Monthly Archives: March 2010

Voces Unidas, Committee of the Lamar Chamber of Commerce

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Jan Verhoeff

By Rene Gonzalez, Chairperson Robb Scott, Director of Adult Transition Services, Lamar Community College recently approached me in reference to putting a few words down to explain what is the Voces Unidas organization, what our mission is, what we are doing in the near term and long-term goals, vision based on our priorities, and what is most important and relevant to us today. The Voces Unidas a Committee of the Lamar Chamber of Commerce is dedicated in creating a diverse leadership, economy, and community in a positive environment. Based on understanding, appreciating, valuing and embracing the differences and similarities of others, we will work together effectively to remove barriers and strengthen our community through its diversity. Equally that is why “Voces Unidas” (United Voices) was chosen as a name for our organization, meaning that as united voices of the community we all can work to create an environment of many cultures and ideas to be heard as one with a common positive mission. What Voces Unidas is doing towards near-term and long-term goals and vision are mostly all in one. In simple form, Voces Unidas has developed some focal points of interest and development. One of those focal point is read more…

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Voces Unidas – Rene Gonzalez & KLMR Radio

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Jan Verhoeff

It’s probably just the mood of the day – the sun’s out full bore shining in the eastern window and there’s a breeze in the air. All night long I’d been wanting to listen to “Anything Goes” and unfortunately KLMR doesn’t reach this far. Streaming online isn’t available for most of the Radio show, so there it is. I’m feeling a little homesick for my favorite part of my home town (beyond my family – of course) and along with morning comes an email from Rene Gonzalez. He’s chattering on about the ads for Voces Unidas and Cinco DeMayo, so I decide to drop him a line and offer to post his ads on the LamarCo.US/Blog and here we are… I need an article to include his ads in. I’ve been away from home for so long I can’t think of anything to write about – and checking the LamarLedger would be cheating (if there’s even anything in the paper). So, I go scan facebook for information from home and find out that our former School Nurse, Mrs. Celia Kennedy has a fractured foot and is staying with Kathy for a while. It makes me feel sad because I know read more…

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Local Blogs You Might Want to Read…

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Jan Verhoeff

There’s always so much going on here in Lamar, I thought I’d post a few blog feeds  you might want to add to your own regular reading. These blogs are always interesting and have local content, written by local people. Of course, there’s the Back Roads of Yesterday – and whatever happened out by the Oris George place along the Arkansas River. There’s all the stuff that happens around the local Coffee Clatter, meaning what have the locals been up to these days? Jan Verhoeff keeps things hopping on her blog, whether she’s writing about grandbabies arriving, kids tattooing the neighborhood with graffiti or the local coyote problem messing up the parks. Or you could be reading up on the latest activities of U.S. Senatorial candidate, Cleve Tidwell, on Cleve Notes. Any blog you’d like to read can have an rss feed generator created the same way. Just visit ACE Writers to find out how to generate a feeder like this.

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