Journalists
Muckleball? Written by Jonathan Almanzar |  
In 1891, James Naismith invented basketball with peach baskets and broomsticks. Abner Doubleday is usually credited with the creation of baseball in 1839, although there is much controversy surrounding this claim. Walter Camp created the concepts of football thanks in large part to his friend, William Ebb Ellis, who picked up a soccer ball and ran through the opposing team. The Japanese have been credited by some for inventing soccer in 1004 B.C., while others point to the Aztecs or the Greeks for its invention. |
Hope in our Heritage: Pueblo’s Lincoln HomeWritten by Johanna Woelfel |
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. specifically mentioned the "snowcapped Rockies of Colorado" when he detailed his vision of freedom ringing throughout our nation. And, believe it or not, one of those long-standing Rocky Mountain beacons for hope is in Pueblo. In 1906, when our city's African-American population was double its current figure, but still under five percent, the City Federation of Colored Women Clubs established the Pueblo Colored Orphanage and Old Folks Home on East First Street. The home was the only orphanage to welcome African-American children within several states. In less than a year, the orphanage was home to almost a dozen children and two senior citizens. Mending Shattered Hearts and Bones in HaitiWritten by Kara Mason |
Today, the major news outlets have, for the most part, stopped covering the devastation caused by the earthquake that hit Haiti in January of 2010. The quake struck ten miles southwest of Port-au-Prince, the capital city of Haiti, and was a seven on the Richter scale according to the U.S. Geological Survey. |
Bringing the ThunderWritten by Shelby Kindell |
Getting Down To BusinessWritten by Abby Koehler |
How This Little City Will Get A Whole Lot Better
Among their recent activities is the establishment of an information booth for visitors in El Pueblo Museum, the creation of guidelines for Downtown street landscaping and City Center architecture, and collaborating on a grant the City was awarded to purchase trolleys. "[The trolleys] are on order now, and the Pueblo City Center Partnership will be spending the next several months figuring out how to get them on the street. It's an expensive venture," explained Board Chairman Chris Kaufman. |
"Pack Attack! We are the Thunderwolves! Always ready to fight, we've got you in our sight. We're on the loose, we're on the prowl! You better watch out, here us howl! Thunderwolves are a pack! Lightning strikes, we attack! HOWL! Go, fight win!" The chant that that the CSU-Pueblo Thunderwolves Marching Band and crowd members roar as their hometown football team courses up and down the football field; this is the chant of a team who finished with a perfect 11-0 record, and climbed as high as first place in NCAA Division II football. Feats like this are unimaginable for many teams, but the 2011 football season brought an air of change to the CSU-Pueblo campus for football fans, faculty, administration, and students alike.
Under the banner of the Urban Renewal Authority of Pueblo, the Pueblo City Center Partnership (PCCP) is a group of local business and non-profit leaders, members of the Downtown Association, and members of local merchant associations who meet every month "to create initiatives and programs designed to keep our Center alive and thriving," according to the group's website, 
