Robert Monroe Van Matre
Robert Monroe Van Matre, age 90, passed away peacefully at home on March 14, 2022, in Colorado City, CO. He was born January 5, 1932 in Hoehne, CO.
March 2022
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Herman Angelo Gomez
Herman Angelo Gomez, passed away on March 15, 2022. He was 79.
Elizabeth J Massarotti,
Elizabeth J Massarotti, age 90, passed away on March 14, 2022, at the Mount Saint Francis Assisted Living in Colorado Springs Colorado. Viewing will be Tuesday, March 22, 2022, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Comi Funeral Home Chapel. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, with recitation of the Rosary at noon, followed by the Funeral Mass at 1 p.m. Interment will follow at the Trinidad Catholic Cemetery. Complete obit to follow. Arrangements made under the direction of the Comi Funeral Home.
Colorado Beef Community and Beef Sticks for Backpacks counter childhood hunger
GREELEY — Food insecurity affects more than ten percent of households across the United States, and over ten million children in the country are considered food insecure. In Colorado, one in seven children are unsure where they will get their next meal, and an estimated 400,000 kids are enrolled in the free/reduced lunch programs across the state.
Welcome to the Museum of Friends in Walsenburg
The Museum Of Friends (MoF) is a contemporary art museum that opened in October, 2006, in the Southern Colorado rural community of Walsenburg, Colorado. Brendt and Maria Cocchiarelli’s shared vision for the new museum was to create a place where everyone would feel welcome and the art created by all people valued.
“Welcome to the Grief Club” by Janine Kwoh c. 2021, Workman / $15.95 / 112 pages
There is no secret handshake. You’ll never have to put meetings on your calendar, either.
Colorado historian to talk about latest book at Walsenburg museum Saturday, March 26
Colorado historian Virginia Sanchez, who spoke about her book Pleas and Petitions: Hispano Culture and Legislative Conflict in Territorial Colorado at the Trinidad History Museum last July will be speaking on the book again, this time in Walsenburg.
Ballot initiative would expand Colorado’s open records law to include school curriculum
Colorado voters could get a chance to decide if school curriculum should be available to the public under the state’s open records law if a recently-filed initiative is approved for the 2022 ballot.
Colorado Senate passes sales tax relief for small businesses
Colorado’s Senate approved a bill on March 14 that aims to save small businesses money by increasing the percentage they can keep of the state’s vendor fee. Senate Bill 22-006, also known as the Sales Tax Assistance for Small Business Act, would allow small businesses with less than $100,000 in annual taxable sales to retain 5.3% of the state’s vendor fee beginning in 2023 rather than the 4% figure they can retain currently.
PUBLIC SERVICE
—SAMARITAN FREE CLINIC The Trinidad Samaritan Clinic is now open 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at 413 E. Frost Ave and corner of Linden Ave.