As long as there have been The Avengers, there has been the threat of Thanos (Josh Brolin). The villain’s visage first appeared midway through the credits of the superteam’s first adventure back in 2012. Once 99% of the audience looked up who he was, they got excited to see him in an upcoming sequel. The most we’ve seen of him since then was in 2014’s “Guardians of the Galaxy”, which ironically was not an Avengers movie, though still an important part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Fieldwork and spring planting progressed quickly around moisture events this past week, according to the Mountain Region Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.

Midweek moisture was mostly confined to eastern districts, while the west and south remained dry. Hot and dry temperatures finished out the week statewide.

Charlotte Phillips

September 19, 1940 – April 21, 2018

Charlotte Marie Denton was born September 19, 1940 at the Mennonite Hospital in La Junta, Colorado.  The third child of Robert and Margaret Denton. 

Charlotte started school in Tulsa, Oklahoma, she also attended school in La Junta and Penrose, graduating from Las Animas High School in 1958.

Search and rescue experts from several area agencies plan to resume searching Lake Pueblo on Tuesday for a man in a small aluminum boat who went missing along the north shore of Lake Pueblo State Park.

The search began shortly after noon Monday following calls from witnesses who reported seeing a small boat, hearing a loud noise, then seeing the boat disappear and a man in the water several yards off shore, calling for help.

When the man didn't swim to shore, the witnesses, who were fishing on the shore, called 9-1-1 for help.

The academic year is quickly coming to a close and Lamar Community College is preparing for three big year-end celebrations: Nurse Pinning, Antelope Night, and the 79^th Annual Commencement ceremony.  All events are open to the public, so anyone wishing to join in celebrating the accomplishments of LCC students are welcome to do so.

Dates and times for the events are as follows: 

“In the Garden”—And He walks with me, and He talks with me, and He tells me I am His own. And the Joy we share as we tarry there, None other has ever known.” This is a favorite hymn of many folk.

After a quiet week, high fire danger resumes in Colorado Sunday and Monday.

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper announced today that Executive Director Kim Hunter Reed, Ph.D., is leaving the Colorado Department of Higher Education (DHE). Reed will stay on as executive director through mid-June. She is returning to her home state of Louisiana to be the Commissioner of Higher Education.

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper along with the Denver Post Community Foundation, announced Kiowa, Bennett, and Limon as the host communities for this year’s Pedal The Plains bike ride.

The 188-mile, three-day tour will take place Sept. 14 - 16. The 2018 Tour includes a new gravel century ride. Registration is now open online at www.pedaltheplains.com.