Por Danielle Davis Traducción por Dolores Duarte “Dada mi experiencia previa en Alaska, después de reubicarme en el valle del Roaring Fork, me resultó curioso que los animales [a lo largo de la carretera] se les dejara animales carroñeros”, dice Mike Fleagle, residente de Missouri Heights, quien se mudó aquí en 2018. Fleagle es un […]
January 2022
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Town receives anonymous donation of downtown acreage
Editor’s note: Alas, as originally published, our calculation of the total acreage donated to the town was off by one (not insignificant) decimal point. The town government has graciously received more than 1.6 acres, but not 16. The Sopris Sun will institute more vigorous math checking to avoid similar blunders in the future. The Fourth […]
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Carbondale remembers Chris Chacos
Carbondale has another guardian angel. Chris Chacos passed away Jan. 19, joining his late wife Terry Chacos in the ever-after. During their time here since the early ‘70s, the two were living-breathing guardian angels to the town, so we are comforted in knowing the job isn’t all that new to them. Before moving to Carbondale, […]
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Letters – Jan. 27, 2022
In remembrance Last week, two of the finest humans on the planet passed on. Chris Chacos and Thich Nhat Hanh were my mentors, teachers and inspiration. Please reflect a moment upon their lives and resolve along with me to try and live gentler, more peaceful lives. The world is a better place because of them. […]
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Truly electrifying: Heat pump retrofits make net zero attainable
“Heat Pumps, heat pumps, that’s the key,” declares Marty Treadway, program director of the Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE). This is the sort of adamant answer he gives homeowners who ask, what equipment can be installed to lower residential utility bills, and preferably, not destroy the planet? The next question is, what’s a heat […]
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Scuttlebutt / Calendar, Jan. 27, 2022
Crystal Trail The White River National Forest has released a draft environmental assessment of the proposed Redstone to McClure Pass Trail project. A public meeting will be held on Feb. 7 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Third Street Center and comments must be received by Feb. 22. Find the relevant information at www.bit.ly/CrystalTrailReview […]
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Demócratas de GarCo buscan alcance latino
Traducción por Dolores Duarte Los demócratas del condado de Garfield tienen grandes esperanzas en una nueva campaña de alcance latino. La campaña se basa en el Proyecto Nueva Georgia de la exrepresentante estatal de Georgia y activista del derecho al voto Stacy Abrams, para organizar a los votantes negros en el estado. En una recaudación […]
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¿Cómo se exhibe el arte?
El año pasado usé esta columna para motivarlos a iniciar el proceso de crear arte. Comenzar algo nuevo siempre va a ser agobiante. Hay muchísimas cosas que se necesitan aprender y conforme nos desarrollamos en nuestro nuevo medio iremos descubriendo áreas donde nos falta habilidad y experiencia. Una de mis intenciones personales para este año […]
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Chisme del Pueblo – 27 de enero
Traducción por Jacquelinne Castro Cambios en RFSD El superintendente del distrito escolar de Roaring Fork (RFSD), Rob Stein, saldrá de su puesto a finales de este año escolar. Esto fue anunciado por un comunicado de prensa el viernes 21 de enero. Una carta de la Junta de Educación de RFSD también incluye “un sincero agradecimiento […]