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Vol. 139, No. 110
Wednesday
June3,2015
n TRINIDAD LAKE
All activities are rain or shine, and are
free to the public. All vehicles are required
to have a park pass. Info: 719-846-6951.
vSATURDAY (6 p.m.) To celebrate
Colorado’s free fishing weekend, join
Mark Hanson for a program at the am-
phitheater on how to fish Trinidad Lake.
vSUNDAY (6 p.m.) Meet at the Visi-
tor Center to join Park Rangers for the
easy 90-minute Levsa Canyon Trail hike.
n JUNE 3
CHICOSA WATER USERS
WEDNESDAY (6 p.m.) Associa-
tion Board meeting will be held in the
Hoehne Community Center. Info: Kar-
en Floyd, 719-846-4600.
n JUNE 4
CONTINIUUM OF CARE
THURSDAY (8 a.m.) Group will
meet at Fisher’s Peak Soup Kitchen,
308 Church St. Info: Charlene Tor-
torice, 719-846-9159.
NETWORK COUNCIL
THURSDAY (8 a.m.) Regular
meeting will be held in the Bell Block
Building’s Trinidad Community Foun-
dation room. Information: Margaret
Apodaca, 719-846-3943.
COMMUNITY SOCCER
MONDAYS & THURSDAYS (5:30
p.m.) FREE pickup games for all ages
at Los Niños Field behind the Post Of-
fice. Bring a light- and dark-colored tee
shirt. Info: sherry.hinchley@yahoo.com
SPPRCD MEETING
THURSDAY (7 p.m.) Spanish
Peaks Purgatoire River Conservation
District will meet at the District Office.
Information: 719-846-3681 Ext. 117.
PRCWD WATER DISTRICT
THURSDAY (7:30 p.m.) The Pur-
gatoire River Conservancy meets in
City Hall Council Chambers, 135 N.
Animas. Information: Thelma Lujan,
719-846-7285.
n PUBLIC SERVICE
SUMMER READING PROGRAM
SIGN UP THRU FRIDAY: Summer
Reading Program, “Every Hero Has a
Story!” at the Carnegie Library, 202 N.
Animas St. Info: 719-846-6841.
AMERICAN LEGION
FRIDAY (6 p.m.) The Trinidad Amer-
ican Legion meets at the Sayre Senior
Center, 1222 San Pedro. Info: Com-
mander David Walker, 719-846-5469.
2-DAY FLEA MARKET
FRIDAY & SATURDAY (8 a.m.-2
p.m.) Holy Trinity Church annual ben-
efit Flea Market will be held at the Se-
bastiani Gym on Animas St. Proceeds
fund the church restoration project.
AVE MARIA SHRINE
SATURDAY: Rosary (8:30 a.m.) fol-
lowed by Mass (9 a.m.) will be held in
the historic Ave Marie Shrine located
behind the Mount San Rafael Hospital
on Benedicta Ave. Follow the signage.
Visitors are always welcome.
STONEWALL FISHING TOURNEY
SATURDAY (Tournament 9 a.m.-
3 p.m. & Awards 4 p.m.) 19th An-
nual Stonewall Fire Auxiliary’s Fishing
Tournament at Monument Lake. Reg-
istration and info: Barb Holik, 719-868-
2024 or Nancy Sinor, 719-868-2102.
ARTOCADE INSPIRATION
JUNE 8 (6-8 p.m.) Hey kids and
folks — learn how to make your own
ArtCar entry or Kooky Conveyance at
this free workshop at the Oasis Studio,
281 E. Main St. Info: Rodney Wood,
719-334-0087.
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
JUNE 8-12 (9 a.m.-Noon) Annual
event for kids (ages K-6th grade) will
be held at the Fisher’s Peak Commu-
nity Church, 10377 S. Santa Fe Trail Dr.
Info: 719-846-6018. Sign up now.
FORT CARSON AT PCMS
THRU JUNE 10: The 1st Stryker
Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry
Division’s Operation Raider Focus at
PCMS. Noise complaints: Fort Carson
Public Affairs Office at (719) 526-9849.
FAMILY FUN DAYS
JUNE 11-14: FREE admission to
the 3rd annual event that will be held at
the Las Animas County Fairgrounds on
North Linden St. Info: Tom Davis, 719-
680-4677.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
JUNE 15 & JULY 27 (6 p.m.) City
of Trinidad Comprehensive Plan Update
& Community Workshops will be held
at the Sullivan Center Pioneer Room at
TSJC. Refreshments will be provided.
Info: Trinidad.mccooldevelopment.com
and plantrinidad.mindmixer.com
SANTA FE TRAIL DAYS
JUNE 19-20: Annual 2-day festival
will be held at Central Park on Stonewall
Ave. Enter Trinidad’s soon-to-be World
Famous Chili Cook Off Contest. Info:
John Schecter, 719-846-7727 or Cham-
ber of Commerce, 719-846-9285.
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inform the public of upcoming free public
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available. For contributions please call
719-846-3311 or e-mail cathy@trinidad-
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TheFinePrint
WeatherWatchWednesday: Sunny, with a high near 87.
West wind 5 to 10 mph. Night: Mostly clear,
with a low around 53. South southeast wind
5 to 15 mph.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high
near 83. Light and variable wind becoming
south southeast 5 to 10 mph in the after-
noon. Night: A 20 percent chance of show-
ers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a
low around 53. South southeast wind 5 to 10
mph.
Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high
near 77. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low
around 54. South southeast wind around 5
mph.
Saturday: A 20 percent chance of show-
ers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a
high near 79. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Night:
A 10 percent chance of showers. Partly
cloudy, with a low around 54.
RiverCall
Purgatoire River Call as of:
06/02/15. Model Ditch --- Ap-
propriation date: 01/22/1908.
Trinidad Reservoir Accounting:
Release 783.64 AF
Inflow 460.76 AF -- 232.30 CFS
Evaporation 14.12 AF
Content 29,364 AF
Elevation 6,195.49
Precipitation 0.07
Downstream River Call /
JMR Conservation Storage:
12/31/1948.
TheChronicleNewsLAS ANIMAS COUNTY
County Board hears new Economic
Development Incentives Plan presentation
By Steve Block
The Chronicle-News
The economy of Trinidad and Las Animas
County has been struggling in some areas re-
cently, and many people want to know what’s
being done to
turn that eco-
nomic picture
around. Walt
Boulden, exec-
utive director
of Trinidad-Las
Animas Coun-
ty Economic
Development
(TLACED), pre-
sented a recent
report to the
County Board
of Commission-
ers about what
kind of incentives could be offered to retain ex-
isting businesses and attract new employers to
the area.
Using a power point presentation, Boulden
presented information to the Board about pos-
sible economic incentives that could be offered
to businesses, information that he said he’d al-
ready shared with Trinidad’s City Council in
an earlier presentation.
“What I wanted to do was go through a pre-
sentation about incentive packages that the
City has been putting together, so that both
County and City are aware of how the City is
approaching incentives and timeframe and
businesses so that everyone’s on the same
page,” Boulden said. “This was to present the
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Steve Block / The Chronicle-News
Walt Boulden, executive director of Trinidad-Las
Animas County Economic Development (TLACED),
spoke to County Commissioners about incentives
that could be offered to retain existing businesses
and attract new ones to the area.
“Basically what we’re looking at is
business expansion, attraction and
retention. What we wanted to develop
was a framework for decision-making
that was both equitable and flexible.”
Steve Block / The Chronicle-News
It was time to share few laughs Monday at the opening of Trinidad State’s new Southern Rockies Heritage School. Left to right are Donna Haddow, Coordinator,
NRA Summer Gunsmithing Program, Kim McKee, Heritage School Director, Dr. Carmen Simone, Trinidad State President, Keith Gipson, Associate Dean of CTE
/ Professor of gunsmithing and Mike Taunt, Instructor, Welding for Gunsmiths.
By Steve Block
The Chronicle-News
Monday’s sun-splashed morn-
ing brought the beginning of the
first summer session at Trinidad
State Junior College, and it also
featured the opening of Trini-
dad State’s new Southern Rock-
ies Heritage School, which is
designed to preserve traditional
knowledge, skills, crafts and art
forms of the past and apply them
to modern life.
Kim McKee, the school’s direc-
tor, said during the school’s open-
ing event that Southern Colorado
had a particularly rich heritage of
people skills and historical events
coming together at one place and
time to help create the rich fabric
of the Old West. McKee, also di-
rector of the Francisco Fort Mu-
seum in La Veta, and one-half of
the renowned Celtic singing duo
of Wilson & McKee, said most of
the estimated 30 classes would be
held on the Trinidad State cam-
pus, while others would feature
instruction from experts in their
fields at various other locations
TSJC opens Southern Rockies
Heritage School on Monday
TRINIDAD STATE
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BEWARE AREA WILDLIFE
Game and Fish
officers kill
puppy-eating
cougar in Raton
Associated Press
RATON — New Mexico Depart-
ment of Game and Fish officers
have killed a cougar in a Raton
neighborhood after it reportedly
attacked a puppy on a woman’s
front porch.
Thewomancalled911onThurs-
day night, saying she saw a small
cougar attack her puppy.
She later told officers that she
had lost another puppy a few days
before and also was missing sev-
eral cats.
Officers found cougar tracks
and blood near the woman’s porch
and say the cougar climbed a tree
near the home.
A subsequent necropsy con-
firmed that the young female cou-
gar recently had eaten a puppy.
Conservation Officer Clint Hen-
son said the cougar might have
been drawn to the woman’s house
because a neighbor was feeding fe-
ral cats.
Photo courtesy of New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
According to New Mexico Conservation Officer Clint Henson, uneaten pet food
or other attractants left outside can draw predators into neighborhoods and
closer to people and their pets.

2. Page 2 Wednesday, June 3, 2015 The Chronicle-News Trinidad, Colorado
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SUICIDE HOTLINES
vADULT: 800-784-2433
vTEEN: 877-968-8454
vGLB-YOUTH: 866-488-7386
vVET-2-VET: 877-838-2838
ABUSE HOTLINES
vDomestic Abuse Ho-
tline: In Trinidad call 719-
846-6665 (24-hours a day).
In Walsenburg call: 719-738-
0770. National Hotline: 1-800-
790-SAFE (7233).
vChild Abuse Hotlines
Call: 1-844-CO-4-KIDS or
719-846-2330 or 719-846-
8596. For more informa-
tion and to learn the signs of
child abuse and neglect, visit
CO4Kids.org.
vAnimal Abuse: Report
animal abuse and dog/cock
fighting at Crime Stoppers
anonymous tip line: 720-913-
7867.
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TSJC opens Southern Rockies Heritage School ... Continued from Page 1
... Continued from Page 1County Board hears eco-development presentation
framework that economic development and City
staff had put together to have City Council vote
on it and approve it, which they did. Basically,
what we’re looking at is business expansion, at-
traction and retention. What we wanted to de-
velop was a framework for decision-making that
was both equitable and flexible. There’s a special
emphasis on job creation, salary improvement,
targetedindustryandtakingcareofunderserved
community needs.”
Job retention meant targeting employers
who might leave the area unless some kinds of
incentives were offered to retain them, Boulden
said. All of the incentives involved
sharing new revenue, which he de-
scribed as “the critical piece” of the
plan, and something that local peo-
ple needed to understand.
“When you talk about sharing
back,itwouldbetheCity’sportionof
retail sales tax, the City’s portion of
property tax, the sales tax levied by
the City on construction materials
for someone who’s building a new
facility or if they’re rehabilitating an old one,
purchases on business personal property, build-
ing permits and utility tap fees. So any of those,
when you look at how we put together the frame-
work, the incentives can go from 10 percent to
100 percent,” he said. “That depends on whether
they’re bringing in jobs, whether they’re build-
ing or how much investment they’re making.
The other key piece is providing a single point of
contact for expedited review and technical assis-
tance. That also makes sense when we start talk-
ing about other resources for incentives, such as
tax credits at the state or federal level, and work-
ing with the County if they want to build a part-
nership around property tax incentives.”
The incentives to be offered would all depend
on the financial investment of the company in-
volved and the number of new jobs they would
create, Boulden said. Business expansion would
mean a currently successful business that want-
ed to expand, including the total investment for
their development and the total number of jobs to
be created at attractive salary rates. He showed
a chart describing job salaries as they related to
the minimum wage by percentage.
“If you’re bringing in a business that pays
higher salaries, you could potentially get greater
incentives in the incentive package.”
He provided a series of examples of what level
of incentives a business could expect based on
their level of investment and, in part, how much
money they spent with local businesses in the
process of getting their business up and running.
“The reason purchasing locally is important
is that the City can’t get back a share of taxes
charged except on what they charge taxes on. It’s
also a little bit of an incentive for them to buy lo-
cally, because they can get their sales tax back
if they buy locally, but they can’t if they go up to
Denver to buy it.”
He presented a chart showing how the City
and the new business would split the new money
coming in to the local economy. He noted that the
relative shares of the new money between the
business and the City would change over time,
with the City getting more revenue relative to
the amount the business received over a period
of several years.
“The idea behind this is that most businesses
are going to need three to five years to become
truly profitable. If they’re not showing break
even numbers after four years, with the chance
of becoming profitable after five years, then
they’re in trouble anyway regardless of the in-
centives.”
Another example would be targeted busi-
nesses identified and recruited with the two
primary factors again being the level of invest-
ment and the number of jobs created, including
the salary levels. Another category would be for
new businesses that might not create any new
jobs, but would invest in rehabilitating an aging
downtown building. Those businesses could also
qualify for some tax incentives, based on their
level of investment.
Boulden went on to describe several other
kinds of business investment opportunities and
the level of incentives that could be offered to
them, but his basic point remained the same.
“Again, the idea is to bring this kind of invest-
ment and these kinds of jobs into Trinidad,” he
said. “You have to look at sharing back some of
those really high initial expenses.”
in Southern Colorado.
“We’re very excited to
see this heritage school
come into being,” McKee
said. “We’ll have upwards
of 30 classes, though some
of those are still in the plan-
ning process. We have a
bigger number of classes
than we first anticipated, so
that’s pretty exciting. Part
of the goal is to do outreach
to the counties that Trini-
dad State services, so we’ll
be having some off-campus
classes as well.”
The heritage school will
teach both traditional and
non-traditional skills, she
said.
“We’ll also have some
non-traditional classes on
specialized things that peo-
ple might not be able to find
in other places. We’re going
totrytosticktotheheritage
and historical skills and
trades that might be lost
if we don’t pass them on,”
McKee said. “For instance,
today they’re starting with
leather holster-making,
whichwouldbeacraftfrom
the past, but we’ll also teach
blacksmithing and adobe
construction. We have tra-
ditional dyeing with cactus
bugs, making yarns and fi-
bers and things like that. So
any thing from across that
gamut of skills that would
be specific to our region.”
Some of the school’s
instructors would be com-
ing in from out of town for
the summer, she said, but
there’s also an emphasis
on finding local people in
the Trinidad area who have
specific traditional skills
that they could share with
the school’s students. The
instructors represent a
wide range of traditional
skills.
An horno is a mud,
adobe-built outdoor oven
used by Native Americans
and early settlers of North
America. McKee said the
heritage school has plans to
teach the skills involved in
building an horno.
“We have plan to make,
hopefully two hornos,” she
said. “We’re looking for a
location right now. We’re
looking for a place to build
them. We’re getting an in-
structor lined up and then,
of course, you have to have
a class on how to cook in
them. So that’s the next
step.”
Dr. Carmen Simone,
Trinidad State’s president,
said the Southern Rockies
Heritage School represent-
ed a big step forward in the
range of classes available to
the school’s students.
“It’s a fantastic addi-
tion,” Dr. Simone said.
“Part of what the college
is supposed to do is to pre-
serve the heritage and cul-
ture of this region, and this
is our way of doing that. I’m
really proud of Kim and
her crew. This is our way
of keeping our heritage
alive.”
65 Comi Funeral Home
Mary Praxy Bowman
Mary Praxy Bowman, age
84, passed away peacefully
at home on May 28, 2015.
V i s i t a t i o n w i l l b e
Wednesday from 2 p.m.-6
p.m. at the Comi Chapel.
Rosary will be recited
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at
7 p.m. at Holy Trinity Church.
Funeral Mass will be
Thursday, June 4, 2015 at
10 a.m. at Holy Trinity
Church.
Interment will follow at the
Carpio Cemetery.
Arrangements made under
the direction of the Comi
Funeral Home.
Raymond C. Rodriguez
Raymond C. Rodriguez, of
Kim, Colo., passed away at
home on May 30, 2015. He
was 64.
Arrangements are pending
and will be announced later
by the Comi Funeral Home.
Rafael Diaz Zacarias
Rafael Diaz Zacarias, age
56, was called to be with our
Lord, Wednesday, May 27,
2015, in Pueblo, Colo. after
fighting a long battle with
cancer. His family was at his
side until the end.
Visitation will be Tuesday
from 2 p.m. - 6 p.m. at the
Comi Chapel.
Rosary will be Tuesday,
June 2, 2015 at 7 p.m. at
Holy Trinity Church.
Funeral Mass will be
celebrated Wednesday, June
3, 2015 at 10 a.m. at Holy
Trinity Church.
Interment will follow at the
Trinidad Catholic Cemetery.
Arrangements made under
the direction of the Comi
Funeral Home.
A one woman play
“For Tomorrow We May Die”
Performed by Tanya Kay Perkins
Written by Barbara Yule • Directed by Brad Moore
Mt. Carmel Chapel Theatre
911 Robinson Ave
Friday, June 5th at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 6 at 3:00 pm
Tickets are availabe at Roughneck Saloon in
Aguilar or at Romero Liquors on
Linden St. in Trinidad
or by calling 719-680-0528, 719-941-4678
Tickets - $20.00 each
A moving story puctuated by period songs; the
story of Mary Thomas, a Welsh singer who moved
to Delagua mining camp to be with her miner
husband. after being invited to the White House, she
tells President Wilson the story of her experiences
and survival at Ludlow during the miner’s strike of
1913-1914 and the annual UMWA Memorial event.
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Steve Block / The Chronicle-News
Kim McKee is the director of Trinidad State’s new Southern
Rockies Heritage, which provides classes in traditional skills to
area students.
Associated Press
DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — People at a camp-
site near Durango fought off a bear that bit one
man in the head and attacked another person.
Another man stabbed the animal with a knife
after it tried to enter his tent.
The bear, which attacked Sunday night and
Monday morning, has been killed by wildlife
officers, and it could be the same bear that also
charged two other people last week.
The campers were bitten in an area that was
strewn with trash and food, which authorities
say likely drew the bear, The Durango Herald
reported Tuesday.
The bear was shot and killed Monday by
Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers. The bear
was sent to Grand Junction for a necropsy and
a DNA analysis to determine if it was the same
animal that attacked two other people in the
same area on May 26.
Campers say the bear was biting Joshua
Barber, 21, in the head Sunday night when they
arrived to help him. He was hospitalized but is
recovering.
Matt O’Brien told
the newspaper that
the bear stepped
back as he ran from
downhill from an-
other camp shouting.
He stepped between
Barber and the bear,
waving a big stick
and shining a flash-
light at it, and even-
tually helped carry
Barber away with
another camper,
O’Brien said.
Robin Derendy,
33, told officers the
bear attacked him
through his tent early Monday, but he was
able to fight back with his knife. He believes he
stabbed the bear on the left side of its head or
neck before it ran off.
The bear may have gotten too comfortable
and become more brazen after finding easy ac-
cess to food at the camp area near the Durango
Tech Center, Joe Lewandowski, a spokesman
for Colorado Parks and Wildlife, said. The area,
a couple of miles west of downtown, is known to
be a spot for homeless campers.
State&Community
Bear killed after biting 2
at campsite near Durango
CAMPERS COME TO RESCUE
AP/Shaun Stanley/The Durango Herald
Bear attack victim Joshua Barber speaks from his Mercy Regional Medical Center
room about the injuries he sustained Sunday evening during a bear attack at his
camp site Tuesday, June 2, 2015 in Durango, Colo. A bear that bit two people il-
legally camping near Durango has been killed by wildlife officers, and it could be
the same bear that also attacked two other people last week.
“Incentives to be offered would all
depend on the financial investment
of the company involved.”