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Principals lay it out Helping create a vision for schools

By Debbie Bruell Sopris Sun Correspondent (EDiToR’S noTE: This is the first in a five part series).

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Mardi Gras marshmallows. Kids turned their marshmallows into flaming delights at Fat Friday on Feb. 1. The firstever Fat Friday packed downtown bars and restaurants after a parade that attract hundreds of Mardi Gras revelers. For more Fat Friday action, please turn to pages 3 and 5. Photo by Jane Bachrach

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he Roaring Fork School District has been experiencing significant changes at the top: Diana Sirko, hired this fall as interim superintendent, was recently offered a two-year contract as superintendent; and Rob Stein will be starting as assistant superintendent and chief academic officer in July. Stein was initially hired as superintendent last spring, then resigned after less than one month in his new position due to a family emergency.

Along with these changes in leadership, Sirko and the school board have decided it’s time to engage staff members, students, parents and other community members in a district visioning process.

Sirko told The Sun that the goal of this visioning process is for stakeholders in each community — anyone who is “invested in the future and wellbeing of our children and the future of the valley” — to work collaboratively to define what they believe would make an outstanding school district.

Sirko said she is open to the possibility of creating some common expectations for the district as a whole as well as some specific ideals that reflect the unique characteristics of each community. “I am anxious to have these conversations and gain a perspective on what people want for their children and our community,” she said.

In preparation for the district’s visioning process in Carbondale, which will address“what could be” in our schools, The Sopris Sun will be running a series of articles giving principals an opportunity to describe “what currently is” at their schools. (During interviews with principals, every principal noted widespread public misperceptions of their school).

Each principal was asked the same questions: How would you describe your school’s approach to learning? What are the key elements that make your school a great place for kids to learn? What is a dream you have for your school? What are some of the challenges facing your school?

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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.

Fat Friday: Fantastic Late last year, Murry and Dottie Daniels suggested that Carbondale put on a Mardi Gras-style parade. Terry Kirk took that idea to the First Friday Committee (a part of the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce).

Terry proposed that the First Friday in February be renamed Fat Friday and that we all work together to put on a great party: In the middle of winter, when there were no other major events with which to compete. It was a great idea. And, as everyone knows, Carbondale loves a party.

After much discussion, the First Friday Committee proposed that instead of spending its advertising dollars with media in other towns, Carbondale would see how well its own media could get the word out. The Sopris Sun and KDNK agreed to promote this event. And boy, did the word get out.

There is a lot of credit to go around to everyone who got behind this idea. Andrea Stewart at the Chamber got the parade permit and kept the event moving in the right direction. The town of Carbondale got the streets cleaned up and safe after last week’s snowstorm. More than 25 businesses and organizations prepared amazing floats for the parade.

The Sopris Sun published notices and stories for weeks in advance. KDNK aired promotions and broadcast the event live. GrassRoots TV filmed it. Gordon Cooper Library hosted an Okie camp, (see page 12) and marshmallow roast. The ice rink at the Fourth Street Plaza was still open to skaters.

And the people turned out.

As the parade slowly wound down Main Street, the sun was shining on Carbondale. It was only fitting that Murry and Dottie Daniels were the honorary King and Queen of the Fat Friday parade.

After the parade, the bars, restaurants and galleries filled with happy patrons.

Word has it that some businesses had one of their better First Friday nights. You only had to look at the crowds to see how successful this event was.

Let’s keep a good idea going and make this an annual Carbondale event.

Letters

The Sopris Sun welcomes your letters, limited to no more than 400 words. Letters exceeding that length may be edited or returned for revisions. Include your name and residence (for publication) and a contact email and phone number. Submit letters via email to letters@soprissun.com or via snail mail to P.O. Box 399, Carbondale, CO 81623. The deadline to submit letters to the editor is noon on Monday.

Thanks to all Dear Editor: On behalf of the First Fridays Committee, we’d like to thank everyone who made the first annual First Fat Friday parade a great success!

Thank you to our 24-plus parade participants and all of the spectators that lined Main Street. A special thanks goes out to the following people: the town of Carbondale for their efforts regarding the temporary street closure and parade safety; the First Fat Friday parade judges, Mayor Stacey Bernot, Board of Trustees member Frosty Merriott, Richard Fuller of Alpine Bank, and John Matchael of Crystal Glass Studio; the Pour House for allowing us to set up our judges station and announcer booth at their location; and all of our committee members and volunteers.

We’d also like to congratulate our parade King and Queen, Murry and Dottie Daniels, as well as our winners: Best Overall Float Entry — InterMountain Waste & Recycling, Runner Up: CCAH; Best Mardi GrasThemed Costume — Sopris Liquor & Wine; Most Mardi Gras Spirit — Crystal River Spas; Best Carbondale-twist of Mardi Gras — Gor-

don Cooper Library; and Best Effort/Thanks for Trying/Better Luck Next Year — KDNK. Thank you Western Slope Materials/Casey Concrete for creating the trophy, and PAC3 donating concert tickets to the winners.

Thank you to the Village Smithy for generously opening their doors after the parade for our committee gathering and their additional donation.

Last but not least, we’d like to thank our sponsorship partners, The Sopris Sun and KDNK for all of their efforts in additional promotion of our event.

The next First Friday committee meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 14, at 9:30 a.m. at the Third Street Center in the Calaway Room.

For more information about the First Friday Committee, contact Andrea at andrea@carbondale.com, and“like”First Fridays Carbondale on Facebook to stay in the loop.

Andrea Stewart (Carbondale Chamber Executive Director), and First Friday Committee volunteers: Jake Boyles (Crystal River Spas) Bryan Welker (The Agency Aspen)

A partial scoop on Whole Foods; is it really that good?

As we age we lose many things: our in- street — respectively.) nocence, our idealism, our car keys. There is What scares me is that the American way a beautifully simple sense of wonder and joy seems to be spreading, like a virus. This I-gotto life when we are young, but then it seems mine-and-it’s-not-my-problem-that-youto fade away as we become preoccupied with can’t-get-yours attitude is the New American work, money, appliances, etc. dream, the American Dream on steroids.

Where does it go?

When did it become a sign of weakness to inIs it a by-product of believvest in the outcome of others? ing in Prince Charming?

Do we always have to go overIs it a limited supply and so board, taking more than we we have to sacrifice ours in need and trying to dominate order for the next generation to everyone else? Let it go, man. have some?

As a society, we throw away I’ve come to accept that enough food to feed everyone there are some things in this life on the planet. But we don’t I cannot understand. Such as, feed them because of — as far why does Princess Kate spell as I can tell — fear of litigation her name with a K when her and an unwillingness to share. name is Catherine with a C? What are we, five?

By Jeannie Perry And “American Idol.” Is it At Whole Foods, unsold really our destiny to go down in history as a food is donated to local organizations like bunch of narcissistic talent show groupies?

Lift-Up, Feed My Sheep and the Pauline S. Sure, there have been some real American Schneegas Wildlife Foundation. And while idols in the past, a few come to mind: Clara I’m sure some still gets thrown into compost, Barton, Mark Twain, Willie Nelson, Julia a real effort is being made.

Louis-Dreyfus … but it can be argued that no Everyone keeps asking me if Whole other culture is as despotically callous in their Foods is really as good as its reputation proday-to-day living. Asians, Africans, Native claims (it has made Fortune’s 100 Best ComAmericans, Latinos, Pacific Islanders, they all panies to Work For every year for the last 15 take better care of each other. They seem to years.) I admit it is. It feels really good to have a basic understanding that the ‘tribe’ in- work for a company that constantly tries to cludes everyone and they live life accordingly, walk the talk, instead of just talking and talkmaking provisions for their young, their eld- ing while riding a flat escalator. It reminds me erly, their schizophrenic. We cast these peo- of the movie “Hancock,” in that “we can ple out into the world so that we can go back save the world; someone’s just got to go to work (to day care, nursing homes and the first,” — Ray Embrey.

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Sure, there are challenges, imperfections — no fairy tale is perfect. For instance, we’ll probably never have a union at Whole Foods because co-founder John Mackey compares them to having herpes: “It doesn’t kill you, but it’s unpleasant and inconvenient” (I love this guy!) Still, for an international corporation started by a white man, it’s pretty great.

I’ll tell you what I’ve gleaned to be the Whole Foods secret to success in the six months I’ve worked there: it really does make a difference when a company hires friendly people, and then fosters autonomy and sharing. And I’ll be the first to admit I’m not in the mood to disparage, not when the organic Kool-Aid tastes this good!

I love my job for many reasons: the people, the pb&js, and because I feel like I’m working for the good guys (Leia would never engage in public speaking for the Dark Side.) Anyone who knows me well knows that I am not what you would call a good morning person. I’m more of a“What’s so good about it!” — Walter-Matthau-in-Grumpy-Old-Men type person. But it’s the darndest thing, when I get to work (in the morning) it only takes one cup of coffee and a few interactions with my coworkers until I’m busy working away.And enjoying my work, in much the same way that the princess enjoys her menial tasks because they give her time to sing.

(Jeannie Perry has worked for Whole Foods since the opening of the Roaring Fork store last August and as of this printing still works there).

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CRES curriculum These articles will cover Crystal River Elementary School, Carbondale Middle School, Roaring Fork High School, Bridges High School and Carbondale Community School — the ďŹ ve schools in Carbondale that function under the Roaring Fork School District umbrella. (While CCS and Ross Montessori School are both charter schools, CCS is chartered through the school district, while RMS is chartered through the state.Therefore RMS is not under the umbrella of RFSD.)

CRES Karen Olson, principal of Crystal River Elementary School (CRES), describes four central elements that underlie success at her school: • Excellent teachers: According to Olson, “Hiring and retaining excellent teachers is absolutely key.â€? • High expectations: A central tenet of teachers’ work at CRES is that all kids can learn at high levels given enough time and great teachers. • Ensuring that kids are actively engaged in their learning, not passive participants. • Kids should have fun learning and teachers

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should have fun teaching. Olson explained that you can walk into any classroom at CRES and you won’t see kids sitting passively at their desks listening to the teacher.

Instead you’ll see kids who are “connected� to the lesson at hand: working through problems, comparing their solutions with others, engaged in discussions with partners or in small groups.

While Olson works hard at hiring and retaining excellent teachers, she points to the strong instructional models in each of the core areas (reading, writing, math), which enable her teachers to put the other key elements in place: maintaining high expectations of every student, ensuring that students are actively engaged and creating an atmosphere where teaching and learning are fun.

Instructional model The instructional model used for their reading/writing program is the Daily 5. “Daily 5â€? refers to the ďŹ ve essential tasks of reading/writing that each student learns how to complete every day. A Daily 5 classroom is structured such that students move through these different tasks, remaining engaged and productive

— working at their individual level of challenge yet also learning to work with peers — while the teacher is free to move around the classroom meeting with small groups or conferencing with individual students.

Olson explains that this model, which looks like “organized chaos,� empowers the kids to take charge of their own learning.

The instructional program used for math is called Investigations. Investigations focuses on problem-solving and helping kids gain a deep understanding of the concepts underlying mathematical calculations, rather than just having kids memorize the mechanics of how to solve different types of math problems. It helps kids understand that there are multiple ways to solve problems: why different strategies work and how different strategies are related to each other (e.g., that multiplication is really repeated addition).

Other highlights of CRES that Olson noted include: • Teachers work in grade-level teams, meeting multiple times every week, outlining what is essential for all the students to learn, and identifying students that need additional support or greater challenges.

• A strong PEAK program for academically advanced kids. • A strong Special Education program. • A high quality Specials program (music, art, physical education, library, technology) — including a climbing wall, cross-country skiing, musical performances in two languages and a Macintosh computer lab. • Forty-ďŹ ve minutes of second language instruction each day for almost every student (Spanish for English speakers and English for Spanish speakers). As Olson explains, “learning a second language builds the language center of the brain as well as compassion and empathy for others who are engaged in the challenging process of learning a second language.â€? • A very engaged parent community. Some Parent/Teacher Organization meetings have been attended by close to 100 parents, equally represented by both Anglo and Latino families. • A positive school culture. Olson noted that she is often struck by how kind and considerate kids are of each other, how welCRES page 9

Rivaling Potato Day, the ďŹ rst annual Fat Friday parade on Feb. 1 brought out a crowd of well over 1,000, which stretched from Second Street to Weant Boulevard. The Mardi Gras gods must have been smiling on Carbondale, because the afternoon was the warmest in weeks.

For parade results see the letter to the editor on page 2.

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Roaring Fork High School senior Trae Moxley signed a letter of intent to play football at Colorado State University on Monday.

During the signing ceremony at the school, athletic director Marty nieslanik said that only 1,600 athletes were awarded scholarships at Division i schools. Shown with Moxley is his nephew, Brayden Arbany.

And oh yea … Moxley’s mom, Kacy DiMarco, said he’s slated to play tight end, the same position he played at Roaring Fork. Photo

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Be Responsible!

Cop Shop The following events are drawn from incident reports of the C’dale Police Dept.

FRIDAY Feb. 1 At 7:29 p.m. a man called police to report someone called his cell phone wanting sex with his wife. The man told police the caller said he got the phone number from a business card handed out at a Basalt restaurant. Carbondale police handed off to Basalt police, who forwarded the incident to the Eagle County Sheriff’s Department.

SATURDAY Feb. 2 At 9:52 p.m. outside a downtown bar, police contacted a male who was in possession of less than an ounce of marijuana without a prescription card. Police confiscated the pot and glass pipe, which was to be booked as evidence and destroyed.

SUNDAY Feb. 3 At 12:49 a.m. a woman called 911 asking for a ride home from a bar. Police left a message on the woman’s phone, explaining they were busy and could not give her a ride home, that 911 is for emergencies and a ride home from a bar is not an emergency.

MONDAY Feb. 4 At 3:56 p.m. a resident called and said the mirrors had been knocked off three of her family’s vehicles.

LEGAL NOTICE COLORADO MOUNTAIN JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT - DISTRICT #1 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Colorado Mountain Junior College District (“College”) Board of Trustees (“Board”) will appoint one person to fill a vacancy on the Board, created by the resignation of the Board member representing College Board Member District #1. The Board membership to be filled is for District #1, which comprises all of the area within the legal boundaries of Pitkin County less that portion within Roaring Fork School District RE-1 Director District B, plus all the area within the legal boundaries of Roaring Fork School District RE-1 Director District A. The person to be appointed must be an eligible elector and must reside within District #1. The term to be filled expires in November 2013.

Any person interested in being considered for appointment, or desiring further information, should contact Julie Hanson, Beattie, Chadwick & Houpt, LLP, 932 Glenwood Springs, CO 81601, telephone (970) 945-8659 or jhanson@bch-law.com.

Applications for appointment should include a resume of relevant qualifications and experience, and a concise letter or statement of why the applicant wishes to serve on the Board.

Applications should be received by 5:00 p.m. on February 15, 2013.

The Board will consider all applications and make the appointment in public session at a Board meeting to be held on March 5, 2013.

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A BIG FAT FRIDAY!

It was also a BIG FAT FIRST FRIDAY last week as locals and visitors got creative and gave birth to an outrageous new winter event for Carbondale. Making art (see above photo) was exactly what folks did for the occasion.

From creating oats to designing and creating costumes, masks and wearable art, audience and parade participation reached new winter heights for our quirky, creative little town: a town with heart, a town with art!

Photos and text by Jane Bachrach

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Carbondale turns 125 years old Folks at the Mt. Sopris Historical Society will be coordinated Carbondale’s 125th birthday celebrations later in the year. Stay tuned.

RFHS speech students compete Roaring Fork High School students recently competed against 21 other schools in the Colorado State Speech Tournament and represented themselves very well. The results are as follows: Solo Acting: Emily Eason (second place), Alexa Maes (fourth); Dramatic Duet Acting: Emily Eason/Alexa Maes (third); Interpretation of Dramatic Prose: Victoria Schluter (third), Jackson Hardin (fifth); Impromptu Speaking: Emily Mata (fifth), Izzi Mata and Briana Boland (seventh, tie) and Jacob Besser (12th); Creative Storytelling: Emily Mata (seventh); One-on-One Value Debate: Izzi Mata (ninth), Emily Bruell/Briana Boland (superior rating), Jessica Hardin (excellence rating).

Also competing at state: Leah Allen, Mario Alverde and Justice Wolford (Creative Storytelling); Mario Alverde and Zamira Fuentes (Interpretation of Poetry).

KDNK’s Early Bird membership underway KDNK’s Early Bird membership drive goes through Feb. 18 and all those birds have an equal chance to win a weekend in Boulder. For details, go to kdnk.org. The regular-bird membership drive runs from Feb. 18-March. 1.

Engaged Rafael (Rafa) Mendez and Hanna Emily Farrar

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Farrar, to Rafael (Rafa) Mendez, son of Cristina and Hector Mendez of San Antonio, Texas. Hanna, a 2009 graduate of Dartmouth College, is presently a third-year medical student at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. Rafa, also a Dartmouth College graduate (2008), is a student at the Sturm College of Law at the University of Denver. A spring, 2014, wedding is planned.

Armentrout joins Green Line Architects Matt Armentrout has become the newest member of Green Line Architects. He holds a Masters of Architecture degree from the University of Nebraska (2011) and has a passion for modern and sustainable design that is not only attractive to the eye but is sensitive to its environment, according to a press release.

“These traits make him a great fit with Green Line’s design philosophy. Matt’s interest in the built environment started early for him as he drew crude floor plans and elevations as a child. By middle school he declared he would become an architect without really knowing what architecture was. As time and his education progressed, Matt became increasingly aware of what it means to be an architect, which has only fueled his desire in the pursuit,” the press release continued.

Outside of architecture Matt also enjoys mountain bike rides, falling down on his snowboard, making things with his hands, spending time with his dog Barley and painting.

They say it’s your birthday Folks celebrating their birthday the week of Feb. 7-13 include: Gloria Miller, and Shirley Hunt (Feb. 10); Georgia Chamberlain and Anne Goldberg (Feb. 11); and Raleigh Burleigh, Dylan Van Berlo, Gene Schilling, Celia Prieto, Alicia Salais and David Hamilton (Feb. 12).

Ram boys keep rolling; ranked No. 7 Sopris Sun Staff Report

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In the past two weeks of play, the boys and girls basThe Roaring Fork girls have lost their last two games, after ketball teams have maintained their league standing of coming off of two wins the week before. Against Coal Ridge, number one and four, respectively. The boys have contin- they were tied at halftime and the end of the third quarter, ued with a 12-game win streak, while the girls split the last and snuck out with a 59-57 victory. Maddie Nieslanik led all four match-ups. scorers with 16. Hattie Gianinetti colThe boys are on a roll, lected 14 rebounds, Megan Gianinetti racking up wins for the past had 10. eight straight weeks. In the The game in Cedaredge was also a past two weeks, they started nail biter and was tied at 16 at halfwith a win over Coal Ridge, time. Down a starter, (Megan Gian57-35. Israel Leyva had 16 inetti out with a knee injury) Shaeley points and the team had an Lough stepped up to the plate and put imposing 23 steals. up 16 points, including a huge threeOn the road in Cedaredge, pointer to tie the game with a minute the Rams defeated the Bruins left. The Rams ultimately won 38-35. in a closer game, 55-45. DakoLast weekend put a stick in the tah Grett led the way with 23 Rams spokes, as they suffered losses points. Tanner Nieslanik had against the only two teams they have five assists. previously lost to this season — Next, they hosted Grand Grand Valley and Olathe. Those two Valley, and comfortably sent teams proved they would be tough them on their way beating again. Grand Valley beat the Rams them 53-40. Finally, last Sat61-49 and Olathe won 52-46. With urday the Rams defeated just five games left in regular season, Olathe Pirates 64-37. the girls’ schedule consists only of Roaring Fork holds an 11-1 teams they have already defeated. record in league play. They They could gain a lot of momentum have also worked their way headed into playoffs. into seventh place in the state As for the Feb. 5 games against for 3A teams. However, they Aspen, the boys fell to the Skiers 56have an uphill battle to the Dakotah Grett drives the lane against Grand 54, while the girls won 64-23. end, still facing the top ranked Valley. The Rams conclude their season at home On Feb. 8, both teams travel to teams in the league right un- against Cedaredge at 7 p.m. on Feb. 22. Sue Gunnison. Girl’s play is at 5:30 p.m., derneath them.

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While sidewalk supervisors watch the new Carbondale library take shape on Sopris Avenue, two blocks to the north some folks are wondering what the town will do with the old one.

Several Google Groupers have ideas for the old library that range from using it in a land swap to making it home for a permanent swap meet. One Grouper even lobbed out a rumor that the 3,800 square foot building might be used to display a well-known local sculptor’s work.

In any case, the old library will be a main point of discussion when the Carbondale Board of Trustees talk about the building’s future at its meeting on Feb. 12.

One option is for the trustees to put out a RFP (request for proposals) for perspective tenants/users, said town manager Jay Harrington. Harrington also said that if the town trustees want to sell the building, the issue would likely be put to a vote of the people.

The Garfield County Library District, which is its own governmental entity and separate from the town of Carbondale, plans to move into the new library at Fourth and Sopris next August or September.

How did the town of Carbondale come to own the building in the first place? Harrington said the town owns the land upon which the library was built in the mid-1980s, and the district has paid a token lease fee for the property ever since.

As part of an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) between the town and library district, the town paid for up to $500,000 in right-of-way improvements.

Giving the town the building when construction of the new one is complete was part of the IGA.

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It’s time for the Carbondale Rotary spring grant cycle. Each year, the club awards grants to area nonprofit and human service organizations, using funds from our annual Happening dinner/dance and auction fundraiser. Last year, the club granted more than $44,000 to 25 different education, charity, health, community, culture and sports organizations. Grant applications can be found on the Carbondale Rotary website [www.rotarycarbondale.org]. The application deadline is March 8.

The Carbondale Rotary Club meets at 7 a.m. on Wednesdays at the Carbondale Firehouse.

Visitors are welcome to come enjoy our weekly program and learn about the wonderful work Rotary does in the community and around the world.

FEBRUARY SPEAKERS: Feb. 13 – Rotary Exchange student Pedro José Pesantez talks about his home country of Ecuador Feb. 20 – Herschel Ross, At the Movies Feb. 27 – Drought and Water Planning in Colorado March 6 – Club Assembly * For program suggestions, contact Ken Neubecker at eagleriver@sopris.net

SAVE THE DATE: This year’s Carbondale Rotary Happening will be Saturday, June 8, at the Orchard Gathering Place.

For membership and other Rotary club information, visit www.rotarycarbondale.org

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Community Calendar THURSDAY Feb. 7 LIVE MUSIC • PAC3 in the Third Street Center presents Royal Southern Brotherhood at 8 p.m. Info: pac3carbondale.com.

AWF • The Aspen Writers’ Foundation hosts award-winning novelist Téa Obreht at Paepcke Auditorium as part of its 16th annual Winter Words series. Info: 920-5770.

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

FRIDAY Feb. 8

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.

turns to the Third Street Center at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $8. Info: puragusta@hotmail.com. The dances are sponsored in part by the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities.

LUNAFEST RETURNS • The Advocate Safehouse Project presents the LUNFEST film festival at the Hotel Colorado in Glenwood at 7:30 p.m. Ticket outlets include the Blend in Carbondale. Info: lunafest.org.

SUNDAY Feb. 10

MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “Lincoln” (PG-13) at 7 p.m. Feb. 8-14; “Promised Land” (R) at 4:45 p.m. Feb. 9 and “Searching for Sugar Man” (PG-13) at 5 p.m. Feb. 10.

THE WHEELER • The Preservation Hall Band performs at the Wheeler Opera House. Tickets are $38. Info: 920-5770. Upcoming shows include Shawn Colvin (Feb. 15), Jerry Jeff Walker (Feb. 16), Kris Allen (Feb. 20) and the Temptations (March 3).

LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the old part of the Dinkel Building presents live music every Friday night.

WEDNESDAY Feb. 13

SATURDAY Feb. 9 CONTRA DANCE • Contra dancing re-

ROTARY • The Rotary Club of Carbondale meets at the firehouse at 7 a.m. every Wednesday. Info: Ken Neubecker at eagleriver@sopris.net.

Save the date SATURDAY Feb. 16

THURSDAY Feb. 14

COMMUNITY DANCE • Donations from One Billion Rising’s V-Day community dance go to the Advocate Safehouse Project. The dance takes place from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Third Street Center. For details, go to www.onebillionrising.org.

FRIDAY Feb. 15 LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the old part of the Dinkel Building presents the Oregonbased, New Orleans-schooled band Myshkin, and folk singer Michelle McAfee.

C-TOWN • KDNK’s annual C-Town talent show returns to PAC3 in the Third Street Center at 8 p.m. It’s free.

TUESDAY Feb. 26 AFRICAN DANCE • The Aspen Dance Connection presents Bao Bao African Drum and Dance at 7 p.m. at Roaring Fork High School.

Tickets are $15/$18 for adults and $5 for students (kids under five are free). They are available at Dos Gringos and Dancing Bear trading post in Glenwood Springs. Food and African wares will be offered at 6:30 p.m. Info: 927-0641.

Ongoing VVAH CONTINUES • The 33rd annual Valley Visual Art show continues at the Third Street Center and Bonfire Coffee through March 8.

More than 60 valley artists are included. Info: the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities at 963-1680.

her hometown. Info: thewhitedoggallery.com or 510-5391.

TALLMADGE CONTINUES • The Main Street Gallery presents Catherine Tallmadge through February. Raised in Carbondale, Tallmadge recently returned to the valley after living in Chicago for nine years where she graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago.

This collection of work features multi-media collages that draw their inspiration in the veneration of patron saints and other idols but with a whimsical application.

PILATES • Coredination offers group pilates classes in all ages for pilates. Info: movefromourcenter@gmail.com.

WHITE DOG SHOW • The new White Dog Gallery on Weant Boulevard presents New Orleans artist Dianne Parks, who paints scenes from

TNHA CLASSES • True Nature Healing Arts offers classes in chakras, metta, tantra, meditation with a sweat lodge and more. Info: 963-9900.

BIG READ FESTIVAL • As part of its Big Read, the Gordon Cooper Library shows Ken Burns’s newest documentary “The Dust Bowl” from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Thursdays.“The Grapes of Wrath” readers, history buffs, old-times and movie fans are welcome to share their memories of the Great Depression. Librarian Brenda Buchanan will also lead a discussion on John Steinbeck’s "The Grapes of Wrath" and the Great Depression.

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IMAGINE • River Bridge Regional Center presents IMAGINE, featuring a menu created by reality TV finalist Susie Jiminez, at the Orchard from 6 to 10 p.m. on Feb. 16. The menu includes: lamb meatballs with taziki sauce, tostaditas with chorizo beans and cucumber salsa, shrimp ceviche, pork dumplings with ginger sauce, tempura veggies, and chocolate fondue. Tickets are $45, which includes drinks. There’ll also be live music, dancing, a silent auction and raffle. Info: 945-5195.

Further Out

Sunday, February 10th 2-5pm / $35

with Jacoby Ballard

Join us in welcoming guest teacher Jacoby Ballard. In this workshop we will sit with the full contents of our hearts, and learn how to hold our relationships and ourselves with softness and openness. Workshop includes Metta meditation, asana, discussion, and journaling.

Space is limited, please pre-register by calling 970-963-9900.

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Carbondale Chamber Quarterly Luncheon Sponsored and Presented By:

The Carbondale Chamber Quarterly Luncheon is open to current and prospective Carbondale Chamber members.

Quarterly Luncheon Event Info Tuesday February 12, 2013 • 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Gathering Center at The Orchard 110 Snowmass Drive, Carbondale

Lunch Provided By:

Luncheon Presentation Topic: "The Power of Email & Social Marketing."

Presented by Casey McConnell, a Constant Contact Authorized Expert.

In just 1 short hour, this information packed seminar will show you how email & social marketing - the hands on, low cost marketing tools - can really help you drive your business success. Discover how communicating with your customers regularly can help you stay connected, and generate increased referrals, repeat sales, and unwavering customer loyalty.

You'll learn how to start and build a strong permission-based customer list... get your audience to open, read and act on your email messages... and use your past results to sharpen your email & social marketing program as you go along.

This practical seminar gives you a concise, but comprehensive overview of how easy it is to create and send professional-looking email newsletters and Social promotions.

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We'll kick off the event with a brief 2013 Carbondale Chamber Annual meeting.

Lunch will be provided by Gandhi, India's Cuisine.

Cost: $20 in advance, $30 day of event For more information and to register, contact the Carbondale Chamber at (970) 963-1890 or chamber@carbondale.com

CRES highlights continued om page 3 coming they are to visitors and how happy they seem to be there.

• A Mind Up program to incorporate more social/emotional aspects of learning.

Olson told The Sun that this program helps kids become more aware of their emotional responses to learning, such as feelings of frustration, and gives them tools to move through these kinds of emotional “road blocks.” Almost the entire CRES staff attended voluntary Mind Up training this fall.

Olson said that one of the biggest challenges facing CRES is helping second-language learner students and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds to reach high levels of academic achievement. Olson explains that many kids arrive at CRES with a lot of“catching up”to do, and that their TCAP scores don’t accurately reflect how far they’ve come and all the things they’ve gained at CRES. Olson’s dream for CRES is that all parents in Carbondale will get informed about what’s really going on at this school and realize what a fabulous option it is for their children.

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Third grader Kallan Meyer (left) and CRES Principal Karen olson after school on Monday.

Kallen was last seen doing cartwheels in the hall outside olson’s office. Photo by Lynn Burton

More information Daily schedule:

Reading/Writing – Three hours/day (two hours of Daily 5 plus one hour of Writer’s Workshop); Math – One hour/day; English as a Second Language or Spanish as a Second Language – 45 minutes/day; Specials (art, music, physical education or library/technology) – One hour/day; Science – Science is substituted in for Reading, Writing or Math time periodically.

Each grade level has a different schedule for substituting in science.

By the numbers:

Total number of students, kindergarten through fourth grade: 459; CRES also includes an early childhood program serving 75 kids each day; Student body is approximately 65 percent Latino, 35 percent Anglo, of which 53 are from low-income families (based on the percent that qualify for free/reduced-price lunch); Average class size: 19 – 22.

KDNK HITS PULLMAN FOR 30TH • As part of its 30th birthday celebration, community radio station KDNK offers a six-course dinner at the Pullman restaurant in Glenwood Springs at 7 p.m. on Feb. 21. Seating is limited and tickets are likely to quickly sell. The evening begins with cocktails, followed by: shaved fennel and arugula salad, parmesan, preserved lemon olive vinaigrette; white bean, apple and walnut soup, with apple celery root agro dolce; chilled grilled shrimp, gin cocktail sauce, pickled ginger/cucumber salad; red wine braised house-made pork sausage ricotta gnudi and roasted tomato sugo; poached pears, cinnamon biscuit and ginger ice cream. Each course will be paired with a Jack Rabbit Hill wine. Tickets are $88.10 each. For reservations, call 970-230-9234.

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Food for Fines in effect

Waldorf open house

Garfield County libraries bring back their Food for Fines program through February.

Bring non-perishable food items to any of the six branch libraries and receive credit on your library card account. All items donated will be given to the local Lift-Up.

The Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork holds a pre-school and kindergarten open house from 9:30 to 11:15 a.m. on Feb. 15. The school is located on the old Highway 82 frontage road, just upvalley from Catherine Store. For details, call 963-1960.

ACCESS Roaring Fork gears up

Disposable cup challenge concludes

Access Roaring Fork offers after-school programs beginning Feb. 11 for all local schools except Glenwood Springs, which starts on Feb. 19. For details, go to accessrf.org or call 963-4402.

Area coffee shops are competing to see which one can get customers to switch from disposable cups to reusable coffee cups. The contest is organized by Waste Free Roaring Fork, in cooperation with CORE and the city of Aspen, and concludes on Feb. 8. For details, go to wastefreeroaringfork.com.

Youth success symposium presented in Aspen The U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education for the Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Brenda Dann-Messier, will deliver the keynote address at the Aspen Community Foundation’s “Cradle to Career — Building Youth Success from Aspen to Parachute” seminar at the Doerr-Hosier Center on Feb. 15. The cost is $25, which includes breakfast and lunch. For details, go to aspencommunityfoundation.org.

REALTORS kick off scholarship drive The Glenwood Springs Association of REALTORS has kicked off its 2013 scholarship fund-raising program with a goal of $20,000. Raffle tickets are $20 and prizes include dinners, weekend getaways, sports events tickets, cash and more. For details, call Sherry Rubin at 704-3216.

Shopping | Dining | Culture | Recreation

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

Dance program slated for Basalt Regional Library on Feb. 12 Sopris Sun Staff Report Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Folklórico students, under the direction of Francisco Nevarez-Burgueno, will perform a free program at the Basalt Library at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 12 at 5:30 p.m. A reception with refreshments will follow the performance. Tickets will be available at the Basalt library front desk during regular library hours.

This event will be an informative and fun performance, highlighting the folkloric dance of many regions of Mexico,

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Nevarez-Burgueno will introduce each piece, providing background information and historical context. He leads free after-school classes at the Third Street Center in Carbondale and Basalt community, teaching 120 students aged 5-18 throughout the valley, from Aspen to Glenwood Springs.

ASFB founded Folklórico in 1998 with a goal of engaging the community with an arts outreach. Folklórico now directly impacts the lives of over 240 students in grades K-12

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in Basalt, Carbondale and Santa Fe public schools. The award-winning Folklórico ensemble performs regularly across the region.

“Folklórico transcends cultural barriers through the art of dance,”said a press release.“Folklórico teaches artistic excellence, promotes positive youth development and encourages the crossing of cultural boundaries by students and their families. It represents ASFB's firm commitment to engage and inspire new generations of creative thinkers and artists.”

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Taking the fast train through Carbondale: Part 1 (Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s note: This is the ďŹ rst of two columns.

The second column will run next week).

By Marice Doll Special to The Sopris Sun When the ďŹ rst trains chugged through town, they were headed either to Aspen for its rich mother-lode of silver ore, to Redstone for its huge supply of coal, to Marble for its stunningly pure white marble, or to Carbondale for its potatoes.

Although Carbondale missed out on the riches from the ore and mineral bonanzas, in an odd way, Carbondale was lucky because it also missed out on the stench of coal production, the landscape decimation of silver mining and the stream pollution from waste in marble mining.

Instead, with its ďŹ elds of potatoes and alfalfa in the vast valley in the shadow of Mt. Sopris, Carbondale was truly bucolic.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not to say the railroads themselves didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t crisscross through both sides of the valley creating spaghetti of rail lines. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even with three railroads passing through Carbondale on an almost daily basis, each vying to reach the richest mineral resources,â&#x20AC;? says Jan Girardot, founder of the Glenwood Railroad Museum says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Carbondale still wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t considered a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;railroad town.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; It was a junction.â&#x20AC;? Indeed, Carbondale could be said to steal a lot of its train history from other valley towns.

Carbondale So what is Carbondale considered in railroad history?

In the 1880s, Carbondale was best pictured as a sleepy farm hamlet with small frame and log homes and several two-story brick buildings in the center of town while the race for railway space circled the town, Girardot says.

The rail race began with the speculation of a huge silver boom in Aspen, challenging the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad (D&RG) and the Colorado Midland Railroad (the Midland) to be the ďŹ rst to reach the mineral rich area.

The Midland began in Colorado Springs, went up to Leadville, over Hagerman Pass through the Hagerman Tunnel (named for builder John James Hagerman) and down into Aspen Junction, arriving Oct. 27, 1887.

The D&RG started in Denver, went up to Leadville, then over Tennessee Pass and through Glenwood Canyon, reaching Aspen Junction on Nov. 2, 1887. Dick Helmke, Glenwood Railroad Museum curator, explained that The Midland built a railroad maintenance facility at Aspen Junction, which later grew up to become Basalt.

The third railroad, The Crystal River Railroad (CR RR) wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t part of the competition; it just carried, in its heyday, 5,000 tons of coal twice weekly out of Coal Basin down to Carbondale.

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The Carbondale Depot in 1940 with the Crystal River and San Juan (CR&SJ) no. 2 prepared to head back to Marble. By that time, CR&SJ has bought out the 33-mile track. From the oscar McCollum Collection.

Primed Carbondale was primed for the railroad business. When the D&RG, owned

by David H. Moffat, ďŹ rst started laying its railroad tracks in the Roaring Fork Valley, the ďŹ rst railroad map showed the only stop on the branch line to Aspen Junction was Satank.

Simultaneously, ofďŹ cials of the Colorado Coal and Iron Company (Colo. C&I Co., later Colo. F&I Co.) of Colorado Springs, owned by J.C. Osgood, were already planning to exploit the Thompson Creek coal ďŹ eld and to establish a large coking industry in the Roaring Fork Valley. They induced railroad ofďŹ cials to bypass Satank and build their station about

one mile further southeast at Carbondale, providing easier rail access to Thompson Creek Canyon.

Overnight, Carbondale became the railroad gateway with a rail yard already in its front yard and untold mineral wealth in its backyard. A group of town promoters formed the Carbondale Town and Land Company and as D&RG pulled into town, they had the town site surveyed and platted, complete with plans for saloons and hotels.

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today, making Osgoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exploration up the Crystal River Valley possible.

Osgood found high-grade coal deposits at Coal Basin and pure-white marble at Marble â&#x20AC;&#x201D; enormous deposits of each. So, more railroad companies appeared: Aspen & Western Railway (A&WR) and the Crystal River & San Juan (CR&SJ although it never made it to San Juan). Tracks were laid despite steep grades, hairpin switchbacks and winding loops.

The A&WR, with Henry Sprague as president, was incorporated in 1886 with its terminal in Carbondale and its destination Willow Peak on Thompson Creek. (Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the ďŹ rst actual railroad in Carbondale and the Crystal River Valley). A coup for its day was an agreement made with the D&RG: The D&RG would furnish all the steel rails, bolts and splices and the A&WR would furnish the iron bridges. The agreement even changed the name Rock River to Crystal River.

For development of the Crystal River Valley, the trackage for CR RR from Coal Basin to Carbondale had to be narrow gauge to accommodate the Coal Basin boxcars. From Carbondale, the tracks were standard gauge to accommodate D&RG and The Midland. Train ofďŹ cials solved the difference by building a third rail inside the standard gauge, allowing both narrow gauge and standard gauge use, as seen in most photographs.

The CR RR, owned by the Colo. F&I Co., began in 1893, using the old railroad bed constructed for the Elk Mountain Railroad, a railroad that never left the planning board. It connected with the CR&SJ at Placita (between what is now Redstone and the Marble turnoff), with the CR&SJ ďŹ nishing the journey to Marble. In 1922, CR&SJ made an agreement with D&RG to do maintenance on the line in exchange for a guarantee of moving 1,500 cars of marble each year.

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The GarďŹ eld County Library Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Big Read program concludes with a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grapes of Wrathâ&#x20AC;? jamboree at the Gordon Cooper Library on Feb. 24, but before that there are book discussions, a ďŹ lm festival and kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; activities.

Through February, the library invites folks to read and discuss John Steinbeckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Depression-era classic â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Grapes of Wrath.â&#x20AC;? Plenty of copies are available at all county libraries.

Upcoming events include: â&#x20AC;˘ Spanish language discussions at Gordon Cooper Library at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. Copies of the book in Spanish are available. For details, call Alejandra at 963-2889. â&#x20AC;˘ Kids ages 6-12 are invited to the library at 4 p.m. on Feb. 19 for singing and an interactive performance featuring Youth Services Librarian Sue Schnitzer. â&#x20AC;˘ Middle school kids are invited to a discussion of Karen Hesseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Out of the Dustâ&#x20AC;? at 12:30 p.m. on Feb. 19.

â&#x20AC;˘ The Big Read Film Festival features sections of Ken Burnsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s documentaryâ&#x20AC;&#x153;The Dust Bowlâ&#x20AC;? and the 1940s ďŹ lm â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Grapes of Wrathâ&#x20AC;? from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 7, 14, 21 and 28. Librarian Brenda Buchanan will lead a discussion onâ&#x20AC;&#x153;The Grapes of Wrathâ&#x20AC;? and the Great Depression. â&#x20AC;˘ The jamboree takes place at the Third Street Center at 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 24. For this event, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be free soup from the organic garden and kitchen of CRMS, and bread fresh out of the Carbondale Community Oven. The jamboree features students from the Roaring Fork High School choral class; guitar students from Glenwood Springs High School; the Zingers; Slide Whistle; the libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pied Piper, Sue Schnitzer; students from the RFHS Grapes of Wrath Book Club; and Jack Green as Casey, the preacher from â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Grapes of Wrath.â&#x20AC;?Topping off the afternoon thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be local square dancers do-si-doing! The program is free and sponsored by the Gordon Cooper Branch Library, CCAH, The Carbondale Community Bread Oven, and CRMS. Feel free to wear your overalls.

Garfield County Humanitarian Service Awards

CALL for NOMINATIONS Honoring those who give their time and efforts to residents of Garfield County Nominations due Friday, February 8 Please submit a nomination form and at least three support letters that convey your nomineeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dedication to humanitarian efforts.

Nomination form and rules available online: www.garfield-county.com or call (970) 309-6036 for forms by mail and information

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