Community News & Notes

Runway closure

The runway at Glenwood Springs Municipal Airport will be closed from 8:10 a.m. to 5:10 p.m. on Monday Nov. 23, for crack filling. Additional information is available through the airport manager (618-0778).

Seasonal flu clinic

Garfield County Public Health will host a seasonal flu clinic on Tuesday, Nov. 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Downtown Drug on Grand Avenue in Glenwood Springs. This is a walk-in clinic, open to the public, and no appointment is necessary. The H1N1 flu shot will not be given at this clinic. Seasonal flu shots are $20 for adults and $10 for kids.

Christmas pottery

There will be a Christmas pottery show and sale in the student lounge at the West Garfield Campus of CMC, 3695 Airport Road, Rifle, CO (about 11⁄2 miles east of Wal-Mart) on Friday, Dec. 4, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and Saturday, Dec. 5, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Student and instructor work at very reasonable prices. For more information, call 625-2030.

Opera in Glenwood

An opera recital to benefit the Glenwood Sunrise Rotary Scholarship Fund will be Sunday, Dec. 6, at Glenwood Springs High School auditorium. Doors open at 2 p.m. Reception and refreshments to follow. Tickets are $15 individuals and $40 for a family of four. Tickets available at the door and at The Flower Mart, Glenwood Travel King, Riviera Restaurant and Sanctuary Spa.

Book signing

“Memoirs of a River … Up the Crystal, Vol. 1” by local Marble historian/author Charlotte Graham, has been released in time for the holiday season. The author will read selected passages and sign books at the Book Train in Glenwood Springs on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 5-7 p.m.

“‘Memoirs' is one book that doesn't just have a beginning and end, it comes ‘round full circle,” says Charlotte. “The first chapter is about the Utes who lived here, as told by a fourth-generation-removed Northern Ute elder, Clifford Duncan. The last chapter is about a fourth-generation-removed pioneer settler, Lew Ron Thompson, whose ancestors lived among Clifford's relations before the Utes were expelled from this valley.

Based on two years' of history columns in The Crystal Valley Echo newspaper, engaging personal stories include plenty of photos and heretofore unknown information about people and places in the Crystal Valley, down through Carbondale, Satank, Glenwood Springs and Aspen.

Charlotte has lived in Marble “coming on a dozen winters” with her partner, Doug Whitney, and their two dog children, Sam and Radar. This is her first book.