I am a digital immigrant. I was born into a world of rotary dial telephones and slide rules, cash registers that resembled slot machines, schools without air conditioning, encyclopedias that occupied an entire shelf in the book case and paper maps that unfolded to fill the front seat of the car.
The Trinidad Police Department responded to or initiated some 227 incidents between Thursday, April 13, and Wednesday, April 19, including accidents, animal cruelty, harassment and suspicious incidents. The Las Animas County Sheriff’s Office saw some 107 calls for service during the same time, including traffic stops, accidents, assault, fraud and careless driving.
A senior judge presiding over a protracted legal battle between the Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office and Huerfano County Sheriff Bruce Newman ruled that Sheriff Newman is in contempt of court for failing to abide by a preliminary injunction.
Friday: Increasing clouds, with a high near 62. Breezy, with a southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming northwest 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph becoming north northeast 5 to 10 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Saturday: A 20% chance of showers after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. North northeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming east southeast in the morning.
The cross stands close to 26 feet tall and is about 1,800 pounds. It took five and a half pounds of concrete to hold up this holy grail in northern Las Animas County. It was put up just over a week before the Easter holiday and the Bowman family is very proud to have this gift of hope on their property on what is being called “The Hill of Healing.”
A Trinidad-based animal shelter that had been under state investigation for a number of animal welfare violations remains in compliance with state regulations after entering into a one-year probation period, according to an inspection report shared with The Chronicle-News.
all Purgatoire River Call as of: 04/20/2023 El Moro Ditch: Priority #8, Appropriation Date: 11/15/1862 Trinidad Reservoir Report: Release 46.31 AF Inflow 55.37 AF - 27.92 CFS Evaporation 17.06 AF Content 23,409 Elevation 6,187.35 Precipitation 0 Downstream Call: Highland Canal; Appropriation Date: 05/31/1866 Jeff Montoya, Water Commissioner Colorado Division of Water Div. 2, District 19 .
“You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.” ~ Franklin P.
Mary Ellen Murphy, 95, died April 4, 2023. She was born Jan. 5, 1928, in Madison, S.D., to Edward and Emma (Minnaert) Richter. She graduated from St. Thomas High School in Madison, S.D., and St. Joseph School of Nursing in Mitchell, S.D. She was married to John Murphy Sept. 12, 1949. Together they owned and operated funeral homes in Yankton, S.D., Mitchell, S.D. and Trinidad, Colo. In addition to raising seven children she worked as a registered nurse in San Francisco, Calif., while John attended mortuary college, Yankton, Mitchell and briefly in Trinidad. She and John moved to Trinidad in November of 1981 and purchased the Mullare Funeral Home. She and John fell in love with the community and immediately after the purchase began remodeling and investing in the historic and iconic landmark now known as the Chappell House (aka Mullare-Murphy Funeral Home). The Chappell House was built in 1886 by Delos A. Chappell and has seen a complete transformation since the family purchased it in 1981. The building was converted from a doctor’s office and residence in 1934 to a funeral home/residence and had remained unchanged from 1934 to 1981. An interesting bit of history is that Georege Mullare, who converted the building to a funeral home, died in his sleep before the open house and was the first funeral. She assisted her husband with the funeral business and helped oversee the remodeling from 1981 until his passing in 1993. After her son Tom took over the business, she helped oversee the transformation of the unused Carriage House 1993/1994 from storage facility/horse barn to a modern day living quarters that she enjoyed living in independently for over 10 years. In 1996, the current 1600 sq ft John Murphy Memorial Chapel and 1400 sq ft garage below the chapel was added to the complex. She was semi-retired and living in the Carriage House in 2002 when Tom and Paula married and moved into the upstairs residence and completely remodeled and added on to it in 2002 and 2003.
Author, John Sharpe, 78, a Colorado native whose family lineage included lawmen, ranchers, miners, and businessmen - with a couple of school teachers thrown in for balance - passed away on Feb. 28, 2023. From selling donkey rides and gold ore specimens on the summer streets of Cripple Creek, Colo. until he retired from commercial lending in 2007, John had been training to write fiction, whether he knew it or not. If it took a bushel full of experiences to write a novel, John had cultivated a small orchard. He’d been a teacher, a loan officer, a bartender, a fry cook, a real estate agent, an insurance salesman, a freelance writer, a photographer, and a magazine editor. He’d bucked bales, poured concrete, built fences, and pumped gas. He’d been bucked off donkeys, horses, steers, bulls, and one insulted sow. John would be the first to tell you that he wasn’t a cowboy. Even the sow agreed. John will be missed by a variety of friends from his many adventures. Preceded in death by his beloved wife, Cyrenne “Cy” Phinney-Sharpe; parents, Richard and Pauline (McMillan) Sharpe; and sister, Barbara Dorsey. Celebration of Life will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, May 6, 2023, at the Elks Lodge, 375 East Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek, CO 80813. Online condolences at www.MontgomerySteward.com