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Vol. 138, No. 103
MAY 23-25
~CLOSURE NOTICES
*The Chronicle-News office will be
closed Monday for Memorial Day. The
paper will be delivered as usual with no
interruption of service. Information: 719-
846-3311.
*Las Animas County Employees
FRIDAY & MONDAY: The county of-
fices at the courthouse will be closed for
a mandatory furlough day for all county
employees and for the Memorial Day
Holiday. Information: Leeann Fabec, 719-
845-2562.
*The City of Trinidad offices and
Landfill will be closed on Monday in ob-
servance of Memorial Day.
*SCCOG the South Central Council of
Governments and affiliates will be closed
Monday for the Memorial Day Holiday.
Rideline information: 719-845-1127.
Today’s Quote
“ … from these honored dead we
take increased devotion to that
cause for which they gave the last
full measure of devotion — that
we here highly resolve that these
dead shall not have died in vain
— that this nation, under God,
shall have a new birth of freedom
— and that government of the
people, by the people, and for the
people, shall not perish from the
earth.”
~Abraham Lincoln
~TRINIDAD LAKE STATE PARK
Information: Park Office, 719-846-
3818
*FRIDAY (8 p.m.) Ranger Campfire
Talk at the park amphitheater.
*SATURDAY (3 p.m.) Youth Ar-
chery Program (Boys and Girls age 10
and older) join District Wildlife Manager
Bob Holder at Carpois Cove Parking Lot.
*SATURDAY (7 p.m.) Enjoy “Sights
and Sounds of Colorado Wildlife”
with Bob Holder at the amphitheater.
*SUNDAY (6 p.m.) NEW THIS
YEAR: A Ranger Hike every Sunday
night thru Labor Day. Meet at the Visitor’s
Center to begin the adventure.
*SUNDAY (7 p.m.) Images of the
Canyon performance by nationally rec-
ognized guitarist Jaquie Gipson at the
amphitheater.
~ Community Men’s Breakfast
SATURDAY (8 a.m.) Bring your sons
and join us for free food, fellowship and
fun every 4th Saturday at the First Chris-
tian Church, 402 E. First St. (basement
fellowship hall). Information: Tom Berry,
719-846-0879 or 719-846-3843. Every-
one is welcome to attend.
~Celebrate National EMS Week
THRU FRIDAY (4-9 p.m. each eve-
ning) The public is invited to an open
house at The Trinidad Ambulance District
building, 939 Robinson Ave. Register to
win one of four free gifts on SATURDAY
(10 a.m.) at the Family Fun Day at Trini-
dad Catholic Football Field complete with
a Firemen’s Challenge and Chili Cookoff.
~Philosophy Discussion Group
SATURDAY (12:30 – 2 p.m.) Join
this free discussion group at the Lava
Yoga Studio, 828 Arizona. RSVP: 719-
846-2325 or email: www/lavayogastu-
dio.com. Everyone is welcome.
~LeVeta Art Show
SATURDAY (5-7 p.m.) The Pinion Hill
Art Gallery will host its 9th Annual Memo-
rial Day Weekend Art Opening, 210 S.
Main St. Information: 719-742-3666.
~ Meditation Group
SUNDAY (11 a.m.) You are invited
to experience what meditation can do
for you. This free group meets at the La
Quinta Inn on Toupal Drive. Information:
Noah Simpson, 719-680-0109.
MAY 26
~MEMORIAL DAY
Memorial Day is a US federal holiday
that honors the men and women who
died while serving in the United States
Armed Forces. The holiday, which is
celebrated every year on the final Mon-
day of May was formerly known as
Decoration Day and originated after the
American Civil War to commemorate
the Union and Confederate soldiers who
died in the Civil War. By the 20th cen-
tury, Memorial Day had been extended
to honor all Americans who have died
while in the military service.
PUBLIC SERVICE
~Apishapa Valley
MAY 31 (10 a.m.-2 p.m.) Celebrate
“Heritage Day” at the Heritage Center,
151 Main St. in Aguilar. Festivities include
a bake sale, live demonstrations and
historical presentations. Information: Pat
Romero, 719-941-4678.
~2014 ARTOCADE
CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS: Anyone
interested in participating in the September
ArtoCade please contact Rodney Wood at
719-334-0087 or artcarfun@yahoo.com.
TheFinePrint
WeatherWatchFriday: A 30 percent chance of showers
and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Most-
ly cloudy, with a high near 73. West wind 5 to
10 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a
tenth of an inch. Night: A 20 percent chance
of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around
49.
Saturday: A 20 percent chance of show-
ers s. Partly sunny, with a high near 72. West
southwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Night: A 30
percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy,
with a low around 47.
Sunday: A 30 percent chance of show-
ers. Partly sunny, with a high near 71. Night:
A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly
cloudy, with a low around 47.
Monday (Memorial Day): A 10 percent
chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high
near 73. W-NW wind around 10 mph. Night:
A 10 percent chance of showers. Partly
cloudy, with a low around 49. N-NW wind 5
to 10 mph.
RiverCall
TheChronicleNews
“WeekendEdition”
Friday,Saturday
&Sunday
May23-25,2014
By Steve Block
The Chronicle-News
Trinidad’s City Council and
staff still have things to learn
about the issues involved with
bringing legalized recreational
marijuana to the City. So that they
can increase their knowledge of
that subject, City staff members
travelled to Pueblo County on
Thursday, May 22, to see how that
county successfully implemented
retail pot sales.
City Attorney Les Downs said
that City Administrative Intern
Tara Marshall had taken the
lead role in organizing the tour,
though Marshall was not present
at Tuesday’s City Council meet-
ing, where Downs provided infor-
mation about the retail pot tour.
All of the City’s administrative
staff members who are available
will be going on the tour, Downs
said.
“We’re going to Pueblo Coun-
ty, where we’ll be meeting with
the Pueblo County clerks and
their staff, the county attorney,
the county planner and everyone
who has anything to do with mari-
juana licensing, especially retail-
marijuana licensing, and seeing
how it’s done and talking to those
people first,” Downs said. “Then
after lunch, we’ll be going and
touring a number of marijuana
facilities. The big cultivation fa-
cilities, the stores — and it’s just
going to be a wonderful tour. Tara
has gone to a tremendous amount
of trouble to organize this. And
we’re all really excited to do that.”
Downs said that the landscape
had changed for Councilmembers
now that medical marijuana was
legalized in the City. He said that
during the process of passing the
marijuana ordinances that legal-
ized pot, it was OK for Council-
members to allow themselves to
be lobbied by people interested
in the issue, but not anymore. He
said that now that pot has been
legalized, Council had to function
as a quasi-judicial body, deciding
whether or not to approve mari-
juana-related licenses, and could
no longer allow themselves to be
lobbied by anyone on licensing or
other marijuana issues. He urged
citizens with concerns or com-
plaints about pot-licensing issues
to bring them directly to City Hall
so they could consult with staff
members on those issues.
“Now, I think it’s especially
important to remind you, because
if you are lobbied, or you allow
yourself to be the recipient of this
kind of information or other out-
side influences, you’re going to
have to recuse yourself....,” said
Downs. “It already came up at a
Planning, Zoning and Variance
Commission meeting. There was
a CUP [Conditional Use Permit]
application that was heard the
other night, where, I respectfully
submit, a commissioner should
have recused himself. I addressed
it, didn’t address it sufficiently,
and was mollified by the assur-
ance that he didn’t have a conflict
of interest, but I think that was
wrong….,” Downs said. If, he con-
tinued, “you are influenced and
that comes about, then you may
have to recuse yourself on those
individual applications when
they come before you.”
Local businessman Howard
Lackey, speaking during the pub-
lic-comments part of the meeting,
said he didn’t want Trinidad to
miss the boat when it came to le-
galized retail marijuana. He said
he’d read an article in the paper
recently where the idea of restrict-
ing large pot-cultivation facilities
only to industrial zones was dis-
cussed, and he said he thought
that was a bad idea.
“I think it would be a mistake
to make the Industrial Park the
only place you can grow, for two
reasons,” Lackey said. “One, that
restricts free trade, and two, the
more important thing, if a guy
has a warehouse on the east side
of town and he’s going to employ
20 people in a grow operation, you
know,it’snottheCity’spositionto
say, ‘no, you can’t do that, you’ve
got to put it out at the Industrial
Park.’ The other thing that’s going
to be very important is that I hope
the City, in addition to the medi-
cal, would really consider getting
retail at the same time,” he said.
Lackey said legalized pot of-
fered the potential of significant
tax revenues coming in to the
City’s coffers. “Retail as well as
medical is going to be very impor-
tant, and if you’re in the business,
I think there’s less than 50 medi-
cal-pot cardholders in the com-
munity, so you’re not going to be
able to make it with that facility,”
he said. “You’re going to need to
generate more income. The other
thing is that the practice of selling
[medical pot] for a year is prob-
ably not the wisest thing to do, be-
cause that would be like a liquor
store owner only being able to sell
3.2-percent beer for a year before
they can sell 6-percent beer. It
doesn’t make any sense. The rev-
enue that you lose over that year
on the retail side is phenomenal.
That money will widen sidewalks,
plant the parks and do everything
else that we need to do. What we
have here is an opportunity to
mine the biggest gold mine in this
area, which is I-25,” he said.
Downs later disputed Lackey’s
claim that there were only 50
medical-pot cardholders in Trini-
dad, saying that it was his under-
standing that there were actually
between 450 and 480 medical-pot
cardholders in the City.
City staff learns about legalized marijuana
business issues during Pueblo County tour
RETAIL POT SALES
File Photo / The Chronicle-News
City Attorney Les Downs
FAMILY FUN
Monument Lake
opens for summer
By Scott Mastro
Correspondent
The Chronicle-News
Monument Lake, located along
Highway 12, also known as the
Highway of Legends, serves as a
respite, an escape and an outdoor
playground for the residents of
Trinidad and the surrounding ar-
eas. The resort encompasses 350
acres, 100 of which are covered
by a lake that is stocked with cut-
throats, rainbows and browns,
as well as kokanee salmon and
splake.
Located only 37 miles from
Trinidad , Monument Lake offers
local residents and travelers from
afar the opportunity to camp, fish,
boat,bike,hike,dineandspendthe
night in a cabin. The resort opened
for business this year on May 16,
and now that Memorial Day Week-
end has arrived, the property will
be abuzz with holiday revelers.
The campsites will likely be full
of tenters and RVers who have
stocked up on supplies in the Store
by the Shore, the cabins will be
rented and the Grubstake Café
will serve countless diners who
have worked up their appetites
while enjoying the great outdoors.
Owned by the City of Trinidad
for nearly a hundred years and
used as a water source, the resort
is in its seventh year of a 20-year
lease with lessee and operator
Mike Robb. Mike brings years of
management and retail experi-
ence to the business of running a
resort. Speaking of what his spe-
cific duties are at the resort, he
smiled and said, “I do everything.”
In the welcoming office, reser-
vation specialist and Oak Grove,
Missouri native Kyrie Sams said
she’d learned about Monument
Lake’s summer-employment op-
portunities at the Colorado Work-
force Center. She and her hus-
band, Thomas, moved to Trinidad
in March. She said, “We wanted
a change and found Trinidad. We
like it here.” Speaking about the
resort, she said, “So far we’ve had
guests from Oklahoma, Kansas,
New Mexico, Texas, Denver, Col-
orado Springs, Pueblo and even
Trinidad.”
Trinidad State business major
Selena Sanchez is spending her
summer waitressing at the Grub-
stake Café, and she said, “My
mother teaches in Primero, and
we live there. We moved down
from Colorado Springs.”
Manning the kitchen is Stone-
wall native Kurt
Bayes. He said
that he and Mike
Robb were child-
hood friends,
then explained,
“Mike ran into
my mother at
Walmart. She
told him I was
looking for a
job,” so Kurt soon
came to the Grub-
stake kitchen.
Kurt pointed
out that the El
Miramonte Room
was the original
portion of the
newly renovated
lodge, an adobe-
style structure
builtin1937bytheWorksProgress
Administration (WPA) and the
Izaak Walton League of Trinidad.
In the 1980s, the City added 20 ado-
be-style rooms. Kurt said, “Each
room in the lodge has a fireplace
and balcony, and no televisions
or phones.”
He explained
that, “The
Miramonte is
available for
private din-
ing, corporate
meetings, fam-
ily reunions
and any sort of
special event
up to 100 peo-
ple.”
Departing
lodge guests
Thayne and
Cara Harman
were visiting
from Amaril-
lo, Texas. “My
family’s been
coming here
for years. That’s how we know
about Monument Lake.”
Photos by Scott Mastro / The Chronicle-News
Clockwise from above, the views of Monument Lake and the surrounding re-
gion, including West Spanish Peak in the distance, are spectacular. Trinidad
State business major Selena Sanchez is spending her summer waitressing at
the Grubstake Café. From left, Mikeal Floyd, his father, Gary, and friend Thad
Rash came from Kansas to fish at Monument Lake.
Continued on Page 2 ...
Purgatoire River Call as of
05/22/2014.Storz ditch: Priority #36
/ Appropriation date: 07/01/1867.
Trinidad Reservoir Accounting:
Release 236.02 AF
Inflow 250.87 AF -- 126.48 CFS
Evaporation 8.85 AF
Content 14,319 AF
Elevation 6,174.62
Precipitation 0
Downstream River Call / High-
land Canal: 04/01/1884.

2. Page 2 “Weekend Edition” Friday, Saturday & Sunday, May 23-25, 2014 The Chronicle-News Trinidad, Colorado
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Monument Lake opens
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The Grubstake Café combines fine dining and a rustic,
come-as-you-are atmosphere, with all of the items on the
menu offered throughout the day. Featuring continental-
style and traditional breakfasts, lunch specialty sandwich-
es, chili, soups and salads and dinner entrées to suit every
palate, as well as signature pies and seasonal desserts, the
Grubstake Café has earned its reputation for serving deli-
cious food. Open seven days a week, the restaurant caters
to customers who are staying at the lake or who simply
stop in for a meal and to take in the scenery.
All of the 13 newly renovated adobe cabins feature bath-
rooms with showers, indoor fireplaces, outdoor fire-pits
and laundry facilities. The tent and RV campsites offer
picnic tables, fire pits and parking. The Store by the Shore
is open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
At the fish-cleaning station, Mikeal Floyd and Thad
Rash of Syracuse, Kansas, and Mikeal’s father, Gary Floyd
of Ozawkie, Kansas, cleaned their limit of brown, rainbow
and cutthroat trout and were enjoying a breakfast of beer
and sunshine.
Thad said, “Gary’s been coming here since the road was
unpaved, about 40 years. We come in the spring for a few
days, then again in the fall. Gary’s been bringing us since
we were kids.”
On Saturday, June 7, Monument Lake will host the 18th
Annual Stonewall Fishing Tournament, with registration
at 7 a.m., fishing at 9 a.m., and awards at 4 p.m. No fishing
license will be required for the tournament and bait will
be available. Forms are available at stonewallfire.us and
additional information is available at 719-868-2249.
Monument Lake is also running a seasonal fishing con-
test from May 16 to September. The angler with the largest
fish by weight during the 2014 summer season will receive
a two-night stay for two in the lodge, holidays excluded.
The angler must bring the fish to the Store by the Shore
in a fresh-caught state on the day of the catch. It will be
weighed, photographed and logged in.
Under Mike Robb’s guidance, the resort is being re-
stored to the splendor it possessed during its heyday in the
1940s.
MonumentLakeislocatedat4789ColoradoHighway12,
in Weston. It will be open through Sunday, September 14.
The website is monumentlakeresort.com, the phone num-
ber is 719-868-2226 and the email address is Westland1@
comcast.net.
Whether local residents
and travelers from other
regions are able to partake
of the outdoor wonders
that Monument Lake offers
during this Memorial Day
Weekend, whether they
choose to stay in the lodge
or in the cabins some other
time this summer season,
or whether tourists travel-
ing the Highway of Legends
choose to enjoy a meal in
the Grubstake Café, Monu-
ment Lake will put smiles
on all of their faces and will
create lasting memories.
60 Obituaries
Paul Roy Hunter
Paul Roy Hunter, passed
away April 15, 2014 at the
age of 68. He was a resident
of Albuquerque, NM, survivor
is his daughter Thea Intveld.
Paul Roy Hunter, Vietnam
Veteran, father, teacher,
both lived and taught in the
Trinidad area for over a
decade. The family wishes to
f a c i l i t a t e a m e m o r i a l
gathering for the personal
closure of any of his friends
in the area, we have chosen
to honor and celebrate
Paul s life and those
relationships with a small
memorial gathering on Wed,
the 4th of June 2014, at
2:00pm. The memorial
service with be held at the
Holiday Inn Hotel of Trinidad,
Colo. in a reserved section of
their restaurant in the hotel.
It is requested by the family
that friends please refrain
from sending or bringing any
flowers, Paul would much
rather prefer that you make a
contribution to your favorite
Veterans organization. The
family is sincerely looking
forward to meeting and
talking with any of Paul s
friends from the Trinidad
area. Hope to see you on the
4th of June 2014. Any
questions may be directed to
Phillip Croteau via his
phisch7@msn.com or via his
cell # 1-617-733-3778.
Paul Roy Hunter
Paul Roy Hunter, passed
away April 15, 2014 at the
age of 68. He was a resident
of Albuquerque, NM, survivor
is his daughter Thea Intveld.
Paul Roy Hunter, Vietnam
Veteran, father, teacher,
both lived and taught in the
Trinidad area for over a
decade. The family wishes to
f a c i l i t a t e a m e m o r i a l
gathering for the personal
closure of any of his friends
in the area, we have chosen
to honor and celebrate
Paul s life and those
relationships with a small
memorial gathering on Wed,
the 4th of June 2014, at
2:00pm. The memorial
service with be held at the
Holiday Inn Hotel of Trinidad,
Colo. in a reserved section of
their restaurant in the hotel.
It is requested by the family
that friends please refrain
from sending or bringing any
flowers, Paul would much
rather prefer that you make a
contribution to your favorite
Veterans organization. The
family is sincerely looking
forward to meeting and
talking with any of Paul s
friends from the Trinidad
area. Hope to see you on the
4th of June 2014. Any
questions may be directed to
Phillip Croteau via his
phisch7@msn.com or via his
cell # 1-617-733-3778.
65 Comi Funeral Home
Ben A. Narvaez
Ben A. Narvaez, passed
away at Mt. San Rafael
Hospital on May 20, 2014 at
the age of 97.
V i s i t a t i o n w i l l b e
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
4pm-6pm at the Comi
Chapel.
Rosary will be Wednesday
May 28, 2014 at 7pm at Holy
Trinity Church.
Funeral Mass will be
Thursday, My 29, 2014 at
10am at Holy Trinity Church.
Interment with Rite of
committal will follow at the
Trinidad Catholic Cemetery.
Complete obit to follow.
Arrangements made under
the direction of the Comi
Funeral Home
Bennie J. Urioste
Bennie J. Urioste, age 84,
passed away at the Colorado
State Veterans Nursing
Home in Walsenburg, Colo,
on May 18, 2014.
Visitation will be Thursday
from 4pm-7pm at the Comi
Chapel.
Rosary will be Thursday,
May 22, 2014 at 7pm at the
Comi Chapel.
Funeral Mass will be
Friday, May 23, 2014 at 1pm
at Holy Trinity Church.
Interment will follow at the
Trinidad Catholic Cemetery
with graveside services
conducted by the United
States Air Force Honor
Guard.
Arrangements made under
the direction of the Comi
Funeral Home.
65 Comi Funeral Home
Joseph Vaccaro
J o s e p h V a c c a r o ,
affectionately known as
S a r g e , p a s s e d a w a y
unexpectedly at the Sangre
de Cristo Hospice House in
Pueblo, Co. on May 16,
2014. He was 88.
Visitation will be Tuesday,
May 27, 2014 at the Comi
Chapel from 3PM-6PM.
Rosary will be Tuesday,
May 27, 2014 at 7PM at Holy
Trinity Church.
Funeral Mass will be
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
at 10AM at Holy Trinity
Church.
Interment will follow at the
Trinidad Catholic Cemetery
with graveside services
conducted by Ft. Carson
Honor Guard.
Persons wishing to do so
may make contributions in
Joe s memory to Holy Trinity
Church, 235 N. Convent,
Trinidad, CO. 81082
Arrangements made under
the direction of the Comi
Funeral Home.
Joseph Vaccaro
J o s e p h V a c c a r o ,
affectionately known as
S a r g e , p a s s e d a w a y
unexpectedly at the Sangre
de Cristo Hospice House in
Pueblo, Co. on May 16,
2014. He was 88.
Visitation will be Tuesday,
May 27, 2014 at the Comi
Chapel from 3PM-6PM.
Rosary will be Tuesday,
May 27, 2014 at 7PM at Holy
Trinity Church.
Funeral Mass will be
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
at 10AM at Holy Trinity
Church.
Interment will follow at the
Trinidad Catholic Cemetery
with graveside services
conducted by Ft. Carson
Honor Guard.
Persons wishing to do so
may make contributions in
Joe s memory to Holy Trinity
Church, 235 N. Convent,
Trinidad, CO. 81082
Arrangements made under
the direction of the Comi
Funeral Home.
67 Mullare-Murphy Funeral Home
Rose Passarelli
R o s e { M i l o s e v i c h }
Passarelli of Trinidad, Colo.
died Monday May 19, 2014.
She was 90 years old. Born
at the family home in
Trinidad, with Dr. Benedicta
{Beshoar} Fox Joerger
attending, on September 30,
1923 to André and Ivka
{Padjen} Milosevich. She
was the second of five
children. She married
Michael Angelo Passarelli on
March 2, 1946. Mike died on
October 1, 1994 at age 79.
He owned and operated Elite
Jewelers on Main Street in
Trinidad.
Rose was preceded in
death by: her son, James
Michael (Dec. 1, 1954 – April
7, 1994); her parents and
parents-in-law, Ralph &
Marie {Iaconetti} Passarelli;
her brothers and their wives
– Vince & Liz {Boday}; Edo &
Pauline {Hawkins}; John &
Hazel {Givens} and their son,
G e o r g e A n d r e w ; h e r
brothers-in-law -- R.D. Reno;
Fr. Ralph Passarelli, S.J. and
John Maio; her sisters-in-law
and their husbands --
Margaret & Carl Costa;
Helen & Chris Blondi; and
her uncle Matt and aunt Zora
{Padjen} Milosevich.
She is survived by: her
sister, Vera Reno, Raton,
NM; her son, Ron and his
s p o u s e , E r i c M o o r e ,
Phoenix, Ariz.; daughter,
Marie and her husband,
Drew Nigrini, Walsenburg,
Colo.; and daughter Lanette
Passarelli, Denver; her
sister-in-law, Edna Maio,
Simi Valley, Calif.; sister-in-
law, Mary & her husband,
John Niccoli, Trinidad. Also
s u r v i v i n g a r e h e r
grandchildren – Amy & Dan
Faucher, Denver; Cullen &
Sarah Nigrini, Austin, TX;
Alyson & Nathaniel Barre,
Denver; Arica & Chad
Andreatta, La Veta, Colo.;
a n d R o m a n N i g r i n i ,
Walsenburg. Rose was the
beloved Nana and G.G. to
six great-grandsons – Logan,
Declan, and Gavin Faucher;
Vincent and George Nigrini;
and Jett Andreatta.
She is survived by nieces
a n d n e p h e w s o n t h e
Passarelli side of the family
tree – Mike & Roseanne
{Magyar} Maio, Thousand
Oaks, Calif.; Cynthia {Maio}
& Tom Loucks, Moorpark,
Calif.; Judi {Maio} & Joe
DeBella, Santa Fe; Cheryl
{Blondi} & Harry McCluskey,
Bloomington, Ill; Chris Ann
{Blondi} & Paul Furlong, New
Braunfels, TX; Connie Jean
{Blondi} & Bob Alberts,
Evans, Colo.; Rick Niccoli,
Long Beach, Calif.; Arlene
{Romero} Niccoli, Grand
Junction, Colo.; Ralph &
Linda Costa, Glendale, Ariz.;
Cathy {Costa} & Joe Clifford,
Bristol, Ind.
On the Milosevich side of
her family tree, she is
survived by nieces and
n e p h e w s – V i n c e n t
Milosevich, Jr., Chandler,
Ariz.; Elizabeth Milosevich,
Tucson, Ariz.; Rich Reno,
Albuquerque; Randolph &
Paula Reno, Albuquerque;
Ronda Reno, Raton, N.M.;
Roger Milosevich & Monica
McGrath, Temecula, Calif.;
Karen Paiz, Trinidad; Dr.
Mark Winchester, Wichita,
Kan; Rita Papini, Trinidad;
Gary Milosevich, Vero
Beach, Fla.; Francie &
R a n d y K a u f m a n ,
A l b u q u e r q u e .
Her extended family is
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Colo.; and daughter Lanette
Passarelli, Denver; her
sister-in-law, Edna Maio,
Simi Valley, Calif.; sister-in-
law, Mary & her husband,
John Niccoli, Trinidad. Also
s u r v i v i n g a r e h e r
grandchildren – Amy & Dan
Faucher, Denver; Cullen &
Sarah Nigrini, Austin, TX;
Alyson & Nathaniel Barre,
Denver; Arica & Chad
Andreatta, La Veta, Colo.;
a n d R o m a n N i g r i n i ,
Walsenburg. Rose was the
beloved Nana and G.G. to
six great-grandsons – Logan,
Declan, and Gavin Faucher;
Vincent and George Nigrini;
and Jett Andreatta.
She is survived by nieces
a n d n e p h e w s o n t h e
Passarelli side of the family
tree – Mike & Roseanne
{Magyar} Maio, Thousand
Oaks, Calif.; Cynthia {Maio}
& Tom Loucks, Moorpark,
Calif.; Judi {Maio} & Joe
DeBella, Santa Fe; Cheryl
{Blondi} & Harry McCluskey,
Bloomington, Ill; Chris Ann
{Blondi} & Paul Furlong, New
Braunfels, TX; Connie Jean
{Blondi} & Bob Alberts,
Evans, Colo.; Rick Niccoli,
Long Beach, Calif.; Arlene
{Romero} Niccoli, Grand
Junction, Colo.; Ralph &
Linda Costa, Glendale, Ariz.;
Cathy {Costa} & Joe Clifford,
Bristol, Ind.
On the Milosevich side of
her family tree, she is
survived by nieces and
n e p h e w s – V i n c e n t
Milosevich, Jr., Chandler,
Ariz.; Elizabeth Milosevich,
Tucson, Ariz.; Rich Reno,
Albuquerque; Randolph &
Paula Reno, Albuquerque;
Ronda Reno, Raton, N.M.;
Roger Milosevich & Monica
McGrath, Temecula, Calif.;
Karen Paiz, Trinidad; Dr.
Mark Winchester, Wichita,
Kan; Rita Papini, Trinidad;
Gary Milosevich, Vero
Beach, Fla.; Francie &
R a n d y K a u f m a n ,
A l b u q u e r q u e .
Her extended family is
extraordinary in that her
uncle, Matt Milosevich was
the brother of her father,
André, and Matt s wife, Zora
{Padjen}, was the sister of
her mother, Ivka. Preceding
Rose in death were her
double cousins: Dona & her
husband, John Marshall;
Thurm Sanford (husband of
L o l a ) ; F r a n k M a s e r o
(husband of Kate); Dona Mia
{Macilroy}, wife of Chuck;
and Nick and his wife, Mary
Ellen {Samora}. Surviving
double cousins include: Kate
Masero, Trinidad; Matt, Jr. &
Jean {Ladiges}, Fullerton,
C a l i f . ; L o l a S a n f o r d ,
Crestline, Calif.; Vince &
Silvia {Granieri}, Durham,
Calif.; Chuck, Yorba Linda,
Calif. & Trinidad; Paul &
Patsy, Santa Fe. The two
branches of the Padjen /
Milosevich family have held
reunions every five years.
She attended them all,
including the most recent
reunion in Long Beach, Calif.
in July 2010.
She last visited cousins on
her mother s side of the
family (Padjen) in Europe 10
years ago – Misha &
Danielle Kapin, Celle St.
Cloud, France; Tamara
Moric, Rijeka, Croatia; Igor &
Milena {Matijevic} Padjen,
Zagreb, Croatia; Branka
{Padjen} & Darko Cagali,
Zagreb, Croatia; and Karla
Jovanovic, Rijeka, Croatia.
She also visited her aunt Lili,
widow of Branko Padjen, in
Zagreb, who passed shortly
afterwards.
Rose, like her mother
before her, was an active
officer in St. Joseph s Lodge
#284 (Trinidad) of the
Croatian Fraternal Union,
serving as its secretary for
twenty years, attending
numerous quadrennial
international conventions.
She was an avid bowler with
the Trinidad Women s
League for 40 years. Rose
was a member of the Capri
Lounge Team that won the
1963 Trinidad Women s All-
City Tournament. She was
on at least two WIBC City
Championship teams. She
also served as a Democratic
Party Precinct Committee
Woman for many years.
She was the 1940 Trinidad
High School Homecoming
Queen, and was active in
sports and other extra-
curricular activities. After
graduation, and during World
War II, she worked at the
Todd Shipyards in San
Pedro, CA, returning to
Trinidad to work as a
Quartermaster Clerk at the
German Prisoner of War
Camp at Beshoar Junction,
east of Trinidad. In 1964, she
worked with then Mayor
Buzz Merson, and other
civilian employees at the
camp, to host the first
reunion of former prisoners,
guards, and employees of
“Camp Trinidad”. In 1994,
she was instrumental in the
installation of the bronze
plaque commemorating the
camp that hangs in Trinidad
City Hall.
All who knew her will
remember her vibrancy, her
gracious good nature, her
devotion to family ties, and
the love she imbued in her
own family.
Pallbearers will be Cullen
Nigrini, Roman Nigrini, Dan
Faucher, Nathaniel Barre,
Chad Andreatta and Leo
Bonfadini.
Honorary pallbearer is
Harry McCluskey.
Visitation Monday, May 26,
2014, from 4pm To 7pm at
Mullare-Murphy
Funeral Home. Rosary will
follow the visitation at 7pm At
the funeral home. Funeral
mass will be Tuesday, May
27, at 1pm At Holy Trinity
Catholic Church with Fr.
Richard Becker officiating.
Burial will follow at the
Trinidad Masonic Cemetery.
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League for 40 years. Rose
was a member of the Capri
Lounge Team that won the
1963 Trinidad Women s All-
City Tournament. She was
on at least two WIBC City
Championship teams. She
also served as a Democratic
Party Precinct Committee
Woman for many years.
She was the 1940 Trinidad
High School Homecoming
Queen, and was active in
sports and other extra-
curricular activities. After
graduation, and during World
War II, she worked at the
Todd Shipyards in San
Pedro, CA, returning to
Trinidad to work as a
Quartermaster Clerk at the
German Prisoner of War
Camp at Beshoar Junction,
east of Trinidad. In 1964, she
worked with then Mayor
Buzz Merson, and other
civilian employees at the
camp, to host the first
reunion of former prisoners,
guards, and employees of
“Camp Trinidad”. In 1994,
she was instrumental in the
installation of the bronze
plaque commemorating the
camp that hangs in Trinidad
City Hall.
All who knew her will
remember her vibrancy, her
gracious good nature, her
devotion to family ties, and
the love she imbued in her
own family.
Pallbearers will be Cullen
Nigrini, Roman Nigrini, Dan
Faucher, Nathaniel Barre,
Chad Andreatta and Leo
Bonfadini.
Honorary pallbearer is
Harry McCluskey.
Visitation Monday, May 26,
2014, from 4pm To 7pm at
Mullare-Murphy
Funeral Home. Rosary will
follow the visitation at 7pm At
the funeral home. Funeral
mass will be Tuesday, May
27, at 1pm At Holy Trinity
Catholic Church with Fr.
Richard Becker officiating.
Burial will follow at the
Trinidad Masonic Cemetery.
The family has entrusted
Mullare-Murphy Funeral
Home with the arrangements
62 Memorials
In Loving Memory of
Cid Tapia "Little Cid"
Who was taken from us 12
years ago, May 23, 2002
He was a very special
person, In his own unique
way, and We miss him so
very much each and every
day. Until we can see you
again out love to you
we send.
Always remembered,
always loved.
Aunt Pat and Reuben,
Richard, Damon and Louise
Bradley, and Shawn.
In Loving Memory
of Lilly Duran
on the 10th anniversary of
her death
May 23, 2004
When your beautiful heart
stopped beating,
my heart just broke in two,
knowing that here on earth,
there will never be
another you.
Loved and Missed by your
children, Carolyn, Fred,
Henrietta, Doris
and Families
In Loving Memory of
Priscilla Gonzales
8-20-1917 5-25-1992
Though her smile is gone
forever, Her hand we cannot
touch, We have many
memories of the Mother We
Love so much.
Sadly missed and loved by,
The Gonzales, Narvez and
Tapia Families.
~ Memorial Day Mass ~
Trinidad Catholic Cemetary
10 a.m., Monday,
May 26, 2014
~Weather permitting~
Photo by Scott Mastro
Special to The Chronicle-News
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) announced support for agriculture producers and en-
ergy facilities working to turn renewable biomass materials
into clean energy. The support comes through the Biomass
Crop Assistance Program (BCAP), which was reauthorized
by the 2014 Farm Bill and will resume this summer.
The Farm Bill authorizes $25 million annually for BCAP,
requiring between 10 and 50 percent of the total funding to be
used for harvest and transportation of biomass residues. Tra-
ditional food and feed crops are ineligible for assistance. The
2014 Farm Bill also enacted several modifications for BCAP,
including higher incentives for socially disadvantaged farm-
ers and ranchers and narrower biomass qualifications for
matching payments, among
other changes.
“This initiative helps
farmers and ranchers man-
age the financial risk of
growing and harvesting en-
ergy biomass at commercial
scale,” said Farm Service
Agency Administrator Juan
M. Garcia. “Investing in ag-
ricultural and forestry pro-
ducers who cultivate energy
biomass and supporting next-
generation biofuels facilities
make America more energy
independent, help combat cli-
mate change and create jobs in rural America.”
BCAP employs three types of biomass assistance. For
growing new biomass, BCAP provides financial assistance
with 50 percent of the cost of establishing a perennial crop. To
maintain the crop as it matures until harvest, BCAP provides
an annual payment for up to five years for herbaceous crops,
or up to 15 years for woody crops. To collect existing agricul-
ture or forest residues that are not economically retrievable,
BCAP provides matching payments for mitigating the cost of
harvesting and transporting the materials to the end-use facil-
ity.
“For forest residues, this year’s matching payments are
targeted for energy generation while reducing fire, insect and
disease threats on Forest Service and Bureau of Land Man-
agement lands,” said Garcia. “Agriculture residues for en-
ergy are also eligible for matching payments.”
He continued by saying, “The potential to achieve trans-
formational progress on biomass energy in rural America
and generate tremendous economic opportunities is very
promising. Energy crops occupy the space between produc-
tion and conservation, providing opportunities for marginal
land, crop diversity and more energy feedstock choices.”
The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA), which adminis-
ters BCAP, will coordinate BCAP enrollments. Information
on funding availability will be published in an upcoming
“Federal Register” notice. For more information on BCAP
and other FSA programs, visit a local FSA office or go online
to www.fsa.usda.gov.
USDA announces
support for renew-
able-biomass energy
AGRICULTURE