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SDS Holds Annual Open House, Seeks Staff & Contractors
Southeastern Developmental Services held their annual open house for the public this past Thursday, April 2. SDS has been serving Prowers, Baca, Kiowa and Eastern Bent Counties for several decades and recently celebrated their 50 year mark of service to the region. During the open house, Executive Director, Kim Engsberg, spoke about some future developments […]
Show Ring Rookie to National Western Stock Show Fed Beef Champion
By Lacey Mann, CSU 4-H Extension Agent, Bent & Prowers Counties First year 4-H members typically enroll in one or two projects and focus their efforts on the county level with the hope of expanding to the state or national stage in the future. Angelina Rose Downing enrolled in her first year, 2013-2014, with […]
City of Holly Close to Hiring New Administrator, Sets Clean Up Day Date
The Holly Trustees have selected a finalist from the candidates interviewed to serve as Holly Town Administrator, following the resignation late last year of Marsha Willhite. Final details of the negotiations are being worked out and a formal announcement will soon be available. Monday, April 27 has been selected as the town clean-up day […]
Prowers Medical Group Hosts Two Events
Two events were recently held at Prowers Medical Group, an open house to meet medical providers in an informal setting and enjoy some snacks and a celebration of a makeover of the Children’s Waiting Room at the entryway of the PMG Clinic. General Surgeon, Dr. James Smith was on hand to greet and […]
Wind Turbine Project Approved
The five members of the Prowers County Planning Commission, following a March 31st public hearing on a proposed addition to a wind turbine project, voted in favor of approving a special use permit allowing for construction to begin within a year. Pacific Wind Development, LLC, a subsidiary of Iberdrola Renewables, LLC, has plans to construct […]
Time as a Hostage, Margaret Loewen, MD
Dr. Margaret Loewen’s early days as a young pre-teen could easily be made into an adventure novel or movie, based on an event in her life as a child of academics, teaching in the Belgian Congo in the early 1960s. The Prowers Medical Center based doctor recounted her 111 days spent as a hostage […]
Vazquez, Sneller and Robbins Voted to PCDI Board
Holly resident, Kenia Vazquez and Lamar resident, Ryan Sneller were voted to the Prowers County Development Incorporated board of directors during the annual meeting, Friday, March 27. They will be first-time members. Rick Robbins, currently PCDI President, was re-elected with the others, from a field of five nominees. Vazquez and Sneller are replacing Lawrence Brase […]
Granada Trustees Search for Replacement on Board
Shannon Venturi, Granada Trustee, recently submitted her resignation to the Granada Trustees Board, leaving one vacancy for the unexpired term. Venturi took a seat on the board last April, 2014. At this point, there are no nominations and the Trustees will contact potential appointees before an at-large announcement is made for a replacement. The […]
Root Retiring from County Land Use Office
Mary Root is retiring as the Prowers County Land Use Manager, effective May 29 of this year. Root submitted her resignation notice to the Prowers County Commissioners during their March 24 meeting. Root, Keith Siemsen from County Environmental Health and Tammi Clark, County Public Health Director, discussed a possible restructuring of the two departments in […]
Travis Noted at Ford Seminar in Michigan
Jeff Travis of Tri County Ford Lincoln in Lamar CO. recently participated in an intensive, four-day seminar for dealers in Dearborn, Michigan, sponsored by Ford Motor Company. The seminar discussed ways to meet or exceed customer expectations and to help those customers be more completely satisfied every time they visit the dealership to shop, to […]
Grants for County Upgrades Reviewed
Various levels of grant funding for upgrades to Prowers County holdings were discussed with Colorado Main Street Architect, Tim Stroh, during the March 24 commissioner’s meeting. The commissioners are seeking funding to help pay for improvements to the Prowers County Courthouse, Fairgrounds, Annex and WPA buildings on East Maple Street. A DoLA sponsored administration grant […]
The Walls Have Tumbled
Several weeks ago, Students from the One Step Up project at the Lincoln School HOPE Center, voiced concerns about abandoned houses when they hosted a lunch visit for some Lamar City Council members and staff. Several students were working on a Photo Voice photograph project about their activities in the city and had been […]
And They’re Off and Running on Video at the Cow Palace Inn
Off the track betting is coming to Lamar and should be ready to go by mid May. Lamar businesswoman, Becky Schwartz will operate the franchise from the Rodeway Cow Palace Inn, according to motel owner, Doug Thrall. The operation will be set up in the motel and the public will be able to watch simulcast […]
Highway 287 Water Main Repair Project
Water began erupting from Highway 287, almost under the intersection traffic light at Savage and Main Streets last Monday, March 16. Work crews, according to Lamar Public Works Director, Pat Mason, managed to excavate to the five foot long rupture and repair the eight inch water main. It wasn’t an easy task as the main […]
PCDI Board of Director Elections Set for March 27
Three positions on the Prowers County Development Incorporated board of directors will be up for election during the business portion of the annual business meeting, Friday, March 27. The meeting will be held at the Holly High School which will feature a tour of the facilities at 6pm, conducted by members of the […]
News and Notes from Around the Town
The PCDI Annual Banquet will be held Friday, March 27 beginning with 6pm tours of the Holly High School, the dinner and banquet meeting starts at 7pm, including the election of three new board officers. Nominations can be taken from the floor that night. The Friends of the Lamar Library will start their spring […]
Lamar City Council Deals with Pot, Pit Bulls, Ponies, Pets and Property
The passage of Amendment 64 on the state constitution, has required the City of Lamar to review its Municipal Code and identify changes to keep the city’s ordinances regarding marijuana possession and use in compliance with the most recent upgrades to the state’s statutes. The city made some ordinance changes in 2013, but additional changes […]
LPD Conduct Local Drug Bust-Arrest Rhett Lucero
On Monday, 3/23/2015, at approximately 4:00 PM, officers of the Lamar Police Department executed a search warrant at 1701 S. 7th Street. Over the last three months officers have conducted an investigation of marijuana sales from the residence. During the investigation, officers received numerous tips from the community and information from the Geary County […]
Southeast Health Group Describes New Programs for County Commissioners
Connie Brase, Community Liaison for Southeast Health Group, provided a six month assessment for Emergency Transport Services for Prowers County this past Tuesday, March 17. “We wanted to provide figures on usage in Prowers County for emergency transport,” she told the County Commissioners. The figures showed 6,809 miles at a cost of $3,881 between July […]
Lodging Panel Tables All Funding Requests at March Meeting
There’s a line from a country-western song of a few years ago, about there being, “Too much month at the end of the money!” And that might apply to the situation being encountered by the Prowers County Lodging Tax Panel. For the first time in a long time, members of the Prowers County […]