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Dance stepping up in fashion show Sopris Sun Staff Report
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Carbondale Middle School student Corbin Carpenter jumped in with both feet when the Aspen Valley Ski Club hosted the Rocky Mountain Nordic U-14 championships at Spring Gulch on Feb. 28. The theme was “Tour de Sea,” a play of words on the annual Tour de Ski event in Europe. “See” for yourself on page 14 how other AVSC members responded to the challenge of taking sea-level creatures to Spring Gulch’s elevation of 7,000 feet. Photo by Jane Bachrach
esides eye-popping fashions, performance art, multimedia spectacles and more, dance is playing an increasingly important role in CCAH’s Green is the New Black fashion extravaganza. Starting in 2011 with the show theme of “Around the World,” Alexandra and Anthony Jerkunica performed a yogainspired ballet piece. That same year, the African dance group Ngoma performed a West African dance; Deborah Collet and Tenyl Lavender choreographed an all-cast Bollywood dance that concluded the show. “Dance is one of the elements that has just been able to take the show to the next level,” said fashion-show director Amy Kimberly. “Every year the dancing improves and now it plays a key role in tying the plot of show together. With dance we are able to directly and artistically address social and environmental issues that relate to our show theme.” The Green is the New Black (GITNB) fashion extravaganza is presented at the Carbondale Recreation Center at 8 p.m. on March 11-12 (doors open at 7 p.m.). For ticket information, go to carbondalearts.com. This year’s theme is “Transformation,” which promises to take the audience on a journey of a lifetime, from birth to death, and many transformational experiences in between. “Dancers will be less like a cast of characters and more like a classical Greek chorus, commenting on each stage of life through dance,” said a press release. “Dancers interplay with digital artistry in order to tie this multi-faceted performance together.” In many ways, the fashion show has provided a venue for dancers to not just perform, but to build community through collaboration, hard work and sharing a common passion. To prepare for the fashion show, dancers begin rehearsing as early as December and meet twice a week until show time. In recent years, dancers have endured some precarious stage scenes. “Over the past four years I have crawled under the runway into the VIP seating and scaled construction scaffolding in order to jump into the arms of dancers,” said Brianne Newcomb, who has been a part of the dance corps since 2012. “ … and this year I am dancing inside a 6’x8’ scrim box!” Choreography regularly interacts with digital imagery. Dancers sometimes can’t rehearse with the digital projections until the two days leading up to the show. But, with all its challenges, dancers said they are drawn to the show in order to “be a part of a fantastic community effort, for art, and for fun!” said Chloe Burton. Since the show’s first dance corps in 2012, other forms of support and performance opportunities have taken shape in Carbondale. Dance Initiative – a nonprofit that promotes dance arts – was formed.
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Carbondale Commentary The views and opinions expressed on the Commentary page do not necessarily reflect those of The Sopris Sun. The Sopris Sun invites all members of the community to submit letters to the editor or guest columns. For more information, e-mail editor Lynn Burton at news@soprissun.com, or call 510-3003.
Your mother’s candidate and the presidential election Hillary has got to stop dressing like a Japanese prime minister. Bernie is Granted, her wardrobe shouldn’t be the determining factor, but At least Bernie is what Bernie seems to be: an old, white guy nominations have been lost over less, I’m sure. who pays his interns equally and truly believes in the power of the Doesn’t Hillary have a publicist? Someone to help her look more people. Just look at what Bernie’s team has already accomplished like a normal person? I realize she is the 1 percent and that’s a big without the help of the American media. Imagine if the major part of why it’s so difficult for her to relate to the aver“news sources” had reported Bernie’s take on the isage American voter. She doesn’t have a clue what it feels sues all this time instead of the same old sound bite: like to choose between working to pay the bills or tak“He’ll never make it.” And even with the support of ing leave to care for a sick family member, between orRupert’s news guys, Hills can’t garner the same level ganic meat or organic dairy because she can’t afford of support. More proof that social media is the new both, between her own retirement and her child’s edunews source for young Americans; hence everything cation. Her nescience comes across loud and clear they see isn’t filtered through the Hunger-Games-feel through pictures and videos on Internet news sites, and of American television. it makes me angry. This election is a turning point for our country.* “Do you think it’s the hat? A lot of people hate this We will either use our votes and voices to move in the hat. It angers a lot of people, just the sight of it.” – UB direction of equality for all, or we’ll continue down the You know me. I’m all for sisterhood and women trodden path of tiered corporate slavery. sticking together, which is why there is no way I would Here, in our little mountain town, we also have a vote for a woman who’s trying so hard to be one of politician who is feeling the burn to take the path to By Jeannie Perry the boys. (Plus, I’ve been voting for the lesser of two fair and balanced growth. Allyn “Keepin’ it Local” evils all my life; I’m over it). Hillary’s biggest liability, in my opinion, Harvey is running for Carbondale town trustee. Allyn doesn’t want is that she comes across as disingenuous. I don’t trust her. Whether to see us sell out our slices of the pie, one by one, to the highest bidit’s by changing her stance on the issue or her accent, she shape-shifts der. He is committed to growing local business, providing afforddepending on who else is in the room. A candidate should at least able housing and working to create left-hand turn access for all. appear authentic in her desire to help people while she’s campaign- (It’s true. You can go round and round, and make all the right-hand ing (especially if she’s claiming to be a democrat). turns you want, but unless you’re coming from RVR, good luck As for all the fellow-women-shaming, I get it. We have been fight- going left on Highway 133). ing for equality for so long, and it’s embarrassing to be the only one It’s all about direction these days; where are we going, and why? of our peers that has never had a female leader, but we cannot elect The days of long drives through the countryside, wasting a limited Effie Trinket just because she’s a woman. I think women who sup- resource and contemplating future suburban sprawl are long gone. port Hillary have lost sight of the forest for the one tree that likes to Hopefully, our town and our country are headed for an equally wear pantsuits. We have a different vantage point, thanks to women bright and sustainable future. All we have to do is vote for the guys like Gloria Steinem and Ruth Bader Ginsburg — women who have who will actually try to get us there. worked their whole lives to foster equality. We have seen significant *http://benjaminstudebaker.com/2016/02/05/why-bernie-vschanges in the last generation, but more than a V in the oval office, hillary-matters-more-than-people-think/ we need equal pay in every office.
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Curious about energy tax Dear Editor: I was curious to see how accurate the $78/month estimate for the “climate action excise tax,” would be for our home, disregarding the tax on natural gas since that amount would vary seasonally. For December, the tax on electricity alone would have been $7.18 and in February, $6.09. Most of our lights are LEDs and we turn them off ASAP. I do not foresee our electricity usage decreasing over the year and the trustees’ guess is clearly unrealistic, possibly to persuade the electorate to approve this regressive tax. In a recent Sopris Sun article, the three main goals of the Climate Action Yes committee were listed: 1. Increase energy efficiency of local homes and other structures by 20 percent by 2020. 2. Come up with ways to see that 35 percent of Carbondale’s electricity is generated from renewable sources by 2020. 3. Reduce the consumption of petroleum products by 25 percent by 2020. • Regarding goal #1: Not a single detail of this plan is specified. In an earlier letter to The Sun, two of the trustees endorsed the tax as having “immediately tangible benefits,” a
“positive effect on our community’s future,” “enhancing existing programs that can greatly improve [low-income residents’] comfort,” and lastly “huge benefits.” Some of the problems with this vague and ill-defined proposal follow: Who decides what homes and businesses will benefit from this initiative and what will be the process for making these choices? Will it be CLEER and CORE — non-profits that are not elected and unaccountable to taxpayers? Are these non-governmental organizations going to decide how residents’ taxes are spent? Are non-profits and health-care facilities (i.e., the Roaring Fork Family Practice, Heritage Park, etc.) exempt? How will lower income families receive a rebate on their energy bill tax? Who will administer the program and will that person(s) be remunerated? • Vis-à-vis goal #2: in a cogent opinion piece in the Sun earlier this year, Ted Stude pointed out that most, if not all, of the electricity used in Carbondale is generated by a variety of methods at remote sites. As much as the town’s trustees would like, it’s simply outside local control. I am puzzled why this fact has been ignored. • Thirdly, if the amount of carbon fuels is to be reduced, a more sensible measure would
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be to impose a 10-15 cent tax on gasoline sold locally. The price of gasoline is sufficiently low these days that the increase may well be tolerated. Indeed, over the years, Carbondale residents have become inured to paying an exorbitant amount for gasoline. Another, alternative and direct way to decrease greenhouse gases would be to test automobile/truck emissions. Several counties and parts of counties in Colorado (and many states) already require owners of combustion engine vehicles to have an emission (and safety) inspection in order to register a car. The fees are generally modest. As a professional physical scientist, I am well aware that decreasing the amount of greenhouse gases is imperative. What the trustees have proposed will not accomplish this goal in any meaningful way. • Finally, this energy tax, as well as the trustees’ preoccupation with cats, compliant lighting and what not, obscures the fact that they have not been successful in fostering the economic development of Carbondale. Rejection of this tax by the voters might remind the trustees that they can do something of real benefit to our town — approve a new City Market (and not nit-pick the prospect to death). S. Wolff Carbondale
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Climate Action Excise Tax questions, and answers
By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer
For Mayor Bernot:
The meat of the Climate Action Excise Tax ballot question that Carbondale residents are voting on starting March 14 is 36 words long and says the money will be used for the “ … purposes of funding programs to increase energy efficiency, to increase renewable energy use, to reduce emissions from motor vehicles, and to take other steps toward the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and address global warming … .” Carbondale residents are being asked to pay on average an extra $7-8 on their monthly natural gas and electricity bills, and about $15-$30 for businesses. Any new tax can be complicated to explain and understand, global warming is plenty complicated to explain and understand, combine them both and there are lots of questions to address. The Sopris Sun continues its series of articles on the proposed Climate Action Excise Tax with questions to Carbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot, and Mayor Pro-Tem Allyn Harvey. Bernot answered her questions via e-mail; the Sun interviewed Harvey on the phone.
Question: If the tax passes, will the town have to hire additional employees to administer it? Answer: In discussions over the past two years the BOT (Board of Trustees) has focused around contracting out to a third party. While no additional employees have been contemplated at this time, if the tax passes a future BOT may decide that having in house employee(s) may be the model. Q: “WHEREAS #5” (on the ballot) says “the town may, by ordinance, identify entities exempt from payment of the Climate Action Tax.” How would that work? A: This hasn’t been discussed in great length, but those that are tax exempt in other Town measures may be tax exempt here. This was to allow for that possibility/requirement. Staff would know more specifically than I. Q: The ballot question doesn’t mention any specific programs. How come? A: This would be a continuation of programs and projects that have been using General Fund monies for over the past eight years, programs discussed as part of the TFAC (Technical and Financial Advisory Committee) process, as well as new programs that will go through a public process.
Q: How will the trustees come up with programs to fund? A: Through ongoing dialogue at public meetings with our advisory boards, interested public, and commissions following the framework of the 2020 (Energy) plan. Q: Will there be a RFP (request for proposals) process and how will that work? A: That would be my desire, but the BOT would have to decide. Q: Will the tax raise enough money for all the town’s residents, businesses and others to take part in the energy programs? A: Many residents, property owners and business owners will be able to benefit from
these programs and projects. Some projects will be community wide and others will be specific privately owned properties. Everyone will be able to take part, but not all in equal ways. For example: efficiency upgrades to publicly owned buildings and utilities will benefit all residents, while retrofits for a low income qualified home will benefit that specific household. Q: Will there be an annual review to determine whether the town’s 2020 Energy goals are on course to be met? A: Yes, and reporting on expenditures, projects and updates will be required as well. Q&A page 10
Fire board election a no-go Sopris Sun Staff Report
There will be no election contest for the Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District on May 3, as only two candidates submitted nominating petitions for the two seats up for grabs, according to Fire Chief and “designated election official” Ron Leach. The seats that were to be up for election, held by long-time fire board members Bob Emerson and Lou Eller, will automatically be filled by Eller and Tom Adgate, the only two who submitted petitions by the deadline of Feb. 26. Emerson informed The Sopris Sun earlier this year that he did not intend to run for reelection. The district board is made up of five directors, who now include board president Gene Schilling, vice-president Mike Kennedy, secretary-treasurer Eller, and directors Emerson and Carl Smith. Typically, the board of directors meets on the second Wednesday of each month, at
5:30 p.m., at the main fire department headquarters at 301 Meadowood Drive in Carbondale, unless there are special reasons to meet more frequently. The fire district, which encompasses more than 300 square miles covered by five fire stations in a region defined by the Crystal and Roaring Fork river drainages, covers the towns of Marble, Redstone, Carbondale and unincorporated sections of Garfield County. The district reportedly has 18 full-time paid positions filled by fire fighters and emergency medical technicians, along with roughly 65 volunteers who respond to fire calls. The district has a budget of about $2.9 million fueled by property taxes, along with a pension fund of nearly $2 million fed by contributions from fire fighters and the district itself, to cover the costs of running the district’ operations and paying out pensions to its combination of volunteer (including fire-board members) and paid employees.
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Free pine-tree mulch across from town hall Sopris Sun Staff Report The town’s Christmas tree recycling program has concluded for the year, and there is a pile of pine-tree mulch in the vacant lot across 4th Street from Town Hall available for public use, according to Town Manager Jay Harrington’s weekly memo to trustees and others – as prepared by Finance Director Renae Gustine. (Editor’s note: This pile of mulch was still there as of the Sun’s press-time on March 2). In other news from the weekly report: • A Colorado Department of Local Affairs grant for more than $118,000 has been approved, to be used to ďŹ reproof the Nettle Creek water treatment plant. The town will match the grant to get the work done, according to Harrington. • The Carbondale ditch crossing beneath Highway 133, next to the Thompson Park development project and being undertaken in conjunction with that development, will involve lining the pipe. Gustine reported that the town is in the midst of checking other stretches of the ditch pipe for similar repairs and maintenance work. In the meantime, ditch cleaning will begin in March, and the town is advertising for contractors to do the work as well as to perform mowing duties in the coming summer. • Town staff has been working on getting the Gateway RV Park’s water system ready for the upcoming summer camping season, and Gustine noted that the town is “hoping that the work performed last year (means) less demand on staff this summer.â€? • The town’s backup Crystal well ďŹ eld is ofine and will remain so indeďŹ nitely, according to Gustine. Harrington explained that the state conducted tests showing that the wells are “under the inuence of groundwater so to utilize them would require high levels of chlorine.â€? He reported that town staff and engineers are looking into treatment options for the well ďŹ eld, and
that “the options vary greatly in cost.â€? • Further outlining the outcome of a recent public meeting about the Carbondale daytime Farmer’s Market, which takes place on Wednesdays at the Fourth Street Plaza, Gustine reported that vendors and others had come up with such ideas as starting another market either on Thursdays or Sundays from 48 p.m. A community interest survey, gauging public feelings about that idea, is planned for the March 4 First Friday event. Gustine wrote that, if public interest warrants further study of the proposal, it will be brought before the town’s trustees if public property is involved. • The town has submitted a grant application to the LiveWell GarďŹ eld County group, seeking $5,000 (with a $7,500 match out of the town’s coffers) to build a link connecting the Crystal Valley biking trail to the Demeter Community Garden and the adjacent Third Street Center. The proposal is in keeping with the town’s 2013 comprehensive plan and other planning documents and efforts. • Another grant application, this one seeking $25,000 from the GarďŹ eld County Federal Mineral Leasing District, has been submitted to provide funds for repairs and replacement of “failing infrastructureâ€? at the Third Street Center, Gustine continued. The idea is to ďŹ x water pipes in the building, upgrade a women’s restroom and clean out the sewer lines in preparation for lining the lines for greater longevity. • In the town’s recreation programming, the youth basketball league will culminate this week with tournament play against teams from Aspen, Basalt and Glenwood Springs, Gustine wrote. She added that in last week’s third and fourth grade tournament, one of the town’s girls’ teams claimed the league championship, and that the ďŹ fth and sixth graders will wrap up their season this week.
Cop Shop From Feb. 18-25, Carbondale police ofďŹ cers handled 205 calls for service. During this period, ofďŹ cers investigated the following cases of note: SATURDAY, Feb. 20: At 11:22 a.m. police investigated an accident at 6th Street and Colorado Avenue involving a RFTA bus and a parked car. The bus driver was cited for careless driving. No injuries were reported. SUNDAY, Feb. 21: At 2:02 a.m. an ofďŹ cer contacted a driver for failing to stay on the correct side of the road at Village Road and Wheel Drive. Upon investigation, the driver was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. SUNDAY, Feb. 21: At 2:15 p.m. police took a report of criminal mischief, in which a vehicle at the corner of North 8th Street and Colorado Avenue reportedly had its tires slashed. MONDAY, Feb. 22: Police covered a two-car accident, in which one vehicle slid into another, causing minor damage. No tickets were issued. TUESDAY, Feb. 23: At 11:21 a.m. police contacted a juvenile for consumption of marijuana, and ticketed the juvenile for the offense.
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Precinct 2 voters (above) hold up their blue ballots for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders at Tuesday night’s Democratic Party caucus at Carbondale Middle School, while a Republican Party member (left) looks on during her caucus at Roaring Fork High School. An estimated 500 residents from Carbondale’s four precincts packed the CMS auditorium for the Democratic caucus, and then were split up into smaller groups that spilled into the gym, lobby and a classroom. About 50 Republicans attended their caucus, even though the Colorado GOP is not taking a presidential preference poll this year. Sanders reportedly defeated Hillary Clinton in the Carbondale caucus, as well as at the Garfield County and state level. The next step in Colorado’s rather arcane nominating process will be the county assemblies and conventions on March 12, followed by the state-wide conventions in April, all of which is designed to designate delegates who will support one candidate or another at the national conventions later in the year. Photos by Lynn Burton
GREEN IS THE NEW BLACK FASHION EXTRAVAGANZA M
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Actually, you can park on Main Street these days, just don’t do it starting at 5 p.m. on Friday, March 4. We’re talking Third Street to Weant Boulevard for Main Street’s First Friday closure. Also, the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce is asking folks to please keep in mind that it is “unlawful for any person to have in their possession any open container of malt, vinous or spirituous liquor as defined by CRS 12-47-102, as amended, or any fermented malt beverage as defined by CRS 1246-102 within the town, in on or about any public sidewalk, street, alley, road, highway, public school building or grounds, park or other public place including within an automobile on a public street.” Other than that, get on out there and have some fun.
CCAH and the Carbondale Clay Center are partnering for their 11th annual Clay National exhibition, to be juried by nationallyknown ceramist Chris Gustin. Applications can be downloaded at carbondalearts.com. The deadline is May 26.
Recently, The Sopris Sun published a photo of snow plumes on Mt. Sopris, and asked why there isn’t some kind of weather station up there so folks down in town could know the wind speed up there, the temperature and other conditions. Stephanie Janiga, at Crystal Meadows Senior Housing, reports that at the summit of Mount Washington in New Hampshire, there is a weather station and that winds of 200 mph have been recorded. She suggested that someone should call NOAA (the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration) to get a weather station on Sopris.
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Shoeboxes for Markham Joe Markham is collecting shoeboxes to hold emergency items for local homeless people. Just take them to Lift-Up at the Third Street Center (Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m. to noon) or to Carbondale Middle School. For details, call 963-11090.
CRES news Crystal River Elementary school students are putting the final touches on their Science Fair projects, which will be shown on March 17. Students from K through fourth grade are taking part. Roaring Fork High School students have been helping the kids prepare for the fair.
Hayden Holsinger, 3, and her mom, Crystal, stopped by The Sopris Sun office last week so that Hayden could get a closer look at the paper-mache sun that shines through our front door window. The visit came after a session at Music Together. “She was obsessed with different suns, so we came in,” said Crystal. Photo by Jane Bachrach
Tap, tap, tap Listen up. Symphony in the Valley is looking for musicians to play in the group’s orchestra. Musicians of all ages are invited; high school students are welcome with a teacher’s recommendation. For details, go to sitv.org.
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A Crystal River Elementary School parent newsletter reports (among other things) that Ms. Ravenscraft’s students continue to learn about scientific literacy, to help them develop the ability to decipher credible science from pseudoscience. They recently went to the Garfield County Library website to do research on databases. “By using databases,” the newsletter said, “students will be able to access credible, peer-reviewed data which will help them answer the researchable questions they design this week.”
RFHS notes So you can start planning in advance to support our students and generally know what’s going on, here is a schedule of upcoming events at Roaring Fork High School: • April 17: Band Ram Jam • April 20: Talent Show • May 9: Local scholarship night • May 16-18: RFHS Art Show • May 16: Academic Awards Night • May 17: Band and Choir Concert • May 24: Baccalaureate • May 28: Graduation.
AVLT news Suzanne Fusaro Stephens, the long-time associate director of Aspen Valley Land Trust, has been named as the new executive director of the conservation organization. Stephens is a Roaring Fork Valley native and graduate of Aspen High School. AVLT Board of Directors President Jim Cardamone said, “The Board unanimously selected Stephens and we are excited to have someone of her caliber to lead AVLT as we celebrate our fiftieth anniversary in 2017. Suzanne has a proven record on AVLT staff, and our partners in the conservation community share the Board’s enthusiasm. We’re really happy to hire such a quality person from within the AVLT family.” Stephens lives in Carbondale with her husband, Jeff, and daughter Harbour.
They say it’s your birthday Folks celebrating their birthday this week include: Kurt Trede, Jr. (March 4); and Gwen Garcelon and Bobby Mason (March 6).
Carbondale trustee candidate John “Doc� Philip Sopris Sun Staff Report Everybody knows him as Doc Philip, the retired chiropractor who lives across 3rd Street from the Village Smithy restaurant and who for a couple of years conducted the Mountain Fair HomeBrew Contest before it was cancelled by fair officials. Giving his age as “sixty-eight and a half,� Philip told The Sopris Sun this week that he has lived in Carbondale for 28 years and, prior to moving here, in Aspen for 19 years. He has gained local fame for his work in getting the town to declare the Dandelion as its civic flower and hold a Dandelion Day celebration every year, and the creation of the town’s volunteer Environmental Board. As in the last town election, Philip is not running as a typical candidate. “I’m running to not get elected,� he said firmly, “because nobody has ever done this before,� although he conceded that his campaign philosophy this year is similar to his thinking the last time he ran for a trustee seat, in 2012. But he is running to remind Carbondale voters of certain core philosophies he holds — a fear of billionaires taking over the town as he maintains they did in Aspen; a need for affordable housing for people of all walks of life and all ages; and what he sees as the obligation of Carbondale to secede from the United States, set itself up as a nation/state of
its own known as “Carbon-nation-dale,� and get to work on broader issues than small-town politics. “We have to keep the population down, and we have to keep the pollution down,� he said, conceding that the town has been on the right track with its determination to increase the energy efficiency of local homes and business and reducing the town’s “carbon footprint� by cutting down its consumption of electricity and other traditional energy resources. Concerning the question of “smart growth� as a town priority, he said of growth in general, “It’s either dumb growth or ‘fart’ growth� in reference to predictions that the town may reach a population of 20,000 within a couple of decades. “If the population keeps going up, the poor people are gonna get flushed down the toilet,� he declared. “We’re only getting dumb and dumber. That’s why I want to rename it Dumbdale,� at least until secession takes place. Regarding the proposed energy tax (to fund the town’s energy-efficiency programs) and property-tax hike (to pay for capital improvements) that also are on the election ballot, Philip said dismissively, “Screwed up and screwed over.� He argued that the two revenueenhancing proposals will hurt the working class and the poor.
The Sopris Sun will profile the rest of the candidates – Ben Bohmfalk, Michael Durant, Allyn Harvey, Wayne Horak and Patricia Warman – next week. This is a mail-in election for the Carbondale Board of Trustees; ballots are due at Town Hall by April 5.
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Community Calendar THURSDAY March 3 BOOK SIGNING • Explore Booksellers in Aspen hosts a book signing from 5:30 to 7 p.m. for author Mark Tompkins and his debut novel “The Last Days of Magic.” The event will include a short reading, discussion with Tompkins, plus food and drink from Pyramic Bistro. “The Last Days of Magic” (Viking) starts in 14th century Ireland, and blends historical, fictional and present day mysteries. Following the Aspen launch party for his book, Tompkins will travel on a tour that includes stops in San Francisco, Boston, Houston, and New York and other cities. OPERA • The Aspen Music Festival’s “The Met: Live in HD” series at the Wheeler Opera House continues with Puccini’s “Turandot.” Showtime is 5:30 p.m. Info: 920-5770. ROTARY • The Mt. Sopris Rotary meets at Mi Casita at noon every Thursday. LIBRARY BOARD • The county library board holds its monthly meeting at the Silt Branch Library starting at 6 p.m. Agenda items include the district’s executive search.
FRI.-SUN. March 4-6 THEATRE • Thunder River Theatre Company continues its run of “Freud’s Last Session” by Mark St. Germain. The play, directed by Wendy Moore, imagines a meeting between legendary psychoanalyst Dr. Sigmund Freud and the young, rising Oxford Don — C.S. Lewis. The production features Bob Moore as Dr. Freud, and TRTC’s Corey Simpson as C.S. Lewis, and
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also welcomes the company’s newest employee, Sean Jeffries (TRTC’s lighting designer and tech director). The play continues March 10-12. Post-show talkbacks with the cast and director will be held on March 3 and March 11. “This show will sell out,” said a TRTC spokesman. For ticket info, go to thunderrivertheatre.com or call 963-8200. THEATRE • SoL Theatre Company presents Roald Dahl’s “The Fantastic Mr. Fox” at the Third Street Center. Curtain time on March 4-5 is 7 p.m.; on March 6 it’s 2 p.m. The production is based on the Wes Anderson film adaptation. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for kids 12 and under. Info: soltheatrecompany.com.
FRIDAY March 4 MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “Spotlight” (R) at 7:30 p.m. Mar. 4-6; “Room” (R) at 7:30 p.m. Mar. 7-10; “Youth” (R) at 5 p.m. Mar. 4; “The Danish Girl” (R) at 5 p.m. Mar. 5 and “The Big Short” (R) at 4:45 p.m. on Mar. 6. FIRST FRIDAY • Crystal Glass Studio (on Weant Boulevard) shows off its new Glassroom and schedule of art-glass classes it is now offering. The early sign-up discount has also been extended for a week. Info: 963-3227 or mary@crystalglassstudio.com. In other First Friday action: CCAH opens the shows “Walls: Architectural Photography 1985-2015” and “Wilderness Workshop: Colorado Artists in Wilderness Residences” from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Launchpad. “Walls” features Greg Watts as he ex-
CRYSTAL GLASS STUDIO is now offering Etched Leaded Foiled Fused Slumped Painted Mosaics Blown Cast
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plores varying wall structures in his global and local travels. The Wilderness Workshop show features Joan Engler, Michael Kinsley, Nancy Lovendahl, Jill Scher, Sylvia Emery Wilhelm and Ellen Woods. Info: 963-1680 and carbondalearts.com. Mary’s Main Street Spirits holds tastings for Mountain Moonshine and the 10th Mountain Whiskey & Spirit Company from 5 to 7 p.m. Carbondale Beer Works on Main Street presents the new Guilty Pleasure. “With the addition of M. Kelly Blue, this is not your same old Guilty Pleasure,” said a band spokesman. LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the old part of the Dinkel Building presents live music every Friday night. Info: 963-3340. LIVE MUSIC • Rivers restaurant in Glenwood Springs presents the Leonard Curry Trio from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. There’s no cover. Coming up on Friday nights through March: Louie & the Lizards (March 10), Whiskey Stomp (March 17) and Valle Musico (March 24). FAB FOUR • The Wheeler Opera House presents the Emmy Award winning Beatles tribute band The Fab Four: The Ultimate Tribute at 8 p.m. Tickets are $60 ($45 for Wheeler Wins members) at 920-5770 and aspenshowtix.com. PHOTOGRAPHY • The CMC ArtShare Gallery in downtown Glenwood Springs opens at Colorado Mountain College students’ photograph show from 6 to 9 p.m. The gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Satur-
days. Info: 947-8367 or cmcartshare.com. HUMANITARIAN AWARDS • Today is the deadline for nominations for the Garfield County Humanitarian Service awards. Info: Garfield-county.com and 309-4658.
SATURDAY March 5 COMMUNITY OVEN • Bakers fire up the Carbondale Community Oven (behind the Third Street Center) at 1 p.m. (for yeast dough). After the yeast breads go in at 1 p.m., the oven is available for pizzas and casseroles. Info: 306-1015 or on weebly.com at carbondalecommunityoven. CONTRA DANCE • The monthly contra barn dance is held at Carbondale Community School from 7 to 10 p.m. The Wooden Nickel String Band will provide the music. Partners are not needed and dances are taught. Admission is $8. SATURDAY MARKET • Eagle Crest Nursery hosts an indoor Saturday farmer’s market from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. through March 12. Items include local produce, eggs, fish, meats, bread, pastries, spices, jewelry, arts, apparel and more. Info: 963-1173.
SUNDAY March 6 THE WHEELER • Theatre Aspen presents Broadway vocalist Susan Egan at the Wheeler Opera House at 8 p.m. Also known for her work on television and the recording studio, critics call her voice the “perfect Broadway instrument.” She sprinkles her show with hilarious personal anCALENDAR page 9
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Community Calendar ecdotes that rival any top rated reality show, according to a press release. Tickets are $55 at aspenshowtix.com. ASC • A Spiritual Center in the Third Street Center meets at 10 a.m. sharp (social time starts at 9:45 a.m.). Info: 963-5516. TOM PAXTON RETURNS • Legendary folk singer/songwriter Tom Paxton will be at the Two Rivers Unitarian Universalist “non-church” service in the Third Street Center Calaway Room at 10 a.m. on March 6. Info: tworiversuu.org.
MONDAY March 7 CLIMATE TAX FORUM • The Carbondale Chamber of Commerce presents a forum on Carbondale’s proposed Climate Action Excise Tax from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Third Street Center. Questions from the public must be submitted to the chamber (chamber@carbondale.com) by 5 p.m. on March 4. Info: 963-1890. FILM • The Wheeler Opera House presents the documentary film “Landfill Harmonic” at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $15 at 920-5770 and aspenshowtix.com. “Landfill Harmonic” follows the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, a Paraguayan musical group of kids that live in a village that is next to one of South America’s largest landfills. This unlikely orchestra plays music from instruments made entirely out of garbage.
TUESDAY March 8 EMPATHS UNITE • Roaring Fork Empaths Unite holds a discussion about em-
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path from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Third Street Center (Room 31). Love donations will be accepted. Being an empath is when you are affected by other people’s energies, and have an innate ability to intuitively feel and perceive others, according to websites. Info: Kelli Welsh at 417-893-8578. THE AMAZON • Tropical ecologist Thomas Lovejoy discusses his half-century of research in the Amazon at Paepcke Auditorium in Aspen starting at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free. He will present an overview of exploration and science in the Amazon basin from the first non-indigenous navigation of the world’s biggest river to issues of possible die-back today. Dr. Lovejoy is a professor at George Mason University, a National Geographic Fellow, and serves on the advisory board for Colorado State University’s School of Global Sustainability. He also coined the term “biological diversity” in 1980, and co-created the PBS program “Nature” in 1982.
WEDNESDAY March 9 LIBRARY • For Teen Tech Week, the Carbondale Branch Library invites “tweens and teens” to learn how to create their own stop-motion animation movies using the library’s iPads, green screen and stop-motion models. The session starts at 2 p.m. Info: 963-2889 and gcpld.org. ROTARY • The Rotary Club of Carbondale meets at the Carbondale fire station on Meadowood Drive Wednesday mornings at 6:45 a.m. Info: rccarlson@gmail.com.
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THURSDAY March 10
PARTY TIME • Come help The Sopris Sun celebrate its birthday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Pour House. Midge’s chocolate sheet cake is on us. HURST LECTURE SERIES • Ambassador Christopher Hill and others present “Foreign Policy Breakthroughs: Cases in Successful Diplomacy” at the Aspen Institute’s
Doerr-Hosier Center at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 at aspenshowtix.com. CRYSTAL CAUCUS • The Crystal River Caucus meets at the Church at Redstone from 7 to 9 p.m. Agenda items include: the Crystal River Recreational Trail, the Pitkin County Board of County Commissioners resolution on a carbon tax and the caucus website design.
Ongoing MAYOR’S COFFEE HOUR • Chat with Carbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot on Tuesdays from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Village Smithy CCC • The Carbondale Clay Center presents 19 years of work from the non-profit’s visiting artists, teachers and students in the show “Our Collection.” Info: 963-2529 and info@carbondaleclay.org. LIVE MUSIC • Lyn Byars hosts open mic nights at Carbondale Beer Works the first and third Monday of each month. Sign up begins at 7 p.m. Info: 948-8228. LIVE MUSIC • Dan Rosenthal hosts an open
mic night at Rivers restaurant in Glenwood Springs from 8 to 10 p.m. every Wednesday. REDSTONE CASTLE • Guided tours of the historic Redstone Castle take place on Saturdays and Sundays at 1:30 p.m. through the winter. Info: 963-9656 MEDICAL CONSULTATIONS • Dr. Greg Feinsinger offers free heart, diabetes and stroke counseling on Monday mornings at the Davi Nikent office in the Third Street Center (Suite 24D). For an appointment, call 379-5718. If you have recent lab test results, bring them.
Save the Date
FRI.-SAT. March 11-12 GITNB • The eighth annual Green is the New Black fashion extravaganza takes over the Carbodale Recreation Center. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $35 for CCAH members and $40 for non-members. Info: carbondalearts.com.
Carbondale Parks Department The Town of Carbondale is accepting applications for the Parks Department temporary/seasonal positions.
The Town of Carbondale is accepting applications for the Parks Department temporary/seasonal positions. The position performs maintenance duties in Town parks, athletic fields, open space and public facilities such as mowing grass, landscape maintenance and general maintenance duties. The position begins on March 14th, and will also assist the Utility Dept. in cleaning Town ditches prior to April 15. The position will continue thru until approximately October 1, 2016.
Visit the Town website for more details, or pick-up an application at Town Hall. A valid Colorado driver's license is required, as well as a pre-employment drug test. If an interview is requested, an online integrity test must be completed and successfully passed by the applicant prior to an interview. Questions: contact Laurie @ llindberg@carbondaleco.net or 510-1325. Deadline to apply is March 7th @ 3:00
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Carbondale trustee candidate Marty Silverstein Sopris Sun Staff Report Marty Silverstein, 64, is married but without kids (he pointed out that he and his wife have a couple of rescue cats from Colorado Animal Rescue) who said he has lived in Carbondale for more than a dozen years (25 years in the valley) and has worked for the Carbondale Post Office for 21 of those years. “I’ve always believed in giving back to my town and my community,” he said of his decision to run for office, explaining that he has served on the town’s parks and recreation commission for several years, on the special events task force for a year and on several other local organizations and events. “It’s a time of great change and great opportunity for Carbondale,” he said, emphasizing that the town needs to get busy creating affordable housing for people of all ages and incomes in order to avoid losing its young people to other, less expensive communities. To achieve that, he said, exactions imposed on developers is one way to go that amounts to a “trade-off” for both the town and the developer. A proponent of small business, he said, “We need sales tax revenues; (it’s) what drives Carbondale. We need to support our small businesses. We need to shop here, not online, not at Willits (a residential and commercial neighborhood in Basalt), something he and his wife do as
much as possible. Turning to the idea of pushing for “smart growth” as a way to keep the town growing wisely, he said, “I don’t like that term. It’s very subjective.” With any proposed development project, he continued, the key is to examine it to determine the impact to the community and whether the town is getting what it needs in return for development approvals. As for the proposed climate-action tax to fund energy-efficiency programs, he said, “I think it’s a good thing that it’s going to the voters.” He noted that the town has been subsidizing, out of its general fund, several years’ worth of energy-efficiency programming through two nonprofit consulting organizations — Clean Energy Economy for the Region (CLEER) and the Community Office of Resource Efficiency (CORE), and gauging voter opinion about those efforts is a valuable move. The same is true of the proposed property-tax hike to pay for capital improvements and projects, he said, although he added, “I’d prefer the taxes be for a specific project and for a specific period of time.” But there is no doubt, he continued, that the town needs to deal with years of deferred maintenance in its infrastructure, and said he is likely to vote for the question in the upcoming election.
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The Sopris Sun will profile the rest of the candidates – Ben Bohmfalk, Michael Durant, Allyn Harvey, Wayne Horak and Patricia Warman – next week. This is a mail-in election; ballots are due at Town Hall by April. 5
Q&A om page 3 Q: What’s the town’s relationship to the climateactionyes website. Does the town endorse it? A: It is my understanding that is a single issue website, the Town doesn’t take a position on the website. While individual Trustees may serve on that committee in their private time, the website and group are not a function of the Town or BOT.
For Allyn Harvey Q: How did the trustees determine the tax needs to raise about $352,000 per year to attain the town’s 2020 Energy goals? A: “The trustees talked about what’s a reasonable way to raise a useful amount of money without over-burdening anyone’s (utility) bills … we kept energy bills in mind,” Harvey said. “One scenario (had the tax) raising $500,000.” Q: According to the ballot language, one purpose for the tax is to “ … reduce emissions from motor vehicles.” How is the town going to do that? A: “The town could upscale its fleet (of vehicles) … install (EV) charging stations … things like that.” Compressed natural gas could also play a role. Harvey said Garfield Clean Energy (GCE) has partnered with Rifle and other towns to install CNG (compressed natural gas) fueling stations for vehicles that are powered by natural gas, but Carbondale doesn’t have one. “There are ongoing discussions (with GCE) on that.” The entire Climate Action Excise Tax ballot question (Ordinance 1) is posted on the town’s website at carbondalegov.org.
Carbondale trustee candidate Dan Richardson Sopris Sun Staff Report Dan Richardson, 43 and married with two young boys, is a consultant working for the SGM engineering firm, and has served on such community boards as the Glenwood Springs city council, the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority board of directors, and the board of the Waldorf School just to the east of Carbondale. “I’m running because I really love community governance,” he said in response to a question, noting that he has lived in Carbondale since 2007. “I think Carbondale has a great vision, it’s accomplished some great things while keeping its character, and I want to be a part of that,” he added. He is a strong supporter of affordable housing, he said, noting that he speaks as an employer and a “community stakeholder” in providing homes for people who share his dedication to the community. One thing he believes the town should do is establish a position of “housing champion” to search for creative ways of achieving its affordable housing goals. He also supports the idea of the town creating affordable housing choices for its own employees as an example, and perhaps setting up a special fund to help get the affordable-housing ball rolling, and perhaps entering a partnership with an outside entity, such as Habitat for
Humanity, as an added boost toward meeting its housing goals. Concerning how best to approach the concept of “smart growth” for the town’s future, he said he was involved in the development of a new, larger library for Carbondale and said, “That library was truly a community effort.” Other development proposals, he said, should be “evaluated to make sure that it’s going to fit … with the general vision that the town has.” As for the ballot question asking voters to approve a special “climate action tax” to fund the town’s energy-efficiency programs, he said such examples of climate action are signs of “acting locally” on global concerns, while at the same time boosting the local economy by increasing the energy-efficiency of local homes and businesses. “It makes sense and is now very cost effective,” he said of the climate action tax. He also supported the proposed property-tax hike to pay for capital improvements, remarking, “I think the Town of Carbondale is underfunded to maintain what it already has” and needs a dedicated funding source to keep its infrastructure in good shape. “We’ve exited the era of ‘if we build it they will come,’ and entered the era of, ‘once you build it, how do you maintain it?’” he stated.
The Sopris Sun will profile the rest of the candidates – Ben Bohmfalk, Michael Durant, Allyn Harvey, Wayne Horak and Patricia Warman – next week. This is a mail-in election for the Carbondale Board of Trustees; ballots are due at Town Hall by April 5.
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Anderson teams with ABA for Wyly show Sopris Sun Staff Report Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village announces a special exhibition, “Supporting Artistic Excellence: The Dee and Charles J. Wyly Collection,” featuring a selection of locally made works curated from the Wyly’s private collection. The exhibition kicks off a year of special Anderson Ranch 50th Anniversary programs and events, and is presented in collaboration with the Art Base in Basalt. Works will be on view at the Art Base from March 11 to April 2. Annex hours are Tuesday through Saturday noon to 6 p.m. The public is invited to a special opening reception on March 11 from 5 to 7 p.m. A toast honoring Dee Wyly will take place at 6 p.m., according to a press release. “Dee and Charles Wyly have contributed significantly to the Roaring Fork Valley’s visual arts community, helping it to grow and thrive,” said Nancy Wilhelms, Executive Director of Anderson Ranch Arts Center. “Anderson Ranch is a direct recipient of their generosity, and this exhibition reflects the Wyly’s steadfast support throughout the years. It is an honor to collaborate with the Wyly family to showcase some of the amazing works from their home in recognition of our 50th Anniversary.” Genna Moe, executive director of the Art Base, said “Thank you to the Wyly family for their support of the arts
and our community. They were instrumental in the founding of our organization, and we could not have done it without them. We are honored to continue their legacy and proud to announce the naming of our main campus exhibition space the Charles J. Wyly Gallery. It is a true pleasure to work in collaboration with James Surls Anderson Ranch and celebrate 50 years of artistic excellence in the valley.” The “Supporting Artistic Excellence” exhibition celebrates the ranch’s legacy the Wyly’s sustained commitment to locally made art, featur- and its future. Founded in ing artwork that spans nearly five decades, from the early 1970’s to today. From paintings to sculpture to ceramics and 1966, Anderson more, the exhibition showcases works by 20 artists who have Ranch Arts Center an affiliation with Anderson Ranch, including: James Baker, is a premier destiBrad Miller Dick Carter, Doug Casebeer, Isa Catto, Kris Cox, David nation in America Ellsworth, Mollie Favour, Gail Fredell, Linda Girvin, Sam for art making and Harvey, Alleghany Meadows, Brad Miller, Takashi Nakazato, critical dialogue, bringing together aspiring and internationJill Oberman, Sara Ransford, Jason Schneider, Paul Soldner, ally renowned artists to discuss and further their work in a stimulating environment. They host extensive workshops for James Surls, Michael Wisner and Dee Wyly. This exhibition is the first in a line-up of Anderson Ranch aspiring, emerging and established artists in several disciplines, 50th Anniversary events, which include a special 50th Celebra- including: photography and new media, ceramics, painting tion Week (July 17–22) that will feature symposia, lectures, and drawing, furniture design and wood working, sculpture, workshops and other exhibitions throughout the year honoring woodturning, printmaking and digital fabrication.
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“Freud’s Last Session” full of stunning one liners By Barbara Dills Sopris Sun Correspondent Bob Moore is a treat to see in any role, but you definitely won’t want to miss him as the famous — and infamous — Dr. Sigmund Freud. Recently lauded for his portrayal of Tevya in the Defiance Community Players’ production of “Fiddler on the Roof,” he’s now starring alongside Associate Artistic Director Corey Simpson in Thunder River Theatre Company’s (TRTC’s) current production of “Freud’s Last Session.” The play runs for the next two weekends, through March 12. “Freud” is a furious, smartly funny, exploration of an extended afternoon conversation between Dr. Freud and the writer and scholar C. S. Lewis, himself best known (by parents at least) for his “Chronicles of Narnia” series of fantasy novels. “Freud” playwright Mark St. Germain was inspired by the bestselling book “The Question of God” to imagine what might have transpired had these two men ever met. The play is set in Freud’s London study on Sept. 3, 1939, the day Britain declared war on Germany. Freud was 83 at that time and suffering from terminal cancer; Lewis was just 40. The action on stage often — and, thanks especially to Moore, energetically — revolves around the God question. (Once a devout atheist, Lewis’ conversion experience at age 32 turned him into a vocal Christian apologist; Freud saw such
faith as an expression of infantile needs and fantasies.) The backdrop and gravity of the history unfolding simultaneously in the world outside Freud’s study adds extra weight and poignancy to their onstage debate. St. Germain’s script is full of stunning and insightful one-liners, most of them delivered by Freud, and they carry this one-act play, whose pace never lags. But the more taciturn Lewis also has his moments, such as when Freud turns the conversation toward a probing of the younger man’s childhood and Lewis quips, pointing to the couch, “There’s no avoiding this, is there?” Thunder River Theatre Company has staged this play in the round, which creates interesting challenges for audience and actors alike. Moore and Simpson pull it off well, though Simpson’s Lewis at times seemed overly stiff on opening night, which might in part be a result of the 360 degree staging. Despite the technical and artistic challenges, the device succeeds in creating the intimate setting befitting a play about love, sex, the existence of God, and the inevitability of death. The newest member of the company, resident light and sound designer Sean Jeffries, is the technical director for this play. He has done a fine job with “Freud” and is a welcome addition to the talented TRTC crew. The play is directed by Wendy Moore,
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Bob Moore (right) plays Dr. Sigmund Freud, and Corey Simpson plays C.S. Lewis, in Thunder River Theatre Company’s production of “Freud’s Last Session” through March 12. Photo by Todd Chamberlin/TRTC who also directed her husband in “Fiddler.” The Moores were recently named True West Award winners by longtime Denver theatre journalist John Moore (no relation) for the impact they have had on Colorado theatre. “Freud’s Last Session” is further testament to their contribution.
Don’t miss it. “Freud’s Last Session” continues March 4-6, and March 10-12. Post-show talkbacks with the cast and director will be held March 3 and March 11. Tickets can be purchased online at www.thunderrivertheatre.com or by calling 970-963-8200.
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Pitkin County’s Healthy Rivers Board March Services Wed. 2nd- 7pm Contemporary Sun. 6th-9am Traditional Wed. 9th-7pm Contemporary Sun. 13th-9am Traditional Wed. 16th-7pm Contemporary Sun. 20th-9am Palm Sunday Thur. 24th-7pm Maundy Thursday Fri. 25th-8pm Good Friday Sun. 27th-9am Easter (Breakfast to follow) Wed. 30th-7pm Contemporary
March Events Sat. 19th-11:30-1:30pm Community Meal (Corned-beef & Cabbage) Sat. 26th-1-3pm Easter Egg Hunt
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DEADLINE IS MARCH 31, 2016 Please visit pitkincounty.com/healthyrivers for grant criteria andmore information. email healthyrivers@pitkincounty.com
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Under the sea Kids and adults got creative with their costumes for the Nordic ski race at Spring Gulch on Feb. 28. “Under the Sea” was the idea for this year’s Aspen Valley Ski Club race and as far as the outfits went, some took it literally, such as Matt Wells and his big “C.” From all over Colorado, underwater creatures such as sea horses, jelly fish, sea turtles and a male mermaid joined AVSC as they emerged from the ocean, stepped into their skis and competed against other sea creatures to determine who would be king and queen. Clockwise from upper left (Isabelle Poschman, U12, as a jelly fish); Matt Wells did the announcing; a Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club member rockin’ a bikini over his race suit; Lola Villafranco, Kate Oldham, Elizabeth Barnsness and Eva McDonough (all AVSC Nordic skiers); a pair of unidentified sea horses; AVSC coach Austin Weiss leads a pack of U14 boys up to the start of the race on Perry Pass; and an unidentified sea turtle. Photos and text by Jane Bachrach
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I-70 closure shows our food vulnerability Recently when I was shopping for dinner at City Market, that which is being provided by our local lands, instead of forI noticed more than a few of the regular staples I purchase saking it for that which comes at great cost to our increasingly missing from the shelves. There were other choices, and it fragile climate from far- flung locations. wasn’t like the shelves were bare, but it was In addition to helping us learn to eat seasignificant enough that I noticed. When I got sonally, the farmers’ market can connect us to home and heard more in the news about the the people who are growing food in our comclosure of I-70 due to the rockslide, I realmunities, and how they are doing: what’s workized that fewer trucks were able to get ing, where do they need support and where can though, and we were again experiencing our we help? Labor is an ongoing issue for the small vulnerable position, dependent on a food farmer, especially those who are committed to supply that is trucked, flown and shipped in growing with minimal fossil-fuel support. This from very far away. takes human and animal power, and reclaiming For me, this vulnerability was at the heart responsibility for our own sustenance — comof a community forum, which in perfect timing together to “bring in the harvest” or whering also happened recently, to share ideas ever our local growers may be able to use us. and desires for the Carbondale Farmers’ Perhaps the most revolutionary stand we Market. Because the vulnerability goes far can take is to act in accordance with what we By Gwen Garcelon beyond the reality of delicate mountain highnow know to be true — we are all connected ways, but speaks to the greater need for a local food system and our every act and thought shapes the world around us. less dependent on Big Ag food with its huge fossil fuel use and We are all in this together — one interconnected fabric of hucarbon footprint. The success of our farmers’ market reflects manity. Gandhi said, “All humanity is one undivided and inour expanding need to partner with the land, water and each divisible family.” Quantum physics now includes everything other to grow a lot more food closer to home. in that undivided-ness — the rocks, plants, critters, air — the Whether there is a farmers’ market on a weeknight, or if it whole darn universe. moves to a weekend morning, or if the hours expand on So our farmers’ market gives us a chance to do the revoWednesdays, one thing is certain. The success of the market lutionary work of transforming how we choose our reladepends on the choice we as consumers make to be part of tionship with food. It’s a chance to walk the talk and invest what is being called the local food revolution. When we sup- part of our food budget in food grown locally, as a soilport our local growers, especially new growers who are taking friendly and ecosystem-friendly celebration of the interconcourageous leaps of faith in this valley to be part of building a nection and interdependence to which we owe the very new future of food, we take a deeply needed revolutionary sustenance of our lives. So please keep weighing in on what stand for a more beautiful, inclusive, and truly well world. you would like the Carbondale Farmers’ Market to promote We can have a farmers’ market that teaches us how to prepare and how (watch for a survey at First Friday on March 4), food that has grown well in each season, again — celebrating show up and buy local wherever and whenever you can,
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keep adding the fuel of love, connection and vision to the local food revolution. Gwen Garcelon is the director of the Roaring Fork Food Policy Council, and writes about her unabashed passion for a thriving planet and the adventure challenge of recreating the local food system (and other inspiring stuff of relevance).
GITNB16 om page 1 With Dance Initiative’s support, the fashion show’s core group of dancers formed a company called CoMotion: a conscious movement project. In addition to collaborating with CCAH on GITNB, CoMotion has created a handful of independent choreographic projects and in 2015 collaborated with Dance Initiative's ArtistsIn-Residence program. In recent years, CoMotion has rehearsed for both the fashion show and other projects in some strange places: living rooms, warehouses, school cafeterias, lawns, gyms and other locations. In 2014, CCAH and Dance Initiative partnered to develop the Launchpad, which is home to two state-of-the-art dance studios and a fine-art gallery. “The Launchpad is a safe and inspiring environment. We know that when we walk through the doors, take our shoes off and enter the studios, that we are in a sup portive environment created by people who want our creativity and technique to flourish,” said Deborah Colley, CoMotion company member and GITNB choreographer. “This encourages each dancer to take the work that they are doing more seriously and to take artistic risk, as they can see they have a future dancing … especially since there is a community and two nonprofits invested in their art form.”
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS & PROPOSALS (RFQP) Roaring Fork School District RE-1 ARCHITECTURAL & ENGINEERING SERVICES
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Roaring Fork School District RE-1 is soliciting qualified candidates interested in providing Architectural & Engineering Services for the Phase II School Improvement Projects. The RFQP is available as of February 24, 2016. Interested applicants may obtain the RFQP by contacting the owner’s representative, NV5, via e-mail at: John.Weekley@NV5.com
Deadline for responses is March 11, 2016 at 4:30 pm A mandatory site meeting will be held on March 1, 2016 at 10:00 am
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