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LCC Men’s Basketball Opens Season on the Road
Lamar Community College Men’s Basketball started the season this weekend with a pair of road games in Goodland, Kansas. The team first took on the Northwest Kansas Tech (NWKTC) JV team on Friday, followed by a game against their varsity on Saturday. The Lopes returned with a 1-1 record. For their first game of the […]
LCC and CCCS Make Earning a Degree More Affordable Than Ever
13 Institutions of the Colorado Community College System Participate in American Council on Education Initiative to Help Non-Traditional Learners Affordably Gain College Degrees and Credentials The Colorado Community College System (CCCS) recently announced that its 13 institutions are now accepting a pool of roughly 60 online courses for credit from students seeking a degree or […]
Southeast Alaskan Odyssey – with the Alaska String Band in Lamar November 13
Hailing from Alaska’s capital city of Juneau, the Zahasky family, also recognized internationally as the Alaska String Band, brings the best of American music to their audiences…and their next audience will be at the Lamar High School Auditorium on Friday, November 13th at 7:00 p.m. This dynamic family band arrives here under the auspices of […]
Inspire Award Caps Healthy Places Visit
Members of the Colorado Health Foundation, PUMA and Healthy Places visited Lamar for three days in what was styled as a Fall Fling. The term is somewhat deceptive, for although the time spent in Lamar was enjoyable, it was also a critical work session which gained an assessment on the accomplishments of the Healthy Places […]
Rural Connections Concept Discussed at PCDI Meeting
Several hundred seniors graduate from southeast Colorado high schools each year. If they aren’t attending college in Lamar or La Junta, what does the local job market hold for these graduates? How prepared are they to enter into the business world available to them? Julie Worley of “Rural Connections” in La Junta broached those questions […]
LCC Softball to Host Skills Camp
Lamar Community College will be hosting its first Softball Skills Camp for ages 14-18 at Citizen’s Field on November 6th, 2015. This camp will include three individual softball skill clinics: Catching/Outfield, Infield/Pitching, and Hitting. The catching/outfield work is first from 9:30-11:00am, followed by infield work to include pitching from 11:30am-1:00pm. The final clinic of the […]
Lady Lopes Lose Heartbreaker to OJC
“Dig Pink” a Success, Raising Funds and Awareness for Breast Cancer On Thursday, October 22, the LCC Volleyball team hosted their “Dig Pink” night as they faced off with rival Otero Junior College. The team played in their pink jerseys to support breast cancer awareness. Coach Brandon Stephenson commented, “Going into our Thursday match against […]
Spring Registration Opens Soon at LCC
Registration for the Spring Semester at Lamar Community College will open on November 1, 2015. Lamar Community College continues to offer a wide range of career and technical education (CTE) programs including welding, historic preservation, renewable energy, and cosmetology/barbering. These programs continue to grow in popularity because they provide hands-on learning experience while preparing students for […]
LCC Surpasses $1M Mark
Lamar Community College and the LCC Foundation have hit a significant milestone on its journey to build a new residence hall… $1 million dollars raised. Although they hope to raise funds beyond the college’s goal of $1.25 M, it is now only $187,158 from that objective. The construction project is due to be approved by […]
Project HOPE Center Receives Paint the Plains Donation
Over a dozen youngsters and members of Project HOPE and organizers from the Paint the Plains Patriot Run got together at Lincoln School for a check presentation, proceeds from the September 12th Run at Willow Creek Park. 280 runners and walkers signed up for the first-time event which earned $3,000 in donations for the HOPE […]
Lamar Receives $100,000 GoCO Grant for Outdoor Recreation Development
Greater Outdoors Colorado announced this past Friday, October 23rd, that Lamar is one of six pilot communities selected to receive $100,000 in planning grants which can be leveraged to up to $5M to implement projects allowing more kids more access to outdoor recreation. The State of Colorado is using up to $25M in GOCO lottery […]
School Board Candidates Explore Ideas During Zonta Political Forum
There are five contested and two uncontested candidates on the November General Election ballot for seats on the Lamar RE-2 District school board. Elizabeth Whitham moderated a political form at Lamar Community College, hosted by the Lamar Chapter of the Zonta International organization this past Tuesday, October 20. The audience listened to each of the […]
Classic Christmas Movie Inspires Holly Holiday Fundraiser
HOLLY, CO – It wasn’t until Irving Berlin brought Holiday Inn to the silver screen that we could gather together and sing about a White Christmas. Bing Crosby starred in the film that had his character Jim Hardy leave “showbiz” to open a small hotel called Holiday Inn. Open only on holidays, the hotel featured […]
Lodging Panel Receives Long-Range Funding Requests
The Prowers County Lodging Tax Panel entertained some new ideas for funding requests during their monthly meeting on October 20th. The first came from the Spreading Antlers Golf Course, represented by Gib Sprout and Jack Van Hook, board members of the club. Van Hook explained that in an effort to bring more revenue into […]
Taco John’s Set for Early November Opening
Who gets taco #1 when the refurnished Taco John’s opens in Lamar the first week in November? According to Marnie Garcia, District Manager, Les Scriven’s name is at the top of the list. “Les has been following our progress since we started our renovations with the new owners,” she explained. Scriven was a former owner […]
DHS Grant Finances New Outdoor Siren for Prowers County
Prowers County was recently awarded funds for an outdoor warning siren which will be set up in the area of the VFW Post on Memorial Drive, Spreading Antlers Golf Course and Quail Ridge and The Ridges acreage. Stefan Warn, Emergency Operations Manager for the county, recently told the Prowers County Commissioners the Department of Homeland […]
Project HOPE Chili Dinner Set for Friday’s Whistle Game
Volunteers and members of Project HOPE made final plans for their annual chili dinner fund-raiser this year. The event will be held on the east end of Savage Stadium from 5pm to 6:30pm this Friday, October 23 for the classic Whistle Game match-up between rivals Lamar and La Junta. This will be the first time […]
Share the Spirit Foundation Holds Annual ‘Shoe-Fest’
Youngsters, some as young as three years, enjoyed a pre-Christmas gift this past Friday, October 16th as the Share the Spirit Foundation held their annual shoe give-away event at J and N Shoes in downtown Lamar. The Foundation received an extra financial assist towards the estimated $5,000 price tag, with a $1,000 donation from the […]
Road Work Begins on Granada Safe Routes to School
Granada Police Chief David Dougherty informed the Trustees during their October 14th meeting, work on the CDOT, Safe Routes to School project, will begin the week of October 19th. The major cost will be paid for through grant funding and as of October 5th, the contractor, MonCor LLC had been brought on board for the […]
Lamar Homecoming & 50+Plus Reunion: Fun & Spirit
The gridiron rivalry between the Lamar Savages and Trinidad Miners was highlighted this past weekend with a homecoming parade along Main Street, a tailgate party and another victory for Lamar. Graduates through the decades, sports teams and alumni boarded their floats from the North Side Park on Friday afternoon, October 9th for the trip down […]