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Business of the Week – Main St. Shoppe
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 Main St. Shoppe at 106 South Main in Lamar, owned and operated by Echo Corley. I would like to take this opportunity to introduce […]
Full Agenda for Granada Town Board
The Granada Town Board covered a lot of ground on their agenda this past Wednesday, October 12. Board members discussed dissolving the town’s electrical board and phasing out the sanitation board as both improvement bonds utilized by both entities for community projects have since expired. Mayor Leslie Baca has been informed about pending electric […]
Wind Farm Eyed for South of Granada
Dr. Nick Azari, CEO of Arion Energy, LLC has requested a letter of support from the Prowers County Commissioners, part of the needed process to secure a permit to proceed for an application to construct a wind farm that will serve Colorado Springs. Azari spoke by phone to the commissioners and Lisa Nolder, Executive Director of PCDI […]
RE-2 School Board Favors Proposition 103
The November ballot question, which if passed will raise $2.9 Billion over five years, was discussed and supported by members of the Lamar RE-2 School Board during their Monday meeting, October 10. Local taxes will not be altered if the measure passes, and will sunset after five years. Proposition 103 funds will be applied […]
Water System Funding Needed For Spreading Antlers
The Spreading Antlers Golf Course has always operated on a tight budget, and has depended on donations and the financial assistance of the City of Lamar for the past several years. Now, the control system for the course’s watering needs is beyond repair and a new, updated system is needed to keep the course […]
City Water Tank Being Refurbished
Manzanares Construction Services has been at work south of Lamar, refurbishing the city’s large water storage tank. The restoration project had been delayed from last spring as another contractor had been unable to meet the completion dates. City officials decided to postpone work on the tank until the peak water demands of the […]
2 Nabbed in Local Drug Bust
The Lamar Police Department Drug Interdiction Team contacted a vehicle on Tuesday, October 11, on a traffic stop which had just been observed at a local narcotic’s dealer’s residence. Further investigation found Jorge Garcia, 24, of Lamar, in possession of prescription pills, which were packaged in a manner for distribution. Leads and […]
Lamar Sales Tax Shows Modest August Gain
Year-to-date Sales and Use Tax collections for the City of Lamar were 2.34% above last year at this time, for an increase of $55,784.12. City Sales Tax collections for this past August were up 0.50% for a gain of $1,254.56 from the August 2010 collections. Total Sales Tax and Use Tax collections were up […]
The Junk Man Cometh
Friday night sprinkles and cool autumn temperatures on Saturday didn’t stop area residents from depositing tons of debris and refuse at their curbsides on Saturday, for the free Lamar Clean Up Day. Before the city crews were able to scoop up all accumulated junk and debris, area residents noted some Friday night neighborhood rovers, cruising […]
Urban Renewal Tax Funds Allocated to Cow Palace Inn Sewer Repairs
The Lamar Redevelopment Authority Board approved a funding request from the new owners of the Cow Palace Inn. The interior and exterior sewer lines at the motel need replacing before the motel’s comprehensive re-opening can be completed. The owners, Palace Holdings, LLC, can fund the interior project, but have requested that the cost of connecting […]
LUB Approves 2012 Budget, Price Hikes Coming Next Month
Utility Board members voted to approve the 2012 Budget as presented by Superintendent Rick Rigel. There was an update made on raw materials used by the Repowering Project, such as coal and limestone. The Operations budget includes total revenues in excess of $15.4 million of which $14.6 is derived from retail electric sales, with gas […]
Two Vehicle Accident on East Highway 50 Results in Fatality
News Update: 3:20pm One man died and another was injured this morning when a van from Pueblo crossed the center line on Highway 50 east of Lamar and sideswiped a semi. The injuried man, who was not identified, was a passenger and was taken by ambulance to Prowers Medical Center. The accident occured near mile marker […]
Holly Commercial Club Briefed on New School Project
The Holly Commercial Club was given a presentation of the plans for the new school during their monthly meeting, held last Wednesday, October 5, at the United Methodist Church. Cory Thompson and Randy Holmen were present with display boards of design ideas for the new school, plans are expected to be finalized by November 1st. […]
Aerobatic Contestants Soar in Weekend Skies
Sunday proved to be the best of the three days for about three dozen aeronautic acrobat flyers who were in Lamar over the weekend. The annual Colorado Springs Chapter of the International Aerobatic Chapter conducted their Rocky Mountain Invitational meet at the Lamar Airport this past Friday through Sunday. Area residents quickly became familiar with […]
Not House Beautiful
Click on a picture to see a larger image. The Lamar city council recently addressed the steady problem of code violations in town, and how to effectively deal with them. The violations range from tall weeds on a property, too many dogs at a residence, junked and derelict vehicles and accumulated refuse within the city […]
RE-2 School Board Meets October 10
Superintendent David Tecklenburg’s Report to the school board on Monday evening will review the recent Parkview Bomb Threat as well as the school budget for 2011-2012. Additional discussions that evening will focus on Urban Renewal taxes for the District, an update on student enrollment, school bus bids, the use of the modular building at Lincoln […]
Hickenlooper Appoints New Judge to 15th Judicial District
DENVER — Friday, Oct. 7, 2011 — Gov. John Hickenlooper announced today the appointment of Gerald Keefe to serve as a county court judge in the 15th Judicial District (Cheyenne, Kiowa, Prowers and Baca counties). Keefe is an educator who has worked as superintendent of schools for the Kit Carson R-1 School District since 1994. […]
Mixed Views on Proposition 103 for November Voters
Cathy Garcia, President of Action 22, a legislative lobbying group representing southeast Colorado counties, met with area residents this past Thursday to discuss the pros and cons of the tax proposal. A limited gathering of officials including Lamar Mayor Roger Stagner, Baca County Commissioner Peter Dawson, PCDI Board Member Lawrence Brase and Prowers Lodging Tax […]
More Arguments Heard on PMC Recall Petition
Prowers Medical Center, board recall petitioners, have about one month left to collect 300 approved signatures to initiate a recall vote for members Candy Ruedeman and Marge Campbell. That many registered voters are needed on the petitions to hold a recall vote for either member. Once the petitions were approved, the petitioners had 60 days […]
Holly Town Board Discusses Utility Rate Options
The future structure of some utility rates occupied the attention of the Holly Board of Trustees at their regular meeting, Wednesday, October 5. At issue is the potential loss of electric revenue to the city from use of the proposed solar array for the new high school. School board members and representatives from Adolfson & […]