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Vol. 138, No. 109
Monday
June2,2014
JUNE 2
~SPBC Fire District
MONDAY (9 a.m.) The Spanish
Peaks/Bon Carbo Fire Protection Dis-
trict Board of Directors will hold a special
meeting at the Century Financial Group
Building, 109 W. Main St. Information:
Dana Phillips, 719-846-2080.
~Planning Commission
MONDAY (1 p.m.) Las Animas Coun-
ty Planning and Land Use Office com-
missioners’ meeting at the County Court
House, 200 E. First St., Room 201. Infor-
mation: 719-845-2561.
Today’s Quote
“The first step in achieving
prosperity and wealth is
learning to appreciate what
you already have.”
~S. Richardson
JUNE 3
~Las Animas County
TUESDAY (9 a.m.) Board of County
Commissioners meeting is 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 (7 p.m.) Regular session,
Council Chambers, City Hall, 135 N. Ani-
mas St. Information: Audra Garrett, 719-
846-9843.
PUBLIC SERVICE
~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.
~Creative District Meeting
WEDNESDAY (5:30-7 p.m.) The
public is invited to attend the downtown
Creative District’s event rollout for sum-
mer in the Pioneer Room at Trinidad
State Junior College. Information: 719-
846-4765.
~Annual Book Sale
FRIDAY (8 a.m.-2 p.m.) Mount San
Rafael Hospital Auxiliary’s annual Book
Sale fundraiser will be in the lobby of the
hospital, 410 Benedicta Ave. Information:
Sylvia Lackey, 719-846-6497.
~Community Blood Drive
FRIDAY (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.
~FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE!
JUNE 6, JUNE 13 & JUNE 27 (7-
10 p.m.) Kids from 13-18 can join in the
fun at the Mt. Carmel Community Center
for music, dancing, snacks, games and
more. Event is free (parents/guardian
must sign in and out for 13 – 17 year old
teens). Sponsored by TSJC and local
merchants. Facebook info: https://www.
facebook.com/#!/pages/Friday-Night-
Live/1448564638717198.
~Calling all Volunteers
JUNE 7 – Anyone who wants to be a
server at the Honor Flight Banquet for the
Las Animas County Veterans to be held
at Mt. Carmel Community Center, please
call Chris Huffman at The First National
Bank, 719-846-9881 ext. 3107.
~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.
~Town Hall Meeting
JUNE 10 (11 a.m.-1 p.m.) The pub-
lic is encouraged to attend an informal
“come and go” discussion meeting “Con-
versations with the Trinidad City Council”
that will be held in the Pioneer Room at
Trinidad State Junior College. Council will
take questions. Information: Audra Gar-
rett, 719-846-9843 ext. 135.
~ Books & More
The Carnegie Library’s bookstore is
located at 132 N. Commercial St. All pro-
ceeds benefit the public library. (Open
noon-4 p.m., Monday-Saturday.) Vol-
unteer information and book donations:
719-846-8522.
~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
WeatherWatChMonday: Sunny, with a high near 86. West
wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east in the morn-
ing. Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 55.
SW wind around 10 mph.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 92.
Breezy, with a W-SW wind 10 to 15 mph in-
creasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 53.
Breezy, with a W-SW wind 15 to 20 mph de-
creasing to 10 to 15 mph in the evening. Winds
could gust as high as 35 mph.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 88.
West wind 5 to 15 mph becoming south in
the morning. Night: Mostly clear, with a low
around 52. SW wind 10 to 15 mph becoming
NW after midnight.
Thursday: A 10 percent chance of show-
ers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a
high near 79. NW wind 10 to 15 mph becom-
ing SE in the afternoon. Night: A 10 percent
chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly
cloudy, with a low around 52.
riverCallPurgatoire River Call as of:
05/30/14. Enlarged South Side:
Priority #73 / Appropriation
date: 11/01/1875.
Trinidad Reservoir Accounting:
Release 352.71 AF
Inflow 341.67 AF -- 172.25 CFS
Evaporation 4.96 AF
Content 13,873 AF
Elevation 6,173.79
Precipitation 0
Downstream River Call / High-
land Canal: 04/01/1884.
theChroniCleneWsCOMMUNITY-MINDED COLLABORATION
New art gallery opens with charitable purpose
By Steve Block
A collaboration between two
close friends has resulted in the
opening of L and L Fine Arts Gal-
lery, located at 149 E. Main St.,
across from the Mitchell Muse-
um. Lisa Edding and Lucky Mur-
phy opened the nonprofit gallery
to raise funds for local people who
struggle to pay for gas, food and
lodging during trips to Denver to
receive medical
treatments.
The gallery
features the art-
works of some
of the area’s
best-known art-
ists, including
Paula Little,
Frank LaLu-
mia, Cindy
Montoya, Alan
and Lois Pe-
tersen, Sheighla
Hartman and
others. The gal-
lery receives
approximately
a 30-percent
commission on
sales, and after
meeting expens-
es such as rent,
insurance and
utilities, the remaining money
will go to support the Community
Chest, a new nonprofit charitable
organization founded by Edding
that will distribute the funds to
people going back and forth to
Denver for medical reasons. Mur-
phy has 40 years of experience as
an art framer and will do framing
at reasonable prices in the back of
the gallery.
The two of them were work-
ing hard to get ready for Friday’s
opening, which coincided with
the first summer Art Trek, when
Edding explained the reasons
why she and Murphy decided to
open the gallery. “It’s a nonprof-
it community gallery,” Edding
said. “I’m a caregiver. I lost my
grandmother to cancer. I bathed
her and cleaned her until her
very last day. So it’s become a big
passion of mine to seek a cure.
I’m currently co-chair of the local
chapter of the American Cancer
Society, and
I’ve been
i n v o l v e d
on their Re-
lay for Life
for several
years now.
I’ve been lis-
tening to the
people, big
and small,
community
b u s i n e s s
owners, and
there is a de-
sire, in fact,
a screaming
shout out
for people to
keep their
money here
in this coun-
ty. My pas-
sion is still
geared toward cancer. It’s just
that there are bigger cities and
towns that can raise that money
to go to that cure. But our coun-
ty’s population is so small, and
it’s the people that are giving
these monies, and we have, just
in this county, a lot of people who
are suffering or are touched by
cancer. There were 86 people here
in Trinidad, I believe, who were
diagnosed with cancer last year.”
Edding said she’d been hear-
ing plenty of stories from people
who were struggling to come
up with money for gas, food and
lodging when scheduling trips to
and from Denver for medical ap-
pointments. She said the Commu-
nity Chest nonprofit’s board of
directors consisted of Christine
Duran, Bernadette Mattorano,
herself and Pam Cordova, whose
son Josh is now cancer-free af-
ter taking many medical trips to
Denver.
Murphy said the artists would
establish their own prices for
their artworks. He said there’s
a real need for inexpensive pic-
ture framing in Trinidad, and he
aims to fill the bill by selling dis-
counted moldings and offering a
reasonable price structure. The
profits from his framing business
will go to support the Community
Chest, he said, adding that he is
thoroughly convinced of the need
to provide financial help to people
suffering from cancer.
Murphy said, “It’s a hardship
to have to go to Denver for che-
motherapy treatments, and pay
for gas, lodging and meals. We’re
both fundraisers, and we came up
with this idea of using the profits
from this gallery to support the
Community Chest. It also pro-
vides a new venue for some of our
local artists to display and sell
their artworks. It adds to our lo-
cal arts community and it has a
good purpose.”
Photos by Steve Block / The Chronicle-News
Lucky Murphy and Lisa Edding work last Thursday to prepare for the opening
of L and L Fine Arts Gallery at 149 E. Main St.
NEW DOWNTOWN BUSINESS
Natural Scent-Sations to
offer unique bath products
By Steve Block
A long soak in a warm bubble
bath is always a pleasure, and
very soon a new business in
Trinidad will cater to people who
love to take baths. Natural Scent-
Sations will open for business at
noon on Friday, June 6 at 115 N.
Commercial St., with the smil-
ing face of store manager Tammy
Hammond waiting to greet cus-
tomers.
Hammond, a 2014 graduate
of Hoehne High School, and her
mom, Cindy Hammond, are open-
ing the store as a way to promote
their line of fine bath products,
while providing a method for
Tammy to make some money as
she attends classes in the nursing
program at Trinidad State Junior
College (TSJC). Tammy said she
and several of her friends had
been struggling to find jobs in the
area, and she hopes, if the store is
successful, to be able to hire one
or two more college students who
are looking for a way to defray
their expenses.
Natural Scent-Sations will sell
bath soaps, bath gels, bath bombs
and bath fizzies that foam up in
the bathtub. Various fragrant
exfoliants will also be offered. Ex-
foliation is the process by which
people help the skin-regeneration
process along by removing dead
skin cells and making way for
new ones, according to the web-
site .
“We make everything our-
selves,” Cindy said. “The soap
that you see in the glass cases
behind the counter is aging right
now, and every one has a due
date. We thought we’d do it like a
baby nursery, and promote each
kind of soap with its due date
posted.”
About joining Trinidad’s
downtown business community,
Tammy said, “I’m really pretty
excited, actually. Hopefully, it
takes off and we’ll be able to do
everything we can to help with
my college, and with my rent and
everything.”
The store will be open from
10 a.m. through 6 p.m., Mondays
through Saturdays. Cindy said
the hours of operation would de-
pend on the amount of foot traffic
that comes through the door. The
Hammonds will also have their
products for sale at the Farmers
Markets in Trinidad and La Veta
during the summer months.
The Hammonds began mak-
ing bath products six months ago
and have found them to be very
popular with their family and
friends. “There are so many dif-
ferent kinds,” Cindy said. “There
are glycerin-based and coconut-
based, and the ones we’ll be doing
in the nursery are
actually lye-pro-
cessed soaps that
are completely
natural. They’re
made with lye
the old-fashioned
way, like the
way your grand-
mother used to
make soap. None
of our products
have any of the
nasty chemicals
or preservatives.
They’ll have a
shorter shelf life,
but they’re com-
pletely natural.”
The Ham-
monds use molds
to fashion their bath cookies and
make soap cakes in the form of
popsicles. Cindy said she also
wants to host baby showers fea-
turing Natural Scent-Sations
products.
The business is located on the
ground floor of the historic Co-
lumbian Hotel, which was built
in 1879, and Cindy said she had
enjoyed researching the history
of previous businesses at the lo-
cation. Legendary gunslinger
Doc Holliday was said to have
gambled in the basement directly
below the store,
which served
for many years
as a tobacco
and candy shop.
Dark brown ci-
gar burns are
still visible on
the ledges of
the display cas-
es behind the
counters. The
smell of stale
tobacco that
was prevalent
back in those
Wild West days
would have
been quite a
contrast with
the fragrant
aromas of the bath products that
were being put on the shelves of
the new Natural Scent-Sations
store.
“There are so many beautiful
fragrances found in all of these
soaps,” Cindy said. “We really
feel that it’s the scent that sells.”
Owner photo by Steve Block / Product photos by Bruce Leonard / The Chronicle-News
Natural Scent-Sations will open its doors at noon on Friday, June 6 at 115
N. Commercial St. Tammy Hammond will be running the new bath-products
store.