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he committee for The James Surls Center for Visual Art has made the decision to not continue with the Carbondale Branch Library space for the project, according to a press release. “We are extremely appreciative of the town’s support of our project and the process to get us to this point,” said Jim Calaway, the driving force behind the Surls Center. “After doing our due diligence over the last few months, including getting the library location re-zoned, conversations with potential donors and a true evaluation of the capabilities and limitations of the space, we realize that the center needs a larger building with options for growth and education, and a bigger footprint for parking,” Calaway continued. “I have been honored to have Jim Calaway behind this project,” said James Surls, — James Surls “and we are excited to be evaluating some other land options right here in the midst of Carbondale that will still bring tourists and art lovers to our community as well as fulfill my dream of expanded art education for all ages.” James Baker, the lead architect on the project, said “We are looking at locations that will provide easy access for bikers and walkers from town, provide plenty of parking for art shows, education programs and special events, in addition to adequate space for exhibit delivery and pick up. We will be able to design a much larger building from the ground up that will function better for art display and education than retrofitting the existing library building.” Surls added, “We are really committed to being in Carbondale, and our donors want to see us owning our land and building so we can be a presence here long into the future. In addition, the release of the library space will allow another entity to bring something unique to our town.” Surls is an internationally known sculptor with a studio on Missouri Heights. Originally from Texas, he and his family moved to the Roaring Fork Valley in the 1990s.
“… we are excited to be evaluating some other land options right here in the midst of Carbondale … .”
Pitkin County’s Thompson Creek Open Space is a bull pasture at this time of the year. The pasture is located south of Carbondale, across Highway 133 from Sustainable Settings. This bull is a bit bigger than most of the rest of the herd but its owner lays out plenty of hay and nobody goes hungry. Photo by Lynn Burton
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Dear Editor: On Sunday, Jan. 5 I went to see a movie in English for the first time in 25 years. You see, after I became hearing impaired I was not able to understand what was said. I could only understand foreign movies with subtitles. Imagine my delight when I was informed that the Crystal Theatre in Carbondale was planning to show the current movie on Sunday at 2 p.m. with captions for the hearing impaired. Kudos to Bob and Kathy Ezra for taking this extraordinary and caring step that will include many elderly who stopped going to the movies because although they can still hear, they can no longer understand everything that is being said. I was lucky that the first movie shown this past Sunday was “Nebraska,” which happens to be a beautiful and touching story. I had a chance to speak to several normal-hearing people who told me that the captions did not bother them at all. So everybody was happy. To ensure that the movie you want to see comes with captions it is advisable to check beforehand at www.crystaltheatrecarbondale.com. Renata Scheder-Bieschin Redstone
in every region of Colorado. Water is critical to our common future, not just for growing cities but to support Colorado’s traditional economies of agriculture and tourism, the natural environment and recreation opportunities. Whether you are visiting the state, or a local out there hunting, fishing, skiing, rafting, or just enjoying the scenic views, the health of our rivers and environment is what most determines the great Colorado outdoor experience. And that great experience, enjoyed by so many on or along the Colorado River and its tributaries, generates $26 billion annually for the economies of Colorado, the Southwest, as well as a quarter-million sustainable American jobs. I and other members of the Northwest Colorado Council of Governments look forward to working with the governor on the State Water Plan. His focus on conservation and practical solutions will be critical to ensuring a balanced protection of water for our cities, farms, and the rivers that sustain our Colorado way of life. Rachel Richards Pitkin County commissioner Vice-Chair, Northwest Colorado Council of Governments Water Quality/ Quantity Committee Aspen
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Rancher, ex-Congressman Mike Strang dies at 84 Sopris Sun Staff Report Mike Strang wore many hats — jean-clad rancher, businessman, and tuxedoed auctioneer, perennial MC at numerous events and devoted family man — but there was one hat he wore most of the time. “He could wear a cowboy hat to almost any event,â€? daughter Bridget Strang told The Sopris Sun on Wednesday afternoon. Strang passed away at his Missouri Heights ranch on Jan. 12. He was 84. A memorial service will be held at the Orchard on Snowmass Drive at 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 3. In lieu of owers, the family asks that donations be made to the Lathrop Memorial Fund through the Aspen Valley Land Trust. Mike and Kit Strang ďŹ rst made the Roaring Fork Valley their home in 1951, when he and brother Bart Strang and Tom Turnbull bought the Big 4 Ranch Mike Strang south of Carbondale. Kit said that when Mike hurt his back, he bought what is now the Strang Ranch in 1965. Strang was born into a ranching life. His father, Steve, moved his family from Pennsylvania to a ranch on Ralston Creek outside of Golden during the Depression. Steve made the ranch pay its way in part by running a summer camp for Eastern kids. By the time Mike Strang was 15 he was guiding pack trips for campers in the high country outside of Golden. Through these years, Mike and Bart were homeschooled by their father, who graduated from Princeton in the early 1920s and was literate in six languages. Bridget said her father, Mike, had a “near photographicâ€? memory, spoke Russian and French and “pretendedâ€? to speak Italian when in that country through the use of the 150 words he knew plus a translation book. “He was incredibly well versed,â€? Bridget said. He probably knew hundreds of people by name. “We’d always ask ‘how to you remember their names,’â€? she continued. The answer? He joked that it had something to do with remembering the color of their eyes. While helping Kit run the ranch, Mike also ran a stock brokerage ďŹ rm in Glenwood Springs and later in Aspen. As a Republican, he served in the state legislature for two terms in the early 1970s, where he focused on land-use issues and attempted to grapple with some to the sprawl that threatened to carve up agricultural land into un-usably small plots. He also introduced the ďŹ rst marijuana legalization bill, “recognizing somewhat presciently as it turns out, that the societal issues would not be resolved through prohibition,â€? according to a brief biogra-
Bridget Strang said her dad was “a bit of a softyâ€? for a rancher, but not in a bad way. “I never saw him lose his temper with an animal,â€? she said. “Not a horse ‌ or a cow ‌ or a dog.â€? When a cow fails a pregnancy test, many or most ranchers send them to the feedlot, but not Strang. Many ranch dogs live outside but Strang’s slept inside. “He brought his border collie into the bank with him.â€? Photo by Jane Bachrach
phy provided by son Scott Strang. He was elected to Congress and served from 1984-86. “He loved Washington,â€? Bridget said. “He thrived on the energy ‌ he loved the people and trying to solve the puzzle.â€? One highlight came after Strang presented President Ronald Reagan with a hand-tooled saddle, and Kit sat next to Reagan at a banquet. “He (Reagan) sort of glommed on to mom,â€? Bridget said. “He leaned over (to her) and said ‘tell me about your horses.’â€? Democrat Ben Campbell defeated Strang in the next election but later switched his party afďŹ liation to Republican. “I asked Dad how he felt about this,â€? Scott said. “His reply was typically generous. He said he was happy that Ben had seen the light, or something to that effect.â€? Scott said of his dad, “ ‌ (he) had more integrity than anyone I’ve ever known. He was generous to a fault, always giving people the beneďŹ t of the doubt. He would
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rather be taken advantage of than be mean.â€? Bridgett said various people and kinds of people, some “wayward,â€? drifted through the ranch over the years. “Dad changed lives ‌ they’d follow his example.â€? Strang announced many of the horse shows the ranch hosted through the years and acted as MC at other events. He’d even cut people’s steak for them at ranch events. “He could warm up a room in seconds,â€? Bridget said. Lots of people called Mike Strang “uncle.â€? He was not a good golfer, but that didn’t keep him from entering and enjoying at least 20 Carbondale Invitational golf tournaments. When asked, Kit said one of the ďŹ rst things she loved about Mike was he was not just a cowboy and good rider, but a “man of the Westâ€? with an intellect as well. “His mind was always thinking of new and different things ‌ life has never been dull (with him).â€?
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Eagles return; Christmas trees pitched Sopris Sun Staff Report Bald eagles have been spotted roosting in the large trees at Bull Pasture Park on Highway 133, according to town manager Jay Harrington’s weekly report. Bull Pasture Park is closed every winter specifically for the eagles. “Eagles can be seen flying along the Crystal River almost daily,” the report continues. In other paraphrased notes from the report: • Christmas tree recycling continues in the parking lot at Fourth and Colorado. Recycling will run through January. • Janckila Construction is out of the ground with the new Public Works vehicle storage barn. The construction should move along at a good pace — weather permitting. • Michael Taylor, the town’s new fleet mechanic, is helping get bids on a backhoe and snow blower. The town is replacing a 1997 580 Case backhoe with 8,100 operating hours and a 2000 Farris Machine snow blower. • Reoccurring 1.5 to 2 inch snows keep packing on additional layers on streets and need to be removed. The street crew has been using the road grader to pop the ice from the street surface. • Tony Coia continues with winter tree maintenance and pruning. There is some concern on the Western Slope about the advancement of the emerald ash borer. The borer is in the Denver/Boulder region now and it is a matter of time before the pest works its way over the mountains. The 2010 Carbondale Street and Park Tree Inventory indicates there are 166 green ash trees in town, not including River Valley Ranch trees. • Public Works is placing PSA’s in newspapers reminding people they must remove snow and ice from their sidewalks within 24 hours of a storm. “We are seeing more property management companies plow snow from private parking lots onto public right-of-ways and town parks,” the report states. “Gianinetti Park
along Village Road is a good example. We are also notifying property management companies about this infraction.” • Numbers from the recreation center’s winter classes are leagues: men’s basketball, seven teams; adult volleyball, seven teams; adult broomball, seven teams; youth basketball league third and fourth graders, three boys teams and two girls teams; fifth and sixth grades, three boys teams and two girls teams; youth hockey has 28 participants; tae kwon do has 14 participants. On a related note, punch passes are available for the Summit Conditioning class that is offered Tuesdays and Thursdays from noon to 1 p.m. and Mondays and Fridays from 6 to 7 a.m. • LED lights were placed above the downtown ice rink this year to enhance the ambiance. This rink does not allow stick sports and cannot be rented. The Gus Darien ice rink saw increased use over the long holiday break. The town did not allow private rentals on the actual holidays and kept the lights on until 12:15 a.m. on New Year’s Eve. The town has been renting out the ice in two-hour blocks for private parties and three rentals are booked for January. • The recreation center is offering a member appreciation special during January. Old members or new members can purchase a three-month pass and receive an additional month for free. Another option is to purchase a six-month pass that is valid for seven months. • The recreation center is on pace to equal January 2013 with 5,265 admittances. • The Building Department performed seven inspections the week of Jan. 6-10. Three building permits were issued and the building inspector had several meetings about upcoming projects. • Staff is planning for the startup of the new screw press operation at the wastewater plant.
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Shovel that sidewalk The Town of Carbondale is reminding residents and business owners they must remove snow and ice from public sidewalks on the front side of abutting properties within 24 hours of each snow. Also, snow from private property should not be put on the street or public right-of-way.
Mountain Fair entries due The deadline to apply for an arts-and-crafts booth at the 43rd annual Carbondale Mountain Fair is Feb. 28. Any artist or craft person exhibiting his or her own handmade works of art (not manufactured, not imported) to apply, as are any community service, civic, social organization or educational institution selling only its own works of art. Criteria for judging include quality and uniqueness of items. Applications are available at carbondalearts.com. For details, call 963-1680 or e-mail Marianne@carbondalearts.com.
nual Art aRound Town exhibition. Submissions for entry are available through the CaFÉ (Call for Entry) website at www.callforentry.org. Installation will be June 2-5. The entry deadline is March 2.
Seniors can apply for young scholarship Graduating high school seniors can now apply for the J. Robert Young renewable scholarship. Apply on line at wc-cf.org, alpinebank.com or visit any Alpine Bank location. The application deadline is March 15.
KDNK board meets The KDNK board of directors holds its next meeting at 76 S. Second St. at 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 20. The meeting is open to the public and the agenda is posted at the station.
“Funny” auditions slated at CMC Auditions for the CMC Theatre production of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” will be held at the Spring Valley Campus New Space Theatre from 1 to 6 p.m. on Jan. 18. For details, call 947-8177. Performance dates are April 4-6 and April 10-13.
Shoot your Sopris shot to Rotary The Mt. Sopris Rotary Club of Carbondale has opened its 2015 “Seasons of Mt. Sopris Calendar contest. Submit entries to mtsopriscalendar@hotmail.com or go to the club’s Facebook page (please include the month the photo was taken and your contact information). The entry deadline is Aug. 31. The club meets at Mi Casita on Main Street at noon on Thursdays. Visitors are welcome.
CPaC seeks sculpture entries The Carbondale Public Arts Commission (CPAC) seeks 14 new sculptures for its 11th an-
Food for Fines returns
A belated “Welcome to Carbondale” to Allen Robinson, the new Roaring Fork Valley Co-op manager. He took over in October after long-time manager Kirk Carlson retired. Robinson comes to us after 17 years as regional manager for Cenex Harvest States Co-op, and 23 years as a co-op manager in Oklahoma. Photo by Jane Bachrach
The Garfield County library system brings back its popular Food for Fines program through February. Bring in non-perishable food items to any of the six county libraries and receive $1 credit on your library card account. All food items will be donated to LIFT-UP. For details, go to gcpld.org. On a related note, Garfield County libraries are selling book bags for $2.
YEE-HAW! Ride ’em and party, Cowgirl! After all … you’re only 80 once. If you know Martha Collison, Stop by The Pour House January 18, 2014 between 5 and 7pm
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Roaring Fork High School math teacher Ralph Young will return home on Jan. 17 following four weeks of offand-on hospitalization. Young, known to students simply as “Ralph,â€? was diagnosed with a brain tumor in December after missing the last day of school before the break. He shaved his head (shown here) at the end of October in support of another RFHS teacher, Ivone MuĂąoz, who passed away on Dec. 27. Young said most of the tumor was removed over Christmas break and he’s waiting for the biopsy results, but it’s unclear when he’ll return to teaching. Young has been making strides in physical therapy, but is still having trouble with his left side. Even so, he’s managed to keep up with grading, and is doing his best to fulďŹ ll his duties as chairman of the state speech meet on Jan. 18. So far, no fund-raisers are planned. “I have a job, and I don’t have kids, and I have insurance,â€? Young told The Sopris Sun. That’s not to say there hasn’t been community support. “I feel really blessed overall,â€? said Young, “I have a lot of good people behind me.â€?
Go say “Happy birthday Martha� Friends of Martha Collison are invited to drop in at the Pour House from 5 to 7 p.m. on Jan. 18 and wish her a happy 80th birthday. There’ll be a cash bar and free appetizers. No gifts, please.
Notes from the boudoir Penny Farthing Images hosts a day of pinup/boudoir/ burlesque from noon to 8 p.m. on Jan. 25. It should be fun. For details, see the ad on page 8.
New titles at the library Need some reading material to head into January and the rest of winter? Here are the new titles at the Carbondale Branch Library: “Lost Lake,â€? by Sarah Addison Allen “Ripper,â€? by Isabel Allende “Board Stiff,â€? by Piers Anthony “From the Dead,â€? by Mark Billingham “The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches,â€? by Alan Bradley “Mrs. Lincoln’s Rival,â€? by Jennifer Chiaverini “That Old Black Magic,â€? by Mary Jane Clark “The Pagan Lord,â€? by Bernard Cronwell “Andrew’s Brain,â€? by E.L. Doctrow “Tiger Shrimp Tango,â€? by Tim Dorsey “The Guts,â€? by Roddy Doyle “Dark Wolf,â€? by Christine Feehan “Fear Nothing,â€? by Lisa Gardner “The Way of All Fish,â€? by Martha Grimes “An OfďŹ cer and a Spy,â€? by Robert Harris “Cross of Vengence,â€? by Cora Harrison “The Invention of Wings,â€? by Sue Monk Kidd “Robert B. Parker’s Bull River,â€? by Robert Knott “River Road,â€? by Jayne Ann Krentz “Revolution,â€? by Mercedes Lackey
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Sherman named an ofďŹ cial “fractivistâ€? MoveOn.org has named Anita Sherman of Glenwood Springs as one of its 100 Fracking Fighters. She is one of six “fractivistâ€? from Colorado to be so named. The others include Alison G. of Paonia. “We, the people, have a right to clean air, clean water, and an environment free of industrial impact, Sherman said. She is known in the national legislative circuit as a strong citizens advocate for the environment, social justice, consumer protections, and economic development policies, according to a MoveOn.org press release. “Fractivistsâ€? are so named for their opposition to hydraulic fracking, which is used to break loose natural gas from dense shale formations.
They say it’s your birthday Folks celebrating their birthday this week include: Annika Johnson (Jan. 16); Patricia Daniels, John Smollen, Cindy Meyer, Marlin Walker and Sandy Tippett-Smith (Jan. 17); Logan Faczak, Tyler Madden and John Cessna (Jan. 18); Lois Hayes (Jan. 19); Audrey Ahumada and John Smollen (Jan. 20); Karen Jameron, Jeremiah Bernot and Dick Howard (Jan. 21); and Tom Penzel and Awnee Montano (Jan. 22).
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Cale Mobley (right) writes a receipt for Moab resident Marc Horwitz (left) as James Leonard (center) picks up marijuana buds with chopsticks at the Doctor’s Garden Dispensary on the first legal day for retail pot sales on Jan. 15. The Carbondale Board of Trustees unanimously approved the Doctor’s Garden license the night before. Photo by Lynn Burton
Pot prohibition ends By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer Gary Pax, 65, brought his lawn chair, newspaper, and coffee and pastry, arriving in near zero-degree temperatures at 7:01 a.m. on Jan. 15 to nail down the historic “first in line” honors at the Doctor’s Garden marijuana shop on the third floor at 580 Main Street. A salt-and-pepper bearded Marc Horwitz, from Moab, Utah, dressed in blue overcoat, scarf, multi-color fleece hat and wire-frame glasses, got there a bit later. As the fourth or fifth buyer he might go down as Carbondale’s first “marijuana tourist” – depending on future definitions of the term. And 25-30 others waited, shivered, joked around and waited some more before the Doctor’s Garden finally opened its doors about a half-hour after its 9 a.m. target time. “Do you deliver?” Caroline Alberino asked on her cell phone at about 9:15 a.m. during a call to the front desk behind a locked door about 20 feet away. “We’re
freezing out here and want to come in.” After hanging up, Alberino reported, “It shouldn’t be too much longer.” Between 9 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.: • Number-one-in-line told number-twoin-line that state law dictates that marijuana sales must be in cash, which prompted a somewhat panicked number-two to scurry down the three flights of stairs, hang a hard right at Mi Casita restaurant and score some cash from the ATM machine across from Bonfire Coffee; • A police car circled the building a time or two before finally parking across the street at the forest service parking lot, where the officer had a clear view of the slowly growing line upstairs; • Town trustee Frosty Merriott, on assignment for KDNK, pulled a U-turn and parked his SUV on Weant Street below the Doctor’s Garden, got out of his car and on his cell phone to the station, then headed up the cold stairs looking for folks to interview. He settled on Pax and handed him PROHIBITION ENDS page 12
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Community Calendar THURSDAY Jan. 16 OPEN MIC • The Blend Coffee Company on Highway 133 will host another open mic from 7 to 9 p.m. It’s open to singers, song writers, poets, performers and those that appreciate the talent. DaVI NIKENT • MasterMinds4Wellness (M4W) presents the documentary film “The New Medicine,” at the Third Street Center at 7 p.m. The suggested donation is $10. Info: 618-5879. ROTaRy • The Mt. Sopris Rotary meets at Mi Casita at noon every Thursday.
FRIDAY Jan. 17 MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “Inside Llewyn Davis” (R) at 7:30 p.m. Jan 17-23 except Jan. 19 which will show at 5 p.m. only and “All Is Lost” (PG-13) at 5:15 p.m. Jan. 18 only (due to low turnout during Broncos games). LIVE MUSIC • PAC3 presents the Samples, followed by Terapin Flyer on Jan. 23, Head for the Hills on Jan. 28 and Agent Orange on Jan. 31. Info: pac3carbondale.com. LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the old part of the Dinkel Building presents live music every Friday night. Info: 963-3304.
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SUNDAY Jan. 19 aSC • A Spiritual Center at the Third Street Center presents Rev. David Ault and “Challenge, Surrender, Open” at 10 a.m.
MONDAY Jan. 20 MEET THE aUTHOR • The Basalt Regional Library presents Holocaust survivor Simone Arnold Liebster (author of “Facing the Lion”) via Skype at 10:30
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ROTaRy • The Carbondale Rotary meets at the fire station Wednesdays at 7 a.m.
NaTURaLIST NIGHTS • ACES and the Wilderness Workshop present the film “A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet” in the Third Street Center
BOOK CLUB • The Senior Matters Book Club discusses “The Hare with Amber Eyes” at the Carbondale Library at 4 p.m
Further Out THURSDAY Jan. 23 KOROLOGOS PHOTO OPENING • The Ann Korologos Gallery in Basalt hosts a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. for the photography show “Photo Five.” The photographers are Michael Fain, Sandra Lee Kaplan, Tom C. Korologos, Kathryn Rabinow and Gayle Waterman. Each will show at least 10 works. The show’s images are as varied in vision and methodology as the artists themselves. From Gayle Waterman’s extreme close-ups of weathered surfaces to Sandra Lee Kaplan’s five-foot by six-foot rendering of the largest cow in the world, the photographs speak to the infinite possibilities of photographic expression. Fueled by a love of travel and unique places, Tom Korologos’ photographs capture special moments of clarity and beauty he encounters. Michael Fain’s images blend the representational with the abstract through some of the more arcane aspects of Photoshop. Kathryn Rabinow finds a unique perspective in both obvious and unexpected places — from flowers, trees, sunsets and animals to fabulous food and abstract manipulated images. “Photo Five” opens on Jan. 16 and continues through Feb. 10. The Ann Korologos Gallery is located at 211 Midland Ave. Info: 927-9668.
Penny Farthing Images presents Pinupp/Boudoir / r/Burlesque / a day of Pinup/Boudoir/Burlesque January 25thh noon noon-8pm -8pm
PINUP PARTY! Spend an afternoon with your best friends and walk away with some great pics. Come to Penny Farthing’s Studio and we’ll make you look amazing, I’ll supply the champagne, Hors d’oeuvres and camera. You supply the beauty and clothing of your choice.
VVaS OPENING • CCAH holds an opening reception for the Valley Visual Art Show from 6 to 8 p.m. The show includes more than 30 Roaring Fork Valley artists and will be up until March 7. CCAH’s R2 Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Fridays. Don’t forget to vote for the People’s Choice award. Info: 963-1680. Open to the viewing public Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
SAT.-SUN. Jan. 25-26 CIRQUE D’SOPRIS • CCAH presents a show of “youth design, daring, dance acrobatic feats and more” at Roaring Fork High School at 6 p.m. on Jan. 25 and 2 p.m. on Jan. 26. Carnival food will be available at intermission. Tickets now available at carbondalearts.com. Info: 963-1680. COLLaGE WORKSHOP • Lisa Singer gives a workshop titled “Collage & Mixed Media: Acrylics Unleashed” at the Wyly Community Art Center from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. It’s for students 17 and older. Info: 927-4123.
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Words series, the Aspen Writers Foundation presents poet Richard Blanco at Paepcke Auditorium in Aspen at 6 p.m. Blanco read his poem “One Today” at President Obama’s second inauguration and will discus the themes of cultural identify that inspire his work and his vision for poetry in the nation’s consciousness. He will sign copies of his book “For All of Us” at Explore Booksellers after the presentation. Info: 920-5770.
WEDNESDAY Jan. 29 NaTURaLIST NIGHTS • ACES and the Wilderness Workshop present “Songbirds as Indicators of Healthy Riparian Ecosystems” (with Dee Malone) in the Third Street Center at 5:30 p.m. It’s free.
FRIDAY Jan. 31 MUSIC aT THE LIBRaRy • The Basalt Regional Library will present the Grand Junction mariachi band Noche de Mariachi, conducted by Javier de los Santos, in concert at 5:30 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public. Info: 927-4311.
SUNDAY Feb. 16 LIGHT IT UP • The Light It Up Blue fundraiser for Autism Speaks and the Extreme Sports Camp for Autism takes place in Aspen at 6 p.m. The music lineup includes John Popper and Brother’s Keeper, with special celebrity guest Jacqueline Laurita (“Real Housewives of New Jersey”) and actor Michael Chiklis. Tickets are $250 at lightitupblueaspen.org.
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Ongoing BaSaLT LIBRaRy • At 10:30 a.m. each day, the Basalt Regional Library presents Book Babies on Monday, Tree House Tales on Tuesday and Wednesdays, storyteller Merrilee Hindman on Thursdays, story and craft on Friday, and family craft on Saturday. BaSaLT LIBRaRy • The Basalt Regional Libraray’s After School Blast offers Legos on Monday at 3:30 p.m., homework help on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3 p.m., and dropin activities at 3:30 p.m. QUINTENZ SHOWS METSaVaHT • Quintenz Gallery in Aspen presents “Elements of Style: Photography by Oskar Metsavaht” through Jan. 25. The gallery is located at 501 E. Dean St., near the base of Aspen Mountain. Info: 970-429-8666. MayOR’S COFFEE HOUR • Chat with Carbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot on Tuesdays from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Village Smithy. KDNK • The Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment program on KDNK broadcasts Crystal River Elementary School students’ narratives, with such titles as “When I Broke My Arm” and “When My Uncle Died” from 2:55 to 3 p.m. on Mondays through Feb. 10. Tune in at 88.1 FM. LINX • The Linx Networking group meets each Tuesdays at 7 a.m. in the Aspen-Sotheby’s real estate office on Midland Avenue in Basalt. Info: Keith Edquist at 928-8428. CaNCER CONSULTaTIONS • Valley View Hospital offers free lung cancer evaluations on Thursdays from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Info: 384-7707.
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DHaRMa TaLK • John “Chophel” Bruna facilitates a meditation and dharma talk at the Third Street Center on Wednesdays from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Info: wayofcompassion.org. MUSIC TOGETHER • All Valley Music Together classes are under way. For details, go to allvalleymusic.com or call 963-1482. LIVE MUSIC • The Hotel Colorado hosts a Monday night jazz jam in its lobby at 7 p.m. The sessions are open to jazz musicians of all levels, semi-formal attire encouraged. Spectators welcome. For more information visit the Monday Night Jazz Facebook page or contact Zack Ritchie at 987-9277. LIVE MUSIC • Carbondale Beer Works hosts open mic nights with Patrick Fagan Mondays at 7:30 p.m. TaI CHI • Martin Finkelstein presents “Tai Chi Principles and Theory” at the Third Street Center a 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Info: 948-7379. DaVI NIKENT • The women’s empowerment through creative expression 2014 Women’s Circle is now taking place. Info: 618-8334. CaRBONDaLE LIBRaRy • The following programs and events take place at the Carbondale Library: – Musical Storytime • With Sue Schnitzer every Monday at 4 p.m. Kids must be accompanied by adults at all times. – Uke It Up • Get Your Uke On with Sue Schnitzer at 6 p.m. on the first and third Monday of the month.
Banks, PO closed Banks, the post office, state and federal government offices, and a few other places will be closed for Martin Luther King Day on Jan. 20.
Visit CRMS Colorado Rocky Mountain School holds its annual visitation day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Jan. 20. There’ll be a campus tour, class visits, lunch and panel discussions. To RSVP, call 963-2562.
Lyons tells stories The Carbondale Culture Club in the Third Street Center presents storyteller Richard Lyon, and Medicine Wheels with ceremonial performance artist Lisa Dancing-Light, from noon to 1 p.m. on Jan. 22. Admission is free.
Democrats honor King The Garfield County Democratic Party holds its 10th annual Martin Luther King Jr. event at the Glenwood Springs Vaudeville Revue (915 Grand Ave.) at 6 p.m. on Jan. 20. Tickets are $35, which includes dinner and the show. Tickets are available at garfieldcountydemocrats.org. For details, call 319-4005.
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Art Walk features three downtown galleries Jan. 23 Sopris Sun Staff Report The annual Basalt Art Walk returns at 5 p.m. on Jan. 23 with shows at the Wyly Community Art Center, Korologos Gallery and Toklat Gallery. Starting at the Wyly Community Art Center in downtown Basalt, it’s “What Is Here? What Is There?” featuring Nancy Lovendahl. “These works reflect on notions of place and time,” Lovendahl said in a Wyly press release. “I made the larger scroll pieces while on a two-month long artist residency in Beijing, China, 2009. I asked myself the question, ‘What is here? And What is there?’ while in the studio I occupied. On many days, I would come home from a wanderer’s journey and reflect on the differences and similarities between China and the U.S. These works depict that dialog within myself. They are being premiered at the Wyly.” Also included in this show are a small series of altered photographs made on a second residency in 2012 sponsored by The Wilderness Workshop. “I was out in the wilderness for the week asking the same questions about time and place that I did while in China. In many ways, the answers were the same however the dialog was with the natural world. These are also being seen for the
first time at the Wyly.” Dr. Arlene Raven said about Lovendahl’s work, “ … (her) art has extraordinary beauty of surface and structure yet the classical appearance of her sculpture contains
“ … (her) art has extraordinary beauty of surface and structure yet the classical appearance of her sculpture contains a disorderly psychological undercurrent.” — Dr. Arlene Raven a disorderly psychological undercurrent. An artist working in Colorado with its high mountains, big skies and clear horizons, she has taken a vast surrounding nature and brought it within. These convolutions and involutions are not achieved without this artist’s entering the discomforting territory of the living, where organisms, by virtue of their eternal changeability, make all borders waver.”
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For more than 25 years, Lovendahl’s work has been shown nationally and internationally in galleries and museums, commissioned for public and private collections such as Phillips Petroleum, and included in museum collections such as The Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. and The Keramikmuseum in Germany. Recent exhibitions include The Denver Botanic Gardens CATALYST exhibition; The National Gallery in Tbilisi, Georgia; and a one-person show at William Havu Gallery in Denver. Lovendahl lives in Old Snowmas with her husband, jewelry designer Scott Keating, and her dog and cat. The show runs through Feb. 27. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For details, go to wylyarts.org or call 927-4123. At the Ann Korologos Gallery on Midland Avenue, it’s the group show “Photo Five,” featuring photographers Michael Fain, Sandra Lee Kaplan, Tom C. Korologos, Kathryn Rabinow and Gayle Waterman. Each photographer will show at least 10 works; the opening reception takes place from 5 to 7 p.m. For more information, check out this week’s Calendar section on page 8. The Toklat Gallery features Roylon Mortensen, and Zapotec rugs.
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Meeker calls for troops; peace is averted (Editor’s note: This is the second in a four part series on the Native Americans who inhabited Western Colorado). By John Hoffmann Special to The Sopris Sun The year is 1879 and Indian agent Nathan Meeker, a renowned national authority on agriculture, is becoming frustrated by the slowing progress of the civilizing of the Indians. The volunteer Ute plowmen and ditch diggers that Chief Douglas (Quinkent) had organized were not showing up, so Meeker requested a budget from Gov. Pitkin to hire white people to plow up the winter range of the Nünt’z at a faster rate. Gov. Pitkin had campaigned with the slogan “the Ute’s must go!” and the money to hire white workers came quickly. Meeker had given a few of the chiefs land parcels on a surveyed grid for a town he had laid out on their winter range. This was to entice them to cooperate and now he was plowing that up in an effort to consolidate the fencing necessary to keep Indian horses out of the irrigated fields. Meeker even plowed up the racetrack where horses raced during the great Bear Dance gathering in the spring. Resentment built among the people and as it glowed hotter, Meeker used threats of the U.S. Army sending bad people to prison to live in chains without the sun. This fanned more resentment and fear now grew among the last of the free Nütpartka. Many people were camped there that fall because this was the
season that the presents Washington promised usually arrived at the Whitewater Agency, just west of the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon on the Smoking Earth River (aka White River) near the present day town of Meeker. One day, agent Meeker sent a man to plow the field of Cana’vish, the “m’sut t’quigat” or “healer” for the people. Cana’vish went to Meeker to ask why his field was being plowed. He told Meeker that he did not want his field plowed, reminding Meeker that he had given it to him. As they talked, the people, waiting for the late presents, gathered around to listen. Cana’vish pressed his point resolutely that he did not wish his field plowed; Meeker retorted that the Indian Council two days before had agreed that he and Washington could plow anything he wanted. Meeker was backing up to get space between the people until he backed into a log on the ground and fell over. He heard a chorus of laughter from the people, tuned by hardship to love a joke. The next day the plowman felt a shot fired past him from 200 feet away. He packed and left the following day. Meeker had been humiliated. Now fearful, he wrote the governor on Sept. 10 1879 about the “assaults,” asking for soldiers to be sent. The request, bolstered by Gov. Pitkin and the speed of the telegraph, flew up the chain of command to the U.S. Secretary of the Interior due to the importance of the lands involved to coal mining interests. On Sept. 29 a detachment of 190 soldiers led by Major Thornburgh pressed out of Rawlins, Wyoming to
enter Indian Land to the south. The Utes had never had soldiers on their land, but Nicaagat could speak to soldiers. He was raised from infancy by Mormons until he left them in anger as a 13-year-old to join the Smoking Earth River Band of Yampartka many years before. Nicaagat knew what had happened to the Cheyenne and
Sioux when he acted as a guide for the Army on those campaigns. Nicaagat was inspired by the thought of peace and rode out and tell the soldiers not to cross the Milk River onto their land; young men, hot and roused, decided to follow. (Next installment: A shot is fired, battle begins).
“This ‘hood is full of mysteries,” says Hendrick Ranch resident Sara McAllister. She reports the labyrinth at the little park near Senior Housing was invaded by female torso ice sculptures earlier in the week. The invasion was accompanied by incense, fresh flowers and coins. Photo by Sara McAllister
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Prohibition ends the phone; Pax reported to KDNK on-air station manger Steve Skinner “ ‌ ya got any potato chips and munchies?â€? • A gray-haired woman in her 80s, also possibly from Moab, told reporters that she’s now lived through two prohibitions “and neither one of them worked.â€? • Average age for the ďŹ rst wave to legally buy recreational marijuana in Carbondale? About 40 years old, with a smattering of the 21-25 demographic. Male to female ratio? About four to one. Finally, a security guy unlocked the door and said the ďŹ rst ďŹ ve people could come inside, at which point four local journalists charged through, got out of the way then waited for the ďŹ rst ďŹ ve buyers to enter the Doctor’s Garden warm lobby. After that, buyers were allowed through the door to the sales area one at a time, where they were greeted from the other side of the counter by friendly store co-owner James Leonard and grower Cale Mobley. Edibles and other product were displayed on shelves inside the 15-foot, glassfronted counter. Glass jars of marble-sized marijuana buds stood ready for action in the tall glass cabinet in the center. “We’re doing eighths (ounce) for $55 and quarters for
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