October 2022

The Fine Print

rint THIS WEEK LIBRARY’S OCT. ART WALL The Trinidad Carnegie Public Library will be featuring art works by local photographer Jennifer Oliver this month at the library, 202 N.

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Community comes together for 14th year of trash cleanup

The 14th annual Trinidad Community Foundation community-wide cleanup drew a few less people than in years past, but nonetheless, it focused on beautifying the community through a river clean-up, trash removal and graffiti abatement. TCF, in partnership with Purgatoire River Partnership, organized the event that drew between 50 and 60 community members Saturday, Oct.

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Local cornhole league, downtown establishment help raise money for dance school girls heading to NYC

Just over a year ago Fisher’s Peak Corn Hole League President Frank Cordova had an idea to start a full-time league here in Trinidad. So, he went to the owner of Flo Jo’s BBQ and Hall and he asked Florence Behavin if the players could use her hall in the back of the restaurant. She said “yes,” and Cordova and his league has been moving full steam ahead ever since.

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God sees you and He knows you — no one is obscure

Carl Sandburg, in his biography of Abraham Lincoln, described the young Lincoln in 1831. “Abraham Lincoln, 22 years old, floated down the Sangamon River, going to a new home, laughter and youth in his bones, in his heart a few pennies of dreams, in his head a rag bag of thoughts he could never expect to sell.” Lincoln himself says he arrived in New Salem like a “piece of floating driftwood.” Six years later, he was a licensed lawyer and a member of the state legislature.

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Colorado joins lawsuit against pesticide makers alleging practices that reduce competition, increase prices for farmers

DENVER — Attorney General Phil Weiser has joined nine other states and the Federal Trade Commission in filing a lawsuit against pesticide makers Syngenta and Corteva, alleging anticompetitive practices that have harmed farmers. The complaint, filed today in U.S.

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