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Wednesday
October 15, 2014
Vol. 138, No. 206
The Fine Print
OCTOBER 15
Fall Festival Open House
WEDNESDAY (1-3 p.m.) Trini-dad’s
3-Star Qualistar facility, the Early
Learning Center at 1225 Rosita Ave.,
will host an Open House celebration
today. Info: 719-845-0568.
E-911 Authority Board
WEDNESDAY (3 p.m.) The E-911
Authority Board will meet in the County
Courthouse, 201 E. First Street, in the
Commissioners’ Chambers. Informa-tion:
Rita Mantelli, 719-846-4441.
FP Fire District
WEDNESDAY (6 p.m.) Fishers
Peak Fire Protection District Board
of Directors public meeting will be at
the Starkville Fire Station. Information:
719-846-6077.
Hoehne Fire Protection
WEDNESDAY (6 p.m.) District
Board of Directors meets at the El
Moro Station, 14386 Hwy 239 in
Hoehne. All interested persons are in-vited
to attend. Information: Dana Phil-lips,
719-846-2080.
Purgatoire Watershed
WEDNESDAY (6 p.m.) The Purga-toire
Watershed Partnership will meet
in the NRCS Office, 3590 E. Main. In-formation:
Karen Wolf, 303-543-8688.
Trinidad Schools
WEDNESDAY (6 p.m.) The Board
of Education will hold a special meet-ing
at the Middle School Library, 614
Park St. Information: 719-846-3324.
Today’s Quote
“The greatest act of
faith some days is to
simply get up and face
another day.”
― Amy Gatliff
OCTOBER 16
Night out for Noah’s Ark
THURSDAY: Dine out all day and
evening at Brix, Nana & Nano’s, Wen-dy’s,
Bob & Earl’s, Quality Inn Restau-rant
and Bella Luna’s to help support
Noah’s Ark Animal Shelter. Informa-tion:
719-846-8578.
Trout Unlimited
THURSDAY (6 p.m.) Purgatoire
River Anglers meeting will be in Ristras
Restaurant on Elm Street. Information:
Mark Hanson, 970-366-8148. Meet-ings
are always open to the public.
PUBLIC SERVICE
THE SAMARITAN CLINIC
Here to serve the under-insured
and non-insured community with free
health care and low-cost lab work
on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each
month from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at 413 E.
Frost and corner of N. Linden. Informa-tion:
719-846-3536.
Library Event Fundraiser
FRIDAY (7-9 p.m.) Tickets are
available now for the Library’s an-nual
“Wine & Chocolate Tasting” to be
held at the LaQuinta Inn. All proceeds
benefit the Public Library. Information:
719-846-6841.
Bound Together Quilt Club
SATURDAY (9 a.m.-3 p.m.) An-nual
Bazaar and Quilt Raffle fundraiser
will be held at the LA County Fair-grounds
on N. Linden St. Proceeds
support various charity projects. Infor-mation:
Maggie Olson, 719-859-4474.
Country Showdown
SATURDAY (6 p.m.) Shuler The-ater,
131 N. 2nd St., Raton, presents
this annual event that is free on a first
come basis to the public. Information:
800-791-8028 or 575-445-4746.
The Black & White
OCTOBER 25 (6-Midnight) A.R.
Mitchell will host the annual Black &
White Western Ball Dinner & Dance
fundraiser with music by Whiskey
Creek. Information: 719-846-4224.
Candlelight Vigil
OCTOBER 22 (6:30 p.m.) In re-membrance
of domestic violence vic-tims,
the AADA invites the community
to this special event to be held at the
LaQuinta Inn, 2873 Toupal Dr. Informa-tion:
719-846-6665 or 719-846-9159.
Kids Fun Festival
OCTOBER 31 (5-7 p.m.) Annual
“Trunk or Treat” event for the kids will
be held at the Fisher’s Peak Commu-nity
Church on Santa Fe Trail Drive.
Information: Lana Roberts, 719-868-
3375 or 719-251-1169.
Mitchell Museum
OCTOBER GIFT SHOP HOURS
for the museum are Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, 10 a.m.- 3 p.m.
Area Essay Contest
NOVEMBER 1 DEADLINE: The
Trinidad VFW Post 984 will again be
sponsoring the Voice of Democracy
and Patriot Pen competitions for all
local school students (grades 9-12).
Information: Commander John Rios,
719-846-6094.
Weather Watch
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high
near 82. South southwest wind around
10 mph. Night: Mostly clear, with a low
around 45. West wind around 10 mph.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near
71. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming
east in the afternoon. Night: Mostly
clear, with a low around 41. East south-east
wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west
southwest after midnight.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 67.
Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients
n Outstanding Large Business / Ball Corporation
(Broomfield)
n Outstanding Small Business / Bachus & Schanker,
LLC (Denver)
n Outstanding Foundation / Community Foundation of
Northern Colorado (Fort Collins)
n Outstanding Philanthropist / Conrad Nelson (Buena
Vista)
n Outstanding Professional in Philanthropy - Fundrais-ing
/ Jan Weimer, YMCA of Metropolitan Denver (Denver)
n Outstanding Professional in Philanthropy - Grant-making
/ Sheila Bugdanowitz, Rose Community Founda-tion
(Denver)
n Outstanding Service Organizatio / Hugo Improve-ment
Partnership (Hugo)
n Outstanding Volunteer / Arden (Denny) Gray (Denver)
n Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser / Jamie Angelich
(Greenwood Village)
n Outstanding Youth / Allison Winn (Denver)
n Outstanding Youth Group / Parker Kids’ Club (Park-er)
n Lifetime Achievement Award / Charles D.
Latuda (Trinidad)
West southwest wind around 5 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around
43. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high
near 71. West southwest wind around
5 mph. Night: Partly cloudy, with a low
around 43. Northeast wind around 5
mph.
River Call
Purgatoire River Call as of:
10/14/14. Johns ditch: Prior-ity
# 13 --- Appropriation date:
01/01/1864.
Trinidad Reservoir Accounting:
Release 0.10 AF
Inflow 73.14 AF -- 36.87 CFS
Evaporation 4.04 AF
Content 11,461 AF
Elevation 6,168.91
Precipitation 0
Downstream River Call / Nine
Mile Canal: 05/31/1887.
The Chronicle News
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Latuda to be honored at Denver National Philanthropy Day
By Greg Boyce
Special to The Chronicle News
Beloved Trinidad State luminary Charles
Latuda will be honored next month in Denver at
National Philanthropy Day in Colorado. Latuda
will receive the Life-time
Achievement
Award.
Latuda gradu-ated
from Holy Trin-ity
High School in
1944 and served in
the military for two
years before enroll-ing
at Trinidad State.
He graduated in 1948
and then went on to
receive a bachelor’s
degree from the Uni-versity
of Denver.
He later coached
at Holy Trinity High
School while teach-ing
part time at Trini-dad
State. During his time at Holy Trinity, he
coached the 1952 and 1954 football teams to State
Parochial Championships.
He became Athletic Director at Trinidad
State in 1961, a job he held until 1976. For an-other
ten years after that Latuda taught classes
at Trinidad State. While he was Athletic Direc-tor,
Trinidad State won a national Junior College
football championship. He was the recipient of
two Fullbright Fellowships, one to South Africa
in 1965 and another to Italy in 1966. His influence
and caring way touched the lives of hundreds of
students during his time at Trinidad State. The
adult education building at the Trinidad campus
now bears his name.
Latuda, along with two longtime friends and
colleagues started the Trinidad State Junior Col-lege
Educational Foundation in 1968. In a 2005
interview he said, “Our purpose was —and is —
to take contributions and work to continue the
growth of the College.” He served as a non-voting
member on the Foundation until his retirement
in 1986. He was the President of the Foundation
from 1999 to 2002. He continues to be a Founda-tion
member.
For nearly 20 years he has personally support-ed
one or two students a year with a full-tuition
scholarship. Through a planned giving trust,
Latuda’s legacy will continue with the establish-ment
of a legacy endowed scholarship fund capa-ble
of awarding scholarships in perpetuity.
According to the website npdcolorado.org,
“National Philanthropy Day is set aside to rec-ognize
and pay tribute to the contributions that
philanthropy — and those people active in the
philanthropic community — have made to our
lives, our communities and our world.” Ceremo-nies
are held each year in many states across the
nation, including Colorado. This year the cere-mony
is at the Denver Performing Arts Complex
on November 14.
Photos courtesy of TSJC
(Top row) 2008 photo showing Latuda’s lifelong
friend Harry Sayre, (second row) Trinidad State
Educational Foundation Executive Director Toni
DeAngelis, former Trinidad State President Ruth
Ann Woods and Charles Latuda at the campus
building that now bears Latuda’s name.
Get ready to
dance the
night away at
the Black &
White Ball
By Steve Block
The Chronicle-News
One of Trinidad’s biggest social
events is coming up soon, so mark
the calendar for the Annual Black &
White Western Ball, beginning at 6
p.m. on Saturday, October 25, at the
A.R. Museum and Gallery, located
150 E. Main St. The event features
a silent auction, a catered dinner
and live music by the popular band
“Whiskey Creek,” and is one of the
biggest fundraisers for the museum
every year.
There’s no need for formal dress
at the ball, and blue jeans are al-ways
acceptable at this Western-themed
event. Folks can two-step
and line dance the night away until
midnight to some fine Country and
Western music.
Tickets cost $35 for adults and
$15 for those aged 17 or younger.
Corporate tables are available for
$500, and three private, canopied
tables at a cost of $100 are available
for those looking for a more roman-tic
atmosphere. Corporate sponsor-ships
are offered at various price
levels, so call the museum at 719-
846-4224 for more information. Tick-ets
are available at the museum gift
shop, La Quinta Inn & Suites or
Cedar Street Printing. The ticket
price includes appetizers and the
buffet-style dinner. A cash bar will
be available.
The silent auction features fine,
original artworks and prints, plus
jewelry, sculpture and ceramics
produced by some of the regions
best-known artists, along with fine
items and gift certificates from area
businesses. The winners of the si-lent
auction will be announced at 9
p.m.
A live dessert auction follow-ing
dinner features scrumptious
specialty desserts that are locally
sponsored and put up for sale to the
highest bidder.
Photographer Mike Tranter will
be available to take individual pho-tos
for those who want a memento
of their special evening.
Young people will have their
own dining area on the museum’s
second floor. The Clubhouse Grille
will cater the dinner.
ANNUAL GALA
Photo courtesy of the A.R. Mitchell Museum
By Adam Sperandio
The Chronicle News
The shoes former Trinidad Triggers man-ager
JD Droddy left to fill when he retired at
the conclusion of the 2014 season were pretty
big. The winningest manager in Triggers
history went 73-58 and made two consecu-tive
playoff appearances in his time in Trini-dad.
But perhaps what the father figure to
many past Triggers over the last three years
is most proud of, is seeing 22 of his kids get
promoted to higher associations and finding
themselves one step closer to achieving their
dreams of playing Major League Baseball.
That is, after all what minor league baseball
is made for: To develop top notch baseball
players while earning promotions to higher
leagues until that shot at the majors arises.
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The organization wasted little time find-ing
a suitable replacement for Droddy in for-mer
Trigger, Max Garza. Garza served as the
teams catcher and outfielder the last two sea-sons
and had a career batting average of .267.
“I am very thankful and very blessed to
have the opportunity to manage the Trig-gers,”
said Garza. “I have grown to love Trin-idad
from the warm hospitality of the locals,
and would not rather lead a team anywhere
else.” The 24 year old from Reno, Nevada
currently serves as the strength and condi-tioning
coach at Dakota State University in
Madison, South Dakota, where he earned his
BA in Exercise Science in hopes of being a
PE teacher and coach.
A big contributing factor in bringing Gar-
TRINIDAD BASEBALL
Photo courtesy of the Trinidad Triggers
Former team catcher and outfielder, Max Garza has
been hired as the new field manager for the Trigger’s
upcoming 2015 season.
Triggers hire familiar face to be field manager
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Charles Latuda