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Totem pole finds a home By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer
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It took Donnie Lente, of the Silt-based Native American Crane Company, less than an hour to place KDNK’s new totem pole on Tuesday morning. The 2,000-pound work of art is anchored in place by a 350-pound steel rod, set in six-feet of concrete. KDNK is located at 76. S. Second St. Photo by Jane Bachrach
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ccording to websites, indigenous people of the northwest and into Canada carved totem poles for a variety of reasons, including welcoming signs for village visitors, mortuary vessels for the remains of deceased ancestors or as a means to publicly ridicule someone. Community access radio station KDNK officials are no doubt ruling out reasons two and three for their new totem pole ownership, after setting the 17-foot tall sculpture into place on Tuesday morning to welcome one and all. But wouldn’t a simple “welcome sign” have done the trick? Not if you’re station manager Steve Skinner. Here’s the story behind KDNK’s new totem pole. Skinner told The Sopris Sun he first saw the pole in a garage while he was helping a friend move four or five years ago. “But the totem pole came back in my mind” during this summer’s extensive landscaping project, he said. Skinner tracked down the sculptor, John Doyle, whom he’d known in the 1980s and asked him “do you still have it?” Doyle said “Yea.” Doyle’s totem poles are mostly found upvalley. An Aspen area resident commissioned Doyle to carve this totem pole several years ago, and paid several thousand dollars for it in advance, but never picked it up. “He said he didn’t know what to do with it,” Skinner continued. Brief negotiations ensued, then Doyle repainted the totem pole and donated it to the station. He carved the totem pole from an Engelmann spruce brought down from the Flat Tops north of Glenwood Springs. A beetle epidemic on the Flat Tops killed thousands of the trees in the 1950s. Websites also say totem poles are not religious objects, but they do communicate important aspects of native culture. The carvings may symbolize or commemorate cultural beliefs that recount familiar legends, clan lineages or notable events. The KDNK totem pole apparently diverges from traditional designs. “There’s some Tibetan Buddhism …. Hindu … Native American (carvings) … It’s multi-ethnic and a gift to the community,” Skinner said. For more on the totem pole and its dedication, visit kdnk.org.
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Pope Francis: Right man for the enviro-job By Patrick Hunter One thing I’ve learned from years of building construction is that when you’ve got a really tough job you get the best help you can. Well, fixing climate change is the toughest job the human race has ever had and we just got as good a man as we could have hoped for: Pope Francis. Who knew? And not only has the Vatican produced an amazing and powerful work in the Encyclical called “Laudato Si” (Praise be to you), they are taking it on the road. Their target audience is certainly the 1.3 billion Roman Catholics in the world, but it is also all the rest of us souls. The subtitle is “On Care For Our Common Home.” Starting to read this substantial text (it runs to about 190 pages) has been one surprise after another. The grasp of the science, economics, politics and humanity is stunning. It is said the primary author was Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana. It has also been said that many thought this man would have been the next pope. It would have made him the first African Pope, and the first Pope with dark skin. Pope Francis is the first Pope from the global south. Taken together, this supports the point of view of this letter, which is very much orientated from the world’s non-developed countries point of view. One of the best writers today on the subject of climate change is Naomi Klein, author of “This Changes Everything.” She was requested to, and did attend, a Vatican conference on the Encyclical. She points out that one of the striking things about this overall document is its emphasis on “interconnectedness.” The great problems of our time — global warming, migration from drought,
widespread poverty, economic distress and global unrest — are all fully interrelated. They come from the same place. The Encyclical tells us that we live within an industrial, highly technical, economic system that operates with only one self-serving goal, which is to maximize profit, regardless of the consequences. We are driven by a dominant paradigm that tells us to rip anything and everything from this planet in the unrelenting quest of growth and profit. “Growth” and “profit” have become inseparable. Financial wealth is the sole benchmark. This system has produced massive global problems. You might ask: what is the source of this need for domination of the land and of the people? Surely “dominion,” present in the early scriptures, is inherent to our race. President Teddy Roosevelt gave a famous speech to an august assembly at the University of Sorbonne in Paris in 1910. This speech, titled “Citizenship in a Republic,” struck me for its harsh language about what we have come to call “Manifest Destiny,” the idea that America was destined to spread out across the Continent, and that it was our maker’s plan. Roosevelt said: “(there was a) hard struggle with the iron unfriendliness of the Indian-haunted land, (and in) laying the foundations of what has now become the giant republic of the West. To conquer a continent, to tame the shaggy roughness of wild nature, means grim warfare; and the generations engaged in it. To conquer the wilderness means to wrest victory from the same hostile forces with which mankind struggled on the immemorial infancy of our race.
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(They were) sinewy folk who thrust forward the frontier in the teeth of savage men and savage nature.” No wonder then that today’s Americans have so little thought about the effects of our juggernaut economy and it’s ever-present and essential, underlying military force. Pope Francis is saying now that we must replace this paradigm of “dominion” with one of “stewardship.” We are not to crush the world we live in but to care for it. We are in every way part of what is on this planet and it is all we have. Clearly, we must find a way to live together, and live within our means. To live more carefully, and while understanding the interchange with our natural world, requires some application of what is called “ecological economics.” One of the fathers of this discipline is economist Herman Daly. He makes clear that limitless growth is unsustainable. “Sustainable” development differs from the norm in that the “improvements” are “qualitative.” There will be no “quantitative increase.” In other words, we should strive to improve our communities, not expand them. Instead of destroying resources we need to work with them. In fact, as Pope Francis is saying, we need to “care for our common home.” We are blessed by this Encyclical and will take its message forward in a battle for this planet, not against our planet and our home. 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.
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Pretty cool Dear Editor: While walking west down the Rio Grande trail the other day, I was passed by two boys on bikes, who zipped around the corner onto the Crystal River Trail at high speed. One shouted to the other, “Hey, Dude – look how pretty!” High praise indeed for the new flower strip from the preteen set. I concur! Barbara Hauptli Glenwood Springs
Lets talk cats Dear Editor: Cats in the United States kill an estimated 1.4 billion to 3.7 billion birds each year. That’s “B” as in billion. These are numbers much higher than originally thought and were shocking to me when I first read them. I discussed this with Yaron Miller, director of National Outreach at Defenders of Wildlife, when I was in Washington, D.C. a couple of
months ago. I was in DC at Defenders of Wildlife’s request as a local elected official and wildlife advocate to meet with staff members of Colorado Senators Bennett and Gardner’ staff on current legislation proposed that would affect the Endangered Species Act (ESA). We also had the opportunity to discuss the Thompson Divide and the mapping of sage grouse habitat. The bird statistics are according to a 2013 Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute/US Fish and Wildlife Service peer-reviewed analysis of previous studies. As we all have learned, it is important to only look at both peer reviewed and current studies these days. If not, one ends up looking at science that seems to dispute the foregone conclusion of climate change. Feral and stray cats are no doubt the biggest culprits of bird deaths. It should be noted that thanks to Cindy Sadlowski and the Street Cat Coalition, and organizations like CARE (Colorado Animal Rescue), Carbondale does not have as big a problem in this area. That said, according to Mary Har-
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ris with the local Audubon Society, companion cats that roam freely at least part of the time and the resulting cat predation is more than a minor threat to birds and other wild animals. The study I earlier referred to concludes that cats outstrip annual bird deaths from pesticides, collisions with windows, wind farms and loss of habitat. It is also important to note that domestic cats are not a native species and compete with owls, hawks and eagles for food. People also want to believe that cats won’t hunt if well fed but hunting is a separate instinct from the urge to eat as a University of Georgia study concluded. This same study concluded that the “gifts’ free roaming cats bring home to their owners is only about one quarter of what they have actually just killed. Yes we need to continue to improve in many areas regarding birds, wind towers, glass windows, pesticides etc. but what we can’t do is to pretend that the cats that roam outside in Carbondale don’t take a tremenLETTERS page 14
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New assistant principal has just about taught it all By Debbie Bruell Sopris Sun Correspondent Sam Germain comes to her new position as assistant principal of Crystal River Elementary School with a wide variety of teaching experiences. She has taught all ages — from kindergartners to adults — and she has taught classes ranging from anthropology and English as a Second Language at a community college, to science at a K-8 Montessori school, and project-based learning at an elementary school. Germain spent most of her growing-up years in Denver. In 1992 she moved to Fort Collins to attend Colorado State University. Aside from her years attending the University of Wyoming in Laramie to get her master’s degree in anthropology/archeology, Germain has lived and worked in Fort Collins. As a “big picture, systems-thinking” kind of person who has always been interested in ways to support teachers and help them develop their craft, she decided to pursue her principal’s license at CSU last year. When the assistant principal position at
Sam Germain loves her position at Crystal River Elementary School and is particularly excited about the school district’s Crew program. Photo by Jane Bachrach
CRES opened up she jumped at the opportunity. “We’d been talking about moving to higher elevation for years,” she told The Sopris Sun. “We love the mountains, and we love skiing and camping.” Germain was no stranger to the Roaring Fork Valley even before the CRES position became available. She’s been visiting friends in Carbondale for many years. Also, Audrey Hazleton, the current principal at Glenwood Springs Elementary School, was a colleague of Germain’s at the Oleander School for Project-Based Learning. Knowing that Hazleton has had “a really positive experience” made her excited about the possibility of joining the Roaring Fork School District. Germain’s husband, Jeff, and daughter, Addie, are still living in Fort Collins while Addie finishes her senior year at Poudre High School (where she is captain of her cheerleading team). As a software designer, Jeff plans to continue in his current position after moving to Carbondale next year. Their son, Jasper, made the move with his mom to Carbondale. He’s attending Roaring Fork High School as a sophomore.
Germain noted the challenges of the current housing market in Carbondale, but with the help of CRES parent/real estate agent Jamie Maybon, Germain and her husband purchased a townhome in the Sopris Landscape neighborhood with “a nice view of Sopris.” “I’ve loved my first few weeks at CRES,” Germain told this reporter. She spoke specifically about the development of Crew — a program that integrates relationship-building, character-building and goal-setting into the structure and culture of a school. “It gives kids the tools they need to take charge of their learning ... the ability to reflect ... to problem-solve ... to advocate for themselves.” She noted that she worked with a similar program at the Olander School for Project-Based Learning. “Living in Carbondale is a dream town,” Germain told The Sun, “and the opportunity to work in a diverse community is really important to me ... I feel very strongly that everybody deserves a great education and I want to be in a place where people are working really hard to make that happen.”
Carbondale trustees discussing 50-percent pay hike Would not apply to current board By John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer It appears as though a majority of Carbondale’s elected leaders are leaning toward enacting a pay raise for future trustees, but first they want to hear from their constituents about the idea. Toward that end, the trustees next week (at a meeting on Sept. 22) will take input from the public on a proposed ordinance that would authorize a 50-percent pay hike for the trustees and the mayor starting with the upcoming municipal election in 2016. This would be the first raise authorized for the elected officials in about 15 years, according to town records, and would take a trustee’s paycheck from the current $600 per month to a new rate of $900 per month, and would boost the mayor’s pay from $1,000 per month now to $1,500 per month. The raise would only apply to trustees who are elected in 2016, 2018 or thereafter. The idea was raised in early August by Trustee Allyn Harvey, whose seat on the board is up for election in 2016. Reaction to the proposal was mixed at a work session of the trustees on Tuesday. “Something about it doesn’t sit right with me,” said Trustee Katrina Byars, who with Trustee AJ Hobbs is part of the latest generation to be elected to the board and does not face reelection until 2018. “Fifty percent feels like a leap,” Byars continued, noting that she would be “open to a slightly lower amount.” Trustee Pam Zentmyer, who is in her second term and cannot run for reelection next year due to term limits, initially opposed the idea. “I’m not too comfortable with it,” she said. “I’m not going to support it.”
But Trustee John Hoffmann, who also is term-limited as of next year, told his fellow trustees, “I support it, just because it (being a trustee) is a lot of work” and trustees should be “compensated justly” for that work. He (and Harvey, in a letter to the editor in this week’s edition) pointed out that a trustee has to attend up to five nighttime meetings of the board per month, including regular meetings, work sessions and special meetings, read and digest a vast volume of information concerning town affairs, as well as keeping track or attending meetings of a variety of other entities in neighboring towns, state agencies and other groups, which entails a significant amount of travel on the trustees’ own dime. “That’s almost a full-time job,” Hoff-
mann said of the trustee position. Regarding the proposed raise, Hoffmann said, “It’s not that much money.” Mayor Stacey Bernot, who has resisted the proposal and has two more years on her term, remarked that while she hears a lot of comments from constituents about some issues, she has not heard much about this particular matter. Harvey, noting that the last time the board voted itself a raise was in 2000, estimated that if the trustees were given annual raises to keep up with inflation, they would be earning more than $800 a month now anyway. And, he added, it’s not as though a pay raise for trustees comes up very often, or is likely to come up again any time soon.
“It doesn’t get talked about a lot, because it’s not an easy conversation,” he commented. It has been 15 years since the last such discussion, he said, “and look at the discomfort that we’re having.” Zentmyer chimed in that, if the trustees approve the raise as proposed at the next meeting, it very well could be without any public input into the question. “I just want to make sure we do a diligent job of getting feedback from people” to avoid any appearance of impropriety, she declared. The trustees agreed to put the matter on the Sept. 22 agenda, for discussion and input from the public. Trustee meetings, held at Town Hall at 511 Colorado Ave., start at 6 p.m.
Carbondale firefighters responded to a structure fire at the Third Street Center at 1:30 a.m. on Sept. 16. The fire, confined to Suite 34 at the north end of “The Long Hall,” was extinguished by the room’s sprinkler system and a neighbor before fire-fighters arrived, according to a press release. Damage was minor and there were no injuries. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation, Carbondale Fire District and Carbondale police are investigating. Photo by Julie Albrecht THE SOPRIS SUN, Carbondale’s weekly community connector • SEPTEMBER 17-23, 2015 • 3
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Motorist swerves for art’s sake? Sopris Sun Staff Report A vehicle of some sort apparently missed the turn at Main Street and Snowmass Drive, and took out the stop sign at the intersection, but missed the nearby piece of public art at that location, according to Town Manger Jay Harrington, writing in his weekly memo (Sept. 7-13) to the town board of trustees and others. The sign has been replaced. In other news from Harrington’s weekly report: The annual 5-Point Film’s outside event will be hosted at Bonnie Fischer Park, behind the Third Street Center, on Sept. 18, from 6:30-10 p.m. Attendees are asked to bring their own chairs and/or blankets, to come early to bring instruments for a musical jam around the campfire starting at 6:30 p.m., and be prepared to pay a $10 entry fee. Refreshments will include supplies for making s’mores. There’ll also be Sierra Nevada beer and a local food truck. Also this weekend, the summer’s last youth gymkhana will be held at the Gus Darien arena on Sept. 19. Motorists driving between Carbondale and Redstone on Highway 133 can expect the continuation of lane closures along the road, as the Colorado Department of Transportation wraps up its summer-long upgrade of the highway. CDOT officials said last week that the project was expected to be finished at the end of this week. Town crews have been doing repairs on Meadowood Drive and other locations around town, including the marking of pedestrian crosswalks and smoothing out some alleyways with the town’s grader. In their round of mowing and other maintenance duties, members of the parks and recreation work crew discovered that a water leak at the Gateway RV Park, at the intersection of Highways 133 and 82, appears to be coming from behind a retaining wall and will need to be addressed by “a plumber/carpenter,”
Harrington wrote. The town arborist, David Coon, has been documenting “troubled trees” in advance of preparation of the proposed 2016 budget, as well as cutting maturing Elm and Elm saplings, trimming low-hanging Elm branches along 8th Street and removing maturing elm saplings around town. For anyone interested in the town’s thinking about the Siberian elm (also known as the Chinese elm and other names), Coon has posted a memo on the town’s website (www.carbondalegov.org), on the Tree Board’s page, that details the history of the plant and its status as an “invasive” and problematic tree. The Canyon Excavating company was cleared last week to begin installation of a new, eight-inch water main along Industry Way. The project is to involve installation of 885-linear-feet of water line and three hydrants, according to Harrington’s memo, as well as new curb-and-gutter and a drywell to help with storm water drainage. A request by the Ross Montessori School for town support of a grant application has found support at a meeting of the Parks & Recreation Commission, Harrington reported. The grant application would seek money from the Great Outdoors Colorado (GoCo) School Play Yard Initiative fund, to design and build a community play yard and “outdoor learning environment” adjacent to the new school being built along Highway 133. The request for support for the grant application now goes to the board of trustees. The grant application deadline is Oct. 12. At the same Parks and Recreation meeting, the commission voted to endorse the idea of asking voters next year for an increase in the existing half-cent recreation tax. The tax hike, according to Harrington, would be used for “improving local parks, the arts, recreation, along with new trails and transit to connect citizens to these improvements.”
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Cop Shop From Sept. 4 to Sept. 10, Carbondale Officers handled 269 calls for service. During that period, officers investigated the following cases of note:
FRIDAY, Sept. 4: At 1:50 p.m. officers took a report of identity theft from a local woman. FRIDAY, Sept. 4: At 4:31 p.m. officers responded to a report of people drinking at Stairway Park. Officers discovered five people, all under the age of 21, and issued summonses to all on charges or underage drinking and possession of cannabis by an underage person. SATURDAY, Sept. 5: At 9:47 a.m. police were contacted by a juvenile, who reported a mother leaving her child at home alone while the mom went out for the night. No arrests or other action were noted in the police report. SUNDAY, Sept. 6: At 6:51 p.m. police were called regarding a found child. An officer responded, contacted the Garfield County Department of Human Services, and arrested an unidentified individual on suspicion of child abuse. The arrestee was taken to the Garfield County Jail. WEDNESDAY, Sept. 16: At 3:55 a.m. police responded to a bank alarm on Dolores Way. Upon arrival, police found both sets of entry doors to the bank broken. It appears the suspect did not take anything. The suspect is described as a tall, thin person in all black clothing. Anyone with possible information about the incident is asked to call Carbondale police at 963-2662.
Pot lab ready to get to work aî†?er state’s delay By John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer A Carbondale-based cannabis testing lab is expecting to get to work next week, after a lengthy delay, following word from state regulators that marijuana growers and manufacturers of edibles infused with THC are now formally required to submit to the testing procedures. An announcement from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is expected on Sept. 23 that will open the way for Green Hill Laboratories, on Village Road, to begin its relatively specialized type of testing of cannabis-related products. According to principals in the business, Green Hill received its state certiďŹ cations and local permits last spring, when it was approved for microbiological testing of marijuana buds grown for commercial sale and edible products infused with tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana plants. But state ofďŹ cials failed to issue regulations requiring that the businesses involved
in the industry submit their products for microbial testing. Instead, the state issued rules only for testing by chemical means, using a machinebased test known as a polychromase chain reaction (PCR) that tests for the DNA of suspected pathogens. The state is just now getting around the making those rules known and enforceable. The expected announcement involves the microbiological testing procedures that Green Hill is certiďŹ ed to perform, which is a more traditional type of laboratory testing method that Green Hill analyst Jessica Olson called “old school.â€? The tests are aimed at detecting certain types of mold, yeasts, salmonella species and “sec e-Coli,â€? a type of bacteria that normally lives in the intestines of humans and other animals but can infect people who consume contaminated products. According to Olson and business coowner/analyst Hilary Glass, the microbiological methods test for live strains, living organisms that grow on the buds or can be transferred to manufacture infused products
(MIPs) such as cookies, lozenges, tinctures or other products. But the machine-based PCR, the Green Hill analysts said, can produce a “false positive� if it encounters the DNA of a dead organism, which no longer poses the same risks of infection of humans. Such a result, they said, could result in the erroneous impoundment and possible destruction of an entire “test batch� of buds or MIPs, a complication that microbiological testing avoids. Glass explained that selecting the actual “test batch� is up to the producer, whether it is in the form of buds or MIPs, and that the batches are sent directly from the producer to Green Hill. In the case of buds, she said, the “harvest batch� sent for testing could be anything from a pound to 10 pounds, depending on the size of the cultivation operation. Olson said the CDPHE determines the allowable limits of the pathogens, and decides which pathogens to test for. In addition, chemist and analyst Ryan Randolph said he is working on getting
state certiďŹ cation for testing for potency and “homogeneityâ€? in the cannabis products — meaning the strength of the THC in each product, and whether the THC is evenly distributed in the MIPs, as mandated by state law. While the principals at Green Hill have chafed under the delays caused by state inaction, they told The Sopris Sun that they understand the complexity of the underlying issues and the need for the CDPHE to make sure it gets the testing program lined up correctly in the ďŹ rst place rather than having to come back and ďŹ x a perceived problem with the program at some later date. Still, they said they are glad the wait is over and they can get down to business. “We at Green Hill have expended more time than we can afford while putting our shoulder to the wheel to help make Colorado marijuana, microbiologically, the safest in the world,â€? declared one of the principals, analyst Mary Leuther, in an e-mail concerning the delay and its consequences.
Chef David Avalos (above) toasts his guests at True Nature Healing Arts’ “An Evening of Culin-Alchemyâ€? on Sept. 11. The seven course dinner (including dessert) featured mostly raw entrees, including: mini pizzatas with live keďŹ r culture cashew cheese, peach pear pistachio, Olathe corn fennel puree and matcha miso cheesecake. Dish names included: Amuse, Creole Jack Cakes and Oaxaca Combo Platter. After the ďŹ nal nibble was scarfed, more than one diner said it was one of their most memorable meals – ever. The True Nature Healing Arts kitchen is open daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Photos by Lynn Burton
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Editor’s note: The Sopris Sun received this letter the the editor after those pages were laid out, so we’re printing it here. The views expressed in this letter do not necessarily reflect those of The Sopris Sun. Dear Editor: The Carbondale Board of Trustees has been discussing a raise, and we would very much appreciate it if residents would come to Town Hall on Sept. 22 at 7 p.m. and provide input. The trustees currently receive a $600 per month stipend, and the mayor receives $1,000 per month. We are considering a 50 percent increase to $900 (trustees) and $1,500 (mayor) per month. According to the town finance department, the trustees last received a raise in 2000. As a matter of workload, we attend three town meetings per month, two regular meetings and one work session. The meetings are scheduled to last for three hours but sometimes run longer. Each trustee also is a liaison to two or three volunteer or regional boards such as Parks and Recreation, the Tree Board, Carbondale Public Arts Commission, the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce and RFTA, to name a few. A 50 percent bump feels large for some trustees, even if it has been 15 years since the last increase. Truthfully, it hasn’t been a comfortable conversation and we would be grateful for your thoughts. Allyn Harvey Carbondale Board of Trustees
On Sept. 18 DHM Design, located at 311 Main Street, will be encouraging the community to participate with them in PARK(ing) Day – an annual worldwide event where artists, designers and citizens transform public parking spots into temporary public parks, according to a press release. PARK(ing) Day originally arose out of the desire to call attention to the need for more urban open space and to generate discussion around how public space is created and allocated. DHM is encouraging everyone to stop by their “Ping Park” on Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., where a ping-pong table and furniture built from re-purposed materials will be temporarily installed in one public parking space on the north side of Main Street between Third and Fourth streets for the public to enjoy. “Come out and participate in our local transformation of the automobilecentric street to a (very small) pedestrian park,” said a DHM design spokesman. Aspen Valley Landscape and Planted Earth donated tree and plant materials.
CEC does it again Clean Energy Collective (CEC), a pioneer in community-shared solar development, announced this week it has interconnected a 500 kW solar array east of Denver in Aurora/Arapaho County, making it the 12th project the firm has completed with Xcel Energy. “Xcel Energy is committed to solar energy, and supports a range of choices to meet
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We have unloaded the truck and are selling items! We will be selling old church pews, kitchen items, office furniture and other misc. items. There are plenty of items for sale come check it out! When: Saturday, September 19th, 2015 8:00am-1:00pm Where: Faith Lutheran Church Parking Lot 1340 Highway 133 Carbondale, CO 81623 Questions? Call: (970) 510-5046
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If you’re wondering what the Our Town, One Table trophy has been up to lately, it was seen enjoying an evening at the Black Nugget over the weekend. It’s probably no coincidence The Sopris Sun also received the following e-mail from the trophy-nappers: “Please deliver 2 dozen chocolate chip cookies to The Sopris Sun offices by Friday, Sept. 25, if you want to see the trophy again. If you don’t deliver, we’ll get surly. It just so happens that at least one Sopris Sun employee loves chocolate chip cookies, but he denies any connection to the kidnappers. Courtesy photo
different customer needs and interests,” said David Eves, president of Public Service Company of Colorado, an Xcel Energy company. “Solar gardens were envisioned as a solution for those who cannot take advantage of rooftop solar programs. Clean Energy Collective has been a key partner in bringing this choice to our customers.” Clean Energy Collective was started in Carbondale in 2010 and is now headquartered in Boulder. Combined with CEC’s seven other Colorado utility partners, the company now serves the majority of the state’s electricity ratepayers through its groundbased solar arrays, such as the one on Highway 82 in El Jebel. “We know well that to achieve a successful community solar program so many criteria must be met,” said CEC founder and CEO Paul Spencer. “We’re certainly very proud of our 100 percent success rate and are excited to continue the good work we’ve begun with Xcel Energy.” Nationwide, CEC has 25 utility partners in 11 states.
They say it’s your birthday Birthday greetings go out to: Vanessa Anthes, Bob Stein and Lori Meraz (Sept. 17); Frosty Merriott and Nancy Payne (Sept. 18); Kenny Hopper (Sept. 19); Ralph Young, Marty Garfinkel and Josh Smith (Sept. 20); Bianca Ortega (Sept. 21); Cheryl Cain, Betsy Browning and Nancy Helser (Sept. 22) and Kent Jones (Sept. 23). A belated birthday greeting to Al Draina (Sept. 16).
Fire budget swings rest on ballot question result By John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer If voters in the Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District do not pass a proposed tax hike in November, the ďŹ re district’s budget for the coming year will look “pretty much like last year’s,â€? said ďŹ re board member Mike Kennedy in a recent interview with The Sopris Sun. That means a budget of approximately $2.5 million in expenses from all funds, of which approximately $1.9 million will be in operating costs covered by the general fund. Revenues for the current year came in at $1.9 million from property taxes and other revenues, the rest in transfers from the district’s cash reserves. The district has been spending down its cash reserve funds ever since its annual income was reduced by more than 40 percent due to the Great Recession of 2008 and a resulting crash of property values and property tax proceeds. The district’s general fund reserve account, which once stood at $2.88 million, was projected to be about $967,000 at the end of 2015. Failure of the tax question, Kennedy and other ofďŹ cials have said, would mean: • No new hiring of ďŹ re ďŹ ghter and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) to ďŹ ll three vacant positions; • No capital expenditures to make up for years of “deferredâ€? replacement and upgrades to the ďŹ re district’s large list of vehicles and equipment; • The likely end of the ďŹ re department’s â€œďŹ rst responseâ€? team that patrols the back country on the lookout for ďŹ res; • And no raises for the department’s 18 paid personnel. The last time the department’s paid personnel got a raise, according to a budget work sheet provided by Fire Chief Ron Leach, was in 2009. Since then, salaries have stayed locked in a range from $106,331 at the top, for
Mike Kennedy, fire board member Turning to the recent budget cuts, Kennedy explained that the district has managed to keep the ďŹ rst-response team active for two years despite plummeting property tax income, thanks to a donation of $60,000 by multiple benefactors (whom he declined to identify), but that money is just about gone. He said that in normal years, it costs about $50,000 to send the team out during ďŹ re season, but that wet spring and summer seasons over the past two years have kept the costs down to the level of the donations. If, however, voters decide in favor of the tax hike, which would add nearly $600,000 per year to the district’s coffers, the ďŹ scal picture would change, according to projections by Fire Chief Ron Leach.
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Fire budget om page 7 is backed up by the ďŹ ndings of the recent Master Plan, put together by two teams of consultants at a cost of nearly $87,000 earlier this year. The Master Plan (available for public review on the district’s website, www.carbondaleďŹ re.org) does recommend that the district go for a tax hike “in the near-term future,â€? and recommends that taxes be raised by 2 mills initially. The district, moving cautiously after the 2013 election defeat, opted to ask voters for a 1.75 mill levy hike instead. The Master Plan also recommends that tax hikes have a sunset clause, or a term after which the tax-hike expires, of no more than ďŹ ve years. The district has proposed a two-year sunset clause, compared to the lack of a sunset clause in the 2013 taxhike request, which played a part in the voters’ rejection of the request. The consultants also recommend the district move as quickly as possible to rebuild its reserve fund to the $2 million dollar level, which is where it was before the recent ďŹ scal crisis forced the district to begin spending down its reserves.
Aging equipment One of the chief worries among ďŹ re board members, according to Kennedy and Leach, is the ongoing “deferred maintenance and replacementâ€? of equipment, such as ďŹ re engines, brush trucks, hoses and breathing apparatus, to mention just a few of the items on the department’s list of vehicles and equipment. Currently, the department operates a eet of vehicles that mostly are a decade old or more, including a 1981 ďŹ re truck at the Redstone ďŹ re house that Kennedy said is still serviceable despite its age. “Redstone doesn’t get a lot of calls, a lot of wear and tear on the truck, but that thing should have been replaced
some time ago,â€? Kennedy remarked. “It’s pretty old.â€? There is a long list of vehicles that need upgrading or replacement, according to spread-sheets provided by Leach. The list includes four ambulances, two brush trucks, ďŹ ve standard ďŹ re engines, two “ladderâ€? trucks, and a number of water tenders, utility vehicles, ATVs and others, for a total of 41 vehicles that together are worth millions of dollars. But one of the ambulances is 14 years old and two others have been in use for a decade, while one was purchased in 2009, according to Leach’s documents. He said the normal replacement schedule is “roughly once every 10 years or soâ€? for each vehicle. Aside from the ambulances, much of the district’s eet dates back to the 1990s, at least, and according to Leach’s spread sheet a replacement schedule for the entire eet represents more than $3 million in costs that have been deferred in recent years. The spread-sheet calls for a staggered schedule of vehicle replacements stretching to 2026. Also needed, according to documents provide by Leach, are a variety of smaller pieces of equipment, some of which call for “mandatoryâ€? periodic replacement schedules, such as the recent expenditure of $43,000 to replace air bottles for the breathing apparatus worn by ďŹ re ďŹ ghters entering a blazing building or wildďŹ re zone. Other equipment, such as PPEs (personal protective equipment, the suit worn by ďŹ re ďŹ ghters) also need to be upgraded or replaced periodically, and Leach’s proposed budget calls for the purchase of $30,000 worth of PPE gear if the mill levy is approved by the voters. Leach’s list of upgrades to departmental facilities includes a new roof planned for the Marble ďŹ re house, but according to Kevin Greene, maintenance coordinator for the district, there currently are no other stations that need
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immediate upgrades. In the long run, though, Leach’s list of capital needs includes more than $388,000 worth of gear that should be replaced or upgraded every do often, though not all at once.
EMTs the focus Equipment issues aside, said both Kennedy and Leach, the main focus of the district’s management is rebuilding the number of EMTs who respond to ambulance calls 24 hours a day, seven days a week, all over the 320-square mile district that extends from Marble in the south to the Spring Valley area in the north. The cost of maintaining the EMT/Paramedic service consumes the biggest part of the district’s annual budget, but ofďŹ cials have said repeatedly that the district’s voters gave their approval for that kind of EMT service back in 2004, by passing a large tax hike at the time, and that the district’s constituents still insist that it be part of the ďŹ re district’s mission. None of the three EMTs that were let go two years ago were paramedic qualiďŹ ed, ofďŹ cials said, but Kennedy indicated that he would prefer to hire paramedic-level replacements if possible. Emergency medical technicians have categories of training that range from Basic to Intermediate to Paramedic, representing increasing levels of medical capability. At the least, Kennedy said, he hopes the district can hire Intermediate level EMTs, who can quickly be “trained upâ€? to Paramedic level. (Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of articles about the upcoming CRFPD tax-hike election. The ďŹ rst appeared in the Sept. 10 edition of The Sopris Sun. Additional stories will appear in future editions).
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Community Briefs CCAH offers sewing classes The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities offers youth sewing classes at the Third Street Center starting on Sept. 21. The ages are six-years-old and older, and 10 and older. Rochelle Norwood teaches the class. For details, go to carbondalearts.com.
CASA training slated Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) training starts in Glenwood Springs on Sept. 28. There’ll be 16 hours of online study and 16 hours of in-person training. To ďŹ ll out an application, go to casaoftheninth.org. For details, call 970987-4332. An informational meeting is slated for 1001 Grand Avenue, Suite 302 in Glenwood Springs at 6 p.m. on Sept. 21. Volunteers must be 18 years old, pass a background check, have good writing and computer skills, and have an interest in improving the lives of abused and neglected children. Advocates spend an average of 8-12 hours per month on their cases and are must be willing to commit for 18 months.
Leaders seeking ideas The Roaring Fork Leadership class of 2016 is seeking ideas for community projects. Criteria include: having a direct and
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positive impact on the community; having a narrow and speciďŹ c scope; and having a sense of urgency and energy to resolve an issue now, according to a press release. The class of 2016 is 38 strong; six projects will be selected. For details, go to readership.org or call 970-922-6035.
CMC offers Smart Driver program Colorado Mountain College and RSVP offer two AARP Smart Driver classes in September. The ďŹ rst class takes place at the CMC Center in Glenwood (1402 Blake St.) from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sept. 23. The second class is offered at the Grand Valley Recreation Center in Battlement Mesa from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sept. 25. The fee is $15 for AARP members and $20 for non-members. For details, call RSVP at 384-8747.
911 calls Here are the Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District’s 911 calls for Sept. 6-12: • Medical emergencies (10); • Trauma emergencies (3); • Motor vehicle accidents (3); • Medical alarm response (1); • Citizen assist (1); • Vehicle ďŹ re (1); • Unattended camp ďŹ re (1); • Carbon monoxide odor response (1); • Natural gas odor response (1).
Aaron Palomera (in white) scored two goals and chalked up an assist in Roaring Fork’s 4-0 win over Rie on Sept. 10. Gustavo Oliva and Cristian Alvarado also scored. On the football front, Roaring Fork downed Grand Valley 41-13 on Sept. 11. Girl’s volleyball scores were not available at press time. Photo by Sue Rollyson
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Community Calendar THURSDAY Sept. 17 CCAH • The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities holds its third and ďŹ nal reception for “Square Footageâ€? from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Launchpad. CoMotion will kick off the event, which will be followed by an artists’ walk-through to explain each stage’s process. Info: carbondalearts.com. SOCCER • The Roaring Fork boy’s soccer squad travels to Vail Mountain for a 4 p.m. game. VOLLEYBALL • The Roaring Fork volleyball team hosts Aspen in a 6:30 p.m. match LIVE MUSIC • The Basalt Regional Library presents the Leonard Curry Trio from 5:30 to 7 p.m. HIGHWAY 133 CLOSURE • Highway 133 will be closed from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the area of the Paonia Reservoir for CDOT rockfall work. A ďŹ ve-hour closure is also anticipated for Sept. 21, according to CDOT. Info: cotrip.org. ROTARY • The Mt. Sopris Rotary meets at Mi Casita at noon every Thursday.
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“Meruâ€? (R) at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 18-23; “Trainwreck â€? (R) at 5 p.m. on Sept. 19; “The End of the Tourâ€? (R) (captioned) at 5:15 p.m. on Sept. 20 and “The Great Divideâ€? (free screening presented by the Roaring Fork Conservancy) at 6 p.m. on Sept. 24. OPENING • Korologos Gallery in downtown Basalt hosts an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. for “Out of the West Landscapes.â€? The artists are Andy Taylor, Simon Winegar, Elizabeth Sandia, Marie Figge Wise and Dan Young. The show continues through Oct. 9. ART WALK • The September Art Walk in downtown Basalt includes a fund-raiser for Windwalker that features limited edition Tshirts designed by Marcel Majid Kahhak, Jessica McMahon, Ruth Mollman, Summers Moore and Susan Obermeyer-Strauss. Windwalker and the artists will be set up between the Wyly Annex and CafĂŠ Bernard. FOOTALL • The Roaring Fork Rams travel to Olathe for a 7 p.m. game. LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the old part of the Dinkel Building presents live music every Friday night. Info: 963-3304.
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BUSINESS CONFERENCE • The Carbondale Chamber of Commerce and Colorado Mountain College hold their annual business conference from 1 to 8 p.m. at the Orchard. Dave Buck, founder and CEO of Coachville, will be the keynote speaker. Tickets range from $40 to to $85 (before Sept. 4) and $50 to $125 (after Sept. 4). Info: 963-1890 or andrea@carbondale.com.
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WRITING WORKSHOP • Aspen Words presents a reading by writer Gary Ferguson (“They Carry Homeâ€?) at the Third Street Center at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, and a writing workshop from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. The workshop/reading is $150; reading only is $10. Info: 925-3211 or aspenwords.org.
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LEGAL ADVICE • The Basalt Regional Library offers a free legal clinic from 10:30 a.m. to noon for those without an attorney. For details, call 927-4311.
SOCCER • The Roaring Fork High School boy’s soccer team hosts CRMS at 11 a.m.
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TASTY • Local chef Susie Jimenez presents the inaugural Taste of the Valley (food and wine) from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Fourth Street plaza. Participants include the Roaring Fork Beer Company, Rock Canyon Coffee, Sopris Liquor & Wine, the Riviera Supper Club and others. Jimenez will also conduct cooking demonstrations. Tickets are $50 at eventbrite.com.
CHURCH SALE • Faith Lutheran church on Highway 133 holds it’s “truck unloading saleâ€? from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Items include: old church pews, kitchen ware, ofďŹ ce furniture and more. Info: 510-5046.
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HARVEST FEST • Sustainable Settings annual Harvest Festival returns with farm tours, public talks, workshops, dinner and dancing. Chefs from up and down the Roaring Fork Valley will prepare a menu that features local grown and raised meat and produce. “Your meal Sunday evening will come from within 1,200 feet from your plate,â€? said Brook LeVan of Sustainable Settings. Speakers include author/farmer Eliot Coleman, who will be honored with Sustainable Settings’ 2015 Organic Farmer of the Year award. Dinner starts at 4 p.m. Ticket info: sustainablesettings.org.
LIVE MUSIC • Rivers restaurant in Glenwood Springs presents the Leonard Curry Trio from 9 p.m. to midnight. No cover. Coming up Sept. 24: the Steve Skinner Band. Info: 928-8813.
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MONDAY Sept. 21 BERNIE 2016 • Local supporters of Bernie Sanders for president hold an organizational meeting at 7 p.m. at the Third Street Center. On Sept. 25 at 7 p.m., the Beat (on the west end of Main Street) holds a “Bernie Man 2015” fund-raiser and organizational meeting. There’ll also be a DJ and Bernie merchandise for sale.
TUESDAY Sept. 22 VOLLEYBALL • Roaring Fork volleyballers host Rifle at 6:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY Sept. 23 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. ROTARY • The Rotary Club of Carbondale holds a club meeting at the Carbondale fire station at 6:45 a.m. Coming up: Sept. 30, Jeanna Nicholson (state senator, will talk about the Colorado Health Care initiative); Oct. 7 Robert Baker (Heritage Park Care Center). Info: rotarycarbondale.org. POLICE ACADEMY • Basalt’s Community Police Academy is held at town hall
starting at 6:30 p.m. The weekly class, which explains police procedures and related topics, is free and continues through Oct. 31. Info: 927-4316. LIVE MUSIC • Dan Rosenthal hosts an open mic night at Rivers restaurant in Glenwood Springs from 8 to 10 p.m. every Wednesday.
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THURSDAY Sept. 24 FILM • The Roaring Fork Conservancy presents a free screening of the film “The Great Divide” at 5:30 p.m. at the Crystal Theatre. The film explores the historic significance of water in the west. For details on getting a ticket, go to the Roaring Fork Conservancy website. SOCCER • The Roaring Fork boy’s soccer team hosts Basalt at 4 p.m.
SATURDAY Sept. 26
K9 FASHION SHOW • Colorado Animal Rescue’s 15th annual Dressed to the K9s fashion show returns to the Orchard, with doors opening at 5:30 p.m. The night includes the 10piece Neil Diamond tribute band Forever in Blue Jeans, plus a showing of Diamond’s music video “Something Blue, which features 10 puppes from CARE. There’ll also be a silent auction, wine/beer/champagne bar, a special cocktail from Marble Distillery, dinner from Fusion Catering and lots of delectable desserts. Tickets are $85 a coloradoanimalrescue.org. POTATO DAY • The theme of this year’s Potato Day is “Spuds are a Few of My Favorite Things” in honor of the 50th anniversary of the film “The Sound of Music.” To enter your float, e-mail Lisa Quint at quint@sopris.net, call her at 618-6887 or write Carbondale Potato Day, Box 1803, Carbondale, CO 81623. The day starts with a parade on Main Street at 10 a.m. and wraps up at Sopris Park at about 2 p.m. The Carbondale Wild West Bareback Bonanza follows at the Gus Darien riding arena at 3 p.m. For details on that one, call Mike Kennedy at 379-3907.
FRIDAY Sept. 25 GOLF TOURNEY • The Pella Windows & Doors Ram Classic golf tournament takes place at River Valley Ranch, starting with a
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RSVP • High Country RSVP and Alpine Legal Services offer free classes in legal matters to senior citizens from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursdays through Oct. 8. The classses take place at the CMC Center in Glenwood Springs (1402 Blake Ave.). Advanced medical directives will be discussed on Sept. 17, followed by grandparent rights, conservatorship/guardianship, and probate. Info: 947-8462 and eworrell@coloradomtn.edu.
shotgun start at 9 a.m. Contests include hole in one, longest drive, straightest drive, closest to the pin and a poker round. Registration is $100 per person, $400 per team. Proceeds benefit Roaring Fork High School athletic programs. To register, call Larry Williams (970-355-4554), Marty Madsen (970-319-5994) or Chris Hall (970-948-5220).
FRI.-SAT. Sept. 25-26 THEATRE • Thunder River Theatre Company opens its 21st season with “The Mineola Twins.” The run continues Oct. 2-4 and Oct. 8-10. Tickets range from $14 to $25. For more information, visit thunderrivertheatre.com or call 963-8200.
MAYOR’S COFFEE HOUR • Chat with Carbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot on Tuesdays from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Village Smithy. C’DALE LIBRARY • Kids and teens are invited to snack and play iPad and Wii games from 4 to 5 p.m. on Thursdays. The program is offered in partnership with Food Bank of the Rockies as part of the After School Snack Program. Info: 963-2889 and gcpld.org.
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LEGION TEES IT UP • The American Legion Auxiliary hosts its 15th annual golf tournament at the Ranch at Roaring Fork starting at 8 a.m. on Sept. 19. The cost is $40 per player and the tournament is open to men and women. Lunch will be served and prizes will be awarded at the American Legion Hall after the last putt gets sunk. For details, call 963-2381. KDNK MEETS • The KDNK Board of Directors meets at the station (76. S. Second St.) at 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 21. An agenda is posted at the KDNK office and on kdnk.org. For details, call 963-0139.
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“Out of the West” landscape show opens at Korologos Sopris Sun Staff Report The Western landscape, in its many dazzling incarnations, is the focus of the September exhibition opening Sept. 18 at the Ann Korologos Gallery in downtown Basalt. “Out of the West: Landscapes” features the works of five diverse artists, each offering a unique vision inspired by both the vistas and intimate details of the land. The exhibition highlights the work of popular Roaring Fork Valley landscape painter Andy Taylor of Carbondale. Collectors are drawn to landscape paintings for their ability to connect the viewer with the larger environment. Distilling the chaos of nature into the essentials of form, structure and color, they bring the expanse of vast and varied landforms into an interior space. The works of Andy Taylor are prized for their sensitive compositions and dazzling color rendering of scenes in West-
ern Colorado and Utah. “From canyons to rivers, fields and mountains, Taylor’s subject matter is familiar to the viewer, but presented with a fresh view,” said a Korologos spokeswoman. The plein aire paintings of local Dan Young also draw on nearby locations, drawing on his blended passions the outdoors and for art. Marie Figge Wise paints with a tonal quality that captures mood and atmospheric conditions while concentrating light and shadows. Manmade features such as barns, tractors and trains are often included in Simon Winegar’s landscapes, adding a sense of human interaction with the land. The clear, saturated colors of Elizabeth Sandia’s pastels and oil paintings are both soothing and exciting, with a intimacy “Out of the West–Landscapes” will be on view at the Ann Korologos Gallery through Oct. 9. An artist’s reception will be held on Sept. 18 from 5 to 7 pm.
Simon Winegar’s painting “Timbers and Pines” makes up part of the show “Out of the West: Landscapes” at the Ann Korologos Gallery.
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USDA cites Marble Distilling for leadership By John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer The management at Marble Distilling Company (MDC) recently got word they have received a $197,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which recognizes the distillery’s “leadership” in water conservation and energy efficiency, according to distiller Connie Baker. The grant acknowledges the MDC’s system for recycling four-million gallons of water and using heat-transfer technology to leech energy from the water at certain points in the system to heat and cool the distillery building as well. “MDC is taking a leadership role among 50-plus craft distillers of Colorado by launching their innovative Water Energy Thermal Storage (WETS) design to save both energy and process water,” Baker said in a written statement this week. Baker told The Sopris Sun that her company plans to reach out to distilleries large and small to encourage them to make use of the MDC designs for their own facilities. Baker said she and her partners applied for the USDA grant before they had even paid for the materials to build their system, due to the complicated nature of the grantapplication process. She said the grant covered “over a quarter of the costs” of the WETS system, which she said has a 10-year payback thanks to savings in water bills and heating and cooling costs. Concerning her outreach plans, Baker said, already two distilleries have sent representatives to study the MDC’s methods. “Most distilleries in the U.S. send everything down the drain,” she said of water used to cool the distilled liquids during the process of making vodka and other spirits. But at MDC, two 5,000-gallon tanks hold either warm water or cool water that already has been used in the distilling process.
For instance, water is used to cool the vapors distilled from the grains during fermentation, and that warmed water gets sent to a holding tank, where heat-transfer equipment uses the energy to heat the building in the winter. And water that has had the heat extracted from it can either be used to cool the building down in the summer, using something similar to a swamp cooler, or reused in cooling down the fermenters or the distilled alcohol vapors. The system also includes what Baker called a “dry cooler” on the roof of the building, where warmed water also can be cooled at night before being returned to the circulatory system. “So it’s a closed-loop system — harnessing all the energy, the heat,” she said. She said the amount of energy captured by all this activity amounts to “enough to power 20 homes in Carbondale.” And, she said enthusiastically, their system is “the first of its kind, as far as we know.” She said other distilleries use some systems similar to parts of what the MDC has put together, “but we’re the first we could find to put it all together.” Not only that, Baker said the “spent grains” left behind by the distilling process “are pure protein, the best kind of livestock feed,” which is sent to a ranching operation owned by Tim Fenton and Cassie Cerise. “So, we’re a zero-waste facility,” Baker said proudly. She said she is working on a presentation for the next convention of the American Distilling Institute, to spread the word about the MDC system. “If we can save four million gallons (of water), and we’re a small distillery, on a very small site, if others did it, imagine how much water we’d save,” she said. The Marble Distilling Company and Distillery Inn (a grouping of hotel rooms in the same building) is located at 150 Main St. in Carbondale, and Baker can be reached at connie@marbledistilling.com.
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Carbondale was pickleball central over the weekend, with 42 players competing in the final stop of Alpine Bank’s Western Slope pickleball tournament on Saturday and 38 on Sunday. Shown here: Women’s 3.5 doubles winner Daria Harlow/Bonnie Scott, Karen Wellington/Christy Maron (second) and Judy Fairchild/Maxine Behrman (third). Other results include: Men’s 3.5 doubles, James Darst/Dave Robertson (first), Mike Huck/Doug Coffman (second), Chris Helms/Terry Sadler (third); men’s 4.0 doubles, Jerry Hays/Dale Parker (first), Henry Bullock/Joel Karr (second), Brad Nicholson/Tony Svatos (third); women’s 3.0 doubles, Bernie Darien/Jan Huck (first), Charlene Darst/Diane Robertson (second), Jo Dickes/Terry Hotz (third); mixed 3.0 doubles, Dan Haberman/Barbara Klingman (first), Richard Barber/Peggy Mewes (second), Doug Coffman/Bernie Darien (third); mixed 3.5 doubles, Tony Svatos/Pat Nicholson (first), Terry Norris/Joan Norris (second), Mike Huck/Jan Huck (third); mixed 4.0 doubles, Joel Karr/Bonnie Scott (first), Dale Parker/Daria Harlow (second), Jerry Hays/Terri Schaefers (third). The tournament was produced by the town of Carbondale Recreation Department and sponsored by Alpine Bank, Peppino’s Pizza, Bonfire Coffee and the Village Smithy. Courtesy photo
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Community steps up for CRES By Trina Ortega Sopris Sun Correspondent As students at Crystal River Elementary School (CRES) returned to classes this year, they were full of “oohs” and “aahs” when they saw the new amphitheater-style space on the western edge of the campus. Over the summer, a group of parent volunteers and valley professionals designed and constructed the school’s 750square-foot outdoor learning space that has four rows of concrete seating on a large concrete pad next to the town’s historic ditch system. A steel structure defines the edges of the space and provides shade. The outdoor classroom can seat 30-40 children. CRES held a ribbon-cutting event prior to Back-To-School events on Tuesday. Members of the Parent Teacher Organization took charge of the project after the school was awarded a $5,000 Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant. “After the school was awarded the $5,000 Lowe’s grant, the families sent out a survey to the teachers asking how/if they would use an outdoor learning classroom, and the response was 100 percent positive so we went forward with the project,” according to Cresta Stewart, who is on the PTO and has two children at CRES. The PTO began meeting with local construction companies and engineers in May, and the group broke ground in early
August. Although the key parts of the structure were complete before classes resumed, the PTO spent the last couple of weeks putting on the finishing touches, such as sealing the gravel-based seating and replanting sod. Stewart estimates that the project should have totaled $35,000 in construction and materials, but cost only $7,000 due to community support. It turned out to be a true family effort. “Travis Stewart with Casey Concrete and Western Slope Materials, Nic Lough with Ridge Runner Construction and Tim Fenton with Gallegos Corp. spent endless hours in August making this project come to life in under 30 days,” Stewart said. Casey Concrete provided the concrete and seating blocks, Ridge Runner took the lead on framing, roofing and lay out, and Gallegos Corp. prepped, formed and finished the slab. Those three families worked together to complete the landscaping. Bill and Ty Rice of Industrial Repair Maintenance Welding (IRMW) donated all of the steel. Other sponsoring companies include, Valley Lumber, Western Slope Materials, Coldwell Banker/Mason Morse, and KL&A, Inc. Cassie Cerise said the school district has been easy to work with. Now that the structure is up, she says, the school can make embellishments into the future.
“I hope that it morphs into something more. We put it next to the ditch so it’d be by water. Someday maybe there will be fruit trees and food gardens out here. Who knows? I think there’s a lot of potential,” Cerise said. “Now moving forward, it’s this blank slate. So much of it depends on the teachers, what they use it for and envision.” Autumn Lough, who has two children at CRES, says her family invested so much because they are passionate about the school. “Anything that I can be a part of to improve where they go to school and where they learn, I want to try to do,” she said, calling the outdoor classroom an asset because it offers a change of scenery for both the students and the teachers. Principal Matthew Koenigsknecht agreed, stating that the space is “gorgeous and perfectly set up to be yet another tool for our teachers as they work to ensure that all of our students develop the enduring knowledge, skills and character to thrive in our changing world.” “In making this idea into a reality, the parents and CRES community have proven, once again, what is possible when people come together around a common goal,” Koenigsknecht said. “We are so thankful to have this amazing new space and for the people whose passion, perseverance and creativity made it all happen.”
Letters om page 2 dous toll on our local native bird population. The bottom line is we can all do something every day to help native wildlife and it is our responsibility to do so. So let’s have the conversation and do what we can. After all, all politics is local and Carbondale has been known on numerous occasions to set the right example. Let’s continue to do this whenever and wherever we can. Frosty Merriott Trustee Carbondale
Thanks to Cowboy Up Dear Editor: This year, on Aug. 28, at Fourth Street plaza, a handful of Western heritage advocates and their organization, Cowboy Up Carbondale, hosted an old fashioned outdoor barbeque featuring dinner, live country western music, dancing on a sawdust-covered floor and a silent auction. Cowboy Up Carbondale is an annual celebration of the cowboy culture of the west, and the opportunity for the Cowboy Up board to support good work in the nonprofit community. As this year’s beneficiary, all of us at Raising A Reader Aspen to Parachute extend a heartfelt thank you to the five Cowboy Up board members — Cassie Cerise, Erin Bassett, Cheryl Pitout, Scott Haycock and Rob Whalen — who plan, organize, set up and operate this event. We also extend a big thank you to the LETTERS page 15
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Letters continued om page 14 area businesses that generously donated 80 items to our silent auction. The net proceeds will provide funds equivalent to a substantial grant to help ensure the early language development and school readiness of 2,300 children from Parachute to Aspen. Raising A Reader provides books — four per week for every family — and 50plus parent sessions each year to help parents strengthen their literacy engagement with their children. Cowboy Up Carbondale 2015 provided a wonderful celebration of our Western past, with an equally strong commitment to the promise of highly literate children to whom we bestow our future. We were deeply impressed by the Cowboy Up board’s commitment to the purpose of the
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Steve Fotion is headed to the National Masters strongman competition in Las Vegas on Sept. 18-20 following a first place finish for his weight class and division at the Warrior Classic in Loveland last weekend. Steve is coowner of Fotion’s Clubhouse Gym at 0818 Highway 133. Four other Clubhouse lifters fared well in Loveland. Joanne Davis competed in her first on-stage bikini competition and took fourth place in her division. Alex Colins and Tyler Carlton set personal records in powerlifting (a deadlift, bench press and squat). Colins took first place in his division and weight class as a first-time competitor and second-place overall as a first-time competitor. Jeremy Everding, competing in strongman, took second place in his weight class. For more information on Fotion’s Clubhouse Gym, call 948-5026. Courtesy photo
Carbondale Community School seventh graders toughed it out in their recent quest to reach Mt. Sopris’s summit. They slept out at Thomas Lakes on Oct. 31 and were treated to lots of thunder, lightning and rain. The next day they rolled out early, but the rain and thunder followed them up the trail. Here is the payoff picture from the top. The expedition was an Outdoor Education trip. Courtesy photo
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