Stuff by John Stroud

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    Combined-school softball team lets Basalt, Roaring Fork, Glenwood players shine as one

    Basalt High School senior Taylor Anthes knows that without her softball teammates from neighboring Roaring Fork and Glenwood Springs high schools she probably wouldn’t have the opportunity to play for her own school.

    It’s only through the combination of players from the three Roaring Fork District schools that Basalt is… read more →

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    Rams teams prepare for Homecoming Week

    Roaring Fork High School’s varsity sports teams saw limited action this past week, as the Rams prepare for the big Homecoming Week games coming up next.
    On the boys soccer front, the Rams played 3A Western Slope League rival Coal Ridge to a 1-1 tie on Sept. 14 in… read more →

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    Rams volleyball sits at 5-5 heading into 3A league schedule

    A raucous homestand against the rival Basalt Longhorns in a non-league game Sept. 6 kicked off a week of learning, adjusting and finally some success for the Roaring Fork High School girls volleyball team.

    At five wins and five losses, with a full week to fineread more →

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    Rams volleyball tunes up for league season with some tournament action

    Roaring Fork High School’s ladies volleyball team had the opportunity to fine tune things against some higher-classification competition at the Glenwood Springs Demon Invitational last weekend.

    The short-game (best of three sets) tournament format saw the Class 3A Rams emerge with a 2-1 win (25-19, 17-25, 15-8) on Saturday morning… read more →

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    Rams soccer and volleyball start season off on the right foot

    Roaring Fork High School boys soccer got off to a strong start in the first week of action, scoring a pair of wins on the road, 2-0 at Crested Butte on Aug. 23, and 2-1 at Rifle on Tuesday.

    The latter, being the 3A Western Sloperead more →

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    Roaring Fork High sports teams gear up for fall season; football drops varsity program due to low player numbers

    With the start of the new school year comes the beginning of the high school fall sports season, and the Rams of Carbondale’s Roaring Fork High are raring to go.

    Two RFHS teams had away games on the slate this week to open things up, withread more →

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    RFV Rotary Clubs help battle malaria in sub-Saharan Africa

    There’s more than one way to “whack” a mosquito in the effort to fight malaria in the equatorial regions of Africa. An international project tied to the Rotary Club of Aspen that has now garnered support from clubs in Carbondale, Snowmass and Glenwood Springs could be a game changer in… read more →

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    Chris Klug Foundation award recipients encourage organ donation

    One was a teen mom when her 5-week-old son died, and she agreed to donate his heart and liver so that two other children could live.

    Another was given the gift of continued life as an adult when his brother-in-law offered to donate part of his liver through… read more →

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    Nuevo programa estatal podría ayudar a esfuerzos para garantizar que residentes sean propietarios de parques de remolques

    Traducción por Dolores Duarte

    Un nuevo programa estatal de préstamos podría ayudar a resolver otra parte de la compleja ecuación para los grupos de residentes de parques de remolques de Colorado que buscan asegurar su futuro de vivienda a largo plazo, incluyendo varios esfuerzos locales.

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    New state loan, grant program could aid in area efforts to secure resident ownership for mobile home parks

    A new state loan program could help solve another part of the complex equation for Colorado mobile home park resident groups that are looking to secure their long-term housing future, including various local efforts.

    Last month, Gov. Jared Polis announced the new Mobile Home Park Resident Empowerment Program, which will… read more →