November 2013

Otto VanGeet (center), senior engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, demonstrates the use of a SunEye tool to gauge solar availability with James Jensen, project manager for Southern Ute Alternative Energy, during a visit to Ignacio on July 31.

Tue Nov 26th, 2013

Tribe receives $1.5m grant for solar project

Several of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe’s office buildings could soon be operating partially on solar power.

The Southern Ute Montessori Head Start treated family members to food and a song during the Grandparents Thanksgiving Luncheon on Thursday, Nov. 21.

Tue Nov 26th, 2013

Treating grandparents to lunch and a song

Head Man Dancer Edward Box III and Head Woman Dancer Neida Chackee led the two-step.

Tue Nov 26th, 2013

Powwow in honor of Native American Month

Ignacio's Cloe Seibel (0) and her teammates of the victorious 2A-Blue team, after a defeat of the 2A-Red at the 2013 Colorado Coaches of Girls' Sports All-State Match on Nov. 17 up at Arvada West High School. Her teammates included (standing, L to R) Kendra Hart, Sargent; Keturah Tatum, Limon; Connie Olson, Parker Lutheran; Jacki Sallee, Fowler; Jessica Fritz, Mosca Sangre de Cristo; (kneeling, L to R) Moriah Shields, Fowler; Brett Smith, Simla; Lindsey Moss, Fowler.

Tue Nov 26th, 2013

Volleycat gains All-State shine

Ignacio's Adison Jones (8) takes a pistol formation-style snap on the road at Centauri this season. Jones approached the 2,000-yard mark in passing, and was a First Team All-Southern Peaks Conference choice after helping IHS go from 2-7 in 2012 to 6-3 in 2013.

Tue Nov 26th, 2013

Multiple gridders make All-SPC

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Tue Nov 26th, 2013

Herrera red-hot early for ’Hawks

A rare leucistic – all-white – deer has been seen several times on the Southern Ute Reservation in mid-November by hunters and tribal staffers.

Fri Nov 22nd, 2013

Tribal Council extends special protection to rare white deer spotted on reservation

The deer is officially protected due it its “very high spiritual significance.”

Chef Anthony Hamlin (right) and helpers prepare a feast for more than 300 attendees of the Southern Ute Cultural Center & Museum’s third annual Taste of Native Cuisine & Culture Expo on Saturday, Nov. 16.

Sun Nov 17th, 2013

Sold-out native cuisine event packs museum

Contestants await judging in the 'tween category,' during the Community Halloween Carnival at the Sky Ute Casino Resort.

Fri Nov 15th, 2013

Halloween: the frightful extravaganza

The first selections of books are dropped off into the Little Free Library. Since 2010, the Little Free Library has grown in most states and countries to promote literacy and the love of reading. SUIMA has the first Little Free Library in the southwest Colorado/Four Corners region.

Fri Nov 15th, 2013

The Little Library that could

The veterans powwow held at the Sky Ute Casino Events Center hosted a remembrance for Leonard C. Burch on Saturday, Nov. 9. Burch, who enlisted in the United States Air Force after graduating high school in 1954, is honored by wife Irene Coolidge (center), his daughters, and granddaughters.

Fri Nov 15th, 2013

Honoring the veterans

Informal conversations carry on throughout the symposium, (left to right) Larry Lehte, HoMana Pawiki, Milton Poola and Rod Grove stand for a formal portrait, following a discussion on the symposiums long history in New Mexico.

Thu Nov 14th, 2013

15th annual symposium brings veterans together to learn; celebrate

Now head coach of the Lady Bobcats, Shane Seibel – then just a spectator – chats with Ridgway's Steve Hill, one of Colorado's winningest coaches ever, prior to the teams' meeting inside IHS Gymnasium last season.

Thu Nov 14th, 2013

Lady ’Cats: Ready, willing, and Seibel

Former three-sport Lady Bobcat Michelle Simmons, now a Fort Lewis College Skyhawk, stands proudly outside Whalen Gymnasium’s doors Thursday, Nov. 7th. Simmons will be spending her first season at FLC as a redshirt, allowing her to build her skills and knowledge of the college-paced hoop game.

Thu Nov 14th, 2013

Simmons earning her Skyhawk wings

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Thu Nov 14th, 2013

V-ball thriving at mid-school

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