This legal notice informs readers that a property belonging to Edna J. Helm was sold at a tax lien sale in 2010 to Jeffrey W. Murray to satisfy delinquent 2009 property taxes. Murray was issued a certificate of purchase and will be issued a treasurer's deed for the property if it is not redeemed by September 22, 2014 at 4:00pm. The notice is intended to inform all parties with an interest in the property of the situation.

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NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX
LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE
OF TREASURER’S DEED
Edna J. Helm
23332 County Road 4
Hudson, CO 80642
To every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of
the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premise, and to
the Person in Whose Name the same was Taxed or
Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest
or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To
Whom It May Concern, and more especially to
You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 1ST
Day of DECEMBER A.D. 2010 the then County
Treasurer of Las Animas, in the State of Colorado, sold at
public lien sale to JEFFREY W. MURRAY the following
described real estate situate in the County of Las Animas,
State of Colorado, to-wit:
35-33-66 PT -NWSW- BEING A LOT 75' X 75'- 34-33-66
PT-NESE- CONT-.130 ACRE M/L
And said County Treasurer issued a certificate (88219) of
purchase therefore to JEFFREY W. MURRAY,
That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent
Property taxes assessed against real estate for the year
2009.
That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in
the name(s) of EDNA J. HELM for said year 2009.
That a Treasurerʼs Deed will be issued for said real estate
to the said JEFFREY W. MURRAY, 430 W. BACA,
TRINIDAD, CO 81082.
At 4:00 o’clock P.M., on the 22ND day of SEPTEMBER
A.D. 2014, unless the same has been redeemed
Said property, may be redeemed from said sale at any
NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX
LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE
OF TREASURER’S DEED
Edna J. Helm
23332 County Road 4
Hudson, CO 80642
To every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of
the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premise, and to
the Person in Whose Name the same was Taxed or
Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest
or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To
Whom It May Concern, and more especially to
You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 1ST
Day of DECEMBER A.D. 2010 the then County
Treasurer of Las Animas, in the State of Colorado, sold at
public lien sale to JEFFREY W. MURRAY the following
described real estate situate in the County of Las Animas,
State of Colorado, to-wit:
35-33-66 PT -NWSW- BEING A LOT 75' X 75'- 34-33-66
PT-NESE- CONT-.130 ACRE M/L
And said County Treasurer issued a certificate (88219) of
purchase therefore to JEFFREY W. MURRAY,
That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent
Property taxes assessed against real estate for the year
2009.
That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in
the name(s) of EDNA J. HELM for said year 2009.
That a Treasurerʼs Deed will be issued for said real estate
to the said JEFFREY W. MURRAY, 430 W. BACA,
TRINIDAD, CO 81082.
At 4:00 o’clock P.M., on the 22ND day of SEPTEMBER
A.D. 2014, unless the same has been redeemed
Said property, may be redeemed from said sale at any
time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurerʼs
Deed.
Witness my hand this 19TH day of JUNE A.D. 2014.
Donna J. Leonetti (by Michelle Rael)
County Treasurer of Las Animas County
Published: June 24, 2014
July 1, 8, 2014 54069
Public Notice
Notice is hereby given that a proposed budget has been
submitted to the Board of Education of Trinidad School
District #1 for the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2014 and
ending June 30, 2015. It has been filed in the office of the
Superintendent of Schools where it is available for public
inspection. Said proposed budget will be considered for
adoption at a meeting of the Board of Education of said
district in the Upper Library of the Trinidad Middle School
on June 25, 2014 at 6:00p.m. Any person paying taxes in
the said district may at any time prior to the final adoption
of the budget file or register his objections thereto.
Board of Education
Trinidad School District #1
Published: June 24, 25, 2014 54080
By Abigail Van Buren
DEAR ABBY: My
19-year-old sister died two
years ago from an overdose.
I’m 13. We were very close
when we were little, but
during the four years before
she passed away, my par-
ents didn’t want us around
each other for fear of her
rubbing off on me, and she
wasn’t home half the time
anyway. A year earlier she
went to rehab, and I remem-
ber talking with her about
how she was clean for good
and then ...
It’s just so lonely! All my
friends have sisters and
brothers and I don’t, and I’m
bored all the time. My par-
ents work a lot, so I’m home
alone at least three times a
week, and although I’ve got
friends and sports, I’m just
really alone.
It’s awkward going out
to dinner or going on vaca-
tion because my parents
just want to sit and relax,
and I want to go out and do
things, but it’s embarrass-
ing going everywhere with
your parents. I miss having
her around. -- ALONE IN
OHIO
DEAR ALONE: Please
accept my sympathy for
the loss of your sister. You
are still grieving, which is
why you say you feel alone.
However, if you think about
it, because of her addiction,
she has been out of your life
for longer than two years.
It may be that what you’re
really mourning is the rela-
tionship you MIGHT have
had.
Yousayyouhavefriends.
If you listen to them talk,
you may find that they, too,
sometimes feel alone even
if they have siblings. Many
teenagers have told me this.
Because you’re bored when
you’re not with your friends
or participating in sports,
consider finding a hobby
that will fill your time when
your parents are working,
or do some volunteering if
they agree.
You might also consider
adopting a pet from a shel-
ter to keep you company.
Of course, pets require feed-
ing, training, affection and
exercise, but in return they
offer unconditional love and
companionship. If it would
be all right with your par-
ents, it might be a solution
for you.
DEAR ABBY: I met a guy
online. We have been dating
for some time now. We have
a wonderful connection and
have our dates on Skype.
The problem is, we have
never met in person.
Every time we plan on
meeting, he shuts up for a
time, isn’t reachable, then
suddenly reappears and
makes excuses, asking me
to forgive him and plan
another meeting. Should I
still believe this will hap-
pen anytime soon? -- LEFT
HANGING IN NAIROBI
DEAR LEFT HANGING:
I’m sorry to be the bearer
of bad tidings, but some-
thing smells fishy here.
“Catfishy.” From where I
sit, it appears your wonder-
ful connection may be only
your connection to the In-
ternet. A person who does
this repeatedly may not be
who he has represented
himself to be. Do not count
on him for ANYthing.
DEAR ABBY: I fell in
love with a boy when I was
12, deeply in love. We met at
our county fair. We grew up
together and have remained
friends for 30 years. He mar-
ried and had children, as
did I. I am now divorced, but
he’s still married.
Recently our friendship
has grown into something
more. He wants our rela-
tionship to continue, but
he’s afraid to leave his wife
because of the kids. They
have been together for 20
years.
What do I do? He’s the
love of my life. Any time
I have with him is better
than none. It’s not that I
don’t know I deserve bet-
ter, but he is unhappy, and I
am miserable without him.
What do I do? -- PRISONER
OF PASSION IN VIRGINIA
DEAR PRISONER: What
you do depends upon your
strength of character and
what you want out of life. If
you want to spend the fore-
seeable future as this man’s
“side dish,” then continue
as you have been, a “pris-
oner of passion” with not
much common sense. If you
would like to have a stable
life and find a man who will
make you No. 1 in his life,
then you will have to call
a halt to this affair and go
through a period of with-
drawal -- the same as people
have to do with any addic-
tion. It may not be pleasant,
but I recommend it.
DEAR ABBY: I’m turn-
ing 75 soon, and enjoying re-
tirement, good health and a
comfortable lifestyle, which
is why I have arranged a
“Celebration of My Life --
So Far.” I’m excited about
it and eagerly anticipat-
ing more than 60 guests for
cocktails and a sit-down din-
ner at a nearby hotel.
It’s not uncommon these
days for a celebration of life
to be held after someone
dies. However, I prefer to
have mine BEFORE I leave
this Earth so I can celebrate
along with my loved ones. I
want to be there, especially
since I’m the one who’s pay-
ing for it!
What do you think of
my idea? Would you enjoy
partaking in such a spe-
cial event? -- THINKING
AHEAD IN NEW JERSEY
DEAR THINKING
AHEAD: I think it’s a ter-
rific idea. And yes, I would
enjoy celebrating such a
special event, if I were invit-
ed. When is this party? I’ll
be standing by my mailbox!
Dear Abby is written by
Abigail Van Buren, also
known as Jeanne Phillips,
and was founded by her
mother, Pauline Phillips.
Contact Dear Abby at www.
DearAbby.com or P.O. Box
69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
BORED AND LONELY TEEN SHOULD
FIND HOBBY TO FILL HER TIME
DearAbby
TheGoodOldDays
By Don Kingery
Special to The Chronicle-News
In 1998, The Smithsonian Institution’s
National Museum of American History
staged an exhibition titled “American
Clothespins,” with models of clothespins
from the 1850s through the 1990s. Old peo-
ple flocked in, one with a grandson who
asked, “What’s a clothespin?”
Are clothespins already history? Amer-
ican clothespins are, at least. The last
clothespin manufacturer in the U.S. shut
down in 2002. Clothespins are now import-
ed, mostly from China.
In the mid-1800s, U.S. housewives
spread damp clothing over bushes to
dry. Then somebody thought of stretch-
ing a rope between posts to drape the
damp clothed on. Next, traveling peddlers
carved wood blocks with slits, called them
clothespins, and sold them to housewives
to hold clothes to the line. Then a peddler
carved a round-headed clothespin with
legs that looked like a little soldier at atten-
tion as it held clothes to the line.
Inventors then turned their attention
to creating a clothespin that would stay
on a clothesline by itself. A total of 146 new
patents for clothespins was granted in the
mid-1800s alone, most of them for springs
or hinges that would fasten clothes to
clotheslines.
The winner was a wooden clothespin
that was easily opened but automatically
snapped shut to hold clothes to a clothes-
line. When not in use, a spring-loaded
clothespin didn’t fall to the ground. It
flipped upside down and hung from the
clothesline. American companies turned
out the new clothespins by the millions.
More changes were ahead. Washing
machines and dryers, then disposable
diapers, reached the market, and back-
yard clotheslines mostly disappeared. By
1970, only four U.S. companies still made
clothespins. By 2001, only the National
Clothespin Company in Montpelier, Ver-
mont, made clothespins. In 2002, National
Clothespin shut down, citing high labor
costs. Spokesmen for clothespin compa-
nies that closed down say clothes dryers
weren’t the only problem. The biggest
blow, they said, came from disposable dia-
pers.
Presently, China has a virtual monopo-
ly on both wooden and plastic spring-load-
ed clothespins.
Old-timers can verify the number of
cotton diapers that once fluttered from
backyard clotheslines. It wasn’t unusual
to see two or three backyard clotheslines
fully loaded with cotton diapers, each
held in place by clothespins. Oldsters also
recall how children loved to walk among
dunk-dried cotton things and hold them to
their cheeks.
In the American history timeline, the
era of clothespins on clotheslines covered
only a short period. It seemed that the
clothespin-clothesline era barely got start-
ed before clothes dryers and disposable
diapers put an end to it.
A lot of people, however, still remem-
ber the scent of warm cotton cloth that had
been dried in the sun. It smelled like pure
sunshine.
Write Don Kingery, c/o American Press,
Box 2893, Lake Charles, LA 70602, or e-mail
dkingery@americanpress.com.
Clothespins — Modern kids never saw one
REMEMBER WHEN?
College for Kids in
full swing at TSJC
By Greg Boyce
Special to The Chronicle-News
The College for Kids summer program
has begun at Trinidad State Junior College
with exploration of water, art and nature.
About 50 area students, aged 7 to 11,
looked at life under a microscope and
learned about birds, mammals, and fish.
They also explored cave drawings and
learned how to make paint using soil of
different colors, and they tried their hand
at weaving using yarn made from animals
and plants. The two sessions were designed
by the Office of University Outreach at CU-
Boulder and the CU Museum of Natural
History, respectively.
The program takes place each Thursday
through July 17 and is free for area chil-
dren. The sessions run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
and include a free lunch.
Registration for each Thursday happens
the previous Friday beginning at 8 a.m. Call
Josephine at 719 846-5474 to register.
Photos courtesy of Greg Boyce
Isabel Martin, top left, and Mara Salbato paint using watercolors made out of dirt and water. Noah
Cruz, 10, of Raton looks at algae through a microscope at College for Kids at Trinidad State Junior
College.
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