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Volume 7, Number 12 | April 30, 2015

Planting for the future

It’s said that trees are planted for future generations. Well, future generations will enjoy the shade from trees planted along side the Bill Hanks baseball field at North Face Park on Saturday. The trees will also be good for kids to climb to get a better look at the action on the baseball field, while birds fill the upper branches with chirps and nests. The planting effort was made possible by the Carbondale Tree Board, Kay Brunnier Tree Fund, and Three Rivers Little League. From left to right are: Dee Strack, Vince Urbina (Colorado State Forest Service), David Coon (town of Carbondale arborist), Olivia Emery and Meredith Bullock. Photo by Lynn Burton

GarCo commissioners continue CRMS road discussions

By John Colson Sopris Sun Correspondent

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road-related dispute between Colorado Rocky Mountain School and its neighbors to the north, in the unincorporated community of Satank, apparently will play out at a meeting of the Garfield Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) on May 4 in Glenwood Springs.

And one outcome of that meeting could be whether the school will be forced to undo some of its recent moves involving a historic road that bisects the campus property.

At issue is a series of actions taken by the school that

critics say have affected the public right-of-way of County Road 106 through the CRMS campus, which is located to the west of town where West Main Street turns into CR106.

Founded in 1953 by the late John and Anne Holden, the school was built on both sides of CR106, on land donated to the school by Harold “Shorty” Pabst, of the Pabst Brewing Company family in Wisconsin. Pabst, also a former mayor of Aspen, died in 2005.

Years ago the county acceded to a school request to eliminate auto traffic on CR106, which passed through the school, on through Satank and over a historic bridge across the Roaring Fork River to link with Colorado Highway 82, along what was once the main road between Glenwood

Springs and Carbondale.

The county agreement to close off auto traffic on CR106 through the school coincided with the closure of that historic bridge, known as The Pink Bridge or the Satank Bridge, which was deemed unsafe.

The only road into Satank is now Dolores Way, built over land deeded to the county by the school, as a way for Satank residents to get to and from Highway 133, Carbondale, and the intersection of Highway 133 with Highway 82.

In recent years the school, expressing concerns about security and student safety, has tried to get the county to vacate CR106 and let the school take possession of the CR106 page 9

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Carbondale Commentary The views and opinions expressed on the Commentary page do not necessarily reflect those of The Sopris Sun. The Sopris Sun invites all members of the community to submit letters to the editor or guest columns. For more information, e-mail editor Lynn Burton at news@soprissun.com, or call 510-3003.

Preparing for wildfire season: start now

By Ron Leach and property.

It’s that time of year again The first thing everyone in the and wildfire season is upon us. district should do is register with My hope is to provide you www.garco911.org/ens.html with knowledge and resources and/or www.pitkinalert.org. to prepare your family and You will then be notified in home for the wildfire season. case of an evacuation. KnowComfort comes from knowling where to go and how to edge and it is my goal to reget there will be different for lieve some of the anxiety you everyone. These local alerts may be feeling. As a volunteer will guide you as to the approRon Leach organization supported by a priate course of action under paid staff, the members of the Carbondale the unique circumstances of the emergency. and Rural Fire Protection District There are times when fleeing the area may not (CRFPD) are here to serve you. Please do be the best option. Having a designated meetnot hesitate to call with questions or con- ing place is a good idea. Consult with your cerns you may have. neighbors in advance of a wildfire emergency.

Here are some general guidelines and Property mitigation is a good way to steps to take, followed by valuable resources. minimize potential damage from wildfires.

These “pre-fire activities” can save your life Property mitigation includes such things as

removing combustibles from your home and garage or outbuildings. You should consider underground burial of propane tanks. Keep woodpiles at least 30 feet from your home. Trees and shrubs are sources of fuel for wildfires. Prune and trim so that you have a minimum of 6-10 feet of ground clearance. Remove debris from gutters, eaves, porches and under decks.

Part of the planning or preparation process requires that you know all routes for egress from your home and neighborhood.

Emergency ladders for escape from secondstory rooms is a good idea. Know all roads in all directions for escape from your local area.

Remember that in some circumstances, once you leave, local authorities may not permit you to re-enter. What plans have you made for the care of animals on your property?

Know where you can take horses and other

large animals in case of an emergency. Assemble in advance an emergency “Go-Bag” that should contain goggles or glasses, long sleeve shirts and pants, food and water, and First Aid supplies. Also consider taking all of your important papers such as: home insurance, passports and birth certificates. For more detailed information consult websites such as http://www.readyforwildfire.org/emergency_supply_kit; and http://www.firewise.org/.

There are fire experts available to present programs. Check with your local fire agency if your HOA or organization is interested.

Again, if you need guidance with the resources provided or have questions regarding an emergency situation, please call us at 963-2491.

Ron Leach is the Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District fire chief.

Springtime thoughts from the Chief

By Gene Schilling just because they are in a The weather is starting to crosswalk, adults are not turn warmer and I want to sending the right message! share some thoughts about our Second is the status of community. We all need to our valuables: We no longer watch out for each other and live in a time where it is prufor our children. I want to share dent to leave things unsome observations that I think locked and out in the open. are important.

There are those out there First is our children’s safety: who are looking for opporI want to commend every adult tunities for a quick pick Gene Schilling that obeys the laws while ridfrom unlocked doors, uning bicycles. I see many adults that obey the locked bicycles and items left out in plain laws on the streets who serve as an impor- view. Anything of value is at risk of thievtant example for our children. The laws have ery. I therefore implore my co-citizens to changed slightly allowing cyclists to ride in keep things secure and watch over your crosswalks. Unfortunately, the law does not neighbors’ things as well! state that vehicles must yield to cyclists in Third is beware of the many scams: crosswalks. Therefore, if children think it is There are those who would love to take adsafe to dart across streets on their bicycles vantage of the good nature of others! We see

many overseas scams and local scams. If someone wants you to hand over money to get more money, BEWARE! If someone calls you on the phone saying they need “immediate payment,” or they will turn off your services, BEWARE! It only takes a few minutes to verify by contacting the administration of your providers. If someone suggests you have a warrant for your arrest and demands money to take care of it, BEWARE! Dogs off leash: Last year we increased our citation writing for dogs off leashes and dogs in the park. We are seeing a resurgence of these violations this spring. Citizens should not be surprised if they get a ticket for this!

Finally, traffic safety: Our new roundabout has improved congestion, but we are seeing people disregard signage designed to keep people safe there. We will be stepping up traf-

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Protect public access Dear Editor: Colorado Rocky Mountain School just won’t quit. Last year the school made the latest in a 36-year-long series of requests for the county to vacate, or give up ownership of, County Road 106, the near-invisible public road crossing its campus from the school entrance to Dolores Way. Again, the planning board and the Garfield County commissioners said “no,” and directed the school to sit down with the public and work out an access plan.

The school would like the county to give (GIVE!) it the 60-foot wide strip of public land based on “student safety and successful ability to recruit students.” Crazily, the school says that a public road so close to

the dorms endangers its students; however, in an earlier request to vacate, the county asked the school not to place dorms close to the road. Members of the public have objected to the school’s proposal, both on the basis that giving away public land is a poor practice and that the road serves as a well-used route for bicyclists, pedestrians and runners to link a number of existing trails as well as providing safe passage from the Rio Grande Trail, Satank and the Community School to the residential areas west of Highway 133 in Carbondale. It is also an alternate route for Satank should Dolores Way ever be closed during an emergency.

The school ignored then never did meet with neighbors, and now has resorted to

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possibly illegal and questionable ethical tactics to reach its goal. It has rerouted its entrance and is currently building a large sign and landscaping in the totally invisible right-of-way. This forces cyclists to trespass on CRMS land to access the public road and pedestrians to trespass or to cross a new landscaped area. Neighbors have requested that the county halt the work until a May 4 county commission meeting.

CRMS is a valuable part of our community and we appreciate its heritage and its economic role in the community. However, it’s time for this public access to see the light of day and to be kept clear of obstacles. It’s time for signposts at both ends of the trail, including the CRMS entrance, LETTERS page 18

fic enforcement all over town, and please be aware the cost of traffic fines has increased.

Thank you for your time, enjoy the springtime weather!

Gene Schilling is Carbondale’s chief of police.

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Earthquake spares Pokhara; other areas not so lucky Nepal quake lasted about 90 seconds

By Hamilton Pevec POKHARA, Nepal — On April 25, 2015, I was with Lakpa, one of the two men who flew off Mount Everest and co-starred in the documentary “Hanuman Airlines.” We were sitting in the Himalayan Encounters garden in Pokhara, Nepal, talking about the next film we would make about his descent of the Ganges River to the sea by kayak.

Within a minute of sitting down the rumbling began, a thunder that seemed to come from the earth and all around. After 10 seconds it didn’t stop and I remembered to turn my camera on. A hundred barking dogs and cows moaning, the distant screams of girls carried over the rumbling of the earth added to the cacophony unfolding. My second thought was “It’s not stopping!”

Everyone started on their cell phones to call loved ones, but nobody was getting through as the whole country tried to call at once. The shaking continued. I felt lucky to be in this garden, far enough away from tall buildings or anything else that might fall.

“This is safe place!” Lakpa declared. A couple of old fat men where drinking under the veranda. They didn’t move at all, as if it wasn’t worth getting up. I kept my camera trained on Lakpa as the shaking continued, all of us amazed about how long it was lasting. “This is a big one,” Lakpa exclaimed.

“First time,” he kept repeating, “so long one.”

After about a minute and a half the shaking slowly subsided and giddy relief chuckling began. I tried to call my wife, Devika, who was elsewhere in Pokhara. I tried again and again. The signal would not connect our phones. The sinking gut feeling overtook me and I had to point my camera at something to distract myself from potential tragedy.

Out on the main road, motorcycles dodged the people running from their homes and shops. The police stood in a circle, doing nothing but talking like everyone else, heads bent down over their phones looking for a signal or news. Within a few minutes the pictures started coming in from Kathmandu. At first it was shots of cracked roads and collapsed houses. Then it was the white tower, Darbur Square, and piles of dead bodies, some half buried in rubble.

Pokhara, Nepal’s second largest city, saw no damage compared to Kathmandu, located about 120 miles away. We all breathed sighs of relief and then held our breath as the reality of the devastation began to sink in.

While the body count slowly rose, I continued to try to get through to my wife. I called her brother, Shyam. He told me that he still had not spoken to Devika. It had now been about 30 minutes since the earthquake stopped.

We decided to have some food. A little shaken but giddy, we ate Dhal bhat and speculated about the experience. Then Lakpa jumped up and ran outside as the aftershock hit. The screaming of dogs, cows and people rose again over the rumbling. It was over quickly. Everyone was out on the street.

I called Devika again, but still no service.

The stone in my guts was getting larger. I watched and filmed as other people started

The hospital in Pokhara, Nepal, was accepting victims from outlying areas following last week’s earthquake. As aftershocks subside and rescue operations continue, attention is also turning to relief efforts for Nepalese who have lost their homes.

Photos by Hamilton Pevec

April 26, 2015

getting through on their cell phones and speaking to their families. Information spread rapidly. Some damage at Lakpa’s house in Lukla, a landslide on his property, a house fell on his Enfield motorcycle, but all his family was OK. Then the news from Gorkha, the earthquake’s epicenter: entire villages leveled, roads closed by landslides and many hundreds of people killed and injured.

The news outlets were telling everyone to stay outside and not to use your phone unless you have to. There was no emergency service in Pokhara, no announcements and it felt like there was no protocol for earthquakes. For the most part it looked like a regular day, not the result of a 7.9 magnitude earthquake.

I finally got through to Shyam who had spoken to Devika and she was all right.

Knowing this, I was able to focus again. I thought about going to the areas where the damage was bad and documenting it. As the world turns its attention to the devastation, and the need for information rises, I am in the right place at the right time and I should not ignore this call.

That night we felt a few more shakes and again early in the morning. The high tension of the people was tangible, the excitement and fear was palpable. We were all experiencing a heightened sense of awareness and it was kind of amazing.

I was in the kitchen when the 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit at around 11:30 a.m.

Pema, Shyam’s wife, shouted something in Nepali and everyone got moving. The street quickly filled up with scared looking people. This earthquake lasted about 30-40 seconds.

I was filming when Lakpa came running up to us and said that the news outlets issued another warning that in 45 minutes another big earthquake will hit. I don’t know how they know this kind of stuff but there is no point risking it, so we piled into the van, drove around collecting family and friends and then couldn’t decide on the safest place to go.

Tick, tock.

The parks and open spaces of Pokhara were already full of people; shops were closing. Meanwhile there were still a few people and tourists walking around like the world wasn’t crumbling. We ended up back at Himalayan Encounters where they had now set up tents for people to sleep outside. There were young mothers holding babies, small children sleeping in the shade and the men huddled around the radio tuned to the news.

The silent countdown unraveled in my head.

The forecasted earthquake was 20 minutes past due. I started to relax and the fatigue hit me hard.

That night word was going around that you shouldn’t sleep inside. As I drove home, every open space was filled with people sheltering under ragged tarps and sheets of plastic. People huddled together for comfort and

children found it all very exciting. The worried expressions of the adults were sobering enough for me.

From what I have heard there is one helicopter going back and forth from the Pokhara hospital to Gorkha, moving injured people, but the injured people don’t want to leave the hospital because they have no place to go and nothing to eat. There are two community groups moving people to communal housing and feeding them. Seven countries are mobilizing to send relief. The Indian government sent an airplane to Kathmandu to evacuate Indians.

April 27, 2015 The latest news of the death toll is over 2,700 killed and 5,000 injured. I’m sure that number will steadily rise as we reach the end of our 72-hour earthquake danger zone. In the newspaper this morning the World Heritage site of Pashupatinath is over-loaded with dead bodies. Pashupatinath is one of the holiest Hindu burning ghats, a very important place to be cremated. But now, there is not enough space, wood or time to burn all the bodies.

This is the fourth in a long line of unfortunate events to hit Nepal in the last year.

First it was the cyclone storm in the Annapurna that killed 250 people. Second was a travel warning that China put out because the Nepali Congress was throwing chairs at each other. Third was the Turkish Airlines flight that went off the runway and closed the airport for four days. This earthquake marks the end of our tourist high season.

Those who are not already in the country EARTHQUAKE page 14

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Town Briefs

RFOV returns for Crystal trail work Sopris Sun Staff Report In his weekly memo to the Carbondale Board of Trustees, Town Manager Jay Harrington let the trustees know that the Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers will be working in Carbondale on May 2, at the Crystal River Riparian Trail, a section of which is in danger of washing out due to high water. The project is to continue work started last summer, and work will begin at 8:30 a.m. and finish up at 5 p.m., at which time volunteers will be “rewarded for their hard work with dinner and beverages compliments of RFOV and their project partners.” In addition to the meal, RFOV will provide tools and instruction for the work, and interested parties can call 927-8241 or email rfov@sopris.net for more information or to sign up.

The developers of the controversial four-plex project at 91 Sopris Ave. have pulled a demolition permit to tear down the existing house in preparation for construction, Harrington wrote in his memo. He also reported that, as part of the demolition process, the developers “want to remove two compromised elm trees on 2nd Street. The developer is working with Xcel Energy on removing the trees.”

Last Thursday, Harrington wrote, some 20-25 students from Roaring Fork High School conducted a volunteer project at Town Hall, devoting their morning hours to “perform maintenance work on the rock beds” at the front of the building.

An unexpected flood at the intersection of West Main Street and Hendrick Drive, adjacent to the Ace Hardware store in the Crystal Village Plaza, apparently was caused by the heavy, wet snow dumped on Carbondale on April 24, Harrington reported. An inspection by town workers indicated that the flooding was not due to the design and construction

of a new “dry well” drainage pit installed by the Colorado Department of Transportation, but was “more about the amount (of) storm water drainage running down Hendrick Drive to Main Street.” Harrington wrote that workers from the Public Works and Utilities department will be teaming up to remedy the situation, mainly by upgrading storm water inlet basins on Hendrick Drive so they will be able to handle the amount of water coming from the surrounding neighborhood.

Harrington announced “a new bike event for all bike-loving valley residents,” an inaugural “Sopris Century — Ride for the Child” to take place on June 20, starting at Roaring Fork High School in Carbondale. The event calls for participants to ride with about 350 bicyclists for a distance of either 50 or 100 miles, which Harrington predicted, “will showcase the very best of our Carbondale and Roaring Fork Valley riding.” Proceeds from the event are to benefit a local nonprofit, CASA, the mission of which is to advocate for abused and neglected children involved in the judicial system. To train for the Century Ride, Harrington wrote, participants can sign up for an eight-week training camp run by Base Camp Cycling, now through June 18. Those interested can sign up at the front desk of the Carbondale Recreation and Community Center, next door to Town Hall on Colorado Avenue. Turning to last weekend’s 5Point Film Festival, Harrington noted that the festival got underway last Thursday with a sold-out house, which he wrote was the first time that has happened for the midweek opening night of the festival in its eight-year history.

A chlorine delivery pump at the Nettle Creek Water Plant malfunctioned early last week, according to Harrington’s memo, causing lower chlorine residual levels than expected.

“We maintained adequate disinfection throughout the event,” Harrington assured the trustees.

Cop Shop The following events are drawn from incident reports of the C’dale Police Dept.

SATURDAY, April 18: At 2:09 a.m. police stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation at Main and 7th streets and, upon investigation, arrested the driver on a charge of drunk driving and took him to Garfield County Jail in Glenwood Springs.

SATURDAY, April 18: At 8:17 a.m. police were contacted by a local family about a juvenile who reportedly had left the house without permission. The parents requested that the juvenile be listed as a runaway.

SUNDAY, April 19: At 1:52 a.m. police conducted a traffic stop and reported that “the driver and passenger swapped seats.” But, the report continued, “the driver and passenger both were under the influence of alcohol,” and both men were arrested.

SUNDAY, April 19: At 2:42 a.m. a local man was stopped by police at the corner of Hendrick and Barber drives for allegedly driving with a defective licenseplate light. He was subsequently arrested on suspicion of drunk driving.

SUNDAY, April 19: At 8:41 a.m. police responded to a reported hit-and-run at Snowmass Drive and Main Street, where a car apparently hit the stop sign and fled. Following a trail of fluids apparently draining from the suspect vehicle, police found it stalled in the middle of Roaring Fork Avenue and arrested the driver on a charge of drunk driving.

MONDAY, April 20: At 2:14 a.m. police responded to a report of assault at a home on South 2nd Street. The officers learned that two women had attacked a man who was sleeping, according to a report. The two women were arrested and charged with third-degree assault.

FRIDAY MAY 8

5:30pm Eco-film at the Crystal Theater, Carbondale "Open Sesame: The Story of Seeds"

FREE (donations accepted)

7pm Wild Wisdom of Weeds

Slide presentation by Katrina Blair at True Nature Healing Arts, sponsored by True Nature and Carbondale Acupuncture Center. Suggested donation: $10. Register at www.truenaturehealingarts.com to learn the many uses and benefits of the weeds that grow all around us.

SATURDAY MAY 9

10am Parade of the Species on Main Street Gather at Main and 2nd Street at 9:45am Dress as your favorite species. No motorized vehicles.

10am to 6pm Sustainability Fair in Sopris Park Crafts, plant sales, info, beer, food, music, dance, FUN! 10:00-2:00 Compost Judging

Bring your samples to the Compost Booth

10:00-4:00 Free Light Bulb and Battery Recycling

Bring them to the Brite Ideas booth.

11:00 - 2:00 CCAH Kids Art Tent

Paint a flowerpot or make a card for Mother’s Day.

11:00 - 2:00 Stamp Art - All Ages

Dandelion Day Headquarters Merchandise Booth

11:00 to 4:00 Educational Presentations

Schedule and descriptions at www.dandelionday.org

SUNDAY MAY 10 Happy Mother's Day!

Take Mom on a hike.

11AM Wild Weed Walk with Katrina Blair Meet at the gazebo in Sopris Park. FREE.

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North Face weed spraying continues despite protests

By John Colson Sopris Sun Correspondent Carbondale’s elected leaders came close to reversing themselves Tuesday night, regarding an herbicide-spraying program at the North Face Bike Park that upset several area residents when it was revealed to the public earlier in April.

But a 3-3 tie vote (Mayor Stacy Bernot was absent) put an end to an appeal from residents to hold fast to the town’s long-standing policy against the use of toxic chemicals on town property.

Trustees Allyn Harvey, Pam Zentmyer and Frosty Merriott voted against a motion to stop the herbicide program, while trustees A.J. Hobbs, Katrina Byars and John Hoffmann voted in favor of holding off on the herbicides

while the town investigated its options.

The issue arose during the public-comments section of the trustees’ April 28 meeting, which is when anyone who wants to talk with the trustees, but is not there for a scheduled agenda item, can take a few minutes of the board’s time.

As pointed out by trustee Zentmyer, the decision on April 14 to approve the herbicidespraying program was made after a similar, unscheduled appeal from members of several volunteer boards that advise the trustees.

After the near flip-flop on using pesticides was put to rest, Zentmyer scolded her fellow trustees that “we should never make decisions during Persons-Present-Not-On-The-Agenda.

It gets us into trouble every time.”

She said board decisions, especially con-

cerning an issue carrying so much potential for controversy as the use of pesticides on public land, should be made only following advance public notice and formal discussion by the board.

The revolt against the spraying program was begun by local environmental activist Gwen Garcelon, director of the Roaring Fork Food Policy Council, who told the trustees that she and others objected to the idea of using herbicides on town parks, even if it is a move motivated by desperation, as was the spraying program in this case.

“We’ve been saying no about this for a long time,” Garcelon declared, referring to the fact that Carbondale citizens have rejected the spraying of chemicals on local parks since the early 1990s.

But the trustees were told on April 14 that the town’s rather casual approach to weed control, coupled with recent construction disturbances at North Face Bike Park, has resulted in an infestation of various weeds that were threatening to interfere with use of the facility.

Garcelon, along Jerome Osentowski of the Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute in Basalt, questioned the need for the spraying program at North Face Bike Park, contending that there are not enough weeds in evidence to warrant treatment by harsh chemicals.

“These are not benign,” Osentowski told the trustees. “Every one of these herbicides are highly toxic, and last for a long time.”

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Perplexing and painful: e Case of the Purloined Pulpit

By John Colson Sopris Sun Correspondent For a week or so, the Case of the Purloined Pulpit was a perplexing and painful problem, according to an organizer of the Two Rivers Unitarian Universalist congregation in Carbondale.

The congregation, which has an office in the Third Street Center in Carbondale and meets for service every Sunday in the center’s Calaway Room, discovered nearly two weeks ago that its aging, well-used pulpit had disappeared.

The pulpit went missing over the weekend of April 19, according to one of the congregation’s principle organizers, Nicolette Toussaint, who discovered the loss when she went to the Third Street Center that Sunday to set up for that week’s service.

The Third Street Center, a former elementary school, is a non-profit incubator facility

for local organizations. Owned by the town of Carbondale, it rents former classrooms out to its tenants, as well as making space available for meetings and other gatherings.

“Stealing from a church? In Carbondale?” Toussaint wrote in an e-mail to The Sopris Sun on April 22. “I am agog at the very idea. It’s really playing havoc with my sense of security and my feelings about this sweet, safe community.”

Then, early this week the pulpit was returned by an organization that also has a presence in the Third Street Center, the Cocina del Valle, an offshoot of the Valley Settlement Project. Toussaint reported the item’s return to The Sopris Sun on Sunday, April 26. She characterized the removal of the pulpit as an innocent mistake.

Apparently, according to Toussaint, Cocina personnel were moving equipment and material from the Valley Settlement Pro-

ject’s office at the center, to a new restaurant and catering kitchen location in Basalt, and had inadvertently made off with the pulpit after they came across it in an out of the way spot in the Third Street Center.

Toussaint said that she typically stored the pulpit in odd corners or unused rooms, unlocked but out of the way, since it was heavy, made out of old bits of wood and cumbersome to move despite being on wheels.

“I figured nobody would want this pieceof-junk pulpit,” she said jokingly of the piece, although she added that she had dressed up the front of the pulpit with a stylized version of the UU symbol — a chalice and an eternal flame — which she fashioned herself out of small, colored tiles.

“It’s the centerpiece of the service,” Toussaint proclaimed.

The Cocina group, she said, explained that they thought the pulpit was not of any value

to anyone, and were thinking it might be of use as a hostess station at the entryway into the new restaurant.

The chalice and universal flame symbol, Toussaint explained, dates back to World War II, when it was created for the Unitarian Church by a dissident German cartoonist who was driven out of Germany for lampooning German Chancellor Adolph Hitler.

The Unitarians, at that time, were smuggling Jews out of Germany, and the symbol came to represent that effort.

The Unitarians kept using the symbol after the war, and ultimately merged with the Universalists in the 1960s, Toussaint said. At that time the symbol gained the two concentric circles that surround the chalice and flame, as a sign of the merger by the two organizations.

And now, Toussaint said, the purloined pulpit is back, performing its historic function, and “all’s well that ends well.”

Rumble-strips still part of Highway 133 plan

By John Colson Sopris Sun Correspondent Despite one motorcyclist’s persistent objections, it appears that Highway 133 between Redstone and Carbondale will soon sport short stretches of “rumble-strips” down the center line of the two-lane roadway, as a way of alerting motorists that they are crossing the line into the opposing lane of traffic.

The rumble-strips, which are carved into the road surface and cause a vehicle’s tires to make a kind of thrumming sound when crossed, are viewed by highway designers as a safety measure for four-wheeled and two-wheeled vehicles alike, said Colorado Department of Transportation spokeswoman Tracy Trulove and Highway 133 Project Engineer Damian Leyba.

Carbondale motorcyclist Bob Krueger, however, has been calling, e-mailing and meeting with CDOT officials about his conviction that rumble-strips are a hazard to motorcyclists, causing the front tire of a bike to lose its steady contact with the road surface, sometimes destabilizing the motorcycle.

At an April 23 meeting between Krueger and CDOT in Carbondale, however, Trulove brought along a report from the Minnesota Department of Transportation that disputed Krueger’s contention.

Citing a 2008 study, the Mn/DOT report referred to the study’s review of eight years of documents concerning motorcycle accidents, which found no causal connection between the accidents and the presence of rumble strips.

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Roaring Fork High School students and invited guests danced the night away at prom on Saturday night. The night started for many with dinner in downtown Carbondale. Photo by Sue Rollyson THE SOPRIS SUN, Carbondale’s weekly community connector • APRIL 30 - MAY 6, 2015 • 5

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Pockets for picking at D-Day

Ross students step up

Add this to Dandelion Days’ great lineup of fun things for kids. The Sopris Sun will be distributing free packs of sunflower seeds to youngsters who pick the Pocket Lady’s (or Pocket Man’s) skirt at Sopris Park on May 9. Said Pocket Lady (or Man) will be roving the park all day. The seed packets will include planting and growing instructions, and instructions for how kids can report on sunflower progress for The Sopris Sun as the growing season progresses.

Ross Montessori school students in Ms. Janice, Ms. June and Mr. Dave’s class recently read books to raise $1,000 to adopt 40 acres of rain forests.

On a related note The CD “Dandelion Daze” will be available at this year’s event. The recording is the volunteer work of 10 local musicians who performed at last year’s Dandelion Day Songwriter Showcase.

In 1998 the Dandelion become Carbondale’s Official Flower. “After hearing all this topical, fun and fruity songs, I knew I had to make an album,” said local musician Steve Skinner who produced the CD. Skinner offered the local songwriters an opportunity to record in his home “Shed Studio.”

The album features music from Tim Brogdon, Olivia Pevec, Steve Skinner, Eaden Shantay, Anakeesta Ironwood, Michael Waters, Riley Skinner, Jimmy Byrne, Stacy Stein and Dan Rosenthal. Skinner said Dandelion Daze is dedicated to Carbondale’s champion of the dandelion — Doc Phillip. Dave Taylor at Cool Brick Studio mastered the recordings and artwork came from Olivia Pevec and Skinner. “This was a labor of love,” noted Skinner. Once the costs from manufacturing are covered, proceeds will benefit local environmental efforts.

Help Jacey find her necklace The Sopris Sun received the following letter from Jacey Read just before press time on Wednesday: Dear people of Carbondale, I have a lost a really special necklace. It's special to me because I got it from my grandmothers for my birthday. It is a James Avery charm necklace with seven charms. I think I might have lost it on the bike trail between RVR and Miners Park, or on the soccer field. If you find it, please call the Sopris Sun (510-3003). Thank you for your help!

Sincerely, Jacey Read

Fire district 911 calls Here are the Carbondale Fire District’s emergency 911 calls for the week of April 19-25.

• Medical emergencies (5) • Trauma emergencies (2) • Vehicle fire responses (2) • Carbon monoxide alarm response (1) • Fire alarm response (1) • Structure fire response – wiring shorted out (1) • Wildfire response-nothing found (1).

Caldwell competes in Florida

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Carbondale teen Sierra Caldwell recently traveled to Wellington, Florida with her equestrian team from Fountain Valley School of Colorado for the 2015 Hunt Seat National Finals. Sierra placed sixth in Junior Varsity Novice Over Fences, a super finish for her first year of competition.

Folks celebrating their birthday this week include: Alexandra Jerkunica (April 30); Jeff Leahy and Pixie Byrne (May 1); Kathy Goudy and Maura Masters (May 3); Aaron Laemmel and Zoe Kimberly (May 4); Jeremy Heiman, Frank Betts, Sandy Kaplan and Rabbit (May 5); and Stephen Olson (May 6).

A cattle egret looks cold and lonely atop a power pole after hunting near the Hendrick Ranch soccer field. His breeding plumage will come to naught unless he moves on, which he probably did as he was spotted in Carbondale on April 4. Before that, there was only one reported egret sighting in Garfield County, so he would be the second. Cattle egrets spread from the old world to South America in the late 1800s and were first reported in North America around 1941. They are now common in the southern states and are occasional residents of eastern Colorado. Photo by Julie Albrecht

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First Friday May 1, 2015 4-8 pm The Village Smithy & Third St. Carbondale CARE Children’s Rocky Mountain School Carbondale Recreation Center

First Friday roars back; shakin’ all over Sopris Sun Staff Report Look for First Friday on May 1 to shake everything it’s got, and that’s quite a bit, with the annual lulubelle fashion show, family block party, art walk, music, painting demonstrations and a whole lot more.

Alaprima, Painters of the Roaring Fork Valley is having their first group show at Roadside Gallery. The four painters – Judy Milne, Joan Engler, Mary Cervantes and Stephanie McConaughy – get together at the Senior Matters Room in the Third Street Center to paint, discuss technique and other issues that might come up as well.

“We have a lot of fun together,” Milne told The Sopris Sun. “It’s a wonderful support group.”

The artists all work in watercolors, much of which is nature related. For the Roadside Gallery show, they’ll be presenting original artwork, as well as giclee prints made by the gallery’s Shawn Tolle.

“Shawn is the master printer in the valley,” Milne said. “This will showcase what Shawn does as well.”

Downtown streets will be closed for First Friday.

More First Friday happenings:

The lulubelle fashion show on Main Street at 7 p.m. Twelve models will walk the Crystal River Meats flatbed runway in front of the boutique. Eric Allen will be the DJ; students from Children’s Rocky Mountain School will also perform.

The family block party at the corner Third Street and the Village Smithy from 4-8 p.m. There’ll be live music (Hell Roaring String Band); a kid zone with games, crafts and bounce house; food and drink and silent auction. The party is a benefit for CARE, the Carbondale Recreation Center and Children’s Rocky Mountain School.

At The Launchpad from 6 to 8 p.m., CCAH presents a youth singer/songwriter showcase, and aerial lyra demonstration.

The current exhibit, “State of Abstraction,” continues through May 7.

Stores and galleries that are participating in the art walk include: the Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale Public Arts Commission, European Antiques, Harmony Scott Jewelry Design, Kahhak Fine Arts & School, Main Street Gallery, Mousai Gallery, Strange Imports and Susan’s Flowers. May 1 marks the last First Friday for the current Art aRound Town sculpture exhibit before the 2015 show is installed.

The Lost Keys will perform at Main Street Gallery.

True Nature Healing Arts (100 N. Third St.) offers a gong meditation with Barry Chapman from 7:30 to 8:45 p.m.

The American Legion Women’s Auxiliary hosts a Cinco de Mayo feast for $8 per person.

The Alaprima painters show their work at Roadside Gallery during First Friday and through the month of May. The are (left to right): Mary Cervantes, Joan Engler, Judy Milne and Stephanie McConaughy. Photo by Lynn Burton The Carbondale Community Food Co-op will celebrate World Fair Trade Day (May 9) with specials and samples of fairly traded products such as chocolates, coffee and tea.

Bonedale Ballet/Coredination, on

May 1-2 gives their spring dance performance at 7 p.m. at Carbondale Middle School.

The Crystal Theatre presents the comedy drama “While We’re Young” at 7:30 p.m.

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Marsh wins regional Edward R. Murrow award Sopris Sun Staff Report

Two news associations recently recognized KDNK newswoman Amy Hadden Marsh for her feature on a 15-year-old bull rider, and her work on the station’s “Valley Voices.” Photo by Jane Bachrach

The Radio and Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) has announced that KDNK has won a regional Edward R. Murrow Award for feature reporting.

KDNK’s Amy Hadden Marsh’s piece on 15year-old bull rider Tianna Davis took first place.

Marsh said she was inspired by Davis’ determination. “My hope is that her story will inspire other young women to follow their dreams, no matter the odds and no matter how challenging they are.”

KDNK General Manager Steve Skinner said that building the news department has been a priority in the last few years. While many news organizations are cutting time spent on features and investigative reporting, he has tried to cultivate an environment that allows for long-form reporting.

This is the second year in a row that KDNK has won a Murrow award. The awards recognize the best electronic journalism produced by radio, television and online news organizations around the world. All regional entries will now be in the running for the national awards.

KDNK also won two Certificates of Merit from the Colorado Broadcasters Association (CBA) for medium market radio stations. Volunteer Walter Gallacher’s “Immigrant Stories” took best News Feature, Report of Series for his profile of Alex Gonzalez entitled “Search

for the Dream.” Gonzalez chronicles his arduous journey out of the mountains of Guatemala in the story.

Gallacher said “All the credit for this award belongs to my dear friend Alex Gonzalez who began making friends the day he arrived in the United States. He is a remarkable young man who describes his odyssey in a masterful way. I feel privileged that he trusted me with his story.”

KDNK’s Valley Voices won a CBA Certificate of Merit for Best Public Affairs Show.

Again, Amy Hadden Marsh produced an award-winning piece with author Kevin Fedarko about his book “The Emerald Mile.”

Skinner said he speaks for all the volunteers and staff at KDNK in congratulating Gallacher and Marsh, “... they represent a level of professionalism, storytelling and creativity that stands out among their peers. We are lucky to have them serving our community through KDNK.” These award-winning stories are featured on the KDNK homepage at kdnk.org.

KDNK (88.1, 88.3, 88.5 and 93.5 FM) is a community access radio station with an eclectic format including music and local news.

“Valley Voices” is one of KDNK’s longest running public affairs shows and airs the second and fourth Thursday of the month at 4:30 p.m.

“Immigrant Stories” airs the third Tuesday of the month at 4:30 p.m.

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Garfield County Commissioners Work Session

Food Safety and Licensing May 5, 2015, 8:30 am

108 8th Street, Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 The Garfield County Public Health Department will meet with the Board of Commissioners regarding providing restaurant consumer protection services locally under authority of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Owners of licensed and unlicensed retail food establishments operating in both incorporated and unincorporated Garfield County are encouraged to attend.

Also on this meeting’s agenda is a 10 am report from Colorado State Demographer, Elizabeth Garner.

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On the grounds of Four Mile Creek Bed & Breakfast 5 miles up Four Mile Road on the way to Sunlight.

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Satank residents have persistently maintained that they regularly use the old CR106 right of way as a pedestrian or cycling route, in order to get into Carbondale by way of West Main Street, or to get up into the Thompson Creek drainage on CR108 past the Spring Gulch cross country ski area.

In the ensuing years since the old right-of-way was closed to trafďŹ c, the school has built a berm at the north end of the right-of-way, which was said to be needed to keep headlights from shining into the windows of faculty housing at that end of campus. The berm effectively restricted the pedestrian/bicycling public use of the old rightof-way to a narrow trail leading from Dolores Way into the campus.

And in the past couple of months, the school has rerouted the southern end of the right-of-way inside the campus boundary, where it meets the remaining CR106 connection to West Main Street or the connection to CR108 and CR109 leading to the Aspen Glen subdivision.

The rerouting of the right-of-way has eliminated what was a straight-shot entry into the campus.

In addition, the school has built both a fence and now a cinder-block structure, which together appear to sit in the historic right-of-way, according to Satank residents.

The structure, according to CRMS Headmaster Jeff Leahy, is to form the core of a new sign. “That is the foundation for what will ultimately be a beautiful ornamental sign identifying the main entrance to our campus (not a wall),� Leahy wrote in an e-mail to The Sopris Sun on Tuesday. “The sign and its location are on all the drawings and other documents we submitted to the county when we went through the application for a new driveway; in addition, a separate application for the sign itself was also approved by the county.�

Leahy has declined to comment on the broader accusations from Satank residents, and he and other school ofďŹ -

What some Satank residents are calling a “wallâ€? is actually the core structure for a new Colorado Rocky Mountain School sign at the south end of the campus. The GarďŹ eld County commissioners are scheduled to discuss the structure, and other issues surrounding the county’s right-of-way through the campus, at 9 a.m. on May 4. Courtesy photo cials have maintained that everything they have done had county approvals.

But in a recent meeting of the BOCC, at least one county commissioner was quoted as being alarmed by the school’s actions involving the road. “In my opinion, we have a closure of a (county) road without a proper permit, that was done in violation,� said BOCC Chairman John Martin, according to a published account of a meeting on April 6, adding that the school’s actions should be the subject of a future meeting.

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May 13 Eclectic Acoustic Americana with April Moon & Don Paine

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May 20 Poetry Selections Featuring Trina Ortega and other local writers, including young poets May 27 John Norton presents “Sound Healing Therapy�

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about the school’s actions, out of concern that the school was hoping to close off public use of CR 106 entirely.

Perry wrote in an e-mail to The Sopris Sun this week that the county’s code enforcement ofďŹ cer, Wade Patton, told her that any county action concerning the fence and the cinderblock structure, which Satank residents refer to as a “wall,â€? would be up to the county commissioners (editor’s disclosure: Perry is a columnist for The Sopris Sun).

In an earlier e-mail to The Sopris Sun, Perry wrote, “This wall is a waste of school resources, as it will have to come down. It was constructed in the public ROW without public notice or approval (and on the weekend.)�

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Community Calendar THURSDAY April 30 LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the old part of the Dinkel Building presents Colorado based Wendy Woo, which has been voted Best Band on the Front Range for several years. Woo grew up in Boulder and her parents helped to found the Naropa Institute, where she was surrounded by the likes of poet Alan Ginsberg and others. She has played Steve’s solo before but brings her trio this time. The show starts at 8:30 p.m. info: 963-3304.

BONEDALE BALLET • Bonedale Ballet/Coredination performs at Carbondale Middle School from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

UDC DISCUSSION • The Carbondale Planning and Zoning Commission holds a public meeting on the draft Unified Development Code (UDC) at town hall at 7 p.m.

Comments are due by May 1 and can be submitted to tisrael@carbondaleco.net.

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

FRI.-SAT. May 1-2 BONEDALE BALLET • The Bonedale Ballet/Coredination spring dance performance is presented at Carbondale Middle School at 7 p.m. There’ll be classical ballet, contemporary modern dance and tap. Info: 379-2187 or bonedaleballet.com.

FRIDAY May 1 FIRST FRIDAY • There’ll be numerous special events and more at First Friday, which take place all over Carbondale. For details, see the story on page 7.

To list your event, email information to news@soprissun.com. Deadline is noon on Monday. Events take place in Carbondale unless noted. For up-to-the-minute valley-wide event listings, check out the Community Calendar online at soprissun.com. View events online at soprissun.com/calendar.

MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “While We’re Young” (R) at 7:30 p.m.

May 1-7; “The Wrecking Crew” (PG) at 5:15 p.m. May 2; “Danny Collins” (R) at 5:15 p.m. May 3 and “Take Back Your Power” at 5 p.m. May 7.

LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the old part of the Dinkel Building presents live music every Friday night. Info: 963-3304.

LIVE MUSIC • Carbondale Beer Works presents Mile Markers (road house rock and blues) at 9 p.m.

GALLERY PROPOSAL DEADLINE • May 1 is the deadline to submit proposals to CCAH for shows in its R2 Gallery. Proposals may be for an exhibition of an individual’s work, or a group show (juried or invitational). Two and three dimensional works, as well as video installations will be considered. Preliminary proposal forms are available online at carbondalearts.com or may be picked up at The Launchpad. Notifiactions will be sent by July 15. Info: 963-1680.

SATURDAY May 2 DOG HOUSE AUCTION • Colorado Animal Rescue (CARE ) and the Glenwood Springs High School (co)studio class

hold a dog-house auction from noon to 3 p.m. at the Colorado Mountain College Spring Valley campus. Info: 618-0690 or rachel@costudio.org.

KARAOKE NIGHT • The Mt. Sopris Club of Carbondale hosts a benefit karaoke night at Mi Casita starting at 7 p.m. Tickets are a $10 each, or $20 for three and eight for $50. Ticket holders are entered into a drawing with restaurant gift certificates ranging from $400 to $1,800. Tickets are available from Rotarians. Info: mtsoprisrotaryclub.com. Proceeds from the event go to local charities.

SATURDAY May 2 RFHS CAR WASH • The Roaring Fork High School cheerleaders hold a fund-raising car wash at the school. Proceeds will go toward a summer cheer camp. The squad is also planning to compete in this year’s Colorado High School state cheer championship in Denver the first weekend in December. To buy tickets to the car wash or to make a donation to the team, call Carol Farris at 618-6812.

SUNDAY May 3 NEPALI RELIEF • Sustainable Settings on Highway 133 hosts a potluck fund-raiser for victims of the recent earthquakes in Nepal.

The hours are 1 to 5 p.m. and the suggested donation is $20. There will be Nepalese food

and a dish you wish to share. Bring your own fork, plate and cup, and dress for the weather.

No alcohol, dogs or pets – please. Missing Link will also play. To make a donation by mail, make checks payable to Nepali Earthquake Relief Fund, and send to Sustainable Settings at 6107, Highway 133, Carbondale, CO 81623. Funds are being targeted at Nepal residents with ties to the Roaring Fork Valley.

RUNNING • The Basalt High School National Honor Society hosts a 5K run/walk “color run” to benefit the Aspen Hope Center. Participants will walk or run the route while fans shower them with powdered paint. For details, call Basalt High School.

ASPEN SCIENCE CENTER • Jimmy’s restaurant in Aspen hosts Science Sundays with the Aspen Science Center from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There’ll be interactive and fun experiments and demonstrations for kids of all ages and families. It’s free but donations will be accepted. Info: jfrancis@aspensciencecenter.org. On May 10, kids will make something to take home for Mother’s Day. LIVE MUSIC ETC • The Salon at Justice Snow’s in Aspen presents several downvalley performers and musicians starting at 5 p.m., including Alya Howe and Deborah Colley, Hap Harriman and Nelson Oldham (of the Milemarkers), Jimmy Byrne and others. The mandolin duo Fresh Cut (Zachary Baker and miles Petterson) will preform Bach’s “Goldberg Variations #1 and other selections. Admission is $25, which includes wine and hors d’oeuvres.

For tickets, go to maysalon.eventbrite.com or call 970-429-8192.

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Community Calendar MONDAY May 4 FIRE PLAN MEETINGS • The Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District continues its series of input meetings to help it draft a master plan at 7 p.m. at Aspen Glen.

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BRIDGE • The Carbondale Bridge Club meets at the Senior Matters room in the Third Street Center Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. You must have a partner and the fee is $3 per person. Info: 963-0425.

CARBONDALE LIBRARY • The Carbondale Branch Library holds Family Story Time every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m., and Tablab/Wii Gaming at 4 p.m. on Thursdays.

PATHFINDERS • The grief and loss support group Pathfinders meets at Core Healing Arts 1101 Village Road, Suite 2D) from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on the first and third Monday of the month. Pathfinders is a non-profit, psychosocial support program for people dealing with chronic illness, disability, bereavement. Info: pathfindersforcancer.org or 319-6854 or 925-1226.

FREE COUNSELING • Davi Nikent facilitates free, one hour counseling sessions about heart attack, stroke and diabetes prevention from 8 a.m. to noon every Monday at the Third Street Center. For an appointment, call Greg Feinsinger, M.D. at 379-5718.

MAYOR’S COFFEE HOUR • Chat with Carbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot on Tuesdays from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Village Smithy.

MINDFULNESS GROUP • The Mindful Life Program hosts a weekly meditation and mind-

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station on May 11 (for volunteers), Aspen Equestrian Estates on May 18 and the Carbondale fire station on May 19.

TUESDAY May 5 CCL • The local Citizens Climate Lobby

fulness group on Mondays from 7:30 to 8:15 p.m. in Suite 28 at the Third Street Center. All are welcome. Info: 970-633-0163 or mindfullifeprogram.org.

MINDFULNESS MEDITATION • Discussions about mindfulness meditation and Buddhist philosophy take place from 9 to 10:30 a.m. on Sundays at Carbondale Community School. All are welcome and mats/cushions are available. Info: 970-618-1032.

MEDITATION • Silent meditation is held at the Launchpad from 6:45 to 7:30 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Please bring your own cushion or chair. Info: meditationcarbondale.weebly.com.

SOUL DANCE • Core Healing Arts presents Soul Dance at the Launchpad on Sundays from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Dance experience is not necessary and drop-ins are welcome. The cost is $15 per session. Info: 319-6854.

LIVE MUSIC • Dan Rosenthal hosts open mic nights from 8 to 10 p.m. every Wednesday at Rivers restaurant in Glenwood Springs.

LUTHERANS MEET • Faith Lutheran Church holds worship services at the Carbondale Middle School auditorium: traditional service (9 a.m.), educational hour (10 a.m.), living praise worship (11:30 a.m.). Info. Faithcarbondale.com and 925-7725.

meets at 6 p.m. in the Third Street Center Calaway Room.

ness experts and thinkers at the Third Street Center every Wednesday at noon.

WEDNESDAY May 6

ROTARY • The Rotary Club of Carbondale meets at the Carbondale Fire Station at 6:45 a.m. on Wednesdays. Info: rotarycarbondale.org.

CULTURE CLUB • The Carbondale Culture Club presents musicians, poets, well-

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THURSDAY May 7

SAW SALE • SAW’s spring open house and art sale takes place from 5 to 9 p.m. at 525 Buggy Circle. There’ll also be a silent auction for CCAH, music and refreshments. Artists include: Alleghany Meadows, Amy Butowicz, Brian Colley, Carla Reed, Chris Erickson, Elliot Marquet, Jay Phillips, John Cohorst, Joseph McBride, Kendra Sparks, Kristina Horne, Lisa Ellena, Megan DeNev Wussow, DeNev Jewelry & Designs, Sarah Wood, Steven Colby and Takeo Hiromitsu.

Admission is free. Info: sawcarbondale.com.

FILM • A free showing of “Take Back Your Power” is presented at the Crystal Theatre at 5 p.m. This is an updated version. Info: jodypowellND.com, smartmetersRFV.com or 970-236-6178.

CRMS • The community is invited to an all school meeting in the Barn at 2:10 p.m. There’ll be a special presentation on the 50th anniversary of Scholarship Work Day. The presentation will last about 15 minutes.

FRIDAY May 8 NAMI FUND-RAISER • The Roaring Fork Valley chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Health Illness holds a fund-raiser at Glenwood Vaudeville Review, with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. Tickets for the show are $25; food and a full bar are available. NAMI uses

speaker stories to illustrate the realities of living with mental illness. Info: Anika at 618-7770 or namirfv@gmail.com.

SUN.-SAT. May 10-16 BONEDALE BIKE WEEK • The eighth annual Bonedale Bike Week returns to the streets and other locals of Carbondale. Events will include a bike rodeo for kids, bike-in movie, Spoke N’ Word Limerick Slam, and free coffee and donuts for bicycle commuters from 7-9 a.m. at Fourth and Main. Info: bonedalebikeweek.com.

FRIDAY May 15 CRMS WORK DAY • Colorado Rocky Mountain School holds its 50th annual Scholarship Work Day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The day was initiated by students in the early 1960s to raise funds to support the CRMS Scholarship Fund.

“This hallmark event exemplifies CRMS’s core values of respect, responsibility and excellence, while simultaneously raising funds for fellow students,” said the current CRMS newsletter.

The fee is $20 per hour per student/faculty member, with a five hour minimum. Info: Elizabeth Murphy at emurphy@crms.org or 9632562. The deadline to sign up is May 10.

SAT.-SUN. May 16-17 CRMS PLANT SALE • The Colorado Rocky Mountain School plant sale returns May 16-17.

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5Point moments If you blend together, in just the right proportions, the Birds of the Rainbow, a great blue heron named Big Blue, and a group of musicians playing the marimbas, you end up with a recipe for guaranteed success as far as kid entertainment goes.

That combination, created and presented by the Mud Puppet Theatre, was all that was needed to ignite wonderment and delight in the faces of kids who attended the 5Point Film Festival youth program on Saturday. Add the ice cream mustaches that graced those faces after the performance and you have some pretty happy kids.

Photos and text by Jane Bachrach

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Garfield County Public Health

Carbondale Immunization Clinic Garfield County Public Health is offering children and adult immunizations at the

Carbondale Family Resource Center 400 Sopris Avenue in Carbondale.

Appointments are available the second and fourth Thursday of each month.

Please call Garfield County Public Health at 970-945-6614 ext. 2030, to schedule an appointment.

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CMC picks new RFC leader Sopris Sun Staff Report Following an extended national search, Colorado Mountain College has found a new leader for its Roaring Fork Campus.

In early July, Dr. Heather Exby, who is currently the director of student services at Western Colorado Community College (WCCC) at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, will become the campus dean overseeing the CMC campus that encompasses instructional sites in Carbondale and Glenwood Springs, and a residential campus at Spring Valley.

“Colorado Mountain College was the first community college I worked for,” Exby said. “It taught me what’s possible for a community college to achieve.”

In the late 1980s and early 1990s she worked at CMC in the institutional research, community education and admissions departments. She then was employed as executive director of the Western Colorado Graduate Center in Grand Junction, and then as director of regional programming at Colorado Mesa University (CMU).

She has also taught as an adjunct faculty member at both CMU and CMC. “I am so pleased that Heather will be joining us to lead our Roaring Fork Campus,” said Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser, president and CEO of the college. “With her wide experience on many different levels within higher education, she brings a broad perspective of the challenging educational landscape we traverse in Colorado. And she knows and loves the Western Slope, which

is a bonus.”

The college’s search committee was composed of three faculty members and three others from the campus, as well as two representatives from the college’s central administrative offices. More than 100 individuals applied for the position.

The committee was impressed by the range of Exby’s academic experience in higher education, including her previous positions at Colorado Mountain College, said Daryl Yarrow. Yarrow co-chaired the search committee and is the college’s associate vice president for online learning as well as interim dean of the Roaring Fork Campus.

“Her success in starting and maintaining concurrent enrollment programs will be a great fit with our strategic direction,” he said. “Above all, she clearly communicated her passion in helping students achieve their college goals.”

Exby is a representative on the Colorado Concurrent Enrollment Advisory Board, and has served on statewide and Mesa County advisory committees for gifted education. She is a former member of the Grand Junction Rotary Club, and a former president and member of the Rifle Rotary Club.

“Institutions like Colorado Mountain College provide the innovative model for what’s possible in the future,” Exby said.

Along with Rifle Campus Dean Rachel Pokrandt and Aspen Campus Dean Linda Crockett, Exby will report to new regional vice president Richard Maestas, who joins the college June 1.

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Sustainable Settings is accepting donations for Nepal earthquake victims at 6107 Highway 133, Carbondale, CO 81623. Make checks payable to Nepali Earthquake Relief Fund. On the memo line, indicate whether you’d like the donation to be directed to the Lohani family, Flash Trevor, Hamilton Pevec, Oxfam International or Shelterbox USA. Photo by Hamilton Pevec

Earthquake om page 3 will probably not come and those who are still here and don’t want to help the relief effort will probably leave.

So now we have time to do something.

There is an expression in Nepali “Ke garne.”

It means “What to do?” I feel this acutely.

How can I actually help? This country is not prepared for any kind of disaster. The truth is, neither am I. Devika and I are now trying to figure out what the village people need, as most of the attention is going to Kathmandu and the village areas are being neglected. We will be collecting money from people who want to donate, with the plan to buy tents,

blankets and equipment to set up community kitchens for the newly homeless.

Today I went to the hospital to visit the people that were evacuated from Gorkha. I am now putting together a small news clip.

Next, I prepare to go into the affected areas.

I will take my camera equipment and try to document some of the stories.

Hamilton Pevec, 32, is a former Carbondale resident currently living in Nepal with his Nepalese wife Devika. People who want to donate to help provide tents, blankets and community kitchens to villagers can give Illène Pevec (Hamilton’s mom) a call at 274-1622.

Carbondale’s First Edible Landscape Planting May 2, 2015 • 9:00 AM Meet at Delaney Nature Park Kiosk

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• Bring work gloves, sunscreen, a hat and water (gloves available if needed) • No landscaping experience necessary, just a willingness to get your hands dirty and sweat a little bit.

• Bonfire coffee and doughnuts and gourmet hotdogs at noon. Bring your (pet) dog as there will also be treats for our furry friends!

Give back to your community and get involved with your local parks!

Community Service hours will be signed off on as needed Carbondale’s Continuing Arbor Day Celebration To RSVP and for further information contact: David Coon – Carbondale Town Arborist – dcoon@carbondaleco.net – (970) 510-1331 SPONSORED BY:

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Dana Ganssle Ellis (left) and Patrick Mueller (right) take a break during dance rehearsals at The Launchpad last weekend. Mueller is the Dance Initiative’s first artist in residence for 2015. Since March, he has been setting a new work of choreography with dancers of CoMotion, which will be performed on June 5-6 at 8 p.m. at The Launchpad. Mueller has performed with Troika Ranch Dance Theater in New York City, the Ben J. Riepe and Mancopy Danse companies of Europe, and is currently artistic director of the Denver-based Control Group Productions, and is teaching on the faculty at the Colorado Conservatory of Dance. Photo by Jane Bachrach

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Rock Canyon Coffee opens its doors in Basalt Sopris Sun Staff Report Craig Fulmer began his odyssey as a coffee roaster while he was still in Boston, working as a financial planner for MetLife. According to his wife, Heidi Johnson, a former physical therapist, he became so tired of drinking burnt coffee at the office that he started experimenting with roasting coffee beans by using a hot-air popcorn popper.

Soon afterwards, they decided to move to Colorado to be closer to their families, who are scattered throughout the southwest. With Heidi’s dad having lived in Carbondale for 40 years, Heidi and Craig were familiar with Carbondale’s ambiance. “We didn’t come here to start a roastery,” says Heidi. “We came for the way of life.”

Nonetheless, three years ago, Rock Canyon Coffee became a “garage startup” business at their Carbondale home.

Craig, the owner and roaster, and Heidi,

the “CEO-OE “ (“CEO of everything,”) progressed into becoming coffee roasters extraordinaire after they started at the Carbondale and Basalt farmer’s markets.

They soon expanded into an online webstore that served retail customers, even delivering to a local customer’s doorstep with freshly roasted coffees. From there, they broadened into the wholesale marketplace and now roast for 20 businesses from Palisade to Paonia to Aspen, including the Aspen Art Museum, The Grand Hyatt Aspen, and Boomerang Coffee in Carbondale.

“Roasting is about carmelizing the sugars on the inside of the beans to bring out the best, natural flavors that do justice to the bean and the farmer,” Craig said. He likes to explain his products’ benefits as he pours his customers a cup of coffee. “Really fresh coffee has a ‘bloom’ of foam when hot water is poured over it.”

One of Rock Canyon Coffee’s tenets is

“Really fresh coffee has a ‘bloom’ of foam when hot water is poured over it.” “great coffee for great people.” Craig explains, “It has brought us in contact with so many great people across 30 states and throughout the valley that we love.” Heidi continues, saying, “Craig and I had our first date, which ended up being four hours long, over a cup of coffee.” Eighteen years later, they visited that same coffee shop in Seattle, Café Ladro, sitting at the same table.

Now, Rock Canyon Coffee is leaving the garage for a space at the Basalt Industrial Center at Willits. “Zoning is always

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the biggest challenge, and we were lucky to find a spot with existing zoning that allowed for food manufacturing. It will allow us to expand our production by purchasing a bigger roaster,” Craig said.

He and Heidi are celebrating this move with an open house on Friday, May 8 at 8:30 a.m. and are inviting the public to enjoy food from local chefs ColoraDough donuts, and Kate and Aki cookies. “And of course, there’ll be lots of coffee!”

Heidi says loves the sense of community that springs from their business. “Coffee brings people together, and great things happen over a cup of coffee-conversations: relationships, brunches and laughter. Community happens, like the old timers at the sitting at the general store, coffee clatches,” and now for Craig and Heidi as sponsors for the Carbondale Branch Library’s coffee talks.

So, clearly, more is blooming for Rock Canyon than their fresh ground coffee.

On Wednesday mornings, after a Tuesday night Council meeting, visit in an informal setting with Basalt Mayor Jacque Whitsitt for coffee and a chat at Saxy’s Coffee Shop, 104 Midland Avenue.

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By Peter Westcott Hi, my name is Peter, and I cause climate change. I need help. I used to blame my addiction on all the usual culprits — coal power plants, big oil, cheap gasoline — and that is where my carbon footprint comes from. But I’m the one still using.

I’ve tried kicking the habit. I bought a fuel-efficient car, put solar panels on my roof, keep the heat turned low in the winter. But my carbon footprint still exists. It was brought home when I was in Costa Rica visiting the rain forest. Remember when school kids sold candy bars or held bake sales to “save the rain forest”? I found that place — a 54,000-acre reserve, the Children’s Eternal Rainforest. Only it may not be so eternal, because climate change, including the carbon from my airplane down there, is heating it up and drying it out. That’s my climate change story.

You may not realize it, but you have a climate change story, too. Maybe it’s that you only skied a few times this

winter because of warm weather and lack of moisture.

Maybe it’s finding new, invasive weeds in your yard. Or maybe it’s that a vacation was interrupted from a forest fire, tornado, or flood. Sure, those things have always happened. But never to this degree and never so continuously.

But back to my problem. I need your help. I know as long as gas is cheap, airplane flights inexpensive, or the winter cold I’m still going to use energy.

It’s great the United States committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 28 percent in 10 years. But setting goals doesn’t mean task completed. I need renewable energy to be cheaper than carbon-based energy. But at the same time, I need to be able to afford it. And I think I may have the answer.

Carbon Fee and Dividend, proposed by the Citizens’ Climate Lobby, puts a fee on carbon, driving up the cost of carbon-based energy. With that, I can kick my addiction at last. Here’s the good news: I can have my cake and eat it

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too. The money collected from fees on carbon is returned to citizens, similar to Social Security (pay in, take out), only it’s divided evenly. If I use less carbon-based energy (pay in less), I can actually make money, since my dividend is the same as everyone else’s. And since renewable energy will be cheaper than carbon energy, everyone (including utilities, car companies, airlines) will move toward a renewable energy future. I can kick my addiction at last.

I’ll take any solution to kick the carbon habit. But I truly believe Carbon Fee and Dividend is the least painful, most cost-efficient, and fairest way. Here’s how you can help: learn more about Carbon Fee and Dividend from the Citizens’ Climate Lobby (citizensclimatelobby.org), talk to everyone you know, and write a letter to your member of Congress showing the logical solution to the climate crisis.

Peter encourages other carbon addicts to attend the local Citizens Climate Lobby meeting on May 5 at 6 p.m. in the Third Street Center Calaway Room.

Rumble strips om page 5 Trulove, Leyba and CDOT project manager John Schmitt listened to Krueger’s arguments but were not swayed enough to promise any changes in the use of rumble-strips on the highway.

But, Trulove wrote in an e-mail sent Tuesday to The Sopris Sun, Leyba is planning further discussions about Krueger’s objections.

The engineer, Trulove wrote, “is scheduling a meeting with the resident engineer here and traffic (CDOT’s traffic management division) to discuss some of the suggestions that Bob had from the meeting.”

But, she continued, “These kinds of changes don’t happen quickly,” if they happen at all.

So for now the rumble-strips, three of them measuring about a mile apiece in length, are to be installed as part of an ongoing Highway 133 improvements project that is scheduled

for completion by September.

“They’ve proven to be good for distracted driving by catching people’s attention and helping them stay on track,” Trulove told reporters at the Carbondale meeting. “CDOT is in the business of designing and constructing roadways that are functional and safe.”

She said the installation of rumble-strips had long been part of the planning for Highway 133.

The only change in those plans, Trulove said, has been the addition of one particular length of rumble-strips near the Penny Hot Springs, a few miles north of Redstone.

That addition came at the request of the family of a young woman, Meleyna Kistner, who was killed last year along that stretch of road when another car crossed the line and slammed into her vehicle.

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Letters continued î&#x2C6;&#x2021;om page 2 that would show the route of the designated trail and ask users to respect the private property through which it passes, much like the Rio Grande.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time for the public interest, not the school with a squad of attorneys and hired guns, to prevail. The road should be on trail maps as a connector. There is no excuse for CRMS to hide or block public land. Period.

Please come to the May 4 GarďŹ eld County commissioners meeting to make your voice heard.

Sue Edelstein Carbondale

Check it out Dear Editor: I am encouraging all trail users and bikers to check out the public County Road 106 access changes that have been made at the south entrance of Colorado Rocky Mountain School. Keep in mind that these changes were made to a county road by CRMS without public input.

What was once a 60-foot right-of-way for the public has been diminished to less than six feet bisected by a telephone pole. A sharp turn is required to enter onto the trail or back onto the road, making it less safe for the general public. A new entrance is being constructed by CRMS to replace the county road that leads to the campus on CRMS property. According to headmaster Jeff Leahey, this was created for safety issues for vehicular trafďŹ c for the school. Understandably, safety for school staff and

participants is of great importance, but what about the safety of bicycle commuters, children riding from Crystal Village to Carbondale Community School, and the general public using the trail? Can we assume that the new CRMS entrance is open to the public and will replace County Road 106 for public access? If so, encourage the county commissioners to publicly record the new safe road as public pedestrian/bicycle right of way. If not, CRMS needs to return an acceptable entrance to a historic right-of-way that will serve west Carbondale, Satank and recreational bicyclists from Glenwood so we can continue using these resources for transportation in GarďŹ eld County. This is the taxpayerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s land being used as an impenetrable wall for the CRMS campus.

There is a GarďŹ eld Board of County Commissioners on Monday, May 4, concerning these issues. Or write or call your county commissioners this week.

Teresa Salvadore Carbondale

Thanks to our youth Dear Editor: I want to express many thanks to all the youth in our valley that are learning to grow food and doing so at school to improve their school lunches. These young gardeners are shaping a healthy future for themselves, their families and their communities.

At Roaring Fork High School the gar-

den and the agricultural biology class taught by Hadley Hentschel began in 2009.

On Earth Day in 2013 the environmental sciences class that he teaches organized an earth-building day. They spread cardboard all over the orchard ground, covered it with manure donated by local ranchers and leaves from town yards, and in a few months the soil was full of worms, much richer and loamier. All the food raised in the garden and greenhouse goes to the school lunch program except in summer when students are not there, and the food goes to LIFT-UP. This year the agricultural biology class with help from Captain Planet completed a zero-waste initiative to collect all compostable organic waste from the school lunch program and recycle it back to the garden compost pile to keep on enriching the soil. When you grow food the plants use the soil nutrients and if you compost you give nutrients back to the soil. By recycling waste to the garden the soil and food just get better and better.

At Colorado Rocky Mountain School the students have been gardening for about 18 years. They raise about 15,000 pounds of food a year for their school community and recycle all food waste back to the earth also. At Carbondale Community School, Diana Alcantara started a garden and garden club last year.

This year she got a Whole Foods grant to expand that program so more food can go to their Friday lunch and more children

can learn about the earth by tending it.

Bravo to all the young gardeners and their dedicated mentors on our 45th Earth Day. Maybe you will still be gardening on the 100th Earth Day! During this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Earth Day at Roaring Fork High, preschool students from El Busesito came to visit the greenhouse. They ate fresh spinach and mint, smelled the orange ďŹ&#x201A;owers and roses and everyone got a sweet juicy carrot to munch. The next group from El Busesito went to the Good Seed garden at the Orchard church and tasted tender dandelion leaves and ďŹ&#x201A;ower petals. Carbondale Middle School students came for their Enrichment Wednesday activity at RFHS. They dug out the weeds around two trees and planted snow peas. Yeah for young gardeners and healthy eaters!

Roaring Fork High School and Fat City Farmers invites community members to come create garden plots in the high school orchard area at no charge to grow food together for your families. You can contact me at 274-1622 to arrange a time to meet at the garden and choose your spot. Water is free and tools are on hand. We just need people who want to plant and tend and take their crops home for dinner!

Thank you to all the earth stewards in our loving community for helping the Earth every day with your tender care.

Illène Pevec, PhD Fat City Farmers program director Carbondale

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I am very Coon, who in addition to his many duties concluded that limited, spot-spraying wasthe needed Trustee Hobbs, who voted in support of delaying the tions and nual Boogieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Buddy Race totobenefit the wonderful folks at Heritage to water every(with floweror pot in state our will â&#x20AC;&#x153;the come in and do it,â&#x20AC;? referring a state regspraying program, offered to manages pull the weeds himself Buddy Program! This 5K race and 1-mile unate we are to have this fa- town three times a week! mmunity. Other volunteers involved with planting family and canine walk provides funding to atti Stranahan their own plants in those large pots are: Mary support nearly 1,000 local youth and their arbondale Beth Bos (new owner of Main Street Spirits), families through many critical services and PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Aimee and Anthony Gullwick (Koru con- programs including individual mentoring, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public HearNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Publiceducation, Hearing will mentoring, leadership heingcrew struction company), Amy Kimberly (CCAH), group be will be held before the Carbondale Planning held before the Carbondale Planning and Zoning will be held before the Carbondale Board of Trustees Day, activities, scholarships, and and Zoning Commission for the purpose of confor the of considering amendments to cer- Lemonade Commission for the purpose of considering amendments Peter Gilbert of purpose the Dance Initiative (soon-tosidering a condominium application to condotain standards applicable the Mini PUD to wit; open therapeutic to certaincounseling. standards applicable the Mini PUD to wit; open most of you have noticed the be occupants of the old town library on Fourth miniumize an existing commercial and residential space requirements and parking standards as well as space requirements and parking standards as well as David Houggy calculations to parking calculations. related to parking calculations. The areaEvans area calculations w structure. flower boxes along the en- Street), Stacy & related Friends, Susanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Flow-The Owner is requesting these amendments to insure that Owner is requesting these amendments to insure that a Executive Director ondaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Main Street public who areof repeat participants The property is located at 500 Buggy Circle, ers plus 21aothers planned expansion the business may take place. planned expansion of the business may take place.

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Zentmyer suggested the trustees call for a meeting of the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s advisory commissions connected to this issue, and talk about coming up with a comprehensive weed-management program in order to avoid this kind of stand-off in the future.

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THE NORTH THOMPSON CATTLEMENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ASSOCIATION and CRYSTAL RIVER RANCH ... for access to their beautiful land during the winter months.

And more thanks to all the skiers, sponsors, and donors that went the extra kilometer to support our Ski for Sisu Fundraising Skiathon in February.

If you enjoyed skiing at Spring Gulch this season and agree with these folks that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a community asset worth supporting, please visit www.springgulch.org