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Yard Sale Tips & Tricks 2 – Making Your Signs Count
When planning for your yard sale, don’t forget signs. Signs not only direct customers to your sale, they also serve as easy advertising. Your signs should be sturdy and easy to read from a distance. Instead of plain paper which is fairly flimsy, use cardboard to keep the signs from folding over in the wind. […]
Yard Sale Tips & Tricks – Pricing Your Items
Once you have gathered all of your items to sell, the next step is to price everything. When setting prices for all your items, remember that your customers are going to yard sales looking for a good deal. With this in mind, items should be priced at 10-30% of their original price. This is just […]
The Prowers Journal Crash Course in Hosting a Yard Sale
Springtime is officially here and with it comes yard sale season. The Prowers Journal will do its part in helping you to clean up your home and simplify your life while earning a bit of extra cash. To do this, we’ve put together a crash course in hosting a yard sale to help your own […]
Christine J. Gonzales – November 21, 1943 – March 22, 2016
rA Mass of Christian Burial for longtime Lamar resident, formerly of McClave, Christine J. Gonzales was held at 10:00AM on Monday, March 28, 2016 at the St. Francis de Sales/Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with Reverend Stephen Olamolu officiating. A rosary service was held prior to the mass at 9:30AM with Deacon Allan Medina […]
Sand Creek to Host Program on Battle of the Washita
To celebrate its 100th anniversary, the National Park Service has launched the Find Your Park campaign. The Park Service is inviting Americans to discover parks near them. With this in mind, Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site (NHS) in southeastern Colorado has partnered with Washita Battlefield National Historic Site (NHS) in western Oklahoma to link two national parks […]
New Hunter’s Education Test-Out Option and Apprentice Licenses, Now Available
DENVER – Colorado Parks and Wildlife now offers apprentice licenses and hunter education test-out options. The changes, effective April 6, 2016 are intended to encourage people to get active in the outdoors and interested in hunting. Hunter education test-out options are available for U.S. military and individuals 50-years of age or older. “Safety is our […]
LCC Honors Academic Achievement in Phi Theta Kappa Ceremony
Lamar Community College’s Beta Eta Gamma chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society welcomed its newest members during the spring induction ceremony on March 29. New inductees are: Zachary Bracken (Berthoud), Kelsee Bushell (Plain City, Utah), Sydney Casebolt (Lamar), Marissa Castanos (Wiley), Shayla Claybrook (Wiley), Emma Davis (Vancouver, Washington), Alex DeBell (Lakewood), Paige Dempsey […]
LCC’s Frazier Signs to Kansas Wesleyan
On Wednesday, March 30, Lady Lope Taryn Frazier signed her letter of intent to play at Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kansas. Frazier is a 6-0 forward from Colorado Springs, Colorado. She will graduate this spring with an Associate of Arts and currently serves as the Vice President of LCC’s Phi Theta Kappa chapter. Coach […]
Lopes Win Two Buckles in Gillette
The Lamar Community College Rodeo team had a successful weekend of competition, bringing back buckles in two events. The rodeo was held on March 18-20 in Gillette, Wyoming. Freshman Kadyn Hicks (Nunn, Colorado) secured a first place finish in steer wrestling over the weekend. With a time of 6.6 seconds in the long go and […]
LCC to Host 4th Annual Career Expo
(Lamar, Colorado; March 21, 2016) Lamar Community College’s annual Career Expo will be held on Wednesday, April 13th from 9:00am until noon in the LCC Wellness Center. The Career Expo serves as part career exploration, part career fair for the community. Lamar Community College students and community members are invited and encouraged to attend in […]
New at the Lamar Public Library for Week of March 19, 2016
ADDED TO THE LIBRARY COLLECTION WEEK OF MARCH 19, 2016 ADULT FICTION I’m Traveling Alone by Samuel Bjork Morning Star #3: Red Rising trilogy by Pierce Brown Fire Touched #9: Mercy Thompson by Patricia Briggs Dime Piece by Tracy Brown Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen #16: Vorkosigan saga by Lois McMaster Bujold […]
Dear Editor: Savages Under Attack – Again
Dear Editor: I also attended ‘the meeting’ to discuss the continued use of the name and mascot Savages for Lamar High School. ‘The meeting’ began with why they (the commission) were here and the purpose of their meeting. Ernest House, the Executive Sec. explained that they weren’t here to tell us what to do or […]
