Trolling CanariesBy Larry DayCarbondale Six mandarin oranges In a blue ceramic bowl. Nestled like canaries In the whiskers of a troll. Mississippi SnakePam Heckert, PlacitaMarch 31, 2022 Flying through the sky Looking down on the mighty muddy Mississippi Snaking through the green fields Nourishing the land
Larry Day
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GarCo Report: Budget talks get underway, library IGA remains elusive, development fees increase
Starting out Monday’s regular Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting, Silt resident Caleb Waller piped up during public comment and suggested that the county consider enacting a noise ordinance. He described an instance over the weekend of music being too loud at a party on private property within unincorporated Garfield County that kept the “whole […]
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Scuttlebutt & Calendar
Leaf recyclingThe Town of Carbondale is accepting yard waste from residents at 4th and Colorado through Nov. 3. Ditch the plastic bags to avoid contaminating the compost. Residents of Basalt have from Oct. 11 to Nov. 8 to ditch their leaves on Saturdays from 9am to 3pm at 20526 Highway 82, near the MidValley Medical […]
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Potato Days unearths support for RFV farmers
The 116th annual Potato Days has arrived with a plethora of community activations in store over the weekend on par with the theme: “The Grate Spudsby” — an homage to the 100th anniversary of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, “The Great Gatsby.” This year’s Potato Days is particularly special in that it honors the life of […]
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The Art Base presents: ‘Larry Day, Ha Ha Ha’
Beginning Oct. 3 and continuing through Oct. 31, The Art Base in Basalt will present a standalone show featuring local cartoonist, painter and award-winning illustrator Larry Day. You’ve undoubtedly seen his work in the pages of The Sopris Sun, a media sponsor for the exhibit. A professional illustrator since the early 1980s, Day is excited […]
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GarCo Report: Constitution Week, local group urges energy diversity
Steve Kuschner, organizer for 350 Roaring Fork, spoke up during the morning public comment period at Monday’s Garfield County Commissioner (BOCC) meeting, drawing attention to a letter, which would otherwise not have been discussed publicly due to its placement on the consent agenda. The letter is an invitation from the BOCC to U.S. Interior Secretary […]
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Dream Well: The immovable shining cow
Natalia Snider is a certified dream practitioner living in Carbondale. She works with people’s dreams and imaginations to facilitate self-healing. Every month, she will analyze someone’s dream in The Sopris Sun. Anyone can submit a dream for personal analysis or inclusion in this column by visiting www.dreamhealings.com Dream I had a dream there was a […]
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GarCo Report: Medicaid changes and a public land use ally from Utah
As the Lee Fire on Monday was closing in on 137,000 acres and the dubious achievement of becoming the state’s 4th largest wildfire in history, Garfield County Commissioners (BOCC) had a public conversation promoting natural gas drilling and timber sales with Jacey Albaugh, legislative assistant for U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) on the U.S. Senate […]
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Dr. John Emerick of Redstone appointed to CPW Commission
The opportunity of a lifetime has arrived for Redstone resident Dr. John Emerick as he was recently appointed to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) Commission on July 3 by Governor Jared Polis. Filling the member at large position, Emerick, a retired professor of environmental biology, will use a scientific lens to help set regulations […]
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GarCo Report: ‘I’d like to put you in charge of the federal government’
Paul Backes and Calvin Seneker, auditors with McMahan and Associates LLC, had fairly good news for the Garfield County Commissioners (BOCC) on Monday, Aug. 4. Referring to how well the county manages its budget, Backes said, “I’d like to put you in charge of the federal government.” He also compared Garfield County to Moffat County […]