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Volume 7, Number 39 | November 5, 2015

Down on the farm

By John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer

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asey Piscura is a man on a mission.

At 30 years old, he has realized that he has a limitless passion for farming, coupled with a deep understanding of soil sciences, crop rotation and other subjects necessary for anyone hoping to be part of a veritable revolution in food production in the United States.

In addition to finding his passion, Piscura has found a place at which to act out his theories and hopes — the Sewell ranch just south of Carbondale, right next to Sustainable Settings, which also is a demonstration and research farm.

“We get amazing produce and utilization of resources … of the earth and the fields,” said Jayme Sewell about the arrangement between the Sewell family and Piscura, who so far has only worked a relatively small amount of the Sewell ranch but is poised to expand his operations.

Oh, and Piscura also has a deep passion for running rivers of the West, which he is satisfying right now on a month-long raft excursion of the Grand Canyon.

Piscura grew up in Virginia and went to college at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, where he received a degree in agriculture, focusing on crop and soil science.

But, he told The Sopris Sun during a visit last week, he did not go into farming right out of college.

“I always enjoyed growing food, but as a kid I wasn’t encouraged to pursue a career as a farmer,” he recalled. “I was pushed into doing something more lucrative, like golf-course attendant work.”

So, after graduating from Virginia Tech, he decided to combine his love of skiing and his tentative interest in golf courses. He moved to Gypsum, Colorado about eight years ago and went to work building golf courses in the region.

“I did that not necessarily out of desire, or that I loved golf courses,” he said. “I did it more along the lines of, like, ‘hey, they must be closed in the winter, probably get some skiing in.’ It seemed like a good plan.”

After a couple of years of that, he moved to the Roaring Fork Valley to go to work teaching skiing in the winters and being a rafting guide in the summers, but he still hungered for a vocation that brought him closer to the soil.

Bach on the block. The sounds of Bach cello suites, as played on a euphonium, echoed through a nearly deserted downtown on Sunday afternoon, thanks to Patrick Fagen. Fagen was a bit of a fixture downtown through the summer and fall, but he said that Sunday might have been his last downtown appearance of the year. Photo by Lynn Burton

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H2 uh-oh: A talk with the Water Elder Recently I met the Water Elder. It started out like any other day — necessities, but if you can find what you’re really here for, and undo a little better perhaps because I didn’t have to go to work, I had the your training, then you can spend your life as you wish. All you have day off. I puttered about the house, skipping around my errand list, to do is quit the race. checking off tasks as I went. Then I went for a We are misled to compete constantly in this walk with two good friends and we discussed society: at work, at play, at home. And there will everything from the Fourth Dimension to the mice always be someone with more: more recognition, that run rivers Down Under. (For some reason, more toys, more cookies for dinner. Competition every time someone mentions “The Avengers” I is the crux of consumerism, and without it we think of “The Rescuers” and picture a mouse in find ourselves looking for ways to spend time hat and coat standing on the front of the raft with our neighbor instead of envying her new car, pointing out the upcoming rapids). boat, mule …

Anyway, I was feeling good and I had one “When you have more than you need, build a more to-do on the day’s list before I could put on longer table not a higher fence.” — Confucius my comfy pants and eat cookies for dinner. I had I’d rather be authentic to myself, and wish othBy Jeannie Perry agreed to meet with the Water Elder at 5:30 p.m. ers well in their endeavors. What do I care if they I didn’t know what he wanted to talk about, but I knew whatever it want to wear pink with orange? A good place to start this practice is was it would be worth my while. We went to Staircase Park and in elementary school. Instead of teaching them how to sit still and stiwalked along the Crystal River for a bit, stopping to talk about water, fle their creativity for eight hours a day, we should teach our kids life, societal norms and standing in your truth. conflict resolution, yoga (we’ll call it “breathing exercise’” for the “We are water,” he said.” Everyone begins in water. Water has provincials) and art. Lots and lots of art. Art helps you express yourstrength and yet, is humble.” self and once you know who you are, and you own your actions — “And always gets what it wants,” I said with a smile. good and bad — then it’s easier to stay true to yourself. Integrity “Yes,” he said. “No matter how long it takes.” doesn’t mean always being right, it means having the follow-through In this country it’s easy to forget that all the water in the world is to right our wrongs. connected. We turn on the faucet and clean water comes out until we Like fracking. We all knew Oil & Gas was gonna go all out until turn it off. Then we watch the “dirty” water circle down the drain, the wheels came off. But what I didn’t see coming was that we may gone and away. But in actuality, every drop is connected through an actually poison ourselves in the process. Like a junkie with the ofawesome evaporation/filtration system designed by God or mice, de- fending needle still in his arm, we are allowing the fracking industry pending on who you ask.* to contaminate our only water source with their chemical concoction.

The Water Elder shared a lesson with me that he learned 20-some (And just like a junky, we’re not even asking what’s in it). Eventually, years ago; there are three options in our society. In day-to-day life you their chemical cocktail will find its way into the ice in our cocktails, can choose to be a bully or a victim. And it is a daily choice. Or, if you and then God (or mice) help us. know who you are, and what you stand up for in the light of day, then you can choose to play. You will still have to walk the “razor’s *Whenever people refer to “The Good Book” I assume they edge,” that is the struggle to earn a living, i.e., find a way to pay for mean “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams.

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Thoughts from the chief Dear Editor: While driving around Carbondale at night, we are noticing MANY people doing the following things:

• Failing to stop at intersections; • Riding bicycles at night with no lights and wearing dark clothing (with time change, it will be getting dark earlier); • Darting across crosswalks without yielding (bicyclists, pedestrians and skateboarders);

• Cyclists and skateboarders riding on Main Street sidewalks (signs prohibit this from Second Street to Seventh Street).

I am compelled to remind people that being on a bike or skateboard does not exempt you from obeying traffic laws, signs, or the principles of common sense! Living in a community together means living with mutual respect for one another and above all, a mindset of SAFETY! We would prefer not to write tickets for these kinds of violations, but it may come to that.

Gene Schilling Police Chief Carbondale

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Dear Editor: I think it was before the first Earth Day that the slogan “Reduce, Reuse and Recycle” appeared. If you drive by the Near New in the early mornings you will observe that Carbondaleites and town visitors have an ethic of reusing and recycling. The Rebeccas, who own the building, have provided a vast assortment of reasonable items and classy and useful clothes for 40 years. Some of those members have volunteered there for that long. With others who help, about 10 women sort through LETTERS page 15

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Bright lights, small city concern some trustees P&Z discussing issue Nov. 12

By John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer As Carbondale officials work on revisions to the town’s lighting code in response to concerns about LED lighting on signs, a couple of local establishments in particular have been cited as examples of why the changes are needed — the sign for the Faith Lutheran Church at 1340 Highway 133, and the lights at the Planted Earth nursery business on Highway 82.

Two members of the Carbondale Board of Trustees — Frosty Merriott and Katrina Byars — have specifically pointed to the church sign as an example of the reason for their concerns, and have mentioned that they are worried that further use of LED lights might add to the town’s growing worries about light pollution.

And Merriott confirmed that the lighting at Planted Earth, located outside the city limits along Highway 82, also has caused him concern.

“I know they’re outside the town limits and all,” Merriott said, noting that the business would not be affected by the town’s lighting code in any way.

But, he said, “It is one of those same signs (using LED technology), it’s out on the highway, in the middle of a real dark space, and I think it’s distracting to drivers. It’s really bright.”

Neither the church nor Planted Earth responded to requests for comment for this story.

The “lights” themselves in LEDs are not bulbs in any traditional sense, but are formally called “light-emitting diodes.”

They have been trumpeted as the newest type of energy efficient, cost-saving lighting available for everything from homes and businesses to public lighting along streets and in parks, among other uses.

“As solid-state semiconductors, they’re more akin to the processor in your smart phone than the lamp overhead,” stated a 2014 article in Forbes magazine, which went on to note that a number of large cities around the globe “are de-

The new Faith Lutheran Church sign on Highway 133 is raising questions among trustees about the use of LED technology. Photo by Lynn Burton ploying LEDs in an attempt to solve most, if not all, of the problems created by inefficient traditional lamps.”

The LEDs, according to government and private-sector analysts, are more expensive up-front than more traditional lighting technology, but they provide considerably more light (measured in lumens) and last far longer than older types of lighting such as incandescent bulbs and high-pressure sodium bulbs (the kind used in many streetlights), according to the Forbes article and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

“Residential LEDs — especially ENERGY STAR rated products — use at least 75 percent less energy and last 25 times longer than incandescent lighting,” states a DOE website, energy.gov.

The website goes on to describe the savings represented by switching to LED lighting over more conventional technology, and makes the claim that a massive switch to LED lighting all across the U.S. could reduce electricity demand in the realm of 44 large electric power plants.

Negative effects But critics counter that LED lighting contributes massively to light pollution, interfering with human enjoyment of the

night skies and potentially having negative effects on human behavior and on wildlife, affecting everything from hunting habits of nocturnal predators to altered migratory patterns of birds and other animals.

While the LED lights in some applications are shielded to prevent leakage of light to the sides and upward, said LED critic Bob King in a 2014 article on the Universe Today website (www.universetoday.com), other applications are completely unshielded.

The benefits of using LED technology “ultimately guarantee their proliferation in ornamental, building and parking lot illumination,” said King, a resident of Duluth, Minn., where LED lighting is becoming common place.

“Much of that lighting is unshielded and heavy on glare,” King continued, “making driving at night more difficult, wasting energy and [making] preserving what dark sky remains more challenging.”

In a March, 2015 article in the New York Times, residents of Brooklyn complained that new LED lighting in their neighborhoods were sending blasts of bright light into their homes, forcing them to hang up heavier curtains to keep the light out and get to sleep at night.

One woman reported taping black trash bags over her windows so she could sleep.

In Carbondale, a number of residents have expressed concerns about the town’s increasing nighttime glow from businesses and homes, which is part of why the town is revising the lighting code.

And Merriott, responding to the fact that the town’s current lighting code does not specifically address the issues raised

by LED lighting, recently told The Sopris Sun, “We don’t need five, or 10 or 20 of these (LED concentrations) in Carbondale.”

The town Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on the draft revisions to the lighting ordinance at Town Hall, 511 Colorado at 7 p.m. on Nov. 12.

Copies of the proposed ordinance are to be on file and open for public review in the Planning Department office at Town Hall.

Voters OK school bond, C’dale fire district tax hike Sopris Sun Staff Report Voters overwhelmingly approved a $122 million bond issue for the Roaring Fork School District, and a 1.75-mill property tax for the Carbondale Fire District on Tuesday.

The school district and fire district drew strong support from citizen committees who worked to get the ballot questions approved.

“I want to thank Tom Adgate and the citizens committee for all their hard work,” said Carbondale Fire District board member Gene Schilling. “We still have a lot of hard work to do over the next two years to develop a plan to bring back to the voters that will sustain the fire district over a longer term. I would also like to thank voters for their vote of confidence and anyone else who helped pass the mill levy.”

Roaring Fork School District Superintendent Diana Sirko told The Sopris Sun in an e-mail, “We sincerely thank our three communities for their incredible support of the bond election. We take our responsibilities to our taxpayers very seriously, and will work hard to use the dollars conscientiously to support high quality educational facilities for all of our students, now and into the future. We are also extremely excited to begin addressing the housing needs of our staff to attract and retain the best teachers to work with our students.”

Passage of the school bond issue will result in a new K-8 school between Carbondale and

Glenwood Springs at Eastbank, a complete overhaul and new construction at Glenwood Springs Elementary School, a new auditorium at Basalt High School, upgrades at Carbondale Middle School and Roaring Fork High School, plus other improvements (for specifics, visit rfsd.k12.co.us). The bonds will retire in 20 years. The tax increase amounts to $55 per $100,000 for residential property and $260 per $100,000 for commercial property.

The fire district tax hike will raise about $595,000 per year over the next two years, which will be used for operations and equipment upgrades. It will add about $70 per year on a $500,000 residence. The mill-levy increase expires (sunsets) in two years.

According to unofficial results released by Garfield County Clerk and Recorder Jean Alberico, 57 percent of the voters in the RFSD boundaries cast their ballot for the school bond. In Eagle County, 65 percent were in favor while 57 percent were for the bond issue in Pitkin County.

On the fire district front, 64 percent voted yes and 36 percent voted no.

Also in Tuesday’s election, RFSD board challenger Jennifer Rupert defeated incumbent Karl Hanlon 64-36 percent, according to unofficial results. The Old Snowmass resident snagged 81 percent in Pitkin County.

She was aided by numerous letters-to-theeditor and a newspaper campaign.

Does it get any better than this? A mom (Susie Burger) and her son (Walter) tossing the football around in Sopris Park on a warm Saturday afternoon in late October.

Walter played on the middle school football team this year and allowed as to how the season didn’t last quite long enough. Photo by Lynn Burton

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Emergency excavation process in eect

Sopris Sun Staff Report Monday marked the beginning of the town’s winter moratorium on excavation permits, according to Town Manager Jay Harrington’s weekly report to trustees, staffers and others. Permits will be issued over the winter only if the Board of Trustees determines that an emergency exists that warrants the work.

In other news from Harrington’s weekly report, about 15 people attended the Oct. 29 public meeting of the Planning & Zoning Commission, to learn about the in-process creation of a UniďŹ ed Development Code.

Presentations were made by representatives of Clarion Associates regarding the three “modules� or sections of the code produced over the past year and more, Harrington wrote.

Public comments on Module 3, the latest to be produced, are due on Nov. 24, and another public hearing will be held on Nov. 12 regarding changes to the town’s zoning code as they relate to signs and lighting.

The town’s parks crew, having ďŹ nished the winterization of bathrooms in the parks, turned to replacement of “pea gravelâ€? with “engineered wood chipsâ€? in the playground at Miner’s Park, which is the last of the town’s parks to be converted in this way.

The parks department also reported, according to Harrington, that two new “inclusive� swing seats (designed for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act) have been ordered from a playground equipment company

and are to be installed at the playgrounds at Sopris Park and Miner’s Park when they arrive.

Installation of holiday lights, banners and wreaths along Main Street has been ďŹ nished and the town’s crews are working at the twin tasks of sweeping up leaves from parks and streets at the same time as they are preparing equipment for the upcoming snow-removal season. As part of the preparations for the winter, Harrington wrote, the parks department has installed a large culvert in a section of the Rockford Ditch to improve access to the snow storage area.

At the Thompson Park residential development site, Harrington reported that the landscape contractor has begun planting trees and other vegetation, while general contractor Gould Construction works on two open irrigation ditch sections and installing street lights for the new subdivision.

If the weather permits continued ďŹ lling of cracks in the streets around town, Harrington wrote, the “crack ďŹ ll crewâ€? was scheduled to be back in town this week and working in the River Valley Ranch subdivision.

Recreation programming for the past week included a wide variety of exercise classes for residents of all ages, from pre-schoolers to adults, as well as climbing-wall classes, volleyball and dodgeball classes and league action, and more.

Specialty classes at the Carbondale Recreation and Community Center included “summit conditioning� and Tae Kwon Do karate,

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and registration remains open for a men’s basketball league and this winter’s broomball league, as well as training for cyclists and a youth basketball league for players in the third through sixth grades.

Recreation programs scheduled to start this week included the Dinky Dunker Basketball program for kids in ďŹ rst and second graders, the second session of a youth climbing class, and the ďŹ rst session of the advanced climbing class (both climbing classes were reported to be full as of this week).

The recreation department’s fall and winter brochure is available at town ofďŹ ces, and registration is open at www.carbondalerec.com.

The town’s Parks and Recreation Commission was scheduled to review and discuss the open-space and park-dedication requirements under consideration for inclusion in the ongoing UniďŹ ed Development Code write-up.

The commission also was expected to talk about staff recommendations for dealing with weed management at North Face Bike Park.

Plans for a roof over one of the grandstands at Gus Darien Riding Arena have been approved, according to Harrington, and a request for proposals will be released to prospective contractors next week.

A contract for construction of an outdoor shelter over the Community Bread Oven in Bonnie Fisher Park is to be on the agenda for the Nov. 10 Board of Trustees meeting, awaiting approval for the mayor’s signature.

Cop Shop From Oct. 22-29, Carbondale police ofďŹ cers handled 215 calls for service. During that period, ofďŹ cers investigated the following cases of note:

FRIDAY, Oct. 23: At 1:31 p.m. police were called to an apartment in the 900 block of GarďŹ eld Avenue about a reported case of domestic violence. After investigating, ofďŹ cers arrested a 25-year old man for allegedly assaulting his ex-girlfriend, and took him to the GarďŹ eld County Jail.

FRIDAY, Oct. 23: At 7:05 p.m. police were informed of a speeding white Jeep on Perry Ridge. An investigation showed that the driver, a juvenile, had no valid driver’s license, leading to the driver’s arrest on that charge and driving under the inuence of alcohol or drugs (marijuana). In addition, the driver and two passengers were arrested and charged with being minors in possession of alcohol or drugs.

SATURDAY, Oct. 24: At 1:06 p.m. police contacted a 20-year-old man at the corner of Mesa Verde Avenue and Mancos Street, and issued him a citation on a charge of being a minor in possession of alcohol or drugs.

TUESDAY, Oct. 27: At 3:36 p.m. police were advised of grafďŹ ti at the North Face Skate Park. A report was taken.

THURSDAY, Oct. 29: At 12:41 p.m. police were contacted by the Mesa County Department of Human Services, informing the local police that they had been in contact with a juvenile who might have been sexually assaulted in Carbondale several years ago. The case is under investigation.

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Casey’s Farm Early mid-life crisis He found that when he and a friend, Tracy Clapper, in 2010 started up a market-oriented garden on land owned by Walter Doherty near Carbondale, which they operated for about a year until Clapper got married and the gardening partnership ended.

“We had a really awesome garden,” Piscura remembered, “and I wondered if I could do this full time. I guess I had an awakening.

I might have had what's called a mid-life crisis at 25.”

He began thinking he needed to make a major move of some sort, and started both looking around Western Colorado for land to farm, and to apply for jobs in rafting around the world.

He had landed a job in Queenstown, New Zealand about three years ago, and was preparing to fly there when he got a call from Bill McKee, who lives on the Sewell ranch and has a hand in its operations. McKee informed him that the Sewell family wanted to talk with him about a land-sharing arrangement.

“It was just one of those serendipitous things,” said Jayme Sewell, wife of Jason Sewell, and daughter of Bill McKee. Jayme explained that her father had heard about Casey's vision for revitalizing local farming and for galvanizing interest in farming among local young adults.

“It was the right place and the right time, and a shared vision,” she said of McKee’s outreach to Piscura, “a belief in agriculture, and in young farmers, and in growing things.”

She noted that the Sewell family has long run cattle, kept bees for their honey and chickens for their eggs, and grown hay as their cash crop, in addition to growing vegetables in a big garden.

But, she indicated, the family wanted to be part of a perceived shift in agricultural thinking, away from factory-farming, heavy dependence on fertilizers and pesticides, and toward innovative, small-scale farming that produced food for local consumption and fed the soil rather than depleted it as traditional agriculture has done all over the globe.

“His passion and his commitment is so strong, and so evident, it was an easy decision for us to make,” said Jayme Sewell.

“We wanted to see utilization of the property for its highest and best use, from an agri-

om page 1 cultural perspective,” added Jason Sewell, who holds a business administration degree from Fort Lewis College in Durango (that's where he met Jayme). He noted that Piscura's operation dovetails with the family's goal of “trying to make the place as healthy as it can be” through use of organic farming methods.

The family ranch had a sizable garden area near the house and, after checking it out, Piscura made a deal to work the land in return for providing the family with a steady supply of produce, over and above any money he could make selling what he grew.

“I cancelled my flight to New Zealand,” he said simply, though he still may go there some day to work in food production “rather than just being an adrenaline junkie my whole life.”

Good soil Initially calling his operation “High Lonesome Seeds,” in recognition of his interest in producing seeds as well as crops, he began rebuilding the garden operation that was started by another gardener earlier.

To build up the nutritional content of the soil, he began a system of rotating crops and used a load of what he called “mastodon peat,” excavated from the famous dinosaur dig in Snowmass Village.

“We got dinosaur bones out of it,” he said of the peat, “because we got it unscreened.

This is good soil.”

Expanding from a large, plastic-covered greenhouse that already occupied the garden area, he got grants from the National Resource Conservation Service (formerly the U.S. Soil Conservation Service) and erected two more greenhouses.

He has plans to recruit young people interested in farming to be volunteers and interns at his operation, in the hope that at some point those volunteers can take off on their own.

“Part of what we’re trying to do is design greenhouses and be a pioneer of sustainable systems that I can teach young farmers, and then they can go into another piece of land, and I can go and talk to the rancher or landowner and be, like, ‘This guy knows what he’s doing. This is a risk you’re taking, but in taking that risk you’re going to improve your soil,’” even if the arrangement ultimately did not work out.

Interns

Carbondale native Shannon O'Gara, at the Sewell ranch where she works with farming entrepreneur Casey Piscura, holding The German, one of the ranch cats.

Photo by John Colson

One of Piscura’s interns is 25-year-old Shannon O’Gara, born and raised in Carbondale. She started working with Piscura last spring, and is using what she’s learning to revitalize a one-acre garden at her parents’ Prince Creek property.

“It’s a lot of work, you know,” she said of the two operations. “It’s 7 to 7,” morning to evening.

O’Gara recently graduated from Fort Lewis College in Durango with a degree in public health. Her mom is well-known Valley View Hospital nurse Mary Margaret O’Gara; dad is music impresario Steve Standiford of Steve’s Guitars in Carbondale.

Shannon, dressed in rubber boots and heavy work clothes one day last week, conceded with a laugh that farming is not what she had in mind at college.

“This is not public health,” she remarked.

“Or is it?” she continued. “I think this is the best way I can help people, rather than do

Casey Piscura shows off one of his specialty tomatoes, grown as part of his market-garden arrangement at the Sewell family ranch outside of Carbondale. Photo by John Colson policy and getting people to wear their seat belts and get vaccinated, and, you know, blah, blah, blah. This is better than any vaccine.

Eating good food, well-grown food is the only way we’re going to be happy. So, I think it is public health. It’s not quite some of the stuff I learned, but it is public health.”

Piscura’s initial focus was on heirloom varieties of tomatoes, which over the past couple of growing seasons has grabbed the attention of farmers and markets in the vicinity. He said he produced more than 2,000 pounds of tomatoes from the 1/16th of an acre he is working with.

Selling his produce at the Basalt Farmers Market on Sundays, and through a 10-member Community Supported Agriculture network in Carbondale (as well as at an ad-hoc farmers market adjacent to the Beer Works brewpub in Carbondale) Piscura already has established himself as a go-to guy for vegetables.

He said he sold about 220 varieties of vegetables this year — tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, onions, cucumbers, sweet corn and cabbages.

Right now, he told The Sopris Sun last week, he is pulling up the vines and other leftover plant material, and replanting in fava beans (also known as broad beans), which he said will rebuild the nutrients in the soil over the winter and make for a perfect planting medium next spring.

Experimenting He also has been experimenting with

cold-weather crops from around the world, such as Siberian and Russian tomato varieties, with an eye toward finding the best crops to grow in the high country no matter what the weather.

And he’s in touch with seed banking organizations such as the Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance and Seeds Trust, as part of his goal to help keep seed stocks vital and accessible to farmers in the region.

“Casey is a wealth of knowledge,” said Jayme Sewell. “He’s kind of the talk of the valley right now, and it’s wonderful to be part of that.”

And Jason Sewell said the family is willing to be part of any expansion plans that Piscura has in mind, with the thought of becoming “a serious producer of vegetables — whatever the market will stand. We want to do holistic systems management,” involving grazing, the garden, and other natural use of resources to maintain the health of the soil.

Although he had not planned to return to the family ranch after college, said Jason, 38, he came home more than a decade ago to help care for his ailing mother, Suzi. After she passed on, he stayed to help manage the family farm into the future.

“It just kind of evolved into a love of the land, and wanting to see this place continue to grow and be prosperous,” he said.

And, he concluded, the family is more than content to do that in the company of Casey Piscura and his vision for the future of regional agriculture.

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A Celebration of life for Ro Mead will be held at the Carbondale Recreation Center from 3 to 7 p.m. on Dec. 5. It is planned to be a community event commemorating Ro’s extraordinary life and the exceptional contribution she made over the past 40 years to her beloved Carbondale community, according one of the event’s organizers. If anyone is interested in volunteering to help make this the special event that Ro deserves, please contact any of the following people to sign up for a variety of tasks.

• Set up and take down of decorations, tables, chairs etc. Volunteers are needed before and after event. Contact Mark Taylor at carbondalemark@gmail.com; • Help with food organization, set up and clean up. Contact Marianne Ackerman at majeack@comcast.net; • Contribute food for the pot-luck spread: salads, finger food and desserts. Contact Jenny Twelvetrees at jen@aspenkula.com or Marti Bauer as marthabauer@gmail.com.

“Thank you everyone for pitching in to make this a very special community tribute to a woman who has touched all of our lives in a very special way,” said Jodi Ensign.

Aspen Words has released its upcoming schedule, which includes: Nov. 18, a reading with Marcia Butler from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Woody Creek Community Center; Jan. 12, Juan Felipe Herrera from 6 to 7 p.m. at Paepcke Auditorium; Feb. 13, Adam Johnson from 6 to 7 p.m. at Paepcke Auditorium.

For details, go to aspenwords.org.

Osentowski book signing

Nikki Soda has joined Jaywalker Lodge as its Director of Business Development and Alumni Relations. “I’m elated to be joining the Jaywalker team,” Soda said. “To be part of such a well-established treatment center and dedicated team is an honor.”

She joins Chief Marketing and Admissions Officer Patrick Shaffer, and Director of Admissions and Marketing Donnie Hagenbart. Courtesy photo “The Forest Garden: How to Design and Manage an Indoor Permaculture Oasis.”

Osentowski and his co-author, architect Michael Thompson, will share ideas on how to design and manage your own “indoor permaculture oasis” with a near-netzero heating and cooling system the call the “Climate Battery.”

KAJX rolled out its fall schedule on Monday and some listeners scrambled to their Inter-web machine, quickly scrolled down to Sunday, and were relieved to find that Pastor Mustard has retained his twohour bluegrass slot on Sunday. Perhaps to give the Pastor more time to speed to his customized microphone following the early service at the Church of the Nifty Blue Chrysler, his new slot has shifted from 10 a.m. to noon, to 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. It’s not known if anyone asked or if the Pastor said this, but he very well could have commented “Now I’m on in the morning, AND the afternoon. How many other live DJs, commercial and otherwise, can make that seemingly outrageous claim … and don’t forget, the bluegrass music does make you better looking and smarter.” And speaking of smarter, “Science Friday” is still being aired at noon on Fridays.

Pre-Christmas tip Wait a bit before waiting to the last minute to rush out and buy Christmas cards

Jeremy Abbot returns Roaring Fork Valley native Jeremy Abbot returns with “Stars on Aspen Ice: Homecoming 2015” at the Aspen Recreation Center at 4 and 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 19. Abbot is a four-time U.S. National Champion singles ice skater, two-time Olympian and 2014 Olympic Team bronze medalist. Joining Abbot will be fellow Olympian Gracie Gold, Olympic medalist/World Champion Rosalynn Sumners and two-time Japanese Champion/Olympian Yuka Sato. More performers will be announced shortly, according to a press release. Tickets are on sale at the Wheeler Opera House Box Office and 920-5770. Tickets range from $100 for VIP to $20 for students.

They say it’s your birthday Folks celebrating their birthday this week include: Niki Burns and Trina Ortega (Nov. 5); Murry Daniels and Beth Broome (Nov. 6); Brett Nelson, Lee Beck and Virgil Leeman (Nov. 7); and Rick Carlson (Nov. 8).

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Community gardeners and everyone else are invited to a book signing party for permaculturist Jerome Osentowski and his new book at the Third Street Center at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 11. The book is titled

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this year. Instead of going the mass-produced Hallmark route, consider buying a batch of Tom’s Door cards. Tom’s Door cards feature local scenes from local photographers, and the selection is quite extensive. The cards are sold at the Village Smithy and other locations. Tom’s Door is an interfaith outreach program serving the needy in the Roaring Fork Valley. For details on Tom’s Door or its cards, visit tomsdoor.com or call 704-5082.

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Florence Caplow, Minister Inspirational, Contemporary Music by Jimmy Byrne Heather Rydell, Youth Program Minister Childcare Provided

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Local author rescues artist from obscurity

By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer

a book signing for Munsell at 3 p.m. on Nov. 14.

Before his death in 2000 at the age of 79, Redstone artist Jack Roberts lived to see his western-themed paintings hang in museums, galleries and in private collections across the country – including the colection of Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz.

At the time of his death, however, Roberts had not seriously painted for years and his legacy seemed in doubt. For one thing, nobody had ever devoted an entire book to the artist, whose grandfather was a Methodist minister and circuit rider for the Indian Mission Conference in Oklahoma Territory (pre1907). Roberts at one point was one of Colorado’s best-known artists, after stints as a cowboy and a railroad hand.

But then, along came Carbondale author Darrell Munsell.

Munsell did not start working on his book about Roberts until three years after Roberts’ death. Through dozens of interviews and extensive research, however, Munsell recently published “Jack Roberts: Painting the West” (Arcadia Publishing/The History Press). At 170 pages, the book contains 14 chapters that chronicle Roberts’ life, plus almost 70 color paintings and more than a dozen other images.

Said a press release from the publisher, “The book rescues him (Roberts) from obscurity and places him among the best of the artists of the American West.”

The Carbondale Branch Library will host

SAVE THE DATE Lunch Provided By:

Retired professor Munsell is professor emeritus, West Texas A&M, and has written three other books on historical subjects, including “From Redstone to Ludlow,” which covers Redstone founder/industrialist John Cleveland Osgood from 1892 to 1917. When asked to compare the two books, Munsell told The Sopris Sun, “It’s (the Roberts’ book) is not a scholarly work. I tried to make it as informal as possible … I probably broke all the rules. It’s probably the closest to a novel I’ll ever write.”

Munsell had been a fan of Roberts’ work before he even knew the artist lived in these parts. One of Roberts’ most famous paintings is titled “Saturday Night” and it depicts a cowboy taking a bath in a washtub. The original painting hung in the old Buffalo Valley restaurant just south of Glenwood Springs for years, and Leanin’ Tree publishing used it for one of its most popular cards. Munsell bought one of those cards at Buffalo Valley during one of his trips to Glenwood Springs several years ago before he retired.

Flash back to about four years ago. Munsell was talking to Rifle-resident Gary Miller at a Redstone Art Association get together.

Munsell learned that Miller was Roberts’ son. Miller offered to show Munsell his father studio, which is still in tact. When Munsell saw a series of political cartoons Roberts

Darrell Munsell has written four history-related books to date, including the recently published “Jack Roberts: Painting the West.” He’ll sign copies of the book at the Carbondale Branch Library at 3 p.m. on Nov. 14. Photo by Lynn Burton drew, which lambasted the proposed Marble ski area and Placita Dam, that did it. “I had no idea he lived in Redstone … I’d always liked his art.” Munsell was already researching the Crystal River Environmental Protection Association, which was founded

to oppose the Marble ski area and then the Placita dam. Roberts’ cartoons, which appeared in the Carbondale Valley Journal in the early 1970s, were a key force for the opposition.

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Carbondale Chamber Quarterly Luncheon

Tuesday, November 10 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Gathering Center at The Orchard 110 Snowmass Drive, Carbondale Cost: $20 including lunch

Luncheon Presentation Topic:

Success Habits in the Workplace Amanda Wagner with The Aspen Clinic, will present 10 Success Habits that will Improve your Life!

In order to achieve success, you need to adopt the habits that will drive you to the top. Successful people strongly believe in something and are driven to manifest it. Their path is so strong that it keeps them true to their ideas and principles, despite the inevitable times of adversity and disagreement.

CARBONDALE CHAMBER 520 S. Third Street, Suite 3 P.O. Box 1645 Carbondale, CO 81623 P: (970) 963-1890 F: (970) 963-4719 chamber@carbondale.com www.carbondale.com

Evan Zislis, professional organizer and author of the bestselling new book, “ClutterFree Revolution: Simplify Your Stuff, Organize Your Life & Save the World” for an informal discussion along his Hometown Book Tour. We'll pull back the curtain, talk frankly about clutter and the negative impact it's having -- both at home and in the work place.

Door prizes and signed copies of the book will be available.

DATE:

SUNDAY, NOV. 8 TIME:

2 PM LOCATION:

CRYSTAL THEATRE (downtown Carbondale)

FREE ADMISSION *Refreshments & Discussion following at Carbondale Town Hall

THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Lunch will be provided by Peppino’s Pizza. Veggie option available For more information and to register, contact the Carbondale Chamber at (970) 963-1890 or chamber@carbondale.com THE SOPRIS SUN, Carbondale’s weekly community connector • NOvEmbER 5-11, 2015 • 7

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A double-shot weekend: Dia de los Muertos and Halloween

Photo by Lynn Burton

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Dia de los Muertos and Halloween landed at the perfect time (Friday and Saturday respectively) and place (Carbondale) this year. Some celebrants made good use of both nights to dress up, dress down or take advantage of related activities. Clockwise from upper left: Richard Lyon (left) and his alter-making assistant (right) at the Third Street Center on Friday night; two “Catrinas,” one a wealthy woman (left) and the other a skeleton (right), in the procession from the Third Street Center to the Launchpad on Friday night; alleged state troopers with a rancher impersonating town trustee Allyn Harvey (middle) at the Pour House on Saturday night; Arthur (in the center), Elana and Yudue Perez at the Carbondale Branch Library “green background” photo session on Saturday; Bailey Haines (aka the Town of Carbondale Cat Catcherrrr) showing a photo of her first capture at the DHM Design party on Friday night (far left); and Suzanne Frazier’s dog T-Bow, who couldn’t seem to get this cat off his back following the Thriller flash-mob at Fourth and Main on Saturday.

Community Briefs Calling all veterans Crystal River Elementary School is searching for veterans to honor during its annual Veterans Day celebration. This year the performance takes place at the Orchard at 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 11. If you know a veteran’s address, send it to amberbate@rfschools.com and the school will send the veteran an invitation to the program.

Already?

The entry deadline for the 36th annual Valley Visual Art Show is 5 p.m. on Dec. 5. The CCAH show kicks off with an opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m. on Jan. 15. The non-juried show features Roaring Fork Valley artists who work in any mediums, and is open to artists who are CCAH members and live in the 816 Zip Code. All work must be original, created in the last 12 months and not previously shown at CCAH. Applications are available at carbondalearts.com or the Launchpad (76 S. Second St.).

Kids photo contest Roaring Fork Lifestyle magazine is throwing a photo contest for kids 16 and under. Entrants must live in the 816 Zip Code; up to two photos per contestant will be accepted. Entries must be high-resolution color (at least 12 X 9 inches and 300 dpi. Photos must be original pictures and from a class or workshop. The divisions are: ages 5-8, 9-12 and 13-16. Entries must be sent to ntoussaint@lifestylepubs.com. The entry deadline is 5 p.m. on Dec. 1.

RFW photo contest underway The 10th annual Roaring Fork Watershed photo contest is underway. The non-profit group is looking for amateur and professional photographers to capture the beauty of the streams, lakes, meadows, peaks and lifestyles in the Roaring Fork watershed, according to a press release. Awards will be given to winners in each division, including a People’s

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

Choice award. The entry deadline is Nov. 15. For details, go to roaringfork.org.

This just in Garfield Clean Energy hosts its third annual Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators’ Roundtable at the New Castle Community Center starting at 10 a.m. on Nov. 17. Refreshments will be served. Energy consultant Matt Shmigelsky of CLEER will also lead a discussion on how wastewater plants in the region are optimizing operations to achieve energy savings. The meeting will end with a tour of the New Castle plant led by plant technician Daniel Becker. All wastewater plant operators in the region are invited to attend, according to a press release. For details, call CLEER at 704-9200.

A Spiritual Center’s schedule Here’s the November schedule for A Spiritual Center, located in the Third Street Center. Sunday gatherings start at 10 a.m. sharp: • Nov. 8 – Larry Gottlieb (“The Seer’s Explanation”) and live music; • Nov. 15 – Kelly & John Field “Living the Highest Vibration of Grace & Gratitude: A Thriving Relationships Interactive Experience”); • Nov. 22 – Carmen Iacino (“Forgiveness, The Next Step)”; • Nov. 29 – Mark Mace (“A Pyramid of Virtues)”.

Fire district 911 calls Here are the Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District’s 911 calls for the week of Oct. 25-31.

• Medical emergencies (5); • Carbon Monoxide alarm responses (3); • Smoke alarm responses (2); • Trauma emergencies (1); • Motor vehicle accident (1).

He who pops last pops best? Wow. The aspen tree at the corner of Sopris and Weant didn’t burst into it’s full glory until last weekend, after most other like-minded trees shed their leaves but when it did – get out your sunglasses.

Photo by Lynn Burton

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Community Calendar THURS.-FRI. Nov. 5-6 OPERA • Roaring Fork Valley Rotary Clubs present the University of Colorado Eklund Opera Theatre singers at Harris Concert Hall at 7 p.m. on Nov. 5 and at Christ Episcopal Church at 7 p.m. on Nov. 6. Admission is free.

THURSDAY Nov. 5 bERNIE • An organizational meeting for the Bernie Sanders for President campaign takes place from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Basalt Regional Library. Info: Bob Bogner at 963-3164.

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

FRI.-SAT. Nov. 6-7 DANCE • Dance Initiative presents “Vacuum: A Multi-Media Performance at the Launchpad at 8 p.m. on Friday and 6 p.m. on Saturday. The performance features the work of artist-in-residence Alya Howe. The work will feature a ďŹ lm with community members; dance by local dancers Emily Fifer, Meagan Londy Shapiro, Kirsten Frantzich and Deborah Colley; and is highlighted by an Argentinian tango duet featuring former Joffrey Ballet company member Cynthia Gottlob and her dance partner, Sean Ericson. Howe currently teaches yoga in Carbondale and is the co-founder of The Salon, Writ Large, and the Poetry Brothel at Justice Snow’s in Aspen.

Tickets are $10 at the door. Info: danceinitiative.org; reservations at 963-8681.

THEATRE • Aspen Community Theatre presents “Beauty and the Beastâ€? at the Aspen Community Theatre. Curtain time is 7 p.m.

The play continues Nov. 11-14 at 7 p.m., and

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.

Nov. 8 and Nov. 15 at 2 p.m. Tickets are available at the Wheeler Box OfďŹ ce (9205770) and aspenshowtix.com.

FRIDAY Nov. 6 FIRST FRIDAY • First Friday returns at about 5 p.m. with various events, gallery openings and related goings on downtown and beyond. Highlights include: • Tastings at mary’s main Street Spirits from 5 - 7pm will include Boulder beers Hazed Hoppy Session Ale and Shake Chocolate Porter, and from the Marble Distilling Company Marble Crystal River vodka (80 proof), Gingercello liqueur and Moonlight Expresso coffee liqueur. • Dance Initiative presents “Vacuumâ€? at 8 p.m. at the Launchpad (see the above Calendar item for details). Tickets are $10 at the door.

Info: danceinitiative.org and 963-8681. • The Carbondale Clay Center opens its Holiday Invitational and Sale from 5 to 8 p.m.

The invitational runs through Dec. 18. • Strange Imports hosts local jewerly artist Kelsey Schoenknecht from 5:30 to 8 p.m.

Stop in and see her collection of simple but elegant designs. mOvIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “Burntâ€? (R) at 7:30 p.m. Nov 6-12; “He Named Me Malalaâ€? (PG-13) at 5:30 p.m.

Nov. 7-8 (captioned on Nov. 8 only) and “Most Likely to Succeed� (PG-13) at 2 p.m.

Nov. 8 (Sponsored by the Carbondale Community School, free, donations appreciated).

OPERA • The Roaring Fork Cultural Council presents noted opera singer Sue Patchell, and accompanist Franz Vote, at Thunder

AUDUBON SEED SALE! Oct. 30 - Nov. 13

10% of All Wild Bird Seed

purchases will be donated to Roaring Fork Audubon.

Call 963-1700 to preorder.

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River Theatre at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 thunderrivertheatre.com (click on RFCC).

LIvE mUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the old part of the Dinkel Building presents a group that’s being billed as a “new acoustic super group.â€?

SF Weekly calls Taarka a “collision of Django Reinhardt and David Grismanâ€? and presents “masterfully deep Americana and gypsy-jazz string band music.â€? Led by the husband-andwife team of David Pelta-Tiller (mandolin, tenor guitar, vocals) and Enion Pelta-Tiller (ďŹ ve-string violin, vocals) Taarka ďŹ lls out its unique sound with guitarist Ross Martin and bass powerhouse Sam Grisman on their upcoming release “Making Track Home.â€? The show starts at 8:30 p.m. Info: 963-3304.

SENIOR HEALTH FAIR • Aspen Valley Hospital’s Senior Health Fair, for those 60 and older, takes place from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.

Appointments are not offered. Plan to pay by cash or check. Info: 544-1305.

SATURDAY Nov. 7 TASTE OF bASALT • The Basalt Education Foundation’s 20th annual Taste of Basalt takes place from 6 to 11 p.m. at the Roaring Fork Club. There’ll be food from area restaurants, sample wine from around the world and spirits from Woody Creek Distillers, DJ music, silent auction items and a rafe. Tickets are $100 each at tasteofbasalt.com. Proceeds beneďŹ t Basalt schools. vETERAN’S DAY PROJECT • The Carbondale Branch Library partners with GrassRoots TV from noon to 4 p.m. to present several interviews as part of its Roaring Fork Veterans History Project. Light refreshments

will be served. Info: 963-2889 and gcpld.org.

CAFÉ FILm • The Beat on Main Street presents a ďŹ lm at 8 p.m. bARN DANCE • Barn Dance (formerly Glenwood Springs Contra Dance) kicks off its season from 7 to 10 p.m. at Carbondale Community School. Wooden Nickel plays live, Patricia Danscen handles the calling, partners are not need and the dances will be taught. Admission is $8.

HEART CENTERED HOLIDAYS • Davi Nikent presents its annual Heart Centered Holidays from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Third Street Center. There’ll be food, healing modalities, movement, kid’s activities, meditation and more. Admission is $10 (teens are $5; those under 12 are free). Info: davinikent.org.

SUNDAY Nov. 8 FILm • Carbondale Community School presents the education-related ďŹ lm “Most Likely to Succeedâ€? at the Crystal Theatre at 2 p.m.

Admission is free and there will be an optional discussion and refreshments available afterwards at Carbondale Town Hall. Info: Cathie Farrar or Tom Penzel at 618-1560.

FOOD • The Roaring Fork Food Policy Council presents a local food expo and garden party from noon to 4 p.m. at the Basalt Food Garden (at the Basalt roundabout).

There’ll be free pruning, gardening and cooking demonstrations; a round-table dialogue on local food efforts, winter CSA shares and artesian market; plus a ďŹ re pit and petting zoo for the kids. Admission is by donation. It’s a fund-raiser for the Roaring Fork Food Policy Council, according to a press release.

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Donation: Adults $12 5 to 12 and Seniors $8 395 White Hill Road, Carbondale, Colorado (970) 704-0820

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Community Calendar MONDAY Nov. 9 WRITERS’ GROUP • The Carbondale Writers Group meets at the library from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on the second Monday of the month. All are welcome, from beginners to experts. Info: 947-9593.

TUESDAY Nov. 10 “mESSIAHâ€? REHEARSALS • The Aspen Choral Society continues rehearsals for its 2015 performances of Handel’s “Messiahâ€? from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Grace Church in Basalt. The ACS presents “Messiahâ€? on Dec. 10-13. Info: 309-9836.

CARbONDALE LIbRARY • The Carbondale Branch Library offers elementary-schoolaged kids a different program each week starting at 4 p.m. The ďŹ rst Tuesday of the month is Story Art with the Aspen Art Museum; second Tuesday is Book Buddies; third Tuesday is Legos at the Library; fourth Tuesday is The Good, the Bad, and the Gross; and the ďŹ fth Tuesday is Librarian’s Choice. Info: 963-2889 or gcpld.org. “bEING mORTALâ€? • Local non-proďŹ ts are sponsoring a community book read that culminates in a panel discussion based on the book “Being Mortalâ€? from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Aspen Jewish Community Center (435 W. Main St.). Info: 920-5432.

WEDNESDAY Nov. 11 ROTARY • The Rotary Club of Carbondale meets at the Carbondale ďŹ re station on Meadowood Drive at 6:45 a.m. Info: rotarycarbondale.org.

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bERNIE • There’ll be a potluck dinner/meeting for the Bernie Sanders for President campaign from 5:45 to 7:30 p.m. at the Glenwood Springs Branch Library. Organizers urge attendees to go to govotecolorado.com and clicking on â€œďŹ nd my registrationâ€? and “district information.â€? Info: Michael Gibson at 618-1512.

CCAH • Anderson Ranch artists in residents show slides of their work from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Launchpad. Info: carbondalearts.com or 379-0376.

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

Save the Date FRIDAY Nov. 20

LAbOR OF LOvE • Community-access radio station KDNK holds its annual Labor of Love auction and community mixer from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Carbondale Recreation Center. To inquire about donating items, volunteering or becoming a sponsor, call Megan at 963-0139 or e-mail megan@kdnk.org.

FRI.-SAT. Dec. 4-5

FILm FESTIvAL • The Thompson Divide Coalition hosts the Wild & Scenic ďŹ lm festival at the Crystal Theatre. The festival will feature conservation and adventure ďŹ lms that illustrate the Earth’s beauty, the challenges facing the planet and the work communities around the world are doing to protect the areas they cherish.

Tickets are available at salsalabs.com. Last year’s festival quickly sold out so another day has been added this year. Partners in the festival include CLIF Bar, Sierra Nevada, Patagonia and others.

Further Out

THURS.-SUN. Nov. 12-15

bASKETbALL CAmP • Joe Markham is offering a basketball shooting camp for boys in grades 6-8 at Carbondale Middle School at 3:30 p.m. The cost is $5; snacks are included. Info: 963-1109.

SATURDAY Nov. 14

LIvE mUSIC • The Carbondale Rhythm Collective presents a marimba program starting at 7 p.m. at Carbondale Community School. The evening includes marimba ensemble music; African drum/dance; the Flying Mallets youth marimba band; Eric Baumheier, Aja McAdams, Soozie Lindbloom, Ann McAlpin and from Carbondale; David and Arlyn Deva Alderdice from Embodying Rhythm in Hotchkiss; and special guests! Admission is $15 for adults and $5 for kids. This is a fund-raiser for the Carbondale Rhythm Collective’s marimba program. For tickets and info please visit www.carbondalerhythm.org or call Eric at 303-717-1310.

Ongoing

ImmUNIZATION CLINICS • GarďŹ eld County Public Health offers immunization clinics at the Carbondale Family Resource Center (400 Sopris Ave.) the second and fourth Thursday of the month. To schedule an appointment, call 9456614 ext. 2030.

INDY RUN & HIKE • Independence Run & Hike hosts a run around town starting at the store in La Fontana at 6 p.m. On Saturday at 8 a.m., runners meet at the store and run various distances in the Carbondale area, with different routes each week. Info: 704-0909. mAYOR’S COFFEE HOUR • Chat with Car-

mEDITATION RETREAT • John Chophel Bruna leads a day of silence and retreat dedicated to meditation practice from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Third Street Center. Bruna will focus on developing and supporting a successful daily practice that meets the speciďŹ c needs of individual participants. Donations will be accepted. Info: Shannon@wocompassion.org or 510-0583.

SUNDAY Nov. 15 OPERATION CHRISTmAS CHILD • The Orchard holds an Operation Christmas Child shoe box wrapping party and fund-raiser starting at 11 a.m. Residents are asked to pack shoe boxes with gifts (including small toys, personal care items, school supplies and hard candy) that will be distributed to children in more than 100 countries. In 2014, the Roaring Fork Valley contributed more than 700 shoe boxes to the Operation Christmas Child effort. Info: Kara Montie at 963-8773 ext. 104.

bondale Mayor Stacey Bernot on Tuesdays from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Village Smithy.

CARbONDALE LIbRARY • The Carbondale Branch Library offers bilingual help with computers on a ďŹ rst-come/ďŹ rst served basis from 4 to 6 p.m. on Mondays. Info: 963-2289 or gcpld.org. Reservations are appreciated. Please be prepared with all appropriate passwords and other account information.

CCAH • The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities concludes the show “CrossCurrentsâ€? on Nov. 7 at the Launchpad. Info: carbondalearts.com.

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Tips and Strategies for Stress-Free, Healthy Holidays Find Creative Gifts, Services and Foods Enjoy Great Holiday Foods & Recipes Join Us in Joyful Meditation, Movement & Music Speaker Series - Spread the Love for Enjoying the Holidays Activities and Music for Children Soup-er Heart Healthy Supper (soups, whole grain breads, delicious cookies, apple cider) Served 6:00 to 7:30 pm, $10 At the Door Receive a Free Book by Larry Dossey, MD (while supplies last)

Admission: $10 online at www.davinikent.com/category/events or at the door (teens 50% off, under 12 FREE, $5 for food).

All Proceeds Benefit Davi Nikent, Center for Human Flourishing, 501(c)(3) Email info@davinikent.org for more information

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Thank you to our sponsors:

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Heart Healthy Meals

Energy Medicine Association

The Board of Directors of the Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District will be discussing the proposed 2016 budget at their regular monthly meeting.

Wednesday, November 11, 2015 • 5:30 p.m.

301 Meadowood Dr., Carbondale

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EAT. SHOP. PLAY. CONFLUENCE OF RIVERS, RECREATION & CULTURE

BHS/RFHS team goes to state The Longhorn cross-country team fielded both BHS and RFHS runners in the state meet Oct. 31 in Colorado Springs.

The girls team finished 11th out of 20 in 3A teams. The boys team finished 18th out of 20 in 3A teams. Lyle Luckett was the top runner coming in at 19th with a time of 17:21.79.

This is the first time in 10 years that coach Ron Lund has taken both the girls and boys teams to the state cross-country meet. Lund said: “The team definitely exceeded my expectations of what I thought they could do from the beginning of the season to now.”

Girl’s state cross-country competitors from left to right: Tavia Teitler, Katelyn Krehbiel, Stephanie Anglin, Carly Robinson, Jenna Curnow, Megan Maley and Becca White. Photo by Leslie Lamont

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Boy’s state cross-country competitors from left to right: Leighton Albright, JD Glen, Lyle Luckett, Ashton Albright, Robbie Thompson and William Luckett. Photo

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On Wednesday mornings, after a Tuesday night Council meeting, visit in an informal setting with Basalt Mayor Jacque Whitsitt for coffee and a chat at Saxy’s Coffee Shop, 104 Midland Avenue.

Residents can bring leaves, brush and sticks to the following locations for free disposal:

October 10 -11 • Arbaney Park October 17-18 • Willits Soccer & Rugby Field October 24-25 • Southside Soccer Field Oct. 31-Nov. 1 • Arbaney Park November 7-8 • Willits Soccer & Rugby Field 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

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“I didn’t know Jack’s role (in CVEPA),” Munsell said.

Munsell asked Miller whether Roberts left behind any materials, such as letters. He said ‘Boxes full’ … It was really entertaining to go through them.”

Jack Roberts Jack Roberts was born in Oklahoma City in 1920 and attended the University of Oklahoma for period of time before being accepted into the Grand Central School of Art in New York City, where he studied under noted-artist and teacher Harvey Dunn.

Roberts arrived in Colorado in 1947. Through the years in Glenwood Springs and in Redstone, he become known as somewhat of a character. Today, some might compare him to the late gonzo-journalist Hunter S. Thompson, or Aspen best-known character – Freddy Fischer, who died in the late 1960s. All were known for their quick wit and various antics. For example, when Roberts lived in Redstone in the 1990s, he owned an orange and yellow speckled 1947 Willys Jeep. Silt artist Lanny Grant suggested he name it Speckles. Munsell writes in his book, “’No,’ Jack said laughing. ‘It’s the Whore’s Dream.’ That’s the name of it. It’s my gal catcher.’”

Munsell goes on to recount that when the Whore’s Dream finally died in 1996, Roberts asked friend Steve Benson to get his backhoe and bury it next to the mail boxes on Highway 133. Benson refused to conduct the burial, and in fact later got the ancient Jeep running “ … ‘like a sewing machine’ as Jack liked to say.’” Eventually, Roberts gave Benson the car, “and it still runs like a sewing machine.”

Back to the art front, Roberts’ big break came in 1965 when Equitable Life Assurance commissioned him to do 12 paintings for its next calendar. For the rest of his career, Roberts liked to devote 12 paintings and some times

Jack Roberts completed hundreds of paintings during his career. His favorite themes related to the Old West: Native Americans, cowboys, trappers, events such as the Parachute train robbery of 1904, landmarks such as the Wheeler Opera House and more. more to a single Western event or topic, such as President Teddy Roosevelt’s visit to Glenwood Springs and the surrounding area.

“He wanted to be a first class historical illustrator,” Munsell said. “So he didn’t want to paint single scenes. …

Jack considered himself a historian and an artist.”

Munsell’s book is available in Carbondale at Susan’s Flowers on Main Street, the Book Train on Grand Avenue

in Glenwood Springs, at darrellmunsell@gmail.com, at 704-9539, and at the upcoming book signing.

“I might do a power-point, too,” Munsell said.

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What: Darrell Munsell book signing When: Nov. 14 at 3 p.m.

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New UDC won’t aect existing PUDs Introducing the AEC

By John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer As local citizen-volunteers and government ofďŹ cials work to revise Carbondale’s zoning and land-use review regulations into a UniďŹ ed Development Code, one thing the revisions will not change is the historic crop of Planned Unit Developments that pepper the local landscape.

But, according to ofďŹ cials, at least part of the reason for rewriting the land-use codes has been to provide greater clarity and exibility for developers, in the hope that they will not feel the need to resort to a PUD in order to get what they want in terms of development approvals. “This wouldn’t eliminate any existing PUDs,â€? conďŹ rmed Town Manager Jay Harrington, in response to a question from a reporter.

Gavin Brooke, chair of the Planning and Zoning Commission, added that while adoption of the UDC would still permit the use of the PUD as a development tool, “I would say it’ll be heavily discouraged.�

According to town ofďŹ cials, there are 33 PUDs throughout the town, ranging in size from the single-building PUD that governs use of the lot where White House Pizza now sits, to the massive River Valley Ranch golf course and residential project on the southwestern edge of town.

OfďŹ cials said that PUD projects cover more than 50 percent of the town’s land area, when taken all together.

The PUD process, Brooke explained, was created to satisfy a desire by developers to achieve certain goals that cannot easily be achieved by strict adherence to the town’s zoning codes — goals that sometimes involve relatively minor changes to the way the town wants proj-

ects to be built.

A PUD, then, is an overlay that essentially creates its own, internal zoning code, which remains in force for any part of a project, even parts that subsequently are sold to different owners. That means the town has little authority to make alterations in a PUD after it has been approved and the project started or built out, regardless of who may buy into that PUD. That is different from a variance granted by the town’s Board of Adjustment or other board, Brooke said, which essentially goes away if a property changes hands and the property reverts to its underlying zoning.

The intent in rewriting the land use code, as far as PUDs are concerned, is to allow the town to retain it’s ability to “adjust to new cultural norms, to new technology, to new ways that people want to live� in Carbondale, Brooke said.

For example, Brooke continued, the large River Valley Ranch PUD “had it’s time and its place� as Carbondale in the 1990s grew beyond its historic boundaries and smallscale types of development, at a time when large homes and lots were sought by home buyers with retirement on their minds.

Today, however, the demand is for smaller homes that are more affordable to younger residents, Brooke said, noting that the River Valley Ranch PUD “is not responsiveâ€? to those new kinds of demands, in ways that would allow changes in residential density, or lot sizes or other accommodations to changing economic and social norms. “I think the UDC allows exibility within straight zoning that discourages people from having to go to the PUD,â€?

Brooke said.

He and other observers noted that one provision of the proposed UDC, called “alternative equivalent compliance�

(AEC) is seen as a way around the reliance on the PUD.

“To encourage creative and unique design,â€? according to the draft UDC on the town’s special UDC website (www.carbondaleudc.com), “alternative equivalent compliance allows development to occur in a manner that meets the intent of the code, yet through an alternative design that does not strictly adhere to the code’s standards,â€? in a “site-speciďŹ c planâ€? that does not constitute “a general waiver of regulations.â€?

Local planning consultant Bob Schultz, who has been closely monitoring the UDC process, said the AEC is meant to offer a way for developers to get what they want without resorting to a PUD. “The PUD process is really expensive,� Schultz remarked, noting that the AEC seems to be an acceptable work-around. “At least it won’t take two years and cost $300,000,� as the PUD process has for some projects, Schultz said.

The AEC also will ease the work of town planners, Schultz predicted, by eliminating the need for the planning department to keep track of myriad different zoning categories that now exist around town and by limiting the town to approximately six basic zoning districts.

Schultz also pointed out that the AEC delegates authority to the planning director to “deal with things that don’t quite ďŹ t in the boxâ€? of the zoning code.

But, Schultz added, “I think there’s going to need to be discussion of that before the code is adopted,� predicting that the town’s Board of Trustees “will want to know exactly what they’re handing off� to the planning director before they agree to this delegation of authority.

The P&Z as well as the Board of Trustees will be reviewing the proposed UDC over the coming months, with public hearings, in anticipation of expected adoption of the plan early in 2016.

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countless bags and boxes to determine what Ross thanks ďŹ re   district can be displayed in the available space.  Dear Editor: Every week, Basalt Thrift (another nonThank you for the great collaboration to proďŹ t) arrives and ďŹ lls a truck with the re- get our school and community an AED/ mainder. The Rebeccas give scholarships,  deďŹ brillator unit, which is already hanging support community activities and keep equip- on the wall in our entry way. The support to ment such as walkers and wheelchairs to be both receive the grant for this AED and also used for a small deposit. Sometimes customers for training is much appreciated. AEDs save help manage the vast amount of “giftsâ€? we re- lives. We are proud to be part of this in conceive. Customers have sent clothing they ďŹ nd junction with Carbondale Fire Department. there to neighbors in countries like Mexico Sonya Hemmen and further to the Ukraine and Africa.  Head of School The Rebeccas are also partners with some Ross Montessori School civic leaders for the Friendship Park next Carbondale door. They donated the land and try to keep it pleasant and clean. to CLEER Obviously we need all the help we can get Thanks  at the donating end. We can’t use broken toys Dear Editor: Several months ago, I was lucky enough or incomplete appliances. We need all donations to be clean and dry (the latter is impor- to stumble upon an advertisement about a complimentary energy audit offered through tant as the weather  turns). We cannot  take televisions or old paint. It is possible that a GarďŹ eld Clean Energy program. I immesome items that are ready to be recycled diately contacted the ďŹ ne folks at CLEER, might be taken to other recycling centers.  who manage this program, and it has been We would love it if donors came during one of the most fulďŹ lling opportunities I our hours of operation hours, 10 a.m. to 4 have experienced in my 22 years living in the p.m. on Tuesday through Friday, but under- Roaring Fork Valley.

I spoke with Maisa Metcalf, who through stand that that is not always possible. And maybe some day we will all be more discreet her incredible knowledge and professionalin what we purchase to begin with, the ďŹ rst of ism, got started on my energy-savings-pot-ofgold. I cannot express my gratitude enough the three Rs, but that is for another day. to Maisa, Matt Shmigelsky, their co-workers Adele Hause at CLEER, Rich Backe from Building PerNear New volunteer formance Contractors and Bob and Mary Carbondale

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As I sit here and write this letter, Rich Backe, a general contractor who specializes in energy-efďŹ cient building, happened  just stop by because he wanted to see to the ďŹ nished projects in my basement. He remembered he had an extra slab of foam insulation board and came up with a use for it immediately. I never asked him to do this; he simply cares.

I told Maisa I feel like I won a lottery with all these upgrades. I have been spreading the good word to all my neighbors, all of whom are working-class families, to take advantage of this program while we are lucky enough to have the funding. I plead to the GarďŹ eld County commissioners to continue funding this extremely vital community asset. If all my neighbors could have some better insulation, more efďŹ cient lighting, leaks sealed, energy-star refrigerators, serviced furnaces, etc., then they would all save many dollars a month and have more money to spend on a family dinner out, a trip to the Hot Springs, some new landscaping, or maybe even a new, less polluting vehicle. Thus, all businesses will beneďŹ t in the long run!

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