Norma Carr Atkinson

May 24, 1923 - January 16, 2017

Norma Carr Atkinson was born on May 24, 1923 in Cozad, Nebraska. She passed away in Eads, Colorado on January 16, 2017.

By Chris Sorensen

Temperatures begin to rise going into the weekend, kicking off a seasonably mild period expected to last at least late into the week.

Look for a sunny but breezy Friday as northwest winds rise to the 15 to 20 mile-per-hour range, with gusts to 30 mph possible. The high will be in the upper 30s before falling to the upper teens overnight

• Clinton and Wilma Evans, former Towner residents, will be celebrating their 68th Wedding Anniversary on January 30th.  Their address is Box 187 - Tonkowa, OK 74653

Canyons and Plains annual meeting was held at Bents Old Fort December 8.  If you could not attend you missed a very informative meeting and tour of the fort.  A Dutch oven lunch was served then a presentation of the economic effect  Bents Old Fort has on the area.  Then the Economic Impact Study recently completed of the 6 county area was presented reflecting the tourism dollars spent in the region.

By Kaden Humrich Prowers County Council Reporter

This week at Lamar Theatre

Held Over

Sing, 6:45 p.m. daily

Starts Friday

Hiden Figures, stars Kevin Costner, 8:45 p.m. daily

Coming Soon

Monster Trucks

Split

XXX: Return of Xander Cage

The high school boy junior varsity basketball game scheduled for Friday with Kim has been cancelled.

The high school games will start immediately after the conclusion of the the middle school girls' game scheduled to start at 2:00 p.m.