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By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Staff The smell of smoke and the scarcity of fire engines in Carbondale’s Independence Day parade were stark reminders of the situation just up the road.

As of press time, the Lake Christine Fire near Basalt had grown to more than 330 acres and was burning north up Basalt Mountain. Despite the best effort of crews from several local departments, it was 0 percent contained — meaning there’s no manmade or natural perimeter to limit its spread — so it was hard to say what might happen next.

“Fire activity is very unpredictable,” said Eagle County Sheriff’s Office Spokesperson Jessie Porter.

Residents of roughly 80 homes on Original Road, Silverado Drive, Hillcrest Drive, Sagewood Court and Pine Ridge were evacuated shortly after the fire started on the evening of July 3, followed by Homestead Trailer Park, the Wilds, Ridge Road, Pinion and Cedar Drive on July 4 with other neighborhoods still in pre-evacuation (learn how to prepare at readyforwildfire.org).

The American Red Cross has been maintaining an evacuation center at Basalt High School (600 Southside Dr.) during the day, but has opted to issue hotel vouchers overnight.

In addition to the homes at risk, temporary power outages may continue as the fire affects transmission lines in the area. Smoke from the fire prompted a public health warning, with everyone encouraged to limit outdoor activity wherever visibility is less than five miles, particularly those with heart disease or respiratory illness, the very young and the elderly.

The two people who apparently ignited the blaze by firing off tracer rounds — pyrotechnic ammunition specifically banned under current fire restrictions — were issued a summons for misdemeanor arson in lieu of arrest, with further charges expected.

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The parade must go on

Carbondale’s Independence Day parade caters mostly to young kids, but the young at heart put in a strong showing as well. Marcia Provost, in particular, added to the ambiance by blowing bubbles as she rode alongside her fellow “Wrinkle Ranch Riders” from Crystal Meadows Senior Housing. Photo by Jane Bachrach

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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, email editor Will Grandbois at news@soprissun.com, or call 510-3003.

Land of the caged The Trump administration started separating children from from her parents and brought up in juvenile detention centers their parents at the border and relocating them while their par- and foster homes have any sense of love or loyalty for the counents await trial for seeking refuge. try that instigated her fate?

The immigration courts in this country are moving at the Instead of being welcomed with a safe place to stay and an speed of smell, and even if they could manage to find and reunite itchy wool blanket, immigrants are now treated like criminals; with their young children, the damage has been done: physically, caged and separated from their families. This is not the way we mentally, emotionally. How could we let this happen? It’s like do it. America has never been as idyllic as it sounds, and we’ve we’re all standing around on the playground folhad some seriously dark times, but the governlowing the rules of the game, i.e., due process, ment taking a child from her mother, who has Bill of Rights, blah blah blah… but these guys done nothing wrong, is malevolent. have taken the ball and gone home to look at Trump said he would “drain the swamp” but Little Johnny’s dead bird collection. This adminwhat he’s actually doing is pulling the plug on istration is going to make me believe in a ‘spethe bathtub that is the American system. Across cial place in hell’ — and I went to Catholic girls’ the departments of our government there is a noschool. I already know there’s no such place, just ticeable lack of filled positions, and time will tell, a natural process that’s currently out of whack but I think it’s an intentional hijacking. A few fat because of human greed and hubris. cats at the very top, very wealthy — very hard to “Poverty exists not because we cannot feed approach, and the rest of us, working in the salt the poor, but because we cannot satisfy the rich.” mines til the day we drop dead.

– www.pslweb.org According to predictions from the writers I In one generation the Republican party has read in my youth (Orwell, Bradbury, etc.) we’ll shifted from having a no-interference DIY (Do all be so soul tired from the lack of variety that It Yourself) perspective, to this new judgey rewe’ll welcome death with great relief. Oh yeahligious party that sells its own soul to any-andand there won’t be nearly as much stuff on the every corporate devil. But since when do consershelves. Personally, I don’t want to spend my

By Jeannie Perry vative Christians believe in separating mothers twilight years standing in line for toilet paper or from their children? chocolate, so I’d rather nip this in the bud.

“If only the ‘Christian’ far right had an example from the bible It’s obvious our president is a liar with no ability to feel empaabout a refugee mother fleeing tyranny with her baby under threat thy for others, and he surrounds himself with equally unscrupuof having him ripped from her arms-” – Qasim Rashid, Esq. lous souls, so I have to ask; what’s our plan here?! Are we really America is changing fast, and it looks like we’re headed for going to go peacefully into the dark night? Or, are we going to a dictatorship — either that or the Cliffs of Insanity. The piec- stand up to injustice and fight for everything this country was es are in place: propaganda instead of free press; all the major founded on? networks stick to the script, militarized police; American vets If we don’t do something soon, it will only get harder as tyrcame to aid of the protesters at Standing Rock, while the police anny thrives on indifference. And if we give in to a dictatorship, brought out water hoses and dogs, brainwashed youth; children then we’ll have to change our motto from land of the free and separated from their parents at the border and fed into the (bro- home of the brave. Because we’re not. ken) system.

This is the scariest, most asinine policy with a huge poten- Jeannie Perry is a writer, philosopher and cashier. Send your ideas, tial to create more homeland terrorism. Why would a child torn suggestions, words of wisdom, etc. to perrywilfley@yahoo.com.

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Honoring the miners Dear Editor: The plan to create The Coal Basin Monument, a memorial to those who lost

their lives in accidents related to the coal industry activities in Coal Basin is moving forward with support from individuals and community groups.

The response to the proposal and to the request for necessary funds has been positive, and the committee is now reviewing details for the project. Those who have already made financial commitments should send a check to Mt. Sopris Historical Society, for Coal Basin Monument, attention: Dorothea Farris, 42 Tybar Ranch Road, Carbondale, CO 81623. With the committed funds in the bank, we can proceed with final design, construction and installation.

We hope to hear, also, from those who have yet to make a decision regarding a possible contribution to the fund. We believe that the communities that for so many

years depended on and were supported by the industry of coal mining in Coal Basin should recognize those who sacrificed their lives in that work.

The men who worked in Coal Basin were strong, hard working and brave.

During the Mid-Continent era, Coal Basin jobs were the best paying industrial jobs in the area, and men came to Coal Basin for these jobs from far and wide, from Rifle to Marble, from Paonia to Redstone, from coal fields in Pennsylvania and West Virginia and Utah to Redstone. They endured long commutes, they endured harsh conditions, they endured sub-zero ventilation air, they endured dust and the darkness of pre-Creation.

They were drawn by more than the pay. They had pride in being able to work LETTERS page 15

Correction: A scuttlebutt item in the June 14 issue gave the wrong vet’s office as the location of a certain ceramic dog.

It was, in fact, Carbondale Animal Hospital.

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Never say never Pilot program helps paralyzed participants move again

By Megan Tackett Sopris Sun Staff It was the first time Adam Lavender stood in his wife’s embrace in six years. He’d been told by every spinal cord injury (SPI) expert at Craig Hospital that he would never regain mobility after a mountain biking accident in 2012.

He was, and always would be, a quadriplegic.

Yet after a month-long pilot program developed by Lauryn Moloney-Gepfert, founder and executive director of the Carbondale-based Neuroplastic Functional Institute (NFI), Lavender stood — independently — in the pool at Iron Mountain Hot Springs.

“Prior to that… we had to have three or four people assisting him in every little thing he did,” Moloney-Gepfert said. “Then this electrifying thing happened, and his brain connected with his body. He started moving, and then he stood up in the pool.”

The program, called Connect, trained four candidates — Lavender, Soren Lindholm, Ben Jenkins and Tucker Larrieu — with varying paralysis over a four-week period. Moloney-Gepfert, a Yale Medical School graduate who began her work in neuroplasticity in 1977, uses a combination of specific techniques to remap the brain by combining neuroplasticity, kinesiology and what she calls life education: mindfully shifting from an adrenaline-fueled, fight-or-flight space to a relaxed, open place amenable to learning.

“I began to teach them how to use their brain and how to use all different kinds of neurostimulation to be able to have input into the brain from the sensory nervous system to be able to tell the motor system what to do and… yeah.

People who were paralyzed started getting better,” she said.

“That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it.”

It’s more than a story. The team behind the Healing Out Loud Institute, the nonprofit arm of NFI, ensured that every step of the Connect program was well documented. They’re consulting with True Media Foundation to package their footage into a documentary. Tales of the work even inspired a single $28,000 donation on July 1 — just days after the participants celebrated their graduation from the first stage of work (there will be three- and six-month followups).

“All of this has been very carefully documented,” Lynn Kirchner, one of the program’s advocates, said. “[The participants] are all medically documented, monitored. We have a nurse here who takes vitals before, during and after each session. It’s very factual. Nobody’s going to blow holes on this.”

Everyone involved is prepared to share the results of the initial Connect training — all four participants accomplished demonstrable milestones toward functionality in the water — but Lavender acknowledges it will

Adam Lavender feeling successful as he comes into a relaxed state at Iron Mountain Hot Springs during a training session. Courtesy photo be a challenge to gain acceptance among conventional does with Soren is pain, [which] is almost, for me, the most important work she does with him. She keeps me going, bemedical institutions.

“We’re taught to adapt to where we’re at and learn how cause otherwise…” she trailed off, looking toward the pool to make our lives as good as we can with no expectation of and her son.

Since beginning his neuroplastic functionality training, getting better, so we’re not given any tools at all to improve our situation. As soon as you start talking about your soul Soren has become committed to 100-percent functionality. In the water, he’s able to make jogging and your spirit, that doesn’t fit in and cycling motions — something the post-industrial perception of that, like everyone in the program, the human body as a machine,” he had been told never to expect. said of the holistic approach.

“There’s words I wish doctors “I’m still in the upward curve, would eliminate from their vocabwhere I’d established movement ulary, and never is one of them,” for the very first time in the water, Kirchner said. “That word should but I’m still in the range where I not exist.” can’t jump out of the water and Tucker Larrieu, a 21-year-old do party tricks. But for someone professional dirt biker from Caliwho’s really ingrained in the physifornia who was paralyzed in a cal therapy world, it’s all about staracing accident, can now swim on bilizing something, isolating somehis back, kicking each knee, withthing… instead of ‘be as elastic – Adam Lavender out a life jacket. At Craig Hospital, as you can be and feel your spine moving.’ In the medical world, it’s ‘Oh, that’s too ambigu- he received no lower body rehabilitation, as it was seen as ous. You might be compensating.’ But that doesn’t matter squandered effort.

“We are going to do some GoPro footage hopefully, do to someone like me. To me, it matters that it’s happening. It some Facetime. We’ll communicate back and forth on his doesn’t matter what they’re writing on their chart.”

It doesn’t matter to the families of those injured, either. progress,” his mother Wendy said of the next steps now that For Kathy Lindholm, she’s just thankful her son Soren, an they’ve returned home.

“It has to be a nonstop process because nonuse is a 18-year-old Colorado Rocky Mountain School graduate, has found a way to manage his pain after a skiing accident pattern,” Lavender said of the future. “Nonuse is a neurological path. One of the most amazing outcomes of it is I left him completely paralyzed below the waist last year.

“When there’s a spinal cord injury, your level of neuro- am 100 percent convinced that complete, normal function pathic pain can be 1-10, and everybody falls in a different of my entire body is possible. There’s just no magic pill. I place,” she said. “Soren’s got 10. A lot of the work Lauryn have to put in the work.”

“We’re taught to adapt to where we’re at and learn how to make our lives as good as we can with no expectation of getting better, so we’re not given any tools at all to improve our situation.”

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Public property

In March 2017, after a high-profile, multi-year land exchange process, the BLM acquired the 557-acre Sutey Ranch north of Carbondale and 112-acre Haines Parcel along Prince Creek south of Carbondale in exchange for several parcels with little to no public access. The Sutey Ranch parcel provides critical big-game habitat and has the potential to provide access to significant recreational opportunities, while the Haines parcel provides connections to popular mountain bike trails. The BLM will be hosting a public open house from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. July 12 at the Third Street Center to help answer questions and take written comments.

More information about the parcels and the planning process is available at go.usa. gov/xnvM5. Comments may be e-mailed to blm_co_sutey_haines_rmpa@blm.gov.

My way or the highway The eastbound on-ramp and off-ramp at the intersection of Interstate 70 and Highway 82 will be closed from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. nightly from July 9 through 20.

The closures are to allow for construction access for grading and paving activities.

For alternate access in and out of Glenwood Springs, motorist should use exit 114 in West Glenwood. Incidentally, the Colorado Department of Transportation is hosting a telephone town hall beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 10. Anyone who does not receive a call but still

wants to participate, can call toll-free, 1-877-229-8493, PIN 112034.

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The Town of Basalt reportedly contacted Colorado Parks and Wildlife about limiting access to the Basalt State Wildlife Area shooting range, where the fire began, on July 2, but didn’t receive an immediate response. CPW has since announced the closure of all ranges the agency manages in the Northwest Region to public use until further notice.

Officials have issued a reminder that flying a drone over a wildfire is illegal and hampers firefighting. Stage Two fire restrictions also prohibit outdoor fires of any kind, charcoal grills, fireworks, welding, smoking except within an enclosed building or vehicle and use of a combustion engine without a spark arrester (more info at colorado.gov/pacific/dfpc/firebans-and-restrictions).

First responder Search and rescue crews mobilized following a report of an injured man near Geneva Lake on June 27, only to find out someone else had already taken him to safety. While we’re all glad to hear he made it out, we bet the rescuers would appreciate being in the loop next time.

Do the math The Roaring Fork Schools Board of Education approved the 2018-19 budget on June 13 with a combined total budget appropriation of $113.6 million. Of the district’s 12 funds, the general fund is the largest with an appropriation of $72.4 million. More than 86 percent of the general fund is allocated to schools, with the rest supporting facility maintenance, transportation, technology and other central services.

They say it’s your birthday Folks celebrating another year of life this week include: Chris Wurtsmith, H Mavis Fitzgerald, Carla Jean Whitley, Herb Feinzig and Adele Moss (July 5); Teri Bruna and David Clark (July 6); Melanie Finàn (July 8); Will Grandbois, Judith Ristchard and Kristin Garwood (July 9); Peter Gilbert and Rita Marsh (July 10) Bill Spence, Bob Young, Art Ackerman, Monica Munoz, Joanne Kaufman and Danny Muse (July 11).

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Megan Tackett contributed to our ongoing online coverage of this story.

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Ceramicists’ individual pursuits result in Paralleled Pastiche

By Megan Tackett Sopris Sun Staff

Artists Savanna LaBauve and Stephanie Seguin didn’t know each other when they each arrived in town last September to share a cozy studio space as the Carbondale Clay Center’s newest residents. But after a year of creative cohabitation, each acknowledges the other’s influence.

“I’m really excited to see how our work relates to one another,” Seguin said of their upcoming shared First Friday exhibition. “Each of us have seen the parts that we’re doing, but neither of us have seen it fully realized.”

LaBauve, a recent Louisiana State University graduate and Baton Rouge native, agreed.

“We do have our work space divided — but in the gallery, it’s not going to be a line down the middle. Everything is going to be intermixed, which is what we had decided from the beginning,” she said.

Even the exhibition title — Paralleled Pastiche — denotes a sense of interplay.

“Just being in a close space, even if we’re not talking directly about what we’re doing with our work, we can often find conversations that are happening between the work we’re making independently,” Seguin said, adding that’s she’s excited to see how that dynamic manifests in a gallery.

“I think for me, it’s toned-down color palette,” LaBauve said when asked to pinpoint a specific influence from Seguin’s style.

Though she’s decided to focus her scope to her ceramics, LaBauve was an avid painter during her undergraduate pursuits. “Dropping my painting side of things — they were very saturated and vibrant — I think that really shone through.

Stephanie has a very limited palette and really loves white on white, and I think I needed time to eliminate surface color and really focus on form. It definitely rubbed off on me.”

At that, Seguin laughed and held up turquoise and magenta paper cutouts from her side of the studio.

“The opposite is happening over here,” she exclaimed.

“My vessels are still very monochrome: white on white on white or red on red, but I’m starting to think about, ‘How do I introduce color into the two-dimensional painting aspect of this?’ And whether that’s because I’m seeing tiles of Savanna’s with colors or the flowers she always has in here arranged and drying — I don’t know what it is.”

That’s the focus of Seguin’s work: vessels.

“One thing I’ve kind of heard over and over working with the vessel is that they start to represent the human figure. Pots kind of do that: they have lips, they have bellies, they have feet, just like people,” she said. “In a small, subtle way, I’d love it if people started to think about that, like put their own projection of personality types onto these pots and see why they’re arranged the way they are.”

Meanwhile, LaBauve has centered her work on process, which often explores the arch shape. “I have this maybe not obsession but fascination with the arch shape [and] how they can tessellate,” she said. “A lot of my work prior to this was about pattern and tessellating shapes and how it looks in 2D and 3D. I’ve decided just to focus on the arch. It’s kind of the connector theme between everything.”

Viewers at Friday’s show can expect “a good mix of things,” LaBauve continued.

And while Clay Center Executive Director Angela Bruno described Paralleled Pastiche as “a culmination of everything they’ve been doing throughout the year,” both artists stressed that it represents a mere midpoint, not a finale, of their time in Carbondale: both women have committed to a second yearlong residency with the center.

“The appeal of [the residency] was to digest what had happened prior in schooling. I think when I initially got here, it was kind of a decompress time, and not so much a make, make, make time,” LaBauve said, mirroring Seguin’s sentiments about their first year sharing the studio. “That kind of happened towards the end of this first year, and ‘Wait, no, I have so much more to do!’”

Savanna LaBauve (top) and Stephanie Seguin.

Photos by Angela Bruno

Paralleled Pastiche

What: Artists in Residence Opening Reception When: 6-8 p.m., Friday, July 6 Where: Carbondale Clay Center, 135 Main St. Bonus: Onsite food truck

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Welcome to the Monkey House

By Kate Phillips Sopris Sun Correspondent Get ready to reach new heights later this month at Carbondale’s newest bouldering gym Monkey House Carbondale!

Conveniently located in the ET Plaza between Highway 133 and 12th Street, Monkey House Carbondale is a dynamic bouldering gym that was specifically designed to challenge climbers of all abilities.

From kids who are just learning to climb to expert level climbers, Fabrizio Zangrilli believes that everyone should feel welcome.

Monkey House Carbondale is, “a very exciting place with plenty of beginner, easy climbing that won’t be 18 feet off the ground until you progress and learn to fall properly.

[It also] functions really well as an expert training facility,” according to Zangrilli.

For Zangrilli — professional climber, mountain guide, family man, and owner of Monkey House Carbondale — the dream of opening a unique bouldering gym has been nearly two years in the making.

Once Zangrilli and his wife Alix received the official “climb on” from the Town, they immediately went to work searching for a facility that would be large enough to accommodate their dream.

“We found this space [...] it had a full second story here [...] and everything was converted into [about 22] office spaces [...] I came in here with a contractor and we took down the second story, gutted the place, took all the electric out, took all the HVAC out, and started afresh. We’ve been about six days a week since November,” Zangrilli said.

The hardwork has paid off as Monkey House now boasts a state-of-the-art gym with over 2,500 square feet of bouldering.

The entire bouldering area has 16 inches of high impact bouldering padding to assist with landing. The wall itself was designed, engineered, and installed by Walltopia, the world leader in climbing wall design and manufacturing. Ranging from 12 to 18 feet tall, the wall is presented in a three-dimensional design with plenty of overhang and route variety.

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der based company Kilter, are color coded according to the level of difficulty, starting with green and progressing to black. In bouldering, routes are rated using the Vermin Scale (v scale) with v0 being the easiest and v16 currently rated as the hardest. At Monkey House Carbondale routes range from v0 to v10+.

Zangrilli noted that bouldering routes will be reorganized every few weeks to give climbers variety and the opportunity to advance their skills with annual projects.

On the upper level of the building, a spacious and open area overlooks the lower level highlighting three incredible climbing boards. Installed by Zangrilli himself, the room, appropriately named the Boardroom, allows climbers to build strength while working on an endless number of projects. Zangrilli gushes over the Boardroom describing it as “one of the better training facilities in the country.”

As soon as climbers enter the Boardroom they are presented with a brand new Kilter Board. One of only two in the entire world, the Kilter Board at Monkey House Carbondale gives climbers a special opportunity to project on a 65 degree, LED, app controlled board.

To use the board, climbers simply download the Kilter App and choose the route they want to project. When a project is chosen, the Kilter holds associated with the chosen route light up starting with green and ending with pink. Climbers then carefully follow the blue and yellow holds for transgression and feet simultaneously.

The Kilter Board is really unique because “[The board allows for] quick transition between projects. [As a result] you can hang out and train with people of different abilities” Zangrilli explained.

In addition to the Kilter Board, the Boardroom is home to the Moon Board, an eight feet by 12 feet climbing surface set at a 45 degree angle. The Moon Board is one of about 1,000 of its kind globally. Similar to the Kilter Board, climbers can project GYM page 7

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predetermined routes from a downloadable app. The Moon Board sets itself apart by allowing climbers to connect with other climbers from all over the world. Each is set up the exact same way with holds that have one cardinal direction and one number.

Climbers then choose their routes on either the app which then uses lights to highlight the holds, or simply use the printed spreadsheet that distinguishes which holds and which direction to go. When a project is complete, climbers can use the app to compare their progress with other climbers.

To square up the Boardroom, climbers are able to train on the Campus Board and the Pullforce Meter Board. The Campus Board, fit with Moon campus rungs and So III Iron Palm training boards, is a “systematic way to get super strong very quickly [because it is] repetitive [and requires] specific movements,” according to Zangrilli.

The Pullforce Meter Board is a great way for climbers to discover where their imbalances are and quantitatively measure their progress.

Using

a Monkey House-designed hold that features four standard climbing angles, climbers simply attach the hold to the meter and pull. Climbers can then record this information to build training plans with Monkey House Carbondale coaches.

Zangrilli clearly expressed that the Boardroom is accessible for all climbers. Despite the obvious challenges these boards present, climbers are encouraged to step beyond their perceived capabilities and have some fun bouldering on world renowned boards! Imagine how great it would feel to project on the Kilter Board, look over your shoulder, and cheer for your friend as she sends the final few holds of her 18 foot wall climb.

If you are new to bouldering or feel as if you are plateauing in your abilities, fear not! Among the incredible equipment offered at Monkey House Carbondale, climbers can also choose to work with a highly qualified in-house coach. Many of the coaches are valley natives and well versed in the intricacies of bouldering. Feel free to schedule a session now by calling the front desk at (970) 340-4988.

For more information regarding day passes, rentals, memberships, private events, and more go online to www.monkeyhousecarbondale.com. To keep up to date with the latest news, check out Monkey House Carbondale on Instagram @ monkeyhousecarbondale.

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What: Tour, refreshments and equipment demos When: 4 to 7 p.m. July 6 Where: 898 Hwy. 133, Unit 101

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ALL BASALT LECTURES TAKE PLACE 5:30 – 6:30 PM

WEDNESDAY, JULY 11 The Female Athlete Thea Wojtkowski, MD

TUESDAY, JULY 17 Common Orthopedic Summer Injuries Thea Wojtkowski, MD

THURSDAY, JULY 19 Ultrasonic Shock Wave Therapy: An Alternative to Foot and Ankle Surgery Waqqar Khan-Farooqi, MD

TUESDAY, JULY 24 Osteoporosis of the Spine Stanley Gertzbein, MD

THURSDAY, JULY 26 What’s New in Total Knee Replacement: An Update Eleanor von Stade, MD MONDAY, JULY 30 Osteoporosis of the Spine Stanley Gertzbein, MD

The Monkey House isn’t quite ready to open yet, but Fabrizio Zangrilli was kind enough to give us a demo. Photo by Will Grandbois

Tomas Pevny, MD

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8 Are you a candidate for partial or total knee replacement?

Tomas Pevny, MD

TUESDAY, JULY 31 Rotator Cuff Tears: An Update Namdar Kazemi, MD TUESDAY, AUGUST 7 Are you a candidate for partial or total knee replacement?

Tomas Pevny, MD THURSDAY, AUGUST 30 Arthritis of the Foot and Ankle Waqqar Khan-Farooqi, MD

MONDAY, AUGUST 13 Shoulder Arthritis: An Overview Namdar Kazemi, MD

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SIP AND SUPPORT

Thursday, July 12 5:30 - 7:30pm The Guesthouse 6333 Highway 133, Carbondale Office: 970-340-8396

An evening of light bites and beverages in suppot of an upcoming SheLift Retreat, sponsored by Amoré Realty, at The Guesthouse. The evening’s speaker will be the Founder of SheLift, Sarah Herron. We are honored to endorse such a remarkable opportunity for so many women and we hope you are inspired to join us.

SheLift is a 501 (c)3 organization that empowers girls with physical differences to improve self-acceptance and confidence through outdoor adventures and body-positive mentorship.

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Town Report The following items are drawn from Town Manager Jay Harrington’s weekly report to staff, trustees and others.

OUR TOWN ONE TABLE is slated for Sunday, Aug. 19 this year. Reserve a table by emailing jwall@carbondaleco.net. This year’s theme is “The World Comes to Carbondale.”

THE MT. SOPRIS MUSIC FEST is slated for July 6, with five local acts — Wes Engstrom, Tommy the Animal, Cowboy Corral, Sleepy Justice and Cat Toys for the People — performing from 5 to 10 p.m. at the Fourth Street Plaza. Then, the music week ends on a nice note with with local acts Banjiri and Let Them Roar and Eldergrown from Durango performing from Sopris 4 to 8 p.m.

July 8 at Sopris Park.

FRIDAY FIELD TRIP is to the Silo Trampoline Park in Grand Junction on July 6.

COED SOFTBALL plays Monday nights at Bill Hanks Baseball Field. League scores and standings can be found at: http://www.quickscores.com/Orgs/ index.php?OrgDir=carbondalerec.

PARK SHELTER rentals are up, prompting staff to institute a weekend call-out shift and reset the timer light.

GATEWAY RV PARK usage remains above 90 percent for most RV-type sites, with minimal tent use.

The week of June 29 through July 6 saw 62 site reservations for a total of 143 customers.

THE 2017 AUDIT was presented by McMahan & Associates and accepted by the Board of Trustees on June 26. The audit is available online.

A SAFETY MEETING on active shooter training/ preparation was held for staff.

SNOWMASS DRIVE TRAIL work included continued progress on the retaining wall, moving into the final drywell installation and prep work for the sidewalk and curb.

WATER PLANT production is meeting current demands, with total average production from all plants at 1.88 million gallons per day, set at 74 percent production. The Town has been able to top off the White Hill tank daily, allowing the Roaring Fork and Crystal wells to shut down for brief periods between cycles.

THE DROUGHT MAP for the state remains unchanged. Frequent red flag warnings posted by the weather service are a strong indication of the severity of the dry conditions.

DUI ENFORCEMENT overtime will be supplemented by a grant secured by Sgt. Robb Windham. Also, Commander David Moreno recently attended an Aviation Interdiction training and Lieutenant Wurtsmith and Chief Schilling attended the annual Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police Conference.

Cop Shop From June 22 through the 28, Carbondale Police handled 219 calls for service. During that period, officers investigated the following cases of note: SATURDAY June 23 at 10:45 p.m. After stopping a car for driving with its hazard lights on, not using a turn signal and failing to drive on the right side of the road, police arrested the 46-year-old driver on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.

SUNDAY June 24 at 12:26 a.m. A summons was issued to a juvenile driver who was unable to provide a driver’s license after being stopped for speeding.

SUNDAY June 24 at 1:31 a.m. Police spoke with a 55-year-old woman who was hiding behind a tree in Weaver Cemetery and ended up arresting her for obstruction and trespass.

SUNDAY June 24 at 2:07 a.m. A speeding stop led to the arrest of a 34-year-old woman on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.

SUNDAY June 24 at 3:31 a.m. Following a traffic stop for failure to maintain a single lane, police arrested the 25-year-old driver on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.

MONDAY June 25 at 2:57 p.m. A report of a man sleeping on the Rio Grande Bike Path led to the arrest of a 51-year-old man on an outstanding warrant.

MONDAY June 25 at 8:06 p.m. Responding to a Report Every Drunk Driver Immediately (REDDI) report, police arrested a 39 year old on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.

TUESDAY June 26 at 5:47 p.m. Two “transients” were arrested on warrants.

WEDNESDAY June 28 at 9:14 a.m. Someone reported a vehicle break-in overnight.

WEDNESDAY June 28 at 3:52 p.m. Police contacted a man with an open container of alcohol at the RFTA Park and Ride and arrested him on an existing warrant.

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By Laney Devers Sopris Sun Intern Nineteen-year-old Jesus Terrazas of the same problems as anywhere else, but Gypsum was working for FedEx when he the community is tightly knit. In Gunsaw an ad in the paper for an opening at nison everything was so spread out, it the Carbondale Police Department. wasn’t like I was going to drive miles and It had been his dream since he was little just go knock on peoples doors to say hi. to work in law enforcement. Knowing the In Carbondale we have things like First odds were stacked against him as he was Friday, so if you step outside your door one of the youngest applicants, he applied most of the town is just right there. It’s for the position. He started in May at the really special.”

Carbondale PD as an ordinance officer.

Rupp, much like Terrazas, had known He describes the he wanted to be a cop his department as a secwhole life. ond family, saying, “Of “Growing up, I always course everyone gives thought everyone looked the new guy a little up to cops the same way bit of a hard time, but as I did. Unfortunately of overall they welcomed course, people have differme with open and ent experiences that shape accepting arms.” Alhow they feel about cops. though Terrazas knew And it’s often justified to for the majority of his have such negative con– Brandyn Rupp life that he wanted to notations. Because of these work with the police, connotations it’s becoming the first time he sat down his parents to se- even more of a rarity for young people like riously tell them he wanted to go into law Jesus to want to become cops. And it doesn’t enforcement was shortly after turning sev- help that more cops die on average than solenteen. “They were more than accepting. diers across seas. So I’m just happy there’s And now my little siblings even look up still people like him interested in the field.” to me, too. They say they want to become Jesus is well aware that it’s not tradipolice just like me.” tional for someone his age to be taking on Terrazas works closely with Brandyn the responsibility he is. “ Rupp who is also new to the Carbondale When I look at other nineteen year olds PD. He started at Carbondale in Novem- they’re usually partying, drinking, things ber at age 27. He’s been in law enforcement like that. So it can feel a little odd to be for four years, spending the past three and representing the badge and Carbondale as a half in Gunnison. a whole, but I wouldn’t change it for any“Some of my favorite moments so far thing. It really is my dream.” have been patrolling with Brandyn. It just In his free time Jesus watches baseball makes me more excited for the work I’ll be and football, both of which he played in doing after the academy.” Terrazas is waiting high school. He has a girlfriend who will to turn twenty one unil he’ll be old enough be attending Colorado Mesa University in to join the academy. He recently moved to the fall and loves spending time with his Rifle and after completing his training he four siblings and parents. plans to stay in Carbondale for the foreseeable future. He enjoys the small community and how personable the town is.

Rupp agrees that working in Carbondale is unique.

“The same crime is everywhere really, just on different scales.

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“Carbondale has all the same problems as anywhere else, but the community is tightly knit.”

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Community Calendar THURSDAY July 5

RAPTOR FAIR • ACES invites the community to visit Hallam Lake (100 Puppy Smith St., Aspen) from 3 to 5 p.m. for an all-ages free visiting opportunity with several birds of prey, including a bald eagle, peregrine falcon and screech owl.

COMPOSER • Ben Sollee plays at no charge at 8:30 p.m. at The Temporary (360 Market St., Willits).

FRIDAY July 6

SOPRIS MUSIC FEST • Local musicians Wes Engstrom, Tommy the Animal, Cowboy Corral, Sleepy Justice and Cat Toys for the People play from 5 to 10 p.m. at Fourth Street Plaza. Meanwhile Dizzy Lizzy the Clown and Spritz the Fairy provide face painting, balloon animals, bubbles and more family fun, with a special artisan and produce market just down the street.

CRAFT NIGHT • Drop your young artist off at HANDMAKERY (449 Main St.) while you dine and stroll downtown for First Friday. Limited seating; reserve a spot at handmakery.com.

1 + 1 = 3 • The R2 Gallery in The Launchpad (76 S. Fourth St.) hosts a collaborative exhibition featuring new works by ceramic artist Doug Casebeer and mixed media artist Betsy Chaffin with a 5:30 p.m. artists talk and 6 p.m. reception.

PARALLELLED PASTICHE • The Carbondale Clay Center (135 Main St.) features a new body of work from the Clay Centers 2018 Artists in Residence, Savan-

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na LaBauve and Stephanie Seguin with a 6 to 8 p.m. opening.

ALT COUNTRY • Corb Lund play at 9 p.m. at The Temporary (360 Market St., Willits). $25 in advance at tacaw.org or $30 at the door.

SUNDAY July 8

COMMUNITY PLANTING • Bring gloves and garden tools to the Latino Folk Art Garden from (Eighth St. and the Rio Grande Trail) from 2 to 5 p.m. to help bring together the community’s cultures.

MUSIC IN THE PARK • Banjiri, Let Them Roar and Eldergrown play for free from 4 to 8 p.m. at Sopris Park.

RENEGADE BLUES • Next 2 The Tracks descends on The Black Nugget (403 Main St.) from 9:30 p.m. ‘til the wee hours of the morning.

MONDAY July 9

FRI to THU July 6-12

MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre (427 Main St.) presents “Mountain” (PG) at 7:30 p.m. July 6-8 and July 10-11; “Hearts Beat Loud” (PG-13) at 5:15 p.m. July 7; “RBG” (PG) at 5:15 p.m.

July 8 and “Andy Irons: Kissed by God” presented by Teton Gravity Research at 7:30 p.m. on July 12. Closed July 9.

SATURDAY July 7

JOHN DENVER TRIBUTE • Redstone Magical Moments Summer Concert Series presents a free concert with Cowboy Brad Fitch from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Redstone Park.

NEW ORLEANS FUNK • At 9 p.m., Big Sam’s Funky Nation brings the groove to The Temporary (360 Market St., Willits). $22 in advance at tacaw.org or $27 at the door.

BLOODLIGHT AND BAMI • Dance, Art and Music Films continue with an electrifying journey through the public and private worlds of pop culture mega-icon Grace Jones screening at 8 p.m. at The Temporary (360 Market St., Willits). $8 for Aspen Film members, $11 advance at tacaw.org or $13 door.

TUESDAY July 10

BLEU • A multi-style dance experience featuring a cast of 16 local youth comes to Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave.) at 11:30 a.m. with free shows at other libraries throughout the week.

POWER HOUR • The Carbondale Chamber offers a chance to learn about Workforce, unemployment statistics and more from noon to 1 p.m. at the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.). $25 in advance (963-1890 / chamber@carbondale.com) and $30 at the door includes lunch provided by Carbondale Beer Works.

SCULPTURE • The Ann Korologos Gal-

lery (211 Midland Ave., Basalt) invites you to discover the dimensions of the West as brought to shape by sculptors Amy Laugesen, Gordon Gund, Neil Clifford, Lloyd Schermer and Lisa Gordon with a 5 to 7 p.m. opening.

WEDNESDAY July 11

BLOODMOBILE • Donate blood from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m in front of the Rec. Center.

DOCUMENTARY • At 5 p.m., Basalt Regional Library (14 Midland Ave.) screens “Kedi-Cats of An Ancient City.”

AUTHOR TALK • Writer in Residence Kevin Fedarko discusses his work — including bestseller “The Emerald Mile” — at 6 p.m. at The Temporary (360 Market St., Willits) in a free event.

Ongoing HIGH NOON • Bring your compliments, complaints and ideas to Sopris Sun Editor Will Grandbois at 12 p.m. Thursdays at the Pour House (351 Main St.).

EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN • Staff and sources talk about this week’s paper and more at 4 p.m. Thursdays on KDNK (88.1 FM).

HEALTH THROUGH NUTRITION • Free opportunities include… One-hour consultation about heart attack prevention, plant-based nutrition, other medical issues.

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M.D. for appointment (379-5718). First Monday of every month catch a powerpoint presentation by Dr. Feinsinger about the science behind plant-based nutrition, 7 to 8:30 p.m., boardroom Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.). Fourth Monday of every month, plant-based potluck 6:30 p.m.

Calaway Room, Third Street Center. All events supported by Davi Nikent, Center for Human Flourishing. More information at www.davinikent.org.

RODEO • The nonprofit, volunteer Carbondale Wild West Rodeo continues at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays at the Gus Darien Riding Arena on Catherine Store Road.

FARMER’S MARKET • Sample wares from a small, eclectic blend of local farmers, producers and artisans Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Fourth Street Plaza.

GRIEF AND LOSS • Pathfinders offers a grief and loss support group every other Monday at 6 p.m., and a caregiver support group every other Wednesday noon.

An RSVP is required to Robyn Hubbard at 319-6854. Pathfinders offers support groups from Aspen to Rifle and is located in Carbondale at 1101 Village Rd. Info: pathfindersforcancer.org.

TRIVIA • Geeks Who Drink comes to Batch (358 Main St.) at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays, free.

LET’S JUST DANCE • Feel great, have fun and dance Tuesdays at The Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.). Catch a free lesson at 7 p.m., then from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. it’s

open dancing with two-step, swing, waltz, line dance, salsa and more. No partner or experience necessary. $8/person; $14/couple. Questions? Call 970-366-6463 or email billypat4@gmail.com.

WRITERS GROUP • Wordsmiths of all experience and abilities gather at the Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave.) at 6 p.m. on the second Monday of the month.

WORLD DANCE • Learn rhythms from various countries and cultures for $12 per class from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Mondays at the Carbondale Community School (1505 Satank Rd.).

STORY ART • Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave.), in partnership with the Aspen Art Museum, invites kids to learn about artists and create masterpieces of their own at 4 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month.

PARENT CHILD CLASSES • Waldorf on the Roaring Fork (16543 Highway 82) presents classes for parents and children 0-1.5 on Wednesdays June 20 thorugh July 25 and parents and children 1.5 to 3 on Thursdays June 21 through July 26; siblings up to kindergarten age welcome. Info and sign up at waldorfschoolrf.org.

YOUR STORY, YOUR LIFE • A free facilitated workshop for adults, writing your personal history, one story at a time. Facilitated by Shelly Merriam, historian/writer/ genealogist. First and third Fridays, 10 a.m. to noon at the Glenwood Springs Branch Library, (815 Cooper Ave.). Info at 945-5958 or gcpld.orgf.

MEDITATION • Free silent meditation sessions are held at the Launchpad (76 S. Fourth St.) from 6:45 to 7:30 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Additionally, The Monday Night Meditation Group meets from 7 to 8:15 p.m. at True Nature (100 N. Third St.) and offers instruction in the Buddhist practice of Vipassana. Also at True Nature, everyone’s invited for SRF meditation from 10 to 11 a.m. on the first Sunday of the month.

STORYTIME • Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave.) hosts stories songs and more for ages four and up at 10:30 a.m.

Thursdays and three and under at 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays. Kids must be accompanied by an adult.

MINDFULNESS • The Mindful Life Program in the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.) offers group sessions Mondays at 7:30 p.m. Admission is by donation and registration is not necessary. Info: mindfullifeprogram.org and 970-633-0163.

chi with John Norton at 8:30 a.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays; tai chi with Marty Finklestein at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays; Alaprima Painters at 11 a.m. on Thursdays; the Senior Matters Book Club at 4 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of the month; and the Roaring Fork Brain Train.

Info: seniormatters.org; Diane Johnson at 970-306-2587; and Senior Matters, Box 991, Carbondale CO, 81623.

SENIOR RADIO • Diane Johnson talks about senior issues and services on KDNK at 4:30 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month.

RUN AROUND • Independence Run & Hike hosts a run around town Saturdays at 8 a.m. Meet at the store 596 Highway 133 (in La Fontana Plaza) and run various distances, with different routes each week.

Info: 704-0909.

ONE VOICE • Lisa Dancing-Light, founder of Higher Octave Music Programs, presents a community singing group intended to celebrate the joy that music brings to the spirit. Every other Thursday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at The Helios Center (601 Sopris Ave.) in Carbondale.

BRIDGE • The Carbondale Bridge Club hosts duplicate bridge (not sanctioned by ACBL) from 6:30 to 10 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.). $6/per pair. Contact Marlene for more info: 928-9805.

RAGTIME • Theatre Aspen (470 Rio Grande Pl.) presents an epic musical set in 1900s New York with shows through August.

BOOK CLUB • Join friends and fellow readers to discuss great books at Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave.) at 4 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month; call 963-2889 for this month’s selection.

SENIOR MATTERS • The nonprofit Senior Matters, based in the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.), offers numerous programs for senior citizens, including: tai

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Let’s write a story together

Chapter seven: Monsters and Angels

By Matt Roeser It was a joyous, boundless celebration.

Kids from seven to 70 where whooping, hollering, and laughing, as they galloped, pranced, strolled and paraded down Main Street, many riding on once inanimate statues. To Oscar and Sophia it felt like a Disney fairytale.

The strange, eerily glowing man, Hunter S. Thompson, riding high on the pink wire bunny leaned toward them yelling over the noisy crowd: “The word make no sense, I tell ya. Afterlife?!?! It’s an oxymoron. If you die and go somewhere else, it’s not really after life, is it kid? It’s just life but in a completely different, strange and unfamiliar form.

Like living in Texas.” Hunter laughed at his own joke.

Oscar couldn’t really follow the odd, zombie man. Too much was going on. The parade cirled back on the bike path behind True Nature.

The wind picked up, whipping through the trees and tall grasses, creating waves of sound that rose and fell in synchronicity with the strong gusts. Oscar’s head felt like a balloon, with air slowly escaping, only it was his thoughts leaking out. The whole crowd seemed to be experiencing the same thing. People were lost and disoriented, forgetting where they were or what they were doing. Oscar forgot he rode on the back of

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the bronze animal the size of a VW Beetle, and in doing so relaxed his grip. When the galloping statue stopped to sidestep a very surprised road biker, Oscar slid off the back and tumbled into the dry grasses, rolling for several feet before coming to an abrupt halt.

The rest of the crowd experienced similarly ungraceful and painful dismounts from their statues.

Slowly, the people rose to their feet, dusting themselves off, and checking for any injuries. It took a moment for their minds, momentarily deflated, to re-inflate themselves with meaning and clarity. When it did, they laughed and talked, sharing their wonderful, whimsical and wholly magical stories of what it was like for them to ride, if only for a few brief, yet shining moments, statues sprung suddenly to life.

All except for Hunter. He still sat atop his pink rabbit. He swung his oversized ride off in the direction of the dog park muttering something about the beauty of angels and needing to find his lost soul. It was the last Oscar saw of him.

Oscar turned to admire the enormous buffalo, but it was gone. The same thing happened to all the statues. The next

Editor’s note: This monthly literary and creativity section features a sort of telephonegame story. Read the whole thing at soprissun.com/groupstory and sign up to write a chapter, submit a poem or otherwise get involved by emailing news@soprissun.com. morning they were all back in their familiar homes, even Humpty who had broken into over a dozen fragments sat on his perch greeting library patrons, leaving everyone to speculate if the statues had really come to life at all, or was it all a dream.

••• “Oscar get up!

You’re going to miss the bus,” his mom yelled up the stairs the day after the statue parade. Sophia and Father were already seated at the breakfast table, plates filled with warm tortillas, fresh avocado, eggs and sliced peaches.

“What is up with that boy,” Father asked to no one in particular.

“Rudy is up.” Mother had returned, seating herself at their butcher block kitchen table and heard her.

“Rudy? Rudy who?”

“You know Rudy,” Sophia replied, exasperated, as if her parents should know, as often as his name had come up from last school year.

“His parents own the bakery. Tall kid, freckles. Anyway, he picks on Oscar all the time.”

Just then Oscar plopped himself down on his seat as all eyes fixed on him.

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His father looked directly at Oscar, and asked, “What is going on with this boy Rudy?”

Oscar glared over at Sophia.

“It’s nothing Dad. Just some kid at school. I can take care of it. Like you always say. There are going to be bullies and mean people everywhere and we have to learn to deal with it and find a way to not let it bother us.” He looks over at Sophia, now seeking her support. She nods.

“And I also tell you that you can’t hide or run from your problems. Maybe you need some help dealing with this kid.”

“No dad. I got it,” huffed Oscar, hoping it would be the end of the conversation.

His father, sensing further discussion is useless, gets up, pushes in his chair, and walks to the sink to wash his plate, adding, “Ok. We’ll talk about this later.”

The brother and sister finished their breakfast in silence before hustling out the door to wait for the bus. Oscar is thinking about his grandmother and how much he misses her as he trudged up their gravel driveway.

This summer especially had been hard for him, since it was the first one they hadn’t sat together at sunset, sitting side by side on their front porch swing in the warm evening sipping mint julep iced tea.

She always had the right words to make IMAGINE page 14

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By the light of the moon

By Jane Bachrach Sopris Sun Staff

for myself and people like me thanks to Light of the Moon, Inc. - Publishing DiONCE UPON A TIME, in the small vision, a local, one-stop-shop if you’re a but quirky town of Carbondale, there lived writer and want to self-publish your book. a woman who wrote a children’s book. She Founder and CEO Alyssa Ohnmacht is finished the book in no time, had it illus- also the longtime publisher of the Crystal trated and designed by local artists and Valley Echo newspaper in Redstone. was quite happy with the finished product.

“In last several years I’ve had the opShe loved it, in fact. portunity to work on severThat was about 10 years al people’s books and help ago. The book, in the form them get self-published. of a pdf, has lived on her Then, in the last year I startcomputer ever since. Most ed realizing that I love putof the time it slept, but ting books together which every once in awhile she is something most authors would wake it up and send don’t like and don’t know it to a publisher or a few how to do. Authors like editor friends for feedback, to write and not do all of – Olivia Savard which by the way was pretthat other ‘stuff.’ I’m not a ty good. She also woke it writer but I love to do all of up to make some manuscript changes — that other ‘stuff.’ That is my creative part,” small ones, but in her mind, significant. She Ohnmacht said. even went to Amazon’s Create Space to see Although she was able to help people if she could self publish it because that was get the books into the right form with supposed to be so simple. Not! respect to layout and design, she felt that To her, the business of getting her book some pieces of the puzzle were misspublished was difficult and overwhelming, ing. She didn’t know how to help with so it continued to sleep, until now, and yes, the editing and marketing of the books that woman would be me. but solving this problem wasn’t a strugI am not alone. In fact, this problem is gle. Sitting at the breakfast table one fairly common among artists and creative morning while talking to her daughter, people whose passion is to create but have Olivia Savard, she realized the two of a hard time dealing with the business side them could work together. “I realized by of how to get their work out there for the working together we could offer a more public to see. Fortunately, help has arrived complete package,”she said.

“…I love helping people promote their work and their passion. …”

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The Light of the Moon, Inc. team members (left to right: Olivia Savard, Alyssa Ohnmacht and Kayla Henley) share an amusing moment under the sun.

Photo by Jane Bachrach “I love solving puzzles and helping individuals and small businesses grow their online presence,” said Savard, who has a B.S. in Communications and has also been the social media manager for multiple companies around the valley. According to Savard, “I work with the clients and help them to promote their book over social

media platforms, both on our company pages, and if the author chooses, their own pages.” She can help authors get their books onto Amazon as well as promote their books online, write press releases, schedule book signings and more.

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publishing company is that it’s personalized for each author and this extends to the marketing. According to Savard, “self-marketing is not always fun or easy for the authors (or anyone)! I love helping people promote their work and their passion and if I can do that for them by helping them market their creation, then I am thrilled! I really enjoy working with others and ‘solving the puzzle’ of online marketing and social media.”

The team was finally complete with the hiring of Editor Kayla Henley. A longtime friend of Savard’s, Henley and her talents have been no secret to Ohnmacht.

“After studying creative writing at University of Denver, I’m extremely excited to put that knowledge to use in an editing position because editing to me is a perfect combo as it combines my love of reading with creative analysis of writing,” Henley said. “We’ve already worked with a few authors and I’ve loved every bit of it because it’s an array of genres I get to engage with, so whether its a novel, self-help book or a children’s illustration book, you never know what kind of story is going to be coming down the pike so it keeps the job engaging and interesting.”

Regarding their services, Ohnmacht said that when an author contacts them, each book goes through an editorial review where they give the author feedback. Some books need a lot of work and some need very little. Depending on how much work is needed — whether it’s layout, editing, a cover, marketing or all of those things — or for someone who is on a shoestring and wants their book self-published, she said they have priced themselves competitively. They’re a small company and the customer gets small company service

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rather than one-size-fits-all. There are no templates here. Every book is custom.

Ohnmacht says that “Light of the Moon is publishing with a personal touch. We get on the author’s team and are with them every step of the way… My years of experience in publishing allows me to know how to print each author because everyone is different. We want to make it really quality and I want everyone to be published in the best light, so to speak.”

As for mother and daughter working together, according to Savard, “We are both go-getters and we work well together. We do not try to do the other’s job and allow space for the other person which is vital when working with family! All in all, I cannot imagine a better business partner,” Savard said According to Henley, “We’re a good trio. I’ve got the editing, Olivia does marketing and social media, and Alyssa does the layout, graphic design and visual stuff and she’s a great communicator.

We all have a lot of respect for what each other does and it’s all of our combined strengths that’s going to make this company a success.”

I am really excited and relieved to be telling and selling my story with Light of the Moon, and finally looking forward to living happily ever after! You’ll be hearing about it soon in this newspaper and through social media which fortunately will be handled by someone who knows what they’re doing.

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Imagine from page 12 him feel better. She’d say, “monsters are monsters, and angels are angels.” People who were nice and kind, the angels, could be counted on to continue to be nice kind, but people who were monsters, the mean, the greedy, the ignorant, the hateful, sadly she would say, could also be counted on to continue to be that way.

She would smile, grip his hand in her gnarled, wrinkled, yet soft warm hand, and say, “Just stay away from the monsters, find other angels like you and you will always be happy, my little angel.” But those words, once so comforting, like his grandmother were gone today.

The mountain may have come to life, statues may have run down Main Street, and the rivers may have flooded with apples, but monsters were still monsters, and Rudy was still a big jerk, Oscar thought bitterly as he rode the bus to Carbondale Middle School for another in the start of a long series of painful weeks.

Letters from page 2 in the challenging conditions of heavy gas production and more than 2,000 feet of overburden. They had the adventure of advancing foot by foot into ground buried for 100 million years. They had the camaraderie that develops from sharing these adventures.

But there was a price to pay, a tariff of human life, always imposed by fate on the extraction of coal. That was the case here, and those who had to pay that price will be named on the sign accompanying the current monument, as a tribute to their bravery and with hope that they will not be forgotten.

Bill Jochems, Jason Jaynes, Peter Martin, Dorothea Farris Monument Committee

Thank you fourth graders Dear Editor: Learning how to give back is a valuable lesson.

Two fourth grade classes at Aspen Elementary School taught by Ms. Kate Korn and Ms. Katie Fox learned just that. These young students recently donated the proceeds from their lemonade stand, a total of $126, to Ascendigo Autism Services.

According to the heartfelt handwritten note that accompanied the check, these students donated to Ascendigo because “your program helps support people of all ages, locally and all over the nation on all ends of the autism spectrum. Ascendigo has lots of summer and winter camps for kids and adults with autism which is special because there aren’t many others.”

Maybe we should offer these students a summer internship with our marketing team? Impressive communication.

This is the second year in a row that Ms. Korn’s and Ms. Fox’s fourth grade classes have donated to Ascendigo. We humbly thank these fourth graders (now fifth graders)! Your hard-earned money will cover the cost of a child on the autism spectrum to attend our Saturday Adventures Club this fall for a day!

Peter Bell Ascendigo Autism Services President & CEO

Awesome alumni Dear Editor: As I recently testified to the Garfield County Board of County Commissioners composed of the Hon. Tom Jankovsky, the Hon. John Martin and the Hon. Mike Samson, nobody for hundreds of miles (including Aspen) has a high school alumni who ever beat the glorious numbers of stellar achievers that the Hon. Marty Silverstein’s DeWitt Clinton High School in The Bronx, New York produced.

The Hon. Silverstein’s high school only turned coed in recent times.

The most powerful tourism magnet and curiosity interest for Garfield County and the Town of Carbondale is the Hon. Silverstein and his DeWitt Clinton High School awesome alumni both dead and alive.

I can show and work with those in Carbondale and Garfield County who are really interested and determined to attract

tourism dollars and become a national powerhouse what can be done.

Over the many years I have been ignored and rejected by local public relations, marketing, and advertising in Carbondale, Garfield County and the Roaring Fork Valley.

However, when you come out of the ideas, creativity and entertainment capitals of New York City, Hollywood and Beverly Hills like I, you’ve got more sense, game and foresight than those who masquerade as what’s happening experts in savvy marketing, public relations, adver-

tising, special events, tourism attraction and showmanship.

Put your money on me, your game change for Garfield County and Carbondale, working the astounding possible positive residual effects of past, present and future DeWitt Clinton High School alumni in your lives and raising your Garfield County American-born poor out of poverty and misery.

As President Donald Trump says, “What have you got to lose?”

Emzy Veazy III Aspen

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Legal Notices Unclassifieds PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held before the Carbondale Planning and Zoning Commission for the purpose of considering an amendment to the Unified Development Code (Title 17 of the Carbondale Municipal Code). Specifically, the amendment is related to Child Care Facilities, including but not limited to Section 4.2 Table of Allowed Uses, Section 4.3 Use-Specific Standards, Section 5.8 Off-Street Parking, etc.

The applicant is the Town of Carbondale.

Said Public Hearing will be held at the Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO at 7:00 p.m. on July 26, 2018.

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

The application may also be reviewed on the Town’s website at www.carbondalegov.org Janet Buck Planning Director Published in The Sopris Sun on July 5, 2018.

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