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ow that Carbondale resident and Yampah High School teacher Susy Ellison is back on dry (mostly very dry) land after her stint at sea off the coast of Alaska, we thought we’d share a few of her final thoughts on this latest adventure. If you missed The Sun’s earlier feature on her trip, you’ll find it online, along with previous excerpts from Ellison’s Teacher at Sea blog, at www.soprissun.com. (Just enter “Ellison” in the search box.) In the meantime, here are some more observations from Ellison’s blog.

Some final thoughts “How do you become a hydrographer? After spending 2 ½ weeks aboard the NOAA ship Rainier as a Teacher at Sea, I’ve found that this question has as many answers as the ship has hydrographers. In fact, if you take time to concatenate the data (obviously, I have become fond of my newest vocabulary word!), you will learn that being a hydrographer is incredibly multi-faceted and is a confluence of ocean-, cartographic, and computer-based sciences. So, the next time you’re talking to your guidance counselor about college plans, or wondering what you might want to be ‘when and if you grow up,’ consider the field of hydrography. Where else do you get to wear a life jacket to work?”

SEPT. 22 blog (excerpt) “What would you think if you saw someone bundled in warm clothing, sitting in an office chair on a pier with a pair of binoculars, a watch, and a clipboard? Are they counting waves? Counting birds?

Keeping track of the clouds or the wind speed? In my case it was ‘none of the above’; I was watching a measuring stick, taking measurements every 6 minutes over a period of 3 hours. Why would anyone want to sit in a chair on a pier and stare at a stick for 3 hours?

“The answer, of course, is science! Now, this wasn’t just any sort of stick. This tide staff was attached to an automatic tide gauge that the crew of the Rainier installed during their last visit to Cold Bay in August.

That gauge has been recording tidal data that is used during their hydrographic survey work. But, as with any automatic data-gathering device, it is critical to field check its accuracy, both in measuring and reporting the data. The gauge measures the depth of the water column at 6-minute intervals, using the pressure of the water column as a proxy for that depth (deeper water exerts a greater pressure on the subsurface opening of the gauge—for a more in-depth explanation, ALASKA ADVENTURE page 4

Cinderella might have sipped champagne from a glass slipper but in Carbondale at Celtic/Oktoberfest last weekend it was beer from Das Boot. The Boot was awarded to the winner of the Liter Holding competition, which we suspect was not this actual lass (note her two-handed grip on the stein). Saturday’s action under the tent and in Fourth Street Plaza park included music, the first annual cornhole tournament (think horseshoes with beanbags rather clanking shoes) men’s and women’s nail driving and more. For more photos, please visit the Sopris Sun website at soprissun.com. Photo by Jane Bachrach

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.

Kay Bell and the other dance-hall girls put some spunk into The Pour House’s Potato Day float, which won first place in the commercial category. Photo

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We’re living on the wrong planet

By Patrick Hunter We are living on the wrong planet; that’s us, the whole human race. The climate change thing, exhaustion of natural resources, over population and deadly pollution — this should never have happened. But it’s not our fault. We didn’t do anything wrong.

We were doing just what we were supposed to.

Here are the instructions from the Bible in Genesis 9: “And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea … .” A little while after that Noah was found drunk and naked. He lived for 950 years.

A little red wine does a body good.

Clearly we have done exactly as ordered. But obviously, the problem is that the earth can’t handle it. Astronomers tell us there could be millions of other good planets out there in the universe. We were just dropped in on the wrong one — 6,000 years ago, or a million or so years ago, depending on whom you talk to. You hear it all the time: men are from Mars, women are from Venus. How did we wind up here?

Francis Crick, who co-discovered DNA, claimed that the molecule was so complex it had to have been planted on earth by an alien species. (Which could, of course, include God.) So, somebody picked this dammed rock. The astronomer Carl Sagan had it figured. He said the process was panspermia — microscopic life traveling on rocks flying through the universe.

So now that we have that settled, what the heck are we going to do about it? Everybody that thinks there’s nothing to do, that it’s all good — put your hand up. Oh sorry, you can’t do that with your head in the sand. My bad.

Stephen Hawking, the physicist that lives in a wheelchair and speaks with a computer, says the human race must find another planet. Scientists tell us we are using this planet at about 150 percent of its carrying capacity. That’s just on average. Americans are more at the 250 percent rate. Anyway, good luck with getting to another planet.

We could follow Noah and drink more. Or, maybe we could rethink those original instructions. Toasters come with manuals. Other than Genesis, there really isn’t much to go on to take care of the planet. It seems to be on-the-job training. That’s where science comes in. Most people don’t like science because it tells us things we don’t want to hear, such as: the earth is not flat, smoking is bad for you, too many gallons of soda will make you fat and sick.

Science also tells us that pouring toxic chemicals into our water and our air will kill us, which it does. If you think there is nothing wrong with what comes out or your car exhaust, hook it up to a tube and put it into your car; then drive. You will find out what is normally happening in slow motion, only quicker. It turns out that carbon dioxide coming out of the end of all the things that burn fossil fuels is collecting in the atmosphere. Picture standing in a garden on a sunny day. Then picture putting a greenhouse over you and the garden. Notice how it starts getting hotter? Our planet works because a huge amount of the sunshine that hits us reflects and goes back out to space.

Until recently, it was just the right amount. Unfortunately, every living thing on this planet is accustomed to “just the right amount.” It’s like Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change just released a report. Basically, the problem is worse than they said the last time. So it all boils down to this: are you going to believe the oil corporation Exxon-Mobil and Rush Limbaugh, or are you going to believe thousands of people who spend their whole lives trying to understand the operating instructions for this planet?

Or, we could just ask the “Big Guy” to put us on a different planet that doesn’t have all these problems.

Patrick Hunter is a student in Colorado Mountain College’s sustainability program.

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 noon on Monday.

Pour House thanks Dear Editor: A beautiful fall Saturday, hundreds of people lining the streets, lots of great floats, and a picnic and entertainment in Sopris Park to celebrate Carbondale’s 125th birthday and The Pour House’s 29th year in business; it just doesn’t get any better than that.

What a fine day.

I would like to thank all of the wonderful folks who helped create and ride on The Pour House float. First and foremost, my friend and long-time co-worker Midge Wampler, who came up with the idea for our float and handled the design, decoration and costuming for us. What an out-

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standing job. Thanks, Midge.

Our wranglers — Jeff, Steve and Drake Groom — did an awesome job of escorting us through town on Jeff’s wagon.

I know Mike Adams is a man of many talents, but I didn’t know that he could build a piano; thanks Mike. Mike was also one of the poker-playing cowboys along with Pete Rich, Tim O’Rourke and Ray Boyd. Our dance-hall girls were Mary Donnelly, Linda Slack, Kat Rich, Rae Rae and my wife Kay. If there is another town that has as much community spirit and fun-loving folks as Carbondale, I haven’t been there.

Thanks too, to the judges who chose The Pour House float for first place in the commercial category. We are very grateful and we’re looking forward to next year.

Happy birthday, Carbondale.

Skip Bell Manager The Pour House Carbondale

It does take a village Dear Editor: I appreciate the chance to participate in the school-visioning meetings underway in our valley. As a teacher and parent, I love the questions that surround quality education. During the Carbondale meetings, great ideas swarmed the room, and I had a few that I would like to (attempt to) articulate.

The Roaring Fork School District is making a fresh start. Our new leadership has wide experience and perspective — and a sincere desire to create excellent schools.

They are good people, many of them parents, who want the best experience and opportunities for the kids in this valley. I’m saying this because I think many folks have come to distrust our school officials. But while there is no perfection in education, this really is a new beginning for our schools. We once referred to “the District” in the third person, as them. I think finally, the Roaring Fork School District is once again us.

But change in schools is slow. So many steps are involved in even the slightest reforms. Even choosing a new direction is a great effort. We're off to a good start, and it’s nice to be turning the ship, but we have a long way to go. We should support the effort, but there is A LOT of work we can do while we’re underway.

I think Carbondale, as a community, can capitalize on this new beginning for our kids’ education. There is a lot we can

do today to create a learning environment for the kids in our town. We’ve all heard the saying, “It takes a village to raise a child.” But it’s really true. The problem for most people is that they don’t have a village. In Carbondale, we do.

Here are a couple ways we could use the village to help our youngsters. We parents work hard for our kids, but there is no perfection in parenting, either. We have to find quality people to help us raise them. The first way we can strengthen the supportweb for our kids in town is to work with other people’s children more.

I know many awesome townsfolk who give their time to coach and tutor and employ and guide kids — but there are not nearly enough. There are too many parents who support only their own kids, and community members who don’t find time for young people. It is the best use of our time. In LETTERS page 8

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PAC3 hits reset button; TSC posts RFP on lease

By Bob Ward Sopris Sun Correspondent

Russell, Steve Earle, David Grisman, worldclass artists, but it’s tough to fill the room.

After two and a half years, the Third Street We’ve been fortunate with some, but we’ve Center and the operators of the PAC3 per- definitely had challenges with artists you formance space are casting about for new wouldn’t expect we’d have challenges with.” ways of doing business.

The key to the venue’s eventual success, On page 9 of this issue of The Sopris Sun, Behrman, said, will be to fill out the schedule readers will see a request for proposals from with a diversified menu of events. When potential future tenants of the PAC3 space at asked what he envisions for PAC3, Behrman the Third Street Center in Carbondale. The said “I don’t see it being much different than Center is looking for it is right now, other than a new plan to use it being utilized to its full the room and fill it potential.” with people more That means wedding often. In the words receptions, parties, lunchof current tenant eons, fundraisers, indoor Josh Behrman of sporting events, music and Mountain Groove dance performances and Productions, “unformore, and those bookings Jody Ensign tunately, it’s underwill have to come from Director, Third Street Center utilized.” local individuals and orPAC3 stands for Performing Arts Center ganizations in addition to Behrman himself. at Third Street, and though most people use Through the end of 2013, Behrman has a the term to describe the venue, it also refers to month-to-month lease and he promises, “All Behrman’s nonprofit organization that oper- of the shows on sale now through Jan. 1 are ates the space and rents it from the Third still happening.” Beyond Jan. 1, he hopes to Street Center. Behrman converted the old have an answer soon.

Carbondale Elementary School gymnasium Jody Ensign, Third Street Center director, into today’s performance space, but is strug- said she hopes and expects Behrman to subgling to make the lease payments. mit a proposal for next year.

A glance at the PAC3 calendar for this “We’re not necessarily looking for a new month illustrates the problem: Six October tenant,” she said. “We are looking at more dates are booked with concerts, most of them potential for the full range of uses of the on Friday and Saturday nights, but most of venue. Now it’s only used sporadically.” the month is empty. Behrman has several priEnsign believes in PAC3 as a performance vate parties, a martial arts event and four per- venue, but she thinks it could be more than formances by Jayne Gottlieb Productions that. booked in October and November, but the “I think the performance space is a great space will be dark most of the time. value for the community and the midvalley, “It is hard,” he said. “We’ve had Leon but only operating the performance space at

“ … We are looking at more potential for the full range of uses of the venue. …”

The March Fourth Marching Band attracted a good-sized crowd (above) to PAC3, while singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn (right) sold out, but attendance for other acts has been spotty at times. File photos by Jane Bachrach

night really limits its capability,” she said.

“What other ideas are out there that we can come up with?”

Both Ensign and Behrman stated that the ongoing changes do not signal the end of PAC3, but they do signal the beginning of an effort to make the space economically sustainable. And sustainability may hinge on community support.

“I had a vision for PAC3 and I thought Carbondale was ready,” Behrman said.

“Don’t take for granted what’s in your community. Support it.”

Cheering for school possibilities at C’dale visioning meeting

By Debbie Bruell Sopris Sun Correspondent “It was sort of like a pep rally,” said Re-1’s Chief Academic Officer Rob Stein, describing the school district’s visioning meeting in Carbondale on Oct. 3. “I’ve never before seen crowds of people cheering for academic choices,” Stein told The Sopris Sun. The meeting drew about 150 community members, approximately 80 percent of whom were parents of current students. In rotating groups of about six people, attendees were asked to discuss a series of questions, including: What are your hopes for your school? What would you like to change about your school? What are the most important “outcomes” that students should gain from a school? What are the most important characteristics of a school?

The volume in the room quickly rose each time the groups began discussing the questions. And the facilitator’s voice could barely be heard above the crowd when it was time for each discussion to come to a close.

Stein told The Sun he was “psyched about all the positive and collaborative energy” he felt at the meeting. He acknowledged Carbondale’s history of discontent with the school district, yet he noted, “I didn’t feel any of that history (at Thursday’s meeting). I felt an optimism for the future.”

common hopes Three key themes emerged from participants’ responses to the question, “What are your hopes for your school?”: • More real-world, interdisciplinary, relevant, experiential, project-based learning; • Attract and retain top quality teachers; • Inspire a life-long love of learning.

When participants were asked to select the most important

“outcome” that students should gain from school, the top choice out of 10 was “Resilience, determination, and a belief that they can succeed” with “Strong critical thinking skills” as a close second. The third highest ranked priority was “Learn how to work collaboratively with people from diverse backgrounds.”

True to their Carbondale spirit, many participants balked at being boxed into the given list of options (which were derived from a study by the Thomas Fordham Institute, “What Parents Want”). For example, one participant suggested that “Develop strong critical thinking skills” should be changed to “Develop strong critical and creative thinking skills.”

Other participants criticized the absence of any options regarding the importance of support for teachers and providing teachers with adequate time for planning and collaboration.

Also of note was the fact that the option, “Emphasizes basic skills in reading, writing and math” received very few votes. This result drew numerous comments, including the following: “Why aren’t people recognizing the importance of kids learning their basic skills? I was a teacher. It was very hard to do my job because so many kids didn’t have a strong foundation in basic skills.”

When it was announced that one of the options “Has high ranking in the state performance framework (high test scores)” received zero votes as an important school characteristic, the room erupted into applause.

“Standardized testing needs to go away so teachers can do what they are trained and able to do,” one person commented.

Next steps?

Thursday’s meeting was part of the first phase of the disVISIONING page 15

These Roaring Fork High School students are participating in the Buddy Program’s new Outdoor Leadership class at the school. This class is part of a growing number of experiential learning opportunities at RFHS. The students shown here recently hiked to Thomas Lakes on a threeday expedition – just in time for the season’s first major snowfall. Courtesy photo

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Drake wings it to Basalt; sales tax receipts down Sopris Sun Staff Report Police officer Drake Rooks has resigned to take a position at the Basalt Police Department, according to Carbondale Town Manager Jay Harrington in his weekly Report on Oct. 4. Rooks’s last day will be Oct. 14. “We wish him well in his new position,” Harrington’s memo states.

In other paraphrased news from town hall: • Sales tax receipts in September were down 2.2 percent from 2012. Year-to-date receipts are up 1.96 percent.

• The street crew has been working on several drainage problems.

They also got everything together for the start of Leaf Days. The dumpsters are in the parking lot east of town hall.

• CDOT and others have met with James Surls to discuss the placement of his proposed art at the Main Street/Highway 133 roundabout. “James is working on a concept for the art,” the memo states.

• Gould Construction was the only contractor to bid on the utility underground project and the bid came in high. Gould, SGM and town staff spent Friday afternoon (Oct. 4) value engineering

and exploring all of the avenues available to reduce the price.

• The town received 15 applications for the fleet mechanic position.

• Light poles and fixtures for the Gus Darien roping arena lighting project are ordered and should be arriving next week or the next. On a related note, the Safety Committee has concerns regarding the announcer’s booth at the arena. The building official and recreation director met with a structural engineer for an assessment of the existing structure. It appeared to be salvageable.

• The parks crew has started blowing out irrigation systems and shutting down irrigation pump stations. They are also applying fall fertilizer.

• The Gateway RV Park Campground for the week of Sept. 28 – Oct. 4 saw a total of 15 booked nights and an occupancy rate of 18 percent. Tent sites were 14 percent booked and RV sites were 19 percent booked. The campground will close for the season next weekend (Oct. 12-13).

• John Leybourne attended the American Planning Association Conference (Colorado Chapter) in Vail from Oct. 2-4.

Alaska adventure continued om page 1 you can check out my blog from September 13th). My job was to stare at the staff for a period of 1 minute every 6 minutes, and determine both the highest and lowest height of the water lapping at the markings on the stick.

“This might sound easy, but it wasn’t quite so simple. The wind was howling and the waves were bouncing—it took a little practice to make what I hoped was an accurate estimate of both the high mark and the low.

After each observation period I recorded

these numbers on a spreadsheet and then spent the next few minutes watching the birds that were flying and landing on the water.

Then—back to the stick! The tide was dropping with each observation and the winds died down enough to make it a little easier to read the high and low points on each successive 6 minute interval. By the 10th observation I had it figured out!

“The data I collected was matched against data from the tide gauge for that same time

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period. I was pleased to see that my observations matched those of the gauge. Apparently, both of ‘us’ are good observers of tidal changes. Now I have one more skill to add to my resume!!”

Editor’s note: Thank you, Susy, for sharing this amazing adventure with us. Read more about Susy’s adventure at www.soprissun.com or (if the government shutdown ever ends) at ww.teacheratsea.noaa.gov.

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

SATURDAY Oct. 5 At 11:0 1p.m. officers responded to a report of a fight in progress at a downtown bar. They were advised that a male had punched the bartender in the face. Upon arrival, the bar’s security had a male in custody. One arrest was made.

SATURDAY Oct. 5 At 10:11 p.m. police received a complaint that a man was knocking on doors along Catherine Court. When police contacted the man, explained that he "had no place to go and was hoping someone would let him stay the night." He was informed that this was not an appropriate tactic. Officers then attempted to arrange a stay with the Glenwood Springs hostel.

SUNDAY Sept. 29 At 1:50 a.m. a man contacted a patrol officer to request assistance re-entering a downtown restaurant. He'd been kicked out and wanted to go back in and have some drinks. The officer explained that if he had been asked to leave he could not return.

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Residents asked to hike fire district property tax Sopris Sun Staff Report Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District residents are being asked to permanently increase their property taxes by approximately 50 percent on mail-in ballots that the Garfield County clerk and recorder will send out later this month.

If the ballot issue is approved, the total mill levy will stand at 12.038, according to a resolution approved by the five-member district board in September. The new levy will combine a 2.233 temporary hike voters approved in 2011, with a new levy of 3.902.

The increased tax will raise up to $1.08 million the first year for the 325-squaremile district, starting in 2014.

The resolution states that the tax hike’s purpose is for funding the costs of: • Maintaining current levels of essential fire fighting services, and; • Maintaining current levels of essential ambulance and paramedic services.

A written comment supporting the ballot issue, which is includes in the 2013 Tabor Notice of General Information, states that without the new funding, the district will experience a decline in revenues resulting in: • Extended response time for fire and ambulance calls; • Delayed equipment replacement; • Potential reduction of paid staff; • Elimination of community education programs such as CPR classes; • Elimination of (the) initial attack wildfire program;

• Increase in ISO rating resulting in an increase in fire insurance premiums; • Reduced opening burning regulations.

The district received no written comments opposing the ballot issue.

The Carbondale & Rural Fire Project District provides fire and ambulance services from Marble to Missouri Heights, and operates six stations with 20 paid staff members and 75 volunteers.

“The District has operated under a modest growth operational budget for the past five years while acquiring two fire trucks to meet ISO standards,” the written comment states. “With declining property values, the District has had no increase in tax revenues while facing a steady increase in calls for service for the past five years.”

Those annual call for service, according to the statement, break down as follows: • 2013 (estimated) – 1,208 • 2012 – 1,168 • 2011 – 950 • 2010 – 1,069 • 2009 – 1,112 • 2008 – 1,201.

The district operates with full-certified paramedics 24/7, with an average “turnout” time of four minutes for ambulance calls. Fire board chairman Gene Schilling told The Sopris Sun that without EMTs stationed on shifts at the fire stations, offsite crews might have to respond to calls that would increase turn-out times to five to 10 minutes.

Schilling said most of the costs related to the district are personnel related, and cannot comment at this time where the cuts will come.

The additional tax would add $31 per $100,000 of residential property tax value over last year’s tax.

On a related note, the Glenwood Springs and Gypsum fire districts are also asking for property tax hikes.

Also on the ballot for voters inside the Carbondale town limits is whether to tax sales on marijuana at licensed outlets.

Election ballots will be mailed to all active voters on Oct. 15-18. The last day to request a ballot to be mailed is Oct. 28. Drop off sites and voter service polling centers will open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Nov. 2.

Election day service polling centers will open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Nov. 5.

Trustees vote to rezone former library property Sopris Sun Staff Report The Carbondale Board of Trustees voted 7-0 to rezone the former Gordon Cooper Library property to HCC on Tuesday night, which would allow for the proposed Surls Center for Visual Arts.

Town staff and the planning and zoning commission recommended approval, although most of the speakers at Tuesday night’s meeting opposed zoning the property HCC (historic commercial core) or expressed reservations.

The town of Carbondale owns the former Gordon Cooper Library and the land it sits on, and asked for requests for proposals for the property after the Carbondale Branch Library moved to its new building at Fourth and Sopris in July.

The trustees voted to lease the building to a non-profit foundation that will build

and operate the Surls Center for Visual Arts, which is named after the noted sculptor and Missouri Heights resident James Surls.

The foundation has said it will double the size of the existing building. The trustees on Tuesday night said that the foundation must go through a public design review before it will sign a lease on the property.

Other action from Tuesday night’s meeting included: • Carbondale Chamber of Commerce Director Andrea Steward and board member Frank Zlogar (also a Sopris Sun board member) gave an update of its recent and current activities, and plans for 2014. According to a chamber memo, the town budgeted to give the organization $31,000, which was used for its general fund ($20,000), First Friday ($8,000) and Bicycle Tour of Colorado ($3,000).

Just about everyone has seen Pink Rabbit at the corner of Main and Seventh streets, and some have even had their picture taken with the over-sized steel sculpture. The Carbondale Public Arts Commission likes the eye-catching bunny as well, because it has awarded its creators, David Friedheim and Trisha Kyner, the 2013 Best in Show award, which carries with it a $1,000 prize. The sculpture is part of the 2013/14 Art aRound Town sculpture exhibit and has been purchased

by Veronica Whitley to be the symbol of her future Pink Rabbit Bed and Breakfast, according to a press release.

Photo by Lynn Burton

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Who was Potato bill?

More importantly for Gary Werner, what was Potato Bill’s real name and where did he come from?

Werner, who lives in Denver but grew up in Carbondale, said Potato Bill allegedly robbed at least two stagecoaches between Aspen and Glenwood Springs in the 1880s, and was apprehended up the Crystal by a man named Tom Kinney. Werner’s dad, who once owned the Main Street building that now houses Miser’s Mercantile, knew Kinney.

Werner said he and some other Carbondale Union High School graduates got to talking about Potato Bill during the school’s recent reunion. This much folks do seem to know about Potato Bill: a creek is named for him south of Carbondale, he tended a potato patch up that way and that’s where Kinney nabbed him, and he might have been somewhat of a nitwit.

As for Kinney, he was in his 90s when Werner was ďŹ rst aware of him in the 1950s. “He went to the Regulars’ Saloon ‌ Where the Black Nugget is now,â€? Werner said. The saloon, at the southeast corner of the Dinkel Building, had authentic swinging doors on it.

One time, Werner witnessed Kinney grabbing one of the doors, hiking his leg and passing gas just as the youngster walked by. “My dad said he was just trying to be considerate of the others in the bar.�

Werner has lots of fond memories growing up in Carbondale. The previous owner of his dad’s building operated a dry goods store there and used to sell dynamite by the

stick, but his dad discontinued that practice when he took over. The Werners lived in a house right next to their building, and a Pentecostal church was located right next to that. “My bedroom window looked right in where the pulpit was. That was the late 1940s or early 1950s.�

One time, Werner and a friend wrapped a toad in plaster and rolled it through the front door and into the Pentecostal congregation during a service. It rolled right down to the front of the church but nobody even noticed. “ ‌ they were all singin’ and shakin’.â€?

If anyone out there remembers anything about Potato Bill, Tom Kinney, the Pentecostal church on Main Street or buying dynamite by the stick, feel free to send your thoughts to The Sopris Sun at news@ soprissun.com.

Save the date Megan Olenick is a slopestyle skier on the U.S. ski team and is competing to make the Olympic team for the games in Sochi, Russia in February. She’s a ďŹ ve-time X-Games competitor and the Olympics are open to women’s slopestyle for the ďŹ rst time in 2014.

Besides training and competing, Olenick also has to raise money to support herself throughout the entire process. To help with that, there’ll be a reception and silent auction at the River Valley Ranch sales barn from 4:30 to 7 p.m. on Nov. 3. Auction items include vacation homes in Mexico and Montana, an eight-foot spruce tree and more. Stay tuned for details.

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an iPod with the selection ready to go. They may also bring sheet music with their song selection marked on the page for the SoL music director. Callbacks are planned for Oct. 13 from 4-6 p.m.

citizens climate Lobby forming Local citizens concerned about climate change are invited to join the new Roaring Fork chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby. The group will hold an introductory training session on Oct. 19, in Carbondale, led by CCL executive director Mark Reynolds. For details on time and location, contact Dave Reed at 366-8766 or daveandkrysia@sopris.net.

Founded in 2007, Citizens Climate Lobby is a national, nonpartisan, nonproďŹ t organization that seeks to create the political will in Congress for climate legislation. It currently has groups in over 120 Congressional districts; the Roaring Fork group is the ďŹ rst in Colorado’s 3rd District.

Reynolds will also give a talk entitled “How a (Climate) Bill Becomes Law� at the Aspen Center for Environmental studies at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 18.

Get your pecha kucha together The theme for the next pecha kucha at the Third Street Center is “Air.â€? “If you have a great story to tell and it ďŹ ts into our theme, please let us know,â€? said a Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities spokeswoman. Presenters who have already signed up include Doug and Jane Sheffer and kite dancer Heather Morrow.

The event takes place at 7 p.m. on Oct. 24.

For details, call 963-1680.

If you’re wondering Some of the downvalley artists in the Roaring Fork Open at the Aspen Art Museum include: Dasa Bausova, Stanley Bell, K Rhynus Cesark, Brian Colley, Tania Dibbs, Staci Dickerson, Dave Durrance, Anne Goldberg, Kathy Honea, Marcel Majid Kahhak, Wewer and Steve Keohane, Roberta McGowan, Mary Noone, Jill Scher, and Sherrill Stone. The show continues through Oct. 27. Admission is free.

SoL holds auditions SoL Theatre holds auditions for “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer� at Thunder River Theatre from 1 to 5 p.m. on Oct. 12. Individual auditions lasts 5-10 minutes and consists of a child singing their selected piece, as well as being interviewed by staff, who work hard to make it as comfortable as possible, according to a press release.

Each child should prepare a 30-second music selection that is similar to the style of music from the show. They may bring a CD with their song (as long as it is the Karaoke version or accompaniment, with no words) or

They say it’s your birthday Folks celebrating their birthday this week include: Charlotte Vanderhurst (Oct. 10); Rick Borkovec (Oct. 12); Carrie Close (Oct. 14); and Darren Broome at Aloha Mountain Cyclery (Oct. 15).

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Sheepdog trials return to Strang Ranch Oct. 18-20 Sopris Sun Staff Report Strang Ranch on Missouri Heights hosts some of the West’s top sheepdogs and their handlers at national qualifying trials on Oct. 18-20. The event will be a warm-up for the 2014 National Sheepdog Trials next September, which will also take place at Strang Ranch, according to a press release.

On Oct. 18, the top 16 Open-Class dogs from Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming will be going head-to-head in a double-lift course with a marked shed. Each dog will get one packet of sheep and bring them to a central place in the field and then will have to go back and get another packet of sheep from a different area of the field and put them together. Then the dog will bring them to the handler and drive them threw a series of gates and into a marked area for the shed. Some of the sheep will have collars and the dog must sort them from the other sheep without leaving the shedding ring. Then, when that task is completed, the dogs must pen the five sheep with collars.

Open-Ranch dogs and Nursery dogs will also be competing on a smaller course in the afternoon.

The trails are sanctioned by the U.S. Border Collie Handlers Association.

There will also be two USBCHA recognized trials on Oct. 19-20.

Strang Ranch is located on County Road 102. The trials begin at 7:30 a.m. each day and conclude at about 4:30 p.m. The sheep will be range ewes provided by Calvin and Kevin Roberts of New Castle. Judging the event will be Ellen Skillings from California. “Ellen is one of the top handers as well as one of the most well respected judges in the country,” said organizer Bridget Strang.

The 2014 National Sheepdog Finals at Strang Ranch is a unique partnership between the ranch, the USBCHA, and the Aspen Valley Land Trust (AVLT).

The U.S. Border Collie Handlers Association has once again chosen Strang Ranch north of Carbondale for one of its main events. The time it’s the District 2 finals, which will attract dogs and handlers from Colorado, Montana, North and South Dakota, and Wyoming. The public is invited to view the competitions are there is no charge, but please leave your own dogs at home. File photo by Jane Bachrach “The 2014 National Sheepdog Finals will feature firstrate herding competition, and showcase land conservation, stewardship, and the region’s ranching heritage,” Strang said.

The upcoming event is free and there will be a food concession. “Bring your chair and sunglasses (I hope) and spend the day,” Strang said.

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Letters continued om page 2 addition to teaching, I coach 5-year-olds in soccer. It’s the best part of my week. If you’re an adult and you’re not working with kids, you’re missing out. They are the coolest people in town. And they are in desperate need of positive, supportive adult role models. Help with a club or tutor at a school, hire some teens at your business or offer an internship, join the Buddy Program, or coach a kids’ team. At the very least, don’t shy away from kids and teens around town. Say hi to them and ask them questions. Find a way to get involved with kids.

At the meeting, they asked, “What do you wish to see in our schools?” Easy. I want a school that my community supports 100 percent. We have a history of being critical and divided in Carbondale, and we need to move past it. One way to do that is to give the schools your total support and get involved.

These two things go together. As parents, we need to feel like we are doing the absolute best for our kids’ education — like we’re giving them the very best chance to succeed.

That’s how we make choices on which schools to attend and which enriching activities we sign up for. These are personal family choices. We need to respect the efforts of all the schools and programs in town, talking bad about them hurts the kids who go there.

Whatever schools and programs we choose, we need to get behind them 100 percent. Too many people criticize schools without ever stepping in the door, and too many parents drop their kids off every day without getting to know the teachers and programs there.

Come inside. These are public spaces, and there is magic happening in them every day.

The parents who are most satisfied with their child’s education are the ones who are most involved with the school. They come in and help out, and they believe it because they are part of it. That creates a cycle. Parents and community support the school, feel satisfied, the school benefits from that support, and the children work hard because everyone believes in the program, which makes parents more involved, improving the school.

I dream of the day when the whole town shows up for school games and performances — where parents tutor and read and organize work days — businesses hire and mentor teens — where everyone in town is involved with kids, and families are involved with their kids education. Actually, this already happens here! There are a huge number of adults involved with our schools and young people on some level. Now, we need to see more and more positive support, and an end to the negativity. We're past it.

So please support the visioning process happening in our district. It’s real. But we don't have to wait for reforms before we act.

The community we create for kids is just as important as their school district. Let’s use the momentum to refresh our commitment to kids, as Carbondaliens. There are so many things we can do here and now to foster, challenge, coach and promote our young people.

Lets place our kids at the center of our village.

Adam Carballeira Carbondale

The Sheepdog trials are coming back to Carbondale!!

October 18-20 2013 District 2 Finals And Open USBCHA TRIAL

8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Friday – Sunday Strang Ranch 393 CR 102 Rd. Concessions provided Admission is free!

Bring a chair, but not your dog!

Bridget Strang 970-948-2391 Strang Ranch 970-963-2319

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Lift-Up thanks Dear Editor: Thanks to the Friday morning coffee boys – Russ, Bob E., Bob Z., Mike, Paul, Ed and Royce – for their donation to purchase 250 pounds of potatoes for Lift-Up. With the holidays approaching, Lift-Up is in need of non-perishable food. Donations can be dropped off at the Lift-Up office in the Third Street Center between the hours of 10 a.m. to noon on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Groups wishing to do a food drive for the holidays can contact me at 963-1109.

Joe Markham Lift-Up volunteer Carbondale

celtic and Oktoberfest thanks Dear Editor: Go raibh maith agaibh and dankeschön to everyone who participated, partook and promoted at Carbondale’s 12th annual Celtic Fest and Oktoberfest.

Carbondale Recreation would like to thank our loyal sponsors: the town of Carbondale, Premier Party Rental, Orrison Distributing, Warsteiner, Steve’s Guitars, EverGreen Events, Sopris Liquor and Wine, and Handmakery. Big thanks also to Days Inn Carbondale, Ackerman Log and Timber, and City Market Carbondale and El Jebel.

This event’s success is due to the enormous efforts of fellow recreation staff members Rebecca Wagner, Bill Kirkland, Eric Brendlinger,

Gracie Piccinati and Leanna Jenkins.

Thank you to David Grego from Orrison for laboring steadfastly over all the kegs of beer! And thank you Alyssa and Dave Reindel of EverGreen Events for keeping us as green as we can be.

Fest volunteers include: Anna Rothman, Crystal Beltz, Olive Tampol, Trevor CapelJones, Kari Heuer, Jake Heuer, Tom Heuer, Gail Heuer, Leigh Heuer, Bryant Maggert, Jackie Powers, Shaggy and T Fink, Charley Abernathy, Dan Self, Marty Silverstein, Natalie Pennino, Chris Johnson, Meredith Dinsdale, Danielle Boyle, Amanda Boyle, Sue Schnitzer, Jordan Williams, Dan McClain, Alicia Robinson, Becca Roeber, Meghan Stewart, Jake Spaulding, Garrett Alexander, Katie Montie and Christina Aalto.

A big round of applause for our traveling musical troupes: The Indulgers, Those Austrian Guys, and The Average German Band. Local acts included Jimmy Byrne, The 67’s, and the Starletts and the Third Street Players. Thank you Steve Standiford for booking the acts and supplying all the equipment.

Thank you Ami Maes with Handmakery and all her volunteers for pumpkin carving and kids’ crafts.

Thank you to Andy Grogger and crew for keeping my staff, volunteers, and the guests well fed!

Eins, Zwei, Drei, G'suffa!

Jessi Rochel Carbondale Recreation

Referees waved off what appeared to be a winning over-time goal for Roaring Fork in their match against Vail Mountain on Tuesday, letting stand a 3-3 tie. The referees reversed their decision to allow Ben Carpenter’s (shown above) score after the Vail Mountain coach ran onto the field and started screaming for an offside call. After conferring with each other, the referees decided an offside occurred because the goalkeeper was behind where the ball was played. The Rams are now 7-2-2 for the season and 2-1-1 in league play. On related notes, the Lady Ram volleyballers lost to Olathe in four sets on Tuesday. Last Friday, the footballers lost to Cedaredge 27-0. Photo by Sue Rollyson www.soprissun.com

THIRD STREET CENTER

SEEKING PROPOSALS FOR LONG TERM RENTAL OF FLEXIBLE MULTI-USE PERFORMANCE SPACE (OLD SCHOOL GYM SPACE)

Third Street Center (TSC) is seeking preliminary proposals to enter into a long term lease for the 4,483sf space which is currently being used as a multi-use performance space.

A continuation as a performance space and all other uses will be considered. Preference will be given to nonprofit entities; however this request is open to all individual and business proposals.

All interested parties must contact Jody Ensign at 970963-3221 or email director@thirdstreetcenter.net.

By Appointment only: view the space, receive criteria for proposals and qualifications, receive pertinent TSC documents, such as draft of general Lease, Building Operations and Tenant Improvement Guidelines. Proposals are due by 5:00 pm, Friday, October 25, 2013.

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Community Calendar THURS.-SUN. Oct. 10-12 THEATRE • Thunder River Theatre Company continues “Something Intangible” by Bruce Graham on Oct. 10-12. The play brims with “humor and humanity,” according to a press release. It is directed and designed by Lon Winston, and features David Pulliam, Valerie Haugen, Richard Lyon, Chris Wheatley and Zeke Eagan.

Brad Moore created the light and sound design. Olivia Savard stage manages; costumes and props are by Diane Johnson.

Curtain time is 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $22 ($12 for students). Info: thunderrivertheatre.com, 963-8200. Thunder River Theatre is located in downtown Carbondale, west of the Dinkel Building.

THURSDAY Oct. 10 MEET THE AUTHOR • Peter Heller, author of “The Dog Stars,” speaks at the Basalt Library from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

LIVE MUSIc • Steve’s Guitars in the old part of the Dinkel Building presents John Frazier (of Hit and Run Bluegrass fame) at 8:30 p.m. Info: johnfrazier.com and 9633340.

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

FRIDAY Oct. 11 MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “The Spectacular Now” (R) at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 11-17 and “20 Feet from Stardom” (PG-13) at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 12-13.

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

Classic golf tournament returns to River Valley Ranch at 9 a.m. (8 a.m registration).

The cost is $100 per person or $400 per team, and includes cart, box lunch and hat.

Proceeds benefit athletic programs at Roaring Fork High School. For information or to register, e-mail Larry Williams at fbball08@yahoo.com.

PAc3 • Random Rab plays PAC3 in the Third Street Center at 9 p.m. (doors open at 8:30 p.m.).

Tickets are $15 in advance/$20 at the door. Info: pac3carbondale.com.

RFHS FOOTbALL • Roaring Fork hosts Hotchkiss at 7 p.m.

LIVE MUSIc • Steve’s Guitars in the old part of the Dinkel Building presents Dave Simonett (lead singer/guitarist for Trampled

by Turtles) at 8:30 p.m. Info: 963-3340.

LIVE MUSIc • The Music of John Denver comes to Theatre Aspen’s Hurst Theatre at 3 p.m. Tickets are $50 at 800-595-4849.

OPENING • Janet Nelson shows her colorful wire and mixed media sculptures at the CMC ArtShare Gallery in downtown Glenwood Springs. An opening reception takes place from 6 to 8 p.m.

MOUNTAINEERING SLIDE SHOW • Jon Zalinski gives a benefit slideshow of his Mount Shuksan summit from 5 to 7 p.m. at TreadZ in Glenwood Springs. Proceeds from a silent auction benefit the Big City Mountaineers and the Summit for Someone program for at-risk youth. “I had the opportunity to visit Colorado from

Chicago during my teens and it changed my life,” Zalinski said. TreadZ is located at 812 Grand Ave. Info: 928-0620.

MONDAY Oct. 14 SIMPLE TAI cHI • Senior Matters sponsors a new beginner qigong/tai chi class Fridays at 11 a.m. in room 33 at the Third Street Center. The class can be a steppingstone to learning tai chi. Classes are $25 per calendar month or $8 per class.

SATURDAY Oct. 12 LIVE MUSIc • PAC3 in the Third Street Center presents Radio La Chusma. Info: pac3carbondale.com or radiolachusma.net.

RFHS VOLLEYbALL • Roaring Fork volleyballers travel to Grand Valley for a match at 3 p.m.

RFHS SOccER • The Roaring Fork soccer boys host cross-town rival CRMS at 11 a.m.

SUNDAY Oct. 13 LIVE MUSIc • Steve’s Guitars in the old part of the Dinkel Buidling presents Hymn

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HISTORY • Author, historian and history professor Darrel Munsell presents “Ranches, Mines and Railroads: A thumbnail sketch of early Carbondale history” at 6:30 p.m. at the Carbondale library. Ice cream and cake will be served to celebrate Carbondale’s 125th birthday. Info: 963-2889.

TWO STEP • Two Step Tuesday continues at the Third Street Center at 7:45 p.m. through Nov. 28. Admission is $7. Info: 379-4956.

RFHS SOccER • The Roaring Fork soccer boys travel to CRMS for a game at 4 p.m.

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POETRY • The Aspen Poets’ Society holds its seventh anniversarly celebration at Victoria’s Espress & Wine Bar from 6:30 to 9 p.m. The night includes singer/songwriter Bobby Mason, poet Kim Nuzzo, an open mic and cake. Info: 379-2136.

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ROTARY â&#x20AC;˘ The Rotary Club of Carbondale presents Mike and Eileen Waski at 7 a.m. at the Carbondale ďŹ re station. Upcoming speakers include: GarďŹ eld County Clerk Jean Alberico (election info) on Oct. 23, Derek Hanrahan (computer consultant) on Oct. 30, a club assembly on Nov. 6,

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and Matt Cudmore (Meier skis) on Nov. 13. Info: eagleriver@sopris.net. cULTURE cLUb â&#x20AC;˘ The Carbondale Culture Club at the Third Street Center continues its lunchtime presentations at noon.

DHARMA TALKS â&#x20AC;˘ Davi Nikent presents weekly meditation and dharma talks with John Bruna from 5:30 to 7 p.m. through Oct. 30 at the Third Street Center.

Bruna founded the Way of Compassion Foundation. The evenings start with 25 minutes of meditation followed by a Q&A session. Info: wayofcompassion.org.

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SHEEPDOGS RETURN â&#x20AC;˘ Strang Ranch hosts the District 2 ďŹ nals for the United States Border Collie Handlersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Association. The hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and admission is free but please do not bring your dog(s). The event is a warm-up for the 2014 National Sheepdog Finals at Strang Ranch next September. Strang Ranch is located on County Road 102 across from the Missouri Heights school house. Info: 963-2319.

LIVE MUSIc â&#x20AC;˘ PAC3 in the Third Street Center presents Missy Raines and the New Hip at 8 p.m. The Wall Street Journal writes, â&#x20AC;&#x153;(The New Hip) is young, adept and rightfully conďŹ dent,â&#x20AC;? while The Nashville Scene notes, â&#x20AC;&#x153;An ensemble perfectly balanced between brilliantly composed precision and equally brilliant spontaneity.â&#x20AC;? Info: pac3carbondale.com.

THURSDAY Oct. 17 FILM â&#x20AC;˘ Davi Nikent and Way of Compassion Foundation present the documentary ďŹ lm â&#x20AC;&#x153;Happyâ&#x20AC;? at the Third Street Center at 7 p.m. The ďŹ lm leads viewers on a journey across ďŹ ve continents in a search to ďŹ nd the keys to happiness. A $10 donation is asked.

Info: wayofcompassion.org.

FRI.-SUN. Oct. 25-27 RUbINSTEIN WORKSHOP â&#x20AC;˘ Lauri Rubinstein (Step Into Great) presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Power of 7 Steps: Find the balance between you, your relationships & your careerâ&#x20AC;? at the Third Street Center. The cost is $397 on or before Oct. 11 and $497 after that date. Info: stepintogreat.com, lauri@stepintogreat.com or 704-1711.

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Kenney, Wewer Keohane, Lisa Klakulak, Cami Lien, Nancy Lovendahl, Mary Matchael, Alicia Matesanz de las Heras, Elizabeth Moreno, Nancy Nagel, Janet Nelson, Marsha Nettles Cook, Lynette Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Kane, Susan Olsen, Jan Panico, Olivia Pevec, Sara Ransford, Patty Ringer, Jill Scher, Natasha Seedorf, Jacqueline Spiro Balderson, Kathy Steckel, Susan Strickland, Andrea Wallace, Ellen Woods and Ellenmarie Zagoras. Info: 963-1680.

SWAN cONTINUES â&#x20AC;˘ The SWAN (Support Women Artists Now) art show continues at CCAHâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s R2 Gallery in the Third Street Center and includes artists from Aspen to Glenwood Springs. They are: Shelley Bogaert, Donna Gunther Brown, Amy Butowicz, Isa Catto, K Rhynus Cesark, Lynne DeNio, Tania Dibbs, Linda Drake, Sue Drinker, Sheri Gaynor, Lynn Goldsmith, Lisa Grace, Sharill Hawkins, Judy Hill Lovins, Joyce Illian, Pam Joseph, Diane

Hold the Presses cOUNTRY-bLUES DANcE SLATED â&#x20AC;˘ Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be a â&#x20AC;&#x153;swinginâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; country blues danceâ&#x20AC;? in the Third Street Center Round Room from 7 to 10 p.m. on Oct. 12, according to posters put up around town. DJ music will feature country rock with â&#x20AC;&#x153;more than a hintâ&#x20AC;? of swing, bluesswing, two step, triple step, waltz, cha cha, East and West Coast swing, and nightclub two step.

The cost is $5, or $3 if you attended earlier workshops. Please wear hard-soled shoes (no nails).

Volunteers are admitted free. On a related note, Lesy Adams holds country-dance workshops all day at the Third Street Center on Oct. 12. For details, e-mail jaeg1@comcast.net.

LIONS cLUb FORMING IN cARbONDALE â&#x20AC;˘ The Lions Club holds an organizational meeting at the Comfort Inn at 6 p.m. on Oct. 10. Lions Clubs support sight programs, assist the disabled, feed the hungry and more, according to materials provided to the Sopris Sun. Each club also chooses its own projects and activities to ďŹ t the lifestyles of its members and to beneďŹ t the community. For details, call Walter Lemon at 970-216-2919 or e-mail wblemon@gmail.com.

ASc â&#x20AC;˘ A Spiritual Center presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sacred Bowls and Deeksha Healingâ&#x20AC;? with Daniel and Cher at the Third Street Center at 10 a.m. on Oct. 13. Info: 963-5516.

SENIOR MATTERS â&#x20AC;˘ Martin Finklestein teaches a class in yang style tai chi and qigong at Senior Matters (room 33) in the Third Street Center Thursdays at 5 p.m. The cost is $8 per class.

Info: 948-7379.

PARENTING cOURSE â&#x20AC;˘ The Family Resource Center of the Roaring Fork School District hosts â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parenting with Love and Logicâ&#x20AC;? at the Bridges Center Wednesday nights through Nov. 13. For details, call Katie at 384-5689.

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Community Briefs

Please submit your community briefs to news@soprissun.com by noon on Monday.

calling all Day of Dead artists The deadline to enter altars in CCAH’s annual Dia de los Muertos celebration is Oct. 29.

The celebration itself takes place at the Third Street Center from 6 to 8 p.m. on Nov. 1. For details, go to carbondalearts.com or call 963-1680. In related news, submissions for CCAH’s Holiday Show are due by Oct. 14. The show is juried, favors items priced at $50 or less, and runs Nov. 14 through Dec. 24 in the CCAH’s R2 Gallery. For details, call 963-1680.

Flu clinics slated Garfield County Public Health offers a walk-in flu clinic (vaccinations without an appointment) at the Carbondale Family Resource Center (400 Sopris Ave.) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 10, and at the same location from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 24. Shots are $25 for adults, $15 for kids and $35 for a high dose. Info: Garfield-county.com.

AVH hosting health fairs this fall Aspen Valley Hospital will hold two health fairs in the next month. One will serve the midvalley area and one is designed for seniors. Midvalley Health Day takes place at the Eagle County government building in El Jebel from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Oct. 12. The Senior Health Fair, for those 60 and older, is scheduled for Aspen Valley Hospital on Nov. 1. For more information, call 544-1548.

Order your birdseed now The Roaring Fork Audubon Society, in conjunction with RJ Paddywacks, is holding its annual birdseed sale. Place your order at Paddywacks in El Jebel from Oct. 17 and pick up from 2 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 21.

Hattie Thompson donates to non-profits Hattie Thompson bar and restaurant in River Valley Ranch will donate 10 percent of each meal/drink tab on Wednesdays to non-profits such as CARE, the Manaus Fund and Roaring Fork Public Health Education Foundation through October. Hattie Thompson is open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., with happy hour from 3 to 6 p.m. and dinner from 6 to 10 p.m.

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The town of Carbondale, in cooperation with CDOT, Xcel and other utility providers, will be beginning Highway 133 construction starting this month. Pedestrian, business and commercial access along Highway 133 will be open and maintained, according to a press release. For more information, visit the town of Carbondale’s website at carbondalegov.org.

Brian Colley (right) shares a laugh with Melissa Sumera (left) during the opening night reception for his art show at Bonfire Coffee on Oct. 4. Sumera joked that she’s Colley’s “unofficial stalker” because she catches his work whenever she can. Colley’s Bonfire show features watercolors, moku hanga prints and relief engravings with gold leaf. Several pieces are on loan from owners, who include: Isaac and Dana Ellis, Laura Stover, Amy Kimberly, Morgan Williams, Deborah Jones and John Katzenberger, and Lili and Joel Belmont. For more information, visit briancolley.com. Photo by Lynn Burton

Here is a hot-air-balloon view of what is now known as River Valley Ranch in the mid-1980s – when it was still called the Gray Ranch and the only big house on the property was the Thompson house. Carbondale’s population has more than doubled in the past 25 years, which has brought changes not just to former ranches, but schools, businesses and many walks of life. Photo by Rebecca Young

Carbondale then (on its 100th) and now (at 125) EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second part of a three part series.

By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Correspondent In 1988, Carbondale quietly celebrated its 100th birthday. To today’s transplants, 1980’s Bonedale might seem as distant and strange as the town’s old west founding, but in many ways the late 1980s were a tipping point for the town, when the old ways and the old timers began to die out, and the seeds of today’s community had already taken root.

In 1988 Leave your smartphone at home and take a walk down Carbondale Main Street, circa 1988. The Dinkel Building and the Rebekah Lodge are the tallest buildings.

Chris Chacos is on the back of a fire truck, watering the petunias hanging from the streetlights. The Village Smithy is serving breakfast on an open patio. The Crystal Theatre is showing “The Princess Bride” or “A Fish Called Wanda,” or maybe the original “Die Hard.” Upstairs in the Dinkel, KDNK is broadcasting NPR for the first time, having just installed a new satellite dish to receive the signal. The town has just constructed a wading pool at the John M. Fleet swimming pool, and is billing itself as “The Beach,” complete with tropical attire for the lifeguards and theme music. The summer is an unusually hot one, and with just average snowpack, Mount Sopris will be totally bare by Mountain Fair and, de-

spite rain on Sunday night at the Fair, stay El Jebel to CES this fall. that way until Sept. 12.

The schools are still, in many ways, the The relatively recent construction of heart of the town in 1988. A cultural exCrystal Village has brought the town pop- change with Soviet Georgia brings 25 stuulation to about 2,800, and things are ex- dents to Colorado Rocky Mountain School panding. Major road improvements are for more than a month and sends Carbonunderway in Satank thanks to a $5.5 mil- dale kids abroad. Chris Donovan, Ted lion Oil Shale Trust Fund earmark from Blaue, Brian McGill and Steph Sacca all Garfield County, and resibrought home gold medals dents are grumbling at the in speech. The girls’ basketinconvenience. A new RV ball team “struck a blow park has just opened up at for the underdog,” accordthe intersection of Highing to the Denver Post, way 82 and 133. The new By Will Grandbois when they came within a spire of St. Mary of the hairs’ breadth of undeCrown church on White Hill adds a new feated Platte Valley at the state tournament, dimension to the town’s skyline. Less 51-49. In the fall, after Aspen dashes hopes sightly is Texaco’s 16-story drilling rig up of a state title in volleyball, the girls will Four Mile, which houses 20 full-time em- sweep the Brenda Patch Tournament and ployees. prepare for three years of dominance on the Carbondale Middle School’s tennis basketball court. courts (the future location of the CarbonOn the news stands at various times, the dale Branch Library), are being dismantled Valley Journal is running a photo of Penny in favor of RFHS’s new fields. Just down Hot Springs (constantly under threat by Third Street’s brand new sidewalk, Car- sabotage, sale by the highway department, bondale Elementary School (today the and the threat of paid personnel and a nonThird Street Center) is in the middle of a nude policy) or Bob Murray (who will lose renovation. In the fall, there will be a new his November recall election 203-145), or entrance, new offices and a new library. the second annual Crystal Valley Balloon Middle school students will still have to Festival (which prompts octogenarian and walk across the field for lunch until a cafe- town trustee Mary Ferguson to observe teria is built. Carbondale Elementary that she “has now ridden everything but a School, headed by Principal Jim Phillips, submarine). has such a good reputation that parents in In the fall, the Valley Journal and the Basalt’s section of RE-1 send their kids to Glenwood Post will each receive seven Colschool in Carbondale, and will protest the orado Press Awards. They’ll pay the honor district’s decision not to bus students from forward with the “Mashed Potato Awards”

Looking back

at Potato Day -- including “Best Place to Watch the Parade” to “the big guy standing in the Black Nugget doorway with a Budweiser in his hand.” The dancing potatoes will not make an appearance this year’s parade, themed “Stars and Spuds Forever,” but Bob and Ruth Perry make up for it, mounted in splendid attire as King and Queen. The Carbondale Police Department, bearded in honor of the centennial, gain a few extra cheers for the memory of their top talent show performance (“Pigskin Preview”) which included live pigs. Police Chief Fred Williams has more than that on his mind, though, with employees picketing at 7/Eleven, grocery workers at Circle Super trying to unionize to get the same wages as other Kroger owned-stores, and a 29-year-old man dead after losing a game of Russian roulette.

Near the end of the year, Mid-Continent lays off 140 miners, blaming the federal government, which cited the company for 1,000 safety citations in that year, following major inspections in December. With the memory of the 1981 disaster that killed 15 men not so remote, the feds blame MidContinent for prioritizing profit over safety.

A few weeks later, the company lays off 54 more men, leaving only 300 workers at the end of the year.

NExT WEEK: Coal production is down but construction takes off. Also, to check out more aerial photographs and see some headlines from 1988, to go soprissun.com and click on "galleries."

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Shopping | Dining | Culture | Recreation

VISIT BASALT & EL JEBEL At the confluence of Frying Pan and Roaring Fork Rivers

2013 Basalt LEAF DROP STARTS Saturday, October 12 ENDS Sunday, November 17 Location: Parking area at Ponderosa Park Basalt Avenue at the Roundabout.

Parking will be closed on Basalt Avenue during the Leaf Drop from the north loop of the Roaring Fork Mobile Home Park to the Emma Bridge.

We have a free 15 yard dumpster from Pitkin County that will be used for containing the leaves and the contractor, Evergreen Events will have their trailer for grass clippings and branches under 6 inches.

Yamaha OHV grant funds Basalt area trail work Sopris Sun Staff Report The Colorado Backcountry Trailriders Alliance (CBTRA) recently received a 2013 Yamaha OHV access grant, according to a press release.

The grant will provide funds for trail signage, maps, seed and straw for restoration projects.

“There have been three trail restoration events so far this summer and fall,” said a CBTRA spokesman. “Under the guidance of the Forest Service and with volunteers, we have succeeded in making improvements to trails in the Basalt Mountain and Triangle Peak area. There is one remaining trail work day remaining this season that will tackle much needed improvements on the Lone Pine trail.”

The CBTRA is made up of men, women and families that enjoy the sport of single-track trail riding. Singletrack trail riding is the sport of riding lightweight mo-

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torized trail bikes on narrow Forest Service and BLM trails. They use the same types of trails use by the mountain biking community. “In fact, many mountain bikers enjoy trails created by the off road motorcycling community,” the spokesman continued.

The CBTRA was established in 2002 in the Crested Butte and Gunnison basin and expanded to the White River National Forest in 2006. The trail club has participated in several Forest Service scoping and comment periods on the proposed Travel Management Plan (TMP) in both Gunnison and the White River National Forest.

In early 2011 the Gunnison Valley Off Highway Vehicle Alliance (GOATS) formed to focus on the Gunnison basin. The CBTRA now concentrates its time working directly with the Forest Service and the BLM in the White River National Forest and surrounding public lands.

For more information, call Greg Fitzpatrick at 3198531 or go to cbtra.org.

“…many mountain bikers enjoy trails created by the off road motorcycling community.”

Legal Notice

Visioning continued î&#x2C6;&#x2021;om page 3 trictâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s visioning process, which includes ďŹ ve meetings in each of dressing community membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; highest priorities. After summathe district communities (Basalt, Carbondale and Glenwood rizing the key ďŹ ndings from Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting, Stein stated, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We Springs). The groups targeted for the ďŹ ve meetings were teach- need to be asking ourselves, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Are we doing a good job of these ers/staff, business leaders, high school students, Spanish-speaking things now?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

Similarly, Superintendent Sirko pointed out, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have to look community members and English-speaking community members. carefully at what this data means. If something Carbondaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meetings included a total of ranked very high, does that simply mean itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about 335 people: approximately 50 teachsomething we highly value, or does it mean ers/staff, 30 business leaders, 50 students, 55 thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s currently a gap in our schools?â&#x20AC;? people at the Spanish-run meeting and the Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting closed with a call to action 150 at the community meeting run in EngRob Stein from 12-year veteran teacher Adam Carballeira: lish last Thursday.

The ďŹ ve Basalt meetings took place Sept.

Chief academic officer, Re-1 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Teachers are excited about all these kinds of possibilities too,â&#x20AC;? he said. For example, every year 25 and 26. The Glenwood meetings are Carbondale Middle School takes eighth graders on a trip to climb scheduled for Oct. 9-10.

The district administrators have emphasized that these meet- Mt. Elbert. He recalled one year, however, when they almost had to ings are just the ďŹ rst step toward deďŹ ning a new vision for the cancel the trip because they couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ďŹ nd a bus driver. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking out here at all of you,â&#x20AC;? Carballeira told the school district. However, the next steps in this process have yet to crowd. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to wait for them (the district administrabe determined.

Both Stein and Superintendent Diana Sirko suggested in their tors and school board members) to make changes happen ... Bring closing comments Thursday evening that the next steps will in- it on! Come on into the schools. Go get your bus driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license. clude evaluating how well the district schools are currently ad- Help us make these things happen.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was sort of like a pep rally.â&#x20AC;?

ORDINANCE NO. 11 Series 2013

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO, EXENDING THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA MORATORIUM THROUGH JANUARY 1, 2014, AND ADOPTING A RETAIL MARIJUANA LICENSING ORDINANCE

NOTICE: This Ordinance was introduced, read, and adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Carbondale, Colorado, on September 24, 2013

This Ordinance shall take effect on October 1, 2013.

The full text of said Ordinance is available to the public at www.carbondalegov.org or at the office of the Town Clerk, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, Colorado, during normal business hours.

THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE _________________________ By: s/s Stacey Bernot, Mayor

ATTEST: __________________________ s/s Cathy Derby, Town Clerk

Published in The Sopris Sun on October 10, 2013.

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Service Directory PUMPKIN PATCH & HAY RIDE

Help for families in need.

Food is available at LIFT-UPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seven area food pantries, made possible by support from our caring community.

PUMPKIN PATCH daily 10 a.m.-6 p.m. through Halloween (donations for pumpkins benefit Partners) HAY RIDES Saturdays in October, 11a.m. and 2 p.m.

Cost: $5 per child. Price includes hay ride and petting zoo.

Mid-Valley Food Pantries Carbondale: Third Street Center, 520 South 3rd Street, #35 Mon, Wed & Fri: 10am-12:30pm â&#x20AC;˘ 963-1778 Basalt: Basalt Community United Methodist Church 167 Holland Hills Rd. â&#x20AC;˘ Wed & Thur: 11am-1pm â&#x20AC;˘ 279-1492

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