The Prowers Journal- The Prowers Journal Site Has Moved
- 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: September 2011
Octoberfest – The Celebration of Autumn
It’s been said that Octoberfest is a celebration in the old country where men who were unmarried gathered to find a bride for the winter. True or not, this writer can’t imagine a more time worn effort made by women to find a men. The provision of plenty of beer and food would bring men running like no woman could do, and after they’ve had their fill, a woman would have her choice of men – most likely who would never imbibe again.
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Tagged Back Roads, Colorado, crossroads of America, Lamar, Madonna of the Trail, Octoberfest, Santa Fe Trail, Wind Generators
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Fall Festival Declared Successful!
At least those who were able to attend said so! I spent the day working in Denver, texting friends and Facebook marketing for those who were marketing something special at the Festival. And working… There is that scenario that says one shall accomplish great things on Saturday, because it comes before Sunday and REST. I held onto that scenario. As reports began to arrive, “Someone said they saw my book on Facebook and came by the store to get one autographed.” “Do you realize that more than half of the people in my store at one point had seen the Fall Festival announced on Facebook?” “I’m really liking the social media thing… my customers mentioned that they were reminded to attend the fall festival by a tweet on twitter.” “I wonder who was marketing my business on Facebook and Twitter? I had several customers announce that they’d been reminded to stop by when they got on Facebook.” And, my favorite Oris quote, “She recognized my book from all the way across the room because she saw it on Facebook.” What is this world coming to? Someone from out of town… has this great impact on the local community, along with read more…
Small Town Car Dealerships
“Recently, I got caught up in the process of buying a used vehicle for my son. Not that I was paying for it, or even looking, but I found a vehicle that I knew he’d want and pointed it out to him. The negotiation process took a little while longer than I expected, but he ended up driving home in a relatively reasonably priced, used car.” The story had come from a friend who knew several local used car dealers and could have purchased the car from any of them. The negotiations took place between two people, neither of them a business owner, on a local side street. A hundred miles later, she shared that her son was putting a new engine in the vehicle he’d bought, because the engine blew after he bought it. I cringed. I know stories like that from local used car sales lots, too. There are good ways and bad ways to sell a used car. The average sales rep will talk you into a new/used car that is beyond your means, because he wants you to buy a bigger more expensive car, so he can have a bigger payoff. That’s not a good deal read more…
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