2012 July 07 | The Prowers Journal

Big Timbers History Corner #10 – Cigarette Holder

July 7th, 2012 | Comments Off

Talk about a connection to history! If you go out to Big Timbers Museum and find this case (near the Fleagle Bank Robbery display), you will be inches away from this cigarette holder which was once personally owned and used by President Franklin D. Roosevelt! You could theoretically clone him from this! (If you had the training, the lab, the funding and the overpowering urge to do so, of course.) The card states FDR gave … Read entire article »

Filed under: community, Education, Entertainment, History, Lamar, Tourism

Bettman & Halpin to Perform at Lamar Public Library

July 7th, 2012 | Comments Off

Bettman & Halpin will be performing at the Lamar Public Library at 102 E. Parmenter in Lamar on August 6, 2012 at 7:00 pm. Bettman & Halpin’s music is new and catchy; an engaging mixture of folk, roots, bluegrass and jazz with memorable lyrics and killer instrumentation. The two of them raise the roof with their soaring harmonies and foot tapping fiddles. Stephanie Bettman is an accomplished writer, singer, and fiddler: her lyrics are infused with wit and … Read entire article »

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