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WEDNESDAY 
SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 
Vol. 138, No. 186 
THE FINE PRINT 
SEPTEMBER 17 
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. Information: 
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 invited to attend. Information: 
Dana Phillips, 719-846-2080. 
Today’s Quote 
“Our greatest 
weakness lies in 
giving up. The most 
certain way to 
succeed is always 
to try just one more 
time.” 
~Thomas A. Edison 
SEPTEMBER 18 
Books & More 
THURSDAY (5:15 p.m.) You are in-vited 
to a book signing featuring Scott 
Mastro with his book “Blood Money: 
Tales from Two Continents” that will be 
held at the Library Bookstore, 132 N. 
Commercial St. Refreshments will be 
served. Information: 719-846-6840. 
Economic Development 
THURSDAY (5:30-7 p.m.) New lo-cation 
Open House and Welcome Re-ception 
for new Director Walter Boulden 
will be held at 136 W. Main (Chamber of 
Commerce). Information: 719-846-5932. 
Trout Unlimited 
THURSDAY (6 p.m.) Purgatoire River 
Anglers meeting will be in Ristras Res-taurant 
on Elm Street. Information: Mark 
Hanson, 970-366-8148. Meetings are al-ways 
open to the public. 
Writer’s Group 
THURSDAY (6-8 p.m.) Join this lively 
group for an evening of fiction, memoir 
and poetry at Gallery Main, 130 E. Main 
St. Event is open mike. Refreshments will 
be served. Information: 719-846-1441. 
PUBLIC SERVICE 
CLOSURE NOTICE 
FRIDAY: The Las Animas County 
Courthouse offices will close on Friday, 
September 19 for mandatory Furlough 
Day. Normal business hours will resume 
on Monday. 
FREE DISPOSAL DAY 
SATURDAY (7 a.m. – 4 p.m.) The 
City of Trinidad Landfill, 2401 N. State 
Street, will accept residential refuse 
FREE. Electronic waste excluded. Tires 
will be assessed normal tipping fees. In-formation: 
719-846-2538. 
Carnegie Library 
First Annual Adult Reading Program is 
underway. Ask a library staff member to 
tell you how to participate. Information: 
719-846-6841. 
AADA Volunteer Training 
Interested in being a volunteer for 
Advocates Against Domestic Assault? 
Contact the AADA office for training time 
and location: Trinidad (719-846-6665) or 
Walsenburg (719-738-0770). 
Sayre Senior Center 
SEPTEMBER 23 (6 p.m.) Annual 
“Burritos & Bingo” fundraiser night will 
be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall 
on N. Commercial St. Information: Anna 
Risley, 719-846-3336. 
Community Blood Drive 
OCTOBER 3 (Noon-4 p.m.) Help 
save a life! Bonfils Blood Drive will be 
in the Pioneer Room at TSJC. Sign-up: 
Bonfils Appointment Center, 800-365- 
0006 or www.bonfils.org. 
Bar NI Community Grant 
OCTOBER 3 DEADLINE: The Bar 
NI Ranch Community Fund is accepting 
area 501c3 non-profit grant proposals. 
Information: Tom Perry at tomandlinda-perry@ 
gmail.com. 
Soup Kitchen Benefit 
Donations are needed and being ac-cepted 
for the upcoming yard sale fun-draiser 
on October 9. Information: Terrie 
Lobato, 719-680-0427. 
Low-Cost Spay/Neuter 
The Fisher’s Peak Veterinary Clinic 
(719-846-3211) and the Trinidad Animal 
Clinic (719-846-3212). Call for information 
and appointments. 
SUICIDE/CRISIS HOTLINES: 
*ADULT HOPE: 800-784-2433 
*TEEN: 877-968-8454 
*GLB-YOUTH: 866-488-7386 
*VET-2-VET: 877-838-2838 
“When the world says, ‘Give up!’ 
Hope says, ‘Not today!” ~Unknown 
ABUSE HOTLINES: 
*Domestic Abuse Hotline: In Trini-dad 
call 719-846-6665 (24-hours a day). 
National Hotline: 1-800-790-SAFE (7233). 
*Animal Abuse: Report animal abuse 
and dog/cock fighting at Crime Stoppers 
anonymous tip line: 720-913-7867. 
FROM T-TOWN TO TINSELTOWN 
WEATHER WATCH 
Wednesday: A 10 percent chance of 
showers and thunderstorms after 4 p.m. 
Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. West 
wind 5 to 10 mph. Night: A 10 percent 
chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low 
around 53. Southeast wind around 10 mph. 
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high 
near 83. West southwest wind 10 to 15 
mph. Night: A 10 percent chance of show-ers. 
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. 
South southwest wind around 15 mph. 
Friday: A 40 percent chance of showers, 
mainly after 7 a.m. Partly sunny, with a high 
Photos by Scott Mastro / The Chronicle-News 
Kevin Shanks of THK Associates, above left, reviews one of the aerial maps of 
the proposed trails and greenways system at last Thursday evening’s meeting 
at the Community Center. A good number of citizens attended the Trinidad 
Trails and Greenways Master Plan meeting this past Thursday evening at the 
Community Center. 
New TLACED director 
wants sustainable growth 
Walt Boulden is the new executive director of Trinidad- 
Las Animas County Economic Development. 
near 80. West southwest wind around 10 
mph. Night: A 30 percent chance of show-ers. 
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. 
West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. 
Saturday: A 20 percent chance of 
showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 
75. Northwest wind around 10 mph. Night: 
A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly 
cloudy, with a low around 51. Northeast 
wind 5 to 10 mph. 
RIVER CALL 
Purgatoire River Call as of: 
09/16/14. Elmoro ditch: Prior-ity 
# 8 --- Appropriation date: 
11/15/1862. 
Trinidad Reservoir Accounting: 
Release 120.42 AF 
Inflow 55.08 AF -- 27.77 CFS 
Evaporation 2.66 AF 
Content 11,099 AF 
Elevation 6,168.12 
Precipitation 0 
Downstream River Call / Nine 
Mile Canal: 05/10/1887. 
THE CHRONICLE NEWS 
ROADS FREQUENTLY TRAVELED 
City to expand area 
trails, greenway property 
By Scott Mastro 
Correspondent 
The Chronicle-News 
City Planner, Louis Fineberg, 
has a dream and if that dream goes 
according to plan the city will be 
getting a series of trails and gre-enways 
improvements and expan-sions 
around town, up to the res-ervoir, 
out towards Engleville and 
across the face of Fisher’s Peak. 
Initial funding was secured 
through a Great Outdoors Colo-rado 
grant. Fineberg said, “Five 
firms made bids, and THK did the 
best presentation.” THK Associ-ates, 
Inc. is an Aurora, Colorado-based 
landscape architectural 
firm specializing in putting people 
and nature together. 
“THK brought Kreativo on 
board to help with the public end 
of the project,” Fineberg contin-ued. 
Kreativo is a Pueblo-based 
advertising agency and public re-lations 
firm that puts, according 
to company principal, Glenn Bal-lantyne, 
“People together in a col-laborative 
effort with government 
agencies and project managers. 
We were hired by THK.” 
In the Recreation Room of 
the Community Center this past 
Thursday evening, staff from both 
THK and Kreativo had organized 
the meeting and workshop into 
three parts: (1) Presentation of the 
Proposed Project, (2) Public Sur-veys, 
and (3) Trails Planning. 
Part one laid out the proj-ect 
and its goals in pictures and 
graphs, the goal being to expand 
trails and greenways access in and 
around town. Kevin Shanks with 
THK said, “Many of the trails are 
already there. They just have to be 
upgraded to make them readily ac-cessible, 
and usable.” 
Part Two made paper and elec-tronic 
surveys available for people 
to give their input. How current 
trails are utilized was a question, 
whether for hiking, rock climb-ing, 
mountain biking, horse rid-ing, 
jogging on paved and unpaved 
trails, fishing, photography and 
birding. A key element to many of 
the projects is, according to Fine-berg, 
“preliminary land research, 
finding out who owns what.” 
Part Three displayed large aer-ial 
and topographical maps with 
proposed trails designated. People 
were encouraged to draw and 
make notes on the maps to give 
their input. 
THK Landscape Designer and 
Project Manager, Jon Altschuld, 
said, “The maps are for people to 
express their views and opinions 
on what trails should be devel-oped.” 
The meeting had good citizen 
attendance. Some Trinidadians 
who came were Karen Wolf, with 
the Purgatoire Watershed Part-nership, 
Tim Crisler with Colo-rado 
Floors and Blinds, non-profit 
advocates Tom and Linda Perry, 
real estate man Howard Lackey, 
citizens Roberta Cordova and Car-la 
Litz, Trinidad Lake State Park 
Continued on Page 2 ... 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 
By Steve Block 
The Chronicle-News 
The new executive director of 
Trinidad-Las Animas County Eco-nomic 
Development (TLACED) 
said he’d like to see the area’s 
economy grow in a variety of ways 
while still remaining true to its 
roots. Walt Boulden said the area’s 
many advantages that could drive 
economic growth start with its 
people, who he’s found to be both 
friendly and toler-ant, 
with a true 
love for the city 
they call home. 
Boulden and 
his spouse, Fumio 
Sawa, moved here 
about a year ago 
as they worked to 
open Sawa’s fine 
art gallery on the 
Santa Fe Trail. 
His background is 
mostly in commu-nity 
development 
in Kansas City, 
Missouri and he 
said he’d learned 
through those 
experiences that 
no one entity can 
drive economic 
or community de-velopment 
all by 
itself. It takes the committed in-volvement 
of multiple entities to 
help a community grow and pros-per, 
something he’s fired up about 
doing in Trinidad. Inexpensive 
real estate is a real advantage for 
the city, he said. 
“I think Trinidad could do a bet-ter 
job of marketing how inexpen-sive 
the property here really is,” 
he said. “Many places are prohibi-tively 
expensive as far as owning 
your own property and running 
your own business. We came in 
with very limited funds and we 
were still able to buy property 
here.” 
His great-grandfather, John 
Anderson, once worked in the 
coal mines of the Trinidad area, 
so moving here has turned out to 
be something of a homecoming 
for Boulden, who grew up in Wyo-ming 
but has many family mem-bers 
living in Colorado. He said he 
Steve Block / The Chronicle-News 
was looking for a job that would 
allow him to quit teaching college 
courses in Kansas City and be able 
to live here fulltime. 
He described himself as a 
“development person,” having 
worked in the community develop-ment 
field for 20 years, including 
several years as executive director 
of the nonprofit Resource Develop- 
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Hometown girl 
Dixie Webster- 
Davis goes to 
Hollywood 
By Scott Mastro 
Correspondent 
The Chronicle-News 
Most people watch the main 
actors in movies never thinking 
about, or imagining how, all the 
other people in every shot get 
there; the woman walking her 
dog, the kids crossing the street 
and the guy who bumps into a star 
and brushes by. It takes an ‘extras’ 
casting director to organize all 
those people who walk through a 
shot or are seated in a cafe or res-taurant 
when the big-name actors 
stroll in. Trinidad native, Dixie 
Webster-Davis, is one of the top 
‘extras’ casting directors in Hol-lywood 
today. She’s been doing it 
for 25 years. 
Asked how a Trinidad State 
graduate becomes a Hollywood 
casting director, Dixie replied, 
“With a little luck and a leap of 
faith. When I graduated, I moved 
to Denver, worked at a talent agen-cy 
and got to know the top acting 
and modeling talent and produc-ers 
in town. Then I opened the 
first casting company in Colorado. 
It was mostly television commer-cials 
and industrial films, but once 
I worked on my first feature film, 
that was it. I wanted to be a film-maker 
and in order to do that I had 
to go to where the movies were be-ing 
made. That decision was excit-ing 
and frightening. I was from a 
small town and had moved to Los 
Angeles, the second largest city in 
the United States, but it felt right 
and I knew it would work out. I be-lieve 
in perfect timing.” 
How did she get her break? 
“I was having lunch at Jerry’s 
Famous Deli, in Studio City, three 
weeks after moving to LA when I 
heard a familiar voice, an assis-tant 
director I had worked with 
in Kansas, on the film entitled 
Kansas starring Matt Dillon and 
Andrew McCarthy. The assistant 
director was in town to meet the 
director of his next film. He intro-duced 
me to the director and they 
hired me for The Rock Hudson Sto-ry, 
set in the 1950s. I had two weeks 
to find an office and start casting. 
Looking back, it’s hard to imagine 
it came together so quickly. I was 
off and running and it’s been non-stop 
ever since.” 
Asked if she planned on being 
a casting director, Dixie said, “I 
was going to be a teacher, or psy-chologist. 
I had no idea what a 
casting director was when I lived 
in Trinidad, but I’ve always been a 
visual person. In high school, one 
of my first jobs was at Duane Se-hon’s 
photography studio. I loved 
looking through all the old photo-graphs. 
It was fascinating, the his-tory, 
the faces and seeing all the 
styles. I took a photography class 
at Trinidad State. Now I take pho-tos 
and look at faces for my work. 
That was the beginning of what 
would become my career in film.” 
Dixie reminisced about grow-ing 
up in T-town. 
“What I remember most is Trin-idad’s 
beauty, the brick streets 
and Fishers Peak’s changing col-ors. 
An Indian legend says rain 
was created on the Spanish Peaks 
to nurture the lands and produce 
a paradise on earth. When I see 
the Hollywood sign on the hill side 
here in Los Angeles, it reminds me 
of Simpson’s Rest, the mountain 
that proudly displays the Trinidad 
sign and the memory of where I 
come from.” 
She talked about people in her 
hometown. 
“In Trinidad, everyone knew 
Continued on Page 3...
Wesley Smith, Katlynn 
Hamman, Dylan Hamman, 
Jeremy Dahl, and Amber 
Dahl. 
Active pallbearers are 
Jared Smith, Ernie Hamman 
I, Michael Mincic, Charlie 
Mincic , Robert (Skeeter) 
Mincic, Craig Mincic, and 
Tony Velasquez. 
Arrangements made under 
the direction of the Comi 
Funeral Home. 
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City to expand area trails, greenways 
... Continued from Page 1 
New TLACED director wants sustainable growth 
... Continued from Page 1 
Manager Crystal Dreiling, Acting City Man-ager 
Audra Garrett and City Civil Engineer 
Jeni Jackson and her mother Linda Shull. 
Jeni Jackson said, “I’d like to see the Santa 
Fe Trail improved to Hoehne so people can 
ride horseback to town, then expand the trail 
to Trinidad Reservoir and Fisher’s Peak.” 
Like many, Roberta Cordova said, “I’m 
in favor of the Old Sopris Trail.” It will run 
through Jansen to the Trinidad Reservoir. 
New to Trinidad this year, Crystal Dreiling 
agreed with Cordova. “I’d like to see the Old 
Sopris Trail made usable again.” Cordova 
continued, “And I’d like to see access down 
to the River Walk Trail at the Commercial 
Street Bridge, near the railroad tracks.” 
Linda Perry pointed out that, “The down-town 
connections will be economic develop-ment 
drivers.” 
Fineberg revealed his desire to see the 
Fisher’s Peak area improved. “We need a land 
buyer. The asking price is $60 million dollars, 
maybe somebody like the Bureau of Land 
Management.” 
Glenn Ballantyne mentioned, “The educa-tional 
aspect of the project, getting Trinidad’s 
fourth, fifth and sixth graders involved is be-ing 
headed up by our Project Supervisor and 
Associate Creative Designer, Emilie Pomer-leau.” 
Pomerleau said, “The objective of the pro-gram 
is to educate the next generation of out-doors 
explorers on the history and relevance 
of trails and greenways, as well as the impor-tance 
of future planning to ensure the preser-vation 
of these areas.” 
According to the Trinidad Trails and Gre-enways 
Master Plan, “Trails and greenway 
systems protect important habitat, provide 
corridors for people and wildlife, and pro-vide 
a safe, inexpensive avenue for regular 
exercise for people living in rural, urban, and 
suburban areas. Trails and greenways also 
have the power to connect us to our heritage 
by preserving historic places and by provid-ing 
access to them. Lastly, trails and green-ways 
provide countless opportunities for 
economic growth for any size community. 
From bike sales and rentals to restaurants, 
lodging, camping, museums, and other attrac-tions, 
having a trails and greenways system 
where visitors and residents can enjoy being 
outside, away from busy roadways, is a great 
way to spur economic growth.” 
The next Trails and Greenways meeting 
will be in November. To stay up to date on 
project progress and to download the educa-tional 
program, visit ANewWayToSeeTrini-dad. 
com. 
To join the discussion, contact City Planner, 
LouisFinebergat719-846-9843– extension130, or 
louis.fineberg@trinidad.co.gov. THK Asso-ciates, 
Inc. can be contacted at jaltschuld@ 
thkassoc.com or 303-770-7201, and Kreativo at 
kreativo.org. 
ment Institute, which works with the 
University of Missouri-Kansas City on 
a wide variety of projects. He’s been a 
business owner, but he said his main 
focus had been on the social service 
end of things. Grant writing and de-veloping 
and then analyzing projects 
funded by grants are a big part of the 
work he’s done previously. Many com-munities 
have a lot of positive things 
going on, but some people don’t know 
about them because they’re so busy 
with what they’re doing that they 
aren’t aware of the other things that 
are going on in their community. 
“Part of what I like doing is bring-ing 
people together and saying, ‘Okay, 
we’re all moving in the same direc-tion, 
but do we have a shared vision? If 
we do, are we coordinating our efforts, 
and can we collaborate on larger ef-forts?’” 
said Boulden. 
The federal grant funding atmo-sphere 
has changed over the years, he 
said, and now federal agencies want to 
see collaborative efforts within a com-munity, 
with a proven track record of 
multiple entities working together to 
get positive things done. He said there 
are multiple entities in Trinidad who 
form critical pieces in economic devel-opment 
and in enhancing the quality 
of life here. 
Said Bouldan, “I don’t think you 
can talk about economic development 
without talking about it as part of 
community development. If you only 
look at these as individually focused 
efforts, then community development 
gets lost. I’m just as interested in see-ing 
that we have good health care 
and good schools. I think the college 
(TSJC) is doing a good job of helping 
kids move ahead with education into 
careers and also helping kids develop 
careers who don’t want to continue 
their education but want to find good 
jobs.” 
TLACED owns property in the 
Trinidad Industrial Park. Boulden 
said he wanted to make sure that the 
infrastructure was in place to develop 
more lots at the park. He said a rail-road 
spur at the park could be a key 
component to attracting new business 
to Trinidad. 
Because Trinidad is an enterprise 
zone, it offers tremendous tax advan-tages 
to potential business owners and 
he said that fact needed to be publi-cized 
more effectively. Trinidad needs 
a good mix of small and medium sized 
businesses that offer their employees’ 
good wages that can help them enjoy a 
good quality of life. 
The highly regarded gunsmith-ing 
program at Trinidad State Junior 
College could be the springboard for 
getting a gun manufacturing facility 
here, a project he would like to help 
bring to fruition. 
Legalized marijuana has been seen 
by some as a spur to economic growth, 
but Boulden said industrial hemp is 
a product that had greater growth po-tential 
for this area. If industrial hemp 
could be grown successfully here, it 
might attract industries that use it to 
relocate here, near the source of pro-duction, 
rather than pay to ship the 
hemp to production facilities some-where 
else. 
Boulden has taken on a big job at 
a time when Trinidad’s economy has 
been struggling, but he seems to be a 
very motivated individual who wants 
to bring progress to his new home-town 
in Southern Colorado. What it’s 
going to take to be successful is every-one 
coming together to work toward 
having a vibrant economy and an ex-cellent 
quality of life. 
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Charles R. Mestas 
Charles R. Mestas, age 68, 
passed away at the Trinidad 
I nn Nur s in g Home o n 
September 11, 2014, after a 
lengthy illness. 
He was born in Trinidad, 
Colorado on May 9, 1946 to 
Mar y (Ar chulet ta) and 
Cecel io O Mes tas . 
On October 19, 1982, 
Charles was united in 
marriage to Linda Abeyta in 
Raton, N.M. 
Charles loved the outdoors 
and enjoyed fishing. He also 
liked to make birdhouses. 
His greatest love was his 
wife Linda and spending time 
with her. He also enjoyed 
caring for his dog Buttons, 
and taking him for rides. 
His kindness and gentle 
ways will be missed by all 
who knew and loved him. 
He was preceded in death 
by parent s , Mar y and 
Cecelio Mestas infant sister 
Bernadette, sisters Bernice 
Menapace , Angie Madrid, 
and mother in law Nora 
Abeyta. 
Survivors are his wife Linda 
of home address, daughter 
Adelma Mestas, son Charles 
Mestas Jr., 7 grandchildren, 
1 brother, 5 sisters, several 
sisters and brothers in law, 
nieces, nephews and many 
dear and close friends. 
Memorial Mass will be 
c e l e b r a t e d F r i d a y , 
September 19, 2014 at 10 
a.m. at Holy Trinity Church. 
Private inurnment at a later 
date. 
Arrangements made under 
the direction of the Comi 
Funereal Home. 
Claude W. Caudle 
Claude W. Caudle 78, of 
Trinidad Colo., died August 
30, in Pueblo at Sangre De 
Cristo Hospice & Palliative 
Care Facility. 
Funeral services will be 
held September 18th, 2014 
at 1pm at the Masonic 
Cemetery with Pastor Cary 
Nelson officiating wit h 
g r a v e s i d e s e r v i c e s 
conducted by US Naval 
Honor Guard. 
Arrangements are with 
Comi Funeral Home. 
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John Mincic 
John Mincic, age 83, 
passed away on September 
14, 2014 at the Colorado 
StateVeterans Nursing 
Home in Walsenburg, Colo. 
He was born in Model, 
Colo. on May 6, 1931, to 
Savita “Elizabeth” (Potre) 
and Vasili (Charles) Mincic. 
He grew up in Sopris, Colo. 
where he attended school. 
He then enlisted in the 
United States Army where 
he proudly served his 
country during the Korean 
Conflict. 
On May 14, 1960, John 
was united in marriage to 
Rose Marie Jasinski at Holy 
Trinity Church. 
He was employed for the 
C&W Railroad for over 30 
years. He loved the railroad 
life and anything to do with 
trains. 
He al so enjoyed the 
outdoor s . 
John made friends and was 
loved everywhere he went. 
He will be missed by many. 
Preceding him in death is 
loving wife Rose Marie 
Min c i c , p a r e n t s Va s i l i 
(Ch a r l e s ) a n d Sa v i t a 
(Elizabeth) Mincic, brothers 
Charles (Chuck) Mincic, 
sisters and brother in law, 
Louise Mincic, Jenny Mae 
and Anthony Velasquez, and 
Joan Jones. 
H e i s s u r v i v e d b y 
daughters, Liz (Keith) Dahl, 
Cindy (Ernie) Hamman, 
J o a n n ( J e f f ) Smi t h , 
grandchildren, Jeremy Dahl, 
Amb e r Da h l , K a t l y n n 
Hamman, Dylan Hamman, 
Jared Smith, Wesley Smith, 
brothers Lee Mincic, Pete 
Mincic, Nick (Lenore) Mincic, 
Tony (Theresa) Mincic, 
sisters and brother in law, 
Mary Ann Mincic, Mike 
(Maxine) Jasinski, numerous 
nieces, nephews and many 
other loving family and 
friends. 
V i s i t a t i o n w i l l b e 
Wednesday from 4 p.m.-8 
p.m. at the Comi Chapel. 
Funeral Services will be 
Thursday, September 18, 
2014 with Rosary at 9 a.m. 
the Comi Chapel, followed 
by the Funeral Mass at 10 
a.m. at Holy Trinity Church. 
Interment will follow at the 
Trinidad Catholic Cemetery 
with graveside services 
conducted by Ft. Carson 
Honor Guard. 
Honorary pallbearers are 
Frank Falsetto, August 
Morelli, grandchildren , 
Wesley Smith, Katlynn 
Hamman, Dylan Hamman, 
Jeremy Dahl, and Amber 
Dahl. 
Active pallbearers are 
Jared Smith, Ernie Hamman 
I, Michael Mincic, Charlie 
Mincic , Robert (Skeeter) 
Mincic, Craig Mincic, and 
Tony Velasquez. 
Arrangements made under 
the direction of the Comi 
Funeral Home. 
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67 Mullare-Murphy Funeral Home 
Mary H. Romero 
Mary H. Romero, age 100, 
died September 14, 2014. 
She was born September 
26, 1913, in Mora, N.M., to 
Macedonio and Eutima 
(Garcia) Herrerra. 
She was preceded in death 
by her parents. 
She is survived by her son 
Leroy (Evelyn) Romero; 
daughters Loraine Trujillo 
and Linda Martinez, 10 
grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. 
Funeral service will be 
Friday, September 19, 2014, 
at 11:00 a.m. at the Mullare- 
Murphy Funeral Home. 
Cremation and private 
inurnment will follow at a 
later date. 
The family has entrusted 
Mullare-Murphy Funeral 
Home with the arrangents. 
62 Memorials 
In Loving Memory of 
Dorothy Griego 
Who passed away 1 year 
ago September 17, 2013 
One year has come and 
gone, The ache in our hearts 
still lingers on. If steps could 
be made with heartaches By 
adding a teardrop or two, We 
would build a stairway to 
heaven And climb it each 
day to see you. Our beautiful 
memories will always keep 
you near. 
Sadly missed by Randy, 
Loretta and Crissy 
In loving memory of 
Dorothy Mae Griego 
who departed life 1 year ago 
September 17, 2013 
We love and miss you very 
much! Your daughter Mildred 
and grandchildren – Jacqui – 
Tim – Sarah and great 
granddaughter Sydney. 
In Loving Memory of 
Dorothy Mae Griego 
Who passed away 1 year 
ago September 17, 2013 
We often sit and think of her, 
when we are all alone, For 
memory is the only friend 
that grief can call its own. 
Like ivy on the withered oak, 
When other things decay, 
Our love for her will still be 
green, and never fade away. 
Sadly missed by her sisters 
Carmen and Anita 
Missing area man found dead 
By Steve Block 
The Chronicle-News 
A Trinidad man reported missing recent-ly 
was found dead, apparently of a self-inflict-ed 
gunshot wound. Trinidad police found Da-vid 
M. Roberts’s body on Friday, September 
12, while they were conducting a follow-up 
search. 
No foul play is suspected in the death and 
the investigation is being conducted by the 
Las Animas County Sheriff’s Office, because 
the body was found on county property, 
about 250 yards from County Road 20.8 south 
of Trinidad. 
Roberts went missing early in September 
and was reported missing on September 7 by 
a family member. Law enforcement had pre-viously 
searched for Roberts near Old Sopris 
Road just outside of Trinidad. 
Colorado livestock 
producers urged to 
enroll in Disaster 
Assistance Program 
Special to The Chronicle-News 
Denver CO, September 3 – Colorado Farm 
Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director, 
Leland Swenson, is encouraging all Colorado 
livestock producers who have suffered eligible 
disaster-related losses to contact their local 
FSA office to secure assistance by Sept. 30, 
2014. After September 30, 2014, congressio-nally 
mandated payment reductions will take 
place for producers who have not acted before 
that date. 
Swenson stated, “In just four months, the 
Colorado Farm Service Agency local offices 
have assisted over 3,800 livestock producers 
and distributed more than $68 million dollars 
in disaster benefits. These dollars have been 
critical for producers looking to recover from 
the multi-year drought, rebuild their herds 
and pay off debts.” Livestock producers that 
have experienced grazing losses since October 
2011 and may be eligible for benefits, but have 
not yet contacted their local Farm Service 
Agency (FSA) office should do so as soon as 
possible. 
The Budget Control Act passed by Con-gress 
in 2011 requires USDA to implement re-ductions 
of 7.3 percent to the Livestock Forage 
Disaster Program (LFP) in the new fiscal year, 
which begins Oct. 1, 2014. However, producers 
seeking LFP support who have scheduled ap-pointments 
with their local FSA office before 
Oct. 1, even if the appointment occurs after 
Oct.1, will not see reductions in the amount of 
disaster relief they receive. 
USDA is encouraging producers to regis-ter, 
request an appointment or begin a Live-stock 
Forage Disaster Program application 
with their county FSA office before Oct. 1, 
2014, to lock in the current zero percent seques-tration 
rate. As an additional aid to qualified 
producers applying for LFP, the Farm Service 
Agency has developed an online registration 
that enables farmers and ranchers to put their 
names on an electronic list before the dead-line 
to avoid reductions in their disaster as-sistance. 
This is an alternative to visiting or 
contacting the county office. To place a name 
on the Livestock Forage Disaster Program list 
online, visit http://www.fsa.usda.gov/disas-ter- 
register. 
Producers who already contacted the coun-ty 
office and have an appointment scheduled, 
need do nothing more. 
The Livestock Indemnity Program, the 
Tree Assistance Program (TAP) and the Non-insured 
Crop Disaster Assistance Program 
(NAP) Frost Freeze payments will also be cut 
by 7.3 percent on Oct. 1, 2014. Unlike the Live-stock 
Forage Disaster Program, applications 
for these programs must be fully completed by 
Sept. 30. FSA offices will prioritize these appli-cations, 
but as the full application process can 
take several days or more to complete, produc-ers 
are encouraged to begin the application 
process as soon as possible. 
The Livestock Forage Disaster Program 
compensates eligible livestock producers who 
suffered grazing losses due to drought or fire 
between Oct. 1, 2011 and Dec. 31, 2014. Eligible 
livestock includes alpacas, beef cattle, buffalo, 
beefalo, dairy cattle, deer, elk, emus, equine, 
goats, llamas, poultry, reindeer, sheep or 
swine that have been or would have been graz-ing 
the eligible grazing land or pastureland. 
Producers forced to liquidate their livestock 
may also be eligible for program benefits. 
Additionally, the 2014 Farm Bill eliminated 
the risk management purchase requirement. 
Livestock producers are no longer required to 
purchase coverage under the Federal Crop In-surance 
Program or Noninsured Crop Disas-ter 
Assistance Program to be eligible for Live-stock 
Forage Disaster Program assistance. 
“It is the intention of the Colorado FSA to 
assist farmers and ranchers to receive all the 
assistance they deserve in the recovery from 
their livestock losses and the loss of food and 
forage over the past three years. In parts of 
Colorado producers have suffered through one 
of the worst and longest sustained droughts 
since the Dust Bowl in the 1930’s,” Swenson 
concluded. 
NOTIFICATION
The Chronicle-News Trinidad, Colorado Wednesday, September 17, 2014 Page 3 
“Patience. When I want something, I want it on my own timeline, 
not on somebody else’s.” 
—Kristen Mrzena, baker/waitress, The Café (Trinidad) 
“We lack some tail winds. It’s been some pretty hard going for 
the last few days.” 
—John Selby, retired firefighter, Queensland, Australia, on Santa 
Fe Trail bike ride (Trinidad) 
Hometown girl Dixie Webster-Davis goes to Hollywood ... Continued from Page 1 
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neighbors, and any-one 
you ran into at the 
store knew you as who you 
uniquely were. I never felt 
like someone in the crowd. 
That individual confidence 
can do wonders in your 
adult life.” 
About school, she remem-bered, 
“There was always a 
lot to do because there were 
more involvements than 
there were students. It al-lowed 
me to excel in many 
ways, and to not feel that I 
only fit in one talent catego-ry. 
As an adult, being able to 
handle change and fall into 
any role necessary is a genu-inely 
valuable skill.” 
About her hometown, 
she revealed, “Being a part 
of traditional events like pa-rades, 
Friday night football 
games, and summer days 
at the baseball field and the 
Trinidad State basketball 
tournament were impor-tant. 
Growing up in Trini-dad 
gave me a naturally 
sentimental notion towards 
tradition and community. I 
remember being very excit-ed 
about simple happiness, 
like watching the leaves 
change in the fall, or seeing 
the town covered in freshly 
fallen snow and the sound of 
the trains. I still have an ap-preciation 
for those simple, 
easy moments. Family was 
important. Being one of six 
children raised in a small 
town where everyone knows 
you and your siblings, I 
was constantly connected 
to them. I’ve moved away, 
but the depth of love for my 
family has never wavered. 
Growing up surrounded by 
family is incredibly benefi-cial 
to you later in life. The 
good, the bad, the laughter 
and the tears have all con-tributed 
to the adult I’ve 
become. Trinidad has given 
me the notion of home and 
of a place where you belong. 
Life can be a whirlwind of 
opportunities and changes, 
but there is something truly 
beautiful about knowing 
you always have somewhere 
to call home.” 
About being a casting di-rector, 
Dixie said, “I love the 
collaboration and creative 
process. Seeing a project 
go from concept to comple-tion, 
and being part of that 
process, is very satisfying. 
I’ve had the great fortune 
of working with some of 
the most respected, award 
winning actors, producers, 
directors, costume design-ers, 
cinematographers and 
other creative people in the 
film business. The most 
gratifying part of my job 
is giving people jobs, help-ing 
someone that’s inter-ested 
in working in the film 
business, giving them that 
chance to be part of the pro-cess.” 
But, “It’s not all glitter 
and glamour. There are a 
lot of early mornings and 
late nights, 12 to 14 hours 
at times, with the excep-tion 
of a Clint Eastwood 
set. He knows exactly what 
he wants and often wraps 
by lunchtime. With Clint, 
there’s no being late and you 
must always be prepared 
to shoot scenes that were 
scheduled for the next day’s 
work.” 
Speaking about some of 
the unusual experiences 
she’s had working on films, 
Dixie said, “There are so 
many. For The Dark Night 
Rises, The Bat Cave was shot 
in a large LA sound stage. 
Normally, to make room for 
cameras and lighting, they 
create a partial set, but the 
Bat Cave was a full 360-de-gree 
set, to allow the director 
the freedom to choose cam-era 
angles. I was standing 
there thinking, “Wow, we’re 
in the Bat Cave.” It was 
thrilling, the scope and scale 
of it and the fact that it was 
this iconic Batman setting. 
You don’t see that every day. 
Other high points have been 
working with playwright 
and Pulitzer Prize winner 
David Mamet for Spartan 
and Redbelt, with Sir An-thony 
Hopkins and Dame 
Helen Mirren together on 
set, Alfred Hitchcock and 
Warren Beatty. Meeting the 
real Navajo Code Talkers 
was a wonderful, humbling 
experience.” 
How did the film festival 
know to contact Dixie? 
“Joe Tarabino asked if I’d 
be interested in coming to 
Trinidad as a guest speaker. 
How great to come back to 
my hometown and share 
my life and work. It’s great 
that there’s a film festival 
in Trinidad. It’s an opportu-nity 
to see and be a part of 
a uniquely creative event. 
Who knows? The next Spiel-berg 
might come out of Trin-idad 
and TrindieFest will be 
the inspiration.” 
Dixie will be a film fes-tival 
guest speaker and re-cieve 
the inagural CJ Kaho 
Prize at 3:30 p.m. on Sat-urday 
at Mt. Carmel. The 
festival runs this Thursday 
through Sunday. To see a 
list of film’s she’s worked 
on, visit imdb.com/name/ 
nm0916875. For more infor-mation 
about TrindieFest, 
phone 281-362-3675, visit 
trindiefest.net or email info@ 
trindiefest.net. 
Over the Pass 
TRINIDAD-RATON CONNECTION 
“What is it 
that you lack?” 
By Tim Keller 
Correspondent 
The Chronicle-News 
Photos by Tim Keller / The Chronicle-News 
“I lack a voice, to voice my opinion or speak up for myself. I’m 
a pushover.” 
— Caylene Romero, Raton High School senior (Raton) 
“Empathy. An awareness of other people’s issues. I lack aware-ness 
of other people’s perspectives. I think it’s largely due to be-ing 
raised as an only child.” 
— Tom Noe, engineer/inventor, Wylie, TX, on cross-country mo-torcycle 
trip (Raton) 
“Resourcefulness. Today my spoke broke and somebody had to 
help me. I’d like to get deeper in my resourcefulness, being able 
to fix anything on my bike without depending on anyone.” 
—Ken Astl, programmer, San Antonio, TX, on 930-mile Santa Fe 
Trail ride (Trinidad) 
“Furniture and winter clothes. I just moved here from Florida.” 
— Page Gandy, Raton High School English teacher (Raton) 
Photo courtesy of Dixie Webster-Davis 
Dixie Webster-Davis, a Trinidad native, is an award-winning 
casting director who made it big in Hollywood. She will be a 
guest speaker at this weekend’s TrindieFest Film Festival. 
Las Animas County Road and 
Bridge will be replacing a culvert 
on C.R 48.8. There will be a road 
closure from 8:00 A.M 
to 3:00 P.M. on Wednesday, 
September 17, 2014.

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National Hotline: 1-800-790-SAFE (7233). *Animal Abuse: Report animal abuse and dog/cock fighting at Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line: 720-913-7867. FROM T-TOWN TO TINSELTOWN WEATHER WATCH Wednesday: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4 p.m. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Night: A 10 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. Southeast wind around 10 mph. Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. West southwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Night: A 10 percent chance of show-ers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. South southwest wind around 15 mph. Friday: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 7 a.m. Partly sunny, with a high Photos by Scott Mastro / The Chronicle-News Kevin Shanks of THK Associates, above left, reviews one of the aerial maps of the proposed trails and greenways system at last Thursday evening’s meeting at the Community Center. A good number of citizens attended the Trinidad Trails and Greenways Master Plan meeting this past Thursday evening at the Community Center. New TLACED director wants sustainable growth Walt Boulden is the new executive director of Trinidad- Las Animas County Economic Development. near 80. West southwest wind around 10 mph. Night: A 30 percent chance of show-ers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. Northwest wind around 10 mph. Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. RIVER CALL Purgatoire River Call as of: 09/16/14. Elmoro ditch: Prior-ity # 8 --- Appropriation date: 11/15/1862. Trinidad Reservoir Accounting: Release 120.42 AF Inflow 55.08 AF -- 27.77 CFS Evaporation 2.66 AF Content 11,099 AF Elevation 6,168.12 Precipitation 0 Downstream River Call / Nine Mile Canal: 05/10/1887. THE CHRONICLE NEWS ROADS FREQUENTLY TRAVELED City to expand area trails, greenway property By Scott Mastro Correspondent The Chronicle-News City Planner, Louis Fineberg, has a dream and if that dream goes according to plan the city will be getting a series of trails and gre-enways improvements and expan-sions around town, up to the res-ervoir, out towards Engleville and across the face of Fisher’s Peak. Initial funding was secured through a Great Outdoors Colo-rado grant. Fineberg said, “Five firms made bids, and THK did the best presentation.” THK Associ-ates, Inc. is an Aurora, Colorado-based landscape architectural firm specializing in putting people and nature together. “THK brought Kreativo on board to help with the public end of the project,” Fineberg contin-ued. Kreativo is a Pueblo-based advertising agency and public re-lations firm that puts, according to company principal, Glenn Bal-lantyne, “People together in a col-laborative effort with government agencies and project managers. We were hired by THK.” In the Recreation Room of the Community Center this past Thursday evening, staff from both THK and Kreativo had organized the meeting and workshop into three parts: (1) Presentation of the Proposed Project, (2) Public Sur-veys, and (3) Trails Planning. Part one laid out the proj-ect and its goals in pictures and graphs, the goal being to expand trails and greenways access in and around town. Kevin Shanks with THK said, “Many of the trails are already there. They just have to be upgraded to make them readily ac-cessible, and usable.” Part Two made paper and elec-tronic surveys available for people to give their input. How current trails are utilized was a question, whether for hiking, rock climb-ing, mountain biking, horse rid-ing, jogging on paved and unpaved trails, fishing, photography and birding. A key element to many of the projects is, according to Fine-berg, “preliminary land research, finding out who owns what.” Part Three displayed large aer-ial and topographical maps with proposed trails designated. People were encouraged to draw and make notes on the maps to give their input. THK Landscape Designer and Project Manager, Jon Altschuld, said, “The maps are for people to express their views and opinions on what trails should be devel-oped.” The meeting had good citizen attendance. Some Trinidadians who came were Karen Wolf, with the Purgatoire Watershed Part-nership, Tim Crisler with Colo-rado Floors and Blinds, non-profit advocates Tom and Linda Perry, real estate man Howard Lackey, citizens Roberta Cordova and Car-la Litz, Trinidad Lake State Park Continued on Page 2 ... ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT By Steve Block The Chronicle-News The new executive director of Trinidad-Las Animas County Eco-nomic Development (TLACED) said he’d like to see the area’s economy grow in a variety of ways while still remaining true to its roots. Walt Boulden said the area’s many advantages that could drive economic growth start with its people, who he’s found to be both friendly and toler-ant, with a true love for the city they call home. Boulden and his spouse, Fumio Sawa, moved here about a year ago as they worked to open Sawa’s fine art gallery on the Santa Fe Trail. His background is mostly in commu-nity development in Kansas City, Missouri and he said he’d learned through those experiences that no one entity can drive economic or community de-velopment all by itself. It takes the committed in-volvement of multiple entities to help a community grow and pros-per, something he’s fired up about doing in Trinidad. Inexpensive real estate is a real advantage for the city, he said. “I think Trinidad could do a bet-ter job of marketing how inexpen-sive the property here really is,” he said. “Many places are prohibi-tively expensive as far as owning your own property and running your own business. We came in with very limited funds and we were still able to buy property here.” His great-grandfather, John Anderson, once worked in the coal mines of the Trinidad area, so moving here has turned out to be something of a homecoming for Boulden, who grew up in Wyo-ming but has many family mem-bers living in Colorado. He said he Steve Block / The Chronicle-News was looking for a job that would allow him to quit teaching college courses in Kansas City and be able to live here fulltime. He described himself as a “development person,” having worked in the community develop-ment field for 20 years, including several years as executive director of the nonprofit Resource Develop- Continued on Page 2 ... Hometown girl Dixie Webster- Davis goes to Hollywood By Scott Mastro Correspondent The Chronicle-News Most people watch the main actors in movies never thinking about, or imagining how, all the other people in every shot get there; the woman walking her dog, the kids crossing the street and the guy who bumps into a star and brushes by. It takes an ‘extras’ casting director to organize all those people who walk through a shot or are seated in a cafe or res-taurant when the big-name actors stroll in. Trinidad native, Dixie Webster-Davis, is one of the top ‘extras’ casting directors in Hol-lywood today. She’s been doing it for 25 years. Asked how a Trinidad State graduate becomes a Hollywood casting director, Dixie replied, “With a little luck and a leap of faith. When I graduated, I moved to Denver, worked at a talent agen-cy and got to know the top acting and modeling talent and produc-ers in town. Then I opened the first casting company in Colorado. It was mostly television commer-cials and industrial films, but once I worked on my first feature film, that was it. I wanted to be a film-maker and in order to do that I had to go to where the movies were be-ing made. That decision was excit-ing and frightening. I was from a small town and had moved to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States, but it felt right and I knew it would work out. I be-lieve in perfect timing.” How did she get her break? “I was having lunch at Jerry’s Famous Deli, in Studio City, three weeks after moving to LA when I heard a familiar voice, an assis-tant director I had worked with in Kansas, on the film entitled Kansas starring Matt Dillon and Andrew McCarthy. The assistant director was in town to meet the director of his next film. He intro-duced me to the director and they hired me for The Rock Hudson Sto-ry, set in the 1950s. I had two weeks to find an office and start casting. Looking back, it’s hard to imagine it came together so quickly. I was off and running and it’s been non-stop ever since.” Asked if she planned on being a casting director, Dixie said, “I was going to be a teacher, or psy-chologist. I had no idea what a casting director was when I lived in Trinidad, but I’ve always been a visual person. In high school, one of my first jobs was at Duane Se-hon’s photography studio. I loved looking through all the old photo-graphs. It was fascinating, the his-tory, the faces and seeing all the styles. I took a photography class at Trinidad State. Now I take pho-tos and look at faces for my work. That was the beginning of what would become my career in film.” Dixie reminisced about grow-ing up in T-town. “What I remember most is Trin-idad’s beauty, the brick streets and Fishers Peak’s changing col-ors. An Indian legend says rain was created on the Spanish Peaks to nurture the lands and produce a paradise on earth. When I see the Hollywood sign on the hill side here in Los Angeles, it reminds me of Simpson’s Rest, the mountain that proudly displays the Trinidad sign and the memory of where I come from.” She talked about people in her hometown. “In Trinidad, everyone knew Continued on Page 3...
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    Wesley Smith, Katlynn Hamman, Dylan Hamman, Jeremy Dahl, and Amber Dahl. Active pallbearers are Jared Smith, Ernie Hamman I, Michael Mincic, Charlie Mincic , Robert (Skeeter) Mincic, Craig Mincic, and Tony Velasquez. Arrangements made under the direction of the Comi Funeral Home. Page 2 Wednesday, September 17, 2014 The Chronicle-News Trinidad, Colorado USPS #110-040 200 West Church Street P.O. Box 763, Trinidad, CO 81082 (719) 846-3311 • Fax (719) 846-3612 Member: Associated Press, Colorado Press Association Periodicals Postage Paid For At Trinidad, CO. 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Continued from Page 1 New TLACED director wants sustainable growth ... Continued from Page 1 Manager Crystal Dreiling, Acting City Man-ager Audra Garrett and City Civil Engineer Jeni Jackson and her mother Linda Shull. Jeni Jackson said, “I’d like to see the Santa Fe Trail improved to Hoehne so people can ride horseback to town, then expand the trail to Trinidad Reservoir and Fisher’s Peak.” Like many, Roberta Cordova said, “I’m in favor of the Old Sopris Trail.” It will run through Jansen to the Trinidad Reservoir. New to Trinidad this year, Crystal Dreiling agreed with Cordova. “I’d like to see the Old Sopris Trail made usable again.” Cordova continued, “And I’d like to see access down to the River Walk Trail at the Commercial Street Bridge, near the railroad tracks.” Linda Perry pointed out that, “The down-town connections will be economic develop-ment drivers.” Fineberg revealed his desire to see the Fisher’s Peak area improved. “We need a land buyer. The asking price is $60 million dollars, maybe somebody like the Bureau of Land Management.” Glenn Ballantyne mentioned, “The educa-tional aspect of the project, getting Trinidad’s fourth, fifth and sixth graders involved is be-ing headed up by our Project Supervisor and Associate Creative Designer, Emilie Pomer-leau.” Pomerleau said, “The objective of the pro-gram is to educate the next generation of out-doors explorers on the history and relevance of trails and greenways, as well as the impor-tance of future planning to ensure the preser-vation of these areas.” According to the Trinidad Trails and Gre-enways Master Plan, “Trails and greenway systems protect important habitat, provide corridors for people and wildlife, and pro-vide a safe, inexpensive avenue for regular exercise for people living in rural, urban, and suburban areas. Trails and greenways also have the power to connect us to our heritage by preserving historic places and by provid-ing access to them. Lastly, trails and green-ways provide countless opportunities for economic growth for any size community. From bike sales and rentals to restaurants, lodging, camping, museums, and other attrac-tions, having a trails and greenways system where visitors and residents can enjoy being outside, away from busy roadways, is a great way to spur economic growth.” The next Trails and Greenways meeting will be in November. To stay up to date on project progress and to download the educa-tional program, visit ANewWayToSeeTrini-dad. com. To join the discussion, contact City Planner, LouisFinebergat719-846-9843– extension130, or louis.fineberg@trinidad.co.gov. THK Asso-ciates, Inc. can be contacted at jaltschuld@ thkassoc.com or 303-770-7201, and Kreativo at kreativo.org. ment Institute, which works with the University of Missouri-Kansas City on a wide variety of projects. He’s been a business owner, but he said his main focus had been on the social service end of things. Grant writing and de-veloping and then analyzing projects funded by grants are a big part of the work he’s done previously. Many com-munities have a lot of positive things going on, but some people don’t know about them because they’re so busy with what they’re doing that they aren’t aware of the other things that are going on in their community. “Part of what I like doing is bring-ing people together and saying, ‘Okay, we’re all moving in the same direc-tion, but do we have a shared vision? If we do, are we coordinating our efforts, and can we collaborate on larger ef-forts?’” said Boulden. The federal grant funding atmo-sphere has changed over the years, he said, and now federal agencies want to see collaborative efforts within a com-munity, with a proven track record of multiple entities working together to get positive things done. He said there are multiple entities in Trinidad who form critical pieces in economic devel-opment and in enhancing the quality of life here. Said Bouldan, “I don’t think you can talk about economic development without talking about it as part of community development. If you only look at these as individually focused efforts, then community development gets lost. I’m just as interested in see-ing that we have good health care and good schools. I think the college (TSJC) is doing a good job of helping kids move ahead with education into careers and also helping kids develop careers who don’t want to continue their education but want to find good jobs.” TLACED owns property in the Trinidad Industrial Park. Boulden said he wanted to make sure that the infrastructure was in place to develop more lots at the park. He said a rail-road spur at the park could be a key component to attracting new business to Trinidad. Because Trinidad is an enterprise zone, it offers tremendous tax advan-tages to potential business owners and he said that fact needed to be publi-cized more effectively. Trinidad needs a good mix of small and medium sized businesses that offer their employees’ good wages that can help them enjoy a good quality of life. The highly regarded gunsmith-ing program at Trinidad State Junior College could be the springboard for getting a gun manufacturing facility here, a project he would like to help bring to fruition. Legalized marijuana has been seen by some as a spur to economic growth, but Boulden said industrial hemp is a product that had greater growth po-tential for this area. If industrial hemp could be grown successfully here, it might attract industries that use it to relocate here, near the source of pro-duction, rather than pay to ship the hemp to production facilities some-where else. Boulden has taken on a big job at a time when Trinidad’s economy has been struggling, but he seems to be a very motivated individual who wants to bring progress to his new home-town in Southern Colorado. What it’s going to take to be successful is every-one coming together to work toward having a vibrant economy and an ex-cellent quality of life. 65 Comi Funeral Home Charles R. Mestas Charles R. Mestas, age 68, passed away at the Trinidad I nn Nur s in g Home o n September 11, 2014, after a lengthy illness. He was born in Trinidad, Colorado on May 9, 1946 to Mar y (Ar chulet ta) and Cecel io O Mes tas . On October 19, 1982, Charles was united in marriage to Linda Abeyta in Raton, N.M. Charles loved the outdoors and enjoyed fishing. He also liked to make birdhouses. His greatest love was his wife Linda and spending time with her. He also enjoyed caring for his dog Buttons, and taking him for rides. His kindness and gentle ways will be missed by all who knew and loved him. He was preceded in death by parent s , Mar y and Cecelio Mestas infant sister Bernadette, sisters Bernice Menapace , Angie Madrid, and mother in law Nora Abeyta. Survivors are his wife Linda of home address, daughter Adelma Mestas, son Charles Mestas Jr., 7 grandchildren, 1 brother, 5 sisters, several sisters and brothers in law, nieces, nephews and many dear and close friends. Memorial Mass will be c e l e b r a t e d F r i d a y , September 19, 2014 at 10 a.m. at Holy Trinity Church. Private inurnment at a later date. Arrangements made under the direction of the Comi Funereal Home. Claude W. Caudle Claude W. Caudle 78, of Trinidad Colo., died August 30, in Pueblo at Sangre De Cristo Hospice & Palliative Care Facility. Funeral services will be held September 18th, 2014 at 1pm at the Masonic Cemetery with Pastor Cary Nelson officiating wit h g r a v e s i d e s e r v i c e s conducted by US Naval Honor Guard. Arrangements are with Comi Funeral Home. 65 Comi Funeral Home John Mincic John Mincic, age 83, passed away on September 14, 2014 at the Colorado StateVeterans Nursing Home in Walsenburg, Colo. He was born in Model, Colo. on May 6, 1931, to Savita “Elizabeth” (Potre) and Vasili (Charles) Mincic. He grew up in Sopris, Colo. where he attended school. He then enlisted in the United States Army where he proudly served his country during the Korean Conflict. On May 14, 1960, John was united in marriage to Rose Marie Jasinski at Holy Trinity Church. He was employed for the C&W Railroad for over 30 years. He loved the railroad life and anything to do with trains. He al so enjoyed the outdoor s . John made friends and was loved everywhere he went. He will be missed by many. Preceding him in death is loving wife Rose Marie Min c i c , p a r e n t s Va s i l i (Ch a r l e s ) a n d Sa v i t a (Elizabeth) Mincic, brothers Charles (Chuck) Mincic, sisters and brother in law, Louise Mincic, Jenny Mae and Anthony Velasquez, and Joan Jones. H e i s s u r v i v e d b y daughters, Liz (Keith) Dahl, Cindy (Ernie) Hamman, J o a n n ( J e f f ) Smi t h , grandchildren, Jeremy Dahl, Amb e r Da h l , K a t l y n n Hamman, Dylan Hamman, Jared Smith, Wesley Smith, brothers Lee Mincic, Pete Mincic, Nick (Lenore) Mincic, Tony (Theresa) Mincic, sisters and brother in law, Mary Ann Mincic, Mike (Maxine) Jasinski, numerous nieces, nephews and many other loving family and friends. V i s i t a t i o n w i l l b e Wednesday from 4 p.m.-8 p.m. at the Comi Chapel. Funeral Services will be Thursday, September 18, 2014 with Rosary at 9 a.m. the Comi Chapel, followed by the Funeral Mass at 10 a.m. at Holy Trinity Church. Interment will follow at the Trinidad Catholic Cemetery with graveside services conducted by Ft. Carson Honor Guard. Honorary pallbearers are Frank Falsetto, August Morelli, grandchildren , Wesley Smith, Katlynn Hamman, Dylan Hamman, Jeremy Dahl, and Amber Dahl. Active pallbearers are Jared Smith, Ernie Hamman I, Michael Mincic, Charlie Mincic , Robert (Skeeter) Mincic, Craig Mincic, and Tony Velasquez. Arrangements made under the direction of the Comi Funeral Home. 65 Comi Funeral Home 67 Mullare-Murphy Funeral Home Mary H. Romero Mary H. Romero, age 100, died September 14, 2014. She was born September 26, 1913, in Mora, N.M., to Macedonio and Eutima (Garcia) Herrerra. She was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her son Leroy (Evelyn) Romero; daughters Loraine Trujillo and Linda Martinez, 10 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. Funeral service will be Friday, September 19, 2014, at 11:00 a.m. at the Mullare- Murphy Funeral Home. Cremation and private inurnment will follow at a later date. The family has entrusted Mullare-Murphy Funeral Home with the arrangents. 62 Memorials In Loving Memory of Dorothy Griego Who passed away 1 year ago September 17, 2013 One year has come and gone, The ache in our hearts still lingers on. If steps could be made with heartaches By adding a teardrop or two, We would build a stairway to heaven And climb it each day to see you. Our beautiful memories will always keep you near. Sadly missed by Randy, Loretta and Crissy In loving memory of Dorothy Mae Griego who departed life 1 year ago September 17, 2013 We love and miss you very much! Your daughter Mildred and grandchildren – Jacqui – Tim – Sarah and great granddaughter Sydney. In Loving Memory of Dorothy Mae Griego Who passed away 1 year ago September 17, 2013 We often sit and think of her, when we are all alone, For memory is the only friend that grief can call its own. Like ivy on the withered oak, When other things decay, Our love for her will still be green, and never fade away. Sadly missed by her sisters Carmen and Anita Missing area man found dead By Steve Block The Chronicle-News A Trinidad man reported missing recent-ly was found dead, apparently of a self-inflict-ed gunshot wound. Trinidad police found Da-vid M. Roberts’s body on Friday, September 12, while they were conducting a follow-up search. No foul play is suspected in the death and the investigation is being conducted by the Las Animas County Sheriff’s Office, because the body was found on county property, about 250 yards from County Road 20.8 south of Trinidad. Roberts went missing early in September and was reported missing on September 7 by a family member. Law enforcement had pre-viously searched for Roberts near Old Sopris Road just outside of Trinidad. Colorado livestock producers urged to enroll in Disaster Assistance Program Special to The Chronicle-News Denver CO, September 3 – Colorado Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director, Leland Swenson, is encouraging all Colorado livestock producers who have suffered eligible disaster-related losses to contact their local FSA office to secure assistance by Sept. 30, 2014. After September 30, 2014, congressio-nally mandated payment reductions will take place for producers who have not acted before that date. Swenson stated, “In just four months, the Colorado Farm Service Agency local offices have assisted over 3,800 livestock producers and distributed more than $68 million dollars in disaster benefits. These dollars have been critical for producers looking to recover from the multi-year drought, rebuild their herds and pay off debts.” Livestock producers that have experienced grazing losses since October 2011 and may be eligible for benefits, but have not yet contacted their local Farm Service Agency (FSA) office should do so as soon as possible. The Budget Control Act passed by Con-gress in 2011 requires USDA to implement re-ductions of 7.3 percent to the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) in the new fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1, 2014. However, producers seeking LFP support who have scheduled ap-pointments with their local FSA office before Oct. 1, even if the appointment occurs after Oct.1, will not see reductions in the amount of disaster relief they receive. USDA is encouraging producers to regis-ter, request an appointment or begin a Live-stock Forage Disaster Program application with their county FSA office before Oct. 1, 2014, to lock in the current zero percent seques-tration rate. As an additional aid to qualified producers applying for LFP, the Farm Service Agency has developed an online registration that enables farmers and ranchers to put their names on an electronic list before the dead-line to avoid reductions in their disaster as-sistance. This is an alternative to visiting or contacting the county office. To place a name on the Livestock Forage Disaster Program list online, visit http://www.fsa.usda.gov/disas-ter- register. Producers who already contacted the coun-ty office and have an appointment scheduled, need do nothing more. The Livestock Indemnity Program, the Tree Assistance Program (TAP) and the Non-insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) Frost Freeze payments will also be cut by 7.3 percent on Oct. 1, 2014. Unlike the Live-stock Forage Disaster Program, applications for these programs must be fully completed by Sept. 30. FSA offices will prioritize these appli-cations, but as the full application process can take several days or more to complete, produc-ers are encouraged to begin the application process as soon as possible. The Livestock Forage Disaster Program compensates eligible livestock producers who suffered grazing losses due to drought or fire between Oct. 1, 2011 and Dec. 31, 2014. Eligible livestock includes alpacas, beef cattle, buffalo, beefalo, dairy cattle, deer, elk, emus, equine, goats, llamas, poultry, reindeer, sheep or swine that have been or would have been graz-ing the eligible grazing land or pastureland. Producers forced to liquidate their livestock may also be eligible for program benefits. Additionally, the 2014 Farm Bill eliminated the risk management purchase requirement. Livestock producers are no longer required to purchase coverage under the Federal Crop In-surance Program or Noninsured Crop Disas-ter Assistance Program to be eligible for Live-stock Forage Disaster Program assistance. “It is the intention of the Colorado FSA to assist farmers and ranchers to receive all the assistance they deserve in the recovery from their livestock losses and the loss of food and forage over the past three years. In parts of Colorado producers have suffered through one of the worst and longest sustained droughts since the Dust Bowl in the 1930’s,” Swenson concluded. NOTIFICATION
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    The Chronicle-News Trinidad,Colorado Wednesday, September 17, 2014 Page 3 “Patience. When I want something, I want it on my own timeline, not on somebody else’s.” —Kristen Mrzena, baker/waitress, The Café (Trinidad) “We lack some tail winds. It’s been some pretty hard going for the last few days.” —John Selby, retired firefighter, Queensland, Australia, on Santa Fe Trail bike ride (Trinidad) Hometown girl Dixie Webster-Davis goes to Hollywood ... Continued from Page 1 who you were, your teach-ers, Bar H Produce Fresh Roasted Green Chile Mild, Medium, Hot, & Extra Hot Roasted & Peeled! 2014 Crop Pinto Beans are Here! Farm Fresh Produce Smothered Burritos, Fresh Tamales, Fresh Green Chili Just past Bob & Earl’s on the Right Hand Side! (719) 846-2002 • (719) 8590201 To Ensure a Healty Purgatoire Watershed RE-ELECT MACK LOUDEN COMMISSIONER A Cofounder of the Purgatoire Watershed Partnership secured a $100,000 grant from Bureau of Reclamation Paid for by Las Animas County Residents for Strong Leadership, Paula Ozzello, member neighbors, and any-one you ran into at the store knew you as who you uniquely were. I never felt like someone in the crowd. That individual confidence can do wonders in your adult life.” About school, she remem-bered, “There was always a lot to do because there were more involvements than there were students. It al-lowed me to excel in many ways, and to not feel that I only fit in one talent catego-ry. As an adult, being able to handle change and fall into any role necessary is a genu-inely valuable skill.” About her hometown, she revealed, “Being a part of traditional events like pa-rades, Friday night football games, and summer days at the baseball field and the Trinidad State basketball tournament were impor-tant. Growing up in Trini-dad gave me a naturally sentimental notion towards tradition and community. I remember being very excit-ed about simple happiness, like watching the leaves change in the fall, or seeing the town covered in freshly fallen snow and the sound of the trains. I still have an ap-preciation for those simple, easy moments. Family was important. Being one of six children raised in a small town where everyone knows you and your siblings, I was constantly connected to them. I’ve moved away, but the depth of love for my family has never wavered. Growing up surrounded by family is incredibly benefi-cial to you later in life. The good, the bad, the laughter and the tears have all con-tributed to the adult I’ve become. Trinidad has given me the notion of home and of a place where you belong. Life can be a whirlwind of opportunities and changes, but there is something truly beautiful about knowing you always have somewhere to call home.” About being a casting di-rector, Dixie said, “I love the collaboration and creative process. Seeing a project go from concept to comple-tion, and being part of that process, is very satisfying. I’ve had the great fortune of working with some of the most respected, award winning actors, producers, directors, costume design-ers, cinematographers and other creative people in the film business. The most gratifying part of my job is giving people jobs, help-ing someone that’s inter-ested in working in the film business, giving them that chance to be part of the pro-cess.” But, “It’s not all glitter and glamour. There are a lot of early mornings and late nights, 12 to 14 hours at times, with the excep-tion of a Clint Eastwood set. He knows exactly what he wants and often wraps by lunchtime. With Clint, there’s no being late and you must always be prepared to shoot scenes that were scheduled for the next day’s work.” Speaking about some of the unusual experiences she’s had working on films, Dixie said, “There are so many. For The Dark Night Rises, The Bat Cave was shot in a large LA sound stage. Normally, to make room for cameras and lighting, they create a partial set, but the Bat Cave was a full 360-de-gree set, to allow the director the freedom to choose cam-era angles. I was standing there thinking, “Wow, we’re in the Bat Cave.” It was thrilling, the scope and scale of it and the fact that it was this iconic Batman setting. You don’t see that every day. Other high points have been working with playwright and Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet for Spartan and Redbelt, with Sir An-thony Hopkins and Dame Helen Mirren together on set, Alfred Hitchcock and Warren Beatty. Meeting the real Navajo Code Talkers was a wonderful, humbling experience.” How did the film festival know to contact Dixie? “Joe Tarabino asked if I’d be interested in coming to Trinidad as a guest speaker. How great to come back to my hometown and share my life and work. It’s great that there’s a film festival in Trinidad. It’s an opportu-nity to see and be a part of a uniquely creative event. Who knows? The next Spiel-berg might come out of Trin-idad and TrindieFest will be the inspiration.” Dixie will be a film fes-tival guest speaker and re-cieve the inagural CJ Kaho Prize at 3:30 p.m. on Sat-urday at Mt. Carmel. The festival runs this Thursday through Sunday. To see a list of film’s she’s worked on, visit imdb.com/name/ nm0916875. For more infor-mation about TrindieFest, phone 281-362-3675, visit trindiefest.net or email info@ trindiefest.net. Over the Pass TRINIDAD-RATON CONNECTION “What is it that you lack?” By Tim Keller Correspondent The Chronicle-News Photos by Tim Keller / The Chronicle-News “I lack a voice, to voice my opinion or speak up for myself. I’m a pushover.” — Caylene Romero, Raton High School senior (Raton) “Empathy. An awareness of other people’s issues. I lack aware-ness of other people’s perspectives. I think it’s largely due to be-ing raised as an only child.” — Tom Noe, engineer/inventor, Wylie, TX, on cross-country mo-torcycle trip (Raton) “Resourcefulness. Today my spoke broke and somebody had to help me. I’d like to get deeper in my resourcefulness, being able to fix anything on my bike without depending on anyone.” —Ken Astl, programmer, San Antonio, TX, on 930-mile Santa Fe Trail ride (Trinidad) “Furniture and winter clothes. I just moved here from Florida.” — Page Gandy, Raton High School English teacher (Raton) Photo courtesy of Dixie Webster-Davis Dixie Webster-Davis, a Trinidad native, is an award-winning casting director who made it big in Hollywood. She will be a guest speaker at this weekend’s TrindieFest Film Festival. Las Animas County Road and Bridge will be replacing a culvert on C.R 48.8. There will be a road closure from 8:00 A.M to 3:00 P.M. on Wednesday, September 17, 2014.