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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Support our pool I have been serving on Carbondale’s Parks and Recreation Commission for three years now. I volunteered to serve because the pool construction was on the horizon and I thought I could help. As the cost curve has skyrocketed since we envisioned the project and passed the bond for it by a three-to-one […]
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Scene four By Don Marlin The cobalt blue glow over the 25-watt yellow light was still there. Mary grabbed my right arm, and I almost came unglued again from the bike wreck pain but wanted her to hold me at the same time. The slow approach to George II felt to me like M. Night […]
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Correction: Last week’s parting shots were accredited to the wrong Sopris Sun photographer. Apologies and thanks to Jane Bachrach. Go A.O.! We enjoyed reading A.O. Forbes’ introduction to his upcoming series, “Seeking Haystacks,” and look forward to following his series in the coming months. We have both found our levels of cynicism and hopelessness rising as […]
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Sopris Sun youth correspondent heading to Boston University’s Summer Journalism Academy
Gus Richardson, who will be going into his senior year at Roaring Fork High School, had a grin spread from ear to ear as he explained how he became involved in journalism. Ever since James Steindler, The Sopris Sun’s contributing editor, visited Richardson’s’ AP English class almost two years ago to pitch the paper’s Youth […]
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Money Juice: How much could you save in the next five years?
Money Juice just wrapped up work with a client who arrived with the following situation: Her goals and dreams: After setting her vision in stone and developing the inner safety to face the facts, she got crystal clear on her financial landscape, transferred her credit debt to 0% APR cards for 15 months, started saving […]
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Scene threeBy Don Marlin The temperature of the ice cold well water on my face didn’t offset the pain in my right side, but it did clear away the light sleep and shock in my facial features. Mary’s facial angst didn’t change. After we ran lockstep out of the room to catch our breath and […]
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Pages of the Past: ‘The People’s Republic of Carbondale’
From the archives of the Roaring Fork Review, Valley Journal and Sopris Sun in collaboration with the Carbondale Historical Society and Carbondale Branch Library. May 30, 1974Regular services returned to the Episcopal Church at Marble for the first time since the 1950s. The church had been transported from Aspen by mule wagons in 1908 with […]
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Scene twoBy Don Marlin Richard and Sally had the ideal setting for raising a family and growing their careers outside of Somers, Connecticut. Sally taught English at a local middle school five minutes from the house with only eighteen kids in each of the four grades of classes. Richard was content with a commute of […]
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GarCo Report: County human service needs on the rise
Steven Kuschner, member of the Elk Springs Home Owners Association, expressed his disapproval during the open public comment period for the proposed Spring Valley Ranch Planned Unit Development (PUD) amendment. He cited roads, the projected 5,703 vehicle trips per day at full build-out and stress on the land, wildlife corridors and aquifer as reasons for […]