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Sun Volume 9, Number 22 | July 6, 2017

Who needs fireworks?

…When you have bubbles? Logan Fogel, 6, brought just that to Carbondale’s Fourth of July parade down Main Street. Actually, between all the red-white-and-blue outfits and decorations, kids’ and adults’ smiling faces and the tremendous turnout of both participants and onlookers, some might say we’re all living in a beautiful bubble. Photo by Jane Bachrach

FRIDAY, JULY 7 TH IS FIRST FRIDAY! LIVE MUSIC! STREET PERFORMERS! COMMUNITY! Located in the heart of Carbondale’s Creative District

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

Missing the ’80s as the country loses ground I recently binge-watched the entire first season of the show sist Number 1. They got punk’d. They thought they were voting for Stranger Things, and it made me nostalgic for the 1980s. The sto- a guy who would shake up the establishment, give the mic back to ryline is a cross between The Goonies and a Stephen King novel- the workers, but instead they voted for a charlatan who wants think Firestarter. But it was the costumes and set design that really more than anything else to be invited to the billionaire’s table. I took me back — all the way to the way-back of the station wagon believe that’s why he won’t release his tax returns — not until he we had when I was growing up. I suppose every generation goes can report those important extra 0s as income.

Donald Trump is the freak on a leash to get us to through this, looking back on their formative decade buy a ticket to the carnival, but even his staunch supwith a sense of longing; wishing for the good ole days porters must admit the show is winding down. The to return and bring with them the innocence and main tent that is the Republican Party is mostly hope that vanished somewhere along the way… empty with GMO popcorn strewn about the No other generation yet has lived through bleachers. This manboy is mentally unstable and such leaps and bounds with regards to global incapable of building up our infrastructure, much communication. Generation Xers grew up talkless a bridge to the future. Sidebar- to all non Naing to each other on telephones attached to the tive Americans who think a wall along the US borwall (as they had been for a hundred years) and der is a good way to handle the many issues now we can facetime our childhood friends from associated with immigration: go sit in the corner almost anywhere in the world. And yet, for all and seriously consider whether your hypocrisy is our technological improvements we are stuck in a rut worth everything our ancestors went through to get of Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (also the name

By Jeannie Perry here. Then get on Travelocity and book a trip to a deof a great band with roots in 80s punk.) Are we so desperate for attention and validation that we’ve turned our own veloping nation. International travel opens our eyes to what it government into a reality show? Each day I wake up wondering if means to live in a country of opportunity; a country that was built today’s the day, the day when some little guy with ears that stick on the backs and voices of immigrants.

“If you are more fortunate than others, it’s better to build a out will jump from behind the curtain and say, “Gotcha!” The day when they will take Trump away in a white van to get the help he longer table than a higher fence.”

Unfortunately, I think this egocentric administration is going to so desperately needs. The day when reality regains some ground, crash the economy right through the front yard and into our livand we can move towards a sane, safe, sustainable future. ing room. They say you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone; But alas, each day is better than the next.

Instead, we’re losing ground — not to mention face with the just like the hideous clothing, Slurpee brain freeze, and bike-riding rest of the world. Withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, dis- all day until the streetlights come on…, oh — how I miss the summantling protection for National Parks, leaving Cuba stranded be- mer of 1980! And now that Congress is working to make the tween Miami and a hard place; everything this administration does Dodd-Frank Act go the way of shoulder pads, it shouldn’t take seems to speed up the Trump Train of Inconceivable Hubris. In my long for the housing market to collapse. Maybe when we’re all out opinion, the people who voted for Trump are not entirely to blame on the streets we’ll stop slinging mud and bullets at each other and because the oligarchy needed a puppet and he was simply Narcis- focus on getting everyone a seat at the table.

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Include your name and residence (for publication) and a contact email and phone number. Submit letters via email to news@soprissun.com or via snail mail to P.O. Box 399, Carbondale, CO 81623. The deadline to submit letters to the editor is noon on Monday.

Pig roast helped youth Dear Editor: Thank you to our generous supporters for contributing to the success of our ninth annual YouthEntity Pig Roast Benefit on June 24, underwritten by Allen & Sandra Henry and Woodbridge Realty International.

The funds we raise help us reach over 2,500 youth annually with our job ready, career ready, life ready programs that empower youth for future success. To help youth become career ready, we provide a variety of career development and entrepreneurial programs. We also have a large focus on personal financial literacy so that positive money choices can be made at home, regardless of career choice.

Our staff and board sincerely appreciate the contributions of our 2017 business sponsors: Alpine Bank, Nancy & Richard Rogers/Mary Kay, Glenwood Springs Subaru, Wealth by Design, Dalby Wendland & Co., Aspen Club, Luminosity Counseling, Ann Korologos Gallery, Aspen Snowmass Sotheby’s International Realty, Allegria Restaurant and Steak ’n Shake.

We would also like to thank our generous auction and table donors, patrons and volunteers. Together, we are helping youth to build intrinsic motivation and gain real-world exposure to careers so that they may chase after their dreams with determination.

Learn more by visiting us at YouthEntity.org Kirsten Petre McDaniel YouthEntity Executive Director

Streetscape a waste of money Dear Editor: I’m hoping that someone, anyone, can kindly point out any redeeming features of our new streetscape on 3rd Street. It’s good that a few folks got access to the town ditch. But other than that, it’s a complete waste of money. The plastic construction fencing is really sweet…

Jeff Maus Carbondale

Easier to hack Dear Editor: Trump’s idea to collect the voter registration info from all 50 states will save the Russians a lot of time. With the voter’s information in hand, they can then just focus on hacking into the electronic voting machines. Instead of winning the presidential election by just 10,000 Wisconsin votes and squeaking the Electoral College, Trump can win the popular vote too!

John Hoffmann Carbondale

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Thank you for supporting music education Dear Carbondale community: Thank you very much for your support of music education and making the first ever Carbondale JAS Student Bistro/ Dessert extravaganza at Roaring Fork High School a huge success.

We would like to give a special thanks to the Pour House, the Village Smithy, Rock Canyon Coffee, City Market, Whole Foods, the Sopris Sun and all the amazing parents and families who donated and baked desserts, and the huge turnout of people who made the event a lot of fun.

Thank you also to Mark Gray, Jazz Aspen Snowmass Music in the Schools, Mark Johnson, and all the JAS staff and musicians that make music education happen throughout the year. We are so lucky to live in a town and valley that gives students great music experiences.

Thank you again for all of your help in strengthening and supporting music education and we hope to see you again next year.

The Roaring Fork High School Jazz Band LETTERS page 16

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‘Bioblitz’ examines the ecological diversity of Powers’ ranches

By Megan Tackett Special to The Sopris Sun Start with what you have.

That’s the sentiment of Garfield County resident and properties-owner John Powers, and it’s why he commissioned the Colorado National Heritage Program (CNHP) to bring in almost 20 scientists, student interns and expert volunteers for five days to survey the species that also call his Spring Valley and Rifle Creek ranches home.

During the week of June 26, CNHP — a program based out of Colorado State University’s Warner College of Natural Resources in Fort Collins — uprooted staff and students to spend a week in the Roaring Fork Valley to launch the indepth biodiversity study, which they branded a “bioblitz.”

It was the second of its kind in as many years, and all involved plan for it not to be the last.

“We act locally — we work on the scale of bioblitzes — but we’re connecting that to a global story for conservation,” David Anderson, CNHP director and chief scientist, said during a June 29 presentation at the Third Street Center.

The key in biodiversity studies of this nature, it seems, is diversity. CNHP partnered with several local entities to ensure the survey’s feasibility: Colorado Mountain College housed those visiting from Fort Collins, and the Aspen Global Change Institute in Basalt provided staff and interns to help with field work.

“The thing about ecology is, it’s the study of our natural world. And our natural world is incredibly complex. While you can understand certain components of the natural world, no one in a lifetime can understand all those components, and certainly not all those components and how they work together,” said Elise Osenga, research and education coordinator at the Aspen Global Change Institute. “And so that’s where partnerships like this are incredibly important. I know my little piece of the puzzle, and everyone else knows theirs, and when we put them all together, we get a finished puzzle — sort of; there are still missing pieces because it’s ecology and we’ll never know everything,” she added.

To that end, CNHP has a “dual identity,” as Anderson described it. “We’re part of CSU, but we’re also part of this international network of programs organized through a nonprofit called NatureServe, based in Arlington, Va. NatureServe takes data and science that our program produces and combines it into a hemisphere-wide map of conservation priorities. There’s a program like ours in every state, in every Canadian province and territory, in 16 Latin-American countries,” he said. That level of connectivity enables for a sort of economies of scale for biodiversity conservation, he continued.

It also provides an educational aspect that is far reaching.

Property owners like Powers gain insights as to how to best manage their land; local government officials can make bet-

Abby Riley and Julia Marzalf, both high school students in Fort Collins, work with Stacey Anderson (behind), to identify the moss species of Spring Valley Ranch. Photo by Sarah Johnson, Wild Rose Consulting ter informed decisions regarding development; and both student and professional scientists have paid avenues to contribute to their fields.

John Sovell, a CNHP wildlife biologist who also served as a mentor and teacher to the student interns during the bioblitz, pointed out that the program allowed students a paid internship opportunity. “The internship is really competitive. We had maybe 40 or 50 people apply. Those selected actually get a stipend and credits” in addition to the experience, he said.

And there is a lot of experience that gets packed into those five days.

Cora Marrama, a CSU student finishing her studies in fish wildlife and conservation biology and CNHP intern, said her favorite experience during the bioblitz was electrofishing.

“You electrocute the fish, which sounds completely inhumane, but it’s not,” she assured. “So the fish are attracted to this electrocurrent you’re putting in the water. When they swim into it and get close enough, they get stunned, and they stop swimming. And you can scoop them up with a net. So that’s a really easy way to see what’s in the stream because essentially everything just stops moving and you just scoop them up as you go and ‘OK, this is what’s in the stream,’ versus, for instance, fishing, which is a really selective process.”

For 16-year-old Abby Riley, a student at Fossil Ridge High School in Fort Collins, her favorite experiences focused more on flora than fauna.

“I really like plants,” she said. “ I like mossing; mossing is fun. Mossing and botanizing are the two words I was not familiar with before I showed up here.”

“We’re all learners, and I think we all had fun,” Powers said of the bioblitz. “And I’d love to think that there are other properties and people who would want to participate so that

the data we’re gathering are across more properties. And what a gift to be able to work with all these people to tell you what you have to start with.”

While future bioblitzes are already in the works for the shorter-term future, Anderson and the rest of the CNHP staff have their sights set on a larger-scale project for the area, as well: following up on the Roaring Fork Valley Watershed Biological Inventory that was conducted between 1997 and 1999.

“We’d really like to follow that up because a lot has happened since then,” Susan Panjabi, senior botanist and 24-year CNHP veteran who helped prepare the original Watershed Inventory, said. “There’s just a lot more we know — new species have been discovered: new species that are found in the Valley that we did not know about in ‘97 through ‘99.”

For instance, she said, the bioblitz team found a rare plant — called the Good Neighbor Pod Plant — at Powers’s Spring Valley Ranch. “This plant here, it’s only known from Colorado: nowhere else in the world. So it’s really pretty cool that we found it there.”

And as Anderson pointed out, conservation opportunities are narrowing as the Valley’s population continues to grow.

“The population in Glenwood Springs increased 51 percent since 2000. It’s not going to stop; they’re still coming.

Tourism really drives the economy here, and scenery is part of that. Biodiversity is part of that. In more ways than almost anybody ever thinks about,” he said.

And as the need for conservation grows, the next generation of scientists is already inspired. Julia Marzolf, a 17-yearold student at Rocky Mountain High School in Fort Collins, is looking forward to a summer of college visits after her experience with the bioblitz. Now, she said, “I know what I want to do: ecology.”

Check out data and photos from the Spring Valley and the Rifle Ranch bioblitzes at sites.google.com/site/ springvalleyriflebioblitz/ data-findings.

Left: Star moss (by Stacey Anderson).

Center: Western Kingbird (by Terutaka Funabashi).

Right: Brittle prickly pear in bloom (by Lauren Hughes).

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Town Report

Building permit denial going to civil court The Town of Carbondale has received a District Court Civil Summons regarding a proposed residence at 728 Euclid Avenue, according to Town Manager Jay Harrington’s weekly report to staff, trustees and others. Meanwhile…

• The Rec Center is offering local artists the opportunity to use their talents and design their own piece of work in the North Face Skateboard Park. Artists of all ages are encouraged to submit contest entries by 5 p.m. on August 28.

The winner will be selected by September 1. The Town of Carbondale will supply necessary paint supplies and the winning art piece will also be on display at the Carbondale Recreation Center throughout the year.

• McMahan and Associates presented the 2016 Audited Financial Statements at the BOT meeting this week. They are available at www.carbondalegov.org.

• The streets crew spent some time at the rodeo grounds helping to install electrical conduit and hauling gravel to the site. They also worked with utilities on cleaning drywells and catch basins in the downtown area, and did sign maintenance and pothole repair.

• The Town of Carbondale Parks & Recreation Department presented the “Boogie in Bonedale” 4th of July Parade and Pool Party Celebration, beginning with the 39th annual kid’s parade down Main Street at 10:30 a.m. followed by food, children’s carnival games, a bounce house, free watermelon, free ice cream sandwiches, food and drink for purchase and live

music in Sopris Park.

• Coed T-ball is in session, and on July 11 and 13 the team will meet from 4 to 5 p.m. at the RVR Triangle Park Ballfield for exhibition games.

• At the John M. Fleet Pool, swim lessons for youth and all of the adult pool programs and fitness classes are in session. Also, the liner of the wading pool was fixed on June 29 after a leak at the drain caused moisture to seep between the liner and the subsurface.

• Irrigation systems at all parks are on and trouble shooting and repairs are taking place.

Due to heat and dryness, watering times were increased to deal with brown grass locations. Watering schedules also increased and residents will see some early morning daylight hours watering taking place to try and keep the grass green. This takes place with non-potable ditch water on odd days at the roundabout, Thompson Park, Promenade Park, Hendricks Park.

• Repair will start this week on the stairs at Sopris Park Gazebo. Also, electrical upgrades were performed at the Gus Darien Riding Arena last week to repair a ground fault problem and abandon old lines and replace with new lines in conduit.

• Planning Staff participated in a community roundtable which was held by the State Historical Fund at Town Hall to help people and organizations who may be interested in applying for historic preservation grants. Meanwhile, the Historical Preservation Commission has received the first form from the Structures of Merit inven-

tory that Tatanka LLC is conducting in town.

• Planning Staff, Public Works and the Utilities Director participated in a pre-application meeting for a rezoning application for Lot 1 of the Carbondale Marketplace property (west of Highway and along West Main Street). The proposal would be to rezone the property from Planned Community Commercial, which is an obsolete zone district under the Unified Development Code, to the new Mixed Use zone district.

• Planning Staff is reviewing a Major Site Plan Review application for the vacant property located at the northeast corner of Highway 133 and Main Street (Stein property). The application is not yet in order but staff anticipates it will be ready to move forward in the near future.

• The water plants are producing about 1.63 million gallons per day and the White Hill tank remains above 16 feet. Additionally, an application was submitted to improve the instantaneous water demands at Gateway RV Park water system. Finally, a pump seal failure occurred on a return pump at the wastewater plant, the pump has been disassembled and will be repaired this week.

This is a redundant pump system, and the wastewater plant is fully operational.

• Lieutenant Wurtsmith and Chief Schilling attended the Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) Conference in Colorado Springs. Also, Carbondale hosted a police officers’ bike patrol class which officers from Steamboat Springs, Basalt, Glenwood Springs and Carbondale attended.

Cop Shop From June 23 through the 29, Carbondale officers handled 264 Calls for Service. During that period, officers investigated the following cases of note:

FRIDAY June 23 at 2:28 a.m. Following a trespassing report along Highway 133, police arrested a 56-year-old Carbondale man.

SATURDAY June 24 at 10:02 p.m. After several complaints and warnings for loud music, an officer issued a citation for violation of the 10-9-10 prohibited noises code. The full municipal code is available online at library.municode.com/co/ carbondale/.

SATURDAY June 24 at 11:26 p.m. A 20-year-old Carbondale man was pulled over for expired plates, not using a turn signal and a defective brake light and subsequently arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of marijuana.

WEDNESDAY June 28 at 12:26 p.m. Police spoke with the driver of a vehicle that had struck a street sign and knocked it down.

Don’t risk the safety of our local firefighters Local firefighters are our friends, family, and neighbors. Give them the best chance to defend your home and remain safe. When told to evacuate GO EARLY so firefighters can do their job efficiently and safely.”

— Brandon Deter, Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District Visit www.PitkinWildfire.com for your personal Wildfire Action Guide.

Call your local fire protection district today for a free wildfire mitigation assessment of your property.

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Carbondale moving toward fiber internet

By John Colson Sopris Sun Staff

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And in Carbondale, he said, enough fiberoptic cable already has been installed that he believes he could immediately connect as much as 30 percent of the town at $60 per month for Internet service and $70 per month for both Internet and phone, though few individual home consumers have signed up.

“We’ve got pretty good connectivity here,” he said, using the utility poles and conduit wherever it is available, to the point where “once a week or so, we get a home user in Carbondale that gets fiber.”

In an email, Stebner wrote that the company has installed roughly 3,000 “strand miles” of fiber throughout the valley, aimed at providing what is known as “last mile” service to end users in homes and businesses.

Cedar also has begun work on “connecting underserved and unserved areas in between” Carbondale and Glenwood Springs, Stebner said.

The company’s major local-service campaign began about seven or eight years ago, he said, when the Roaring Fork School District contacted Cedar Networks about obtaining broadband services at a cheaper monthly rate than was being offered by another firm.

Cedar Networks came up with a plan, Stebner said, “So we were able to build them cable, increase their speed a thousandfold, in some cases, for basically what they were spending” under the previous deal.

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A year-long study of broadband-related issues for Garfield and Mesa counties was concluded recently by NEO Fiber, a consulting company with offices in Glenwood Springs, and Garfield County officials earlier this year began discussions with the six municipalities within the county on how to get broadband service to as many town and county residents as possible.

In May, however, the Board of County Commissioners decided to initially work to provide wireless “broadband” capability to those parts of the county that currently have the slowest connections to the Internet.

In the meantime the towns, including Carbondale, are looking for their own solutions, which might ultimately involve working in partnership with the county and with NEO Fiber.

At this point, though, Carbondale has the most experience working with Cedar Networks, which has offices in Durango and in Carbondale, and provides fiber-network assistance to communities in Colorado and New Mexico.

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Stebner, who has been with the company for about 13 years, all of it spent on the Western Slope, said the company is focusing on wired technology because it is capable of carrying considerably more data per second than wireless technology, and because it does not depend on line-of-sight transmission needed

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Send your scuttlebutt to news@soprissun.com. dad de México, lectura en voz alta de cuentos y relatos cortos de los mejores autores latinoamericanos en la Biblioteca Regional de Basalto los días 10, 24 y 31 de julio. Seguidos de una discusión grupal. Registration es requerida, contacte Angelica a brenaangelica@gmail.com o a Berenice en la biblioteca.

(Adults who are able to read Spanish are invited to join Angelica Breña, professor of Humanities from Mexico City, to read out loud some of the best short stories by Latin-American authors at the Basalt Regional Library on July 10, 24 and 31.

Discussions will follow. Registration required, contact Angelica at brenaangelica@gmail.com or Berenice at the library.)

Coming together for Humpty A Sopris Sun staffer recently overheard the following exchange between two young children outside the Carbondale Branch Library: “I love that Humpty Dumpty.”“I don’t know, he’s kinda weird.” That seems to sum up the range of attitudes on the subject, with the lovers in the majority. In fact, a group is currently fundraising to keep the piece where it is on a permanent basis. For more information or to contribute, visit www.youcaring.com/HumptyDumpty.

That’s latin, darling Beginning an opening from 6 to 8 p.m. July. 7, Carbondale Arts hosts a new exhibition Rudis (Origin, Interpretation, Place) from July 7 through Aug. 4 at The Launchpad (76 S. Fourth St.).

The latin term ‘Rudis’ translates as raw, unformed or crude, and curator Jay Phillips (Glenwood Springs, CO) asserts that “all material objects and/or sense experiences can be considered as the raw materials of our daily reality”. In addition to Phillips’ work, it showcases Elizabeth Ferrill, Sam Harvey, and Andrew Roberts-Gray across disciplines from painting and sculpture to sound and mixed-media installation.

Moments of zen Grand Master and Abbott Tae Won Snim will be visiting from South Korea and presenting several events throughout the Roaring Fork Valley July 8 through 23. A zen master and the grand master in the traditional Korean Martial Art of Poog Ryu Do, as well as the Abbott of a Seon Temple in Daejeon, South Korea, he developed the Integrative Zen Practice to assist those seeking peace, spiritual balance and growth through body and mind. Contact Cedar Rose for further information at 948-8774.

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Carbondale native Jenn Marshall is looking for help with the cost of adopting her second child, “J,” from Columbia. Find out more and donate at purecharity.com/rivas-family-adoption-2. cussions with a number of venues throughout the Roaring Fork Valley and along the I-70 corridor and will reportedly announce an expanded schedule soon. For now, get your tickets for $12 at www.thunderrivertheatre.com or by phone at (970) 963-8200.

The beat goes on The Carbondale session of the Earthbeat Choir takes place the week of July 24 through 28. Kids ages 5-12 are invited to sing, create art, and make new friendships in our week-long day camp. Cap off the week with a Friday night recital and a Sunday morning performance on the mainstage at Mountain Fair! Sign up and learn more at www.earthbeatchoir.com.

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Don’t stand next to this fire After consuming over 100 acres in a few hours on July 3, the Grand Hogback Fire near New Castle appears to have laid down and stayed put. Meanwhile, the five acre Clark Creek Fire north of Rifle is approaching 100 percent containment, while the Gutzler Fire in Eagle County has grown to more than 850 acres. The Sheriff’s Office has issued several warnings against stopping to spectate, recreating nearby or flying drones over fires that The Sun thinks ought to go without saying.

They say it’s your birthday Folks celebrating the day of their birth this week include: David Clark (July 6); Melanie Finàn (July 8); Will Grandbois and Kristin Garwood (July 9); Peter Gilbert, Maureen Nuckols and Rita Marsh (July 10); Bill Spence, Art Ackerman, Monica Munoz, Joanne Kaufman and Danny Muse (July 11) and Jessica Cabe (July 12). Also, a belated birthday to Addy Moss (July 5)

One Carbondalianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s journey to U.S. citizenship

By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Staff

ment above Construction Junction, a now-defunct used furniture and building supplies store on Buggy Circle.

Around the same time, he started as a dishwasher at the Pour House, then moved up to line cook and eventually to assistant manager. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where he met his wife, Janelle, with whom he has two sons.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also where he came up against the language barrier and decided to conquer it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard when you move to a different country to have a better life. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really important to communicate, no matter what,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some American people will make fun of how you say a word, but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll correct you. It forced me to go back to school to learn the language.â&#x20AC;?

Ortiz not only took classes, he stopped watching Spanish television and listening to Spanish music. Meanwhile, he asked Bell to sponsor him toward a formal work visa â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a process that starts with the sort of Catch-22 of already having reliable employment. That process took six years, at which point he was able to ďŹ le for a green card. In some ways, the in between stages were harder than being undocumented. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you make a little mistake, they send it back and you have to do it again,â&#x20AC;? Ortiz explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in the process and you

If you think the Department of Motor Vehicles is the worst kind of bureaucracy, you might ask Jesus Ortiz about his 17-year journey to citizenship. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been hard,â&#x20AC;? heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll tell you. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just sending in an application. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a long, long process.â&#x20AC;?

Ortiz, 46, has been part of Carbondaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Public Works crew since 2012 and ofďŹ cially became an American in April, an accomplishment he credits largely to his sponsor, former Pour House Manager Skip Bell. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He helped me a lot,â&#x20AC;? Ortiz said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He saw my struggles. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m thankful for that and grateful that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m in a position to share it.â&#x20AC;?

Originally from a town near Mexico City, Ortiz decided to move to the United States after four years in the Mexican Army. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I got out, I wanted to have a better life,â&#x20AC;? he explained.

In 1994, he moved in with his uncle in California, where he lived for three years. He also had family in the Roaring Fork Valley, but when he made the move, it turned out they wanted him to deal drugs. He preferred to strike out on his own. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I ended up sleeping in my little minivan,â&#x20AC;? Ortiz recalled.

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get in trouble, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re done.â&#x20AC;?

There are also signiďŹ cant ďŹ nancial costs, and Ortizâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 10-year green card actually expired before the money came together to apply for full citizenship. Although he still has family back in Mexico, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s his family here that motivates him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My kids are from here. I want to be with them for the rest of my life,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to live with the fear. They can change the laws in a minute.â&#x20AC;?

The next step was a civics test and a language assessment, followed by three or four more months of waiting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have to be patient,â&#x20AC;? Ortiz asserted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you give up, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going anywhere.â&#x20AC;?

The ďŹ nal ceremony took place alongside around a dozen other immigrants from around the world. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everybody had different stories,â&#x20AC;?

Ortiz observed.

Each of them were handed an envelope with The Declaration of Independence, The Bill of Rights and an American Flag before taking the oath of citizenship. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still kind of weird to me when I open my wallet and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see my green card. It really feels like Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m born again â&#x20AC;&#x201D; like 300 pounds are gone from my shoulders,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This country gives you a lot of opportunities, and you have to take them.â&#x20AC;?

Cameras weren't allowed in the courtroom, but Ortiz had a chance to pose with his family and the judge after the citizenship ceremony. Courtesy photo

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Sopris Music Fest returns on First Friday

By John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer Local music lovers this Friday will once again get the chance to watch, listen to and dance to a sampling of Western Slope bands on the stage at the Fourth Street Plaza, as well as to music performed at several downtown bars and establishments — all timed to coincide with the First Friday celebration for July.

The 17th Annual Mt. Sopris Music Fest, put together by well-known Carbondale impresario Steve Standiford of Steve’s Guitars fame, starts at 5 p.m. with the Lookout Mountain Showdown, which KDNK music director Luke Nestler in April called “a promising new string band from Glenwood Springs.”

That will be followed by efforts from The Davenports at 6 p.m., Sleep Justice at 7 and Whiskey Stomp at 8, according to the poster describing the event.

At the same time, or a little later, depending on the venue, bands will break forth from the Marble Distilling Company, at the east end of Main Street, which will have Sneaky Pete and the Secret Weapons, whom Standiford called “a main-stage Mountain Fair band” from previous years; Bicycle Annie at the Carbondale Beer Works, next to the Carbondale Post Office, from 9 p.m. until closing time; and Lord Nelson at The Black Nugget, corner of 4th and Main, again from 9 p.m. to closing.

Other offerings on Friday will include a

block party at the Carbondale Clay Center (opposite from the Marble Distilling Co. on Main Street) and yet another band — Pearl & Wood — comprising a drummer, a cellist and a combination banjo and fiddle player, at the recently opened beer tasting salon known as Batch, next door to the 4th Street Plaza, according to Standiford.

Finally, not to be outdone, the Phat Thai restaurant, another Main Street venue, will feature the work of disc jockey Alex E., playing his signature blend of hop-hop, funk and soul from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.

“That’s probably the late night option,” mused Standiford. “I don’t think even the Nugget stays open that late.”

Standiford said this is a continuing metamorphosis of his music festival concept, which began as The Mountain Music Fair some 17 years ago, when he and an ad hoc group called the Steve Kinney Surf Band performed surf music on a flatbed truck trailer loaned for the occasion by contractor Steve Kinney, augmented by music from Big Daddy Lee and his band.

“The original intent was to have a return to the days when the Mountain Fair (Carbondale’s regionally famous summer festival) was only local musicians,” Standiford recalled.

The festival morphed into a Lobster Fest for a while, partly sponsored by the Town of Carbondale, but several years ago the town withdrew its involvement and Standiford

Lookout Mountain Showdown will kick off the Sopris Music Fest at 5 p.m. July 7.

Courtesy photo shifted back to the local music as the central theme, “no vendors, no food, just the music.

“We kept true to the original spirit of the Mountain Music Fest, kind of a community service gig for anyone who wanted to play for those wages,” which he described as, “zero.”

He added that “for nearly all of those years it also was a fundraiser for local nonprofits,” chief among them being KDNK, Carbondale’s community access FM station.

Although the poster lists a number of sponsors, Standiford conceded, “a lot of those are just honorary sponsorships,” although one, Peppino’s Pizza, has long provided free

pies for the musicians, while others donate to help defray costs.

Chuckling in recollection, Standiford said that the first fest was in 2002, the same year that the Coal Seam Fire scorched homes and hillsides in the Glenwood Springs area and at one point appeared to be posed to burn a path all the way to Carbondale.

“Glenwood’s burning, and we’re putting on live music,” he said with amazement in his voice, noting that it is an odd coincidence that this year, too, has seen fires start up in the western part of Garfield County as the Mt. Sopris Music Fest is about to get underway.

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By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Staff Carbondale is beginning to rub off on Clay Center Resident Artist Collette Spears.

In the year since her last solo show, her intricate, double walled carving style has given way to more experimentation and less perfectionism — a mirror, perhaps, of a new philosophy.

“Art, for me, has always been in some way a reflection of the life I’m living,” she said. “Growing up, everyone always asked about my career and how I was going to fund my life. Here, people don’t care what you do as long as you’re happy. People have very balanced lives here, which is the influence I think I needed.”

Spears hails from Fort Wayne, Indiana. She had a passion for art from an early age and fell in love with ceramics in high school. She got her B.F.A. in ceramics from Ball State University in 2014 and started her Carbondale Clay Center resi- Collette Spears hard at work on a new creation dency in autumn 2015. at the Carbondale Clay Center. Courtesy photo “It’s very tactile, and people find it to be very therapeutic to make something they can use in the she’s having a lot more fun with her art, and process of expression,” she explained. “As also in other aspects of her life.

“I can let myself try new things for what the years went by, I guess what really feels like the first time ever,” she observed. “I struck a chord with me was patterning had most of my self worth in this one basket, and making things balanced.”

She began to couple clay with tatting, and now I have a chance to develop other which not only shared similar designs, but passions and put my self worth into many also the painstaking precision of her pottery. different things.”So far, that means snow“It does make me feel connected to sev- boarding and a lot of hiking — particularly eral women in my family,” she said of the in- mountain climbing, with hopes for more backpacking in the future. Next, she’s thinktricate lacemaking art.

As time went on, however, the process be- ing of taking a Spanish class.

She’s coming to enjoy being known as came more labor and time intensive until it much for her day job at Peppino’s as for became difficult to fill a gallery over the her art. course of a year.

“It’s made me feel really connected. I feel “I’ve known for a few years now that it like I know most of this town on a first name was not going to be sustainable,” she admitted. basis,” she said. “I never in a million years “It’s just gotten more intense and stressful and tedious. I don’t go easier, I go the other way.” thought that I would be someone who So, rather abruptly, she opted to go with would be happy working at a pizza place, the flow and try something new. As a result, but I love it.”

None of this is to say that her art has diminished. Indeed, she thinks that folks’ unconditional support for local artists might actually lead to more interesting forms of expression.

“Carbondale might have some things growing out of it that other places might not because there’s no fear of rejection, she said.

As for Spears’ own work, some pieces in her old style will be included in her solo exhibition “Points of Cadence,” which opens First Friday, but after that it’s up for grabs.

“I’m winging it right now,” she said. “I’m trying out a life of having less of a plan. I think it will be good.”

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Community Calendar THURSDAY July 6 WORMAN’S WEST • The Ann Korologos Gallery (211 Midland Ave., Basalt) hosts a 5 to 7 p.m. reception for Dinah Worman’s artwork on the human relationship to the landscape.

FRIDAY July 7 SOPRIS MUSIC FEST • Celebrate a particularly musical First Friday at Fourth and Main beginning at 5 p.m. with Lookout Mountain Showdown, the Davenports, Sleepy Justice and Whiskey Stomp. If that’s not enough, catch Bicycle Annie at Beer Works, Lord Nelson at the Black Nugget, Sneaky Pete and the Secret Weapons at Marble Distilling, Pearl and Wood at Batch and Cowboy Corral up and down the streets of Laredo — er, Carbondale.

MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “The Beguiled” (R) at 7:30 p.m. July 7-13; “Wonder Woman” (PG-13) at 4:45 p.m.

July 8 and “Born in China” (G) at 5:30 p.m. on July 9.

SATURDAY July 8 CONSERVATION TOUR • Aspen Valley Land Trust provides an informational tour of conserved lands from 2 to 4:30 p.m. in partnership with Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust (CCALT) and Pitkin County Open Space and Trails. This event is free, but space is limited so sign up at www.avlt.org or 963-8440.

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Dangermuffin recently released their newest studio album, Heritage, with themes of sea, sun, and spiritual connection combining into a cohesive blend of Alt-Americana, Island grooves, Folk and Jam.

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• 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. board room Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.).

• Fourth Monday of every month, plantbased potluck 6:30 p.m. Calaway Room Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.).

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TRAILS ’N ALES • At 5:30 p.m., Marble Distilling (150 Main St.) hosts the third installment of Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers’ happy hour.

MAGIC • Kyle Groves and Mr. E appear at the Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave.) at 10:30 a.m. for a show filled with impossible magic, off-the-wall comedy, music, and lots of audience participation.

HARRY POTTER NIGHT • Basalt Regional Library (14 Midland Ave.) will be transformed into Diagon Alley from 5:30 to 7 p.m.; wear your costumes and bring your friends to complete with wand and candy shops, Gringott’s Bank, the Leaky Cauldron, and more.

WEDNESDAY July 12 HOT TUB CONCERT • Soak Hot Tubs & Endless Pools teams up with Willits Town Center to provide four hot tubs for soaking during the Wednesday night concerts in Triangle Park. This week, catch Zolopht (www.zolophtmusic.com).

WORLD PEACE • Join Thubten Semkye at 7 p.m. at the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.) as she shares some of the Buddha’s wise words to help us avoid falling prey to these destructive mental states and instead to nourish our minds of cool, clear wisdom and to empower our hearts with hope and joy.

FRIDAY July 14 SECOND FRIDAY • Seven participating galleries in Historic Downtown Basalt open their doors from 5 to 7 p.m. for a night of food, beverage, and a chance to view select works of art.

Save the Date FRI.-SUN. July 28-30 CARBONDALE MOUNTAIN FAIR • Carbondale Art’s 46th annual ’Fair (aka the “Roaring Fork Valley’s Best Party”) takes place in Sopris Park. Food, music, arts/ crafts and more. Admission is free. Volunteers are needed to make this event a success plus volunteers who give over four hours of their time are also eligible to receive a Mountain Fair T-Shirt! Info: carbondalearts.com or 963-1680.

Ongoing MEDITATION • Free silent meditation sessions are held at the Launchpad (76 S. Fourth St.) from 6:45 to 7:30 a.m. on Mondays,

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CASTLE TOURS â&#x20AC;˘ Take a step back in time with a guided visit to the baronial home of Redstoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s founder, J. C. Osgood, at 11 a.m. every day in July. Tickets available on the day of the tour in Redstone and at the Hotel Denver in Glenwood Springs. More info at www.theredstonecastle.com or 963-9656.

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WRITERS GROUP â&#x20AC;˘ Wordsmiths of all experience and abilities gather at the Carbondale Branch Library at 6 p.m. on the second Monday of the month.

BRIDGE â&#x20AC;˘ 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.

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Norman at 8:30 a.m. on Monday and Wednesday; tai chi with Marty Finklestein at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday; 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 â&#x20AC;˘ Diane Johnson talks about senior issues and services on KDNK at 4:30 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month.

Câ&#x20AC;&#x2122;DALE TRUSTEES â&#x20AC;˘ The Carbondale Board of Trustees holds regular meetings the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at Town Hall (511 Colorado Ave.) starting at 6 p.m. The trustees usually hold work session at 6 p.m. on the ďŹ rst and third Tuesdays. Info: 963-2733 or carbondalegov.org.

MEET THE MAYOR â&#x20AC;˘ Carbondale Mayor Dan Richardson holds his weekly â&#x20AC;&#x153;OfďŹ ce Hoursâ&#x20AC;? session at the Village Smithy from 7 to 8 a.m. on Tuesdays. Drop by and say hi.

IMMUNIZATION CLINICS â&#x20AC;˘ GarďŹ eld County offers immunization clinics at the Carbondale Family Resource Center (in the Bridges Center at 400 Sopris Ave.) the second and fourth Thursdays of the month. To schedule an appointment, call 945-6614, ext. 2030.

ROTARY â&#x20AC;˘ The Carbondale Rotary Club meets at the Carbondale Fire Station (300 Meadowood Dr.) at 6:45 a.m. Wednesdays.

The Mt. Sopris Rotary meets at Mi Casita (580 Main St.) at noon every Thursday.

GRIEF AND LOSS â&#x20AC;˘ PathďŹ nders 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.

PathďŹ nders offers support groups from Aspen to RiďŹ&#x201A;e and is located in Carbondale at 1101 Village Rd. Info: pathďŹ ndersforcancer.org.

FARMERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MARKET â&#x20AC;˘ Local produce and more available at the Fourth Street Plaza from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays.

facilitated by John (Chophel) Bruna at the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.) suite 36, in Carbondale. On Saturdays, catch silent meditation at 8 and 8:30 a.m., followed by Chenrezig Sadhaha practice at 9:30 a.m. and book study and practice from 11 a.m. to noon.

SPIRITUAL SUNDAYS â&#x20AC;˘ A Spiritual Center in the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.) meets at 10 a.m. sharp with social gathering at 9:45 a.m. Everyone is welcome.

LINX â&#x20AC;˘ The Linx Business Network meets Tuesdays at 7:15 a.m. at the Sothebyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s International real estate ofďŹ ce (201 Midland Ave.) in Basalt. Linx is a networking organization whose members work together to grow and promote their businesses, according to a press release. All dues not used for administration are given to local non-proďŹ ts each December. Info: Keith at 970-390-8401 or kedquist@usa.net.

LUNCH â&#x20AC;˘ Crystal Meadows (1250 Hendrick Dr.) senior housing hosts a lunch followed by Bingo every Wednesday.

MINDFULNESS â&#x20AC;˘ 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.

BASALT ART â&#x20AC;˘ The Art Base hosts a display at the Basalt Regional Library (14 Midland Ave.) featuring the work of Ellen Woods.

THREW AND THRU â&#x20AC;˘ The Carbondale Clay Center (135 Main St.) features a solo exhibition by Matthew Eames featuring an installation and sculptures playing with the idea of tenuous space.

DHARMA â&#x20AC;˘ Every Wednesday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. the Way of Compassion Dharma Center offers a meditation and Dharma talk

RUN AROUND â&#x20AC;˘ 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.

TRIVIA NIGHT â&#x20AC;˘ Gather a team of up to six and head to Marble Bar (150 Main St.) on the third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. to compete for the chance at $50 off the team tab, plus show off the custom made marble Trivia Trophy for a while.

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Sierra Club director: ‘We have weathered difficult times before’

By John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer Michael Brune, the executive director of the national Sierra Club, told an audience of some three dozen in Carbondale on June 29 that he got his first taste of environmental awareness while growing up near the shore of the Atlantic Ocean in New Jersey.

He recalled that hospitals were dumping medical waste that often turned up on beaches in the form of used needles and other potentially infectious equipment, and area chemical companies were dumping vast amounts of their own waste into the ocean, which together rendered the beaches all but unusable for nearby residents and visitors alike.

It was only after Greenpeace and other environmental groups started agitating against such practices, he said, that regulatory relief was achieved and the beaches were rid of the toxic soup that was poisoning them, Brune recalled, adding, “I saw that as a really great victory,” and one that put him on a path of environmental activism.

That path included work with the Rainforest Coalition and its work to prevent the complete deforestation of rainforests around the globe, among other organizations, before he ultimately joined the Sierra Club, with its chapters around the U.S., including clubs around Colorado.

The Sierra Club was founded in 1892 by the legendary conservationist John Muir and now has 64 chapters nationwide and more than three million members, according to its website, which offers viewers a

Michael Brune, the executive director of the national Sierra Club, spoke in Carbondale on June 29. Photo by Jane Bachrach stroll though the organization’s accomplishments and aims.

These days, Brune and the Sierra Club are working to hang on to progress made in recent years on many fronts, which is threatened with politically motivated despoliation by the administration of President Donald Trump and his cabinet.

“We’re living in a time when, if you care about the environment … democracy, or journalism, or human rights, a lot of the things we care about are under severe assault from this administration,” he told a group of intent listeners at the Third Street Center.

Speaking of recent announcements that the nation’s collection of National Monu-

ments, including some in Colorado are under review, Brune said that federal officials appointed by Trump are not just seeking to overturn former President Barack Obama’s monument designations.

“We’re seeing an attack on the Antiquities Act itself (and) an attempt to privatize campgrounds in public parks” as part of a campaign to get the federal government out of the land preservation business entirely.

He said the administration is acting with “full confidence” that it can ignore what Brune called “a huge resistance movement” in opposition to such efforts and declared, “What we’re seeing from the administration is a stone wall,” with little to no effort to reach out for public input or even to listen to citizen demands for openness in the administration’s decision-making.

But, Brune said, citizens calling their elected representatives “is working … we are building power as a movement … we’re beginning to see an effect,” as private corporations and local politicians are being emboldened in their own efforts to oppose the Trump administration in some of its goals.

He noted that 36 cities around the country have committed to achieve 100-percent reliance on renewable energy sources over the coming decades, instead of sticking with coal, oil and other carbon-based sources of energy that scientists have concluded are contributing significantly to global warming and climate change.

In the past several years, Brune maintained, more than 250 coal-fueled power plants have

been shuttered in favor of technology.

“We’re going to fight this administration” and Trump’s determination to undo environmental protections enacted by Obama and previous presidents.

But, he said, “We’re also going to be fighting for a world that we want,” that does not rely so heavily on fossil fuels, that is protective of wild lands and wildlife, that values laws that protect society from the worst effects of consumerism and business profiteering, and that counts basic human rights above those of corporations.

“We have weathered difficult times before,” he reminded his audience, speaking of earlier hostility toward the environmental movement, “and we’re strong enough to withstand this.”

To achieve these goals, he encouraged his audience to remember that citizen activism remains a potent force that “makes a real positive difference in the world. We need it.”

Following his talk of approximately 45 minutes, Brune took questions from audience members that covered a wide gamut of issues, from ways to reach out to the conservative side of America’s worsening political divide, to worries about the potential effectiveness of such ideas as a carbon tax on companies that are found to pollute the air and water with fossil-fuel emissions.

“The solutions that we’re putting forward really have to work for everybody,” Brune declared, explaining that it is the work of activists to reach out and demonstrate how that can be the case, even those who initially deride such thinking.

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Nonprofit files suit over Sutey-Two Shoes exchange Colorado Wild Public Lands has filed a complaint in Federal District Court against the Bureau of Land Management for its approval of the Sutey-Two Shoes Land Exchange near Carbondale. The complaint contends that the bureau and its appraiser significantly undervalued the federal land parcels being offered to private parties in the exchange, thereby violating the equal value requirements of the Federal Land Management and Policy Act (FLPMA). The filing further cites that the withholding of these appraisals during the public comment period violates procedures established under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) concerning public participation.

Wilderness Workshop unveils Crystal Trail report A biologist hired by public lands advocacy group Wilderness Workshop to analyze wildlife-habitat impacts of a proposed Crystal River Trail will present his findings at 5:30 p.m. July 10 at the Redstone Church and 5:30 p.m.

July 11 at the Third Street Center.

The county’s open space department has long wanted to build a multiuse trail up the Crystal River Valley as

part of a link between Carbondale and Crested Butte, which Gov. John Hickenlooper has identified as one of the top trails priorities in the state.

Because a trail alignment has not yet been determined, Boulder-based biologist Rick Thompson’s report will evaluate multiple potential alignments in an effort not only describe which would have the least impact to wildlife but also propose strategies to minimize, avoid or mitigate them impacts, according to the Wilderness Workshop press release.

Wildfire bill clears committee The Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 (H.R. 2936), a bill designed to help prevent catastrophic wildfires on National Forest System land, has cleared the House Natural Resources Committee.

Congressman Scott Tipton (CO-03), contributed to the legislation, which he said is about empowering states and local communities to work collaboratively with the federal government to proactively manage forests.

“To restore forests to healthy conditions, it’s not feasible to simply let fires burn,” he said in part. “Agencies, to an extent, are beginning to carry out fuel treatment projects with great success, including through stewardship contracting. We recognize such suc-

cesses and the exciting potential of expanding these efficiencies to more forest lands. This is what we are seeking to accomplish through the Resilient Federal Forests Act.” The bill will now go to the House floor for a vote.

A new form for green card applicants U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recently published a revised Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status (Form I485), which allows one to live and work permanently in the United States.

Adjusting status is a critical step for those seeking U.S. citizenship.

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Beginning Aug. 25, USCIS will only accept the revised Form and Supplement A and J of Form I-485 and will no longer accept earlier versions of either form. .....................................................

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Looking back on folks who were looking back From the archives of the Roaring Fork Valley Journal July 7, 1977

July 10, 1997

Prominent Crystal Valley painter Jack Roberts released a 220-page book of illustrations and prose entitled “The Amazing Adventures of Lord Gore.” Despite Gore’s prominence — his name is applied to a pass, a peak, a range, a canyon, a lake and more — information was few and far between and no photos or portraits were to be found, making the work a challenge even for an artist of Roberts’ caliber. As such, he admitted to taking “some liberty as an artist.” “An objective historian could well ask how… I could prove that Lord George got drunk after he set fire to all his wagons,” he told The Journal.

“Well, it would be difficult for me to imagine that he would stay sober on such an occasion.

Town Manager Davis Farrar was looking for funding to conduct a study on Red Hill and its trail system, though some residents were concerned it would continue a cycle of increased use. It was already becoming a popular area for hikers and bikers, and Farrar hoped improved mapping, evaluation, analysis and oversight would produce some recommendations on how to proceed. The Town voted 3-2 to commit $2000 toward the project.

In other news… Sopris Village residents pack Basalt Town Hall to weigh in on potential uses for the old Sopris Tree Farm (which became Crown Mountain Park).

July 9, 1987 Mike and Kit Strang were preparing to host a three day horse trial on their CR 102 ranch.

More than 100 equestrians were slated to compete in dressage, cross-country and stadium jumping to illustrate their horses training, talent and versatility. Termed combined training, it was then the fastest growing equestrian sport in America, and the Strang Ranch Horse Trial was one of the largest recognized events in the Rocky Mountains.

July 12, 2007 Following the death of Lee Robert Willits, John Stroud took the opportunity to write about the family that gave the midvalley development its name. Lee’s grandfather, L.R. Willits, had been a state senator before buying a ranch in the area.

His uncle, H.G. Gillespie, founded El Jebel — which apparently is a Masonic Temple word for “shining mountain,”. Lee and his father, meanwhile, were active Odd Fellows. The Willits subdivision doesn’t actually sit on any of their land, but rather came by the title indirectly through the road, which was Route 1 until the 1970s.

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He noted that, in Carbondale, Cedar primarily has been working with Xcel Energy, which is prodded by the state Public Utilities Commission regulations to provide access to companies in order to expand broadband service in rural areas.

Although he stressed that Ceder’s fiber-optics are not designed to accommodate TV signals, such as the ones provided by Comcast as part of a franchise agreement with the town, the Internet connection does allow end users to connect with online video services. He also pointed out that, while wireless broadband is “a good solution” for the rural, remote areas of the county, it can provide speeds of only about 10 Megabits of data per second for downloading to a home computer, and only about 1 Megabit for uploading to the Internet.

At those speeds, he continued, the service “doesn’t even meet the Federal Communications Commission’s definition of broadband,” which he said is 25 Megabits for downloading, 10 Megabits for uploading.

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The Town of Carbondale, which has been more than happy to work with Cedar Networks to provide better Internet service in the area, has yet to sign a formal agreement with any company.

Town Manager Jay Harrington confirmed that Cedar has hooked up Town Hall, the public works department, the town pool, Sopris Park and the town recreation center, but not the utilities department, and that the town is looking at ways it can facilitate the extension of broadband service to all of Carbondale, whether with Cedar, CenturyLink or Comcast.

“If we had a Gig (Gigabit) to every household, that would certainly put us on the map,” Harrington mused.

He added that, even though the town is only about one-third eligible for broadband connections, it already is marked by State of Colorado officials as being one of the few communities referred to as “Gigabit municipalities.”

Harrington said that future cooperative efforts with Garfield County and nearby municipalities is being planned, and that a “formal agreement” with Cedar might one day cover such issues as marketing the service, reliability issues and perhaps setting up “joint trenching agreements” for running conduit and fiber optics to areas not yet getting broadband service.

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Following the parade — during which one girl rode on her horse with wheels — Sopris Park was alive with different activities, including free ice cream cones and sandwiches, watermelon and, for the health conscious, veggie sticks. The youngsters had a blast, but the grown-ups seemed to be having almost as much fun.

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Remembering the Storm King Mountain ďŹ re Letters

By Fred Malo July 6 will mark the 23rd anniversary of the Storm King Mountain Fire just outside Glenwood Springs, as tragic and momentous an event as this area has ever seen. Fourteen ďŹ reďŹ ghters were killed. For this innocent from back east, it was heart-wrenching and intimidating. I was the Glenwood Postâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s man on the scene.

I was a lowly stringer for the Post, paid by the line with no salary. Managing Editor Dennis Webb had no choice when he got word of the ďŹ re.

Both of his staff reporters were out on other assignments. He had to send me.

The summer of 1994 was hot and dry, just like 2017, and a bad ďŹ re season. I had been out on wildďŹ res earlier that summer and they covered many acres, but there were no injuries.

I knew something was up when up when I arrived at Canyon Creek Estates and there were all these state and national reporters and television cameras around.

I soon found out there were dead ďŹ reďŹ ghters up on the mountain.

The ďŹ re actually started July 2 when lightning hit a tree. For a while, the tree was the only thing burning and the ďŹ re remained under control until July 5 when the Canyon Creek Estates residents be-

came concerned and ďŹ reďŹ ghters began ďŹ ghting the ďŹ re in earnest. By July 6, the wildďŹ re was out of control and Hotshots, Smokejumpers, and Helitack ďŹ reďŹ ghters were called in from all over the country.

The ďŹ reďŹ ghters actually were not directly involved with the wildďŹ re when they were overcome. They were digging ďŹ relines between the ďŹ re and Glenwood Springs.

One place you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to be is uphill and downwind from a wall of ďŹ re. You cannot outrun such a wildďŹ re.

The ďŹ reďŹ ghters knew that, but they got caught off guard by a sudden and unexpected wind shift.

I learned a lot about how the big boys cover the news that day. You ďŹ nd out what the rules are and proceed to break every one of them. Setting the rules and in charge of the scene was GarďŹ eld Country Undersheriff Levi Burris. The ďŹ rst rule he set was do not go up the mountain to where the dead ďŹ reďŹ ghters were. So, of course, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the ďŹ rst thing they did.

I did not follow them as I ďŹ gured I would have to do business with Burris again, but the reporters described the scene when they came back down. What they saw was 12 ďŹ re tents, silver ďŹ re resistant sheets that ďŹ reďŹ ghters throw over themselves when they are overrun by a ďŹ re, with nine Prineville (Ore.) Hotshots,

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two McCall (Ida.) Smokejumpers, and one Missoula (Mont.) Smokejumper underneath them. Two Grand Junction Helitack ďŹ reďŹ ghters were on the other side of a ridge and out of sight.

I started to think about who was under those tents. These were young people who would travel a thousand miles to save a city where they probably didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even know anybody. These are the best we have â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and now theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re gone.

I recalled a ďŹ reďŹ ghterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s training session where the instructors were teaching them how to use their tents. They appreciated the gesture, but they knew the tents wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do much good if they were engulfed by a raging inferno. With a bit of gallows humor, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d throw the tents over themselves and call out, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re potatoes.â&#x20AC;?

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In memoriam: Kathi Beck Tamera Bickett Scott Blecha Levi Brinkley Robert Browning Douglas Dunbar Terri Hagen Bonnie Holtby Rob Johnson Jon Kelso Don Mackey Roger Roth Jim Thrash Richard Tyler

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Mountain Fairy Volunteers Dead Editor: A volunteer is essentially a fairy: â&#x20AC;&#x153;a mythical being of folklore and romance usually having diminutive human form and magic powers.â&#x20AC;? Here in Carbondale our fairy volunteers come in all shapes, sizes, ages and forms.

We are lucky to have a long legacy of volunteerism that is essential for the success of organizations and events. Many also agree that Carbondale has a strong presence of magic and mystery that keeps creativity ďŹ&#x201A;owing.

So, what is the thread? Step right up and be one of 300+ volunteers at THE summer party: the 46th Annual Carbondale Mountain Fair from July 28 thru July 30 in Sopris Park, at the foot of the magical Mount Sopris! This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s theme is WATER. You can sign up online at Carbondale Arts (http://www.carbondalearts.com/mountain-fair/volunteers/) or in person at the volunteer tent. There are so many ways to get involved. I am partial to the fun and rewarding green team. With help from many trash fairies over the years we have maintained a 90% or more landďŹ ll diversion waste each year with composting and recycling. This is a great way for parents to work alongside their middle and high school-age kids to learn about sustainability and be a part of the town and the fair. Spread the word and get involved. Huzzah!

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held before the Carbondale Planning and Zoning Commission for the purpose of considering a Minor Site Plan Review and Special Use Permit application to allow an Accessory Dwelling Unit.

The application includes a design variance from Section 4.4.4.A of the UDC in order to exceed the allowed maximum unit size of 550 sq. ft. for an accessory dwelling unit to allow a 650 sq. ft. accessory dwelling unit.

The property is located at 617 Sopris Avenue (Block 18 and 19, Block 1, Fender Addition to the Town of Carbondale).

The owner/applicant is Daniel James Richardson.

Said Public Hearing will be held at the Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO at 7:00 p.m. on July 27, 2017.

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 Town Planner

Published in The Sopris Sun on July 6, 2017.

TOWN OF CARBONDALE ORDINANCE NO. 11 SERIES OF 2017

AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO APPROVING A SIXTH EXTENSION OF THE DEADLINE TO RECORD A FINAL SUBDIVISION PLAT FOR THE CARBONDALE MARKETPLACE SUBDIVISION

NOTICE: This Ordinance was introduced, read, and adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Carbondale, Colorado, on June 27, 2017.

This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after publication of this notice. The full text of said Ordinance is available to the public at www.carbondalegov.org or at the office of the Town Clerk, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, Colorado, during normal business hours.

THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE _________________________ By: s/s Dan Richardson, Mayor

ATTEST: __________________________ s/s Cathy Derby, Town Clerk

Published in The Sopris Sun on July 6, 2017.

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CARBONDALE TOWN OF 2017 Drinking Water Quality Report For Calendar Year 2016 Public Water System ID: CO0123167 Esta es información importante. Si no la pueden leer, necesitan que alguien se la traduzca.

We are pleased to present to you this year’s water quality report. Our constant goal is to provide you with a safe and dependable supply of drinking water.

Please contact MARK O’MEARA at 970-510-1351 with any questions or for public participation opportunities that may affect water quality.

General Information All drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants. The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that the water poses a health risk.

More information about contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained by calling the Environmental Protection Agency’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline (1-800-426-4791) or by visiting http://water.epa.gov/drink/contaminants.

Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population.

Immunocompromised persons such as persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV-AIDS or other immune system disorders, some elderly, and infants can be particularly at risk of infections. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. For more information about contaminants and potential health effects, or to receive a copy of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the risk of infection by Cryptosporidium and microbiological contaminants call the EPA Safe Drinking Water Hotline at (1-800-4264791).

The sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. As water travels over the surface of the land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally occurring minerals and, in some cases, radioactive material, and can pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or from human activity. Contaminants that may be present in source water include:

• Microbial contaminants: viruses and bacteria that may come from sewage treatment plants, septic systems, agricultural livestock operations, and wildlife.

• Inorganic contaminants: salts and metals, which can be naturally-occurring or result from urban stormwater runoff, industrial or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining, or farming.

• Pesticides and herbicides: may come from a variety of sources, such as agriculture, urban stormwater runoff, and residential uses.

• Radioactive contaminants: can be naturally occurring or be the result of oil and gas production and mining activities.

• Organic chemical contaminants: including synthetic and volatile organic chemicals, which are byproducts of industrial processes and petroleum production, and also may come from gas stations, urban storm water runoff, and septic systems.

In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment prescribes regulations limiting the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems.

The Food and Drug Administration regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water that must provide the same protection for public health.

Water Sources OurWater Our Sources Source

Source Type

Water Type

WELL RFWF NO 1

Well

Groundwater UDI Surface Water

WELL RFWF NO 2

Well

Groundwater UDI Surface Water

WELL RFWF NO 3

Well

Groundwater UDI Surface Water

WELL CRYSTAL RIVER NO 2

Well

Groundwater UDI Surface Water

SOUTH NETTLE CREEK DIVERSION

Intake

Surface Water

NORTH NETTLE CREEK DIVERSION

Intake

Surface Water

Terms and Abbreviations

Source Water Assessment and Protection (SWAP)

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has provided us with a Source Water Assessment Report for our water supply. For general information or to obtain a copy of the report please visit http://wqcdcompliance.com/ccr. The report is located under “Source Water Assessment Reports”, and then “Assessment Report by County”. Select GARFIELD County and find 123167; CARBONDALE TOWN OF or by contacting MARK O’MEARA at 970-510-1351. The Source Water Assessment Report provides a screeninglevel evaluation of potential contamination that could occur. It does not mean that the contamination has or will occur. We can use this information to evaluate the need to improve our current water treatment capabilities and prepare for future contamination threats. This can help us ensure that quality finished water is delivered to your homes. In addition, the source water assessment results provide a starting point for developing a source water protection plan. Potential sources of contamination in our source water area are listed on the next page.

Please contact us to learn more about what you can do to help protect your drinking water sources, any questions about the Drinking Water Quality Report, to learn more about our system, or to attend scheduled public meetings.

We want you, our valued customers, to be informed about the services we provide and the quality water we deliver to you every day.

• Gross Alpha (No Abbreviation) − Gross alpha particle activity compliance value.

It includes radium-226, but excludes radon 222, and uranium.

• Picocuries per liter (pCi/L) − Measure of the radioactivity in water.

• Nephelometric Turbidity Unit (NTU) − Measure of the clarity or cloudiness of water. Turbidity in excess of 5 NTU is just noticeable to the typical person.

• Compliance Value (No Abbreviation) – Single or calculated value used to determine if regulatory contaminant level (e.g. MCL) is met. Examples of calculated values are the 90th Percentile, Running Annual Average (RAA) and Locational Running Annual Average (LRAA).

• Average (x-bar) − Typical value.

• Range (R) − Lowest value to the highest value.

• Sample Size (n) − Number or count of values (i.e. number of water samples collected).

• Parts per million = Milligrams per liter (ppm = mg/L) − One part per million corresponds to one minute in two years or a single penny in $10,000.

• Parts per billion = Micrograms per liter (ppb = ug/L) − One part per billion corresponds to one minute in 2,000 years, or a single penny in $10,000,000.

• Not Applicable (N/A) – Does not apply or not available.

• Level 1 Assessment – A study of the water system to identify potential problems and determine (if possible) why total coliform bacteria have been found in our water system.

• Level 2 Assessment – A very detailed study of the water system to identify potential problems and determine (if possible) why an E. coli MCL violation has occurred and/or why total coliform bacteria have been found in our water system on multiple occasions.

• Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) − The highest level of a contaminant allowed in drinking water.

• Treatment Technique (TT) − A required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminant in drinking water.

• Health-Based − A violation of either a MCL or TT. • Non-Health-Based − A violation that is not a MCL or TT. • Action Level (AL) − The concentration of a contaminant which, if exceeded, triggers treatment and other regulatory requirements.

• Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level (MRDL) − The highest level of a disinfectant allowed in drinking water. There is convincing evidence that addition of a disinfectant is necessary for control of microbial contaminants.

• Maximum Contaminant Level Goal (MCLG) − The level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MCLGs allow for a margin of safety.

• Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level Goal (MRDLG) − The level of a drinking water disinfectant, below which there is no known or expected risk to health.

MRDLGs do not reflect the benefits of the use of disinfectants to control microbial contaminants.

• Violation (No Abbreviation) − Failure to meet a Colorado Primary Drinking Water Regulation.

• Formal Enforcement Action (No Abbreviation) − Escalated action taken by the State (due to the risk to public health, or number or severity of violations) to bring a non-compliant water system back into compliance.

• Variance and Exemptions (V/E) − Department permission not to meet a MCL or treatment technique under certain conditions.

Detected Contaminants

CARBONDALE TOWN OF routinely monitors for contaminants in your drinking water according to Federal and State laws. The following table(s) show all detections found in the period of January 1 to December 31, 2016 unless otherwise noted. The State of Colorado requires us to monitor for certain contaminants less than once per year because the concentrations of these contaminants are not expected to vary significantly from year to year, or the system is not considered vulnerable to this type of contamination. Therefore, some of our data, though representative, may be more than one year old. Violations and Formal Enforcement Actions, if any, are reported in the next section of this report.

Note: Only detected contaminants sampled within the last 5 years appear in this report. If no tables appear in this section then no contaminants were detected in the last round of monitoring.

Disinfectants Sampled in the Distribution System TT Requirement: At least 95% of samples per period (month or quarter) must be at least 0.2 ppm OR If sample size is less than 40 no more than 1 sample is below 0.2 ppm Typical Sources: Water additive used to control microbes

Lead in Drinking Water

If present, elevated levels of lead can cause serious health problems (especially for pregnant women and young children). It is possible that lead levels at your home may be higher than other homes in the community as a result of materials used in your home’s plumbing. If you are concerned about lead in your water, you may wish to have your water tested. When your water has been sitting for several hours, you can minimize the potential for lead exposure by flushing your tap for 30 seconds to 2 minutes before using water for drinking or cooking.

Additional information on lead in drinking water, testing methods, and steps you can take to minimize exposure is available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline (1-800426-4791) or at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/lead.

Potential Source(s) of Contamination

Contaminant Name

Time Period

Results

Number of Samples Below Level

Sample Size

TT Violation

MRDL

Chlorine

December, 2016

Lowest period percentage of samples meeting TT requirement: 100%

0

8

No

4.0 ppm

Lead and Copper Sampled in the Distribution System Contaminant Name

Time Period

90

Copper

09/17/2014 to 09/18/2014

Lead

09/17/2014 to 09/18/2014

th

Sample Size

Unit of Measure

90th Percentile AL

Sample Sites Above AL

90th Percentile AL Exceedance

Typical Sources

0.61

20

ppm

1.3

0

No

Corrosion of household plumbing systems; Erosion of natural deposits

4.1

20

ppb

15

1

No

Corrosion of household plumbing systems; Erosion of natural deposits

Percentile

Disinfection Byproducts Sampled in the Distribution System Name

Year

Average

Range Low – High

Sample Size

Unit of Measure

MCL

MCLG

Highest Compliance Value

MCL Violation

Typical Sources

Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

2016

1.8

1.5 to 2.1

2

ppb

60

N/A

2

No

Byproduct of drinking water disinfection

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)

2016

5.9

5.2 to 6.6

2

ppb

80

N/A

6.1

No

Byproduct of drinking water disinfection

Total Organic Carbon (Disinfection Byproducts Precursor) Removal Ratio of Raw and Finished Water Contaminant Name

Year

Average

Range Low – High

Sample Size

Unit of Measure

TT Minimum Ratio

TT Violation

Typical Sources

Total Organic Carbon Ratio

2016

1

1 to 1

4

Ratio

1.00

No

Naturally present in the environment

*If minimum ratio not met and no violation identified then the system achieved compliance using alternative criteria.

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Disinfectants Sampled at the Entry Point to the Distribution System Contaminant Name

Year

Number of Samples Above or Below Level

Sample Size

TT/MRDL Requirement

TT/MRDL Violation

Typical Sources

Chlorine/Chloramine

2016

0

2735

TT = No more than 4 hours with a sample below 0.2 MG/L

No

Water additive used to control microbes

Summary of Turbidity Sampled at the Entry Point to the Distribution System Contaminant Name

Sample Date

Level Found

TT Requirement

TT Violation

Typical Sources

Turbidity

Date/Month: May

Highest single measurement: 0.097 NTU

Maximum 0.5 NTU for any single measurement

No

Soil Runoff

Turbidity

Month: Dec

Lowest monthly percentage of samples meeting TT requirement for our technology: 100 %

In any month, at least 95% of samples must be less than 0.1 NTU

No

Soil Runoff

Radionuclides Sampled at the Entry Point to the Distribution System Contaminant Name

Year

Average

Range Low – High

Sample Size

Unit of Measure

MCL

MCLG

MCL Violation

Typical Sources

Combined Radium

2012

0.2

0.2 to 0.2

1

pCi/L

5

0

No

Erosion of natural deposits

Combined Uranium

2016

1.5

1.5 to 1.5

4

ppb

30

0

No

Erosion of natural deposits

Inorganic Contaminants Sampled at the Entry Point to the Distribution System Contaminant Name

Year

Average

Range Low – High

Sample Size

Unit of Measure

MCL

MCLG

MCL Violation

Typical Sources

Arsenic

2016

0.27

0 to 0.81

3

ppb

10

0

No

Erosion of natural deposits; runoff from orchards; runoff from glass and electronics production wastes

Barium

2016

0.06

0.05 to 0.08

3

ppm

2

2

No

Discharge of drilling wastes; discharge from metal refineries; erosion of natural deposits

Fluoride

2016

0.1

0 to 0.15

3

ppm

4

4

No

Erosion of natural deposits; water additive which promotes strong teeth; discharge from fertilizer and aluminum factories

Nitrate

2016

0.57

0.38 to 0.88

3

ppm

10

10

No

Runoff from fertilizer use; leaching from septic tanks, sewage; erosion of natural deposits

Inorganic Contaminants Sampled at the Entry Point to the Distribution System Contaminant Name

Year

Average

Range Low – High

Sample Size

Unit of Measure

MCL

MCLG

MCL Violation

Typical Sources

Nitrite

2012

0

0 to 0.01

2

ppm

1

1

No

Runoff from fertilizer use; leaching from septic tanks, sewage; erosion of natural deposits

Selenium

2016

0.32

0 to 0.95

3

ppb

50

50

No

Discharge from petroleum and metal refineries; erosion of natural deposits; discharge from mines

Secondary Contaminants** **Secondary standards are non-enforceable guidelines for contaminants that may cause cosmetic effects (such as skin, or tooth discoloration) or aesthetic effects (such as taste, odor, or color) in drinking water.

Contaminant Name

Year

Average

Range Low – High

Sample Size

Unit of Measure

Secondary Standard

Sodium Total Dissolved Solids

2016

10.2

3.2 to 20.8

3

ppm

N/A

2013

370.5

346 to 395

2

ppm

500

Unregulated Contaminants*** EPA has implemented the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR) to collect data for contaminants that are suspected to be present in drinking water and do not have healthbased standards set under the Safe Drinking Water Act. EPA uses the results of UCMR monitoring to learn about the occurrence of unregulated contaminants in drinking water and to decide whether or not these contaminants will be regulated in the future. We performed monitoring and reported the analytical results of the monitoring to EPA in accordance with its Third Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR3). Once EPA reviews the submitted results, the results are made available in the EPA’s National Contaminant Occurrence Database (NCOD) (http://www.epa.gov/dwucmr/national-contaminant-occurrence-database-ncod) Consumers can review UCMR results by accessing the NCOD. Contaminants that were detected during our UCMR3 sampling and the corresponding analytical results are provided below.

Contaminant Name

Year

Average

Range Low – High

Sample Size

Unit of Measure

***More information about the contaminants that were included in UCMR3 monitoring can be found at: http://www.drinktap.org/water-info/whats-in-my-water/unregulated-contaminantmonitoring-rule.aspx. Learn more about the EPA UCMR at: http://www.epa.gov/dwucmr/learn-about-unregulated-contaminant-monitoring-rule or contact the Safe Drinking Water Hotline at (800) 426-4791 or http://water.epa.gov/drink/contact.cfm.

Violations, Significant Deficiencies, Backflow/Cross-Connection, and Formal Enforcement Actions No Violations or Formal Enforcement Actions

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COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE Foundation Scholarship Recipients

As a result of the amazing generosity of local donors, Colorado Mountain College - Roaring Fork Valley recently awarded $327,246 in scholarship funds to 165 students. Amounts ranged from $500-$2,500 and will be used toward the cost of attendance for the 2017-2018 academic school year. A tremendous thank you to all our donors.

ALICE CHANDLER SCHOLARSHIP FOR VETERINARY TECHNOLOGY Elena Rakowski

ALICE PETERSON-ERICKSON SCHOLARSHIP FOR NURSING .++7 $'! $7

ALPINE BANK LATINO/HISPANIC SCHOLARSHIP Jose Javier Avila, Kenia Contreras, Javier Duran, Jennifer Rios, Jesus Terrazas

ANNA AND DAVID ROZENBERG MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Gina Meagher

ANSCHUTZ FOUNDATION FIRST GENERATION SCHOLARSHIP FOR NEW MEDIA Jesse Monsalve

ASPEN CAMPUS STAFF/FACULTY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUND Frederick Walker

BARBARA WAERLOP MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Greg Wolf

CALAWAY SCHOLARS Maria Aguirre Anchondo, Kyle Clayton, Rosa Gonzalez-Ortega, Emily Hill, Lila Kelley, Kevin Lizama, Yarelie Meraz, Manuel Monroy, Mykalah Overholt, Ludivina Redecop-Rendon, Jennifer Rios, Edwin Sanchez, Kelli Sisco, Adrian White

CLOUGH FELLOWS SCHOLARSHIP Maria Aguirre Anchondo, Jocelyn Amaya, Alison Evans, Fabiola Lopez, Daisy Ordonez, Jasmine Robertson, Vivian Villagrana Perales, Haley Walker

CLUB ROTARIO ROARING FORK CMC SCHOLARSHIP

COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE SCHOLARS ARSENAULT SCHOLARSHIP Jocelyn Ashlock

COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE SCHOLARS FRIEND OF BOB YOUNG SCHOLARSHIP Ava DeMeulenaere

COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE SCHOLARS GINSBURG/OLSON SCHOLARSHIP Jenee Galt

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COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE SCHOLARS MUSSER SCHOLARSHIP Olivia Koski

COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE SCHOLARS PHILLIPPE FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP Elizabeth Ludwig

COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE SCHOLARS WALLACE SCHOLARSHIP Joseph Mahan

COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE SCHOLARS WARNICK FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP Irena Miller

COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE SCHOLARS YOUNG SCHOLARSHIP Laura Wright-Smith

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Maria Aguirre Anchondo, Humberto Alvarez, Andrew Jedlicka, Danielle Teshack, Olivia Ware Angel Amengual, Mary Esbeck, Diana Flores, Luz Galaviz, Viviana Garcia, Emily Henley, Jose Luis Herrera, DAVID ALDEN COOKE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Alondra Montanez, Maria Ortiz, Lyla Purpus, Amanda Einig Melisa Sanchez

COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE ADULT LEARNER SCHOLARSHIP Cimberlee Barrit, Courtney Parker

COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE CONTINUING STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP Nathan Asoian, Morgan Aurich, Maia Brodsky, Stephen Dilk, Maria Flesner, Damion Gallegos, Rosa Gonzalez-Ortega, Kelly Kirby, Denise Rankin, Stacy Stein, Paris Toole, Olivia Ware, Greg Wolf

COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE FRESHMAN STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP Kelsey Buxton, Timothy Carter, Courtney Cox, Christopher Fisher, Raelynn Foster, Madison Hahn, Jordan Houck, Jennifer Medina, Riley Smith, Olivia Stensland, Cheyenne Stice

DAVID ALLEN MEMORIAL ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Dylan Barber, Colby Fiske, Joann Tristani

DR. DAVID AND CINDY MILLER SCHOLARSHIP FOR NURSING Laura Wright-Smith

FEINZIG SCHOLARS Sunny Geisner

FEINZIG SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE ISAACSON SCHOOL FOR NEW MEDIA Ann Ramsey

FIRSTBANK “FIRST IN FAMILY” SCHOLARSHIP FOR CMC ROARING FORK - CARBONDALE, GLENWOOD SPRINGS, SPRING VALLEY Heather Bones, Mary Esbeck

FREDA T. ROOF MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

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THE GOULD FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP Diana Flores

JESCHOFNIG FAMILY SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP Jack Kisch

JONATHAN WRIGHT MEMORIAL ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Lynzee Dorrenbacher, Lexis Means

JUDGE CLIFFORD AND MABELLE DARROW MEMORIAL ENDOWMENT SCHOLARSHIP Samantha Hankinson

KAISER PERMANENTE CHALLENGE HEALTH SCIENCES SCHOLARSHIP Amanda Stinnett

KAY MALONEY SCHOLARSHIP FOR BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING Damion Gallegos

LINDA CARLSON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Nathan Asoian, Stacy Stein

LYNDA AND STEWART RESNICK GLOBAL IMAGINATION SCHOLARSHIP Ezekiel Hall, Elizabeth Henry, Ben Hunter, Shawn Lack, Thang Khan Sian Khai, Lilian Wymer

MARTIN FAMILY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Tessa Lagunas

MATTHEW GOODSTEIN SCHOLARSHIP Karen McConnell

MAUREEN NUCKOLS AND FRIENDS NURSING SCHOLARSHIP Megan Olenick

MERRILL-CUTTER NURSING SCHOLARSHIP Jennifer Jackson

MICHELLE BALCOMB MEMORIAL ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Aaron Birkeland, Amanda Einig, Kevin Fitch, Alejandro Jaquez-Caro, Justin Olson

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Morgan Lease, Savanna Mallow

R. JOAN LEWIS MEMORIAL ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP Kristi Hill, Megan Huether, Caitlin Rapson

ROARING FORK CAMPUS SCHOLARSHIP FOR ACADEMIC AND CAMPUS EXCELLENCE Julia Farwell, Thang Khan Sian Khai

ROARING FORK CAMPUS SCHOLARSHIP FUND Dylan Barber, Kelsey Buxton, Raelynn Foster, Damion Gallegos, Roger Hibdon, Jennifer Hulsebus-Simon, Kelly Kirby, Tessa Lagunas, Gina Meagher, Cholla Nicoll, Maria Norville, Naomi Peters, Denise Rankin, Edwin Sanchez, Annie Schoenmakers, Cheyenne Stice, Joann Tristani, Monique Vidal

ROSSETTI SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE CMC ISAACSON SCHOOL FOR NEW MEDIA Evan Gaynor

SHIRLEY AND RICHARD HUNT SCHOLARSHIP Jenne Galt

SOPRIS SUN SCHOLARSHIP FOR PHOTOGRAPHY Kaylee Dunham

STANLEY DODSON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND Mary Esbeck

STEPHANIE ZGORZYNSKI MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR VETERINARY TECHNOLOGY Brian O’Neill

THE TOM AND CLARISA MCMAHON SCHOLARSHIP FOR BACHELORS DEGREE PROGRAMS Julie Farwell

THE WALTER AND CATHY ISAACSON SCHOLARSHIP FOR OUT-OF-STATE STUDENT SUPPORT Taylor Franzen

VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL AUXILIARY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Nichole Denney, Alyssa Maestas, Danielle Teshack, Valeria Tovar-Guzman

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