Archive for April, 2018
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 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
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
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
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
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 […]
New Power Purchase Agreement Will Mean Electric Bill Savings
ARPA, Arkansas River Power Authority, and its six member communities, has been in negotiations to end a Power Purchase Agreement with Twin Eagle in favor of a newer, lower cost agreement with Tri State G & T. The Lamar City Council decided in favor of engaging the Polsinelli law firm to represent the […]
Methamphetamine Drug Arrest for Lamar Resident
The Drug Task Force comprised of Prowers, Baca, Kiowa and Cheyenne County Sheriff’s Offices recently made an arrest after an investigation in the distribution of illegal drugs. On Friday, 4-13-2018, the Prowers County Sheriff’s Office arrested Jacob Martinez, 39, of Lamar, Colorado for a warrant with the charges of: Unlawful Distribution or Sale of Methamphetamine, […]
UPDATE – Barbara Jane Heasley Kuhns…September 8, 1931 – April 7, 2018
Barbara Jane Heasley Kuhns, of Las Animas, Colorado, entered into rest on April 7, 2018 at the Bent County Nursing Home in Las Animas, Colorado surrounded by her loving family. She was born to Nelson and Emma Hess Heasley, September 8, 1931. She was 86 years of age. Barbara was the oldest of […]
LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER – 2017 ANNUAL – UNITED STATES HIGHLIGHTS
Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.52 billion pounds in March, down slightly from the 4.54 billion pounds produced in March 2017. Beef production, at 2.20 billion pounds, was 2 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.70 million head, down 2 percent from March 2017. The average live weight […]
State Senator Crowder Bill for Used Vehicle Sales Tax Relief Passes Senate
DENVER – In an effort to assist Colorado’s working class, Senator Larry Crowder (R-Alamosa) authored Senate Bill-77, an exemption of the sales tax for used vehicles in the State of Colorado. Currently, a vehicle has sales tax applied to it each time it is sold, meaning that the State of Colorado can double, triple, and […]
A Dream Comes True for HOPE Center Students
A four yearlong project is coming to a conclusion at the Lincoln School HOPE Center today, April 20th. Rolls of fresh sod are being placed over new dirt and a recently installed sprinkler system, creating a grass playground for the students at the school. It’s been a long time in coming. Emily Neischburg, […]
Colorado Employment Situation for March 2018
Employers in Colorado added 5,400 nonfarm payroll jobs from February to March for a total of 2,707,800 jobs, according to the survey of business establishments. Private sector payroll jobs increased 4,300 and government increased 1,100. According to the survey of households, the unemployment rate was unchanged from February to March at 3.0 percent. The […]
LCC Spring Horse Show set for April 27
(Lamar, Colorado; April 19, 2018) The Lamar Community College Horse Training & Management (HTM) and Equine Business Management (EBM) programs will host their annual Spring Show on Friday, April 27. The show will be held in the Equine Complex, just north of College Road in Lamar, starting at 10:30am that morning. The […]
