All Entries in the "Prowers County" Category
LiveWell Prowers County Outlines 2014 Goals
Updates on the Prowers County Health Needs Assessment, diversify a common agenda among health groups, seek volunteers for community leadership groups, develop youth oriented projects, initiate a bicycle ownership program with the Project HOPE Center and help secure local funding to purchase age appropriate playground equipment. This is an overview of what a […]
Comedy Night Returns to the Eagles January 31, 2014
The Lamar Chamber of Commerce Honkers, Two for the Road Entertainment and the Lamar Eagles are hosting another Great night of comedy at the Lamar Eagles Aerie in Lamar, CO. It will start with a meal of spaghetti with meat sauce, salad and garlic bread prepared by the Lamar Eagles from 6:00 PM to 7:00 […]
Precision and Automation Technology for Weed Control
The world population is expected to reach 9 Billion by 2050. This presents a challenge when considering the land and other resources globally available. There are 6.6 Billion acres of arable land and it takes 1.2 acres to feed one person. Currently, we can only feed 5.5 Billion people, which is dreadfully short […]
2014 DUI Enforcement Kicks Off with 431 Arrests
Fewer alcohol-related fatalities continues as goal for CDOT and law enforcement STATEWIDE—New Year’s Eve celebrations quickly turned sour for many users of Colorado roadways who chose to ring in 2014 by driving impaired. Preliminary reports indicate that 431 people were arrested for DUI during the New Year’s Eve enforcement period in conjunction with the […]
Lamar Police Seeking Public’s Help on Assault Case
Media Release from Lamar, CO Police Department The Lamar Police Department would like to request the assistance of the public in locating Justin Orozco who has an active warrant for the assault of a police officer that occurred on January 8, 2014. Orozco is described as a Hispanic male, 5’07” tall, weighing approximately 170 pounds, […]
Anton (Tony) Fredrick Dreiling…October 27, 1920 to January 9, 2014
Longtime resident of Holly, Colorado Tony Dreiling age 93 passed away in his son’s (Tim Dreiling) home, Udall, KS January 9, 2014. His wife Nelsoline, precedes Tony in death, November 4, 2002. Tony and Nelsoline were married for 57 years. Tony is also preceded in death by his parents, Fred and Christine Dreiling, 5 […]
PMC Announces First Baby of 2014
Lamar’s first baby of 2014 is KyLynn Shai Madden! Halee Atkinson and Damien Madden of Lamar are proud to announce the birth of their first child who was also the first child born at PMC in 2014. KyLynn was born at 6:18 am on January 6, 2014. She weighed 6 lb 0.5 oz and measured […]
Flu Season is Far from Over
January and February are the two months of the year when the flu season peaks, according to the Colorado Department of Health and Environment. Their statistics show that 748 Colorado residents have been hospitalized with the flu, and those numbers don’t reflect the persons who are recovering at home. The Center for Disease Control […]
New Year, New You: Healthier Living Colorado Workshops Begin in January
Lamar, CO—For people with chronic health conditions, good medical care is just part of the equation for maintaining good health. Equally important is the ability to make healthy decisions, following the recommendations of your provider and proper monitoring of your condition. Healthier Living Colorado, offered by High Plains Community Health Center, is a workshop which […]
Local Law Officials Warn of Krokodil, Corrosive Drug Sold as Heroin (warning: graphic photo)
Concerns about the use of heroin in the Lamar community are bad enough, but the Lamar Police Department has sources that indicate a more deadly drug being sold as heroin, Krokodil, is now being introduced to the area. It’s being manufactured similar to methamphetamine and Krokodil uses codeine as an ingredient, but it’s mixed with […]
New at the Lamar Public Library for the Week of January 6, 2014
Added to the Library Collection for the Week of January 6, 2014 The Wedding Planners of Butternut Creek by Jane Myers Perrine Strait of Hormuz by T. Davis Bunn – Large Print Dangerous Passage #1 Southern crimes series by Lisa Harris – Large Print The Governess of Highland Hall by Carrie Turansky – Large Print […]
Salazar Addresses Colorado Agriculture & Weather Challenges
Agriculture and Weather: Statewide Challenges By John Salazar, Commissioner of Agriculture January 3, 2014 What’s the weather going to be like today? For most of us the answer may mean putting on a jacket, grabbing an umbrella, or bundling up the kids for the school bus stop. But for a farmer and rancher, the answer […]
Local Students Compete in Livestock Quiz Bowl at Nat West Round-Up
Southeast Area—District VI is sending a livestock quiz bowl team and a grand champion artistic clothing model to the 2014 National Western Round-Up Competition January 9 through 12 in Denver, Colo. Rhett Larsen, Chad Russell, Blake Muller and Joel Souders make up the livestock quiz bowl team and Kylee Holden will compete in the […]
CDOT says Drugs and Driving Don’t Mix
Recreational Marijuana Legal, Impaired Driving Not Colorado DUI Laws Include Marijuana Impaired Driving STATEWIDE—As marijuana becomes available for recreational use throughout Colorado, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and the Colorado State Patrol (CSP) remind motorists that it is illegal to drive while impaired by marijuana. Similar to alcohol, there is an established impairment […]
CDA Adopts Industrial Hemp Rule
LAKEWOOD, Colo. – The Colorado Department of Agriculture has adopted the first industrial hemp rules in the state’s history; the rule became effective December 30, 2013. Producers can begin to register with CDA’s industrial hemp program on March 1, 2014. “These rules are the first step to allow Colorado producers to legally grow industrial […]
PMC Birth Announcements January 2, 2014
Abby and Brett Pettinger of Walsh are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Adalyn Ambrose Pettinger. Adalyn was born at 6:31 am on December 23, 2013. She weighed 7 lb 12 oz and measured 20 inches in length. Adalyn will join siblings Anabelle and Lynley. Grandparents Marilyn Pettinger, Perry Ambrose, and Cas Rifkin […]
LPD Makes Local Counterfeit Currency Arrest
On Wednesday, January 1, 2014, the Lamar Police Department received calls concerning counterfeit currency being passed at local businesses in Lamar. Officers were able to identify a suspect from witnesses information and video surveillance as Billi Jo Rider, W/F age 35, of Wiley. Officers made application for and were granted a search warrant to search […]
Dougherty Announces for Prowers County Sheriff
To my fellow citizens of Prowers County, I, David W. Dougherty would like to announce my candidacy for the Office of Prowers County Sheriff. If you choose to elect me as your next Prowers County Sheriff, I am ready and willing to roll up my sleeves and put all of my work ethics, training and […]
Deputy Fire Chief Leonard Retirement Party Friday, Jan 3
Deputy Fire Chief Pat Leonard has served the citizens of Lamar and Prowers County for thirty-nine years as both a firefighter and an Emergency Medical Technician. He has decided that it is now time to close this chapter in his life and move on to other adventures. We have arranged a retirement party for him […]
Lincoln School HOPE Center Meets The Code of the West
The Hope Center meets the Code of the West By Lacey Mann, CSU 4-H Extension Agent, Bent & Prowers Counties Southeast Area—Prowers County 4-H and The Hope Center have partnered to deliver Code of the West Happy Trails curriculum to third, through sixth graders. The first principle the Hope Center youth have […]