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- Highway 160 Bridge Project Set to Start
- Prowers Journal Alert Winner Claims Prize
- Public Invited to Meet City Administrator Candidates this Thursday
- LUB Reviews Financials, Approves Scholarship Renewals
- Another Monthly Increase for Lamar City Sales Tax
- Another Monthly Increase for Lamar City Sales Tax
- Motel Lodger’s Tax Proposed to Lamar City Council for November Ballot
- Lamar Teen Center Moving to Lincoln Elementary School
- Lamar 18 & Under Team Wins Merchants Park Tournament
Monthly Archives: August 2010
Tabor Tax on the Ballot – AGAIN
Have you been watching the news? Lamar City Council has been reviewing new amendments that will change the way Lamar sees Tabor. Or not? The discussion has been going on for a while, but evidently won’t be completed until after ballot initiatives are being voted for in October. When the issue was brought up at council, Ron Stock informed the council that tax payer money could not be used to influence the voters, one way or the other on Amendments 60 and 61, because they are tax payer amendments. True. Jim Larrick suggested bringing the proposals back closer to election time in order to have more impact. Kirk Crespin asked for the media’s assistance to get information out to the public so they could call council members about their choice on the vote. Of course, the council COULD take the position that the people have ALREADY spoken and accept their choice, already made on TABOR. But that would be too easy. It seems not only has the government gone wild, but our city officials are joining the fray of those who choose NOT to adopt a budget within their allotted income. In case you haven’t noticed, you don’t get a read more…
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Kids Day a Winner at Sand & Sage Fair
3 year olds over heard discussing the petting zoo at Prowers County Fair Grounds today revealed the essence of cows. “They moo loud.” While little pigs, calves and llama/alpaca drew a crowd, child chasing turtles scared them away. Treats at the fair grounds and many activities, including Color Pages passed out by the Big Timbers Transportation Museum entice children and parents to return to the fair on Saturday for more fun activities to come. ************************** Be sure to stop in to the Book Depot downtown Lamar for Grand Opening, this week. *************************** Don’t miss the Sand & Sage Fair, FREE Barbeque with Rodeo Tickets on Friday and Saturday. This feed, traditionally put on by the Prowers County Sheriff’s Department and served by the Lamar Noon Lyons is to die for. Make your choice of Pork on Friday or Beef on Saturday and enjoy the Rodeo.
City Lights, Loud Noises and the Smell of Sunflowers Cooking
Each time I return to Lamar, I’m surprised by the sights I see as I enter town. The lights of the new power plant light up the eastern sky like a city at night. The noise from the power plant disrupts the sounds of birds singing, and then there’s that lovely aroma of money being made… Cattle on every hill outside of town stenching up the neighborhoods isn’t bad enough, then there’s the sweet aroma of sunflower seeds burning (or cooking) to make oil. Lovely. But the overall view of Lamar is one of a prosperous community on the plains building lives for the people who live there. Churches are filled to the brim on Sunday morning, with worshipers praising God for their benefits and blessings. Jobs are filled, few businesses are closing their doors in this one-horse town. Most of the businesses that want to sell, show a large enough profit to attract buyers, and those that don’t maintain the local industry center with the natural come and go of industry. Is there money in a small town? Maybe not. But there’s something of more benefit to the people who live here. There’s heart. There’s resources beyond those available read more…