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Renee Maggert benefit slated At the Orchard Feb. 14 Sopris Sun Staff Report

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enee Maggert, a 27-year resident of Carbondale, first started noticing symptoms at least two years ago: fatigue when hiking or rafting, not as strong as in the past, weight loss and more. Today, she suffers from double vision and cannot drive; she has also moved in with friends because she often chokes when eating or swallowing; if her weight drops to 88 pounds she’ll have to use a feeding tube.

Maggert’s COBRA insurance expired recently and she faces mountains of medical bills. To help her out, friends have organized a sweetheart dinner and dance at the Orchard from 6 to 10 p.m. on Feb. 14 (see the ad on page five for details).

Kim Velasquez, who is helping to organize the event, said her kids went to school with Maggert’s.

They and a few others were always at Roaring Fork High School serving and preparing food for sports teams. “But Renee was the person the coaches and teachers would call. If they needed someone to organize and get the job done, she was always eager to help,” Velasquez said.

Continuing, Velasquez said “Until recent years, she (Maggert) has always been the giver and not on the recipient end. We believe this is the reason that she waited so long to share her health issues with others. Our hope is that the wonderful people in our valley will rally around her and help her out in any way possible.”

In a December posting to friends on Facebook, Maggert said she had a physical last year and her ANA (autoimmune) count was “extremely” elevated but other than some “irritating” innocuous symptoms, all the blood work came back in the “normal” range. “A high ANA count can be asymptomatic for years,” she said on Facebook.

Last September her fatigue increased, her mobility was not as fluid as it should be, she was losing weight “and frankly I look like hell.” Dr. Gary Knaus sent Maggert to a pulmonologist who was “underwhelmed” with her symptoms and referred her to a neurologist. “Again all was normal.”

Next up was a muscular neurologist “ … he wasn’t impressed with my symptoms either.”

A muscle biopsy was sent to the Mayo Clinic but the doctor there could find nothing to confirm a diagnosis. From there she saw a rheumatologist who could not support Maggert’s diagnosis of an autoim-

Burkely Mullin (left) and mom Megan (right) took advantage of bright sun and a freshly plowed sidewalk at River Valley Ranch on Feb. 8. Elsewhere around town, folks were shoveling their sidewalks, building snowmen and venturing outside after two straight days of snow. Photo by Lynn Burton

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Sopris Liquor & Wine presents:

FIRST “FAT” FRIDAY

Mardi Gras Parade starts on Main St. at 4:30pm, Friday, Feb 7th!

Hot Chocolate and a Bonfire at the Downtown Ice Rink starting at 4 pm!

Rent your skates at the Carbondale Recreation & Community Center!

Carbondale is Calling!

Friday, February 7th from 5-9pm in Historic Carbondale!

Carbondale Commentary The views and opinions expressed on the Commentary page do not necessarily reflect those of The Sopris Sun. The Sopris Sun invites all members of the community to submit letters to the editor or guest columns. For more information, e-mail editor Lynn Burton at news@soprissun.com, or call 510-3003.

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Looking back on history, bullies have always been a nuisance. From the guys who killed Jesus to some German cartographer who decided the Northern Hemisphere is more important and should therefore be on the top of the map. If you close your eyes and think of the earth you picture North America on top, don’t you? Well, is it really? Or, when satellites send pictures back, do we

By Jeannie Perry flip them around because they’re upside down? North and south don’t mean anything in space.

But it does make a difference down here. And if your continent has always been portrayed as the bottom half, that can certainly have an influence on the way you see the world. I mean, we’re talking about generations and generations of people led to believe that their land is beneath the Land of Opportunity.

But is it?

Or have they simply been oppressed into believing that they are the developing world.

Just like here in the Roaring Fork Valley, where we all know that “downvalley” implies much more than the slope of the ground.

If there’s one thing that really gets my goat, it’s a bully. (Just in case you’re not fa-

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miliar with the phrase, it means “to rile someone up; to get one’s attention.” Like the time my godfather drove over with a billy goat in the back of his truck to leave it in my dad’s kitchen as a birthday present/prank.

Needless to say, his goat was gotten).

bullies don’t last Bullies don’t seem to last in Carbondale.

This community is open and accessible, but if a bully doesn’t leave of his own accord the old-timers get together and form a posse to run him out of town — just kidding! (Sort of). Carbondale is definitely a juxt-a-pose town, but it’s all about connection. Just go to a parade; you’ll see a cowboy standing next to a punk, and a hippie sharing his candy with a veteran. Everyone fits in, and there’s a true sense of security that isn’t found everywhere in the world. We’re lucky; we’re the real deal when it comes to community, which is why I’m having a hard time with Colorado Rocky Mountain School wanting to close its campus.

After a generous start with the donation of a local ranch, and with a mission to give “our students the skills, confidence, and knowledge to be successful in life and to contribute to their communities”* I have to wonder why they are petitioning Garfield County to vacate pedestrian and bicycle access on County Road 106. CRMS claims it is simply to reassure parents that their children will be safe, but the children are safe — safer than in places with fences, guards and gates I would say.

I do not understand why CRMS keeps building up their campus on, and around, a county road if they don’t want the county to be allowed on campus. Or why they think tuition dollars should take precedence over a public right-of-way (not to mention the safety of younger children who ride their bikes through CRMS to get to the Community School and avoid the traffic on Highway 133).

Honestly, I don’t think CRMS students have anything to fear by bumping into us on their campus; the Boo Radleys of unincorporated Garfield County riding our bikes by moonlight. I’m the kind of person who likes to call a spade a damn shovel, and this land belongs to the people of Garfield County. I mean, if the commissioners are gonna start giving away acres of land sign me up!

Closing the campus sends a message of privilege, not participation to the community. Besides, all those extra eyes and ears are an added measure of safety; trust me — there are some real Nosey-Rosies around here! This expedited petition by the school’s board of directors feels more like a grab for lunch money than an act of stewardship.

In the past, it seems, the one with the money got to draw the map, but this map’s already been drawn. We all live here because we feel safe and secure enough to be ourselves. And because we look out for our neighbors from all walks of life, which is exactly what it takes to be a community.

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Dear Editor: I just want to say if there were an award for doing the best job of keeping their side-

walks cleaned off it would have to go to Jim Breasted. He is the most diligent about keeping his sidewalk and clear across the street cleaned off. He is a good example for

the rest of the town!!!

Thank you, Jim. Joan Cheney Carbondale

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Dear Editor: The town of Carbondale Public Works Department and snow removal crews deserve a big hand for a job well done handling this last big storm.

Multiple plowings were done over a couple day period and I’m sure a lot of people missed a lot of sleep so they could clear the streets for everyone. It was great to even see Larry out in the trenches in a snowplow looking for and removing downed tree limbs on my street.

In years past I have sometimes been annoyed to get notices on my door to shovel my sidewalks when I generally keep them very clear — sometimes more clear than the roads which the town is responsible for. This winter the town evidently has not been handing out warnings considering the large amount of homeowners/renters who LETTERS page 19

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C&RFPD faces challenges; bikers face education push (Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part Q&A article on the state of Carbondale. It leads off with questions for the Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District).

By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Correspondent SUN: The Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District is holding a board election this year. What will that look like?

RON LEaCH (fire chief): “It’s a five-person board, with three up for reelection to four year terms: Mike Kennedy, Gene Schilling and Mark Chain.”

SUN: Are any of them term limited?

LEaCH: “We had a special election for an exemption (several) years back, so there are no term limits.”

SUN: Will there be another fire district mill levy question on the ballot in November?

LEaCH: “Yes. We feel strongly that we don’t overspend out here. We really need this next election, or the community’s fire department is going to be devastated.”

SUN: What might the fire district do to have a positive outcome the next time around?

MIKE KENNEDy (fire district board member): “The biggest thing we heard from the voters was the need for a sunset. Typically, we’re well supported by the community and the taxpayers. People are tired of taxes. With the economy in the last five years, we understand that they’re hurting. Maybe it wasn’t as well explained as it needed to be.

We need to educate the community as to who we are and what we do. We provide the ambulance service, swiftwater rescue, and we’re the first responders in backcountry rescue. We made the miscalculation that people just knew that.”

SUN: How will the ballot question loss in November affect operations this year?

LEaCH: “We’re in survival mode. We lost 40 percent of our funding. All improvements have been put on hold. We take the wildfire problem very seriously here. We try to staff up in the summer time, and this year we won’t be able to. There’s more to it than just taxes. We see the consequences of inadequate funding.

(The years) 2012 and 2013 were the worst two wildfire years in Colorado history. There’s been thousands of acres and hundreds of homes burned. The more people move into the forest, the more houses and lives are at risk.”

The Carbondale Fire District’s first fire truck is on display at the fire station on Meadowood. The district is coping with a decrease in funding this year and expects to ask voters for a mill levy hike in November. Upcoming town issues include what to do with the former Gordon Cooper Library building. Photo by Lynn Burton they’re close by if there’s a fire. They’ve had some legitimate saves.”

LEaCH: “Our tactic is to jump on these fires when they’re small. Most people never know about all the fires we put out before they become a major problem.”

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“We feel strongly that we don’t overspend out here.

We really need this next election, or the community’s fire department is going to be devastated.”

SUN: So we’re probably not looking at a Fourth of July fireworks show this year?

LEaCH: “No, I think that’s a thing of the past. There are alternatives being talked about. You can get laser shows, but everything costs money. Right now, there are no definite plans for a replacement.”

SUN: Do you have any other options for combating the shortfall?

KENNEDy: “Grants will buy you things, but they won’t pay the paramedics, and they usually require you to match the money. We probably won’t be applying for any (grants) with the way things are now.”

SUN: Anything else you can do to combat wildfire with reduced personnel?

KENNEDy: “The last couple years we’ve run IA (Initial Attack) teams. If there’s lightning expected up Missouri Heights, they’re up there raising public awareness, and

SUN: How do you think last year’s public transit projects will affect the town? bERNOT: “Parking is an issue and RFTA’s looking at it, but it’s not just Carbondale’s park-n-ride, it’s pretty much all of ‘em. Even though we’ve had some bumps, the majority of people I’ve talked to when I’ve ridden it are really stoked on BRT.” Jay HaRRINGTON (town manager): “We’re trying to get them (RFTA) to explore the possibility of getting some smaller busses for the circulator loop, which would allow at least a modest expansion.”

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SUN: Are you discouraged or optimistic about the Surls Museum’s withdrawal?

HaRVEy: “I’m sorry that it went this way, it seems like a lost year, but I hope the Surls Museum still finds a place in town.” bERNOT: “I think in true Carbondale spirit, even since it pulled out, there’s been quite a bit of interest. I’m pretty excited to see what thing reemerge and others that we didn’t think about, or it wasn’t their time. But I see it as a really neat opportunity.”

HaRRINGTON: “You know, the library moved in July and we didn’t take possession until late September. I’d like to get it occupied, but it hasn’t been vacant that long, either.

On thing that hasn’t changed is that the town doesn’t have significant resources to invest in the building for major remodels or anything like that.”

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SUN: Do you feel any sense of economic competition between Carbondale and its neighbors?

GENE SCHILLING (police chief): “We lost three employees to Basalt. And their pay was significantly more than what we can offer them here. And so the trustees authorized the town to go ahead with a salary survey.”

HaRVEy: “They (Basalt) are developing very differently (from Carbondale). Basalt has some fairly aggressive development. Carbondale over the last 11 years has twice rejected a similar type of project, so I don’t know that there’s a competition. I think the community visions are a difference. You hear, ‘Carbondale’s broken,’ but I don’t think the community thinks that. I think the community thinks we have a great little town and a good place to live.

Willits has been a huge diversion of commercial energy. I think downtown Basalt’s feeling it harder than Carbondale but we’re feeling it, too. Certainly on a grocery end. I know City Market is down.”

••• SUN: The Thompson Divide issue has sort of gone underground this winter. Any developments there?

HaRRINGTON: “I’ve found it to be kind of a unifying issue in town, where folks that are usually on conflicting sides agree. In terms of recent developments, SG Interests just put in a request to extend a little further.

We’re going to be briefed on that on Feb. 11. It will most likely be all or partially in executive session.” aLLyN HaRVEy (town trustee): “This could be a very important year (for Thompson Divide) or another year we’re in limbo. A lot of that is out of the hands of the community and in the hands of the Bureau of Land Management.”

••• SUN: Anything you’re expecting to focus on in 2014?

SCHILLING: “One of our big pushes is going to be getting bicyclists to follow the rules of the road.”

SUN: Have you noticed any crime trends?

SCHILLING: “A lot of things go up and down. It seems like we’ll have a bunch of something, and then something happens. We catch ‘em. When we had that drug bust our car and house break-ins went to nothing. So it was down for a bit and now in the last few months it’s been back up again. A lot of things are like that.”

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Fire district announces 2013 honorees Sopris Sun Staff Report It doesn’t happen every year, but in 2013 the Carbondale Fire District presented its Life Saver award to six staff members whose response saved an individual’s life.

The district received a call of a gunshot victim in the trailer park at the intersection of Sopris Avenue and Snowmass Drive last summer. The responding crew was comprised of Dean Perkins, Bill Gavette, Garrett Kennedy, Ron Kroesen, Kai Kruse and Paul Herr.

The victim had been accidently shot by his roommate who fled the scene and was later apprehended.

“Their (the crew’s) rapid response and excellent care truly saved this person’s life,” said a fire district statement.

Other volunteers and staff members recognized during the district’s annual holiday party late last year were: • Firefighter of the year: Brandon Deter. “(He was a) huge help on the Red Canyon Fire,” the district said.

• EMT of the year: Logan Piccolo. “Besides his regular shifts, Logan has been her covering when we were busy or short too many times to count this year.”

• Rookie of the year: Sarah Maroney, “(she) has been doing regular shifts every week and does a great job in the back of the ambulance … she is going to have a great career here.”

• Most Valuable Player: Bill Shank, “Billy has been a part of CRFPD for 25 years. He does two shifts each week as an EMT. Great skills, great person … .”

• Most Calls: Matt Cole, “ … responded on over 250 calls this year. He is another one of the folks who shows up and really helps out where he is needed.”

• Training “Monster”: Brandon Deter, “ … has over 350 hours of training this year … became an EMT-B early in the year and is now in the EMT-intermediate course.”

• ambulance Driver of the year: Josh Greene, “ … is one of the best drivers … and makes sure the ambulances are safe and ready to go.”

• Leadership award: Ray Sauvey, “ … Ray has been an excellent leader for a long time … not only as a fire lieutenant but on the Membership Committee and the fire ground as well.”

• Most Improved: Matt Cole, “ … has come a long way in a short time … .”

• Safety award: Karen Tafejian, “ … is an institution at CRFPD. Once again this year she was heavily involved in training our new folks in how to safely and skillfully become firefighters. Karen has always been committed to the safety for everyone here and we are better for it for sure.”

• Ever Ready award: Ken Clark, “ … a mainstay at our Station 84 … Ken assures that the equipment is ready to go and that the station is taken care of each week.”

• Distinguished Service: Paul Luttrell, “This award comes from the volunteer membership. The members award this distinction to a staff member who they believe represents the best of who we are and what we do. … Paul has served his community through CRFPD for 35 years. He is authentic, compassionate and a treasure to each of us.”

years of Service recognition went to:

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10 years: Ed Ptacek, Roger McEachern, Tom Morelli, Rito Villela, Vonda Williams and Gary McElwee.

15 years: Allan Ingram, Kat Bernat and Lisa Wagner.

20 years: Kevin Greene, Jenny Cutright and Frank Nadell.

25 years: Will Handville and Bill Shank.

30 years: Mike Gilfry.

35 years: Paul Luttrell.

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Cop Shop The following events are drawn from incident reports of the Carbondale Police Department.

TUESDay Jan. 21 at 3:39 p.m. police responded to a four-car accident at the intersection of Dolores Way and Highway 133; they issued one citation for careless driving.

WEDNESDay Jan. 22 at 10:06 p.m. police contacted a pair of teenagers who were making out in Triangle Park and called their parents. (Editor’s note: Carbondale parks close at 10 p.m.)

FRIDay Jan. 24 at 12:02 a.m. police officers responded to a suspicious light outside a River Valley Ranch house.

They discovered it was an indicator light on an air conditioner.

TUESDay Jan. 28 at 2:48 a.m. a clerk at a convenience store called police when a man began to eat his food before it was paid for. The customer paid for the food before officers arrived.

Between the Thursday/Friday snowstorm and the Monday/Tuesday snowstorm the sun reappeared like a spotlight and lit up Carbondale. This scene was captured at Third and Sopris. For more snow pics, please visit the Sopris Sun website at soprissun.com. Photo by Lynn Burton

Looking for a place to spend Valentine's night?

Want to dance, eat great food from some of Carbondale's finest restaurants and have fun?

Please join us at the Sweetheart Dance/Benefit that is being held for longtime Carbondale resident, Renee Maggert.

Live music with "The Missing Link Band", dinner & a silent auction are included in the $35 per person price.

Advance tickets can be purchased at Alpine Bank in Carbondale/Glenwood Springs and also at the door.

Friday, February 14 6-10 pm at The Orchard, 110 Snowmass Drive, Carbondale

An account at Alpine Bank has been set up in case anyone would like to help Renee financially before or after the event. Just mention "Renee Maggert #5394".

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Scuttlebutt

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Elections … and they are off As of Wednesday afternoon, Katrina Byars, Wayne Horak, Frosty Merriott and A.J. Hobbs had taken out nomination petitions for the Carbondale Board of Trustees election in April.

Incumbent mayor Stacey Bernot took out a petition in the mayoral race. Nobody had returned a petition as of Wednesday.

Candidates must be a U.S. citizen, at least 18 years old and registered to vote, and have lived inside the town limits for at least a year. The deadline to return petitions is Feb. 20. The trustee seats that are up for election are Merriott’s, Elizabeth Murphy’s and John Foulkrod’s, who is term limited and cannot run. The election is a mail-in and ballots will be sent out on March 10.

Ballots can also be turned in at town hall from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on March 29 and from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on April 1.

TheaterMasters read RFHS plays

Sheahan steps down Patagonia CEO Casey Sheahan recently announced that Feb. 7 will be his last day on the job (although he probably didn’t put it quite the way). Sheahan has been commuting from Carbondale to the outdoor clothing company’s California headquarters in an airplane for the past eight years. Sheahan, 58, told an Aspen Times reporter he and his wife, Tara, have two grown sons. His plans include mountain biking in Utah, fishing for Atlantic salmon and hiking in the Jackson Hole area.

He also plans to continue speaking out against natural gas drilling activities on Thompson Divide west of Carbondale.

Recently, four actors from Aspen TheaterMasters read 10 minute plays submitted by Roaring Fork High School creative writing students Tessa Reynolds, Emily Henley and Elle Derby. Their plays were selected after a valley-wide review of dozens of plays submitted by surrounding high schools.

The deadline to enter the Paonia Film Festival’s shorts competition is Feb. 8. The entry fee is $50. The festival takes place April 24-26. For details, go to paoniafilmfestival.com.

What about Llewyn Davis?

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Hard-core folkies have been having fun trying to figure out who is who in the film “Inside Llewyn Davis.” They say the film, set in the pre-Dylan New York folk scene of the early 1960s, is loosely based on the experiences of Dave Von Ronk, although Von Ronk was more likely to offer a fellow singer a couch than sleep on someone else’s. Anyway, one hick-sounding character in an Army uniform plays “Last Thing on my Mind” for an unimpressed Davis. The song was written by Tom Paxton, who just happened to be in the Army at around that time, and was also from Oklahoma.

Later in the movie, a folk-music impresario declined to book Llewyn Davis in his club after a one-song audition because he didn’t see any money to be made, but did offer him a slot

The winner of The Sopris Sun’s Bicyclist of the Week award goes to the two fat-tire cyclists who were recently spotted pumping their pedals up Red Hill early one morning — in 6 degree temperatures. If you’d like to nominate someone for Bicyclist of the Week, send the name to news@soprissun.com.

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They say it’s your birthday Folks celebrating their birthday this week include: Gloria Miller and Shirley Hunt (Feb. 10); Georgia Chamberlain and Ann Goldberg (Feb. 11); Raleigh Burleigh, Dylan van Berlo, Gene Schilling, Celia Prieto, Alicia Salais, Colin Laird and David Hamilton (Feb. 12).

Jenny Nelson (above) snagged bib #1 and Russ Criswell (right) didn’t at the Mountain Sopris Nordic Council’s annual Ski for Sisu fund-raiser at Spring Gulch on Feb. 2.

A total of 125 skiers (up from last year) turned out to turn laps of 3, 10 and 12.5 kilometers. Proceeds go toward maintaining the Spring Gulch Nordic trail system west of town. Photos by Lynn Burton

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Kick the chemicals; eliminate toxins in the home Personal care and home cleaning products are poisoning our bodies and our water.

In 2002, a nationwide study revealed that 80 percent of streams tested were contaminated with man-made chemicals referred to as PPCPs (pharmaceuticals and personal care products as pollutants). These substances have proven to be toxic to aquatic life, and are responsible for the appearance of sixlegged frogs and fish with both male and female reproductive organs.

The chemicals come from our community wastewater. Wastewater treatment plants are designed to remove human and food waste, but they can’t remove chemicals from cleaning products, shampoos, soaps, cosmetics, toothpaste, etc. that are washed down our drains.

Some of the ingredients found in the products we use every day have been determined to cause cancer, reproductive damage, neurological problems, and asthma in humans. As a result, many of these toxins are banned in the European Union. But companies that make products for sale in the U.S. can use synthetic chemicals that are not subject to testing or approval by the Environmental Protection Agency or the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

In the last decade, citizen action groups have had some success inducing manufacturers to eliminate certain toxins from their products, but until some sort of regulation is enacted to protect our bodies and streams from harmful chemicals, it’s up to the consumer to make safe choices by knowing what to watch out for.

Toxic toothpaste Triclosan is an anti-bacterial ingredient found in toothpaste, liquid hand soap, detergent, baby wipes, and cleaning products.

Studies done in 2006 show that triclosan causes thyroid disruption in frogs, even in streams where levels of the chemical are low.

Triclosan has also been linked to health problems in humans.

But the greatest danger posed by America’s overuse of anti-bacterial soaps and other products containing triclosan, is that it’s resulted in the development of “super germs”

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that are resistant to disinfectants.

The American Medical Association issued an official recommendation against using anti-bacterial products in the home due to concern about resistant germs, and a Food and Drug Administration panel determined that households using anti-bacterial products are no healthier than those using soap and water or non-antibacterial cleaning products.

It’s not pretty The average American woman applies up to 515 chemicals to her hair and body in her daily grooming routine, including a particular group of man-made chemicals called phthalates. These synthetic substances are commonly found in cosmetics and products that include “fragrances” like shampoo, conditioner, hair gel, moisturizers, deodorants, perfume, cologne, aftershave, and detergents.

Phthalates are known hormone-disrupters that have been linked to human disorders like cancer, reproductive harm, neurological damage, ADHD, thyroid problems and asthma.

Phthalates in rivers, lakes and oceans also disrupt hormones in aquatic life, which causes growth and reproduction problems.

Contaminated fish and other water organisms can also affect species that feed on them, including humans.

Studies have shown that virtually everyone tested has phthalates in their body, including infants. Women have higher levels of phthalates due to their greater use of personal care products and cosmetics.

In 2002, The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, a national coalition led by the Breast Can-

cer Fund, Women’s Voices for the Earth, and Clean Water Action, issued a report that showed a majority of personal care products tested contain phthalates. Since then, some manufacturers such as Estée Lauder, L'Oréal, Revlon and Avon, have voluntarily removed some of these chemicals from their products.

Procter & Gamble has vowed to remove diethyl phthalate from all products by 2014 and Johnson & Johnson will eliminate all phthalates by 2015.

How do you know if your favorite products contain these particular toxic ingredients? The word “phthalate” won’t usually be on the label, so look for the abbreviations DBP (di-n-butyl phthalate), DEP (diethyl phthalate), DEHP (di-2-ethylhexylpthalate), DMP (dimethyl phthalate). When buying products, look for those that advertise “phthalate-free” and don’t buy items that contain the word “fragrance.”

Clean and dangerous Household cleaning products are notorious for containing dangerous chemicals, but even those you might think are harmless, really aren’t. Comet Disinfectant Cleanser Powder contains 146 different chemicals, including formaldehyde, benzene, chloroform and toluene which are known to cause cancer, asthma and reproductive disorders. Spic and Span Multi-Surface and Floor Cleaner has a chemical that disrupts the human hormone system and is toxic to aquatic life.

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Forget bleach, ammonia and triclosan, use vinegar, baking soda, and lemon juice to clean your house. There are plenty of instruction sites on the internet. Instead of slathering yourself head to toe with toxic phthalates, learn to make your own toothpaste, lip balm, lotion, shampoo, hair dye and more from websites like DIY Natural.

By eliminating toxic chemicals from our home, we can live healthier lives and help clean up the earth too.

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Other chemical culprits include oven cleaners, air-fresheners, bathroom cleaners, spray products, floor care, sunscreen, pesticide, pet care products and even baby items like bubble bath, lotion, shampoo and baby wipes.

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Community Calendar THURSDAY Feb. 6 GaRDENING LECTURE • The Basalt Regional Library presents “Starting Your Garden from Seedâ€? at 5:30 p.m. Info: the library’s website.

ROTaRy • The Mt. Sopris Rotary meets at Mi Casita at noon every Thursday.

FRIDAY Feb. 7 FIRST FRIDay • First Friday takes to the streets with the Fat Friday Mardi Gras parade down Main Street beginning at 4:30 p.m. Galleries and shops are open late. Info: 963-1890.

MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “Dallas Buyers Clubâ€? (R) at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 7-13 except 2 p.m (captioned) and 5 p.m. on Feb. 9, and “Inside Llewyn Davisâ€? (R) at 5:15 p.m. Feb. 8.

LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the old part of the Dinkel Building presents Maxwell Hughes at 8:30 p.m. Hughes was nominated for a Grammy as part of the Colorado-based Lumineers. He has three albums of original music and was named three times as the Best Instrumentalist at the FoCoMA awards. His inuences are Tommy Emmanuel, Kaki King, rap, and electronic and video game music. Info: 963-3304.

LIVE MUSIC • The Black Nugget on Main Street presents the Roosters (smokin’ hot blues and rock) at 9 p.m. No cover. aMERICaN LEGION • American Legion Post 100 on Third Street/Colorado Avenue celebrates First “Fatâ€? Friday with shrimp

To list your event, email information to news@soprissun.com. Deadline is noon on Monday. Events take place in Carbondale unless noted. For up-to-the-minute valley-wide event listings, check out the Community Calendar online at soprissun.com. View events online at soprissun.com/calendar.

and king cake at 5:30 p.m. The cost is $7.

THEaTRE • CMC Theatre presents the David Auburn play “Proofâ€? at the Spring Valley campus (between Glenwood Springs and Carbondale) at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults/$10 for others and can be reserved at 947-8177. The play continues Feb. 8 and 13-15 at 7:30 p.m., with a 2 p.m. matinee on Feb. 9 and 16.

SAT.-SUN. Feb. 8-9 SKI SPREE • Sunlight Mountain Resort holds its annual Ski Spree Saturday and Sunday. The USASA sanctioned Rail Jam starts at 11 a.m. on Saturday; the Need for Speed competition takes place at 11 a.m. on Sunday. Info: 945-7491.

SATURDAY Feb. 8 COUNTRy DaNCE • The Roaring Fork Social Dancers hold a “beginners basicsâ€? country dance workshop from 2 to 9 p.m. at the Third Street Center. The class is taught

by Lesly Adams, who is considered by many to be the best teacher on the Western Slope.

Info and to register: meetup.com/RFVDance/ or jaegl1@comcast.net.

QUaNTUM LEaDERSHIP • Gwen Garcelon (founder of HighLife Unlimited) presents a quantum leadership workshop from 9 a.m. to noon at the Third Street Center. It’s co-sponsored by the Roaring Fork Chapter of the Citizens Climate Lobby and Davi Nikent.

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POETRy SLaM • Students from middle and high schools throughout the Roaring Fork Valley will share their voices at the Third Street Center during “Youth Poetry Slamâ€? at 6:30 p.m. Arizona poets Logan Phillips and Myrlin Hepworth will MC. Judges will be chosen from the audience. The slam is presented by the Aspen Writers’ Foundation. Admission is free. Students who want to perform should arrive at 6 p.m. to register.

TUESDAY Feb. 11 TWO-STEP TUESDay • After a holiday hiatus, the Roaring Fork Social Dancers present Two-Step Tuesdays from 7:45 to 9:45 p.m. at the Third Street Center. There’ll be two-step, triple-step, cha cha, waltz and more.

Admission is $7 and partners or experience are not necessary. Info: jaegl1@comcast.net.Â

Further Out Thursday, Feb. 13

THE aRTIST bEaT • Selected Valley Visual Art Show artists will share tips for valentine making from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Third Street Center. Libations will be served. Info: carbondalearts.com or 963-1680.

TWILIGHT SNOWSHOEING • The Roaring Fork Conservancy goes snowshoeing at the Emma Open Space from 5 to 7 p.m. Terrain includes wetlands, snowy ďŹ elds and a deer/elk migration corridor. Meet at the Emma Schoolhouse parking lot. The guided tour is free but registration is required at roaringfork.org/events. Info: 927-12990.

POETRy JaM • The Aspen Writers’ Foundation presents “Aloud! The High Altitude Poetry Jam at Aspen’s Wheeler Opera House beginning at 6:30 p.m. The program includes Lemon Andersen from Brooklyn, Myrlin Hepworth and Logan Phillips from Arizona, and Youth Poetry Slam winners from local middle and high schools. Admission is free.

FRIDAY Feb. 14 V-Day DaNCE • The American Legion Women’s

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aSC • A Spiritual Center in the Third Street Center presents Sonny Conley at 10 a.m., followed by Jeanne Soulsby (“Way of the Spiritual Travelerâ€?) on Feb. 16 and Roxana Duval (“Native American Propheciesâ€?) on Feb. 23.

LIVE MUSIC • Rivers restaurant in Glenwood hosts open mic nights with Dan Rosenthal from 8 to 10 p.m. on Wednesdays. Info: 928-8813.

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LEARNING? MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOLKS

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH • 6:30 PM @ ROARING FORK HIGH SCHOOL Please join Jon Mann, Regional Director of Expeditionary Learning (EL), and Our Children, Our Schools in a community discussion to help Carbondale understand what EL schools are all about and how they support children’s engagement and achievement.

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Further Out from page 10 Auxiliary holds a Valentine Day dance at the legion hall on Third Street starting at 8 p.m. Rockin’ Rob with Boogie Down Light & Sound will provide the tunes. There’ll be complementary champagne and a rose for ladies, plus a chocolate fountain and dessert.

Tickets are $8 (singles) and $15 (couples). It’s open to the public. Info: 963-2381.

TRTC • Thunder River Theatre Company presents a free literary night titled “The Glories of Love” at 8 p.m. Love poetry from E.E. Cummings, Shakespeare, Pablo Neruda and others will be read, including blush-inspiring limericks and a few of the most scathing goodbye letters ever penned.

The TRTC cash bar will be open for your pleasure.

MaGGERT bENEFIT • A sweetheart dance/benefit for long-time Carbondale resident Renee Maggert will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. at The Orchard (110 Snowmass Drive). There’ll be live music with The Missing Link Band, a silent

Save the Date auction and dinner provided by Allegria Pasta Salad & Vino, Mi Casita, Moe’s Southwest Grill, Peppino’s Pizza, The Pour House (Midge’s chocolate cake), Village Smithy and White House Pizza.

Tickets are $35 at Alpine Bank in Carbondale and Glenwood Springs and at the door. Proceeds will help Maggert with on-going medical expenses after her COBRA insurance expired. “Please join us in helping this vivacious, beautiful lady who has helped so many within our community,” said co-organizer Kim Valesquez.

SUNDAY Feb. 16 GOOD EaTS • YouthEntity holds a culinary fund-raiser at Allegria restaurant on Main Street at 5:30 and 7:45 p.m. The menu includes panseared scallops, Chilean sea bass and desserts.

The price is $59.95 per person (beverages, tip and taxes excluded). Proceeds benefit YouthEntity’s ProStart culinary arts program. For reservations,

call 963-7316.

THURSDAY Feb. 20

LIGHT IT UP • The Light It Up Blue fund-raiser 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.

SUN CELEbRaTES • The Sopris Sun (Carbondale’s non-profit community newspaper) celebrates its fifth birthday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Pour House. Free appetizers and a cash bar. Everyone is invited so drop by and say hi.

WEDNESDAY Feb. 19

SPECIaL SCREENING • The Sopris Sun presents the Humphrey Bogart classic “Casablanca” at the Crystal Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 7:15 p.m. Fedoras and trench coats are encouraged. It’s a fund-raiser for Carbondale’s non-profit community newspaper. Tickets are regular priced; no passes. Info: 510-3003.

WaTER TaLK • The Carbondale Culture Club presents attorney Ken Ransford, who’ll talk about Colorado’s water supply plan and its firstever water supply plan process. The free talk takes place at noon at the Third Street Center.

Coming up on Feb. 26, the Carbondale Culture Club presents guitar maker Miles Phillips and classical guitarist Chris Phillips.

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I ♥ HEaRT WEEKEND • The Valley View Hospital Foundation presents its I ♥ Heart Weekend with participating Glenwood Springs restaurants Feb. 7-9. Proceeds go toward the hospital’s goal of raising $1.5 million for its new Cardiovascular Innovation & Research Institute, according to a press release. For details, call 384-6621.

LIbRaRy bOaRD MEETS • The Garfield County Library Board meets at the Carbondale Branch Library at 6 p.m. on Feb. 6. For ADA requests, call 625-4270 before the meeting.

UTILITy WORKSHOPS • CLEER and CORE host the 2014 Utility Rebate Workshops and

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Trade Shows at the Glenwood Springs Community Center at 8 a.m. on Feb. 13 and noon on Feb. 20. Speaker presentations on Feb. 13 take place from 8:30 to 10:45 a.m. and include representatives from Holy Cross Energy, Xcel Energy (the Commercial Refrigeration Efficiency Program), CLEAResult, SourceGas, MesaPoint Energy, city of Aspen Utilities, CORE/Energy Smart Colorado, and CLEER/Garfield Clean Energy/Glenwood Springs Electric. Vendors at the Feb. 13 trade show include: Airius AirPear, A&E Building Systems, Transformative Wave, Wilo Group, All-Phase Electric Supply Co., Brite Ideas Bulb Recycling, One Source Lighting, Eco Source,

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KOROLOGS SHOW • The Ann Korologos Gallery in Basalt continues “Photo Five” through Feb. 10. The show features photographers Michael Fain, Sandra Lee Kaplan, Tom C. Korologos, Kathryn Rabinow and Gayle Waterman. The gallery is located at 211 Midland Ave. Info: 927-9668.

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CHaRTER SCHOOL WEEK • Ross Montessori Charter School celebrates national School Choice Week with the film “Schools that Change Communities” at 5 p.m. on Feb. 7. For details call 963-7199.

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Fire district forming advisory board The Carbondale Fire District’s board of directors is taking applications from interested citizens to serve on its Advisory Task Force, according to a press release. The task force will meet monthly for the next ďŹ ve months to discuss and examine aspects of the Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District and formulate recommendations to submit to the board of directors. Topics will include the district’s ďŹ nancial planning process and public education program.

The deadline to apply is Feb. 21 at 4:30 p.m. Letters of interest can be e-mailed to cutright@carbondaleďŹ re.org or mailed to the Carbondale Fire District, attention Jenny Cutright, 300 Meadowood Dr., Carbondale, CO 81623.

For more information, call 963-2491.

On a related note The Carbondale Fire District Board of Directors holds its monthly meeting at the Meadowood ďŹ re station at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 12. The draft agenda includes discussion on the Advisory Task Force and reducing pay for board members. The ďŹ nal agenda is usually available on-line starting at carbondaleďŹ re.org the Friday before the monthly meeting.

Pajama Drive is under way The third annual Great Pajama Drive is accepting donations of children’s’ books and new pajamas in order to promote bedtime reading. Items can be dropped off through Feb. 14 in Carbondale at Children’s Rocky Mountain School, Alpine Bank, Carbondale Branch Library and Carbondale Community School; at Alpine Bank in Willits; in Basalt at Alpine Bank, the Basalt Library and Growing Years pre-school; and in Glenwood Springs at the library, Alpine Bank and other locations. The drive is organized by Children’s Rocky Mountain Preschool (CRMS) and the Family Visitor Program (FVP). For details, call 963-2524.

Roaring Fork High School students stepped into the Way Back machine and donned hippie garb during Spirit Week on Monday. Subsequent days were scheduled to include Formal Day, Ranch Day, Olympic Day and then Blue and Gold Day on Friday. Photo by Sue Rollyson

Expeditionary learning discussion slated Parents, teachers and community members are invited to a conversation about expeditionary learning at Roaring Fork High School at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 10. Regional director of the nation-wide Expeditionary Learning, Jon Mann, will lead the discussion. Our Children, Our Schools is sponsoring the event.

GarCo discusses CR106 The Garfield County Planning Commission discusses whether to vacate County Road 106 through the

Colorado Rocky Mountain School campus at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 12. The commission meets at the Garfield County administration building, located across the street from the county courthouse on Eighth Street in Glenwood Springs.

CCaH offers workshops The deadline to register for CCAH’s clay print workshop is Feb. 26; the workshop takes place March 1-2. Winter youth classes are also under way. For details, go to carbondalearts.com or call 963-1680.

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“Community conversation” on EL slated for RFHS

By Debbie Bruell Sopris Sun Correspondent Re-1 schools are now committed to providing “meaningful, engaging, experiential learning opportunities” and producing students who are “self-motivated, passionate and responsible for their own learning.” Many additional commitments are listed in the district’s new vision statement, which the school board approved unanimously last month (See www.rfsd.k12.co.us).

The new vision was distilled from a series of 16 “community engagement sessions,” which the district organized this past fall with over 960 parents, students, teachers and others from Carbondale, Basalt and Glenwood Springs.

Our Children, Our Schools (OCOS), a coalition of parents and community members who are exploring possibilities for Carbondale’s schools, is taking the new vision very seriously. As OCOS member Erin Rigney told The Sopris Sun, “The new vision shows that the district is now on board with a lot of the ideas our group has been talking about — making sure students are engaged and inspired and learning about things that matter to them. It’s time to think about how we can make sure those things are happening in our schools sooner rather than later.”

OCOS has organized the showing of various education-related videos this year with the goal of raising people’s awareness about innovative educational ideas and approaches.

OCOS’s next plan is to educate parents, teachers and others about the Expeditionary Learning (EL) approach to learning. OCOS will be bringing Jon Mann, the Mountain Region Director of EL, to Carbondale at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 10 to hold a “community conversation” at Roaring Fork High School. Mann told The Sun that his goal is

to help people understand EL’s beliefs about learning and the elements of EL schools that support student engagement and achievement.

“EL (Expeditionary Learning” is a teaching and learning model that complements our newly-created vision for RFSD’s future … .”

Angela Hanley Community conversation co-organizer

The Expeditionary Learning Network partners with school districts to create EL schools. The network currently partners with over 160 schools in 33 different states. As EL President Scott Hartl is quoted in the online journal truthAtlas, “To be human is to want to learn …

The question is: How can we make institutions less extinguishing of that intrinsic flame?”

According to their website, EL provides professional development and support along with other teaching resources in order to “build (teachers’) capacity to ignite each student’s motivation, persistence and compassion so they become active contributors to building a better world and succeed in school, college, career, and life.”

At EL schools, students engage in projects that are connected to the community in which they live; they work on solving complex, real-world problems; they work with

experts and conduct fieldwork outside the classroom; they present their final projects and findings to real audiences in the community. At EL schools, character development, leadership skill-development and meaningful service to one’s community are embedded in the school’s culture and curriculum.

EL first hit the Re-1 school district’s radar in 2011 when a group of parents met with the superintendent and board members to discuss the possibility of starting an EL charter school in Glenwood. Over a year later, and after an exploration phase with parents, teachers and the EL network, the school board voted to transform Glenwood Springs Elementary School into an EL school starting in the fall of 2013. Many people in Carbondale are now wondering whether this model might be a good fit for Carbondale schools as well.

As parent Angela Hanley, one of the organizers of next Monday’s event, told The Sun, “EL is a teaching and learning model that complements our newly-created vision for RFSD’s future, so we want to take some time to imagine what it might look like in Carbondale.”

Next steps:

Who: Jon Mann

What: Community conversation on Expeditionary Learning When: Feb. 10, 6:30 p.m.

Where: Roaring Fork High School

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First “Fat” Friday Mardi Gras parade returns

By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer

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by Sopris Liquor & Wine): The following is not a typo or really bad play on words: The second annual First “Fat” • The Main Street Gallery and the Framer opens a show of wildlife painter Daniel Friday Mardi Gras parade rolls down Main Street at 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 7.

Loge. His paintings have been featured on covers of Ducks Unlimited magazine three Most folks probably understand dates (Feb. 7), times and Wildfowl Art magazine once. He was times (4:30 p.m.), locations (Main Street) and know awarded the silver medal for Best in Show at the Colorado Ave. what a parade entails (in this case floats, paraders Philadelphia Wildlife Art Expo in 1993 and chosen and spectators). as the New York State Fair Wildlife Artist of the But “second annual First ‘Fat’ Friday?” How can Year in 1994 and 1998. He lives in Grand JuncJUDGING a “second” annual of anything also be a “first?” Betion and has taught at Mesa State College.

TENT cause it’s Carbondale, where this month’s First Fri• The “Happenings at the Weant” valentine art day takes on a Mardi Gras theme and instead of the show features area artists at 689 Main Street. The Ma Main St. traditional “Fat Tuesday” celebration we’re making hours are 4:30 to 8 p.m. on Feb. 7 and 9:30 a.m. it a “Fat Friday.” to 4 p.m. on Feb. 8. A portion of proceeds from And we’re kicking off the Mardi Gras season a sales goes to the Mount Sopris Historical Society. lot earlier, and with a little more snow, than such • The town will serve hot chocolate and also Garfield Ave. ignite a bonfire near the downtown ice rink starttowns as New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama.

Sopris Park ing at 4 p.m. The festive lights that hang above the Like most Mardi Gras parades, Carbondale has a rink will stay on until 9 p.m. Skate rentals are king and queen. Actually, we have two of each: Chris and Teri Chacos, and Art and Carolyn Ackerman. available at the recreation center ($3 for 24 hours) Euclid Ave. Judges? You want judges? How about Steve Skinuntil 9 p.m. ner, Amy Kimberly, Joe Marshall plus a not-yet-named • The 34th annual Valley Visual Art Show in town representative. They’ll station themselves with mithe Third Street Center is open for viewing from 6 crophones and ready quips under the Sopris Liquor & to 8 p.m.

Sopris Ave. Wine tent at the southwest corner of Fourth and Main; • The Carbondale Clay Center at the east end they will also award the winner with a coveted trophy. of Main Street opens “Matthew Eames: ConstrucThe First “Fat” Friday Mardi Gras parade route (indicated in solid purFloats and related entries? Fifteen and counting Criticism” from 6 to 8 p.m. Eames has had tive ple) starts at the corner of 2nd Street and Main Street and ends at the as of Wednesday afternoon (no word on whether any solo exhibitions and been included in group shows corner of Weant Boulevard and Main Street. The parade forms along horses, goats or llamas will clomp around on the around the country. He is currently the studio res2nd Street from Main Street to Sopris Drive starting at 3:30 p.m. (shown snowy Main Street, or whether one of those unicyident technician at the clay center. above in shaded purple). clists you see zipping around town in the summer • True Nature Healing Arts on Third Street ofwill demonstrate the newest accessory for that mode fers a gong and singing bowl meditation from 7:30 of transportation — a snow chain for his or her tire). The following is just a wild guess, to 9 p.m. Admission is $21. but don’t be surprised if one or more of those fat-tire bicyclists show what their ride can • Harmony Scott on Main Street is offering wearable art for Valentine’s Day. do — after all it’s “Fat Friday” and those folks handle their bikes pretty well.

• The Crystal Theatre presents “The Dallas Buyers Club” at 7:30 p.m.

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Re-Elect

FROSTY MERRIOTT Town Trustee So far we have: • Managed tight budgets during the economic downturn while providing necessary services and needed capital improvements • Increased energy efficiency and renewable energy as per Town Climate Plan goals • Initiated Highway 133 improvements with CDOT and Garfield County • Initiated rewrite of Land Use Code to improve process • Maintained focus on fun and healthy community which includes our very successful First Fridays • Maintained the Small Town Character that is so important to us all

EXPERIENCE WHERE IT COUNTS

If re-elected, I will work to: • Work with City Market to get new, state-of-the-art grocery store built without a PIF • Prevent drilling in Thompson Divide • Maintain Carbondale’s leadership role in energy efficiency and renewables • Support economic development with emphasis on a vibrant Downtown and a bustling 133 corridor • Maintain support for local nonprofit sector • Work to implement realistic education to teens regarding drug and alcohol dangers • Complete Land Use Code to clarify process and desired outcomes for sustainable development • Emphasize communication of Town events esp the 133 improvements project status • Continue to support affordable community housing and new possibilities • Think outside the box to keep our downtown open space and explore downtown parking

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VISIT BASALT & EL JEBEL At the confluence of Frying Pan and Roaring Fork Rivers

Free art talk Wyly Community Art Center presents a free art talk titled “Contemporary Printmaking” with Craig O’Brien from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Feb. 7. O’Brien (far left) has printed for such American masters as Rauschenberg, Johns, de Kooning and Warhol.

The Wyly is located in the old Basalt Library in downtown Basalt.

Courtesy photo

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Town Clerk Pam Schilling at 927-4701.

Candidate Nomination Petitions will be available beginning Monday, February 10.

To Vote by mail in the April 1, 2014 Basalt Municipal Election, you MUST apply for an Absentee Ballot with the Town Clerk, even if you have registered previously as a permanent mail-in voter.

On the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month, meet in an informal setting with Basalt Mayor Jacque Whitsitt for coffee and a chat.

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CLEER and CORE host events Sopris Sun Staff Report Building and energy efficiency contractors are invited to attend one of CLEER and CORE’s two combined utility rebate workshops and trade shows at the Glenwood Springs Community Center on Feb. 13 and in Basalt on Feb. 20. The workshops and trade shows are free, according to a press release.

The workshops will feature speakers from local electric and natural gas utilities and Energy Coaches from CORE and CLEER. The associated trade shows will feature energy efficiency products from a variety of suppliers in the region.

Contractors and other attendees will have time to browse the booths and network with suppliers.

“By getting up to date on available programs and products, contractors will be able to give their customers accurate information about the best energy efficiency upgrades to meet their needs, and advise them on rebates and loan options,” said a CORE spokesman.

The Feb. 13 workshop/trade show takes place from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Speaker presentations will be between 8:30 and 10:45 a.m. Presenters will include Holy Cross Energy, Xcel Energy and the Commercial Refrigeration Efficiency Program, CLEAResult, SourceGas, MesaPoint Energy, City of Aspen Utilities, CORE/Energy Smart Colorado, and CLEER/Garfield Clean Energy/Glenwood Springs Electric. Attendees are asked to register for the event at http://utility-workshop-gs.eventbrite.com. There will be a free light breakfast at 8 a.m.

The Feb. 20 workshop/trade show takes place from noon to 2:30 p.m. at the Basalt Library. Speaker presentations will take place from 12:30 to 2 p.m. There will be a free lunch buffet at noon The events are co-hosted by Garfield Clean Energy.

Vendors for the Feb. 13 trade show include Airius AirPear (destratification fans), A&E Building Systems, Transformative Wave (rooftop units “smarts in a box”), Wilo Group (efficient motors and pumps), All-Phase Electric Supply Co. (lighting), Brite Ideas Bulb Recycling, One Source Lighting, Eco Source (LED retrofit kits), FridgeWize, GreenTech Refrigeration, Xcel Energy Commercial Refrigeration Efficiency Program, Amatis Controls (monitoring and controls), and Refuel Colorado Fleets (CNG fleet conversions).

Vendors for the Feb. 20 trade show include All-Phase Electric Supply Co., Brite Ideas Bulb Recycling, Eco Source, FridgeWize, and GreenTech Refrigeration.

For more information, and information on how to become a sponsor or host a vendor booth, call Lucy Kessler at 963-1090 or Maisa Metcalf at 704-9200.

Ellen Strang Nieslanik shared thoughts about her uncle, Mike Strang, during a memorial service for him at the Orchard on Feb. 3. Family members and friends filled the auditorium for the 90-minute service. Strang, a well-known rancher, community member, businessman and former Congressman and state representative, died at age 84 on Jan. 12. Photo by Jane Bachrach

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White River Nunt’z booted to reservation in Utah (This is the final installment in a four part series about the Ute Indians in Western Colorado and the Meeker Massacre that led to some bands’ eviction to Utah).

By John Hoffmann Special to The Sopris Sun On Oct. 4, 1879, riding hard for three days from Los Pinos Agency south of Delta, a Maricat’z, Sapavanero (Ouray’s brother) and 14 southern chiefs brought a letter from Ouray telling the Nunt’z to stop hostilities. A second letter from Lost Pinos Indian Agent WM Stanley sent to the soldiers asking them to stop all hostilities was read by Nicaagat.

Many young men had died and were being covered by early snow. The heat had gone from the fight and a white flag was located and raised. Like magic the shooting stopped.

Soldiers that were crawling up the hill, with long rifles, stood and returned to the wagons. Joseph Brady, who had come with Sapavanero, rode down and delivered Stanley’s letter to Gen. Merritt, who grudgingly let the Ute go. One by one the warriors turned to leave, returning to their women and carniv (teepees), thinking they would head south to the land of the People.

It took the federal government 23 days to ransom the white women whom the Nünt’z kidnapped after the Meeker Massacre, and a year to hear the military tribunals in Los Pinos about the deaths at the agency and the incident at Milk River.

Though most of the elders present at the trials had been present at the conflicts, none

had been accused by the women hostages.

The tribunal demanded to have the accused brought in. Ouray, angered by the demand of Gen. Hatch and his suggestion of utter destruction of the Ute and forfeiture of treaty lands that came with it, declared himself an enemy of the whites and insisted that none of the accused would be tried in Colorado but would only submit to a trial in Washington, D.C. The tribunal acquiesced and in January of 1880 it loaded the group into wagons and headed east through Alamosa.

At Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Quinkent

and massacre was repeated again.

Congress sent a commission to Colorado to deal with the Utes definitively. By June 21, 1880, the commission had collected signatures from enough of the Colorado Indian bands on a treaty turning their land over to Washington, that the military could escort the People off their land forcefully. In the end it was the reality of force and death that guided the decision of the brave Nünt’z to leave the land they love.

Ouray led the surrender, understanding the inevitable cost and impossibility of re-

Looking back

The curse states that no person born in these valleys may leave permanently, unless a small amount of sand is collected from along the Gunnison and Colorado rivers. The sand alleviates the curse’s supernatural effects of an attraction by the valley’s soil to the native individual. (known as Douglas) was imprisoned. He was the only accused named by the hostages who had come to the tribunal. He had been inspired to help his people in the talks in Washington. The remainder went on to Washington for a congressional investigation, where the story of the Indian uprising

sistance; the People, in trust, followed his guidance. The surrender was an act that cost him his life. He died of sorrow on Aug. 28, 1880, filled with the loss of his beloved homeland. His People moved to the reservation of the Northern Ute near Split Mountain on the Green River, thinking of

themselves as White River Nünt’z.

Here in Carbondale we know of the Ute curse to remind us of the power and fairness of the Ute. The curse states that no person born in these valleys may leave permanently, unless a small amount of sand is collected from along the Gunnison and Colorado rivers. The sand alleviates the curse’s supernatural effects of an attraction by the valley’s soil to the native individual.

There is an ancient presence here of the culture that came before but no Nünt’z live here now. We only have a void stretching back 9,000 years according to an archeological find in Emma.

This is our time, our chance to touch history. There is a movement to dedicate and rename Bull Pasture Park to Nünt’z, to honor their love and touch upon the land.

The park would be landscaped in native perma-culture, planted with chokecherry, serviceberry, Yampa, rose, currant, pin cherry, wild plum, Oregon grape and thimbleberry. We can also atone by acknowledging the forced evacuation that validates our ownership. And we can accept the Nünt’z, banned in 1880, back to their home. In doing so we reclaim our humanity and the wholeness of ourselves. For information or to get a petition to pass around, contact Rita at Davinikent.com.

To read this four-part series in its entirety, please visit the Sopris Sun website at soprissun.com and refer to issues Jan. 9, Jan, 16 and Jan. 23.

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Advisory Task Force

Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District is seeking District residents to serve on an Advisory Task Force

THE TASK FORCE WILL: meet monthly for five months review the Fire Districts financial planning process review the Fire District’s public education program formulate recommendations for the Board of Directors

Interested District residents should submit a letter of interest to Jenny Cutright at cutright@carbondalefire.org or 300 Meadowood Dr, Carbondale by February 21, 2014 at 4:30 p.m.

For questions, please call Jenny Cutright at 970/963-2491 or go to www.carbondalefire.org

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Letters continued om page 2 let snow and large patches of ice pile up on their walks for three sunny weeks before this storm.

It’s cool that the town is avoiding any kind of hypocrisy charge here, but maybe it’s time to give warnings again to people who are so negligent that they make no effort whatsoever over three weeks of sunshine to even put a little bit of snowmelt on the ice rinks that are the public sidewalks outside their homes. It’s extremely lazy, lacks all sense of civic or personal pride and is inexcusable.

David Johnson Carbondale

angel Tree thanks Dear Editor: The fourth annual Angel Tree program was a great success again this year. More

than 1,000 children registered from Carbondale to Rie this Christmas. On behalf of the River Center of New Castle, thank you to the many volunteers that give their time and talents to make this happen.

Thank you to Karen Eden for leading the Carbondale area. The Mt. Sopris Rotary and the Carbondale Morning Rotary were also instrumental in their donations, collection and distribution. Thanks to Andrea Murr with The Pointe Church for leading the Glenwood Springs area, Heather Paulson with the River Center who led the New Castle/Silt area, and Elaine Cloninger with the ROC for leading the Rie area.

To our core volunteer group that gave so much: Deb Bonkiewicz, Laura Henderson, Brandi Smythe, Sarah Arrasmith, Mary Krauth, Erica Chamberlain. God

Bless you all.

Thanks to the businesses that helped register the children: Catholic Charities, Advocate Safe House, Colorado West Regional Mental Health in Glenwood and Rie, Family Visitor programs, Roaring Fork Family Resource, YouthZone and local schools. Thank you for taking time out of your day to help make this happen.

Thanks to the volunteers who helped with our distribution of angels, trees and gifts: Coal Ridge basketball team helped distribute the trees and angels in New Castle and Silt. Thank you to The Property Shop for helping with the distribution day at the River Center for New Castle/Silt area. Your help was greatly appreciated.

Thanks to the businesses and groups that give their continued support: New Castle Alpine Bank, New Castle City Mar-

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Earlier submittal is encouraged as the deadline will not permit curing an insufficient form. Affidavit of Intent To Be A Write-In-Candidate forms must be submitted to the office of the designated election official by the close of business on Monday, March 3, 2014 (the sixty-fourth day before the election).

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, an application for a mail-in ballot shall be filed with the designated elec-

tion official no later than the close of business on Friday, May 2, 2014, except that, if the applicant wishes to receive the mail-in ballot by mail, the application shall be filed no later than the close of business on Tuesday, April 29, 2014.

Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District Jennifer Cutright, Designated Election Official

Published in The Sopris Sun on February 6, 2014.

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