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thursdayaugust 21, 2014

AUGUST 21Night out for Noah’s ArkTHURSDAY: 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 SessionTHURSDAY (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 DevelopmentTHURSDAY (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 SchoolsTHURSDAY (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 WEEKENDPark 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 22-24Colorado State FairFRIDAY THRU SEPTEMBER 1: Join

the fun in Pueblo at the annual State Fair. Tickets and information: www.colora-dostatefair.com

Book SigningFRIDAY (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 NightsSATURDAY (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 SERVICECall for Choir MembersAnyone (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 ArtNeed 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 ParkAUGUST 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.

the Fine Print

Weather WatChThursday: 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.

river CallPurgatoire River Call as of: 08/20/14. Burns & Duncan ditch: Priority # 21 --- Appropriation date: 01/01/1866.

Trinidad Reservoir Accounting:Release 148.74 AFInflow 145.99 AF -- 73.60 CFSEvaporation 7.25 AFContent 12,054 AFElevation 6,170.17Precipitation 0

Downstream River Call — High-land Canal: 04/01/1884.

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a thousand WordsA 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 planBy Steve BlockThe 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-NewsEric 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

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By Scott MastroCorrespondentThe 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-NewsAssistant 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.

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Community

By Mike SalbatoCorrespondentThe 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-NewsNine 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 22Men’s Soccer Adams State (Scrimmage)at Alamosa / 10 a.m.

VolleyballButler Countyat Lamar / 1 p.m.Laramie Countyat Lamar / 3 p.m.

August 23VolleyballCisco Collegeat Lamar / 9 a.m.Dodge Cityat Lamar / 1 p.m.

SoftballNavy/Gold Scrimmageat Trinidad / 12 p.m.

Women’s SoccerCSU-Pueblo (scrimmage)at Pueblo / 7 p.m.

August 24SoftballAlumni Scrimmageat Trinidad / 12 p.m.

August 25Women’s SoccerGarden City CCat 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 beginsTrinidad 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.

Back-to-School Tips for ParentsPBS 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 teacherFor 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 schoolIf 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 friendsA 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 upObtain 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 routineSwitching 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.

IT’S THAT TIME

WHAT WE EATGMO 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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