Archive for April 23rd, 2020
LaVerne Stolzenberger…July 1, 1928 – April 22, 2020
A memorial service for current Lamar, Colorado resident formerly of Sabetha, Kansas, LaVerne Stolzenberger will be held at a later date in Sabetha, Kansas. Per LaVerne’s request cremation will take place. LaVerne was born on July 1, 1928 at Sabetha, Kansas to Walter Lee and Sara Fern (Hampton) Chase and passed away on April […]
CDLE: Over 67,000 Initial Unemployment Claims Filed April 12-18th
(DENVER) — Today the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) announced there were 67,334 initial unemployment claims filed the week ending April 18. This is compared to 104,217 the week prior (week ending April 11). Over the past four weeks 279,199 initial claims have been filed. The initial claims numbers are those weekly claims […]
Ignacio “Nacho” Herrera…May 2, 1958 – March 22, 2020
A celebration of life memorial service for Wiley, CO resident, Ignacio Herrera, affectionately known to many as “Nacho” will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, May 2, 2020 at the Peacock Family Chapel in Lamar with Pastor Paul Floyd officiating. The service will be live streamed on Facebook.com/peacockfuneralhome and we ask the public to […]
Opal Marlene Miner…September 28, 1933 – April 21, 2020
Opal Marlene Miner went home to be with Jesus on April 21, 2020, in Amarillo, Texas. She was born on September 28, 1933 to Ted and Verna (Beeler) Kunzie in the Prairie Queen Community north of Galatia, Colorado and west of Eads. She was the third of eight children. They lived there until […]
LCC Serving Students from New Locations
(Lamar, CO) – Lamar Community College is expanding its capacity to serve students in Prowers, Baca and Kiowa Counties by creating Distance Learning Sites in addition to campus in Lamar. In addition to LCC’s main campus, it will add sites in Eads, Granada and Springfield. Classes will be offered at these distance learning sites, […]
LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER – 2019 ANNUAL – UNITED STATES HIGHLIGHTS
Total red meat production for the United States totaled 55.1 billion pounds in 2019, 3 percent higher than the previous year. Red meat includes beef, veal, pork, and lamb and mutton. Red meat production in commercial plants totaled 55.0 billion pounds. On-farm slaughter totaled 93.1 million pounds. Beef production totaled 27.2 billion pounds, […]
