Morning Special Evening Special Happy 6am to 8am 4pm to 6pm Sausage, Egg, & Sausage, Egg, and TONY’S DINER Cheese MattMuffin Cheese MattMuffin or $ for 1.50 sausage or meatball Dine in or take out! w/purchase of soda, Hour slider for $ Regular price 3.49 1.50 w/purchase of drink. Regular price for Open Daily: 6am to 8pm Mattmuffin 3.49, regular price Specials! for slider is 2.89 719-846-6000 • 734 E Main St. • Trinidad, CO 81082 139 WEDNESDAY 50 CENTS ~ TRINIDAD APRIL 20, 2016 COLORADO Vol. 140, No. 79 TProudlyHE Serving SoutheasternCHRONI Colorado and NortheasternCLE NewN MexicoE W• www.thechronicle-news.comS THE FINE PRINT ALLEGED ILLEGAL GAMBLING nWEDNESDAY—APRIL 20 The Lucky Duck: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEDNESDAY (Noon) Monthly Busi- ness Luncheon will be held in the Pio- neer Room at the Sullivan Center on the Not so lucky, served with TSJC Campus. Info: 719-846-9285. FP FIRE DISTRICT WEDNESDAY (6 p.m.) Fishers Peak Fire Protection District Board of Direc- tors will meet at the Starkville Fire Station. search warrant, issued CBI Info: 719-846-6077. LA COUNTY LANDOWNERS WEDS. (6-8 p.m.) Spanish Peaks-Pur- gatoire River Conservation District will host a Conservation Meeting that will misdemeanor summonses be held in the Pioneer Room at TSJC. Info: Jonnalea Tortorelli, 719-846-3681 x104. Eric John Monson three misdemeanor summonses PURGATOIRE WATERSHED WEDNESDAY (6 p.m.) Group regular News Editor centered on the allegation of il- meeting will be held in the NRCS Office, The Chronicle-News legal gambling at The Lucky 3590 E. Main. Information: Karen Wolf, 303- Duck located at 105 Pine Street 543-8688. SHARE MY PASSION The Colorado Bureau of Inves- in Trinidad. WEDS. (7 p.m.) Sharpshooter Gary tigations (CBI) served a search Yee an instructor from Trinidad State’s Gunsmithing Program will present warrant on Apr. 7 and issued Continued on Page 5 ... “Sharpshooting in the Civil War” at the Little Theatre in the Berg Building on the TSJC Campus. Info: Greg Boyce, 719-846-5530. Eric John Monson / The Chronicle-News Today’s Quote The Lucky Duck is located at 105 Pine St. in Trinidad. “It has been my ART & CULTURE experience that folks who have no vices have very Matthew Ferolie paintings few virtues.” ~ Abraham Lincoln on exhibit at City’s Library n WEEKEND—APRILTSJC FEATURE FRIDAYS 22-24 Tom Potter with him for many years. “I’ve never shown FRIDAYS THRU APRIL 22 (10 a.m.-2 Carnegie Public Library them all at the same time. In fact, I believe p.m.) Featured Friday programs allow Teen/Adult Services Specialist this might be my first one-man show,” said prospective students the opportunity to see what is available at TSJC, take a tour Ferolie, describing this month’s exhibit. and ask questions, Berg Building, Room The Carnegie Library will be exhibiting Matthew was born and raised in New 201. Info: Greg Boyce, 719-846-5530. EARTH DAY WORD PLAY paintings and drawings of Matthew Ferolie York City, and he took his early art train- FRI. (10 a.m.-Noon) Frees art class through the month of April. ing at various institutions in the city. He with Paula Manini for kids ages 7-18 will The collection includes many styles rang- received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in be held at Gallery Main, 130 E. Main St. Info: Bree Pappan719-846-1441. ing from purely representational to abstract. 1966, and in 1970 moved from New York with TASPERA MEMBERS All the works are from the artist’s personal FRIDAY (12 p.m.) The Trinidad Area School and Public Employees Retire- collection—his “children” that have lived Continued on Page 2 ... ment Association luncheon meeting will be in the Sayre Senior Center, 1222 San Pe- dro. Info: Paul Montera, 719-846-2423 and lunch arrangements: 719-846-3336. FOOD FOR THOUGHT FRI. (12:15-12:45 p.m.) Free pro- gram — TSJC Robotics Team will show off their robots in the Pioneer Room at TSJC. Lunch can be had on your own at the cafeteria. Lunch RSVP: Donna Haddow, SELF-HELP CENTER 719-846-5541 or donna.haddow@trinidad- state.edu. EARTH DAY BLOCK PARTY SAT. (All Day) Annual celebration of 12th Judicial District : Arbor Day with friends and neighbors includes food, fun and music, corner of Elm St. & Maple. Info: Earth Mtn. Farms, Clinic offered on sealing, 719-680-0215. ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION SAT. (All Day) Special viewing of the display of the kids’ Tree Drawing Con- expunging court records test entries at the D&D Grill on N. Com- mercial St. (Items on display April 15-25.) Info: Trinidad Tree Board, 719-859-1599. in Alamosa on Thursday FREE LANDFILL DAY SAT. (7 a.m.-3 p.m.) The City Landfill will accept residential refuse without Colorado Courts charge at 2401 N. State Street. Electronic waste is excluded. Tires will be assessed Special to The Chronicle-News normal fee. Info: 719-846-2538. FREE MEN’S BREAKFAST SAT. (8 a.m.) Father, son food, fun The Self-Help Center in the 12th Judicial District and fellowship every 4th Saturday at the (Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Mineral, Rio Grande First Christian Church, 402 E. First St. Info: and Saguache counties) has scheduled a legal clin- Tom Berry, 719-846-0879 or 719-846-3843. WILDFIRE RISK WORKSHOPS ic for self-represented litigants regarding sealing Sponsored by the Stonewall Fire Pro- criminal court records and expunging juvenile de- tection District at the Stonewall FPD Station, 7375 Hwy 12. Free admission, linquency court records. refreshments served and reservations The clinic is scheduled to take place from 6-8 p.m. required. Info: 719-868-2249. * SAT. (1-5 p.m.) Forest Health Man- on Thursday, April 21, 2016, at the Alamosa County agement Planning Building A-B (8900-A Independence Way, Alamosa, *APRIL 30 (1-2 p.m.) Firewise Plants CO 81101). and Landscaping RATON LIBRARY The clinic will cover eligibility to have a court re- SAT. (10 a.m.-2 p.m.) Take advantage Photo by Tom Potter/Carnegie Library cord sealed or expunged and how to seal a criminal of the Spring Book Sale at the Arthur Johnson Memorial Library, 244 Cook Ave., Part of Matthew Ferolie’s exhibit, above, with the library’s statue of Hebe. Girl with Turban, top right, Raton. Info: Thayla Wright, 575-445-9711. seems to be glancing sideways at the library’s statue of Hebe. Continued on Page 2 ... n VETERANSPUBLIC AFFAIRS SERVICE OFFICE MON. – FRI. PLEASE NOTE that the office will be closed all week for training sessions. Info: Al Trujillo, 719-846-3940. SOUTHWEST ADVENTURES COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP DAY APRIL 30 (8 a.m.) Comcast and Trini- dad Community Foundation will host the annual event that starts at Cimino Longhorns, gunfighters Park. Registered volunteers will receive a free t-shirt, breakfast and lunch. Info: TCF, 719-846-3943 or [email protected]. highlight Tucumcari’s IVER ALL Wild West Rawhide Days R C Tim Keller Correspondent Purgatoire River Call as of: The Chronicle-News 04/19/16. Enlarge South Side Ditch: Priority # 12 --- Appro- “Our biggest concern having a herd of Texas Long- priation date: 06/30/1863. horns parade down Main Street is the liability is- Trinidad Reservoir Accounting: sues,” the Tucumcari Police Department officer said Release 43.64 AF outside the concert the night before. “And there’s no Inflow 70.64 AF -- 35.61 CFS way anyone’s going to be allowed in the street to take Evaporation 2.00 AF Content 28,925 AF pictures.” Elevation 6,194.98 Yet here came 26 very wide Texas Longhorns down Precipitation 0.23 the middle driving lane right at me, exactly the photo Tim Keller / The Chronicle-News Continued on Page 3 ... Down stream call: Highland Vist The Chronicle-News online, or on Facebook to see more of Tucumcari’s Rawhide Days. Canal: 05/31/1866. Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 35. near 74. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Northeast wind around 5 mph. Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 43. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph. 69. West southwest wind around 5 mph. Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high EATHER ATCH Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 42. near 70. West wind 10 to 15 mph. Night: W W East wind 5 to 10 mph. Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. West Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near wind 5 to 10 mph. Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a 73. Southwest wind around 10 mph. Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high high near 64. West wind 5 to 10 mph be- Night: Partly cloudy, with a low of 46. near 69. West southwest wind around 10 coming north northeast in the afternoon. Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high mph. The Chronicle-News Trinidad, Colorado Wednesday, April 20, 2016 Page 3 COMMUNITY Longhorns, gunfighters highlight Tucumcari Rawhide Days ... Continued from Page 1 Faron Young’s son Robyn town’s done well capitaliz- his daughter Grace and a Young, and Hank Williams’ ing on Route 66, neon and passel of kids from the au- daughter, Jett Williams, all murals—why not Raw- dience. When they weren’t of whom came from Nash- hide? enjoying costumed Old ville to sing and tell stories Rawhide Days filled the West characters walking to a seated crowd of 500 that convention center parking the grounds, many kids bought $20 tickets to enjoy lot early each day, send- tried their luck on a me- drinks and the show.