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Obituary – Charles Lynn Cornelius
Charles Lynn Cornelius July 4, 1947 – March 20, 2011 Visitation for Charles Cornelius will be held Friday, March 25, 2011 from 9am to 7pm and prior to service time on Saturday, March 26. Services will be held at 10am at Valley Memorial Funeral Chapel in Lamar, and burial will follow at Fairmount Cemetery in Lamar. Full Military Honors will be displayed in the Veteran’s section of Fairmount Cemetery under the direction of the Lamar VFW Post # … Read entire article »
Filed under: News
Obituary – Margaret N. Moore
Margaret N. Moore February 11,1922 – March 20, 2011 Funeral services for Lamar, Colorado resident, Margaret N. Moore, will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday March 26, 2011 at the Radiant Life Assembly of God Church in Lamar. Pastor Albert Jay Moore and Pastor William Beard will co-officiate the service. Burial for Margaret will take place at a later date at the Mission Memorial Cemetery in Seaside, California. Visitation for Margaret will be held from 9:00 … Read entire article »
Obituary – Jeanne M. Tombleson
Jeanne M. Tombleson June 13, 1944 – March 19, 2011 Services for Jeanne M. Tombleson will be held 10am, Saturday, March 26, 2011 at the Lamar Missionary Baptist Church. Per her request there will be no public viewing, as cremation has taken place, and a private family interment will be held at a later day. Pastor John Morrison will officiate. Condolences may be made through the Peacock Funeral Home in Lamar. … Read entire article »
Red Flag Alerts in the County
Members of the Prowers County Volunteer Fire Department responded to a brief grass fire along CR 6 north of Lamar earlier Monday afternoon. The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning alert for all of southeast Colorado for Monday and Tuesday, and almost the entire state for conditions of dry tinder and strong winds. Only core portions of the Front Range along the I-25 corridor were not in the alert category … Read entire article »
Filed under: Agriculture, Lamar, Public Safety, Weather
Trailer House Fire Under Investigation
A house trailer at 109 North 12th in Lamar caught fire early Saturday morning. The Lamar fire department responded from 1:16am until 3:33am to the occupied home. The department report said half of the house was on fire when they arrived. There were no injuries reported and the cause of the fire, contained only to the ground floor is under investigation. The report stated firemen found a two gallon gas can … Read entire article »
Filed under: Lamar, Law Enforcement, News, Public Safety
Severe Drought Conditions Expanding in Southeast Colorado
The National Weather Service has posted a Drought Information Statement indicating that strong La Nina conditions have been present across the eastern Pacific Ocean since late summer of 2010. This has contributed to a mild and very dry fall and early winter across much of south central and southeastern Colorado. An additional periodic climate feature known as the Arctic Oscillation has allowed for a more southern and western shift in the storm track over the past two … Read entire article »
Filed under: Agriculture, Weather
Prowers County 4-H News
The next 4-H Council meeting is Sunday, March 28 at 2pm at the mezzanine at the Social Services Annex. Business will include club reports, concession stand guidelines, fundraisers, games and reports from LDC. The council has set a goal of 250 members this year, up from the 20 membership last year. Applications for the Prowers County 4-H Foundation scholarships are due in to the Extension office by Friday, April 1. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Agriculture, Events, Lamar, Youth
Lamar Hosting Workshop for Returning CRP to Production
The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) was established under Title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 to control soil erosion and loss of productivity. The program has been credited with substantial reduction in wind and water erosion of marginal croplands. About 18.4 million acres of CRP contracts across the USA are expiring before 2012. Because of recent higher commodity prices, farmers have increased interest in returning CRP acres to production. In addition … Read entire article »
Filed under: Agriculture, Events, Lamar
It is Not Really What is Above Ground that Matters!
Southeast Area – It is the time of year when our livestock are not the only ones looking for a little green grass! Most of us are tired of feeding and the livestock are in need of a little more variety in their diet. Regretfully, a majority of the Eastern Plains of Colorado have not received sufficient moisture this winter to cause much optimism for our native ranges. In places where moisture … Read entire article »
Filed under: Agriculture, Weather
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