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Volume 8, Number 9 | April 7, 2016
4-H Club sets sights on Rifle John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer
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Dogs are not allowed “in” Sopris Park but “above” the park might be fair game. This particular tree, adjacent to the stage at the southwest end of the park, happens to be Tora Piccolo’s favorite tree to climb, according to her human (left), who also encourages Tora’s passion to climb by hinting that there might be chipmunks hiding up there in the branches. Photo by Jane Bachrach
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he annual run-up to August's Garfield County Fair in Rifle is now under full steam in the Carbondale area's 4-H Club circles, as young enthusiasts pick the categories they will be competing in (exclusively livestock projects at this point), seek out the animals they will be working with, and start the search for possible buyers of the animals they raise and care for. Lisa Nieslanik, leader of the Black Sheep 4-H Club (the other Carbondale-based group is the Mt. Sopris Club), held an organizational meeting on April 3 at her home on White Hill overlooking the town. To open the meeting, she laid out the rules, schedules and planned “community service projects” that will consume the time and effort of 19 club members, who range in age from 10 to 16 or so years. Nieslanik took over leadership of the club two years ago from her brother-in-law, Mark Nieslanik, who had been the Black Sheep club's leader for more than three decades. Mark Nieslanik told The Sopris Sun this week that the club’s rather quirky name was picked by the young members, in honor of a popular television show from the 1970s, “Black Sheep Squadron,” about a “misfit” squadron of fabled fighter pilots in World War II's Pacific Ocean theater, under famed squadron leader Maj. Greg “Pappy” Boyington. Mark said the Black Sheep generally had between 18 and 27 members every year, so this year’s club size is in line with tradition, but Lisa noted that last year’s club shrank to about eight members after a number of youths graduated from school or left for other reasons. This year’s turnout, she indicated after the April 3 meeting, has been heartening and a gratifying confirmation that 4-H activities remain relevant in these modern times. According to the CSU Extension website, “4-H is a community of young people, across America, learning leadership, citizenship and life skills.” In addition to the traditional livestock projects, according to the website, Colorado 4-H 4-H CLUB page 15
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Make like a monkey and enjoy the ride This year – 2016 — is the year of the monkey; a year of big change. collective conscience. It may sound hippy-dippy or naïve, but if we As much as I want to be an easy-going and flexible person, I am keep voting with our lower chakras I fear we will end up with a presnot great with change. So, when it comes to the year ahead, I am pic- ident who doesn’t take the time to think things through. A president turing a cute little monkey floating down the river on his back, wear- who simply reacts, writing checks with his ego that we, the people, will ing a personal floatation device (PFD) and keeping his feet up — have to find a way to cash. always remember to keep your feet up! What does it say about us as a nation that we would This will surely be a big year of change for Amerivote for a man who is prejudiced against immigrants, cans, judging by the carnival show that is our current but whose wife is an immigrant? A man who has never political situation. In fact, a monkey would fit right in … had to work for a living, but calls himself the working maybe those little guys with their eyes, ears and mouth class candidate? A spotlight grabber with nothing to say? covered should run for president; you know, class it up I’ll tell you what it says, that Americans live their lives on with a little discretion. television. We watch each other scrap over the crumbs, I recently saw a meme (pronounced meem) on Facewhile the guys with the doughnuts stay out of reach, orbook addressing the American powers-that-be: chestrating consumerism through the corporate owned “I just can’t stand to hear white people say that media. We’re being played. And guys like Donald Trump America used to be a great country… Excuse me, are are just pawns in suits, egging us on. you referring to when my indigenous ancestors were No one wants to be the chump that worked and being slaughtered? Perhaps you mean during slavery or fought for the American dream, only to end up with a By Jeannie Perry the Jim Crow era? The way I see it, you have to be either puddle of spit. And we’re all told by the corporatea total psychopath or a complete buffoon. Wanna get real? America owned box that the harder we work, the more we can afford to buy, was pretty awesome until 1492.” — Indivisible: African-Native Amer- and the happier we’ll be. But it’s not true. Life is a bell curve in most ican/American Indian/Indigenous Ancestry respects, and the top of the bell (the best place to be) is somewhere in Let’s face it, we’ve created a monster (actually a gaggle of them) the middle. That’s why we need legislation that supports the middle that likes to wear pancake make-up and pander to fear and suspicion class over the corporate interests. — the basic chakras. Early man absolutely had to pay attention to The biggest lie of all is that we have to fight each other over The what his gut was telling him. His survival depended on hunger, lust Dream. Sharing and helping people brings way more joy than hoardand fight or flight. But today we have Starbucks to fulfill those primal ing. It’s only with genuine kindness and empathy that we’ll find true urges. It’s no longer necessary to fly by the seat of our weird little mil- joy in our existence. Animals know this (probably because they don’t itary-issue short-pants. We can take the time to listen to our inner watch TV). All we really have to do is stay in the current on our back, voice, and conduct ourselves in a manner more in alignment with our feet up and enjoy the ride. Just like a monkey would.
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Surprised and disappointed Dear Editor: CRMS preschool has a wonderful reputation and is very much a needed business in our community, but I am very surprised and disappointed that planning and zoning (P&Z) would support allowing them to operate on Main Street. I am currently on the committee to develop Creative Districts in Carbondale and the addition of a school to an art district and main retail business area just does not make sense. A few years ago, the trustees of Carbondale voted down the use of the old library as a preschool that is one block off Main Street. Adding a preschool to our main retail district does not add to the viability of this town. Yet another issue is the location of retail liquor and pot stores on Main Street. I thought we had laws that schools could not function within 1,000 feet of a pot shop or liquor store. A pot shop is set to open across the street from the Village Smithy and you have the distillery next door and a liquor store and multiple bars just down the street. If you are able to craft a special-use permit for the Main Street location, surely you could do the same for one of the 30 other locations that the school has to choose from. Have they checked into renting the old Ross Montessori space down Fourth Street? I realize this is a small town and that properties are expensive and hard to come by, but
we need to be very concerned about enhancing the retail businesses we have and plan to have in order to support our economy. Nicki Cannon Carbondale
YouthEntity thanks Dear Editor: YouthEntity held a winter raffle to raise funds to help reach an additional 500 students in 2016 with its work-ready, careerready, life-ready programs. It was recently announced the raffle’s first-place winner is Joanne Berke, and the second-prize winner is Michaela Idhammer. The lucky first-prize winner will choose one trip from the following three incredible options: a Cancun paradise vacation, New Orleans jazz & dining, or a South Beach Holiday. The second-prize winner will receive a Little Nell gift certificate for a two-night stay with breakfast included daily. Tickets were just $20 apiece, and more than $10,000 was raised. A special thank you to the Little Nell, Alpine Bank, Tony and Terri Caine. More at youthentity.org. The YouthEntity Board of Directors
Vote for me Dear Editor: I am Gerald (Jerry) H. Eller and am seeking the Republican nomination for U.S. Sen-
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ate, as a native Coloradoan, disabled Army veteran of Desert Storm, OEF and OIF, retired from the Army in 2004, and founder, president and CEO of The American Christian Patriots’ Association. I have no political experience nor do I want to be a politician but can no longer stand by and witness the dissolution of our great state and country. To have any kind of impact to slow, stop and reverse the latter, I feel representing the people of Colorado in the U.S. Senate is my solitary option to do so. My immediate priority is to review and investigate the Department of Defense (DOD, report back to the American people and make recommendations to the president and return the DOD back to what it was when Presidents Reagan and Bush were commanders in chief. Other immediate goals are to implement the Federal Marijuana Utilization Act; Government Reduction Act; The Internet Child and Reform Act; the National Disaster and Terror Act; repeal and replace The Affordable Care Act with a health care system for all federal employees, their dependents, the Veterans Administration, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, the uninsured and uninsurable with health care and those that do not qualify for the latter to have their own private health care system. Other goals and ideas are at eller4senate.com. Gerald Eller Pueblo West
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Teens and screens: Cause for alarm? By Debbie Bruell Sopris Sun Correspondent Last week’s showing of the documentary “Screenagers: The Impact of Growing Up in the Digital Age” has caused quite a stir. When the sold-out showing ended, dozens of parents lingered inside the Crystal Theater, then on the sidewalk out front, sharing concerns about screen time and their children. According to “Screenagers,” youth spend an average of 6.5 hours per day in front of a screen, not counting homework or computer work at school. Delaney Ruston — pediatrician, mother of two teens and filmmaker — created this film in order to examine the impact of screen time on kids. Turning the camera on her own family, she also explored the struggles many parents encounter as they try to monitor their children’s online life. The showing was organized by the Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork, and cosponsored by other middle schools in the area. It was also shown to several classes at Roaring Fork High School.
Teens’ online lives According to the film, teenage boys spend on average 11.3 hours per week playing video games, some of which are quite violent. According to some researchers, playing these games decreases empathy, decreases sensitivity and increases aggressive thoughts and actions. Some popular video games were actually developed by the U.S. military for the purpose of desensitizing soldiers before they go into war. The film notes that the gaming industry has spent millions of dollars lobbying Congress to block the funding of research that would examine the impact of violent video games. The film also focuses on the impact of so-
cial media on girls. Ruston’s 13-year-old daughter, Tessa, described her use of online social networks: “I usually get like, 100 ‘likes’ ... just normal ‘likes’ from all the people I follow and stuff. And then I get … 160 ‘fake likes,’ or 170. There’s one really popular person and if
“We’re exposing a whole generation of young children to these rapid-paced media, and we have no clue what it does to the brain.” Nino Ramirez Brain researcher you comment on her photo then people can see that, and they’ll go into your account and they can go through and ‘like’ your photos, so you can get like ‘fake likes,’ as I call them. And it becomes a frenzy of finding apps to get free likes.” Girls’ comments on these social networks, according to the film, are almost always about each other’s appearances. A group of eighth grade girls talked about technology as “an endless competition” of how pretty you are and “what the guys think of you.” Both girls and boys in the film described screen time as being “addicting.” The film presents research findings that indicate the chemical patterns in the brains of people addicted to video games are similar to those of people addicted to alcohol, gambling and other substances and behaviors.
Brain researcher Nino Ramirez exposed young mice to rapidly switching sounds and lights “to mimic the situation that children face when they switch from one screen to another.” He found that the learning capacity of mice who have undergone such exposure is severely compromised — an effect which remains for the rest of their lives. “We’re exposing a whole generation of young children to these rapid-paced media, and we have no clue what it does to the brain,” Ramirez said. “If it’s the same as we see in the mice, then this is very shocking news.”
Reactions to the film Barb Mason, special education teacher and former assistant principal at Roaring Fork High School (RFHS), told The Sun she was “flabbergasted” by the things she learned in the film. RFHS English teacher Adam Carballeira said his middle-school-age son handed over his phone after watching the movie, basically saying, “Take this for a while. It’s messing me up. I need to figure out what things are like without it again.” Counselor Andrea Caruso, at Roaring Fork High School, told The Sun that her seventh grade daughter admitted to being addicted to her phone after watching the movie. Although she was not willing to simply hand over her phone, being aware of her addiction, Caruso said, “is a great place to start the conversation.” Other kids were less positive about the film. Several RFHS teachers noted that many students dismissed the movie as being exaggerated and alarmist. Anne Menconi, the community development administrator of the Waldorf School and one of the organizers of the showing, told The Sun that she heard from several SCREEN IMPACT page 5
Edgar the raven (up Red Hill) discovered some discarded dog bones over the weekend and took a liking to them. Not only that, he dug out a bit of leftover marrow before he picked up this one and flew it about 20 yards to a nearby pile of goat-shed shavings and buried it – just like a dog. Photo by Jane Bachrach
Free book for 4-year-olds starts soon Sopris Sun Staff Report Each year, One Book 4 Colorado gives away more than 75,000 copies of the same book to 4-yearolds in Colorado, according to a press release. These books — available in both English and Spanish — are distributed through public libraries, including the Carbondale Branch Library. Every year a new book is selected. After creating a list of titles that meet the criteria each year, librarians and early childhood teachers in Colorado vote to narrow the list to three finalists. Then, Colorado residents are able to vote on their favorite of the three. This year’s title will be announced on April 11. After the announcement, books will be given out to 4-year-olds on April 11 – 25. In celebration of this effort, all Garfield County Libraries will also incorporate the book and/or theme into their Story times during one of the two weeks of the giveaways. Previous titles given out for One Book 4 Colorado are “Maybe a Bear Ate It!” by Robie Harris, “Duck on a Bike” by David Shannon, “Grumpy Bird” by Jeremy Tankard, and “How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?” by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague. Research shows that 4-year-olds that have access to books and adults that read to them often will be much more likely to be ready to read when they start kindergarten. For low-income families, access to quality books and early literacy efforts are even more important, as research shows that children in low-income families tend to have fewer books in their homes and are exposed to 30 million fewer words before the age of four than their higher-income peers. One Book 4 Colorado aims to close this vocabulary gap by getting a book into the home of every 4-year-old in Colorado and fostering a culture of reading. The privately-funded program, started in 2012, is collaboration between Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia’s office, the Colorado Office of Early Literacy, Colorado State Library, the Denver Preschool Program, public and military libraries statewide, the private sector, and the nonprofit and foundation communities. Modeled after the successful Preschool One Book, One Denver program, both programs stem from the idea that providing young children with access to books promotes early literacy skills and helps families serve as their children’s first and most important teachers.
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Town planning staff and building officials observed a hash-oil extraction process at one of Carbondale’s marijuana-infused products (MIP) operations last week, to get a little experience about the methods and procedures involved, and in the safety measures undertaken in the work, according to Town Manager Jay Harrington’s weekly report to the trustees and others. In other news from the weekly report: Carbondale’s domestic water wells along the Roaring Fork River are undergoing inspection and repairs. Wells 1 and 2 were “pulled for inspection” last week and found to need parts, while Well 3 could not be pulled and so must be dug out and probably replaced. The memo indicated that the repairs are expected to take “roughly a week depending on parts availability,” and replacement of a membrane in the Roaring Fork Water Treatment Plant has been postponed until later this month due to the ongoing work on the wells. Winter may be winding down, but the wintertime recreational classes at the Carbondale Recreation and Community Center (CRCC) are going strong. Youth climbing classes will be reshuffled for April, with the offering of an additional Spider Monkeys class for climbers aged 4 to 6 years, in addition to a continuing six-week program for home-schooled children. There
currently are 14 youngsters in the homeschooled class, which takes place from 12:45 to 2:45 p.m. on Tuesdays. Other ongoing youth classes include a preschool program for Motion Mondays and Wild & Wacky Wednesdays, which reportedly “have been very popular,” averaging 25-30 participants. The Adult Volleyball League also is continuing, as is the Pickleball League on Sunday nights through April 10. Other CRCC news and programming information is available in the town’s summer recreation brochure, which is included as an insert in this week’s Sopris Sun and is to be mailed out to town residents next week. The brochure covers programming from May through September. The town’s Little League has started practicing on the Bill Hanks, Tiny Nightingale and the Ron Patch baseball fields, while the Carbondale Soccer Cub and the Roaring Fork Lacrosse Club also started their practice sessions last week. The soccer club is using the Crystal River Elementary School and Bridges soccer fields, as well as fields at North Face Park, Hendricks Ranch park, River Valley Ranch and the Miners Park. The lacrosse club is using the Bridges and Roaring Fork High School practice fields. Games were scheduled to start last weekend for the summer seasons.
At the Carbondale Police Department, an applicant who received a conditional job offer to be a patrol officer reportedly accepted another job offer, meaning the application process has been reopened. Interested parties should call the CPD at 963-2662 for information. The police department also has started a new online training program — policeone.com — to supplement training for officers, which is being funded by a grant from the state. The public works and utilities crews worked on cleaning the town’s ditches last week, as well as cleaning silt filtration systems on several of the irrigation station intakes. The memo indicated that areas of the Carbondale ditch in the proximity of the Thompson Corner section of River Valley Ranch (RVR) are to be lined with concrete blocks as a way of stabilizing the banks. River Valley Ranch was to begin receiving water from the Carbondale ditch on Monday, April 4, while the overall ditch network is to be put back in action on April 15. The town’s street crew has been removing and replacing damaged traffic signs on several streets, and the town’s arborist met recently with property owners to discuss tree removal plans for the summer. Parks crew members have been cleaning flower beds in the parks and have gotten the town-managed volleyball courts ready for summer play.
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Cop Shop From March 24 - 31, Carbondale officers handled 222 calls for service. During this period, officers investigated the following cases of note:
FRIDAY, March 25: At 9:02 a.m. police received a report of a vehicle being “keyed” in the Wheel Circle neighborhood. FRIDAY, March 25: At 1:01 p.m. police took a report of “hacking attempts” made on accounts of a local firm. SATURDAY, March 26: At 2:12 p.m. police stopped a vehicle for allegedly driving on the wrong side of the road. After investigating, officers arrested the driver on charges of drunk driving, possession of controlled substances, use of those substances, and driving under a revoked license, alcohol-related. SUNDAY, March 27: At 7:20 p.m. police got a report of a fight between a man and a woman. After investigating, officers arrested the man on multiple charges that included assault, drunken or drugged driving, failure to notify police of an accident, menacing (with a gun), possession of an illegal weapon, drug possession and violation of a restraining order. MONDAY, March 28: Police contacted six juveniles in a parked vehicle that was blocking a driveway in the Clearwater Road area. An investigation showed that all six had been drinking, and all six were issued tickets for that charge. TUESDAY, March 29: At 29 minutes past midnight, officers observed and photographed graffiti on the rear wall of an establishment at Highway 133 and Main Street. No suspects were reported.
Locals working on statewide anti-fracking amendment John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer An effort to enshrine a “Colorado Community Rights Amendment,” or CCRA, in the state constitution is now at the petitioning stage, and organizers are confident that they can gather the needed 100,000-plus signatures to get the issue on the general election ballot in November. Known on the Colorado Secretary of State’s website as “Local Governance Initiative 40,” the proposed amendment would need roughly 98,000 signatures to make it on the ballot, but proponents have said they plan to gather many more than that under the assumption that some signatures inevitably will be invalidated. And while the process of gathering petition signatures will necessarily focus most heavily on populous Front Range municipalities and counties, the Roaring Fork Valley region has been tapped as the first area of the Western Slope where petitions are to be circulated. Two valley residents and political activists — Richard Vottero of Carbondale and Barb Coddington of Glenwood Springs — are volunteers working with the Colorado Community Rights Network (COCRN) on the ballot initiative. The COCRN, established in 2013, sought to put a community-rights amendment on the statewide ballot in 2014, according to COCRN organizer Cliff Willmeng of Lafayette, Colorado. That campaign aimed initially at pro-
viding local communities with a way to resist hydraulic fracturing of natural gas wells (a controversial technique also known as “fracking”) and other oil and gas industry activities within the boundaries of counties or communities that did not want those activities. But challenges from industry supporters delayed the effort until the Colorado Supreme Court ruled the ballot initiative could move forward, and by then it was too late to mount an effective statewide campaign, Willmeng said. So COCRN resubmitted its proposed ballot question last year and, after an initial challenge by industry supporters was again rejected by the courts, COCRN got to work printing petitions and lining up volunteers to gather signatures. The CCRA, which has broadened its focus beyond strictly the oil and gas industry’s activities, is aimed at undermining a legal principle known as “state preemption,” under which state legislatures in Colorado and elsewhere have enacted laws preventing counties and towns from passing their own laws that conflict with state statutes.
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Tangled history The debate over who controls energy-industry activities within municipalities and counties of Colorado has a tangled history. One of the most recent tangles arose when the voters of Lafayette in 2013, by a 57-percent margin, approved a “community bill of rights” CCRA PETITION page 8
Screen impact from page 3 parents whose kids were angered by the film. Carbondale Middle School student Shaun Teitler, 14, told The Sun that he found the film one-sided: “It didn’t show any of the good sides of video games, like cooperation with random people, teamwork, strategizing ... a way for people to connect with other people from around the world. You have to communicate with them, like ‘I’m flanking left. Can you cover right?’” Some students in Carballeira’s Advanced Placement English class argued that the violent clips from videogames shown in the movie were “the worst of the worst” of the games. One clip showed a gamer punching a woman to the ground, and then kicking her in the head and stomach. Teitler agreed that the film’s presentation of gaming was misleading: “You can do things like skydiving and parachuting … Things that have nothing to do with violence or guns.”
Positive steps The film ends by describing positive actions that both parents and teens are taking to limit the negative impacts of screen time. One step identified is for parents to be more selfaware of their own screen time. As Menconi said, “It’s hard for all of us to set those boundaries (on the use of computer devices), not just our kids.” Tessa told her mother in the film, “Anytime I come in and you’re near the computer and you’re trying to multi-task, you seem pretty distracted when you have your computer with you.” Teens also spoke of actions they’ve taken
to limit their own screen time. “I gave my friend my Facebook password and made her change it, so I can’t go on Facebook right now,” said one girl. “Sometimes when my friends and I go out to eat, we’ll all agree to put our phones in the middle of the table, and whoever checks their phone first has to pay for the meal,” said a boy. Carballeira also has found that students are beginning to think more critically about their phones. Some of his students have written poems about “the thing that’s always in their hands (‘Why don’t I have both hands free?’)” and the sad-looking, bent-over posture of kids hooked into their phones. After some angry struggles with their daughter, Ruston and her husband finally create a contract, with Tessa’s input, outlining when she can use her phone and when it will be put away. A group of eight young teens in the film were asked if they’re happy that their parents have rules around their computer and phone use, and each one of them said they were. One boy commented, “You would never stop if they didn’t (have rules).” The film noted that even companies like Facebook, Yahoo and Google are recognizing the importance of face-to-face interactions on their employees’ productivity and experimenting with policies such as banning phones from conference rooms. Menconi told The Sun that she hopes this film will be the start of a community-wide dialogue: “It’s a really healthy discussion to be entering into as a community. I look forward to continuing it.”
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Trustee items for April 13 The Carbondale Board of Trustees will hold its ďŹ rst full, regular meeting in three weeks on April 13, with a relatively packed agenda of items to be considered, according to Town Manager Jay Harrington. Among the items to be considered will be: An application from Stepping Stones, an advocacy organization for area youth, for a special use permit to operate a facility; an application for a business permit renewal for a retail marijuana store in the former home of the Floyd’s of Mayberry barber shop; several amendments to the Carbondale Comprehensive Plan documents; proposed amendments to the town’s regulations governing marijuana outlets; a proposal to purchase solar panels for the recreation center roof; ďŹ nal acceptance of the Thompson Park development improvements; an application from the SeĂąor Taco’s restaurant for curbside dining; and discussion of a planned heritage garden and orchard adjacent to the Historic Thompson House. The trustee meetings begin at 6 p.m. and are scheduled to conclude at 9 p.m. at Town Hall, 511 Colorado Ave.
Round up your crap Carbondale’s annual Waste Diversion & Spring Clean Up Day takes place across from Town Hall from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on April 30, according to a press release. Bring your household trash, metal, yard waste, tires, electronic waste, light bulbs, batteries (all types), textiles and campaign yard signs. Fees may apply. For more information, go to carbondalegov.org.
are served during the Early Release Wednesday Makerspace program, and the iPad Lab on Thursdays.
This just in III Photographer Mark Burrows has to reschedule Mother’s Day sittings originally scheduled for April 9 to April 10 from 1 to 6 p.m. He is calling moms who have already made an appointment. Sondie Reiff (left) celebrated her 80th birthday with a packed house at the Pan and Fork restaurant on April 2. Many of the 60 in attendance came from out of town, including her sister Anita Lopatin (right). Photo by Jane Bachrach
RFOV kick-off party Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers kicks off its 2016 project season with a party at Whitehouse Pizza from 6 to 8 p.m. on April 7. There’ll be pizza and drinks, plus you’ll get a look at the 2016 project schedule and hang with like-minded folks. For details, call 9278241 or e-mail rfov@sopris.net.
This just in Carbondale and Basalt Middle School ďŹ fth graders share health tips with KDNK listeners every day at 8:30 a.m. Tune in to 88.1, 88.3 88.5 FM, or tune in to kdnk.org.
This just in II The Carbondale Branch Library served 234 lunches through the Food Bank of the Rockies food program in February. The meals
They say it’s your birthday Folks celebrating their birthday this week include: Cassie Cerise, Mary Lilly and Beth Simonetti (April 7); Trish Anderson (April 8); Marty Treadway and Herschel Ross (April 10); Susan Shirley (April 12); and Nicole Levesque, Rusty Burtard, Bill Lamont, Jane Munsell and Vicki Peterson (April 13).
Food co-op news The Roaring Fork Food Co-op annual member/owner meeting takes place at the Carbondale Branch Library at 5 pm. on April 30. Topics include an action plan. There will also be “important� issues for members to vote on. “We need your active participation right now to keep our doors open,� said a spokesperson.
Andy Lietz memorial service Friends and family members will hold a memorial service for Andy Lietz at the Orchard on April 8. It starts at noon. Andy died early Saturday morning on April 2 surrounded by family members following a lengthy illness. Friends say Andy’s impact on the Carbondale community and Roaring Fork Valley was “extensive.� He served on the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, as well as the board for Habitat for Humanity. He worked tirelessly at Sunsense Solar, advocating for renewable energy and a better planet.
Roaring Fork High School girls play their first-ever lacrosse game at home at 4 p.m. on April 8. Shown here is Chelsey Serrano (left) in a game against Grand Junction earlier this season. Photo by Roark Roney/RFHS
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ree new faces on Carbondale Board of Trustees Bohmfalk, Richardson and Silverstein By John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer Carbondale voters this week ousted Allyn Harvey, the only incumbent town trustee running for reelection in Tuesday’s municipal election, and put three new faces on the town’s seven-member board of trustees — RFSD staffer Ben Bohmfalk, engineering consultant Dan Richardson, and long-time postal worker Marty Silverstein. Those three will join Mayor Stacey Bernot and Trustees Katrina Byars, A.J. Hobbs and Frosty Merriott, following a swearing-in ceremony on April 20. Outgoing trustees John Hoffmann and Pam Zentmyer must step down due to term limits. Also on Tuesday, in an election that brought out many more voters than usual, voters roundly rejected two tax increases that would have created permanent funding sources for the town’s energy-efficiency programming as well as capital improvement projects (see related story on this page). A total of 1,671 ballots were cast in the election, according to officials, compared to approximately 3,300 ballots sent out to voters by Town Clerk Cathy Derby, for a turnout of 49.3 percent — considerably higher than in recent municipal elections. For example, Derby wrote in an e-mail to The Sopris Sun, voter turnout for the 2014 municipal election was 30 percent. In the contest for three trustee seats, ac-
cording to unofficial results published Tuesday night, Bohmfalk came in first with 898 votes, followed by Richardson with 818 and Silverstein with 768. Harvey came in fourth with 673 votes, followed by Michael Durant with 363, Patricia Warman with 281, Wayne Horak with 176, and John “Doc” Philip with 128. Harvey, who has served one four-year term on the board, is scheduled to step down after the new trustees are sworn in. But a potential resignation from the board by one of its members, Katrina Byars, could result in Harvey being brought back, at least to serve out Byars’ remaining twoyear term, as he received the next-highest number of votes behind the winners. Byars, as reported in area newspapers, currently is effectively homeless, having been evicted from her rented house when the owner decided to sell it. She has indicated her income is too low to afford the costs of most housing in town, and has been staying with friends for some time. Byars, who showed up at the Pour House restaurant and bar on election night as candidates and others awaited the election results, said she is waiting to see about a possible housing option just outside of Carbondale. Moving outside of town would mean she could no longer be on the board of trustees. On Tuesday night Byars indicated that if the housing opportunity is offered to her, she probably would take it rather than remain homeless in order to continue serving on the board of trustees. Harvey, contacted by e-mail, wrote that
Meet Carbondale’s new trustees. From left to right they are: Marty Silverstein, Dan Richardson and Ben Bohmfalk. They join sitting trustees Stacey Bernot (mayor), Katrina Byars, A.J. Hobbs and Frosty Merriott. Bohmfalk led the eight-member field with 898 votes, followed by Richardson with 818 and Silverstein with 768. Photo by John Colson the trustees have several options should Byars’ seat open up and that the trustees would “need to have a discussion about how to fill it.” Section 2.6 of the town’s Home-Rule Charter states that, “Whenever a vacancy occurs more than 90 days prior to the next regular Town election, the Board of Trustees shall solicit the general public for applications to fill the vacancy.” The charter offers no guidance about the possible appointment of candidates who lost in a recent general election but who, like
Harvey, came in fourth in a race for three seats, although such appointments have been made in the past by town governments in the region. Although he did not say whether he would accept an appointment to fill out the remainder of Byars’ term, Harvey wrote, “The voters made a decision and statement about my service over the last four years that indicates they don’t want me to continue. I don’t think it would be fair to simply appoint me because I came in fourth in a race for three seats.”
Carbondale voters shoot down tax-hike questions By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer Voters put a good thumpin’ on a pair of tax hikes in Tuesday’s election, saying “no” to increased taxes on natural gas and electric bills, and saying “no” to a dedicated mill levy for capital improvements. “No one had any illusions about how difficult this was going to be” said climateaction_tax supporter Michael Hassig in the Pour House after the election results were in. Said climate-tax supporter Katherine
Rushton, “I think there’s been a lot of positives to the Climate Action campaign,” noting that volunteers met with many voters who expressed support for the ideas behind the tax. “I think maybe the timing of the question made it difficult to pass.” Rushton also said the very existence of question 2A on the ballot “gained a lot of attention statewide” and has prompted other towns to begin to ask the same kinds of questions about combating climate change at the local level.
CCRA petition om page 5 that banned fracking. An industry advocacy group, the Colorado Oil and Gas Association, sued the city over the law and won, based largely on the “state preemption” doctrine. A similar lawsuit was filed against the city of Longmont by the COGA and the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC), and later joined by Gov. John Hickenlooper, over a voter-approved fracking ban there. That suit was dropped in 2014 as part of a complicated compromise worked out by the governor to appoint a special commission to come up with stricter rules governing fracking near towns and other issues. In Colorado, the local-control battle goes back at least to 1992, when the state’s Supreme Court struck down a voter-approved ban on drilling within the town boundaries of Greeley.
Now, the COCRN hopes to trump the court decisions and industry lawsuits by creating a constitutional provision that allows what the governor and the industry fought against — a community’s right to determine what kinds of industrial and corporate activities can take place within its borders.
CCRA model The CCRA is modeled on a nationwide campaign by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CEDLF), based in Pennsylvania, which on its website (www.cedlf.org) claims to have helped nearly 200 communities across the U.S. that have faced similar issues to those faced by the voters of Lafeyette and other communities in Colorado, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas and New Mexico, accord-
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For the record, ballot question 2A, titled the “Climate Action Excise Tax” failed 1,022637, while ballot question 2B (for a dedicated property tax mill levy to fund capital improvement projects) went down 959-692. Earlier in the year, Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District voters approved a property tax-hike, and Roaring Fork School District voters approved a $122 million bond issue to build a new school and expand or remodel others. Both of those tax hikes are reflected on property tax bills re-
cently sent out by Garfield County. The Carbondale Board of Trustees has discussed how to continue funding programs for energy conservation for more than a year, after it became apparent that mineral severance taxes (which the town has used for several years) are not producing the kind of money they did in the past 10-15 years.
ing to the CEDLF website. Rick Casey, who recently signed on to direct the Western Slope petition drive, told The Sopris Sun on Monday that he plans to expand the petition drive, possibly to the towns of Paonia, in Delta County, Crested Butte in Gunnison County and LaVita, in Huerfano County. But, he said,“That’s still under development.” Casey, a computer programmer and parttime teacher of environmental economics at Front Range Community College, said he plans to visit Western Slope communities to talk at political events and to recruit and meet with volunteers. Referring to the petition drive and the CCRA campaign, Casey said, “It deserves to be more widely known across the state” but conceded, “This is not an easy issue to summarize in a few seconds to voters.”
The idea of “corporate personhood” and the right of corporations to override a community’s laws and wishes concerning corporate activities, he said, is presumed by many voters a “perfectly natural” in terms of the country’s evolving democratic regulations. But, he continued, “It’s not. It’s something we really never have agreed to, as a people,” but instead represents a kind of collusion between political and corporate entities. “What we’re trying to do is change the perception of the law,” Casey concluded. “There’s no law that says we (local communities) can be preempted by state government. It’s not in the constitution or anywhere.” Rather, he said, the concept of state preemption is based on legal precedents in court decisions, which can be overturned by an amendment to the state’s constitution.
(Editor’s note: Read more about where the town goes from here in next week’s Sopris Sun).
In Honor of Our Fallen Subterraneans
April 15, 2016 Walk To Coal Basin
Dutch Creek No. 1 Mine
Early evening Wednesday April 15th, 1981, we were just finishing up a day’s work at the Logan Wash oil shale mine near De Beque when my friend and fellow worker Craig Patch told me there was a major underground accident at Mid-Continent’s Dutch Creek No. 1 mine. Craig knew that I had worked for his brother there and held him in the highest regard. Craig said, “Ron was on shift. There was an explosion or a fire. He didn’t make it out of the mine. We don’t know if he and the other miners are dead or trapped, no one’s talking.” We learned later that Ron and 14 other miners died in a methane / coal dust explosion. Eight months earlier, just a few weeks short of getting my yellow hat, a mark of distinction indicating a year’s experience underground, I was working No.1 Mine as miner helper. Our crew experienced regular bumps. “Boom” one induced hyper vigilance. A staccato repetition of the mountain’s percussive warning saw us spunround-running on the second “boom”, escaping the bounce, sloughing ribs, falling roof, and the dreaded push. If none of these happened we’d return to the face, laughing but deadly serious as we cautiously pushed for coal. One morning management delivered a remote control for our continuous miner. The remote would allow the miner operator to control the continuous miner from a safer distance from the face. As my responsibility was to safeguard the continuous miner’s trailing cable as I advanced roof support and ventilation alongside the miner, I asked, “How does this effect my position as miner helper?” I was told, “If you don’t like your job quit. We’ll replace you.” Not liking my job was not the question. It was then as it remains today the most exciting work I ever had, but after that day I never did return. I was easily replaced. I have carried the memory of my courageous fellow mine workers since that fateful April afternoon. Any relief for having escaped their fate has been effectively made solemn by guilt for having left the crew for safer pastures. Today coal is controversial. I will not get into that. But I will not forget those unsung heroes who risked health, life, and limb bringing from earth’s bowels a commodity that has provided economic security and comfort to so many, even its critics. Fellow coal miners, families, and friends please consider joining my friend, Stan Badgett, and me as we walk to Dutch Creek No. 1 mine this 35th anniversary of that tragic accident to deliver flowers in remembrance of miners who lost their lives in the last three decades of Coal Basin mining operations.
- Thank You and Be Safe, Rob Mulford Conditions permitting, we will leave at 10:00 AM from the site of Mid-Continent’s wash plant, the parking area for Coal Basin Trailhead, end of Coal Creek rd. Dress appropriately. Bring water, snack-food etc. I will be in the area from April 5th to the 18th collecting stories from Coal Basin miners for a book and a radio program that I am writing. Please consider sharing your story with me. My contact information: (907)-687-6606 [Cell phone]; (907)-457-5578 [Alaska message]; E-mail mulford.rob@gmail.com. While in the area I’ll be staying at: Rocky Mountain Inn, Paonia (970-527-3070).
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THURSDAY April 7
FRIDAY April 8
PROFESSOR TALKS • CCAH presents “The Importance of the Humanities” with professor Valerio Ferme from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Carbondale Branch Library. Ferme is the associate dean for the Arts and Humanities at the University of Colorado Boulder, and also a professor of Italian and comparative literature, and associate faculty in film studies. He will address the pressing question: Why should we continue to support and study the humanities, even as the humanities are under assault on many different fronts? Participants are welcome to join Ferme afterwards for dinner and conversation at the big table at Allegria. “It is rare that we get to engage in intellectual and meaningful conversation and CCAH hopes you will join in,” said a CCAH spokeswoman. Info: carbondalearts.com.
MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “Hello, My Name is Doris” (R) at 7:30 p.m. Apr. 8-14 except Apr. 9 which will show at 2:30 p.m.; “Eddie the Eagle” (PG-13) at 5:15 p.m. Apr. 8. and “Shortsfest” on Apr. 9 at 5:15 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Apr. 10 showing at 3 p.m. and 5:15 p.m.
YAPPY HOUR • Marble Distilling Co.’s mixes cocktails with dog tails, with some proceeds going to CARE. Yappy Hour goes from 5:30 to 7 p.m. LIBRARY BOARD • The Board of Trustees of the Garfield County Public Library District meetings at 207 E. Avenue in Rifle at 6 p.m. info: 625-4270. TRANSFORMATIONAL HEALING • Davi Nikent presents META-health master trainers Jon Robson and Lisbeth Lundgaard at the Third Street Center at 7 p.m. Admission is by donation. Info: davinikent.com. ROTARY • The Mt. Sopris Rotary meets at Mi Casita at noon every Thursday.
LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the old part of the Dinkel Building presents Blue Grama. This Fort Collins-based bluegrass band features six players in the Bill Monroe / Del McCroy style. Coming up April 21 is Suitcase Junket, followed by The Deer on April 22 and Bicycle Annie on April 23. Suitcase Junket is a one-man band that includes Tuvan throat singing. Info: 963-3340. LIVE MUSIC • Marble Distilling Co. welcomes back Nelson Oldham and Hap Harriman of The Milemarkers for another night of acoustic music in the Tasting Room. The music starts at 8 p.m. and there’s no cover. LIVE MUSIC • AWAKE presents Trout Steak Revival from 6 to 11 p.m. at the Crystal Palace building in Aspen. AWAKE teaches water sports to kids on the autistic spectrum. LIVE MUSIC • Rivers Restaurant in Glenwood Springs presents the Leonard Curry Trio from 9 p.m. to midnight. No cover. The rest of the Friday night lineup for April is:
The Rescue Band from 9 p.m. to midnight. No cover. The rest of the month is: Guilty Pleasure (April 15), The Brink (April 22) and Valle Musico (April 29)
SATURDAY April 9 COMEDY NIGHT • Marble Distilling Co. presents Sam Tallent at 6 p.m. When Tallent isn’t touring he can often be found at Denver’s Comedy Works. He has worked alongside Dave Chappelle, Louis CK and others. There’s a $5 cover charge.
at 10 a.m. sharp. On April 17 it’s Sotantar with “The Gurmukhi Sound Project,” followed by Larry Gottlieb (“Seer’s Explanation”) on April 24. All are welcome. Info: 963-5516.
THURS.-SUN. April 7-10 SHORTSFEST • Aspen Film’s 25th annual Shorts Fest continues at the Crystal Theatre in Carbondale and the Isis Theatre in Aspen. Info: aspenfilm.org.
MONDAY April 11 WRITERS GROUP • The Carbondale Writers’ Group meets the second Monday of the month from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Carbondale Branch Library. Info: 947-9593.
TUESDAY April 12 LIVE MUSIC • The Marble Distilling Co. presents Rootstomp, which is described as music “that isn’t cute.” It starts at 9 p.m. There’s no cover. LIVE MUSIC • Folk duo Pam and Dan will play at the Bangkok Happy Bowl in El Jebel from 6 to 9 p.m.
SUNDAY April 10
ENERGY MEDICINE • Learn about energy medicine at the Third Street Center at 6:30 p.m. For details, please turn to Community Briefs.
WEDNESDAY April 13 POETRY • Wilderness Workshop and Justice Snows in Aspen hosts a poetry slam at 6 p.m. Admission is free. ROTARY • The Rotary Club of Carbondale meets at the Carbondale fire station on Meadowood Drive Wednesday mornings at 6:45 a.m. Info: rccarlson@gmail.com.
ASC • A Spiritual Center in the Third Street Center presents Ellen Stapenhorst (music)
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Project Graduation is a drug and alcohol free graduation party for RFHS seniors given by parents in partnership with the community to give students a great graduation memory and ensure their safety on graduation night.
Please support this project with cash or prize donations! Casino style games, music, food and drinks provided free to all participating seniors. Participants exchange chips won for cash and prizes at the end of the night. Donations may be mailed to:
Project Graduation RFHS c/o Amy Rusby 112 E Main Street, Marble, CO 81623 or dropped at 668 Sopris Ave, Carbondale (box on the porch) THIS COMMUNITY AD SPACE DONATED BY COOL BRICK STUDIOS.
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THURSDAY April 14
GARDENING • A three-part beginning vegetable gardening class will start at the Glenwood Springs Library from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The first class will explain planning, preparation and planting. The suggested donation is $10 and the class size is limited. Info: 618-1849 and peacefulgarden4u@gmail.com. The class will also be offered at the Carbondale Branch Library from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on April 19.
THURS.-SAT. April 14-16
THEATRE • The Aspen Theatre School Tech Company presents “Xanadu, Jr.” at the Wheeler Opera House. Tickets are $20 for adults and $12 for students at 920-5770 and aspenshowtix.com.
FRIDAY April 15
COAL BASIN • Former Mid-Continent coal miner Rob Mulford leads a four-mile hike to Dutch Creek No. 1 Mine west of Redstone in honor of those who died in the mines. For details, see the full-page ad in this week’s paper.
SATURDAY April 16
RAILROADING • The Glenwood Railroad Museum holds an orientation session for prospective volunteers at 3 p.m. Info: 456-6593 or on gmail at glenwoodrrmuseum.
TUESDAY April 19
YOUTH ORCHESTRA CONCERT • The Roaring Fork Youth Orchestra gives a concert at the Orchard starting at 5:30 p.m. Fifty students of violin, viola, cello and bass, ages 6 to 18, will perform music by Mahler, Vivaldi, Mozart and others. Admission is free. Info: 970306-1235 and RFYO.org.
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THURS.-SUN. April 21-24
5POINT • The ninth-annual 5Point film festival returns to the Carbondale Recreation Center with documentary films, panel discussions and more. Tickets and passes are available at 5pointfilm.org.
SUNDAY April 24
STORYTELLING • Spellbinders brings the acclaimed storyteller Antonio Rocha to the Third Street Center from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Titled “Stories from Around the World,” the culturally diverse performance not only entertains but also addresses matters of communication, self esteem, conflict resolution and respect. The show is appropriate for ages 6 to 106. Admission is $5 for kids 12 and under, $10 for adults, and are available at the door. STORYTELLING • Spellbinders offers a workshop with internationally acclaimed storyteller Antonio Rocha from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Third Street from 9 a.m. to noon. Rocha is an internationally acclaimed storyteller, actor and mime. In this workshop, titled “Transition in Eloquence,” Rocha will teach how to create eloquent works of arts with movement and/or sound, giving the story momentum and moving the plot forward while keeping the story connected to its essence. The cost is $10 for Spellbinders members and $20 for non-members.
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HEALTHY HEART • Healthy Heart Meals meet-ups are held at the Third Street Center every Monday at 7 p.m. Greg Feinsinger, M.D. speaks on the first Monday of the month; the last Monday of the month features a pot-luck gathering at 6:30 p.m.
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REDSTONE CASTLE • Guided tours of the historic Redstone Castle take place on Saturdays and Sundays at 1:30 p.m. through the winter. Info: 963-9656.
LIVE MUSIC • Dan Rosenthal hosts an open mic night at Rivers restaurant in Glenwood Springs from 8 to 10 p.m. every Wednesday.
SPRING CLEAN UP • Carbondale’s Waste Diversion & Spring Clean Up Day takes place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. across from town hall. Household trash, metal, yard waste, tires, electronic waste, light bulbs, batteries (all types), textiles and campaign yard signs will all be accepted. Fees may apply. Info: carbondalecogov.org.
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MAYOR’S COFFEE HOUR • Chat with Carbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot on Tuesdays from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Village Smithy.
LIVE MUSIC • Lyn Byars hosts open mic nights at Carbondale Beer Works the first and third Monday of each month. Sign up begins at 7 p.m. Info: 948-8228.
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LINX • The Linx Business Network meets Tuesdays at 7:15 a.m. at the Sotheby’s International real estate office (201 Midland Ave.) in Basalt. Linx is a networking organization whose members work together to grow and promote their businesses, according to a press release. All dues not used for administration are given to local non-profits each December. Info: Keith at 970-390-8401 or kedquist@usa.net.
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Art Base opens two new shows Sopris Sun Staff Report The Art Base opens two new shows from 5 to 7 p.m. on April 8. At the Wyly Gallery, it’s “Flow” with Jennifer Ghormley. At the Art Base Annex, it’s “Mechanical Love Stories” featuring Glenn Smith. “Flow” is a site-specific installation composed of more than 300 handmade geometric shapes, according to a press release. Ghormley creates the pieces by printing a woodblock onto pieces of translucent paper, then cutting them into shapes and sewing them together with a machine, according to a press release. “In response to each specific space, these objects are suspended from the ceiling to recreate a larger shape — and cast shadows fill the walls,” said an Art Base spokeswoman. “The pieces gently move with air currents to create a sensory experience and physical connection between the viewer and the artwork.” Ghormley earned a MFA from the University of Nebraska in 2006. She is currently a resident artist at RedLine in Denver and an art teacher at the Uni! In June, she will co-teach a Study versity of Denver. Abroad course for the University of Denver in Venice,
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GarCo online auctions continue In January, 2015, GarďŹ eld County started an online auction system on its website to sell surplus county vehicles, ofďŹ ce equipment and other items. The auction service is hosted by Public Surplus, and is funded by a 10 percent buyer’s premium on all listed items. As of April 5, auction items included: several rolls of chain link fence, a six-burner, gas oven, metal gates, a jack, two water tanks and some scrap wood (including fence posts). The current auction is slated to close out on April 7. Sales are sporadic, based on when items are available. When users register online, they can receive sale notiďŹ cations on any upcoming auction via email. For details, go to GarďŹ eld-county.com.
Dandelion Day update Can you believe Carbondale has been celebrating the lowly dandelion via Dandelion Day for 17 going on 18 years? Well, it has. This year’s DD doesn’t just “take placeâ€? at Sopris Park from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on May 7. Word has it the all-volunteer team that has worked for years to put this tribute to the town’s ower and sustainability will be retiring after this year’s go-round. So, if you’ve ever thought of getting involved and volunteering for Dandelion Day, this is your year to do it. The Dandelion Day organizers are inviting interested community members to work with them this year to learn leadership positions for 2017. If you, or anyone you know, want to pour some passion into this event, please contact Robin at robinvannorman@gmail.com or dandelionday.org.
EM practitioners discuss their approach A panel of energy medicine practitioners discuss what they do on April 12 at 6:30 p.m. at the Third Street Center, according to a Davi Nikent press release. “Do you think that intention plays a role in energy medicine? How does energy medicine integrate with allopathic medicine?� Admission is by donation. For details, call 618-5879, e-mail info@davinikent.org or go to davinikent.com.
Carbondale Fire District ďŹ re-ďŹ ghters responded to a two-acre brush ďŹ re in the Westbank area between Carbondale and Glenwood Springs at about 3:30 p.m. on April 4, according to a press release. The blaze was located between the H Lazy F Mobile Home Park and County Road 167 (west of the CMC turnoff). The ďŹ re started when a vehicle hit a power pole and a transformer subsequently exploded. The ďŹ re was contained at 4:34 p.m. “The ďŹ re was on a steep hillside in thick, heavy brush, which made accessing and ďŹ ghting the ďŹ re difďŹ cult. our ďŹ reďŹ ghters, along with two ďŹ reďŹ ghters from Glenwood Springs, did a great job of stopping the progress of this ďŹ re,â€? said deputy ďŹ re chief Rob Goodwin. Altogether, 16 ďŹ re-ďŹ ghters and six pieces of apparatus responded to the scene. Photo courtesy the Carbondale Fire District
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Registration is now open for the 5th annual Colorado Creative Industries Summit, which will be held May 5-6, 2016 at the Gathering Center at the Orchard, according to a press release. The summit will feature more than 30 national and local panelists and speakers, including cultural leaders, artists, business experts, and creative community development specialists. Carbondale-based arts and creative organizations will be featured at the summit, and there will be an exclusive art walk in the Carbondale Creative District for attendees. For more information and to register for the conference, visit coloradocreativeindustries.org.
Upcoming action, deadlines and general notes from the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities includes: • Mountain Fair poster design contest: The deadline to enter is April 29. This year’s Mountain Fair theme is “CommUNITY.â€? The winner receives $500 and the fair takes place July 29-31 at Sopris Park. For details, call 963-1680 or go to carbondalearts.com. • Gallery proposals: CCAH is accepting R2 Gallery proposals for the 2017 calendar year until May 2. Applicants to submit proposals for both R2 rooms, or just one. For details, call 963-1680.
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Health and wellness was the theme for April's First Friday and, among other activities going on at the Third Street Center, the Carbondale Recreation Department commandeered Fourth and Main to showcase some of the activities they offer. Among the activities shown here were Tae Kwan Do, a rowing competition using their rowing machines, and pickleball (demonstrated off the court by this 3-year-old). Marimba players, who also get quite a workout, provided an encouraging beat. Photos by Jane Bachrach
C’dale featuring “dueling codes” for a while By John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer Developers, property owners and others who hope to win approval for building projects in Carbondale are cautioned that for the next month or so the town’s Web site (carbondalegov.org) will feature what the town’s head planner termed “dueling codes” that, among other provisions, lay out the town’s rules for review-
ing development proposals. The final version of the town’s rewritten code, known as the Unified Development Code, has been formally approved by the Board of Trustees and, following some lastminute adjustments by the town’s planners, is to be posted on the website this week or early next week. But because the UDC is not due to go into formal and final effect until May 9, said planning director Janet Buck, the town’s old code remains in effect until that date and also will remain on the town’s website. To clarify, Buck noted that anyone with a development proposal can request in writing to have their project reviewed under the
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UDC prior to its effective date. One project, involving a small, multifamily group of residences, already has made that request, Buck said. She added that those with building projects in mind might prefer review under the UDC due to its greater clarity and guidance concerning town development standards and policies. Although she had not determined exactly how she would display the two code documents on the town’s website, Buck said she would make it clear that the old one is slated for removal from the site once the UDC becomes effective. Also underway, Buck said, is creation of a new Carbondale zoning map, updating
the map that has been in use since 1993 and that does not show a number of developments built since that time. Some that are not on the map include River Valley Ranch, Hendrick Ranch, Thompson Park and Keator Grove, she said. Buck stressed that the new map does not represent changes in zoning to existing neighborhoods or recent project, adding that a new map is needed “so people will be able to look at the map and know how they’re zoned” rather than asking town staff to sort it out for them. She said the new zoning map should be finished and posted to the town’s Web site some time in May.
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At the meeting on April 3, attended by eager members and some of OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 1 OF their parents, Lisa Nieslanik explained that the members will be expected THE CARBONDALE MUNICIPAL CODE (LAND USE FEES) to take part in four community service projects as part of their work to fulďŹ ll requirements laid out by the Colorado State University Extension ServNOTICE: This Ordinance was introduced, read, and adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of ice based in Fort Collins. Trustees of the Town of Carbondale, Colorado, on The community service projects, Nieslanik said, will include serving March 30, 2016. popcorn at the Thursday night Carbondale Wild West Rodeo; helping out This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after The Black Sheep 4-H Club. Bottom row (left to right): Wyatt Trulove, publication of this notice. The full text of said with food service to the homeless with the Feed My Sheep organization in Aiden Nieslanik, Carly Crownhart, Erika Crownhart, Lila Russel, MagOrdinance is available to the public at Glenwood; taking part in the therapy programs at WindWalkers; and www.carbondalegov.org or at the office of the Town gie Russel, Macey Peery and Ava Elias. Top row (left to right): Cooper Clerk, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, Colorado, walking dogs at C.A.R.E. during normal business hours. Corneleus, Lily Nieslanik, Letey Crownhart, Megan Nieslanik, Corin Among the industrious members of the club is Nieslanik’s daughter, Bartusek, Laura Trulove, Ivey Trulove, Amber Nieslanik and Josey THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE Megan, a high-school sophomore, who is entering the “producing pairâ€? Moreford. The boy in front of Josey is Ryan Bartusek. The boy beneath category with a cow-calf duo. The cow, Megan explained, won a Grand _________________________ the tree in the Burton shirt is Devon Creer. Photo by John Colson By: s/s Stacey Bernot, Mayor Champion ribbon at the 2015 GarďŹ eld County Fair (when it already had __________________________ been bred for this year’s fair), and then gave birth to the calf on Feb. 10, ing to a short talk by Nieslanik about the care of chickens, asked tremu- s/s Cathy Derby, Town Clerk on its own (meaning without human assistance) while Megan was at lously, “Do you wash chickens?â€? Published in The Sopris Sun on April 7, 2016. school. Megan also is entering a heifer and a steer in the fair’s beef comNieslanik replied in the afďŹ rmative, but only “if they get really dirty,â€? petition, which has long been known as the main type of project in the particularly once they are housed at the GarďŹ eld County Fairgrounds in PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE 4-H world, although in the Black Sheep Club that has changed as more Rie in early August. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing and more kids live in urban settings rather than ranches or farms and The members also were advised about their 4-H “books,â€? designed to will be held before the Carbondale Board of Trustees consequently pick less intensive, easier-managed projects. for the purpose of considering a Special Use permit chronicle the treatment and care of their animals, which Nieslanik said to operate a Large Daycare Center. At the meeting, when Lisa Nieslanik asked for project preferences, the should be started very soon and be updated regularly so they could be members picked everything from beef to rabbits, chickens, swine, goats The property is located at 126 Main Street. turned in either at the fair or soon after it ends. and sheep. comprehensive project available on theDepartment CSU Exvided by theAkind, caring andlist of chiefs in types the isPublic Works ate all of you. Thank you. Applicant is Children’s Rocky Mountain School The As the two-hour meeting rolled along, some of the 4-H members noted tension’s 4-H more web site (www.colorado4h.org). (CRMS Pre School). I cannot speak highly of who gave permission to the project, and topossible conicts Chris Chacos with the community-service schedule, including a birthThe Owner is Mary Anderson. ent to their clients’ well being. Carlos Loya, the one who transformed thatday and soccer schedules Project “Gunga Din!â€? Rueful humor in the local schools. ult toThere observe our loved ones of old lookhumor to the “new look.â€? as members Carbondale were some moments rueful at the meeting Talk also turned to what types of chickens would best meet the criteria Said Public Hearing will be held at the Carbondale nd we strive to preferences do all we can Also, competition. thanks to our newest planting vol- of the 4-H competition, and how many chicks the club members should Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO declared their for this year’s at 6:00 p.m. on April 27, 2016. Boogie’s thanks n. I felt that every request that unteers: D’uan Hajdu, O. D., of Jeanie Haysof withobtain One came when it was conďŹ rmed that the swine projects a couple (either one chick or a “pen of birds,â€? which Nieslanik characterized Copies of the proposed application are on file in the Dear Editor: tage on herkids behalf was theyear lawwhen officesaof Whitsitt & Gross, and Zane Nieslanik were cuthonshort last bear got into the pigpen at as three chickens, one of which would be entered). Planning Department office, Town Hall, 511 Colorado This past Friday, over 1,000 people kicked Avenue, Carbondale, CO and may be examined by attempt was made to fulfill Kessler with the Thompson Divide Coalition. the family homestead on Missouri Heights and ate two pigs (no people The group also agreed that veteran 4-H participant Josie Moreford, a sophinterested persons during regular working hours, off their Fourth of July celebration with one was treated with to the town’s Daveomore, were injured, andthe the utmost bear was laterThanks caught and killed). Thenew twoarborist, Nieslaniks will at some point give a demonstration talk to the newer club mem8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Aspen’s most popular the an-to as part of the project. pect andforced lovingtocare. am very who in addition tosaid his Lisa many dutiesbersofabout were takeIother routesCoon, to complete their projects, Niesa host of details thattraditions: must be attended John Leybourne Boogie’s Buddy Racewill to continue benefit the wonderful folks atdid Heritage manages to water everyinflower pot and in our nual lanik, which they by showing someone else's swine one case, The Black Sheep 4-H Club to hold monthly meetings Town of Carbondale Buddy Program! This 5K race and matters 1-mile that arise. The next is to unate we are have this fa- town three times a week! switching to to a “poster demonstrationâ€? of the project in the other case. about the projects, the fair and any other Published in The Sopris Sun on April 7, 2016. family andpossibly canineat walk provides funding to arranged, Nieslanik said. mmunity. Other involved withlistenplantingbe on Another round of chuckling broke out volunteers when a young girl, after May1, WindWalkers if it can be atti Stranahan their own plants in those large pots are: Mary support nearly 1,000 local youth and their Carbondale Beth Bos (new owner of Main Street Spirits), families through many critical services and Aimee and Anthony Gullwick (Koru con- programs including individual mentoring, group he crew Submit to unclassifieds@soprissun.com by Friday 12 p.m. Rates: $15 for(CCAH), 30 words, $20 for upmentoring, to 50 words. leadership Payment due education, before publication.* struction company), Amy Kimberly Lemonade Day, activities, scholarships, and *Credit card payment information should be emailed to unclasPeter Gilbert of the Dance Initiative (soon-toNANNY/CHILDCARE PROVIDER FOR 3 KIDS. 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