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New Street Name Joined to Savage Avenue
This past June 13th, the Lamar City Council approved Resolution 22-06-01 which renamed a section of South 11th Street as Thunder Drive to match the high school’s new mascot to Lamar Thunder. A ribbon cutting was held recently with city and school officials and students to mark the change. Savage Avenue and the American […]
Lamar Thunder Mascot Approved by CCIA
The Colorado Commission on Indian Affairs voted to remove the Lamar Re-2 School District from their list of schools using a mascot or logo deemed offensive to Native Americans last week, following a special session with Lamar School Board officials. Listed mascot removals or alterations were mandated throughout the state last year with […]
Lamar School District Offering Lamar Thunder as Mascot Alternative
The Colorado Commission on Indian Affairs ruled the newly offered Lamar Savage mascot and logo (Savage Thunder) does not meet with the Commission’s approval. The Re-2 district school board made its most recent presentation to the CCIA on Friday, April 15th via Zoom, during which Superintendent, Dr. Chad Krug used the five-minute allotted time slot […]
