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Lon Winston (left) and Trary Maddelone (right) are featured in the Thunder River Theatre Company’s production of “The Lion in Winter.� The play is based on historical events, and set at Christmastime in 1183 in the palace of King Henry II of England. For a review of the play, please turn to page 7. Courtesy photo

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A few years ago I watched a documentary There was an expressed desire for more colcalled “The Power of Community: How laboration and capacity building among the Cuba Survived Peak Oil,” about how Cubans diverse and committed people and entities inre-invented their entire agricultural system vested in local food. after being cut off from their In the past two years many oil supply (which came almost connections have been made, entirely from the USSR) in relationships built and new en1989. Their economy was in deavors undertaken, with a a free-fall and they had no consistently increasing deway to grow food using the mand for healthy, land-andpetroleum-dependent agriculwater-friendly, locally-grown tural methods that were the food. Given the economic, junorm there, and world-wide. risdictional and geographic They were literally starving complexities of the region, we and began to grow food on felt it was time to explore in every plot of land imaginable earnest what kind of infra— eventually employing the structure and services are best practices of permaculture, uniquely needed within our By Gwen Garcelon animal and land management, local food system. What could water conservation and more. we do now to lay a stronger foundation for the This was one of many wake up calls about future? And not a future in crisis, but one that the need and opportunity to get out in front of reflects our capacity to thrive. A future that puts the coming necessity to reclaim our local food to use all the learning and expertise we have at systems while using energy, water, land and our disposal about renewable energy, and how nutrients more sustainably. Another wake-up to conserve and nurture our soil and water. call was when Lester Brown of Earth Policy Institute, at an AREDAY summit in Aspen in Needs assessment 2011, emphatically stated that food is the To that end, the RFFPC is in the middle of weak link in our ability to sustain ourselves a needs assessment process to better underamid growing climate, social and economic stand and recommend specific infrastructure, uncertainty. He urged greater security through services and strategies possible through a local organizing to build greater connectivity “food hub” to increase access to local food. within local food systems. We likely don’t have the land or water to grow enough food here to meet our populaFood council born tion’s total food needs, but we can find ways In January 2012 the Roaring Fork Food to meet a significant portion of those needs. Policy Council (RFFPC) was born out of a se- There are models in our midst, like the thrivries of community gatherings and forums, ing school garden at Colorado Rocky Mounand the commitment of two local organizers tain School that produces 30 percent of the — Dawne Vrabel and me, Gwen Garcelon. fruits and vegetables its students eat.

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An essential part of this process is collecting as many existing local food resources as possible — to create a baseline of what is being produced here and who is involved. If you are a farmer, rancher, food product producer or processer, caterer or chef using local food, or a community, school or badass backyard gardener, grocer or distributor, please fill out the brief form under “Get Involved” on the RFFPC website at www.roaringforkfood.org. Your knowledge and commitment hold the keys to what is possible here, when we connect to each other and to the land.

Begin it now I’ll end with a favorite quote from W.H. Murray of the Scottish Himalayan Expedition: “Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.” Gwen Garcelon is the director of the Roaring Fork Food Policy Council, and writes about her unabashed passion for a thriving planet and the adventure challenge of recreating the local food system (and other inspiring stuff of relevance).

Humans are sentencing more bears to death Now that the snows of winter have arThe night is almost over and Ursula and rived, Colorado’s bears are in their dens and her two cubs are toward the end of their 20 will spend over 100 days in a hours spent foraging for food at a suspended sleep. Hopefully they critical time of year, fall. But due will have consumed enough to an early spring frost the usual natural food to make it through berry crop is sparse in this particour usually long winter months. ular late autumn of our story. But some bears won’t last With an acute sense of smell, through next year’s summer. Ursula picks up on the scent They have been sentenced to trail coming from Mr. Jones’s death by humans whose betrash cans. havior will ultimately result in Mr. Jones’s house is in a sub“repeat offender” bears being division built in Ursula’s tradiput down. tional hunting range and territory The first time a bear is seen so off she goes with her cubs, and reported to Colorado Parks straight to the source of the scent. By Bill Kight and Wildlife as a nuisance bear Mama bear easily knocks caught in the act raiding garbage cans it is usu- over both trash cans and spills their delially tranquilized and tagged by wildlife offi- ciously putrid contents onto the pavement. cers. Caught a second time the tagged bear The feast begins. is euthanized. After gorging themselves on human Let’s call the bear in this imagined but all garbage Ursula and the cubs scurry up a too real story Ursula, a sow or female Col- nearby tree to take a nap. orado bear. And the human will be Mr. Jones. Mr. Jones starts out the door to work as The story starts in the late summer of Fido barks fiercely and bolts out the door just 2014 when Mr. Jones puts his trash out in as Mr. Jones spots the spilled trash and Fido’s two smelly flimsy plastic non-bear proof barking alerts the neighborhood that bears trash containers the night before the trash is are in a tree in the yard. to be picked up. Someone calls the local Colorado Parks

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and Wildlife office and to make a long story short, Ursula gets tagged. Strike one. Not only did Ursula get habituated to human food, so did her two cubs. So a death sentence may result in the death of three bear’s instead of one. We all have a little of Mr. Jones in us, don’t we. After all, we feel entitled to break the speed limit if we’re in a hurry. Or we go off road with our vehicle when and where we want in complete disregard for any travel restrictions. We seem to be more concerned about being inconvenienced than what effect our actions have on other humans, or animals. Experts predict that urbanization is expected to increase by 11 percent across American black bear range and natural food failure years are also expected to increase. So will bear incidents with humans. But wildlife encounters with humans are not limited to bears and in 2014 such conflicts appeared to be increasing in the Roaring Fork Valley. People acting like Mr. Jones don’t properly store their food in the backcountry, in bear country. Or they decide they want to get a little closer for that rare picture of a BEARS page 19

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Jaywalker “Big Bus” heads back to the reservation By Barbara Dills Sopris Sun Correspondent For the past five years, the Carbondale-based Jaywalker Solutions Program has been taking program clients—men in early recovery from the disease of addiction—to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southwestern South Dakota to do volunteer service work. The project is a partnership with Pine Ridge-based organization Re-Member, whose name is a play on words addressing both the need to remember the history of what occurred in the past to Indian people and, in the words of Re-Member Director, Ted Skantze, “to put back together what’s broken.” Now in its 17th year, Re-Member hosts groups of volunteers from around the country and the world at their center near the town of Pine Ridge, accommodating anywhere from 40 to 65 people at a time for a total of 1,2001,500 volunteers per year. Jaywalker’s clients have participated in projects that include repairing trailers, putting in outhouses, harvesting food in community gardens, and building bunk beds, among others. “But we don’t just bang boards,” Skantze told The Sopris Sun. Volunteers are provided with nightly opportunities to hear speakers from the reservation community and to learn about Lakota history and culture. They may attend local cultural events like pow wows. At Re-Member, volunteers work side-by-side with people from the tribal community. “We call it a lifechanging experience for everyone,” said Skantze. “We stand with people. Not in front or behind them.”

Jaywalker Solutions Program Director Dan Reed says that for clients participating in Jaywalker’s 90-day transitional living program, time spent at Pine Ridge, “has proven to be probably the most profound experience these clients have with us. If they are fortunate enough to be at Jaywalker when we do a trip to Pine Ridge, it’s something they take with them the rest of their lives.” Witnessing the poverty on the reservation, as well as experiencing being a minority oneself, can be tough for some to process, however. “Our whole purpose in taking them there is to give

them some perspective. ‘OK, you have some issues that you’re dealing with. Take a look at this. You’re not alone. Everybody is experiencing something. And the solution to everyone’s problems is to reach out and help one another,’” said Reed. “When we get them involved like this, it’s profound. The key is really the relationships forged with people there.” Jaywalker Owner Bob Ferguson went along to Pine Ridge on a recent Jaywalker trip and was impressed by what he saw. So when Re-Member Director Skantze asked JAYWALKER page 9

C’dale, RE-1 resurrect 2007 housing plan John Colson Sopris Sun Correspondent The Carbondale Board of Trustees and the Roaring Fork School District board agreed this week that work should continue on the eight-year-old plan to build a housing project on what is now a well-used soccer field in between the Third Street Center and the Bridges High School building (formerly Carbondale Middle School). Exactly how that is to be accomplished, however, remains something of an open question. The two boards met Tuesday night in Carbondale to discuss what is called the Community Partnership project, which currently calls for construction of 120 homes and multi-family units, and a three-acre community park on the site, with three internal streets linking the neighborhood to South 3rd Street and Weant Boulevard. “I think this is a great testament to community partnerships,” said Mayor Stacey Bernot, “to have all these pieces moving forward. We’re here to see if we can ... maybe get this project to the finishing point” for retention of high quality employees by providing affordable housing to employees. The plan has been in place since approval of the basic premise in 2007. The agreements underlying the project were linked to a land swap between the two governmental entities, in which the town got title to the old Carbondale Elementary School (now the Third Street Center) and the district took ownership of a piece of town-owned land adjacent to the new Roaring Fork High School on Highway 133 to the south of town. As part of the project’s outlines, the district plans to relocate the existing school-bus maintenance facility on South 3rd Street in order to use the facility site for housing. Assistant Superintendent Shannon Pelland told the trustees that a site in the El Jebel area currently is under consideration for a new, midvalley bus barn that would take on the functions now served by the Carbondale maintenance yard. The plan also calls for the district to provide a replacement soccer field for public use somewhere in town.

The Sopris Sun’s roving photographer found Santa Claus making an emergency phone call from Skyline Ranch to the North Pole earlier this week. Santa reports that he had to order extra presents after touring the Roaring Fork Valley and learning the kids here have been extra nice this year. Photo by Jane Bachrach

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Town Briefs

Cop Shop

Skaters waiting for solid freeze

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

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SATURDAY, Dec. 6: At 7:59 p.m. local cops encountered three juveniles who allegedly had jumped the fence around the municipal swimming pool. No mention in the police report as to whether the suspects were in the water or not at the time of their arrest.

Town officials are hoping that cooler nighttime temperatures this week will make it possible to start the process of filling two town-sponsored ice skating rinks with water and leaving them fallow to freeze. Town Manager Jay Harrington, in his weekly memo to town trustees and staff, has been reporting that the rinks at Fourth and Main streets, and at the Gus Darien Riding Arena on Catherine Store Road (CR 100) east of town, are essentially ready to go but for the ice. Weather prognosticators are calling for nighttime temperatures in the teens this week, Harrington reported, adding that “Opening day will depend on ice rink water being frozen solid.” He did not predict when that might occur, but wrote that once the ice is ready there will be announcements on the town’s web site (www.carbondalegov.org) and Facebook page. Another Fourth Street Plaza issue came up this week, when the special task force looking into summertime music events and festivals met with a mix of event organizers and citizens to discuss what the summer of 2015 will look like in terms of event scheduling. Although much of the task force’s focus is on Sopris Park and the events held there, such as the annual Carbondale Mountain Fair, the Fourth Street Plaza also was brought up by residents concerned about the levels of noise generated by bands playing at different events. The Fourth Street Plaza is a half-block area that is closed to traffic for such weekly events as the Carbondale Farmers Market, as well as occasional concerts. The task force is expected to issue recommendations concerning next summer’s events to the board of trustees, which will review those recommendations on Jan. 27, Harrington wrote in his memo. Town staff met with representatives of the Mt. Sopris Historical Society to talk about the society’s ideas concerning future de-

velopment of the property surrounding the historic Thompson House as a town park. The property is being managed as a museum by the historical folks. Recreation programming for the youth of Carbondale continue to attract participation, particularly the climbing programs, Harrington reported. He noted that the Advanced Climbing program, which was full this week with eight participants, was to conclude with this week’s class, but additional lead-climbing classes will be held any time that four or more participants sign up. In other recreation news, Harrington reported that the U.S. and Canadian Adaptive Ski Teams used the recreation center’s cardiofitness and weight rooms recently, while the teams were in the valley to attend national-level races at Aspen Highlands. Town crews have been monitoring playgrounds for safety concerns and have replaced some parts that have worn out, as well as tackling the ongoing task of resurfacing the wooden benches and tables to get them ready for next spring. Work on the Highway 133 project continues, and Harrington reported that the new traffic light at Snowmass Drive and Highway 133 might be operational this week. He also reported a vehicle-bicycle accident in the new highway roundabout, and wrote that he informed the Colorado Department of Transportation of the accident and urged the state to finish installing flashing pedestrian signals at the roundabout to “provide a more visible option to cross Highway 133.” And, he wrote, he and Public Works Director Larry Ballenger are working on ordering “Welcome” signs to be erected along the highway. Sales tax receipts for November were up 7.4 percent over the same month in 2013, Harrington wrote, adding that collections of sales taxes for all of 2014 have been up by more than 9 percent over those in 2013.

SUNDAY, Dec. 7: At 4:23 p.m. a local woman called to inform police that her bicycle had been stolen from her home on North Second Street. The report was taken and logged. SUNDAY, Dec. 7: At 11:15 p.m. police got a call about someone entering vehicles on Mesa Verde Avenue. Officers responded but were unable to locate any suspects, according to a report. mONDAY, Dec. 8: At 5:28 p.m. police took a report from a local man whose car had been broken into on 12th Street, and from which “several items” were stolen, according to the police report. (Editor’s note: Last week’s Cop Shop reported a possible sex assault on a juvenile at 160 Snowmass Drive. A follow up interview with police chief Gene Schilling reveals that one elementaryschool-aged child patted another child on the butt. “It was a case of inappropriate contact between two children and has been referred to Garfield County Social Services for further proceedings,” Schilling told The Sopris Sun).

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The Roaring Fork High School choir and band gave their Winter Concert at the school on Tuesday night. The choir started the concert with “Carol of the Bells,” “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” “Grace” and “Let the River Run.” The band closed out the night with “Black Forest Overture,” “Salvation is Created,” “Pulsation” and “Feelin’ the Funk.” Photo by Lynn Burton

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Send your scuttlebutt to news@SoprisSun.com. about a week to make,” said Zordel, adding, “it’s our way of giving back and helping people in need in the community.” Raffle tickets are available at Eagle Crest Nursery for $2 each. the drawing will be held on Dec. 18.

Blogger inks TRTc A writer for theatrecoloradoblogspot.com is giving the Thunder River Theatre Company’s “Lion in Winter” a great review, which concludes “ … ‘The Lion in Winter’ is a crackerjack show. It’s an excellent production of an exquisitely written script. Carbondale is a 170 mile drive from the Front Range, but if you’re a theater buff, this is well worth the trip. This is professional theater with a view of Mount Sopris. Does it get any better than that?” The reviewer also gave White House pizza a thumbs up, writing that the pizza is “excellent” and “ … for price, convenience, and taste, the White House is a winner.”

Swans return Word has it trumpeter swans have returned to the Roaring Fork River just east of Carbondale. Local bird folks speculate the swans escaped from captivity and have stuck around. A third swan has joined the pair but it’s impossible to tell if it’s a new flock member, or an offspring.

Valley Visual entries due soon Entries for the non-juried Valley Visual art show are due by 5 p.m. on Jan. 9. The show itself starts on Jan. 23. For details, go to carbondalearts.com or call 963-1680.

Weeds calendars are in The Garfield County “2015 Weeds of Garfield County” calendars have arrived at the Carbondale Branch Library. Besides featuring 12 noxious weeds and grasses (that everyone should go out and pluck or in some way kill) the color calendar includes numerous landscapes around Garfield County, including the Devil’s Causeway on the Flat Tops. The photographers include: Todd Patrick, Ann Larson, Kelly Uhing, Amy Hadden Marsh, Donna Gray and Joseph M. DiTomaso. Get ’em while they last (the calendars, that is).

This just in Members elected Karen Barbee, Chris Patrick and Jen Roeser to the KDNK board of directors on Dec. 10. Former board members Mark McLain, Keith Edquist and Barry Cryer exercised their option not to run again.

Alpine Bank-Carbondale has announced its first quarter Pays for A’s winners. Shown here with assistant vice-president Garret Jammaron are: Carley Crownhart, Letey Crownhart, Erica Crownhart, Sergio Vega, Brady Samuelson and Colby Samuelson. Courtesy photo that it costs the MSNC $500 a day to groom the extensive trail system. If you’d like to help put the non-profit group glide its way into the black, check out its website at springgulch.org or e-mail info@springgulch.org. Their mailing address is Box 246, Carbondale, CO 81623. Important dates for 2015 include the 23rd annual Ski for Sisu fund-raiser on Feb. 1. No word yet on when Spring Gulch will open for the season.

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Nordic council releases report The Mount Sopris Nordic Council, which operates the Spring Gulch Nordic trail system west of Carbondale, has released its annual report for the 2013/2014 season and shows $60,077 in revenues and $67,823 in expenses. The report notes

For the fifth year in a row, local artisan Betty Zordel, has constructed an elaborate gingerbread house, which is on display at Eagle Crest Nursery in El Jebel. The entirely edible work of art will be raffled off, with all proceeds to be given to Lift-Up. “My daughter helped me build it, and it took us

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Attention writers The Sopris Sun is accepting submissions for its monthly Poetry Corner. Send them to poetry@soprissun.com. If you’ve got some flash fiction in you that’s screaming to get out, send for guidelines at creativewriting@soprissun.com.

A remembrance A remembrance time for Arlette Ondine Lawyer will be held at St. Benedict’s Monastery chapel at 3 p.m. on Dec. 27. The chapel is the first door you come to at the main monastery building.

They say it’s your birthday Folks celebrating their birthday this week include: Daisy Tena and Kathy Ezra (Dec. 18); Frances Lewis and Shirley Bowen (Dec. 19); Don Butterfield, Tyler Thompson and Prema Trettin (Dec. 20); Paula Fothergill and Jeremy Simon (Dec 21); Jerry Pluger, Carolyn Jackson and Jessica Hardin (Dec. 22) and Bill Lamont (Dec. 23). Belated birthday greetings go out to Arturo Ortiz and Anthony Ortiz (Dec. 15).

e Lion roars at under River eater Final performances are this weekend By Barbara Dills Sopris Sun Correspondent If, by chance, you’ve been thinking Thunder River Theater Company’s (TRTC’s) latest production, “The Lion in Winter,” is serious fare for the holiday season, think again. Playwright James Goldman’s script is packed with wit, intelligence, and humor, and the onstage action as directed by Michael Monroney is lively and engaging. Add the adept delivery and timing of lines — both comedic and heartbreaking — by the exceptional TRTC cast and this production becomes a not-to-be-missed activity in its final weekend. Performances continue this Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., with a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. Though based around historical events, this is not some dignified period piece. The play is set at Christmastime in 1183 in the palace of King Henry II of England in Chinon, in what is now France. The elder Henry, played convincingly by TRTC founder and executive director Lon Winston, is trying to decide which of his three living sons (Richard, Geoffrey or John) to name as successor to the throne when he dies. As the play opens, he favors the youngest, John, while his estranged wife, the legendary former Queen of France, Eleanor of Aquitane, favors Richard, who is the oldest. Middle son Geoffrey is passed over completely, despite being perhaps the brightest of the bunch. Henry has released Eleanor from prison for the holidays — she’s

been confined for years for previously raising an army against him — and he’s summoned the sons to join them. The other two players are Henry’s beautiful young mistress, Alais, bequeathed by the King of France when she was just a child to marry Henry’s son Richard (yes, Henry is now bedding down with Richard’s supposed betrothed), and Alais’ half-brother, Philip, the current and young French king. Philip has been asked to join the holiday gathering because there are complicated — and potentially expensive — dowry issues to be considered as well.

to be orbiting around her. Exclaims Eleanor at a peak moment: “I could peel you like a pear and God himself would call it justice.” (Maddelone is an Aspen native who — lucky for us and TRTC — returned recently to live here in the valley. She and husband Mo LaMee costarred in TRTC’s inaugural production, “Oleanna,” 20 years ago.) The lovely Alais (Colorado Mountain College student Jaime Sklavos) is no pushover either, and Sklavos gives a wonderful performance in her debut performance with the company. The sons do their part to keep things stirred up: by bickering with each other, promoting their qualifications for the throne to first Henry, then Eleanor, and generally hating on their parents. They all have problems, of course. David Pulliam, last seen in the TRTC production “All My Sons,” makes an appropriately stoic and condescending Richard. Local actor Adam Solomon debuts as the smart and conniving Geoffrey. And John, a bumbling puppy of a figure next to his more accomplished brothers (played astutely by Aspen High School senior Emery Major in his debut TRTC per-

Henry strides in wearing a mean pair of knee-high motorcycle boots. And the bumbling young John is dressed like a punk hipster with a Medieval flair.

Adultery, lies, scheming What unfolds is a chess-game of sibling rivalry, adultery, lies, political scheming, and cleverness that will make awkward or challenging family dynamics any of us might face over the holidays seem like nothing to fret about. And it’s not just the men who engage in this high-stakes sport. Eleanor is as determined to win as Henry and equally cunning. Actor Trary Maddelone inhabits Eleanor’s character with such force, flair, and conviction that at times everyone else seems

formance) does his part to complete the sibling picture. By contrast Philip (the talented Nick Garay, returning to the TRTC stage after starring as Bobby in “American Buffalo”) manages to stand somewhat aside from the family craziness, but not completely.

Special talent It takes special talent to make a play about Medieval Europe relevant to a contemporary audience. Goldman not only succeeded on stage, he successfully adapted “The Lion in Winter” to film, winning the 1969 Academy Award for screenwriting for the movie version, which starred Peter O’Toole as Henry and Katharine Hepburn as his queen. The film was attacked by some critics for being anachronistic and not accurately representing the speech or habits of the times. But that approach is exactly what made it so popular. Thunder River Theatre Company’s production takes Goldman’s adaptive approach one step further, which only adds to the fun. As the lights go down, the audience hears, not lute music, but the raw voice of Bruce Springsteen singing “I’m in love with being a king.” Henry strides in wearing a mean pair of knee-high motorcycle boots. And the bumbling young John is dressed like a punk hipster with a Medieval flair. Those are just a few of the surprises TRTC serves up with this engaging show. As Eleanor says at one point, “In a world where a carpenter is resurrected, anything is possible.”

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On behalf of the Angel Tree committee for Mt. Sopris Rotary. The Angel Tree project served approximately 240 kids this year.

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Other VERY special helpers: Bill Roberts Jimmy Martin Alpine Bank River Valley Ranch City Market-Carbondale The Orchard Church HANDMAKERY.... A Children’s Art Studio ACE Hardware - Carbondale Sawyer’s Closet Glenwood Springs Toyota Carbondale Community School Grades 1-8 The Carbondale Community who sponsored Angels and sent donation Snowflakes.

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Reed what Jaywalker was planning to do with the Jaywalker Big Bus when it was ready to be retired, Reed and Ferguson hatched a plan to donate it. Skantze traveled to Carbondale last week, and on Dec. 10, with a mere 106,000 miles on its odometer (almost brand new by reservation standards), the 15-passenger Big Bus rolled out of town, headed back to Pine Ridge, this time for good. It will be used to transport Re-Member volunteers to service projects, bring local speakers to the center, and made available for other community needs. “I guess the Big Bus just wanted to be a Rez Bus,” quipped Reed. Added Skantze, “The next time you see it, it will probably be painted up, covered by bumper stickers, and wearing a feather or two.” For more information on Re-Member, visit www.remember.org.

Town council om page 3 One potential conflict between the two boards is how the housing should be divided up among various types of buyers. Under the plan as it is now, up to 20 percent of the housing would be sold at free-market prices, and the remaining 80 percent would be split up according to a “priority” ranking, among teachers (at least 25 percent) and at least two Carbondale police officers; individuals or families connected to “financial partners” that assist in the project; town staff; and Carbondale residents or employees of businesses “in the employment area designated by the housing guidelines,” in that order. Trustee Allyn Harvey said he was concerned that the fourth group of potential buyers would never be tapped, and that the result would be a project too densely populated by teachers. A teacher-housing project in the Woody

Re-Member Director Ted Skantze (left) and Jaywalker’s Dan Reed (right) in the “Big Bus.” The Jaywalker bus rolled out of Carbondale for the final time last week and is finding a new life at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Photo by Barbara Dills Creek area near Aspen, he said, is now “a very strange place to live (because) it’s all teachers.” In the end, the two boards concluded that the first order of business is for the district staff to get to work on applications to extend two looming deadlines — Jan. 31, 2015,

to file the final plat for Phase I of the project, and April 20, 2015 for setting vested rights for the project. The district also plans a survey of its employees to determine the need for affordable housing among the teachers and other employees.

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Community Calendar THURS.-SUN. Dec. 18-21 THEATRE • Thunder River Theatre Company presents “The Lion in Winter” at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 for adults, $14 for students and $17 for twenty/thirtysomethings at 963-8200 or thunderrivertheatre.com. The theatre is located just west of the Dinkel Building in downtown Carbondale.

THURSDAY Dec. 18 LIVE mUSIc • Carbondale Beer Works on Main Street presents Guilty Pleasure (you know you want one) and its blend of classic rock and oldies. They go from 8 to 10 p.m. STUDENTS’ REcITAL • Piano students of Sonia Roldan present a recital at the Third Street Center at 6 p.m. Their ages range from 4 to 12 years old. Info: 963-1680 or carbondalearts.com. GO SEE THE cHIEFS • Carbondale Police Chief Gene Schilling, and Carbondale Fire Chief Ron Leach, meet the public to discuss issues and related matters over coffee at the Village Smithy from 8 to 9 a.m. on the third Thursday of the month. ROTARY • The Mt. Sopris Rotary meets at Mi Casita at noon every Thursday.

FRIDAY Dec. 19

LIVE mUSIc • Steve’s Guitars in the old part of the Dinkel Building presents the Portland based Left Coast Country. This acoustic string quintet plays an original fusion of traditional and progressive bluegrass, and its shows are described as “high octane.” Info: 963-3304. LIVE mUSIc • Carbondale Beer Works on Main Street presents singer/songwriter Josh Rogan from 9 p.m. to midnight. TNHA • True Nature Healing Arts in downtown Carbondale hosts solstice candelight yoga with Alexa Webster from 5 to 7 p.m. Info: truenatureheals.com.

Street presents Josh & Ananda (acoustic) at 9 p.m. No cover. LIVE mUSIc • Steve’s Guitars in the old part of the Dinkel Building presents local faves The Hell Roaring String Band. Band members are reportedly off from their teaching gigs and are ready to deliver a high-powered show for their friends and neighbors. Info: 963-3304. cOOKIE SWAP • CCAH holds a cookie swap at 4 p.m. at the Launchpad. Bring a dozen and leave a dozen. While you’re there, check out the Deck the Walls sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Info: 963-1680 or carbondalearts.com.

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SOLSTIcE cELEBRATION • Davi Nikent and Two Rivers Unitarian Universalist hosts a community solstice celebration from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Third Street Center. There’ll be music, a bonfire, cookies and cider, plus an indoor ceremony. Admission is a non-perishable food or pet-food item for Lift-Up.

BALLET • Students of the Crystal River Ballet School present “The Nutcracker” at Carbondale Middle School at 7 p.m. on Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $15 for adults, $8 for students/seniors, $35 per family, and free for those three and under. Info: crystalriverballet.com.

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SUNDAY Dec. 21 SHINE A LIGHT • Shine a Light holds a vigil at Carbondale Community School at 6 p.m. Shine a Light distributes grants in the U.S. and India that provide refuge, rehabilitation and education to individuals affected by sex trafficing and the commercial sex industry. Info: 970-765-6057. LUTHERANS mEET • Faith Lutheran Church holds worship services at the Carbondale Middle School auditorium: traditional service (9 a.m.), educational hour (10 a.m.), living praise worship (11:30 a.m.). Info. Faithcarbondale.com and 925-7725. ASc • Aspen Spiritual Center in the Third Street Center presents Roxana Duval (“When the Drummers were Women”) at 10 a.m. On Dec. 28, it’s Carmen Iacino (“Take the Whole You into the New Year”). Info: 963-5516

MONDAY Dec. 22 HEALTHY EATING • Greg Feinsinger, M.D. hosts a free meeting about the health benefits of a plant-based diet from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Third Street Center. The meeting will be repeated on Jan. 5. CALENDAR page 11

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BEST OF FESTS • The Wheeler Opera House presents comedians Andy Hendrickson, Jackie Kashian and Tammy Pescatelli in “Best of the Fests.” Tickets are $29.50. Info: aspenshowtix.com or 920-5770.

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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.

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Community Calendar WEDNESDAY Dec. 24 cHURcH • The Orchard on Snowmass Drive holds a candlelight celebration at 4 and 6:30 p.m., and live nativity reenactments at 5 and 6 p.m. Info: theorchardlife.com and 963-8773. cHURcH • Thomasville Community United Methodist Church in Meredith holds a Christmas Eve service at 1 p.m. cHURcH • Basalt Community United Methodist Church in Holland Hills holds a candlelight service 7 p.m. cHURcH • Carbondale Community United Methodist Church on Second Street holds a candlelight service at 9 p.m. LIVE mUSIc • Pianist John Rigger plays the Redstone Inn dining room on Christmas Eve. LIVE mUSIc • Dan Rosenthal hosts open mic nights at Rivers restaurant from 8 to 10 p.m. Info: 928-8813. ROTARY • The Rotary Club of Carbondale meets at the Carbondale Fire Station at 6:45 a.m. on Wednesdays. Info: riccarlson@gmail.com and steve@kdnk.org.

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ccAH SHOW cONTINUES • The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities continues its “Deck the Walls” holiday show through Dec. 24 at its Launchpad’s R2 Gallery. The show features jewelry, silks, scarves and wool cowles, handmade dolls, lamps, candles, handcrafted bath and beauty supplies, kitchen wares and one of a kind holiday ornaments and cards. The lineup includes: Betsy Bingham-Johns, Asha Ironwood, Susie Kaldis Lowe, Sharill Hawkins, Franscensca Howell, Lil Momeyer, Penelope Olson, Lucy Roginski, Alexa Webster, Joy Rosenberg, Natasha Seedorf, Penny Alexander, Pam Porter, Jill Scher. Dave Cary, Josefina Gordh, Hendrika Cegielski, Jan Schubert, Paul Markham, Roland MacKendrick, Diane Kenney, Anne Goldberg, Peg Malloy, Bees & Weeds Bath & Body Supply, Queen of The Meadow, Lisa Dresback, Two + Two, Brian Colley, Elizabeth Hazle, Kelly G. Field, Joan Engler, Mary Noone, Judy Milne, Kat Moser, Sharon Newsome, Jan Panico, Sondra Reiff, Eliza Rogan, Lisa Singer, Wade Newsome and Philip Hone Williams. “Deck the Walls” continues from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays. Info: carbondalearts.com or 963-1680.

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KOROLOGOS GALLERY • The Ann Korologos Gallery in downtown Basalt presents “The Gift of Winter” through Jan. 4. Info: korologosgallery.com or 927-9668.

LIVE mUSIc • Steve’s Guitars in the old part of the Dinkel Building presents Bobby Mason/Jimmy Ibbotson together in a rare show. Info: 963-3304.

ASPEN cHAPEL GALLERY • The Aspen Chapel Gallery features Brian Colley, Lisa Singer, Staci Dickerson, Kat Rich and 27 other local artists in its “Small Wonders” show through Jan. 4.

FRIDAY Dec. 26

OPEN cONTINUES • The Wyly Open continues at the Wyly Art Center in downtown Basalt. cASTLE TOURS • Guided tours at the historic Redstone Castle are offered on Saturdays and Sundays at 1:30 p.m. through the winter, with holiday tours Dec. 22-26 and 29-31. Info: 9639656 and redstonecastle.us. mAYOR’S cOFFEE HOUR • Chat with Carbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot on Tuesdays from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Village Smithy. TWO STEPPIN’ • Two Step Tuesdays takes place at the Third Street Center every Tuesday night at 7:45 p.m. Admission is $7 singles/$12 per couple. Partners are not necessary. Wear hard soled shoes and bring water. Info: meetup.com/RFVDance. BRIDGE • The Carbondale Bridge Club meets at the Senior Matters room in the Third Street Center Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. You must have a partner and the fee is $3 per person. Info: 9630425. FIGURE DRAWING • The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities offers figure drawing sessions on Mondays from 6 to 9 p.m. Info: 970-456-2865 or honewilliams@gmail.com. AUTISTIc STORYTImE • The Carbondale Branch Library offers a sensory storytime for autistic children and their parent/caregiver Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. LINX • The Linx Networking group meets each Tuesdays at 7 a.m. in the Aspen-Sotheby’s real estate office on Midland Avenue in Basalt.

Info: Keith Edquist at 928-8428. WEEKLY RUNS • Independence Run & Hike holds runs group runs at 8 a.m. on Saturdays and 6 p.m. on Thursdays. Info: 704-0909. mEDITATION AND DHARmA • John (Chophel) Bruna facilitates a meditation and Dharma talk at the Third Street Center from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Wednesdays. There will be a 25-minute meditation, followed by a dharma talk with time for questions and answers. It’s offered by the Way of Compassion Foundation and co-sponsored by Davi Nikent. Info: wayofcompassion.org. TAI cHI • Senior Matters offers tai chi classes at the Third Street Center on Mondays and Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. Classes are $48 per month or $8 for drop ins. Info: John Norton at 379-1375. TAI cHI • Senior Matters presents Simple Tai Chi in room 33 of the Third Street Center from 11 a.m. to noon on Fridays. Info: 379-1375. mINDFULNESS GROUP • The Mindfulness group holds weekly sessions at 7:30 p.m. next to the Boomerang on Highway 133. Info: 970633-0163. EXTREmE cOFFEE • The Extreme Sports Camp in the Third Street Center invites folks to drop in for a free cup of Boomerang Coffee during Friendly Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. DAVI NIKENT • Weekly meditation and dharma talks with John Chophel Bruna continue Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. at the Third Street Center. Info: wayofcompassion.org.

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Library users can look for more non-fiction books, and additions to the Spanish and audio-book collections, after the Garfield County library district received a $12,848 state grant for such purchases, according to a press release. “These funds have again come at an essential time for us,” said Garfield County Libraries Executive Director Amelia Shelley. “ … we are extremely grateful that the state legislature is making these grants possible. Recent sales tax decreases have hit our Library District hard, and this grant helps us purchase needed materials for our communities.” Last year the Garfield County library system used a state grant to purchase early literacy materials. Folks can browse the Garfield County library system’s collection, and download e-books, at gcpld.org.

The Carbondale Community Food Cooperative holds its monthly Member Appreciation Day on Dec. 20 this month, rather than the last Saturday of December. Members receive a 10 percent discount on all in-store purchases from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Dec. 20. “There are lots of great gifts in addition to the great food,” said a co-op spokeswoman. “The Food Co-op wishes everyone happy holidays!”

Let’s go caroling The Orchard invites everyone to come out for hot chocolate and caroling around town from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Dec. 21. The Orchard is a non-denominational church at 110 Snowmass Dr. For details, call 963-8773 or go to theorchardlife.com.

cPAc accepting entries The Carbondale Public Arts Commission (CPAC) is announcing its call for entries for the 2015 Art aRound Town sculpture installation. Each year, CPAC selects 14 sculptures from around the U.S. to display around town for one year. The selected artists receive a $500 honorarium; the Best of Show award

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MasterMinds 4 Wellness founder Peter Goldstein (left) presents Dr. Greg Feinsinger (right) with the organization’s Wellness Star award at the Third Street Center on Dec. 13. MasterMinds 4 Wellness recognized Feinsinger for going “above and beyond” traditional medicine in preventing heart attacks by finding and implementing an easy solution for people to adopt a plant-based, whole foods lifestyle. The organization also presented a Wellness Star award to a completely surprised Rita Marsh for her years of dedication in providing programs to support wellness. The presentations took place during the Davi Nikent/MasterMinds 4 Wellness “A Day of Nurturing.” Photo by Lynn Burton brings with it $1,000. The entry deadline is Feb. 15. For details, go to callforentry.org.

Attention fashion models Green is the New Black fashion show model auditions are slated for 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 11, and 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 12 at the Third Street Center. Models are

needed in the “18 to 80” age group, according to a CCAH press release. The show is March 13-14 and this year’s theme is “Underground,” which promises to be “edgy, a bit more daring, but fun as ever.” Rehearsals will begin on Feb. 8. For details, call 963-1680 or go to carbondalearts.com. On a related note, the deadline to submit designs is Jan. 12.

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The Carbondale seventh/eighth grade boys club basketball team holds a free throw shoot-a-thon at Roaring Fork High School at 1 p.m. on Jan. 4. Each boy will shoot 50 free throws and pledges are being accepted for every shot made. One-time donations are also being accepted. Proceeds go toward equipment, uniforms and travel expenses; 15 percent will be donated to Carbondale Lift-Up. Players are canvasing the community for pledges. For details, call Joe Markham at 963-1109.

District fire calls Here are the 911 calls to the Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District for Dec. 7-13. • Medical Emergencies (6); • Motor vehicle accidents (3); • Trauma emergencies (2); • Fire alarms (2); • Smoke alarms (2); • Carbondale monoxide alarm (1).

Marble Distilling shoots for February opening Going really green John Colson Sopris Sun Correspondent The Marble Distilling building at 150 Main St. may appear almost ďŹ nished, at least when viewed from the street, but as coowner Connie Baker ruefully told the Sopris Sun recently, “We’re delayed, for sure.â€? Problems with everything from the delivery of concrete to delays in the manufacturing of the tanks for the distillery’s eco-friendly and ground-breaking WETS, or “water-energy thermal storageâ€? reclamation system, have resulted in sufďŹ cient tardiness that “we are shooting for the end of February right now.â€? She had initially hoped for a December completion date back in June, when construction had only just begun. The delays, she continued, were due to “typical construction stuff, nothing major,â€? such as engineering complexities with regard to the WETS system, which was designed and developed with the help of a $25,000 grant from the Community OfďŹ ce of Resource EfďŹ ciency (CORE). “We’re going to reclaim 100 percent of the processed water we use,â€? she explained. “The only water that will actually be consumed will be what goes into our product,â€? which is to be mainly vodka and whisky. The design of the WETS system, Baker said, has been patented and already has

been shared with other “boutique distilleries,â€? and she plans to take it to distillery trade shows in order to show it off to even more potential users. “We’ll be saving $14,000 per year on water usage bills,â€? she continued enthusiastically, “ and about $13,000 in energy costs,â€? by using a heat-transfer system that will exploit the energy content of the reclaimed water for heating in the winter and cooling in the summer. “It is probably the greenest building in Carbondale,â€? Baker said proudly. “It totally belongs in Carbondale, because Carbondale is so green.â€? But, she admitted, the WETS tanks are still being completed by a manufacturer in Montrose, thought she had expected delivery at least a couple of weeks ago. Also held up are the stills and mash tuns (tanks) used in the distilling process, she said. On the bright side, Baker said she has obtained all the necessary federal and state permits for the distillery. The building itself is nowhere near completion, including the facilities of the “Distillery Inn,â€? which contains ďŹ ve rooms for guests to stay in (four upstairs and one downstairs), according to Baker’s partner and brother in law, Rob DiPangrazio, who also lives in Carbondale. “We don’t even have the drywall up yet (in the guest rooms),â€? DiPangrazio said on Tuesday during a phone interview with The Sopris Sun. “There’s so much mechanical and

Marble Distilling’s ďŹ ve guest rooms are located on the south side of the building, with distilling operations on the north side. Co-owner Connie Baker speculated the building will be the “greenestâ€? in Carbondale, thanks in part to a system that will reclaim 100 percent of the water used in the distilling process. She said distilling may start in January. Photo by Lynn Burton plumbing related to the distillery, that we can’t close the walls in.â€? Both Baker and DiPangrazio expressed disappointment that the business will not be open for the Christmas holiday season, and that it probably will not be operating in time for the Presidents Day weekend in early February, which was another target completion date that Baker said is not likely to be met.

But DiPangrazio noted that the main still is expected to arrive soon after Christmas, and said the town has been approached for a temporary certiďŹ cate of occupancy to at least begin the process of making vodka and other beverages before the building is entirely ďŹ nished. “We may be able to start distilling at the end of January,â€? he said hopefully.

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For this issue of KidZone, we asked kids to tell us about a time when they helped someone, or someone helped them. We’ve printed some of the highlights below. “Me and my brother were at camp. We went backpacking. I kept falling. My brother helped me up. When we were going back I did not fall at all.” - Nadav Hahn, 2nd Grade

“Me and my family were walking home and a bus was coming close to us. So my cousin went right and my mom went left. I wanted to go left with my mom. It was too far but I still went left. The bus almost hit me! But my cousin pulled me out of the way.” — Anissa Sykes, 2nd Grade

“At recess this morning me and Ananda were running in the field and I started coughing. Ananda got worried and made me run to our fort. Yesenia put the jackets on the ground so I could rest on them, and then I felt better.” — Juniper Reindel, 2nd Grade

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“When I was alone with my kitten in the house she helped me by hugging me”- Ananda Lavender, 2nd Grade

“I saw Oz climb the wall, but I couldn’t. He gave me a tip and I could. We started climbing the wall together”- Hank Cerrone, 2nd Grade

Do you want to build a snowman? For next month’s KidZone, draw us a picture of the coolest snowman (or snow-creature) you can imagine, and tell us about it.. Will you draw a snow-ballerina? A snow-spiderman? A snow-tiger? The sky’s the limit for this creative contest. Submissions must be received by January 16, 2014.

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“One day we went sledding. Cole bumped into a tree back at Mark’s house. I asked him if he was okay and got him a pillow.” - Sara Kokish, 1st Grade

Please send all submissions, plus your name and grade, to KidZone@soprissun.com or send them to: Emily Bruell 238 Euclid Ave Carbondale, CO 81623

Hoops return for 2014-15 season Sopris Sun Staff Report Roaring Fork boys and girls hit the hardwood for the 2014-15 season at their Brenda Patch tournament on Dec. 5-6. The Rams face rival Basalt at home at 5 and 6:30 p.m. respectively on Dec. 18, then take a break for a couple of weeks before charging into league action on Jan. 9. The regular season wraps up at home on Feb. 21. In early season play at home on Dec. 12, the boys and girls both notched wins against Vail Christian. The boys came out on top 55-42 behind sophomore Aldo Pinela’s 12 points. Raul Leyva had 11, Ben Carpenter 10, Ray Acuna 9 and Adrian Chavez 8. Thanks in part to Lindsay Hansen’s two late buckets against Vail Christian, the girls came away with a 41-34 win for their ďŹ rst victory of the season. Emily Fisher led Roaring Fork with 16 points, followed by Hansen’s 10. Lily Ramos put in 8; Ashley Hall had eight assists. Photos by Sue Rollyson

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a pissed-off optimist than mean-spirited curmudgeon, Black is the rare comic who can cause an audience to laugh themselves into incontinence while making compelling points about the absurdity of our world. All tickets for the evening are $65. Keller Williams’s solo live shows — and his ability to improvise to his determinedly quirky tunes despite the absence of an actual band — have quickly became the stuff of legend, and his audience has grown exponentially as word has spread about this exciting, unpredictable performer. Starting with 1994’s “Freek” CD, Williams was embraced by an even wider community of music fans, particularly the jam band crowd. While he’s gigged in Aspen many times over the past handful of years, he’s never made it to the Wheeler until now. “Catch his infectious groove and shake it yourself on the dance floor,” said a Wheeler spokesman. There will be general admission on the orchestra level and reserved seating in the balcony. All tickets are $28. Tickets to both shows are available online at www.aspenshowtix.com, over the phone by calling 920-5770 or in person in the Aspen Show Tickets’ box office, located in the Wheeler Opera House.

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The Wheeler Opera House announced this week two acts have been added to the winter 2015 season lineup of events. Lewis Black will perform on Jan. 30 and Keller Williams on March 19, according to a press release. Tickets for Lewis Black are on sale today. Tickets for Keller Williams go on sale at 11 a.m. on Dec. 19. Black is one of the most prolific and popular performers working today. He executes a brilliant trifecta as stand-up comedian, actor and author. Receiving critical acclaim, he performs over 200 nights a year to sold out audiences throughout Europe, New Zealand, Canada and the United States. He is one of few performers to sell out multiple, renowned theatres, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City Center and the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. In August 2007, he was the first stand-up comedian to ever perform in concert at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Black’s live performances provide a cathartic release of anger and disillusionment for his audience. He yells so they don’t have to. A passionate performer who is more

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P&Z gives nod to four-plex; trustees to log in John Colson Sopris Sun Correspondent A local couple seeking to redevelop a single-story home at 191 Sopris Ave. into a four-plex of rental apartments won approval from the town’s planning and zoning commission last week, although it appears that their long haul to final approval is not yet over. At least one critic of the proposal, adjacent neighbor Brigitte Heller, said this week that she is planning to appeal the P&Z decision to the Carbondale Board of Trustees (BOT), and that she will write a letter to the BOT about her objections and believes other neighbors opposed to the project will write, too. “I appreciate that (developer Kim Kelley and her consultants) have worked on this project (to meet neighborhood objections), but it is still too tall and too big,” Heller told The Sopris Sun on Monday. Heller said she believes the trustees will be “meeting some time in January to discuss it,” based on a conversation she had with Town Manager Jay Harrington. Harrington, in a memo to the trustees sent Dec. 12, confirmed, “we anticipate this decision to be appealed to the BOT.” The neighborhood confrontation is over the replacement of a roughly 2,600-square-foot, single-story home once owned and occupied by long-time local resident Harold Leonard, which was bought in 2006 by Kelley and her company, Sopris Properties. The proposal has been discussed at three separate meetings of the P&Z, starting in early September, and the plans have changed to meet the objections of neighbors and some suggestions from the P&Z members themselves. Kelley and her consultants, land-use planner Mark

Chain and architect Jess Peterson, noted after the Dec. 11 meeting that they had met once with neighbors in general, and once with several architects who live in the area, to talk about the plans and attempt to accommodate neighborhood concerns. Peterson, recalling that the meeting with the architects was informal and sociable, termed it a “beer review,” playing off the concept of a peer review among professionals. Among the changes made to the plans, Chain noted, was to reduce the overall size of the building from its initial 5,456 square feet (including garages). As approved, the plan calls for a four-plex containing 5,081 square feet of habitable space, including four garages, on a lot of just over 8,200 square feet in size (an earlier story in the Sopris Sun mistakenly gave the lot size as the size of the structure), at the intersection of Sopris Avenue and Second Street. The approved plans also included changes to the look of the building, which critics said initially looked “too commercial” to fit in with the neighborhood. And, instead of the initial proposal for setback variances along both Sopris and Second Street, the reduction in the building’s size has meant that now only one variance is needed, in the setback from the lot line along Second Street. Keeping the building 20-feet from Second Street, as required under current codes, Peterson told the P&Z, would create a “hardship” on the neighbor to the east, 92-year-old Laura Bair, causing the removal of several trees along the boundary line that have formed a break between the two properties. The revised plan also increased the amount of open space to be retained on the lot, according to a letter from Chain to the P&Z, and the height of the building has

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been decreased from its original 31 feet to 25.5 feet high at the mid-span of the peaked roof. The code would permit a height of 35 feet. “We made some changes that we think better fit the project into the neighborhood,” Chain told the P&Z. The neighbors, however, continued to object to the project overall. “There have been some modest reductions made in the project,” conceded neighbor Jeff Maus. “I still don’t feel that the project meets the infill guidelines, nor does it meet the spirit of the variance guidelines. “For whatever reason, modern construction is a lot bigger than construction in the fifties and sixties,” Maus continued. “This project is going to dwarf every other building in our neighborhood. There will be impacts.” Heller, who also spoke at the P&Z meeting, said that if it were built as proposed, she felt the four-plex would devalue her property, which sits across the alley to the north of the project site. Some, however, supported the project as modified, including Scott Hanley, who rents his home on Wheel Circle and said the project would provide much needed rental housing for people such as him. The commission members themselves held a short discussion of the project, during which member Yuani Ruiz noted that town codes would have permitted Kelley to build a larger, less distinctive apartment building. “They could have a 35-foot box sitting on that lot,” Ruiz said, “which is a significantly greater impact on this neighborhood.” The Sopris Properties proposal was approved unanimously by the P&Z, 4-0. Commissioner Rich Comp recused himself from the discussion and the voting, after noting that he is a nearby neighbor.

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