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Trustees hard to pigeonhole Funding criteria runs the gamut

By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer

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ome groups came away happy and some a little bit grumpy, after the town trustees divided $55,900 among 47 local nonprofits, organizations and events in the 2013 budget. The Carbondale Chamber of Commerce pulled in the most money at $8,443, while several groups came up with nothing.

The money comes from the Community Requests section of the budget, which allocates 1 percent of the town’s general fund to applicants.

The non-profit Mt. Sopris Nordic Council, which operates the Spring Gulch trail system southwest of town, skated away a winner. The Nordic council asked for $5,000 and received $4,143.

At the other end, Aspen Public Radio, which broadcasts into Carbondale as KAJX, asked for $1,500 and received $107.

Somewhere in the middle was Carbondale Community Access Radio (KDNK), which asked for $3,500 and received $1,443 from the Community Request fund (KDNK will also get $1,500 from the town’s recreation sales tax).

The 47 applicants asked for a total of $226,500. Among them were: Advocate Safehouse, Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment, Thompson Divide Coalition, 5Point Film Festival, Third Street Center, Carbondale Chamber of Commerce, Solar Energy International and Mt. Sopris Historical Society (see the spread sheet on page 5 for details).

The process for allocating the funds is fairly simple. Each of the seven trustees gets to allocate a total of $55,900 in amounts ranging from zero to full funding. The total number allocated in each of the 47 categories is then divided by seven for the final Community Request amounts.

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Carbondale still has it

By Maria Wimmer I just returned to my home base, Carbondale, after a five-month stint in Alaska. As I drove down Main Street Carbondale on the first day back I started to feel a little nervous.

Was the little mountain town dying? What was happening to all the businesses?

Restaurant Six89 was closing and it was the leading restaurant in the valley for innovative local food for 14 years. Carnahan’s was under massive renovation. Hestia was closing its doors and who didn’t love Paige and Stacey running around chumming with everyone in their restaurant? (Don’t fear. They reopened The Goat over near the Cowen Center).

Then I hit the town a few days later and felt a sense that everything has its time in Carbondale and it is still where I’m happy to be living. The number of events in what seems like a quiet little cowboy town makes me giggle to myself sometimes.

I found myself doing a group run at 6:30 p.m. with Independence Run and Hike on a Thursday. They really are the only people that can get me out running in pitchdark conditions.

Right after I got done running, CAIC (Colorado Avalanche Information Center) was having a fundraiser at Dos Gringos. The place was packed with ski bums grubbing on burritos, swilling beer and watching ski porn. I just can’t beat it; these people are my home fries. The night wrapped up at great new business — Cripple Creek Backcountry. They were giving away ski garb and I have to say, finally a place to get skis tuned in Carbondale and a place to drool over really light weight backcountry ski gear. Yes! Friday was a whirlwind and I don’t know if you’ll believe me when I tell you I was home by 11 p.m. but it went down like this.

I started my après-work week at Carbondale Beer Works where Josh Phillips and Ananda Banc were setting up and tuning in. Both are amazing musicians that grew up here. I could’ve stayed there all night and been content. But I had to go check out the newly remodeled Black Nugget. Yes, it has a little TGIF feel with all the miner memorabilia, but it also feels good. The bartenders are cute (both male and female) and the bathroom is not right next to the bar like it used to be (In fact, the Nugget has a completely new bathroom). What’s not to like? Thumbs up to the Nugget on the tribute to the local miners that have passed away with their names painted on the entry posts. It’s a nice touch to local history.

After the Black Nugget I headed straight to PAC3, which is our little hidden gem, and saw five-time Grammy nominated Marcia Ball, one of the biggest names in the female blues field. As I stood and watched Ball belt out songs and became entranced with all the old hippies dancing, I thought to myself how lucky I was. I’ve seen such a variety of worldclass musicians and it’s all been a few blocks away from my house. I don’t have to take RFTA all the way up to Aspen to have a great nightlife and also I would be spending twice as much on tickets, food and drinks.

From the grand opening of Cripple Creek Backcountry to PAC3’s music lineup, and bringing back a little history with the Black Nugget, I feel affirmed that Carbondale has the goods.

Editor’s note: The Sopris Sun received this guest opinion a few weeks ago and this week we have space to run it.

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To friends and neighbors Dear Editor: Twenty-one years ago, when I realized I could buy a modest house, I debated about whether to stay in Denver (where I had moved to in 1988) and work a very hip and lucrative job, or move back to Carbondale.

Carbondale won the coin toss.

My first couple of years were pretty rough and made me wonder if I had made a mistake! Then I adjusted and things got better. When I got sick in late September this

year, I realized why my decision had been the right one.The outpouring of sympathy AND offers of food and rides for chemo or whatever were overwhelming. Unfortunately the disease (Stage 4 lymphoma B tumor for the curious among you) also completely swamped all my logic circuits and communication ability (I had weeks where I could barely open my computer for a few minutes).

Over the last two months, my life has been turned over under sideways down in ways that I could never have imagined.

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Now that I’m past the sticky wickets of the past (I HOPE!), I want to reach out to as many of those of you who so kindly offered assistance and say it meant more than you can imagine to me! I have been so lucky to have my neighbors, Katy and Larry, who helped in so many ways and most of all Annie Flynn, who saw me in my depths and came to my aide over and over again.The rest of you who brought food and offered help are too numerous to mention and I’m afraid my“chemo brain” might fail me and I’d leave some one out if I tried to list all of you.

Lastly, I want to say how lucky we ALL are to live in a community where so many care. It is what defines us and our humanity.

I’m in really good shape now, so I no longer need donated food, but it occurred to me that there are a lot of people a whole lot worse off than me out there so please take the money you were going to spend on lasagna and donate it to Lift-Up or CARE or whatever your favorite charity is. Please give yourselves GIANT hugs — you deserve it!

Wick Moses Carbondale

Straight from Doc “Only two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.

Albert Einstein said that.”

Doc Philip Carbondale

Shame on the commissioners Dear Editor: Shame on the Garfield County commissioners for their abhorrent behavior as elected officials! They have repeatedly ignored the requests of town governments, the school district and multitudes of citizens to consistently act in favor of unmitigated development that environmentally and economically harms communities and citizens, including our children.

Their ruse of delaying the Carbondale dump approval until after a re-election that was secured by big business and developer monies was politically shameful and easily transparent. Carbondale’s scenic byway is now the valley’s dumping ground. In addition, these same men filed an objection to the BLM recommendation for limited drilling.Who are these ridiculous, phony cowboys who have the nerve to override massive amounts of respected research and human health?

Now we have four more years of rampant, irresponsible growth backed by three hubristic men who never vote with respect for local concerns. John Martin will now serve 20 years as commissioner, making his mark as a development dictator and altering our valley with negative impacts for lifetimes. No other government office, from town to state to federal level, can enjoy such Machavillian reign.

We need term limits for these positions now before we become nothing more than a wasted dumping ground for trash, contaminated water and fracking fluids.

Denise Barkhurst Carbondale

Commissioners ignore public Dear Editor: I am very disappointed the Garfield County commissioners ignored the pubic

outcry and approved MRI’s application for a waste transfer station. Sadly and ironically, MRI cannot really use a transfer station. We have two local landfills and the distances from this site to the landfills are too short to make this facility either practical or economically viable.

The only hauler that can use a transfer station is Waste Management. WM operates the landfill in Montrose and because of their lower dumping fees, they can haul trash over there for less than it costs to use our landfills. MRI cannot realize these same efficiencies or cost savings, so it is only a matter of time before WM purchases this facility. The owners of MRI will walk away with a small fortune, which I believe, was their original intent in seeking this approval.

Meanwhile, Carbondale will be saddled with an unnecessary and unwanted transfer station for decades to come.

Unfortunately, there will be many negative side effects including truck noise and congestion; air, water and noise pollution; and lower property values. It is also not the best welcoming sign for Carbondale. The two area landfills will suffer financially too, as their revenues dry up. This may take a year or two to play out or it may take six months. If WM does take over, then all the trash currently going to both landfills will be coming to this facility.

If the owners of MRI cared about Carbondale, they would have withdrawn their application when it became clear there was no public support, but they kept pushing forward. MRI will deny having ulterior motives but only time will tell.

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CMS students stitch together relationship with Haitians Art class steps up

By Trina Ortega Sopris Sun Contributor Students at Carbondale Middle School are stitching together a special connection with orphaned children from Haiti, who will receive colorful stuffed sock monkeys hand made by the CMS students for Christmas.

Twenty-one seventh- and eight-graders in Ami Maes’ art class have been creating the sock monkeys to give to youngsters at an orphanage just outside of Port-au-Prince. Carbondale residents Lindsay and Hadley Hentschel will travel to Haiti Dec. 23-30 to personally deliver the stuffed monkeys and other gifts.The Hentschels have a special reason to visit the orphanage: the couple is in the process of adopting two of boys, ages 3 and 5, from the orphanage.

“This trip is primarily just to visit as well as deliver gifts from other families to their kids and help with the Christmas celebration,” Lindsay Hentschel explained. The Hentschels, both teachers at Roaring Fork High School, also taught English at the orphanage (where the children speak Haitian Creole and are taught French) for two months in summer 2012.

As with many international adoptions, the Hentschels’ process has been in the works for years. They first met their older boy, “M,” in December 2010. On that first trip, the Hentschels also met “L,” who was not matched with a family. So they added him to their paperwork. (Due to Colorado adoption laws, the kids’ names cannot be printed, and because Haiti, like most third-world countries, suffers from child trafficking, most countries do not allow orphanage names and locations to be published.)

“International adoptions, in general, tend to take awhile because there are many safeguards in place against the very real and terrible problem of child trafficking around the world,” Lindsay said. “Often, when adopting from Third World countries, there is a lot of uncertainty in the timeline because of political unrest, poor infrastructure, and other inefficiencies.”

Adding to the already long process, Haiti

Lindsay and Hadley Hentschel (above) travel to Haiti on Dec. 23-30 to deliver sock monkeys and visit the two boys (ages 3 and 5) that they are in the process of adopting. So far, the adoption process has taken about two years. Courtesy photo Cally Erickson (right), a seventh-grader, works on a sock monkey bound for Haiti. Photo by Trina Ortega was struck by a devastating earthquake in January 2010, killing an estimated 316,000 people and leaving 1 million residents homeless. A subsequent cholera outbreak, a contested political election and a change in leadership further held up the Hentschels’ paperwork to adopt.

The trip will be the Hentschels’ fifth to see their boys and help at the orphanage. They hope to have their new family back in Carbondale in 2013.

“I am still hopeful they will be home before the next school year.There just aren’t any guarantees in this type of process,” she said.

Students enthusiastic CMS art teacher Maes has known about the Hentschels’ adoption journey and has followed their story via Facebook and Lindsay’s

blog. Initially, Maes shared with her students the idea to make sock monkeys for local children in need. They “jumped at the idea,” Maes said, but had a great desire to send their creations to children in need in another country. Only a few days later, Lindsay sent out a district-wide email seeking donations of small toys to take to Haiti, and the pieces fell into

place. When Maes presented the new idea to the students, each was willing to give their monkey to a child.

Lindsay presented an in-depth, informative slideshow to the CMS students on Dec. 8 to provide a picture of what life is like in Haiti, where more than half of the population lives in extreme poverty (defined as living off of less than one U.S. dollar per day) and 80 percent of the citizens are unemployed.

Fifty percent of children under 5 suffer from malnutrition and there is a high mortality rate, according to Hentschel.

“I think they are amazing parents to their boys already, but the picture will be so complete when they have their boys home,” Maes said.“Hearing Lindsay’s story, when she came to my art studio at CMS to speak to my art class, brought tears to my eyes knowing how hard many people have to work to become parents of children that need loving families.”

The students have been touched by the project, too.They are sending along a personal photo with each sock monkey and some are writing a message that will be translated into French. After hearing Lindsay’s story, the students were even more convinced it was one of the greatest gifts they could give from their heart, Maes said. “They realized that this gift could mean so much to a child that doesn’t have many possessions of their own.”

Students Jackie Mendoza and Lily Ramos knew how to sew prior to the sock monkey project but appreciate that their handiwork has a deeper meaning.

“I feel like I’m actually helping,” Ramos said. “I feel like you want to be the change you want to see in the world.”

“It’s nice to help, to be able to give them something,” Mendoza added.

Hentschel’s favorite part about the project is the connection it builds between kids in the United States and kids in Haiti.

“The children in the orphanage are used to getting some small gifts, and we have collected quite a few to take for Christmas.

However, the sock monkey project says more than just some little toys — it says there’s someone out there who cared about, who did something, just for me.”

By Sue Gray Sopris Sun Correspondent Carbondale has changed a lot in the past 92 years and Emma Natal has seen it all. “I was born in the room above what is now the Black Nugget,” she relates, “I’m a real Carbondale native!”

Born Emma Coller in 1920, her father Felix was from Italy and her mother Viola from Austria. Her parents came to Colorado at the turn of the century and Felix Coller worked in the mines in Leadville before moving to the Roaring Fork Valley.

The family eventually settled in Spring Valley (between Glenwood Springs and Carbondale) and that’s where Natal went to school until the eighth grade. She left school at 15 to marry Arthur Natal. He and Emma rented 19 acres of land where Aspen Glen is now, to grow vegetables — mainly potatoes.

“Back then, Potato Day was a lot different,” Natal said,“people used to bring their

best vegetables for judging, and the winners would get blue ribbons.” Asked if she thought that tradition should be revived now that people are growing their own vegetables again, she said “Oh yes! I think the young people would really enjoy it.”

Emma’s marriage lasted 63 years, until Arthur’s passing about 15 years ago. They wanted a dozen children, but had only one — a son named August. He and his wife Donna live just a few blocks from Natal’s home near downtown Carbondale, where she’s lived since 1954. Natal has three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, the youngest of whom is eight years old.

Natal had several jobs over the years. She worked as a hotel maid and was head cook for Colorado Rocky Mountain School when it opened almost 60 years ago. She’s also had a lifelong interest in serving her community. In 1947, she joined the Daughters of Rebekah, a branch of the Independ-

ent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF), an international service organization. When the Rebekahs took over the Near New thrift store at the corner of Main and Third streets in Carbondale in 1975, Natal began volunteering there a few days a week. With the exception of a few years when her husband was ill, she’s been there ever since.

“As long as I’m able, I’ll keep doing it,” she said. “It gets me out amongst people.”

Besides service to community, Natal likes to cook, knit and crochet. She still grows a vegetable garden, too. One of the changes she said she’s seen here is the weather. “The last few years have been drier than ever,” she said,“Sopris used to have snow on it all year long, but not any more.”

Last year Natal gathered with a group of other old timers at the Thompson House Museum to give on-camera interviews for the Mount Sopris Historical Society’s video history project. She said she’s glad the house

Photo by Lynn Burton

Emma Natal: Born above the Nugget in 1920

Emma Natal has been preserved with all of its contents; it’s about the only thing that has stayed the same all these years.

In response to the question: when did the most significant changes to Carbondale occur, Natal replied, “Right now!”

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TRIDENT, the Carbondale Police Department and other law enforcement agencies arrested 14 suspects on Dec. 12 in connection with an alleged drug ring that was based in Carbondale, according to a TRIDENT press release.

During the undercover investigation, police bought cocaine, ecstacy/MDMA, psilocybin mushrooms, marijuana, prescription drugs, one assault rifle and one .38 caliber pistol, the press release said.

Two other suspects turned themselves in to authorities on Dec. 14. Five suspects are still at large.

Most of the suspects live in Carbondale and some were as young as 17 – at the time of the sales. At least two of the alleged buys occurred in Sopris Park and a convenience store. The first purchase took place in May. Most of the cocaine sales were for less than an ounce.

One alleged dealer obtained the marijuana for his sale from a medical marijuana dispensary in Glenwood Springs.

The purchase took place later that day about a block away.

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Murphy and Merriott agree on at least one thing It’s common for trustees to award zero dollars to an applicant. In fact, the trustees chalked up a goose egg for applicants 106 times. Trustee Pam Zentmyer handed out the most zeros at 24; Frosty Merriott had the fewest at seven. With all those zeros, Zentmyer freed up $3,000 for the Roaring Fork Food Policy Council; the next highest figure for the RFFPC was $1,500 from Merriott. When the allocations were totaled, the RFFPC was awarded $893.

A look at the Community Request spread sheet reveals some interesting agreements among the trustees. Frosty Merriott and Elizabeth Murphy, who Notes on the Community Requests sidebar shown here: Some groups also received funding from the town’s General Fund (GF) and also the Recreation Sales & Use Tax Fund (RS&UT). These two funds are shown in the third and fourth columns respectively.

The column to the far right shows the total each applicant will receive from the Community Request fund.

This is a partial list of Community Request applicants.

The entire spreadsheet can be found on the town web site (carbondalegov.org), in the trustee packet for the Dec. 11 meeting, in attachment S.

often don’t agree on much, each gave $1,000 to the Carbondale Clay Center.

Six trustees gave Access Roaring Fork money that ranged from $3,000 to $12,000. Trustee Allyn Harvey didn’t give Access Roaring Fork anything, but did come through with two-grand for Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment (which received $1,786 of its $2,000 request).

No entity received full funding from all seven trustees but two others beside the Zanca program came close. Lift-Up requested $1,500 and received $1,286. Project Graduation asked for $500 and received $486.

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The biggest disparity between hefty funding and zeros was probably the Circle Club West application. The club is an Alcoholics Anonymous group and asked for $2,500. Merriott gave $2,500; Stacey Bernot, John Hoffmann and Elizabeth Murphy each gave $1,000. Foulkrod, Zentmyer and Harvey hit the zero key.

The only rule was that trustees could not allocate more than each applicant asked for. Beyond that, each trustee was free to apply his or her own approach to allocating funds.

Zentmyer said she that in some cases she wanted to help new groups rather

than give money to some that have been funded for “a long time.”

“It’s not that I don’t support those groups,” she said.

Zentmyer also gave full funding to groups that she figured would not fare well with other trustees, which turned out to be the Roaring Fork Food Policy Council and Slow Food Roaring Fork. As for the zero that Zentmyer hung on the chamber of commerce, she said the organization is funded elsewhere in the 2013 budget.

Trustee Foulkrod was not available for comment on his allocations.

FUNDED FUNDED FUNDED FUNDED FUNDED FUNDED FUNDED FUNDED FUNDED FUNDED 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 AVERAGE GF RS&UT VALE SB JF AH JH FM EM PZ ALL

$8,000

$11,000

$8,000

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0

$1,000

0

3,000

$3,000

$1,000

Childrens Rocky Mountain School

NA

$2,000

$500

0

0

0

0

$500

$1,000

$214

Roaring Fork Food Policy Council

NA

$3,000

$250

0

$500

$500

$1,500

$3,000

$893

$10,000 $18,000

Carbondale Chamber of Commerce

$25,000

$38,000 $20,000

Carbondale Community Access Radio

$2,000

$3,500

Mt. Sopris Historical Society

$2,000

$4,000

Slow Food Roaring Fork

$1,500

$500

$2,500

$5,000

$5,600 $18,000

0

$8,443

$1,000

0

$1,000

$1,000

$2,000

$1,000

$2,000

$1,143

$1,500

$1,000

$2,000

$3,000

$2,000

$1,500

$1,000

$1,714

0

0

$500

NA

$500

$500

$1,000

$357

0 $12,500

$3,000

$8,400

$5,000

$6,986

NA

$1,000

$17,500

$22,500

Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment

$2,000

$2,000

$2,000

$1,000

$2,000

$2,000

$2,000

$1,500

$2,000

$1,786

Solar Energy International

$2,000

$2,500

0

$500

0

$500

$1,000

$500

0

$357

Access Roaring Fork

Manaus After School Programs

$10,000 $10,000

0

$10,000

$2,650

$2,000

$3,000

$2,000

$2,500

$2,500

$5,000

$2,807

Thompson Divide Coalition

$2,200

$8,000

$1,000

$500

$2,200

$2,500

$8,000

$500

$6,230

$2,990

Wilderness Workshop

$2,200

$5,000

$250

$500

$3,500

$1,200

$2,500

$500

$5,000

$1,921

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Christmas Eve closures Some government offices will be open and some closed on Christmas Eve so call before you go.

The Carbondale post office will be open from 9 a.m. to noon on Christmas Eve, while the Gordon Cooper Library and the five other Garfield County libraries will be closed all day on Christmas Eve and reopen at 10 a.m. on Dec. 26.

All Garfield County administrative offices of elected officials, county departments, and the county landfill will be closed on Christmas Eve day. Offices serving the community in emergency or 24-hour capacity will remain open.

Carbondale Town Hall will be open on Christmas Eve day.

Government offices, the post office and banks will be closed on Christmas Day.

As if Gunnison County Road 12 over Kebler Pass (the back road to Crested Butte) is closed for the season, according to CDOT. Hopefully, everyone’s GPS or smart phone maps will keep them off that snowy, isolated road.

Fulton and Cesark commissioned The Carbondale Branch Library has named two more artisans to contribute work to the new library at Third Street and Sopris Avenue. Travis Fulton will create a sculptural light form for the service desk, according to a press release. Mark Cesark will craft collage panels for the service desk cladding.

Fulton and Cesark join Shannon Muse

and John Hoffmann in earning commissions for the new building. The building is slated to open in summer 2013.

Plugd seeks X sponsors Plugd Entertainment is looked for sponsors for its pre-Winter X Games party at Aspen Mountain’s Sundeck on Jan. 24. Sponsorship levels range from $500 to $20,000.

For details, go to plugdentertainment.com, email Jayson@plugdentertainment.com or call Jayson Vezzoso at 379-8393.

KDNK scoop It looks like KDNK scooped everyone on last week’s drug busts, hitting the air with the first news on Friday – one day before the dailies. Sophia Clark, a stringer for KDNK, heard of the raids on Wednesday night and started making phone calls on Thursday, according to KDNK newsman Ed Williams.

The news team nailed down enough information to confirm the raids occurred before the Glenwood Springs PD put out a press release on Friday afternoon. Clark filed an update on Saturday morning.

Ross students respond Ross Montessori School students Sasha and Will recently distributed donation jars around town to help Hurricane Sandy victims. They’ll collect the money on Jan. 14 then send it to the Red Cross, according to an info sheet attached to each jar.The Sopris Sun has not yet obtained a complete list of jar locations, but one is sitting on the Red Rock Diner counter (close to the Diner’s ever pop-

ular red and green Christmas cookie plate).

This just in Martin Central Vacuums on Highway 133 is now selling coffee mugs showing Mt. Sopris, the Redstone Castle, Crystal Mill, Maroon Bells and Chair Mountain (respectively).

Nine bucks each.

Gone baby, gone Someone put a mountain bike in front of their house in the 300 block of Third Street with a “Free bike” sign on it Monday morning. The bike was gone by 10 a.m. Now if someone would just start picking up those fully functional, bulky, heavy, pre-flat-screen TVs that owners are dumping on the street and the Near New Store. Word has it that consignment stores don’t accept those TVs anymore, and the nice ladies at the Near New Store are not strong enough to lug them up the steps.

Attention seasonal drinkers Dr. Hilary Back is offering a three-week Winter Cleanse liver/cellular detoxification program not now, but starting eight days after New Year’s Eve. For details, call 963-6500.

Stocking stuffer idea Check out “36 Moods of Mountain Sopris” at the Village Smithy. While we’re at it, if you’re still sending out Christmas cards please consider Tom’s Door cards. Each card features a local winter scene, shot by local photographers. The cards are available at the

Smithy, City Market and other locations. Proceeds benefit the local needy.

Open houses conclude Potter Diane Kenney hosts her final open house of the holiday season on Dec. 22. For details, call 963-2395 or go to dianekenney.net.

Should be good The Portland Cello Project comes to PAC 3 on Feb. 2.We’re talking multiple cellos here.

For details, go to pac3carbondale.com.

Scott re-opens in Aspen Harmony Scott Jewelry and Design has re-opened in Aspen at 520 E. Cooper, Suite 202. Her Carbondale studio/store is located in a victorian house at 199 Main Street.

Dreaming of hoops?

If high school and college basketball has got you hankering to shoot some hoops yourself, the recreation center gym is open for shooting Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 22-23 and 29-30. Having said that, it’s not a bad idea to call before you go (510-1292).And remember: absolutely no dunking, hanging or snapping of the rim no matter how short you are.

They say it’s your birthday Locals celebrating their birthday this week include: 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); Bill Lamont and Kayla Henley (18!) (Dec. 23); and Emma Danciger and Greg “DJ Phathead” Benson (Dec. 26).

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Sheepdogs returning to Bonedale

By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer The sounds of whistles, barks and baa’s are returning to Missouri Heights north of Carbondale, as the National Sheepdog Finals will take over Strang Ranch in 2014. The finals were held at the ranch the first time in 2011.

The finals rotate annually between three regions of the United States so the soonest they can return to an Three very interested border collies take in the sheepdog trials area is once every three from an ATV in 2011. Jane Bachrach photo years. When asked why the U.S. Border Collie Handlers’ Association Strang said she is expecting about the same is bringing the finals back to Carbondale, or- numbers in 2014.

To stage the finals this time around, ganizer Bridget Strang told The Sopris Sun in an e-mail: “They liked everything (about Strang is setting up the National Finals Carbondale). They liked the trial field, loved Sheepdog Trials as a 501c3 non-profit.

The 2014 finals are 20 months away but the event we put on, LOVED Carbondale and the proximity to Glenwood and Aspen.” Strang is already starting to put the event toShe said the competitors, out-of-town spec- gether. “A tremendous amount of fundraistators and association members also liked ing is needed and an equal amount of recruiting,” she said. the area’s fishing, golf, hiking and rafting.

And don’t forget the logistics of organiz“All the fun things the valley has to offer,” Strang said. “Many of the handlers wanted ing an event that includes 700 border collies, the finals to always be in Carbondale they 850 sheep, 115 campers, 250 competitors (and all their significant others) and thouliked it so much.”

In 2011, the finals attracted about 150 sands of spectators.

“We have just begun to alert our supportopen (category) dog/handler teams and dozens of nursery dogs with their handlers. ers that the finals are coming back in 2014.”

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2012 CATEGORY WINNERS he Sopris Sun went in a new direction this year with our Spruce Up The Sun cover competition. We opened the contest up to original designs instead of limiting it to a contest in which students colored in a line drawing.

This year’s entries did not disappoint.

Along with beautiful traditional Christmas themes such as Santa, gingerbread houses and angels there were mermaids, winter fairies, a horseback-riding Santa, ice-skating elves/reindeer and many more.

The judges and Sopris Sun staff would like to thank all of the contestants for sharing their creativity and talents. It made judging a truly difficult task.

Honors were shared by two sets of siblings: overall winner Renee Bruell and high school winner Emily Bruell, and pre-K/kindergarten winner Erica Crownhart and third/fourth grade winner Letey Crownhart. Other category winners were: Quinn Wells (first/second grade) and Fernanda Muñoz (seventh/eighth grade).

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Community Calendar THURSDAY Dec. 20 SUDS â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;N SKI â&#x20AC;˘ Telemark Skier magazine takes over the recently remodeled Black Nugget for its Suds â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;N Ski tour. The night kicks off with a showing of the telemark movie â&#x20AC;&#x153;Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Go!â&#x20AC;? at 9 p.m., followed by the country band Lorin Walker Madsen and the Hustlers at 10 p.m., then the punk band Riva Reblers.

LIVE MUSIC â&#x20AC;˘ PAC3 presents Boulderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lula Granji and Lion Candy. This trio blends psychedelic dance-rock, blues, breakbeats, trance, worldbeat, and funk to create an ethereal soundscape. Info: Pac3Carbondale.com.

SPECIAL PRESENTATION â&#x20AC;˘ Davi Nikent presents the Emmy award winning documentary â&#x20AC;&#x153;Journey of the Universeâ&#x20AC;? at the Third Street Center at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $10. Info: 618-5879.

ROTARY â&#x20AC;˘ Mt. Sopris Rotary meets at Mi Casita every Thursday at noon.

FRIDAY Dec. 21 MOVIES â&#x20AC;˘ The Crystal Theatre presents the James Bond ďŹ lm â&#x20AC;&#x153;Skyfallâ&#x20AC;? (PG-13) at 7:30 p.m. through Dec. 27 (note: the theatre is closed on Dec. 24-25).â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a fullblooded, joyous, intelligent celebration of a beloved cultural icon, with Daniel Craig taking full possession of the role," said ďŹ lm critic Roger Ebert. "This is Bond like youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never seen him and a dynamite Daniel Craig, never better in the role, nails Bondâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ferocity and feeling. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Skyfallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is smashing, just smashing," wrote Peter Tra-

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

vers of Rolling Stone. Also showing at the Crystal: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Searching for Sugar Manâ&#x20AC;? (PG13) at 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 22, and â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Sessionsâ&#x20AC;? (R) at 5:15 p.m. on Dec. 23. Coming: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lincoln.â&#x20AC;?

BIRTH 2012 â&#x20AC;˘ The new organization Conscious Evolution RFV is one of 400 hubs worldwide taking part in Birth 2012.

Local â&#x20AC;&#x153;evolutionariesâ&#x20AC;? join other hubs around the world at the Third Street Center at 2:45 p.m. to sing the African song â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ise Oluwa,â&#x20AC;? which will be broadcast live from Nigeria.

At 6 p.m., they will join the Two Rivers Unitarian Universalists to celebrate the winter solstice at the Third Street Center (TSC). Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s festivities begin at 7 a.m. with a sacred ďŹ re ceremony at (TSC), followed by yoga with music at the Carbondale Community School at 8 a.m. Other events will take place at TSC through the day. At 6 p.m., itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s back to the Carbondale Community School for a gong meditation at 6 p.m., followed by African drumming and other activities. Donations are welcome. Info: the Davi Nikent Center for Human Flourishing at 618-5879.

SPECIAL SERVICE â&#x20AC;˘ The Carbondale Community United Methodist Church

holds its annual Longest Night candlelight service at 7 p.m.

SOLSTICE CELEBRATION â&#x20AC;˘ Two Rivers Unitarian Universalist hosts a community solstice celebration at the Third Street Center at 6 p.m. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be an indoor ceremony, music and childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program, followed by a bonďŹ re, cookies and cider. Admission is free but please bring a non-perishable food or pet food item for Lift-Up. Info: TworiversUU.org.

LIVE MUSIC â&#x20AC;˘ Steveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guitars in the old part of the Dinkel Building presents live music every Friday night.

SATURDAY Dec. 22 CAROLING â&#x20AC;˘ The Orchard kicks off Christmas weekend celebrations with caroling at Sayre Park in Glenwood Springs (on Grand Avenue) at 5 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. at the church itself (on Snowmass Drive).

At 6:30 p.m. thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be hot chocolate and photos with Santa. On Dec. 24th, The Orchard will offer Christmas Eve services at 5:15 and 7 p.m., with a live nativity re-enactment at 6:15 p.m. Info: 963-8773.

SUNDAY Dec. 23 RUN AND SHOE DRIVE â&#x20AC;˘ The fourth annual Jingle Bell run and shoe drive sets out from Independence Run and Hike at 11 a.m. The 5K race tops out a White Hill then

heads back to the store in La Fontana Plaza.

The race is timed and awards will be given to the top ďŹ nishers. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll also be a rafďŹ&#x201A;e, good food and good cheer, plus an ugly sweater contest (the winner gets a new one).

Each participant that brings in an old pair of shoes will receive a Dos Gringos Burrito and coffee, tea or cocoa. The entry fee is $10. Proceeds beneďŹ t Perpetual Prosperity Pumps Foundation and the local high school cross-country teams. Info: 704-0909.

OPEN MIC â&#x20AC;˘ Jamminâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Jim hosts an open mic at the Black Nugget at 5 p.m. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no cover.

MONDAY Dec. 24 CHRISTMAS MUSIC â&#x20AC;˘ Pianist John Riger plays mostly Christmas music in the Redstone Inn dining room from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

SERVICES â&#x20AC;˘ The Carbondale Community United Methodist Church holds a childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s service with candlelight at 6 p.m. and full service with candlelight and choir at 8 p.m. The church is located at 385 S. Second St. Info: 963-4461.

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Ongoing KOROLOGOS SHOW CONTINUES • Ann Korologos Gallery in Basalt continues its“Winter Welcome!” show, featuring Carbondale artist Andy Taylor and more than two dozen Western regional artists.There will be an artists’ reception from 4-7 p.m. Info: 927-9668.

PHOTO SHOW • Ron Martin shows his local photographs, and Margie Martin shows her handmade craft items, at Martin’s Central Vac and Electrolux store on Highway 133 through December.

BILINGUAL STORY TIME • Gordon Cooper Library presents a bilingual story time for kids 1-5 years old Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. info: 625-4270.

CCAH • The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities in the Third Street Center continues its “Hand to Heart” show that features the works of: Lea Tyler, Colby June, Anne Goldberg, Rochelle Norwood, Sarah Villafranco, Cami Britt, David Powers, Jill Sabella, Natasha Seedorf, Sheila Babbie, Riley Marshall, Jane Ogden, Sondie Reiff, Michelle Zinanti, Brad Reed Nelson, Asha Ironwood and Amber Sparkles. Info: 963-1680.

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

BEER RUN • Independence Run & Hike stages a four-mile beer run Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. and a group run Saturdays at 8:15 a.m.

Info: 704-0909.

CCC • The Carbondale Clay Center continues its Holiday Festive Tableware and Small Works Invitational exhibition and sale through Dec.

Save the Date 23. More than 30 local and national artists are offering functional pottery and ceramic sculptures. The hours are Tuesdays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and by appointment.

Info: 963-CLAY. ZINGERS CONTINUE • Betsy Schenck leads the Senior Matters Zingers sing-along group in Room 33 of the Third Street Center. Under her direction the tunes take on a whole new meaning and resonance when sung by seniors. Info: 963-2167.

ART • Through December, Glenwood Springs Art Guild exhibits include Tara Vetter at the Flower Mart in Glenwood Springs, and Nancy Martin at Bullock Hinkey real estate in Glenwood Springs.

STORY TIME • The Gordon Cooper Library presents Storytime with Sue at 6 p.m. every Monday. Info: 963-2889.

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

All abilities are welcome.

TAI CHI • Senior Matters in theThird Street Center offers tai chi with instructor John Norton at 9 a.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays. The cost is $40 per month or $7 per drop in. Info: 274-1010.

PHOTO SHOW • The Colorado Mountain College gallery on Grand Avenue continues showing Gayle Waterman’s abstract photography through Jan. 25.

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

SATURDAY Dec. 29 LIVE MUSIC • The Motet and Euforquestra return to PAC3 in the Third Street Center. With roots in jazz, Afrobeat, funk, salsa and samba, The Motet keeps its audiences in a dancing frenzy by layering house and techno rhythms into a style that is uniquely their own. Eufórquestra has made a splash on the Colorado music scene with its progressive, genre-crossing funk fusions and a relentless tour schedule. Info: Pac3Carbondale.com.

Hold the Presses P&Z recommends comp plan OK The Carbondale Planning and Zoning Commission recommend approval for the town’s draft comprehensive plan 7-0 on Dec. 13. The plan now goes to the trustees for final approval on Jan. 8. The plan is available on the town web site at carbondalegov.org.

End of World party The Black Nugget presents Tjaar/Electric Lemon for its End of the World party at 9 p.m. on Dec. 21. There’s no cover. Assuming the world does not end on Dec. 21 and the Aztec calendar becomes a non-factor in the earth’s future, upcoming bands are: Blind Strike at 9 p.m. on Dec. 22, and Josh Rogan at 5 p.m. on Dec. 27. Coming up on New Year’s Eve: Rooster, featuring Josh Phillips.

Valley Divas roll in to Konnyaku The Valley Divas, a women’s networking group, meets on the first Wednesday of the month and will roll in to Konnyaku from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Jan. 2. The cost is $12, which includes appetizers, a house drink and tip. Bring a business card for door prize drawings and networking. An RSVP is appreciated. Call Lauri Rubinstein at 704-1711 or e-mail Lauri@limitlesslivingnow.com.

Birds counted at Hallam Lake The Aspen Center for Environmental Studies hosts an Audubon Christmas Bird Count from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Dec. 22. Meet at ACES Hallam Lake visitor center. Volunteers can also watch birdfeeders. RSVP at aspennature.org. The bird census has taken place since 1900.

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Spring Gulch update

CORE offers upgrade prize

It seems that half the town wants to get up there to Spring Gulch, slap on their Nordic skis and start making tracks. Unfortunately, as of Monday morning the snow gods had not yet blessed us with enough of the white stuff for the trail system to open. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The groomers are working hard preparing the trails, but we still needed more snow to open the ski area to the public,â&#x20AC;? Mt. Sopris Nordic Council board member Katie Soden told the Sopris Sun on Monday.â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know a lot of folks are eager to break out their crosscountry gear, so check the Spring Gulch web site at www.springgulch.org for the latest updates on opening.â&#x20AC;?

COREâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Energy Smart Program will offer one house an energy upgrade this season, as a holiday gift to the community.The lucky home will receive up to $2,500 in materials and pro bono labor from the Energy Smart team and contractors, according to a press release.

In order to qualify, participants should describe in 500 words or less why their home needs an energy upgrade, including what type of work is needed to make the home warmer, safer and less costly to heat. Requests and contact information must be sent to Amelia Potvin at CORE by Dec. 24. The winner will be selected on Dec. 27.

The contest is open to residents of Pitkin and GarďŹ eld counties, plus Eagle County residents within the Roaring Fork Valley or Gunnison County residents (in the Crystal Valley).

For details, e-mail Potvin at amelia@aspencore.org or call 925-9775.

Free basketball clinic slated Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be a free basketball clinic for sixth and seventh grade boys at Carbondale Middle School from 10 a.m. to noon on Dec. 22. Organizer Joe Markham said the clinic will teach players how to coach themselves by learning the â&#x20AC;&#x153;four checksâ&#x20AC;? before and after shooting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Learn to eliminate half of your misses,â&#x20AC;? Markham said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The motivation to learn to play basketball is fueled by your ability to make baskets.â&#x20AC;? For details, call 963-1109.

Gracie Jiu Jitsu studio opens Gracie Carbondale Jiu Jitsu studio recently opened on Buggy Circle. Owner Adam Nickamin said jiu jitsu focuses on self defense.

His programs empower women and also address bullying.

Alpine Bank-Carbondale recently announced its Pays for Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s winners for the ďŹ rst quarter of the school year. They are (left to right): Cristian Aguilar (Ross Montessori School), Sophia Ulrych (Carbondale Middle School), Ruben Samuelson (Crystal River Elementary School), Brady Samuelson (Crystal River Elementary School), Erkko Alm (Alpine banking ofďŹ cer) and Andrew Wiley (Carbondale Middle School). Courtesy photo â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is my goal to offer these programs so people here feel safe in the least amount of time possible,â&#x20AC;? said Nickamin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Without exaggeration, Gracie Jiu Jitsu saves lives. This uniquely effective style of martial arts was developed to be practical and effective for literally everyone, with any skill level, body type, and physical ability.â&#x20AC;? He said most programs take six to 12 months to complete.

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Nickamin said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a Rolfer/massage therapist by trade and became a certiďŹ ed Gracie Jiu-Jitsu instructor in Torrance, California in 2011.

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Roaring Fork High School offers choir for the first time in 12 years and the members earned a standing ovation at the Rams Winter Concert on Dec. 12. Led by director Shanti Gruber (on piano), the RFHS Choir is comprised of: Georgia Ackerman, Isabella Bailey, Nira’a Briceno, Emily Bruell, Joaquin Castenada, Angel Cruz, Shahara Cuji-Caruso, Beth Fawley, Megan Gianinetti, Zachary Hunt, Madilyn Kuhl, Fiona Laird, Ashley Lawson, Emily Mata, Isabel Mata, Ariel Murphy, Cindy Pena, Dulce Perez, Travis Provost, Carly Rosenthal, Erick Vigil, Megan Webber and Justice Wofford. The choir and band each gave performances. Photo by Sue Rollyson

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The people of Carbondale Community United Methodist Church warmly invite you this Christmas season to:

Longest Night Service December 21st at 7pm.

A service of chant, candlelight, and silence on the darkest night of the year.

385 S 2nd St. Carbondale (970) 963-4461

Christmas Eve Services December 24 6pm - Children’s Christmas Service with candlelight 8pm - Christmas Service with candlelight and choir THE SOPRIS SUN • DECEMBER 20, 2012 • 13

Christmas Island: A coral atoll with bonefish

Mahi Mahi

Yes, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. But when I think about Christmas, it is nearly impossible not to think about Christmas Island (aka Kiritimati) a huge 150-squaremile coral atoll with an equally huge lagoon. Put these two things together and what do

By Cameron Scott you get? A big happy smile and deeper in debt (aka deep gratitude) and a lightened and much enlightened pocket book.

Toward the end of October I boarded a plane for a week long fly-fishing trip in the middle of nowhere South Pacific. My reasons at the time were many, but my focus, the potential of hooking up on bonefish and trevally on endless puzzle-piece flats, was pretty onedimensional. I’d heard through folks at a local fly shop that Christmas Island was a

once in a lifetime experience.

Before Christmas Island, I’d only caught one bonefish. It was a big bonefish, probably six or seven pounds, one I’d spent seven days of 30-knot winds and overcast skies stalking in the Florida Keys. A buddy had moved down there and gotten his captain’s license and had wide-open bookings.

To make a very long story filled with computer games, fashion shows, drinking, and thumb twiddling short, the captain spent six straight days polling his skiff through un-lit water for fish that were cold, shivering, invisible and not hungry. Six straight days of me standing on the bow spotting needlefish and casting to imagined shadows. Six straight days of trying to convince him to let me try to catch a shark or a hogfish. Six straight days of busting cold, grumpy, jaw clenched schools of tarpon in the mangroves.

This kind of fishing can take its toll. But luckily we were both crazy enough to keep at it.We’d see a bonefish every other day, usually swimming straight up into the wind past us.

The seventh day the sun came out, the flats warmed up, the tide was right, and after four hours of searching, the captain spotted two big bones feeding on the outgoing tide, and

that was that. Hook up. Line screaming off the reel. Silver bone shining in the sunlight for a few photos. And it was over.

Christmas Island on the other hand not only offered up daily multiple landed bonefish (sometimes multiples of multiples), but also several in the four-to-six pound range, and one rangy monster over 30 inches long on a random unnamed flat.As for other presents, there were also trevally on Christmas Island, vertical saucer shaped bulldogs that act like pan fish on steroids who strip out backing the same way professional baseball players smack home runs.

There is something to be said for the simplicity of fly-fishing for a week straight on a coral atoll, being fed really good food without having to cook, sleeping when you are tired, having great folks to sit and converse with in lawn chairs with the ocean 50 feet away, sipping cognac and smoking cigars in the dark.

Christmas Island is just funky and strange enough with a smattering of land crabs, unneutered male dogs, the tang of burning garbage on the air (and a random Australian flying by in ultra-light airplane dropping candy to kids), that in no way did it feel like another day in the office.

Or the mall.

Or America.

Santa came early this year and delivered: Hours and hours of backing screaming off reels, sunshine, unicorns and big puffy white clouds drifting by.And most of all,handfuls and handfuls of moments (fish laden and otherwise) worth remembering. See you on the flats.

Of course, if you don’t like trash coming to Carbondale, find a hauler that goes directly to the landfills. Carbondale, Pitkin County, and Glenwood Springs will all thank you.

Jim Finch Basalt

NIMBYism abounds

point about the use of the trash transfer station out there. Is it that the trucks are too large? Is it that they won’t be covered? I guess I am not sure what is so wrong with this idea?

Everybody has trash that needs to be hauled.

Why are the citizens of Garfield County

on County Road 100 having such a fit? All I can see is that they feel it will bring down property values. Well property values are not doing well anyhow. Nobody is buying, nobody is selling either. As far as the trucks go, LETTERS page 15

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Dear Editor: Now days it seems that if you don’t like something going on in the valley, hey it doesn’t matter if it puts people out of work or even makes jobs. I guess I am missing the

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They flew you in then flew you further and now seven thousand feet above sea level up where mountains shed snow, snowplows, magnesium chloride and sand clear the way like a tongue for us to bring you home: where each day is a birth and a death, a soft tortilla, shredded cabbage, and chipoltle adobado sauce.

A warm salty sea, tired hungry forgetfulness.

– Cameron Scott

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Letters continued om page 14 I have yet to see anybody run over by a trash truck. They used to haul coal for years out to the docks. I never remember anybody getting run over by a coal truck either.

It’s probably a good thing that those that are protesting now were not living here then.

They probably would not have allowed any trucking to go on.

Just my two cents worth.

Jane Spaulding Carbondale

Thanks from Children’s School Dear Editor: With appreciation and gratitude that I wish to announce the Children’s Rocky Mountain School was awarded a grant by The Thrift Shop of Aspen.

The grant will be used toward the preschool’s Healthy Habits program and also buy computer equipment related to the program.

Debbie Condello Executive Director Children’s Rocky Mountain School Carbondale

Thanks for partying Dear Editor: I’d like to thank all the fine folks who came out and partied with us at the Third Street Center last Saturday. I loved watching family, friends, past students and neighbors all hanging out and whooping it up in the Round Room. I feel safe saying

that a good time was had by all.

I’d like to extend a special thanks to all the folks who contributed time, energy, services and goods to make the event special: Jeff Dahl of Carbondale Beer Works for donating a keg of their finest brown ale; Melanie Finan from Wilderness Workshop for creating the poster; Sloane Shoemaker of Wilderness Workshop for helping the whole event come together; Mark Taylor from the Third Street Center for helping make the setup smooth; the friends and family members who helped with decorating the room, baking treats, checking ID’s and making the dreaded clean-up feel like a party itself; Pan & Fork Supper Club who created the delicious chili; Craig Curry for setting up

and running sound all night long; and the bands Tjaar, Acoustic Mayhem and Electric Lemon for kicking out the jams and keeping the spirits high.

Thanks too for everyone’s generous contributions to protect the Thompson Divide. The unofficial tally of the donations put it somewhere around $1,500. Yay! Thanks to my lovely wife Debbie for organizing the event, tying up the loose ends, making the most amazing cake (!), and for encouraging me to dream big, and do something special for my birthday.

Finally, thanks to my lucky stars, for landing me here and now, and giving me another glimpse at something very special.

Marc Bruell Carbondale

Shopping | Dining | Culture | Recreation

VISIT BASALT & EL JEBEL At the confluence of Frying Pan and Roaring Fork Rivers NOW “WINTER WELCOME!” • continues at the Ann Korologos Gallery, located at 211 Midland Ave. The show features 30 regional contemporary Western artists in a range of media including sculpture, painting, copper plate etching and photography. “The gift of art is a very personal and unique expression,” said gallery manager Julie Novy. “Learn about our Secret Santa service to help you find that special gift of art.” The show continues through Jan. 10. Info:

927-9668 or korologosgallery.com.

night is Football Night at Cuvee.

WYLY • Registration is under way for the Wyly Community Art Center class “Collage & Mixed Media Techniques” with Ami Maes. The class takes place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Jan. 26-27.

For details, call 927-4123. Jill Sheeley shows original illustrations of her Fraser the dog books at the Wyly Community Art Center through Dec. 20.

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

THURSDAY Dec. 20 FOOTBALL AT CUVEE • Thursday

The town of Basalt recently recognized Students of the Month for December. They are (left to right): Tim Johnson (BHS), Lila Soho (BMS), J.D. Glenn (BMS), Connor Hoffman (BES), Brooklyn Koski (BHS – from November), Diana Cortes (BHS).

Not shown Stephanie Gonzalez (BES).

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MONDAY Dec. 24 CHRISTMAS EVE BUFFET • Cuvee offers a Christmas Eve buffet dinner from 5 to 10 p.m. The cost is $35 for adults, $15 for kids 4-11 and free for those under 4. Reservations are recommended. Info: 927-4000. The menu will be posted at cuveebistro.com.

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TOWN OF BASALT

PROSECUTOR The Town of Basalt is seeking a Prosecutor to represent the Town at its municipal court. This is a contract position. Service may include ordinance review, writing of ordinances, and advice to the police department. Court is held the first Friday of each month at 8:00 AM. The number of hours vary, but averages about 5 hours per month.

Submit resume, letter of interest, and wage requirements by 5:00 PM

Thursday, January 3, 2013, to: TOWN OF BASALT - PROSECUTOR POSITION, 101 Midland Avenue, Basalt, CO, 81621.

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Unclassifieds Submit to unclassifieds@soprissun.com by Monday 12 p.m. Rates: $15 for 30 words, $20 for up to 50 words. Payment due before publication.* FOR SALE: Ludwig Accent 5-Drum Set with 2 Rockwell symbols and stool. $250, Schwin Indoor Cycle. $150. 319-3555.

Legal Notices PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held before the Carbondale Board of Trustees to consider the TownĘźs Comprehensive Plan.

Said Public Hearing will be held at the Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO at 6:00 p.m. on January 8, 2013.

Copies of the draft Comprehensive Plan are on file in the Planning Department office, Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO and may be examined by interested persons during regular working hours, 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

The draft Comprehensive Plan is also available on the TownĘźs website at www.carbondalegov.org.

Janet Buck Town Planner

Published in The Sopris Sun on December 20, 2012.

ORDINANCE NO. 18 Series 2012

AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO IMPOSING A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ANY NEW MEDICAL OR RETAIL MARIJUANA FACILITY 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 11, 2012.

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 _________________________

*Credit card payment information should be emailed to unclassifieds@soprissun.com or call 948-6563. Checks may be dropped off at our office at the Third Street Center or mailed to P.O. Box 399, Carbondale, CO 81623. Call 618-9112 for more info.

GET THE WORD OUT IN UNCLASSIFIEDS! Rates start at $15. Email unclassiďŹ eds@soprissun.com.

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By: s/s Stacey Bernot, Mayor

ATTEST: __________________________ s/s Cathy Derby, Town Clerk

Published in The Sopris Sun on December 20, 2012.

ORDINANCE NO. 19 Series 2012

AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO, PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 31-16-101 to 208 AND 42-4110 HEREBY ADOPTING BY REFERECNCE PARTS 1 AND 2, INCLUSIVE OF THE 2010 â&#x20AC;&#x153;MODEL TRAFFIC CODE FOR COLORADOâ&#x20AC;? (HERINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE â&#x20AC;&#x153;MODEL TRAFFIC CODEâ&#x20AC;?), ADOPTED IN 1952 BY THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, SAFETY AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERING BRANCH, 4201 E. ARKANSAS AVE., DENVER, CO 80222 AND SUBSEQUENTLY REVISED. THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE MODEL TRAFFIC CODE RELATES PRIMARILY TO COMPREHENSIVE TRAFFIC CONTROL REGULATIONS FOR THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS ORDINANCE AND THE CODE ADOPTED HEREIN IS TO PROVIDE A SYSTEM OF TRAFFIC REGULATIONS CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW AND GENERALLY CONFORMING TO SIMILAR REGULATIONS TRHOUGHOUT THE STATE AND THE NATION. A COPY OF THE MODEL TRAFFIC CODE ADOPTED HEREIN IS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE AND MAY BE INSPECTED DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS. 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 11, 2012.

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

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

ATTEST: __________________________ s/s Cathy Derby, Town Clerk

Published in The Sopris Sun on December 20, 2012.

ORDINANCE NO. 20 Series 2012

AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO, REVISING SECTION 1.16.010 OF THE CARBONDALE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING GENERAL PENALITIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES, INCLUDING TRAFFIC OFFENSES, REPEALING PRIOR ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH, PROVIDING PENALITIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF, AND REVISING SECTION 2.28.100 REGARDING COURT COSTS AND JURY FEES. 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 11, 2012.

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

Published in The Sopris Sun on December 20, 2012.

ORDINANCE NO. 21 Series 2012

AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO, AMENDING SECTION 9.80.010 OF THE CARBONDALE MUNICIPAL CODE ADDING AN OFFENSE IN SUBSECTION C REGARDING INTERFERENCE WITH A POLICE OFFICER WHILE HE IS PERFORMING OFFICIAL DUTIES AND THE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF. 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 11, 2012.

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

Published in The Sopris Sun on December 20, 2012.

ORDINANCE NO. 22 Series 2012

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 2013 BUDGET YEAR 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 11, 2012.

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

ATTEST: __________________________ s/s Cathy Derby, Town Clerk

Published in The Sopris Sun on December 20, 2012.

ORDINANCE NO. 23 Series 2012

AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL SUMS OF MONEY TO DEFRAY EXPENSES IN EXCESS OF AMOUNT BUDGETED FOR THE LODGING TAX FUND, SALES AND USE TAX FUND, DISPOSABLE BAG FEE FUND, GENERAL FUND, WATER FUND, STREETSCAPE FUND AND 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 11, 2012.

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

Published in The Sopris Sun on December 20, 2012.

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