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Wiley Hay Days Begins Friday Afternoon
The following is the schedule of events for Friday and Saturday, June 15 and 16 for this year’s Wiley Hay Days Activities: FRIDAY JUNE 15, 2012: 6 p.m. — Grandpa’s Softball @Baseball Field, contact Wynter Wollert @ 719-688-1773. At half time Crowning King and Queen–Jimmie and Billie Colvin 7:30 p.m. -Wiley Lions Club BINGO at the Community Center– Large room. 7:30 p.m. — Kids movie night @ Community Center. Have the younger kids watch a movie in … Read entire article »
Filed under: community, Entertainment, Events, Festival, News, Recreation, Sports, Tourism, Wiley, Youth
Business of the Week – Robbie Sue’s Catering
You help your community thrive when you shop locally! Be sure to read The Prowers Journal each week when the Lamar Chamber of Commerce and The Prowers Journal highlight a featured Business of the Week. This week we are proud to spotlight Robbie Sue’s Catering in Lamar. Call Robbie Sue at: 719.336-7039. Robbie Sue Young has been in the catering business officially for the past three years but she’s been in the cooking business forever. She started unofficially by helping friends with parties and special occasions … Read entire article »
Filed under: Business, Business of the Week, Chamber/Local Business, community, Entertainment, Events, Lamar
Lightning Strike Blasts Pile of Tires South of Lamar
Zeus used to smite his enemies with a well-thrown lightning bolt. What are the odds that a lightning strike from a storm passing over miles of open plains in southeast Colorado would hit a pile of used tires in the middle of the prairie? Pretty good, actually! Staffon Warn, Prowers County Rural Fire Chief reported that the fast-moving storm on Thursday, June 14, brought little in the way of rain or hail, but the lightning struck … Read entire article »
Filed under: City, community, Lamar, Law Enforcement, News, Police Reports, Public Safety, Weather
Hickenlooper Bans Open Burning, Fireworks in Colorado
Open burning, private use of fireworks banned in Colorado DENVER — Thursday, June 14, 2012 — Gov. John Hickenlooper today signed an Executive Order that bans open burning and private use of fireworks throughout Colorado because of very dry conditions and high fire danger. The ban does not apply to campfires in constructed, permanent fire pits or fire grates within developed camp and picnic grounds or recreation sites; liquid-fueled or gas-fueled stoves; fireplaces contained within buildings; charcoal … Read entire article »
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