By Diane Kenney Founder of the Carbondale Clay Center The Carbondale Clay Center was born in 1997. This year marks its 25th anniversary. As the founding director, I never could have imagined all that was to happen in that extremely humble building tucked in at the end of Main Street. Recently, I found myself attending a planning meeting for the future of the Carbondale Clay Center. The plan? To build a new building, five times the original size and full of wish lists, at the Center’s current location. I sat there, pleasantly Continuedstunned. page 3…
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The Carbondale Clay Center has seen many changes over the past 25 years. Friendly faces have remained a constant. Above photo of current staff by Andrew Denaro, other photos courtesy of the Clay Center
-Eugene H. Grubb, “The Potato” (1912). Between 1910 and 1945, Pitkin County produced 120,000-220,000 bushels (6,000,00011,000,000 pounds) of potatoes annually. The farm census from those years also shows a very significant production of cattle, dairy cows and cream.The loss of agricultural lands was identified decades ago as a significant threat. The central mountains lost 655,000 acres to suburban sprawl from 1987-2002 (see “Losing Ground”, Environment Colorado, 2006). We are fortunate that much of the Crystal Valley’s agricultural lands are now protected by conservation easements. These legal restrictions permanently retire development rights and protect land for continuing agricultural production. The Darien Ranch, Cold Mountain Ranch, Sustainable Settings and other key irrigated lands in the Crystal Valley are now safe from development.
The memorial for Chris and Terry Chacos was such a beautiful event filled with so many wonderful stories filled with love and laughter. It was a walk back to the years even before their lives in Carbondale began with the establishment of the Village Smithy. Years of their lives were represented in hundreds of photographs and attendees were invited to share a precious memory. It was a delight to see so many long-time Carbondalians come together to celebrate two people who touched not only each of their lives but also left a legacy for an entire town. To me, they were the patriarch and matriarch of Carbondale. So many of the current residents never had the opportunity to know this amazing duo, but they can see and feel the impact they had on our town. It not only exists in street lights, flower pots and trees, but in Carbondale’s sense of community.TheSmithy brought a community of diverse people together. They welcomed everyone and treated them with the warmth and care of extended family. That sentiment was evident in the reciprocal gratitude that flowed between family and attendees at the gathering. Thank you to Charlie and Andrea Chacos and all the speakers and organizers of this gathering. They say that these occasions are for the healing of those left behind with grieving hearts and loving memories. You brought that much-needed opportunity to all of us. Chris and Terry are so deeply missed and carried in the hearts of many. Sue Rollyson Persiko, Crystal Valley Bears in town Dear town dwellers, Please be aware of keeping yourself, home and the bears safe. There is a 19-month-old bear roaming the Crystal Village area coming up from the river to our yards. It’s old enough to be on its own but is not savvy of the risks in getting too close to human habitat. 1. It’s time to put away bird seed and suet ‘til the bears hibernate. Don’t leave family picnic ingredients out on your deck or patio. 2. If you have a compost pile, the Division of Wildlife recommends you surround it either with an electric fence or bear boards.
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5. It is against the law to fire a gun in town limits.6.Black bears do not attack people. Please use prevention rather than dangerous force. We are in their territory and we need to respect these beautiful life forms with which we share our fragileCheckplanet.guidelines from the Division of Wildlife to keep you and the bear safe at www./ bit.ly/CPWBearSafetyThanks.Happysummer to you all!
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3. Bear boards are boards with nails hammered in that you place with the nail points sticking up around the compost heap or at entryways. The official I spoke with said these work quite well. We have a toddler in the family so it won’t work for us.4.Use your voice. My neighbor yelled at the bear near my compost pile and it ran away.
It wasn’t long ago that many were predicting the end of agriculture in our valley. Rising real estate values were seen as the death knell to our local capacity to grow food. Fortunately, we’re now in the midst of a true renaissance in public concern about local food systems. Can the Crystal Valley produce food? In a word, yes. In 1912, Eugene Grubb characterized the Valley’s fertility as follows: “No part of the world is better fitted by nature for growing potatoes than the mountain districts of Colorado … The Roaring Fork and Crystal River Valley section of Colorado is as nearly perfect in soil conditions as can be found, and the potatoes grown there are not excelled anywhere in the world, and are equaled in but a few places.”
One recent conservation success story is Sunfire Ranch, a 1,240-acre spread at the mouth of Thompson Creek owned by Jason and Alex Sewell, direct descendants of its original homesteader, Myron Thompson. In the early ‘70s, the ranch was subdivided into 29 separate 35-acre parcels, spread over the canyon and ridgelines. The full development of those lots would have significantly degraded its remaining farmland as well as important habitat along Thompson Creek. The irrigated portions of the ranch have been in continuous agricultural production for over 130 years. In December of 2020, the Sewell brothers conveyed a conservation easement to Pitkin County Open Space and Trails, permanently protecting these lands.Of our historic commercial crops, until recently only beef remained in large scale production. However, with the renewed interest in local food, “bioneers” such as Jerome Osentowski have shown that virtually any plant that grows on Earth can be made to grow here, albeit sometimes under cover. Of all the new faces changing agriculture in the Crystal Valley, perhaps none is more innovative and talented than Casey Piscura, owner of Wild Mountain Seeds, based at Sunfire Ranch just south of Carbondale. Wild Mountain Seeds is a vegetable producer, transplant nursery, a seed-breeding farm and a high-altitude research and education facility. Casey founded Wild Mountain Seeds to “share the love of farming through the collection and adaptation of food-plant diversity, the development of innovative growing systems and the distribution of health-giving food and seeds with a story.” See www.wildmountainseeds.com to learn more. Casey’s produce is available every Wednesday at the Carbondale Farmers’ Market. Sunfire Ranch will host CVEPA’s upcoming 50th Anniversary Celebration at 4 p.m. on Aug. 21. This event will include a tour of Seed Peace, the nonprofit born from Wild Mountain Seeds to solve systematic problems in the local foodshed, with a mission to accelerate the transition to regenerative farming and land management in the Roaring Fork Valley. Spaces are limited for the 3 p.m. tour, sign up in advance by emailing cvepa@outlook.com; otherwise, no registration is necessary for this free event with live entertainment and a keynote address by activist Maggie Fox. We are very proud to showcase two inspiring pieces of our Valley’s local food movement: a permanently-conserved, historic ranch, now home to a cutting-edge farm. For more information, please see www.cvepa.org/
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Now, a capital campaign is in the works to construct a new building, designed specifically to house an expanded, sustainable Clay Center. Integral parts of the design include housing for three resident artists, an expanded area for small, private studios, dedicated classrooms and a large gallery with retail space. As I sat in the little cinder-block building listening to the future plans, I felt a sense of full circle… this vision, these exact words I wrote so long ago, have come true. “The pressures of economic development are familiar to all of us as we struggle to maintain the beauty of this valley and the integrity of community life here. The Clay Center will be a refuge for the community. A center, dedicated to fostering the growth of the human spirit through creative work and hands-on skill development, would genuinely contribute to deepening the cultural life of the entire valley. We live in an era when we are losing touch with ourselves, losing the pleasure of making something with our hands that didn’t exist“Tobefore.take clay into one’s hands, conceive an idea, and make a physical object of some quality becomes a redemptive, if not an almost revolutionary act. As ceramics teachers, we can say with some certainty that people in our culture desire to reclaim the use of their hands and spirits for something other than computer keyboards and remote controls. Clay is such a primal, organic,and ancient material. Making things out of clay can both comfort and nourish the human spirit.“The Carbondale Clay Center will be a place of teaching ceramic skills on all levels, fostering appreciation of the ceramic arts, bringing the community together, offering real support for potters needing a place to do their work, and giving students of all ages and backgrounds a chance to work with clay. The exact programming will flow from the needs and desires of the community."Thereexists a full circle of gratitude.
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First Friday, December 1997, marked our grand opening. We had paper bag luminaries lining and lighting the driveway. Holiday lights were strung outside; there was no streetlight at that end of the street in those days. Two hundred people trekked in the snow down Main Street and streamed through our unfinished studio that evening.Classes started in January and the Geil Kiln arrived in spring. It didn’t fit through the door, so a beloved townsman with a giant crane lifted it into the air from the opposite side of the railroad track that bordered the back of the property. He swung it over as we stood below, doing our best to center it and gently lower it to the ground. It has survived, intact, to this day. That building remains, bursting at the seams, along with two outbuildings housing resident studios. The Clay Center has grown, as has the town — now part of a statewide designated creative arts district. The programs remain robust: artist residencies drawn from national applicants, community classes, national-level workshops and a revolving gallery. Over the years, we have counted more than 40 resident artists. Now, a second generation of students is joining our classes, discovering the artistic freedom found in clay. Just driving by, you can feel the Clay Center pulsating with creative energy, the mission more alive than ever: “Enriching lives through clay, promoting excellence in clay and building community.” It’s a welcoming, one-of-a-kind place, well-loved and well-used, focused solely on the possibilities found in clay and community. It fits Carbondale well, a town that prides itself on its “messy vitality.”
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Diane Kenney served as director from 1997-2004.
Diane Kenney, founder of the Carbondale Clay Center, courtesy photo
I came out of the excellent ceramics program at the Kansas City Art Institute in the ‘70s and moved to Carbondale with my husband, John McCormick, in the early ‘80s. Carbondale was, and remains, a mix of ranchers, budding artists and people seeking connection with the outdoors, all huddled in a high mountain valley where two rivers meet and the wilderness is a stone’s throw away. In the mid-90s, I had been ruminating about starting a clay center. I saw that Carbondale was the kind of community that would be fertile ground for just such a place, where people could get their hands in clay and experience that magic. I already had my own studio and kilns just outside of town. I was teaching a few students there but quickly realized they needed a place where they could freely come and go. You can’t work with clay just once a week. I was inspired by other clay centers, like Lill Street in Chicago and, especially, Baltimore Clay works, and I dreamt of doing the same thing here. It all started with a vision. A small group of us in the Valley met a few times. We had no funds but plenty of ideas. We might have become a small co-op but, by chance, or more likely by grace, a friend, Daniel Trautman, connected me with Michael Stranahan. Mike shared a passion for clay and wished to see a local clay center. The three of us became a team, with Mike stepping up as the financial sponsor for the founding of the Carbondale Clay Center. For months, we planned to rent warehouse space in an old mining building in town but, as our plans escalated, the feasibility of that site evaporated. Mike asked me If I was going to give up. I asked him if he was and he said, “I’m not if you’re not.” So we didn’t. I rode my bike to town and hung out on a corner, asking passersby questions about various buildings that dotted the community. A friend told me about a nondescript, lonely building at the forgotten end of Main Street — a dull, one-story thing. We ended up buying that 1,500-square-foot, cinder-block building, used to store equipment for property maintenance. It had a tiny bathroom with highly irregular plumbing and a giant forced air heater hanging up in the corner, blowing dust. I had the luxury of having several months to research and work on the startup plans. Deborah Bedwell, the director of Baltimore Clayworks, generously shared information and advice about class structure and studio policies. We were able to purchase equipment and retrofit the building, which included cutting a channel in the concrete floor and installing a floor drain to a dry well so we could hose the floor in order to keep dust down.That first year, Dan, Mike and I brainstormed together. There were hours of ideas to pursue and resources to scour for. Dan did most of the physical studio setup, using recycled materials as much as possible. I worked on the vision, programs and policy planning. We took possession of the building in September 1997, becoming a bona fide nonprofit thanks to volunteer legal help. Before anything took root, we planned a dinner at a very long set of tables with 20 early supporters, just to bless the space. We made quite a few wine toasts to the unknown but glorious future of this empty building, and to all that it might become and all the wondrous, creative things that could possibly happenMikethere.stood up and declared that the main thing that would make him the happiest would be to see children in there with clay under their fingernails. It was an exciting, heady time. It was also a little scary. Mike claimed, “Well, if we’re all going to jump off a cliff, let’s hold hands and jump together.” So we did.
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Penny Hot Springs Pitkin County is requesting public input on two alternatives for access improvements at Penny Hot Springs. The public comment period will conclude on Sept. 19 and includes an open house/ presentation at the Third Street Center on Aug. 29 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Pitkin County staff will also do outreach with a booth at First Friday on Sept. 2. Learn more and comment online at www.bit.ly/ PennySurvey
The 113th Potato Day celebration is set for Saturday, Oct. 1 in Sopris Park. In honor of the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln Memorial, this year’s theme is “Marble Mash.”
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Every year, Carbondale’s 7 Star Rebekah Lodge offers scholarships to students from Basalt and Carbondale to further their education at schools in Colorado. This year’s recipients are Emmalee Machart, Dianna Montoya and T.J. Metheny. Ruben Samuelson also received a continuing year scholarship. The announcement was made on Aug. 10 by the lovely ladies at The Near New. Courtesy photo
Garfield County awarded $16,500 in discretionary grants to local nonprofits last week. Recipients were the Colorado River Valley Chamber of Commerce toward the 43rd annual Chili Cookoff ($5,000), Aspen Public Radio for Spanish-language outreach ($1,000), Colorado Mountain College Foundation toward hosting a statewide high school mountain biking championship in October ($2,000), the Glenwood Springs Art Council for its culinary arts festival ($2,000), the GlenX Career Expo ($2,500), Glenwood Springs Youth Hockey Association toward scholarships ($2,000) and Dance Initiative for its free school dance program ($2,000). The board separately approved $15,000 toward 5Point programming and $250,000 for a transit system connecting Parachute, Battlement Mesa and Rifle.
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Nonprofits serving Carbondale youth and families are eligible to apply for a cut of the town’s tobacco sales tax, approved by voters “to be used for prevention, cessation, treatment and enforcement related to tobacco product consumption, promotion of mental and physical health, education and public health programs associated with tobacco product consumption…” Find the application at www.bit.ly/CdaleWellness Crystal River excavation According to a press release from Crystal Valley Environmental Protection Association, there have been recent reports of a significant amount of work being done along the Crystal River at what is known as the Marble Airstrip. CVEPA reached out to Gunnison County which was unaware of the project. Reportedly, CVEPA did hear from the Durango office of the Army Corps of Engineers that they could not find a permit application for the project but a “courtesy notification of work” had been received in December 2021. On Aug. 12, Gunnison County issued a stop work order and a notice of violation for potential violations to the Gunnison County Land Use Resolution. This story continues to develop. No more diaper tax! As of Aug. 10, the State of Colorado no longer charges sales tax for diapers or necessary feminine hygiene products.
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“Eliminating the sales and use tax on period products, diapers and incontinence products makes these essential products more accessible and saves Coloradans money when they need it the most,” said Rep. Leslie Herod. They say it’s your birthday!
Folks celebrating another trip around the sun this week include: Rebecca Binion, Rusty Burtard, Emily Good, Lindsay Gurley and Jonathan Shamis (Aug. 18); Kyle Bruna and Lance Norton (Aug. 19); Kirsten Keenan, Eric Skalac, Sid Smock, Sarah Tory, Torrey Udall, Dan Whitney and Katherine Whitney (Aug. 20); Jan Edwards, Rick Norman and Kevin Schorzman (Aug. 21); Raine Beau, Chris Hassig, Ryan Honey, Kathy McCann and Jeannie Perry (Aug. 22); Susan Brady, Brett Haynes, Chrissy Leonard and Sarah Mac (Aug. 23); Dalton Handy, Sarah Meyer and Andrea Porter (Aug. 24).
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The festival will include a parade, market, potato carving contest, traditional barbecue lunch and other activities, including KDNK’s historic record sale and a contra dance.
For information on how to sponsor Carbondale’s oldest community event, email jwall@carbondaleco.net
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To date, only one Redstone business owner has reached out to issue an apology, and Oppenheim spoke about the power of owning mistakes and the impact that can have. “It was incredibly sincere, and many of us, staff and students alike, were shocked,” she said. A few Redstone individuals have contacted the program, but there has been no formal or larger-scale acknowledgment of the incident.“Asan ally, it’s important to admit I have blind spots,” Oppenheim explained, “like I tell our students, ‘I love you, I’m doing my best, and tell me when I’m in the wrong.’” As program director, she feels responsible for the safety and experience of students while they’re in her charge. She says it’s on us to make sure they feel safe and this summer seemed to be a blaring beacon of how much work this valley needs to heal and become a more inclusive community. “It’s our job to educate ourselves,” said Ramge. If you’d like to learn more about [HS]2 or how you can get involved, visit www.hs2.crms.org. [HS]2 students gather around during a chemistry lab experiment at Colorado Rocky Mountain School.
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By Gentrye Houghton Special to The Sopris Sun The High School High Scholar “[HS]2” program at the Colorado Rocky Mountain School (CRMS) brings roughly 70 students of color to their Carbondale campus each year for a summer of community, outdoor challenge and rigorous educational instruction. This year, the [HS]2 program ventured to the village of Redstone for the Fourth of July celebration but vacated the event early due to overt racial discrimination.“Fourthof July was the most harmful day of this summer, and likely the most harmful experience I’ve seen our students face during my [seven years of] involvement in [HS]2,” said program director Annie Oppenheim. Oppenheim described the events in Redstone which were reported by students after the fact: "One student was called the N-word; one young woman with long colorful braids was told that her hair was ‘cancerous;’ a group of students was asked if they ‘were their own parade;’ parents checked whether their children felt safe in the presence of our students at a craft table and vacated stores when our students entered or pulled their children closer to them when our students passed by; in one store a student was told they ‘couldn’t afford’ a purchase and another establishment told students they ‘had the right to refuse service.’" Overall, Oppenheim said students reported feeling like they were in the movie “Get Out” when describing how they felt watched, threatened and unsafe. They reported onlookers taking out their phones and filming scholars walking down Redstone Boulevard. The Fourth of July incident was the most overt instance of racial discrimination [HS]2 students have faced in the Roaring Fork Valley, but it was not the first. Students have also reported receiving off-putting remarks during Carbondale’s First Friday events, and [HS]2 staff members recall watching as employees followed students around during a visit to an Aspen thrift store. In fact, [HS]2 administrators originally chose to attend the festivities in Redstone hoping that the Village would provide a more “low-key” and welcoming atmosphere.[HS]2is a college access program that was founded in 2007 for students who may be the first in their families to attend college and/or come from a low-income background. Attending students identify as Black/African American, Latino, Asian American or Native American and live in either New York City, Denver, Fort Worth or New Orleans. They participate in the program free of charge thanks to support from the program’s donors. The program is a three-year commitment, five weeks per summer, which focuses on course work in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM), and college counseling. They typically spend around six hours every weekday attending academic classes on the CRMS campus and participating in the active program, which includes exposure to outdoor recreation and the arts through activities like rock climbing and ceramics. Students graduate from the program ready to apply for college. Renee Ramge of Redstone has been part of [HS]2, in some aspect, since its inception. “Of all of the kids I’ve met, every single one has such a beautiful success story,” Ramge said. “When people talk about influencing change, this is the kind of program that is achieving that.” She continued, “[[HS]2 students] are super contributors to this world. I look forward to going to lunch with them and imagining what kind of impact they may have as a doctor or what type of scientists they may become. It’s exactly what needs to happen in our society.” [HS] 2 can be a mechanism to invite and welcome more people of color to the Valley, according to Oppenheim. She said this year’s staff is the most diverse in the program’s history. Ramge’s daughter used to teach a music class with the program and commented on how wonderful it was to see a student from that music class return this year as a math teacher, and he is not alone. As the program has matured in years, a growing community of program alumni has returned to give back to [HS] 2 and seek employment in the Valley.
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The Aspen Community Foundation (ACF) wrapped up their nationwide search for the organization’s next executive director this past spring. They hired a long-time philanthropist and proven leader, Erica Snow. Previously based in Denver, Snow and her family relocated to the Roaring Fork Valley in June 2022. For the past 14 years, she worked as the portfolio director of the Colorado Health Foundation. In her role, Snow focused on the allocation of funds to organizations working in the behavioral health sector, specifically for communities in need. Additionally, she helped develop early childhood and adult recovery support systems, focused on youth and adult resiliency programs, enhanced healthcare safety nets and created equitable access to primary care. For Snow and her team of eight, it was important they worked alongside citizens to ensure the programs directly reflected the needs of the community at large. “We really wanted to see that it was led by the community, or supporting work alongside community members,” she said. This mentality came to the forefront when, as a young adult, Snow was a Peace Corps volunteer serving in Madagascar. While there, she learned that listening before action could create meaningful and sustainable change. “There is so much we can learn from others, and to really solve a problem you have to do it from within the community,” Snow said. “You have to understand the cultural context and the people, and to really have a change you have to make sure all those voices are part of the solution and that they are leading and driving it. It was an eye-opening experience and it changed me.”
Utilizing extensive research, ACF found that many impoverished children were not “kindergarten ready” which ultimately led to delayed learning over the course of their academic experiences. With this knowledge, ACF launched the Cradle to Career Initiative (CCI) to address the achievement gap created by complex and multifaceted obstacles that are intertwined with systemic poverty; obstacles that keep underprivileged children from thriving, according to the ACF website.
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Focusing on supporting children from birth through age 18, CCI starts with kindergarten readiness. Working closely with local nonprofits, CCI increases access to high-quality childcare and early education, implements home-visitations for “at-risk” families and enhances the safety and quality of family/friend/neighbor care. CCI also aids youth struggling with family stressors by expanding access to social, emotional programming. For high schoolers, a culture of college excitement is created by exposing them to career opportunities and college counseling.
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No stranger to the Valley, Snow and her team at the Colorado Health Foundation helped launch some of the region’s school-based health centers, had a deep relationship with Mountain Family Health Centers, and supported health clinics in the Colorado River Valley. Since 1980, ACF has served a diverse population from Parachute to Aspen by bridging the gap between families and the area’s available resources. Driven by data and community outreach, ACF identifies key areas of need and addresses them through networking and educational opportunities for community members, and financially by awarding grant money to local nonprofits such as Advocate Safehouse Project, Valley Settlement, Lift-Up and Stepping Stones.“Aswide as it may seem, there are so many opportunities to think about this region as a community. And to better think about the resources we have, the nonprofits that are in place and the potential partnerships and networks that can come,” Snow said. “How do we further collaborate to make sure everyone has the resources they need to thrive, particularly families and young children?”
Erica Snow, executive director of Aspen Community Foundation, believes in a strong community network to help enrich the lives of families in need. Photo by Steve Mundinger Board members meet monthly and examine how the Aspen Pitkin County Airport can accommodate the community's air service needs They keep the community's character and values at the forefront This is an alternate position and applications must be submitted by August 26th at 5:00 PM
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In 2010, on the heels of their 30th anniversary, ACF reevaluated their support pathways for young families.
For Snow and the team at ACF, the community is what drives them the most. “Since I’ve moved here, be it my team, be it the board, and anyone that I have met here, there is a deep commitment and love for the people, the beauty and the cultural richness of this region. It comes out with everyone I meet,” Snow said. “That has been inspiring.”
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Lake is owned by the U.S. Forest Service, but Colorado Parks and Wildlife manages it as a state park. The commissioners felt like they were left in the dark throughout the process. “The declaration was a surprise to Garfield County,” the letter reads, “and a marked departure from the process of establishment of other state parks in the State of Colorado.” “We’re just saying … they moved so fast that nobody followed their own rules and regulations with Sweetwater Lake,” Commissioner Tom Jankovsky stated. “We’re just trying to get everybody to slow down, follow the rules and regulations and give the Garfield County Commissioners and the citizens of Sweetwater a chance to give input into this particular project.”
As reported in a Sopris Sun article titled “Input sought for Sweetwater management” in its Feb. 3rd edition, “TCF transferred the land to the U.S. Forest Service to be added into the White River National “Sweetwater,Forest.”forthose who don’t know, is in Garfield County,” stated Commissioner Mike Samson, “and I think it is a travesty that something like this happens without consultation and working with the county commissioners and the county government.”
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"A single piñata pole can make a difference," Omar Sarabia told trustees. Photo by Raleigh Burleigh
By Raleigh Burleigh Sopris Sun Editor First, an admission. Last week, The Sopris Sun printed the incorrect date for the town’s Spanishoutreach meeting both in English in our calendar and in Spanish in Chisme del Pueblo. Moreover, we will not have this article translated until next week. These shortcomings are unintentional and evidence of the work that we share toward better access and representation. Despite room for improvement in publicizing the outreach session, there were enough guests to fill the hour and a half allocated on the Aug. 16 agenda. All but one participant addressed the trustees in English, though Convey Language Services was present to interpret the meeting live, in-person and online.Maria Judith Alvarez Quiroz, speaking in Spanish, thanked the trustees for making an effort to include more voices in their decision process.
“We’re here to listen, we’re here to learn, then we’re here to act,” said Mayor Ben Bohmfalk. He opened the session by quoting from Carbondale’s mission statement about supporting an ethnically and culturally diverse community. “We’re building on a long history of Carbondale taking pride in diversity,” he said, recognizing that more translation of public messaging and core documents, while a good effort, “is not the end of the road.”
Steve Beckley, representing the Colorado River District (CRD), appeared before the commissioners to give the organization’s quarterly report, summarizing the focus of CRD’s July 19 board meeting.
“First of all, we had a great rain last night — this has been a great monsoon season,” Beckley began, “but, unfortunately, we are still in year 22 of a very extreme drought and we’re down to a critical time for the Colorado River.” Beckley told the commissioners that CRD’s recent board meeting revolved around a statement made by Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camile Touton to a U.S. Senate committee on June 14.
The state’s position, Beckley concluded, is that Colorado is already under consuming its portion. Beckley added that the Lower Basin states did cut back to 7 million acre feet this year, but that the inflows into Lake Powel will only be between 3.5 and 4 million acre feet. “The math just doesn’t add up,” he stated. Federal update On Aug. 16, the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) announced “urgent action to improve and protect the long-term sustainability of the Colorado River System,” reads a DOI press release which goes on to explain that downstream releases from Lake Powell and Lake Mead will be reduced yet again in 2023. “In the Lower Basin, the reductions represent the second year of additional shortage declarations,” the press release continues, “demonstrating the severity of the drought and critically low reservoir conditions.” For specifics, readers can refer to the Bureau of Reclamation’s Colorado River Basin Aug. 2022 24-Month Study, at www.usbr.gov/uc/water/
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The Garfield County Commissioners began their public meeting on Monday, Aug. 15, by issuing a letter to the acting director of Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Heather Dugan, requesting answers to a list of questions regarding the process by which Sweetwater Lake became Colorado’s 43rd state Sweetwaterpark.
“Build trust with consistent communication,” agreed Brianda Cervantes, Roaring Fork Schools’ school-community organizer. Cervantes also suggested that childcare and food be provided at meetings so parents are not faced with a choice between civic engagement and other responsibilities: “be there or be a Trusteemom.”Erica Sparhawk agreed, “childcare during meetings benefits any parent with a child” that wants to address the town on an issue. “This increases accessibility to everybody.” Regarding interpretation at trustee meetings and even commission meetings, she concluded, “People need to be able to speak in the language of their heart.” “As far as next steps,” explained Bohmfalk, “the way we work in work sessions, they’re an opportunity to crack open an issue.” Although specific actions won’t occur immediately, Bohmfalk listed recommendations and committed to keep the conversation rolling.
On the question of whether Town Hall, with its proximity to the police department, is overly intimidating for immigrants, Officer Paul Lazo suggested that “schools are a big factor, people feel like school is a safe place.” Yet, “even the school district has struggled getting parents into outreach, we're not the only ones.” Lazo continued, “For so long, we haven’t had a voice. … I’m not a citizen, I’m a permanent resident. I can’t vote. I don’t have a voice, even municipally, even after being here for so long in this country. It’s a surreal moment of feeling silenced.”
The town has also sought to hire more bilingual police officers and experimented with interpretation when trustee meetings went virtual in 2020 and 2021. That service was discontinued due to its price and the lack of participation, with reportedly no one utilizing it. Guests were invited to sit among the trustees and offer ideas for better two-way communication.
project manager of the Equity Action Project at MANAUS, observed a lack of monolingual Spanish-speakers included in the invitation to this outreach meeting and recommended the trustees invest in a fulltime outreach position. On interpretation, “it can seem not worth it if no one is using it,” said Alvarez-Terrazas, “but if there's no consistency that leads to the distrust piece.”
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Land and water worries
“I think it's a great idea, I fully support it,” said trustee Colin Laird. “Our commissions are reflective of ourAlvarez-Terrazas,priorities.”
‘Carbondale es tuyo’
Included in the notes from CRD’s July 19 board meeting (provided to the commissioners), is a quote from Colorado State Engineer Kevin Rein. “We are in compliance with the compact,” Rein reportedly stated. “When it comes to using our allocation, we are way under. At the state engineer’s office, there is nothing telling me to curtail. In fact, if you have the legal right to water, and a beneficial use to put to it, then I’m encouraging people to use their water.”
Alan Muñoz Valenciano and Bryan Alvarez-Terrazas thanked Alvarez Quiroz for speaking the “language of her heart.”
Omar Sarabia, who arrived to work at Sustainable Settings from Mexico in 2015, recounted encountering a Chihuahuan carnicería and feeling convinced to stay. He is now the director of Wilderness Workshop’s Defiende Nuestra Tierra. “I would love to see more infrastructure for our Latino community,” Sarabia told trustees, “like a piñata pole at the park. … People are struggling to hang up piñatas from trees, climbing on roofs … a single piñata pole can make a difference.”
“That’s an easy ‘yes’ right there,” responded Bohmfalk. “The real work starts with building trust,” offered Muñoz Valenciano, an organizer with Voces Unidas de las Montañas, “understanding there is a power dynamic and starting to break down that barrier first.”
In addition, the commissioners sent a letter to the executive director of Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO), Jackie Miller, with a list of questions regarding its issuance of an “interestfree loan for up to $7 million to The Conservation Fund (TCF)” to purchase Sweetwater Lake and the surrounding property. Chairman John Martin noted that TCF is an out-of-state organization.Intheirletter to GOCO, the commissioners argue that at the time the loan was approved, GOCO did not have the authority to issue loans. “In fact, it was not until March 18, 2021, that GOCO adopted a policy for loan eligibility,” the letter states. Even then, the commissioners claim the renewed policy still “fails to identify any authority for GOCO to issue loans.”
Trustee Luis Yllanes, who organized the session, proposed forming a special commission that would act as an intermediary between Latino residents and trustees.
Beckely read directly from a CRD report, stating that Touton had announced to the committee “‘that the seven states in the Colorado River Basin need to develop a plan to reduce their total consumption use by between 2 and 4 million acre feet of water before the middle of August’ — so, that’s today,” continued Beckley. “‘If states are not able to do so, the commissioner indicated that the Bureau of Reclamation will take unilateral action to reduce system consumption.’ So, everybody is pretty much scrambling to figure out what that means,” stated Beckley.
MARBLE EXTRAVAGANZA Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers gets to work in Marble with a weekend campout and several stewardship projects. Camping is available on Friday and Saturday nights with pre-registration and breakfast is included. Learn more at www.rfov.org/
HAPPY HOUR DANCE Jen Campbell and Meagan Londy Shapiro lead an evening dance class at The Launchpad from 6:15 to 7:30 p.m. Tickets and more info at www.danceinitiative.org
8 • THE SOPRIS SUN • soprissun.com • Aug. 18 - Aug. 24, 2022 COMMUNITY CALENDAR Determination is written all over Nick Said’s face as he returns a shot from his opponents during Jaywalker's second annual tourneytournament.pickleballThetookplace at the Photocircuit!"readytimefrom"Weanunrated,Although16Sunday,inPickleballYoung-CalawayCourtsCarbondaleonAug.14,withteamscompeting.playerswereaccordingtounnamedinsider,hadeverythingliterallyfirst-playerstothosetohitthebyJaneBachrachWith the Crystal Valley Environmental Protection Association ofCelebrate50YearsProtectingtheCrystalValley For more info and directions to the ranch, visit environmental1972-2022cvepa.orgKeynotebyMaggieFoxactivistandformerCEOoftheClimateRealityProjectLiveMusicfromNatalieSpeers,JacksonEmmer,andKenGentryLocalFoodbyBackDoorCateringLocalBeerbyIdylwildeBrewing AugustSunday,21 4pm at the Sunfire Ranch THURSDAY, AUGUST 18 FINAL RODEO Carbondale’s summer rodeo series concludes at the Gus Darien Arena this Thursday. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. with slack at 6 p.m. and grand entry at 7:30 p.m. COCKTAILS AT COFFMAN Enjoy an evening of cocktails and horsd’oeuvres at Coffman Ranch while supporting Aspen Valley Land Trust at 5:30 p.m. Tickets at www.avlt.org
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LIPBONE REDDING
SAY IT WITH CLAY The Carbondale Clay Center hosts a national exhibition of ceramic art with an opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m.
DOG DAY 5K Run (or walk) in support of Colorado Animal Rescue. The 5K race starts at Two Rivers Park in Glenwood Springs at 9 a.m. Register in-person at 8 a.m. the day of the event or online through Aug. 19 at www.coloradoanimalrescue.org
COMMUNITY OVEN
Love children and stories? Want to stay young at heart? Join the Roaring Fork Valley Storyteller for a volunteer training today or Aug. 24 from 1 to 3 p.m. To register, call Kim at 970963-1689 or Jill at 970-379-2224.
CLIMATE CHANGE
YARN CLUB Roaring Fork Yarn Club meets at SoprisPark at 9 a.m. All are welcome.
STEVE’S GUITARS Steve’s Guitars welcomes Joe Alan and Lindsay Arnold, performing at 8 p.m.
BASALSA Basalt’s salsa-dancing extravaganza returns, at The Arts Campus at Willits in partnership with The Buddy Program and Mezcla Socials, beginning at noon and continuing into the evening. This event is free. More info at www.tacaw.org
SINGING BEAUTY Jan Garrett and JD Martin perform at the Third Street Center from 7 to 8:30 p.m. For tickets, visit thecenterforhumanflourishing.orgwww.
YOUTH AUTHORS Local teen authors Luana Poston and Sophia Wilson share their new book, “Spider Friend”, at the Silt Library from 6:30 to 8 p.m. FRIDAY, AUGUST 19
The Aspen Center for Environmental Studies presents a Jessica Catto Dialogue at the Hotel Jerome about climate change and megafires from 6 to 7 p.m. To register, visit www.aspennature.org
STORYTELLER TRAINING
The Peace Garden Summer Concert Series continues with Lipbone Redding at True Nature at 5:30 p.m. Can’t join in-person? Listen live on KDNK radio. See page 18, or visit www.lipbone.com/shows, for a list of Lipbone’s shows and meditations in the Valley through Aug. 28.
DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS The Glenwood Springs Library hosts “Dungeons and Dragons: Adventures in Candlekeep” every third Saturday at 2 p.m. Space is limited. Sign up at the library’s front desk.
GARDEN TOUR Seed Peace hosts another field day, offering a tour of the Sunfire Ranch gardens plus farm-fresh tastings and Visit soprissun.com to events
The Carbondale Community Oven, a wood-fired masonry oven at the Third Street Center, is back in action. Bring your unbaked dough to pop into the oven promptly at 6 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.
CRYSTAL THEATRE “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris” opens at the Crystal Theatre and continues on Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 with a 5 p.m. captioned showing on Sunday, Aug. 21.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 20
invites prospective campers to campout in the library’s meadow as it plans to begin checking out camping equipment from its “Library of Things.” Campers may arrive at
VISION GLENWOOD
MONDAY, AUGUST 22
ELI PAPERBOY REED Soul musician Eli “Paperboy” Reed performs at Lions Park in Basalt at 7 p.m. For tickets and more info, visit www.tacaw.org
HAPPY HOUR DANCE Passion Fruit Dance Company founder Tatiana Desardouin will guide an expressive dance workshop at The Launchpad at 6:15 p.m. Tickets at www.danceinitiative.org
FRIDAY, AUGUST 26
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ASPEN CHAPEL GALLERY “Art Harvest”, a new mixed-media show, opens at the Aspen Chapel Gallery with a reception from 4 to 7 p.m. The show will continue through Oct. 1 and 10% of all sales will benefit The Farm Collaborative. MATERIA MEDICA Deepen your connection to growing your own herbal medicine with a workshop at True Nature from 5 to 8 p.m. Tickets at www.truenaturehealingarts.com
Denizens of Carbondale and friends dine on Fourth Street from 5 to 8 p.m. This year’s theme is “A Mystical Evening.” To reserve a table for free, email jwall@carbondaleco.net
SUNDAY, AUGUST 28
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CLIMATE ART As part of the Aspen Space Station exhibit, Chris Erickson shows off his ASAP Fire Pod at the Red Brick Arts Center with a reception from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. “ASPEN UNSTRUNG”
True Nature offers a wellness retreat for pregnant and postpartum mamas, as well as those contemplating motherhood, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets at www. truenaturehealingarts.com
The Roaring Fork Drawing Club meets at Sopris Park at 6:30 for a casual social drawing session. All are invited, no registration is necessary.
The city of Glenwood Springs hosts a community picnic in Spanish with interpretation in English to receive public input for its comprehensive plan update. Free food and games will be available to participants from 12:30 to 2 p.m.
SONIC WORKSHOP
Author Sandy Munro discusses his book “Aspen Unstrung” at the Basalt Library at 5:30 p.m. Visit www.basaltlibrary.org for details.
The city of Glenwood Springs gives the public two chances to attend an open house related to its comprehensive plan update: from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at City Hall.
Sam Stableford leads a hip hop dance class for kids at The Launchpad from 3:30 to 4:30 on Tuesdays through October 11. Tickets and more info at www.danceinitiative.org
Izzak Opatz and Austin Leonard Jones perform at Steve’s Guitars at 8 p.m. SUNDAY, AUGUST 21
True Nature offers a free yoga class on Sundays through August in the Peace Garden at 10:30 a.m. Mats and props are not provided.
REDSTONE FEAST The Redstone General Store offers a farm-to-table meal by donation on the final Thursday of each month, from 5 to 8 p.m. Reservations are not required.
GARDEN MUSIC Carbondale Arts’ Garden Music Series continues with “Chansons D’Amour” performed at the Third Street Center at 6 p.m. Tickets at www.carbondalearts.com
CVEPA PARTY
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24
MONDAY, AUGUST 29
CLUB AND STREET DANCE Passion Fruit Dance Company, a street, club and educational dance organization, performs at TACAW at 8 p.m. For tickets and additional info, visit www.tacaw.org
FREE YOGA
FURTHER OUT THURSDAY, AUGUST 25
THE HOLLY Terrance Roberts discusses his book and documentary film, “The Holly”, about the effects of the gentrification of a Denver neighborhood at the Basalt Library at 4 p.m. The library’s event is intended for ages 12 to 19. Subsequently, the documentary will screen at TACAW at 7:30 p.m.
Lipbone Redding teaches breathwork, chanting and sonic healing at True Nature from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tickets at www.truenaturehealingarts.com
The Crystal Valley Environmental Protection Association celebrates its 50th anniversary at Sunfire Ranch beginning at 4 p.m. No registration is necessary.
COWBOY UP Come celebrate Carbondale's western heritage with dancing, barbecue and more at Fourth and Main at 6 p.m. Proceeds benefit Roaring Fork High School's Sports Foundation. SOUND HEALING Dr. Zachary Cashin leads a vibrational sound healing journey at the Third Street Center from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tickets at www.tcfhf.org
VIDEO EDITING Mathew Paul Jinks teaches video editing with Adobe Premiere Pro at The Art Base from 9 a.m. to noon. Tickets at www.theartbase.org
PENNY HOT SPRINGS Pitkin County hosts an open house/ presentation for access improvements at Penny Hot Springs at the Third Street Center from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Learn more and comment online at www.bit.ly/PennySurvey
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FLY FISHING CLINIC Backcountry Hunters and Anglers hosts a fly fishing clinic for ladies at Spring Creek Ranch from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more info, call 970-319-3425.
ALZHEIMER'S TALK
VISION GLENWOOD
SINGING BOWLS Enjoy the vibrations of crystal singing bowls at True Nature from 6 to 7:15 p.m. Tickets at www.truenaturehealingarts.com
NATAL WELLNESS
COMMUNITY CONSTELLATION Carol Shure leads a group session to address unhealed ancestral trauma at the Third Street Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. To register, contact Carol at (831) 218-5770 or communityconstellation@gmail.com
STEVE’S GUITARS
DRAWING CLUB
SATURDAY, AUGUST 27
ART OUT AspenOut and The Art Base host “Creations + Libation” from 6 to 8 p.m. Fiber artist Renee Ramge will teach basic embroidering techniques. Tickets at www.theartbase.org
TUESDAY, AUGUST 23
HIP HOP DANCE
Volunteer community educator for the Alzheimer’s Association Lisa Paige presents “10 Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s” at Sopris Lodge in Carbondale at noon. RSVP at www.soprislodge.com/events
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Gratis para clases, actividades y una muestra de helado. Todo el tiempo, representativos de The Buddy Program estarán circulando para informar a las personas sobre su servicio: emparejando adultos mentores con jóvenes buscando un modelo a seguir y amistad. En actualidad, The Buddy Program falta 30 “big buddies” (adultos) para su demanda en el valle. Luego en la noche, habrá una clase más de salsa en el teatro. Entonces, el baile continuará desde las 9 p.m. hasta medianoche con DJ River Rhythm y Orquesta La Brava alternando la música.“No importan idiomas, experiencia o historia. Desde cualquier camino de la vida, el baile nos puede conectar”, avisó Claudia Pawl, fundadora de Mezcla Socials con su esposo, Brian. La pareja fue inspirada por una tradición de noches de salsa que duró décadas en Jimmy’s, un restaurante que hubo en Aspen. “Se trata de conexión”, continuó Pawl. “Mantén una mente abierta, sin presionarte demasiado”.Claudia y Brian enseñaron bachata, un estilo que originó en la República Dominicana, a la 1 p.m. Fafa Blabogee y Amina Masisa, describidos por Pawl como “sensuales y a la vez regales y mesmerismos,” enseñan a las 2 p.m. Y Erika y Edwin Rivera, conocidos internacionalmente en círculos de salsa, enseñaron a las 3 pm. y 8 p.m. Mezcla Social presenta clases de salsa y bachata en TACAW cada miércoles a las 7 p.m. y una noche de práctica en Love Rocks en Basalt los jueves a las 7:30 p.m.
This year, the celebration is partnering with The Buddy Program for a family-friendly day of dance.“Bring your kids, bring your friends, bring your grandparents, bring mom and dad,” said Kathryn Sansone, The Buddy Program’s development director. The event was founded in 2008 to promote cultural diversity in Basalt. Photographer Pete McBride, then a member of Town Council, shaped the idea together with an advisory group of local Latino leaders. For years, it continued alongside Basalt’s River Days Festival. In 2021, thanks to The Arts Campus at Willits (TACAW) and Mezcla Socials, the event returned like a spark following the isolation of 2020. New this year, The Buddy Program has organized arts, crafts and dance classes for kids (and a piñata) while bachata and salsa lessons are taught in TACAW’s theater beginning at 1 p.m. During the afternoon, everyone is invited to a barefoot social dance on the lawn at TACAW. Carbondale’s Señor Taco Show will serve food while El Bajón Churro Truck and Sundae Ice Cream cover dessert. The cost? Free for classes, activities and a sample of ice cream. All throughout, representatives of The Buddy Program will be standing by to sign people up for their service, pairing adult mentors with local kids seeking a role model and friend.
Por Raleigh Burleigh Sol Contribuyente Este año, la celebración será coordinada con The Buddy Program para un día de baile para toda la “Traiganfamilia.tus hijos, tus amigos, tus abuelos, tu mamá y papá”, dijo Kathryn Sansone, directora de desarrollo para The Buddy Program. El evento fue fundado en 2008 para promover la diversidad cultural en Basalt. Fotógrafo Pete McBride, entonces un miembro del consejo municipal, formó la idea con un grupo avisorial de líderes latinos. Por años, continuó junto al festival River Days. En 2021, gracias a The Arts Campus at Willits (TACAW) y Mezcla Socials, el evento resurgió como una chispa tras la insolación de 2020. Este año, The Buddy Program ha organizado actividades para jóvenes (incluyendo una piñata) mientras que clases de bachata y salsa están ofrecidas dentro del teatro de TACAW empezando a la 1 p.m. Esa tarde, todo el mundo está invitado a bailar descalzo en el césped de TACAW. Señor Taco Show de Carbondale servirá comida mientras El Bajón Churro Truck y Sundae Ice Cream ofrecen postres.¿Elcosto?
The Buddy Program is currently 30 big buddies short of matching the demand in the Valley. Later in the night, there will be one last salsa lesson in the theater at 8 p.m. Then, the dancing continues from 9 p.m. to midnight with DJ River Rhythm and Orquesta La Brava alternating music. “It doesn’t matter about languages, or experience, or history. Whatever walk of life you’re coming from, dance can bring us together,” advised Claudia Pawl, founder of Mezcla Socials along with her husband, Brian. The couple was inspired by a decades-long tradition of weekly salsa nights at Jimmy’s, a former restaurant in Aspen. “It’s all about connection,” Pawl continued. “Keep an open mind, and don’t be too hard on yourself.” Claudia and Brian will teach bachata, a style that originated in the Dominican Republic, at 1 p.m. Fafa Blabogee and Amina Masiwa, who’s dancing Pawl described as “sensual yet regal and mesmerizing,” teach at 2 p.m. And Erika and Edwin Rivera, internationally famous in salsa circles, will teach at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Mezcla Socials regularly hosts salsa and bachata lessons at TACAW on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. and a practice night at Love Rocks in Basalt on Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.
¡Basalsa está de regreso! Basalsa is back! Sol del Valle Volumen 2, Número 25 | 18 de agosto - 24 de agosto, de 2022Conectando comunidades desde 2021 el Imagen de cortesía
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¿Qué debemos beber cada día y en qué cantidad? OPINIÓN Por Maria Judith Alvarez Desde La Clínica
Encontramos que el undécimo elemento de la lista llamada “La Docena diaria del Dr. Greger”: las cosas que deberíamos comer todos los días está lo que deberíamos beber cada día y en qué cantidad. Dependiendo de la edad y el sexo, al menos el 50 por ciento del cuerpo humano está compuesto por agua, que está presente en las células y en nuestro torrente sanguíneo. La deshidratación produce una orina concentrada y una sangre más espesa, que es más propensa a coagularse y si es lo suficientemente grave, puede provocar la muerte. Los estudios han demostrado una disminución del 50 por ciento de cáncer de vejiga y enfermedades cardíacas en personas que beben una cantidad adecuada de agua cada día. La cantidad que es adecuada depende de varios factores. Por ejemplo, los alimentos de origen vegetal tienen un alto contenido en agua mientras que los productos de origen animal no. Las personas que comen vegetales cubren gran parte de sus necesidades diarias de agua a través de ellos; en una persona teleadicta (sedentaria) son mucho menores que las de alguien que hace ejercicio o un trabajo físico duro al aire libre en un día caluroso. Una buena regla general es que la gente debería beber suficiente agua para orinar cada hora a lo largo del día, y para que su orina sea de color amarillo claro. La orina oscura significa deshidratación. En su libro recientemente "Healthy Heart, Healthy Brain" (Corazón sano, cerebro sano), el doctor Brad Bale y la doctora Amy Doneen señalan que la investigación apoya el uso del peso para determinar la cantidad de agua que se debe beber cada día- aproximadamente la mitad del peso corporal en onzas de agua al día. Por lo tanto, si usted pesa 100 libras debe beber 50 onzas de agua al día (4 onzas es un vaso). ¿Cuándo hay que beber? Si se levanta a orinar una o más veces durante la noche, es mejor evitar los líquidos después de las 6 de la tarde. Si va a realizar un ejercicio intenso, beba antes, durante (al menos cada hora) y después. ¿Qué beber? El Dr. Greger recomienda el agua del grifo (de la llave) porque es menos cara, tiene menos impacto ambiental y suele tener menos contaminación química y microbiana. Sin embargo, Nutrition Action Health Letter publicó un artículo titulado "America's drinking water is in trouble" (El agua potable de Estados Unidos tiene problemas), en el que se señalaba que, aunque la mayoría de los estadounidenses ya no tienen que preocuparse por contraer enfermedades parasitarias, bacterianas o víricas a través del agua, ahora tenemos que preocuparnos por los contaminantes industriales, farmacéuticos, agrícolas y otros contaminantes químicos; así como por los de origen natural, como el arsénico y el plomo. Si tienes alguna duda, como vivir en una casa antigua que podría tener tuberías de plomo, haz un análisis del agua. El agua puede ser aburrida, así que considere la posibilidad de poner sabor como limón, lima, menta, rodajas de pepino, virutas de jengibre, una raja de canela, lavanda. Esto es lo que debes saber sobre otros líquidos: El té tiene muchos micronutrientes que favorecen la salud. Según el Dr. Greger, el té de Jamaica es el más alto en micronutrientes reduce la presión arterial y el té verde reduce el riesgo de padecer varios tipos de cáncer. El café tiene algunos beneficios para la salud, pero no tantos como el té. El inconveniente es que puede contribuir al reflujo gástrico-esofágico, a problemas de sueño (a la hora de acostarse sigue habiendo algo de cafeína del café de la mañana), y en algunas personas un aumento de la frecuencia del pulso y de la presión arterial.Los refrescos no se recomiendan en ninguna forma ni cantidad. El azúcar es un problema con los refrescos normales (10 cucharaditas en una lata). Las bebidas deportivas, como Gatorade, no son saludables a menos que se haga un ejercicio vigoroso, por ejemplo correr más de 10 km, debido a su alto contenido en azúcar, sal y calorías. Evite los zumos de frutas, que son básicamente agua azucarada. El agua pura es la primera y más importante medicina que existe en el mundo.
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Por Triny Rochin Volver a lo Esencial ¿Cuándo hay peleas en su familia, quién gana? En muchas familias, los conflictos, la discordia, las diferencias de opiniones y los pleitos son algo normal. ¿Qué de su familia? ¿Hay con regularidad conflictos en su familia? Estoy segura de que no hay nadie que no haya tenido un conflicto con alguien, incluso con algún miembro de su familia; algunos quizá, tengan más que otros. Los desacuerdos son inevitables. Lo que hace la diferencia entre una familia feliz y una infeliz, no es la ausencia de conflictos sino la manera en la que los enfrentamos y los Laresolvemos.felicidad familiar no llega automáticamente, pero puede ser alcanzada. Para lograr un grado mayor de armonía en la familia, necesitamos entender la naturaleza del conflicto, sus causas o fuentes y cómo prevenirlos o solucionarlos. Un conflicto es un desacuerdo, lucha o batalla. La palabra conflicto tiene su raíz en el latín y significa “enfrentarse o chocar con”. Puede ser por una diferencia de opinión, o de principios. Los conflictos son parte inevitable de la vida y pueden afectar las emociones y las relaciones.Losdesacuerdos, dicho sea de paso, no se dan solo dentro de la familia, pueden presentarse en la escuela, el trabajo, la iglesia, en una organización o compañía, pueden incluso darse entre un país y otro. Nuestra felicidad depende en gran manera de la forma en que manejemos los desacuerdos. Una persona puede ser muy talentosa, estar bien preparada académicamente y no ser exitosa en la vida por su incapacidad de relacionarse con otros. Cada persona es única. Todos tenemos diferentes tipos de personalidad, preferencias, motivaciones, capacidades, gustos e intereses. Cada uno puede ver las cosas desde una perspectiva diferente. Podemos tener diferentes fortalezas y debilidades. Incluso el nivel de educación y la preparación académica que cada uno tiene nos hace muy Ademásdiferentes.deeso, en muchas familias, hay una mezcla de culturas, costumbres, creencias e incluso de idiomas. Las diferencias de edad pueden también dar a los padres y a los hijos diversas maneras de ver las cosas. Estas diferencias pueden frecuentemente provocar desacuerdos y malentendidos entre los miembros de la familia. En realidad, hay una infinidad de maneras en las que podemos diferir unos de otros y que nos hacen caer fácilmente en riñas. Ante un conflicto familiar se puede responder de varias maneras. Algunos al ver que no pueden llegar a un acuerdo optan por separarse de su familia. Otros, aprenden a coexistir, no resuelven sus desacuerdos y se acostumbran a vivir en un conflicto constante. Lo ideal es aprender a manejar los desacuerdos y a resolverlos. Estas familias, crecerán en su relación y lograrán una vida familiar más plena. ¿Cómo podemos prevenir y resolver conflictos familiares? Las diferencias que no se manejan apropiadamente pueden convertir un hogar en una zona de guerra. No podemos forzar a otro miembro de la familia a ver las cosas como nosotros las vemos, o a actuar como nosotros queremos que actúen. Debemos estar conscientes de lo fácil que es que un desacuerdo se convierta en un conflicto y ser muyMientrascuidadosos.más cercana es una relación, más propensa estará a tener desacuerdos y luchas. Para prevenir conflictos identifique las maneras en las que son similares, pero también las diferencias que poseen. Platiquen respecto a ellas, no las ignore o las esconda. Sepan que les agrada y que les molesta a unos y a otros. Medite respecto a lo que a usted no le agrada.
Conflictos en la familia
el Sol del Valle • Conector de comunidad • 18 de agosto - 24 de agosto de 2022 • 13
Pregúntese ¿Por qué me molesta que no cooperen con mis demandas? ¿Es acaso egoísmo querer las cosas a mi manera? ¿Son válidas mis motivaciones? ¿Cómo puedo evitar que los desacuerdos se conviertan en conflictos? Analice su reacción ante los desacuerdos. Haga un diagnóstico sincero de su vida, sus actitudes, pensamientos y emociones y la manera como estos afectan sus acciones y sus relaciones. Llevar una relación armoniosa con los miembros de su familia, puede ser difícil. Los conflictos se pueden dar con tanta facilidad y en ocasiones pueden ser tan difíciles de resolver. En realidad, no hay una técnica o una fórmula que nos diga paso a paso cómo resolver conflictos. Decida buscar una solución positiva a su conflicto en particular. Esté dispuesto a hacer los cambios necesarios para llegar a un acuerdo en Esfuércesefamilia.porentender el punto de vista diferente al suyo que un miembro de la familia pueda tener. Sea flexible. Tenga expectativas realistas. Ame a su familia y sea muy paciente. El cambio puede ser un largo proceso, pero es posible. ¡Cuando una familia pelea entre sí, nadie gana, todos pierden!
La palabra conflicto tiene su raíz en el latín y significa “enfrentarse o chocar con” ... Los conflictos son parte inevitable de la vida y pueden afectar las emociones y las relaciones.
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Traducción por Jacquelinne Castro Consejo de seguridad Al preparar su equipo de suministros, tome en cuenta artículos especiales que podría necesitar así como medicamento recetado, pañales infantiles, fórmula para bebé o suministros para sus mascotas. Otros artículos que podría tomar en cuenta pueden ser encontrados en www.ready.gov/build-a-kit Premios Starburst
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El condado de Pitkin premió $16,500 en subvenciones discrecionales a organizaciones sin fines de lucro la semana pasada. Los recipientes fueron Colorado River Valley Chamber of Commerce para el 43o concurso de chilli ($5,000), Aspen Public Radio más alcance en español ($1,000), Colorado Mountain College Foundation para organizar un campeonato de ciclismo de montaña escolar en octubre ($2,000), Glenwood Springs Art Council para su festival de arte culinario ($2,000), GlenX Career Expo ($2,500), Glenwood Springs Youth Hockey Association para financiar becas ($2,000) y Dance Initiative para su programa de baile escolar gratuito ($2,000). La junta también aprobó $15,000 para la programación 5Point y $250,000 para un sistema de tránsito que conecte a Parachute, Battlement Mesa y Rifle. Día de la Patata 113 La celebración del Día de la Patata número 113 tomará lugar el sábado 1 de octubre en Sopris Park, en honor del 100o aniversario del Lincoln Memorial, el tema de este año es “Puré de mármol.” El festival incluirá un desfile, un mercado y concurso de tallado de patatas, una parrilla tradicional y otras actividades, incluyendo la venta de récord histórico de KDNK y un baile. Para más información y cómo patrocinar el evento comunitario más antiguo de Carbondale, envíe un correo electrónico a jwall@carbondaleco.net Subvenciones de bienestar Organizaciones sin fines de lucro que apoyan a la juventud de Carbondale y a sus familias son elegibles para solicitar una porción de los impuestos de la venta de tabaco del pueblo, el cual fue aprobado por los votantes “para ser usado para la prevención, cesación, tratamiento y cumplimiento relacionado con el consumo de productos de tabaco, y promover la salud mental y física, la educación y programas de salud pública asociados con el consumo de producto de tabaco…” Encuentre la solicitud en www.bit.ly/CdaleWellness
¿QUÉ OPINAS SOBRE LA ACCESIBILIDAD DE NOTICIAS LOCALES EN ESPAÑOL?
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La ciudad de Glenwood Springs está actualizando su plan integral y está buscando comentarios de los residentes y vecinos. Habrá un picnic comunitario para hispanohablantes de 12:30 a 2 p.m. en Sayre Park el domingo 21 de agosto. Esto será seguido por un evento de puertas abiertas en el ayuntamiento el 25 de agosto con dos sesiones: de 11:30 a.m. a 1:30 p.m. y de 5:30 p.m. a 7:30 p.m. Comida, actividades para niños e interpretación en español estarán disponibles. Para las personas incapaces de participar en los eventos en persona, el aporte es recibido en el sitio web del proyecto: www.VisionGlenwood.com
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El condado de Pitkin está solicitando comentarios públicos para dos alternativas de mejoramiento de acceso para las aguas termales Penny. El periodo de comentarios públicos concluirá el 19 de septiembre e incluirá una presentación/casa abierta en Third Street Center el 29 de agosto de 6:30 a 8 p.m. El personal del condado de Pitkin también estará presente en un puesto el Primer Viernes el 2 de septiembre. Para más informacion y hacer comentarios en línea visite www.bit.ly/PennySurvey
El Colorado Lottery (lotería de Colorado) ha seleccionado a Coffman Rach de Aspen Valley Trust como uno de los ocho recipientes del 2022 para los premios Starburst por excelencia en conservación. Los premios serán presentados en la recaudación de fondos de Coffman este jueves 18 de agosto por los representantes de Colorado Lottery. Las ganancias de la lotería serán distribuidas a través del estado por medio de subvenciones a través de varias asociaciones, los cuales incluyen Great Outdoors Colorado quien recibió $2.5 millones para la campaña de Coffman Ranch. Penny Hot Springs
¡No impuestos de pañales! A partir del 10 de agosto. El estado de Colorado no cobrará impuestos de ventas para pañales ni productos de higiene femeninos. “Al eliminar los costos de impuestos de ventas en productos de menstruación, pañales y productos de incontinencia, hace estos productos esenciales más accesibles para los residentes de Colorado y les ahorra dinero cuando lo necesiten más,” dijo la representante Leslie Herod.
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EN UNA COLABORACIÓN SIN PRECEDENTE, OCHO ORGANIZACIONES DE MEDIOS DE COMUNICACIÓN EN EL VALLE DEL ROARING FORK HAN LANZADO UNA ENCUESTA PARA PREGUNTAR A NUESTRA COMUNIDAD LATINA COMO PODEMOS MEJOR COMPARTIR RECURSOS Y CREAR PUENTES. ¡COMPARTE TU OPINIÓN! La encuesta cierra el 2 de septiembre.
In the Roaring Fork Valley — comprising Aspen, Basalt and Carbondale, to Glenwood Springs, New Castle and Silt — roughly 20% of people identify at Latino or Hispanic, and in Garfield and Eagle Counties, than number is 30%, with Latino-majority student populations in the Roaring Fork SchoolZabdiDistrict.Fuentes, whose resumé includes Bridges High School and Stepping Stones, both in Carbondale, as well as a board member for Great Expectations in Glenwood Springs, is among them. She’s joined the media collaboration, helping coordinate outreach efforts. “Growing up in this valley with nonEnglish speaking parents caused a lot of stress for me and my siblings trying to translate and interpret everything for them,” Fuentes said. “Many times I personally didn't understand the information and wished someone cared enough to translate it all accurately for my parents.”Samuel Bernal, of La Tricolor and who sits on the editorial board of Aspen Daily News and collaborates with Aspen Public Radio on its Spanish broadcasts, was optimistic about the outreach and survey endeavor. “(This) says to me that we are lucky to have journalists that share the passion and the mission of informing our communities as best as possible,” Bernal said. Funders and newsrooms share the dream of responding to communities' needs and desire for local news, he said, “because at the end of the day, a better-informed community is a community with more resources and prosperity.” Fuentes echoed the sentiment. “I believe that this survey shows that the news outlets in our valley are committed to equity and access by working towards making changes that will better serve the Latinx and Spanish-speaking community,” she said. “It is important for my community to complete this survey because it is one of the methods to make sure our voices and opinions are heard and valued.” Survey collection begins this week, and the Colorado Media Project plans to have the data analyzed and ready to disseminate by Sept. 15.
Silvia Solis, COLab community engagement director, has spearheaded the strategic partnership, which includes the Aspen Daily News, Aspen Journalism, Aspen Public Radio, The Aspen Times, the Glenwood Springs Post Independent, KDNK Community Radio, KPVW La Tricolor 107.1 and The Sopris Sun. “The Colorado News Collaborative, or COLab, is helping to guide this partnership and engage community organizations and residents to find out what kind of news and information is needed, where and how,” Solis said in a statement. “As part of this work, the eight news media partners and COLab are launching an online survey to collect feedback from English and Spanish-speaking Latinx community members across the valley,” she continued. “We want to hear from Latino, Hispanic and Chicano voices residing in the Roaring Fork Valley to better understand their news and information needs and find ways to address gaps and concerns.”
Medios de comunicación del Valle Roaring Fork
el Sol del Valle • Conector de comunidad • 18 de agosto - 24 de agosto de 2022 • 15 Por Megan Tackett Traducción por Dolores Duarte No es novedad que existe una desconexión entre las noticias en inglés y en español -y la forma en que esas noticias llegan a la audiencia- en el valle de Roaring Fork.Aunque ahora, ocho organizaciones de medios de comunicación están tratando de cerrar esa brecha, empezando por aprender más. Promovida por Colorado News Collaborative, o COLab, e impulsada por una subsidio de $25,000 dólares del Colorado Media Project (un socio de COLab), se está llevando a cabo una encuesta formulada por profesionales, hasta el 2 de septiembre. El objetivo es recaudar el mayor número de respuestas posibles, de una muestra lo más aleatoria y representativa posible, con el fin de escuchar directamente a la comunidad latina de habla hispana acerca de lo que la cobertura de noticias es más importante - y lo que hace falta - en el panorama de los medios de comunicación y la mejor manera de ofrecerla. Silvia Solís, directora de participación comunitaria de COLab, ha encabezado la asociación estratégica, que incluye el Aspen Daily News, Aspen Journalism, Aspen Public Radio, The Aspen Times, el Glenwood Springs Post Independent, KDNK Community Radio, KPVW La Tricolor 107.1 y The Sopris Sun. "El Colorado News Collaborative, o COLab, está ayudando a guiar esta asociación y a involucrar a las organizaciones comunitarias y a los residentes para descubrir qué tipo de noticias e información se necesita, dónde y cómo", dijo Solís en un comunicado. "Como parte de este trabajo, los ocho socios de los medios de comunicación y COLab están lanzando una encuesta en línea para recopilar las opiniones de los miembros de la comunidad latina de habla inglesa e hispana en todo el Valle", continuó. "Queremos escuchar las voces de los latinos, hispanos y chicanos que residen en el Roaring Fork Valley para entender mejor sus necesidades de noticias e información y encontrar formas de compensar disparidades y preocupaciones". En el valle de Roaring Fork -que abarca desde Aspen, Basalt y Carbondale, hasta Glenwood Springs, New Castle y Siltaproximadamente el 20% de las personas se identifican como latinas o hispanas, y en los condados de Garfield y Eagle, esa cifra es del 30%, con una población estudiantil mayoritariamente latina en el distrito escolar de Roaring Fork. Zabdi Fuentes, cuyo currículum incluye el Bridges High School y el Stepping Stones, ambos en Carbondale, así como miembro del consejo de Great Expectations en Glenwood Springs, se encuentra entre ellos. Se ha unido a la asociación de medios de comunicación, ayudando a coordinar los esfuerzos de divulgación.
Roaring Fork Valley media orgs launch outreach survey
"Crecer en este valle con padres que no hablan inglés nos causó mucho estrés a mí y a mis hermanos al tratar de traducir e interpretar todo para ellos", dijo Fuentes. "Muchas veces yo personalmente no entendía la información y deseaba que alguien se preocupara lo suficiente como para traducir todo con precisión para mis padres".Samuel Bernal, de La Tricolor y que forma parte del consejo editorial del Aspen Daily News y colabora con la Radio Pública de Aspen en sus emisiones en español, se mostró optimista sobre el esfuerzo para la difusión y la encuesta. “(Esto) me dice que somos afortunados de tener periodistas que comparten la pasión y la misión de informar a nuestras comunidades lo mejor posible", dijo Bernal. Financiadores y redacciones comparten el sueño de responder a las necesidades y el deseo de las comunidades de recibir noticias locales, dijo, "porque al final, una comunidad mejor informada es una comunidad con más recursos y prosperidad".Fuentes comparte también este sentimiento."Creoque esta encuesta muestra que los medios de comunicación de nuestro valle están comprometidos con la equidad y el acceso, trabajando para hacer cambios que sirvan mejor a la comunidad latina e hispanohablante", dijo. "Es importante que mi comunidad realice esta encuesta porque es uno de los métodos para asegurar que nuestras voces y opiniones sean escuchadas y valoradas".Ellevantamiento de la encuesta inicia esta semana, y el Colorado Media Project planea tener los datos analizados y listos para su distribución antes del 15 de septiembre.
By Megan Tackett Aspen Daily News
lanzan una encuesta a la comunidad latina
It’s not news that there is a disconnect between English- and Spanish-language news — and how that news reaches audiences — in the Roaring Fork Valley. But now, eight news media organizations are seeking to bridge that gap, starting by learning more. Facilitated by the Colorado News Collaborative, or COLab, and bolstered by a $25,000 grant from the Colorado Media Project (a COLab partner), a professionally developed survey is now live, until Sept. 2. The goal is to garner as many responses as possible, from as random, representative of a sample as possible in order to hear directly from the Spanish-speaking Latinx community about what news coverage is most important — and currently missing — from the media landscape and how best to deliver it.
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Por Vanessa Porras, Editora Contribuyente El 6 de agosto, se llevó a cabo la asamblea anual de la Coalición de derechos de inmigrantes de Colorado (CIRC). La asamblea es un evento donde los miembros de CIRC, diversas organizaciones que comparten la misma misión hacia los derechos de inmigrantes, se reúnen para discutir los logros del año. Dentro de esos logros incluye pólizas aprobadas y también una votación para las pólizas de alta importancia para el próximo año. Este año CIRC y sus miembros enfocarán su atención y sus recursos para aprobar pólizas para viviendas equitativas para las comunidades de inmigrantes y también seguirán trabajando en ampliación de la cobertura médica para inmigrantes indocumentados, continuando la prioridad del año pasado. CIRC también celebró su vigésimo aniversario con una gran fiesta donde la comunidad se reunió para bailar y comer. El teatro Motus cerró con broche de oro con una actuación captivadora.
20 años en la lucha
16 • el Sol del Valle • soprissun.com/espanol/ • 18 de agosto - 24 de agosto de 2022
Along with its profound message, “Viriditas” is a fun and engrossing read. Throughout its pages, the reader will encounter ciphers and messages that can be decoded; there are even some on the front cover. Aaron Perry was sure to make this epic story about healing into a fun action-thriller that will keep the reader engaged and inspired. For persons interested in the book, Sustainable Settings will host an event this Saturday, Aug. 20, at 6:30 p.m. where Perry will read excerpts, answer questions and sign copies. This will be followed by a sound healing event at the ranch. You can visit www.viriditasbook.com and www.yonearth.org for more information.
Author Aaron William Perry, courtesy photo
goes beyond the typical sci-fi clichés — its aim is to educate and inspire people to help heal the world. It doesn’t just sound the alarm that climate change is a major problem, it offers a path toward fixing that problem. The protagonist is meant to learn along with the reader that our modern technology can be combined with more holistic lessons of stewardship and sustainability.Oneofthe ideas that Perry tries to convey is that modern technology isn’t in opposition to more traditional ideas of sustainability; they can actually work together. He hopes that in the near future the synthesis of modern technology, stewardship and natural and indigenous wisdom will create the systems necessary to heal the world. Perry hopes that “Viriditas” will have a lasting impact, and that this story can positively impact generations to come. “When we make that commitment to stewardship and sustainability, we are taught and we are invited to consider the next several generations,” said Perry. “With that in mind, telling this story is not only for ourselves in the present, but it is a story that I hope will be carried through to generations in the future.”
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By Max Seitel-Hayes Sopris Sun Environmentalism! Sustainable Settings! All of this can be found in a new, sciencefiction novel, “Viriditas: The Great Healing is Within Our Power”, from author and educator Aaron William Perry. Perry grew up in both New York and Colorado, and has been an avid environmentalist his whole life — even in high school he helped found an environmental club and did extensive work with Amnesty International. During graduate school at the University of Colorado, Perry had his first encounter with Carbondale’s Sustainable Settings while taking a class for sustainable architecture. Straight out of grad school, Perry returned to work for Sustainable Settings. He arrived just in time for their move to the Thompson Creek Ranch. He helped them with agricultural planning and facilities development. To this day, Perry frequently visits the ranch as an ally to their cause.
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“By harvesting nature’s intelligence and providing a whole-systems learning center, Sustainable Settings has educated thousands of people, from school-aged children through to graduate students and adults of all walks and ages,” Perry told The Sopris Sun. “Moreover, as the biodynamic ‘mothership’ of Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region, Susty has inspired hundreds of young farmers and regenerative land stewards to engage in profound ecosystem restoration and health reclamation work all around our region.” “Susty,” aka Sustainable Settings, has been a huge inspiration for Perry, who has continued his environmental work with RECYCOIL and SOURCE Local Foods, companies that focus on creating a low-carbon future with sustainable foodAaronsystems.Perry’s latest environmentalist endeavor is his novel, “Viriditas”. This visionary, eco-thriller blends science and spiritualism with mystery and action. The novel follows Bridgette Sophia, a brilliant computer scientist in New York City who is developing artificial intelligence that can potentially save the world from environmental disaster. She is forced to flee New York, ditch her technology and go off the grid. She ends up in the Colorado Rockies, traveling through places like Boulder, Aspen and eventually to Carbondale and the Sustainable Settings ranch. Through her journey, Bridgette Sophia learns about stewardship, spirituality and even receives an unprecedented revelation from Mother Earth herself. The story of “Viriditas” takes a sharp turn, from science-fiction into a visionary statement about our shared destiny in these momentous times.“This book has a very special meaning for all of us alive in these times,” said Perry. “It provides an opening up of a doorway for us to understand how real the possibility for the rapid healing of our world “Viriditas”is.”
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The intention is to provide a “chill” moment — a reprieve from the worries of the world — and relax the mind. People have varying takeaways: from simply being relaxed to “going on a journey” or resurfacing a forgotten moment from their past.
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Aside from playing the guitar on stage, he'll strap a wooden spoon to his foot and use his mouth to create sounds — a trademark of his. “I’ll duct tape a wooden spoon to a barefoot, no problem,” he laughed.In2006, Redding made his way to the Valley. He recalls driving through and hearing KDNK Community Radio’s Luke Nestler spinning one of his albums on air. Since then, he’s come every summer (with the exception of the COVID years). “Carbondale especially … has been so nice to me and the people in town have been so good to me over the years,” he added. In addition to KDNK, he considers Steve’s Guitars a big supporter. Meditations While residing at Oak Grove, Redding was asked to play music during their regular meditation sessions. Having that background already, he took an even deeper dive into the intricacies of sound. It’s a lot different from playing a “boogie” and the music is improvisational. “I may come up with a central idea or theme, but I create the music in real-time,” Redding explained. “I get a little more experimental with the music for the meditations.”
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Therefore, at the end of a meditation, Redding encourages participants to pick a person in their life who they’re having trouble with and “send them some love. Even if they ‘hate’ you and you ‘hate’ them — that’s the one, that’s the one you need to focus on.”
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“The world has been really fractured and divided — more than ever,” Redding reflected, “and it seems like this idea of splitting people into different thought groups has really taken a toll on people’s families and relationships.”
Lipbone Redding looks forward to his humble return to the Roaring Fork Valley and is ready to make shoes groove and minds soothe. He has a list of shows and meditation lined up between Basalt and Carbondale, beginning Aug. 19 at True Nature, as part of its Peace Garden Summer Concert Series, and finishing up at Heather’s Savory Pies on Aug. 28. At the beginning of his career, Redding moved to New York City’s East Village to work with fellow artists. “I loved it all,” he told The Sopris Sun. “I loved the bohemian lifestyle.” In the ‘90s, he jammed in Washington Square Park, “where all the folkies used to play.” From there, he started writing his own music. He moved on — or down — to the subway stations, playing his original tunes for commuters. Around the same time, he got involved with New York’s “free jazz improvisational scene” — like skronk music, he explained. When COVID rocked the world, he headed back to the states after performing at a festival in Mexico. He ended up in Tarboro, North Carolina. “It’s a little country town in the middle of nowhere … between the mountains and the beaches,” he described. He considers himself fortunate, having coasted through the pandemic on a large plot of land known as the Oak Grove Retreat — a sort of healthy lifestyle haven — knowing other musicians struggled to make ends meet.
“I incorporate a lot of breathing and some relaxation exercises,” he said. “It’s like a long savasana in a yoga class … the last part when you get to lie down and just let it all go out. Let all the stress evaporate — melt into the floor.
“I was very unsure about the future — like a lot of people,” Redding stated. “As a musician, I could feel the rug being pulled out from underneath everything I had been doing — at least for the past 10 years.”So, he gave live streaming a try. That brought about connections, not only between Redding and his listeners, but among the people streaming his shows. “A lot of people who didn’t know each other but were Lipbone fans, started to be friends and that made me really happy,” he stated. When it comes to performing in-person, he found himself in what he calls a “boogie” culture. “It’s somewhere between a house concert and a small festival,” he explained, and “I fit right in.”
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As soon as former Vice President Al Gore paraded a series of climatologists on screen in his 2011 climate change documentary “An Inconvenient Truth”, I was sold. They spoke of global warming that began about the time we started pumping greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution and continues to this day.
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The climatologists warned of a tipping point where we can no longer do anything about climate change, but are doomed to a series of climate catastrophes that could make the planet uninhabitable. That point could be reached as early as 2030 if we don’t drastically curb our greenhouse gas emissions. Evidence abounds that Gore and his climatologists’ predictions were spot on. Heat waves, droughts, wildfires, floods, hurricanes and sea level rise are all indications that climate change isn’t just a problem to be faced in the future. It’s here now and it’ll only get worse if we do nothing about it. In spite of the encouraging passage of the misleadingly titled federal Inflation Reduction Act, I’m not sure America can do its share to reverse the effects of climate change in a capitalist society. Old money, the fossil fuel industry, tends to overwhelm new money, renewable energy. Getting me to follow the protocols of the coronavirus pandemic was easy. I always follow doctor’s orders and when an epidemiologist of the stature of Dr. Anthony Fauci tells me how to avoid a disease that has killed 6.5 million people, I listen. So, I’m quadruple vaccinated and during the height of the threat I wore a mask when I was anywhere around people. I believe those who chose to do otherwise were either ignorant or selfish. If you ignored the protocols for political reasons, all I can say is I hope risking a horrible death is worth it. I didn’t take hydroxychloroquine or ingest disinfectant, either. I’ll never forget the horrified look on Dr. Deborah Birx’s face when Trump suggested these measures.
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A certain segment of our society repeatedly rejects science and the guidance it gives us on how to conduct our lives. The existence of evolution, climate change and the coronavirus pandemic are ignored as figments of some egghead’s imagination. When I took a beginning science class early in my high school years, the teachers taught us about the scientific method. That’s where scientists develop a postulation based on what they know about the universe. Then begins the arduous task of proving or disproving it. Scientists attack the theory from every angle they can think of, assuming it’s incorrect. When the supposition passes all these tests, it becomes an axiom, a scientific fact. I was impressed. Politicians and preachers can spout off about the first thing that comes into their heads and expect others to believe it, but scientists have to prove it. Absolute truth is impossible in this world, but scientists come as close as anyone can. I didn’t go to school in Tennessee, so we were taught about Darwin’s theory of evolution. A fundamentalist Christian friend of mine was outraged that they would teach a theory that contradicted what he was taught in the Bible about Adam and Eve and we went a few rounds about it. “Maybe you’re related to monkeys, but I’m not,” he protested, “I was created in the image of God.”
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“If that’s the case,” I retorted, “then the Lord thy God looks a helluva lot like a big monkey. Go to the primate house at the zoo. See if the critters in there look a little familiar.”Thefossil evidence showing mankind’s progression from a small, shrew-like mammal in the Ice Age to modern man didn’t persuade my friend.
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A New England Nightmare By Tom Mercer Succumbing to my love of quaint New England villages, I resolved to find a small rental in which to work on a book I had wanted to write for at least 20 years. Eventually, one October, I located a vacant house just a mile from the village of Paraquansit in rural Vermont. The small house was somewhat run down, but it offered a bedroom, a kitchen, an indoor bathroom and a tiny living room. A wood-burning stove stood solidly in the center of the house and seemed to offer the promise of warmth during the frigid New England winter to come. I never suspected that my time in the house would become a nightmare that rivaled the imaginings of H.P. Lovecraft. I was curious about how the village got its name. One resident who I met on my second day in town, Maggie Smithson, suspected that someone simply dumped Scrabble pieces out on a table and shuffled the tiles about until a reasonably good name was generated. Maggie was not a typical rural New Englander. Most villagers kept to themselves, keeping conversation to a minimum, especially with “outsiders.”Itwason the fourth day of the second month during my stay when the odd events began. That morning, I stepped out of the house for some fresh air and immediately noticed a large animal’s paw prints in the damp soil surrounding the little house. I could not identify what sort of animal had left the prints, but it had circled the house at least three times before heading in the direction of a nearby stand of trees. I was curious about the paw prints for they were not those of a dog, cat or any other animal I could recognize. Still, I was not overly concerned…yet. Later that same day, I drove into Paraquansit to buy some groceries and supplies. It was dusk when I returned to the house, but there was sufficient light remaining to afford me a frightening view of what had occurred in my absence. There were twice as many paw prints, and deep gouges had been clawed into the wood on every side of the house. In the past I had lived in Colorado, so I recognized that the prints were not made by a bear or any other animal I was familiar with. That night, I fell asleep while listening for the return of the unknown beast. On the fifth day, I awakened to a new horror. The entire exterior of the little house was covered with some sort of green mold I did not recognize. I thought it was surely impossible for that much mold to appear overnight, yet, there it was. The mold exuded a horrible smell that hung heavily in the air around the house. Alarmed, I jumped into the car and headed into the village. It was there that I encountered Maggie. She was a retired teacher, so I assumed she would surely know everything there was to know about Paraquansit. I hoped she might be able to clarify the mysteries which I had experienced. However, I knew that clarification alone might not result in the dissipation of the horror I felt. Maggie and I talked for quite a while. I told her about everything that had happened and she seemed genuinely concerned. She told me that legends maintained that the ground beneath the house I rented was cursed. She said that “No birds will even land on that property.”Irealized she was correct. I had not seen any birds land on, or even fly above, the property. She said that the native Americans who once lived in that area believed it to be the home of “Kiscatrinach,” a cryptid beast whose body was not covered with scales, feathers or skin, but something completely unidentifiable. Maggie added that the rough translation for the name Kiscatrinach is: “Walking curse by night.”When I returned to the house that afternoon, I saw that all the natural vegetation within 100 feet of the house had withered and died in the short time I had been in town. The air near the house was stale and cold, and the late afternoon light seemed unnaturally dim.I had seen many horror movies in my life, and now I was living in one. I resolved to let Kiscatrinach have the house all to himself. I gathered my belongings and drove away from that cursed place, immersed in a mixed sensation of relief and deliverance which grew stronger with each passing mile.
The Apple Tree By Isabelle Levine, age 9 It is autumn and my apples are ripening. Soon the whole Lee Family will come to my trunk for a grand party.My leaves are shaking with excitement for that day to come. I love all the happy faces and laughter. In fact, that day is tomorrow! All year long, I gave my apples food and water, which I received from Mama Earth. They grew all summer and it is finally time to share them. Most of my residents are vacating for the celebration. They don't enjoy the noisy ruckus of the party. My friend, Fuji, says that all his residents vacated his trunk and branches too. It must be an animal thing. Today I saw a man putting tables out. It must be for the party, I thought. Then, I heard one of my residents, a raccoon named Rocky, say, “I love it when the humans go home and I get to have the leftovers.” “Not before I get them!” yelled an opossum named Stoplight.“Who said you get the leftovers?” croaked a crow named Aspen. “Oh no,” I whispered. “My trunk erupted in chaos.”
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You are invited to join the tour to visit a few climate-friendly gardens and start envisioning the kind of garden you would choose to replace part of your lawn. In advance of the walking tour, we can all consult Green America’s “climate victory gardens” (www.greenamerica.org) and Doug Tallamy’s concept of a “Homegrown National Park” in which yards are turned into conservation corridors that provide wildlife habitats. Join us at 9 a.m. at Miners’ Park on Saturday, Aug. 27, to walk the garden route and let the “climate-free garden conversation” begin. Ann Johnson, Carbondale Slow Down in Town School is now back in session. The combined students/teachers and staff from Aspen to Rifle equals some 12,500 commuters. Please plan accordingly. The 8:30 a.m. starttime may coincide with daily commutes. As the ratio of asphalt to vehicles grows smaller, allow more time to reach destinations. Take A Minute, think about it, our drive isn't what it used to be.
Bank District services has slowed and farm lending is up. The paradox to keep in mind is that from January through June, consumer credit demand produced nearly 110 million credit inquiriesColoradonationwide.isin the 10th District, headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City also covers Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, the western third of Missouri and the northern half of New Mexico. The Kansas City Fed July Services Survey revealed growth slowed in July, and to expect future activity to somewhat rebound. The slower revenue/sales July pace was driven by decreased activity in transportation, auto, health services, education and retail trade. Also, there were lower sales, capital expenditures, wages and benefits and employment indexes. Most firms reported the geography they pulled workers (69.4%) from stayed the same over the past year. As for farm lending, there is rebound from the pullback in recent years that could grow more in coming months as the higher cost of many major inputs become fully realized. Yet higher production costs could squeeze profit margins and drive higher demand for credit. Average maturities on livestock and farm equipment loans increased from last year and were above the recent historical average, while maturities on operating loans remained steady. Commercial bank farm lending expanded in the second quarter. The average size of non-real estate farm loans increased nearly 50% over the past 10 years with increases in costs and in some cases an increase in the size and scale of farm
22 • THE SOPRIS SUN • soprissun.com • Aug. 18 - Aug. 24, 2022 select plants that attract pollinators, butterflies andAsbirds.our planet heats up, we can protect the ability of soil to capture carbon and learn about seed and plant varieties that are more resistant to heat and require less water. We can plant native, fruit-bearing shrubs and create habitat for wildlife.Roaring Fork 350 is initiating a conversation about the importance of gardens in confronting climate change and is offering a small (free) walking tour to visit a variety of gardens in Crystal Village, Carbondale.
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(Left) Charlie Chacos remembers his father in the company of family and friends. (Bottom) Eric Chacos raises a toast in honor of his mother and father. (Top) Generations of Smithy employees were present at the memorial.
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In 1975, the Village Smithy opened when Chris and Terry moved from Aspen to Carbondale and converted an old blacksmith shop into a community hub. Countless people have since worked for the restaurant in its nearly 50 years of operation. Chris was also fundamental in efforts to beautify Main Street with flower pots, trees and lamp posts. He was fondly remembered as a man of ideas, unable to contain his enthusiasm when inspiration struck — as it often did.
On Aug. 13, over 100 members of Carbondale’s extended community joined in celebration of a couple that had a transformative impact on the town. Although billed as a memorial for Chris Chacos, his partner in business and life, Terry Chacos, was as present in people’s minds and hearts as they shared memories on the Village Smithy lawn. “Terry was a warrior, and they were a team,” said Cathy Zimney, who worked at the restaurant beginning in 1978 and reminisced about the Smithy II — a brief but successful foray in Glenwood Springs. “Thank you for sharing your parents with us,” she said to the Chacoses’ sons, Charlie and Eric. “We needed them.”
H.P. Hansen, a longtime friend of the Chacoses, suggested that the silver poplar on the corner of Third and Main be dedicated in memory of Chris and Terry, an idea which received boisterous applause. FICTION!FICTION!
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