Illène Pevec

  • Locations: Letters Published

    Letters - June 2, 2022

    Remembering a small town
    Memorial Day, as I write this, is a day to think back to people and things we miss. My father served in the Navy in WWII and Korea on aircraft carriers. I found a history of the ship he served aboard during the crucial naval… read more →

  • Locations: Columns, Opinion Published

    What can we do? We can plant trees!

    What can we do? We can plant trees! thumbnail Three generations work together to plant a tree at Crystal River Elementary School. Kindergarteners, Aspen Tree arborists and seniors all do it together. Photo by Illène Pevec

    What can we do? 

    By Illène Pevec

    Special to The Sopris Sun

    In Colorado and around the world, devastating fires have burned, are burning, will burn. Droughts dry, high-speed winds blow. Sea levels rise around the globe, threatening entire island nations and our own coasts! What can we do… read more →

  • Locations: Español Published

    Cada árbol es un ecosistema en miniatura

    Cada árbol es un ecosistema en miniatura thumbnail Vanessa Harmony de coloradoedibleforest.com ayuda a Remy Davyln (de cuatro años) con regar un árbol recién plantado durante un evento de Aspen Valley Land Trust y Wilderness Workshop/Defiende Nuestra Tierra el 30 de abril. Foto de Raleigh Burleigh

    Traducción por Dolores Duarte

    Este 29 de abril, en el Día del Árbol, los amantes de los árboles tuvieron una buena razón y amplias oportunidades para celebrarlo.

    La historia del Día del Árbol en Estados Unidos data de la década de 1870. Julius Sterling Morton, editor del Nebraska City News,… read more →

  • Locations: News Published

    Every tree is a mini-ecosystem

    Every tree is a mini-ecosystem thumbnail Courtney Jaynes’ class at Crystal River Elementary School planted "Hector Linden" last spring with help from Illene Pevec. Courtesy photo

    This Arbor Day, April 29, tree enthusiasts have good reason and ample opportunities to celebrate.

    The history of Arbor Day in the United States reaches back to the 1870s. Julius Sterling Morton, editor of the Nebraska City News, was an avid proponent of planting trees and often wrote on that… read more →

  • Locations: Columns, Opinion Published

    Gratitude to the Native Americans who helped our ancestors

    Gratitude to the Native Americans who helped our ancestors thumbnail Joseph Brant, a native American warrior and political leader. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

    We learned in grade school about the Native Americans sharing seeds and agricultural knowledge with the Pilgrims. Just imagine, a Pilgrim had never seen corn, squash or beans, the “three sisters” plants cultivated and adapted by our continent’s first peoples. Later events, the broken land treaties, Trail of Tears… read more →

  • Locations: Letters Published

    Letters - Sept. 16, 2021

    RFSD board election
    This letter is in support of Kenny Teitler for Roaring Fork School District School Board District A.
    Being a former teacher, Kenny knows what it takes to keep quality teachers in the classroom. He knows that teachers need time with students and time to create… read more →