By Doris Lessenden
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest.” Jesus said in Matthew 11:28
It is less than a week until we will be celebrating Pansy Foxworthy’s 100th birthday!
Wednesday, June 1st you are invited to one of her parties at 2:00 p.m. at the Weisbrod ECU.
Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) crews have been working for several weeks to clear the way for an on-target opening of Independence Pass on Thursday, May 26 at Noon.
Last Friday, CDOT crews worked with the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) to perform avalanche mitigation to clear up to one dozen slide paths that can impact the road. Necessary work to open the gates may include the following:
Clearing avalanche slide paths (up to 12 total)
A new temporary registration permit will be issued by five auto dealers and three county motor vehicle offices as part of a pilot program beginning May 23. All auto dealers and county motor vehicle offices will be issuing new permits by the end of June.
The most noticeable change to the new permit is the requirement for it to be placed on the rear of the vehicle where the permanent license plate is normally affixed.
By Sharon Scott
A large crowd attended the Plainview Athletic and Awards program and the potluck supper on Tuesday evening. Also, on Thursday, the Community BBQ and Elementary Awards program were well attended. School is out!! Hope everyone has a safe and happy summer.
Across America 352 students have recently been awarded $1,500 scholarships from America’s Farmers Grow Ag Leaders, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund. The program encourages rural youth to remain in agriculture and provides post-high school scholarships to help them develop the skills needed to fill thousands of agriculture jobs in a variety of fields – including farming, agronomy, education, engineering, business management and many more. Farmers play a vital role in the program by promoting the opportunity to local students and endorsing their applications.
The Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) has announced that its Metrology Laboratory has been accredited by the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) for mass and volume calibration services. This consumer protection effort may not be widely known, but it affects almost every person in the state.
Low volatility, ample inventories and other factors combining to pressure profit margins for grain merchandisers
U.S. grain merchandisers are beginning the new-crop growing season facing significant challenges, according to a new research report by CoBank. Low price volatility, ample grain and oilseed inventories, slow farmer selling and an anemic export program suggest elevators are in for a difficult 2016-2017 season.
The number of cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in Colorado feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 head or larger
was estimated at 900,000 head as of May 1, 2016. The latest inventory represents no change from last month or from the
May 1, 2015 inventory. Cattle feeders with 1,000 head or larger capacity marketed an estimated 135,000 head of fed cattle
during April 2016. This was 10 percent below the previous month’s marketings, but 13 percent above the marketings one
Dale Specht and Lawrence Brase were selected as the 2016 Lamar Community College Outstanding Alumni of the Year. They were honored LCC’s Annual Antelope Night held on May 6.
President John Marrin introduced Brase and Specht, remarking on their personal successes since their time at LCC as well as their continued support of the college and all of Southeast Colorado.
“Both are outstanding representations of what LCC students can become,” remarked President Marrin.
By Betsy Markey, SBA Region VIII Administrator
One of this region’s most expensive disasters unfolded the night of Sept. 9, 2013 when over 10 inches of rain fell in a 24-hour period, devastating Boulder, Colo. and several other communities with flash floods, inflicting damage on nearly 20,000 homes and hundreds of small businesses. Unfortunately, our region is prone to a variety of natural disasters such as flooding in North Dakota, tornadoes in South Dakota, and the 2012 Montana wildfires that scorched more than 1.1 million acres of land.
