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Lifestyle Letter

Moving In, Moving On— My Parting Thoughts

MARCH 2017 PUBLISHER

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ou hold in your hands the 27th monthly issue of Roaring Fork Lifestyle. It's the last one I will edit.

So far, this publication has had but one editor, yours truly. But next month, I will be moving on, and Caitlin Causey will be moving in. Caitlin's name should be familiar; she has been writing for this publication virtually since issue one. Because we have collaborated on this issue, I know that I will be leaving "my baby" in good hands.

Three years ago, I worked in Aspen. That entailed an hour-long RFTA bus ride each way. I remember watching the red cliffs fly by, and thinking, "I wish I could spend these lost hours getting to know folks in the mid-valley—neighbors and friends I have yet to meet." But by the time I got home, I was too tired to meet and greet.

When I became this magazine's founding editor in November 2014, I had no idea how well that wish would be granted. Over the last two years, writing for this publication has been better than Garrison Keillor's Powdermilk Biscuits when it comes to giving this shy person "the strength to get up and do what needs to be done." I have met and befriended so many folks!

Take, for example, the night my husband and I went to the Redstone Inn for New Year's Eve dinner. Our waitress kept gazing at me in a wondering way, trying to figure out why my face looked familiar. By the time she brought the main course, curiosity got the better of her. She broke the ice by asking my name. "Oh!" she exclaimed, "I love your magazine. I always look forward to your editor's letter!"

Funny. My editor's letters always net more mail than any of the many, many articles I have written.

I have reached an age in life when I need to spend time with my husband (how much time have we got together?), and a stage in life when I can do some things I have always wanted to do. (If not now, when? How long have I got?) Thus, I'm devoting my attention to painting (see the Colori Gallery story in this issue). And because I enjoy the rare treat of writing in the first person—and hearing readers' comments—I have become a columnist in Carbondale's Sopris Sun newspaper.

I will continue to contribute monthly articles, written in the third person, to this publication. And on occasion, maybe Caitlin will also let me write a first-person Parting Thoughts column for this magazine's last page—even though Roaring Fork Lifestyle and I won't really be parting.

Rick French | RFrench@LifestylePubs.com EDITOR

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March 2017

Departments

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16 Colori Gallery Mixes Creativity & Community

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Publisher’s Letter

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Good Times

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Around Town

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Artist’s Palette

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Trend Setter

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Realty Report

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Renovate & Refine

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Travel Destination

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Lifestyle Calendar

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Parting Thoughts

Basalt Gallery Supports Local Artists

18 Step It Up with Midland Shoe

What Makes a Great Walking Shoe

32 Timberline Pool & Spa Rises to the Occasion

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Publisher’s Letter

Down 25 Points in the 3rd Quarter—Time to Move & Shake!

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"Mover & Shaker" is usually the owner or manager of a company or organization, the person who plans and orchestrates its direction and growth. This person must be a leader who can keep a calm hand on the controls.

I watched one of the calmest performances of leadership under pressure that I have ever seen on Super Bowl Sunday this year. I am not, or at least was not, a fan of Tom Brady until I watched him engineer the comebackof-all comebacks in the final quarter. As a die-hard Broncos fan, I respected him, but I had John Elway and Peyton Manning to cheer on. So Tom Brady was always third behind them in my mind.

Leadership under fire, when the chips are down, brings out the true qualities of a mover and shaker. Preparation is essential, but being able to follow the game plan, overcome obstructions, and direct the team with a calm head are all essential components of what makes a leader. Every day is Super Bowl Sunday in business and community leadership. Hopefully, our leaders will never find themselves down by 25 points entering the third quarter, but if it happens, confidence and knowing the team inside-out can be a game changer. Team preparation, a solid game plan, and the ability to execute that plan can make all the difference.

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I sat back in awe as I watched Brady talk to his team in the huddle.

No shaking there. He looked calm enough to be playing on a practice field, not at the Super Bowl. He engineered play after play, chipping away at the lead to tie the game. Once, in overtime, he executed the final push, and Atlanta was helpless to stop them; Brady marched the team down the field to victory.

A Mover & Shaker in business and community creates a plan with goals and direction. He or she motivates their team and delivers a level of confidence by enabling them to accomplish the tasks at hand.

Imagine that this is the third quarter and you are down by 25 points: you are right where you want to be. Let’s get to work.

It’s game time!

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Around Town

AROUND TOWN

GLENWOOD SPRINGS NAMED IN POPULAR TRAVEL BOOK

Common Frequency, where his policy advocacy supported dozens of noncommercial radio startups. He has worked for the national radio programs Alternative Radio with David Barsamian and Nonprofit Radio with Tony Martignetti. His writing has been published by Boulder Weekly, Raw Story, Austin American-Statesman, and Boise Weekly.

SHAKESPEARE'S TEMPEST RUNS THROUGH MARCH 11 Thunder

River

Theatre

Company

(TRTC)

opened

William

Shakespeare's play The Tempest, on February 24, the night that the TRTC board and staff dedicated a new sign naming the theatre in honor of

The Glenwood Springs Chamber Resort Association announced

founder Lon Winston. Winston served as director and designer for The

that the city has again been included in the latest edition of 1,000

Tempest, which portrays humankind in connection with the supernatural.

Places to See Before You Die by Patricia Schultz. The book is a #1

There is "magic driving the entire play," says Winston. "The timely themes

New York Times Bestseller. The entry on Glenwood includes a photo

of reconciliation and forgiveness are also at the heart of this piece."

of the Hot Springs Pool and a brief overview of the area's history from

The production includes a cast from across the Roaring Fork

its beginnings as Ute territory to its more recent emergence as a fam-

Valley: Jeff Carlson (Prospero), Trary Maddalone (Ariel), Nathan Cox

ily-friendly travel destination. Mentions of selected local attractions

(Caliban), Gabrielle Bailes (Miranda), Dena Barnes (Queen Alonsa),

include Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park, Doc Holliday's grave site,

Owen O'Farrell (Trinculo), Gerald deLisser (Stephano), Corey

and the Yampah Spa and Vapor Caves.

Simpson (Antonio), Travis Lane McDiffett (Sebastian), Richard Lyon

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(Gonzalo), Nick Garay (Ferdinand), Dani Grace Kopf (Lord Adrian), and JD Miller (Boatswain). Technical and design crew include Sean Jeffries (lighting and sound design), Olivia Savard (stage manager),

Mountain Family Health Centers (MFHC) announces the March 15

Madeline Miles (costumes), Diane Johnson (props coordinator), Colin

grand opening of its Mobile Dental Van. The public is invited to tour

Tugwell (props artisan) and Megan Tackett (assistant stage manager).

the new van from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. that day.

For details, see Lifestyle calendar page 36.

The van will welcome locals of all ages, whether or not they are current patients of MFHC. Services provided on the Mobile Dental Van include dental prevention, dental cleanings, sealant place-

GREEN IS NEW BLACK SHOW IS MARCH 10 & 11

ment, topical fluoride applications, complete dental evaluations,

Carbondale Arts' 9th annual

emergency dental procedures, simple extractions, fillings and simple

Green is the New Black Fashion

removable devices to replace missing teeth. After the grand opening,

Extravaganza: SHE brims with

the van will be located at the Eagle County Community Center at

locals, performance art, mul-

0020 Eagle County Drive in El Jebel, and it will be available for

timedia, inspiring sustainable

appointments only from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, and

fashion

Fridays. The van hopes to add an additional service day in the near

storyline. The show, always a

future. Dr. Stephen Glass will provide dental care on Mondays and

sell-out, raises money to edu-

Tuesdays, and Anai Quezada will provide dental hygiene services on

cate youth in the Roaring Fork

Fridays. Call MFHC at 970.945.2840 for an appointment.

Valley. This month, ticket prices

GAVIN DAHL TO MANAGE KDNK Gavin Dahl, who joined Carbondale's nonprofit radio station KDNK

and

an

intriguing

are $45 for members and $50 for non-members online at CarbondaleArts.com.

as news director in May 2016, took the station's reins as general man-

In describing SHE, Carbondale Arts Executive Director Amy

ager in February. Dahl, who worked in community radio in Denver,

Kimberly writes, "From the days of Sacajawea to Harriet Tubman to

Spokane, Boise, and Olympia, Washington before coming to KDNK,

Angela Merkel, women have, and will continue to have, a seat at the

said, "I love this station and the unique communities we serve. Our

table. Sometimes they might be under the table, but their influence is

model mixes public access, public service, youth media training, local

always there... She could be that skier you can never beat, or the artist

and national news, and the best music on the dial.”

that captures your feelings perfectly. She might be your best friend

Dahl's nonprofit management experience includes Open Media Foundation, where he led a government transparency team, and

and lover, or the mother of your children, or she could be the voice you stand behind when the going gets tough."

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Around Town

MFHC Dental Care

DR. DAVE'S UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT

Mountain Family

Mandy Hemmert of Gunnison recently took over a home-grown Roaring

Health Centers

Fork Valley business, Dr. Dave's Herbal Medicine. Founder Dave Teitler, owner of the Carbondale Acupuncture Center and a trained Chinese medi-

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cine herbalist, will be working with Hemmert to again produce finely-crafted herbal remedies formulated specifically for the dry Colorado climate. This means that Dr. Dave's remedies will again be available throughout the

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valley at locations such as Dandelion Market, Carbondale Acupuncture Center, WIN Health Institute, and Back to Balance. The website remains the same, DrDaves.com. The new phone number is 970.642.3030.

FOREST SERVICE PROJECTS STATUS THANK-YOU

The MFHC Dental Van is now open at the Eagle County Community Center in El Jebel, located at 0020 Eagle County Drive.

Last month's Around Town news item about the status of five U.S. Forest Service projects in the White River National Forest should have credited the reporting of long-time Aspen Times reporter Scott Condon. Roaring Fork Lifestyle apologizes for the oversight and thanks Condon for his work and generosity.

Call now to schedule your appointment for high quality preventative and basic dental services. MFHC accepts private insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, and offers a sliding fee scale.

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DANCE INITIATIVE OFFERS TWO SCHOLARSHIPS Dance Initiative is offering a Promise Scholarship of up to $1,000 and a Development Grant of up to $2,000. Both are open to local dancers. The Promise Scholarship provides financial support for serious students of dance in the community. These emerging dancers Mobile Dental Clinic

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Sheriffs of Colorado (CSOC) report that they have awarded the Basalt Police Department an accreditation earned by only about 17 percent of Colorado's law enforcement agencies. CACP and CSOC are two of three organizations that accredit police agencies; the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) is the third.

Writing in Colorado Media, Dan Montgomery, a retired police chief and past President of CACP, notes that of Colorado's approximately 138 police departments, 64 sheriff's departments and 11 town marshal offices, "only 38 (17.8 percent) are currently accredited professionally."

Montgomery helped develop CACP's standards. He writes that the accreditation process puts "the policies, procedures, and practices of an agency under a microscope to determine whether or not that agency is in sync with today’s professional standards of policing."

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Chief John Camper of the Grand Junction Police Department presented the accreditation award to Chief Greg Knott of Basalt Police Department in January.

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Artist’s Palette

Colori Mixes

CREATIVITY & COMMUNITY in Basalt

VON FUMETTI, T H E FO UN D ER O F COLORI GA L L ERY & STUD IOS

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GALLERY ALSO OFFERS LOW-COST STUDIO SPACE TO ARTISTS ARTICLE BRIDGET GREY

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“M

y focus is to create a safe place to bring artists together, a place where people can see great work, try classes, be social and have fun,” says Von Fumetti. Since the Colori Gallery & Studios opened in December 2015, artists and locals have been doing just that.

Colori occupies a ground-level space along Midland Avenue, Basalt’s historic main street.

It’s a warm, sunlit gallery, trimmed in rustic wood and adorned with visual delights: Fused glass sparkles in the window. Intricate fish made of wire swim overhead. The laughing faces of three donkeys peer out from a watercolor.

Vibrant oil paintings spill out into the hallway.

Felted hats and hand-woven shawls invite the visitor to try on a more creative persona.

Watercolorist and collage artist Missy Hagen says that walking into the gallery “makes you feel so good. The variety is amazing. There are beautiful, hand-made flutes, jewelry, artisan fashions, and paintings of different genres.”

The gallery’s logo is a brightly-colored rabbit, and Fumetti tells an engaging anecdote about it.

She says that “Harvey”, who is named in reference to a 1950 James Stewart movie about a man whose best friend is a six-foot-tall tall invisible rabbit, serves as a kind of totem animal for her.

Fumetti’s background spanned retail, teaching, and communications. She grew up in Iowa and met her husband in Denver, moving to the Roaring Fork Valley after he was hired to work for the City of Aspen. Initially, she had no plans to open an art gallery.

Von started painting fairly late in life, picking up a brush for therapeutic reasons. After suffering two concussions, Von endured a daunting five-month recovery period. There were times when she couldn’t safely be left alone. During that struggle, a physician suggested that painting might help.

“When I painted that rabbit, it was the first time I really felt like an artist,” Von recalls. She felt confident enough to approach a consignment gallery near Vail to ask about showing the work. The gallery owner looked approvingly and told Von, “It’s really nice, but we probably can’t get as much for it as you want.”

Hesitant, Von asked how much the woman thought the painting was worth. The gallery owner named a figure several times more than Von had dared to imagine!

“Art has always been a part of my life, but I didn’t consider myself an artist. That gave me confidence.” Von reflects a moment, then adds, “Every artist suffers from a lack of confidence.

I love encouraging them. I know how it is. As an artist, everyone tells you how great your work is, and you don’t believe any one of them!”

Fumetti was still healing when Shea Singer, wife of the Midland Mall owner James Bond, called to ask her to consider opening a gallery.

Still shaken by the head injury that had upended her life, Fumetti wasn’t sure she was ready to run a business. But she decided to listen anyway.

“I came and saw the space,” she says. “Then I came up with a game plan.”

The plan involved making the gallery a collaborative.

While Colori represents the work of artists hailing from up and down the valley, it also offers reasonably-priced studio space. Von Fumetti, Jessica McMahon, Laurie Martinez, Pola Oginski, Heidi Alles, and Derek Skalko are current resident artists. They pitch in to staff the gallery, volunteering several days a week. “If there’s a day when I’m struggling, I just ask for help,” says Von. The same supportive spirit pervades Colori’s classes and events.

Missy Hagen attended a class at Colori a few months back. “Acrylics aren’t my usual medium,” she says. “But it was more fun than a barrel of monkeys.” Colori not only supplied paint, canvas, and tools, the gallery also included hors d'oeuvres and beverages. “Von was a great instructor.

And after we finished, everyone commented on everyone else’s work,” Hagen recalls.

Was that scary?

“Not for me. I survived art school! But it was comfortable, even for students who had no painting experience. Von really wants to support artists. Colori isn’t just about displaying art, but about getting artists to be part of the community.”

Basalt Mayor Jacque Carpenter Whitsitt called the gallery “a glorious gift to local artists and art enthusiasts.” Robin Waters, president of the Basalt Chamber of Commerce says, “Colori offers a potpourri of artists' styles and talents. There's so much quality, variety, and allure, it's a lovely adventure to visit. I find it hard to leave.”

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Trend Setter

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ARTICLE CAITLIN CAUSEY | PHOTOGRAPHY TRACY BENNETT

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ealth experts often recommend taking 10,000 steps per day. In a place like the Roaring Fork Valley, where a vigorous level of activity is central to our mountain lifestyle, many locals easily surpass that number on a daily basis. Whether walking the neighborhood, strolling the bike path with friends or hitting the town after work, quality footwear is an important element of protection for our very active feet.

Tracy Bennett, owner of Midland Shoe in downtown Basalt, knows this aspect of valley life well. A proud resident since 1980, she opened her shoe shop in 1993 with the goal of providing comfortable, fashionable shoes for active locals. Athletic sneakers, heavy-duty hiking boots, and high-end heels are available elsewhere, so Midland Shoe has spent the past 24 years providing what Bennett calls “everyday urban shoes” for a variety of high country occasions throughout the day.

Bennett recently shared her expertise with Roaring Fork Lifestyle, offering tips on what to look for in a great walking shoe.

Lifestyle: How should a walking shoe fit and feel?

Bennett: A great walking shoe has great arch support and plenty of toe room and padding.

Look for an insole with a deep heel cup, as that will cradle your heel and help prevent your foot from rolling in or out (pronation: rolling in, supination: rolling out). One of our top walking shoe brands is Arcopedico, which makes colorful knit sneakers (shown at left). They have great arch support, are lightweight for traveling, and the knit fabric won’t rub, pinch, or put pressure on bunions or hammer toes. They also come in a great selection of colors.

Lifestyle: In your opinion, can a walking shoe be fashionable?

Bennett: Probably one of the most exciting things in the shoe industry these days is the consumer demand for both comfort and fashion. Comfortable shoes do not have to look like the orthopedic shoes of yesterday. There are hundreds of shoe companies heeding the

call for "fashion, please!” from the masses. I have spent 24 years searching for and buying footwear that focuses on fashion and comfort for our Colorado mountain lifestyle. If a brand can’t deliver these essentials, then it doesn’t make the cut for many seasons in my store.

Lifestyle: Do different price points mean different levels of quality?

Bennett: Comfort and quality do come at a price. If you need sturdy, comfortable work or travel shoes or boots you have to be willing to make a bit of an investment. Expect to pay $75 to $200 for a pair of shoes and $175 to $300 for a pair of boots. I try to keep prices somewhere in the middle of those ranges.

Lifestyle: What are the benefits of visiting a brick-and-mortar shop like Midland Shoe, rather than purchasing online?

Bennett: All shoes fit differently and there is no universal shoe last (the form upon which shoes are made). You may have a favorite company, but I guarantee each skew (style) will have its own unique fit. Maybe the insole isn’t right for your foot; we can help you pick a better insole from the styles we sell. You need to try it on and walk around before committing to buy. And once you find the shoe you love, you get instant gratification. You get to walk out the door without waiting for your anticipated delivery.

Plus, the dollars you spend locally stay local: from paying local employees to donating to local causes such as schools, hospice, local animal shelters or Lift-Up. Those are just some of the great organizations I have supported.

The last great reason to buy local, the most important reason, is that we can give you great customer service. We help guide you to the perfect shoe. We sometimes spend hours with customers trying on styles, changing out insoles. We are here for our customers. We have a combined 75 years of retail expertise amongst employees at Midland Shoe, and we are thankful to the Roaring Fork Valley for decades of support. We hope to serve the valley for many years to come.

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The Glenwood Canyon Flyer swinging visitors out 1,300 feet above the Colorado River. Glenwood Canyon Flyer; photo by Kelley Cox.

STEVE BECKLEY’S DREAM:

Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park Making Glenwood Springs Proud

The gravity-powered alpine coaster in winter; photo by Jack Affleck.

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In February, USA Today named the Haunted Mine Drop, which opens this summer, one of the nation’s 12 most-anticipated rides. Rendering courtesy of Creative Visions.

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teve Beckley is a mild-mannered petroleum engineer who got swallowed up by a cave—and a dream.

Having grown up in Cortez, Beckley was a freshman at the Colorado School of Mines when he had his first cave adventure at the Fault Cave near Golden. He soon began spelunking, seeking out caves all around the state.

He first read about Glenwood Springs' Fairy Caves in 1972, in an out-of-print book called Caves of Colorado.

The book said that the cave was going to be commercially developed, but given the book’s publication date, clearly, that hadn’t happened. Beckley found the name of the owner and called him.

He kept calling for 16 years!

Charles W. Darrow, a Glenwood Springs attorney and cousin to Clarence Darrow, the attorney made famous by the Scopes Monkey Trial, first opened the Fairy Caves to the public in 1895.

Charles Darrow brought visitors up the steep hill from the Hotel Colorado on burros. He strung electric lights up in the caves in 1897.

Darrow’s sons operated the caves until 1917, closing them on the eve of World War I. Although the caves remained closed until 1961, they weren't well-protected from visitors and damage. In 1952, members of the Colorado Grotto Club explored the caves and found passages into new areas named the Register and Pendant rooms. Although the Fairy Caves had been damaged both by vandalism and dry outside air that stopped their growth, these new areas were still living, dripping and growing.

During the 1950’s and 1960’s, still more areas were discovered. A few hardy cavers crawled and wiggled through some dauntingly small openings to reach the caves’ largest rooms: The Barn and King’s Row.

Dad and daughter inside the Glenwood Caverns. Photo by Jack Affleck.

Steve and Jeanne spelunking in 1998, courtesy of the Beckley's Way-Back Machine.

I saw the caves around 1957 in the company of Glenwood cavers and the Colorado Mountain Club. I remember a sweaty scramble up to the caves on a sweltering day. The cave was cool and moist. Since I was seven, I had a size advantage when it came to squeezing through the cracks. The cave was filled with the stuff of daydreams—huge, fantastical dragon-shaped stalactites hung from the roof and tiny glow-in-the-dark snails among the stalagmites rising from the floor.

Steve Beckley first saw the caves in 1992, along with his then-girlfriend Jeanne. He regales me with the story of one of their first dates. Steve and Jeanne, guided by a local doctor who knew the caves, donned kneepads and headlamps, and began squeezing through the 8-inch cracks. “At one point, Jeanne was done,” Beckley recalls. “She was claustrophobic. Our guide told her, ‘You are past the worst part.’ But he was lying through his teeth.”

The struggle was worth it once Steve and Jeanne entered The Barn and Kings Row. There, Beckley opened up and laid out his dream to Jeanne.

By the time Beckley managed to buy the caves in 1998, he was working as an oil and gas engineer. Jeanne was by then his wife, and she was pregnant. Beckley moved to Glenwood solo in November of 1998. He lived in an unfurnished rental, crashing on the floor in a sleeping bag alongside the miners who were working on the cave.

Jeanne continued her high-stress software sales job—they needed her health insurance—and commuted up to Glenwood on the weekends.

“We finished blasting at Christmas in 1998," says Beckley. "The idea was to develop the caves and have a small operation: to ski in winter, to play, to kick back and enjoy life. That’s how I sold it to Jeanne. But the cave took off and took over our life!”

When the cave opened on Memorial Day weekend, 500 people came. The caverns logged 30,000 visitors the first year. To transport everyone up the hill, the Beckleys bought vans. Those soon gave way to buses, then, in 2003, to a tram. “That year, we had 100,000 visitors come to see the caves. But it was a three-hour hour wait get in. We started putting rides in to give people something to do while they were waiting for the caves."

Last year, 205,000 visitors came to Glenwood Springs Adventure Park, which features the first alpine coaster in the U.S., Colorado’s CONTINUED >

Four-dimension motion theater audience; photo by Jack Affleck.

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STEVE BECKLEY’S DREAM (CON TI N U ED)

The Alpine Coaster in winter; photo by Jack Affleck.

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first 4D Ride Theater (the highest-elevation roller coaster in America) and the Glenwood Canyon Flyer, a ride that swings visitors out into Glenwood Canyon, 1,300 feet above the Colorado River. There’s laser tag, a coal-fired blacksmith shop and a new “Haunted Mine Drop” ride in the works.

When guests enter the new ride, they’ll feel like they’re entering Steve Beckley’s old stomping grounds—a mine.

"You'll come in like it’s your first day on the job, working in an old mine that has been shut down for 100 years," Beckley explains. "You buckle into your seat, and a ghost miner talks to you about long-ago mining tragedies. Suddenly, the floor disappears and we drop you down the shaft. It’s exciting and I probably won’t ride it,” he chuckles. I don’t like things that drop my stomach out. It’s straight down, 120 feet, so you just fall, fall, fall for about three seconds. Sounds awful doesn’t it?”

That's a bigger drop than many rollGlenwood Caverns Adventure Park has er-coasters. The kids will love it. been honored with four Post IndepenIn the Haunted Mine Drop, holographic dent Locals’ Choice Awards and a 2016 ghosts will hover in mid air. “They’re just like Certificate of Excellence from TripAdreal, so you can see through them,” Beckley visor. In 2001, the Beckley's exemplary says. The ghosts’ stories are pretty real too, environmental preservation efforts were an amalgam of stories collected from real recognized with the Governor’s Award for Colorado mines from Aspen to Idaho Springs.

Outstanding Community Tourism Initiative.

Few engineers can match Beckley in the raconteur department. They're often socially awkward and not over-supplied with people skills.

Engineers tend to be a bit, well, nerdy.

When I share this observation with Steve, he agrees and says, “I know what my weaknesses are. I'm good at sharing my dream, but not at managing. So I hire really good people.” He quickly ticks off half a dozen names: Colorado Mountain College Professor Bob Koper, the Cavern’s original tour guide, now retired. Operations Manager Nancy Heard. His wife Jeanne. “The business, the day-to-day work of keeping employees motivated, I have a great team to do that. My dream was just opening the cave to show how beautiful it is. Then people starting sharing the dream.”

Beckley’s model has been Silver Dollar City, an 1880's theme park in Missouri. “They started very small and have about 2.5 million visitors a year. It’s historically oriented. They make wagons and feature artisans engaged in 1800’s era crafts.” Glenwood Caverns opened a coal-fired blacksmith shop two years ago, and Beckley talks about adding artisans engaged in woodworking, soap-making, and other turn-of-the-century crafts. Perhaps a grist mill grinding flour for the Park’s mountaintop restaurant?

“At Glenwood Caverns, the sky’s the limit. It’s already amazing, but we’re looking ways to make it better. Jeannie and I don’t live lavishly. We have a regular house; we drive used cars. We pour all the profits back into the Park.

It’s important to me to grow this into something that Glenwood is really proud of.”

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Kjell Mitchell

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YEARS IN HOT WATER

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jell Mitchell doesn’t look like an executive. For a conversation with this magazine, he arrived Colorado-casual, bundled in a softly worn coat, a jaunty scarf about his neck, his cheeks rosy from the winter walk over. Sporting spectacles and blonde stubble, tall and lean, he lacks the paunch often typifying success. Affable and self-effacing, Mitchell seems more ready for a ball game than the boardroom.

As CEO and President of the Glenwood Hot Springs (GHS), he’s playing a game he enjoys.

Glenwood’s hot springs are legendary. Their mineral-rich waters have been healing humans for millennia. First developed by Walter Devereaux in 1888, GHS now operates the world's largest hot springs pool. The place is not only historic, it's a contemporary hit: Trip Advisor readers have written 2,043 rave reviews. The Hot Springs has earned the travel site’s coveted Certificate of Excellence.

Mitchell doesn’t play the Hot Springs' big-league hospitality game alone. GHS’s board of directors includes many true friends; some he grew up with; most all were born and raised in Glenwood Springs or Garfield County. They’re as invested as he is. “I was born here, I grew up here," he says. "This is the place that I love and wanted to make my home.”

In Mitchell’s family, work was a given. Chuckling, he points over his shoulder. “I started to work for my dad at the Glenwood

Creamery, which is just around the corner here, 718 Cooper. That’s where I grew up. I started washing milk cans when I was 10 years old, probably making 25 cents an hour.”

Mitchell admires his father deeply, claiming, “I pale in comparison to him.”

Mitchell’s father “was the mayor of this town. He was on the school board; he was secretary of the fire department, he was on the fire department 35, 40 years. He was treasurer of the church. He was on planning and zoning. There wasn’t anything he didn’t do.

Plus he was a Kiwanian. So as a kid, I used to hang out with all the community leaders, because they were all Kiwanians. I grew up with those families and those people.”

Between college semesters, Mitchell returned, working in the original hot springs hotel, which predated the current 107-room modern lodge, as a bellhop during his 24th summer. “When I started, the old stone building was the primary hotel.” In his unpinnable, somewhat antiquated accent, Mitchell paints the story of another era. “The old building was made up of nicer suites, what I would classify as European pensiones. It was just a double bed, with a night stand and three hooks. A telephone and radiator heat, and a transom up above. You had to go out of your room, go down the hall CONTINUED >

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KJELL MITCHELL - FORTY YEARS IN HOT WATER (CON TI N UED)

and take a shower and go to the bathroom.” He pauses and then bursts out lawughing, “Six dollars for one person, $9 for two!”

Arms pulling at cables in the air, Mitchell continues, “We still had the switchboard with the plug-in things. And when I first started running the hotel, and even as a bellhop, that’s how you answered the phone. If you wanted to make a reservation back then, you had a three-ring notebook with each room number on a page.”

As Mitchell matured in business, he embraced civic duty, like his father. “You start to become more engaged in the community and you foster relationships, rubbing elbows with the other community leaders, which I find is helpful. You bounce ideas, even from a business standpoint: How do you do things? How do you manage people?”

Mitchell was deliberate in choosing his own path. “I got involved in Rotary after I became the manager of the Glenwood Hot Springs Lodge,” a hotel he helped to open in 1986. “One of the biggest things for me was when I became president of Rotary in ’95. I had to stand up in front of a rowdy group and try to manage them!” For Mitchell, public speaking shows that “you can easily stand up in front of your own people—and anybody else—and feel like you’re not stumbling.”

Forty years ago, Mitchell couldn’t have predicted his run.

“What 24-year old could?” he asks. He simply moved through the years working hard, being the best Kjell Mitchell he could be. He attributes much of his career success to curiosity, self-motivation, and on-the-job training.

“One of the things that I wanted to do, being the hotel manager of the Glenwood Hot Springs Lodge, was to be more involved in the hotel industry at the state level.” He began attending Colorado Hotel and Lodging Association (CHLA) meetings. He was soon appointed to the board. The five-year commitment contingent to the CHLA's executive committee was eye-opening, giving him a view outside the local ballpark.

This wider perspective helps Mitchell keep GHS in the big league. In addition to opening the lodge, Mitchell led GHS through significant renovations in 1993. In 1995, he represented the United States at the International Cultural Exchange on Hot Springs in Beppu, Japan. The Spa of the Rockies opened in 2008. It’s clear Mitchell’s team is playing the long game.

Kjell Mitchell; photo

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Photo courtesy of Glenwood Hot Springs Resort.

Photo courtesy of Glenwood Hot Springs Resort.

The Grand Avenue Bridge construction project has kept GHS agile. Mitchell has been involved in the community meetings with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and the City of Glenwood from the beginning. “They’ve been great to work with!”

In advocating for downtown Glenwood, participants like Mitchell and the City of Glenwood Springs have pushed for a roundabout closer to I-70.

This has made room for a pedestrian-centric 6th Avenue unlike any other part of downtown Glenwood. Vibrant new streetscapes, a pocket park with a bandstand, and a brand new pedestrian bridge (friendly to cyclists too!) link the downtown as never before. He’s excited for the future of Glenwood.

It’s important to Mitchell, personally, to maintain integrity and authenticity leading GHS into the future. “One of the things that’s still nice about Glenwood Springs is that it has a family-oriented nature. It’s not pretentious; it resonates with people. Even though they want the best for their vacation, I don’t think they’re expecting to be valeted to the pool.”

Pondering his 40th anniversary with GHS in November 2016, Mitchell reflected, “From my early days to the present, the most Yoga teacher Annig Raley teaches water yoga in the pool on Mondays at 9 and 10 a.m. Photo by Howard Raley.

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Clearly over discussing himself, Mitchell directed attention toward the train depot across the street. A stooped, elderly man, cane in hand, spidered gingerly along the sidewalk. “You want to tell a good story,” Mitchell murmurs, “That’s the man you want to meet. He comes to the hot springs every day…” Mitchell speaks to the elder’s steadfast kindness and generosity, to his service and engagement with others.

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MICHAEL LOWE’S

Learning-By-Doing Philosophy

THE L ESSONS OF LOW E L IFE IN THE HIGH COUNTRY Kids in Myanmar during a trip Lowe took to explore school building in rural Asia.

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ichael Lowe is on a mission. With a lifetime of adventure in the natural world under his belt, he strongly believes in the transformative power of experiencing.

Not just talking about it, watching it or reading about it—or even just learning about it—but doing it.

“I’m the oldest of seven kids, raised off the grid at 9,000 feet in the foothills of Pikes Peak,” he explains. “We didn’t have a TV, so we would spend most of our days running around the mountains, exploring.

Consequently, the outdoors have been, and still are, a big part of my life.”

This hands-on philosophy is one he gets to exercise as a teacher at Yampah Mountain High School in Glenwood Springs, an alternative school that has become a leader in personalized education. Lowe splits his time between teaching at Yampah and his work as a partner in Adventure Outdoors, a one-stop

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shop for Rocky Mountain activities. For Lowe, these two roles—personalized education and adventure—are critically complimentary.

Lowe explains “My interest in the outdoor adventure business started during my first teaching job out of college, where I would take inner-city kids from Los Angeles on all kinds of outdoor excursions in Southern California. I eventually started working for NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School) and spent six summers leading folks on 30-day expeditions in some of the most beautiful places in the world.”

“I learned a tremendous amount about the skills needed to travel and live in harsh environments, but mostly, I was profoundly moved by the power of experiential education to transform lives. Even though our work at Adventure Outdoors has been mostly focused on day trips, we have had recent opportunities to move into experiential education. We're offering more multi-day experiences, along with leadership

A family that Lowe took on an outdoor summer adventure.

training and corporate team-building in the outdoors. These experiences are so powerful.

I’m hopeful more businesses will begin to see the value in using outdoor adventures to build a great work environment.”

A YAMPAH ADVANTAGE Yampah Mountain High School sits on the side of a mountain, immersed in a hardscrabble high desert landscape: juniper-pinyon forest, rabbitbrush, sumac,

TO SE E L O W E I NTE R ACT W I TH STUDE NTS IS TO W I TNE SS A M A N F UL F I L L E D. FA MI L I A R E ASE F L OWS BE T W E E N L OW E , STA F F, A ND STUD E NTS, SPE A K I NG TO TH E SUCCE SS O F YA MPA H ’ S MISSI ON, “A L E A R NI NG CO MMUNI T Y D E SI GNE D TO D E V E L O P ME A NI NGF UL R E L ATI O NSHI P S, A PURSUI T F OR L I F E L O NG L E A R NI NG , A ND TH E ACA D E MI C SK I L L S NE CE SSA RY F OR TH E 2 1ST- CE NTURY STUD E NT.”

and sage. The school building is small, almost like a home.

There’s a grow dome to the south. A sound studio up the hillside, paths in between. Below the school, I-70 and the Colorado River pour through the valley.

Walking through the school doors, a comfortable atmosphere prevails. Houseplants, art and friendly staff create a warm vibe. A dog wanders freely. No weird lunch smell, beige walls, or echoey halls. The students are colorful—literally. Pink hair, blue hair.

Piercings. Black eye makeup. Brown skin, white skin, and black abound. There’s a girl in pajama bottoms and slippers, another in a learning has its roots in comprework uniform. These kids are fully themselves. hensive school reform models To see Lowe interact with students is to based on the educational ideas witness a man fulfilled. Familiar ease flows of German educator Kurt Hahn, between Lowe, staff, and students, speakthe founder of Outward Bound.) ing to the success of Yampah’s mission, “a Lowe says that the Yampah learning community designed to develop team “is one of the strongest I’ve meaningful relationships, a pursuit for ever seen,” a team that’s “pushing lifelong learning, and the academic skills and exploring the boundaries of necessary for the 21st-century student.” how to provide excellent educaThese kids simply weren’t flourishing in regtion with multiple challenges.” ular high school. Yampah opened its doors in After working in Denver for the 1989 as a "school of choice" (a public school that Department of Education, and students can choose over whatever school simply then working at the University of lies closest to home) with the goal of meeting the Colorado to implement multi-millearning needs of at-risk kids. A very different lion dollar grants designed to proposition than forcing these struggling teens improve k-12 education, Lowe to plug into a standardized “box.” came to understand that “even with strong resources, sustainable scalable PLUG AND PLAY VERSUS GO OUT AND PLAY change must come from within a school.”

The familiar model of high school most Despite having almost no resources, Yampah adults know was adapted from the assembly was “having more success at innovating educaline created by Henry Ford: kids move from tion than many of the districts and schools that place to place, and at each station, some had benefitted from these large grants.” work is added toward the finished product.

So what would happen if Yampah had money?

Underlying that concept is the idea that everyA local business leader, Altai Chuluun, one learns at the same rate, studies the same worked with Yampah principal Leigh things, and learns in the same way. Time and McGown and Lowe to craft a proposal to experience have shown that this plug-andrethink high school and to go after one of five play model doesn’t work for everyone. $10-million X-Q grants, the nation's largest Expeditionary learning, which embeds grant contest for high schools. “Our idea was academic content in a project or experience, strong and made it through several rounds to has proven its worth with many at-risk kids, the finals, but ultimately was not one of the teens who have failed to thrive in standard five schools chosen,” says Lowe. The winners high schools. (The concept of expeditionary were all in large urban school districts.

Raising community support for Yampah during a summer concert at Glenwood's Two Rivers Park.

Michael Lowe's family on an outdoor adventure.

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LEARNING-BY-DOING PHILOSOPHY (CON TI N U ED)

“ P USH I NG A ND E X PL OR I NG TH E BOUNDA R I E S OF HOW TO PROV I D E E XCE L L E NT E DUCAT I O N W I T H MULTI PL E CH A L L E NGE S.”

incubator for start-up businesses,” he says. That center would form the nexus of what Lowe wants to offer these kids.

“I think at the end, I'm really passionate about two things: Building strong communities and organizations through innovation, community partnerships, and education. And helping to build a system where every kid has a landing spot— whether it be college or career.” That means “re-thinking education” so that it’s “about cultivating passions.”

Professionally and privately, Lowe lives by example. “My wife and I have busy lives, so we LOOKING TOWARD THE FUTURE work hard to protect the time we do have as a “Even though we were disappointed, we felt family... we want to make that commitment committed to making the idea happen,” says even stronger in the coming years. We try Lowe. Yampah has received needed support to have dinner every night as a family; keep from several community partners, notably Sunday as a family day. We enjoy our trips and Colorado Mountain College. “I’m not sure if try to keep a sense of adventure about life [and] folks realize what a treasure we have in our local laugh a lot. The little things matter.” college, but CMC's leadership has not only A boy raised off-grid in the high Rockies, helped transform how we bring state-of-the-art Lowe finds that “I have found most of my heroes education to rural areas, it's also actively build- and mentors in my own backyard. I’m drawn to ing better bridges to rural high schools.” the people in the trenches—the teachers, the Under Lowe’s guidance, Yampah is rais- firefighters, the everyday person just trying to ing money and exploring in-kind services. do right by their family and making their own “I’m working closely with several community little piece of the world a better place.” partners to build an innovation center and Those are the little things that truly matter.

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Timberline pool in home by builder Richard Wax Associates. Photo

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Timberline pool; ConOutdoor pool by Timberline Pool nect One Design. Photo & Spa. Photo by Steven Simons.

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S W I M M I NG A G A I NS T T H E TI D E - POOLS IN COLOR ADO WI TH TH E SI MO N S F A MI L Y , I T 'S E V E RY O N E I N T O T HE POOL !

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"I ENJOY TORTURING STEVE AND ASHLEY WITH MY NEW DESIGN IDEAS FOR POOLS, SPAS, AND WATER FEATURES. UNFORTUNATELY FOR THEM, THEY ALWAYS RISE TO THE OCCASION..." —LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT SHANNON MURPHY

Steven and Ashlee Simons in the showroom.

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ARTICLE GENEVIÈVE JOËLLE VILLAMIZAR

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teven Simons is a third generation, Texasbred pool contractor. His mother and father met building pools. His father soon started his own company, with Simons practically cutting his teeth on construction sites. Simons mastered plaster and tile, plumbing, rebar and shotcrete early on. Eventually, married and building a future, Simons and his wife Ashlee relocated, setting their eyes on the Roaring Fork Valley market. They opened Timberline Pool & Spa (TPS) out of a home office.

“When we say we build swimming pools in Colorado, it creates a lot of curiosity. I remember opening up a bank account for the company in 2004 and the woman helping us kept asking, 'What type of business are you opening?!'” recalls Ashlee. “There I sat, with one small child and another on the way. I’ll never forget the look of uncertainty she gave me. Failure wasn’t even an option at the time for Steven and me and our young family.”

TPS started simply, with Steven building the pools almost solely himself. Ashlee jokes that her degree in German literature made her the ideal candidate to run the numbers, as well as the office while raising their four young children, “It’s amazing what you can do when you work together and when you both want the same things in life.” As she speaks, Ashlee’s contentment is palpable. “Timberline Pool and Spa isn’t just a company; it’s really part of our family.

We feel a strong sense of connection to our

customers, employees and the community we live and work in.”

Landscape architect Shannon Murphy, American Society of Landscape Architects, has been working with TPS since inception.

“I have been the source of many ulcers for Steve, Ashlee, and the entire Timberline crew for the past 13 years. I enjoy torturing them with my new design ideas for pools, spas, and water features. Unfortunately for them, they always rise to the occasion and help me create water elements that meet and exceed my original visions for the projects, thus sealing their fate to continue to be the firm teaming with me to design and build my water elements.”

One such project, Murphy explains, is “a pool we created for a family in Owl Creek.

Twenty-four foot-wide granite waterfall steps create a playful connection between the children’s wading pool and the pool for the big kids, aka mom and dad. The black granite also creates a sophisticated water sculpture in the evening, reflecting the warm hues of the sky at sunset.”

While success is sweet, Timberline continues to innovate. Staff just attended an industry conference in Canada. Significant projects brighten the horizon of 2017.

They’ve built new offices and a showroom in the Silt Trade Center. “We like to tell people we aren’t new,” Murphy says, “you just didn’t know we were here.”

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Soaking in super-heated water saturated with minerals offers many benefits. Practiced for thousands of years, "balneology" is the art and science of bathing in natural mineral waters to enhance health and wellness. This type of therapy helps to revitalize the skin, calm nerves, and detoxify the body. It has been known to reduce the symptoms of arthritis, fibromyalgia, depression, as well as locomotor and circulatory diseases. The high mineral content of spring water absorbs into the body helping to eliminate toxins, increase blood flow and circulation, and boost metabolism. The warmth relaxes and soothes the muscles and the mind. Ultimately, the goal is rejuvenation and spending time with friends and family.

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Water is centric to Glenwood Springs. At two blocks long, Glenwood Hot Springs is the world’s largest mineral hot springs pool. Its source, Yampah Spring, flows at 3.5 million gallons of water daily. The award-winning spa and 107-room lodge are geothermally heated. The new Iron Mountain Hot Springs, situated along the Colorado River, boasts 16 pools of different shapes, all varying in temperature and size. Yampah Spa & Vapor Caves has naturally-occurring mineral steam baths, a rare underground feature.

OURAY AND RIDGWAY

Odorless, sulfur-free thermal waters bubble up everywhere in Ouray. The 90-year old Ouray Hot Springs Pool & Fitness Center, currently undergoing a major renovation, will unveil modern improvements this summer.

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Underneath the Historic Wiesbaden Hot Springs Spa & Lodgings is a vapor cave where water pours over a large mineral deposit formation into a shallow soaking pool. In the 1800s, Ute Indian Chief Ouray used these waters for their curative powers.

Guests of Box Canyon Lodge & Hot Springs have exclusive access to wooden tubs that stair-step the hillside. Twin Peaks Lodge & Hot Springs also provides steamy pools for its guests.

Orvis Hot Springs in nearby Ridgway has created an oasis with lush landscaping. Several ponds and waterfalls are strategically positioned throughout the property.

PAGOSA SPRINGS

According to Guinness World Records, the Great Pagosa Hot Springs is officially the World's Deepest Geothermal Hot Spring.

This mother spring not only supplies the resorts but also heats downtown sidewalks and several businesses, including a brewery.

Terraced along the San Juan River's bank are the 23 mineral pools of the Springs Resort & Spa. Each spot is a different size and temperature. The Lobster Pot sizzles at 110°F. Mineral deposits have built up for centuries, creating huge iron-colored formations.

The Overlook Hot Springs Spa's interior features ornate architectural moldings and soaring ceilings that surround large soaking tubs and a cold plunge. Rooftop tubs set this spa apart from all others.

Healing Waters Resort & Spa offers a large pool and tub, along with indoor baths for concentrated mineral immersion.

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The rock-lined pools at Cottonwood Hot Springs Inn & Spa, first opened in 1878, are historically noted for their medicinal and therapeutic value.

One of the largest indoor hot spring pools in the country, Salida Hot Springs Aquatic Center, features clear, aroma-free water in its zero-depth-entry pool, lap lanes, and private baths.

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Lifestyle Calendar

March MARCH 3-5 & 9-11

MARCH 10

SHAKESPEARE'S THE TEMPEST

BATTLE OF THE WALLS

THUNDER RIVER THEATRE

GLENWOOD SPRINGS CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Thunder River Theatre Company’s production of William Shake-

The Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts invites you its fourth-annu-

speare’s The Tempest, directed and designed by Lon Winston, con-

al Battle of The Walls, an exhibit featuring creative works from valley

tinues Friday through Sunday, March 3, 4, 5 and Thursday through

high-school-aged students. Each school sends 15 pieces of original

Saturday, March 9, 10, 11. Curtain is 7:30 p.m., except the Sunday mat-

artwork only and one student curator. Join us an Artist Reception and

inee (3/5), 2 p.m. The production is in the newly named “Lon Winston

Award Ceremony on Friday, March 10th from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Theatre.” Tickets and details at ThunderRiverTheatre.com.

MARCH 7

MARCH 10 APPALACIAN SPRING CONCERT

GARDEN DESIGN CLASS

BASALT PUBLIC LIBRARY

CMC GLENWOOD SPRINGS

Enjoy Rachael Lee Priday on violin and Susan Ellinger on piano for

Revered garden expert Lynn Dwyer teaches you how to make your gar-

this free concert from the 2017 Music at the Library concert series.

den dance. Develop a sense of rhythm with color and texture. We will explore the basic principals of landscape design using drawings, pho-

MARCH 13

tographs and practical tips. Register online at CMC: ColoradoMtn.edu.

CAPITOL CREEK RANCH SNOWSHOE

MARCH 8

CAPITOL CREEK RANCH Join Roaring Fork Conservancy on snowshoes through iconic Capitol

PAINT A WATERCOLOR TROUT

Creek Ranch. We’ll wander past beaver ponds and through aspen forests

THE ART BASE

while exploring the history of this property. Additional details can be found

Using a rainbow trout as inspiration, explore the various elements

at the link below. Free, but registration is required at RoaringFork.org.

of watercolor painting. Amy Beidleman teaches you to utilize different brush strokes to create texture resulting in a successful finished

MARCH 15

piece. No drawing skills are necessary—students may use a pre-

POETRY BROTHEL

drawn image or stencil. $35 Members/$45 Non-members or 1 TAB

JUSTICE SNOW'S

Punch. Details at TheArtBase.org.

Come listen to some of the Roaring Fork Valley's favorite authors at

MARCH 9 PROM DRESS GIVEAWAY GLENWOOD SPRINGS BRANCH LIBRARY

Justice Snows' in Aspen. The evening will include poets and writers Michele Burkey, Owen O'Farrell, Jesse Lamon, Nicolette Toussaint, Shahin Ebrahimi, and Natalie Rae. Free.

Gently used prom or formal dresses will be available for teens to try

MARCH 16

on and take home at two upcoming Prom Dress Giveaway events at

BASALT CHAMBER BUSINESS AFTER HOURS

the library on March 9 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and March 11 from 10 a.m.

COLORI GALLERY

to 2 p.m. For more information, call 970.945.5958.

Hosted by Colori Gallery, Peck, Feigenbaum, JUL Salon and Hot Mama's.

MARCH 9

Enjoy complimentary food, beverages and live music. A Third Thursday benefit networking event for Basalt Chamber members and guests of

LUCRECIA WAGGONER ARTIST RECEPTION

the event co-hosts. RSVPs required. For Chamber membership informa-

ANDI-LE GALLERY

tion and to RSVP write info@BasaltChamber.com or call 970.927.4031.132

Porcelain artist Lucrecia Waggoner exhibits dynamic installa-

Midland Avenue, Downtown Basalt. See BasaltChamber.org

tions, combining nature and porcelain, elevating traditional ceramics to a new level. Beautifully finished wood limbs, and del-

MARCH 21

icate arrangements of porcelain shapes, glazed and decorated

WINTER WORDS: ADAM GOPNIK

with 22K gold leaf and other precious metals convey a calming

PAEPCKE AUDITORIUM

sense of tranquility as they float across the wall. For more info,

A legendary New Yorker staff writer since 1986, Gopnik has written on just

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about every topic under the sun—from gun control, to Darwin, food, and

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MARCH 23 SINATRA JOURNEY CONCERT BASALT PUBLIC LIBRARY Come hear Scott MacCracken's vocal and David Dyer on piano in this free concert from the 2017 Music at the Library concert series.

Whether you’re a seasoned professional landscaper or desire that “just right tree”, we have the best trees that nature has to offer.

Aspen I Spruce I Maple I Hawthorn I Cottonwood I Pinon Mugo I Bristlecone I Shrubs I And much more!

MARCH 24 CONSENSUAL IMPROV! THUNDER RIVER THEATRE Consensual Improv has had jam-packed audiences rolling in the aisles with games and interaction in the style of TV's Whose Line Is It Anyway? and Chicago's Second City.

Buy tickets early - these shows have been

For those that desire a beautiful flower garden or want a delicious harvest of garden vegetables, we have that too.

selling out every time! Doors and bar open at 7:30 pm, show starts at 8:00 pm. Tickets ($10) at ThunderRiverTheatre.com or call 970.963.8200.

A VARIETY OF Annuals Perennials Hanging Baskets Garden Starts AND MUCH MORE!

MARCH 31 MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES HEALTH & WELLNESS SYMPOSIUM FOR SMALL BUSINESSES GLENWOOD SPRINGS COMMUNITY CENTER The Mountain Communities Symposium is designed for small businesses to help them create affordable and easy-to-implement workplace wellness programs that generate a return on investment. The morning’s program will include a keynote speaker, a course on simple desk and chair movements

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to reduce injury, and a panel of local business partners running successful wellness programs. For general inquiries email info@ glenwoodchamber.com.

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business directory DENTISTS & ORTHODONTICS

Murray Dental Group (970) 945-5112 murraydg.com

Verheul Family Dentistry P.C. (970) 963-3010 verheulfamilydentistry.com

FASHION & ACCESSORIES

Country Rose Boutique (970) 319-8894

HEALTH & WELLNESS Burn Fitness Studio (970) 379-7403 burnfitnessstudio.com

Contour Body Spa (970) 355-4897 contourbodyspa.com/

Fahrenheit Body Spas (970) 315-1234 fahrenheitbodyspas.com

Simply Massage (970) 306-0098 simplymassage.com

HOME BUILDERS & REMODELERS

3 G Construction (970) 984-7046

Ace Roofing & Sheetmetal (970) 945-5366 aceroof.co

B & H General Contractors (970) 945-0102 bandhgeneralcontractors.com

HOME SERVICES Seamless Design (970) 876-2232

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Tom Roach Hardwood Floors (970) 274-0944 tomroachfloors.com

LANDSCAPING

Aspen Grove Property Services (970) 279-5530 agps.biz

LEGAL

Balcomb & Green P.C. (970) 945-6546 balcombgreen.com

Law Office of Jamie J. Roth (970) 987-5216

The Noone Law Firm PC (970) 945-4500 noonelaw.com

MEDICAL CLINICS & FACILITIES

Mountain Family Health Centers (970) 945-2840 mountainfamily.org

MORTGAGE

Bay Equity Home Loans (970) 330-5010 bayequityhomeloans.com/glenwood-springs

OTHER

Ajax Mechanical Services (970) 984-0579 ajaxmechanical.com

AV by Design (970) 945-6610 avbydesignllc.com

Delta Disaster Services (970) 712-5298 deltawesterncolorado.com

Elite Hardwood Floors (970) 366-1676

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Green Tech Electrical (970) 618-2163 green-techelectrical.com

Midland Shoe (970) 927-0902 midlandshoe.com

Network Interiors (970) 984-9100

Nieslanik Beef, LLC (970) 963-1644 nieslanikbeef.com

PRO TKD Martial Arts (970) 963-2685 protkdmac.com

Roaring Fork Valley COOP (970) 963-2220

Spring Creek Land & Waterscapes (970) 963-9195 springcreeklandand waterscapes.com

The Fireplace Company (970) 963-3598 thefpco.com

The Glass Guru (970) 456-6832 theglassguruofglen woodsprings.com

Timberline Pool & Spa (970) 920-5251 timberlinepools.com

True North Hearth & Home (970) 230-9363 truenorthfireplaces.com

West Canyon Tree Farm (970) 305-7556 westcanyontreefarm.com

PET CARE

Alpine Animal Hospital (970) 963-2371 alpinehospital.com

Willits Veterinary Hospital (970) 510-5436 willitsvet.com

REAL ESTATE

Coldwell Banker Mason Morse Real Estate (970) 963-3300 masonmorse.com

Compass (970) 925-6063 compass.com

RAD Development Glenwood, LLC (970) 309-1540

The Property Shop (970) 947-9300 propertyshopinc.com

SPECIALTY SHOPS Bethel Party Rentals (970) 947-9700 bethelpartyrentals.com

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Parting Thoughts

The Long and the Short of It A HEROIC HAIRCUT

ARTICLE RENEE RAMGE | PHOTOGRAPHY JAMIE RAMGE

I

've had long hair most of my adult life, but in January, I cut my hair. The reason: I learned that the type of chemotherapy that I will be treated with over the next few months is going to cause hair loss.

I should explain that while casually putting on lotion last November, I discovered a bump in my breast. Little did I know, in that moment, that the discovery would change the course of my life.

I'm considering the diagnosis of breast cancer a gift. It has created a paradigm shift in my own personal care. It’s like I’m climbing Everest. I’m assembling a support team, enlisting experienced guides, assembling the right knowledge and equipment, and training for the journey.

Cutting my hair was the first step in that journey. My thinking was that I'd rather adjust on my own terms rather than having my hair fall out. So I gathered some of my team together and we made a fun night of it. At first, I wanted to shave my hair off, but friends convinced me that a pixie cut would help me adjust to this new reality.

I asked the doctor why I would lose my hair during chemo and she explained that the chemotherapy targets all rapidly dividing cells—healthy cells as well as cancer cells. So I have tried to welcome the hair loss; it means that the chemo is doing its job.

The tears I cried during the cutting of my hair were not so much about my attachment to my hair as about how this act makes having cancer so real. Cutting my hair felt empowering and frightening, all in the same moment.

Now that my long hair is gone, I'm trying to enjoy the freedom the pixie cut is giving me. I’m also writing about this journey. As I learn more in my research to plan for my recovery, I want to offer it to others to consider. This makes me feel like this challenge in my life has more purpose, and that gives me great satisfaction.

The name Renee itself means rebirth, and I’d like to think that every morning this Renee is reborn stronger. Like the Phoenix, rising from the ashes, each day we transition into the next version of ourselves, hopefully, the best one in our evolution. _____

A LITTLE F O R T I F I C ATION BEFORE THE HAI RCU T.

Renee Ramge is a beloved part of our Roaring Fork Lifestyle team, regularly contributing her photography. Renee wants to acknowledge the great care she's getting from the Calaway-Young Cancer Center at Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs. We wish her good spirits, good health, and a resilient recovery.

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Aspen Glen Riverfront 5 BED | 4.5 BATH | $5,950,000

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Steven Shane 970.948.6005

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3 BED | 2 BATH | $1,695,000

Richard Duddy 970.309.7235

Steps to Skiing and All the Action in Snowmass Village

Base Village Convenience 3 BED | 3 BATH | $2,300,000

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Doug Leibinger 970.379.9045

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