*Leigh Mercer coined this palindrome (the phrase reads the same backwards and forwards) in the Nov. 13, 1948 issue of the Oxford quarterly journal “Notes & Queries.” From The Glenwood Post, Oct. 30, 1924:“Mrs. Frank Sweet gave a delightful dinner Tuesday evening in honor of Mrs. Hattie Holland and her guest, Miss Clark. Mrs. Holland […]
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Letters – Feb. 27, 2025
Re: Nearly homelessVery interesting article about the “nearly homeless” situation.There are differing numbers as far as reported income levels. The Sopris Sun article claimed average Carbondale income in the 2022 census was just over $40,000.It may be important to note that was at the end of COVID, so some folks would not have been working […]
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Literate Life: Being on a board
I think I have now sat on every side of the table. I’ve been a senior staff member giving reports to a board. I was a director working with an advisory board. I’m once again a director reporting to a statutory governing body. From the other side, I’ve been a nonprofit and governmental board member, […]
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Mature Content: Vision 2050
In the 1990s, I wanted my business to contribute more effectively to my community, so I invested a year in the Teams, Management and Leadership Program (TMLP). There, I learned that to succeed I needed clear goals, a plan to reach them and a “next step.” Although plans rarely go as planned, they provide focus, […]
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Letters — Feb. 20, 2025
Correction: Matt Solomon is a former Eagle town council member, not Eagle County commissioner as mistakenly stated in last week’s Garfield County Report. Straight shot nightmareAs a downvalley resident who spent years commuting from Carbondale to Aspen, I want to let my fellow travelers know that the straight shot into Aspen will not make our […]
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The ‘Pibe’ of my valley
This story originated from Sol del Valle and has been translated for our English readers. “Pibe” is a word used to refer to a “kid” in Colombia and other South American countries. As they say in the movie “Rudo y Cursi” by Carlos Cuarón, “Life is like soccer: everyone wants the ball, but the ball […]
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Protect public mediaMy wife and I are regular listeners to Carbondale’s KDNK Community Access Radio via streaming here in Lincoln, Nebraska. Streaming enables us to enjoy KDNK, your local community radio station that is a gift for us all.I spent my 45-year working career in commercial and public broadcast media.We recently received a disturbing email […]
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VOICES Radio Hour: Love endures
By Gary Gleason Love is in the air! This month, we celebrate the enduring power of love to overcome any obstacle. So often, romantic love gets the focus, but what about the stories of how love can carry us through difficult times, challenges and all that life has to throw at us? The following story […]
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Seeking Haystacks: Seeking America
Let America be America again.Let it be the dream it used to be.Let it be the pioneer on the plainSeeking a home where he himself is free. (America never was America to me.) Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed—Let it be that great strong land of loveWhere never kings connive nor tyrants schemeThat […]
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Ps&Qs: Signal the ski patrol
Did you read Roger Marolt’s column in the Aspen Daily News last month about his breakup with Aspen? It’s very good, and relatable for anyone who has lived and loved in our favorite local ski town. I can understand how hard it is to watch the place you love invaded by day trippers; America was […]