Archive for August 16th, 2017
William Eckert…June 8, 1955 – July 23, 2017
Graveside Memorial Services for William Eckert will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 26, 2017 at Union Valley Cemetery in Hasty, Colorado. William Earl Eckert was born on June 8, 1955 in Orange County, California to Earl Eckert and Carolyn Niswonger. He passed away on July 23, 2017 at Salina Regional Health […]
Prowers Honored as Reach Out & Read County
Prowers County recognized as Reach Out and Read Colorado Book-End County. Annually, more than 3000 Reach Out and Read Colorado books are prescribed to children and families at health check-ups in Prowers County at seven partner sites. Prowers County, Colorado (August 7, 2017) – Prowers County is the most recent Colorado County to be […]
Lodging Panel Funds Farm-City Banquet, Tri-State 9/11 Tribute
Two funding requests before the Prowers County Lodging Panel that were tabled earlier were approved at the Tuesday, August 15th meeting by board members. The Tri-State 9/11 Tribute committee had requested $2,000 for marketing funds for the September 9th event and the Lamar Chamber of Commerce Farm-City Banquet, set for November 10th, had asked for […]
Lamar’s Monthly Sales Tax Revenue is Up, YTD is Still Trending Low
Total Sales and Use Tax collections for The City of Lamar for June sales, collected in July, were up 5% for a $15,955 gain over the same time last year. 2016 collections for June were at $318,878 compared to 2017 with $334,833. City Sales Tax collections for the same period were up 5.34% […]
