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2016 CROP PRODUCTION – JULY 2016 COLORADO HIGHLIGHTS
Winter wheat production in Colorado, based on conditions as of July 1, 2016, is forecast at 95.40 million bushels, according to the July 1 Agricultural Yield Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. This forecast is up 16 percent from the June 1 forecast and 20 percent […]
Terry’s Golf @ SAGC Visited by Lamar Honkers
“ Spreading Antlers Golf Course is a nine hole golf course located south of Lamar on Highway 287/385. The clubhouse is located downstairs from the Elks lodge and is accessible from either the north side or south side of the building. I have been the manager of the course and owner of Terry’s Golf for […]
Pocket Park Concept is Displayed
If all goes well, the proposed Pocket Park for downtown Lamar could be ready by the annual Parade of Lights in early December. That was the hope expressed by Rick Akers from Lamar’s Parks and Recreation Department during a July 14th public meeting outlining how the park would look. Chris Geddes, an associate of the […]
Upgrades for County Courthouse and Fairgrounds
With less than a month before the annual Sand and Sage Fair begins, the Prowers County Commissioners are checking with Kirk Powers, Building Operations Supervisor, with final clean up preparations and repairs that are being conducted at the fairgrounds. “The seats need one more coat of paint and we’re doing handrails, the lights around the […]
Tax Break Donations Sought to Help Fund Fairground Improvements
The Prowers County Commissioners are developing a state administered donation program to fund improvements at the fairgrounds. Southeast Colorado Enterprise Development, SECED Executive Director, Stephanie Gonzales, met with the board July 11th to discuss details for an application for Enterprise Zone credits for donors. Working with an arm of the State Office of Economic Development and International […]
Comments Open for Highway 50 Pueblo to Kansas Project
Add one more study for the highways in southeast Colorado. Prowers County has the long-discussed Reliever Route, the Ports to Plains Corridor which has been upgrading Highway 287 for years, the start of Lamar’s Main Street renovations set to begin this October and now the CDOT Highway 50 East Corridor project which was presented to […]
City Sales Tax Revenue Shows Steady, Modest Gain
The City of Lamar May Sales and Use Tax collected in June showed a 3.37% climb compared to the same month last year for an increase of $8,834.77 and Total Sales and Use Tax collections were up 1.65% for an increase of $4,713.70 for the same period. Taxes collected for the month were $290,173.92 […]
Council Approves Replacement Equipment for Fire Department
The council authorized the purchase of a breathing air compressor with fill station for the Lamar Fire Department. Chief Burkhart explained that the current model, now 21 years old, has a failed compressor and will no longer charge the breathing apparatus used by the department. The item, estimated at $51,502 is not a budgeted item […]
WPA Properties Sold to Become Local Community Corrections Center
The Prowers County Commissioners have sold the East Maple Street properties to open the way for a community oriented corrections facility which will be owned and operated by Doug Carrigan. The decision followed several weeks of negotiations for the property at 800 East Maple Street, consisting of five, one-story sandstone buildings situated on 3.55 acres […]
Holly Commercial Club Recaps June, Early July Events
125 meals were expected and 125 were served on Friday night for the kick-off of this year’s Bluegrass Festival in Holly, according to Tracie Kalma. Net profits from the event were $600 and Viola Melcher informed the monthly gathering that there were plenty of positive comments generated about the meal and the bluegrass jam session […]
Healthy Places receives $10,000 grant to fund the Skatepark Construction Project
Healthy Places of Lamar has received a $10,000 grant from Huddleston-Butler Memorial Foundation to fund the Skatepark Construction Project at Willow Creek Park. The grant will be used to leverage more funding to complete the project. “Our community considers a skatepark to be a top priority in the Parks and Recreation Master Plan. We are […]
Commissioners Meet with New Action 22 President
Action 22 recently announced its new leadership team as Chairman Ivor Hill and President and CEO Jennifer Herrera. Herrera is replacing John Marrin who is stepping down as president of Lamar Community College at the end of July. She has been the Action 22 President/CEO for the past six weeks. Herrera was in Lamar July […]
Search Begins for Prowers County Veterans Service Officer
Jeremy Miller announced his resignation as the Veteran’s Service Officer for Prowers County to the Board of Commissioners on Monday, July 11th. Miller will leave at the end of July to relocate to Hays, Kansas where he will assume the Veteran’s Service Officer for western Kansas. “We sure hate to see you leave,” said board […]
Timeline to November General Election
GENERAL ELECTION TIMELINE: July 14, 2016, Thursday: Last day to file an unaffiliated candidate nomination petition. (No later than 3:00 p.m. on the 117th day before the General Election) July 21, 2016, Thursday: Last day for a write-in candidate to file an Affidavit of Intent for the General Election. (By the close of business […]
Lamar Police Explorer Post Taking Shape
“We have all our committee members listed, and now we’re starting to accept applications to the post,” explained Lamar Police Chief, Kyle Miller on Friday, July 1st. Earlier this spring, Chief Miller and Office Steve Sanger, explained to the Lamar City Council, an idea to re-start the Police Explorer Post which was discontinued in 2000. […]
