December 2022

River C

all Purgatoire River Call as of: 11/29/2022 Lewelling & McCormick Ditch: Priority No. 13, appropriation Date: 01/01/1864 Trinidad Reservoir Report: Release 31.95 AF Inflow 63.40 AF - 31.97 CFS Evaporation 4.45 AF Content 20,156 AF Elevation 6,182.79 Precipitation 0 Downstream Call: Ninemile Canal.

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The Fine P

rint PUBLIC SERVICE HELP FOR VETERANS The American Legion Post 11 has grant funds available to assist Colorado veterans in need of material or financial assistance. Info: Gerald Renner, 719-680-4563.

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Weather W

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 44. West southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon.

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Trinidad council seeks marijuana cultivation fee readjustment at request of cultivator

Trinidad City Council is reevaluating the city’s fee scheme for marijuana cultivation for the second time this year after receiving feedback on a previous fee adjustment from the local industry. The change, if approved after a public hearing in late-December, would allow for unaffiliated cultivators — meaning they don’t have a store under their brand — to pay fees based off the contract price, rather than the current way of using the average market rate set by the Colorado Department of Revenue.

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Wife can no longer endure vicious tales man’s ex tells

DEAR ABBY: I have been with my husband for five years, and we have two children together. It’s my husband’s second marriage and my first. He and his first wife, “Gretchen,” had no kids, but they did have a long and messy divorce. She and her family live in the same small town as we do. Her favorite pastime is telling anyone who will listen that my husband physically abused and raped her.

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Jane Lucille Aguilar

Jane Lucille Aguilar, 80, passed away November 30, 2022 at Parkview Hospital. She was born on April 29, 1942 in Trinidad Colorado; the daughter or the late Gus and Tillie Garcia.

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The Fine P

rint PUBLIC SERVICE HELP FOR VETERANS The American Legion Post 11 has grant funds available to assist Colorado veterans in need of material or financial assistance. Info: Gerald Renner, 719-680-4563.

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River C

all Purgatoire River Call as of: 11/29/2022 Lewelling & McCormick Ditch: Priority No. 13, appropriation Date: 01/01/1864 Trinidad Reservoir Report: Release 31.95 AF Inflow 63.40 AF - 31.97 CFS Evaporation 4.45 AF Content 20,156 AF Elevation 6,182.79 Precipitation 0 Downstream Call: Ninemile Canal.

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