Opinion – The Sopris Sun

Locations: Opinion By Roberta McGowan Published May. 13, 2020

A century’s worth

On May 14, my uncle turned 100. That sort of takes my breath away..

Dr. Morris Ossias is my late mother’s youngest brother born as the Roaring ‘20s was just getting underway, and the Great Depression was a looming unknown out in the misty future.

Will Call: Seeking serenity, courage and wisdom

Two months ago, May and the Colorado Press Association (CPA) Convention seemed far away and out of COVID-19’s reach. Today, the fact that we pulled off our annual Mother’s Day edition seems like a small miracle — although, in fact, it’s due to tremendous effort by Mark Burrows… read more →

Locations: Opinion By Megan Tackett Published Apr. 29, 2020

A tough time for us all

This is a difficult column to write because, well, it’s a difficult time. For everyone. Even as public discourse is shifting to how to responsibly reopen our economies, futures remain uncertain, and nobody is facing exactly the same predicaments in the aftermath of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Striving for balance

A comment from a local physician recently really stuck with me: “We are in as good of shape as anywhere in the country.”

He was referring to the state of local healthcare, but I am convinced his statement equally applies to the state of our local… read more →

Locations: Opinion By Ken Pletcher Published Apr. 15, 2020

Grocery shopping in the time of COVID-19

My wife and I are both “senior citizens,” and while that status does have its perks — free rides on RFTA, discounted Skico season passes — it also has apparently become a liability in this age of the coronavirus pandemic. We are in one of the at-risk categories.… read more →

Locations: Opinion By Will Grandbois Published Apr. 8, 2020

We are still here!

Amid the uncertainty of closures and cancellations on March 19, I fear I cast doubt on the future of The Sopris Sun by suggesting that we might temporarily suspend our print edition.

It was, and still is, on the table. If we had any reason to… read more →

Locations: Opinion Published Apr. 8, 2020

A local’s diary of the Spanish Flu

By Eleanor Clagett Reed
Courtesy of Shelle DeBeque

During our fifth year, in the late summer and fall of 1918, the Spanish Influenza swept into Western Colorado on its devastating march across the continent.

Carbondale’s only doctor had been drafted into… read more →

Locations: Opinion By Jennifer Johnson Published Apr. 1, 2020

Taking the confusion out of how to plan your last wishes

Full disclosure: I started writing and researching this piece well over a month ago, before Covid-19 had taken hold. At the time, it seemed like a good idea to shelve any talk of end-of-life decisions. Now, in a world where so much seems out of our control, it… read more →

Locations: Opinion By Peter Mertz Published Apr. 1, 2020

If the City Market aisles could talk

The Ides of March, 2020, will be a date long remembered in Carbondale lore. After that fateful day, the town would never be the same.

COVID-19 has hit America hard – from two deaths at a Seattle nursing home on Jan. 26 – to 2,597 deaths… read more →

Locations: Opinion By Brett Milam Published Mar. 25, 2020

Hello from Ohio!

Life has always been the little things, and in times of crisis, when those little things get taken away, we realize how important their cumulative effect was.

It was only three weeks ago that I was in Olive Garden with most of my family to celebrate… read more →