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Peo ple & Places WEATHER WEATHER Up com ing Events Pi o neer Cem e tery Dis - trict will be rais ing the price of cem e tery sites from $50.00 per site to $100.00 per site ef fec tive June 1, 2014. For fur ther in for ma - tion you may con tact the Ki - owa County As ses sor s Of fice at (719) 438-5521 or the Ki owa County Ab stract Of fice at (719) 438-5811. Penny Weirich Sec re tary, Pi o neer Cemetery District. Ki owa County is look - ing for vol un teers to serve on LAMAR THEATRE 219 S. Main - Lamar - 336-5737 $7.50 Adults - $5.50 Children & Seniors - $5.50 Thursdays Held Over Stars: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney PG 13 6:45 Daily Starts Friday, Oct. 25 Instructions Not Included Stars: Eugenio Derbez PG 13 COMING SOON Captain Phillips Free Birds Press Kiowa County P.O. Box 248 1208 Maine Street, Eads, CO 81036-0248 719-438-5800 E-mail: press@kiowacountypress.com 2007 All Rights Reserved. Gravity 8:35 Daily Bad Grandpa Carrie Oct. 23 - Oct. 29 Date High Low Precip. 23 71 38 0.00 24 72 32 0.00 25 54 31 0.00 26 64 31 0.00 27 65 32 0.00 28 73 30 0.00 29 50 33 0.00 Last year High/Low:...85/23 Oct. Precip. ( 12/ 13): 0.47/0.18 Year to Date Precip....15.95 As recorded in Eads by USDA. Friday Saturday Sunday (USPS 2959-4000) Legal newspaper of Kiowa County Periodical Postage paid at Eads, Colorado 81036 Published Friday of each week. a Com mit tee for the pro - posed Veteran memorial. In - ter ested par ties can con tact the Com mis sion ers of fice at (719) 438-5810. HEALTHY LIVING HOUR - Chey enne Wells City Hall, 151 S 1st, Chey enne Wells, CO. Sat ur day, No vem - ber 2, 7 Sunday, No - vem ber 3, 2 Healthy snack ideas; Build your im - mune sys tem; Re duce your risk of can cer, heart dis ease, di a be tes, ar thri tis, asthma An ni ver sa ries No vem ber 5 Mr. and Mrs. Mark Kelley, Mr. and Mrs. Duane Stoker. No vem ber 6 Mr. and Mrs. Jim Camp bell, Mr. and Mrs. Eu gene Split ter. No vem ber 9 Mr. and Mrs. Tom Halde, Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Wil son. No vem ber 10 Mr. and Mrs. Larry Koeller. Weekend Forecast 58/30 Mostly sunny with a North wind 10-15 mph. Mostly clear evening with a N wind 5-10 mph becoming light/ variable. 63/34 67/36 Sunny with a S SW wind 5-10 mph. Mostly clear evening with a S SE wind around 10 mph becoming SW. Sunny with SW wind 5-10 mph becoming SE. Mostly clear evening with N NW wind 5-10 mph. Office Hours: 9 a.m. - 5:30, Mon. - Thurs. 9 a.m. - 4:00, Friday Deadline: 4:00 Tues. NO EXCEPTIONS But the earlier the better for set up and getting proof copies back to you! KiowaCountyPress.com 2 KiowaCountyPress.com November 1, 2013 ect. RSVP Amy Cruce (785) 227-5252 or amy_cruce@mail.com Ki owa County His toric Preservation Commission will meet at 6:00 on Mon day, No vem ber 4, 2013 at the NPS Of fice in Eads. Anyone interested is wel - come to attend. Practice Schedule for Praise Community Church Chil dren s Christ mas Can tata is Mon day, Nov. 4 (right af ter school un til 5:30 ) No - vember 11, November 18, November 25, December 2, De cem ber 9. All prac tices at Praise Community Church. Congressman Gardner is go ing to be host ing a Cof - fee with Cory in Eads on Fri - day, No vem ber 8th. It will be gin at 10:30 a.m. at K & M Ranch House Res tau rant, lo - cated at 505 W. 15th Street in Eads. The event is open to all, and it pro vides a chance for con stit u ents to ask Con - gress man Gardner ques - tions, and for him to ex plain his po si tions on cur rent issues in Congress. Birth days No vem ber 4 Linda Stum, Ja son Huddleston, Alden Stum, Zachary Popejoy, Da vid Reeder, Cari Miller, Kylie Hager, Brook lyn Lenox, Rob Kliesen, Heather White, Marissa Owens. No vem ber 5 Chad Tuttle, Da vid Krueger, Deb bie Reystead, Joyce Ki owa County Farm Bureau annual dinner meet - ing to be held Mon day, No - vem ber 11 at 6:00 in the Court house meet ing room. Guest Speak ers are ag pro ducer Katie Kopasz and Navy vet eran Rich ard Glover. Katie will pres ent her green - house to mato op er a tion and Rich ard will dis cuss his ex pe - ri ences as a ser vice man. Please join us for a de li cious meal and door prizes. RSVP by Saturday, November 9 to Laura Negley at laura.negley@gmail.com or (719) 688-5856. The Ki owa County Com mis sioner s will meet in reg u lar ses sion on Thurs day, No vem ber 14 and Tues day, November 26. Meetings 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 to1 at K&M Ranch House Restaurant. Ki owa County Driver s License Schedule: NOVEMBER - No vem ber Da vis, Layla McPherson, Kathy Shade, Rea gan Lyon. No vem ber 6 J.D. Wil - son, Steph a nie Hofmeister, Shania Lane, Amber Watson, Allison Buck Keeley Gutierrez, Whit ney Barnett. No vem ber 7 McSherry Weber, Linda Kit Carson Christmas Bazaar When: December 7th, 2013 starting @ 1:00 during the Hi-Plains and Kit Carson Jr.High & High School Basketball games. Where: Kit Carson Old Gym If you would like a table to display and sell your items the cost is $10.00. If you have any questions or would like a table please contact Gina Dechant or Heidie Marriott at (719) 962-3343. 19th & 20th. DECEMBER - There will be no Driver Li - cense sched uled in De cem - ber. Weisbrod Hos pi tal and Ex tended Care Unit An nual Fall Ba zaar will be held Sat - ur day, No vem ber 23 from 9 a.m. to 2 at the Ki owa County Fair grounds in Eads, CO. Lunch will be avail able. For ta ble info call Linda Trosper (719) 438-5777 or Su zanne Wil liams (719) 729-3368. Come shop early for Christmas! Children s Community Christ mas Can tata - Praise Community Church, Sunday, De cem ber 15 at 6:00 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 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. Rich ard son, V.J. Christophersen, Brandi Patterson, Spencer Uhland, Casey Gibbs, Billy Koehler, Eric Weisdorfer. No vem ber 8 Kendra Medford, Mark Sanders, Rob ert Engstrom, Linda Harper. No vem ber 9 Eliz a - beth Lopez, Kyler Ibarra, McKenzii Trujillo, Dora Pearcey, Paul Stoker, Kent Wheeler, Brianne Howe, Neil Rich ard son, Mindy Uhland, Kevin Koch, Timmy Pitman. No vem ber 10 Katie Kopasz, Rio Mohrmann, Sophia Huddleston, Linda Bendorf, Kath er ine Wil liams, Jerry Weirich, Pres ton Hoffman, As pen Nel son, Bradyn Legg, Car son Berry, Ty Mi chael, Kooper Morgans.

Top News Ea gles Beat Primero: Head to Play offs By Rhonda Uhland The Ea gles are on to the play offs! With an other big win over the Primero Bull dogs in the cross-di vi - sional game held in Eads, 62-12. The weather was the only real dif fer ence in the last two con tests as the Fri day night game had tem per a tures in the 40 s with a bit ter wind chill and last Sat ur day s game was high 60 s and no wind. The Bull dogs did stun Eads with an open ing kick off re turn of 75 yards for a touch down by Jo nah Bol linger but the ex tra points were de nied. Eads an swered back with a Rouse to Parker pass for an 11 yard touch - down and Nate Dorow hit the ex tra two. Primero fum bled on their next pos ses sion giv - ing Eads super field po si - tion but with pen al ties Eads was driven back to the 18 yard line when Rouse worked his way into the end zone for touch down #2. Dorow again hit the ex tra two. Primero then had their sec ond big turn over as Rouse taps a pass from Ty ler Rouse (#89) look ing for a re ceiver in the foot - ball game Sat ur day, Oc to - ber 26 with Primero. (Honey Belle Dixon Photo) Primero s James Lujan and Eads Dylan Dixon co mes up with it on the Primero 39. Af ter a few drives it was an 11 yard touch down pass from Rouse to Caden Parker and Dorow held true to form with an other shot through the up rights. With an other of fense drive held to one 1st down yard age with the help of a QB sack from Trent Mitchek, Eads was re - ceiv ing the punt. It was a Rouse to Nate Dorow 6 yard touch down pass that put up an other 6 for Eads and Dorow added 2 more ad vanc ing Eads to an early, 32-6, lead. Primero s Lujan hit big #66, Julian Trujillo, for a cou ple passes and Eads gave up yard age on pen al - ties which al lowed the bull dogs to score on a 17-yard Lujan/Trujillo pass be fore the end of the first quar ter. Go ing with an onside kick put Eads back across the 40 yard line and Rouse found Winder for a beau ti ful 37 yard pass putt ing Eads on the 1 yard line. Winder was called to run it across on the very Dylan Dixon (#19) catch - ing the foot ball in the game against Primero. (Honey Belle Dixon Photo) next play and Dorow was per fect with the PAT. The kick off was fum bled on the re turn and Eads was again sit ting pretty on the Primero 15 with Rouse s re cov ery. Dylan Dixon had a 5 yard touch - down run and Dorow was kick ing 100% ad vanc ing Eads lead to 48-12. Eads got the ball back on downs as Mitchek and Nate Dorow helped keep them from 1st down yard - age with their QB sack. Rhett Uhland gets the handoff and finds an open ing go ing from the 19 but just short of the goal line. Eads goes back to Uhland for the ex tra 1 yard and gets an other 6 put on the board with the fresh man touch down. Primero fi nally gets a block on the PAT. Eads was n t play ing nice in Primero s back - yard as Rouse and Mitchek get in on a QB sack and Winder with a host of Ea gles get an - other sack and two in - com plete passes later, Primero was hand ing the ball back over on downs. Adam Dorow scores Eads next touch down on his 6 yard scam per and big brother Nate puts in the ex tra two. Primero then had an im pres sive drive with a Lujan to Trujillo, 53 yard pass but end ing on the Eads 3 yard line. With a flag for too many men on the field the clock runs out and Eads was lead ing at half, 62-12. Eads does re ceive the open ing kick off start ing the 2nd half and Primero again de cides to do an onside kick but it rolls back and does n t get the yard age needed so Eads was start ing their drive in Primero ter ri tory. It was a chain of fum bles for the rest of the 3rd quar ter as #44 Rhett Uhland finds open field. (Monica Uhland Photo) Eads is quilty of two and Primero coughs up one of their own. Primero scores an other touch down in the 4th quar ter as Lujan has plenty of time and finds Trujillo in the end zone and Eads also gets a rough ing the QB call which was en forced on the kick off. Ty ler Beaman kicks in the PAT. Eads has one more drive down the field with a 42 yard Rouse/Parker pass but fum bles again on a muffed pitch back. Bryce Batterton (#24) waits pa tiently on the play to be gin in the Primero vs. Eads game. (Honey Belle Dixon Photo) Primero then co mes up with a lit tle luck on their next touch down as Lujan passes to Jo nah Bol linger and what could have been called an in com plete pass was called a fum ble and Domenic Demelio picks the ball up on the 5 yard line and runs it in. Trent Mitchek blocks the PAT and times runs out. Eads will be tak ing on Peetz for the first round of the 6-man cham pi on ship bracket. Peetz up set Arickaree, 34-33 in the cross divisional game thus throw ing the bracket into a spin and when it stopped Stratton-Lib erty were sit ting in the #1 slot, Hi-Plains in the #2 and Eads in the #3 spot al low - ing them to play host to the Bull dogs, Sat ur day, No vem ber 2, at a 1:00 kick off. Daylight Savings Time Ends Sunday at 2:00 a.m. Set your clocks back one hour Saturday night before retiring. November 1, 2013 KiowaCountyPress.com 3

Agriculture & Outdoor Life USDA Up date By Eads USDA Ser vice Cen ter Sympathy The Ser vice Cen ter staff wishes to ex press their deepest sympathy to the fam ily of L.D. and Phyl lis Nel son on the pass ing of their daugh ter, Marlene Specht. Phyl lis cur rently serves Ki owa County pro - duc ers as the Mi nor ity Ad vi - sor on the County Com mit - tee. Keep the fam ily in your thoughts and prayers dur ing this difficult time. Op er at ing Loans for the 2014 Crop Sea son FSA would like to en cour - age pro duc ers to file loan applications now for operat - ing loans for the 2014 crop sea son. El i gi ble ap pli cants may ob tain di rect loans for up to a max i mum in debt ed - ness of $300,000 and a di - rect op er at ing Microloan for up to a max i mum in debt ed - ness of $35,000. Max i - mum in debt ed ness for a guar an teed loan is $1,355,000. An nual op er - at ing loans are gen er ally re - paid within 12 months or when the com mod i ties pro - duced are sold. In gen eral, loan funds may be used for nor mal op er at ing ex penses other types of loans for var i ous pur poses. Please con tact your lo cal FSA of - fice to dis cuss your credit needs and ob tain a loan ap - pli ca tion or ob tain your loan ap pli ca tion pack age on line at http://www.fsa.usda.gov/fsa/we bapp?area=home&subject=fml p&topic=landing The cur rent in ter est rate on our di rect operating loans is 2.125%. Ki owa County Farm Loan per son nel are lo cated in Lamar. Their con tact in for - ma tion is lo cated at the bot - tom of this ar ti cle. COC Bal lots Eligible voters in LAA (Local Administrative Area) #3 (west end of the county) should be gin re ceiv ing their bal lots for County Com mit - tee Elec tion. Jeff Salis bury cur rently serves on the County Com mit tee for this area, and is on the bal lot un op posed. Bal lots must be re turned or post marked no later than Mon day, De cem - ber 2nd. The bal lots will be counted at the USDA Ser - vice Cen ter Of fice on Thurs - day, De cem ber 5th at 1:00 The bal lot count is open to the pub lic. Bal lots must be signed by the voter; 4 KiowaCountyPress.com November 1, 2013 powers-of-attorney are not valid for bal lots. Per sons with signature authority may sign bal lots for en ti ties; such as cor po ra tions, trusts, es tates, etc. If you are an el i gi ble voter in LAA #3 and do not re ceive a bal lot in the mail, con tact the FSA of fice. 2014 Acreage Reporting No vem ber 15th is the dead line for re port ing your 2014 planted wheat along with other small grains and na tive grass. For 2013 there were no late filed fees as sessed, how ever for 2014, late filed fees will ap - ply for pro duc ers who do not have their acre age re - ports com pleted by No vem - ber 15th. The late filed fees are $46.00 per farm, those fees can add up quickly. Ki owa County FSA does not force pro duc ers to make an appointment; however we ask that pro duc ers make ev ery ef fort to com plete their busi ness Mon day Thurs day, of fice hours are 8:00 to 4:30; we ask for acre age re port ing to visit the of fice no later than 3:30 To re port the planted crop the pro duc ers need to have the following information; num ber of planted acres planting dates in sured or un in sured wheat crop shares be tween owner/operator red or white wheat planted 2013 CRP Payments If you have n t re ceived your 2013 CRP pay ments; the of fice is aware of those pay ments. The rea son for those pay ments not be ing is sued is an FSA is sue. For some, the pay ment prob - lems won t be fixed un til the mid dle or later part of No - vem ber. We ask that you re - main pa tient. 2013 DCP Payments It was men tioned in last week s ar ti cle that the 2013 Di rect and Coun ter Cyclical Program payments could be re duced due to the se ques tra tion of pay ments. The of fice did re ceive news late last week the pay ment would be re duced by 8.6%. The ma jor ity of pay ments were is sued last Fri day; there fore the funds should be in the pro ducer ac - counts. There are a num ber South east Area Ex ten sion Says Look ing for ways to save money? By Kaye Kasza CSU Ex ten sion Agent Be tween the weak econ - omy, the drought, and the fed eral shut down, many fam i lies are ap pre hen sive about the fu ture. If you re look ing to cut ex penses to make your fu ture more se cure, here are some suggestions: 1. Es tab lish and use a spend ing plan! Be gin ning on the first day of a new month, track ev ery thing you pur chase. Then, re - view your list at the end of the month. It is much eas - ier to make a spend ing plan once you see where your money is going. 2. Con tinue to track your spend ing. Know ing they ll write those pur - chases down helps con - trol im pulse spend ing for most peo ple. 3. Keep your car en gine tuned and its tires in - flated to their proper pres sure to save up to $100 a year in gas. 4. Avoid over draft fees by keep ing track of your bank bal ance and your spend ing. The $20-40 you save by not bounc ing checks or over draw ing your ac count adds up fast. 5. Make a list be fore you gro cery shop and stick to it. Peo ple who food of DCP pay ments that were not is sued; how ever un like CRP pay ments the rea son the pay ment has n t been is - sued falls on the pro ducer. Many producers haven t re - turned their 2013 CCC-933, Ad justed Gross In come Ver i fi ca tion form or their CCC-902, Farm op er - at ing plan. For DCP pay - ments this form has to be com pleted yearly. If the of - fice has mailed or in formed you about forms that need to be com pleted please com plete the forms ASAP so pay ments can be is sued. 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 shop with a list, and buy lit tle else, spend much less money than those who de cide what to buy when they get to the su - per mar ket. The an nual sav ings could eas ily be hun dreds of dol lars. Pre - plan ning pays off. 6. Set aside money from each pay check as soon as you re ceive it, rather than wait ing to see what is left at the end of the month. Make sav ings a top pri or - ity in your bud get like rent. 7. Plug your spend ing leaks. Add up what you re spend ing on lit tle things such as snacks, soda, fast food, cig a rettes, Con tin ued on page 5

Sep tem ber Rain brings Pas ture Regrowth and an Abun dance of An nual Bromes By Casey Matney Thanks to Sep tem ber rain fall, our cool sea son pas ture grasses are hav - ing a lot of green growth this Oc to ber. This growth is giv ing an added car bo - hy drate boost to our pe - ren nial grasses as they pre pare to go dor mant for the win ter. Such growth can also pro vide added for age for fall/win ter graz ing, but is there a down side to hav ing so much fall regrowth? Two po ten tial downsides ex ist: 1) grass tetany and 2) an abun dance of cheatgrass and Japanese brome. Grass Tetany Grass tetany oc curs when cat tle feed on young leaves of rap idly grow ing grasses. Grass tetany is also called grass stag - gers, hypomagnesemia, win ter tetany, and wheat pas ture poi son ing. Cau - tion pe ri ods are in spring when pe ren nial grasses be gin growth or in the fall/win ter when grasses are ini ti at ing regrowth. The ger mi na tion and new growth of win ter an nual grasses are also a fac tor in the fall/win ter cau tion pe riod. Con sump tion of grasses hav ing low fi ber and high mois ture con - tent with low mag ne sium (Mg) lev els re sults in cat - tle having diminished Mg lev els in the blood. Mg is im por tant in many en zy - matic re ac tions in the body. Stress, ex treme weather, and for ages high in ni tro gen/crude pro tein and po tas sium can ex ac - er bate the Mg de fi ciency in the for age. Pas tures fertilized with ammonia or hav ing soils with high ni tro gen and po tas sium lev els can also in crease the risk of grass tetany in spring and fall/win ter. Lac tat ing cows have a greater risk for grass tetany. For ages hav ing more than 0.2% Mg, on a dry mat ter ba sis, are gen - er ally con sid ered safe. Acute cases of grass tetany can re sult in death within one hour of the on - set of symp toms. Symp - toms may de velop within a few hours. An i mals suf - fer ing from acute poi son - ing may show symp toms prior to death in clud ing excitability, aggressive - ness, ab nor mal walk, vo - calization, convulsions, and froth ing at the mouth. Chronic or sub acute symp toms of grass tetany that can de velop over a pe riod of days in clude stag ger ing and ab nor mal walk, ex ces sive blink ing, lack of ap pe tite, weight loss, and de creased milk pro duc tion. Treat ment of an i mals suf fer ing from grass tetany con sists pri - mar ily of an in jec tion of solution containing Mg, calcium, and dextrose. Contact a veterinarian if you suspect your cattle are showing signs of grass tetany. Grass tetany is pre vent - able. Providing cattle with a Mg sup ple ment can pre vent and re duce the risk of grass tetany. Ex am ples of Mg sup ple - ment in clude licks, cap - sules, and a pow der that can be added to for age dry or as a liq uid mix. Supplementation of Mg should oc cur be fore re - Chey enne Moun tain State Park An nounces Open ing of New Ar chery Range By Randy Hampton o rado Parks and Wildlife. Col o rado Parks and The tar get range will Wild life has a new place to stay sharp and keep the fea ture tar gets be tween 10 and 80 yards. A youth aim true - Chey enne tar get range, lim ited to Moun tain State Park is bows with 35-poundor-less set to open an ar chery tar get range on Mon day, Oc to ber 7. The park is one of only two state parks in the south east re gion to in - draw weights, will be com pleted shortly. Part of the Col o rado Parks and Wild life Path Foward stra te gic plan is cor po rate an ar chery to re cruit new par tic i - range. pants into out door rec re - We are very ex cited ation, especially youth. about open ing an ar chery The agency works to range and pro vid ing an - other rec re ational op por - achieve the goal by pro - vid ing peo ple with qual ity tu nity at Chey enne Moun - out door op por tu ni ties tain State Park, said Mitch Mar tin, park man - ager at Chey enne State and set tings. The new tar - get range is close to the ur ban pop u la tion of Col o - Park for Col o rado Parks rado Springs and is an and Wild life. This is a per fect fit for the newly com bined mis sion of Col - ideal way for the agency to fulfill those goals. The range is lo cated in the south east cor ner of the park at High way 115 and Pine Oaks Road, di - rectly across from Fort Car son Gate #5. All ve hi - cles must have a valid parks pass. Also open ing soon is the ar chery Field Range and 3D range, which will fea - ture life-size an i mal tar - gets at sta tions along a walk ing trail. The field range will be lo cated south of the park ing lot. This area will have an ad - di tional $3 fee, which can be pur chased on-site once the ranges are open. The 3D range per mit must be kept on your per - son and be avail able for inspection. leas ing an i mals into pas - tures with a sus pected risk for grass tetany. Cat - tle will need to re main sup ple mented with Mg as long as they are consuming deficient forage. Abun dance of Cheatgrass and Jap a nese Brome You might be no tic ing a sur pris ing car pet of young green grass shoots two to four inches tall grow ing be tween the larger bunchgrasses and shrubs this fall. This abun dance of young grass plants is com prised mostly of cheatgrass and Jap a nese brome. Cheatgrass and Jap a - nese brome were pro lific this sum mer, but now a mul ti tude of seeds from those par ent plants are emerg ing. These newly emerg ing plants stand a high chance of sur viv ing the win ter. The one good as pect of this mass of new growth is that it can po - tentially provide forage for cat tle through the spring. If your cat tle are graz ing cheatgrass this fall or spring, be ware of grass tetany. How ever, if these new stands of cheatgrass are not suf fi - ciently grazed or con - trolled by early this next spring, we could be look - ing at re cord num bers of cheatgrass that could be com pet ing for wa ter, nu - tri ents, and space with de sir able pe ren nial grasses. To make the sit - u a tion worse, this car pet of cheatgrass could ex - pand in 2014 as well as greatly in crease the risk and se ver ity of wild fire, which is all the more rea - son to plan on con trol ling the cheatgrass as we enter the 2014 growing season. If you can, make what graz ing-use you can of cheatgrass and Jap a nese brome prior to the de vel - op ment of seed heads, which typically occurs dur ing late April and early May. In ad di tion, try and in clude chem i cal and me chan i cal meth ods to con trol these an nual bromes. For information on how to con trol an nual bromes and un der stand the wild fire risk they pose, please visit http://www.ext.colostate.edu/p ubs/natres/06310.html. South east Area - Con tin ued from page 4 lot tery tick ets, mag a - zines, and more. If you can find $5 per day from re duced spend ing, that adds up to $1,825 per year. 8. The best in vest ment most borrowers can make is to pay off con - sumer debt. For ex am ple, if you have a $3,000 credit card bal ance at 19.8%, and you pay the re quired min i mum bal ance of 2% of the bal ance or $15, which - ever is greater, it will take 39 years to pay off the loan. With ac cu mu lat ing in ter est, you will pay more than $10, 000 in interest charges. Ex ten sion Agent Kaye Kasza says, The only sure-fire way to get ahead fi nan cially is to spend less than you earn. Count ing on a big in her i tance or set tle ment, a wealthy spouse, a game-chang ing in ven tion, or win ning the lot tery is unwise. For more information on fam ily fi nan cial man - age ment, con tact your lo - cal Ex ten sion Of fice: Baca County (719) 523-6971, Bent County (719) 456-0764, Chey enne County (719) 767-5716, Crowley County (719) 267-5243, Ki owa County (719) 438-5321, Otero County (719) 254-7608, Prowers County (719) 336-7734. Or find us on the web http://www.extension.colostat e.edu/sea. November 1, 2013 KiowaCountyPress.com 5 at:

Com mu nity Life About Town By Do ris Lessenden and Me lissa Pe ter son Have a good day.ev ery - day! Please re mem ber: This is the day which the Lord hath made. Psalm 118:24 Oh, it is good to see Penny Weirich back home and about town! Penny flew to In do ne sia with her son, Cody Baer, who mar ried a young lady, Risti. Cody lives and works near Elko, Ne - vada where he is in the gas and oil in dus try. Fri day eve ning a large group of friends and rel a - tives gath ered at the Haswell Com mu nity Cen ter to cel e brate the 50th Wed - ding Anniversary of Virgil Allen and Wanda Lessenden. Guests en joyed foods and vis it ing around ta bles set in fall dec o ra tions while they watched danc ing by some of the guests. Dawin Nel son cre ated a lovely slide show of pho tos of the Lessenden s 50 years to gether. The pho tos fea - tured their three chil dren, daugh ter, Glenda (Paul) Stoker, Blake and Colby, daugh ter, Shan non (Mike) Dixon and Marisa and Dylan; and son, Shane (Pamela) Lessenden, Dally Jo (Maurice) Sang er, and Shane (Brittany), and Rikkar Lessenden. Darrel Hebberd s sis ter, Sharon Bixler, has moved to Eads from John son, Kan - sas. We wel come her to the Eads com mu nity. Mary Mar ble met Shir ley Nel son at the K & M Ranch House Res tau rant for lunch Oc to ber 23. She also vis ited with other friends while there. The Eads Lady Ea gles Vol - leyball team was victorious in the Dis trict Tour na ment last week and this week will be play ing in the Re gional Play-Offs at Lamar Com mu - nity Col lege Fri day morn ing. Last Sat ur day they went to watch Col o rado State Uni - versity`-fort Collins play vol ley ball against the San Jose, California University team. It was a treat for the girls and their coaches, Steph a nie Bohlander and Jan elle Crow, to see Uni ver - sity style per for mances. It was a sunny Sat ur day af ter noon to watch our Eads 6-Man Foot ball team gain an other win over the Primero team in the Cross Divisional Play-offs. Next they will play Peetz in Eads Sat ur day, No vem ber 2nd at l: 00 Roberta (Blooding) Tolby s daugh ter, Lois Ellis - ton, brought her Un cle and Aunt, Lee and Maxine Blooding, of Fort Col lins, to Eads for a visit with rel a - tives and friends. While the Bloodings were vis it ing Lee s sis ter, Roberta, dur ing the Ex tended Care Unit s Thanksgiving Week Deadlines Due to the Thanksgiving Holiday deadlines for the Kiowa County Press have been changed for that week. ADS - ARTICLES - RENEWALS 4 Monday, November 25 There will be no EXCEPTIONS! 6 KiowaCountyPress.com November 1, 2013 Cof fee Hour, Kip and Dawn Peck came in to greet his Aunt Maxine and Lee. It amazed me to learn that Kip has re tired! It only seems about 20 years ago that his par ents, Clay ton and Glo ria Peck, were bring ing home - made ice cream into the FCA (Fel low ship of Chris - tian Ath letes) meet ing. We are glad that Nique Miller has moved back to Eads to at tend her se nior year at EHS. She works at the K & M Ranch House when she is not in school as a wait ress and cook. Congratulations to Shea Cordova and Cody John son who were mar ried Sat ur day eve ning at the Praise Com - mu nity Church in Eads. Their fam i lies and friends en joyed a re cep tion at the Community Building. We wish their fam ily many bless ings at their home on Goff Street. Charles and Leanna Col - lins were thrilled to have their lit tle grand son, Kristopher come for a sur - prise visit from Wy o ming with his Un cle and Aunt Jim and Sheri Lyon. His big brother, Will, was tick led too to have Kris come. Great grand par ents Bob and Renee Woods were happy to have their grand sons go to church with them Sunday. Sam and Lacy (Da vis) Web ster and daugh ter, Talia, are pleased to have their new born son and brother, Silas, join their fam ily. The young cou ple lives on the for mer Blackburn ranch south of Haswell. The movie this week end at the Plains The ater is Af - ter Earth rated PG13 to be shown at 7 No vem ber 2 nd and 3 rd. Virgyln Griswould and her daugh ter, Kristi Hirsch, drove out from Manhattan, Kan sas for the Lessenden party. Usu ally they are mak - ing quick trips to Min ne - sota, or Mich i gan or Wis - con sin since Kristi and Phil have four chil dren in school or col lege in those states. Their other three chil dren are in school and at K-State in Manhattan. The Red Hat ter la dies had a cheery break fast at the K & M Ranch House Sat ur day morn ing. Delores Rec tor and Charlene Blakeley were spot lighted be cause it was their birth day month. The la dies are plan ning a Christ - mas din ner at the K & M on De cem ber 9th. Here are some other im - por tant dates to re mem ber: Fri day, No vem ber 1st, at LCC: Volleyball Regional Meet and High School Knowl edge Bowl. Sat ur day, No vem ber 2, there will be a Bake Sale at the Art ists of the Plains Gal - lery from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 as well as the Foot ball Play-off in Eads. Tues day, No vem ber 5 and 7th Mid dle School Bas ket - ball at Chey enne Wells. Friday, November 8th Mid dle School Knowl edge Bowl at Eads. Mon day, No vem ber 11, this is Vet eran s Day Re - mem brance at Eads High School at 8:50 to 9:30 a.m. and eve ning events in Eads. Sat ur day, No vem ber 23 is the An nual Fall Ba zaar to ben e fit the Weisbrod Ex - tended Care Unit and Hos - pital. I speak for the men and women who are so grate ful to have the ser vice of the Ki owa County Tran sit Van. The staff, Carla Gifford, and the la dies and men who drive and care for the peo - ple as help ers on these trips to the cit ies are so ap pre ci - ated by the rid ers. They re - ally do take good care of us. We thank and ap pre ci ate the Commissioners, Bill Koehler, Don Oswald, and Dick Scott and the tax pay - ers for this in valu able ser - vice. In June I was able to get three med i cal ap point - ments in one trip, so it was cer tainly help ful for my body and fi nances to not have to ar range three trips! The Town of Haswell served the lunch at the Charles and Helen Mitch ell Auc tion south of Haswell Sat ur day. It was a warm day at a big sale where they sold out of all their foods. Prowers County Youth Pheas ant Hunt ing Clinic By Randy Hampton Col o rado Parks and Wild life is hold ing a Youth Pheas ant Hunt on No - vem ber 2 from 9 a.m. to 4 at the Higbee State Wild life Area. Youth must be be tween 10 and 15 years of age, have a hunter ed u ca tion card, a small game li cense and be ac com pa nied by a par - ent or guard ian. Bring your hunter or ange vest and hat! Activities will include a short course on pheas ant hunt ing, safety re fresher, shoot ing prac tice with clay tar gets, lunch and guided af ter noon hunt. Parks and Wild life will sup ply youth-size shot - guns or fam i lies can bring their own. Hunt ers wish - ing to use their own shot - guns must have the guns in spected by a wild life of - fi cer before the hunt. The Lamar chap ter of Pheas ants For ever, R & R Game Birds, and South - east Col o rado Game & Fish Club spon sor the event. Space is lim ited to 25 par tic i pants. Res er va - tions are on a first-come, first-served ba sis un til the hunt fills. Con tact Linda Groat at (719) 336-6608 or Kevin Kaczmarek (719) 940-3590 to reg is ter. The Higbee State Wild - life Area is lo cated four miles east of Lamar on High way 50.

Wild Horse Roundup By Curtis Schrimp Home Coun try By Slim Randles I al ways hate to start my news on a sad note but it hap pened. This time is was Plains Theater Sat. & Sun. - 7:00 pm November 2 & 3 After Earth PG13 Eads Auto Supply Pearl Pfalzgraff. Pearl and her hus band George lived here for many years. George drove his car for a school bus for a long time. They lived north of Wild Horse, maybe eight miles. Their boys and I had a lot of fun to gether. They moved away many years ago. Pearl died Oc to ber 18, 2013 and graveside ser vices were held Oc to ber 22, 2013 at 1:00 at Kit Car son Cem e tery in Kit Car son, Col - o rado. She was 91 years old. Bill Skin ner came over and hung some fly strips. The fly swat ter keeps me busy. To day I took one of the strips down with lots of Craig Kerfoot Associate Broker Mobile: 719.688.2222 craigkerfoot@ymail.com Please contact me for your real estate needs www.rxl.co dead ones on it. Allen Naugle asked me to check the wa ter at the ranch as he will be gone and Luanna has a K.C. Electric meeting. LeeAnn and John were go ing to Oslo to see Kirsti and she said she would have Jessi and Jenni call but I have n t heard from them yet. It sounds like a lit tle of win ter might move in. I m glad Bill put some wood on my back porch and to day some in the house. I have been watch ing the Car di nals play ball and it makes me think of a fel low who was work ing there and he was from here and had re la tion here. Lee and I were down that way and he asked me to go see the ballgame. I al ways re mem - ber some of my fa vor ite play ers, Dizzy Dean, Stan Musial, Enos Coun try Slaugh ter. Dean was a good pitcher. Dean, Stan the Man, and Coun try Slaugh - ter all played for the Car di - nals at one time or an other. I hope I have better news next week. Kiowa Drug (719) 438-2227 (719) 438-5591 (719) 438-5832 I was in vited re cently to join Bob Milford, man - ager of the pres ti gious Di - a mond W Ranch, on a drive-around tour of the place. It s a huge, pri vate ranch, with tiny ex-log - ging roads wind ing around through 13,000 acres of pine trees and rocks. A real par a dise. But I was hor ri fied to see wooden street signs nailed to trees wher ever two of these old log ging trails came to gether. Oh no, I said, out loud. What s the mat ter? Bob asked. I see you re plan ning a subdivision here. Bob started laugh ing when I pointed at the signs. Those are for the own ers, he ex plained. They live Back East and visit here one week end a year. When they get out here, they take the pickup and drive around and get lost. Once I got a call on the cell phone from the owner, who said he was lost and could n t find his way back to the house. So I asked him where he was and he said he was right there, sit ting on a rock and close to a pine tree. He chuck led. That nar - rowed it down to about 13,000 acres. Well, I man - aged to find him, and af ter that, I put these signs up. I tell them now, if they get lost, to drive un til they come to Home Road and then head down hill. It solved the prob lem. Is the TV too loud for oth - ers? Maybe it s time for a free hear ing test. Don t miss out on the sounds of life, call BELTONE at 1-866-867-8700. Death No tice Marlene Specht, 48 A fu neral ser vice for long - time Lamar res i dent, Marlene R. Specht will be held at 2:30 on Fri day, No vem ber 1, 2013 at the Mis sion ary Bap tist Church with Pas tor Jerry Ellis of fi ci - ating. Interment will follow at Riv er side Cem e tery. Vis i ta tion will be held on Fri day from 9:00 a.m. un til 12:00 noon at the Pea cock Fam ily Cha pel. Marlene was born on May 30, 1965 at Eads, Col o rado to L.D. and Phyl lis G. (Foxworthy) Nel son and passed away on Oc to ber 25, 2013 at the age of 48. She is pre ceded in death by her sis ter; Di ana Nel son, nephew; Lane Specht, sis - Mr. and Mrs. John Haynes of Bonners Ferry, Pages from the Past Idaho, former residents of Eads were honored at a Fifteen Years Ago Elwood Gillis and other dinner. October 23, 1998 highway necessities Former Eads Police concerning Kiowa County. Fifty Years Ago Chief Fred Cook was under October 25, 1963 investigation by the District Forty Years Ago Colorado and the Steel Attorney s Office. November 2, 1973 industry were celebrating Ronnie Phillips their first 100 years. Twenty-Five Years Ago released 22 pheasants in Mrs. Kathlyn Forester October 14, 1988 the area as part of his of Eads was elected a Plainview crowned Wildlife Habitat trustee on the Colorado Michele Hopkins and Jeff Improvement program. Division of the American Coen as homecoming A large crowd attended Cancer Society. queen and king. the Pep Club Powder Puff Plainview spoiled the Commissioners football game. The Spunky Coolidge s homecoming by discussed the flooding of Chickers won the game 28- downing the Blue Devils 25- the underpass with Rep. 8. 14. ter-in-law; Specht-Jeffryes, Debby ma ter nal grand par ents; Al bert and Gayetta Foxworthy and pa - ter nal grand par ents; Dan and Clara Nel son. Marlene is sur vived by her hus band; Ron Specht of the fam ily home in Lamar, her chil dren; Jon a than (Karla Baril) Specht of Lamar, Lauren (Paul Ty ler) Specht, Abbie (Jon a than Myeres) Specht all of Pueblo and twins; Paul and Adrienne Specht of the fam ily home in Lamar. She is also sur - vived by her seven grand - chil dren; Aislynn, Jobe, Joshua, Lucas, Eli jah, Alex, and Leilah, her par ents, L.D. and Phyl lis Nel son of Eads, sib lings; Kendra (Rock) Banion of Bloomington, IN, Ma rie (Allen) Watts and Dar win Nel son all of Eads; as well as nu mer ous nieces, neph - ews, other fam ily, and a host of friends. Memorial Contributions may be made to the Marlene R. Specht Me mo - rial Fund in care of Pea cock Fu neral Home, 209 South 4th Street, Lamar, Col o rado 81052. For cur rent in for ma tion and on line con do lences please visit our website at www.peacockfunerahome.com. November 1, 2013 KiowaCountyPress.com 7

East End Events There was lots of foot ball and volleyball action this past week end. The Kit Car - son, Eads and Cheraw girls ad vanced on to Re gional play offs this com ing Fri day in Lamar. The Eads boys and the Granada boys ad - vanced on in foot ball play - offs this next week end. Con - grat u la tions to all the teams and good luck! Cora Coffman and Sheila Brase trav eled to Trin i dad to watch Jor dan Coffman play vol ley ball on Tues day eve - ning. On Thurs day, Cora and Jan Jones trav eled to La Junta to watch Jor dan s team play. They lost out on Thurs day. Denis and Theresa Weber were in Brush on Sat ur day on busi ness. While there, they vis ited with Denis s sis ter, Leona Blackwelder and two of their great-nieces, Mad i son and Ally from Lodge Pole, NE. Carol Shalberg went to Lakin on Thurs day to watch her grand son, Dawson play his last foot ball game. On Marples Country Market Your TOTAL Health Food Store By Sharon Scott 101 N. 4th Street Lamar, Colorado (719) 336-4001 Fri day, Lori and Carol went to Den ver to see Lori s doc - tor. On Sat ur day, Steve, Dawson, Brock, Greg and Merle went deer hunt ing. Better luck next year guys! Char Korrel; Bill and Char - lotte Woelk; Lori; and Greg and boys were Sunday din - ner guests of Merle and Carol Shalberg. Penni Shalberg met her Mom and they went to the Bronco game Sunday. Linda and Monte Stum went to Rocky Ford on Sunday to help Chris and Kami with a few chores around their new home. Nicole Albers and Su san Green field went to Wiley on Fri day to watch the vol ley - ball tour na ment. On Sat ur - day, they went to Lamar to watch Emma Frey; Joey Specht and Mary Kath er ine Votruba play soc cer. Jim, MaryAnn and Mar ga - ret Rich ard son went to Elkhart on Mon day to see Randy. Dick and I spent yes ter day mov ing gold fish out of the two ponds into the big tank for the win ter. It was a nice day to be out side do ing things, but this morn ing looks a lit tle more like win - ter is on the way. I don t sup pose I can stop it, but sure would like an other few weeks of nice weather. It s about time to start putt ing up the Christ mas things out side. Don t for get the Towner Senior Citizen dinner on Mon day, No vem ber 4th at 12 Have a good week!! Kent Electric, LLC. For all of your Electrical needs, Agricultural, Residential, and Commercial Honest, Hardworking, and Reliable! Please call: 719-688-1959 or 719-962-3331 8 KiowaCountyPress.com November 1, 2013 Na ture and Rap tor Cen ter of Pueblo Cel e brates 34 Years By NRCP The Na ture and Rap tor Cen ter of Pueblo is cel e - brat ing 34 years of con - nect ing peo ple with na - ture. The Au du bon River Trails Na ture Cen ter was founded in 1979 by the Ar - kan sas Val ley Au du bon So ci ety to pre serve an area where the com mu - nity could ob serve, ex - plore, and en joy na ture. In 1981 wildlife rehabilita - tion was added to the mis - sion with the found ing of the Rap tor Cen ter. In 1983 The Greenway and Na - ture Cen ter of Pueblo was in cor po rated in the state of Col o rado as a Non profit Cor po ra tion and re ceived 501 (c)(3) tax-ex empt sta - tus. In 2008 the name of the or ga ni za tion was changed to Na ture and Rap tor Cen ter of Pueblo to better re flect the cur - rent mis sion. Over the thirty-four years of the Na ture Cen ter s op er a - tion, there have been over four mil lion vis i tors to the site along the Ar kan sas River with over 200,000 youth par tic i pat ing in en - vi ron men tal ed u ca tion pro grams. Over 5000 rap - tors have been cared for from 46 coun ties in Col o - rado and sev eral other states including Texas, New Mexico, California, Oregon, Oklahoma, Utah, and Kansas. The Na ture and Rap tor Cen ter of Pueblo serves The Na ture and Rap tor Cen ter of Pueblo is lo cated along the Ar kan sas River just west of Pueblo, Col o rado. (NRCP Photo) Pueblo County and sur - round ing ar eas through of fer ing en vi ron men tal ed u ca tion pro grams for school stu dents, na ture programs for families, sum mer na ture day camps for youth, and a Rap tor Cen ter to re ha bil i - tate in jured birds of prey and re turn them to the wild. Vis i tors can see live rap tors such as hawks, owls, fal cons and ea gles on dis play. In ad di tion, the sce nic lo ca tion of the Na - ture Cen ter along the Ar - kan sas River of fers a va ri - ety of op por tu ni ties for out door rec re ation. Vis i - tors can kayak, tube, ca - noe, or fish on the river and hike, bike, or rollerblade on the paved bi cy cle trail that trav els through the Cen ter and con nects to thirty miles of trails. There are also miles of un paved hik ing trails which pro vide walks through wooded, ri par - ian, and prai rie en vi ron - ments. Af ter a hike, vis i - Pas tor s Pearls By Pas tor Rich ard Zabriskie Mis sis sippi Kite in flight at the Na ture and Rap tor Cen ter of Pueblo. (NRCP Photo) tors can en joy a meal in the Coy ote Grill res tau - rant with views of the river. The Cen ter is a pop - u lar site for out door wed - dings, pic nics, and fam ily gath er ings, with ca ter ing avail able. The gift shop in the Riverfront build ing of - fers a va ri ety of na ture gifts, field guides, bird feed ers, and bird seed and also rents bi cy cles. For more information about the Na ture and Rap tor Cen ter s pro - grams, please call (719) 549-2414 or go to: http://natureandraptor.org USA Policies The Mes sage quotes Prov erbs 17:18,26 thus, It s stu - pid to try to get some thing for noth ing, or run up huge bills you can never pay. It s wrong to pe nal ize good be - hav ior or make good cit i zens pay for the crimes of oth - ers.

CPW Seeks In for ma tion about Prong horn Poach ing Incident By Randy Hampton Col o rado Parks and Wild life is seek ing in for - ma tion about a poach ing in ci dent that oc curred in south east ern Col o rado near the town of Kim. The car cass of a small buck prong horn was found on a par cel of Co man che Na - tional Grass land west of Las Animas CR 179 oth er - wise known as the Villegreen Road on October 6. On the af ter noon of Oc - tober 6, Wildlife Officer Mike Brown was ap - proached by sev eral con - cerned hunt ers re gard ing a dead buck prong horn that was shot and aban - doned. The re port ing hunt ers stated that the in - di vid ual who shot the buck prong horn at - tempted to do nate the car cass in ad di tion to ask - ing if they would tag the an i mal. The re port ing hunt ers fur ther stated that this par tic u lar in di - vid ual pos sessed a doe prong horn li cense and was unable to tag the buck pronghorn. In stead of this in di vid - ual com ing for ward and re port ing the ac ci den tal or mis taken kill, the en - tire car cass was aban - doned and the in di vid ual fled the scene. Individuals who kill big game an i mals in Col o rado and aban don the car cass may face se ri ous charges in clud ing any of the fol - low ing: fel ony charges, per ma nent loss of hunt - ing and fish ing priv i leges, and a po ten tial prison sentence. Kill ing a buck prong - horn and aban don ing the car cass is a se ri ous of - fense, but the in di vid ual who did this still has an op por tu nity to come for - ward and turn them - selves in, Brown said. The pub lic is re minded that poach ing is a se ri ous crime and that poach ers take away wild life op por - tu ni ties from re spon si ble hunt ers and the cit i zens of the state of Colorado. In cases like this it s im por tant for the pub lic to give of fi cers an ac cu - rate ve hi cle de scrip tion including the license plate, and any other de - tails that might seem per - ti nent, Brown said. Any one with fur ther in - formation may contact Col o rado Parks and Wild - life Dis trict Wild life Man - ager Mike Brown at (719) 980-0025. Op er a tion Game Thief may of fer a $500.00 cash re ward for any in for ma tion that leads to a ci ta tion or ar - Kiowa County Hospital District Weisbrod Memorial Hospital P.O. Box 817 - Eads, CO 81036 Mon.-Fri. 8:00 a.m.-12:00 & 1:00 to 5:00 Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Our Medical Staff: Dr. Jeffrey Waggoner Dawn Back, PA For appointments call Eads - 719-438-2251 rest in this case. If you have in for ma tion about this case and would like to re main anon y mous, con - tact Op er a tion Game Thief toll free at (877) 265-6648, (877-COLO-OGT). Tips and in for ma tion may also be e-mailed to game.thief@state.co.us. November 1, 2013 KiowaCountyPress.com 9

School & Youth $19,000 in Schol ar ship Funds Still Avail able at LCC By Jenna Randle The Lamar Com mu nity Col lege Foun da tion has $19,000 in re main ing schol ar ship funds avail - able for the fall and spring se mes ters. If you are a cur rent stu dent or plan to at tend LCC in Spring 2014 and meet the schol ar ship cri te ria, you are en cour - aged to ap ply as soon as possible. Through a gen er ous grant from the Helen K. and Ar thur E. John son Foun da tion, LCC s John - son Foun da tion Sup ple - 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 men tal Schol ar ships awards are for 1) cer tif i - cate or de gree-seek ing stu dents, 2) who are long-term Colorado resi - dents, 3) dem on strate the ability to be academically suc cess ful, and 4) have un met fi nan cial need, as de ter mined by FAFSA. Stu dents of all ages are en cour aged to ap ply, al - though pref er ence will be given to adult stu dents (22 and older). Fall se - mes ter re cip i ents must main tain a GPA of 2.5 or better to continue their scholarships. Applications are avail - able at www.lamarcc.edu/scholarship s. For more information re gard ing the John son Foun da tion Fi nan cial Aid awards and other fi nan - cial aid op por tu ni ties, con tact Dor o thy Choat at aid@lamarcc.edu or (719) 336-1573. 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 81036 (719) 438-5401 10 KiowaCountyPress.com November 1, 2013 Eads HS Bas ket ball Sched ule Thurs day, Dec. 5 Fowler at Fowler 4 Fri day, Dec. 13 Spring field at Eads 4 Sat ur day, Dec. 14 Walsh at Walsh 4 Thurs day, Dec. 19 Hol - i day Tour ney at Lamar TBA Fri day, Dec. 20 Hol i - day Tour ney at Lamar TBA Sat ur day, Dec. 21 Hol i - day Tour ney at Lamar TBA Fri day, Jan. 10 Cheraw at Eads 4 Sat ur day, Jan. 11 Stratton at Stratton 4 Eads School Cal en dar Mon day, Nov. 4 th - 7:00 FBLA Meet ing. Tues day, Nov. 5 th - Elec - tion Day. MS BB K of C Trny at CW. Game 1: 3:00 pm Eads Girls vs. Stratton Girls. Game 2: 4:00 pm Eads Boys vs. Stratton Boys. Game 3: 5:00 pm Kit Car son Girls vs. Chey enne Wells Girls. Game 4: 6:00 pm Kit Car - son Boys vs. Chey enne Wells Boys. Wednes day, Nov. 6 th - 9:00 a.m. LCC Col lege Fair for 10th and 11th Grades. Thurs day, Nov. 7 th - MS BB K of C Trny at CW. Game 1: 3:00 pm Loser of gave 1 vs. Loser of game 3. Game 2: 4:00 pm Loser of game 2 vs. Loser of game 4. Game 3: 5:00 pm Win ner of game 1 vs. Win - ner of game 3. Game 4: 6:00 pm Win ner of game 2 vs. Win ner of game 4. 6:00 FFA Creed Speak ing Con test and Chili Sup per. Fri day, Nov. 8 th - 9:00 a.m. MS KB (H). HS State VB at Den ver. Sat ur day, Nov. 9 th - HS State VB at Den ver. HS FB 2nd Round Play offs. Sat ur day, Jan. 18 Hi-Plains at Eads 3 Af ter JH Fri day, Jan. 24 Chey - enne Wells at Eads 4 Sat ur day, Jan. 25 Granada at Granada 3 Thurs day, Jan. 30 Wiley at Wiley 4 Fri., Feb. 7 Kim at Eads 4 VG, VB Eads HS Wres tling Sched ule Sat ur day, Dec. 7 Ak ron Tour ney at Ak ron 9 a.m.??thurs day, Dec. 6 Las Animas/Limon/Eads Tri at Eads 6 Sat ur day, Dec. 14 Limon Tour ney at Limon 10 a.m. Sat ur day, Dec. 21 Holly X-mas Tour ney at Holly 9:30 a.m. Sat ur day, Jan. 11 Lamar Tour ney at Lamar 10 a.m. Sat ur day, Jan. 18 Walsh Tour ney at Walsh 10 a.m.??thurs day, Jan. 24 Tri Swink/Las Animas/Eads at Eads 6 Sat ur day, Jan. 25 Strasburg Tour ney at Strasburg 9 a.m.??fri day, Feb. 1 Me - rino Dual at Chey enne Wells 6 Sat ur day, Feb. 1 Eads In vi ta tional at Eads 9 a.m.??fri day, Feb. 7 Swink Duals at Swink 5 Sat ur day, Feb. 8 Charger In vi ta tional at Ordway 9 a.m. Fri day & Sat ur day, Feb. 14-15 Re gional Wres - tling at??? TBA Thurs day thru Sat ur - day, Feb. 20-22 State Wres tling at Den ver - TBA Sat., Feb. 8 Holly at Holly 4 Thurs day, Feb. 13 South Baca at Eads 4 Fri day, Feb. 14 Kit Car - son at Kit Car son 4 Thurs day, Feb. 20 Hugo at Hugo 4 Fri day, Feb. 21 McClave at Eads 4 Tues day, Feb. 26: Thurs - day, Feb. 28: Sat ur day, March 2 Dis tricts at TBA TBA Sat ur day, March 8-9 Regionals at TBA TBA March 14-16 State at TBA TBA Eads Ju nior High Bas ket ball Sched ule Tues day, Nov. 5 Knights of Co lum bus at Chey enne Wells TBA Thurs day, Nov. 7 Knights of Co lum bus at Chey enne Wells TBA Tues day, Nov. 12 Holly at Eads 3 Thurs day, Nov. 14 Chey enne Wells at Chey - enne Wells 4 Thurs day, Nov. 21 Wiley at Wiley 4 Mon day, Nov. 25 Plainview at Eads 3 VG, VB Tues day, Dec. 3 Granada at Granada 3 Mon day, Dec. 16 McClave at McClave 4 Sat ur day, Jan. 11 Holly Tour ney at Holly TBA Tues day, Jan. 14 Kit Car son at Eads 4 Sat ur day, Jan. 18 Hi-Plains at Eads 1 VG, VB Mon day, Jan. 20 League Tour ney at Chey - enne Wells TBA Thurs day, Jan. 23 League Tour ney at Chey - enne Wells TBA

Government & Commentary Ki owa County Com mis sioner s Min utes Unofficial The Reg u lar Meet ing of the Ki owa County Com - mis sion ers was called to or der at 9:00 a.m. by Chair man Rich ard Scott on Oc to ber 10, 2013. Don - ald Oswald opened the meet ing with prayer and Pledge of Al le giance. Those at tend ing were: Rich ard Scott, Com mis - sioner; Wil liam E. Koehler, Commissioner; Don ald Oswald, Com mis - sioner; Debra C. Lening, County Clerk; Peggy Dunlap, Ad min is tra tor. Jeanne Sorensen joined the meet ing at 9:30 a.m. as a vis i tor. All Com mis - sion ers voted affirmative unless otherwise noted. Min utes from the Sep - tem ber 29, 2013 Reg u lar Meet ing was pre sented. Oswald made a mo tion, sec onded by Koehler, to ap prove the Min utes as pre sented. The agenda was re - viewed. Items #6 Meet - ing Time, #7 As phalt Batch Plant Per mits, #8 Em ployer ID & Bank War rant Ac count, and #9 State De part ment of Pub - lic Health Solid Waste In - spec tion were added to New Busi ness. Oswald made the mo tion, sec - onded by Koehler, to ap - prove the agenda with the additions. The kitchen com mis - sary con cept was fur ther dis cussed. A pri vate ca - ter ing busi ness could put to gether a trav el ing trailer to be used as a li - censed kitchen and the Commissioners are op - posed to get ting in volved in com pe ti tion with pri - vate busi ness. Scott made the mo tion, sec onded by Koehler, to not at tempt to in stall a com mis sary at the day care kitchen. All Commissioners voted affirmative. Koehler made the mo - tion, sec onded by Oswald, to sign the Con tract with White Con struc tion Group con cern ing the Murdock Build ing Pro - ject. All Commissioners voted af fir ma tive. Oswald made the mo tion, sec - onded by Koehler, to sign the No tice to Pro ceed with White Con struc tion Group for the roof re ha - bil i ta tion on the Murdock Building. Two writ ten com plaints were re ceived re gard ing blow ing dirt. The first was re gard ing land South and East of Sheridan Lake. This ground has since been drilled to wheat and will be mon i tored. Let ters will be sent out. The sec - ond was re gard ing land South and East of Eads. This dis cus sion was ta - bled un til the Com mis - sion ers can visit the land site dur ing their lunch hour to as sess the situation. Alexa Rob erts, Sharon John son, and Jeff Camp - bell met with the Com - mis sion ers re gard ing His toric Pres er va tion up - dates. They dis cussed the Ar kan sas Val ley Con duit, nom i na tions of en dan - gered places pro gram through Col o rado Pres er - va tion Inc., the France House, and grants for study ing over 100 sites identified as historic places in the county. They want to do more pub lic out reach. They would like to have a part time per - son, two hours a week, to help keep ev ery thing on track, if the bud get can sup port it. The Com mis - sion ers said they would take this un der ad vise - ment and see how the budget was going to look for next year. DEM Nancy McCain met with the Com mis - sion ers re gard ing pos si - ble re im burse ment for flood dam ages. She stated that the County must in form the State about flood dam ages. Oswald stated that the County would not qual ify for re im burse ment, as the amount of dam age would not ex ceed the to tal re quired. McCain also said the Emer gency Man - age ment Pro gram Grant in the amount of $61,712 with 50% match from the County needs to be signed. Oswald made the motion, seconded by Koehler, to sign the grant. The 1985 Chevy pickup at the Haswell Shop is for sale. The Commissioners will put a list of equip ment in the pa per for bids. The Brownfields Grant up date was given. A sig - nif i cant amount of as bes - tos was found in the Maine Street Ho tel. With the gov ern ment shut down, EPA re ports are be ing de layed. A cleanup grant will be nec es sary. They are rec om mend ing the build ing be de mol - ished along with abate - ment. Scott stated he would like to see a new li - brary be built at this lo ca - tion if they could find grants to do this. Court Se cu rity in for ma - tion was dis cussed. The Commissioners want the plan to be han dled the same way it has been done. They do not want changes to the plan. Koehler made the mo tion, sec onded by Oswald, to con tinue the Court Se cu - rity Grant as is. The 2014 Bud get work ses sion needs to be sched uled. The week of Oc to ber 21st will be sched uled for this pro - cess. 2014 Fair grounds im - prove ments need to start be ing dis cussed for bud - get ing pur poses. An es ti mate for the north - west door un der the grand stand was re ceived. Scott made the mo tion, sec onded by Oswald, to have the door in stalled immediately. The Vet er ans Me mo rial was dis cussed. The Com - mis sion ers will form a committee or action group. They will ad ver tise for in ter ested parties. Road and Bridge is sues were dis cussed. Dirt has blown into the bar row pit Eads 719-438-2201 C-Store 719-438-2290 on the North bor der of the W1/2 of Sec tion 36, T18S, R48W along County Rd P and the Commissioners re ceived a re quest to have the dirt re moved. The ditch is the County s right-of-way, there fore, the County s re spon si bil - ity. Koehler made the mo - tion, sec onded by Oswald, to re move the dirt from the bar row pit. The dirt will be stock piled at a gravel pit. Con tin ued on page 12 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 NEAL MANN Cell: (785) 635-2102 FARM & RANCH REALTY, INC. Colby, Kansas 67701 TOLL FREE: 1-800-247-7863 www.farmandranchrealty.com 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 November 1, 2013 KiowaCountyPress.com 11

Commissioner's - Con tin ued from page 11 There was dis cus sion re gard ing the gravel pits. The County is li a ble for ev ery thing in the pit. Who ever hauls from the pits will have to be in sured and must fol low all MSHW rules and reg u la - tions. Koehler feels that the County is tak ing the in cen tive out of a pri vate individual getting a gravel pit. They ve had a re quest to haul fill dirt to a con - struc tion site and Koehler told them the County would haul one load of gravel; any thing else needed to be hauled by an in de pend ent busi - ness. Any one haul ing from the County pits need to sign a doc u ment re - leas ing the County from any li a bil ity and the Com - mis sion ers feel that the busi ness haul ing should also have $500,000 li a bil - ity, $500,000 for ve hi cles and the min i mum work - man s comp that the State re quires. The Com mis - sion ers will con tinue to dis cuss this mat ter to have a policy in place by the end of November. Koehler made the mo - tion, sec onded by Oswald, to compensate Jack Howard $100 per month as in terim fore man for Dis trict 2, ret ro ac tive back to Sep tem ber 1st, until the Commissioners de cide how many road fore men they are go ing to have in the County. There was dis cus sion re gard ing equipment repairs. Jo Lynn Idler with Pub - lic Health and En vi ron - ment and Lori Gittings, RN/WIC Di rec tor, met with the Commissioners. The WIC pro gram was to ser vice Ki owa County the same as Prowers County. The fund ing was very low so they will not be able to come twice a month as they had hoped. They pre - sented three dif fer ent op - tion plans for ser vic ing WIC in Ki owa County. Op - tion 1: The cost for com - ing once a month for WIC clin ics is $5,002.56 and the state con tract is $2,350.00 (based on 10 cli ents). This leaves a short age of $2,652.56. There are now 25 cli ents (pre vi ously 12 KiowaCountyPress.com November 1, 2013 there were 10 cli ents) but no guar an tee that the State will in crease the con tract to re flect the in - crease in cli ents. Op tion 2: If they come ev ery other month, the to tal cost would be $2,496.48 for a dif fer ence of $146.48. Op tion 3: The third op tion would be ev ery other month, al ter nat ing the cov er age be tween Lori Gittings and Tammie Clark, for a sav ings of $703.84. Tammie s sal ary would come out of Pub lic Health in stead of WIC, thus the sav ings. No vem - ber 6th will be the first WIC Clinic from 9:00 to 3:00. Cli ents need to call Lori Gittings at 336-5454 to make an ap point ment. Af ter fur ther dis cus sion, Koehler made the mo tion, sec onded by Oswald, to go with the third op tion plan, com ing ev ery other month and alternating Lori and Tammie. All Commissioners voted affirmative. In di rect Cost Rate for Pub lic Health was dis - cussed. The Com mis sion - ers need to have the au di - tor ap ply for this. Oswald Take Steps Now to Re duce Win ter Heat ing Bills By Brian Mar tens Atmos En ergy Cor po ra - tion said to day that res i - den tial cus tom ers can take steps now to save money on their heat ing bills come winter. A lit tle plan ning goes a long way when it co mes to TM www.plainsnetworkservices.com E-Mail: service@plainsonline.net Phone: 719-438-2110 re duc ing win ter heat ing bills, said Gary Greg ory, pres i dent of Atmos En - ergy s Col o rado / Kan sas Division. We believe our cus tom ers will see af ford - able prices again this win - ter thanks to the abun - dance of nat u ral gas, but For All Your Technology Needs Office Supply Retailer - Consulting - Software & Hardware Sales - Web Hosting & Design - Personal Shopping Services 1213 Maine Street P.O. Box 403 Eads, Colorado 81036 there are even more ways to save. Us ing en ergy wisely and mak ing a few house - hold changes can cre ate sub stan tial sav ings for cus tom ers, said Greg ory. To learn more, visit: www.atmosenergy.com or fol - low the en ergy-sav ing tips below: En ergy Sav ing Tips Change or clean fur - nace fil ters to day and then once again each month dur ing the heat ing sea son. Fur naces con - sume less en ergy if they breathe more easily. Set your wa ter heater s tem per a ture at 120 de - grees Fahr en heit. Low er - ing the wa ter heater s set ting could cut your wa - ter-heat ing costs by 20 percent. Dur ing the win ter, set your ther mo stat to 70 de - grees Fahr en heit dur ing made the mo tion, sec - onded by Koehler, to have Ron Farmer pur sue the In di rect Cost Rate. Oswald made the mo - tion, sec onded by Koehler, to have the ad - dress 1305 Goff St put on the court house for peo ple com ing in for court, etc. to be able to iden tify the cor rect ad - dress. Oswald made the mo - tion, sec onded by Koehler, to sign the CSBG quar terly per for mance re port for re im burse - ment. Koehler made the mo - tion, sec onded by Oswald, to sign a Mem o ran dum of Un der stand ing with the State De part ment of Hu - man Ser vices Ti tle IV-E. Oswald made the mo - tion, sec onded by Koehler, to ap prove the Applications for Emergency Medical Vehicle Driver Per mits for Elaine Lindholm, Tim Weeks, and Lane Stum. Due to an Oil and Gas train ing in Lamar No - vem ber 12th, the Reg u lar Scheduled Commissioner Meet ing will be re-sched - the day and 58 de grees when away from home for more than a few hours. Close vents and doors in un used rooms and close cab i net and closet doors on out side walls, which can leak a great deal of air. En ergy Man age ment Tools To help cus tom ers man - age their util ity bills, Atmos En ergy of fers sev - eral fea tures on its website at www.atmosenergy.com. En ergy Pro file of fers a per son al ized en ergy-use re port and sav ings advice. En ergy Cal cu la tor es ti - mates how much it costs to op er ate home ap pli - ances. En ergy Li brary pro - vides de tailed in for ma - tion about many en ergy top ics. uled to No vem ber 14th. No vem ber meet ing will now be No vem ber 14th and 29th. Time-off re quest forms were dis cussed. Oswald made the mo tion, sec - onded by Scott, to ap - prove Carla Gifford s time off. Meet ing time for the Com mis sion ers was dis - cussed. Work ses sion will start at 8:30 a.m. to sign vouch ers and the Reg u lar Meet ing will con tinue to be gin at 9:00 a.m. A tem po rary Batch Plant Per mit for as phalt was dis cussed. Oswald made the mo - tion, sec onded by Koehler, to add Den nis Pearson to the war rant ac count at the bank and to change the em ployee ID num ber gov ern ment body from County of Ki - owa, Of fice of County Commissioners to County of Kiowa. With no fur ther busi - ness, Oswald made the motion, seconded by Koehler, to ad journ at 3:30 En ergy Ad vi sor an - swers en ergy ques tions [from an Atmos En ergy ex pert]. En ergy Com par i son Tool lets you com pare an - nual en ergy use and costs. En ergy Sav ings Tips shows a num ber of easy ways to save en ergy at home. En ergy As sis tance If you are hav ing trou ble pay ing your util ity bill, please visit our website to learn more about en ergy as sis tance pro grams. Low ]in come cus tom - ers are el i gi ble for fed eral en ergy as sis tance through the Low In come Home En ergy As sis tance Pro gram (LIHEAP), which helps pay en ergy bills and weatherize homes.

Pub lic No tice NOTICE OF BUDGET No tice is hereby given that: A pro - posed bud get has been sub mit ted to the Ki owa County Pub lic Li brary Dis trict Board of Trust ees for the en su ing year of 2014; a copy of such pro posed bud get has been filed in the of fice of the Ki owa County Pub lic Li brary, where same is open for pub lic in spec tion; such pro posed bud get will be con sid - ered at the reg u lar meet ing of the Ki owa County Pub lic Li brary Dis - trict Board of Trust ees to be held in the Ki owa County Pub lic Li brary on Monday, No vem ber 18, 2013 at 5:00 P.M. Any in ter ested elec tor of such Ki - owa County Pub lic Li brary Dis trict may in spect the pro posed bud get and file or reg is ter any ob jec tions thereto at any time prior to the fi nal adop tion of the bud get. Published November 1, 2013 In the Ki owa County Press Pub lic No tice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS 38-38-103 Fore clo sure Sale No. 02-2013 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 Au gust 14, 2013, the un der - signed Pub lic Trustee caused the No tice of Elec tion and De mand re - lat ing 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) Chad W. Ray & Kristeen K. Ray Original Beneficiary(ies) First Na - tional Bank In Lamar Cur rent Holder of Ev i dence of Debt Frontier Bank Date of Deed of Trust Au gust 18, 2000 County of Re cord ing Ki owa Re cord ing Date of Deed of Trust Au gust 18, 2000 Recording Information (Reception Num ber) 258103 Book: 428 Page: 954-962 Original Principal Amount $10,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $7,958.74 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: LOT FIVE (5), BLOCK FIVE (5), OF RE1NERT AND WIL LIAMS AD DI - TION TO THE TOWN OF EADS, 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: 606 Hickman Street, Eads, CO 81036. THE PROP ERTY DE SCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROP ERTY CUR RENTLY EN CUM BERED 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, 12/11/2013, 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 10/18/2013 Last Pub li ca tion 11/15/2013 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: 08/14/2013 Steve K. Baxter, Pub lic Trustee in and for the County of Ki owa, State of Colorado By: 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 attomey(s) rep re - sent ing the le gal holder of the in - debt ed ness is: Kettelkamp, Young & Kettelkamp, P.C. 201 W. 8th Street, Suite 540, Pueblo, CO 81003-3034 (719) 543-4321 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. www.kiowacounty-colorado.com Pub lic No tice NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION No tice is hereby given that: a pro - posed Res o lu tion for a Sup ple - mental Budget and Appropriation has been sub mit ted to the Ki owa County Pub lic Li brary Dis trict Board of Trust ees for the cur rent 2013 year for the pur pose of ex - pending unappropriated revenue. The unappropriated revenue in the amount of $6,300 will be used for operating expenses, salaries. Cop ies of such pro posed Sup ple - mental Budget and Appropriation have been filed in the of fice of Ki - owa County Pub lic Li brary Dis trict, where same are avail able and open for pub lic in spec tion. Such pro - posed Supplemental Budget and Appropriation will be considered at the Ki owa County Pub lic Li brary Dis trict Board of Trust ees meet ing to be held at Ki owa County Pub lic Li brary, 1305 Goff, Eads, Col o rado, 81036 On Mon day, No vem ber 18, 2013, at 5:00 P.M. Any in ter ested elec tor of Ki owa County Pub lic Li brary Dis trict may inspect the proposed Supplemen - tal Budget and Appropriation and file or reg is ter any ob jec tions thereto at any time prior to the fi nal adoption of the Supplemental Budget and Appropriation. Published November 1, 2013 In the Ki owa County Press 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 Tuesdays. ACCEPTING BIDS Plainview school is ac cept ing sealed bids on the fol low ing ve - hi cles: 2003 Freightliner Thomas 41 pas sen ger bus, with 101,593 miles. 2001 GMC Blue bird 29 pas sen ger bus, with 79,389 miles. Sealed bids must be re - ceived by 4, No vem ber 7, 2013 at Plainview School, 13997 County Road 71, Sheridan Lake, CO, 81071. Plainview School re - serves the right to re ject any or all bids. For more in for ma tion call 719-729-3331. FOR SALE - AG John Deere 4840 trac tor- Very low hours, Ex cel lent trac tor. Call 719-727-4663 or 719-691-5043. FOR SALE - AUTOS 07 Ford Edge V-6, clean, loaded, 81678 miles. Re tail book price $15,975, our price $13,000. Rich Hockett 719-438-5494. Pub lic No tice TOWN OF EADS At the Reg u lar Meet ing of the Town of Eads Board of Trust ees held Tues day, Oc to ber 8th, 2013, the fol low ing bills were ap proved for pay ment: General, Salaries.... $9,209.95 Water, Salaries..... $3,621.00 Utility, Salaries..... $1,129.12 Conservation Trust, Salaries.......... $117.39 Airport, Salaries...... $44.30 Management Agreement Paid by Unity Vil lage.... $1,132.00 U.S.P.S., Of fice Ex pense $128.70 Town of Eads, Util i ties.. $773.34 Waddell & Reed, Re tire ment & Addl. Re tire ment.... $781.22 Eads Auto Sup ply, Sup plies & Re pairs......... $895.77 Fair Point, Util i ties..... $35.89 Eastern Slope, Utilities. $279.39 Kiowa Press, Advertising. $33.05 UniFirst, Cloth ing Allowance........ $208.48 Ki owa County, Po lice Con tract Services........ $4,500.00 Kan sas State Bank, Lease Pay ment........ $4,537.46 RMHP, In sur ance... $4,635.72 UNCC, Sup plies...... $8.15 Visa, Sup plies and Education........ $313.80 Verizon, Utilities..... $198.16 HD Sup ply, Sup plies.. $680.00 MY Whole sale Prod., www.kiowacountypress.com Supplies......... $328.75 DPC Industries, Supplies.. $6.00 Plains Net work, Of fice Expense.......... $85.00 Mobile Record Shredders, Office Expense...... $100.80 Xerox, Of fice Sup plies.. $131.23 SE&EC, Recycling.... $289.17 H&H Wa ter, Test ing.... $54.00 HACH, Sup plies..... $155.68 PCCHD, Wa ter Test ing.. $20.00 SECPA, Utilities.... $7,299.29 CAMCA, Train ing..... $40.00 KCEDF, Eco nomic Development..... $7,500.00 CMVD, Fees........ $15.00 CIRSA, In sur ance... $6,970.41 Shawn Bletzacker, Supplies......... $100.00 Kayla McLoud Office Assistant Town of Eads Published November 1, 2013 In the Ki owa County Press Subscription Delivery at the Speed of Light! Convert your existing print subscription, or start a new e-mail subscription online now! Only $18.00 per year! Kiowa County Press (719) 438-5800 Classifieds FOR SALE - HOMES For Sale by Owner in Eads, CO 4/2/1, full base ment with liv ing area, sunroom, freestanding fire - place, large cor ner lot. Con tact Den nis Singer 806-935-7229 or Kim Rich ards 719-688-1437. HELP WANTED Weisbrod Me mo rial County Hos - pi tal in Eads, Col o rado is ac cept - ing ap pli ca tions for part-time or full time Cer ti fied Nurse Aides. Great ben e fits. For fur ther in for - ma tion, please con tact Jodi or Human Resources at 719-438-5401. Eads Con sum ers Sup ply is ac - cepting applications for an office as sis tant. Job is for 32 to 40 hours per week. Job ap pli ca tion may be picked up at our of fice. Applicants will be interviewed and cho sen by Board of Di rec - tors. Deadline for application is No vem ber 5, 2013, but may be ex tended at the dis cre tion of the Board of Directors. Ki owa County Road and Bridge has one full time job open ing for a Road and Bridge Equip ment Op - er a tor in Dis trict 3 (Haswell). Ap - plication and job description can be picked up at the Ki owa County Commissioner s Office. Applications must be returned to the Ki owa County Com mis - sioner s Of fice, Eads Court house, 1305 Goff Street, PO Box 100, Eads, Colorado 81036, 719-438-5810 no later than noon on No vem ber 14, 2013. We re - serve the right to re ject any and all applications. EOE. MISC I have CRP Buy ers and need list - ings. Rich ard Grant ham Re alty, Ordway, CO 81061. 719-267-9921. LANDFILL WINTER Starting Nov. 6 Wednesday Thursday Saturday 8:00 a.m.-4:30 Sunday 1:00-4:30 Closed if wind is 20 mph or muddy conditions CLOSED: Noon to 12:30 November 1, 2013 KiowaCountyPress.com 13

De struc tive Tree Pest De tected in Col o rado By Christi Lightcap An invasive insect re - spon si ble for the death or de cline of tens of mil lions of ash trees in 21 states has been de tected in Col - o rado for the first time. A sus pect tree was spot - ted in Boul der County on Sep tem ber 23rd by City of Boul der For estry staff. In - sect spec i mens from the ash tree were col lected and sent to the United States De part ment of Ag - riculture (USDA) Systematic Entomology Labora - tory where the iden tity of the insects was confirmed. The confirmation of these spec i mens as em - er ald ash borer (EAB) marks the west ern-most oc cur rence of this in va - sive pest in North Amer - ica, said Pat rick McPherren, USDA State Plant Health Di rec tor in Col o rado. To date Col o - rado is the fourth State to de tect EAB in 2013. The first step will be to de ter mine how wide - spread its pres ence is, said CDA s Plant In spec - tion Division Director, Mitch Yergert. We have a plan in place to quickly re - spond in or der to pro tect Col o rado s ash trees. Ad di tional steps will in - volve ini ti at ing a quar an - tine in the reg u lated area to pre vent the move ment of all ash tree prod ucts and hard wood fire wood. The Colorado Depart - ment of Agriculture will also ex pand ef forts to de - tect the de struc tive bug. CDA has been trap ping for EAB for five years; ad - di tional ef forts will now in clude bark in spec tions and tree sam pling. Of fi - cials will also step up education and outreach efforts. The em er ald ash borer (EAB) is a small, green me tal lic bee tle first de - tected in North Amer ica in 2002 in south east ern Mich i gan. The em er ald ash borer at tacks only Planning a trip? ash trees and all ash spe - cies in clud ing green, white, black and blue are at risk. Signs of em er - ald ash borer in fes ta tion in clude a gen eral de cline in the ap pear ance of the tree, thin ning of up per branches and twigs, loss of leaves, and ser pen tine tun nels pro duced by EAB lar vae un der the bark. Woodpeckers may often be ob served re mov ing the bark of infested trees to access the larvae. The pub lic can play a vi tal role in pre vent ing the spread of this de - struc tive bug by sim ply not mov ing fire wood, said Yergert. EAB lar vae can sur vive un der neath the bark of ash fire wood, and when it s moved from one place to an other, the pest can hitch hike to a new lo ca tion. Fur ther - more, it s im por tant to note that trees be gin to de cline a bit dur ing fall months but there are cer - tain fea tures of a EAB-in - fested tree that residents can look for. It is pos si ble that EAB could in fest an ash tree for 3 or 4 years be fore vis i - ble signs of de cline of the tree. If an ash tree is ex - pe ri enc ing die back or look ing un healthy, res i - dents are en cour aged to have it ex am ined by a pro - fes sional tree com pany, con tact CDA, or their city or county forestry office. If you think you have EAB in your ash trees, or if you have any ques tions or con cerns, or would like ad di tional in for ma tion, please con tact the Col o - rado De part ment of Ag ri - cul ture at 888-248-5535 or email CAPS.program@state.co.us. Purchasing a home? Need a new vehicle? These are all things we can help you with. We can advise you on different ways of obtaining your goals. Whether it be in the form of loans or helping you open a checking account, or a savings account, rent a safety deposit box for those important papers or provide you with a cup of coffee and a friendly chat about your growing needs. Our customers are our most important asset, and helping you reach your financial goals in life means we ve succeeded. Stop by and see how we can help you! Mike and Mar tha John son on the left ac cept a let ter of mem ber ship and Eads Bucks from Cham ber of Com - merce Vice Pres i dent, John Courkamp, and con grat u la - tions for open ing a new busi ness in Eads. Also greet ing the John son s at their J and J Li quor Store on 14th Street are: Sean Lening and Do ris Lessenden. The John son s have con structed a Drive-by win dow on the west side of the store where they can hand out soda pop, li quors, and other items. When a cus tomer buys $15.00 of prod ucts, they get a free bag of ice. The John - son s con tinue to work their ranch north west of Eads since they moved here 10 years ago from Texas with their three daugh ters. (C of C Photo) 1220 Maine P.O. Box 847 Eads, Colorado 81036 719-438-5331 Member FDIC Music to Your Ears: Quick Sales with Press Classified Ads! For as little as $3.00 per week, you can reach hundreds of people across southeast Colorado Call 719-438-5800 14 KiowaCountyPress.com November 1, 2013