County%20Webs/Ki- owa_county.htm prod uct pric ing, mar ket anal y sis and plan ning, and meat han dling and packaging. The reg is tra tion fee is $100 per per son if re ceived be fore Nov. 19. Af ter Nov. 20, the reg is tra tion fee in - creases to $130 per per son. Sin gle-day reg is tra tion rates as well as stu dent rates are avail able. The registration fee includes a work book, field trip and meals. Registration is also avail able on the day of the workshop. Reg is tra tion ma te ri als can be ac cessed at or by call ing Nancy Weiss at (970) For more in for ma tion about the work shops, visit edu/aftnichebeef. The Great Amer i can Smokeout By Lisa Bade It takes an av er age of 5 to 7 times for some one to quit smok ing. Dur ing the Amer - ican Cancer Society s Great American Smokeout and ev ery day, peo ple can find the re sources they need to quit for good. The Society s Great American Smokeout is Thurs day, November 18. Research indicates smok ers are most suc cess - ful in quit ting if they have help from a com bi na tion of meth ods, in clud ing nic o - tine re place ment ther a pies (NRT), pre scrip tion drugs, coun sel ing and a net work of fam ily and friends. The American Cancer Society has a va ri ety of re sources in Col o rado, in clud ing: The Col o rado Quitline QUIT (7848) of - fers free per son al ized in - for ma tion to help Col o rado res i dents quit to bacco use; Printed self help ma te ri - als - The ma te ri als in clude bro chures, tip sheets and the book; Kick ing Butts: The American Cancer Soci - ety s Guide to Quit ting Con tin ued on page 13

5 Friday, November 12, 2004 Kiowa County Press - Visit us on the web at KiowaCountyPress.com 5 About Town By Ida and Do ris Lessenden Sing ers are in vited to the prac tices for the An nual Com mu nity Can tata that will be gin this Sunday, No - vember 14 th at 2:00 p.m. at the United Meth od ist Church in Eads. The or - ganist, pianist, and keyboard player have been prac tic ing many hours on the ac com pa ni ment for the Han del s Mes siah. This tra di tional con cert has been hap pen ing for over 50 years to bless hun dreds of peo ple. Do cir cle the date for the De cem ber 12 th concert. The Sheridan Lake Live - wire 4-H Club trans formed the Plainview gym into an is land-like par a dise Sat ur - day eve ning for the an nual 4-H Achieve ment Ban quet. The host 4-H mem bers at - tired in grass skirts and trop i cal shirts served a sump tu ous meal. Many 4-H members received awards such as tro phies, em broi - dered hooded sweatshirts, sav ings bonds, sil ver trays, jack ets or jew elry. Clo ver leaf wooden plaques were pre sented to the four top 4-H mem bers fol low ing their in ter views. Those young la dies were Lana Weber, Shalyn Laird, Katie Sanders, and Jennifer Negley. Con grat u la tions to Vir gil Allen and Wanda Lessenden who were pre - sented with the Friends of 4-H plaque. Pam Weirich and Bruce Fickenscher pre sented Thank You gifts to their co-worker, Agent Kaye Kasza, re mem - ber ing their ten years of team work in the CSU Ex - ten sion of fice. Kaye was given a stand ing ova tion, a trib ute of re spect and love from the fam i lies she has worked with. Her job is being moved by the CSU system to Bent County. The Eads FFA mem bers who made the trip to Ken - tucky for the Na tional Con - ven tion with Ad vi sor, Lance Jagers, were: Billy Brandt, Josh Crow, Vic tor Brown, Ja cob Buck, Ty ler McCracken, Or lando Ramos, James, Deverman, Hunter Uhland, Trice Watts, Bethany Kerfoot, Milly Spady, Des tiny Saffer, Tasha Hueller, and Brenda Ramos, They es pe - cially en joyed tour ing the Arch at St. Louis, Mis souri, at tend ing con ven tion ses - sions, and see ing sites in the states enroute. The Eads Post Of fice has the col ored in sig nias of the mil i tary ser vices on the front win dow. This re minds us of Vet er ans Day this week and the sac ri fices and pow er ful work of ser vice Lamar Chris tian Church to Col lect Gift-Filled Shoe Boxes for Hol i day Sea son Take out the wrap ping pa per and start mak ing your lists - it s not too early to start think ing about Christmas! Area residents are pre par ing to bring joy to a hurt ing world this hol i - day sea son by pack ing and col lect ing shoe box gifts for Op er a tion Christmas Child. Lamar Chris tian Church, 811 South Main Street, will serve as a 2004 drop-off site for Op er a tion Christ mas Child. The church will be open to re ceive gift-filled shoe boxes dur ing the pro - ject s Na tional Col lec tion Week, No vem ber Lo - cal hours will be Mon - day-sat ur day 9 a.m.-4 p.m., and Sunday 1 p.m.-3 p.m. by ap point ment only. Those wish ing to do nate lo cally may drop boxes off at the Ki owa County Sher iff s Of - fice during that week. This will be Lamar Chris - tian Church s third year as a drop-off site for Op er a tion Christ mas Child, a pro ject that en cour ages chil dren, fam i lies, churches and groups to fill empty shoe boxes with toys, school sup - plies, hy giene items and per sonal let ters, then hand-de liv ers them to chil - dren in need around the world. Last year, Lamar Chris - tian Church col lected 411 gift-filled boxes from west - ern Kan sas, south east Col - o rado, and the sur round ing ar eas, and has set a goal of 500 shoe box gifts for Over 6.6 mil lion gift-filled boxes were col lected world wide last year, and dis trib uted to chil dren liv - ing in coun tries where pov - Con tin ued on page 7 men and women in our United States and around the world. Vet er ans Day was com mem o rated Thurs day eve ning by a ca - tered din ner at the Amer i - can Legion Hall in Eads. Ramona Harwig, of Col o - rado Springs, Roberta Hines from Canon City, and Roland and Marge Mays from Col o rado Springs were here for their mother, Margaret May s birthday party Sat ur day. They along with other friends and rel a - tives had a good visit at the party. Theo Kirshman is an - other per son who has cel e - brated his 94 th birth day in our town. Happy birth - day to this dear man. Casey Gibbs of Haswell, for mer Eads grad, re ceived his Na tional Star Farmer Award at the Na tional FFA con ven tion in Lou is ville, Ken tucky. He was ac com - pa nied by his par ents, Delton and Marlynn Eikenberg and Dusty and friend, Shan non White. Casey s award is only given to a small per cent age of FFA in the na tion. Con grat - u la tions! Lead ers at the Art ist of the Plains Gal lery hosted a book sign ing party Sat ur - day eve ning. Lo cal au thor, Jeff C. Camp bell, read part of his book, Trea sure of the Soul - Tesoro del Alma. Peo ple can buy hard or soft cov ers of his book. Kit Car son au thor - ess, LuCinda Perry, read part of a chap ter from her book that will be printed soon, A Can of Worms in Carsonville. She also au to - graphed her book, Where There s a Will. Re fresh - ments were served while peo ple browsed through the rooms of spec tac u lar art and vis ited. The Gal lery has art pieces and Christmas items for sale. Lately, I have no ticed more ve hi cles parked day and night around the Econo Lodge which leads me to think that most of the pa trons must be hunt ers. This is true. Some men in the res tau rant told me that they were hunt ing deer with bow and ar rows and oth ers have spo ken of fish - ing and hunt ing birds. Drama class in struc tor, Lorena Melius, gave me a new poster. Their drama, Johnny Brooke..a Ghost Story has been re sched - uled for Thurs day, No vem - ber 18 th at 7:00 p.m. in the Crow-Lu ther Arts Cen ter. Several volunteers have helped, Betsy Barnett, with the Book Fair at school dur ing the last two weeks. This has been a good time for many par ents and chil - dren to shop to gether for books. I was im pressed with the good be hav ior of the chil dren and the teen - ag ers. I can re port this week that there is a big moun tain of soil at the end of Maine Street where the new As - sisted Liv ing com plex will be con structed one of these days. An drew Maxcy, Kit Car - son soph o more, had the mis for tune to have the bones in his leg so badly bro ken in the foot ball game playoff, Saturday that he was taken by he li cop ter to Swed ish Hos pi tal in Englewood. Eads is his church com mu nity so he is well-liked in both towns. The Eads Lions Club met last Tues day eve ning. They would wel come new mem - bers. These men and women meet on the first Tues day of the month at 7:00 p.m. in the Our Place meet ing room. We are hope ful that there will be a good turn out of shop pers for the 25 th an - nual Hos pi tal Aux il iary Fall Ba zaar on No vem ber 20 th at the Eads com mu nity build ing. This is a great place to pur chase gifts not only for the hol i days but for the whole year. Many places of busi ness and ven - dors have been more that gen er ous in do nat ing gifts for the door prize draw ings. Won t you please buy some tick ets.just ask an Aux il - iary mem ber or you can buy tick ets at the Ba zaar. You don t have to be present to win. While I was at school re - cently I saw Ju dith Bean there teach ing col lege dual credit classes. Her for mer Eng lish stu dents and I agree that, her stu dents are for tu nate to have such an excellent professor as Mrs. Bean. A num ber of area Mid dle School fam i lies spent two eve nings in Chey enne Wells this week at the first bas ket ball games of the sea son. Tuesday evening, many folks went to the FBLA-Red Cross Po tato Bar ben e fit sup per and stayed on for the Lion s Clubs Bingo night. Mean - while other folks were in Cheyenne Wells attending the ben e fit con cert for Mike and Char (Woelk) Korrell. The sing ers were the Florida Boys who travel through out the na tion. These men have sung in our com mu nity sev eral times and they are so very outstanding. The Ki owa County Farm Bu reau had their an nual meet ing at Our Place. The guest speaker, was Tracee Bentley who is with the Na - tional Af fairs of fice of Farm Bu reau where she works primarily in Colorado and Wash ing ton, D. C. She up-dated the mem bers on her work with leg is la tion, is sues with the EPA, en - dangered species, chemi - cal li cens ing pro grams, and other ar eas where the Farm Bu reau or ga ni za tion has been rec og nized as a farm organization leader in the USA. Anyone who likes to sing, moan or groan is welcome to join us at the Community Christmas CANTATA PRACTICE FIRST PRACTICE Sunday, November 14, :00-4:00 p.m. Eads United Methodist Church

6 6 Kiowa County Press - us at press@kiowacountypress.com Friday, November 12, 2004 Up com ing Events FIRST Can tata Prac - tice will be held Sunday, No vem ber 14 from 2-4 p.m. at the Eads United Meth - od ist Church. Any one who likes to sing is en cour aged to come. Home Buy ers Work - shop, spon sored by South - east Colorado Enterprise Development (SECED), Monday, November 15, 2004 at 5:30 P.M., at SECED, 112 West Elm Street, Lamar, Col o rado. Call SECED to register and directions. Due to the length of the class we ask that you not bring children. The Weisbrod Hos pi tal and Nurs ing Home Aux il - iary will meet at 12 noon at Our Place Res tau rant on November 16. Everyone is in vited to attend. NOTICE: The Eads Se - nior Citizens dinner sched - uled for Novenber 17th will be held at the First Chris - tian Church at noon as usual. Af ter the meal we will go to the cen ter to play cards. Hope to see ev ery - one there. DRAMA PLAY - Johnny Brooke: A Ghost Story will be pre sented No - vem ber 18th, 2004 at 7:00 p.m. at the Crow-Lu ther Arts Cen ter. Con tact: Lorena Melius (719) ; Sa rah McCoin (719) or Kyla Cole (719) for Ticket Sale Prices. Thanksgiving Din ner for Se nior Cit i zens at the school caf e te ria will be on No vem ber 18 at 1 p.m. Please RSVP to Konda (719) or Jackie (719) by Wednes - day, No vem ber 17 at 4:30 p.m. 25th An nual Weisbrod Hos pi tal Aux il iary Fall Ba - zaar will be held Sat ur day, No vem ber 20 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Eads at the fair - grounds community build - ing. WIFE will serve lunch. For more information call Linda Trosper (719) or Su zanne Wil - liams (719) You are cor dially in - vited to a bridal shower for Tara Weber, bride elect of Jeremy Gaynor, Sunday, No vem ber 21st at 2 p.m. at the Cath o lic Church in Kit Car son. Tara is reg is tered at Walmart. The Ki owa County Com mis sion ers will meet in regular session on Wednesday, November 24th. Meet ings are held in Com mis sion ers of fice at 1305 Goff Street, the court - house start ing at 9:00a.m. Ad di tions or changes to the agenda must be made 4 days in advance. Listings in Upcoming Events are free to non-profit groups or or ga - ni za tions, or for gen eral, non-busi ness com mu nity an nounce ments. List ing in for ma tion must be sub - mit ted by 10:00 a.m. each Wednesday for publication in the next Fri day edi tion. Avail able space may be lim ited. Call , for more in for ma tion or to place your listing. CORRECTION The ar ti cle that ran on the front page of the No - vem ber 5 is sue of the Ki - owa County Press re gard - ing the up com ing North ern Chey enne Run was at trib - uted mis tak enly to Alexa Rob erts, but it was ac tu ally a press re lease writ ten and sub mit ted by the North ern Cheyenne Tribe. McRue s Come check out this new establishment and get acquainted with the owners Dony Grimus & Ginger McPherson Home Coun try By Slim Randles I was in vited re cently to join Bob Milford, man ager of the pres ti gious Di a mond W Ranch, on a drive-around tour of the place. It s a huge, pri vate ranch, with tiny ex-log ging roads wind ing around through 13,000 acres of pine trees and rocks. A real par a dise. But I was hor ri fied to see wooden street signs nailed to trees wher ever two of these old log ging trails came to gether. Oh no, I said, out loud. What s the mat ter? Bob asked. I see you re plan ning a sub di vi sion here. Bob started laugh ing when I pointed at the signs. Those are for the own - ers, he ex plained. They live back East and visit here one week end a year. When they get out here, they take the pickup and drive around and get lost. Once I got a call on the cell phone from the owner, who said he was lost and could n t find his way back to the house. So I asked NOW OPEN Roadhouse On the Corner of US HWY 287 and Maine Street in Eads 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. him where he was and he said he was right there, sit - ting on a rock and close to a pine tree. He chuck led. That nar - rowed it down to about 13,000 acres. Well, I man - aged to find him, and af ter that, I put these signs up. I tell them now, if they get lost, to drive un til they come to Home Road and then head down hill. It solved the prob lem. Brought to you by Marqcom Me - dia. Visit them at Eads School Lunch Menu November 15 Break - fast: Break fast burrito, hash browns, fresh fruit, ap ple juice, milk. Lunch: Pizza pick ets, com bi na tion salad, grapes, Jell-o cups, milk. JH-HS Salad Bar. November 16 Break - fast: Pan cake, sau sage patty, fresh fruit, or ange juice, milk. Lunch: Ham, scal loped po ta toes, or ange half, hot rolls, green beans, milk. JH-HS Salad Bar. November 17 Break - fast: Sliced ham, toast, fresh fruit, grape juice, milk. Lunch: Beef & noo - dles, crackers, vegetable sticks, pears, sliced bread, milk. JH-HS Salad Bar. November 18 - Break - fast: Muf fins, yo gurt, ap ple juice, fresh fruit, milk. Lunch: Thanksgiving din - ner, tur key, dress ing, mashed po ta toes, sweet po ta toes, pump kin des sert, hot rolls, milk. LAMAR THEATRE 219 S. Main - Lamar $6.00 Adults - $4.00 Children & Seniors - $4.00 Thursdays Held Over PG 13 Friday Night Lights Stars Billy Bob Thornton & Tim McGraw 6:45 p.m. Daily The Grudge Stars Sarah Michelle Geller 9:00 p.m. Daily COMING SOON The Incredibles Starts Friday, November 19 PG 13

7 Friday, November 12, 2004 Kiowa County Press - Visit us on the web at KiowaCountyPress.com 7 Sheridan Lake Live wires Re port By Vin cent Koeller Club Re porter The Sheridan Lake Live - wires 4-H Club met at Plainview school on No - vem ber 2, Pres i dent Cassie Har ris called the meet ing to or der at 5:51 p.m. with the fol low ing mem bers pres ent: Lana Weber, Megan Linder, Shelby Har ris, Vin cent Koeller, Katie Sanders, Miranda, Lauren, and & Natalya Weber, Ty ler Har - ris, Blaine Shiv ers, Kacy and Lyaneah Segers, Ryan Koeller, Mathew Sanders, and lead ers Pete Rohlman and Gail Koeller. Mem bers were re minded of the Night Owl, reg is tra - tion forms need to be filled out. Com mit tee Re ports were heard from var i ous Achievement Banquet com mit tees. Old Busi ness was the third read ing and sign ing of the changes to our Con sti - tu tion and By-Laws. Mem bers with cov ers for the note book con test were Kacy / Lyaneah and Vin - cent. The club voted on the cover made by Vin cent. New Busi ness Our club s Christ mas Party will be De cem ber 7 at 6:00 p.m. We de cided to have the white el e phant game, any one com ing to our party who would like to par tic i pate in this needs to bring a $5.00 gift in a brown bag, it needs to be marked for a man/woman/child or anyone. The club voted on fin ger food items. The meat and pa per prod ucts will be pro - vided by our club. This same eve ning at 5:30 p.m. we will be in stall ing our new of fi cers, if you would like to come early and watch you are very wel - come. De cem ber 3, 2004 we will be dec o rat ing our en - chanted for est tree in Lamar and then we will be off to Sandhaven Nurs ing Home for some Christ mas sing ing and a Christ mas treat, we will be mak ing, for all the res i dence. De cem ber 16 we will be play ing bingo with the Weisbrod Nurs ing Home res i dence and we will have a Christ mas treat, we will be mak ing, for the res i - dence. We voted to put on a CRP/EMT class for our mem bers and the com mu - nity; this should take place in the early part of We voted to send Ron ald Mc Don ald a $50.00 do na - tion and save pop tabs for this next year. Lana and Cassie vol un teered to see if we could put our jug for tabs at school. Our club is happy to an - nounce we will be help ing Fan nie Murdock with the Social Service Christmas Trees. With Fan nie s guid - ance we will be do ing ev - ery thing the same way she did only with a lot of lit tle hands! Next was the Elec tion of Of fi cers for the 2005 year and they are as fol lows: Pres i dent: Cassie Har ris; Vice President: Vincent Koeller; Secretary: Megan Linder; Trea surer: Lana Weber; Re porter: Lauren Weber; His to rian: Natalya Weber; Song Leader: Ty ler Har ris; Con tact Lead ers: Gail Koeller and Su san Green field; Coun cil Rep re - sentatives: Megan, Katie, Kacy, Natalya, Lauren, Shelby, Ty ler, Mathew and Vincent. The meet ing was ad - journed at 7:45 p.m. Our next meet ing will be on De cem ber 7, 2004 at 5:30 p.m. and our Christ mas Pot luck will start at 6:00 p.m. Subscription Delivery at the Convert your existing print subscription, or start a new subscription online now! Only $18.00 per year! The Sheridan Lake Live wires 4-H club will be tak ing over the So cial Ser vice Christ mas Tree that Fan nie Murdock has done for the past many years. This year Fan nie and the club will be work ing this ser vice just like it has al ways been. The fol low ing mem bers were on hand to have their pic ture taken with Fan nie: front row: Ryan and Vin cent Koeller, Ty - ler Har ris and Natalya Weber; sec ond row: Levi and Mathew Sanders and Lyaneah Segers; back row: Kacy Segers, Lauren Weber, Cassie Har ris, Blaine Shiv ers, Lana Weber, Fan nie Murdock, Megan Linder, Shelby Har ris and Katie Sanders. Please con tact one of these mem bers if you have pack ages to be picked up. Lamar Chris tian- Con tin ued from page 5 erty, ter ror ism, fam ine, di - sas ter and dis ease are a way of life. This year s in - ter na tional goal is to col lect and dis trib ute 7 mil lion shoe box gifts. Op er a tion Christ mas Child is a pro ject of Sa mar i - tan s Purse, an in ter na - tional Chris tian re lief min - is try headed by Frank lin Gra ham. Sa mar i tan s Purse co or di nates year-round re lief and de - vel op ment pro jects in over 100 coun tries around the world. For more in for ma - tion about Lamar Chris tian Church s par tic i pa tion in Op er a tion Christ mas Child, call For more in for ma tion on Op er a tion Christ mas Child, or to re ceive free ma - te ri als, call or visit Marples Country Market 101 N. 4th Street Lamar, Colorado Your TOTAL Health Food Store (719)

8 8 Kiowa County Press - us at press@kiowacountypress.com Friday, November 12, 2004 Eads 5 th Grade Class Cel e brates Ar bor Day! By Shelly Van Landingham State For rester On Oc to ber 27th, Ms. Lana Pe ter son s 5th grade class helped the Town of Eads and the Eads Tree Board celebrate Arbor Day by plant ing a bur oak in Maine Street Park. The class learned about Ar bor Day and learned how to prop erly plant a tree. The stu dents adopted the new bur oak tree. The Col o rado State For est Ser vice pre - sented Ms. Pe ter son with a state tree poster, Col o rado na tive tree card packet, Col o rado na tive tree seeds packet, and a book en ti tled The For est Where Ashley Lives. One stu dent also won a draw ing for an Aus - trian pine! The Town of Eads was pre sented with its an nual Tree City USA award marked the 10th year that the Town has been pre - Digital COLOR Printing & Copying Services Kiowa County Press 1208 Maine Street, Eads The clubs of the Towner community Pages from the Past sponsored a pie supper with proceeds going to the Ten Years Ago, Kasey Kemper, Shelby Weisbrod Memorial November 11, 1994 Weeks, Jyrell Fickensher, Hospital in Eads. E a d s L i o n s C l u b and Heidi Weirich. donated an air chisel to the Fifty Years Ago Eads Volunteer Fire Twenty-Five Years Ago November 12, 1954 Department. November 9, 1979 Eads City of Burl and Catherine Halloween Day Opportunity, is to have an Scherler received the marked the retirement of improved highway Kiowa County 4-H Evelyn Durrett from the through the city by Council s Meritorious Missouri Pacific Company. Thanksgiving Day. Service Award at the She has served the Kay Womack and annual 4-H Achievement Company almost 37 years. Junior Homan play a Banquet. Members distraught mother and receiving Outstanding Forty Years Ago father in the Eads junior member awards include November 13, 1964 class play presentation. Eads Auto Supply sented with this im por tant rec og ni tion! Eads Tree Board Mem - bers, Marvin Wat son, BJ Jones, and Shelly Van Landingham wa tered all of the Maine Street trees: The trees re ceived over 800 gal - lons of wa ter! A big thanks to the Eads Fire De part - ment for the use of their por ta ble wa ter tank and pump! Lana Pe ter son s 5th grade class helps plant a bur oak in Maine Street Park in cel e bra tion of Ar bor Day. Eads Tree Board vol un teers, BJ Jones and Marvin Wat son, wa ter Maine Street Trees as part of the Ar bor Day cel e bra - tion. Kiowa Drug (719) (719) (719) Town of Eads Clerk, Dawna Peck, and Di rec tor of Pub lic Works, Van Brown, dis play the Town s Tree City USA Flag. 10K/5 A Day Di a be tes Pro gram By Fae Aldrich Chey enne County Pub lic Health To change your eat ing and exercise habits, you must see the ben e fits of mak ing the change. An ac - tive life has in store for you the ben e fits of more en - ergy, better health, stress re lief, im proved pos ture, feel youn ger, im proved skill, firmed and toned body, weight loss, and clothes that fit better. Maybe you have thought about get ting in volved in ac tive rec re ation, or have done some thing in the past. Imag ine what was, or could be, en joy able. Some times there can be more im me di - ate and less ob vi ous ben e - fits to ac tiv ity, such as re - duc ing stress, or even re liev ing guilt about not do - ing ex er cise!! Be hon est. How long has it been since you were last in good shape? How would you de - scribe how you felt when you were in your best shape? Ap ply these ques - tions to your men tal, spir i - tual, as well as your phys i - cal health. Com mu ni ca tion can be en hanced when you participate with a friend, fam ily mem ber, or co-worker. Peo ple of ten re - port better prob lem solv ing or more cre ative thoughts while exercising. Recre - ational phys i cal ac tiv ity can be done for free and the paybacks can be high. Get your self ready men tally. Do your stretch ing ex er - cises (mind, body, and spirit). Once you start, any daily im prove ment will im - prove your fit ness level in all ar eas. You will have changed. From that point on, you are not the same person you were before you began your fitness training. Congratulations! Re ally, what are you wait - ing for? The ob sta cles for avoid ing im prov ing your health are your own. What are your rea sons? Be hon - est. Some com mon fa vor ite rea sons are: too busy, sounds hard, too tired, too old, no rec re ational ar eas nearby, re quires dis ci pline, hate to sweat, bor ing, don t look good in shorts, etc. And please get the im pact of this.you can cre ate your own ob sta cles. If you re not ready for a work out, just start with one min ute of ac tiv ity, be - cause doing something is better than do ing noth - ing. Each and ev ery day you use 1,440 min utes. Why not use just one min ute for fit - Con tin ued on page 9 CROW'S STOP & SHOP PEPSI $ pak - 12 oz. Cans

9 Friday, November 12, 2004 Kiowa County Press - Visit us on the web at KiowaCountyPress.com 9 Sackett Ap pointed Man ager of Burlington Fer til izer Fa cil ity Kugler Com pany has an - nounced the ap point ment of Steve Sackett as man - ager of its Burlington fer til - izer fa cil ity. Sackett will as - sume the du ties of Ron Howard who is re tir ing. Gary Kin dred has also been ap pointed as op er a - tions co or di na tor for the facility. Ron led the Kugler fa cil - ity through some chal leng - ing times in ag ri cul ture and we are grate ful and ap - pre cia tive of his com mit - ment over the years, said John Kugler, co-pres i dent. Steve will be able to build on the work that Ron did and con tinue to help Kugler Com pany strengthen its lead er ship in the market. Sackett has long his tory with the Kugler Com pany, hav ing been an au tho rized Kugler KQ fer til izer dealer for years. He also has more than 30 years ex pe ri ence in the fer til izer in dus try. Steve un der stands our market-leading product line and how to work with grow ers to help them in cor - po rate the ben e fits of our fer til izer prod ucts into their op er a tions, Kugler added. The Burlington plant is in the midst of a two-year ex - pan sion pro ject, which will add one mil lion gal lons of fer til izer stor age at the Burlington fa cil ity as well as new high-vol ume blend - ing and pro duc tion equip ment and a truck load-out fa cil ity. This will en able us to better serve grow ers in the area, Sackett said. Kugler KQ fer til iz ers are high qual ity fer til iz ers that con tain pot - ash, sul fur, and zinc and are de signed to help fully re al ize the yield potential of crop production. Kugler KQ fer til iz ers are rec og nized for their out - stand ing qual ity, ease of ap pli ca tion and in-field per - for mance. Kugler Com - pany s fer til izer group con - sists of pro duc tion plants, wholesale distribution and retail sales. Productions plants are lo cated in Culbertson, Ne braska; Sterling, Colorado; and Ulys ses, Kan sas. Each plant man u fac tures a va ri - ety of prod ucts in clud ing a va ri ety of ag ri cul tural blends as well as lawn care and spe cialty fer til iz ers. The prod ucts are in a con - tin u ous state of im prove - ment with new prod ucts added as they are de vel - oped. Most re cently, Kugler Com pany in tro - duced a line of low salt fertilizers and slow release nitrogen. A na tive of Cope, Col o - rado, Sackett and his wife, Linda, have two chil dren and three grand chil dren. John Kugler ap pointed Steve Sackett as man ager of the Burlington Fer til izer Fa cil ity. Plainview School Cal en dar November 15 Good 4. 4-H Exec. Coun JHBB K of C Tour ney con tin ues. 10K/5 A- Con tin ued from page 8 ness? If you en joyed your fit ness min ute, you can re - peat it for more min utes, or more days. The amount of activity you start with does n t mat ter re ally! As you be come more ac tive in your mind, body, and spirit, you will find ways to in - crease the num ber of min utes, of ten dra mat i - cally, with a lit tle cre ative ef fort, you can gen er ate a long list! At ti tude is half the battle! An ni ver sa ries November 14 Mr. & Mrs. Gary Stoker November 17 Mr. & Mrs. Rod Cole November 18 Mr. & Mrs. Travis Darnell November 20 Mr. & Mrs. Ja son Wallick, Mr. & Mrs. John Dixon DIAMOND ENGAGEMENT AND WEDDING RINGS SEIKO - PULSAR - SPIEDEL WATCHES GIFTWARE - TROPHIES GREEN'S JEWELRY S. Main - Lamar