Archive for December, 2016
Bob Idler…May 2, 1929 – December 7, 2016
A celebration of life service for lifetime Prowers County resident, Bob Idler, will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday December 10, 2016 at the Peacock Family Chapel in Lamar with Ian Blacker of the Lamar Christian Church officiating. Burial will follow in the Veteran’s Section of Fairmount Cemetery with full military honors under the auspices […]
Letter to the Editor: Domestic Safety Resource Center
On behalf of Domestic Safety Resource Center I would like to thank you for making the 13th Annual Fantasy Tree Event such a success. Without your generous support throughout the year and at this extraordinary event, we would not be able to provide many of the services we currently provide. DSRC provides free, confidential services […]
Birth Announcement: Sutphin
John and Brittany Sutphin of Lamar, Colorado announce the birth of their daughter Annistyn Lea Sutphin at 8am on Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at Prowers Medical Center with Dr. Christian Korkis attending. Annistyn weighed eight pounds and three ounces and was 20 ¼ inches in length at birth. Brother/Sister: Blakelynn Sutphin. Grandparents: Blake Higgins, […]
Funds From Beers and Brats for Boobies Continue to Surpass Previous Donations
Area residents have been consistent in their support of the Lamar Area Hospice organization, and a $20,000 donation from the Beers and Brats for Boobies Committee is a confirmation of that loyalty. During the December 7th presentation, organizer Megan Grett said she was overwhelmed by the amount donated this year, “We started our first year […]
PEP Takes New Direction for Executive Director Search
Prowers Economic Prosperity board members, at the suggestion of new member, Craig Loveless, will initiate a more aggressive search mode to find a new executive director for the economic development group. A sub-committee has been formulating a job description for the new executive director since this past summer. PEP is looking for a person who […]
Holiday Festivities at the Enchanted Forest
Lamar, CO – The Lamar Chamber of Commerce and several local organizations will celebrate this holiday season with family festivities in the Enchanted Forest beginning this Saturday, December 10th. To kick off this year’s family fun, the Lamar Chamber of Commerce and Lamar Parks and Recreation will host the Second Annual Dashers Dash 5k. Registration […]
Fall of 2016 Climate Review Across Southern Colorado
The Fall of 2016 (September, October and November ) was very warm and dry across most of south central and southeast Colorado and ended up as the warmest and driest Fall Season on record in Colorado Springs, the warmest Fall Season on record in Pueblo and the 4th warmest and 8th driest Fall Season on […]
Private Property Trespass and Vandalism Part of Police Update
The act of designating a thief as a trespasser has become an important tool of the Lamar Police Department. According to Chief Kyle Miller, the practice began two years ago as a means to combat degrees of intersecting crime, eventually relating to illegal drug sales in the community. Miller briefed the Lamar City Council on […]
Letter to the Editor: Regarding Recent Vandalism in Lamar
December 6, 2016 On the weekend after Thanksgiving, a block in Lamar was hit by an attack of political vandalism. Nine houses and seven cars were defaced by spray-painted messages which included swastikas and slogans like “Trump Make Amerika White.” We don’t yet know who the vandals were or what motivated them. The police are […]
Patrick Leon Pointon…December 24, 1953 – December 4, 2016
Funeral services for Patrick Pointon will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 8, 2016 at the United Methodist Church in Las Animas, Colorado. Winfrey Shipp will officiate. A private family inurnment will take place at the Bent/Las Animas Cemetery at a later date. Patrick Leon Pointon was born on December 24, 1953 to […]
Lamar Chamber Seeks Board Member from City Council
The Lamar Chamber of Commerce conducts its annual transition between outgoing and incoming board members at this time of year. With several positions still open on the board, the Chamber and Lamar City Council are exploring having a council member sit on the board. Council members discussed the options among themselves during a limited […]
LCC Ag Club hosts Fall Ag Olympics
(Lamar, Colorado; December 2, 2016) Lamar Community College students and faculty turned out for a fun morning at the Ag Olympics held on Friday, December 2, at the LCC Equine Complex. Six teams, comprised of 20 students and two faculty members, competed in events included the egg toss, wheel barrow race, sack race, goat roping, […]
Marjorie May Davis…June 8, 1926 – November 27, 2016
Marjorie May Davis, an 84-year resident of Lamar, Colorado, passed away on November 27, 2016. She was 90 years old. At the time of her death, she was a resident of her adoptive home town — Eads, Colorado — where she had lived and received care since January 2014. Born in Greensburg, Kansas on June […]
Birth Announcement: Alonzo
Karlee Stuart and Josh Alonzo of Las Animas, Colorado and Riverside, California announce the birth of their son, Xavier Paul Alonzo at 10:54am at Prowers Medical Center on Saturday, December 3, 2016 with Sharon Hendricks attending. Xavier weighed six pounds and 13 ounces and was 19 ¾ inches in length at birth. Grandparents: Paul […]
Lamar Chamber Hosted a Spectacular Parade of Lights
This year’s Lamar Chamber of Commerce Parade of Lights theme focused on Starry Nights and Yuletide Lights for the December 2nd event. And there were plenty of floats, an estimated 20, that took the theme to heart. We had just a hint of a few, isolated flurries around the downtown area as residents lined the streets […]
