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Volume 12, Number 16 | May 28 - June 3, 2020

The horn section Photos and text by Jane Bachrach Lani Malmberg led this band of bovids up County Road 112 on the afternoon of May 20, bound for the Sutey Ranch where the “The Goats” were booked to perform.

According to BLM Range Management Specialist Kristy Wallner, “Goats will eat plants livestock and wildlife won’t, such as noxious weeds, and return the nutrients from these plants back to the soil… Combined with reseeding, targeted grazing should improve wildlife habitat by increasing native plant abundance and diversity.”

After performing in the Carbondale area for a few weeks, the 1,100-member ensemble will move over to the Lake Christine Fire scar.

The Goats are contained in temporary fencing until they finish their gig in one part of a pasture, then they're moved to another. Pictured here some of the band members relax after arriving at their first location, some licking a mineral block and others just tuning up.

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By Kate Phillips Sopris Sun Correspondent

A few weeks ago I asked to take a step back from COVID-19 writing.

As I’m sure you can imagine, every article that I’ve written since the start of March has had an element of the pandemic woven into it — understandably so. For months, COVID-19 has been at the forefront of our minds; from casual phone conversations to monumental life moments, every facet of our lives has been impacted by the virus — again, understandably so.

Personally, I brought the anxiety into my own home as I obsessively refreshed multiple breaking news apps, and plagued my thoughts with irrational, “click-bait” quotes from elected officials on both sides of the aisle.

Phrases like “unprecedented

Let’s race towards each other times” and “new normal” have been thrown around so casually as of late, that I’m pretty sure MerriamWebster will be choosing one of them for its 2020 word of the year.

If I’m being honest — and bear with me here — I’m exhausted.

To clarify, I’m not “over” this pandemic; in fact, I’m far from over it. My parents and siblings in New York are far from over it; my sister and her family in Los Angeles are far from over it; my best friend, a frontline nurse in New Jersey, is far from over it; the families who lost a loved one so suddenly are far from over it. Need I go on?

What I’m over is feeling diminished in the shadow of this virus, and I’m tired of suppressing my usual optimistic outlook to make way for this pandemic pessimism. I’ve been down this road before, and trust me, this type of nonstop negative thinking doesn’t get us anywhere.

In 2013, I was a witness to the Boston Marathon bombings.

To this day, it’s still difficult for me to talk about it. I don’t like the look of pity that crosses someone’s face when I mumble that I ran it that year. I don’t like that my first Boston experience will always have an asterisk because of a horrendous and cowardly terrorist attack.

Most of all, I’m heartbroken

that three innocent lives were taken during an event that showcases the beauty of the human spirit. Anyone who has run Boston knows it’s a race characterized by strength, resiliency, and above all else: community.

Crowds of spectators line the entire 26.2 mile course cheering athletes onward. Runners, despite their fatigue, high-five at the top of Heartbreak Hill, and hug each other as they stumble across the finish.

This camaraderie alone makes the Boston Marathon every runner’s unicorn race — and on April 15, 2013 it was changed forever.

Years after the event, I was unhealthy and unhappy. I felt afraid and powerless, and instead of seeking help and acknowledging my pain, I isolated and adopted destructive coping patterns because it seemed easier. Today, I wish I could go back in time and reassure my former self that we don’t have to close off when life becomes unpredictable and scary.

After Boston, people talked of the helpers — the first responders and spectators who stepped in to carry survivors to safety. There was no politicizing of the event. Even when intense safety measures were enacted the following year; people simply did what was innate: they rallied together.

The unknowns of this pandemic have stirred up a lot of emotions

in everyone. From politicizing pandemic protocol, to social policing on the internet, to arguing over rights and restricted physical contact, it’s no wonder society is, quite frankly, a mess.

I think about how suddenly everyone knows best, and can hardly handle listening to someone with an opposing viewpoint. Friends, right now we don’t know much, and we might not for years.

Our community is relatively tight-knit. We don’t have to look toward the federal government for support, because I don’t know if it’s even there; but maybe, as we navigate these inevitable transitions, we can look towards each other.

Moving forward, I strongly urge everyone to be graceful and gentle with one another — regardless of your personal pandemic opinions.

Try saying “I love you” more, reach out when you are ready, and let yourself laugh. Let me repeat myself: friends, it’s okay to laugh.

We can get creative; we can recreate responsibly; we can whirl through a multitude of thoughts and emotions at any given time and still be decent human beings. And we can think about how we want to be remembered; will it be partisan arguing or connective growth?

I choose connective growth.

What about you?

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Happy to wear a mask

Dear Community: On behalf of Gene Schilling and myself, thank you.

This election was unlike any other, as it landed amidst a pandemic and disallowed any typical candidate-connection with the voters or anyone else for that matter. For that reason in particular, we were thrilled to see an unprecedented voter turnout. To that end: thank you for voting; thank you for participating; thank you for entrusting us with your confidence.

We are grateful to The Sopris Sun for interviewing all three candidates and keeping a bit of perspective on our democratic processes, even during a pandemic. We are grateful to Fire District's staff, crews and volunteers who continue to provide emergency services throughout the region. We are grateful to our fellow board members. We are grateful to the many officials who made the election possible, under unparalleled circumstances, and who validated every ballot received. We are grateful to our friends and families, who supported us during this bizarre election cycle. And, finally, we are grateful to our opponent, Joe Enzer, for running for public office and for his service to the Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District in the past.

Gene and I look forward to this three-year term and all that lies ahead for the Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District.

Gene Schilling and Sydney Schalit Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District Directors

Dear Editor: I hope this letter finds you and your family safe, well and happy.

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about mask wearing. To wear a mask is such an easy way to say I am part of the whole, but no less than the whole with a keen awareness of the interconnectedness of us all.

I will happily wear a mask to honor and protect the life of another. It is out of compassion for you my unknown friend that I show up masked with a smile in my eyes for you.

It’s so simple. We can never go wrong if our intention is compassion for ourselves and others.

In loving kindness, Stephanie Janiga Carbondale

Light show Dear Editor: Look up at the night Flickering fireflies below Diamond stars beyond JM Jesse Glenwood Springs

Mainstream Dems not telling whole story Dear Editor: I was furious when I heard a poll conducted by the Colorado Democratic Party showed John Hickenlooper, and Hickenlooper only, would beat Cory Gardner by 18 points. They didn’t even test how the other Democratic

challenger, Andrew Romanoff, would fare against the Republican incumbent.

Romanoff might rout Gardner by more than that if he gets the chance. He won the party assembly by such a wide margin that no other candidate qualified for the primary by that route — including Hickenlooper. The former governor will hafta petition to get on the ballot. In a recent debate, Romanoff laid out a detailed, progressive agenda for Colorado and the country while Hickenlooper looked as lost in the headlights as Joe Biden did.

This is the same ole shit the Democratic National Committee pulled on Bernie Sanders.

The DNC spread the message Sanders wasn’t electable because of his “radical” proposals forgetting that Sanders polled nearly as well head to head with Trump as Joe Biden did.

Turns out, the corporate Dems are just as reactionary as the GOP. The old party faithful are blind to the radical changes we are in want of and the younger generation is willing to make.

The millennials know this country doesn’t need to be tweaked. It requires a massive overhaul.

The mainstream Dems wanna play it safe with a middle of the road, ruffle no feathers candidate with a lotta name recognition. With the perilous position this country is in, the most dangerous approach we could take is to play it safe.

Fred Malo Jr. Carbondale

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Gavin Dahl changes the dial

By Kate Phillips Sopris Sun Correspondent Gavin Dahl, KDNK station manager, has been a familiar voice for listeners across the western slope for over four years, but on June 30, he will be signing off KDNK radio to shift the dial towards fatherhood.

“My wife and I are moving to Montrose,” Dahl said. “This is really about me spending more time with our 17-month-old daughter Ember.”

In mid-March, Dahl and his wife Katie, made the transition to working from home. Like many people around the world, the Dahls have been navigating full-time jobs while also caring for a young child.

During the quarantine, Dahl was spending more time with Ember, and it soon became clear to him that she was in an exciting time developmentally, he wanted to soak up every moment.

At this point in KDNK’s growth, Dahl said it would be a disservice to the station to become a part time manager, so he has decided it was time to move on.

However, Dahl will not be leaving the airwaves just yet, as he will be continuing his broadcasting career over the hill at KVNF radio in Paonia. Recently expanding to better serve the people of Montrose and Ouray counties, KVNF opened a new studio in Montrose, called Studio M. Dahl will step in as the station’s news reporter and Morning Edition host, he will also become their first staffer in over 40 years to be based outside of Paonia when he signs on this summer.

A promising career Dahl fondly remembered his first writing gig for the Snohomish Tribune, featuring his high school baseball team. Not long after that initial experience, he honed in on his interests as a music columnist for the Austin American-Statesman.

“I was obsessed with radio and alternative media like news weeklies,” Dahl said. “I grew up reading The Stranger in Seattle and The Austin Chronicle. In January of 2000 I got my first radio show on KVRX Austin — None of the hits, all of the time.”

Dahl finished his degree at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA, and immediately immersed himself in the world of broadcasting. It was when Dahl started working simultaneously at Alternative Radio with David Barsamian and at Denver-based nonprofit Open Media Foundation (OMF), that he realized he was capable of leading an organization.

At OMF, Dahl regularly traveled to the Roaring Fork Valley as manager of a government transparency team. When the opportunity arose to apply for the news director position at KDNK in 2016, Dahl seized the moment.

“I don’t know of any other station that has the breath of talented volunteers that KDNK does,” Dahl said. “I’ve been in this game for over 20 years, and I think KDNK’s DJs have some of the best music taste in the radio world.” Less than a year after being hired, Dahl was promoted to station manager becoming one of the nation’s youngest station managers in public radio.

The manager’s legacy From engaging listeners and members to rallying donors and volunteers, Dahl’s time at KDNK has been marked by consistently finding ways to evolve KDNK and make public radio more accessible. During the Lake Christine fire, Dahl and former news director Raleigh Burleigh reflected that KDNK needed to do better for the Spanish-speaking community. Dahl facilitated digital Spanish-speaking programming and helped implement the award winning morning show Charlando con Crystal, founded by New Castle City Councilwoman Crystal Mariscal.

“The award is wonderful and it’s a nice thing to celebrate, but really the point was KDNK can adapt, and evolve, and flex, and reflect what the people in the community need,” Dahl said.

By evolving traditions, such as Ladies’ Arm Wrestling, Mr. Roaring Fork, and the record sale at Potato Day, Dahl said that KDNK’s budget has grown over the last 3 years, and is in excellent standing. Building off the leadership of previous station managers, Dahl has also helped KDNK see an increase in the federal grant match, donors, underwriting, and memberships. Additionally, with the encouragement of the board, Dahl has worked tirelessly to facilitate an earned income initiative for staff members.

Gavin Dahl takes a moment out of DJ-ing to reflect on his time at KDNK. Photo by Jane Bachrach For Dahl, however, his accomplishments at KDNK have been far from an individual effort.

“It’s the [volunteers and staff ] who put in their passion and commitment to serving the audience of KDNK, and who deserve the praise,” Dahl said. “A big part of my job is to facilitate the access and transmission of the talent of others. It’s not KGAV, it’s KDNK.” With the future looming closer, Dahl knows the station is in good hands and it will continue to thrive.

“There is amazing, talented, and loyal staff stepping up right now, and there are over 100 volunteers ready to get back into the studio,” he said.

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Dream on This year’s 5Point Dream Project winners have been announced!

William Bingaman, a junior at Roaring fork High School, will work on developing more positive mental health among students district-wide.

RFHS junior Ruthie Brown hopes to travel to Brazil where she will work in a local women’s shelter by day and teach self-defense to students in an afterschool program. Talon Carballeira, another Roaring Fork junior, will use his skills as a bike mechanic, to build bikes and trailers for the local homeless population. Cassidy Meyer, a junior at the Colorado Rocky Mountain School, will travel to and volunteer at a Spanish language school in rural Nicaragua. CRMS seniors Nicole Peirson and Tess Munro also plan to travel to Nicaragua, to help teach English to children. Mike Xie, a

junior at CRMS, will be returning to his home in Shanghai, where he plans to create a documentary about the fading culture of native people due to urbanization. And Coal Ridge junior Joseph Thompson will make his own music at a professional level so that he can pursue a career as a DJ-producer.

They say it’s your birthday Folks celebrating another trip around the sun this week include: Louis Meyer, Joan Lamont, Dorie Hunt and Alex Salvidrez (May 28); Clark Cretti (May 29); Jay Harrington and Rianna Briggs (May 30); Carolyn Sackariason, Chip Munday, Debbie Romanus (June 1); Li McBrayer, Tracy Trulove and Easton O’Flannery (June 2) Anna Ramirez and Trary Maddalone LaMee (June 3). Also, June 1 marks the 30th Anniversary of Sunsense Solar in Carbondale! Look for a profile in one of the local papers soon, or visit sunsensesolar.com to find out more in the meantime!

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What's the allure of fly fishing?

By Roberta McGowan Sopris Sun Staff It’s spring in the Roaring Fork Valley.

For people who love to fish, that means gearing up for the sport, while waiting for snowmelt runoffs to move from being fast and furious — and muddy — to easy running, clear rivers.

But, what is it about fly fishing that hooks so many people and, hopefully, fish?

Ask Tony Fotopulos, owner and outfitter at Alpine Anglers, who responded, “People here see it all around the Valley and are curious.”

“It’s zen-like and an art form that started several hundred years ago in Europe,” he continued and added fly fishing skills take time to learn. So he noted “Lessons are helpful, just like in skiing, to shorten the learning curve.”

Carbondale is also home to the Crystal Fly Shop, where Kirk Webb, manager, echoed those sentiments and said, “Newcomers to the sport of fly-fishing enjoy the mental chess match of battling wits with a far superior opponent amongst oft beautiful surroundings. People enjoy fly fishing because it connects us with nature and gives us time for reflection and thought. Ironically, it’s not about the fish for the masters of the sport.”

Webb described the current river conditions, "Fish are quite happy and hearty after a big runoff and feeding on big bugs.

And the middle river (Carbondale to Basalt) has great water clarity.”

He added, “We fish all year long here.”

Asked if he felt the reader would now be more curious. Assuming the answer to be “yes,” Webb smiled, “We thought so.”

Spring runoff usually ends in late June depending on the size of the snowpack at the headwaters of the Colorado, Crystal, Roaring Fork and Frying Pan rivers. Last year as runoff began, this region had 105 percent of the normal snowpack. This year, however, the spring snowpack was down to 87 percent. Meteorologists reported the warm spring temperatures melted much of what was there.

In addition, experts with the United States Drought Monitor, a partnership between the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of NebraskaLincoln, the United States Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration credit the dry soils, which soak up spring snowmelt before it gets to streams.

The COVID19 crisis has encouraged fly fishing, according to the nonprofit Trout Unlimited, Angling Trade Media and the American Fly Fishing Trade Association (AFFTA), to near the top of the list of safe activities which help maintain social distancing.

These organizations all recommended that anglers stay at least a nine-foot fly rod distance apart, wear some type of face covering like a neck gaiter, don’t drive together, net your own fish and go out locally mostly with family members.

Fly fishing beginner and Carbondale Police Officer Paul Lazo, took a giant leap into the

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fishing world by recently taking a lesson with Alpine Anglers guide Coleman Walker.

As Lazo explained,“I fished as a kid but never tried fly fishing. My work as a police officer can be stressful, so I thought this sport would be a good way to relax.”

According to Orvis.com, fly fishing is an angling technique where an artificial "fly" is used to fool fish into biting. The techniques used to cast and present the weightless fly differ greatly from any other form of angling.

Fly fishermen use flies that resemble aquatic insects, baitfish, and other prey sources, and are created by tying natural feathers to a hook to replicate the natural subject of the fish’s attention.

Also, according to the National Park Service, Fly fishing is one of the most adventurous ways to enjoy public lands and waterways because often involves walking or hiking to your fishing spot.

Fotopulos explained the importance of tying the best fly,” You have to make it look alive and real, like the real insects fish eat.”

“That’s all fish do: swim and eat,” he pointed out.

To keep game fish viable and protect spawning (reproducing ), the concept of “catch and release” was initially promoted by angler Chuck Fothergill, who owned the first fishing shop in Aspen, as a conservation technique.

Using hooks without barbs, anglers can safely remove the fly and return the fish to the water.

The Valley is also home to the Roaring Fork Valley Fly Fishing Club formed in 2014 by a group of anglers “interested in

Under the watchful eye of angler guide Coleman Walker, Paul Lazo learns the art of fly fishing. Photo by Roberta McGowan promoting the sport of fly fishing through community events and classes on casting and fly tying and getting people out on the water enjoying our rivers.”

One angler, responding to a story in SkiHi News, commented, “If only more people understood the beauty of fishing in general and what it brings to the mind, body and soul. Dawn patrol, cool air, cold water and just flicking your rod.”

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GRADUATION INFORMATION

RFHS graduation procession route

Local Scholarship Awards Roaring Fork High School would like to celebrate the generous contributions from our local scholarship committees! Thank you for supporting our RAMS! We wish all of our students the best of luck in their future educational pursuits!

American Legion Post 100 Men’s Scholarship — Jose Garcia Banuelos American Legion Post 100 Women’s Auxiliary — Kylie Orf Aspen Board of Realtors — Alexa Arrazate, Ruby Fuller, Jesus Gomez Rodriguez, Diego Mendoza, Estefany Revilla, Joseline Sanchez Garcia, Joana Soto Castanon, Jaime Vega Gutierrez Aspen Thrift Store — Isabella Lee Brenda Patch — Emily Broadhurst Buddy Program — Robin Requeno, Michelle Topete Carbondale Rotary — Alexa Arrazate, Jesus Rodriguez, Rex Hamilton, Lucia Penzel, Lucas Schramer Colorado P.E.O — Katie Marquez Requeno, Madison Thompson

Harley Baldwin Memorial — Alexa Arrazate, Joseline Sanchez Garcia Jake Foerster Music Arts Fund — Henri Jones, Lance Weidemann Jean M. Blue Scholarship (through the Western Colorado Community Foundation) — Joseline Sanchez Garcia John Haines Opportunity Scholarship — Cindy Sorto Machuca John Gold Pre Collegiate — Alexa Arrazate, Mariana Cortes Zuniga, Nalleli Franco Vasquez, Ruby Fuller, Bria Gomez, Jesus Gomez Rodriguez, Katie Marquez Requeno, Diego Mendoza, Sara Ramirez Lopez, Brenda Ramirez Perez, Robin Requeno, Estefany Revilla, Joseline Sanchez Garcia, Joana Soto Castanon, Michelle Topete, Diego Valdez Duran, Jaime Vega Gutierrez Kathryn M Long — Mariana Cortes Zuniga Mary Lilly Endowment Scholarship (presented by DAR) — Lance Weidemann

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RFHS Booster Club — Diego Valdez Duran, Estefany Revilla

Glenwood Springs Association of Realtors — Joseline Sanchez Garcia, Diego Mendoza

DREAM US National Scholarship — Mariana Cortes Zuniga

Trashmasters — Ruby Fuller

RFHS Class of 2020 Graduation!

The grads will leave the school bound for Main Street at roughly 11:15 a.m. on May 30

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Bridges High School Graduation

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On the air Tune in to KDNK (88.1 FM / KDNK.org) from 7 to 9 p.m.

Thursday, May 28 to listen as the graduates talk about graduation and share their appreciation. The show will open with a speech from Bridges’ Valedictorian.

In the parking lot Families sharing a household with a graduate will assemble at 6 p.m. Friday, May 29 at the school, park their vehicles and listen safely from inside the car as each graduate is announced on air.

Adhering to social distancing guidelines, graduates will individually exit their vehicles as their name is called. Bridges’ staff will celebrate each student with a few statements. Valedictorian, Salutatorian, Outstanding Achievement, and Citizenship awards will be announced and recognized as well.

Families and friends unable to attend can tune in to KDNK.

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By Wyatt Smetzer CCRMS Student

Since Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014, there has been consistent pressure on Ukraine to defend its territory from Russia’s imperial desires. Ukraine asked the United States for help in fighting a common adversary, so Congress allotted nearly $400 million in military aid, in the summer of 2019, to help Ukraine fight off Russian forces.

Strangely, the aid was withheld from Ukraine for an unknown reason.

July 25, 2019 — the day after Robert Mueller testified before Congress — President Donald J. Trump corresponded with the newly elected President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. The Ukranian president discussed Ukraine’s issues with Russian aggression and a possible White House visit. In the transcript of the call, Trump agreed to help Ukraine and grant Zelensky a White House visit but said, “I would like you to do us a favor though.”

This favor was for Zelensky to agree to announce an investigation into Hunter Biden’s involvement in a Ukranian energy company, thereby defaming Joe Biden’s credibility.

On Aug. 12, a whistleblower filed an anonymous complaint with the inspector general of the intelligence community. In the whistleblower’s report, they claimed that the “President of the United States is using the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign [power]” in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. After the whistleblower’s report, information came forward revealing that Donald Trump had withheld aid

Trump’s impeachment is still relevant from Ukraine to pressure Zelensky to investigate Hunter Biden. This whistleblower’s statement prompted the House of Representatives to begin an impeachment inquiry.

The House of Representatives, after hearing testimony from multiple career government officials, passed two articles of impeachment.

The first article was Abuse of Power, stating the president overstepped his constitutionally allotted executive power by interfering in the United States election and the right of the American people to democratically choose their president. The second was Obstruction of Congress, stating the president obstructed the House’s investigation of impeachable offenses by withholding witnesses and documents. While the House could have waited 6-8 months for the courts to rule on the matter, they decided to send the articles to the Senate for trial.

Over the course of a week, debate and questions occurred, but the trial was still lacking a vital component: evidence. Republicans, with two exceptions, voted against allowing witnesses to testify in the Senate impeachment trial.

Although it may seem absurd to not allow witnesses to testify in a trial, the White House Counsel and Republican leadership carried on as if everything was normal.

Adam Schiff and others began the trial by stating the president’s actions constituted an impeachable offense because he solicited a foreign power to interfere in the election. The White Counsel argued that soliciting a foreign power to interfere in an election is not a crime and therefore not an impeachable offense.

The reality is the White House counsel’s argument is inconsistent and incorrect. Someone does not have to commit a crime to be impeached, and not all impeachable offenses are considered crimes. According to former Solicitor general Neal Katyal, When Vice President Arron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton, Burr was not impeached even though he had committed the highest crime in the land. The Founding Fathers, when meeting at the Constitutional Convention in 1787, observed that

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the greatest threat to American sovereignty was not a simple crime such as murder or theft, but rather an act of foreign intervention––initiated by a rogue American politician.

In George Washington’s farewell address, he proclaimed, “history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.”

Impeachment was created to keep the president in check, making certain that no single entity could strip away our democratic system only to leave in place an authoritarian leader. Vice President Mike Pence, while serving in Congress in 2008, defined the high crimes and misdemeanors of an impeachable offense as “whether or not the person serving as President of the United States put their own interests, their personal interests, ahead of public service.” If the Republican party supports Trump’s legal team, thereby no longer believing in our country’s founding principles, then they have chosen a path of inconsistency.

In my opinion, shared by constitutional experts Neal Katyal of Georgetown University and Noah Feldman of Harvard University, when Trump asked Ukraine to slander the integrity of a political rival, he was putting his own interests ahead of the American people’s. Trump’s lawyer Alan Dershowitz declared, “If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment.” In other words, Dershowitz stated that Trump can interfere in any election because he is the president. This implies that the executive office of the president has unchecked power, directly ignoring any political philosophy derived from the Founders. The arguments made by the White House Counsel during the trial, including Dershowitz’s bizarre legal opinion, are uniformly erroneous and subjective. The majority of their time was spent presenting red herrings instead of speaking to a legal argument that could be supported by the constitution — making false statements that did not properly address the issue at hand.

After almost a week of debate, the Senate voted to acquit Donald Trump on both articles of impeachment. The votes — expected since the beginning of the trial — were along party lines, excepting Mitt Romney’s sole Republican vote to convict Trump on Abuse of Power.

Just a few days after the president’s acquittal, Donald Trump felt empowered to remove White House Ukraine expert Alexander Vindman, and ambassador to the E.U., Gordon Sondland from their respective positions for testifying in the House impeachment inquiry. Additionally, the president called for the Justice Department to intervene in a case regarding his former campaign advisor Roger Stone. Attorney General William Barr commented on this undermining of the legal system and the Justice Department — saying that Trump’s attack on the prosecutors of Stone’s case makes “it impossible for me to do my job and assure the courts and the prosecutors in the department that we’re doing our work with integrity.”

These recent accounts of betraying resolute political ethics will only continue to occur due to the justification of Trump’s actions by party loyalists. When the president was “exonerated” — which in reality he never was — of working with Russians to interfere in the 2016 election, he felt enabled to call Volodymyr Zelensky only a day after Robert Mueller’s testimony. If Donald Trump was just acquitted for committing George Washington’s and Mike Pence’s definitions of an impeachable offense, what will Trump feel enabled to do now?

My naive solution, the call to action, would be for everyone to vote the greatest threat to the United States Constitution (ever recorded in American history) out of office.

However, if you were paying any attention to what I wrote above, you would understand that Donald Trump has undeniably attempted to interfere with elections in the past, and he will attempt to interfere with elections in the future.

My cynical solution? Do whatever we can to keep Justice Ginsburg alive until 2024.

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OPINION

JUST MUTT

By Stan Badgett

DEAR HEART. TINY YOUNG.

She pastored the Pentecostal Holiness Church right here in Carbondale. It was a simple concrete block structure painted white with an A-frame roof. No elegance or grandeur; nothing formidable about it. Actually, it was a welcoming place with an old-fashioned black-letter sign simply announcing the "Pentecostal Holiness Church."

Made you wonder what went on in there.

As for Tiny, she was a downto-earth kind of saint with a raspy voice and salty sense of humor.

She wore plain clothing such as a farmer's wife might wear, and she

Tiny — a bighearted woman pulled her hair up in a bun. Plain, simple, and shrewd; she could penetrate you in an instant. She had a raucous, ribald sense of the absurdity of the human condition.

Sharing friendship with her stirred up a well of living water in my soul. She relished life deeply. She had crinkly eyes.

When we landed in Carbondale in 1970, our hippy friends in Boulder wondered what had happened to us, so they hopped on a freight train and came over. Here they were, sitting on the front pew of the Pentecostal Holiness Church in Carbondale, drinking it all in. It was the custom in that church to pray loudly all at once; I don't know if that startled our guests or not. Among them was Bill Stephens, who later was gunned-down in his apartment in Boulder (maybe drugs, maybe politics?), and Harold Parker, who would become a hermit in Alaska (and later an elder in the Orthodox Church).

Once, Walt Smith and his jazz combo came to visit our church. They regaled us with a performance of "Little Bit," a song they had recently composed. Then they tore into "When the Saints,"

at which point we could no longer stay in our seats, but leaped up and began marching around the sanctuary, intoxicated with glee.

At one point in the early ‘70s, my wife and I and our two children had no place to live and precious little to eat. Tiny invited us to stay with her in the basement of the Pentecostal Holiness Church. I was waiting for my first paycheck from Black Gold insulation. I didn't yet know enough to look for work in Aspen.

Memorably, Sister Tiny boiled a pot of turnips for me. They were mighty good. Her secret was to add sugar into the boiling water.

She told us stories of her flapper days in the Roaring Twenties. She could still do the Charleston and the routine with the crazy knees.

That would slap a grin on her face.

We got to the point where there was no food left in Tiny's kitchen. She flung the cupboard doors open and began to pray demonstratively, "Lord, my barn is bare!" I went down to Larry's L'il Super on Main Street (where the Frame Shop is now) and told Larry Mullins the situation. "We can't have that," said Larry. He hustled around the store and

Tiny Young.

Photo by Jerri Zbiral filled two sacks to the brim with groceries. "No charge," he said.

Tiny's social circle included such notables as Mabel West, Gracie Cowan, Jewel Thompson, Martha Wichey, and Elda Darien.

They would swap cares, concerns, and observations about the day.

Mabel's son was a lokie driver at the coal mine. Jewel told us once that she had a "ministry of worry."

Gracie, who lived on the north edge of town, let a friend of mine, Tim Willett, live in a bus on her property. Later, Henry Amistadi had a bus there. The entire thing was a musical instrument from the front to the back of the bus. Bells, chimes, and what-all, in her placid cow pasture.

Tiny and my wife liked to joke

about obtaining their clothes from the thrift store. Some may wear fancy dresses from Macy's.

"But I," drawled Tiny with an air of superiority, "get mine at the Near New." Dorene and I invited Tiny to go on a jaunt with us down to the Black Canyon. Sure, she'd go.

She hopped in the car and off we went, enjoying good fellowship all the way down, laughing, praying, swapping stories. We had no provision for an overnight. At the canyon rim we decided to spend the night in the car, so we just sat there and fell asleep, Dorene and I in the front seat, and Tiny, longsuffering Tiny, in the back. In the morning we got up, stretched, and drove home.

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Why don’t we do it in the road?

Town enables outdoor space for restaurants

By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Staff A block of Main Street will be subject to one-way traffic and weekly full closures after Carbondale trustees empowered staff to hammer out a specific plan for dining deeper in the right of way.

The idea is to use the margins of Main for extra seating in restaurants struggling with requirements to reduce density by 50 percent — and, as Lari Goode of Phat Thai pointed out, take advantage of the fresh air.

“One of the main goals of having people eat outside is that it’s safer,” she noted.

Goode also urged the Town to be as inclusive as possible — giving consideration to retail establishments and restaurants outside of downtown, as well. And the unanimously-approved memorandum does include provisions allowing businesses to convert parking into premises — though for liquor law purposes, it has to be directly adjacent to the storefront.

An actual street closure, however, had a number of logistical challenges, with an array of competing visions and examples to consider.

The Carbondale Chamber and Creative District recently completed a survey on the subject, but at least in Trustee Erica Sparhawk’s assessment, it

wasn’t conclusive.

“Reading the survey, it doesn’t seem like it was a no-brainer for all the businesses,” she said.

Carbondale Arts Director Amy Kimberly wasn’t daunted.

“If we were ever going to try it, this could be worth it,” she said. “I think we could create a really amazing space… So many communities are doing this.”

Crested Butte struck Trustee Heather Henry as an obvious model, with a cohesive look and minimal set up and take down. That seemed to support a full closure — with emergency vehicle access, open cross streets and perhaps alley access for takeout or a designated pick up point at the Fourth Street Plaza.

But a straw poll conducted by Mayor Dan Richardson saw little consensus on the issue of a total closure or one lane option — though there did seem to be general support for starting with just the 300 block.

It was Ben Bohmfalk who proposed a compromise: one-way traffic around the clock, with full closures from 5 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday to ease pedestrian access.

In response to Chamber Director Andrea Stewart’s inquiry as to which direction the one-way would be, Town Manger Jay Harrington explained that they’d want to encourage a right turn onto Colorado Avenue, the main bypass. That likely means an east-towest one-way on Colorado and westto-east traffic on that section of Main.

The closure established, the question became the extent of the Town’s

responsibility. Trustees committed to providing handicap accessibility and approved $20,000 for barricades, with the intent of providing some to businesses seeking to expand into parking spaces. But they stopped short of buying furniture, hoping instead that restaurants might collaborate to create a cohesive look.

An exact date for the closure is still up in the air, pending a more focused survey and final details. And there’s always the possibility that the closure will expand in time or space. But, Stewart said, “I feel like this would be a good first step.”

In other action, trustees…

Presented Mary Kenyon of Valley Meals and More with the “Community Hero” award.

Heard from a man in a Darth Vader mask, who urged municipal employees to lead by example by wearing masks inside Town Hall.

Were informed that playgrounds, picnic pavilions and the skateboard park have reopened. The RV Park and Rec. Center submitted plans to the county for a June 1 opening — albeit with limited offerings, set time slots and reduced cost.

Discussed the high level of land use applications, with a specific reminder that the next Planning and Zoning meeting is slated for May 28.

Agreed to maintain Zoom meetings throughout June, and discussed how to better moderate chat and ensure participation after the meeting has started.

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By Roberta McGowan Sopris Sun Staff There may be a light at the end of the tunnel for Basalt businesses. By a unanimous vote, Basalt Town Council approved two ordinances designed to boost the financial picture for struggling retail operations.

First, the council amended its Local Disaster Emergency Declaration to permit applications for temporary modifications to expand the premises of restaurants with liquor licenses. They must comply with social distancing and applicable public health orders. Modifications may include outdoor dining areas.

Property owners must submit diagrams of existing premises and also proposed modifications. Councilman Bill Infante said masks are required for employees and patrons, with the Town’s mask-wearing requirements extended to June 23. In closed kitchen situations, staff may not have to wear them.

He added that care must be taken to protect patrons next to a roadway and may require barriers or staff to be stationed in those outside areas to control alcohol use. Additionally, restaurants need to make sure their business insurance will cover the expanded area.

The council then tackled the Basalt Bucks Stimulus Program.

As previously used, it initial let people purchase a $5 coupon and treat it as cash and be used at participating merchants. Newer versions were later approved at higher amounts. Mayor Bill Kane explained that Basalt Bucks used to be $75 to buy one, each with a $100 face value. Businesses would then have to bring the vouchers and receipts to Town Hall for reimbursement.

However, Town Manager Ryan Mahoney presented an alternate approach which called for $20 coupons being mailed to all 2400 Basalt households.

“The key difference is the initial proposal was designed to specifically benefit businesses,” he said. “The plan staff recommended is a direct transfer of money to residents.”

With this new plan, Mahoney noted, the Town will know exactly how the money is spent. The proposal, he noted, would cost $43,000 and would probably see 75 percent participation. Council Member Ryan Slack felt that the new plan would be simpler to process and could be implemented just this summer.

Infante stated, “We want to put as much money as possible in a program to stimulate the economy.”

Some members were concerned the $100 voucher would primarily benefit higher end establishments and penalize those at the lower end.

Mahoney said,” This program is not meant to be social welfare but to encourage people to shop.”

Council Member David Knight urged the Town to consider a hybrid of both with a higher amount of $40 being distributed. He stressed, “Time is of the essence.”

Council Member Gary Tennenbaum agreed saying, we need to get something going sooner rather than later, and this is a good first step.”

The $20 coupon Basalt Bucks Ordinance was approved unanimously and will be implemented with a printed timeframe for use. According to Town Clerk Pam Schilling, the distribution will begin as soon as possible.

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