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Volume 8, Number 25 | July 28, 2016
CLOTR returns By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer
When Hattie Thompson was in her hey-day as a leading lady of Carbondale from maybe 1890-1920, other leading ladies, no doubt, gathered at her two-story brick house just south of the edge of town to discuss current events and socialize. Flash forward to 2016, and some of the town’s leading ladies are still getting together for their own enjoyment, and for others. Look for a repeat performance from the CLOTR in 2017. Photo by Sarah Johnson
Wilderness Workshop asking Aspen to abandon water rights Sopris Sun Staff Report
The Carbondale-based Wilderness Workshop is asking the City of Aspen to abandon some of its conditional water rights, in order to prevent dams from possibly being built on Castle and Maroon Creeks, just outside of town. “If built, these dams would be highly destructive to the ecology and character of these two iconic valleys and inconsistent with the values of our community,” the Wilderness Workshop said in its current e-mail to members and others. “Each would inundate por-
After remaining underground for a year after their last appearance at Main Street and Highway 133, the Carbondale Ladies of the Roundabout re-emerged Friday afternoon to wave and greet motorists as they returned from work. The unofficial spokeswoman of the diverse group, which numbered about 25 and whose ages ranged from “18-80,” told The Sopris Sun CLOTR members converged at the roundabout following social media alerts and e-mails, and were out there for about 29 minutes. They set up, or sat down, on the apron that separates the landscaped part of the roundabout from the traffic lanes. The roundabout wavers were themselves greeted with honks, return waves, smiles, thumbs up and shouts of “I love Carbondale.” Last year’s inaugural wave-in was staged on a Friday “ … because it seemed like a fun way to brighten the day.” Will the CLOTR return next year at some point? “Probably … but not necessarily the week before Mountain Fair.” When asked if anyone was afraid that the sight of this group of unexpected and outrageous women might cause a motorist to plow in to them, the spokeswoman replied “Never. We did, however plan to watch for semis and buses and move quickly if we needed to.” When asked whether Carbondale needs more of this kind of stunt and why, the spokeswoman concluded, “YES!! We are forgetting how to be spontaneous and create pockets of joy … we’ll probably return next year.”
tions of the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness Area, and destroy important riparian areas and wetlands. We’re urging the city to abandon their water rights to ensure these two dams are never built.” Since 1965, the City of Aspen has maintained conditional water rights to build two reservoirs on Castle and Maroon Creeks, according to Wilderness Workshop. To keep these rights, Aspen must submit a diligence filing this October. “While this is a routine filing that occurs
every six years, and not a proposal to actually build the reservoirs, it is an indication that the city intends to build them one day,” said a WW spokesman. “The city has maintained these rights, anticipating that they will use the reservoirs to provide municipal water to an expanding city.” Aspen has maintained its water rights on Castle and Maroon creeks with little or no public input, Wilderness Work shop said. Aspen maintains the water rights are of ASPEN WATER RIGHTS page 7