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Sydney Schramer jumps for a spike on a ball set by Letey Crownhart. Roaring Fork High School sports fans were thrilled to be back in the gym on March 16. The volleyball team made it extra fun, winning over Grand Junction in three games. A limited number of people are allowed in the gym, so tickets must be pre-purchased online and masks are worn at all times. Photo by Sue Rollyson.

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OPINION

SLOW IS THE NEW FAST

By Gwen Garcelon

I am deeply concerned about the future of Carbondale, and the world, and how we will hold together amidst increasing social, economic and climate pressures.

As Carbondale grapples with the complexities of racial injustice around Michael Francisco’s case, like many of you I’ve been trying to understand how to best be of service. My work over the years, in community resilience and consulting around systemic change efforts to address the direness of climate change, keeps leading me in the same direction – toward love.

In 2014, Time magazine published an article called, “Love, Not Fear, Will Help Us Fix Climate Change,” by medical doctor and bestselling author, Dean Ornish. In it he says, “What enables people to make sustainable changes in their lives, both personal and planetary,

Climate of love

is not fear of dying; it’s joy of living.”

I believe it was a fierce expression of love that motivated Rosa Parks, after years as a civil rights activist trained in non-violence, to finally say “no” to fear and “yes” to her human right to a life of dignity and joy. When I asked Michael what he would like to see happen from his arrest, he said he would like it to inspire greater love. So how do we get there?

The reason behind each person’s actions involved in the incident is deeply complex, and they themselves may be unable to explain why they acted as they did in the heat of the moment. In the Time article, Ornish shares that in a state of fear, the primal part of our brain, the amygdala, is activated. In this state we are cut off from the parts of our brain that support empathy, compassion and moral reasoning.

This might provide insight into why a customer’s expression or gesture would cause an employee who was not alone, and was in a safe enclosure, to feel uncomfortable.

Or why a store manager would ask to have a customer removed from a store solely because of that employee’s discomfort, without consulting the customer or the general manager. Or why Michael reacted the way he did to being questioned by police. Because, as Michael has said, “As Black people, whenever we see the police there is a fear that comes over us.”

In this year of immense stress and racial terror, it feels critical to consider a course of action that will result in benefit to all those involved, and others in the future. Action motivated by love. In weighing the options, dropping the charges would likely result in: Appreciation for acknowledging the complexity of the issue and picking a course of action that allows for compassionate treatment of all involved (a ripple effect of forgiveness.)

Using the positive precedent of what followed the 2018 incident in Philadelphia at Starbucks involving the arrest of two innocent Black men – and resulting forgiveness.

Responding to this incident as an urgent learning opportunity – and taking on education within the Police Department that results in community policing practices while also encouraging racial bias education for City Market employees (also following the Starbucks example).

Inspiring other leaders to take courageous actions in the direction of needed systemic change in our communities and institutions (rather than trying to be “right” that this had “nothing to do with race.” Whether it did or didn’t, it is an opportunity to lift all our ships toward social justice, and that is the most valuable response at this moment).

What is at stake is who we

are as a community, and how we want to treat each other in our town, especially in moments of fear or stress. It’s about how we want our police officers to treat us with compassion and with the commitment to employ all other strategies before resorting to intimidation or physical force, especially in the case of no imminent threat.

William Beersdorf of the FBI Academy writes, “Law enforcement executives must ensure that their officers and other personnel retain and strengthen their compassion and respect for the communities they serve.” And this certainly goes for all of us.

Trying to prove that police were justified in their actions and that Michael deserves to be convicted of resisting arrest or disorderly conduct could be a lose/lose for all involved.

It could cause ill-will toward police and town government, and toward City Market management, and we could see fewer people of color deciding to live in our town – while we continue to grapple with cultural and race diversity and inclusion.

Or this could be a moment of solidarity, where we forgive each other, agree that we are capable of better, and support each other to get there. Because the challenges coming at us from climate impacts are only getting more complex, and solidarity and love will be our greatest allies.

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LETTERS Re: C.A.R.E. Thank you Cathi Basler for your opinion piece on stray or unwanted animals. I am 82 years old and have recently adopted a cat from C.A.R.E. who is an equivalent age in cat years.

In a way, it is a hospice situation for the cat. She needs a special diet and needs two medications.

She limps a little from her arthritis. These are conditions I can personally relate to. She is otherwise a normal cat, watching birds from the window, sleeping curled up on my lap to watch TV, and helping me with my puzzles.

I support a “Seniors for Seniors” kind of program like they have in other communities, where aging cats are matched with seniors who can care for them. In those programs, vet bills and medications are provided by the program and the seniors provide food, kitty litter, etc.

Love is provided by both the seniors and the cats. I thank you for helping me get started with my new companion. It would be nice to set up a “Seniors for Seniors” program here.

Carolyn Jemison Carbondale

RFHS UNBELIEVABLE: the first word out of my mouth after hearing that once again Roaring Fork High School is starting over with a new administrator. This will be the fourth new principal in nine years. Rob Stein has chosen, once again, not to move a very capable vice principal into the principal

position. Zoe Stern has earned the staff ’s trust because she has been the de facto principal for the last three years.

I felt this chaos again and again in my twenty-year career at RFHS and it was one of the key factors in my leaving last year. Another key factor for me was the superintendent's blatant disregard for the knowledge and opinions of the staff at Roaring Fork. We know our kids, our traditions and culture, and we know what works for our school. Six years ago, the community, staff and students were begging at the board meeting for Rob to hire one of our most beloved and gifted administrators, Kelsie Goodman. Rob did not waver in his unilateral decision to hire from outside the district, and our school has been in flux ever since. Why is there even an interview committee when it is one man’s decision?

Zoe Stern has been the assistant principal at RFHS for three years and her strong, supportive and competent presence has been a gift to her staff and students. Her teachers, having had a significantly difficult year dealing with the stress of the pandemic, and all the changes to instruction, are now supposed to welcome another unknown “leader” and start over? Why would this be in the best interest of the students and staff ? This decision is wrong on so many levels. For years at Roaring Fork, many teachers have hidden the sadness, the anger and the frustration that resulted from new leadership. The teachers; nevertheless, have powered on, always open and willing to

accept the decisions that were made, despite their voices being unheard. But I am telling you – constant change, without listening to the will of the staff, will break the best of teachers. Rob Stein has delivered a telling blow to the RFHS staff. We do not count. Our voice is irrelevant.

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Forgiveness?

I hunger for an apology, for the signal that we have learned a lesson from our humiliating, hurtful actions against Michael Francisco, so our community, hurt and humiliated by our actions, can be forgiven by him. I would feel safer in a community of managers and police that look for God in the people set before us.

For then we can all glimpse the god that we are an indivisible part of.

John Hoffmann Carbondale

Re: Unparalleled Universe In your inkblot, I see the face of Will Grandbois after a long pandemic camping trip. Psychoanalyze me, please!

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Solar power initiative in Garfield County

By Ken Pletcher Sopris Sun Correspondent

On March 1, Garfield Clean Energy (GCE) kicked off Solarize Garfield County (Solarize), a three-month initiative intended to increase the number of residences in Garfield County utilizing solar power generation. The Solarize program is a component of GCE’s overall objectives of increasing energy production from renewable resources, increasing energy efficiency and reducing petroleum consumption in the county.

GCE is a collaboration among the county, the six municipalities between Parachute and Carbondale, Colorado Mountain College and Roaring Fork Transportation Authority. It is managed by Clean Energy Economy for the Region (CLEER), a nonprofit consulting firm headquartered at the Third Street Center in Carbondale.

As Dave Reed, communications director for CLEER, explained in an email, “Solarize Garfield County is a program of GCE, [and] CLEER is contracted to run the programs of GCE.” He continued, “The Town of Carbondale is a member of GCE. Separately, [the town] contracts with CLEER to run its own clean energy programs. While Solarize isn't technically a [Town of Carbondale] program, it supports the town's long-term goal of being 100% carbon neutral by 2050.”

Maisa Metcalf, CLEER’s director of consumer engagement, hopes that the Solarize program will “inspire [those] who have been thinking about going solar to take action now.”

And, indeed, it has. “Close to 300 people have already signed up [i.e., expressed interest] for the program,” she noted. “And about a dozen have signed installation contracts, including three in Carbondale” since March 1.

As part of the Solarize launch, CLEER hosted a Zoom webinar on March 4, which introduced Rich Clubine, vice president of Active Energies Solar, based in Avon. Active Energies was selected by Solarize to be the sole installer for the program. Clubine described in detail the various steps involved with installing residential solar arrays, noting, “We handle everything for you.”

First, after a homeowner signs up for the program (via the GCE website; see below), an Active Energies technician determines what level of power generation is needed – typically seven 11-kilowatts for a residence but no more than 120% of the home’s overall electricity usage.

An on-site evaluation is then scheduled, first to determine the feasibility of installing solar panels, and then to estimate the cost of installation. Once the owner signs a contract, Clubine estimated installation would take place six to seven weeks after approval is given by the municipality. The work itself will take one to two days typically, and, after it is completed, an additional day or two will be needed for inspection and certification before it is operational.

Although the price is relatively high – in the neighborhood of $15,000-$25,000, depending on the size of the array – Metcalf pointed out that the cost is approximately 80% lower than a decade ago. “We use panels manufactured by

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Clubine anticipated that nearly all installations will be on rooftops, noting that Colorado law requires property owners to allow them. Ground arrays, however, are not only more expensive to install but may be subject to restrictions by homeowners’ associations or other entities.

By bundling a large number of installations under one program, Active Energies can offer below-market rates on installation (about $2.80 per kilowatt), as well as rebates based on the total

number of kilowatts installed during the Solarize project. The highest rebate amount will be $500 per installation if the overall total reaches a million kilowatts or more.

As an added incentive, those participating in the Solarize program can receive rebates from the Holy Cross Energy and Glenwood Springs Electric utilities. Xcel Energy is not offering rebates, but those customers can apply for a limited number of $1,500 rebates through Solarize. Finally, homeowners installing solar arrays this year and next will be eligible for federal tax credits of up to 26% of the project’s cost.

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Nordic Champs Roaring Fork High School (RFHS) students Noah Wheeless and Corbin Carpenter finished in the top ten in both the Skate Ski and Classic Ski divisions at the Colorado CHSAA Nordic Team Championships on Saturday, March 6. Because RFHS does not have a nordic team, the boys ski for Aspen and helped that team win both divisions of the state championships for the fourth year in a row. Success continued with Aspen Valley Ski Club earning medals in all events at the Western Nationals, including eight for skate skiing. Carpenter placed 7th in the under-18 men’s division and Wheeless placed 10th in the under-20 men’s division.

Kate and Ben Oldham of Carbondale also medaled as well as three others from Aspen.

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in education for 21 years, 18 in the Roaring Fork School District. Brockman told The Sopris Sun that she appreciates the vibrancy of elementary schools with children bringing genuine enthusiasm to their learning. “Younger children remind you to keep the special days special.”

RFHS principal Basalt High School Assistant Principal Megan Baiardo has been selected to serve as the next principal of Roaring Fork High School beginning in August. Baiardo has 20 years of experience in education, beginning as a high school science teacher then instructional coach at Dakota Ridge High School in Jefferson County. The hiring committee reviewed 14 qualified applicants, interviewed six candidates and decided on two finalists for a full day of interviews and observations.

Wolf management Colorado Parks and Wildlife is receiving applications for their Stakeholder Advisory Group for wolf reintroduction and management to represent diverse interests on the topic.

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Mind Springs Health, the Western Slope’s largest provider of counseling and therapy for mental wellness, is opening a new location at 2802 S. Grand in Glenwood Springs, near Berthod Motors, to replace their facility on Highway 82 near Thunder River Market. The new location opens on Monday, March 22. Their office is open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and can be reached at 970-945-2853.

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Town crews have begun annual cleaning and maintenance on Carbondale ditches . Crew will be in and around neighborhoods with equipment while raking and cleaning ditches. There may be smoke from ditch burning.

Meanwhile, street sweeping began on Monday.

Basalt Council is taking recommendations from the 2020 Master Plan to work with the community toward identifying and prioritizing capital improvements. Council may ask voters in November to approve bonds and a property tax extension to help finance projects identified through the process and supported by the community.

Energize Colorado Gap Fund Additional support is available to small businesses in the form of one-time grants. To qualify for the program, businesses must have less than 25 employees. The fund prioritizes applicants in rural areas, businesses that did not qualify for the Paycheck Protection Program, women, minority and veteran-owned businesses, as well as small restaurants. More info at energizecolorado.com

Flourishing Davi Nikent invites friends and friends of friends to help their organization plan for 2021 and beyond. Their online survey is at bit.ly/3q5MdbW

CRES principal Crystal River Elementary School Assistant Principal Aimee Brockman was selected to be the school’s next principal beginning in August. Brockman has worked

The Colorado Farm & Food Alliance released last week two “Local Food Action Maps,” depicting local food, drink, and action options in western Colorado. Altogether, three maps cover seventeen counties and locate over 450 local food markets, restaurants, and organizations. More at colofarmfood.org

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Photo contest The Garfield County Vegetation Management Department is seeking images relating to noxious weeds for its annual calendar. Winning photos may receive up to $300.

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Planning & Zoning Both items discussed at Carbondale’s P&Z meeting on March 11 were continued to April 15. An ADU addition to a home on Mancos Street was asked to provide more information on a solar access plan for neighbors as well as details on the building height and a possible alternative to a balcony for the required outdoor space. A subdivision and rezoning proposal by ANB Bank to build south of the City Market fueling station received no public comment. The snag for town staff was drive-through service in an area that intends to be pedestrian-friendly.

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They say it’s your birthday Folks celebrating another trip around the sun this week include: Michelle McGrory and Dean Mercado (March 18); Stan Badgett, Matthew Eames, Sophia Kai-kim Higbie, Katie Hunter and Michael Schneiter (March 19); Leigh Kauffman (March 20); Judy Bartels and Kerwin Hirro(March 21); Tanner Hawkins and Evan Piccolo (March 22); Erin Danneker and José Miranda (March 23); Martin Gerdan and Jammin’ Jim (March 24).

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Sinking roots in stewardship

By Geneviève Villamizar Sopris Sun Correspondent

The sole function of land — its ecosystems and all life therein — is to perpetuate itself. Plants or creatures at every (in)conceivable scale feast upon one another, building soil, circulating water, and distributing byproducts — infinitely. Land is nourishment; it’s that simple.

A simple concept, but easy to lose sight of when the very living tissue of the planet (farm fields, pasture, habitat) are pushed out of communities in favor of over-simplified, man-made environments. That is why Paul Holsinger’s job exists: to keep people of the Roaring Fork and Crystal River Valleys close to a source of sustenance.

Pitkin County Open Space and Trails’ Agriculture and Conservation Administrator Paul Holsinger is no stranger to “ag” or stewardship. He grew up an hour west of Chicago and his grandfather owned a dairy.

“It’s a fleeting memory,” Holsinger chuckles ruefully. ”Going and seeing it before it they sold. Now it’s a neighborhood.”

He describes growing up by cornfields, late-summer play among their rustling rows. Middle schoolers were bussed in for summer labor, he says, walking two and three rows wide, pulling corn silk to force it into seed corn. Today, that land yields an outpatient surgery center.

Holsinger’s parents were both teachers and the family spent all their holidays and summers up north, “right on the border of the U.P.” he says, referencing the legendary Upper Peninsula of Michigan, known for its raw, feral landscapes of forests, streams, rivers, and lakes.

“That was our vacation. We didn’t go anywhere else. No money for anything else,” he reflects. “But there was the cabin,” one the family was “able to build after some time, on a lake, Stormy Lake. That’s where I got to ‘know a place’ through seasons. We’d go up every time we could during the school year, so I’d see the change.”

Stormy was the perfect swimming lake - no spooky stuff, just clear, sandybottomed, and spring-fed, “It wasn’t just one spring coming up in one spot.

It came up through the entire lake bed,” he marvels, wholly conscious of the plight of Western water.

He speaks of rock bass and trout, muskie and pike. He recalls bald eagles in unjaded reverence, and the eartugging, haunting wail of loons.

“After all that? I didn’t know what I was gonna do. I was gonna skateboard!”

Banging out prerequisites at a community college, academics and the great outdoors merged, at last, pointing Holsinger toward a future.

“I took environmental ethics and an environmental science course with a great professor who’s still there,

Joe Haverly. He took us on a trip to Canada and we did naturalist studies.”

He says the impact of those experiences still informs his work today.

Holsinger’s other grandfather then turned him on to AmeriCorps, working outside with the Forest Service. As a young technician, laboring in the National Forest felt about as cool as skateboarding.

Landing at Colorado State University (CSU), Holsinger couldn’t have asked for a better advisor in the Natural Resource program than Dr. George Wallace. As he tends to do with keen students, Dr. Wallace took Holsinger under his wing, pointing Holsinger to courses and opportunities typically aimed at graduate students.

“If you want to make a real difference,” Holsinger says, “if you want to work with private people, this is a sector that is a most dramatic change, physically, on the ground. There are private parcels that could either be wildlife habitat and agriculture — or houses. You can make a big difference protecting all these private places.”

Holsinger gained valuable experience quickly. “I did a lot of independent studies with George,” who is well known for the land planning and conservation work he has led in developing countries around the world. The one-on-one mentoring resulted in advanced credits toward a double major in Parks and Protected Lands, as well.

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Department homicide report released to the Citizen Telegram, the man’s body was found “nowhere near the front of Shooter’s Grill” and a toxicology report links the man’s death to drug consumption. Although an altercation had ensued shortly before the man’s death, and the incident was originally investigated as a homicide, suspects were never charged or arrested for murder.

In addition to $1,400 stimulus checks and an extension in unemployment benefits, the American Rescue Plan provides $6 billion in direct aid to the state and to local Colorado cities, towns and counties.

According to Senator Hickenlooper’s office, Carbondale will receive $1.37 million, Basalt will get $820,000, Aspen will receive $1.5 million, Marble will receive $30,000, and Glenwood Springs will get $2 million.

Additionally, Pitkin County will receive $3.2 million as Garfield County gets $10.8 million.

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Garfield County Commissioners submitted a letter to Governor Polis on Tuesday, March 16, asking for the immediate adoption of a plan to fully and safely reopen the county. The board requests that restrictions on the local economy end, allowing communities to rely on personal responsibility for public safety.

The letter also states that 40% of the county has been vaccinated, with 82% of the more than 25,000 vaccines administered going to persons 70 years or older.

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Dubious claims The Post Independent reported on March 11 that Congresswoman Boebert, speaking on the House floor during a debate over firearm background checks, made inaccurate claims of a man being beaten to death in front of her downtown Rifle restaurant, Shooter’s Grill. According to a Rifle Police

Senator Michael Bennet 261 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-5852

Welcoming Haaland Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper applauded the confirmation of Deb Haaland to serve as the country’s next Secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior.

During her confirmation hearing, Senator Hickenlooper, a member of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, secured Secretary Haaland’s support for the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy (CORE) Act which would protect 400,000 acres of Colorado public lands. Congresswoman Boebert joined Mesa County Commissioners in formally inviting Secretary Haaland to visit the Bureau of Land Management Headquarters in Grand Junction.

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Chairman Bennet Senator Michael Bennet was selected to chair the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry’s Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate Forestry, and Natural Resources. He was also selected to chair the Committee on Finance’s Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure.

Meanwhile, Senator Hickenlooper was chosen to chair the Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Science and Space.

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Legislature considers county health boards bill

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third Monday of the month. During the crux of COVID the BOH convened at weekly BOCC sessions or as needed.

Garfield County Democrats (GCD) have announced their support for the bill. If passed, “The county commissioners would still have the power to appoint the members of our county health board,” said Debbie Bruell, Chair of the Garfield County Democrats.

The BOCC would also be able to remove a member of the health board for malfeasance or for other limited reasons. Passing the bill “would simply ensure that the health policies and plans of our county are not determined without input from community representatives,” Bruell continued, “and without the expertise of at least one independent medical or health professional.”

Reportedly, Pitkin and Mesa counties have medical advisors on their health boards along with their respective commissioners.

“While county commissioners are also represented on the health boards of these counties, the commissioners do not control their boards as is the case with Garfield County’s Board of Health,” the GCD press release reads.

According to Commissioner Tom

A proposed bill was introduced to Colorado’s House of Representatives that would restrict active county commissioners from serving concurrently on county health boards. This is significant for Garfield County’s Board of Health (BOH) which solely consists of the three county commissioners.

House Bill (HB) 21-1115 was introduced on Feb. 16 with bipartisan support — Republican Senator Kevin Priola is a primary sponsor along with three democrats from both the House and Senate.

Under the current law, Colorado Revised Statute 25-1-508, in any county with less than 100,000 residents, its Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) can simultaneously operate as its BOH. This is the case for Garfield County, with a population of roughly 60,000. In the words of a Garfield County spokesperson, “The county commissioners serve as the BOH and John Martin is the chair.” Martin is also the chair of Garfield’s BOCC. On Feb. 15, The Steamboat Pilot and Today reported that 26 of the 64 Colorado counties operate in this way. In Garfield, BOH meetings are included in the BOCC session every

Jankovsky, Garfield’s BOCC “has taken no formal position.” Although there is not a medical professional on their BOH, Jankovsky mentions that, “Garfield County Public Health (GCPH) does have a medical advisor, Dr. Chad Knaus.”

Bruell expressed her admiration for GCPH but argues that its employees may not be apt to criticize measures promoted by the BOCC. “This bill would help to insulate public health policies from the job concerns of county health employees,” she stated.

During a BOCC meeting on March 8, Bruell addressed the panel asking if they saw “any drawbacks” to creating a viable health board. Martin responded that the current statute permits the BOCC to operate as the county’s health and social services boards and added, “The BOCC would have the ultimate authority even if there were an advisory board.

If they were not an advisory board then they would have to be a special district with a county department — that doesn’t work in the county government process.”

“We use Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) expertise,” continued Martin, “They work hand in hand with our local health department, as well as a medical advisor to the health

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department, and then they make the recommendations for policy to the BOCC who enact those policies.”

Bruell still has concerns that politics play a role in decisions regarding public health. “As we’ve seen during the current pandemic, responses to a public health crisis can become very political,” she stated. “We need to learn from this experience.” In a recent opinion piece in The Post Independent, Bruell called out Jankovsky for his partisan comments while speaking at the Stay Free Colorado rally in Glenwood Springs on Jan. 30.

Jankovsky brought up Bruell’s opinion piece during the March 8 session. “You’re op-ed really revolved around the fact that there’s no health expertise on the BOCC,” he said.

“I just want to refer back to the Governor of Colorado who doesn’t have any health expertise either but is giving us directives.”

“Before COVID, there was little controversy for the commissioners

to face as a health board. But COVID changed all that,” said former Democratic commissioner candidate Leslie Robinson.

“As a former county commissioner candidate in 2020, my campaign focused on the lack of commissioner support on the state’s COVID efforts,” Robinson stated, “Both Beatriz [Soto] and I felt that the commissioners’ personal views on COVID were based on Trump politics and biases, not science.”

Soto, also a former Democratic commissioner candidate, also commented on the topic. “Including representative voices from a cross section of our community on our county health board is essential.

Including members of the Latino community, women, young people, as well as a variety of health professionals would help to ensure that public health efforts are strategically designed and can reach and serve the diverse members of our community.”

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR THURSDAY MARCH 18 SPRING MANTRA

Adi Shakti Ashram begins its seasonal 72-hour mantra reading event. To sign up for an hour or two or more, call 970-963-1137 or visit Mana Foods in Carbondale.

BACH BASH

Basalt Regional Library presents classical performances by Brittni Brown, Sarah Graf, and Susan Nicholson broadcast via the “GrassRoots Community Network” YouTube channel.

RESILIENT SOILS

The Roaring Fork Food Alliance, 350 Roaring Fork, and Carbondale Parks and Rec. offer a free webinar to discuss the town’s weed management plan and efforts to discourage the use of chemical herbicides. The event begins at 5:30 p.m., more info at bit. ly/RFweeds LIVE MUSIC

Randall Utterback and Smokin’ Joe Kelly play at Heather’s in Basalt at 6 p.m.

FRIDAY MARCH 19 ABOVE/BELOW

The Art Base in Basalt presents a series of monotypes by Marcia Weese exploring the relationship of the worlds above and below the surface.

The exhibition continues through April 16, viewable Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Garfield County Libraries offer an online discussion with women leaders making history. The event is free, online, and open to all at 6 p.m. More at gcpld.org/boss LIVE MUSIC

Chris Bank and Mark Johnson play at Heather’s in Basalt at 6 p.m.

SATURDAY MARCH 20 SPRING TRAINING

New Castle Gardens teaches tool maintenance and fruit tree pruning at 10 a.m. To sign up, visit newcastlegardens.com

MONDAY MARCH 22 TRIVIA CHALLENGE

Garfield County Libraries offers an online game of trivia in celebration of Women’s History Month. Test your knowledge, learn fun facts about the most amazing women in history, and win prizes. The game begins at 4 p.m.

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Women’s History Month continues with a virtual lecture about Kittie and Annie Harbison from Denver who walked Berthoud Pass in 1896 to create a successful dairy ranch. The lecture begins at 6 p.m., more at gcpld. org/sisters WINE NIGHT

PAUSE AND REFLECT

The Aspen Chapel and Center for Human Flourishing have organized a valleywide pause for reflection from noon to 2 p.m. Participating locations and a link to the livestream are at davinikent.com

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True Nature Healing Arts offers an introduction to meditation with the purpose of cleansing the mindbody-nervous system. The offering is virtual and free at 5:30 p.m. More at truenaturehealingarts.com

SISTERS OF COURAGE

True Nature Healing Arts honors the shift in season with a day of community events including a meditation at noon, energy-clearing sessions from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., a yoga workshop at 1 p.m. and gardening discussion at 3:30 p.m. More info at truenaturehealingarts.org

Damian Smith and Dennis Jung play at Heather’s in Basalt at 6 p.m.

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Carbondale Arts, in partnership with CU Boulder’s Nature, Environment, Science & Technology Studio for the Arts program and CORE, presents two exhibitions on how the arts can bring awareness to climate change and action. The show runs through March 26 at the Launchpad.

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by Maria Judith Alvarez La Clínica del Pueblo está agradecida de poder ofrecer servicios médicos gratis a la población latina sin seguro médico en el Valle.

Nos centramos en la prevención y tratamiento de las enfermedades crónico-degenerativas.

Esta es dirigida por el doctor Greg Feinsinger, M.D. que es un médico retirado.

Hoy hablaremos de la diabetes y prediabetes. La diabetes es una de las principales causas de discapacidad y muerte en los países que siguen una dieta occidental (lo cual incluye un alto consumo de productos de origen animal, azúcar, grasas añadidas y alimentos procesados).

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Cómo combatir diabetes y prediabetes

Primero es importante comprender que son la glucosa y la insulina. La glucosa es "el combustible principal que alimenta a todas las células de nuestro cuerpo" y la insulina se define como "la llave que abre las puertas a nuestras células para permitir que la glucosa entre en ellas." Les explicó a los pacientes que la insulina es el policía que le dice al azúcar, “Tu te vas al musculos, tu al cerebro, tu al hígado,” y cuando el policía no está, el azúcar esta alta en la sangre por que no hay quien le diga a donde irse.

La diabetes es una enfermedad que se produce cuando los niveles de azúcar en la sangre no se controlan.

La elevación crónica del azúcar en la sangre daña los vasos sanguíneos en todo el cuerpo, lo que lleva a varias complicaciones, como enfermedades cardiovasculares, enfermedad oculares, insuficiencia renal, disfunción eréctil, neuropatía (daño nervioso) en las piernas y todo el cuerpo, enfermedad vascular periférica que puede conducir a la amputación de los dedos de pie o incluso el pie, una mala cicatrización de heridas, y demencia. También puede contribuir a la depresión y debilita el sistema inmunológico.

Existen dos tipos de diabetes. El

5% de los casos son tipo 1, el cual es una enfermedad autoinmune (donde el mismo cuerpo ataca a sus propias células) y puede tener un componente genético pero no está relacionada con el estilo de vida. La diabetes tipo 2 representa el 95% y es claramente una enfermedad relacionada al estilo de vida.

La prediabetes es un nombre inapropiado para describir esta enfermedad porque no es realmente una “pre-enfermedad” sino que es una forma leve de diabetes.

La prediabetes causa las mismas complicaciones antes mencionadas que la diabetes real.

La prediabetes/diabetes tipo 2, son causadas por la resistencia a la insulina donde la grasa que se encuentra alrededor de nuestros órganos internos y en nuestros músculos impide que la insulina ingrese la glucosa a las células y por lo tanto no le permite realizar su trabajo. El tipo de grasa que causa resistencia a la insulina se llama obesidad central, también denominada como obesidad abdominal o peso extra alrededor de nuestra parte media del cuerpo.

Incluso si eres delgado pero tienes una barriga pequeña cuando se mira de lado en el espejo, es posible que

usted sufre resistencia a la insulina y en estos casos su páncreas intenta compensar la resistencia de la insulina bombeando más y más insulina. Con el paso de los años, las células del páncreas llamadas “beta” eventualmente se desgastan y se destruyen. Una manera sencilla de explicar a los pacientes es que imaginen que su páncreas es una naranja y la insulina es el jugo, cada vez que comemos algo dulce como un pan, galleta, etc., exprimimos esa naranja para que se normalice la azucar alta pero eventualmente de tanto exprimir la naranja se va a quedar sin jugo y es cuando nuestro páncreas ya no produce la insulina y hay que inyectarla externamente.

Ahora, me gustaría compartir una de nuestras historias de éxito.

Una mujer de 60 años que acudió a consulta, con antecedentes familiares de diabetes, tenía peso extra alrededor de su cintura. Esto significa resistencia a la insulina con prediabetes o diabetes real y estaba preocupada porque su azúcar en ayunas fue de 333 que ya es extremadamente alto y puede asociarse con una cetoacidosis potencialmente mortal. Se le pidió realizar prueba sanguíneas y dos de sus pruebas del hígado fueron

anormales lo que sugiere un hígado graso. Su glucosa en ayunas fue de 410, y su A1C fue de 12, y los valores normales son de 5.7.

Ella aceptó empezar metformina, un fármaco oral para la diabetes leve, 500 miligramos una vez al día aumentando 500 miligramos a la semana hasta un máximo de 1000 miligramos dos veces al día. Se administró Insulina NPH 20 U dos veces al dia. Lo más importante fue que ella acordó comenzar a caminar una hora al día, y una dieta a base de productos de origen vegetal y alimentos integrales. Ella cumplió al 100% con los cambios en su estilo de vida y ha sido capaz de reducir gradualmente su insulina, su glucosa en ayunas fue 87, completamente normal, a las dos semanas y la aplicación de insulina se suspendió.

Si ella continua con este cambio, su diabetes debería resolverse y ella podría suspender la metformina también.

Así como ella, tenemos varios otros pacientes donde les recordamos que para tener una vida saludable ellos tienen el poder en sus manos y también en sus platos.

Para consultas gratis, llame a Isabel Almeida 970-948-1072 o Judith Alvarez 970-989-3513.

CHISME DEL PUEBLO Energize Colorado Gap Fund Apoyo adicional está disponible a negocios pequeños en la forma de subvenciones de una única vez. Para calificar para el programa, los negocios deben tener menos de 25 empleados.

Los fondos priorizan solicitantes en áreas rurales, negocios que no calificaron para el Programa de Protección de Pago, y negocios poseídos por mujeres, minorías, y veteranos, además de restaurantes pequeños. Para más información visite energizecolorado.com

Salud mental Mind Springs Health, los proveedores de asesoramiento y terapia para salud mental más grande de la ladera occidental de Colorado, está abriendo una nueva locación en 2802 S. Grand en Glenwood Springs, al lado de Berthod Motors, para reemplazar sus oficinas en Highway 82 al lado de Thunder River Market.

La nueva locación abrirá el lunes 22 de marzo.

Sus oficinas estarán abiertas de 8:00 a.m. a 5:00 p.m. de lunes a viernes y se puede llamar al 970683-7289.

aprecia la vitalidad de escuelas primarias con estudiantes trayendo un entusiasmo genuino a sus aprendizajes escolares. “Les niñes jóvenes te recuerdan de mantener a todos los días como especiales.”

Directora de RFHS Directora Asistente de Basalt High School Megan Baiardo fue seleccionada para ser la siguiente directora de Roaring Fork High School para este agosto. Baiardo tiene 20 años de experiencia en educación, comenzando como maestra de ciencias en la escuela secundaria y luego como entrenadora instructiva en Dakota Ridge High School en el condado de Jefferson.

El comité de contratación revisó 14 solicitantes calificados, entrevistó a seis candidatos y decidió entre dos finalistas en un día entero de entrevistas y observaciones.

Peticion para reabrir

Representantes del condado de Garfield entregaron una carta al gobernador Jared Polis el 16 de marzo, pidiendo por la adopción inmediata de un plan para seguramente reabrir Directora de CRES el condado. Los comisionados pidieron que las Directora Asistente de Crystal River restricciones en la economía local terminaran, Elementary School Aimme Brockman fue permitiendo a las comunidades confiar en la seleccionada para ser la siguiente directora de responsabilidad personal para la salud pública. la escuela empezando en agosto. Brockman La carta también describe que el 40% del ha trabajo en educación por 21 años, 18 los condado está ya vacunado, con el 82% de más cuales fueron en el distrito escolar de Roaring de 25,000 vacunas administradas dirigidas a Fork. Brockman le dijo a The Sopris Sun que personas de 70 años o mayores.

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Consultas médicas gratis La Clínica del Pueblo ofrece consultas médicas gratis en Third Street Center cada tres sábados de cada mes, incluyendo este sábado 30 de marzo. Las consultas son proveídas de 9 a.m. a 3 p.m. Para citas, consultas y preguntas, contacte a Judith Alvares al 970-989-3513.

Equinoccio de primavera True Nature Healing Arts honora el cambio de temporada con un día de eventos comunitarios incluyendo una meditación a mediodía, sesiones de limpieza de energía de 1 p.m. a 5 p.m., un taller de yoga a la 1 p.m. y una discusión de jardinería a las 3:30 p.m. Para más información visite truenaturehealingarts.org

Introduciendo a Dolores Duarte Dolores Duarte es originaria de México y desde hace más de 12 años vive con su familia en el norte de Idaho. Entre otras actividades, es una ávida lectora de historias de ficción, realiza trabajos voluntarios en las escuelas a las que atienden sus hijas, y disfruta de la jardinería, así como de caminatas y paseos en bicicleta por los lagos y montañas de su ciudad. Nos cuenta, "Trabajo como traductora independiente, y estoy feliz de poder colaborar de forma voluntaria con la sección en español del periódico Sopris Sun, aprecio el esfuerzo del editor, Raleigh Burleigh de expandir los artículos a audiencias latinas y las oportunidades que me brinda.

Cuando leo los artículos de este periódico,

Dolores Duarte, foto de cortesía. además de conocer y aprender sobre el área, tocan una fibra muy especial de mi corazón. He caminado y recorrido en bicicleta partes del Rio Grande Trail, he apreciado la majestuosa vista de la montaña Sopris en diferentes estaciones, y he escuchado los cencerros distintivos del ganado que transfieren durante una mañana fresca de verano, todo esto durante viajes de visita a nuestros queridos familiares del bello pueblo de Carbondale." ¡Muchas gracias por acompañarnos en esto, Dolores!

Mes de la Mujer: ¿Estamos seguras?

Por Crystal Mariscal Sol Corresponsal Doscientos setenta y cuatro llamadas fueron atendidas por la organización RESPONSE en el 2020, en la línea de emergencias. Marzo es el mes de reconocimiento de la mujer, pero ¿qué tanto nos falta por celebrar a las mujeres en el Valle cuando hablamos de respeto?

La última vez que hablé sobre acoso callejero públicamente, recibí agradecimiento por parte de muchas mujeres, pero también comentarios ofensivos e incluso acoso por varios hombres.

En esta ocasión quiero volver a tocar el mismo tema siendo consciente de que voy a incomodar a algunos lectores, pero espero que al incomodarlos también los dejo pensando en la realidad que vivimos muchas mujeres en el Valle y que muy pocas veces por temor, cultura o pena no lo denunciamos.

RESPONSE, lanzó un entrenamiento, que en este momento está en pausa por el virus, en colaboración con la línea de autobuses RFTA, esto después de se hiciera muy sonado el caso de una pasajera, que fue víctima de acoso por parte de otro pasajero.

RESPONSE hace varios entrenamientos y también visitas a las escuelas para crear conciencia. Al conversar con Txell Pedragosa, la directora de programas de RESPONSE, le pregunté ¿porque antes se veía más esto del acoso u hostigamiento pero no se hablaba y ahora si?

“Antes sí,” me respondió. “Pero nunca ha sido divertido y nunca ha estado bien.” Agregó, “Como humanos podemos ser mejores. ¡El

acoso nos aterroriza! Nos aterrorizaba hace 20 años y nos aterroriza ahora.”

A mi hija la mayor, una de las primeras cosas que le enseñe fue a siempre cuidar a su alrededor y siempre traer las llaves a la mano para defensa propia. Algo que todavía no le instruyo a mis hijos varones.

A lo que le pregunte a mis hijas, cuántas veces un hombre se habrá sentido en riesgo?

Karina respondió, “No todos los hombres son depredadores, tenemos que tener eso en cuenta, a mi me da miedo pensar estar sola entre hombres quizá porque me han dicho siempre que me cuide y que todos los hombres son así. Pero no, hay hombres que también sufren de acoso, sobre todo en redes sociales.”

La encuesta de Stop de Street Harassment menciona que un 43% de hombres reportaron haber sufrido algún tipo de acoso, mientras que el 81 % de las mujeres reportó también haber sufrido hostigamiento.

Mi hija Isela, por su parte, decía que para ella no se trata de levantar el feminismo sino de tirar abajo el machismo. A lo que agregó, “Cuando tenía 10 años venía saliendo de la escuela cuando un tipo me comenzó a gritar, él iba con otros tipos en su carro, pero yo era una niña con mi mochila escolar y no estaba haciendo nada para provocar, sabía que lo que me gritaba estaba mal pero seguí caminando porque mi mente no me dejo actuar.”

Eso me llevó a la siguiente pregunta, ¿nosotras provocamos a los hombres?

“No creo que la manera de vestir de una mujer sea una invitación de ningún tipo'',

respondió Karina. “Sé que es algo sugestivo ya que al menos yo no me vestiría destapada cerca de hombres que no saben respetar, es como llevar dinero y un letrero de que llevas dinero a una zona de la ciudad donde es muy peligrosa.”

Isela respondió, “El acoso nunca tiene que ser permitido. No importa que la mujer traiga puesto un traje de baño. Siento que está tan normalizado por cuestión de cultura. Puedo tener conversaciones de vestirse modestamente, pero ese es otro tema totalmente diferente. En ningún momento la vestimenta de una mujer es una invitación a que te falten al respeto!” “¡Los hombres tienen que aprender a ser respetuosos!” Agregó Karina, “Si te llega a pasar algo, defiendete.”

Y si es algo tan fácil de decir, defiendete, pero tu mente en esos momentos se paraliza.

Si tienes la habilidad de defenderte, ¡hazlo!

Llama a la policía, o alguien que tengas confianza. Haz lo que sea para sentirte segura. Pero no lo normalicen.

Volviendo a Txell Pedragosa con RESPONSE, “Sí es ofensivo que te llamen nombres por ser inmigrante entonces, ¿cómo creen que se siente una mujer por los estereotipos y comentarios que recibe en la calle? Es la base de discriminacion y violencia, y es muy parecida. Si alguien se ha sentido discriminado se puede identificar con una mujer que ha sido acosada. Esto va acabar educando a los jóvenes.”

Evitemos que nuestros hijos en un futuro formen parte de esas estadísticas y dejemos de normalizar el acoso.

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Los Rams se preparan para la temporada C

Por Jeanne Souldern Traducción por Dolores Duarte

Roaring Fork High School (RFHS) comenzó esta semana las prácticas para los deportes de la temporada C de fútbol Americano, ​​voleibol femenino y fútbol masculino.

El calendario de deportes 20202021 de la escuela secundaria fue modificado por la Asociación de Actividades de Escuelas Secundarias de Colorado (CHSAA) en respuesta a la pandemia de COVID-19, dividiendo el año escolar en cuatro temporadas: A, B, C y D. Las implementaciones de seguridad son obligatorias para cada deporte por el Departamento de Salud Pública y Medio Ambiente de Colorado (CDPHE) y el Equipo de Respuesta COVID-19 del Gobernador.

El director atlético de RFHS, Dominic Yoder, dice que se ha hecho todo lo posible, desde la CHSAA hasta a nivel escolar, para asegurar que los estudiantes-atletas tengan la oportunidad de practicar sus deportes preferidos.

Las temporadas podrían traslaparse, si un equipo pasa a la postemporada.

Yoder dice que tienen cierto margen de maniobra con los ajustes a las presentaciones de las listas de jugadores, y explica: “Nuestro cuerpo técnico y nuestra administración han sido muy flexibles al entender que queremos que nuestros equipos profundicen

Los RAMS de RFHS han comenzada practicas para deportes de primavera. El primer partido para el equipo de futbol/soccer sera el dia jueves, 18 de marzo contra Delta. Foto por Sue Rollyson.

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Cada deporte tiene modificaciones específicas para prácticas y juegos. El voleibol se jugará con cubrebocas.

Los jugadores de soccer y fútbol americano podrán estar sin cubrebocas mientras estén en el campo de juego, pero los jugadores y entrenadores que se encuentren en los laterales usarán cubrebocas.

Los viajes en los autobuses del equipo incluyen ventanas abiertas para proporcionar flujo de aire adecuado y asientos asignados para garantizar el distanciamiento social con cubrebocas.

Las restricciones adicionales incluyen la cantidad de tiempo que se pasa en el autobús. Yoder dice: "Estamos siguiendo todas las recomendaciones del estado para garantizar un viaje seguro para nuestros estudiantesatletas.”

Esos requisitos han dado lugar a la necesidad de autobuses adicionales para transportar equipos. Como explica Yoder, “Afecta el resultado final, en términos de costos. Tomaremos dos autobuses para hacer el mismo viaje.”

Yoder, en su primer año como director deportivo de RFHS, dice que la pandemia de COVID ha presentado desafíos. La ventaja, dice, es “estar cerca de los entrenadores y trabajar con los estudiantes-atletas y tratar de construir una visión de lo que será el atletismo de Roaring Fork en los próximos años.

Creo que ha sido muy divertido."

en la postemporada y si esto crea un conflicto de [temporada] traslape [para un jugador], entonces lidearemos con eso en el siguiente deporte.”

La directiva de variación para los deportes de la temporada C fue aprobada por el CDPHE la semana pasada, y "se decidió en el último minuto" para el comienzo de la temporada, dice Yoder.

"Estoy muy impresionado con la agilidad y los detalles que el estado ha tomado en lo que respecta a la pandemia.” Yoder agrega: "Sé que no estamos haciendo felices a todos con las restricciones o las decisiones, pero ha sido extraordinario ver la red de seguridad que tenemos debido a las decisiones.”

Una prioridad, explica Yoder, ha sido la salud y la seguridad de los jugadores, sus familias y la comunidad.

Cuando se le preguntó sobre los mandatos de CDPHE y CHSAA, Yoder dice: "Creo que es como todo lo demás, cuando se trata de salud pública, tienes que tomar decisiones por el bien común.”

Yoder ha estado involucrado en conversaciones con funcionarios de salud pública locales y dice que el Distrito Escolar de Roaring Fork "tiene que extraer esa información y tomar decisiones que sean mejores para nuestras escuelas". Dice que ha sido una gran experiencia de aprendizaje y que agradece la colaboración entre entidades.

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Resumen: el caso de Michael Francisco en Carbondale Por James Steindler Traducción por Jacquelinne Castro Michael Francisco es un residente de la ciudad de Carbondale quien ha trabajado en el City Market de Aspen desde que empezó la pandemia.

Previamente se dedicaba a trabajar con estudiantes de necesidades especiales y estudiantes de inglés como segundo idioma a través del distrito escolar de Roaring Fork. Sin embargo, antes de vivir en Carbondale, Francisco vivió los primeros años de su vida en Belice donde su papá trabajaba como oficial de policía, no estando familiarizado con la caracterización racial. Eventualmente Francisco se trasladó a Los Ángeles (LA) cuando tenía 15 años, fue ahí donde se familiarizo con el término.

En la víspera de Navidad Francisco había terminado de comprar gas en la gasolinera de City Market en Carbondale antes de entrar a la tienda con su amigo.

Al entrar a la tienda, Francisco se encontró con la gerente general, quien conocía a través del trabajo.

Simultáneamente, el jefe de policía Kirk Wilson también se encontraba en la tienda haciendo compras de última hora, quien antes de salir fue señalado por la gerente de la entrada. Wilson fue informado que una empleada en la gasolinera se sentía incómoda debido al alegado comportamiento de uno de los clientes.

En esta situación, se le acusaba a Francisco de hacer muecas y gestos hacia una empleada de la gasolinera, por lo cual la gerente de la entrada le pidió al oficial remover al sospechoso.

El jefe de policía solicitó por oficiales con la meta en mente de retirar a Francisco del edificio sin instigar ningún problema, pero las cosas se intensificaron. Los oficiales le dijeron a Francisco que estaba traspasando y que administración quería que se retirara, a lo cual Francisco respondió que no había causado ningún problema y que de hecho

conocía a la gerente general lo cual causó confusión con los oficiales.

Los oficiales pidieron ver la identificación de Francisco lo cual el reuso y preguntó si estaba libre de ir, eventualmente los oficiales procedieron a arrestarlo.

Esposado, los oficiales escoltaron a Francisco a una de las patrullas luego siendo transportado a la estación de policía después de lo cual fue liberado y dado una citación por 1) conducta desordenada (por supuesta señas) 2) resistir arresto y 3) obstrucción de operaciones gubernamentales.

Francisco apareció en la corte municipal de Carbondale el 8 de febrero con su abogado. La fiscal de la ciudad Angela Roff expresó que le gustaría obtener copias de materiales de investigación interna de parte de City Market en respuesta al incidente. Mientras tanto, el jefe de policía quiso asegurar de que el departamento actuó según las acusaciones de que el acusado actuaba de manera inapropiada y no estaba basado en el color de su piel.

Michael Francisco apareció para otra audiencia en la corte municipal de Carbondale en la tarde del 8 de marzo. Culminó en otra continuación – el tercero de la serie desde el 11 de enero.

Esperando una audiencia más grande, en lo cual estaba en lo correcto, la ciudad de Carbondale limitó la asistencia a 25 personas máximas – cambiando la sala de audiencia municipal (el cuarto de la comunidad en el ayuntamiento). Los participantes llenaron el vestíbulo, mientras los restantes esperaban afuera del edificio. Algunos oficiales uniformados del departamento de policía de Carbondale (CPD) también estaban presentes en la audiencia.

El abogado de Francisco, Michael Edminister, mencionó a la corte, “pienso que estamos en una posición donde le pedimos a la ciudad que retiren los cargos – lo cual yo haría – o establecer esto con City Market para que cumplan con la citación.” Previa

Michael Francisco (derecha) platica con sus apoyadores, como Ed Troy (izquierda), fuera de la corte municipal en Carbondale el 8 de marzo. Foto por James Steindler. a la audiencia del lunes, la fiscal Angela Roff inició una citación, el cual el juez firmó, para adquirir los registros de CityMarket con respecto a su investigación del incidente en la víspera de Navidad. El departamento de policía cumplió después con la citación y la abogada de City Market dijo que respondería para el 15 de marzo a lo cual ambas partes involucradas aceptaron.

Edminister dijo que al revisar el descubrimiento – la evidencia entregada por la fiscal – “hay suficiente información contenida en esos reportes para retirar los cargos hoy.” Considerando eso, él solicitó que el caso fuera desestimado, de lo contrario él estaría de acuerdo con que el caso continuará, esperando a que City Market responda con la citation.

Edminister también le llamó la atención a la corte que tuvo problemas viendo/escuchando un par de archivos multimedia publicados por la fiscalía. De acuerdo con la fiscal Roff, los archivos son “propietarios” y requieren un programa específico para ver/escuchar.

Edminister expresó verbalmente su suposición que los archivos en cuestión probablemente contenían imágenes de cámaras de policía. Fiscal Roff le aseguro

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Después de la audiencia, un grupo se acercó a Edminister y presionaron con preguntas.

Edminister llamó la atención desconcertado de por qué el caso está litigado en corte municipal y no del condado – una decisión generalmente hecha entre fuerzas policiales y fiscales.

El caso será continuado el 12 de abril a las 4:30 p.m. de acuerdo con el abogado de defensa, Francisco no ha sido ofrecido un acuerdo con la fiscalía en este caso.

Una perspectiva colectiva Francisco habló con la directora de noticias de KDNK Amy Marsh, “Siento como si estoy en un lugar donde no debería estar,” dijo Francisco y le agradeció a todas las personas por su apoyo.

“Se supone que se me debe referir como una persona ‘negra’ pero estas solo son etiquetas que no describen quienes somos, porque somos una humanidad,” Francisco le dijo a Marsh.

Afuera del edificio Francisco fue saludado por simpatizantes con

los cuales platicó. Una escena se presentó: la gente anglodescendiente escuchaba como Francisco y otras personas afrodescendiente expresaban sus perspectivas, “Para nosotros, estamos programados que cuando vemos a un policía hay un miedo que viene sobre nosotros,” declaró Francisco.

“Es opresión interna”, dijo Sierra Jeter, una mujer que ha vivido y trabajado en el valle por los últimos dos años.

“Porque ha pasado mucho – le ha pasado a nuestras familias, a nuestros ancestros -- hay un trauma generacional con el que estamos tratando en nuestra comunidad.” Jeter trabaja como organizadora de comunidad para The Colorado Trust el cual tiene de propósito “garantizar que todos los residentes de Colorado tengan oportunidades justas e iguales para tener vidas sanas y productivas a pesar de raza, grupo etnico, ingreso o donde vivimos.”

Sin embargo, Jeter no se presentó en su capacidad profesional, sino como una ciudadana preocupada.

“Vine a escuchar la audiencia de Michael porque tengo un dedo en el pulso de nuestra comunidad, y la historia de Michael no está en un silo.”

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Seeking faith and hope in the storm

By Jeanne Souldern Sopris Sun Correspondent

What became evident during the pandemic is that many seek faith and hope during a time of great uncertainty. As we, individually and collectively, navigate those uncertainties, faith communities look to their faith leaders for spiritual guidance and emotional support.

The Sopris Sun sent a request to nine local faith communities for this story, three responded. These are their reflections on the challenges presented by the pandemic and, through that process, finding the common threads that connect us all.

Being together, while apart In his second year as lead pastor at The Orchard, Daniel Self says during last spring's lockdown, "The Orchard was run from my iPhone. I would put it in front of me, and record myself in the empty room [delivering the Sunday sermon.]" Videos were then posted to their YouTube channel and Facebook page.

As weather permitted, services were conducted outside with socially-distanced seating created by circles drawn on the grass. When it got colder, they moved back inside, but, Self says, not everyone felt comfortable doing so. Still, Self understands the importance of people connecting, saying, "You can do that in the building, or in your small group, or do that online. We want to gather because the spiritual life was never meant to be lived alone."

Self and his father, Dr. Doug Self, offer pastoral care free-of-charge. The younger Self explains, "In times of uncertainty, humanity wants peace. We like certainty and what COVID did was it highlighted just how uncertain things are. Things have always been uncertain; we just realized it all of a sudden. A lot of people are looking for peace."

Self says The Orchard has seen "amazing growth," mainly due to online services which allow people to engage in worship from anywhere. It has attracted worshippers, who may have never found The Orchard any other way, including a family who has never been to Carbondale.

Self says a family found The Orchard through someone they know online and are awaiting the day they can visit the church in person.

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Embracing the meaning of connection Rabbi Emily Segal of the Aspen Jewish Congregation says she and staff remained focused on "our duty of care" for the congregation and the community-at-large. She explains, "There is a Jewish value: Pikuach Nefesh, saving or preserving life and health, that is considered to be the most significant Jewish value, held above any other obligation we have."

The pandemic's beginnings saw increased attendance for Shabbat (Sabbath) services with people connecting through Facebook, their website, and joining services via Zoom. Segal explains, "People were also seeking a port in the storm and in need of community and comfort."

Community members found new ways to engage, including gathering on Zoom for learning sessions and holiday food cooking demonstrations, as well as Passover seders and High Holy Days services for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

Segal says that some were unable to be with their loved ones during their final moments, depriving them of the rituals that bring comfort and closure. She says, "While Zoom funerals and Zoom shiva minyans have been meaningful — surprisingly meaningful in fact, for so many — nothing replaces being physically present with loved ones, able to hug and to cry and to laugh together and find a modicum of comfort and closure."

Reflecting on the year, Segal says, "We never closed; we just found new ways to connect and to serve and to support. But oh, how precious it will be when we can be back together — singing, embracing, schmoozing, and noshing. May the time not be distant when we will be able to do so in safety and in health."

Drawing on inspiration to meet community needs Father Richard Nakvasil leads two congregations: St. Mary of the Crown in Carbondale and St. Vincent Catholic Church in Basalt. Early on, he drew inspiration from St. Charles Borromeo, who lived in Milan in the 1600s with the plague ravaging Europe.

Nakvasil says that St. Charles kept the churches open, but he celebrated all of the sacraments of the Mass outside.

To keep the number of attendees to a minimum, Nakvasil added more Masses. He says, "I would do two Masses a day, most days of the week, and I'd have another Mass in the backyard of a family's house, and they might invite one other family, so there were 10 or 15 people. My goal was to bring our worship,

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Nakvasil says he learned from other priests, who posted photos on Facebook, to meet parishioner needs during the pandemic.

"For about six months in a row, I've done outdoor confessions, where people could drive up in their car, and I am on the other side of a screen." On Ash Wednesday this year, Nakvasil modified the usual method of ashes being drawn in the sign of the cross on the forehead to this year by sprinkling ashes

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He also serves a Spanish-speaking congregation with Spanish-language Masses and witnessed how "people have a deep devotion to the Lord." During this year, he also saw "great character of people and a lot of compassion."

Nakvasil recalls how important receiving the sacraments was to his parishioners, saying, "I think at one point we were doing sign-ups for most Masses and when they would come, they'd have tears in their eyes, you know, tears of joy.”

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Will the climate crisis tap out the Colorado River?

By Nick Bowlin High Country News

Southern California farmers spend their winters watching the snowpack in the Colorado Rockies, and what they see is the climate crisis hitting hard. When it melts, the snow that falls on these peaks will, eventually, make its way into the Colorado River, which connects the Southwest like a great tendon, tying the Continental Divide in Colorado to Southern California’s hayfields, where the Imperial Irrigation District is one of the country’s largest, and pouring from the faucets of urban users in Los Angeles and San Diego.

From California’s perspective, the view upriver is not encouraging. More than half of the upper part of the river basin is in “exceptional drought,” according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, while the Lower Basin is even worse off: More than 60% of it is in the highest drought level. In January, water levels in Lake Powell, the river’s second-largest reservoir, dropped to unprecedented depths, triggering a drought contingency plan for the first time for the Upper Basin states of Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico.

Since 2000, the Colorado River Basin has seen a sustained period of less water and hotter days.

This is, as climate scientists like to say, the “new normal.” But within this new normal, there have been exceptional drought years. One of them was 2020. Last year began with an encouraging snowpack in the Colorado Rockies. But a warm spring followed, and, then the seasonal summer monsoons never came to drench the Southwest.

The lack of precipitation persisted into the fall and early winter, leaving the basin in a condition dire enough that water policy wonks — not a crowd known for melodrama — have begun using words like “scary” and “terrifying.”

In a photo from 2020, a distinct line around the rocky shore shows how much the water level has decreased in Nevada’s Lake Mead. Photo by Roberto (Bear) Guerra/High Country News.

“In the 20th century on the Colorado River, legal claims have historically been discounted. to reduce their take from the river by up to 40% nature was bent to human will,” the study stated. A compendium of policies, historic water by 2050.

“It’s a red alert,” said Felicia Marcus, a fellow at “Because we are now fully consuming its waters, rights, court rulings, laws and agreements, the and inflows are expected to decline, in the 21st Colorado River Compact allocates water for Stanford University’s Water in the West Program century humans will be forced to bend to the will tens of millions of people and some of the most and former chair of the California State Water important agricultural regions in the country. Resources Control Board. “Everyone knows of nature.”

The current version of the legal agreement The impending renegotiation will determine the red alert is ringing, and we’ve known this is that governs the river expires in 2026. It will how that water is distributed as the demand coming for a long time.” be renegotiated over the next several years for water outstrips the river’s dwindling flow.

Of all the various metrics available to measure amid a patchwork of interests, including seven Meanwhile, according to numerous models, the this challenge, storage capacity at the Colorado Southwestern states, myriad agricultural districts, impacts of climate change will only intensify. A River’s important reservoirs is one of the most the Mexican government, some of the nation’s recent study from the Center for Colorado River useful. In January, a study by the Bureau of fastest-growing urban areas, including Las Vegas Studies predicted that the Lower Basin states of Reclamation estimated that Lake Powell could and Phoenix, and many tribal nations, whose California, Nevada and Arizona could be forced Continued on page 17

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OPINION

Mature Content

by Larry Bogatz

I was born on Feb. 11, 1938.

I don’t typically see my birthday as a day for which I am to be congratulated, since I did not have much to do with the original event. Others played much more significant roles, especially my mother, father and the doctor who delivered me.

However, there are reasons to celebrate. A quick review of my desk calendar shows 28 recognized days: eleven religious, eight patriotic and nine others.

Of course, this does not include personal events such as birthdays and anniversaries. Some folks, like my in-laws, typically held multiple parties for any event that could be used as a reason for getting together; others, like my

The birthday

nephew and his wife (born on the same day in the same hospital), are more like me, celebrating in a low-key way by offering smiles or a good meal. Things that just sort of happened, like being born, fall into the category of “that’s nice, what’s new?” In my experience, lots of perfunctory wishes, not many feelings.

That changed for me this year.

As for most of us, the pandemic brought gatherings with close friends to a halt. So, I figured this year’s birthday would be even more ho-hum. Boy, was I wrong!

Opening my front door early that morning, I found a lovely gift card left by a couple I know. Soon after that, and for much of the morning, there was a parade of smiling faces (behind masks, of course) bringing me food, balloons, songs, dances, flowers, cards, and most of all, wishes that they really meant.

Wishes they had gone out of their way to deliver personally, despite taking some added risk.

Although visiting indoors and hugging one another are still a bit restricted, all of us have shared the pain of disruption and not knowing who will be affected next or how.

Without realizing it at first, I have come to rely on my close friends and the shared joys, pain and love that give depth to our relationships.

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trust in their availability when I’m willing to risk being vulnerable and reveal my struggles. Overcoming the initial fear of being open and seeking emotional intimacy isn’t easy, especially for a man of my generation. However, I have found that the reward for overcoming my resistance is greater than I could have imagined. Staying locked inside my own little inner world lessened my connection with so many people in my outer world. And I know I am not alone in this. Everyone wants and needs support, understanding, love, and yes, help. My experience is that I always get more than I give.

The fact that I’m alive and relatively healthy at this age shouldn’t give the impression that it’s been an easy journey. No one goes through life without bearing the scars of struggles against opposing forces, systemic conditions, overt enemies, warranted and unwarranted fears and unspoken thoughts that work against what we want or need. At birth, we struggle to release our frail bodies into an environment not so warm and safe.

Soon we must get food, walk and learn to talk, think and understand life’s lessons. We learn friendship and disappointment. We leave home. Every stage involves learning new ways to be and giving up old ways. We experience the joys of success and the disappointment of

"Tuskany" by Larry Day. failures. Depending on our values, experiences, education, spiritual orientation, environment and mentors, we tend to go in predictable directions, and often require some form of baptism to test our abilities and determination. In short, every life stage involves struggle to give it meaning. The combination of age and the pandemic has brought this awareness into sharper focus for me.

Eventually, our abilities begin to decline. We once found meaning in serving our children.

Now we see them, to various degrees, serving us. We once found

meaning in careers which are now memories. We once worked 60hour weeks. Now we take daytime naps. Medical appointments have replaced business meetings. But now the struggle is to give our lives meaning, which we attempt to create by serving our community and by trying to bring resources to people less privileged than we are.

We create it in working for social justice. And perhaps most of all, we create it in caring for one another.

My friends’ birthday visits brought joy, I know, not only to my heart, but also to theirs.

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OBITUARY

Kaawan Sungah

December 22, 1941 - January 28, 2021

Woody Morrison Jr. Photo permission provided by Erika E. Swanson.

Kawaan Sungah (“He brings a special day”), Woodrow “Woody” Morrison Jr., was born Haida to Virginia Elsie Cloud, a Cherokee, and Woodrow F. Morrison Sr., a Haida, on Dec. 22, 1941. He grew up in Hydaburg, Alaska, the current home of the Haida tribe, an ancient island people of the northwest Pacific Ocean. When Woody was three years old, his grandfather took him to the old men of his village, the Tidewatchers, and they began training him in the history of his nation. At age 13, he was sent by his parents to live with his Cherokee grandparents in the mountains of Southern California. In 1982, Woody earned a law degree from the University of New Mexico, the first member of the Haida Nation to ever graduate from Law School. The Tidewatchers chose that he would be the one to go to university, the one to go to law school and described his responsibility to get behind the mask and give substance to the shadows.

Two days before this New Year Woody was caught in a current of the pandemic, developed a sinus infection and on Jan.

28, 2021, passed away with COVID in Vancouver, British Columbia. Woody brought extraordinary healing in many ways to the human family and all our relatives.

He survived the experience of intentional indigenous genocide with inner rage and emerged carrying “new life and a special day,” carrying the gift of reminding men and their families how to hold healthy power and balance with self, source, and community. His fire burned steadily for many years.

As Woody explained, “We need to alter our perception of society from the vertical, surnamed, command structure, competition-driven social groupings to the horizontal, extended family sharing responsibilities and resources.”

Eventually Woody shared the Haida Principles of Ngiisdla (healing) which include, “Water is the first medicine. When you feel ill or are ill, drink water.

Asked about trust, Woody explained, “We grew up with four values as tribal people. The first one was if you belong to a clan, there is automatic trust among all the members of that clan. And the second is sharing — it is more like a beehive, everyone is humming the same tune but with a different voice. But it is all focused on how do we keep the society intact and thriving. The third one was helping each other. When you’re trying to be the best at something, people seem to achieve much better when they have got a very large support system that is helping them. And the fourth one is to give back before you take.”

Asked what it was like to grow up male in a matrilineal society, he smiled, “It is kind of like flying.”

Woody was loved by many people. His family is grateful for the messages and prayers received from friends and family all over Alaska, the lower 48 states, Canada, New Zealand and beyond.

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LETTERS Splish splash “Splish Splash, I was takin’ a bath” was the introduction to a hit song in 1958 by pop singer Bobby Darin. Well, Carbondale taxpayers might be taking a bath on the so-called “aquatic facility” planned to replace the existing swimming pool.

But then, given the expected rising temperatures and water shortage, a few new pools might be a place to cool off and wash up.

Six to eight million taxpayer bucks is the estimated cost. What else might that money be used for? Could a new water tank or two on a hill nearby help? Or maybe a new well to pull some more water out of the ground? Or, what about a new pump on the waterline coming into town that doubles as a hydro-electric producer. Or maybe Just some good old solar panels with big batteries to help out in a power shortage? Plus, solar energy replaces natural gas burning which reduces greenhouse gas emissions. That helps fight global warming.

That’s not the only big-ticket item on the schedule. There is a $680,000 budget to change the existing sidewalks on a few blocks of north 8th Street. This will make the street narrower and remove existing parking spaces. Then they paint those cute little bicycle pictures on the concrete. I

Continued from page 2 drove over there recently. At one point, I was the only car on the road and a bicycle rider went by me.

The town of Carbondale has a Climate and Energy Action Plan from 2017, that replaced a similar plan from 2006. The main point of the plan is to reduce the greenhouse gas carbon emissions of the town. A skeptic might say: Carbondale is just a speck in the world, is this really going to matter in the big picture? Or for that matter, why the heck bother with recycling or composting or spending more on a car that doesn’t burn gasoline? Well, apparently we do care because a lot of us do those things. It is a moral choice.

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During a Q&A session, Clubine was asked about the relationship between the solar arrays and utilities. “Colorado has strong ‘net metering’ laws,” he noted, explaining that utilities are required to store energy generated by solar panels and provide power when needed (e.g., at night). Customers are charged only for their “net” energy use – electricity purchased minus that sent to the power grid. Any surplus generated by the solar panels counts as a credit that can be used later.

Another question had to do with power outages. Clubine explained that power must

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leases across 4,700 acres. Complications arose with a lease at the end of its run; a distiller enquired about growing potatoes. Confusion and accusations ensued. The lessee bowed out and the distillers broke ground the same year that OST secured Glassier.

The scale and breadth of Glassier merited more public input. In the past, nearby landowners had been enlisted to steward parcels. Glassier had a house, outbuildings; 114 of its 136.7 acres were fertile, irrigated farmlands. There was a large hayfield; two sections sandwiched the house; existing fence lines and an irrigation ditch.

“We needed a formal process for applications and leases,” Holsinger says. Had a process been in place, conversations over the Emma lease would have been public record, not side conversations between private citizens with Holsinger in the middle. “I need protection and oversight so people don’t think I’m off willy-nilly, signing leases.”

“We borrowed a lot from Boulder County Open Space,” Holsinger says of researching successful programs. “We drafted the new lease process in-staff. First draft went to the Open Space Board. We put it back out to the public for comment; nothing drastic came back. It was adopted by the OST Board, and then presented to the Board of County Commissioners because we were going to use it to lease out Glassier.”

Engaging in the public process, a young group of interested farmers successfully motioned for smaller parcels within Glassier, seeking to open

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dip below a crisis threshold by 2022.

This forecast is not the most likely one, but the study triggers a drought-planning process — an acknowledgement that the worst-case scenario could come to pass for one of the country’s most important water storage sites. In 2019, Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the U.S., hit its own version of this threshold, which led Arizona, Nevada and Mexico to voluntarily limit their Colorado River water use for the first time ever.

Put together, both Mead and Powell are on track to reach their lowest recorded levels ever in 2021, KUNC reported. Water levels in Mead and Powell languish at about 40% capacity, according to the most recent figures.

This future complicates the amalgamation of treaties, policies, laws at various levels of government, court decisions and agreements that make up the governance of the river, stretching all the way back to the 1922 Colorado River Compact, the original interstate agreement. To give just one example, the Upper Basin states have long planned increased water use — water that the over-allocated basin can’t afford — thereby increasing the likelihood, according to the study, of a situation where the Lower Basin states would not receive their fair share of water. The result would be a “call” on the river, with the Lower Basin states demanding more water and legally

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Thus, the solar array won’t work unless the customer purchases a separate backup battery system. He added, “A 10-kilowatt system costs in the $10,000-$12,000 range.”

Metcalf noted a strong interest in batteries.

“Seven of the dozen contracts so far include [them], and CLEER is planning a follow-up webinar on battery storage.”

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more doors to small-scale ag in the valley.

“Some farmers have made it; some of them didn’t,” Holsinger says. “They all have a passion.

I think part of it is, you’re growing up and you’re in that funny transition. From 20 to 30 is a big decade, when you’re figuring out what you want to do. You have dreams, and maybe some romanticized dreams, about working a farm. And once you get into it, it’s a little more than you thought. And maybe a little more management than you wanted to get into.”

Holsinger’s days vary, working with each farmer. “They follow me. I follow them. They all have ideas for properties and they know it’s going to take support from the county. I work with them to figure out what that support will look like, how much I can push that support without making it so dramatic it’s going to leave a bad taste. Little steps.”

What’s up next for Holsinger?

OST ecologist Liza Mitchell and Holsinger will wrap up studies on regenerative test plots at Glassier while an engineer tackles irrigation efficiency and effects. Current OST farmers have proven resourceful, funding significant infrastructure improvements on their parcels through federal and regional grants. OST hopes to be able to offer up new parcels to additional farmers and ranchers.

“Seeing what can happen on small acreages with houses, barns, water — it’s a feasible buy for Open Space and Trails now.”

mandated cutbacks for more junior water users higher on the river, including the city of Denver.

The ensuing legal fights would be ugly.

This grim future hangs over the next several years, as both the Upper and Lower Basin states renegotiate the rules governing the Colorado River and work to reduce the water they use and keep crucial reservoirs filled." But these negotiations are difficult and political, with selfinterest competing against the need to do right by the basin as a whole. Meanwhile, sensing profit in scarcity, Wall Street and hedge funds are pushing to privatize Colorado River water and allow markets to trade the resource as a commodity, according to a recent New York Times investigation.

The problem with vast water negotiations like the Colorado River Compact, said Marcus, the Stanford water policy expert, is that every entity, from governments down to people watering their lawns, come to expect the current amount of available water — even if that availability is an outlier or set to change. “Farmers can’t expect that they can plant whatever they want or not expect water to be expensive,” she said. “Urban areas need to get way more efficient, people need to ditch way more lawns.”

This story was originally published at High Country News (hcn.org) on Feb. 24, 2021.

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