Archive for December 12th, 2011
Pat Robinette…March 20, 1942 – December 9, 2011
Services for former Lamar and Sterling, Colorado resident, currently of Brush, Pat Robinette are pending at the Peacock Funeral Home. Pat was born on March 20, 1942 at Denver, Colorado and passed away on December 9, 2011 at her home in Brush, Colorado with her family by her side at age 69. […]
Lois M. Greinke…May 23, 1919 – December 9, 2011
Funeral services for recent Syracuse, Kansas resident Lois Mae Greinke are pending with the Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home in Winter Park, Florida. Burial will follow in the All Faiths Memorial Park Cemetery in Casselberry, FL. Per the family’s request there will be no local visitation. Lois was born May 23, 1919 at Beaver Falls, […]
Walsh Boys, Eads Girls Win 48th Annual Holiday Tournament
The 48th Annual Lamar Chamber of Commerce, Holiday Basketball Tournament will be played this Thursday through Saturday, December 15-17 at the Lamar Community Building. Friday’s games begin at 10am and the Saturday championship games are scheduled for 8pm for the Girls Tournament and 9:30 for the Boys. The Consolation Championships will be played at […]
Wreaths Ceremony Honors Military at Fairmount Cemetery
The first annual Wreaths Across America ceremony was held this past Saturday in the Veteran’s Section of Fairmount Cemetery in Lamar. Just under 100 residents attended the 10am observation. Despite the sunny skies, the gathering ignored the frigid temperature, which hovered in the low 20s. The placing of Christmas wreaths at the headstones of […]
Simple Pleasures
There’s a line in a classic oldie from singer James Taylor’s, “Sweet Baby James”, about how, “the Berkshires were dream-like on account of that frostin”. He was referring to how that western Massachusetts County appeared to him one winter morning as he hit the road to go on tour. Portions of Prowers County offered that […]
Lamar School Board Meets this Evening
The Lamar RE-2 school board has a brief agenda to attend to this Monday evening, December 12. The board is expected to certify mill levies for the 2011 Tax Year and will certify the student population count, taken from this past October for the 2011-2012 year. Other agenda items include acceptance of the resignations of […]
Lamar Council-Redevelopment Authority Meets Monday
The Lamar Redevelopment Authority will meet at 6pm, prior to the city council’s work session this evening. The brief meeting will allow for a resolution appropriating monies needed for the Authority’s 2012 budget. The sums are those expected by the City Treasurer, to be collected from property taxes, $128,531. The Work Session, scheduled for 6:15pm, […]
