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When a good friend from a neighboring community called today to ask when the Cal Ripkin World Series would be coming to Lamar, I considered for a moment the events that had just happened. Of course, I gave her the dates of the World Series, it seems a great event to share in our community – but the cost… The cost of this event coming to town is greater than any I’ve experienced in recent years to the community. When Mayor Nelva Heath spoke early on of the World Series coming to Lamar, I was as thrilled as any with anticipation of tourist trade and the good news of folks visiting along the Santa Fe Trail, stopping in at Big Timbers Museum and spending their money at the local hotels and restaurants along Main Street. The event seemed like the perfect opportunity to celebrate the community where my great grandparents homesteaded almost a hundred years ago. But… The event began turning sour as I realized the city people didn’t want to showcase Lamar, but rather to stage the community as a perfectly manicured residential town where everyone had perfect lives… Never mind that city employees, and elected officials in the read more…