Archive for April, 2017
Beulah Mae Stewart…March 8, 1936 – April 5, 2017
A celebration of life for longtime Lamar resident, Beulah Mae Stewart will be held at 2:00PM on Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at the Peacock Family Chapel. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery. Visitation for Beulah will be held on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 from 3:00PM until 5:00PM at the Peacock Family Chapel. Beulah […]
CDA Hosting Meeting on Commercial use of Industrial Hemp
CDA’s Farm Products/Commodity Handler Programs for Colorado’s Industrial Hemp Industry BROOMFIELD, Colo. – The Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) will be hosting a public meeting to provide information on the CDA Farm Product Dealer Program as it relates to the commercial use of industrial hemp in Colorado. This meeting will provide beneficial information for […]
Corn and Wheat Acreage Down, Soybean and Cotton Acreage Plants are Up for 2017
Corn planted area for all purposes in 2017 is estimated at 90.0 million acres, down 4 percent or 4.0 million acres from last year. Compared with last year, planted acreage is expected to be down or unchanged in 38 of the 48 estimating states. Soybean planted area for 2017 is estimated at a […]
Janice Schultz…February 2, 1953 – April 6, 2017
A celebration of life memorial service for longtime Lamar resident, Janice Schultz will be held at 11:00AM on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at the Lamar Christian Church with Ian Blacker officiating. Per Janice’s request cremation will take place and there will be no visitation. Janice was born on February 2, 1953 at La Junta, Colorado […]
Staff Needed to Open Holly Pool, Trustees Table ARPA Resolution
The Holly Trustees began their monthly meeting with a gathering at TBK Bank, holding a meet and greet for Eric Depperschmidt, the new executive director for Prowers Economic Prosperity, PEP. Rick Robbins and Aaron Leiker, president and vice-president of PEP attended the gathering as well as Prowers County Commissioner, Ron Cook, and some Holly residents. They […]
Canyons and Plains Meeting Set for Eads
Canyons & Plains of Southeast Colorado will be holding their Regional meeting in Eads Colorado Thursday April 13 at 10am at the Cobblestone Hotel meeting room. The presentation will be about tourism in Kiowa County, including Jackson Pond and Sand Creek Massacre site. There will also be an update about the upcoming meeting in […]
LCC’s Phi Theta Kappa Inducts 26 New Members
(Lamar, Colorado; April 5, 2017) Lamar Community College’s Beta Eta Gamma chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society welcomed 26 new members to the ranks during the spring induction ceremony on March 21, 2017. The new inductees included Cristian Alvarez (Walsh), Halbert Alvarez (Walsh), Andrew Astalos (Lakeport, Michigan), Michael Benz (Pueblo), Sam Boone […]
Buxton Economic Report Highlights Community Growth Potential
Cheyenne Robinson, liaison to the City of Lamar from the Buxton Company, presented an analysis of surplus and leakage spending in Lamar and Prowers County during a meeting with Prowers Economic Prosperity, PEP, board members this past Tuesday, April 4th. Her meeting with PEP offered a continuation of the information on the local retail […]
Dream Big Event Set for Eads High School April 27th
Colorado’s Top Technology Companies and Universities to Participate in One-Day Learning Event Eads, CO (April 5, 2017) – On April 27, the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) will host over 250 students from 12 southeastern Colorado school districts for the second annual Dream Big Event at Eads High School in Eads, Colo. […]
Fickenscher Receives Honorary Cattlemen’s Award.
LAMAR – Bruce Fickenscher was honored during the annual Bent-Prowers Cattle & Horse Growers Association banquet April 1st in Lamar. Fickenscher, of Chivington, was selected as the association’s prestigious Honorary Life Member Award recipient. Fickenscher has been with Colorado State University Extension since 2001. He currently is Livestock & Range Specialist for the Southeast area, […]
Educational Session Kicks off Annual Cattlemen Festivities
LAMAR – Where will the beef industry be in 5 years? Bent-Prowers Cattle & Horse Growers Association hosted an open educational session April 1 at the Elk’s Lodge in Lamar. A panel of Thane Milenski, with cattle feeder and processor JBS/Five Rivers, Alan Woodard, CEO of Farm Credit of Southern Colorado, and Rick Robbins, […]
Lamar Redevelopment Authority Provides Funding for New Business
The City of Lamar and various interests in Prowers County, including PEP, have taken some aggressive steps in 2016 and this year, to develop and sustain business development and retention in the local communities. One of these was last year’s hiring of Buxton by the City of Lamar, a research and marketing firm which, […]
WAFWA Reports on 2016 Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-wide Plan Conservation Progress
On March 31, the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service its third annual report detailing achievements under the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-wide Conservation Plan. Among other highlights, WAFWA reported on the purchase of an ecologically significant piece of property in Kansas, which permanently protects nearly 30,000 […]
Birth Announcement: Miller
Troy and Adilene Miller of McClave, Colorado announce the birth of their daughter, Blair Aleny Miller at Prowers Medical Center at 12:27pm on Friday, March 31, 2017 with Dr. Foley attending. Blair weighed six pounds and 13 ounces and was 20 inches in length at birth. Grandparents: Rex and Rhonda Miller and Arnulfo and […]
Lamar Community College renews Three for Two Promotion
After a successful first year in 2016, the Three for Two promotion will return to Lamar Community College this summer. Through this program, students may enroll in nine or more credits and receive a tuition-only scholarship for up to $410.70, a scholarship equal to three resident on-campus credits. For many, this will mean that when […]
