Editor’s note: John Stroud is a Roaring Fork High School track and field coach. The Roaring Fork High School (RFHS) boys soccer team made the most of their big homecoming game against Aspen in front of a charged-up fan base on Sept. 24 at Rams Field, topping the Skiers 5-1. It was a great start […]
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AZYEP intern Caden Smith takes his podcast, ‘The Ripple Effect,’ to the Crystal
Editor’s notes: The Sopris Stars Youth News Bureau returned to the office this week, and will be producing a monthly paper within the pages of The Sun every final Thursday of the month, beginning with its Halloween issue on Oct. 29. Here’s but a taste of what’s to come. On another note, Vivienne is the […]
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Step back to the ‘80s with local garage bands
A review of the bands … Rock bands are popping up all over the valley again, bringing back the classic mix of skate, rock and rebellious culture. Garage bands capture the spirit of youth — making music with friends and filling neighborhoods with the raw energy only live rock can deliver. These humble beginnings often […]
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Digging holes while singing
Our lives have no foreshadowing. We exist in a parable composed in messy handwriting and screenshots. We have no editor. No backspace. We cannot do or be anything we please, and instead wander in the vague direction of our childhood aspirations. Every parable has a moral — a lesson deemed worthy of our attention. But […]
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Breaking the bank to slay at prom
“… Today’s proms are big business: According to a 2015 Visa survey, the average cost of prom was $919 per person, which includes everything from attire and flowers to dinner, tickets, limo services, photography and after parties, as well as the phenomenon of ‘promposals.’ The survey found that American households spent an average of $324 […]
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Model UN delegates discuss big-world problems
In April, Model United Nations was hosted at Roaring Fork High School, with students from neighboring Colorado Rocky Mountain School also participating. In this session, students — or delegates, rather — debated as part of the simulated Disarmament and International Security Council. Each delegate represented a different country around the world. The topic of debate […]
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A war swept under the rug of international attention
The Anglophone Crisis, a war in Cameroon that has been escalating for the past 10 years, has gone vastly under-reported, earning little attention from international media. What started as protests against the Cameroonian government has quickly developed into an official conflict. Yinyu Divine Mburi, a citizen and lawyer of Cameroon and a past resident of […]
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The 3Rs: An ongoing community discussion on sex education in schools
Roaring Fork School District’s (RFSD) implemented sex education curriculum has recently sparked controversy. For the past three months, tensions have continued to heighten among parents and community members as they attend school board meetings, write public comments and engage online, offering support or disdain for the K-12 sexual education program adopted three years ago. Community […]
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Civics Bee empowers local students to use their voice
The curtain has lifted on a national competition carving a pathway into our intimate valley: the Civics Bee. Youth empowerment nonprofit Youthentity and the Carbondale Chamber have partnered with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to bring the first Greater RFV Regional Civics Bee tournament to Carbondale Middle School (CMS) on April 30 at 6pm, providing […]
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Restaurant reviews, en español
We are Mrs. Lasko’s seventh grade Spanish class from Carbondale Middle School. As a way to demonstrate our language abilities, and wrap up our most recent unit, we wrote reviews of our favorite restaurants in the Roaring Fork Valley. We hope you enjoy testing out your Spanish and perhaps visit one of our favorite restaurants! […]