Lynette Sage encourages Willow Schulz, third place winner in the sixth, seventh and eighth grade categories to share her art and write up that she completed for the Leonard C. Burch art and literacy contest on Friday, Jan. 25 in the cafeteria of Ignacio Middle School.

Leora Lucero hands Kennady Gruffy first place kindergarten winner of the Leonard C. Burch art and literacy contest her prizes of coloring books and crafts on Tuesday, Jan. 15 in the cafeteria of Ignacio Elementary School.

The Burch family presents Kanoa Thompson’s art to the lower elementary students of the Southern Ute Montessori Academy on Tuesday, Jan. 15. Thompson placed first in the second-grade category of the annual Leonard C. Burch Art and Literacy contest.

Photo Credit: McKayla Lee | The Southern Ute Drum