Robin Sutherland believes in tackling things like they matter, so when he performs a benefit concert for The Sopris Sun on Aug. 12 at The Redstone Castle, you can be pretty sure he means it. “This is going to be all about fun, but also all about purpose,” he said. “I think it’s too important […]
March 2019
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Soup maker becomes anti-trafficking activist
The first thing one notices about Gina Stryker is her bubbling energy. She is the founder of a successful prepared-foods startup enterprise, Gina Cucina, and is the mother of two sets of twins—all of which keeps her quite busy. She is also a person of strong convictions. Gina Cucina, which makes a variety of soups, […]
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What I did with my parents’ bodies
want to share our experience of handling my parent’s end of life process as this may help others. My mother died in August, 2014. My father died last May. In both cases my children and I cared for them at home as neither wanted to be anywhere else. This was not easy as there always […]
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Carbondale selects its new single hauler
The Carbondale Board of Trustees followed staff’s lead in awarding the Town’s residential hauling contract to Mountain Waste and Recycling. Public Works Director Kevin Schorzman estimated that Mountain Waste’s bid represented a 6 or 7 percent savings over Waste Management, the main competitor — at least for the average customer. Otherwise, he found both proposals […]
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Seeking Higher Ground: Get swept away by beauty, not an avalanche
Several of my friends have described me as “fearless,” but it’s not true. Since adolescence, avalanches have left me frozen in fear. Like so many mountain folk, I knew someone killed by one. I remember the anxious buzz that rose in the ski patrol hut when Lloyd Gentry didn’t return after the 3:30 sweep. Lloyd’s […]
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A brief history of local broadcasting
In September of 1963, I got on the train in Springfield, Mass. and two days later got off in Glenwood Springs. I was starting at Colorado Rocky Mountain School as a sophomore and besides having an electric guitar and amp, I had a Sony transistor AM radio. I had started listening to AM rock and […]
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Knifemaker creates perfection from imperfection
Kay Foye is an alchemist, although she denies it. But how else would one describe a woman who can make a gleaming knife out of an old, rusted farrier’s rasp? Foye’s knives are personal. Her clients (or friends) send meaningful items out of which she makes a blade or the handle for a blade. Or […]
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Real birds found, sculptural birds lost in Carbondale
Laurel and Hardy, newly named and homed parakeets at Skyline Ranch, seem to be enjoying their new nest and finch friends. But how they got there was almost no laughing matter. Barbara Dills first heard about one of the colorful birds during KDNK’s lost pet report. “No lost pets except one found parakeet, and I […]
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Carbondale athlete seeks uphill record in mental health awareness effort
Carbondale’s Sean Van Horn will attempt to break the North American record for most feet uphilled on skis in a 24-hour period. The record stands at 61,200 feet, which equates to between 39 and 40 laps at Buttermilk. The event, “24 Hours Of Vert For Aspen Strong,” will begin at 11 a.m. Sunday at the […]
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The ups and downs of decreased grazing fees
For the third consecutive year, the federal grazing fee for public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and National Forest Service has been lowered — this time, from $1.41 per animal unit month (AUM) to the legal basement price, $1.35 per AUM. The fee, which is adjusted annually, hinges on a formula […]