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Residents and Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials say the deer numbers at River Valley Ranch seem to be about the same as previous years. Crystal Bridge Drive on the west side of RVR usually see the most deer action. Earlier in the year, some of the deer were staying higher on the slopes and in the draws west of RVR, where it was easier for them to move around to get to food sources. Now that there is a bit of grass greening up at RVR, the deer have been moving north to the area. Photo by Lynn Burton
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It’s budget line-item time at the state capitol This month is intense at the Colorado State Capitol. My Joint now very expensive. The state has expanded human services and medBudget Committee is approving hundreds of individual line items for ical coverage, primarily Medicaid, much faster than other spending. next year’s budget and will present the budget to the General Assem- We’re now finding it impossible to fund all of our other needs, largely bly in two weeks. as a result of those promises. I’m working on a bill for Internet delivered content When TABOR was amended into the constitution, no in schools, sponsoring a joint effort to investigate K12 one foresaw the coming massive expansion of federal and finances, and working with county commissioners and state programs directed to health care. We simply have no other legislators on a remedy for the outrageous prifunding mechanism separate from the state’s TABOR limit vate health insurance rates on the Western Slope. In to pay the state’s share. The HPF is a part of that growth between, I’m presenting several bills from the Joint but not the only part. Budget Committee that fine tune the operations of the Is the expansion of health-care spending to be considstate departments. ered part of the growth of state government that TABOR One of my favorite happenings at the Capitol is to sought to control even though it did not exist as a major have visitors from the district. Joyce and I both look component of spending at that time? The state should have forward to upcoming visits from our high school increated a new funding mechanism and sought voter apterns in the next few weeks. We’re getting great reproval if required by the constitution at the time we took ports every Friday from all four of them that help me on new obligations. Now we have political and philostay in touch with the district. sophical battles under way. the The Hospital Provider Fee (HPF) conversion to an There will probably be a bill this year to create an enBy Bob Rankin enterprise is still the hot political item of the session, with terprise fund for the HPF. There will also be a number of lawyers disagreeing on its constitutionality. I’ve written initiatives on the ballot this fall that ask for remedies to the about this before and I’ve been somewhat ambivalent about whether spending limit and even one to further expand state-funded health the HPF should be converted to an enterprise fund and thereby create care. I’m sure state office candidates will be talking about these issues room within the TABOR limit for the state to spend more money. If at campaign rallies and town halls. the enterprise is not created, taxpayers would get a refund when revAs always, I invite your views and opinions. I’m getting a lot of enues exceed the limit, but state spending would be curtailed. mail on specific bills and it helps. (By the way, I voted for the rain There’s no doubt that Colorado, and in fact most states, should be barrel bill). spending more on infrastructure: roads, education and telecommunications. But in Colorado, in addition to TABOR tax and spending Representative Bob Rankin, House District 57, lives in the Carbonlimits, we’ve made promises in previous legislative sessions that are dale area and represents Garfield, Rio Blanco and Moffat counties.
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Support climate initiative tax Dear Editor: Spring has sprung and lov … Wait that was February that just passed, not April. I remember when winter used to be winter. We still had Colorado sun but not three-plus weeks of snow melting, 50-degree sunshine in the middle of it. Last winter it was “Juneuary” with a sweltering stint of spring/summer like conditions, only being saved by winter’s lasts breaths in May, flushing our valley with rain the way the human body counteracts a fever with sweat. I remember when summer was still summer, but that bank account of water frozen in the form of snow thoroughly covered Mount Sopris through the dog days of August. Now we are lucky to see a few slivers of this precious resource remain crystalized at the summit of our valley’s centerpiece come Labor Day. It is clear the climate is changing and humans have an impact. Thankfully, nature is resilient and people are resourceful. There are many things you can do as an individual to ensure that future generations have the pleasure to enjoy winter’s wonders and summer splendors. One of the most important things you can do as a registered voter in Carbondale is to vote yes for Ballot Issue 2A. By voting yes for 2A you are supporting a minimal tax to be placed on electricity and gas bills, killing not two, but three birds with one stone. The money generated from this
tax will be used to support energy efficiency upgrades for income-qualified homes, increase the town of Carbondale’s renewable energy sources, and incentivize conservation to lower one’s energy and electricity usage. For most homes this tax will only result in a $5-$15 per month increase on bills. So skip one latte each month and use that money to enhance our community’s health and viability by voting yes on 2A. Your grandchildren say thank you, for doing all you can to keep winter, winter! If you have any questions or comments about the tax or anything else please email me: ajhobbs@carbondaleco.net A.J. Hobbs Carbondale Town Trustee
No on 2A Dear Editor: Let’s assume that most Carbondale residents favor a healthy planet with lower greenhouse gas emissions and a reduction in global warming. But taxing Carbondale residents almost $100 more each year is not the answer. The tax money the Carbondale Board of Trustees proposes to raise would first go to hiring a new employee or consultant who presumably would spend their time making recommendations about where to spend whatever funds are left over after their compensation. How these individuals and the trustees could spend residents’ money to increase en-
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ergy efficiency of local homes and businesses by 20 percent, generate 35 percent of Carbondale’s electricity from renewable sources, and reduce use of petroleum products by 25 percent is a mystery. They have no detailed plans to reach such lofty goals, yet they want a lot more taxpayers’ money to play with. Fellow residents and taxpayers, don’t be bullied into feeling that opposing this proposed tax means you don’t value our environment. This is just another example of a government body seeking to take more of your money and create yet another program that takes more control of your life. And remember, this isn’t a one-time deal. Government tax-funded programs rarely fade away, but linger and typically grow (and require yet more taxes to support their expansion). We all want Carbondale, America and the earth to thrive. But this proposed costly mandate isn’t the solution. Say yes to holding on to your hard-earned wages, and no to higher taxes and bigger government. Robert C. Hubbell Carbondale
Yes on 2A Dear Editor: This letter is in response to S. Wolff’s piece in the Sopris Sun. As a member of the Climate Action Yes campaign committee, I’d like to take the opportunity to answer his questions. In 2009, the Town of Carbondale adopted LETTERS page 19
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Mayor logs trips to D.C. on ompson Divide issues TDC picks up the tabs John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer Carbondale’s Mayor Stacey Bernot has, for the past couple of years, taken a little time at some meetings of the Board of Trustees to inform the others on the board that she had recently been in Washington, D.C. No, it wasn’t a move to make the trustees jealous of vacation time spent in the nation’s capitol. Instead, the reports were meant to let the trustees, any reporters on hand at the meeting and the viewing public (the meetings are televised) that she had once again gone east to lobby against controversial plans to drill for natural gas in the Thompson Divide area. Bernot told The Sopris Sun that she has gone to Washington “I don’t know, at least five times over the last twoand-a-half years,” on airline flights paid for by the Thompson Divide Coalition (TDC), which also has paid for her accommodations on those trips unless she was able to arrange to stay with some of her husbands relatives in nearby Olney, Md., a town of some 38,000 people about 20 miles north of the capitol. The TDC, along with Carbondale, other local governments and numerous nonprofits concerned about land preservation, has been battling for several years to prevent oil and gas drilling in the Thompson Divide, roughly 220,000 acres of relatively untrammeled land between Sunlight Mountain Resort and McClure Pass to the southwest of Carbondale. Bernot said of the costs of her lobbying efforts, has paid out “probably $72” toward her trips, the mayor continued, because “I’ve only charged parking to the town — twice.”
at the U.S. Department of the Interior and the In addition to Bernot, the trips have typoffices of U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and ically included officials from Pitkin County Cory Gardner over the next couple of days, and Glenwood Springs, both of which are and returned to Colorado on Tuesday. on the record as opposing gas drilling in the She particularly was excited about a meetThompson Divide area, along with area ing with Tommy Beaudreau, chief-of-staff to ranchers and others who are members of Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell. He was the TDC, such as rancher/activists Bill Fales, well aware of the issues underlying the Jason Sewell and Ty Jacober, as well as TDC Thompson Divide controversy, Bernot said of Executive Director Zane Kessler. Beaudreau, and actually has spent some of his “I’ve been careful to be sure we’re conyouth in the Brush, Colorado area and was sistent with the town’s position” regarding well aware of the energy industry’s boomdrilling in Thompson Divide, Bernot noted, and-bust cycles that have afflicted the state explaining that the town has been focused for decades. on cancellation of some or all of 25 natuStacey Bernot “I was just amazed,” she said, “that ral-gas extraction leases that were isthey knew all about Thompson Disued in 2003 without the requisite vide. They were on top of it [and seekenvironmental analysis mandated by ing] workable solutions. That’s been the National Environmental Policy Carbondale’s position all along.” Act, or NEPA. This was in marked contrast, she That goal apparently was met last said, to an earlier trip when she met month, when the U.S. Bureau of Land with officials in the office of ColManagement (BLM) announced that orado’s U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton (R-3rd it hoped to cancel 25 of some 65 District). leases it was re-examining in light of a “They thought this was private court’s ruling that the NEPA analysis property,” she said of Tipton’s staff, had not been done correctly in 1993. who she said were highly critical of the The remaining leases would either be limited in their drilling potential with a “no-surface-occu- Thompson Divide Coalition because they believed the pancy” designation, due to their location in roadless areas, coalition wanted to find some way to use the powers of eminent domain to force energy companies to give up their or would be left open to exploration by the industry. claims in the Divide. February trip “I was appalled that his staff didn’t know” about the Bernot’s most recent trip was in late February, when she true issues involved, Bernot said. flew to Washington on Feb. 21, a Sunday, attended meetings TDC TRIPS page 7
“I’ve been careful to be sure we’re consistent with the town’s position.”
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Bird dung prompts town hall action
From Feb. 26 to March 3, Carbondale officers handled 207 calls for service. During that period, officers investigated the following cases of note:
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FRIDAY, Feb. 26: At 3:45 p.m. police were called to an accident at the City Market parking lot, where an unattended vehicle was struck by a truck. The truck driver has been contacted, according to a police report, which did not say if a ticket was issued or is imminent. Police also handled one other case of a vehicle hitting another, unattended vehicle, on the same day, on Colorado Avenue, at 5:02 p.m.
There was no mention of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic film, “The Birds” in Town Manager Jay Harrington’s weekly memo this week, when he noted that the public works department has installed “bird deterrents on the Town Hall entrance hoping to keep birds from roosting above.” There also was no mention of what particular types of birds are committing the undisclosed offenses that prompted the installation, although pigeons have become regular denizens of the towns in the Roaring Fork Valley in recent decades. In the memo, which was sent to town trustees and employees among other recipients, Harrington reported that a new concrete basketball court has been poured and “saw cut” at Miner’s Park, but additional work is needed before for it is ready for play. As the piles of snow melt away in the unseasonably warm March weather, Harrington continued, the town’s street sweeper is making headway in cleaning up the streets of various neighborhoods around town. And the parks crew helped take up the liners of the dismantled ice rinks in town and at the Darien Roping Arena, and has been picking up “clumps of sod that were removed with this winter’s snow plowing on sidewalks and trails.” In addition, public works crews have scheduled spring treemaintenance work and tree removal projects with contractors, including meetings with private property owners about tree removals on adjacent public property, Harrington wrote. A $5,000 LiveWell Garfield County mini-grant has been awarded to the town (which will contribute $7,000 of town money) to help pay for a paved bicycle/pedestrian connection of the existing Crystal Valley Bike Trail to the Demeter Community Garden and community bread oven shelter adjacent to
the Third Street Center (TSC). The trail link, Harrington reported, will provide access to the TSC and to the 3rd Street bike route leading to the Carbondale Branch Library and the historic downtown area. It is to be an 8foot paved trail, about 515 feet in length, and is part of the town’s previous master-planning efforts. Construction is to begin in the summer. The town’s street and utility workers, Harrington wrote, have installed sanitary sewer and electrical conduit at the historic Thompson House Museum (owned by the town but managed by the Mt. Sopris Historical Society). The installation of potable water lines was scheduled for early this week, Harrington reported. At a meeting last week of the Parks & Recreation Commission, the commission agreed to work toward a solution to conflicts between local players of tennis and pickleball, involving the striping of a tennis court at the River Valley Ranch subdivision. The idea, according to Harrington, is to stripe the courts so that they can be used for both sports. The Parks & Recreation Commission also heard from, and offered suggestions to a Colorado Mountain College permaculture class, about planning for a proposed heritage garden and orchard at the Thompson Park housing project (adjacent to the Thompson House Museum). The plan is to go before the commission on April 6 and the Board of Trustees on April 27, according to Harrington. The town’s recreation department is modifying its weekly drop-in pickleball games this month. The games will now be on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Any member of the public who pays a daily drop-in fee, or who has an active recreation center membership, can show up and play.
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SATURDAY, Feb. 27: At 1:24 a.m. police stopped a vehicle for allegedly traveling on the wrong side of the road. An investigation led to the arrest of the driver, a 41-year-old woman, on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. Police also dealt with three other cases of alleged drunk driving, over the course of the week. SUNDAY, Feb. 28: At 7:25 a.m. police ticketed and released a homeless man for trespassing at an address on Main Street. TUESDAY, March 1: At 5:01 p.m. police were called to an address on Barber Drive about a complaint concerning a car blocking a driveway. The owner of the car moved her vehicle, then “became upset and asked for a citation,” which she received for parking within five feet of a driveway. The reporting party later called police after allegedly seeing the woman place the ticket on the reporting party’s car. The woman was then issued a warning for trespassing and harassment.
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Trustee candidates’ forum The Sopris Sun, Carbondale Chamber of Commerce and KDNK present a trustees’ candidate forum from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on March 15 at the Third Street Center. All eight candidates have been invited to attend: Ben Bohmfalk, Michael Durant, Allyn Harvey, Wayne Horak, Doc Philip, Dan Richardson, Marty D. Silverstein and Patricia Warman. If you have a question for the candidates, send it to feedback@soprissun.com or chamber@ carbondale.com no later than noon on March 15. KDNK-FM will broadcast the forum at: 88.1 Carbondale/Glenwood, 88.3 Aspen, 88.5 Basalt/Redstone, 93.5 Leadville, 94.9 Thomasville.
In case you’re wondering Carbondale City Clerk Cathy Derby says ballots for the upcoming trustees election, Climate Action Excise Tax, and property tax mill levy increase will be mailed out on March 14, and must be returned by 7 p.m. on Election Day, April 5. The Sopris Sun will have more information on the mail-in election next week.
Hang up and bank Here’s one from Gunnison County Sheriff’s Department. On Feb. 24 at approximately 4 a.m., North District officers were called out for several 911 hang ups at a residence near Highway 133. Upon arrival, the resident said he was attempting to conduct Internet banking when the glitch occurred.
The U.S. Small Business Administration and Mountain Town magazine presented their Emerging Leadership Award to Carbondale Chamber of Commerce Director Andrea Stewart (center) in Vail on March 2. “Each day I wake wondering who am I going to touch today, and how can I make a difference,” Stewart said in accepting the award. “I believe in being the bigger voice for small business.” Also shown here (left and right): Edward Cadena and Betsy Markey of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Courtesy photo
area, and moisture in adjacent vegetation is at acceptable levels to prevent spread. “We have about 700 piles remaining to burn, which should take from three to five days,” said BLM fuels specialist Rusty Stark. “We’ve burned more than 1,000 piles in this area over the past two winters.” The work stimulates new growth of grasses, forbs and shrubs that greatly enhances wildlife habitat. Smoke from the Panorama area on Missouri Heights may be seen for short periods of time from Carbondale, El Jebel and Basalt. For more information, call 876-9000.
Spring clean your spirit Harmony Scott Jewelry Design (199 Main St.) presents life coach Mikael Bergman from 3 to 5 p.m. on March 13. He’ll explain how to “move through resistance” and create “a simple morning practice.” On March 20 from 3 to 5:30 p.m., Scott presents a spring equinox workshop with guided breath and sound meditation, a new moon ritual and community connecting. RSVP at 963-7190.
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River grants being accepted
Smoke may be visible north of El Jebel in the coming weeks as crews from the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management begin burning slash piles generated from a Bureau of Land Management fuels reduction project, according to a press release. Firefighters will burn piles when weather conditions are favorable to lift smoke out of the
The Pitkin County Healthy Rivers Board is accepting grant applications for projects and programs that benefit the Roaring Fork drainage and preserves water rights on the Western Slope. The application deadline is March 31. For details, e-mail healthyrivers@pitkincounty.com or visit pitkincounty.com/healthyrivers.
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WindWalkers update WindWalkers equestrian therapy is holding a fund-raising campaign with a goal of $30,000, according to a press release. Donations can be sent to WindWalkers, Box 504, Carbondale, CO 81623. For details, go to windwalkerstrc.org.
Making the grade(s) Congratulations to Rebecca Maniscalchi and Gordon Merritt Murphy for making the Dean’s Honor Roll for the fall semester at the University of Wyoming.
911 calls Here are the emergency 911 calls for the Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District for the week of Feb. 28-March 5: • Medical emergencies (8); • Trauma emergencies (3); • Motor vehicle accidents (2); • Structure fire assignment/ nothing found (1); • Fire alarm responses (4); • Smoke alarm responses (2); • Odor check response (1).
They say it’s your birthday Folks celebrating their birthday this week include: Pat Curry (March 11) and Denise Barkhurst (March 13). If you’d like to get your name in The Sopris Sun’s birthday book, just drop us a line at news@soprissun.com.
e “sassy” and surreal painting of Philip Hone Williams First solo exhibition opens March 11 By Nicolette Toussaint Sopris Sun Correspondent “My rock paintings are essentially surrealism because all of the rocks have things embedded in them, things that have to do with the meaning of words,” says Philip Hone Williams. “My interest in the rocks has to do with them being basically organic — organic in the sense that the material is not made by man.” But Hone Williams’ rocks contain quite a few items that were made by man, along with some subtle commentary on the relationship between man and the natural world. As he puts it, “The rocks that are featured in many of my paintings are rocks I found along the beaches in Mexico. I like to deal with serious subjects, but in a humorous way, and with a strong element of surrealism.” Hone Williams’ oil painting “Volcanic Rock No. 8” is embedded with CFL bulbs. Some of his other rocks contain pool balls, gears, razor blades and animal horns. Many of the rock paintings, along with paintings from his SASS collection — the acronym stands for “seriously audacious situational surrealism” — will be part of an exhibition of Hone Williams’ recent works, which opens at the Art Base in Basalt (formerly the Wyly Art Center) on March 11. Hone Williams’ work has been exhibited at the Red Brick Center for the Arts in Aspen; the HUD Gallery in Ventura, California; and at the Launchpad, Bonfire Coffee and in the Third Street Center here in Carbondale. Hone Williams occupies a studio space in the Third Street Center and paints most of his canvases from there. Located just down the hall from The Sopris Sun’s office, his studio is a space that was rented by another organization and fire-bombed nearly a year ago. Today, that space is cleaned up and filled with computer equipment, brushes, paintings and drawing tools. Of the black paper that covers the windows, Hone Williams explains, “I’m a studio painter and that means that I need to control the light by using artificial daylight-balanced light.” Hone Williams uses a computer and an electronic pad to prepare the plans for his paintings. He also uses electronic tools when he’s sketching, as he does when he facilitates the “non-taught” life drawing sessions that take place every Monday evening at Third Street Center. Given his professional background, it’s no surprise that Hone Williams is adept with tech tools. After graduating from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, he did portraiture for several years, then became a freelance location sound engineer for the film industry. One of his favorite memories is “walking through a peanut field recording as Jimmy Carter was talking.” He even recalls buying a drink from Amy Carter’s childhood lemonade stand — before the Secret Service had to shut it down. Later, Hone Williams transitioned into digital illustration, exploring the capacities of Photoshop and other emerging digital tools. He spent the better part of a decade as a freelance illustrator, particularly enjoying the work he produced for Highlights magazine.
TDC trips om page 3 Kessler, reached while he was traveling in the Durango area and meeting with land-conservation activists there, confirmed that Bernot and others have been trekking to Washington to lobby on the TDC’s behalf. Kessler, after confirming that the TDC has been paying to send supporting officials on lobbying trips, borrowed a phrase from former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton and said, “It takes a village (to fight against the energy industry’s plans) and we work to take that
Philip Hone Williams is a man of many talents, including that of digital illustrator, portrait artist, fine-art artist, freelance location sound engineer and art teacher. His show at the Art Base in Basalt opens on March 11. Photo by Jane Bachrach
In 2006, he “finally retired totally and started oil painting again.” Hone Williams’ show in Basalt, entitled “Recent Works,” is his first solo exhibition. He’s hoping that this and other local shows will lead to additional exhibitions in urban centers like Los Angeles. He comments, “Going from being an illustrator to the fine-art field is a jump because there’s really no connection between those two worlds, so I’m still a babe in the woods when it comes to fine-art painting.” Hone Williams had become attracted to the Roaring Fork Valley while camping here during summer vacations. He returned each summer, telling himself that one day, he was going to move to Colorado. He laughs and says, “That took 50 years!” He moved to Carbondale in 2006 and says he likes it because “the people here are all interested in doing some-
village to Washington, D.C.” He noted that the trips to Washington are not the biggest bite out of the organization’s budget, which he said is “around $200,000 this year,” significantly lower than the organization’s reported revenues of about $500,000 in 2013. Kessler explained that the organization’s staffing and activities have been slimming down over the past couple of years “as we got things done, as we crossed off boxes” in the TDC mission.
thing for mankind and for the world, and that’s just the vibes come across my heart.” “I generally I try and put some sort of strange meaning in my art,” he says. “It’s not just straight decorative art.” Gesturing to a work-in-progress, he says, “This painting … this is kind of decorative, but there is something interesting behind it. I just haven’t quite figured out how to talk about it.” The 44.5-inch-by-22-inch oil painting, called “The Lion Rock in a Tree” shows a gray rock caught in an abstracted orange tree surrounded by patterns that may (or may not) represent layers of earth. It’s up to the viewer to decide.
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Who: Philip Hone Williams What: One-man show Where: The Art Base in Basalt When: Opening from 5 to 7 p.m. on March 11
Since the disclosure by the BLM last month that the current thinking is to completely cancel 25 leases issued erroneously in 2003, as well as to limit development potential for about 13 other leases, Kessler said, the TDC has been able to scale back its work. “That was huge,” he said of the BLM’s announcement in early February. “It’s the biggest return on the community’s investment yet,” referring to the work by nonprofits, the Town of Carbondale, Pitkin County and other organizations, and volunteers helping out with the effort.
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Mr. Fox “fantastic” in SoL production SoL Theatre’s “The Fantastic Mr. Fox” played to enthusiastic audiences at the Third Street Center on March 4-6. The play is about a fox who steals food each night from three mean and wealthy farmers. They are fed up with Mr. Fox’s theivery and want to kill him, so they dig their way into the foxes’ home, but the animals are able to outwit the farmers. Clockwise from upper left: The Fantastic Mr. Fox, played by Kaden O’Keefe, telling the story to the audience; Lulu Simpson as Mrs. Bean, guarding the cider cellar; Jade Meyer as the Rat, guarding the cider in Bean’s cider cellar; Ellie Urfrig as the Badger, yelling at Mr. Fox for getting them into this mess; Renee Bruell as Mrs. Fox, doing some digging with Mr. Fox to escape for their lives as farmers chase them; Katie Huttenhower as Kylie the Possum. Photos and text by Lynn Burton
Other actors included: Anna Cole, Ari Hahn, Charlie Cox, Charlotte Fisher, Colton Lang, Daisy Kelly, Dawson Gillespie, Elijah Brogdon, Emma Charters, Emmet Hood Garcelon, Hank Cerrone, India Butchart, Jessica Kollar, Jillian Gressett, Kira Locke, Lukas Denning, Maggie Russell, Miles Lloyd, Montana Jacober, Nadav Hahn, Noah Allen, Noelle Shield-Taylor, Robin Muse, Sage Beebe, Stella Guy Warren, Tessa Steel, Watts Brooks and Zayantee Sansterre. Tim Brogdon was the banjo player. 8 • THE SOPRIS SUN • www.SoprisSun.com • MARCH 10-16, 2016
Energy Smart Contractor Expo shows latest trends Plus technologies and techniques Sopris Sun Staff Report Building and mechanical contractors, architects, real estate professionals, property managers, materials suppliers and anyone interested in energy efficiency can learn about the latest trends at the 2016 Energy Smart Contractor Expo, set for March 17 in Glenwood Springs. The one-day event will include an Expo with 20 suppliers and installers showcasing their energy efficiency and renewable energy products and services. Energy utilities will update contractors on their incentive programs for 2016. In addition to the expo, there will be seven, 45-minute workshops throughout the day that participants can attend. The event includes plenty of break time for visiting the booths and networking. A special training session for Realtors, lenders and appraisers on the Home Energy Score will also be offered, with continuing education credits for Realtors. The Expo is set for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on March 17, at Colorado Mountain College, 1402 Blake Ave. in Glenwood Springs. Admission is $15 in advance or $20 at the door, and covers the workshops, expo booths, morning refreshments and lunch. To register, visit 2016-contractor-expo.eventbrite.com “We are offering a great line-up of workshops led by experts about health and safety, energy efficiency, and renewable energy,” said CLEER Energy Coach Maisa Metcalf. “This is a unique opportunity for building professionals to discover new technologies, learn best practices, further their understanding of building science, and to network.” The workshop topics include: • net-zero home design, • dense-packing insulation techniques, • best practices for home-air sealing, • lighting controls, • ductless heat pumps, • indoor air quality, • and financing options for solar electric systems. The Energy Smart Contractor Expo is hosted by Garfield Clean Energy, CLEER, and Energy Smart Colorado at CORE. Gold sponsors are Holy Cross Energy, Xcel Energy and Ajax Mechanical Services.
Silver sponsors are AE Building Systems, All-Phase Electric Supply, City of Aspen Utilities, Aros Solutions, Black Hills Energy, Colorado Energy Office, Energy Smart Colorado, Glenwood Springs Association of Realtors, One Source Lighting, Quality Solar, SoL Energy and Sunsense Solar. Clean energy businesses interested in sponsoring the expo or participating as a vendor can still reserve a spot. For information, contact CLEER at 704-9200 or Maisa@CleanEnergyEconomy.net. Vendor booths will be hosted by: • Holy Cross Energy, • Xcel Energy, • Black Hills Energy, • City of Aspen Utilities and Glenwood Springs Electric, and by Ajax Mechanical Services, • Aros Solutions, • Colorado Crawl Space/SteamMaster, • All-Phase Electric Supply, • One Source Lighting, • Conserve-A-Watt Lighting, • EcoSource Lighting, • Brite Ideas, • Sunsense Solar, • SoL Energy, • Quality Solar, • EXOthermol/Environmental Architecture, • Nordic Refrigeration, • Shamrock Sales, • Stanton Engineering • and Energy Smart Colorado.
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What: 2016 Energy Smart Contractor Expo When: March 17 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Where: CMC in Glenwood (1402 Blake) How much: $15 in advance/$20 door (includes lunch) More info: 2016-contractor-expo.eventbrite.com.
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News & Community Briefs City Market receives initial OK Carbondale’s elected leaders on Wednesday, March 2 (after the Sun had gone to press) gave initial approval to a subdivision request by the City Market/King Soopers/ Kroger grocery store chain, which plans to build a new store in town to replace the existing one at the Crystal Village Plaza on Highway 133. The new store will be better laid out and more modern than the old store, and about 15,000 square feet larger than the old store, coming in at slightly more than 59,000 square feet in the new building compared to about 44,000 square feet in the old one, according to a presentation by the Kroger’s planning consultants. At the special board of trustees (BOT) meeting on March 2, the board adopted the development plan as proposed by a vote of 6-1, with Trustee A.J. Hobbs voting against the proposal. Hobbs stated that he was not “comfortable” with the development plan. He specifically cited the company’s decision to go with off-site solar power purchases rather than mounting solar panels on the roof of the new store or in the parking lot area, and he (as well as Trustee John Hoffmann) felt there was a need to further explore that issue. Hobbs also said he was not supportive of plans to include a drive-through pharmacy window in the store, which he felt conflicted with the town’s anti-idling ordinance, and with the plans to include a Starbucks coffee shop in the complex. Hobbs and others noted that the Starbucks might pull customers away from the existing coffee shops in town, all of which are locally owned and operated. Mayor Stacey Bernot, on the other hand, said she had spoken to unnamed coffee shop owners in town and that “they are all about competition” and are not worried about Starbucks hurting their business.
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Another concern was raised by an Aspen resident, Mike Haysfield, who said he runs the Valero gas station at the south end of Carbondale and was worried that his and other existing gas stations in town will find it hard to compete with the low prices that typically are charged at City Market pumps. But his argument was not taken up by the trustees, although Bernot remarked, “I’m personally excited about the fuel station, for competition purposes alone.” The formal approval for the new store and accompanying retail spaces and gas station is expected to come at a BOT meeting on March 16.
BOT meeting notes The Carbondale Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting on Wednesday, March 16 (meaning it is a meeting at which formal decisions and votes may be taken) to discuss a variety of topics including: • A discussion with the town’s volunteer Environmental Board about its accomplishments in 2015 and its plans for 2016; • A discussion about possible changes to the town’s affordable-housing guidelines; • A request for funds from the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce in support of this summer’s Ride The Rockies bicycle tour, which is scheduled to kick off in Carbondale before heading to other locales in Colorado; • Final approval of a subdivision plan for the Carbondale Marketplace, site of a proposed new City Market grocery store and other commercial outlets. The meeting is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. at Town Hall, 511 Colorado Ave. The next regular meeting of the board of trustees is scheduled for April 13.
Calling all vocalists Bonte Lane (bontelane@gmail.com) is starting an adult community choir named the “Just 4 Fun Choir.” Rehearsals are slated for the Launchpad from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Sundays, starting March 13. All are welcome and singing experience is not required. The choir is sponsored by the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities.
Nonprofit grant deadline The Denver Post Community Foundation is accepting applications for a $5,000 grant to local nonprofits as part of the Ride the Rockies event in June. The deadline to apply is March 11. For details, e-mail Renee Wheelock at rwheelock@denverpost.com or call 303-954-6704.
Valley Life for All workshop Valley Life for All hosts a PEAK workshop at US Bank (Grand Avenue in Glenwood Springs) at 1:30 p.m. on March 12, according to a press release. “We have just returned from the cutting-edge PEAK conference focused on evidence-based educational strategies that creates equity in education for ALL students,” said a spokeswoman. “The incredible line up of presenters provided key knowledge and strategies required to reinvent schools to be places where ALL students can achieve success.” To RSVP, contact Sarah Williams at 319-1279 or sarah@valleylifeforall.org.
JA seeks volunteers Junior Achievement is looking for volunteers at Crystal River Elementary School and Roaring Fork High School. Volunteers will work in kindergarten classes from 2:15 to 2:45 p.m. any day of the week except Wednesdays. At Roaring Fork High School, a volunteer will work with math teachers from 12:45 to 1:30 p.m., or 1 to 1:45 p.m., on Tuesdays or Thursdays. For details, call the schools.
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What doesn’t the town have? A capital improvements fund Mill levy would create one By John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer Carbondale voters will be asked on Election Day, April 5, to approve a new property tax to pay for capital improvements around town. The proposed tax would assess an additional three mills to all real property within the town limits, which would amount to roughly $119 per year on a house valued at $500,000 by the GarďŹ eld County assessor. For commercial properties, the tax hike would amount to about $870 per year on a business valued at $1 million, according to calculations by town ofďŹ cials. According to town ofďŹ cials, the new tax would generate perhaps $425,000 a year or so, which could be used to leverage grants and other sources of income to multiply the ability of the tax to pay for costly improvements. The tax is needed, town ofďŹ cials have decided, in order to create a pool of money for capital improvements, which in the past have been paid for largely by using a combination of money from the town’s general fund and payments from the Federal Mineral Lease Fund (FMLD) maintained by GarďŹ eld County, with some other resources.
Free money The FMLD is used as a disbursing platform for money that the county receives from energy companies doing business within the county’s borders, and has at times amounted to grants of hundreds of thousands of dollars for Carbondale projects. But the FMLD money is expected to diminish in the coming years, as the energy industry continues to be hard-hit by low prices for oil and natural gas and a glut of petroleum products on the international market and companies doing business
Carbondale trustees have discussed punching Industry Way through to 8th Street for many years. The price tag? About $1.5 million. The Industry Way/8th Street connection is one of several on a capital improvements list the town can start attacking if voters approve a property tax hike on April 5. Photo by Lynn Burton in GarďŹ eld County cut back on drilling and other activities. The trustees concluded last year that the town’s traditional funding sources, mostly sales tax revenues, were not sufďŹ cient to pay for improvements to streets, sidewalks, bike trails, property acquisition, parking and facility construction, which typically fall under the general description of capital improvements.
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Community Calendar THURSDAY March 10 CAKE’S ON US • Midge’s chocolate sheet cake that is. She’s baking one up for The Sopris Sun’s seventh birthday at the Pour House. It goes from 6 to 7:30 p.m. SNOWSHOE TOUR • The Roaring Fork Conservancy leads a snowshoe tour at Capitol Creek Ranch. Reservations are required at roaringfork.org. Info: 927-1290. HURST LECTURE SERIES • Ambassador Christopher Hill and others present “Foreign Policy Breakthroughs: Cases in Successful Diplomacyâ€? at the Aspen Institute’s DoerrHosier 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. ROTARY • The Mt. Sopris Rotary meets at Mi Casita at noon every Thursday.
THURS.-SUN. March 10-12 THEATRE • Thunder River Theatre Company concludes its run of “Freud’s Last Sessionâ€? at 7:30 p.m. 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 also welcomes the company’s
To list your event, email information to news@soprissun.com. Deadline is noon on Monday. Events take place in Carbondale unless noted. For up-to-the-minute valley-wide event listings, check out the Community Calendar online at soprissun.com. View events online at soprissun.com/calendar.
newest employee, Sean Jeffries (TRTC’s lighting designer and tech director). Post-show talk-backs with the cast and director will be held on March 11. For ticket info, go to thunderrivertheatre.com or call 963-8200.
FRI.-SAT. March 11-12 GITNB • The eighth annual Green is the New Black fashion extravaganza takes over the Carbondale Recreation Center. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets have sold out but you can get on a wait list at carbondalearts.com. Shop the GITNB Fashion Extravaganza designer trunk sale following the show on March 11 and on March 12 from 3 to 6 p.m. and after the show at the Carbondale Recreation Center. For a list of participating designers visit carbondalearts.com/events/fashion-show/.
FRIDAY March 11 MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “Raceâ€? (PG-13) at 7:30 p.m. Mar. 11-17; “The Danish Girlâ€? (R) at 5 p.m. Mar. 11 and “Spotlightâ€? (R) at 5 p.m. on Mar. 12-13. 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 Louie & the Lizards from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. No cover. Coming
up: Whiskey Stomp (March 17) and Valle Musico (March 24). LIBRARY • The Carbondale Branch Library invites tweens and teens to Just Dance at 6 p.m. They’ll be singing and dancing to their favorite YouTube videos. Snacks will be provided. Info: 963-2889. MURDOCK SERIES • The Murdock Mind, Body, Spirit Series presents “Making Peace Possibleâ€? from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Paepcke Auditorium in Aspen. The event will feature Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, a Tibean lama and head of the Shambhala lineage. Tickets are $20 at aspenshowtix.com. OPENINGS • The Art Base in Basalt hosts a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. for Carbondale artist Philip Hone Williams. “Recent Worksâ€? will present his oil paintings – rocks blended or embedded with artifacts – that explore the relationship between the natural versus the artiďŹ cial. Running concurrently at the Art Base Annex is the show “Supporting Artistic Excellence: The Dee and Charles J. Wyly Collection.â€? Info: 927-4123 or theartbase.org.
SATURDAY March 12 FLYING MALLETS • The Flying Mallets African-style youth marimba band, under the
direction of Eric Baumheier, performs at the Carbondale Branch Library at 3 p.m. Info: 963-2889. 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, ďŹ sh, meats, bread, pastries, spices, jewelry, arts, apparel and more. Info: 963-1173. SMART DRIVER • High Country RSVP offers the AARP Smart Driver program from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the CMC Center in Glenwood Springs (1402 Blake Ave.). The fee is $12 for AARP members and $14 for nonmembers. Course topics include: How to properly use anti-lock brakes, air bags, and safety belts; how medications may affect driving; what to do if confronted by an aggressive driver and more. Info and registration: 384-8747 and dspgws@rof.net.
SUNDAY March 13 ASC • A Spiritual Center in the Third Street Center meets at 10 a.m. sharp (social time starts at 9:45 a.m.). All are welcome. Here is March’s schedule: March 13, Yolanda del Hierro (“Brain Integrationâ€?); March 20, Tanai Starrs (“Gifts of Living on Top of Soprisâ€?); March 27, Carmen Iacino (“Give It Up. It is Not about Being Rebornâ€?). Info: 963-5516. MARIMBA WORKSHOP • Eric Baumheier offers beginner and intermediate classes in Zimbabwean/South African marimba from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Helios Art Center (behind 601 Sopris Ave.). CALENDAR page 13
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MONDAY March 14 POETRY • The writers’ group at the Carbondale Branch Library hosts a poetry workshop with Charles Braddy from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Braddy will present a basic foundation for creating poetry; participants will write a complete poem by the end of the workshop. Braddy has appeared in many local publications, including the Aspen Poets Society book “A Democracy of Poets.”
TUESDAY March 15 KINDERGARTEN TOURS • Crystal River Elementary School on Snowmass Drive offers kindergarten tours for new families on
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today at 1 p.m. on March 15. To schedule a tour, call 384-5620.
WEDNESDAY March 16 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.
WEDS.-THURS. March 15-16 BIG EVENT • The Carbondale Community School’s 18th annual Big Event, called “Into the Mythic” this year, will be performed at the school on March 16-17 at 6:30 p.m. The theme is mythology; the play is directed by the students and teachers of CCS. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for children 12 and under, and are available at CCS and the Carbondale Recreation Center. Info: 963-9647.
Further Out THURSDAY March 17 ENERGY EXPO • CLEER and others present the 2016 Energy Smart Contractor Expo from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Colorado Mountain College (1402 Blake Ave.) in Glenwood Springs. Admission is $15 in advance or $20 at the door, which covers the workshops, morning refreshments and lunch. Building and mechanical contractors, architects, real estate professionals and materials suppliers can learn about trends in energy efficiency. Expo booths will display clean energy products, services and information; utilities will explain rebate programs; experts will lead eight training workshops. To register, visit
2016-contractor-expo.eventbrite.com. Other organizers include Garfield Clean Energy and Energy Smart Colorado at CORE. MEET THE CHIEFS • Carbondale Police Chief Gene Schilling, and Carbondale Fire District Chief Ron Leach, meet the public over coffee from 8 to 9 a.m. at the Village Smithy on the third Thursday of the month.
MONDAY April 11 WRITERS GROUP • The Carbondale Writers’ Group meets the second Monday of the month from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Carbondale Branch Library. Info: 947-9593.
Ongoing MAYOR’S COFFEE HOUR • Chat with Carbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot on Tuesdays from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Village Smithy.
speaks on the first Monday of the month; the last Monday of the month features a pot-luck gathering at 6:30 p.m.
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.
RUN AROUND • Independence Run & Hike hosts a run around town Saturdays at 8 a.m. Meet at the store in La Fontana Plaza and run various distances, with different routes each week. Info: 704-0909.
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.
MINDFULNESS • Mindful Life Program holds a group meditiation followed by an offering of mindful practices at the Third Street Center at 7:30 p.m. on Mondays. Admission is by donation and everyone is welcome. Info: mindfullifeprogram.org, laura@mindfullife.org or 970-633-0163.
LIVE MUSIC • Dan Rosenthal hosts an open mic night at Rivers restaurant in Glenwood Springs from 8 to 10 p.m. every Wednesday. PHOTOGRAPHY • The CMC ArtShare Gallery in downtown Glenwood Springs presents professional photography students’ work. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. Info: 9478367 or cmcartshare.com. 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. HEALTHY HEART • Healthy Heart Meals meet-ups are held at the Third Street Center every Monday at 7 p.m. Greg Feinsinger, M.D.
MEDITATION/DHARMA TALKS • Every Wednesday, the Way of Compassion Dharma Center in the Third Street Center offers a short meditation (24 minutes) and dharma talk led by John (Chophel) Bruna) from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The teachings are offered freely; donations are tax deductible. Also, Way of Compassion offers weekly support for those wishing to establish a Buddhist practice with the focus of Chenrezig. The practice incorporates meditation, purification, contemplation and lojong (mind training). It’s held at the Third Street Center from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. on Saturdays. All are welcome. IMMUNIZATION CLINICS • Garfield County Public Health offers immunization clinics at the Carbondale Family Resource Center (400 Sopris Ave.) the second and fourth Thursday of the month. To schedule an appointment, call 945-6614 ext. 2030.
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Energy conservation programs moving head for 2016 (Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series on current energy conservation programs, and programs that could be funded if voters approve Ballot Question 2A. Next week’s installment will include comments from Erica Sparhawk, CLEER’s director of programs and services). By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer Regardless of whether or not Carbondale voters approve the Climate Action Excise Tax in the upcoming elections, the town will fund $125,000 in energy conservation programs and related projects in 2016, after the town trustees accepted a Scope of Work for energy and environmental services and projects from CLEER and CORE on March 2. The money is coming from Federal Mineral Lease and Service Taxes ($100,000) and through the town’s membership in CORE ($25,000), according to the Scope of Work (Attachment G in the Board of Trustees March 2 meeting packet, available at carbondalegov.org). At the same time, if voters approve the Climate Action Excise Tax – which would add about $90 per year on the average residence’s combined gas and electric bills, and about $250 for the average business – the possibilities and options increase. According to the Draft Program Summary for the Climate Action Fund, presented by Clean Energy 2020 at the trustees Jan. 13 meeting, programs could be expanded or created to: • Increase funding to dramatically increase the number of income-qualified households who would take part in CLEER/CORE programs; • Spur neighborhood-wide improvements, competitions and collaborations; • Create bulk purchase opportunities to provide rooftop solar systems for 200 homes over a five year period; And more.
program, CLEER/CORE will: update content on the chamber of commerce website to communicate Carbondale’s sustainability; promote businesses who have completed projects (newspaper stories, ads, social media, website (sic); communicate programs and rebates for businesses to encourage more businesses to pursue projects. 7. Policy and planning. “Over the last two years, the (Clean Energy 2020) Technical and Financial Advisory Committee, along with staff and community members, have completed extensive analysis of progress to date and remaining work to reach the town’s adopted (energy conservation) targets,” the document says. The process resulted in a list of recommended actions and analysis … (which) need to be incorporated into a cohesive final document, combined with updates on other items contained in the 2006 Energy and Climate Protection Plan, shared with the public to allow for review, and then submitted to the Environmental Board and Trustees for review and adoption.” Cost: $5,000. 8. Other programs for 2016 include: CORE water conservation outreach ($9,375); waste treatment ($3,000); waste reduction through CORE ($4,250); supporting the Environmental Board through CORE ($3,375).
The Scope of Work for 2016 includes: 1. Working toward “net-zero town facilities” ($8,000). Working with the subcontractor Lotus Sustainability, this program will provide technical services to review proposals from the Clean Energy Collective (CEC) to offset town facilities’ electrical use through off-site solar arrays. “This effort contributes to the Town’s goal of generating 35 percent of Carbondale’s electricity by renewable energy by 2020,” the Scope of Work says. “Management time will be billed to Garfield Clean Energy Renewables.” 2. Changing out town-owned streetlights ($18,000). Town staffer Larry Ballenger will manage the project. Technical support will be provided by Garfield Clean Energy (a collaboration of local governments) and the U.S. Department of Energy. The funding will go directly to the cost of installing LED fixtures in the streetlights. 3. Income-Qualified Program ($46,000). The goal is to perform energy assessments and provide free energy efficiency upgrades for 40-50 income-qualified households. 4. Free assements for new home buyers ($6,000). 5. Giveaways and discounts ($8,400). The program includes giving two LED light bulbs to 200 households. “This will broaden services to more participants, providing families with a sample of LED technology, as well as education about purchasing LEDs for their whole house,” the document says. The program also includes a $50 rebate for 100 households who purchase smart thermostats. “Smart thermostats can save households up to 30 percent on their heating bills … (but) they currently cost between $150 and $250.” The rebates will come from CORE and Black Hills Energy (formerly SourceGas). Between the two organizations, “half of the cost of the thermostat could be recovered.” 6. Highlighting Carbondale businesses ($9,000). “ … rather than financial incentives for businesses, we’d like to highlight businesses that have completed upgrades as a means to incentivize others to follow suit. This project will also increase Carbondale’s visibility as a green business community and recognize businesses and entities that have made energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements to their businesses.” For this
A red tail hawk spreads his wings and takes off north of Carbondale earlier in the month. Red tail hawks are sometimes called “chicken hawks,” but Wikipedia says they rarely prey on standard sized chickens. There are 14 recognized sub-species of the red tail hawk, and they vary in size and range. Photo by Jane Bachrach
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fect, if approved by the voters) and 2021. The projects are categorized under “safety,”“maintenance” and “expansion” labels, which cover a range of activities. Under the “safety” list, for example, are: • a transportation study to examine what it would take to develop a town-wide, mass transportation plan; • and a study of the intersection of Dolores Way and Highway 133 to see what improvements could or should be made, for a total cost of $25,000 for both studies. Other “safety” items include rebuilding the 3rd Street corridor adjacent to the new Carbondale Branch Library and the Third Street Center in response to added vehicular and pedestrian traffic; construction of a sidewalk along 8th Street between the Rio Grande Trail and Cowen Drive, and along 4th Street alongside Town Hall; and rebuilding Colorado Avenue from 4th Street to 3rd Street and around the corner up to Main Street. The combined estimated costs of those “safety”project comes to more than $1.7 million. Under the “maintenance” category are eight different projects, including reconstruction or improvements to such streets as Village Road, Meadowood Drive and Crystal Bridge Drive in River Valley Ranch; maintenance of the town’s trails and concrete panels on Main Street; drainage improvements and maintenance of Highway 133 (no estimated cost was provided for this item) and numerous paved streets around town. The total estimated cost of the maintenance items comes to $1.37 million.
Development driven The four projects listed under “expansion” are all designated as “development driven,” including new sidewalk surfaces along Hendrick Drive as it extends into the proposed City Market shopping center (assuming it is approved) at a cost of $100,000; extension of 2nd Street across the Rio Grand Trail to provide access to developable properties north of the trail (estimated cost, $292,000); and extension of Industry Way to connect Highway 133 to North 8th Street (estimated cost, $1.5 million). The overall estimated cost of all this work is $7.4 million, according to town documents, although there are many unknowns built into the estimates. Some costs simply could not be estimated for lack of information, and some are dependent on cost-sharing agreements with private developers. The property tax question proposed on this year’s ballot is written to set the tax to expire on Dec. 1, 2026, after a decade of collection. The town already has a couple of different property taxes in place, including a 1.5-mill levy to pay off earlier street improvements and costs of creating parking for local residents and businesses, as well as a separate mill levy (2.094 mills) that provides revenues for the town’s general fund. There is also a 1.5 mill levy for streetscaping, according to town staff. It was originally enacted in 2000 and was reauthorized in 2010. It has a 10-year sunset clause and is due to expire in 2020. The general fund levy has no sunset provision, meaning it will continue indefinitely.
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Carbondale trustee candidates make their pitches Sopris Sun Staff Report Last week, The Sopris Sun profiled three Carbondale Board of Trustees candidates: Doc Philip, Dan Richardson and Marty D. Silverstein. We wrap it up with week with Ben Bohmfalk, Michael Durant, Allyn Harvey, Wayne Horak and Patricia Warman. Voters will be filling three seats. The ballots will be mailed out on March 14 and must be returned by 7 p.m. on Election Day, April 5.
Ben Bohmfalk Ben Bohmfalk, 39, is a former teacher in the Roaring Fork School District and is now the district-wide technology instructor for faculty members. He first moved to Carbondale in 2002, moved to his wife’s home-country Australia, and returned two years ago. When asked why he’s running, Bohmfalk said there is always a need for reasonable decision makers to “step up.” He’s especially connected to the kids and teachers in Carbondale schools. When he served on the P&Z, he made land-use decisions with a “reasonable, balanced voice.” Bohmfalk said the town should be involved with creating affordable housing “ … but we’re limited in funding … there’s no source and I don’t see that changing any time soon.” At the same time, he referred to a “zero cost option” and tied it in with development under the new unified development code. When he was on P&Z, the commission considered residential developments that could help on the affordable housing end, but they would be “picked apart. … The new UDC is a huge step in the right direction.” The town needs to be “more proactive” on the affordable housing front and search for options, and not just in the realm of deed-restricted housing. He said the town has several advisory commissions and committees, and maybe it’s time to create one to look at affordable housing. The town could also look at allowing smaller housing units through its zoning. He said if someone wants to know his definition of smart growth, “just Google it. There’s quite a bit of information out there. There are some widely accepted definitions.” Explaining the concept of smart growth, he told The Sopris Sun “It’s primarily mixed use development” on a human scale with a pedestrian orientation. Residential units and commercial buildings are not far apart and there is an increase in density. “It (smart growth) fosters pedestrian (uses), bikes and public transportation. … I’m a proponent of smartgrowth principles.” As for the two tax-related ballot questions Bohmfalk said he supports them both, then added he likes the TABOR amendment. “All tax questions go to the people (for a vote) … the trustees can’t raise taxes.” On the energy tax, Bohmfalk said the town is generally opposed to natural gas drilling on the Thompson Divide and saying “no” to fossil fuels. “We need to do something to wean ourselves … (the tax) is a step in the right direction.”
Michael Durant Michael Durant, 58, is an independent real estate appraiser who moved to Car-
bondale 10 years ago. He is married and has a dog. When asked why he’s running, Durant told The Sopris Sun that he wants to be the voice of reasonableness and balance. He said the town trustees have gone in the direction of “the heavy hand of government.” He cited the town’s fairly new green building code for commercial buildings. “The code does a lot of good but it adds costs to building … It costs 10-30 percent more to build in Carbondale than in Glenwood … The trustees never had a discussion on whether it was worth it.” He mentioned the “bag ban” at City Market, the recent cat ordinance and green building code, and that the trustees say that Carbondale is playing a leadership role. “But if nobody is following .. the trustees are making Carbondale more expensive but they say they want to make it more affordable. “It (some regulations) is at odds with the town’s other goals. When asked about affordable housing, Durant said the town has a role in affordable housing but nobody is advocating a tax hike to pay for it. There’s a need for lower-end housing so the town should mitigate some of the construction costs. He’d also like to see more multi-family housing, like the four-plex under construction at Second Street and Sopris Avenue. “There are building sites zoned multi-family that could be developed more intensely.” When asked about his definition for “smart growth,” Durant said it’s a planning model that includes mixed uses with mass transit elements. He said smart growth can address a lot of challenges, but “ … Carbondale is a little late out of the gate” and the term is a buzz word that means “the town will get involved.” Durant said he opposes both of the taxrelated ballot questions: the Climate Action Excise Tax and a property tax mill levy hike for capital improvements. “It (the excise tax) is highly regressive,” he said. He called it a “pizza tax” because if you own a pizza place you’ll be “slammed” by the higher utility bills the question calls for. On the mill levy and the increased taxes it will generate, “ … let’s see where that (the new City Market) goes.”
Allyn Harvey Allyn Harvey, 51, was first elected to the Carbondale Board of Trustees in 2012. He grew up in Aspen and moved to Carbondale in 2001, when he found a “great little” place next to one of the town’s irrigation ditches in Crystal Village. “I call it (the ditch) the little Roaring Crystal.” He owns Allyn Harvey Communications, a mediaconsulting firm, and also does political consulting. His dog’s name is Ruthie, a corgi/Australian shepherd mix. Harvey said he can help the trustees interact with the community on big issues, such as housing, implementing the UDC and the budget. He supports the town being involved with helping to create more affordable housing, both deed restricted and free market. “We should make it a priority and give it the resources and attention it needs,” he said. One option might be in allowing “tiny houses” that are smaller than the town’s current
minimum size. “(It would take) zoning similar to trailer park zoning … on smaller lots. He pointed out that even in small residential developments, 20 percent must be given over to affordable housing. “Is that working correctly? We’re at the beginning of a conversation that gives the (issue) it deserves.” On the smart growth front, Harvey said his definition is the development fits into the community in scale and type. “Smart growth is compact; Carbondale is compact, with all kinds of neighborhoods.” He pointed to the new four-plex at the corner of Sopris Avenue and Second Street and said he’s OK with it. “The developer was responsive (to the community).” Harvey said he’s voted for the tax-related ballot issues, and as a trustee voted to put them to the people. About the energy tax, he said “It’s an opportunity for the community to take action in reducing climate change. You have to start somewhere.” The tax will not only address climate change, but it will fund programs to reduce participant’s energy bills. “It’s good for them, bottom line, and for the environment.” With the mill levy question, Harvey said the town has a capital improvements line item in its annual budgets, but that money is just transferred from the general fund. “We’ve undertaken projects by tapping our reserve fund.” He likes that both taxes with “sunset”: the energy tax in six years and the mill levy in 10 years.
Wayne Horak Wayne Horak, 39, has lived in Carbondale for 10 years. He does “multiple things.” He’s a carpenter and remodel contractor, and also takes care of an elderly couple on an “on need” basis. He decided to get into politics after seeing the trustees give the former Gordon Cooper Library to a billionaire for a $1 year, so it could be used for an art gallery. (Editor’s note: This deal fell through and the library is now home to the Launchpad and Dance Initiative). “It (the original library deal) really set me off … if change needs to be made, I need to step in and do it.” Horak said he doesn’t think the town should be involved with creating affordable housing. “The private sector can do it if it is allowed to. For example, he said that any residential development with more than five units must dedicate one to affordable housing. That means, if a developer wants to build eight, one-bedroom apartments, of that total, 20 percent must be affordable housing. So, to get around the affordable housing requirement, the developer would build four, two bedroom apartments. Expanding a bit, Horak said that 100-120 years ago, some resident’s built “miners shacks” that were small and simple, and are still standing today. “You can’t do that now current codes. … I’m not opposed to putting a trailer on property, if you own the property.” There are other problems with the town’s building code. Addressing the Sun’s question about smart growth, Horak said he favors “organic growth.” Explaining, he pointed to Carbondale’s downtown. “You could build
what you wanted, where you wanted.” This led to a business district downtown, and residential areas beyond that. “If you build organically, you’ll have affordable housing … fancy housing and business being where they want to be, rather than being told where they have to be.” Horak said both proposed taxes would increase the cost of living in Carbondale. Rather than spending money solar panels and furnaces, which wear out after 20 years, Horak would rather invest in things like the town’s irrigation ditch system, which will last 100 years.
Patricia Warman Patricia Warman, 67, is a “semi-retired” educator, married, and has lived in Carbondale since 1984, according to a response to written questions e-mailed to her while she is on vacation. She wrote that she has volunteered in the local schools, been president of the Gordon Cooper Library board and worked on the Garfield County Literacy Program, and that she “created a program to encourage environmental awareness in our youth.” Among her reasons for running, she wrote, is a feeling that she “might give a greater voice to the seniors in Carbondale … as well as all citizens.” Replying to a question about the town’s work on affordable housing, Warman wrote that the town should continue “investigating affordable housing options … just as we have for many years now.” She cited a previous affordable housing project, at River Valley Ranch and a project built by the Catholic Archdiocese, in which the town worked with the developers “to reduce fees for water and sewer costs” as an enticement. “Lack of affordable housing is a real issue and especially problematic for people on a fixed income,” she continued, specifically noting that there is a four-year waiting list for seniors hoping to move into the Crystal Meadows complex on Hendrick Drive in seeming contradiction to the fact that seniors “have given so much to this community” and now “are being squeezed out of town because of high housing costs.” Asked about her understanding of the concept of “smart growth,” Warman wrote that it “means residential as well as business development in an environmentally sensitive manner. We need smart business development to sustain our tax base” and fund the provision of basic municipal services. Warman reported having “mixed feelings on both the climate action tax and the mill levy increase,” acknowledging the need for funds to pay for needed programs and infrastructure. But, she added, “I know that our personal property taxes went up almost 90 percent with the increased valuation (of real estate countywide) and the school bond and fire tax issue” on last November’s ballot. “We may need to explore other ways of income generation, ie: grants, assessments, higher development fees, etc.,” instead of tax increases, she mused.
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Growing children’s love of reading starts at home By Debbie Bruell Sopris Sun Correspondent Ten-year-olds in the United States read, on average, less than four minutes per day outside the school day, according to Gary Johnston, 20-year veteran teacher and national speaker on children’s reading. Johnston addressed a crowd of about 60 parents at Crystal River Elementary School last month. Those same kids who read less than four minutes a day at home, Johnston continued, are averaging over four hours per day watching TV and playing video/computer games. Some politicians want to blame the low reading levels of so many children today on teachers, arguing that holding them accountable and tying individual teacher salaries to their students’ test scores is the answer. These politicians, Johnston said, “don’t know what they are talking about.” In his view, the key to getting kids to be better readers lies at home. To illustrate his point, Johnston taped a 20foot-long strip of red paper to the wall to represent the length of a ten-year-old’s life. Overlapping a small portion of the red paper, he taped 16 inches of green paper, representing the amount of time a ten-year-old has spent in school. Johnston used this graphic representation of the small proportion of a child’s life that he spends in school to illustrate his point that while children spend enough time in school to learn how to read, there is not enough time in the school day for children to become good readers. The way kids become good readers, according to Johnston, is by reading a lot. “The best predictor we have for how well a child reads,” Johnston said, “ is the average number of minutes a child reads each day. ... Kids who read more, read better.” How can parents make sure that their children are doing plenty of reading outside of school? Johnston argued that making kids read against their will does not work. In fact, telling kids to “go sit in the ‘do not disturb chair’ and read for 20 minutes” can be counterproductive; children grow to see reading as a chore. Instead, Johnston said, parents’ role is to help their children learn to love reading. If children truly love reading, then they’ll read a lot — without any nagging from parents. Kids learn to love to read when parents spend time enjoying books together with their children. It doesn’t matter what they read, who reads, what language the books are in, or whether you’re listening to a book on tape, Johnston told the parents. Most parents do read to their child before their child enters kindergarten, Johnston said, and most young children love the idea of learning how to read themselves. If you ask children entering kindergarten what’s the one thing they’d most like to learn at school, according to Johnston, 90 percent will say they want to learn to read. As he explained, “Reading has meant snuggling up with mom or dad and they love it.” However, most parents stop reading to their kids once their kids learn how to read on their own. By third grade, two-thirds of kids see reading as little more than “home-
Gary Johnston told his audience at Crystal River Elementary School that one of his fondest childhood memories was reading with his grandfather. One bit of advice on teaching kids to love reading: Keep reading to your kids, event after they start kindergarten. Photo by Jami Friday
very careful about how they communicate with parents about reading: rather than asking parents to ensure that their kids log a specific number of minutes reading each day, teachers should be encouraging parents to make reading a fun family activity that they engage in with their children. When asked whether there are other things schools can do that would either enhance or detract from children’s love of learning, Friday told The Sun that every CRES teacher sees it as his or her responsibility both to teach the process of reading and help kids learn to love reading. In keeping with this philosophy, every classroom at CRES has a read-aloud time every day in which students gather to enjoy a book together. In kindergarten this happens multiple times each day. Friday said teachers also bring in outside storytellers and they surround the kids with books of all different topics to choose from. Friday explained that reading at CRES is taught by breaking the process into individualized, “bite-sized” goals that each kid can reach, celebrate and then be ready to move on to another goal. For example, a kindergartner’s goal might be to learn the names of the letters; a fourth-grader’s goal might be to learn to read aloud with more expression. When asked about the pressure on teachers to get all students scoring “proficient” on state mandated reading tests, Friday said she thinks her school does a good job of sheltering the students from that kind of pressure, and making reading an enjoyable activity for students at all ability levels. Friday pointed to the example of her own son who is in fourth grade at CRES. Despite the fact that he is a struggling reader, Friday said, he still says that reading and gym are his favorite subjects.
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Home-based strategies Johnston then presented some simple home-based strategies parents can use to help their children rediscover the joy of reading together. These include: • removing TVs from children’s bedrooms; • giving children carefully designed choices (e.g., “You can turn the light off now and go to bed, or we can go downstairs, make some popcorn and do some reading together.”); • and stopping reading time at cliff hangers so the child can’t wait to get back to the book. Parent Mandy Brennan, whose three sons have attended CRES, told The Sopris Sun that Johnston’s message was “kind of a no-brainer,” but a critical reminder for parents. As she summarized it: “Slow down, turn off the electronics, get a book and read with your kids.”
CRES Johnston gave a separate presentation to CRES teachers. According to Jami Friday, the CRES instructional/literacy coach for teachers, Johnston urged teachers to be
While Johnston’s talk focused explicitly on helping kids become good readers, he also wove in a personal story about his memories reading with his grandfather, moving many audience members to tears. By describing the magical, yet brief, time Johnston spent reading with his grandfather, Johnston intimated that reading is about a lot more than just excelling at an academic skill. This more subtle message about the power of reading and storytelling was the aspect of Johnston’s presentation that resonated most strongly with CRES parent and Carbondale Middle School special education aide Ricardo Zavala. After hearing Johnston’s talk, Zavala was inspired to begin sharing stories from his life with his children— stories he had never told them before. Zavala told The Sopris Sun that the very night of the presentation, he went home and began talking with his seven-year-old daughter about his life back in Mexico, about how they had “una abundancia de escasez” (a lot of nothing) and how they “filled that nothing with love.” Zavala said he doesn’t remember ever sitting down with his father to read books or hear stories from his father’s life, and he wants to have a different kind of relationship with his children–spending time sharing his own stories with them and exploring new stories together, in both English and Spanish.
CRES dads, grandfathers and male relatives step up for Watch D.O.G.S. Sopris Sun Staff Report Crystal River Elementary School dads and male relatives of students showed up in record numbers for pizza, and to sign up for the Watch D.O.G.S. program on Jan. 21. The program aims to bring more adult male role models into schools, according to school officials. The launch event was designed to get Dads of Great Students (D.O.G.S) into the school building and to
enjoy White House Pizza. In addition, Dads signed up for the program and the Carbondale Police Department took fingerprints, which are required for all volunteers in Roaring Fork School District schools. Sam Richings, assistant principal at CRES, said: “Dads, grandfathers and other male relatives are invited to join the program. Coley Campbell, CRES’s Watch D.O.G.S. program coordinator, has worked tirelessly to gather parent support and community
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sponsors. As a result, students and staff are looking forward to putting positive male role models to work!” “I wanted to start this program in Carbondale after I saw the effect it had on my son, who attends Sopris Elementary School in Glenwood,” said Campbell. The program asks at least one day out of the school year for volunteers to go to the school. “I think this is one stepping stone that our community needs to bring us
closer together and also bridge the gap between Latino and Anglo cultures,” Campbell continued. “It’s time we get back to looking out for each other and the kids in the community. Thanks again to all those that came out, to those that will come out, to moms and our sponsors.” For more information on Watch D.O.G.S., contact Sam Richings or Coley Campbell at Crystal River Elementary School.
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Chuck Maker, Cherylynn Nye, Oneal Peters, goals to reduce our town’s contribution to the trustees. greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. However, The majority of Carbondale’s electricity is Kat Rich, and Evan Zislis at Carbondale Midgoals without action are just words. Without a generated remotely, but I disagree with Wolff dle School. Also, a special thanks to DHM Dededicated funding source, our town will fail to that this is “simply outside of our control.” The sign, Nick Chan and Poss Architecture, Gail meet these targets. purpose of 2A is to empower us to take back Shannon, Mi Casita, Village Smithy, Peppino’s The town trustees and our community are control through locally-generated clean energy. Pizza, Dos Gringos, Kristy Van de Kamp, Holly dedicated to achieving their goals, and the CliI’m glad we can agree on the importance of Gressett, Heidi Johnson, Melissa Miller and the mate Action Excise Tax, Ballot Question 2A, is reducing greenhouse gas emissions, however Basalt Police Department. To find out how you can get involved, a means to do so. 2A is about lessening our de- the status quo is not sufficient to reduce our pendence on fossil fuels and investing in clean emissions in a meaningful way. 2A is a step in please visit us at YouthEntity.org Heather Hicks energy. The trustees vetted numerous options the right direction and I invite you to say “yes” Associate Director and decided that a surcharge on energy use to climate action by voting “yes” on 2A. YouthEntity would be the most direct and innocuous. They Katharine Rushton vided kind, caring andClimate chiefs in the Carbondale used by thethe city of Boulder’s Action TaxPublic Works Department Carbondale ate all of you. Thank you. I as cannot speakwhich more highly of who gave to the project, and to Chris Chacos a model, has proven successfulpermission and Carlos ent to approved their clients’ being. the one who transformed that Project “Gunga Din!” YouthEntity thanks Vote for Stevens was bywell voters in 2006, and Loya, in 2012. ult toAsobserve our loved onesin hisold look the to the look.” CarbondaleWhy am I voting for Rick Stevens? Wolff demonstrated article, tax“new Dear Editor: nd we strive do all we can Also,on thanks newest planting vol-14 after-school internwould varyto each month and is based con- to ourYouthEntity offered Boogie’s thanks After 18 months of public input and debate, n.sumption. I felt that every request that The unteers: D’uan Hajdu, O.classes D., Jeanie Hays150 withsixth-grade You have control. less you use, ship serving students at Rick has reached a conclusion that we would Dear Schools Editor: over expect from a true leader — unlike his oppotage on her Gross, and ZaneMiddle the less youbehalf pay. was hon- the law offices of Whitsitt Basalt& and Carbondale This past Friday, 1,000 kicked attempt was made to fulfill with the Thompson Coalition. The ballot language statesKessler that programs the pastDivide eight weeks. This program, “My Ca- over nent whopeople has yet to find a way to bring the off their Fourth of July celebration with one but seems to revel in was treated with the utmost to the town’s new arborist, Dave would “increase energy efficiencyThanks and renewreer. My Life,” is designed to help students ig- community together, of Aspen’s most popular traditions: the an- He sees a balanced use Coon, whofrom ect andenergy loving care. very emissions in addition to his manypotential duties by able use, Itoamreduce nite their unique matching their never ending conflict. nual Boogie’s Buddy Race to benefit the manages wonderful folks and at Heritage to water interests every flower in our of careers and facili- of our resources dedicated motor vehicles, to take other steps toward with pot the world to the priorities that Buddy Program! This 5K race and 1-mile unate we of arereducing to havegreenhouse this fa- town three times a tate week! the goal gas emissions.” connections between students and profes- include completing the Southside underpass, family and canine walk provides young fundingfamilies to mmunity. volunteers involved The town trustees will work with Other an advisory sionals fromwith ourplanting community. supporting with preschool opsupport nearly 1,000 local youth and their atti Stranahan plants in those pots Mary committee to manage the fundstheir and own will gather Welarge want toare: thank school staff that made portunities and affordable living options and families through critical services and arbondale Beth Bosfor (new Main Street Spirits), public input. They will issue a request pro-owner thisofprogram possible: Jennifer Ellsperman andmany repair of our deteriorating infrastructure as a including individual mentoring, Aimee and Anthony Gullwick (Koru of conposal (RFP) for program implementation, Karen Hillebrand Basaltprograms Middle School; far wiser course. group education, he crew which could be managed by a for-profit not- Jennifer struction or company), Amy Kimberly Lamont(CCAH), and Heather Fox ofmentoring, Carbon- leadership Rick’s opponent clings to a path that igLemonade Day, activities, and feasibility studies that for-profit entity. Peter Gilbert of the dale Dance Initiative (soon-toMiddle School; and Brian Berg of Enrichnoresscholarships, the economic most The of you have Action noticedYes thecampaign Climate commitbe occupants of the old town library on Fourth therapeutic counseling.clearly show the huge negative impact of rement Wednesdays. David w tee flower alongprograms the en- based has boxes proposed greeninternship a Houggy jecting a public/private partnership with Street),onStacy Evans & One Friends, Susan’s project Flow- highlight included Executive Director development on the Pan Fork in house gas reduction, and who ondale’s Main Street return publicon investment, redesign of the Basalt Middle School teachers’ thoughtful ers plus 21 others are repeat participants The Buddy Program recommendations from the trustees. Those sugw nice to see beautiful flow- since 2010. Thank you lounge of expanding our 3.6-acre waterfront folks!by our Design Team who worked favor gested programs include: these newly covered section within their budget to please their clients/teachpark – an addition that that would lend little What attractive and pleas• black Improving theties. efficiencyant of 400 ers!areStudents additionally studied career or no benefit to the community for at least six ncient railroad gifts homes your efforts to andto50 businesses. such as law enforcement, culinary arts, months of the year and would add substannks Smiley Wise, one of the this community. Wechoices appreci• Providing free home-energy upgrades to business entrepreneurship and fashion design. tially to the cost of homeownership in Basalt 400 low-income homes. We’re grateful to the following profession- while losing the economic benefit brought by • Adding 1MW of solar to Carbondale’s als who coached an internship and provided visitors, businesses and residents to a developgrid — more than doubling Carbondale’s gen- career-oriented learning opportunities for stu- $31.95 ment the size of which has been reduced by 66 Desk: (970) 920.5224 Cleanspercent Insidefrom & Out eration of solar power. dents: Jan Eagers, Lorrie Fleischman, Jaime the original proposal. If you’ve Complete Interior and Proposals must be received at the above address no • Adding options for climate-friendly transFowler, Amanda Kurz, Tom Lankering, BrianExterior heard all of this before and are ready for a wash package. later than 1pm MST, Wednesday, July 16th, 2014, to portation, such as encouraging the adoption of Pre-Bid Lemke, Bryan Nelson, Chris Norvell, and path forward, give your support and vote to be considered. 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