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Prowers Lodging Panel and Boy Scouts Teaming Up
The Lamar Boy Scout Troop 223 will team up with the Lodging Tax Panel to help distribute tourism brochures throughout the county. Panel president Pat Palmer said he’s contacted Greg Ludwig, Boy Scout Leader, about using the youngsters to do the distribution footwork, periodically taking various brochures to area motels and other businesses to increase […]
Lamar Welcome Center Posts Visitor Gain
The Lamar Welcome Center showed a 15% gain in the number of visitors this year compared to last. Center Director, Judy Douglass, said their fiscal year begins in June, and there were 30,594 visitors who stopped by and registered their names with the Center on Main Street in Lamar. Douglass said she registered 3,773 […]
KFC Bought, Sold, and Changing
Word has it that the former KFC in Lamar, vacant now after over 30 years of franchise operation, has been bought and will become a new eatery in Lamar. Lamar realtor Don Filbeck states that the building is expected to become an Asian restaurant featuring a take-out menu. No timetable has been given for any […]
Go for the Cold! Ice Cream at Willow Creek Park
Photos and Video By Russ Baldwin When the thermometer reads 104 degrees, it becomes difficult to note that autumn is only four weeks away by the calendar, September 23, 2011 to be precise. Few Lamar residents were thinking fall this past Thursday evening for the annual Lamar Chamber of Commerce Ice Cream Social […]
Series Ends, Still Some Work to Do
The Babe Ruth Softball World Series ended last Saturday in Lamar, but the World Series Committee still has work to do. Committee members reviewed all the planning and logistics that went into making the games as successful as possible for teams and workers alike. Committee President, Craig Brooks praised the members at the wrap-up meeting […]
Small Town Fair: Big Time Fun
Photos and Video by Russ Baldwin – Click on a picture to see a larger version of the image. Sights and sounds from this year’s Sand and Sage Fair at the Prowers County Fairgrounds ranged from the Sunday, August 7 concert, featuring Mark Wills and Katie Armiger to the Monday night Gymkhana sponsored by the […]
Babe Ruth Wrap Up and ‘Pitcher Perfect’
Photos and Video by Russ Baldwin – Click on a picture to see a larger version of the image. The Extreme team from Wilson County, North Carolina won their way through the Babe Ruth 16U Softball World Series in Lamar this past Saturday, defeating the Wausau All Stars, 6-4 in the championship match at Citizen’s […]
Lamar Hospice Receives Unexpected Donation
Alta Clements from Plato, Missouri likes to crochet, and she’s been doing it for years. An employee of Sun Valley Rides Carnival, in Lamar for the annual fair, Alta donated 13 of her crocheted afghans to the Lamar Hospice Association after speaking with several members of the fair board. She made her presentation Friday afternoon, […]
Matt Neuhold, New Rec Department Coordinator
Correction: Matt Neuhold is the new Rec Department Coordinator, not the Director. Matt Neuhold is no stranger to the area, having graduated from McClave High School in 2002, and spending a year at Lamar Community College. He also attended Adams State College for two and a half years as a physical education major. Before […]
Softball Series into the Home Stretch
INFORMATION UPDATE: The Championship Game for the World Series has been moved from 6pm to 1pm on Saturday, August 13. If there is a need for a second game, it will be played at 3:30pm. Double elimination bracket play in the Babe Ruth 16U World Series games began earlier today, August 10 at Citizen’s […]
Cow Palace Inn Sold
Doug Thrall, former Lamar real estate businessman said today, August 9, he represents an investment group that has purchased the Cow Palace Inn, in Lamar. Thrall and his wife, Lieanna managed Palace Holdings, LLC which has purchased the property from Zions First National Bank in Utah. Although he wasn’t specific, Thrall said the motel purchase […]
Eagles Host Annual Fish Fry
Lamar was a busy town this past Saturday and Sunday. The World Series Softball games got underway over the weekend, the downtown merchants held a day-long sidewalk sale and the Lamar Eagles Lodge, #3898 held their annual fish fry on Saturday. Area residents must have been hungry and thirsty, as although there were some early […]
The Heat of Play in the Heat of the Day
Aerial Photo courtesy of Brett Buxton Video and Photos by Russ Baldwin It’s been a busy week so far for Lamar since the Babe Ruth 16U Softball World Series got underway this past Saturday, and more busy times are yet to come. Ten games have been played so far since Saturday, and another five are […]
An Ill Wind Blows in Before the Games Begin
Photos by Russ Baldwin – click a picture for a larger image. The torrential rain and wind storm that swept through Lamar and Prowers County Thursday night, August 5, brought us some more much-needed precipitation to the area, but did it have to come in at 65 mph? Those were probably some of the thoughts […]
The Teams are in Town and Raring to Go!
Photos by Russ Baldwin By this Friday morning, the last two teams for the Babe Ruth 16U Softball World Series should be in Lamar, briefed, rested and ready for the games on Saturday. The North Olympic, Washington team arrives Friday morning, along with the team from Lodi, California. Both these teams have busy schedules, […]
Lamar Chamber Honkers Visit Bison Title Co.
On July 22nd, the Lamar Chamber of Commerce Honkers visited Bison Title Co. at their new location at 121 South Main, in Lamar. Dee Melgosa recently moved her Title business to the new location (one door down) and has remodeled and really spruced up the new location. Bison Title Co. is open from 8:30 AM […]
Final Touches for this Week’s World Series
The teams have been announced for this year’s Babe Ruth 16U Softball World Series Games in Lamar, and some of those teams will be arriving by Thursday evening, according to Pat Palmer, World Series Committee member. “We have the first two teams arriving at DIA on Thursday,” he said. “Lancaster, New Hampshire flies in […]
Destination: Downtown! A Few Moments on Main Street
Yes, there is traffic on Main Street, an undeniable fact of life for Lamar citizens. I stood at the intersection of Main and Olive this past Friday, July 29, 2011, and let my camera roll for about two minutes during the noon hour. See anyone you know? I got a head count of about 85 […]
Lamar Chamber Honkers Visit Amaya’s Inc.
On July 22nd, the Lamar Chamber of Commerce Honkers visited Amaya’s Inc. Amaya’s Inc., now under new management is located at 211 South Main, Lamar and their hours of operation are from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Saturday. Amaya’s Inc. is a full-featured embroidery shop offering custom monogramming, and a new Inkjet to […]
Babe Ruth World Series Teams Announced
The Babe Ruth League for the 16 and Under Softball World Series announced the regional teams that will compete in the series games in Lamar this August. They are: Pacific Northwest – North Olympic, Washington Pacific Southwest – Lodi, California Ohio Valley – Wausau, Wisconsin New England – Lancaster, New Hampshire Southwest – Hamburg, Arkansas […]