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Sunny Yeti handed out goodiess at the annual Mardi Gras themed First Friday on Feb. 2 before heading back to Sunlight Mountain Resort over the weekend for Ski Spree. This Fat Friday featured a more robust parade than last year, with the Town of Carbondale Recreation Department winning the float category. If you missed it, don't worry.

Mardi Gras proper isn't until Feb. 13, so you might still have time for a road trip to New Orleans.

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Plastic polka dotted planet The problem showed up first in my chicken coop. With all the enough to deal with it. So why do we allow anyone to plaster neighbors donating food wastes to my chickens, the little plastic la- every piece of produce we purchase with plastic pollutants? bels on the inedible fruit rinds began accumulating. As more of These little plastic labels are small enough that no one seems to this inedible material worked through my compost piles, my veg- recognize them as litter. It’s as bad as the old days when people felt etable garden also became speckled with little the plastic labels, free to flip cigarette butts and pop tops onto the ground, except many boasting “certified organic”. that now days this plastic is being littered by even the Having expanded what was then my commercial most conscientious, environmentally oriented crowds. compost operation, Cacaloco Compost, to include As a part time employee picking up curbside ormore food wastes, my compost, my livelihood, also ganic wastes for the wonderful folks with Evergreen began to look trashy with tiny plastic spots. These laZero Waste, a local social enterprise, I can attest that bels are just too small to screen out of finished comthese labels are the most common contaminant in post. It was time to take action. food wastes. A single shovelful of any food waste Starting with what I assume to be our nation’s compost will include several of these labels. largest provider of organic produce, thinking that As a seasonal horseback guide (mules in my such a progressive, organic grocery would want to case), hunting guide, and one that also spends most of champion the noble cause of eliminating this unnecmy free time in the woods, I find these little plastic essary source of plastic pollution, I could find no one stickers everywhere, from the tops of our highest

By Jim Duke peaks willing to acknowledge these labels to be a problem. to our desert canyons, and on the most remote I had the same result with other grocery chains. It’s wilderness trails. another good reason to support farmers markets, but they’re not Sure, this might not be the biggest environmental crisis on earth, always an option. but it’s probably the simplest one to remedy. Rather than trying Everyone knows that microplastics have become a huge prob- to train the whole world to recognize these labels as litter, why not lem in every ecosystem in the world. What could possibly be more just eliminate this problem at the source? Whatever happened to prone to enter the food chain than little bite sized morsels of plas- the purple vegetable dye “Sunkist” stamps on orange peels? At tic that, due to the absorptive and off gassing properties of plastic, least Chiquita Bananas use paper stickers instead of plastic. Don’t continue to smell like food for extended periods of time. they now make six pack holders that are safely edible for sea turWhat happens to the labels my chickens eat? Their gizzards tles and such? There must be some fairly simple solutions to this grind it very finely. Does it end up in their meat? Their eggs? In my big problem of little litter. vegetables fertilized with their wastes? Or just in my beautiful If anyone else sees this to be a problem, rally your friends and soil? I don’t know the science, but I assume that most folks would neighbors. Talk to your grocers. We need to get the attention of rather not have this plastic garbage anywhere near any of our those with the power to change this system. foods. Even if it were just a matter of aesthetics, that’s still reason

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Hunter for Camp Hale Dear Editor: Recently, Senator Bennett and Representative Polis introduced the Continental Divide Recreation, Wilderness and Camp Hale Legacy Act, offering some legislation that our fractured Congress can come together to act on.

This act adds 98,621 acres of wilderness, special management and recreation areas to Summit and Eagle Counties, creating two much needed Wildlife Conservation areas, and as well as two new Recreation Management areas. The last two are a novel setup to include the use of mechanized transport (mountain bikes). It will codify protections for the Camp Hale historic area, a bipartisan goal that has existed for decades.

This legislation is supported by a wide coalition of the local governments and boots (or tires)-on-the-ground organizations. The surrounding communities’ economies depend on the wide variety of recreation opportunities these lands provide, and this legislation protects those opportunities in perpetuity. Hikers, skiers, hunters, anglers, mountain bikers, tourists, and bird and game watchers all benefit. The local communities will enjoy a major sustainable economic resource.

As a hunter and angler, I endorse this legislation and encourage our elected officials to pass this act. It will benefit not only us human recreationists, but also big game and other wildlife will gain more protected areas in which to live and rear their young, free from intrusion.

Bob Shettel Carbondale

Orange?

Dear Editor: In recent letters, John Hoffmann referred to Donald Trump as “an orange wrecking ball” and “the Orange One.” Can Mr. Hoffmann explain his use of the term “orange?”

Stan Badgett Carbondale

Where have all the venues gone?

Dear Editor: On January 28, I thoroughly enjoyed an evening of straight jazz with Walt Smith at the new venue The Temporary in Willits.

Walt is an old (90 years) friend. I talked to him before the show and he's on oxygen, but fully cogent and can still lay down some mean licks on the keyboards.

The place was packed, people standing

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in the back and along the walls. It was mostly baby boomers who remember when Walt was a regular on the valley music scene.

The Temporary is a welcome addition to the that scene. What other music venues are there? We're lucky in Carbondale to have Steve's Guitars, Marble Distillery, and Beer Works.

There's Belly Up in Aspen, Heather's in Basalt, Rivers in Glenwood Springs, and that's about it. Gone are Stagecoach, Tippler, The Pub, Chisholm's, Jake's Abbey, Epicurean, Ratso's, Mother O'Leary's, Sopris, and Buffalo Valley. You could hear great live music every night.

What's happened is the current generation is plugged into their headphones. Why go out and spend money when you can crash in your pad, blow a joint, and groove on the tunes?

You’re missing out, youngsters. There's nothing like being point blank right in front of the music, talking to the performers, and making requests.

The scuttlebutt is Walt Smith will be back at The Temporary April 8. Let's see a younger crowd this time.

Fred Malo Jr. Carbondale

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Ron Leach’s Legacy 40 years of Carbondale firefighting

By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Staff

In Ron Leach’s opinion, his 40-year career with the Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District isn’t about him.

“I want my legacy to be about the people I worked with,” he told The Sun on Feb. 4 — his official last day at the helm after 36 years as chief. He had plenty of names to cite: Darien, Nieslanik, Perry, Turnbull, Thompson, Ferguson, Cerise, McShane, Bush, Busby, Soucie, Mick, Gavette, Katz, Luttrell, Nuckols and others.

“Those are the people that built this place,” Leach said.

“It’s their shoulders we’re standing on.”

Setting the scene

To even begin to grasp the arc of his career, one ought to start with a vision of Carbondale as it was when Leach arrived here from southern California in 1972.

“It was like a Norman Rockwell painting or something,” he said. “I’d never seen anything like it.”

The streets were dirt, the elementary school just the Round Room section of the current Third Street Center and the handful of businesses along Main Street were humble: the original Black Nugget, T-Jo’s, Kenny’s Pharmacy, Marie’s Bakery, Larry’s Little Super — which was left open overnight with a cigar box to pay in case someone needed something. The town’s part time police officer spent most of his days repairing cars at Barry’s Garage. Leach was here for the burgeoning construction trade.

“Aspen was really just coming on the scene as a ski resort and they were building thousands of condominiums there and in Snowmass,” he said. More of a surfer, he nevertheless bought a four month unlimited pass for $150.

By far the biggest employer was Mid-Continent Coal and Coke, which operated out of Coal Basin.

“Everybody in this town worked for the coal company in one way or another, it seemed like,” he said. “Those coal trucks hauled for Mid-Continent to the loadout 24/7/365.

They would fill 100 box cars twice a week.”

But a demographic shift had begun.

“Intermixing with the cowboys and coal miners were these young blue collar workers from places like Chicago, California and New England,” he said.

The fire department reflected the town. When dispatch would get a call, they’d trigger a large siren outside the Near New. The first responder to the station in what’s now the KDNK building would turn off the siren, call in for the details and write them up on a big chalkboard before heading out. It was an all volunteer affair — leading to shortages during the day or when everyone was at the bar Friday night — but by 1980 that needed to change. Having started volunteering three years earlier, he found himself in the right place at the right time to take on the almost-new role of paid chief.

“I had a sense of organization and business and probably some rudimentary leadership skills,” he reflected. “I didn’t know if it would last 6 months, let alone 37 years.”

Bad days

On April 15, 1981, a year after Leach became chief, an explosion rocked Mid Continent’s Dutch Creek No. 1 Mine — an event he characterizes as “the biggest, most important incident in the town’s history.”

The company was actually having a union meeting at the firehouse, so everyone got the news at the same time.

Crews mobilized and quickly had the injured on their way to the hospital, but soon Leach and his fellows found themselves waiting just like everyone else as hope shriveled for the others.

Mine rescue teams from around the state and beyond worked for days to reach the 15 unaccounted for miners.

“It was an excruciatingly slow process and everyone was waiting,” he said.

When word came that there were no survivors, “the

whole town shut down. The schools closed. Nobody went to work. It was quiet for months… Those were our friends, our fathers and our sons.”

That proved to be the case even when the disaster was down the road. Local fire departments have a long history of mutual aid, and when an explosion collapsed the Rocky Mountain Natural Gas building in Glenwood Springs on Dec. 16, 1985, Carbondale Fire not only responded — it had a man in the rubble. As crews cut their way through rebar and concrete, the survivors were trapped between the residual flames and the firefighters efforts to put it out with frigid water on an already cold day.

“It all came down kinda like a house of cards and many people were trapped,” Leach recalled. “We had never contemplated that type of rescue, but Jim Mason was a great incident commander and many lives were saved.”

Then there was the South Canyon Fire, which blew up on July 6, 1994. It had started a few days earlier as a one-tree affair and been mostly ignored in favor of more pressing needs. By the time a cold front came through and the wind came up, however, around 50 firefighters were in harm’s way. They ran for the ridge, but not all of them made it.

“We heard on the radio that there had been shelter deployments,” Leach said. “That’s unusual and that’s bad.”

As the injured began to make their way out to Interstate 70, crews from all over came to help. By the time the media showed up and the governor was on route, they had a good idea that 14 people had succumbed to the flames.

“It affects you deeply when a fellow firefighter gets killed. Most of them were kids in a summer job, and they “There was no one to blame. We took it seriously and we learned from it.”

Better days Not every big call ended in tragedy. In June 1983, a fuel

Above: Ron Leach may not be chief anymore, but you'll still see him around the station. Photo by Rebecca Young Left: The Conoco Bulk Plant fire as seen from the Dinkel Building. Valley Journal file photo by Bob Ezra Right: The Carbondale ambulance crew in 1981 Valley Journal file photo by Patti Barry Levy

delivery went awry at a Conoco-owned storage facility which occupied the lot now used for Christmas tree and leaf collection. A hose failed, and a stream of gas spewed out and caught fire from the pilot light of a furnace in the building’s office. Thousands of gallons of gasoline and diesel were about to go up.

“The Carbondale Fire Department came of age that day,” Leach said. “If the tanks would have exploded, the burning gas and diesel would have gone all over and burned down downtown. It would have been in the history books.”

Fortuitously, several firefighters had just been through a course at Texas A&M Universit.

“We learned these skills down in Texas, and all of the sudden there was this scenario just like what we’d been trained on,” Leach said. It saved our lives and that of many residents.”

They also had a lot of help from the police department and even civilians like H.P. Hansen, who organized an evacuation, while a news crew who happened to be in town filmed it all. It was a two hour fight to reach the shut off valves, then two more to get everything fully doused.

Another source of pride for Leach is the Pearlington Project, which the fire department helped coordinate in 2005 following Hurricane Katrina. The actual impetus came from regular citizens who wanted “a community to community connection.” Pretty soon, a steady stream of trailers was headed to Pearlington, Mississippi with supplies.

“All of the relief was going to New Orleans and there were hundreds of little burgs getting bypassed,” Leach explained. “These people had lost everything, so a good tent RON LEACH page 15

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Scuttlebutt Swept to victory We’re told the team name for the 2018 Carbondale Recreation Broomball champions isn’t suitable for print, but we thought we’d let you know that Jonathan Snodgrass, Eric Whiting, Hattie Johnson, Thomas Fagan, Meghan Detering, Nic DeGross, Katie Hyman, Jessi Rochel, Jason Hodges, Gage Reese, and Will Tempest were victorious in the double elimination tournament on Jan. 31.

The people have spoken Since the show’s opening reception on Jan. 12, visitors to the Valley Visual Art Show have been invited to vote for their favorite artwork, and the results are in.

Chet Haring’s “Untitled” Yule marble sculpture won first place, receiving nearly 10 percent of the votes cast. Dave Notor placed second with his oil on panel work, “Morning Frost.” The exhibition will be up through Feb. 16.

Stellar students Our recent list of local college students making the dean’s list apparently barely scratched the surface. Ariel Murphy, Victoria Schlueter, Nikole Simecek and Kaleigh Dixson all earned the

The Sopris Sun presents another

Send your scuttlebutt to news@soprissun.com. featured on national TV and radio news program Democracy Now! recently. The exclusive interview with Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!, was scheduled while Goodman visited Basalt to speak at a fundraiser for community radio station KDNK. You can listen to the 25-minute segment at https://tinyurl.com/yaaxavyp.

honor at Fort Lewis, while Kyle Bruna made the list at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Furthermore, Wilfredo Salamanca just completed an internship with Rosene Pickhinke Peters & Co over Buena Vista University's January Interim.

Helping hands Carbondale Rotary and the Montrose-based PNG Tribal Foundation recently teamed up to deliver medical supplies to a hospital in Papua, New Guinea. The 40 foot container containing more than $400,000 worth of donations went to Modilon Hospital in the town of Madang — one of only a handful of regional hospitals in the country and serves a population of more than 500,000 people. Last year the hospital was forced to scale back operations due to cuts to the country’s national budget and supplies have become dangerously low. Said Dr. Vincent Atua, “This assistance is very timely especially in the harsh economic climate the country is in.”

Clear leadership Garfield Clean Energy was one of eight community efforts recognized recently at the Colorado Communities Symposium for its

Playing with history

The kids of Cirque d'Sopris had a chance to practice in costume in advance of performances at 6 p.m. Feb. 10 and 1 p.m. Feb. 11 at the Third Street Center. A partnership between Stage of Life and Carbondale Arts, the Narina-themed show is $15 for adults and $5 for youth and will feature dance, aerial silks by the students of Sopris Soarers, martial arts by the students of Rising Crane, and fashion designs by the Carbondale Arts Youth Sewing Class. Photo by Will Grandbois clean energy leadership. The organization recieved praise for its innovative use of energy efficiency, renewable energy and alternative transportation fuels to drive economic development. Also recognized was CLEER, which manages GCE’s programs and services. Incidentally, the organi-

Classic Movie Night

zation’s winter bike to work day is Feb. 9. Stop by the Carbondale Park & Ride from 6:30 to 9 a.m. for a hot beverage and donuts.

On the air Sandra Lopez, an immigrant leader who has been in Sanctuary in Carbondale for 3 months, was

Connect

Waldorf School fourth graders recently put on an original musical play exploring some of the area’s early history through the story of a lost miner who saves Mr. Thompson from a band of wild west cattle rustlers. Teacher Diana Beatz wrote the play, and we’ve heard rumors that a public performance may be in the works.

They say it’s your birthday Folks celebrating another year of life this week include: Sara McAllister (Feb. 10); Sydney Courier McBrayer, Linda Criswell, Georgia Chamberlain, and Anne Goldberg (Feb. 11); Raleigh Burleigh, Faith Magill, Gene Schilling and Sam Hayes, (Feb. 12). Furthermore, The Sopris Sun itself turns 9 with this edition.

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Roaring Fork renaissance girl in the running for Daniels scholarship

By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Staff Roaring Fork High School senior Emily Johnson has so many passions and talents, it’s hard to find a subject that doesn’t interest her.

“I’m really into trying everything,” she said. “I don’t ever want to stop learning.”

She’s into science, reading, writing, art, music, and cooking, but is lukewarm on rock climbing and war history. If she has her way, she’ll be working for NASA somewhere down the line, but that doesn’t preclude the possibility of running a remote bakery or maybe a bookstore later in life.

First, though, she wants an education, ideally at Boston University.

“It has phenomenal departments — astronomy and astrophysics, marine biology, culinary arts, foreign languages,” she explained. “It’s also on the coast in a cold wet rainy place — tea weather!”

Out of state tuition doesn’t come cheap, however, and that’s where the full-ride-andthen-some Daniels Fund scholarship comes in. Johnson is Roaring Fork School District’s only finalist this year (last year, RFHS alone boasted four winners), and will interview at the end of the month.

“I was scared of not being able to go to college,” she said. “I’ll figure a way to do it anyway, but with the Daniels, I would be set.”

The Daniels’ website (www.danielsfund.org) states selection criteria as strength of character, leadership potential, commitment to service, academic performance, and a well-rounded personality. Ask RFHS Vice Principal Kelsie Goodman about how Johnson fits any of those, and she’d

be happy to gush.

“She’s one of the most enthusiastic people I’ve ever met in my life, but she’s also compassionate and uses her talents to help others,” Goodman said. “What she has brought to our school and our community is so rich and vibrant.”

Although she’d be a first-generation college student, Johnson’s academic and artistic expansion began early.

She’s been a musician “since she could talk” and plays clarinet, piano, guitar, bass, drums and the Armenian duduk.

Oh, and she sings for the residents at Heritage Park.

And works as a clerk and cashier at City Market. And writes, sketches and paints. And went through YouthEntity’s culinary program last year.

“It’s definitely been a struggle trying to find the balance,” she said. “I feel like if I enjoyed it less, I’d cut some stuff out. But as it is, I make myself have time for it.”

If it really came down to it, though, science would probably win out. Her astronomical inclinations, in particular, are stoked by stargazing with her sister and glassing the heavens with her telescope.

“I want to help discover things and develop theories and test the limits of the world around me,” she said.

That’s not to say she doesn’t have a philosophical and even spiritual side — stoked by her struggles with health, bullying and depression in the first part of high school.

“You never know what people are going through. A smile can save a life,” she observed. “I was so close to just giving everything up, and now I feel like I have a second chance. So I want to go and do everything just because it’s there.”

And the Daniels Fund is just the latest opportunity to help make that possible.

“What she has brought to our school and our community is so rich and vibrant.”

Emily Johnson. Courtesy photo “I’m so grateful for everything that’s been offered to me,” she said. “The fact that I was considered for the Daniels scholarship just blows my mind.”

She may be the only person who’s surprised.

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Pickleball — an addiction Fundraiser for new courts on Feb. 10

As a result, they have begun to seek out

By Jane Bachrach The numbers are growing and the prob- other options. Some have traveled to Basalt, lem is starting to get out of hand. In Car- Glenwood and/or Aspen to find their fix bondale, the number of pickleball addicts while others travel as far as Arizona and has quadrupled in the last two years and that Utah.

Town officials are seeking solutions for number is expected to climb even higher as more people discover the “high” they feel Carbondale. There aren’t any dedicated courts for pickleball and exduring a game. perts say that the only antiHigh schoolers dote to this growing problem are now taking pickis to build more; to build a leball classes during center dedicated only to PE and as a result, pickleball. many more kids are It’s expensive, so that’s on the road to adeasier said than done. As a diction. Once they first step, the Roaring Fork do take up the sport, Pickleball Association has deit becomes even cided to hold a fundraiser more pleasurable this Saturday in River Valley and once they start Ranch. figuring out strateEven if you don’t play or gies and creative don’t consider yourself an ways to overtake their opponents, the This is not an actual pickle ball, but addict, you can buy tickets to craving escalates. it is the kind of thing players get up help fund a solution for those habitual users.

The good news is to when they don't get their fix. that pickleball is a Next steps healthy addiction.

As you learn the basics, the game becomes What: “Pickleball bounce” 21+ fundraiser challenging, competitive and so much fun with wine, beer, hors d'oeuvres that is the fastest growing sport in the USA. When: 5 to 8 p.m. Feb. 10 However, due to the growing popularity, the Where: Old Thompson Barn, waiting time to get on a court has increased 333 River Valley Ranch Rd. and addicts are becoming more and more Tickets: $60 per person or $49 in frustrated. advance at 963-2518

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After a couple of weeks nursing an injury, Joe Salinas (#23) was back in action when the Roaring Rams took on the Olathe Pirates on Feb. 3. Both teams proved dominant, with the boys winning 67 - 56 and the girls 40 - 38.

Coupled with victories over Basalt the previous night, that leaves the boys 12-2 overall and 5-1 in league (behind only Coal Ridge), while the girls are 9-5 overall and 3-3 in league. Roaring Fork will host Gunnison Feb. 9 (5:30 p.m. girls; 7 p.m. boys) and Delta Feb. 10 (2:30 p.m. girls, 4 p.m. boys) before heading out on the road the following week. Photo by Sue Rollyson

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Roaring Fork Futsal growing by leaps and bounds

By Debbie Bruell Sopris Sun Correspondent A couple years ago, sixth grader Mia Cubias would have been spending her weekends this time of year planted in front of their family’s television or playing soccer with her dad and uncle inside their garage.

Now, she spends most of her weekends at the Carbondale Middle School gym— playing futsal (a form of indoor soccer) with her friends as well as her mom, and cheering on other futsal teams.

Mia has joined the Roaring Fork Futsal league, which basically takes over the school’s gym every weekend and some weeknights for seven months, from September through March. The women’s teams play Thursday and Friday evenings, the men’s games run from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturdays, and kids’ games run from 8 a.m. to about 8 p.m. every Sunday.

“The gym is like our second home,” said Mia’s mom, Paty Cubias. Mia has improved her skills enough to join her mom’s adult team in addition to her age-group team.

The league is the brainchild of two Carbondale friends, Enrique Palomares and Marvin Romero. Avid soccer players since their youth, they hated seeing so many kids spending their winter weekends primarily in the company of Nintendo and Playstation. Both men had been participating in an adult futsal league; they wanted to provide a similar opportunity for kids.

With limited resources at their disposal, they decided to form a league in which the registration fees from the adult teams would cover the costs of a kids’ league, giving kids the opportunity to play at little or no cost. The only way to make the numbers work was to form a nonprofit corpo-

ration, which would enable them to pay the significantly reduced non-profit rates for the school gym rental. Another friend helped with the nonprofit application process and, by the fall of 2016, Roaring Fork Futsal was born.

Romero became the president of the board; Palomares is the vice president.

Now in their second year of operation, RF Futsal has increased the number of adult teams participating by 50 percent from last year; and the number of kids’ teams has grown from just a few teams when they first began, to 26 teams this year.

With 26 teams in the men’s league, 10 teams in the women’s league, 26 kids’ teams (U10, U12 and U14), and about 10 players on each team, RF Futsal now serves a total of over 600 participants.

They hoped their unified soccer league would help bridge some of those divides.

More than just a sport Futsal is typically played on indoor basketball-type courts, with five players on a team. The term “futsal” comes from a combination of the Spanish words fútbol (soccer) and sala or salón (hall or lounge). For Romero, it was the oppressive heat of the summer months in his native country of El Salvador which drove him and his friends indoors for their soccer fix.

Palomares sees futsal as a way to teach kids “lecciones de la vida” (lessons about life), he told The Sun, “cómo ganar y cómo perder” (how to win and how to lose). It teaches kids to get back up after being defeated and tell yourself, “Voy a trabajar más duro para hacer mejor la próxima vez” (I’m going to work harder in order to do better the next time). He believes playing futsal also builds kids’ overall sense of motivation in their lives.

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Aarón Varela (left) and Abraham Candela are two beneficiaries of the Roaring Fork Futsal league.

Photo by Jane Bachrach

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Town Report

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The following items are drawn from Finance Director Renae Gustine’s report to staff, trustees and others.

DROUGHT PREPARATIONS are being made based on predictions by various agencies. The Town plans further discussion on water conservation strategies and public outreach as the year continues. Thanks to an endorsement from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, the multi-jurisdictional Western Slope Source Water Protection Campaign is also expected to move forward.

in some effort maintaining the lights on the downtown trees.

STREETLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS were accomplished through cooperation between Xcel Energy and the streets crew. The latter also removed couches and other items that had been dumped in the Town right-of-way.

CLIMBING WALL programming includes facilitated climbing 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays with a $35 introduction to rock climbing for ladies from 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 8 and $20 top-rope climbing and belay clinic 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Feb. 12. There’s also a noninstructional community climb night from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Mondays, which is open to all levels with a day pass or membership who have been climbing wall certiďŹ ed and signed a waiver.

NETTLE CREEK maintenance continues, with ďŹ lter replacements and inspections at the water treatment plant expected to be ďŹ nished soon. Meanwhile, the wells on the Crystal and Roaring Fork Rivers have continued to meet demand.

TRUE NATURE received its Temporary CertiďŹ cate of Occupancy for the new Kiva. Final touches are being done. Planning Staff toured the Kiva to close out the public infrastructure part of the development and found it an impressive facility.

CITY MARKET documents went through a review by the Town Attorney and planning staff, who the received documents back from the development team. The changes appear to be mostly technical and it appears the document recordation deadline of Feb. 28 will be met.

A SITE PLAN was submitted for a property at 415 Eighth Street for one single family home and one duplex. The proposal accommodates the 25 foot easement along the south side of the property for the future Industry Place connection.

CHRISTMAS TREE CHIPPING took place, and anyone wanting some of what’s left is welcome to help themselves at the lot across from the town hall. The Town Arborist also put

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

From Jan. 26 through Feb. 1, Carbondale Police handled 200 calls for service. During that period, ofďŹ cers investigated the following cases of note: SATURDAY Jan. 27 at 11:25 a.m. Upon further investigation, a trafďŹ c complaint yielded no sign of injury or damage.

MONDAY Jan. 29 at 1:40 p.m. No injuries were reported in a minor car accident outside public works.

A TOWN POOL community forum is slated for 6 p.m.

Feb. 28 at Town Hall.

TUESDAY Jan. 30 at 4:47 p.m. Police took a report of a stolen cell phone at the middle school.

ADULT DROP IN SPORTS include basketball from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays, soccer from 7 to 9 p.m. Fridays and Pickleball from 6 to 8 a.m. and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 8 to 11 a.m. Saturdays. A recreation center day pass, membership, or punch pass is required for participation.

WEDNESDAY Jan. 31 at 4:40 a.m. A trafďŹ c stop turned up apparent drug paraphernalia and lead to a summons.

PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS Motion Mondays and Wild and Wacky Wednesdays run from 10:30-11:45 a.m., with obstacle courses and a bounce house. Both are parent-supervised programs and cost $5 for members and $6 for non-members.

COOKING CLASSES as part of Healthy Eating Active Living continue with salsa making on Feb. 26. It costs $15 and pre registration is required at 510-1290.

IRRIGATION TRAINING was provided for parks crews by the Rain Bird representative from Grand Junction Pipe.

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WEDNESDAY Jan. 31 at 4:06 p.m. The suspect in a report of road rage denied wrongdoing and, without corroboration, police opted to issue a warning.

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Rezoning sought for Historic 689 Main Street property

By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Correspondent The new owners of the 689 Main Street property are asking the town trustees to rezone it, in an agreement that would include provisions to preserve the existing 105-yearold house for at least 20 years, according to an application at town hall. “Everyone with the town (staff) really pushed to see the building preserved, even though it isn’t (technically) historic,� said Ann Gianinetti, who purchased the 19,350square-foot property with her husband, Mark, in August 2017. “(And) we like the building and its charm.�

The Carbondale Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) was slated to discuss the rezoning at its Feb. 8 meeting and eventually make a recommendation to the Carbondale Board of Trustees for a ďŹ nal decision.

The entire property, which fronts Main Street next to the post ofďŹ ce, includes undeveloped ground to the north. “We’ll leave it (the north part) open for now,â€? Gianinetti continued.

The Gianinettis — operating under AMG Properties , LLC — are asking trustees to rezone the property from the current site-speciďŹ c Seventh Street PUD to Historic Commercial Core. “The PUD that was adopted (in 1986) was not the easiest document to review and visualize in terms of potential future land uses,â€? states the rezoning application, available for inspection at town hall. “As development standards and concepts changed over time, both staff and people who were looking at leasing or buying the property had trouble easily analyzing the document as well as identifying potential future land uses.â€?

Previous uses for the two-story brick structure, which was built as a single-family home by S.D. Weant in 1913, included two restaurants (the Landmark and 689), with

ofďŹ ce space in the four upstairs former bedrooms. Previous owners Paul and Ginny Lappala bought the house and surrounding property in the 1970s and lived in the house until the mid-1980s. The house, which was expanded to include a commercial kitchen, bar and more dining space, has stood vacant for more than a year.

The rezoning application calls for the preservation of spruce trees on the southwest side of the property, and “piping� the open section of the Weaver Leonhardy Ditch to accommodate on-street parking.

In exchange for preserving the house, the Gianinettis are asking the town to waive some building permit fees, and related fees. “Staff feels that economic incentives are an important tool when working with property owners of historic buildings,� the application states.

The town planning staff is recommending approval of the rezoning application. Conditions include: â—? All representations of the Applicant in written submittals to the Town or in public hearings concerning this project shall be binding as conditions of approval.

� The Applicant shall submit a proposal for fee waivers for the Board’s consideration. � The Applicant shall submit a Deed Restriction preserving the historic brick structure for the Town’s review and approval prior to recordation of the rezoning ordinance. � The plumbing of the grease interceptor for the restaurant shall be inspected for proper installation prior to reestablishment of a restaurant use.

Gianinetti said restaurant operators have expressed in the property. She hopes to start moving forward with the project in the spring or summer.

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Community Calendar FRIDAY to THU Feb 9-15

To list your event, email information to news@soprissun.com. Deadline is noon on Monday.

Events take place in Carbondale unless noted.

HEARTLAND ROOTS • At 8:30 p.m.

The Mighty Pines come to Steve’s Guitars (19 N. Fourth St.).

MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “I, Tonyaâ€? (R) 7:30 p.m. Feb. 9-15 except Feb. 11 showtime is 2:30 p.m. “Lady Birdâ€?

(R) shows Feb. 9 at 5:15 p.m. “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri� (R) shows 5 p.m. Feb. 10 and 11.

year is Narnia and will feature dance performance, aerial silks by the students of Sopris Soarers, martial arts by the students of Rising Crane, and fashion designs by the Carbondale Arts Youth Sewing Class. Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for youth at soltheatrecompany.org.

CLASSIC COVERS • At 9 p.m., the Black Nugget (411 Main St.) hosts The Logan Brothers.

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SATURDAY Feb. 10

SUNDAY Feb. 11

BASKETBALL • Roaring Fork (2270 Highway 133) hosts Gunnison for hoops at 4 (JV), 5:30 (girls) and 7 p.m. (boys).

BASKETBALL • Roaring Fork (2270 Highway 133) hosts Delta for hoops at 1 (JV), 2:30 (girls) and 5 p.m. (boys).

POP UP SHOP • From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sparkle and Shine brings fashion to Peppino’s Pizza (524 Main St.).

COMEDY NIGHT • Marble Distilling (150 Main St.) welcomes back AJ Finney for a 6:30 p.m. performance with a $10 cover.

HONOR BAND • Top student jazz musicians from across the Western Slope will perform free at 5 p.m. at Roaring Fork High School (2270 Highway 133) for the annual JAS District 8 Honor Jazz Program. For more information visit jazzaspensnowmass.org.

FUNDRAISER DINNER • At 6:30 p.m. the culinary kids of YouthEntity cook you dinner at Allegria (455 S. Third St.).

The $100 (gratuity, tax and beverages excluded) gets you three courses with scallops, veal and chocolate buche and beneďŹ ts the organization’s ProStart culinary arts and restaurant management program. Reservations required at 963-7316.

SINGER SONGWRITER • Jeffrey Foucault plays beginning at 8 p.m. at The Temporary (360 Market St.). $15 in advance at tacaw.org or $17 at the door.

BLUEGRASS • The Colorado College Bluegrass Ensemble descends on Steve’s Guitars (19 N. Fourth St.) at 8:30 p.m. or thereabouts.

REGGAE TO FOLK • Ponder the Albatross plays Stubbies Sports Bar & Eatery (123 Emma Rd., Basalt) from 9 p.m. ‘til the wee hours of the morning.

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CIRQUE D'SOPRIS • A show of youth design, daring and dance comes to the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.) at 6 p.m.

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PICKLEBALL BOUNCE • Join the Roaring Fork Pickleball Association from 5 to 8 p.m. at 333 River Valley Ranch Rd. for a party to raise money toward new, dedicated courts. $49 in advance at jalberts4@comcast.net / 963-2518 or $60 at the door. 21+

SOULFUL SOUNDS • The Temporary (360 Market St., Basalt) hosts Dirty Revival for an 8 p.m. show. $12 in advance at tacaw.org or $16 the day of performance.

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TUESDAY Feb. 13

ART DEMO â&#x20AC;˘ Dot Mulligan will direct card making through the Glenwood Springs Art Guild at 3:30 p.m. at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (1630 Grand Ave.) The public is invited for the free demonstration.

WEDNESDAY Feb. 14

NATURALIST NIGHT â&#x20AC;˘ Wilderness

Workshop, the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies and Roaring Fork Audubon partner for a spring speaker series at 5:30 p.m. at the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.) and the next day in Aspen. This week, Miranda Redmond, an assistant professor of forest ecology at Colorado State University, discusses Pinyon-Juniper woodlands response to global change.

AVALANCHE FORUM â&#x20AC;˘ Forecaster Blase Reardon helps you stay safe in the backcountry in a free event at 6:30 p.m. at Cripple Creek Backcountry (582 Highway 133 in Carbondale).

DOCUMENTARY â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Internetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Own Boyâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz â&#x20AC;&#x201D; screens at 5 p.m. at the Basalt Regional Library (14 Midland Ave.)

COOKIES & BEER â&#x20AC;˘ Roaring Fork Beer Company pairs girls scout cookies with their own beverages and live music by Callinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Old Souls from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Batch (358 Main St.).

MISSISSIPPI BLUES â&#x20AC;˘ The Deltaz perform from 7 to 10:30 p.m. at Heather's Savory Pies and Tapas (166 Midland Ave.in Basalt ).

COMEDIAN COUPLE â&#x20AC;˘ Beginning at 8 p.m. Erin Dewey Lennox and Billy Wayne Davis bring laughs to The Temporary (360 Market St., Basalt). $25 in advance at tacaw.org or $27 on the day of the performance.

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THURSDAY Feb. 15 EMMA SNOWSHOEING • Watch the sunset from Emma Open Space then warm up by the fire with some hot chocolate while Nina Gabianelli weaves stories about the native people and animals of Colorado in a free 5 to 7 p.m. event. For ages 8 and up; minors must be accompanied by a parent. Dress appropriately.

Save the Date

MONDAY Feb. 26 CLASSIC MOVIE NIGHT • The Sopris Sun continues an annual tradition with “Some Like it Hot” — the hilarious and surprisingly progressive 1959 comedy starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon — at 7:30 p.m. at the Crystal Theatre (427 Main St.). Tickets are $10 at the door; costumes are welcome.

Ongoing WRITERS GROUP • Wordsmiths of all experience and abilities gather at the Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave.) at 6 p.m. on the second Monday of the month.

HEALTH THROUGH NUTRITION • Free opportunities include… One-hour consultation about heart attack prevention, plant-based nutrition, other medical issues.

Call retired family doctor Greg Feinsinger,

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M.D. for appointment (379-5718). First Monday of every month catch a powerpoint presentation by Dr. Feinsinger about the science behind plant-based nutrition, 7 to 8:30 p.m., board room Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.). Fourth Monday of every month, plant-based potluck 6:30 p.m.

Calaway Room, Third Street Center. All events supported by Davi Nikent, Center for Human Flourishing. More information at www.davinikent.org.

BRIDGE • The Carbondale Bridge Club hosts duplicate bridge (not sanctioned by ACBL) from 6:30 to 10 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.). $6/per pair. Contact Marlene for more info: 928-9805.

SENIOR MATTERS • The nonprofit Senior Matters, based in the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.), offers numerous programs for senior citizens, including: tai chi with John Norton at 8:30 a.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays; tai chi with Marty Finklestein at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays; Alaprima Painters at 11 a.m. on Thursdays; the Senior Matters Book Club at 4 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of the month; and the Roaring Fork Brain Train.

Info: seniormatters.org; Diane Johnson at 970-306-2587; and Senior Matters, Box 991, Carbondale CO, 81623.

SENIOR RADIO • Diane Johnson talks about senior issues and services on KDNK at 4:30 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month.

MINDFULNESS • The Mindful Life Program in the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.) offers group sessions Mondays at 7:30 p.m. Admission is by donation and registration is not necessary. Info: mindfullifeprogram.org and 970-633-0163.

LIONS MEET • The Carbondale Lions Club meets the first Tuesday of the month at the Gathering Center at the Orchard (110 Snowmass Dr.) starting at 6:30 p.m.

Info: Chuck Logan at 963-7002 or Chris Chacos at 379-9096.

RUN AROUND • Independence Run & Hike hosts a run around town Saturdays at 8 a.m. Meet at the store 596 Highway 133 (in La Fontana Plaza) and run various distances, with different routes each week.

Info: 704-0909.

COMMUNITY MEAL • Faith Lutheran Church (1340 Highway 133) hosts a free community meal from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the first and third Saturdays of the month. Info: 510-5046 or faithcarbondale.com. Carbondale Homeless Assistance also has its meeting on the fourth Tuesday of each month.

PARENT CHILD CLASSES • Waldorf teacher and parent Holly Richardson offers programs for caregivers and children from birth to 3, with Musical Storytime from 9 to 10 a.m. Mondays, Sweet Peas Garden from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays and Peas and Carrots from 9 to 11 a.m. Fridays. Call 963-1960 for more info or visit waldorfschoolrf.com. Preregistration is suggested but drop ins are also welcome on Mondays.

HIGH NOON • Bring your compliments, complaints and ideas to Sopris Sun Editor Will Grandbois at 12 p.m. Thursdays at the Pour House (351 Main St.).

OPEN MIC • A new open mic takes place from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays at Riverside Grill (181 Basalt Center Circle, Basalt).

Food and drink specials. Free.

ROTARY • Carbondale Rotary Club meets at the Carbondale Fire Station (300 Meadowood Dr.) at 6:45 a.m. Wednesdays. Mt. Sopris Rotary meets at White House Pizza (801 Main Ct.) at noon every Thursday.

STORY ART • Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave.), in partnership with the Aspen Art Museum, invites kids to learn about artists and create masterpieces of their own at 4 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month.

STORYTIME • Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave.) hosts stories songs and more for ages four and up at 10:30 a.m. Thursdays and three and under at 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays. Kids must be accompanied by an adult.

MAKERSPACE • Children and teens are invited to design, create, tinker, and play with art and technology to design and create with 3D Pens, make stop-motion animation films, engineer duct tape creations, build their own video games, and more from 2 to 3:30 p.m. every Wednesday at the Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave.).

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A bond that transcends language

By Megan Tackett Sopris Sun Staff Most of the clients that walk into Main Street Barber Shoppe are native English speakers. So thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what Rosa Contreras speaks with them â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a feat thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been years in the making.

Contreras had a successful life in Guatemala, raising her family and running her salon business. But in 2003, her husband Oscar moved to Colorado, and within a few years, she and their three daughters did the same. But unlike her husband, Rosa didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t speak a word of English. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Una compaĂąera que esta tenĂ­a estudiando ESLâ&#x20AC;Ś ella me explico, me dijo, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;tu no tenias un tutor?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Contreras said of how she discovered English in Action (EIA), a Carbondale-based nonproďŹ t dedicated to pairing those needing to learn English with a local tutor. While she speaks mostly English while cutting hair, she spoke mostly Spanish in an interview with this quasi-ďŹ&#x201A;uent reporter.

Contreras had been taking an English as a Second Language class at Colorado Mountain College but was struggling to keep up with the content, so a classmate suggested she ďŹ nd a tutor. That led her to contacting and ďŹ lling out an application with EIA. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more than 100 people on our waiting list,â&#x20AC;? EIA Executive Director Lara Beaulieu said, noting that the typical waiting period for someone to be matched with a tutor in the area is around two years.

Contreras waited for four. But she ended up getting much more than a tutor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It grew,â&#x20AC;? Angelyn Frankenberg said of her relationship with Contreras evolving from tutor to friend. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To start out â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and this what the organization asks â&#x20AC;&#x201D; you commit to an hour a week. Later on, but this probably wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t until well

into our second or third year [working together], we did start to put in a little more time. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just more because we did start becoming friends, which happens a lot in EIA.â&#x20AC;?

In several ways, the barber shop is a physical manifestation of that friendship. Despite her more-than 15 years of professional experience in Guatemala, if she wanted to continue that career, she would have to start completely anew in the United States. And that couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen until she could demonstrate ďŹ&#x201A;uency in English. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Todo el mundo en ingles, si no hablar nada ingles, todo es muy diďŹ cil,â&#x20AC;? she said, and that difďŹ culty became particularly true when reviving her career in a new country. She waited four years to get paired with Frankenberg, and then it took several more years of them working together before she could go through school (again) to get her cosmetology license. Her exams were in English, after all. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She had to go back to school in cosmetology just to do professionally what she had already been doing in Guatemala,â&#x20AC;? Frankenberg said of her friend. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That happens so much in our immigrant community. They may have been very well educated in their home country â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Rosa even had her own little shop in Guatemala.â&#x20AC;?

Contreras did not want to leave her home country, but the distance after Oscar moved to the United States proved too difďŹ cult to manage, especially with their daughters, she said through tears. And they agreed that their girls would have a better future here, which has proven true. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mis hijas estĂĄn muy contento,â&#x20AC;? she said with a smile.

She credits Frankenberg with much of her and her familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happiness. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ella es mi amiga; ella me ha impactado tanto,â&#x20AC;? she said. Translation: â&#x20AC;&#x153;She is my friend; she has impacted me so much.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you do get your citizenship, I will be there no matter what.â&#x20AC;?

Rosa Contreras (left) and Angelyne Frankenberg high-ďŹ ve and laugh together. What started as a tutoring relationship through English in Action has blossomed into a years-long friendship. Courtesy photo by Michele Cardamone

Frankenberg recently moved to Detroit with her husband, Randy Essex, who recently left his position as publisher and editor of the Post Independent to return to the Detroit Free Press. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We did keep our place in Colorado.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re leasing it now,â&#x20AC;? she said. Oscar manages the property on their behalf.

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Additionally, Palomares and Romero see their futsal league as a way to help unify the community. The two friends noticed the tension in the community between people from different Latin American countries, such as Mexico, El Salvador, and Guatemala. They hoped their unified soccer league would help bridge some of those divides.

They intentionally set very strict guidelines, making sure that the ref’s did not hesitate to use a red card to pull a player out whenever they played too aggressively or unfairly. They believe their strict adherence to the rules has helped build a sense of community among all the players. The competition is intense while they’re playing, Palomares said, but everyone is friendly once the games are over.

As the number of Anglo participants has increased this year, Palmares said the league has helped build connections among Anglo and Latino community members as well.

RF Futsal also created a plan to help girls and boys on the kids’ teams learn how to play well together, and to ensure that the girls get their fair share of playing time.

Every kids’ team must include at least one girl (most have two); and at least one girl per team must be playing on the court at all times.

Mia admitted that “the boys pass the ball really fast, and it’s hard to keep up,” but she’s up for the challenge. She noted that the boys on her team treat her well: “They actually pass the ball to me,” she told this reporter while watching a men’s game

last Sunday.

Affordability RF Futbal’s main expense is the rental of the facilities. In addition to the games on Thursday through Sunday, the kids’ teams also hold practices a couple of times each week, and they play outside in the summer months at Crown Mountain Park. According to Palomares, the total cost of facility rental for this year will be about $19,000.

The program is primarily supported by the men’s team. Each team pays $400 for the season, and $40 per game. The women pay $200 to register for the season and $25 per team for each game. The kids’ teams pay $150 per team to participate.

The participation fees that are collected go right back into the program, Romero explained, aside from paying a couple of the ref’s and some cash prizes for the winners of the adult tournaments in March.

They also keep the costs down by finding local businesses to sponsor the teams’ uniforms (about $250 - $300 per team) and using volunteers to coach the kids’ teams, do most of the reffing and all of the administrative work.

Although things are running smoothly, the league would like to grow. So many kids wanted to participate this year that they had to turn teams away. They would like the $19,000 they spend each year in rental fees to be invested back into a facility of their own—a place that would operate year-round. They’re looking for sponsors to

help them with loans or investments to purchase or build a facility, perhaps starting out with a rental agreement.

RF Futsal is not a member of the Colorado Soccer Association (CSA), the parent organization of the Roaring Fork Soccer Club. Romero explained that he does see some advantages to being a part of the CSA, mostly the opportunity to play teams outside of the valley. However, he believes that the increased costs associated with joining CSA would impede their goal of providing very low cost opportunities for kids. Many kids do play in both the RF Soc-

cer Club and RF Futsal.

Despite his goal of uniting the community, Palomares acknowledged that there are other soccer organizations in the valley who see RF Futsal as a competitor. RF Futsal would be happy to work together with others, Palomares said, as long as they could continue their very low cost soccer league for kids.

“We’re not trying to compete with anyone,” Romero said, “Nobody’s making any money...” And hundreds of kids are now spending their weekends playing and watching futsal.

English in Action continued om page 12 And despite the distance, the women stay connected. “We’re on touch on Facebook,” Frankenberg said, adding that Contreras’s daughters also make sure the friends don’t lose touch. “One of the girls said, ‘Oh you’ve got to get this thing, Whatsapp.’ So they’ve got us started using that.” Skype is likely the next virtual horizon, she said.

The contact won’t just be limited to the internet. Every December, the Contreras family goes back to Guatemala to visit.

Next year, Frankenberg hopes to join them.

“And I told her, ‘when you do get your citizenship, I will be there no matter what,’” she said, noting that while Rosa and her family are all permanent residents, obtaining citizenship is the “next big family project.”

It’s not the only one. In the shorter term, the Contrerases intend to stay involved with EIA. “They really as a couple want to find ways to give back to the community,” Beaulieu said. “And her husband has really strong English skills — he recently attended our last training to become a volunteer tutor.”

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Water, snow and illicit apricots From the archives of the Roaring Fork Valley Journal Feb. 9, 1978 Roland Fischer of the Colorado RIver Water Conservation District penned a guest column in opposition to the Division of Wildlife’s attempts to enforce minimum stream flow laws on the Crystal River. While he praised the idea of supporting fish and habitat, he feared it would prove to be impractical and expensive.

“The natural environment of streams has changed continuously since time began and will continue to change,” he wrote. “The first question is: for what point in time are we preserving the natural environment? The second question is: what is the reasonable degree?” He conjured images of towns in need of water forced to watch it flow past.

In other news… A third man was charged in connection with a robbery in Carbondale the previous November.

Feb. 11, 1988 The Journal — or at least Peter Dobrovolny — caught up with “the soul of El Jebel” Floyd Crawford at Bob and Alta’s Diner. The Crawfords had come to the valley in 1961 and purchased 250 acres in the mid valley. When cattle ranching didn’t pay the bills, they bid $35 a month to rent trailer space to workers on the Ruedi Reservoir project and then the Frying Pan - Arkansas water diversion.

At this point, the conversation was apparently interrupted by a resident rushing in to inform Crawford that a baby elk had escaped, to which he smiled and responded, “I’ve got enough kids to take care of that.” His son, Noel, was in charge of the herd of 60, anyway, which was apparently raised not for meat but for their antlers to be

ground up as aphrodisiacs in the Far East.

Speaking of which, he reported smuggling apricot seeds out of Nepal before transplanting seedlings — along with plum and cherry trees — all over the trailer park. The family had also taken on the expense of building parking, expanding public facilities and putting lights on the ball fields. “You just have to have these things in a community,” Crawford said.

In other news… Roaring Fork High Schoolers Chris Donovan, Ted Blaue, Brian McGill and Steph Sacca brought home gold medals in a variety of events at the state speech meet.

Feb. 12, 1998 Carbondale trustee Brad Hendricks was contemplating a bid for Garfield County commissioner, while fellow trustee John Foulkrod announced he had decided not to run. “There’s only so much you can do as a town council member,” he said. “As a paid county commissioner, you can afford to put more time in on the issues.” (Hendricks won the Democratic nomination and ran unsuccessfully with the slogan “good enough for government work.”)

In other news… A Roaring Fork High School teacher and coach was arrested in connection with an alleged sexual relationship with a student.

Feb. 7, 2008 Crystal River Elementary School was offering dual language instruction for a core group of students. In addition to helping the English speaking students with their Spanish, the school hoped it would help those with “Limited English Proficiency” — which included 56 percent of CRES kids at

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The Journal also featured a story on English in Action, which was celebrating 10 years of one-on-one language tutoring and had an eight-month waitlist. “People say that immigrants don’t want to learn English, I say show me that person who doesn’t,” Julie Fox-Rubin observed.

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Ron Leach om page 3 and sleeping bag and a Coleman stove was life saving.”

The effort lasted six months, and to this day, Leach says, if you’re from Carbondale, you’ll have a place to stay and a hot meal in Pearlington.

Changing times

Early on in Leach’s career, fire really was the name of the game.

“There was at least a structure fire every week and sometimes three or four,” he said.

“Today, there’s maybe two or three serious ones a year.”

He puts that down to stricter building codes (or any at all), sprinkler and alarm technology, fewer woodstoves and more education starting young.

Firefighters and EMTs are also working on doing a better job of taking care of themselves, with help from The Aspen Hope Center.

“They’re doing a wonderful job of responding to the responders,” he ” said. “It takes a toll on a person’s soul e to be around injury and death, and there are measurable effects. It’s particularly difficult , in a small town, where you know many of your - patients. t “It’s extra hard to take care of your friends t and neighbors and it happens a lot,” Leach said.

“In the back of your mind, you’re dreading the p possibility of victims being loved ones.” s He’s proud never to have lost a firefighter or EMT in the line of duty, but sometimes stays awake at night worrying about the potential for a large, devastating fire in the district. Still, he thinks it’s time to hand over the reins.

“I’m not going anywhere,” he said. “It’s been a wonderful career. I just don’t want to be chief anymore. It’s time for new things.”

He plans to continue to volunteer and teach

EMT classes, and remains the town clerk in Marble, where he’s lived with his wife, Lisa, since 2001.

“My life is about my family and friends,” he said. “The job takes a lot out of them, too, and they’ve always supported me.”

You’re likely to see him four wheeling up Lead King Loop or fishing with his grandchildren.

Meanwhile, the fire district now handles around 1300 calls a year and boasts five stations, 20 fire trucks, four ambulances, 22 paid staff and 60 volunteers. That’s thanks in part to voters approval of a 2004 base mill levy increase and subsequent support.

“That allowed for this district to blossom,” he said. “Without it we would not be nearly as sophisticated or capable.Volunteerism is kind of going the way of the buffalo. Everybody has two jobs.

People don’t have the time anymore.”

Leach is optimistic about the future of Carbondale, which he characterized as “a big, grown up community — vibrant, alive and diverse” and the department. He’s leaving things, temporarily at least, in the hands of Interim Chief Rob Goodwin who he called not only ready but talented and conscientious and a staff he trusts.

“These people are the best,” he said. “They know their trade and take care of each other.”

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The Rockford Ditch Company, Inc. has received, pursuant to § 7-42-114, C.R.S., the following demand that a duplicate certificate be issued for Certificate No.#241 for three (3) shares issued to the Town of Carbondale, Colorado:

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STATE OF COLORADO ) ) ss STATEMENT OF LOSS COUNTY OF GARFIELD )

Cathy Derby, Clerk for the Town of Carbondale, Colorado (the “Affiant”), being of lawful age and having been duly sworn upon oath, states as follows: 1. That the Affiant is the owner, assignee, and/or the legal representative of the owner of three (3) shares of the Rockford Ditch Company, Inc. (the “Company”), as evidenced by Certificate No. 241 (the “Certificate”). 2.

That the Certificate has been lost, mislaid, or destroyed.

3. That the Certificate is the property of the Affiant and that it has not been transferred or hypothecated by Affiant. 4. That, pursuant to C.R.S., Section 7-42-114, Affiant demands that the Company issue a duplicate certificate to Affiant as outlined in C.R.S., Sections 742-114 through 117. 5. That Affiant further states that the Town of Carbondale shall be responsible for all expenses incurred by the Company in issuance of the duplicate certificate, and that it shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company from and against all loss, damage, and expense which may occur by reason of any person or persons presenting the Certificate to the Company and seeking the benefits and privileges thereof.

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SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this 24th day of January, 2018, by Cathy Derby. My Commission Expires: 10-19-2018 /s/ Jeanne Hayes, Notary Public All assessments levied by Rockford Ditch Company, Inc. against the subject share have been fully paid by the stockholders, legal representative(s) or assignee(s).

Notice is hereby given that, on or after March 31, 2018, Rockford Ditch Company, Inc. will issue a duplicate certificate of the subject certificate in accordance with §742-114 to 7-42-117, C.R.S., to the registered owner or the registered owner’s legal representatives or as-

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