THE FINE PRINT
Today’s Quote “Here lies an atheist, all dressed up and nowhere to go.” ~Epitaph ■ COMMUNITY EVENTS —THIS WEEK —CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEDS. MAR.
March 2022
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Vera Ortiz, 95
Vera Ortiz, 95, died Feb. 17, 2022, at the Trinidad Inn Nursing Home.
Robert Joseph Montano, Jr.
Funeral Service, 11:00AM, Friday, March 18, 2022, The Springs Funeral Services, 3115 East Platte Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80909. The Funeral Service will be streamed live. Graveside Service, 1:00PM, Friday, March 18, 2022, Evergreen Cemetery, 1005 Hancock Expressway, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903. To see Robertʼs full story, and to leave a message of condolence, please visit his Tribute Wall on The Springs Funeral Services website: tsfs.co
WIFE’S ABUSE OF MEDICINE INCREASES HUSBAND’S PAIN
DEAR ABBY: I am on hydrocodone for my back pain, and my wife keeps taking my medication because she says her back hurts. I have threatened to leave her, turn her in to the police and tell our children. She quits stealing the meds for a while and then starts up again. What can I do? Should I turn her in to the police or what? -- IN PAIN IN INDIANA
WEATHER WATCH
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 52. Breezy, with a north wind 15 to 20 mph.
Taproom taps out after ‘tumultuous’ year, closes citing low patronage due to COVID
A popular tasting room in Trinidad is now closed, about a year after it first opened its doors to the public. Paradox Beer Company, Trinidad Outpost, located at 316 N.
Would you look who stopped in Trinidad?
A person never knows just who she might see on the old brick streets of Trinidad. On Friday, March 4, Leah Campos-Rodrigues was in the right place at the right time to catch popular TV personality Wesley Duane Chapman aka Dog the Bounty Hunter as he made a stop in town on his way traveling through. Several locals saw Chapman, but Leah managed to get him to stop long enough to capture a selfie. Thank you, Leah, for sharing with all of us. Leah Campos-Rodrigues
County agricultural leaders honored with Denver Business Journal award
Two Las Animas County agricultural leaders have been recognized by the Denver Business Journal for their work promoting and advancing agriculture throughout Colorado, the second honorees in the county and the fourth in the state in the history of the award.
Coalition seeks comment during public meeting for Brownfield Assessment Grant
A coalition including the City of Trinidad, Town of Aguilar and Las Animas County plans to host a public meeting to share information on the use of a Brownfield Assessment Grant awarded earlier this year by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
RIVER CALL
Purgatoire River Call as of: 03/11/2022. Chilili Ditch: Priority #7, Appropriation Date: 04/30/1862.