Cooking in different countries just fascinates me — it always has. The exotic sounding names of so many unfamiliar ingredients and the amazing aromas they create are so interesting. Take garam masala for instance, which I learned about from our reporter P.K. when he was with us here in Trinidad a number of years ago.
DEAR ABBY: Thirty-two years ago I was seeing two different men. I slept with each of them in the same week and became pregnant. I told them midway through the pregnancy that the baby might be theirs. One ditched me. I never heard from him again. The other is my husband of 31 years. We went on to have two more children. I have suspected all along that my oldest son, “Todd,” wasn’t my husband’s biological child. When Todd was 8, we did a DNA test, and I was right.
Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 51. West southwest wind 5 to 15 mph. Night: A 40% chance of snow, mainly after 11 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 9. West wind 10 to 15 mph becoming north northeast after midnight.
Purgatoire River Call as of: 03/08/2022. Johns Flood Ditch: Priority #5, Appropriation Date: 03/20/1862.
Today’s Quote “I have found my life to be worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered me.” ~Bertrand Russell ■ COMMUNITY EVENTS —THIS WEEK —FREE TSC WORKSHOPS THURS. MAR.
DEAR ABBY: I’m a supervisor at my job and have feelings for a married man who also works here. He’s lonely and looks to me for attention, companionship, sex and to listen to his troubles. We have only had sex once, but I know I cannot continue this “relationship.”
The Primero Bulldogs, with a 14-8 record, faced three district opponents this past week. The Bulldogs won the first game against the Manzanola Bobcats 43-36, lost the second game against the Springfield Longhorns 35-33 and won the final game against the La Veta Redhawks 41-38. Due to their win against the Bobcats and Redhawks, the Bulldogs advanced to regionals.
Las Animas County will remain a non-voting member of the Southern Colorado Economic Development District for the time being after a unanimous vote last week by county commissioners. The Las Animas County Board of Commissioners voted 3-0 to decline joining the economic development district this year at its regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday, March 1, with one commissioner raising the point that services would overlap with services already seen in the county.
Regina Helen Barrack Havens, a beloved mother, grandmother and friend, passed away on March 1, 2022 at 9:11 pm in Phoenix, Arizona. She follows her parents Roger George Barrack Sr. and Margaret Najar Barrack. She is survived by her brother Roger Barrack Jr. (Jane), her three children, Jennifer DʼOliveira (Michael), Robert Havens (Nancy), and Lee Havens (Nancy), grandchildren, Nicholas DʼOliveira, Alyssa Havens (Scott), Sarah Havens, and Jesse Havens and her greatgrandson Aidan Potterton. Regina was born in Trinidad, Colorado and was a devout Catholic.
Herman Espinoza, of Trinidad, CO, passed away peacefully on February 28, 2022. He was 92 years old.