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War of the Coasts plays out at Whole Foods weekend?” –Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of There’s a war going on in this country. The two Grantham) and bone structure. The working class tends camps are fierce in their opposition, openly displaying to not inbreed as much, whereas, the British Royal Famhostility whenever they encounter each other — usually in the produce section at Whole Foods. I’m talking about a war of ily had almost bred out the existence of their chins until Prince William married into some new DNA. It’s ironic, but being brought wealthy women from both coasts.

As you may recall, back in the 1990s, there was a rap music war; up in poverty allows for more freedom when it’s time to choose a East Coast rappers like The Notorious B.I.G. (Biggie Smalls) fighting spouse. There’s something to be said for following one’s heart and choosing love without worrying about the money. There with West Coast rappers like Tupac and Puff Daddy. is beauty in trust.

Over what, I’m not really sure, but I love how the In love and war, I think, our perception is completely toughest guys around, from rappers to mobsters, have flipped.

Whoever is perceived as the underdog actually such cute nicknames. Famous rappers: Ice Cube, Lil

By Jeannie Perry has more inner strength because the insecure one usuWayne, Snoop Dogg. Famous mobsters: Baby Face Nelson, Bugsy, Tony Bananas. Anyway, the rap war culminated in two ally goes to violence (domination) first. (Example: see history of opshootings; one in Las Vegas, where Tupac died at the age of 25, the pression in our world.) Whether dealing with gangsters or wealthy other in Los Angeles where Biggie Smalls was killed. And the mob women, I’d wager the animosity stems from insecurity, because if war casualties are too numerous to mention. Hopefully, in this new- they were secure in their own lives, they wouldn’t spend their precious time gunning down others, but rather looking for new opporage coastal war, there will be no gunfire in Willits.

The wealthy women visiting our valley from both coasts are scary tunities for joy.

I mean, why all the hostility? And while on vacation? Aren’t we as gangsters (they even have the cutesy nicknames: Pepper, Mitsy and Boo). Now, I know what you’re thinking: all those women standing predisposed to inclusion, and to learn as much as we can about each in the aisles of Whole Foods in their stretch pants and dyed hair look other before deciding whether or not we’re with “our peeps”? Maybe the same! How can a layman tell the difference? Well, there is a trick. it has something to do with the way we pack ourselves like sardines The easiest way to tell which coast you are dealing with is to study that we don’t embrace each new stranger as a potential ally. It’s harder the faces of these women. West Coast women have huge lips and to be open and gracious when living cheek-by-jowl in a concrete junthey want you to look at them (so much so, that they will actually gle of shops and townhomes. (Another attraction of the Roaring Fork drive their carts into your legs in order to make contact). The East Valley — our wide open spaces; although it’s harder and harder to Coasters will never make eye contact. No matter what. Believe me, find empty land without Private Property signs posted everywhere).

These women from opposite coasts, with different styles and atI’ve tried; even doing a little jig, they will not look up. – Darwood Yet, these women can agree on one thing: they are all drawn to the titudes and attire, (all-black leggings from the East, animal-print from Roaring Fork Valley. I think it has a lot to do with the locals. Blue the West), if they stopped to talk to each other, would probably find bloods are generally attracted to the working class because of our more similarity than contrast. And who knows, if they focused on the zest for life, (you have to work every day in order to appreciate hav- similarities, they might even find a little inner peace for the week that ing a day off; otherwise the days just kinda run together, “What is a they’re here.

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Believe it: Affordable housing comes with growth

By Michael Durant Affordable housing has been a popular topic in the public discourse for many years. Affordable housing advocates, elected officials and concerned citizens look for solutions, but the challenge continues in spite of their best efforts. In order to address affordability, one needs to look closely at the factors that challenge affordability.

When I entered the housing market, we didn’t call it “affordable” housing. We called them “starter homes.” I couldn’t afford to live in the town that I wanted to live in, but I could afford a home that suited my needs near the town where I wanted to live. I paid my mortgage and as markets appreciated, I was able to trade up and get closer to where I really wanted to live. We called it “upward mobility” and the starter home was the means to get into the real estate market. This strategy has served previous generations very well.

Lately, voters believe that government intervention is the best means of addressing “affordability.” Economic data suggests that government intervention makes the problem worse. Deed restrictions stifle upward mobility; rent control creates shortages; both promote decline.

Mitigation units in new developments are mandated in Carbondale, but setting the threshold that triggers mitigation too low creates a barrier to any development. Affordable housing advocates would argue differently, and their arguments may seem credible on paper. But the evidence is overwhelming and compelling. Whether you consider the decades of rent control in major cities, or the current challenges of underfunded reserves in Aspen’s employee housing. The outcome is always the same: shortage, decline and stagnation. The discussion should be about increasing housing stocks at the low end of the market rather than government providing affordable housing.

same condominium sells for $150,000 in New Castle, $200,000 in Glenwood Springs, $300,000 in Carbondale, and $350,000 in Basalt.

Carbondale is a very desirable location and as such, homes in Carbondale will always be more expensive than downvalley locations and less expensive than upvalley locations. This is economic gravity; no amount of government intervention and tinkering will change this.

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Location Location plays a big part in affordability. In the Roaring Fork Valley, Aspen is the center of the universe: all else being equal, the same property is more expensive in Aspen than in New Castle. A twobed/two-bath condominium sells for about $100,000 in Rifle. The 2 • THE SOPRIS SUN • www.SoprisSun.com • MAY 5-11, 2016

Growth Growth that is required to increase housing stocks can only be accomplished by density or sprawl. Carbondale voters have consistently chosen density. Census data indicates that Carbondale has 3,200 people per square mile, compared to Aspen at 1,900 or Glenwood at 2,000. But we are at a point where there is no more land in Carbondale available for development. Alternatively, property owners can choose to tear down old homes and replace them with a new apartment building in parts of town that are zoned for apartments.

There are two parcels located in a part of town zoned for apartments. Given the high demand for housing in town, the logical question is, “Why haven’t those parcels been developed?” One answer may be the burden the town places on developers. Our building code is stricter than in Garfield County. For several reasons, it is much more expensive to build in Carbondale than to build the same building in the county, Glenwood Springs or New Castle.

Political inertia Political inertia is another barrier to affordability. Everyone says that they want more affordable housing, but when a high-density project is proposed, neighbors turn out in force to oppose the project, shouting “it will ruin the character of the town.” If you want to increase housing stocks at the low end of the market, we need to be prepared to make trade-offs. We need to encourage property owners to tear down an old home and replace it with a new apartment building in parts of town that are zoned for apartments.

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Bull rider earns title of the world’s oldest… and he’s only 54

By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer

After Greg Casteel supplied Guinness World Records with his birth certificate, driver’s license and marriage certificate, they asked him for one more form of I.D. The only one he could come up with was his passport, which ended up being good enough. Photo by Jane Bachrach

For Greg Casteel, climbing onto a bull named Ground Zero turned out to be the easy part.

After successfully riding the bull at the Carbondale Wild West Rodeo on Aug. 6, 2015, Casteel, who turned 54 the day before, applied for inclusion in Guinness World Records as the World’s Oldest Professional Bull Rider.

Seven months later, and after so many e-mails back and forth from Guinness that he lost count and had to hire a computer guy to help with the application process, the Carbondale resident unexpectedly received the notice he’d been waiting for.

The e-mail started “We are thrilled to inform you … and ended with “ … you are now the Guinness world record holder.”

“Don’t let anyone tell you the (Guinness) process isn’t complicated,” Casteel told The Sopris Sun. “This was a long time coming.”

In describing the accomplishment and the category, the Guinness Website states: “The oldest professional bull rider still featuring in competition is Greg Casteel (USA, b. 5 August 1961) who was 54 years 1 day old when he took part in the Carbondale Wild West Rodeo in Carbondale, Colorado USA on 6 August 2015.”

Casteel didn’t know it at the time of the ride because he had not yet contacted the Guinness folks,

but he also had to place in the money to be recognized as the World’s Oldest Professional Bull Rider.

He scored a 78 that day on his Ground Zero ride.

“You have to win (money). It has to be a professional rodeo and a professional bull.” For the record, the bull was owned by Jerry Barusisls, a stock contractor out of Fruita, Colorado.

•• • Casteel is a barber who owns a shop in Aspen, which he bought in 2014 after moving to the Roaring Fork Valley in 2003. He looks the part of a bull rider. On the day he talked to The Sopris Sun he wore a black T-shirt that was stretched tight, a wide brimmed black cowboy hat, jeans and boots. At about six-feet and maybe 200 pounds, take the hat off of Casteel and put on a football helmet, and he might fit in at a Denver Broncos practice.

Casteel grew up in McGhee, Arkansas, a Mississippi River town of about 5,000 in the southeast corner of the state. As he told The Sopris Sun last year, at the age of 13 he was inspired by a bull rider named Chuck Blevins to give the sport a try. “He was in a T-shirt and had these huge arms … I asked him how he got them and he said ‘Riding bulls.’”

Casteel got his dad, Arlen, to take him to a rodeo in Hamberg, Arkansas, to try out bull riding.

His dad wasn’t involved in rodeo and told Casteel, “We’re going to get this over real fast.” Casteel got CASTEEL page 8

Bernot reflects on years as mayor, trustee Last meeting is May 11

By John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer Whenever outgoing Mayor Stacey Bernot talks about her reasons for leaving the job she’s held for six years (not to mention her previous decade of service, first as a member of the Carbondale Parks and Recreation Commission for four years, then six years as a trustee), her family is the most often-cited influence on her decision.

“If now is the time for them to make a change,” she wrote of her family’s recent relocation to a house outside Carbondale, “I wholeheartedly and unequivocally choose them” over continued service on the town’s board of trustees.

Her remarks came in an April 27 letter announcing her decision to give up the mayor’s gavel as a consequence of moving (with her family) to a newly acquired home in Redstone.

The move, she emphasized to The Sopris Sun on Monday, was not due to a family financial crisis or inability to afford living in Carbondale any more.

Rather, she said, it came about thanks to a fortuitous change in their housing options that left them little choice but to move out of town and sell their Carbondale house, on which they still owe a portion of a mortgage, and live essentially mortgage-free just outside of Redstone.

Bernot declined to state publicly what the change in her housing options was, other than to note that it has been a somewhat bittersweet decision-making process given her family’s happy memories from the

time they’ve spent in Carbondale.

She admitted this week to being somewhat nervous over leaving the town with a board of trustees on which only one member, Frosty Merriott, has served for more than two years (Merriott has been on the board since 2008, and must step down due to term limits in 2018).

As things will stand following the Mayor’s formal departure from office on May 16, two of the trustees (Katrina Byars and A.J. Hobbs) will have served half of their first four-year terms, while new trustees Ben Bohmfalk, Dan Richardson and Marty Silverstein were elected only a few weeks ago.

Two-term trustees John Hoffmann and Pam Zentmyer stepped down this year, also due to term limits, while former trustee Allyn Harvey did not win re-election to his second term in the recent municipal election.

Bernot’s departure means Carbondale voters will be asked to choose a new mayor, either in a special election sometime late in the summer or in the general election on Nov. 8.

But in the meantime, Richardson will serve as mayor pro-tem while Bernot is still in office, and will become acting mayor once she leaves.

A moving story Bernot, 38, is a fifth-generation Carbondale native who lost her father in a coalmining explosion in 1981, when she was three years old, and her mother and sister in a car accident some five years later.

She was raised by ranchers Celia and Paul Nieslanik, first in a house on the south side of town and later on a ranch along Catherine Store Road east of town.

A dedicated sports enthusiast throughout her school career, she for a time was a youth coach for the town recreation department in the late 1990s. Once she finished school, she got herself appointed to the town’s parks and recreation commission in 2000.

“I felt that youth and families and affordable endeavors were not valued,” she said of her interest in public service. “I thought they were out of touch with the working families.”

On the recreation commission, she became chair of a project to build a recreation and community center that now stands next to Town Hall and, after four years on the commission, she decided to run for an open seat on the board of trustees in 2004.

“I didn’t really think I’d get elected,” she continued, noting that as a 25-year-old wife and mother of two young children, she was “pretty young” herself for the post. She admitted that during her first candidate forum, “That was the first time I’d ever done any public speaking. I was scared to death.”

The town’s head planner at the time, Mark Chain, advised her that she may have bitten off more than she could chew and that she might have done better to serve on the town’s planning and zoning commission before trying to get elected.

“He told me, ‘Don't get your feelings hurt when you don’t win,’” she said in an interview.

But she did win, and two years later, after serving out the two-year term, she ran for reelection and won the highest number of votes of any candidate in that contest.

In 2010, when Mayor Michael Hassig stepped down due to term limits, she ran for the mayor’s job and won, and then won reBERNOT page 4

Colleagues comment on Bernot’s tenure

By John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer Outgoing Carbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot leaves behind an enviable legacy, according to those who have worked closely with her (see related story) — she has been at times a no-nonsense overseer of the Board of Trustees, but in general she has earned the respect and affection of her comrades in governance.

Bernot announced her decision to step down as mayor on April 27, although she had informed her fellow trustees and some staff members weeks earlier and kept it secret from the public and the press.

“She is everything that I would want out of a mayor,” said Trustee A.J. Hobbs, who is halfway through his four-year term on the board and was not offered the role of being mayor pro-tem while she is still in office and acting mayor once she departs.

He praised Bernot’s command of the issues facing the town and her ability to “facilitate” an open and engaging discussion of those issues at trustee meetings, for both the trustees themselves and any members of the public who want to make comments.

Hobbs said he had talked with Bernot prior to her announcement and TENURE page 5

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Bernot om page 3 election in 2014. It was the beginning of the end of the Great Recession, Carbondale’s revenues remained at distressing low levels and there was a lot of work to be done, she noted.

Through all this, she said, her family has been supportive of her work, although she admitted, “They didn’t want me to run for a second term.”

Controversies? Sure!

During her tenure, Carbondale has seen its share of controversies and troubles, starting with the community battle over a proposed “big-box” shopping center known as the Crystal River Marketplace, the second of two such commercial projects on 24 acres of land once owned by Colorado Rocky Mountain School.

The first proposal had been approved by the trustees, then shot down in a communitywide referendum, in 2003, the year before Bernot was elected trustee.

In fact, she noted that there were 11 candidates for five trustees spots that year, several of them representing the “Town Mothers” group that had been behind the electorate’s rejection of the Marketplace plan.

A new plan, called the Village at Crystal River (VCR), was proposed in 2008 for the same site.

Again, it was approved by the trustees, Bernot included, in 2011, but with a proviso that would put the matter to another townwide vote. In a 2012 election the VCR proposal lost by an even bigger margin than the first plan. The land currently is the approved

site for a new City Market grocery store and other commercial businesses.

Other controversies and issues have taken the place of the Marketplace/VCR, and Bernot is credited with having steered the board of trustees through them all with common sense and respect for the different sides of each question.

But, she conceded, there were some rough spots in terms of inter-trustee divisions.

“We had plenty of board conflict that wasn’t always fun,” she said, such as the time during a board meeting that trustees Merriott and Ed Cortez got into a verbal fight over Cortez’ vote for stricter marijuana regulations than Merriott favored.

That was in 2011, after medical marijuana had been legal in Colorado for more than a decade. But it was not until after President Barack Obama’s administration signaled it would not interfere with states where pot was legalized by the voters that a boom in pot shops led to Carbondale being home to a dozen or so medical marijuana licenses.

Bernot recalled that the board was debating the strictness of the town’s regulatory framework for licensing and monitoring the nascent industry, and tempers had risen between two factions, when Bernot asked for a brief break in the meeting.

A short time later, she encountered Merriott and Cortez in the main entryway outside the council chambers, yelling at each other, and at one point Merriott reportedly threatened to “cut” Cortez.

“Finally, there were a variety of words ex-

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changed, and the threat,” Bernot remembered. “So I stepped in between them and broke them up.”

Bernot, who said she understands that emotions can run high during trustee discussions, said she deliberately has tried to avoid using her gavel as a weapon to cut short such arguments.

While heated arguments can disrupt a meeting, she said, “sometimes there’s a nugget [of an idea], a kernel that we can take away” and use in a positive way.

“I gave everybody a pretty long leash, so to speak,” she said of her tenure as mayor.

“But I don’t hesitate [to step in] if it does get out of hand.”

Another hot-button topic has been the town’s concerted effort to promote energy conservation and the use of alternative-energy technology such as solar panels, including installation of panels on town-owned buildings and using public funds to subsidize energy efficiency work on local homes and businesses.

Bernot, who recalled being initially “very skeptical” about these uses of taxpayer money, nevertheless became a champion of the overall idea that Carbondale should be a model of energy conservation and alternative-energy use.

But, she added, “I’ve always wanted to check in with the voters,” and she said she was not surprised when voters recently rejected an excise tax on energy bills to provide permanent funding for the energy-efficiency programming, along with a property tax to BERNOT page 5

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Housing om page 2 Lastly, some advocates support alternative housing, such as tiny houses and yurts. These aren’t affordable solutions, but sub-standard housing solutions. Yurts and the affordable tiny houses everyone loves on “Tiny House Nation” are campers, and camping is prohibited in town. The town’s new Unified Development Code eliminated minimum sizes for residential dwelling. But these dwellings are subject to the same building code that would apply to a large home in RVR. More importantly, these alternatives are not the best use of the land. Which use is most appropriate for an acre of land: 35 apartments or 15 tiny houses?

The bottom line is simple. Economists agree that nothing beats supply.

The simplest way to make housing less expensive in Carbondale is to build more housing. This means tearing down old homes and replacing it with a new apartment buildings in parts of town that are zoned for apartments. This means allowing high-density development, looking at fees and exactions that make development in Carbondale more expensive, and fostering a friendlier environment toward development.

Affordability comes with growth. A lack of growth creates shortage and drives prices up.

Michael Durant is a certified general real estate appraiser and member of the Carbondale P&Z.

Roaring Fork Prom highlights

This year’s Roaring Fork High School Prom was held at River Valley Ranch and the theme was “Moonlight Garden,” which featured beautifully lit stars, clouds and the moon. Sergio Vega and Kimberly Guzman were crowned King and Queen; music was provided by Naka G. That’s Carbondale Police Officer Bill Kirkland in the bottom center photo. Photos by Sue Rollyson

Bernot om page 4 fund capital improvements.

“I think it was a worthwhile endeavor,” she said of the town’s leading-edge energy programming, though she is not sure what the town’s approach on such matters should be from here on.

As for the capital improvements question on the same ballot, she predicted that the town will need to revisit the issue soon because of a severe need for infrastructure improvements.

Bernot, along with the board as a whole, also has fought hard to prevent the energy industry from drilling for gas in the nearby Thompson Divide, which she said clearly is something the town’s citizens are against.

Glad to have served “I’m proud of a lot of things,” Bernot said of the town’s accomplishments during her tenure as trustee and mayor — things such as building the recreation center; buying and repurposing the old Carbondale Elementary

School into the Third Street Center for nonprofits; and improvements to Highway 133, including construction of the roundabout at Main Street.

“We weathered some pretty challenging times,” she said, looking back, remarking that she will not miss being a public figure.

“Sticking your neck out and serving the community, you have to have thick skin,” she said. “I have people giving me a hard time at City Market” and in other public places, all the time.

“And maintaining that thick skin is painful,” she added, expressing gratitude that “I've had a wonderful family and support system that have kept my ego appropriately in check.”

And, she stressed, the town’s accomplishments have been all thanks to the work of the board as a whole.

“There’re seven people,” she said simply.

“It’s never really been about me.”

As for the fate of the town government once she leaves office, Bernot said, “In some respects, I think people are having to step up [and take on greater responsibility] more quickly than they anticipated.”

But she predicted that the board of trustees is well positioned to face what she views as the town’s biggest challenges — managing expectations in the face of relatively scanty resources, and figuring out how to create affordable housing for the local working population.

And while she will no longer be a bonafide citizen, she said she plans to be available to help with the transition in the wake of her departure.

“I’ll be around,” she said, adding that she has no political plans for now and will be happy “just going back to being a nobody.

And I don’t mean that in a depressing way.

That’s the beauty of a town like Carbondale … you’re never a nobody.”

Tenure om page 3 was content with the decision to instead offer the mayor pro-tem post to new Trustee Dan Richardson.

“I will definitely be missing a couple of meetings in the summer,” he said by way of explanation for his agreement that he should not fill in for Bernot. He added that he has no expectation of running for the position once an election is scheduled, unless “everyone in Carbondale’s asking me to.”

“I think she was a very good mayor, attentive to the community and its needs, and she was respectful toward the other board members and their points of view. And she worked well with staff,” said former trustee Allyn Harvey, who failed to win re-election in the April municipal election.

Harvey, who served one, four-year term as a trustee, responded to a call from The Sopris Sun while on vacation with relatives in Texas.

Asked whether he might consider running for the mayor’s post when an election is held, Harvey hesitated, then said he has not really thought much about it.

“People have brought it up to me,” he conceded. “It’s a possibility.”

Harvey predicted that newly elected Trustee Dan Richardson, selected as the new mayor pro-tem, who fills in for the mayor when the mayor is absent, will do well in the position and will be a good acting mayor in advance of an election to formally and permanently fill Bernot’s shoes.

“Dan will run the meetings, and he’ll be fine,” Harvey said.

Trustee Frosty Merriott, who is midway through his second term and will step down due to term limits in 2018, nominated Richardson to take over temporarily for Bernot; and remarked that Richardson will be good at the job, thanks to his previous work as a city council member in Glenwood Springs [where Richardson previously lived] and his work as one-time chair of the board of directors of the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority (RFTA).

“I think that Stacey set a high bar here, for time commitment and just growing into the role,” he said of Bernot’s tenure. “I’m totally impressed at her job as mayor.”

He noted that he and the mayor had at one time been “butting heads on a regular basis” over some issues, but that over time they had arrived at an amicable and productive working relationship.

“Whatever the majority of the town’s folks want, that’s what she sees as her role,” he concluded.

As for the staff, Town Manager Jay Harrington said, “I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the four and a half years that I’ve worked with Stacey. She is very fair to work with, really attuned to the issues in the community,” and established an open, communicative relationship with the town’s staff overall.

He also lauded her role in “regional leadership,” such her work as the town’s liaison with RFTA and her willingness to travel to promote the town’s positions on a wide range of issues.

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Scuttlebutt

Send your scuttlebutt to news@SoprisSun.com. she picked you.” A quote the service program’s cover attributed to Albert Einstein said “The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.” The service concluded with Riger performing “When the Saints Go Marching In.”

Sending off the mayor A celebration honoring Carbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot for her 16 years of service as an elected official will be held at the Pour House at 9 p.m. on May 11. Not coincidentally, Bernot’s last trustee meeting will start at Town Hall at 6 p.m. The main agenda item is a presentation on “good governance” from a Colorado Department of Local Affairs staffer.

Senior Matters recognized

Calling all species The annual Procession of the Species parade starts at 10 a.m. on May 7. All species big and small, short and tall, will meet up at 9:45 a.m. on Second Street in front of KDNK, they will more or less be arranged and told what to do. Motor vehicles are not allowed but the following means of conveyance are: stilts, unicycles, bikes, pogo sticks, Hula Hoopers, walkers and runners, outfitted in masks and costumes. Puppets are also invited. For details, call Soozie Lindbloom at Out of the Mud Puppet and Mask Theatre, 309-1588.

The parade is part of Dandelion Day.

New name The Main Street store formerly known as the Carbondale Community Food Co-op is now Dandelion Market. Drop in and dig the new logo.

School board vacancy Did you ever think you might like to serve on the Roaring Fork School District’s board of education? (Editor’s note: He will refrain from saying “Are you out of your mind?”). In any case, the deadline to apply for the District

Chris Erickson puts the final spray on the Launchpad’s outdoor piano. Erickson is part of the Carbondale Creative District and did some “garbage can art” in Snowmass Village to beautify them, according to CCAH Director Amy Kimberly. As for the piano, she said a piano tuner in Boulder dropped it off last year. “It’s there for anyone to play.” Photo by Jane Bachrach D vacancy is May 25, following Daniel Biggs resignation from the board on April 27. Biggs is moving out of the district. For details, go to the Roaring Fork School District Website.

Support RFHS cheerleaders The Roaring Fork High School cheerleading team will hold a yard sale at the school from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on May 14. If you have some items to donate, call Denise Gianinetti at 379-5866 or Carol Farris at 618-6812.

Remembering Mary Lilly The Third Street Center’s Calaway Room was SRO and beyond for a celebration of life

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service for the late Mary Lilly, who was two plus weeks in to her 100th year when she died on April 26. Speakers included Rev. Brad Walton, Rev. Wally Finley, Rev. Juan Lopez, Jim Coddington, Patricia Warman, Maureen Nuckols, Dorothea Farris (on Mary’s community involvement), Emma Danciger (a message from James and Mae Peshlakai) and Brigitte Heller (a poem by Mary). Musicians were: Linda Jenks (music before service and “Andaluza” by E. Granados), pianist John Riger (“Unforgettable”) and flautist Mary Peace Finley (“In Beauty I Walk,” read by Linda Criswell. In her closing remarks, Danciger said “You didn’t pick Mary as a friend,

Senior Matters, based in the Third Street Center, was recently honored at the Garfield County Senior Awards luncheon. In nominating Senior Matters for a Friend of the Seniors award, Rusty Burtard said the following in a hand-written letter: “From its inception Senior Matters has struggled as a non-profit group to aid seniors in the valley. Now located at the Third St. Center in Carbondale it offers exercise groups, lectures on health issues and so much more. Perhaps its outstanding accomplishment is the Sno-Cone and snack booth at the weekly Carbondale Rodeo. This booth (is) manned by volunteers has become very popular.” In honoring Senior Matters, Garfield County’s statement said in part, “Senior Matters stands apart in Carbondale as the local entity that promotes senior issues and offers classes for skill development or fellowship among the elders in the community.” For more on Senior Matters, call Diane Johnson at 306-2587.

They say it’s your birthday Folks celebrating their birthday this week include: Jeremy Heiman, Frank Betts, Rabbit and Sandy Kaplan (May 5); Stephen Olson (May 6); Amanda Leahy (May 7); Kay Bell (May 10); and Camy Britt and Mark Chain (May 11).

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Trustees approve CRMS preschool

By John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer Carbondale’s elected leaders last week gave approval for the use of a house at 126 E. Main St. for the Children’s Rocky Mountain School, a pre-school for up to 20 students.

The house, which has been the home of Mary Anderson and her son, Pat, for decades, is under contract for purchase by the school at a price of approximately $500,000, is to be significantly renovated to accommodate the school’s use.

The unanimous approval came after a contentious series of hearings before the Planning and Zoning Commission, which unanimously recommended approval by the Board of Trustees [BOT], and the BOT itself.

The school, which has operated for more than a quarter of a century on the grounds of Colorado Rocky Mountain School (CRMS) just outside of town, is moving because its old space is needed by CRMS for other uses, according to pre-school director Debbie Condello.

At several meetings before the P&Z, and at the BOT hearing, opponents of the move argued that, among other objections, a pre-school at that location would: • Cause unacceptable parking congestion and traffic in the 100 block of Main Street; • Be a noisy distraction for employees of businesses trying to work on that block; • And would generate too much noise for guests at the Marble Distilling Company and Distillery Inn, a combined distillery and hotel that is next door to the new school site.

But the trustees, while sympathetic to the concerns expressed by the opposition, concluded that the school could co-exist with its neighbors and would be a valuable addition to the business and social climate of Main Street.

The school, said former Trustee Pam Zentmyer, “would help breath more vibrancy and vitality into the downtown” and would be helpful to parents who work downtown and

might appreciate a pre-school close by.

The trustees also apparently were moved by the argument from the school’s proponents that they had tried to find another location for the school in and around Carbondale, but could not.

As the hearing wore on, supporter after supporter got up to praise the school for the quality of its education and the management abilities shown by Condello at the old location, and predicted that she would do an equally good job at the new location.

Trustee Ben Bohmfalk, remarking that the school will be operating under a Special Use Permit that can be revoked if the school does not live up to a set of conditions included with the approval, noted the unanimous recommendation for approval from P&Z, which he felt should not be ignored.

“I think it’s a good thing for the community,” he concluded. “I support it.”

The trustees added an eleventh condition to the 10 recommended by the P&Z, restricting the number of “special events” that could be held on school grounds to raise money and achieve other goals, and requiring that those special events be limited to “within reasonable hours” out of respect for the hotel and other neighbors.

In other action the trustees: • Approved a hotel/restaurant liquor license for The Beat, a business at 968 Main St.; • Approved special-event liquor licenses for the Carbondale Clay Center First Friday celebration on June 3; the Carbondale Clay Center Cajun Clay Night on June 18; and the CASA of the Ninth bike riding event on June 25; • Approved retail marijuana permits for S.P. Carbondale LLC and a marijuana-infused products manufacturing permit renewal, as well as a permit for modification of premises, for the Colorado Product Services company (also known as Doctor’s Garden).

Two Rivers Unitarian Universalist (TRUU) ordained Florence Caplow (left) to the Unitarian Universalist ministry at the Third Street Center on April 30. Caplow is TRUU’s first ordained minster, and is one of only two people in North America who is also ordained as a Zen Buddhist priest. Photo by Lynn Burton

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A member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association since 1981, Casteel’s best year was in 1987 when he won between $12,000 and $14,000. “Back then, $600 was a big win.”

When he wasn’t on the rodeo circuit, Casteel re-

Greg Casteel on Ground Zero last August. The ride ultimately earned him a place in Guinness World Records. Photo by Jane Bachrach

turned to his hometown in Arkansas to cut hair to earn extra money.

• •• Bull riding is a dangerous sport and riders are often asked about the injuries they have suffered through the years. When asked about his injuries, he calmly clicks off “ … a broken leg … arms … shoulder … wrist …

13 concussions.” Most bull riders’ careers don’t last past their 30s. Not only do they leave the ring with lots of injury stories to tell, most of them leave without their spleen after getting stepped on by the 2,000-pound bulls.

“I’m fortunate. I still have my spleen.”

Part of Casteel’s survival has come because he took the advice of legendary bull rider Freckles Brown, who rode into his late 40s and said “Never ride when you’re hurt.”

Casteel also attributes his longevity to a daily work out regime he came up with himself, which includes 50 incline situps and 50 incline pushups a day, and lifting dead weights at the John Roberts Gym in Aspen.

His wife, Jodee, also supports his decision to continue riding. “She tells people ‘He did this a long time before I came along.’”

•• • For a guy who is now a world record holder, Casteel is modest about his accomplishments. “To me, it’s no big deal.” But in pushing his efforts “to the limit,” that’s why he decided to go for the Guinness record last year.

“There was nothing to lose so I figured ‘why not?’”

Being recognized as the world’s oldest professional bull rider might lead to one last, and maybe better, step for Casteel. He might be in a position to cash in. Casteel has come up with a list of 13 possible businesses that might hire him for sponsorships or endorsements. He won’t reveal any of them when asked, but leaned back in his chair and said “They are old men companies.”

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Community Calendar THURS.-FRI. May 5-6 STEVE’S GUITARS • Mini DeTour action takes place as “Summit at Steve’s” with Beat Making with Cari Sorenson at 6 p.m. on Thursday; One Manorchestra, Russickssmith and At-Play at 8:30 p.m. On Friday it’s Hello Doll Face and Let Them Roar.

THURSDAY May 5 ART WALK • CCAH and the Colorado Creative Industries Summit host an art walk from 5 to 9 p.m. in downtown. The evening starts from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. with libations and barbecue at the Launchpad. Zononoka Marimba and the Banjira Project (banjo meets marimba) will provide the music. The Marble Distillery will host live music with Let Them Roar and also offer distillery tours. The Carbondale Clay Center will open its doors for its current exhibition. The evening culminates at the east end of Main Street with a mini-burn featuring Dance of the Sacred Fire, The Creative Industry Mini Temple Burn, and The Carbondale Clay Center’s outdoor raku firing. Info: carbondalearts.com.

S.A.W. • Studio for Arts and Works (S.A.W.) holds its spring open house from 5 to 9 p.m. There’ll be a DJ spinning tunes and refreshments. New to S.A.W are max.ink/Project Shop and Modern West Floral Company. The regular S.A.W. participants include: Alonna Bucheimer, Alleghany Meadows, Angus Graham, Brian Colley, Carla Reed, Christin Cleaver, Deborah Jones, Elliot Marquet, Jennifer Degges, Jay Phillips, John Emerson, Kyrie Berezuk, Lisa Ellena, Maggie Woods, Megan DeNev

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.

Wussow, Tara Abbaticchio and Vanessa Gilbert, Natasha Seedorf, Rachael Gillespie, Robert Burch, Ryan Burch, Steven Colby, Takeo Hiromitsu and 5 Point Film. S.A.W. is located at 525 Buggy Circle. Info: sawcarbondale.com and Facebook.

BRAIN TRAIN • Applications for the Roaring Fork Brain Train are due today. Go to seniormatters.org then type in /braintrain.html. Info: 818-800-1092.

BASALT REGIONAL LIBRARY • Valle Musico plays worldfusion music at from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Admission is free.

RFOV • Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers work on the Wulfsohn Trail in Glenwood Springs May 5 and May 12.

Info: rfov.org or 927-8241.

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

FRIDAY May 6 FIRST FRIDAY • This month’s First Friday includes the annual family block party from 4 to 8 p.m. on Third Street next to the Village Smithy. Activities include: arts & crafts with HANDMAKERY, face painting from the Carbondale Clay Center, music from Steve Skinner/Louie Girardot/Captain X and special guests, a silent auction and more.

CARE pets will also be on hand. Other First Friday action includes:

– The Launchpad: Greg Tonozzi will give a marble sculpture demonstration. He’ll bring extra tools if you’d like to give it a try.

CCAH will also feature Artique artist Megan DeNev Wusso, as the “Renascence” show continues. It all happens from 6 to 8 p.m. at 76 S. Fourth Street.

– The Mt. Sopris Historical Society presents a visual history program at 7:30 p.m. at the Fourth Street plaza.

MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “Eye in the Sky” (R) at 7:30 p.m. May 6-12 except May 8 which will show at 5 p.m. only; “Hello, My Name is Doris” (R) at 5:30 p.m. May 7 and “Eddie the Eagle” (PG-13) at 2:45 May 8.

LIVE MUSIC • Rivers restaurant in Glenwood Springs presents Wink & the Signal (Afro-country) at 9 p.m. There’s no cover.

SATURDAY May 7 DANDELION DAY • The annual Dandelion Day heads down Main Street starting at 10:30 a.m., followed by numerous attractions and activities at Sopris Park until 4 p.m. The food booth lineup includes the Senior Matters bake sale (baked items can be delivered to the park on Saturday or to Senior Matters in the Third Street Center from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday).

the Kentucky Derby and have a little fun.

Holly McClain will be the host and it’ll all take place at Rumble Ridge Ranch starting at 2 p.m. There’ll be two flat screen TVs for watching the race (which starts at 4 p.m.) plus a southern-style buffet dinner and silent auction. Advance tickets are $25 for adults and $10 for kids; $35 and $15 at the door. Checks can be sent to WindWalkers, Box 504, Carbondale, CO 81623, bought online at windwalkerstrc.org, or at 9632909. Proceeds benefit WindWalkers equine therapy.

CONTRA DANCE • The monthly contra barn dance takes place at the Carbondale Community School at 7 p.m. the Wooden Nickel String Band will provide the music.

Admission is $8 at the door.

YARD SALE • The Carbondale Community United Methodist Church on Second Street holds a yard sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

SUNDAY May 8 MOM’S DAY MILE • The 17th annual Mother’s Day Mile is held at the Glenwood Springs Community Center at 1 p.m. Proceeds benefit the Advocate Safehouse Project. Info: 928-2070 eventbrite.com.

ASC • A Spiritual Center in the Third Street Center presents Sandy Haber (“Cultivation and Nourishment for our Inner Child and Ultimate Mother) at 10 a.m.

DERBY DAY • The Roaring Fork Valley Horse Council holds Derby Day to view

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AVH • Aspen Valley Hospital hosts a forum about the latest mammography recommendations at noon. The program is free and light refreshments will be served. Parking is limited. Info: 544-1296.

TUESDAY May 10 WOMEN’S FINANCES • Response presents a four-part series on women’s financial empowerment. The sessions will be held on May 10, 17, 24 and 31 at 5:30 p.m. at the El Jebel Community Center.

The cost is $100 for the four-session series.

Info: 920-5357 and responsehelps.org.

Save the Date FRIDAY June 10 ROTARY HAPPENING • The Carbondale Rotary Club presents “Casino Royale” for its 2016 Happening. There’ll be casino games (craps, roulette, poker and blackjack), dinner, drinks, a silent auction and music from Valle Musico. The action takes place from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Carbondale Recreation Center. Tickets are $75; RSVP to steve@kdnk.org. Proceeds go to scholarships for graduating seniors in Carbondale and Basalt.

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FRI.-SUN. May 13-15 GRAND OPENING SALE • The Roaring Fork Valley Co-op holds a grand opening sale. Attractions include a petting zoo and free hotdogs/brats/hamburgers while supplies last on Saturday. There’ll be prizes, discounts and more.

Info: roaringforkvalleycoop.com.

tional healing songs on her favorite Kawai grand piano at the Barn. She’ll be joined by guitarist Mateo Sandate, drummer Aaron Taylor, Roxana Duval translating songs in sign language, and t’ai chi master John Norton. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and kids at lisadancinglight.com. Tickets are $20 and $15 at the door.

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CD RELASE CONCERT • Lisa Dancing-Light and Friends perform at the CRMS Barn to celebrate the release of her new CD “The Song of Love” at 7 p.m. It’s been more than 15 years since Dancing-Light performed her transforma-

CALL TO ENTRY • CCAH is accepting entries to the “Clay National XI: The Intimacy of Scale” through today. CCAH is partnering with the Carbondale Clay Center for the show. Applications can be downloaded at

carbondalearts.com. Info: 963-1680 and brian@carbondalearts.com.

SATURDAY June 4 SUMMER FEST • Crown Summerfest will be held from 3 to 9:30 p.m. at Crown Mountain Park in El Jebel. Highlights a valley wide taco competition, bounce kingdom (free), hot air balloon rides (free), outdoor movie (free) and live music with Spore Favore and Kevin Heinz.

Sponsors include the Town of Basalt. Info: 963-6030 and crownmtn.org.

Ongoing MAYOR’S COFFEE HOUR • Chat with outgoing Carbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot on Tuesday, May 10 from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Village Smithy. If you want to coffee down with her after that date, you’ll probably have to pay for your own.

CCAH • The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities continues “Renascence: Works by Dean Bowlby, Andrea Kemp, Daniel Sprick and Gregory Tonozzi” through May 27. CCAH’s R2Gallery in the Launchpad is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays. Info: carbondalearts.com or 963-1680.

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 970390-8401 or kedquist@usa.net.

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.

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

MEDICAL CONSULTATIONS • Dr. Greg Feinsinger offers free heart, diabetes and stroke counseling on Monday mornings at the Davi Nikent office in the Third Street Center (Suite 24D). For an appointment, call 379-5718. If you have recent lab test results, bring them.

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.

RUN AROUND • Independence Run & Hike hosts a run around town Saturdays at 8 a.m.

Meet at the store in La Fontana Plaza and run various distances, with different routes each week. Info: 704-0909.

MINDFULNESS • Mindful Life Program holds a group meditiation followed by an offering of mindful practices at the Third Street Center at 7:30 p.m. on Mondays. Admission is by donation and everyone is welcome. Info: mindfullifeprogram.org, laura@mindfullife.org or 970-633-0163.

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Print shop opens at S.A.W. Sopris Sun Staff Report

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The dogs are Oswald (left) and Grace (right) Katzenberger. Photo by Jane Bachrach

Thursday, May 5 marks the grand opening of the recently relocated max.ink/Project Shop in its new space at the Studio for Arts and Works (S.A.W.). Project Shop is the physical work space that embodies the design company max.ink, started by owner Reina Katzenberger in 2003.

Katzenberger has been offering graphic design, Web design, and print services for projects large and small while living in several locations that include Los Angeles and New York. Now that she has returned to the Roaring Fork Valley where she grew up, she also offers handmade products that can be combined with the digital designs. She said Max.ink/Project Shop can take on full branding projects and logo creation, as well as smaller individual jobs that include wedding invitations and business cards. In addition to painting, silk screening and book binding, the Project Shop also has the capacity to do letterpress printing. This last year max.ink acquired dozens of cases of type and four full size-letterpress machines, along with one tabletop press. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The presses are impressive feats of engineering and beautiful in their own right,â&#x20AC;? said a S.A.W.press release.

Along with the letterpress equipment, Katzenberger moved her business and three other artists (Brian Colley, Deb Jones and Maggie Woods) into the back part of the main building at S.A.W. last month. She said the opportunity for community engagement, and collaboration with other artists, is what drew her to S.A.W., and she welcomes students of all ages to ďŹ nd the tools, support and resources needed to make any type of design they have in mind a reality.

Future workshops and classes are on the horizon. Interested folks can go to max.ink online for more information or e-mail projectshop@max.ink to be added to the mailing list.

Project shop is open Tuesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and will be open until 9 p.m. on May 5. S.A.W. is located at 525 Buggy Circle in Carbondale, near Alpine Bank.

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Sheep and dogs Bridget and Kit Strang hosted a sanctioned sheepdog trial on April 28 through May 2 that drew approximately 70 handlers and 120 dogs from across the U.S. The U.S. Border Collie Handlers Association event ran about 55 dogs per day; 290 sheep were brought in from the New Castle area. The trial, held at Strang Ranch on Missouri Heights, was a benefit for the upcoming National Finals which will be held there on Sept. 13-18.

Strang Ranch hosted the finals in 2011 and 2014.

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By Charlotte Graham Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s note: This is an excerpt from Chapter 8 of Charlotte Grahamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Memoirs of a River â&#x20AC;Ś Up the Crystal: Vol. 2.â&#x20AC;?

Brother, can you spare a job?

There is no doubt that besides oil and gas drilling or fracking anywhere near our crystal clear watersheds, development is a dirty word in this neck of the woods. By the same token, when we chant â&#x20AC;&#x153;No More Growth,â&#x20AC;? what are we really saying â&#x20AC;Ś and to whom? And it counts starting when?

Those â&#x20AC;&#x153;good old daysâ&#x20AC;?

Fact or myth? Were the â&#x20AC;&#x153;good old daysâ&#x20AC;? really better? Or is this like trying to catch oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shadow? Historically, Carbondale was comprised of pretty much dirty-ďŹ nger-nailed settler folk. And while there was certainly the professional, and wealthier class, they were a minority; many more were worker-bee folks who scratched out a living while living in and around this town.

If â&#x20AC;&#x153;affordableâ&#x20AC;? housing is hovering in the $400,000 range today, how does this unpretentious small-town vibe so loved by all, maintain a vibrant living economy? If not from workers working and spending their hard-earned shekels in town, what will that economy and identity become? Carbondale is about to ďŹ nd out.

What do good olâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; conscientious workerbee types do in order to live here today? The short answer seems to be: â&#x20AC;&#x153;well, â&#x20AC;&#x2122;ya need three jobs.â&#x20AC;? Given the brevity of newspaper

word count for this column, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll skip down to my favorite of the worker-bee stories.

Colorado is famous for its fantastic ďŹ&#x201A;yďŹ shing. From where do most all those worldclass rainbow and cutthroat trout in statewide rivers and lakes come? Turns out, right here in lil olâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Carbondale. Here resides the Crystal River Hatchery â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Coloradoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ&#x201A;agship cold-water brood ďŹ sh or egg producing unit. By the millions, no less!

Do ďŹ sh sleep in winter? Actually, they are quite lusty. I learned winter is spawning time for rainbows and browns for which Carbondaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hatchery is renowned. Manager Robert Streater suggested I contact John Paul Riger for stories. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was here a long time and retired a while ago.â&#x20AC;?

Thanks to the wonders of the World Wide Web, a couple clicks later, Riger and I spoke by phone.

John told me how he and wife, Libby, young 20-somethings at the time, were camped at BRB just south of Carbondale (now KOA) in the mid-1970â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. He was hitchhiking back to camp from a day of pouring concrete when he heard on the radio that the hatchery had two job openings. His ride happened to end at the driveway of the hatchery.

John walked in the front door and nearly collided with his future boss, Dick Collard. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I literally stumbled into a 30-year career.

I took the job in October, 1978 and retired on April Foolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day, 2008,â&#x20AC;? John said.

I asked John just how geez-easy was this blue-collar job compared to miners, ranchers,

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Given he helped birth millions upon millions of slippery browns and rainbows, John Riger sometimes caught trout he knew! He reeled in this lake trout at an undisclosed favorite ďŹ shing hole. Photo courtesy the John Riger Collection farmers, construction workers, et al.? I mean, really! What worker-bee person wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enjoy â&#x20AC;&#x153;workingâ&#x20AC;? with world-class rainbows?!

What was the catch?

John laughed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outdoors, all winter, in freezing water when they are spawning, [itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s] just as hard as calving.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was hired at minimum wage, which was $2.35 an hour at the time. I was told that if I was chosen, I would be standing in waist-

deep water all day, all night, all winter, with bare hands. I ďŹ gured, well, someone was already doing it, how hard could it be, so â&#x20AC;Ś I replied, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Sounds like fun!â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

John shared how in those three decades he learned everything there is to know about the â&#x20AC;&#x153;explosion of lifeâ&#x20AC;? that occurs during trout ovulation, spawning and feeding cycles. He learned to live with natureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rhythm of life.

John said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;[As with calving] you really have to stay with them. I worked many nights until 2 or 3 a.m. This is [another] behind-the-scene job [where] we make a positive inďŹ&#x201A;uence and do a lot of good for Colorado.â&#x20AC;?

It was crystal-clear just how connected John was to the millions of ďŹ sh he helped raise when he told me another ďŹ shy story: â&#x20AC;&#x153;One summer, I took Libby on a camping tour of my favorite ďŹ shinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; holes in Colorado.

We were at North Park, in our belly boats. I hooked this good-sized rainbow, just beautiful; then I noticed as I pulled it up close that it had a ďŹ n clip I recognized as one from our hatchery. Being like I am, I had this funny thought that the ďŹ sh recognized me. I could almost hear him say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hey, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s John! What are the odds? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m safe.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; But then being the ďŹ sherman that I am, I gutted him and took him home for supper.â&#x20AC;?

For more on this story, pickup a copy of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Memoirs of a Riverâ&#x20AC;ŚUp the Crystal: Volume Twoâ&#x20AC;? at local shops or online at charlotte-graham.com. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Likeâ&#x20AC;? her Facebook page at CharlotteGraham-Author.

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Straight from the Purple Haze Nursing Home

By Pat Noel

e Geezerville Tidings Compiled by Staff There are no tidings of comfort and joy here in Geezerville. Death lurks ’round each corner. Memorial services for good friends are held weekly in the cafeteria and well attended by residents who are somewhat comforted in their grief by the “Bottomless Bowls” of lime Jello, tuna casserole and “American Cheese Surprise” served after the eulogy. Each dish is prepared by the Purple Haze kitchen staff, which is entirely composed of minimum-wage Mexican ladies who have been forced by sundry regulators to forsake their honorable preColumbian culinary heritage in favor of Mormon cuisine prepared in strict accordance with the Deseret News Top 10 bestseller: “Provo-Diet Tribe” (Brigham Young University Press, 1957).

Oh well. Such are the culinary arts in Geezerville.

“Geezerville.”

That’s what we call our old-age storage facility. It’s official name is: The Purple Haze Nursing Home (Some Comfort for Aging Boomers).

The Campus The Purple Haze “campus” is located in the community of Chipeta, which, as you know from reading “The Police Blotter,” is an unincorporated settlement in Garfield County surrounded by incomprehensible legal entities with whom we have nervous relationships.

On the one side there’s the Annoying Republic of Carbondale (ARC), which insists on seeing itself as the purist thing since the Virgin Mary. On another side there’s Aspen Gulch, a pretentious golf course community that wouldn’t piss on us if we were on fire and won’t invite us to their wife swapping parties. On the third side there’s the formerly respected private prep school RMSA (Rocky Mountain Sphincter Academy … Go Puckers!”). And on the east side, there’s the Roaring Fork River, which just keeps rolling along and with whom we have no quarrel.

Chipeta is composed of 50 or so homes, famous in some circles for having been constructed in the architectural school of design known as “Contemporary Shake & Bake.”

Chipeta residents are occasionally practicing heterosexuals working on at least their second marriage.

We are well armed.

Politically, True Chipetians ceased to believe in the two-party system a generation or so ago and have not voted in any election since H. Ross Perot ran for president in 1992.

In fact, Chipeta is home to the only known memorial dedicated to the memory of Congressional Medal of Honor winner U.S. Navy Admiral James B. Stockdale, Mr. Perot’s vice-presidential running mate.

As for the Purple Haze Nursing Home itself, what can I say? We are provided with comfortable slippers, soft beds, companion animals and excellent pharmaceuticals. Said pharmaceuticals are readily available thanks in large part for the strong relationship forged between the Purple Haze Board of Directors and the famed underground designer

chemist Dr. Gerald Q Smith, the creator of Dr. Gerry’s Geriatric Ginger Cookies. Dr. Gerry lives somewhere in Canada’s Maritime Provinces and has easy access to FedEx deliver services, so his product arrives regularly.

This year.

So far.

Sometimes, Dr. Gerry is persecuted by federal authorities and is forced to move to Paraguay, and cookie shipments are sketchy.

So we have to use generics. We don’t care. Because as children of the 60’s, we’re used to ingesting speculative chemical concoctions, all of

Not just the 15 men who died that April day in ’81, but also the many other miners from around here whose death happened in a deep, dark place. Over the 35 years in which the battle of Coal Basin was fought, that amounted to about 50 dead fathers, sons, brothers and lovers lost during the time when Mid-Continent Coal and Coke Company was putting the “Carbon” on “dale.”

Here in Geezerville, we were happy to hear the so-called “carbon tax” proposition was defeated for we feel all carbon sins committed by members of this community have been

Here in Geezerville, we were happy to hear the so-called “carbon tax” proposition was defeated for we feel all carbon sins committed by members of this community have been expiated by the death of these men .. forever. which lack FDA approval. We don’t quibble about quality. For us, it’s all about quantity.

And …

And …

“So what’s the point of this so-called column?” you’re probably asking yourself about now.

“Does it even have a point?”

No. It doesn’t.

Here in Geezerville, we have abandoned the point system and instead thrive on “recollections,” memories culled from geezers who have lived in the Roaring Fork Valley for more than 1,000 collective years.

In other words: We know where the bodies are buried and from time to time we’ll be bringing them up.

Like I said in the beginning, “There are no tidings of comfort and joy here in Geezerville” but there are tidings of one sort or another.

Listening on KDNK Speaking of bodies, Purple Haze residents were listening to Amy Hadden Marsh on KDNK the other day and we were thankful for her show that spent considerable time remembering the 35th anniversary of a godawful explosion that killed 15 men who were working in a real deep coal mine about 20 miles from where you’re sitting.

That was on April 15, 1981.

If you want to know what the deaths of those men meant to the community at the time, you can ask the mayor of ARC (if she feels like talking about it) or the ARC chief of police (if he feels like it) or just about any other older timer who lived here back then.

They’ll tell ‘ya.

But it’s more than likely most people living here now wouldn’t bother asking questions about it because they never heard of MidContinent Coal & Coke Company; or the Dutch Creek #1 Mine; or high-rank metallurgical coal; the prodigious feats of engineering derring-do and personal bravery required to extract the coal; the names of those who were killed and wounded over the years trying to rip it out from the heart of the mountain.

And they were all, by and large, Carbondale people.

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expiated by the death of these men .. forever.

In return for absolution, we also feel some sort of annual observance should be held to remember what they did; and who they were; and what kind of company enlisted them; and what kind of community nurtured them.

We think April, (which is, of course, “the cruelest month”) would be a good month to have it; maybe somewhere up by the old coke ovens in Redstone … or over by the memorial stone in Miner’s Park in Crystal Village.

Something simple.

Some place close by.

Anyway.

Here are the bodies we’re bringing up today:

Honor Roll In respectful memory of those who fell in the Battle of Coal Basin.

Jan. 19, 1960: John Murphy, belt clean up man and rockduster, was killed when hit by a loaded shuttle car in Dutch Creek No. 1 Mine. Age: 41.

March 18, 1964: Richard Borroel, continuous miner operator’s helper, was fatally injured whcn crushed in a fall of rock in Dutch Creek No. 1 Mine. Age: 27.

Sept. 18, 1964: James LeRoy Ruden, truck driver, was fatally injured when his loaded coal truck plunged off an embankment on the mine road to Dutch Creek No. 1. Age: 23.

Dec. 28, 1965: major mine explosion, 11:45 p.m. Nine miners perished immediately from forces, burns and possible carbon monoxide poisoning in a gas and coal dust explosion in Dutch Creek No. 1 Mine. They were: Magnus L. Abelin, mine foreman, age 47; James Clyde Amiday, unit foreman, age 36; Marvin Cattoor, tailpiece man, age 32; George Otis Dunlap, mechanic, age 33; Albert Oberster, shuttle car operator, age 43; Edward Smith, loader operator, age 27; Spencer Show, shuttle car operator, age 48; LeRoy Story, miner’s helper, age 22.

Aug. 24, 1966: William Edward Daugherty, roof bolter and shuttle car operator, fatally injured by a fall of roof rock in No. 2 Dutch Creek Mine. Age, 31.

Aug. 29, 1969: George Burton Harris, continuous mining machine operator, killed

instantly in a “bump” (fatal outburst of coal) in Dutch Creek No. 1 Mine. Age: 42.

Oct. 3, 1969: John H. Kitchens, continuous mining machine operator, killed instantly in a “bump” (fatal outburst of coal) in Dutch Creek No. 1 Mine. Age: 42.

Jan. 13, 1972: Gary Biegler, hard rock miner, killed in fatal shuttle car accident while under subcontract to tunnel through hard rock fault in Bear Creek No. 4 Mine.

Age: 31.

May 23, 1975: Multiple fatal outburst accident, 10:10 p.m. Two miners were killed in a fatal outburst of coal in No. 3, L.S. Wood Mine. One miner died of apparent asphyxiation from methane gas, and the other by suffocation when covered by fine coal. They were: William McCourt Jr., section foreman, age 25; Albert Cory, continuous mining machine helper, age 25.

March 9, 1976: Robert Adams, shuttle car operator, fatally injured in mine haulage accident when shuttle car he was operating struck a mine timber in Coal Basin No. 5 Mine. Age: 37.

Nov. 13, 1976: William G. Harper, miner’s helper, was crushed in a fatal fall-offace accident when the face he was drilling slide out without warning in Bear Creek No. 4 Mine. Age: 25.

Oct. 4, 1977: David J. Atkinson, section foreman, was suffocated when covered by a fatal outburst of coal in Dutch Creek No. 1 Mine. Age: 29.

Jan. 17, 1978: Donald Shuster, material handler, was crushed to death in a scoop tractor accident in Dutch Creek No. 1 Mine.

Age: 22.

Feb. 25, 1981: Mihaly Deak, apprentice miner, was killed instantly by a fatal rib fall in No. 3 L.S. Wood Mine. Age: 25.

April 15, 1981, major coal mine explosion at 4:08 p.m. A methane and coal dust explosion in Dutch Creek No. 1 Mine killed 15 miners: six as a result of concussive blast injuries, and the remainder from carbon monoxide poisoning. They were: John Ayala, continuous mining machine operator, age 40; Kyle Delano Cook, shuttle car operator, age 43; Kelly Bert Green, foreman, age 25; William Eugene Guthrie, underground mechanic/electrician, age 32; Richard Allan Lincoln, experienced miner, age 22; Daniel Bryan Litwiller, apprentice minter, 21; Terry E. Lucero, mining machine operator helper, age 28; Loren Herbert Mead, mining machine operator helper, page 35; Ronald Westley Patch, crew foreman, age 34; Hugh William Pierce Jr., apprentice miner, age 19; Robert Harold Ragle, foreman, age 29; John Arthur Rhodes, foreman, age 29; Glen William Sharp, continuous mining machine operator, age 31; Brett James Tucker, experienced miner, age 30; Thomas W. Vetter, experienced miner, age 24.

Dec. 7, 1981: John L. Arnold, truck driver, was killed in a fatal haulage accident at the raw coal storage dump near the preparation plant, when he attempted to jump from his truck as it went over an embankment. Age: 42.

May 27, 1982: Mark Edwards, laborer, was killed in a fatal roof fall accident in the No. 2 Dutch Creek Mine. Age: 30.

March 23, 1986: Patrick Joseph Witt, utility man, was killed in a fatal conveyor HONOR ROLL page 19

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Honor roll

Patrick Fort, Arts Reporter for Aspen Public Radio, once asked the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities (CCAH) if we thought â&#x20AC;&#x153;planning processes had more community buy in if the arts were involved.â&#x20AC;? He had observed this to be true in several instances, but was not sure if it was just coincidence or truth.

After four years of work on the Carbondale Creative District, CCAH would agree with his theory, at least from our experience here. When CCAH began this process, we were told that the creative-district concept seemed like a good concept but it could not replace the money lost from votersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; rejection of a â&#x20AC;&#x153;big boxâ&#x20AC;? retail development or some other large retail development. We will never know how that wouldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve played out, but what we do know is that Carbondale is a vibrant, thriving, collaborative community that sets an example for other communities in the Roaring Fork Valley in creating an authentic sense of place. This sense of place involves embracing our heritage of ranching and local food production, and engaging our different cultures â&#x20AC;&#x201D; especially our Latino community.

As with creativity, the process is so important, not necessarily the product. Luckily, the process and product are fantastic! This is also our curse, as anything we do to make this place more desirable also makes it more expensive. Stay tuned for that challenge.

î&#x2C6;&#x2021;om page 2 belt accident on the drive tower of the No. 2 refuse belt when he became wedged between a moving pulley and a vertical steel I-beam. Age: 24.

Jan. 8, 1987: Lawrence Buford Lusk, section foreman, died Jan. 28, 1987, as a result of inhalation of ďŹ re retardant chemicals to which he was exposed during his efforts to extinguish a methane gas ignition in the No. 2 Dutch Creek Mine, which had occurred on Jan. 8, 1987. Age: 48.

June 8, 1988: Harry E. Clingan, electrician/mechanic, was killed when struck by the anti-spalling device on the No. 2 longwall shield in the Dutch Creek mine. Age: 43.

Jan. 19, 1990: John R. Ball, mechanic/electrician, was electrocuted while performing electrical examination of high voltage power center in the Dutch Creek Mine.

through art.â&#x20AC;? CCAH sparks ideas like the start of a ďŹ re and then allows that ďŹ&#x201A;ame to provide warmth for others. The creative district is like that too. CCAH is like a conduit for electricity bringing light to many; the creative district is a conduit as well. As the creative district reaches maturity, it needs a governance structure. The CCAH Board of Directors has looked at this and feels it is time for CCAH to take the next step in our evolution. This step involves shortening our name to Carbondale Arts. We still embrace the humanities and are in development with the Colorado University-Boulder to strengthen our humanities programming, but shortening our name just makes sense.

The Carbondale Creative District (CCD) will be housed under Carbondale Arts, as well as our usual CCAH programs. The CCAH Board will appoint a Creative District Board of Directors to oversee the district. This board will be made up of business people, artists, nonproďŹ ts and community members who are directly affected by the CCD. The CCAH Board will retain a seat on the CCD Board as well.

This transition will roll out at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 45th annual Mountain Fair. We welcome comments, thoughts and even feelings as we move forward.

Please engage with us in this process. We honor our past as we move into our future. We honor the energy and emotion that this community holds. Stop at the Launchpad or e-mail amy@carbondalearts.com.  affordable Next stop for creatives? Stay tuned for  housing news and Rosybelle, the Mobile Maker Space.

All journeys As with all journeys, this has been a journey of discovery for CCAH. As leaders of this process it has helped guide us in what we want to be in our next reincarnation. Our mission is â&#x20AC;&#x153;building community

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