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Volume 11, Number 35 | October 10, 2019

While the high school boasts the only royalty in the parade these days, there used to be an adult King and Queen, as well. If Ernie Gianinetti hasn't already been given the title, he's earned it at least as much as King Frederick II of Prussia. He and Carol practically ran the event singlehandedly for many years, and although their son Mark now mostly oversees the pit preparations, Ernie is still very much involved and made an appearance on the same tractor he drove in the parade as a teen. Photo by Sue Rollyson — more Homecoming and Potato Day pics on 12 and 13.

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LETTERS Join our Pow-Wow Dear Editor: Carbondale honors Nuche from 10 to 2 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 14 in Carbondale’s Sopris Park.

The Trustees have proclaimed the day to be Indigenous People Day, thus we are holding our first Pow-Wow! Roland McCook, Ute Elder, invites people to join us in drumming, singing and dances. Come join us. Our singing will speak our gratitude to the living planet. We will honor the delicate balance that Earth maintains for life to thrive. We will afford Her the respect She needs to maintain a healthy environment for us. We thank Her for giving All Life this precious home in the solar system.

Lucky us.

John Hoffmann Carbondale

A chance to learn Dear Editor: Kudos to the Carbondale trustees for the decision to proclaim the second Monday in October “Indigenous Peoples’ Day.” And huge thanks to Rita Marsh, John Hoffman, and others who spearheaded the effort to bring that proposal forward. In a community with very few, if any, residents who can claim Native heritage, this may seem to some like a small and largely symbolic gesture.

I want to suggest that it can be much more than that, depending on what we, as a community and as individuals, choose to do to honor and commemorate those for whom this beautiful valley (and country) was home long before non-indigenous settlers put their stakes in the ground here. And, even more, what we can do to honor and welcome their living descendants, who understandably still feel a deep connection to this place. After all, their ancestors are buried in these hills.

In 1974, at age 21, I followed my college boyfriend to the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota and found myself in the midst of the continued, often violent, harassment of traditional Lakota people by federal and state authorities in the aftermath of the Wounded Knee Occupation the year before.

Among the many revelations that penetrated my being as a result of that transformative experience was the recognition that the history I’d been fed throughout my otherwise very fine New England education — about Indian people, about initial contact, Manifest Destiny, and the Indian Wars — had been deeply, and perhaps intentionally, flawed. I have struggled ever since to resolve the same feelings of guilt and regret that I know plague many of us. It’s hard to face the facts once you recognize them. Hard, but terribly necessary.

I encourage everyone to take advantage of this new town proclamation by spending at least a few minutes contemplating that buried history next Monday. If you have the time, please attend the important events planned for Carbondale or the second year of the Indigenous People’s Day film festival at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen.

If you can’t spare the time to do either one of those, hop online and read something written by an indigenous person about their peoples’ history, and/or make plans to visit one of the wonderful Ute museums in our state.

It is my belief that if every non-Native citizen of our country was acquainted with the rich, though often painful, history of the indigenous people of their area, we would be a better nation.

And if you are an educator, please make the extra effort to bring accurate history to your students, not what was fed to you in college or when you were growing up. This is especially important as we turn toward Thanksgiving.

Organizations like First Nations Development Institute in Longmont, Colorado, offer valuable resources for your use in presenting a truer, more honest view of the history of this holiday and ways to celebrate Indigenous people in ways that truly honor them.

Barbara Dills Carbondale

The street sweeper and the deaf Dear Editor: I’m the enemy of all noise. I come by it naturally. My parents were so sensitive to the sound of a bawling child, my sister and I were very fortunate we were happy, The quiet children or we would’ve never views expressed in opinion pieces do lived to adulthood. not necessarily reflect Early in my hunting career, I those of The Sopris Sun. The community is invited to submit switched from a rifle to a bow. letters of up to 250 words to I traded in my motorcycle for P.O. Box 399 or 500 words to news@soprissun.com. Longer a bicycle long before I became columns are considered on concerned about carbon emissions. a case-by-case basis. The deadline for submission A little elbow grease makes a hand is noon on saw do the job of a chain saw. I’ve been Monday. known to stay at home with earmuffs on on the Fourth of July.

By and large, Carbondale is a rather quiet town, certainly more so than my previous residences in Glenwood Springs, Grand Junction, and Chicago.

An exception is the street sweepers that are out at the crack of dawn. I’m up at that time, but the last thing I wanna hear at that time of the morning is the bone-chilling squeal coming from those street sweepers.

Don’t get me wrong, I like clean streets. In fact, following the lead of my neighbor John Hoffman, I’ve been known to bend down and pick up a stray piece of paper or plastic and deposit it in a proper receptacle, which are plentiful in Carbondale. But there hasta be a way to stifle that infernal racket coming from the street sweepers. Isn’t there a noise ordinance?

Fred Malo Jr. Carbondale

Vote Virgili

Dear Editor: My name is Marianne Virgili. I’m a resident of Carbondale and I’m running for the District 2 (Roaring Fork Valley) seat on the Colorado Mountain College (CMC) Board of Trustees on November 5.

I’m asking you to vote for me, and here’s why I hope you do: As the CEO of the Glenwood Springs Chamber for more than 30 years, I understand small town values, challenges and opportunities. I learned how to engage people and diverse community groups through collaboration, and I’d like to put my visionary and strategic skills to work for CMC. My Vision for CMC: • Become the most inclusive and innovative student-centered college in the nation • Provide affordable education for students to be able to study, reside and work in the communities where they live • Train first responders, nurses, law enforcement, teachers and others in vital community jobs • Expand Vo-Tech offerings to train tomorrow’s workforce • Empower immigrants and Dreamers through quality, accessible education • Pioneer new four-year degrees and expand to emerging fields • Value the faculty and administrators who create an exceptional learning experience • Provide lifelong learning opportunities • Ensure transparency, stewardship and accountability In Glenwood Springs my collaborative leadership resulted in winning a dozen local election campaigns to fund trails, streets, bridges, public buildings, transit solutions, historic preservation, the arts and education; and promoting Glenwood Springs and the chamber to win several national awards, including USA Today’s Most Fun Small Town in America and the 2013 National Chamber of the Year.

I am retired and excited for the next chapter of my life. Now I have the time to devote to an institution that I have supported for over 30 years. I lobbied successfully at the state capitol for CMC’s ability to offer four-year bachelor’s degrees in 2010 and in 2018 challenged the Gallagher Amendment by chairing the successful 7D election campaign, which allows CMC to retain revenues that would have otherwise been lost and keeps tuition affordable. I currently serve students by raising money for scholarships and facilities as a member of the Board of Directors of the CMC Foundation.

If you believe as I do in Affordable Education, Education for Job Preparation and Lifelong Learning, then please cast your ballot for me on Nov. 5.

Marianne Virgili Carbondale

Strong leadership for CMC Dear Editor: Colorado Mountain College has two contested trustee positions on the fall ballot.

Our current trustees in Garfield and Lake Counties representing CMC are term limited, and the positions are now open for voters throughout the district to decide whom they want to represent these communities going forward.

I encourage you to join me in voting for Marianne Virgili (Garfield County) and Bob Hartzell (Lake County).

CMC Trustees help ensure that the college continues to meet community needs, student needs, and workforce development needs of our mountain region. It is important that Leadville and Garfield Counties continue to have a strong voice within the Colorado Mountain College organization. Marianne and Bob are exactly the right people to do this job; their leadership and community involvement are unparalleled, and they share a vision for Colorado Mountain College to continue to be a great asset for our mountain communities.

Chris Romer Avon

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So what can be done? Organizations like Tom’s Door and 100 Women Who Care can help out on a case by case basis. Short of a European-style public healthcare system, regulations on healthcare and insurance could ease the burden. Meanwhile, it appears we’ll have to square with pitching in to help our own when such situations arise.

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Steve Avery had his nose, three teeth, upper lip and part of his palate removed in addition to a lymph node dissection, chemotherapy and radiation as part of a cancer treatment that turned out to be only the beginning. After complication after complication and in advance of a heart valve repair, his insurance company notified him that he would be responsible for $75,000 worth of “alternative” treatments. Carbondalian Todd Fugate arranged a GoFundMe fundraiser which netted $3,250 of that goal.

Gary Livingston was diagnosed with germ cell cancer last year and underwent surgery and four rounds of chemotherapy, only to be re-diagnosed this spring. His own GoFundMe page, organized by Juan Magaña, doesn’t specify whether he has any health insurance, but sets a $20,000 goal of which $8,190 had been raised at press time.

Ciarra Bristol Boyer was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia on Sept.

19 and began chemotherapy less than a week later. The Carbondale native was separated from her 10-month-old son, Summit, and she and her husband, Marlin, put their Durango-based blind business on hold for the foreseeable future. The fight for her life is expected to take up to a year, complete with a bone marrow transplant. Her own GoFundMe, organized by childhood friends Rebecca Roeber and Celeste Scoville, has reached $41,000 of its $75,000 goal — but the true cost will likely be much higher.

“From everything I’ve heard who’s going through cancer treatments, she’s going to need closer to $200,000 out of pocket,” Roeber noted. “They worked for the American dream and they kind of achieved it, but in a sense it sort of backfired. Now nothing’s for sure.”

“I think it’s just sort of an unspoken that, although insurance will cover some, we all just kind of know that it’s not going to cover nearly enough, so you have to take other actions to meet those needs,” she added. “It takes

one day for a diagnosis to flip your life upside down. I just wish there was an easier answer. Something’s not right, right?”

Still, being between jobs and far away in Kansas City, organizing a campaign seemed like the best way for Roeber to help.

“You feel helpless when someone you love gets that diagnosis,” she said.

“When you have a lifelong friend in need, you’re just willing to put anything you can forward.”

With multiple communities connected to the cause, it seemed worth a shot.

“If I was her I’d be so angry at the situation, and she just has the best attitude. I think it’s who she is as a person and her story that’s raised the money,” Roeber said. “There are a lot of negatives to social media you hear about, but this is one of the positives.

It’s pretty easy to set up, compared to like a dinner or a silent auction, and it gets out the story you want to tell to the audience you want to ask for help.”

Still, Roeber sees something strange in the process of crafting a narrative, setting a goal and appealing to friends, family and strangers to help.

“You don’t think you’re going to have to pull on people’s heartstrings just so you’re friend can pay for treatment without being forever indebted,” she said.

But that’s precisely what folks locally and around the country are doing, time and time again. A survey of open GoFundMe campaigns in the area showed that about a quarter had to do with medical costs — not counting those for memorial or funeral costs.

And that’s just the people willing to ask for help on one platform at one moment in time. The Sun received frequent requests to cover campaigns to help people with similar stories — children with cancer, youngsters in car accidents, and retirees who expected medicare to cover more than it does.

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Where there’s smoke

Strong winds stirred up the Middle Mamm Fire last week, prompting closures and increased management on a fire that had previously been mostly allowed to burn in uninhabited areas. Located around 10 miles south of Rifle, it was first detected on July 28 and has now consumed just shy of 1,000 acres. As of Oct. 8, 221 personnel, including hotshot crews, structure protection fire engines and local resources were assigned to battling the blaze under the Rocky Mountain Area Incident Management Team Black — a type two team offering experienced management and support to a more complex fire. Air resources were grounded briefly due to a drone in the area, with potentially serious criminal repercussions for the perpetrator. A soft road closure is in place on CR 319 and 322, with the potential for more. Visit nciweb. nwcg.gov/incident/6527/ for updates and maps.

Meanwhile, stage one fire restrictions are in effect in Eagle County. That means no campfires outside of designated grates in developed campgrounds; no smoking outside of an enclosed vehicle, building or vegetation free area; no use of explosive materials and no welding or operation of an internal combustion engine without a spark-arresting device. Red Flag warnings have also been issued on days with high wind, so make sure to check regulations before you burn.

necessary; it’s all on a first-come, first-served basis and Spanish translators are available. All proceeds go to Helping Heal Paws, a fund that provides emergency medical care to pets in need.

Cover clarification Trying to figure out what Frederick the Great has to do with potatoes? It turns out he was instrumental in introducing the Peruvian crop to Europe using a bit of reverse psychology — visit tinyurl.com/y2tn42w9 for the whole story.

Justin time While folks in the lower valley have been watching it for weeks, a flare-up on Oct. 4 was the first many Carbonalians had seen of the Middle Mamm Fire — more info at left. Photo by Will Grandbois

Heartwarming

The Glenwood Springs Association of Realtors is holding a coat drive at First Bank locations, including the new one in Carbondale. Bring your clean, gently used winter gear (children’s sizes are always in demand) in by Nov. 1. For more information, call 720-648-9648.

New to you

Cripple Creek Backcountry is once again offering a backcountry-only ski swap. Swing by the shop (582 Highway 133) during business hours Oct. 18, 19 or 20 to drop off gear and / or upgrade. The staff will help you

price your stuff to sell with an option of 110 percent store credit or 70 percent cash.

Day to day

Although Eagle County is the only one to send us a press release so far, we’re pretty sure most government offices will be closed Monday, Oct. 14 for Columbus Day. Carbondale, meanwhile, will celebrate Indigineous People's Day with Ute Elder Roland McCook leading drumming, singing and dances from 10 to 2 p.m. in Sopris Park.

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They say it’s your birthday Folks celebrating another trip around the sun this week include: Jake Kinney (Oct. 11); Paul Luttrell, Stephanie Deaton, Linda Giesecke, Rick Borkovec (Oct. 12); Janice Forbes (Oct. 13); Carrie Close, Michael Carter (Oct. 14); Darren Broome, Calder Morrison, Matt Alberico and Corey Mineo (Oct. 15)

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The Midvalley Health Fair takes

Aspen Strong Proudly Presents our 5th Annual

place from 8 to 11 a.m. on Oct. 12 at the El Jebel Community Center.

Book your blood draw appointment at aspenvalleyhospital.org/healthfairs, with flu shots, free additional screenings and information stations also offered. A full profile runs $65, Cardio CRP is $35, Hemoglobin A1c is $40, PSA is $35, Vitamin D is $45 and a colorectal cancer screening kit is $25.

While you’re at it, head down to the low-cost pet vaccination and microchip clinic from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the same day at Alpine Animal Hospital in Glenwood Springs. Shots are $15 each, chips are $20 and healthy pet exams are included. No appointment is

Sopris Sun Correspondent Justin Patrick is leaving his main gig at Wilderness Workshop in favor of a position on the Eagle County communications team.

While we’re bummed to report that he probably won’t have time to contribute to the paper in the near future, we hope our readers will join us in wishing him well.

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Be an outlaw for the evening

By Roberta McGowan Sopris Sun Staff Get out your fancy western duds and hightail it over to The Launchpad, 5 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 13, for Art Heist 2019.

Here’s the deal, and there will be a lot of deals. Participants will have a chance to steal great artwork right off the walls of the R2 Gallery. But, you can’t trust your fellow thieves. They can steal the loot right back from you.

Tickets start at $40 — get ‘em and more info at launchpadcarbondale.com/artheist.

Dress as if you were attending an old west gala, come in cocktail attire or wear straight wild west if that’s what you fancy.

This fundraiser was last held in 2017, but there’s a new twist this year. Instead of thieves sneaking into a museum, you’ll go back in time to the Wild Wild West with train robberies, cowboys and the Pinkerton Detective Agency. Guests are secretly admitted into the gallery to steal the artwork (donated by artists and art collectors) hanging there.

In addition to the heist, guests can enjoy cocktails by Woody Creek Distillers, hors d’oeuvres by Slow Groovin’ BBQ, live entertainment, dinner, and after-party at The Way Home on Main St. Let’s set the scene. Just imagine it’s September 1901. Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency was hired by the estate of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver and Cassandra Roseworthy to escort their highly valuable art collection from Philadelphia, PA to auction in San Francisco, CA, via the Rio Grande Western Railroad.

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Along that stretch of tracks, a highly dangerous and notorious gang of highwaymen and bandits attacked the train and attempted to heist the art collection. Due to the bravery and gallantry of Pinkerton’s men and women, the collection was saved, and five of the thieves were captured.

Regrettably, two bandits escaped: the gang’s leader, Laura “Lefty” Hickock, named for her fearsome left-handed sharp shooting and Curly “Snake Eye” Cletus, the meanest, no-good outlaw in the West known for his cunning and double-crossing in all manner of dubious activities.

Everyone agreed it was unwise to transport the collection further, as it was too valuable to risk another attempted robbery. Instead, the auction will be held Sunday, Oct. 13, 1901, in the small railline town of Carbondale.

The art will be heavily guarded by Pinkerton’s top agents including Chief Detective Virgil “Wildcat” McGraw and Deputy Ranger Clarabelle “Hot Lips” Jackson, leading up to and throughout the entirety of the event. As always, the Pinkertons will not sleep until they apprehend Lefty and Snake Eye. The event will kickoff at 4 p.m. with a gallery champagne preview for the outlaws followed by the 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. party with cocktails, appetizers, Art Heist and entertainment. The after party at The Way Home will include dinner, live music and blackjack, the card game where players compete against the dealer, not each other.

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FALL HEALTH FAIR

TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEALTH! MIDVALLEY HEALTH FAIR SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 8:00 – 11:00 AM El Jebel Community Center Blood draw, flu shots, plus free health screenings & information stations

Bring proof of insurance or cash for flu shot.

Health Screenings and Information Stations

• Aspen Strong • Aspen Valley Primary Care • Back Screenings with OrthoAspen’s Stanley Gertzbein, MD • Height, Weight & BMI with Kelly Locke, MD • Skin Checks with Kelly Locke, MD • WE-cycle • Whitcomb Terrace ...and more!

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• Health Fair Profile (fasting required) $65 • Cardio CRP - $35 • Hemoglobin A1c - $30 – NEW for 2019!

• PSA - $35 • Vitamin D - $45 • Colorectal Cancer Screening Kit - $25 Payment accepted at this event, CASH OR CHECK ONLY. There is NOT an ATM available at the El Jebel Community Center.

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All you cowboys and cowgirls saddle up for a Wild Wild West outlaw experience at the Launchpad.

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Local artists and collectors generously donated to the Art Heist 2019 fundraising event. Courtesy photo

Patina Bar and Grille brings American bistro to Carbondale

By Justin Patrick Sopris Sun Correspondent A new Carbondale restaurant, Patina Bar and Grille, is hitting the food scene with an “approachable but fun” menu inspired by home cooking and captivating taste profiles.

Patina is reinventing the space once occupied by “The Pig” next to Sopris Liquor & Wine along Highway 133 past the roundabout.

Owner Jessica Hale purchased the property in July and has been working closely with her son and the restaurant’s head chef, Hunter Hale, to share their dream for the perfect eatery.

“I was looking for a new chapter in my life- something fun to do,” said Jessica Hale. “I’ve always wanted to have a restaurant.

Coincidentally my son Hunter just finished his degree in Food Industry Management,” she said.

The younger Hale previously worked at Justice Snow’s and Riviera Supper Club, as well as restaurants in Phoenix, and jumped at the opportunity to make the family venture a success.

“Since I was a little kid I wanted to be in food somehow,” he said.

“Coming into high school I thought that would maybe be in the kitchen.

But in college it was maybe owning restaurants. And now we do. It’s been really fun and a lot of work. I’m

here to put my food on the table and hopefully people like it.”

The pair describe the menu as American Bistro, “approachable but still fun and not your everyday menu.”

Chef Hale pointed to the coffee rubbed pork chop and braised pulled pork sandwich as two of his favorites. The “not BBQ” roast pork sandwich is served with a blue cheese spread, apple chutney, and arugula on ciabatta bread. The chop is served with an apple ginger chutney, rice pilaf, and glazed carrots.

The halibut with tomato and spinach sauce is based on a dinner his mother served only on special occasions (“It would be my birthday and I’d say all I want is a halibut dinner!” said Hunter).

The baked halibut is served with garlic mashed potatoes, vegetable medley, and finished with tomatospinach cream sauce.

Other notable menu items include the warm gnocchi caprese salad (pan seared gnocchi and blistered tomatoes on a bed of arugula with a burratina ball) and the fried duck wings served in a jalapeño blackberry sauce.

“We’re not here to do Aspen food,” said Hunter. “We want to do the food we like. We’re trying to bring good food to the table at a moderate, affordable price. It’s a representation of what we ate as a

Owner Jessica Hale and her son and Head Chef Hunter Hale pose in their new restaurant, Patina Bar and Grille.

Photo by Justin Patrick family, what she would cook for us, and what I’d like to eat.”

Patina Bar and Grille also has an impressive craft cocktail menu boasting “classic, but proper” drinks such as a Bourbon Whiskey Sour and Rittenhouse Black Manhattan. Craft beers and a variety of wines are also available.

Jessica Hale hopes the restaurant will become a hub for the community beyond what a traditional restaurant can offer. Two large drop-down projectors allow for viewing sporting

events or hosting moving nights.

Separate from the main dining area, a community room offers “a large, unique space in Carbondale for private parties, business luncheons, trivia nights, and tastings.”

“I’m trying to think of things that would be fun for the town of Carbondale, which I think the town needs,” Jessica said.

Patina opened in late September. The evening of Friday, Oct. 11 will be the restaurant’s first happy hour. They invite guests to

enjoy $5 wines-by-the-glass, as well as specials on beer and appetizers.

Jessica Hale is excited for the prospect of running a true family business. Her husband Jeff Hale will help with bookkeeping, and daughter Michal is assisting with marketing efforts. And of course, her 22-year-old son and head chef Hunter Hale will be running his first kitchen. “I’m super proud of him, given how young he is. We get along great and we help each other.”

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Join the Rebekahs and the Near New volunteers in celebrating the harvest season with stone soup, pumpkin carving, and costumes!

Oct. 17 2:30 - 5:00 FREE!

We welcome contributions to the Vegetarian Soup and donations to our on going fundraising.

We welcome everyone and especially invite folks who are interested in signing up with a fun and important volunteer organization.

¡Únete a Rebekahs y los voluntarios del Near New para celebrar la temporada de cosecha con sopa de piedra, tallado de calabaza y disfraces!

17 de octubre 2: 30 - 5: 00 GRATIS!

Damos la bienvenida a las contribuciones a la sopa vegetariana y donaciones a nuestra recaudación de fondos en curso. Damos la bienvenida a todos y especialmente invitamos a personas que estén interesadas en inscribirse en una organización voluntaria divertida e importante.

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All the colors of the wind

While quaking aspen are the stars of a Colorado fall, some supporting characters in the form of cottonwoods, scrub oak, serviceberry and even ferns add to the ambiance.

While lots of folks have their favorite spots to visit, the Mitchell Family think they might have found the ultimate route: Follow Highway 133 south over McClure Pass then hang a left just past Paonia Reservoir and taking Kebler into Crested Butte just in time for lunch. Continue towards Gunnison then take Cottonwood Pass (not to be confused with the one at the end of Cattle Creek Road) into Buena Vista, head north from there and take Independence Pass home. By their count, it's 270 miles and takes about 12 hours at a comfortable pace. Others reported a similar route in reverse — we figure the sun will be in your eyes over Indy either way. Photos by Will Grandbois, Sue Rollyson Deanna Janckila and Josylyn Mitchell

Join us this Sunday 10 a.m.

Reverend Barbara Keegan Palmer returns to TRUU’s pulpit as a guest minister preaching on the topic of gratitude. She writes “Many people profess feeling grateful for many aspects of their lives. Some have sustained rich personal gratitude practices. However limiting such practices to the private sphere is only part of the story. We will explore both the benefits of expressing personal gratefulness and the compounding benefits of communal gratitude.”

Leaf Days starts Friday, October 11 4th Street & Colorado Avenue

Please separate leaves (no plastic bags) and branches before dumping in containers.

Clean leaf containers will be hauled to local ranches for composting.

Visit CarbondaleGov.org or “Town of Carbondale Public Works” Facebook page for updates.

Guest Speaker Rev. Barbara Palmer Music with Jimmy Byrne Preschool with Justice Bouchet

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Helping The Sopris Sun shine year ‘round

COMMUNITY CALENDAR FRI OCT. 11

TUESDAY OCT. 15

CELTICFEST

BIRDING

Join your neighbors and friends and toast the Emerald Isle with an evening of bagpipes, beer and the “Best Legs in a Kilt Contest” beginning at 5 p.m. at the Fourth Street Plaza.

The Aspen Center for Environmental Studies invites you out to Rock Bottom Ranch (2001 Hooks Spur Rd., Basalt) from 8 to 11 a.m. to learn about behavior, identification, migration, and local habitats. $15 for members and $25 for others.

COMMUNITY DANCE

Bust out your boots and scoot on down to the Third Street Center at 7 p.m. with music from WILDLAND WATERCOLORS A Band Called Alexis — $15 at the door.

Amy Beidleman teaches a duck-themed, alllevels course from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. — $30 ACOUSTIC MELODIES with supplies included and light refreshments Feeding Giants plays at 7 p.m. at Marble served. (2327 Two Rivers Road, Basalt) Distilling (150 Main St.).

FRI OCT. 11 - THU OCT. 17 MOVIES

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 16 SLIDE TALKS

The Carbondale Clay Center’s 2019-20 The Crystal Theatre (427 Main St.) presents resident artists — Jennifer Arnold & Kaitlyn “Downton Abbey” (PG) at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 11- Getz — introduce themselves from 6 to 7 p.m.

13, 16 and 17; “Brittany Runs a Marathon” at the Launchpad (76 S. Fourth St.).

(R) at 5:15 p.m. Oct. 12 and “The Peanut Butter Falcon” (PG-13) at 5:15 p.m. Oct. 13. FURTHER OUT Closed Oct. 14 and 15.

SAT OCT. 12 OPEN FIREHOUSE

“In a country that seems to have lost its way, there is respite in most things ‘local’. Big government and big business threaten the viability of small-town America. I grew up in one of those (bigger college; smaller town) and, having sampled many other urban and suburban options over the years, know that Carbondale is a special place. While we are pummeled constantly by The Big World, The Sopris Sun can be part of the essential glue that keeps this town and its tribes unique, funky, weird, vital and together.” ~ James Noyes, Honorary Publisher Thank you, Jim Noyes, for your generous commitment to local, independent journalism.

Honorary publishers commit $1,000 yearly (or $85 monthly).

We welcome any contribution!

Donate today at soprissun.com or PO Box 399, Carbondale.

THURSDAY OCT. 17 STONE SOUP

Join the Rebekahs and the Near New From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Carbondale & Rural Volunteers in celebrating the harvest season Fire Protection District invites grown-ups from 2:30 to 5 p.m. at the store (302 Main St.) and kids to tour the facility, ride on the trucks with pumpkin carving and costumes to boot. and enjoy food, fun and face painting.

CENSUS PARTY

Join Census Bureau workers from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave.) to answer questions and explain what it means for our community and county.

OKTOBERFEST

Dust off last year’s stein and fill it full with this year’s beer — not to mention Liter Holding, Nail Driving and Cornhole — with music beginning at noon at the Fourth Street Plaza.

HARVEST PARTY

ACES holds its annual Harvest Party from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 12 at Rock Bottom Ranch. Lunch, pumpkin carving, apple cider pressing, vegetable harvest, hay rides, face painting, pie baking contest, arts with The Art Base, photo booth, live music from A Band Called Alexis, ranch games, and more.

SEASON KICKOFF

Cripple Creek Backcountry (582 Highway 133) celebrates the onset of winter and associated activities from 3 to 8 p.m. with food, refreshments and live music.

FLY TYING 101

Learn the basic use of tools and materials and view the short film “Bugs of the Underworld” at 6 p.m. at the Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave.) in a free, family-friendly event.

FILM NIGHT

“The Gate: Dawn of the Bahá’í Faith” screens from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at The Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.). It’s free, but reserve your seat at tinyurl.com/thegatecdale.

FRIDAY OCT. 18 FUN & GAMES

Garfield County Libraries partner with Colorado Parks & Wildlife for a familyfriendly hour of outdoor themed trivia and more at 6 p.m. at Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave.).

SATURDAY OCT. 19 KREUTZER SONATA

Violinist MinTze Wu and pianist Chih-Long Hu interweave the narratives of Tolstoy’s novella with the music of Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, and Beethoven’s monumental VIBRATION HEALING masterpiece that inspired the story at 4 p.m. at Open your chakras and become a fuller the Sage House (804 7 Oaks Rd.). Suggested version of yourself with Laura Barton from donation of $20.

4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.). $45 through SourceLight FIESTA DE TAMALES Integrations.

Join English In Action for its annual fundraiser featuring live entertainment, a homemade COMEDY NIGHT meal, a tamale contest, pinatas, prize drawings, Marble Distilling (150 Main St.) hosts bouncy house, and more from 5 to 8 p.m. at Jenny Zigrino’s keen wit, observations and Basalt High School (600 Southside Dr.). embarrassing anecdotes at 7 p.m.

CONTRA DANCE

All ages and experiences are welcome from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at the Carbondale Community School (1505 Satank Rd.). $5 to $10 also includes square, round, polka and waltzes to old-time music from Wooden Nickel String Band.

SUNDAY OCT. 13 ART HEIST

COMMUNITY MEAL

Faith Lutheran Church (1340 Highway 133), in collaboration with Carbondale Homeless Assistance, hosts a free community meal from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the third Saturday of the month. Info: 510-5046 or faithcarbondale.com.

YAPPY HOUR

Steal artwork right off the walls of the Launchpad (76 S. Third St.) in a night of high-jinks beginning at 4:30 p.m. with an after party at The Way Home. Visit launchpadcarbondale.com for tickets.

Colorado Animal Rescue’s Yappy Hour at the Marble Bar (150 Main St.) takes place at 5:30 p.m. the third Thursday of the month. Sip on handcrafted cocktails and meet a C.A.R.E. dog, with $1 from every drink donated to C.A.R.E. Bring your own dog along as well.

MONDAY OCT. 14

YOUR STORY, YOUR LIFE

GOETHE PAST & PRESENT

From 5 to 7 p.m. scholars Frederick Amrine and Steven Wickes partner with Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork (16543 Highway 82) discuss 18th century German philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

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ONGOING

A free facilitated workshop for adults, writing your personal history, one story at a time.

Facilitated by Shelly Merriam, historian/ writer/genealogist. First and third Fridays, 10 a.m. to noon at the Glenwood Springs Branch Library, (815 Cooper Ave.). Info at 945-5958 or gcpld.org.

Thank You Potato Day Volunteers Celtic Fest and Oktoberfest take place back-to-back at the Fourth Street Plaza, with the "best legs in a kilt contest" slated for Friday night. Photo by Will Grandbois HEALTH THROUGH NUTRITION

KARAOKE

Free opportunities include a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Greg Feinsinger about the science behind plant-based nutrition at 7 p.m. the first Monday of the month, free onehour consultations for heart attack and other chronic illness prevention by appointment Monday mornings (call 379-5718) and a plant-based whole-foods potluck at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Monday of the month — all at the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.).

Stubbies Sports Bar (123 Emma Rd.) and Sandman bring you over 30,000 songs to choose from and a quality sound system to release your inner rockstar at 9 pm. every Thursday.

A WALK IN THE WOODS

Thunder River Theatre (67 Promenade) presents the story of a Soviet diplomat and an American negotiator who develop a friendship while navigating the intricacies of nuclear arms reduction. Shows at 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 10-12.

KIDS’ COOKING CLASS

Kids get to eat the dishes they make and work with other children in a fun, hands-on environment in this Fork & Pan Cooking Class for Kids. Ages 8-12. Wednesdays, Oct. 2 through Nov. 20. Cost: $15/day. Information: https://www.forkandpan.com/classes.

ROTARY

The Carbondale Rotary Club meets at the Carbondale Fire Station (300 Meadowood Dr.) at 6:45 a.m. Wednesdays.

PING PONG

Senior Matters (520 S. Third St. Suite 33) offers a table tennis club for adults from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays. Contact Marcel Kahhak at 963-5901 for more information.

PUNCH PARKINSON’S

Rising Crane Training Center (768 Highway 133) offers free boxing / fitness classes for folks with Parkinson’s from 11 to noon Tuesdays and Thursdays. More info at 274-8473.

TAI CHI

All levels are welcome to participate a gentle path to health and flexibility from 9 to 10 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays with John Norton. Marty Finkelstein offers a 5 to 5:30 course for beginners before his 5:30 to 7 p.m. class on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Both classes take place at the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.).

LOVE ADDICTS

Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous, a 12-step group will meet from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. every Tuesday at Holland Hills United Methodist Church (167 Holland Hills Rd., Basalt).

MINDFULNESS IN RECOVERY

An inclusive, peer-led recovery support group open to anyone with a desire for recovery — independent of faith and regardless of race, gender or orientation — meets Tuesdays from 6 to 7 p.m. in room 36 of the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.) OPEN MIC

Take the stage at Riverside Grill (181 Basalt Center Circle, Basalt) from 5 to 8 p.m.

Wednesdays. Food and drink specials. Free.

LET’S JUST DANCE

Feel great, have fun and dance Tuesdays at The Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.).

Catch a free lesson at 7 p.m., then from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. it’s open dancing with two-step, swing, waltz, line dance, salsa and more. No partner or experience necessary. $8/person; $14/couple. Questions? Call 970-366-6463 or email billypat4@gmail.com.

BACHATA

Learn a Latin dance with Erik and Claudia Peña presenting weekly classes from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. every Thursday at The Launchpad (76 S. Fourth St.). $10 drop-in fee; info at 963-8425.

RUN AROUND

Independence Run and Hike hosts a weekly Group Run on Thursday nights. Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the store, 596 Highway 133 (in La Fontana Plaza) during Daylight Saving time and at 6 p.m. during the darker months for a 4-mile loop around Carbondale. All paces are welcome. Info: 704-0909 MINDFULNESS

The Mindful Life Program in the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.) offers group sessions Mondays at 7:30 p.m. Admission is by donation and registration is not necessary. Info: mindfullifeprogram.org and 970-633-0163.

DHARMA

The Way of Compassion Dharma Center holds a Dharma talk and meditation from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays and a silent meditation and Buddha of Compassion practice at 8 a.m. Saturdays at the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.).

MEDITATION

Free silent meditation sessions are held at the Launchpad (76 S. Fourth St.) from 6:45 to 7:30 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays (info at 306-1015).

YOGA

Get a donation-based introduction to Hatha Yoga from 8 to 9 p.m. on Tuesdays at The Launchpad (76 S. Fourth St.).

RF INSIGHT

Monday Night Meditation meets from 7:15 to 8:30 p.m. at Roaring Fork Aikikai (2553 Dolores Way) and offers instruction in the Buddhist practice of Vipassana. RFI also offers secular mindfulness at the Carbondale Community School and is working with CMC to provide a class on “Zen and the Art of Dying” — more info at roaringforkinsight.org.

SANSKRIT MANTRA

Devika Gurung demonstrates how chant is about more than spirituality, but also breath and rhythm at 4:30 p.m. Sundays at The Launchpad (76 S. Fourth St.).

The Brains: Ernie, Mark, Kade & Ann Gianinetti, Jim Barnett The Brawn:

Steve Standiford, Rebecca Young, Donna Dayton, Kelly Wood and the Quilt Guild, Marty Voller-Red Rock Diner Parade MCs: April Spaulding and Gavin Dahl Parade Judges: Sam Richings-Germain, Jeff Leahy, Lyn Bair The Pit Pyros: Ernie, Mark and Kade Gianinetti, Benito Martinez, David Cardiff, Jerry and Rick Cheney, Marc Bassett, Trent Reeds, Glen Jammaron Larry Stangeland, Shaggy Fink The Spud Slingers: Town of Carbondale Board of Trustees Sopris Sun Board, The Rotary Club, KDNK DJ’s Ghost Actors Thompson House: Alex Achteroff, Josie Castaldo, Brett Haines, Raleigh Burleigh, Jackie Chenoweth, Grace Lodge, Ethan Harrison, Marge Palmer, Charlotte Graham Whitney, Julian & Jasmine Lewis, Garth Delk, Linda Giesecke Amy Fulton, Stephen Ferry, Kim Magee, Diana Alcantara

The Committee:

The Carbondale Historical Society Carbondale Parks & Recreation Department The Sopris Sun The Carbondale Branch Library KDNK & Volunteer Extraordinaire Kate Schwerin

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'Look at that moon.

Roaring Fork High School celebrated Homecoming with powderpuff football, brute volleyball and capture the flag in addition to varsity bouts against Delta in boys' soccer (a 2-1 victory brings the team to 2-0 in league and 6-1-1 overall) and Gunnison in girls' volleyball (a 3-1 victory brings them to 1-2 in league and 4-7 overall). The fans wore white and tossed baby powder in the air for the first game, then donned blue the next night, when Johnny Delgado and Lucia Penzel were crowned as royalty.

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Raleigh Burleigh showed up to serve still in his mourning attire from the parade — a variation on his William Dinkel costume for the evening ghost walk alongside the departed potato-headed aviator from last years parade. The top spooks this year — as chosen by the principals of RFHS, CRMS and CCS — were Coldwell Banker Mason Morse in first, Bishop plumbing in second and the crowd breaking a three-way tie to put Ross Montessori in third.

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A town and its bar

By Ken Pletcher Sopris Sun Correspondent The Black Nugget. The name itself evokes echoes of an earlier time — the grittier Carbondale of coal and miners and unpaved streets.

One who has never been in the dark, slightly mysteriouslooking watering hole occupying most of the Fourth Street side of the Dinkel Building might be a little reluctant, but after walking by it numerous times this relative newcomer found it inviting — at least at the early hour I went to watch a friend perform.

The Nugget has been there “for a long, long time in one form or another ‌ the better part of a century,â€? per its Facebook page. According to Jan (“Hansâ€?) Balas, the current owner, as well as Cassie Cerise, one of the owners between 1999 and 2007, a drinking establishment existed at that location at least since the 1950s. It acquired the name Black Nugget sometime in the 1960s, undoubtedly a nod to the growing number of coal miners working and living in the area. For years it was the miners’ bar, described as “home to the rougher elementâ€? of the town in a 2013 article in the Post Independent.

One longtime Carbondale resident, who was a teenager in Aspen in the late 1960s, described how he and his friends would come downvalley to try and sneak into bars for a drink. But they never went to the bar, which was considered “off limits� to “us hippies� (any young person with long hair).

Another local resident lived above the bar for more than 20 years between the mid-1970s and late 1990s. He recalled that the establishment was “pretty rough,� and a place where you might get blind-sided sitting at the bar by a guy who “just wanted to hit someone.� He said that generally he could sleep during the night, even as things got rowdier toward closing time.

On at least one occasion, though, he woke up to the sound of someone shouting, “He’s got a gun!� and wondered if a bullet might come through the floor. He never did hear shots while living there but remembered plenty of fights.

As the coal mines began to close and then shut down for good, the town – and the bar – began to change character. Mountain Fair, established in 1972, became the first of a growing number of festivals and other special events. In the mid-1990s, Steve’s Guitars

The Black Nugget and the rest of the Dinkel Building in 1974. Photo by Rebecca Young — directly behind the Nugget in the Dinkel Building — began hosting live music. Other venues soon followed suit, and soon bands were playing regularly at the bar, which had become known as the Lone Wolfe Brewing Company.

Still, it wasn’t always smooth sailing. Cerise described how in 2002 the Lone Wolfe fell out of favor with town officials and lost its liquor license. However, the intervention of loyal patrons, including one who in the 2013 PI article described the bar as “something of a legend,� helped convince the town to reinstate the license. “My parents met there,� noted Cerise, and added that many people “wouldn’t have met their spouse if not for [the Nugget]� (that name reinstated when it reopened in 2003). The bar again made the local news in late 2005 after local residents and members of the Colorado Hell’s Angels got into a fight during a benefit concert there. With a change in ownership in 2007 came yet another name: Carnahan’s Tavern.

In 2012, Dasha Balasova and her husband Vit Blanar took over the venerable establishment and again restored the name Black

Nugget. Before reopening the doors, they completely renovated the space, notably moving the bar from one side of the room to the other and taking down a back wall that had separated the main room from one containing the pool tables. The couple honored the bar’s earlier clientele by decorating the walls with an array of coal-mining paraphernalia and by installing two timber arches commemorating those killed in accidents at nearby mines in 1965 and 1981.

Along with the facelift came a new focus on activities. In addition to live music, the Nugget began devoting nights each week to karaoke, an open mike and pool tournaments.

In 2018 Balas, son of Dasha, took over as owner. He has continued to operate the Nugget as it had been under his mother and Blanar, though he substituted a free pool night for open mike night. He calls his establishment the “melting pot of the valley,� and on a recent Saturday night that was evident. The bar filled with a mixed and mellow crowd as the evening wore on, the “legend� — having shed its rough-and-tumble past — now reflecting today’s diverse Carbondale.

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Whitewater Park tweaks topic of public meeting River users and Healthy Rivers Whitewater Park enthusiasts will gather at Basalt Town Hall at 6 p.m. on Oct. 16 to discuss possible modifications to the play wave structures located in the Roaring Fork River just downstream from Fisherman’s Park in Basalt.

Wave park engineers will be on hand to listen to feedback and suggestions from kayakers, rafters, stand up paddleboarders, fishermen, and others who frequent the man-made wave park.

The wave park, was constructed by Pitkin County Healthy Rivers just over two years ago.

Its primary purpose was to secure an important water right that helps to keep that section of river healthy during low water season in the fall and winter. During high water, the in-channel man-made features create challenging play waves for boaters. Engineers have revised the features once since the park was constructed in 2017. If necessary, additional modifications will be made this winter when the water is low enough for construction to occur.

Pitkin County elevates 911 Dispatchers Pitkin County is elevating the status of its 911 Dispatchers to First Responders in a move that outpaces a similar effort on the national level. The 911 Saves Act is currently before congress and when approved would upgrade the classification 911 Dispatchers to match that of all First Responders. Pitkin County is the first county in the state of Colorado, and among the first in the nation, to take this step.

“We couldn’t wait for the bill that is stalled in Congress to give our dispatchers the job classification of First Responders that they have

earned and deserve,” said Emergency Dispatch 911 Commander Brett Loeb. “Emergency dispatchers are every bit as critical in managing a crisis as our law enforcement officers, paramedics, and firefighters are and they are equally impacted emotionally. They should be recognized for that,” Loeb said.

Repair work causes power outages Recent power outages in Glenwood Springs have been due to the Xcel Energy project occurring in Glenwood Canyon.

Xcel Energy is working on replacing and repairing approximately 30 transmission and 10 distribution structures throughout the Glenwood Canyon and in the White River National Forest.

The Xcel Energy Shoshone/Rifle transmission line from Shoshone in Glenwood Canyon serves the Glenwood Springs Mitchell Creek substation and New Castle. A statement from Xcel Energy explained, “The work is taking place between the Shoshone Hydroelectric Plant and the City of Glenwood Springs and is expected to be complete by the end of October. Due to windy weather and other factors recently, residents in the area lost power for a period of time on a few occasions over the past week. Xcel Energy crews believe they have found the cause of these outages and were able to repair them.

Lawsuit targets fracking climate harm Conservation groups are suing the Trump administration to require an analysis of the climate risk from an oil and gas extraction plan covering nearly a million acres of public lands and minerals in western Colorado. The area surrounds the Bureau of

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Land Management’s new headquarters.

In 2016 the BLM approved a 20-year plan allocating 935,600 acres for oil and gas leasing and predicting development of nearly 4,000 new oil and gas wells.

Since approving the 2016 Grand Junction resource-management plan, the BLM has failed to analyze climate impacts from lease sales in the plan area. Conservation groups sued the agency over this in 2018.

Conservation groups recently prevailed in a similar lawsuit challenging the BLM’s failure to analyze climate impacts for its 2015 Colorado River Valley resource management plan for public lands adjacent to the Grand Junction plan. BLM also failed to consider alternatives that would generate less greenhouse gas pollution.

Bennet calls on DHS to address Detention Center violations Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet called on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to fully address all abuses and violations at detention facilities as outlined by recent DHS Office of the Inspector General reports by Nov. 1, 2019.

In a letter to Acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan, Bennet requested the agency share its plan to address concerns from the reports, as well as detailed accounting of the department’s budget for detention facilities.

The reports include violations of the 2000 National Detention Standards and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Performance-Based National Detention Standards, including medical neglect and abuse, lack of mental healthcare, and food safety concerns.

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Coal Basin bike preserve supports restoration with recreation

By Trina Ortega Sun Correspondent Volunteers who showed up on Oct. 5 to re-seed the hillsides below the old Mid-Continent Mine in Coal Basin were helping fulfill the mission of the new Coal Basin Mountain Bike Preserve west of Redstone. The owners of the private property, Walmart heirs Sam and Tom Walton, aim to show how planning for recreational use on impacted landscapes can benefit restoration of those lands.

The preserve comprises 221 acres surrounded by national forest near the end of Coal Creek Road. The trail system totals about five miles and will be open to the public at no cost for mountain biking, hiking and running.

An easement was granted to Pitkin County Open Space and Trails to allow public access. The preserve trails offer another way to access the area’s existing trails, such as the Coal Basin Trail (a reclaimed mining road), Lake Ridge Lakes and Dexter Park area.

Although the preserve does not open until summer 2020, volunteers got a sneak peek of the new trails on Oct. 5 before participating in an afternoon work project co-sponsored

by Roaring Fork Mountain Bike Association (RFMBA) to help reestablish native grasses alongside the trails. Other restoration efforts have included collecting and clearing

out trash, improving the soil health, erosion control and tree plantings by students from the Marble Charter School.

“The idea is to demonstrate how access for education and recreation can really drive restoration in a heavily impacted landscape,” according to the preserve’s property manager and project manager, Lee Bowers.

Mid-Continent conducted its mining operations at the site from 1956 to 1991, extracting from mountainsides via portals and tunnels and preparing the coal at the base, then hauling via truck to the transfer station located off of Catherine Store Road in Carbondale before loading the coal onto trains.

One longer trail (not officially named yet) climbs through aspen and evergreen in the Dutch Creek drainage to the old mine entrance before topping out with views of the peaks in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness to the east. As the trail makes the final descent back to the starting point, it cuts across a steep hillside, soft with coal-dust-laden soils.

“When you previously looked at it, it was like, ‘Oh, I don’t even want to touch that because it’s so steep and eroded.’” Bowers said. “If you didn’t have the desire to put a trail in there, then you wouldn’t take the restoration any further.”

Environmental Excavation has been contracted to aid in the soils’ restoration and pond-design/ construction, and re-seeding and planting efforts will continue into the future. But Bowers said building trails also helps minimize erosion.

“The trail itself — the bench cutting — is what slows water down, and you can direct the water where you want it to go, instead of water running and creating an erosion rill right down the hillside,” he said.

The trails on the preserve are designed for mountain bike skills “progression,” meaning that beginners can tackle sections to learn and practice skills and then continue to advance on different lines and trail sections. These looping “gateway” trails are at the base of the preserve and circumnavigate a natural pond and man-made pond (that also will be used for irrigation to help establish the new plantings).

Picnic tables and shade structures will further make the preserve family friendly.

Bowers said the preserve will partner with the nonprofit Roaring Fork Cycling, which offers mountain bike clubs, camps and clinics for students in grades 1-12 from Glenwood Springs to Aspen.

“We hope to have them running programming out of here next summer. I think it’ll really open

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Volunteers came out to help with a re-seeding project on Oct. 5.

Photo by Trina Ortega things up for them because most RFMBA Executive Director of their programming is occurring Mike Pritchard said the partnership in Snowmass [Village] right now. with the preserve “makes a lot of That’s because they cannot guide sense,” particularly because of the legally on the national forest without nearby existing routes. a recreational outfitter’s permit,” “I think it’s going to be the kind of Bowers said. “This will be a great place thing where people will arrive, they’ll for more mid-valley and down-valley ride some of the new trails, but they’ll kids to come up and ride without continue up on the Coal Basin Trail having to go up to Snowmass.” much further, at a higher elevation, The preserve also has been working then finish on this fun experience closely with the White River National down here,” Pritchard said. “Then Forest, Pitkin County, Cattlemen’s they can finish the day in Redstone, Association, Avalanche Outfitters have some pizza at Propaganda Pie, and RFMBA. make an adventure of it.”

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(Except on collection day between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.)

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Contact the Carbondale Police Department for more information at (970) 963-2662.

Carbondale Town Ordinance:

Sec. 7-3-60 (b) No person, including but not limited to an owner, occupant, lessee, person in possession or control, homeowners’ association officer, property manager or agent of a given premises, shall place any refuse or garbage container in any street, alley or other public place or upon any private property, whether or not owned by such person, within the Town, except in proper containers for collection, as provided in Section 7-3-50 above. No person shall place any such refuse or garbage container in any public street right-of-way for trash collection purposes by the Town or a private trash hauler, except for on the day collection occurs. For purposes of determining compliance with this requirement, refuse and garbage containers may be stored in a public street right-of-way only between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on the day of collection. Placement of refuse or garbage containers outside of this time period shall result in the levying of fines, pursuant to Subsection (g) below. Except for between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on the day of collection, and except in the instance that a refuse or garbage container is bear-resistant, as defined in Section 7-3-10 above, all refuse and garbage containers must be stored in secure enclosures when not out for collection.

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Times have changed, but it’s good to be back in the newsroom

OPINION

By Roberta McGowan Sopris Sun Staff The silence is one of the biggest differences. Today, sitting in front of my reporter's desk at the Sopris Sun, I don’t hear the click clack of typewriter keys or the whoosh of the handle as I go to the following line. No enter or return button here.

It was several decades ago when I first started out as a fledgling journalist, more than a little wet behind the ears — quite soggy to be truthful. A different world, a much quieter world, exists now.

I left that exciting, adrenaline rushing experience for the calmer world of non-profit

public relations. Being a single parent with two small kids blew away my dream of becoming a globe trotting, international correspondent.

I have stayed in touch with several journalism colleagues. One friend, Bill Roswell, has worked in print and broadcast media for 40 years. He recently stepped back from full time at KYW AM News Radio, Philadelphia, as director of digital media to now being their chief digital consultant.

KYW has been a 24/7 news station since 1965, initially broadcasting since 1921 in other formats. That explains why KYW is ahead of the 24/7 stampede.

And Roswell, an award winning journalist with the Radio and Television News Association, has been instrumental in the station successfully surviving the onslaught which swallowed up other media.

“The hardest challenge for the media is to maintain objectivity,” he said.

“Yet people are angrier than before,” Roswell noted, “As some media doesn’t hold up a mirror and instead puts a spin on information while beating up on other sources’ content. It’s who has the loudest voice.”

Is it better to have one source or many? That’s the question

the public needs to figure out.

A highly competitive media environment has led to rogue reporting possibly not based on fact. As one newspaper, radio or television station after another is absorbed into a bigger single corporate entity, it’s the readers and listeners who lose.

The “fairness doctrine,” introduced by the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1949, was a policy that required holders of broadcast licenses both to present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that was — in the FCC's view — honest, equitable, and balanced. That doctrine was repealed in 1987.

So today, we have a variety of news fiefdoms. Some at one end or the other of the political spectrum.

As a result, people tend to flock to the outlet that reflects their own outlook. They can read, watch and listen and then applaud the source.

“What does this mean for the average bear?,” Roswell asked and then responded, “It means people can choose what they want.

And to the question about the credibility of talk show hosts, Roswell said, “Talk show hosts are not journalists.”

He felt that broadcast media often is a step ahead of print, as it

can be immediate.

Still, he reads print media regularly, especially the Gloucester County Times, his local newspaper.

He mused that the top papers, like the New York Times, Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal, have more resources than smaller outlets.

Our Valley is different. We don’t have local television news; We’re just too far away from Denver and Grand Junction. So print media here remains vital and strong.

Now however, the internet has helped print to compete. Editors can get out their message as quickly as bandwidth allows. Social media allows “push” information that goes directly without any action by the public.

No longer is everyone absorbing the same information, the same talking points and sound bites. On the contrary, we just filter out what we don’t want to hear.

Enter computers and the internet which have changed the entire planet, the news media in particular. For millennials, it’s hard to imagine not having answering machine, mobile devices or caller ID. And not even a microwave to heat up those leftover lunches that I was eating for dinner as another deadline loomed in front of me.

Journalism — the practice of reporting information unbiased

and accurate — has been turned upside down by the relentless push of technology.

Not that it’s a bad thing. It’s just inevitable change — maybe even progress. Just throw in the 24/7 mania caused by so many communication options: cable, satellite, live news streaming, round the clock feeds, smart phones, tablets and even the good old laptop (remember the desktop?).

Change can be beneficial or harmful or both at the same time.

It has been very interesting to compare the past and the present.

We are all more knowledgeable and aware because of instant information, yet we are subject to content overload. So often we just tune stuff out. Too much for one single human brain to absorb at once.

But one can’t choose between change in one field of endeavor, such as medicine, and modification in another, like the news media. So we just have to learn to navigate the new cosmos.

The advice I give myself and would give to others is to be carefully selective, educated and reject obviously manufactured information.

I’m so glad I’m back in the newsroom.

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By Roberta McGowan Sopris Sun Staff What could you do if several vehicles parked at your neighbor’s home were from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), United States Department of Homeland Security?

If you’re not sure and would like to know more, consider contacting the Colorado Rapid Response Network (CORRN), a network of concerned and committed groups and volunteers who respond to ICE activities in their communities.

Recently, CORRN held a training session in Glenwood Springs for prospective volunteers led by Ana Rodriguez, community organizer, Colorado People’s Alliance. It covered the basic history of the network, what it does/does not do and how it functions.

According to Rodriguez, “We want to document and confirm what’s going on. People need to know what to do and avoid doing more harm than good.”

Rodriguez described the different volunteer opportunities: caller, who observes a potential ICE situation and calls the CORRN Hotline; dispatcher, who alerts the next level of volunteers; confirmer, who goes to the site, and legal observer, an independent witness officially certified by the National Lawyers Guild. If ICE activity id confirmed, the dispatcher activates the onsite action and legal teams to provide guidance.

She noted the legal team is not part of the network, but is instead comprised of “attorneys who want to help.”

The Colorado Rapid Response Network, created in 2016, is led by the Rapid Response Team of the Immigration Resistance Table, a group

of organizations including; United for a New Economy, Padres & Jovenes Unidos, Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition, Mi Familia Vota, Colorado Peoples Alliance, Together Colorado, American Friends Service Committee and Service Employees International Union Local 105, an organization of Colorado health care and property service workers. .

Dorothea Farris, member of the Sanctuary Committee, Two Rivers Unitarian Universalist (TRUU) fellowship in Carbondale said, “I am furious at what is happening. We cannot tolerate the behavior of the government.”

Plus, she emphasized that participation in these efforts “is a great way to get involved to protect people from deportation.”

Sophia Clark, a CORRN volunteer confirmed who attended the training, said, “Volunteering is a really concrete way to get accurate information and to confirm police and ICE activity.”

She added, “We appreciate a local team to witness situations.” Clark also confirmed that ICE apprehended 33 persons out of the 1000 recently targeted.

Jordan Garcia, immigrant organizing director, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in Colorado, said the committee is reaching out to people who want to get involved, “We need citizens to help.”

The American Friends Service Committee is a Quaker organization that “promotes lasting peace with justice as a practical expression of faith in action.

According to ICE, as reported on the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) website, ICE deportation officers with its Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested 42 criminal aliens and immigration

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Rapid Response workshop leader Ana Rodriguez explained what immigrant “sanctuary” is all about at the recent training session. Photo by Roberta McGowan violators in Colorado and Wyoming during a five-day enforcement action, which ended Sept. 25. Most of the aliens targeted by ERO deportation officers during this enforcement action had prior criminal histories; nine have pending criminal charges only.

An additional workshop is set for 2:45 p.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 19, in the Grand Ballroom of the DoubleTree hotel, Grand Junction (743 Horizon Dr, Grand Junction). The event is sponsored by Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition (CIRC) For more details: https://www.facebook.com/ CORapidResponseNetwork/ Earlier this year, Gov. Jared Polis signed two

immigration bills into law that were expected to “change the legal landscape for undocumented immigrants in Colorado.“ One requires the Department of Revenue to create 10 more offices to issue identification documents, such as driver's licenses.

The other, House Bill 1124, clarifies that federal agents cannot use local jails to hold suspected undocumented residents longer than their local sentence requires.

It also prohibits a probation officer or probation department employee from providing an individual's personal information to federal immigration authorities.

As Farris mused, “We are all immigrants.”

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TOWN REPORT

COP SHOP From Sept. 27 through Oct. 3, Carbondale Police handled 233 calls for service, including seven cases of theft or larceny, four vehicle lockouts and the following cases of note:

From Town Manager Jay Harrington's weekly report to trustees, staff and others.

RECREATION DEPARTMENT staff are attending Colorado Parks & Recreation Association conference in Vail and will be out of the office on Wednesday and Thursday.

LEAF DAYS dumpsters

will be delivered to the lot across from Town Hall on Oct. 11 and will be in place through at least Nov. 6.

HAZARDOUS WASTE DAY will take place Oct. 26, with e-waste and drug collection also offered through the event.

SINGLE HAULER trash service is off to a — reportedly rocky — start.

The sign on Highway 133 will be reminding folks that recycling pick-up is on alternate weeks.

E M P L OY M E N T O P P O RT U N I T I E S include part-time, yearround recreation assistants (call 510-1279) and climbing instructors (510-1214).

PICKLEBALL COURT construction continues with a post tensioned slab pour.

MINERS PARK PLAYGROUND remains closed for demolition and replacement.

GATEWAY RV PARK is closed for the season, but reservations for next year open on Oct. 25.

THE DITCH SYSTEM will be turned off on Tuesday, Oct. 15.

A TOBACCO LICENSE application has been submitted by City Market — the first such in town.

THE AQUATICS FACILITY master planning process netted six proposals. Staff and a selection committee are reviewing the proposals and will be conducting interviews of potential consultants, if needed, the week of Oct. 14-18.

OKTOBERFEST picks up on Oct. 12, also at the Fourth Street Plaza. Kids’ crafts and face painting run

from noon to 2 p.m., with a 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Cornhole Tournament and a 7 p.m.

Liter Holding Competition.

It’s all backed by live music from Denver’s Thirsty 5 from from noon to 3 p.m., Rick Borger and the Average German Band from 3 to 6 p.m. and Union of None from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

FRIDAY SEPT. 27 AT 4:37 P.M. Someone

reported a boys’ BMX bike stolen.

WEDNESDAY OCT. 2 AT 12:34 P.M.

Three cars had to be towed following an accident on Highway 133, two men were transported to the hospital with minor injuries and one driver was issued a citation.

SATURDAY SEPT. 28 AT 3:23 P.M. Police issued a warning to the party at fault in an accident.

THURSDAY OCT. 3 AT 4:13 A.M. Police

SATURDAY SEPT. 28 AT 5:01 P.M.

took a report of trespass and disorderly conduct.

After being spotted driving on a bike path, a 25-year-old man was arrested for reckless driving, driving an unsafe vehicle, driving with a revoked license and failure to provide proof of insurance.

STRUCTURES OF MERIT will be the subject of a Historic Preservation Commission public meeting next month, with an addition discussion of whether the courtesy review in Historic Commercial Core warrants changes.

THURSDAY OCT. 3 AT 9:17 A.M.

Following a criminal mischief call, officers photographed the damage and took a report.

MONDAY SEPT. 30 AT 8:04 A.M.

Officers were dispatched at a hit-and-run accident.

MONDAY SEPT. 30 AT 8:38 A.M. Police

issued a warrant for failure to appear.

CELTIC FEST takes place on Oct. 11 on the Fourth Street Plaza. At 5 p.m., catch bag pipers, drummers, and Celtic dancers from Rocky Mountain Scots, with live traditional Irish & Scottish Music from Oran Mo from 5 to 9 p.m. New this year are 6 and 7 p.m. whiskey tastings with Carbondale Beer Works; $25 preregister, $30 at the event.

At 8 p.m., it’s the men’s Best Legs in a Kilt contest.

MONDAY SEPT. 30 AT 1:15 P.M.

Someone reported a sex assault involving a juvenile.

TUESDAY OCT. 1 AT 8:39 A.M. A report

of theft and fraud involving a business email was reported to the FBI. Officer Randy Rodgers has been promoted to replace Sargent Wilhelm.

Officer recruiting continues, with Lieutenant.

Wurtsmith visiting various police academies.

WEDNESDAY OCT. 2 AT 12:25 A.M.

Following a speeding stop, a 25-year-old man was arrested for speeding 10-19 mph over the limit, weaving and DUI.

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Trustees support libraries, new and old

By John Colson Sopris Sun Correspondent Carbondale has gone on the record supporting a Garfield County Library District property-tax question on the Nov. 5 ballot, despite reservations by some about having a tax question on the ballot this fall.

The library district, which operates libraries in each of the six towns within Garfield County, is asking voters to approve a 1.5 mill levy property tax hike, which would generate an estimated $4 million per year in revenues (see our ballot guide in next week’s paper for a full breakdown).

“I found myself wanting to scrutinize it,” noted Mayor Dan Richardson, referring to his perusal of the ballot question.

But, he continued, “it's obvious there's been a gap” in the funding for the district, which has declined over the past decade due to a drop-off in tax revenues from the county's oil and gas industry and having to come up with a state-ordered repayment of taxes overpaid by the oil and gas industry several years ago.

“It's tough to swallow a new tax request,” Richardson said, but he also feels the library district is an essential service that has been forced to “tighten its belt in recent years” and that the tax question is justifiable in light of discontinued programs, staff layoffs, cutbacks in hours of operation and other measures the district has taken over the years.

Trustee Heather Henry, following up on Richardson's remarks, noted that the cutbacks at the Carbondale Branch Library have prompted concerns and complaints

among local library patrons “throughout this community,” and she indicated that the town get behind the tax question as part of government's mission to enhance the welfare of its citizens.

“I think the library district is such a critical component to that welfare,” she concluded.

“The community can and should rally behind the district to get those doors back open.”

Henry asked former library district board member Todd Anderson, who attended Tuesday's meeting on behalf of the district, whether the proposed tax increase is expected to put the library back on a “sustainable” financial footing, and Anderson replied, “I believe so, yes.”

On a motion by Trustee Ben Bohmfalk, the trustees voted unanimously to endorse the district's ballot question.

“Now, the hard part,” declared the mayor after the vote, “to get the voters behind it.”

Trustees also gave $5,000 in support of the $2 million plan to purchase and remodel the old Glenwood Springs Branch Library building, as the new headquarters for the Youth Zone advocacy organization.

Calling the old library structure “our new home,” Youth Zone's director, Lori Mueller, told the board that the organization is “winding down” its capital fundraising campaign, which has reached $1.9 million thanks to large donations from Garfield and Pitkin counties, as well as contributions from business and other entities.

In addition to the $5,000 request to Carbondale, Mueller told the trustees on Tuesday, the organization has made funding requests to the communities of Aspen,

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Carbondale Fire District invites you to come to our Community Open House. It will be a great time with something for the entire family. Enjoy station tours, fire truck rides, a chance to meet Sparky the Fire Dog and prizes for grown-ups and kids! Join us for lunch and get to know your friends at Carbondale Fire.

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FOOD, FUN & FACE PAINTING! CARBONDALE & RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 300 Meadowood Drive Carbondale, CO www.carbondalefire.org Saturday, October 12 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

October students of the month: Angel Vasquez Buenrostro, Alexis Filiss, Bella Frisbie, Mason Frisbie and Zachary Hanrahan. Not present was Sylvia Duchscher. Courtesy photo Snowmass Village, Glenwood Springs, Basalt and New Castle, which all have youth populations that have used Youth Zone's services over the years.

She said 124 youths from Carbondale alone used her organization's services and help last year, at a cost of about $180,000, and she assured the trustees that Youth Zone will continue to have an office in Carbondale, currently located at the Third Street Center.

Town Manager Jay Harrington, when questioned by Trustee Bohmfalk, confirmed that Youth Zone annually seeks operational funding through the town's regular grant process. But because this is a request to contribute to a capital campaign, Harrington said, it is being treated separately from the yearly community-grants marathon.

In other action, the trustees heard from the town's energy-efficiency consultants

— CLEER (Clean Energy Economy for the Region) and CORE (Community Office of Resource Efficiency) — about Carbondale's hopes to reach a “net zero” level of energy consumption by 2050, part of the town's drive to reduce local contributions to global warming and climate change.

During a discussion of proposals to pass increased requirements for energy efficiency in new-home construction, the trustees acknowledged that such requirements might mean higher costs to developers and home buyers.

But, in the words of Trustee Heather Henry, “We've got to do this” if Carbondale is to do its part to curb the emission of greenhouse gasses into the air. The proposed code changes were not adopted on Tuesday, however, and will be brought up during future meetings.

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Today's the Day! If you've waited to complete your advance care documents (Power of Attorney, Advance Directives) wait no more. We will have advance care planning information, documents & 5 Wishes, and a notary to help you complete those ever important papers, because having your wishes in writing is an amazing gift to your loved ones.

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How I took a ‘180 on God’

OPINION

By John Runne Along with my co-authors, I wrote “180 on God” to voice and address the many outstanding questions we might all have about God’s possible views.

It was written for all those who already have or are thinking about giving up on church but who never lost their belief and connection to Him. So many are turning away from the church for very personal reasons yet remain steadfast in their belief in God. This book is a guide of sorts for the millions of believers who have left and those contemplating to do so. It contains 180 questions answered with my own and my three co-authors perspectives on how God might view life and our daily unencumbered interaction with Him outside of and within a place of worship.

I envisioned and co-created “180 on God” with two pastors and a successful trial lawyer.

All three are obviously in and around church regularly while I am a mostly infrequent visitor. The co-authors are Daniel Self, the lead Pastor of the Orchard church in Carbondale; Charley Hill, now helping lead a mega church in Steamboat Springs, and the former lead pastor at the Orchard and John Hammons, a deep believer and forty-year practicing trial lawyer.

For me, I am someone who’s been a member of a handful of churches but never felt the messages being given had much substance other than repetitive clichés. In total, there are some fifteen decades of church experience that established the answers for “180 on God.” My view is that no one on the planet truly knows what God is thinking or what views He holds. Most likely, what we say about God is what we hold true to ourselves, assume, have read or have heard someone else say.

My idea for “180 on God” was to gather several well versed and highly churchinvolved individuals to create questions with differing answers regarding God’s possible views. Many of these questions are seldom asked or answered within a church or place of worship.

I felt it was important that within the questions and responses was a clear message depicting a very level playing field for church going and non-church worshippers. After all, everyone is equal in the eyes of God. Through the questions, my co-authors and I wanted to discuss the very personal direct relationship each of us can easily have with Him if we simply believe and trust. There is no one on earth, be it pastors or priests, bishops or popes, who has been given the authority by God to become our middlemen in establishing this relationship.

We solely own it.

Whether you regularly attend a place of worship, prefer worshipping God while fishing in a stream, or loving God’s creation while hiking a mountain or riding a bike, your connection with Him is as equal and strong as anyone else’s.

“180 on God” provides a guide to the many questions so many of us have regarding God’s possible views on life. My and the co-authors’ view is not to present definitive answers, but to open the door for introspective conversations, as readers will undoubtedly have their own personal views on the questions being asked.

Along with my co-authors, we had a simple objective: that everyone reading this book will find some personal relevance to his or her own questions about God’s possible view on life. God is kind, open-armed and loves us all no matter where we are, who we are and how we choose to worship Him!

LETTERS Divest from PERA’s private prison investments Dear Editor: PERA, the company that invests retirement funds on behalf of Colorado employees, puts some of those funds in the GEO Group that owns and runs private prisons, including the Aurora Detention Center that houses immigrants charged with crossing the US border illegally, a misdemeanor crime.

In Colorado, the justice code says that a person found guilty of a misdemeanor may be charged a fine of $50 to $750. Many receive probation rather than time in the County Jail. Colorado lawmakers have visited and criticized conditions in this private prison our state now contracts for imprisoning immigrants charged with a misdemeanor.

I called PERA to express my anger at having my money invested in this deplorable business. PERA is required to invest funds first and foremost to make money, with no regard for ethical guidelines. The City of Denver decided recently to withdraw all of its employees’ retirement funds from PERA for the same reason as I did.

I took my money out, a very simple procedure, and told PERA why.

If you have funds invested, examine how they are invested.

We need to remove our capital from private prisons, oil and gas, weapons manufacturers and big pharmaceuticals dedicated to making and selling drugs to addict people so that we have a more just, sustainable society. Divest and invest in companies that will help our planet and people.

Illène Pevec Carbondale

Thanks for good cops Dear Editor: I never realized how much information is required to be a good cop. Healthy cops are born, not made. Staying objective and steady while giving up self-concern for the betterment of the public is a big oath. In some ways, it is like drawing a lottery ticket before a

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Through the hike series, we hope that we can introduce new places, ideas, and ways of being outdoors to you and your family. Western Colorado is special, not least of all because of its protected landscapes.

That’s why, from June to late September, Wilderness Workshop guided 160 people on trails into the areas we are working to protect! We hosted six bilingual hikes with our Defiende Nuestra Tierra Program. We offered the classic hikes, like our Hay Park Full Moon, and some new hikes, like Forest Bathing on the Lost Man trail, and with five journeys into the Thompson Divide, we built a strong base of local support for the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act. I hope your experience on a Wilderness Workshop hike was

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These folks included in Glenwood Springs: the Hon. John Martin, the Hon. Mike Samson, Walter Voight (Walter's Carpet-Aspen) and a Northern California fleeing relative of Roger Marolt (C.P.A. and Aspen Times columnist).

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In Carbondale: Reza Tehrani (U.S. Postal Service Carbondale Post Master), giving him a "wow!" message to tell Hank Gray (retired U.S. Postal Service Aspen Clerk and local American Postal Workers Union representative) that Carol Williams, a fellow graduate of his beloved Theodore Roosevelt High School in the Bronx, dropped by!

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Sandeep, the recently shot deputy, is one of at least 200 peace officers who are killed on duty every year. Sandeep is special to me, because he was the first American Sikh to wear a turban on duty in the United States.

Of course, in Northern India near the Pakistan border the homeland of the Sikhs all Officials wear turbans. This tradition is the standard of dress which distinguishes him or her as a human being dedicated to life of truthful living.

So, be nice next time you interact with a peace officer; they really are good people doing the best they can, keeping our communities safe.

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