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Peo ple & Places WEATHER WEATHER Up com ing Events EADS COMMUNITY MARKET PLACE - Dur ing the FAIR, Ellicott s will have pro - duce at their house, 1103 Hickman, 4-6 p.m. on Fri day, Sept. 6. Sweet corn, can ta - loupe, cab bage, kohl rabi and broc coli should be avail able then. All Se nior Cit i zens are in vited to come to the Eads Senior Citizen Center for Fair BBQ on Fri day the 6th and Sat ur day the 7th. En joy eat - ing in the air con di tion ing LAMAR THEATRE 219 S. Main - Lamar - 336-5737 $7.50 Adults - $5.50 Children & Seniors - $5.50 Thursdays PG PG 13 Starts Friday, Sept. 6 Smurfs 2 6:45 p.m. Daily The Wolverine Stars: Hugh Jackman 8:45 p.m. Daily COMING SOON Planes We re the Millers 2007 All Rights Reserved. Nov. 14 - Nov. 20 Date High Low Precip. 14 56 21 0.00 15 60 22 0.00 16 56 23 0.00 17 61 23 0.00 18 67 29 0.00 19 68 30 0.00 20 NA NA NA Last year High/Low:...68/14 Nov Precip. ( 11/ 12): 0.69/0.08 Year to Date Precip....11.63 As recorded in Eads by USDA. 2 Guns Elysyium Friday Saturday Sunday Press Kiowa County P.O. Box 248 1208 Maine Street, Eads, CO 81036-0248 719-438-5800 E-mail: press@kiowacountypress.com Connie McPherson, Editor Chris Sorensen, Publisher Volunteer Contributors: Dawna Weirich, USDA/Ag News Melissa Peterson, Doris Lessenden, Curtis Schrimp, Sharon Scott, Marilyn White, ox, Sue F Rhonda Uhland, Honey Bell Dixon, Monica Uhland Slim Randles, KCSO. (USPS 2959-4000) Legal newspaper of Kiowa County Periodical Postage paid at Eads, Colorado 81036 Published Friday of each week. POSTMASTER: Send change of address to: P.O. Box 248, Eads, CO 81036-0248 and vis it ing with friends. The Se nior Cit i zens will also have beau ti ful quilts made by Faye Bar ber for sale at the Break - fasts and at the Cen ter. Do your Christ mas shop ping early, or treat yourself! FAIR STREET DANCE on Maine Street in Eads, CO on Saturday, September 7th in cludes The Neph ews at 5:00 p.m.; Glass Ap pa ra tus at 7:00 p.m.; and Richie Law & The South ern Route Band at 9:00 p.m. Great mu - sic, great food, great people! An ni ver sa ries Sep tem ber 10 Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Phipps, Mr. and Mrs. Grady Weeks, Mr. and Mrs. Brandon Walker. Sep tem ber 11 Mr. and Mrs. Terry Laird. Sep tem ber 12 Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Coffman. Sep tem ber 15 Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Gould. Weekend Forecast 54/27 Sunny, calm wind becoming S around 5 mph. Mostly clear evening, S wind around 5 mph becoming W. 61/29 61/31 Sunny, W wind around 5 mph becoming S. Mostly clear evening with S wind around 5 becoming W. Sunny, calm wind becoming NE around 5 mph. Mostly clear evening, E wind around 5 mph becoming calm. 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 $26.00. E-mail 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 A KiowaCountyPress.com September 6, 2013 Please join us on Sunday, Sep tem ber 8, for a bridal shower hon or ing Dally Jo Lessenden, bride-elect of Maurice Sagner of Burlington, CO. The shower will be at 2:00 p.m. at the Haswell Community Building. Please bring your fa vor - ite rec ipe to share with the bride on an 8.5 x 11 in. sheet of pa per. Dally is reg is tered at Tar get and Bed, Bath and Be - yond. For ques tions or Birth days Sep tem ber 9 Tay lor Scott, Barb Dayton, Sheri Weber, Gary Da vis. Sep tem ber 10 Ty Lin Wil liams, Jocelyn An der - son, Filipp Barnes, Mike Jacobs, Jocelyn An der - son, Eliz a beth Kent, Polly Gyurman, Ariel Phipps. Sep tem ber 11 Jayme Berggren, Barb Gitchel, Zelpha Deines, Hunter Pryor, Kimberly Stoker, Abenie Ad ams, Caden Parker, James Engelhardt. Sep tem ber 12 Larson Green field, Seth Simpkin, Su zette Koch, Whit ney Reeder, Leisha Peck, RSVP s, please call Michelle at (719) 436-2246. Wiley Clinic Grand Re-Opening September 9 4-6 p.m. 302 South Main Street (white build ing next to Post Of fice) Wiley, CO. The Ki owa County Com mis sioner s will meet in reg u lar ses sion on Fri day, September 13; Thursday, September 26; Thursday, Oc to ber 10 and Tues day, Oc - Nicolle Lenox, Kayla McLoud, Tim Green, Jill Stinson. Sep tem ber 13 Glo ria Weber, Aleksandr Barnes, Megan Berggren, Sydnee Howard, Tom Halde, Andrea Mor gan, Tina Joy. Sep tem ber 14 Ashtyn But ler, Will Elam, Carol Stoker, Avery Weisdorfer, Mi chael Peil, Kawika Clarke. Sep tem ber 15 Robi Ehrlick, Denis Weber, Lisa Rehfeld, Ju nior McDowell, Case Nel son, Brad Hager, Linda frazee, Dustin Owen. Is This Your Last Issue? If you subscribe by mail, the address label on the front of your paper shows the date your subscription expires. To avoid service interruption, send your renewal check or money order to us before the date your subscription ends. E-mail: $18.00/year In Kiowa County: $22.00/year, All other subscriptions: $26.00/year Papers are mailed from Eads each Thursday. If the Postal Service has been delaying your paper, contact us at 719-438-5800 or at the address below. Or call 1-800-275-8777 USPS to have customer service research the problem. Your Subscription Expires 99/99/9999 Mail to: Your Subscription Kiowa County Press, Expiration Date is P.O. Box 248, MS-SUB, Shown on Your Eads, CO 81036-0248 Mailing Label to ber 29. Meet ings are held in the Com mis sioner s of fice at 1305 Goff Street, Eads court house start ing at 9:00 a.m. On meet ing days the com mis sioner s will be eat - ing lunch from 12 noon to 1 p.m. at K&M Ranch House Restaurant. 2nd An nual Tri-State 9/11 Remembrance, Satur - day, Sep tem ber 14 in Lamar, thank ing First Re spond ers and Armed Forces, past and pres ent. Pa rade at 10 a.m.; bar be cue at noon at fair - grounds; green chile cook-ff at 3 p.m.; mu sic and en ter - tain ment; ven dor booths; art - work from area chil dren; formal tribute ceremony at 5 p.m. Pa rade and ven dor ap - pli ca tions are re quired to par - tic i pate Please call or email us to get an ap pli ca tion form Deadline September 9. Call Doug Har bour at (719) 691-0959, email at tristate9.11tribute@gmail.c om. Ki owa County Driver s License Schedule: SEPTEMBER - Sep tem ber 17th & 18th; Sep tem ber 24th & 25th. Event Passes al low ing en try into all home ath letic events, with the ex cep tion of CHSAA sanc tioned play off games, are avail able for pur - chase at the Eads School Dis trict Busi ness Of fice. Hours for pur chase are: Mon - day-thurs day 8:00-11:00 a.m. and 1:00-4:00 p.m. Prices are as fol lows: Fam ily $120.00; In di vid ual $60.00; Senior $30.00. List ings in Up com ing Events are free to non-profit groups or or ga ni za tions, or for gen eral, non-busi ness community announcements. List ing in for ma tion must be sub mit ted by 4:00 p.m. each Tuesday for publication in the next Fri day edi tion. Avail able space may be lim ited. Call (719) 438-5800 for more in - for ma tion or to place your listing.

Top News Cob ble stone Ho tels, LLC Breaks Ground on its Third Hotel in Colorado By Jessica Junker Au gust 28, 2013, Cob ble - stone Ho tels broke ground on the fu ture Cob - ble stone Inn and Suites in Eads, Colorado. The com mu nity of Eads, Col o - rado is a per fect match for the Cob ble stone Ho - tels Fam ily say Brian Wogernese, Pres i dent of Cob ble stone Ho tels, LLC. Just a sam ple of those who turned out at the ground break ing for the New Cob ble - stone Inn and Suites in Eads, CO. From left to right: Steve Uhland, Jimmy Brown; Jeff Uhland; Brian Wogernese, Pres i dent, Cob ble stone Ho tels, LLC; Mike Lening, Rod John son; Mar i lyn Baxter, Mayor, Town of Eads; Roger Saffer, Jan Rich ards, Com mu nity Co or di na tor, KCEDF; Sean Lening, Pres i dent, Ki owa County Na tional Bank; Tim Shefchik, Vice Pres i dent of De vel op ment, BriMark Build ers, LLC; and Craig Kerfoot. (Marty Miller Photo) 2013 Fair Roy alty In vites Ev ery one to the Fair The 2013 Fair Roy alty, Jeni Weber, Queen, Athena Crum, Jr. Prin - cess and Taygen Fer ris, Tiny Tot Prin cess would like to in vite ev ery one to the 2013 Ki owa County Fair and Ro deo, Sep tem - ber 4th thru Sep tem ber 8, 2013. It prom ises to be an ex cit ing event with live - stock shows, Jr. Live stock Sale, bar be cues, horse rac ing, CPRA Ro deo, and a parade. Jeni, Athena and Taygen have had an ex cit - ing sum mer to gether at - tend ing area ro deos and pa rades. Mem o ries were cre ated and will never be forgotten. They would like to Thank ev ery one who sup - ported them thoroughout the year in clud ing Miller In ter na tional, Den ver, for shirts and jeans, Fal con Big R, shirts and jeans and Matt Weber and Fam - ily for lo cat ing the pig for a fund raiser and get ting gift cer tif i cates for the Roy alty. A huge thank-you for Darci John son do nat - ing her time to as sist the Roy alty with all their pro - jects through out the year. And last but not least to all our Fam i lies for be ing there sup port ing us during our travels. Con grat u la tions to the 2014 Fair Roy alty. Best wishes to you for your year of Fun. Come join us at the Fair! The new Cob ble stone Inn and Suites will help the com mu nity in many as pects and the com mu - nity mem bers are ex - tremely pleased with this addition. The Cobblestone Inn and Suites in Eads, Col o - rado is ex pected to open in Spring of 2014 and will give Cob ble stone Ho tels a stron ger pres ence in Col - o rado with their first ho tel break ing ground in the Fall of 2013, and two prop - er ties pres ently open. Due to the ex treme lo - cal in ter est in hav ing ac - commodations in the area, this pro ject has been smooth sail ing, say Tim Shefchik, Vice Pres i - dent of De vel op ment with BriMark Build ers. There are many new pro jects that BriMark Build ers is work ing on in state of Col - o rado, and I look for ward to many more prop er ties here. BriMark Build ers, LLC, the builder and de - vel oper, cur rently has six new ho tel con struc tion pro jects in progress in Colorado. The Cobblestone Inn and Suites will be lo cated at 501 East Lowell Av e - nue in Eads, Col o rado and will fea ture 33 guest rooms, including whirl - pool suites, with ame ni - ties such as mi cro waves and re frig er a tors, cof fee ser vice, free high speed internet, and flat panel tele vi sions in each room. The Cob ble stone Inn and Suites will also fea ture an on-site beer and wine bar, meet ing room, ex er cise equip ment, guest laun dry fa cil ity, and con ve nience store. A complimentary hot break fast bar and week day news pa per will be avail able daily to guests of the Cob ble stone Inn and Suites as well. Check out www.staycobblestone.com or call (888) 693-8262 to make your reservations. About Cobblestone Ho tels Based in Neenah, Wis - consin, Cobblestone Ho - tels is a ho tel brand com - pany that prides it self in fill ing the lodg ing needs of com mu ni ties through its up per mid-scale new build brand. Ex pe ri enc - ing significant growth since it opened its first prop erty in Jan u ary of 2008, Cob ble stone Ho tels looks for ward to a prom is - ing 2013 and is con fi dent that it will be the best year yet. With 6 prop er ties un - der con struc tion and 35 new prop er ties in de vel - opment, Cobblestone Ho - tels is very ex cited about the fu ture. Stay up to date on all Cob ble stone Ho tels news by vis it ing www.cobblestonedream.com. September 6, 2013 KiowaCountyPress.com 3 A

Agriculture & Outdoor Life USDA Up date By Eads USDA Ser vice Cen ter Ki owa County Fair and Rodeo We hope ev ery one gets out and en joys the Fair and Ro deo. The Ser vice Cen ter will be open, how ever will be short staffed. 2014 Acreage Reporting Dates In crop year 2013, FSA im ple mented ma jor changes in the acre age re - port ing dates for Col o rado. The fol low ing new acre age re port ing dead lines have been es tab lished as a re sult of the Acre age Crop Re port - ing Streamline initiative be - tween RMA and FSA. These dates were im ple mented for the 2013 crop year, with no late-fees as sessed. How - ever, for 2014 late fees will ap ply. The late filed fee is an ini tial cost of $46.00 per farm. There fore if a pro - ducer has mul ti ple farms, the late filed fees can add up quickly. 2014 Crop re port ing deadlines: NOVEMBER 15, 2013 - Wheat, grass, fall bar ley, fall-seeded small grains JULY 15, 2014 spring bar ley, corn, dry beans, grain sor ghum, mil let, spring oats, sun flow ers, feed crops. The of fice is get ting the farm fold ers ready for 2014, but we aren t quite ready for pro duc ers to re - port those planted acres. We ask that you give us a cou ple of weeks to get them com pleted be fore you re port those acres. Re port ing Failed Acres The FSA Of fice re quests that if pro duc ers have failed 4 A KiowaCountyPress.com September 6, 2013 spring planted acres, such as grain sor ghum, mil let, corn, sun flow ers or a feed crop that you re port those failed acres to FSA. The FSA historically captures the failed wheat acres, but many times the spring planted failed acres don t get re ported to FSA. For his - tory pur poses, we ask that you re port those acres once crop insurance releases those acres. If any of the spring planted acres are cov ered by a NAP (Non-In sured Crop As sis tance Pro gram) pol icy through FSA, be cer - tain to re port the dam aged acres within 15 days from the date of the di sas ter. NAP Production There are some good for - age crops in the county. Re - mem ber, if those acres are cov ered by a NAP pol icy through FSA; be cer tain to get the pro duc tion to the FSA. Production records must be ac cept able and verifiable records, such as scale tick ets, re ceipts for bal ing, etc. While this pro - duc tion is fresh in the pro - duc ers mind, it s a good idea to get it re ported to FSA for your APH. Ki owa County USDA Contact Info Telephone 719-438- 5851 FSA (Ext 2), NRCS (Ext 3). E-mail in di vid u als firstname.lastname@ co.usda.gov (Ex am ple name.name@co.usda.gov, nadene.gaynor, charla.fer - ris, dawna.weirich, hallie.barlow, marvin.wat - son, mar lin.miller Ki owa County Farm Loan Contact Info Telephone 719-336- 3437 (ext2) Natalie Bond; Natalie.bond@co.usda.gov; Mary Rhoades, mary.rhoades@co.usda.gov Ag ri cul tural Ex ports In crease $14.5 Mil lion in First Six Months of 2013 By Tim o thy J. Larsen Col o rado s ag ri cul tural ex ports for the first six months of 2013 to taled $725.6 mil lion, an in crease of $14.5 mil lion over the same pe riod for 2012. In - creases in ex ports to Can - ada of $23.1 mil lion and to Hong Kong of $18.2 mil - lion helped to off set a $27 mil lion de crease in ex - ports to Rus sia. The $725.6 mil lion level re - corded for the first six months of 2013 rep re - sents a twenty per cent in - crease in just the past two years. Col o rado s ag ri cul tural ex port growth in cluded in creased im ports by seven of Col o rado s top ten mar kets. While Can - ada s in crease cov ered a wide spec trum of prod - ucts, Hong Kong s im port in crease was all red meats. Brazil joined the top ten mar kets in the first six months of 2013, in creas ing their im ports of Colorado agricultural prod ucts from $328,000 to more than $9 mil lion. Brazil is im port ing wheat directly from Colorado for the first time with pur - chases of $8.5 mil lion. Col - o rado s ex ports went to 102 coun tries, with new mar kets open ing in Tu ni - sia, Guy ana, St. Lu cia, St. Vincent/Grenadines, Anguilla and Aruba. Colorado s broad mar - ket reach is crit i cal for our in dus try, said Col o - rado Com mis sioner of Ag - ri cul ture John Salazar. By in creas ing our global markets, Colorado can con tinue to in crease sales well into the future. De creases in ex ports were re ported for sev eral markets, most notably Rus sia, which dropped over $27 mil lion in this pe - riod due to the con tin ued clo sure of the mar ket to Col o rado and U.S. red meats. Mex ico s weak economy also contributed to a $26 mil lion de crease in im ports of Col o rado ag - ri cul tural prod ucts de - spite the fact that Mex ico im ports of U.S. beef in - In Kiowa County Out of Kiowa County 1 year = $22.00 1 year = $26.00 E-mail 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 81036-0248 E-mail: press@kiowacountypress.com Kiowa County (719) Press 438-5800 Paper Expiring? Check your Address Label creased in June, re vers - ing a trend of the first five months of re duced im - ports of U.S. beef ac cord - ing to the Den ver head - quar ters of the U.S. Meat Export Federation. Colorado s cattle in - dus try con tin ues to fo cus on not only ex pand ing cur rent mar kets, but also to ad vo cate for the open - ing of both the Rus sian and Chi nese mar kets, which will pro vide ad di - tional ex port op por tu ni - ties for the Col o rado beef in dus try, con tin ued Salazar. Gain ing ac cess to these mar kets rep re - sents a crit i cal el e ment of our industry s future viability. In ter na tional mar ket - ing spe cial ists are avail - able to as sist in be gin ning and ex pand ing Col o - rado s ex port mar kets. Assistance includes training for ex port op er a tions, as sess ment of mar ket op - tions, in ter na tional fi - nance and ac cess ing USDA fund ing sup port for ex port ers. For more in - formation visit www.coloradoagriculture.com call (303) 239-4118 or e-mail Timothy.Larsen@state.co.us.

USDA Ru ral De vel op ment Ex tends Ap pli ca tion Dead line for SET By Amy Mund USDA Ru ral De vel op - ment an nounced that it has ex tended the ap pli ca - tion dead line to Oc to ber 1, 2013 for Phase IV of the Stron ger Econ o mies To - gether (SET) pro gram in Col o rado. Stron ger Econ - o mies To gether (SET) is an ini tia tive launched in 2009 by USDA Ru ral De - velopment in collabora - tion with the four Re - gional Ru ral De velopment Cen ters (RRDCs) and their land-grant uni - ver sity part ners. The pur - pose of SET is to strengthen the ca pac ity of communities and coun - ties in ru ral Amer ica to work to gether in de vel op - ing and im ple ment ing an economic development plan that builds on the current and emerging economic strengths of their region. Com mu ni ties ac cepted into the SET pro gram re - ceive coach ing, data anal - y sis and tech ni cal as sis - tance from USDA Ru ral De vel op ment to help them de velop a re gional ap proach to cre at ing eco - nomic op por tu nity and job cre ation in ru ral com - munities. Participating in the SET pro gram helps com mu ni ties un der stand their strengths and weak - nesses, their shared re - gional econ omy, and pro - vides them the tools they need to move for ward in part ner ship with fed eral, state and lo cal or ga ni za - tions, said Trudy Kareus, Col o rado Ru ral De vel op - ment State Di rec tor. Se - lected re gions con sist of local leadership, busi - nesses, in di vid u als and community champions from di verse back - grounds from at least three con tig u ous coun - ties who rec og nize the need to con sider their econ omy in a new light. A copy of the ap pli ca tion can be found at www.rurdev.usda.gov/co under the Spotlight Section. In an ef fort to sup port re gional de vel op ment in pre vi ously chal lenged ar - eas, USDA Ru ral De vel - op ment Of fices across the coun try have been given the op por tu nity to des ig - nate Great Re gions in their state to fur ther this ap proach. These se lected re gions will re ceive ad di - New Prog ress to ward a Thriv ing Biobased Econ omy By Tom Vilsack Across the United States, the po ten tial to use home grown crops in new ways holds tre men - dous prom ise to re vi tal ize the ru ral econ omy. In no - va tors across the coun try from small busi nesses to global com pa nies are cre at ing amaz ing new biobased prod ucts that we use ev ery day. Ev ery - thing from clean ing prod - ucts to pack ag ing ma te ri - als are now made from crops grown right here at home by America s farmers. In re cent years, USDA has taken steps to sup - port these ef forts through the BioPreferred pro - gram, de signed to help companies market biobased prod ucts. This week, USDA ex - panded the va ri ety of biobased prod ucts that the Fed eral gov ern ment will pur chase and use. We added new cat e go ries in clud ing new clean ers for ma rine and avi a tion use, biobased clean ing prod ucts, paint re mov ers, mo tor oil and more. With this ex pan sion, we now rec og nize 97 sep a rate prod uct cat e go ries and more than 10,000 unique types of biobased products. The Fed eral gov ern - ment is al ready us ing a wide va ri ety of these biobased prod ucts. For ex am ple, Yel low stone Na - tional Park uses biobased lu bri cants and clean ing prod ucts through out its 2.2 mil lion acres. At the Statue of Lib erty, biobased hydraulic oils are used in the el e va tor sys tem. And mul ti ple U.S. mil i tary bases across the na tion are us ing biobased prod ucts ev ery thing from bed ding, tow els and sheets to soaps and cleaners for military equipment. In ad di tion to ex pand ing Fed eral use of biobased prod ucts, USDA also re - cently re opened the ap pli - ca tion pro cess for com pa - nies to ap ply for a Cer ti fied Biobased Prod - uct la bel. This unique la - bel, backed by cer tif i ca - tion, helps con sum ers iden tify hun dreds of biobased prod ucts that ap pear on store shelves today. While bud get re duc - tions have cre ated un cer - tainty in re cent months, we know a strong biobased econ omy has real im pacts for folks. These prod ucts will cre - ate new in come for farm - ers and new job op por tu - ni ties across ru ral Amer ica and by har - ness ing biobased prod - ucts, we can re duce Amer ica s dependence on oil. This week s new ef fort is crit i cal to our mis sion to re vi tal ize the ru ral economy. It s possible for USDA to fo cus on such pri or i ties in part be cause our proactive ef forts have saved more than $828 mil - lion in re cent years al - low ing us to stay fo cused on these mis sion-crit i cal priorities. For our part, at USDA we will con tinue in vest ing in a strong biobased econ - omy. By ex pand ing op por - tu ni ties to cre ate ground - break ing new biobased prod ucts, we can help in - no va tive com pa nies cre - ate new jobs in our small towns and re vi tal ize the rural economy. tional tech ni cal as sis - tance from Ru ral De vel - op ment through 2015 which may im prove fund - ing op por tu ni ties for pro - jects re lated back to their plan. In Col o rado, the Raton Ba sin REDD and Re gion 10 have been se - lected to be the ini tial two Great Re gions in Col o - rado. Both of these en ti - ties have par tic i pated in the Stron ger Econ o mies Together (SET) Initiative at USDA and al ready have the broad based community commitment needed for success, said Kareus. USDA, through its Ru - ral De vel op ment mis sion area, has a port fo lio of pro grams de signed to im - prove the eco nomic sta - Wednesday 8:00-6:00 Thursday 8:00-6:00 Saturday 8:00-6:00 Sunday 1:00-6:00 p.m. Closed if wind is 20 mph or muddy! CLOSED: Noon to 12:30 bility of rural communi - ties, busi nesses, res i - dents, farm ers and ranch - ers and im prove the qual ity of life in ru ral Amer ica. USDA has made a con certed ef fort to de - liver re sults for the Amer - i can peo ple, even as USDA implements se - ques tra tion the across-the-board bud get re duc tions man dated un - der terms of the Bud get Con trol Act. These re duc - tions have put USDA in a better po si tion to carry out its mis sion, while im - ple ment ing se ques ter bud get re duc tions in a fair manner that causes as little disruption as possible. Weisbrod Memorial County Hospital Services Swing Bed Care Digital COLOR Printing & Copying Services Kiowa County Press 1208 Maine Street, Eads (719) 438-5800 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 81036 (719) 438-5401 September 6, 2013 KiowaCountyPress.com 5 A

Com mu nity Life About Town By Do ris Lessenden and Me lissa Pe ter son Ha zel Krueger of Eads shared this quote that she likes: As pire to in spire be - fore you ex pire. And is n t that true? Ha zel has in - spired many peo ple through her years of life. Thank you, Ha zel. Con grat u la tions to Bart and Nyce (Dunn) Mi chael of Eads who were mar ried un - der the shady trees at the Golf Course in the pres ence of fam ily and close friends. Bart s sons, Aiden and Ty, at tended their fa ther in the cer e mony of fi ci ated by Pas - tor Nancy Pea cock. Then the wed ding party joined friends at the Amer i can Le - gion Hall for their re cep tion meal and mu sic by a dance band. Best Wishes to this cou ple who are busi ness peo ple in Eads. Dawn Back, our new PA (Phy si cian s As sis tant), was wel comed to the Ki owa County Hospital District Tues day eve ning dur ing an outdoor reception at the Hospital patio. Board Presi - dent, Sharon Frazee, in tro - duced the at trac tive and very per son able Mrs. Back to the group and our com - mu nity. She and her hus - band are both re tired mil i - tary peo ple who have two sons. They are glad to have hous ing and pas tures for their horses. Dawn is a for - mer grad u ate from Crowley County in Ordway, so she said she is happy to be nearer to her fam ily. The Backs moved here from North Da kota. Dr. Waggoner com mented that be fore she moved away, Erin Hieb-Mor gan had in ter - viewed Dawn and felt that she would be a good fit for our county. Guests en joyed bev er ages and a va ri ety of Gin ger McPherson s fa mous cook ies. We thank the men and women who serve on the Hospital District Board. They are Dr. Cathryn An der - son, Sharon Frazee, John Negley, Bob Woods, Lori Shallberg, Den nis Pearson, Roland Sorensen, Gary Augenbaugh, Craig Kerfoot, and Whit ney Barnett. Renee Woods was happy that she and Bob could at - tend her 60th class re union in Den ver re cently. Their el - dest daugh ter, Sheri Lyon, grad u ated from Eads 40 years ago and Bob and I, Doris, reminisced that the COURTHOUSE WILL CLOSE Thursday, Sept. 5 at Noon Friday, Sept. 6 - Closed all Day LANDFILL WILL BE CLOSED Thurs., Sept. 5 at noon Saturday, Sept. 7 - Closed all day COME OUT AND ENJOY THE FAIR & RODEO! 6 A KiowaCountyPress.com September 6, 2013 Eads High School Build ing is 50 years old this year. The build ing is in very good con di tion be cause of the ex - cel lent care of cus to di ans and the stu dents. A big tip of the hat goes to Darryl Ad - am son who has been the head main te nance man for many years. Another important hap - pen ing Tues day eve ning was the pot luck meal to honor Rodney Hopkins and his wife, Linda Hopkins at the Court House Meet ing Room. Rodney has re tired af ter work ing for the County Road and Bridge De part - ment for over 40 years. We do ap pre ci ate his ded i ca tion and work. Still an other big hap pen - ing on Tues day was the morning gathering to break the ground for the new mo - tel south of the C-Store on the same block as the NRCS gov ern ment build ing. A num ber of lo cal in ves tors put forth money to have this fine mo tel built by hope fully the first of 2014. The new struc ture will be man aged by the Cob ble stone Cor po - ra tion. This will cer tainly help the hous ing prob lem not only for trav el ers but for guests who are here for fu - ner als, wed dings, etc. Our pres ent mo tel houses many of the oil and seis mo graph work ers for which we are grate ful. Our vol ley ball girls had matches in Spring field and here at Eads with Cheraw last week. The mid dle school and high school foot - ball teams were vic to ri ous also. Dur ing the Mid dle School game it was so very hot, but by eve ning it was fan tas tic weather for the high school foot ball game where the Ea gles won 46-0 over Cotapxi. The cheer - lead ers this year are: Eboni Nash, Kailyn Lane, Brooke Lenox, McKenzia Blodgett, Dorian Ray, Melanie Mar tin, Chelsey Crosby, and Ab i gail McDowell. Abbie was in Texas Fri day at the two day soft ball tour na ment where she and Savanah Guyrman The 2014 Ki owa County Fair Roy alty are: Mi cah Crawford, the 15 year old daugh ter of Billy and Joani Crawford. Mi cah is a fresh man at Eads High School this year. Ju nior Prin cess is Kiya Leon ard the 10 year old daugh ter of Levi and Yonda Leon ard. Kiya is a 4th grader at Eads El e men tary. The Tiny Tot Prin cess is Tailee John son the 5 year old daugh ter of Nick and Darci John son. Tailee is a kinder gar tener at Eads El e - men tary. These young la dies will be in tro duced dur ing the Ro deo on Sat ur day. (Darci John son Photo) played with the Lamar Soft - ball team. Next week, Sep tem ber 9 to 13th will be Home com - ing Week for the Eads stu - dents. The Home com ing Rally will be on Thurs day following the Volleyball Game ac cord ing to Pep Club Spon sor, Dawn James. The Home com ing Roy alty will be in the County Fair Pa rade and there will be no pa rade on Fri day. In case parade on-lookers wonder who the teen ag ers are, here is a list when you see these hand some guys and pretty young la dies: Fresh men - Lakota Roberson and Cameron Crow; Soph o more - Brook lyn Lenox and Bryce Batterton; Ju niors - Tori Uhland and Mi chael Blodgett, se niors are - Kailyn Lane, Jor dan Sniff, MaKenzia Blodgett and guys are Blaine Winder, Tim o thy Pitman, and Rob - ert Miller. Sat ur day a num ber of Eads folk took in the fes tiv i - ties and at tended the Melo - dra mas at Kit Car son Day. We had such a good time see ing friends we had not seen for years. I was par tic - u larly proud of my for mer stu dent, Jeremy Gaynor who was hon ored to be cho - sen for the Good Scout Award. Usu ally an older in - di vid ual is cho sen, but it was pointed out that he has been so help ful in so many vol un teer ef forts like be ing a fireman, city councilman, and as a busi ness man. Polly John son was ac knowl - edged for be ing 80 years old and for all her years of their fam ily s gen er os ity to sup - ply beef for the KC Day out - stand ing bar be ques, and for sup port ing the many wor thy pro jects for the com mu nity and school. Chuck Keller, the an nouncer of the Pa rade festivities, invited the peo - ple all along the street to sing Happy Birth day to Polly, which we did! Now that was beau ti ful! Lit tle Elliana, the daugh ter of Con tin ued on page 13A

Kit Car son Clips Last Week s How ever, as it is writ - ten:"no eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has con ceived what God has pre pared for those who love him. 1 Co rin thi ans 2:9 I pray for inspiration and strength to be come all that You cre ated me to be. Help me to grow in You day by day and to ful fill Your vi sion for my life. Jean John son and Polly John son at tended the State Fair to watch Baylor Buck show his two steers. One steer placed 1st in the class. The other steer placed 2nd in its class. The first place steer went on to win Re serve Grand Cham - pion of the State Fair. Con - grat u la tions Baylor, a job well done. Teresa Cloud and I went to gether to at tend the me - mo rial ser vice for Herman O. Schreivogel Sat ur day morn ing. Herman en joyed his life and got a lot ac com - plished in his 72 years of By Mar i lyn White life. A large crowd gath ered and at tended the me mo rial ser vice. Af ter the ser vice a nice lunch was served to fam ily and friends by the Lin coln County Com mu nity Hospital. Ron ald and Shir ley White, and Larry White had Sunday din ner with George, Anita, and Keith Young. No trip to the horse races last week end. Dwain and Donna had horses run in Penn syl va nia, Oklahoma, and California. Coolmon Kitty placed 2nd at Remington Park, Woodbe Law yer ran 2nd in Penn syl - va nia and Just Irish placed 3rd at Belmont in Cal i for - nia. It was fun to watch them run on TVG tele vi sion. My brother-in-law Don Hammons passed away at his home Sunday eve ning with his fam ily gath ered at his bed side. Don had a short strug gle against can - cer. Vera, my sis ter, was his faith ful care giver to the end. Don had a good eye for Class Start ing to Be come Li censed Fam ily Care Pro vider By Sheila Anzlovar Licensed family child care pro vid ers set their own rates, work their own sched ule and even de cide the num ber and ages of chil dren they wish to care for. There is a con stant de - mand for more fam ily child care homes through out North east Col o rado. In fact, li censed fam ily child care homes are where the ma jor ity of working families find care for their chil dren. The re - quire ments for be com ing a li censed fam ily child care pro vider are rea son - able and the costs, in some ar eas, can be cov - ered by a mini-grant. North east Col o rado Child Care Re source and Re fer ral has been help ing peo ple be come li censed for 20 years. They have ed u cated and ded i cated staff to help po ten tial pro - vid ers through ev ery stage of get ting their new child care busi ness up and run ning. You can pur - chase the ini tial li cens ing packet, find out if you are eligible for a mini-grant, get an swers to the ques - tions you have about rules and reg u la tions and find out where to go to get the re quired train ing from the North east Col o - rado Child Care Re source and Re fer ral staff. There is State re quired pre-li - cens ing class hap pen ing on Sep tem ber 13th and 14th in Yuma! Con tact Sheila Anzlovar, Pro gram Di rec tor at (970) 848-3867 for any ques tions you might have or to register for the class. bar rel horse pros pects and bought many Quar ter Horses off the race track for Vera to ride and train. They were a good team. Don was a car pen ter by trade and built many new homes. He owned a lum ber yard for many years in Lakin, Kan - sas. Vera has lived in five new homes over their 57 years of mar riage. Don loved sports and was an ath lete him self, es pe cially bas ket ball, in his high school and col lege years. Don loved lit tle chil dren and en joyed talk ing with them, mak ing them feel spe cial. We have many pic tures of Don with a small child on his knee. Our large fam ily is sad dened by his death, but we all know Don is in a much better place. Kit Car son Day is just around the cor ner. The melo drama cast is work ing hard to be ready. I m glad to see our lit tle ro deo has re - turned. I am ready for some of that good bar be cue. KC is ready for their first foot ball game played against Cheraw at 7:00. The Lady Wild cats are ready to meet Cheraw s vol - leyball match. Glaida Cra ven had a sur - prise visit from her cousin Dave and wife Kathleen Honcoop from Bill ings, Montana Thurs day. They had n t seen each other for 60 years. They spent sev - eral hours vis it ing be fore traveling on. Glaida Cra ven spent from Wednes day un til Sat ur day in the hos pi tal. They ran many tests on Glaida and found she had pneu mo nia. Glaida is slowly get ting her strength back. Polly John son vis ited Glaida Cra ven Wednes day eve ning and had sup per with her. Judy Houser vis ited Glaida Cra ven Wednes day afternoon. Ernie and Judy Ham mer went to Estes Park last week to cel e brate their 56th wed ding An ni ver sary. They went into the Rocky Moun - tain Na tional Park and drove the Trail Ridge Road. They saw moose and elk and other lit tle crea tures. Ernie and Judy went hik ing and en joyed the scen ery. How do you make a tis sue dance? Put a lit tle boogey in it. Advantages of Online Banking Unlike your corner bank, online banking sites never close; they're available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and they're only a mouse click away. If you're out of state or even out of the country when a money problem arises, you can log on instantly to your online bank and take care of business, 24/7. Review your Savings or Checking Account balance Make a Loan Payment Transfer funds from one account to another. Reorder Checks on-line Request a stop payment on a check Apply on-line for a fixed-rate home loan Send secure information to bank personnel Free on-line bill pay service on all non-business checking accounts Just log on to www.kiowacountynational.com branch GNB 1220 Maine P.O. Box 847 Eads, Colorado 81036 719-438-5331 Member FDIC September 6, 2013 KiowaCountyPress.com 7 A

East End Events Week end be fore last Larry, Judy and Bernice Tuttle watched their grand - daugh ter Em ily com pete at the State Fair in Pueblo. She re ceived 3rd in Eng lish Rid - ing Con trol and 1st in Show Hack for 11-13 year olds. Congrats Em ily! A week ago Sunday, a large crowd gath ered at the Sheridan Lake Church for the baby shower for Miles Frey. He will be the best dressed kid around. Week end be fore last, Dick and I spent two days in Pueblo, where he judged crops at the State Fair. Sat ur day be fore last, JoAnn Har ris at tended a By Sharon Scott baby shower for her grand - daughter Trista. Cora Coffman, and Jeff and Sheila Brase trav eled to Springfield on Saturday to watch Jor dan Coffman play vol ley ball. They went to Trin i dad af ter the game and spent the week end with Cecil Coffman and fam ily. Kathy Specht went to Hays, KS last Sat ur day and at tended the wed ding shower for Becca Specht. Larry and Di ane Matthews, mis sion ar ies from Pa pua, In do ne sia spoke at the Sheridan Lake Bi ble Church on Sunday. A bas ket din ner fol lowed the ser vices. 8 A KiowaCountyPress.com September 6, 2013 Cheri, Jen, Layton and Julia Hopkins at tended the retirement supper for Rodney Hopkins last Wednes day in Eads. Rodney has worked for Ki - owa County for the past 46 years. Con grat u la tions on your re tire ment - 1 think you have earned it!! Rob ert and Mar i lyn Hopkins took Aunt Dor o thy out for break fast in Lamar last Fri day. Leonel and Kyler Ibarra came to help Rob ert plant wheat, but we got more rain so they went home and will wait for a dryer time. Floyd and Wynona Barnes are here vis it ing and tak ing care of some busi ness. They will be here un til af ter the Ki owa County Fair. Su san Green field at - tended the vol ley ball and foot ball games in Eads Fri - day. On Sat ur day, Jennifer Crow, Tina Kraft, Ruth Fees and Su san went to Pueblo to shop and have lunch in honor of Ruth s birth day. Happy Birth day Ruth! Glenn and Betty Alishouse of South Da kota vis ited one day last week with Denis and Theresa Weber. Denis and Glenn were class mates in their fresh man and soph o more years of high school. Con nie Weber was down over the restrictions on the feed grain progam. Fifty Years Ago Fifteen Years Ago The Division of Wildlife August 30, 1963 August 28, 1998 announced plans to The Eads area The Kiowa County construct cement boat received.75 inches of rain Public Library, under the ramps at the reservoirs this past week. Cooler direction of Librarian south of Eads. temperatures accompanied Sharon Johnson received a the rain. $1,500 grant to purchase Forty Years Ago Grandstand tickets reference material that September 7, 1973 were to go on sale for the library needs. The Grand Ole Opry Kiowa County Fair and was to put on a full show in Rodeo to be held Sept. 12, Twenty-Five Years Ago front of the Grandstands at 13 and 14th. August 19, 1988 Duff Liebl of Eads jumped 5 feet 6 inches to win the national track meet at the University of Kansas. Pages from the Past Eads Auto Supply the fair, featuring Johnny Western and Vonnie Dean. According to Ag Secretary Earl Butz there was to be no set aside or It was announced that the Eads Trailer Court had been purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Orman Green. Kiowa Drug (719) 438-2227 (719) 438-5591 (719) 438-5832 week end to visit with her folks and help her brother Jerry cel e brate his birth day. Happy Birth day Jerry. Mary Huddleston, Jerene DeBono and I went to Kit Car son Thurs day eve ning to watch our grand daugh - ter/niece, Shelby Huddleston play vol ley ball for Burlington. On Fri day, Dick and I and son Tom went to Kit Car son to watch our grand son Tay lor play foot ball for Cheraw. Alyssa Split ter, Plainview stu dent, is play ing vol ley - ball for the Eads Ea gles team. The three Dorrow broth ers, Plainview stu - dents, are play ing foot ball with the Eads Ea gles. Plan to at tend some of the games and sup port our ath letes. Merle and Carol Shalberg have a new great grand - daugh ter, named Livia Lynn Shalberg. The proud par - ents are Brock and Berth Shalberg. She was born on their 53rd Wed ding An ni - ver sary, so they will al ways be able to re mem ber her birth day eas ily. Mar tin and San dra Stum traveled to Syracuse, KS over the week end to help their grand daugh ter Mor gan cel e brate her 18th birth day. Happy Birth day Mor gan! Guests in the home of Monte and Linda Stum on Sunday were her sis ter Joane Fa bian of Rus sell, KS and her son Terry. Har old, Shantell and Keagan Patty from Scott City also vis ited. Twenty-one peo ple en - joyed the Se nior Cit i zen din - ner at the Towner Hall on Mon day. It was nice to have Floyd and Wynona back and Dot Crockett, her sis ter Dale, and daugh ter Amy and chil dren. It was also a spe cial day for Jerry Weber, who was celebrating his birth day. Sorry Jerry, but you know you re get ting old when the most ex cite ment around is celebrating your birth day with the Se nior Cit - i zens. Happy Birth day again!! Have a good week!! Pastor s Pearls By Pas tor Rich ard Zabriskie The Hail Mary Pass Af ter a bad pass a sports an nouncer ex plained, that was an athe ist pass it did n t have a prayer. Prov erbs 15:8 says, The sac ri fice of the wicked is an abom i na tion to the LORD: but the prayer of the up - right is his de light. Put an other way, God can t stand pi ous poses, but he de lights in gen u ine prayers Closed Labor Day! WILL CLOSE Fair Schedule 12:00 Noon - Thurs., Sept. 5 11:00 a.m. - Friday, Sept. 6 Enjoy the FAIR! Press Kiowa County

Home Coun try Sep tem ber means pen - cils, books and teacher s dirty looks for the young - sters, but it also means state fair sea son. That s when the world s larg est zuc chini squash is at its prime, of course. The farm an i mals are all shed off and shiny and cute, their horns pol ished to di - a mond-like per fec tion by hard-work ing and hopeful kids. By Slim Randles The state fair is an an - nual pil grim age of sorts, the fair grounds an other temporary home. We need to touch base with tur key legs, corn dogs and deep fried ev ery - thing. We who sport gray in our hair, or no hair at all, can look with re lief at that gi ant sling shot that shoots high school kids into a state fair or bit. It s a re lief be cause no one ex - pects us to do that. And when we were young enough to ac tu ally do that, thank fully, the di a - bol i cal state fair sci en - tists had n t in vented the darn thing yet. Cruis ing around, you get to see ev ery one at their best. Best fair-type cloth ing. Best be hav ior. Best smiles. If you scowl at any point dur ing a visit to the state fair, you ei ther aren t try ing very hard or some one ran off with your date. And we make those lit - tle se cret prom ises to our selves, too. You see, we d love to win a rib bon for mak ing a quilt, or rais - Be hav ioral Health Ser vices Added at High Plains Com mu nity Health Cen ter By Monette Sutphin High Plains Com mu nity Health Cen ter is pleased to an nounce the ad di tion of be hav ioral health ser - vices. Our be hav ioral health team will con sist of two li censed be hav ioral health cli ni cians and a care coordinator. The med i cal prob lems peo ple have are not only com pli - Demelza Stoudt cated by the stress ors of daily liv ing, but stresses also cause med i cal prob - lems to oc cur. This added ser vice will sup port our med i cal teams to help peo ple cope with life. Care will be co or di nated within the prac tice un der one roof and med i cal and be hav ioral health cli ni - cians will work to gether in a coordinated fashion toward patient health. High Plains be hav ioral health ser vices will in - clude brief ther apy, cri sis intervention, building cop ing skills, grief and loss coun sel ing, stress man age ment, re lax ation skills, and man age ment of chronic med i cal ill - nesses. Demelza Stoudt, MA, LPC, NCC joined High Plains on Au gust 26th and will see pa tients 15 years and older at the Adult Health Cen ter. Mary Mueller, LPC will be gin see ing pa tients of all ages at the main 201 Kend all site at the end of Sep tem ber. For more in - formation, please call High Plains at (719) 336-0261. ing an an i mal, or tak ing a fab u lous pho to graph or com ing up with the best paint ing in the whole state. But not all of us can do those things. Maybe there should be some other cat e go ries for the rest of us, such as find ing a park ing spot close to the fair grounds that does n t cost $5. Prac ti cal things. Or how about a rib bon for not miss ing a day s work all year? Or for be ing a nice guy and al ways let - ting other driv ers change lanes in front of you. Some how, though, we have to be con tent with just know ing we did those things, so we can feel like a state fair blue-rib bon win ner in side. Join the conversation wher ever you go. Good hear - ing keeps you con nected with friends and loved ones. Call BELTONE at 1-866-867-8700 to schedule your FREE hear ing screen - ing. Col o rado State For est Ser vice Mon i tor ing for Wal nut Tree Dis ease in South east Colorado By Ryan Lock wood The Col o rado State For - est Ser vice is in the pro - cess of monitoring the state s black wal nut trees for thou sand can kers dis - ease a rel a tively new dis ease to the state that is le thal to in fested trees. Af ter be ing in tro duced to Col o rado in re cent years, the dis ease has al ready caused sig nif i cant tree mor tal ity in many of the state s ur ban for ests, pri - mar ily along the Front Range from Fort Collins to Pueblo. As part of its mon i tor ing ef forts, CSFS for est ers re cently have been trav el - ing through many com - mu ni ties in south east Colorado to record the pres ence of black wal nut trees and de ter mine their cur rent con di tion. Donna Da vis, dis trict for ester for Con tin ued on page 12A Craig Kerfoot Associate Broker Mobile: 719.688.2222 craigkerfoot@ymail.com Please contact me for your real estate needs www.rxl.co September 6, 2013 KiowaCountyPress.com 9 A

School & Youth FAIR STREET DANCE WHEN September 7, 2013 5 p.m. - 12 p.m. WHERE Eads, CO Maine Street In front of the Plains Theater FEATURING Richie Law & the Southern Routes Band Also performing: The Nephews at 5:00 PM and Glass Apparatus at 7:00 PM WWW.EADSCOLORADO.ORG 10 A KiowaCountyPress.com September 6, 2013 ALL AGES EVENT TICKETS $5 Adults $3 Children <3 Free BEER GARDEN /Budweiser & Coors Lim-a-ritas, Straw-ber-itas HEADLINING BENEFITING Crow-Luther Cultural Events Center OJC and LCC Part ner to Meet Area Busi ness Needs By Jenna Randle Lamar Community College and Otero Ju nior Col lege are part ner ing to pro vide ser vices to South - east ern Col o rado s busi - nesses, farms and ranches. OJC will be ex - pand ing its Agri-Busi ness Man age ment pro gram into LCC s ser vice area, while LCC will take on the Small Busi ness Man age - ment pro gram in OJC s ser vice area. Pro vid ing ser vices on a re gional level al lows for pool ing of re sources to meet the needs of more students. Stu dents in the Small Busi ness Man age ment pro gram will be en rolled as LCC stu dents even if they live in the OJC ser - vice area, how ever, they will not be re quired to travel to Lamar. Stu dents will com plete on line reg - Eads School Cal en dar Mon day, Sept. 9 th - 7:00 p.m. FFA Meet ing. Tues day, Sept. 10 th - 3:00 p.m. MS VB at CW. 3:00 p.m. MS FB at CW. 5:00 p.m. HS VB at CW. One Bus Leave Time 1:30 p.m. Wednes day, Sept. 11 th - Jostens (H) 8:45 a.m. HS Li brary. 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. HS Homecoming Wall Dec o rat ing. Thurs day, Sept. 12 th - 5:00 p.m. HS VB (H) Holly. 6:30 p.m. (Pro ceed ing VB Game) Community Homecoming Pep Rally. Fri day, Sept. 13 th - Home com ing. 3:00 p.m. MS VB (H) Stratton. 4:00 p.m. MS FB (H). 5:00 p.m. HS VB (H). 7:00 p.m. HS FB (H). HS Home com ing Dance af ter Game un til Midnight. is tra tion, meet with the in struc tor at their place of busi ness and com plete re quired class room time on line via webinars that they can com plete at a convenient time. The same for mat will work for Agri-Busi ness Man age ment stu dents in the LCC ser vice area. They will be en rolled as OJC stu dents, but on line reg is tra tion and on-site learn ing will ne gate the need for travel to La Junta. Over the past years Otero Ju nior Col lege and Lamar Community College have col lab o rated in the of fer ing of pro grams through out south east Colorado, said Jim Rizzuto, pres i dent of OJC. Otero Ju nior Col lege is ex cited about this lat est part ner ship with Lamar Community College. Work ing to gether en - sures that each school will be able to meet the col lec tive needs of the res i dents and stu dents of south east Col o rado. I sin - cerely feel this is a model for fu ture partnerships between the two schools. This is a great way for the two col leges to col lab - o rate in help ing im prove the econ omy in our dis - tricts, stated John Marrin, pres i dent of LCC. Shar ing re sources in the ar eas of Small Busi ness Man age ment and Ag ri - cul ture Man age ment will pos i tively im pact our students and region. For more information on Small Busi ness Man - age ment con tact Chris - tine Bull ock at (719) 336-1522. For in for ma tion on Agri-Busi ness Man - age ment con tact Mack Myers at (719) 569-0734.

Government & Commentary Re corder s Notes By Debra C. Lening Ki owa County Clerk and Re - corder ELECTION ALERTS: The up com ing No vem - ber 5, 2013 Coordinated Mail Bal lot Elec tion is a Mail Bal lot Elec tion. Are you reg is tered to vote? In or der to reg is ter to vote, a cur rent driver s li cense num ber, Col o rado ID num ber, or at least the last four dig its of your So - cial Se cu rity Num ber are re quired. NOTE: If you had an ad dress change or a name change, you need to come in to our of fice OR make go on line at www.govotecolorado.com to make your changes! Ei - ther way, the changes MUST be done be fore Oc - to ber 15, 2013 to be as - sured of re ceiv ing your bal lot! Bal lots will be mailed October 15 th, so if you don t re ceive your bal - lot by Oc to ber 21, 2013, you will need to con tact our of fice by call ing (719) 438-5421 and come in to make your changes and pick up your ballot. With the pas sage of House Bill 13-1303, ALL elec tions will now be Mail Bal lot Elec tions. We will no lon ger have poll ing place elec tions. For coun - ties with fewer than 25,000 ac tive vot ers, 1 Voter Ser vice & Poll ing Cen ter (VSPC) is re - quired. Since Ki owa County has fewer than 1,000 vot ers, our only VSPC will be the Ki owa County Clerk and Re - corder s Of fice at 1305 Goff Street in Eads, CO. Bal lots can be mailed to PO Box 37, Eads, CO or dropped off at the Clerk s Office. WHAT IS A VSPC? At a VSPC or Voter Ser vice and Poll ing Cen ter, there will be voter reg is tra tion and up date ser vices, a net worked SCORE poll book for real time ver i fi - cation of voter eligibility for reg is tra tion and vot - ing, provisional voting, ADA DRE s (vot ing equip ment that is ADA accessible), Mail Ballot re place ments, and bal lot boxes. The VSPC will be open 8 days prior to and including Election Day. Mon day through Fri day, the VSPC will be open reg u lar busi ness hours from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sat ur day hours will be from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The Mon day be fore Elec - tion Day, the hours will be 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Elec - tion Day will be from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Vote credit is ap plied real time. There will be no more en ter ing poll book credit one-by-one af ter Elec tion Day. This mean that if a voter com ing in to reg is ter on Elec tion Day from another Colorado County we will be able to verify the voter s eligibil - ity to vote in our county. If the voter co mes in from an other state, they will have to vote a Pro vi sional Ballot because their eligi - bil ity can not be verified. If a voter co mes in to the VSPC to vote, they have the op tion of vot ing the mail bal lot that was mailed to them, re ceiv ing a re place ment bal lot, if ap pli ca ble, or sur ren der - ing their mail bal lot to vote on the elec tion equip ment dur ing the hours the VSPC is open. Re turn ing your bal lot: Your bal lot may be voted any time af ter you re ceive it in the mail. It is not nec - es sary to wait un til Elec - tion Day to vote. To vote your bal lot, use a blue or black ink pen to mark your choice on the bal lot. Be sure to place your voted bal lot in the se - crecy sleeve pro vided to en sure voter con fi den ti al - ity. Please make sure that you read and sign the voter self-af fir ma tion sec - tion lo cated on the back of your re turn en ve lope. In or der for your bal lot to be counted, re turn the re - turn en ve lope con tain ing your voted bal lot. You may ei ther de liver your voted bal lot to the Clerk and Re corder s of fice lo - cated at 1305 Goff St. in Eads by hand, or pro vide ad e quate post age on the re turn en ve lope and mail it back to PO Box 37, Eads, CO 81036. Re mem - ber to al low enough time for mail de liv ery of your voted bal lot. All bal lots must be re turned to the Clerk and Re corder s of - fice by Elec tion Day, No - vem ber 5, 2013 by 7:00 Kent Electric, LLC. For all of your Electrical needs, Agricultural, Residential, and Commercial Honest, Hardworking, and R eliable! Please call: 719-688-1959 or 719-962-3331 p.m. in or der to be counted, whether by hand delivery or mail. Iden ti fi ca tion for vot - ing: If you are a first time voter, and ID was not shown at the time of reg - is tra tion, a pho to copy of your ID must be en closed in the bal lot en ve lope, but should not be en closed in - side the se crecy sleeve with the voted bal lot. How will you know if you need to pro vide ID with your bal lot? Your mail ing la bel will have an al pha let ter H beside your name. Ex am ple: Ima New Voter H 1234 Main Street Any where, CO 99999 Fail ure to pro vide ID will re sult in your bal lot be ing treated as a pro vi - sional ballot. Provisional bal lots are counted when reg is tra tion is ver i fied, per 1-7.5-107 (3.5) (d), C.R.S. If you would like to view a sam ple of what you are vot ing on, an Elec tion No tice will be pub lished in the lo cal news pa pers on October 11, 2013. MAIL-IN Bal lots: If you are go ing to be ab sent from your Ki owa County res i dence ad dress of re - cord dur ing Oc to ber 15 Oc to ber 21, 2013, you may want to ap ply for a mail-in bal lot. Your bal lot can be sent to your lo ca tion where you are dur ing this time, and will not be mailed to your home address. If you have any ques - tions, please feel free to con tact our of fice at (719) 438-5421. All county of - fices will be closed Mon - day, Oc to ber 14, 2013 for Columbus Day. NATIONAL FARMERS UNION INSURANCE COMPANIES Your National Farmers Union Insurance Agent In Kiowa County Melinda J. Kelley P.O. Box 510 800 South Main Street Lamar, Colorado 81052 (719) 336-4011 or Kiowa County Hospital District Weisbrod Memorial Hospital P.O. Box 817 - Eads, CO 81036 Mon.-Fri. 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. & 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Our Medical Staff: Dr. Jeffrey Waggoner Dr. David Lenderts For appointments call Eads - 719-438-2251 September 6, 2013 KiowaCountyPress.com 11 A

DISTRICT COURT, KIOWA COUNTY, COLORADO Case Num ber: 13 CV 30001 Plaintiff: WANDA L. REINKING, v. De fen dants: ZOELLA DEANE RICHARDSON f/k/a ZOELLA DEANE EBERT, ALL THE UN - KNOWN HEIRS, PER SONAL REPRESENTATIVES, CREDI - TORS AND SUC CES SORS OF ZOELLA DEANE RICH ARD SON f/k/a ZOELLA DEANE EBERT, DE CEASED, FATIMA AILEEN REINKING, ALL THE UN - KNOWN HEIRS, PER SONAL REPRESENTATIVES, CREDI - TORS AND SUC CES SORS OF FATIMA AILEEN REINKING, DE CEASED, VERLIN EARL RICH ARD SON, ALL THE UN - KNOWN HEIRS, PER SONAL REPRESENTATIVES, CREDI - TORS AND SUC CES SORS OF VERLIN EARL RICH ARD SON, DE CEASED, KARL REINKING, ALL THE UN KNOWN HEIRS, PERSONAL REPRESENTA - TIVES, CRED I TORS AND SUC - CES SORS OF KARL REINKING, DE CEASED, DARYL D. REINKING a/k/a DARYL DEAN REINKING, ALL THE UN - KNOWN HEIRS, PER SONAL REPRESENTATIVES, CREDI - TORS AND SUC CES SORS OF DARYL D. REINKING a/k/a DARYL DEAN REINKING, DE - CEASED, KARLA HATWIG, ALL THE UN KNOWN HEIRS, PER - SONAL REPRESENTATIVES, CREDITORS AND SUCCESSORS OF KARLA HATWIG, DE - CEASED, MARLA HATWIG, ETA RICH ARD SON, ALL THE UN - KNOWN HEIRS, PER SONAL REPRESENTATIVES, CREDI - TORS AND SUC CES SORS OF ETA RICHARDSON, DECEASED, EDWINA SAGITTO, JANET Marples Country Market 101 N. 4th Street Lamar, Colorado (719) 336-4001 Eads 719-438-2201 C-Store 719-438-2290 Pub lic No tice MCBRIDE, DEBRA APOLLO, GEORGE SAGITTO, DI ANA LUCZAK AND ALL UN KNOWN PER SONS WHO CLAIM ANY INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ACTION. SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEO PLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE NAMED DE FEN - DANTS: You are hereby sum moned and re - quired to ap pear and de fend against the claims of the Com plaint filed with the Court in this ac tion, by fil ing with the Clerk of this Court an An swer or other re sponse. You are re quired to file your An swer or other re sponse within twenty-one (21) days af ter the ser vice of this Sum mons upon you. Ser vice of this Sum mons shall be com plete on the day of the last pub li - cation. A copy of the Com plaint may be ob tained from the Clerk of the Court. If you fail to file your An swer or other re sponse to the Com plaint in writ ing within twenty-one (21) days af ter the date of the last pub li ca tion, judg ment by de fault may be ren dered against you by the Court for the re lief de - manded in the Com plaint with out fur - ther no tice. This is an ac tion brought to quiet ti tle to an un di vided one-fourth (1/4th) in - ter est in the oil, gas and other min er als and min eral rights in, un der and to the following described real property in the County of Ki owa and State of Col - orado, to-wit: TOWN SHIP 20 SOUTH, RANGE 43 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M. Sec tion 17: W½SW¼ Sec tion 20: N½NW¼ and for fur ther re lief as more fully set out in the Com plaint on file. Dated July 31, 2013 Lefferdink Law Of fice, LLC By /s/ John S. Lefferdink John S. Lefferdink #7272 Attorneys for Plaintiff 409 South Main Street, P.O. Box 110 Lamar, Colorado 81052 Phone: (719) 336-7411 Fax: (719) 336-7621 Email: lefflaw@centurytel.net First Pub lished Au gust 9, 2013 Last Pub lished Sep tem ber 6, 2013 In the Ki owa County Press 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 - $2.55 16 oz. bottles - $3.49 12 A KiowaCountyPress.com September 6, 2013 Pub lic No tice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS 38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 01-2013 To Whom It May Con cern: This No - tice is given with re gard to the fol - low ing de scribed Deed of Trust: On June 18, 2013, the un der signed Pub lic Trustee caused the No tice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust de scribed be low to be re corded in the County of Ki - owa re cords. Orig i nal Grantor(s) Earlene Karle Original Beneficiary(ies) GNB Mortgage Com pany, Inc. Cur rent Holder of Ev i dence of Debt GNB Mort gage Com pany, Inc. Date of Deed of Trust Feb ru ary 25, 2010 County of Re cord ing Ki owa Re cord ing Date of Deed of Trust March 05, 2010 Recording Information (Reception Num ber) 268092 Original Principal Amount $35,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $31,951.69 Pur su ant to CRS 38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby no ti fied that the cov e nants of the deed of trust have been vi o lated as fol lows: fail ure to pay principal and interest when due to gether with all other pay - ments pro vided for in the ev i dence of debt se cured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORE CLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The prop erty to be fore closed is: Lots Three (3), Four (4), Five (5) and Six (6), Block Two (2), Town of Haswell, ac cord ing to the re - corded plat thereof, County of Ki - owa, State of Col o rado Also known by street and num ber as: 207 N. Main Street, Haswell, CO 81045. THE PROP ERTY DE SCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROP ERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The cur rent holder of the Ev i dence of Debt se cured by the Deed of Trust, de scribed herein, has filed No tice of Elec tion and De mand for sale as pro vided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THERE FORE, No tice Is Hereby Given that I will at pub lic auc tion, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednes day, 10/16/2013, at West Front Door, Ki - owa County Court house, 1305 Goff Street, Eads, Col o rado 81036-0247, sell to the high est and best bid der for cash, the said real prop erty and all in ter est of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s) heirs and as signs therein, for the pur pose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Ev i dence of Debt se cured by the Deed of Trust, plus at tor - neys fees, the ex penses of sale and other items al lowed by law, and will is sue to the pur chaser a Cer tif i cate of Pur chase, all as pro - vided by law. First Publication 8/23/2013 Last Pub li ca tion 9/20/2013 Name of Publication Kiowa County Press IF THE SALE DATE IS CON TIN - UED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEAD LINE TO FILE A NO TICE OF IN TENT TO CURE BY THOSE PAR - TIES EN TI TLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EX TENDED; DATE: 06/18/2013 Steve K. Baxter, Pub lic Trustee in and for the County of Ki owa, State of Colorado By: /s/steve K. Baxter, Pub lic Trustee The name, ad dress, busi ness tele - phone num ber and bar reg is tra tion num ber of the at tor ney(s) rep re - sent ing the le gal holder of the in - debtedness is: Armstrong Teasdale, LLP 2345 Grand Blvd., Suite 1500, Kan sas City, MO 64108 (816) 221-3420 Attorney File # The At tor ney above is act ing as a debt col lec tor and is at tempt ing to col lect a debt. Any in for ma tion pro vided may be used for that pur - pose. SAM FIEF SAM S TREE SERVICE Tree Work Stump Removal 30 Years in Business FREE Wood FREE Wood Chips Cell: 719-469-8828 719-384-4000 We Service All of Southeast Colorado - Now Working in Kiowa County Colorado State - Con tin ued from page 9A the CSFS La Junta Dis - trict, says that she and other CSFS staff may be seen fre quently cruis ing through neigh bor hoods in the com ing weeks as they gather more information. Thou sand can kers dis - ease has al ready shown up in some parts of south - east Col o rado, in clud ing Crowley and Otero coun - ties, said Da vis. We are lo cat ing black wal nut trees in our com mu ni ties and look ing at the crowns for any signs of thou sand can kers dis ease po ten - tial. These data will help iden tify gen eral state-wide trends and en - hance fu ture mon i tor ing efforts for our state. Thou sand can kers dis - ease is caused by a fun - gus car ried by the very small wal nut twig bee tle. Once the fun gus is in tro - duced to a tree, it causes small dead ar eas in the bark called can kers. Trees are even tu ally killed by over whelm ing at tacks of wal nut twig bee tles and sub se quent can kers that girdle branches. Cur rently, there are no ef fec tive meth ods for sav - ing trees with thou sand can kers dis ease, and many states east of Col o - rado al ready have quar - an tines pro hib it ing the move ment of wal nut material. Land own ers with black wal nut trees should in - spect them reg u larly for symp toms in clud ing sparse fo liage, leaf yel - low ing or wilt ing, branch dieback and ex ces sive stain ing of the bark sur - face. Any sus pect trees should be re ported to the CSFS. All Col o rado res i - dents can help min i mize the spread of this and other tree dis eases by not moving potentially in - fested wood, in clud ing logs, fire wood, lumber and wood chips. For more info go to http://csfs.colostate.edu/pdfs/1 13144_CSFS-1000Cankers_ww w.pdf.

About Town - Con tin ued from page 6A Mike and Carrie (Nordquist) Pickett was thrilled to re - ceive the beau ti fully dec o - rated cake for trav el ing the lon gest dis tance, that was from St. Pe ters burg, Rus sia, to at tend Kit Car son Day. It was so pre cious to see her beautiful mother, Carrie Nordquist, who has been a mis sion ary and sem i nary teacher in Rus sia for over 10 years. She was home in Kit Car son with her fam ily be cause she re turned to the USA to give birth to their son. It was great to see Cardon and Joyce Berry in the pa rade as part of the Kenny Wil son Car and Cy cle Show. Lo cal read ers may still want to take in the Fri day morn ing break fast north of the Bank and then eat at the beef bar be cue on Fri day and the pork bar be cue on Sat ur day. Fair-goers can see fine ex hib its, an i mals un der the Pavilion, terrific rodeos for four days, and a num ber of ven dors un der the grand - stands and on the Fair - grounds. The county work - ers have made some fine im prove ments with more hand i cap park ing places, lev el ing the grounds, and two new shade car-port shel ters moved to north of the Com mu nity Build ing. Saturday the Crow-Luther group will also be at the His toric Barn to reg is ter peo ple for the Bash Dash through the Jack son Pond Wild life Area. There is a new twist; we also have a 3K trail for mudders in the Mud Run! At 5:00 p.m. the CLCEC group will open the gates for the Street Dance and beer gar den be tween 13th and 14th Street. The band mu sic is ex pected to be ab so lutely out stand ing be gin ning at 5:00 p.m. with the lo cal The Neph - ews Band, at 7:00 p.m. the Glass Ap pa ra tus Band will per form. At 9:00 p.m., Rickie Law and the South - ern Routes Band from Nash ville will per form their award win ning mu sic. There will be time be tween the bands to buy some good foods from the CLCEC Group or Char lie and Mary Vasquez fam ily booth. Our sym pa thy goes out to former resident, Carl Brent Ritter, whose daugh ter, Jennifer Ritter, died at age 43. Jennifer was a mu sic teacher in Eads in her ear - lier ca reer and later be came a well-known ac tress and singer in many Pueblo pro - duc tions.thank you, to George and Dor o thy Ellicott who brought me beau ti ful dahl ias and gladiolas from their farm ers mar ket stand so I can make other peo ple happy too. They will have fresh pro duce at their house Fri day of the Fair at 4 to 6:00 p.m. Jerry and Tina Ad am son and their daugh ters had a three day yard sale and their home on Goff and 10th Street. It will con tinue dur ing the Fair Days also. Mrs. Lana Brown s 5th grade class pre sented the Pecos Bill stage play Mon - day af ter noon for the par - ents, grand par ents, and friends of her tal ented chil - dren. It was a de light ful play that has been a tra di tional pro duc tion ex pe ri ence for her stu dents for many years. press@kiowacountypress.com HELP WANTED Classifieds CLASSIFIED ADVERTISERS The Press can be re spon si ble for only one incorrect insertion. Rates: $0.20 per word, $3.00 min i mum. A $1.00 ser vice fee will be ap plied to all charged ads. Clas si fied dead line is 4:00 p.m. Tuesdays. FOR SALE - LIVESTOCK Farm Raised Fin ished Hogs, Ap - prox i mately 230 lbs, $225 take your pick. Con tact Lance Jagers at 719-688-3927. MISC I have CRP Buy ers and need list - ings. Rich ard Grant ham Re alty, Ordway, CO 81061. 719-267-9921. THE KIOWA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES IS SEEKING A QUALIFIED APPLICANT FOR THE POSITION OF CHILD/ADULT PROTECTION WORKER Pub lic No tice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF MINERAL RIGHTS AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER S DEED #38 2009 To Ev ery Per son in Ac tual Pos ses - sion or Oc cu pancy of the here in af - ter De scribed Land, Lot or Pre - mises, and to the Per son in Whose Name the same was Taxed or Spe - cially As sessed, and to all Per sons hav ing an In ter est or Ti tle or Re - cord in or to the said Pre mises and To Whom It May Con cern, and more especially to Dixie Hertlein LER % Scott V. Brown 7348 Olde Stage Road Boul der. CO 80302 You and each of you are hereby no ti fied that on the 17th day of No - vem ber, A.D. 2010, the then County Trea surer of the County of Ki owa, in the State of Col o rado, sold at pub lic tax lien sale to Purvis L.P. the fol low ing de scribed prop - erty sit u ate in the County of Ki owa, State of Col o rado. All In ter est in Min er als and Min eral Rights: Lots One (1), Two (2), Three (3) and Four (4), The South Half of the North Half (S1/2N 1/2) and The South Half (Sl/2) (also de - scribed as All) of Sec tion Two (2), in Town ship Twenty (20) South, Range Forty-four (44) West of The Sixth Principal Meridian and said County Trea surer is sued a certificate of purchase therefore to Purvis L.P. That said tax lien sale was made to sat isfy the de lin quent taxes as - sessed against said min eral rights for the year 2009; That said min eral rights were taxed or spe cially as sessed in the name of Dixie Hertlein for said year 2009. That said Purvis L.P. on the 23rd day of Au gust, 2013, the pres ent holder of said cer tif i cate, (who) has made re quest upon the Trea surer of said County for a deed to said mineral rights; That a Trea surer s Deed will be is - sued for said min eral rights to the said Purvis L.P., 210 Ironhorse Road, Weskan, Kan sas 67762 at 10:00 o clock A.M., on the 30th day of De cem ber, A.D. 2013, un less the same has been re deemed. Said prop erty may be re deemed from said sale at any time prior to the ac tual ex e cu tion of said Trea - surer s Deed. Wit ness my hand this 28th day of Au gust, A.D. 2013. STATE OF COL O RADO COUNTY OF KI OWA /s/steve K. Baxter County Trea surer of Ki owa County PO Box 247 Eads, CO 81036-0247 (719) 438-5831 First Pub lished Sep tem ber 6, 2013 Last Published September 20, 2013 In the Ki owa County Press NEAL MANN Cell: (785) 635-2102 FARM & RANCH REALTY, INC. Colby, Kansas 67701 TOLL FREE: 1-800-247-7863 www.farmandranchrealty.com APPLICANT MUST HAVE AT LEAST A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN ONE OF THE HUMAN SERVICES FIELDS SUCH AS SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHOLOGY OR SOCIOLOGY. APPLICANT MUST HAVE EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND BE ABLE TO WORK UNDER PRESSURE. BASIC COMPUTER SKILLS ARE REQUIRED. APPLICANT MUST BE ABLE TO WORK FLEXIBLE HOURS INCLUDING OCCASIONAL NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS A VALID COLORADO DRIVER'S LICENSE AND RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION ARE ALSO REQUIRED. THE POSITION INVOLVES SOME TRAVEL, INCLUDING OCCASIONAL OVERNIGHT TRAVEL APPLICANT MUST BE ABLE TO PASS EXTENSIVE CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS QUALIFIED APPLICANTS SHOULD SUBMIT A LETTER OF INTEREST ALONG WITH A CURRENT RESUME TO: KIOWA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES PO BOX 187 EADS, CO 81036 APPLICATIONS CLOSE AT 4:30 PM SEPTEMBER 16, 2013 FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THIS POSITION CALL 719-438-5541 KIOWA COUNTY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER September 6, 2013 KiowaCountyPress.com 13 A