February 2023

JOSEPH ANGELO DEANGELIS

Joseph Angelo DeAngelis, 78, died Feb. 5, 2023. A Rosary will be held on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, at 7 p.m. at Mullare-Murphy Funeral Home. A funeral mass will be held on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, at 1 p.m. at Holy Trinity Catholic Church. Inurnment will follow at a later date. Complete obituary to follow. The family has entrusted Mullare-Murphy Funeral Home with the arrangements.

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David Cisneros

In Loving Memory of Dave, it’s been 4 long very hard years without you. I keep hearing it’s going to get easier, but it hasn’t.

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The Fine P

rint “All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.” ~ Toni Morrison EVENTS Trinidad State of the City address Thursday, Feb. 9 at 6 p.m.

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River C

all Purgatoire River Call as of: 02/03/2023 Chilili Ditch: Priority #7, Appropriation Date: 04/30/1862 Trinidad Reservoir Report: Release 0.06 AF Inflow 35.06 AF - 17.68 CFS Evaporation 0 AF Content 22,287 Elevation 6,185.82 Precipitation 0 Downstream Call: Ninemile Canal; Appropriation Date: 05/10/1887. Jeff Montoya, Water Commissioner Colorado Division of Water Div.

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Organizer says 20-year festival series will not occur this year, future festivals on hold

The widely beloved Trinidaddio Series, hosting late-summer productions including the Trinidaddio Blues Fest and Trinidaddio Americana Fest, will not host either event this year, and may not moving forward, according to the festival series’ organizer. Jerry Campbell, a longtime organizer of the festival series, wrote in a public letter late last month that due to a lack of funding, the 20-year festival will not occur this August.

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Letter to the editor: Blues Fest organizer tries to explain why festival will not return in 2023

Editor, In early 2022, the Trinidaddio Blues Festival Board of Directors responded promptly and with detailed information delivered to the City Manager’s office (Mike Valentine at the time) in response to a request for evidence of the revenue generated for the city by the annual Trinidaddio Blues Festival. The packets of information supplied for the City Manager, Mayor and all council members, were generated in response to Councilman Williamson’s inquiry at an early 2022 work session.

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