Archive for March, 2019
Improvement in Drought Conditions across South Central and Southeast Colorado
DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT – Pueblo – Mar 21, 2019 SYNOPSIS Abundant and much needed precipitation across Colorado`s High Country over the past few months has allowed the US Drought Monitor to indicate marked improvement in the drought that has plagued much of Colorado over the past year. Abundant precipitation through the first half of March, […]
Mary V. Aguilera..July 14, 1932 – March 21, 2019
A mass of Christian burial for longtime Lamar and Wiley, Colorado resident, Mary V. Aguilera will be held at 10:00AM on Friday, March 29, 2019 at the St. Francis de Sales/Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with Reverend Mariusz Wirkowski as celebrant. A rosary service will be held at 6:00PM on Thursday, March […]
Jerald “Jerry” Beavers…September 4, 1931 – March 22, 2019
Mass of Christian burial for Lamar, Colorado resident, Jerald Beavers, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at St. Francis De Sales/Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Lamar, Colorado with Rosary beginning at 9:30 a.m. Interment will follow the Mass at Fairmount Cemetery. Jerald “Jerry” Allen Beavers passed away […]
Dolly May (Brown) Adams…May 21, 1923 – March 20, 2019
A private family inurnment for longtime Lamar resident, Dolly May (Brown) Adams will be held at a later date. Per Dolly’s request cremation has taken place. Dolly May (Brown) Adams was born on May 21, 1923 on the family farm near Pretty Prairie, Kansas to Charles F. and Persis (Brown) Brown and passed away […]
Trailblazer Theatre Company Presents, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”
The Tony Award winning musical will be performed at the Lamar Community College, Large Lecture Hall in the Bowman Building at 7pm, Friday, April 5th and a Saturday matinee at 2pm the following afternoon. Jessica Medina, the show’s producer, said the play is a family-friendly production that recaps the events surrounding a spelling bee […]
New All-Time State Low Pressure Record at Lamar, Colorado 970.4 mb
The National Weather Service in Pueblo, Colorado, the Colorado Climate Center, the Weather Prediction Center, and the National Center for Environmental Information have determined that a new all-time State of Colorado record for lowest pressure measured was set at Lamar, Colorado during the historic March 2019 blizzard. On Wednesday, March 13, 2019 a […]
Click It or Ticket Rural Enforcement Begins Monday
STATEWIDE — Starting Monday, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), the Colorado State Patrol (CSP) and local law enforcement agencies will begin a six-day Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement period targeting rural areas of Colorado. The enforcement period will run through March 31. In 2018, five of the six counties with […]
Letter to the Editor: Cold Justice Case in Lamar
March 22, 2019 We are writing regarding the murder case of Curly and Darlene Culbreth, the elderly couple that was murdered in Lamar in August 1991. We are lifelong friends of Cindy Bernhardt, Curly and Darlene’s daughter. I say friend, but Cindy is more like a sister. We have watched her have to live […]
CSP Youth Academy Extends Online Enrollment to March 29
The Colorado State Patrol Youth Academy will be held in Golden, CO at the Colorado State Patrol Training Academy on July 14-20, 2019. The youth academy focuses on leadership development through team exercises and individual achievement. Cadets will become familiar with the basic elements of the Colorado State Patrol Academy through a demanding daily […]
COLORADO WINTER WHEAT VARIETIES 2019 CROP
This report provides the results of the Winter Wheat Seedings by Variety Survey, 2019 Crop, conducted by the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Mountain Regional Field Office. The survey was funded by the Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee. Colorado wheat producers seeded an estimated 2.25 million acres to winter wheat in the fall of 2018 for […]
Colorado River Basin States Move Forward with Contingency Plan to Address Looming Crisis
DENVER – The seven Colorado River Basin States of Colorado, Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming signed a letter to Congress today requesting legislation to implement a negotiated contingency plan that responds to the historic dry conditions and the effects of climate change on the Colorado River. “Water is the lifeblood of […]
Livestock Slaughter – US Highlights – February 2019
Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.17 billion pounds in February, up 3 percent from the 4.06 billion pounds produced in February 2018. Beef production, at 1.99 billion pounds, was slightly above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.45 million head, up 2 percent from February 2018. The average live weight was […]
CATTLE ON FEED- March 22, 2019
COLORADO The number of cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in Colorado feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 head or larger was estimated at 1,050,000 head as of March 1, 2019. The latest inventory was 1 percent above last month’s revised inventory of 1,040,000 head and up 11 percent from the March […]
Phillip-Wayne Ray Webber…May 29, 1975 – March 16, 2019
A celebration of life memorial service for Lamar, Colorado resident, Phillip-Wayne Ray Webber will be held at 5:00PM on Saturday, March 30, 2019 at the Lamar Missionary Baptist Church. Per Phillip’s request cremation has taken place and there will be no visitation. On May 29, 1975 Phillip-Wayne Ray Webber was born in Red Cloud, […]
Birth Announcement: Deines
Jesse and Danyelle Deines of Eads, Colorado announce the birth of their son, Jude Michael Deines at 4:45pm at Prowers Medical Center on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 with Dr. Steven Foley attending. Michael weighed seven pounds and one ounce and was 19 ¼ inches in length at birth. Brothers/Sisters: Will, Mia and Jeff. […]
