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By Mike SalbatoCorrespondentThe Chronicle-News

Following a busy fall season the Trojan golf team will take a deserved break and look forward to Spring 2015 when play will resume and they can continue their quest to return to the top of the Region IX standings.

So far, things are looking good for the very experienced squad that features all sophomores. They won every region tour-nament in the fall and placed well in Ruid-oso, New Mexico last week in a tournament that featured many of the best teams in the nation.

The Trojans wrapped up region play by hosting the Trinidad Invitational the final Thursday-Friday of September. TSJC went 17-under-par as a team for the two-day event claiming the title over a much-improved field. Justin Carlock took his third tour-nament crown of the season edging out teammates Carlos Sisneros and Jake Ice by shooting a score of 133 (68-65).

“I am pretty sure that this was the first time that we have gone under par for both days as a team,” commented Coach Rich Holden. “All of the practice rounds we played throughout the season really paid off. The course was in great shape and it was the largest field that we have had with 48 golfers.”

Last weekend the Trojans headed to the Midland Fall Classic in Ruidoso where they played three rounds against some of the top

teams from the western half of the coun-try including Odessa, Western Texas and Dodge City. The team shot very well for the first 36 holes going +8 as a team and heading into the final 18 in fourth place. They strug-gled a bit the final day falling ten strokes and finishing sixth overall. Individually Carlock finished one under, which was good enough for 17th. Ice was at +1, which put him in 23rd.

“Having served on the Golf World Na-tional Junior College Division I ranking committee for the past three years, I was well aware that the 12 teams in attendance to this tournament were all teams that have proven themselves among the best teams in the Western United States,” said Holden. “To have our guys shoot eight over par as a team through 36 holes and finish the day in fourth place, was a milestone for our pro-gram against that level of competition. As I watched our guys compete in a group with the other three leading teams, I am proud to say we handled ourselves extremely well in that high-pressure situation. Even though we slipped to a tie for sixth overall we looked like we belonged in that last group, and we were able to beat several programs that we have never been able to beat at Nationals.”

The Trojans are halfway to their goal of reclaiming the Region IX title and heading to Newton, Kansas in May for the National Tournament. They will need to continue their strong play through five more region tournaments, starting back in Trinidad on March 26, 2015.

Mike Salbato / The Chronicle-NewsThe Trojan Golf Team – (from left to right) Carlos Sisneros, Jake Ice, Justin Frederick, Frazer Pomfret, Justin Carlock, Coach Rich Holden and Donovan Masias.

Trojan golf looks strong heading into break

SHAKE, RATTLE & ROLLSmall earthquake felt, heard in areaBy Steve BlockThe Chronicle-News

A Trinidad woman reported hearing

a loud boom and hearing the windows rattle at her workplace Wednesday morn-ing. Michelle Goodall, a Trinidad photog-rapher said she heard the boom at about 10 a.m.

“I heard this big boom, and I could hear the windows rattle,” Goodall said. “It was really pretty scary.”

Goodall said other people had posted

on her Facebook page about feeling the earthquake, including people living in the Hoehne and Allendale areas near Trini-dad.

There were no reports of an earthquake Wednesday on the website of the U.S. Geo-logical Service, but there was a report on the website of 2.8 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday, October 7, about 30 miles west of Trinidad. The area had an earthquake swarm in the summer of 2011, and has had some slight tremors since then.

Local shelter issues virus alertSpecial to The Chronicle-News

Noah’s Ark Animal Welfare Asso-ciation is temporarily restricting cat intakes and adoptions after several cats coming to the shelter tested positive for the feline panleu-kopenia virus (FPV). As a result, quaran-tine protocol is in place.

Due to space c o n s t r a i n t s while caring for the cats currently at the shelter during this quarantine, the shelter is temporar-ily not ac-cepting feral stray cats or owner-surrendered cats without proof of cur-rent vacci-nations. Cats and kittens will only be allowed to go to their new adopters after 2 vaccines.

It is not uncom-mon for shelters to see waves of FPV when the disease is prevalent in the community. Although FPV can be a fatal illness in cats and is very con-tagious, the vaccine for FPV is effec-tive. In order to keep your cats safe from FPV and other contagious dis-eases, it is important, as always, to keep them current on their vaccina-tions. The disease is only found in cats and cannot be passed to dogs or other pets. Symptoms include lethar-

gy, vomiting, diarrhea, anorexia, and hypersalivation.

To combat the spread of disease, Noah’s Ark staff is carefully evaluat-ing the vaccination and medical his-tory of every cat being cared for. Staff is also following strict quarantine and sanitation protocol in an effort to further prevent the spread of the disease.

Members of the public who need to surrender a cat may call 719-680-

2385 for alternative options or to be put on a waiting

list. We encourage fami-lies who have adopted

cats from Noah’s Ark in the past month to take their new pet to a veterinarian for any sched-uled booster shots that it may need.

For more information, please con-tact one of the local vet-erinarians (Dr Falduto – 719-846-3212 or Dr Aaroe – 719-846-3211) or Noah’s Ark.

—Founded in

1998, Noah’s Ark Animal

Welfare Asso-ciation is the

only nonprofit animal shelter in

Las Animas County, Colorado. Serving nearly 2,000 animals a

year, Noah’s Ark provides adoption options, subsidized spays/neuters, low-cost vaccine and microchip clin-ics, humane education and other im-portant services.

Noah’s Ark is a local, independent nonprofit that relies on donations from individuals and foundations to fund its many humane programs. For more information, visit www.noah-sarktrinidad.org.

FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA

EXTRAORDINARY ARTWORKSpecial to The Chronicle-News

Selected works by Colorado artists will be on display at the Colorado State Capitol complex, including the Lieutenant Gover-nor’s Office, the basement rotunda and the Joint Budget Committee room, from Oct. 2014-March 2015.

The exhibition officially opened on Oc-tober 2 with the dedication of the newly refaced Capitol Dome. A public ceremony and ribbon cutting was held at the Capitol that included tours of the dome’s observa-tion deck.

Trinidad artist Marilyn Leuszler had two paintings chosen to be displayed in the new exhibit. It is the second time Lueuszler has shown her exciting, impressive work at the State Capitol.