Senator Crowder celebrates sub commissioning with city

State Senator Larry Crowder, left, presents a medallion and commemorative booklet from the commissioning ceremony of the USS Colorado, a sophisticated nuclear submarine, to Alamosa City Councilor Charles Griego, right, a fellow veteran, during the May 16th Alamosa city council meeting. Flanking them from left are Councilors Michael Carson, Liz Thomas Hensley, Jan Vigil, David Broyles and Mayor Ty Coleman. Crowder also thanked Councilman Griego for bringing a situation to his appearance that prohibited Department of Motor Vehicles employees from speaking Spanish in the office. The issue is now resolved and the prohibition lifted.