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Lamar World Series Committee Wrapping up Final Details for Games
The Lamar 16 & Under All-Star Softball Team will be busy with four games on tap the first four days of the World Series at Citizens Field in Lamar. Lamar is the only known team at this point, as all others must make it through a series of play-offs to earn the nod to come […]
Countdown Preparations for Softball World Series
The 2011 World Series Committee toured Citizen’s Field Wednesday morning, July 6, to allocate booth and tent spaces for the ballgames this August. Locations were determined for the medical and hospitality tent, Lamar Welcome Center tent, gift table, information table and others sites. Rick Akers, Lamar Leisure Services Director, said the field will be closed […]
Everybody Out of the Pool, for the Day
The Lamar municipal pool was closed for the day, Wednesday, June 29, due to a chlorine leak. Unfortunate timing, as Wednesday has been the hottest day of the year, posting a downtown temperature of 108 shortly before 2pm. The Lamarlins swim team notified the Lamar Rec department of the chemical problem when members arrived for […]
Hot Weather Calls for Cool Measures
Highs in the low hundred degree range means we have to take extra precautions for our health, especially for elderly adults and youngsters. The National Weather Service has forecast several days in the upper 90 and 100 degree range this week, and there will be more hot days to come this summer. The best defense […]
Lamar Speedway Race Results for June 25th
Here are the race results from the Lamar Speedway race that was held this Saturday night, June 25th. It was a great night for racing as the track was fast and the weather was wonderful. The next night for racing at The Lamar Raceway will be July 2nd. Races start at 7:00 PM. Children 5 […]
Rockies Tickets Won by Journal Alert Subscriber
Angela Warren won two tickets to the Colorado Rockies game for July 17 in Denver. It’s also Rockies’ Hat Day, where the first 15,000 ticket holders get a free Rockies cap. Warren won in a blind drawing from all the registered Prowers Journal Alert members held June 20 and claimed her tickets at Robinson’s Printing […]
SECCI Golf Tournament Raises $11,000 for Local Cancer Patients
Photos by Vincent Gearhart Sixteen teams combined sport and spirit on Saturday, June 11, helping raise $11,000 in the 3rd Annual Southeast Colorado Cancer Initiative golf tournament at Spreading Antlers Golf Course in Lamar. Team sponsorships contributed $5,760 to the goal and hole and flag sponsors added $5,225 to the local cancer group. Various other […]
Granada Gets GoCO Grant
Granada was awarded $192,465 for improvements to the school athletic fields and the town park. Granada town board member, Jarene DeBono said the community can thank the combined efforts of Mayor Leslie Baca and Principal Leo LaPrairie and Administrator Ty Kemp from the high school, working on the grant application. DeBono said the funds are […]
Win Free Colorado Rockies Tickets!!
Register Today! If you register for your Journal Alert Messages before 5:00 PM on June 20th. You’ll also be registered to win a pair of Colorado Rockies tickets for their home game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Sunday, July 17 at 1pm at Coors Field. A free Rockies baseball cap will be given out […]
Race Results from June 3 at Lamar Speedway
Her e are the final results from the June 3rd races at The Lamar Speedway. Mini Stock 1 #56s Leslie Sprueill 2 #13 Quinton Yutterman 3 #93 Kaitlei Beakley 4 #07 Austin Peck 5 #1G Bryan Graves Econo and Hobby Trucks 1 #80 Reece Spady 2 #9 Charles Goebel 3 #25 Jason Foster 4 #46 […]
Two LCC Ballplayers Make the Majors
Two Lamar Community College sophomores were taken in the 2011 Major League Baseball Amateur draft this week. 2009 Brush High School graduate Arturo Maltos-Garcia was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 30th round. Maltos-Garcia was also selected as a First Team NJCAA All-American as well as a First Team All-Region. Arturo finished the year […]
Frontier Bank Donates to World Series Committee
Frontier Bank of Lamar has donated $5,000 to the World Series Committee after learning the Tourism Board reduced their obligation. The bank is loaning the additional $10,000 to the committee at a very respectable rate. After discussing this at their regular board meeting earlier in the week, it was decided that Frontier Bank would get […]
LCC RODEO: LCC Alums Continue Success
Former Lamar Community College rodeo standouts Cole Dorenkamp and Brice Ingo will represent Oklahoma Panhandle State University at the College National Finals Rodeo on June 12-18 in Casper, WY. Both are entered in Tie-Down Roping as the OPSU men’s team won the Central Plains Region with Cole and Brice finishing 2nd and 4th […]
LCC Rodeo Standouts Get National Attention
Central Rocky Mountain Region Champions Tyler Schnaufer (Team Roping) and Carter Coble (Steer Wrestling) will compete in the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, WY June 12-18. Tyler is currently ranked as the number one header in the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association and Carter is 17th in the nation. “National rankings compare regions after each […]
World Series Committee Continues Progress
With about two months to go, the Lamar World Series Committee is checking off items on their to-do list. The teams representing the 16U Softball Babe Ruth regional winners will be in Lamar in early August, vying on Citizen’s Field for the championship trophy. This will be the second occasion in which Lamar has hosted […]
Softball Series Getting Closer
The Lamar World Series Committee is starting to finalize some plans, now that the Babe Ruth 16U Softball World Series is less than three months away. Committee members met this past Wednesday for an update on accomplishments and a listing of areas that still need to be covered. Volunteers are needed. That was driven home […]
3RD ANNUAL RELAY FOR LIFE GOLF TOURNAMENT
At the Spreading Antlers Golf Course, Golfers from Lamar and outlying communities competed this past Saturday in the Annual Relay for Life tournament. The event included thirteen 4 Person Teams who played 18 holes of “Scrambles” format. The tournament raised approximately $3800, which was directly donated to the Southeastern Colorado Cancer Initiative. These funds are […]
Lopes Re-Crowned Region IX Champions
The Lamar Community College baseball team hosted Otero Junior College in a best two out of three series for the NJCAA Region IX Championships. Otero won game one with a score of 11-7, and LCC won games two and three, 8-2 and 3-2. On Friday, the Lopes sent sophomore ace Arturo Maltos-Garica (11-1) to the […]
World Rodeo Champion, Marlene McRae, LCC Alumna of the Year
The list of accomplishments is impressive for Marlene McRae, formerly of eastern Colorado and graduate of Lamar Community College. She started riding horses when she was five, and by age 13 won the All-Around Cowgirl Award in her first Little Britches competition. McRae continued in competition events, going on to win the Colorado State High […]
LCC Rodeo Team Moves on to National Finals
Lamar Community College sophomores Carter Coble (Hershey, NE) and Tyler Schnaufer of Pueblo pose with the saddles they won as Central Rocky Mountain Region Champions in Steer Wrestling and Team Roping, respectively. They will represent LCC and the region at the College National Finals Rodeo June12-18 in Casper, WY with teammate Chase Reed of Yuma […]