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A howlin’ good time

Some folks might have been taken aback when Colorado Animal Rescue director Wes Boyd asked everyone in the audience to start howling when he brought Thunder River Theatre Director Corey Simpson and his dog Charlie the Chihuahua on stage during the shelter’s “Dressed to the K-9s” fundraiser. But when Charlie joined in, the reason became obvious and the audience then began to howl with laughter. See more photos of the event on page 8. (You may remember Charlie for her small but pivotal role in the TRTC production of “The Last Romance” — which is how she met Simpson. What you might not know is that she had a broken leg and pelvis when she first came into CARE, and could only walk on her two front legs.) Photo and text by Jane Bachrach

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Beach front property going cheap badly impacted neighborhoods but rising in those that were less afPsst, wanna buy some coastal property?

Despite the news of Harvey and Irma, I was surprised to learn fected and thus seen as “safer”— Albert Slap thinks that sell-offs are inevitably coming. In an interview with Bloomberg News, he opined that the husbands of two of my friends do—in Florida no less!

Perhaps I shouldn’t be surprised. The Yale Program on Climate that people will eventually insist on disclosure for homes that suffer Communication has found that nationally, while 69 percent of Amer- regular floods, just as they have for the risks of asbestos and lead paint. icans think that global warming is real and dangerous, only 42 per- Then dominoes will fall. “There will be a large number of homes that will lose substantial value, and [owners] will default cent think it will harm them personally. on mortgages, if nothing is done to help them.”

Personally, I think that buying property in Florida That brings us to politics. would hike the odds of personal harm considerably.

Right now, your right to build or buy in a flood Real estate appraiser Orell Anderson, who works zone is underwritten by the U.S. government. As the for Strategic Property Analytics in Laguna Beach, editorial board of the Chicago Tribune wrote recently, California, says that people “pay significant premi“Let’s all acknowledge one reason for the vulnerabilums to be on the water” but notes that most homeity of Americans who live in low-lying coastal regions buyers arrive at the conclusion that storm-surge of the Sun Belt: The federal government has been payflooding “only happens to other people and not me.” ing people to locate there.” The payment isn’t explicit, If you’re among them, you’d do well to visit the the newspaper explains, but comes in the form of website coastalriskconsulting.com, owned by attorney flood insurance underwritten by the National Flood Albert Slap, who lives in Snowmass Village, high and Insurance Program (NFIP). dry at 8,209 feet. Many of Slap’s clients are in Florida.

Under that program, private companies insure the Although cities and utilities form a large portion of his homes, but the bills are ultimately paid by the Feds. clientele, any potential property owner can plug an adAfter Sandy, Katrina and a rush of local floods, NFIP dress into CRC’s website to discover its risk for stormracked up a $25 billion deficit. Right now, the prosurge flooding and high winds. CRC mashes up gram, which was up for re-authorization this year, scientific data from NOAA, USGS, USACE and other needs an infusion of cash. sources to create a comprehensive assessment of curBy Nicolette Toussaint House Financial Services Committee Chairman rent and future flood risk to the property’s location.

Jeb Hensarling, a Republican from Texas, is making Those risks are no secret. In April 2016, Sean Becketti, chief economist for government-backed mortgage giant a push for reform. “The NFIP in its current form is unsustainable Freddie Mac, issued a (largely unpublicized) warning that owners and perverse,” he said. “It is a government monopoly that subsidizes ditching their coastal properties could trigger another nationwide people to live in harm’s way. With pricing structures that do not reflect the reality of risk, it actually encourages the building and remortgage meltdown.

Even so, neither sellers nor realtors in Florida (or most other coastal building — and re-building again — of homes and businesses in flood-prone areas.” states) are required to warn potential buyers of climate-change risks.

Truly evaluating that risk would include projecting the impact of Those risks are many and interrelated: rising insurance costs, the eventual likelihood that mortgage companies will refuse to write 30- ocean rise and global warming. That’s something that the current cliyear loans in low-lying areas, enormous spikes in real estate taxes as mate-change denying administration is not likely to do, despite the cities and struggle to relocate utilities, roads, bridges, even airports. fact that Florida property-owners Rush Limbaugh and Donald And not just in Florida. In the San Francisco Bay Area, all three air- Trump were both personally impacted by evacuations during Hurports are at risk from rising oceans. New York’s La Guardia could be ricane Harvey.

If you’re actually considering buying property in Florida — swamped with as little as five feet of rising water.

Although few owners have so far sold coastal property due to these taking a risk this fixed-income senior would never consider! — I’d woes — the longer-term recovery pattern in New Orleans after Kat- advise consulting Albert Slap’s website first.

Either that, or rent a beach house. And travel light. rina and in New York after Sandy saw property values dropping in

OPINION

Seeking Higher Ground

Letters

The Sopris Sun welcomes your letters, limited to no more than 500 words via email at news@soprissun.com or 250 words via snail mail at P.O. Box 399, Carbondale CO 81623. Letters exceeding that length may be returned for revision or submission as a guest column; please include your name, town, and contact information. The deadline for submission is noon on Monday.

Leash the hounds Dear Editor: It is truly frightening to have an unleashed dog aggressively approach you.

And even if the owner states the dog is friendly and/or won’t bite it does not quell your fears when it is growling and showing its teeth! This has happened to me twice in the last couple of weeks!

Dog owners, if your dog (big or small) is one that is aggressive, even if it has never bitten, please keep it on a leash! It is the law!

Spare anyone the pure fear they have to endure during the episode!

Richard Walker Carbondale

Don’t just ram ahead Dear Editor: A letter last week argued that the proposed Crystal Trail should not be viewed as

a serious risk factor in the health of our local bighorn herd and called for the CPW to develop a research-based plan for managing these animals. The letter cited the CPW’s supposed negligence in studying causes of the herd’s decline and in implementing a management plan and stated that the species has shown to be adaptive to people and therefore a trail through their breeding grounds should be inconsequential.

The CPW’s budget woes are no secret.

Officials are forced to make hard decisions on allocation of limited funds. There is no money for the type and scale of studies needed to reach a definitive conclusion as to the causes of the decline of local bighorns, nor are there adequate resources to implement an intensive management plan. Despite this, CPW officials have been researching our bighorns for years now and have been doing a great job with what few

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resources they have.

So while state and federal government are figuring out agency budgets, we the local people need to do what is right for our natural resources. We do not know fully why our bighorns are declining, but it doesn’t make sense to plow ahead in further encroachment on their habitat because they “appear” to be adaptive. We have been wrong in the past about wildlife health as it relates to human activity so let’s not do something we will regret. Our national history is one of rape and pillage when it comes to natural resources – consume in greed and deal with the consequences afterward.

While they may appear to be adaptive and a trail through their prime habitat may not decimate them now, it is one more pressure, one more squeeze on their ever-shrinking home. Habitat loss and/or human LETTERS page 15

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e unsolved case of the Dead Iron Mule

By Justin Patrick Special to The Sopris Sun Near Marble, up rock-and-mud County Road 3 just past the Outward Bound facility, lies the North Lost Trailhead. It’s is one of the less-travelled entrances into the Maroon BellsSnowmass Wilderness, and for good cause. It is hard to spot, for starters. But it is also steep and overgrown and requires at least two substantial creek crossings and does not offer any immediately gratifying views, the kind prized by typical day hikers. Further detracting from its appeal, this winter a particularly forceful avalanche swept through the narrow gully along North Lost Creek and obliterated a section of the trail.

There is now a tangle of large downed trees and burgeoning vegetation that one must dutifully wrangle to link up with the established trail.

Those tenacious enough to trudge through the debris and continue along the steep, winding trail will eventually come to a small, slanted meadow at about 10,000 feet of elevation.

Many hikers with their “gotta keep truckin’” blinders on will zip past it (I missed it the first time), but astute observers will notice that about twenty or so yards west off the trail, partially obscured by brush and tall grass, sits the remains of a rather large, rather old iron behemoth that looks a lot like a steam locomotive, at first glance, but clearly is not, on second glance.

This rust-bitten machine is about ten or fifteen feet long and must weigh several tons. It appears that it was abandoned while heading down the meadow towards town. At least that is how it is oriented. The front of the apparatus has a large compartment — a boiler — with a spout protruding from the top. Peering into this cavernous compartment, one can see a smattering of coaster-sized holes cut out of a barrier between this and the longer back side. Next to and detached from the main body is a pair of humongous iron wheels connected by an axle, and they appear to have been dragging a plow, though it looks like it was hammered on haphazardly and perhaps was not included with the original manufacture. The only clue about this machine’s origins is an engraving that reads “Frick & Co” and “Waynesboro, PA.” Seeing as this author is an amateur historian — and I do mean amateur — I began searching for an explanation as to why this heavy, unwieldy machine was left to rot in this precarious, isolated spot, and what it might have been doing there in the first place, and when. I regret to inform readers that despite my research and consultation with local historians, I do not have a definitive explanation about what this beast of a contraption and its master(s) were doing exactly, but I have contemplated some plausible theories.

What is clear is that this little piece of history abandoned in a meadow is yet another example of how almost unfathomably difficult life was in this area just a hundred years ago, and to what great pains the rugged settlers here suffered to tame the land, with both impressive successes and colossal failures. Indeed, despite the knowledge and technological advantages afforded by the modern age, we continue to wrestle with our mountains, which makes our forefathers’ plights all the more relatable.

Frick & Company was a manufacturing powerhouse incepted before the Civil War and became the economic driver of Waynesboro. Its colorful founder, George Frick, grew his business from a small shop to a humming factory so notable that it was profiled by Scientific American in 1883.

Indeed, in its heyday in the mid-1870s, Frick & Co. was manufacturing, among other machines, over 4,000 steam engines per year that were being sold in markets as far away as Australia and racking up awards at state fairs across the U.S. The bigger units were sold at roughly $100,000 in today’s dollars, and were employed for a variety of essential industrial and agricultural purposes. They could be used as portable saw mills, plows, engines — essentially a power station on wheels.

In one old black-and-white photo a steam engine is depicted pulling an entire house between locations, much like a modern Mack truck might. In a Frick catalogue from the late 1800s the Eclipse Steam Engine, which appears to be the most likely match for the machine on the North Lost Trail, is referred to as the “Iron Mule.”

Unfortunately for my purposes as a historical detective,

The Dead Iron Mule, an Eclipse steam engine manufactured by a Pennsylvania company as early as the 1870s, sits today in a meadow along the North Lost Creek Trail.

Photo by Justin Patrick

An illustration of the Eclipse steam engine as advertised in a Frick & Co. catalogue over a hundred years ago. the potential multiple uses of the steam engine only adds to the mystery of its presence outside Marble, which was once a hub for silver mining, a bustling marble extraction industry, and one population center in a more or less lawless territory where any number of ambitious characters may have been trying their hands at any gamut of thoroughly logical or absolutely hare-brained schemes, funded perhaps by speculative investors out east.

It seems unlikely that a steam engine could have appeared on the scene without the assistance of locomotive transport. A paper delivered to me by Pitkin County official and local historian Dale Will, authored by Darrell Munsell, documents that the Crystal River Railroad was running to Redstone and then Placita by the turn of the century, at the behest of wealthy coal magnate and industrialist John Osgood, who built the Redstone Castle. Perhaps the Iron Mule was delivered by rail to the area in the very early 1900s, and was then set loose to perform

whatever mission or missions it was commissioned to do.

By whom, and to what end, I could not devise. It seems a stretch to posit that such a powerful, expensive machine was chugged out to its current grave site simply to plow a tiny high-altitude meadow with a short growing season (to grow what, exactly? Potatoes, which could not have been particularly lucrative?). My friend and colleague Peter Hart, whose family boasts a rich generational history in the state and is a rather astute observer of the human condition, offered perhaps the best explanation.

“Some weasel,” and I’m paraphrasing here, “probably swindled a big city money man to hire him to build a road through that valley — maybe to a mining claim. He got as far as he could, clearing rocks and trees and forging a shoddy road with the plow, crashed the thing or broke an axle or most likely just looked around the isolated, rugged valley and said ‘to hell with this,’ walked on out of there, blew the contract purse on whiskey and loose women, and was never heard from again.” In an era when outlaws were robbing banks and disappearing into canyons across state lines, a coal magnate was building a utopian mining village and castle in Redstone, and dentist-turned-gunslinger Doc Holliday was wasting away peacefully after a morally ambiguous life in a sanatorium in Glenwood, then why not?

The case of the Dead Iron Mule may never be solved, but hopefully it will continue to spark the imaginations of today’s relatively carefree hikers recreating in valleys that once claimed souls by the hundreds. Whoever was at the helm of that steam engine, were they to learn that one day SlowGroovin’-BBQ devouring tourists would be admiring the beauty of the damnable Lost Trail on a pleasant Saturday jaunt, and returning to a centrally-heated hotel room, would probably have taken to drink long before risking their lives for a nugget of silver.

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Town Report

Pot infusion facility may lose permit Staff is recommending that the Board of Trustees revoke a special use permit for a marijuana infused product manufacturing facility on Buggy Circle due to noncompliance with required conditions of approval, according to Town Manager Jay Harrington’s weekly report to staff, trustees and others. The issue will come before the board on Oct. 10, assuming proper noticing is in place. A presentation on the 2018 Budget is also slated for that meeting.

Meanwhile‌ • The Carbondale Historic Preservation Commission approved a list of 25 properties to be surveyed to determine if they may be voluntarily designated as Structures of Merit. The survey work is made possible by a State historical fund grant along with matching funds from the Town. The next step is to send out letters to the property owners informing them of the survey project and inviting them to the next CHPC meeting on Oct. 5 at 6:30 p.m. • The streets crew made good progress on the 133 street lighting project; the bases are in and about half of the light poles have been installed. Now the focus is on running the remaining conduit and installing the rest of the light poles. • Parks crews repaired Hendricks Park soccer goals and Miners Park goalie area turf damage, replaced bleachers at North Face Park and ďŹ xed a plugged drain at Gateway RCV Park and electrical issues on site pedestals. • Motion Mondays is a preschool program from 10:3011:45 a.m. on Mondays utilizing the rec. center’s gym space as an indoor playground with obstacle courses and our bounce house. This is a parent supervised program and costs $5 for members and $6 for non-members. • Present Climbing Wall programming includes Facilitated Climbing on every other Wednesday night from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Registration is now open for youth classes that start in Octo-

ber. There are also climbing clinics for the fall for 12 years old and up that will cover the following subjects.: Lead Climbing, Ladies Clinics, Technique Clinics, Anchor Building and Gear Cleaning Clinics and Yoga for Climbers. Check out the details at www.carbondaelrec.com. • Adult Drop-in sports continue with volleyball Mondays 7 to 9 p.m. through Sept. 25, when the Fall Adult Coed Volleyball League starts.Pickleball drop-in is still outside for the month of September but will move inside in October. Schedules and registration details are available at www.carbondalerec.com. • SahnTaeKwonDo martial arts classes for children and adults are ongoing monthly offerings on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Contact Cedar at 948-8774. • The Crystal well startup will occur on Tuesday the 19th.

The lines have all been pressure tested and the control system has been tested for connectivity. The Nettle Creek siding project is approaching 80% complete. • A sewer service line will be excavated for repairs this week in the alley between Euclid and GarďŹ eld in the 300 block. Also, a water service tie in is slated on the main line for the school housing project, which will impact Bridges and residences to the east side of Third Street down to Sopris Avenue. • Drywell maintenance will continue this week throughout old town. • The conduit for the ďŹ ber line to the Waste Water Treatment Plant is scheduled to be installed this week. Once the conduit is in place the line will be installed to the pedestal at the property boundary. • There were no reported operational problems in the water plants and the waste water plant this week. • Police Chief Schilling attended the Law Enforcement Immigrant Council.

PAIN PAIN or &21&(51" &21&(51" Time start.

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Cop Shop From Sept. 7 through 13, Carbondale Police handled 279 calls for service. During that period, officers investigated the following cases of note:

FRIDAY Sept. 8 at 12:52 p.m. Following a report of a theft from a local liquor store, ofďŹ cers issued a 61-year-old man a summons for petty theft and violation of a restraining order.

SATURDAY Sept. 9 at 11:40 p.m. A trafďŹ c stop for speeding and failure to drive on the right side of the road lead to the arrest of the 38-year-old driver on suspicion of driving under the inuence of alcohol.

MONDAY Sept. 11 at 7:36 p.m. Police noticed two men, who appeared to be intoxicated, on the roof of the Carbondale Rec. Center, ordered them down and issued them a summons for trespass or interference of a public building.

TUESDAY Sept. 12 at 1:34 a.m. A parking complaint lead to the arrest of a 35-year-old man on suspicion of driving under the inuence of alcohol.

WEDNESDAY Sept. 13 at 1:09 p.m. OfďŹ cers contacted a vehicle and upon further investigation a 32-year-old man was arrested and charged with multiple violations. ••• In other law enforcement news‌ North District Deputies for the Gunnison County Sheriff’s OfďŹ ce dispatched search and rescue teams to the Geneva Lake area on Sept. 8. A woman, who who may have a broken an ankle, was brought out on the following morning.

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By Megan Tackett Special to the Sopris Sun Carbondaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s canine population is going to see quite the boom this weekend, starting Sept. 21: more than 90 dogs of all breeds and sizes will be accompanying their handlers to compete in the Dogs on Course in North America National Dog Agility Championships (DOCNA) at North Face Park.

Competitors and their dogs will undergo several timed obstacle-course events, including snakes and ladders, jumpers and time gambles. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And then thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the North American Challenge, which is the main event of the championships,â&#x20AC;? said Jim Mills, owner of DOCNA and organizer of the championships. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Only dogs that have qualiďŹ ed over the year get to run in it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a more difďŹ cult standard course with automatic elimination, so the handler must be extremely careful and also extremely fast.â&#x20AC;?

While the focus is mostly on the dogs, this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s championships will also remember the local man who is arguably the reason behind Carbondale hosting the event: Bill Lukes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bill was a longtime competitor who ďŹ rst initially sent me the request to do the [DOCNA] championships in Carbondale.

We were leaning toward doing them in Vegas or Utah, and Bill sent me some information on Carbondale,â&#x20AC;?

Mills said.

Lukes passed away in February of this year. A lifelong dog lover, he became active in the agility and rescue communities, especially after retiring from his career as an architect. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was just a kind, gentle soul,â&#x20AC;?

Seth Sachson, executive director at the Aspen Animal Shelter, said of Lukes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He had a true love â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not just for his dogs, but [for] dogs in general.â&#x20AC;?

While absolutely a competition of mental and physical skill for both the handlers and their dogs, the DOCNA agility championships are not limited Bill Lukes rescued one of his agility dogs, Jackson, through Colorado Animal Rescue and anto only fully abled participants. Inclu- other, Kate, from Border Collie Rescue. He also fostered Nana for CARE for around six months. sivity is near and dear to Mills, who â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bill was an avid and active volunteer,â&#x20AC;? said CARE director Wes Boyd. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He took dogs that were volunteers with special-needs organi- neglected or shy and kept them for long periods of time before helping ďŹ nd them new homes.â&#x20AC;? zations throughout the year when not Photos by Jane Bachrach actively managing DOCNA. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do have some physically challenged successfully bidding for the DOCNA Cham- during an in-town event. So thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to dogs that will be at the event â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in the past pionships to move to Carbondale, actively be a lot of hustle and bustle in the little town of Carbondale,â&#x20AC;? she said, noting that she exweâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had dogs that have had three legs,â&#x20AC;? helped coordinate the event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Lukes] helped us coordinate bringing pects to see an increase in sales and lodging Mills said.

One of Lukesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dogs, a border all the competitor items to Carbondale that taxes over the weekend.

Competitions are free to the public and collie named Bo, competed in the we were sending: we needed places for 2012 DOCNA Championships, equipment to go; we needed places to work start at 8 a.m. Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comdespite only having a few our rafďŹ&#x201A;es. Bill was instrumental,â&#x20AC;? Mills said. petitions will end at 5 p.m., and Sunday will That work continues to pay off for the come to a close at 2 p.m. The North America months to live with cancer. Bo also had impaired eyesight, but community, said Jeff Jackel, who served as the Challenge will kick off Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contests. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s encouraged that you come without the setback slowed down neither Carbondale Parks and Recreation director when Lukes ďŹ rst approached him about host- dogs because we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to distract the handler nor dog. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My fondest memories of ing the DOCNA Championships. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been dogs that are within the ring,â&#x20AC;? Mills said of the [Lukes] was constantly seeing him very successful. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s growing every year,â&#x20AC;? he weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s events. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bring shade and chairs. walking around the Aspen Busi- said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These dog handlers that are coming, Come enjoy the incredible dogs that are there.â&#x20AC;? ness Center with his dog,â&#x20AC;? Sachson theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re staying in the lodging; theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re buying said about the Doggles â&#x20AC;&#x201D; branded gas; theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re eating at our restaurants. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deďŹ Next steps goggles speciďŹ cally to ďŹ t dogs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; nitely a boost to our local economy.â&#x20AC;?

Friday, Sept. 22: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Andrea Stewart, executive director of Carthat Bo usually donned. Bo was Snakes â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;n Ladders, Traditional Gamblers, one of four border collies that bondaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chamber of Commerce, agrees.

Round 1 Standard Agility, Round 1 Jumpers â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be great,â&#x20AC;? she said of Lukes owned during his life, and Saturday, Sept 23: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. three out of the four were agility the upcoming championships. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are anticNorth America Challenge Championship, ipating a larger crowd.â&#x20AC;? The DOCNA Chamcompetitors.

Round 2 Standard Agility, Trigility, This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dedication is a ďŹ t- pionships arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the only events happening Round 2 Jumpers ting legacy for the man that this weekend, she pointed out: Oktoberfest Sunday, Sept 24: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. worked tirelessly for the Valleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and the Celtic Fest are both occurring downStrategic Time Gamble, canines: he volunteered with Col- town. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So when [the handlers] are not comStandard Agility Finals, Jumpers Finals orado Animal Rescue and, after peting, they can see what the town looks like

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We noticed a pretty good dusting on Sopris on Sept. 15, which happens to be the day ad salesperson Kathryn Camp guessed. However, it seemed to be all gone two days later — the criteria to win our little gentlemen’s bet on the subject. Barring evidence to the contrary, the contest remains open with precipitation expected over the weekend.

Do androids ride electric bikes?

An increase in e-bike use has prompted White River National Forest officials to encourage riders to determine where, when, and how e-bikes may be used. E-bikes may be ridden on designated motorized routes and national forest system trails marked as open to all vehicles. For more detailed information, are the White River National Forest Motor Vehicle Use Maps — available at all forest offices and online at www.fs.usda.gov/detail/whiteriver/home/?cid=stelprdb5328680

The doctor is out Dr. Feinsinger will be out of town of Sept. 23 through Oct. 14. Consequently, there will be no free consultations on Monday mornings or powerpoint presentation on Oct. 2.

There will, however be a plant-based potluck at 6:30 p.m.

Sept. 25 at the Third Street Center.

Roll out Eager to work with your hands on real climate change solutions? Care to share your solar, engineering or maker skills with local high school students? Then get involved with Solar Rollers as a student, team leader, guide, sponsor, donor… Visit www.solarrollers.org for more information.

Prince of projects

Heed the speed David G. Faulkner snapped this shot of an albino hummingbird at his feeder in Missouri Heights.

It seems like Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers just can’t get enough of Prince Creek. Help finish what over 200 volunteers have started with two more full workdays — Sept. 23 and Oct. 7. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. where pavement turns to gravel about three miles up Prince Creek Road and around 4 p.m. RFOV will provide dinner and drinks.

Carbondale and 112-acre Haines Parcel along Prince Creek south of Carbondale through a land exchange completed in March. The BLM will work on the management plan for the newly acquired parcels this winter, with multiple opportunities for public involvement. More information about the exchange, including maps, is available at www.blm.gov/programs/lands-and-realty/colorado/sutey.

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The Bureau of Land Management plans to begin construction of a small parking area on the east side of the Sutey Ranch, with completion slated for early October.

The BLM acquired the 557-acre Sutey Ranch north of

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Board President and Police Chief Gene Schilling lauded the selections as bringing a good balance of experience with the fire district and an outside perspective. Both appointees will be subject to a formal election in May alongside Mike Kennedy and Schilling himself — who said he does not intend to run for reelection after at least 25 years on the board.

Dandelion Market celebrates grand reopening on Sept. 23 Press release The Dandelion Market, Carbondale’s community food co-op grocery store that features locally grown produce and organic and natural foods, is celebrating its grand re-opening with a community Bonanza on Saturday, Sept. 23.

The market is conveniently located at 1310 Highway 133, next to Rhumba Girl Liquors and across the road from Wells Fargo Bank. The event is scheduled from noon to 4 p.m., and will include store specials, door prizes, activities, music and a potluck lunch. All items in the store are 20 percent off that day. Additionally, the Rhumba Girls will be offering fantastic in store promotions during the event.

Dandelion Market relocated after its building on Main Street was demolished and replaced with a fenced off grass area.

It is now under the management of Terri Anzini, who is a local farmer and has operated organic groceries in Carbondale in the past. The store also has a full board made up of Erica Sparhawk, Jeff Dickinson, Sotantar, Richard Vottero and Shana Miller, who have been meeting weekly to get the market off the ground.

“Terri has done a great job filling the store with produce from around the region and the products our customers rely on the market to carry,” says Sparhawk. “We want to celebrate the fact that we are now fully up and running and let people know where we are located.”

The market has, in fact, been reopened since Aug. 16, but the board and manage-

ment wanted to hold off on a celebration until the store was more fully stocked and the shifts were filled by volunteers, who get a discount on purchases in exchange for their services.

“It’s taken about a month to put it all together, but we are operating as hoped now,” says Anzini.

Working member volunteers are now covering approximately 40 hours of time at the store, which is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The store is now also using a point of sale system to track purchases and keep track of inventory.

“That will help us manage inventory, operate on a tight budget and fill the store with more items our customers are requesting,” says Sparhawk. “We also need to thank our landlords Beth and Matt Maun, who own the building and Rhumba Girl Liquor. They really made it easy and possible for us to relocate.”

The location has provided a boost for the store, with new customers walking in every day and discovering its local and organic food selection, according to Anzini.

As for the Sept. 23 event, people are encouraged to bring a dish, utensils and a chair. Festivities start at noon. One activity, led by Aaron Taylor, will be to build bike racks out of pallets. There will be games and music as well — and of course all those great deals. Parking is available at the Faith Lutheran Church on Eighth Street in Carbondale.

Visit the Dandelion Market Facebook Page for more event details.

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Colorado Animal Rescue’s annual fundraiser “Dressed to the K9s” lived up to its name as animals and people flaunted their outfits on and offstage during the evening.

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about the importance of perseverance, resilience and hope. A cutting horse competiWindWalkers is probably best known for tor and accomplish yoga instructor, Nevins the therapeutic riding it runs year round on is at the center of two days of programming Missouri Heights, but some of its most im- at WindWalkers intended to bring folks toportant work takes place outside the arena. gether and better help local veterans. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It goes well beyond the physical compoâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not too many people that can nent,â&#x20AC;? Executive Director Gabrielle Greeves talk about meditation and horses the way explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you create health for one, Dan can,â&#x20AC;? Greeves said. you create the ability for them to engage in Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s volunteering his time to speak and heal the entire community.â&#x20AC;? during a community table barbeque from Case in point, Dan Nevins â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a highly 5 to 8 p.m. on Sept. 23 then lead meditadecorated soldier who lost both legs in Iraq tion in the ďŹ eld at 11 a.m. Sept. 24 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all in 2004 and now speaks around the world at 1030 CR 102. Tickets are available for $20 per event or $35 for both days at windwalkerstrc.org or 963-2909 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; RSVP by noon Saturday. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll also want to bring your own water bottle, mat and accoutrements on Sunday morning.

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Community Calendar FRI–THU Sept. 22-28 MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “Maudie” (PG-13) at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 22-28 and “Baby Driver” (R) at 5 p.m. Sept. 23-24.

FRIDAY Sept. 22 GOLF TOURNEY • The 2017 Ram Classic gets a shotgun start at 9 a.m. followed by 18 holes of golf with cart scramble and an array of contests. $100 per person or $400 per team benefits the Roaring Fork athletics program. To register call 355-4554 or email to rfbball08@yahoo.com.

CELTIC FEST • Sláinte! Join your neighbors and friends at the Fourth Street Plaza beginning at 5 p.m. and toast the Emerald Isle with an evening of bagpipes, beer, and the “Best Legs in a Kilt Contest.”

PIZZA PICNIC • Pair the crisp autumn air with pizza straight out of the Carbondale Community Oven (520 S. Third St.) . Bring a donation, a topping, a blanket, plates, nonalcoholic beverages… or just an appetite. Show up at 6 p.m. to get your share of the dough, or a little early for gluten free.

SATURDAY Sept. 23

To list your event, email information to news@soprissun.com. Deadline is noon on Monday.

Events take place in Carbondale unless noted.

SUNDAY Sept. 24

to be a day full of fun with German music, food, and beer.

POETRY WORKSHOPS • James Navé and Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer share their craft at Basalt Regional Library (14 Midland Ave.) during the day for a $30 suggested donation, followed by a free 7:30 p.m. performance at the Wheeler Opera House.

MEET DIANE BUSH • Diane Mitsch Bush, candidate for U.S Congress - 3rd Congressional District will chat with Save Michelle’s Garden at Bonfire Coffee (433 Main St.) at 2 p.m., then connect with potential constituents at 4:30 p.m. at the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.).

DAVID BARSAMIAN LIVE • KDNK Carbondale Community Access Radio (76 S. Second St.) brings in alternative radio host David Barsamian to chat about “resistance in the age of Trump” with doors open at 5 p.m., talk at 6 p.m. and a meet and greet after. RSVP required; email gavin@kdnk.org.

VET TECH TOUR • Colorado Mountain College Veterinary Technology students will host an open house of the program’s 220-acre center and teaching hospital at CMC Spring Valley, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; open to the whole family (but please, leave your own pets at home). More info at 947-8244.

BREAD BAKE • Bring dough or a topping to the Carbondale Community Oven (520 S. Third St.) at 10 a.m. for an earlier take on the monthly bake.

MASONIC TOUR • Stop by the Glenwood Masonic Lodge (901 Colorado Ave.) between noon and 3 p.m. to see the historic building — including parts that aren’t usually open to the public.

PLENTY O’ MUSIC • Local band Let Them Roar opens for soaring vocalist Rebecca Folson at Steve’s Guitars (19 N. Fourth St.) starting at 8:30 p.m or thereabouts.

OKTOBERFEST • Willkommen! Time to dust off last year’s stein and fill it full with this year’s beer. Oktoberfest kicks off at 11 a.m. at the Fourth Street Plaza and promises

RENEGADE BLUES • Next 2 the Tracks plays live at The Black Nugget (403 Main St.) from 9 p.m. ‘til after midnight. No cover; 21+.

AFRICAN DANCE • Participate in world dance and live drumming at the Carbondale Community School (1505 Satank Rd.) at 6:30 p.m.; $12 drop-in.

BRAINSTORM • Chat about the environmental issues, projects, events and discussions you’d like to see in the Roaring Fork Valley at 6 p.m. at the Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave.)

WEDNESDAY Sept. 27 FOREIGN FILM • Basalt Regional Library (14 Midland Ave.) shows the 2013 Mexican drama film “La Jaula de oro” beginning at 5:15 p.m. in part of a monthly series. The film follows Juan, Sara, and Samuel, three teenagers from the slums of Guatemala, as they travel to the United States in search of a better life.

Further Out THURSDAY Sept. 28 SAW OPEN HOUSE • The artists of S.A.W. invite you to an evening of art making demonstrations, handmade items for sale, live music, and a film screening from 5 to 9 p.m. at 525 Buggy Circle.

SAT & SUN Sept. 30 – Oct. 1 DANCE FESTIVAL • Dance Initiative’s Spectrum Dance Festival offers a diverse series of dance and movement workshops. This year’s line up reflects the stylistic and cultural influences of The STAYCEE PEARL dance project out of Pittsburgh, PA, whose work often examines the works of celebrated legendary and contemporary artists of the African Diaspora. Pre-registration is encouraged; info at www.danceinitiative.org/spectrum-dance-festival.

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NOT HORTICULTURE • SMG (Save Michelle’s Garden), a political action group based around the philosophy of Michelle Obama’s White House Garden, meets at 5 p.m. every other Thursday at the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.).

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

Wednesdays. Kids must be accompanied by an adult.

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

KIDS COOK • Join the Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave.) or free classes with cooking, cleaning, and of course eating at 4 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of each month.

Register at 963-2889 or drop in on a first come, first served basis.

IMMUNIZATION CLINICS • Garfield County offers immunization clinics at the Carbondale Family Resource Center (in the Bridges Center at 400 Sopris Ave.) the second and fourth Thursdays of the month. To schedule an appointment, call 945-6614, ext. 2030.

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

BRIDGE • The Carbondale Bridge Club hosts duplicate bridge (not sanctioned by ACBL) from 6:30 to 10 p.m. the second and fourth

Wednesdays of each month at the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.). $6/per pair.

SENIOR MATTERS • The nonprofit Senior Matters, based in the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.), offers numerous programs for senior citizens, including: tai chi with John Norman at 8:30 a.m. on Monday and Wednesday; tai chi with Marty Finklestein at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday; Alaprima Painters at 11 a.m. on Thursdays; the Senior Matters Book Club at 4 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of the month; and the Roaring Fork Brain Train. Info: seniormatters.org; Diane Johnson at 970-3062587; and Senior Matters, Box 991, Carbondale CO, 81623.

GRIEF AND LOSS • Pathfinders offers a grief and loss support group every other Monday at 6 p.m., and a caregiver support group every other Wednesday noon. An RSVP is required to Robyn Hubbard at 319-6854.

Pathfinders offers support groups from Aspen to Rifle and is located in Carbondale at 1101 Village Rd. Info: pathfindersforcancer.org.

MEDITATION • Free silent meditation sessions are held at the Launchpad (76 S. Fourth St.) from 6:45 to 7:30 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Additionally, The Monday Night Meditation Group meets from 7 to 8:15 p.m. at True Nature (100 N. Third St.) and offers instruction in the Buddhist practice of Vipassana. Also at True Nature, everyone’s invited for SRF meditation from 10 to 11 a.m. on the first Sunday of the month and 5 to 6:30 p.m. on the third Thursday of the month.

LET’S JUST DANCE • Catch a free lesson with Wild Bill at 7 p.m. then it’s $8 to get out on the dance floor at 7:30 p.m. every Tuesday at The Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.).

No partner or experience necessary. Questions? Call 970-366-6463 or email BillyPat4@gmail.com.

C’DALE TRUSTEES • The Carbondale Board of Trustees holds regular meetings the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at Town Hall (511 Colorado Ave.) starting at 6 p.m. The trustees usually hold a work session at 6 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays. Info: 963-2733 or carbondalegov.org.

MEET THE MAYOR • Carbondale Mayor Dan Richardson holds his weekly “Office Hours” session at the Village Smithy (26 S. Third St)from 7 to 8 a.m. on Tuesdays. Drop by and say hi.

INSTALLATION • Carbondale Arts presents “Homecoming: A site-specific installation by Lara Whitley” and “Pattern Recognition: Observations and Explorations by Lindsay Jones” at the Launchpad (76 S. Fourth St.).

WOODCUTS • The Charles J. Wyly Gallery at the Art Base (99 Midland Spur, Basalt) and Poss Architecture + Planning and Interior Design present a solo exhibition of “Woodcuts of the Roaring Fork River.”.

PHOTO SHOW • The Ann Korologos Gallery (211 Midland Ave., Basalt) shows off an array of photographers.

COMMUNITY MEAL • Faith Lutheran Church (1340 Highway 133) hosts a free com-

munity meal from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the first and third Saturdays of the month. Info: 510-5046 or faithcarbondale.com. Carbondale Homeless Assistance also has its meeting on the fourth Tuesday of each month.

YAPPY HOUR • Colorado Animal Rescue’s Yappy Hour at the Marble Bar (150 Main St) takes place at 5:30 p.m. the third Thursday of the month. Sip on handcrafted cocktails and meet a C.A.R.E. dog, with $1 from every drink donated to C.A.R.E. Bring your own dog along as well.

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

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

FARMER’S MARKET • Local produce and more available at the Fourth Street Plaza from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays.

Save the Date SATURDAY Oct. 7 POTATO DAY • Carbondale’s oldest festival starts with a parade down Main Street at 10:30 a.m. followed by music in the park, kid activities and a BBQ. This year’s theme is “Harry Potter and the Magic Spud.”

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By Laney Devers Sopris Sun Intern For fourteen days last July, myself and eleven other students from across the country, embarked on an adventure of a lifetime through the rocky Dolomite mountains on a Moondance trip.

Moondance Adventures is an adventure travel company for middle and high school students with trips in five different continents, seventeen countries and eleven states in the US. The program’s philosophy incorporates a strong belief in the power of the outdoors with the ideas of positivity and “living in the moment.”

I once again stuffed my oversized backpack with quick dry clothing, dirty hiking boots, a new passport and all the outdoor equipment I managed to recover from my last adventure the previous summer with Moondance, trekking across the Laugavegur trail in Iceland. The same anxious excitement once again boiled in my chest at the thought of another life changing trip.

I met the other eleven 15-to-16-yearold trip participants at our gate in the Atlanta airport. We made quiet, jittery small talk about school and where in the country we were all from before boarding our overnight flight to Venice.

After a seemingly endless night of struggling to sleep in between inflight movies we finally arrived and were introduced to our two incredibly enthusiastic trip leaders, Abbey Dahl of Southern Pines North Carolina and Hoke Smith of Nashville Tennessee.

We then drove approximately two hours from the Venice airport to the Dolomite mountain range. Once there, we would spend the next fourteen days hiking, climbing, canyoneering and bonding with one another.

We began with the rigorous trekking portion of our trip. It was during this time that I, for the first time since my previous experience with Moondance, in Iceland, watched complete strangers metamor-

phose into second-family members.

The hikes, which often consumed entire days, were strenuous and usually up steep, rocky terrain. We played trail games and talked about everything from music to pets as we trudged uphill, until we reached our next “Refugio.”

Refugios are mountain huts, used as hostels in the Italian Alps. They are complete with running water, electricity and comfortable rooms stacked to the ceiling with bunk beds.We would continue to hike from one Refugio to the next for the several days.

Moondance has many traditions, one being “moon up.” At the end of every packed, exhausting day, we would close the night with a series of events. First the “leaders of the day,” who had been chosen the night before by the previous day’s leaders, would select a quotation from a book provided by Moondance that they would read aloud to the group.

Then they each ask a question that the group members individually would take turns answering.

These questions range from trivial, such as one’s biggest pet peeves, to deeper ones, such as a trait you look for in a significant other, or what’s the hardest thing you’ve ever had to go through. It’s answers to questions like these that tie a group together for years and years after a trip has ended.

Each day our trail conversations grew more and more meaningful. So by the time we made it to our second and third activity, rock climbing and canyoneering, we all knew each other on an entirely more personal level.

So you can imagine how difficult leaving each other was. We traded hugs, gathered contact information and said our teary goodbyes. All of us had changed for the better, we returned home, soon to be begging our parents for another Moondance.

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Sopris Park, Carbondale Come out to visit with old friends and meet new ones while we celebrate Carbondale’s history.

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The whole Moondance crew. Courtesy photo

The small town of Fredara. Courtesy photo

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Roaring Fork Rams (and Carbondale Bulldogs) unite!

Annual reunion brings out alumni of all ages

By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Staff In 1960, Carbondale Union High School and Basalt High School came together under one roof and became Roaring Fork High School. The arrangement only lasted for two years while Basalt’s facilities were improved, but it left a lasting impression in Carbondale.

The high school, now two buildings along, still has the conjoined name, mascot (Rams rather than Bulldogs) and colors (Blue and gold instead of blue and white).

“It was hard for the Basalt kids, but they did it,” said Diane Vickstrom, who was student body president in Carbondale at the time of the merger.

“I’m not sure how you have movers and shakers in a high school of 100 kids, but there were five of us,” she noted.

That’s just one of many anecdotes exchanged at the Carbondale Union and Roaring Fork High School all class reunion, an annual tradition in the third week in September.

The three day event took place at Thirteen Moons Ranch south of Carbondale, with a catered dinner on Friday night, potluck Saturday and cooperative breakfasts throughout the weekend. There’s also an auction featuring whatever folks can afford to contribute, which

The Roaring Fork High School Class of 1963, who either had a standard uniform or recycled the same set of pearls for each picture. helps raise money for the next year’s event.

It’s an unorthodox arrangement that started as a more standard reunion for the class of ’63.

With just 20 graduates to pull from, they opened it up to other grades and it grew from there.

“We had so many people and they said, ‘what are we doing next year?’,” recalled coorganizer Ann Samuelson. “It’s just fun to get together. Everybody visits everybody.”

“We were always the responsible class,” added Donna Burkett.

Given some of the ’63 antics this reporter heard described but won’t repeat here, the “irresponsible” class of ’62 must have been a force to be reckoned with.

Anyway, by the time I arrived on Saturday evening, it seemed like things were kind of winding down, although Let Them Roar was preparing to provide some background music under a magnificent view of Sopris. I hoped that my status as a Roaring Fork grad myself might lend some legitimacy to my visit and

questions, but representing the class of ’08 I was more than a bit of an outlier. Indeed, the next youngest official attendee was Tom Provost, class of ’82, who was himself a bit out of his element but enjoying it nevertheless.

“It’s kind of interesting to see how life treats people and what they’ve accomplished,” he said.

At the opposite end of the spectrum, the event has attracted graduates all the way back to ’27. On this occasion, seniority went to Gene Thurston, class of ’49, who remembers pitching in with his dad taking care of the school (now the easternmost section of the Bridges Center).

“Nobody had very much money in those days, so everybody helped each other,” he said.

In between were plenty of familiar faces (in fact, I’m beginning to wonder if anyone in this town doesn’t know “Smiley” Wise).

Most of them graduated in a time when you were more likely to go to the coal mine than to college, and all of them had stories.

Folks like Samuelson who stuck around have seen the slow changes in the community and had a chance to embrace them, but, she notes, “those who have been gone and come back, they’re kind of shocked.”

There were fewer of those this year, with the furthest traveler we spoke with hailing from Nevada. Indeed, while some of the reunion’s charm is the potential to see different folks each time, the organizers wouldn’t mind some new energy.

“We need to get the next generation,” Burkett said.

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Malcontent miners and train trials From the archives of the Roaring Fork Valley Journal (Available for public perusal at the Carbondale Branch Library)

Sept. 22, 1977 Mid-Continent miners were back at work after a one day walkout over uncompleted shower facilities. The bathhouse had been destroyed in a ďŹ&#x201A;ash ďŹ&#x201A;ood over the summer, and Ma Mid had apparently promised to have them done by the previous week.

The workers apparently felt the failure to do so was deliberate, so the graveyard shift walked off the job and the morning shift never showed up. Following negotiations, however, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;misunderstandingâ&#x20AC;? was apparently corrected.

In other newsâ&#x20AC;Ś Foundation work began on St. Mary of the Crown Catholic church.

Sept. 24, 1987 Carbondale got its ďŹ rst television station when KREG decided to locate its headquarters within sight of its Sunlight Mountain transmitter. Broadcasting on channel 5, the station was afďŹ liated with KREX out of Grand Junction and planned to cover news from Aspen to RiďŹ&#x201A;e and Vail.

In other newsâ&#x20AC;Ś The Basalt Longhorn volleyball team had its ďŹ rst victory over the Roaring Fork Rams following 15 years of frustration.

Sept. 25, 1997 More than 3,000 people came out for a demonstration of the RegioSprinter passenger train on existing track between Glenwood Springs and Aspen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care what it costs, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just do it,â&#x20AC;? said Doug Rohrbaugh of El Jebel. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think whoever is making the decisions needs to spend just one week driving up and down the Valley in rush hour trafďŹ c, so they can understand it.â&#x20AC;? (The right of way remains railbanked but currently hosts the Rio Grande bike path.)

In other newsâ&#x20AC;Ś The Carbondale Clay Center opened its doors.

OPINION

A letter from Miserâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mercantile Inc. Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s note: The Sopris Sun has received numerous inquiries from concerned consignors wondering what happened to their credit at Miserâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s during the change of ownership. We have already printed an excerpt from a document circulated by one party, and have more recently received a rebuttal. It is reproduced here in near entirety, save for a number that can be found in a public phone book.

Dear Consignor, You are receiving this letter in response to the letter that you sent inquiring about your past MISERS MERCANTILE INC credit.

In regards to the piece of paper that you received at Miserâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mercantile LLC stating that Paula â&#x20AC;&#x153;Samâ&#x20AC;? Hunter is responsible for credit earned before August 11th... Please know that you have been mis-informed. The business was NOT sold! It was involuntarily seized from Paula â&#x20AC;&#x153;Samâ&#x20AC;? Hunter by the landlord when he unilaterally and without notice changed the locks. Because the business never legally transferred ownership, there was never a legal agreement as to who is responsible for the credit of your items that sold before August 11th. And because the business was taken away, MISERS MERCANTILE INC is now without funds to pay its loyal consignors. We regret that the actions of the landlord caused this problem.

We were negotiating with the landlord when he took this unilateral action rather than continue negotiations.

Due to these confusing circumstances, you might consider negotiating with the landlord and current owner of the company operating under the name Miserâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mercantile LLC for the payment of your credit to show good faith towards you as a valued consignor, or at the very least to utilize your credit as trade for in-store purchases. The landlord and current owner of the company operating Miserâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mercantile LLC is Dale Eubank, whose name is listed in the GarďŹ eld County Assessor's public records as well as on the Colorado Secretary of Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website.

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We are looking for a highly motivated individual who will enjoy working in a TEAM / Community Policing environment. Starting salary is $50,000.00. Ability to work shift work, weekends and holidays is a must. We offer an excellent benefit package. Spanish speaking is a bonus. Applicants must be at least 21 years old, have or ability to obtain a valid Colorado driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license and no felony convictions.

Applicants must complete background checks, complete physical agility test and participate in a ride-along program.

Send application, resume and references to Carbondale Police Department, 511 Colorado Ave., #911, Carbondale, CO 81623 or to Lt. Chris Wurtsmith, cwurtsmith@carbondaleco.net.

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Legal Notice

impact has been cited as a factor in every instance of species decline I have ever encountered. A trail interrupting their access to water, precious winter range, and lambing grounds may very well be the straw that breaks the camel’s back in this particular herd. Let’s use some caution and restraint.

Mollie Shipman Crystal Valley

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held before the Carbondale Board of Trustees for the purpose of considering an application to rezone an approximately 6.4 acre parcel from the Planned Community Commercial (PCC) zone district to the Mixed-Use (MU) zone district in the UDC. The property is designated as “New Urban” in the Town’s 2013 Comprehensive Plan.

See what the Masons built Dear Editor: I’m writing this letter to encourage your readers to attend the Glenwood Masonic Lodge’s 130th Anniversary Celebration.

The Glenwood Masonic Lodge is the oldest non-profit in the R.F.V. and has done countless charitable deeds over our history. The Glenwood schools have used our building numerous times. As a classroom in the ‘60s, a gymnasium in the ‘80s and a daycare starting in October.

The Salvation Army used it for a time when they were relocating. The Center for the Arts used it for dance classes after their building got flooded in June 2016. The Boy Scouts have used it for their pinewood derby and blue and gold dinner. We offer annual scholarships to high school seniors in the R.F.V. The Glenwood Masonic Lodge is truly a community driven grassroots organization. We have members from every walk of life, every race and every financial situation. Over the last 130 years in Glenwood it have survived from membership dues and donations from our members. And recently from rental of our ballroom. We receive no government money! We only have one modestly paid position, that’s our property manager. The rest of the thing we do is done by volunteers.

The Masonic Fraternity is worldwide with multiple nonprofit organizations. Most notably the Shriners Hospitals for Children. Who run 22 hospitals in North America. And provide service to children at no cost. The Masonic family of non-profits give away on average 4 million dollars a day in charitable works nationwide.

At the 130th Anniversary Celebration we will be giving tours of our building including our meeting hall which is usually not open to the public. We will have artifacts from the now defunct Aspen and Carbondale Lodges, as well as Glenwood on display. A Shriner will be performing in his clown attire and making balloon animals for the kids. There will be FREE hamburgers and hotdogs! ALL ARE WELCOME! This Saturday noon-3, 901 Colorado Ave. across from the post office. For more info about Freemasonry or to rent our ballroom go to www.gwsfreemasons.com.

Wayne L. Horak Carbondale

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

The applicant proposes a mixed use development with commercial and residential components. A conceptual site plan has been included in the application.

The owner/applicant is Crystal River Marketplace LLC.

The property is the vacant property located at the northwest corner of Highway 133 and Main Street.

It is generally located along West Main Street, behind the 7-11 store. The legal description is:

A PARCEL OF LAND BEING A PORTION OF THAT PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS THE CRYSTAL RIVER MARKET PLACE, LLC PARCEL ACCORDING TO THE LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT OF CRYSTAL RIVER MARKET PLACE LLC/CRMS PROPERTIES RECORDED SEPTEMBER 16, 2010 AS RECEPTION NO. 791487; SAID PARCEL ALSO BEING SITUATED IN SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 7 SOUTH, RANGE 88 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN AND IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

COMMENCING AT A POINT ON THE WESTERLY LINE OF STATE HIGHWAY NO. 133, FEDERAL AID PROJECT NO. S 016 (1), WHENCE THE STREET CENTER MONUMENT LOCATED AT THE CENTERS OF EIGHTH STREET AND MAIN STREET IN

THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO, BEARS SOUTH 46°39'55" EAST 2273.200 FEET (SOUTH 46°34’21” EAST 2276.78 FEET DEED); THENCE S.00°50’00”.E, A DISTANCE OF 855.56 FEET, THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE S.00°50’00”.E, A DISTANCE OF 474.38 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF MAIN STREET; THENCE N.89°24’58”.W ALONG SAID NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE, A DISTANCE OF 592.27 FEET; THENCE LEAVING SAID NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE N.00°35’02”.E, A DISTANCE OF 400.24 FEET, THENCE N.00°33’01”.E, A DISTANCE OF 73.66 FEET; THENCE S.89°26’59”.E, A DISTANCE OF 580.58 FEET, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.

SAID PARCEL OF LAND CONTAINING 6.382 ACRES, MORE OR LESS

TOWN OF CARBONDALE COUNTY OF GARFIELD, STATE OF COLORADO

Said Public Hearing will be held at the Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO at 6:00 p.m. on October 10, 2017.

Copies of the proposed application are on file in the Planning Department office, Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO and may be examined by interested persons during regular working hours, 7:00 a.m. through 6:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday. The application may also be reviewed on the Town’s website at www.carbondalegov.org

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held before the Carbondale Board of Trustees for the purpose of considering revocation of the following Special Use Permit:

Permit Holder: Steve Garcia, Laughing Dog Group, LLC Date of Approval: October 27, 2015 Location: 500 Buggy Circle, Units LL4, UL2 and UL3, Carbondale, CO Legal Description: Lots 11 through 33, Village Business Center, Carbondale, CO Use: Retail and Medical Marijuana Infused Product Manufacturing Facility Recordation Information: Recorded December 16, 2015 at Reception No. 871480 Property owner: PD Investments

Said Public Hearing will be held at the Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO at 6:00 p.m. on October 10, 2017.

Copies of the Special Use Permit and revocation material are on file in the Planning Department office, Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO and may be examined by interested persons during regular working hours, 7:00 a.m. through 6:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday. The application may also be reviewed on the Town’s website at www.carbondalegov.org

Janet Buck Planning Director

Janet Buck Town Planner

Published in The Sopris Sun on September 21, 2017.

Published in The Sopris Sun on September 21, 2017.

Parting Shot

Kroger’s never ending sale Dear Editor: I can’t believe the way Kroger is jerking around Carbondale about a new City Market. Don’t tell me the nation’s largest grocery store chain doesn’t have the scratch to fulfill their promise.

I know real estate and construction costs in the Roaring Fork Valley are high, but surely Kroger knew that before they made their plans. C’mon, Kroger. Build or get off the pot.

Fred Malo Jr. Carbondale

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