The Town of Carbondale’s approach to global climate change is expanding from contributing to the best case scenario to preparing for the worst. Last autumn, trustees attended a two-day Vulnerability, Consequences, and Adaptation Planning Scenarios (VCAPS) workshop with the Western Water Assessment (WWA) group. A final report on the subject was completed in January, and […]
February 2019
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The ties that bind
To say The Sopris Sun is a team effort is both a cliché and an understatement, but it’s still the response I give every time someone compliments the paper (the same approach does not apply to complaints, I’m afraid). That truth could not have been more perfectly illustrated than it was at our sold-out tenth […]
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Seeking Higher Ground: The long arm of the law
“I’m kinda discouraged.” Today, that was how Mason responded to my daily “How are you?” question. My query isn’t just a routine. Every morning we both awaken to find ourselves in one another’s company is a blessing. The cause of Mason’s discouragement was a Town of Carbondale flyer reminding us that our sidewalks must be […]
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Sopris Sun seeds
Winter 2009 was probably the worst time to start a newspaper, much less take on the role of editor. Across the country, large daily newspapers like the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Denver’s Rocky Mountain News were going out of business and Carbondale’s own Valley Journal suffered the same fate in December 2008. I was working as […]
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Secondhand stores share the love
When you walk into Ragged Mountain Sports, it’s easy to get drawn right into the racks of skis or casual wear featured in the center of the shop. That is, unless you’re a dog person. If that’s the case, you likely won’t make it past the couch on your right, where Shire is probably posted […]
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Our Town: John Ackerman
The Sopris Sun is conducting a series of interviews with folks you may not have seen in the paper before – a sort of introduction to your neighbors. This week, we caught up with John Ackerman, who recently became a massage therapist after more than 30 years working for Ackerman Log and Timber first under […]
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Carbondale department’s old gear is another’s treasure
The Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District has once again arranged to donate gear to a fire department in Puerto Arista, Chiapas, Mexico with help from local Mike Carter. Expired “bunker gear” — including jackets, pants, boots, flashlights and helmets — had been piling up in the basement of the firehouse before Chris DeMeyer made […]
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Carbondale board ready for adjustment
The all-new member Carbondale Board of Adjustment (BoA) met for the first time on Jan. 30. The members may be new to the BoA, but all bring some level of expertise from having served on other Town boards. The Carbondale Board of Trustees recently appointed seven BoA members; Meredith Bullock, Mark Chain, Russ Criswell, Jeff […]
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Talking with your kids about sexual abuse
“That could never happen to my kids,” is precisely the attitude that makes children more vulnerable to sexual abuse, according to Meghan Hurley, the Mental Health Coordinator of River Bridge, a regional child advocacy center located in Glenwood Springs. As Hurley told about 50 parents at a presentation at the Waldorf School last month, sexual […]