September 2017

Due to the omission of a header, two items in this week’s print calendar — “African Dance” and “Brainstorm” — appear to be taking place on the wrong day. Both events are on Monday, Sept. 25.

Carbondale’s canine population is going to see quite the boom this weekend, starting Sept. 21: more than 90 dogs of all breeds and sizes will be accompanying their handlers to compete in the Dogs on Course in North America National Dog Agility Championships (DOCNA) at North Face Park. Competitors and their dogs will undergo several timed obstacle-course events, including snakes and ladders, jumpers and time gambles.

Carbondale and Rural Fire Protect District has two new faces on its board: ordinance officer Gretchen Stock-Bell and former mayor Michael Hassig, who will also serve as the new secretary/treasurer. The pair were chosen from among three applicants to fill the seats left open by Carl Smith and Lou Eller, both of whom have moved out of the district.

For fourteen days last July, myself and eleven other students from across the country, embarked on an adventure of a lifetime through the rocky Dolomite mountains on a Moondance trip. Moondance Adventures is an adventure travel company for middle and high school students with trips in five different continents, seventeen countries and eleven states in the US. The program’s philosophy incorporates a strong belief in the power of the outdoors with the ideas of positivity and “living in the moment.”

Sept. 22, 1977: Mid-Continent miners were back at work after a one day walkout over uncompleted shower facilities. The bathhouse had been destroyed in a flash flood over the summer, and Ma Mid had apparently promised to have them done by the previous week.

In 1960, Carbondale Union High School and Basalt High School came together under one roof and became Roaring Fork High School. The arrangement only lasted for two years while Basalt’s facilities were improved, but it left a lasting impression in Carbondale. The high school, now two buildings along, still has the conjoined name, mascot (Rams rather than Bulldogs) and colors (Blue and gold instead of blue and white).