50 C ENTS T RINIDAD C OLORADO Proudly Serving Southeastern Colorado and Northeastern New Mexico • www.thechronicle-news.com ~ Vol. 138, No. 167 T HURSDAY A UGUST 21, 2014 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. T HE F INE P RINT W EATHER W ATCH 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. 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. R IVER C ALL 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 C HRONICLE N EWS A T HOUSAND W ORDS 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 Eric McClure of SEH addressed the County Board about plans to rebuild the runways at Perry Stokes Airport. 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. Scott Mastro / The Chronicle-News 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.