Camp Hale President Joe Biden visited Colorado on Wednesday, Oct. 12 — after flying into the Eagle County Regional Airport — to designate Camp Hale as a National Monument. Camp Hale was used as a training site for the U.S. Army’s Tenth Mountain Division during World War II. Wilderness Workshop executive director Will Roush commended […]
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Chisme – 12 de octubre, 2022
Traducción por Jacquelinne Castro Camp Hale El presidente Joe Biden visitó Colorado el miércoles 12 de octubre – después de su llegada al aeropuerto regional del condado de Eagle – para designar Camp Hale como un monumento nacional. Camp Hale fue usado como un área de entrenamiento para la décima división de montaña para el […]
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‘Tarzan, Conqueror of Mars’
By Jamie LaRue Garfield County Libraries I learned to read from comic books. At first, I mostly read DC Comics, mainly Superman. I was the only 6-year-old on my block who could spell “invulnerable.” Later, I got into Marvel comics. Then, I worked my way into classic pulp fiction. Among the most thrilling of these […]
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A mountain hike, a broken tooth and a traveling cat
By Nancy Peterson Special to The Sopris Sun How lucky am I to have gone from being a couch potato in Maryland to hiking in the mountains of Colorado? This summer’s adventures included Sutey Ranch to Red Hill, American Lake, East Maroon Creek, Linkins Lake, Fisher Creek, Pilot Knob, Capitol Creek Loop and Lost Man […]
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Work in Progress – Oct. 13, 2022
Dark Humor JM Jesse Glenwood Springs A murder of crows An unkindness of ravens Walk into a bar The Prayer Shawl By Nancy McAtavey, Carbondale My neighbor made my prayer shawl; dark blue with specks of white running through the yarn, the pieces of fringe threaded with silver beads and hearts that read “love” and […]
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From Siberia to Colorado: Mountains and lakes connect environmental educators
By Sarah Rose Johnson Wild Rose Education Sharing our love of water, land, mountains, culture, faith and teaching; the late summer exchange partnership with Irina Aiurzanaeva through the Eurasia Foundation US-Russia Social Expertise Exchange became more abundant than I could ever have expected. I met Irina in January 2022 as she was a student in […]
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Work in Progress – Oct. 5, 2022
Dream Time By Tom Mercer Dream Induction Technologies Corporation (DITC) had established an incredible record of success since its creation in 2041. The company was founded by Jay Skillton-Adams, the neuroscientist who initially developed and commercialized the dream induction process. Skillton-Adams introduced his technology to the world touting the slogan, “Why Wait? Live Your Dream […]
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Nancy Marie Vories: January 10, 1959 – September 22, 2022
Nancy Marie Vories of Carbondale passed away on Thursday, Sept. 22 after a difficult battle with leukemia at the age of 63. Nancy was born in Alamosa to Hazel and Marion “Spike” Petty. She moved to Grand Junction for college and met her late husband Dan Vories. They had two boys, Taylor and Luke, and […]
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Work in Progress: Sept. 15, 2022
Notes in The Pocket By Tom Mercer Zachary Gene Smithson led a solitary sort of life in a very small town in Central Illinois. Zachary was born there, just as his parents had been, and he knew nearly everybody in town by name. That was no major feat, as the population of Farland was a […]
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Will Cockrell, November 4, 1991 – August 10, 2022
It is with the greatest sorrow that we announce the passing of our sweet William George Cockrell, born Nov. 4, 1991 in New York City, who left his earthly body and gained his wings to a peaceful place on Aug. 10, 2022, at a tender 30 years of age in Victoria, British Columbia. (https://cobblerexpress.com/) Will […]