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2 Peo ple & Places WEATHER WEATHER Up com ing Events Pee Wee Wres tling prac tice and par ents meet ing will be held Mon day, Feb ru - ary 20 at 4 p.m. in the El e - men tary Gym. Ques tions con tact Lance Jagers (719) Dis cover links be tween your health and wealth hab - Sat., Feb. 18-7:00 p.m. Sun., Feb. 19-3:00 p.m. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part1 Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Press Kiowa County P.O. Box Maine Street, Eads, CO press@kiowacountypress.com Connie McPherson, Editor Chris Sorensen, Publisher Betsy Barnett, School Sports Rodney Johnson, USDA/Ag News Volunteer Contributors: Melissa Peterson, Doris Lessenden, Curtis Schrimp, Sharon Scott, Michelle Wyckoff, Sue Fox, Rhonda Uhland All Rights Reserved. Plains Theater Taylor Lautner The Quileutes close in on expecting parents Edward and Bella, whose unborn child poses a threat to the Wolf Pack and the towns people of Forks. Feb. 8 - Feb. 14 Date High Low Precip T T Last year High/Low:...72/-8 Feb. Precip. ( 11/ 12): 1.05/0.49 Year to Date Precip As recorded in Eads by USDA. PG 13 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 its and learn sim ple ways to make small changes that can make a big dif fer ence in BOTH! Small Steps to Health and Wealth Col o rado is a new pro gram of fered by Col o - rado State Uni ver sity Ex ten - sion that ad dresses how financial problems can affect your health and how poor health can af fect your fi - nances. Pro grams are hands-on, packed full of use - ful health and fi nance tips, and of fered in a sup port ive learning environment. Don t miss this ex cit ing sem i nar at Prai rie Pines As sisted Liv ing on Tuesday, February 21 at 1:30 p.m. The EHS STAND Club will be spon sor ing the Bonfils blood drive on Wednes day, An ni ver sa ries February 23 Mr. and Mrs. Liann Kruger, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Wat son. Weekend Forecast 47/23 Sunny, with N NW wind between 5-10 mph. Partly cloudy evening with NE wind around 5 mph becoming calm. 46/25 30 % 50/26 30 % Sunny, with calm wind becoming S SW at 5 mph. Mostly clear evening with S wind between 5-10 mph. 30% chance of snow, mostly sunny, SW wind 5-10 mph. Mostly cloudy evening with N NW wind around 5 mph. 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 February 17, 2012 Feb ru ary 22nd at the H/S multipurpose room. Appt. times are 11:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. To make an ap - point ment please call: Mary Vasquez (719) or Linda Trosper (719) Eads Driver s Li cense Sched ule for FEBRUARY - February 22nd; February 29th. Classy Lassie Red Hat - ter group will meet on Sat ur - day, Feb ru ary 25, at l0:00 a.m. for break fast and a meet ing at the Eads K & M Ranch House. 90th Birth day Cel e bra - tion for Mary Lou ise Huddleston on Sat ur day, Feb ru ary 25 at 12 noon. Fes - tiv i ties and lunch will be held at the Towner Com mu nity Hall. Please RSVP to Sharon Birth days February 20 Kim Peck, Levi John son, Carroll Walker, Tanaia Hansen, Linda Ad am son, Brianna Engstrom, Jim Rog ers, Brady Scherler, Youssef Chahb. February 21 Jill Whalen, Trudy Briggs, Glendoris Reinert, Steve Baxter, Pam Weirich, Alex Schmidt. February 22 Tony Kahler, Jaxson Stoker, Casey McDaniel. February 23 Scott Elarton, Masyn Hager, Chad Lyon, Thane Fink, Kayla Miller. February 24 Si erra Howland, Valerie Lyon, Mark McClave, Mary Huddleston. February 25 Jim Gar - ner, Jessica Crockett, Wilma Eitel, Larry Koeller. February 26 Jadyn Kemry, Tommy Chase, Amy Simpkins, Adam Simpkins, Harry Lynch, John Sutphin, Ma son Purdy. (719) or Jerene (719) Please join us in the celebration. The Ki owa County Com mis sion ers will meet in reg u lar ses sion Tues day, Feb - ru ary 28, Meet ings are held in the Com mis - sioner s Of fice (1305 Goff Street) at the court house start ing at 9:00 a.m. The Bent-Prowers Cat - tle & Horse Grow ers As so ci a - tion will hold its an nual meet ing, ban quet and dance on Sat ur day, March 31, 2012 at the Cow Pal ace Inn in Lamar. Mac En ter tain ment will be the disc jockey for the evening. The cattlemen s group, which serves Baca, Bent, Crowley, Ki owa, Otero & Prowers coun ties, also ap - pointed com mit tees to fi nal - ize other plans. The next board meet ing will be 6 p.m. Wednesday, February 29, at Jody s Grill in La Junta. The Eads Cham ber of Com merce is now ac cept ing nominations for the annual Cit i zen of the Year and Vol un - teer of the Year awards. Nominations may be anony - mous, but must be in writ ten form. The nom i na tion let ters must be re turned no later than March 1, 2012 to Eads Cham ber of Com merce, PO Box 163, Eads, CO For more in for ma tion please call (719) or (719) Look ing for Dy namic Women of all ages to par tic i - pate on the 4th An nual Girls in the Mid dle con fer ence, the con fer ence is sched uled for March 3, 2012 at Lamar Community College. You can go to to reg is ter. Help is needed in the fol low ing ca pac i ties; Open ing speaker, ses sion presenters, committee, confer ence work ers and com mu - nity spon sors. The con fer ence is open to the 6th, 7th & 8th grade girls from the sur round ing coun - ties. For more in for ma tion or for any ques tions please call Becky Navarrette at (719) ext. 151 or me at bnavarrette@prowerscounty. net. Annual Membership Meet ing for the Eads Golf As - so ci a tion and Eads Golf Club will be held at 7:00 p.m. Mon day, March 5 at the Club House. Dani s Foundation will be host ing the 2nd an nual Mad Hat ter s Ball: A Night of Magic & May hem which will take place on Sat ur day, March 24 at Den ver s Mile High Sta tion. Ev ery one is in - vited to par tic i pate in the fes - tiv i ties and lend sup port to this Tick ets to the Mad Hat - ter s Ball are $75 per per son or $100/cou ple. Res er va - tions may be made by con - tacting Dani s Foundation (303) or by ing to martha@danisfoundation.org. Card of Thanks VFW Post 3411 would like to thank 1 st thru 4 th grade stu - dents for participating in the col or ing con test. A spe cial thanks to Eboni Nash for writ ing an es say for the con test. Card of Thanks To the anon y mous per son that gra ciously pur chased the beautiful China Cabinet for me at Thurs days on Maine, I would like to THANK YOU! I am so very hum bled to know that some one would do this for me and so much ap pre ci ate the kind ness. The China Cab i net fits just per fect in our din ing room. Also, I would like to thank the three guys that de liv ered the cab i net. Get ting the cab i - net in the house was not an easy task and I thank you for your help. Once again, I want to say thank you to the anon y mous gift giver and the three de liv ery men. Thank you, Shelly Myers

3 Top News Wres tlers Winder and Lenox Headed to State Meet By Rhonda Uhland I of ten won der what goes through the mind of a wres tler as he steps on the mat ready to face his op po nent. Af ter all these are the men that were just stand ing in the hall - ways vis it ing with each other, or walk ing si lently back and forth meet ing one an other with a stone faced glance. I m sure there is a re spect for each other; a need of in ti ma - tion of some form to get the up per hand when they do meet each other face-to-face. It seems like there is a calm si lence as they pace get ting fo cused or they dance from foot to foot get ting warmed up. What ever it is it be comes a par ents only thought, be cause they know that when their son gets on the mat it could be six com plete min utes or it could be over in a mat ter of a few sec onds and what ever it turns out to be it s like they don t take a breath un til the match is over. I ve seen par ents that pay to get in to watch and cover their eyes the whole time the match is be ing wres tled. It is ex - haust ing. Why would sons want to do this to their par ents? I fig ure the re - Eads to Hold Mu nic i pal Elec tion By Dawna Peck The Eads Mu nic i pal Elec tion will be held on Tues day, April 3, Polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. There are 3 4-year Trustee po si tions and 1 4-year Mayor po si tion open this elec tion. Nomination petitions can be picked up now at City Hall, 110 W. 13th St., Blaine Winder 138# 2nd place Re gion 4 fin isher. (Nicolle Lenox Photo) wards they achieve on Fri day as he wres tled outweigh anything else. Torres from Manzanola Blake Rob ert son, his first match. Torres is a Blaine Winder, Rob ert re turn ing state con - Miller and Justin Lenox tender and he had the ad - rep re sented Eads to the very best of their abil i ties van tage with ex pe ri ence giving Robertson his first in the re gional tour na - loss in 1:52. Rob ert son ment held in La Junta then chal lenged this past week end. At the Chenoweth from Baca con clu sion of the event Blaine Winder fin ished in County and with a 2nd pe - riod pin found him self 2nd place and Justin elim i nated from the tour - Lenox was the Re gional na ment. Rob ert son Cham pion ad vanc ing ended the sea son with a them to the State Tour na - ment next week to be held at the Pepsi Cen ter in re cord and showed so much im prove ment from his last sea son. This Den ver start ing on soph o more will be anx - Thursday. ious for next year and Blake Rob ert son with his hard work in the started things off for Eads off sea son should be among the best next year. Get ting cleared to wres - tle late in the sea son Rob - ert Miller wres tled for Eads in the 170 pound weight di vi sion and al - and have to be re turned to City Hall by 5:00 p.m. Fri day, March 2, This will be a poll ing place elec tion so you ei - ther have to go to the polls to vote or re quest an ab - sen tee bal lot. To re quest an ab sen tee bal lot or if you have any ques tions please con tact the Town Clerk s of fice at (719) though he went two and out he was a com pet i tor and Eads should be proud of his de sire to com pete. Miller lost to the Collin Sires from Baca County by pin and lost by de ci sion to Ev ans from Ki owa, 7-1. Miller is only a soph o - more so he has two years left of wres tling com pe ti - tion and has the po ten tial for some great things. Justin Lenox HWT Re gion 4 Cham pion. (Nicolle Lenox Photo) Blaine Winder likes to keep things very in ter est - ing while he is on the mat as Wills from Ki owa got the first takedown and three near-fall points be - fore Winder had him re - versed and was get ting his own 5 points. Wills was flat in 2:34 and Winder was ad vanc ing to the semis against Westphal from Baca County. This is not the first time these two have met and with each match this year Winder has been awarded the win. This match turned out the same but for about 5 min utes and trail ing 8-1 it re ally did n t look like it was pos si ble. Westphal was com fort - able with his lead and was con tent to let the clock run out but Winder re al - ized it was now or never and went for the takedown putt ing Westphal on his back and get ting the pin in 5:13, ad - vanc ing him to the cham - pi on ship match. Kappel from Limon had up set the num ber 1 seed in the bracket so Winder was head-to-head with him. It went the com plete six min utes but Winder found him self down, 7-12 and fin ish ing the re gional tour na ment with a 2nd place fin ish. He will go into state with a re - cord and will be wres tling Dal ton Randolph from Dove Creek for his first match on Thursday. Justin Lenox had pos si - bly the best tour na ment of his ca reer as he beat two wres tlers that had beaten him ear lier in the sea son and had three pins for the day. Helms from Rocky Ford went down in 5:02; then he got re venge over Long from Burlington with a pin in 3:13. His cham pi on ship match was the last match wres tled and it was worth the wait. He faced Gray from Crowley County who is a re turn ing state placer and had beaten him twice this sea son. Af ter the first pe riod Gray was lead ing by one point. Al most im - pos si ble to hold down, Lenox chose to go bot tom to start the 2nd and it paid off as he was re vers ing the Charger to his back and in 3:08 the ref was slap ping the mat. Lenox will be start ing the state tour na ment with a 27-5 re cord and his ac tion will start up against Axel Long from Burlington on Thursday. February 17, 2012 KiowaCountyPress.com 3

4 Agriculture & Outdoor Life USDA Up date Service Center Closed The Ser vice Cen ter will be closed Mon day, Feb ru ary 20th in ob ser vance of Pres i - dent s Day. The of fice will re open Tues day, Feb ru ary 21st. NAP Deadline Thurs day, March 15 is the dead line for pro duc ers to pur chase NAP (Non-in- sured Crop Di sas ter As sis - tance Pro gram) cov er age for most 2012 spring crops. The ser vice fee is $ per crop with a max i mum of $ per county and $ in all coun ties. NAP cov er age is not only im por tant for the crop losses; the pol icy has also been an im por tant fac tor in the in sur ance link age re - By USDA Cen ter Staff quire ment for SURE (Sup - ple men tal Rev e nue As sur - ance Pro gram) which re - quires that all crops are in sured ei ther through RMA and/or NAP cov er age. For 2012 many of the Di sas ter Pro grams, in clud ing SURE ex pired with the 2008 Farm Bill, how ever as the lead ers in Wash ing ton write a new Farm Bill, we be lieve it is in your best in ter est to pur - chase the NAP pol icy for any feed crops or dual pur - pose sor ghum that you may 4 KiowaCountyPress.com February 17, 2012 con sider plant ing later this year. Foreign Investors Foreign investors who buy, sell or hold a di rect or indirect interest in agricul - tural lands in the United States are re quired un der the Agricultural Foreign In - vest ment Dis clo sure Act to re port their hold ings and trans ac tions to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. The Agricultural Foreign In vest ment Act be came ef - fec tive on Feb ru ary 2, 1979 and re quires any for eign per son who ac quires or trans fers any in ter est other than a se cu rity in ter est in agricultural land to report the trans ac tion to FSA within 90 days of the sale or pur chase. The Secretary of Agricul - ture des ig nated the Farm Ser vice Agency to col lect the re ports which are to be sub mit ted on form FSA-153, Agricultural Foreign In vest ment Dis clo sure Act Re port. The com pleted form must be filed at the FSA county of fice where the land is lo cated. Fail ure to sub mit an ac cu rate or timely FSA-153 could re sult in civil pen al ties of up to 25 per cent of the fair mar ket value of the prop erty. CRP Gen eral Signup 43 As was noted in the UPDATE last week CRP gen eral signup 43 will be gin March 12 April 6, The of fice has n t re ceived much information pertain - ing to the signup other than the fact the ma jor ity of signup will stay un changed from the pre vi ous two signups. Stay tuned to the UPDATE for fur ther in for - ma tion con cern ing pos si ble pub lic meet ings, etc. Kiowa County USDA Contact Info Tele phone (719) FSA (Ext 2), NRCS (Ext 3). in di - vid u als firstname.lastname@ co.usda.gov (Ex am ple: dawna.weirich, nadene.gaynor, charla.fer - ris, marvin.wat son, mar - lin.miller, brett.jones). Southeast Colorado Woolgrowers to Host Shearing Day By Janet Golden Sheep pro duc ers mark Don t miss your opportunity to be Part of Prowers Conservation s Power! The Prowers Conservation District Board of Directors Cordially invites you to the 69 th Annual Meeting of Cooperators WHEN: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 WHERE: Cow Palace TIME: 6:00 p.m. COST: $12 Dinner begins at 6:00 p.m. and will be followed by a brief business meeting, Poster Contest award presentation, 2011 Conservationist of the Year and Scholarship Recipient. Also updates on what the District has done in Dr. James Pritchett-Associate Professor-Colorado State Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics will be our Guest Speaker. For more information or to make your reservations by February 22, 2012; please call (719) ext We look forward to seeing you there! your cal en dars for Feb ru - ary 25. Da vid Miller, Southeast Colorado Woolgrow ers As so ci a tion (SECWGA) pres i dent, an - nounced that the as so ci a - tion will host a Com mu - nity Shear ing Day on Sat ur day, Feb ru ary 25 in Rocky Ford. The Community Shear - ing Day will be held at the Ar kan sas Val ley Fair - grounds 4-H Barn in Rocky Ford be gin ning at 8:30 a.m. To re serve a spot, pro duc ers need to con tact Janet Golden, CSU Ex ten sion in Rocky Ford, with a to tal num ber of sheep white face or black face, ewes or rams. The es ti mated cost, which will need to cover the barn rent, will be at least $6 per an i mal, de - pend ing on the to tal count for the day. Or ga niz ers will assign producers a time to get their sheep to the fair grounds. Any pro - ducer, within 30 miles, EHS STAND Club Blood Drive Wednesday, February 22 11:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the EHS Multipurpose Room. Call Linda Trosper or Mary Vasquez for appt. need ing help in trans port - ing their sheep to the site can con tact Golden. Ad di - tional charges will be as - sessed for fuel. The to tal num ber of sheep accepted for the day will be limited. Miller noted that the shear ing day al lows many pro duc ers with smaller flocks to take their an i - mals to the fair grounds at an ap pointed time to have them sheared by a pro fes - sional crew. The wool will need to be taken back home with the pro ducer, but can be sub mit ted for the Wool Pool in late spring when the As so ci a - tion holds its an nual Wool Pool collection. The Southeast Colorado Woolgrowers Association is open to any pro ducer who raises sheep in South east Col o rado in - clud ing the moun tains, foot hills, and plains in this part of the state. For fur - ther in for ma tion con tact Da vid Miller, (719) ; Cynthia Zwick, (719) , or Janet Golden, (719)

5 About Town Do ris Lessenden and Me lissa Pe ter son Here is an other quote from a Max and Donna Owen De velop a forgiving attitude (most peo - ple are do ing the best they can). At the ball game, Tim Weeks proudly showed me a cell phone photo of Dee and Samantha Week s new - born girl, Pais ley Ma rie. So Tim and Syl via and Allen Wade and Ma rie Watts all of Eads are proud grand par - ents again. Our sin cere sym pa thy goes out to Pas tor Galen Bur nett and their three adult chil dren in the loss of his wife and their mother. Mary Bea (Moyer) was the youn gest child of the Ritchie sib lings: Valoris, Charlotte, Richard, Arnitha, Bonita, San dra, and broth - ers, Duane, Rich ard, and Jerry Ritchie. Her fu neral was in Lamar and the fu - neral din ner was at the Eads United Meth od ist Church with burial in Eads. The fine folk at this same church, hosted the fu neral and din ner at their church for Scott Bowen of Tulsa, Oklahoma. We sin cerely sympathize with Melody Com mu nity Life and her three adult chil dren in the loss of Scott who died from complications of cancer. Both Mary and Scott were for mer mem bers of the Chivington Friends Church. Our con do lences are given to his sis ter, Mar ga ret Beth (Roy) Laughlin and brother, Chuck (Sherri) Bowen. Cardon and Joyce Berry and Terry Riley were strug - gling to clean a ga rage Mon - day to pre pare a stor age place to un load a truck of thea tre chairs, when a class of FFA boys came to help. In 20 min utes the young men cleared all the space. The CLECE group appreciates all the help that the FFA Chap ter lends their hands to in or der to as sist com mu - nity groups with pro jects. When I vis ited the Nurs - ing Home Fri day af ter noon, the la dies were play ing Horse shoe (plas tic) with the help of fifth and third grad ers, Molly and Chase Stolzenberger. They of ten do volunteering along with Nya Mor gan on week ends. Bless their gen er ous hearts. It was fun to watch them count out the coins and hand horse shoes to the res i - dents. One res i dent told me that her hus band had metal horse shoe stakes in their yard. One night, some Lamar po lice men were chasing some criminals who drove into Eads and into their yard near the Eads rail road tracks and got hung-up on the stakes. They were caught! So it shows, Crime just does n t pay. We ex tend our sin cere sympathy to Stephanie Buck and her daugh ters and other fam i lies in the loss of her mother, El ea nor Grasmick. At the bas ket ball games, Nicole Smith, flau tist, and Alicia James, vo cal ist fa - vored the crowds by per - form ing the Star Span gled Ban ner. Thurs day night the cheer lead ers per formed a neat rou tine, Foot loose. The Soph o more class has been hav ing half pot draw - ings this year at ball games. When Nancy Walker won Thurs day night, she sud - denly gained a lot of stu dent friends. Happy Birth day to Arlene Rehm who had a card shower and birth day party in Chey enne Manor. It was nice that some of her grand - chil dren were able to come home to visit their par ents, Chris and Gary Rehm and Aunt Cheryl. Four New Homes in Kit Car son AVAIL ABLE FOR RENT OR SALE Kit Car son Ru ral De vel - op ment, KCRD, in or der to best serve po ten tial ten ants or own ers, wants to know how many peo ple are in ter ested in liv ing in these homes. Please call (719) or visit the Kit Car son State Bank 113 Main Street in Kit Car son to reg is ter your in ter est with Joel Maxcy, Ka ren Wolff or Mar i lyn Ward. This will not be a sign up sheet or a pref er ence list. It is merely a list of po ten - tial in ter ested res i dents, to help us un der stand the po ten tial de mand for these homes. All potential tenants or own ers must meet HUD s in come re quire ment that res i dents must have an in come equal to or less than 80% of HUD s me - dian fam ily in come for Chey enne County which is $63,500. The in come lim its are thus: One per son - $34,800, Two peo ple - $39,800, Three peo ple - $44,750, Four peo ple - $49,700, Five peo ple - $53,700, Six peo ple - $57,700, Seven peo ple - $61,650, Eight peo ple - $65,650. If you have any ques - tions please con tact Amy John son at or at tobyamy@rebeltec.net I saw Jodi Stolzenberger, Amy Barton, and Eunice Weber of fer ing foods for the Re lay for Life teams. They ap pre ci ate the do na tions and I surely like the cook ies and home made bread I bought. Re pub li can Cit i zens from around Col o rado met at cau cuses last Tues day. Com mit tee peo ple and del e - gates were cho sen in prep a - ra tion for the March County As sem bly. Galen and Sharlene Hiatt of Cotapaxi, CO are fre - quently in Eads to watch their grand daugh ters, Dorian and Hailey Ray play bas ket ball and cheerlead at games. They bought a home in Eads and have helped Krissy and her girls move into it. It is heart warm ing to see fam i lies sup port each other. I urge all peo ple who are will ing to give their blood to call Mary Vasquez or Linda Trosper for an ap point ment be tween 11:30 to 4:00 p.m. on Wednes day, Feb ru - ary 22. Work ers from the Bonfils Cen ter will be at the Eads School Multi-pur pose rooms for the stu dent STAND Club s sec ond blood drive this school year. The Alumni Com mit tee met for sev eral hours to lay more plans for the All School Re union in Sep tem - ber. We are pleased to have re ceived many re plies al - ready be fore the for mal let - ter is mailed out. The movie for this week is not listed on the flyer, Twi - light Break ing Dawn Part 1, will be shown in Eads, Feb ru ary l8 and 19th. And the very pop u lar Cou ra - geous will be shown on Feb ru ary 25th and 26 th with FREE ad mis sion to ev - ery one. Justin Lenox and Blaine Winder will be wres tling in the State Tour na ment this week end. I will be glued to the ra dio again to hear their matches. I (Do ris) along with oth ers surely do appreciate the local busi - nesses who spon sor the KLMR broad casts. 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. Our Medical Staff: Eads Medical Clinic Erin Hieb-Morgan, FNPC Wiley Medical Clinic Mike Manley, PA-C For appointments call Eads - (719) Wiley - (719) February 17, 2012 KiowaCountyPress.com 5

6 Kit Car son Clips Last Week s Re main true to the faith...acts 14:22 It is cyn i cism and fear that freeze life; it is faith that thaws it out re leases it, sets it free. By Mar i lyn White This crazy Col o rado weather. What hap pen to the big bliz zard and snow storm we were to get. I be - lieve aches and pains, old fash ioned ba rom e ters we use to live by, are just as ac - Wild Horse Roundup I have trou ble re mem ber - ing as I did n t get to the Re - pub li can cau cus a few nights ago at our school house, but I don t imag ine they missed me. I had a nice phone call from Velma Smades in LAMAR THEATRE 219 S. Main - Lamar $7.00 Adults - $5.00 Children & Seniors - $5.00 Thursdays PG Starts Friday, Feb. 17 We Bought a Zoo Stars: Matt Damon The Grey Stars: Liam Neeson KIT CARSON STATE BANK BURLINGTON BRANCH By Curtis Schrimp 6:45 p.m. Daily 9:05 p.m. Daily COMING SOON The Vow Chronicle PO BOX # ROSE AVE. South Da kota; she wanted to know how Marty and I were get ting along. The Smades are old friends who used to own the store here many years ago; it s nice to keep in touch. We had a let ter from Do ris Forsyth who lives out in Wash ing ton, She used to live in Eads, and she sent some pa pers that listed the C.C.C. camps in Col o rado, in I was in the one in Hugo for one term. A lot of guys from Oklahoma were too. We got $30.00 a month. Five dol lars at camp and the rest sent home. When I got home on a week end my mom gave me some to go to a dance. It BURLINGTON, CO (719) KiowaCountyPress.com February 17, 2012 R Joyful Noise The Woman in Black KIT CARSON STATE BANK PO BOX # MAIN STREET KIT CARSON, CO (719) KIT CARSON STATE BANK CHEYENNE WELLS BRANCH BANK-BY-PHONE cu rate as our mod ern day pre dic tions. No school or bas ket ball game at Kit Car - son Fri day due to fear of weather. The game with Cheraw was made up Mon - day night at Cheraw. The Wild cats came home win - ners. Elsie Mae White came Sat ur day to spend a few days with Ron ald and Shir - was a job with a place to stay and some thing to eat and a lit tle spend ing money. Marty is in Den ver and will be home Wednes day, for a few days. My niece Pennie is com ing with her. LeeAnn just called and I also talked to Jessi for a lit - tle bit. There was n t much to talk about. She gets the pa per and en joyed the birth day pic tures, I think she is over sore spots that she got from ski ing. She was go ing to call Steve as I did n t have the num ber where Marty is. There is sup posed to be a card party Sunday if the weather lets us. Men Hi Allen Naugle; 2nd Me (Curtis); Low Ernie Ham - mer. La dies Hi Glaida Cra - ven; 2nd Yvonne Schallenberger; Low Susie Paintin. There was a nice crowd, six full ta bles of four. PO BOX # st EAST STREET CHEYENNE WELLS, CO (719) ley White. Sunday eve ning Annette White, George, Anita, Rebecca, and Keith Young, Rodney Wilms, and Elsie Mae White had sup per with Ron ald and Shir ley White and watched the ex - cit ing Super Bowl. Rob ert from the Mitch ell House got to wres tle in Ordway Sat ur day. The whole Mitch ell crew was there to cheer him on. This is the first Rob ert has got ten to wres tle since his in ju ries. He lost his match, but was beam ing he did n t get pinned. Linda (Ortega) Wag ner from Craig, CO came Sat ur - day to visit me for sev eral weeks. Linda was a fos ter child of ours and grad u ated in 83 from the Kit Car son school. Linda was very ac - tive in school join ing band, sports, FFA, 4-H, Meth od ist Youth Fel low ship, choir and participated in several mu - sical productions, directed by Mrs. Marx. No won der we had trou ble keep ing track of her. Her hus band Tony, son Joshua, and Linda are mak ing plans to move to Kit Car son soon. Saturday evening Kit Car - son School cel e brated Home com ing since they were play ing foot ball in Eads when home com ing rolled around. A de li cious Mex i can meal was served in the lunch room. There were food raf fles and other booths. The gym was full of peo ple. The Wild cats de - feated the Wiley Pan thers by only a few points. Lady Wild cats lost by a few points. Anna Randel re turned home Tues day night af ter spend ing two weeks vis it ing her daugh ter Neilann and family in Oregon. Car ried Away An el derly woman who had never mar ried died re - cently. In her hand writ ten in - struc tions for her me mo rial ser vice, she re quested no male pallbearers. They would n t take me out while I was alive, she wrote, so I don t want them to take me out when I m dead. Snow Goose Hunt ing Sem i nar in Lamar By Mi chael Seraphin Col o rado Parks and Wild life will host a Snow Goose Hunt ing Sem i nar at the CPW of fice in Lamar on Sat ur day, Feb - ru ary 25 from 1 to 4 p.m. There is no cost to attend. Wildlife managers will pres ent tips and tricks for hunt ing snow geese on the east ern plains of Col o - rado. Top ics will range from the ba sics for be gin - ners, to tech niques for the sea soned hunter. The pro gram is geared to ward adults. The CPW of fice in Lamar is lo cated 2500 S. Main St. (about two hours east of Pueblo on Hwy. 50). For more in for ma tion about the sem i nar, or to register, call (719) Col o rado hunt ing reg u - lations allow for unlimited take of snow geese east of I-25 from Feb ru ary 13 thru April 30. The re - quire ment to pur chase a fed eral wa ter fowl hunt ing stamp has been waived and hunt ers are al lowed to use un plugged shot - guns and electronic calls. Ac cord ing to the U.S. Fish and Wild life Ser vice, pop u la tions of greater and lesser snow geese and Ross s geese have grown to his toric highs. Collectively called light geese, they are caus ing mas sive de struc tion to their sum mer home on the frag ile arc tic tun dra to the point it may take de cades to recover. The Sat ur day af ter noon hunt ing clinic is part of the tenth an nual High Plains Snow Goose Fes ti - val. For more in for ma tion about the Snow Goose Festival, go to: m.

7 East End Events Sorry guys, I should have re minded you last week about Val en tine s Day com - ing up. By the time you read this, you will ei ther be in good graces with your sweetie or in deep! I m sure all of you were in good graces. The Sweet heart Ban quet at the Sheridan Lake Church last Fri day eve ning was at tended by around fifty peo ple. The food was pre pared by our own Larry Tuttle and was de li cious. The 4-12 youth group pro - vided the en ter tain ment By Sharon Scott and ev ery one had a great eve ning. Cora Coffman went to Fowler Thurs day eve ning to watch her grand daugh ter Jor dan play bas ket ball. An - other grand daugh ter, Kelli Kern of Alamosa met her at the game. They stayed in La Junta that night and did some shop ping on Fri day be fore Cora re turned home. Kelli stayed and at tended the Dis trict Wres tling Tour - na ment on Fri day af ter - noon. On Sat ur day, Cora went to Chey enne Wells and at - tended the baby shower for Home Coun try It s al ways a treat when Jas per Blankenship co - mes down from the diggin s with his dog, Ar - thur, to see us here in town and stop by for sto - ries and cof fee at the Mule Barn. Jas per, is it true you built your cabin with only an ax? Jas per nod ded. Aren t axes kinda hard to get used to? Herb asked. Some times an ax gets downright peculiar, Jas - per said, slathering two inches of straw berry jam on his toast. Now you boys re mem ber ol John Buekers from Ohio, right? Came to visit a while back? He told me a story about just such an ax. Jas per sucked down some more cof fee and looked out the win dow to see if Ar thur was okay in the pickup truck. He was. Now ac cord ing to John, there was this city guy had a cabin way off in the hills. Used to go up there on the week ends. This feller bought him self a brand-new ax dou - ble-bit cruiser sharp - ened that puppy up to By Slim Randles where it could cut cor ners and gov ern ment red tape. Took it up to the cabin and laid into that wood pile. When he left to go back to town, he leaned the new ax against the wall of the cabin. Now the very next week end, this guy goes back to the cabin and finds that mois ture in the air had made a big curve in that ax han dle. Could n t use it, of course, and he was won der ing what to do about it. So when he left to go back to the city Sunday eve ning, he turned that ax around the other way and fig ured that d cor rect that bow ing in the handle. And did it? Doc asked. Sure did, Doc. When he got up there the next Sat - ur day morn ing, not only was the curve cor rected, but it had gone com - pletely the other di rec - tion and was bowed out the other way. That ol wood pile of his was need - ing some as sis tance, too. So he bought a new ax? said Dud. Nope, Jas per said. That d be giv ing up, and her great-grand daugh ter Kadance Grace Kern. An - thony and Erica Kern are the proud par ents of Kadance and Wes is the proud brother. Congratula - tions on the new ad di tion to your fam ily. We were glad to hear that Irene Beaman is back at the nurs ing home in Holly and is im prov ing ev ery day. I hope I can bounce back as well when I am 93 years old. Carol Shalberg went to Syracuse, KS on Saturday to watch her grand son Dawson play 6th grade bas - ket ball. Her son Steve coaches this team. That af - ter noon she went on to Lakin to watch her other grand son, Dal ton play in his man was put here to be mas ter of beasts of the field, television remote con trols and fussy ax han - dles. He sub di vided the whole thing out in his mind be fore de cid ing how to win. Jas per grinned and bull-snaked down an other piece of toast. And? Doc said. And he fig ured he would try com ing up on Wednes day Brought to you by Slim s award-winning books at where a bunch of the sto ries are re - ally funny. Sher iff s Report By Cor po ral Jon Renteria Feb ru ary 6-12, 2012 The Ki owa County Sher iff s Of fice had thir - teen calls for ser vice in - clud ing, one sus pi cious activities, two vehicle lock outs, one pa per ser - vice, one trans port, one crim i nal mis chief, one ac - ci den tal shoot ing, two am bu lance as sist, one ve - hi cle ac ci dent, one thefts, one VIN In spec tion, and one ha rass ment call. Ten traf fic con tacts were also made for the week. high school bas ket ball game. Con nie Weber spent the week end with her par ents, Denis and Theresa Weber. We were sorry to hear about Blaine Shiv ers mis - for tune. We wish you a speedy re cov ery Blaine! Cauy Stum, son of Jay and Tara cel e brated his 8th birth day in Lamar on Sunday. Guests were: his par ents and sis ters; Linly and Sherell Stum; Monte and Linda Stum; Sean Harkness and chil dren; Chris and Jennifer Stum and chil dren; Tammy and Lane Stum; Tara s mom Dena and step dad Brian Long; her grand mother June; Monty and Mar sha Turley; Jeremy and Kiley Hanson and Ty Wil son. Happy Birth day Cauy!! Lola Barnard vis ited Rob - ert and Mar i lyn Hopkins one eve ning last week. Su san Green field, Kyle Scott, Mikayla Schmidt, Wes ley Arns, Bob and Peg Weber and my self at tended the Eads bas ket ball games on Thurs day eve ning. A re minder that this Sat - ur day, Feb ru ary 18 is game night at the Towner Se nior Cen ter. Come join us for a fun eve ning. It s time to be think ing ahead and the post prom com mit tee is now tak ing do na tions, if you would like to help out. You can con tact Amy Schmidt at (719) It is good to have a place for our stu - dents to go and have fun af - ter prom in stead of be ing out on the roads run ning around. Bunko night will be Feb ru - ary 23rd at the Towner Hall. Bring sweet heart food and a gift. There will be a 90th Birth - day party at the Towner Hall on Feb ru ary 25th for Mary Lou ise Huddleston, start ing at noon. Come join us for lunch and help Mary cel e - brate this spe cial day. RSVP to Sharon Scott at (719) or Jerene DeBono at (719) That s it for this time. Have a good week! SCHERLER SALES, INC. Customer Meeting & Applicator Certification Clinic Monday, February 27 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 21 & 22 at Scherler Farms HQ Call above numbers to reserve your spot! February 17, 2012 KiowaCountyPress.com 7

8 Scott Bowen, 51 Fu neral ser vice for Scott N. Bowen were held at 10:00 a.m. Tues day, Feb ru - ary 14, 2012 at Eads United Meth od ist Church. Rev. Gary Forsee and Rev. Nancy Peacock co-officiated. Burial fol lowed in the Eads Cem e tery, Eads, CO. Cas ket bear ers were Tim Pletcher, Aaron Laughlin, Eric Laughlin, Mi chael Bowen, Jor dan Hall, and Ja son Rog ers. Eu lo gist was Tim Douglas and flut ist was Julie Perron who played This is My Fa ther s World. Con gre ga tional Hymns were It Is Well With My Soul and Blessed As sur - ance, ac com pa nied by pi a - nist Char lotte Woelk. At the con clu sion of the graveside committal the family re - turned to the Eads United Meth od ist Church for a me - The COURTHOUSE will be CLOSED MONDAY February 20 for President s Day Obit u ary mo rial meal and an ad di - tional time of fel low ship. Scott Nel son Bowen was born on July 13, 1960 to Charles and Fran ces Bowen in Lamar, Col o rado. He grew up on the fam ily ranch in Chivington. From build - ing the Model-T with Chuck, fond mem o ries of rid ing mini bikes with Greg, and mak ing Marki laugh, Scott loved his fam ily and the time they spent to gether. Buster s work ethic and Fran ces gen er os ity, com - bined with their faith, shaped the per son Scott grew to be. Scott s fam ily and friends fondly re mem ber his quick wit, sense of hu mor, and ras cally na ture. These ex - ploits especially ones from his fourth year be - came leg end in the form of bed time sto ries told to his chil dren, of ten to im part im - por tant life les sons.on one oc ca sion, Scott snuck into the REO truck, put it in neu - tral, and plowed through the fence at the bot tom of the hill. An other time, he climbed up in the at tic in hopes of glimps ing out of the at tic win dow. Four year-old Scott quickly found his foot stuck and body hang ing up side down from his home made rope foot - hold. Scott s mother, brav - ing her fear of heights to res cue him, missed the raf - ter and stepped through the ceiling. When Christ mas shop - ping with his fam ily lit tle Scot tie be came sep a rated from his fam ily. He won - dered out of the store and down the street, paus ing for some time to watch the con - struc tion at the bank. Thank fully, a kind stranger took him to the po lice sta - tion where Scott re ported that his name was lit tle Shottie Bowen and his par ents owned an old REO truck with bro ken head - lights and brakes. In third grade Scott met Mel ody Da vis when her fam ily moved to Eads. In fourth grade, Scott s mother drove the two on their first date to a church roller-skat ing party where they held hands the first time. Af ter the Da vis fam ily moved away from Eads, fifth grade Scott sent what be came the first of many let ters to Mel ody ask ing for her pic ture and tell ing about his newly ac quired go cart (which he had just proudly put a new en gine in). Later, when Scott be gan col lege at LeTourneau Uni - ver sity, his fam ily passed through Fort Worth, Texas where Mel ody and her fam - ily lived. Af ter var i ous at - tempts to re con nect, Scott was fi nally able to track down Mel ody s num ber and called her. Mel ody heard the phone ring as she was leav ing the house; she turned back and picked up the phone. Mel ody, this is Scott. Who? she asked. Scott and Mel ody were mar ried on May 9, 1981 in Fort Worth, Texas. They have three chil dren to - gether: Na than, Ra chel, and Steph, all of whom were born in Eads. Scott in - stilled in his chil dren the im por tance of faith in God, lov ing and car ing for fam ily, com ing to the aid of those in need, and a job well done. Scott s job as a me chan i - cal en gi neer in the trans por - ta tion in dus try lead to an adventurous life, living with his fam ily in Col o rado, South Carolina, Il li nois, Col - o rado again, New York, Geor gia, and Oklahoma. Over the course of Scott s ca reer, he re ceived pat ents in the United States, Mex ico and China. Scott s self less and ami a - ble na ture (not to men tion his quick wit and sense of hu mor) im pacted those he en coun tered along life s jour ney. Scott passed away sur - rounded by his fam ily on Feb ru ary 8, 2012 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Scott s self less and ami a - ble na ture (not to men tion his quick wit and sense of hu mor) im pacted those he en coun tered along life s jour ney. He was pre ceded in death by his fa ther Charles Buster Bowen of Chivington, CO on July 5, 2006; by his mother Fran - ces R. Bowen of Pampa, TX on May 9, 2009; by a brother Greg Bowen of Chivington, CO on July 5, 1970; and by his fa - ther-in-law Howard Da vis of Ft. Worth, TX on Sep tem ber 29, He is sur vived by his wife, Mel ody Da vis Bowen of Claremore, Oklahoma; his chil dren Na than Bowen of Arlington, Vir ginia; Ra chel Brown (Josh) of Waxahachie, Texas; and Steph Bowen of Claremore, Oklahoma; his sis ter Marki Laughlin (Roy) of Wheeler, Texas; and his brother Chuck Bowen (Sheri) of Lamar, Col o rado; and by his mother-in-law Mary Ann Da vis of Ft. Worth, TX. Also surviving are several nieces, neph ews, cous ins, and other rel a tives and many friends. Those de sir ing may make memorial contributions to the LeTourneau Uni ver sity at or P.O. Box 7333, Longview, TX or by call ing LETU. Vis i ta tion and fu neral ser - vices for Scott Bowen were un der the di rec tion of Val ley Memorial Funeral Chapel in Lamar providing families with sensitivity, compas - sion, and re spect. 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9 School & Youth FBLA Mem bers Par tic i pate in Dis tricts By Leisha Peck On Feb ru ary 7, mem bers of the Eads FBLA group trav eled to Otero Ju nior Col lege in La Junta to com pete in events and see the re sults of on line tests pre vi ously taken. Any one who placed high enough in each event would be mov ing onto state in Vail and have the op por tu nity to com pete against oth ers from ten other dis tricts at the state level. While at dis tricts, the mem bers had their day filled by 3 speak ers who talked about pos i tive thinking, resume build - ing, and keep ing re la tion - ships through so cial net - work ing. Each work shop lasted about 1 hour, and who ever at tended got a chance for a raf fle ticket to win some of the door prizes at the awards cer e - mony. At noon, OJC pro - vided a de li cious lunch for the mem bers, ad vi sors, speak ers, and guests who atttended that day. Af ter filling everyone s stom - achs full, ev ery body filed back into the the ater to wait pa tiently for the re - sults of the events. All of the 19 stu dents who at - tended from Eads placed in the top 10 in their events; this was a first for our chap ter! Dorian Ray got 1st in FBLA Prin ci - ples and Pro ce dures, Melanie Mar tin placed 4th in the same event, Leisha Peck placed 1st in Com puter Ap pli ca tions, while Dena Hallman placed 3rd, Mi chael Blodgett got 2nd, Gid eon Hallman placed 3rd, Kailyn Lane placed 5th, Derek Epper placed 7th, Ty ler Rouse placed 9th, and Dominic Hernandez placed 10th, all in In tro - duc tion to Tech nol ogy Con cepts, Kyle Crow placed 3rd in Busi ness Pro ce dures, while Cory Crow placed 4th and Kacy Segers placed 5th, Eboni Nash, Tanaia Hansen, and Hailey Ray placed 4th in Busi ness Pre sen ta tion, Tori Uhland placed 7th in Pub lic Speak ing I, Nicole Smith placed 10th in Busi - ness Cal cu la tions, and Shealynn McCracken placed 10th in Sports Management. Out of all the mem bers who com peted in Dis - tricts, at least 12 of them from Eads gets to at tend state. Shealynn McCracken, Dorian Ray, and Bekah Hallman will be go ing with their Part - ner ship with Busi ness Pro ject, Tori Uhland and Kailyn Lane will be go ing for their Com mu nity Ser - vice pro ject, Eboni Nash, Dorian Ray, Shealynn McCracken, and Melanie Mar tin will get to at tend state as be ing FBLA Fu - ture Award re cip i ents, Leisha Peck will be go ing for Com puter Ap pli ca - tions, Gid eon Hallman and Mi chael Blodgett will be go ing for In tro duc tion to Technology Concepts, and Kyle Crow will be going for Business Procedures. Ev ery mem ber has put a lot of ef fort into their com pe ti tion, and each Derek Epper, Gid eon Hallman, and Melanie Mar tin com - peted at the McClave Knowl edge Bowl. (Sue Fox Photo) The high school knowl edge bowl team wrapped up the reg u lar sea son at a com pe ti tion in McClave. Alicia James, Marisa Dixon, Lo gan Smith and Jayce Negley com prised the Eads var sity team. (Sue Fox Photo) one has come out with some awe some re sults be cause of that. We wish ev ery one who is at tend - ing state the best of luck and wishes ev ery one in the years to come the same thing. We would also like to thank ev ery - one in our com mu nity who has sup ported the Eads FBLA chap ter and hope that you will con - tinue your sup port us in the future. The two-man team of Cameron Crow and Fred Turner took sec ond place in a field of 12 teams at the Swink Ju - nior High Knowl edge Bowl. (Sue Fox Photo) Happy Birthday Leap Year Baby 15 Years and Counting! Watch Next Weeks Press for the big reveal February 17, 2012 KiowaCountyPress.com 9

10 Eads Boys on a Win ning Streak By Betsy Barnett When you win two games in a row that is a called a win ning streak; and the Eads boys are of - fi cially on their first one of the sea son as they had a great week end of bas ket - ball downing South Baca, 56-52, on Thurs day night in Eads and then hand ing a solid de feat to Cheraw on Fri day night at home, Eads is now 3-13 on the over all sea son but things are look ing up for the group who con tin ues to im prove each week. To be suc cess ful in bas - ket ball a team has to have a point guard that is will - ing to take on the bur den of run ning the ball against con stant pres - sure and to put in the ex - tra time and ef fort re - quired to be ef fec tive. Eads has fi nally found their point guard and this fact alone is pay ing off in div i dends for the de - feat-bur dened team. The as sign ment has been given to fresh man Ty ler Rouse and through out the sea son Rouse has con tin ued to im prove as he has been thrown in the fire again and again go ing up against much more ex - pe ri enced and stron ger play ers. But Rouse has not given up and con tin - ues to im prove and thus the Ea gles are im prov ing as well. With Rouse run - ning the ball and tak ing the bulk of the re spon si - bil ity on his shoul ders it has al lowed other key play ers to play in po si - tions that are more suited to their abilities and thus we are seeing some success. The young Rouse had the game of his life against South Baca as he led Eads to a shock ing four-point vic tory against a much-fa vored team. Rouse fear lessly took the ball to the hoop through - out the night draw ing foul 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) KiowaCountyPress.com February 17, 2012 af ter foul and go ing to the free throw line 25 times where he nailed down a phe nom e nal 16-for-25. The fresh man would fin - ish with 23 points. Eads showed they were ready to play at the start of this game as they matched point-for-point with the Pa tri ots knot ting the score af ter one, 9-9. The Ea gles would then lose post-man Cory Miller to an an kle in jury mid way through the sec ond pe - riod but would pick up the tempo be hind a three ball from Rouse and an other by Lo gan Smith. Rouse fig ured out in the sec ond quar ter that he could drive against the Pa tri ots and thus be gan to open up the game from the free throw line. By halftime Eads had a lead. In the third pe riod Eads got most of their pro duc tion from Rouse on the free throw line and also a tran - si tion jumper. Ju nior for - ward Lo gan Crawford would add to the Ea gle tally with four more points and Eads con tin - ued to ex tend their lead af ter the third, Things got a lit tle fran tic in the fi nal stanza as South Baca turned up the heat in their man-to-man de fense and at times Eads would lose their com po sure. But Rouse would not be de nied and kept driv ing in on the Pa - tri ots which re sulted in even more free throw points. Eads had to con - trol the ball to the end and did a good job of finishing this contest. Rouse led all scor ers with 23 points, a ca reer high; while Crawford and Kyle Crow each chipped in 8 coun ters apiece. The next night the Eads boys hosted Cheraw in an im por tant Dis trict 2 game and came away with a strong performance scor - ing a phe nom e nal 70 points in the game and gain ing the edge over Cheraw by more than 25 at var i ous points in the con test. Rouse again had a great game hav ing con - stant scor ing through out the game and lead ing the Ea gles to a num ber of im - pres sive as sists and takes. An other player fi - nally stepped up to his po - ten tial in the two-guard spot in the form of Kyle Crow who had a ca reer high 29 points on the night. In fact, with play ers in their nat u ral po si tions the Eads boys looked like a dif fer ent team as they all con trib uted to the big win and score. Crow would start strong and con fi dent and along with Smith con trolled the scor - ing in the first pe riod. Eads would lead 13-7 af - ter the first over the Wol - ver ines and would never look back. Crow s per for - mance was a bal ance of three-point shoot ing, takes to the bas ket, and go ing 9-for-13 from the free throw line. Cheraw strug gled in the first half against Eads large zone scor ing only 15 points while the Ea gles en joyed pro duc tion across the po - si tions with 28 points. The third pe riod was the best NEAL MANN Cell: (785) FARM & RANCH REALTY, INC. Colby, Kansas TOLL FREE: one the Ea gles would put to gether as they com - bined for 22 points be hind Crow s dou ble treys and go ing a per fect 4-for-4 from the char ity line. But Cheraw tried to turn up the heat in the 4th pe riod and Eads found them - selves hav ing to an swer the call. The Wol ver ines pulled out all the stops hit ting for 26 points and four three balls; but Eads would answer with 20 of their own ensuring no chance for a Cheraw comeback. Crow led all scor ers with 29 points while Smith con trib uted 16 and Rouse 14 to the Ea gle tally. Eads now has a rare Mon day night con fer ence game with Karval start ing at 4:00 p.m. They fin ish the reg u lar sea son on Thurs - day and Fri day at home as they will host Hugo and Chey enne Wells re spec - tively. The Chey enne Wells game is a key con - fer ence matchup for the Dis trict Tour na ment that will start next week in Lamar. Eads School Lunch Menu February 20 Break - fast: cin na mon rolls, yo - gurt, or ange juice, milk, fruit. Lunch: chicken pot pie, bis cuits, fresh veg e ta - ble, pears, milk. February 21 Break - fast: scram bled eggs, ham, bis cuits, grape juice, milk, fruit. Lunch: cheese quesadilla, salad, peaches, snicker doo dle cookie, milk. February 22 Break - fast: ce real, yo gurt, toast, ap ple juice, milk, fruit. Lunch: super nachos, let - tuce, to mato, pine ap ple, muf fin, milk. February 23 Break - fast: hash browns, sau - sage links, cin na mon toast, or ange juice, milk, fruit. Lunch: ham burg - ers, let tuce, pick les, to - mato, mixed jello, ice cream, milk.

11 Ju nior High Wres tlers Have Good Show ing at Burlington By Monica Uhland The Eads Ju nior High Wres tlers com peted in the Burlington Ju nior High Wres tling tour na - ment on Thurs day, Feb ru - ary 9th. It was a long day of wres tling but the Eads Ju nior High boys wres - tled tough. Walk ing away with a cham pi on ship medal were Rea gan Lane (8th grader) and Tel Parmely Rea gan Lane get ting the pin. (Monica Uhland Photo) Tel Parmely try ing to turn a Burlington wres tler. (Monica Uhland Photo) Kaine Farmer fight ing a take down. (Monica Uhland Photo) (8th grader). Chance Fowler (7th grader) and Justin Moore (8th grader) ended the day with a sec - ond place fin ish. Bryce Batterton (8th grader), Will Hornung (7th grader from Kit Car son), and Kaine Farmer (8th grader from Kit Car son) wres - tled ag gres sively for 3rd place fin ishes. Trevor Randel (6th grader) placed 4th for the Eads Ju nior High team. The wres tlers will not have a tour na ment this week due to the High School State Wres tling tour na ment, but will be in ac tion Feb ru ary 23rd at Holly. Eads School Cal en dar Mon day, Feb ru ary 20th - FFA Week. 8:30 a.m. Re gional KB at Lamar MS. 7:15 p.m. Hunt ers Ed Test Day. 4:00 p.m. Jr. Olympic Wrestling Prac - tice Elem. Gym. Tues day, Feb ru ary 21st - 3rd Grade Read ing TCAP. 3:00 p.m. HS BB Dist. at Lamar. 4:00 p.m. Jr. Olym pic W Prac tice Elem. Gym. Wednes day, Feb ru ary 22nd - 11:30 to 4:00 Stand Blood Drive. Thurs day, Feb ru ary 23rd - 1:00 p.m. MS W at Holly lv 10:45 a.m. MS wres tlers please pack a lunch. 3:00 p.m. HS BB Dist. at Lamar. 4:00 p.m. Jr. Olym pic W Prac tice Elem. Gym. Fri day, Feb ru ary 24th - HS Stu dents at Bridge Build ing Com pe ti tion. 6:00 p.m. FFA La bor Auc - tion at HS Gym. Sat ur day, Feb ru ary 25th - High School Stu - dents at East ern Colo. Mu sic Con test lv 8:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. HS BB Dist. at Lamar. 9:00 a.m. MS W at Fowler lv 6:00 a.m. Sunday, Feb ru ary 26th - 1:00 p.m. Hunt ers Ed Fire arms Day. Chance Fowler work ing on a pin. (Monica Uhland Photo) February 17, 2012 KiowaCountyPress.com 11

12 Eads Girls De feat South Baca By Betsy Barnett The Eads Lady Ea gles moved up the state rank - ings poll last week slid ing into the #3 spot af ter con - tin u ing their win ning ways with a win over South Baca on Thurs day night in Eads. The win ex - tends their over all re cord to 15-1 on the sea son as they en ter their last week of the reg u lar season. Eads dom i nated from the get go as they put a rare half-court trap on the Lady Pa tri ots caus ing a num ber of turn overs and forced shots. South Baca tried to play man on the Eads group but it was hard to con tain the dom i - nant size Eads puts on the floor. Eads jumped out to a 16-6 lead af ter one with the scor ing shared by an ef fec tive tri an gle of Emilee Weirich, Kailyn Lane, and Marisa Dixon. The three would com bine for a 10-for-12 first quar - ter free throw clinic as South Baca quickly found them selves in foul trou - ble. Things got worse for South Baca as they only LAMAR PRIMARY OUTPATIENT CLINIC SERVING AREA VETERANS Providing Primary Healthcare Services Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Honored to Meet the Needs of Area Veterans. For additional information call: or (Toll Free) PROWERS MEDICAL GROUP 403 KENDALL DRIVE. LAMAR CO 12 KiowaCountyPress.com February 17, 2012 man aged a sin gle bucket in the sec ond pe riod while the Ea gle tri an gle con tin - ued to be ef fec tive and was joined by Bekah Hallman who put in 7 points. By halftime Eads was in con trol Weirich had an out stand - ing third pe riod and con - tin ued to lead the Lady Ea gles on the of fen sive end hit ting for 10 in the pe riod. Eads pro duc tion slowed to only two buck - ets in the fi nal pe riod as the start ers rested and the JV got some much needed work on the court. Weirich led all scor ers with 19 points fol lowed by Dixon with 12, Lane with 11, and Hallman added nine. Eads now fin ishes up their reg u lar sea son with two home games this week in clud ing a Thurs - day night con test with Hugo start ing at 4:00 p.m. and then a con fer ence game with Chey enne Wells on Fri day night at 4:00 p.m. The JV group was also busy this week as they Ki owa County 4-H Coun cil Meet ing By Brooklynn Jones President Alicia James called the Ki owa County 4-H Coun cil Meet ing to or der at 6:57 p.m. on Mon - day, Feb ru ary 6, Gid - eon Hallman led the Amer i can pledge and Ryan Koeller led the 4-H pledge. Roll call was taken with Alicia James, Courtney John son, Lakota Roberson, Gid eon Hallman, Brooklynn Jones, and Me lissa Jones pres ent. Reagen John - son, Brooklynn Jones, in the coming Eads John Deere Day being held at the Pages from the Past Plains Theatre. Harold E. Pyles was to Fifteen Years Ago Forty Years Ago remodel the existing post February 14, 1997 February 11, 1972 office in Eads to provide Our Place Deli owned A new business is more space and then lease by Sharon Frazee has opening in Eads at 707 Goff the newly expanded opened her back room to street by Terry Rector who building back to the Post those who want to play pool is opening Terry s Service for 5 years. or arcade games or darts. Acquarium Supply. People living in the An upholstery class Prairie Center community Twenty-Five Years Ago was held at the Towner and Eads schools have February 6, 1987 Community Hall with received and installed Stacy Uhland was Extension Agent Jane citizens band two-way crowned Champion in the Esarey as instructor. radios for better 138 lb. class and Waylon communication between King captured 2nd place in Fifty Years Ago the school bus drivers, the the 185 lb. weight class at February 9, 1962 school and citizens in the the Eads Invitational George Gobel, noted community. Wrestling Tourney. Eads CO-OP C-Store (719) TV personailty, was to star Eads, Colorado (719) Member FDIC Press Kiowa County (719) press@kiowacountypress.com Gid eon Hallman, and Courtney John son were pres ent for Prai rie Queen s vot ing mem bers. Ryan Koeller, Mariah Priddy, Ashley and Zack Clyncke were pres ent for Sheridan Lakes voting members. Min utes of the last meet ing were read by Lakota. Courtney moved, Gid eon sec onded to ap - prove the min utes, mo - tion passed. The trea - sures re port was given by Gid eon. Courtney moved, Ryan sec onded to rat ify the re port, mo tion passed. Alicia gave a re - port on the LDC trip. In old busi ness, Gid eon moved, Brooklynn sec - onded to pay Laura Negley for be ing the 4-H concession coordinator for In new busi ness, there will be a man da tory of fi - cer train ing meet ing to be hosted Cheraw on Fri day night com ing away with a win. Soph o more Dorian Ray cre ated a lot of ex cite ment with her all-out hus tle scor ing 12 points for Eads to lead all scor ers. Other con tri bu - tors were Tori Uhland and Hailey Ray with 7 apiece and Dena Hallman chipped in six more. The JV group will have their fi - nal con test on Fri day when they will take on Chey enne Wells for two quarters. held soon. We should re - ceive more information on this. There are sev eral Shoot ing Sports Leader Trainings com ing up for any one in ter ested. Courtney moved, Gid eon sec onded to ta ble the shoot ing sports raf fle un - til we have more in for ma - tion on it, motion passed. There are sev eral up - com ing events, some in - clude Beef weigh in on Feb ru ary 24, CWF Ap pli - ca tion dead line on March 1, State Schol ar ship Ap - pli ca tions due on April 2, Dis trict 4-H Sen ate and night owl on April 15. Any - one want ing to at tend the night owl needs to pre-reg is ter. The Add/Drop dead line is on April 20. Gid eon moved, Reagen sec onded to ad journ the meeting, motion passed and the meet ing was ad - journed at 7:20 p.m. Moving? Don t forget to tell us! Make sure the Press follows you to your new home. Just send your new address to: Kiowa County Press, P.O. Box 248, Eads, CO , or connie@kiowacountypress.com.

13 Government & Commentary Kiowa County Commissioners Minutes Un of fi cial The Spe cial Meet ing of the Ki owa County Com - mis sion ers was called to or der at 10:25 a.m. by Chair man Rich ard Scott on Jan u ary 30, Those at tend ing were: Rich ard Scott, Com mis - sioner; Wil liam E. Koehler, Commissioner; Don ald Oswald, Com mis - sioner; Peggy Dunlap, Administrator. Dis cus sion was brought up by Peggy Dunlap that the Stums have a 1985 Ford fire truck that they would like to sell as is for $7, The Com mis - sion ers are in ter ested, but it is not in the 2012 Bud get. They asked Peggy Dunlap to check with Den nis Hunt at CTSI about loan pro gram for the $7,000 and re port back to Commissioners with in for ma tion. This fire truck would go to Towner and will fit in the shop. This item is ta bled un til more information is received. There was dis cus sion on the Tran sit Ser vice Pol i cies and Pro ce dures. South east Col o rado Pronghorn Management Meet ings By Mi chael Seraphin Col o rado Parks and Wildlife biologists are holding public meetings about prong horn pop u la - tion man age ment in Limon, Walsenburg and La Junta. Specifically, biologists would like pub lic in put about the prong horn pop - u la tions in por tions of Chey enne, Elbert, El Paso, Huerfano, Kit Car - son, Las Animas, Lin coln, Otero and Pueblo counties. The meet ings will be held in the fol low ing lo ca - tions: On No vem ber 22, 2011 the Commissioners voted to charge for Char ter trips. Af ter that meet ing, Carla Gifford was in formed of the charges as she had a birth day party that wanted to use the van. There is clar ity that needs to be made on the Se nior Cit i zen Groups, as these groups will be al - lowed to use the van with - out charg ing Char ter prices as long as they are trips planned through their Se nior Co or di na - tors. Carla Gifford has a copy of the Ki owa County Transit Service Policies and Pro ce dures if anyone wants to see it. The Commissioners have asked for a van on Feb ru ary 13, 2012 to at - tend a meet ing with John Salazar, Ag Com mis - sioner. They will be dis - cuss ing the V&S Rail way and the im pact clo sure would have on this area. A call will be made by Peggy Dunlap to see if a van is available. KVAY is ask ing the Commissioners to be on the ra dio with them in the Feb ru ary 21, 6 p.m. - La Junta Se nior Cen ter East 2nd St., La Junta, CO. Feb ru ary 23, 6 p.m. - Lathrop State Park Vis i - tor s Cen ter - 70 County Road 502, Walsenburg, CO March 2, 6 p.m. - Limon Com mu nity Cen - ter D Ave., Limon, CO If you can not at tend these meet ings but would like to pro vide in put you may con tact Julie Sti ver, CPW biologist in Colo - rado Springs at (719) or julie.stiver@state.co.us; or Allen Vitt, CPW bi ol o gist in Pueblo at (719) or allen.vitt@state.co.us. near fu ture. Rich ard Scott sug gested that the Com mis sion ers give their time up for the Prai rie Pines As sisted Liv ing. This would be good for Denise Riley and Crys tal Mozisek to pro mote the Cen ter. A call will be made to Mat thew at KVAY to see if this is ok. Also, Denise and Crys tal will be notified. There was dis cus sion of hir ing a part time po si tion for the Clerk s of fice to help with mak ing cop ies. It is ex tremely busy in their of fice and they aren t get ting their re - cord ing done due to the vol ume of re quests. Peggy Dunlap asked if we could have a floater in - stead of a po si tion in the Clerk s of fice. This dis - cus sion has been ta bled un til the next meeting. Allen Watts came in and talked to the Com mis - sion ers re gard ing load ers that Rick Reed from Col o - rado Ma chin ery has. There has not been any de ci sion made on the loader yet and the Com - mis sion ers have asked that we con tact Dan Tafoya with Power Mo tive Cor po ra tion to see if he has any thing avail able. We need more in for ma - tion be fore a decision can be made. Scrap metal bids were opened by Rich ard Scott. Three bids were re ceived but the high est bid was given to Darrel Stolzenberger for $125 a ton. Don ald made a mo - tion and Wil liam Koehler sec onded it. All Com mis - sion ers voted af fir ma tive. Peggy Dunlap is to call Darrel and have him come in and sign a con - tract with the County. Dis cus sion was also made on the Gun Club that is out by the Fair - grounds. Peggy Dunlap was asked to make a call to the in di vid ual that made the com plaint and ask for a let ter as to what the prob lem is ex actly. The 2012 Po lice Ser vice Agree ment with the Town of Eads was pre sented and Don ald Oswald made the mo tion to sign and Rich ard Scott sec onded it. Wil liam Koehler ab - stained. Mo tion carried. The Im pact As sis tance Grant Ap pli ca tion for tax year 2011 was pre sented. Don ald Oswald made the mo tion to sign the Grant Application and William Koehler sec onded it. All Commissioners voted affirmative. A re quest from the Eads Cham ber of Com merce was re ceived for $ This was ta bled un til we de cide where it is go ing to come from. Also, do we give money to the other Towns in the County? Don ald Oswald made a mo tion and sec onded by Wil liam Koehler to ac cept the De part ment of So cial Ser vices 2012 con tract with Don Steerman of Shinn, Steerman, & Shinn. All Commissioners voted af fir ma tive. Ad ver tis ing needs to be done for the Emer gency Man age ment po si tion as soon as pos si ble. It needs to be put into the Col o - rado Workforce cen ter, Ki owa County Press, Col - o rado De part ment of Emer gency Man age - ment, as well as a pa per for the East side of the County (Tri bune pa per).. The dead line for ap pli ca - tions will be February 13, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. Meet ing was ad journed at 12:00 p.m. Pastor s Pearls By Pas tor Rich ard Zabriskie Songs to the Sor row ful Those who are griev ing need a friend not cheer - ing up songs. Sing ing cheer ful songs to a per - son with a heavy heart is like tak ing some one s coat in cold weather or pour ing vin e gar in a wound. Prov erbs 25:20 NLT February 17, 2012 KiowaCountyPress.com 13

14 County Sheriffs of Colorado Scholarship Program By KCSO Sher iff For rest Frazee an nounced that County Sher iffs of Col o rado, Inc. (CSOC), the state Sher iffs Association, will award a $500 schol ar ship to a de - serv ing Ki owa County stu dent next spring. CSOC es tab lished the schol ar ship pro gram in Since then, this ef - fort has con tin ued as a mean ing ful ex pres sion of the sher iffs con fi dence in and re spect for ed u ca tion and train ing. CSOC con - sid ers this an in vest ment in the fu ture and be lieves that our mem ber ship is help ing to pro vide de - serv ing stu dents with an op por tu nity to make a positive contribution to society. 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 In ad di tion to the $500 schol ar ships, one re cip i - ent will be se lected from among the county win - ners to re ceive an ad di - tional $1,000 Eu gene and Becky Bat tles Schol ar - ship. Eu gene D. Bat tles, who was from Den ver, Col o rado, made a de ci - sion in 1994 to sup port the Of fice of Sher iff and County Sher iffs of Col o - rado by do nat ing his es - tate for the ben e fit of fu - ture en deav ors de cided upon by the CSOC/Bat tles Trust Board. Eu gene Bat - tles was a char ter mem - ber of CSOC and a 27-year mem ber of the National Sheriffs Association. Schol ar ship an nounce - ments have been mailed to all high school of fices in the eligible counties and to all Col o rado higher ed - u ca tion in sti tu tions. Ap - pli ca tions are avail able on line at or at the Ki owa County Sher - iff s of fice, which is lo - cated at 1305 Goff Street, Eads, CO. Sher iff Frazee ex - plained that this is the 33rd year that County Sher iffs of Col o rado has made such schol ar ships Weisbrod Memorial County Hospital Services Swing Bed Care Weisbrod Hospital's beds are licensed for either acute care or for extended care after receiving acute care. Thus, the use of its beds can "swing" either way. Swing bed care is for patients needing extended nursing care or rehabilitation, after receiving acute care either from Weisbrod Hospital or from another hospital. Swing bed care can be paid for by Medicare or by private insurance. For more information please contact Social Service Director 1208 Luther Street Eads, Colorado (719) KiowaCountyPress.com February 17, 2012 avail able. A schol ar ship will be awarded in more than thirty Col o rado coun ties this year. Ap pli - ca tions will be re viewed by a lo cal cit i zens com - mit tee ap pointed by Sher - iff Frazee and a se lec tion will be made on the ba sis of cri te ria es tab lished by CSOC. This cri te rion in - cludes lead er ship, merit, char ac ter, involvement and career purpose. Any le gal per ma nent res i dent of Ki owa County en rolled in, or ap ply ing to, a vo ca tional train ing pro - gram or in sti tu tion of higher learn ing in the State of Col o rado as a fullor part-time stu dent is el i - gi ble to ap ply. There are no re stric tions as to the course of study or train - ing which may be pur - sued, and no re stric tions are placed upon ap pli ca - tions by rea son of race, creed, age, sex or national origin. For more information, con tact your lo cal high school, col lege, the Ki owa County Sher iff s of fice or County Sher iffs of Col o - rado. Kiowa County Residents Cautioned About Skunks with Ra bies By Keith Siemsen Prowers County Pub lic Health and En vi ron ment is urg ing cit i zens of Ki owa County and all of South - east Col o rado to avoid any un nec es sary con tact with wild an i mals, es pe - cially any that ap pear to be sick or be hav ing in an un usual man ner. A skunk and an un vac ci nated dog in east ern Ki owa County were in volved in a fight the week of Feb ru ary 6, 2012 and the skunk was immediately located and sub mit ted for test ing; pub lic health of fi cials were re cently no ti fied that the skunk tested pos - i tive for ra bies. As the pet in this in ci dent was un - vac ci nated, it un for tu - nately had to be euthanized. This fur ther stresses the im por tance of keeping all pets current with their rabies vaccinations. Jackie Brown, Di rec tor of Prowers County Pub lic Health and En vi ron ment stated there is con cern that skunk ra bies cir cu - lat ing in the area does in - crease the po ten tial for spill over in fec tions into other wildlife, domestic pets and live stock. It is im por tant to be aware that there is ra bid wild life in the area and to know what to look for and what to do if you en coun ter a possibly rabid animal. Signs that wild life may have ra bies in clude wild an i mals which seem to be friendly, tame or show no fear of peo ple; noc tur nal animals coyotes, foxes, bats, skunks, and rac - coons that are ac tive dur ing the day; an i mals that ap pear to be drunk stag ger ing move ments while walk ing; skunks at - tack ing other an i mals cows, goats, dogs, etc. Signs that cats and dogs may have ra bies in clude changes in nor mal be hav - ior a shy dog be com ing ag gres sive or a friendly dog be com ing with drawn; difficulty chewing, swal - low ing, or drink ing; an i - mals that ap pear to be drunk stag ger ing move ments while walk - ing; pa ral y sis; rest less - ness and irritability; ex - cess sal i va tion and chok ing sounds like something is stuck in 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 their throat. Signs that live stock my have ra bies in clude ex - ces sive drool ing and ab - nor mal swal low ing; con - stant or ab nor mal vo cal iza tion and/or ap - pear to be chok ing; ab nor - mal pos ture and wobbliness in the hind - quar ters, dif fi culty stand - ing or walk ing; un ex - plained aggressiveness. What to do if you en - coun ter a po ten tially ra - bid an i mal: * Do not ap proach or at - tempt to han dle a live an i - mal. * Keep chil dren, pets, and live stock away. * If a per son or an i mal is bit ten con tact lo cal an i - mal con trol or the county pub lic health of fice im me - di ately. * In or der for an an i mal to be tested for ra bies the brain must be in tact (i.e. don t shoot an i mals in their head). Do not han dle the car cass with out wa - ter proof gloves. Use a shovel to place the car - cass in a plas tic bag. * If you en coun ter a po - ten tially ra bid an i mal call 911. To re port emer gen cies or sick or ab nor mally be - hav ing an i mals, cit i zens should call the ap pro pri - ate Emer gency Dis patch of fice in their county by di al ing 911. For more in - formation go to: dc/zoonosis/rabies/index.html

15 Pub lic No tice A CALL FOR NOMINATIONS (Notice by Publication of) TO WHOM IT MAY CON CERN, and, par tic u larly, to the elec tors of the Ki owa County Hos pi tal Dis trict of Ki owa County, Col o rado. NO TICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an elec tion will be held on the 8 TH day of May, 2012, be tween the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time, three (3) di rec tors will be elected to serve 4-year terms. El i gi - ble elec tors of the Ki owa County Hospital District interested in serv - ing on the board of di rec tors may obtain a Self-Nomination and Accep tance form from the Dis trict Designated Election Official (DEO): Shan non L. Dixon, Des ig nated Election Official 1208 Lu ther Street, P. O. Box 817 Eads, CO The Of fice of the DEO is open on the fol low ing days: Mon day through Fri day from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. If the DEO de ter mines that a Self-Nomination and Acceptance form is not suf fi cient, the el i gi ble elec tor who sub mit ted the form may amend the form once, at any time, prior to 3:00 p.m. on Fri day, March 2, The dead line to submit a Self-Nomination and Accep tance is close of busi ness on Fri day, March 2, 2012 (not less than 67 days be fore the elec tion). Ear lier submittal is en cour aged as the dead line will not per mit cur ing an insufficient form. Affidavit of In - tent To Be A Write-In-Can di date forms must be sub mit ted to the of - fice of the des ig nated elec tion of fi - cial by the close of busi ness on Mon day, March 5, 2012 (the sixty-fourth day be fore the elec - tion). NO TICE IS FUR THER GIVEN, an ap pli ca tion for a mail-in bal lot shall be filed with the des ig nated elec - tion of fi cial no later than the close of busi ness on Fri day, May 4, 2012, ex cept that, if the ap pli cant wishes to re ceive the mail-in bal lot by mail, the ap pli ca tion shall be filed no later than the close of busi ness on Tues day, May 1, Kiowa County Hospital District Shan non L. Dixon Published February 17, 2012 In the Ki owa County Press Subscription Delivery at the Convert your existing print subscription, or start a new subscription online now! Only $18.00 per year! Pub lic No tice BOARD OF KIOWA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS At the reg u lar sched uled meet ings of the Board of County Com mis sion - ers held on De cem ber 15, 2011 and De cem ber 29, 2011, the fol low ing were pres ent: Rich ard Scott, Chair man; Don ald Oswald, Com mis sioner; Wil liam E. Koehler, Com mis sioner; Debra C. Lening, County Clerk; Peggy Dunlap, Administrator. The fol low ing vouch ers were paid at the Reg u lar Meet ings held on De - cem ber 15, 2011 and De cem ber 29, 2011, to wit: Re tire ment Kiowa County Treasurer, Retirement $0.00 Cap i tal Ex pen di tures Colorado Hazard Control, Murdock Building Grant-Removal & Dis posal of As bes tos $7, Colorado Hazard Control, Murdock Building Grant-Removal & Dis posal of As bes tos $75, Eads Auto Sup ply, Bransgrove Build ing-re pairs $1, Em pire Car pen try, LLC, Murdock Build ing Grant- Work Com pleted $48, Kiowa County Bransgrove Building-Repairs, Reimbursed that were charged to Ad min is tra tor Ac count $ Pueblo Dodge Chrys ler Jeep, Tran sit Van Grant- CDOT-New Van $35, Zink & Associates Inc, Murdock Building Grant-Coordination of Shor ing & Ma sonry Work $3, Total $171, Con ser va tion Trust Prai rie Pines As sisted Liv ing, Misc. Pool Sup plies $ Building Corporation Col o rado East Bank, Note Pay ment $8, USDA Ru ral De vel op ment, Monthly Debt Ser vice Agree ment. $ Total $9, So cial Ser vices American Family Life, Cancer Insurance Withheld $ CHP CTSI, Health In sur ance With held $0.00 Co lo nial In sur ance, Ac ci dent In sur ance With held $60.40 Ki owa County Trea surer, Fed & Fica Tax With held, State With held, Retirement Withheld, Offset for Direct Deposit $21, Total $21, As sisted Liv ing Atmos Energy, Natural Gas $ Cintas Fire Protection, Cooper-Clark Foundation Grant- Service Sprinkler Repair $5, Crow s Stop & Shop, Res i dent Food $ , Maint Supplies $ $1, Crow s Stop & Shop, Em ployee Good will $ DeLoach s Wa ter, Wa ter Salt $40.00 Eads Auto Sup ply, Maint Re pairs $ East ern Slope Ru ral Tele phone, Tele phone $ Ki owa County-County Gen eral, Maint-Sal a ries $999.32, Life Insurance $1.20, Health Insurance $532.50, Unemployment Tax $3.00, Pay roll Taxes $76.45, Uni forms $ $1, Ki owa Co Build ing Corp, Build ing Lease-USDA Pay ment... $9, Ki owa Healthmart, Res i dent Care Misc $131.59, Of fice Sup plies $10.57, Maint Sup plies $ $ KVAY Radio Station, Advertising $ Melinda McDowell, QMAP Test ing Mile age $ Crys tal Mozisek, Train ing Mile age $ Plains Net work Ser vices Inc, Of fice Sup plies $89.00 Pre ci sion Pest Con trol Inc, Pest Con trol $ Professional Compliance & Testing, Random Employee Drug Test ing $ Recreation District, Reimbursement for cancelled Water Aerobics Classes $ Denise Riley, Mile age $52.16 South east Col o rado Power Assn, Elec tric $2, Shinn, Steerman & Shinn, Pro fes sional Ser vices $11.88 Specimens Unlimited, Random Employee Drug Testing.... $ Town of Eads, Wa ter, Sewer & Trash $ Tri-State Exchange, Advertising $60.00 Nancy Walker, Res i dent Care Misc $11.95 UniFirst, Floor Mat Rental $83.60 Gerard Na tional Bank-VISA, Res i dent Train ing $ Weisbrod Memorial Hospital, Resident Training $ American Family Life, Cancer Insurance Withheld $ Colorado State Unemployment, 4th Quarter Unemployment. $ Crow Luther Cultural Event Center, Advertising $50.00 Ki owa County Trea surer, Fed & Fica Tax With held, State With held, Retirement Withheld, Offset for Direct Deposit $9, State World Head quar ters, Maint Sup plies $ Total $34, Pub lic Health Agency Fund Atmos Energy, Natural Gas $ Business Solutions Leasing, Copier Lease-Reissue Check... $ Business Solutions Leasing, Copier Lease $ Cen tury Link, EPR Grant-Internet/Phone $82.02 Comed Medical Specialties LLC, Syringes $ Crow s Stop & Shop, Em ployee Good will $19.58 East ern Slope Ru ral Tele phone, Tele phone $96.00 Gobin s Inc, Copier Lease $66.00 Ki owa County Pub lic Health, Petty Cash-Travel $20.00, Office Supplies $ $ Prowers County Pub lic Health & En vi ron ment, Health Services Contract $1, SECOM, Internet $52.95 Kris Stokke, EPR Grant-Mile age $ Town of Eads, Wa ter, Sewer & Trash $61.00 Verizon Wire less, EPR Grant-Cell Phones $ Gi rard Na tional Bank-VISA, WIC Meet ing $37.57 Petty Cash, Post age $11.18 American Family Life, Cancer Insurance Withheld $75.53 Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment, Vital Statistics $15.75 Colorado State Unemployment, 4th Quarter Unemployment.. $12.87 ICP In Com pli ance Prod ucts Inc, Of fice Sup plies $25.00 Ki owa County Trea surer, Fed & Fica Tax With held, State With held, Retirement Withheld, Offset for Direct Deposit $ Reliable Office Supplies, Office Supplies $70.61 Kris Stokke, EPR Grant-Re gional Plan ner Sal ary & Fringe Benefits $4, Total $9, County Gen eral Atmos Energy, Fair-Natural Gas $79.34 Colorado Tree Coalition, Fair-Membership Dues $60.00 Eads Auto Sup ply, Fair-Sup plies $32.99 Eads Con sumer Sup ply, Fair-Sup plies $37.50 Wanda Lessenden, Fair-Re im burse for Con ven tion Ex pense for Shane Lessenden $ R&S Equine, Fair-Horse Pan els $1, South east Col o rado Power Assn, Fair-Elec tric $ Town of Eads, Fair-Wa ter & Trash $ Crowne Plaza Colo. Springs, Admin-CCI Con fer ence Ex pense. $ ACS, Trea surer & As ses sor-rental Con tract $2, Alexander s Fire Care, Maint-Contract Labor $321.00; Fire-Re pairs $ $ Atmos Energy, Natural Gas $ Jack son Brunmeier, Sher iff-uni forms (2 Months) $70.00 Business Solutions Leasing, Sheriff-Supplies $49.99 CSOC, Sheriff-Conference Training $ Betty Crow, As ses sor-con tract La bor 2 Days $ Crow s Stop & Shop, Maint-Sup plies $16.68; Admin- Employee Goodwill $ $ District Attorney, DA-Salaries & Operating Supplies..... $2, DeLoach s Water Conditioning, Seniors-RO Water System... $19.50 Derek s LP Ser vice LLC, Towner Fire-Pro pane $87.75 East ern Slope Ru ral Tele phone, Tele phone $ Eads Auto Sup ply, Maint-Re pairs $171.46, Sup plies $124.92; Land fill-sup plies $9.55, Re pairs $124.17; Sher iff- Auto Re pairs $215.92; Fire-Auto Re pairs $229.16; Admin- Misc Day Care $ $1, Eads Con sumer Sup ply, Sher iff-fuel $59.16; Fire-Fuel $ $ FairPoint Communications, Towner Seniors-Telephone..... $31.99 Carla Gifford, Tran sit-sup plies $6.97 Forrest Frazee, Sheriff-Reimburse for Supplies $61.00 Gobin s Inc, Admin-Ser vice Agree ment $79.86 Mike Harris, Sheriff-Uniforms $35.00 Con tin ued on page 16 NOTICE Persons desiring to pay their First Half Tax must have their tax in my office or postmarked by February 29, 2012 First Published February 17, 2012 Last Published February 24, 2012 In the Kiowa County Press Steve K. Baxter Kiowa County Treasurer February 17, 2012 KiowaCountyPress.com 15

16 NOTICE Eads Landfill will be CLOSED Sunday, February 19 for President s Day Marples Country Market Your TOTAL Health Food Store 101 N. 4th Street Lamar, Colorado (719) We can help you obtain Medical Equipment! Kiowa Home Health Health Care with a Personal Touch (719) (719) Digital COLOR A Division of Weisbrod Memorial County Hospital Printing & Copying Services Kiowa County Press 1208 Maine Street, Eads Public Notice - HD Supply Facilities Maintenance, Maint-Building Repairs $133.44; Admin-Misc Day Care $ $ Jack Howard, Ambulance-Contract Labor $ Ki owa Healthmart, Trea surer-of fice Sup plies $63.97; Sher iff- Of fice Sup plies $39.98; Se niors-misc $ $ Kiowa County Press, Landfill-Advertisement $30.00; Admin- Misc Day Care $ $51.20 Na tional Prod ucts, Maint-Sup plies $243.10, Freight $ $ Petty Cash, Admin-Post age $15.89; Sher iff-ti tles for 2 Trailers $ $34.07 Petty Cash, Sher iff-auto Fuel $10.00, Travel $ $31.22 Prowers County Sher iff, Jail-Out side Pris oner Keep $ , Medication $ $4, Pueblo Child Advocacy Center, Jail-Medical $ Road & Bridge, Tran sit Fuel $ Jon a than Renteria, Sher iff-uni forms $35.00 SECOM, Admin-Internet $81.71 South east Col o rado Power Assn, Elec tric $1, Shinn, Steerman & Shinn, County At tor ney-con sult ing..... $35.62 South east Net works & Sup port LLC, Admin-Lock & Keys for TV Tower $ Casey Sheridan, Sher iff-uni forms $35.00 TC Auto Transmissions, Transit-Repairs $ Tri-County Ford Lin coln Inc, Sher iff-auto Re pairs $ Town of Eads, Wa ter, Sewer & Trash $ Towner Recreation District, Towner Seniors-Utilities $ UniFirst, Maint-Build ing Sup plies $ USDA-APHIS-WS, Admin-Wild life Con tract $1, Verizon, Tran sit-cell Phones $136.63; Sher iff-cell Phones $ $ Gi rard Na tional Bank-VISA, Admin-Em ployee Good will $26.55; Assessor-Office Supplies $26.12; Treasurer- Of fice Sup plies $39.95; Tran sit-fuel $156.76, Sup plies $3.21; Sher iff-fuel $39.29, Travel $ $ Delisa Weeks, Sher iff-sup plies $23.63 Penny Weirich, As ses sor-travel $ Wheatland Electric, Other Protection-Utilities $59.35 West End Golden Se niors, Haswell Se niors-util i ties $ Whole sale Job ber, Maint-Sup plies $303.20, Freight $ $ Xerox Di rect, Admin-Of fice Sup plies $19.06 Jon Jack Howard, Fair-Con tract La bor $ American Family Life, Cancer Insurance Withheld $ Ark Val ley Auto Ser vice, Tran sit-re pairs $ Bent County Sher iffs, Sher iff-dis patch $1, Brown Funeral Home, Coroner-Autopsy $ Co lo nial In sur ance, Ac ci dent In sur ance With held $ Colorado State Unemployment, 4th Quarter Unemployment. $ Colorado State University Extension, Extension-CSU Coop Ext 4th Quar ter $8, Crow s Stop & Shop, Se niors-sup plies $25.80, Meat $ $92.44 Dish Net work, Admin-Ser vice Agree ment $38.00 De part ment of So cial Ser vices, Trans fer of Funds to DSS.. $26, East End Se niors, Towner Se niors-meat $10.00 El Paso County Coroner, Coroner-Autopsy $1, Family Support Registry, Garnishment $ High Plains En ergy, Towner Rec-Pro pane $ ICP In Com pli ance Prod ucts Inc, Admin-Of fice Sup plies..... $25.00 Ki owa County Trea surer, Fed & Fica Tax With held, State With held, Retirement Withheld, Offset for Direct Deposit $55, Ki owa County Na tional Bank, HSA De posit Clear ing $ Dwight Lessenden, Land fill-mile age $3.20 Wanda Lessenden, Haswell Se niors-christ mas Ban quet.... $ Wanda Lessenden, Haswell Seniors-Coordinator $ MARC, Maint-Sup plies $483.00, Freight $ $ Wendy McDowell, Coroner-Deputy Coroner Compensation.. $ Petty Cash, Sher iff-sup plies $20.13 Janice Pfingston, Se niors-hobby $23.65 Plains Net work Ser vices Inc, Clerk-Sup plies $65.45 Plains Net work Ser vices Inc, DEM-Weather Ra dios Eads C-Store Con tin ued from page 15 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 (Special Project) $ Plains Net work Ser vices Inc, DEM-EMP Grant-Sup plies.... $ Pre paid Le gal Ser vices Inc, Le gal/id Theft With held $12.95 Postmaster, Admin-Postage $ Quill, Comm.-Of fice Sup plies $ Connie Richardson, Coroner-Deputy Coroner Compensation. $ Road & Bridge, Tran sit-fuel $687.30, Re pairs $364.62; Land fill- Re pairs $200.28, Fuel $375.96; Maint-Fuel $ $1, State World Head quar ters, Maint-Sup plies $206.40, Freight $ $ Town of Eads, Fire-Util i ties $ Verizon Wire less, DEM-EMP Grant-Cell Phones $ Viaero, Land fill-cell Phone $45.70 Wheatland Electric, Other Protection-Utilities $0.35 Total $130, Road & Bridge Crowne Plaza Col o rado Springs, CCI Con fer ence Ex pense... $ Bruckner Truck Sales, 2005 Mack Truck $37, Atmos Energy, Natural Gas $ Alexander s Fire Care, Supplies $ CCP In dus tries Inc, Sup plies $ Colorado Machinery, Outside Repairs $3, Colorado Natural Gas Inc, Natural Gas $ Crow s Stop & Shop, Em ployee Good will $ Eads Auto Sup ply & Hard ware, Sup plies $101.58, Re pairs $ , Fil ters $827.80, Small Tools $413.69, Snow Plow $ $6, Eads Con sumer Sup ply, Sup plies $170.70, Re pairs $163.00, Fuel $ , Tires $ $44, East ern Slope Ru ral Tele phone, Tele phone $89.70 FairPoint Tele phone, Tele phone $32.23 Haswell Pro pane, Fuel $ , Pro pane $ $2, Rodney Hopkins, Mile age $92.80 Ki owa Healthmart, Of fice Sup plies $8.10 Lamar Auto Parts, Re pairs $ Mar tin Pipe & Steel Inc, Cattleguards $3, Ordway Build ing Sup ply, Sup plies $54.51 Parker Mechanical, Outside Repairs $ Pow ers Equip ment Com pany, Re pairs $66.06, Freight $ $74.68 Rockmount, Sup plies $266.00, Freight $ $ Rusler Im ple ment Co, Re pairs $1, Sheridan Lake Wa ter, Wa ter $30.00 South east Col o rado Power Assn, Elec tric $ Thunderbird Petroleum Products, Oil $ , Repairs $307.16, Small Tools $ $2, Tire Distribution Systems Inc, Tires $4, UniFirst, Mats $65.25, Uni forms $ $ Wag ner Equip ment Co, Out side Re pairs $ Weisbrod Memorial Hospital, Physicals $ Rick Spady, Mile age $89.60 Di vi sion of Rec la ma tion, Min ing & Safety, Gravel Pit Per mits. $1, American Family Life, Cancer Insurance Withheld $ Bill Barnett, Gravel $1, Co lo nial In sur ance, Ac ci dent In sur ance With held $26.00 Colorado State Unemployment, 4th Quarter Unemployment. $ Family Support Registry, Garnishments $1, ICP In Com pli ance Prod ucts Inc, Of fice Sup plies $75.00 John Deere, Re pairs $ Ki owa County Trea surer, Fed & Fica Tax With held, State With held, Retirement Withheld, Offset for Direct Deposit $24, Ki owa County Na tional Bank, HSA De posit Clear ing $ Town of Haswell, Wa ter $35.00 Floyd Barnes, Gravel $51.00 Total $143, So cial Ser vices Dur ing the reg u lar meet ings of the Ki owa County Board of So cial Ser - vices held dur ing De cem ber, 2011, the fol low ing bills were ap proved for payment: To tal State County Share Share County Administra. $8, $6, $1, General Assistance $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 Medicaid Trans port. $4, $4, $0.00 Submitted by Dennis Pearson, Director, Kiowa County Department of Social Services. I, the un der signed County Clerk and Re corder of Ki owa County, Col o - rado, hereby cer tify the above and fore go ing to be a true list of the meet - ings of De cem ber 15, 2011 and De cem ber 29, 2011 as re lates to al low - ance of bills. Wit ness my hand and Seal of said county, Town of Eads, Col o rado, this 6th day of Jan u ary, Debra C. Lening Ki owa County Clerk Published February 17, 2012 In the Ki owa County Press 16 KiowaCountyPress.com February 17, 2012

17 Southeast Area Ex ten sion Says En joy Din ner Together By Jennifer Wells Do you wish your fam ily could slow down long enough to all be at home at the same time? One op - por tu nity would be to or - ga nize a fam ily meal time into your rou tine. The idea of gath er ing the fam ily to gether in the same place at the same time may seem im pos si - ble for many, but it can be done. It may be not ev ery day of the week. If your fam ily is not sit ting down now to eat a meal to - gether set a goal of once or twice a week to get started. As the op por tu - nity arises add ad di tional days. So why is eat ing to - gether so im por tant? Fam ily mem bers tend to eat better if they are gath - ered to gether, which can gen er ally be at trib uted to im proved meal plan ning. Other ben e fits in clude im - proved communication, a time to build fam ily tra di - tions, a way to learn about your her i tage, and a time for par ents to model good hab its to name a few. There has also been re - search to show that chil - dren do better in school and there is re duce drug and al co hol use among youth at are involved in family mealtime. The nu tri tional ad van - tages for chil dren in fam - ily meal time are sig nif i - cant. Chil dren who eat fam ily meals con sume less soda and high-fat snacks, and eat more fruits and veg e ta bles and a larger va ri ety of foods. Meals are better bal - anced when plans are made for a meal, thus ev - ery one benefits. You may not think you have time to plan a meal; it does not need to be dif fi - cult. If you have a slow cooker start it in the morn ing be fore you leave for the day and it will be Con tin ued on page 19 Pub lic No tice BOARD OF KIOWA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS At the reg u lar sched uled meet ings of the Board of County Com mis sion - ers held on Jan u ary 10, 2012 and Jan u ary 26, 2012, the fol low ing were pres ent: Rich ard Scott, Chair man; Don ald Oswald, Com mis sioner; Wil - liam E. Koehler, Com mis sioner; Debra C. Lening, County Clerk; Peggy Dunlap, Administrator. The fol low ing vouch ers were paid at the Reg u lar Meet ings held on Jan u - ary 10th, 2012 and Jan u ary 26th, 2012, to wit: The fol low ing vouch ers were paid at the Reg u lar Meet ings held on Jan u - ary 10th, 2012 and Jan u ary 26th, 2012, to be paid out of 2011 Bud get to wit: Cap i tal Ex pen di tures Colorado Preservation Inc, Murdock Building Grant-Project Administration for State Historical Fund $2, Em pire Car pen try LLC, Murdock Build ing Grant-Com pleted Work -Fram ing of floor and roof sys tems $51, Total $53, As sisted Liv ing Atmos Energy, Natural Gas $ Cintas Fire Protection, Required Inspections $ Crow s Stop & Shop, Res i dent Food $ , Maint Supplies $ $1, DeLoach s Wa ter, Wa ter Salt $53.00 Eads Auto Sup ply, Maint Re pairs $ Farmer s Bros Co, Res i dent Food $ Ki owa County - County Gen eral, Maint-Sal a ries $999.32, Life Insurance $1.20, Health Insurance $555.50, Unemployment Tax $3.00, Pay roll Taxes $76.45, Uni forms $ $1, Ki owa Healthmart, Res i dent Care $69.05, Of fice Sup plies $46.94, Maint Sup plies $ $ Kiowa County Press, Advertising $54.40 KVAY Radio Station, Advertising $ Plains Net work, Of fice Sup plies $ Plains Net work, Of fice Sup plies $ Prairie Mountain Publishing LLP, Advertising $82.00 South east Col o rado Power Assn, Elec tric $3, Town of Eads, Wa ter, Sewer & Trash $ Tri-State Exchange, Advertising $60.00 UniFirst, Floor Mat Rental $67.60 Gi rard Na tional Bank-VISA, Post age $44.00 Farmer s Bros Co, Res i dent Food $ Roxi Jour ney, Mile age $3.08 Melinda McDowell, Mile age $1.03 Mile Saver Shop per-the Flagler News, Ad ver tis ing $86.30 Maria Paylor, Mile age $3.59 The Range Ledger, Advertising $80.75 Denise Riley, Mile age $8.20 Barbara Seay, Mile age $4.61 Brandy Turcotte, Mile age $24.58 Crys tal Mozisek, Mile age $21.00 Total $10, Pub lic Health Agency Fund Atmos Energy, Natural Gas $ Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment, Vital Statistics $10.00 Gobin s Inc, Copier Lease $39.00 Prowers County Pub lic Health & En vi ron ment, Health Ser vices Con tract 11/16/11-12/31/ $4, Kris Stokke, EPR Grant - Mile age $ Town of Eads, Wa ter, Sewer & Trash $61.00 Gi rard Na tional Bank VISA, Of fice Sup plies $115.12, Travel $ $ Total $5, County Gen eral Atmos Energy, Fair-Natural Gas $ Crow s Stop & Shop, Fair-Sup plies for Com mu nity Build ing... $29.13 Eads Auto Sup ply, Fair-Sup plies $8.29 South east Col o rado Power Assn, Fair-Elec tric $ Town of Eads, Fair-Wa ter $ Ark Val ley Auto Ser vice, Tran sit-re pairs $ Atmos Energy, Natural Gas $1, Amanda Brown, Admin-Pro fes sional Fees $3, Business Solutions Leasing, Sheriff-Supplies $49.99 ChemaTox Laboratory Inc, Jail-Doctor/Medical $35.00 Colorado Natural Gas, Natural Gas $24.06 Crow s Stop & Shop, Se niors-meat $7.79; Maint-Sup plies $19.88 $27.67 Derek s LP Ser vice LLC, Towner Fire-Pro pane $ DW Waste Man age ment, Trash $5, Eads Auto Sup ply, Maint-Re pairs $221.23, Sup plies $207.94, Small Tools $66.77; Land fill-sup plies $97.77; Sher iff-auto Re pairs $64.56; Fire-Re pairs $ $ Eads Con sumer Sup ply, Sher iff-fuel $96.83, Auto Re pairs $4.85; Fire-Fuel $ $ Gobin s Inc, Admin-Ser vice Agree ment $88.07 Ki owa Healthmart, Sher iff-of fice Sup plies $12.05; Land fill- Of fice Sup plies $21.08; Se niors-misc. $ $49.08 Ki owa County Press, Admin-Le gal No tice $307.64, Ad ver tis ing $33.75; Land fill-ad ver tis ing $52.50; Sher iff-print ing $ $ Palmer Oil Com pany Inc, Land fill-rental $70.00 Plains Net work Ser vices Inc, Trea surer-of fice Sup plies..... $22.00 Pre ci sion Pest Con trol, Towner Se niors-pest Spray $159.00; Haswell Se niors-pest Spray $ $ Pro Com, Tran sit-misc $34.00 Prowers County Sher iff, Jail-Out side Pris oner Keep..... $2, Quill, Comm.-Of fice Sup plies $63.96 South east Col o rado Power Assn, Elec tric $2, South east Net works & Sup port, Admin As sist-com puter Re pairs $90.20 Specimens Unlimited, Transit-Misc $30.00 Town of Eads, Wa ter, Sewer & Trash $ UniFirst, Maint-Sup plies $ Gi rard Na tional Bank-VISA, Comm.-Travel $506.15; Admin- Travel $174.00; As ses sor-travel $127.28; Trea surer-of fice Sup plies $69.90; Tran sit-fuel $62.78, Sup plies $134.40; Sher iff-uni forms $119.98, Travel $6.87; Jail-Meals $ $1, Sharon Frazee, Seniors-Decorations $77.12 Crow s Stop & Shop, DSS-EE Good will $ ICP, DSS-Of fice Sup plies $50.00 Tran sit Van Petty Cash, Tran sit-clean ing $15.00 Road & Bridge, Tran sit-re pairs $8.83, Land fill-re pairs $97.87, Fuel $455.40; Maint-Fuel $ $ Shinn, Steerman & Shinn, County At tor ney-con sult ing..... $ Total $23, Road & Bridge Ace Tire Ser vice, Tires $ Atmos Energy, Natural Gas $ Colorado Machinery, Repairs $ , Outside Repairs $572.40, Freight $ $4, Eads Auto Sup ply & Hard ware, Sup plies $40.84, Re pairs $ , Fil ters $ , Small Tools $ $2, Eads Con sumer Sup ply, Sup plies $10.50, Re pairs $75.43, Fuel $ , Tires $ $4, Haswell Pro pane, Re pairs $5.91, Fuel $ , Pro pane $ $3, Ki owa Healthmart, Admin-Of fice Sup plies $5.17 Performance Automotive Inc, Repairs $ Pro Com, Admin-Physicals $79.50 Ranch ers Sup ply Co Inc, Re pairs $65.46 South east Col o rado Power Assn, Elec tric $1, Specimens Unlimited, Admin-Physicals $90.00 Thunderbird Petroleum Products, Supplies $77.43, Re pairs $ $ UniFirst, Mats $188.80, Uni forms $ $ Gi rard Na tional Bank-VISA, Fuel $ Wag ner Equip ment Co, Re pairs $1, Colorado Natural Gas, Natural Gas $ State World Head quar ters, Sup plies $181.40, Freight $ $ Crow s Stop & Shop, Sup plies $7.49 Floyd Barnes, Gravel $ John Deere, Re pairs $52.99 State World Head quar ters, Re pairs $7.66 Total $22, The fol low ing vouch ers were paid at the Reg u lar Meet ings held on Jan u - ary 10th, 2012 and Jan u ary 26th, 2012, to be paid out of 2012 Bud get to wit: Re tire ment Kiowa County Treasurer, Retirement $2, Building Corporation Col o rado East Bank, Note Pay ment $8, So cial Ser vices American Family Life, Cancer Insurance Withheld $ CHP CTSI, Health In sur ance With held $1, CHP CTSI, Health In sur ance With held $1, Co lo nial In sur ance, Ac ci dent In sur ance With held $60.40 Ki owa County Trea surer, Fed & Fica Tax With held, State With held, Retirement Withheld, Offset for Direct Deposit $18, Total $20, As sisted Liv ing CHP CTSI, Health In sur ance With held $2, CAHSA, Colorado Assisted Living Association Membership Re newal $ CTSI, Work man s Comp for $7, East ern Slope Ru ral Tele phone, Tele phone Bill $ Con tin ued on page 18 February 17, 2012 KiowaCountyPress.com 17

18 Public Notice - Ki owa Co Build ing Corp, Build ing Lease-USDA Pay ment... $8, Plains Net work Ser vices Inc, Of fice Sup plies $ American Family Life, Cancer Insurance Withheld $ CHP CTSI, Health In sur ance With held $2, Ki owa County Trea surer, Fed & Fica Tax With held, State With held, Retirement Withheld, Offset for Direct Deposit $7, Kiowa County Press, Advertising $30.00 Professional Compliance & Testing, Drug Testing Employees An nual Fee $39.00 Total $29, Pub lic Health Agency Fund-Health Fair Ac count Weisbrod Me mo rial County Hos pi tal, 2/3 Pay ment to Hos pi tal for Health Fair Ac count $9, Pub lic Health Agency Fund Cen tury Link, Tele phone $82.02 East ern Slope Ru ral Tele phone, Tele phone $ SECOM, Tele phone $52.95 American Family Life, Cancer Insurance Withheld $75.53 Busi ness So lu tions Leas ing, Copy Ma chine Lease $78.00; EPR Grant Copy Ma chine Lease $ $ CCNC, EPR Grant-Agency Fee Ra dios $ Crow s Stop & Shop, Clean ing Sup plies $17.76 Al ice Glover, Con tract La bor $75.00 Ki owa County Trea surer, Fed & Fica Tax With held, State With held, Retirement Withheld, Offset for Direct Deposit $83.94 Ki owa Healthmart, Clean ing Sup plies $7.99 Kiowa County Press, Advertising $34.00 Kris Stokke, EPR Grant-In de pend ent Con tract SE Re gional Plan ner $5, Total $6, County Gen eral Con tin ued from page 17 Big R of Lamar Inc, Fair-Ap pre ci a tion Gift Cer tif i cates $ Melinda Frazee, Fair-Appreciation Gift Certificates $50.00 CHP CTSI, Health In sur ance With held $20, Ac tion 22, Admin-Dues $ CCCA, Clerk-Association 2012 Dues $ Colorado County Clerks Association, Clerk-Winter Conference Registration $ CCNC, Inc., Sheriff-Radio Maintenance $ CCTA-Eastern Division, Treasurer-2012 Dues $ Colorado Counties Casualty & Property Pool, Admin-2012 County Prop erty & Loss $20, Col o rado Coun ties Inc, Admin-CCI Dues for $5, CTSI, Work man s Comp for $21, District Attorney, DA-Salaries & Operating Supplies..... $2, DeLoach s Water Conditioning, Seniors-RO Water System... $19.50 East ern Slope Ru ral Tele phone, Tele phone $ FairPoint Communications, Towner Seniors-Telephone..... $32.17 Jack Howard, Ambulance-Contract Labor $ Lower Ar kan sas Val ley Area Agency on Ag ing, 2012 Dues/Fees for LAVAA $ Public Trustees Association of Colorado, PT-2012 Dues.... $ Saul s Creek Engineering, Clerk-Maintenance & Support & Host ing $2, SCEDD, 2012 Dues/Fees for SCEDD $ SECOM, Admin-Internet $82.27 Share Corp, Maint-Sup plies $123.90, Freight $ $ Towner Recreation District, Towner Seniors-Utilities $ West End Golden Se niors, Haswell Se niors-util i ties $ Xerox Capital, Admin-Service Agreement $19.06 Colorado Pro Rodeo Association, Fair-Convention Cost..... $70.00 Double Eagle Hotel, Fair-CPRA Convention $ Jon Jack Howard, Fair-Con tract La bor $50.00 Combined Systems Inc Training, Sheriff-Training $ A-1 Collection Agency, Garnishment $ American Family Life, Cancer Insurance Withheld $ ACS, Trea surer & As ses sor-rental Con tract $2, ATCO International, Maint-Supplies $ Bent County Sher iff, Sher iff-dis patch $1, Jack son Brunmeier, Sher iff-uni forms $35.00 CHP CTSI, Health In sur ance With held $20, Co lo nial In sur ance, Ac ci dent In sur ance With held $ Colorado Coroners Association, Coroner-Dues $ Colorado Law Enforcement Officer, Sheriff-Dues $40.00 Colorado Preservation Inc, Historic Preservation-Conference. $ Crow s Stop & Shop, Se niors-hobby/meat $37.03, Maint-Sup plies $ $ Dish Net work, Admin-Ser vice Agree ment $38.00 Peggy Dunlap, Maint-Cell Phones $ East End Seniors, Towner Seniors-Coordinator $430.25, Meat $ $ Family Support Registry, Garnishment $ For rest Frazee, Sher iff-auto Fuel Re im bursed $ Gobin s Inc, Sher iff-con tract Agree ment $ Mike Harris, Sheriff-Uniforms $35.00 Ki owa County Trea surer, Fed & Fica Tax With held, State With held, Retirement Withheld, Offset for Direct Deposit $52, Ki owa County Na tional Bank, HSA De posit Clear ing $ Kiowa County Press, Admin-Advertising $57.60; Assessor- Print ing $ $ Le gal Shield, Le gal/id Theft With held $12.95 Wanda Lessenden, Haswell Seniors-Coordinator $ NACO, Admin-2012 Dues $ National Sheriffs Association, Sheriff-Dues $50.00 Tran sit Van Petty Cash, Tran sit-clean ing $5.00 Plains Network Services, Sheriff-Office Supplies $ Port To Plains, Admin-2012 Dues $ Jon a than Renteria, Sher iff-uni forms $35.00 SAGE, Admin-2012 Dues $ SEBREA, Admin-2012 Dues $1, Casey Sheridan, Sher iff-uni forms $35.00 South east Colo. RC&D Inc, Admin-2012 Dues $ Town of Eads, Land fill-test Well $90.00 Verizon, Tran sit-cell Phone $137.87; Sher iff-cell Phones $494.65; EMP Grant-DEM-Cell Phone $ $ VIAERO, Land fill-cell Phone $46.50 X-Treme Graphics, Sher iff-misc $30.00 Zee Medical, Maint-Supplies $ Total $164, Road & Bridge CHP CTSI, Health In sur ance With held $15, Colorado Counties Casualty & Property Pool, Admin-2012 Prop erty & Loss $18, CTSI, Admin-2012 Work man s Comp $19, East ern Slope Ru ral Tele phone, Tele phone $87.62 FairPoint Tele phone, Tele phone $37.42 Pro Com, Admin-Physicals $39.00 Sheridan Lake Wa ter, Wa ter $30.00 Adams Wrecking, Repairs $ American Family Life, Cancer Insurance Withheld $ Carl Blodgett, Admin-Travel $16.03 CARSE, Admin-2012 Dues $ CHP CTSI, Health In sur ance With held $15, Co lo nial In sur ance, Ac ci dent In sur ance With held $26.00 Eads Con sumer Sup ply, Fuel $21, Family Support Registry, Garnishments $1, J&S Contractors, Blades $2, Ki owa County Trea surer, Fed & Fica Tax With held, State With held, Retirement Withheld, Offset for Direct Deposit $20, Ki owa County Na tional Bank, HSA De posit Clear ing $ Ki owa County Press, Of fice Sup plies $ Ranco Trail ers, Re pairs $ Rockmount, Re pairs $327.93, Freight $ $ Town of Haswell, Wa ter $35.00 Wag ner Equip ment Co, Re pairs $39.30, Freight $ $50.30 Total $119, So cial Ser vices Dur ing the reg u lar meet ings of the Ki owa County Board of So cial Ser - vices held dur ing Jan u ary, 2012, the fol low ing bills were ap proved for payment: To tal State County Share Share County Administra. $14, $11, $2, General Assistance $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 Medicaid Trans port. $5, $5, $0.00 Submitted by Dennis Pearson, Director, Kiowa County Department of Social Services. I, the un der signed County Clerk and Re corder of Ki owa County, Col o - rado, hereby cer tify the above and fore go ing to be a true list of the meet - ings of Jan u ary 10, 2012 and Jan u ary 26, 2012 as re lates to al low ance of bills. Wit ness my hand and Seal of said county, Town of Eads, Col o rado, this day of Feb ru ary 6, Debra C. Lening Ki owa County Clerk Published February 17, 2012 In the Ki owa County Press Pub lic No tice DISTRICT COURT, KIOWA COUNTY, COLORADO Case No.: 2012 PR 4 In the Mat ter of the Es tate of: Lynn Tay lor and Betty Tay lor, De ceased. No tice of Hear ing by Publication Interested Persons and Owners by Inheritance Pur su ant To , C.R.S. To All In ter ested Per sons and Own ers by In her i tance (List all names of in ter ested per sons and owners by inheritance): Everett Tay lor and Debia Feldman A Pe ti tion has been filed al leg ing that the above De ce dent died leav - ing the fol low ing prop erty: Min eral rights in the W/2 of the E/2 of and the NW/4 of all in Ki owa County, Col o rado, and 5.52 acres in the S/2 of , Ki owa County, Colorado The hear ing on the Pe ti tion will be held at the fol low ing time and lo ca - tion or at a later date to which the hear ing may be con tin ued: Date: April 5, 2012 Time: 10:00 A.M. Court room or Di vi sion: 1 Ad dress: 1305 Goff Street. Eads. Colorado The hear ing will take ap prox i - mately 10 min utes. Note: You must an swer the Pe ti tion within 30 days af ter the last pub li - ca tion of this No tice. Within the time re quired for an - swering the Petition, all objections to the Pe ti tion must be in writ ing and filed with the Court. The hear ing shall be lim ited to the Petition, the objections timely filed and the par ties an swer ing the Pe ti tion in a timely man ner. Date: 2/8/12 Todd Davidson 119 W. Iron Ave., 10th Floor Salina. Kansas First Pub lished Feb ru ary 17, 2012 Last Pub lished March 2, 2012 In the Ki owa County Press Digital COLOR Printing & Copying Services Kiowa County Press 1208 Maine Street, Eads 18 KiowaCountyPress.com February 17, 2012

19 South east Area - Con tin ued from page 17 ready when you ar rive home in the eve ning. Some ideas are chili, stew, or roast with veg e ta bles and sea son ings. Serve with a green salad. You may be for tu nate to have a few left overs for lunch the next day. An other idea is to use some foods from a box. Start with a box of mac a roni and cheese, rice or other grain mix. Add a lit tle pre cooked chicken or left over beef or beans. Or try tuna or salmon from a can. Be gen er ous with add ing fresh, frozen or canned veg e ta bles. Use the sauce Pub lic No tice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Es tate of Phyl lis R. Koch, De ceased Case Num ber 2000PR3 All per sons hav ing claims against the above-named es tate are re - quired to pres ent them to the Per - sonal Representative or to District Court of Ki owa County, Col o rado Eastern Slope Rural Telephone Assoc., Inc. Public Notice Eastern Slope Rural Telephone Assoc., Inc. provides the following basic telecommunications services throughout its designated service area: * Single-party voice-grade service with connectivity to the public switched network; * Local exchange service including local usage free of per-minute charges; * Dual tone multi-frequency signaling; * Single party revertive calling; * Access to emergency services; * Access to operator services; * Access to interexchange service; * Access to directory assistance; * Toll blocking, 900 and 976 number blocking and extended community calling blocking options without charge to qualified low-income customers. Basic services are offered at the following rates: mix in cluded in the box or use your own com bi na - tion of herbs, spices or sauces. Din ner will be ready in 30 min utes or less. This may not be the gour met meal you see in mag a zines, but it works for fam i lies who want to spend more time together. When the fam ily is en - joy ing a meal to gether turn off the TV, if the TV is on there will be lit tle chance for con ver sa tion. This is a great time to learn how ev ery one s day went and what they have been up to. Save dif fi cult con ver sa tions for an other time and make a rule if an ar gu ment starts that it or on or be fore June 17, 2012, or the claims may be for ever barred. Darrell L. Koch P.O. Box 436 Eads. CO Personal Respresentative First Pub lished Feb ru ary 17, 2012 Last Pub lished March 2, 2012 In the Ki owa County Press needs to be set aside un til the meal is over. You want meal time to be pleas ant. Meals can be a great time to learn about one s her i - tage, maybe pre pare var i - ous foods that represent that heritage. If you have not sat down to gether as a fam ily to share a meal on a reg u lar ba sis it is time to get 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. ACCEPTING BIDS The Town of Eads is ac cept ing sealed bids for the fol low ing equip ment: 1969 Aus tin West - ern Super 300 Mo tor Grader, 6 wheel with a 471 De troit Die sel. In run ning con di tion Ford F ,047 orig i nal miles with a 4.9 li ter, 300 cu bic inch 6 cyl in - der en gine. Man ual 4-speed transmission. In running condition Ford F-750 fire en gine pumper truck, 5,537 orig i nal miles. 391 cu bic inch en gine. Manual 4-speed transmission. 750 gal lon wa ter tank with 750 gal lon per min ute waterous pump. In run ning con di tion. Bids must be sub mit ted in a sealed en ve lope to the Town of Eads Clerk s Of fice at 110 W. 13th Street P.O. Box 8 Eads, CO by 5:00 p.m. March 13, The Town of Eads re serves the right to re ject any and all bids. For more information call Van at FOR SALE Nordic Track CX 920 El lip ti cal ex - er cise ma chine. Call Classifieds started. Look at ev ery - one s sched ule and pick one day this week that would work, and it does not have to be an eve ning meal, maybe it is a break - fast or lunch. En joy the ben e fits of shar ing time with your fam ily and they will want to know when the next meal is scheduled. FOR SALE - HOMES 3 Bed rooms 2 Bath Eads, Col o - rado, HELP WANTED Full Time Dep uty Po si tion - Job Requirements: Applicant must be a valid POST CERTIFIED Col o - rado peace of fi cer or be able to ob tain Col o rado Post within 30 days, have valid Col o rado driv ers li cense, must be able to pass back ground check, must be able to pass a drug screen ing, must have a good driv ing re cord, must not have any fel ony con vic tions. Applicant must be physically fit and be able to pass phys i cal exam. The ap pli cant must have good moral character. Position Sum mary: The Dep uty pro motes and preserves order, investi - gates crimes and crim i nal ac tiv - ity, conducts traffic violation en - force ment, pro vides court testimony, defends persons from imminent physical harm, re - sponds to re quest of ser vice and re solves con flicts be tween in di - vid u als and groups and can make an ar rest. Pa trols county and city to detect illegal activities and to en sure the se cu rity and safety of busi nesses and homes. Must be will ing to work shift work and be on call. Will serve sum mons, sub poe nas and war rants. Be able to write and files re ports. He/She is a protector of constitutional guar an tees and an en forcer of For more information call Baca County (719) , Bent County (719) , Chey enne County (719) , Crowley County (719) , Ki owa County (719) , Otero County (719) , Prowers County (719) county ordinances, federal and state stat utes. Dep uty will have other duties as assigned. For any questions contact Undersheriff Casey Sheridan The Ki owa County Fair Board has the fol low ing po si tion up for ap - plication - Kiowa Community Building custodian. Require - ments in clude the fol low ing: clean comm. bldg. af ter any events, re stock clean ing sup plies and appropriate kitchen supplies, main te nance du ties for comm. bldg. and re port any prob lems or costly re pairs to fair board. $50 is paid per event- var ies by the month. To re quest an ap pli ca tion and full de tails con tact Brenda Fickenscher at by March 3, The Ki owa County Fair Board has the fol low ing po si tion up for ap - pli ca tion - Ki owa County Fair Ground Maintenance. Require - ments in clude the fol low ing: March 1 to Oc to ber 1 con tract ($800 per month for this pe riod). Maintenance of equipment, weed con trol spray ing, paint ing, building/fence/grounds upkeep, winterizing of water lines and bathrooms, mowing, track/arena groom ing, etc. To re quest an ap - pli ca tion and full de tails con tact Brenda Fickenscher at by March 3, MISC I have CRP Buy ers and need list - ings. Rich ard Grant ham Re alty, Ordway, CO Single-party residence service Single-party business service Residential federal subscriber line charge (exchange access) Business federal subscriber line charge (exchange access) $13.36/mo* $16.03/mo* $6.50/mo $9.20/mo *The above rates do not include charges for long distance, operator services, Directory Assistance, 911 emergency services, or other state, federal and/or local taxes and fees. Discounts are available to low-income customers who qualify for participation in Lifeline and Link-up telephone assistance programs. For information concerning these programs, please call the Department of Human Services at Published February 17, 2012 In the Kiowa County Press Wednesday 8:00-4:30 Thursday 8:00-4:30 Saturday 8:00-4:30 Sunday 1:00-4:30 p.m. Closed if wind is 20 mph or more! CLOSED: Noon to 12:30 In Kiowa County Out of Kiowa County 1 year = $ year = $ Sub - 1 year = $18.00 Subscriptions are CASH-IN-ADVANCE basis HOW TO SUBSCRIBE Mail checks to Kiowa County Press PO Box 248 Eads, CO press@kiowacountypress.com Kiowa County (719) Press Paper Expiring? Check your Address Label February 17, 2012 KiowaCountyPress.com 19

20 Dana Aumick, Mi chael Berggren En gaged Phil and Patti Aumick of Bennington, Kan sas are proud to an nounce the en gage ment of their daugh ter Dana Aumick, to Mi chael Berggren the son of Bryan and Dorcas Berggren of Towner Col o - rado. Dana is the grad u - ate of Bennington High School and 2010 grad u ate of Kan sas State Uni ver - sity with a Bach e lor of Sci ence de gree in fam ily stud ies and hu man ser - vices. She is cur rently an ad min is tra tive as sis tant for KSU Dept. of Hous ing and Din ing. Mi chael is a 2006 grad u ate of Greeley County High School of Tri - bune, KS and a De cem ber 2011 grad u ate of KSU with a degree in biological ag ri cul tural en gi neer ing. He is cur rently an intern for the USDA in Manhattan, KS. 20 KiowaCountyPress.com February 17, 2012 Dana s grand par ents are Fred and Eliz a beth Aumick of Lawrenc,e KS, and the late Howard and Velma Bow man of Clifton, KS. Mi chael s grand par - ents are Fran ces Berggren and the late Dan Berggren of Ak ron, CO and Freda Schmidt and the late Carl Schmidt of Towner, CO. Reg is ter Your Amer i can Can cer So ci ety Re lay for Life Team Today By RFL The Amer i can Can cer So ci ety Re lay for Life of Lamar gives ev ery one in the com mu nity a chance to help the or ga ni za tion save lives and cre ate a world with less can cer and more birth days. Reg - is ter your team to day by visiting For mer and cur rent can cer pa tients, those who have lost a loved one to cancer, families, busi - nesses, faith-based and civic or ga ni za tions, and any one want ing to make a dif fer ence in the fight against can cer are in vited to take part in this ex cit - ing team event. Re lay for Life takes place from 6:00 p.m. on June 2, 2012 un til Come One - Come All Eads High School Gym Friday, February 24 Dinner - 6:00 p.m. Rocky mountain oysters, chicken ips, str and French fries, and all s will the be fixin ved ser Auction - 7:00p.m. FFA members, burn barrel lids, ehors art, shop stools, post vers, dricamping wok and a shop bench will be auction.. Eads A FF appreciates your support! 6:00 a.m. on June 3, 2012 at Merrill Brush Field at Savage Stadium. Re lay For Life events are held over night as in di - vid u als and teams camp out at an ath letic track, park or other gath er ing area, with the goal of keep ing at least one team mem ber on the track or path way at all times through out the eve ning. Teams do most of their fund rais ing prior to the event, but some teams also hold cre ative fundraisers at their camp sites dur ing Re lay. Re lay for Life draws at - ten tion to the prog ress be ing made in the fight against can cer, said Heather Burkhart, Lamar vol un teer Re lay event chair. Many par tic - i pants are our fam ily, friends, and neigh bors who have faced can cer them selves. Their in - volve ment helps brings hope that, to gether, we can elim i nate can cer as a ma jor health problem. Information about how to form a team or be come in volved in Re lay for Life is avail able at Lamarrfl.org or by call ing The Amer i can Can cer So ci ety com bines an un - yielding passion with nearly a cen tury of ex pe - ri ence to save lives and end suf fer ing from can - cer. As a global grass roots force of more than three million volunteers, we fight for ev ery birth day threat ened by ev ery can - cer in ev ery com mu nity. We save lives by help ing peo ple stay well by pre - vent ing can cer or de tect - ing it early; by help ing peo ple get well by be ing there for them dur ing and Please join us to celebrate Mary Louise Huddleston s 90th Birthday Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 12:00 p.m. Festivities and lunch will be held at the Towner Community Hall RSVP: Sharon (719) Jerene (719) af ter a can cer di ag no sis; by find ing cures through in vest ment in ground - break ing dis cov ery; and by fight ing back by ral ly - ing law mak ers to pass laws to de feat can cer and by rallying communities world wide to join the fight. As the na tion s larg - est non-gov ern men tal in - ves tor in can cer re - search, con trib ut ing about $3.4 bil lion, we turn what we know about can - cer into what we do. As a re sult, more than 11 mil - lion peo ple in Amer ica who have had can cer and count less more who have avoided it will be cel e brat - ing birth days this year. To learn more about us or to get help, call us anytime, day or night, at or visit cancer.org.