Author Archive for Russ Baldwin
Pedal the Plains Schedule in Lamar
Pedal The Plains Schedule @ Lamar: Friday, September 20: Lamar Lamar Community Lunch at HQ Site @ Community Bldg: 12:00pm-4:00pm Town/Hotel Shuttles: 12:00pm-10:00pm Lamar Community Dinner at Entertainment Site @ Lamar Chamber/Welcome Center Bldg: 5:00pm-9:00pm Entertainment Site Activities: 2:00pm-10:00pm Beer Garden Food Vendor Expo Enchanted Forest – Craft Vendors & Family Fun Entertainment […]
CDOT By-Passes the Lamar Reliever Route
Concerns over the potential economic impact of a Lamar Bypass, expressed this past summer by city and county officials as well as local business owners and citizens, has become moot in light of the Lamar Reliever Route being taken off the table for funding. Most of the money is going to the Front Range with […]
Governor Hickenlooper Visiting Holly, Friday, September 20
Governor Hickenlooper has planned a visit to the Holly Senior and Community Center at 129 South Main in Holly, Friday, September 20. The Governor will hold an Open Town Forum for about 35 to 45 minutes beginning at 1:30pm, Friday afternoon. Following the forum, he has several tour stops planned for the Holly and southeast […]
Granada Residents Discuss SECPA Utility Sale
Granada residents will decide in a special election next April, whether they wish to sell their electric utility system to SECPA, Southeast Colorado Power Association. Currently, the town purchases its power from SECPA and resells it to local customers. Selling the system back to SECPA would eliminate the town as a middle man. Richard Wilson, […]
Letter to the Editor: Lamar Reliever Route
Dear Editor: Concerning the proposed Lamar Reliever Route, some have claimed that a truck bypass would divert traffic from Main Street, and hurt downtown businesses. This is a valid concern, and should be taken seriously. I’m sure we can all agree that our long term economic well-being is tied to the federal highways that […]
Here Come the Riders!!
Lamar may experience a brief traffic snarl for a while this Friday afternoon, September 20, when approximately 1,000 bicyclists converge on the city for the second annual Pedal the Plains event in Colorado. Southeast Colorado was selected as the destination for 2013 with riders making a weekend loop from Eads, to Lamar, to La Junta […]
County Lodging Panel Funds October Events
Four events in the Prowers County community received either partial or full funding from the Prowers County Lodging Tax Panel during their monthly meeting, Tuesday, September 17. The funds are used for marketing and advertising future events in hope of drawing visitors to the county from outlying areas. Marge Creech represented the Holly Bluegrass […]
Patricia Colleen Tyree…July 4, 1938 – September 6, 2013
Horber Funeral Chapel Memorial services for Patricia Tyree, affectionately known as Colleen, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, September 20, 2013 at the Nazarene Church in Las Animas, Colorado. Patricia Colleen (Shannon) Tyree was born July 4, 1938 in Alexander, ND to Elmo D. “Ed” and Hildegard A. Shannon. She passed […]
Letter to the Editor (on 51st State Proposal)
Editor: I read with interest your report and your editorial on the meeting with the county commissioners regarding the 51’st state proposal. Are we supposed to believe it will all be good for us when we get rid of all those State of Colorado jobs and facilities in the counties and those stinky regulations […]
Northside Park Playground is Open for Business
In the span of a morning and part of an afternoon, a several month long project to build a new playground in Lamar was completed. This past Saturday, September 14, was known as ‘build day’ for about 300 volunteers who contributed their time to assemble and erect playground equipment at the Northside Park in Lamar. […]
6th Annual Hasty Daze Saturday, September 21
Now that all the work is completed on Highway 50, residents and visitors can drive right into Hasty on Saturday, September 21 and enjoy themselves with a day full of family oriented activities. No need to cook breakfast, as the McClave Volunteer Fire Department will serve pancakes from 7am to 9am that morning, just […]
Honoring Those Who Serve
The Second Annual Tri State 9/11 Remembrance program brought the region together this past Saturday, September 14, to honor veterans and a variety of First Responders. The recent rains through our area may have lessened the number of parade entries and vendors on Saturday, and caused some last minute adjustments to activities at the Prowers […]
LCC Hosting 5th Frontier History Encampment
Every two years since 2005, a time machine at Lamar Community College drops back over 200 years revealing almost a century of Western Americana between 1800 and 1890, brought to life. Visitors can enrich their understanding of how the way things were, October 4 and 5 at LCC during the bi-annual Frontier History Encampment. […]
County Discusses Emergency Trailer Responsibilities, Sells Antique Wagons
How to best share an emergency operations trailer among county responders was the topic of discussion for Prowers County Commissioners Thursday, September 12, with Staffon Warn, Emergency Operations Manager for the County and Prowers County Sheriff Jim Faull. The trailer is owned by the county, but was recently donated to The City of […]
51st Colorado State Proposed to Prowers County Commissioners
A movement is underway in Colorado to develop a 51st state. Eleven counties out of the state’s 64 are entertaining the idea of a legal separation from Colorado to develop a state which offers greater rural representation for its residents versus the high population density along the Front Range cities. The Prowers County Commissioners met […]
Granada Hosting Discussion on Electric Utility Sale at Town Meeting
The Granada Board of Trustees have scheduled a public hearing for community residents to discuss the sale of Granada’s electric utility system. The meeting will be held in the Granada Complex on Wednesday, September 18 at 6:30pm. Representatives from Southeast Colorado Power Authority will be on hand to discuss the proposal and answer questions […]
Opal Conley…November 17, 1920 – September 10, 2013
Funeral services for Holly, Colorado resident, Opal Conley will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, September 13, 2013 at Valley Memorial Funeral Chapel in Holly, Colorado. Pastor Eugene Birt will officiate. Burial will follow in the Holly Cemetery. Visitation for Opal will be held from 1p.m. -7 p.m. on Thursday, September 12, 2013 […]
August Drought Update from Pueblo National Weather Service
The summer monsoon helped alleviate some drought conditions across southeast Colorado, but more precipitation will be needed to offset the deficits of the past two years of drought. The current U.S. Drought Monitor shows improvement, especially in the Pike’s Peak region, eastern mountains and adjacent plains. Some areas saw summer precipitation totals at 150 […]
City Sales Tax Shows Modest Increase
Although City Sales Tax for Lamar dropped 1.86% this past July, Total Sales and Use Tax Collections were up 1.82% for a gain of $4,781 over the same month last year. General City Sales Tax was off $4,779 for that same period, but made the gain in Use Taxes and other categories. Total taxes collected […]
Prowers County August 2013 Sheriff Report
The Prowers County Sheriff’s Office responded to 316 calls for service in August, 2013, with 157 from Lamar, 97 from the County, 20 from Holly and 12 from Wiley. Twenty-eight papers and restraining orders were served in Lamar, 68 calls were jail related, 14 were for warrant arrests and two were for various […]