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In Colorado, farming is a multibillion dollar industry. So why are so many residents going hungry?

From Rocky Ford’s iconic melons to Pueblo’s beloved mirasol chil es and everything in between, local growers along the Arkansas nurture a cornucopia of fruits and vegetables every year. A breakdown in access This wealth of nutrition is located just a few miles east of the Pueblo city limits; nonetheless, the U.S. De partment of Agriculture Food Access Research Atlas found that, in 2019, the most recent year for which data is available, more than half of Pueb lo County and huge chunks of the city proper are considered food des erts. The atlas reports data based on census tracts and weighs income and access to fresh, healthful foods when assigning the designation. A tract is considered low income if 20 percent or more of its residents fall at or below the U.S. poverty rate; its median family income is no more than 80 percent of the statewide me dian family income; or the tract is in a metropolitan area and has a medi an family income less than or equal to 80 percent of the area’s median family income.

By Regan Foster Special to the Star Journal To head east on U.S. 50 is to en ter a verdant realm of lush fields and towering trees. It’s a green belt that meanders along the length of the lower Arkansas River from the city’s eastern edge to Rocky Ford and beyond – a Nile Valley-es que landscape in the midst of the Southwest drylands. Rows of chiles, corn and squash march in straight lines to the horizon — or at least to the edges of their fields. Mile after mile, rustling leaves and rip ening produce stand as summer senti nels, creating a sea of green interrupted by homes, livestock pastures and the occasional local business. “Since I was 3 or 4 years old, I’ve always been interested (in farming),” said Dalton Milberger, the president of the Pueblo Chile Growers Associ ation. “At 5 years old, I was driving tractors in the field. “I don’t know why,” he added with a laugh. “It’s quite rewarding. It’s a lot of work, but quite rewarding.”

Colorado is home to 31.8 million operational acres of agricultural land and in 2021 it generated nearly $2.8 billion in crop revenues alone, accord ing to the 2021 State Agriculture Over view. The state’s farms and ranches raised 5.73 million cows, goats, sheep and hogs, and dairy production ac counted for 5.27 million pounds of milk, according to the survey.

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It’s no secret that there’s a disconnect between the growers who produce the product and the vul nerable populations of local consumers who could desperately use it.

Inequities related to food access are multipronged. They involve infrastructure, employment, educa tion, socioeconomics, a generational cycle of need and global climate change.

“Our food system still has racism and systemic inequity and corporate action” restricting access for vulnerable populations, he said. “Which should be startling.”According to a 2021 study conducted by the Den ver-based nonprofit Hunger Free Colorado, one in three Coloradans is food insecure, meaning they’re not sure where or when they will have their next meal. Some 16 percent of the state’s kids don’t re ceive adequate nutrition due to financial constraints and 20 percent of adults reported having to skip or cut back on meals in order to make ends meet. The Healthy Kids Colorado 2021 survey found that 17.7 percent of Pueblo County high school students are food insecure and went hungry at least once in the prior 30 days. This as, in 2019, nearly one in 10 Colorado resi dents lived at or below the federal poverty guidelines.

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The county’s rural eastern plains, where this food is as well as sweeping parts of the East Side, Bessemer neighborhood, Downtown Pueblo and Pueblo West adjacent to Desert Hawk Golf Course all qualify for this designation.

“I’m passionate about this because we can do some thing about it. As people, as a community, we can change it. It was built this way; we can rebuild it.”

“That is a very recognized problem here in Pueb lo County and it’s just such a massive issue that it’s kind of difficult to tackle,” said Laura Griffin, family and consumer science agent for the Colorado State University Extension Office in Pueblo County. “We have people working with Care and Share (Food Bank for Southern Colorado) and the SNAP benefits program and local farmers and the farmers markets, and all that has kind of connected to provide food and assistance … to people in need.” ‘Food apartheid’

UpRoot Colorado works to close the gap by con necting the state’s farmers with volunteer groups to help bring crops out of the fields and into the hands of the state’s hungry residents. Among other things, the agency organizes groups of volunteers to visit everything from commercial farms to backyard or chards and bring in the produce that, for reasons ranging from blemishes to staffing, would otherwise be left UpRootbehind.calls these events “gleanings” and hopes to host its first such harvest here in Pueblo County this“Accordingyear. to the organization ReFED, there are 34 billion pounds of food left in the fields every year,” Laskarzewski said. “If we can move toward nutrition equity, nutrition security for everyone, we’ll take a burden off the health care system.

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“To be a producer is really an act of heroism and a lot of producers really aren’t compensated properly. We’re talking about a life-sustaining resource.” – Dave Laskarzewski, UpRoot Colorado

There’s a reason David Laskarzewski, co-director of the nonprofit nutrition access agency UpRoot Colorado, uses the phrase “food apartheid” — com plete with all the built-in disparities and oppression that word evokes.

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Enter Megan Moore and the Pueblo Food Project.

Moore, a graduate of CSU Pueblo, is program manager of the food project, a grassroots effort to serve as the community’s culinary clearing house. The agency runs a local-only food relief program that gathers and distributes foodstuffs to relief or ganizations such as local partner pantries and Care and Share. It has started a food entrepreneur pro gram to grow both creatives’ talents and accessible food plats throughout the city; it also acts as a coa lition builder among the many stakeholders in the fight against hunger.

To be clear, local farmers are very aware of the problem and are doing everything they can to help fill bellies for all Pueblo County residents, Milberg er said. His store recently expanded into the virtual world, offering travel-restricted consumers a chance to order their food online and find a friend, family member or caregiver who could pick up the package.

Corn, chilies and pumpkins are the among the crops grown in the fields along South Road in Vineland.

Additionally, water weighs heavily on Milberg er’s mind. It takes 1 million gallons to raise a single acre of chiles, he said, and proposed changes to the state’s water plan to restrict some agricultural access could have a catastrophic impact on the al ready-complicated issue of food access and hunger.

A growing network of nutrition specialists, pub lic health experts and food equity advocates has sprung out of Pueblo’s soil in a grassroots effort to make sure constituents have the culinary access they need to live healthy, happy lives.

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The prospect of moving water shares from ag land to growing urban centers farther up the Front Range weighs heavily on Pueblo County producers.

It’s not just a question of access to quantity of food — although that certainly plays into it — but quality. In some areas, food is available but it’s nu trition-poor, processed and unhealthy, the experts said. And that can lead to an uptick in health prob lems such as diabetes, obesity, malnutrition and heart issues, Dennison said “That’s definitely why we have prioritized not only access to food, but also access to healthy and affordable foods,” she said. “Hunger truly is im pacting everything and every portion of our lives. It impacts our health, it impacts economic availing, educational attainment.”

A grower’s take

“To be a producer is really an act of heroism and a lot of producers really aren’t compensated prop erly,” Laskarzewski said. “We’re talking about a life-sustaining resource.”

“Because we have that model, we are able to re ally have a better and stronger community connec tion,” Moore said. “That’s how we create … health equity and food justice is a good way to put it.”

Producers juggle the burden of staffing, poor travel infrastructure, their distance from the urban centers where the most vulnerable populations are likely to reside, growing government regulation, the ever-present challenges of climate change and the potential for water redistribution under the 2020 Colorado Water Plan. And they’re doing all of this while operating at profit margins that can make it difficult to fill their own families’ bellies.

Sierra Gomez, a 23-year-old senior at Colorado State University Pueblo, is a community food sys tems intern for UpRoot Colorado and is leading the effort to launch a gleaning program here. The Pueblo native is studying health science and found a specialized calling in attempting to fix some of the gaps in the area’s food system.

It was clear that all this weighed on Milberger as he sat in his family’s farm store off U.S. 50 on a sweltering July afternoon. The 27-year-old’s laugh ing demeanor turned sober as he talked about the barriers to getting the critical but less-than-perfect produce from his 400-acre farm to the huge swaths of the county that the USDA identifies as low-in come,“Forlow-access.aproducer to do that, we’d have to hire three or four more people. People are hard to find,” he said. “We produce an abundance of product –it’s just finding the personnel who would be able to deliver it and create that avenue.”

“Between the seven farms out here, we produce a lot of fruits and vegetables,” he said. “Without us, if something happened where we lost our water or something happened to our ground, it would be devastating to the entire community, up and down the Arkansas River.”

“I have this desire to improve (the community) … and I figured that providing people with healthy food would be a way to do so,” she said. “There’s an astonishing number of people who just need as sistance — nutritional assistance programs — so it’s important for people to learn more about where food comes Improvingfrom.”access could go a long way toward shrinking the community’s public health issues, said Shylo Dennison, program manager for the Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environ ment. Among her myriad responsibilities, Denni son is critical in the development of the five-year Community Health Improvement Plan. In the 2021 plan, obesity and behavioral health were both listed as top priorities. No surprise: Nu tritional access plays a major role in both.

In the past decade, the department partnered with the CSU extension office, local school districts and the Pueblo Food Project to identify not just the factors that contribute to food insecurity but what programs are already in place to help reduce barri ers and fill empty stomachs.

Filling the gap Just as the problem of food insecurity is multi pronged, so too are the efforts to find a solution.

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“People talk about, ‘Oh, we could just take a little bit,’ but that little bit affects a lot,” Milberger said. “If we have to cut back a little bit, the prices go up and it’s a bad deal for everybody.”

“Food insecurity definitely impacts both mental and physical health and your ability to actually per form and know where you fit in the world,” Dennison said. “Hunger impacts everything. None of us can think straight and be at our best when we’re hungry.”

“We’re taking a look at … how we can impact every area where people live, work and play,” Dennison said. “What’s happening at the school system? How do (residents) access groceries and fresh options? How can they access communi ty-supported agriculture? We’re looking at food assistance programs like enrollment in WIC or SNAP. … We know that unfortunately there are ton of people who are qualified for those pro grams but aren’t enrolled.”

It turned out there was a cultural disparity that the well-intentioned planners of the garden didn’t take into“Itconsideration.wasn’tthatthey didn’t want to eat vegetables,” Garcia said. “They didn’t eat kale. This community eats corn, beans and squash. It eats fresh vegetables in their way, but that’s not what you’re growing.”

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“We see even now, after some recovery, that pan tries are very busy and still have significant needs that arise out of that.”

When Matthew Garcia speaks about the work that has been a centerpiece of his career for the past de cade, though, the site becomes much more. “What we started focusing on 10 years ago was dry-land ecological practice. A big part of that is food practice,” he said.

A dozen years later, Garcia said, “We’re really in it. It’s more important now … than ever to engage this idea that you can have food practices in the drylands.”

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While pursuing Master’s of Fine Arts degrees at Ar izona State University, the pair had the opportunity to participate in an interdisciplinary project related to food systems and community engagement. One of those projects was a community garden.

“It’s going to take the entire community to solve this,” Pueblo Food Project’s Moore said of food inse curity. “One particular fix isn’t going to change every thing. … It’s going to take an entire community effort and a lot of awareness to get to a place where we have a really solid, strong and responsive food system.

“The good news is Pueblo has so much food avail able. We’re so close to the farms and there’s so much opportunity for us to feed the community.”

It’s another vibrant, viable and thriving piece in the very complicated puzzle.

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A lush ‘desert’ The desertArtLAB field site in Pueblo could be easily overlooked. It’s a humble plat within sight of Dutch Clark Stadium with a wooden split-rail fence and rows of cholla cactus and yucca. In the dry cityscape, the xeriscaping of this well-kept space blends quietly into the background.

Engaging indigenous and ancient techniques, he said, can help develop an environmentally sustain able and healthful food system and honor an of ten-overlooked cultural heritage.

“This is a place with roots and that’s exactly what we’re trying to grow there,” Garcia said. “We’re try ing to grow roots in the conversation of how food can look in the dryland. This is not new; this is ancient.”

Garcia, a Pueblo native and art and media pro fessor in the CSU Pueblo School of Creativity and Practice, launched the lab with his partner-artist –educator, curator and researcher April Bojorquez.

If food security was already an issue in the county, the impact of COVID-19 has launched it into a fullblown crisis, she said. The impact of the pandemic, she said, was “unbelievable.”

“This food project was in the historically Chicano/ Hispanic portion of town in south Phoenix,” Garcia said. “The community wasn’t coming for the fresh vegetables and weren’t going for things like kale.”

Garcia and Bojorquez specialize in Hispanic/Chi canx/Latinx cultural studies, Indigenous practice and art. From this combination of expertise arose the dream of the field project and a living installa tion that demonstrates the resiliency of dryland food systems. Hence the cactus that, it turns out, are not just soil restorative but a life-sustaining food source with indigenous roots thousands of years deep.

Moore said here in Pueblo County, nearly a quar ter of residents live at or below the federal poverty line and receive governmental support. “That’s just poverty,” she said. “That’s not the families that are still struggling to make ends meet, even if they are above the poverty line “The need is significant here. … The good news is we’re here and we’re trying to make a difference.”

“At first we had incredible shortages, and we’re still seeing those shortages in different ways,” Moore said. “COVID showed us the things that are lacking, per se, in our communities, and it definitely brought those issues (to light) even more.

“In the drylands, the 4,000 years of food practice don’t look like what people expect them to look like,” Garcia said. “What we really tried to think about when we talk about food security and food practice is how we can reconnect with dryland food practice. Things that need no water.”

WHY PUEBLO CHILE GROWS UP TO BE SO TASTY: Hot, dry days Cool nights Plenty of water (but not too much) Good soil HOT, HOT, HOT Pueblo chiles range between 5,000 and 20,000 on the Scoville heat scale, according to the Pueblo Chile Grow ers Association. That’s somewhere between a jalapeno and cayenne. “Watch out for the little ones – they’ve been tortured the most and are the hottest.” Pueblo Chile Growers Association

The “and frijoles” part of the festival’s title is no accident. Frijoles are cheap, easy to make and go with everything. They’re a farmer favorite because they require less water to grow and have a shorter growing season than a lot of other crops. They also make a good rotation crop: Farmers can grow corn in one area and after it’s harvested they can plant frijoles in the same spot. Corn uses a lot of nitrogen from soil; frijoles give it back, keeping the soil healthy.

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By Brandon Samora Special to the Pueblo Star Journal The 2022 high school football season is upon us and Pueblo is gearing up for a competitive and grittyPuebloautumn.hada young league in 2021. Though every team lost key players to graduation, there will be no shortage of young talent on display this sea son. A competitive and challenging season awaits each team that steps onto the field. This year brings changes to class 3A. Traditional ly, all five Pueblo 3A teams – Centennial, Central, County, East and South – and Cañon City competed in one league. Starting this season, the class is sepa rated into three leagues. League 1 includes Centen nial, Central, South, Harrison, Lewis-Palmer and Si erra. Cañon City, County, East, Discovery Canyon, Mitchell and Sand Creek will compete in League 2. League 3 teams are Battle Mountain, Durango, Ea gle Valley, Glenwood Springs, Palisade and Summit. Pueblo West competes in class 4A. See Page 11 for the full schedule for every local team. Pueblo’s three big rivalry games will take place on Sept. 2 (Pigskin Classic), Sept. 23 (Cannon Game) and Oct. 7 (Bell Game). Here is a mini-guide to each Pueblo school’s upcoming season. Dolores Huerta and Rye high schools were also contacted but did not respond be fore deadline.

Central Wildcats (3A League 1)

Coach: Kris Cotterman, sixth year 2021 record: 5-5 Key players: Mariano Romero Garcia, OL/DL, senior; Josiah Barela, QB/WR/DB, junior; Chris Bojorquez, linebacker, junior; Amari Brown, RB, sophomore; Jordan Atencio, RB/DB, senior; Mi chael Montoya RB/LB, junior; Genaro Pino, LB, sophomore

Key games: Sept. 1 vs. East; Nov. 4 vs. South

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Coach: Jeff Wilson, first year (32nd as a Pueblo football coach) 2021 record: 1-8 Key returners: Uli Fesuluai, quarterback, senior; Logan Marquez, running back/defensive back, se nior; Jayden Hudran, running back/wide receiver, sophomore; Blake Roberts, running back/wide re ceiver, senior; Yeshawah Lewis, wide receiver/de fensive back, senior; Nathan Sheppard, offensive/ defensive line, senior Key matchups: Aug. 26 vs. Mitchell; Oct. 21 vs. Sierra Coach’s perspective: “When I retired a few years back, I didn’t ever expect myself to be a head coach again. I always wanted to coach again in high school, but I never thought I would be a head coach. “Being a head coach you have to do a lot of stuff that isn’t very fun, but at the same time when an op portunity came about I just got excited about it… especially when I met them and I was around them this summer. They threw some gas on the fire that was already there. That’s what I hope I can do with them. I’m looking forward to all aspects of it. I’m looking forward to a great season.”

Centennial Bulldogs (3A League 1)

Coach’s perspective: "Summer has been really good. This is one of the first years where we have a lot of this team committed to the weight room. We probably have 22 guys who are lifting (a total of) 1,000 pounds across four lifts (and) 15 guys bench ing over 250 pounds. We’ve never had numbers like that. We have some bigger kids, which has kind of been something that we haven’t had. We haven’t had those big lineman-type kids and we have them this year, so hopefully we’re better up front.”

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Coach: Tony Valdez, third year (13th at East) 2021 record: 5-5, lost in first round of playoffs

Key matchups: Sept. 9 at Fountain-Fort Carson; Oct. 7 vs. Palmer Ridge Coach’s perspective: "You come to Pueblo West to play great teams and to play at the highest lev el. We want to play the best. We want to see where we're at as a team. We're gonna see what we're made of early and often. We’re up to the task.

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East Eagles (3A League 2)

Coach’s perspective: “We had great attendance all summer. The kids were working hard. We changed some things up this year: We brought in some fresh faces and did some different things which I think that our kids really responded well to. I feel like we came into fall camp in pretty good shape and ready to roll. We’re stronger and I think that we got every thing we wanted out of the summer – kids showing up, being accountable and being committed.”

South Colts (3A League 1)

Key games: Sept. 2 at Discovery Canyon; Sept. 16 vs. Green Mountain

Key players: Brock Montoya, TE/DL, senior; Ryan Lane, LB/TE, junior; Mateo Esquivel, WR, senior; Ray J Aragon, WR, senior; Ryan Grisham, WR, senior; Nathan Martinez, WR/DB, senior

Coach: Ramon Enriquez, first season 2021 record: 7-4, lost in first round of playoffs

Key players: Cody Lanier, RB/LB, senior; Mario Perez, RB/LB, senior; Patrick Noga, RB, sopho more; Jacob Kuhn, WR/LB, senior; Jonathan Gon zales, WR/DB, junior; Mario Perez, RB/LB, senior; Ken Shorten, tight end/DL, senior

Key players: Tatum Rivera, QB/RB/DB, senior; Daniel Badillo, WR/DB, senior; Zayden Stevens, QB, sophomore; Greg Guerra, WR/DB, senior; Caleb Lucero, WR/DB, senior; Sebastian Freeman, DB, senior; Isaiah Garcia, RB/LB, sophomore

Pueblo West Cyclones (4A League 4)

Key players: Jacob Trader, RB, senior; Gavin Hen derson, fullback/LB, senior; Titus White, WR, senior; Bryce Goehring, WR/LB, senior; Gavin Lockett, QB, sophomore; Garret O’Brien, WR/DB, sophomore; Kaden Clough, OL, sophomore; Donovan Robinson, WR/DB, junior; Brock Keck, WR, sophomore

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Key matchups: Aug. 26 vs. South; Sept. 16 vs. Fort Morgan

Coach: Clint Buderus, fifth season 2021 record: 7-5, lost in second round of playoffs

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Coach’s perspective: “I’m excited for our guys to show what they can do. They’re working hard during camp; they’re competing every day. One of my biggest things is getting those guys to compete –try to put them in game situations as much as possible during camp and practice. Situational football is my big thing. “I learned a lot from coach (Monte) Pinkerton (at Pueblo West). I coached under him for almost 15 years. Getting to learn from one of the best in Pueblo was a great experience for me, but now to be in that lead ership role, to finally get the chance to put into prac tice what I’ve wanted to, has been great. I’ve gotten to know everyone at the school the last three years. I’m excited to be in this role and the team is excited about this season.”

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“The excitement around the team gets me excited. The kids really are excited to play. Most days they bring it. They want to practice. They have fun and it's fun to be around when a group has that much fun practicing. It's great being a part of this team.”

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Coach: Ryan Goddard, 13th year (20th at South) 2021 record: 8-3, lost in first round of playoffs

County Hornets (3A League 2)

Key games: Oct. 27 at Discovery Canyon; Nov. 3 vs. County Coach’s perspective: “The whole state is about to find out who Zayden Stevens is, if they haven’t al ready. He’s done a great job this summer leading the team as a sophomore. The guys love to follow him. He’s charismatic and he has another great sopho more next to him in the backfield, Isaiah Garcia. These young guys play well beyond their years and if they mesh well with these upperclassmen, it's going to be a fun team to watch.”

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11AUGUST26,2022PUEBLOSTARJOURNAL.ORG| DATE TIME HOME AWAY Aug. 19 6 pm Grand Junction PUEBLO WEST Aug. 26 4 pm Mitchell CENTENNIAL 7 pm Alamosa CENTRAL COUNTY SOUTH Cheyenne Mountain EAST PUEBLO WEST Dakota Ridge Aug. 27 1 pm Vail Christian DOLORES HUERTA Sept. 1 7 pm EAST CENTRAL Sept. 2 7 pm COUNTY PUEBLO WEST Discovery Canyon SOUTH Manitou Springs RYE Elbert DOLORES HUERTA Sept. 3 Noon Palmer CENTENNIAL Sept. 8 6 pm Heritage CENTRAL Sept. 9 7 pm Harrison COUNTY EAST La Junta Fountain-Fort Carson PUEBLO WEST RYE Salida Sept. 10 1 pm CENTENNIAL Widefield McClave DOLORES HUERTA Sept. 15 7 pm EAST Lutheran Sept. 16 4 pm CENTRAL Coronado 7 pm COUNTY Fort Morgan RYE Center 7:30 pm SOUTH Green Mountain Sept. 17 1 pm CENTENNIAL Cheyenne Mountain Justice DOLORES HUERTA Sept. 22 7 pm CENTRAL COUNTY Sept. 23 6 pm Far Northeast Warriors PUEBLO WEST 7 pm Discovery Canyon CENTENNIAL SOUTH EAST Trinidad RYE Sept. 30 7 pm Mesa Ridge PUEBLO WEST Ellicott RYE Oct. 1 1 pm DOLORES HUERTA Hoehne 2 pm Monarch SOUTH Oct. 7 7 pm CENTENNIAL CENTRAL Cañon City COUNTY Sand Creek EAST PUEBLO WEST Palmer Ridge RYE Colorado Springs Christian Sierra SOUTH Crowley County DOLORES HUERTA Oct. 13 7 pm CENTRAL Sierra Oct. 14 4 pm SOUTH Lewis-Palmer 7 pm COUNTY Discovery Canyon Falcon PUEBLO WEST Peyton RYE 7:30 pm CENTENNIAL Harrison Oct. 15 1 pm EAST Cañon City DOLORES HUERTA John Mall Oct. 21 1 pm Custer County DOLORES HUERTA 7 pm CENTENNIAL Sierra Lewis-Palmer CENTRAL Sand Creek COUNTY Mitchell EAST PUEBLO WEST Coronado Harrison SOUTH Oct. 22 7 pm Banning Lewis Academy RYE Oct. 27 6 pm Discovery Canyon EAST 7 pm CENTRAL Harrison Oct. 28 7 pm COUNTY Mitchell SOUTH CENTENNIAL Montrose PUEBLO WEST RYE Rocky Ford Oct. 29 1 pm DOLORES HUERTA Fowler Nov. 4 7 pm CENTRAL SOUTH EAST COUNTY Nov. 5 1 pm CENTENNIAL Lewis-Palmer 2022 Districts 60 and 70 High school varsity football schedule Source: CHSAA • Schedules are subject to change

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GUEST COLUMN Happy Pueblo Pride! It’s time for an other year of cel ebration for the LGBTQ community here in Pueblo. We take time every August to celebrate the achievements we’ve made as a community and to remember the work we still have ahead of us. As an integral part of Pueblo, the LGBTQ community’s presence has grown over the past two decades and our voices are louder than ever. We’ve worked hard to achieve all that we have, but we haven’t done it alone. I’m also so proud to say that Pueblo is home to many allies – allies who continue to show up year after year. In the early 2000s, I was working as a barista at Wireworks coffee house when a small but proud group of folks attended a modest gathering of solidarity and called it Pueblo Pride. Fast forward to this year, when the festival encompassed the majority of Mineral Palace Park with close to 100 ven dors, a day full of entertain ment, and thousands of folks attending. The event has grown every year thanks to the all-volunteer board of the Southern Colora do Equality Alliance, southern Colorado’s LGBTQ advocacy organization. I was proud to join the SCEA board short ly after coming out in the mid 2000s. It was a way to connect with our community and begin the work I have made the focus of my life. While serving on the board, we re-start ed the LGBTQ youth group OutFront and grew the Pride event. OutFront was neces sary because at the time there were no gaystraight alliances in a Pueblo high school. OutFront continues to exist today and I’m incredibly proud of our youth in this town. Many GSAs have started in our local high schoolsPueblosince.PULP was a monthly independent newspaper full of local articles written by an amazing group of people who cared about this town. I was humbled when I was asked to write a monthly column called Inside Out to be sure our LGBTQ voices could be heard. Through this medium, I was afforded the privilege to share my experiences from the LGBTQ community with anyone who wanted to read about them. The column helped folks understand that we are here, in many different parts of the community, and we deserve to be treated as equals.

“We ... have a strong history of pride and perseverance when it comes to the rights we’ve had to fight so hard for.”

Celebrate Pueblo Pride but don’t forget the work yet to come Daneya Esgar

Before marriage equality was being debat ed at the state level or became the law of the land in the United States, in Pueblo I helped lead one of the first campaigns to help city employees achieve same-gender domestic partner benefits for health care coverage. A group of LGBTQ folks and our straight allies fought City Council and won this benefit for our city employees. We even managed to stop a petition designed to take away our victory. In 2013, when civil unions passed at the state level, our local county commissioners and county clerk helped the SCEA or ganize a mass ceremony for those seeking that right. Bo Ortiz was one of the first county clerks to offer mar riage certificates to couples in Colorado before the Colo rado Supreme Court cleared the way for full marriage equality in our state in 2014.

Pueblo has a history of acceptance and al lyship for our LGBTQ community, but we also have a strong history of pride and per severance when it comes to the rights we’ve had to fight so hard for. When we take a moment to celebrate those wins at the an nual Pride event, it’s well deserved, but we must also continue the work we’ve done as a queer community and the allies who love us. Our transgender family is attacked, even murdered, in this country and is fighting every day for the rights they deserve. And with the fall of Roe vs. Wade, we know, because Jus tice Thomas wrote so, that the Supreme Court could look to end marriage equality next. We can’t afford to sit back and rest. Our allies will continue to be called on to help us keep the rights we all deserve.

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Hot sauce company located in Pueblo In 1888 the Colorado Coal and Iron Company established an irrigation company to transport this from the St. Charles Mesa to Avondale The Pueblo Mirasol chile Unit of pungency In Pueblo County 93% are this type of farm In 1803 this purchase acquired territory for the United States, including the St. Charles Mesa, Vineland, Avondale and other lands south of the Arkansas River near Pueblo Best Italian market for Pueblo chile sausage links Native hunter-gatherers in the 1500s who followed game into the high country during the summer and wintered in warmer pockets along the Front Range Pueblo County leases water rights to these new growers JoJo makes this This river provides water for agriculture, residential and industrial developments

Pueblo Agriculture & Culture 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 98 10 11 12 13 1514 16 17 18 19 2120 22 23 24 25 Crossword: Agriculture & Culture Would you rather do the puzzle digitally? Visit PuebloStarJournal.org/puzzles Answers on page 20. Join us September 19 at 6 pm at Watertower Place, Alpha Beta Room 2F to help create and perfect future puzzles. RSVP to Gregory@PuebloStarJournal.org Do you want to contribute to the PSJ crossword puzzles?

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15AUGUST26,2022PUEBLOSTARJOURNAL.ORG|Across 2 Last name of the artist who designed the Pueblo Chile Growers Association chile logo 4 Surpassed farming in the 1950s in Pueblo County 8 Farm famous for Pueblo chile fudge 9 Top selling agricultural product 10 Month of the Chile & Frijole Festival 11 This Grocery & Gift Shop which specialized in Mexican patent medicines and herbs opened in Salt Creek in 1959 13 Top selling produce 15 In the 1860s these goods were the one item that miners, store keepers, gamblers and, indeed, everyone needed, but nobody had. 17

A semi-sedentary Apache people who hunted bison and farmed corn, beans,squash, and other vegetables along the river and its tributaries 2015 Pueblo County officials and farmers began a marketing campaign for this local product

Blizzard Peak Distillers offers this delicious infused beverage This farm makes Pueblo Chile pasta sauce Popular local method of cooking chile This local culture dates from 1050 to 1450 This brewery has multiple chile beers on tap 24 Colorado Whole Foods replaced this chile with the Pueblo chile This Pueblo farm produces the chiles for Springside Pueblo Jack Cheese

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Where to find board policies, meeting agendas/minutes and video archives:

Tommy Farrell, vice president – thomas.farrellboe@pueblod60.org or 719-569-5433

Where: Educational Services Center, 24951 Hwy 50 East Upcoming meetings: Sept. 6 and 20, Oct. 4 and 18, Nov. 1 and 15, Dec. 6 and 20

TBD – Vacancy left by Matthew Cranswick’s departure to be appointed by board

Barb Clementi – barb.clementi@pueblod60.org or 719-924-5232

Meetings

Where: Administrative Services Center, Arapahoe Room, 315 W. 11th St. Upcoming meetings: Sept. 27, Oct. 25, Nov. 15, Dec. 13

Anne Ochs, president – aochs@district70.org

Members

A.J. Wilson, vice president

– awilson@district70.org John Christenson – jchristenson@district70.org Cathleen Culhane Howland – cculhane-howland@district70.org Chris DeLuca – cdeluca@district70.org Where to find board policies and meeting agendas and minutes: https://www.district70.org/apps/pages/?uREC_ID=102094&type=d PUEBLO SCHOOL BOARD INFORMATION StockAdobefromPhoto POWERCOLORADO’SPATHWAYLOCALBENEFITS © 2022 Xcel Energy Inc. Colorado’s Power Pathway invests over $1.7 billion in the region – creating jobs and encouraging new growth in manufacturing and renewable energy. Learn more at coloradospowerpathway.com 4.625x4.875_CO-PuebloStarJournal-Jul2022_P04.indd 2 8/1/22 11:36 AM

When: 6 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of the month

Margaret White, president – margaret.wrightboe@pueblod60.org or 719-696-0715

Kathy DeNiro – drkathy.deniroboe@pueblod60.org

District 70 school board

When: 6 p.m. on first and third Tuesdays of the month

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19AUGUST26,2022PUEBLOSTARJOURNAL.ORG| DID YOU KNOW: There are over 800 family farms in Pueblo County. The top selling produce is pumpkin. Get ready for the autumn season and color in these happy pumpkins! EdwardsMelissabyIllustration

Urban Sketchers of Pueblo Opening Fri., Sept. 2, 5-7 p.m., Mon-Sat, noon4 p.m., Pueblo Arts Alliance, 107 S. Grand Ave. Info: 719-242-6652

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20AUGUST26,2022 CONNECTION|CURIOSITY|ACCOUNTABILITY|COMMUNITY Pueblo Agriculture & Culture 1 J V T O C C H R A N C H N G R L P 6W 7M M L L B E R G E R A O L X T S L P E C H A Y 10S E P T E M B E R 11F L O R E S C P A 12L O 13P U M P K I N M O V 14G E I U I 15A G R I C 16U L T U R A L I L G S T Y S L L E 17C H I L E R I T A 18M U S 19S O A A A 20A R N N N 21R O A S T I N G N A O K R A 22A P S H A P A 23W A L T E R S B N C I S 24H A T C H S 25P A N T A L E O A SAnswersCrossword Join us Sept. 19, 6 pm at Watertower Place, Alpha Beta Room 2F to help create and perfect future puzzles. RSVP to PuebloStarJournal.orgGregory@ Dig in to the fun! FAMILY EVENTS Pueblo Rocks in the Park Noon-2 p.m. Fridays, Ray Aguilera Park, 840 W. Northern Ave. Pueblo Historical Ghost Walk 2022: Famous Sites of Pueblo 5-8:30 p.m. Sept. 30, Oct. 1, 7-8 and 14-15, El Pueblo History Museum, 301 N. Union Ave.

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ART HISTORY History for Kiddos 1 p.m. every other Sunday, Pueblo Arts Alliance, 107 S. Grand Ave. 602-281-5558 vessels and

Closing noon-5 p.m. Aug. 26, at Blo Back Gallery, 131 Spring St.

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Info: blobackgallery.com War Memorial Ghost Tours 7-9 p.m. first Saturday of each month, Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum, 31001 Magnuson Ave. Info: pwam.org

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Free dental clinic Friday, Sept. 30, and Saturday, Oct. 1

Ladies Night Out Self-Defense Training 6-8 p.m. first Friday of the month, Rocky Mountain Empowerment Center, 330 Lake Ave. Info: $39. 800-748-2074

Open Mic at Blue Cactus 6-9 p.m. Thursdays, El Nopal's Blue Cactus Room, 1435 E. Evans Ave. Info: 719-564-9784 Karaoke Night at The Fallout with KJ Mikey D. 9-11:30 p.m. Fridays, 1227 S. Prairie Ave. Info: facebook.com/PuebloFallout

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FAITH Interfaith meditation and service 10-11:30 a.m. Sundays, Center for Inner Peace, 740 W. 15th St. Info: 719-543-2274

S o n g s & S w e e t s R O S E M O U N T M U S E U M F R E E O u t d o o r C o n c e r t & I c e C r e a m S o c i a l F e a t u r i n g C A M A R A D A 3 2 0 S a t u r d a y , S e p t e m b e r 1 0 f r o m 5 : 0 0 - 7 : 0 0 p m E a s t L a w n o f R o s e m o u n t M u s e u m 4 1 9 W . 1 4 t h S t r e e t , P u e b l o B r i n g a b l a n k e t o r l a w n c h a i r ( l i m i t e d s e a t i n g p r o v i d e d ) C a l l 7 1 9 - 5 4 5 - 5 2 9 0

WELLNESS Prenatal Workshop and Support Group 6-7 p.m. last Wednesday of each month, Phoenix Massage, 105 W. Fifth St. Info: socodoulaco@gmail.com

MUSIC Country Line Dancing 6-7 p.m. Wednesdays, Eagleridge Event Center, 805 Eagleridge Blvd., Suite 170 Info: facebook.com/PuebloDanceCompany

Seniors: Riverwalk Walking Group Meets 10 a.m. Mondays in front of Senior Resource Development Agency (SRDA), 230 N. Union Ave. Info: 719-553-3446 or richmond@srda.org

Cocktail Hour with Live Music 7-9 p.m. Wednesdays, Analogue Bar, 222 N. Main St. Info: facebook.com/AnalogueSolar

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PERFORMING ARTS Open Mic Night at Grind Haus Cafe 7:30-9:30 p.m. Fridays, all ages, 209 S. Union Ave. Info: facebook.com/thegrindhauscafe "The Outsider" by Paul Slade Smith Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, 7-9 and 15-16 Impossible Playhouse, 1201 N. Main St. Info: (719) 542-6969 or impossibleplayers.com

EATS Food Truck Union Noon-7 p.m. Fridays, Mineral Palace Park, 1600 N. Santa Fe Ave. 3-9 p.m. Sundays, City Park, 800 Goodnight Ave. Info: thefoodtruckunion@gmail.com or thefoodtruckunion on Facebook Southern Colorado Farmers Market and Craft Fair 4-7 p.m. Tuesdays, Lake Minnequa Veterans Me morial Park, 3005 Lakeshore Drive (off Pueblo Boulevard); 7 a.m.-noon and 4-7 p.m. Fridays, Mineral Palace Park, 1500 N. Santa Fe Ave. Info: www.facebook.com/SoCofarmandcraft or socofarmandcraft@gmail.com

Chile & Frijoles Festival 3 p.m.-midnight Friday, Sept. 23; 10 a.m.-midnight Saturday, Sept. 24; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25 $5 gate admission, Downtown Pueblo/ Union Avenue Info: pueblochilefestival.com

Wellbriety Support Meeting 9-10:30 a.m. Wednesdays, Center for Inner Peace, 740 W. 15th St. Info: 719-543-2274

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Yoga: Hun Yuan Qi Gong 10 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at Anahata Healing Yoga Studio, 3942 Ivywood Lane $5/class; Wednesdays and Thursdays on Zoom (no charge); Sundays at City Park Ballroom, George L. Williams Pavilion, 801 Goodnight Ave.

FILM Studio Ghibli Fest anime series Cinemark Tinseltown Pueblo, 4140 N. Freeway Info: "Onlyghiblifest.comYesterday"3 and 7 p.m. Aug. 28 (En glish), 7 p.m. Aug. 29 (Japanese with subtitles) "Howl's Moving Castle" 3 p.m. Sept. 25 and 7 p.m. Sept. 28 (English), 7 p.m. Sept. 26 (Japa nese with subtitles) "Spirited Away" 3 p.m. Oct. 30 and 7 p.m. Nov. 2 (English), 7 p.m. Nov. 1 (Japanese with subtitles)

Info: Pokemonchaosgamesandmore.comLostOriginsPre-release

Bud Light Grandstand Randy Rogers Band: 5

COLORADO STATE FAIR Aug. p.m. Aug. 26-29, p.m. Aug. 26, 7 p.m., 8 p.m. Aug. 27, 3:30 p.m. Aug. 28, Aug.

Southwest Motors Events Center Walker Hayes:

Bud Light Grandstand Jim Gaffigan:

GAMES Chaos Games & More 4065 Club Manor Drive

Southwest Motors Events Center Eddie Montgomery (Montgomery Gentry): 5 p.m.

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5 p.m. Friday, Aug. Pokemon28 Trading Card Game 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. WarhammerSundays40K match play 11 a.m. Sundays and narrative play 6 p.m. Thursdays Board game league 6 p.m. Sundays and Tuesdays Magic: The Gathering - Commander 6 p.m. Mondays MechWarrior RPG 6 p.m. Thursdays Magic: The Gathering - Standard/Modern 6 p.m. BattleTechFridays6 p.m. Fridays Individual event listings

Bud Light Grandstand Lou Gramm (Foreigner) with Berlin:

28, Bud Light Grandstand T.I.: 7 p.m. Sept. 1, Southwest Motors Events Center The Band Perry with Priscilla Block: 7 p.m. FosterReganbyPhoto COLORADO STATE FAIR R E N E W E D W H O L E S A L E 7 2 0 S O U T H M A I N S T R E E T P U E B L O , C O 8 1 0 0 4F a s h i o n S h o Fw a s h i o n S h o w 5 T H A N N U A 5L T H A N N U A L A R T I S A N T E X T I L E C O . P R E S E N T AS R T I S A N T E X T I L E C O . P R E S E N T S 5 P M 6 P M 7 P M P r e S h o w R e c e p t i o n F a s h i o n S h o w M u s i c b y M e t r o g n o m e , C o n v e r s a t i o n & R e t a i l T h e r a p y T h a n k Y o u t o o u r S p o n s o r Ts h a n k Y o u t o o u r S p o n s o r s G e t Y o u r T i c k e t s T o d a y G! e t Y o u r T i c k e t s T o d a y ! A n e v e n i n g o f c r e a t i v i t y , t i m e l e s s b e a u t y , a n d p l a y f u l s o p h i s t i c a t i o n . K a d o y a G a l l e r y & R e n e w e d W h o l e s a l e T i c k e t s a v a i l a b l e o n l i n e a t a r t i s a n t e x t i l e c o m p a n y . c o m o r a t A T C , 1 2 1 B r o a d w a y A v e , P u e b l o C O $ 5 p e r t i c k e t , r e s e r v a t i o n s a r e r e q u i r e d . S e a t i n g i s l i m i t e dAll garments handmade by Southern Colorado Artists SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

26-Sept. 5 Colorado State Fairgrounds, 1001 Beulah Ave. Tickets and info: coloradostatefair.com TICKETED EVENTS: PRCA Ram Rodeo: 5

Sept. 19 - Monday Pueblo Crossword Puzzle/Word Search Creators 6 p.m. Watertower Place, 303 S. Santa Fe Ave. Info: pueblostarjournal.org/puzzles If let know. will also offer paid and online that may suit your events better. If you have specific needs, let us know how we can work with All events are screened before appear online in reserve the any

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DISCOUNTS: Carnival: $32, Aug. 24 Gate admission: $8, Aug. 25

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Aug. 27 - Saturday Colorado State Fair Parade: "Colorado...It's Our Nature" 10 a.m., Downtown Pueblo Info: 719-542-1704, terrik@pueblochamber.net coloradostatefair.com/colorado-state-fair-paradeor

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Sept. 3 - Saturday Movies in the Park: “Beetlejuice” 7 p.m., City Park, 800 Goodnight Ave. Free

Sept. 17 - Saturday Local Author Meet-and-Greet: David P. Wagner, "To Die in Tuscany" 1-3 p.m., Books Again, 622 S. Union Ave. Info: booksgain-pueblo.com

Tommy G Memorial Demo Derby: 5 p.m. Sept. 3, Bud Light Grandstand Celebración de los Charros with Los Tucanes de Tijuana: 5 p.m. Sept. 4 (Fiesta Day), Bud Light Grandstand Stone Temple Pilots: 5:30 p.m. Sept. 4, South west Motors Events Center

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Aug.AUGUST26-Friday State Fair Legislative BBQ 5-8 p.m., Colorado State Fairgrounds, 1001 Beulah Ave. $75 Greater Pueblo Chamber of Commerce members, $95 nonmembers Info: pueblochamber.org

Aug. 28 - Sunday Pokemon Lost Origins Pre-release event 5 p.m., Chaos Games & More, 4065 Club Manor Drive Info: chaosgamesandmore.com

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Sept.SEPTEMBER1-Thursday Pueblo Riverwalk Farmers Market Afternoons on Thursdays through Sept. 29

Sept. 10 - Saturday Relay for Life 1-5 p.m., Fraternal Order of Eagles #145 ballroom, 1615 S. Prairie Ave. Info: relayforlife.org/pueblocorelay4lifepueblo@gmail.com,or719-248-9143

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