Archive for October 19th, 2012
Antelope Classic Yields Fun & Funds for Foundation
(Lamar, Colorado; October 17, 2012) Seventeen teams competed Saturday, October 13th in the Lamar Community College Foundation Antelope Classic Golf Tournament. The college is celebrating its 75th anniversary in the 2012-2013 year, so this year’s tournament was special to all who participated and worked at the tournament. The weather cooperated to yield a beautiful day, […]
Colorado Employment Situation – September 2012
Nonfarm payroll jobs increased 7,000 from August to September to 2,300,200 jobs, according to the survey of business establishments. Private sector payroll jobs increased 4,400 and government increased 2,600. The over the month increase in payroll jobs was driven in large part by greater than expected seasonal gains in private and public sector educational services. […]
Alta Vista Students Rock the Gym
Boy, did they have a good time! The youngest of the Alta Vista school students probably didn’t fully comprehend the award being given to this school this past Tuesday, October 16, but they definitely understood, “It’s time to sing”. The Alta Vista Charter School had the distinction of being the first school in the nation to achieve […]
Letter to the Editor–Water & CO History
Letter to the editor, Prowers Journal: Last Friday, October 12, Colorado Supreme Court Justice Gregory Hobbs was at the Lamar Library to give a talk about water and Colorado. He told me after his presentation that his visit was arranged by Colorado Humanities and the Colorado Foundation for Water Education, of which he is […]
