🌱 Trinidad makes a list of Colorado's budget-friendly retirement towns

What's up Trinidad! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Trinidad makes a list of Colorado's budget-friendly retirement towns
• Judge dismisses Trinidad student's lawsuit over alleged classroom injury
• Ty Winter keeps leadership role as Colorado House selects new speaker

Also on today's calendar: Free Legal Clinic and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Pleasant with plenty of sun, with a high of 64 and low of 34 degrees.
• Thursday: Sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 65, low: 36.
• Friday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 67 and low of 37 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• 11 Wallet-Friendly Small Towns To Retire In Colorado (worldatlas.com) — Trinidad's housing prices and nearby recreation earn it a place in a guide to 11 budget-friendly Colorado retirement towns. The guide cites a typical home value of $230,437, well below the statewide figure, and highlights downtown's history museums, fossils at Trinidad State and boating and fishing at Trinidad Lake State Park.
   

• Judge tosses disability discrimination suit against Trinidad principal (coloradopolitics.com) — A federal judge dismissed a Trinidad family's lawsuit alleging an assistant principal injured their disabled kindergartner's arm at Fisher's Peak Elementary. The judge found the allegations insufficient to establish federal discrimination or equal protection violations, but allowed the family to pursue negligence and discrimination claims in state court.
   

• Rep. Jennifer Bacon ​becomes first Black woman​ elected ​Colorado House speaker (tncontentexchange.com) — Trinidad Rep. Ty Winter will remain Colorado House Republicans' assistant minority leader following caucus leadership elections. Democrats chose Denver Rep. Jennifer Bacon as their next speaker, making her the first Black woman selected for the role as the party prepares to lead a supermajority in January.
   

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📸 Around Trinidad

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Trinidad

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday November 14

• Book Talk - Skye Stuart →
  Trinidad Carnegie Public Library, 202 N. Animas St., Trinidad
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Friday November 13

• JH Boy's Basketball Tournament in La Junta
  Hoehne Reorganized 3 Trinidad, CO 81082

Saturday November 14

• Speech Meet The Trojan Speech and Debate Inv.
  Hoehne Reorganized 3 Trinidad, CO 81082

Monday November 16

• JH Boy's Basketball at Raton
  Hoehne Reorganized 3 Trinidad, CO 81082
  4:00 pm

Tuesday November 17

• Free Legal Clinic →
  Trinidad Carnegie Public Library, 202 N. Animas St., Trinidad
  2:00 pm

Thursday November 19

• Las Animas Legal Clinic →
  Trinidad Carnegie Public Library, 202 N. Animas St., Trinidad
  1:30 pm

Friday November 20

• STEM - Exploring Days →
  Trinidad Carnegie Public Library, 202 N. Animas St., Trinidad
  3:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday November 11

• JH Boy's Basketball at Home against Cheraw
  Hoehne Reorganized 3 Trinidad, CO 81082
  4:30 pm

Thursday November 12

• E Sports Regular Season
  Hoehne Reorganized 3 Trinidad, CO 81082
  4:00 pm

Friday November 13

• JH Boy's Basketball Tournament in La Junta
  Hoehne Reorganized 3 Trinidad, CO 81082

Saturday November 14

• Speech Meet The Trojan Speech and Debate Inv.
  Hoehne Reorganized 3 Trinidad, CO 81082

Monday November 16

• JH Boy's Basketball at Raton
  Hoehne Reorganized 3 Trinidad, CO 81082
  4:00 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Babki posted a job opening for Part-Time Game Tester in Trinidad. Apply here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Pueblo

• Angela Giron defeats Zach Swearingen in Pueblo County commissioner race (chieftain.com)
• VOTE for the Pueblo Chieftain Football Player of the Year (chieftain.com)
• Names added to veteran memorial in Pueblo (fox21news.com)

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Ok Trinidad! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!

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