All Entries in the "Art" Category
Lamar Library’s Spring Book Sale Offers Ample Selections
Arms laden with books of all kinds, folks who enjoy reading roamed up and down the tables of books on display this past Sunday, April 1, looking for their favorite authors, or searching for a new one at the Lamar Cultural Events Center. The Spring Book Sale, hosted by Friends of the Lamar Library […]
PMC Board Renews Portner’s Contract, Approves Doctor Training Program
Following a lengthy executive session Wednesday, March 28, the Prowers Medical Center Board of Directors voted three to two to extend the one year contract for Dr. Barry Portner, Chief of Staff. Gene Cruikshank, Candy Ruedeman and Marge Campbell voted in favor of renewing Dr. Portner’s contract for another year. James Fairchild, Chief Executive Officer, […]
Prowers Lodging Panel Funds Multiple Events
Seven requests for event funding were approved by the Prowers Lodging Tax Panel during their monthly meeting, Tuesday, March 20, for approximately $47,500. One item, funding the annual Discover Magazine advertisement, was continued until the April meeting. Representatives of the events outlined their need for funding, principally for advertising and some contract fees. The events […]
PMC Offers Stars for Sale
Over time, the newly painted blue walls leading to the east entrance of the New Beginnings Birth Center at Prowers Medical Center will be star-studded. Parents and grandparents are invited to purchase a commemorative star to represent the birth of a new family member. The proceeds will go to the PMC Foundation. The “A […]
CLOSE TO HOME Art Show at The Perk
La Junta, CO—March 1, 2012—Southeast Mental Health Services On Friday night, March 9th, Southeast Mental Health Services sponsored an art show at The Perk coffee house. The art show, “Close to Home,” features paintings and mixed-media dimensional collages made by local artists at workshops held by Colorado Arts of Recovery, a volunteer, statewide nonprofit that […]
Bottom Line Duo to Perform March 5th at LHS Auditorium
The next concert of the 2011-2012 concert season presented by the Southeast Colorado Concert Association takes place on Monday, March 5, 2012, at the Lamar High School Auditorium starting at 7:00 p.m., and features the Bottom Line Duo – husband and wife, Spencer and Traci Hoveskeland – playing a concert of classics and pops on […]
SCOTT WOODS SHOW Coming to Lamar
THE SCOTT WOODS BAND Old Time Country & Fiddle Music “Upbeat” and “Uplifting”. These two words could well describe the SCOTT WOODS SHOW coming to Lamar on Monday, February 20th at 7:00pm at the Lamar High School Auditorium. This outstanding fiddle show is brought here as part of the current concert season being presented by […]
Business of the Week – bettiann’s
You help your community thrive when you shop locally! Be sure to read The Prowers Journal each week when we highlight a featured Business of the Week. This week we spotlight “bettiann’s Gifts and Interiors” at 112 South Main Street in Lamar, owned and operated by Ruthie Esgar. Bettiann’s Gifts & Interiors, 112 South […]
2011 Fantasy Tree – November 19th
The 8th annual Fantasy Tree, fund-raising event for the Domestic Safety Resource Center, will be held on Saturday, November 19th, 2011, 6:00 pm, at the Elks Lodge in Lamar. The Fantasy Tree Fund Raising Committee are Chairman: Lisa Thomas; Vice Chair: Jillane Hixson; Secretary Treasurer: Lori Morlan; and, committee members Cheryl Preisser, Holly Burton, Valerie […]
Painting the Town Red, One Boo at a Time
Click on a picture to see the full-sized image. Ghouls and goblins and their moms and dads were out for the annual Lamar Chamber of Commerce, Moonlight Madness event this past Thursday, October 27. Costumed kids visited the Goblin Wobble, sponsored by Tri State Exchange and hosted at Wild West Athletics on North Main Street. […]
S.E. Colorado Art Guild Autumn Art Show Results
Click on a picture to see a larger image. The Southeast Colorado Art Guild Autumn Art Show was highlighted Thursday evening, October 27, during its week display at the Shore Arts Center on South Main Street in Lamar. Bev Middleton, Guild President said there were 135 entries this year from 47 artists. Cash awards were […]
Business of the Week – Main St. Shoppe
You help your community thrive when you shop locally! Be sure to read The Prowers Journal each week when we highlight a featured Business of the Week. This week we spotlight Main St. Shoppe at 106 South Main in Lamar, owned and operated by Echo Corley. I would like to take this opportunity to introduce […]
SECAG Annual Autumn Art Show
“The SE Colorado Art Guild is preparing for their annual autumn art show which will be held at the Shore Art Center in Lamar, CO, 115 Main Street, Oct. 25 – 29, 2011. All artists are encouraged to enter. Entry will be Oct. 22 from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Shore Art Center. […]
History Comes Alive During the LCC Frontier Encampment
Click on picture to see a larger version. Visitors, young and old, to the Lamar Community College Campus this past Friday and Saturday, had a chance to learn about a buckboard wagon, talk trade with trappers, learn about some Indian tribes from the High Plains, watch a cannon get primed to fire, view a blacksmith […]
College’s WPA Renovation Project Set to Start in October
The historic preservation architects hired to outline a renovation project on the WPA buildings on East Maple Street in Lamar will begin their initial work in early October, according to John Marrin, President of Lamar Community College. Marrin was providing a monthly briefing on LCC activities to the Prowers County Commissioners this past […]
Small Town Fair: Big Time Fun
Photos and Video by Russ Baldwin – Click on a picture to see a larger version of the image. Sights and sounds from this year’s Sand and Sage Fair at the Prowers County Fairgrounds ranged from the Sunday, August 7 concert, featuring Mark Wills and Katie Armiger to the Monday night Gymkhana sponsored by the […]
Miracle of Sight: New art exhibit shows the world through eyes that were once blind
Sample Photos from the exhibit Lamar, Colo. — What if the blind could suddenly see? A unique art exhibit featuring photographs taken by people who were once blind but who can now see because of a corneal transplant opens on Thursday, August 11, at the Sand and Sage Fair in the Centennial Building in Lamar. The exhibit will […]
Windmillers’ Trade Fair Wraps Up Annual Event in Lamar
Flatbeds and pick-up trucks and cars with out-of-state license plates from Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska and some from Colorado were on hand at the Prowers County Fairgrounds this past Wednesday through Friday. Visitors were in Lamar for the 23rd Annual Windmillers’ Trade Fair, an opportunity for enthusiasts to display their collectables and view all the other […]
Youth Art Display at Community State Bank
Mittie Helm and Tracy Long, employees at Community State Bank, review art work completed by Lamar school children who participated in arts after-school programming 2010-2011 through the Partners for Hope Center. The works are on display in the bank lobby on north Main Street, Lamar. The children worked in acrylic paint using their imaginations, photographs […]
Holly Hosts 9th Annual Free Blue Grass Festival June 10 – 12
Gateway Park is being groomed to its finest, the new stage is ready for the lineup of bands, school classes are getting ready for their concessions, the committee has mailed out over a thousand flyers on the festival and all we need is for you to bring you lawn chair, tappin’ toe, hungry appetite for […]