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Honkers Welcome New Planning & Community Development Director
On October 25th the Lamar Honkers stopped by the City Complex to welcome Roberto Becerill to Lamar and to his new position as Planning & Community Development Director for the City of Lamar. Roberto has experience and ideas that Lamar will benefit from now and in the future. Following is some basic information on Roberto. […]
Farm City Banquet to Feature Clare Dunn
Lamar Chamber of Commerce is proud to present the Annual Farm City Banquet taking place this Friday, November 15th at the Lamar Community Building. This year’s event will feature Clare Dunn performing live. Clare is coming home all the way from Nashville to be part of this great annual event! The Lamar FFA students will be working hard […]
Some Drought Improvement in Early Fall for Southeast Colorado
A wet summer, combined with good early season snowfall across the higher terrain and cool temperatures through October has allowed for continued improvement in drought conditions across south central Colorado, but there has not been as much precipitation for southeastern plains counties. The National Weather Service out of Pueblo reports Moderate D1 Drought […]
Honkers Recognize Two New Fire Engineers/EMTs
On October 18th the Lamar Honkers made a visit to the Lamar Fire Department to recognize the promotion of two new Fire Engineers/EMTs to the Lamar Fire Department. After extensive training under the supervision of Fire Chief Marshal Cook, Geoff Newman and Jordan Kemp were promoted to their new positions and duties in mid-September. Congratulations […]
Delimitation of Emerald Ash Borer Starts Nov. 4 in Boulder
In late September, the emerald ash borer (EAB), an invasive pest of ash trees was identified within the city limits of Boulder. Since that time, staff from the City of Boulder Forestry Division and the Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) have worked cooperatively to complete a visual assessment of all public and private ash […]
Sheriff Expresses Concern About Drug Use in Prowers County
The Prowers County Commissioners heard about the work of the Domestic Safety Resource Center from Lisa Thomas and Lisa Mendenhall and were invited to attend the 10th Annual Fantasy Tree fundraising event at the Lamar Elks Lodge on November 23. Thomas is the chairperson of the event and Mendenhall is the director of the Resource […]
Financial Upswing Noted for Holly Community
The town of Holly is experiencing a spurt in prosperity with increases in revenues from three areas. Marsha Willhite, Town Administrator, informed the Trustees at their monthly meeting, Wednesday, November 6, that an increase in revenue from dirt deposits at the town landfill are higher than expected when the 2013 budget had been […]
Fire Department Incident Reports November 7, 2013
Monday, November 4 At 9:16 am on November 4, fire personnel were dispatched to an oil or other combustible liquid spill located at 624 East Oak Street in Lamar. Upon arrival, fire crew found approximately five quarts of oil spilled across the driveway and into the gutter. They proceeded to cover the spill with oil […]
PMC Birth Announcements November 6, 2013
Kaitlei Beakley of Lamar, Colorado announces the birth of baby boy, Bentley Evan Beakley. Born on November 4, 2013 at 6:12pm at Prowers Medical Center. Bentley weighed 8 pounds and 12.5 ounces and was 21.5 inches in length. Grandparents are Keith and Kristell Stegman. Dr. Barry Portner was the attending physician.
Results of Limited Contests for Local Elections
Only several issues were before Prowers County voters for the November 5 General Election held yesterday. This marked the first all mail-in balloting which will become the norm for the state in the future. Prowers County had 6,914 registered voters for this year’s Coordinated Election. Most of the decisions centered on school board members […]
PMC Auxiliary Welcomes 2013-2014 Scholarship Recipients
Members of the Prowers Medical Center Auxiliary welcomed its 2013-2014 PMC Auxiliary Scholarship recipients to their meeting on Monday, November 4th. The PMC Auxiliary Scholarship recipients are Deborah Buck, Jessica Hyatt, Andrew (AJ) Johnson, and Brandon Sherwood, all second level Nursing students at Lamar Community College. Each year the Auxiliary works tirelessly to fundraise for […]
Lamar Chamber of Commerce Seeking Board Members
LAMAR, COLORADO – The Lamar Chamber of Commerce is seeking business and community professionals, interested and willing to dedicate their time, energy, and expertise, to serve on the Lamar Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. Candidates must be willing to serve a three year term, beginning January 1, 2014. The Chamber Board of Directors annually […]
Fire Department Incident Reports November 5, 2013
Saturday, November 2 At 7:45 am on November 2, fire personnel were dispatched to a CO detector activation located at 410 North 12th Street in Lamar. Fire crew checked the house with a gas analyzer and it read zero throughout the house. The CO detector was removed, inspected, and determined to likely be faulty. Atmos […]
PMC Birth Announcements November 5, 2013
Felicia Osborn and Rigo Cisneros of Lamar are proud to announce the birth of their baby boy. Emmett John Cisneros was born at 8:06pm on October 31, 2013. Emmett weighed 8 lb 3 oz and measured 20.5 inches long. He has a new brother Elijah and is welcomed to the family by his grandparents Buddy […]
SECCI Receives Contributions from Oktoberfest Beer-Brats & Boobies Run
The membership group of “Beers and Brats for Boobies” presented a check to Cathy Buxton of Southeast Colorado Cancer Initiative for $5,200, the proceeds from the Oktoberfest 5K run in Lamar. SECCI was created by a group of cancer survivors in 2000, to help pay for transportation and some medical expenses for local residents in […]
Brophy Says He’ll Represent All Coloradans
State Senator, Greg Brophy, continued his 64 county campaign swing for governor through Lamar this past Monday, November 4, with a stop in Lamar and a Tuesday visit to La Junta residents planned. Brophy, who described himself as a conservative senator, is building a platform that he says seeks to end cultural divisiveness between […]
Operation Stockings for Soldiers
Help send our troops a little taste of home for the holiday season. Peacock Funeral home is proud to announce their 3rd Annual Stockings for Soldiers. From now until November 22, 2013 you may stop by Peacock Funeral Home located at 209 South 4th Street to pick-up a Free Christmas Stocking to take […]
Ringing the Bells for Holiday Hopes
The Lamar Ministerial Alliance and Salvation Army is seeking volunteers to ring the bells during the holiday season donation drive. Volunteers will spend two hours on weekends between November 29 and December 23 in front of various shopping areas in Lamar. Their bell ringing will be the focal point for persons to offer cash […]
2014 Redbooks are Now Available
By: Prowers County Extension Office The ever popular Colorado State University Integrated Resource Management Redbooks are now available at the Prowers County Extension Office. Supply is limited and will be available on a first come/first serve basis. These pocket size books contain a wealth of information, but are very popular with livestock […]
IT’S TIME TO ORDER SEEDLING TREES
Being inside due to the cold winter weather is a good time to begin planning those spring planting projects. The Colorado State University Extension Offices in the Southeast Area are kicking off the 2014 seedling tree program. We have a wide variety of windbreak trees available to order from your local Colorado State University […]