La Junta Chamber of Commerce board introduces members at virtual banquet
LA Junta Tribune When Board President Mickie Lewis introduced herself during Monday's La Junta Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet, she reluctantly described herself as a "transplant," to La Junta and Colorado. Nonetheless, as she expressed, she loves being in rural Southeast Colorado. "I wish that I can say that I was from Colorado," said Lewis. "But it's not fair, I'm not. I've been here my entire adult life, which is a pretty significant amount of time. I guess eventually, maybe I'll be allowed to wear that moniker. But I did choose La Junta and I did choose Southeast Colorado. "I have ...