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Carbondale Commentary Carbondale Park Land Development Jeff Jackel, Recreation Director Local citizen desire for additional park land amenities has increased tremendously over the past few years. Developing park land has become an important and growing need in our everyday lives. The challenge for the Carbondale Parks & Recreation Commission and the Board of Trustees is to prioritize the needs and to find funding to build the recreation features citizens desire.

While this task can be daunting at times, the trustees have done a phenomenal job over the years as reflected in a new community running track, skate park, roller hockey rink, disc golf course, North Face baseball field lighting, improvements to the Tiny Nightingale baseball field, rebuilding the Gus Darien Rodeo Riding Arena, installing new playgrounds and picnic shelters, building new bike/pedestrian trails, improvements to Sopris Park, and construction of the new downtown Recreation Community Center and Promenade Park.

Town leaders, both past and present, have seen that recreation plays an important role in the social fabric of Carbondale. Accordingly, they also see that at the heart of our community’s commitment to recreation and park land development, there are two principles.

First, is the principle of community. Recreation and park development are not isolated from the other important needs of our community, and its success depends upon citizen willingness to adhere to the principles of local origination, local implementation, and local evaluation regarding public ideas and related policies.

Second, is the principle of cooperation. This means mutual respect and the willingness to make sure park land development benefits everyone through cooperation between town government and grassroots sources. For example, the public sector (Town of Carbondale) working with the private sector (developers), the nonprofit sector, the business sector, the RE-1 School District, churches, or with citizen groups — all must be willing to engage in a cooperative approach to understand and address the recreation needs of the community.

Building on these two principles, the Town of Carbondale has begun discussions with the developers of two large housing projects, and their required 15 percent of open space within their projects.

If the town accepts a dedication of undeveloped park land, the developer is also required to pay a park development fee of $700 for each dwelling unit created within the subdivision. These monies collected go into a town “Park Development Fund,” which can be used to improve the undeveloped park lands provided by the developer.

Town code provides an option for the developer not to dedicate 15 percent of the land and instead pay the town cash in an amount equal to the fair market value of that land, plus the amount of the park development fee.

Two development projects have already been reviewed by the Parks & Recreation and are now being reviewed by the Planning & Zoning Commission: the 12.3-acre Overlook Neighborhood, north of Town Hall overlooking the Carbondale Nature Park (Delaney property), and the 10.2-acre Thompson Park, located south of Highway 133 between Hendrick Park and RVR Triangle Park, which includes the parcel of property that the historic Thompson house sits on.

The recommendations made by both Parks & Recreation and P&Z, following their review of the Overlook plan, was that the developer’s proposed number of small pocket park open spaces did not meet the requirements of the town code. The Parks & Recreation Commission did discuss a scenario in which the developer could provide cash in-lieu-of for his required park land dedication of 1.84 acres, with those monies going towards the development of the Carbondale Nature Park. The rationale behind this discussion centered around the proposed project density of over 200 residential units providing housing for more than 600 new Carbondale citizens. Commission members felt that because the developer’s project overlooked the Nature Park, a town- and developer-financed collaboration to construct new park features and amenities would benefit not only the new residents of his development but all citizens of Carbondale.

There has been much community interest and debate regarding the various potential uses of the Carbondale Nature Park. The 33-acre property is currently used by dog owners who have received permission from the town to utilize the park for off-lease use to exercise their pets. Most recently, some citizens have brought forward the idea of 5-acre community garden. Another community need that’s been expressed, and that was reflected in the 2003 Nature Park Master Plan, is the development of a 2-acre grass turf open space area that could serve as a much-needed community soccer field.

I’m sure discussions will continue, in the months ahead, about the many recreational uses for this property. It’s important to realize that it may take financial assistance from these two large development projects to provide the necessary funds to allow development to occur on the Nature Park property. As plans evolve, and as the town keeps citizens informed, I would encourage you to attend meetings, voice your opinion, respect the opinion of others, and always remember … it’s community consensus and cooperation that makes Carbondale such a special place.

For all of you Carbondale citizens, with your diverse leisure interests, future park land development with new recreational facilities will provide a refuge from your hectic highspeed lives. More and more of you rely on the great outdoors and our parks and trails that allow time for reflection, repose and recreation.

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Letters

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A community that cares Dear Editor: Nonprofit work can oft times be as overwhelming as it is rewarding.

The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities gets so much help from our incredible Carbondale community that mistakes are made sometimes. I made that mistake last week in my thanks for Mid Winter Mountain Fair. The Days Inn in Carbondale and the Miernicki brothers have helped many a nonprofit out. I owe them my deepest apologies and great thanks for helping CCAH. Amy Kimberly CCAH

Parents responsible for attack, too Dear Editor: Imagine my shock when I saw the February 4th Post Independent and on the front page there was a photograph of a beaten and bruised young teacher who was with her friend when she was attacked while walking down Second Street here in Carbondale! I couldn’t fathom that this actually happened in our community.

This is Carbondale and people don’t act this way, or so I used to think. I just can’t believe there are people residing in Carbondale who, with others, would plan and execute such a vicious attack on two of our citizens.

I’m wondering if these attackers’ parents knew whom their children were out with and what they were planning to do? Part of this responsibility lies with the parents. I hope that these parents will attend the hearings for their children and maybe even have to share responsibility for fines and restitutions to their two victims, maybe even have to participate in some community service. Some anger management counseling might be in order so hopefully siblings of these attackers will see the magnitude and seriousness of such behavior and how it will not be tolerated in this community.

I actually feel sorry for these young people. How can they live in such a beautiful and peaceful place where I feel everyone is of a friendly heart and pretty mellow. Here, there is a very strong sense of “community” of people helping each other.

This “Group of Seven” should be reminded that there have been over 4,000 of our men and women killed and thousands crippled for the rest of their lives for fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan so each of us back home can feel safe from a fanatical group that wants to kill and harm us.

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Making solar profitable: Is it a fit for the valley?

By Jeremy Heiman Sopris Sun reporter Everybody wants solar energy, right?

And no one wants global warming, of course.

No problem.

There is a way to build the momentum for homes and businesses to become solar producers to sell power profitably, but it’s not clear whether it would work here.

Carbondale businessman Jim Raras says there’s now a model for creating incentives to make this shared vision become a reality.

The city of Gainesville, Fla., on Feb. 5 put into effect an economic incentive that rewards anyone served by the town’s municipal utility for installing a photovoltaic or solar electric system and selling the power back to the utility.

In essence, anyone with a roof or a yard with a sunny aspect can turn their home into a miniature power plant.

Raras, a partner/owner of InPower, a design/build solar electric company in Carbondale, wonders why Gainesville and not the Roaring Fork Valley — given our proclivity toward the environmental way — was the first place to formally adopt this incentive program.

Surveys of Roaring Fork Valley residents show that the majority of valley residents want more of their electricity to come from renewable resources.

“Why is Gainesville getting in the news for this when it’s a good fit here?”

Raras asked. Gainesville residents who install photovoltaic generating systems at their homes or businesses can enter contracts to receive 32 cents per kilowatt-hour for electricity generated by their systems for 20 years.

Gainesville’s legislation created a mechanism called a feed-in tariff, or FIT, which obligates the utility to buy electricity generated by photovoltaic systems at a premium price.

The tariff, in this case, has nothing to do with imports or trade. It is a payment that serves as an economic incentive to encourage the widespread installation and use of photovoltaic systems. The feed-in tariff, with guaranteed rates, makes installation profitable and will subsequently bring down the price of solar energy.

Becoming an example Gainesville and its power company, Gainesville Regional Utilities, have created a template for other utilities and governments to follow.

“It’s always been feasible,” Raras says, “but this municipal utility has put together a model that shows how it can be done.”

Raras points out that in the Roaring Fork Valley, Holy Cross Electric, a local utility that’s a cooperative owned by its ratepayers, and two municipal electric companies operated by the City of Glen-

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Solar juice can pump up a utility supplier’s grid and yield economic incentives but works best if demand peaks during the daytime. In the valley, however, Holy Cross buys back electricity from small PV systems. Photo by Trina Ortega wood Springs and the City of Aspen are by far the biggest electric suppliers.

Those suppliers are small, local utilities owned by their customers, not by some far-off giant corporation. Because these utilities are responsible to their customers, Raras says, they could heed the local call for power from renewable sources and institute a feed-in tariff like Gainsville’s.

The feed-in tariff, according to the Gainesville Sun newspaper, is expected to stimulate millions of dollars in investment in photovoltaic systems because the utility is offering a 5 percent annual after-tax return on investment over a 20-year contract.

Where does the money come from to provide this incentive?

“Someone has to pay for it and, obviously, it’s the ratepayer,” Raras says. “But over time, that’ll flip flop.”

Raras explains that, while homeowners typically pay 12 to 14 cents per kilowatt-hour, in the Gainesville example, the utility contracts will pay solar producers a hefty 32 cents per kWh, whether they produce a large or small amount. But the payout is expected to be reduced over coming years as the cost of installing solar electric systems falls.

“You have to make the price high enough so there’s an economic benefit,” he says. With such a large disparity between the cost and the price of electricity, it’s not immediately obvious how

these contracts pan out for the utility.

Raras says the utility makes up the difference in the amount it pays for electricity through a billing factor called the energy cost adjustment, or ECA. In a large utility, paying for the feed-in tariff might add $2 or $3 per year onto a ratepayer’s bills.

The legislation that created the plan limits the utility’s solar purchases to 4 megawatts (4 million watts). That may not sound like much, but in fact it’s a large amount.

Photovoltaic systems currently only generate 2 megawatts in the entire state of Florida, according to the Gainesville Sun. Gainesville’s FIT legislation echoes Germany’s national feed-in tariff, put into effect in 1991 and adjusted in 2000 and 2004, which calls for 20-year contracts between producers and utilities and specifies that producers of renewable energy be paid four times the market rate.

A 2007 article in The Guardian, a British newspaper, credits Germany’s tariff with creating a quarter million jobs and says renewable energy, including solar, wind and biomass, provides 12 percent of Germany’s electric power.

Partly as a result of Germany’s success, about 50 other countries have adopted some form of renewable energy FITs as national policy.

But a FIT may not work at Holy Cross. A representative of Holy Cross

Holy Cross is exceeding its renewable energy goal (especially wind) in the power sold to customers.

Energy, the customer-owned electric utility that serves much of Carbondale, says there’s a big reason that it’s not yet time for the utility to provide big incentives for photovoltaic generation.

Craig Tate, member service representative for Holy Cross, says the Roaring Fork Valley is different from Gainesville in a fundamental way.

“We’re a morning and evening peaking utility,” Tate says. “In Gainesville, they peak in the afternoon, so there’s really no comparison.”

Tate is talking about peaks in customer demand for electricity over a 24hour period.

In Gainesville, throughout much of the year, air conditioning creates peak demand for power in the afternoon, right when photovoltaic panels are pumping out their highest wattage. The utility welcomes the addition of solar juice to the grid right when demand is peaking.

For Tate’s customers, however, the peak usage is in the evening, especially in the winter, when furnaces are running, people are cooking dinner, and lights are on. There’s a secondary peak in the morning, when people are getting ready for work, showering and cooking breakfast. There’s not much air conditioning demand in Western Colorado.

“We don’t have a load profile that’s conducive to a rate structure like Gainesville has created,” Tate says.

He doesn’t see the load profile changing, either: The greatest heating load will always be at night in the winter.

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Holy Cross does encourage electricity production from small photovoltaic systems, having offered a $2 per watt incentive for installations of up to 10 kilowatts for the past four years.

Tate, in his position as member service representative, is the person who administers the rebates.

“We’ve had incredible success with that,” he says.

The company also offers an immediate trade-off, at the same rate a customer pays, for any power the customer produces in excess of what they use. When a customer’s solar panels are producing more electricity than the home is using, the electric meter spins backward, and the excess is credited against the customer’s bill.

Tate says Holy Cross is exceeding its renewable energy goal (especially wind) in the power sold to customers.

“Now our goal is to have 20 percent renewables in our fuel mix by 2020,” he says. (Amendment 37, the statewide referendum adopted in 2004, calls for Colorado utility companies to provide a mix that includes 10 percent renewables by 2015.)

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Town of Carbondale looking at ways to stretch a dollar bill

By Jeremy Heiman Sopris Sun reporter Further construction on Carbondale’s streetscape project may be a casualty of the recession that’s affecting the Roaring Fork Valley and the rest of the world.

As the town of Carbondale continues in its efforts to pare down its budget in response to dwindling revenues, Town Manager Tom Baker and Town Finance Director Nancy Barnett have been holding discussions with the town trustees on a monthly basis. With a national and worldwide downturn casting a shadow across Carbondale’s economic scene, staff and elected officials have been combing through expenditures, looking for non-essential spending to cut.

“We’re going to be looking at everything — projects, wages, benefits, services,” Baker said. “We’ve got to give the trustees a comprehensive menu.”

Baker said he and his staff have already “sheltered” about $300,000 for 2009, which amounts to about 5 percent of the $6 million budget, through deferred projects and savings on salaries.

To avoid spending this money, the town will not start work on about $150,000 worth of planned capital improvement projects, mostly sidewalks, Baker said, and will not fill three vacant staff posi-

tions, saving another $150,000, at least until more favorable economic circumstances are in place.

The town trustees have said they would like to, as much as possible, preserve jobs and services as the town cuts expenses. But there are still other places to cut.

“There are projects that we fund that we’ll look at,” Baker said. One of those is the ongoing streetscape improvements. “That would be about a $350,000 expenditure that’s discretionary,” he said.

Reserve fund adds security Carbondale has $3 million in its reserve fund, which is actually $500,000 more than the $2.5 million reserve town policy mandates. “In many respects, we run a really frugal operation,” Mayor Michael Hassig said. That reserve is also fully half of the town’s annual budget, which puts Carbondale in an enviable position, Hassig said. “There are few governments in the state that can point to 50 percent coverage,” he said.

But exactly when to dip into the reserves is a question only for someone with a crystal ball. The reserve fund is intended to kick in during times when the town’s revenue sources aren’t bringing in enough money to pay for necessary services. Town services are numerous but

Cattle Creek Colorado hearing postponed Review of an application to build a massive development at the mouth of Cattle Creek will be postponed.

The application by developer Related WestPac was to be reviewed by the Garfield County Planning and Zoning Commission on March 11, but officials for Related WestPac have requested that the review be tabled for 90 days, said Garfield County Senior Planner Kathy Eastley.

The project is expected to include about 400 single-family houses, 200 apartments and about 400 condos and townhouses, along with considerable commercial space, and possibly a school. Construction is expected to run

from 2010 to 2020 if the development receives approval.

Cattle Creek Colorado is planned for property that was previously targeted for failed developments called Sanders Ranch, Bair Chase and Cattle Creek Crossing.

Related WestPac is the developer of the Base Village project in Snowmass Village.

In other GarCo P&Z news, the new land use regulations and zoning map, effective Jan. 1, can be found on Garfield County’s web site at www.garfield-county.com on the Building & Planning section of the County Departments tab.

include such things as police protection, snow plowing and recreation.

If the town elects to spend from the reserve fund to provide services, officials must consider the fact that the fund isn’t bottomless. “If you can’t rebound and repay that $3 million in a couple of years,” Baker said, “you have to restructure.”

Baker said Carbondale, in pondering whether to use reserves, is taking into account projections for the future of the national economy. “A lot of the information that’s coming out says it’ll be well into 2010 before this bottoms out,” Baker said. If the town uses its reserves too early, he continued, it would be in deep trouble if the recession lasts two or three or four years. So no decisions have been made with respect to breaking the piggy bank at this time.

Expectations have been lowered Other municipal and county governments, and the Colorado state government in particular, are in a more precarious position. “If this slide continues, all governments are going to be in a pickle,” Hassig said. Colorado’s Tax Payers’ Bill of Rights, or TABOR Amendment, makes it difficult for governments to add more revenue by requiring an election for any tax increase.

Moreover, much of Carbondale’s

sales tax revenue comes from retailers such as City Market and the gasoline stations, where spending is not optional, so tax income isn’t expected to taper off as much as it would in a town dependent on spending at department stores.

Though figures for sales tax, use tax and building permit revenue, which combine to provide almost 80 percent of town funds, are not yet available for January, Baker said expectations for January income have been lowered. “The projected 9.6 percent decline in general fund was optimistic,” he said.

Baker and Barnett announced that projection for 2009 last fall, during the town’s budgeting process. Baker said it was becoming clear that January would be down more than anticipated, after seeing an unexpected decline in town revenue in November and December and greater than expected national unemployment figures for January.

Sales tax brings in about 60 percent of revenue in a normal year. Building permit revenue and use tax, the tax on building materials purchased outside the town and put into use in town, combined are about 15 to 18 percent of town revenue.

The number of building permit applications swings widely in winter, so Baker doesn’t regard the low numbers as particularly significant.

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P&Z’s message: Developer must go ‘above and beyond’

By Trina Ortega Preservation of the historic homestead that is part of the new Thompson Park development on south Highway 133 is important to Carbondale, the Planning & Zoning Commission agreed.

But most members of the commission felt the project needs to do more than simply preserve the Thompson house, saying that the proposal does not go “above and beyond” in design and housing diversity to deserve annexation.

The public hearing on Frieda Wallison’s 10.2-acre project will continue at the March 26 meeting, when P&Z is expected to make its recommendation on the medium- and high-density neighborhood that includes possible acquisition of the Thompson family homesteader residence.

Wallison’s company, Cerise Park LLC, is seeking annexation into the town and rezoning for the property that is called the “County Island.” The development calls for 30 to 100 single- and multi-family units.

At the Feb. 26 meeting, some commission members held strong to the guiding principle that annexation to the town is “a privilege, not a right.”

“The annexation petitioner receives a potential increase in property values and municipal services if the annexation petition is approved. The town should also receive benefits in return for granting an annexation,” Town Planner Janet Buck stated in her report to the commissioners.

The town could benefit a number of ways through an annexation agreement, including affordable housing, extraordinary open space or recreational facilities, a greater diversity of housing, conservation and limits on development options or preservation of agriculture.

Commissioners expressed concern that the proposal is not in line with the town’s “small town” mission, does not adequately address the need for affordable and attainable housing, does not exceed the town’s green code standards, and does not sufficiently address trail connections to adjoining neighborhoods across Highway 133.

Additionally, the range in units of 30 to 100 was a problem for most of the P&Z. Kathy Goudy said the development’s “barracks-looking” high-density buildings along Highway 133 is counter to the town’s vision of a family-oriented small town.

“I think it’s urban in nature,” Goudy said of two of the proposed multi-family buildings that could conceivably contain the bulk of the development’s density, with close to 70 units only a few parcels.

The commissioners, with the exception of Lorey Esquibel, were apprehensive about the potential for a 100-unit neighborhood. “Till it’s brought to us with a cap, I can’t live with it,” Goudy said.

Charlie Keys said the density was “unbalanced” across the property. He also said the 30-unit scenario wouldn’t fit with the town’s Comprehensive Plan to create higher density near the downtown core.

P&Z Chair Ben Bohmfalk expressed a fear that fewer houses would encourage suburban house designs with a focus on the automobile and massive garages fronting the streets.

“We don’t want to create monstrosities,” explained Wallison.

“I don’t think the driving force is to maximize the building footprint,” she continued. “We want to make a livable

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and very attractive community here. You may ask, ‘Why would a developer want that?’ Partly because of pride of product.

In fact it’ll help us market the product.”

Wallison additionally noted that she and project designer, A4 Architects, responded to P&Z’s request to focus the high density near Highway 133.

P&Z members also debated acquisition of the historic Thompson house and how to balance the town requirement for 15 percent open space within the development. Wallison is asking that the house be counted toward the 15 percent open space requirement. Small parks throughout the neighborhood would be built, as well. Together, the historic property and smaller parks would bring the project into compliance with town code, says Mark Chain, the developer’s land use consultant.

But Keys encouraged the commission to be consistent with standards it put forth in other current development pro-

Thompson Park Planning & Zoning meeting 7 p.m. March 26 • Town Hall Public hearing continues on 30 to 100 residential units proposed on a 10acre parcel of land located between Hendrick Ranch & RVR, including possible acquisition of the historic Thompson house.

The next P&Z meeting is at 7 p.m.

March 12 when public hearing continues on Downtown Overlay District zone district (parking, building heights, commercial and residential building standards in downtown Carbondale) and Overlook Neighborhood (mixed use development with up to 220 residential units and 40,000 square feet of commercial space on 12.29 acres north of Town Hall).

posals (in which P&Z had not accepted the idea of “pocket parks”).

Esquibel said the value of the house outweighs some of those considerations.

The house holds tremendous cultural and historical significance, she said, and the town should take the opportunity to acquire it.

In a straw poll, commission members agreed that the house and its surroundings should be preserved, with the caveat that maintenance not be a financial burden for the town and that funding of other initiatives by the developer, such as affordable housing, not be used toward the acquisition.

Based on the Feb. 26 meeting, Buck will present a draft of the final regulating plan (that will establish basic guidelines for the development) to present to P&Z at its March 26 meeting.

Sunburst encroachment continues to fester with town trustees

By Jeremy Heiman Sopris Sun reporter Carbondale trustees continue to be split on how to deal with a local car wash that built part of its vacuum system on city property, and the matter remains unresolved.

The issue came before the board in its Feb. 24 meeting, but was tabled until Mayor Michael Hassig and the trustees can talk with Sunburst Car Care owner and manager Dave Roberts.

When Roberts and his partners took over the Buggy Works car wash last year and upgraded it with modern equipment, Carbondale’s building official did not require a building permit for the work. Now that has come back to haunt the town. If the permit had been required, the necessary inspections would have brought problems to light before concrete was poured.

When the carwash was refurbished, the Sunburst owners built one of the vacuum systems into the sidewalk,

which is several feet beyond the lot line and in the town’s Buggy Circle right-ofway. When Public Works Director Larry Ballenger brought this encroachment to Roberts’ attention, he moved the vacuum back from the sidewalk, but it remains in the town right-of-way.

Ballenger presented the trustees with two alternatives: Either issue Sunburst a lease to leave the vacuum in the right-ofway or make them move it again. He suggested a lease fee of $100 per year.

Trustee John Foulkrod was incensed, both at the failure to require a building permit and at Sunburst’s irresponsibility at building its equipment outside its own lot line.

“It seems to be symptomatic of a lax policy on building permits,” Foulkrod said. He suggested a steeper annual assessment for leasing the patch of property.

“We shouldn’t encourage people to operate that way,” he said.

Trustee Ed Cortez blamed the problem

on the fact that no permit was required.

“We shouldn’t ding a business when we said he didn’t need a permit,” Cortez said.

Mayor Hassig disagreed.“Permit or not,” Hassig said, “they have to know where their property line is if they’re going to build something.” He suggested the board table the item because neither Roberts nor a representative of his busi-

ness had come to the meeting to take part in the discussion.

Foulkrod resisted the call to postpone the issue and made a motion to make the lease fee $1,000 per year, partly as a deterrent to others who might build in the right-of-way. His motion failed, 3-4, as did another motion to settle the matter and impose the $100 lease recommended by staff.

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Scuttlebutt WhoDunit?

Detectives, sleuths, and all-around mystery solvers in grades four through eight are invited to participate in the Mystery Scavenger Hunt at the Gordon Cooper Branch Library. Through March, students can cruise by the library to try to solve the mystery. No registration is required, but call 963-2889 if you have questions.

Wonder Bread to the rescue Main Street Gallery & The Framer is sticking to tradition and staying open late for First Fridays this week, but fine art sales have been slow because of the recession. Gone are the days of serving fancy cheeses and expensive wines at openings. “We may have to serve white bread and water for First Fridays,” owner Frank Norwood quipped. At least if he runs out of the fluffy Wonder bread, he can go to the nearby Theresa’s Market for some Bimbo.

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Patrick Going at the regional ADA office remarked, “Cody and his consulting firm, Passage to Freedom, bring many years of practical experience with the ADA and other disability laws to the network. Businesses in Carbondale and the surrounding area will benefit greatly from his expertise and common sense approach to the implementation of the ADA.”

A Criswell celebration Happy 30th birthday to Chamisa Wheeler Blackmon, who grew up in

Carbondale and turned another year on March 1. Chamisa celebrated at home in Wilmington, N.C., with her 6-week-old son, Kaide, daughter Livi, and husband Carl. Family members Russ and Linda Criswell of Carbondale visited the baby in early February. Born on Dec. 24, Kaide Ryan is now 9 weeks old. Congratulations to the Criswells.

The woman can write

Sopris Sun columnist Jeannie Perry, whose Ps & Qs column used to run in The Valley Journal (R.I.P.), took second place in the category Humorous Column Writing in the Colorado Press Association’s 2008 awards. The CPA honored recipients last week at a conference in Denver. We know a good thing when we read it; look for Jeannie’s column in the Sopris Sun again on March 19.

Top students for March

The March students of the month recognized by the Board of Trustees on March 10 are Tyrone Quezada, Emily Broadhurst, Hayden Bernot, and Samantha Contreras of Crystal River Elementary School; Hayden Denton and Logan Sabo of Carbondale Middle School; Marley Melahn of Carbondale Community School; Alec Sloan and Savanna Hale of Ross Montessori

Planting the Carbondale spirit

A little bit of Carbondale has rubbed off in Glenwood Springs in the form of a community garden that’s being set up for the spring planting season. Jack Green, longtime Glenwood High history teacher and well-known organizer of community events for our neighbor down the way, told the Sopris Sun that organizers, including Marilee Rippy, have secured from Big Sid’s Liquors the use of 2 to 3 acres at the intersection of 23rd Street an Grand Avenue. When the word went out that the garden was going to be a reality, there was “massive community support,” Green told the Sun. “This kind of thing would be a nobrainer in Carbondale. But this is in Glenwood Springs. This is great!”

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Community Briefs Wilderness art residencies announced Now in its second year, the Carbondale-based Wilderness Workshop’s Artist in Wilderness program is seeking a professional or emerging watercolor artist for a residency in late June or early July. Artists competing for a one-week paid residency this summer to paint in proposed wilderness areas have until March 15 to apply.

Applications will be judged by a jury of local artists and art professionals. The selected applicant will receive a stipend of $1,500, the use of a mountain cabin, and (if needed) travel expenses to Aspen and the use of a 4x4 vehicle. The artist will be expected to donate to the Wilderness Workshop one original painting and limited reproduction rights of other works created during the residency.

A second residency for an oil or acrylic artist will be offered in late September or early October. The deadline to apply for the fall residency is June 15. Application forms can be downloaded from the WW Web site, www.wildernessworkshop.org.

For more information, contact Mary Dominick at 925-7892 or Tim McFlynn 9252445 or 923-2391.

Parents’ workshop offered The Roaring Fork Family Resource Centers presents “Love and Logic for Parents,” a six-week workshop taught by Janet Earley. The classes will be from 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays at The Bridges Center, March 10 through April 21.

Love and Logic provides simple and practical techniques to help teachers and parents have less stress and more fun while raising responsible kids. The workshop offers useful techniques that teachers and parents can begin using immediately.

The series is $30 for families within the Roaring Fork School District and $100 for those without children in the RFSD. Child care is $30 per family for the series. Space is limited to 16 participants, and registration is required. Call 384-5689 or email kjmarshall@rfsd.k12.co.us to sign up.

Rotary scholarships available The Carbondale Rotary Club is seeking Roaring Fork Valley college students, graduate students and working professionals to apply for scholarships in the Rotary International Scholarship program. These educational programs are dedicated to promoting international understanding by bringing together people from different countries and cultures. Individuals may apply for Ambassadorial, Cultural or World Peace scholarships that allow the students to study at a foreign university. The application deadline is March 30. To learn more or to apply, visit www.rotary.org and

click on Student and Youth and then Educational Programs. Applicants may also call Charlotte Vanderhurst at 963-2379.

Clay Center classes offered

The Carbondale Clay Center is registering children and adults for its final session of weekly winter classes that begins March 30. Both hand-building and wheel techniques are offered in the seven-week classes. Registration deadline is March 27.

The drop-in workshop “Decorate Your Own Ceramic Egg” with Sandie Gardner will be noon to 4 p.m. March 15 and March 29. The workshop is for all ages, but children must be accompanied by an adult helper. Finished eggs will be fired and ready for pick-up by April 6. The cost is $13 per egg, all-inclusive.

The center is at 135 Main St. Call 963-2529 for more information.

Community garden under consideration

The Town of Carbondale Parks & Recreation Commission will hear a proposal from several Carbondale residents interested in developing and starting a citizen’s community garden at the Carbondale Nature Park, formally known as the Delaney property. The garden proposal to the Parks & Recreation Commission is to work with the town and dog owners to fence off a 5-acre section of the parcel that will be available for Carbondale citizens to grow fruits and vegetables.

The meeting is at 7 p.m. March 11 at Carbondale Town Hall, with the garden discussion expected to begin at 7:30 p.m. Citizens unable to attend the meeting, but who would like to comment on the proposal, may do so by submitting them in writing to Carbondale Town Hall, or emailing them to jjackel@carbondaleco.net prior to the meeting

Glenwood and Basalt teachers earn awards

Teacher Ann Deyarmond of Glenwood Middle School was selected the LS Wood Middle School Teacher of the Year. Deyarmond will receive a $4,000 award, half of which goes to the school and half of which is for the personal use of the teacher.

Nominees were narrowed to Deyarmond and Val Black of Basalt Middle.

Both teachers were commended for their “extraordinary efforts on a regular basis to encourage learning, to provide needed resources and to offer an upbeat, can-do attitude every day.”

Black receives a $500 award, as well. Both teachers will be honored at upcoming school assemblies.

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In good taste: Why some of us enjoy food more than others

This is the first of what I hope to be many columns on food-related topics that I’ll write for the Sopris Sun. I’m a newcomer to the Valley, but I’ve been seriously dabbling in food for over a decade.

After a career in medicine, I spent several years learning about food, hanging out in restaurant kitchens, teaching cooking classes and writing a food column for my Texas hometown newspaper.

Spinning completely out of control, that hobby ultimately found me renovating a 100-year-old building and opening a fine-dining restaurant, where I was the chef. It was a great adventure, but I’m thankful that our kids started having grandkids, which prompted my wife and me to fold the tent and move closer to them.

I plan to write about many aspects of food — basic concepts, some interesting history and approaches to cooking. I’ll occasionally give specific recipes, although my overreaching goal as a teacher is to liberate cooks from recipes, in order to work freely, with imagination and what may be on hand. I’ll try to answer any questions you may have — e-mail them to gbohmfalk@yahoo.com.

By Chef George Bohmfalk Overall, I hope you will become more adventurous in cooking and dining, and enjoy even more fully one of the few activities and art forms in which everyone participates several times a day.

My first declaration is that I don’t have all the answers, but neither does anyone else. Some controversies in food seem nearly as vigorous as those over religion and politics. In particular, French cooks usually insist that their way is the only way.

Take everything you hear and read with a grain of kosher salt, except, of course, what I tell you, which will be gospel! I have my favorite authorities, and I take issue with many things that some of the popular TV cooks teach. There is a lot of fun and fascinating science in food and cooking, but there’s also a huge amount of pseudoscience and myth. I’ll try to steer you through some of that.

One of my most interesting discoveries was that there is a scientific basis for why we don’t all feel the same way about food. Some people flatly state that food is just

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fuel. For them, a gourmet extravaganza with foie gras, pheasant and fava beans may be a fun evening, but as far as their taste buds go, they’d just as soon eat bologna and canned peas. I had thought these poor folk were just unappreciative, but I learned that we humans are genetically divided into three or four distinct categories of tasters.

About half of us are normal tasters, one-fourth are essentially non-tasters, and the remaining fourth are supertasters. Certain chemicals, when applied to the tongue on a cotton swab, can only be tasted by the supertasters. There are also chemicals that three-fourths of us can taste, but the other fourth can’t. Even among the supertasters there are some who react more strongly to taste. Furthermore, the supertasters among us are not evenly divided between the sexes; about 80 percent of supertasters are female. Why would that be?

Think about the protective value of a mother’s being able to detect something bad or poisonous in the food that she might feed her babies. Taste ability clearly evolved further in females in order to protect their offspring. That may be why we huntergatherer guys, huddled around a campfire with our primitive taste buds, will indiscriminately gobble down nearly anything, while the more highly evolved mothers eschew before they chew.

This partly explains why some of us love and hate certain foods. Broccoli is one of those foods with supertasted chemicals, and it makes perfect sense that both of the presidential Bushes banned it from the White House. They weren’t being difficult; broccoli simply tastes terrible to those supertasters. I can’t distinguish between regular and diet colas, but my wife can in an instant and strongly dislikes the artificial sweetener taste. After all, what baby or nursing mother needs to count calories?

Supertasters taste food like those of us with normal vision see neon, or like people with perfect musical pitch hear sounds. It’s not a complete blessing, because the experiences are often too intense to enjoy, and they may become very picky eaters.

On the other hand, when something is really good, or subtly exquisite, like a fine wine or a perfectly tuned orchestra, I suspect they appreciate it much more than I can. To the poor non-tasters, food must be like seeing in black and white. I suspect most cats are supertasters, and most dogs must be non-tasters.

I try to be tolerant and not jealous of the supertasters of the world, and sympathetic to the non-tasters. Each category has its advantages: supertasters get some thrills that I don’t, and non-tasters will merrily eat just about anything. As with other things in life, most of us muddle along somewhere in the middle.

Bon appétit — whether you’re tasting in black and white, full color or neon!

Clue in to this year’s Big Read: The Maltese Falcon

By Brenda Buchanan Gordon Cooper Library If you haven’t read The Maltese Falcon or seen the famous movie, now is a good time to pick up a free copy of the book at the library and be part of the mass reading.

The 1930 detective story, The Maltese Falcon, is this year’s selection for The Big Read, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to revitalize the role of literacy reading in American popular culture.

The book and the movie are equally excellent and fun.

Hammett never wasted an adjective, refining a tightly visual vocabulary until everything inessential was boiled away.

“I’m one of the few — if there are any more — people moderately literate who take the detective story seriously.

I don’t mean that I necessarily take my own or anybody else’s seriously — but the detective story as a form. Some day somebody’s going to make ‘literature’ of it … and I’m selfish enough to have my hopes,” Hammett wrote in a 1928 letter to Blanche Knopf.

The message about The Big Read has taken one menacing twist: Our own Mayor, Michael Hassig has been photographed as a stern reincarnation of hard-boiled detective hero, Sam Spade. His steely-eyed gaze, and the way he wears his hat as he clutches the novel, The Maltese Falcon, demand that Bonedalians read the book and join the valley-wide conversation during the month of March.

Garfield County Libraries, with a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, posed all six mayors of valley towns in Sam Spade guises for each hometown library.

The Black Bird is the talk of the town; the buzz is on the streets, the bus, in the bistros, at the video store and on the airwaves of KDNK. In Carbondale’s version of “Find the Falcon” you will spot the Black Bird in popular public locations. Rewards are promised ($50 gift certificates from five local businesses). All you have to do is see the falcon and report the location to the Gordon Cooper library in downtown Carbondale.

The library is hosting a book discussion, a children’s mystery puppet show and scavenger hunt, and a showing of the 1939 film noir classic starring Humphrey Bogart.

Carbondale’s own Jackson Hardin, age 12, has submitted an entry to the black-and-white film contest. Tune into KDNK to hear the 1940s radio drama, “The Adventures of Sam Spade,” on weekday afternoons at 4:30 p.m. through March 6, and head to Thunder River Theatre for a literary night about Hammett on March 22.

To top off the festivities, a Black & White Gala to benefit the Garfield County Public Library Foundation will be held at The Hotel Colorado on March 21. The guest of honor is C. J. Box, New York Times best-selling Wyoming mystery writer.

The Walt Smith trio will be playing as library and book lovers from Garfield County dress up and celebrate The Big Read. Listen to an interview with Chuck Box at 9 a.m. Friday, March 19, on the Les is More Show on KDNK. For details about events in the district, go to the Web site at www.garfieldlibraries.org.

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Art is the journey for Puget Sound ceramicists

By Manasseh Franklin Community Correspondent Practicality and functionality are the focus of Pacific Northwest artisans Loren Lukens and Jamie Brooke, whose work will be showcased at the Carbondale Clay Center beginning March 6 and running through the end of the month.

The exhibit will feature porcelain tabletop regulars with bold glazes and sleek finishes.

“I embrace the concept of finding art in humble circumstances and within the context of home and community,” Lukens said. Platters, bowls, vases and teapots are main components of his work, roughly half of which are slipcast, the other half are thrown. He accents his thrown shapes with hand-molded handles and other thrown attachments.

Brooke also focuses on objects to be used in the home. His repertoire features serving pieces, teapots, pitchers and platters, in addition to decorative flower vases, all of which are porcelain.

Mashiko, a glaze-on-glaze technique that originated in Japan centuries ago is a mainstay in his process. Further Japanese influence is evident in the precise lines and accents he imparts with a haiku brush.

Both artists favor porcelain, a medium that is well-tempered in their high-reduction atmosphere kilns.

“Porcelain and high fire go together very well and in the end create a finished look I like,” Brooke said. “I like to use porcelain mainly because it is like a white canvas, glazes pop up better on it.” Both artists also favor the use of squeeze art syringes to decorate their pieces and add detail and decorations that notably distinguish their art from one another.

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by Loren Lukens, at far left, and James Brooke are on display through March at the Clay Center.

Luken’s designs often feature distinct horizon lines that give depth to the pieces. After spraying multiple layers of glaze, Lukens applies “gestural lines and swirls, art marks and squeeze art of various colored glazes using steel tipped syringes.” He then creates a landscape feeling with a horizon line and darker glaze on the bottom with lighter colored glaze above.

Brooke, on the other hand relies on temoku glaze — a gold, high-titanium glaze that is accompanied by a dark brown iron saturate glaze — to ground his pieces and add colorful accents. He then paints over the basqued pieces with a haiku brush or with squeeze art syringes. His work features precise, flowing lines and bold, finished glazes, and all finished products are microwave safe, ovenproof and dishwasher safe.

Lukens first discovered clay as an undergraduate art student at a midwestern liberal arts school. “Counterculture influences and my farm boy background combined to make a career in pottery an appealing synthesis of practicality, art, and craft husbandry.” He opened his first studio in downtown Seattle with Brooke and another artist 20 years ago.

Brooke came to pottery in a similar way. While studying art as a graduate student at the University of Puget Sound, he developed both his artistic drive and

his interest in art as a way to make a business. “As a working artist, you need to be able to sell pieces,” Brooke said.

But as important as the end-result sale is the process en route. “I thrive on the process,” he said. “Life is the journey, working with the pottery is also the journey. My goal is to live a harmonious life and to make a nice product people enjoy and really make a connection with.”

The two artists have worked exhibited together at Brace Point Pottery, located on the bluff of Puget Sound since Lukens and his wife opened the studio in 1999. The opening reception for their

exhibit will take place from 6-8 p.m.

March 6 during First Friday. For more about their work, visit www.bracepointpottery.com or www.carbodaleclay.org.

First Fridays Opening Who: Puget Sound potters James Brooke and Loren Lukens What: Functional tabletop pottery Opening reception: 6-8 p.m. March 6 Where: Carbondale Clay Center, 135 Main St. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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A celebration of art 29th Valley Visual Art Show opens at CCAH and the library come professional artists,” Mead said.

Every show has been a combination of both veteran and new artists. There are usually around 40 participants — all ages and art styles welcome.

One of Mead’s favorite parts of the exhibition is how personal the show is.

The artwork is there to be seen, and for the keen attendant, there are poignant tales to be heard. “There are wonderful human interest stories,” she said.

There are just two stipulations for artists to enter into the show. The artist must be or become a member of CCAH, and the work must be ready to be displayed in full. Other than that, anything goes. Past shows have included 2-dimensional works, 3-dimensional pieces, kids’ art, jewelry, and even an interactive slide show.

This year promises to be just as good as ever. Read on to learn more about two of the artists from this year’s show.

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A work of art every step of the way — Jack Brendlinger carves the wax model of a child skiing. A foundry in Paonia will make a mold of the wax carving before pouring in the molten metal to make a bronze sculpture.

On the cover: Glass blower Spencer Crouch loves recently discovered his new art form and loves how light changes his work. Photos by Trina Ortega

By Jessi Rochel Community Correspondent An artist who’s spent the last three months learning and perfecting a newfound love for glass-blowing and a bronze sculptor who’s been at his art form for 30 years demonstrate the vibrant diversity of Carbondale’s most popular annual fine arts exhibit, the Valley Visual Art Show.

Sponsored by Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities (CCAH), the Valley Visual is a tribute to local artists and local art. The show is always a crowd favorite among art patrons and the public.

Celebrating its 29th anniversary, the

show will be held simultaneously at CCAH and the Gordon Cooper Library.

An opening reception is scheduled from 6-8 p.m. First Friday, March 6, and the show will run until March 27.

Ro Mead, director for CCAH, explained, “It used to be one of the only places locals could show art. That’s not the case anymore, but the local artists still feel an ownership of the show. It’s a pride thing to be in the show. It’s nonjuried but really good.”

In fact, this show is often a stepping stone for burgeoning artists. “The reception from the public is so positive some of the participants go on to be-

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“It’s an interesting discovery to make, sort of later in life,” says Spencer Crouch of his recently discovered interest in glass blowing.

Crouch, one of the artists participating in the Valley Visual Art Show this year, has been working on his art for just three months. He got his start in November when he joined his father in his studio to mess around a bit with what glass blowers call “getting a gather” (the first step in the process of heating the molten blob of glass in the 2,200-degree fiery furnace).

His father has been blowing glass for five years, after taking lessons he had received as a gift. The shared craft will bring them back together this month when Crouch joins his father to help blow a 28-inch-tall vase that will require two artisans.

Though joining his father in his studio was Crouch’s first experience with blowing glass, he has artistic roots. “I come from an artistic family. I’ve tried ceramics, steel work, blacksmithing — kind of artsy, sculptural pieces.”

Crouch’s reaction to this particular art form was incredibly positive, and he admitted, “I got bit by the bug.”

Crouch is submitting two pieces for the show — a flared blue bowl speckled with yellow and a slim vase swirled with reds and oranges.

Art aside, Crouch spends lots of time on the ski hill as an instructor for Challenge Aspen.

With no formal training, and no art classes since junior high, Crouch is nevertheless hooked on this new hobby.

“I’m going to be blowing glass for a long time to come.”

Jack Brendlinger Jack Brendlinger is nearly a 30-year veteran of the art of bronze sculpture.

He began his foray into the art in 1975.

After helping work on a film about Native Americans, he developed a fascination with faces and returned home to sculpt a couple of pieces from photographs he had taken.

Interested in art since high school, Brendlinger explained how this eventually evolved into an emphasis on sculpting. He also paints in both watercolor and acrylics, as well as dabbles in drawing.

Brendlinger is a self-taught artist. He takes an occasional class at Colorado Mountain College to stay sharp, but most of his skill has come directly through creating his body of work.

Much of Brendlinger’s work is figurative, both animal and human, and usually depicts strong action in sports like skiing, surfboarding and kayaking.

When asked if Brendlinger has a personal favorite piece of work, he said, “When you get to the point that a piece is finished, you better like it — it’s expensive.” Brendlinger has completed a fairly good size body of work and tries to keep a copy of each piece.

“We keep the house like a small gallery and invite people in to view the work. Sometimes I make sales. Sometimes I don’t.” Brendlinger said he has sold several hundred pieces — around the world.

In all, Brendlinger estimated he has completed at least 75 to 100 original bronze pieces. That number goes up considerably when including the copies he has produced before breaking the mold.

This will be Brendlinger’s fourth or fifth entry into the Valley Visual Art Show. Additionally, he has been in quite a few other CCAH shows, as well as the Red Brick Art Shows in Aspen and exhibiting in Boulder. “I try to participate in as many shows as I can,” he said.

Brendlinger is also working on a series of commissions, creating personal works for people in action in their specialized sports.

First Fridays Opening Who: Carbondale Council on Arts & Humanities What: 29th Annual Valley Visual Art Show Special events: Patrons’ evening (5-6 p.m.) and members’ reception: (6-8 p.m.) March 5 Opening reception: 6-8 p.m. March 6 Where: CCAH Gallery, 645 Main St. and the Gordon Cooper Library at 76 S. Fourth Street in Carbondale Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday – Friday Info: 963-1680 THE SOPRIS SUN • MARCH 5, 2009 • 11

Community Calendar Events take place in Carbondale unless noted. To list your event, email information to news@soprissun.com. Deadline is 5 p.m. Thursdays.

Daily Planner MARCH 5 • STUDIO TOUR The deadline is March 5 for artists to apply to be part of the Carbondale Community School (CCS) sixth annual Roaring Fork Valley Artists’ Studio Tour.

Artists from Glenwood Springs to Aspen working in any medium are invited to apply online by visiting www.roaringforkstudiotour.org. The tour begins at 6 p.m. June 5 this year with a First Fridays Artist Reception and Gallery at the Carbondale Recreation and Community Center. On June 6-7, participating artists open their studios to the public from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Interested artists may call event co-chair Liz Penzel at 309-0742 or email rfvstudiotour@gmail.com.

MARCH 5 • MEMBER DRIVE KDNK continues its spring membership drive. Visit www.kdnk.org or call 9630139 for more details.

MARCH 5 • MEETING Prospective tenants can learn more about the Third Street Center (nonprofit center at the old Carbondale Elementary School) at noon on the first Thursday of every month. The next meeting is March 5. Location is 520 S. Third St. For general inquiries, call Sara Plesset, Land + Shelter, 963-0201.

MARCH 5 • BIG READ The Garfield County Libraries continues its events for The Big Read. This year’s selection is “The Maltese Falcon” by Dashiell Hammett. The Gordon Cooper Library will host the WhoDunIt Mystery Scavenger Hunt throughout the month.

There will be a book talk March 5, a Mystery Puppet Show March 11, a literary night hosted by Thunder River Theatre Company on March 22, and an All-book Club Night on April 2. The Black & White Gala will be at 6:30 p.m.

March 21 at the Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs. For more information, visit www.garfieldlibraries.org.

MARCH 5 • MEETING The Historic Preservation Commission will hold its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. March 5 at Town Hall.

MARCH 5 • GYMNASTICS Thunder River Gymnastics begins another session of kids’ classes that will run March 5 through April 30 at the Crystal River Elementary School gym.

Beginner class (ages 3-5) is 4:30-5:15 p.m. Thursdays and advanced beginners/intermediate (ages 6 and older) 5:15-6:15 p.m. Thursdays. Call 9487252 or email cmcnice@comcast.net for more information and to sign up.

MARCH 5 • THEATER Colorado Mountain College Theatre presents “The Cripple of Inishmaan” by Martin McDonagh, a new playwright who has been characterized as the most significant to have emerged this century.

The timely performances showcase Irish humor and drama in the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day. The play is directed by Wendy Moore. Performances are at 7 p.m. nightly, March 5-7 and March 1214, in the New Space Theatre at Spring Valley, in addition to a matinee at 2 p.m.

March 15. Tickets are $14 for general admission and $10 for students and seniors. Call 947-8252 for more information and to reserve tickets.

MARCH 6 • ART WALK First Fridays art walk takes place in downtown Carbondale, with extended business hours and refreshments. Gallery events include: • Majid Kahhak will paint live from 6-8 p.m. March 6 for First Fridays at Kahhak Fine Arts & School, 411 Main St. The painting will be inspired by St. Patrick's Day, and suggestions from spectators are welcome. Beverages and hors d'oeuvres will be served. For more details, call 704-0622.

• Main Street Gallery & The Framer displays fine art by more than a dozen local and regional artists.

• The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities presents the 29th annual Valley Visual Art Show. Receptions will be from 6-8 p.m. at CCAH, 645 Main St., and at the Gordon Cooper Library.

Call 963-1680 for more information.

MARCH 6-7 • KID ART The Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts presents the Valley Kids Art Exhibit opening March 6 and running through April 5. The show features hundreds of pieces from students throughout the valley in all mediums. Also in celebration of kids’ art is the Valley Kids Art Day and Party for kids ages 3 and up. The free event is from 1-3 p.m. Refreshments will be served. Call 945-2414 for information.

MARCH 6 • LIVE MUSIC The Redtones perform live at Steve’s Guitars. The concert begins at 8:30 p.m.

March 6 at 19 N. Fourth St.

MARCH 6-12 • MOVIES “Milk” (R) shows at 7:30 p.m. March 612 at the Crystal Theatre. The drama is about Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be voted into major public office in America. He became a crusader for equal rights and opportunity for all.

MARCH 6 • ARTS DEADLINE Applications for arts and crafts vendors for the Carbondale Mountain Fair, which will be July 24-26, are currently being accepted at the arts council office.

The deadline to submit applications is March 6. The cost of an artist booth for Roaring Fork Valley residents who are members of CCAH is $100 per artist, plus 15% of sales or a flat fee of $350.

The other option is to participate in a Local Artists' Gallery booth, which is a group of local artists who share a space and responsibilities (participants must be CCAH members).

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MARCH 7 • LIVE MUSIC Guggenheim Grotto combines pop, folk, soaring melodies, haunting harmonies and emotionally intelligent lyrics. The group performs at 8:30 p.m. at Steve’s Guitars. More about the artists, at www.guggenheimgrotto.com.

MARCH 7-8 • SYMPHONY BENEFIT Symphony Swing, the Symphony in the Valley’s gala to benefit the community orchestra, will be at 6 p.m. March 7 at the Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs and at 4 p.m. March 8 at Grand Valley High School in Parachute. The gala events feature the full orchestra and the Symphony in the Valley Jazz Ensemble playing the top tunes from the Big Band era, with a variety of guest vocalists, including Jeannie Walla, Debbie Dawson and the ensemble Mixed Emotion. The Glenwood Springs event is a dinner dance for $65 per person, $800 for a premium table for 10. Live auctions will be held. Seating is limited for both events, and tickets are now available. Call (970) 285-3548 or order tickets online at www.symphonyswing.com.

MARCH 8 • LIVE MUSIC The California Guitar Trio performs at 8:30 p.m. March 8 at Steve’s Guitars.

For more details, visit www.stevesguitars.net or call 963-3304.

MARCH 8 • MOVIES The Redstone Art Foundation presents free movie nights. Flicks begin at 7 p.m.

in the Osgood Room. Open to the public. Scheduled movies are: “Frida,” March 8; and “Alfred Stieglitz: the Eloquent Eye,” March 22. For further details, call 963-1389.

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MARCH 9 • MEETING The Town of Carbondale Tree Board meets at 6 p.m. March 9 at Town Hall.

MARCH 10 • BOT MEETING The Carbondale Board of Trustees meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month. The next regular meeting is 6:30 p.m. March 10 at Town Hall.

MARCH 10 • PARENTING CLASS The Roaring Fork Family Resource Centers presents “Love and Logic for Parents,” a six-week workshop taught by Janet Earley. The classes will be from 68 p.m. Tuesdays at The Bridges Center, March 10 through April 21. Love and Logic provides simple and practical techniques to help teachers and parents have less stress and more fun while raising responsible kids. The series is $30 for families within the Roaring Fork School District and $100 for those without children in the RFSD. Child care is $30 per family for the series. Space is limited to 16 participants, and registration is required. Call 384-5689 or email kjmarshall@rfsd.k12.co.us to sign up.

MARCH 10 • SEMINAR Edward Jones’ financial advisor Dave Weimer of Carbondale will host an “Outlook and Opportunities” investment strategies seminar from noon to 1:30 p.m. March 10 at Claddaugh Pub, 1374 Main St. Topics to be covered include the current economic outlook, the impact that political and social events

MARCH 11 • MEETING The Parks & Recreation Commission will meet at 7 p.m. March 11 at Carbondale Town Hall to hear and discuss a proposed 1-acre community garden at the Carbondale Nature Park (Delaney).

The discussion about the proposed community garden will begin at approximately 7:30 p.m. The Town of Carbondale looks forward to hearing from local citizens interested in this proposal.

Citizens unable to attend the meeting, but who would like to comment on the proposal, may do so by submitting them in writing to Carbondale Town Hall or emailing jjackel@carbondaleco.net prior to the meeting.

MARCH 11 • KINDER INFO Tours to observe kinder classes at Crystal River Elementary School are available at 8:30 a.m. Wednesdays. A Kinder Information Night to meet teachers will be from 6:30-7:30 p.m. April 9 and Registration Day will be from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 10. Call 384-5620 to schedule

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MARCH 11 • MEETING The Roaring Fork School District Board of Education will hold its regular bimonthly meeting at 4 p.m. March 11 at the District Office, 1405 Grand Ave., Glenwood Springs.

MARCH 11 • LIVE MUSIC Sophie Dasaro and Dad perform classic tunes to songs by Sophie. Music is from 7-10 p.m. at White House Pizza.

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MARCH 12 • P&Z MEETING Carbondale Planning & Zoning Commission meets the second and fourth Thursdays of the month. Meetings begin at 7 p.m. at Carbondale Town Hall.

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FITs can boost solar profits electric energy.

“Once we’ve got that technology, that will be the real changeover,” he says.

Battery storage of electricity at the gigawatt scale, which would keep a flexible amount of power in the distribution grid, is not available. Vanadium batteries are being developed that can now move juice into the grid on the scale of megawatts but they are not ready for utility company use.

FITs not universally praised Johnny Weiss, co-founder and executive director of Solar Energy International in Carbondale, was impressed with the quantity of photovoltaic installations in Germany. Most of it, he pointed out, resulted from feed-in tariffs.

“Feed-in tariffs are a remarkably effective way to increase the amount of solar energy on the grid,” Weiss said.

But he said FITs are not the only policy method for getting solar energy onto the grid, and they’re not necessarily the best for every situation.

“If we use all the policy solutions at our disposal, we’re going to be successful,” he said.

Others have less favorable opinions on FITs. A posting on the blog at Renewable Energy World.com complains that they are regressive. Solar energy production

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is quite naturally going to be installed by people with relatively high incomes, and not by people with low incomes.

And utilities are required to pay producers top dollar for their electricity, and then turn around and charge a higher price to the ratepayer. This results in the poor and moderate-income power customers subsidizing the more well-to-do producers.

But REPs are championed by Alliance for Renewable Energy (ARE), a coalition of nonprofit groups, businesses, energy experts, legislators and citizens formed last October at a solar conference in San Diego.

A news release from ARE quotes Florida investment adviser and ARE steering committee member John Burges saying that REPs or FITs “democratize” renewable energy by leveling the playing field, allowing homeowners, farmers, small and large businesses to become clean energy producers.

In contrast, some other renewable energy purchase policies in effect “give big corporations control of renewable energy production and the lion’s share of the profits at the expense of ratepayers.” Burges also states that REPs “… consistently have been shown to be the best value policy for ratepayers.”

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Letters young lady who suffered the beating and her friend for being strong and alert enough to note the license plate of the vehicle the attackers got into and to commend our local Police Department for their quick response to this incident and the quick apprehension of these attackers and their friends.

I am sorry for the victims of this attack but our family encourages you to please don’t abandon your work here and don’t give up on our community. We need you to help educate our children especially in the values of peace, kindness and respect for one another in this very special community.

Wishing you a peaceful life.

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Trail closure is pure NIMBY Dear Editor: I was disheartened to hear that the RFTA Board did not have the backbone to stand up to the NIMBYism and reverse their original decision and open the Emma to Catherine Store section of the Rio Grande Trail to year-round use.

I have lived in the valley since the early ’70s and have kayaked these rivers since I arrived. I am not a wildlife expert but I can tell you the blue heron population is thriving as much now as it did back in the ’70s. And for the deer and elk, I have not heard any complaints from hunters as to their population.

The blue heron populations along the Colorado River are thriving, as well, and look what they are up against: a four lane highway, a heavily used bike and walking trail, and hordes of rafters. So you cannot convince me that the sole reason the blue herons moved from their tree near Jim Duke’s house was because of the Rio Grande Trail.

I can’t blame Jim Duke for trying to protect his own piece of heaven. While I do not know Jim personally I am sure he is like most other people in this valley that make this such a great place to live.

But let’s call a spade a spade. His take and his neighbors’ is pure NIMBY. As for the expert representation, how often, when given the opportunity to keep an area closed to the public, would you hear wildlife officials say, “Yes, let’s keep it open.” I am sure we could find experts on the other side who would say differently.

Let’s remind Jim and all the other NIMBYers that this was and still could be a train corridor. They could be listening to the rumble of the train track and the shrill sound of the engine’s horn every time a train passes by. What about the wildlife then? Well, they adapt just like they have been adapting all these years to the growth in the valley.

This railway corridor that we have purchased must be preserved for a future commuter train for the greater good. Remember the day before RFHA (Roaring Fork Railroad Holding Authority) purchased the Rio Grande ROW, Union Pacific could have run a train from Glenwood to Aspen every five minutes and nobody could have done anything about it. That is the right RFHA purchased, and should be maintained for a future light rail from Glenwood to Aspen.

It is time we open this portion of the trail to year-round use. This section and the Slaughter House section are the two most peaceful sections of the Rio Grande Trail. I would love to cross county ski on the snow-covered trail along the river in winter, away from the sounds of traffic.

Richard Walker Carbondale

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Despite the losses, RFHS hoopsters gained momentum … and confidence

By Trina Ortega Although the Roaring Fork High School basketball teams didn’t rack up a ton of wins this season, the young athletes gave it their best shot and scored big in building confidence and character.

The boys’ team finished the season last Friday with a loss to Cedaredge. It was the Rams fifth game in seven days and “the boys just ran out of gas,” said Coach Larry Williams.

Jake Strack Loertscher led the team in scoring with 11 points, followed by Ryan Weimer with 10. Jake Hawkins and Strack Loertscher led the team in rebounding.

“It was a good season, and the team improved a lot from the beginning of the year,” Williams said.

The team will lose four seniors — Michael Black, Nate Soucie, Tyler Thompson and Ryan Weimer — this year, but is looking forward to a number of experienced athletes returning for the 2009-10 season. They include Arick Zeigel, Hawkins, Strack Loertscher and Dalton Handy.

The Lady Rams also had a tough run of it last week and ended its season Thursday in a well-fought matchup against Hotchkiss, 64-43. Alli Zeigel scored 18 points, Maria Flores had 8 points, and Shea Courtney shot for 6 points.

“The girls played their hearts out but were exhausted,” Coach Nancy Zeigel said, adding that the team also suffered unforeseen injuries this season.

“I knew the season would be a growing year. … It was a true test of character for these girls to stay committed and keep fighting. They learned a lot about themselves,” she said.

Compared to last year’s turnover of eight seniors, the team will say goodbye to only two graduating players, Maria Flores and Kathy Vega.

In the last three weeks of competition, the girls “improved immensely,” Zeigel said.

“They saw what they were capable of and truly began believing in themselves.

It is great momentum for next year.”

Coach Nancy Zeigel reviews some plays with her girls during a game this winter. Photo by Jim Ryan

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On the field and in the water, student athletes gearing up for spring

By Chris Dolce Community Correspondent The high school spring sports season begins with the familiar coldness that envelopes the tryout process. By season’s end, as nature has proven time and again, the chill will be forced aside by warmth and a sense of renewed life that only the springtime can evoke. New leaves grow on trees, new flowers permeate the air with their scents, and new waters fill the streams and rivers that run down the mountainsides.

With sports, there is a similar sense of newness. A new run at the state championship, a new chance to prove your strengths, new college scholarships to receive, and the opportunity for new contenders to emerge from preseason obscurity. In the coming editions of the Sopris Sun, we will preview the spring sports season for our local high schools.

Girls’ soccer The Roaring Fork High School girls’ soccer team will officially begin its season on March 12 vs. Aspen High School at home. It will mark the first official game for a number of players, as RFHS will field a relatively young team. It will also be the first game for coach Ivone Munoz. Munoz admits that, though young, the team is a “very balanced group this year.”

A combination of newcomers and returning veterans, most of whom are heavily involved in club soccer programs year-round, are expected to form the core of this year’s squad. Seniors Kathy Vega and Hannah Burleigh are expected to provide a heavy dose of offense for the 2009 team while Shawn Clapper, also a senior, is expected to anchor the backfield.

The 2009 soccer season should prove to be a challenging one for the lady Rams. A young team and coaching staff will face difficult match-ups week in and week out.

Highlighting the tough schedule are games against rivals and perennial powerhouses

Basalt High School and Aspen High School, both of which are expected to have more experienced teams than Roaring Fork. That being said, Munoz looks forward to a successful season, hoping that the blend of youth and experience will provide a balanced squad ready to meet the challenges of another season.

The Colorado Rocky Mountain School girl’s soccer team, coached by Amanda Leahy, also “looks to be a young team” comprised of a large group of freshmen, Leahy says. While there are a number of girls returning from last year’s team, injuries sustained during the winter sports season have tempered expectations of the returnees. However, as Leahy points out, the returning players still form the strength of this year’s squad. Defensive returnees Hannah Horn, Maria Mork, Catherine Masters, Catie Duncan, Kelsey Lewis, and Katie Walker are expected to anchor the defensive backfield.

Meanwhile, the return of Audrey Adgate, Rhiannon Kaufman, Katie Grant, Tess Freeman, and JJ Worley up front is expected to provide the scoring punch for the 2009 team. In the midfield, CRMS returns Lucy Perutz, Olivia Mertz, and Brianna O’Kane from the 2008 team.

The 2009 girl’s soccer schedule is slated to be a challenging one. Games against familiar adversaries Roaring Fork, Basalt, and Aspen highlight the schedule while games against unfamiliar foes have also been included. For the first time in many years, CRMS will play Olathe High School and for the first time ever, they will play Delta. All of these games should provide a challenge to this young team but with active partici-

pation in an autumn club soccer program by many of the CRMS players, Leahy is hoping for quick and steady improvement.

Kayaking

The CRMS kayaking team will also begin its season in March. Kayaking coach Tom McKee has put together a strong, veteran team with high hopes for the coming season. The key off-season addition for this year’s group is Michael Palmer, the world’s third ranked freestyle kayaker who will participate this spring for CRMS at the U.S. Team Trials. McKee describes Palmer as a “solid paddler on any river [who] may have a distinct advantage this year due to the competition’s local nature and our busy training schedule at the wave.” However, McKee notes that the team’s success this year does not rely on one paddler alone.

Rather, it will depend on the hard work and perseverance of the team as a whole.

One of the more significant developments this year, according to McKee, is that the team will “focus less on slalom and more on the fastest growing aspect of the sport — freestyle.” This focus on freestyle kayaking will culminate with the biggest competition of the year for CRMS, the 2009 U.S. Freestyle Team Trials, which will take place May 30-31 in Glenwood Springs. These team trials are described by McKee as “a very high level competition that will bring out the best athletes in the country to vie for a few coveted spots on the U.S. Team.” As a result, the team will practice four days a week, as well as a few weekends prior to prepare for the competition.

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