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And then there were two

Bernot and Cortez to duke it out for mayor, trustees seats likely go uncontested

By Terray Sylvester The Sopris Sun

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Barring a bid from a write-in candidate, Carbondale will choose between Stacey Patch Bernot and Ed Cortez for mayor in the April 6 election. Photo by Terray Sylvester

n April 6, Carbondale residents will choose new leadership to help their town find a way through the economic downturn, to parse the impacts and attributes of a handful of major land-use proposals, and to sort through a flood of other topics from public transportation and sustainability initiatives to the town’s budding medical marijuana industry.

But “choose” may not be the best verb to describe what will happen during the Carbondale 2010 town election. Four seats are open on the town council. But by March 5, the deadline for candidates to return signed petitions to town hall, just five candidates had entered the race and only one of them is not currently a town trustee.

Write-in candidates may enter the election until next Tuesday, March 16. Unless some turn up, only the mayor’s seat will be contested.

Current trustees Stacey Patch Bernot and Ed Cortez will compete for the seat Mayor Michael Hassig, who is term-limited, will vacate April 13.

Barring a come-from-behind victory by a write-in candidate, trustees John Foulkrod and Frosty Merriott will retain their seats for the next four years. Foulkrod, a local builder and developer, has already served a total of 16 years on the town council, having served during the 1980s as well. Merriott, an accountant and former member of the town Planning and Zoning Commission, was appointed in 2008 to a twoyear term as trustee.

“Yay,” exclaimed Merriott, stating that he had “mixed feelings” that an election wouldn’t happen but was glad not to have to campaign during tax season.

The trustee seat vacated by Bernot will likely pass to Elizabeth Murphy, who has never served on a town board in Carbondale and is the only fresh face among the candidates. She is the director of the Carbondale-based Green Sprouts Foundation.

“I’m very much looking forward to joining the board of trustees and serving the residents of Carbondale,” Murphy said. “I think it’s going to be an exciting time and a lot of critical decision are going to be made in the next several years.”

Bernot works in an administrative position for Colorado’s fifth judicial district. She has served one two-year term as a town trustee and is approaching the end of a second four-year term. If she loses her bid for mayor, she will not CAMPAIGN page 5

El Montañés going strong

Teacher housing hits the home stretch

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Carbondale Commentary Suggestions for an election that isn’t While there are four people who probably breathed a sigh of relief when they learned that there will be no trustee election this year (the candidates and Town Clerk Cathy Derby), I think that it is a sign of weakness in democracy in Carbondale.

Elections for trustees have a number of positive qualities that serve the community well.

First, elections force us to share ideas and listen to people with whom we do not normally communicate. In an effort to get to the vote, we become better listeners and communicators. Second, elections humble everyone involved – from candidates and their supporters to the person working in his or her yard who has a candidate stop by to ask for support. Third, elections hold people accountable for their choices. In the absence of that feedback, it is easy to lose one’s grounding (example: Congress). Fourth, elections require citizens to think about town issues – is it good to be so dependent on sales taxes? How much residential growth should we accept in order to get a new grocery store? What is a reasonable amount of growth? How will we pay for street repairs at River Valley Ranch?

Given that the deadline for submitting an application to run has passed, what can be done to address these issues? Here is a proposal: Ask the town clerk to put the three trustee names on the ballot and ask people to vote on them. The ballot becomes a “vote of confidence” and gives people a chance to weigh in on the two incumbents.

The Sopris Sun, KDNK and Chamber of Commerce are planning a candidate’s night for the two mayoral contenders as well as the trustee candidates. Let’s encourage all three trustee candidates to attend so that we may ask them the hard questions and learn more about their positions.

Ask each trustee candidate to pledge 16 hours over the next month spent knocking on doors and talking to voters and non-voters about the Town and their lives, asking for their support.

Ask the candidates to each share in the cost of two full-page ads in the Sun. The first ad laying out their perspective and what they hope to achieve while serving. Based on the ad, citizens could email questions to the Sun for the candidates that would be answered in a follow-up ad two weeks later.

For the future, find someone who is willing to run in every election in order to trigger more candidate participation and elections. Every town has someone who serves this role from time to time. Lynn Burton and Barry Maggert served in this capacity in the past and generated some thoughtful dialogue. This is a service to everyone involved.

These may not be the best ideas, but they are things that can be done now to optimize the value of this coming election. Don’t let sleeping democracy lie. What do you think?

P.S. Thanks to the three people who signed up to run. They are offering a gift to the community and nothing above is intended to diminish the value of what they are offering.

– Bob Schultz

Letters

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The coming ‘Crystal Trickle’?

Dear Editor: Your “Guess the number” editorial raises some important questions about Carbondale. Self-sufficient or socialistic? This is not a choice many people spend their time worrying about. Growth or limits? Are you antiAmerican? Higher cost of living, and “reinvent ourselves to survive”? Is that where we are going?

On the opposite page to your editorial is a new development proposal called “The Village at Crystal River.” For starters, it is not on the river and has nothing to do with a river; and is this really a “village”? Has Carbondale grown so large that we must now put “villages” within it? They want to create a “neighborhood” experience – something that growing Carbondale must have lost.

We probably don’t do enough thinking about our collective future. We do make the occasional “master plan,” but these are only known to a small group of people, and they only generally serve to lay out some guidelines for developers. Instead, we just react to whatever forces control our lives at any given time. You are right to point out that climate change will have drastic effects on 2 • THE SOPRIS SUN • MARCH 11, 2010

our town. Thoughtful people ought to be planning for those effects. It is very likely that the Crystal River may one day be the Crystal Trickle. What will “The Village” be doing for water then?

Patrick Hunter Carbondale

In memory of Scott Maynard Dear Editor: I wish to thank everyone for all the amazing love that touched my heart in the loss of my son, Scott. I loved him so much.

I cannot express my gratitude for all of the prayers, cards, flowers, food and donations.

Your love and support has been overwhelming.

Thank you to all the friends and family that came together to show respect at Scott’s memorial. Thank you to the American Legion of Carbondale for allowing us to have it there. Thank you to Rob Goodwin for your comforting words – they meant so much.Thank you to all those who brought and served food – Rose, Anneh, Christina and Bryce Manzanares and others that helped. Thank you to Bob Gross for donating the meat, and to Mrs. Betsy Schenk for

Sun board member Allyn Harvey and ad representative Anne Goldberg brought a little sunshine to the often-foggy streets of San Francisco not long ago. Courtesy photo beautifully playing the piano. Thank you to Rocky Whitworth, Scott’s football coach in 1978, who shared stories and wonderful memories of Scott’s treasured football days.

Thank you to all of you who spoke and shared your lasting memories of Scott.

Thank you, Christy, for taking photos. I would like to say a special thank you to my granddaughter Mariane and mother JoEllen for making the wonderful DVD slideshow of photos that played throughout the service.

Thank you to anyone we may have missed.

Glenna Lusk and family Rifle

and seriously hurts someone but there is no paper trail behind it authorities may be unable to help and the victim may have no recourse if medical expenses are involved.

The inability for the average person, much less a child or senior citizen, to stop an attacking pit bull may be the strongest reason why they must be regulated. A 2009 incident records that Chicago police officers had to shoot a pit bull 10 times to stop the dog’s assault. Prior to being killed, the dog LETTERS page 15

Pit bull risks no bull Dear Editor: With spring approaching, the risk of dangerous dogs needs to be addressed. We must protect our inhabitants before tragedy strikes.

Experts and humane groups agree pit bulls pose substantial danger due to selective breeding for dog fighting. Unlike other dog breeds, pit bulls frequently fail to communicate intention prior to attack (surprise attacks), possess a lethal bite style (hold and shake) and a ruinous manner of attack (gameness).

Though less common, other breeds threaten public safety as well. Aurora bans pit bulls and the following: dogo Argentino, Canary dog (presa canario), cane corso, tosa (tosa inu), fila Brasileiro (Brazilian mastiff) and presa Mallorquin. Each of these is either a pit bull derivative or was derived from breeds similar to pit bulls.

A dangerous scenario is not addressed by the media after serious and fatal attacks occur. This entails bringing a child into the home of a friend or relative who owns a pit bull or rottweiler. The reverse scenario – inviting a pit bull or rottweiler with its owner into a home with a child – is just as dangerous. Three factors at stake are: the dog breed, the new situation and children.

You do not have to wait for a bite to report a menacing, loose or stray dog. DogsBite.org urges everyone to report problem dogs to your city or county animal control or sheriff’s department. If a dog ever bites

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El Montañés turns 1

By Trina Ortega The Sopris Sun

As the founder and publisher of the Spanish-language newspaper El Montañés, Verónica Whitney knows from experience what it takes to publish a weekly newspaper.

She has handled each and every job, from reporting and editing to ad sales, graphic design and distribution. She celebrated the paper’s first birthday the week of Feb. 11, 2010, a milestone shared by another independent newspaper startup, The Sopris Sun. Whitney had previously worked as a reporter for three years at La Tribuna in Glenwood Springs before the Reno, Nev.,-based Swift Communications closed it down on Dec. 30, 2008. But even prior to losing her job, she had been thinking about taking a leap of faith on her own newspaper that would contain stories of global and national scale that also have interest and impact at the local level.

“In my mind, I had already built the concept for something new. I was almost wishing for something to happen so I could have that last push to do it,” she said.

By Jan. 16, 2009, she had a mockup of El Montañés and was pitching it to potential advertisers in communities throughout Eagle and Garfield counties.

“I knew we had a base of advertisers who’d want to continue. There was nothing else except radio [advertising],” she said.

Still, with the economy tanking and large dailies such as The Rocky Mountain News and The Seattle Post-Intelligencer shutting down, she knew it was risky. Despite the odds, she went to work, putting in 14 to 16 hours a day for those first weeks. The Vail Mountaineer agreed to assist with the publication of the paper and offered design and production help.

Only a few weeks later, on Feb. 11, 2009, El Montañés hit the stands with Issue No. 1.

There were 13 ads in that first edition. Now the paper carries about 30 ads per issue that typically totals eight pages.

“I knew it was a gamble, but I really believed it was something that could take off.

In my mind, I didn’t leave any room for

failure,” Whitney said.

She has not missed a week of publishing since, even when The Vail Mountaineer broke the news last May that it could no longer afford to help publish her paper.

The news was devastating, but Whitney understood, given the upheaval of print journalism in the nation. Yet she would not let that be the demise of El Montañés. She missed her Tuesday deadline but pulled together her resources in less than three days — researching printers, establishing a limited liability corporation, designing the newspaper on a friend’s computer, calling advertisers to explain her situation — to print an edition by Friday of that week.

Clients like Glenwood Springs attorney Don Kaufman,Alpine Bank and Yampah Spa believed in her work and remained loyal.

They have helped keep the presses running.

Whitney’s advertisers say she has a reputation for being easy to work with. Teresa Garcia of Deportes Jenny retail shop in Carbondale has purchased advertising regularly in El Montañés. Advertising in El Montañés has been a good investment, she says. Last week, for example, she wanted to announce that she buys gold in addition to selling soccer supplies, clothing and other soft goods.

“It’s a really good price. For me it’s very important to advertise,”said Garcia, who like Whitney, helps Hispanic residents with information about issues such as immigration and the census that hit close to home.

Working in sales has been a learning curve for Whitney, who has an undergraduate degree and a master’s in journalism and had been trained as a news reporter. Selling was never the intention of a woman who loves investigative journalism.

“Actually, I’m happy. I’m a fair person with my advertisers. I’m in touch with them and I talk with them,” she said, explaining that catching up with clients is one of the perks of having to deliver the paper.

Overall, Whitney is pleased with El Montañés. “People know about us. I think the paper is picked up and read. We don’t have a lot of returns, depending on the edition. I’m pretty happy.”

Verónica Whitney stands next to the revamped newspaper boxes for El Montañés, which she and her boyfriend cleaned and painted last fall. Courtesy photo

School district housing project hits the home stretch

By Jeremy Heiman The Sopris Sun A housing development that is expected to bring 120 new residences to the center of town is now very close to formal approval.

The Carbondale Board of Trustees on Tuesday approved a motion to direct town staff to draw up documents approving the development, called the CES Partnership Village PUD Amendment. The trustees are slated to provide final approval on April 20.

If they do so, the Roaring Fork Re-1 School District may proceed with the project, which will sit on 15.8 acres of district land between the Bridges Center and the Third Street Center.

The school district’s consultant, Chuck Perry of Perry Rose LLC of Denver, told the trustees Tuesday the district hopes to start construction as early as spring 2011.

The project is unique in that the district has promised that at least 80 percent of the dwelling units will be deed restricted af-

fordable housing. The school district has agreed that at least 25 percent of the dwelling units in each phase of the project will first be made available to district employees who work in Carbondale. This consideration is based on statistics indicating that about 25 percent of the district’s total of 655 employees work in Carbondale.

Once the first 25 percent of units are taken, other school district employees and two Carbondale police officers will have first dibs on the remaining dwellings.

To share in this benefit to the town, the trustees extended special consideration to the development, agreeing to waive fees and sales and use tax that may amount to as much as $960,000 on the affordable units, depending on how the fees are calculated.

The district estimates that, in total, the development will cost roughly $30.8 million. The cost of the affordable housing is estimated at $24.7 million. The district owns the land, with an estimated value of

$4 million, which cuts a large potential expense from the project.

“When the units are priced,” Perry said, “it doesn’t include the amount for the land.”

But even so, the costs of the development may not pencil out. Perry said that the project may end up $2 million in the hole even after its free market and affordable units are sold. Garfield County has signed on as a partner, promising to contribute $1 million in exchange for access to housing for some employees. The district is in touch with other possible partners and is looking into grant funding.

The residential portion of the project is to be built in four phases, starting from its north end. Because of uncertain economic times, it’s not clear that the project will be completed as planned. The district will have an initial period of five years, known as the vesting period, to start work on the project.

During this time the town’s approval would remain in effect. Each phase would have to

start within three years after the previous phase, and if demand for housing allows the project to continue, the vesting period would extend over a total of 12 years.

Two streets are to be extended as part of the development agreement. The district has agreed to dedicate to the town a right of way to extend Grace Drive from Weant Boulevard to Third Street. If the development progresses far enough, the applicant will also dedicate the necessary right of way to extend Capitol Avenue to Highway 133, to connect with a roundabout that is being considered for the intersection of Weant and 133.

Trustee Frosty Merriott told the district’s representatives that their plan makes it necessary to cut down two spruce trees that are 40 or 50 feet tall, along with a number of valuable cottonwoods. Though he planned to vote for approval of the project, Merriott said, he wanted the public to be aware of this in advance, and he urged the applicants TEACHER HOUSING page 13 THE SOPRIS SUN • MARCH 11, 2010 • 3

News Briefs The Weekly News Brief The Sopris Sun and the KDNK news department team up each week to discuss recent news from the Roaring Fork Valley. Catch the Brief on KDNK at 6:50 a.m. and at 5:35 p.m. on Thursdays, or find it online at KDNK.org.

Citizen board to make marijuana recommendations The Carbondale Board of Trustees appointed a citizen board to suggest regulations and zoning for medical marijuana facilities Tuesday evening.

The trustees appointed all of the 14 people who applied to be members of the Medical Marijuana Facilities Advisory Group, or MMJFA Group. The board will be required to bring its recommendations to the trustees by July 1.

The group will develop recommendations on permitting and licensing medical marijuana dispensaries and growing operations, as well as recommendations on where they can and can’t be located. Some town residents have questioned whether dispensaries should be allowed near schools and in highly visible locations, such as Main Street.

The initial membership of the MMJFA Group includes several members of the medical marijuana community, along with a medical doctor, a mental health therapist, a property manager, a school board member, the scientific director of a medical education company and some interested citizens.

The MMJFA Group roster includes: Jami Hill, Jon Arnold, Rick Herrington, Steve Tollefson, Kevin Kump, Richard Castaldo, John Bender, Ellen Haas, Ryan Gordon, Niki Delson, Molly Nickerson, Jay Denton, Russ Decker and Debbie Bruell.

The group will meet for the first time on March 18.

Town pushes on without energy manager Due to budgetary constraints, the town of Carbondale is doing without an energy manager this year.

Former energy manager Josh Smith ended his term in the position Dec. 31 to return to his career in green building, said Nathan Ratledge, director of CORE, the Community Office for Resource Efficiency. Smith and previous energy manager Lauren Martindale were employed by CORE under contract with the town. They oversaw Carbondale’s progress toward its Energy and Climate Protection Plan, adopted in 2006.

Ratledge said that in the wake of Smith’s departure CORE has hired Jason Haber, former economic resource director for Snowmass Village. Haber is CORE’s liaison to Car-

bondale and will help the town achieve goals set out in the energy plan, but he also works in CORE’s Aspen office and is helping with Eagle County’s Energy Smart projects in the Roaring Fork Valley, which were authorized under ballot issue 1A in the 2008 election.

Carbondale Town Manager Tom Baker explained that the board of trustees, instead of funding the energy manager position, decided to fund implementation of the energy plan on an item-by-item basis. The decision was based on the town’s reduced revenues due to the current recession. Previously, the town paid CORE to fund and oversee the energy manager position. The town currently provides some support for CORE. The trustees will meet with CORE representatives on March 23 to renew the town’s contract, and may take that opportunity to ask Carbondale to become a full member of the organization. Jason Haber can be reached at 963-1090.

Cop Shop The following events are drawn from the incident reports of the Carbondale Police Department over the preceding few weeks.

MONDAY March 1 At 4:14 p.m. a resident of Wheel Drive called to report that two men had been sitting in a car on the street for a very long time. An officer contacted the alleged car sitters who said they’d just finished work and were enjoying a conversation in the fine spring weather.

TUESDAY March 2 A man reported that he had lost his tourist visa sometime after Feb. 23.

TUESDAY March 2 At 6:52 p.m. a driver reportedly collided with a deer on Highway 133.

TUESDAY March 2 At 9:19 p.m. an officer

responded to a report of one loud gunshot south of Indica Way.The officer was unable to find anything suspicious in the area.

WEDNESDAY March 3 At 2:30 p.m. a resident of Garfield Drive alleged that an unknown man with curly hair and wearing a blue baseball cap and jeans had taken a photo of her car.

WEDNESDAY March 3 At 11:57 p.m.

Carbondale police received a report of a disturbance in progress in a house on Capital Avenue. Police ended up issuing a summons to one man who had allegedly been harassing his brother-in-law.

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Campaign platforms to highlight economy continued om page 1 retain her seat on the town council.

Cortez, who is midway through his second four-year term as trustee, will remain on as trustee if he is beaten in the mayoral race. If he wins, the town council will appoint his replacement or hold a special election to fill his vacated seat, explained Carbondale Town Clerk Cathy Derby.

Foulkrod said he was surprised no one else had entered the race and said that he had been planning to campaign on several topics, among them, the need for the town council to pare down the complexity and length of its land-use approval process.

“I guess [voters are] just happy with what I’ve done in the past,” Foulkrod joked on Monday after it became evident that no other regular candidates had entered the trustees’ race.

“There were some issues that I was going to talk about,” he said. “But I don’t think we necessarily have to.”

Talking dollars But if only two people will do most of the talking in the run up to the April election, that doesn’t mean there isn’t plenty to discuss. And for starters, both candidates are talking about the economy.

“In my opinion the economy is going to be the topic of conversation,” Cortez said.

“Because without a stable economy, without the revenues that we would like to get, there is no money for some of the infrastructure that people are used to in this town. There is no money for supporting

“In the short term, we need to look at how we might be able to use those industries that have helped us in the past.”

– Ed Cortez

“We need to explore and discuss ways to encourage new businesses to come that complement our values.”

– Stacey Bernot nonprofits. There will be no money for great projects like the Third Street Center. Obviously, I’m going to make the economy the position and the platform and the argument for being the mayor of Carbondale.”

Bernot said she is out to ensure that Carbondale thrives while retaining its character.

“I think as a community we need to explore and discuss ways to encourage new businesses to come that complement our values,” Bernot said.“I think that’s really important. I think we should also explore the possibility of incentives to foster economic development that allows us to meet our goals while preserving our sense of place.”

Bernot said she also intends to highlight a handful of other topics during her campaign, including affordable housing, gov-

portunities. It’s a broad spectrum and we need to have diversity in our economic engine, we really do.”

She suggested that the town council attract new businesses by offering adjusted town fee structures and other incentives.

“I feel very strongly that we need to explore all of the potential possibilities for incentives. … I feel it’s important to ask the [board of trustees] to direct town staff to prepare a comprehensive list of possibilities including a review of how other creative communities have tackled the issue and how and when our staff could begin to implement a preferred program,” Bernot said, emphasizing that she would work with her colleagues on the board to make her suggestions a reality. “I believe that if we are too restrictive about conditions and financing that we might not be successful in attracting the types of businesses that support Carbondale’s needs, goals, vision,

ernment accountability, and the necessity for Carbondale to collaborate with other governments and agencies in the region.

“Having more transparency in town governance is key, and that affects our landuse process, that affects our meetings, that affects everything,” Bernot said. “I think other important issues are kind of under an umbrella of agency collaboration, and by agency collaboration I mean having working relationships with the counties, neighboring municipalities and agencies that serve within our three-mile area, whether it be the fire district, the school district, the Thompson Divide Coalition ….”

Both candidates have the phrase “economic diversity” on the tips of their tongues.

Bernot stressed the importance of encouraging “appropriate” industries in Carbondale. “I think examples of that are ones that relate to wellness and health, new energy technologies, our recreation and tourism,” she said.“ We need new retail op-

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Aspen Film’s Oscar®-qualifying International Competition showcasing documentary, animation and live-action short films from around the world.

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We’re not sure who’s doing the snow sculptures out on Highway 133 but they’ve been bringing smiles for folks who drive into town from up the Crystal each morning. The most recent work of art is a gigantic Easter bunny, complete with three really big Easter eggs. The snow sculptures are located on the west side of the highway, right out there near the high school.

You’ve got all month to cast your vote for the People’s Choice award in the Valley Visual Art show at the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities and the Gordon Cooper Library. As usual, the show features a passel of good art.

Check it out, too CRMS grad Riley Skinner wowed the crowd at the Wheeler Opera House a few weeks back with her“Obama Song.”It seems that Riley, an Obama supporter, is a bit concerned about his performance so far but is willing to hang with him a bit longer. Her performance is posted on Facebook and had garnered 39 hits as of Monday morning. The all-time leader in this category goes to the Obama Girl who has racked up 17 million hits for her “Crush on Obama” video.

This from Alpine Bank Alpine Bank awards $50 to five students each quarter in its Pays for A’s program. This quarter’s winners are Jessie Murillo Vega, Kristin Joiner, Sarah Murphy, Hattie Gianinetti, Jesse Ogren. Congratulations to Jessie, Kristin, Sarah and Hattie. Keep up the good work!

Good crowds Word has it the film “Crazy Heart” drew, and might still be drawing, good crowds at the Crystal Theatre. Jeff Bridges won an Oscar for his performance as a boozed up old has-been country singer whose career is resurrected by a good-hearted woman – which sounds like a country/western song, don’t it?

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… drawn by her own sweet skill.” Congratulations to Colorado Rocky Mountain School senior Caelina Eldred-Thielen, who took first place the last weekend of February at the State Shakespeare Monologue Competition at the University of Denver. Caelina competed against 12 other high school students from the state. In her comic monologue, she portrayed Viola from “Twelfth Night,” along with Shakespeare’s Sonnet Number 23.

“Her performance was personal and touching. She performed a stand-out monologue with a genuine and real representation of her character,”states a CRMS press release.

By winning the state competition, Caelina now receives an all-expenses-paid trip to New York City on April 22-25 to compete nationally against more than 50 other high school students from around the country.The winner of the national competition receives a summer session to study theater at Oxford University in England.

And Scuttlebutt will run a shout out to whoever can guess which of Shakespeare’s sonnets is referenced in this headline. Send your answer to scuttlebutt@soprissun.com.

The Sun bids happy birthdays this week to John Nieslanik, Brian Kelso and John Foulkrod.

Just a reminder It’s calving season up and down the Roaring Fork and Crystal River valleys. You might be surprised at how many calves are born in these parts each spring. There are hundreds of them.

Spotted at the nature park One or more families of mallards have taken up residency in the irrigation ditch that runs along the east side of the Carbondale Nature Park (aka the Delaney Dog Park).

Just in from the federal census folks There’s a good chance a census taker has hit your neighborhood and left behind a survey for you to fill out. The surveys take just a few minutes to complete and come with a pre-addressed envelope for you to fill out at your leisure. Don’t leisure too long, however, because the surveys must be returned by April 1 (no foolin’). If you don’t return your survey, follow-up census takers will knock on your door later in April and ask you the questions right there on the spot.

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TRTC stages mystical, moody ‘Menagerie’

By Terray Sylvester The Sopris Sun For its latest production, the Thunder River Theatre Company has festooned its playhouse with clotheslines. A mock fire escape staircase lined with tattered steel railings juts from the floor downstage and off-kilter telephone poles tilt in the blue twilight behind a meager, 1930s-era living room: a few lamps, a sofa, a phonograph, a coffee table burdened with a collection of fragile glass figurines.

As Tom Wingfield, the narrator and a character in “The Glass Menagerie” intones during his opening monologue, this is a memory play. So the set is somewhat fantastic and the telephone poles, in particular, are laden with symbolic weight. In Tom’s mind, which is where the drama unfolds, they loom large, illuminated as the long-distance destination toward which the events of Tennessee Williams’ famous play will push him.

“The Glass Menagerie” opened March 5 at the Thunder River Theatre at 67 Promenade in downtown Carbondale. It will run again at 7:30 p.m., March 11-13 and March 18-20.

Guest-actor John Goss plays Tom. Kelly Ish plays the role of his sister, Laura, and TRTC Associate Artistic Director Valerie Haugen acts the part of Tom and Sarah’s mother, the caring yet foolishly overbearing Amanda Wingfield.

TRTC resident actor Charlie DeFord fills the final role, that of the Gentleman Caller who appears in one pivotal scene. Guest

actor Billy Challis was originally cast in this part but injured himself snowboarding about a week before the play was slated to open. TRTC scrambled around that surprising turn of events by asking DeFord to step in and by pushing back the play’s opening night by one week.

“The Glass Menagerie” focuses on a transition in the life of Tom Wingfield and his poverty-stricken family. Tom has the heart and intellect of a poet but passes his days toiling in a warehouse to support his mother and sister. He spends his nights drinking and most of the rest of his time suffering Amanda’s harangues. His father is absent. He was a telephone worker who abandoned the family years ago, in the process setting a dangerous and tempting example for Tom – hence the telephone poles and all their foreboding.

And in the hands of Artistic Director Lon Winston, that foreboding makes sense. He and the cast offer their audience a play that simmers along filled with enough frustration and tension to make it perfectly clear why Tom storms off the stage in the last scene.

If anything in the play is amiss, it’s that the tension is too unrelenting. Goss and Haugen maintain their dialogue at an almost uniform, feverish pitch. Pausing in their arguments only occasionally when brought up short by the love they share for Laura.

This reviewer found himself wishing for a little more silence, a few changes of tempo, chances for the characters and the audience to take in the implications of the rift growing between mother and son.

John Goss, Valerie Haugen (center) and Kelly Ish star in Thunder River Theatre Company’s production of “The Glass Menagerie.” Photo by Terray Sylvester Without such pauses, some of the weight of Tom’s decision to abandon his family is lost. His choice should be both terrible and wonderful, selfish and freeing. But at times, Tom comes across like any frustrated teenager, apparently as liable to storm upstairs and slam the door to his

bedroom as he is to vanish into the ranks of the merchant marines.

But that aside, “The Glass Menagerie” is not to be missed. It’s another gift from the Thunder River Theatre Company and a rare chance to enjoy a classic drama right in downtown Carbondale.

Next Steps:

The Thunder River Theatre Company presents Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie,” at 7:30 p.m., March 11-13 and March 18-20, at 67 Promenade in downtown Carbondale. For tickets and more information, call 963-8200 or visit thunderrivertheatre.com.

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A one-two punch into the human predicament Inked in photos and blogs, a memoir from George Stranahan

By Trina Ortega The Sopris Sun

A peek into the art, mind and soul of George Stranahan. This phlog opens with: “I am most at home in the America of Midwestern small-town diners. Their owners and their children work there and bake the pies too. The people who eat here know them and each other by name and are easy with each other. I am the stranger passing through and leave nothing behind but shards of cream pie on the plate….” Photo by George Stranahan

George Stranahan has been thinking a lot about death lately. The local scientist, photographer, writer, rancher, educator, social venture entrepreneur, publisher, community organizer, and beer- and whiskey-maker was envisioning his oldest daughter overwhelmed with the task of sifting through heaps of his essays and creative musings.

“I’ve got a stack of photographs, stacked to the ceiling. I thought ‘I’m going to die and somebody’s going to have to deal with all this,’” said Stranahan, a Carbondale resident. “I realized it is absolutely my job to take care of my intellectual estate.”

That realization has resulted in the recently published coffee-table book “Phlogs: Journey to the Heart of the Human Predicament” by Stranahan and Redstonebased author Nicole Beinstein Strait. It is a

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compelling collection of black-and-white photography, storytelling and biographical sketches, published by Stranahan’s new venture, People’s Press.

When Stranahan was 10, his mother handed down her camera stating that she was too busy for hobbies with three kids in the house. He was always shooting but didn’t take photography seriously.

“I didn’t think any girl would ever want me as a photographer,” he said. He believed women would not find art worthy compared to something weighty like physics, in which he has a bachelor’s, a master’s and a Ph.D. Turns out his photography is what his life is all about. The book captures 65 photo blogs, or “phlogs,” that consist of a photograph and an accompanying story.

Far more than a collection, the book is like part one of a memoir for Stranahan.

The photos tell more about the photographer than the subject, and “Phlogs” shows a side of this local philanthropist that many may not know exists — now a self-labeled photographer, writer, and pilgrimosopher but once a lonely boy.

“I did not have friends when I was a kid.

I really learned how to be my own friend,” he said.

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A life in phlogs continued om page 8 You see the isolation in the photos; you read it — sometimes between the lines — in the photo blogs and quotes that go with the pictures.

Some of the phlogs are direct snippets from Stranahan’s life, such as the entries about the house he grew up in. Others are left for the reader to interpret. One photo shows a dark-haired boy, walking along a stone path. His head is down and he carries a wooden pail. The blog tells of a child who wants to keep a lost dog but is perplexed by his father’s resolution: killing the animal. Is the story about a boy from Stranahan’s past? Is it about Stranahan himself? It doesn’t matter. What Stranahan describes as a “one-two punch” encapsulates the heart of the book: to show the human predicament.

Stranahan connected with Strait, a former employee of the Aspen Community Foundation, while he served on its board of directors. As she got to hear more of his stories — whether they were about his work in education, shenanigans with his longtime friend Hunter S. Thompson, the Flying Dog Brewery concoctions, riding motorcycles, “blowing shit up,” or getting drunk at the Woody Creek Tavern — she began pestering him about writing his memoir.

When it came time to start recording his history, he went with his gut instinct and told Strait she’d be the one to help him. He entrusted her with a box full of digital and hard copy files — educational essays, letters, favorite quotes, and other writings

from the past 15 years — “all the crap that I didn’t want to edit,” he said.

Strait was not a trained biographer (she has a degree in psychology and a master’s in business from Yale) but she dug in. When she had questions about the essays, she would email or call him and they would have a “dialogue.”

“We were two awkward artists communicating with each other,” Strait said.

Six of their “conversations,” in essay form, are published in the book and the discourse continues as chapters on Stranahan’s web site, georgestranahan.com.

For Strait, “Phlogs” is as much about her as it is about him. The process has offered clarity to what Strait calls her own “hodge-podge” life and because of Stranahan she is inspired to make a difference in her community.

Talk of his creative work, along with his contributions in education and local nonprofits, leads Stranahan to think about his legacy. He broods over what will be on his gravestone.

Strait reminds him that his parents lived into their 90s, so he doesn’t need to settle on any wording soon. Still, she tosses in some ideas: “He made a difference” and “He made it better.”

“Maybe ‘He did the best he could,’” Stranahan chimes in. He knows he wants a tombstone, and he says he probably will be cremated when he dies. All this talk of dying and epitaphs really shows how much Stranahan has actually been thinking about life.

Stranahan and Strait. Photo by Trina Ortega

Next Steps:

“Phlogs: Journey to the Heart of the Human Predicament” Upcoming book signings with George Stranahan and Nicole Beinstein Strait: 6 p.m. March 15: Basalt Library 6 p.m. March 26: The Redstone Inn 6 p.m. April 22: Gordon Cooper Library, Carbondale

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Community Calendar THURS.-SUN. March 11-14 ROCK ’N’ ROLL • Colorado Mountain College Theatre presents “Rock ’n’ Roll” by Tom Stoppard at 7 p.m. on March 11-13, and at 2 p.m. on March 14. at the New Space Theatre at Spring Valley. For tickets: 947-8177.

THURS.-SAT. March 11-13 ‘GLASS MENAGERIE’ • The Thunder River Theatre Company presents Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie” at 7:30 p.m. More info and tickets: thunderrivertheatre.com, 963-8200.

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

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ber of Commerce offers a class in business retirement plans, small group longterm care insurance and small group health savings plans from 7 to 8 p.m. at the new library in Basalt. Free for chamber members, $10 for others.

RSVP: 927-4031, director@basaltchamber.com.

LIFE STORIES • As part of its“Life Stories”speaker series CCAH presents Tara Sheahan at 7 p.m. at Steve’s Guitars at 19 N. Fourth Street. $15. More info: carbondalearts.com, 963-1680.

DIVORCE CLASS • Alpine Legal Services offers a Do it Yourself Divorce Clinic at 5 p.m. at the Pitkin County Courthouse in Aspen. All necessary paperwork and information for divorce provided. Donation requested, not required. More info: 920-2828.

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THURSDAY NIGHT BAR • Attorneys offer 15-minute consultations on divorce, custody, tenant rights and other civil issues at 5 p.m. at the Pitkin County Courthouse in Aspen. Bring all pertinent documentation.

Small donation requested, not required. More info: 920-2828.

WELLNESS EATING • Dietitian Lynn Mulvihill offers a session on deciphering food labels at 10:30 a.m. at Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs. $7, free to Cardiac Wellness members.

MONTESSORI OPEN HOUSE • Mt. Sopris Montessori school hosts an open house beginning at 10 a.m. Q&A, classroom tours, refreshments. Reservations: 963-3506 x1.

ART OPENING • “Women Artists of the West,” a show featuring five influential female artists opens from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Ann Korologos Gallery in Basalt. More info: 927-9668.

RAISE THE ROOF • Ross Montessori presents Raise the Roof with Ross with live music

by Funky Monkey and the Thunder Luv, dinner, drinks and an auction, starting at 6:30 p.m. at the Church at Carbondale. Proceeds benefit Ross Montessori School. More info and tickets: 963-7199.

BUSINESS CLASS • As part of its Professional Development Series, the Basalt Cham-

STREET CONNECTIONS • The Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts presents

Street Connections, a coffee house featuring live music, poetry and dance starting at 7 p.m. in Glenwood Springs. More info: 945-2414.

MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “Crazy Heart” (R) at 7:30 p.m.

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STEVE’S GUITARS • Steve’s Guitars at 19 N. Fourth Street presents the Frying Pan Bluegrass Band. More info: 963-3304, fryingpanbluegrass.com.

LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s at 403 Main Street hosts Fire in the Asylum at 9 p.m.

More info: 963-4498.

LIVE MUSIC • Rivers Restaurant at 2525 S. Grand Ave. in Glenwood Springs presents the Jack Tripper Trio classic and modern rock at 9 p.m. No cover. More info: 928-8813.

SATURDAY March 13 FREE HEALTH SCREENINGS • Mountain Family Health Centers conducts free public health screenings from 12:30 to 6 p.m. at Glenwood Springs Mall in Glenwood Springs. More info: 618-3159, or sharla@ mountainfamily.org.

STEVE’S GUITARS • Steve’s Guitars at 19 N. Fourth St. presents standup comedy.

More info: 963-3304, stevesguitars.net.

MONDAY March 15 PRESCHOOL PIX • Aspen Film presents the best in children’s books on video for kids three to six years old beginning at 10:15 a.m. at the Children’s Rocky Mountain School, 1493 106 Road, Bar Fork A. Spanish-language program at 10:45 a.m. More info: 963-2524.

ATHLETIC HEALTH • To celebrate National Athletic Training Month, Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs hosts two workshops from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. One focuses on the tools athletic trainers use to protect athletes’ health. The other offers info on sports nutrition and supplements. More info: 945-6535.

HOMEOWNERS SURVEY • BBC Research and Consulting invites local homeowners to a 90-minute focus group on lifestyle and housing in the Roaring Fork Valley from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Refreshments and choice of $150 cash or $150 gift certificate to Ajax Sports store. More info: (303) 321-2547.

TUESDAY March 16 ART OPENING • Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass hosts Live Forms Talking from 5 to 7 p.m., an opening reception for an exhibition by sculptors Scott Chamberlin, Kim Dickey and Jeanne Quinn. More info: 923-3181, andersonranch.org.

TRUSTEES MEET • The Carbondale Board of Trustees meets at 6:30 p.m. at town hall.

MOUNTAINEERING TALK • The Ute Mountaineer at 408 S. Mill Street in Aspen presents“Aconcagua”at 7 p.m.: Ollie Nieuwland-Zlotnicki and Anton Sponar telling tales

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WEDNESDAY March 17 ROTARY PRESENTATION • The Carbondale Rotary Club hosts a presentation by PitCo and GarCo long term care ombudsman Russ Criswell at the club’s weekly meeting, 7 a.m. at 300 Meadowood Drive. More info: 379-1436.

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HATCHERY TOUR • The Colorado Division of Wildlife offers a tour of the Crystal River Fish Hatchery, 2.5 miles south of Carbondale, from noon to 1 p.m. Free.

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‘GLASS MENAGERIE’ • The Thunder River Theatre Company presents Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie” at 7:30 p.m. More info and tickets: thunderrivertheatre.com, 963-8200.

FREE HEALTH SCREENINGS • Mountain Family Health Centers conducts free, public health screenings for cholesterol, blood pressure, heart disease risk and more from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Glenwood Springs Community Center in Glenwood Springs. More info: 618-3159, or sharla@mountainfamily.org.

March 18 THURSDAY NIGHT BAR • Attorneys offer 15-minute consultations on divorce, custody, tenant rights and other civil issues at 5 p.m. at the Garfield County Courthouse in Glenwood Springs. Bring all pertinent documentation. Small donation requested, not required. More info: 945-8858.

DIVORCE CLASS • Alpine Legal Services offers a Do it Yourself Divorce Clinic at 5 p.m. at the Garfield County Courthouse in Glenwood Springs. All necessary paperwork and information for divorce provided. Donation requested. More info: 945-8858.

BUSINESS MIXER • The Glenwood Springs Chamber Resort Association hosts a Business After Hours networking event from 5 to 7 p.m. at Bishop Plumbing & Heating at 5080 County Road 154 in Glenwood Springs. Food and drink, prizes. More info: 945-6589.

STEVE’S GUITARS • Steve’s Guitars at 19 N. Fourth Street presents The Redtones. Free. More info: 963-3304, stevesguitars.net.

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ST. PADDY’S DAY • The American Legion Post 100 at 97 N. Third Street hosts a St. Patricks’s Day dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. $8 per person, proceeds benefit our troops. A Main Street parade starts at 4 p.m. More info: 9632381 after 3 p.m.

ST. PADDY & PIZZA • White House Pizza at 801 Main Court hosts a St. Patrick’s Day party with live Music by Mike Waters from

7 to 10 p.m. Come wearing green for a chance to win a prize. Some proceeds go to KDNK. No cover. More info: 704-9400.

NATURALIST NIGHTS • Wilderness Workshop presents a free slide show by Redstone-based ecologist Dee Malone, who has been working to inventory and assess fens in the White River National Forest. 7 p.m. at Dos Gringos, 588 Highway 133. More info: 963-3977.

Ongoing INTAKE • Alpine Legal Service offers intake to eligible clients from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mondays and Fridays at the Garfield County Courthouse in Glenwood Springs and Tuesdays and Wednesday at the Pitkin County Courthouse in Aspen. More info: 945-8858, 920-2828.

SUICIDE SURVIVORS’ SUPPORT • A support group for those who have lost a loved one to suicide meets the second Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Glenwood Springs, 824 Cooper St. More info: 945-1398, or pamsz@sopris.net HEART YOGA • Diane Agnello offers gentle yoga for cardiac health and stress reduction Mondays, March 15-29 at Valley View Hospital in Glenwood. More info: 384-7159.

TEA DATE • Charlotte Graham hosts tea dates Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at

the Mount Sopris Historical Society Museum at 499 Weant Blvd. Chit chat and share stories. More info: 704-0567 or (970) 306-8771.

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

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

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

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

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The “Building Trades in the Clean Energy Economy” meetings will brief trades people and seek their feedback on a clean energy finance district under development for Garfield County, state and utility rebate offerings, development of a local audit and retrofit program, and the federal Home Star bill.

The meetings are: • Carbondale: 5:30 to 7 p.m. March 11, Dos Gringos Burritos, 588 Highway 133, La Fontana Plaza; • Glenwood Springs: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 18, Glenwood Canyon Brew Pub, 402 Seventh Street; • Rifle: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 24, Garfield County Human Services Building, 195 W. 14th Street.

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RSVP by calling 704-9200 or email events@CleanEnergyEconomy.net.

Mountain Fair design contest under way Designs are being accepted for this year’s Mountain Fair Poster and T-shirt Design Contest. The theme is “The Artbeat of the Valley.” The winning artist receives $500 for the use of his or her design plus 10 T-shirts.

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Strawberry Days deadline extended The Glenwood Springs Chamber Resort Association invites interested food vendors, commercial and nonprofit vendors, and artisans to apply for the 113th annual Strawberry Days to be held June 18-20 at Sayre Park in Glenwood Springs. Food and commercial applications are available at strawberrydaysfestival.com or by calling 9456589. Interested artisans may apply at zapplication.org. The deadline to apply has been extended to March 31.

Willits Market open in March As a result of what organizers are calling an “overwhelmingly positive response” from the community, the Willits Winter Farmers’ Market will remain open through March 27. The valley’s only indoor farmers’ market will keep its doors open and the heat on for the next month of locally minded shopping.

In addition to local vendors, the market features live music, food and art. The market is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays at the Willits Town Center (next to Kitchen Collage) in Basalt.

For more information, call Megan Lund at (970) 277-1100.

LIFT-UP participates in matching campaign For the 13th straight year the Feinstein Foundation in Rhode Island has issued its $1 million challenge to help feed the hungry, and LIFT-UP will participate, in light of steadily increasing requests for services and a high rate of stock turnover at its food pantries.

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The Feinstein Foundation will divide the $1 million proportionally among hunger-fighting agencies nationwide based upon the amount of funds it raises during March and April.

It also applies a value of $1 per pound or per item to all food donated during this period.

Every contribution of money and food made to LIFT-UP through April 30 will be eligible for the campaign and will help provide food and essential services to local families in need during this time of prolonged economic difficulty.

Donations may be made online at liftup.org or mailed to P.O. Box 1213, Glenwood Springs, CO 81602.

CMC Foundation establishes new fund Community members and the Aspen Glen Club recently hosted a wine tasting and fundraiser to kick off the new Aspen Glen Scholar Fund to benefit local Colorado Mountain College students.

CMC Foundation administrators and members of the Aspen Glen community are working together to create a scholarship for Roaring Fork Valley residents who graduate with an associate degree from Colorado Mountain College and then wish to pursue a bachelor’s degree at the community college. Organizers hope to fund two $2,500 scholarships for local students each year.

College administrators are pursuing approval from the state legislature to offer a limited number of bachelor’s degrees. If four-year degrees do not receive legislative approval, the new scholarship funds would be made available to students pursuing associates of arts, associates of science or enrolled in certificate programs at the college.

For more information about the fund, contact Carol Efting, foundation scholarship coordinator, at 947-8355 or cefting@coloradomtn.edu.

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CCAH presents ‘Life Stories’ Tara Sheahan brings joy, inspiration and a pathway to healing physical and emotional pain. She will share her life journey in the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities’ series “Life Stories” at 7 p.m. March 11 at Steve’s Guitars, 19 N. Fourth Street.

Raised in Breckenridge, she was a top-level cross-country skier competing for both the U.S. ski team and Middlebury College. She tried out for the Winter Olympics in 2006 at the age of 45 and nearly made the 2006 Winter Olympic team. A rattlesnake bite two months before the trials turned her toward a spiritual path and she sees all of life’s “bumps” as the way we grow and awaken to our divine nature.

“Her wisdom and exuberance combine to give her audience a chance to laugh at the human condition,” say CCAH staff.

This is the second presentation in the “Life Stories” series produced by CCAH. These are intimate gatherings that allow greater interaction between the audience and the presenter.

For more information on CCAH and its programs, visit carbondalearts.com.

Sports Briefs Softball/baseball registration opens The Carbondale Recreation Department is offering softball and baseball programs for players of all ages. The deadline to sign up for Adult Softball for both the Coed and Men’s Leagues is May 19 and games begin in June. The Captains’ Meeting will be at 7 p.m. May 26 at Town Hall, Room 2. Practices for Coach Pitch (ages 7-8), Youth Baseball (boys ages 9-15) and Softball (girls ages 8-15) begin May 17 and games begin in June. The registration deadline is April 30 and a parents’ meeting is at 6 p.m. May 10 at Town Hall, Room 2. For more information, call 704-4190.

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The trustees approved Stacey Bernot’s motion to direct staff to draft approval documents by a vote of 6-1, with Pam Zentmyer dissenting. Zentmyer objected to the waiver of fees and to other added costs the development will bring to the town, such as maintenance on a park that she expects won’t be used by the town as a whole.

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and values.”

Cortez emphasized that Carbondale should work toward an alternative to the building and real estate trades, but that for the time being the town has to make the most of those economic drivers.

“We, as a town, need to realize that construction and real estate are the primary movers of our revenues in this valley,” he said. “In the short term, we need to look at how we might be able to use those industries that have helped us in the past … and then once we get that established we can try and figure out how we might be able to diversify our economy.”

Cortez cited the local renewable energy industry, of which he is a part, as a bright spot in the construction sector.

“Michael Hassig has been a huge advocate of renewable energy and I plan to fol-

Attention, voters:

Due to a change in state laws, anyone registered as a mail-ballot voter will now also be designated for mail-in voting in municipal elections. To greatly simplify the town election process, Cathy Derby, Carbondale town clerk, said that all voters who receive mail-in ballots should use them to vote, rather than going to a polling place. Mailin ballots may also be dropped off at the town clerk’s office on or before April 6.

Derby also said that to help the election run smoothly anyone who has moved since registering to vote should register the change of address with the town or with the appropriate county clerk.

The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., April 6. For polling locations and more information, call Cathy Derby, Carbondale town clerk, at 963-2733, stop by town hall, or visit carbondalegov.org and click on the “Election Info” link.

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low in his footsteps as far as advocating the importance of renewable energy,” said Cortez, a builder who has added a solar energy division to his company.

Cortez also stressed the importance of improving the flow of traffic along Highway 133 and to and from Carbondale’s Main Street core. He said he favors roundabouts and a third lane for Highway 133, emphasizing that those improvements will benefit the businesses along the highway and help traffic reach Main Street shops as well.

He said he is reaching out to business owners along Highway 133 and elsewhere, in part to discuss funding for the traffic improvements. One option, he said, could be to form a special improvement district that would allow business owners who would benefit from the improvements to tax themselves to put them in place.

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Snowshoeing: Ain’t it swell?

Winters weren’t for the wimpy where I grew up east of Syracuse, N.Y. We lived in the shadow of the Great Lakes where storms dropped oversized snowflakes in mass quantities for five months out of the year. Heavy snow years essentially turned our roads into tunnels with high walls of snow pushed to either side by the snowplows.

The snowstorms sometimes made it difficult to manage the roads, but the deep snow had the opposite effect in the woods behind my house. In the summer months, it was rather difficult to move through the swampy, brushy and unforgiving forest of mixed conifers and hardwoods. It was the kind of cover that only a grouse hunter and a bird dog would be crazy enough to negotiate. But in the winter months the forest transformed into a cleanly blanketed open landscape. As a kid I grew to love snowshoeing because I could more easily pass through the woods several feet above the decaying fallen logs and brush below me. My big wooden snowshoes were a ticket for me to go somewhere when it would have otherwise been impossible.

Backcountry winter sports offer an unmatched tranquility. But unlike skis, you can go just about anywhere on snowshoes and you don’t have to worry about impacting

by Sue Melus the area vegetation like you would in the summer time. The next snowfall will erase your tracks and leave a clean slate for the next person.

I recently joined longtime local Staci Dickerson and fellow Sopris Sun columnist Geneviève Villamizar on a snowshoe adventure on the other side of McClure Pass with five of our favorite four-legged friends. We enjoyed a winter picnic and soaked up the bluebird Colorado sunshine. The dogs ran hard. It was the kind of afternoon that makes winters near Carbondale special.

“Before I started snowshoeing I pooh-poohed it as awkward and cumbersome,” explained Dickerson. “But after a while I realized that I really loved snowshoeing because it is so easy and requires minimal gear. I just grab my snowshoes and go.”

Dickerson even created her own snowshoe sport in which she tows a toboggan behind her on the uphill climbs and then jumps in it for speedy, adrenaline-filled descents. She coined her new sport, “shoebogganing.”

My old wooden snowshoes are probably still the best for deep snow in the flats. These days, however, I use a pair of Atlas race snowshoes. They are lightweight, fast and easy to

Deerfly Diaries

Don’t pooh-pooh a snowshoe trip, it can be a simple way to cover otherwise tough summertime terrain. As Staci Dickerson (left) and Geneviève Villamizar found out you don’t need a ski pass and you can bring the pooch. Photo by Sue Melus

take on and off, and they have cleats that allow me to go up and down steep slopes.

Expensive snowshoes are unnecessary for a little fun in the snow. The important thing is to find a pair with bindings that will stay on your feet. Snowshoeing is excellent exercise and, by some estimates, it burns more calories than running. The best thing is that there is no ski pass to purchase and the dogs can come with you.

Sue Melus has a degree in natural resources. She is a freelance writer and also specializes in public relations for the outdoors industry and resource conservation groups. Read her blog at deerflydiaries.com.

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Thank you to everyone who attended Mountain Regional Housing’s Great Match 2010! Because of you, the event was a huge success. Thank you for making a significant difference to all the people we serve.

A special thanks to all of our Sponsors: Wine Host WineTime with contributions from the following distributors: Classic Wines Republic National Distributing Grand Vin Cru Vin Dogs

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Over 500 U.S. cities, the Marine Corps, Army and New York Housing Authority restrict pit bulls and other breeds due to the unreasonable risk they pose. Such ordinances are designed to prevent attacks, as insurance funds can never fully restore severely injured victims after an attack.

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A successful Ski for Sisu Dear Editor: On behalf of the Mount Sopris Nordic Council I would like to thank Steve Zeder

of Bighorn Motors and Don Gerbaz of Berthod Motors for their generous sponsorships and support of the Ski for Sisu trail-grooming fundraiser. We understand that these are difficult economic times and we are honored that these gentlemen and their organizations continue to provide support for the Spring Gulch cross country trail system. I invite you to thank them by buying your next car from them locally instead of shopping elsewhere!

For those who don’t know, Spring Gulch is a 19-kilometer groomed crosscountry ski trail system eight miles above Carbondale on County Road 108. On any given weekend you’ll find families of all ages, sizes and abilities enjoying our wonderful tracks and trails.

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NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE LIQUOR LAWS OF COLORADO

DATE AND TIME: MARCH 23, 2010, 6:30 P.M. DATE OF APPLICATION: MARCH 2, 2010

BY ORDER OF: MICHAEL HASSIG, MAYOR

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Information may be obtained from, and Petitions or Remonstranceʼs may be filed with the Town Clerk Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO 81623

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skied 50 kilometers (31 miles!). A total of 28 skiers met the long-distance challenge of 25 kilometers or more. Big congratulations and thank-yous to all participants!

Additional community support came from the following merchants in the form of door prizes: Russets restaurant, KDNK radio, Ute Mountaineer, Aspen Cross Country Center, Snowmass Cross Country Center, Bristlecone Mountain Sports, Sunlight Ski & Bike, Ace Hardware of Carbondale, and Peppino’s.

Thanks to all of you for your support of community cross-country skiing.

Greg Fitzpatrick Mount Sopris Nordic Council Board Member Ski for Sisu Coordinator

Our Ski for Sisu fundraiser on Superbowl Sunday was a success again this year.

It would not be possible to put it on without the help of a great group of volunteers.

Many thank-yous go out to: Daniel Brudzinski, Penny Ridley, Anne Jeffreys, Gayle Wells, Sherri Hall, Michael Schor, Jim Gaw, John Stickney, Mark Chain, Katie Marshall, Marj Perry, Ann Keller, Elliot Nordquist, Trip Sutro, Lee Ann Eustis, Larry Gepfert and Wick Moses. This group handled registration, counted skier laps, and provided food and hot chocolate. They made it easier for the 86 participants to ski a total of 868 miles in less than five hours!

Top kilometer skiers include Matt Johnson who skied 60 kilometers (37 miles!), and Suzy Ellison and Laurie Stone who

HAS REQUESTED THE LIQUOR LICENSING OFFICIALS OF CARBONDALE TO GRANT A SPECIAL EVENT LIQUOR LICENSE TO SELL MALT, VINOUS, AND SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS FOR CONSUMPTION ON THE PREMISE AT CHURCH OF CARBONDALE 110 SNOWMASS DRIVE CARBONDALE, CO 81623 HEARING ON APPLICATION TO BE HELD AT: CARBONDALE TOWN HALL 511 COLORADO AVENUE CARBONDALE, COLORADO DATE AND TIME: 6:30 p.m. MARCH 23, 2010 DATE OF APPLICATION: MARCH 2, 2010 DATE OF EVENT: APRIL 9, 2010

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Information may be obtained from, and Petitions or Remonstranceʼs may be filed with the Town Clerk Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO 81623 Published March 11, 2010 in The Sopris Sun. NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE LIQUOR LAWS OF COLORADO 5 POINT FILM FESTIVAL P O BOX 355 CARBONDALE, CO 81623

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BY ORDER OF: MICHAEL HASSIG, MAYOR APPLICANT: JULIE KENNEDY BRIE BATH

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