Author Archive for Barbara Crimond
Steven Wayne Shane – November 11, 1944 – December 14, 2024
A Graveside Memorial Service with Military Committal Rites for Steven Shane will be held at 11:30 a.m., Friday, January 10, 2025 at Fort Lyon National Cemetery in Las Animas, Colorado. Steven Wayne Shane of Las Animas, Colorado passed away on December 14, 2024 at the age of 80. He was the fifth child born to James […]
DeAnne Tyner – December 11, 1939 – December 17, 2024
A memorial service for longtime Lamar resident, DeAnne Tyner will be held at 10:00AM on Saturday, December 28, 2024 at the Lamar Christian Church. A private family inurnment will be held at the Hillside Cemetery in Granada. Per DeAnne’s request cremation has taken place and there will be no visitation. DeAnne was born on December […]
Mary Lucretia Alba – September 1, 1946 – December 14, 2024
Mary Lucretia Alba, of Lamar, CO, passed away on December 14, 2024, in Lamar, CO. She was born on September 1, 1946, in Las Animas, CO, to Jasper and Duby Brito/Roybal (Martinez). Mary attended schools in Las Animas and moved to Lamar when she met and married her husband, Raymond Alba. She was involved in […]
Reconstructed fort at Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site temporarily closed for stabilization work
The reconstructed fort at Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site is temporarily closed to the public in response to safety concerns recently identified that stem from existing structural deficiencies that were exacerbated by a recent heavy snow event. Stabilization work is underway so the fort can be reopened. In November 2023, the second story of the reconstructed fort […]
Prowers County Farm Bureau sponsoring annual Lamar Elks Toy Show January 11, 2025
Prowers County Farm Bureau is sponsoring the Lamar Elks Toy Show, to be held Saturday, January 11th 2025, at the Lamar Elks Lodge 28157 Hwy 287 South, Lamar CO 81052. The show will start at 9 am and run until 3 pm mountain time. Toys of all shapes and sizes, new in the box, hand […]
New Colorado laws for 2025
You still might be getting used to the new laws that went into effect in 2024: the end of the U+2 residential occupancy rule, lane filtering for motorcycles, or the polystyrene and Styrofoam food container ban. Just around the corner, 2025 will bring more changes approved by the Colorado General Assembly. All eggs sold in Colorado must be cage-free […]
Granada/Holly Law Enforcement officers arrest two with multiple warrants
On December 12, 2024 at approximately 1600 hours, Officers with the Granada / Holly Law Enforcement Agency contacted a vehicle in the 200 block of South 2nd Street, in Holly in reference to the occupants of the vehicle having multiple warrants. The male passenger fled from the vehicle and ran into the residence and the […]
Christmas, New Year’s holidays alter delivery dates for The Prowers Journal
Due to Christmas and New Year’s Day falling on Wednesdays, we will be delivering The Prowers Journal on Tuesday, December 24 and Tuesday, December 31. We will begin deliveries earlier than usual on those mornings in anticipation of having all deliveries made by noon on both days. The offices of Robinson Printing and The Prowers […]
Lamar Utilities Board Meeting of December 10, 2024
Board reorganization had to be tabled once again due to city attorney Lance Clark being unable to attend the meeting. Minutes from the November 26, 2024 meeting were approved. Purchase orders 630452 – 630486 totaling $685,100.50 were presented, $666,810.81 of which needed board approval which was unanimous. The ARPA power purchase was by far the […]
Lamar City Council holds last meeting of 2024
Lamar City Council met for its last meeting of 2024 on Monday, December 9. Councilwoman Gerry Jenkins was not in attendance for the meeting. Mayor Kirk Crespin began by speaking to the audience about the recent city Christmas party, where several employees were recognized for excellence. Two employees celebrated 40 years with the city this […]
Darline Manly – September 28, 1924 – December 11, 2024
A celebration of life for lifelong Lamar, Colorado resident Darline Manly will be held at 10:00AM on Saturday, December 21, 2024 at the Peacock Family Chapel. Interment will follow at the Fairmount Cemetery in Lamar, Colorado. Darline was born on September 28, 1924 at Swink, Colorado to Edward Robert and Rosalida Adeline (Venn) “Addie” […]
VA clinics hours changing Monday, Dec. 16
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO – Hours at the PFC Floyd K. Lindstrom VA Clinic in Colorado Springs are adjusting on December 16. The new clinic hours will be from 7:00 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday. The clinic, located at 3141 Centennial Boulevard, will have longer evening hours on Mondays and Tuesdays and no longer […]
Patrick Mondragon – October 1, 1965 – December 4, 2024
A memorial services for current Las Animas, Colorado resident Patrick Mondragon will be held at 10:00AM on Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at the Peacock Family Chapel with Ian Blacker officiating. Patrick was born on October 01, 1965 at Ulysses, Kansas to Ignacio Carmen and Julia Mary (Montoya) Mondragon and passed away on December 04, […]
BBB Committee presents large donation to Lamar Area Hospice and SECCI
The BBB Committee recently presented a check in the amount of $40,000 to the Lamar Area Hospice and Southeast Colorado Cancer Initiative (SECCI). The money was raised from the annual BBB 5K. These dollars will stay local to directly benefit the hospice’s Good Grief programs and SECCI’s support of local cancer patients. Over the 13 […]
Gerald Claude Baublits-Dennis – June 5, 1936 – December 4, 2024
Gerald Claude Baublits-Dennis, 88, has gone to our Lord in Heaven on December 4, 2024 at his home in Warren, Texas. Gerald was born in Southgate, California on June 5, 1936 to Milton Claude Baublits Jr. and Edith Edna Hagerman. At the age of 8, Gerald was adopted by Robert Lee Dennis and Lydia Edith […]
