Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado, When the ballasts in the existing fluorescent light fixtures in the gymnasium at Trinidad’s community center began failing in recent months, causing the lights to go out one-by-one, Marty Velasquez, the center’s director, called Dean Duran, city power and light superintendent, to get some help for the problem. The solution to the problem turned out to be LED light fixtures that provide better lighting, cost less to operate and are expected to last much longer than the fluorescent lighting they have replaced. Duran said in...