Roaring Fork May 2015

Roaring Fork MAY 2015

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Editor’s Letter

Going with the flow.

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his month's theme is "a river runs through it." I leave it you to figure out which river! We have many: our namesake, the Roaring Fork, the Crystal, the Frying Pan and the mighty Colorado.

MAY 2015 publisher Rick French | RFrench@LifestylePubs.com

editor Nicolette Toussaint | NToussaint@LifestylePubs.com

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Rivers, creeks and streams define our destiny here in the arid west. As Martha Cochran of the Aspen Valley Land Trust reminds us, more than 80 percent of Colorado wildlife depends on river habitat at some point in its life cycle.

I would add that 100 percent of humans depend on rivers for water: for drinking, bathing, growing food, for lawns and gardens – not to mention sports ranging from rafting to sail boarding and fishing.

But fishing is going to get more than a mention in this issue. We have included two fishy stories this month: The first extolls the joys of fly fishing. (Thanks to our publisher Rick French and Roaring Fork Valley Fly Fishing Club president Tom Skutley, I now know how to pronounce "crappie" and have learned all about "rock snot".) Frequent contributor Andrea Palm-Porter has also penned a fly fishing equipment review that looks at reels and waders while wandering the waters of the Colorado.

Continuing our watery theme, we bring you news about a plan to restore the Crystal River back to a more natural, healthy state. We share a review of Charlotte Graham's two-volume series called Memoirs of a River…Up the Crystal. Then we take a peek underneath the floors at the Glenwood Hot Springs, which are warmed geothermally by water from the Yampah Hot Springs.

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contributing writers Lynn Dwyer, Charlotte Graham, Bridget Grey, Rachel C. Murphy, Andrea Palm-Porter, Nicolette Toussaint

contributing photographers Mark Burrows, Lynn Dwyer, Charlotte Graham, Andrea Holland, Luke Klotz, Andrea Palm-Porter, Elizabeth Shields, Tom Skutley, The Smiths Design, Nicolette Toussaint, Doug Whitney

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Also in this issue, readers will learn how a team of local high school students are preparing to compete in a race of solar-powered cars. We will get some expert advice from Lynn Dwyer on how to prepare our gardens to help bees, and we will toast the Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers on their 20th anniversary. We thank RFOV for doing so much to restore streams and trails to the betterment of all the two-footed, four-footed and finned creatures who live here.

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Sit back, grab a beverage and enjoy the magazine. It's time to go with the flow.

Nicolette Toussaint , Editor NToussaint@LifestylePubs.com

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Publisher’s Letter

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Around Town

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Water & Woods

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Home Matters

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Giving Back

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Page Turners

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Lifestyle Calendar

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Collaboration on a plan to revitalize the Crystal River.

20 Going with the Flow

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Publisher’s Letter

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lthough I am an avid fly fisherman, I don't usually go fishing for compliments. I'm pleased to get them though, and I'm happy to say that I have been getting a lot of them as I travel up and down the valley. People have stopped me on the street or as I'm shopping to tell me how much they enjoy the magazine.

My goal in starting the magazine was to produce a true "valley-inspired" publication about this mountain-rimmed place we call home. I wanted to promote a strong social and economic environment for us locals to enjoy. I wanted to promote our midand lower-valley communities, and to strengthen our connections with each other. I think that we have accomplished those goals.

This May issue of Roaring Fork Lifestyle marks our sixth issue, and because of the warm welcome we have gotten from advertisers and readers alike, the size of the publication is growing. So is the volume of email that Editor Nicolette Toussaint and I receive.

With this issue, I want to extend a special invitation to you, our readers, to let me know what you like about the magazine and what you would like to see in coming issues. While we can't fulfill or respond to every request, both because of the volume of mail and because our

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parent company does ask us to follow some specific guidelines about how the magazine looks and is laid out, we will promise to read all the mail you send. Just email me at rfrench@lifestylepubs.com. I will forward the best suggestions to Nicolette, and we will publish comments and suggestions in an upcoming summer issue.

Meanwhile, let me share a comment I recently received: We get your magazine in the mail every month. It is a beautiful magazine. I love the articles. My husband and both really like it. We keep saving it and don't throw it away. Congratulations and keep sending it to me. I love it."

- Susan S. Glenwood Springs Nicolette and I are very happy to bring Roaring Fork Lifestyle to you each month. We are all blessed to live here, and it's a pleasure to be part of the community that makes up the Roaring Fork Valley.

Rick French, Publisher RFrench@LifestylePubs.com

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Around Town

BYE-BYE, BUFFALO – NEW CARBONDALE SCULPTURES CHOSEN Ernest the buffalo will leave Carbondale’s Main Street this month to make way for one of 14 new sculptures chosen by the Carbondale Public Arts Commission (CPAC). The new works, which range from whimsical to realistic to thought-provoking, will be publicly inaugurated during a free public event on June 4.

“During Art Walk, we will stroll from sculpture to sculpture and the artists will talk about their work,” explains CPAC member Jody Ensign. “After the walk, we will go to the Village Smithy for a reception with the artists.”

CPAC alumna and advisor Sue Edelstein explains that the process of choosing the winning sculptures from the many submitted to CPAC prompted spirited discussion.

“It is always hard to pick a favorite until you see them in person,” she comments.

“My favorite might be one that provoked a lot of discussion among jury members. It is a bronze non-traditional representation of a deconstructed torso. To me, it was an energetic, abstracted view of a reclining woman, very upbeat, inviting the viewer to mentally see the whole figure. Others found the blownapart body violent or disturbing. I love the dichotomy, since I believe that the role of public art is to provoke thought and discussion.”

CARE DOGS GET IN THE SWIM The adoptable dogs of Colorado Animal Rescue needed shade from the hot sun in their “Soggy Doggy” outdoor play/swim area, so the local non-profit (co)studio and 12

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COCINA DEL VALLE CATERING OPENS IN BASALT Cocina del Valle, a sit-down restaurant that also offers take-out service and catering, has opened in a space formerly occupied by the Eurasia restaurant in Basalt. Cocina del Valle sprung to life this spring with help from the Manaus Fund.

“Cocina” is the Spanish word for kitchen, and this cocina is run as a cooperative by local Hispanic families. Cocina del Valle has already catered events for many local nonprofits and organizations. Carbondale philanthropist and entrepreneur George Stranahan, who founded the Manaus Fund to offer career counseling, development of leadership skills and school-related assistance to low-income youths and their families, took a lead role in launching Cocina del Valle. The Manaus Fund is home to the

Valley Settlement Project, a multi-generational program focused on school readiness, elementary school achievement, economic stability and community engagement for low-income families who are not successfully settled or attached to the community in which they live. photography andrea holland

Under the Wide Listening Sky II

a group of Glenwood Springs High School students from the Advanced Design + Build class came to the rescue. Under the tutelage of Matthew Miller, (co) studio’s lead instructor, students learned about CARE’s needs, brainstormed creative solutions and received architectural advice from the professionals at Land + Shelter and from Rowland & Broughton design firms.

Committed to minimizing waste, the students re-purposed wood pallets and other readily available materials to build not only shade structures, but also doghouses that will be auctioned off at a May 2 fundraiser at CARE. (See Lifestyle Calendar for details.)

JoAnn Duffy, Winner of Young-at-Heart award.

GARFIELD COUNTY HUMANITARIANS HONORED At an April celebration dinner, the Garfield County Human Services Commission and Board of County Commissioners announced the winners of the 26th annual Humanitarian Service Awards. This year’s recipients are JoAnn Duffy, who received the Young at Heart award; Dustin Marantino, who was honored with the Above & Beyond award; and Phil Long, who received the Shirt Off His Back award.

Duffy, a retired geriatric nurse who worked at the E. Dene Moore Care Center, was lauded for more than 35 years of volunteer work with Grand River Health, the Garfield County Council on Aging and numerous other senior-oriented projects. Marantino, a Rifle Police Department officer, was recognized for his continuing work with Rifle High School students, encouraging them to drive safely and soberly, and for volunteering with Grand River Health’s Meals on Wheels program.

Long has been active with the Elks for many years, and, in the past, he has helped run the organization’s Strawberry Days booth, cooked their Valentine’s Day dinners and manned the huge grill at the Elks for disabled vets from across the U.S. who are feted with an annual skiing event on the Western

Slope. For nearly three decades, Long has teamed up with Sunlight Mountain to co-sponsor Skier Appreciation Day, a benefit that has raised a couple hundred thousand dollars for our local United Way.

BASALT MIDDLE SCHOOL EARNS NATIONAL HONOR Basalt Middle School has received an honor that has been bestowed on just 16 of Colorado’s 505 middle schools. It has been named a 2015 Colorado Trailblazer School to Watch. The schools named for this award are selected not just for academic excellence, but also for their school culture, social equity and organizational cohesiveness. As part of the Trailblazer designation, Principal Jeremy Voss and other Basalt Middle School staff members will attend a conference in Washington, D.C. next month. While there, they will present their program and learn about other “schools to watch”.

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Tech Today

First Class Gear for Fifth Season Fly Fishing Redding reel and flies

ARTICLE AND PHOTOGRAPHY ANDREA PALM-PORTER

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morning breeze wafts across the Two Rivers boat ramp. It’s officially fifth-season fishing, that special time between winter and spring. My fishing buddies Jack and Jay Scherrer will soon be catching trout on a fly rod. Our plans call for a nice float, a bit of wading, a bunch of nymphing, some streamers and a little dry fly action if we see some noses.

The signs are right: Midge are darting everywhere and even some mayflies cruise by. The river report shows the Colorado River's flow at 1,680 cubic feet per second, and two guides put in after us.

Jay and Jack are great fishermen friends; they're the owners of an online shop called Colorado Fly Company (COflyco.com). Their combined 40-plus years of experience and their vision of providing quality flies make fishing contagious and fun.

Discussing fly selections for each rod as we sip our coffee is both serious and hilarious. “This is what it’s all about. Another day on the water with friends, another chance to catch ‘Him,’” says one of the brothers.

After leaving Two Rivers Park, we anchor up in a run called the Office Hole. I pull out a beautiful Redington Voyant 5 weight and its paired Surge reel. We rig it up with the "triple threat" – a three14

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fly nymphing setup that includes a big stone, a prince and a little black midge. The new Redington roll casts the triple threat into the long left-to-right drift with ease. It provides quick, sensitive mending, despite the downstream breeze.

After a few drifts and a miss or two, I hook a Rainbow. The Surge reel corrals multiple runs towards deep water and the fat, 16-inch beauty is netted and released. After another miss or two and a breakoff, we land and release a Brown Trout.

Women-specific fishing gear has come a long way over the years.

I’m wearing Redington Siren waders and a Willow Sticky Rubber wading boot, essential gear for any fly-fisher person. The waders are made from waterproof, breathable fabric and styled for women with an asymmetrical, fitted look, stretch gussets for movement and neoprene booties for warm toes. A print design on the upper makes the gear a bit fashionable. The boots provide good traction and support on the slippery river rock, and they fit well.

At midday, we spot some dorsal fins cruising in the bubble line. It’s our chance to cast dry flies.

After a quick change to the setup, Jack casts his line in a way that whispers “eat me” to the fish below. But bushes block his back-cast and ensure that the whisper isn’t enough to get the fly in just the right spot. Ah well! Watching wild trout cruising and selectively picking off the top is still a treat.

As we drift near South Canyon, we don't want the day to end. We wave and nod to wade fisherman and sunbathers as we all enjoy the peace, joy and relaxation of another day on the mighty Colorado.

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teeped in history, Glenwood Hot Springs has attracted millions of visitors to swim, soak and enjoy a spa since it first opened on July 4, 1888.

Today, the beautiful red sandstone complex continues to make history as a green building.

In fact, the Glenwood Hot Springs Lodge ranks as the largest geothermally heated building in Colorado. A series of titanium heat exchangers submerged in the nearby Yampah Spring make it possible to heat the entire 107-room lodge, plus some of the surrounding sidewalks and roof lines, using water heated by the earth’s core.

The Yampah Spring, which announces itself to those driving into or out of Glenwood Canyon with a characteristic whiffof-aging-egg scent, was what first attracted the Ute Indians to bathe in the area.

The waters later attracted Walter Devereux to build pools, a resort and a playground for wealthy Victorians on the site.

Pumping out 3,500,000 gallons of 122-degree Fahrenheit water each day, the spring enabled the resort to install geothermal heating when the Glenwood Hot Springs Lodge opened in 1986.

The lodge’s geothermal system not only heats the rooms, it also warms snow-melt systems under sidewalks, a parking lot and areas along the north eaves of the lodge’s roof line. The same technology preheats the lodge’s domestic hot water, and the Centre for the Analysis and Dissemination Energy Technologies, located in the Netherlands, recognized the innovative design of the water-heating system with an award in the early 1990s.

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The bathhouse, pool lobby and retail shop floors of the complex, built in 1977, are geothermally heated in the winter, warmed by a gravity-flow system that was installed in the 1970s and uses no pumps or other energy-consuming devices.

The Yampah spring naturally heats the large pool, which measures 405 long by 100 feet wide, to around 90 degrees. The spring keeps the smaller therapy pool, which measures 100 feet long by 40 feet wide, at a toasty 104 degrees. John Bosco, Hot Springs vice president, explains the complexities of managing the waters.

“Our problem is that we must cool the water before it enters the pool," he says. "It comes from the ground at about 122 to 124 degrees Fahrenheit. It is pumped through a series of pipes, valves, heat exchangers, then purification and filtration systems before it gets to the pools.”

Locals have long enjoyed a nighttime plunge or soaking in the waters while watching snowflakes float down. Starting in 2004, they no longer had to brave cold feet because a snow/ice melt system was installed under portions of the deck.

The lodge owners completed a multimillion dollar renovation at the end of 2011, and have continued to green-up its red buildings over the past few years. After Clean Energy Economy for the Region (CLEER) studied the resort and made 78 recommendations, the Hot Springs completed 34 of the most cost-effective ideas in 2012. Those changes included upgrading the lighting ballasts and converting every light bulb from incandescent to LED,

Aerial view of pool and lodge. The Yampah Spring is visible at the far end of the pool.

except for a few decorative lights in the lodge chandelier and spa.

Those changes translated into 30 percent energy savings over the old bulbs and ballasts.

The resort also replaced boilers and HVAC chillers with new, efficient models and began systematically replacing water pumps.

Within three months, the Hot Springs recorded a 19 percent decrease in gas use, a 9 percent decrease in electrical use in the pool complex and a 12 percent decrease in electrical use at the lodge.

“This helps save us money, but it also leaves less of a carbon footprint,” comments Director of Sales Jeremy Gilley. “Since I started working here in 2011, the owners and executive management have emphasized the importance of being good stewards of this amazing natural wonder.

“Gary Bosco, our building and grounds manager, headed up these most recent efforts. But the Glenwood Hot Springs’ investment in our larger geothermal systems was initiated by our board of directors starting over 40 years ago – long before anyone came up with a way to actually measure ecological footprint."

TripAdvisor awarded the Hot Springs Lodge a Green Leaders award in 2013. It also rated the Lodge as a bronze-level green hotel in 2010, recognizing green practices that ranged from low chemical gardening, towel reuse, Energy Star appliances in the guest rooms to educating guests on green practices, recycling and tracking energy use.

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Water & Woods

Back to Nature: Plan to Revitalize the Crystal River ARTICLE BRIDGET GREY | PHOTOGRAPHY ASPEN LAND TRUST

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orth America holds very few freestone rivers – undammed rivers with flows that change with the seasons. The Crystal is one of them.

The Crystal River has also been named the eighth most-endangered river in the U.S. That designation was made by the Washington-based environmental group American Rivers in 2012.

This year, however, the Town of Carbondale, River Valley Ranch (RVR) and the Aspen Valley Land Trust (AVLT) are joining forces to revitalize 1.4 miles of the Crystal from Nuche Park through River Valley Ranch. Both sides of the river are owned by the town and six town parks will gain improved river access.

The revitalization plan has been designed by renowned hydrologist Dr. Dave Rosgen. Its goals are to: • Restore and improve aquatic habitat for fish and birds • Provide a diversity of recreational opportunities and amenities • Create a trail system for fishing and recreation, including some handicapped access • Reduce the depth of floods by increasing the river’s ability to move sediment • Stabilize the stream bed and mitigate bank erosion • Protect bridges and other infrastructure • Create educational signage that explains the river system and its improvements Dressed in a cowboy boots and a fist-sized silver belt buckle, Rosgen presented a project overview to the public, upstream landowners and RVR homeowners in March.

“When you go skiing, how many of you go up the mountain and just point your skis straight down the hill?” he asked. “Let’s see a show of hands.” Only two hands went up, accompanied by diffident laughter. “That’s what I thought,” says Rosgen. “Normally you make some turns. There’s a lot of embodied energy in that trip, and you need to dissipate it as you go down. It’s the same with rivers.”

Rosgen is known for developing the “natural channel design” method which aims to make rivers look and act like rivers, rather than canals. “If the pools are too shallow, they fill with plants and take oxygen out of the water,” Rosgen explains. “It’s not good for fish.” To restore a river that has been altered by man, meanders, deep pools and flood plains must be added back into its path. “But you can’t fix the river by just throwing structures at it. You have to be able to walk away and let the river take care of itself.”

Rosgen has reconstructed about 100 miles of rivers, including stretches of the San Juan in southern Colorado. Today, trout hide there in deep pools, and willows cover the gravel bars. But prior to

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restoration, the San Juan was an overgrazed stream with a braided channel and eroding banks. Rosgen rebuilt it. He used bulldozers and front-end loaders to arrange massive, native cottonwood trunks and quarter-ton boulders, creating a single, meandering channel.

Although Rosgen is somewhat controversial, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Resources Conservation Service, the Forest Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have all adopted his natural channel design methodology.

Rosgen’s plan calls for the Crystal's channel to be narrowed and deepened. Hooks, weirs and rock vanes would be added to create habitat, reduce erosion and increase vegetation.

The river bed would be designed to handle flows that vary from spring highs of more than 10,000 cubic feet per second (CFS) down to the lowest flow on record – a mere 28 CFS. The plan is conceptual, and many more public input sessions are slated.

Carbondale Town Manager Jay Harrington comments, "The Crystal River Restoration Project is great opportunity for the town, AVLT and RVR to work together to improve the riparian habitat in town."

Aspen Valley Land Trust, which works with landowners to conserve critical open lands for agriculture, wildlife, recreation and scenic views, is helping the Town of Carbondale seek grant funding for the final design and implementation. Martha Cochran, AVLT's executive director, explains AVLT's interest. “The Crystal River project will create a place where people can access the river, where kids can learn to fish, where hikers and birders can learn how restored riparian areas are essential to clean water and where all visitors can see how natural systems function," Cochran says. "Carbondale, like many of the towns in the Roaring Fork and Middle Colorado River valleys, has very few places where the river is accessible to the public. This will be an example of what other communities can do, not only to improve the health of the river, but also to create amenities for residents and visitors alike.”

AVLT has conserved more than 38,000 acres, including land along more than 60 miles along streams and rivers--roughly the length of the Roaring Fork River.

“The first step to clean water and healthy rivers is to protect the open land and riparian areas along the streams,” Cochran says.

“The next step is to ensure that those natural areas are functioning properly to filter water, control flooding and provide the type of habitat that more than 80 percent of Colorado wildlife depends on at some point in its life cycle. The Crystal River project will be an example of what is possible.”

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hy go fishing in the Roaring Fork Valley?

“Because we live here, and so do the fish,” says Tom Skutley, the president of the Roaring Fork Valley’s year-old fly fishing club.

And, we would add... because there are lots of fish! We valley residents are not only blessed with a 42-mile stretch of fish-rich Gold Medal water along the Roaring Fork, the longest stretch in the state, but we also enjoy 14 additional miles of Gold Medal waters on the Flying Pan River. Plus many more miles along the Colorado River.

Skutley, a marble and tile contractor who used to be a fishing guide, reels off the specs for "Gold Medal" waters without a moment’s hesitation.

“It means 60 pounds of fish per acre-foot of water, and 12 fish over 14 inches long in that water. Until the Colorado Wildlife Commission changed the designation of the Arkansas last year, this valley had the most miles of Gold Medal water in the state.”

The Roaring Fork Valley routinely hosts high-profile fishing events. In 2013, the Town of Basalt played host to the Fly Fishing Team USA Championship, and it was around that time that someone had the idea for a club.

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"Somebody said that we needed to start a fly fishing club," says "It’s not cheap to start, but you can get a complete outfit for Skutley. "Then they said, ‘Tom, you’re the president.'” around $160," he explains. "You can spend up to many thousands The Roaring Fork Valley Fly Fishing Club (RFVFFC) was offi- of dollars, depending on what your budget is.” cially founded in May of 2014, and its goals The artificial flies used to lure fish can include both putting fishing reels into Once you step into the be highly specialized. Fishermen practice the hands of youngsters and growing the “matching the hatch” by imitating the look water, it all goes away. You of whatever bug is in season. current RFVFFC member roster from 48 people to around 100.

“If what’s in the air is a blue wing olive, then become part of the river.

“The more members we have, the betyou use a blue wing olive fly,” Skutley explains.

The bonus is that you ter,” Skutley explains. “We want to have a “It’s made from a bunch of chicken feathers. might even catch a fish.” voice with the Division of Parks and WildThere’s a guy in Delta who raises chickens life. If we can get our list big enough, and precisely for this, and his feathers are all comwe go in with a concern, they will listen to us.” Like many other puterized so that they are just the right colors and shapes. That big valley residents, local fly fishermen are concerned with the health box that fisherman carry is to match what’s naturally occurring. Of of local rivers, notably the Crystal. course,” he adds, “everyone has their confidence fly.” And what is that?

“I remember that back in the 70s, the fishing there was better," “That’s the fly they’re sure will work no matter what.”

Skutley recalls. “The state is puzzled about the Crystal, and they The Roaring Fork Valley Fly Fishing Club is working with local are trying to figure out what to do. The hearsay is that there is a fly fishing shops, encouraging them to ask anglers who are buying lack of bugs in the river. If there’s no bugs, there’s no fish. The new gear to donate their old equipment. The Fly Fishing Club will fishing gets better the higher you go, but there are a lot of prob- collect the donated gear and distribute it to youth programs to lems with silt. A lot comes from the old coal mines, and it just encourage kids to take up the sport. washes into the river.”

Skutley, who fishes at least three times a month year-round, says that while many people angle for specific types of fish – brown trout and mountain whitefish are plentiful in the middle Roaring Fork between Carbondale and Basalt, and the Crystal is regularly stocked with catchable rainbow trout – he doesn’t care what he catches.

“I don’t care if it’s white fish, sucker or carp. I am not trying to catch a species of fish. I am there for the experience.”

Indeed, many fly fishermen seem to be hooked on a mystical experience that occurs when they’re on, or in, the river. When asked why he fishes, Rick French, this magazine’s publisher, replied, “When you go, you can’t think of anything except fishing. You’re in the world of tranquility. You can’t be thinking about that Honey-Do list at home or stress at work. Once you step into the water, Watch for mobile wash it all goes away. You become part of the river. The bonus is that stations this summer. you might even catch a fish.”

Skutley agrees. "If I get really stressed out, I tell my guys that I have a corporate meeting and I go to the river. It just sucks the This summer, club members are also sponsoring a series of bones out of my body. As the guides say here in the valley, ‘Could mobile wash stations along local rivers to prevent the spread of you ask for a better office?'’’ didymo algae. Officially named didymosphenia geminate, and Members of the Roaring Fork Valley Fly Fishing Club are eager unofficially called “rock snot,” the greenish-brown algae can form to share their sport with newcomers. thick, slimy-looking mats that smother the aquatic insects that “One of our goals is to get new people to fish,” say Skutley. are a primary food source for fish.

“We will soon have casting lessons, etymology classes, knot “It’s called invasive, but it’s a natural product of most rivers,” tying – we’ll be teaching basically everything that you need to Skutley explains. “There’s not much we can do about the fact that know for fly fishing. it’s there, but at least, we can not transport it to another river.

“One of big focuses will be on youth. Which sometimes means that What we need people to do is to clean, wash and dry their gear we need to involve the grandparents. They have the time and means and waders after they go into the rivers.” to get the kids outside and involved in something other than computers." Skutley says that the five major fly fishing shops located between Ready to go with the flow and try fly fishing? Hook up with the Roaring Fork Valley Fly Fishing Club on Facebook, or write to them at rfvffc@gmail.com.

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Solar Rollers Derby Rallies Bright Young Minds Roaring Fork High Solar Rollers 2015 team with Advisor Jay Engstrom.

A Race to Learn about Energy ARTICLE NICOLETTE TOUSSAINT | PHOTOGRAPHY LUKE KLOTZ

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he mini Daytona 500 that will be held outside of the Roaring Fork High School (RFHS) this month isn’t just about the clash of a dozen remote-controlled, solar-powered cars hurtling along at speeds of up to 28 miles per hour. It is, in the words of founder Noah Davis, a race to educate students about energy.

Davis dreamed up Solar Rollers to engage high school kids in learning about renewable energy. By designing, building, testing, refining their cars and finally competing in multi-race derby day, students learn about energy efficiency, photovoltaics (solar electricity), motors, batteries, material properties, gearing and friction, not to mention planning and teamwork.

Davis, who worked for Solar Energy International in Carbondale before founding the nonprofit Energetics Education, moved to here from southeast Australia. He lived in an area that has been Redesigning the chassis.

identified as a “hotspot” for climate change and saw it devastated by drought, brush fires and choking smoke.

“I’m a teacher, and I have taught a lot of subjects,” he says. “But that showed me that there’s really no point in teaching anything but solutions to climate change right now. And that means understanding energy.” The RFHS Solar Rollers team has already learned a thing or two about energy, both solar and human.

“We didn’t win last year because our car had less efficient solar cells,” says Jimmy Serrano. "But Jayvin’s driving was great!”

Jayvin Krzych nods. “Up until the last hour, we were seven laps ahead. Then our battery started to die…”

As Davis tells it, “The Roaring Fork team built their car early in the season when we had solar cells that were good, but not great. Later, we got great cells, and we told the team that they could rebuild. It The box of junk from which the roller will be built.

was going to cost them a couple afternoons of soldering to do that, and the Roaring Fork team said, ‘No, we can win on these cells.'

“It was painful. The Roaring Fork team had 17 percent efficiency in their cells and the others had 20 percent. Every other car had something break. Meanwhile Roaring Fork kept going and going, hundreds of laps. But all of the broken cars got fixed, and sure enough, those cars caught up and passed them,” says Davis. “If Roaring Fork had had the right cells, they would have won by a long shot.”

tion Board Chair Susy Ellison. “It’s a box of parts. And it’s not a step-by-step process. The teams have to design the car and then solder and wire everything together. Initially, they look in the box and say, ‘What is all this stuff?’”

But the RFHS team is building on experience. Serrano, Kryzch and Klotz have turned last year’s roller upside down and are discussing how to reduce weight, how to protect the solar panels from rocks thrown up while racing and how to provide more pow-

The 2014 Solar Roller that came in second place

This year, they mean to win. It’s now March, and the team is meeting in a not-for-credit STEM class that is guided by Jay Engstrom, who works for Roaring Fork Engineering. Last year, he taught math as a substitute teacher at RFHS. Engstrom greets eleventh graders Serrano and Krzych as old friends. They have returned to this year’s RFHS team along with tenth grader Wesley Engstrom, another alum, plus new members Nick Penzel, a tenth grader, and Luke Klotz and Matthew Wampler, both in eleventh grade.

As the team huddles around last year’s roller, they vow to do a few things differently. Serrano recounts the lessons learned in 2014.

“There are a lot of solar components, and the panels are fragile," he explains. "They break just like tortilla chips when you handle them. Once they are on a flat surface they are pretty strong. So this year, we are going to focus on craftsmanship in soldering and linking components.”

“And, aerodynamics,” adds Krzych.

Penzel has already modeled the team’s redesigned Solar Roller on AutoCAD computer-aided design software. The model sports an F1 wing like those found on Formula 1 race cars, and the software reveals the air flow and pressure on it.

“The wings create down-force,” he says. “That makes the car more stable and able to turn faster.”

Nearby, Wesley Engstrom has dumped what he terms “the box of junk” out onto a table. “This is a totally new experience for me,” he confides to a visitor. “This is the first time I have worked with solar panels. And I have never worked with RC components before.”

“What’s RC?” asks the visitor.

“Remote control,” he answers, confidently reviewing items from the box: a rear-end axle, hubs and differential, purple striped wheels, a brushless power system, bus wires, foam tapes, epoxy, a steering servo and a Nanotech battery.

“To call it a ‘kit’ is a little misleading,” says Energetics Educa-

er during the derby day’s one-hour endurance race. Last year’s RFHS roller was powered by 14 solar panels.

“It was the biggest amount we could have without overcharging the battery,” explains Krzych. “If it’s overcharged, it can bubble up and die. But this year, we might add an extra panel that can be covered during the direct-panel event that doesn’t use the battery.

That's the race that is run on solar power only.”

Whether RFHS decides to add a 15th panel or stick with 14, they will be using the more-efficient black solar panels this year.

They are following the Y-shaped pattern of last year’s fiberglass chassis, but adding a few enhancements. The chassis will be cut from a sheet of lighter-weight carbon fiber rather than fiberglass and it will sport a weight-reducing hole. And then, there may be that F1 wing.

Whatever design RFHS creates, it won’t be an industrial secret.

Each spring, Davis makes a movie of the RFHS team to show to other aspiring teams.

“We’re the best of the best!” laughs Wesley Engstrom. “We’re building to help everyone else.”

The RFHS team’s help is needed. Solar Roller teams from Aspen, Glenwood Springs, Eagle and Summit County have participated in past years and the program is now expanding to other states. Student teams in Austin, Texas, and Reno, Nevada, are building their first cars for Trophy Races in 2016, using an online course that features videos of Roaring Fork’s construction process. Those teams can also post online, asking questions of the more-experienced Colorado teams. Many out-of-state schools have signed up, and Energetics Education is seeking funding for remote Trophy Races.

The 2015 Colorado Solar Rollers Trophy Race will take place May 16 at Roaring Fork High School. (See Lifestyle calendar for details.) Spectators are encouraged to come and support the teams.

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Best Flooring Choices for the Roaring Fork Valley Advice from a Local Expert ARTICLE BRIDGET GREY PHOTOGRAPHY PROVIDED

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A hickory floor adds warmth.

oaring Fork Lifestyle recently spoke to Steven Koski about the best flooring choices for our dry climate and active lifestyles. Koski owns Tom Roach Hardwood flooring, which has been locally owned and operated in Carbondale since 1993.

held together with bonding agents; those chemicals do not shrink and move the way that the bamboo itself does. This push/ pull conflict causes the boards to destroy themselves. Bamboo has one of the highest failure rates in dry climates.

A real wood product can be tailored to fit a homeowner’s needs. Different finishes, stains, species and grades of wood can be utilized to make a truly unique floor. Wood is naturally gorgeous. Nature does a better job of making wood than man does.

SKI BOOTS, MUD, DOGS AND KIDS CAN BE

WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND FOR PEOPLE

WHAT KIND OF FLOORING WORKS BEST

TOUGH ON FLOORING. WHAT TO DO YOU REC-

WHO HAVE EXOTIC WOOD FLOORS, SUCH

WITH RADIANT FLOORS?

OMMEND FOR CLIENTS HERE IN OUR VALLEY?

AS WENGE AND ZEBRA WOOD, THAT ARE

I recommend site-finished solids because they hold up to our extremely dry climate better than engineered floors. Solids may shrink and expand more, but they do not de-laminate.

I recommend on-site finishes because, down the road, they will be easier to repair and/or re-coat than prefinished aluminum oxide type factory finishes. Adding a hand-scraped finish helps disguise scratches, wear and tear and the seasonal movement of wood.

Better yet is reclaimed wood flooring, re-purposed lumber taken from old barns and from dismantled structures. That wood gets milled into a beautiful and resilient solid flooring product.

CHECKING AND CRACKING?

Heating the floor is a very efficient, effective way to heat an entire home, and it’s great in our region. However, turning these systems up and allowing them to "bake" the floor can be extremely stressful on any wood floor.

I suggest using a surface temperature monitor on a radiant heat system to avoid overheating the floor. If a surface temperature monitor is not an option, then try starting the system earlier in the cold season, raising the temperature only about two degrees per day. If you notice significant shrinking in the floor, increase the home’s relative humidity using portable humidification units. Always inquire about your flooring’s suitability with the manufacturer; some floors are not warranted over radiant heating systems.

WHAT ABOUT BAMBOO? IT'S SUSTAINABLE

Wood is "hygroscopic" meaning that it craves moisture. When a homeowner chooses an exotic species, I recommend installing humidifier units to keep the air around 35-55 percent relative humidity.

This will help avoid checking and cracking.

If the entire floor is affected, a re-sanding may be necessary, but the relative humidity still needs to be fixed to ensure that the floor doesn't split and check again. Fix the relative humidity, replace the damaged boards and you should have a floor that performs properly for a lifetime!

Once checking and cracking happens, board replacement may be necessary. Sad to say, but if the floor is an engineered exotic and damage occurs across the entire floor, full removal may be necessary.

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THERE ARE SOME NEW PORCELAIN TILES THAT

A NEW FLOOR?

Bamboo generally comes from a tropical climate. It is grown, harvested, made into flooring and stored there until it is shipped to the U.S. Once brought into our extremely dry climate, the boards try to shrink dramatically. This is very difficult for bamboo because the fibers are

LOOK LIKE WOOD. ARE THESE GOOD CHOICES

Knowledge and experience in the particular flooring they are choosing. Look for a professional attitude, a well-rounded crew and trustworthiness. Word of mouth is the best advertisement, so good contractors strive to make every job the best it can possibly be.

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These choices are durable, but they will feel harder and colder under foot than a natural wood floor. There is no substitute for the natural variances and grain found in real wood.

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Gardening for Bees

Coreopsis and coneflowers, summer favorites for bees

ARTICLE LYNNE DWYER PHOTOGRAPHY PROVIDED

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t’s May, and if you’re a gardener, it’s time to get busy as a bee planting and preparing summer’s harvest of fruits and flowers.

Actually, it would almost be impossible for any human to work as hard as the tiny honeybee. An industrious worker, the honeybee weighs an average of a tenth of a gram and may visit as many as 2,000 flowers per day. Flying at 10 to 15 miles an hour, she ranges as far as two miles from the hive, making round trip flights to forage, and she keeps it up for hours on end. That puts a lot of wear and tear on her body, so she may live just three weeks.

During that brief life, she does a great deal to make our human lives sweeter. Honey is among her gifts; a single bee produces only about 1/12 of a teaspoon in her lifetime, but the tens of thousands of workers that support a hive must produce about 60 pounds of honey to sustain their colony through the winter.

There are several reasons to give them a hand: Honeybees pollinate one-third of our fruits and vegetables, including almonds, strawberries, blueberries, apples, cherries, peaches, cucumbers, squash and beans. Bees are essential to agriculture and to our food supply. Since 2006, when some beekeepers began reporting losses of 30 to 90 percent of their hives, honeybees have been under serious pressure from a mystery problem: colony collapse disorder. Scientists are still searching for the cause.

Meanwhile, since the 1980s, honeybees and beekeepers have had to deal with a host of new pathogens. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, those include “deformed wing virus, fungi, CONTINUED >

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new parasites such as Varroa mites, pests like small hive beetles and nutrition problems from lack of diversity or availability in pollen and nectar sources and possible sub-lethal effects of pesticides.”

With thoughtful planning and propagation, you can give the bees a leg up in your garden. (Bees carry pollen in pouches on their legs, so a leg up seems appropriate.) Golf courses and lawns do not provide the pollen and nectar that bees need, and mono-cultures of soybeans, corn and wheat throughout U.S. do not provide the variety that bees need. But your garden can provide.

Here are seven steps a homeowner can take to help out the bees.

Since what’s good for bees is usually good for butterflies and birds, too, you will be blessed all summer both by beautiful visitors and by feeling good about helping out our winged friends.

1. Make sure your garden includes native flowers that are uniquely adapted to our region.

2. Select single flower tops, such as daisies and marigolds, rather than double flower tops, such as double impatiens and mums. Single flower tops produce the most nectar.

3. Use only organic pesticides and fungicides. Butterflies and hummingbirds, as well as bees, can become ill or die from eating plants with pesticides on them.

4. Replace part or all of your lawn with flowering plants to provide for blooms throughout the season.

5. Plant at least three different types of flowers to ensure that there will be blooms through as many seasons as possible, thus supplying a constant source of food.

• For spring blooms, plant crocus, lilac and calendula.

• For summer, plant bee balm, cosmos, coneflower and snapdragons.

• For fall flowers, plant zinnias, sedum, asters and goldenrod.

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6. Leave ground space open for native bees. Native bees that burrow will seek an uncultivated patch of the garden in a sunny spot in which to make a home. Some bees also need access to surface soil for nesting.

7. Pile up branches for wood and stem nesting bees. Many bees are attracted to weedy, untended hedgerows. If you create piles of branches or mound blocks of untreated wood, you will be creating home sites for bees. Mason bees also need a source of water and mud.

8. Create a “bee and bird bath”. Fresh, clean water is necessary for nearly all living organisms. Fill a shallow container of water with pebbles or twigs for a landing spots for bees to use while drinking; keep it full of fresh water.

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Giving Back

Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers 20 YEARS OF TRAIL BLAZING ARTICLE BRIDGET GREY | PHOTOGRAPHY PROVIDED

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f you have hiked in our valley during the last two decades, you’ve probably trampled on the work of the Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers. That’s a good thing.

Since its start, Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers has rounded up 19,416 volunteers who have improved our local hiking/biking scene with 461 trail and restoration projects.

Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers will celebrate its 20th anniversary this summer by doing more of the same: working with the Forest Service at Hanging Lake, building a rock wall on the Crystal River Trail near Carbondale and building a new connecting trail in the Hunter Creek Valley.

In 1990, when David Hamilton, one of RFOV’s founders, first trekked up the Mt. Sopris Trail with shovel in hand, he was taking the first steps on a journey of more than a thousand miles. He was lending a hand to Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado then, and he started RFOV along with Michael Hutton and Kevin O’Brien in 1995.

Twenty years later, he’s still at it, serving as the organization’s executive director.

Although RFOV now has a staff of five, “volunteers” is the organization’s last name for good reason. “In 2014,” says Hamilton, “we had 2,378 volunteers, including 1,668 youth and 140 project days. Compared to 2010, that amounts to a 288 percent increase in volunteers, a 2,453 percent increase in youth participation and a 368 percent increase in days in the field.”

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teers do. Last July, 16 of them helped Forest Service rangers reroute, rebuild and reopen the East Elk Creek Trail; it had been closed since a half mile of it washed out in 2011.

“We were assigned the toughest and most technical part of the reroute,” says Hamilton. “Our section went through a steep and somewhat unstable scree field. That meant carefully rearranging the rock and bucketing in soil to create the trail.”

GO BUILD A TRAIL! The following projects were planned at press time. Check RFOV.org/get-involved/volunteer-for-a-work-day/ for updated volunteer opportunities.

• May 2 - Crystal River Trail Phase II, Carbondale • May 7 & 14 - Wulfson Trail maintenance, Glenwood Springs • June 26-28 - Crooked Creek Wetlands, Frying Pan Valley, two days with car camping, family friendly • June 9, 16, 23 & 30 - Lollipop Trail Extension, Aspen • July 11 - Hunter Creek Valley Weed Pull - Aspen, family friendly • July 25-26 - East Elk Creek Trail – New Castle, overnight, car camping • Aug. 28-30 - Cathedral Lake/Electric Pass Trail - Aspen, overnight, backpack to camping • Sept. 12 - Hanging Lake/Spouting Rock Trails, Glenwood Springs • Sept. 26 - Jolley Trail Connection – New Castle

RFOV projects span rivers and wetlands as well as trails, including restoration on Crooked Creek in the Frying Pan Valley, slated for 2015, and work projects the past two years at Rio Grande Park in Aspen.

Happily absent from this summer’s agenda is tamarisk removal. An invasive plant imported from Asia in the 1800s, the tamarisk is notorious for sucking up water, out-competing native species and contaminating the soil with salt.

“We don’t have a tamarisk project in 2015 because we have removed all of the large stands of tamarisk on public lands in our service area,” Hamilton reports. “The last project was in 2013.”

Helen Carlsen of Basalt helped remove tamarisks.

“I’m a kayaker and a river person,” she says. “It’s extremely satisfying looking at banks that were choked with tamarisk and seeing native willows growing back.”

Carlsen, who was named RFOV’s Volunteer of the Year in 2014, likes the tangible results of the work.

“At the end of the day, you can see what you have accomplished. If everybody who used the trails gave back, think what we could do,” Carlsen says Jo-Anne Ahrens, now the organization’s development coordinator, began volunteering in 2001 because she loved to work outside.

“I thought it would be fun to help improve trails that I hiked and biked and to work on trails that were completely new to me," she says. “Plus, I knew that I would learn skills – pruning, erosion-prevention tactics and more – that I would use creating my own spaces in my yard. The sense of community at the end of the work day sealed the deal.”

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Page Turners

Memoirs of the Crystal River TWO BOOKS BY CHARLOTTE GRAHAM ARTICLE CHARLOTTE GRAHAM | PHOTOGRAPHY DOUG WHITNEY

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here’s an undefined familiarity about this part of Colorado that has captured my heart. Yours, too?

Ever since my first day in the Crystal River Valley years ago, I was compelled to learn more about this land. Good thing, because my feet wouldn’t leave Marble. True story! Wherever I would walk, intense vibrations would go from the top of my head though my feet into the earth, as though I were connecting to this country like the hungry roots of a wildflower.

The more my husband and I learned about this crystalline valley, the more we were smitten, especially with the eccentric dwellers of Marble, long considered the orphaned stepchild of Gunnison County. Or should it have been Pitkin County?

After all, we are isolated from, but flanked by, two glamorous step-sisters. On either side of this Snowmass/Elk Mountain range are Aspen in Pitkin County and Crested Butte in Gunnison.

"Glam" it’s not. Gorgeous it is. The further one ventures, the less-conformed the path, even though County Road Three is now paved all the way through Marble.

“Wild Child” would more likely describe the upper valley—and its still-independent, willful residents. For them, nature beckons, not convenience.

Memoirs of a River…Up the Crystal, Volume One starts in Marble with stories by fifth-generation Northern Ute spiritual elder, Clifford Duncan. His parents’ ancestral homeland was this greater Roaring Fork/Crystal River watershed.

In this volume, you’ll meet some of those interesting residents as we poke around Marble and stir up a honeybee’s nest of coincidences. Then it's “down north” on the West Elk Scenic Loop and Bypass/Highway 133. With a sidestep trip down Redstone Boulevard, you can pick up some snacks and more stories at the venerable Redstone General Store.

Next stop? Tall tales and mooning at Filoha Meadows and Penny Hot Springs. Tearing ourselves away from those sights with a sigh, on down this wild and beautiful crystalline river we meander until we end up in Carbondale with fifth-generation settler, Lew Ron Thompson, who still lives in the home where he was born. And because of this, you, dear readers, will witness

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a never-before-seen event in this valley’s 130-plus year history. And have a takehome picture to prove it!

Memoirs, Volume Two is all about Carbondale. It's town built of "rares" and "firsts" and a Wassily Kandinsky-ish community-woven quilt of life. Juxtaposed with a diversity of settlers settling in, from Lew Ron’s ancestral homestead (which is a Sustainable Setting ranch today) to the newest Colorado Creative District and Healthy Eating/Active Living designations, here are stories galore. They reach from Carbondale’s inception in 1889 to the “secret ingredients” that make it the coolest small mountain town in Western Colorado today.

With these two volumes, you can fly with Mr. Eagle, swim with the fishes, travel in a virtual time machine and read all kinds of stories with different perspectives, even those of ghosts. Really!

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Students from Glenwood Springs High showcase built-from-scratch structures and doghouses featuring recycled materials. Bid in the doghouse auction. Adopt a pet for just $40. Enjoy a (hot)dog or hamburger on CARE. Noon to 3 p.m.

MAY 4 MINDFUL MONDAYS CARBONDALE

The Mindful Life Program hosts a group meditation followed by an offering of mindfulness practices every Monday. No registration or experience necessary. 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Third Street Center. $10 donation. Info at MindfulLifeProgram.org or 970.633.0163.

MAY 7 BACK TO REAL JAZZ BASALT LIBRARY

Walt Smith and Friends. Free and open to the public. Doors open 20 minutes before concert, which starts at 5:30 p.m.

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Proceeds from this tea provide scholarships and support the Connie Delaney Medical Library. A Kentucky Derby theme makes it fun to show off your hat. Tickets and hats can be purchased at the Heart to Heart Gift Shop at Valley View Hospital. 1 p.m. Adults - $30, kids under 12 - $15, under 5 - free.

MAY 2 KENTUCKY DERBY FUNDRAISER CARBONDALE

Join a fundraiser to benefit ACCESS’ SecondShift after-school program. Bet on the live Kentucky Derby, gamble in our casino and bid in the silent auction. Enjoy mint juleps, hors d’oeuvres and desserts by Pan and Fork. Prizes for Best Hat and Best Dressed; drawing held for a grand prize. 3 p.m. at Old Thompson Barn in River Valley Ranch. Tickets $65 at AccessRoaringFork.org/derby.

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MAY 8-10 DANDELION DAYS CARBONDALE

Crystal Theatre shows a eco-film at 5:30 and True Nature Healing Arts presents the Wild Wisdom of Weeds on Friday at 7 p.m. On Saturday, the "Parade of the Species" prances down Main Street at 10 a.m. and a sustainability fair is held in Sopris Park from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. See schedule at DandelionDay.org/.

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MAY 8 & 9 WHIMSICAL WOMEN OF THE WEST GLENWOOD SPRINGS

Celebrate Mother’s Day weekend with 18 local artisans. Fiber art, jewelry, folk art, container gardens, pottery, food and photography will be offered at Four Mile Creek Bed and Breakfast. A percentage of sales will benefit CASA of the Ninth District. Opening reception Friday 4 to 8 p.m. Show continues from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. The B&B is on the way to Sunlight, five miles up Four Mile Road. For info, call 970.945.4004.

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Rock Canyon Coffee opens in a new roastery space at 155 Park Avenue, Unit 115, in Basalt.

MAY 10 MOTHER’S DAY MILE GLENWOOD SPRINGS

Opening ceremonies begin at 1 p.m. The one-mile race benefits the domestic and sexual violence programs of Advocate Safehouse. $15. Register online at Active.com by 7 p.m. May 9, or at Glenwood Medical Associates starting at 11:30 a.m. on race day.

MAY 15 ENVISION: HANDS & HEART 2015 HOOKS SPUR ROAD, BASALT

Savor a meal by L'Hostaria Ristorante, enjoy African dance, puppetry and marimba music and browse a silent auction. This benefit for the Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork focuses on folk art from Haiti, Tibet, Morocco, India, Spain, Pakistan, Madagascar and the Dominican Republic. Local artists include Alleghany Meadows, Charles Andrade, Brad Reed Nelson, Isa Catto and Nancy Lovendahl. 5:30 to 9:30 p.m.

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MAY 16 SOLAR ROLLERS TROPHY RACES ROARING FORK HIGH

Teams from the Roaring Fork Valley, Eagle and Summit County vie to see whose solar-powered, remote-controlled race car is fastest and most efficient. Come support the teams from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The 60-minute Main Circuit Race starts at solar noon, which is at 1:05 p.m. Free.

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MAY 16 DAVID DONELAN MS WALK/RUN GLENWOOD CANYON

This annual fundraiser for multiple sclerosis takes place in Glenwood Canyon. Enjoy live music, Cookie the Clown and a $5 all-you-can-eat pancake and sausage breakfast served by Kiwanis. No charge for the walk; $25 registration for the run only.

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Roaring Fork Leadership is a non-profit dedicated to developing skills and relationships to transform individuals into engaged citizens. The leadership class meets monthly from August to May in the Roaring Fork Valley.

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MAY 29 WESTERN GARDEN WORKSHOP GLENWOOD SPRINGS CMC

Cool nights, unpredictable weather, poor soil, deer and chipmunks make gardening difficult in Western Colorado. This workshop will focus on perennials well adapted to our soil, water and climate. $20. 10 to 11 a.m. at Colorado Mountain College in Glenwood Springs. Register online at ColoradoMtn.edu/classes/.

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High Tails Dog and Cat Outfitters, LLC (970) 947-0014 hightailsco-op.com JBC Agricultural Management (970) 319-8962

ART & PHOTOGRAPHY Sculpture By Dahl (970) 987-0350

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Parting Thoughts

The Silent Teacher WORDS RACHEL C. MURPHY

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Such was the case with my family. I am the spitting image of my father: the nose, the opinions, the gregarious nature. My sister is equally like my mother: quiet, stubborn and extremely shy.

In these situations, it can be easy to assume that the big life lessons come from the parent that the child is most like. I beg to disagree. For me, a lot of the things that I work on to this day, I’ve learned from my mother. My father’s nature is already ingrained, natural. But when I think of the things that I want to curate in myself, my mother comes to mind.

As I said, my mother is quiet. She’s funny and vibrant and has a razor-sharp wit, but she shares that with only a few select people.

She was never one to dictate great truths and expect us to take note. Her actions are her edicts, and these are a few of the things that I learned from watching her love us.

1. READ. My father loves to read. My mother loves to read. The difference is that my mother read to my sister and I. It started with simple children’s books, of course, but it didn’t end there. She read novels to us, series of books that we would look forward to, getting a chapter or two before bed. She taught us that sometimes the best escape is between the leaves.

2. BE RATIONAL. There is nothing irrational people hate more than being irrational. My mother is possessed with book smarts and

common sense. In seeing her deal with two children and a somewhat high-strung husband, I have often thought that I would have torn my hair out. But she remained calm. Kids will wear out their energy, and husbands will eventually see that they are being unreasonable. And in the end, you will be the one that didn’t hurt anyone in anger trying to control something that isn’t controllable.

3. BE PRESENT IN NATURE. Once again, my father loves to be outside, with a camera, shooting in the woods. But my mother loves to go out walking as well. While Dad was on his knees in the dirt, my mother is the best wildlife spotter I know. She’s aware and present in her surroundings, unencumbered by F-stops and aperture. Instead, 40 paces ahead, she’s seeing the fleeting beauty that a camera misses.

4. BE THE FRIEND YOU WANT. My mother is a great friend. She’s shy, so it takes a while to get to know her, but when you do, she’s warm and attentive and puts in the effort to be friendly. I make friends easily, but being the friend that I would like to have and be is more difficult.

She has taught me that sometimes more isn’t necessarily better.

5. LIVE YOUR LESSONS. My mother used to make my sister and I read a chapter of the Bible a day and write down our favorite verse. At the time, I found it tedious, especially when the subject wasn’t very exciting. But in addition to this, I saw my mother reading her own Bible. She wasn’t just giving us busy work to try to get us interested in our faith. She was trying to share the words that gave her comfort and inspiration.

These were never spoken things, but they resonate with me today. Sometimes mothers need to lay down the law. And sometimes they simply need to live a life worth emulating. Mine always has.

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