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Aug. 15, 2018
Carbondale celebrates community’s artistic path
To say that the Rio Grande ARTway is a collaboration between Carbondale Arts, the Carbondale Creative District and the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority — while accurate — would be limited. In reality, the one-mile linear park has been a work in progress by more than 100 volunteers and… read more →
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Inaugural Compassion Fest seeks to inspire action
Compassion is a verb. That’s the contention that Way of Compassion Founder John Bruna and Director Aaron Taylor are making, and they’ve organized an entire festival to convey the assertion.
“The whole purpose here is to inspire people into action,” Bruna said of the inaugural… read more →
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Book release, film showing coincide for father and son
When Clark Heckert finished the manuscript for “Sudden Storm” in 1991, his son, J. Winfield, was a teen just experimenting with film to tell tales of piracy during a family trip to Lake Powell. Now, Clark’s book is officially available in its final form and Winfield’s first feature… read more →
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Blacksmithing conference shows CRMS a stronghold of the craft
This past weekend, blacksmiths from all over the United States and Canada converged on Colorado Rocky Mountain School for the Rocky Mountain Blacksmithing Conference.
The ringing sound of a hammer being brought down upon steel in the shop kept rhythm as Scott Kretschmer and I… read more →
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Aug. 8, 2018
Water woes worsen on the Crystal River
It’s one thing to hear that the lower Crystal River is running at less than 5 percent of its seasonal mean and quite another to stand in less than 10 cubic feet per second. The Sun invited Jaime Fiske of SUP Marble, Collin Szewczyk of the local Trout… read more →
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Smiling Goat Ranch reaches out to veterans
Sheryl Barto describes herself as an “autism mom who loves horses.” So when she discovered the Horse Boy Method, an equine therapy model tailored to ease some of the burdens associated with autism, it inspired her to found the Smiling Goat Ranch in 2015.
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Roaring Fork School District redefining discipline
“Nobody understands me. Nobody cares about me,” is a common utterance among kids who habitually skip or are expelled from school. With a one million dollar grant providing funding for at-risk students over the next four years, the Roaring Fork Schools are committing to a new approach to… read more →
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Fair sparks petitioning debate; Town of Carbondale decision expected
Fred Malo was taken aback when he was asked by a Mountain Fair volunteer to leave Sopris Park premises. He was collecting signatures for the Colorado Rising coalition effort, which seeks to increase the required distance between oil and gas wells and occupied buildings from the current 500… read more →
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Mitsch Bush discusses getting things done during stop in C’dale
A lot can happen over a cup of coffee — even cultivating common ground between Democrats and Republicans. That has been Diane Mitsch Bush’s philosophy throughout her three-term tenure as a state representative, and it will continue to be her mentality in Washington, D.C. if she is successful… read more →
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Pages of the Past: Life goes on without Kenny’s pharmacy
From the archives of the Roaring Fork Valley JournalAug. 10, 1978
Kenny’s Pharmacy was closing its doors after 16 years as “Main Street’s top commercial attraction.” Owner Kenny Wieseler sent out letters to account holders, put up signs in the window and dispensed free coffee…
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