Archive for May, 2021
Marilyn “Sissy” Schurtz…1929 – May 28, 2021
Marilyn Jean Schurtz stubbornly went to join her guardian angels on May 28, 2021 – and surely gave them a few choice words on her way through the heavenly gate as they insisted it was time to go. She undoubtedly felt that 92 years was somehow not quite enough time. Born in 1929 […]
Reita Faus…October 23, 1924 – May 28, 2021
Funeral Services for Reita Faus will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, June 4, 2021 at the Church of the Nazarene in Las Animas, Colorado with Pastor Carlton McKay officiating. Interment will follow in the Bent/Las Animas Cemetery. Visitation for Reita will be held from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, June […]
Prowers County One of CDHS Awards Community Grantees through the Colorado Fatherhood Program
The Colorado Department of Human Services announced today that seven community sites across Colorado have been selected to provide services to fathers with funding support from a $7.5 million grant. The grant funding created the five-year Colorado Fatherhood Program, which seeks to support fathers to sustain healthy relationships, reinforce responsible parenting through skills-based […]
Colorado Senate Passes Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Wildlife Corridors
The Colorado Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution to protect the state’s wildlife corridors, which would conserve native species while improving road safety and bolstering Colorado’s economy. The bipartisan resolution was introduced earlier this month by Democratic Senator Jessie Danielson and Republican Representative Perry Will. The legislation, which marks a monumental step towards preserving […]
DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT-National Weather Service – May 20 2021
Spring Storms Bring Abundant Moisture to Eastern Colorado SYNOPSIS: Late winter and early spring storm systems have provided abundant and much needed moisture to eastern Colorado. Precipitation through the middle of May is also proving up to task, thus far, with widespread 2-to-3-inch amounts recorded across southeastern Colorado, along with pockets of […]
The NPS is Conducting a Study on the Zebulon Pike Trail
The National Park Service (NPS) is conducting a study on the Zebulon Pike Trail to evaluate its eligibility as a new national historic trail. The study addresses the 1806-07 expedition led by Lt. Zebulon M. Pike into the southern portions of the Louisiana Purchase, and the northern edge of the Spanish colonial empire. The […]
Bonnie Miller…July 1, 1932 – May 24, 2021
Mass of Christian Burial for Bonnie Miller will be held at 10:00 a.m. and Rosary at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Las Animas, Colorado with Father Victor Raj officiating. Inurnment will follow at Fort Lyon National Cemetery. Per Bonnie’s request cremation has taken place and there will […]
Prowers County Public Health & Environment Update, May 26, 2021
The seven-day average Test Positivity rate is 3.73%, up from 3.57% last week (goal is <5%). There have been ten cases over the past seven days and 23 cases over the past 14 days. NEWS WALK-IN VACCINE CLINICS: Due to changes made by CDPHE we are now able to offer walk-in vaccine clinics. You […]
Lamar Utility Board Wraps up May Meetings
Lamar Light Plant Superintendent, Houssin Hourieh, noted that on Tuesday, May 18th, the plant began supplying power to Las Animas and has been asked to do so until September. The request was made by Arkansas River Power Authority, Black Hills Energy and Tri-State G & T as part of a line upgrade by […]
Council Approves Public Safety Board
The Lamar City Council, during its May 24th meeting, approved on first reading, Ordinance 1245, establishing an Advisory Board of Public Safety for the City of Lamar, Colorado. The board will have five members who will provide input on a “Review of certain un-resolved citizen complaints, after the proper internal administrative process has […]
Shirley R. Thom…August 7, 1931 – May 24, 2021
A memorial service for longtime Lamar resident, Shirley Rae Thom will be held at 10:00AM on Friday, May 28, 2021 at the Peacock Family Chapel with Pastor Michael Stines of the Living Covenant Church officiating. Inurnment will take place at a later date in Spokane, Washington. Per Shirley’s request cremation will take place. […]
Eunice L. Potts…June 27, 1932 – May 17, 2021
Longtime Lamar resident, Eunice L. Potts was born on June 27, 1932 at Saskatchewan, Canada to Christian and Freda (Zinkhan) Boehmer and passed away on May 17, 2021 at the Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colorado at the age of 88. She is preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Bernard Walter […]
Colorado Employment Situation – April 2021
Household survey data According to the survey of households, Colorado’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was flat in April at 6.4 percent. During the same period, the national unemployment rate increased one-tenth of a percentage point to 6.1 percent. Other highlights from the household survey: Colorado’s labor force grew by 8,900 in April to […]
LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER – APRIL 2021
UNITED STATES HIGHLIGHTS Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.71 billion pounds in April, up 22 percent from the 3.86 billion pounds produced in April 2020. Beef production, at 2.35 billion pounds, was 29 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.85 million head, up 27 percent from April 2020. The […]
Cattle on Feed Report
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 1,040,000 head as of May 1, 2021. The latest inventory was 2 percent below last month’s inventory but 9 percent above the May 1, 2020 inventory. Cattle feeders […]
