I’ve never been the biggest fan of the “Alien” franchise, including the original film from 1979. Maybe it’s because I’ve been raised on movies that rip it off, or maybe it’s because that big surprise scare was spoiled for me long before I saw it, but I see it as little more than characters skulking around a spaceship waiting to be picked off like in any number of unimaginative horror movies. So I’m probably not the best candidate for “Alien: Covenant,” which, after the misguided highbrow affair that was 2012’s “Prometheus,” gets the franchise back to its glorified-slasher-movie roots.

This week at Lamar Theatre

Starts Friday

Snatched, stars Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn, 6:45 p.m. daily

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, 8:35 p.m. daily

CLOSED May 31 - June 8

Makes:   12 Servings 

Ingredients

  non-stick cooking spray
4 tablespoons applesauce
1⁄4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons egg mix
2 ripe bananas
2 tablespoons water
1⁄4 cup all-purpose flour
1⁄4 cup whole wheat flour
1⁄4 cup quick cooking oats
1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
1⁄4 teaspoon salt
1⁄4 cup blueberries or strawberries (fresh or frozen)

Directions

Adobe Creek Reservoir 
Fishing for crappie has been rated as fair to good, with anglers having success using minnows and jigs. Fishing for saugeye has been rated as fair to good, with anglers having success using a variety of lures. There have been occasional reports of wiper and large mouth being caught, with anglers having success fishing from boats rather than the shore.

Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) crews have been working for about a month to clear the way for an on-target opening of Independence Pass on Thursday, May 25 at Noon.

Each year, CDOT crews work 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:

Congratulations to Mikayla Schmidt on graduating from FHSU on May 13th.  Mikayla is living in the area and is working at the TBK Bank in Tribune, KS.

Weekend before last, Connie Weber was down to visit with her parents, Denis and Theresa Weber.  All of them attended the graduation at Plainview School on Sunday and the parties that were held after graduation.

My thanks for these acts of kindness is well overdue

Thank to George and Dorothy for the grapefruit.

Doris and her helper Robin for the Easter snacks and treats

Gloria Not one but TWO platefuls of those ‘Yummy in the Tummy’ cookies

You  ALL make the world a nicer place!

Warm spring days bring wildflowers, baby critters and snowmelt in the high country. This means runoff filling the Arkansas River and pushing water flows to levels that make it difficult for boating.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s Andrew Maddox, river ranger supervisor at the Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area (AHRA), offers important tips for safely enjoying the runoff and the rapids the high water creates.

Everyone copes with disasters and traumatic events differently.  Psychological trauma is an emotionally painful, shocking, stressful and sometimes life-threatening experience.  It may or may not involve physical injuries and can result from the impact of distressing events. These situations may also be natural disasters such as a tornado or earthquake.

In May, many teachers, families, and some friends of the school have attended three big banquets, a Kindergarten graduation, and the wonderful spring concert. The Academic-Athletic Awards banquet was especially outstanding where every teacher and head coach acknowledged high grade point students in their classes and the coaches related highlights of the sports year.