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Lamar City Council Wraps up 2012
The Lamar City Council voted to approve several end-of-year city-oriented housekeeping measures during their final meeting of the year, Monday, December 17, 2012. City Administrator, John Sutherland, reminded the audience of the annual holiday office schedules during which the city offices will be closed December 24 and 25 and Tuesday, January 1 for New Year’s […]
Year-round, Handicapped Accessible Walking Trail & Parking Lot Constructed at New Holly School District Facilities
With funding from the Colorado Health Foundation and the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) Transportation Enhancement Funds, the Holly School District has constructed a walking trail around their recreational facilities that connects with the town of Holly’s Justin Harrington Trail and provides safe and accessible parking for adjacent recreational facilities. The $160,105 park & walk […]
New at the Lamar Public Library for the Week of Dec 14
Top Ten Books for the Week of December 14 Katherine by Anya Seaton Sins of the Mother by Danielle Steele Killing Kennedy by Bill O’Reilly Amazing Bats by Frank Greenaway The Big Exit by David Carnoy NYPD Red by James Pattersonn Wicked Business by Janet Evanovich Across the Line in America…every dream has a price! […]
Lamar Chamber Citizen of the Year Award
Area residents have just under a month to submit their entry for the annual Lamar Chamber of Commerce, Citizen of the Year award. The deadline is January 11, 2013 for the announcement of the winner during the annual chamber banquet on Thursday, January 24 at the Rodeway Cow Palace Inn in Lamar. A confidential […]
PMC Board to Consider Dr. Portner’s Employment Contract
The Prowers Medical Center Board of Directors has set a board meeting for Thursday, December 20, to discuss whether Dr. Barry Portner’s employment contract will be renewed. The public meeting will be held in the cafeteria beginning at 12:15pm. A special board meeting was held on November 1 to discuss Dr. Portner’s employment contract, […]
Local CSU Extension Provides Do-It-Yourself Energy Assessment
South East Area Extension Offices Offer New Home Energy Audit Loan Program The power is in your hands—CSU Southeast Area Extension Offices have a new set of tools to loan out to aid you in conducting an audit of energy use (and waste) in your home. Part of our Home Energy Audit Loan program […]
Governor Appoints Local-Regional Citizens to Nominating Commissions
Gov. Hickenlooper announces appointments to Judicial Nominating Commissions DENVER — Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012 — Gov. John Hickenlooper announced today appointments to the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 18th, 20th and 22nd Judicial District nominating commissions. Colorado’s 22 judicial districts have judicial district nominating commissions that select nominees […]
Crop & Soil Management Practices Following Drought
The current drought conditions have many similarities to the conditions during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. While soil management practices are better today, high temperatures and water shortages this past year created crop losses and poor environmental conditions that echoed the Dust Bowl. The 2012 drought is the combination of a dry fall […]
Two Shot Presents Donation to Toys for Tots
The Southeast Colorado Two Shot Wildlife & Habitat Foundation a/ka the Southeast Colorado Two Shot Celebrity Goose Hunt presented to Darlene Lopez a check in the amount of $1,000.00 for Toys for Tots. Robert Yates was quoted as saying, “Darlene Lopez and her volunteers give so much of their time to make sure that children in Southeast Colorado have […]
Commissioners Decide ‘Nope’ on Dope in Prowers County
Despite the passage of the statewide amendment 64 that legalized the recreational use of marijuana in Colorado, Prowers County Commissioners were adamant in their desire to keep marijuana out of the community. After conferring with Sheriff Jim Faull and county attorney John Lefferdink, on Thursday, December 13, the commissioners requested Lefferdink draw up an ordinance […]
Holly Trustees Set 2013 Budget
The Holly Board of Trustees voted to approve a balanced 2013 municipal budget in the amount of $2,141,504, following a public hearing on the budget prior to their monthly meeting, Wednesday, December 5. The 2013 mill levy will be 28.866 mills; the assessed valuation of the town increased by $13,879 to $2,385,815. The General Fund […]
Lamar Partnership Inc Plans for 2013
Lamar Partnership Incorporated board members reviewed the balanced budget for 2012 during their final meeting of the year, Wednesday, December 12 at the Lamar Chamber of Commerce offices. Various municipal and civic organizations funded the group at $18,205 for the year and the City of Lamar has contributed $15,900 to operating expenses for 2013. Main […]
Business of the Week – Perfect 10 Plus
You help your community thrive when you shop locally! Be sure to read The Prowers Journal each week when the Lamar Chamber of Commerce and The Prowers Journal highlight a featured Business of the Week. This week we are proud to spotlight the Perfect 10 Plus. Give them a call at: 719.336-4681 Shelly Mayo-Wright graduated in 1983 from Eads High […]
Valley National Bank, Sharing the Holiday Spirit
Valley National Bank employees donated several bags and boxes of toys to the annual Toys for Tots campaign this year. Darlene Lopez, Toys for Tots director was on hand Thursday, December 13, at the bank to add these donations to the gifts that will be handed out on December 24. Valley National Bank […]
Holly Commercial Club Holds December 18 Home Lighting Contest
The annual Christmas home lighting contest has been announced by the Holly Commercial Club. $450 in prizes will be awarded in categories of religious, original and novelty themes. There sill be one $100 winner and one $50 winner in each category. Any residential customer of the town’s electric utility department can participate; rural […]
Clarification from Prowers County Sheriff’s Office
The Prowers County Sheriff’s Office assisted the Bent County Sheriff’s Office in serving a search warrant in the 1000 block of South 12th Street on Thursday, December 6, 2012. The search warrant was to locate stolen “horse tack”. Several sheriff vehicles from Prowers and Bent County were on scene to serve the search warrant. I […]
Lamar City Sales Tax Revenue Ending Year on Steady Growth
Although the monthly sales tax revenue collections for October were down 3.82%, the year-to-date figures showed a 3.45% increase, or $102,351.78 above numbers from this same time last year. 2012 Total Sales and Use Tax Collections are at $3,073,124.63, compared to $2,970,772.85 for 2011. Both City Sales Tax and Use Tax collections were down […]
Boiler Design Flaws Plague Repowering Project
The Lamar Utility Board spent their last meeting of 2012 looking ahead to the spring of 2013 when light plant officials hope to see a successful test and tuning of the Repowering Project boilers. The boilers have been offline for almost two years due to what has been determined to be design flaws. ARPA […]
Lamar Redevelopment Authority Sets 2013 Budget
The Lamar City Council met as the Redevelopment Authority and passed a resolution approving an appropriation of revenue and expenditure funds for the 2013 budget. A figure of $116,440, based on $115,940 for property taxes and $500 for interest income was set as the 2013 Lamar Redevelopment Authority budget. Shawna Hodge, Lamar Main Street Coordinator, […]
Lamar Chamber Parade of Lights Float Results
McGruff, The Crime Dog, led the way for the annual 2012, Lamar Chamber of Commerce Parade of Lights this past Friday evening, December 7. This year’s theme was, “It’s a Wonderful Christmas Story”. The colorful entries started their Main Street journey at 6:30pm and concluded their trip just past the Enchanted Forest where Santa […]