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TRINIDAD
COLORADO
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Vol. 138, No. 105
TUESDAY
MAY27,2014
MAY 27
~Las Animas County
TUESDAY (9 a.m.) Board of County
Commissioners will meet in the Las
Animas Courthouse, 200 E. First St.,
Room 201. Information: 719-845-2568.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: Gary Hill
(719-845-2595), Mack Louden (719-845-
2592), and Anthony Abeyta (719-846-
9300).
~Trinidad City Council
TUESDAY (1:30 p.m.) Work session
in Council Chambers, City Hall, 135 N.
Animas St., Third Floor. Information: Au-
dra Garrett, 719-846-9843.
~Vision Loss Support Group
TUESDAY (1:30-3:30 p.m.) OIB
(Older Individuals Who are Blind or have
Vision Loss) hosts a monthly support
group the 4th Thursday of every month at
the Trinidad Work Force Center, 140 N.
Commercial. Refreshments will be served
and family and friends are encouraged
to attend. Information: Billie Jo Bacca or
Deb Nelson, 719-546-1271.
Today’s Quote
“People excel and learn, not
because they are told to, but
because they want to.”
~Peter Senge
MAY 28
~Tourism Board
WEDNESDAY (9 a.m.) Committee
meets in the City Hall Third Floor Confer-
ence Room, 135 N. Animas St. Informa-
tion: City Clerk, Audra Garrett, 719-846-
9843.
~Trinidad Ambulance District
WEDNESDAY (4:30 p.m.) Trinidad
Ambulance District Board of Directors
regular meeting at the Trinidad Ambu-
lance District Office, 939 Robinson Ave.
Information: 719-846-6886.
~Summer Co-Ed Softball
WEDNESDAY (7 p.m.) New season
league meetings will be held at the Trini-
dad Community Center, 1309 Beshoar
Drive. Information: Ed Ortiz, 719-859-
4030. Anyone is invited to participate.
PUBLIC SERVICE
~Apishapa Valley
MAY 31 (10 a.m.-2 p.m.) Celebrate
“Heritage Day” at the Heritage Center,
151 Main St. in Aguilar. Festivities include
a bake sale, live demonstrations and
historical presentations. Information: Pat
Romero, 719-941-4678.
~2014 ARTOCADE
CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS: Any-
one interested in participating in the Sep-
tember ArtoCade please contact Rodney
Wood at 719-334-0087 or artcarfun@
yahoo.com.
~Community Blood Drive
JUNE 6 (Noon-4 p.m.) Help save a
life! Bonfils Blood Drive will be held in the
Pioneer Room at Trinidad State Junior
College, 600 Prospect St. Sign-up and
information: Bonfils Appointment Center,
800-365-0006 or www.bonfils.org.
~Stonewall Fishing Tournament
JUNE 7 (9 a.m.-3 p.m.) Join in the
fun at the 18th Annual Stonewall Fire Aux-
iliary’s Fishing Tournament at Monument
Lake. Registration and information: www.
stonewallfireauxitiary.com.
~Fisher’s Peak Archers Club
Anyone interested in joining the new
Archers Club can stop by 409 N. Com-
mercial or call 719-422-5046.
~Help Save the Veteran’s Post
URGENT: All interested parties who
would like to help the veterans save Trini-
dad’s local VFW Post 984 from closing,
please contact Commander John Rios at
719-846-6094.
~ Volunteer Firemen
Anyone over 18 interested in becom-
ing a volunteer fireman for any of our area
fire protection districts, please call Buddie
Curro at 719-859-1535. Any donations of
food, water and funds for our area fire dis-
trict volunteers call 719-846-4074.
~From the LA County Clerk
License plate renewal online. Go to:
www.colorado.gov/renewplates.
~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 call: 1-800-790-SAFE
(7233).
*Animal Abuse: Do your part and
help put a stop to animal cruelty. Report
animal abuse and dog/cock fighting at
Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line: 720-
913-7867.
THEFINEPRINT
WEATHERWATCH
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high
near 81. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming
NE in the afternoon. Night: Partly cloudy,
with a low around 50. NE wind 5 to 10
mph becoming light and variable.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a
high near 84. W-SW wind 5 to 10 mph
becoming light and variable. Night: Partly
cloudy, with a low around 54. E-SE wind
5 to 10 mph becoming SW after midnight.
Thursday: A 10 percent chance of
showers and thunderstorms after noon.
Partly sunny, with a high near 81. S-SE
wind 5 to 10 mph. Night: A 10 percent
chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55.
S-SW wind around 10 mph.
Friday: A 30 percent chance of show-
ers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with
a high near 80. South wind 10 to 15 mph.
Night: A 30 percent chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a
low around 53. S-SW wind 10 to 15 mph.
RIVERCALLPurgatoire River Call as of
05/23/2014. Peter Caplette
ditch: Priority #47 / Appropria-
tion date: 02/01/1870.
Trinidad Reservoir Accounting:
Release 276.46 AF
Inflow 294.11 AF -- 148.28 CFS
Evaporation 6.65 AF
Content 14,330 AF
Elevation 6,174.64
Precipitation 0.71
Downstream River Call / High-
land Canal: 04/01/1884.
THECHRONICLENEWS
ATHOUSANDWORDSOld Glory waves in the breeze near
the corner of Main and Commercial
Streets on Memorial Day.
Bruce Leonard/ The Chronicle-News
. . . a thousand words
PROVIDING DIRECTIONS
Workers will soon
install City’s new
Wayfinding Signage
By Steve Block
The Chronicle-News
Newsignagewillsoonsproutup
all over Trinidad as part of Phase
One of the City’s new Wayfinding
Signage Plan. Approximately 20
of the new signs were displayed
Wednesday on Elm Street out-
side of Creative Designs, the com-
pany that designed and produced
the signs, under the direction of
graphic designer and Creative
Designs owner Naomi Breedlove.
Breedlove learned graphic design
at Trinidad State Junior College
from instructor David Barrack,
and then earned her bachelor’s
degree from a college in Florida.
Breedlove
said her
b u s i n e s s
had to in-
vest in a new
paint booth
to complete
the work on
the project.
T a m m y
C a r r o l l ,
C r e a t i v e
D e s i g n s ’
office man-
ager, said
the busi-
ness’ three-
person team
p r o d u c e d
all of the
signs onsite.
The signs
are made of
aluminum
sign back-
ing with a metallic-paint overcoat,
a clear coat and a reflective vinyl
covering for the letters, to make
them more visible at night.
The 10 larger signs are called di-
rectional signs and are considered
the core of wayfinding signage.
They help to get vehicles and pe-
destrianstokeydestinationsinthe
City. Directional signs are divided
into three types. Primary vehicu-
lar directional signs direct motor-
ists to major areas of the City, such
as a sign saying, “Historic Down-
town Trinidad” and featuring
an arrow. Secondary directional
signs are designed to attract ve-
hicular, bicycle and/or pedestrian
traffic with signs featuring multi-
ple attractions, such as a sign say-
ing, “Welcome Center/Riverwalk/
City Hall Next Left.” Tertiary
signs are designed to direct visi-
tors to a single destination, such
as a sign saying, “Municipal Golf
Course,” with an arrow. Eight of
the signs have curved tops and are
76 inches high by 53 inches wide.
Two others have cut out images of
Fisher’s Peak at their tops and are
78 inches high by 48 inches wide.
The 14 smaller signs are 40.5
inches wide by 28 inches high
and are referred to as destination
signs, such as, “Trinidad Trolley
All Aboard” and “Parking Lot,” or
they display a historic marker on
a building. They can also include
certain other destinations such as
“Soccer Complex,” “County Fair-
grounds” or “Kit Carson Park.”
Approximately $33,500 in City
funding paid for Phase One of the
project, with the entire project be-
ing approved by the City Council
in June 2011. The City Tourism
Board, the City Planning, Zoning
and Variance Commission and the
City Planning Department were
all heavily involved in getting the
project off the ground.
The City utilized two consul-
tants, Martin Landers of Plan
Tools LLC and Paul Mills of Rus-
sell + Mills, in the project’s design
phase.
City crews will be installing the
new signs in coming days. Utiliz-
ing the City’s workforce is less ex-
pensive than hiring a private con-
tractor, according to City Planner
Louis Fineberg, who spoke in an
interview on Friday.
Fineberg said the City received
a grant of $224,437 from the Colora-
do Department of Transportation
(CDOT) to complete the upcom-
ing Phases Two and Three of the
Wayfinding Signage project. He
said the brown color of the signs
was decided upon as part of the
design phase of the project, and
it is intended to be in harmony
with the color of the bricks in city
streets and that make up many lo-
cal buildings.
“The grant we have from CDOT
is to cover Phases Two and Three
of the project, which is the infor-
mation kiosks and gateway sig-
nage,” Fineberg said. “Right now,
we’re jumping through the hoops
on that.”
Gateway signage is intended
to feature iconic images, such
as the famed “Trinidad” sign on
Simpson’s Rest. Fisher’s Peak is
the City’s most famous landmark,
and the peak will inspire the new
gateway signage. Three types of
gateway signage will be featured:
primary gateway signage at City
entry points, such as the City lim-
its; secondary gateway signage an-
nouncing entry into a City district,
such as “Entering Trinidad Cora-
zon de Trinidad (Heart of Trini-
dad) National Historic District;”
and tertiary gateway signage rein-
forcing the City’s identity within
a district, such as the “Trinidad”
Steve Block / The Chronicle-News
Creative Designs employees, from left to right, Jamie Breed-
love, Alex Sanchez and Tammy Carroll, stand in front of some
of the new wayfinding signs that highlight many of Trinidad’s
attractions.
LAST FRIDAY
Art Trek to feature
antiques, fine art
By Steve Block
The Chronicle-News
A stroll along the streets of
beautiful Downtown Trinidad on
a Friday evening is especially ap-
pealing when Art Trek is taking
place, and this Friday, May 30, the
first Art Trek of the summer will
kick off at 5 p.m. Among the vari-
ous galleries, shops and restau-
rants that will welcome locals and
visitors on Friday, two attractions
will be featured: Coin Dancer An-
tiques,whichwillopenitsdoorsof-
ficially for the first time, and an art
show titled, “Space Junk & Atomic
Punk,” featuring the works of Mad
Scient-artist Gary Weston. Galerie
Vivante, located at 214 E. Main St,
will host the Weston show, and
Coin Dancer Antiques is located at
232 E. Main St., right next door.
Art Treks are scheduled for the
last Friday of each month through
September and have become popu-
lar throughout the region. Featur-
ing a variety of street musicians,
sidewalk vendors, creative danc-
ers, restaurant specials and shops
that will stay open later than usu-
al, Art Treks are jointly sponsored
in the City’s Creative District by
the City’s Arts & Cultural Com-
mission and by the City’s Tourism
Board. During Friday’s event, the
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