All Entries Tagged With: "Lamar Elks Lodge"
Lamar Elks Lodge Donates Athletic Equipment to the Partners for Hope Center
Lamar Elks Lodge #1319 donated $900.00 of athletic equipment to the Partners for Hope Teen Center. Items donated were basketballs, footballs and flag football equipment, soccer balls, volleyballs, baseball and softball mitts and bats, pool cues, an electronic dart set and ping pong equipment. The money for this donation came from an Elk’s National Foundation […]
New at the Lamar Public Library for the Week of July 5, 2013
Added to the Library Collection the Week of July 5, 2013 The Lost Fleet (#3) : The lost fleet: Beyond the frontier by Jack Campbell Lucky bastard (#3) : Lucky O’Toole adventure by Deborah Coonts Magician’s end (#3) : Chaoswar saga by Raymond E. Feist The man-eaters of Tsavo and other East African adventures by J. H. Patterson Midnight city (#1) : Conquered earth […]
Lamar City Council Enacts Water Restrictions
Acting on a recommendation from the Lamar Water Board, the city council voted in favor of implementing Stage 1 Mandatory Water Restrictions, effective Thursday, May 2. The decision was based on current drought conditions and lack of ditch water, although the city’s well system is in good shape and has adequate supplies. The restrictions state […]
Lamar Community College Graduates over 250 Students
(Lamar, Colorado; April 16, 2013) Lamar Community College will host its seventy‐fourth annual Commencement on Saturday, April 27, 2013 at the LCC Wellness Center. 255 degree or certificate‐seeking students are eligible to walk in this year’s commencement. This includes fall 2012 graduates as well as spring and summer 2013 candidates for graduation. The ceremony […]
Great Spirits, Food and Company at Chamber Wine Tasting Night
Yellow Tail, Middle Sister, Purple Cowboy, Pro-mis-Q-ous and Cupcake were some of the brands of wine sampled during The Lamar Chamber of Commerce’s Fourth Annual, “Wine Down and Un-cork”, wine tasting event held this past Friday. The wine tasting, held this year at the Lamar Elks Lodge, featured plenty of delicacies and varieties of wines […]
Southeast Health Group’s March 30th Round Up to Feature the Overton Road Band
It’s gonna be a HOT time in the OLD town of Lamar as Southeast Health Group holds its 4th annual Round Up event to support mental health, substance use disorder and wellness services in southeastern Colorado. This year’s event will be held on Saturday evening, March 30, 2013, from 6:00 – 10:00 PM at the […]
County OKAYs Water Shares for Cemetery District, Monster Truck Show Gets Green Light
Rella Ann Steele and Joel Kalma, East Prowers Cemetery District Board members, had their request for 8 Prowers County LAWMA water shares for cemetery use approved by the commissioners. The rate for the year was set at $100 per share. Steele explained that the board and the new groundskeeper had made some real improvements at […]
Jeremy Miller, New County VA Representative
Jeremy Miller has become the Prowers County Veterans Administration representative, replacing Carol Grauberger who, after 34 years of service in that capacity, retired at the end of 2012. Miller, who served in the U.S. Navy and recently retired from the U.S. Naval Reserves, says he wants to reach as many local vets as possible […]
Community Turns Out for Annual Fantasy Tree Celebration
Click on a picture to start the slideshow. The annual fundraising event to benefit the Domestic Safety Resource Center was held at the Lamar Elks Lodge, Saturday, November 17, featuring a silent and live auction courtesy of Rob Morlan, auctioneer from M & M Auction Company. Guests enjoyed several tables of hors d’oeuvres compliments of […]
New at the Library for the Week of Oct. 22
Top Ten Books for the Week of October 22, 2012 Daring to Dream by Nora Roberts Line of Fire by Stephen White Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins The Last Vampire by Christopher Pike By Starlight by Dorothy Garlock Encyclopedia of Artists by William Vaughn (editor) Last To Die by […]
Lamar Days, 126 Years of Prairie Proud
The carnival is in town, for the start of Lamar’s birthday celebration. Crabtree Amusements Carnival started putting up stakes at the north end of Willow Creek Park, taking advantage of the sunshine and hoping it stays that way for their opening this Friday evening at 5pm. By late Thursday afternoon, some of the contestants in […]
Wastewater Lift Station Needs Repairs, City Getting New K9 for Police Department
Higher than expected levels of hydrogen sulfide has caused excessive deterioration of the concrete wetwall at the city’s new wastewater lift station. The concrete is being damaged by agitation of the water as it spills into the headworks screen which causes a release of the corrosive gas. Eric Larson of the Farnsworth Group provided some […]
8th Annual Lamar Elks Gun Show Has Good Turnout
Close to two dozen vendors were on hand this past Friday through Sunday at the Lamar Elks Lodge for their annual gun show. Elks Exalted Ruler Jared Crabtree and Lodge member Tom McKibbon, who were manning the front desk on Saturday afternoon, said the parking lot was packed in the morning and there was still […]
Scout Camp Breakfast Held at Lamar Elks
Boy Scout Troop 218 and Cub Scout Pack 223 hosted a fund-raising breakfast at the Lamar Elks Lodge February 16 to help defray expenses for area scouts attending their annual Scout Camp this year. Representatives from the Rocky Mountain Council of Boy Scouts of America explained the significance of the camp and scouting in general […]
Prowers Lodging Tax Panel Begins New Year
The Prowers Lodging Tax Panel approved one of three funding requests presented to them during their first meeting of 2012, Tuesday, January 17. Ken Brooks, representing the Lamar Elks Lodge, had his request for $2,000 granted to help promote the annual Little Britches Rodeo at the fairgrounds arena this spring. Brooks said the date had […]
Local Fireworks Funding Needed
This year’s 4th of July fireworks display at the Prowers County Fairgrounds will go on as scheduled, but next year’s display may be in doubt. Not because of a lack of rain to keep the area moist, but because of a lack of dollars to pay for the fireworks display. Each year, for almost […]
Area Students Receive $8,500 in Scholarships from Elks Lodge
The Lamar Elks Lodge, #1319 and the National Elks Foundation, awarded $8,500 in scholarships to southeast Colorado students during an awards dinner, Monday, May 2, as National Youth Week is being observed. Twenty-one elementary school youngsters participated in the Americanism essay contest, submitting a short theme of what being an American meant to […]