Archive for February 11th, 2019

Southeast Colorado Offers Choices for Snow Goose Visitors
The weatherman cooperated for the High Plains Snow Goose Festival this past weekend in Lamar and portions of southeast Colorado. While the breeze picked up during the late afternoons and evenings, the days were crisp and mostly sunny for those attending the 17th annual Festival. Birding enthusiasts selected from a list of options on […]
James “Jim” Douglas Winsor…September 15, 1959 – February 9, 2019
A mass of Christian burial for lifetime Lamar resident, Jim Winsor will be held at 2:00PM on Friday, February 15, 2019 at the St. Francis de Sales/Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with Reverend Mariusz Wirkowski as celebrant. Inurnment will follow at the Fairmount Cemetery in Lamar. Per Jim’s request cremation will take place […]
Arleta B. Allen…July 23, 1929 – February 2, 2019
A celebration of life memorial service for longtime McClave resident, Arleta B. Allen will be held at 11:00AM on Friday, February 15, 2019 at the McClave United Methodist Church with Pastor Gary Pritchard of the Hasty Friends Church officiating. Per Arleta’s request cremation will take place and there will be no visitation. Arleta was […]
Training / Drill at Prowers Medical Center
(Lamar, CO) February 8, 2019 – Team Members at Prowers Medical Center in coordination with the Prowers County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting emergency preparedness training on Friday, February 15, 2019. The training exercise is not open to the general public. This notification is being provided to alert the community that the exercise is […]

LCC Hosting 3rd Annual SCALE in Lamar
Several dozen area farmers and ranchers, coupled with about a dozen ag-oriented exhibitors attended the second annual Southeast Crops and Livestock Expo (SCALE) at the Lamar Community College Wellness Center on Friday, February 8th. The expo featured former Colorado Ag Commissioner, Don Brown, as the main speaker at 12:30 at the Wellness Center. […]

Trooper Tips – “A Call to Action Part 2”
Last month I talked about crashes over the 2018 holiday season which took 9 lives in 7 crashes over a 72 hour period. We now need to start looking at the causes of these crashes. Each of them had a different reason for the crash, but each one did have one thing in common; […]