Jennifer Brown y Ernesto Cabral Traducción por Dolores Duarte para Sol del Valle Una familia venezolana se reúne en torno a un guardia de seguridad en el pasillo del octavo piso del tribunal federal, bombardeándolo con preguntas en español. Están luchando por permanecer en Estados Unidos y acaban de salir de la Sala F -una […]
October 2024
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Seeking Haystacks: Innocence
“Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.” -Albert Camus Trung Lee, a student from Vietnam, wrote in my class, “A civilization that is spineless and twists its principles at any moment’s notice will not survive, for someone who stands for nothing will die for nothing.” […]
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United against book bans
As of late, there has been a steady increase in the banning and censorship of books all across America. Over the course of the 2023-2024 school year alone, 10,000 titles were challenged within U.S. schools, according to a PEN America survey. Not only has the amount of censorship increased, but as has the pressure on […]
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Lift-Up celebrates the grand reopening of its thrift store in Parachute
This story by Sol del Valle Editor Bianca Godina was translated from Spanish to English. Lift-Up has dedicated the past four months preparing for the reopening of its thrift store. Last Saturday, Oct. 19, First Street in Parachute was adorned with red, white and black for the inauguration of Lift-Up’s third thrift store in the […]
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Works in Progress
Ode to Annuals By Deborah Holt Williams The bulbs hunker down, relaxed underground,they know they’ll be back in the spring. But the annuals shout“Our time’s almost out!”With colorful music they sing! Nasturtiums, petunias, marigolds, too,a bright, brilliant chorus in fall. So cheerful all summer,they’ll die (such a bummer).But in autumn, they give it their all!
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Sopris Lodge artist in residence: Helen Oliver
This is the second feature in a short series highlighting artists living at Sopris Lodge Carbondale Senior Living. Sopris Lodge is home to many incredible artists and musicians who bring their unique mediums together for the sake of creativity and connection. One of these talented folks is 92-year-old Helen Oliver, a flutist and former congregational […]
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Basalt, CRMS cross country runners head to state; boys 3A soccer playoffs begin
This Saturday’s Colorado High School Cross Country Championships in Colorado Springs will have solid representation from two local high schools.The Colorado Rocky Mountain School (CRMS) boys and girls teams both qualified for state at their 2A Region 5 meet in Delta on Friday, Oct. 25, as did the Basalt High School (BHS) girls team at […]
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Speaking with first-time voters
In this presidential election of 2024, as with every other election, there are first-time voters who are now eligible to vote. As our government and society continue to shift and change, it’s important to this future generation to have input and a say in the direction the country is taking. The Sopris Sun recently spoke […]
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Colorado public lands perspectives: Rick Knight on remembering humans in the equation
A reader response to the Sept. 11 article on Western Watersheds Project’s stance on public lands recommended discussing the topic with Dr. Rick Knight. This article takes that advice, presenting Knight’s academic perspectives as a conservation biologist. Knight is a professor emeritus at Colorado State University’s Warner College of Natural Resources. He started teaching there […]
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Let the games begin!
They were rockin’ and rollin’, running, jumping, pushing and pulling farm equipment up and down the arena and out and around the horse paddocks on Oct. 27 at WindWalkers.Teams of two and four were competing in the Farm Fit Games on Sunday, which were held at the nonprofit’s equestrian facility and headquarters in Missouri Heights.This […]