Archive for June 1st, 2012
(Service and Visitation Information) Kenneth L. “Ken” Haskell…November 24, 1926 – May 30, 2012
A celebration of life funeral service for Canon City, Colorado resident and former Lamar resident, Kenneth L. Haskell, affectionately known to many as Ken, will be held at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at the Peacock Family Chapel with Reverend Kathy Leathers of the Holly United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will follow at […]
Valley National Bank is Consolidating Main St. Branch
Valley National Bank in Lamar will close its bank at 411 South Main Street on Monday, July 2, 2012. Denise Carder, Marketing and Operations Officer for the bank said this is a consolidation move, only. With only four employees at the Main Street location, and the other bank only two blocks away at 204 South […]
PCDI Continues Efforts to Sell Washington Street Property
Randle Realty in Lamar now has the exclusive listing for the Prowers County Development Incorporated incentive property. The land and buildings was donated to PCDI by Big R when the company’s corporate headquarters was moved to Pueblo. “Once the listing with Hancock Realty expired, we put out the building out for bid to local realtors,” […]
2012 Relay for Life this Saturday
The Magic of Relay; Dream It, Hope It, Cure It The annual Lamar Relay for Life is set for this weekend at Savage Stadium, June 2 and 3. Organizers hope to raise $85,000 for this year, surpassing last year’s mark of $81,274.23. The 2010 goal was $68,000. A series of different year-long fund-raisers were also […]
Mission Villanueva is Expanding
Contractors laid the finishing touches to a concrete base, site of a future walk-in freezer/cooler at Mission Villanueva in Lamar this past Wednesday, May 23. Proprietor Roberta Masias said this past spring, the restaurant will begin alterations to develop a Cantina on the west side of the restaurant, where a small dining alcove now exists. […]
Letter to the Editor, Re: Riverside Cemetery
To Whom It May Concern: I am writing this letter because I am concerned with the choice that the City of Lamar has made to neglect Riverside Cemetery. On Mother’s Day the weeds were grown up around all of the headstones and when complaints were made about the condition of the cemetery people were told […]
FREE FISHING WEEKEND IS JUNE 2-3
DENVER – With waters warming and rivers running clear, Colorado Parks and Wildlife is inviting anglers young and old to take advantage of Colorado’s annual free fishing weekend this Saturday and Sunday. The agency traditionally sets aside the first full weekend in June to promote sport fishing. For this weekend only, anglers are not required […]
Rabid Fox in Eads, Fifth Rabies Case Confirmed S.E. Case for 2012
RABIES WARNING!! SE Colorado Residents Cautioned About Wildlife with Rabies Prowers County Public Health and Environment (PCPHE) is urging all citizens of SE Colorado to avoid any unnecessary contact with wild animals, especially any that appear to be sick or behaving in an unusual manner. Since the first of the year there have been five […]
May 2012 Hydrology Report from NWS-Pueblo
The snowpack readings almost melted out completely in May. Near the end of the month, automated sensors indicated that snowpack levels were running just 12% of average in the Arkansas Basin and just 3% of average in the upper Rio Grande Basin. Streamflow was generally below average across the Arkansas and upper Rio Grande Basins […]
Out of Gas, Pilot Lands Safely on County Road FF
The pilot of a single engine airplane thought he had enough fuel to make it to the Lamar Airport for a fill-up on Wednesday, May 30, but was about a quart low and a few miles short of his goal. It was a safe landing and according to authorities, the pilot had intended to […]
