On Wednesday, October 3rd, Representative Jim Wilson was one of twelve state legislators recognized by Healthier Colorado as a recipient of their 2018 Healthy Communities Award. Healthier Colorado stated, “These twelve legislators planted a flag for healthy communities during the 2018 Legislative Session, coming out on top for their leadership on the most critical health issues facing communities throughout Colorado. In 2018, we saw positive bills aimed at increasing access to affordable school lunches, curbing the opioid crisis, and helping prevent suicides. We also saw troubling bills that promoted tobacco use and would have increased indoor air pollution”. All these bills and more contributed to the legislator’s scores.
Representative Wilson commented, “It is an honor to be recognized by Healthier Colorado for promoting healthy communities. It does not matter who we are or where we are from – we all want to live healthier lives. I was part of a great group of Senators and Representatives”.
Healthier Colorado works to make sure all Coloradoans have an equal chance of a healthy life. They do that by working to change policy – across party lines and with every tool possible – to connect Coloradoans with the policies that affect their health. For further information on Healthier Colorado’s 2018 agenda, check out their Legislative Scorecard.

The House that Neighbors Built
Love Conquers All, Even Great Tragedies

by Fred Hernandez
Exclusive from Sangre de Cristo Sentinel

WESTCLIFFE, Colo.

Tragedy struck with two sharp blows in quick succession.  In November of last year, a son passed away as a result of violence that has the Fremont Police Department still in the process of investigating.  Just weeks later, in December, her home of almost three decades, catches fire from a malfunctioning heater and the flames take away everything she owned including her beloved pet cats. Continue reading The House that Neighbors Built →

Press Release

Custer County School District is in the process of hiring a Vocational Ag/FFA Advisor and is looking for community input. We are putting together a committee of ten community members to help when we begin the hiring process for this position. If you are interested in participating on this committee, please reach out to jack.christensen@ccbobcats.net by September 21st at 12:00 PM. If we have more than ten interested people, we will do a drawing out of a hat in the admin office at 9:00 AM on September 17th to select the members for the committee. Thank you in advance!

-Jack Christensen

Principal of Custer County Schools

by CCHS Coaching Staff

-WESTCLIFFE, Colo.
The CCHS Football team traveled to Elbert Friday night for a non-conference game and the opener to the 2018 season. After a scoreless first half, the Bobcats broke out in the second half to pull out a 20-6 victory.
The first half was a defensive battle as both teams struggled to get their offenses going. “We had very little information on Elbert going into the game,” noted head coach Troy Bomgardner. “So it was adjust on the run and try to figure out their defense and their best players and it took our kids a while but we started to roll in the second half.”
Special teams played a big part in the victory as the Cats continually kept the Bulldogs pinned deep in their own territory with punts by Adam Sapp and great snaps by Jake Morris. Defense played a solid game led by linebackers Cole Budds with 20 tackles and Ray Perez with 18 tackles. Sapp added 16 tackles from his defensive line position. Continue reading Bobcat Gridders Bring Home Victory →