The photography and film of a Japanese immigrant who spent decades capturing everyday life in Pueblo is on display through an online exhibit presented by the Pueblo City-County Library District.
“Natural Framing: The Life and Work of Frank D. Muramoto” showcases the vast body of work captured on film by Frank “Duke” Denichi Muramoto, a native of Japan who lived in Pueblo from 1912 until his death in 1958.
Muramoto s high-quality collection showcases Pueblo’s history and diversity.
“He’s a very good photographer so his images are clear and the subjects he’s featuring … were people of all ethnicities, of all races and backgrounds,” said Aaron Ramirez, manager of special collections and museum services for the library district.
Rawlings Library looks to Pueblo County for financial help
PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) The Rawlings Library is looking for financial help to complete renovation projects.
The library is working to build a new coffee shop, new meeting rooms, and an expansion to the parking lot next year. The Pueblo City-County Library District is roughly $187,000 short of its fundraising goal. Believe it or not the Rawlings library is almost twenty years old, and I know that s shocking and the building has really held up well and served our community well, said Nick Potter, with the Pueblo City-County Library District. However, the Rawlings library pre-pandemic has seen nine hundred to 1,000 people per day coming through its doors. So we want to be able to provide Pueblo with the best possible public library service; It s very important.
In an afternoon work session of the Pueblo county commissioners, the executive director of the Pueblo City-County Library District requested $187,500 as part of an $11 million Robert Hoag Rawlings Public Library renovation project.
Jon Walker, executive director of the library district, informed the commissioners that the majority of funds for the project have been secured but that the requested funding from the county would account for half of a match needed for an additional portion of a National Endowment for the Humanities grant.
Of the $11 million renovation project, $9 million will be provided through existing library funds. The library district has qualified to receive up to $500,000 in NEH funds, provided there is a matching donation from another organization. The grant provides that for each $375,000 raised by library staff, the NEH will match with $125,000. This means the library needed to raise $1.5 million in private funding.
It was recently announced that Colorado high school sports will start back up later this month for the winter season, and in response we have seen some complaints about guidelines and restrictions being imposed.
Examples of restrictions include: spectators will, of course, be limited, there are face cover guidelines (basketball and hockey player will wear masks even while playing), there will be fewer games (basketball slates will be 14 games), roster sizes are limited, postseason competition is scaled back, etc.
And those who are unhappy about these guidelines are missing the point … the kids get to play again.
The Colorado High School Activities Association applied for a variance from statewide public health orders, and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment granted said waiver. Excellent. Now prep athletes across the state will get to jump back into their chosen extracurricular activities.