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Last Saturday’s Potato Day was also a great day to be a kid. There were kids on horses, kids on floats, kids in soccer uniforms and kids just being kids on Main Street, in Sopris Park and elsewhere around town. For more Potato Day photos, please turn to pages 13-15. Photos by Jane Bachrach

FIRST FRIDAY: FALL INTO CARBONDALE CELTIC FEST: BEST LEGS IN A KILT CONTEST!

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GERMAN BANDS, CONTESTS, WOMEN ARTISTS GALLERY FOOD AND BEER! EXHIBIT IN THE R2 GALLERY

Friday, October 5th from 5-9pm in Historic Carbondale

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

Building our economy through energy efficiency

By Erica Sparhawk You know energy efficiency is gaining momentum when you overhear a long-time local contractor bragging to his friends about how “tight” and “energy-efficient” he’s making his current project. At least, that’s one of the signs (in addition to copious data) we like to look for when we’re measuring the success of our work providing energy efficiency services across the county.

Garfield Clean Energy — Colorado’s first clean energy authority — is a collaborative effort between Garfield County government, Carbondale and four other Garfield County towns, RFTA, and the Garfield County library district.

The Garfield Clean Energy board recently renewed its commitment to the following goals as a means to a more resilient and more energy-secure economy: • Increase per capita energy efficiency by 20 percent by 2020; • Reduce petroleum consumption 25 percent by 2020; Obtain 35 percent of electricity from renewable sources by 2020.

Is it possible to reach these targets? Can making these improvements strengthen our economy?

Through joining together as a countywide effort, we’re already seeing $1.6 million annual savings. Garfield Clean Energy partner buildings have cut energy costs by $476,000.

The town of Carbondale has saved over $160,000 on it utility bills since it became a partner in Garfield Clean Energy three years ago.

This increased attention to energy efficiency and alternative fuels has stimulated $13 million in work for local electricians, energy auditors, energy engineers, insulation contractors, lighting distributors, mechanics, manufacturers, or efficiency projects that have been a part of Garfield Clean Energy.

To meet the 2020 goals it will require an accelerated approach to transforming how we use and produce energy. The Garfield Clean Energy goals are very similar to state climate protection goals, and also similar to the level of activity needed to reach international climate protection goals.

Last week, the Carbondale Board of Trustees took bold action by approving a fall campaign for accelerated energy efficiency that will generate multiple economic benefits.

It’s this kind of action that will make it possible for our county — and state and some day the country — to reach climate protection targets.

Participants in the Garfield Clean Energy Challenge across the county are becoming more comfortable and more profitable every day. Businesses like these in Carbondale: • Nelson and Julie at Dos Gringos have made improvements making their store more comfortable for their staff while also saving money every month; • Sam and her crew at Miser’s Mercantile are enjoying updated lighting that provides savings and noticeable improvements in the lighting quality, making everything look even better; • Terry and the staff at Sopris Wine and Liquor appreciate the updated lighting and customers enjoy the motion triggered LED case-lighting on the beer coolers.

Thanks to the Carbondale Board of Trustees we can expand these programs and services in Carbondale to reach even more businesses and families. In a partnership between Garfield Clean Energy, CLEER and CORE, we will be reaching out to even more businesses and families in Carbondale to help spur even more savings.

You might even find one of us knocking on your door.

We’ll be providing rebates and expert energy coaching services to help folks move projects through to completion and start saving money right away and make this winter a little more comfortable.

When we become more energy efficient, small businesses become more profitable, we reduce the energy costs at our public buildings so we can spend our tax dollars on community projects, and by helping homeowners keep more of their monthly income in their pockets, they will likely reinvest much of that in locally purchased goods.

Thanks to the aforementioned boldness of the Carbondale Board of Trustees, Carbondale and Garfield Clean Energy could be state leaders in implementing strategies that build the economy AND achieve efficiency goals and climate targets.

And, after experiencing one of the driest years on the books, we are doing this for my daughters, and your daughters and your sons, your grandkids and our community.

Erica Sparhawk is a program director with CLEER (Clean Energy Economy for the Region.) She manages services of Garfield Clean Energy. CLEER is located in the Third Street Center, which is where Erica also went to elementary school.

The Sopris Sun encourages commentaries on local issues from our readers. Please keep your commentary local and keep it to 700 words, then dispatch it to news@soprissun.com or P.O. Box 399, Carbondale, CO 81623. Don’t forget to tell us your name, phone number, where you live and any other pertinent information about yourself.

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Letters

The Sopris Sun welcomes your letters, limited to no more than 400 words. Letters exceeding that length may be edited or returned for revisions. Include your name and residence (for publication) and a contact email and phone number. Submit letters via email to letters@soprissun.com or via snail mail to P.O. Box 399, Carbondale, CO 81623. The deadline to submit letters to the editor is 5 p.m. on Tuesday.

cLEER clears up confusion Dear Editor: At CLEER, we are always happy to discuss our services, results and funding. Unfortunately, Bill Grant’s recent letter regarding Carbondale’s fall energy efficiency program missed the mark on many facts. We’d like to clear up any confusion by offering the following facts.

His letter states that over the last six years around $800,000 has gone to GCE/CLEER from the town of Carbondale. In fact, the town of Carbondale has invested $757,000 over the last six years on multiple energy-related fronts.

The town invested $393,674 in an energy performance contract with Ennovate, a forprofit energy services company. Of this amount, $120,000 was from a Department of Local Affairs grant. The town will recoup its investment through energy and operational savings. Performance contracting is a frequently used financing mechanism to pay upfront for capital and energy efficiency improvements, and the savings are guaranteed by a contract.

The town paid $270,000 to CORE for a variety of projects and rebates provided to Carbondale residents in return.

A total of $27,968 went to Biospaces for energy code development and technical assistance on energy building codes, and administration of efficient building program, including doing actual building inspections on an interim basis prior to training the town’s building inspector on the efficient building code.

The following went to Garfield New Energy Communities Initiative/GCE projects and programs: A) in 2009, $30,000 as part of local match for $1.2 million grant that included solar on multiple public buildings and senior housing, energy efficiency programs for schools, businesses and homes (For full results of this grant go to garfieldcleanenergy.org/about-governance. The $1.2 million that was brought to the region through local governments putting in local match leveraged an additional $5,152,000 of funding for the region); B) in 2011, $24,000 as Carbondale’s share of Garfield Clean Energy, for energy efficiency programs.

In 2010, $10,000 was granted to CLEER as a local match to a $250,000 Main Street Energy Efficiency program that provided technical assistance, rebates and contractor training for businesses in Garfield, Eagle and Pitkin counties. Carbondale’s local match helped our region get the largest Main Street grant in the state and was focused on Carbondale programs.

It is important to note that at the same time the town has been taking a leadership role in investing in clean energy solutions, it has also received significant Severance and Mineral Leasing funds from the state, with a total of over $2 million since 2009.

Bill Grant takes issue with Garfield Clean Energy not being registered on the Secretary of State website as either a business or a charity. This is because it is neither. GCE is a governmental entity, the state’s first Clean Energy Authority, and is registered with the Department of Local Affairs.

He points out that CLEER was granted an extension on filing this year’s 990 form; this is true, and is hardly as nefarious as he suggests. Our first annual audit of our financial statements was conducted this year — not required, but requested by our staff. The CPA who prepares the 990 simply recommended we ask for an extension of time to file to make sure the 990 information was consistent with the audit.

And finally, he takes issue with CLEER’s director salary. Alice Laird’s role has changed dramatically over the last four years and her salary has been changed to reflect the significant increase in responsibility. Her role grew from initially coming up with a concept for a county-wide clean energy partnership, to raising over $2.5 million to implement the various programs, to developing and managing a broad team of people to successfully implement projects and services, meeting all the stringent requirements of the original DOLA grant. Alice is accountable not only to the LETTERS page 8

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EPA recognizes Carbondale for energy savings

By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer A town of Carbondale energy planning process that started in 2006 caught the eye of the Environmental Project Agency in 2012. The upshot is an EPA ofďŹ cial will present Carbondale with one of GarďŹ eld Clean Energy’s Innovation awards at the Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs on Oct. 5 at 6 p.m.

The presentation is part of the ďŹ rst-ever GarďŹ eld Clean Energy Innovation awards ceremony, which recognizes local residents, contractors and businesses for innovations in energy efďŹ ciency and renewable energy, according to a press release.

Former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter will be the keynote speaker. The ceremony includes appetizers and a cash bar. Tickets are available at cleanenergyeconomy.givezooks.com.

Students are free but must pre-register at 704-9200.

Carbondale’s road to Friday night’s event started in 2006 when the town became aware that its wastewater treatment plant

was its biggest source of carbon emissions how we have reduced our carbon footprint and had the highest energy costs out of all while providing cost savings,� said Carbondale Mayor Stacey the town’s facilities.

Bernot. “We have greatly In 2009, the town beneďŹ ted from the partnerreceived a $1.4 million ships and grants made grant from the Colavailable to the town from orado Department of Local Affairs that various entities both public and private ‌ Our comhelped to fund an enmunity should be proud of ergy efďŹ ciency project our ďŹ ne utilities staff at the wastewater treatthat sought resources and ment facility, located guidance to make these imon the Roaring Fork provements in a truly susRiver below the Highway 133 bridge. tainable way.â€?

Carbondale ofďŹ cials The year before the have said the plant improject, in 2008, the provements not only have wastewater treatment plant’s energy costs Stacey Bernot reduced energy costs and were $160,000, acCarbondale Mayor carbon emissions, but have improved the water quality cording to a GCE spokeswoman. The plant upgrades and op- of the efuent going back into the Roaring erational changes cut those costs to Fork River.

EPA regional administrator Jim Martin $124,000 in 2011. “This project is another ďŹ ne example of is scheduled to tour Carbondale’s waste-

“This project is another fine example of how we have reduced our carbon footprint while providing cost savings ‌â€?

water treatment plant on Oct. 5 at 1:30 p.m.

The Hotel Colorado event is sponsored

by CLEER (Clean Energy Economy for the Region), Colorado Mountain College, Alpine Bank, R&A Enterprises, Franklin Energy, Fridgewize, Frostbusters, Eco Source Lighting, Glenwood Hot Springs, the Glenwood Chamber Resort Association, Energy and Sustainable Design, and the Roaring Fork Community Development Corporation.

Former Gov. Ritter currently serves as director of the Center for the New Energy Economy at Colorado State University, which provides policy makers, governors and decision makers with information on energy. “We are very pleased to have Gov. Bill Ritter join us at this event. His vision in starting the statewide New Energy Communities Initiative was what made it possible for GarďŹ eld Clean Energy to become a reality,â€? said Keith Lambert, a member of the GarďŹ eld Clean Energy Board of directors and Rie councilman.

Rally the Valley celebrates new cancer center Sopris Sun Staff Report Rally the Valley, a community-wide fund-raising event presented by Valley View Hospital, will take to the streets, trails and parks from Sayre Park in Glenwood Springs on Oct. 13 at 8:30 a.m.

Rally participants will run, walk, bike, parade, celebrate and support the enhanced resources now offered to patients at the new Calaway • Young Cancer Center. For more information about the event, to sponsor, to volunteer or to register, visit rallythevalley.org or call 3846620. “Perhaps you will rally for someone you have lost to cancer. Or, perhaps you will come out to celebrate someone who has survived. Or, maybe you believe like I do that we are a great community and that, together, we can ensure the best care for anyone facing cancer,â€? said Stacey Gavrell, executive director of the Valley View Hospital Foundation, producers of the Rally. “Whatever the reason, please join us on this beautiful fall day, and help raise funds and awareness to help cancer patients RALLY THE VALLEY page 7

Roaring Fork’s Jack Fisher (in white) chalks up a shot-on-goal in the Rams’ 3-1 win against Glenwood Springs on Sept. 29. For more RFHS sports action, please turn to page 7. Photo by Sue Rollyson

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News Briefs comp Plan public hearing continued The Carbondale Planning & Zoning Commission’s public hearing for the new Comprehensive Plan has been continued to Oct. 11 at 7 p.m., according to town planner Janet Buck.

“We are really excited to be nearing completion and would like your feedback, whether negative or positive,” said Buck.

The Comprehensive Plan is a guiding document that will inform decisions for the next 20 years. The plan covers various topics, including: future land use, governance, visions and goals, ecology and alternative energy, parks and public open space and community vision.

After the public hearing in front of the P&Z, the Board of Trustees will review the plan. Copies of the plan are at town hall and may be picked up between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. It is also available at www.carbondalegov.org.

No members of the public appeared before the P&Z when it discussed the plan on Oct. 4.

Part of Main Street closed Main Street between Third and Fourth streets will be closed to through traffic Oct. 8 through Oct. 12, according to a press release from Excavation Services. A sprinkler system is being installed in the building at 327 Main.

Gateway River Park open house An open house to explain the Gateway River Park plan takes place at town hall from 6 to 7 p.m. and 7 to 8 p.m. on Oct. 10.

The open house is hosted by the town of Carbondale, Garfield County, and the Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlife.

More moose are loose The Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlife discusses the Grand Mesa moose population during a public presentation at the department’s Northwest Region Office in Grand Junction at 6 p.m. on Oct. 10. The former Division of Wildlife started reintroducing moose to the Grand Mesa in 2005 and concluded

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transplanting them in 2007, according to a press release. “The project has gone far better than we expected,” said DPW Area Wildlife Manager JT Romatzke.

The Grand Mesa is located about 40 miles southwest of Carbondale and its terrain is similar to the Flat Tops north of Glenwood Springs. Moose from the Grand Mesa have been known to show up in the Roaring Fork Valley from time to time. The DPW regional office in Grand Junction is located at 711 Independent Ave.

RFTA board meets in carbondale The Roaring Fork Transportation Authority holds its monthly board meeting at town hall from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Oct. 11.

Agenda items include discussion of a policy statement concerning natural gas procurement, presentation of the 2013 budget and a VelociRFTA BRT project update.

Pitco considering crystal River Valley cell service Pitkin County is in the early stages of a study that will determine where cell phone service is lacking in several areas, including the Crystal River valley south of Carbondale. Currently, cell phone service is not available beyond the BRB. Other areas being studied include: along Frying Pan Road east of Basalt, part of Snowmass Village, along Highway 82 east of Aspen, up Castle Creek and Maroon creek roads near Aspen and parts of all four of the Aspen Skiing Co.’s mountains.

In a memo, Pitkin County Manager Jon Peacock said funds are available for cell phone service upgrades.

Series explores AVMF The Aspen Valley Medical Foundation has launched a television program on GrassRoots TV entitled “Our Work in Progress.”

The week of Oct. 14, Michelle Muething and Michael Buglione will discuss the work of the Aspen Hope Center.

The shows air Sundays at 7 a.m., Mondays at 11 a.m., Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. and Fridays at noon and 10 p.m.

SOPRIS LIQUOR & WINE Be Responsible!

Cop Shop The following events are drawn from incident reports of the C’dale Police Dept.

MONDAY Sept. 24 At 11:58 p.m. officers encountered a vehicle stopped along side Highway 133 near Garcia’s with its hazard lights flashing. When the officers stopped to offer assistance the driver said he was just talking on his cell phone.

WEDNESDAY Sept. 26 At 10:40 a.m. an officer stopped a vehicle that was driving through the 7/Eleven parking lot to avoid the intersection at Main Street and Highway 133. Police issued the driver a citation for driving without a valid driver’s license.

WEDNESDAY Sept. 26 At 10:52 a.m. police assisted EMTs with a woman who suffered a seizure and fell off her bike.

WEDNESDAY Sept. 26 At 4:53 p.m. the building department referred a downtown business to police for a signage violation.

THURSDAY Sept. 27 At 7:37 a.m. a River Valley Ranch employee called police to report an illegally parked travel trailer. Police were unable to locate the trailer.

THURSDAY Sept. 27 At 9:26 p.m. a resident on Barber Drive called police to report a dog was barking at a bear.

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10.5 GRAND SWAN OPENING VISION TO VOICE: Friday, 6-8pm: Contemporary Work from Women Artists in the Roaring Fork Valley Carbondale Council on Humanities & Arts, Third Street Center – The R2 Gallery

10.5 SONGWRITERS IN THE ROUND: Friday, 7:30–9:30pm: An evening of song by some of the valleys most talented songbirds! Third Street Center – The Round Room

10.6 RHYTHM & EXPRESSION: AN EVENING OF DANCE

Saturday, October 6th 12:00 noon at Colorado Animal Rescue

Saturday, 7pm: Coredination, A Movement Studio is proud to present an evening of dance. Third Street Center – The Round Room

10.7 GHOST-WRITER BY MICHAEL HOLLINGER Sunday, 2pm: Special SWAN performance at the Thunder River Theater Tantalizing, understated and lovely. This engrossing, old-fashioned play is about the drama of writing–and typing–and creativity and love. –Philadelphia Inquirer.

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Animal lovers, join us for a Blessing of the Animals. Bring your wellsocialized pets to be blessed (dogs on leash; cats, birds and other small critters in crates), or bring photos or stuffed animals as representatives of home-loving animals. The Blessing will be held outdoors, dress for weather conditions.

This event will honor the animals in need of adoption who currently reside at the CARE facility. Suggested donation: small bag cat or dog food - cash donations also appreciated.

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First Friday hooks up with Celtic Fest

By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer

dra DeBuse. The Kansas City artist is described as “functional, playful First Friday hooks up with Celtic and colorful.” The opening recepFest on Oct. 5 for everything from tion runs from 6 to 8 p.m. Regular fine art to fine beer, wine and Ausgallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. trian cuisine. on Tuesday through Friday. The exMost of the action takes place hibit continues through Oct. 26. at the Third Street Center, CarbonThe Crystal Theatre launches dale Clay Center and the Fourth Carbondale’s part of Aspen FilmStreet plaza. fest with “Words of Witness” at On the fine art front, the Car5:30 p.m. and “Lemon” at 8 p.m. bondale Council on Arts and Hu“Words of Witness” is an Egyptian manities kicks off its 2012 SWAN film that follows a 22-year-old feprogram with “VISION TO male journalist through the recent VOICE: Contemporary Work upheaval in that country.“Lemon” from Women Artists in the Roaris an autobiographical performing Fork Valley” at the Third Street ance by felon-turned-actor Lemon Center. The show is curated by Andersen. Tickets are available in Alice Beauchamp and Dean advance at the Blend Coffee ComBowlby, and organized by Sue pany (1150 Highway 133, just Drinker, Wewer Keohane and Ro south of Carbondale Car Care), at Mead. The opening reception be510-5048, aspenshowtix.com or gins at 6 p.m. on Oct. 5.

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Other SWAN (Support Women Other downtown events include Artists Now) events take place live painting at Kahhak Fine Arts through the month.

Linda Edwards’ “Journal Painting No. 1” is in- & School. Harmony Scott Jewelry Downtown under a tent on cluded in the CCAH show “VISION TO VOICE: is celebrating the fall season by disFourth Street plaza, Celtic Fest in- Contemporary Work from Women Artists in the counting its current sale items with cludes beer, wine and Austrian Roaring Fork Valley.” an extra 20 percent off, according food, music and more from 5 to 9 to a press release. As usual, a horsep.m. The fest begins with bagpipe opening ceremonies, fol- drawn wagon will shuttle folks up and down Main Street from lowed by local bands from 6 to 9 p.m. and the Men’s Best Legs the Pour House. in a Kilt contest.

On a related note, the next First Fridays committee meeting Over at the Carbondale Clay Center at the east end of Main takes place at the Third Street Center at 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 11. For Street, there’ll be an opening for a new exhibit from potter Chan- details, call the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce at 963-1890.

“Ghost-writer” is beautiful, heartfelt and tough

By Michael Schoepe Thunder River Theatre Company stages Michael Hollinger’s “Ghost-Writer” and wins on every point. The overwhelmed opening night audience agreed: This play could already be the smash hit of the just-begun theatre season.

As the stage light faded on preview night and the play ended, the audience literally jumped to its feet, applauding passionately.

What a performance!

Personally, I was deeply touched and likely not the only one who secretly wiped a tear away.

I don’t want to dig too deep into the plot. I believe that this show is even more enjoyable if you don’t know every twist and turn ahead. But here is at least some information: The play is set in a writer’s studio in New York City. The time is 1919. Recent graduate Myra Babbage is hired as a typist by established novelist Franklin Woolsey.

Over the course of their collaboration they will slowly develop a multi-faceted professional – and personal – relationship, much to the discomfort of Mrs. Woolsey, who is trying to hold on to a marriage with her odd genius husband.

Franklin Woolsey is played by Lon Winston.

He nails the role of the quirky idiot savant, an ensnared character who seems to live his life TRTC page 17

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Public Hearing—Planning & Zoning Commission October 11, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. Carbondale Town Hall

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Engage you, inform you, and involve you in your county government.

Provide 21st century leadership and vision, while ensuring your tax dollars benefit county citizens.

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As part of their ongoing mission to support community programs, the Rebekah Lodge of Carbondale makes a $1,000 donation to the Mt. Sopris Historical Society. Shown here from left to right are: Margaret McCann, Nellie LaJoy, Emma Natal, Ann Samulson, Donna Natal and Louise Holgate of the Rebekah Lodge, and Linda Criswell (left) and Beth White (right) of the Mt. Sopris Historical Society. Courtesy photo

congratulations to Newsom, Leonard, Lapointe Congratulations to Carbondale mountain bikers Wade Newsom, Scott Leonard and Jason Lapointe. They competed in last weekend’s USA Cycling 24 Hour National Championships race in Colorado Springs.

Newsom raced in the solo category and placed third after pedaling roughly 220 miles from noon on Saturday to noon on Sunday. Leonard and Lapointe raced on a

four-person team (along with Shawn Hadley of Aspen and Joel Mischke of Basalt) and took second in the 35+ division.

Depp sighting?

Some folks at the Village Smithy were doing double and even triple takes on Tuesday morning. First-hand reports say a thin guy in a fedora and jeans who looked a lot like actor Johnny Depp entered the restaurant with an older guy who didn’t look

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anything at all like Depp or anyone else famous. Not only was the Depp look alike wearing a fedora as one might suspect, there was even a long, brown feather sticking out from the hatband.

Actually, it wouldn’t be all that surprising for Depp to turn up in these parts, especially during the best time of the year. He was one of the late Hunter Thompson’s pals and starred in the film version of Thompson’s “Rum Diaries.”

One sighter said that no matter whether the mystery person was Depp or not, he’s welcome back whenever he wants to return.

“He seemed friendly, and gave me a slight, somewhat acknowledging smile when he was walking through the door noticed I was checking him out. Then I quit checking him out, bought a large coffee to go and returned to work.”

Come to think of it, didn’t Jeannie Perry write in her column a few months ago there was a Depp sighting in City Market?

A must see Tom Baker put pen to paper, or fingers to laptop, and sent in this brief review of Thunder River Theatre Company’s“Ghost-Writer.”

“Valerie Haugen gives a mesmerizing performance as Myra Babbage who, as Franklin Woolsey’s devoted typist, continues typing (writing?) Franklin’s greatest novel even after his passing. … Lon Winston’s subtle direction and design of this performance allow all actors to give memorable performances. “’Ghost-Writer’ is a must see.”

Plastic bag ban update You’ll remember that Carbondale residents voted to ban plastic bags at City Market last April. Nobody’s said much about the ban since, although reports are filtering in that respectable Carbondale citizens are now filching plastic bags to sneak into town when they shop at Glenwood Springs grocery stores.

Welcome aboard CCAH members recently elected Frank McGuirk and Erriko Alm to the non-profit group’s board of directors. “We also want to give a BIG thanks to Marsha Brendlinger and Diana Alcantara for all their hard work,” CCAH Director Amy Kimberly told the Sun. “Both will still be helping CCAH through committee work.”

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They say it’s your birthday Birthday greetings go out to: Sheila McAtee (Oct. 4), Tami Stroud (Oct. 5), Jody Ensign (Oct. 8), Charlotte Vanderhurst (Oct. 10) and Peggy Gilcrest Oct. 11.

And a belated “Happy Birthday!” to Mimi Schlumberger (Sept. 26) and Meddi Shaw (Oct. 2).

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Soccer and volleyball squads continue winning ways

receive treatment close to home in a healing environment.”

There are multiple ways to rally: registering as an individual, a child or a team for the 24.5-mile bike ride or the 4-mile walk — each with rewards for raising additional funds; a fun, short Peyton’s Parade for kids under the age of 13 (costumes encouraged); sponsoring the event or a participant, and attending the lunch prepared by Morrison catering that includes a choice of Cubano croissant or ham, chicken and swiss with pesto or eggplant with peppers, artichoke and hummus wraps plus tossed green and pasta salads, and a celebration party with live music all day from Boogie Down Light & Sound and two complimentary beers (ages 21+) from Roaring Fork Liquor and New Belgium Brewing at Sayre Park. Additional individual or team fundraising efforts come with rewards such as a rally logo bike jersey, ball cap, socks and a sponsor goodie bag.

The 24.5 mile Rally the Valley bike ride has a $20 registration fee for adults or $5 for child riders under the age of 13 with an adult, and has a looping route from Glenwood Springs to Carbondale starting at Sayre Park and continuing along the Rio Grand bike path and then back to Glenwood Springs and Sayre Park via County Road #109 (Ironbridge). The Rally ride is supported with aid stations staffed with volunteers from the Carbondale Recreation Department, American Cancer Society and nursing students from Colorado Mountain College.

The Rally the Valley 4-mile walk has a $20 registration fee for adults or $5 for a child walker under 13 years old with an adult, and starts and ends at Sayre Park with a stroll along the river trail to the mid-point at Two Rivers Park.

Peyton’s Parade will lead the rally walk but with a shorter 1.5-mile route from Sayre Park, along the river trail and back to Sayre Park via Glenwood High School. There is a $5 registration fee for walkers and will celebrate Glenwood Springs Middle School student Peyton Armstrong who was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia two years ago at the age of 10. Costumes are encouraged.

The lunch and celebration party at Sayre Park is included in ride and walk registrations or is $20 for non-event participants, and includes food, a beer garden and a Kid’s Zone with bounce houses, obstacle course, apple cider, Famous Vern’s Train from Littleton, roaming clowns with balloons and face painting, live music, popcorn, and a special performance by the Glenwood Vaudeville Revue. In addition, booths on cancer prevention and health will be both educational and inspirational, and will include: physicians and staff from Valley View Hospital, Pathfinders, Vitamin Cottage, Komen Aspen, and the American Cancer Society.

By Celeste Comings Sopris Sun Correspondent Saturday afternoon, over Potato Day weekend, the Rams soccer team was busy defeating the Glenwood Springs Demons in a non-league outing. The Rams took advantage of their home field and ran the Demons out of town with a 3-1 victory. The win marked their sixth of the season.

Saturday’s three goals came from different players, which speaks to the strength of the offensive attack and the talent held on the Ram’s roster. Although seniors bring experience to the team, a deep bench of under classmen is capitalizing on their playtime.

Israel Leyva (a senior), and sophomores Abraham Hernandez and Lalo Clement netted all the goals. Cameron Doherty (a junior) was named the defensive player of the game on MaxPreps. Doherty has consistently been a solid force in the backfield all season long, making it a challenge for other teams to score.

After Saturday’s game, RFHS coach Aaron Anderson said he’s confident the Rams can “win any game … . It’s just a matter of which way the ball bounces.”

Ram players helped the ball bounce the right way in their 3-1 win over Aspen on Oct. 2. Misael Ramos, Tony Contreras and Israel Leyva scored goals.

Roaring Fork stands at 7-2-1 overall.

The Rams finish the season with four

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road games, starting with Moffat County at 10 a.m. on Oct. 6. The regular season ends at CRMS at 11 a.m. on Oct. 13.

Volleyball Later Saturday evening, the volleyball squad put yet another “W” under their belt to add to an impressive record of 12-2 after taking down Olathe. The Gianinetti twins proved to be unstoppable. Hattie had 16 kills and 15 digs, while Megan ended with 14 spikes and 10 digs.

Caitlin Kinney and Josie Horn collected 13 and 12 digs, respectively. The Rams won the match in four games: 2515, 25-18, 22-25, 25-17.

Roaring Fork travels to Cedaredge to match up against the Bruins at 3 p.m. on Oct. 6.

Football In Paonia on Sept. 28, the Rams footballers fell to the Eagles 42-9. The Rams now hold a 1-4 record. They take the field at home against Cedaredge (4-1) Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. They hit the road for games against Hotchkiss and Meeker on Oct. 12 and Oct. 19 (at 7 p.m.) and finish the nine-game season at home against Lake County at 7 p.m. on Oct. 26.

(Lynn Burton contributed to this report).

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“Peace Through Service” The Rotary Clubs of the Roaring Fork Valley hosted a Group Study Exchange team of business professionals from Ulsan, South Korea on Sept. 15-19. Members of the team included Kwon-Ha Kim, Na Kyeong Lee, Park Woo-Seok, Hyun Im, and Rotary GSE Team Leader Sun Ok Kim. The GSE visit included a Vocational Day on Sept. 18 during which the team toured a variety of local businesses within their own professions, including pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, floral design and early childhood education.

The Carbondale Rotary Club meets at 7 a.m. on Wednesdays at the Carbondale Firehouse. Visitors are welcome to come enjoy our weekly program and learn about the wonderful work Rotary does for the community and around the world.

Sunny (Sun Ok Kim), left, Group Study Exchange leader from Ulsan, South Korea Rotary Club, presents Carbondale Rotary Club President Paula Fothergill with GSE and Ulsan Club banners.

OCTOBER SPEAKERS: Oct. 10 – Illene Pevec and Michael Thompson, RFHS Greenhouse Program Oct. 17 – Clark Anderson, Garfield Legacy Project Oct. 24 and Oct. 31 – Open dates *For program suggestions, contact Ken Neubecker at eagleriver@sopris.net ROTARY DATES TO REMEMBER: Oct. 13 – Rotary Colorado Water Symposium, Denver

For membership and other Rotary club information, visit www.rotarycarbondale.org

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SAVE OCTOBER 25TH and get ready to Party!

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CLEER board but to the GCE board, which consists of eight government partners. When compared to the list of salaries of other organizations posted in the Aspen Times recently and considering the significant energy savings and economic benefits that have resulted from CLEER’s work, the region is getting a bargain.

CLEER Board of Directors Laura Kirk, Don Ensign, Kimi Mischke, Michael Kinsley, Ralph Trapani Steve Novy, Dave Reed, John Evans, Marianne Virgili

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Dear Editor: My letter to the Sopris Sun (Sept. 27), stated that $800,000 had been granted to GCE/CLEER/CORE and others over the last five years. This could imply to some that GCE/CLEER/CORE received most of the approximately $800,000 in energy sustainability expenditures from Carbondale. This is not the case and I regret any misunderstanding this may have caused.

The actual amounts, effective the end of 2012, are ENNOVATE, $393,674; CORE, $271,860; GCE, $105,000; CLEER, $40,000; and BIOSPACE, INC. $27,968, for a grand total of $839,402.

My point was not to single out any entity, but to point out that the town has spent some large amounts for energy sustainability and very little over the comparable period for wage increases. At the very least we should be asking how far the expenditures have advanced us toward the goal of a 20 percent energy reduction by 2020, and how much more will be required to reach that goal.

The Carbondale general fund budget in 2012 was $5.1 million, of which 66 percent was allocated to personnel, who were granted a 2 percent cost of living allowance raise. The calculation yields $67,068 for the COLA increase. That just didn't seem very fair to me, when compared to some of the other expenditures, but it could be our employees are overpaid.

Bill Grant Carbondale

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Dear Editor: The Sopris Gymkhana Club would like to thank all the cowboys and cowgirls who came out to ride and compete in the horse

games this summer. We are so proud of the riders for the improvements that they made and for the sportsmanship displayed throughout the season.

We would also like to thank the Carbondale community for its support of our club. A special thanks goes out to Kirk Carlson and Candace Blanc at the Roaring Fork Valley Co-op, Tai Jacober of Crystal Valley Meats, Steve Groom and the town of Carbondale, and Tony Garcia of G and G Buckles for your support and to all the parent volunteers who make this club possible.

We look forward to more fun and rewarding gymkhanas and hope to see you all out at the arena next summer Mike and Jayme Goscha Carbondale

Who took ’em?

Dear Editor: I guess maybe whoever took the political signs out of a yard may have been one of the persons losing their homes?

If you have noticed in one of the papers that there are at least three or four pages of advertisements from the county that says these people still owe taxes on their property.

If it could be they are fed up with the present administration giving away our jobs to 800,000 new legals. Perhaps they have been unable to refinance?

Our country is in such a SAD STATE of DISREPAIR. We have those that are overwhelmed at not having health insurance, I can understand that. I didn't have health insurance for years. Have they asked themselves who is paying for their supposedly FREE HEALTH INSURANCE? Nothing is free?

Obama is getting the money from some other account? Could it be he has tapped Medicare. He has no right to tap Medicare.

Americans on SS have paid for that, they depend on it.

Too bad.

Congress has already tapped Medicare — they BORROWED THE MONEY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. When asked to pay it back, they replied that unfortunately they didn't have it to pay back.

Hard to get blood out of a turnip?

There are 72,000 new legals in this country that have applied for partial citizenship.

Obama has had to make a whole new government agency to the tune of $1 million in order to make good his promise?

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Ram Day spreads it around Roaring Fork High School students spread themselves all over the school on Tuesday and also spread out into the town for their fall Ram Day on Tuesday. In-school projects included cooking lunch, working in the school garden and cleaning up. Other groups headed out to Sustainable Settings, Crystal River Elementary School and Head Start. Meanwhile, art students created homecoming signs for business windows.

The day was part of Spirit Week, which includes theme-oriented dress up days, class competitions, powder-puff football a bonfire and more. The week culminates with homecoming festivities including football on Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. and volleyball at 3 p.m. on Oct. 6, both against Coal Ridge and the homecoming dance at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6. Photos by Sue Rollyson

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Community Calendar THUR.-SUN. Oct. 4-7 FILMFEST • The 34th annual Aspen Filmfest takes place at the Crystal Theatre, Wheeler Opera House and Isis Theatre through Oct. 7. For details, see the ad in this week’s Sun. Info: 510-5048 (Carbondale shows), 9205770 (all shows) or aspenfilm.org.

FRI.-SUN. Oct. 5-7 MARbLE • This is the last weekend of the season for the Marble Hub, located in the Marble City State Bank building at 105 W. Main St. The Hub is Marble’s combination community center/coffee bar/visitor center/consignment co-op. There’s also a half-off sale in the Attic consignment shop. Proceeds benefit six local non-profits. Info: 704-9482.

THURSDAY Oct. 4 KNITTING • Join Deborah Evans at Collage in knitting a 1940’s vintage cardigan from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on Thursdays through October. The pattern is free with yarn purchase. Info: 963-9488.

GORDON cOOPER • The Gordon Cooper Library and Aspen Art Museum team up for “Story Art” the first Thursday of every month from 3:45 to 4:45 p.m. The program combines visual literacy and art making and is free. Registration is recommended. Info: 963-2889.

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

FRI.-SUN. Oct. 5-7 THEATRE • Thunder River Theatre Company continues” Ghost-Writer” Oct. 5-7 and

To list your event, email information to news@soprissun.com. Deadline is 5 p.m. Saturday. Events take place in Carbondale unless noted. For up-to-the-minute valley-wide event listings, check out the Community Calendar online at soprissun.com. View and submit events online at soprissun.com/calendar.

Oct. 11-13. The Wall Street Journal calls the play “An absorbing tale … a finely wrought piece of entertainment.” Curtain time is 7:30 p.m., except for a 2 p.m. Sunday matinee on Oct. 7. Info: thunderrivertheatre.com

FRIDAY Oct. 5 FIRST FRIDAY • First Friday takes place at various venues downtown and other locales.

For details, see the First Friday article in this week’s Sopris Sun. cELTIc FEST • There’ll be bagpipes, beer, a Best Legs in a Kilt contest, authentic Austrian cuisine, music and more downtown at Celtic fest. The action starts at 5 p.m.

ART • CCAH opens its SWAN Gallery Exhibit 2012 at 6 p.m. at the Third Street Center. Info: 963-1680 or carbondalearts.org.

RFHS SPORTS • Ram footballers host Cedaredge at 7 p.m. Upcoming games are Hotchkiss and Meeker on the road on Oct. 12 and Oct. 19 respectively (7 p.m.). The regular season concludes at home against Lake County at 7 p.m. on Oct. 26.

QUILTING • The Colors of Colorado quilt show is held at the Ramada Inn in Glenwood Springs from noon to 6 p.m. on Oct. 5, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Oct. 6 and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct. 7. Admission is $3.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE • Today is the deadline to register for Jill Scher’s doll making class, which takes place Oct. 13 and 27 at the Third Street Center. Info: 963-1680 or carbondalearts.org.

JOURNALING • Today is the deadline to register for “Visual Journaling 101” with

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Sheri Gaynor at Creative Spark Studio. The workshop is Oct. 27. Info: 963-1680 or carbondalearts.org ENERGY AWARDS • CLEER (Clean Energy for the Region) and Garfield Clean Energy present their Garfield Clean Energy Innovation awards at 6 p.m. at the Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs. Former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter Jr will be the keynote speaker. Info: garfieldcleanenergy.org.

RAM cLASSIc • The annual Ram Classic golf tournament takes place at River Valley Ranch. Registration is $100 per player or $400 per team. Proceeds benefit Roaring Fork High School athletics. To register, call Larry Williams 355-4554, e-mail to rfbball08@yahoo.com, call Kirk Cheney at 379-3031 or mail to 2270 Highway 133, Carbondale CO 81623.

LIVE MUSIc • Steve’s Guitars in the Dinkel Building presents live music every Friday.

LIVE MUSIc • Rivers restaurant in Glenwood Springs presents Bad Willie (rockin’ blues for the soul) from 9 p.m. to midnight.

No cover. Info: 928-8813.

SAT.-SUN. Oct. 6-7 FALL FEST • The Slow Groovin’ Fall Fest in Marble takes place today and tomorrow.

There’ll be music, food, art show, silent auction and more. Proceeds benefit sculptor/welder Dan Prazen to help offset medical bills due to an accident earlier this year. Info: 963-4090 or slowgrovinbbq.com.

SATURDAY Oct. 6 OKTObERFEST • Oktoberfest takes place

downtown from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. The featured band is Spore Favore and Crossroads from 7 to 9 p.m. A kids pumpkin carving contest kicks off the day from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

For details, see the ad in this week’s Sopris Sun. ANIMAL bLESSING • CARE and Two Rivers Unitarian Universalist Congregation conducts their annual Blessing of the Animals at the CARE shelter in Spring Valley at noon.

Please bring dog or cat food for CARE to help feed the animals for which they care.

RFHS SPORTS • Ram volleyballers travel to Cedaredge for 3 p.m. game. Their next match is Oct. 11 at Rifle (6 p.m.). The boy’s soccer team travels to Moffat County for a 10 a.m. game. The next game after that is Oct. 9 at Vail Mountain (4 p.m.).

LITERAcY RAcE • Literacy Outreach holds its Glenwood Canyon Shuffle Race for Literacy. Distances are a half-marathon (13.1 miles) and 5K (3.1 mile) run/walk. The race starts at the No Name rest area (Exit 119) on I-70 east of Glenwood Springs. The half-marathon is $30 and the 5K $20. Info: 945-5282, literacyyoutreach.org or runningguru.com (to register).

SATURDAY MARKET • Crystal River Meats and Osage Gardens hold a Saturday Market at 55 N. Fourth Street from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday. Info: 876-0668.

MONDAY Oct. 8 MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre resumes its regular programming with “Beast of the Southern Wild” (PG-13) at 7:30 p.m. through Oct. 11. In a forgotten but defiant CALENDAR page 11

Community Calendar bayou community cut off from the rest of the world by a sprawling levee, a six-yearold girl exists on the brink of orphanhood.

Buoyed by her childish optimism and extraordinary imagination, she believes that the natural world is in balance with the universe until a fierce storm changes her reality. Desperate to repair the structure of her world in order to save her ailing father and sinking home, this tiny hero must learn to survive unstoppable catastrophes of epic proportions. “Don’t miss this one,” said Rex Reed of the New York Observer. “A brave and inspired antidote to mainstream movies, it is unlike anything you've seen before or will likely ever see again. In short, it is unforgettable.” The film runs 95 minutes.

TUESDAY Oct. 9 STORY TIME • The Gordon Cooper Li-

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brary holds bilingual story time at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesdays. It’s for kids 1-5. Info: 963-2889.

GONG bATH • Sound healer Richard Rudis offers a gong bath at the Third Street Center from 7 to 8 p.m. Admission is $20.

Info: 948-4260 ART DEMO • Roberta McGowan demonstrates “composition and value” at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Glenwood Springs at 7 p.m. Info: 404-1208.

WEDNESDAY Oct. 10 PAc3 • Early American crooner Leon Redbone plays PAC3 at 8 p.m. “A” seating is $30/$35; “B” seating is $20/$25 day of show.

Info: Pac3carbondale.com.

ROTARY • The Rotary Club of Carbondale meets at the Carbondale firehouse at 7 a.m. on Wednesdays. Info: 927-0641.

Ongoing MAYOR’S cOFFEE HOUR • Chat with Carbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot on Tuesdays from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Village Smithy on Third Street.

STORYTIME • The Gordon Cooper Library presents Storytime with Sue at 6 p.m. every Monday. Info: 963-2889. ccAH cLASSES • The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humaniites offers youth fashion classes and more this fall. Info: 963-1680 or carbondalearts.com.

JAM SESSION • Carbondale Beer Works on Main Street hosts an old-time jam session with Dana Wilson from 7 to 9 p.m. every Monday.

All abilities are welcome.

JAZZ JAM • A jazz jam with players ranging from middle school students to adults is held at the Ramada Inn in Glenwood Springs on

Monday nights.

TAI cHI • Senior Matters in the Third Street Center offers tai chi with instructor John Norton at 9 a.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays.

The cost is $40 per month or $7 per drop in.

Info: 274-1010.

“ART ON DEcKS” • S.A.W. presents “Art on Decks,” a collaborative are show using skateboard decks. Half the proceeds to go Alpine Initiatives. S.A.W. is located at 978 Euclid. Info: 970-355-99058.

GROUP RUN • Independence Run & Hike stages an all-abilities run on Saturdays at 7:45 a.m. Info: 704-0909.

SUPPORT GROUP • Hospice of the Valley presents a grief and loss support group in Basalt the second and fourth Wednesday of the month.

Further Out

Hold the Presses

cIVIL WAR DIScUSSIONS • Pre-registration is required for a series of Civil War discussions, slated for the Silt Library from Oct. 13 through Nov. 17. A Colorado Mesa University professor will lead the discussion. Info: gcpld.org or 876-5500.

YEAR-ROUND FOOD GROWING WORKSHOP SLATED • The Boulder-based CERES Green House Solutions gives a free workshop on year-round food growing at the Carbondale Recreation Center from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 7. Dr. Marc Plinke will discuss low and tech food growing, including a passive solar energy-future principles. Please RSVP to Lindsey@ceresgs.com or 720-443-2861.

SATURDAY Oct. 13

Save the Date

AMY GOODMAN SPEAKS • “Democracy Now!” host Amy Goodman stops in Carbondale at 1 p.m. on Oct. 6 as part of her 100-city “Silenced Majority Tour.” Goodman’s talk is a fundraiser for KDNK. Tickets are $30 for KDNK members and $50 for non-members. It all takes place at town hall. For ticket info, call 963-0139 or go to kdnk.org.

SUN FUND-RAISER • The Sopris Sun transports folks to Margaritaville for its fall fundraiser at Mi Casita from 6 to 8 p.m. on Oct. 25.

HAITI bENEFIT ScHEDULED FOR GLENWOOD • Rock Gardens Rafting and Glenwood Canyon Resort host a benefit for the “Gear Up for Haiti” bicycle tour on Oct. 6. Folks are invited to raft and zip-line at discounted prices, with proceeds going to a non-governmental educational organization in rural Haiti started by Glenwood Springs resident Jay Berkes.

The Oct. 6 event kicks off Berkes’s fund-raising bicycle tour from Glenwood Springs to New York City.

THURSDAY Oct. 25

SATURDAY Nov. 10 ELK DINNER • St. Mary of the Crown Catholic Church’s wildly popular elk dinner is served up at the church from 4 to 7:30 p.m. It’s the 35th annual dinner.

OPEN HOUSE AND E-CYCLE EVENT

CARBONDALE PROGRAMS

AT MACXPRTS-COLORADO Saving The Planet One Computer At A Time 34 TH ANNUAL

MacXprts-Colorado, in association with Wecycle.ewaste, will be presenting an Open House E-Cycle Event on Thursday, October 11th at 732 Cooper Ave., Glenwood Springs from 12-7 pm.

MacXprts-Colorado is calling on all companies and individuals to bring in their old computers and recycle them. Disposing of old computer equipment in an environmentally responsible way aids in helping to save our planet.

It decreases the amount of junk that goes into landfills and fewer resources are used up. THIS EVENT WILL HELP CLEAN UP GLENWOOD SPRINGS AND THE ROARING FORK VALLEY!”

Those recycling computers will also receive a “Recycle Reward” good toward a service discount at MacXprts.

There will be a $2.00 charge for computers, $1.00 for printers and other accessories, $15.00 or .75 a pound for TV’s of any size. TV monitors under 32” (we will not take TVs over 32” at this time) $15.00 or .75 a pound for flat screen/thin TVs of any size.

MacXprts is inviting everyone to come by and recycle!!

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Community Briefs Leaf Days continues through Nov. 18

Advocate Safehouse seeks volunteers

Carbondale’s Leaf Days runs Oct. 5 through Nov. 18 at the parking lot at Fourth and Main streets. Leaves must be removed from containers and “absolutely� no trash bags are allowed, according to a press release. Leaves will be used for compost so do not contaminate them with other vegetation. In other words: leaves only.

The Advocate Safehouse project is looking for volunteers to support survivors of domestic and/or sexual violence. The fall training session starts on Oct. 15. For details, call Crystal at 945-2632 ext. 110 or e-mail to crystal@advocatesafehouse.org.

Lift-Up searches for a Samaritan Actually, Lift-Up is looking for a good Samaritan who can provide the non-proďŹ t group with commercial street-level space to distribute food for Thanksgiving and Christmas. “We need a location for approximately seven weeks from Nov. 3 through Dec. 22,â€? said a spokeswoman. Distribution dates are Nov. 17 and Dec. 15. For details, call 963-1778.

chamber accepts board nominations The Carbondale Chamber of Commerce is accepting candidates for its upcoming board election. Up to ďŹ ve positions will be ďŹ lled for the 2013 board. Ballots will be mailed to chamber members on Oct. 12 and the election results will be released on Nov. 7. For details, call 963-1890.

SnifďŹ ng out u clinics GarďŹ eld County is offering u clinics at numerous locations through Nov. 17, including the Roaring Fork Family Resource Center ofďŹ ce in the Bridges building on Sopris Avenue from 1 to 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 11, and Ace hardware at Crystal Plaza from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Oct. 20. For details, call 945-6614.

Attention ďŹ lmmakers Aspen Film is accepting entries for its “Digital Postcards: Coloradoâ€? competition through Jan. 11. The winning entries will be shown during Aspen Shortsfest at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen on April 9-13. Finalists have a chance of competing for an Oscar in the Short Short category. The short ďŹ lms must be ďŹ ve minutes or less with a Colorado theme. For details, e-mail Katie Shapiro at kshapiro@aspenďŹ lm.org.

Dia de los Muertos entries accepted The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities is accepting entries for its upcoming Dia de los Muertos ďŹ esta through Oct. 19. The show, which will open Nov. 2, features alters, original artwork, sculpture and visual work. For details, call 963-1680.

The GarďŹ eld County Library Board meets at the Rie Branch Library (207 East Ave.) at 6 p.m. on Oct. 4. For details, call 625-4270.

Bruno Moeckli’s marble sculptures (like this one) have beautiďŹ ed the entrance to Roaring Fork High School since it opened a few years ago. You’d better check them out soon, however. They are slated for an as-yet undisclosed Crystal River Valley location. Photo by Lynn Burton

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roadwork ahead!

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f you combine potatoes, politics, parades and people in Carbondale you get the 103rd Potato Day. This year, the theme was Spud Games and locals and their livestock not only got creative with the theme, but because of the upcoming presidential election many seized the opportunity to make political statements. If the Sopris Sun were judging Spud Games, we would present medals to these folks (clockwise from upper left): Most creative: Spec-Tators; Disco queen produce shopper: Jen Roser; Most photogenic horses: These two; Best food related float: White House Pizza; Best use of burlap sacks and theme: This woman; Best political statement: Martha and Martha (people) and Daryl and Daryl (donkeys).

Photos by Jane Bachrach

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PEOPLE Spectators gathered ’round in Sopris Park on Potato Day to witness the ceremonial opening of the heavy metal doors that cover the underground pits where beef and potatoes are slow-cooked, separately, for the annual barbecue lunch.

Photos by Jane Bachrach

Step one: sweep off the ashes before the doors are opened so they don’t fall on the food.

Step two: then it takes two guys to open the heavy metal doors, and one to push with a broom handle.

Step four: guys reach down into the pit to bring up burlap bags of beef.

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Step three: smoke is released as broomers come out to whisk away any dirt or residual ashes.

Step five: the baggers hand the sacks to “chefs” who cut up the meat.

Uncle Sam paid a visit to Potato Day, handing out hugs and flashing the peace sign like it was a presidential election year – which in fact it is. Both major political parties rolled out floats with individual candidates walking the street with the placards. Photo by Lynn Burton

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Sylvia Smith had last laugh while Marble folks cried The Sylvia Smith episode had it all, and then some. tened one end. While the Booster presented a factual acThe suffragette newspaper publisher moved from count of the avalanche and put out special editions proCrested Butte to Marble in 1910 and immediately started claiming Colorado-Yule will survive, Smith’s headline in attacking the town’s main employer — the Colorado-Yule the March 22 Marble City Times said “Destiny Kept Her Marble Company.

Appointment and Redresses Many In 1912, after an avalanche wiped out Wrongs.” Somehow, Smith managed to much of the company’s finishing mill alonginclude in her story “ … company never side the Crystal River, Smith gloated in her will pay dividends … .” newspaper. For months before that, she That was the last regular edition of claimed the company was nothing more than The Marble City Times.

By Lynn Burton a stock swindle.

Within a few days of the March 22 After the avalanche, Colorado-Yule organized a town- snow slide, a meeting to discuss what to do with Smith and wide meeting, at which its employees and company sup- her newspaper was held at the Masonic Hall. The March 30 porters overwhelmingly voted to run Smith out of town.

Marble Booster gave a blow-by-blow account of the meeting.

Soon after that, the Gunnison County Sheriff jailed When meeting moderator and Colorado-Yule employee W.B. Smith for her own protection, then escorted her to a train Frazier read a resolution stating that Smith must leave “never bound for Glenwood Springs. to return,” his utterance was met with prolonged applause.

Not one to run from a fight, Smith sued Colorado-Yule Then the Rev. James A. Walton, pastor of Union church, dozens of Marble residents for their role in forcing her took the floor, telling the crowd that Smith is trying to infrom town. jure Marble and “ … is a menace to all of us … .”

In 1915, the Colorado Supreme Court upheld a lower After the meeting, Frazier and others stormed over to court decision to award Smith $10,000 in damages. Some Smith’s place of business and attempted to serve her with a defendants had to sell their homes and businesses to pay up. resolution that said she must leave town within 72 hours.

That’s an abbreviated version of the Sylvia Smith story. She in turn “ … brandished a stove shovel in their faces and A more detailed account is found in “Marble … A Town warned them not to come onto her property …,” the MarBuilt on Dreams, Vol. 1 and 2” by Oscar D. McCollum Jr. ble Booster said.

McCollum’s account is based primarily on articles pubSmith filed a lawsuit in Gunnison County District Court lished at the time in the Marble Booster (which promoted against “C.F. Meek et al.” Colorado-Yule quarry founder Colorado-Yule activities) and Smith’s paper — The Marble Channing F. Meek died in an accident in the summer of City Times.

1912 and Frazier, the company official who took his place, “It appears that Sylvia had a deep-seated hatred of big refused to appear at the trial. Soon after the lawsuit was business and immediately focused on the marble company filed, Meek told the other defendants the company would as an evil entity,” McCollum writes. pay their share of the damages should they lose, but later on Disaster struck on March 20, 1912, when an early the company board of directors reneged on the promise. morning avalanche roared down a hillside across the CrysAccording to the book “Marble, Colorado: City of tal River from the quarter-mile-long finishing mill and flat- Stone,” by Duane Vandenbusche and Rex Myers, Smith

Looking back

Sylvia T. Smith toured the state giving lectures for two years while her lawsuit was working its way to the Colorado Supreme Court.

When the court upheld the lower court’s ruling, Smith returned to Marble to collect her money.

Smith died in Denver in March 1932, about 10 years after economic forces started putting Marble on a long decline that would force all but a handful of hearty survivors to leave the town.

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Trashy When I first heard about the proposed recycling/waste transfer station on Catherine Store Road I thought, it’s not easy being green — unless you live in Carbondale and have an old empty coke-processing center sitting a few miles outside of town, practiBy Jeannie Perry cally begging someone to take notice and take action and turn it into a recycling station.

I mean, what else are we gonna use it for? Unless the town trustees ban dancing and Kevin Bacon moves here and needs a place outside the town limits to hold a senior prom.

A recycling center in Carbondale?

What a great idea!

Why didn’t I think of that — oh wait, I did; along with a lot of other people. For years we’ve been wishing for a place to take all of our recyclables, not even daring to dream about having an actual recycling plant — how exciting! The other towns will be green with envy! Next thing you know Highway 82 will be made out of trash-covered photovoltaic glass for the dual benefit of driving around and producing all the energy we can possibly use without asphalt or coal. (This may sound like science fiction, but there’s a guy named Scott Brusaw who’s making a prototype right now because it’s pretty obvious we’re going to run out of oil and we’ll need to make our roads out of something else.*)

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Admit it I admit I can get carried away. I even went so far as to tsk tsk the NIMBYs for their seemingly aesthetic issue with the whole plan. I mean, it’s not like they were going to fill in a mountain lake to build this thing; it’s been sitting there since the 1950s. Besides, we don’t understand the attitude in Sa-

tank; we don’t have Not In My Back Yard syndrome, probably because most of our backyards are full of old washers and wood piles and junk.

But then something started to smell. The more I learned, and the more I listened, the more I thought this whole mess reeks like an old greasy money sandwich that’s fallen down under the seat. I now realize that this recycling and waste transfer station is more about transfer than waste or recycling, especially recycling. It’s more about getting the local good guys to apply for the permit, so that the big business guys can attract bigger business guys with a place to dump their money.

And who can blame ‘em? At least this way, the local guys get more than a free trip to the dump — as they say in Chicago.

I had just hoped for more.

Depressing Whenever I have to go to a landfill I get really depressed.

And I usually end up coming home with something I didn’t take with me on the way there (wonder where I get that from?) It’s very hard for me to believe that the best solution for our trash is to bury it in the ground, much less to actually watch that happen. Every fourth grader should take a field trip to the dump. Then as adults we’d think more about how much we throw away and what it means to throw something “away.” And we’d make our purchases depending on the percentage recycled and the amount of unnecessary packaging.

Ideally, instead of trucking our garbage up and down the valley and taking revenue away from the Pitkin County landfill, I think we should work with what we have; two dumps at either end of the valley near the towns that produce the most garbage. We should turn the Load-Out into an actual recycling center, even on a small scale, and lead by example instead of opting for the same old big-fish-eats-smaller-fishfor-lunch-but-at-least-he-picks-up-the-tab business model. It would be nice if we started thinking about what the next generation is going to use to build their roads, and give them a head start. Instead of what we’ve been doing — eating all the chips in the bag and then tossing it out the window.

*“Asphalt has gone up so much because it’s petroleumbased. I don’t believe we’re going to have the ability to build asphalt roads in 50 years.” – Scott Brusaw, Inventor/Co-Founder, Solar Roadways www.youtube.com/ watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ep4L18zOEYI.

TRTC continued om page 5 mostly through his writing. Eileen Seeley is a wonderful Vivian Woolsey, bitter and bitchy, but never cliché; instead she’s alarmingly human.

The heroine of the show is Valerie Haugen in the role of Myra. Her portrayal of the young woman who entangles more and more in the work, her fantasies and the relationship with her employer is simply brilliant. She carries the play, switching through diverse levels of time, reality and memory. At the end she leads the show to a dramatic climax that will leave no visitor untouched.

Playwright Michael Hollinger is a former student of Lon Winston. Theatre fans will remember his name from past productions at TRTC (“An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf”) or more recently “Opus” and “Hope & Gravity” at the Aspen Fringe Festival. For “Ghost-Writer” he received the 2011 Barrymore award. Beside the fact that the play is cleverly written, it features beautiful language; that alone should earn him a special award. If you thought that subtlety was a lost art, you will especially enjoy Hollinger’s writing style. The delightful wording together with the sincere play of the actors creates a wonderful and moving theatre experience.

“Ghost-Writer” will be performed for another two weekends, at Thunder River Theatre Company in downtown Carbondale.

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Letters continued om page 8 How many new government employees will it take to implement this new wonderful program. No one in the U.S. is DONATING THEIR TIME AND ENERGY TO DO THIS? Maybe Obama promises way more than he can deliver. He made a lot of promises before he was elected. So far he hasn't cut the debt. He hasn't put all Americans back to work. He hasn't brought jobs back.

But back to the stolen sign. Somebody that has lost his or her job might just have decided to use it for target practice! Better the sign than a human.

Just some thoughts to ponder.

Jane Spaulding Carbondale

Going Green (party) Dear Editor: Just for fun, check out the web site “isidewith.com.” You can answer a list of questions that will tell you which presidential candidates you agree with. In my case, there were seven presidential candidates that I had agreement with, from 96 percent to 12 percent.

Five of those I had either never heard of or barely heard of. As of now, some 15 may be on the ballot in Colorado. So who the heck is Jill Stein; with whom I scored 96 percent?

Jill is the Green Party candidate. She is a doctor that graduated from Harvard Medical School. She became active in Massachusetts state politics about 10 years ago when

a number of groups were successful in getting the voters to pass a Clean Election Law to get big money out of politics. Soon thereafter, the Massachusetts legislature, democratically controlled, overturned the law on an unrecorded vote. That ticked her off.

The Green Party is advocating for a Green New Deal patterned on the work of FDR. Put people back to work in the green economy by building alternative energy and rebuilding aging infrastructure. And Jill, as a health professional, is especially concerned about the damage to public health, and particularly of children, which is the direct result of industries that spew poison into the air and water and work against healthy lifestyles.

FDR fought against the big

money to pass the landmark legislation like Social Security and controls on big business.

Now we have two big money candidates vying for the election: Obama and Romney.

More will be spent on this election than on any several others in history. Go Green if you think an oligarchy is a bad idea.

People have railed at Ralph Nader for bringing us George Bush. That’s a myth, perpetrated by the Democratic Party bosses. Exit polling proved that an equal number of people from both parties voted for Ralph, and also folks who weren’t planning to vote anyway.

Actually, it is time for a change.

Patrick Hunter Carbondale

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VISIT BASALT & EL JEBEL At the confluence of Frying Pan and Roaring Fork Rivers THURSDAY Oct. 4 TIME FOR FOOTbALL • Come to Cuvee and watch both Monday and Thursday night football games on the valley’s biggest screen. Also, get your raffle tickets for the Brandon Lloyd Pro Bowl jersey, to be given away at half time of the Broncos/Patriots game on Dec. 10.

SALSA NIGHT • The Riverside Grill continues Salsa Night on Thursdays from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m.

FRIDAY Oct. 5 bHS HOMEcOMING • There’ll be a community parade at 1:15 p.m., . tailgate party at 5 p.m. at the high school (hosted by Smoke BBQ) and football game against Olathe at 7 p.m. There’s a high school dance on Saturday night.

WEISS SHOW cLOSES • Today is the last day to catch “Betty Weiss, in Perspective” at the Wyly Community Art Center. The gallery is open until 5 p.m. Info: 927-4123 or art@wylyarts.org.

SATURDAY Oct. 6 cANNING WITH THOMPSON • Michael Thompson gives a canning workshop at Rock Bottom Ranch from

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10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The cost is $60 for ACES members and $75 for non-members. Info: aspennature.org.

MONDAY Oct. 8 KIDS SOccER • The program at Crown Mountain Park is for kids 4-6 years old and takes place Mondays and Wednesday from 4 to 4:45 p.m. through Oct. 10.

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Legal Notices RESOLUTION NO. 2012-75

A RESOLUTION DESCRIBING A PROPOSAL FOR THE IMPOSITION OF A 0.25% COUNTYWIDE SALES TAX FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSERVING RURAL RANCH AND AGRICULTURAL LANDS, NATURAL AREAS, AND OPEN LANDS; PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION OF A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND ENTITLED THE “OPEN LANDS FUND” FOR THE DEPOSIT OF SUCH SALES TAX REVENUE THEREIN; CALLING AN ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 6, 2012 FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF SUCH PROPOSAL; SETTING THE BALLOT TITLE AND BALLOT QUESTION FOR THE ELECTION; AND AUTHORITY TO SPEND ALL OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALES TAX. WHEREAS, Garfield County is a right-to-farm county and it is the policy of the Board of County Commissioners that ranching, farming, and all manner of agricultural activities and operations throughout Garfield County are integral elements of and necessary for the continued vitality of the Countyʼs history, economy, landscape, lifestyle and culture; and

WHEREAS, Garfield Countyʼs comprehensive plan, as adopted by the Planning Commission, is advisory to the goals and policies of Garfield County and articulates a vision where open spaces, recreational trails and parks are available throughout the county and access to public lands and river corridors have been preserved and enhanced; and WHEREAS, Garfield County is authorized by Article 2, Title 29, Colorado Revised Statutes, as amended, to impose a countywide sales tax on the sale of tangible personal property at retail and the furnishing of services in the County upon approval of a majority of the registered electors of the County; and

WHEREAS, said Article provides for the submission of such sales tax proposal to the registered electors of the County at an election called by resolution of the Board of County Commissioners, and, pursuant to C.R.S., §29-2-104(3), the sales tax proposal be submitted at the next regular general election if there is one within the next succeeding one hundred twenty days after the adoption of such resolution; and WHEREAS, the Garfield Legacy Project supports the creation of an open lands program in Garfield County and has requested that a sales tax measure be placed on the November 6, 2012, ballot to fund a county open lands program; and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Garfield County has determined that a question regarding the imposition of a one quarter of one percent (0.25%) sales tax for the period beginning January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2022, for the purposes enunciated herein, should be submitted to the eligible electors of the County as requested by the Garfield Legacy Project; and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has considered the proposed ballot question to be considered at the November 6, 2012 election; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to C.R.S., §1-5-203(3), the Board of County Commissioners must certify ballot contents to the Garfield County Clerk and Recorder for said November 6, 2012 election; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Garfield County, Colorado, as follows: I. General Provisions.

A. Purpose. The purpose of this Resolution is, upon the approval of a majority of registered electors voting on such proposal, to impose a sales tax of one quarter of one percent (0.25%) upon the sale at retail of tangible personal property and the furnishing of certain services in the County in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 of Title 29, C.R.S., which provisions are incorporated herein by this reference, and such sales tax shall be dedicated to the conservation of rural ranch and agricultural lands, natural areas, and open lands. The sales and use tax shall become effective at 12:01 a.m. on January 1, 2013 and cease at 11:59 p.m. on December 31, 2022.

B. Statutory Definitions Incorporated. Unless the context requires otherwise, the terms used in this Resolution shall have the meaning set forth in C.R.S., §39-26-102, which definitions are incorporated herein by this reference. If not defined therein, terms shall have their ordinary and common meaning.

II. Imposition of Sales Tax. Upon majority voter approval, there is hereby imposed a countywide onequarter of one percent (0.25%) sales tax on all sales of tangible personal property at retail or the furnishing of services in Garfield County, as provided in C.R.S., §29-2-105(1)(d), effective throughout the incorporated and unincorporated portions of Garfield County, subject to the following terms and conditions: A. Transactions Subject to the Sales Tax.

1. The tangible personal property and services taxable hereunder shall be the same as the tangible personal property and services taxable pursuant to C.R.S., §39-26-104, subject to the same exemptions as those specified in C.R.S., §§39-26-701 to -726, including, specifically, and not by way of limitation the exemption for sales of food, as the term “food” is defined in C.R.S., §39-26-102(4.5), as exempted from the Colorado state sales tax pursuant to C.R.S., §3926-707; the exemption for purchases of

machinery and machine tools specified in C.R.S., §39-26-709; the exemption for sales and purchases of electricity, coal, wood, gas, fuel oil or coke sold for residential use as specified in C.R.S., §39-26-715; and the exemption for sales of components used in the production of energy, including but not limited to alternating current electricity, from a renewable energy source as specified in C.R.S., §39-26-724.

2. Such sales tax shall not apply to the sale of construction and building materials, as the term is used in C.R.S., §29-2-109, if such materials are picked up by the purchaser and if the purchaser of such materials presents to the retailer a building permit or other documentation acceptable to the County evidencing that a local use tax has been paid or is required to be paid.

3. All sales of personal property on which a specific ownership tax has been paid or is payable shall be exempt from the sales tax imposed by Garfield County when such sales meet both of the following conditions: (1) the purchaser is a non-resident of or has his principal place of business outside of Garfield County, and (2) such personal property is registered or required to be registered outside the limits of Garfield County under the laws of the State of Colorado.

4. Such sales tax will not be imposed upon the sa1e of tangible personal property at retail or the furnishing of services if the transaction was previously subjected to a sales or use tax lawfully imposed on the purchaser or user by another statutory or home rule county equal to or in excess of that sought to be imposed hereunder by Garfield County. A credit shall be granted against the sales tax imposed hereunder by Garfield County with respect to such transaction equal in amount to the lawfully imposed local sales or use tax previously paid by the purchaser or user to the previous statutory or home rule county. The amount of the credit shall not exceed the sales tax imposed hereunder by Garfield County.

5. Such sales tax will not apply to the sale of food purchased with food stamps. For purposes of this section, “food” shall have the meaning as provided in 7 U.S.C. Section 2012(g) as such section exists on October 1, 1987, or is thereafter amended.

6. Such sales tax will not apply to the sale of food purchased with funds provided by the special supplemental food program for women, infants and children, 42 U.S.C. §1786. For purposes of this section, “food” shall have the same meaning as provided in 42 U.S.C. §1786 as such section exists on October 1, 1987, or is thereafter amended.

B. Determination of Place at Which Sales are Consummated. For the purposes of this Resolution, all retail sales shall be considered consummated at the place of business of the retailer unless the tangible personal property sold is delivered by the retailer or his agent to a destination outside the limits of Garfield County or to a common carrier for delivery to a destination outside the limits of Garfield County. The gross receipts from such sales shall include delivery charges when such charges are subject to the Colorado state sales and use tax imposed by Article 26 of Title 39, C.R.S., regardless of the place to which delivery is made. In the event a retailer has no permanent place of business in Garfield County, or has more than one place of business, the place or places at which the retail sales are consummated for the purpose of a sales tax imposed by this Resolution shall be determined by the provisions of Article 26 of Title 39, C.R.S., and by rules and regulations promulgated by the Department of Revenue. The amount subject to the sales tax imposed hereunder shall not include any Colorado state sales or use tax imposed by Article 26 of Title 39, C.R.S.

C. Collection, Administration, and Enforcement.

The sales tax imposed hereunder shall be collected, administered and enforced by the Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Revenue (“Executive Director”) in the same manner as the collection, administration and enforcement of the Colorado state sales tax.

The provisions of Article 26 of Title 39, C.R.S., and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Executive Director shall govern the collection, administration, and enforcement of the sales tax imposed hereunder.

Distribution of all sales tax collected by the Executive Director, pursuant to this Resolution, shall be to Garfield County.

D. Vendor Fee. At the time of making a monthly return of the sales taxes required by this Resolution, every retailer shall be entitled to withhold a vendorʼs fee in the amount, as authorized by state law, of the sales tax remitted to cover the retailerʼs expenses in the collection and remittance of said taxes. If any retailer is delinquent in remitting said taxes, other than in unusual circumstances shown to the satisfaction of the Executive Director of the Department of Revenue of the State of Colorado, the retailer shall not retain any amounts to cover his expenses in collecting and remitting said taxes. If any retailer, during any reporting period, shall collect as a tax an amount in excess of one and one quarter of one percent of the total taxable sales, the retailer shall remit to the Executive Director the full amount

of the tax herein imposed and also the full amount of said excess.

III. Effective Date-Expiration Date. Upon adoption by the electorate at the election on November 6, 2012, the sales tax provided herein shall become effective and in force at 12:01 a.m. on January 1, 2013, and shall expire at 11:59 p.m. on December 31, 2022, and upon said expiration, all monies remaining in any of the funds created hereunder may continue to be expended for the purposes set forth herein until completely exhausted. This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its adoption, and the beginning date upon which the imposition of the sales tax referred to herein shall be January 1, 2013, if approved as set forth below.

IV. Necessity for Election. The sales tax imposed hereunder shall not become effective until and unless a majority of the registered electors voting thereon, pursuant to C.R.S., §29-2-103(1) and §29-2-104(6), approve the ballot question.

A. Ballot Title/Question. The Ballot Title/Question on the Countywide Sales Tax Resolution that shall be referred to the registered electors of Garfield County at the general election to be held on Tuesday, the 6th day of November, 2012, shall be as follows: BALLOT TITLE

Ranchlands, rivers and Recreation economy Sales TAX Measure Ballot Issue

SHALL GARFIELD COUNTY TAXES BE INCREASED TWO MILLION DOLLARS AND BY WHATEVER AMOUNTS RAISED ANNUALLY, BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2013 AND AUTOMATICALLY EXPIRING AFTER TEN YEARS, FROM A ONE QUARTER OF ONE PERCENT SALES TAX LEVY, WHICH WILL NOT BE COLLECTED ON SALES OF FOOD OR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, TO BE USED SOLELY FOR THE CONSERVATION OF LANDS FROM WILLING LAND OWNERS THAT PRESERVE WATER QUALITY AND QUANTITY, WILDLIFE HABITAT, WORKING RANCHES AND OPEN LANDS, AND PROTECT NATURAL AREAS IMPORTANT FOR OUR RECREATION AND TOURISM ECONOMY, WITH ALL EXPENDITURES SUBJECT TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF A CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AN ANNUAL INDEPENDENT AUDIT, AND A CAP ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES OF FIVE PERCENT? B. Cost of Election. The entire cost of the election shall be paid from the general fund of Garfield County.

C. Notice by Publication. The Garfield County Clerk and Recorder shall publish the text of this Resolution four separate times, a week apart, in the official newspaper of Garfield County and each incorporated municipality within Garfield County.

D. Election Officer. The Garfield County Clerk and Recorder, as election officer, shall undertake all measures necessary to comply with the election provisions set forth in Colorado Constitution, Article X, Section 20(3), including, but not limited to, the mailing of required election notices and ballot issue summaries.

E. Conduct of Election. The conduct of the election shall conform so far as is practicable to the general election laws of the State of Colorado.

V. Creation of the Garfield County Open Lands Fund.

A separate special revenue fund, to be known as the “Garfield County Open Lands Fund” (the “Open Lands Fund”), shall be created and 100% of the revenue derived from the sales tax imposed on the incorporated and unincorporated areas of Garfield County shall be deposited thereto to be used solely for the purposes stated herein and as further described more fully below.

A. For purposes of Colo. Const., Art. X, Section 20, the receipt and expenditure of revenues of the sales tax shall be accounted for, budgeted and appropriated separately from other revenues and expenditures of Garfield County and outside of the fiscal year spending of the County as calculated under Art. X, Section 20, and nothing in Art. X, Section 20, shall limit the receipt and expenditure in each fiscal year of the full amount of such revenues of the sales tax, nor shall receipt and expenditure of such revenues affect or limit the receipt or expenditure of any and all other revenues of Garfield County for any fiscal year.

B. The Open Lands Fund shall remain inviolate, and all moneys deposited in the Open Lands Fund shall remain in trust for the purposes set forth herein, and no part thereof shall be used or appropriated for any other purpose, nor made subject to any other tax, charge, fee or restriction.

C. Interest generated from the revenues of the sales tax imposed herein shall be used for the purposes stated herein. Income generated from the use or lease of preserved lands, natural areas, wildlife habitats, and parks acquired

by Garfield County or an incorporated municipality located within Garfield County with the sales tax imposed herein shall be used for the purposes stated herein.

D. Any property donated to and accepted by Garfield County for the specific purpose of benefitting the Open Lands Fund, including but not

limited to contributions, grants, gifts, bequests, donations, and federal, state, or local grants, shall be deposited in the Open Lands Fund and shall be used for the purposes stated herein.

ii. Fee simple acquisition, though no more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the funds in any year, including any funds banked from previous years, may be awarded for fee acquisitions; and

VI. Open Lands Advisory Committee. If said sales tax is approved by county voters, the Board of County Commissioners shall appoint an Open Lands Advisory Committee within ninety (90) days following approval of the ballot question in accordance with the procedures set forth below.

b. Private landowners may submit grant applications requesting funding for less than fee interests in real property, and must partner with a sponsoring nonprofit land conservation organization under 26 U.S.C. §170(h)(3).

E. If the monies within the Open Lands Fund, including monies toward administrative expenses, are not expended by December 31st of each year, the County shall bank such funds for future use.

A. The Open Lands Advisory Committee shall make recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners regarding the disbursement of monies from the Open Lands Fund, in accordance with the guidelines set forth in this Resolution.

B. The Open Lands Advisory Committee shall consist of nine members, three of whom shall be residents of unincorporated Garfield County (one from each commissioner district) and one person who shall be nominated by the governing body of his/her respective municipality in the County. The composition of the Open Lands Advisory Committee ideally should have equitable representation from the agricultural, conservation, recreation, business, economic development and energy communities.

C. Members of the Open Lands Advisory Committee shall serve for such terms and subject to such performance expectations to be determined in the by-laws.

D. Members of the Open Lands Advisory Committee shall not be compensated for their services, but will be reimbursed for related mileage accrued at the IRS rate.

E. The Open Lands Advisory Committee shall act in accordance with law, including the Colorado Code of Ethics as it is applicable to public bodies. Accordingly, no member shall vote or participate in the application process regarding an acquisition or expenditure in which he or she has a direct financial or ownership interest in the subject property or an adjacent property, or where his or her participation may have a direct economic benefit on a business or other undertaking in which such member has a financial interest.

F. The Open Lands Advisory Committee shall convene a minimum of twice a year for the purpose of reviewing applications, making recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners concerning expenditures from the Open Lands Fund and for performing its other functions under this Resolution. All meetings shall be held in accordance with the Colorado Open Meetings Act. G. Promptly after its appointment and within six monthsʼ time, the Open Lands Advisory Committee shall recommend by-laws to the Board of County Commissioners, for its adoption, and recommend criteria to prioritize the selection of the grant applications. Criteria for prioritization shall include but is not limited to: quality of the resource, property size large enough to protect conservation values, contiguity to existing or likely to be protected properties, vulnerability to development, percentage of value donated by landowner, leveraging of other funds, and amount requested in grant application.

VII. Deposit and Expenditure of Open Lands Fund Revenue.

A. The County shall establish an Open Lands special revenue fund (“Open Lands Fund”) within which all revenues and expenditures from the Open Lands Sales Tax shall be accounted for.

B. Up to but not exceeding five percent (5%) of the annual Open Lands Fund revenues may be used for county administrative expenses, which includes but is not limited to county support staff expenses, education and training, audits, consultants, studies, site reviews, etc.

C. After payment of administrative expenses, monies remaining in the Open Lands Fund shall be used as recommended by the Open Lands Board and directed by the Board of County Commissioners, substantially in accordance with the following guidelines:

1. Competitive grant applications for the purposes specified in Section VII(D), and in accordance with the guidelines set forth in this Resolution, shall be submitted to the Open Lands Advisory Committee. a. Garfield County and incorporated municipalities located within Garfield County may submit grant applications requesting funding for the following: i. Less than fee interests in real property; however, for conservation easements, the governmental entity must either (i) be represented by a sponsoring nonprofit land conservation organization under 26 U.S.C. §170(h)(3) or (ii) be accredited to hold conservation easements by the Land Trust Alliance Commission;

iii. Operation, maintenance and restoration of lands conserved with monies from the Open Lands Fund. This means that lands conserved in whole or in part prior to the effective date of the sales tax are not eligible for funding for operation, maintenance, or restoration expenses.

2. The Open Lands Advisory Committee shall review the grant applications and make recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners regarding the approval, conditional approval, or denial of each application.

3. The Board of County Commissioners then shall approve, conditionally approve or deny the grant application based on the criteria recommended by the Open Lands Advisory Committee and adopted by the Board of County Commissioners.

4. If the allocated funds for the County administrative costs and grants are not expended by December 31st of each year, the County shall bank such funds according to the aforementioned uses. The Open Lands Advisory Committee shall make recommendations on the use of the unexpended funds to the Board of County Commissioners. The Board of County Commissioners then will accept or reject the Open Lands Advisory Committeeʼs recommendations and/or designate the monies to be expended in a manner consistent with this Resolution, which may include banking the monies for future use.

5. On an annual basis, the County will hire an independent auditor to audit the Countyʼs expenditures of the Open Lands Fund.

D. Additional Guidelines for Use of Funds:

1. All acquisitions of land, whether in fee title or less than fee interests in real property, shall be carried out with good faith negotiations with willing sellers and must be voluntary transactions with willing landowners, and no entity receiving monies from the Open Lands Fund shall use such monies to make any acquisition through eminent domain or the threat of eminent domain.

2. Revenues deposited in the Open Lands Fund may be used in the following manner:

a. To acquire lands that conserve agricultural and ranch lands; water, wildlife and working lands; natural areas; wildlife habitat; native plant habitat; water quality and quantity; land along rivers and streams; views; and wetlands, and lands that provide recreational opportunities, such as; trails, parks, and access to public lands for hunting, fishing and recreating;

b. To acquire less than fee interests in real property for the purposes provided herein; such as permanent easements (including conservation, access and agricultural), future interests, covenants, development rights, subsurface rights and contractual rights, either on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis;

c. To acquire fee title interest in real property for the purposes provided herein;

d. To acquire water rights and water storage rights for use in connection with the purposes provided herein; e. To acquire lands for outdoor recreation purposes, including but not limited to hiking, motorized use, snowshoeing, photography, nature studies, bicycling, horseback riding, hunting and fishing;

f. To acquire rights-of-way and access easements for trails and for access to open lands, public lands, trails and/or waterways, and to build and improve such trails and accessways; g. To allow expenditure of funds for joint projects, consistent with the purposes set forth in this Resolution, between the County and municipalities, or other governmental entities in the County; h. To improve, restore and/or protect open lands and trails;

i. To pay for all related costs of acquisition, such as but not limited to the costs of appraisal, surveying, legal and other services such as easement documentation and environmental reports, as well as the costs of monitoring of easements, and construction, as set forth in subsections (a) to (h) above; j. To implement and effectuate the purposes of the Open Lands Program.

3. No land or interests acquired by Garfield County or a municipality with the revenues of the Open Lands Fund may be sold, leased, traded, or otherwise conveyed, nor may an exclusive license or permit on such land or interests be given, without notice by the governing

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4. If the Board of County Commissioners sells land or interests in land that was purchased with funds from the Open Lands Fund, the proceeds shall be deposited in the Open Lands Fund.

5. If any incorporated municipality sells land or interests in land as specified above, the proceeds shall be deposited in a fund to be used for purposes consistent with this Resolution.

6. To preserve and promote the open character of properties which have become subject to a conservation easement purchased in whole or part with expenditures from the Open Lands Fund, such properties must remain substantially undeveloped as ranch, agricultural or open space lands. However, it is recognized that some limited residential development

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rights may be retained by the landowner pursuant to the conservation easement.

VIII. Repeal and Amendment

A. If the sales tax is approved by a majority of the registered electors of Garfield County at the election to be held on November 6, 2012, this ResolutionĘźs provisions relating to the amount of tax imposed, specifically the one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) sales tax specified in Section II, the provisions relating to the deposit and expenditure of revenue as set forth in Sections V and VII, and the provisions of Sections VI, shall not be repealed or amended except by a vote of the registered electors of the County.

B. Except as provided in subsection A. hereof, or as otherwise provided in Article 2 of Title 29, C.R.S., the provisions of this Resolution may be repealed or amended, subsequent to its adoption of the sales tax by a majority of the voters of

Garfield County, by a majority vote of the Board of County Commissioners, and such repeal or amendment need not be submitted to the registered electors of the County for their approval.

IX. Miscellaneous

A. Severability. If any section, paragraph, clause, or provision of this Resolution, or the ballot question submitted to the registered electors at the election provided in Section IV above, shall be adjudged to be invalid or unenforceable, the invalidity or enforceability of such section, paragraph, clause or provision shall not affect any of the remaining sections, paragraphs, clauses, or provisions of this Resolution or said ballot question. It is the intention of the Board of County Commissioners that the various parts of this Resolution and said ballot question are severable.

DATED this 14th day of August, 2012.

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF GARFIELD COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO By: /s/Jean M. Alberico Clerk to the Board ATTEST:

/s/John Martin Chairperson

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