Archive for 2023
From State Senator, Rod Pelton, Legislative Update, April 2023
On Wednesday, April 12th, there will be a Rally for Parents Rights on the West Steps of the Colorado State Capitol. We must protect a parent’s right to direct the upbringing and education of their child. On Thursday, April 13th, is Home Education Day in Colorado and we will have many home-based educating families visiting […]
Arkansas River Report for March 2023 as of 4/6/2023
Snowpack Arkansas Basin snowpack sits at 92% of median (a running average of the last 20 years) for snow-water equivalent, the lowest in the state. Readings from Ark Basin SNOTEL stations range from 36% of median at Apishapa near Cuchara to 127% at St. Elmo in western Chaffee County. The Brumley SNOTEL site, […]
Santa Fe Trail Timeline on Display
The Bent’s Fort Chapter of the Santa Fe Trail is co-hosting with the John W. Rawlings Heritage Center and museum, to display from April 1st to the last of May “The Santa Fe Trail Timeline. This traveling display was developed by the Santa Fe Trail Association for the commemoration of the 200th anniversary […]
City of Lamar Community Clean up Schedule
The City of Lamar is offering additional free landfill and transfer station weekends through April and May. From April 15th through May 7th . Residents are free to contact various service organizations to see if they can provide volunteers who can assist with your spring clean-up chores around your home. The hours […]
Doris Jean Smith – February 4, 1943 – April 7, 2023
A celebration of life for lifelong Lamar resident, Doris Jean Smith will be held at 10:00AM on Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at the Peacock Family Chapel with Pastor Paul Floyd of the High Plains Fellowship Church officiating. Interment will follow at the Wiley Cemetery. Doris was born on February 4, 1943 at Lamar, Colorado […]
Lawrence McMillan – April 3, 1933 – February 26, 2023
Lawrence Lee McMillan, 89, of Granada, Colorado passed away February 26, 2023 at Memorial Central hospital in Colorado Springs, Colorado. There will be no viewing or visitation as his wishes were to be cremated. A come and go celebration of his life will be held from 11:00AM until 3:00 on Saturday, April 22, 2023 at the […]
Cruz Urias – November 17, 1942 – April 4, 2023
A Mass of Christian Burial for Granada, Colorado resident, Cruz Urias will be held at 10:00 a.m. and Rosary at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at St. Francis de Sales/Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Lamar, Colorado. Interment will take place following the Mass, at Hillside Cemetery in Granada, Colorado. Visitation for […]
Barbara Ann Swift – October 9, 1940 – April 1, 2023
A Celebration of Life for Lamar resident Barbara Ann Swift will be held on 10:00AM on Friday, April 7, 2023 at the Peacock Family Chapel with Ian Blacker officiating. Interment will follow at Fairmount Cemetery. Barbara was born on October 9, 1940 at Newton, Kansas to Cecil Harold and Retha Rosalie (Reed) Fuller and […]
Colorado Crop Progress & Condition Report, Week Ending April 2, 2023
AGRICULTURAL SUMMARY: Varied temperatures and strong winds were observed across the State last week, according to the Mountain Region Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, 36 percent of the state was under drought conditions, unchanged from last week but down from 83 percent a year […]
CORRECTED ADDRESS INFORMATION – Ryan Davis – May 25, 1980 – March 31, 2023
Funeral Services for Ryan Davis will be held Friday, April 7, 2023 at 10:30 a.m. at the Bent County Community Center, 1214 Ambassador Thompson Blvd., Las Animas, Colorado with Pastor Rod Coulter officiating. Interment will follow at the Bent/Las Animas Cemetery. Ryan Davis passed suddenly on Friday March 31, 2023 in Las Animas at […]
SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans Available to Colorado Small Businesses
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Small nonfarm businesses in 36 Colorado counties and neighboring counties in Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Wyoming are now eligible to apply for low-interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Director Tanya N. Garfield of SBA’s Disaster Field Operations Center-West. These loans offset economic losses because of reduced […]
April 8: Boggsville Clean-up Day
Boggsville clean up day is rapidly approaching, Saturday, April 8th, and I am hoping for a warm day to get the site ready for this season’s visitors. For you who have not been to Boggsville as of late you will have a pleasant surprise. Both houses have had some major remodeling done, […]
John David Kirby – February 13, 1950 – March 29, 2023
A memorial service for former Lamar, Colorado resident, currently of Lakin, Kansas will be held at 10:00AM on Friday, April 14, 2023 at the Peacock Family Chapel with Pastor Paul Floyd of the High Plains Fellowship Church officiating. Inurnment will follow at the Fairmount Cemetery. John David Kirby was born February 13, 1950 […]
Mildred Marie Neary Travis – November 28, 1923 – March 29, 2023
A Celebration of Life for lifelong McClave resident, Mildred M. Travis will be held at 11:00 AM, Thursday, April 6, 2023 at the Peacock Family Chapel with Pastor Paul Floyd of the High Plains Fellowship church officiating. Interment will follow at McClave Cemetery. Visitation for Mrs. Travis will be held from 9:00 AM until […]
PROSPECTIVE PLANTINGS – MARCH 1, 2023
COLORADO HIGHLIGHTS As of March 1, Colorado growers intend to plant 1.40 million acres of corn for all purposes in 2023, up 50,000 acres, or 4 percent, from last year’s plantings, according to the March 1 Agricultural Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. Sorghum planting intentions […]
