Bella O Reilly is the youngest graduate from Steamboat Springs High School in the class of 2021. She graduated in December at age 16. (Courtesy photo)
Bella O’Reilly has traveled to 47 different countries and lived in four. She started preschool while living in the Bahamas, and at 4 years old, O’Reilly returned to the United States having already completed kindergarten.
Since then, she has generally been the youngest student in her class, graduating from Steamboat Springs High School last December at the age of 16. O’Reilly will walk at graduation with her class this weekend as one of the youngest-ever graduates from the school.
Jonathan JC Norling was named vice president and dean of Colorado Mountain College Steamboat Springs last week, continuing the job he has been working on an interim basis since September 2020. (Courtesy)
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS Jonathan “JC” Norling, who has been the interim leader at Colorado Mountain College Steamboat Springs since September, has been named the permanent vice president and campus dean at the school.
The college pursued a variety of candidates for the role, but the process resulted in Norling “unanimously” standing out among the college’s leaders.
“It wasn’t just a matter of a home-grown guy naturally ascending to that role; they really looked far and wide,” said Bob Kuusinen, who is the Routt County representative on the Colorado Mountain College board of trustees. “It turned out we had the best candidate right in the community.”
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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS There are 6,000 or so stars visible to the naked eye under ideal conditions, but only one can claim the title of “The Brightest Star.” That title belongs to Sirius, the famous Dog Star of legend and lore. Sirius is the alpha star in our winter constellation of Canis Major, the Big Dog. It marks the twinkly nose of Orion’s larger hunting companion.
Identifying which star is Sirius is a snap. Go outside in the early evening and look high up in the southeastern sky. There you’ll find the familiar three stars of Orion’s Belt. Trace a line through the three stars of Orion’s Belt downward to the lower left and you will come to a dazzling white diamond of a star. That’s Sirius, the Dog Star.