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down from last year’s $4,100 however, the money is greatly appreciated.”

Public libraries are mainly funded from prop-erty taxes.

“They make it very easy. They don’t require 40 pag-es of grant materials, and there are a lot of hoops to jump through. Just show-ing the need makes a library eligible, so we’re grateful in many aspects.”

How state grants can be used are specifically listed.

“We will use the grant to purchase books, periodi-cals, and other print media such as e-books, along with early literary activities that come in family backpacks for home use and are the returned to the library for others to utilize.”

The State Grants to Li-braries Act Fast Facts sheet states, “In 2013, the Colorado State Library administered almost 2 million dollars in grant...to 290 schools and public libraries across Colo-rado. 52 percent of grantees used funding to subscribe to electronic databases, and 91 percent of grantees used funding to purchase print books,” while, “38 percent used funding to purchase e-books.”

The sample press release says, “The State Grants to Libraries was funded by the Colorado Legislature to help increase access to ear-ly literacy and educational materials. This non-com-petitive program adminis-tered by the Colorado State Library funded a combined total of 301 libraries, aca-demic libraries, and school districts this 2013-2014 fiscal year.

In a letter dated October 16, 2014, announcing the award, Grants Management Senior Consultant, Susan H. Burkholder, said, “We are pleased to provide this award from the State Grants for Libraries Act for Fiscal Year 2014-2015. We value your work serving students and the public through-out the state, and we are happy to be able to partner with you to help provide educational resources not otherwise available to your

library.”Gene Hainer with the

Colorado Library said, “Ba-sic requirements for public libraries include showing they have local, public fund-ing, are staffed at least 20

hours a week, and provide free access to materials. The $2 million allocation, part of the state general fund, was created as the State Grants to Libraries Act in 2001. It was funded for two years, before a line-item veto in 2003. The $2 million appro-priation was restored in 2013 through efforts of the state’s Joint Budget Com-mittee, and remained in the 2014-15 budget. Each eligible applicant receives the mini-mum $3,000 stipulated in the law, with an additional per capita amount provided to libraries serving larger populations. Carnegie Pub-lic Library received $3,987 this year, and $4,102 last year. The decrease is due to a few more libraries seeking a share of the $2 million. We anticipate the funding will be included in the budget proposals coming forward next month through the Governor’s office. The Colo-rado Association of Librar-ies has a goal of one-dollar per person in state support for libraries. The organiza-tion’s members continue to work toward that goal. The “dollar does it” goal would translate into almost $25 million dollars for educa-tional and materials being

available to learners of all ages who use the public, ac-ademic, and school libraries in person or online.”

The Colorado State Li-brary agency is located in Denver, at 201 East Colfax Avenue, 80203. Their phone number is 303-866-6900, and their website is: Colora-doStateLibrary.org.

With a staff of 8 employ-ees, Mallory stated, “It all goes back to the patrons and the people who inter-act with the library. We’re not buying office supplies with this grant. Everyone on our staff is dedicated to serving the community. We do our utmost best to fulfill everyone’s requests, and to make library materials and services as available as pos-sible. Sometimes people for-get that.”

Carnegie Public Library is located at 202 North Ani-mas Street. The phone num-ber is 719-846-6841. Their email is: trinidadpublicli-brary@msn.com, and the website is: carnegiepublicli-brary.org.

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SportSREGION IX SOUTH

14 TSJC Soccer players named to Region IX team

By Mike SalbatoCorrespondentThe Chronicle-News

Trinidad State finished the regular season with a 15-1-1 record and the No. 8 ranking in the national polls. Fol-lowing that tremendous success TSJC recently received word that 14 Trojan athletes had been named to the Re-gion IX South All-Region Team. Included in the honors were two of the top region honors. The MVP award went to Trojan center back Oscar Rivero and Coach Aaron Miller was named Coach of the Year.

Earning First Team awards were forward Ricardo Zacarias, midfielder Alan Garcia Pena, defenders Os-car Rivero and Aleksa Blagojevic, and goalkeeper Pedro Veiga Perez.

Zacarias, a sophomore transfer from Las Cruces, New Mexico, scored 19 goals this season to go with six assists. He is ranked 11th in the nation in goals scored. Garcia Pena, a freshman from San Diego, California is the field general setting up scoring opportunities for his team-mates. He has tallied a team high 14 assists this season ranking him 7th in the nation. Rivero is the team captain. A sophomore from Acapulco, Mexico, he is the leader on and off the pitch. He has nine goals and three assists this season. Blagojevic is a big freshman from Serbia. He has tallied six goals and three assists this year, including the game winner in the quarterfinal playoff game last week-end. Veiga Perez is a tall freshman keeper from Spain. He tallied 58 saves this season while only surrendering seven goals.

Earning Second Team honors were forwards Julian Padilla, Shawn Rusk and Wesley Padgett, midfielders Saad Hissien and Jose Martinez, defender Lukas Smith and goalkeeper Christian Rico.

Padilla is a 6’4” freshman from Las Cruces, New Mexico that can attack and can also play the center back position. He had five goals and two assists this season. Rusk, a sophomore from Thornton, is a physical right side attacker who had five goals and three assists this season. Padgett, a freshman from Fruita, is a quick at-tacking player who had four goals and two assists this year. Hissien is a freshman speedster from Denver. He scored three goals and had five assists this season. Marti-nez is one of the hardest workers on the field who rarely loses the ball. The freshman from Aurora scored once this season and had four assists. Smith, a freshman from Grand Junction, scored the game winner in overtime against Northwest earlier this month. He scored twice this season and had one assist. Rico is a 6’3” freshman from Brighton. He completed the year giving up just four goals against 52 saves. He is ranked first in the nation with a .929 save percentage.

The Trojans also had a pair of sophomores named honorable mention; they are midfielder Cesar Escamilla

and defender Brayan Molina. Escamilla works tireless-ly in the TSJC midfield, creating opportunities for his teammates. Molina is the last line of defense in front of the Trojan keepers. He made several big plays this year and also had a couple of long assists on free kicks.

Overall it has been an amazing year for the Trojans with different players stepping up each week to make huge plays. The team will continue their playoff run this Friday as they head to Tuscon, Arizona to play for the coveted shot at Nationals.

Photos by Mike Salbato / TSJCAll Region Honorable Mention: Cesar Escamilla, Brayan Molina

MVP: Oscar Rivero and Coach of the Year: Aaron Miller

All Region Second Team: Julian Padilla, Jose Martinez, Wesley Padgett and Christian Rico

All Region First Team: Aleksa Blagojevic, Ricardo Zacarias, Pedro Veiga Perez and Alan Garcia Pena

All Region Second Team: Lukas Smith, Saad Hissien and Shawn Rusk