The weather was dishing up as much competition as the opposing teams for last week’s Trent Goscha Memorial Baseball Tournament in Carbondale. In the end, it was the long-awaited matchup of the host Roaring Fork High School Rams versus neighboring Glenwood Springs for the tournament championship late Saturday afternoon. The Rams prevailed in a hard-fought […]
Marty Madsen
Scuttlebutt & Calendar – Feb. 9, 2023
Seeding collaboration On Feb. 1, two nonprofits focused on local food systems resilience — the Farm Collaborative, headquartered at Cozy Point Ranch near Snowmass Village, and Seed Peace, located at Sunfire Ranch south of Carbondale — announced that they will be joining forces “to increase efficiencies while maximizing impact.” Seed Peace’s farmer and production programs […]
Community pitches for indoor batting
What’s that famous line from the film “Field of Dreams?” If you build it, they will come. In Carbondale, it’s — if you need to build it, we will come. Construction is underway on an enclosed 80 foot by 30 foot batting facility at Ron Patch Memorial Field’s southeast corner. When the indoor batting facility […]
Sticks and poles and skates … Oh my!
Crystal River Elementary School students are enjoying winter sports. A new ice skating rink was created by PE teacher Marty Madsen and parents Ernesto and Flor Cuc, owners of Cuc Construction. Funds were used from the annual Rams Run fundraiser to build the rink and purchase various sizes of new ice skates, plus cross-country skis, […]
