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Spruce Up e Sun is year’s winner is …

The Sopris Sun continued its Spruce Up The Sun cover competition this year, opening up the competition to original designs instead of limiting it to a contest in which students colored in a line drawing.

Almost 100 entries were submitted, including a box full from art teacher Ami Maes, who delivered them just before deadline on Monday.

The entries included many beautiful and creative winter holiday scenes. Some featured more traditional settings, such as a warm fire and other inviting home scenes. Others included favorite winter sports such as snowboarding or ice-skating. Santa seemed to be multi-talented: disco dancing, hot-tubing in hot cocoa and even dunking a basketball.

This year’s top honor goes to Daniela Rivera, a sixth grader at Carbondale Middle School.

First place winners in the various categories are: Cal Stone (pre-school), Emmet Garcelon (kindergarten through fourth grade), Gelena Amaral (fifth grade), Hayden Holbrook (sixth grade), Hannah Feder (seventh grade), Nanessa Montoya (eighth grade) and Ami Maes (adult).

Judging such a competitive contest would not have been possible without the help of discerning eyes at the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities. The Sopris Sun staff and CCAH would also like to thank all of the contestants for sharing their creativity and talents. It made judging a truly difficult task.

Contestants may pick up their original artwork at The Sopris Sun office at 520 S. Third Street #35.

For the contest category winners, please go to pages 18-19 and visit our website (www.soprissun.com).

Thanks again to all who entered. Happy holidays and starting thinking now for the 2014 contest.

Cover contest winner: Daniela Rivera, a sixth grader at Carbondale Middle School.

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The December text came through mid-evening: “Need help to- around single digits for two weeks. I became Cam the crowbar morrow putting in a subfloor.” Never mind the forecast was for a man, scraping ice accumulations from the deck. Cam the screwerday of rain, then highs hovering around zero degrees Fahrenheit inner, gluer, brick layer, table sawer, sander, grommet tightening for the next few weeks, or that the animals could sense something yurt guy I’d always wanted to be. wickedly cold this way coming. The rabbits were going haywire in Rather than ruminate on my feet, which daily turned into their hutch; the lambs were running in circles jumping onto a pile chunks of nerveless wood, I thought about what it would be like of railroad ties; the pig snuffed at my boots like a linebacker; the to live in a yurt. Would I finally begin to see the world’s roundchickens, well the chickens were just chickens, doing ness? Would I fill out in circularity? Understand with whatever it is that chickens do. I scratched Zeus, a more clarity both beginnings and endings? Roam less 120-pound yellow Lab grizzly bear mix, and far from home, or wander even farther? replied: “Mos def. See you tomorrow.”

While I am still, even after my yurt building exBy Cameron Scott What little I knew about carpentry came from perience, unable to answer any of these questions, I tearing out drywall and painting. Pounding nails can drill a mean screw, build and install various into trees for hammocks. Tying flies. Still, I showed up the next things, and insulate a floor. On the first day of zero degree weather, day, driving for an hour up, over and and into a secluded canyon I drove home from working on the yurt to the place where I was set just below a towering set of mountains. Once on the property, house sitting the aforementioned animals, and found they had setI took a left down a rarely driven rock-strewn road, bottoming out tled down considerably, except for the four horses, who had rehard near a cattle grate, then parked next to a silver truck. There, moved the tarp and rocks from the lambs’ bails of alfalfa and laid set against the side of the canyon, in its roundness and glory, was waste to an entire bag of oats instead of hanging out in the shelter a yurt. of their barn. A barn … I have not spent the night yet in a barn.

I have not spent nearly enough nights in yurts. Teepees, yes.

Tents, yes. Sleeping in a sleeping bag beneath the stars, yes. Backcountry huts, yes. But not yurts. While I did spend the night in a Carbondale Poets Co-op, Wheel Circle, ‘09 friend’s yurt once, and helped disassemble another friend’s yurt on short notice, I have not had nearly enough flying saucer shaped The gash in the hot tub cover and opera music next door close encounters of the yurt kind. leave us thrust open on branches of trees like leaves The plan, to install an insulated subfloor on the platform where while the ditch runs full of snowmelt. the yurt now stood, seemed as good a plan as any. Add a brick inlaid patch of floor with a fireplace, a reflective heat wall, and some And behind Kim and Marlyn, the glass block remnants of what other odds and ends to the already existing cooking pagoda on one corner of the deck and outhouse the size of a small cabin out used to be a wall.

And behind Tony, the cracked brown stains of the fence. in the woods. This was to be the immobile mother of all yurts.

And behind Tom and Cody, the open air, the fir tree, the dusk....

Never mind that the temperature did indeed plummet to and hover

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Roping club brought rodeo to town in 1948 (Editor’s note: This column originally appeared two or three years ago and has been edited for length. It is reprinted at the request of the family in memory of the late Bill Fender).

By Charlotte Graham Special to The Sopris Sun When it comes to summer fun in Carbondale, there are plenty of contenders for the title “best,” but it’s hard to beat the all-out enthusiasm of the Wrangler-clad cowboys and girls dusting up Gus Darien’s Arena come June.

Thanks to a loose organization of local ranchers formed in 1948 called the Carbondale Roping Club, today’s Carbondale Wild West Rodeo has some pretty deep roots.

My Wednesday “tea dates” at the Mount Sopris Historical Society Museum lead to fun discoveries every week! For one thing, the museum’s front door faces the field that was once the Carbondale rodeo grounds — now the Bridges High School building.

This being the beginning of rodeo season, I just had to find out what the story was behind a big ol’ carved-wood plaque (an amazing work of art) that I see all the time in the museum that reads “Carbondale Roping Club.”

Bonanza Remember TV’s “Bonanza”? Remember how that show started?

Four men ride up to the forefront, each astride a fine horse. That was the vision that popped into my mind when I read the names of the Roping Club members and saw, at bottom left, the Four Fenders: Bud, Harold, Ray, and William. (Can’t you just hear the music?)

Hey. I know one of them! William told some good tales when I visited with him for my book Vol. 1 of “Memoirs.” Now in his 80s, Bill is also featured in a color photo in the museum with one of the founders of the Carbondale Roping Club, Bob Perry. The photo dates back to 1952, when they won first prize in the “head and

heel” competition in Tonopas, near Steamboat Springs.

Bill still lives close by. So I got the history straight from the horse’s mouth, so to speak.

The fact that I was two minutes late was immediately noted by Mr. Fender as I entered his home. The fact that I had in my hot little hands the aforementioned carved plaque was all that saved my butt from getting booted out the door. “I had to take a roundabout way,” explained this quick-thinking scofflaw.

As I handed the pilfered plaque over to him along with the first prize photo, the tiniest bit of benevolent light broke through from one eye. He nodded me to sit. Something told me he was a “horse whisperer” before there ever was dreamed up such a name.

The first thing Bill asked me is if anyone has a photo of the rodeo grounds pre-World War II. So, readers, take note, if you’ve got a picture you are willing so show, please let me know. He’s not letting me forget his request!

Bill then leaned back in his recliner as he read down the list of names. Which ones were ropers and which were donor members, he remembered them all.

“Bob Perry and Darcy Brown were the ones who really got the Roping Club going,” Bill said. “We had saddle bronc, bareback, calf roping and steer roping. They furnished the stock, fed ‘em and all.

With a little bull tossed in amongst the steer stories, Bill described how the first arena was made by a circle of cars. “I remember once when John McKay, on a white horse, went through those cars,” he recalled.

He pointed to the wood fence seen in one of the photos, “While working for the Forest Service, I helped haul those aspen poles down off Sopris.”

There was once a racetrack all around the arena where they had “walk, trot, run” races, Bill said, adding, “‘Shorty’ Wall always won!”

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Fire district slashes budget; cuts services for 2014 Sopris Sun Staff Report Faced with a projected $1 million decrease in property tax revenues for 2014, the Carbondale Fire District will dip into its reserves to the tune of $700,000 next year and also cut services or programs, such as the Wildfire Patrol that puts crews on the ground to locate and fight fires before they spread.

The cuts come after the Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District’s five-member board approved a 2014 budget of approximately $2 million on Dec. 11, down about $1.2 million from 2013 due to a decline in property values.

Those service cuts, in turn, were brought on after district residents voted down a mill-levy hike in November that would have funded services and programs at their current levels.

Programs getting the axe include: • Public classes in CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation); • Certification and training programs for fire-fighters; • The free Automated External Defibrillator maintenance and testing program for owners in businesses, schools and other locations; • Funding for the non-profits CORE (Community Office for Resource Efficiency) and CLEER (Clean Energy Economy for the Region); • Recycling programs at the districts stations, which are located Marble, Redstone, Carbondale, Missouri Heights and the CMC turnoff.

The district wanted to buy a new fire truck and ambulance in 2014 but those plans are on hold.

District fire chief Ron Leach said the department will retain all 20 of its paid staffers, although one has quit and will not be replaced. The district also relies on 75 volunteers.

Going into 2013, the district had about $1.5 million in reserves, so by the end of 2014 that figure is projected to be about $800,000.

Leach said the district will probably go back to district voters next year or in 2015 to ask for a property tax hike.

The property tax ballot question in November failed by about 55 to 45 percent.

Firefighters knock down blaze Sopris Sun Staff Report Dec. 15 at 6:37 p.m., the Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District was paged for a report of a structure fire at 251 Bobcat Lane, (Redstone Ranch Acres subdivision) Redstone, according to a press release.

Upon firefighters arrival, flames were visible outside the chimney chase. The first fire officer on scene worked with a neighbor and they were able to keep the fire from spreading until the first fire engine arrived.

The fire had extended in to the framing, but firefighters were able to contain the fire to the chimney area.

The homeowners were not at home when the fire began. A neighbor gained entry and released a dog from the residence.

There were no firefighter or civilian in-

juries. No loss amount has been determined at this time. The cause of the fire is being investigated.

The fire district responded with four fire trucks and 18 personnel. The fire was reported as being under control at 7:40 p.m., although firefighters remained on scene until after 9:30 p.m.

“The Carbondale firefighters did an excellent job of containing this fire to the chimney chase and immediate area,” said fire chief Ron Leach. “The next door neighbor saved this house by his quick response.

He kept the fire at bay with his fire extinguishers until the fire department arrived.”

The Pitkin County Sheriff’s Department and the Red Cross also responded to this incident.

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Belle Raleigh, an intermediate ballet student at Crystal River Ballet School, danced the title role of “Clara” in the “Nutcracker” at Carbondale Middle School on Dec. 13. Crystal River Ballet and the Glenwood Dance Academy collaborated on the production. For more photos from Friday night’s program, please visit the Sopris Sun website at soprissun.com. Photo by Lynn Burton

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SATURDAY Dec. 14 At 1:28 a.m. the doorman at a bar gave police a fictitious voting card from Mexico.

SUNDAY Dec. 15 At 10:48 a.m. a Carbondale resident reported that his house had been egged.

Sunsense Solar’s William Steindler waits for a panel at the Carbondale Nature Park (aka Delaney dog park) earlier this week. The solar array is nearing completion and joins arrays on the Third Street Center roof and at the public works office on Highway 133 as part of a power purchase agreement between the town, Sunsense Solar, Excel Energy and a private investor who earns tax credits for funding the project. Photo by Lynn Burton

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Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser forged her leadership skills on the rivers and summits of the West. She is also a respected leader in the halls of academia. Her work has created new opportunities for countless students. As CMC’s new president, she brings the vision and energy to lead the College to new heights.

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SINCE Dec. 11: • Officers issued several warnings to motorists parked the wrong way on residential streets.

• Police red-tagged several expired or unregistered vehicles that were stored on public rights of way.

• Police issued citations to three speeders in the school zone on Snowmass Drive.

Ross Montessori School students celebrate the completion of their snowsnake sculpture named Smaug. Led by outdoor education teacher Rob Hurley, students packed buckets with snow at the Delaney dog park (across from the school) for the past few days and built an S-shaped snake that would measure 50-60 feet if stretched tight and not struggling too hard to get away.

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New York mag inks C’dale New York magazine’s on-line edition slathered Carbondale with loads of electronic ink in a recent travel article, mentioning everything from Town. restaurant and Fatbelly Burgers to PAC3 and the Art aRound Town program.

Writer Nicholas DeRenzo leads off his article with “Award-winning public-art programs, inventive local cuisine, and a burgeoning sustainable design scene are bringing a contemporary edge to this former mining town just 30 miles down valley from Aspen.”

DeRenzo follows with brief blubs under five subheads: Where to Stay (Avalanche Ranch, Euclid House and the Redstone Inn), Where to Eat (Town., the Goat and Fatbelly Burgers), What to Do (Art aRound Town, S.A.W., Carbondale Clay Center, Third Street Center and PAC3), Insider’s Tip (Carbondale Sk8 Park) and Odd Ball Day (take a day trip on the West Elk Loop to Paonia, kicking off with a stop at the Blend Coffee Company and wrapping up at the Black Nugget).

Word has it DeRenzo planned to write about the Estes Park area last summer but Biblical proportions flooding forced him to switch his focus to Carbondale.

To read the article, go to nymag.com/travel.

Waiting for the Coen brothers The Sopris Sun’s entertainment editor said he suspects there are more per capita Coen brothers fans in Carbondale than just about any other town of 6,000 located at an elevation of 6,161 feet, at the confluence of two rivers and with a single-screen Main Street movie theatre. Don’t ask why. He just has a gut feeling, and plenty of gut to back it up.

Anyway, Crystal Theatre owners Bob and Kathy Ezra report that the Coen brothers current film, “Inside Llewyn

Davis,” will in fact come to town, although at press-time they are not sure when.

“Inside Llewyn Davis” follows an early 1960s New York City folksinger as he faces two struggles: earning a living and living with his somewhat dysfunctional personality. Most film critics like “Inside Llewyn Davis:” • “If you love the Coens, or follow folk music, or hold fast to this period of history and that patch of New York, then the film can hardly help striking a chord. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker magazine.

• “‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ is one of the Coens’ richest, strangest and most potent films.” — Andrew O’Hehir, salon.com.

• “One thing’s for sure about this raw provocation from the Coens: Like the music, the pain runs deep and true. You’ll laugh till it hurts.” — Peter Travers, Rolling Stone • “Brilliantly acted, gorgeously shot and altogether captivating.” — Claudia Puig, USA Today.

Bicyclist of the Week Bicyclist of the Week honors go to the guy who was steering his bike along an icy road in Satank with his left hand, and ponying a second bike with his right hand. He managed to turn left into Carbondale Business Park without falling over, although it must be noted that for obvious reasons he did not signal. Had this cyclist signaled with his left hand while pulling a second bike with his right hand, he’d be a prime candidate for Bicyclist of the Year.

Coats collect at Steve’s Word has it Steve’s Guitars collected more than 100 coats for the needy at its annual Coats for Comedy night last Saturday. The lineup included Beth Brandon, Gail Mason, Don Chaney and Todd Hartley, plus middle

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schooler Camilo Guevara-Stone in his debut gig. “(He) got some really big laughs,” said Steve Standiford. Brad Hendricks and someone named Whitney won a couch in the raffle.

Thanks to the Thrift Shop of Aspen The Sopris Sun is pleased to announce the recent award of a generous $1,000 grant from The Thrift Shop of Aspen to support our youth outreach activities. We plan to use the funds to create two paid summer internships for local high school students who are interested in gaining experience in journalism and digital media. The internship application process will open in the spring and will be announced ... you guessed it ... right here in The Sopris Sun. In notifying The Sun of the award, Katherine Sand, the Grants Committee Chair, wrote “I would ask you, when appropriate, to let your readers know that you have been helped by the Aspen Thrift Shop — a large proportion of our granting takes place well beyond Aspen itself, but many people do not realize this. The more people shop and donate with us, the more we are able to help area non-profits.”

So, next time you are in Aspen, stop by the shop at 422 East Hopkins Avenue and return the love in one form or another. Over 120 women volunteers make the magic happen there in the store and for dozens of non-profits throughout the valley. The Sopris Sun says “thank you!”

They say it’s your birthday Folks celebrating their birthday this week include: Frances Lewis and Shirley Bowen (Dec. 19); Don Butterfield, Tyler Thompson and Prema Trettin (Dec. 20); Paula Fothergill; Jerry Pluger, Carolyn Jackson and Jessica Hardin (Dec. 22); and Bill Lamont (Dec. 23).

Members of the Roaring Fork High School jazz band, including AJ Gray (shown here), played for a Jazz Aspen Snowmass fundraiser at Four Dogs Fine Wine & Spirits in Willits on Dec. 13. The event kicked off Jazz Aspen Snowmass’ Give the Gift of Music campaign, which donates money to local school music programs.

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Academy Screenings returns to the Wheeler in Aspen Dec. 23-Jan. 2 Sopris Sun Staff Report Aspen Film, a year-round ďŹ lm arts and education organization, announces the complete program for its 22nd annual Academy Screenings series on Dec. 23 through Jan. 2 at the Wheeler Opera House, Aspen.

The showcase will present 19 ďŹ lms actively campaigning for OscarÂŽ nomination just as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gets ready to mail this year’s ballots, according to a press release. The complete schedule with ďŹ lm descriptions and trailers is available now at aspenďŹ lm.org. Tickets are on sale through Aspen Show Tickets at the Wheeler Opera House and aspenshowtix.com. “Aspen Film’s Academy Screenings offers a unique opportunity for people to see a concentration of ďŹ lms both in release and previews of the most anticipated ďŹ lms of the year in a festival atmosphere,â€? says Aspen Film Co-Director, Laura Thielen. “From festival award-winners to star-studded performances as well as the latest from esteemed directors to the overwhelming number of true stories, there is something for everyone. Aspen is one of few places in the country where one can access such a wide array of ďŹ lms actively campaigning for OscarÂŽ nomination.â€?

This year’s movie extravaganza spotlights eagerly anticipated ďŹ lms featuring awardcaliber performances, notable directors, fes-

tival prizewinners and more.

Stars will light up the screen including Robert Redford in the sea adventure “All is Lost� (Roadside Attractions); Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal in the mystery thriller “Prisoners� (Warner Bros.); Judi

Woody Allen’s “Blue Jasmine� (Sony Pictures Classics) starring Cate Blanchett; Teller, of the well-known illusionist duo Penn & Teller, makes his directorial debut with “Tim’s Vermeer� (Sony Pictures Classics); and Richard Linklater reengages with his en-

“Aspen Film’s Academy Screenings offers a unique opportunity for people to see a concentration of films both in release and previews of the most anticipated films of the year in a festival atmosphere.�

Laura Thielen Aspen Film co-director Dench and Steve Coogan in Stephen Frear’s “The Queen� (Philomena); Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in “August: Osage County� (The Weinstein Company), a darkly comic drama about the strong-willed women of the Weston family. Spike Jonze’s “Her� (Warner Bros.), digital-age romance, stars Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams and Scarlett Johansson.

Among the directors whose ďŹ lms are making serious waves are Alexander Payne and his rueful new comedy “Nebraskaâ€?

(Paramount Vantage), starring Bruce Dern (Best Actor winner at Cannes) and Will Forte; Jason Reitman and his powerful romantic drama “Labor Day� (Paramount Pictures), adapted from Joyce Maynard’s novel, starring Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin;

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chanting exploration of love, “Before Midnight� (Sony Pictures Classics), along with actors Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke.

True stories provide the backdrop for compelling drama and documentaries. Idris Elba and Naomie Harris star in the inspiring “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom�

(The Weinstein Company), voted Aspen Filmfest Audience Favorite; “Dallas Buyers Club� (Focus Features) stars a commanding Matthew McConaughey; Steve McQueen directs Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender and Benedict Cumberbatch in “12 Years a Slave� (Fox Searchlight); an amateur singer turns star in David Frankel’s joyous drama “One Chance� (The Weinstein Company); and unheralded talent–backup singers–take center stage in the documentary

“20 Feet from Stardom� (The Weinstein Company) with Darlene Love, Mick Jagger and Bruce Springsteen.

Award buzz continues for festival winners, including director Ryan Coogler and his moving feature debut “Fruitvale Station�

(The Weinstein Company), which took home Sundance’s Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award and features a breakout performance by Michael B. Jordan; the Palme d’Or winner at Cannes, “Blue is the Warmest Colorâ€? (Sundance Selects); the latest from the Oscar-winning director of A Separation comes “The Pastâ€? (Sony Pictures Classics), which garnered Cannes’ Best Actress Award for BĂŠrĂŠnice Bejo; and the Chilean drama “Gloriaâ€? (Roadside Attractions) stars Berlin Best Actress winner, Paulina GarcĂ­a, in a quest for love. ••• Aspen Film will also continues its annual Hollywood’s Big Night party on March 2, the same night the Oscars will be handed out in Los Angeles. To celebrate, moviegoers are invited to share a red carpet experience at Aspen Film’s signature event at the Caribou Club. To reserve a ticket or ďŹ nd out more, email rsvp@aspenďŹ lm.org.

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Community Calendar THURS.-SUN. Dec. 19-22 THEATRE • Thunder River Theatre Company continues its production of the Tony Award-winning Comedy “The Fourposter” at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 20-22 and 2 p.m. on Dec. 19. This funny and poignant two-character play spans 35 years of marriage, from the couple’s wedding night to becoming empty nesters. “The play takes place in their bedroom, dominated by their fourposter bed,” said TRTC Executive Director Lon Winston. Nikki B. Montany and Mike Monroney play the lead roles. Tickets are $22 for adults and $12 for students. The theatre is located on the red brick walkway in downtown Carbondale west of the Dinkel Building. Ticket info: 963-8200 or thunderrivertheatre.com.

THEATRE • Theatre Aspen 30 presents the Winter Teen Conservancy production of “The Importance of Being Earnest” at the Aspen District Theatre at 7 p.m. on Dec. 1921, and 2 p.m. on Dec. 22. “The Importance of Being Earnest” is widely regarded as Oscar Wilde’s funniest and wittiest play and “comedy for serious people.” Tickets are $20 for adults/$12 for students at 920-5700.

THURSDAY Dec. 19 PROF B. PLAYS LIBRARY • Professor B. (aka Clay Boland) plays old-time piano favorites from 1910-1930 at the Carbondale Branch Library at 7 p.m. There’ll also be singing around the piano, plus guest artists.

The program will include such tunes as “Sweet Georgia Brown,” “Limehouse Blues,” “Swanee” and more.

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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.

LIVE mUSIC • The Black Nugget on Main Street presents Western Night with Randall Conrad Olinger at 8 p.m. No cover.

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CCAH’s Deck the Walls holiday show. Info: carbondalearts.com or 963-1680.

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

WINTER SOLSTICE • Two Rivers Unitarian Universalists (TRUU) hosts the third annual Community Solstice Celebration from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Third Street Center. There’ll be a bonfire outside, and music, special children’s program, cookies and cider inside. Please bring a non-perishable food or pet food item for donation for Lift-Up. Info: tworiversuu.org.

FRIDAY Dec. 20 mOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “Gravity” (PG-13) at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 1319; “Enough Said” (PG-13) at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 13 and “All Is Lost” (PG-13) at 5:15 p.m.

Dec. 14-15.

LIVE mUSIC • The Wheeler Opera House presents singer/songwriter Burt Bacharach Info: 920-5770.

LIVE mUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the old part of the Dinkel Building presents the Parker Millsap Trio at 8:30 p.m. Among other credits, this group was opening act for the Old Crow Medicine Show at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. “See why some people are talking about (Parker) as a young Tom Waitts,” said Steve Standiford. “I feel lucky to get this booking.”

Info: 963-3340.

SUNDAY Dec. 22 RUNNING • Independence Run & Hike holds its fifth annual 5K Jingle Bell Run at 11 a.m. The race will be timed and awards go to the top finishers, with a raffle, food and good cheer at the end. The entry fee is $10. The course starts at the store in La Fontana Plaza, tops out on White Hill then heads back to the store. Each runner to bring an old pair of shoes receives a Dos Gringos burrito and coffee, tea or cocoa. Don’t forget the Ugly Sweater competition (the winner receives a new one).

Info: 704-0909.

LIVE mUSIC • Stubbies in Basalt presents Randall Conrad Olinger at 8 p.m. No cover.

SATURDAY Dec. 21 COOKIE EXCHANGE • CCAH hosts a cookie exchange from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at its R2 Gallery in the Third Street Center.

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POETRY • The Aspen Poets’ Society celebrates winter at Victoria’s Espresso & Wine Bar from 6:30 p.m. Ernesto de Anda and Dave Taylor will provide the music. A $3 per poem donation is asked. Info: 379-2136.

Save the Date SUN.-MON. Jan. 12-13 mODEL AUDITIONS • Auditions for CCAH’s Green is the New Black fashion extravaganza are held from 5:30 to 6:30 on Jan. 12 and 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 13. Models must be 18 or older. The show takes place March 14-15 and the theme is Down the Rabbit Hole. Rehearsals begin Feb. 2. Info: 963-1680.

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DECK THE WALLS • CCAH continues its Deck the Walls holiday sale through Dec. 24.

Items and artisans include: Sweet Rubies chocolates (Rochelle Norwood), ornaments (David Powers and Jill Scher), mushroomdyed scarves (Michelle Dockins), ceramic (Angus Graham and Diane Kenney), prayer malas (Alexa Webster), woodwork (Brad Reed Nelson’s Board by Design), soaps and lotions (Queen of the Meadow and Laine Fabijianic), handmade jewelry (Mary Cervantes, Susie Kaldis, Sondie Reiff and Terry Muldoon) and “much more.” Info: 963-1680 or carbondalearts.com.

CCC SHOW CONTINUES • The Carbondale Clay Center’s Holiday International continues with more than 30 local and national potters through Dec. 23. mARY NOONE • The Main Street Gallery & the Framer at 399 Main St. presents Mary Noone’s annual show of flowers, dogs and landscapes through early February. Info: 9933775.

KOROLOGOS • The Ann Korologos Gallery in downtown Basalt continues its show “The Exceptional Gift,” featuring the gallery’s regional and contemporary Western artists working in painting, prints, ceramics and sculpture. Info: 927-9668.

KDNK • The Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment program on KDNK broadcasts Crystal River Elementary School students’ narratives, with such titles as “When I Broke My Arm” and “When My Uncle Died” from 2:55 to 3 p.m. on Mondays through Feb. 10. Tune in at 88.1 FM.

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.

CANCER CONSULTATIONS • Valley View Hospital offers free lung cancer evaluations on Thursdays from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Info: 384-7707. mAYOR’S COFFEE HOUR • Chat with Carbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot on Tuesdays from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Village Smithy.

DHARmA TALK • John “Chophel” Bruna facilitates a meditation and dharma talk at the Third Street Center on Wednesdays from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Info: wayofcompassion.org.

NELSON SHOW CONTINUES • Janet Nelson’s mixed-media show continues at the CMC ArtShart Gallery in downtown Glenwood Springs through early January. The hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. Info: 947-8367 or cmcartshare.com.

LIVE mUSIC • The Hotel Colorado hosts a Monday night jazz jam in its lobby at 7 p.m.

The sessions are open to jazz musicians of all levels, semi-formal attire encouraged. Spectators welcome. For more information visit the Monday Night Jazz Facebook page or contact Zack Ritchie at 987-9277.

LIVE mUSIC • Carbondale Beer Works hosts open mic nights with Patrick Fagan Mondays at 7:30 p.m.

CARBONDALE LIBRARY • The following programs and events take place at the Carbondale Library: – Bilingual Book Club • Held every Wednesday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Info: Alejandra at 963-2889.

– Storytime • The Carbondale Library at 320 Sopris Ave. holds a storytime for toddlers and infants Thursdays at 10 a.m.

– Bilingual Storytime • With Alejandra at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesdays. It’s for kids 1-5.

– movie Day • For kids in grades K-5 at 4 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of the month. There’ll be popcorn.

– musical Storytime • With Sue Schnitzer every Monday at 4 p.m. Kids must be accompanied by adults at all times.

– Teen Zone • From 4 to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. Teens are invited to study, surf the Net, read, write, draw or hangout. Bring a laptop or borrow one from the library.

Hold the Presses OPEN mIC • The Blend Coffee Company on Highway 133 hosts an open mic from 7 to 9 p.m. on Dec. 19.

TNHA CLASSES • True Nature Healing Arts offers classes in chakras, metta, tantra, meditation with a sweat lodge, and more. Info: 963-9900.

FESTIVAL OF LESSONS & CAROLS • St. Barnabas Episcopal Church (on Hyland Drive in Glenwood Springs) presents readings, a choir and carol singing plus string/flute/quartet with Karen Tafejian at 7 p.m. on Dec. 21.

PURPLE STAR BENEFITS • Kula Yoga on Main Street donates all contributions from its tension release class at 4:15 p.m. on Mondays to the Purple Star Veterans program. The class is usualy taught by Purple Heart recipient Adam Mccabe. Info: 963-0124.

CANDELGIHT SERVICES • The Carbondale Community United Methodist Church on Second Street holds Christmas Eve candlelight services with a free children’s pageant and candlelight service at 6:30 p.m. (children wishing to participate should arrive by 6 p.m.), followed by a traditional Christmas Eve candlelight and communion service at 9 p.m.

mUSIC TOGETHER • All Valley Music Together classes are under way. For details, go to allvalleymusic.com or call 963-1482.

LIBRARIES CLOSED • All Garfield County libraries will be closed on Tuesday and Wednesday, December 24-25, in observance of Christmas. Regular hours resume at 10 a.m. on Thursday, December 26, at all branches.

VIGIL SLATED • A candlelight vigil is slated for the residents of the Pan and Fork mobile home park in Basalt’s Lions at 6 p.m. on Dec. 19.

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Community Briefs Library offers tech toy tips The Carbondale Branch Library presents “I Just Got This Tech Toy for Christmas, Now What?” at 10 a.m. on Jan. 2. Library staffers or volunteers will help set up your device, download eBooks or magazines and field related questions. The sessions last up to 30 minutes and are offered on a firstcome/first-served basis. For details, call 963-2889 or go to gcpld.org. Other county libraries are also offering the class.

Call to artists The deadline to enter the 2014 Valley Visual Art Show is Jan. 10 at 5 p.m. Now in its 34th year, the non-juried show typically attracts more than 30 artists from the Roaring Fork

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

and Crystal river valleys. The opening reception is slated for 6 to 8 p.m. on Jan. 23. For details, go to carbondalearts.com.

Think ahead for laughs Tickets for the fourth annual Wheeler Opera House Aspen Laff Festival, slated for Feb. 20-22, are now on sale. The festival features stand-up comedians from Australia, Scotland, Canada, New York, Los Angeles and Denver.

“After so many years of producing comedy events here, we like to see and hear something you can’t get anywhere else, something distinctly Aspen, that sets the bar high and then raises it a few notches more. This year we steered away from landing a few marquee names and concentrated 100

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percent on bringing the best comics we could find,” said Wheeler Opera House Executive Director Gram Slaton.

The partial schedule includes: Feb. 20 – Jackie Loeb and Denver’s Josh Blue; Feb. 21 – Jeff Kreisler and Monica Piper/ Vicki Juditz/Betsy Salkind; Feb. 22 – Jen Grant, Tom Papa and Andy Hendrickson/ Sean Kent.

For details, go to aspenshowtix.com.

AAm offers kids’ classes The Aspen Art Museum presents “Texture Tricks” for kids 4-6 years old from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Dec. 23-27; “Color Connection” for kids 7-10 years old from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Dec. 30-Jan.3; “Trapping Tigers in the Aspen Highlands” for kids 7-9 years old through Feb. 2. For details, call 925-8050.

Buddy receives Anschutz grant “I am very pleased to announce that the Buddy Program has been awarded a grant of $7,500 by the Anschutz Family Foundation,” said David Houggy, executive director of the Buddy Program.

According to Houggy, the grant will be used to help fund the expansion of the Buddy Program’s core mentoring program in Carbondale. This is the first time that the Buddy Program has received funding from the Anschutz Family Foundation.

The Buddy Program’s mission is to strengthen the community by guiding and inspiring youth through mentoring.

“This grant from the Anschutz Family Foundation will give us additional resources to offer our Community Program in Carbondale, other mentoring programs, and Lemonade Day that we already offer there. In the community program we match a caring adult with a youth, aged six to eighteen, to provide support, guidance and friendship. Having the full complement of our programs allows us to address the needs of different youth in the best way possible. As with all of our programs, the community program is completely free to youth and their families.”

For 40 years, the Buddy Program has been pairing qualified mentors with young people referred to the program. The roots of the Buddy Program come from a local mental healthcounseling director who recognized that many of his young clients could benefit from an extra caring person in their lives.

In response to increased demand for services, the Buddy Program extended one-on-one mentoring through El Jebel in 1994 and through Carbondale in 2010. Over the years, additional benefits for participating youth have been implemented. Examples include paying for therapeutic counseling, scholarships for extra-curricular activities and continuing education, and connecting youth and their families with other agencies as necessary.

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Roping Club om page 2 One cowgirl Only one woman participated in the roping club events: Nancy Perry Shaffer. Though back then she was just Nancy Perry — and she was only 15. “Nancy was the fourth in line of our children,� said her mother, Ruth “Ditty� Brown Perry. “She loved to ranch, still does.�

Ditty was born into the D.R.C. Brown ranching family in Aspen. She would later marry Bob Perry whose family ranched in the Steamboat Springs area.

So it stands to reason that their daughter would be riding, roping calves and competing in rodeos at so tender an age.

Two of Ditty’s great grandsons, Bruce Turnbull, and his brother Duncan, take part in the break-away calf roping and dally ribbon roping events, and have been practicing for the past several years. That’s at least one tradition that lives on in spite of the signiďŹ cant social and physical changes that have come to the valley over the past four to ďŹ ve generations. “When the school wanted the land for a football ďŹ eld, the rodeo grounds got moved to where it is today,â€? Ditty said. “They have a special place for the seniors to watch. Oh, it’s great fun!â€?

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Photo by Barbara Dills The premier of “Art As A Way of Being: Squirrels, Sex and Big Ass Grinders” played to a packed house at the Third Street Center’s Calaway Room on Dec. 13. The film, by Gayle Embrey and Sue Drinker, explores the lives and art of seven Roaring Fork Valley artists; left to right in group photo; Sue Krehbiel (singer/songwriter), Alexandra Jerkunica (dancer), Ellen Woods (painter), Francie Jacober (writer), Gayle Embrey, Andrea Wallace (photographer), Betty Weiss (painter) and Nancy Lovendahl (sculptor). In the film, Krehbiel said “We do the art because we need to.” The “Big Ass Grinders” reference comes from Lovendahl in describing one of her sculpting tools.

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Mike Monroney (left) and Nikki B. Montany (right) star in Thunder River Theatre Company’s “The Fourposter.” The play won two Tony Awards in 1952 and depicts 35 years of a marriage, from 1890 to 1925. Photo by Valerie Haugen for TRTC might fall flat with less deft treatment (jokes that have done exactly that according to online reviews of previous contemporary runs in New York). Michael and Agnes are plagued by common relationship challenges, some that resolve onstage and some that don’t, all played out hu-

morously in the arena of TRTC’s fourposter bed.

So if, despite the inevitable rush of holiday parties, you still have a free night on your schedule this weekend, put TRTC’s “The Fourposter” on your list. It offers a most pleasant break from eggnog and tree trimming.

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Written by Dutch born playwright, novelist and occasional social critic, Jan de Hartog, “The Fourposter” won Tony Awards for Best Play and Best Director (Jose Ferrer) in 1952 with actors Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn in lead roles. The two-character story spans 35 years of an up-and-down marriage — from 1890 to 1925 — but don’t be misled into thinking it’s just a period piece. Thunder River Theater remains true to the original script without making the story feel dated: for example, the consummation of the marriage on the couple’s wedding night is tenderly alluded to without cause for anyone in the audience to blush, yet the treatment keeps the scene relevant and believable. The message? Marriage hasn’t changed all that much in the past century. The single set is Agnes and Michael’s bedroom, lovely and timeless in its simple design, and director Mike Monroney, lighting/sound designer Brad Moore and stage manager Olivia Savard enhance it with clever adjustments to lighting and props that keep things interesting despite the set’s minimalist style. The bedroom, the bed, and especially the bedding almost become characters themselves by the end of the play.

But what really carries the play are the lively performances of Monroney (Michael), a TRTC veteran, and Nikki B. Montany (Agnes), for whom this is a TRTC debut. The actors make up for what could in places be dull dialog with their skillful, often playful, timing and just the right amount of emotion. They pull off jokes that

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2013 CATEGORY WINNERS Spruce Up e Sun Design Contest

Pre-school winner: Cal Stone

Kindergarten through fourth grade winner: Emmet Garcelon

Fifth grade winner: Gelena Amaral

Sixth grade winner: Hayden Holbrook

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2013 CATEGORY WINNERS Spruce Up e Sun Design Contest

Seventh grade winner: Hannah Feder

Adult winner: Ami Maes

Eighth grade winner: Nanessa Montoya

Runners up (clockwise): Victor Perez (fifth grade); Makenzie Maker (sixth grade(; Martin Salcedo (seventh grade) and Sarah Flores (eighth grade). More winner’s artwork can be found on www.SoprisSun.com.

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2011- 2012, season and even after limited training had a strong season that included three top 10 results including 10th place in downhill at the Olympic test event in Sochi.

In 2012- 2013 McKennis had her first podium appearance after winning what’s arguably the most challenging women’s downhill – the course in St. Anton, Austria.

McKennis finished the season with a world rank of 10th, but as fate would have it she suffered another injury just before the season’s end where she shattered her right tibia plateau and fractured her tibia in a downhill crash in Garmisch, Germany. She has made a full recovery and now has her sights on the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

The Carbondale Chamber is thanking its outgoing 2013 Board of Directors members and is announcing its 2014 board, according to a press release.

The 2014 lineup is: • President (2014): Karen Eden, InterMountain Waste & Recycling; • Vice President (2014): Travis Stewart, Western Slope Materials, LLC & Casey Concrete; • Secretary (2014): Donni Cochran, AFLAC/Donni Cochran Insurance Services, LLC; • Treasurer (2014): Heather Beach, Beach Resource Management, LLC; • Jake Boyles, Crystal River Spas; • Kristin Garwood, Post Independent; • Sandy Graetz, It’s My Party; • Kiko Pena, Mi Casita Restaurant; • Patricia Pier, Pier Insurance & Financial Services, Inc.; • Tony Spires, ANB Bank; • Frank Zlogar, The Sopris Sun. The outgoing board members and officers include: • Past President Lauri Rubinstein (Step into Great); • Dale Ahrens (Mitchell & Company); • Trenton Cheney (Cheney Plumbing); • Terry Kirk (Sopris Liquor & Wine); • Andy Lietz (Sunsense Solar); • Jeni Ptacek (Crystal River Ballet); • Linda Wylie, Linda Wylie & Associates.

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The Carbondale Chamber of Commerce officers for 2014 are: Karen Eden (president), Travis Stewart (vice president), Donni Cochran (secretary) and Heather Beach (treasurer).

New and returning board members are: Jake Boyles, Kristin Garwood, Sandy Graetz, Kiko Pena, Patricia Pier, Tony Spires and Frank Zlogar. Courtesy photo beth Murphy and Frosty Merriott continue as town liaisons.

morse sponsors Olympian Coldwell Banker Mason Morse is sponsoring alpine skier Alice McKennis, of New Castle, in her quest for a medal at the winter Olympics in Sochi, according to a press release.

“Alice isn’t only a talented competitor, but also a warm, friendly, and humble person,” said Karim Souki, vice president of development at CBMM. “We live in a community made famous by its ski runs. As the longest

running real estate business in the valley, CBMM believes we have a responsibility to support that legacy. We are delighted and honored to help one of our local athletes compete on the world stage.”

The Colorado native burst on to the scene in the 2009-2010 World Cup season with a 10th place finish in downhill in her third World Cup race ever. She then qualified for the 2010 Olympic team in her rookie season racing on the World Cup circuit.

After an injury early in the season of 2010-2011, McKennis made her return to snow the next summer in preparation for the

Consumer Reports rates VVH For the first time, Consumer Reports has rated U.S. hospitals on how patients fare during and after surgery, according to a press release earlier this year. Valley View Hospital was among only 10 Colorado hospitals to receive the highest ratings awarded. The ratings include an overall surgery rating, which combines results for 27 categories of scheduled surgeries, as well as individual ratings for five specific procedure types: back surgery, hip replacement, knee replacement, angioplasty, and carotid artery surgery.

The magazine’s surgery ratings are based on an analysis of billing claims that hospitals submitted to Medicare for patients 65 and older, from 2009 through 2011, and cover 2,463 hospitals in all 50 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico.

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At Basalt thri stores, every donation finds a home S. Michael Jundt The Basalt Thrift Store, a local non-profit, now in its sixth year of business, doesn’t just stop at selling your donations in its store. After realizing the abundance of donations that get dropped off, executive director and founder Jullia Pratt was determined that the excess goods not go to waste.

“It was really a moral dilemma,” says Jullia. “When we met with the other thrift and consignment stores in the valley it became apparent that we all get so much donated that there was no way it could all be sold through our stores. As well, there isn’t a warehouse large enough to accommodate the amount of goods and more just keeps coming.”

Jullia continues, “The sad part was, there was no outlet to absorb the overflow of goods, and the majority was being sent to the landfills.”

After researching the problem, Jullia located several facilities that specialized in transporting used goods to other countries for continued use. Within months, Basalt Thrift had its own textile baler. “The baler,” says Jullia, “condenses approximately 85 lawn and leaf size trash bags of clothes and fabric into a 1,000 pound bale. When we have 40,000 pounds of goods we forklift it all onto

a semi trailer and prepare to ship it overseas.”

The loads are made up of more than just textiles. Basalt Thrift also sorts housewares and pairs together shoes, and accumulates books, toys, belts, backpacks, purses and more. “We’ve worked with the local school children in our “Soles for Africa” campaign,” says Jullia, “which ships thousands of pairs of shoes to select villages where the local kids can attend school but are required to have footwear.

When children understand the impact they can have in choosing to recycle even one item it’s a wonderful eye opener for them.”

Basalt Thrift is currently keeping in excess of 500,000 pounds of good, useable items out of local landfills each year, and recycling another 500,000 pounds that they send to salvage agencies.

“We want you to know, says Jullia, “that the goods you donate to us get used, if we don’t sell Jullia Pratt them through the store we find them a home Basalt Thrift Store somewhere in the world, they are not simply thrown away.”

You can learn more about Basalt Thrift’s organization by visiting: www.basaltthrift.org or by visiting their showroom located on South Side Drive in the Basalt Business Center.

“The baler condenses approximately 85 lawn and leaf size trash bags of clothes and fabric into a 1,000 pound bale.

When we have 40,000 pounds of goods we forklift it all onto a semi trailer and prepare to ship it overseas.”

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A nail biter Ben Jenkins hit the game winner with nine seconds left to give Roaring Fork a 36-35 victory over Coal Ridge on Dec. 13. The Rams continue their season with games on Dec. 20 and 21 then resume the season at Gunnison on Jan. 20. Photos by Sue Rollyson

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BY ORDER OF: STACEY BERNOT, MAYOR APPLICANT: JAMES LEONARD

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ORDINANCE NO. 15 Series 2013

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CERTAIN STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO THE COMMERCIAL/RETAIL AND WHOLESALE ZONE DISTRICT OF THE CRYSTAL VILLAGE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT

NOTICE: This Ordinance was introduced, read, and adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Carbondale, Colorado, on December 10, 2013

This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after publication of this notice. The full text of said Ordinance is available to the public at www.carbondale-

AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING SUMS OF MONEY TO THE VARIOUS FUNDS AND SPENDING AGENCIES, IN THE AMOUNTS AND FOR THE PURPOSES AS SET FORTH BELOW, FOR THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO, FOR THE 2014 BUDGET YEAR

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ORDINANCE NO. 17 Series 2013

AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL SUMS OF MONEY TO DEFRAY EXPENSES IN EX-

CESS OF AMOUNT BUDGETED FOR THE LODING TAX FUND, SALES AND USE TAX FUND, GENERAL FUND, CONSERVATION TRUST FUND, ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING FUND, WATER FUND, CARBONDALE HOUSING FUND, CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION FUND OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO

NOTICE: This Ordinance was introduced, read, and adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Carbondale, Colorado, on December 10, 2013

This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after publication of this notice. The full text of said Ordinance is available to the public at www.carbondalegov.org or at the office of the Town Clerk, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, Colorado, during normal business hours.

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ORDINANCE NO. 19 Series of 2013

AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO APPROVING AN EXTENSION OF PHASE 1 OF THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT

NOTICE: This Ordinance was introduced, read, and adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Carbondale, Colorado, on December 10, 2013

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ORDINANCE NO. 18 Series of 2013

AN ORDINANCE APPROVING NEW SECTIONS AND REVISIONS OF EXISTING SECTIONS WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO IN ORDER TO EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENT REGULATIONS THAT ADDRESS THE LAND USE ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH RETAIL MARIJUANA ESTABLISHMENTS WITHIN THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE

NOTICE: This Ordinance was introduced, read, and adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Carbondale, Colorado, on December 10, 2013

This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after publication of this notice. The full text of said Ordinance is available to the public at www.carbondalegov.org or at the office of the Town Clerk, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, Colorado, during nor-

This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after publication of this notice. The full text of said Ordinance is available to the public at www.carbondalegov.org or at the office of the Town Clerk, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, Colorado, during normal business hours.

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

ATTEST: __________________________ s/s Cathy Derby, Town Clerk

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ORDINANCE NO. 20 Series of 2013

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO AMENDING AND RESTATING CHAPTER 3.04 OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE MUNICIPAL CODE AND IMPOSING AN ADDITIONAL SALES TAX OF FIVE PERCENT

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ORDINANCE NO. 21 Series of 2013

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO, IMPOSING AN EXCISE TAX OF FIVE PERCENT UPON THE SALE OR TRANSFER OF UNPROCESSED RETAIL MARIJUANA

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