Roaring Fork Rams Sports (listed times are varsity games) Last week’s scores – L=loss, W=win, (score) Girls volleyball, Aug. 26, L – Coal Ridge (3) @ Roaring Fork (0) Girls volleyball, Aug. 28 Tournament, L- Soroco (3), Roaring Fork (0) L – Little Snake River (Wyo.) (3), Roaring Fork (1) L – Moffat County (3), […]
September 2021
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Scuttlebutt / Community Calendar
SCUTTLEBUTT 5Point The 5point Film Festival board of directors has voted to postpone their flagship festival, previously scheduled for Oct. 13 through Oct. 17. Based on ever-shifting conditions around in-person indoor gatherings due to COVID-19, the event is delayed until April 2022. Apply now! The deadline for applications for The Sopris Sun’s Future of Journalism […]
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Venciendo el miedo de usar nuestra voz
Manos sudorosas, mariposas en el estómago, la cara punzante y las palabras a medio fluir. No, no hablo de síntomas por estar infectados con el coronavirus, sino de los síntomas que le dan a los valientes cuando deciden alzar su voz para defender su causa o abogar por sí solos. Levantar la mano o la […]
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Chisme del Pueblo – 2 de septiembre
Traducción por Jacquelinne Castro ¡Sumate! ¡La fecha límite para las solicitudes del programa educacional juvenil de The Sopris Sun Future of Journalism se acerca rápidamente! Estudiantes locales de secundaria que estén interesados en participar en este programa gratuito, con reuniones los miércoles en Carbondale de 3 p.m. a 5 p.m., deben aplicarse antes del 8 […]
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RFSD responds to staffing and salary concerns
During a special meeting on Aug. 25, the Roaring Fork School District (RFSD) Board of Education unanimously approved a mill levy override (MLO) proposal. RFSD voters will decide, on the Nov. 2 ballot, whether or not to approve a property tax increase that will provide additional funding for teacher and staff member salaries. An MLO […]
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Deportes de otoño de vuelta
Traducción por Dolores Duarte Podías sentirlo en el aire esta semana – el marcador hizo clic en “otoño”. Con eso, viene la emoción de la temporada deportiva de otoño de los Rams de la Roaring Fork High School (RFHS). Los nuevos lanzamientos en RFHS incluyen una nueva directora deportiva, Crista Barlow. Ella es conocida por […]
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Novedades de Carbondale, 24 de agosto
Traducción por Dolores Duarte Toda la acción durante la última reunión en persona de la junta administrativa de Carbondale, se desarrolló en el ayuntamiento. Todos los miembros de la junta estuvieron presentes excepto Heather Henry. Ben Bohmfalk reveló durante las actualizaciones de la junta administrativa que, contrariamente a lo que se le dijo a los […]
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Habitat and working ranch conserved near Carbondale
On Tuesday, Aug. 31, a handful of giddy Aspen Valley Land Trust (AVLT) staff members gathered at the Coffman Ranch, 1.5 miles east of downtown Carbondale. They were there to celebrate the organization’s purchase of the verdant property from longtime owners Rex and JoAnn Coffman. The Coffmans purchased the property in the 1950s from the […]
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Bill Morrow’s sculptures find home
“I have absolutely no fear of dying.” Bill Morrow, 75 years old, stepped inside from working on a 2002 Buick Rendezvous to join The Sopris Sun by phone. “I’m actually looking forward to the opportunity. But I can’t do it until this sculpture is gone.” Morrow refers to more than a dozen sculptures, spanning subjects, […]
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Halting the machines of war
When I was just a little girl I asked my mother, what will I be? Will I be pretty? Will I be rich? Here’s what she said to me… You will flee your home and country just to survive. You will miss spending holidays with your friends and family because you will be living in […]