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Lodging Panel Funds Annual Spring Car Show
Ron Cook’s request for $3,000 for advertising funds for the annual Lamar Days Car Show was approved by the Prowers County Lodging Tax Panel Tuesday afternoon, January 20. “This will be the 20th year we’ve held the event,” said Cook, adding, “We drew entries from four states for bikes and cars and last year was […]
Honkers and Directors Visit New Chamber Board Member, Lance Maggart
The Lamar Chamber of Commerce Honkers and Directors would like to congratulate and recognize Lance Maggart as one of the newest Lamar Chamber of Commerce Board members. Lance is currently employed as Editor by the Lamar Ledger. We all look forward to working with you in your new position! Pictured are Chamber Board Members Lisa Thomas (High […]
Lodging Panel Approves Events to Close Year of Funding
All three requests received funding during the last meeting of the year by Lodging Tax Panel Board members, although not all votes were unanimous. Mary Breslin, Lamar Ledger publisher, requested funding for a full page ad in the paper’s tourism publication, Discover Magazine. The board voted to approve a half page advertisement at $350 focusing […]
Election 2011: Haggard & Medina Win
Prowers County election judges sifted through 1007 ballots that were delivered to the county courthouse (yesterday) Monday. The day before, they processed 1,500 total. The last-minute ballots resulted in an almost three-hour wait after the polls closed before the results were known for Prowers County. Prowers County Clerk and Recorder, Jana Coen, noted that because […]
Lamar Redevelopment Board Postpones Hospital District Agreement
The Lamar City Council, acting as the Redevelopment Board on Monday, June 27, tabled approving a resolution for an intergovernmental agreement to pay the Prowers County Hospital District a portion of the TIF revenue generated by the hospital district levy. Although the amount equals about $2,000 annually, the authority board was reluctant to set a […]