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Granada Homecoming Parade Pix, 2012
Click on a picture to see the Gallery Despite the welcome rains from the night before, the streets in Granada were dry enough for the annual homecoming parade on Friday, September 28. Residents and alumni alike lined the streets from the high school, wearing green tee-shirts in support of the local football team which hosts Wiley for […]
Chadron State College Rodeo Results
The Lamar Community College Rodeo team competed at Chadron State College in Chadron, NE September 21-23. LCC’s Carter Coble won Steer Wrestling. Keely Smith finished 2nd in barrel racing and 5th in team roping with partner Luke Baumann. Sterling Molesworth and Seth Barber were 6th in team roping. The LCC Rodeo team will compete in […]
Free Admission to Bent’s Fort on Saturday
In recognition of National Public Lands Day on Saturday, September 29, Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site will join with all other national parks in offering free admission to visitors. This 19th annual event encourages everyone to get outside and enjoy the great outdoors. Other Federal agencies offering free admittance on September 29 include the […]
Big Timbers History Corner #18 – Alamo Lights
If you look up as you go in the front door of Big Timbers Museum, you will see these two lovely vintage light fixtures. Back in the day, they were part of the elegant new Alamo Hotel (built in 1937). Times and needs changed, and in the 1980s a local group bought the old hotel […]
Darren Deloach #21, Threepete?
This Saturday night September 22nd, racing will be Fast, Fun and Exciting for everyone at the Lamar Speedway. Track Championships will be decided in all of the racing classes. The IMCA Modifieds will be a show all by themselves with Darren Deloach #21 and Brady Coen #3 tied for first with 211 points each. Adam […]
Lamar Homecoming, 2012
Click on a picture to go into slideshow mode. The Lamar High School Homecoming Parade marched down Main St. full of cheering students and included Homecoming Royalty, Class Floats of all ages, the Soccer team, & a semi load of Football players all led by the Lamar High School Marching Band. This years parade goers […]
Share the Spirit Foundation to Host Event At Amache Studio
Share the Spirit Foundation (STS) is a grassroots organization founded in 2003. Karen Voepel of Lamar, Colorado and her sister-in–law Tonya Voepel of Sherman, Illinois gave the organization a simple motto, “Helping share the burden of providing for those in need.” STS prides themselves in gathering donors and volunteers in communities to help meet local […]
Lamar Hosts 50+ Reunion this Weekend
Lamar Union High School graduates who have been out of school over 50 years or more are returning to Lamar for the Homecoming and will attend a reunion at the Rodeway Cow Palace Inn, September 21-23. There will be more than 300 people in Lamar, participating in the reunion for those from the […]
Bent County Harvest Show Set for October 2-4
The Bent County Harvest Show will October 2-4 at the Community Center in Las Animas. All Bent County residents, 4-H members and school students are eligible to enter exhibits that they have made or grown. Entries should be brought to the Old Middle School between 3 and 8 p.m. on Tuesday, October 2. Cut flowers […]
Holly Hosting Rhythm and Rib Dance in October
You can move your feet and get some ribs to eat on October 13 at the Holly Gateway Park with a dinner and music fund-raiser for the Holly Bluegrass Festival. Marge Creech explained the baby-back rib dinner and dance will replace the traditional Grand Old Opry in Holly this year. She was speaking to […]
Granada Hosted Historic Festival on Saturday
Area residents came out to Granada City Park this past Saturday, September 15, for the annual Fiesta de Colores celebration. The occasion was to celebrate Mexico’s fight for independence from Spain which begin in 1810 and lasted for several years throughout parts of the country, including an important battle for Mexico City which was […]
Buzzard’s Roost Hosted Road Jam
The annual Fall Jam at the Buzzard’s Roost in Lamar attracted a Saturday night crowd this past weekend along West Hickory and North Main Streets. Several bands entertained through the afternoon and evening out on the parking lot that had been roped off from regular traffic for the annual event. The September Road Jam […]
Weekend Parades and Festivals-Hasty
Hasty turned 105 years old over the weekend. Residents turned out this past Saturday, September 15, under clear blue skies and mild temperatures, for the 5th Annual Hasty Daze celebration. The Bent County Chamber of Commerce sponsored the 10am parade, which circled a portion of town, starting from the Hasty […]
New Outreach Possibilities Being Explored at Lamar Library
The new Outreach Services Vehicle which replaced the Lamar Library Bookmobile has seen constant use beginning this past June since it was purchased with city and county funds. Lamar Library Director, Debbie Reynolds and Sheri Eirhart, Library Outreach Coordinator, presented the Prowers County Commissioners with an update on activities. While there isn’t as much […]
Camp Amache Hosting Fall Roundup October 5 & 6
The Fall Roundup is coming to Camp Amache in October. The two day event, October 5 and 6, will be held at the End of the Line Arena and other areas of Granada. Mostly geared for cowboys who camp out, and cowgirls too, the events begin on Friday, October 5 with a gathering of teams […]
Rocky Mountain Invitational Aerobatic Meet Underway at Lamar Airport
The planes are back for another year. This weekend through Sunday, September 16, a host of airplanes will be competing in the annual Rocky Mountain Invitational at the Lamar Municipal Airport. Chris Conley said planes from the Colorado Springs Chapter of the International Aerobatic Chapter fly down to Lamar about this time each […]
Proposed County Fire Ban Ordinance Fizzles
The Prowers County Commissioners decided, after conferring with county attorney John Lefferdink, to let the current county fire ban remain in place. Since the dry spell of this past summer, local and state fire departments have been mindful of potential fire disasters such as Waldo Canyon along the Front Range. Governor Hickenlooper enacted a […]
Lamar School Board Approves Policy Revisions
Almost three dozen policy revisions were approved on second reading by the board of directors of the Lamar RE-2 school district during their monthly meeting, Monday, September 10. Revisions included such items as Use of Physical Intervention and Restraint; Student Conduct in School Vehicles; Truancy; Admission and Denial of Admission; Use of Metal Detectors; […]
Open House Set for Project HOPE at Lincoln School
Partners for HOPE Center held a Coalition meeting Monday, September 10, at Lincoln School to develop plans for an open house at the school on Thursday, October 18. Lori Hammer, Project HOPE, executive director, said the open house, which combines a chili dinner and silent auction, will be run from 5:30pm to 7:30pm and will […]
Big Timbers History Corner #18 – Fort Lyon Canal
When settlers began to come out to Colorado, it didn’t take long for them to figure out that farmers were going to have to help Mother Nature out in the moisture department if they wanted crops to actually grow. In 1887, two existing canals, the La Junta and the Lamar, were enlarged and reincorporated as […]