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Carbondale’s Jake Zamansky will ski into history when he competes in the men’s giant slalom at the Vancouver Olympics on Feb. 23. Photo by Eric Schramm

Racing into the record books Olympian Jake Zamansky takes a place amongst the world and local elite

By Allyn Harvey Special to The Sopris Sun

J

ake Zamansky is on the short list. Actually, he’s on two.

When the Carbondale native presses out of the starting gate and onto the world stage at the Olympics on Tuesday morning, Zamansky will be among the elite ski racers in the world.

But he will also join an elite group of local men, as just the fourth male alpine ski racer born and raised in the Roaring Fork Valley to make the Olympics.

The last Roaring Fork Valley native to make the men’s Olympic alpine ski team was Andy Mill, who finished sixth in the downhill in the 1976 Olympics.

The only other two are Bill Marolt, who raced at Innsbruck 1964, and his brother, Max Marolt, who was Aspen’s

first Olympian as a member of the 1960 team at Squaw Valley.

Zamansky’s road to the Olympics is a story of grit and determination. It’s the story of a guy who wouldn’t quit, even after being cut from the U.S. Ski Team at the end of a disappointing 2007-08 season.

At that point in his career, the Olympics couldn’t have seemed further from reach.

But Zamansky believed in himself enough to continue on without the sponsorship or support of the U.S. team, earning and raising the money he needed to continue.

“I had to tune my own skis, and that worked for me. You get to know your skis and everything that’s happened to them,” Zamansky says in a segment of the documentary film “Truth in Motion: The U.S.

Ski Team’s Road to Vancouver.”

Racing at the NorAm level, just below the World Cup circuit, Zamansky dominated and quickly earned his way back into the elite level of racing. In late 2008, he began to see real success at the World Cup level, and was invited to represent the United States at the 2009 World Championships in Austria.

“I had my best season ever and requalified for the team,” he says in “Truth in Motion.”

By the end of 2009, Zamansky’s once unlikely selection to the U.S. Olympic Team came to feel inevitable. It’s apparent in the documentary that he is among his peers on the Olympic team. He belongs on the course with gold medalist Ted Ligety, World Cup champion Bode Miller and the rest of the squad.

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Carbondale Commentary Sopris Sun to shift print schedule

Starting next week, The Sopris Sun will begin to land on the stands on Thursday afternoons.

Though the Sun has always technically been a Thursday paper, many of you have probably noticed that it’s usually on the streets by Wednesday evening. But on Feb. 25, we’re going to shift our print date from Wednesday morning to Thursday morning, and we hope you’ll like the change. By going to press a day later in the week we’ll be able to bring you more timely coverage of Carbondale’s town council meetings.

Currently, our town hall coverage lags by about a week because our deadline falls on Tuesdays, the same day as the town council meetings. By switching our print date, we’ll trim that delay to just two days.

Build Responsibly, Mr. Developer The Village at Crystal River developer presented his newest proposal to the Carbondale Trustees last week. I was impressed with the developer and his transparency in the decisionmaking process, and his willingness to come to the table and really look at the changes requested of him by the townspeople and city council over the past few years.

However, Mr. Developer, no matter how you dress it up, this project is massive for Carbondale. Five years ago, when the economy was cranking along in high gear, we had loads of empty commercial space downtown. Now, with the current economic downturn, there seems to be even more throughout the town. I don’t see how we can possibly use or need even more commercial space. What the heck is going to go in there that can’t go in existing spaces? Especially since, as you pointed out, the road map committee has told you that Carbondale wants more small business and less big business. But you tell us that you can’t get the small business to come without the big businesses. Carbondale seems to be doing pretty well thus far without any big business outside of City Market.

You claim a love for this valley when you have visited it as a child. Do you truly believe that this shopping area will promote the sense of beauty your family came here for, and that it will restore what you once knew?

Or will it add to the more, more, more mentality? What about this center would make us proud to have it here?

I realize that you told us about your history with the area so as to engender a feeling of common value, but it falls flat when you – and as it seems, most every large parcel developer – come in from out of town, buy up a significant piece of property, build the crap out of it and then leave with your pockets full and the local population thinking “what the hell?”

The marketplace you are suggesting is a huge addition to the town and even if built out over the next 10 years will make this town even emptier than it is now. I’d like to point out as well that your willingness to add housing to make this a mixed-use parcel is admirable but falls short of what is needed. How many jobs versus housing will this project provide? If your project cannot house 100 percent of the employees generated by the commercial on the site, then that means more out-of-town workers and more automobiles and more pollution and wider roads to accommodate more, and more and more.

If you truly knew the people of Carbondale you would realize that the majority of Carbondale (with the exception of a few who believe that without growth there is death) don’t want a massive project like this slammed down and built up as quickly as possible. If you want to make this project happen I would suggest to you that you look at what we have and add to it slowly, so that it actually serves Carbondale and is something we can be proud of.

Why not pass the project to your progeny and build it up over the next 75 to 100 years? Why does it have to come to fruition so quickly? Besides, in 75 years I’ll be dead and your grandchildren won’t have to worry about my letters to the editor.

I heartily recommend that the town council of Carbondale try to convince the developer to spread this project out over the lifetime of our children instead of going for the quick buck that will not serve us, and that the developer supply housing for the people who will be generated by this project. Make it a project to be proud of, not just amongst developer circles, but also amongst the local people that have to live with it for the remainder of our lives.

Remember this is something that we have to look at every single day that we drive into and out of town. We have to live with this every single day. The developer does not. Build responsibly. ~Mark Burrows, Carbondale resident

Correction In the Community Calendar in our Feb. 11 edition we incorrectly stated the title of Christie Smith’s book about Mary Hallock Foote. The correct title is “Social Class in the Writings of Mary Hallock Foote.”

Clarification In our Feb. 11 article about the proposed Sutey-Two Shoes land swap, we stated that the roughly two square miles of BLM land Pitkin County stands to lose in the trade would amount to roughly half of the total land the county has managed to place in public hands over the last 20 years. Those two square miles, however, would amount to about a fifth of the total federal land Pitkin County has gained over roughly the same time period.

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Food fears Dear Editor: I fully support Mary Boland’s suggestion that we take the initiative to improve our country. We can’t wait for the government to do the right thing – it may never happen. So here are areas of focus I would like to add to her list.

Every time we swipe a credit card we are costing the retailer money. This raises prices and devalues our dollar. Retailers are charged a flat fee and a percentage on every credit/debit card transaction. For amounts under $20, much of their profit is taken by the bank. Further, rates were established decades ago when credit cards were rarely used, so they are exorbitant by today’s standards. TV ads and clever incentives have convinced too many of us to leave our cash and checks at home. Consequently, we make big banks richer every day. If we thought of credit card fees as an optional tax, would we be so quick to pay? Consider using cards less frequently and only on amounts over $20.

As if that is not enough, credit card companies charge their customers extreme interest rates and fees, preying on those who can least afford it. CreditCardRevolt.com suggests further action we can take.

Similarly, we enrich pharmaceutical companies when we take prescription and overthe-counter medications. We are supporting uncontrolled prices and an industry that has a stranglehold on our government. Commercials harass us to ask our doctors for the newest, most expensive drugs, when there are often cheaper ones available that work just as well. Better yet, quality vitamins and herbs (sold in health food stores) offer an even less expensive option that can be effective for many conditions, with fewer side effects.

Staying healthy is the best alternative, although food conglomerates and chemical corporations are making even that difficult.

Commercialized food no longer has the nutrient value it had even a decade ago.The vast majority of it is picked green, genetically modified, pesticide-laden and grown in depleted soil or under horrific conditions. The movies “The Future of Food” (available free at Hulu.com), “Food Inc.” and “Fast Food Nation” expound on this sad state of affairs.

No wonder we are a diseased nation and are losing our family farms. We can fight for our health by buying organics, supporting local farmers or growing our own food.

We do vote with our dollars and together we can make a difference.

Kat Neumann Glenwood Springs

Wilderness for the future Dear Editor: I grew up in the Roaring Fork Valley. I spent my childhood, hiking, backpacking, car camping, and skiing throughout the backcountry of the Elk Mountains and the White River National Forest. I stayed in 10th Mountain Division huts during my school’s outdoor education program and went on my

first backpacking trip alone in the SnowmassMaroon Bells Wilderness. My family moved away as I started high school and I went to college on the East Coast. When I moved back here four years ago it was because of the mountains and wild landscapes that surround this valley. I still, hike and ski and camp in the backcountry but now I also mountain bike and climb. Each of these recreational pursuits is important to me, but more important is the opportunity simply to be in the mountains, regardless of the activity or sport. It is the landscapes and the mountains that I most appreciate – they are what make this place special. I am most grateful for what we all share here when I look beyond my handlebars, through my ski tips, or over my backpack. When I do, I realize that the Hidden Gems Wilderness proposal will ensure that some of the lands that surround our communities will continue to have the same characteristics they did when I grew up here. There may be some places where I will no longer be able to ride or climb, but knowing that parts of our mountains will be protected for future generations is part of what makes me want to call this community my home. To those who value our land as much as you value any given sport or recreation, I urge you to support the Hidden Gems.

Will Roush Aspen

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Area residents organize for immigration reform

By Trina Ortega The Sopris Sun

U.S. citizen Emma Martinez of Carbondale is fighting for immigration reform in hopes that her husband and son will not be deported this May. Photo by Trina Ortega

Mexico native Edgar Niebla has lived in the Roaring Fork Valley since he was 7.

Niebla, who lives in Carbondale now, graduated from Basalt High School, has a college degree, is fluent in English, was a respected employee at a local bank and recently completed training at a local police academy. He hopes to one day work as a detective in the valley — the only place he’s ever called home.

But he has received his deportation order to return to Mexico. He has less than three months before his work permit expires, and he does not know his fate.

His dad, whom he lovingly refers to publicly as “Papa Israel,” also has received deportation papers. His mom and two sisters, however, are U.S. citizens. They applied for citizenship as a family but the two men were denied.

“You would hope that as a family, we would have qualified, but we’re still struggling,” Niebla told The Sopris Sun at a vigil Monday night, Feb. 15, at Sayre Park in Glenwood Springs, where an estimated 150 people gathered to show their support for immigration reform.

Niebla’s experience has pushed him to get involved with the Colorado Immigrants Rights Coalition, a Denver-based group that is pushing for immigration reform, and he was the keynote speaker at the vigil.

“I know there are a lot of people in this community who are going through the same thing, and a lot worse. We need to help them. … It’s not just the Spanish-speakers, either,” Niebla said.

He and other leaders of 10 Colorado mountain communities also caravanned to Grand Junction on Feb. 10 to deliver petitions to staffers of Sens. Michael Bennett and Mark Udall. The petitions contained more than 3,000 signatures expressing the need for a “just and humane immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship”for the millions of undocumented workers that live in the United States.

“We’ve always known there’s a humungous immigrant population here,” said Brendan Greene, the Rocky Mountain Region organizer for the Colorado Immigrants

Rights Coalition, which has ramped up its efforts for reform now that a Democratic president is in office.

“We think we have a really great opportunity right now because we have a supportive administration. Obama has taken on the issue, and we have a lot of support on both sides from Democrats and Republicans.”

Legislation authored by U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Illinois) has been introduced to the House of Representatives but has not advanced to the Senate.

“The focus now is to call attention to our Colorado legislators. It’s not just a Denver issue; it’s statewide. This community is really important to the tourism industry,” Greene said. “We’re trying to really send a message that the immigrant community of the Roaring Fork Valley is working hard to make the economy thrive.”

Greene said it’s difficult to track how many undocumented workers are in Carbondale and the Roaring Fork Valley.

“What I can tell you is that the Colorado ski industry is a $3 billion industry. It’s one of the most important industries in our state.

Anyone who lives up here can see how important the immigrant population is to that industry,” he said.

Greene furthermore cited an American Progress Report which states passage of immigration reform will generate an extra $1.5 trillion to the GDP by allowing many workers to invest more in their communities, open bank accounts and buy homes.

“Part of fixing that is giving everyone who is here the best opportunity to contribute with everything they have,” Greene said, adding that keeping families together is a priority.

“These are people who have lived here for a long time and contributed to the local economy and to their communities.”

Attendees and volunteers braved the cold at Monday night’s vigil, their feet planted in the snow, sipping hot chocolate and waving white flags as a symbol of peace and unity.

“It’s crazy. It’s really hard. Every time I think about it, I cry,” said Edgar Niebla’s mother, Emma Martinez of Carbondale who attended the Wednesday night vigil holding a sign that read: “Familias Unidas. Families Unity. We love Colorado.”

Local merchants: Unlicensed businesses slice Carbondale sales

By Jeremy Heiman The Sopris Sun A large and growing underground economy is operating in Carbondale and the Roaring Fork Valley, possibly posing a threat to both legitimate businesses and public health.

That was the message delivered Feb. 4 at Carbondale’s Comfort Inn, when a group of mostly Latino local business representatives from El Jebel to Rifle met with officials of the Carbondale Police Department, the Garfield County Sheriff’s Department and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

Brenda Garcia was at that meeting. Garcia works as community liaison for the Roaring Fork School District, and she also works for her parents, who own Garcia’s Café, a restaurant and grocery with locations in Carbondale and New Castle. She said she’s involved because the unfair competition – combined with the effects of the recession – is hurting

her family’s business.

“We’re empty,” Garcia said. “We don’t have the clientele we used to have.”

In Carbondale, Garcia said, unlicensed entrepreneurs are selling prepared foods such as burritos, enchiladas and stews, and retail groceries. They are also selling blankets, clothing, compact discs, baked goods and a variety of other products.

Some illegal sales are made from vehicles on the streets and highways, while in certain neighborhoods other clandestine entrepreneurs are selling food products door to door.

“To your door, and no taxes. We can’t compete with that,” she said.

Garcia also said she has heard that buyers go to one Carbondale house to get not only food, but liquor.

“They’re selling alcohol,” she said, “but we don’t know what age customers they’re selling to.”

She and her parents hear almost daily

from employees at the restaurant of more and they don’t. We pay rent. I pay employees.”

Garcia said the underground entrepremore unlicensed vendors.

Garcia said the poor economy only exac- neurs know they’re breaking the law.

“To some extent, they don’t care,” she erbates the problem. Licensed Latino businesses have been affected by the recession as said.“As long as there’s a profit, they’re going much as other businesses, and the illegitimate to continue to do it.”

She said the Carbondale police have said businesses cut deeper into their sales.

She doesn’t really blame those who buy they can’t go door to door looking for violafrom the underground market. Many are un- tions. They need to know of specific violations before they can investigate. employed.

Senior Carbondale police Sgt. Greg Knott, “People will obviously go where products who attended the Feb. 4 meeting, said when are cheaper,” she said.

Lalo Quintero, owner of Valley Meats on his department gets a complaint, they do inHighway 133, said that he could empathize vestigate, and they check to determine with the locals who have opened unlicensed whether a business has a legitimate license. businesses; with the recession many are strug- Mobile vendors have been targeted in invesgling to get by. But he thought his business tigations more than once in recent years, he said, but the department wasn’t aware of the had suffered as well.

“They don’t have jobs. They have plenty scope of the problem. of time to do something at home,” he said.“I “We did not know it was to the extent understand everybody is trying to make these local businesses are telling us, until money one way or another. But we pay taxes; BLACK MARKET BIZ page 5 THE SOPRIS SUN • FEBRUARY 18, 2010 • 3

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Bernot announces bid for mayor Current Carbondale Town Trustee Stacey Patch Bernot announced last week that she will not seek to retain her seat on the town council in Carbondale’s April 6 town election.

Instead she will run for mayor.

Bernot, a Carbondale native, has served six years as a town trustee. She was elected to a two-year term in 2004 and re-elected to a four-year term in 2006. To demonstrate her qualifications for the job she pointed to her experiences as a longtime resident of the town.

“My husband and I have two school aged children who attend public school in Carbondale, just as I did years ago,” she wrote in a recent letter to friends and constituents. “I know what it is like to grow up here and now I have the added perspective of raising a family here. I feel first hand the benefits and the struggles many of us experience in choosing Carbondale for our home.”

She also pointed to her experience as a trustee, stating that during her tenure she served a total of two years as mayor pro tem, acting as the mayor in the mayor’s absence.

Three of the six trustee seats are open in the upcoming elections. Candidates were allowed to begin circulating petitions on The Sopris Sun’s press deadline Feb. 16.

As of that date, trustee Ed Cortez had

begun petitioning to run for mayor as well, and trustee John Foulkrod had begun gathering signatures to run for another term as town trustee. Foukrod has served one twoyear and one four-year term.

Circle Club West gets town grant The Carbondale Board of Trustees on Feb. 9 agreed to grant $1,500 to Circle Club West, a community health organization that helps people with substance abuse and psychological problems. The money will come from a $12,000 portion of the town’s community requests budget that was left unallocated in last fall’s budget process.

Circle Club West is a one-year-old nonprofit organization that sponsors substanceabuse recovery programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous.

Currently based in the Cowen Center in Carbondale, Circle Club West holds 10 AA meetings each week.

The organization is now hosting a newly formed support group for military combat veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. The group is open to combat veterans from all conflicts.

Circle Club West has a goal of keeping its club house open seven days a week with a paid manager, for anyone seeking help with

recovery or similar problems. The organization’s current 2010 budget is $18,300. The group will be conducting fundraising events and is expecting new memberships. It collects rent from the AA groups.

Shoddy shoveling in C’dale A lot of Carbondalians like to walk places — to and from work, on errands, or just for pleasure and exercise. But walking gets more difficult in winter, when some people don’t shovel their sidewalks.

The town has an ordinance (for you legal geeks, that’s number 7.12.010, under Title 7, Health and Sanitation) that requires both homeowners and renters to remove snow and ice from public sidewalks within 24 hours of any snowfall.

SATURDAY Feb. 6 At about 6:45 p.m. on Highway 133, a Carbondale police officer noticed a driver riding his bumper so closely that her car’s headlights weren’t visible in his rearview mirror. The officer pulled the woman over and she acknowledged that she’d been tailgating, but she pointed out that she was in a hurry to deliver pizzas, and that the officer had been driving slowly.

While the officer was writing her a ticket she got out of her car and handed him her cell phone. Her manager was on the line,

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and he asked the officer to let the woman go so that she could get on with her delivery. When the officer explained that he was writing her a citation, the manager called the officer a nasty name.

SUNDAY Feb. 7 At 3:04 p.m. a man reported that someone had stolen a buck knife with a four-inch blade from his truck, which he’d left unlocked on S.Third Street.

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Though the ordinance does provide for fines, Plano says, the town government hasn’t felt that penalties are appropriate. Yet. Plano has been assigned, for the time being, to give out printed fliers to people who haven’t cleared their walks.

Plano tells The Sopris Sun that some of the people who have received these fliers have had the audacity to complain that the snow has built up and gotten packed and frozen onto their sidewalks, and it’s too difficult to remove. There’s a simple solution, he said.

“Be responsible, and do it within 24 hours, and you won’t have this problem with accumulation,” Plano says. “Even if you’re renting, you have the responsibility.”

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Tennis courts a priority for cash-strapped athletic facilities plan

By Terray Sylvester The Sopris Sun At a well-attended Feb. 10 meeting, Carbondale’s Parks and Recreation Commission unanimously approved a proposal to place a variety of new and renovated playing fields and other sports facilities in south Carbondale.

The proposal is a joint project between the town of Carbondale and the Roaring Fork Re-1 School District. At a total estimated cost of about $3 million, it would include new multiuse fields, volleyball courts, field houses, paths and more over the coming years.

But funding for the project remains elusive and the proposal still must be approved by the Carbondale Board of Town Trustees and the Roaring Fork Re-1 School District.

The meeting attracted about 20 town residents. None of them objected to the proposal, though some piped up to suggest ways that it might be tweaked to provide added

playing space sooner.

Local tennis players were the most vocal.

The proposal presented at the meeting would provide four new courts between Meadowood Drive and Roaring Fork High School at a cost of about $75,000 apiece. But the tennis players asserted that those four new courts alone would not be enough to meet demand, and that with funding for the plan in question, they could be a long time coming.

Currently, the town’s only public tennis facilities are two courts located in River Valley Ranch.

To squeeze more courts into Carbondale, and to begin doing so more quickly, meeting participants suggested that the town and school district fill in the cracks that have formed in the three deteriorating courts at Carbondale Middle School.

Town Parks and Recreation Director Jeff Jackel told The Sopris Sun that the town is considering that option, and that an estimate

Black market biz continued om page 3 [Feb. 4],” he said. “What I would like to see happen is if people see vendors, they contact the police department, so we can make sure they have all necessary licenses to operate properly.”

Town Manager Tom Baker echoed that request.

“We need help from the community on identifying these, so we can take appropriate action,” Baker said. “It’s a revenue concern, and unfair competition.”

“Everyone’s upset.

You’re going to see some businesses closing. The town’s going to suffer, because where are they going to collect sales tax from?”

- Brenda Garcia Baker said legitimate businesses help the community by paying, directly or indirectly, water and sewer tap fees, fire impact fees and sales taxes. Directly or through their landlords, businesses also pay property tax, which, due to Colorado’s Gallagher Amendment, is more than three times as much for commercial properties as it is for residential properties. Property taxes pay for a long list of services, including public schools and county services. Legitimate businesses pay payroll taxes to the federal and state governments, too.

Garcia complained that a representative of the Colorado Health Department said the state can’t do anything about the problem unless the department receives specific information on the addresses where violations are

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“But that’s not our job,” Garcia said. She and others in business don’t have the time to track down the scofflaws.

Patti Klocker, assistant director of the Consumer Protection Division for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment said the penalty for selling either retail food or prepared food without a license is a fine, ranging from $250 to $1,000.

Klocker said to start an establishment that sells food, an applicant must submit plans, including information about the menu, facilities and equipment that will be used. Then, the department inspects kitchens while they are in operation.

“It’s to protect the public that’s consuming the food that comes from these facilities,” she said. “The bottom line is to be certain they’re operating in a manner that’s safe to the public.”

Klocker also said legitimate food service businesses must get their food from a recognized and approved wholesale source, and it must be transported in a safe manner, with perishable products refrigerated.

“You want to be sure you’ve got a safe ingredient before you start making it into something,” she said.

Garcia said she’s been told that some of the illegal vendors go to California to buy goods at wholesale. She said she’s also heard lately that someone drives from California on a weekly basis, bringing goods to be sold in the valley.

Legitimate retailers, Garcia said, are feeling like they’re at a disadvantage to underground retailers, Garcia said.

“Everyone’s upset,” she said. “You’re going to see some businesses closing.”

“The town’s going to suffer, because where are they going to collect sales tax from?” Garcia asked. ~Terray Sylvester contributed to this story.

To report an unlicensed business or one that does not collect sales tax, contact the Carbondale Police Department, 963-2662. To report a food service business or liquor sales outlet that may not be legitimate, contact the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, (303) 692-2002.

from a company in Arvada puts the cost of the repair work at about $12,500. He noted, however, that the courts would require resealing work each year.

At the meeting, Carbondale resident Susan Cheney suggested that the town pursue alternative sources of funding for the repair work, such as grants available through the U.S.Tennis Association. She also mentioned that the Carbondale Tennis Club has“a few thousand dollars” that might be available.

Jackel said he has been exploring those options.

And he may have to.

Town staff earmarked $100,000 in Carbondale’s 2010 budget for the athletic facilities proposal. But they did so under the assumption that the school district would provide a matching contribution, and that the whole sum would be leveraged to secure a Great Outdoors Colorado Grant (GOCO) grant from the state.

But at the Feb. 10 meeting, school board member Bill Lamont said that with the school district facing significant budget cuts and expenses in the coming year, it will be unable to chip in for the sports fields in the immediate future.

Jackel said that Carbondale trustees must now determine whether or not the town should begin to develop the new athletic facilities without the district’s support.

The deadline for the next round of GOCO grant application deadlines is March 1. The town will likely miss that deadline, but may aim for the next one, which is in August, Jackel said.

He noted that tennis courts are among the top priorities of the proposal. The town and school district are also looking to install a temporary outfield fence at the current site of the Ron Patch baseball field.

That change would open up the space for two new soccer fields.

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Jake Zamansky and his mother, Diane. Courtesy photo

inevitability as an Olympian, it was his mom and dad. They bought their tickets to the giant slalom race early last summer, as soon as tickets went on sale. And in October, with the final decision still months away, they purchased their airline tickets and made hotel reservations.

David and Diane Zamansky kept a close eye on their son and his results as the fall and winter progressed.

“I watched the ski racing and results pretty closely,” David Zamansky said.

“Ted Ligety was a given, and then there were five or six other guys – including Jake – who could have made the team.”

The Zamanskys could only wait and hope from their home in Carbondale. Finally word came when Jake called from Europe via Skype and told his parents that he’d made the team.

“It’s been an exciting couple of weeks — finding out that your son is an Olympian,” David Zamansky said.

“Jake’s worked really hard to make it.”

Asked if she’d had any doubts about her son making the Olympic team, Diane Zamansky was succinct: “No.” “He’s been focused and dedicated for his dreams,” she said. “He’s just had the

forward motion to reach his goals.”

Jake Zamansky’s focus remains on the race of his life. He wrote about his decision to skip the Opening Ceremonies on his website, Zman181.com: “Opening Ceremonies are tonight and I've decided to stay here in Park City. It was not an easy decision but I felt that it was the best thing I could do to be ready to rip on Feb. 21st.

“The training has been good here in Park City and I feel like I’m in a great spot right now physically and mentally.”

Jake Zamansky has made the team.

He’s kept his focus on training. Now the only thing left to do is win.

“I don’t want to go there just to go,” he says in the trailer for the documentary. “I want to go there and kick some [expletive].”

Keep up with Jake:

As of Sopris Sun press deadline on Feb. 16, Jake Zamansky’s event, the men’s giant slalom, was scheduled to start at 10:30 a.m. Mountain standard time, on Tuesday, Feb. 23.

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Have you ever wondered why the Christmas lights are still up on Main Street? The Christmas holidays ended over six weeks ago, Valentine’s Day has come and gone, as has President’s Day weekend. The only celebration left is The Sopris Sun’s birthday party and that takes place tonight, Feb. 18. Are the town employees simply too lazy to spend the time to remove the 40,000 lights attached to the 650 strands that make up the ďŹ ve miles of wire?

According to Carbondale’s feng shui expert Tony Coia, who keeps the town looking beautiful, the answer is “no.�

According to Coia, the shopkeepers like to keep them up as long as possible ’cause they light up the town during the dreary days of winter. Why not just keep them up all year? According to Coia, the strands of lights must be removed before the trees bud or they will snap off the buds.

Also the trees swell as the ground warms so if the lights are left up, eventually the wires will strangle the trees.

Happy birthday to all the ďŹ shes! From tomorrow, Feb. 19, until March 20, you swimmers will be in the spotlight.

Heads up, Pisces guys, whether you’re offended or attered it won’t change the fact that Pisces is a feminine sign, according to our astrological consultant. You should be pleased to learn that both genders are traditionally imaginative and intuitive – traits that work in your favor when you are trying to avoid the hook. Both sexes are also kind, compassionate and sensitive. On the other hand, all ďŹ shes, male and female, freshwater and saltwater, are weakwilled, secretive and when kept out of the water for too long, you all stink.

Celebrating this week are Randy Vanderhurst, Nancy Ball, Brian Leasure, Mark Cook, Kris Kreft, and Steve Skinner and Jeff Dickinson, who were both spawned in the same river on the same day, Feb. 24.

And happy birthday, belatedly, to our indispensable ad representative, Anne Godlberg. Her birthday was Feb. 11.

What’s Up, Doc? It’s his shingle. That’s what’s up again. We are happy to report that Doc Philip will reopen his practice after almost a three-year break. If there’s anyone in Carbondale who knows how to manipulate, it’s Doc Philip, a.k.a Dr. Dandelion. Doc’s ofďŹ ce is located on Third Street right across from The Village Smithy. You can’t miss it. It’s the gray house with the bones hanging in front. Welcome back, Doc!

As the rumor mill churns For months now the rumor mill has been churning regarding The Copathetic Cowboys Merle and the Chameleon and their popular Wednesday morning bluegrass show on KDNK. They’ve been absent from the airwaves and even our best investigators haven’t been able to ďŹ nd out why, or if they’re ever coming back. Expla-

The crew of Be Heard! TV was on location at Fatbelly Burgers last weekend, shooting a segment about the recession. It will air at beheardtv.com. From left to right: BeHeard! mentor chris Tribble, Show host Taylor Goodstein, and soundman Josh Fitzpatrick. Photo by Jane Bachrach nations for their absence range from the simple fact that they’re taking a break from each other, to allegations that there was too much quarreling over which of them knows more about bluegrass. Finally, after months of speculation, we are happy to report that those Copathetic Cowboys will be back beginning Wednesday, Feb. 25, to kick off the KDNK membership drive. Check it out for yourselves at The Pour House between 8 and 10 a.m. Study their faces and body language to see if things are co-pathetic or copacetic.

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Membership Drive Feb. 24 - March 5

Renew or become a member before February 24 and be eligible for this year's Earlybird Membership drawing for a "Susti Pack" from Sustainable Settings Ranch in Carbondale. The winner of the Susti Pack will receive either a $300, local grass-fed beef package or one-month's worth of "beyond organic" fresh produce from Sustainable Settings.

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This spring, family level members can select a KDNK hat or a bamboo/cotton shirt. Sustainable level members and above will get a handmade, ceramic Susti Cup. Local potter Alleghany Meadows is producing the Susti Cups from recycled clay using a local glaze. The cups will be single-fired, one-of a-kind, limited-edition works of local art.

Individual members are welcome to snag a tote bag and a CD or two from our voluminous collection of new music.

Join or renew at kdnk.org or call 963-0139 Thanks for supporting Community Radio!

Marie Kuen of the Back Door Consignment store in Carbondale is going to jail! She will be incarcerated from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Feb. 25 with others from the valley community. They’re all participating in the annual Glenwood Springs Lockup, a beneďŹ t for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Each of them has agreed to raise $1,500 for bail before the 25th, and if they don’t do so they’ll be “locked upâ€? at the Glenwood Canyon Brewpub until the required funds come in. As of Feb. 16, Marie had raised just $250. Call 963-3380 to keep her out of the clink. ~By Jane Bachrach (If you see her on the street send your Scuttlebutt scuttling her way.)

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DIVORCE CLASS • A Do It Yourself Divorce Class takes place at 5 p.m. at the GarCo Courthouse in Glenwood Springs.

Small donation requested, but optional.

More info: 945-8858.

THURSDAY NIGHT BAR • Attorneys offer 15-minute consultations about divorce, custody, renter’s rights and other legal matters at 5 p.m. at the GarCo Courthouse in Glenwood Springs. Bring pertinent paperwork. Small donation requested, but not required. More info: 920-2828.

E-THURSDAY • The Pitkin County Library offers the workshop, “Looking for a good book?” From 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the library in Aspen, library staff shares techsavvy tips of the trade for finding great books to read. More info: (970) 429-1900.

ARTIST PRESENTATION • Renowned Native American painter and sculptor Dan Namingha speaks at 5:30 p.m. at the Ann Korologos Gallery in Basalt, followed by a reception and exhibit. More info: 927-9668.

BUS RAPID TRANSIT MEETING • Roaring Fork Transportation Authority hosts an informational public meeting on the valley’s future Bus Rapid Transit system from 6 to 8 p.m. at the new Basalt Library, 14 Midland Ave., Basalt. More info: 9258484, RFTA.com.

To list your event, email information to news@soprissun.com. Deadline is 5 p.m. Saturday.

Events take place in Carbondale unless noted.

SECRETS • The Carbondale Council on Arts & Humanities presents “Secrets,” a performance piece by Ellie Davis sharing secrets from the Roaring Fork Valley, at 7 p.m. at the Gathering Center in the Church at Carbondale. More info: 963-1680 or carbondalearts.com.

STEVE’S GUITARS • Steve’s Guitars at 19 N. Fourth St. presents Guggenheim Grotto at 8:30 p.m. $15. More info: 963-3304, stevesguitars.net.

“Precious” (R) at 5 p.m. Feb. 21.

LIVE MUSIC • Rivers Restaurant at 2525 S. Grand Ave. in Glenwood Springs presents classic rock ‘n’ roll by The Frustrations at 9 p.m. No cover. More info: (970) 928-8813.

SAT. – SUN. Feb. 20-21 SHAMANIC HEALING • Dr. Ramon Nenadich presents a shamanic deep healing workshop from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days at Solara, 64 Favre Lane, El Jebel. $250 for both days.To register, call Anahata Healing Arts, 963-4679.

FRIDAY Feb. 19 YOGA FOR THE HEART • Diane Agnello teaches Yoga of the Heart to reduce stress and heal the heart, 9 to 10 a.m. at Valley View Hospital, Glenwood Springs. More info: 384-7159.

WEIGHT LOSS CLASS • Dietician Kim Gordon offers a class on small weight reduction that can have big health benefits.

Class starts at 10:30 a.m. at Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs. $7. Free to Cardiac Wellness members. Pre-register: 384-7159.

WINE & FOOD • The Great Match wine and food tasting is held from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Church at Carbondale on Snowmass Drive. Music, food, wine and good times.

Proceeds benefit Mountain Regional Housing. Tickets and more info: 704-9801.

MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents“Up in the Air” (R) at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19-25; “An Education” (PG-13) at 5:15 p.m. Feb. 20 and

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SATURDAY Feb. 20 PEOPLE IN PICTURES • The AllValley Photo Alliance hosts “People in Pictures,” a workshop on portrait photography to help you bring out the essence of your subject. Workshop lasts from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Third Street Center. $10. Free to AVPA members. More info: sdrinker@drinkerdurrance.com or 945-4321.

KNIT FOR THE CURE • The public is invited to knit and crochet from 1 to 4 p.m at the Pitkin County Library. Completed items will be donated to Komen Aspen and a cure

for breast cancer. Yarn, patterns and needles provided. More info: (970) 429-1900.

GRAND PRIZE RAFFLE • The Go GreenGet Green economic rejuvenation campaign hosts a raffle from 4 to 6 p.m. at Sopris Liquor and Wine, 1026 Highway 133. An electric car and door prizes will be raffled.

More info: 963-1890 or Carbondale.com.

MONDAY Feb. 22 FOOD CO-OP MEETS • The Carbondale Community Food Cooperative hosts its annual appetizer potluck and members’ meeting from 5 to 7 p.m. at Eco-Goddess Edibles at 335 Main Street. Bring an appetizer if you can, vote for a new board, meet friendly foodies. More info: 963-1375, carbondalefoodcoop@gmail.com.

SELF-REALIZATION CLASS • Kimberlie Chenoweth presents a course on becoming fully you from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Transitions, 1322 Grand Ave., Glenwood Springs. More info: 945-8598, tilicho@sopris.net.

BUS RAPID TRANSIT MEETING • Roaring Fork Transportation Authority hosts an informational public meeting on the valley’s future Bus Rapid Transit system from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Carbondale recreation center. Spanish translation available.

More info: 925-8484, RFTA.com.

TUESDAY Feb. 23 ALL ABOUT FOOTE • Colorado Mountain College professor and Carbondalian Christie Smith discusses her new book about Mary Hallock Foote, one of the first women to make a living writing fiction about the West. The talk starts at noon at CMC’s

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TWILIGHT SNOWSHOE • The Roaring Fork Conservancy hosts a moonlight exploration of the snowy fields and wetlands of the Emma Open Space from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Meet at the Emma Schoolhouse parking lot. Free.

Snowshoes available. Registration required: roaringfork.org. More info: 927-1290.

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TRUSTEES MEET • The Carbondale Board of Trustees will meet at 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall. On the agenda: Village at Crystal River development proposal.

SLIDE LECTURE • Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village offers a slide lecture with photographer David Hilliard at 7 p.m. More info: andersonranch.org/events.

MORNING SNOWSHOE • The Roaring Fork Conservancy and Pitkin Open Space and Trails host a snowshoe excursion from 10 a.m. to noon at the James H. Smith Northstar Open Space. Registration required: roaringfork.org. More info: 927-1290.

BOOK READING • The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities presents local authors Art and Allison Daily reading from their memoir, “Out of the Canyon.” Pam Houston, author of “Sight Hound,” reads as well at 7 p.m. at the Church of Carbondale. More info: 963-1680, carbondalearts.com.

TAX HELP FOR SENIORS • Senior Matters hosts tax return assistance to seniors from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Third Street Center, 520 Third St. Trained volunteers provide help with both federal and state income tax forms. Free to low- and moderate-income and disabled clients, seniors and

SCHOOL BOARD MEETS • The Roaring Fork Re-1 School District board of directors meets at 4 p.m. at the district administration building at 1405 Grand Ave., Glenwood Springs. More info: 384-6009.

YOUTH PANEL • Students in theAndy Zanca Youth Empowerment radio broadcasting class

will discuss the local school system,social issues and helping Haiti. The panel will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at the CRMS barn and airs live on KDNK 88.1, 88.3 and 88.5 FM. PIZZA TUNES • Karen King plays her sweet tunes from 7 to 10 p.m. at White House Pizza at 801 Main Court. No Cover. More info: whitehousepizza.com or 704-9400.

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disabled individuals. More info and appointments: 963-2536.

PHOTOGRPAHY PRESENTATION • The All-Valley Photo Alliance hosts slides, tales and tips from professional photographer Grafton Smith at 7:30 p.m. at the Third Street Center. $10. Free to AVPA members.

More info: 945-4321, sdrinker@drinkerdurrance.com.

Feb. 26 YOGA FOR THE HEART • Diane Agnello teaches Yoga of the Heart to reduce stress and heal the heart, 9 to 10 a.m. at Valley View Hospital, Glenwood Springs.

More info: 384-7159.

DIABETES AND NUTRITION • Dietician Kim Gordon offers a class optimizing your blood sugar and keeping your heart healthy. Class starts at 10:30 a.m. at Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs. $7.

Free to Cardiac Wellness members. Pre-register: 384-7159.

ACOUSTIC CARNAHAN’S • Songwriter T Ray Becker hosts an acoustic music night with new musicians every week from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursdays at Carnahan’s Tavern (formerly the Black Nugget), 403 Main St. More info: 963-4496.

TEA DATE • Charlotte Graham hosts tea dates Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Mount Sopris Historical Society Museum at 499 Weant Blvd. Chit chat and share stories. More info: 704-0567 or (970) 306-8771.

BRAIN BAR • The Brain Bar at Youthentity offers one-on-one computer training with a knowledgeable student technician. $20/hour.

Bring your computer or use one of Youthentity’s MacBooks. More info: 963-4055.

ANDERSON RANCH OPEN • Anderson Ranch Arts Center is offering one- and twoday weekend painting, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, woodworking and photography workshops February through April. More info: andersonranch.org or 923-3181.

WILLITS WINTER MART • The Saturday Indoor Farmers’ Market takes place Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Willits Town Center next to Kitchen Collage in Willits.

More info: 618-9763.

BOBBY MASON LIVE • Bobby Mason performs from 6 to 9 p.m. every Friday at Konnyaku, 568 Highway 133.

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YOGA • Jeff Jackson teaches yoga from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays at True Nature Healing Arts, 549 Main St.

PILATES • Coredination Pilates offers mat classes from 5 to 6 p.m. on Mondays, 8:30 to 9:30 a.m on Wednesdays and 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursdays. More info: 379-2187.

SUICIDE SURVIVORS’ SUPPORT • A support group for those who have lost a loved one to suicide meets the second Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Glenwood Springs, 824 Cooper St. More info: 945-1398, or pamsz@sopris.net.

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Community Briefs KDNK membership drive begins

CRES seeks volunteers

If you love community radio, KDNK wants to hear about it. KDNK is collecting testimonials from steadfast and stalwart supporters of community radio â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to be aired during their spring membership drive, Feb. 24 to March 5. The station encourages everyone to share their passion for community radio with KDNKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s listening audience.

The deadline is Feb. 22.

KDNK is also looking for phone volunteers to take pledges during the membership drive. Phone shifts are three hours long and are available from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

To contribute a testimonial and to volunteer, call Cindy at 963-0139 or email cindy@kdnk.org for details.

Crystal River Elementary School (CRES) in Carbondale is seeking community volunteers and sponsors to help complete the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s large playground. The new school building, at 160 Snowmass Drive, was completed in 2006. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The new playground structure will beneďŹ t Crystal River Elementary School, the wonderful children that already attend, future children of CRES, and the surrounding community,â&#x20AC;? said Parent Teacher Organization President Mandy Brennan.

Students will participate in a Design Day on Feb. 24 with the designer from Leathers and Associates, a playground company based in New York. Then, at 6:30 p.m. on the same day, families and community members are invited to attend a Design Day Celebration, including an unveiling of the playground design and an informational meeting. Light refreshments will be served. The Parent Teacher Organization is also recruiting volunteers to serve on committees and to help raise additional funds to complete the playground, likely with a climbing structure for the older children.

For more information or to get involved, contact PTO President Mandy Brennan at mandyg_25@yahoo.com or attend the Feb. 24 celebration.

OHV group hosts wilderness forum The White River Forest Alliance is hosting â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wilderness DeďŹ ned,â&#x20AC;? an environmental open forum at 7 p.m. Feb. 23 at Dos Gringos. All user groups, including mountain bikers, hikers, snowmobilers, dirt bikers, ATV riders, hunters, ďŹ shermen, backcountry skiers, ranchers and land owners, are encouraged to attend to â&#x20AC;&#x153;learn about working together as a community to preserve our wilderness,â&#x20AC;? states a WRFA press release. Forest Service ofďŹ cials will discuss cross-stewardship, tolerance and protocols among user groups on public wild lands. For more information, visit whiteriverforestalliance.org or call Jack Albright at 379-3244.

English In Action seeks volunteers English In Action is looking for volunteer tutors to work one-on-one with adult immigrants who are learning English. The next

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Serving El Jebel to Aspen, English In Action provides English language tutoring to adults so they can participate more effectively as workers, parents and members of the community. EIA staff members say that becom-

ing a volunteer tutor is a â&#x20AC;&#x153;great way to help bridge the communication gap while making new friends and having fun.â&#x20AC;?Volunteers need no previous teaching or foreign language experience. For more information about the upcoming training, contact Liz at 963-9200 or visit englishinaction.org.

Business Briefs Crystal River Spas wins award Crystal River Spas in Carbondale has received the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spasearchâ&#x20AC;? 2010 CertiďŹ ed Retail Store award â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the only independent retail endorsement in the hot tub industry.â&#x20AC;&#x153;Proving their longtime commitment to excellence, Crystal River Spas has met all the standards of the rigorous certiďŹ cation process,â&#x20AC;? states a press release.

Hot tub retailers earn the status by demonstrating excellence on every level, from employee training to consumer satisfaction. To maintain complete impartiality, all results are tabulated through a team of third-party auditors, ensuring that the certiďŹ cation is won fairly and not inďŹ&#x201A;uenced by advertising dollars. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This award is unprecedented in the hot tub industry,â&#x20AC;? says David T. Wood, editor-inchief ofâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Spasearchâ&#x20AC;?magazine.â&#x20AC;&#x153;For years hot tub retailers have been asking for an independent endorsement program and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re happy to expand the certiďŹ ed customer satisfaction program to include them. Crystal River Spas has long been an example to re-

tailers in the industry and now their accolades are no longer anecdotal, but proven through this independent audit.â&#x20AC;?

Câ&#x20AC;&#x2122;dale local opens new P.R. ďŹ rm Carbondale resident Maura McKenna Masters has created her own marketing company, M3 Marketing, LLC. A press release states that the ďŹ rm will specialize in public relations, advertising and special event planning for local businesses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Realizing the current eceonomy has forced some local businesses to re-think their marketing plans, I am both ďŹ&#x201A;exible and accountable when my clients need help â&#x20AC;&#x201C; whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s setting a brand, designing a campaign or producing an outreach event,â&#x20AC;? said Masters in the press release.

Masters was formerly the marketing director for Komen Aspen and has lived and worked in the Roaring Fork Valley for 30 years. She said that she understands â&#x20AC;&#x153;the nuances and challengesâ&#x20AC;? of running both commercial and nonproďŹ t businesses in the area.

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Art Briefs TRTC stages ‘Glass Menagerie’ In about 1941, Tennessee Williams began the work that would become “The Glass Menagerie,” one of the most famous and most produced plays of the modern theater.

The play evolved from the short story “Portrait of a Girl in Glass,” which focused more completely on Laura than the play does. In March 1945, the play opened on Broadway where it won the prestigious New York Drama Critics’ Circle award. This highly personal, explicitly autobiographical play earned Williams fame, fortune, and critical respect, and it marked the beginning of a successful run that would last for another 10 years. Two years after “The Glass Menagerie,” Williams won another Drama Critics’ Circle award and a Pulitzer prize for “A Streetcar Named Desire.” Williams won the same two prizes again in 1955 for “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.”

Williams writes that nostalgia is the first condition of“The Glass Menagerie.”The narrator, Tom, is not the only character haunted by his memories. Amanda, too, lives in constant pursuit of her bygone youth, and old records from her childhood are almost as important to Laura as her glass animals. For these characters, memory is a crippling force that prevents them from finding happiness in the present or in the offerings of the future.

But memory is also a vital force for Tom, prompting him to the act of creation that culminates in the achievement of the play.

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by Artistic Director Lon Winston — will fea-

ture TRTC’s lead actress and Associate Artistic Director Valerie Haugen as Amanda Wingfield. Guest actors include John Goss as the son, Tom, and the play’s narrator. Goss was last seen on the TRTC stage as El Gallo in “The Fantasticks.” Kelly Ish plays Laura, and Billy Challis plays the Gentleman Caller.

The play runs Feb. 26 through 27; March 5 through 7; and March 11 through 13; with a preview Feb. 25. For tickets and information visit thunderrivertheatre.com or call 963-8200.

ing magazine, Boating Life, and World Cup skiing. Smith will present some of his best work and share stories about his adventures at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Third Street Center. Admission is free to AVPA members and $10 for the general public.

For more information, contact Sue Drinker at sdrinker@drinkerdurrance.com or 945-4321. Events are presented in association with the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities.

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Why do our pictures of family members, friends and strangers turn out so differently from what we envision and know to be the essence of who they really are?

How do you make them feel relaxed? How do you get out of the way of letting their selves shine through?

Explore the possibilities of seeing and photographing people in a different and more dynamic way in an All Valley Photo Alliance workshop at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 20 at the Third Street Center. Participants will explore the essence of what makes a good portrait: the right place, the right time, the right light and intuition in portraying the person as an individual in their environment. The final segment includes a review of the work and short critique.

Also in February, AVPA presents Aspen photographer Grafton Smith, a longtime professional photographer whose career has taken him from worldwide assignments for Texaco to projects for Waterski-

The Parents’ Association of the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Folklórico will present its annual Mexican Ballet Folklórico Dinner and Dance Show, featuring 70 local children ages 7 to 18, on Saturday and Sunday Feb. 20 and 21. On Saturday, a Mexican dinner will begin at 5:30 p.m. and the dancing will begin at 7 p.m. On Sunday the meal will begin at 4:30 p.m., with the dancing starting at 6 p.m.

Adult tickets cost $12, children’s tickets are $6. The ticket price includes the meal and entrance to the dance show. For more information, call 963-7567.

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C’dale to host Honor Jazz Band Roaring Fork High School will host the sixth annual District Eight Honor Jazz Band Feb. 19 and 20. Over 50 teenage musicians from around the district will attend, and about a dozen of them are students of Roaring Fork High School and Carbondale Middle School. The honor band is sponsored by Jazz Aspen Snowmass.

District eight encompasses 24 middle and high schools from Steamboat Springs to Leadville to the Roaring Fork Valley, and in Eagle and Summit counties. Honor band selectees will participate in two days of intensive jazz training, including instructional workshops and rehearsals, with a faculty of professional musicians from around the state.

The honor band events will wrap up with a free performance, open to the community, at 5 p.m., Feb. 20, at Roaring Fork High School.

“It’s a great opportunity for student musicians from throughout the District to get together and, not only be recognized for their talents, but also play together amongst their peers,” said Jazz Aspen Snowmass In-Schools Director Chris Bank.

For more information contact Jazz Aspen Snowmass at 920-4996 or visit jazzaspen.org.

Artists sought for studio tour The Carbondale Community School Studio Tour Committee is inviting artists working in any medium, with studios from Glenwood Springs to Aspen, to apply to the Roaring Fork Valley Studio Tour. Participating artists will open their studios to the public the weekend of June 5 and 6. A press release describes the tour as a great marketing and exposure opportunity, and a fun way for visitors to interact with artists on a personal level and watch them work. The application deadline is March 2. For an application, visit roaringforkvalleystudiotour.org or email rfvstudiotour@gmail.com.

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Exciting seeds, and a scrumptious summer to come Do you tingle as you open the mailbox? I always do.This past Monday, I was thrilled to see a box filled with all kinds of shapes and colors. When I grabbed an appealingly thick manila envelope, I felt thousands of tiny little somethings rattling inside it … our vegetable seeds were here! I couldn’t open it fast enough. By the time I had sifted through all 46 packets though, whew, I needed a drink. I poured one for Peter and watched him drink it. Just kidding.

But what was I thinking? Eleven tomato varieties? Ten different kinds of chilies and peppers?

You see, we love to cook; we live to eat. Recently, out on a date, I had ordered something I’d never seen before. Peter claims I moaned for a whole half an hour as I consumed it, chopstick by chopstick. The Asian greens were pungent and simply melted in my mouth. The Thai basil, kaffir and galangal trifecta made every bite sing. Another moan. As for the odd green pod-ish things, I’d never experienced such a velvety, meaty green bean.This is why we want to grow food: It’s pleasurable to eat. Not to mention, if we want these foods, we have to grow them – you won’t find these at City Market.

In choosing this year’s seeds, we took a gardener’s advice to heart: Grow only what you truly want to eat. Pouring through the Baker’s Seeds catalog, we traveled the world in a weekend. We ordered eggplants from Japan and Brazil;

by Geneviève Joëlle tomatoes from Russia, Canada and the Ukraine; chili pepVillamizar pers from the Caribbean, India, Mexico, Indonesia. I’m dying to taste the spicy carrot from Africa and tickled to harvest an heirloom French one. We chose vegetables we know we’ll get a true kick out of eating and sharing.

We also chose to only grow open-pollinated or heirloom seeds. The idea of harvesting the eventual seeds as well as food makes sense, aside from being just plain old school and rather romantic. Each variety will grow true from seed year to year, with all of the original quirks and oddities that make them the delicious heirlooms that they are.We refuse to support genetically Monsanto-nized seeds bred for production instead of the people that eat them.

Despite the ambitious 46, we chose not to plant a lettuce bed. We can harvest flavorful greens off most of the veggies anyway. We will have the traditional Italian trio, of course: tomato, basil, garlic. However, I’m most eager for the Asian area. Last week, at the lovely new Bangkok Grocery in Fort Collins, the owner, an adorable, pint-sized Thai woman, took me under her wing and talked me through her produce section. I learned different ways to prepare Chinese gailan, tong-ho,Thai khew dok long beans and her beautifully mottled chartreuse

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eggplants. As it turns out, we have seeds for all of these. Can we grow them as easily as lettuce? I have no idea!

So yeah, we’re in over our heads. We haven’t even dug our beds or grown our soils yet.

Wrapping our minds around the systems and successions of it all just warps our brains. So please, all of you home farmers out there, with palms together wish us joy and luck. We wish you the best of success too. The fiascos and triumphs will surely keep us all engaged.

News Briefs continued om page 2 Trustees give KDNK $4,000 KDNK General Manager Steve Skinner on Feb. 9 persuaded Carbondale’s Board of Trustees to give the station $4,000 for a sound system that will be used for a program called “Fostering Local Sound.”

The series will feature local musicians, professional and amateur, young and old, who compose their own material. Performances will be held in homes and possibly other small venues, and will be recorded and also broadcast live on the station.The purpose, Skinner said, is to develop a distinct Carbondale sound and foster musical creativity that is specific to Carbondale and the Roaring Fork Valley.

The new equipment will enhance these performances, but also will be used for other concerts promoted by KDNK. Skinner promised to thank the town publicly every time the equipment is used.

The trustees directed Town Manager Tom Baker to locate money for the grant from various appropriate parts of the budget.

Grand Valley Citizens Alliance endorses Hidden Gems The Grand Valley Citizens Alliance endorsed the Hidden Gems Wilderness Proposal with a unanimous vote Tuesday night at its general membership meeting in Battlement Mesa.

“GVCA is very excited about supporting this preservation of wilderness,” Paul Light, GVCA president said in a press release.“GVCA is thrilled to support wilderness preservation and pass on a sustainable environment to our children.”

The Grand Valley Citizen’s Alliance represents residents of Garfield County and has 168 members. The Hidden Gems proposal would designate as wilderness about 400,000 acres of public lands on the White River and Gunnison National Forests and surrounding Bureau of Land Management lands. Most of the proposal is located in Summit, Pitkin, Eagle and Gunnison counties. The proposal includes about 1,600 acres of public lands in Garfield County.

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