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VOLUME 1, NUMBER 14 • MAY 14, 2009

Gettin’ Down with Mother Goose Carbondale’s annual Parade of the Species at the Dandelion Day festivities was a dandy time for all on May 9.

See page 7 for more.

Soozie “Mother Goose” Lindbloom pecks her way down Main Street.

Photos by Jane Bachrach

Carbondale Commentary Our intern speaks:

When the past comes calling There used to be horses in that field; I remember seeing them grazing every day, with the sun making their mahogany coats shine with a spectacular brilliance. I stare at what it used to be, but that’s in the past.

A small neighborhood now occupies the space of that old field. Every day the amount of open acreage is falling prey to construction.

Carbondale is not what it used to be. It’s been growing and changing more and more every year and now I think it’s on the brink of becoming just too much.

Just look around. Any field or space is already being reserved for future buildings and homes.

At this rate we won’t be able to call Carbondale our “little old cow town.” What will happen when there aren’t any cows left in the town because all the land will be used for restaurants, hotels, marketplaces and who knows what else? The population is increasing more and more every year and soon it will get to the point where we won’t be able to recognize the people we know, in a sea of unfamiliar faces.

Is this really the fate of our town? A fate that is slowly creeping upon us so that many won’t notice, until one day when we suddenly look up, and realize that we’re living in a small city.

If you look closely, you can see the changes that are transforming our little town of Carbondale. Changes, such as that field, which used to be home to a couple of horses, now has been replaced with 20 new houses. Even the school that we’re a part of is built on what used to be open dirt.

What does this tell you? It tells me that the small things that make Carbondale, Carbondale, are diminishing — the small population clusters, lots of ranches and outdoor activities, the inconvenience of having to drive 10 miles for a fast food meal and, my favorite part of all, the wildlife.

I fear that I won’t be able to see Sopris every day while at school or cruising through town.

I fear that the deer tracks I see imprinted in the snow every morning and my glimpses of their smoky silhouettes as they wander into the night, will come to an abrupt end. The growth of Carbondale may not affect all these little things, but these little things are the things that I cherish, and I wouldn’t be able to bear it if they are taken away. Things like watching the ducks float casually down the little creek every summer or hearing the geese fly above in the azure sky.

Yet, the sun continues to rise bringing us light and a new day, and it still sets, leaving streaks of crimson in its wake. I wonder what can be done. I don’t have an answer, knowing that growth and change are inevitable.

I worry that Carbondale is trying to be too contemporary, trying to catch up with its surrounding cities. I don’t want to be stranded in those days of old, yet I still want to hold on to all the things I have come to love about Carbondale.

Today, people are employed in matters that they consider more important — wanting to get the latest iPod or Apple laptop, or wanting so much to get home to hang out on Facebook.

But I know that there are still others like me, who are determined to hang on to the small things that make Carbondale a true “cow town.”

An eighth-grader at Ross Montessori School, Kayla Henley loves horses, their open space and her hometown Carbondale. She has been interning with The Sopris Sun this semester and will continue to write through the summer as the Sun’s Wild West Rodeo correspondent.

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Cancer patients get a vacation Dear Editor: On behalf of all the families that Your Friends For Life serves from Aspen to Rifle we are extremely thankful to Carbondale Rotary for our recent grant. This will allow us to continue our family activities from May through November. We are very excited and the families are eager to play mini golf, have a summer pool party, ride the gondola, etc. It is so important that they get a night off from dealing with cancer! For many of these families, these activities are their only “vacation” this summer.

Buy your tickets from your favorite Rotarian now for the wonderful Great Balls of Fire to help support them and the wonderful way they give back to your community!

Heartfelt thanks, Diane Welter Executive Director Your Friends For Life

Honoring exceptional educators Dear Editor: Attention: Roaring Fork High School teachers and students. We believe in you!

A group of concerned Carbondale citizens would like to announce the formation of a new fund focused on honoring and supporting the teachers in our schools who are making a difference.

The Carbondale Teachers Appreciation Fund (CTAF) firmly believes: — Exceptional teachers can make a difference in a student’s life and future.

— Teachers have one of the most difficult jobs and most important for our valley’s future.

— With the proper resources and incentives, Carbondale public schools can be improved and become the “school of choice” for all students.

— Financial resources can help, but will not solve all the issues we face. Working together as a community, we can improve our public education offerings.

— Great schools enhance our entire community.

CTAF Goals: — To honor and reward the teachers making the most positive impact in our schools.

— To help attract and retain the most talented teachers.

— To promote educational programs which are needed to bring our schools to the standards that our community demands.

The Carbondale Teachers Appreciation Fund will begin this year by recognizing the teacher that had the greatest impact on his or her students during the 2008-09 school year at the Roaring Fork High School with a generous CASH AWARD. The teacher of the year award will be announced at the graduation ceremony on May 23, 2009.

CTAF is currently funded by four private donors and encourages other concerned citizens to join in our efforts to accomplish our stated goals and to expand the award to all

Carbondale public schools by next year. As the foundation grows its resources our goal will be to honor and reward a teacher from each of the Carbondale public schools and further support education programs in our school system.

All financial contributions will be kept confidential as to not influence the selection process and will not be tax deductible due to IRS rules governing awards directly to individuals. All proceeds will go directly to teachers. The fund will not incur any administration or operating expenses.

The selection of the teacher of the year award in 2009 will be based on surveys and input from students, teachers and parents under the review of Cliff Colia, the principal at the Roaring Fork High School. If you would like to join in the efforts of CTAF and become a financial supporter, please send checks payable to: Carbondale Teachers Appreciation Fund, PO Box 619, Carbondale, CO 81623.

Founders Carbondale Teachers Appreciation Fund

Support single-payer health benefits

Dear Editor: Congress is considering health care reform right now. And if we want real reform that works, we need to contact our senators and representatives and let them know OUR (and the not the insurance industry’s) wishes.

I, for one, am writing in favor of singlepayer health insurance. This is the only way to rid ourselves of the burden of paying twice as much for health care as other industrialized nations while leaving many millions uninsured.

Single-payer would not cost too much.

With our patchwork and obscenely complicated system, more than 30 percent of every health care dollar is spent on administration rather than care. This includes underwriting, marketing, billing, denying claims, and profit for insurance companies. By contrast, Medicare, our existing national health insurance for the elderly, spends 3 percent of every health care dollar on administration. And Medicare does not tell doctors how to practice medicine; it is private insurers who do this the most.

The myths that the insurance companies spread to the effect that lines for care would be long and people would overuse the system, are no more than myths. In countries with singlepayer systems, urgent care is always provided immediately. As to overuse, doctors decide how much care people need, not people.

Mary Boland Carbondale

Put your dollars in the jar Dear Editor: Roaring Fork High School is preparing to launch the Class of 2009 out into the world on May 23. Part of that celebration includes

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P&Z continues discussion on landmark downtown rezoning and controversial ‘Village’

By Trina Ortega

Carbondale Community School fourth-graders Nicholas Penzel, Ruby Meade and Bridget Gomez look for their peace flags on the “maypole” at the Carbondale Kids Art and Learning Expo on Friday, May 1. CCS and Carbondale Middle School students designed flags for the “Wishes for Our World” peace project. It remains on display through the month at Fourth and Main streets.

Photo by Trina Ortega

Trustees appoint housing board

By Jeremy Heiman The town of Carbondale now has an affordable housing board.

Officially known as the Carbondale Housing Advisory Group, the board was formed May 5 with a mission to “research land resources and opportunities to create affordable housing and advise the Board of Trustees of their findings,” according to a town memo. This effort is expected to be in addition the town’s attempts to get affordable housing as mitigation for development impacts.

“It’s a daunting mission,” said Kay Philip, a town staff member who works in the areas of housing and community outreach. “But when you put good minds together, you come up with the best ideas.”

As the Board of Trustees whittled down an initial list of 19 volunteers, members settled on appointing an initial roster of 13 members. Each trustee chose two members to sit on the housing group. The members are: • Charlie Kees, a landscape architect, member of the Carbondale Planning & Zoning Commission, and a Thompson Corner resident • Rio Jacober, a contractor and cost analyst, specializing in green and affordable building • Theresa Olander, a Carbondale resi-

dent concerned about the town’s disappearing middle class • Janet Rippy, director of Mountain Regional Housing and a funding specialist • Mark Wisroth, a lender at Bank of America • Cindy Sadlowski, a real estate agent with 10 years affordable housing experience • Jeff Hanson, a construction project manager • John Baker, an architect specializing in green building and principal in AH Construction • Ben Ludlow, a construction manager • David Teitler, a Carbondale resident concerned about balanced community disappearing • Rick Stevens, principal with Aspen Earth Moving and former Basalt mayor • Ken Williams, a builder/developer specializing in energy efficient buildings • Tom Stevens, a developer of affordable housing projects “We’re very lucky to have so many volunteers in our town,” Philip said. She said it was tough for the trustees to say “no” to any of the applicants for the task.

The housing group will initially meet twice per month and report to the Board of Trustees after six months. The group’s first meeting will be at 10 a.m. May 28 at Town Hall.

A former Planning & Zoning Commission member is concerned that current zoning changes being considered by the town may result in a downtown with a lack of retail and commercial space.

For the Historic Commercial Core (HCC) rezoning for downtown, the P&Z is considering allowing exemptions regarding parking, building heights and commercial and residential standards near and along Main Street. The public hearing on the HCC continues at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 14.

Former P&Z chair Steve Inverso has said rezoning downtown to allow more residential instead of retail will take away from the commercial vibrancy of Main Street.

“This is something people need to think about that can affect the future of Main Street forever … there are long-term repercussions,” he said.

Inverso, who served on P&Z from 19952007, acknowledged that some office spaces have been sitting empty. But he said P&Z must consider what the market might be like 10 years from now.

“Carbondale has been continually changing commercial office zoning to residential.

This has been going on for a long time,” said Inverso, who also serves on the Historic Preservation Commission, but spoke only as a citizen and former P&Z member.

“My personal feeling is that with The Overlook development, Thompson Park and The Village at Crystal River, there’s plenty of housing,” he said, clarifying that although Thompson Park was denied by P&Z last month, it still may move forward with approval from the Board of Trustees.

P&Z Chair Ben Bohmfalk said the HCC rezoning would not change the requirement for a developer in downtown to designate the first 25 feet as commercial. Plus, he countered, having residential space in a downtown core adds to the vitality of the downtown businesses rather than creating “dead zones with no vitality,” like the Glenwood Meadows mall in west Glenwood Springs, which he described as a ghost town at night.

“The idea is you mix uses. And that’s what our commission is trying to do. The idea of separating uses is really an outdated idea,” Bohmfalk said. “Anyone who thinks there’s a negative to putting residential above retail needs to come forward with studies and facts to back that up. It’s quite the opposite.”

Inverso is not against residential. He suggested the town not make any changes to the zoning at this point. “I think it’s a good mix the way it is right now. If I had my choice I would leave it the way it is and not allow PUDs.” Additionally, he noted, once buildings become “condominimized” it will be difficult to go back and sell the space as commercial, there will be less sales tax revenue generated and other long-term impacts, including parking, have not been resolved.

Bohmfalk said the P&Z is considering the “big picture” as it weighs this decision, and allowing for mixed use in downtown is a long-range option to keep Main Street vibrant.

Because of the existing lot area requirements, an average of four units can be built in a downtown building, he said. Those end up being huge, luxury units.

“What we’re looking for is for a way to have normal people live downtown,” Bohmfalk said. “The current trade off is there are no affordable units and very large units. Another tradeoff [with the HCC rezoning] is we’ll have more density, more parking, more people. So it’s not perfect either way.”

Bohmfalk said he hopes the P&Z will make a final determination on the HCC rezoning within two meetings, with much of the discussion taking place Thursday night.

Also on Thursday’s agenda, the P&Z will continue the public hearing for The Village at Crystal River, a mixed-use proposal for 24 acres on the west side of Highway 133 near the Colorado Rocky Mountain School campus. The proposal calls for a mix of 125,000 square feet of commercial space, including 60,000 square feet for a grocery store. The site originally was approved in 2003 for the Crystal River Marketplace.

The Next Step Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting 7 p.m. May 14 • Town Hall Meeting will be televised on Channel 12 Downtown Historic Commercial Core district and Village at Crystal River Continued public hearing on the HCC rezoning (regarding parking, building heights, commercial and residential building standards in downtown) and the Village at Crystal River (formerly the Marketplace, calling for 125,000 square feet of commercial, up to 300 multi-family residential units and a 60,000-square-foot grocery store on 24 acres along Highway 133, north of Main Street).

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Clay Center puts out SOS to community

By Trina Ortega

La Dolce Vita!

A great reason to celebrate life Who: Carbondale Clay Center What: A community celebration with fine food served by Bravo Catering, and wine and beverages poured into cups hand-crafted by local ceramic artists. Kids Fair, a street dance with the local band Acoustic Mayhem, silent auction featuring serving platters decorated by local celebrities and clay center students.

When: 5 p.m. May 30; dinner served at 7 p.m.

Where: 135 Main St. Tickets: Discounted, pre-sale tickets are available by calling 963-2529 or emailing info@carbondaleclay.org Info: www.carbondaleclay.org; 936-5259

Carbondale Clay Center Executive Director Lauren Kearns put out a call for support this week stating that the center is in need of financial assistance “now more than ever to remain sustainable in these economic times.”

Viewed as a visual arts stronghold for professional ceramists and aspiring artists alike, the Clay Center is supported through donations, class enrollment, gallery sales and three annual fundraisers, one of which takes place May 30. (see sidebar) Typically by this time in May, however, Kearns said the fundraiser has brought in $14,000 in donations and contributions from supporting businesses. However, Kearns said donations are down by 80 percent toward sponsorships.

The fundraiser will be an Italian-themed dinner catered

by Jimmy Nadell of Bravo Catering with handmade cups donated by local artists. The fundraiser, billed as La Dolce Vita, takes the place of Cajun Clay Night.

Last year’s Clay Night made only $9,000, Kearns said, adding: “We’ve been hurting ever since.”

Although programming income is up and expenses are down, Kearns said grants and donations have decreased.

The clay center does not receive any funds from the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities, nor does it solicit paid memberships (under the premise that it remain accessible to all).

“We’re trying to be as frugal as possible. The center operates on a bare bones budget,” Kearns said. “The situation is serious. We’re asking people to support the Clay Center by coming to the event or making a donation, even if they cannot come.”

The Clay Center Board of Directors is hoping an “angel” steps forward to help make the center “financially comfortable, so that we can do what we do best — support the people of our community with our ceramic arts,” according to board representative Lynn Kirchner.

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If Carbondale were to lose the clay center, Kirchner said, the loss would be greatest for the town. However it would “reverberate throughout the valley, and it is highly unlikely the voids could be filled,” she added.

The core programs of the center are weekly classes, workshops, community outreach, and the artist residency program.

Known nationwide, the residency program provides a connection for the Carbondale community and young artists from outside the area.

Former studio tech and resident artist Ben Stout said the center provided him a place to continue working and directly served his interest in pursuing higher studies in arts.

“It was a middle ground between undergrad and graduate school that was critical in gaining exposure to other working artists, and as a place where I could develop a body of work that would launch my graduate school career,” Stout said.

But the Clay Center also has been a favorite among others, as well. Children have participated in drop-in classes, adults have had a place to escape everyday stresses, local middle school students have gotten their hands muddy learning a new art, teachers have been inspired by new students, friendships have been molded and community connections made.

“The clay center has become my primary connection to the broader Carbondale community,” stated Frank McGuirk, who has participated in educational and service programs at the center.

“In addition to the artistic milieu offered at the Center, the social network that revolves around the Clay Center touches many in the Roaring Fork Valley: children, families, individual artists, schools. … If the center were to close it would be a loss felt by many for years to come,” McGuirk said.

The mission of the center is to bring passion to life through the ceramic arts, and the center welcomes all to explore the art of ceramics, from the casually curious to the established artist.

For more about the Clay Center, its offerings and how to help out, call 963-5259.

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Trustee ponders why some ADUs at RVR remain unoccupied

By Jeremy Heiman As affordable housing continues to be an important issue in Carbondale, a considerable number of dwellings built to house local workers apparently are not currently being used for that purpose.

River Valley Ranch, the golf development with 555 home sites on Carbondale’s southwest side, was approved in 1994.

Around 360 houses and townhouses are now completed and more currently are under construction at RVR. The town of Carbondale required Hines, the developer of RVR, to construct affordable housing to partially mitigate the impacts of the massive high-end residential development. The stipulations included 60 affordable dwellings in the Thompson Corner subdivision, completed some years ago.

The approval also stipulated that 70 accessory dwelling units (or 40 accessory dwelling units and 30 caretaker units) were to be built on home sites within RVR itself, to be constructed before buildout of the development.

Town Trustee Frosty Merriott, a River Valley Ranch resident, said he thinks more of Carbondale’s school teachers, police officers, firefighters and others of moderate incomes, ought to be able to find affordable homes in ADUs at RVR. “It’s part of the overall concept of how we help solve our affordable housing problem,” Merriott said.

Chip Munday, executive director of RVR’s Master Homeowners’ Association, told the Sun that to his knowledge, RVR’s obligation was to provide 40 ADUs, and “in excess of 40” have already been built. Most of these, Munday said, are in the Old Town section of RVR. Some, he said, are also in

the Sopris View neighborhood, and others on the west side of the Crystal River.

Additional ADUs are on the drawing board, Munday said.

“We do have a total of 67 ADUs that are platted and approved,” he said, including those already built.

Merriott said he had done some checking on the ADU situation, and found that currently, 22 ADUs exist in RVR’s Old Town section, a neighborhood with Victorian-style houses.

Most of those are rented, he said, so some of the original plan is working.

In addition, he said, five ADUs have been built in the Sopris View neighborhood.

“I’m not sure what’s happening with those, rentalwise,” Merriott said.

Plans called for a total of 12 in that neighborhood, he said.

Merriott said his source told him about 40 ADUs were to have been built on the west side of the Crystal River. Only a few currently exist there, he said, and some of those are occupied by caretakers and nannies.

The homeowners association does keep a file of copies of the leases of those ADUs

that are rented, Munday said. But that file may not be complete.

Owners, when they rent out an ADU, are asked to submit a copy of the lease document to the master association. This is so that, when residents apply for membership to the Ranch House, or for other RVR benefits, their residency in the development can be confirmed, he said.

But he said he doesn’t know how many leases have been submitted.

“I wouldn’t have those available at my fingertips,” he said. No further record of ADUs is kept.

“The homeowners association has nothing to do with the operation of ADUs,” he said. “We just want leases so we know who’s here.”

Importantly, when the town approved the development, there was no requirement that these accessory dwelling units be rented to someone in a particular income category, or even that they be occupied.

“I know of ADUs that are not rented at all,” Munday said.

Town planner Doug Dotson said when Carbondale approved the RVR planned unit development, before his time on town staff, officials hoped that having ADUs built would mean that they would be occupied.

But that has not come to pass.

“Hindsight’s 20/20,” he said.

Carbondale’s code, as it refers to building in the old part of town, Dotson said, allows homeowners to build ADUs, but has no specifications as to whether those ADUs should be occupied, and by whom.

“You can build an ADU, and the hope is someone will occupy it,” he said Dotson said more of the ADUs might be occupied by public employees or local workers in the future, as houses change hands. Someone might buy an RVR house with an ADU in the hope that rent paid on the ADU would help pay the mortgage on the place, he said.

The town doesn’t have a lot to bargain with, Dotson said, in trying to get RVR’s existing ADUs occupied. Any obligations to Carbondale that RVR might have are the responsibility of the homeowners association, he said, whereas the ADUs are owned and controlled by individual owners.

“How you merge them, to come up with some kind of solution — I don’t know how that would work,” Dotson said.

Merriott said there might still be ways to persuade homeowners building ADUs to rent them to public employees.

“I just think it’s an issue we need to explore — what can the town give?” he said.

Merriott suggested that perhaps such things as a reduction in use tax — the tax on building materials purchased outside of Carbondale — or a discount on tap fees could be part of an agreement to house public employees in ADUs, though he emphasized that he was just throwing these ideas out for discussion.

“It’s something the new housing committee will be looking at,” Merriott said.

test. The contest attracted 190 entries from Carbondale to Parachute.

Garfield County Commissioner Mike Samson and Rifle Mayor Keith Lambert drew the names of the 12 winners on May 6. Winning homeowners will receive a free home energy audit and professionally installed insulation and air sealing worth up to $1,400.

“With energy on the minds of so many people, insulation is one of the easiest ways a homeowner can ensure the appropriate use of energy in their home,” Lambert said.

Garfield New Energy Communities Initiative (NECI) and the Governor’s Energy Office sponsored the contest, which divided the county into its six zip codes.

The drawing resulted in two winners per zip code. Winners have until June 19 to have their home energy audit conducted, and until Aug. 14 to have their insulation and air sealing work done.

The winners are: Parachute: Karol Sacca and Ronald Galterio; Rifle: Siobhan McMillan and Marti Zegler; Silt: Michael Young and Rob and Brenda Lawson; New Castle: Anne Anderson and Jamie Roth; Glenwood Springs: Barbara Bradshaw and Howard Roney; and Carbondale: Lise Sansom and Heather Dresser.

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When the town approved the development, there was no requirement that these accessory dwelling units be rented to someone in a particular income category, or even that they be occupied.

Community Briefs Carbondale nominates Energy Advisory Board members The Carbondale Board of Trustees on May 5 nominated a member and an alternate to represent Carbondale on the Garfield County Energy Advisory Board, and the county commissioners formally appointed the two May 11.

The trustees nominated Artie Rothman to be the town’s representative and Clare Bastable to be the alternate. Garfield County commissioners made the final appointments at their meeting Monday.

Rothman, who lives on County Road 170, is currently the owner and operator of the Red Mountain Inn in Glenwood Springs and former owner and operator of the Thunder River Lodge in Carbondale.

He has had a career in oil and gas drilling as a consultant in the field of directional drilling for several major companies, having worked in North and South America and Africa.

Bastable of Carbondale sits on an advisory board of the Bureau of Land Management that provides advice and direction on gas and oil drilling for northwestern Colorado. She is also on the advisory board of CLEER, Clean Energy Economy for the Region, and currently chairs Carbondale’s En-

vironmental Board. She served as a supporting member of Garfield County’s Energy Advisory Board when it was formed.

Garfield County formed the EAB in 2004, at a time when gas drilling activity in the county had doubled over the previous four years.

Landowners and residents had voiced complaints against the gas industry’s methods, and had not gotten what they considered satisfactory responses from the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, the state’s regulatory agency. The purpose of the group was to work out grievances about gas production-related issues in a neutral setting, creating a more positive approach by bringing together citizen groups and gas company operators.

The EAB meets on the first Thursday of each month and reports to the county commissioners quarterly. The trustees have asked that the Carbondale representatives attend each meeting and report to the town twice a year or as needed.

Garfield 100% Rebate Home Insulation winners selected One dozen Garfield County homeowners have won the Garfield 100% Rebate Home Energy Audit and Insulation Con-

Pitkin County Land Management and Pitkin County Open Space and Trails have teamed up with local nurseries to provide free coupons to Pitkin County residents, in exchange for their ornamental noxious weeds.

In order to encourage landowners to replace noxious ornamentals with more appropriate native or non-invasive species, Pitkin County is offering free $20 coupons to Pitkin County residents in exchange for the following noxious ornamentals: Myrtle Spurge, Oxeye Daisy, Dame’s Rocket, Scentless Chamomile, and Absinth Wormwood.

Coupons may be redeemed through Nov. 31 for merchandise at Crystal Gardens, Eagle Crest Nursery or Planted Earth.

Limit two per person. Weeds must have come from Pitkin County.

To participate, bring full 13-gallon (kitchen-sized) bag(s) of weeds to Pitkin County Landfill or Pitkin County Public Works Building (76 Service Center Road, between the Aspen Animal Shelter and the RFTA bus barn).

For more information, contact Crystal Yates-White, Pitkin County land manager, at 920-5214.

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Scuttlebutt One big weed Who knew that the Siberian Elm tree was a weed! According to our weed and seed expert, Mr. Wiid Wacher, most folks aren’t even aware of this fact.

People think that the elm is simply a tree that enjoys having sex and proliferating because there are so many around. Wacher warns, however, that the weed is dangerous, and by June it will begin to drop its seeds everywhere including in our yards, parks and yes, in our vegetable gardens — everywhere we don’t want the leafy suckers to grow, they will grow.

Currently, there is an infestation in Carbondale he said, and, according to Wacher, if the problem isn’t dealt with soon, the elm will completely take over the town of Carbondale; a frightening thought, indeed.

It’s interesting to note that not everyone is anti-Siberian Elm. Because the weed is so fertile, human fertility researchers are currently studying it with the hope of someday uncovering the genetic code of the Siberian Elm and applying that knowledge to human and animal reproduction. They hope to create a serum from the weed that will help those humans and animals that are having fertility problems.

Some Carbondale weed worshipers actually consider the weed attractive, and along with the fertility experts are discussing the possibility of having an annual Siberian Elm Harvest Festival. Festival organizers are currently seeking sponsors to see if in fact the

Siberian Elm Harvest festival is a real possibility. If it is, they would hold the festival in mid-June to compete with the Telluride Bluegrass festival.

We’ll keep you up to date as talks progress. If you would like more information on the Siberian Elm, please call the Carbondale tree board. Mr. Wacher spoke with us in confidence and asked that we not reveal his identity.

Dandelion Day observations Regarding the slow bicycle race, nothing against the winner this year. He did an incredible job of keeping his speed down. But the fact of the matter is that he was riding a unicycle.

It’s not a unicycle slow race it’s a slow bicycle race so the rules committee needs to get together, we believe, and either rewrite the slow bicycle race rules to include unicycles and tricycles of which there were a few as well, or, let everyone enter no matter what their mode of transportation is as long as it doesn’t have a motor.

The next observation involves the men’s running race. According to observers of the race, Charlie Wertheim wins every single time. He’s a monopoly and observers think he should be disqualified from competing again, or, he should be given a handicap in this race so that other males have a chance to win. While we’re on the subject of monopolies, Carbondalian Russ Crisswell took home two first place ribbons in the composting

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There are no weeds in this flower garden that can be mistaken as weeds in this plant and flower vendors display at Dandelion Day. Photo by Jane Bachrach competition at Dandelion Day. Maybe Russ will give someone else a chance next year.

If you like tacos and arts …

Then you should become a member of the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities or renew your membership next

Tuesday. If you believe in building community through art, as CCAH does, they will hold their first-ever membership drive on Tuesday, May 19, between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. at Dos Gringos.

If you come by and renew or sign up as a new member, CCAH will buy you tacos.

n unprecedented number of odd-looking creatures descended on Carbondale last Saturday to celebrate Dandelion Day. There were bugs and butterflies. Dogs, tigers and a goose. Drums and dancers. Lots of bikes and trikes, small and tall being peddled by unidentified species never before seen by humans.

At 11 a.m. or so they all took to Main Street and strolled or rolled down the boulevard as hundreds of onlookers gawked. Even the swine flu paid us a visit, and fortunately, for everyone, it decided not to stick around and pig out at the park afterwards, even though there was a lot to pig out on.

Vendors brought food cooked and raw, titillating the taste buds of all the different species.

Some did pig out; others grazed. And some preferred to twirl hoops around themselves. A few just ate grass.

Pockets in the park were transformed into lush gardens of plants and flowers, and as all the creatures gathered to frolic or relax and enjoy the music the scene looked like a work of art that decorated the earth in Sopris Park.

It was downright organic.

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New fund will provide ‘substantial’ award for outstanding teacher

By Trina Ortega

Four anonymous Carbondale citizens have created a new fund to acknowledge, honor and reward teachers in Carbondale and will award one Roaring Fork High School educator a “substantial� cash award on Graduation Day, May 23.

The donors and founders of the Carbondale Teachers Appreciation Fund (CTAF) want to remain anonymous, according to a letter submitted to The Sopris Sun, so as not to influence the selection process. “With the economic conditions weakening and all state budgets coming under stress we feel a grassroots effort to change the mentality towards an area of critical importance

is needed,� an introduction to the letter states. “We wanted to do something that was reflective or our hearts and show how much we value this wonderful place where we live,� one of the donors told the Sun. Among other founding sentiments, the CTAF believes that exceptional teachers can make a difference in students’ lives and futures and that teachers have some of the most difficult jobs. But the founders also say that proper resources and incentives can improve Carbondale public schools, making them the “school of choice� for all students. (See Letters to the Editor, page 2.)

RFHS Principal Cliff Colia has been working with the group to launch the fund.

Although an amount for the first award has not been determined, the group has said it will be “substantial enough to make a difference,� Colia said. “They want to recognize excellence. And they really want to make it more financially feasible to stay here in our community,�

Colia said, pointing to how teachers’ salaries don’t match the cost of living in the valley.

The fund will not incur any administration or operating expenses, and all proceeds will go directly to the recipient, according to the letter.

One teacher will be recognized this spring, but as the fund grows, a teacher from each public school in Carbondale will be granted

a cash award. Colia and Pat Henry, described as an “education legend,� will make the final determination for this year’s recipient, and the honoree will be announced at the May 23 RFHS commencement exercises. “I don’t think we can ever do enough to recognize our teachers. People just don’t understand how much they give of themselves to move kids forward, to get kids ready for the world,� Colia said. “When these generous folks approached me, I jumped on the bandwagon as high as I could.�

To join in the efforts of CTAF and become a financial supporter, send checks payable to: Carbondale Teachers Appreciation Fund, PO Box 619, Carbondale, CO 81623.

Middle school to begin new education model teaching by level, not age/grade

By Trina Ortega Beginning in fall 2009, Carbondale Middle School will revamp its educational structure and move toward academic instruction that’s organized by content area instead of grade level.

CMS Principal Rick Holt said grouping kids based on their individual levels instead of by age will benefit students and teachers alike. “Instead of trying to modify instruction [for many different levels] the students will get the instruction they need,� Holt said.

In the traditional model, students are taught based on their age and grade rather than focusing on the academic level of each individual. With the new model, teachers

will work with students of different ages and grades who are at the same academic levels in four core areas: math, science, language and social studies.

Holt held a meeting last week with parents of incoming fourth-graders to explain the change. Parent feedback so far has gone both ways, Holt said, with those concerned about the mixing of ages and those open to more age crossover.

Holt said there will be parameters the first year so that 15-year-olds aren’t in the same classroom with 10- and 11-year-olds.

Some parents questioned whether the new model was simply a version of what’s called “tracking,� where students are placed into different classes (sometimes

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On the contrary, he said, “teachers and students will know exactly which standards and benchmarks they need to hit.�

Additionally, teachers will be teaching students “just beyond� their levels so they are prepared to move on more smoothly.

The changes are all within the district’s expectations as far as standards-based instruction goes, according to Holt, and students still will be assessed at grade level for the springtime statewide testing in the Colorado Student Assessment Program, or CSAPs. The majority of teachers are on board, Holt said, even though it is not the easiest

road for CMS staff to have taken. “They were interested in the model that best meets the needs of the kids,� he said.

But Holt said he’s lucky to have landed at CMS, with such a dedicated staff. On May 9, a treasured Saturday, 90 percent of his teachers volunteered to attend a work retreat in Woody Creek to talk about how to improve the school. The teachers talked about how to put more time and energy into the school “culture,� as well as how to best teach them to be good citizens. “Given all the other things on their plates, it’s really remarkable� that the teachers also are thinking about the social development of the students,� Holt said.

Jammin’ Wolverines honored as best middle school band in valley

Wendy Adame, Rianna Rollyson and Hailey Reynolds work on the set at RFHS.

Students bare their ‘Spring Shorts’ “Spring Shorts,” an evening of short plays performed and directed by the students and faculty of Roaring Fork High School, is a new take on an annual event at the school. Teachers Ralph Young and Rachel Cooper have traditionally organized a series of eight 10-minute plays in the fall of the year. However, the drama department’s double duty with speech team caused the plays to be postponed.

“Spring Shorts” will feature a broader range with works 7 to 30 minutes in length, covering the spectrum between comedy and drama. Principal Cliff Colia will be sending off his first year at Roaring Fork High School with a performance beside student Michael Hardin in “Nicolas Cage Is Not His Real Name.” The other shorts are “Your Mother’s Butt,” “The Red Coat,” “For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls,” “The Glass Menagerie,” “New Tricks,” “Nightswim,” “It’s Not You,” “Duet for Bear and Dog.” “Spring Shorts” shows at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 15 and 16. Tickets are available at the door for $7 adults and $5 students. RFHS seniors will be admitted free.

The Carbondale Middle School eighth-grade jazz band, 2. Best High School Garage Band — Arch Angel Jammin’ Wolverines, took the top slot for Best Middle 3. Best Middle School Band — Jammin’ Wolverines School Band at the 2009 Band Battle held at Roaring Fork 4. Best High School Band — Glenwood Springs High School High School on May 2.

Jazz Band A total of 18 acts competed for prizes including trophies, 5. Outstanding Middle School Musician — Carly Rosenthal a recording session, and a chance to perform at the Jazz 6. Outstanding High School Musician — Walter Gorra Aspen Snowmass June and Labor Day festivals this year.

7. Best Original Song — Sophie Dasaro The 13-member Jammin’ Wolverines had played a set at the First Fridays Student Learning and Expo on May 1, before competing in the following day’s Band Battle.

For their 10-minute set, the middle schoolers performed “Say What,” “Lowrider,” and their own arrangement of “Blues is My Favorite Color” — “which they did a great job on,” said band director Mark Gray.

“They are, by far, the best eighth-grade band in the valley,” Gray said.

Gray said all the young musicians played well, and noted that RFHS student David Ackerman (sax) did an outstanding job playing with the group Genuine Jazz.

“The Band Battle in the Roaring Fork High School was well done. Bill Flanigan ran the sound for the three-ring circus and managed to make 20 different acts and nearly 90 musicians sound great,” said Steve Standiford, who spent the day listening to the young artists.

“There are some impressive young musicians.”

Front row, left to right: Zach Hunt, Mean Ol Mr. Gray, Angel Roberto Cruz, Michael Wampler, Travis Provost, and Dakotah Grett. Back row: The Band Battle winners are: 1. Best Middle School Garage Band — Elpidio Martines, Denise Soto, Georgia Martinez, Hattie Gianinetti, and Georgia Ackerman. (Not pictured: Zack Ritchie) No Joes

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Understanding your numbers Tuesday, May 19 • 6:30-7:30 pm VVH 3rd Floor Conference Room Dr. Greg Feinsinger and Jeanne Luetke, RD, present the facts about cholesterol...what it is, the new cholesterol guidelines, how to lower it and what your numbers mean. This presentation is offered by the Valley View Foundation Physician Speaker Series as a follow-up to the Community Health Fairs.

Cookies and Books Junior Volunteer Orientation session: Saturday, May 16, 9:30 am to 2:30 pm Summer at Valley View is brightened by the fresh young faces of the hospitals’ Junior Volunteers.

Teens 14 and older gain insight into careers in health care, learn working skills, meet friends and gain confidence. A variety of volunteer positions are available, from patient care areas to clerical support and Early Learning Center assistance.

For more information and applications, call Becca Schickling at 384-6656. Next orientation session is June 3 for returning volunteers..

A special read-aloud story time for children (and children at heart).

Thursday, May 21, 11 am in the upper lobby Enjoy a treat and a tale, brought to you by the Valley View Hospital volunteers and the Delaney Medical Library.

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SUMMER ACTIVITIES Use this guide as a start to help fill up the summer days with fun kids’ activities. If you don’t find enough to do here, check out the Roaring Fork Family Resource Centers free Summer Activities Fair from 3-7 p.m. Friday, May 15, at Roaring Fork High School.

With representatives from over 30 local organizations, the fair allows children of all ages to sign up for fun and educational summer programs.

For more information, contact Katie at 384-5694 or kjmarshall@rfsd.k12.co.us.

Access Roaring Fork Film Camp Learn what it takes to produce a short film. Students are divided up in small groups to write, act, and edit short films. $150 per weeklong class. http://accessrf.org.

Aspen Center for Environmental Studies Rock Bottom Ranch & Hallam Lake Join an ACES naturalist for a few hours, a day, or a week of learning and fun for ages 4 to 16. Let your kids get outside to explore and learn about the natural environment. ACES 925-5756; RBR 927-6760; www.aspennature.org.

Aspen Writers’ Foundation Scribes and Scribblers Creative writing camps for ages 8 and up in July and August, in Basalt and Aspen. Jordan, 925-3122, ext.

4, or www.aspenwriters.org.

Basalt Recreation Department Fly fishing, tennis, swimming, health/athleticism, soccer, golf, basketball, arts and crafts, and more through the Basalt Recreation Department. www.basaltexpressrec.org; 101 Midland Ave. Basalt.

Camp Chip-A-Tooth Summer program for children ages 5 and up. Located at Basalt Elementary School. Activities, music, arts and crafts, drama, field trips and more. Daily rates. Deb Morrison, 927-0169.

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est and wetlands on the Roaring Fork River, Camp Oginali provides an outdoor experience that inspires imaginations and awakens a sense of wonder. Children will be greeted with guided activities (arts and crafts, story time, and games) balanced with plenty of time to explore, play and dream. Sign up for a one-week session or join us for the whole summer.

Ages 5-9. www.campoginali.com; 309-6003.

Camp Run-A-Muk Summer day camp for children ages 5 and up. Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., June 11 to August 21. Located at Crystal River Elementary School. Recreational activities, music, arts and crafts, nature hikes, field trips, swimming and drama. Daily rates, punch passes available. 704-CAMP. Carbondale Clay Center Carbondale Clay Center offers Kids Clay Camps for ages 5 & up, beginning June 1. Clay Camps meet Monday-Friday. $170 per student/per week. Register for AM or PM, times. Registration deadline is Friday prior to the first day of class; space is limited.

963-CLAY (2529); www.carbondaleclay.org.

Carbondale Recreation Department Swimming, baseball, soccer, football, preschool programs, art classes, tennis, babysitter training, golf, dodgeball, skateboarding, Friday Outdoor Club Trips, and more. www.carbondalegov.org; 704-4190.

Carbondale Soccer Club The Carbondale Soccer Club is currently accepting player registrations for boys and girls in divisions U6-

U18 (Pre-K through 12th grade) for the fall season.

Registration forms are available at the Carbondale Recreation and Community Center, area schools or online at www.carbondalesoccerclub.org. Deadline is June 15. 704-1838.

Challenger British Soccer Camp The Challenger British Soccer Camp will be offered in Carbondale this summer Aug. 3-7 at Triangle Park, River Valley Ranch, for ages 3-16. Half- and full-day opportunities are available. For the more advanced player a new competitive evening camp has been added this year for 11-18 year olds. Sign up online by June 19 and receive a free British soccer replica jersey. For more information and to sign up visit the website at www.challengersports.com.

Crystal River Ballet School Creative Dance, Pre-Ballet, Intro to Ballet, Kids Jazz, Middle/High School Jazz. Summer session runs June 15 to Aug. 13. Special summer workshops July 2025, Kids Dance Camp ages 7-12, 9am-noon. Jeni Ptacek, 704-0114; www.crystalriverballet.com.

Crystal River Elementary School Enrichment Summer Program Crystal River Elementary School will offer weeklong, hands-on, interactive courses designed to challenge and entertain youngsters. Classes are for kinders through fourth-graders and open to RFSD students.

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Dancing Colours Summer art workshops for children ages 8 and up, including mosaics, metal embossing, “Groom Your Room,” and “Flower Fairies.” 968 Main St. in Carbondale. Cathy, 963-2695; dancingcolours@sopris.net.

Earthbeat Summer Music Camps One-week camps for children ages 5 to 13 in Glenwood Springs (June 15-19), New Castle (July 13-17), Carbondale (July 20-24) and Basalt (August 3-7).

Participants study dance, choir, art, voice projection, song writing and group performance. Recital at the end of each session plus an appearance at a local summer fair. $175 includes T-shirt, snacks and supplies. Scholarships available.KC Johnson, 618-8103; www.earthbeatchoir.org.

Gibbs Ranch Camp Gibbs Ranch Camp offers programs for children ages 5-8 and ages 9 and older. Young riders learn in the arena, do daily ranch chores, grooming, bridling and trail rides. The program runs June through August.

Located at 1698 County Road 103. For a brochure and registration, call 704-1234.

Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts Give your children the gift of art this summer and keep their creativity flowing at the Summer Camp at the Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts. Spaces are limited. 945-2414; www.glenwoodarts.org.

Gordon Cooper Library This summer children are encouraged to Be Creative @ Your Library during the 2009 Summer Reading Program. Throughout June and July the library will reward participants for reading with the 5 books – 5 hours – 5 days program. The library will also offer family friendly programming including magician Ann Lincoln, the Denver Zoo, Sound Safari Theater, Science Gone Mad, and the storytelling talents of Joe Hayes. New this summer will be four Activity Days featuring hands on activities to spark your imagination and reveal your creativity. Online registration has begun at www.garfieldlibraries.org or you can register at the Gordon Cooper Branch Library beginning May 26. 963-2889 Gordon Cooper Library Teen Reads Program Teens entering grades 7-12 are encouraged to Express Yourself this summer with the Teen Reads Program. There will also be programming including Tae Kwon Do, Duct Tape Creations, Drawing, CD Art, 3D Posters/Collages, Henna Tattoos, and Photography.

The Treasure Hunt will begin June 1, and the two winners this year will get their choice of either a 2G Flip video camera or $125 gift card. Register for the Teen Reads Program online now, or register at the library beginning May 26. 963-2889 JAS-In-Schools Summer Camps Three two-week sessions taught by members of JASIS Faculty Band. Each camp includes performance opportunities. College students from CU, DU

and UNC teach the first session, providing mentorship and instruction to advanced high school and middle school students. This years camps are set for June 9-22, July 14-27 and August 11-15 at Roaring Fork High School. 920-4996; www.jazzaspen.com.

Partnering for Success Participate in one of a challenging workshop for youth ages 10-18 in downtown Carbondale.

Whether your interest is in business, money and finance, technology or gaming, we have something for you. www.c4kfoundation.org; 379-5608; register at 963-4055.

RMI Summer Trampoline and Adventure Camp June 21-26. Six full-sized trampolines, three overhead spotting rigs, a Tumble Trak, a spring tumbling runner, mini trampolines, a fully padded indoor floor-x area and a multitude of landing mats, porta pits and other training equipment. 948-7252; (303) 828-3383; www.trampcamp.com.

Sahn Taekwondo Students learn the martial art of Taekwondo, while improving balance, strength, coordination and flexibility. At the Carbondale Recreation and Community Center.

Solara Summer Camp Day camp for school-age children, ages 5-7 and 811, at Solara preschool in El Jebel. Laurie, 704-9328.

Sopris Therapy Services (horseback riding) Day camp and weekly sessions. Horseback riding les-

sons, Fun with Horses program, as well as Equine Assisted Learning and Therapeutic Programs. Miniature Horse Program for preschoolers with disabilities and special needs. Pat, 963-4677.

Tennis Camps River Valley Ranch in Carbondale hosts tennis lessons for youth. Call the ranch house for details: 9636300.

Snowmass Village Recreation Summer Camp Daily skateboard, tennis, baseball, swimming, art classes, climbing, volleyball hockey and hiking camps. $33 per day. Call 922-2240 for information and registration. Space is limited. www.snowmassrecreation.com Thunder River Theatre Company Thunder River Theatre Company will hold Summer Drama Camp. Call 963-8200 or visit www.thunderrivertheatre.com for more information.

Thunder River Gymnastics Tiny Tumblers, Beginner Class, and Advanced Beginners in four-week sessions at the Crystal River Elementary School gym. Cathy Corbett, 948-7252; cmcnice@comcast.net.

Valley View Hospital Junior Volunteers Teens 14 and older gain insight into careers in health care, learn working skills, meet friends and gain confidence. A variety of volunteer positions are available, from patient care areas to clerical support and Early Learning Center assistance. Call Becca Schickling at 384-6656.

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Community Calendar THURSDAY, May 14 BOOK SALE • The Friends of the Gordon Cooper Branch Library continues the Spring Book Sale through May 18 during regular library hours. For more information, call 9632889.

NURSING HOME WEEK • Heritage Park Care Center at 1200 Village Road will celebrate National Nursing Home Week May 10-16 with a National Nursing Home Week Party at 2:30 p.m. May 14.

RED HILL WORK DAYS • Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers will conduct regular trail work evenings on Thursday at Red Hill.

Meet at 5:30 p.m. at the Red Hill Trailhead, Highways 82 and 133. RFOV supplies snacks, drinks, tools, instruction. Bring water, work gloves, rain gear. For more info, visit www.rfov.org or call 927-8241.

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.

FRIDAY, May 15 STORYTIME CANCELED • The Gordon Cooper Branch Library will be canceling the Friday morning Lap Sit Storytime on May 15 to make room for the Spring Book Sale. Lap Sit Storytime will resume at 11 a.m. May 22.

HEALTH SCREENINGS • Mountain Family Health Centers will be conducting free health screenings throughout the region in May. Contact Sharla Gallegos at 618-3159 for more information and the full schedule.

Upcoming screenings are: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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May 15, Mountain Family Health Center, 1905 Blake Ave., Suite 101; 12:30-6 p.m.

May 16 Glenwood Springs Mall; 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 17, Rifle City Market; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 22, Rifle Public Library; 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. May 26, Gordon Cooper Library; 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 27, Aspen Community Health Services; and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 29, Rite Aid, Glenwood Springs.

May 15, 16, 17 CRMS MELODRAMA • The spring underclassman drama, A Night of Melodrama, features two one-act plays: “Curse You Jack Dalton” and “Egad, What A Cad!” at 7:30 p.m. May 15-16 at the CRMS Barn. Tickets are $10 adults/$5 children and students and can be obtained at the door.

ROARING FORK HIGH SCHOOL theater presents “Spring Shorts,” on May 15, 16, 17.

Each curtain will feature seven short plays (a mix of humorous and serious), including one with Principal Cliff Colia. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m.

Sunday. Tickets (available at the door) are $7 adults, $5 students, RFHS seniors, free.

MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre shows “Che, part 1” (not rated) May 15-21. Also showing 6 p.m. May 16 “Sunshine Cleaning” (R).

LIVE MUSIC • Carrie Elkin plays live at 8:30 p.m. May 15 at Steve’s Guitars. Visit www.carrieelkin.com for more about the artist.

SATURDAY, May 16 DRUMMING • Intermediate African-inspired drumming workshops will be May 16

We shape the places where we live in crucial ways every day. Each time we purchase goods or services from a particular shop or office, we are making choices about our community. For every dollar they bring in, locally-owned, independent businesses give back a higher public return to the community – economically, culturally, aesthetically, socially and environmentally – enriching the places we call home in the process.

and June 13. All events take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Carbondale Community School on Dolores Way. Advance registration is required by calling Laurie Loeb at 9632798.

DREAM GROUP • Gain personal insight as well as collective understanding while having fun discovering the universal language of the dream world in a group setting at the monthly Dream Group, held every third Saturday of the month through May at True Nature Healing Arts, 549 Main St. Call Robyn Hubbard at 319-6854 for information and to pre-register.

MS WALK • MS Lifelines Walk and 5K run begins at 7 a.m. May 16 at the No Name rest area in Glenwood Canyon. Pancake Breakfast, barbershop quartet, a clown, Glenwood Percussion, music by locals and more. Contact Tricia Pallatt at 241-8975, ext. 12, or Tricia.Pallatt@nmss.org for more details.

YOUTH VOLUNTEERS • Teen volunteer positions are available in the Valley View Hospital Junior Volunteers program. For more information and applications, call Becca Schickling at 384-6656. The first orientation session will be 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. May 16.

BABYSITTING CLASS • Valley View Hospital is providing the Safe Sitter babysitting class for ages 11 through 14 from 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 16 in the Valley View Hospital Third Floor Conference Room for $40.

Pre-registration required by calling Becca at 384-6656.

NATURAL HORSEMANSHIP • “The

Medicine Wheel Model to Natural Horsemanship” with Phillip Whiteman, Jr. is a nonconfrontational, holistic, Native American approach to working with and training horses. The daylong workshops begin at 9:30 a.m. at Storm King Ranch in Glenwood Springs. For more information and to register, go to www.sacredtree.com.

SUNDAY, May 17 BLUEGRASS NIGHT • Dos Gringos Burritos holds Family Bluegrass Night every Sunday. Kids are welcome to this Sunday night jam, beginning at 5 p.m. with kids’ meal special deals and sidewalk chalk for additional entertainment.

MONDAY, May 18

RFHS ART SHOW • The Roaring Fork High School Annual Art Show will be Monday, May 18, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Tuesday, May 19, 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.; and Wednesday, May 20, 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the RFHS auxiliary gym. The show features hundreds of pieces by students in all grades. Work includes ceramics, mixed media, painting, charcoal, graphite, pastel, woodworking and more. Best of Show and other awards are judged by community artists and presented to students.

TEACHER LICENSURE INFO • Colorado Rocky Mountain School is exploring hosting a teacher licensure program on campus next year for those interested in pursuing a oneyear alternative teacher licensure. The approximate cost would be $5,000 and would likely meet once per weekend on the CRMS campus. An informal one-hour meeting led

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by Karla Haas Moskowitz from the Teach and Lead Organization in Denver will be from 2-3 p.m. May 18 in the Holden House Conference Room at CRMS. RSVP to Drew Brennan at dbrennan@crms.org.

ARCHAEOLOGY MEETING • The Roaring Fork Chapter of the Colorado Archaeology Society meets at 7 p.m. May 18 at First Presbyterian Church, 1016 Cooper Ave., Glenwood Springs. Public invited to attend; program is true stories of the wars with Native Americans in a video titled “The Great Indian Wars, 1840-1890.” For more information, call 524-7981.

TUESDAY, May 19 TRUSTEES MEETING • The Carbondale Board of Trustees meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month. Meetings begin at 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall.

CHOLESTEROL TALK • Valley View Foundation Physician Speaker Series presents Dr. Greg Feinsinger and Jeanne Luetke, RD, presenting the facts about cholesterol. Presentation is from 6:30-7:30 p.m. May 19 in the Valley View Hospital Third Floor Conference Room.

SPELLBINDERS • The next Spellbinders three-day storytelling workshop for interested volunteers takes place on May 19, 21, and 26 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at a mid-valley location. For more information, call Germaine at 923-1230 or germaine@spellbinders.org.

ADVENTURE TALKS • For its Tuesday Night Speaker Series, Ute Mountaineer presents the Sam Elias Multimedia Slide Show,

“Climbing in Venezuela.” Events are at 7 p.m. held upstairs at Ute Mountaineer, 308 S. Mill St. Free. Call 925-2849 for more information.

WEDNESDAY, May 20 REAL ESTATE DISCUSSION • Broker Lynn Kirchner will discuss “Real Estate Values in Carbondale — where we’ve been, where we are going and tax valuations” for businesses and guests at the Downtown Preservation Commission at 8:30 a.m. May 20 at Town Hall. Open to the public.

SOCK PUPPETRY • Middle and high school students can make a punk, goth, emo, jock, or other sock puppet during a workshop at 4:30 p.m. May 20 at Gordon Cooper Branch Library. Supplies will be provided.

For more information, call 963-2889.

HERON WATCHING • Pitkin County Open Space and Roaring Fork Conservancy lead an evening of viewing Great Blue Herons from 5:30 -7 p.m. May 20 at James H. Smith Northstar Open Space. Space is limited; registration required. Register at www.roaringfork.org/events or 927-1290.

SILENT RIDE • The third annual Glenwood Springs Ride of Silence takes place at 6:30 p.m. May 20 at Sayre Park to memorialize friends who have been injured or killed by a motorist while cycling. The route goes 9 miles through the streets of Glenwood, single file, all in silence. For more information, go to www.rideofsilence.org.

PIZZA TUNES • White House Pizza presents Randy Rice playing classic cover songs from 7-10 p.m.

Library holds lecture, book signing with local author

By Jeremy Heiman Most Roaring Fork Valley residents are quite familiar with the place of John Cleveland Osgood in the development of Redstone and the Coal Basin mines, and with the construction of his mansion, now known as the Redstone Castle, in the late 19th century. But Osgood’s relationship with labor and his part in a 1914 massacre of miners and their families are less well known.

Osgood, who was sometimes called “the Fuel King of the West,” was an enemy of labor unions and used a dual approach to preventing unionization of his businesses.

In Redstone, he created a modern village for mine workers, where he attempted to better the lives of miners through social programs. But in Ludlow, a southeast Colorado coal town, he hired gunmen and brought in machine guns, illustrating his willingness to resort to violence and intimidation to try to defeat the United Mine Workers of America.

On Thursday, May 21, at the Gordon Cooper Branch Library, historian Darrell Munsell of Carbondale will give a lecture about his newest book, From Redstone to Ludlow: John Cleveland Osgood’s Struggle Against the United Mine Workers of America. The author will be signing copies of the book.

Munsell’s lecture can be expected to bring to life some lesser-known angles of the struggle between the UMWA and the coal industry. He said the major conclusion of his approximately three years of research for the book is that Osgood, the paternalistic industrial leader, was probably himself the primary cause of coal mining strikes that ended in violence.

“Osgood was the chief villain in the coal strike of 1913-1914,” Munsell said.

“He was most responsible for the Ludlow massacre.”

Mine management evicted strikers and their families from company towns near Walsenberg, Trinidad and Ludlow, and hundreds of families were camped in tent cities near the mines. After the Ludlow

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shooting in 1914, 20 lay dead. Of those, 12 were children and two were women.

Munsell said the Gordon Cooper Branch Library was helpful in his research on the book. Much of his secondary research was from books obtained through interlibrary loans.

The greatest part of Munsell’s research was gleaned from primary sources such as private papers of people involved in the labor issues. Osgood himself didn’t leave very much in the way of private papers, Munsell said, but some other participants in the events did. An essential source was the report of the U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations, dated 1916. Newspapers of the day, including the Denver Post, the Rocky Mountain News, and others, published countless articles during the labor unrest, too.

Marilyn Murphy, branch manager of the library, acknowledged that Munsell used the library extensively, and said Munsell, himself, is a resource for Carbondale.

“Our community is certainly enriched by having such a scholarly academic working here,” Murphy said.

F. Darrell Munsell is professor emeritus, West Texas A&M University. He is a past president of the Redstone Historical Society and author of two other books.

Community Briefs Artist in Wilderness selected The Carbondale-based Wilderness Workshop has selected Grand Junction watercolorist Kirby Roll as the next resident artist in its Artist in Wilderness program.

Now in its second year, the Artist in Wilderness program gives emerging and established artists the opportunity to create original works inspired by local wildlands, particularly lands proposed for protection by the Hidden Gems Wilderness Campaign.

Roll was selected for the one-week paid residency by a jury of Roaring Fork Valley artists and art professionals. He will serve his residency in late June.

Originally from Utah, Roll is a full-time artist in watercolor and oil, specializing in backcountry and off-the-beaten-track scenes.

His work has been exhibited in galleries in Estes Park, Grand Junction and Arizona.

The Artist in Wilderness program will offer a second residency for an oil or acrylic artist in late September or early October. The deadline to apply for the fall residency is June 15. Application forms can be downloaded from www.wildernessworkshop.org. More information about the Hidden Gems Wilderness Campaign is at www.whiteriverwild.org.

Nursing home celebration set

Heritage Park Care Center, located at 1200 Village Road, celebrates National Nursing Home Week this week, May 10-16, with a party at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 14.

The American Health Care Association has chosen the theme “Nurturing A Love That Lasts” highlighting the many ways the nation’s senior citizens have selflessly invested in the lives of their peers and younger generations.

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X in the garden — Talking about the birds and the bees has never been so fun

You can’t get into gardening and not encounter sexual innuendo. Veggies, fruits, even blossoms can evoke a bit of the erotic. Read a book on propagation and you have to ask: Are we talking about plants here?!

Back in the ’90s, Garden Centers of Colorado capitalized on all of that with the “X-Rated Plants” program to make water-wise gardening more appealing.

Now, the edgier nurseries stock their plants with XRated plant tags and profiles. These tags rate plants as X, XX or XXX, not so much for sex appeal, but for how hot they can take it. Each additional X means it thrives on that much less water.

by Geneviève Joëlle Scenarios are easier to Villamizar process than facts and figures, so let’s run through a few and get past first base on this X-Rated thing.

At the top of our parking lot, it’s crummy old dirt, further out from where we like to hang, and full-blown sun from early morning to the hellish infernos of late afternoon. Therefore this, my friend, is XXX Land. Here, I play around with rabbit brush, sages, yarrows, globe thistle and butterfly weed. The one I want you to play with this summer is Zuaschneria garrettii Orange Carpet®. It’s an excellent groundcover. It has feathery silver-green foliage. The brilliant red orange blooms are still vibrant under high altitude light, and the best part: hummingbirds wage war around it.

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Our pasture gate garden is also off the radar, but it’s adjacent to grass, so it gets a little more water. If it’s thirsty, it kind of wilts. This is XX Land. We have Weeping Junipers, bee balm, ornamental grasses and day lilies here, as well as a fuzzy behemoth I don’t see in many of your gardens. So go get Phlomis cashmeriana today! It rocks. Make lots of room for it somewhere. Even after its orderly knots of lilac-pink blooms fade, Cashmere Sage is statuesque. Is bigger always better?

When you’re passing by at 5 mph it sure is. Standing 30 to 60 inches tall, it’s a fun step away from safe, small plantings. Being XX, it doesn’t need coddling, either. I’m already so excited, seeing all those tumescent tufts thrusting out of the mulch!

Closer in, where I’ve really loosened and amended soils, near roof overhangs or the dappled shade that helps conserve moisture, I go X-Rated. Between our summer days patio and our outdoor lounge, we have many of the romantic flowers: variegated irises, peonies, soapwort, dianthus, delphiniums and — drum roll, please — members of the Echinacea Big Sky™ series. I want to scream like the Oxy Clean guy when I talk about these coneflowers. I’ve planted the Summer Sky ones. They’re unbelievable: 2 to 3 feet tall and wide; solid form, great green foliage. Then just in time for our annual Fourth of July bash, we have our own fireworks: tangerine silk, smoldering fuchsia charmeuse. There’s an iridescence to them that makes ’em just sparkle: you see them all the way from our parking lot, all 23 of them, vying with Orange Carpet™ for your attention.

I don’t know that X-Rating plant species made Xeriscape any sexier, but it does make it easier to know what to plant where. So do us favor: Grab a garden hoe and put a spark in the garden. Clear third, score a homer and grow some of these!

Have any garden questions? Ask Geneviève@evolvinglandscape.com.

LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT NOTICE CALLING FOR PROPOSALS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Gunnison Watershed School District RE1J and Blythe Group + Co., will receive sealed Bids for Construction of the Marble Charter School Expansion located 412 West Main Street in Marble, Colorado 81623 as part of a contracting process in the office of Blythe Group + Co., 618 Rood Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501, on or before 2 PM on May 21, 2009.

Firms who are desirous of securing a copy of the Construction Documents may do so by picking them up at the office of Blythe Group + co located at 618 Rood Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501, or call Faye Hall at 970-2421058 x434, after May 4, 2009.

A mandatory pre-bid tour of the construction site will be held at 1:30 pm on May 12, 2009. All general contracting firms who intend to bid this work must be in attendance.

Local firms are specifically encouraged.

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Locals pedal through dawn in Fruita On May 2, multiple valley teams competed in the 18 Hours of Fruita at Highline State Park.

As always, the Stomparillaz crew wasn’t content to just do a race on normal bikes; the team rode Xtracycles (long bikes) around the 6-mile mountain bike course. Despite numerous technical and mud mishaps, the team took fifth in the co-ed six- to eight-person team category.

“Rain, hail, but luckily no wind! It was tons of fun!

I got in one lap – quite a trip racing on an Xtra!” exclaimed Darin Binion.

Other riders were Rhonda Roberts, Nic DeGross who works at Ute City Cycles and Phat Thai and David Downing (aka, KowBoyKruizer Dave) of Ovid9 Graphics. Nic was on a two man team and Dave was one of an eight-person co-ed team that all rode the very unconventinal (for a typical mountain bike race) Xtracycles in the race, which started at midnight and ended Saturday at 6 p.m.

The Stompaz will be out Friday night to help cap off Bonedale Bike Week for a Crusier Ride at 9 p.m. starting at Sopris Park. (See Letters to Editor for Stompaz Rules for Riding with Respect.)

Letters continued from page 2 an all-night event called Project Graduation, which provides a safe and fun environment for the kids to celebrate their enormous accomplishment on the eve of their graduation.

Several donation jars labeled for this event have been placed at numerous business establishments throughout the town of Carbondale to help fund this event, which includes games where the kids win items that are essential to preparing for college life.

Dropping a few dollars into these jars is a convenient opportunity for the folks of Carbondale to support these kids if they haven’t already donated through other fundraising efforts for this cause.

Remember — these kids are our future!

Lois Johnson Committee Member for Project Graduation

Cleanup a sparkling success Dear Editor: I would like to thank everyone for helping make Carbondale’s Cleanup Day a success.

I had a great team to work with and it was a pleasure working with all of you.

Public Works: Smiley Wise, Toni Coia, Scotty Maynard, Richard Moquin, Carlos Loya-Rico, Steven Frick, Mike Siomiak, Tim Meloveck; Finance Department: Matt Semsack and Sandy Joiner: Colorado Resource Management: Chalyn Perez, Gus Bellm, and Tom Boynten.

Thanks again, Lark Lawson Community Develop. Dept.

StompOn with respect Dear Editor: To Town of Carbondale, Carbondale Police Department and community at large: We, The Stomparillaz, aka, The Carbondale Creative Cycling Collective, would like to make a statement regarding last Saturday May 9th's Full Moon Cruiser Ride and all future Cruiser Rides.

As a group, we are the Super-unOfficial ring leaders of the Cruiser Rides but they are not an entity belonging solely to the Stomparillaz. We believe the Cruiser Rides belong to Carbondale as a whole and would like to see the tradition carried on indefinitely. For this to happen, we think it is important to communicate what we feel is appropriate behavior expected from our participants and the town folk alike.

This past Saturday May 9, was one of our largest rides ever in terms of numbers, and longest in duration due to Carbondale hosting the 5Point Film Festival, Dandelion Day celebration and live music in three of our local bars. We LOVE that so many people want to join in the fun. But we are disappointed that some participants of the ride got a little “out of hand� and were disrespectful to the town as a whole. We feel an explanation of appropriate behavior is required before we can get too down on people who may be new to the Cruiser Rides. Here are some basic guidelines: * We don’t hate cars and will not treat those in cars disrespectfully. We shall not purposefully block traffic and we appreciate car drivers yielding to our group as we move through town. * We will observe that Carbondale has an Open Container Law. Open containers of alcoholic beverages will not be condoned as

part of the Cruiser Rides. Hydration is important and safety is as well. All beverages should be safely carried in a plastic bottle on your bicycle. Any glass or cans are strongly discouraged for safety reasons. * We will do our best, as a whole, to obey all laws — i.e., not littering, refraining from using fireworks, staying off private property, etc. * We will respect and appreciate the Carbondale Police Department and comply with any and all requests from them. We thank them for always being supportive and tolerant of our bike-related activities. * We will respect that others appreciate the peaceful quiet of evening. We will try to limit our impact on residential areas and not linger for longer than necessary periods of time. * And, overall, we will try to use a little common sense! Mutual respect is expected from all parties.

The majority of “Bonedalians� live here because we have a beautiful, wonderful, creative, vibrant, colorful and tolerant community. Let’s all do our part to appreciate what makes others happy and what quirky things make our town so special and not ruin it for anyone. Be good, be well, be Carbondale & remember, StompOn! (which basically means, get on your bike and ride)!

Luv & SkullBunnies, The StomParillaz

‘Gone Baby Gone’ Dear Editor: NO MORE LATE FEES! The end of an era has arrived and I am forced to make the sad and inevitable move to liquidate the Sounds Easy Video inventory and close our doors forever. Although we have had several people interested in taking over the operation of this community icon, nothing has materialized to make this a reality.

In the classic Hitchcock film “The Man Who Knew Too Much,â€? Doris Day sang the song “Que Sera, Seraâ€?. This song resonates with this moment in the history of Sounds Easy Video ‌ whatever will be, will be.

On Saturday, May16, we begin the sale of thousands of movies. Choose from hard-tofind classics, documentaries, out-of-print titles, Disney films, kids movies, foreign films, award winners, cult classics, new releases and so, so much more. This is a 26-year collection of some of the greatest movies ever made.

Sounds Easy will remain open until May 31 or until the last movie is “Gone Baby Gone.�

I hope you can come by on Saturday or anytime during the next couple of weeks, share some stories, visit with friends, pick up a few movies and celebrate with us the closing of “The Greatest Video Store in the World� (a young customer).

Much gratitude, Staci L. Dickerson

Babies ‘perfectly precious’ Dear Editor: A million thanks for the spectacular Mother’s Day double whammy cover. There must be something in the water here because every one of those babies is perfectly precious.

Apparently, apples don’t fall from trees here either because the moms are lovely, too.

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Sports omore, will be in Chile for much of the 2010 season, Hentschel expects a strong team, headed by Taylor Browning, Zach Browning and Omar Rubio.

Thompson will be competing for the University of Colorado next year, and some of the other seniors have expressed interest in continuing to compete.

The Boys’ Track State Championships will take place on May 14-16 at the Jeffco Stadium in Lakewood. Events include: Discus at 3 p.m. and 4x200 Prelim at 4:35 p.m. on May 14; Triple Jump and Shotput at 10:30 a.m.; 300 Hurdles at 12:30 p.m.; and 2x200 Finals at 3 p.m. on May 15; and Long Jump at 10:30 a.m. and 300 Hurdles Finals at 1:55 p.m.

May 16. — By Will Grandbois Bryan Salinas finished first in the 300 meter hurdles and heads to state this week. Photo by Larry Williams

Five RFHS track athletes headed to state meet

In the wake of last week’s Regional Competition in Grand Junction, the Roaring Fork High School five state competitors in track are cautiously optimistic. “Everyone’s within a tenth of a second,� observed Taylor Browning, who took sixth in the 400 meter dash, and second in the 4x200 relay with his brother, Zach. Zach Browning also reached finals in the 200 meter but was unable to compete due to an injury. “We can do well this week if we get the hand-offs down,� he added.

The sentiment was echoed by Jon Araujo, who finished third in shotput at regionals. Araujo expected “a good fight for second,� citing Mason Finley of Buena Vista, one of the top-ranked throwers in the country, as a near shoe-in for first.

Tyler Thompson, who took first in both long jump and triple jump, was equally confident.

Of the five, Bryan Salinas was among the most cautious, despite his first place finish in the 300 meter hurdles. “I’m really excited because I know it’s going to be a tight race,�

Salinas said.

The team departs for the state championships in Lakewood this Thursday, May 14. For the seniors on the team, including Araujo, Salinas and Thompson, it is also the final week of school.

As for those coming back next year, coach Hadley Hentschel has high hopes. Although Raleigh Burleigh, a soph-

RFHS netters gain academic honors At the Lady Rams’ tennis award banquet last week, the girls celebrated more than their two top-four finishes at the western regional tournament. The girls were honored as a whole when it was announced that the cumulative GPA of this year’s team was 3.511. Receiving the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) Academic All State First Team honors for a GPA between 3.6 and 4.0 were: seniors Rianna Rollyson and Maria Flores; sophomores Landon Garvik, Joey Clingan, Savanna Phibbs and Niki Burns; and freshmen Paola Santiago and Adriana Perez. Receiving Honorable Mention for a GPA of 3.3 to 3.59 was Freshman Michelle Lopez. “Although it’s not unusual for good students to be talented athletes as well, this particular group of young women are indeed rising stars in the academic world and deserve kudos for maintaining their success on and off the court,� said Assistant Coach Robin Garvick.

Dandelion Dash results With beautiful weather, Ajax Bike and Sport leading the group with one of its bikes, and dandelion cheers along the way, 49 runners participated in the May 9 Dandelion Dash that benefitted the Roaring Fork Rams Football Team.

(Rams Coach Greg Holley assured racers there will be improvements next year and promised the event will be much better.) He said he aims to make it one of the premier running events on the Western Slope.

The top 10 finishers were: Charlie Wertheim (17:41),

Mike Sehneiter (18:31), Juan Centeno (18:35), Dylan Johns (19:13), Debbie Patrick (20:35), Loupe Stone (22:37), Barbara Fuller (23:48), Sara Villazanico (23:57), Leslie Johnson (23:59) and Mindy Harman (25:11).

NRHA offers expert training for reiners

The 2009 National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Regional Clinics are coming to the Mountain Region. On July 11-12 , NRHA professional Jaren Leclair and trainer Ben Gerst will hold a clinic for reiners of all ages and experience levels at Skyline Ranch in Carbondale.

This is the fourth year the NRHA has organized the clinics to help raise funds for the National Reining Horse Youth Association (NRHyA). The clinics are designed to help anyone who is interested in learning more about reining horses, the reining business and the NRHA. The one-on-one training that participants receive is tailored to each individual’s needs. Every clinic consists of two one-day clinics giving participants the opportunity to attend either or both days.

Space is limited. Proceeds go to support the NRHyA scholarships, programs and youth activities. The cost per day is $150 for youth riders and $250 for adults. For more information or to register for a clinic, contact Manager of Youth and Outreach Programs Brian Bendele at (405) 946-7400, ext.

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