Gary Rauchenecker, GoldenIn response to coke ovensI’m responding to Ken Fry’s June 1 letter to the Post independent, “Coke ovens are filthy.” He said the historical coke ovens that were in Glenwood, Redstone and other places were poison-spewing and filthy. Coke ovens, however, were scattered in our Roaring Fork Valley, beginning in 1884 in Basalt, 1888 in Cardiff and 1899 in Redstone. Floyd Joseph Diemoz, Glenwood SpringsGlass half emptyUsing Ken Fry’s logic, the coke ovens in Glenwood, Redstone and Basalt should be bulldozed. Beetle-kill lumber needs to be controlled by offering incentives to harvest the dead timber. Beetle-kill harvesters and woodworkers are using beetle-kill lumber for siding, furniture, framing lumber, cabinetry, paneling and finish molding.

Source: Daily Nation June 06, 2023 19:16 UTC