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Editor’s Letter

Welcome, Spring.

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he signs of spring are all around us after an unseasonably warm February that threatened to awaken all the plants – just in time for Jack Frost’s return. One never knows in Colorado; I remember getting snowed under in the Sinks area of the Lost Park Wilderness Area on a Memorial Day backpack. We all had to struggle out through a foot of powder in shorts and short sleeves. Most longtime Colorado residents have tales like that.

Spring has started in earnest now, I think, reminding me of the words of Gerard Manley Hopkins, one of my favorite poets: Nothing is so beautiful as Spring – When weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush; Thrush’s eggs look little low heavens, and thrush Through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring.

APRIL 2015 publisher Rick French | RFrench@LifestylePubs.com

editor Nicolette Toussaint | NToussaint@LifestylePubs.com

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contributing writers Paul Andersen, Caitlin Causey, Peter Finch, Bridget Grey, Mary Harris, Peter Piero, Nicolette Toussaint, Carolyn Watt Williams

contributing photographers Kim Doyle Wille, Sarah Johnson, Nicolette Toussaint, Robin Waters, Carolyn Watt Williams, Caitlin Causey

In April, the signs are unmistakable: skiers enjoying the last patches of corn snow in silly hats and scanty costumes. Crocuses and pasque flowers pushing up around the melting drifts. Bike shops offering specials on pre-season tune-ups and barbeque equipment crowding out the snow blowers in the hardware store.

This issue is devoted to the signs of spring. In it, you will learn about Kim Doyle Wille, who founded Growing Food Forward to raise our consciousness about saving heirloom seeds, to ensure food security and feed the hungry. You’ll meet our neighbor Steve Martin, who along with dozens of volunteers brings Little League, a nationwide rite of spring, to hundreds of Roaring Fork Valley youngsters. And you’ll hear about spring bird migrations from Mary Harris, the president of Roaring Fork Audubon.

In the spring, our thoughts bend toward outdoor activities and concerts, and this issue has those for you, too. Our pages carry backstage glances into the 5Point Film Festival and the outstanding music series hosted by the Basalt Regional Library, plus an entertaining interview with the frontman for the dance band Poser. You will also enjoy the season’s color in the vibrant art of Glenwood Springs artist Mary Noone, and a vicarious glance through the windows of the California Zephyr, which is featured in our Parting Thoughts.

Whether you celebrate spring by hiking, biking, gardening, bird watching, batting a ball, dancing or taking in a film, I encourage you to go for it. There’s no lack of things to do in our red-rock rimmed valley, and a wealth of community and love to be found.

As Gerard Manley Hopkins put it:

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Good Times

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Around Town

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Local Limelight

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Home Matters

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Parting Thoughts

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n January, Roaring Fork Lifestyle published a feature on the valley’s newest “Hot Spot”, the new restaurant scene created by the emergence of new restaurants around 7th and Grand in Glenwood Springs, a change helped along by widening the 7th Street sidewalks to allow for outdoor dining. Glenwood’s downtown facelift has begun.

Phase two of the facelift began when the Glenwood Springs Chamber of Commerce sponsored two public input meetings facilitated by the Downtown Development Authority. The meetings aimed to encourage public input to make the business core of Glenwood Springs more vibrant and inviting for residents and visitors.

The first meeting gathered creative ideas on what the community thought that the new look should be. The second meeting applied these ideas to artist-created display boards that showed three potential looks for the new business core and entry into Glenwood. The public’s ideas did not disappoint.

I am visualizing the suggestions: a shooting water fountain that kids, and maybe young-at-heart adults, can run though as parents sit back on benches enjoying their laughter. Strings of lights crisscrossing

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the street. Possible art and vendor displays. And live music wafting through the night air with vendors. This would all be occurring in the sidewalk/park setting along 7th street.

Now, let’s talk about the potential of the underside of the new bridge at 7th and Grand. There is enough room for a play area for the kids, more benches and tables, vendors, musical groups, live theater and great lighting. Yes, there is room for all of this. Let the summer rain showers come because people could simply dash from the open-air benches and park setting to the protection of the bridge; they wouldn’t miss a beat in their fun.

Walk through this scene with your special someone, smell the food, hear the conversations and laughter, enjoy the ambiance of a wonderful summer night. This is all going to be a reality thanks to the Downtown Development Authority, the Glenwood Springs Chamber and the creativity of the residents that make Glenwood Springs a very special community to call home.

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Volunteers and attendees at the Rifle Branch Library received ten packets of free, heirloom, organic non-GMO seeds to take home and plant as part of Growing Food Forward’s series at Garfield County Libraries.

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Around Town HISTORIC SITE MAP WINS STATE AWARD The 4 Rivers Historic Alliance, an organization comprised of 12 museums and historical sites from Aspen to Marble and from Eagle to Parachute, recently received the 2015 Josephine Miles Award for a newly designed historic site map. The Josephine Miles Award is given annually to an individual, organization or museum in Colorado that has made a major contribution to the advancement of Colorado history. Pick up a copy of the map at the Carbondale Branch Library or download it from the Mt. Sopris Historical Society’s website at MtSoprisHistoricalSociety.org.

ENVISION RAISES FUNDS FOR WALDORF SCHOOL Sponsored by the Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork, the tenth annual Envision: Hands & Heart event will be held Friday, May 15. The evening event will highlight more than 20 international and 10 local artists and will feature international food from L’Hostaria and biodynamic wine. Artists from Haiti, Tibet, Morocco, India, Spain, Pakistan, Madagascar and the Dominican Republic will join local artists Alleghany Meadows, Charles Andrade, Brad Reed Nelson, Isa Catto and Nancy Lovendahl.

Entertainment will include African dancers and international music.

The event will be held at the Carricarte private residence in Basalt. All proceeds benefit the Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork. Hosts include Jazz Aspen Snowmass, the International Folk Art Alliance and Nancy Wilhelms, executive director of Anderson Ranch. Tickets at WaldorfSchoolRF.org.

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BASALT CHAMBER WELCOMES NEW BUSINESSES The Basalt Chamber of Commerce recently sponsored an after-hours party during which Basalt Mayor Jacque Whitsitt cut ribbons for Faboo and the Basalt Emporium & Flying Circus. The event included palm readings, facials and door prizes. Town Manager Mike Scanlon and Basalt Downtown Business Association Chair Tracy Bennett were there. Basalt Chamber officers, Chair Jeff Campbell, Treasurer Cathy Markle and Chamber President Robin Waters joined a full house of Basalt town staff and chamber members at the celebration.

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TIP YOUR HAT TO THE HOSPITAL AUXILIARY MAY 2 The Valley View Hospital Auxiliary will hold its third annual Elegant Tea on May 2.

A Kentucky Derby theme makes it fun for guests to show off their hats. Proceeds raised by the Auxiliary, a non-profit that has been around since the hospital opened its doors in 1955, will provide scholarships and support the Connie Delaney Medical Library. Tickets and hats can be purchased at the Heart to Heart Gift Shop in Valley View Hospital’s main lobby. Those interested in joining the Auxiliary’s more than 300 volunteers may call the volunteer coordinator at 970.945.6535.

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In honor of Child Abuse Prevention month in April, the Roaring Fork nonprofit CASA of the Ninth is joining the Colorado Department of Human Services in publicizing a statewide hotline that opened in January. The toll-free hotline – 844.CO4.KIDS – is part of a child welfare plan sponsored by Governor Hickenlooper. Colorado residents are encouraged to call the hotline, called Keeping Kids Safe and Families Healthy, to

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“More than half of Coloradans say they have personally encountered a child that they suspected was a victim of abuse or neglect. However, only half of Coloradans can name a proper next step for reporting abuse when they encounter it,” comments Barbra Sexauer Corcoran, executive director of CASA of the Ninth. “Everyone in the community plays a role in the prevention of child abuse and neglect, and now thanks to the hotline, we have one easy-to-remember phone number for reporting it.”

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It started right after the holidays, when Carbondale realtor Lynn Kirchner of Amore Realty gave the Hays a couch and chair that had been donated by a client. The furniture looked great, but made the Hays’ carpet look shabby. When Kirchner asked Lois what she wanted for her approaching 84th birthday, Lois replied, “a new carpet.”

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Where to See the Largest Animal Migration on Earth ARTICLE MARY HARRIS

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hey travel mostly at night, and few people realize that it’s happening. Five billion animals are secretly traveling from as far as Argentina just to have their babies born here with us.

Of the 650 bird species that migrate to North America each year, about 145 nest here in the Roaring Fork Valley. Those little birds, which weigh around 18 grams each, fly more than 6,000 miles to come home; many birds nest in the same patch year after year.

The winged spectacle begins in early May, and April is a busy month. Grab a bird book and binoculars and take a field trip along your favorite trail. Because the trees haven’t fully leafed out, it’s easy to see hungry, tired and very active birds as they establish nesting territories. In no time, you will begin to recognize the songs of new friends: vireos, warblers, buntings, flycatchers, orioles, tanagers, grosbeaks and many others.

It’s good to have someone help with identification, and Roaring Fork Audubon offers free trips to educate you. I cherish the moment when a novice birder gets hooked on birds—when she or he suddenly understands that, without immediate conservation measures, we are danger of losing these hard workers forever. I call them hard workers because birds spend the entire day and evening eating insects or rodents and pollinating plants. Scientists have estimated that if birds did not “clean” trees of insects, the forests of the Eastern U.S. could disappear in one year!

It’s a tough time to be a bird. When a migrating bird’s only historical resting and re-fueling stopover is developed and no longer available, the bird may not make it. Native bird numbers, too, are crashing in many species. No one knows how small a population can get before it is in danger of extinction.

Every year, up to four billion birds are killed by outdoor cats.

Another one billion die due to glass window crashes, windmills located in improper places and habitat loss. This is why Roaring Fork Audubon emphasizes conservation. We have published “Bird Friendly Living” tips in the Aspen Daily News, funded a Colorado conservation advocate and encouraged local towns and counties to adopt bird friendly building codes. half a dozen ways Roaring Fork birds to Audubon is a non1. Make your cat an indoor cat. profit, run by an 2. Ask your local government to pass all-volunteer board. an ordinance against free-roaming cats.

We conduct bird3. Do all you can to make your seed sales, bird windows bird-friendly. count pledges and 4. Use no pesticides. an annual fund 5. Plant native. drive to support 6. Become an activist and “let it fly.” many programs. For example, we pro-

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vided radio transmitters that were attached to Black Swifts. The signal helped find the Swifts’ wintering grounds—in the Amazon.

That prompted the Brazilian government to recognize the Swifts as one of their species, and that hopefully, will help protect these amazing creatures.

Most of our migrants, like the swifts, come from Latin countries, so, “Disfrute de la primavera!” Enjoy the spring! Whether you go on your own field trip or join Audubon, spend time in nature learning about the season’s remarkable visitors.

In March, I visited the Platte River in Nebraska to watch over half a million Sandhill Cranes feed and fatten up before heading further north. There they perform a beautiful mating display dance. But you need not go that far to enjoy the cranes’ spectacle; just drive across McClure Pass to Fruit Growers Reservoir. (You can go with Audubon; many birding trips are listed at RoaringForkAudubon.org.)

Last summer, while driving to the Thomas Lakes Tail – a great birding spot if you go early in the morning – my friends and I saw a Swainson’s Hawk, which spends the winter on Argentina’s pampas and then migrates to breed on Colorado’s plains.

How about the Rufus hummingbird? In terms of distance ratio to size, these feisty little critters, weighing only 3.2 grams, accomplish the longest migration in the world. Some start in northern South America, follow the wildflower season up the west coast, breed in Alaska, and then head down the Rockies in early July to take advantage of our emerging wildflowers.

The Rufus is one of the four species that visit our valley. Two species nest here: the Broad-Tailed and Black-Chinned Hummingbirds. They may arrive as early as mid-April, and if need be, they can go into a kind of torpor to survive spring snow.

People often ask me if I have a favorite bird. I like my friend and mentor Linda Vidal’s response, “The one I’m looking at.” The more I learn about these wonders, the more respect I have for each one of them.

Mary Harris is the president of Roaring Fork Audubon.

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Local Limelight

Poser

BY ANY OTHER NAME, THIS BAND WOULD SOUND AS SWEET

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he most unusual gig the dance band Poser has played would either be a wedding where the bride was Catholic, the groom a Jehovah Witness and the bride’s father a Seventh Day Adventist, or maybe, it was the band’s first “paying” gig at the Red Onion in Aspen in 1985.

Poser front man Matt Harrington recalls that night. “We were paid $200. But by the end of the night, we owed the owner around $11! It was a scene right out of the Blues Brothers. We just kept buying our friends rounds of drinks all night!”

Poser’s goal is always to get the audience up on its feet, and they do that by playing Elvis, Joe Cocker, Bruce Springsteen, Little Feat, David Bowie and other rock and roll legends’ hits.

Harrington co-founded the band with a friend named Steve; the two initially intended to learn every Beatles song ever written.

“A band slowly developed, and had Steve not passed away 12 years ago, we would have been playing together for over 30 years now,” says Harrington. “It’s taken many years of band names and members coming and going, but I’m thrilled to say that we now have the best lineup in the band’s history.

Poser’s six members now include Harrington, lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist; Paul Buechler, lead guitarist; Dennis Jung on bass guitar and vocals; Dan Rosenthal on drums; vocalist Michelle Ferrell and percussionist Lyn Byars.

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What about the name? Harrington explains that a poser is defined as a person who habitually pretends to be someone he’s not. “Considering the fact that we’re strictly a cover band doing other artists’ material, that name made sense. I will say, however, that every cover we do, we make our own,” he says.

Those interested in perusing the band’s playlist will find it on Poser’s website: PoserBand.com. “Our large selection of songs and musical diversity allows us to perform many requests. But we refuse to play any Justin Bieber or Lady Ga Ga,” Harrington chuckles.

Poser plays many special events and weddings, including some high-profile Aspen gatherings. Last year, an event planner who was working for Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys, hired the band.

Poser was scheduled to play at the wedding of Jones’ niece, but some wires got crossed.

“The clients were expecting a country band,” Harrington says. Although they are rock-n-rollers, Poser does play a good mix of country music, so they were able to pull it off without the use and protection of chicken wire.

Asked whether all of Poser’s musicians have day jobs, Harrington, who is a real estate agent, notes that Paul Buechler is a full-time music instructor while Dennis Jung is an Aspen real estate broker. Dan Rosenthal is a painter and ski instructor who also coaches young bands. Michelle

Ferrell teaches first grade in Basalt while Lyn Byars is a certified level IV Reiki master and trainer.

In addition, all six participate in a coed synchronized swimming team; they have won several national competitions.

Harrington says, “In honor of Ester Williams, the queen of synchronized swimming, our favorite formation is ‘The Dancing Daffodil.’ Paul, Dennis, Dan, Lyn and I form the petals, while Michelle takes the center position and spurts water from her mouth.” Harrington grins.

“It truly is an incredible and beautiful sight to behold.”

The band’s popularity has led to regular appearances at many popular Roaring Fork Valley venues. In 2015, Poser will be performing for the Basalt Summer Music Series, the Crown Mountain Park Summer Concert Series and Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park’s Music on the Mountain.

Harrington, who sent a list of other local performers worthy of media attention to Roaring Fork Lifestyle magazine (rather than pitching his own band), praises the local music scene. “There is a wealth of talented performers in our valley and I encourage everyone to support them,” he says. “Too often people hire bands from out of town to play local functions when you have an incredibly diverse selection of musicians in our backyard. Please support local music and hire a local band!”

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Mary Noone:

The Vibrancy of the Moment ARTICLE BRIDGET GREY | PHOTOGRAPHY PROVIDED

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his month, Roaring Fork Lifestyle graced its cover with a painting by Mary Noone, who frequently paints local scenes. Noone gave us some background on her work.

HOW DID YOU START PAINTING THE ROARING FORK VALLEY?

I first came here with my husband, Bob Noone, in 1981. We fell in love with the Valley and moved to Carbondale in 1982.

I first painted houses, but when I became pregnant with my son, I took a job as a seamstress. I started painting canvas, designed a line of luggage named Eager Pigments, and then painted silk scarves and furniture. I have painted basically everything that is not moving!

We moved to Glenwood in 1984. My two daughters were born there.

I was determined to be with my kids and to make a go of earning a living as an artist—two things that were almost mutually exclusive!

Morning Tea, 18” x 18”, 2014

HOW HAVE YOU DEVELOPED YOUR STYLE?

I started in watercolor but found the pigments too muted. I began painting landscapes using house paint, but because of the kids, my painting time was severely limited. Acrylic paint dries immediately.

Now, it’s my favorite medium.

Another thing that has shaped my artistic expression is the fact that I was diagnosed with early onset Parkinson’s disease in 1991. It has shaped my life and the way I paint. Color and the love of expressing myself through painting have held me together. Parkinson’s has definitely been a challenge—keeping the brush still while my body grooved. I underwent Deep Brain Stimulation and I am now battery-operated. I now have a still life…

WHERE AND HOW DID YOU LEARN TO PAINT?

Authority, 30” x 24”, 2014

I am basically self-taught. I grew up west of St. Louis on a farm. I started painting murals in the District of Columbia, where my husband comes from. In D.C., I worked in an art gallery, painted sets and took every painting class that was offered. Georgetown University, however, is not known for studio arts. I lived above the Fine Arts Department for six months before I knew it was there!

WHAT INSPIRES YOU?

I love nothing more than painting outside on location. In the spring, summer and fall, I have my car filled with canvas, paint, an easel, a small table and chair. Add water and my dogs, and I am ready to go!

In the winter, I paint flowers, cats and dogs.

I paint plein air because I love being on the scene. Photographs do not in any way duplicate the feel and vibrancy of the moment.

The wind, sun and day itself dictate the painting. Acrylics dry fast and I get about 80 percent finished outdoors. I complete the painting in the studio.

WHERE CAN READERS SEE YOUR WORK?

Spring Sense, 30” x 30”, 2014

All In One Basket, 2015, 16”x 20”

At the Main Street Gallery in Carbondale. I’m currently making forays to Santa Fe, Taos, Denver and Grand Junction. Readers can check out my website at MaryNoone.com, or call me about my work at 970.309.6900. The paintings shown with this article are for sale.

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Basalt Library Enriches Valley with Music Series

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harlotte McLain is to Basalt what Harold Hill was to River City: it starts with “C” and that rhymes with “B” and that stands for Basalt. But there’s no trouble in that river city, just joyous sounds that enliven the entire Roaring Fork watershed.

McClain’s initiative in bringing live music here has made her a noted figure while elevating the Basalt Regional Library to a regional musical venue. “The Roaring Fork Valley has many talented musicians,” observes Basalt resident Charlie Cole, “Charlotte McLain and the Basalt library have tapped into this pool of talent.

We benefit from a rich series that brings musicians to our doorstep free of charge.”

It all began in 2010 when Basalt’s new library building opened to high acclaim. In addition to state-of-the-art library services, the facility includes a handsome community room with good acoustics. McLain, pictured above with the Orava Quartet, realized the room’s potential. (Unlike the fictional Harold Hill, she’s the real thing, an internationally accomplished chamber musician and a former faculty member of the Rhodes College of Music in Memphis.) McLain suggested a series: Music At The Library.

The Library Board approved her idea and appointed her music coordinator. Thanks to support from library director Barbara Milnor and the library staff, the series has opened new doors— and ears—to music.

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performances that bring together our Valley’s amazing talent the way the Basalt Library does.”

McClain sought out a broad array of talent, and she aimed high.

Classically trained in both organ and harpsichord, and versed in renaissance and baroque music, she reached beyond classical music to include bluegrass, jazz and ethnic performers. She slated openers that ranged from the Roaring Fork Chamber Players to the Smuggler Mountain Boys and Mexican guitarist Javier De Santos.

“In addition to our resident local talent,” she says, “We have the extraordinary student talent of the Aspen Music Festival and School and the University of Colorado nearby. What do those students and other performers need? A place to perform!”

“In the past several seasons, the successful collaboration with the Basalt Library has provided performance opportunities to some of the most important recent talent to float in the firmament of young stars,” says Asadour Santourian, the Aspen Music Festival’s artistic director and vice president for artistic administration.

Young performers and groups such as the Roaring Fork Youth Orchestra can participate in workshops conducted by visiting artists, experiencing performance rigor by playing alongside professional musicians.

“The Basalt Library concerts are wonderful experiences for me and my music students,” comments teacher Susan Nicholson.

“The variety of quality performances has made fans of students who never saw themselves attending such events.”

When out-of-town performers arrive, local residents offer homestay hospitality, deepening both musical and personal ties. Local string players Betsy and Dan Furth hosted a visiting musician.

“We loved having the Orava Quartet’s violist stay with us,” says Betsy. “As fellow string players, my husband and I got such a kick out of the quartet’s youthful enthusiasm for their art. A highlight for us was getting together after their concert in Basalt and showing them our instruments and sharing our experiences with them.”

Basalt resident and music lover Cil Klamper, another host, said, “My husband and I hosted two members of the Orava String Quartet when they performed here. What a joy it was to hear them play and have such talent available to our valley.”

Visiting artists have included Chinese pianists Jiayan Sun and Han Chen, the Antero Winds Quintet from the University of Colorado in Boulder, the Orava String Quartet from Australia, the Lamont Brass Quintet of Denver and harpist Emily Levin, a Colorado native, to name just a few.

With this caliber of performers, it is no wonder that the Aspen Music Festival (AMF) is eager to collaborate with Basalt Library in bringing high-quality classical music programming to the MidValley. As Katie Hone Wiltgen, AMF director of education and community programming, notes, “The library provides a fabulous performance venue for our residency ensembles, and audiences in Basalt have been incredibly receptive. This is a partnership that succeeds on every level.”

Funding to pay musicians has drawn support from outside the library’s budget with gifts from Friends of the Basalt Regional Library, the Thrift Shop of Aspen, Basalt Regional Foundation and individual contributions. Their gifts return high dividends, enriching not only this river city, but also towns up and down the Roaring Fork.

“It is so special to live in a town where we are blessed with professionals who are reaching out to all the citizens to entertain and educate,” says Basalt resident Becky Anslyn. “Charlotte makes it happen.”

Teacher Susan Nicholson shares enthusiasm for the program on behalf so many music lovers: “Thank you, Charlotte, for bringing this beautiful music to our Valley!”

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5Point Film Festival Rocks Carbondale this Month ARTICLE BRIDGET GREY | PHOTOGRAPHY PROVIDED

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t’s 2:15 on Tuesday afternoon and the three staffers who put together the 5Point Film Festival are abuzz. They have just gotten off the phone with a rock star – Tommy Caldwell. After completing the first-ever free climb of El Capitan’s Dawn Wall in Yosemite, Tommy has graced the pages of the New York Times and has a page on Facebook that sports 75,877 fans.

Caldwell’s a star on the rocks, and off of them as well. He has just told 5Point Executive Director Sarah Wood, Program Director Anders Nordblom and Julie Kennedy, the festival’s founder, that he might come to visit the eighth annual 5Point Film Festival in Carbondale in April.

To put together the 5Point Film Festival, Wood, Nordblom and Kennedy talk to dozens of potential guests, and they view more than 300 films. Just 50 of them, the best of the best, make the cut.

“The 5Point Festival takes you on an inspirational and emotional ride like no other,” says Wood. “We are expecting more than 30 special guests and we will be screening 50 films from around the world. 5Point brings us face to face. It connects us through stories that highlight action, adversity and diversity in outdoor sports and adventure travel.”

Festival founder Julie Kennedy, an avid outdoorswoman and adventure lover, started the festival to give sportsmen and women a place to gather each year, a place to share stories, connect and celebrate the adventurous spirit. Kennedy created 5Point to inspire all kinds of adventure, not just climbing, kayaking or skiing. Last year, for example, the festival included a film about an Australian woman who, despite being paraplegic, wanted to learn to surf – and did so 22

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with the help of a surfer friend and a roll of duct tape. Offbeat offerings followed a skateboarder who rolled through India and a man’s quest to swim 1,000 miles down the lower Missouri River to raise funds for breast cancer awareness.

“The festival is about living a life of adventure that is infused with respect, purpose, commitment, humility and respect,” explains Wood. “Those are the five guiding principles or ‘points’ that give the festival its name. It’s special.” She grins and admits, “I’m not just biased; I’m a believer.”

The concert-style film festival takes place not just in Carbondale, where it originated, but all across the country. 5Point goes on the road each summer and fall, producing ten to 12 one-night showings.

Last year, 5Point launched a two-day festival in the Boston area, and this year, it will start additional festivals in Bellingham, Washington and Asheville, North Carolina.

Wood, who joined 5Point two years ago, works year-round and travels to all the festivals. Despite a hectic travel schedule, one that will include a jaunt to Minneapolis next year, Wood says that the films provide a reflective pause in our daily lives.

“These films help recalibrate our ego-driven, high-octane, busy existence, and they make us reflect on what is important in our lives,” she says.

While 5Point is not an environmental festival per se, the folks behind it realize that protecting and inspiring conscious, respectful use of the outdoors is important.

Inspiring youth to think beyond their limits is also very important to 5Point. To that end, the nonprofit created the Dream Project, awarding five scholarships to local high school students. The scholarships have supported student projects ranging from installing a community garden at a Roaring Fork Valley school to building water filters in Bolivia. The Dream Project is meant to inspire students to dream of something they are passionate about and to make it real.

Thanks to support from the Burden family and Timbers Resorts, the student projects have achieved a 95 percent completion rate over the last four years.

5Point also provides grants to give a leg up to young filmmakers. Last year, 5Point was involved in four film projects. Many of these grant-receiving films premier at 5Point festivals, travel to other adventure-themed festivals and then are released online or in theaters.

5Point has established a Film Fund to help adult filmmakers, as well as young ones, fuel their passion and tell better stories. “We try to play a connecting role most of the time, occasionally stepping into a directorial or producing role,” says Wood. “It is important that these types of stories continue to be produced, and that we aren’t overrun with the action, ego-driven side of this genre.”

The 5Point Film Festival, headquartered in Carbondale, is a nonprofit that counts on the outdoor industry and local businesses for support. “We truly could not do this without each of our supporters,” Wood says. “We do our best to focus attention back to Carbondale when we travel. We highlight the recreational opportunities here and work to drive traffic to our local businesses during the weekend event. Carbondale is a unique place, and we want to help showcase it to the world.”

And as for Caldwell, the 5Point team is thrilled to be welcoming him back to 5Point this year. “This is what 5Point is all about, celebrating the accomplishments of our outdoor tribe, together as one big community. It is really one of the most exciting parts of my job,” says Wood, “and Tommy is one of those special guests that truly embody 5Point.”

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Why the effort to give out nonGMO, heirloom varieties of seeds?

Wille wants to make sure that our food is not only healthier, but ultimately more sustainable and secure.

Heirloom seeds are varieties that have been in existence for more than 50 years; they have had time to adapt, a quality that cannot be bred or engineered into a species.

Each year, when local farmers grow several plants, then save seed from the best performing plant, they develop a strain that is resistant to local pests and diseases and is adapted to local soils and climate.

“Three years of growing with the same seed makes these seeds regionally acclimated and hardy for our area,” Wille notes. “It is good to have our own seeds not cross-contaminated with GMOs.” By keeping heirloom plants alive, the diversity of plants is preserved, saving traits that can make us less vulnerable to future blights that may wipe out entire crops. But unless backyard gardeners and organic farmers keep these seeds alive, they will disappear altogether. “We need to continue to teach our generation about farming and food,” Kim explains. “We can’t lose this important piece of knowledge. We have to absorb it quickly from the old timers before it is too late.”

Growing Food Forward (GFF) collaborates with Lift Up to feed the hungry. GFF installs gardens and educates local volunteers about the gardening process; the volunteers then maintain the gardens. This past year, for example, GFF assisted in building and planting gardens in front of Lift Up facilities in New Castle and Carbondale. Rifle and Parachute Lift Up facilities have gardens within a block and a half. Food from these gardens is given to needy families.

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With that, a great idea took root—one that in its first year produced fresh food for hundreds and abated hunger from Aspen to Parachute.

Wille’s idea has evolved into a nonprofit organization, Growing Food Forward (GFF). Based out of El Jebel and serving a 100-mile region from Aspen to Parachute, GFF’s goal is to “empower community through education, sustainable projects and gardens for hunger relief within our communities.”

While GFF’s projects are enormous and multidimensional, Wille’s main goal is to get people farming and growing their own food. To accomplish that, she aims to distribute free, organic, heirloom, non-GMO seed to 500 gardeners from Aspen to Parachute.

To distribute the seeds, Wille has turned to the Garfield County library system. Each year, seeds will be sorted and exchanged by volunteers. Ultimately, the idea is for patrons to “check out” seeds, grow heirloom plants, harvest crops and then replace the seeds the following year. Because the libraries are not ready to incorporate the seed exchange into their computer systems, the donated seed is now being packaged to distribute for free.

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Kids can also lend a hand. Nearly 500 children and young adults have learned about food, and have planted and built gardens through GFF programs. GFF partners with after-school programs such as Access Roaring Fork in Rifle and Wednesday Enrichment in Glenwood Springs. Through these educational programs, children bring home food that they desperately need along with a recipe they learned and helped prepare that week. “What is really cool is that the parents want to get involved once they see what the kids are doing and bringing home,” comments Wille.

It is remarkable how many gardens Growing Food Forward has initiated in our valley. Collaborating with businesses, such as Eagle Crest Nursery, and with local governments, non-profits and schools, GFF built 102 raised garden beds in Roaring Fork area towns in 2014. Most of these were low-water gardens. Designed for once-a-week watering, their performance can be startling.

“We watered the garden outside of the Third Street Center four times last summer, and it produced 664 pounds of produce!” Wille exclaims. Overall, GFF’s low-water gardens produced more than 8,000 pounds of fresh produce for valley residents last summer.

On the heels of that harvest, Growing Food Forward has big plans for 2015.

“We are going to host workshops in libraries throughout the valley to teach people how to garden, focusing on what people should know to do in the garden the following month,” Wille says.

Growing Food Forward also hopes to expand gardener participation by distributing more than 6,000 packets of organic, heirloom, non-GMO seeds at community dinners and at showings of recent documentaries on hunger, food systems, farming techniques and related topics.

“My main goal is GFF SEED LIBRARY AND GARDENING EVENTS to really pull us all together,” says Wille.

Since February, Growing Food Forward has “I am really excitbeen holding seed-sorting and distribution ed about our Faceevents in Roaring Fork communities, including book pages. Through events at five of the six Garfield County Librarthem, people who live ies. At press time, the following workshops in isolated areas such were planned. Visit GarfieldLibraries.org/ as ranches in Silt can news-and-events and GrowingFoodForward. share information org for updated schedules. about what works.”

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Your Neighbor

Introducing Steve Martin, Little League President ARTICLE NICOLETTE TOUSSAINT PHOTOGRAPHY PROVIDED 2005 Basalt Diamond Backs Little League team, young people from Basalt and Aspen. Steve Martin is on the left, wearing the green jacket.

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don’t have any kids whatsoever – except 325 kids in baseball,” laughs Steve Martin. Each April, he gears up for Little League, a rite of spring that involves more than 600 volunteers, 300 baseball games and 26 teams scattered from Aspen to Eagle.

None of it would happen without all those volunteers.

Martin helped start Little League here in the Roaring Fork Valley in 1997. Martin, who is now 59 and owns Martin Insurance in Carbondale, played baseball from the age of 5 until he was 17.

He then became involved with Little League as a coach right after high school. He missed it when he moved here from Ohio.

“Back in the 90s, I met some buddies who played softball and we started doing baseball camps,” he says. “After awhile, I said that we needed to start a program and give something back. We did, and they asked me to be president. We started with Basalt, Carbondale and Glenwood. Those were the towns in the original Three Rivers Little League charter. A few years in, we were able to add Aspen, and six years ago, we added Eagle and Gypsum.”

Coordinating games in all those towns is a major-league undertaking.

“The great thing is all the guys who volunteer their time,” says Martin. As Three Rivers’ president, he is “the face of Little League” and works with a 26-member board. “I would be remiss if I didn’t say thank you to all the past and present board members and coaches who contributed to the evolution of our Three Rivers Little League program. I’m just one volunteer, but there are 90 coaches, 325 players and 600 parents. They all volunteer!”

Because the Three Rivers Little League plays in seven different towns, town representatives must juggle playing field schedules.

“We don’t have any of our own fields, so we have to borrow fields from every town and school, and we work with five different school districts,” Martin explains. “We do a ton of work. We put $37,000 in capital expenditures and hundreds of volunteer hours into fields last year alone.” In 2014, the Three Rivers Little League installed new bases, pitching mounds and dirt on 22 different fields from Aspen to Eagle. “We leave it way better than we find it every year,” Martin adds.

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range in age from eight to 14, are drafted onto teams grouped by both age and ability. The first games are played on April 4, and each team plays a 20- to 24-game schedule. The season is done

by June 1. After that, “All Star” games are held beginning June 15.

(For details see 3RiversLL.com.)

Last year, the Three Rivers All-Star 12-year old team ranked second in Colorado’s statewide Little League competition.

Last year also marked the first time Three Rivers fielded teams for girls; this year, girls’ teams have been organized for both Carbondale and Basalt.

As Little League president – an unpaid position – Martin oversees the whole operation, including registration, coaches, umpires and financials. He recruited many of the board members.

“My dad coached me from five to 15, and I always have felt that it’s my turn to give back,” he explains. “Baseball teaches kids about life. It teaches you how to accept failure. The reason being this: if you are the best out there on the field, you only get a hit three times out of ten. The best pros do that. So that means that you fail seven out of ten times. That’s a big lesson for life.

“Our mantra is that we project integrity, sportsmanship and respect. And that would be at all levels: coaches, players and umpires. The last thing we teach is baseball.”

While sports magazines and social media abound with stories about over-eager parents who overstep the bounds of the good sportsmanship, Martin reports that the local league has few problems with this. To participate, parents and volunteers must sign a code of conduct.

“We do not allow any arguing with umpires – at all,” he says. “If a coach argues with an umpire, he gets a two-game suspension. If an assistant coach or an opposing coach doesn’t stop an argument, they get a one-game suspension. We don’t argue with the umpire, and everybody knows it.”

Sometimes, he reminds adults, “You are a role model, so act like it.”

Occasionally, newcomers, who are unaware of Martin’s childless status, object to his decisions and will say, “You are just looking out for your kids!” When that happens, the father of the local Little League grins and replies, “You should call my wife and let her know.”

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Tips To Improve Your Garden Décor

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ardens are not just places where one grows plants and vegetables.

To complement the amount of effort you put in, you should try to improve your garden decor so that your garden looks beautiful, even without flowers. Here are some tips to help you:

ers are available, the popular ones being made of concrete, fibre stone, fibreglass and plastic. For earth tones, you might choose terracotta. Correct use of planters can also add height, shape and life to your garden.

1) CHOOSE A SINGULAR FOCUS

6) CONSIDER LIGHTING

One way to make a difference in your garden decor is to focus on one part of the garden and build the rest around it. This can be done by building a gazebo, an arbor, a rose pillar or any statues or sculptures of interest.

Lighting up a feature nicely also enhances the garden decor. Other than lighting the pathway in your garden, you can also highlight a specific tree by focusing light beams on it. Make sure you keep safety concerns in mind for lighting options.

2) INCLUDE A SENSE OF ARCHITECTURE

7) DEFINE YOUR PLACE - USE VARIETIES OF HEIGHT

You can provide an architectural form and a sense of style to your garden decor by adding a bit of iron gate work, elegant metal topiary forms or concrete statuary to the garden. Simple garden ornaments and artful decor contribute tremendously to the aesthetic value of your outdoor living garden spaces.

Garden ornamentation will define specific spaces. Taller garden decor and sculpture can create pleasant and sprawling visual architecture in small spaces. Always try to place taller plantings toward the back of the garden. Try and use varieties of height to beautify your garden.

8) BLOCK WHAT YOU DO NOT LIKE

3) ADD WATER FEATURES - A WATERFALL OR A FOUNTAIN

Building a waterfall or a fountain can add a lot of value to your garden decor. In fact, most Japanese gardens have a water feature, and the ones without water features have something that represents water, like grey gravel or sand. If you would like to be a little innovative, you can turn your whole garden into a water garden. You can also add a birdbath to your garden.

4) COLLECT AND SCATTER

After collecting a variety of art and ornamentation to add to your garden decor, make sure you scatter it throughout the landscape.

Some people place topiary, sculpture or tuteur forms in distant small landscaped garden spaces for maximum viewing impact. Try to frame ornamental pieces of art with easy-growing shrubs and low-growing flowers.

5) USE PLANTERS AND CONTAINERS CORRECTLY

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Block a part of the garden with climbers like ivy or vines if you do not like the way it looks. A trellis or obelisk can also be combined with the climbers to block the view. In the end, you will enhance your garden decor.

9) USE TEMPORARY ADDITIONS FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES

If you organize parties in your garden, you can improve on your garden décor with temporary items. Clean up a certain area within the garden to provide a tidy place for your guests. If you are on a shoestring budget, you could light the area with candles, lanterns or string lighting. Adding fragrant containers will fill the garden air with a pleasant smell. Also, don’t forget to get comfortable garden chairs for your guests.

10) CONSIDER HARMONY

Finally, no matter how you wish to decorate your garden, you should make sure that everything is harmonious. Balancing your resources can enhance your garden decor and make it your own piece of paradise.

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Parent’s Corner

H

ere are some guidelines to follow to make sure our kids have a joyful, positive growth experience on the playing field:

1. The game is for the kids. I have trouble accepting that the improper, unsportsmanlike actions of some parents and coaches are for kids’ benefit. When did we adults start thinking that our kids were supposed to entertain us?

2. Kids are people, too. Can we treat kids as human beings who make mistakes but are doing their best? Bill Farnham, a counselor/ coach once told me, “If we treated our best friends the way we treat our kids, we wouldn’t have those best friends anymore and probably no friends at all.”

3. The coach’s job is to make the game a good experience for kids.

The coach is the master link in the chain. He models good behavior and sportsmanship, controls the kids, controls the crowd and deals effectively with improper behavior.

4. Parents are partners in their kids’ experiences. The game combines the aspirations of kids, coaches and parents. This makes kids partners in the venture. We parents must remember that the venture is for their benefit.

5. Kids play better in a non-threatening environment. We all do better when someone is not continually on our backs telling us how poor we are as people and how bad our performance is.

6. Making mistakes is part of improving performance. We all make mistakes as we learn; that’s part of the process. We learn better when our mentor understands that and shows us how to improve.

7. The coach must create his own successes rather than trying to succeed through the kids.

Go back to #1.

8. Parents must create their own successes rather than trying to succeed through their kids.

Go back to #1.

9. Every person is unique. Coaches must deal with players in ways that match their unique qualities or problems. One size does not fit all; kids’ abilities, goals, ways of learning and looking at life all differ.

Isn’t that wonderful? You don’t want your players to all be alike, do you? When I coach basketball, I want a quick and fast, hot shooting guard. I want a tenacious defensive guard. I want a tall, strong rebounding, tipping center and a bench full of eager players who can fill all the different roles.

10. Kids are eager learners. They want to improve. Our job is to encourage them to grow their skills and understanding of the game.

11. There are values in sports besides winning. Whenever I give clinics I ask, “Is there something for kids in sports besides winning?” I get some good answers: learning new skills, making friends, sportsmanship. And then I ask the nasty questions: “What are we doing about those things? What are our priorities? Does ‘having to win’ prevent us from helping the kids attain these values?”

12. We are all together in this venture. The most important thing is that we learn with and from each other so that the most important people in the venture, the kids, have a good experience.

A Dozen Tips for Kids on the Playing Field ARTICLE PETER PEIRO, EDD

Peter Pierro, EdD is a coach, educator and parent who has played professional softball and semi-pro baseball. He coached junior and senior high teams and consulted to the Amateur Softball Association.

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April

APRIL 3

BACKCOUNTRY BRASS QUINTET BASALT LIBRARY

The Graduate Brass Quintet in Residence at the University of Colorado joins Aspen Music School Faculty Resident Artists for this brass concert. Free and open to the public.

Doors open 20 minutes before concert, which starts at 5:30 p.m.

APRIL 3

Sponsored by the Dallenbach Ranch, the Basalt Chamber of Commerce, the Basalt Downtown Business Association and historic downtown restaurants. Begins at 5 p.m. This public event is held every first Tuesday of the month at different Basalt restaurants. Check the Basalt Chamber of Commerce calendar for monthly locations: BasaltChamber.org/events/calendar/

APRIL 10 Antero Winds, Aspen Music Festival and School resident artists. Doors open 20 minutes before concert, which starts at 5:30 p.m.

TEMPRANILLO IN BASALT

This First Friday features practitioners and businesses that support the community’s health and well-being, including Hipprocrates Table, Davi Nikent, MasterMinds 4 Wellness and the Carbondale Recreation Department, among others. Businesses on and around Main Street are participating and Third Street Center is hosting activities and tables for practitioners and businesses a little further out. A map will guide locals and visitors who want to walk or bike around town to see what’s happening. Free. From 5 to 8 p.m.

For info, call Ardis Hoffman at 970.510.6390 or email info@davinikent.org.

GLENWOOD CENTER FOR THE ARTS

APRIL 7 MOTORCYCLES ON MIDLAND STUBBIES IN BASALT

Opening night of Motorcycles on Midland with guests Wally and Peppy Dallenbach.

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Serving free drinks and free food. Also hosting an in-store poker run to win great prizes!

11 a.m to 3 p.m. Doc Holliday Harley Davidson, 2302 Devereux Road. 970.928.7493

BASALT CHAMBER ANNUAL MEETING

BLACK AND WHITE EXHIBIT

Imagine 3, the annual culinary, musical, dancing, and silent auction extravaganza benefiting River Bridge Regional Center, which helps abused children through prevention, assessment, treatment and assistance in the justice system. Food Network Star Susie Jimenez will serve many of her delicacies. Several local gourmet restaurants will also provide guests with their special dishes. From 6 to 10 p.m.

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APRIL 10

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APRIL 4

$275 per person. Info at ElinorFish.com or email elinor@elinorfish.com

The Black and White art exhibit of works in all media opens to the public. Reception at 6 p.m. Free and open to public. Show will be in place at Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts through June 5.

APRIL 10 & 11

The Basalt Chamber of Commerce’s annual meeting and business luncheon takes place at Tempranillo restaurant, 165 Midland Avenue. Guest speakers for “Basalt: Looking Ahead to Innovation, Integration & Vitality in 2015” include representatives from the Basalt Chamber, Town of Basalt, Rocky Mountain Institute and Willits Town Center. From 11:30 to 1:15 p.m. Email director@ basaltchamber.com for details and to make a reservation. Seating is limited. Members: $25. Non-members: $40. All inclusive.

REVIVE YOUR RUNNING WORKSHOP

APRIL 17

CARBONDALE

ROARING FORK CULTURAL COUNCIL

The Revive Your Running Workshop offers an integrated solution for overcoming chronic injury or preventing injury while speeding recovery and performance. This workshop is offered by three Roaring Fork Valley-based sports and fitness experts: Carolyn Parker, owner of Ripple Effect; Elinor Fish, running and wellness coach and Marcey Robinson, MS, RD, CSSD and sports nutritionist. Runs from 5:30 to 7:30 pm on April 10, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on April 11 at Ripple Effect Athlete Training Center. Cost:

THUNDER RIVER THEATRE

Thunder River Theatre in Carbondale presents a Roaring Fork Cultural Council speaker’s night with Philip Tedeschi, from the graduate school of social work at the University of Denver. Clinical Professor Tedeschi is executive director of the Institute for Human-Animal Connection. 7 p.m. Tickets at ThunderRiverTheatre.com

APRIL 18 GARDENS FOR BEES, BIRDS & BUTTERFLIES NEWCASTLE

Lynn Dwyer will host a workshop in her greenhouse to help you select plants for hummingbirds and butterflies and will help you enhance your landscape to attract these beautiful creatures. Honeybees pollinate over one-third of our fruits and vegetables in the U.S. but have been dying in unprecedented numbers. Learn how homeowners can help them recover. Allergic to bees? Lynn will help you select plants that bees are not attracted

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APRIL 17 & 18 NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT SERIES THUNDER RIVER THEATRE

As part of the program of the Thunder River Theatre Company outreach series, a play called Final Grades, written by Alexander Pototsky of Glenwood Springs will be presented. Free to the public. 67 Promenade in Carbondale. Starts at 7 p.m.

APRIL 17-19 DANCERS DANCING GLENWOOD SPRINGS HIGH

Come enjoy the biggest and most spectacular dance performance sponsored by Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts. This year’s theme is Photobooth, and photos of dancers from both classes and dance companies will be showcased in the Glenwood High lobby. Opening night is April 17 at 7 p.m. Matinees are offered at 1 p.m. on April 18 and 19, and an evening performance takes place on April 18 at 7 p.m.

APRIL 18 MOVIES AT THE LIBRARY CARBONDALE BRANCH LIBRARY

Roaring Fork Goes to the Movies, a series of movies filmed in and around Carbondale, is sponsored by the library and the Mt. Sopris Historical Society. This showing is The Last of the Cowboys in the Roaring Fork Valley.

Popcorn and cookies served. G-rated, family-friendly and free of charge. Starts at 2 p.m.

APRIL 23-26

of all ages are welcome to join the 17th annual cleanup of the Roaring Fork. Join Roaring Fork Conservancy for a free breakfast at 8:30 a.m. before cleaning up a mile-long section of the river. Meet at Lyons Park in downtown Basalt; dress appropriately with warm layers, gloves, long pants, a hat and sunscreen. Prizes awarded for Best of Trash, Most Toxic Trash, Most Useful Trash, Most Unusual Trash. More info at RoaringFork.org/Cleanup or 970.927.1290

5POINT FILM FESTIVAL CARBONDALE RECREATION CENTER

The eighth annual 5Point Film festival offers more than 30 special guests and screening of 50 inspiring adventure films from around the world. Check out the weekend program at 5Pointfilm.org. Tickets go on sale April 1 at 5pointfilm.org/tickets.

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APRIL 30 BILINGUAL STORYTIME

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Bilingual storytime to Celebrate Dia de los Ninos 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Details at BasaltLibraryEvents.org

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Parting Thoughts

Riding the West Wind through the Rockies WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHY CAITLIN CAUSEY

“C

ome on folks, the train is almost here!” the station attendant called as she propped open a door, shooing passengers from the lounge to the passenger boarding area outside. I stole a final glance around the room as others scrambled for luggage, coats, and newspapers. I couldn’t help but think how wonderful is it that glenwood still has a passenger train station?

There just aren’t many surviving train depots, period – let alone one in a tiny town of 10,000. Feeling a little nostalgic, I admired the station’s beautiful and tenderly kept lounge for one last moment.

Was this the past or the future? Train travel feels like both at once. Stepping out into the warm springtime sun, I watched the roaring Denver-bound locomotive slow to a halt on the tracks, a vision of metal and motion: the California Zephyr.

Opened with much fanfare in 1949, the California Zephyr line endures as both a relic of our train-traveling past and as one of the most popular scenic routes still operating today. Running from San Francisco to Chicago, the complete trip logs nearly 2,500 miles and offers glimpses of mountain, canyon, desert, and plain; it’s a tour de force through the archetypal geography west of the Mississippi.

A rail trek is not as fast as driving or flying in most cases, but what Amtrak lacks in speed or efficiency it makes up for in leisure and enjoyment. With Amtrak, there is no GPS to fiddle with, no road rage, no airport security line, no flat tire – and all that with immaculate scenery to boot? Consider Relaxation Mode activated.

Although my short six-hour trip was fragment of the greater Zephyr route, it was jam-packed with the visual excitement promised by others who had taken this trip before me. I quickly set up camp inside the train’s airy Observation Car, which is outfitted with 38

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generous floor-to-ceiling windows. It’s perfect for viewing dazzling mountain vistas, deep craggy canyons, rushing rivers, even wildlife.

Another nearby passenger had an impressively keen eye for spotting animals, and when he cried “bald eagle!” the car erupted in a collective gasp of wonderment. We all craned our necks to see.

Despite mud season being perhaps the least-beautiful time in a Rocky Mountain year, the harbingers of spring were visible from my window, and I relished them happily: miles of new silver-green sagebrush, bands of young birds, and of course, a few determined clusters of wildflowers in the lower country.

Travelers from across the U.S. chatted around me, regional accents filling the car with excitement. They relished not only the wakening earth but also that unique Colorado allure which we locals sometimes take for granted: children tugging at their parents’ shirtsleeves and pointing to rock formations, teenagers snapping untold numbers of photos destined for Instagram, adults cradling neglected books in their laps, unable to focus on reading as worldclass wonders whizzed by at 55 mph. From Glenwood and Gore Canyons to ranchlands, riverbanks and the amazing Moffat Tunnel, what a pleasure it was to see others enjoying the riches of our state – and what a reminder of how lucky I am to call it home.

The word zephyr is defined as “the west wind,” the gentlest and most pleasant of breezes. How fitting that the California Zephyr rushes into our town each day, pausing briefly in Glenwood Springs to load huddles of charmed travelers, ready to carry them across the wilds in comfort and awe to stations beyond.

Whether your ticket takes you east or west, the train makes a destination out of the journey.

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