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By John Colson Sopris Sun Contributor

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ust when voters in the Carbondale area thought they could relax for a while following the recent municipal election, the ongoing contest for seats on the Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District board of directors has been heating up in anticipation of another Election Day, May 6.

Two challenging candidates are charging that the current members of the ďŹ re district board have lost touch with the 15,000 or so residents they serve, as shown by the voters’ rejection last year of a proposed property-tax hike, and that new blood is needed to face the district’s ďŹ scal challenges.

The incumbent candidates, however, have maintained that the district has tried to keep the voters informed about its plans and its needs, and will continue to do so if reelected. “They made a mistake, and I’m offering myself as someone different, someone new,â€? declared challenger and retired Carbondale ďŹ re ofďŹ cial Carl Smith on Tuesday, referring to last year’s mill levy defeat. “I think we’ve done exactly what the voters told us that they wanted us to do,â€? responded incumbent candidate Mike Kennedy, referring to tax questions posed to voters over the past decade or so that were mostly approved, except for last year’s defeat.

He added that when voters shot down last year’s tax question, over concerns about the size of the hike and its permanence, “We heard that loud and clear.�

The district’s voters are being asked to mail in ballots to ďŹ ll three open seats on the ďŹ ve-member district board. Ballots are to be mailed out between April 14 and April 21, according to the district’s chief election ofďŹ cial, and the votes will be tallied on May 6.

Long-time ďŹ re board incumbents Gene Schilling, Mark Chain and Mike Kennedy are being challenged by two former employees of the district, Carl Smith and Gary McElwee, for the job of running the 320-square-mile district that covers the Crystal River Valley, Marble, Redstone, Carbondale, parts of Missouri Heights and west to the Colorado Mountain College turnoff on Highway 82.

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Springtime in Carbondale

A sure sign that spring has arrived in and around Carbondale is the multiplying numbers of cows with calves that inhabit the pastures of nearby ranches. These two calves, the one mugging for the camera and the other attempting to eat grass out of an old tire, currently reside in the pasture that shares a fence with the Carbondale Nature Park; #7 (left) and #76 (right) belong to John and Marty Nieslanik. Photo by Jane Bachrach

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Coyotes and the super rich “I’m not superstitious; I’m just a little stitious.” – Michael Scott Whenever I’m driving with my mom and we see a coyote she gets very excited. She believes it’s a sign that we will both receive money in the near future.

Now, whether we’re talking about an inheritance from

By Jeannie Perry an old aunt’s estate or a 10-dollar bill left in a jacket pocket, it doesn’t matter. My mom’s convinced the coyote was a messenger.

Maybe that’s the problem with our society today; we’re no longer superstitious so nothing keeps us in check. There is no motivation to be good, just a constant barrage of consumerism.

The Northern Utes, true natives to this valley, seem to understand an aspect of this life that we haven’t figured out. They treat the Earth and fellow animals with respect and their lives seem richer somehow. I mean, if we celebrated gods and goddesses in the Roaring Fork Valley today what would they be? The god of heavy equipment operation, the goddess of perfect-fit yoga pants… .

We’ve taken monotheistic capitalism to a ridiculous circus mirror stage and if we don’t

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pull it together soon: “I think we risk becoming the best-informed society that has ever died of ignorance.” — Rubén Blades By “pull it together” I mean start living simply so others may simply live. Everyone on this planet is entitled to a sustainable life with food, shelter, medicine and education. And this is a goal we can all get behind. For Jesus’ sake, we’re not talking about putting designer clothing on every child, just shoes and a backpack.

What exactly is the point of having more anyway? Are we sure that’s the end goal, because we all end up in the same place. And I, for one, don’t want to show up at the pearly gates with a huge bank account and try to explain how it is that so many of my mates are starving and homeless. No one’s life is simple.

And you can’t tell by looking at someone’s handbag how sick they are in mind or heart.

It’s like that old all-girls-school saying: You can’t tell a book by its cover (but you can tell how much it’s going to cost.) I think the key to leading a rich life is more about attitude and gratitude than actual wealth. It’s about what kind of things get under our skin and whether or not we let them fester.

It intrigues me that most people I’ve met who only have the clothes on their back and the food in their fire are always smiling and laughing, while 90 percent of the people in Willits wear a blank scowl. Trust me, I recognize Resting Bitchy Face when I see it. We all know how

crow’s feet are formed and that is one way to defy age as it marches across your face, but how bad is your life that you can’t return a stranger’s smile in the grocery store?! I work in a grocery store, for a minimal wage, and yet I can’t help but smile. (Of course, I do work for the good guys; the capitalists with a conscience.)

Speaking of minimum wage, check out what Bill Maher has to say on the subject: “Wouldn’t it be great if there were democrats out there now who would say to billionaires, ‘Oh, you’re crying? We’ll give you something to cry about. You don’t want a minimum wage? How bout we not only have a minimum wage, we have a maximum wage.’ That is not a new idea. James Madison, who wrote our constitution, said government should prevent an immoderate accumulation of riches.

Washington, Jefferson, Hamilton, they all agreed that too much money in the hands of too few would destroy democracy. What can you buy with two billion dollars that you can’t buy with one? You couldn’t spend that kinda cash if you lived forever and your money manager was MC Hammer.” — Real Time with Bill Maher * So, whenever I’m driving around the back roads looking for coyotes, with a rabbit’s foot swinging from the rear view mirror and a silver dollar in my pocket, I always remember to smile. And be good. *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcKM d49wDRk&feature=share

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Community Confluence: Connecting volunteers to the community

By Geneviève Joëlle Villamizar Indian summer. Sun high and blazing. I was 31, hot as hell, cooling in the headwaters of the Laramie River, middle of nowhere.

Absorbed in GPS work, the silence around me was perforated by a wet plop. Startled, I looked up, way up, into the eye of a female moose, filling the sky, nine feet above me. She blinked. I blinked back. All 132 pounds of me were filled with awe but rather freaked out.

All I could think of was the camera on one hip and the .22 Ruger on my other. Before I could think which to grab (both quite useless), she stepped onto the bank and disappeared into the willows.

I, too, leapt to the opposite bank and ran as far as I could — in waders and wet boots — before the giggles brought me to a halt. I spent the rest of the afternoon marveling over brook

trout, inches from my face, and playing hideand-seek with a bull moose through the trees.

At the end of the day, I stripped my waders and rode my stashed bike back to camp. I spent the evening with 90 Schilling and a fire, transcribing notes for the Colorado Division of Wildlife otter survey I had volunteered to do.

If I hadn’t given my time, I never would have experienced that. In doing so, I also contributed valuable information for Colorado otters. I had a blast in “giving.”

Five hundred or so non-profits and organizations in the Roaring Fork Valley make life here phenomenal. Every day, groups like Challenge Aspen, the Buddy Program, Wilderness Workshop and C.A.R.E. hustle to raise funds, organize events and lobby for our quality of life. They often work hands-on to give opportunities to all walks of life, supporting each of

us in our journeys. These organizations could use your unique skills and free time to do that.

Your efforts DO make a difference.

Volunteering and non-profits continue to inform my quality of life. Both as an adult and as a single mother, I would live a very desperate life here without the non-profits that have given me a hand: LIFT-UP, Advocate Safehouse, Aspen Response, Alpine Legal Services. All of us need and benefit in one way or another from the organizations that fill the cracks left behind by government and business. And it’s my own volunteering throughout the years that has dialed my daughter and me in to friendship, community and purpose: Trout Unlimited, Mt. Sopris Montessori Pre-school, the Carbondale Tree Board, The Sopris Sun, the Carbondale VOLUNTEERING page 16

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Fashion Show thanks Dear Editor: Our thanks is immense for those who contributed to the recent Green Is The New Black Fashion Extravaganza, as this year’s show may have been the best yet. The production, talent, graphics and clothing were top notch! But what made this particular show so special to us was the incredible number of folks who wholeheartedly poured their

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5Point: Watch a movie, change your life Film festival returns April 24-27

By Amy Hadden Marsh Sopris Sun Correspondent Little did 5Point Film Festival director Sarah Wood know that one of last year’s ďŹ lms would change her father’s life.

Robert Wood was visiting his daughter last spring and attended the festival. “When he came to 5Point, we were bugging him to retire,� said Sarah, meaning she and her mother and sister. Sarah describes her father as a hard-working man. “He was always a curious person but did not take risks. It was pretty much work and family.�

Robert Wood has been a tool-and-die maker for most of his life. He and his father, who was also a machinist, are Sarah’s inspirations. “They both rode motorcycles,� she said one afternoon at her motorcycle studio behind SAW. That’s right: a motorcycle studio called Woody’s Motor Cyclery.

Sarah (aka Woody) resurrects old motorcycles into a kind of road art. Think: a few weeks at the motorcycle spa and a make-over. “It’s not restoring them to their original glory,� she explained. “I re-imagine vintage machines and get a piece of trash back on the road.�

Right now, she has a 1982 Yamaha 750 Virago chopper, a 1989 Yamaha Radian 600, and a 1998 Harley Davidson lowrider in her shop, a made-over wooden shed between a couple of U-Haul trucks and a hollowed-out, silver Airstream, glinting in the spring sun.

She said working on machines is in her blood, having spent her childhood on the family farm in Indiana. “A bailer would always break down,� she told The Sopris Sun. “It was always something.� Her late grandfather rode a classic Indian motorcycle. And, her uncle restores Model T’s. “He restored an original VW Bug from Europe after World War II.�

Her dad always had a motorcycle but, she added, he was not the traditional bikertype. Nor did he let her ride when she was young. “He knew I would be too into it so he didn’t show me much,� she recalled.

Sarah got her ďŹ rst motorcycle after graduating as a business major with a focus on the music industry from Belmont University

Sarah Wood works on the tail-light wiring on a 1989 Yamaha Radian 600. She’s also working on a 1982 Yamaha 750 Virago chopper and 1998 Harley Davidson low rider in her studio. When Wood isn’t ďŹ xing up motorcycles, you can ďŹ nd her directing the action at the 5Point Film Festival. Photo by Anders Nordblom in Nashville. “It was a Yamaha V-Star 650.â€?

Now her main mode of transportation is a bicycle but she hopes to get the Harley on the road this summer. In fact, she and her dad are planning a road trip in July, which probably wouldn’t have happened without the 5Point Film festival.

A changed man So, Robert Wood comes to Carbondale in the spring of 2013, goes to 5Point Film and returns to Indiana a changed man.

What happened?

It all had to do with a ďŹ ve-minute ďŹ lm titled “35,â€? about a rock climber who climbs 35 pitches at Indian Creek in Utah on his 35th birthday. A line at the end is what changed Robert Wood’s life: “I don’t want to say ‘I wish’,â€? says the rock climber about his life. “I want to say ‘damn, that

was awesome!’�

Sarah remembers her dad repeating those words to her over and over. Robert said the sentence ran through his mind long

after he was back home in Indiana. “I almost could hear it echo,� he said.

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5Point snags “DamNation�

The acclaimed documentary “DamNationâ€? screens at 5Point at 2 p.m. on April 26. Named the Audience Choice award winner at the recent SXSW ďŹ lm festival in Austin, other previous and upcoming festival stops for “DamNationâ€? include the Environmental Film Festival in Washington, D.C., and the Full Frame Documentary Festival in Durham, N.C. “DamNation,â€? directed by Ben Knight and Travis Rummel, explores the growing movement to remove obsolete dams in the

United States and allow the backed up rivers to return to their natural state.

Former Aspen resident Katie Lee, now 94, is interviewed in the ďŹ lm, as is Floyd Dominy, the long-time federal Bureau of Reclamation czar who was instrumental in damming Glen Canyon.

The ďŹ lm also chronicles successful dam removal projects on the Kennebec, Elwha, White Salmon, Rogue and Penobscot rivers.

For ticket information, go to 5pointďŹ lm.org.

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SUNDAY March 30 At 2:12 a.m. on Main Street, an officer observed a man having difficulty getting into this car. After a discussion with the officer, the man and his passenger said they would walk home.

SUNDAY March 30 At 2:45 p.m. officers responded to an alarm at a bank. Upon arrival an employee said he accidently activated the alarm.

SUNDAY March 30 At 6:04 p.m. an officer responded to a lost dog report in the vicinity of Cara Court and Vito’s Way. The officer found the dog and turned it to its owner.

MONDAY March 31 At 11:33 a.m. police ordered an abandoned car on Eighth Street to be towed.

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Outgoing trustee John Foulkrod (center) congratulates incoming trustee Alexander Hobbs (left) as mayor Stacey Bernot (right) looks on at Carbondale Beer Works after the Garfield County Clerk released unofficial municipal election results on Tuesday night. With four candidates vying for three trustee seats, Katrina Byars garnered the most votes with 649, followed

by Hobbs with 591 and incumbent Frosty Merriott with 545. Wayne Horak netted 482 votes. Bernot ran unopposed and topped the field with 772 votes. A total of 960 Carbondale residents cast ballots, for a 30 percent voter turnout. Photo by Lynn Burton

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Woody continued om page 3 from his job as foreman for a tool-and-die shop on June 10, 2013 — 45 years to the day from when he started. “I didn’t want to go through life and say ‘boy, I wish I’d have done that earlier’,� he said with a chuckle.

Sarah points to her father’s story as a prime example of the power, and the purpose, of 5Point Film. “For him to be retired and enjoying himself, that’s a really good example of what we do,� she said.

The ďŹ ve points of 5Point Film are what Sarah calls “guiding principlesâ€?: balance, commitment, purpose, humility, and respect. “Those are principles everyone should live by,â€? she explained. Especially in the outdoors industry, which she believes can be more ego-driven and less balanced than other industries. Citing events such as the X-Games, she said, “It’s all about higher, faster and harder at those events.â€?

Not so the ďŹ lms of 5Point, which now presents festivals from Boston to Bellingham, Washington. “We want to infuse the ďŹ ve principles into the audience through stories and encourage people to live more

consciously. We want them to think about their lives differently.�

The ultimate goal is for people to care enough about the natural world to want to protect it. “We feel our experiences in the outdoors can be transformational. We want others to be inspired and seek that out.�

The 5Point Dream Project also serves up inspiration to high school students from Aspen to Parachute, with an opportunity to win $1,500 to pursue a passion or go on a life-changing (is there any other kind?) adventure. Timbers Resorts helps out with the grants and the project is now in its fourth year.

For Sarah Wood — and her father — it’s all about making your dreams come true, whether through ďŹ lmmaking or just living a life you love. “If the community, society, the nation, and the world were doing that,â€? said “the world would be a very different place.â€?

5Point Film 2014 screens April 24-27 at the Carbondale Recreation Center. The ďŹ lm schedule is available at 5pointďŹ lm.org.

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Old library attracts four RFPs

ety’s plot behind the Third Street Center.

Tours will continue through the summer. For details, call 618-1849.

The deadline for non-profits, businesses and other organizations to submit a RFP (request for proposal) for the old Gordon Cooper Library building was March 28 and according to an e-mail from town hall the applicants are (in order of submittal): the Dance Initiative/Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities, Carbondale Chamber of Commerce, Jim Breasted/Hostel, and AJ Hobbs/Trevor Brown (SMIRK Café, community events and a gathering place). No other information was available at press time but the Carbondale Board of Trustees has the option of accepting one of the RFPs or none of the RFPs.

Sheahan hooks up with Backbone The Carbondale-based Backbone Media has hired former Patagonia CEO Casey Sheahan for its newly created role of senior advisor, according to a press release. “Casey has been a pioneer and a respected leader in the active lifestyle market for over 30 years,” said Backbone Media managing partner Nate Simmons. “We’re looking forward to incorporating his intimate knowledge and experience into our strategy discussions with both new and existing clients.” Sheahan stepped down as Patagonia’s CEO in February. Under his leadership the company tripled its profits.

Prior to Patagonia, Sheahan served as president of Kelty, Inc. and was also vice president of marketing for Merrell Footwear, category marketing manager for Nike ACG and editor/publisher of POWDER magazine. Sheahan lives in Carbondale with his wife Tara and sons Caelin and Aidan. Backbone Media

Pitch those pennies now The deadline to contribute to 13-year-old Chandra Starr’s Million Penny Project is April 3. There is still room for pennies in donation jars atop store counters, and Alpine Banks and other locations from Aspen to Parachute.

A million pennies equals $10,000, which Starr will donate to Growing Food Forward.

Her project attracted the attention of NBC news reporter Ann Curry, who filmed a segment on the Million Penny Project.

Andy Taylor (center) chats with Clark Cretti (left) and Jim Jensen (right) at the recent opening of his Ann Korologos Gallery show “Fields & Hedgerows.” The show continues through April 10. Photo by Rebecca Young is public relations, media planning and buying, and social media agency that partners with brands to target, engage and inspire the active lifestyle market. It has offices in Carbondale, Denver and Jackson, Wyoming.

panies use a pre-existing medical condition to jack up rates to having a pre-existing ZIP code being the reason health insurance is so unaffordable. It’s just wrong,” he told Wyatt.

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Carbondale’s celebration of all things dandelion isn’t that far off and organizers are accepting nominations for the annual Order Of The Dandelion (O.O.T.D.) award. The award goes to someone who deserves to be recognized for their dedication to creating a sustainable society. For details, please go to dandelionday.org.

Associated Press reporter Kristen Wyatt led off her recent article about Obamacare with an interview with Carbondale rancher Bill Fales, who reported that due to the federal health care law his monthly premium will jump 50 percent. Much of the reason for the hike that slapped Fales and others comes from his residency in a region that includes the high-dollar resorts of Aspen and Vail.

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Book your garden tour now Beginning in mid-April, Colorado Master Gardener Sue Gray will conduct heritage garden tours at the Mt. Sopris Historical Soci-

New hours at Heidi’s Heidi’s Brooklyn Deli (next to City Market) is operating under new hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. For details, call 963-3663.

New kid on the block Lindsey and Ryan Cynoski announce the birth of their son, Tobin Karter Cynoski, on March 9. Lindsay operates lulubelle in downtown Carbondale and Ryan is the controller for Crystal River Meats.

They say it’s your birthday Folks celebrating their birthday this week include: Don Muishe, Jeff Busk, Terri Ritchie and Lorena Medina Jones (April 3); Marilyn Murphy and Donny Mushet (April 4); Judy Schilling (April 5); Mark Wolfe (April 6); Mary Lilly, Cassie Cerise and Beth Simonetti (April 7); and Trish Anderson (April 8).

Shop owners turning downtown into antiques district

By Nicolette Toussaint Sopris Sun Correspondent With three antique stores now clustered in a oneblock section of Main Street, shoppers can amble between the Old West and ancient Orient, ogling treasures at Strange Imports and Out West Antiques, then stop for coffee at Bonfire and later on hop across the street to peruse period French and English furniture and other items at European Antiques.

And then there’s the venerable Miser’s Mercantile (“The best second hand store in the West”) at the east end of Main Street, and Back Door Consignment just north of Main Street behind The Pour House. Both stores see a steady flow of antiques, collectibles and vintage items come and go through their busy doors.

This clustering of antique, second hand and consignment stores follows an established and successful tradition. Many large cities draw visitors with districts chockablock with multiple shops: San Francisco’s Jackson Square and St. Louis’ Cherokee Row are prime examples.

Dave Dixon, who moved Strange Imports to 423 Main in November 2012, encouraged Leonard and Mindy Langston, two of the six dealers affiliated with Out West Antiques, to move in just three doors away. He explained to The Sopris Sun, “Carbondale’s retailers cannot rely on just locals to support their businesses. There’s just not enough population to make that work. Attracting more well curated, diverse, individually owned stores will attract more shoppers, buyers and money to the town. I truly see Carbondale poised to become a retail mecca for the valley. I would like to see more design, art, antique and furnishing-related businesses in the cluster.”

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tiques, added: “There’s something special about a collaboration of people who are passionate about antiques. Because all the dealers are so knowledgeable, the antiques are of very good quality. This gives buyers a reason to explore all the shops and bring friends to Carbondale.”

Dixon, at Strange Imports, notes that he has “a big list of Aspen clients who will come down for lunch and stroll Carbondale’s shops and galleries.”

He thinks that the individuality of Carbondale’s stores could give the town an edge over Aspen, where a 20-block downtown contains 30 high-end, chain stores like Prada and Gucci — stores that offer the same merchandise in Aspen as in Beverly Hills or Miami.

“Main Street is a great location,” said Langston.

“It’s symbiotic, and we love being in an antique building. On Highway 133, we had a destination store. Here we have a lot of foot traffic. It’s great because we can make it worthwhile for people to make a trip to Carbondale.”

Out West Antiques Out West Antiques relocated from Highway 133 to 449 Main Street on First Friday this March and is itself a collaboration; along with Maggie Kromer and the Langstons, the partners include antiquarian/designer Deborah Taylor, and Tom and Deb Morton. Out West Antiques showcases an eclectic mix of antique American and French country furniture, vintage Bakelite jewelry, Western and cowboy memorabilia and other distinctive items.

The Out West Antique owners cheerfully share cultural knowledge and stories. As a recent visitor admires a pair of hand-beaded doeskin moccasins, ANTIQUES page 8

Out West Antiques in the Dinkel Building is helping Carbondale build a critical mass of unique stores that attract out-of-town shoppers.

Photo by Jane Bachrach

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April 9 — Garry Zabel, CMC geology instructor, presents a slide tour of his student group adventures in the Grand Canyon, Canyonlands, Arches NP and elsewhere.

April 16 — Cindy Blachly, Colorado Rocky Mountain School, will discuss the school’s HS2 summer science/math camp for inner-city kids.

April 23 — Scott Eden, InterMountain Waste & Recycling and a member of the Mt. Sopris Rotary Club, will give an Earth Day talk on recycling myths and facts.

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Strange Imports owner Dave Dixon carries antiques and other items he finds on trips to China, Thailand, Nepal and Mongolia. He recently invited Mindy and Leonard Langston of Out West Antiques to join him in downtown Carbondale. Photo by Jane Bachrach

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Kromer agrees that the blue flowered pattern is char- portive. People here have an appreciation for spiriacteristic of northeastern, rather than western, Indian tual things, craftsmanship and things of beauty. And tribes. She purchased the moccasins in Taos and tells I love sharing these things.” a sad story: The moccasins’ original owner came out Dixon’s love for Asian culture is immediately apwest for tribal ceremonies but had to pawn the prized parent as a customer enters Strange Imports and is ofpossession to raise money to get back home. fered some green tea. His 2,500 square-foot showroom Each of the Out West Antiques partners contributes is filled with furniture and art that he selects during specific expertise. The Mortons are known for classic trips to China, Thailand, Nepal and Mongolia. antique china, crystal and furniture, while the ANTIQUES page 9 Langstons are known for their western and cowboy memorabilia, including an Aspen saddle dating Sidney and back to 1896. Deb Taylor has a large selection Bernard of lodge and Adirondack accessories; she also Poncelet designs handbags from vintage material and is helped revitalavailable for interior design consultations. ize downtown Kromer is an expert in Bakelite. An early plasCarbondale tic invented in 1907 for telephones and radios, when they Bakelite became fashionable for jewelry during opened EuroWorld War II, when metals were needed for war pean Antiques production. Kromer, who stocks colorful 1930s at 358 Main and 1940s-era plastic jewelry along with items St. some such as poker chips and napkin rings, has a large years ago. following of Bakelite collectors, including some In 2012, of Aspen’s celebrity visitors.

Strange Kromer has a sense of humor that shows in Imports the store. Noting that their location across the opened across street from the Doctor’s Garden marijuana disthe street, pensary has led to considerable foot traffic, she which set in has put together a “need for weed” corner — a motion Out colorful collection of antique tobacco tins from West Antiques all over the United States. relocation to Strange Imports Main Street.

Photo by Three doors from Out West Antiques at Jane Strange Imports, Dixon said, “I absolutely love Bachrach the business community here. It’s very sup-

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                                  

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                                          

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“Everything you see here has a special meaning,� Dixon explained. “The images and symbols are wishing someone good health, a long life or children.� The front door panels of a Tibetan 11-panel cabinet are covered with dragons, phoenixes and geometric patterns that appear to be embossed in bronze. Dixon explained that the

patterns are raised; to create them, the artist prepared a gesso made from burnt rice ash, mixed it into a paste, and then applied it in much the same way icing is squeezed onto a cake using a pastry bag.

Among the gallery’s treasures are Tibetan pegham chests, a delicate, red-lacquered Chinese chair and a stunning, 12-foot long contemporary table fashioned from a single, rare, golden-ďŹ gured slab of acacia weighing nearly 800 pounds.

Dixon shows off a miniature Chinese house called a fukan; used as a shine, it housed tablets bearing the names of departed ancestors. An intricately painted jewelry box from Persia bears tiny horsemen that dance out from golden brushstrokes. Balinese masks, African sculptures and wind chimes from India adorn the walls and ceiling.

Dixon, who has operated stores in Eagle/Vail and Aspen, said “Downtown Carbondale is a truly charming area for a stroll, the town has done a excellent job in preserving its character. We have excellent dining and easy parking.

Now we need more great retail to cement it together. My thanks go out to all the other established Main street retailers who have gone out of their way to make me feel at home here. I am so happy that Mindy (Langston) and Mag-

Miser’s Mercantile (above) is downtown’s retail stalwart, moving to its current location at the east end of Main Street 28 years ago. Back Door Consignment (bottom left) also sells antique furniture and vintage clothes, depending on what folks bring in. Photos by Jane Bachrach gie (Kromer) have moved next door to help take the area to the next level!�

European Antiques Out West Antiques and Strange Imports join European Antiques, located at 358 Main, which is owned by Sidney and Bernard Poncelet. Bernard, who is Belgian, frequently travels to Belgium and France on buying trips. (The Poncelets were on a trip at the time this article was written and were

unavailable for comment.) Their offerings include furniture from Western Europe.

Some pieces are massive; one whitewashed mahogany sideboard measures nearly 8 feet long and 7 feet high. The store also stocks a variety of rod-iron hardware, including hooks, drawer pulls, coat racks, door knockers, door stops, handles and key racks, and also caters to thematic collectors: those looking for birds, crosses, pigs or moons, for example.

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Community Calendar THURSDAY April 3 LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the old part of the Dinkel Building presents singer/songwriter Dan Bern at 8:30 p.m.

Among other credits, Bern wrote the title song for the documentary “Jimmy Carter: Man of the Plains” and songs for “Walk Hard: the Dewey Cox Story.” Critics call his musical skills “Dylan like” and that his razor-sharp wit makes him a “rare, major league performer.” Info: 963-3304.

FILM • Davi Nikent presents the documentary “Dakota 38” at 7 p.m. The film tells how in the spring of 2005, Jim Miller, a Native spiritual leader and Vietnam veteran, found himself in a dream, riding on horseback across the great plains of South Dakota. Just before Miller awoke, he arrived at a riverbank in Minnesota and saw 38 of his Dakota ancestors hanged, according to a press release. At the time, Miller knew nothing of what is called the largest mass execution in United States history, carried out on Dec. 26, 1862. In December 2009, Miller and a group of riders retraced the 330-mile route of his dream on horseback from Lower Brule, South Dakota to Mankato, Minnesota to arrive at the hanging site on the anniversary of the execution. “We can’t blame the wasichus (sic) anymore. We’re doing it to ourselves. We’re selling drugs. We’re killing our own people. That’s what this ride is about, healing,” Miller said. “Dakota 38” is the story of the 2009 journey, the blizzards they endure, and the Native and Non-Native communities that house and

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feed them along the way. The film is Smooth Feather Productions’ first feature length documentary film and is not suitable for children. Donations to support the 2014 Dakota 38 ride will be accepted.

RFOV PARTIES • Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers hosts a season kick-off party from 6 to 8 p.m. at White House pizza. As might be expected, free pizza will be served. RFOV is planning nine major trail projects this year and volunteers are needed. The party will explain volunteer opportunities. Info: 927-8241 or rfov@sopris.net.

ROTARY • The Mt. Sopris Rotary meets at Mi Casita at noon every Thursday.

FRIDAY April 4 FIRST FRIDAY • Marcel (Majid) Kahhak will paint live in his Dinkel Building studio from 6 to 8:30 p.m. as part of this month’s First Friday festivities in Carbondale. Also around town, ACE Hardware will be giving away barbecue samples from 5 to 7 p.m. at Fourth Street Plaza, and CCAH’s current show “Dream On” is up at the R2 Gallery in the Third Street Center.

MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents

“her” (R) at 7:30 p.m. Apr. 4-10 except Apr. 6 when it will show at 2 p.m (captioned) and 5 p.m. only.

“Saving Mr. Banks” (PG13) shows at 4:45 p.m.

Apr. 5. Aspen Shortsfest is coming April 12-13, program info. at Aspenfilm.org.

LIVE MUSIC • Bruce Hayes, Frank Martin and Dennis Jung team up for a performance at Steve’s Guitars. Hayes is now based in Howard and has played more than 2,000 gigs around the state.

Martin and Jung are well known locally. Tickets are $10 and show time is 8:30 p.m. Info: 963-3304.

WYLY SHOWS DOCUMENTARY • Wyly Community Art Center in downtown Basalt presents “Art as a Way of Being: Squirrels, Sex & Big Ass Grinders” at 5:30 p.m. Filmmakiers Gayle Embrey and Sue Drinker feature Francie Jacober, Alexandra Jerkunica, Sue Krehbiel, Nancy Lovendahl, Andrea Wallace, Betty Weiss and Ellen Woods. Info: 927-4123.

10TH FILM • The Aspen Historical Society, and Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club present the Warren Miller film “Climb to Glory: Legacy of the 10th Mountain Ski Troopers” at the Wheeler Opera House at 6:45 p.m. A discussion featuring 10th Mountain veteran Dick Mc-

Crudden will be held at 6 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for kids 12 and under. Info: 920-5770.

SATURDAY April 5 CHORAL CONCERT • The Aspen Choral Society presents Leonard Bernstein’s “Chichester Psalms” featuring soprano soloist Cantor Rollin Simmons, and Rene Clausen’s “Crying for a Dream” featuring soprano soloist Marnie White at the Aspen School District Theatre at 7:30 p.m.

The concert will be performed by the Glenwood Springs Community Chorus, Aspen Community Chorus and Aspen Choral Society Orchestra, directed by Paul Dankers.

Tickets are $15 at the door; kids under 12 are free.

POW WOW STYLE DANCING • Davi Nikent, the Aspen Yoga Society, the Aspen Ute Foundation and others present Native American pow wow style dance and drumming at 4:30 p.m. at the corner of Galena and Cooper Streets in Aspen. Former Chairman of the Northern Ute Tribe O. Roland McCook will open the ceremony.

Dancers from Northern and Southern Utes, Hopis and Pueblos will perform traditional, grass and hoop dances. The drum group is comprised of Daniel Cesspooch and friends from the Northern Ute Reservation in Utah.

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WEDNESDAY April 9 SPECIAL TREAT • The 12-piece BroomďŹ eld High School Chamber Ensemble gives a concert at the Carbondale Culture Club in the Third Street Center Calaway Room at noon. Members range from freshmen to juniors, playing a variety of woodwind, brass and percussion instruments. They will perform a variety of duets, trios, quartets and more. Coming up at the Carbondale Culture Club: April

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16, Kate Carei-Eakins (“Great Greens� food talk); April 23, Frank Martin (singer/ songwriter); April 30, Ken Neubecker (the Eagle River Blue Trail coordinator for American Rivers presents “Seeing Rivers as Rivers: Adding Biology and Poetry (or myth) to Colorado’s Water Plan.�

ASCENION MEDITATION • A Spiritual Center presents “Ascension Meditation for a Sweeter Lifeâ€? at the Third Street Center at 6 p.m. Info: 970-201-3511.

LIVE MUSIC • Rivers restaurant in Glenwood hosts open mic nights with Dan Rosenthal from 8 to 10 p.m. on Wednesdays. Info: 928-8813.

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SATURDAY April 12

RIVER TALK • Tom Martin, author of “Big Water, Little Boats,â€? speaks at CMC’s Lappala Center (690 Colorado Ave.) at 7 p.m. His book is homage to the long line of river runners who built their own boats and rowed the wild, big water of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. He includes many of their stories and photographs, as well as his own.

Martin himself built a replica of Grand Canyon’s ďŹ rst dory and has taken it through the Canyon four times. This event is free.

CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT • The ďŹ rst annual Roaring Fork Beer Company Cornhole Tournament takes place at the Carbondale Recreation Center from 5 to 10 p.m.

This is a 20-team double elimination tournament and the entry fee is $50. Info: 510-1292.

COMEDY NIGHT • The Glenwood Vaudeville Review holds a stand-up comedy night to go with its all-new spring show. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Info: 945-9699 or gvrshow.com.

FRIDAY April 18 FLY FISHING • Costa and Trout Unlimited present the 2014 “Fly Fishing Film Tourâ€? at the Carbondale Recreation Cener. Tickets are $15, which includes the ďŹ lms, food from Mi Casita and a cash bar. Tickets are available at Carbondale y shops, the recreation center and yďŹ lmtour.com. Last year’s show was a sellout.

Ongoing VAUDEVILLE RETURNS • Glenwood Vaudeville Review returns with a spring show on Friday and Saturday nights. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. There’s a full bar and pub style menu from Juicy Lucy’s, Daily Bread and 19th Street Diner. Tickets are $24 for adults, $22 for seniors and $16 for kids (show only). Reservations at 945-9699 or gvrshow.com.

6 p.m. The show features John Cohorst, Brian Colley, Lisa Ellena, Deborah Jones, Wewer Keohane, Frank Norwood, Johanna Mueller and Philip Hone Williams, and is curated by Colley. Info: 963-1680.

KOROLOGOS GALLERY • Andy Taylor’s “Fields & Hedgerowsâ€? continues at the Ann Korologos Gallery in Basalt through April 10.

Info: 927-9668.

MAIN STREET GALLERY • Main Street Gallery and the Framer presents new outdoor/wildlife paintings from nationally-known artist Daniel Loge. Info: mainstreetgall.com.

WYLY • The Wyly Community Art Center presents “My Favorites,â€? an exhibition of watercolors by Laurie McBride, through April 24.

Info: wylyarts.org.

AAM • The Aspen Art Museum presents “Amy Sillman: One Lump or Twoâ€? through May 18. The show is the ďŹ rst museum show for the New York-based painter and spans the years 1995 to the present. It’s organized the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston and was presented there last year. Admission is free.

Info: 925-8050.

CCAH • The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities continues “Dream On: When the subconscious takes on artâ€? at its R2 Gallery at

CLAY CENTER • “Pairingsâ€? continues at the Carbodale Clay Center. Info: 963-CLAY.

Hold the Presses RECONSIDERING “SMARTâ€? GRID • The Carbondale Library presents the documentary “Take Back Your Powerâ€? at 3 p.m. on April 5. The ďŹ lm investigates the so-called “smartâ€? grid. The screening is free.

RSVP OFFERS TAX HELP • High Country RSVP volunteers help seniors, the disabled and those with household incomes less than $49,000 per year ďŹ le their state and federal income taxes electronically. For details, call 384-8740.

CRES OPEN HOUSE • Crystal River Elementary School hosts a kindergarten open house at 6 p.m. on April 3. Kindergarten and pre-K registration is from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on April 10. For details, call 384-5620.

EAB MEETS • The GarďŹ eld County Energy Advisory Board meets at the Parachute Library at 5:30 p.m. on April 3.

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Community Briefs CORE offers Udall grants CORE is offering grants of up to $200,000 for non-profits and others to undertake projects pertaining to energy efficiency, renewable energy, water conservation or green building. The application deadline is May 1. For details, call 925-9775.

Say “cheese” April 12-13, 19-20 Sittings for The Sopris Sun’s annual Mother’s Day cover are scheduled at the Third Street Center from 1 to 6 p.m. on April 12-13 and April 19-20. This is for moms and their babies born in the past year; The Sopris Sun Mother’s Day issue is May 8. To reserve a time, please call Mark Burrows at 379-4581 or e-mail mark@rfvphoto.com.

Please submit your community briefs to news@soprissun.com by noon on Monday.

Mini College registration starts April 15 Colorado Mountain College’s Mini College begins its fall registration for the 2014-15 school year from 10 a.m. to noon on April 15. Mini College is for kids 3 to 6 years old.

The school is located at 1402 Blake Ave. in Glenwood Springs. For details, call Joan Chovanec at 945-2446.

Farmer’s market deadline nears The Carbondale Farmer’s Market is accepting applications for the summer/fall season through the end of the day on April 10.

The market takes place on Wednesdays from June 18 to Oct. 1. For details, go to carbondalefarmersmarket.com.

Suicide support group meets

Free art classes for kids The Wyly Community Art Center offers free art classes for kids 8 and older on April 15 and kids 6 to 8 on April 16. For details, call 927-4123.

S’Days parade applications available Applications for the 117th annual Strawberry Days parade are available at strawberrydays.com. Sponsored by Mountain Chevrolet, the parade takes place at 10 a.m. on June 21. Floats will compete in the following categories: Commercial/Business, Political Candidates and Non-profit/Organizations.

Applications are due June 1. The grand marshals will be Jim Calaway and Bob Young.

HEARTBEAT, a support group for survivors after suicide, meets at the First United Methodist Church in Glenwood Springs (the Bethel Chapel entrance at 824 Cooper St.) at 6:30 p.m. on April 8. For details call Pam Szédelyi at 945-1398 or email pamsz@sopris.net.

Mining operations at the Yule Quarry above Marble continued all winter, depending upon avalanche conditions on the road. If you’ve ever wondered what the inscriptions on the blocks mean, a company spokeswoman said the logo in the upper left is for RED Granti, the Italian company that owns the quarry. The first two numbers in the sequence indicate the year the block was mined and the last three numbers indicate the order in which the block was produced. The “CSQ” stands for “Colorado Stone Quarries.”

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Fire election And just as it was for two previous fire-district elections, in 2011 and in 2013, a key issue is whether the district is justiďŹ ed in asking for a tax increase to sustain spending at a level of approximately $3.2 million per year.

Voters last year ďŹ rmly rejected a milllevy increase that proponents maintained would have kept the district’s revenues and spending at roughly the $3.2 million level, which the district indicated was needed to maintain ďŹ re ďŹ ghting and ambulance/emergency medical services as they have been in recent years.

One signiďŹ cant reason for the voter rejection, as acknowledged by district ofďŹ cials and critics alike, was the fact that a previous tax hike approved by voters in 2011 for two years, as well as the hike requested in 2013, would have been made permanent under the 2013 ballot language.

The 2011 tax hike had a two-year “sunset clause,� meaning it expired last year, but the 2013 ballot language contained no such clause.

The rejection of the tax hike, according to statements from Fire Chief Ron Leach and board president Schilling last December, has meant the district’s tax revenues would drop to $2 million this year. That $1.2 million shortfall, ofďŹ cials said, has been dealt with by cutting $500,000 in spending and dipping into the district’s reserve funds to the tune of $700,000.

District ofďŹ cials pledged, following the electoral defeat, that they would do a better

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Both Smith and McElwee, however, maintain the district has made only “cosmetic� budgetary cuts in the past year, and McElwee wrote in a statement to The Sopris Sun, “I believe that more needs to be

“I believe that more needs to be done by them than just to ‘educate’ the voters ‌ .â€?

Gary McElwee Carbondale fire board candidate

done by them than just to ‘educate’ the voters. I believe the current board of directors has lost the public’s trust and new people are going to have to step up to effect any change.�

The 2013 tax hike proposal, Smith said in an interview, was “excessive, and didn’t have a time limit on it,â€? which prompted voters to turn it down, and Smith argued that the voters felt they had not been adequately informed about the ďŹ re district’s budgets, salaries, equipment purchases and other matters.

Smith and McElwee each told The So-

pris Sun that, despite promises for more transparency and better communication with the voters in the wake of last year’s rejection of the tax hike, the district has not lived up to those promises.

District ofďŹ cials see the matter differently, however.

Each of the three incumbents told The Sopris Sun that they feel the district has reacted to the voters’ message by setting up a community task force that will meet monthly until July (the next meeting is April 21 at the Carbondale Fire House) and Leach told The Sopris Sun on Wednesday that the district has eliminated three positions (one emergency management coordinator, one ďŹ reďŹ ghter/paramedic and one ďŹ reďŹ ghter/EMT-I). He said the district also has eliminated eight part-time positions formerly dedicated to summertime ďŹ rst-response teams that roamed the district to detect possible wildďŹ res early and get them out before they began to grow and intensify.

The total annual savings from those personnel and program cuts, including salaries and beneďŹ ts, comes to more than $340,000, Leach reported, in addition to other program cuts that brought the total to approximately $500,000. “That is not just cosmetic,â€? Leach declared, in response to the claims made by Smith and McElwee, noting that for 2014 the district budgeted $1.9 million in personnel costs, out of a total budget of $2.5 million.

All ďŹ ve of the candidates for the three open board seats are long-time area residents who have been active in the community in many ways.

The incumbents all have been residents of the Carbondale area for decades.

Schilling is the chief of the Carbondale Police Department, Kennedy is a real estate broker and community activist whose projects have included membership on the board of the Carbondale Wild West Rodeo, and Chain has worked as a government planner and a planning consultant in addition to his service on the ďŹ re board.

According to interviews with and statements to the Sun, McElwee has lived for 22 years in the Carbondale area, has a decade of experience with the Carbondale ďŹ re district, and 30 years’ experience in emergency medical services.

Smith told the Sun he has worked for 43 years with different ďŹ re departments around Colorado, including 23 years with the Aurora Fire Department, 10 years with the Glenwood Springs department and 11 years with the Carbondale district, six of them as deputy chief of operations. He retired in 2010, though he still volunteers, and has done stints on regional and statewide emergency medical and trauma advisory committees, task forces and planning bodies.

The Sopris Sun will continue to publish articles about the ďŹ re district board race in the coming weeks.

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braries have distinct personalities because the communities we serve are so different. The With the progression of e-readers, Kindles and e-books you might think that libraries libraries are really more like community centers, and we all do a brisk business. We will soon be going the way of the dinosaurs soon. Not true. With Basalt’s Regional Li- have a wonderful used book store, run by the Friends of the Library, and we get a lot brary boasting 20,000 square feet (the old library had 3,000) there’s nothing but room of great feed-back about the quality of our used books.”

And how’s this for some real innovative library growth. to grow.

“We started the seed library last January, 2013. Gail Owens, Library Director Barbara Milnor understands the requirement to adapt in our technological age and sees it as our technical services librarian, catalogs all the seed packets, her responsibility and her staff’s to be innovative and keep and then patrons can check them out just like books! We the library in the mainstream, i.e. — there’s more than just started this special collection as part of a seed-saving program. Stephanie Syson is helping us by giving planting workbooks here. shops, seed saving workshops and herb growing workshops.

“Basalt Regional Library offers programming for chilSeeds don’t take up much space and it’s not surprising that dren and teens,” says Barbara, “music concerts, Spanish lanthe mid-valley is full of gardeners who are excited about this guage series and programs and activities for adults.”

The library, which opened in its current location in Janproject. Best of all, there are no fines if you don’t bring back seeds you’ve saved from your plants, think tomatoes.” uary 2010, was built to adapt to the growing needs of our Barbara Milnor population. “The community has really embraced the new Barbara continues: “Working at the library for so long library,” says Barbara, “and we have more involvement at Basalt Library director means that I know a lot of people here in the mid-valley.

Sometimes when I go to City Market it takes a really long every level than we’ve ever had before.”

Though born in Chicago, Barbara and her husband, Jon, have been in Basalt since time to get through the store because of the catching up! After 26 years, I’m now meet1970. “Before working here, I spent one winter assembling ski hats for Mountain Lids, ing the children of patrons I knew when they were small children. That’s a wonderful and then taught pre-school here in Basalt.” Fortunately Barbara’s literature degree feeling. I love this town and I’m happy that all the generations of families I’ve known steered her back towards books and she has been with the library since 1988. for years still come in our door.”

“I think this valley is amazing because it has four really good libraries. All four liFor more about the library and upcoming events visit www.basaltlibrary.org.

“The community has really embraced the new library and we have more involvement at every level than we’ve ever had before.”

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To a dog that’s smarter than dumber, smaller than bigger Life holds many forms, but the one I cannot escape is that of the Raid and batteries you know she’s ingested will catch up a dog. She is soft brown. Pound sharp. Loyal. Smaller than big- with her. Yes, the Rolling Stones’ Keith Richard is still alive. Yes, ger and faster than slower. Smarter than dumber. Getting older he probably ate his share of Raid and batteries, too. But still, as than younger. If she were in a rock band she would have been the she nears the latter part of her mischief making life, she has become keener on belly scratches and swapping stoone armed drummer-singer with bright orange ries than running around. She’s slowing down. “I’ll-chew-on-a-spray-paint-can-if-I-want-to� hair.

Last time we hung out she had to duke it with If she could order her own dinners they would consist of bloody elk steaks and tequila chasers. By Cameron Scott her neurotic younger boyfriend who ran circles around her. We reminisced about all the 13,000-foot She is that kind of canine.

Like many of the Roaring Fork Valley’s ďŹ nest, she lucked out mountains, brook trout, sunglasses and deer entrails we’ve bagged and found herself some people to love her right down to her mar- together. The trail runs. The car camping. The ticks. The poison row. Got heisted right out of the pound. If she had been a saint, oak. “You know,â€? I said, “it wasn’t so long ago you wouldn’t lisshe would have learned long ago to carry human sorrow. If she ten to anyone. And now look at you, you open like a lotus ower, paws in the air, for just about anyone to had been a huntress, she would have scratch your stomach.â€? Upside down, she leapt down through the undergrowth grinned at me like the Cheshire cat. after sparrows. Fallen off of cliff bands After a few minutes I grew contemchasing marmots. Been inches from sinkplative: “Scout,â€? I asked, “what’s the difing her teeth into an elk haunch. The ference between a holler and a draw?â€? brown streak three horizons away chasShe’d likely reply, “a draw is Western. A ing deer. A wet otter crossing the river in search of trout. holler is Eastern. A draw is not a holler, If she had been a teacher she would though both are formed by water. If the have taught me the following: If left West were older there would be more hollers; as it stands, the hollers in the alone she will chew up the most expenWest are sacred and no one wants to talk sive thing she can ďŹ nd. If she ďŹ nds something dead she will roll in it. If put in a about them. Because the West is still raw, back yard she will escape. If put in a steeper, sharper and edgier, it is more likely to look like it was freshly drawn front yard she will escape to the back yard. She’ll run a mile and a half after rabbits or chucker or deer by a knife. I’m a mountain dog. I go for both.â€?

I buried my ďŹ ngers and nose in the scruff of her neck and and when you call her name you might not think so, but she’ll altook a deep breath. I thought about how, if she had been alive ways come back.

Time passes too quickly when you ďŹ nd yourself around a in the 1960s, she probably would have ended up in a Bob Dylan good mountain dog like her. One day she’s chewing up your av- song. Broken his heart. Licked up the pieces. Been a pure and alanche beacon, the next you’re living three states away and she scalding beam of light, burned back to the purest form of anyis stiff for a week after hitting up a backcountry ski. In the quiet thing, ever. A holler. A draw. A saint. A huntress. A teacher. Pretty worry corners of your mind you can’t help but wonder when much a guy’s best friend.

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Scout, Captions Scout takes the waffle iron on vacation.

Scout says my life is entering an intense Transit Period.

Scout runs circles around my mountain bike.

Scout fixes the hole in the shower tile and pulls out the rotten drywall.

Scout gets paid under the table.

Scout, what of light as it runs low?

What of the darkness as it presses in?

Scout sprawled on the floor like Elvis’s immobile hips.

Scout posed like Marilyn’s dress which no longer lifts.

Scout eats rat poison and lives.

Scout holds the world together with her soft brown fur.

Scout plunges into run-off and disappears around the bend.

Scout, what of mayflies that carry clouds on their backs?

What of the river that tumbles toward the silver sea?

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Letters continued om page 2 Aspen/Snowmass, Palisade Bluegrass Fest, Lyons Folk Fest, 5Point Film, Aspen Film, Evan Gaspar, Shawn Tonozzi, Wick Moses, Maciej Mrotek, Aubrey Hood, John Cohorst, Robin Paz,  Sondie Reiff, Pete Rich, Jen Catto, Lis Ensminger, Monica Muniz, Jessie Hinker, Brittany Sutherland, Natasha Seedorf, Jason White, Isaac Ellis, Milana Hines, Melanie Finan and Wade Newsom.

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Evan Cree, Alix Knipe, Sarah Wood, Annie Bell, Sue Drinker, Errko Alm, Pam Rosenthal and Dan Giese; and our the photographers: Beth White, Jane Bachrach, Renee Ramge and Mark Burrows. Deborah Colley Operations Manager Carbondale Council for Arts & Humanities

Volunteering continued om page 2 Chamber of Commerce and Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities. I love volunteering. We all grow and experience richer lives in the giving of our talents and time.

Do you have free time or a unique skill set that you can offer up to the Roaring Fork Valley? What gift do you have that can make our community better?

You might ask, “But with so many choices, how do I ďŹ nd volunteer opportunities in a streamlined, effective manner?â€?

When I moved to Carbondale, the ďŹ rst thing I did was to read the papers and study our town. Who were the movers and shakers? Who was having fun? What organizations did cool things? To what cause did I want to give my free time? When I made

those choices, it took endless e-mails and many months to ďŹ nally secure my ďŹ rst volunteer effort — an advisory position on the Carbondale Tree Board. I was ready to kick some butt and do good things, but yo. All those e-mails and research was work! There had to be an easier way to dial in. And now there is.

During National Volunteer Week, April 6-12, Roaring Fork Leadership (RFL), an area non-proďŹ t for developing leaders within our community, will launch their match.com-type program for volunteers and organizations. Called Community Conuence (Joining Great People with Community Causes) this program strives to be the go-tosource for matching volunteers and organi-

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Public Hearings will be held for the purpose of considering an amendment to the Commercial/Transitional Zone District, specifically, removing Section 18.25.040.E.2, which includes development regulations which relate to the south side of the 100 block of Main Street. The south side of the 100 Block of Main Street was rezoned to Historic Commercial Code in March of 2014 and this code section is now obsolete. The applicant is the Town of Carbondale.

The first Public Hearing will be held before the Planning and Zoning Commission at the Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 24, 2014.

The second Public Hearing will be held before the Board of Trustees on May 13, 2014, at the Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale CO at 6:00 p.m.

Copies of the proposed application are on file in the Planning Department office, Town Hall, 511 Colorado

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held before the Carbondale Planning and Zoning Commission for the purpose of considering an Infill Application to construct a single family house with an accessory dwelling unit.

The property location is on Lot 16A as shown on the Final Plat, A Resubdivision of Lots 15 and 16 of Gianinetti Subdivision which was recorded on June 3, 2008 as Reception No. 749737. The property is located along 8th Street/Cowen Drive and is the third lot south of Latigo Loop.

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Mahatma Gandhi says “The best way to ďŹ nd yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.â€? So go to CommunityConuence.com. Surf around. Learn how Community Conuence works. Then register to join then check off your interests and skills. Let us know how to ďŹ nd your match. And then ... what magic lies ahead for you?

Geneviève JoÍlle Villamizar is a 2014 participant of Roaring Fork Leadership. The 2015 RFL class is accepting applications now. Visit readership.org to learn more.

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Said Public Hearing will be held at the Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO at 7:00 p.m. on April 24, 2014.

Copies of the proposed application are on file in the Planning Department office, Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO and may be examined by interested persons during regular working hours, 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held before the Board of Trustees for the purpose of considering a Subdivision Plat Amendment to modify Lots 2 and 4 through 10 of Block JJ, River Valley Ranch.

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Said Public Hearing will be held at the Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO at 6:00 p.m. on April 22, 2014.

Copies of the proposed application are on file in the Planning Department office, Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO and may be examined by interested persons during regular working hours, 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

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will be held before the Carbondale Planning and Zoning Commission for the purpose of considering the adoption of an ordinance which would amend Chapter 18 (Zoning Districts) of the Carbondale Municipal Code. The proposed ordinance would affect the location, zoning and establish conditions of operation of Medical Marijuana Facilities as defined in the Ordinance.

The applicant is the Town of Carbondale.

Said Public Hearing will be held at the Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO at 7:00 p.m. on April 24, 2014.

Copies of the proposed application are on file in the Planning Department office, Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO and may be examined by interested persons during regular working hours, 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

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