1. Tuesday, October 7, 2014 Valley Courier Page 5
Valley News
For Trinidad State student, it’s all about the art
Torres will speak on
late colonial Mexico
ALAMOSA – Adams State
University will host Dr.
Yolopatlli Hernandez Tor-res,
Make A Difference Day planned
VALLEY — Make A Dif-ference
Day is Saturday, Oc-tober
25. What to do? Clean
up yards and communities.
Bring trash to the SLV Re-gional
Landfi ll located be-tween
Monte Vista and Del
Norte. Cost is a donation of
12 non-perishable food items.
Please, no outdated food or
commodities. All donations
will be given to the Monte
Vista Food Bank and will be
distributed to those in need,
at a later date.
The “cost” is 12 non-per-ishable
food items per car
or pick-up load. A truck and
trailer; cost is 24 items, large
trailer only; cost is 24 items,
all large truck loads per size;
cost 24 – 48 items. Tire cost
is a food donation plus a
per tire cash fee: passenger
car size $1, semi-truck size
$10.50 and tractor size $21.
Those who do not have food
items to donate, please bring
a cash donation.
No commercial haulers are
admitted for donation price.
All loads MUST be covered
or tarped. All tires must be
off the rim. All freezers and
refrigerators must have
Freon removed. All landfi ll
regulations will be enforced.
Hours are 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.
For more information call the
landfi ll at 852-3810 or visit
slvlandfi ll.com.
The Baer Family would
like to know of groups or
volunteer organizations
wishing to commit to a clean
up project, in conjunction
with Make A Difference
Day. Please call 580-4307.
This is the 15th year of this
particular project. The Baer
Family organizes this event
and is proud to have a part in
cleaning up yards, communi-ties,
roadsides and helping
those in need.
“We are appreciative of
the people that donate food;
you are always generous,”
they said. This event, in the
past, has been the largest
food donation for the Monte
Vista Food Bank.
whose lecture, “Migra-tion,
Reclassification, and
Displacement: The Case of
Errant populations in Late
Colonial Mexico,” will begin
at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, in
the Art Building room 227.
The lecture will cover the
historical Casta paintings
from the Viceroyalty of New
Spain, the visual and textual
representations of the Indig-enous
People in Colonial Mex-ico,
and the editorial agenda
of newspapers and periodicals
from the late 18th century, in
which idleness is presented
and criticized as a salient
feature of the viceroyalty
and one of its consequences
is the increasing number
of beggars, vagabonds, and
criminals.
Torres will explore the
visual, cultural, and race
studies by means of visual
representation in art as well
as her latest research on the
general editorial agenda of
newspapers and periodicals
from the late 18th century
Viceroyalty of New Spain, in
which idleness is presented
and criticized as a salient
feature of the viceroyalty. In
New Spain, temporal employ-ment
and underemployment
generated widespread migra-tion
to the cities, which was
responsible for the formation
of the “so-called caste of vaga-bonds”
(Villarroel 214). These
individuals were viewed as
inactive, which affected the
progress of New Spain, and
in order to promote work
and production, contribu-tors
to Mexican newspapers
proposed various solutions for
enforcing the laws and mak-ing
these people productive.
By MARGARET
SANDERSON
ALAMOSA — Of the
159,000 students in the Colo-rado
Community College
System, three were recently
recognized as Outstanding
Students. Alamosa’s Lance
O’Dowd was one of them.
While currently maintain-ing
a 3.88 grade point aver-age,
O’Dowd will complete
his welding curriculum at
Trinidad State in December
and will graduate with his
Associate of Applied Science
in May. In the welding class
he created a gladiator-style
helmet made entirely with
recycled silverware which
has been displayed both at
Trinidad State and Adams
State. The helmet has been
requested for a Recycle and
Upcycle Art Show in Denver
on October 11. Recently he
created a metal sculpture of
an Indian modeled after a
kachina doll. The inspiration
for his Indian designs comes
from his love of the South-west
style of decorating.
In September O’Dowd trav-eled
to Colorado Springs,
along with his dad, where he
was recognized by the CCCS
Board, which was meeting
at Pikes Peak Community
College. When he fi rst heard
the news that he had been
selected, he thought he was
receiving an award from
Trinidad State.
“I was shocked to learn
that I was chosen as one of
the Outstanding Students for
the entire college system,”
O’Dowd said.
Trinidad State Welding
Professor Norm Roberts
nominated O’Dowd for the
award. Williams said, “I’ve
worked alongside Lance on
several projects and even
hired him for several jobs
last summer. He’s a well-mannered
and respectful
young man who gets along
with all personality types.
He’s a leader, interacts well
with other students, is self-motivated
and works hard.
His attendance is great and
he does everything I ask him
to do. I couldn’t ask for a bet-ter
student.”
Of Trinidad State, O’Dowd
said, “I like the small classes
and the individual attention
and I like the career and
technical classes a student
can get here.”
An Alamosa High School
graduate, O’Dowd took Fine
Woodworking while he was
still in high school earning
both high school and college
credit. He excelled in that
class where he created two
tall twin Kokopelli Indian
vases. O’Dowd used hard-wood
maple for the base and
walnut and bloodwood for the
inlaid pieces. Using walnut
he also made a fi ve-foot long
dining room table that, with
leaves inserted, extends to
ten feet. He is now building
a 16-foot canoe at home.
O’Dowd, who is also at-tending
Adams State Uni-versity
and majoring in art,
plans to graduate with his
BA in two more years. He’s
thinking about equipping
a mobile welding rig, but
he especially wants to use
his knowledge to create art
forms. He’s not sure just how
it’s all going to unfold yet, but
he loves working with wood
and metal and he’s good at it.
“I like doing the stuff that’s
different from the norm,” he
said.
Courtesy photo
Kokopelli Indian vases created by O'Dowd using hardwood maple, walnut, and bloodwood.
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