RSSArchive for April 24th, 2018

LCC Hosting Year-End Celebrations

LCC Hosting Year-End Celebrations

      (Lamar, Colorado; April 23, 2018) The academic year is quickly coming to a close and Lamar Community College is preparing for three big year-end celebrations: Nurse Pinning, Antelope Night, and the 79th Annual Commencement ceremony. All events are open to the public, so anyone wishing to join in celebrating the accomplishments of […]

Frontier Bank, Health Fair Winner

Frontier Bank, Health Fair Winner

Frontier Bank in Lamar has helped sponsor the Annual High Plains Community Health Center “Health Fair” since its inception in 2011.  In an effort to encourage a healthier lifestyle, Frontier Bank donates a bicycle each year. Marilyn Klippert is this year’s lucky winner.  Frontier Bank would like to thank HPCHC for providing the Annual Health […]

Lucille M. Cook…May 1, 1939 – April 22, 2018

  Funeral Services for Lucille M. Cook will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 26, 2018 at The First Church of the Nazarene in Las Animas, CO with Pastor Diane Hutson officiating.  Interment will follow in the Bent/Las Animas Cemetery.  Visitation will be held on Wednesday, April 25, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 […]

Free Spring Concert Set for May 1 at LHS

Free Spring Concert Set for May 1 at LHS

Southeastern Colorado Concert Association Please join us on Tuesday, May 1st at 7:00 p.m. at Lamar High School for our Annual FREE Spring Concert featuring the AVWPE Concert Band, Valley Jazz Orchestra and Main Street Ringers Handbells.  This is the Arkansas Valley Wind & Percussion Ensemble’s 19th Season Concert of Honor.  The concert band, directed […]

Lamar Fire and Police Receive Funding for Equipment

Lamar Fire and Police Receive Funding for Equipment

  The Lamar Police Department received the go-ahead to apply for a Bulletproof Vest Program which will provide 50% funding for the vests the officers wear while on duty. The five vests cost $2,250 and with tax and handling of another $20, the total is $2,270.  The approved grant will half that cost to $1,135.  […]

Council Approves Letter of Support for Proposed Nursing Home

Council Approves Letter of Support for Proposed Nursing Home

  The Lamar City Council voted to sign a letter of support for the proposed Sage Brush Meadows Nursing Home during the council’s April 23rd meeting. This is one step among several the organizing group needs to move the project forward to a November ballot.  Anne-Marie Crampton, councilwoman, recommended the group begin gathering a minimum […]

Lamar Library and Heritage Defenders to Work to ‘Clean Up’ Internet Homework Helplines

Lamar Library and Heritage Defenders to Work to ‘Clean Up’ Internet Homework Helplines

Belinda Groner, representing a local group known as Heritage Defenders, asked the Lamar City Council on Monday, April 23rd, to take action to force homework helpline websites to filter pornographic materials and related advertisements to school age children in the community.  Groner provided documentation from various groups that have followed the money to a company […]