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PEP to Host December Mixer, Begins Task Force Goals for 2020
Prowers Economic Development (PEP), will host a mixer, inviting potential members to become ‘Friends of PEP’ at Frontier Bank on South Main Street in Lamar on Monday, December 2nd, from 5pm to 7pm. Tara Hosick, Interim Consulting Executive Director, said the meeting will serve to acquaint persons from Prowers County to learn how […]
Honkers Visit DaVinci Teeth Whitening by Brooke
The Lamar Honkers recently paid a visit to welcome a new business service in Lamar, DaVinci Teeth Whitening, owned and operated by Brooke Palmer. The new enterprise is located at 313 South 5th Street, Suite 7 and can accommodate most schedules, available most evenings as well as weekends. Call for an appointment at […]
Holiday Schedule for City of Lamar (REVISED)
City offices will be closed on Thursday, November 28 and Friday, November 29, 2019 in observance of Thanksgiving Day. The Community Building and the Public Library will also be closed. The Community Building will reopen on Saturday, November 30 at regular hours. All other city offices (including the City of Lamar Library) […]
Granada Trustees Receive Update on Amache Status
Ian de Bono provided an update for Granada Trustees regarding a future visit to Camp Amache by representatives from the National Park Service during the board’s monthly meeting on November 13th. He said the visit, which should take place by mid-December, would be similar in nature to past community-oriented visits to gather information about […]
Trailblazer Theatre Announces its 2020 season
The Trailblazer Theatre Company is performing three shows in the 2020 Season, the Lamar community theatre group announced on Monday. Season tickets will go on sale this week. In April, Lamar Community College Professor David Frankel will be directing Our Town: Lamar, Colorado. This is an adaptation by Frankel of the Thornton Wilder […]
2018 Irrigation and Water Management Data Now Available
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 2019 – There were 231,474 farms with 55.9 million irrigated acres, which included 83.4 million acre-feet of water applied in the United States, according to the 2018 Irrigation and Water Management Survey results, published today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). In 2013, the irrigation survey […]
Lamar Utility Board Notes Slight Downturn in Power Purchases
The Lamar Utility Board approved purchase orders totaling $956,004.79 during their Tuesday, November 12th meeting. Orders requiring authorization amounted to $939,912.06. The estimated payment to ARPA was $937,348.95 based on previous month’s consumption. Payment of bills amounted to $145,477.52. The board approved the purchase of 45, forty-foot, Class 2 power poles and selected the […]
Colorado Crop Progress and Condition Report – WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 10, 2019
AGRICULTURAL SUMMARY: Mostly dry weather last week aided harvest of fall crops, according to the Mountain Region Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. In northeastern counties, a reporter noted higher humidity and precipitation delayed fieldwork slightly for producers, but was expected to improve winter wheat emergence in bare areas if temperatures […]
Crespin in as Lamar’s New Mayor
Two Lamar City Council meetings were held Monday, November 11th. The first, conducted by the outgoing council detailed the city sales and use tax report and accepted a 25th Anniversary Plaque presented to the City by the Colorado Junior Rodeo Association. In closing remarks regarding his municipal service, Mayor Roger Stagner offered thanks to […]
Lamar City Sales Tax Report, September 2019
September 2019 Sales Tax collections for the City of Lamar showed an 8.77% gain over the same period last year for $25,542. Collections were $316,652 compared to $291,109 in 2018. Use Tax collections were off 11.06% for a drop of $3,635. Total Sales and Use Tax collections were up 6.76% for the month […]
ARPA Business Operations – November 2019
ARPA- 40 Years and Counting: In the early 1970’s managers of southeastern Colorado municipal electric generating systems came together and began discussing the most immediate problems facing their electric utilities, price and availability of fuels. The managers eventually formed a combined utility organization called the Arkansas River Municipal Systems (ARMS), to work […]
Holly Trustees Hire New Administrator
Michael Tanner, who hails from Arkansas, accepted the offered position of administrator for the Town of Holly following final discussions among the Trustees and interim administrator, Steve Rabe who oversaw the search and hiring process. Rabe said Tanner will be in Holly on Tuesday, November 12th to begin his duties during the Trustees […]
Experience Bent’s Old Fort after Dark!
The National Park Service is offering an opportunity for visitors to “step back in time” and glimpse the sights, sounds, and smells of life as it might have been at Bent’s Old Fort on the Santa Fe Trail as part of our Holiday Event on Friday, December 6 and Saturday, December 7. During […]
Michael Martin Murphey To Chair Santa Fe Trail 200
The Santa Fe Trail Association (SFTA) has announced that legendary singer/songwriter Michael Martin Murphey will be the honorary chair of Santa Fe Trail 200. “The SFTA is extremely proud to have Murphey as the honorary chair,” said SFTA President Larry Short. “Murphey is a strong proponent of the Santa Fe Trail and will […]
Blessings for Pets (and Their Humans)
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, at the corner of Fourth and Parmenter, offered atraditional Blessing of the Animals on October 23. The event was held at the front entrance of the church on Parmenter Street. The practice of blessing animals in October is grounded in the legends and life of St. Francis of Assisi, whose traditional […]
