Archive for June, 2016
Pond Study Completion, Words of Thanks
With the completion and acceptance from the State, Dale Mauch and Don McBee would like to thank all the people, businesses, and organizations that made the Pond Study on farms located on the Arkansas in Southeastern Colorado possible. It was a community effort and a victory for irrigated agriculture’s future in the valley. First we […]
Library Uses Grant Money For Books!
Lamar Public Library Director, Sarah McDonnell and Youth Services Librarian, Sara Clark proudly pose with children’s books they purchased with Colorado State Library Grant money! With the money received the library was able to add over 260 titles within the youth collections. The money was distributed evenly within the Children, Juvenile, and Young Adult sections […]
Lamar Chamber Hosts Evening of Taste Tempting Wines
Wines have been gaining in popularity over the years. But we can be faced with an array of wine choices ranging from white to red to rose or from a Grigio to Beaujolais to a Sauvignon Blanc. Most young wine drinkers got their start from Boone’s or Ripple and hopefully graduated to more sophisticated tastes. […]
Tressa V. Smith…March 2, 1919 – June 29, 2016
A Celebration of Life for lifetime Prowers County area resident, Tressa V. Smith will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, July 1, 2016 at the Lamar Christian Church with Ian Blacker officiating. Interment will follow at Fairmount Cemetery. Visitation for Tressa will be held on Thursday, June 30, 2016 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM […]
Unofficial Primary Election Results for June 28th
These are the unofficial voting numbers for Prowers County and a partial listing of the statewide contests for elected seats of interest. The Prowers County voter turnout was 42.68% from 1,754 votes cast out of a total voting population of 4,110. For Prowers County Commissioner, Wendy Buxton Andrade ran unopposed for District 3 on the […]
Lamar Transportation Projects Noted at City Council Meeting
Transportation in one form or another was a topic of discussion for the Lamar City Council during their Monday meeting, June 27th. The council approved an agreement between the city and Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) railroad for the replacement of sidewalks across the Main Street tracks which will be built by CDOT during the […]
Two Suspects Arrested in Drug Possession and Theft Case
Media Release On June 26, 2016, officers of the Lamar Police Department received a call in the 400 block of East College Road concerning a residential burglary. Officer performed a thorough investigation at the scene and identified two suspects in the case. Officers and Detectives served a search warrant at a residence in the […]
PMC Renovation Project Nearing Completion
“We did the final punch-walk through the gymnasium on Friday and found only some minor repairs were needed and we should be ready to move into the gym by Tuesday,” explained Prowers Medical Center, CEO, Craig Loveless, during a meeting with the Prowers County Commissioners. With the completion of some cosmetic remodeling issues in the […]
Matthew Gurnsey: the Kilted Man to Perform at Lamar Public Library
The Lamar Public Library is pleased to announce the guest performance of MATTHEW GURNSEY on THURSDAY, JUNE 30th@ 1:30 pm! The Kilted Man has played a ridiculous number of libraries, all over the United States (including Hawaii!). Entirely self-contained and able to put on a program with only electricity and a great deal of personally […]
Birth Announcement: Harkness
Sean and Misty Harkness of Towner, Colorado announces the birth of their son, Gideon Isaiah Harkness at 7:13pm at Prowers Medical Center on Thursday, June 23, 2016 with Dr. Kendricks and Dr. Abbot attending. Gideon weighed eight pounds and four ounces and was 20.5 inches in length at birth. Brother/Sister: Elijah, Ky, Annah and […]
Kermit “Tad” D. Wilder…November 8, 1934 – June 23, 2016
A celebration of life for former Lamar resident currently of Eads, Colorado Kermit Wilder will be held at 5:00PM on Friday, July 1, 2016 at the Lamar First Baptist Church with Reverend Darren Stolps officiating. Inurnment will be held at a later date at Fairmount Cemetery. Kermit was born November 11, 1934 at Lamar, […]
County Discusses Weather Related Emergency Measures
A new outdoor warning siren will be erected opposite the former VFW hall on Memorial Drive in Lamar in the near future. This will serve residents of Quail Ridge, the Ridges which lies south of that development, residents along the southern portion of Memorial Drive and patrons of the Spreading Antlers Golf Course and Lamar […]
LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER – MAY 2016 – UNITED STATES HIGHLIGHTS
Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.00 billion pounds in May, up 5 percent from the 3.81 billion pounds produced in May 2015. Beef production, at 2.03 billion pounds, was 5 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.51 million head, up 6 percent from May 2015. The average live weight […]
Searching for Dollars, County Considers Tax Capture Plans
Lamar and Prowers County loses approximately $80 million in leakage sales each year. That’s from shoppers buying out of town, either when traveling to a destination point or online shopping. In an effort to reclaim some of that leakage, if only in sales tax on construction materials purchased outside the county, the Prowers County Commissioners […]
North Gateway Park Receives Floating Dock
First the vault restroom, and now the floating dock has been set up at North Gateway Park in Lamar. Crews from the City of Lamar Public Works Department and Colorado Parks and Wildlife spent Wednesday and Thursday, June 22-23rd, putting the dock together at the park and assembling the final sections once they were floating […]
