February 2023

GENEVIEVE MARTINEZ

GENEVIEVE MARTINEZ Genevive Martinez, 79, of Aguilar, Colorado, peacefully passed away at home with her family by her side on February 2nd, 2023. Genevive was born in Trinidad, Colorado on January 10th, 1944, to Santos and Eloisa Pedraza.

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Weather Watch

Wednesday: Snow showers. The snow could be heavy at times. Widespread blowing snow, mainly before 2 p.m. High near 21. Wind chill values between -5 and 5. Blustery, with a north wind 15 to 20 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 6 to 10 inches possible. Night: A 30% chance of snow showers before midnight. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around -1. Wind chill values between -5 and -10. North wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west after midnight.

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Today’s quote

“Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.” ~ James Baldwin .

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River C

all Purgatoire River Call as of: 02/10/2023 Baca Ditch: Priority #3, Appropriation Date: 11/20/1862 Trinidad Reservoir Report: Release 0.06 AF Inflow 21.06 AF - 10.62 CFS Evaporation 0 AF Content 22,431 Elevation 6,186.02 Precipitation 0 Downstream Call: Ninemile Canal; Appropriation Date: 05/10/1887. Jeff Montoya, Water Commissioner Colorado Division of Water Div.

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The Fine P

EVENTS MOVIE NIGHT AT THE LORD’S CHAPEL. The Lord’s Chapel of Segundo (Hwy 12) would like to invite the community to a free movie night showing “God’s Not Dead” on Saturday, February 18th at 6:30 p.m.

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Mayor’s final State of City address focuses on 2022 growth, looks towards Trinidad’s future

Trinidad Police Department saw a reduction of over 2,000 calls for service last year, Trinidad City Hall expanded its staff to improve services for citizens and Trinidad’s housing crisis is being knocked down through government- incentives — those are just some of the accomplishments of the city last year that Trinidad Mayor Phil Rico lauded during his annual State of the City Address.

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