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THURSDAYFEBRUARY 12, 2015

AREA SPORTS ACTIONHIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALLTHURSDAY: Hoehne @ Crowley

County 4 p.m.Aguilar hosts Antonito 4 p.m.FRIDAY: Trinidad @ Vanguard 5pmAguilar @ Cotopaxi 1pmPrimero hosts Sangre de Cristo 3 p.m.SATURDAY: Trinidad (Parents

Night) hosts Salida 4 p.m.WRESTLINGSATURDAY: Miners @ Regionals

TSJCTHURSDAY: SOFTBALL / TSJC

@ Midland College Midland, TX 1 p.m. (Double Header)

FRIDAY: BASEBALL / TSJC @ NMJC Hobbs 12 p.m.

SOFTBALL / TSJC @ Midland Col-lege Tourney Midland

SATURDAY: MEN’S BASKETBALL / TSJC @ NW Kansas Tech Goodland 3 p.m.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL / Frank Phillips @ TSJC 2 p.m.

BASEBALL / TSJC @ NMJC Hobbs 12 p.m. (Double Header)

SOFTBALL / TSJC @ Midland Col-lege Tourney Midland, TX

SUNDAY: BASEBALL / TSJC @ NMJC Hobbs 12 p.m.

SOFTBALL / TSJC @ Western Borger 11 a.m. & TSJC @ Frank Phillips Borger 1 p.m.

Today’s Quote“They invented hugs

to let people know you love them without saying anything.”

~Bil Keane

FEBRUARY 12Library Amnesty DaysTHURSDAY - SATURDAY: Patrons

with overdue books and materials can bring these items back to the Library for the next three days without having to pay any penalties. Info: Mallory Pillard, 719-846-6841.

Senior Driving ClassTHURSDAY (9 a.m.-1 p.m.) The

AARP Driving Class will be held at the Sayre Senior Center, 1222 San Pedro St. Registration and information: Carl Moz-engo, 719-868-2288.

Water Association THURSDAY (3 p.m.) Greetville-

Carbondale Board of Directors will meet at the Century Financial Group, 109 W. Main St. Information: Jeni Skalko, 719-846-2080, ext. 116.

Autism Support GroupTHURSDAY (6 p.m.) Autism Aware-

ness & Support Group for parents with challenged children in any area will meet at 315 E. Strong Ave. Refreshments will be served. Info: Linda Thompson, 719-680-2638.

SP Fire Dept. AuxiliaryTHURSDAY (6 p.m.) Group meets at

the Spanish Peaks Inn, CR 43.7, Gulnare. Info: Marilyn Carlson, 719-680-0688.

Trinidad Catholic CemeteryTHURSDAY (6:30 p.m.) Association

meeting will be at the Knights of Colum-bus Hall, 205 S. Commercial St. The pub-lic is invited to attend. Information: 719-846-4934.

FEBRUARY 13-15VALENTINES BAKE SALEFRIDAY (7:30 a.m.-Noon) Treat

your Valentine to a special treat from the Chamber of Commerce Bake Sale that will be held at the Las Animas County Courthouse, 200 E. First St. Info: 719-846-9285. Proceeds benefit the Cham-ber’s Projects Fund.

SPBC Fire DistrictFRIDAY (10 a.m.) The Spanish

Peaks/Bon Carbo Fire Protection District Board of Directors will meet in Century Fi-nancial Group Building, 109 W. Main St. Info: Dana Phillips, 719-846-2080.

Trinidad Community CoopFRIDAY (10:30 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.)

Vegan Cooking Class on Friday mornings and Kirtan chanting (Sanskrit chanting call) on Friday evenings at the Coop, Cor-ner of Elm and Maple Streets. Info: com-munitycooptrinidad@gmail.com.

Abstraction & RefractionFRIDAY (6-8 p.m./Opening Public

Reception) A fine abstract art and jew-elry show hosted by the Trinidad Area Arts Council opens at Gallery Main, 130 E. Main and runs thru Feb. 26. Info: Chloe Butler, 719-846-1441. Proceeds benefit the TAAC Youth Art Program.

The Art of MarriageFRIDAY (6 p.m.) & SATURDAY (8

a.m.-3:30 p.m.) Inspiring seminar at the FP Community Church, 10377 Santa Fe Trail. Info/Reg: 719-846-6018.

FREE Father/Daughter DanceFRIDAY (7-9 p.m.) Grab your dad,

grandpa, uncle or fatherly friend for some fun, food, games and more at the Valen-tine’s Day Father/Daughter Dance hosted by The Lord’s Chapel of Segundo at Mt. Carmel, 911 Robinson Ave. Info: 719-845-4880.

THE FINE PRINT

WEATHER WATCHThursday: Mostly sunny, with a high

near 59. West southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the

afternoon. Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. West wind 10 to 15 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 58. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph be-coming light and variable in the afternoon. Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 31. Southwest wind around 5 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 65. West southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the afternoon. Night:

Mostly clear, with a low around 32. Calm wind becoming west southwest around 5 mph in the evening.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 59. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Night: A 10 percent chance of snow. Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. South wind around 5 mph becoming west south-west after midnight.

RIVER CALLPurgatoire River Call as of: 02/11/15. Elmoro ditch: Prior-ity # 8 --- Appropriation date: 11/15/1862.

Trinidad Reservoir Accounting:Release 0.77 AFInflow 49.77 AF -- 25.09 CFSEvaporation 0 AFContent 16,645 AFElevation 6,178.66Precipitation 0.29

Downstream River Call / John Martin Reservoir: (Conservation Storage) 05/31/1949.

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Awaken Salon & Spa Father ~ Daughter Dance Specials209 E. Main St. • Trinidad

719-422-8372Pedi & Mani $35

Wash & Style (includes hair glitter) $20Mini Facial $25

& * Ends February 14 * Daughters ages

4-20

MT. SAN RAFAEL & COLLATERAL

CEO asks County Board to turn over land ownership to hospital associationBy Steve BlockThe Chronicle-News

Mt. San Rafael Hospital is in se-

rious need of repairs and upgrades according to its Chief Executive Officer Bob Quist. The problem is that the hospital doesn’t own the building or the land on which it sits, land that could be used as collateral for a loan to make the needed repairs. The land is owned by Las Animas County, and Quist asked the County’s Board of Com-missioners to turn ownership of the land over to the Trinidad Area Hospital Association (TAHA), dur-ing Tuesday’s Board meeting.

Board members asked for time to consider Quist’s proposal, and to gather input as to whether the County should turn the land over to TAHA, which is the hospital’s governing body. County voters have repeatedly rejected County referenda in recent years that would have provided some pub-lic funding for the hospital. Quist stressed that Trinidad’s hospital is one of just two critical care access hospitals in Colorado that receive no public funding.

County Administrator Leeann Fabec read a letter from TAHA’s

Board to the County, formally re-questing the transfer of the land and buildings from the County to TAHA, which is a nonprofit, 501(c) (3) entity. The transfer would in-clude the hospital’s clinic and the building currently occupied by the

Photo courtesy of Patrick Arguello / Trinidad, Colorado

DOGGONE! It’s cold outside . . .Furry friend and member of the Arguello family, Buster says, “What’s up with this weather, man? Just when you think you can put away your favorite cap and blankie — here comes that snow again.” This much-loved furry family member asks everyday to have his beloved blanket wrapped around his shoulders and for someone to please make sure his cap looks cool. What a good dog!

Steve Block / The Chronicle-NewsHospital CEO Bob Quist addressed County Commissioners Tuesday about the hospital’s financial situation and its need for upgrades and repairs.

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DOMO ARIGATO

Japanese sushi in Trinidad?By Cynthia Berresse PloskiArt Correspondent & Reviewer The Chronicle-News

That door marked “Express” at the other end of the Ristras restau-rant building was open at last, so I went in. Drawn by the aroma of tempura wafting toward me like a banner on a breeze, I entered to find several customers at the food bar and three State Patrol members at a table busily scarfing down sushi (yes, really, right here in Trinidad.)

Sushi in Trinidad; my joy abounds. Now if we get a Thai res-taurant to add to the various Mexi-can, Chinese, Italian and fast food

dining establishments, my joy will be complete.

The scene in the new little FNA Sushi Bar was different from Iron Chef in New York only in two measures: Fancy, pretty froufrou adorning the plates was minimal, and there was no sake for sale. Oth-erwise, what was on those plates was just as appetizing, smelled as good, and was deemed by the din-ers to be excellent as anything I have yet tasted in the big cities.

That’s because it is really healthy and really fresh. Fresh fish is flown in from California to the Colorado Springs airport Thursday night. It is sushi in Trin-idad by lunchtime Friday. The little restaurant is only open on Fridays and Saturdays for lunch, at least until the owners get a feel for what Trinidadians are inter-ested in consuming. I put in a re-quest to add seaweed salad to the menu. Perhaps when FNA Sushi has its grand opening sometime soon I will be able to get my sea-weed salad fix. (So many healthy minerals in it!) Cynthia Berresse Ploski / The Chronicle-News

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2015 SEASON OPENER

Trojans sweep Rams to open baseball seasonBy Mike SalbatoCorrespondentThe Chronicle-News

The defending Region IX champs took the field for the first time in 2015 this past weekend at Central Park sweeping the Rams from CSU-Fort Collins in four straight games. The Trojans out-scored their opponents by a com-bined 44-4 over the weekend.

For the first game on Saturday it was sophomore Alex Rogers taking the bump for the Trojans. The Canadian right-hander went the full five innings, striking out

four on route to his first win of the season. The high-pressure offensive attack of the Trojans put 13 hits on the board and stole four bases in the 11-1 win. In the second game, Izar Mendez, a lefty from California, held the Rams to just two hits while striking out six. Dalton Drury had three hits, stole a base and scored twice to pace the offense to another 11-1 win.

On Sunday, sophomore Josh Payne shut the Rams down and the Trojan offense pounded out 13 hits for a 10-0 win in the first game. Photos by Emmy Gazaway / TSJC

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In the final game of the series James Smith and Caden Pratt, freshmen from Brighton, Colorado, led the team to a 12-2 victory. Smith picked up the win on the hill and his battery mate Pratt gathered up two hits, three runs, an RBI, and a stolen base.

“It was a good opening weekend for us. We were able to get some new players some at-bats and get them familiar with the pace of college baseball,” commented third-year Head Coach Matthew Torrez. “A couple of guys with really good weekends at the plate were Alex Dominguez, he had seven hits and ended up hitting over .700 for the weekend. Cruz Nevarez had eight hits, one homerun and four stolen bases; he did a great job of igniting our offense at the top of the lineup. On the mound all of our pitch-

ers did a really good job of staying ahead of the hitters and giving us a chance to make plays behind them. Josh Payne threw four innings of no-hit baseball and James Smith received his first college win going five in-nings, allowing five hits, one earned run, no walks and seven K’s. We had a successful weekend as a team, now it is time to move on to next week as we travel to New Mexico Junior College who is always a tough oppo-nent.”

The Trojans will head to Hobbs, New Mexico where they will take on NMJC for one game on Friday, a doubleheader on Sat-urday and a single game on Sunday. They will next play at home on February 22 when they host Luna Community College for a doubleheader starting at noon.

Photos by Emmy Gazaway / TSJCIsaac Gonzales singles against CSU on Sunday afternoon.

SPORTSSOFTBALL

PREP BASKETBALL

SOFTBALL SIGNING

Lady Trojans go 3-1 to start season, Swazo picks up 200th winBy Mike SalbatoCorrespondentThe Chronicle-News

With the cold and snow finally giving up their hold over Southside Park the Lady Tro-jans were able to get two solid days of practice in before opening their season last weekend. The two days were apparently enough as the Lady Trojans played well enough to pick up three wins in four outings. The Trojans defeat-ed Frank Phillips College on Saturday 12-4 and 7-5, then split on Sunday, losing to Luna Com-munity College 8-7 and bouncing back to defeat Colby Community College 7-2. The first victory against Frank Phillips on Saturday was Coach Steve Swazo’s 200th career victory while coach-ing softball at Trinidad State Junior College.

In game one against Frank Phillips, fresh-man pitcher Demi Madalena went the dis-tance for her first collegiate victory in the 12-4 win. Sophomore Macie Christian had the hot bat going 3-for-4. Freshmen Samantha Glover and Lauren Bending each had doubles in the win. In game two, Trinidad was able to come away with a 7-5 win after trailing 4-1 early in the game. Taylor Casiquito, Liz Aguilar and Vicky Gonzales each had doubles in the contest. Pick-

ing up the win in the circle was Corey Aragon with Madalena getting the save.

On Sunday, Trinidad fell to Luna Commu-nity College 8-7 despite having chances to score in the later innings only to leave three base run-ners stranded. Gonzales was a perfect 4-for-4 with a homerun and 3 RBIs while Christian went 3-for-4 in the contest.

The final game of the weekend saw fresh-man Jessica Salbato going the distance for her first collegiate victory defeating Colby Commu-nity College 7-2. Gonzales and Christian each had two hits in the contest and Adrianna DeV-ille drove a pair of runs in with a triple.

“For not being able to be outside to practice I thought the team did very well in our first four games of the season,” Swazo said. “The coach-ing staff saw some things that we need to work on and we hope to work those out as the season progresses, but overall I was pleased with how the team came out and performed this first weekend of the season.”

The Lady Trojans now venture south to Mid-land, Texas for nine games over the weekend. Their next home stand will be February 21 for a doubleheader against Garden City and then a 4-game series against McCook Community College on February 22 and 23. All Lady Trojan home games are played at Southside Park.

Photos by David Barrack / TSJCKatelynn Findley makes a play at second early in the Trojans 7-2 win on Sunday afternoon over Colby.

Adam Sperandio/The Chronicle-News Kyle Kreutzer’s 13 points led the Farmers in their 44-37 victory over Fowler Tuesday night. The Farmers have won three in a row and will look to make it four tonight against Santa Fe League foe, Crowley County.

Photo courtesy of Holy Trinity AcademyCecily Begano signs a letter of intent to attend Trinity Lutheran College in Everett, Washington where she will play women’s soccer while furthering her education. Cecily is a senior at Holy Trin-ity Academy (HTA) and plays soccer for Trinidad High School. Head Coach for the Lady Miners is Dr. Joseph Jimenez and HTA Athletic Director. Left to Right: Parents Kimber Begano and Jim Begano, Cecily Begano and HTA Athletic Director Dr. Joseph Jimenez.