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Weather Watch

Tuesday: A 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon. Night: A 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west southwest after midnight.

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The Fine Print

“Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.” ~ W.C. Fields Public Service Main Street Live Main Street LIVE is scheduling auditions for The Sound of Music June 2-5 using a new process.

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River C

all Purgatoire River Call as of 05/15/2023 Enlarged South Side Ditch: Priority #40, Appropriation Date: 04/30/1868 Trinidad Reservoir Report: Release 241.83 AF Inflow 226.55 AF - 114.22 CFS Evaporation 6.72 AF Content 22,424 AF Elevation 6,186.01 Precipitation 0 Downstream Call: Highland Canal; Appropriation Date: 05/31/1866 Jeff Montoya, Water Commissioner Colorado Division of Water Div. 2, District 19 .

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River C

all Purgatoire River Call as of 05/08/2023 Johns Flood Ditch: Priority #20, Appropriation Date: 10/07/1865 Downstream Call: Highland Canal; Appropriation Date: 05/31/1866 Trinidad Reservoir Report: Release 146.30 AF Inflow 133.81 AF - 67.46 CFS Evaporation 16.51 AF Content 22,605 AF Elevation 6,186.26 Precipitation 0

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The Fine P

“Love begins by taking care of the closest ones — the ones at home.” — Mother Teresa Public Service TRINIDAD TRAILS ALLIANCE The Trinidad Trails Alliance second Saturday volunteer trail work day is Saturday, May 13 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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River C

all Purgatoire River Call as of 05/08/2023 Johns Flood Ditch: Priority #20, Appropriation Date: 10/07/1865 Downstream Call: Highland Canal; Appropriation Date: 05/31/1866 Trinidad Reservoir Report: Release 146.30 AF Inflow 133.81 AF - 67.46 CFS Evaporation 16.51 AF Content 22,605 AF Elevation 6,186.26 Precipitation 0 Jeff Montoya, Water Commissioner Colorado Division of Water Div. 2, District 19 .

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Weather Watch

Friday: A 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Increasing clouds, with a high near 72. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Night: A 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. East northeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming north northwest after midnight.

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Outdoors

COLORADO SPRINGS — A bear estimated at 225-250 pounds that three times entered a Colorado Springs home and returned repeatedly to the scene during the past week was trapped Friday night by Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers and humanely euthanized as required by state policy on dangerous bears. Last Sunday, the bear walked through an open door into a mud room of a home in the Broadmoor neighborhood, a wooded area known to be prime bear habitat in the southwest foothills of Colorado Springs.

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