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Shades of summer

Karen Grey (left) and Freja Koorn (right) enjoy some quality soaking time at the John M. Fleet swimming pool earlier this summer. Grey took her Waldkinder Adventure Preschool students to the pool several times this summer. For more on the preschool, please turn to page 9. Photo by Jane Bachrach

City Market developer slates open house at TSC Sopris Sun Staff Report

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he developers who hope to put a new City Market grocery store on the west side of Highway 133 have scheduled an informal open house to present the project to the public at the Third Street Center from 5 to 7 p.m. on Aug. 26, according to a notice sent to nearby by residents.

“This meeting is being held as a courtesy to the community that the proposed development site is on,” said the notice. “ … The in-

tent of the meeting is to inform you of the proposed project and to engage an open dialogue of any issues and/or concerns you may have.”

According to the notice, the applicant is City Market/King Soopers, 65 Tejon St., Denver, CO 80223. The rest of the project team is Galloway & Company Inc, (consultant), 6162 S. Willow Dr., Suite 320, Greenwood Village, CO 8011 and Aaron McLean (site development coordinator) 303-770-8884; Sopris Engineering, LLC (engineer) at 502 Main St., Carbondale; and Naos Design

Group, LLC (architect) 5031 S. Ulster St., Suite 300, Denver, CO 80237.

Next Wednesday’s open house comes nearly 15 years after plans first emerged for development of a 24-acre parcel of land on Carbondale’s western edge. Recently, the town accepted an “an introductory application” from King Soopers (locally known as City Market under the corporate banner of the Kroger grocery store chain).

The land in question is located to the north and west of the intersection of High-

way 133 and Main Street, and does not include the existing 7-Eleven store at that corner, or the real estate office next to it.

As presented in the introductory application, the submission is for a complex of businesses, including: • A 58,000-square-foot grocery store to replace the current City Market, with a drivethrough pharmacy; • A secondary retail space of approximately 7,000 square feet; • A gas station.

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Carbondale Commentary The views and opinions expressed on the Commentary page do not necessarily reflect those of The Sopris Sun. The Sopris Sun invites all members of the community to submit letters to the editor or guest columns. For more information, e-mail editor Lynn Burton at news@soprissun.com, or call 510-3003.

Time to invest in RF Food Policy Council As I am writing, it is Day 7 of the crowd-fund campaign to for- stopped growing food locally on any meaningful scale and outmalize the Roaring Fork Food Policy Council into a robust local food sourced that central piece of our culture. With it we lost the power it coalition with broad grassroots support. Why should you care about gave us over our own health and stewardship of the land, and our inthis, and consider investing your own dollars in its formation? What terdependence with one another — and put those directly in the will it mean in your life? Good question, let me take a stab at it. hands of multi-national corporations.

A few years ago, at an AREDAY summit in It’s also not a little tragic to note that the chemical Aspen (Aspen Renewable Energy Day), I heard tools of these corporations, those that we take for Lester Brown of the Earth Policy Institute say ungranted in our food production, are products of warequivocally that food was the weak link in our abilfare. This is a point that local food system thoughtity to survive the coming climate/economic/social leader, Joel Salatin, underscored during his talk in crises facing the planet. It was the wake up call that Aspen recently — the violence pervasive in our current I needed to begin organizing within the local food global food system and growing practices. The USDA system in earnest. has already approved 2,4-D, a major component of I put together a series of community events to Agent Orange (used to defoliate Vietnamese jungles look at the issues of local food within the context during the war) for use with corn, soybean, cotton and of the changes and challenges happening globally other major crops — ignoring 240,000 signatures from and locally. One of the events was a screening of the individuals and scientists opposing its use. documentary film “The Economics of Happiness.”

Research shows that we can expect an unpreceThe film looks at the impacts of globalization on dented public health risk from this increased chemical

By Gwen Garcelon the culture and people of Ladakh in northern India, usage. What’s also tragic is that time and time again, as a case study for what is going on globally. Before globalization, weeds adapt to these toxins and come back stronger. At the same people in Ladakh lived in spacious houses, and were well fed and time, it seems clear that Mother Nature would rather we work with healthy. There was no unemployment, and they enjoyed a rich and her than against her. happy way of life.

A sea change began in the 1970s when cheap, subsidized food Food coalitions was trucked in on subsidized roads, and capitalism began underThis is what local food coalitions are rebuilding across the counmining the local economy. The culture was inundated with advertis- try, and what the Roaring Fork Food Policy Council set out to do ing that glorified western consumer culture and portrayed the three years ago as a grassroots effort of the many individuals and orLadakhi culture as poor and backward. ganizations committed to a local food economy. There was a clear Now, Ladakh faces soaring unemployment and pollution, and mandate then, and a stronger one exists now, for an effort to netpreviously unimaginable depression rates, particularly among its work our local food efforts and collaborate as public and private enyouth. And where before community connectivity was the norm, tities for a future that includes more food grown where it is eaten, and now the culture is divisive and competitive. Sound familiar? for healthy land and water to make that possible.

This is not unlike what happened in many communities in the Since then we have researched and supported farm-to-school and United States with the onslaught of agribusiness. We eventually FOOD POLICY page 15

Slow is the new fast

E-board’s role: Let’s look at the bigger picture (Editor’s note: This column does no necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the Carbondale Environmental Board).

By Patrick Hunter What should the Carbondale Environmental Board try to do? After all, we are just a group of volunteers, busy in our own lives. But we have a passion for the living things and ecosystems around us. How much can we really take on?

Technically, we are advisers to the Carbondale Board of Trustees.

The E-board could be satisfied to look into the various projects assigned to them. But, the E-board could also advise the trustees on even larger issues that bode to have a serious impact on the health and welfare of the whole community.

Currently the term “sustainability” crops up in documents like

“community comprehensive plans.” We even have special “sustainable” or “environmental” plans that are developed by consultants, often acting with community members. Generally, these are attempts to mitigate the effects of new development in respect to topics such as traffic, water use and destruction of natural features such as trees and riparian areas.

However, what is generally missed is the true meaning of “sustainability” and the threat of climate change. At the root, “sustain” means to “continue,” or more seriously, to “survive.”

But the word “sustainability” goes beyond mere survival to ensure a world that “meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (from the Brundtland Commission, created by the UN in 1983). This implies that future generations ought to have a life not unlike, or at least not E-BOARD page 15

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Getting gassed Dear Editor: The prospect of a bigger and better City Market in Carbondale is a good one, but I am alarmed that the style of the proposed adjacent City Market gas station would damage our small town character.

My concern is based on the City Market gas station in Rifle. It is massive, with maybe 24 pumps. But there is no bathroom. Amidst the pumps, there is a kiosk with a cashier and

small items for purchase locked inside. To purchase a beverage, you communicate with the cashier through the Plexiglas and hold your bottle up to be scanned through the window.

Then, you push your money through a small opening and receive your change in a little paperboard box. All the while, you and the encaged City Market employee are protected from each other as if you were visiting within a prison or making a transaction at an innercity bank teller window. I just hope I never see

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this scene in Carbondale.

But it seems that this is the style of gas station City Market/King Sooper has in mind. Their “introductory” application includes a 180-square-foot kiosk building amidst a seven dispenser fueling station. (I have not yet ascertained if seven “dispensers” means 7 or 14 pumps).

By my occasional observations, the Rifle City Market gas station offers prices 20-30 LETTERS page 15

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New principal bringing “joy” to CRES classrooms

By Debbie Bruell Sopris Sun Correspondent “Schools need to be places of joy,” Matt Koenigsknecht, the new principal of Crystal River Elementary School, told The Sopris Sun. Judging from the photos he shared from his years of teaching — including parties in which his students celebrated their hard work with the opportunity to toss whipped cream pies at his face and paint his fingernails — he seems quite committed to this idea.

Koenigsknecht (pronounced Kay-nigsneck-t), or “Mr. K,” as he plans to be called, studied political science as an undergrad at Washington University in St. Louis. After graduating, he joined Teach For America and found a position at McMeen Elementary School in Denver. He planned to teach for two years then attend law school. Although he came from a family of educators, he did not plan to pursue education as a career himself.

After just a couple of days in the classroom, however, he changed his mind. “As hard and as crazy as it was, I knew in my heart of hearts that it was something I would be doing for a long time.” His plans for law school “melted away.” He remained at McMeen Elementary School for six years, teaching in second, third and fifth grade classrooms.

While Mr. K was teaching at McMeen, the school was elevated into the state’s Distinguished status, based on the students’ extremely high growth rates. Mr. K pointed out

that McMeen was the only elementary school DPS teachers based on observations, princion the state’s Distinguished list that was a pal ratings and students’ test scores). He was non-chartered elementary school, with sig- also selected as a Mile High Teacher of the nificant percentages of English Language Year, a recognition created by a Denver PubLearners and a significant perlic School program that centage of students from lowaims to honor the city’s income families. most accomplished and inHe cites high expectations, spiring educators. clear systems for identifying After teaching at students in need of extra help, McMeen for six years, and strong school/family conMr. K applied to the nections as some of the key Ritchie Principal Intern factors in McMeen’s success. program — a joint proThe school had a home-visit gram between Denver program in which teachers visPublic Schools and Denited about 50 percent of the ver University in which 15 students’ families. highly qualified educator Mr. K told The Sun that Mr. K comes to Crystal River interns are selected to rewhat he loved most about Elementary School by way of ceive on-the-job training McMeen was its diversity: Michigan (where he grew and mentoring under a there were students from 40 up), St. Louis (college) and mentor principal for one different countries and about Denver (where he taught and academic year.

20 different languages were was accepted into the Ritchie Mr. K spent the 2014spoken in students’ homes. Principal Intern program). 15 school year working esAbout 88 percent of the stu- Photo by Jane Bachrach sentially as the school’s dent population qualified for assistant principal at Harfree/reduced lunch rates. “It was a nice intro- rington Elementary School. In contrast to duction into the power that diverse perspec- McMeen, students at this school were not tives can bring into a community,” he said, experiencing the same academic success as noting that his experience at McMeen “in- the McMeen students. The school was rated stilled in me a passion for equity.” at the state’s lowest level — Priority ImWhile teaching at McMeen, Mr. K re- provement Status. ceived a Denver Public School Distinguished Mr. K grew up attending his neighborTeacher Award (given to the top 3 percent of hood public schools in West Bloomfield,

Michigan. “I have a lot of respect for charters and all the other options people have,” he said, “but I really believe in the power of neighborhood schools as the center of the community. I believe in the duty that public schools have to provide the best education for any student that walks through the door.”

One of his hopes for his work at CRES is to “bring people together and provide transparency for decision-making.” As he explained, “There will be some decisions that I’ll have to make myself as leader of the school, but I will always explain why I made those decisions, I’ll always be open to input, and I’ll do my best to facilitate all decisionmaking that can be shared.”

He noted that while he does want to see an increase in students’ academic growth at CRES, “that won’t be a byproduct of a focus on state testing.” Instead, it will be the result of outstanding teachers and a strong school culture.

“We’re going to have high expectations and whole lot of learning happening,” he told The Sun, “but through all that there will be joy and happiness and excitement about learning and about each other.”

Mr. K’s fiancé, Jocelyn Essler, will be working as the district’s speech/language pathologist for the Re-1 schools in Carbondale. The couple will be renting a house in Glenwood for the next six months, but they hope to buy a home in Carbondale in the near future.

New health clinic opens at Roaring Fork High School Sopris Sun Staff Report New at Roaring Fork High School this year: a non-profit health clinic that will serve not only high school students but students from other Carbondale schools as well.

The clinic is a partnership with Roaring Fork School Health Centers (RFSHC), the Aurora-based Rocky Mountain Youth Clinics (RMYC), and the Roaring Fork School District.

Slated for opening on Aug. 24 according to a RMYC press release, the clinic will offer a wide range of medical, behavioral health, dental, nutritional, care coordination and referral services.

“We can now support the health needs of our entire school community,” said RFHS Principal Drew Adams.

The RFHS clinic joins Basalt elementary, middle and high schools in hosting a Roaring Fork School Health Centers clinic, which operates under the auspices of Rocky Mountain Youth Clinics. There are also two RMYC facilities in Aurora and one in Fort Collins.

“We have seen tremendous benefits of having a school-based health center in our schools in Basaslt,” said RFSD Assistant Superintendent Rob Stein. “Roaring Fork School Health Centers has been an invaluable

part of our team in supporting the health, well-being and academic success of our Basalt students; we wish that all students had similar support.”

According to the RMYC press release, nearly 22 percent of Colorado’s kids live “ … in poverty, meaning a family of four is struggling to get by on $24,250 a year or less.”

School-based health clinics are composed of an interdisciplinary team of health professionals including social workers who provide case management support. “They are strategically placed in school districts with the highest rates of childhood poverty and the lowest rates of insured children, bringing care di-

rectly to children in need regardless of insurance status,” the press release continued. “The impact of school based health clinics is well documented – kids are more likely to get timely preventative care, such as physicals and immunizations. Chronic conditions such as asthma, obesity and mental health conditions are better managed, and academic performance has been shown to improve with on-site clinics.”

Rocky Mountain Youth Clinics is a nonprofit organization that provides pediatric integrated care and wrap around support services to children regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay.

Back to school

The Roaring Fork School District goes back into session on Aug. 25 for high school and middle schoolers, and Aug. 27 for elementary school students.

If you want to skip right to the end, the last day of school is June 3. Other important dates include: • Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving; • Dec. 21-Jan 1: Winter Holiday; • Jan. 18: Martin Luther King Day (schools closed); • March 21-25: Spring Break; • May 28: Graduation.

Nearly 5,000 students are enrolled in the Roaring Fork School District, which includes Glenwood Springs, Carbondale, El Jebel and Basalt.

For more on the Roaring Fork School District, go to rfsd.k12.co.us or go to their Facebook page.

Heathens return. Band of Heathens members Gordy Quist (left) and Ed Jurdi (right) dropped by KDNK on Aug. 12 before heading to a gig at the Ute Theatre in Rifle later that night. On a related note, the station holds an open house from 4:30 to 7 p.m. on Aug. 20, and concludes its membership drive on Aug. 21.

Photo by Jane Bachrach

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Town Briefs

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Town jets sewer system early Sopris Sun Staff Report The yearly sewer jetting cycle for old town was started the week of Aug. 10-14, a month early so that staff can also clean and inspect all of the storm drains as they go, according to town manager Jay Harrington’s weekly memo to trustees, staff and others. Notifications will be posted in the areas to be jetted a few days ahead of anticipated affected areas.

In other action from Harrington’s memo: • The town street crew helped GMCO with this year’s chip/seal program. GMCO applied bituminous slurry and 3/8 inch chips the week of Aug. 10-14. They will be back the week of Aug. 17-21 to remove the loose chips and apply a fog coat. Creative Striping will be coming back to town to re-establish parking lines and ADA parking spaces.

• Pedestrian crosswalks are being painted in preparation to the start of school. The street crew also worked with the town’s concrete contractor to install adequate storm water drainage in the alley behind Town. Restaurant, European Antiques and 230 Main Street.

• The parks crew was busy with their summer routine of mowing, cleaning bathrooms as well as trash, recycling and dog waste stations. A crew of temp laborers is doing a good job of pulling weeds along the Highway 133 corridor.

• The town’s arborist continues deal with

Siberian elm trees spreading throughout rights-of-way. “He also spent some quality time weeding flower beds around town,” the memo said.

• Chip and seal paving operations were scheduled to begin Aug. 17 on Highway 133 between Carbondale and Redstone. Drivers are asked to obey all speed limit reductions and construction road sign during this process. Pilot car operations will be in place to aid travelers in safely navigating the roadway operations. The chip seal process is being used in conjunction with newly asphalted roadway in order to make the roadbed more durable and longer lasting.

• Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers and youth from the Carbondale Teens Giving Back program worked Aug. 14 on hauling in road base gravel to repair the Crystal River riparian trail (between RVR and Hendrick Ranch) where a section of trail was washed out by high-water spring runoff.

• The annual Festival Las Americas celebration will be held in Sopris Park from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Aug. 23.

• The Carbondale Recreation Center gym will close an hour early on Aug. 22 for a quinceanera rental set up. (The cardio and climbing wall will remain open until 2 p.m.).

The facility is rented for the quinceanera from 1 p.m. to midnight on August 22. Organizers are expecting 350 guests; security is

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From Aug. 6-12, Carbondale police officers handled 240 Calls for Service. There were 18 “calls of note,” including:

SUNDAY, Aug. 9: At 2:37 a.m. an officer contacted a juvenile for driving in reverse on Village Road. The citizen was arrested for consumption/possession of marijuana, according to police reports.

SUNDAY, Aug. 9: At 8:44 p.m. officers contacted a juvenile on a noise complaint. He was arrested on suspicion of underage alcohol consumption.

Mountain Temps workers were into week No. 2 of pulling weeds on the Highway 133 corridor on Tuesday. The weed pulling is a final step for the corridor-landscaping project. Photo by Lynn Burton being provided by Ace Security & Services with five security officers.

• In John M. Fleet pool news, a modified schedule is now in place through Sept. 7. On Monday through Friday, the pool will open at 10 a.m. for modified lap swim and water aerobics classes. A modified open swim will take place from 11 a.m. to noon, then the regular lap swim from noon to 1 p.m. Open swim will be from 1:15 to 5 p.m. on Monday through Friday; open swim will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends. The last day the pool is open will be Labor Day, Sept.

7. Pool utilization since opening on May 24 to Aug. 14 was 4,273 pool users. Utilization for Aug. 8 to 14 was 253 users.

MONDAY, Aug. 10: At 2:24 p.m. Carbondale officers issued six summonses for minors in possession/consumption alcohol at the same location.

MONDAY Aug. 10: At 5:41 p.m. officers received a report from a citizen on Vito’s Way that someone took a Macbook from his kitchen table while he was gone.

TUESDAY Aug. 11: At 5:57 p.m. a citizen told officers he had a cell phone virus that was trying to defraud him of money.

WEDNESDAY Aug. 12: 5:30 p.m., officers were contacted for a welfare check on a male party. Upon contact, the male party was found to have a warrant for his arrest, and so he was taken into custody.

If you want to go fast - go alone; If you want to go far - go together! ~ African Proverb

For 20 years TRTC has chosen to go together.

THANK YOU to everyone who has chosen to go with us and who participated in celebrating our 20 years.

We could not be where we are today without you.

TRTC Board of Directors Eric Smith Marcia Flaks Erin O’Keefe Valerie Haugen Corey Simpson Jodi Taylor Lon Winston TRTC Past Board Members John Baker Bill Drake Marilyn Gallant Bonnie Liebmann Taylor Liebmann Craig Rathbun Drew Sakson Dorothy Segel Dick Stephenson Hal Sundin Theatre Friends, Donors, Supporters Adam Bartley AJ Baumann Ajka & Bill Wallace Alaina Diaz Alpine Bank, Carbondale Anders O’Keefe Art Ackerman Ashton Taufer Barbara Dills Blaise Johnson & Peter Adams Bob Young Brad Moore Candi & Joel Kolen Carol Klein Carolyn & Teo Prinster Carolyn R. Nelson China Catt Chip Wells Claudia Lauer Connie & Jim Calaway Connie Hendrix Cynthia Calvin & Mac McShane

Dave Reynolds Company Debra Winston Diane Johnson Don Flaks Donna Chase Emilie Eshelman First Bank, RFV Gayle Embrey Gayle & Richard Wells Ginny & Jim Page Gould Construction Jack Lanning James Surls Jane Truesdale Jennifer Schiller Jessica & John Fullerton Jill & Craig Rathbun Joan Knab Joe Montelione Jordan Callier Judy & Lynn Hancock Judy & Nick Huston Judy Welch & Robert Grigg Julia & John Whitcombe Julie & Doug Coffman Karin Bannerot Karp Neu Hanlon, P.C. Katalin Domoszlay Kathy & Greg Feinsinger Kathy Weiss Kay Brunnier Kim Nuzzo Kristen & Wally Graham Kusuma Tejasakulsinpotvin KUUR Lana Karp Lee Beck Lucie & Jon Fitch Marcel Majid Kahhak Marion Pech Mark Harris Martha & Bill Drake Marty Madden Maureen Hinkle

Max Taylor May Selby Michelle Hubbard Mike Monroney Nancy & Armand Thomas Nancy Taylor Office Depot Olivia Savard Oni Butterfly Pat & Emil Cima Paul & Sandy Chamberlin Peggy DeVilbiss & Emma Danciger Peggy Wilkie Richard Lyon Ricki & Kerry Newman Russ Knab Sandy & David Burden Sarah & Marty Flug Scott Gilbert Scott Simpson Sharon & Garry Snook Sophie Sakson Stacey Henderson Stacey Novak Sue Edelstein & Bill Spence Susan Dillon Susan & John Rothchild Summer & Erik Berg Swanson Millworks The Orchard Staff Theodore J. Lee & Marc A. Sekula Tim Fox Todd Chamberlin Town & Phat Thai Michelle Hubbard Vivian & Norman Belmont Wewer Keohane … and everyone who attended our Gala.

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The Crystal Theatre reports it has booked the highly acclaimed mountaineering documentary “Meruâ€? and will open it on Sept. 11. The ďŹ lm features CRMS grad Conrad Anker (class of ’81), plus Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk as they successfully scale the Shark’s Fin on Mount Meru in northern India. “It had been attempted numerous times, but each effort failed to reach the summit,â€? said Variety magazine. “That provides an irresistible lure to Conrad Anker, a celebrated middle-aged climber who breaks a promise to wife Jenni (the widow of his late climbing partner Alex Lowe) that he is done with major, high-risk expeditions. He assembles as teammates two younger men: Chin, with whom he’s frequently mounted peaks, and ‌ Ozturk, another American whose climbing exploits caught his eye, and who is new to both of them.â€? Variety calls the ďŹ lm – which Chin directed and shot – “ ‌ one of the best sports documentaries of its type in recent years, with the potential to break beyond extreme sports enthusiasts to a broader demographic (audience).â€?

A sometimes KNFO listener reports that a Carbondale guy who identiďŹ ed himself as “Hansâ€? got put through on the syndicated “Thom Hartmannâ€? show last week. “It was pretty unexpected,â€? the listener told The Sopris Sun. “I’ve never heard a local person put through on one of those national shows.â€? The listener theorizes that Hans had an advantage over other callers to the left-leaning show. For one thing, he sounded like he was using an actual telephone instead of a cell phone, so listeners could actually hear what he said. Hans was articulate. He also knew what he was talking about, which in this case were comments he made to Hartmann about the recent gold-mine pollution into the Animas River near Silverton, because Hans used to live in the area and was familiar with the environmental carnage that mining produced. When asked why he was a regular Thom Hartmann listener, the listener chuckled and said told The Sun, “Well ‌ I’m more of a Rush Limbaugh listener but Thom comes on right after Rush, and I’m sort of an open minded guy and just leave it there.â€?

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It’ll be a “Thriller�

On Oct. 24, a group from Carbondale will join thousands from across the world to perform a synchronized dance to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.� Coredination and Bonedale Ballet are organizing local participants, and have scheduled an informational meeting at the Carbondale Branch Library at 6 p.m. on Aug. 20. For details, call 963-2889.

They say it’s your birthday Folks celebrating their birthday this week include: Sid Smock, Dan Whitney, Katherine Whitney, Eric Skalac and Torrey Udall (Aug. 20); Kathy McCann and Jeannie Perry (Aug. 22); Chrissy Leonard (Aug. 23); Andrea Porter (Aug. 24); Danielle Rozga and John Hoffmann (Aug. 25); and Julia Tallmadge (Aug. 26).

Bears pulling late season forays into valley towns Sopris Sun Staff Report The general opinion among wildlife experts in Western Colorado earlier in the summer was that there was more than enough bear fodder in the high country this year, and the bears were not likely to be heading into local towns in large numbers to forage through garbage cans to fatten up for the winter.

But, according to area wildlife manager Perry Will, that outlook has changed somewhat.

“Activity has really picked up in the last three weeks, as far as bear conflicts,” said Will.

He reported that there have been numerous conflicts between bears and humans in the upper regions of the Roaring Fork Valley, and even a few bear sightings in Carbondale.

That means it is time for Carbondale residents to think about buying a bearproof trash container to keep in compliance with the town’s stated and ongoing desire to discourage bears from rooting around in trash cans.

That is because it is that time of the year

when bears need to bulk up for their winter hibernation, and the bruins become fairly indiscriminate about what they eat.

The town board of trustees last May reauthorized a 2014 ordinance requiring residents to have bear-proof trash containers, and discussed adding a provision to keep chicken coops surrounded by electrified fencing (to be turned on only at night to prevent injury to children), to discourage bears from having a snack of one sort or another.

The “chicken-coop legislation,” as it has been dubbed by town officials, was later deemed “unenforceable” and was pulled from consideration, according to Town Clerk Cathy Derby.

“The real conversation, among the trustees, was that we have never had this happen in town (an attack by a bear on chickens in a coop), so why are we creating legislation around it?” added Trustee Allyn Harvey.

In addition, bear-proof-trash ordinance revisions have yet to be drafted and brought back to the board of trustees, but are due to appear on a board agenda in late

August, Derby said.

In the meantime, an emergency ordinance passed in September 2014 remains in effect. It requires residents to only put trash out between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. on the day the trash is to be collected.

The law also states that outside of those times, trash must be kept inside a garage or shed, unless it is in a bear-proof container as identified by the International Grizzly Bear Committee (IGBC).

The law also established a fine schedule ($250 or $500, increasing for multiple violations) for residents whose trash does attract a bear, although the ticket and fine have typically been waived once the resident buys an acceptable trash container.

Carbondale Police Lt. Chris Wurtsmith said there were seven tickets issued in 2014 for violations of the ordinance, but that all seven were voided when the homeowner complied with the law.

This year, he said, “There have been no citations issued,” and the police “are going to be in a reactive position” regarding enforcement this fall, meaning if there is an incident the police will re-

spond and write citations.

Town officials indicated there have been few bears spotted in the mid-valley area this year, but a regional wildlife officer said it is more of a problem than is commonly known.

“There’s been a fair number of bear sightings around the Carbondale area,” said Will, who has worked for more than three decades in state wildlife management.

The sightings, he explained, have included “some in town, the outskirts of town, anyway,” and are indicative that although the high-country forage is still in fair shape, it is not as plentiful as once thought.

“The oaks and acorns are in good shape,” he said of two food sources popular with bears.

But serviceberries and chokecherries, also part of a bear’s staple diet, are not as plentiful as he had expected.

“It’s not a bumper-crop year like I thought it was going to be,” Will mused.

In some areas, Will said, bears have been attacking and killing livestock, mostly pigs raised by local youngsters as 4-H projects, which generally are penned up and cannot run from hungry bears.

A little news on Two Shoes swap Sopris Sun Staff Report Federal officials continue to wrestle with a proposed land exchange sought by Abigail and Leslie Wexner of Aspen, which would transfer more than 1,260 acres of public lands to the Wexner’s Two Shoes Ranch, at the base of Mount Sopris in the Prince Creek drainage.

In return, the public is to take ownership of the 577-acre Sutey Ranch, adjacent to the Red Hill Recreation Area north of Carbondale; 112 acres along Prince Creek Road to be incorporated into a popular network of trails in that area; and donations of $100,000 by the Wexners toward development of a management plan for the newly acquired public lands, and $1 million toward long-term management of those lands.

U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s State Director Ruth Welch, who is in charge of the administrative land swap (meaning it does not require a vote of Congress), approved the swap in June 2014.

And in November 2014, the BLM dismissed three protests filed by public-lands advocates opposed to the swap, including Gregory Durrett of Glenwood Springs, Linda Singer Froning of Carbondale, and the Colorado Wild Public Lands organization.

Currently, the federal Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA) is reviewing an appeal of those denials, an appeal filed by the CWPL last year. The appeal was filed along with a petition to “stay” the November decision, which would have the effect of placing the swap on hold.

In its latest move, last March the IBLA denied the CWPL petition to stay the November rejection of the protests, although the appeal itself apparently is still in play.

David Boyd, public information officer of the BLM’s Colorado River Valley Field Office in Silt, wrote in an e-mail to The Sopris Sun, “The appeal has not been dismissed, so it could still be ruled on. We are evaluating how to proceed” with its intention of making the swap happen.

The CWPL was created specifically to oppose land swaps such as the Sutey/Two Shoes deal, and has members in the Roaring Fork Valley.

In opposing the Sutey/Two Shoes exchange, the CWPL has aimed its guns primarily at what the organization believes are “disparities” in the appraised real estate values assigned to the parcels of land involved in the swap.

“We believe the values used will short change the public,” states the CWPL on its website, coloradowildpubliclands.org. “We are working to ensure that the Sutey Exchange is a fair and equal exchange in every way, or that it not proceed.”

The swap is endorsed by several local governments, including the town of Carbondale, and Pitkin, Eagle and Garfield counties.

Drummer Marlon Green and bluesman Markus James tore it up at last weekend’s KDNK Blues and BBQ in downtown Carbondale. For more Blues and BBQ pics, plus some SoL Theatre action, please turn to page 8. Photo by Jane Bachrach THE SOPRIS SUN, Carbondale’s weekly community connector • AUGUST 20-26, 2015 • 7

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Waldkinder preschool brings kids outside to learn Sopris Sun Staff Report School is about to begin so The Sopris Sun thought this was a good time to educate folks about an alternative kind of preschool education that is taking hold across the country.

It just so happens that Carbondale has one.

Waldkindergartens are a type of preschool education where the children spend all or most all of their day outdoors, according to a press release. The concept came from Europe and Scandinavia where it’s so popular that in many countries, families can choose to send their children to indoor schools or outdoor schools, all within the public school system.

Waldkinder is a German word meaning “forest children.”

The waldkindergarten approach is intended to provide a natural, sensory-rich environment in which children can explore and gravitate toward learning. “The philosophy is that children learn best when they are able to develop creatively in the most natural setting – the outdoors,” said Waldkinder Adventure Preschool founder Karen Grey.

“Where play is unstructured and relies heavily on fantasy with elements found in nature.”

She started the Carbondale school in 2009.

Direct teaching is minimal in waldkindergartens. The belief is that children who are given the opportunity to freely explore nature’s resources and be creative in it, will naturally develop the skills they will later need for more formal schooling. Today, there are about two-dozen outdoor nurseries or nature preschools in the U.S. “With the rise of academics in early child-

hood education, many progressive teachers and parents are longing for more time spent in nature,” said Grey. “Children from two to six years old aren’t geared for being indoors six to eight hours a day with only minimal, unstructured outdoor time.”

Grey pointed to European studies that indicate children who have attended forest preschools are not only more creative and flexible in their ideas, they are also better motivated and have better concentration, artistic and cognitive abilities than conventional kindergarteners.

At Waldkinder Adventure Preschool, in a home-based setting, Grey’s children receive indoor preschool activities in the mornings and an outdoor adventure for three to four hours every day, regardless of weather.

“The Norwegians have a saying,” Grey shared. “’there is no bad weather, only bad clothing.’”

For example, when it’s really cold, Grey might bundle up her students and walk to the bus stop for a trip to an out-of-town library, “but they always have an outdoor adventure … I’ve never met a child who says “No, I don’t want to go outside (because the weather is bad) … Judging weather always comes from us adults.”

Grey said one of the most important things that happens in an outdoor preschool is the unstructured nature play that occurs when a child is exploring the forest, wetlands, rivers or even the urban environment. “The physical challenges they master on our adventures translate into mastery in other areas

Let Your Imagination Take Flight!

TONIGHT AT 7:30PM! A play by Rick Elice, Music by Wayne Barker Based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson Ever wonder how Peter Pan ended up in Neverland? This highly theatrical and wonderfully inventive love story was a sensation when it took Broadway by storm. A show that s perfectly magical, and magically perfect, for grownups of all ages.

Karen Grey plays “shark” with her Waldkinder Adventure Preschool kids at the John M. Fleet swimming pool. With Waldkinder, students are taken outside every day, regardless of the weather. For more information, call 618-2994. Photo by Jane Bachrach of their lives. The children gain confidence and motivation to embark on more complex challenges. And that confidence also transfers into indoor academic efforts!”

Grey said she is in touch with alums (second and third graders) who recount in great detail experiences they had at as preschoolers at Waldkinder.

Waldkinder Adventure Preschool operates

year round on the school district calendar, with adventure camps throughout the summer. Each class has only five children.

Grey has a master’s degree in human development, and marriage and family therapy, and offers parenting groups to her families throughout the year. For more information, call 618-2994 or e-mail waldkinderpreschool@gmail.com.

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To list your event, email information to news@soprissun.com. Deadline is noon on Monday. Events take place in Carbondale unless noted. For up-to-the-minute valley-wide event listings, check out the Community Calendar online at soprissun.com. View events online at soprissun.com/calendar.

THURSDAY Aug. 20

FRIDAY Aug. 21

RODEO CONCLUDES • The Carbondale Wild West Rodeo holds the season’s ďŹ nale at the Gus Darien arena (east of town on County Road 100) rain or shine. Gates open at 5:30 p.m., slack at 6 p.m. and grand entry at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 per adult; $30 per car load (up to six people) with additional adults $5 each. Kids under 10 are free if accompanied by an adult. Advance tickets are available at the Roaring Fork Valley Coop. Info: carbondalerodeo.com.

MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “I'll See You in My Dreamsâ€? (PG-13) at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 21-27; “Irrational Manâ€? (R) at 5:15 p.m. on Aug. 22 and “Mr. Holmesâ€?

(PG) (captioned) at 5:15 p.m. on Aug. 23.

MEET THE CHIEFS • The Carbondale police chief and the ďŹ re chief meet the public over a cup of coffee at the Village Smithy at 8 a.m. on the third Thursday of the month.

ART TALK • The Wyly Annex in downtown Basalt hosts a panel discussion on art, nature and healing with Campbell Hutchinson, Allison Stewart and Paul Anderson at 5:30 p.m. Michael Kinsley will be the moderator. Info: wylyarts.org.

C’DALE LIBRARY • The Carbondale Branch Library hosts “Gaming & Lunchâ€? from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursdays through the summer. Free lunch is provided for those 18 and under. The program is a partnership with the Food Bank of the Rockies as part of its Summer Food Service program. Info: 963-2889 and gcpld.org.

BASALT LIBRARY • Aspen Music Festival students give free performances from 5:15 to 7 p.m. at the Basalt Regional Library.

LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the old part of the Dinkel Building celebrates is 700th consecutive Friday night of music.

Info: 963-3304.

TRE • Introductory practice sessions in Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE) are offered in Suit 28 of the Third Street Center at 6 p.m. Bring a mat and water bottle, and wear loose clothes. The suggested donation is $10. Info: 379-3486.

BASALT LIBRARY • The Basalt Regional Library offers genealogy help sessions from 1 to 3 p.m.

SATURDAY Aug. 22 LAND DANCE • Outgoing director Martha Cochran will be honored at the Aspen Valley Land Trust’s 12th annual Save

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LIVE MUSIC • Loyal Brothers in Glenwood Springs presents Reno Divorce, Guilty by Association and Killer 82 at 9 p.m. No cover.

BIRTHDAY BASH • America Legion Post 100 (on Third Street) hosts a summer birthday bash for members who had/have birthdays in June, July and August. It goes from 4 p.m. to ? Pulled pork sandwiches will be served for $8.

BASALT LIBRARY • The Basalt Regional Library offers a session on smart phone apps from 1 to 2:15 p.m.

FESTIVAL RETURNS • The 12th annual Festival de las Americas returns to Sopris Park from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. It’s organized by the Roaring Fork Rotary Club (aka Club Rotario) and there’ll be food, music, dancing and fun. Info: glenwoodrotary@gmail.com.

CLAY CENTER • Residents at the Carbondale Clay Center hold a open studio and sale from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. There’ll be demonstrations at 2 p.m. Come see what Elina Jurado, Susie Pentelow, Molly Berger and Matt Eames have been up to, and say goodbye to Pentelow and Berger as they prepare to head to their next adventures. The public is welcome. Info: 963-2529 or info@carbondaleclay.org.

TAKE A HIKE • Registration is required for Wilderness Workshop’s free hike into the East Willow drainage beyond Four Mile Park in the Thompson Divide. This is a moderate, six-mile hike. Four-wheel drive vehicles are necessary and dogs are not allowed.

Meet in Carbondale. Info: 510-0697.

ASC • A Spiritual Center in the Third Street Center (#31) presents Rev. David Ault’s CD (“Spiritual Convictionâ€?) at 10 a.m. On Aug. 30 it’s Rick Davis (“Who is and What Does a Prayer Practitioner Doâ€?) on Aug. 30. Info: 963-5516.

MONDAY Aug. 24 BASALT LIBRARY • The Basalt Regional Library presents “Mother Goose on the Looseâ€? from 10:30 to 11 a.m. (for kids up to 23 months), and retire basics with author CALENDAR page 11

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NEW EVENT • The inaugural Our Town, One Table sets up on smack dab in the middle of Fourth Street starting at 5:30 p.m. with potlucks from diners at 6:30 p.m. Organizers will provide the tables to create one long table.

Diners will bring dishes to serve six to eight people, chairs and dinnerware. To reserve a table, e-mail ourtown1table@gmail.com.

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

COMMUNITY DANCE • Dance Liberation: Community Ecstatic Dance holds a opening circle at the Launchpad at 7:30 p.m.

It’ll be a fusion of live drums and sound, where participants are invited to “help weave the fabric together by tapping into your own inner rhythm, silence, creativity and unique “free-form you-ness.� Dance experience is not required. The suggested donation is 7:30 p.m. Info: Dance Liberation’s Facebook page and alejandraricobustillos@gmail.com.

the Land Dance at John Nieslanik’s ranch just east of Carbondale up White Hill. “This year not only do we honor and celebrate the families who have forever protected their properties as open lands for agriculture, wildlife habitat, scenic enjoyment and/or recreation, but we also bid a sad farewell to executive director Martha Cochran,� said an AVLT spokeswoman. “After 13 years at the helm, we need your energy and support to send Martha off in style.� There’ll be dinner and dancing to the Sandy Wells band, plus a silent auction. Tickets are $100 and $50 for those under 40, and are available at avlt.org/events or 963-8440. It all starts at 5:30 p.m. and goes until 10:30 p.m.

LOCAL VALLEY service will have reduced frequency on nights and weekends.

VELOCIRFTA BRT and CARBONDALE CIRCULATOR service will run on weekdays, M-F ONLY. WOODY CREEK service will discontinue until winter.

CITY OF ASPEN service will have reduced hours, and the CROSSTOWN SHUTTLE will discontinue until winter.

BIKE LOADING hours will be from 7:00am to 6:00pm daily.

CARBONDALE Wild LAST RODEO West Rodeo Thursday, Aug. 20

Gates open at 5:30 pm | Slack 6:00 pm | Grand Entry 7:30 pm GUS DARIEN ARENA 1 mile east of Carbondale on Road 100, Catherine Store Road

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VELOCIRFTA BRT y CARBONDALE CIRCULATOR servicio solo entre semana Lunes a Viernes solamente.

WOODY CREEK discontinuarĂĄ hasta el invierno.

SERVICIOS DE LA CIUDAD DE ASPEN reducciĂłn de horas, y el servicio de CROSSTOWN SHUTTLE discontinuarĂĄ hasta el invierno.

HORAS PARA MONTAR BICICLETAS son de 7:00 am a 6:00 pm diariamente.

Visite WWW.RFTA.COM ver los horarios con anticipacion para ver impactos a su viaje.

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LIVEWELL • Healthier Colorado’s listening tour touches down at the Glenwood Springs Recreation Center (100 Wulfsohn Road) to seek public input on health, ďŹ tness and related issues. Free food will be served and seats are limited. Info: healthiercolorado.org/rsvp.

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the space, drinks and snacks. It goes from 6 to 8:30 p.m. and all levels are welcome. Reserve a spot at carbondalearts.com or 963-1680.

WEDNESDAY Aug. 26

TUESDAY Aug. 25

FARMER’S MARKET • The Carbondale Farmer’s Market at Fourth and Main Street takes place on Wednesdays through September. It starts at 10 a.m.

CCAH • This month’s Art & Wine Break at the Third Street Center features mixed media/acrylic with Lisa Singer. CCAH provides

SENIOR MATTERS • The Senior Matters book club meets at the Carbondale Branch Library at 4 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday

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THURS.-SUN. Aug. 27-30

FILM • MountainSummit: MountainďŹ lm returns to the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen. Films include “55 Hours in Mexico,â€? “Walking Through Fear: The Art of Highlining,â€? and “The Rider and the Wolf.â€?

Info: mtnsummit.org.

THURSDAY Aug. 27 AUTOGRAPH PARTY • Author Charlotte Graham hosts an all-valley “autograph partyâ€? for her current book “Memoirs of a River ‌ Up the Crystalâ€? at the Third Street Center starting at 7 p.m. Many characters from her collection of Carbondale stories and histories will be on hand to sign the book, as well as Graham herself. Info: charlotte-graham.com, info@davinikent and 618-5879.

SATURDAY Aug. 29 RFHS TREE PLANTING • Teens for Trees holds a community tree planting day from 9 a.m. to noon at Roaring Fork High School. Refreshments and lunch will be provided. Please

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initiative). Info: rotarycarbondale.org.

ROTARY • The Rotary Club of Carbondale presents Brooke Le Van (Sustainable Settings) at the Carbondale Fire Station at 6:50 a.m.

Coming up: Sept. 2, Ken Krehbiel (capturing Roaring Fork Valley wildlife); Sept. 9, Manuel Cortina (inbound Rotary exchange student talks about his life in Argentina and experience in the U.S.); Sept. 16, John Kinney (AspenPitkin County Airport director); Sept. 23, club meeting; Sept. 30, Jeanna Nicholson (state senator, will talk about the Colorado Health Care

BASALT LIBRARY • The Basalt Regional Library’s Independent Film Night continues with “Stations of the Crossâ€? at 5:15 p.m.

TOKLAT GALLERY • Marierose and Eric Anthony present “Crystal Healing Therapyâ€? from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Info: 927-1437.

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

Ongoing bring gloves and shovels if you have them. The planting is part of the Roaring Fork High School Courtyard Project. For details, go to rfhscourtyard.weebly.com.

TUESDAY Sept. 1 FLAG FOOTBALL • Today is the deadline to sign up for the Basalt Recreation Department’s 4X4 adult ag football league. Games take place on Saturdays at 4 and 5 p.m. from Sept. 5 through Oct. 24. The cost is $200 per team with a maximum of eight teams. Info: 927-8214, ext. 401.

MON.-FRI. Sept. 7-11 DANCE • Dance Initiative’s Artist In Residence features Molissa Fenley & Company at the Launchpad, with a performance at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 12. Over the past 36 years, Fenley has produced more than 80 original works that have been performed at the Joyce Theatre, City Center, Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, Jacob’s Pillow, and the American Dance Festival. She is also a faculty member at Mills College. Info: danceinitiative.org.

PICKLEBALL • The Carbondale pickleball group meets for some back and forth at the Darien Tennis and Pickleball Courts (at North Face Park) at 8 a.m. on Monday, Friday and Saturday, and 6 p.m. on Wednesdays. All ages and skill levels are welcome.

CONTINUING • The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities continues “Square Footage: Art In Reduxâ€? at the Launchpad.

Artists Jay Phillips, Reina Katzenberger, Penelope Ann Greenwell, Wallace Graham and John Emerson, and dancers of CoMotion, received up to 16 square feet in which to install their work. Over the course of the six week exhibition, the artists’ designated square footage will be reduced by 50 percent on two occasions, requiring the artists to respond. The public can

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view the artists’ modiďŹ cations during Reduction #1 on First Friday, Sept. 4 from 6 to 8 p.m. and again during Reduction #2 on Sept. 17 from 5:30 to 7p.m. Reduction #2 will also include a dance performance and artist walk through with explanations of each process. Each gallery event will include a performance art piece by John Emerson (nudity will be involved) during the last 30 minutes. Info: carbondalearts.com.

CONTINUING • The Ann Korologos Gallery in downtown Basalt continues Michael Kessler’s show titled “Organic Evolutionâ€? through Sept. 4.

Info: 927-9668.

CONTINUING • The Wyly Art Center in downtown Basalt continues Campbell Hutchinson and his show “This Land is Our landâ€? through Sept. 12

BACK-TO-SCHOOL NIGHTS • Crystal River Elementary School hosts a back-to-school night from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Aug. 25; at Carbondale Middle School from 6 to 7 p.m. on Sept. 9; and at Roaring Fork High School from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 1.

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New memoir includes chapters on Midland bar Letter

A book release party for Thom Thinn’s memoir “The Wake of Sidney Jack� is slated for Cafectio Organico in Los Angeles on Aug. 22.

What is Thinn’s connection to Basalt?

Thinn is the brother of local resident Caroline West, who with Rick Rock owned and operated the Midland Bar in downtown Basalt for 10 years in the 1980s.

The Midland (now the Brick Pony) was freak-central in the 1970s and after hippies started to die out was a hub of Basalt’s tavern scene that included the Two Rivers Bar just down the street, and Frying Pan Inn across the street.

The Midland (and the Roaring Fork Valley) is mentioned in chapters 3 and 4 of “In the Wake of Sidney Jack,� with the valley described as the home-awayfrom-home for “giants� like Faye Dunaway, Johnny Depp, Ringo Starr, and of course, the good Dr. Hunter S. Thompson.

Published by Snail Press, here’s the rundown: “In the Wake of Sidney Jack� is the pseudo memoir of a Hollywood nobuddy, Tommy Two-goat. Following the scent of destiny’s parade, Tommy plies his way through deep relationships, heavy situations and remote localities. Meanwhile, he struggles to keep a thread of reality from breaking under the dead weight

of his mentor Sidney, a rogue production designer and stubborn genius-fool wasting his talent on carnal trappings. The book is a comedic tragedy delivered in Southern wit, and lunkhead humor on an approach to higher understanding.

Thinn’s memoir has received outstanding reviews by writers, actors and directors such as: Peter Farrelly, Josh Klausner, John Fleck and Jamie Babbit: http://sidneyjack.com.

Reading “In the Wake of Sidney Jackâ€? is like taking a ride on the back of a motorcycle. it’s fast and curvy, and heart stoppingly real. Tommy takes us on an incredible journey of soul searching, smack and survival as we go along with him to the edges of security and sanity. This is the kind of story that makes you laugh, breaks your heart, and brings you miso soup in the middle of the night. A story about love — in all its ordinary everyday luster, ďŹ nding a tribe to call one’s own, and the human connection we all feel, yet are still so insecure about.

What I took from this book: Humans screw up. A lot. But we still care; and we still need to be accepted by the clan. Plus, sometimes our outďŹ ts are really freakin’ cute. I can’t wait to go for another ride. — Jeannie Perry

Shopping, playing in Basalt Dear Editor: On behalf of the Basalt Downtown Business Association, we would like to thank our community — locals and visitors alike — for turning out this summer to eat, shop and play in Basalt!

East and West Basalt are both hopping with new businesses and old favorites. The Basalt Sunday Market is in full swing with food and craft vendors, bounce house and great music.

At the Basalt Country Dance and Feed, with tunes by the Caleb Dean Band, practically the whole town was two-stepping and line dancing till dark. And the food! Special thanks to the Methodist Church for their eye-popping, off the chart and freshly baked pies, and to Cucina del Valle, Tempranillo and Slow Groovin’ BBQ for providing mouth-watering dinners. Thanks to the Wyly Art Center for libations. Dancing, bull-riding (the mechanical kind), summertime getting together — all happening in downtown Basalt. Hope to see you soon!

Tracy Bennett, Chair Basalt Downtown Business Association

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Fire board OK’s plan The Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District board approved a 10-year master plan by a 41 vote (with Gene Schilling absent) at its regularly scheduled meeting on Aug. 12. The 131-page plan is available on the district’s site at carbondaleďŹ re.org. Look for an article on the plan in an upcoming Sopris Sun. On a related note, the board was scheduled to hold a special meeting on Aug. 19 (after The Sun went to press) to discuss a possible mill levy ballot question in November.

Off to Vale The Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District sent a brush truck and crew to assist at the Bendire Complex Fire near Vale, Oregon on Aug. 11, according to a ďŹ re district press release. There are numerous wildďŹ res burning in the Northern California/Oregon/Washington area. “Due to the current low wildďŹ re danger, the district was able to send a crew and brush truck to help,â€? said a ďŹ re district spokesman. He said there are many beneďŹ ts to the district for sending the crews to wildďŹ res in other areas. “The crews have an opportunity to experience large wildďŹ res, which do not happen in this area often and the district is able to increase its revenues with payments from wildďŹ re assignments.

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Basalt High School. The meeting starts at 5:30 p.m.

For more information on the district’s facilities plan, go to rfsd.org.

Chipping and sealing The Colorado Department of Transportation will conduct chip-and-seal operations on Highway 133 between Carbondale and Redstone through Wednesday, Aug. 26.

Baby please, don’t go If you’re thinking about heading down to the Garfield County Courthouse any time between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Aug. 20, you might want consider an earlier or later time. Most GarďŹ eld County ofďŹ ces will be closed for the annual employee appreciation picnic during those hours.

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School board talks bond issue The school board for the Roaring Fork School District will discuss weather to put a bond issue on the November ballot at its Aug. 26 meeting at

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Rotary exchange creates “a life in a year”

By Tavia Teitler Sopris Sun Contributor Last year, while her classmates were making their way through their senior year of high school, Briana Boland was across the world, taking a different approach to her education. Boland recently returned from Taipei, Taiwan, where she spent the year as a Rotary exchange student. The exchange turned out to be an incredible and life changing experience for Boland; she has returned from her year abroad with a new language, new friends and a slew of new experiences.

“Going in I really didn’t know anything much about Taiwan,” Boland said. “I didn’t understand anything that was going on and everything seemed so weird. It’s really a completely different world.”

Upon arriving, Boland moved in with the first of three host families; a family of seven in

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The project site is nearly eight acres in size, and has been reported to involve the sale of that parcel by its current owners to the Kroger chain.

In a summary about the introductory application, Town Manager Jay Harrington reported, “This is not a formal application at this time. The applicant submitted the material so that town staff and other referral agencies can provide preliminary comment prior to a formal application. The formal applica-

because really, [your exchange] goes so fast.”

Boland wanted to make sure that a thank you was extended to the members of the Rotary Club that made her exchange happen and helped her through it.

Her Taiwanese “life in a year” may be in her past, but its impact carries well into her future.

She is now conversationally fluent in Mandarin Chinese and plans to minor in Mandarin when she attends Fordham University in the fall. Her exchange also left her with a brightened, broadened worldview. “[Going on an exchange] really changes your perspective so much … my whole life I’ve been in this tiny little valley and that was my world,” Boland said,“but now my world is enormous!”

which only one member spoke English. In situations like these, “you get very good at charades,” Boland joked. Further immersing herself in the culture of Taiwan, Boland quickly enrolled in the local public high school. Despite the fact that she was technically a senior, she entered as a sophomore in order to learn the language. Boland also attended morning culture and language classes with other Rotary exchange students staying in Taipei.

The lessons Boland learned were by no means limited to the classroom, encompassing everything from “how to eat a lot of weird food” and “how to go with the flow,” to the development of a new sense of independence.

“You have to learn … [how to] just figure things out, because a lot of times it’s not necessarily explained to you,” Boland said.

The Rotary Club has a saying about exchange: “It’s not a year in your life, it’s a life

in a year.” This saying seems to do a good job of describing Boland’s experience. “It’s really true because you get there and you don’t know anything. You can’t speak, you don’t know any people, you don’t know where to go, and then you learn, and by the end of the year your entire life is there,” Boland said.

One component of this life was the other exchange students she met. As Taipei is a large city, Boland was surrounded by other Rotary exchange students from all over the world.

“You learn about all of these different places just from the people that you meet. The exchange students I met there … were not just my friends, they were my family.”

Boland strongly encourages other students to go on exchanges as well and was full of advice for future exchange students. “Never say no to anything,” she recommended. “Do everything you can, try everything you can

Tavia Teitler, 15, is one of The Sopris Sun’s two summer interns. She’ll be a junior at Roaring Fork High School this year.

tion will most likely be submitted in September, with public hearings before the P&Z [planning and zoning commission] and the board [of trustees].”

Assuming the plan moves forward, town staff have indicated that it will require submission of a subdivision plat, a utility plan, a drainage plan and a traffic impact study, along with documents showing how the plan complies with the town’s zoning codes.

In addition, according to reported statements by town planning director Janet Buck, some parts of the proposal would need spe-

cial-use permits, and the commercial buildings would need to be built according to the town’s International Green Building Code.

The plan is contingent upon an agreement from the current owners to subdivide the larger, 24-acre parcel and to sell the 7.8-acre portion to Kroger/King Soopers.

According to the planning consultant that is shepherding the proposal through the town’s review process, Galloway & Co., the new store is needed because the old one is outdated, inefficient and too small.

Carbondale’s elected leaders have ex-

pressed cautious optimism that the current plan will get a better reception from the community than the earlier, much larger development proposals, which were twice voted down by the town’s electorate.

The submission of a development proposal

by King Soopers, even as an “introductory” matter, seems to put to rest concerns among town officials that City Market might move out of Carbondale entirely and relocate to a new commercial center midway between Carbondale and Glenwood Springs, at the development site known as Cattle Creek Crossing.

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worse than, what we have today.

Carbondale’s contribution to climate change is miniscule. While we should do everything we can to help, the most serious problem facing Carbondale is to survive in a changing world. Right now, Carbondale is not a “sustainableâ€? community. Consider that virtually everything we use on a daily basis is imported, including our water. Surprisingly, much of our water originates in the PaciďŹ c Ocean and is carried here by atmospheric forces, forces that are sometimes ďŹ ckle. Warm, moist air bumps into the cool and high Rockies air, which produces our rain and snow.

Forecasters are predicting that warmer temperatures in this region will mean less average snowfall. Less snowfall means big changes in the local hydrology, and big changes in the local economy. Ski seasons are already problematic in many traditional ski areas all around the world. If our local ski business slips away, what next?

If the trucks, pipes, wires and rivers slow down — or even stop — bringing us our daily rations, will we be ready?

Growing food locally will no longer be a “hobby� but a necessity. Instead of natural gas heating, we will switch to heat pumps that can be solar powered.

Our vehicles will be electric and recharged by solar collectors. Some communities have already introduced local currencies that allow for trade within the region. Building materials will be produced locally, but carefully. Buildings

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 school-garden efforts in the region; helped the area’s largest organic farm to prevent a proposed asphalt plant from contaminating its operation; built relationships with many of the organizations and people who are actively involved in various capacities of the local food system; and catalyzed a weed management task force in Carbondale. We have also researched the local food system, culminating in a report of recommendations that can be read at www.roaringforkfood.org.

Now we have the opportunity to do what many other regions across the state and country have done – some with

will become net zero; they will use very little energy and will produce enough to match that.

So getting back to the role of the Carbondale Environmental Board, please consider what Wikipedia says: “The Brundtland Commission pushed for the idea that while the ‘environment’ was previously perceived as a sphere separate from human emotion or action, and while ‘development’ was a term habitually used to describe political goals or economic progress, it is more comprehensive to understand the two terms in relation to each other ‌ â€?.

And the Brundtland Commission itself says: “... the ‘environment’ is where we live; and ‘development’ is what we  all do in attempting to improve  our lot within that abode.

The two are inseparable.�

Therefore, in my view, the Environmental Board of Carbondale has a critical role to play for this  community. We need to merge the needs of the environment with the needs of the physical community. While the Board of Trustees manages the day-to-day affairs of the town, the E-board needs to maintain a focus on a larger picture and to ďŹ nd ways for the community to move forward — now — in a healthy way, to a truly sustainable future.  Patrick Hunter is a Colorado Mountain College sustainability studies student, the Outreach and Education member of the Carbondale Environmental Board, and a member of the local Citizens’ Climate Lobby. He lives  outside Carbondale.

  similar grassroots efforts and some by government mandate – and that’s to form a local food coalition to take this work with powerful coordination.  If you want to see this happen, please go to www.roaringforkfood.org and invest in it. You’ll be committing an economic act of happiness.

Letters continued om page 2 cents per gallon below competing stations. And that’s before the substantial discounts awarded as “fuel points� to City Market shoppers. I wonder what would happen to Carbondale’s fueling stations and their related businesses if their customers were diverted to a new corporate-subsidized station in town? I hope we can convince City Market that this is the wrong place for one of its gas stations. If not, I hope our citizens, trustees and planners will  make sure it is designed with a “small town character.�  City Market/King Sooper/Galloway will present their preliminary plan for the project at an open house in the Calaway Room at the Third Street Center from 5 to 7 p.m. on Aug. 26.

If interested, please mark your calendars.

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