Stuff by Will Grandbois

• Locations: News By Will Grandbois Published Mar. 21, 2018

  Ram athletes swing into spring

  

  There’s no shortage of athletic opportunity at Roaring Fork High School in the spring, and students are taking advantage of it. More than 100 students — roughly a third of the school — are enrolled in baseball, track and field, girls’ soccer or junior varsity girls’ lacrosse.

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• Locations: News By Will Grandbois Published Mar. 21, 2018

  Pages of the Past: The box

  
  From the archives of the Roaring Fork Valley Journal

  March 23, 1978

  Carbondale Middle School Principal Everett Knutson defended the use of a plywood box as a discipline tool even as Superintendent Nick Massaro ordered the device destroyed. Knutson had reportedly asked janitor Bill Bartrem to…

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• Locations: News Published Mar. 21, 2018

  Obituary: Jack Real

  

  Jack Real, 82, died in his sleep on March 16, 2018 in his No Name home.

  A midwestern boy, fond of his meat and potatoes, Jack opened his heart to all he met, but turned a will of steel to social justice issues

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• Locations: News By Will Grandbois Published Mar. 16, 2018

  Neighbors evacuated as Basalt home searched

  

  An investigation into hazardous bottles in the Roaring Fork River lead to a search at the Roaring Fork Mobile Home Park on the evening of March 16.

  According to a Pitkin County press release, around 40 people from multiple agencies participated in the operation. “In the interest of public… read more →

• Locations: News By Will Grandbois Published Mar. 14, 2018

  Learn to love monsters with ‘The Voices Project’

  

  “Blame is a monster I can’t seem to kill off,” sophomore Daniela Rivera observes in a deeply personal vignette she will perform as part of “The Voices Project” — an interdisciplinary, multi-school performance which takes place March 16 and 17 at Thunder River Theatre.

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• Locations: News By Will Grandbois Published Mar. 14, 2018

  Pages of the Past: Roaring Fork strike a blow for the underdog

  

  From the archives of the Roaring Fork Valley Journal

  March 16, 1978

  A series of conflicts between dogs and deer were causing headaches for local wildlife officers. In a specific incident described, a motorist on Highway 82 called in two dogs harassing a herd of… read more →

• Locations: Columns By Will Grandbois Published Mar. 14, 2018

  Mutt and Jeff: Don’t take it to the extreme

  

  Extreme. What in the world do we mean by extreme?  When we speak of temperature we say that something is too hot or too cold, or perhaps that it is pleasantly warm or cool, or perhaps tepid. The highest and lowest temperatures would be at the extremities, thousands… read more →

• Locations: News By Will Grandbois Published Mar. 14, 2018

  RFHS, Ross participate in National School Walkout

  

  No signs. No slogans.

  Roaring Fork High School’s participation in the National School Walkout on March 14 was a quiet affair.

  While the whole student body shared 17 seconds of silence during a community meeting inside, around three dozen kids and a handful of grown-ups… read more →

• Locations: Letters Published Mar. 10, 2018

  Teachers packing heat

  Dear Editor:

  I ask myself, would I fire my single shot .22 handgun over the heads of my students if I knew the bad guy with a bump-stocked AR15 was ready to unleash 100 rounds in my direction, over the heads of the 30 children that… read more →

• Locations: Letters Published Mar. 10, 2018

  Carbondale over Glenwood Springs

  Dear Editor:

  It’s been just about three years since I moved to Carbondale after 16 years in Glenwood Springs. Never made a better move in my life.

  The biggest reason I left Glenwood Springs was the traffic. It was frustrating trying to get anywhere… read more →