Archive for October, 2024
Zonta Club of Prowers County wins Advocacy Award, welcomes new club member Lyndsey Jensen
Zonta Vice President Cody Laughlin (left) and Zonta President Connie Jacobse (center) present the 2024 Advocacy Award to Tammy Benabides, Chair of the Activism Committee The Zonta Club of Prowers County recently won the 2024 Advocacy Award at the District 12 Governor’s Conference. For 16 days, Zonta clubs focus on raising awareness about gender-based violence, […]
Operation Christmas Child encourages families to participate by packing a shoebox – local drop-off locations in Lamar accepting them
Volunteers are preparing to collect Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts during National Collection Week, Nov. 18 – 25. More than 4,700 drop-off locations will open across the country in November, and shoebox packers can find their local drop-off locations nearest them. Since 1993, Operation Christmas Child has been collecting and delivering gift-filled shoeboxes to children including many […]
Colorado Parks and Wildlife requiring boat owners to complete online survey before 2025 registration
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is requiring boat owners to complete an online survey before renewing their registration for 2025 to confirm vessel information is accurate and ensure compliance with updated U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) requirements. The USCG requires specific information to be collected on every vessel registered in the United States. USCG requirements were recently […]
Glenn “Butch” Richard Wooters – March 19, 1950 – October 12, 2024
A Memorial Service for Glenn Wooters will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, October 26, 2024 at the Seed and Supply Church in Las Animas with Pastor Rod Coulter officiating. Per Glenn’s request, cremation has taken place and there will be no visitation. Glenn “Butch” Richard Wooters, 74 of Las Animas, Colorado, passed away on […]
August 2024 Sales and Use Tax for Lamar – collected in September
August Sales and Use Tax Collected in September 2024 2024 2023 Difference from 2023 to 2024 % of Difference City Sales Tax Collected (3%) $395,792.07 $388,449.82 $7,342.25 1.89% Use Tax Collected $45,059.43 $41,345.09 $3,714.34 8.98% Other Collections Penalties/interest etc -$188.12 $283.00 -$471.112 -166.47% Total Sales/Use Tax Collections $440,663.38 $430,077.91 $10,585.47 2.46% Vendor’s Commission […]
Bristol Senior-Community Center featured in AARP’s Rural Lab project
AARP’s Rural Lab 2024 project recently reached out to Rodney Carr, Chairperson of the Town of Bristol Improvements Board, inviting them to participate in a meeting on October 9, 2024. The focus of the Rural Lab project is to focus on designing inclusive spaces. In the invitation, AARP told Carr “We are very excited […]
Colorado Parks and Wildlife honors K-9 officers with a retirement ceremony, a swearing-in ceremony and announcement of a new K-9 program
K-9 Officer Sci and his handler, Colorado Parks and Wildlife District Wildlife Manager Phil Gurule, were presented with a plaque honoring Sci’s retirement at Cheyenne Mountain State Park on Friday, Oct. 18. Photos by CPW Photographer Wayne Lewis. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — As a formal Colorado Parks and Wildlife honor guard stood at attention, […]
Jeanette Wilk -August 23, 1939 — October 17, 2024
A private family graveside service will be held at a later date for longtime McClave, Colorado resident Jeanette Wilk. Jeanette was born on August 23, 1939 at Tishomingo, Oklahoma to Henry Allard and Elaine (Hill) Franks and passed away on October 18, 2024 at the age of 85 at her home in McClave, Colorado with […]
New Laws to Support Rural Health Care, Increase Availability of Telehealth Services recently went into effect
SB24-055, sponsored by Senator Janice Marchman, D-Loveland, and Representative Meghan Lukens, D-Steamboat Springs, improves access to behavioral health care in rural Colorado by creating a new Agricultural and Rural Community Behavioral Health program that will work to better connect farmers, ranchers, and their families to behavioral health care. The program will partner with the […]
Holly Saddle Club hosting poker trail ride November 2, 2024
The Holly Saddle Club is having a horseback “Poker Trail Ride” Saturday, November 2. The ride will begin at Jensen’s gravel pit about 3 miles west of Holly and end at the Holly fairgrounds. Anyone may join the ride. To enter the Poker ride is $25. There will also be a hamburger fry at the […]
Southeast Colorado Concert Association presenting “Letters from Home” USO-style show Sunday, October 27
The Southeast Colorado Concert Association welcomes Letters from Home to the stage on Sunday, October 27 at 3:00 PM. Letters from Home is a classic USO Style show with a witty, modern edge featuring high-energy singing and tap dancing. The performance features Erinn Dearth and Dan Beckmann honoring great artists spanning several decades like Frank Sinatra, […]
Rosalee Brenton – December 8 1929 – October 14, 2024
Rosalee (Pemberton) Brenton passed away on Monday, October 14, 2024 in Swink, Colorado at the age of 94. Per Rosalee’s request prior to her passing, cremation has taken place and there will be no services. Inurnment in the Eads Cemetery will take place at a later date. Rosalee was born on December 8, 1929 in […]
Colorado patient advocates call for action on ’hidden’ hospital fees after state report’s release
Colorado health care consumers and their insurers paid about $13.4 billion in facility fees between 2017 and 2022, according to a legislatively-required state report released earlier this week. The report estimated that total spending on these types of fees raised about 10% annually during the study period, mostly due to rising health care costs, more clinics charging […]
Prowers County Commissioners meeting of October 15, 2024
During the morning work session, the commissioners met with Lisa Schlotterhausen of the Wiley Steering Committee and Erin Brophy, Wiley Schools Superintendent for the purpose of discussing a CDOT “Safe Route to School” grant that they would like to apply for. The grant was created to help schools find ways to not only encourage students […]
