“Welcome to the Grief Club” by Janine Kwoh c. 2021, Workman / $15.95 / 112 pages
There is no secret handshake. You’ll never have to put meetings on your calendar, either.
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Welcome to the Museum of Friends in Walsenburg
The Museum Of Friends (MoF) is a contemporary art museum that opened in October, 2006, in the Southern Colorado rural community of Walsenburg, Colorado. Brendt and Maria Cocchiarelli’s shared vision for the new museum was to create a place where everyone would feel welcome and the art created by all people valued.
Colorado Beef Community and Beef Sticks for Backpacks counter childhood hunger
GREELEY — Food insecurity affects more than ten percent of households across the United States, and over ten million children in the country are considered food insecure. In Colorado, one in seven children are unsure where they will get their next meal, and an estimated 400,000 kids are enrolled in the free/reduced lunch programs across the state.
UPCOMING—COMMUNITY EVENTS
—$4,000 SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE MAR. 31: Attention Students — The application deadline is approaching quickly for the Culebra Range Scholarship applications.
PUBLIC SERVICE
—SAMARITAN FREE CLINIC The Trinidad Samaritan Clinic is now open 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at 413 E. Frost Ave and corner of Linden Ave.
Colorado Senate passes sales tax relief for small businesses
Colorado’s Senate approved a bill on March 14 that aims to save small businesses money by increasing the percentage they can keep of the state’s vendor fee. Senate Bill 22-006, also known as the Sales Tax Assistance for Small Business Act, would allow small businesses with less than $100,000 in annual taxable sales to retain 5.3% of the state’s vendor fee beginning in 2023 rather than the 4% figure they can retain currently.
Ballot initiative would expand Colorado’s open records law to include school curriculum
Colorado voters could get a chance to decide if school curriculum should be available to the public under the state’s open records law if a recently-filed initiative is approved for the 2022 ballot.
Stakeholders again propose multimodal transportation hub, more state park access
The realities of a walking trail from downtown Trinidad to Fishers Peak State Park and the formation of a multimodal center remain up in the air, but both are said to be discussed later this month and next after a presentation by an informal group of local stakeholders hoping to make both a reality.
THE FINE PRINT
Today’s Quote “The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.” ~Nicolas Chamfort ■ COMMUNITY EVENTS —THIS WEEK —GRAND OPENING FRI. MAR.