Archive for December, 2019
Colorado Employment Situation – November 2019
Employers in Colorado added 4,100 nonfarm payroll jobs from October to November for a total of 2,796,800 jobs, according to the survey of business establishments. Private sector payroll jobs increased 3,100 and government increased 1,000. October estimates were revised up to 2,792,700, and the over the month change from September to October was an […]
Olive Tomlin …November 9, 1931 – December 18, 2019
Funeral services for Olive Tomlin will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, December 23rd at the United Methodist Church in Las Animas, CO with Pastor Rod Coulter officiating. Interment will follow at Fort Lyon National Cemetery. Public is invited to join the family for a luncheon at the VFW Post #2411 following burial. Olive […]
City of Lamar Christmas Holiday Schedule
City offices will be closed on Tuesday, December 24, 2019 and Wednesday, December 25, 2019. The Community Building and the Public Library will also be closed. All city offices will reopen on Thursday, December 26 at regular hours. Commercial Refuse Collection scheduled for Wednesday, December 25, Christmas Day, will be collected on Tuesday, […]
Livestock Slaughter -November 2019, U.S. Highlights
Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.74 billion pounds in November, up 1 percent from the 4.68 billion pounds produced in November 2018. Beef production, at 2.30 billion pounds, was 1 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.77 million head, down 1 percent from November 2018. The average live weight […]
Lodging Panel Begins Work on Changes for Funding Requests
Two requests for funding were tabled by the Prowers County Lodging Tax Panel during their meeting on Tuesday, December 17th. The applications from the annual High Plains Snow Goose Festival and Southeast All Stars Junior High and High School Rodeo were discussed, but no action was taken mostly due to the dollar amounts […]
Dear Editor: Bell Ringing Volunteers Update
Dear Editor, I want to just say a huge thank you for all of those of you who have volunteered to help ring the bells, encouraging people in giving to those in our county who are in need. I just counted up all of the volunteers that have signed up so far. By next Monday, […]
Lamar City Administrator Finalists Meet the Public
The two candidates for Lamar City Administrator remain from the 29 first considered for the position. They are: Erik Hansen and Steve Kill. Candidates from 13 states including Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Oklahoma, and Texas were offered by a commercial recruitment Firm (SGR), which was hired […]
Marilyn D. Tombleson…December 18, 1942 – December 15, 2019
A celebration of life funeral service for longtime Lamar resident, Marilyn D. Tombleson, will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday December 21, 2019 at the Crosswinds Church of the Nazarene in Lamar with Reverend Roy Gueswell and Reverend Jonathan Tombleson co-officiating the service. Burial will follow in the Fairmount Cemetery in Lamar. Visitation […]
Birth Announcements: Pizania-/-Licano-/-Melgosa-/-Estrada-/-Wilson-/-Hudgins
Jade Pizania of Lamar, CO announces the birth of her son, Samuel Isaac at 8:16am at Prowers Medical Center on Wednesday, December 11, 2019. Samuel weighed eight pounds and seven ounces and was 21 ¼ inches in length at birth. Brothers/Sisters: Faith, Zion and Ezra. Grandparents: Consuelo Gamboa and Antonio Pizania. ************************* Chelsey and […]
County Commissioners Set 2020 Budget
The Prowers County Commissioners passed a resolution setting the 2020 county budget at $31,811,431 this past Tuesday, December 10th following a public hearing. The mill levy was set at 27.17 mills upon each dollar of the total valuation for assessment of all taxable property in the county for 2020. That amount is $138,234,274 […]
Electronic Recording Technology Board Awards $723,000 in Grants to Seven Colorado Counties
The Electronic Recording Technology Board (ERTB), housed in the Secretary of State’s office, this month awarded grants to seven Colorado counties totaling $723,000 for enhancements to land recording services. With this latest round of grants, the ERTB has now awarded more than $5 million to counties across Colorado since the board was created in […]
Lola Mae Gilliland…May 27, 1943 – December 13, 2019
A celebration of life memorial service for longtime Wiley and Lamar, Colorado resident, Lola Mae Gilliland will be held at 2:00PM on Friday, December 20, 2019 at the Lamar Christian Church with Ian Blacker officiating. Per Lola’s request cremation will take place and there will be no visitation. Lola was born on May […]
Margaret Louise Beattie…July 31, 1939 – December 4, 2019
Margaret Louise Beattie, age 80, passed away peacefully at her home on December 4, 2019. Margaret was born to Albert and Eva (Nicks) Banks on July 31, 1939 in Limon, Colorado. She was the second of 4 children, Norman, Milton and Rita. She graduated from Limon High School in 1958. Her father nicknamed […]
Granada Trustees Wrap Up Year with Final Meeting
The Granada Trustees held a brief final meeting for the year on Wednesday, December 11th at the Granada Complex. The Trustees decided to surrender a hail-damaged police vehicle to the town’s insurer, CIRSA for a one-time payment of $7,300. They briefly discussed the purchase of an Automated External Defibrillator which has been budgeted for […]
TBK Bank Donates Building to Granada School District No. RE-1
TBK Bank, SSB, donated its building, located at 205 E. Goff Avenue, to the Granada School District No. RE-1 in a key handing ceremony this past Thursday morning, December 12th. The building will be converted to the new location for the Amache Museum, which is dedicated to conserving the Amache site and its World […]
