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Lamar Lions Club receives donation from Two Shot Goose Hunt towards flag project
Pictured, left to right: Leslie Stager with the Colorado Welcome Center, Lion John Davis, Lions Club president Travis Melton, Roseann Yates with the Two Shot and Lion Gordon Guihen The Lamar Lions Club recently received a generous donation from the Two Shot Goose Hunt to be used towards its flag project at the Colorado Welcome […]
Lamar Hospice Receives Large Donations
The Lamar Area Hospice Association was recently the beneficiary of two large and generous donations. Pictured below is a check for $66,000, which was presented by the Lamar Hospice Fundraising Committee. The check represents proceeds generated from the Backyard Bash from June of 2023 and the Angel Open golf tournament held this past […]
56th Annual Two Shot Goose Hunt Dec. 6-8
The skies above Southeastern Colorado have recently filled with the sight and sounds of Canada and Snow Geese. Their arrival signals the approaching date of one of the events most synonymous with Lamar – the annual Two Shot Goose Hunt. Now in its 56th year, the event attracts hunters from not only all over Colorado, […]
Results from Two Shot Goose Hunt
The annual Two Shot Goose Hunt was held in Lamar this past weekend, November 28—30 which regional teams in competition for both geese and sporting clays. The 1st place team was comprised of NFL notables and had a total combined score of 1,861. Goose Guide was Ronnie Comer and Amy Johnson was he […]
Two Shot Goose Hunt President’s Reception
The public is welcome to this year’s 52nd Annual Southeast Colorado Celebrity Two-Shot Goose Hunt, President’s Reception at the Lamar Eagles Lodge, Wednesday, November 28th at 6:30pm. The annual gathering features a host of activities ranging from complimentary cocktails, a live and silent auction and Calcutta. The funds raised through the auctions support […]
Two Shot Festival Requests Lodging Panel Funding
Rose Ann Yates, representing the Two Shot Goose Hunt, requested $20,000 from the Lodging Tax Panel to assist with marketing expenses for the approaching annual event, set this year for November 28-30th. Yates noted that this year will mark the 52nd annual event. She estimated the cost for the year will be different, […]
Two Shot Makes Annual Hospice Donation
For the second year, the Southeast Colorado Two Shot Association has made a donation to Lamar Area Hospice in memory of Robert ‘Spanky’ Yates. The $10,000 donation was funded from proceeds from a sporting clay shoot that developed last year. An almost spontaneous event in its development, the success of the first shoot carried […]
Two Shot Goose Hunt Receives Lodging Tax Funding
The Annual Southeast Colorado Two Shot Goose Hunt is observing its 51st year in Lamar next month. Rose Ann Yates and John Ritter detailed the plans for the three day hunt which will be held from Wednesday, November 29th through December 1st and requested marketing and contract funding from the Lodging Tax Panel during their […]
Shooting Event Becomes Annual Fund Raiser
The Lamar Area Hospice received a $10,000 check recently, compliments of a one-day sporting clays/trap shoot event sponsored by the Southeast Colorado Two Shot Goose Hunt organization. According to Rose Ann Yates, what was to have been a simple, day-long event held in memory of her late husband, Robert “Spanky” Yates, started with only seven […]
Lodging Tax Panel Receives Timely, Hefty Payment
Not that the Prowers County Lodging Tax Panel was absent any funds, but their October payment from the state of $28,874 helped fund some recent requests and added to their contingency fund. “This is the largest payment we received from the state all year,” said Carla Scranton, Panel Business Manager, “we knew it was coming […]
PUMA Details 1st Phase of Economic Development for County
Initial ideas for economic development within Prowers County were laid out for the Prowers County Commissioners during an informational meeting with PUMA representatives on Monday, April 11th. “We’ve been developing ideas based upon the feedback we received from our conversations during our tour earlier this year,” said Anna Jones, PUMA, Vice-President of Progressive Urban Management […]
