Summer AdvantageRegistration is open for the free Summer Advantage program for all elementary-aged children within the Roaring Fork School District boundaries. In partnership with Summit54, the program runs from June 17 to July 19, Monday through Friday, from 8am to 2:30pm with locations in Basalt, Carbondale and Glenwood Springs and free bus transportation throughout the […]
May 2024
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Dreaming above the clouds
Natalia Snider is a certified dream practitioner living in Carbondale. She works with people’s dreams and imaginations to facilitate self-healing. Every month, she will analyze someone’s dream in The Sopris Sun. Anyone can submit a dream for personal analysis or inclusion in this column by visiting: www.dreamhealings.com June’s dream, age 12Hey Natalia! I’m reporting a […]
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133, Dangerous as Designed: Jaywalking –Pt. I
By Age-Friendly Carbondale The 2013 Access Control Plan for Highway 133 reads in part, “The Town is concerned with the lack of locations where they feel pedestrians/bicyclists can safely cross 133 from the east to the west and vice versa. With only three signalized intersections and long distances between these signals, the Town feels that […]
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Works in Progress
Scene twoBy Don Marlin Richard and Sally had the ideal setting for raising a family and growing their careers outside of Somers, Connecticut. Sally taught English at a local middle school five minutes from the house with only eighteen kids in each of the four grades of classes. Richard was content with a commute of […]
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Letters – May 30, 2024
Litter notMy name is Yonden Sherpa. I play sports and go to Carbondale Middle School. I am in fifth grade and I currently live in Carbondale. I wanted to let you know that there is some littering that I have been noticing and I am here to influence our Carbondale community because I have noticed […]
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Carbondale Acupuncture Center celebrates 20 years of healing
On June 1, Carbondale Acupuncture Center is hosting an open house to celebrate 20 years of serving the community and to thank all who have passed through their doors at 54 Weant Boulevard. While ordinarily the small stucco building provides a quiet, soothing atmosphere in the daytime, the space will liven up for an evening […]
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Carta a los padres con hijos universitarios
Por Hector Salas Gallegos Criticas El otro día, estaba hablando por teléfono con mi mamá, poniéndonos al día. Las cosas eran bastante normales hasta que decidió darme una charla sobre por qué no está bien beber y conducir. Al principio, rodé los ojos pero luego me di cuenta de que ella solo quería lo mejor […]
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Aunque el cambio venga en burro, de pérdida viene
Por Victor Zamora Espacios sin Límites Hoy en día se tiene una crítica generalizada en diferentes ideologías de pensamiento. Existe el pensamiento tradicionalista y podemos mencionar ejemplos básicos para poner en contexto el tipo de pensamiento. Por ejemplo, tomamos una idea social como la legalidad de que la mujer tuviera derechos a votar. En la […]
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Novedades
Traducción por Jacquelinne Castro Narcan En un movimiento activo para combatir muertes relacionadas con opioides en nuestra comunidad, las bibliotecas del condado de Garfield tienen Narcan a la mano para distribuir al público. Narcan es un medicamento que puede salvar vidas para revertir sobredosis de opioide. En un comunicado de prensa, “al adquirir narcan y […]
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Promoviendo la conexión con el aire libre
Por Bianca Godina Editora de El Sol del Valle El lunes 20 de mayo, el grupo de voluntarios Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers (RFOV por sus siglas en inglés) pasó el día completo con estudiantes y maestros de la escuela primaria Cactus Valley Elementary en Silt. Ben Sherman, director educativo de RFOV, compartió con El Sol […]