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Page 8 Tuesday, October 21, 2014 The Chronicle-News Trinidad, Colorado O ver the P ass TRINIDAD-RATON CONNECTION “What do you listen to?” By Tim Keller Correspondent The Chronicle-News Photos by Tim Keller / The Chronicle-News “I listen to my dog bark. That’s all I listen to because I’ve only recently moved back to Trinidad from England and I don’t have any of my electronics hooked up yet.” – Chris, teacher of English to speakers of other languages (Ra- ton) “I listen to people in my job, people talking about community development.” – Scott Berry, city manager (Raton) “Country & Western on KRTN. It’s a good station that plays a variety. Anyone can go in there and talk about happenings all over, from Eagle Nest to Trinidad and Aguilar.” – Gloria Fernandez, retired housekeeper (Raton) “We listen to 93.9 Raton all day long. You can hear Frank Sinatra followed by the B-52s and the Mexican Hour. I like the morning talk show, “This That & the Other.” – Frank Connors, Louisiana oilfield operations manager retiring in Trinidad (Trinidad) “Hip hop and R&B on my Samsung phone. I need to download more songs—I have 138 and my girlfriend has 1500. I like J. Cole, Lil Snupe, and Meek Mill.” – Deandre Evans, Childhood Human Resources student at TSJC, from Denver (Trinidad) “Country music on KCRT or on my CD player. Kenny Chesney’s my favorite.” – Troy Coberly, Sr., detailer, Corradino Auto Body (Trinidad) OPERATION GAME THIEF Special to The Chronicle-News KIM, Colo. - Colorado Parks and Wildlife is seeking information about a poaching in- cident that occurred in southeastern Colo- rado, west of Kim, in Game Management Unit 136. The carcass of a small buck prong- horn was found Oct. 6 on a parcel of private land approximately 1.2 miles west of the in- tersection of Las Animas County Roads 38 and 187. The landowner who discovered the car- cass contacted Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The incident occurred right after the week- end opener of pronghorn season. Wildlife officers believe the small buck may have been mistaken for a doe, or its death could have been the result of someone failing to make a reasonable attempt to find the ani- mal after it was wounded. Wildlife officers would like to remind in- dividuals to be absolutely sure of their tar- get before pulling the trigger. Individuals also need to follow up on animals that they wounded or may have wounded. “By taking the extra time to evaluate an animal, people can avoid harvesting the wrong animal, or even worse, the wrong species,” said District Wildlife Manager Mike Brown. Colorado Parks and Wildlife is asking the person or person(s) responsible for this incident to come forward and turn them- selves in. In addition, Colorado Parks and Wild- life is also seeking information in another poaching incident that occurred along Highway 109, between La Junta and Kim, back in September. Wildlife officers found the carcasses of two small buck deer whose heads had been removed. The remainder of the animals was left to rot and waste in the field. Individuals who kill big game animals in Colorado and abandon the carcass can face felony charges. If convicted, individu- als may permanently lose hunting and fish- ing privileges and could face time in prison. The public is reminded that poaching is a serious crime and takes away wildlife op- portunities from responsible hunters and the citizens of the state of Colorado. “In cases like this it’s important for the public to give wildlife officers any informa- tion that they might have,” said Brown. Anyone with information should contact Operation Game Thief. Operation Game Thief may offer a $500 cash reward for any information that leads to a citation or arrest in this case. If you have information about this case and would like to remain anony- mous, contact Operation Game Thief toll free at 877-265-6648, (877-COLO-OGT). Tips and information may also be e-mailed to [email protected]. CPW seeks information in two poaching incidents near Kim Colorado Parks and Wildlife An adult male pronghorn. Pronghorn are in- digenous to interior western and central North America.
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Page 8 Tuesday, October 21, 2014 The Chronicle-News Trinidad, Colorado
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TRINIDAD-RATON CONNECTION
“What do you listen to?”By Tim KellerCorrespondent The Chronicle-News
Photos by Tim Keller / The Chronicle-News
“I listen to my dog bark. That’s all I listen to because I’ve only recently moved back to Trinidad from England and I don’t have any of my electronics hooked up yet.”
– Chris, teacher of English to speakers of other languages (Ra-ton)
“I listen to people in my job, people talking about community development.”
– Scott Berry, city manager (Raton)
“Country & Western on KRTN. It’s a good station that plays a variety. Anyone can go in there and talk about happenings all over, from Eagle Nest to Trinidad and Aguilar.”
– Gloria Fernandez, retired housekeeper (Raton)
“We listen to 93.9 Raton all day long. You can hear Frank Sinatra followed by the B-52s and the Mexican Hour. I like the morning talk show, “This That & the Other.”
– Frank Connors, Louisiana oilfield operations manager retiring in Trinidad (Trinidad)
“Hip hop and R&B on my Samsung phone. I need to download more songs—I have 138 and my girlfriend has 1500. I like J. Cole, Lil Snupe, and Meek Mill.”
– Deandre Evans, Childhood Human Resources student at TSJC, from Denver (Trinidad)
“Country music on KCRT or on my CD player. Kenny Chesney’s my favorite.”
– Troy Coberly, Sr., detailer, Corradino Auto Body (Trinidad)
OPERATION GAME THIEF
Special to The Chronicle-News
KIM, Colo. - Colorado Parks and Wildlife is seeking information about a poaching in-cident that occurred in southeastern Colo-rado, west of Kim, in Game Management Unit 136. The carcass of a small buck prong-horn was found Oct. 6 on a parcel of private land approximately 1.2 miles west of the in-tersection of Las Animas County Roads 38 and 187.
The landowner who discovered the car-cass contacted Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The incident occurred right after the week-end opener of pronghorn season. Wildlife officers believe the small buck may have been mistaken for a doe, or its death could have been the result of someone failing to make a reasonable attempt to find the ani-mal after it was wounded.
Wildlife officers would like to remind in-dividuals to be absolutely sure of their tar-get before pulling the trigger. Individuals also need to follow up on animals that they wounded or may have wounded.
“By taking the extra time to evaluate an animal, people can avoid harvesting the wrong animal, or even worse, the wrong species,” said District Wildlife Manager Mike Brown.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is asking the person or person(s) responsible for this incident to come forward and turn them-selves in.
In addition, Colorado Parks and Wild-life is also seeking information in another poaching incident that occurred along Highway 109, between La Junta and Kim, back in September. Wildlife officers found the carcasses of two small buck deer whose heads had been removed. The remainder of the animals was left to rot and waste in the field.
Individuals who kill big game animals in Colorado and abandon the carcass can face felony charges. If convicted, individu-als may permanently lose hunting and fish-
ing privileges and could face time in prison. The public is reminded that poaching is a serious crime and takes away wildlife op-portunities from responsible hunters and the citizens of the state of Colorado.
“In cases like this it’s important for the public to give wildlife officers any informa-tion that they might have,” said Brown.
Anyone with information should contact Operation Game Thief. Operation Game Thief may offer a $500 cash reward for any information that leads to a citation or arrest in this case. If you have information about this case and would like to remain anony-mous, contact Operation Game Thief toll free at 877-265-6648, (877-COLO-OGT). Tips and information may also be e-mailed to [email protected].
CPW seeks information in two poaching incidents near Kim
Colorado Parks and WildlifeAn adult male pronghorn. Pronghorn are in-digenous to interior western and central North America.
