All Entries in the "Youth" Category
Holly FBA Students compete at 2024 State Leadership Conference
Nineteen members of the Colorado Future Business Leaders of America from Holly High School had the opportunity to attend and compete at the 2024 FBLA State Leadership Conference. Throughout the conference, members had the opportunity to make connections with members across the state, network with business professionals, showcase their talents and skills, and become better […]
SECCC Barrel Racers club announces 2024 race dates/recent results
Here are the results from the recent race on 4/7/24:
LHS Students Make All-State Band
Angel De La Paz (trumpet) and Bianca Hernandez (clarinet) earned spots in the prestigious Colorado All-State Band, the top honor for high school musicians in Colorado. Members of the 110-piece band auditioned and competed with band students from all over Colorado. The All-State Band rehearsed for three days on the University of Northern Colorado campus […]
Prowers County Commissioners declare April as Child Abuse Prevention Month
The front lawn of the Prowers County Annex is adorned with a large, blue pinwheel in recognition of April being declared as Child Abuse Prevention Month by the Prowers Commissioners. The Prowers County Commissioners recently signed a proclamation declaring April as Child Abuse Prevention Month. The proclamation read as follows: WHEREAS, every one of the […]
Lamar High School Academic Letter Awards Ceremony held March 20, 2024
The 32nd Annual LHS Academic Letter Awards ceremony was held on March 20, 2024 in the high school auditorium. The event is hosted by the Lamar Chamber of Commerce. Greg Eddy, Principal of LHS gave the welcome remarks, followed by Kayla Sailors, Counselor, who explained the criteria for earning the award. Lamar Chamber President, Melonee […]
Ground is broken for new Thunder Stadium
A good-sized crowd anxiously gathered on 14th St. behind Lamar High School on Monday, March 18, 2024 to watch a new era ushered in for Lamar High School sports. It was a beautiful, warm day in early spring and the late afternoon sun glinted off a row of shiny new shovels lined up in front […]
Lamar High School DECA Students Win Awards at State Competition
The Lamar High School DECA chapter sent 26 students to the recent state competition. Braxen Shelton will serve on the 2024-2025 Colorado DECA State Officer team as the District 9 representative. Hallie Mackey, State Champion in Marketing Communications, qualified for Internationals. Austin Thacker, Zack Rankin & Cole Krug, who won 2nd place in Business […]
2024 Sand and Sage Roundup Royalty Announced
The 2024 Sand and Sage Roundup Royalty Court has been announced. Jaelin Parker will reign as this year’s Queen. Jaelin shared that becoming the Queen is a goal she has always had and gave a few fun facts about herself. The first year she ever tried out for the S&S Royalty was 2012 […]
Breanna Skyler-Lawrence-Wilson
Breanna Skyler Lawrence-Wilson Named Good Citizen for Eads High School Breanna Kyler Lawrence-Wilson, daughter of Barbara Joann Wilson-Scranton, is the Good Citizen of Eads High School. Miss Wilson is also the DAR Good Citizen winner for the Fort William Bent Chapter, NSDAR. She competed against area schools for the most outstanding application. Breanna was much […]
Prowers County Farm Bureau/Elks Toy Show in January
Prowers County Farm Bureau is sponsoring the Lamar Elks Toy Show, to be held Saturday, January 13th, 2024, 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, […]
Prowers Lodging Panel Wraps up 2023
Members of the Prowers County Lodging Tax panel approved a funding request from Southeast Colorado All-Star Rodeo for its annual three-day competition set for the Prowers County Fairgrounds for April, 2024. The group requested $6,000 and was funded for $3,000 for marketing expenses and contract fees. Final details for a visitor’s guide for […]
Rotarian/Librarian Kid’s Christmas a Big Hit
One of the final opportunities to visit with that Jolly Old Gent occurred this past Saturday, December 16th at the Lamar Cultural Events Center. Judy Turpin, Lamar Rotary President, said there were wall to wall crowds for the first hour or so for the holiday event from ran from 10am to 1pm. The […]
Lamar Council Begins Search for Police Chief
Mayor Kirk Crespin announced during the December 11th city council meeting, that Lamar Police Chief, Kyle Miller, is retiring from his position with the City of Lamar and as such, the council awarded the bid for replacement recruitment services to KRW Associates, LLC which provided the lowest overall cost and had the desired […]
Toys for Tots 2023 Updates
This year’s Toys for Tots event is entering the final weeks of preparation for the Christmas holiday. The annual event gathers brand-new toys and gifts for youngsters in the area to be picked up at the Lopez headquarters at 500 West Beech Street. Organizer, Darlene Lopez said, “We’ll be open for folks to […]
Nathan Yip Foundation Awarded $75,000 to 69 Rural Colorado Teachers
Colorado–November 30, 2023–The Nathan Yip Foundation announced today that more than $75,000 was awarded to 69 rural Colorado teachers to create and implement classroom projects that will have a positive impact on students and classrooms this year. In the second year of the rural teacher grant program, the Nathan Yip Foundation received 169 requests, […]
