RSSArchive for July 12th, 2017

Ray D. Sanders…September 17, 1935 – July 10, 2017

  A Celebration of Life for longtime Lamar resident Ray Sanders will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday, July 15, 2017 at the Peacock Family Chapel with Pastor Paul Floyd of the High Plains Fellowship officiating. Interment will follow at Fairmount Cemetery.  Visitation will be held from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM on Friday, July […]

Lesardo “Lee” Martinez…September 29, 1944 – July 11, 2017

    A funeral service for longtime Granada resident, Lesardo “Lee” Martinez will be held at 10:00AM on Friday, July 14, 2017 at the St. Francis de Sales/Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with Deacon Allan Medina officiating. . A rosary service will be held prior to the mass at 9:30AM at the church. Interment […]

Steerman Enters Class of 2021 Plebe Summer at US Naval Academy

Steerman Enters Class of 2021 Plebe Summer at US Naval Academy

  ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Jeanette Steerman, a 2017 graduate of McClave High School in McClave Colorado, was inducted into the Naval Academy Class of 2021 Thursday, June 29, and will begin six challenging weeks of basic midshipman training as part of Plebe Summer. Approximately 1,200 candidates are selected each year for the Academy’s “plebe” or freshman […]

Pediatric Expansion Plans Set for High Plains Health Center

Pediatric Expansion Plans Set for High Plains Health Center

Expansion plans for the pediatric department are getting closer to fruition. Eric Niemeyer, Executive Director of the High Plains Community Health Center said the Clinic’s board decided last year that the department needed more space as Dr. Figlio gave up his office to become an examination room.  “We have plans from our architect and have […]

City of Lamar May 2017 Sales and Use Tax Report

City of Lamar May 2017 Sales and Use Tax Report

    May was a better month for sales tax collections for the City of Lamar. Taxes collected in June show the City Sales Tax was up 3.18% for a gain of $8,602 for the previous year.  Collections for 2016 were $270,707 for last May while the month for this year brought in $279,310.  Total collections […]