The first match was a too-close-for-comfort win, and the second was a tense almost-but-not-quite loss. Together, they may have unlocked the potential of a team in need of an awakening.

The Lamar Community College volleyball team played its most impressive and consistent volleyball of the young season during a 4-1 showing at the Blue Mountain Inn & Suites Invitational at Colorado Northwestern Community College in Rangely, Colorado, over the weekend.

The Lopes know that whatever the 2018 season has in store for them, it won't come easy, but it will be worth it.

With only four returners joined by 11 newcomers, the Lamar Community College volleyball team will rely now more than ever on its strong culture, veteran leadership and team unity as they fight through a schedule peppered with perennial powerhouses and National Tournament hopefuls.

George H. Tempel

December 30, 1934 - August 18, 2018

A celebration of life for lifetime Wiley resident George H. Tempel will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 25, 2018, at the Wiley United Methodist Church with Reverend Travis Walker officiating. Interment will follow in the Wiley Cemetery. 

Visitation for George will be held from 3:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Friday, August 24, 2018, at the Peacock Family Chapel. 

Betty Jane Snider

May 30, 1932 - August 15, 2018

Betty was born May 30, 1932, in Brandon, Colorado to Frank Vern and May (Mosher) Drescher.

Summer has flown by at Lamar Community College!  With the fall semester less than two weeks away, campus is buzzing with new academic year energy. Registration for the upcoming semester is well underway and most courses will begin the week of August 20.  

Anyone interested in taking courses at LCC this fall should enroll today by visiting lamarcc.edu or contacting Student Services at 719-336-1590. 

Mike Benge

February 21,1952-August 10, 2018

A memorial service for longtime Lamar resident, Mike Benge will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, August 17, 2018, at the Lamar Christian Church with Ian Blacker officiating.

Per Mike's request cremation has taken place and there will be no public visitation.

Mike was born on February 21, 1952, in Palmyra, Missouri, to Kenneth Myers and Alice Kline, and departed this life Friday August 10, 2018, near Lamar at the age of 66.

William Charles Weber

November 6, 1940-August 9,2018

Prowers Partners for Progress, a non-profit organization, will be hosting what it hopes to be the first annual Downtown Custom & Classic Exposition in downtown Lamar August 17-18. The event will kick off Friday night at 6:00 p.m. with the opening of the Car Art at the DCCE exhibit at the Shore Arts Center at 115 South Main Street. 

Charles "Charlie" Weber

November 06, 1940 - August 09, 2018

Charlie was a resident of Lamar and a retired longtime livestock brand inspector with the state of Colorado.  Mr. Weber passed away at Parkview Hospital in Pueblo.

More severe weather is expected a day after storms across eastern Colorado brought heavy rain, hail, tornado warnings and damaging 70 mile per hour winds to the region.

The National Weather Service is predicting thunderstorms producing up to two-inch hail and wind gusts up to 70 mph for parts of the region Saturday afternoon.

While the risk for tornadoes is low, the Pueblo NWS office calls out Kiowa and Prowers counties in southeast Colorado as being at risk for isolated tornadoes.