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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
Tag Archives: Willow Creek Park
Lamar Days Parade – And Not a Single Picture!
Okay, this is nuts. I just realized, I attended the Lamar Days Parade and didn’t once get my camera out. Say WHAT? Not sure I even qualify as a Grandma, let alone a journalist, no camera???? What was I thinking? Seriously, I got so caught up at just being “home” seeing old friends, family and fellow Lamar Folks, that I never even thought about pulling out the camera. My Mom, Esther Mulaney, joined us at the parade with some of my favorite Lamarites. She brought along friends, Martha Peery and Bonnie Miller, to watch the parade roll through downtown Lamar. Martha Peery was busy spoiling my grandbabies, lovin’ ‘em and watching them in the wind. She’s such a sweet woman, and loves my kids and grandkids so much. I just adore it when she talks about them. We all stood in front of Shore Arts Center and watched the Parade roll down the street. Kicked off by one of Lamar’s finest, the Parade route traveled from Big R to the Main Stop Light and then north to Poplar Street past the new Water Tower and Windmill at the Chamber of Commerce Station by the Rail Road. The crew from the read more…
Posted in Lamar Days, Local News, Parades
Tagged antique car show, Brent Pierce, Jeremy Cooper, KLMR, KVAY, modern metal art, parade drivers, Shore Art Gallery, Shriners, Summer Art Show, Willow Creek Park
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Lamar Colorado Boasts Pikes Tower
Featured in most Lamar, Colorado brochures, you’ll find Pikes Tower, a structure built by the WPA in the mid 1930′s. To arrive at Pikes Tower, simply turn east in front of Taco Johns, drive across the Willow Creek Bridge and turn into the Willow Creek Park Drive (but don’t go too far – that narrow lane is one way going your direction).
Posted in Pikes Tower, Tourists
Tagged Colorado, Lamar, Pikes Tower, Willow Creek Park
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Welcome to Lamar, Colorado – Summer Tourist Destination
Are you seeking a community where you can spend the summer relaxing, enjoying people, activities, and sharing the joy of living? Lamar, Colorado is such a community. We’re more than tourist friendly, we welcome you with open arms! This summer, the new World Series Baseball Diamond is being constructed in Lamar’s Merchants Baseball Park. Near the center of town the Merrill Brush Football Stadium and the Community Center offer sporting and activities centers for the family. The Lamar City Swimming Pool near the Willow Creek Park offers day and evening swim times in an Olympic size pool. If you just want to sit back and admire some of the WPA stonework in the area, a visit to Willow Creek Park offers many opportunities to do so, beginning with the Boy Scout Kiva on the east side of the park.