April 2022
Cornbread goes with everything
Chili Cornbread Bake CHILI: 1 lb. ground beef 1 cup chopped onions 1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper 1 garlic clove, minced 1 (15 1/2- or 15-oz.) can light red kidney beans, drained, rinsed 1 (8-oz.) can tomato sauce 1 (1 1/4-oz.) pkg.
Easy Cornbread Bakes
If there’s anyone out there who can resist a delicious slice of warm, buttered cornbread, I don’t know who that person would be. I think everyone on the planet must love this tasty, hearty-textured bread. As old-fashioned as it can be, cornbread somehow never loses its wonderful earthy appeal.
Elderly Las Animas County man charged in connection with sexual assault on a family member
An elderly man has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault after a family in Las Animas County reported the incident. Law enforcement charged Larry N.
RIVER CALL
Purgatoire River Call as of: 04/19/2022. Chilili Ditch: Priority #7, Appropriation Date: 04/30/1862.
THE FINE PRINT
Today’s Quote “Your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” ~John Wooden ■ COMMUNITY EVENTS —THIS WEEK —CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEDS. APR.
Council secures firm to find city manager
Trinidad is one step closer to finding a replacement for its outgoing city manager after Trinidad City Council approved a resolution to contract with a search firm earlier this month. Trinidad City Council voted 7-0 at a regular meeting April 12 to hire KRW Associates, a Colorado Springs-based executive search firm, to help the city find a replacement for current city manager Mike Valentine, who’s retiring in July.
Joe C. Arnone
Joe C. Arnone, lifetime resident of Aguilar, CO, passed away at home on April 14, 2022.
Evangeline T. Garcia
Our precious mother, Evangeline “ Vangie” T. Garcia, left this earthly realm Thursday, April 14, 2022, after a lengthy illness. She was born on May 28, 1929, in Segundo, Colorado, to Victor and Eutemia Alarid.
WOMAN RUNS OUT OF PATIENCE WITH BOYFRIEND’S SMOKING ADDICTION
DEAR ABBY: I have been with my boyfriend for five years. We do not live together, nor do we share any children (we have three grown kids from previous marriages). He has been a smoker since he was very young, and when we got together, he said he would like to quit. Well, it still hasn’t happened.