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Roland McCook (left, from the Northern Ute Indian tribe) blesses and smudges Michael Grandbois (center) during a ceremony at Windwalkers on Missouri Heights on Sunday. McCook blessed families, friends and volunteers of WindWalker programs, including horses who literally carry the program. Looking on are Becky Young and Marc Grandbois, Michael’s parents. Photo by Jane Bachrach

is year’s Happening heads south of the border Sopris Sun Staff Report

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arbondale Rotary heads south of the border for this year’s Happening. With a theme of Viva Mexico, the annual fund-raiser celebrates all things Mexico, including music, culture and cuisine. It all happens at the Gathering Center on Snowmass Drive. The doors open at 4:30 p.m. with Happening action starting with a cocktail hour from 5 to 6 p.m. The

Happening crowd is invited to mosey into the church’s auditorium and view dozens of silent auction items. From there, it’s on to a buffet dinner in the Orchard catered by Fiesta’s Café and Cantina. The four-piece group Valle Musico – whose sound is described as “elegant” guitar-based music with jazz, classical, Latin and worldbeat elements – opens the night. Said Carbondale vocalist Lisa DancingLight, “Valle Musico takes me on a cultural, musical journey … to places of soul-stirring

melodies and rhythms, weaving a magnificent mastery of musicianship with their guitars, bass, percussion." Valle Musico was inspired by bandmember John Ramos’ meeting with music icon Paul Simon as his “Graceland” album was being released in 1987. “ … Paul Simon stated that music, for him, was essentially about guitars and percussion,” Ramos says on the Valle Musico website. Next up after Valley Musico, Nightplane promises to get just about everyone

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up and dancing. If you’re wondering what to wear, go for cocktail attire or something representative of the Viva Mexico theme. Tickets are $125 by calling Jack McKay at 303-349-4261 or Ken Neubecker at 970-230-9300, or at jhmlag@msn.com. Proceeds benefit the Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program, Hospice of the Valley, Rotary Scholarships, KDNK and The Sopris Sun.

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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.

Off-season: An important time for legislature School funding unfair to some districts The time between Colorado legislative sessions is an interesting and exciting period for most state representatives and senators. There are more opportunities to learn about issues, prepare bills for next year and interact with constituents (did I mention fly fishing and bicycling?) than there is time on the schedule. And since it’s not an election year, we aren’t in full re-election mode quite yet. I’ll continue to take advantage of every possible occasion to talk about Colorado issues that affect our everyday lives. I’m sure you share my feeling that we are already overloaded with national reporting (can we call it news?) of the presidential election 15 months away, and while each of our votes in national elections is important, there are also local and state government issues that directly impact our pocket book and our quality of life every day. And those issues present opportunities to get involved and make a difference. My concerns for the time between sessions include a difficult upcoming budget year even in these times of growing revenue. The Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) will require that we refund collections above our

spending limit, yet we are constrained by nu- budgeting based on proven outcomes. I’m merous constitutional and legislative meas- optimistic that we can find ways to budget ures that give us little flexibility to adjust and prioritize and still keep in place our limpriorities. I believe our K12 its on growth of government school funding formula is unthrough TABOR. We will see fair to rural and local districts proposals next year to rationaland yet there is strong resistize TABOR to account for more ance to change. The growing recent revenue cycles, including costs of health care and dramy own bill to limit the impact matically increased Medicaid of fluctuating severance taxes on enrollment is continuing to decurrent year revenue. mand a higher percentage of Our Intern in the Field prothe budget. And our infrastrucgram wrapped up for the year. ture needs, particularly transThree interns earned certificates portation, are falling further of appreciation and I was able to behind every year. In the westpresent them at events in ern part of Colorado, we are Garfield County. the still suffering from declining oil Tressa Leyba, who has been and gas activity and more rean intern for two years and was By Bob Rankin strictive use of public lands. a senior at Rifle High School last Given the challenges, what opportunities year, invited us to attend her Senior Awards could possibly exist? First, our business cli- dinner and program. We sat with Tressa, her mate in Colorado is good, although focused parents and her government teacher, Mr. on the Front Range. We are finding ways to Jonathan Rice. Tressa is going on to college share that prosperity for the western part of at the University of Colorado at Colorado the state. Second, the legislature and state de- Springs where she will pursue a career as an partments are being forced to prioritize elementary school teacher spending and reverse the trend of the last sevMr. Wayne Smith, government teacher at eral years to add new programs and regula- Glenwood Springs High School, invited us to tions. Colorado is becoming a national attend a program where groups of students leader in performance measurement and present their final projects, all of which re-

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lated to state government policy and actual bills. Projects included hydraulic fracturing, marijuana legalization, water issues and severance taxes. I was asked to comment and help with the evaluation of the projects. I had to defend my own votes on several bills. Vanessa Davila, a junior at Glenwood Springs High School and part of the government project presentation, received her Intern in the Field certificate of appreciation during the morning program. The third certificate was awarded to Fiona Laird from Roaring Fork High School. During a home event in Carbondale, Fiona described the intern program and received her certificate of appreciation. Next year Fiona will be a senior at RFHS. We look forward to continuing the intern program next year with another group of students and government teachers from House District 57. I need your help to sort through the issues, recommend budget actions and bills and importantly, to make sure that we inject rural and western Colorado interests into the debates and discussions that go on in Denver. Representative Bob Rankin, House District 57, lives in the Carbondale area and represents Garfield, Rio Blanco and Moffat counties.

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Inside tip on cats

North America, we have a responsibility to both the cats and to the wild animals they affect, to keep them indoors or supervised while outside — just like our dogs. I know some people that have trained their cats to walk with harnesses and have even seen them on hiking trails. What would life be like without birds? They are insect-eating machines and pollinators. Some scientists say that the forests of the east would be gone in one year if there were no birds to eat the insects. Please talk to your count commissioners and town trustees to help pass legislation that require cat owners to comply with the same regulations as dog owners. There is also information on the American Bird Conservancy’s website about how to convince your town to adopt legislation. Go to abcbirds.org and type in “helpful resources.” Let’s work together so that we, and our children will be able to enjoy the spectacle of migration and birds forever. And for a fun fact: Did you know that each baby robin in the nest requires 14 feet of earthworms a day to survive? So, if there are six baby robins in the nest, it means 84 feet of earthworms a day are required. Figuring each earthworm is about four inches long, that means each baby robin needs 42 earthworms a day. And, when you learn earthworm experts discovered each worm has 10 hearts and is both male and female, 2 • THE SOPRIS SUN • www.SoprisSun.com • JUNE 11-17, 2015 Dear Editor: Just imagine you’re a migratory bird that weighs a little more than 12 paper clips. You have just flown almost 6,000 miles from South America: over mountains, lakes, cities and even 700 miles non-stop over the Gulf of Mexico. You dodged bullets, storms, natural predators, starvation and exhaustion, just so you could come to the Roaring Fork Valley, make a nest and raise your family. All this, to have your babies eaten by a careless pet owner! Did you know that up to four billion birds, including rare and endangered, are killed each year in North American by outdoors cats? No cat owner thinks it is their outdoor cat, but cat cams have proven otherwise. In fact, cats are the second leading cause of bird extinction, only after habitat destruction. The carnage that outdoor cats inflict is staggering and can no longer be ignored. This is a wake-up call for cat owners and communities to get serious about this problem before even more ecological damage occurs, not only to our birds, but lizards, snakes, frogs and chipmunks. Declawing and bells are mostly ineffective, and well-fed cats are just as predatory. It’s not their fault. It is the owner’s responsibility to take care of their pet. Indoor and supervised outdoor cats live healthier and longer lives. Because we brought the domestic cat to

that means each baby robin consumes 420 earthworm hearts a day. Hmmm, no wonder a robin’s song is so heartfelt! Mary Harris Roaring Fork Audubon

Liberals and housing Dear Editor: If you think socialized and subsidized housing is a “liberal” idea you would be wrong. I will grant you that “bleeding heart liberals” cry over the plight of low-income working people that live too many to a room, have to work several jobs to pay the bills and may not have enough to keep the heat up in winter. Like, say, the former Pan and Fork trailer park. Fortunately, I arrived in the Roaring Fork Valley before the construction of the first government-built housing and was able to put enough together to buy a lot and build a place. Of course we went way out in the sticks to an area called Brush Creek. A number of oddities developed around this new cheap housing that have never really gotten much attention over the years. The college-educated planners and government officials that helped pushed these projects into being were trained to see this housing as a necessary social benefit, and as the kind of project that the private sector would not do. Of course, many of these same people conLETTERS page 17

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GarCo commission tackles CR 106 issue on June 15 CRMS met with neighbors By John Colson Sopris Sun Correspondent A June 1 meeting about Garfield County Road 106 through Colorado Rocky Mountain School (CRMS), a private prep school just outside of town, was mostly amicable and productive, according to one of the participants. “It’s a process,” said committee member Patrick Hunter of Satank, the unincorporated community north of the school that, with support from some in other parts of the area, has been working to keep the CR106 right of way open to public use. “We’re working our way, hopefully, in a positive direction,” Hunter concluded, explaining that the committee had reached a consensus calling for establishment of a dedicated, marked trail through the campus along the road right-of-way. The committee’s sole meeting, held on June 1 at Carbondale Town Hall, was mandated by the Garfield Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) at a May 18 meeting. The committee’s purpose is to advise the commissioners about whether a formal pedestrian, bicycle and equestrian trail should be established along the historic CR106 right of way. The matter, which has been before the BOCC twice, is scheduled to be the subject of a June 15 afternoon hearing at the BOCC regular meeting, at the county’s administration building at 108 8th St. in Glenwood Springs. The school was founded in 1953 by the late John and Ann Holden, and at one point occupied former ranch land only along the west side of the road. The school later expanded to the east side, straddling the road. The road runs along a formal easement going back to the 1800s, bisects the CRMS campus and has been closed to public motorized traffic since 1979 at the request of the school. Subsequently, however, the county com-

missioners have rejected two requests, the latest of which was last year, to vacate the road and return the underlying strip of land back to the school’s private use. The requests were said to be based on the school’s concerns for the safety and security of its campus. The commissioners’ decision was based on the county’s concern that use of the road by motorized traffic may be resumed at an unknown future date; a feeling that it is bad public policy to abandon long-established roads in general; and doubts about whether the school’s security worries are sufficient to overcome the public’s right to the roadway. In the year since that decision, actions by the school have alarmed Satank residents and others, who regularly use the right-of-way as a bike trail or walkway and believed the school was trying to illegally close off public use of the right-of-way. The school has built a large berm at the north end of the right-of-way, where it joins Dolores Way leading to Satank, narrowing the access route to a footpath that crosses the Rockford Ditch adjacent to Dolores Way and joins an internal, unpaved school street to continue through the campus. The school also started the process of building a large stone sign in the middle of the southern end of the right of way, at what used to be the main entrance and exit route for school traffic, an act that prompted the county to issue a stop-work order when neighbors complained about the project. Following a meeting on the subject on May 18, the BOCC voted to allow the school’s sign-building project to continue, but at the risk of being told later that the sign must be removed if no solution to the controversy is found. The commissioners also directed the school to hold a meeting with its opponents and come up with a proposal for how to proceed with the right-of-way debate.

June 1 meeting Hunter said the committee spent four hours on the matter on June 1, with three representatives from the community at large — Hunter, Sue Edelstein and John Armstrong — meeting with five representatives from the school — CRMS business manger Joe White, CRMS board chair Mike McCoy and board member Chelsea Brundige, engineer Yancy Nichol and attorney Chad Lee. The meeting, Hunter said, was managed by area mediator Tim McFlynn, assisted by county planner Tamra Allen. White and other committee members have declined to discuss what went on at the June 1 meeting, saying they wanted to honor a CRMS request to withhold any comment until after the meeting before the BOCC next Monday. Hunter, however, said he did not agree with keeping mum about the meeting, and agreed to talk with a reporter about the current status of things. The committee discussed several options, he said, including placement of a paved trail along the eastern side of the right-of-way, an area now occupied by a grassy strip of land next to the school’s soccer field. The trail, under this option, would run from the northern edge of the campus to the southern edge, and would follow the footpath and the new entrance route created by the school, which actually is not within the county easement. But the school representatives, he said, wanted the trail to use the east side of the right-of- way only as far as a set of tennis courts along the road, then shift over to the western side of the old right-of-way and use

a new, narrower exit trail through a fence erected by the school that is within the existing county easement. In each case, the trail’s northern terminus would be onto the county road leading from the west end of Carbondale’s Main Street to roads heading either up into Thompson Creek or northward toward the Aspen Glen subdivision. As for the surface of the proposed trail, Hunter reported, “We as the neighborhood committee said we preferred a paved trail.” The school representatives, he said, offered no preference concerning the surface of the trail. In general, Hunter said the meeting on June 1 was amicable and open, and that White presented a summary of the controversy to date that “was extremely helpful” to the community members on the committee. He confirmed that he had heard a group of Carbondale bicycle riders, known as the Full Moon Cruisers, had ridden through the campus on the right-of-way, on the night of June 2, in a somewhat rowdy manner. An e-mail from White to the county, supplied by an anonymous source to The Sopris Sun, referred to the Cruisers as “carrying open alcoholic beverages and shouting rude comments to teachers and our students who were studying for final exams. This unfortunate incident highlights our concerns about reasonable restrictions generally but also the challenges of enforcing the rules,” referring to proposed trail management rules discussed by the committee. Another e-mail, also supplied anonymously, written by committee member John Armstrong, stated, “Teresa (his wife) and I CR 106 page 9

Carbondale, Basalt wildfire patrols return Sopris Sun Staff Report The Carbondale and Basalt fire districts have reinstituted their annual wildfire patrol programs, according to a press release. Both agencies have large areas that are at risk for a wildland/urban interface incident, including areas that are contiguous to the two fire districts. “The goal of our agencies is to be prepared and staffed appropriately if a wildfire was to start,” said a Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District spokesman. “However, the two fire districts have much more to offer to homeowners that reside in wildfire risk areas.” One goal of the districts’ wildland patrol program is public education and fire mitigation. Wildfire crews will be available to make site visits and perform wildfire risk assessments. These assessments evaluate many features of the home, landscaping, and topography to give homeowners a

sense of how vulnerable their home is to wildfire. Crews won’t be able to perform mitigation but their expertise in the wildland/urban interface will be of great value to the homeowner. Carbondale and Basalt fire districts will also reintroduce the “Ready, Set, Go” program this summer. This is a national outreach campaign aimed at helping homeowners prepare their homes against the threat of wildfires and to be prepared if an evacuation occurs in their neighborhood. For more on “Ready, Set, Go” visit wildlandfiresg.org. Citizens that live within either district can contact their fire department to schedule a residential wildfire risk assessment. Residents in the Carbondale Fire District can call 9632491 or go to carbondalefire.org. Those within the Basalt & Rural Fire Protection District can call 704-0675 or visit basaltfire.org/wildlife.

Folks visiting the Hendrick Ranch dog park Friday morning were a bit befuddled. Were the 43 pink flags marking a zig-zagged new water line through the park? Or could it have been a vigilante pooch-patroller, out to bring attention to a dog poop problem by planting one flag next to each turd. Turns out, The Sopris Sun received a communiqué from a citizen, who claimed responsibility for the act. She said she’d heard town workers complaining about poop flying up in their face as they weed-whacked and mowed. “I felt badly for them and wanted to find a visual way to show the lack of responsibility of some pet owners. This is a neighborhood and the dog park is a privilege, not a right. We should be grateful and respect what the town has given us for our dogs.” By Friday afternoon it was apparent the public was saluting the flagger’s efforts, as almost all the poop had vanished, along with all the doggie bags. Photo by Lynn Burton THE SOPRIS SUN, Carbondale’s weekly community connector • JUNE 11-17, 2015 • 3

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Highway 133 landscaping takes shape Sopris Sun Staff Report In his weekly memo to the town trustees and employees, Town Manager Jay Harrington reported that a state highway contractor has planted “well over a thousand plants, grasses and trees” along Highway 133 as it passes through town, and that “the corridor is staring to take shape” after more than a year of work. In a similar vein, Harrington reported that work continues on the Highway 133 corridor between Carbondale and Redstone. He wrote that motorists could expect delays along that stretch, including the use of a pilot car to lead traffic along certain mile-long stretch of the highway, and that highway crews would be heating and remixing loads of “roto-milled” asphalt to be reapplied to the road surface. Around town, Harrington reported, crews are well into their summertime work schedules, including mowing of public property, keeping up with trash and dog-waste disposal, cleaning bathrooms, repairing irrigation facilities, maintaining playgrounds in the town parks, landscaping at the solar array at Delaney Dog Park, and watering the flowerpots located along town streets. He noted that town staff took part in a Garfield Countysponsored meeting last week to discuss the ongoing controversy surrounding County Road 106 as it passes through the campus of Colorado Rocky Mountain School, which is to be further discussed at a meeting of the Garfield County commissioners on June 15. The recreation program is in full summertime swing, with 17 students signed up for exercise classes for students of all ages, and for the skateboarding classes. Harrington reported that eight of the 17 skateboarding students are in the Girls Only class.

In addition, the town’s contractual tennis instructor, John Bresnitz, has resumed classes for youths and adults, and offers private lessons in addition to the public class schedules. Recreation programs scheduled to start this week include the Climbing Club, Smart Soccer, T-Ball, Friday Field Trips and Youth Hiking Trips. Registration is open and available at the rec department’s website, www.carbondalerec.com. Registration is “filling up fast” for youth swimming lessons at the John M. Fleet Municipal Pool, Harrington wrote, including four, two-week sessions of the American Red Cross Swim Lessons that began on Monday. Pool schedules include morning, noon and evening lap times, morning Jump Start and Silver Splash water aerobics, and more. Those interested in more information can call 963-2065 or check the rec center website. At the town-owned Gateway RV Park, adjacent to the intersection of Highways 82 and 133, occupancy last week stood at just over 30 percent, with visitors holding 43 of the available 140 camping spots. Registration for this week showed 23 people occupying 13 of the available sites, Harrington reported. At the Gus Darien Riding Arena east of town, the opening night’s rodeo last Thursday was “well attended,” Harrington wrote, and the first youth Gymkhana Rodeo of the season is scheduled for this Saturday afternoon, June 13. Harrington reported that despite a surge of water in the local rivers due to delayed springtime run-off, the town’s water treatment plants have not been affected. But, he wrote, the Satank area has “experienced a rise in odor issues” believed to be coming from the wastewater treatment plant along the Roaring Fork River. Harrington reported that part of the blame is believed to be an increase in use of the septic tank at the Gateway RV Park, and that the tank was due to be pumped out on Monday.

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Cop Shop From May 28 to June 4, Carbondale officers handled 279 Calls for Service. During this period, officers investigated 11 cases of note. Here is a sampling:

FRIDAY, May 29: At shortly before 2 p.m. police were contacted by a River Valley Ranch resident who reported that “an unknown female party” had trespassed on the caller’s property for unknown reasons. The alleged trespasser was located and informed to stay off the property in the future. FRIDAY, May 29: At shortly after 2 p.m. police were called by a local woman who reported that “a long standing disagreement with a neighbor had gotten worse” and that the neighbor had come onto the caller’s property to “yell and curse at her.” The neighbor was contacted and ticketed on charges of harassment and use of obscene language. The case will be heard in Garfield County Court. FRIDAY, May 29: At 4:39 p.m. police were called to check into alleged weapons violations involving a juvenile at the bus barn. The case was listed as closed. SATURDAY, May 30: At two minutes past midnight, officers saw a vehicle stopped on the shoulder along Highway 133. Investigation revealed a Carbondale man behind the wheel, apparently intoxicated and in possession of a loaded handgun. The man was arrested on drunk driving charges and taken to the Garfield County Jail. SATURDAY, May 30: At about 10 minutes before midnight, police issued “a couple of juveniles” warning tickets for underage drinking and possession of marijuana at the White Hill cemetery. The cemetery is in the jurisdiction of the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office, but deputies were unable to respond to a dispatcher’s call, according to a report by the police to town officials.

Main Street Beat On First Friday, Main Street became the place to be from one end to the other. With the official opening of the Marble Distilling Co. on the east end, to the new Beat café on the west end, folks have two new options where they can eat, drink and socialize. In the Fourth and Main Street area in the middle of town, the action still reigned. From the dedication of the James Surls sculpture with Jim Calaway at the Launchpad, to pillow fights, the evening included pretty much something for everyone. Photos and text by Jane Bachrach

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Thompson House closed until 2016 The Thompson House museum’s weekend tours are cancelled for the summer due to infrastructure work around the property this year. Regular hours are expected to resume in 2016.

world. A thoroughly engaging piece of theatre.” The play is directed by Wendy Moore and features David Collier, Lisa Langer, Jennifer Michaud, Bob Moore, Sophie Sakson and Chris Wheatley. “Red Herring” opens June 19 and continues for a total of eight nights through July 4. For ticket info, go to thunderrivertheatre.com.

Crystal Springs offers over nighters

Group targets indoor tennis

Crystal Springs Ranch on Missouri Heights is now offering Old Timey Cowboy Sleep Over’s for kids one night a week in July. “They can spend more time around their big, furry horse friends and new camp friends,” said a ranch spokeswoman. The over nighters are part of the Crystal Springs Ranch Kids Horseback Riding Camp. For details, call 963-1505 or e-mail kdwranch@kellin.net.

Lemonade Day on the way The Pan and Fork Lemonade Day in Basalt is slated for June 27 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. This year, there’ll be a parade with musicians, decorated bikes and prizes for the best floats. The process steps out from Basalt Elementary School at 11 a.m. and conclude on Midland Avenue. Other events include a sidewalk art contest, live street music and food/drink specials at restaurants. The event is co-sponsored by the town of Basalt and Wyly Art Center.

TRTC Presents “RED HERRING” Thunder River Theatre Company opens its final production of its 20th season with Michael Hollinger’s comedy “Red Herring.” Three love stories, a murder mystery and a nuclear espionage plot converge in this noir comedy about marriage and other explosive devices. It’s 1952. America is on the verge of the H-bomb. Dwight Eisenhower is on the campaign trail and “I Love Lucy” is a hit on Monday night TV. Meanwhile, Sen. Joe McCarthy’s daughter just got en-

The Carbondale Flock is headed to the Estes Park Wool Market to compete in the Sheep to Shawl event this weekend. Teams will match their skills against each other to make a shawl in under five-and-a-half hours. Each team will work with fleece from Colorado sheep. The team must prepare the wool by carding and spinning it, then weaving it into a shawl. Here, they show their ‘practice' shawl they created in January. The Carbondale Flock is sponsored by George Stranahan and CCAH. Left to right: Hollis Kerler, Jill Scher, Peg Malloy, Kate Friesen, Ruth Hollowell and Judy Craig. Courtesy photo gaged to a Soviet spy and a Boston detective has to find out who dumped the dead guy in the harbor, or else lose out on a honeymoon in Havana. The Philadelphia Inquirer called “Red Herring” … exceedingly funny. A genuinely human comedy about six people in search of love in a mixed-up

A Basalt group called Ad-In! Tennis is raising funds to build a permanent indoor structure over four tennis courts at Crown Mountain Park in El Jebel. The 501(C)(3) nonprofit is out to raise $1.1 million and is already half way there with $500,000. The building structure will allow the courts to be opened up in the summer by a garage door like opening that can be closed down in the winter for indoor play. Once Ad-In! Tennis raises all the funds, it will turn over the structure to the Crown Mountain Park District. To help get going in the right directions, the group will hold a fund-raising dinner at the St. Regis hotel in Aspen from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on June 30. Tickets are $75 for one or $100 for two and include drinks, food, games and Wimbledon photos. For details, go to indoortennisevent.com.

Volunteer online for the 44th As of June 12, folks can go online to volunteer for the 44th annual Carbondale Mountain Fair. The fair runs July 24-26 at Sopris Park and jobs include the Peace Patrol, T-shirt sales the Green Team and more. For details, go to carbondalearts.com.

They say it’s your birthday Folks celebrating birthdays this week include: Dick Hunt and Paul Sutro (June 12); Eileen Waski and Lynni Hutton (June 15); Vince Simonetti (June 16); and Taylor Carney (June 17).

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Positions open in Carbondale. Assist adults with disabilities in their homes. Direct care, meal prep, cleaning and community activities. Multi-tasking a must. Morning, evening, overnight and weekend shifts available in group home.

HS Diploma or GED required. CNA certification or 1 year experience preferred. Computer proficiency, communication and strong customer service skills required. Salary DOE. Great benefits package.

Interested applicants contact Staffing Manager Sarah Simms at sarahsimms@mtnvalley.org. See mtnvalley.org for more info.

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RE-1 board considering tax ballot question By John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer Parents of children attending the Roaring Fork School District Re-1 are being asked to complete a “parent satisfaction survey,” posted on the school’s website (www.rfsd.k12.co.us), that at the very end asks how parents and the community feel about being asked whether to raise property taxes to pay for school construction. Information about a possible tax question on the November 2015 ballot is available on the website, along with the survey questionnaire and other information (see sidebar for details). According to the website, the school board talked about putting a tax hike to voters at its May 27 meeting, although no decisions were made at that meeting. The discussion, however, centered around the district’s recent receipt of a $9.1 million BEST (Building Excellent Schools Today) grant from the Colorado Board of Education, and the likely necessity of a tax hike to pay the remainder of the estimated $28 million needed to renovate and add onto the historic Glenwood Springs Elementary School. That project, according to an announcement on the district’s website, also would involve removal of two “ancillary buildings” on the GSES campus. To ensure receipt of the grant, according to the announcement, “the district must pass a bond issue to complete the renovation budget.” The 37-question survey largely is taken up with queries about parents’ perceptions of such issues as: • The quality of the education being dispensed by the district; • The safety of the environment at schools in Glenwood Springs, Carbondale and Basalt; • The district’s ability to fairly and adequately deal

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with “problems and conflicts” and with such issues as bullying, teasing and harassment among students; • How well the school communicates with parents; • And how up-to-date the district is in terms of electronic equipment in the classrooms, among other matters. At the end, questions 36 and 37 deal with the district’s Facilities Master Plan, a document intended to evaluate the district’s needs over the next five to seven years, and how the survey respondents would react to a ballot question authorizing the district to issue general obligation bonds to pay for improvements to school facilities. Among the needed improvements identified in the Facilities Master Plan, besides renovating the aging GSES, are: • A new school between Glenwood Springs and Carbondale, to provide “enrollment relief” for elementary and middle schools in the two communities; • Improving drainage, traffic circulation and playgrounds at Sopris Elementary in Glenwood Springs; • Modernization of all of the district’s middle schools; • Improved traffic circulation to enhance safety at Basalt middle and elementary schools; • Energy efficiency improvements to all buildings; • Relocation of the existing bus barn facility in Carbondale, to a new site in El Jebel; • And acquiring a site for a future school in the Blue Lake subdivision near El Jebel. No dollar amounts were attached to the list of improvements laid out on the website, beyond the money sought to renovate GSES, and no predictions about the size of the tax hike were included. The survey will be up on the website and open to respondents until June 15, according to the district.

Taking the RE-1 survey

To take the RE-1 survey on the school district’s website (rfsd.k12.co.us) click on “2015 Parent Survey” to the upper, far left. The opening statement in the survey reads: “The Roaring Fork School District is committed to providing a high quality education for all of our students, in an inviting school environment, where students are excited to come to school each day. We also want all of our parents and community members to feel that we welcome them as partners in their child’s education as we work together on behalf of our students. Your responses to this survey will help us to determine what is working well in our schools and district and any areas that may need improvement. Your input is very important to us. The survey is anonymous so you can feel free to be honest in your responses.” Question #36 states: “Shall the Roaring Fork School District debt be increased through the issuance of general obligation bonds to provide renovations and updates to current facilities, as well as build new schools to relieve over crowding in several of our schools. If the election were held today, would you vote YES to approve or NO to reject this school bond proposal?” Question #36 then asks whether respondents: “ Strongly Approve Approve Neutral Disapprove Strongly Disapprove.”

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“Free to Be … You and Me” coming to Carbondale Co-director is 10 years old By Carrieann Asani Sopris Sun Contributor “Free to Be … You and Me” — the 1974 album and television special that celebrated individuality, tolerance and being confidant in who you are — will be performed by SoL Theatre on June 12-14. An inspiring and energetic student, Anakeesta Ironwood, is co-directing this feel good show. Anakeesta is 10 years old but that hasn’t stopped her from stepping into the big shoes of directing eight kids and two adults in a varied production. Anakeesta shared her experience. “Directing is really different than I thought it would be. I just thought it was rehearsals. But there’s tons, dozens of meetings. You can’t lose the ‘oomph’ in the process. You need to keep up your energy to get everything done. It’s important to get enough sleep and take care of yourself so that you can be there for everyone else.” Anakeesta learned a lot from this show but admits that she’s been directing for years. In elementary school, “I would make a show at recess. I’d star in it and make a show with my friends. So I’ve had some experience.” This project is a labor of love for Anakeesta’s family. Asha, Anakeesta’s mom, is codirecting and Anakeesta’s brother, Sage, is in the cast. “I listened to ‘Free to Be You and Me’ when I was a kid,” said Asha, “I loved it and had to share it with my kids.” Anakeesta fol-

lowed up, “All the songs were amazing! I wanted to play the part and sing “When We Grow Up” as soon as I heard it! All of it drew me in and I could see people I know in the parts and thought it would be fun to do with my friends.” The idea had been growing in Asha and Anakeesta for some time until they finally had a conversation about it and asked “Why don’t we do it ourselves?” Anakeesta and Sage have been in several shows together and mom has a musical background, so they thought it would be a fun family project. “It’s really cool to work with my mom,” said Anakeesta. “Sometimes it’s hard because there’s changes and I don’t like some of them. But I learn from it. She’s a great mom and has been a great co-director.” While Asha had done a lot of theatre as a kid and performed as a singer in the Roaring Fork Valley, she hadn’t directed a show. She quickly realized she needed some help and approached Jennifer Michaud, executive director of Stage of Life (SoL) Theatre in Carbondale. “Jen was instantly on board and she has been so incredibly supportive,” said Asha. Anakeesta added, “Jen is great. Even though there’s lots of rehearsals and meetings, she’s showed us how to have fun in the process.” Creating this show has certainly had a positive impact on the Ironwood family and they are excited about sharing this dream, which through hard work and community cooperation became a reality. Asha stated, “There’s a clear message in the piece encouraging folks to be who they are. I hope people feel free to be

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Anakeesta (left) and Asha Ironwood at a recital at Connie and Jim Calaway’s house in May. Anakeesta and her mom approached SoL Theatre to produce “Free to Be … You and Me” and the rest will soon be history. Courtesy photo who they are.”Anakeesta added,“I hope if there are people that have been trying to get people to be different than who they are [in the audience], I hope they stop doing it. Stop being mean or being a bully and stuff like that. In other words, I hope people connect to the show and get its message. Anybody can be who they want to be. You should be free to be who you are.”

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SoL Theatre Company presents “Free to Be … You and Me” at the Third Street Center. Curtain times are 2 and 7 p.m. on Friday, June 12; 7 p.m. on Saturday, June 13; and 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 14. There’ll be an arts and crafts bazaar at noon on Sunday. Tickets will be available at the door and at soltheatrecompany.com.

CR 106 om page 3 also enjoyed the monthly full moon ride as it passed right in front of our house. It is indeed a colorful and fun event that exemplifies the youthful Carbondale spirit. I did not observe any of the improprieties to which Mr. White alluded.” White’s e-mail mentioned a request for time to hold another committee meeting prior to the June 15 BOCC meeting, in part to talk about “an alternate route” for a trail through the campus, separate from the existing CR106 right of way. No such meeting had been scheduled by press-time, and a county staffer said the BOCC is still scheduled to discuss the issue during Monday’s meeting. According to an attached diagram, the alternate route would link to the existing bike trail coming from West Main Street, head east through the school’s pasture lands and around the CRMS Barn and other facilities, to connect with Dolores Way near the intersection with the driveway to the Carbondale Community School. Armstrong, in his e-mail, stated that such an alternate route had been rejected in last year’s unsuccessful road-vacation attempt by the school, as well as being dismissed by a majority of the school’s board of directors, and that county staff had agreed that such a route was “out of the scope of our BOCC instructions.”

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Community Calendar THURSDAY June 11 RODEO CONTINUES • The Carbondale Wild West Rodeo continues at the Gus Darien arena (east of town on County Road 100) Thursdays through Aug. 20. Gates open at 5:30 p.m., slack at 6 p.m. and grand entry at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 per adult; $30 per car load (up to six people) with additional adult $5. Kids under 10 are free if accompanied by an adult. Advance and discount season tickets are available at the Roaring Fork Valley Coop. Info: carbondalerodeo.com. LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the old part of the Dinkel Building presents the Blackberry Bushes String Band at 8:30 p.m. They range from traditionalists preserving the songs of their migrant ancestors to pop musicians incorporating time-testing themes, “but their collective sounds all seem to be stamped by their surroundings in the Cascade Mountains,” said Steve Standiford. The band is touring the U.S. to promote their latest album “Three Red Feathers.” Info: 963-3304. ROTARY • The Mt. Sopris Rotary meets at Mi Casita at noon every Thursday.

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THEATRE • SoL Theatre Company presents “Free to Be … You and Me” at the Third Street Center. Curtain times are 2 and 7 p.m. on Friday, 7 p.m. on Saturday, and 2 p.m. on Sunday. There’ll be an arts and crafts bazaar at noon on Sunday. Tickets will be available at the door and at soltheatrecompany.com.

FRIDAY June 12

MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “Far

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from the Madding Crowd” (PG-13) at 7:30 p.m. June 12-18 and “The Water Diviner” (captioned) (R) at 5:15 p.m. June 14.

through gestures and use of color. She will give a talk on her show at 5:30 p.m. on June 24. Info: 927-4123 or art@wylyarts.org.

STITCH ’N TIME • The Mt. Sopris Historical Society presents Stich’n Time (an old fashioned gathering) from 6 to 8 p.m. next to the log cabin museum on Weant Boulevard. Display your quilts, bring your handiwork, enjoy passages from “Carbondale Pioneers: 1879-1900,” sip cool lemonade and chomp some fresh baked goodies.

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

CCAH OPENING • The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities opens “12 by 2: A Conversation Between Poets and Visual Artists from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Launchpad. The show features painters, sculptors, photographers and fiber artists who were paired with a local poet to inspire one another to create new works. Jill Scher is the curator. Other participating visual artists include: Michael Askew, Allen Davenport, Kim DeFries, Staci Dickerson, Lisa Ellena, Wewer Keohane, Annette Roberts-Gray, Elaine Roemen, Jill Sabella, Lisa Singer and Kendra Sparks. The poets include: Tony Alcantara, Charles Braddy, Marjorie DeLuca, Karen Glenn, Valerie Haugen, Alya Howe, Kim Nuzzo, Trina Ortega, Amelia Potvin, Cameron Scott and Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer. The show continues through July 31, with a poetry reading at 5:30 p.m. on July 10. Info: 963-1680 or carbondalearts.com. OPENING • The Wyly Art Center Annex in downtown Basalt opens a show featuring photographer Linda Girvin from 5 to 7 p.m. The show features 42X58-inch archival pigment prints that examine life’s transitions

LIVE MUSIC • Rivers restaurant in Glenwood Springs presents Dry Hollow from 9 p.m. to midnight. No cover. Upcoming Friday night bands are the Leonard Curry Trio, Valle Musico and Nanogram. Info: 928-8813. LIBRARY • The Carbondale Branch Library presents “Unmask the Robots” code camp at 10 a.m. The camp is part to two of a series for kids in fifth through 12th grade. Info: 963-2889 and gcpld.org.

SATURDAY June 13 YARD SALE • Carbondale Community United Methodist Church will have a huge yard sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the church lawn at 385 S. Second St. There will be furniture, some antiques, children’s and adult clothing, toys, books, sports equipment and more. Proceeds from the sale benefit the church missions programs.

SUNDAY June 14 LIVE MUSIC • Summer Music in the Park kicks off a three week series from 4 to 7 p.m. at Sopris Park featuring The Hell Roaring String Band and North Carolina-based Fireside Collective. The Fireside Collective weaves an original blend of bluegrass, funk, rock and blues, and are playing Carbondale on their way to the Telluride Bluegrass Festival where

they will take part in the band competition. Admission is free and there are no alcohol sales. The upcoming schedule is: July 12, Let The Roar and Halden Woffard and the HiBeams; Aug. 9, Valley Musico and the Los Angeles-based Show Ponies. PLANT WALK • Alex Menard leads a native plant walk featuring trees, shrubs and wildflowers in Marble starting at 1 p.m. Meet at the Marble Hub (105 W. Main St.) It’s free. Info: 963-7300. BASALT LIBRARY • The Basalt Regional Library presents “Barnyard Brunch for Books” at Rock Bottom Ranch in Emma. Brunching goes from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with guided tours at noon. Admission is $50 for adults, $15 for kids 12 and under at the library or the ranch on the day of. The library urges people to walk, bike or carpool if possible.

MON.-THUR. June 15-18 AZYEP • The Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program holds its Summer Radio Workshop at KDNK. It’s geared toward those in the 12-14 age group. Info: 963-0139 ext. 7, beth@azyep.org or kdnk.org.

MONDAY June 15 KDNK BOARD MEETS • The KDNK Board of Directors meets at 5:30 p.m. at its offices at 76 S. Second. The meeting is open to the public, an agenda is posted at the station. Info: 963-0139. FARM TO FORK • Colorado Mountain College-Aspen presents its Farm to Fork Fair from 1 to 5 p.m. at 0255 Sage Way. CALENDAR page 11

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Community Calendar There’ll be free barbecue featuring local products and discussions. Presenters will demonstrate how local sustainable systems enhance the environmental, economic, social and nutritional health of the Roaring Fork Valley. Invited businesses include: Osage Gardens, Rock Bottom Ranch, Avalanche Cheese Co., Crystal River Meats, Sustainable Settings, Community Office for Resource Efficiency/Clean Energy Economy for the Region, Wild Bear Bee Farm, The Other Side Ranch, Roaring Fork Conservancy, and Aspen Together Regenerating the Environment through Education. Info: 925-7740 or coloradomtn.edu. ENTRY DEADLINE • The entry deadline for the Wyly Art Center’s “Pencil Us In” public installation is June 15. The pencil garden will be planted in July. Info: wylyarts.org. VLA DINNER • Valley Life for All hosts a dinner and input session from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Third Street Center. Info: 3191279 or gary@valleylifeforall.

TUESDAY June 16 LIBRARY • The Carbondale Branch Library presents the puppet show “Bob & Millie Save the World” at 10:30 a.m. Info: 963-2889 or gcpld.org. Coming up at 4 p.m. on June 24,

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“How to Create Your Story” with Bryan Wade of Blueswade Cartoons. SENIOR AEROBICS • Seniors are invited to take part in an aerobics class at the El Jebel Community Annex Building on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. The suggested donation is $2 per class. Info: Christy at 970-328-7682.

WEDNESDAY June 17 FARMER’S MARKET • The Carbondale Farmer’s Market at Fourth and Main Street takes place on Wednesdays through September. It starts at 10 a.m., according to the town’s website. ROTARY • The Rotary Club of Carbondale meets at the Carbondale Fire Station at 6:50 a.m. on Wednesdays. Info: rotarycarbondale.org. MINDFULNESS • Way of Compassion Dharma Center in the Third Street Center hosts a meditation and Dharma teachings with John (Chophel) Bruna on Wednesdays from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Info: 510-0583 or wayofcompassion.org. LIVE MUSIC • Dan Rosenthal hosts an open mic night at Rivers restaurant in Glenwood Springs from 8 to 10 p.m. every Wednesday.

Ongoing CLAY CENTER • The Carbondale Clay Center continues “Patterns & Textures.” The show features: Heather Mae Erickson, Julia Galloway, Bryan Hopkins, Rain Harris/Paul Donnelly, Matt Hyleck, Matt Repsher, Ralph Scala and Leigh Taylor Mickelson. Info: 963-2529.

SATURDAY CRAFTERNOONS • The Wyly Art Center offers Saturday Crafternoons from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays. It’s for all ages; kids 4 and under must bring a parent. The cost is $5 per project. Info: 927-4123.

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THURSDAY June 18 AUTHOR SPEAKS • Charlotte Graham discusses her book “Memoirs of a River … Up the Crystal, Vol. 2” at 5 p.m. at the Carbondale Branch Library. The book is about Carbondale’s people, places and history from the Ute Indians to present day. Appetizers will be served and a book signing follows the presentation. Info: 963-2889 or gcpld.org. CELEBRATION • The Third Street Center celebrates its fifth anniversary 5 to 9 p.m. with cake, root beer, kids activities and a master plan update. More info to come as it becomes available. ENERGY RESOURCE OPENS • CLEER, CORE and Energy Smart Colorado open their new Energy Resource Center from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Third Street Center. Visitors can see the center’s high-efficiency LED lighting and energy displays, talk with vendors demonstrating clean energy products, and meet the energy

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SATURDAY June 20 BIKE TOUR • Registration is under way at active.com for the first Ride for the Child bicycle tour. The 100-mile, 100K and 50K tour of the Roaring Fork Valley is a fund-raiser for Court Appointed Special Advocates for the Ninth Judicial District (CASA). Sponsors include Aloha Mountain Cyclery, Alpine Bank and First Bank.

MONDAY June 22 BIKE TOUR 2 • The Morrison-based Bicycle Tour of Colorado, LLC rolls into town from Leadville on its way to covering 420 miles from June 21-27. Roaring Fork High School will be the overnight headquaters. Chamber of Commerce organized events include a party and taste-of-Carbondale from 2 to 8 p.m. at the Fourth Street plaza. Volunteers are still needed. Info: 963-1890.

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ROTARY HAPPENING • The theme of this year’s Rotary Club of Carbondale Happening is “Viva Mexico.” The night will be filled with a celebration of music, culture and cuisine from Mexico. There’ll also be a silent auction. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. and tickets are $125. To snap one up, e-mail Steve Skinner at steve@kdnk.org or call him at 963-0139. It all takes place at the Orchard (110 Snowmass Drive). Info: carbondalerotary.com.

CAJUN CLAY NIGHT • Music will be supplied by Electric Lemon, gumbo by Andreas Fischbacher and bowls by Carbondale Clay Center students and teachers at Cajun Clay night starting at 6 p.m. There’ll also be a silent auction, libations, crazy costume contest, kids fair and the CCC’s famous gator cake. Info: carbondaleclay.org.

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Community Briefs

Please submit your community briefs to news@soprissun.com by noon on Monday. The Carbondale Farmer’s Market started offering all manner of organic vegetables and other tasty items on June 10. The market is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesdays through September. Photo by Jane Bachrach

Buddy Program opens in TSC The Buddy Program has opened an office in the Third Street Center to go along with its locations in Aspen and Basalt. “The Buddy Program has been providing programs and services to youth, families and volunteers in Carbondale since 2010,” said Lindsay Lofaro. “This new office will allow our staff to be more visible in Carbondale and continue to expand our programming.” The program is looking for volunteers in the mid-valley area. For details, call 927-1001.

KDNK board meets The KDNK Board of Directors will hold its monthly meeting at the radio stations offices (76 S. Second) at 5:30 p.m. on June 15. The meeting is open to the public. An agenda is posted on the KDNK website and at the office, or by calling 963-0139.

Highway 133 paving begins CDOT starts paving Highway 133 on June 12. A pilot car will assist with one-mile lane closures starting with MM 65-66. Paving is expected to continue June 15-19.

Rio Grande paving starts Paving work to repair segments of the Rio Grande, Brush Creek and Basalt-Old Snowmass trails is under way through June 23.

BLM seeks gas comments The Bureau of Land Management is seeking comment on natural gas development west of DeBeque, according to a press release. Black Hills is proposing up to 104 horizontal wells on 13 new well pads over the next three to

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GW agency starts food drive Glenwood Insurance Agency has launched its “Thousand Can Drive” for LIFT-UP at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park. The drive takes place during weekly Music on the

The Sopris Sun would like to honor your dad. Share a favorite photo of you and your father with our community. Photos will be published in the June 18 issue of The Sopris Sun and/or online at www.soprissun.com.

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Mountain concerts. Bring a can of food or non-perishable item and you can ride the Iron Mountain Tram for free.

Drop-in hoop news Drop-in basketball for boys in grades 5-9 is offered at Carbondale Middle School from 10 a.m. to noon on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Breakfast is provided. Drop in basketball for the same ages are also offered from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. For details, call 963-1109.

Trustees consider cat ordinance, bear fencing

By John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer

Carbondale’s avian population took up considerable discussion time at this week’s meeting of the Board of Trustees, in the form of a citizen’s appeal for regulations to keep cats from roaming free and killing wild birds, and a new ordinance requiring residents to install electrified fencing to protect chickens from marauding bears. Long time area resident Mary Harris, president of the Roaring Fork chapter of the Audubon Society, appeared during the citizencomments portion of the meeting’s agenda to talk about the society’s ongoing campaign to convince cat owners to keep their felines under better control for the sake of local birds. “It’s a huge, basically unrecognized problem,” she said of the annual death rate of wild birds killed by roaming, domesticated cats. She maintained that cats, like dogs, must be controlled in order to prevent depredation of the local bird population. And she showed a photo of her son, walking the family cat on a leash, saying, “It can be done.” “Our native birds are in decline, some of them are in steep decline,” she told the trustees, “and nobody wants to deal with endangered species,” a reference to the possibility of federal laws kicking in to protect the local birds. She said studies have shown that up to four billion birds fall prey to cats every year, a death rate she said is “second only to habitat loss,” and added that “birds play a very large role in maintaining our natural environment”

and are critical to the existence of a healthy, active forest ecology. The trustees responded positively to her concerns, starting with Mayor Stacey Bernot, who suggested Harris contact the town’s Environmental Board, a volunteer board that advises the trustees on environmental issues. The mayor told Harris that the E-Board, as it is known, could work on a proposed ordinance and present that proposal to the trustees at a later date. “I don’t think we would be opposed to the concept,” Bernot said, but she added that more details are needed before the trustees would want to act. Trustee Frosty Merriott, after thanking Harris for bringing the matter to the board’s attention, noted that “it’s something that I would like to see.” Bernot said the matter would be on the trustees’ June 23 agenda for further discussion. On another birdie front, the trustees delayed approval of a new ordinance that would require residents to string electrified wire around backyard chicken coops, so that the wording of the ordinance could be modified. As proposed, the ordinance would be enforced, with a citation by the local zoning enforcement officer, only after the coop in question had been attacked by a hungry bear, and there was no electrified fencing in place to discourage the bruin. The coop owner will then be given the option of paying a fine or installing an electrified fence. The ordinance is a result of a talk the

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trustees had recently with John Groves, district ranger with Colorado Parks & Wildlife, who had emphasized that hungry bears often are attracted to chicken coops and have been known to raid coops and kill chickens. The entire Roaring Fork Valley annually experiences bear trouble, most notably when bad weather conditions cut into the production of the bears’ natural food sources in the high country and bears are forced to look for food in the towns up and down the valley. Carbondale Police Chief Gene Schilling told the trustees he was unaware of any such bear attacks on chicken coops in Carbondale, but Town Manager Jay Harrington stated his belief that such attacks have happened, they simply have not been reported out of a homeowner’s reluctance to see a bear killed over the incident. Harrington was referring to the state’s “two-strike” rule, under which a bear can be killed after a second incident of raiding a local property to obtain food. “If we’ve never had an incident, and these things are expensive to build, and they’re in back yards where you’ve got kids and guests … the layers of dictation (dictatorial government oversight) are exceeding my tolerance,” said Trustee Pam Zentmyer. Trustee Frosty Merriott noted that other experts have concurred, “bears and chickens don’t mix,” and opined that the ordinance is a valid reaction to the issue and would set a good example for other towns in the region. John Hoffmann, on the other hand, stated that “in 30 years (of having a chicken coop) we’ve never had a bear around our chickens,”

though he conceded that bears had fed off his fruit trees. The mayor, who was raised on a local ranch, noted that she understood why people might not report a bear attack on their chickens, and sympathized. “If I lost my chickens, I’d just replace them, because they’re cheaper than buying a fence,” she said. The reworked ordinance is scheduled to be on the trustees’ consent calendar on June 23. In other action the trustees: • Unanimously appointed local resident Camy Britt to serve on the town’s volunteer Parks & Recreation Commission. • Approved a permit for Sopris Liquor & Wine to hold tasting events at the store, in conjunction with the establishment’s liquor license. • Approved special-event liquor licenses for the Sopris Music Fest (June 26-27 at the Fourth Street Plaza) and the Roaring Fork Rotary Club Foundation’s annual fundraiser, The Happening, scheduled for June 20 at The Orchard church on Snowmass Drive. • Postponed consideration of a marijuana infused products business application, as the applicants did not appear to discuss the application. The public hearings about the application will be heard on July 14. • Approved a plan to put solar panels on the roof of the under-construction Ross Montessori School even though the panels will reach higher than the town’s 28-foot height limit for the buildings. The approval was contingent on modification of a roof parapet so it would not extend above the 28-foot limit.

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2015 CRMS graduation The graduating class at Colorado Rocky Mountain School was 38 strong at last Saturday morning’s ceremony on the lawn in front of the Barn. The program included Lorraine Lu and Rotceh Vazquez performing “See You Again,” senior speakers Johier Begay and Sophie Kornick, Jack Huntington-Rainey performing his original song “Eyes On The Sun” and Zachary Baker performing Bach’s “Prelude in E Major” on the banjo. Left: Anisa Rink; clockwise from middle left: Nikken Daniels, Emma Crane, Johier Begay and the 2015 CRMS graduating class. Photos by Ed Kosmicki

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CLEER, CORE, ESC opening energy center Sopris Sun Staff Report CLEER, CORE and Energy Smart Colorado will host an open house to celebrate their new Energy Resource Center in Carbondale from 4 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, June 18. Everyone is invited to visit the new, energy efficient office in Suite 7 at the Third Street Center, 520 S. Third St, a more than 100 percent solar powered building. Visitors can see the center’s high-efficiency LED lighting and energy displays, talk with vendors demonstrating clean energy products, and meet the energy coaches and staff of CLEER, CORE and Energy Smart Colorado. “We invite residents and businesses to come to the Energy Resource Center and learn about the best solutions and rebate opportunities for saving money and improving their homes and businesses, ” said Mona Newton, executive director of CORE (the Community Office for Resource Efficiency). “We are partnering to accelerate clean energy solutions and to better serve the public,” said Alice Laird, executive director of CLEER: Clean Energy Economy for the Region. “Collaborating to share one space will make it easier for people to know where to go for rebates and assistance. It also increases the impact our organizations can have together.” “The Energy Resource Center is the local one-stop-shop for home and business

owners to get assistance with energy efficiency and renewable work. We have experienced energy and building experts available here to help,” said Marty Treadway, Energy Smart Colorado program manager. Energy Smart Colorado is a statewide efficiency program helping households and businesses become more energy efficient. “A great team of contractors helped us

make the Energy Resource Center an example of resource-efficient design,” said Maisa Metcalf, a CLEER energy coach and manager of the center’s remodel. The team included Green Line Architects, Rick Lawrence Construction, Aspen Deconstruction, One Source Lighting, AllPhase Electrical Supply, Green-Tech Electrical, Ben Custom Painting, Handcrafted Carpets and Lutron Controls.

Donors to the project to date are Berthod Motors, Jim and Connie Calaway, Russ Criswell, Judy Perry, R.H. Crossland Foundation, Holy Cross Energy, SourceGas, Xcel Energy and an anonymous donor. The open house is part of the Third Street Center’s 5-Year Birthday Party, to be held throughout the building at the same time.

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work in CREW, and collaborative work on the state level to improve science instruction and curriculum. “I’m thrilled that Jen has been selected as the new principal of Basalt Middle School,” said outgoing Principal Jeremy Voss, who will be moving with his family to Durango. “I have tremendous respect for Jen and know she will provide outstanding leadership to carry Basalt Middle School into the future.” Ellsperman said she looks forward to continuing the school’s emphasis on rigorous, engaging and relevant instruction while supporting students in their efforts to meet those high expectations. Throughout her 22 years in education, she has been passionate about fostering a growth mindset in learners and helping them to take ownership of their education and demonstrate compassionate behavior. She will be working throughout the month of June to ensure a smooth transition into the 2015/2016 school year and said she is eager to build new partnerships with staff, parents, and students in the fall.

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It’s not easy being a desert rat stuck in the mountains. The desert ing the only water we could find dripping from a hidden seep, a thick putrid smelling soup high in alkali causing gastronomic distress that calls me. It always does. It always will. It happened to me a few weeks ago and required dropping every- made Montezuma’s revenge seem tame. What do you do in such dire straits? We found ourselves laughthing and heading south to the desert of Mexico, to Baja. Driving all ing at life, at our stupid decision to do this thing no night with a friend we ended up in a place that will not other sane archaeologist had ever done before. be named. We were too busy putting one step in front of the Too many people can spoil a good thing. other to write in our journals. You need to find your own special place in the land The only reference that exists to show our efforts of little rain. were not in vain is a short reference on page 394 in an Desert rats can be fairly solitary creatures who don’t obscure journal titled “Jornada Mogolloon Archaeolmind the scorpions, poisonous snakes, spiny hurtful ogy,” edited by Patrick H. Beckett and Regge N. Wiseplants and the dry, very hot air. Not a good place for the man. Good luck finding a copy. It’s out of print. faint of heart. Before our long hike we had conducted an aerial Paying your dues is important in such geography, reconnaissance of the Jornada Del Muerto in a friend’s where lessons in survival are tested daily. Entitlement has single engine Cessna 190. While in the air we had no place here. You may be somebody somewhere else marked visible segments of the primitive trail on USGS but the desert doesn’t care. topographic maps. A good place to experience the desert first-hand is the By Bill Kight Our trip consisted of following the trail on the Jornada Del Muerto, or in English, “Journey of Death.” There are countless references to this desolate place in many his- ground from the maps we had marked while flying. The secret to finding obscure trails from the air is to do low sun torical documents. It was the only way to travel from Chihuahua, Mexico to Santa Fe, New Mexico on the Camino Real when Spain angle flights from 30 minutes before and after dawn. Shadows appear cast from the swales along the sides of depressions created by the ruled the Southwest. When I was starting a career in archaeology, my friend Mike and oxen carts that traveled along the carretera or ”road.” Other segments of the Jornada Del Muerto were visible to us from I decided one spring to hike this 96-mile trek across forbidding desert from Ricon, New Mexico, north to San Marcial near present day the air as lines of mesquite, a thorny bush that grows in the Southwest. Mesquite bean pods fed to the oxen ended up as excrement. EvenSocorro, New Mexico. We made no caches of water or food before we left. Relying only tually as the trail was abandoned and with what little seasonal water on what we packed on our backs seemed very appropriate. How else fell, the seeds grew in the road itself. Want to learn more? Read “Jornada Del Muerto, A Pageant of the could we fully comprehend the plight of the souls who traveling this Desert,” by Brodie Crouch. road hundreds of years ago? Relying on the few water holes and rare springs that had been reWith more than 35 years of experience in federal land manageported in the historical record to was a gamble we were risking. ment agencies, Bill Kight of Carbondale shares his stories and It took four long days to complete our adventure. The last day we ran out of potable water and resorted to drink- concerns with readers every month.

veniently moved into this housing. With their low government salaries that is all they could afford. Which brings me now to the main point. Salaries in general, to this day, are low in this valley as compared to the cost of living. Economics 101 tells us why. There are more people looking for work than there are jobs. Because the valley is such an attractive place to live, people are always looking to move here. And people do come, from all over the planet. Business interests in the valley love this inexhaustible supply of employees because their labor costs stay low and their profits stay high. Property owners love cheap government because their taxes stay low. So if you are a person working for wages, and are lucky enough to own your own place, keep in mind that the property taxes you pay to build cheap housing is bringing in people that will do your job for less and keep your wages down. You might even lose your job, as did a number of people working for an out-of-state corporation that were just replaced with lower paid staff. Low income housing, therefore, is really about the business community increasing its profits on the government dime. And there you have “capitalism” at its finest. Patrick Hunter Carbondale

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Counterclockwise from upper left: • The Roaring Fork girls lacrosse team celebrates following a win at the Aspen Lacrosse Shootout at Crown Mountain Park in May. The team practices at Roaring Fork High School in April and May, and is composed of players from Carbondale Middle School, Carbondale Community School, Ross Montessori, Saint Stephens, Glenwood Springs High School and Roaring Fork High School. • The Rotary Club of Carbondale drew a lively crowd at Mi Casita a few weeks back. From left to right, Gary Beach, Terry Miller and Scott Eden gag out an energetic version of “Rawhide.” • Doc Philips’ snow in summer in full bloom. • Fernando at RJ Paddywacks had a dream job for a cat: keeping an eye on the caged baby chicks before they left the store. Photo by Lynn Burton

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presented information that showed trout at a hatchery in Germany, operated by a family named Hofer, were resistant to the paraSopris Sun Staff Report site. Coloradoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aquatic staff moved quickly After being devastated by whirling dis- to import eggs from Germany, which were ease in the 1990s, rainbow trout popula- hatched at the University of California at tions are increasing in most major rivers in Davis. The ďŹ ngerlings were then brought to the state, thanks to a 20-year effort by Col- CPWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bellvue hatchery near Fort Collins. The ďŹ sh grew quickly and their disease orado Parks and Wildlife aquatic scientists resistance was proven. By 2006 Schisler and biologists. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a long road, but bringing back stocked some of the Hofers in two reservoirs populations of ďŹ sh that were essentially ex- west of Berthoud. 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Team effort best describes the process of creation of the

beautiful white marble bases for the Art aRound Town sculpture exhibit. Carbondale Public Arts Commission thanks all the businesses and individuals who generously donated their time, labor and equipment to make it possible.

Colorado Stone Quarries

donated 20 tons of marble from their quarry up the road in Marble.

Girardi’s Heavy Haul, LLC

donated its trucks and manpower to move giant blocks of marble from the quarry into Carbondale.

CHRISTENSEN WELDING INC. Christensen Welding Inc.

donated the labor needed to cut and Įƚ ƐƚĞĞů ƉůĂƚĞƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ŽĨ each marble base.

Pine’s Stone Co.

donated labor and equipment to cut and fabricate the raw marble into unique bases you see around town.

Town of Carbondale Public Works Department

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Tim Hagman, Hagman Architects, ĂŶĚ :ŽŚŶ ,ŽīŵĂŶ͕ the Roaring Forge,

donated their experience and wisdom in helping the team create the bases.

Thank you all for making Carbondale a more beautiful and charmingly artful town!