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Lamar Chamber Accepts Citizen of Year Nominations
Lamar Chamber of Commerce – Citizen of the Year Nomination Requirements The following criteria will be used by a confidential panel to select the recipient of the 2011 CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARD. Purpose – The award is intended to honor a person that makes a substantial contribution to the Prowers County area. As a […]
Canyons and Plains Video Finding Wider Audience
Judy Walden and Mary Root of SECORHT, Southeast Colorado Regional Heritage Tourism, visited with board members of the Prowers Lodging Tax Panel this past Tuesday, December 13, thanking them for their past financial support. They also distributed cd’s of the videos highlighting heritage tourism sites in southeast Colorado, honored this year by winning the […]
Chamber Honkers Visit Lamar City Administrator Bill Pfeilsticker
City Administrator Bill Pfeilsticker is officially welcomed by the Lamar Chamber of Commerce Honkers. Pfeilsticker came to Lamar just over three years ago as Deputy Administrator and became City Administrator earlier this year. Pictured are Chamber Board members, Axel Thurner and Lisa Thomas along with Lamar Chamber Honkers Cheryl Preisser and Vincent Gearhart with Bill […]
Runnin’ Lopes Basketball – Men’s Mid Season Update
The Lamar Community College Men’s Basketball Team has closed out the first half of their schedule with a disappointing 4-8 record. The Runnin’ Lopes have played a tough schedule with 8 of their 12 games on the road and taking on 4 teams that have appeared in the NJCAA national polls. “We are definitely not […]
Business of the Week – Carla’s Dress Shop
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 Carla’s Dress Shop at 213 Main Street in Lamar, owned and operated by Carla Spitz. Carla’s, 213 South Main Street, downtown Lamar, just […]
Lamar Re-2 School Board Certifies Student Count, 2011 Mill Levies
Board members for the Lamar RE-2 School District reviewed various finances during their Monday night meeting, December 12. Superintendent Dave Tecklenburg said the board certified the mill levy, as set by the state for Tax Year 2011, at 19.595, the same as 2010. This year’s budget and the next year was also discussed in light […]
DECA Students Distribute Winter Coats
Christmas came early again this year for numerous Washington and Parkview Elementary school students in Lamar this past Tuesday, December 13. Since October, Lamar High School DECA students have had coat donation sites set up around town for distribution just prior to the holiday break. The drop off sites were at Alco, the Lamar Community Building, […]
Chamber Honkers Visit Massage Therapy
Recently the Lamar Chamber of Commerce Honkers and Board of Directors visited Massage Therapy, a New Business owned and operated by Leigh Ann Neilsen. Leigh Ann performs many different forms of message therapy from a simple back rub to warm stone therapy. Massage Therapy is available by appointment only and you can reach Leigh Ann […]
Light Plant Layoffs in January, Online Schedule Pushed Back to Summer
In a reluctant unanimous vote, Lamar Utility Board of Directors approved resolution 1201 during their Tuesday meeting, December 13, to ‘Implement a Reduction in Force’. Light Plant Superintendent Rick Rigel said the employee reduction, brought about by a budget reduction from ARPA, will affect 13 employees who will be notified effective January 1, 2012. Rigel […]
November Hydrology Report from NWS, Pueblo
Fall storms have brought limited relief in drought conditions over portions of southeast Colorado. However, it has not been sufficient to totally overcome the extremely dry 2010-2011 fall and winter seasons, especially on the southeast Colorado Plains. The current U.S. Drought Monitor now confines exceptional (D4) Drought Conditions to extreme southeastern Baca County with extreme […]
Prowers County Sheriff’s Report, November 2011
The Prowers County Sheriff’s Department made 300 service calls for November, 2011. Of those, 146 calls were in Lamar, 27 in Holly, Wiley had 14 and there were 109 calls made in the County. Forty-three calls in Lamar were jail related and 19 warrant arrests were issues. There were two calls for fraud or forgery […]
Council Approves City Energy-Water Study
The Lamar Redevelopment Authority Board met to approve a resolution to appropriate funds for their 2012 budget. City Treasurer Linda Rohlman said the money is expected from collections of property taxes in the Urban Renewal District. Revenues are anticipated to be $128,531 with operating expenditures expected to be the same for four local business interests: […]
Chamber Honkers Visit Scott Reed at Community State Bank
Scott Reed, the new president of the Community State Bank was welcomed by the Chamber of Commerce Honkers and Board Members. Community State Bank is located at 717 North Main Street in Lamar. For all your banking needs, you can contact the Community State Bank at 719-336-3272 or visit their website at: http://www.csb-lamar.com/ Pictured are […]
Walsh Boys, Eads Girls Win 48th Annual Holiday Tournament
The 48th Annual Lamar Chamber of Commerce, Holiday Basketball Tournament will be played this Thursday through Saturday, December 15-17 at the Lamar Community Building. Friday’s games begin at 10am and the Saturday championship games are scheduled for 8pm for the Girls Tournament and 9:30 for the Boys. The Consolation Championships will be played at […]
Wreaths Ceremony Honors Military at Fairmount Cemetery
The first annual Wreaths Across America ceremony was held this past Saturday in the Veteran’s Section of Fairmount Cemetery in Lamar. Just under 100 residents attended the 10am observation. Despite the sunny skies, the gathering ignored the frigid temperature, which hovered in the low 20s. The placing of Christmas wreaths at the headstones of […]
Simple Pleasures
There’s a line in a classic oldie from singer James Taylor’s, “Sweet Baby James”, about how, “the Berkshires were dream-like on account of that frostin”. He was referring to how that western Massachusetts County appeared to him one winter morning as he hit the road to go on tour. Portions of Prowers County offered that […]
Lamar School Board Meets this Evening
The Lamar RE-2 school board has a brief agenda to attend to this Monday evening, December 12. The board is expected to certify mill levies for the 2011 Tax Year and will certify the student population count, taken from this past October for the 2011-2012 year. Other agenda items include acceptance of the resignations of […]
Lamar Council-Redevelopment Authority Meets Monday
The Lamar Redevelopment Authority will meet at 6pm, prior to the city council’s work session this evening. The brief meeting will allow for a resolution appropriating monies needed for the Authority’s 2012 budget. The sums are those expected by the City Treasurer, to be collected from property taxes, $128,531. The Work Session, scheduled for 6:15pm, […]
LCC Softball Rings for Salvation Army
The Lamar Community College Softball team rang bells for the Salvation Army on Sunday, December 4th at Lamar Safeway, Thriftway, and Wal-mart. The team raised over $900 between kettles in the three locations. Runnin’ Lopes freshmen Emily Hager (left) and Salina Rowland show their holiday spirit (and cold weather gear) for the project. Photo and […]
ART & ARTIFACTS WINTER DAY CAMP
PRESS RELEASE Big Timbers Museum hosted the Art & Artifacts Winter Day on Saturday, December 10, 2011. Over 40 kids and adults attended the event to make holiday ornaments and decorate Marshmallow – Sugar Cookie Snowmen.