Archive for May, 2021
2021 Colorado Wheat Field Days for Southeast Colorado Planned
Speakers Esten Mason, CSU Wheat Breeder: Walk-through of variety trial; Jerry Johnson & Sally Jones-Diamond, CSU Crops Testing, 2021 Wheat Report; Laura Pottorff, CSU Director of Seed Programs: Seed cert. & plant variety protection and Brad Erker & Tyler Benninghoven, Colorado Wheat: CWRF and CWAC updates. Southeast Colorado Schedule: Thursday, June 10: 8:30am – […]
Click It or Ticket Enforcement Shows Fatalities Surge on Colorado Hwys
DENVER – With traffic fatalities up 12% over this time last year, the Colorado Department of Transportation and Colorado State Patrol are partnering with 47 law enforcement agencies for the largest seat belt enforcement campaign of the year, Click It or Ticket. A press conference will also serve as the kickoff for multiple impaired […]
Jayne Hubbard-Wilson…October 22, 1965 – May 19, 2021
A celebration of life for lifelong Lamar resident, Jayne Hubbard-Wilson will be held at 1:00PM on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at the Lamar Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor Jim Welch officiating. Interment will follow at the Fairmount Cemetery. Visitation for Jayne will be held from 9:00AM until 11:00AM on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 […]
Prowers County Public Health and Environment COVID-19 Update for May 19, 2021
The latest information from the County Public Health Department indicates the seven-day test positivity rate has dropped in the past week, now down to 3.56% from 10.04% registered the week before. The goal remains at under 5%. There have been 13 cases of Covid-19 in the past 13 days and 31 cases […]
Doyle C. Tucker, Jr…January 5, 1940 – May 16, 2021
A celebration of life for former Baca County resident currently of Lamar, Doyle C. Tucker, Jr. will be held at 10:00AM on Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at the Peacock Family Chapel. Interment for Doyle will be held on Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at 2:00PM at the Springfield Cemetery in Springfield, Colorado. Doyle was […]
Johnny Miller…September 14, 1944 – May 16, 2021
Johnny Alexander Miller was born on September 14, 1944 in Las Animas, Colorado to August and Susie (Weigel) Miller. He passed away on May 16, 2021 at the Bent County Healthcare Center in Las Animas, Colorado at the age of 76. Johnny was born and raised in Las Animas and farmed until 1982 when he […]
CDOT Begins Awarding New Revitalizing Main Streets Grants from Additional State Stimulus Funding
STATEWIDE- The Colorado Department of Transportation continues to award Revitalizing Main Streets grants to help communities improve their roadways and community infrastructure, supporting strong economic activity and public safety. The Revitalizing Main Streets grant program began last summer in an effort to mitigate the negative economic fallout from the COVID-19 crisis. The continuation […]
Lamar Rotary Ducky Dash Winners, 2021
One of the more popular Lamar Days events is the ‘Ducky Dash’, sponsored by Lamar Rotarians. The race may finally have found its home after having been held years ago in the Lamar Canal, the Lamar Swimming Pool and now at Willow Creek in the park. This year, 2,500 tickets were sold which […]
Governor Polis Calls for National Park Designation of Amache Site
DENVER- Governor Polis sent a letter calling on the National Park Service to support the inclusion of the former Amache Japanese Internment Camp Site near Grenada, Colorado into the National Park system. The National Park Service is currently evaluating the suitability for inclusion of the Amache site into the National Park system through […]
Pieper Awarded 4-H Scholarship
The 2021 Daniel Kasza Memorial 4-H Scholarship was awarded to Kaley Pieper of Fowler High School. A ten-year 4-H member, Pieper has been a strong role model and mentor for youth in Otero County and southeast Colorado. In 4-H, she focused on leadership, community service, and livestock judging. She held numerous offices in both her […]
Colorado Crop Progress and Condition Report, Week Ending May 16, 2021
AGRICULTURAL SUMMARY: Counties in eastern districts continued to receive good moisture last week while western counties remained extremely dry, according to the Mountain Region Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. In northeastern and east central counties, planting delays continued in areas due to wet conditions. Cool temperatures and overcast weather delayed progress […]
Give a Book, Get a Book-Tiny Libraries are a Big Idea
Some people will lend a friend a book. But did you know you have unidentified friends in the community who will lend you a book, even if they don’t know you, or you don’t know them. All you have to do is head to one of several communities in the county and visit […]
PUC Announces the FCC’s Emergency Broadband Benefits Program
DENVER – On December 27, 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act became law and established an Emergency Broadband Connectivity Fund of $3.2 billion in the United States Treasury to help Americans afford internet service during the pandemic. The Emergency Broadband Benefits Program is a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) program, administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company […]
Birth Announcements: Lindo -/- Gilmore
Paige Lindo of Wiley, Colorado announces the birth of her daughter, Bexley Saige Lindo at 12:35pm at Prowers Medical Center on Thursday, May 13, 2021 with Dr. Skaggs attending. Bexley weighed four pounds and fifteen ounces and was 18 ¾ inches in length at birth. Siblings: Axton Lindo. Grandparents: Mike and Samantha Thimble […]
2021 Lamar Days was a Crowd-Pleaser
“If it hadn’t been for the rain on Friday night!”, this year’s Lamar Days Celebration might have been a perfect event for the community. No exact numbers were kept for the attendees on Saturday at Willow Creek Park, but to all appearances and the line of parked cars surrounding the events on the […]
