A panel of Carbondale Mountain Fair leaders, movers and shakers led a wide-ranging, delightful, hilarious and often touching discussion of fairs past and present for a large and enthusiastic audience at the Third Street Center on April 9. In addition to the panelists — Brenda Buchanan, Laurie Loeb, Bob Schultz, Jim Ryan, David Thiel, Lee […]
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Carbondale Arts and Historical Society talk Mountain Fair on April 9
The Carbondale Historical Society will host a night to remember, covering memories of many nights often, to the contrary, shrouded in a euphoric haze, and filled with dance, love and community. On April 9 (6pm) at the Third Street Center, folks are in for a glimpse into the world of the town’s iconic Mountain Fair. […]
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GarCo ReportThe Garfield County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) met on May 19 to discuss human services, public health, Aspen Glen bald eagle monitoring, water rights and more. During the general public comments section, about 16 members of Mountain Action Indivisible asked the BOCC to endorse a resolution asking Congress to not cut Medicaid funding. […]
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Historiography: ‘Out of the air’
“Have you got your ear to the air? Thousands have. Enthusiasm over the wireless telephone is spreading tremendously. From a fad and a toy, the radio receiving set has become a household convenience. Out of the air come daily news bulletins, lectures, sermons, vocal and instrumental concerts, operas, market reports, government time signals, shipping news, […]
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‘Pages of the Past’ to share stories of the storytellers
For Carbondale Historical Society Vice President Will Grandbois, the upcoming Winter Speaker Series event is particularly near and dear to his heart. “Pages of the Past” will delve into The Roaring Fork Valley Journal — predecessor of The Sopris Sun. Besides Grandbois having been editor of The Sun, his mother, Rebecca “Becky” Young, started The […]
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Spruce it up!The Sopris Sun invites youngsters to submit illustrations for its annual Spruce Up The Sun contest. The winning image(s) will be featured on the cover of our Dec. 19 holiday issue. Contestants, or their parents, can submit scanned submissions to news@soprissun.com or place a hard copy in the submission box outside The Launchpad […]
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Pages of the Past
From the archives of the Roaring Fork Review, Valley Journal andThe Sopris Sun; in collaboration with the Carbondale Historical Society and Carbondale Branch Library Aug. 8, 1974 Gubernatorial candidate Dick Lamm held a fundraising luncheon at 10th Mountain Veteran John Tripp’s home and sat down for an interview while he was in town. He took […]
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Pages of the Past: Fire on the mountain
From the archives of the Roaring Fork Review, Valley Journal and The Sopris Sun; in collaboration with the Carbondale Historical Society and Carbondale Branch Library July 11, 1974 An application by Mid-Continent Coal and Coke to dump wastewater in Coal Creek prompted concern by the Crystal Valley Environmental Protection Association, an inspection by land management […]
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Pages of the Past: Gordon Cooper touches down at the library
From the archives of the Roaring Fork Review, Valley Journal and The Sopris Sun; in collaboration with the Carbondale Historical Society and Carbondale Branch Library. June 6, 1974 Former astronaut Gordon Cooper was on hand as Carbondale’s library was officially christened after him. The fact that his mother, Hattie, lived locally was part of the […]
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Past Carbondale mayors to conclude historical society speaker series
On May 5, the Carbondale Historical Society will present the final installment of its winter speaker series at KDNK, welcoming three former Carbondale mayors: Stacey Bernot, Michael Hassig and Dan Richardson. Stephen Shapiro, president of the Carbondale Historical Society, said that audiences are in for a plethora of discussion topics, from changes wrought by COVID […]