The document is a newspaper listing local community events happening from August 21-24 in and around Trinidad, Colorado. It includes information about fundraising dinners, meetings, outdoor activities at Trinidad Lake, the Colorado State Fair, a book signing, the farmers market, classic car cruising, a call for choir and children's art submissions, an animal shelter event, and the Trinidad Roundup rodeo weekend. It also provides a brief article about a meeting to discuss airport improvement plans in Las Animas County featuring remarks from an engineer presenting proposals.

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Thursday
August 21, 2014
Vol. 138, No. 167
The Fine Print
AUGUST 21
Night out for Noah’s Ark
THURSDAY: Dine out all day and
evening at Brix, Nana & Nano’s, Wendy’s,
Bob & Earl’s, Quality Inn Restaurant and
Bella Luna’s to help support Noah’s Ark
Animal Shelter. Information: 719-846-
8578.
Event Training Session
THURSDAY (2-5 p.m.) Mt. Carmel
will host a Rural Philanthropy Days pre-conference
training session in the Pioneer
Room in the Sullivan Center at Trinidad
State Junior College, 600 Prospect St.
Information: 719-845-4880.
Economic Development
THURSDAY (3 p.m.) Trinidad and
Las Animas County Board of Directors
will meet at 134 West Main Street, Suite
23 (Bell Block). Information: 719-846-
9412.
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.
Hoehne Schools
THURSDAY (7 p.m.) Hoehne School
Board will meet in regular session the Su-perintendents
Office. Information: Han-nah
Baca, 719-846-4457 ext.109.
Today’s Quote
“It is a curious fact that
people are never so
trivial as when they take
themselves seriously.”
—Oscar Wilde
TRINIDAD LAKE WEEKEND
Park Office, 719-846-3818
*FRIDAY (8 p.m.) “Ranger Campfire
with Harmonica” at the park amphithe-ater.
*SATURDAY (9 a.m.) Kids Saturday
Morning Walk-About. Meet at the Visitor
Center.
*SATURDAY (7 p.m.) “Wild, Edible
& Medicinal Plants” with Bob Kennemer
previously with REI & North Face — a
great opportunity to learn about area veg-etation
will be held in the amphitheater.
*SUNDAY (6 p.m.) NEW THIS YEAR:
A Ranger Hike every Sunday night thru
Labor Day. Meet at the Visitor’s Center to
begin the adventure.
AUGUST 22-24
Colorado State Fair
FRIDAY THRU SEPTEMBER 1: Join
the fun in Pueblo at the annual State Fair.
Tickets and information: www.colora-dostatefair.
com
Book Signing
FRIDAY (5-6:30 p.m.) Bob Silva,
author of “Lead in Trinidad” the historic
story of Lewis M. Kreeger, a pioneer law-man
who served Trinidad for more than
40 years, will be signing his book at Mt.
Carmel’s Primero Café, 911 Robinson St.
Information: 719-845-4880.
Farmers’ Market
SATURDAY (8 a.m.-Noon) The Trini-dad
Farmer’s Market is open every Sat-urday
in Cimino Park until mid-October.
Information: 719-846-7386.
Cruising Saturday Nights
SATURDAY (9-10 p.m.) If you have a
cool ride, come cruise, park and visit ev-ery
Saturday night in downtown Trinidad.
Information: Bob Shew, 719-846-4802.
PUBLIC SERVICE
Call for Choir Members
Anyone (students and adults) interest-ed
in performing in the Trinidad Commu-nity
Chorale, Children’s Choir and Hand
Bell Ensemble for the upcoming winter
concert is encouraged to join the group
workshop on September 6 (10 a.m.-3
p.m.). Lunch will be provided. Informa-tion:
Russ Gorrell, 719-989-7317.
Call for Kids Car Art
Need auto-themed kids’ artwork by
Sept. 1 for Kids Spark Exhibit at the Ar-toCade
festivities in September. Informa-tion:
Rich Colombo, 719-846-6435.
Paws in the Park
AUGUST 30: Noah’s Ark Animal Shel-ter
is looking for pet-friendly vendors to
join them at this annual event in Cimino
Park. Information: 719-680-2385.
2014 Trinidad RoundUp
*Round Up Parade: Official pa-rade
entry forms can be picked up at
The Chronicle-News office, 200 West
Church St. Deadline is Aug. 25.
*AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 1: An-nual
Labor Day Weekend rodeo, parade,
dance and festivities. Information: 719-
680-0424 or go to www.trinidadroundup.
homestead.com.
Assistant soccer coach, Luis Miguel, center, posed with Criminal Justice student, Cesar Escamilla, left, of Las Cruces,
New Mexico and Business major, Alan Garcia, from Puerto Villarta, Mexico, both soccer players.
Weather Watch
Thursday: A 10 percent chance of
showers and thunderstorms after noon.
Partly sunny, with a high near 86. W-NW
wind 5 to 10 mph. Night: A 20 percent
chance of showers and thunderstorms
before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low
around 57. S-SE wind 5 to 10 mph.
Friday: A 20 percent chance of thun-derstorms.
Partly sunny, with a high near
84. S-SW wind 5 to 10 mph. Night: A 20
percent chance of thunderstorms before
midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around
56. W-SW wind around 10 mph.
Steve Block / The Chronicle-News
Eric McClure of SEH addressed the
County Board about plans to rebuild
the runways at Perry Stokes Airport.
Scott Mastro / The Chronicle-News
Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high
near 85. SW wind 5 to 10 mph. Night:
Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. S-SW
wind around 10 mph.
Sunday: A 30 percent chance of thun-derstorms.
Partly sunny, with a high near
79. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Night: A 30
percent chance of thunderstorms. Mostly
cloudy, with a low around 55. South wind
5 to 10 mph.
River Call
Purgatoire River Call as of:
08/20/14. Burns & Duncan ditch:
Priority # 21 --- Appropriation
date: 01/01/1866.
Trinidad Reservoir Accounting:
Release 148.74 AF
Inflow 145.99 AF -- 73.60 CFS
Evaporation 7.25 AF
Content 12,054 AF
Elevation 6,170.17
Precipitation 0
Downstream River Call — High-land
Canal: 04/01/1884.
The Chronicle News
A Thousand Words
A planter in front of City Hall on
Animas Street greets visitors with its
beautiful blooms.
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY
Denver architect meets
with Board to present
airport upgrades plan
By Steve Block
The Chronicle-News
The aging runway at Perry
Stokes Airport needs to be replaced
and other upgrades are also need-ed.
A new Master Plan and Airport
Runway Plan for airport improve-ments
were discussed at Tuesday’s
meeting of the County Board of
Commissioners.
Eric McClure, a project man-ager
for Short Elliott Hendrickson
(SEH), a Denver-based architec-tural
and engineering firm, talked
to commissioners about where the
airport is today, and where it needs
to be going into the future. McClure
said the plans, which were com-pleted
in 2010, had recently been
approved by the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), but still
needed County approval. Com-missioners
agreed to consider the
plan at an upcoming meeting, once
they’d had a chance to review it.
The plan calls for narrowing the
primary runway from its present
100-foot width to 75-feet in width
and increase the thickness of the
paving. McClure said that would
better fit the needs of the airport.
The plan also calls for reconstruct-ing
the primary runway at its pres-ent
length of 5,500-feet, with a study
being done to assess whether the
runway should be lengthened to
7,100- feet.
He said SEH had acted as a
consultant in developing the plan,
along with input from the FAA and
Colorado Department of Transpor-tation’s
Aviation Division (CDOT
Aviation).
McClure said another part of the
plan called for eventually building
a complete taxiing runway that
would be parallel to the primary
runway and include runway indi-cator
lights. The runways would
be built to handle a payload weight
of 59,000 pounds. The crossing run-way
would also be paved and taxi-way
lights installed. A segmented
circular pathway would also be
added around the airport’s perim-eter
and additional tie-down spaces
for aircraft installed. The weather
gathering station would have a
500-foot critical area around it that
would be fenced in and the vehicle
parking lot would be paved. Addi-tional
lighting would be installed to
help pilots land their aircraft dur-
Steve Block / The Chronicle-News
. . . a thousand words
BY THE BOOK
TSJC: Students arrive,
2014 school year begins Continued on Page 2 ...
By Scott Mastro
Correspondent
The Chronicle-News
Trinidad State has been a junior
college since 1925 and with some
stellar achievements during all of
the accompanying years, the cam-pus
once again greeted freshmen
with an orientation presentation
last Friday.
Campus Marketing and Com-munications
Director, Greg Boyce,
welcomed students during his
opening remarks at Massari The-ater.
President Simone said, “This is
the second most important day in
you college career. The first will be
the day you graduate.” She went
on to say that, “Trinidad State is
proudly dedicated to supporting
your success.”
A connecting theme to every-one’s
presentations was, “Keep or-ganized
and ask questions.”
Exactly 200 students had signed
up, some from as far away as Wis-consin,
Maryland, New York, Can-ada,
Serbia and Australia.
Yasmin Mookerdum, of
Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
and Aleksa Blagojevic, from Niš
(neesh), Serbia, were most likely
the students who had traveled the
furthest to receive their education
at Trinidad State. Both were re-cruited
by soccer coach Aaron Mill-er.
Yasmin said, “Coach Miller saw
my video online and we Skyped.”
Aleksa said his situation had been
the same.
Greg Boyce awarded gift certifi-cates
to local restaurants as raffle
prizes, then the campus tours be-gan.
In the gymnasium, students
were informed of Trinidad State’s
proud sports history among the
golf, volleyball, soccer, basketball,
softball and baseball programs.
With a history of champions and
contenders, it was emphasized that
the school, while heralding sports
achievements, also expects a lot
from its students academically.
During the Safety Presentation
by Officers Lay and Mattorano,
Hamza Karoumia of Chicago was
wearing a Mister Rogers t-shirt.
“My parents are from Morocco and
Portugal,” he said. “I’ll be studying
elementary education.”
Zoe Ruff and her parents, Mike
and Caralee, from Phoenix, had
been in town since Wednesday. Zoe
said, “I’m a Physical Therapy ma-jor.”
Assistant soccer coach, Luis
Miguel, of Sao Paulo, Brazil spoke
with two of his players. “Cesar Es-camila
is from Las Cruces, New
Mexico. He is a sophomore Crimi-nal
Justice student. Alan Garciai
from Puerto Villarta, Mexico is a
Business student.” “I’d like to be a
detective,” Cesar said. “I am inter-ested
in Sports Management,” Alan
added.
In a display of height differen-tial,
some of the girls’ softball play-ers
mingled with some of the boys’
basketball team.
Left-fielder, Samantha Miele,
first-baseman, Brooke Stevens,
and center-fielder, Morgan Ginger,
smiled and giggled as basketball
players James Thomas, Oliver
Amajoye, Trent Kelly and Ryan
Ashbaugh gathered around them,
and towered over them.
Samantha and Morgan said,
“We’re from Castle Rock,” while
Brooke pointed out, “I’m from
Westminster.” Among the basket-ball
players, James said, “I’m from
Highlands Ranch,” Oliver said,
“Denver,” Trent said, “Pueblo,”
and Ryan said, ‘I’m from Albuquer-que’.”
Parents from Raton huddled in
the shade. Tina and Robert Dor-rence
said, “Our daughter, Shania,
is a nursing student.” Dana Medina
added, “My daughter, BryLee, is
studying Sports Medicine, while
Tammy Gonzalez stated that her
daughter, Alyssa, “Is in Nursing.”
Lunch at noon signaled the end
of the official student duties; show-ing
up to each portion of orientation
and being checked in or marked off.
Life begins a new chapter for this
next generation.
With students from far and near
eager to make a mark in the world,
it can only be hoped that through
education and the melding of cul-tures
and diversities, there might
still linger a hope that the world
can sustain betterment for every-one
that wants to learn, grow and
become better members of the com-munity.
With each new school year
Trinidad State aims to strengthen
that proposition.
Trinidad State Junior College’s
main number is 719- 846-5511. Their
website is trindadstate.edu.

2. The Chronicle-News Trinidad, Colorado Thursday, August 21, 2014 Page 3 Community
By Mike Salbato
Correspondent
The Chronicle-News
The fourth annual Volleyball Alumni scrimmage got the
2014 semester off to a great start as a large crowd turned out
to watch the 2014 Trojans face off with Lady Trojans from
the past. Nine players returned for the event to play three,
best-of-three contests with various lineups from the 2014
team.
Returning for the event were a pair of standouts from the
past two seasons, Shelby Walker from Des Moines and Van-essa
Gonzales from Trinidad. Also appearing at the event
were Chelsea Butler (2010-2012), Laurita Atencio (2006-2008),
Shervonn Johnson (2009-2011), Stephanie Hunnel (2010-
2012), Ashley DiPaola (2006-2008), Amber (McPhail) Velas-quez
(1994-1996) and Shelly Jones (1987).
“We had a great turnout for the event,” commented
Head Coach Ellen McGill. “It was great to see so many of
the Alumni return. This scrimmage is so much fun. It is a
great learning experience for our players to face off against
some of the former players who’ve already been through
the program. We hope to continue growing this event. It is
getting better every year.”
The 2014 Trojans will now prepare for their season open-er
in Lamar this Friday when they face Butler Community
College from Kansas. Trinidad will play their first home
game on the evening of Tuesday, September 9 against Colo-rado
Christian.
Mike Salbato / The Chronicle-News
Nine former Trojan Volleyball players returned to campus for the 2014 Alumni scrimmage. They are (front row – L-R) Shervonn John-son,
Amber Velasquez, Ashley DiPaola and Vanessa Gonzales. (back row – L-R) Laurita Atencio, Shelly Jones, Stephanie Hunnel,
Shelby Walker and Chelsea Butler.
TSJC VOLLEYBALL
Annual alum scrimmage:
Fun times for everyone
UPCOMING
TSJC GAMES
August 22
Men’s Soccer
Adams State (Scrimmage)
at Alamosa / 10 a.m.
Volleyball
Butler County
at Lamar / 1 p.m.
Laramie County
at Lamar / 3 p.m.
August 23
Volleyball
Cisco College
at Lamar / 9 a.m.
Dodge City
at Lamar / 1 p.m.
Softball
Navy/Gold Scrimmage
at Trinidad / 12 p.m.
Women’s Soccer
CSU-Pueblo (scrimmage)
at Pueblo / 7 p.m.
August 24
Softball
Alumni Scrimmage
at Trinidad / 12 p.m.
August 25
Women’s Soccer
Garden City CC
at Trinidad / 4 p.m.
Mike Salbato is the Web De-veloper,
Sports Information, and
Assistant Athletic Director at Trini-dad
State Junior College / www.
trinidadstate.edu.
Photos by Scott Mastro / The Chronicle-News
TSJC 2014 School Year begins
Trinidad State Junior College softball players, at top, from left, Samantha Miele, Ginger Morgan,
and Brooke Stevens are returning sophomores. Miss Georgia, our favorite terrier and ham, enjoyed
posing for a photo-op with the girls. From Raton, Tammy Gonzales,above, left, accompanied her
daughter, Alyssa, a Nursing student, to Freshman Orientation last Friday.
IT’S THAT TIME
Back-to-School Tips for Parents
PBS Parents
Starting the new school year can be a time of great excite-ment…
and anxiety. Help calm your child’s fears (and your
own) with these teacher-approved tips.
Meet the new teacher
For kids, one of the biggest back-to-school fears is “Will I
like my new teacher?” Breaking the ice early on is one of the
best ways to calm everyone’s fears. Take advantage of your
school’s open house or back-to-school night. Some teachers
welcome phone calls or e-mails — another great opportunity
to get to know each other before the year begins.
If personal contact with the teacher isn’t possible, try lo-cating
the teacher’s picture on a school website or in a year-book,
so your child can put a name with a face. If your child’s
teacher sends a welcome letter, be sure to read the letter to-gether.
Tour the school
If your school hosts an open house, be sure to go. Familiar-izing
your child with her environment will help her avoid a
nervous stomach on the first day. Together you can meet her
teacher, find her desk, or explore the playground.
With an older child, you might ask him to give you a tour
of the school. This will help refresh his memory and yours.
Connect with friends
A familiar friend can make all the difference when heading
back to school. You might try calling parents from last year’s
class and finding out which children are in your child’s class
this year. Refresh these relationships before school starts by
scheduling a play date or a school carpool.
Tool up
Obtain the class supply list and take a special shopping
trip with your child. Having the right tools will help him
feel prepared. While keeping basic needs in mind, allow for
a couple of splurges like a cool notebook or a favorite-colored
pen. These simple pleasures make going back to school a lot
more fun.
School supply lists also provide great insight into the
schoolwork ahead. Get your child excited about upcoming
projects by explaining how new supplies might be used. Let
him practice using supplies that he’s not used before — such
as colored pencils or a protractor — so he will be comfortable
using them in class.
Ease into the routine
Switching from a summer to a school schedule can be
stressful to everyone in the household. Avoid first-day-of-school
mayhem by practicing your routine a few days in ad-vance.
Set the alarm clock, go through your morning rituals,
and get in the car or to the bus stop on time. Routines help
children feel comfortable, and establishing a solid school rou-tine
will make the first day of school go much smoother.
WHAT WE EAT
GMO labels cleared to be
on Colorado ballot
Associated Press
DENVER (AP) — A proposal requiring genetically modi-fied
food to be labeled is headed to Colorado’s ballot.
Secretary of State Scott Gessler said Wednesday that
backers of the proposal have collected enough valid signa-tures
to place Proposition 105 on November’s ballot. The pe-tition
had over 171,000 signatures, nearly twice as much as
required, though some were rejected.
Earlier this year, Colorado lawmakers rejected a pro-posal
asking food producers to voluntarily label food made
with genetically modified crops, known as GMOs.
Voters in Oregon will also get to decide this fall whether
to require GMO labels.
Vermont, Connecticut and Maine already require them.
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