Photos and text by Kate Collins Special to The Sopris Sun Need some newspapers for your garden project? We’ve got you covered! Contact The Sopris Sun at news@soprissun.com or 970-510-3003. Bill Kight and I took advice from the CSU Extension Office for reclaiming sod and building soil. The first step was to obtain old Sopris […]
July 2022
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Cranking up the volume on cancer awareness
Mark your calendars and grab a friend because you won’t want to miss the second annual Anna Lynn Cunningham Foundation (ALCF) benefit concert at the River Valley Ranch (RVR) driving range on Friday, July 22. The gates open at 5:30 p.m. and locals’ favorite Shady Lane will take the stage before the Colorado-based group, Big […]
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Letters – July 7, 2022
Dangerous by design Highway 133 through Carbondale is dangerous by design and an aesthetic eyesore that slices our town in two. You can help! Have you ever pushed a crosswalk light and experienced a near-miss when a driver didn’t give you the right-of-way? If so, you are not alone. Within the past three months, there […]
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How to be a psychic
Have you ever been thinking about someone when suddenly they call? Or, maybe you’ve had a dream that came true? Well, you may just be psychic. In fact, local intuitive Ann O’Brien would bet on it. Her new book, “Everyone is Psychic” is a practical how-to manual and workbook for training your intuitive muscles. “The […]
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Ps & Qs: Arnie goes to the big city
I recently went down to the big city of Denver, and WOW! I felt like Country Mouse showing up at the door of an old family friend in my worn-out coat and hat, carrying an old square suitcase. Such a busy, bustling place, yet everyone just goes about their own mouse business. Standing on the […]
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The church of the hypocrites
Submitted in Decemeber 2020 I have a Christmas present for all you Christians out there. This atheist’s going to tell you what’s wrong with your religion. Mohandas Gandhi was a Hindu who read passages from the New Testament every day. When asked if he ever contemplated converting to Christianity, he said he had, “and then […]
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Journalism in a capitalist society
Submitted in February 2021 Bachelor of Arts History and Journalism Indiana University 1973. Many job-oriented people would say I wasted my degree because I only worked for a newspaper fulltime for a brief period in the 1990’s. I disagree. Our colleges and universities aren’t trade schools to prepare you for gainful employment. They’re there to […]