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Lindsey Cynoski of the soon-to-open lulubelle boutique, and Phil Kosowski of Indoor Garden Supply are just a couple of the folks opening new shops in Carbondale these days. Photos by Trina Ortega

Businesses a bloomin’ New entrepreneurs set up shop in C’dale

By Trina Ortega The Sopris Sun

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he valley’s real estate boom brought Lindsey Cynoski to the Carbondale area and now its slump is helping her fulfill a dream she’s had since college – to have her own clothing boutique, lulubelle, right in the heart of Carbondale’s downtown.

Lulubelle clothing is among a number of new businesses blooming alongside the early season crocuses in Carbondale. Several new retail fronts are already up and running, such as the eclectic Akashic Collection at 327 Main St. and Indoor Garden Supply in the La Fontana Plaza. More are expected to open in May, such as Heidi’s Deli in the City Market shopping center. Additionally, life is coming back to the Sopris Shopping Center with Lit-

tle Bear Antiques making the move from its previous lcoation between Carbondale and Glenwood Springs.

While the economic recession has brought the downfall of some local favorites — Sounds Easy video store, Via Viva, Ella, and others — some business owners are taking the opportunity to follow lifelong dreams or get into leases while the gettin’s good.

“In terms of leases and loans, it was a great time for me [to apply],”said Cynoski of her new boutique that will carry contemporary women’s clothing.

Last fall, Cynoski saw the Main Street space for rent and began working on that longtime desire to open a shop. To help get

off the ground, she applied (and received) a small business loan. She admitted the economic recession has actually boosted her opportunity to start the business.

Besides, she added, Carbondale“is ready” for a clothing store.

“My husband and I just really believe in the community. It’s so alive and vibrant.”

The boutique will be geared toward the local woman’s wallet, too, she said, with trendy but inexpensive T-shirts and jeans. She aims to have the shop open for the May First Friday art and business walk.

Cynoski is overseeing the remodeling work for her shop and has selected Victorianstyle crown moulding and a dark, rich wood CREATIVITY page 14

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Carbondale Commentary

Crime and punishment in a soma society Huey Lewis gave us the solution to all these drug problems with his 1960’s song, “I want a new drug.” He wanted a drug that makes us feel wonderful – in love – and that blocks out all the problems and pains in our minds and bodies but lets us carry on our work and fun. He dreamed of something so groovy that it out competes all other drugs. Weed, heroin, meth all disappear when matched against it on the open market for nirvana.

So let’s see if these drug companies can come up with that one. The government would supply it and Aldous Huxley would become a prophet.

Here in Carbondale we’re spending a lot of time and money worrying about issues with drugs. From medical marijuana to meth labs we are a society consumed with the battle between motivations to change our realities and motivations to control society. Personally I would legalize all drugs, sell and tax them at pharmacies and supermarkets where you sell other drugs like prescription chemicals and alcohol. Let the capitalist system bring out the competition for the best speed, cannabis pills or cocaine. The indigenous cultures that now grow the raw ingredients can still make money, unless, maybe we can grow better poppies in Utah than they do in Afghanistan.

Take the illegality out of the market and you make a lot of changes in society – and you save it a lot of money.Those that use it don’t feel like criminals, the dealBy Birdbrain ers quit killing each other over turf and smuggling routes.

You’re going to get an increase in mortality from those users who don’t know anything about self-control, or taking personal responsibility for their lives. But we got way too many people on this planet anyway, so offer some medical and psychological help for those that want it and hold nice funerals for those that don’t.There are lots of substances out there that we crave that will kill you. Sit down and eat a cup of salt and see how you feel. There are no warning labels on salt. We all love it but we know not to use too much for a number of reasons. It was heavily taxed. Society as a whole and each of us individually decided we wanted access to this substance and we would personally take responsibility for our use of it. Why can’t we do the same with all these other drugs?

The illegal drug business is big business. At drugwarfacts.org we find that the U.S. illegal drug market is estimated to make $322 billion annually for the criminals. That’s money in an underground economy that isn’t taxed or circulated in the U.S. but smuggled out like drugs are smuggled in. The cartels want to keep drugs illegal. Enforcing that illegality is big business as well. It’s estimated that federal state and local governments spend $460 billion a year fighting illegal drugs. Local governments spend about $93 billion. We lock up more people per capita than any other country in the world. There are over 2.3 million inmates in the U.S. We pay about half a million people to watch these criminals. Prisons eat up about $44 billion of our tax dollars every year. About half of them are in for drug related crimes.

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Sopris Sun seeks new front-page artwork The Sopris Sun is seeking submissions for a new flag – that’s the thing on the top of the front page that says “The Sopris Sun.” So please mix up your paints, fire up your graphic design software, sharpen your knitting needles or prepare whatever medium you feel most comfy in. Our favorite design will become the paper’s new flag, and the winner of the contest will also win a prize.

The deadline for submissions is Friday, April 16, and we’ve drawn up a few guidelines for the contest. Submissions should be 1.4 inches tall by 10 inches long and should leave room for the volume number, edition number and the date of the paper.

Ideally, designs should be eye-catching, but clear and not cluttered.

If you work on a computer, please convert your creation to a PDF and email it to News@SoprisSun.com. If you work in another medium – or if your digital file is just too large to email – please bring your creation to our office in the basement of Amoré Realty at 711 Main Street, or mail it to The Sopris Sun, P.O. Box 399, Carbondale CO, 81623. Sorry, the contest isn’t open to those who work for the Sun. For more information, send an email to the above address or call 618-9112. We can’t wait to see what you dream up.

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Bernot the better choice

Vote for Bernot

Dear Editor: I’d like to share my thoughts about my candidate of choice in the April 6 election for mayor of Carbondale. During Stacey Patch Bernot’s term as town trustee she has demonstrated increasing skill at gathering, questioning, analyzing and evaluating critical information pertaining to the myriad decisions she has to make in the responsibilities of her job. She shows genuine concern that the broad spectrum of people in Carbondale are heard and considered. Stacey listens and carefully weighs her decisions in the best interests of the people and town of Carbondale. No hidden agendas, no special interests, no inflated ego.

She’s bright, calm and collected even in the face of chaos, and I’ve seen her run a decent meeting. Stacey and I don’t agree on everything, but because she listens with respect to all people, I believe she has the ability to bring diverse factions of Carbondale together, to hear differing perspectives and have healthy, productive discourse. I truly believe Stacey Patch Bernot is the better choice for a mayor who can provide the leadership that Carbondale needs now.

Laurie Loeb Carbondale

Dear Editor: Editor’s Note: This letter was originally addressed to the “voters of Carbondale.”

I urge you to vote on Tuesday April 6 for the office of mayor.This election is an opportunity to get Carbondale on track to create jobs and economic success for our community. The way to do this is to vote for Stacey Patch Bernot for mayor of Carbondale.

Stacey has given 110 percent as a town trustee for the past six years and served on LETTERS page 15

Correction

A group of local folks recently took in a little equatorial sun while perched, well, right on the equator. From right, Diana and Julian Alcantara, Clifford Duncan and Sopris Sun columnist Charlotte Graham met up with Ramon Nenadich (far left) for the XII Native Gathering of the Americas in Cayambe, Ecuador. The XII gathering took place in late March, following the XI Native Gathering, which was held in Carbondale in December, 2009. Courtesy photo.

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Due to editing errors we incorrectly stated that federal mineral leases located within ski area permit areas are invalid if they were issued after the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996. In fact, that bill applies to ski area permits issued before 1996 as well.

We also stated that the canceled Encana lease near Reno Creek was located in the focus area of the Thompson Divide Coalition. It was not. However, two other canceled Encana leases were located within the TDC area. One of these was near Flattop Mountain. The other lay partially within the Sunlight ski resort permit area.

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Local ranchers, wilderness advocates find common ground

By Terray Sylvester The Sopris Sun In the Roaring Fork and Crystal river valleys, ranchers and wilderness advocates aren’t butting heads as they have done elsewhere in the West.

That’s one take-away message from a request that came from a group of local ranchers last month.The ranchers asked that a larger portion of their federal grazing allotments on the northeast slope of Mount Sopris to be added to the Hidden Gems wilderness proposal.

Grazing can damage sensitive streamside areas, denude vegetation, and help spread invasive plants, among other impacts.

All of that can raise red flags with conservationists, who may push for livestock to be reduced or removed from federal lands as they attempt to include it under a wilderness designation.

But those behind the Hidden Gems proposal have found little reason to ask for livestock to be taken out of the proposed wilderness areas.

“You can manage to prevent over grazing, you can manage to prevent riparian area damage,” said Sloan Shoemaker, director of the Carbondale-based Wilderness Workshop, one of four lead organization in the Hidden Gems Campaign. “I think that the advantage we have is that we’re at higher elevations that are cooler and moister and so [the land] is more resilient and more absorbent of the impacts of cattle. And so that’s why we are somewhat out of step with many members of the conservation community in other places across the west that want cattle off public lands.”

The Hidden Gems Wilderness Campaign would secure wilderness designations for about 380,000 acres of federal land in Summit, Eagle, Pitkin and Gunnison counties, as well as some terrain in Garfield and Rio Blanco counties. Aside from the Wilderness Workshop, the coalition behind the campaign includes The Colorado Mountain Club, The Wilderness Society and the Colorado Environmental Coalition.

In March, local cattlemen Tom Turnbull, Brad Day and Marty and John Nieslanik asked that about 5,000 acres in the East Hay Park area near Mount Sopris be added to the wilderness proposal. The Hidden Gems Campaign had already been pushing for a wilderness designation in the area that would include portions of the ranchers’ three grazing allotments, which lie on the White River National Forest.

The ranchers point out that the terrain is ripe for a wilderness designation.

“We think that the Hay Park area is a beautiful piece of land that should be protected and it has definite wilderness attributes of solitude and remoteness,” Turnbull said.

But a wilderness designation would also mean potential hurdles for their operations.

“Clearly there are some uncertainties for us as ranchers,” Turnbull said.“Wilderness limits any kind of motorized use.”

The 1964 Wilderness Act barred mechanized activity from

Local ranchers have asked the Hidden Gems Wilderness Campaign to add 5,000 acres (in purple) to its wilderness proposal. That addition would overlap with grazing allotments the ranchers hold, and would curtail some mountain biking on that terrain. One main bike trail in the area would remain open, though others may not. (Bike trails shown in yellow). wilderness areas. But grazing guidelines associated with the act allow certain existing ranching uses to be incorporated into new wilderness designations.

Ranchers would be required to draw up annual use plans and adhere to those documents except in certain exceptional cases, Shoemaker explained.Those use agreements would permit a certain amount of mechanized activity in the wilderness area, allowing ranchers to maintain fencing, clear downed trees with a chainsaw and perform other work. Major activity such as clearing out a stock pond with a backhoe would require added environmental assessment, but could be accommodated, Shoemaker said.

Shoemaker stated that a wilderness designation would not place new limits on the number of animals ranchers can graze, or the amount of time they can do so each year.

But not every rancher in the area has seen a reason to ac-

cept the added layer of bureaucracy that a wilderness designation would bring. Members of the North Thompson Cattlemen’s Association have asked for their grazing leases to be drawn out of the proposal. The Wilderness Workshop did so, slicing out about 32,000 acres that lie west of Carbondale from Coal Basin in the south toward North Thompson Creek in the north.

Wilderness designations force ranchers to work more closely with the federal agencies in charge of their grazing leases, and so the cattlemen need some extra incentive to put up with the red tape.

For Turnbull and the others who requested the Hay Park addition, that incentive has come partly in the form of mountain bikes, which are banned from wilderness areas along with other mechanized toys such as snowmobiles and ATVs. RANCHERS page 16

Kathleen Curry coming to Carbondale

By Jeremy Heiman The Sopris Sun State Representative Kathleen Curry, an independent from Gunnison, will be staging a meet and greet in Carbondale Saturday, April 10.

The event will be at 11 a.m. at the River Valley Ranch Clubhouse, 444 River Valley Ranch Drive. The event will be open to the public. Curry will make herself available to talk about legislative matters, her re-election campaign as an independent and any questions residents may have.

Curry said the Carbondale appearance is not a fundraising event, but a meeting to answer questions and gather input. She said she doesn’t tend to make speeches at events of this type.

“I usually don’t like to talk at people a lot,” she said. “I’d rather talk about what they want to talk about.”

If she does address the people who come to see her, she said, the two most likely subjects would be the budget bill (known in the statehouse as “the long bill”), which she expects to be complete by that time, and the rafting bill she introduced this year.

The rafting bill, if passed into law, would make it legal for commercial rafting companies to pass through private property without being guilty of trespassing, as long as rafters don’t touch the banks or the riverbed except incidentally. The Denver Post says Republicans in the legislature have nicknamed the bill “Row vs. Wade.”

Curry said she’d be driving from Denver to Carbondale April 10 for her first event of the day. The meet and greet at River Valley Ranch is scheduled to end at noon. She will move on to New Castle for a 2 p.m. event, where she will again visit with folks. From there, she said, she’ll head home to Gunni-

son, to spend a little time with family.

“I have two kids at home, and if I don’t see them that weekend, it might be a long time.”

Curry left the Democratic Party last winter and is now unaffiliated. A flyer for the Carbondale event posted on her Web site says she is the first Colorado unaffiliated representative since 1898.

Becoming independent, though, has created some difficulty for her re-election bid for November. Current Colorado law specifies that a candidate who wishes to run unaffiliated with either major party must file with the secretary of state’s office 17 months before Election Day. Having dropped her affiliation with the Democratic Party less than one year before Election Day, Curry must run as a write-in candidate in November’s election, even though she is an incumbent.

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News Briefs

Obituaries

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.

Town election to occur April 6 Carbondale’s town election will be held Tuesday April 6. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Polling locations will be set up at the Carbondale fire district training center at 300 Meadowood Drive, the sales barn in River Valley Ranch and town hall. Friday, April 2 is the last day to register for an absentee ballot. Stop by town hall to do so.

For more information and to find out which polling location you should visit, call Cathy Derby, Carbondale Town Clerk, at 963-2733 or stop by town hall, 511 Colorado Ave. 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, Derby stated that all voters who receive mail-in ballots should use them to vote, rather than going to a polling place. Mail-in ballots may also be dropped off at the town clerk’s office on or before April 6.

The mayoral race between Ed Cortez and Stacey Patch Bernot is the only contest

on the ballot. Three seats are open on the board of town trustees, but the races for those seats are uncontested.

Third Street Center nearly full As of the last week of March, only a few leasable spaces remain available in the Third Street Center. According to a press release from the center, the remaining spaces are located in the round room section of the building as well as the long hall.

The press release states that through steady work by B+H Construction and numerous contractors the center is transforming from an “old, dark elementary school into a bright and inviting community space.”

So far, about 20 organizations and artists are slated to occupy spaces in the center. They include, Ballet Folklorico, the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities, the Community Office for Resource Efficiency, Compass, Flux Farm, GreenWeaver, Healthy Mountain Communities and others.

The press release states that the center has pulled in about $1.4 million toward its capital campaign goal of $1.875 million.

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The center has also caught the attention of the Kresge Foundation and the Boettcher Foundation. Since support from those two foundations would come in the form of matching grants, the center is still seeking more support from the community.

For more information or to arrange a tour of the building, contact Colin Laird at 963-5502. Photos of the construction are posted at thirdstreetcenter.net.

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Ditch cleaning under way As of March 15, the Carbondale town staff has begun cleaning and burning irrigation ditches around town. The town department of public works advises residents that smoke may waft over their neighborhoods while crews are working nearby.

Public works asks that residents maintain clear access routes to ditches on or near their property, and asks residents to inspect their ditches and remove any plants or debris that have accumulated since last year.

The town is currently planning to turn on the ditches April 15. For more information, call the town utility department at 963-3140.

Alice Rachel Sardy 1908-2010

Alice Rachel Sardy, age 101, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 13, at Heritage Park Care Center. A memorial service was held at 11 a.m. today, April 1, at the Aspen Community Church. Rev. Jane Keener-Quiat officiated.

Alice Rachel Sardy was born in Circleville, Ohio, on Sept. 6, 1908. Her family moved to Colorado when she was two.

After graduating from Western State College she moved to Ouray to teach school. It was there that she met her husband, Tom. Tom OBITUARIES page 5

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MONDAY March 29 At 4:49 a.m. police responded to an alarm at the Green House on Main Street. The door had allegedly been kicked in but nothing was missing inside.

TUESDAY March 30 At 5:38 a.m. police responded to an attempted burglary at The Village Smithy. A window was reportedly broken but nothing had been taken. The perpetrator appeared to have cut himself badly, leaving blood at the scene.

Peeping Tom investigation continues at RVR

By Jeremy Heiman The Sopris Sun

The ladies of American Legion Post #100 baked legions of cookies last week – about 3,200 all told. Then they dispatched those treats to the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic that took place in Aspen over the weekend. This is the third year they've taken to their ovens to support the clinic. They are, from left: Jo Ellen Maynard, Beatriz Lowick, Peggy Wilson, Jewel Husted and Colleen Weinfurter. Photo by Terray Sylvester

After reports of a peeping Tom at River Valley Ranch a few weeks ago, a suspect was questioned, but no arrests have been made, Carbondale police say.

Carbondale Police Chief Gene Schilling told The Sopris Sun that his department had received four or five reports of a suspicious male seen in RVR backyards on late February or early March evenings, over the course of about two weeks. After some investigation, police talked to one person, but he was released.

“A suspect was contacted,” Schilling said, “but there’s not enough evidence to go forward.” He said he couldn’t release more information about the subject because the case is still under investigation, though no new reports have surfaced in recent days.

A couple of residents reported seeing tracks in the snow leading up to their houses and stopping at a window, as if the person had been standing in front of the window and looking in. But Schilling said these reports of tracks were not associated with any of the actual sightings of the suspicious person.

Schilling said no one had reported seeing the peeper actually looking into his or her own window.

The reports agreed somewhat in the way the suspect was described, but Schilling said people tend to differ in their perception of the same thing. The person was described as being about five feet, eight inches in height by witnesses, he said.

The alleged peeper doesn’t present any danger to the public, Schilling said, as far as he knows.

Sightings of a suspicious person and rumors of a Peeping Tom brought people together for a public meeting at the RVR Ranch House Monday, March 15, said Chip Munday, executive director of the River Valley Ranch Master Homeowners Association. The meeting was open to the public and attended by a couple of Carbondale town officials, along with Schilling and officer Greg Knott of the Carbondale Police Department.

At the meeting, police offered basic crime prevention tips, and answered questions about the extent of the investigation.

Schilling said a few residents discussed starting a neighborhood watch organization, and have followed up by meeting to organize such a group.

Schilling said police are still investigating.

“If you see any suspicious activity, give us a call,” he advised.

Obituaries continued om page 4 and Alice Rachel Sardy moved to Aspen in 1938. She was a wonderful wife and mother and spent most of her life taking care of her home and her family. Many of her most enjoyable times were spent working in her yard and flower garden and visiting with the many people who passed by the Sardy home on Main Street. She served as a Blue Lady at the Aspen Valley Hospital for many years, was a 66-year member of PEO, and attended the Aspen community Church for almost all of the years she lived in Aspen. She is remembered by her daughter and her son as a woman with very clear ideas as to right and wrong but who accepted all of God’s children’s many differences and as a woman with the courage to face life’s many difficulties without fear.

Alice Rachel Sardy was preceded in death by her husband Tom Sardy; her parents Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Peck; and three sisters Marjorie Porter, Avis McDonough and Audre Miller. She is survived by her brother, J. W. Peck (Marlys) of Atwater, Calif.; her daughter, Sylvia Hellums (Ted) of Tuscaloosa, Ala.; her son, T. J. Sardy of Anchorage, Alaska; and her grandchildren, Heidi Reid (Chip) of Southlake, Texas; Chris Hellums (Rachael) of Birmingham, Ala.; Alicia Andersen (Travis) of Bozeman, Mont.; Marin and Adrienne Sardy of Santa Fe, N.M.; and Tom Sardy of Anchorage, Alaska. She is also survived by six great-grandchildren: Aspen and Logan Reid, Christopher, Ben and Caroline Hellums,

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Alice Rachel’s ashes will be buried next to her beloved husband in Red Butte Cemetery in a private family ceremony preceding the memorial service. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to the Aspen Community Church or Hospice.

Timothy Tod Weaver 1952-2010 Timothy Tod Weaver died March 15 in Dallas, Texas, at the age of 57. Weaver was buried at White Hill Cemetery in Carbondale March 26. A graveside service was preformed by the Reverend Wally Finley. Weaver was born Nov. 18, 1952, in Austin, Texas, to his late mother Virginia Francis Sterrett. He is survived by his father Harland Tod Weaver, brother Stanley Shane Weaver and sister Leigh Ann Weaver. Tim Weaver served five years in the U.S. Navy. He was a former resident of Carbondale and will be sorely missed.

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Rams have a lot to celebrate!

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This week two RFHS Rams deserve accolades. The baseball season has barely started but Johnny Nieslanik has pitched a no-hitter and Jake Strack-Loertscher has hit two homeruns. The Rams are scheduled to play again April 3 against Gunnison at RFHS. There are also some other Carbondale “rams” celebrating this week. But these folks are “rams” because they were born under the sign of Aries, the ram. Happy birthday and congratulations to: Donny Mushet, Rowan Dietz, Mary Lilly, Cassie Cerise, Beth Simonetti and Dave and Terri Ritchie.

The First Friday in Carbondale is usually the most fun and exciting Friday of the month. But that distinction was debatable this month ‘cuz the last Friday of March was hoppin’. Between the talent that performed at the Haiti benefit at the Church at Carbondale, and Rhonda Roberts’ 40th birthday party, the atmosphere was celebratory.

Basketball or …

We’re not sure if it’s down to the final four yet, but snoopin’ around at the Third Street Center’s open house last week, Scuttlebutt’s most reliable investigator overheard two conversations regarding different folks that might be interested in leasing the non-profit center’s gym space, quite a large space, indeed.

At this point it’s just talk. The gym space could be financially prohibitive to the parties involved, but it would be exciting for Carbondale if either or both of these uses came to fruition. You’re probably wondering at this point who the people are and what would be the uses. Unfortunately for you, Scuttlebutt’s policy is to report rumors, not spread them.

So at this point we can only give you a hint: The first letter of the first name of two of the parties interested in the space is the same – and that letter is “J”.

A satchel of doorknobs Those who weren’t grooving their booties off ’til 4 a.m. at Rhonda’s shindig were getting ready to get down in a different way.The annual Elk Mountains Grand Traverse, a race that sends skiers through 40 miles of backcountry between Crested Butte and Aspen, was slated to kick off at midnight on Friday.

But with bad weather in the air, the skiers didn’t start until Saturday morning. The competitors ended up doing a 37-mile loop near the “Butte” instead.

According to our anonymous source, Carbondalians Collette Newell and Mary Lewis cleaned up big, taking first place in their age group after many snowy hours on their skis.

The duo has dominated in the past as well; they’ve each probably competed in the race six times our source said.

Nathan Ratledge, director of CORE, competed, as did Missouri Heights resident Mike Spayd. Carbondalians Aaron Taylor and John VanNostrand braved the brutal event together for a second time.

Taylor had this to say about the race:“You

Some Scuttle butt butts: Beast Pevec (the dog) was caught checking out the butts of these cows headed home to Carbondale this fall. Photo by Jane Bachrach have to put yourself in the pain cave for as long as you’re out there. It’s like somebody hitting you with a satchel of doorknobs for 11 hours.”

Bluegrass Congrats to KDNK DJ Nina Dropcho.

Nina won the DJ new membership contest.

She was responsible for signing up the most new members during the recent Spring Membership drive and won 50 T-shirts with the name of her show on the back. Putting the popularity of Nina’s show aside, who wouldn’t want to wear a T-shirt that says “Smokin’ Grass”?

Speaking of blue…

Has anyone noticed the plethora of bluebirds in and around Carbondale? Why are they so depressed?

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Hunters on Main Street If you’re an early riser you might have thought you were sleepwalking if you happened to be out and about on Main StreetTuesday morning.There were some hunters decked out in camouflage across from CCAH, but it’s not hunting season, unless of course you’re huntin’ “cougars,” which prowl year round.

But no, you weren’t sleepwalking.According to one of our snoopers, photographer Tyler Stableford was shooting photos of some hunters and fly fishermen for an upcoming issue of Outdoor Life magazine.The national magazine was looking for a picturesque town in a beautiful location where some of the best hunting and fishing could be found.We think you all will agree that the editors made a perfect match – a first-class photographer with a first-class town. ~ By Jane Bachrach. If you discover any scuttlebutt, please send it scuttling her way.

Visiting therapist teaches unique response to war trauma

By Terray Sylvester The Sopris Sun For the last three decades Dr. David Berceli has made a life of traveling the world helping people work through the physical and psychological aftereffects of war, natural disasters and other traumatic events.

Berceli, who holds a Ph. D. in social work, has worked with refugees in Kenya, Sudan and the Middle East; victims of the last year’s huge earthquake in China; soldiers deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan; and others. To all of these people, Berceli has offered a series of exercises that he devised to help ease deepseated chronic muscular tension, which he says can often lie at the root of ailments such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

The exercises trigger a muscular shaking which, says Berceli, is natural and beneficial.

He asserts that it can ease the symptoms of PTSD by soothing the physical effects of trauma, which is something that psychological therapies simply don’t address.

Last weekend Berceli visited the Roaring Fork Valley to teach a workshop in Aspen to about 40 people. The goal was to teach the exercises, and to teach others how to do so.

One of those who attended the event was Carbondale resident Adam McCabe. Over the winter, McCabe, a veteran of the most recent war in Iraq, formed a support group in Carbondale for combat veterans suffering with PTSD. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, PTSD can leave people emotionally numb and/or hyper-aroused, tense,

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and prone to sudden anger. It can bring flashbacks and nightmares, and it frequently occurs in veterans of military combat.

After participating in the weekend workshop, McCabe said that for the first time in years he slept through an entire night.

Now he hopes to bring Berceli’s techniques to the PTSD group, in large part because the exercises seem to ease the tension associated with PTSD without forcing veterans to relive the experiences that caused the tension in the first place.

“So many guys don’t want to relive it, don’t want to go back through it because it’s a difficult process,” McCabe said. “This bypasses all of that. It’s literally the complete opposite way of working this than the norm.”

The Sopris Sun’s Terray Sylvester sat down with Berceli last week to talk to him about his work.

Sopris Sun: So how do your exercises work?

Berceli: Here’s the premise of the technique: For people who have experienced stress, trauma, anxiety, all those sorts of things, cognitive behavioral therapy, where I talk to you about it to try to get you to relax, is moderately at best effective. It takes the long term and it’s usually a one-on-one type of thing.

So when you have something like the huge amount of PTSD among the military, as an example, now you’re talking about a population of hundreds of thousands of people.

How do you deal with that? And these are

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hundreds of thousands of people who don’t want to talk to you. They don’t want to tell you the story. They don’t want to deal with the emotions. They want none of that. The best way to deal with that is actually to work with the body.

Now here’s a simple principle: Let’s say you’re in a car accident and you have a traumatic event. You’re not physically injured at all but you create a contracted pattern in the body … All I have to do is to get that pattern to let go in the body.

So I’ve designed a series of six exercises and what they do is they begin to release these muscle contractions in the body. Once [the contractions] relax then you feel calmer inside, and then you’re able to talk about this story that otherwise was too anxiety-provoking.

Sopris Sun: Where did you learn this technique?

Berceli: I developed it. I studied many different things like Tai Chi and energetic response and yoga … But I learned this reaction by actually living in war, because all of us after a bombing would shake like hell. And

Dr. David Berceli. Photo by Terray Sylvester so I had the natural conclusion everyone else had: “We’re having a nervous breakdown or we’re overwhelmed.” Then I began to realize this is too common; this is part of something inside the [human] organism – this is natural for us. And I began to ask the question: BERCELI page 8

Next Steps:

The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder group meets Mondays at 8 p.m. in the Circle Club on Cowen Drive. The group is intended only for combat veterans, but Adam McCabe encourages veterans of any conflict to attend. For more information, contact McCabe at (309) 613-6191, or bigmac309@gmail.com.

For more information about Dr. David Berceli, his work and his two books, call Jacy Sundlie at 948-4154, or visit traumaprevention.com.

Nonprofit highlight ROTARY CORNER All 33,000 Rotary clubs around the world share a key mission: to serve their communities and those in need throughout the world while promoting high ethical standards. Carbondale Rotary Club annually contributes nearly $50,000 to local non-profits, student scholarships and internationally through its World Community Service projects.

For the 2010-2011 Rotary year, the Carbondale club has chosen to donate to the following international projects:

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1. Rotary International Haiti Relief Fund: Funds donated to this program are primarily used after the initial emergency funds have been distributed. They will be used for long term re-development of the country.

2. Shelter Box is an international disaster charity that works separately as well as in collaboration with Rotary International to provide temporary on-site housing (tents and supplies) immediately after a disaster.

3. Guatemala Literacy Project is a well established non-profit that provides funds and supplies to support the instruction of basic literacy skills to the country of Guatemala.

4. The Hope and Relief Foundation supports the schools of the “Children of the Dump” in Chinendega, Nicaragua.

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If you would like to learn more about any of these international projects please contact Ann Harris, 618-6001, or Chip Munday, 963-9858. Non-Rotarians are invited to become involved in any of these ongoing international projects.

And next month the Carbondale Club will be awarding grants to many local non-profit organizations. To apply for these grants, pick up an application at Carbondale Town Hall and return it to Andy White, 274-2157, by April 28.

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Film, speaker to tell tale of recovery Jaywalker Lodge press release Normand Cartier, whose journey back from homelessness, addiction and despair is chronicled in a feature length 2007 documentary film, will appear for Q&A at the Crystal Theatre at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 3. The documentary, “Lost in Woonsocket” will be screened.

In 2005, filmmakers John Chester and Andre Miller had set out to capture the stories of strangers in need of humanitarian assistance. They were working for a reality TV series on A&E, and though the television series was short-lived, Normand Cartier (right) will be present for a Q&A durChester and Miller found ing a screening of “Lost in Woonsocket” at the Crystal themselves moved by the Theatre on Saturday. The film tells of his recovery from plight of two homeless alco- addiction. Courtesy photo holics whom they came across living in a tent on the outskirts of the town of Woonsocket, R.I. Cartier was one of those two men. He had been AWOL from his family for years, when the filmmakers chanced upon him. The documentary follows his journey and that of his friend Mark as they struggle to come to terms with life in sobriety, and to reconnect with estranged family members and friends in the small town.

Nearly five years later, Normand Cartier is sober, reconnected with his family, and a recent college graduate. Cartier’s is a story of hope, healing, and the influence that one caring human being can have upon the life of another.

The screening will feature a presentation of the film, which runs 81 minutes, followed by an informal discussion and Q&A with Cartier. There is no charge, although a suggested $5 donation will go to offset Cartier’s travel expenses.

Saturday’s event is sponsored by Colorado Advocates for Recovery, and by Jaywalker Lodge, a drug and alcohol rehab facility in Carbondale. For more information, contact Bob Ferguson at Jaywalker Lodge (970) 704-9292.

Berceli continued om page 7 “Could this be not pathological but actually useful for us?”

And what I discovered was that animals have this reaction all the time.Animals in the wild, when they go through some sort of traumatic event, will tremor very strongly and when they tremor it’s like pushing a reset button, which calms the body down and then they don’t have post-trauma reactions.

Sopris Sun: Has your technique been adopted by the U.S. Veterans Administration?

Berceli: No. I work a lot with them and they use it a lot but it hasn’t been medically proven by the American Psychiatric Association, and until that happens [the V.A.] can’t legally use it, but I’ve been invited into military bases all over the country.

Sopris Sun: Where are you going next?

Berceli: I’m going to Walter Reed Army Hospital and I’ll be working with a couple colonels up there who know my work – have heard about it from soldiers and they want me to show it to them. One of them told me he wants to be certified to teach it. I’m subversively getting into the military because it works and the soldiers are telling them it works, not me. And when the soldiers are telling them this, then they listen.

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First Friday happenings

The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities at 645 Main Street hosts the 5Point Gallery Show with adventure-inspired works by Amee Hinkley and Renan Ozturk, which explore the relationship between humans and their physical and psychological landscape. The opening reception lasts from 5 to 9 p.m., and the show, INterACTION, will remain in place through April.

CCAH will also be sending the Art Bus to the concert by the Asylum Street Spankers at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen on Friday. The Spankers are debuting their newest album, “God’s Favorite Band” and will fill the stage with gospel, signing and picking. The bus leaves at 6:45 p.m. from the CCAH gallery.

Dancing Colours Studio at 968 Main Street will celebrate its spring re-opening with fun, new artful gifts and a new spring/summer workshop list. For more information, call 963-2965.

Majid Kahhak will paint live from 6 to 8 p.m. at Kahhak Fine Arts & School, 411 Main Street. The paintings will be inspired by spring renewal and Easter. Beverages and hors d’oeuvres will be served. For more information, call 704-0622.

SAW (Studio for Art + Works) at 978 Euclid Avenue opens “Spring Showing” by potter Nancy Barbour from 6 to 9 p.m. The show is a welcome display of flowers and the exuberance of spring about to burst, Barbour said. For more information call Barbour at (970) 309-2774.

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Community Calendar

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

Events take place in Carbondale unless noted.

THURSDAY April 1

SATURDAY April 3

BOOK READING • Dennis Vaughn, author of “The Price of Revenge,” reads live from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Ann Korologos Gallery, 211 Midland Ave., Basalt. More info: 927-9668, korologosgallery.com.

C’DALE EGG HUNT • The annual Easter egg hunt will be held at Sopris Park and kicks off with a shotgun start at 10 a.m.

Registration and an Easter basket raffle start at 9 a.m., or pre-register before Saturday at the Carbondale recreation center. All events free to children ages one to eight.

More info: 704-4190.

TRAIL WORK PARTY • Roaring Fork Outdoors Volunteers celebrates the launch of the trail work season with a crew leader kick-off party at 7 p.m. at The Village Smithy, 26 S. Third St. Features refreshments and info about RFOV programs.

More info and to RSVP: 927-8241, rfov@sopris.net.

AQUATIC EGG HUNT • The Snowmass Village Recreation Center offers a free underwater Easter egg hunt at 11 a.m. in the pool. Children will be divided by age

FRIDAY April 2 WELLNESS CLASS • Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs hosts a class on therapeutic foods at 10:30 a.m. Free to Cardiac Wellness Members, $7 for others.

Pre-registration: 384-7159.

MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “The Ghost Writer” (PG-13) at 7:30 p.m.

April 2-8 and “The Last Station” (R) at 5 p.m. April 3-4.

ENERGY GRANT WORKSHOP • A workshop for small business owners, farmers and ranchers to learn how to prepare a grant application for USDA clean energy grants and loans will be held from 1 to 4:30 p.m. at CMC’s Glenwood Center, 1402 Blake Ave., Glenwood Springs. Register by April 2. More info: garfieldcleanenergy.org.

ART OPEN HOUSE • Anderson Ranch Arts Center holds its annual Spring Open House from 5 to 7 p.m. in recognition of the center’s productive winter season. Studio tours. Free. More info: 923-3181, andersonranch.org.

Cardiac Wellness Members, $7 for others.

Pre-registration: 384-7159.

WATER FILM • The Roaring Fork Conservancy presents “Tapped,” an unflinching look at the unregulated and unseen world of the bottled water industry at 7 p.m. at the Church at Carbondale. More info: 9271290, roaringfork.org/tapped.

NATURALIST NIGHTS • The Wilderness Workshop presents a free slide show about climate change by Will Roush, who has used repeat photography to document rising tree lines in the Canadian Rockies. 7 p.m. at Dos Gringos Burritos, 588 Highway 133. More info: 963-3977.

WEDNESDAY April 7 ROTARY PRESENTATION • The Carbondale Rotary Club holds its weekly meeting at 7 a.m. at 300 Meadowood Drive. More info: (970) 379-1436.

CAFÉ SCI • Roaring Fork Café Sci holds its first meeting at 6:30 p.m. at Malibu Restaurant in El Jebel. John Katzenberger, co-founder of the Aspen Global Change Institute presents “Tinkering with the Earth: The Power and Peril of Geoengineering.”

Free. More info: visit rfcafesci.com or email cafesci@live.com.

GARCO COMP PLAN • Garfield County hosts a third public meeting to gather input on its 2030 comp plan revision from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at town hall, 511 Colorado Ave. More info: 945-8212, garfieldcomprehensiveplan2030.com.

LIVE MUSIC • Rivers Restaurant at 2525 S. Grand Ave. in Glenwood Springs presents an electric/acoustic joyride by Mike Waters at 9 p.m. No cover. More info: (970) 928-8813.

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Year-round noise monitoring, wind power purchase and recycling deicing fluids.

The Church at Redstone Come enjoy Easter Sunday in Redstone.

Our Easter service is at 10:00 a.m. leaving you time to enjoy brunch or other leisurely Redstone activities.

Families welcome.

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TUESDAY April 6

WELLNESS CLASS • Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs hosts a class in healthy meals at 6 p.m. Free to

FIRST FRIDAY • The monthly First Friday festivities come to downtown Carbondale with a gallery walk, sales, specials, refreshments, music and more beginning at about 6 p.m.

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group. More info: 922-2240.

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Further Out

April 8

WALDORF TOUR • From 8:25-9:55 a.m. the Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork hosts “Walk Through the Grades,” a chance to observe each grade and to talk with faculty members. 16543 Highway 82, on the frontage road a 1/2 mile east of Catherine’s Store. Reservations and more info: 963-1960, waldorfcarbondale.org.

KINDERGARTEN INFO NIGHT • Crystal River Elementary School holds a kindergarten information night from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Registration is April 13 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Both events take place at the school at 160 Snowmass Drive. More info: 384-5620.

April 9 PRESCHOOL OPEN HOUSE • Mt. Sopris Montessori School hosts an open house beginning at 10 a.m. at the school, 879 Euclid Ave, with tours of classes in session. Refreshments. More info: 963-3506.

STUDENT MUSIC SHOWCASE • Jazz Aspen Snowmass presents a free public performance by Roaring Fork Valley students at Harris Hall in Aspen at 7 p.m.; doors open at 6:30 p.m. School choirs, bands and jazz groups. More info: 920-4996, jazzaspen.org.

April 10 HEALTH FAIR • Roaring Fork High School hosts a community health fair organized by Valley View Hospital from 7 to 11 a.m. Blood tests, medical screenings, info booths. Free, blood chemistry tests for a fee. More info: vvh.org, 384-6653.

KATHLEEN CURRY • Colorado State Rep. Kathleen Curry will host a meet and greet from

11 a.m. to noon at the River Valley Ranch Clubhouse, 444 River Valley Ranch Drive.

More info: 963-1492, kathleencurry.org.

CONTRA DANCE • A community contra dance with Richard Meyers as caller takes place from 8 to 10:30 p.m. at Glenwood Springs Elementary School in Glenwood Springs. Beginners should arrive at 7:30 p.m.

Live music by the Last Minute String Band. $8. More info: 945.0350, lastminutestringband.com.

April 12 PRESCHOOL PIX • At 10:15 a.m. Aspen Film presents the best in children’s books on video for kids ages 3 to 6 at the Children’s Rocky Mountain School at 1493 County Road 106, Bar Fork A. Spanish language program starts at 10:45 a.m. More info: aspenfilm.org, 925-6882.

April 13 REINVENT YOURSELF • Roaring Fork Leadership and the Glenwood Chamber present “Reinvent Yourself,” a program with Greg Cortopassi to help you make your life more fulfilling. Class will be held from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. at US Bank, 1901 Grand Ave., Glenwood Springs. $30 for chamber members, $40 for general public. More info: rfleadership.org.

PARTY FOR HASSIG • Town hall will host a community party to honor outgoing mayor Michael Hassig’s 18 years of service to the town.The bash kicks off at 6:30 p.m. at town hall, 511 Colorado Ave. Dinner catered by El Pollo Rico. Beverages provided. Bring a dessert and stories. More info: 963-2733.

ARBOR DAY ART • The Carbondale Tree Board seeks submissions from student artists in Carbondale for artwork to be featured on the poster for this year’s Arbor Day, April 24. Submissions due April 9 at CCAH, 645 Main St. More info: 963-7055 or 963-1680.

ROTARY GRANTS • Carbondale Rotary is accepting grant applications until April 28.

More info and applications are available at Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Ave, or call Andy White at 274-2157, or visit rotarycarbondale.org.

FILM ENTRIES DUE • The student-run Rocky Mountain Student Filmfest is accepting entries to its 11th annual event. Submissions due by April 6. Entry forms and more info: studentfilmfest.org, 384-5963.

GROUP WORKOUT • The WIN Health Institute, 1460 E. Valley Rd. in Basalt hosts group workouts from 7 to 8 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays through May 27. $160 per month, $30 drop in. More info: 510-5121, phoenixfitnessgym@yahoo.com.

CHOIR PRACTICE • The Aspen/Glenwood Community Chorus practices at the United Methodist Church from 6 to 8 p.m., Mondays, at 824 Cooper Ave. in Glenwood Springs, and from 5 to 7 p.m., Sundays, at the Aspen Community Church at 200 E. Bleeker Street in Aspen. No audition required. More info: 925-3685.

LIVE MUSIC • Bobby Mason plays live at Konnyaku, 568 Highway 133, Fridays 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. More info: bobbymason.com, 704-0889.

KINDER TOURS • Crystal River Elemen-

tary School hosts kindergarten tours at 8:30 a.m. every Wednesday through March at the school at 160 Snowmass Drive. More info: (970) 384-5620.

FARMERS’ MARKET • The Carbondale Farmers’ Market is now accepting vendors applications for this summer, June 16 through October 6. Applications due May 1.

Vendors filling unique niches are encouraged.

More info: carbondalefarmersmarket.com.

STORIES FROM THE HEART • Senior Matters offers Stories from the Heart workshops from 2 to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays through June, at The Third Street Center. More info: randyvan@comcast.net.

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.

CASTLE TOURS • Guided tours of the historic Redstone Castle are ongoing throughout the winter at 1:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.Tickets: Tiffany of Redstone and the Redstone General Store. More info: 9639656 or redstonecastle.us.

CLAY CLASSES • The Carbondale Clay Center at 135 Main Street is now registering for its next eight week class session for potters of all levels, adults and children. More info: 963-2529, carbondaleclay.org.

SINGING CLASS • Senior Matters and Betsy Schenck offer a beginning singing class Thursdays from 2 to 4 pm. Free. For location and more info: 963-2536.

Spring Classes Begin April 12th!

Babies ~ Toddlers ~ Preschoolers ~ Mixed ages A community of families sharing songs, instrument play, rhythm chants, and movement in a relaxed, playful, interactive setting.

Respecting learning styles of very young children.

Parents co-create a rich learning environment to nurture musical awareness, ability, imagination.

Carbondale Classes at True Nature Studio also Aspen, Basalt, Glenwood Springs and New Castle

All Valley Music Together 963-1482 AllValleyMusic.com

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And the winner is – Totems Thanks to the community for these fantastic suggestions and for becoming part of the art:

Totems – Acrylic on Canvas 30” x 40” Jeff Ross, Peaceful Abstract Artist Healing Art for a Peaceful Mind Thanks to Elliot Carroll of Basalt for his name suggestion of Totems during the February First Friday Celebration at Green Miracle Medicinals, on the sunny side of Main Street in Carbondale

EYE OF THE STORM IMPAIRED UFEURIUM KUSH KATT COEXIST IN JOY RED CONFLICT CHAOS VISCERA SLIPPERY STUFF EYE SOLE TAHITIAN SURPRISE SO MUCH TO SEE CLARITY OVER CONFUSION SLUICE SPLASH JOURNEY TO THE CENTER PHOENIX IN FLIGHT LIONEYZER QUIET FIRE ON THE MOVE FUNNY FARM DESECHOS HAZEY EYES ICE PRINCESS CHAOTIC DANCE IN A FIRE STORM BAD MUSIC HEARTBEAT SPROUT TOTEMS TRAFFIC LIFE VIVACIOUS THE NEVER ENDING STORY SHE’S IN THE CHAMBER

Totems is currently healing at Akashic Collection 327 Main Street - Carbondale

Please Join us April 2nd to Celebrate the First Friday of Spring Green Miracle Medicinals 443 Main Street - Carbondale 963-1234 or Ric 309-2326 Book signing by George Stranahan Artists Represented Jeff Ross George Stranahan Earl Biss Hunter S. Thompson Bob Abric It’s all a buzz...experience the miracle.

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Community Briefs Dandelion Day applications due

Film screening focus of V-Day

Calling all flea marketers, farmers, nonprofit organizations and environmentally conscious businesses: Booth applications are available for Carbondale’s 12th annual Dandelion Day, to be held May 8 in Sopris Park.

Flea marketers and vendors typically sell flower and veggie starts, locally made art such as pottery, jewelry, clothing, accessories – and more. Non-profit organizations have typically taught people about what they do in the community. Local food vendors are also welcome. There will be live music and family fun in the park all afternoon. For more information call Suzanne at 618-1849 or email g.suzanne@rocketmail.com.

V-Day Roaring Fork 2010 and The Advocate Safehouse Project will kick off Sexual Assault Awareness Month with a screening of the V-Day documentary film “Until the Violence Stops” at 8 p.m. April 3 at Dos Gringos Burritos.

V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls by promoting creative events to increase awareness, raise money and revitalize the spirit of existing antiviolence organizations. Last year more than 4,200 V-Day benefits took place around the world raising funds and awareness towards ending violence against women. Since 1998, V-Day and these highly successful events have raised about $70 million for local beneficiaries working to end violence against women and girls.

“Until The Violence Stops” features playwright and activist Eve Ensler in a powerful film that documents how“The Vagina Monologues” grew into an international grassroots V-Day movement.

The documentary shows women around the world uniting and courageously revealing their intimate and deeply painful experiences with abuse ranging from rape to female circumcision.

In 2004, “Until The Violence Stops” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and on Lifetime Television. It has been screened at the Amnesty International Film Festivals in Amsterdam and Vancouver. It took top honor at the Vancouver festival. To learn more about V‑Day Roaring Fork call (970) 985-5352 or e-mail debcolley@gmail.com.

Dandelion Day seeks shirt designs The Carbondale Dandelion Day Committee is seeking T-shirt designs for the 12th annual Dandelion Day, May 8 in Sopris Park. This event is Carbondale’s creative community celebration of sustainability and environmental consciousness, say the organizers. Designs must have a maximum of three colors and be suitable for T-shirts and posters. If including wording in the design, please remember that Dandelion Day is singular, not plural. Submit designs to Carbondale Town Hall by April 23. For more information, call Stacy at 319-3634 or email stacys14@yahoo.com.

Literacy tutors sought Literacy Outreach is looking for volunteers to help people who are eager to improve their reading, writing, math or English-speaking skills. No prior teaching experience or Spanish language skills needed, but volunteers must have the ability to read and speak English, and dedicate at least two hours per week to work one-on-one with an adult. Volunteer informational sessions will be at 5:30 p.m.

April 1 and 6 at the Glenwood Springs Branch Library.

These informal and brief presentations will provide details about Literacy Outreach’s volunteer tutoring program and allow for questions. Training sessions will be held in April.

Volunteers must attend one informational session and the training. Reserve your space by calling Literacy Outreach at 945-5282.

KDNK presents ‘Local Sound’ KDNK community radio presents“Fostering Local Sound” from 7 to 9 p.m. April 2 at Steve’s Guitars. The concert will be broadcast live on KDNK. People are invited to bring a light potluck dish and/or drink and mingle from 6 to 7 p.m.

The evening is hosted by KDNK General Manager Steve Skinner and will feature four local songwriters playing a short acoustic set.

The schedule is: • 7 to 7:25 p.m. – Nelson Oldham, a founding member of the Redtones who plays guitar, sings and writes songs.

• 7:30 to 7:55 p.m. – Jacob Russo, a singer/songwriter who celebrates life, death and everything in between with a folky unique blend of musical styles.

• 8 to 8:25 p.m. – Ananda Bank, a local gal with a great voice, a swinging sense of style and a fabulous sense of humor.

• 8:30 to 9 p.m. – Matt Johnson, a seasoned songwriter who has performed and recorded original music for many years.

For more information contact Steve Skinner at 963-0139 or email steve@kdnk.org.

Movie looks at bottled water biz Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a commodity that should be bought and sold like any other article of commerce? Stephanie Soechtig’s film“Tapped, the Movie” is an examination of the big business of bottled water, exposing its economic, social and environmental realities.

The Roaring Fork Conservancy will present a screening of the film at 7 p.m. April 6 at the Gathering Center at the Church at Carbondale.

From the producers of “Who Killed the Electric Car” and “I.O.U.S.A.,” this timely documentary is a behind-the-scenes look into the unregulated and unseen world of an industry that aims to privatize and sell back the one resource that ought to never become a commodity: our water. This is not just a national or global issue, states a press release from the conservancy. Bottled water is threatening the health of local rivers and streams.

Plans are under way to mine water in the Arkansas River valley and bottle it in Denver.

Millions of gallons of replacement water for this project would come from the Roaring Fork Valley, delivered through transmountain diversions under the Continental Divide.

For more information, visit roaringfork.org/tapped.

GarCo sends out Comp Plan survey As the Garfield County Comprehensive Plan process continues, input is needed from property owners, businesses and special interests groups affecting future growth in the county.

The second in a series of three online surveys is now available for anyone interested in COMMUNITY BRIEFS page 13

Community Briefs continued providing feedback on critical land use issues in the county. To participate in the online survey, visit the comprehensive plan Web site at garfieldcomprehensiveplan2030.com. You can also access the most current information about the plan process and use the Web site to sign up for automatic updates and periodic newsletters.

In addition, the third set of community dialogue meetings will be held in early April throughout the county to obtain input from area residents on the comprehensive plan process and initial growth strategies for the county. Meetings are planned to be informative and provide an opportunity for citizens to be heard.

The meetings will be April 6 at the Glenwood Springs Community Center and April 7 at Carbondale Town Hall. All meetings will be held from 6-8:30 p.m.

Information may also be obtained through the Garfield County Building and Planning Department at 945-8212 or by emailing tallen@garfield-county.com.

Author to talk hope with kids Noted author and speaker Mark Hoog will be presenting ideas to parents on how to inspire children to excel in life and to explore their potential. Additionally, he will show how a love of reading helps to achieve these goals. Inspired by the loss of a friend on Sept.

11, 2001, – the captain aboard United Flight 93 – Hoog wrote the Growing Field series of books. He is the founder of the Children’s Leadership Institute and has authored “Your Song,”“Dream Machine” and “Letters from Katrina.” The Growing Field series, best described as Tony Robbins meets Dr. Seuss, is designed to teach young children the life changing ideas and behaviors associated with personal growth, high self-esteem, self-empowerment, leadership, and strong character.

The event will be at 7 p.m. April 8 at the Carbondale Community School and is free and open to the public. The school is located at 1505 Delores Way. For more information, call 963-9647.

Student musicians perform The Aspen Music Festival and School and Jazz Aspen Snowmass present a free public performance featuring student groups from throughout the Roaring Fork Valley at 7 p.m.

April 9 at Harris Hall in Aspen. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

The performance showcases students who benefit from education outreach music programs provided by JAS In-Schools and AMFS M.O.R.E. Music Programs. The three winners of the JAS/John Oates Songwriting Contest will perform. They are Brit Thomas of Glenwood Springs High School, Obadiah Jones of Aspen High School, and Matt Thomas of Basalt High School.

Among the student groups on stage are the Carbondale Middle School Band and the JAS In-Schools Jazz Sextet (high school students from Carbondale and Glenwood Springs).

Youth leadership deadline coming Students currently in the eighth- and ninth-grades in north-central Colorado have the opportunity to attend the free First Ascent Youth Leadership program this summer presented by Colorado Mountain College.

Now in its 16th year, First Ascent teaches lifelong leadership skills, including problem solving, consensus-building, conflict resolu-

tion and communication. Students build selfesteem through new challenges such as teambuilding, rock climbing, climbing Mount Elbert and river rafting. Young leaders also study issues in conservation. This year’s program is scheduled for July 10-15 at the college’s residential campus in Leadville.

Each year the program accepts 40 students who show potential to be leaders and successful students. Applications are due April 12 and are available through middle and high school counselors or online at coloradomtn.edu/firstascent. For more information, contact program coordinator Mariana Velasquez-Schmahl at 947-8357 or mschmahl@coloradomtn.edu.

Music Together spring classes All Valley Music Together holds a number of classes for eight to 10 families to share songs, play instruments, and participate in rhythm chants and movement activities in a relaxed, playful, interactive setting.

Spring classes begin April 12. Carbondale classes meet Tuesdays at 9:30 and 10:45 a.m.; Wednesdays at 10:45 a.m; and Thursdays at 9:30 and 10:45 a.m at True Nature Studio. Another group also meets with the seniors on Fridays at 10 a.m. at Heritage Park Assisted Living. Registration is required for classes and the family cost is $160 for the eight-week class. The fee includes CDs and songbook materials for each family.

For more information, call 963-1482, visit AllValleyMusic.com or email annieflynn@sopris.net.

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CU-Denver offers counseling MA The University of Colorado at Denver will hold information meetings about the master’s program in counseling psychology and counselor education, which will be taught beginning in August at the school’s Glenwood Springs location.

The informational meetings will be at 6 p.m. April 16 and 9 a.m. April 17 at the Red Mountain Room at the Glenwood Springs Community Center, 100 Wulfsohn Road.

Two nationally accredited programs leading to licensure will be offered: Clinical Mental Health Counseling/Private Practice. The complete 63-hour master of arts degree will be offered in Glenwood Springs over a three-year time span. Courses will be offered on a weekend basis (Friday night and all-day Saturday).

For additional information or application materials, call Marlinda Hines at (303) 3154977 or email marlinda.hines@ucdenver.edu.

Relay for life kickoff meeting The Roaring Fork Relay For Life will hold a kickoff meeting for the 2010 relay at 7 p.m.

April 8 at Saint Mary’s of the Crown Catholic Church on White Hill. This fun meeting will include information on the relay and how to form a team, as well as prizes and refreshments. Information about forming a team and becoming involved with the relay is also available from Katie Erikson, (218) 3493303 or roaringforkrelay.com.

During the relay, people walk around the clock in the battle against cancer. Organized under the American Cancer Society, this celebration of life brings numerous groups and individuals concerned about cancer together for a unified effort to fight back.

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Recession sparks creativity continued om page 1 floor. Lulubelle Clothing is located at 320 Main St. (formerly Liberty Home Mortgage) between Roadside Gallery and Hestia.

Cynoski has selected her clothing lines and designers and has built the Web site, lulubellecarbondale.com to help market her boutique.

“This has just always been a dream of mine. I managed a clothing store in college and have always wanted to have my own shop since then,” Cynoski said.

“I’ve actually had a great response. It’s exciting for me,” Cynoski said of the number of inquiries and comments she’s gotten simply based on the signs covering the windows.

Lulubelle will be open seven days a week during regular business hours.

Economic experts across the country say that one upside to a recession is that people have the motivation to get creative or try new businesses. Town Finance Director Nancy Barnett could only speculate as to why some new business owners are opening up shop during a time when citizens are shopping less.

“It could be that people have lost their jobs and feel it is the time to start a new business – create income. It could be that no one was quite aware of how bad the economy would be in 2009,” Barnett commented.

Some valley residents have not shied away from the chance to take over or save a business, either. In 2010, Carbondale has seen new owners take over Aloha Mountain Cyclery (formerly Ute City Cycles) and Carnahan’s Tavern (formerly The Nugget). And at least one business owner, Teresa Garcia of

Deportes Jenny, is expanding into a larger space to make ends meet in tight fiscal times.

For Phil Kosowski, owner of Indoor Garden Supply, the motivation to start a business had much to do with his lifelong love of gardening and a desire to help residents become self-sustaining by growing their own food.

“I’ve been an avid gardener my whole life.

I’m really pushing for sustainability. I’d like to see everyone have some sort of garden,” Kosowski said.

Since the season is shorter in the mountain region, Kosowski said growing veggies and herbs inside can increase the harvest, whether by keeping plants inside or starting them early and transplanting them outdoors.

“I’d also like to help educate people.

Everyone wants to garden but not everyone has a green thumb,” said Kosowski, who has experience as a landscape designer.

His shop specializes in LED lights for indoor growing, hydroponic supplies, plant nutrients and fertilizers. Also on the shelves, you’ll find organic seeds, pruning tools, organic starter plants, organic potting mix, and high-efficiency and compact composters.

When people think of growing lights, they envision marijuana in the basement, but the use of LED lights is ideal for all types of growers, according to Kosowski. LED lights are suited for plant growth and are more efficient than the typical lamps used for indoor gardening, which use high intensity discharge bulbs.

“I’m really focusing on all types of growers, including traditional gardeners. I’m trying to be a resource for people.”

He also thinks Carbondale is the right place to push the sustainability notion. Residents think green and try to eat local veggies and meats.

“It just seemed like the time and place

was right,” Kosowski said.

Indoor Garden Supply is expected to open this week and is located in the La Fontana Plaza next to Dos Gringos Burritos and PostNet.

Above: The eclectic Akashic Gallery found a home on Main Street within the last couple months. Photo by Jane Bachrach Right: A crew was moving Little Bear antiques into its new home in the Sopris shopping center this week.

Photo by Jane Bachrach

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Letters continued om page 2 many voluntary boards prior to that. She played a big role in creating our “green” recreation center. She will lend her ear to listen to different points of view before solving problems. She is approachable to talk to, flexible when she needs to be and tough on issues she feels won’t help our town. She offers Carbondale the best future as mayor because she has no personal agenda other than caring about the future of our town and what is best for our community, including her school-age children.

Electing Stacey mayor and having Ed continue to serve on the trustee board is the most advantageous to Carbondale’s success in these trying times of a down-turned economy and increasingly important decisions about how Carbondale will grow.

Stacey provides leadership that represents diverse voices from our community. The town needs that leadership.

We need to elect Stacey Patch Bernot mayor of Carbondale to continue the work she’s already devoted herself to as trustee in our town for six years. As mayor pro tem she has shown she is capable of leading a respectful and efficient board meeting.

She’s brave enough to tackle the challenges our town faces now and will continue to face in the years ahead.

Stacey is a straight shooter and doesn’t sway her thoughts to promote her own agenda. Please exercise your privilege as a Carbondale citizen and vote on Tuesday, April 6. Thank you for considering a vote for Stacey Patch Bernot.

Wendy S. Hayden Carbondale

Comp Plan it your way Dear Editor: How often have you said to yourself, “If it were up to me, I would have done it differently!”

Well, here is your chance to do it your way. The comprehensive plan for Garfield County is your plan. The plan will be your way to design the community that you live in – if you participate. On the evenings of April 5, 6, and 7 another series of public meetings will be convened for the express purpose of getting your views on the future of land use in Garfield County.

Many of the regulations, laws, and plans that affect us we only influence with a vote.

In the case of the comprehensive plan, you are invited into a dialog with your neigh-

bors and with planning professionals. The results of these discussions will affect you right here in the place where you live.

Please take the time to attend one of the meetings near you. Take this unique opportunity to use your creativity and vision to help all of us plan a better future for our local land and resources.

Jock Jacober Garfield County Planning Commission

We’ve been ‘Obama’d’ Dear Editor: I had a dream and Obama made a part of that dream come true early Monday morning [March 22]. For the people that are not patient, Rome wasn’t built in a day.

The United States took many years to get into the mess it’s in. Let’s give it time. We’ve been Obama’d. Hurray for the United States. This is our land, respect it and one another.

Mary Wheeler Carbondale

C’dale shorts Shortsfest Dear Editor: I am ashamed that the town of Carbondale is neither a sponsor nor grantor for the 19th annual Aspen Shortsfest, April 6 through 11. It is very odd that Shortsfest is playing in a town that is not a sponsor – and Carbondale is a major venue for the event! Basalt is a Grantor and they are not being used for this event. Carbondale is lucky to have the facilities. Now let’s get the city behind this event and become a sponsor or grantor next year – before Shortsfest goes to El Jebel!

Leary O’Gorman Carbondale

The Fundamental Right to Exclude Fathom minus five the bottom lies Where rafter rests in riparian shade To catch his breath and close his eyes Nothing of this that’s been made But does suffer a sea change Into something foul and strange When riverfront estates, their owners rich Do whine and rant and loudly bitch “Tis a violation both vile and rude Of my fundamental right to exclude” Jose Alcantara Carbondale

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It’s the economics of our criminal justice system that will keep drugs illegal as long as possible. There are too many bureaucracies, and private companies that owe their jobs and existence to keeping drugs illegal. The DEA has 10,000 employees and spends about $2.6 billion every year. The federal state and local judicial systems employ about 460,000 people. Correctional Corporation of America is a successful private prison company that guarded almost 80,000 prisoners in 2009. It grossed $425 million last year, made a 4 percent profit and expects to increase its number of beds by 4 percent in 2010. These companies and agencies depend on a steady stream of drug arrests to keep the system going. A majority of those arrested are minorities. If we legalize drugs maybe we could reduce the swelling in our massive prison system, our bloated court system, and our heavily armed police departments by 50 percent. We could reduce these costs to $250 billion a year just fighting normal murder and mayhem.That would leave $200 billion for education and real treatment. After those genetic sociopaths weed themselves either into the hospital or the graveyard, things should settle down and we can take our soma and just worry about coveting thy neighbor’s wife or his gold.

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Ranchers weigh impacts of recreation, wilderness continued om page 3 Turnbull said that when recreation meets ranching, headaches result for ranchers.

Gates get left open, cattle get stirred up, and the livestock ends up where it shouldn’t.

He emphasized that he and other ranchers have seen more intense impacts from recreation on the BLM-managed Crown south of Carbondale, and want to avoid a similar situation in the Hay Park area. On the Crown, grazing allotments overlap with popular, relatively accessible trails.

“If we have a huge intrusion of people – which has happened on the Crown – then those cattle are never settled down,” Turnbull said. “People take their bikes and they take their dogs with them and the cattle get moving and … don’t really stay where they need to be staying as far as grazing management goes.”

Besides hosting cattle every summer, the area is home to the Hay Park Trail, a popular bicycling route that leads roughly from Dinkle Lake to the Capitol Creek drainage.

The ranchers have proposed to leave that trail out of the wilderness proposal, but want wilderness to run along both sides of it. That would mean barring bikes from some other trails in the area, including a route called the Buzzard Basin Trail, which runs through the southern part of the proposed addition.

“What we’re proposing is to try to keep [mountain biking] on one basic corridor from Dinkle Lake to Capitol Creek,” Turnbull said. No motorized recreation is currently allowed in the East Hay Park area.

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A view of the proposed Hay Park wilderness areas near Mount Sopris. Photo by Jane Bachrach Shoemaker said that the Hidden Gems Campaign has decided to incorporate the more northerly portion of the ranchers’ proposed addition into the wilderness proposal.

But as yet, the campaign hasn’t made a decision about the Buzzard Basin area.

Mike Pritchard, who sits on the board of the Roaring Fork Mountain Bike Association, noted that two trails north of the main Hay Park Trail – in addition to the Buzzard Basin Trail which runs south of it – stood to

be affected by the ranchers’ proposal.

An issue close to home Though the Hidden Gems spans parts of six counties, ranchers are having the greatest impact on the proposal in the Crystal and Roaring Fork river valleys in Pitkin County, Shoemaker said.

To some extent, that’s a result of the fact that the two valleys lie within Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District. New wilderness

areas must be approved by Congress, and the Hidden Gems coalition expects 3rd District Rep. John Salazar to lend a close ear to agricultural interests.

“Mr. Salazar has been very clear,” Shoemaker said.“He comes from an agricultural background. … It’s very important to him what agriculture has to say about this.”

But for the most part, ranchers play a larger role in the 3rd District simply because that’s where most of the overlap between grazing allotments and the wilderness proposal occur. Although the bulk of the proposal, about 240,000 acres, lies in the 2nd District, the campaign has had to make only a few minor concessions to ranchers in that district so far.

And though the Wilderness Workshop has been in discussion with ranchers who hold leases elsewhere near the Roaring Fork, some of the most significant input from ranchers has occurred on either side of the Crystal River. Aside from the Hay Park area to the east of the river, ranchers have supported about 25,000 proposed acres of new wilderness on Assignation ridge, that runs west of Carbondale In early January, Sue Rodgers, owner of the Crystal River Ranch, and Marj Perry and Bill Fales, owners of the Cold Mountain Ranch, endorsed a wilderness designation for Assignation Ridge. They are the only ranchers who graze cattle on the ridge.

Fales said he made his decision partly in order to mitigate the impacts of recreation in the area.

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Community Briefs continued overnight relay from 6:30 p.m. Aug. 13 to 8:30 a.m. Aug. 14.

Clinic offers Saturday hours In an ongoing commitment to the community and to accommodate those who work on weekdays, Mountain Family Health Center offers Saturday hours each weekend.

The Saturday Clinic is a reliable, low-cost alternative to visiting hospital emergency rooms for minor injuries and infections, and non life-threatening illnesses like coughs, colds and flu. The Saturday Clinic is open from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on a walk-in basis, and no appointment is necessary.

Mountain Family is also open Monday through Friday from 8:15 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Mountain Family Health Center is located at 1905 Blake Ave., Suite 101, in Glenwood Springs, across the street from Valley View Hospital. To schedule an appointment on weekdays, call 945-2840.

Mountain Family welcomes any person in need of care, regardless of ability to pay, accepting most private insurances, Medicaid and Medicare. It offers sliding scale programs and other assistance programs for any person who is uninsured.

Arbor Day poster contest In collaboration with the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities, the Carbondale Tree Board is seeking submissions from student artists in Carbondale for artwork to be featured on the poster for this year’s Arbor Day on April 24.

The tree board is seeking submissions that

feature trees, leaves, and roots or the planting of trees. Images in color are preferred but all media will be accepted. Artwork should ideally be rectangular in shape so it can be easily sized for a 16-by-20-inch poster.

Last year four young artists were selected.

Approximately 40 posters will be displayed throughout Carbondale during April with the four winning artists acknowledged on the poster. The successful artists also will be honored at a lunch at River Valley Ranch on April 24 and will receive an honorarium of $25 each.

Submissions are due April 9 at the CCAH office. Selections will be made April 12. The winner(s) will be notified on April 13.All submissions will be returned to the artists.

For further information, contact Genevieve Villamizar, Carbondale Tree Board member, at 963-7055 or CCAH Executive Director Ro Mead at 963-1680.

Rhythmic rites of spring Focusing on developing rhythmic sensibilities, playing multi-part rhythmic patterns in ensembles, and basic techniques for djembe/ashiko hand-drumming, Laurie Loeb’s Rhythms of the Heart will offer an African-inspired drumming workshop from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 25 at the Carbondale Community School.

The workshop is appropriate for beginners and intermediates. Participants will have the opportunity to play African-style bass drums and cowbell, as well as create their own improvisational rhythms.

“Group hand drumming provides relaxation, increased energy, and a sense of wellbeing, and has been proven to enhance coordination, mind-body connection, attention, and listening skills. Studies have also shown a direct correlation to improved immune system functions and heightened spiritual awareness,” Loeb stated in a press release.

The workshop fee is $45 if paid by April 18; $50 after April 18. Drum rental: $8. Advance registration is required.

Send your check made out to Laurie Loeb, P.O. Box 363, Carbondale, CO 81623, with a note indicating whether you’ll need a drum, and your name, email address, and phone number. For more information, call Loeb at 963-2798.

Sports Briefs Boys baseball team chalks up wins

The Roaring Fork High School boys baseball team walked away with back-to-back wins in a double-header against Meeker High on Saturday, March 27.

In the first game, the Rams beat the Meeker Cowboys 8-2 with Johnny Neislanik on the mound. Alex Rascon pitched for RFHS in the second game, which ended 14-4.

The Rams play their first league games on April 3 against the Gunnison Cowboys at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. at home.

Track team shines

Taylor Browning beat out his brother, Zach Browning, by .02 seconds for the Roaring Fork High School record in the 400-yard dash at the track meet held March 27 at Hotchkiss High School. Also turning in strong results were Adrianne Ackerman and Teddy Benge in the 300-yard hurdles and Pedro Abarca in the two-mile.

The team travels to Cedaredge on April 3.

A small group of track athletes also traveled to Leadville on March 18 for the Lake County High School Track Invitational. Although not up against all the teams in their region, the Rams performed well and the boys won the invitational.

Ram hoopsters make all-league team

Three Ram basketball players made first team in the 3A Western Slope League. Seniors Jake Strack-Loertscher and Jake Hawkins were named to the first team for the boys and Alli Zeigel made the first team among the girls. Honorable mentions were sophomore Dalton Handy (boys) and Adrianna Romero (girls).

The People of the Carbondale Community United Methodist Church Invite you to

CELEBRATE EASTER Sunday, April 4, 2010 Sunrise Service - 7:30 a.m.

Worship Celebration - 10:30 a.m.

Triangle Park, Carbondale 385 South 2nd Street, Carbondale Egg Hunt following worship Bring the kids and make it a family affair 379-5686 Open Hearts - Open Minds - Open Doors It’s What We Do

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A look at Carbondale mayors past Memoirs of a River…

Up the Crystal

by Charlotte Graham Sponsored by the Mt. Sopris Historical Society Election time is a good time to learn about and honor mayors of Carbondale past. What were the issues of the day during their tenures?

Carbondale’s love song I found that one theme song prevailed throughout the past 122 years of town governance. All say, “I love the quality of life here,” and all continue,“I want Carbondale to: grow, stay the same or go back to the good ol’ days.”

But which good old days?

Farmers, ranchers and miners settled the area after the Utes were ousted in 1880, and those folks weren’t particularly interested in getting involved in politics. They were busy living their lives. Kinda like today, huh?

But as came together a diverse people, folks began to need and want. Services.

Amenities. Facilities. As the community evolved into a town it needed to pay for those services and amenities. Hummmm, how to get money to provide for those demands?

Laying ground rules The first mayor was surgeon Marshall H. Dean, who took office in 1888. He maybe didn’t have the heart for what was needed and stepped down within a few weeks.

Reese Tucker took over the mayoral reins. Museum records point out that taxes were immediately levied and licenses issued to saloons, peddlers, dogs and anything else that would raise money. After considerable discussion, livery stables were not licensed as they were deemed “legitimate” businesses.

During that first 10 years of townhood, eight Carbondale mayors and their boards of trustees spent that tax money filling holes in the roads, building board sidewalks, digging water ditches and planting trees.

There was a real hullabaloo over setting trees along Main Street. Local druggist Edward Tandy was mayor three times between 1895 and 1918, and he and Frank Sweet fought quite the battle just to get trees planted in boxes. Unlike some later mayors, they lived to see the results of their highly criticized labors.

Land use: How it’s changed – or hasn’t Beginning in the 1960s, Aspen’s growth as a major ski resort impacted citizens on the valley floor. Land uses that attracted tourism dollars quickly became the most profitable, far outpacing the profits gener-

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ated by individual farmers and ranchers.

By the early ‘70s, Mayor Charles Kelly felt the pressures of that change, and became concerned over how it would affect Carbondale’s quality of life in the future.

No cannonballs in town pool John Fleet served as mayor from ‘74 to ‘78 and secured a grant for the town pool.

At the time, there was plenty of hoopla about that “needless” hole in the ground, reported news stories of the day.

Fleet was known as cantankerous at times, but he was primarily responsible for many of the administrative and physical improvements in the town government and its services. He brought in a city manager, Skip Flewelling, and was instrumental in building the town’s drinking water delivery and storage system.

Man with a dream jumps into the fray Elden Beck was elected mayor in the early 1980s, about the time when town law was changed to allow the mayor to vote on any issue. Previously the mayor had mainly moderated and offered an occasional tiebreaker vote. Beck’s platform was to stay within the budget. “I don’t believe in debt and I am not willing to gamble on the economy,” he was reputed to say.

His dream was to provide low-cost housing for the elderly in town. But health problems and “worry and stress over the town’s affairs” got the better of Beck, according to news reports. He moved to Delta before realizing his dream, which has since taken shape as Carbondale’s affordable senior housing.

Bill Gray was mayor from 1984 to 1992 and then again from 1994 to 1995, when he resigned mid-term. Growth had slowed down and there was renewed enthusiasm for physical development of the town. A new post office opened in 1987.

Jim Luttrell won the election of ‘92 and served until ‘94. During Luttrell’s tenure, Carbondale’s City Market had to adjust its prices to be more competitive with Glenwood Springs grocers.

When Bill Gray came back into office, the Gray Ranch development (not related to Bill) was the hot topic – but not nearly as sizzling as when it was sold and renamed “River Valley Ranch.”

The buckin’ stallion ticket Randy Vanderhurst drew that card during his seven years as mayor. The hot potato issue of RVR was tossed onto mayor pro tem Vanderhurst in ’95, who remembers that the vote in favor of RVR was only 50 or so votes over the nays. “A really close call” Vanderhurst said.

Then began the Crystal River Marketplace application on Highway 133 across from the Co-op. A project on that land is still on the dockets today, some dozen or more years later. After numerous incarnations, a proposal still hasn’t been fully embraced by citizens or trustees.

Quite a lot has changed since this shot was snapped in the first decade of the 20th century, but then again, Carbondale mayors are still talking about small-town character.

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Last but by no means, least Michael Hassig, the present term-limited mayor of Carbondale, is packing up his mayoral “desk” after serving two four-year elected terms. Land use is still the most controversial issue – case in point, the Village at Crystal River project. Have we come full circle?

Hassig’s nickel’s worth of advice to the next mayor: “Don’t forget you wear two hats as mayor. You present your ideas and your interpretation but just as important, you have to serve the process. The public must be heard and respected. Your fellow trustees have to be given the opportunity to present their thoughts. And you must run interference for the staff. Remember that all people involved really believe in their hearts

[that their ideas] are to achieve the town’s best interest. It is important to not let the particulars of an issue overshadow the greater commonality of purpose.”

It will be interesting to see what history proves up 20 years from now. Stay tuned.

And be sure to support The Sopris Sun newspaper so we have record of today’s events in the swansong of the life and times of Carbondale.

Needless to say, there isn’t near enough room for all the particulars here so be sure to check out the full story at my Web site: marbledweller.com.

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Some unfounded fears of food “I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.” – Erica Jong, author of “Fear of Flying.”

In his documentary movie “Bowling for Columbine,” Michael Moore argued that devious forces are purposefully fostering a climate of fear in America to produce greater sales of home security systems, cell phones and firearms, as well as more jails, police and greater national defense spending. We heard a lot of fear mongering in the recent health care reform debate. I fear that this climate of fear has spread to one of our greatest sources of satisfaction and comfort: food.

Many of us are unnecessarily afraid of food. Legitimate concerns certainly exist. For several years I quit eating raw oysters from the Gulf of Mexico after several people contracted viral hepatitis from them. That risk now seems minimal, and I’ve happily bellied back up to the oyster bar. A recent hepatitis outbreak from a restaurant’s green onions affected 500 Pennsylvanians. Should we all stop eating the scallions?

So what food should we fear, and which fears are unnecessary? Apart from episodic problems like those above, food in the U.S. is pretty safe, like flying. We’re at greater risk driving to the grocery or a restaurant than we are eating whatever we

By Chef George Bohmfalk buy there. Let’s look at a few areas of concern.

Bugs: Most of us know that E. coli and Salmonella are not good in our food. A name you may not know is Campylobacter, the most common cause of food-borne illness in the United States. These bugs live pretty much everywhere, but the good news is that we have the upper hand.

According to the jointly issued USDA/HHS Dietary Guidelines, rinsing poultry apparently does more harm than good. Due to stricter regulations, American-raised pork is no longer a real risk for the evils your grandmother indoctrinated you about, so you can safely enjoy it medium rare. In all cases, says the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, thorough cooking of any meat almost guarantees that you won’t catch anything from it, which is why no restaurant will cook a hamburger rare these days. While there’s no good way to guard against an unforeseen viral outbreak like the one in Pennsylvania, you may take some comfort in knowing that your individual risk is along the odds of winning a lottery.

What about Salmonella in eggs? Again, a slight risk exists, but I believe it has been

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overblown in many people’s minds. According to the federal Food and Drug Administration and CDC, only about one egg in 20,000 is contaminated. So the average consumer might encounter a contaminated egg about once every 80 years. Most egg-related illnesses occur in institutional food services, like the military, where hundreds or thousands of eggs are pooled together. Again, thorough cooking offers a pretty solid guarantee against Salmonella, but even we daredevils who make our own mayonnaise and Caesar salad dressing with raw yolks are still on pretty safe ground.

Antibiotics and hormones: My little French cooking teacher enjoyed asserting, “If your doctor prescribes an antibiotic or a hormone, don’t worry—some chicken farmer is already giving it to you.”That’s funny and plays to our fears, but it’s not accurate. In fact, the USDA prohibits hormone use in poultry and hogs. And many foods, even organic eggs and soybean oil, naturally contain much more hormonal activity than even hormone-treated beef.

Expiration dates: I know people who throw out perfectly good food because what they believe to be the expiration date has passed. They fear that something terrible will happen to them if they eat or drink such items. There are several types of date stamps on foods: Packaged On, Freshness Date, Sell By, Best If Used By, and Expiration. None of these means that an item will suddenly go bad overnight. I view these dates as information, not instruction.

As long as food still smells and tastes good past its date, I use it.

Mayonnaise: Mayonnaise takes a lot of blame for illnesses that it probably actually minimizes. You might get sick from potato salad that you packed all day up Mount Sopris, but the bugs grow in the potatoes and eggs, not the mayo. Commercial mayonnaise is pasteurized and has a high acid content that actually slows bacterial growth. This juror finds the mayo innocent.

Do you have other food fears? What else besides calories and cholesterol worries you about food? Send your fears to gbohmfalk@yahoo.com and I’ll try to put them in their proper place.

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