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Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Pueblo East student among Colorado's prestigious 2025 Boettcher scholars
Pueblo East High School Principal Andy Clementi told the Chieftain Ysabelle Rosales is "quite literally" one of the best students the high school has ever had. Rosales, who's set to graduate from East on May 24, is one of 50 high school students statewide and the only one in Pueblo County to receive the prestigious Boettcher Foundation Scholarship in 2025. As a Boettcher scholar, she receives an $80,000 award over four years with opportunities for supplemental aid and leadership development. The school's student body president participated in several activities while at East including DECA, the East Aquilas Dance Team, Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA), Gear Up, Junior Achievement, MEChA, National Honor Society, Speech and Debate, student council, Talon Team, track and field, and Upward Bound. Additionally, she dedicated nearly 270 volunteer hours with the El Pueblo History Museum's Teen Mental Health Kickbacks, has handed out Thanksgiving meals to those in need with Tom and Louie's Cupboard, and has taught financial literacy skills to elementary school students through Junior Achievement. Rosales told the Chieftain that her time at East has had a significant impact on her and equipped her with valuable leadership skills. "It's such an amazing environment for students to grow," she said of her high school. "There's so many different staff members that are happy to help and there's also different students that have helped me along my entire journey... It means a lot to me to come from Pueblo East High School and also means a lot to be a first-generation student who was raised by a single mother." Rosales' mother, Marlena Brown, also attended East High School, as did Rosales' grandmother, Laura Brown. After graduating from East, Rosales will attend Colorado State University in Fort Collins. She will study marketing and mass communication — passions cultivated through her participation in East's DECA program. A three-time qualifier for the DECA Colorado State Career Development Conference, Rosales secured a fourth-place finish in the Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling category this year. She has also qualified for the International Career Development Conference twice. At this year's international conference, she made it to the finals. The merit-based Boettcher Foundation scholarship has provided opportunities for high-achieving students since 1952. Applicants are evaluated on "superior scholastic ability/intellectual curiosity, leadership, service, character, and more," according to the foundation's website. There are typically over 2,000 applicants annually for the Boettcher. Additional information about the scholarship and the foundation is available at High school graduations: 2025 graduation season is here. Here's where ceremonies are happening in Pueblo Pueblo Chieftain reporter James Bartolo can be reached at JBartolo@ Support local news, subscribe to the Pueblo Chieftain at This article originally appeared on The Pueblo Chieftain: Pueblo East senior receives prestigious Boettcher scholarship
CBC
17-02-2025
- Business
- CBC
Ontario's new home rebates program falls short for solar panels in rural areas, says installer
Social Sharing A solar panel installer in northeastern Ontario says the province's new Home Renovation Savings Program falls short for people who live in rural and remote areas. Helmut Boettcher owns a company called Renewable Energy Solutions based in Thessalon, east of Sault Ste. Marie. He installs solar panel and battery storage systems, and says the vast majority of his customers are not connected to the provincial grid. But government rebates of up to $10,000 for solar panels and battery storage from the Home Renovation Savings Program don't apply to homes that are off the grid. "If you're running a fly-in camp up in northern Ontario and you want to upgrade your solar in order to reduce generator time, you are not eligible for that grant," Boettcher said. He said that even $5,000 can go a long way with solar panels today, and would be enough to purchase a 15-kilowatt system, which could power an average off-grid home most of the year, with only minimal need for a generator. Boettcher said ground-mounted solar panels are also ineligible for the new grants, and only rooftop panels are accepted. "I understand if you're living in Toronto and you've got a postage stamp lot, you cannot build a ground panel system," he said. "But if you're up here in northeastern Ontario and have got a little bit of room, a ground mount is much better." Boettcher said most of his customers opt for ground-mounted panels because they have the space for them, and they can fit more panels on their property that way. In an email to CBC News, Ontario's Ministry of Energy said the Home Renovation Savings Program's goal is to reduce demand on the province's electricity grid. "As off-grid homes are not connected to the electricity distribution system, demand savings cannot be achieved through their participation in this program," the email said. The ministry said there are other programs that do provide rebates for off-grid solar panels such as the Independent Electricity System Operator's Remote First Nations Energy-Efficiency Program. It provides funding support to remote First Nations communities to implement energy-efficiency projects.
