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Parker SeiboldDecember 29, 2024 | updated 2 years ago
One of Kimber Fiebiger’s new bronze Humpty Dumpty statues, Eggsplorer, on the Plaza of the Rockies south tower. The Minneapolis-based artist has 15 Humpty Dumpty statues located in Downtown Colorado Springs. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)
One of Kimber Fiebiger’s new bronze Humpty Dumpty statues, Eggsplorer, on the Plaza of the Rockies south tower. The Minneapolis-based artist has 15 Humpty Dumpty statues located in Downtown Colorado Springs. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Air Force guards Alexis Cortez (1) and Milahnie Perry (2) and San Diego State forward Khylee Pepe (0) reach for a rebound in a Jan. 3, 2024 game at Clune Arena at the Air Force Academy. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette file)Ken Brandon poses for a portrait in his famous papier-mâché giraffe head inside Box of Bubbles on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. Brandon can often be spotted around Salida, Colo., wearing the giraffe head while bicycling through town. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Fans look up as Snowboard SuperPipe gold medalist Scotty James flies overhead during the finals on day 1 of the X Games Aspen 2024 on January 26, 2024 in Aspen, Colo. James won the gold medal. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Lt. Col. Ben Hassell holds up a sign made by his son Zeke, bottom left, at a homecoming for the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, at Fort Carson’s William “Bill” Reed Special Event Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Hassell was welcomed home by his wife and their eight children. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Deconstruction was underway at the Drake Martin Power Plant on Friday, March 8, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colo. The completion of deconstruction this year comes after nearly a century of electric generation in downtown Colorado Springs. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Retired Air Force Col. and Air Force Academy graduate Hank Hoffman is reflected in his medal and ribbon case Wednesday, January 10, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Isabella Becerra, 10, the daughter of Fountain police Officer Julian Becerra, is given a Colorado flag during a ceremony honoring her father and two other officers who fell in the line of duty last year, Friday, May 3, 2024, at the Colorado Law Enforcement Memorial in Golden, Colo.(Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Isabella Alexander looks to the crowd as she moves her tassel during the Pine Creek High School commencement ceremony on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, at Clune Arena in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)United States Air Force Academy cadets watch as the Thunderbirds perform at the Air Force Academy graduation at Falcon Stadium on Thursday, May 30, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Philippe Marion makes his way up the Pikes Peak Highway just below Devil’s Playground during the first day of practice for the Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Retired Paralympian Amanda McGrory’s service dog Calvin demonstrates his ability to pick up dropped items at their home in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Thursday, June 27, 2024. McGrory got the seven-year-old lab-golden retriever mix five years ago from Canine Companions. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)The Blue Angels fly in their famous diamond formation during their performance at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. The Blue Angels performed to a sold out crowd of 15,000 during their first appearance in Colorado Springs. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump enters his campaign rally at the Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, in Aurora, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)In this double exposure created in camera, Don Goede sits on the floor of the Manitou Art Center and glues eyes onto his face before filming a walkthrough of his show A Muse’d on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold,The Gazette)A soldier with the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team from Fort Carson, left, and a Fort Johnson observer-controller-trainer take cover after setting off a grenade during weapons validation in preparation for live-fire training at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Johnson, La., Satruday, Nov. 2, 2024. About 4,000 soldiers and 1,100 vehicles spent several weeks at the training center facing challenges meant to prepare them for large-scale war. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Maj. Jayne Leemon, brigade legal officer with the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, applies face paint as a convoy of brigade headquarters staff prepares to move early in the morning, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Johnson, La. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)From left, Colton Mast, Matthew Gordon, Jared Anderson, BreAnna Bradshaw and Sarah Wrubel perform “Marshmallows and Snow” during the 10th Annual “Christmas This Year” variety show at Ent Center for the Arts, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. The show featured approximately 60 people with Down syndrome and members of their families. Anderson started the show a decade ago as a way to raise funds for South Africa’s Club 21 and to raise Down Syndrome and special needs awareness. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Olivia Greig poses for a portrait in a dance outfit traditional to her home country of Kiribati, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. Greig is living in Colorado Springs as part of a program called the UUTI Activity. (UUTI is Gilbertese for “awake” and is pronounced “Oos.”) Part of a U.S. government-funded partnership between the two countries, UUTI seeks to provide young Kiribati natives with the skills necessary to either return to their home country as future leaders or seek employment opportunities elsewhere. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Luna Fatalo, 1, looks at lights encased in icicles at the opening night of the Ice Castles in Cripple Creek, Colo., Thursday, Dec. 20, 2024. For the first time in its 13-year history the company opened two Ice Castles locations in Colorado. The second opened in Eagle on Friday. The Cripple Creek Ice Castles are made of 25 million pounds of ice and had 100,000 visitors last year, according to Jared Henningsen, Ice Castles vice president of event operations. The Ice Castles are open through February or early March, weather permitting. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Hayes T. Weight of Goshen, Utah, competes in bull riding at the Friday matinee of the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo on July 12, 2024, at the Norris Penrose Event Center, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Chloe Kim of the USA celebrates winning gold in the Monster Energy Women’s Snowboard SuperPipe Final on day 1 of the X Games Aspen 2024 on January 26, 2024 in Aspen, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Lori Kittle uses a broom to push snow off her roof as her husband Jim Kittle holds onto a rope that’s tied around her waist, Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Divide, Colo. Warm temperatures during the day and cold temperatures at night were causing a sheet of ice to form over the heating lines on their roof, preventing the snow from melting and sliding off and causing it to leak inside. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)A runner casts a shadow as they compete in the 4A boys 3200 at the Colorado High School Activities Association state track and field championships on Friday, May 17, 2024, at Jeffco Stadium in Lakewood, Colo. Hundreds of athletes from around the state competed over three days for state titles. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Fountain-Fort Carson’s Kyler Lewis competes in the 5A boys 110-meter hurdles at the Colorado High School Activities Association state track and field championships on Saturday, May 18, 2024, at Jeffco Stadium in Lakewood, Colo. Lewis ran a 14.355 and won the championship by .003 seconds. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Mesa Ridge’s Tevin Riehl poses for a portrait, Thursday, April 18, 2024, at the high school in Colorado Springs, Colo. Riehl, Riehl, Mesa Ridge’s leading scorer, was The Gazette’s Peak Performer of the Year in boys basketball. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Mesa Ridge’s Bryce Riehl (2) and Zander Iwanski (21) look up at the scoreboard as the clock runs out and they win the 5A boys basketball semifinals game against Northfield on Thursday, March 7, 2024, at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)The bright colorful homes of Gold Hill Mesa create a stark contrast to snow that blankets area on Friday, March 15, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Parts of Colorado Springs got as many was 22 inches of snow during a two-day winter storm. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Sylvia Hoffstetter sits with a hand on her husband Army Spc. Glen Hoffstetter’s headstone on Memorial Day at Pikes Peak National Cemetery, Monday, May 27, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Evan Hasenbalg shears a sheep during a demonstration at Rock Ledge Ranch’s Sheep Shearing and Fiber Arts Day, kicking off the living history season, on Saturday, June 1, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Switchbacks FC defenseman Matt Real collides with Orange County SC midfielder Brian Iloski in the first half June 15 at Weidner Field in Colorado Springs. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Three-year-old Asher Bainy sits next to his grandfather Jason Foster as they wait for the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo Parade to begin on Saturday, July 6, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colo. The rodeo was at the Norris Penrose Event Center and featured seven performances in five days. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)A group of kids watch a clown create balloon animals on the third night of the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo on Thursday, July 11, 2024, at the Norris Penrose Event Center, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Skilly DeLoach puts glitter on Arianna Montoya’s before the Pikes Peak Rangerettes performance at the Friday matinee of the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo on Friday, July 12, 2024, at the Norris Penrose Event Center, in Colorado Springs, Colo. The Rangerettes is a drill team of 19 girls ranging from ages 12 to 20. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Pilot Bill Klaers inspects restored World War II B-25 bomber “In the Mood” before a flight on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Michael Dell’Ario a former member of Peyton Fire carries a flag as he climbs the Manitou Incline on the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in Manitou Springs, Colo. Previously, Dell’Ario participated in the downtown Denver climb up 110 flights of stairs in full gear, but after retiring as a volunteer firefighter last year, he decided it was time to let someone else participate. He plans to continue to honor those lost in the attacks by climbing the Incline. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Teri Ortega and her dog Amber, who she affectionately calls half-pint, pose during the look-a-like contest at the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region’s annual Pawtoberfest at Union Printers Home at Printers Hill, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Levia Hartman poses for a portrait last week near the water in Fountain Creek Regional Park. Hartman and her mother moved here in 2005 when she was “9-ish,” after a destructive, bitter civil war in Liberia, West Africa. She published a book in 2020 about her experiences, “Crown Up: From Immigrant to American Dream.” She said the local park reminds her of Africa. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Air Academy’s Cody Hotz holds up the 4A boys soccer state championship trophy as the team celebrates their 1-0 win over Mullen with the student section, Friday, Nov. 5, 2024, at Weidner Field in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Village’s Isabel Carew (9) and Erika Sayer (22) share an emotional embrace after winning the 3A girls volleyball state championship match, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, at the Denver Coliseum. Village came back after losing the first two sets and defeated Platte Valley 3-2 for the state title. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)DeeAnn Rothstein looks over at the Grinch as he holds up a pair of pants inside Colorado Co-op, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. The City of Colorado Springs and Downtown Partnership kicked off the holiday season with holiday characters who strolled through Downtown interacting with shoppers and posing for photos. Carolers with Soli Deo Gloria Choir joined the holiday fun and sang their way through downtown. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)A curious black-footed ferret peers out from its kennel at Lamar Middle School eighth-graders Daeva Zollars, left, and Madalyn Lyons, right, during a release of 15 kits (young animals) by Colorado Parks and Wildlife and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at the May Ranch, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, near Lamar, Colo. Black-footed ferrets are one of the most endangered animals in North America. Colorado is one of eight states and over 50 partner agencies involved with the recovery of the species through reintroduction. Dallas May, the owner of the May Ranch, brings local students to the ranch for the release each year in an effort to guarantee all Lamar students get to see an endangered animal during their education (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Hayes Weight, left, of Newton, Mo., gets ready for the third night of the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo on Thursday, July 11, 2024, at the Norris Penrose Event Center, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Hunter Hess of the USA wins bronze in the Chipotle Men’s Ski SuperPipe at the X Games on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024, in Aspen, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)CJ Trujillo, 4, reaches through the gate to greet a dinosaur during opening day of Jurassic Quest, Friday, March 29, 2024, at the Colorado Springs Event Center. The interactive event featuring life-size dinosaurs, themed rides and attraction, shows and science, continues through Sunday evening. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Private Hudson, a service dog, wears a cap during the University of Colorado Colorado Springs commencement ceremony on Friday, May 10, 2024, at The Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)The class of 2024 marches onto the field during the United States Air Force Academy graduation at Falcon Stadium on Thursday, May 30, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Firefighters carry drip torches through tall grass at a prescribed burn west of Monument, Colo., on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. The prescribed fire perhaps the most ambitious prescribed burn effort yet in the wildland-urban interface between Pike-San Isabel National Forest and populated areas of El Paso County according to U.S. Forest Service according to U.S. Forest Service spokesperson Dawn Sanchez. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Rose McLaughlin, left, and Isa Harris, share a turkey leg at the Colorado Renaissance Festival, Saturday, July 15, 2024, in Larkspur, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)A mountain goat crosses the summit of Mount Massive near Leadville, Colo., on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. The 14er is the second highest peak in Colorado with an elevation of 14,421(TK) feet. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold,The Gazette)Kayakers paddle across Lake San Cristobal on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Lake City, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold,The Gazette)People walk the isles of Colorado Springs Comic Con, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, at The Broadmoor World Arena. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC defender Koa Santos (2) stands alone on the field as he watches fireworks after a loss against San Antonio FC at Weidner Field on Oct. 12, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)The sun rises from the summit of Cottonwood Pass near Buena Vista, Colo., on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)
