The Sopris Sun – Carbondale, CO News

Felicia Trevor (left) and Lynn Ruoff, long-time friends, draw on their expertise in astrology and sound therapy to help clients identify ways to achieve their full potential. Photo by Jeanne Souldern Photo by Jeanne Souldern

A controlled burn was conducted up Avalanche Creek in early May to improve wildlife habitat. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service U.S. Forest Service photo

Carolyn Hall and her pal, Kodi, warm up by the fire during her time as a volunteer host at Avalanche Campground. Courtesy photo Courtesy photo

California-based muralist Jonny Alexander returned to Carbondale on commission to beautify the new Sopris Self Storage facility. Alexander did two murals at 1201 Main Street, as well as one in the new Hayden’s Place gym. The north building of Hayden’s Place is now filling with residents and the south building is set to welcome renters in June. Leased commercial space will begin its buildout later this summer. Photo by Raleigh Burleigh Photo by Raleigh Burleigh

(Left to right) Bill Kight (Glenwood Springs Historical Society), Garfield County Commissioner Tom Jankovsky, Glenwood Springs Mayor Pro Tem Marco Dehm, City Manager Beverli Marshall, Mayor Ingrid Wussow, Shelly Kaup (city council), Carolyn Cipperly, Angie Anderson (Glenwood Chamber of Commerce) and Andres Borunda with History Colorado-State Historical Fund — all smile for the cameras beneath the Cardiff Coke Ovens. Photo by James Steindler Photo by James Steindler

Kim Doyle Wille has invested around $3,000 in grow rooms for plant starts at her home in El Jebel. Photo by Raleigh Burleigh Photo by Raleigh Burleigh

Carbondale’s long-standing Memorial Day tradition, organized by the American Legion Post 101, involves a 21-gun salute at the White Hill and Evergreen cemeteries, where a commemorative wreath is left, followed by a salute on the Veterans Memorial Bridge crossing Highway 133. A wreath is dropped into the Roaring Fork River by children, in remembrance of all who lost their lives serving in the military. Photo by Raleigh Burleigh Photo by Raleigh Burleigh

Locations: News Published May. 31, 2023
Congrats 2023 grads!
Photo by Sue Rollyson

Young people took the stage throughout the Valley over the weekend, for the ceremonious tradition of closing one chapter for another: graduation. Here in Carbondale, The Bridges Frogs walked Friday, May 26, followed by the Roaring Fork Rams the next morning.

Colorado Rocky Mountain School will… read more →

Locations: News By Jeanne Souldern Published May. 31, 2023
RFSD Board adopts controversial health curriculum
Fourteen-year-old GSMS student Selah Schneiter told the board, "I have a friend who had homophobic slurs drawn on every page of her science notebook after she came out. I've heard my friends and peers called 'disgusting' in class." Photo by Jeanne Souldern

The debate over a comprehensive health and human sexuality curriculum to be taught at Roaring Fork School District (RFSD) schools ended on May 24 with the Board of Education’s unanimous approval. The curriculum was recommended by Chief of Student and Family Services Anna Cole and her team.

The decision came… read more →

Locations: Columns, Opinion Published May. 31, 2023
It takes a village
Angelique Pretorius, foto de cortesía.

By Denise Moss
Special to The Sopris Sun

Angelique Pretorius is starting a new life, one free of the helplessness she suffered during her entire childhood in South Africa. At 25 years old, she has made her way to America and started her college education. That’s step one. But… read more →

Locations: News By Jeanne Souldern Published May. 31, 2023
Friendship and stars align to create holistic business venture
Felicia Trevor (left) and Lynn Ruoff, long-time friends, draw on their expertise in astrology and sound therapy to help clients identify ways to achieve their full potential. Photo by Jeanne Souldern

Felicia Trevor Gallo and Lynn Ruoff have been friends for 20 years. During that time, they each pursued specific learning journeys. For Trevor Gallo, this has been studying the astrological heavens, and for Ruoff, it has been the resonance of sound therapy.

The two spoke with… read more →

Locations: News By Geneviève Villamizar Published May. 31, 2023
Why prescribed fires in Avalanche Creek?
A controlled burn was conducted up Avalanche Creek in early May to improve wildlife habitat. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service

Memorial Day weekend, campers and hikers might have been surprised at the sight of 600-plus acres of newly burned, south-facing terrain above Avalanche Creek.

As part of the Aspen-Sopris District wildlife habitat improvement project, the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management partnered with Pitkin County and Carbondale… read more →

Locations: Columns, Opinion Published May. 31, 2023
Sopris from above: New perspectives on water solutions
Stephanie Dungan

Opinion by Stephanie Dungan

Snowpack on top of Colorado’s Mt. Sopris shines bright white in the morning sunshine. Often, I have admired her grandeur from the ground, but I’ve never seen her from above. Looking down on this peak from a Cessna 210, it is clear… read more →