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Pitkin County Open Space and Trails trail reopenings:

By Raleigh Burleigh Sopris Sun Editor

BRUSH CREEK TRAIL – Reopens April 1. Closed to dogs through May 15; dogs must be leashed at all other times.

PERHAM CREEK TRAIL – reopens April 1.

SUTEY RANCH - reopens April 15 RIO GRANDE TRAIL – Section between Rock Bottom Ranch and Catherine Bridge reopens May 1.

ASPEN VALLEY RANCH – reopens May 1. No bicycles.

Dogs must be leashed.

BIONEZ GULCH – reopens May 1. No dogs or bikes allowed.

Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers (RFOV) opened project season registration to members on Thursday, April 1. Beginning April 16, the general public is welcome to sign up to help out too, for what communications and engagement manager Jacob Baker calls “our busiest project season probably ever.”

Despite the pandemic, 2020 saw more volunteer hours clocked than 2019 and that trend is expected to continue.

“In a time of overwhelming challenges,” Baker explained, “volunteering with RFOV allows you the opportunity to make an immediate, tangible impact on your community.”

Increasing volunteer numbers in 2021 involves diversifying opportunities.

This project season spans from Rifle to Marble and up Independence Pass with projects like riparian restoration, burn area restoration, family-friendly gardening along the Rio Grande ARTway, and trail building at Sutey Ranch.

The new, bilingual “Trail Notes” pilot project installs signage with QR codes at popular trailheads throughout the valley. By scanning the code with a smartphone, trail users can record conditions, prompting maintenance as necessary and informing qualitative data about success and challenges across the valley’s trail network.

Additionally, RFOV invites local businesses to help steward local trails. For example, Independence Run and Hike, based in Carbondale, has "adopted" the Lorax Trail and will contribute more than 60 volunteer hours to helping maintain it this season.

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GLASSIER OPEN SPACE TRAILS – reopen May 1. No

dogs or motorized uses.

JANEWAY/AVALANCHE

reopens May 1.

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RED WIND POINT OPEN SPACE – reopens May 1.

WHEATLEY GULCH – reopens

May 1. No dogs, bicycling or motorized uses.

RIM TRAIL NORTH (northeast of Sinclair Road, Snowmass Village) – reopens May 16.

Closed to motorized uses.

SEVEN STAR TRAIL – reopens May 16. Closed to dogs and motorized uses.

SKY MOUNTAIN PARK TRAILS (Viewline, Cozyline,

Cozy Pony, Airline, Deadline, Skyline Ridge, Ditchline) – reopen May 16. All of these trails are closed to dogs. All singletrack closed to motorized uses.

BURNT MOUNTAIN TRAILSSNOWMASS (Tom Blake Trail,

Sequel Trail and other trails in the Elk Camp and Two Creeks vicinity) – reopen June 21.

ANAEROBIC NIGHTMARE reopens June 28.

GOVERNMENT SUGAR BOWL

reopens June 28.

TRAIL/ TRAIL –

FILOHA MEADOWS NATURE PRESERVE – reopens July 1.

ARBANEY GULCH – Access

through Deer Creek Ranch Open Space is closed pending management plan.

Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers staff Jacob Baker and Melissa Daniels recently installed “Trail Notes” signage at the Lorax Trail near Carbondale. Photo by Will Sardinsky.

OPINION

Ps & Qs

By Jeannie Perry “There’s a time and a place for everything … It’s called college.”

-Chef Jerome McElroy When I was growing up, the question wasn’t, “Are you going to college?” It was, “Where are you going to college?” I attended a state university right after high school, but in hindsight, that wasn’t the best money ever spent. When I turned eighteen, I couldn’t wait to move out and be on my own (way before I realized how many bills come with being an adult). So, I said goodbye to home and off to college I went. If I learned anything that first year,

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I should’ve gone to Vassar

it was that a body can survive on peanut butter, ramen, and beer.

After a couple of years, between working to pay my bills and studying for classes I was not that interested in attending, I decided to drop out. I continued to live with roommates and enjoy “the college experience” but instead of class, I just went to work. My pat answer as to when I would go back to school was, “I will, as soon as I need a degree to get what I want out of life.” So far, that hasn’t happened, but you never know what the next few decades may bring … I like to say, I’m the first one in my family not to graduate from college.

However, I wholeheartedly believe education should be available to anyone and everyone who wants it — especially those who study. If, like me, you’re just going to major in mind-altering substances and rugby match after-parties, then maybe try trade school or take some time to work and find out what you really want. But as long as students are passing their courses, I would happily watch my tax dollars go to making college affordable and accessible for any/all Americans.

Re: Re: RFHS According to School Board policy in the Roaring Fork School District, the superintendent has the final word on who is hired as principal, and his vote is the only one that counts. Four years ago, despite the unanimous support by her staff, students and community members, assistant principal Kelsie Goodman was not hired as principal by Rob Stein. The person that Rob unilaterally chose against the wishes of the school community lasted two years, as did the subsequent one that he chose. We are onto number four in nine years. The class of 2020 had three principals in four years, all chosen by Rob. I was a teacher at RFHS for 34 years before my retirement last June. I served on various hiring committees (pre-Rob’s tenure as superintendent), and the recommendations of the hiring committee were honored by all of the previous superintendents. The superintendents respected the integrity of the process and the careful and thoughtful decisions made by the people who know the school and the Carbondale community best. A public school should reflect the community and its values and not the values of the superintendent.

Although Zoe Stern has been the assistant principal for the past three years, it is clear that she has been the de facto principal during those three years. In addition, this semester she is teaching two classes due to a mid-year resignation. Zoe’s vision for the school, her strength of character, her work ethic, her presence physically and mentally, her unwavering support of staff and students, her ability to handle difficult and contentious situations with equanimity, and her commitment to our kids and Carbondale have been exemplary.

Kelsie and Zoe have provided the ONLY stability and continuity at RFHS at the top for the past eight years. Zoe is a proven leader.

In much the same way my husband and I don’t gripe about our property taxes supporting local schools. Sure, we don’t have kids, but that doesn’t mean we want to be surrounded by idiots when we’re old.

A college friend of my husband’s, now with a kid of his own in college, has a plan to avoid throwing money down the old college drain. Our friend is able and willing to pay for every course in which his son earns a passing grade. However, if he fails or drops a class, he will have to pay for that himself. Why don’t we incorporate this idea into our nation’s higher education system?

College students must only reimburse their tuition for every class failed or dropped. That way, every student with the drive and desire to attend classes has the opportunity, and the rest of us can go get a job to supplement our hours of lounging on the couch, smoking a bong in our pajamas.

I wonder if my life would be much different than it is today if I had graduated from college all those years ago. If I had gone to Vassar, or some such ivy-covered

The hiring process as it now stands is a sham and a waste of time if the outcome is predetermined – when the superintendent does not ask for recommendations or a vote from the hiring committee or if he disrespects the choices by the people who have the most to lose: the Carbondale community. His disregard is a slap in the face to the professionalism of the staff and to the community he is supposed to be serving.

It also creates distrust in the community of Rob’s ability to successfully lead. I urge the school board to change the policy so that one person, the superintendent, does not have all the power in choosing school administrators – power which can make or break a school and the children within its walls.

Jill Knaus Carbondale

Re: Positive intent This is to compliment you for publishing in the last issue of your paper the op-ed piece

by Ben Bohmfalk entitled “Presume positive intent.”

First of all, Ben gives credit to all the appointed and elected officials for both planning and governing well – for doing the right things for Carbondale. Secondly, Ben asks for our patience and comprehension. I belong to a school of thought which holds that what rules the world is not the love of power, nor the love of sex, nor the love of money, but what rules the world is the love of negativity. Everybody just loves to complain.

This is also to rejoice in all the development which is currently going on, because it is taking place where Carbondale-elected and appointed citizens agreed it should go, after long discussions and conversations. I love living here. I used to pay for sushi meals in restaurants;

campus where I studied late at night in my knee socks instead of keg hopping through the dorms in my flip flops. A few times in my life I have had the distinct impression I am right where I am supposed to be. Like déjà vu, except not in the sense that I’ve been on the same path before, more like I would be at this particular crossroads no matter which path I had taken.

So far, life without a college diploma has been challenging and exhilarating; a winding path of accomplishments and pitfalls. And the only thing I really know for sure is that there is more to learn. Well, that and the fact that I’m not hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt.

We are bankrupting our future.

College is about much more than a piece of paper. It is a time to experiment, mature, figure out who we are and which path to take first … There are nuances to life that we can’t fathom until we are living on our own, building ourselves, and using ketchup packets as a sauce. College should be a grace period before the harsh reality of adulting, i.e., debt comes knocking at the door.

now I buy sushi at City Market and I buy saké at Sopris Liquor. Housing is being built right in town where it should be. People will still be moving here because they love this place. That’s what we want. Aspen: eat your heart out.

James Breasted Carbondale

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Re: Wild and Scenic There are 39 miles of the Crystal River proposed for designation as “Wild and Scenic”.

The groups asking for the designation are Pitkin County, Crystal River Caucus, and the Crystal Valley Environmental Protection Association (CVEPA). It is worth noting that these groups are all based in Pitkin County, even though 30 miles of the 39 miles of river being considered are in Gunnison County. Designation of the Crystal River as “Wild and Scenic” under the 1968 Federal Act sounds like a worthy goal.

However, there is a reason why only one river in Colorado has been designated under the federal statute, and why, as noted in the Aspen Journalism article, even the state of Colorado seeks to avoid designation of its rivers under that act. The reality is that designation under the Federal Act would bring an unnecessary and unwanted layer of federal regulation in an area that already is protected by our state, county, and municipal leaders; it invites ongoing litigation over the interpretation of the additional federal regulations; and substantially interferes with private property rights.

The fear stated by the Pitkin County groups is that The Colorado River Water Conservation District and the West Divide Conservancy District have undertaken a study of a backup water supply plan, and that study, which has not Continued on page 17

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Carbondale Fire acquires new equipment

By Ken Pletcher Sopris Sun Correspondent

The Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District (CRFPD) announced in mid-March that it had recently received shipment of five pieces of new fire-fighting equipment.

Included were three fire trucks and two water tenders (tanker trucks).

The fire trucks are replacing ageing equipment at the Marble, Redstone and Missouri Heights stations, while the tankers are destined for the Carbondale and Marble stations.

The replaced vehicles range in age from 25 to 47 years.

All five new trucks have been designed to function for both structure/vehicle and wildland fires. As Fire Chief Rob Goodwin put it, “The engines are wildland specific,” with four-wheel drive and high front and rear bumpers to traverse off-road terrain. Goodwin noted that the district spent several years researching and refining the specifications they wanted for the new vehicles.

The new water tenders are especially important, as each can carry 1,500 gallons of water into areas with no hydrants — e.g., locations of wildland fires. Each also has what is called “pump and roll” capability, meaning that they can direct water on a fire from a remote-control turret and from two sprayers mounted on the front bumper while in motion.

The tankers are what Goodwin called “tactical tenders ... game changers in wildland [firefighting] service.”

The revenue needed for acquiring the vehicles came from a $7.5 million fire-district bond issue approved by voters in 2018, which provided the $1.9 million purchase price. But, as Goodwin noted, it also allowed the district to upgrade two of its firehouses, buy new ambulances and replace old equipment, notably the self-contained breathing apparatus that firefighters wear in burning buildings. “My number-one goal as fire chief is keeping everyone alive,” he added.

Goodwin was also excited about a new training facility, which will be built behind the Carbondale district headquarters. “It will be state-of-theart and will not only provide training for our firefighters but will also be available for other groups to use.”

Work is scheduled to begin in May and wrap up by mid-October.

The new trucks are expected to be operational by mid-April. When asked about the old trucks, which are still serviceable, Goodwin said that they planned to donate or sell them cheaply to a department needing them, adding, “We’ve donated other equipment” in the past.

Fire district history In its early years, Carbondale had no organized firefighting service,

and the town suffered disastrous fires between 1891 and 1905. As described by Carbondale Historical Society (CHS) board member John Williams, “Early firefighting in Carbondale was initially by bucket brigade. At first, water was brought in by ditches and wooden pipes, which were later replaced with metal piping.”

A 1967 “History of Carbondale” document from the CHS archives states that by about 1912, water was piped in from springs on Mount Sopris and fires were “quickly extinguished by a fine group of men known as the Carbondale Volunteer Fire Department.” Another CHS document noted, though, that firefighting remained largely ad hoc until the department was officially formed in 1954.

The CRFPD was established in 1955, the same year Carbondale acquired its first fire truck. Its territory encompasses some 300 square miles, stretching southward from Spring Valley in the north, through southeastern Garfield County, much of western Pitkin County and the portion of northwestern Gunnison County constituting the Marble area. Included in its jurisdiction are portions of White River and Gunnison national forests and parts of the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness. In addition to the four fire stations mentioned above, a fifth is located across Highway 82 from

CRFPD firefighters standing in front of Carbondale's new tanker truck.

Photo by Ken Pletcher.

Spring Valley Road.

For more than 25 years, the CRFPD remained an all-volunteer force. In 1980, however, a paid chief was hired. Increased population growth in the region brought the need for more professionals on the force, and the CRFPD began adding such paid positions as deputy chief, fire marshal and training coordinator. In all, 25 employees are now paid and full time, while another 40 are volunteers.

Another CHS document detailed early ambulance service in Carbondale. Initially, it was provided by Glenwood Springs mortuaries. The town obtained its first ambulance in 1961. The

CRFPD added ambulance and basic emergency medical technician (EMT) services in 1978, gradually upgrading the training of its volunteer EMTs in the 1980s. The district now has four ambulances and professional paramedics and EMTs, in addition to volunteers.

All are now trained in advanced life support services.

Chief Goodwin had nothing but appreciation for the district’s citizenry, stating, “We couldn’t do what we do without their support.”

He has been especially proud of the district’s long volunteer tradition, noting its motto, “The Volunteer Spirit.”

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Roaring Fork Audubon warns that a salmonella outbreak affecting birds in California, Washington, Oregon and Idaho could be the culprit for locally witnessed bird deaths. Residents of the Roaring Fork Valley are asked to take down their feeders and bird baths for the next month. Pine Siskins, American Goldfinches and Cassin’s Finches are the birds most commonly affected by salmonella. Symptoms can include ruffled feathers, rapid breathing, lethargy, weakness, neurological signs, swelling above the eyes and diarrhea.

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Everyone that succeeds to hit “the shot” will be entered into the raffle to win.

Half-marathon and relay The 44th Annual Basalt halfmarathon and relay is scheduled for June 6. Online registration for this scenic race along the Fryingpan River is now active at basalthalfmarathon.com.

All proceeds benefit the Basalt High School cross-country team.

SWAG Sunlight Mini-Mayor, April Carter, thanks the community for generous contributions to her coat drive that will donate over 200 items of winter clothing to SWAG, Sharing Warmth Around the Globe. An exclusive interview with the 6-year-old mini-mayor is posted on Sunlight Mountain Resort’s YouTube channel.

Fireball drop Carbondale Rotary Club has organized a new fundraiser, the Fireball Drop, slated for First Friday, May 7. Up to 1,000 ping pong balls will be dropped from a fire truck ladder and whichever lands closest to the center target will win $5,000. Balls are available for purchase at rotarycarbondale.org

Shuttered Venues Grant On April 8, the Small Business Administration will begin receiving applications for the Shuttered Venue

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Crystal Meadows residents remain steadfast

By Jeanne Souldern Sopris Sun Correspondent

As COVID-19 vaccinations ramp up throughout Colorado, Crystal Meadows Senior Housing manager Jerilyn Nieslanik is heeding doctors' advice and will continue to follow Garfield County public health officials' guidance.

All 79 residents received the second shot of the vaccine by the end of February. They continue to follow safety protocols by wearing facemasks on the property at all times. Common areas and laundry room facilities are limited to use by one person at a time.

Dr. Gary Knaus of Roaring Fork Family Practice worked with Garfield County Public Health to ensure residents received the vaccine. One afternoon, nurses came to administer shots to all residents, followed by another session for shot number two.

"It was one of the coolest days ever," Nieslanik recalls. "It was so fun to see the happiness and relief on their faces."

Nieslanik will continue to follow the direction provided by Knaus and public health officials. "We all have been safe, so I'm going to keep on listening to the health officials," she said.

Efforts began in March 2020 to curb any potential spread of COVID. "We heard things coming in and of course then we just felt like any of the congregate living facilities, we really

needed to be careful," Knaus recalled.

"We felt like if folks in these situations got sick, it would paralyze hospital systems. And of course, it is bad for old people who get COVID. We really wanted to be ahead of that game as best we could, and so we put in protocols and guidelines around visitation."

One significant consequence for seniors, considered a high-risk population, was closing all senior congregate meal sites. Seniors, unable to gather in communal dining rooms, needed a quick solution.

Mary Kenyon, the founder of Valley Meals and More (VMM), came forward last year to address that need for Crystal Meadows residents.

Kenyon and her volunteers continue to provide hot, individuallypackaged, home-delivered meals free of charge. Fifty-three Crystal Meadows residents have opted-in to VVM meal-delivery. They can request one noontime meal-delivery for as many days as they want, Monday through Friday.

Meals are prepared by Honey Butter Diner, Peppino's Pizza, Rivers Restaurant and Slow Groovin' BBQ. Whole Foods also provides meals one day a week.

Volunteers wear facemasks and plastic gloves, and many residents enjoy greeting volunteers at the door, with all parties wearing a facemask.

As Kenyon emphasizes, "Our focus is not really about the meal; it's about the connection to community,

so we want to make sure that we see everybody each day."

VMM's meal-delivery program is unique in that they also deliver on holidays. Kenyon explains, "I always say, if the restaurant will prepare the food, we will deliver it."

With the weather getting nicer, Kenyon sees residents taking their meals and joining a friend at a picnic table. She reiterates, "We don't want to foster isolation. We want to make sure that they have a meal and then they can make the personal choice of whether or not to eat it with a friend."

Crystal Meadows residents remain steadfast in adhering to safety protocols. As Kenyon says, "I think that's a function of the mutual respect that they have for each other as neighbors and for keeping everyone safe."

Nieslanik organized volunteers to help residents with grocery store runs and picking up prescriptions.

However, not as much shopping is needed because the new City Market has online ordering and drive-up for groceries and drive-thru for prescription pickups.

For what has been a trying year for all, Nieslanik reflects, "I'm always so amazed and blessed at the community that we live in."

Nieslanik says she will continue to adhere to health professionals' advice before opening the complex to visitors.

Despite all Crystal Meadows residents completing their COVID

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Valley Meals and More volunteer Alyce Perry delivers copies of The Sopris Sun along with individually-packaged meals. Photo by Jeanne Souldern. vaccinations, Knaus said, "We're still really cautious and trying to be careful, and I don't think it's quite time to call it over, for sure."

Nieslanik looks forward to the day when we are on the other side of the pandemic. She laughs and says, "We're gonna have a block party, and everybody's gonna come out, and we're gonna dance and eat and laugh

and enjoy each other." She adds, "But not until someone tells me it's okay to do so."

Note: Multiple attempts were made to speak with Heritage Park Care Center staff for their perspective to be included in this story. The Sopris Sun will continue its efforts to bring you their story soon.

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Painting for Pride

By Jeanne Souldern Sopris Sun Correspondent

Walking past the Carbondale Recreation Center, you will notice a colorful addition to the sidewalk, a Pride flag, courtesy of Carbondale resident and Basalt High School (BHS) senior Hannah Miller.

It is part of Miller's Capstone project, a high school graduation requirement for students in the Roaring Fork School District. According to the district’s website, "A capstone is a culminating academic and intellectual experience that: encourages students to think critically, solve challenging problems, and develop skills such as communication, public speaking, research, media, teamwork, planning, self-sufficiency, or goal setting; helps prepare students for college, modern careers, and adult life; and develops character and life skills."

The idea for a Pride-themed project came in part because Miller participated in BHS's GayStraight Alliance, starting in her freshman year and then last year, as a junior, serving as co-president with classmate Abigail Coulter.

Miller’s father, who works as facilities maintenance lead for Carbondale's Parks and Recreation Department, "was a very big help" in getting her connected with recreation center staff.

Miller approached Community Center and Recreation Programs

Manager Jessi Rochel with a description of her painting project, including a Pride-rainbow theme.

Rochel then brought the idea to her boss, Parks and Recreation Director Eric Brendlinger, and Carbondale Town Manager Jay Harrington. When Town approval was given, Miller got the go-ahead to paint a Pride flag on the sidewalk of the covered patio area outside the rec center.

"The flag design that I choose incorporates Gay Pride, and on the triangle side, it incorporates trans[gender], Black and Brown lives as well," Miller said.

Rochel said this is her first involvement with a Capstone project student. "It was great to be able to be involved. I'm really glad that we were able to get the town support and backing so that I could give her the go-ahead to complete her Capstone project with us involved."

For Rochel, "Partnering with Hannah on this Capstone project has been really exciting for us and for me personally because we really, as the Rec Center and the Rec Department in the Town of Carbondale, want to build this inclusive community where everybody feels safe and welcome.

And so when she approached me about wanting to paint rainbows, or what is now a Pride flag, that was for me an easy thing to want to say yes to because that's our goal — we want everyone to feel welcome coming through our doors."

Pride flag outside of the Carbondal Rec Center. Photo by Jeanne Souldern.

Plans for more Pride artwork in the Valley are underway. Miller is contacting staff at the Basalt Regional Library about creating something for the library's teen space. "When I was in middle school, I would go to the library after school almost every single day, and people that don't have a safe place at home that they can go to, they could be there, even if it's only after school," Miller recalled.

Miller hopes the Pride flag will "bring more awareness to people around the Valley so that people feel safe and supported and more welcome."

Basalt High School senior Hannah Miller is the artist who painted the Pride flag outside of the Carbondale Rec Center. Photo by Jeanne Souldern.

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By Geneviève Villamizar Sopris Sun Correspondent

Pat Scanlon, co-founder of Woody Creek Distillers (WCD), would trial nine potato varieties in search of the perfect vodka potato.

In so doing, WCD became the first lessees to grow vegetables on Pitkin County Open Space and Trails ag lands.

“Of course it would be a Colorado potato,” Scanlon chuckles, describing the venerable Rio Grande Russet.

“As a ninety-day potato, it barely squeaks into our growing season, and that last month is where it really puts on weight, just puttering along those first two months. It’s critical to get as far into those 90 days as we can. If it goes short, it could put us under for that year. We make very little off of each bottle; it’s about seven times the cost of doing vodka with grain. But you just can’t touch the quality of a potato vodka.”

Scanlon and distillery partner, Mark Kleckner, made the leap to potatoes from careers with Lockheed Martin.

“I don’t think we could’ve done this if we weren’t engineers to figure stuff out on the fly. There were so many technical hurdles that required us to sit down and use our brain.”

The potato equipment manufactured today is enormous

and expensive, catering to industrial farmers tackling eight rows at a time.

“We had to start out small, with a little mom n’ pop planter,” says Scanlon, “a mom n’ pop digger — working one row of potatoes — pulled behind a tractor. They’d be laying on top of the ground and we had to pick ‘em by hand with fivegallon buckets.”

Hand labor became too costly as WCD grew.

“We started researching equipment from the ‘50s and ‘60s.

We bought a 1965 Lockwood 4-row planter. We fixed stuff on it. We fabricated parts. We made it work.”

Scanlon shares a photo of a potato washer he developed, sourcing an old 500-gallon milk tank from a dairy farm “back East.”

“My guy Wouter [Olivier, dayto-day WCD ag operations,] is tremendous with fabrication; and he’d do it with our drawings, with our thoughts.” Scanlon beams.

Farming isn’t new to Scanlon, who grew up in Upstate New York.

“Big Irish family. I was the last of seven kids, my dad still of the Irish Catholic mentality of farming: have big families so you don’t have to hire anyone; you use your kids. So that’s what we did. We didn’t grow up with money, so in the summers we had to have huge vegetable gardens.

We canned sweet corn, we canned cucumbers, pickling them so we had

food in the winter. It wasn’t a hobby, it was a necessity.”

The land ethic Scanlon absorbed as a kid flourishes today. He’s established two conservation properties — 800 acres of the family land in Woody Creek, and the Quahog Bay Conservancy in Maine. The geography of Scanlon’s youth, the bay is a place he and his wife Mary wanted their own children to experience. Pollution, litter, and a steep decline in the fishery motivated the couple to restoration work, beginning in 2011 and culminating with the formation of their nonprofit.

Stewardship is also a critical component to leasing Pitkin County open space. Contract terms mandate regenerative processes. As a root crop, potatoes devour soil nutrients. Scanlon explains how they grow between two and three years on, “and then you go off for as long as it takes to bring the nitrogen back up, and we do soil testing to tell us when that right time is.”

WDC restores field vitality through nursery crops of rye and oats as slower growing, nitrogenfixing alfalfa sinks its roots. Quick to establish, rye sends dense, fibrous roots into the soil, protecting it from wind and water erosion. Oat roots, Scanlon explains, help to trap nitrogen that would otherwise be lost to leaching in the fallow seasons between live crops.

Photos courtesy of Woody Creek Distillers.

“If you don’t take care of wildlife, it’s not going to take care of you.

I can spot fields everywhere that aren’t doing very much for wildlife,” Scanlon says ruefully. “If you just put a little money into it, and effort, you could turn it around so quickly.

It benefits the wild turkey, deer, elk, and anything in between that eats — the whole food chain — rabbits, mice. You’re helping out the birds — raptors, hawks, and eagles. It’s just such an easy thing to do.”

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Learn about the benefits and costs of adding battery storage to your solar system, financing options, technologies and more with an informative webinar 5:30 p.m.

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River Bridge Regional Center hosts special, online programming all month. “A Survivor’s Voice for Empowering Change” begins at 6 p.m. More at riverbridgerc.org

FRIDAY APRIL 2 ART OPENING

Carbondale Arts presents “Stone Souls” and “Contemporary Fiber Art: Crossing Thresholds” at The Launchpad from April 2 through April 29. An outdoor reception is tentatively scheduled at 5:15 p.m. The gallery is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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The Mindful Life Program’s nine week course with Laura Bartels is offered online beginning today at 2 p.m. More info at mindfullifeprogram.org LIVE MUSIC

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

STREAMIN’ STEVE’S

The Milemarkers perform at Steve’s Guitars at 7:30 p.m. A livestream will be available via

SCAVENGER HUNT

The 5th Annual “Where My Peeps At?” Scavenger Hunt begins at 9 a.m. at the Carbondale Rec Center. Details and egistration at carbondalerec.com NAS NUVENS

Carbondale Clay Center presents a new exhibit showcasing local artists Louise Deroualle and Molly Peacock. The show continues through May 1, Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the gallery, and online at carbondaleclay.org/gallery FIND YOUR VOICE!

River Bridge Regional Center hosts special, online programming all month. “Speak Up for Our Children” begins at noon.

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River Bridge Regional Center hosts special, online programming all month. “Learn American Sign Language” begins at 5:30 p.m. More at riverbridgerc.org

Colorado Humanities and Arapahoe Libraries host an online conversation about race, ethnicity, and the power of listening at 6 p.m. All Coloradans are invited to register at bit.ly/ Community_Conversation

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Basalt Regional Library streams stories on Facebook for preschoolers at 10:30 a.m.

SHORTSFEST 2021

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Basalt Regional Library hosts a virtual book club on the first Wednesday of every month at noon. This informal discussion covers all things books! More at basaltlibrary.org

Smokin’ Joe Kelly plays at Heather’s in Basalt at 6 p.m.

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Activities for kids and teens are available on Wednesdays from noon to 6 p.m. at Basalt Library, while supplies last!

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OTRA PERSPECTIVA Por Crystal Mariscal Setenta y ocho por ciento de estudiantes hombres-latinos en el distrito escolar del Roaring Fork se graduaron en el año del ciclo escolar 2019/2020. Es decir, 198 estudiantes.

En el distrito escolar de Garfield RE-2, solo 156 estudiantes hombres latinos se graduaron de high school o escuela secundaria, un total de 89.15% de alumnos varones latinos del distrito, esto según las estadísticas del Departamento de Educación del Estado.

Pero no todos los estudiantes se graduaron con planes de seguir

Volumen 1, Número 5 | 1 al 7 de abril de 2021

Agradecemos su apoyo para este nuevo proyecto.

El regalo de la educación

estudiando. Las estadísticas indican que los latinos y principalmente los varones, son los que menos llegan a conseguir un título o licenciatura de una universidad. Muchos de ellos no estaban listos para graduarse con el nivel de matemáticas, lectura y escritura apropiados para su grado escolar.

En una charla con Yesenia Arreola, Directora Ejecutiva de Proyectos e Iniciativas Estratégicas del Colorado Mountain College (CMC), me contaba que el estado de Colorado es número 37 en el país, donde el estado educa y produce su población hacia la demanda de talento. Es decir, el estado importa de otros estados a profesionales para hacer el trabajo local ya que el sistema educativo no está produciendo o educando a sus habitantes en la demanda de empleos que hay. Pero entre el bajo número de graduados con planes de ir a la universidad y la gran demanda, ¿que esperanza tienen nuestros estudiantes? ¿A qué se debe que nuestros jóvenes no se están graduando con un título universitario?

Yesenia me respondió,”Como

punto de vista personal, quizás es algo cultural, la expectativa de que los hijos tienen que trabajar y aportar al hogar. Desde la presión por aportar a su hogar, hasta todo lo que es navegar el sistema. Y no solo por ser latino pero además ser primera generación, fechas límites, requisitos y todo el proceso.”

Un ejemplo que daba era las escuelas secundarias de Rifle y Parachute, donde los números de graduados con planes de ir a la universidad todavía son más bajos que el resto de las secundarias en el valle.

Los pueblos de Rifle y Parachute también aparecen con los números más altos en estudiantes que califican para el almuerzo escolar a bajo costo o gratis. Esto coincide con la densidad donde habitan más familias de bajos recursos en el área. Yesenia me compartió una anécdota, donde le habían preguntado qué era lo más caro para un joven para ir a la universidad, ¿acaso sería la registración? O ¿la aplicación? ¿Qué es lo más caro para un joven latino para continuar sus estudios?

La respuesta de ella fue “el tiempo,”

ya que pese a que tenga una beca con todo pagado, él tendrá que invertir tiempo, donde no podrá aportar a su hogar, incluso necesitará ayuda económica.

Esa respuesta me llevó a mi siguiente pregunta, “Yesenia, algunos padres pueden decir: tengo mi propio negocio o compañía de X cosa, y me va muy bien, no estudie y mi hijo tampoco lo necesita, ¿que le responderias a un padre asi?”

“Es un concepto muy válido, pero tenemos una economía volátil, lo vivimos ahora en la pandemia y tenemos que prepararnos. ¿Qué va a pasar en quince a veinte años? Un certificado más allá de la secundaria le ayudará a ampliar su negocio y le da el potencial de ser más exitoso y avalar su trabajo.

Aparte que aprenden habilidades transferibles para el futuro, es decir, pueden trabajar en otra rama en otro momento. La educación y la calidad de vida va de la mano en todo.”

También me contaba que no necesariamente tiene que ser una educación de años, hay certificaciones que ocupan

menos tiempo, pero que es muy importante saber que no todos los certificados de graduación de la secundaria son aceptados para una universidad, ya que cada universidad tiene o pide ciertos requisitos. Esto me dejó con más preguntas, y la más clara para mi como mamá era ¿que hago?

Allí fue donde me dio la clave para una educación exitosa para nuestros hijos, ¡involucrarse!

Si así es, involucrarse en la escuela de sus hijos, desde asistir a noche de padres o mesas directivas.

Aprenda qué recursos ofrece su escuela y cómo se reparten estos recursos. Haga una cita con el o la consejera de la escuela de sus hijos y pregunte sobre becas, clases y que tipo de currícula está tomando su hijo/a.

Para terminar, le pedí permiso a Yesenia para compartir su frase de “la educación es algo que no nos van a poder quitar.” Ella no solo aceptó, pero agregó, “sobre todo a los indocumentados, la educación es algo que nadie puede quitar. Mi sueño es romper con esas estadísticas, al menos de aquí en el valle.”

CHISME DEL PUEBLO Tómalo y llévalo Actividades para niños y adolescentes están disponibles los miércoles de mediodía hasta las 6 p.m. en la biblioteca de Basalt, ¡mientras duren los suministros!

usados para manejar y mantener áreas de fauna silvestre del estado. El pase anual será válido hasta el 31 de marzo del 2022. Puede ser comprado en cualquier oficina de CPW o por Internet en cpwshop.com.

Acceso a Maroon Bells

Expo de baile

Por segundo año consecutivo, las reservaciones serán requeridas para poder acceder el Área Escénica de Maroon Bells por vehículo o autobús. Reservaciones para esta temporada pueden hacerse comenzando el 12 de abril en aspenchamber.org

Baile somático

Aviones de papel FirstBank, en asociación con Crown Mountain Park and Recreation District, anfitriona un concurso para regalar dos bicicletas de montaña Commencal. Entre el primero de abril y el 10 de abril, los concursantes pueden pasar por FirstBank en Carbondale para probar sus habilidades haciendo y tirando aviones de papel. Todes les que tengan éxito en darle “al tiro” participaran en el sorteo.

Pase CPW En respuesta a la población creciente y un deseo de recreación al aire libre, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) anunciaron un nuevo Pase de Área de Fauna Silvestre en Colorado, lo cual estará a la venta el primero de mayo. Ingresos del pase anual — $26 con descuentos a los jóvenes, las personas de edad y personas de bajos ingresos — serán

Aspen Indigenous Foundation anfitriona una “Exhibición de Baile y Tambor Nativa Americana Indigena” en Wagner Park en Aspen a las 4 p.m.

Dance Initiative ofrece una clase semanal enfocada en mejorar la conciencia corporal, la conectividad y la aptitud física. La clase tiene un precio de $10 y se da en The Launchpad en Carbondale cada martes a las 9 a.m. Cubre bocas y distanciamiento social son requeridos.

Alerta de pájaro Roaring Fork Audubon alerta que un brote de salmonela afectando a los pájaros en California, Washington, Oregon y Idaho podría ser la causa de muertes de los pájaros atestiguados localmente. Se pide a los residentes del valle de Roaring Fork que quiten sus alimentadores de pájaros y fuentes para pájaros para el próximo mes. Los pájaros más afectados por la salmonela son jilguero de los pinos, jilgueros americanos y pinzón de Cassin. Síntomas pueden incluir plumas alborotadas, respiración rápida, letargo, falta de fuerza, signos neurológicos, hinchazón arriba de los ojos y diarrea.

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Descuento de alojamiento

A partir del viernes 2 de abril, todes les residentes de Colorado de 16 años o más serán elegibles para recibir una vacuna. Los residentes del condado de Garfield pueden hacer una cita llamando a Valley View Hospital al 970-384-7632. Residentes del condado de Eagle pueden llamar al 970328-9750. Residentes del condado de Pitkin pueden llamar al 970-429-3363. Pruebas para el COVID están disponibles gratis ahaciendo citas al rfvcovidtest.com.

Representantes de Colorado Mountain College (CMC) votaron en costos de descuento para alojamientos en sus tres residencias en campus para incentivar regresos de estudiantes. Para recibir el descuento, los estudiantes deben entregar sus inscripciones de alojamiento y depósitos para el primero de mayo. CMC está planeando cuidadosamente por una “experiencia estudiantil más normal” este otoño. Más detalles disponibles en coloradomtn.edu/open.

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

Ayuda para lugares de eventos El 8 de abril, la Administración de Negocios Pequeños aceptará aplicaciones para el programa de Subvención para Operadores de Lugares de Eventos Cerrados.

Este programa incluye $15 billones disponibles para lugares de eventos cerrados que no recibieron un préstamo del Programa de Protección de Pagos. Detalles de la aplicación aquí: bit.ly/ShutteredVenues "Wally" por Larry Day.

Buscando fe y esperanza en la tormenta

By Jeanne Souldern Traducción por Dolores Duarte

Lo que nos quedó muy claro durante la pandemia es que muchos buscan fe y esperanza durante una época de gran incertidumbre. A medida que individual y colectivamente navegamos por esas incertidumbres, comunidades religiosas miran a sus líderes religiosos en busca de guía espiritual y apoyo emocional.

El Sopris Sun envió una solicitud a nueve comunidades religiosas locales para esta historia, tres respondieron. Estas son sus reflexiones sobre los desafíos que presenta la pandemia y, a través de ese proceso, encontrar los hilos en común que nos conectan a todo.

Juntos, pero separados En su segundo año como pastor principal en The Orchard, Daniel Self dice que, durante el cierre de la primavera pasada, “The Orchard se funcionó desde mi iPhone. Lo ponía frente a mí y me grababa en una habitación vacía (dando el sermón del domingo).” Luego se publicaban los videos en su canal de YouTube y en la página de facebook.

Según lo permitía el clima, los servicios se llevaron a cabo al aire libre con asientos socialmente distanciados, creados por círculos dibujados en el césped. Cuando se puso frío, regresaron adentro, pero, Self dice, no todos se sintieron cómodos haciéndolo. Aun así, Self comprende la importancia de que las personas se conecten, y agregó: “Puedes hacer eso en el edificio, o en tu pequeño grupo, o hacerlo en línea. Queremos reunirnos porque la vida espiritual nunca fue para vivirse solo.”

Self dice que The Orchard ha experimentado un “crecimiento asombroso,” principalmente debido a los servicios en línea que permiten a las personas participar en la adoración desde cualquier lugar. Ha atraído a fieles, que quizás nunca hayan encontrado The Orchard de otra manera, incluída una familia que nunca ha estado en Carbondale.

Aprovechando la inspiración para satisfacer las necesidades de la comunidad El padre Richard Nakvasil dirige dos congregaciones: Santa María de la Corona en Carbondale y la Iglesia Católica de San Vicente en Basalt. Muy al inicio, se inspiró en San Carlos Borromeo, que vivió en Milán en el siglo XVII durante la plaga que asoló Europa. Nakvasil dice que San Carlos mantuvo abiertas las iglesias, pero celebró todos los sacramentos de la misa en el exterior.

Para mantener el número de asistentes al mínimo, Nakvasil agregó más misas. Él dice: “Yo haría dos misas al día, la mayoría de los días de la semana, y tendría otra misa en el patio trasero de la casa de una familia, y podrían invitar a otra familia, así que había 10 ó 15 personas. Mi objetivo era llevar nuestra adoración, nuestros sacramentos a la mayor cantidad de personas con la mayor frecuencia posible, pero no en grandes cantidades para realmente mantenerlo bajo.”

Nakvasil dice que aprendió de otros sacerdotes, que publicaron fotos en Facebook, a satisfacer las necesidades de los feligreses durante la pandemia. “Durante unos seis meses seguidos, he hecho confesiones al aire libre, donde la gente puede conducir en su coche y yo estoy del otro lado de una cortina.”

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También atiende a una congregación de habla hispana con misas en español y fue testigo de cómo “la gente tiene una profunda devoción al Señor.” Durante este año, también vió “un gran carácter en las personas y mucha compasión.”

Nakvasil recuerda lo importante que era para sus feligreses recibir los sacramentos, diciendo: “Creo que en cierto punto estábamos haciendo inscripciones para la mayoría de las misas y cuando venían, tenían lágrimas en los ojos, ya sabes, lágrimas de alegría.” Alegría por la fe y la esperanza.

Adaptando el significado de la conexión La rabino Emily Segal de la Congregación Judía de Aspen dice que ella y el personal se mantuvieron enfocados en “nuestro deber de cuidado” por la congregación y la comunidad en general. Ella explica: “Hay un valor judío: Pikuach Nefesh, salvar o preservar la vida y la salud, que se considera el valor judío más importante, por encima de cualquier otra obligación que tengamos.”

A principios de la pandemia se vió un aumento en la asistencia a los servicios de Shabbat (Sabbath) con personas que se conectaron a través de Facebook, a su sitio web y uniéndose a servicios a través de Zoom. Segal explica: “La gente también buscaba un puerto en la tormenta y necesitaba sentido de comunidad y confort.”

Reflexionando sobre el año, Segal dice: “Nunca cerramos, solo encontramos nuevas formas de conectarnos, servir y apoyar. Pero, oh, qué precioso será cuando podamos volver a estar juntos -cantando, abrazándonos, charlando y comiendo. Que el momento en que podamos hacerlo con seguridad y salud no esté tan lejano.”

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La comunidad se lanza por bateo bajo techo

Por Jeanne Souldern Traducción por Dolores Duarte

¿Cómo dice la frase famosa de la película "El campo de los sueños?” Si lo construyes, ellos vendrán. En Carbondale es: si necesitas construirlo, nosotros vendremos.

Se está construyendo una instalación de bateo bajo techo de 80 por 30 pies en la esquina sureste del Ron Patch Memorial Field. Cuando la instalación de bateo interior esté terminada, el equipo de béisbol de los Rams de la Roaring Fork High School (RFHS) tendrá un espacio dedicado para practicar. Los jugadores podrán realizar sus prácticas de bateo para desarrollar y mejorar sus habilidades de juego, independientemente de la lluvia o nieve.

El entrenador de béisbol de la RFHS, Marty Madsen, dijo que varias empresas del Roaring Fork Valley están donando materiales y mano de obra para la realización del proyecto.

También se está recaudando dinero en una campaña en línea de GoFundMe para cubrir los costos de otros aspectos del proyecto, como permisos, inspecciones, luces y pasto. Madsen dijo: "Así que hay personas que aún se acercan y dicen, 'Oh, todavía quiero ser parte de este proyecto, también.'"

El equipo comparte el gimnasio de la RFHS con otras actividades. Siempre ha habido un forcejeo, pero este año ha sido un reto aún mayor.

Las restricciones de COVID cambiaron el uso del espacio en las escuelas; y el gimnasio, que normalmente se utilizaba para la práctica del béisbol, ahora se usa para una sala de estudio.

Existía la preocupación por el bateo de pelotas en el interior del edificio. "Incluso el gimnasio auxiliar es peligroso con pelotas duras y esas paredes de

Nuestra juventud local requiere sentir una conexión ahora más que nunca, con sus recursos escolares limitados, menos actividades en grupo, y menos conexión con sus compañeres. ¡Convertirse en mentor para un menor es ahora más importante que nunca! Su desarrollo y crecimiento es ahora fundamental.

El sitio de la nueva instalación de béisbol de Roaring Fork High School, (izquierda a derecha) Ray Siegfried, David Good, y entrenador Marty Madsen. Foto por Sue Rollyson.

concreto. Es bastante delicado,” dijo Madsen.

Madsen recordó que hace tres años, cuando el equipo tuvo un retraso por la nieve para un juego con Olathe High School, utilizaron su instalación de bateo interior. Dijo: "Los chicos decían, 'Podemos hacer esto entrenador.'" Con esa semilla plantada, Madsen comenzó el proceso de planificación, que incluyó una campaña de GoFundMe. Nadie está más entusiasmado con la finalización de la instalación que los propios jugadores. Dos miembros del equipo de béisbol de la RFHS, Ray Siegfried y David Good no pueden esperar a tener una instalación dedicada al béisbol.

También hará que Carbondale sea único.

"Podrías ir a jugar a Basalt o Glenwood, pero ninguna de esas escuelas tiene algo así. Nos hace destacar", dijo Siegfried, que está en su cuarto año con el equipo.

Good, un estudiante Junior, comenta que la

instalación había sido largamente esperada. Dijo: "Llevo mucho tiempo esperando algo así por aquí, porque no se pueden batear pelotas de béisbol en el exterior durante el invierno. Así que ahora que vamos a tener jaulas de bateo interior, vamos a ser capaces de conseguir un poco de trabajo en el invierno.”

El director atlético de la RFHS, Dominic Yoder, explicó que Madsen, en su 18avo. año de trabajo en las escuelas de Carbondale y en su 10mo. año como entrenador principal de la RFHS, construyó y fomentó relaciones dentro de la comunidad del Roaring Fork Valley para hacer realidad el proyecto. "Marty ha hecho todo el trabajo de campo. Estoy muy orgulloso de lo que ha hecho,” dijo Yoder.

Madsen explicó: "Llevo aquí tiempo suficiente como para conocer a mucha gente del gremio, que ha invertido en nuestra comunidad, y dijo, 'Podemos hacerlo realidad. Nuestros horarios son

una locura, pero haremos todo lo posible para ayudar lo mejor que podamos.’ Organizamos un programa y todos dijeron que lo harían.”

Varias empresas han donado generosamente materiales y mano de obra. Jason Gallegos, de la Gallegos Corporation, fue fundamental para programar los trabajos de excavación.

T.J. Joiner de TJ Concrete Construction está donando la mano de obra y las formas. Joiner dijo que la plancha de concreto se hará durante la próxima semana, con el concreto donado por el proveedor Casey Concrete y Ryan Pratt de First Builders Choice donando las varillas. Joiner, un ex entrenador de fútbol americano y béisbol de la RFHS, dijo, "Es un gran grupo" de personas que hacen el trabajo y "Me encanta ver a chicos en los deportes, haciendo deporte, y estoy a favor de apoyar ese tipo de cosas."

Yoder y Madsen están de acuerdo en que la instalación será valioso para el programa de béisbol de la RFHS, ahora y en el futuro, con la comunidad en general cosechando los beneficios de fomentar el interés y apoyar los programas de béisbol juvenil.

"Cambiará la dinámica del equipo actual y la visibilidad de los jugadores más jóvenes y la oportunidad que tienen aquí para jugar al béisbol,” dijo Yoder.

Siegfried resumió lo que la instalación significa para el futuro del béisbol en Carbondale, "Va a ser un cambio de juego.”

La finalización del proyecto se espera para principios o mediados de mayo. Madsen dijo que todavía están aceptando donaciones. La página de GoFundMe está en bit.ly/RFbatting, y puedes enviar un correo electrónico al entrenador Madsen al mmadsen@rfschools. com para obtener más información.

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¿Correlación entre cargos por sobregiro e ingreso?

By James Steindler Traducción por Dolores Duarte

Con frecuencia, consumidores de todas partes se quedan tambaleando por los cargos por sobregiro (OD) en sus cuentas corrientes.

Puede parecer razonable suponer que los que pagan cargos por sobregiro probablemente tengan menos dinero en su cuenta. De acuerdo con banqueros locales, no necesariamente es así.

El Alpine Bank habla con toda franqueza "El patrón histórico tiene menos que ver con la situación financiera de la gente y más con su manejo y disciplina financiera,” dice el director de administración del Alpine Bank Tom Kenning. "He visto muchísimos clientes que ganan grandes sueldos, tienen mucho dinero, y aun así giran cheques sin fondos.”

Del mismo modo, Kenning reconoce que "obviamente hay personas que viven de cheque en cheque" que también pagan penalizaciones por sobregiro.

El Alpine Bank tiene una estructura de comisiones escalonada. Una vez que la cuenta está en números rojos, cualquier transacción que supere los $15 dará lugar a una comisión por fondos insuficientes (NSF) de $35; por

debajo de los $15, la comisión por fondos insuficientes es de $15. El costo para el banco es el mismo para cada nivel.

"Hay dos propósitos detrás de una comisión por fondos insuficientes", dice Kenning, "El primero es que hay costos para el banco en la gestión de estas cosas.” Kenning calcula que el procesador de datos que utiliza el Alpine Bank, le cobra al banco unos 50 centavos por cada operación con fondos insuficientes.

El banco también "dedica bastante tiempo de su personal" a resolver el problema y notificarlo a los clientes.

Y de nuevo, reconoce que "los costos no equivalen a la comisión que cobramos.”

"Pienso que esa parte es para tratar de disuadir a la gente de hacerlo porque realmente no es bueno para ellos, no es bueno para nosotros y no es bueno para el comerciante del otro lado,” cree él.

El banco también paga las pérdidas cuando un cliente se retira con un saldo negativo en su cuenta.

Hay unas 153,000 cuentas corrientes en el Alpine Bank en Colorado. "En un día cualquiera hay entre 600 y 700 operaciones que no se contabilizan,” dijo Kenning, "así que eso es como el cero punto cinco por ciento de nuestros clientes que tendrían una comisión por fondos insuficientes en un día cualquiera.”

Algunos de los bancos más grandes han empezado a ofrecer

cuentas que restringen al cliente la posibilidad de hacer compras que sobrepasen su cuenta. En este caso, "si se presenta un artículo, se devuelve,” explicó Kenning, "y entonces tú [el cliente] tienes que ir a resolverlo del otro lado.”

Actualmente, el Alpine Bank no tiene esta opción, pero, según Kenning, se está contemplando.

Para los clientes que luchan por salir de la zona roja y que siguen incurriendo en comisiones por fondos insuficientes, el Alpine Bank tiene un programa denominado "Nuevo Comienzo" en el que el cliente puede cerrar su cuenta morosa y abrir una nueva. Se espera que el cliente respete el saldo de la antigua cuenta realizando pagos progresivos.

Hay una base de datos nacional, por así decirlo, que se utiliza para rastrear a las personas que han abandonado las cuentas sobregiradas. Una vez que un cliente es incluido en esa lista, resulta difícil encontrar un banco que le abra una cuenta. El Alpine Bank, como la mayoría de los bancos, hace consultas a esta base de datos.

Otros bancos locales El Sopris Sun se puso en contacto con cuatro bancos de Carbondale para este artículo.

Todos menos uno, el FirstBank, pudieron responder antes del cierre de esta edición.

Cada institución financiera conserva los registros de los clientes durante unos siete años.

Aun así, aparentemente no hay datos dentro de los bancos locales o entre ellos que indiquen si existe o no una tendencia a que los titulares de cuentas con menores ingresos paguen la mayor parte de las penalizaciones por sobregiros. "Es algo que no podemos controlar y es realmente inconsistente,” dice Kenning.

Veronica Worley, del ANB Bank de Carbondale, dice que sus comisiones se colocan en un libro mayor de ingresos por comisiones, junto con los de fondos insuficientes, copia del estado de cuenta y cheques.

Worley revisa cada día una lista de los ingresos de comisión por fondos insuficientes y llama a los clientes para notificarles. Caso por caso, determina si es necesario procesar una cuota de $30 o si el cliente merece una oportunidad.

Yahaira García-Perea, del Wells Fargo, dice que recientemente lanzaron un nuevo "producto bancario de acceso fácil", una cuenta bancaria sin cheques que ayuda a los clientes a evitar gastar más de la cantidad disponible en su cuenta sin incurrir en cargos por sobregiro o fondos insuficientes. "Esta cuenta está diseñada para los consumidores que buscan una cuenta que les

ayude a gestionar sus gastos o que son nuevos en la banca, como un adulto joven.”

Estudios En 2013, The PEW Charitable Trusts realizó un estudio llamado "Overdraft America: Confusión y preocupaciones sobre las prácticas bancarias.” En él se describe la frustración de los consumidores con los procedimientos bancarios por sobregiro que, al parecer, muchos desconocían antes de incurrir en comisiones.

Según el estudio de PEW, los jóvenes y los titulares de cuentas de bajos ingresos son los que más pagan estas comisiones. El estudio dice: "Los consumidores que ganan menos de $30,000 al año tienen casi el doble de probabilidades de incurrir en una penalización por sobregiro que los que ganan más de $30,000 dólares.”

La Oficina de Protección Financiera del Consumidor realizó un estudio en 2017 que menciona, "los titulares de cuentas que incurrieron en uno o más cargos por sobregiro o fondos insuficientes, pagaron al año un promedio de $225 por estos conceptos."

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Feds allow feasibility test for Eagle County reservoir

By Michael Booth and Jason Blevins The Colorado Sun

White River National Forest officials on Monday said Aurora Water and Colorado Springs Utilities can move ahead with test drilling to determine whether a controversial dam on Homestake Creek in Eagle County is technically feasible.

The decision to let the Front Range water utilities move forward in taking more Western Slope water is only one of countless regulatory hurdles for a future Whitney Reservoir, but conservation groups say they are adamantly against any new water transfers to suburban water users across the Continental Divide and will oppose every approval step.

Colorado Headwaters, which opposes any new dams and water transfers, said it expected the approval but remains steadfast against any progress on the project. “We don’t think it will ever be built,” president Jerry Mallett said.

“They haven’t done a transmountain diversion in 45 years. Water on the Colorado River is dropping from climate change. We don’t want to lose those natural resources.”

The decision from White River said the approval applies only to drilling 10 test bore holes the utilities applied for, and does not have bearing on any future decisions should the cities pursue the dam north of Camp Hale. The proposed reservoir would hold about 20,000 acre feet. (A typically family uses between a half and a full acre foot a year.)

Colorado Springs and Aurora have owned water rights in the Holy Cross Wilderness Area since 1958. The two cities built the Homestake Reservoir in 1968 to store about 40,000 acre-feet of water. A plan to develop

Homestake Valley, courtesy of Wilderness Workshop. As of Monday, March 29, their petition to protect the valley had collected 735 signatures.

another 30,000 acre feet has been in the works for many decades. A 20-year effort to build a tunnel moving water from deep into the wilderness area into Homestake Reservoir crumbled in 1994 when Eagle County denied construction permits.

The cities partnered with Eagle County, the Colorado Water Conservation District, Vail Resorts and other Western Slope water users in 1998 in a deal that gave water rights to Eagle River communities and developed the 3,300 acre-foot Eagle Park Reservoir on the Climax Mine property.

The 1998 Eagle River Memorandum of Understanding included plans for possible

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reservoirs along Homestake Creek. The agreement — which brought together a diverse group of downstream users as “Homestake Partners” in the Eagle River Joint Use Water Project — also affirmed that no partner could object to a new reservoir plan if it met the memorandum’s agreement to “minimize environmental impacts” and could be permitted by local, state and federal agencies.

The proposed Whitney Reservoir project is not new and “represents our continued pursuit to develop water rights in existence for many years,” Colorado Springs Utilities spokeswoman Jennifer Kemp said.

Kemp said the cities have developed alternatives to building a new reservoir in the Homestake Creek drainage but those other options have not been proposed or discussed publicly. The results of the test boring and geotechnical work will help the two cities vet possible alternatives.

“We are finely tuned to concerns regarding water scarcity and equity through our participation in statewide water workgroups and basin roundtables,” Kemp said in an email.

“As such, we are committed to proceeding with a project alternative that minimizes environmental impacts, is cost effective, technically feasible, can be permitted by local, state and federal agencies, and which will provide sufficient yield to meet the project participants’ water supply needs as defined in the Eagle River Memorandum of Understanding.”

Environmental groups oppose new dams on Homestake in part because they would take water out of tributaries that feed the already-depleted Colorado River. But they are also focused on preserving complex wetlands called “fens” that develop over the long term and support diverse wildlife. They say fens cannot easily be recreated in any mitigation work that utilities traditionally include in dam proposals.

The headwaters group also questions why the Forest Service would encourage any steps when completion of a dam appears impossible.

The utility proposals include shrinking the size of the Holy Cross Wilderness Area to create dam access, “which Congress will never approve,” Mallett said.

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Celebrating and accepting differences

By Betina Infante Sopris Sun Correspondent

April 2 is World Autism Awareness Day and the focus for 2021 is to “Celebrate Difference.”

This year, Carbondale-based Ascendigo Autism Services [Ascendigo] is at the forefront of a shift in approach from spreading awareness to promoting acceptance. Ascendigo, the Autism Society of America and several other autism organizations are calling for change that will further safeguard the rights of people on the autism spectrum ensuring they participate fully in society. The goal is to transcend “awareness” and bring greater focus on “acceptance:” genuine openness that enables greater opportunities in education, employment, accessible housing, affordable health care and comprehensive long-term services for those with autism.

In 2020, one in 54 U.S. children was diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The diagnosis is more common in boys, with one in 34 boys identified with autism. (CDC, 2020) Since 2004, Ascendigo has been providing one-of-a-kind opportunities for personal growth and independence for individuals on the spectrum. Ascendigo’s summer sports camp offers life-affirming experiences, including horseback riding, hiking, whitewater rafting, and climbing.

Ascendigo also offers employment services, inhome behavioral therapy and individualized lifecoaching.

“Ascendigo is the only camp in Colorado that understands the unique needs of kids on the spectrum,” report Nancy and Andy Carr of Greenwood Village. “It helped our son obtain confidence that was previously unattainable.

Ascendigo is a ray of hope for our son, in a

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world that is not easy for a person with autism — all because Ascendigo cares about making a difference in the lives of its campers!” Their son now lives in Carbondale full-time with the support of Ascendigo’s Life Enrichment program for adults.

Moving Beyond Awareness Ascendigo’s flagship project is to build a permanent education campus that serves the autism community on its recently purchased 126acre property in Missouri Heights, currently called Ascendigo Ranch. The plan is to compliment its premiere summer camp with year-round outdoor adventure sports, equine therapy, and experiential educational programs, customized for people with autism and the people who work with them.

Detailed plans for the ranch are available at bit.ly/ ascendigoranch “We strongly believe that the autistic individuals we serve need to be part of the community. The shift toward ‘acceptance’ is a call to action — we are asking people to open their minds to people who are different and underserved, and to recognize that they have the same rights as the rest of us,” explains Peter Bell, Ascendigo CEO. The Ascendigo Ranch plans have been enthusiastically embraced by some and opposed by others. Those in favor see the ranch as a meaningful community-serving use for the land that is otherwise slated for up to 21 high-end homes on the Whitecloud Ridge/Harmony Heights subdivisions.

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In order to bring the ranch to fruition, Ascendigo will need more supporters like Missouri Heights resident Michelle FergusonCook, who said “Initially I was concerned and thought Not in My Back Yard! But then I stepped back, asked questions, and made an informed decision. This is not a big investment group. I would much prefer to view a ranch with open space instead of a bunch of homes that would likely impact our resources more. I feel it would be incredibly selfish not to welcome Ascendigo Ranch with open arms,” she explained.

“My concern was the use of well and irrigation water, but after speaking to Ascendigo management and the engineering company, it was clear that they have thoughtfully considered the use of water,” added Alan Caniglia, former president and now board member of the Fox Run HOA. “I do not see water as an issue and believe that we will have better control of our irrigation water by better coordinating our call for water with Ascendigo’s since we share a common ditch.

It’s better to deal with Ascendigo than with a new developer-directed HOA,” Caniglia concluded.

Residents opposed to the project have formed a non-profit called Keep Missouri Heights Rural (KMOHR). Their concerns center on wateruse, fire hazard, increased traffic and noise.

When asked if there was a point of agreement with Ascendigo, David Aguilar, KMOHR spokesperson, said: “Not really. This is a corporate enterprise that wants to build an open-ended, expansive complex. The impact will be disastrous to the neighborhood. People living here have saved and sacrificed to escape the urban sprawl, or ‘Californication’ taking place on the valley floor.” He notes that “Working with people on Continued on page 17

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Western Slope given voice for ‘Build Back Stronger’

By Megan Tackett Aspen Daily News

which is making people rich and creating a bigger and bigger wedge between those who have and those who do not,” she said of the present, noting that Pitkin County currently only has 3% economic diversity.

As for the future, Sundeen articulated that the overall exhaustion she and her colleagues feel after navigating the pandemic for so long made it difficult to even visualize spending the one-time dollars that are en route. Still, when pushed, she focused on a more unified state, one that is less divided between competing Western Slope and Front Range interests.

“I would hope we would be on a path to equity in this state, and I hope the West Slope would begin to have parity in the money that’s coming to it. The money that’s flowed in for the individual housing has really been spent on the Front Range, and our people have not been able to access it,” she said.

It’s a sentiment echoed by many of her counterparts on the call — who included the Gunnison Chamber of Commerce’s Celeste Helminski; Mind Springs Health CEO Sharon Raggio and CFO Doug Pattison; the Economic Development Council of

Pitkin County Human Services Director Nan Sundeen speaks during the Western Slope stop on Gov. Jared Polis’ “Build Back Stronger” statewide tour.

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Colorado’s Kim Woodworth; Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce’s Diane Schwenke; Black Canyon Boys & Girls Club CEO Bud Taylor; and Rep. Donald Valdez, among others.

Alpine Legal Services Executive Director Jennifer Wherry, also on the call, added her hopes for a more unified Colorado.

“That we have far less political divisiveness, and we see that this money was an investment that pays dividends,” she said.

In addition to housing, better broadband infrastructure — as well as transportation investments — emerged as a shared concern among the group. Broadband in particular became an ever-more urgent equity and access issue during the pandemic, when students required it for their education needs and

medical patients, especially seniors, relied on telehealth services.

“Telehealth has just exploded across the Western Slope — which is awesome, if you have access,” Raggio said.

Polis made it clear Sunday evening that the “Build Back Stronger” campaign, which concludes April 1, is just the first step in data collection directly from his constituents and emphasized that he looked forward to further dialogue as more specifics come into vision. Everyone agreed, however, that the pending funds, even as a one-time capacity, can create a “once-in-a-generation” opportunity for the state of Colorado, and Sunday’s discussion was critical in ensuring rural voices are an equally weighted part of that conversation.

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Gov. Jared Polis made the latest pitstop on his statewide “Build Back Stronger” tour Sunday evening, this time listening to leaders from communities dotting the Western Slope.

The purpose of the listening exercise, organizers said, is to hear directly from community stakeholders their ideal visions for how the state can most effectively allocate funds from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, from which Colorado will see about $27 billion.

Preliminary estimates outline $6.7 billion going toward individual stimulus checks for Coloradans; with $2.6 billion — $300 per week through September — allocated for unemployment.

But when dissecting the details of how $2 billion in child tax credit expansion, $700 million for restaurants and venues, $500 million in child care and $470 million for housing and utilities should actually look in practice, state officials made clear they intend to put their money where their mouths are when it comes to hearing from people working on the ground before and throughout

the pandemic.

While there are certainly plenty of guidelines — and restrictions — on how the funding can be used, there is also a lot of flexibility when it comes to eventual specifics, hence the reason for the state officials’ campaign.

The primary framework of the evening was one of smaller virtual breakroom discussions, with a larger recap concluding the event.

Pitkin County Human Services Director Nan Sundeen represented the issues she’s seen as most acute in her experience working through the pandemic. Few Roaring Fork Valley residents would be surprised to learn that affordable housing and equity topped those her concerns.

“The infrastructure I’m thinking about is housing. In the rural mountain areas, we do not have affordable housing, so it’s critical,” she said. “We’re in a crisis situation, so I’m all for that infrastructure in particular.”

She added that in the last year, as more and more people immigrated into Pitkin County from more urban primary residences, the socioeconomic trend only exacerbated an already tenuous housing situation in the area. “[Affluent people] bailing out of their cities and taking our housing,

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few weeks and see if we can slow it down,” he said.

Wilderness Workshop, an environmental nonprofit in Carbondale, also was disappointed in the Forest Service decision and “will oppose this project every step of the way,” said Will Roush, the group’s executive director.

The approval said the city utilities are “proposing to drill 10 bore samples up to 150-feet deep using a small, rubber-tracked drill rig as well as collect geophysical data using crews on foot.” The bore holes would go in about 6 miles southwest of Redcliff, the Forest Service said. Construction or widening of dirt access roads would also be part of the approved project.

The drilling approval would give the utilities information on four different proposed dam sites in that area, according to the decision.

The utilities say they need geological samples to know if dam construction is even feasible, and which locations are best.

The battle over preserving water in the Colorado is similar to other fights with Front Range water utilities, including Denver seeking to expand Gross Reservoir above Boulder, and Northern Water asking to build a series of dams near Lyons, north of Fort Collins and east of Greeley. All the dam proposals include diverting more water from the Colorado River to fulfill rights purchased decades ago for Front Range growth.

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April 2, 1981 Proclaiming “We’re sick and tired of this crummy name,” town council changed the name of “Carbondale” to “Dinkeldale,” effective immediately. This was, of course, an April Fool’s Day joke. Still, Editor Pat Noel caught some flack from readers for asserting in a previous issue that naming the town “Carbondale” was a historical mistake. “‘Carbondale’ is a flat, awkward and unmarketable name guaranteed to connote indifference.”

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the spectrum is an admirable goal,” but concludes, “Establishing the Ascendigo camp here in Missouri Heights is not. The good of the few does not always translate into the good of the many.

Threatening people's way of life, their personal investments, in a rush to build and pave over historic rural lands, illuminate the night sky, clog small rural dirt roads with traffic, dust and noise, deplete critical water supplies, and threatening the entire valley with wildfire doesn't make sense.”

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been released, “could” include a recommendation that dams and reservoirs be constructed on the Crystal River. This fear has created the perceived need to “do something” to keep that from happening. First, it is premature to take such dramatic action in anticipation of something that hasn’t occurred. Second, the Crystal River, like most of the rivers in the state, already is highly regulated by federal and state statutes and county regulations.

Even if the Districts were to recommend dams or reservoirs on the Crystal River, any such effort would take years and be extremely difficult and unlikely.

Third, there are physical limitations on the amount of water in the Crystal River that could be used or diverted for any water development projects and it is unlikely that any dams or reservoirs would be economically feasible.

Designating the Crystal River as “Wild and Scenic” under the Federal Act is not an effective solution to the perceived problem and is not in the best interests of Pitkin or Gunnison Counties or the affected property owners. To begin with, the Act gives the federal government effective control of all private and public

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Continued from page 2 properties for ¼ mile on either side of the river and gives the federal government the right to condemn property for scenic easements and public access (Section 6(b) of the Act). Moreover, the federal government will have the authority to set the standards for local zoning ordinances and will dictate acreage, frontage, and setback requirements, without the consent of the county or the property owners.

(Section 6(c) of the Act.) This authority goes far beyond the stated goal of limiting dams and reservoirs.

Even more troubling is the threat that once the river is designated as “Wild and Scenic,” then separate interest groups, such as the organizations that are requesting the designation, will file lawsuits against the U.S. Forest Service, the counties, or a property owner adjacent to the river, to enforce their interpretation of the Act and ask for stricter enforcement than even the governmental agencies might require. Any judge’s findings would become the new restrictions regardless of what even the Forest Service or the counties might require.

Giving control of the Crystal River to the federal

government as a means of limiting water development projects is too broad and unnecessary. As noted in the Aspen Journalism article, even the state of Colorado is dedicated to avoiding the federal designation of rivers as “Wild and Scenic” under the Federal Act and has created a fund to foster collaborative processes to protect our rivers.

There is simply no need to take away either Pitkin’s or Gunnison’s authority and responsibility to protect and preserve the Crystal River within their boundaries, and there is no need to take private property rights when other solutions are available.

In other news … A new three-bedroom house with lofted ceilings and a view of Mount Sopris was selling for $115,000.

March 14, 1991 Roaring Fork High School's girls basketball team earned their third-consecutive 3A State Championship trophy after defeating Las Animas at Denver's McNichols Sports Arena.

"Tricia Bader's three-point basket at the buzzer tied the score, sending the game into overtime and a one-point Ram win."

In other news … "Helping Hands," a 22-foot high metal sculpture by artist Stephen Lock was chosen to grace the corner of Third and Main in Carbondale and there it remains.

ordinance enforcement funds to get the problem of an increasing number of wild cat colonies in the area under control. No joke!

In other news … Carbondale-resident Jesus Eloy Montes de Oca, then-director of the local advocacy organization Latinos Unidos, was profiled for his community work. Montes de Oca hosted a weekly Spanish-news program on KDNK, directed bilingual programming for the Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program, and worked as a translator for Garfield Legal Services.

March 17, 2011 In its third-consecutive year, the Green is the New Black fashion show expanded to two nights and "was deemed a success by just about everyone.” Show organizer Amy Kimberly attributed their success to dozens of community members volunteering as fashion models, backstage assistants, make-up artists and hair stylists, technical workers, ticket takers, members of the beverage squad and others.

In other news … Amy Goodman, host of the syndicated radio show Democracy Now!, spoke to a sold-out crowd a KDNK fundraiser.

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A popular referendum succeeded in banning all cars within “Carbondale” city limits. Simultaneously, the town was renamed “Legbonedale” in honor of bipedalism.

During a special meeting, Carbondale Trustees dedicated $1,000 from police

In other news … April Fools?

Please join our family at your chosen place of worship this Easter Sunday.

P.S. If it’s on the summit of Mt. Sopris, tell Him that I said hello.

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Prose A male robin will sing his song 2000 times this day.

Meanwhile in Boulder, a male shooter Kills 10 people.

My broken heart clings to the precious notes of the robin’s song Jampa Carbondale

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2. Small ATV made by Honda.

5. Valley that includes Aspen, Snowmass Village, Basalt, Carbondale & Glenwood Springs (2 words).

7. High mountain road between Basalt and Leadville (2 words).

9. ___hack. Chairlift at Buttermilk.

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In lieu of a full-fledged pow wow, the Aspen Indigenous Foundation hosts a dance and drum expo at Wagner Park in Aspen on Saturday, April 3, at 4 p.m. Meskwaki dancer Larry Yazzie travels the world to share his nation’s culture and values as director of Native Pride Dancers. He explains, “You can be an ally without taking on the spiritual practices of another culture,” and invites everyone to come out and support the Aspen Indigenous Foundation.

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