Clarification: In last week’s Pages of the Past, mention of the James Surls roundabout sculpture under the “June 12, 2014” heading caused some confusion. The Carbondale trustees vote was in fact taken in July 2013, though public scrutiny persisted along with paperwork. Rio Grande dangerMy husband and I are senior citizens who live in Carbondale. […]
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Letters – June 27, 2024
Correction: Suzanne Frazier, a member of Carbondale Public Art Commission, was misidentified as Laurie Lindberg on last week’s parting shots page. Fourth of JulyOn the Fourth of July, Americans gather to celebrate that day in 1776 when we declared our independence from Great Britain. It was a rocky start and standing independent has continued to […]
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Support our pool I have been serving on Carbondale’s Parks and Recreation Commission for three years now. I volunteered to serve because the pool construction was on the horizon and I thought I could help. As the cost curve has skyrocketed since we envisioned the project and passed the bond for it by a three-to-one […]
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Letters – June 6, 2024
Correction: In last week’s Carbondale Report, it was stated that Carbondale applied for tax increment financing from the Colorado Housing Finance Authority (CHFA). Carbondale applied for tax credit financing, but CHFA does not offer increment financing. Best budsAs a former special educator in the Roaring Fork Valley, I am writing to express my excitement around […]
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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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Letters – May 23, 2024
GarCo leadershipI’m glad to see the vacancy on the Garfield County libraries board filled, and congratulations are due to Myrna Fletchall who appears to be a wonderful candidate. But to the GarCo Commissioners: your use of selective over-reach in this process isn’t fooling anyone in the electorate. That partisan politics, and your need for control, […]
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Letters – May 16, 2024
1968 againAs a veteran of the 1968 “police riot” at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, I can compare it to today’s pro-Palestine, anti-Israel protests. Once again, it’s the nation’s youth taking an antiwar stance. They always do. The old farts start the wars and it’s the nation’s flowering generation that has to spill the […]
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Letters – May 9, 2024
Conducting researchThe Carbondale Nature Park (aka the Delaney dog park) is a 31-acre piece of bottom land located about a quarter-mile north of Town Hall, where the water treatment plant currently sits. I’m researching the dog park’s history and now we are getting somewhere. The Town bought the property from Mesa Verde Associates, LLC in […]
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No double votingThe Carbondale Historical Society received an email from local octogenarian Pauline Bowles who wished to explain the reason Martha Witchey was holding a needle in the 1974 election photo printed on page 24 of the April 11th issue of The Sopris Sun. Bowles said she was a Basalt election official around that time […]
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Corrections: Lynn Burton humbly assumed credit for mistyping his last name within his email address provided in his letter to the editor last week. His email address is lynnburton679@gmail.com Following Lynn’s lead, The Sopris Sun acknowledges its part for not having caught the mistake. Also, in addition to R&A Enterprises, Alpine Bank, TJ Concrete and Industrial […]