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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
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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
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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.
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City to expand area trails, greenways
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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.
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.
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
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
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.
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

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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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.

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