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

The Sopris Sun asked students from pre-school through fourth grade to Spruce Up The Sun for this week’s cover and spruce up they did. The more than 150 young artists who put colored pencil, crayon, watercolors and glitter to paper each had their own interpretation of how black and white outlines should morph into color.

One background had a Van Goghish quality to it, while another artist traveled beyond the sky and created a green and red backdrop like Christmas-present wrapping paper. One contestant boldly divided the cover in half, with green dominating one side and red on the other.

Judging such a competitive contest would not have been possible without the help of discerning eyes at the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities.

This year’s Grand Prize winner is Sophia Ulrych, a fourth grader at Crystal River Elementary School (her work is shown here).

Top honors in the pre-school/kindergarten division go to Emmet Garcelon (first) and Katie Huttenhower (second).

First and second place in the first/second grade division are John Hamilton and Millie Simon respectively. In the third grade division, Ana Rosa Vasquez placed first and Ayden Richmond was second. In fourth grade, Anna Cunningham was runner up to Sophia.

This year’s drawing that inspired the Spruce Up The Sun cover contest was created by Carbondale Middle School student Kimberly Tena, and was used for the Sun’s Dec. 1 cover. Sopris Sun thanks go out to Kimberly and to all the students who entered this year’s contest.

Spruce Up The Sun cover contest winners and runners up in each category receive a cash prize.To claim your prize, call 510-3003 or e-mail news@soprissun.com. To check out all the winners, please turn to pages 14-15.

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Carbondale Commentary The views and opinions expressed on the Commentary page do not necessarily reflect those of The Sopris Sun. The Sopris Sun invites all members of the community to submit letters to the editor or guest columns. For more information, e-mail editor Lynn Burton at news@soprissun.com, or call 510-3003.

VCR: Five reasons, pro and con The Sopris Sun asked Locals for Smart Growth and Say Yes to Carbondale Citizens to give readers five reasons to vote for or against the proposed Village at Crystal River development on Highway 133. Residents who live within the town limits will vote on the project Jan. 31.

Five reasons yes

Five reasons no

By John Baker and the Say Yes to Carbondale Citizens Committee

By Bob Schultz and Denise Moss

1. Revenues

1. Subsidizing the development with a PIF tax

Currently more than 76 of every dollar is spent outside of Carbondale in neighboring communities. The Village at Crystal River will bring a new and expanded City Market and retail options that will provide needed services, thus keeping locals shopping in Carbondale while bringing new customers to town. The Village is projected to generate at least $335,000 (and up to $450,000 depending on Lot 6A) per year in new sales tax revenue resulting in an estimated sales tax revenue of between $6.7 to $8 million over 20 years. More than 60 percent of the $335,000 annual number will be generated with the build-out of Phase One, required to be completed within three years. At build out, there will also be an estimated $490,000 generated annually in state education and school district revenues and $125,000 allocated to the fire district revenues. Currently, sales tax generates a substantial portion of the town’s budget.

Please visit the town Web site for the current state of the town’s finances.

The “dirty little secret” of Village at Crystal River is that it is not about a new grocery store. The land is already zoned for a grocery store, which could be built after a much simpler design process. This proposal is about charging shoppers an additional 1 percent PIF tax on groceries in order to subsidize the developer's construction costs for road improvements and an entrance to the mall.

The PIF tax will be in effect for two decades to pay off a $2.5 million construction bond – plus interest – for a total of $5 million. The only sure thing we know about the VCR is that Carbondale residents will be charged $5 million over 20 or so years to pay off this developer subsidy.

2. Jobs The Village is projected to conservatively generate +/- 145 jobs plus an additional 30 to 40 jobs if Lot 6A is built as a medical or retail entity. In addition, it is anticipated there will be up to 80 new and on-going construction jobs during Phase One that will also put more dollars into local businesses.

3. City Market According to Joel Starbuck of King Soopers/City Market, “City Market is committed and enthusiastic to be a part of the project.”The new store will be the most sustainable full-service grocery store in the state. It will offer enhanced produce, prepared VCR: YES page 16

Letters

The Sopris Sun welcomes your letters, limited to no more than 400 words. Letters exceeding that length may be edited or returned for revisions. Include your name and residence (for publication) and a contact email and phone number. Submit letters via email to letters@soprissun.com or via snail mail to P.O. Box 399, Carbondale, CO 81623.

Don’t bag the bag ban

Dear Editor: I just read a story about the group hoping to overturn the ban on plastic bags in Carbondale. What I would like to know is when are we going to stop thinking about only our selves and our immediate needs? How about thinking about the next generation and what we leave for them? How about thinking about the environment and the over crowded landfills? How about all the oil that it takes to produce all those plastic bags?

It is really that difficult for you to bring your own bags to the store? I lived in Europe many years ago and guess what – it was just a way of life for most Europeans to bring their own bags, one of the reasons being is they simply do not have anywhere to put all that extra trash that comes from plastic bags and packaging.

If you could reduce adding to the landfills and helping the environment, why wouldn’t you? Because it doesn’t work for you?

It is really not that hard. This is not about “big brother” telling you what to do. We have become so spoiled and so much is about what we need right now and who cares about the rest of the world. In my opinion the way things are going, that selfish mindset

will just not continue to work for you. (P.S. – I have plenty of cloth bags that I could give to you if you don’t have any of your own.)

Leslie C. McNamee-Johnson Carbondale

Thanks to RE-1 board Dear Editor: I want to thank the members of the Roaring Fork School District School board for establishing a thorough and balanced process for evaluating district leadership. Hiring, overseeing and evaluating the superintendent is one of the prime responsibilities of a school board. I appreciate that this current board is taking this responsibility seriously.

I hope a comprehensive evaluation of the superintendent will become a regular practice in our district, as well as office hours for board members and their willingness to accept confidential feedback from staff and community members. It is a positive move for the Roaring Fork School District to offer teachers, staff, parents and students an avenue to express themselves either by the evaluation or with the office hours.

Ultimately I believe that we all have the same goal of making our schools happy, safe

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2. Real estate glut The VCR would add 164 condominiums and townhomes and 140,000 square feet of commercial space when Carbondale is awash with bank-owned properties. Carbondale has 60 commercial spaces for sale or lease, and there is an estimated 18-year supply of housing, including existing homes and approved-but-yet-to-be-built subdivisions, in the lower Roaring Fork Valley.

3. New jobs? NO City Market has verified that while they are committed to Colorado contractors, the contract and the jobs that go with it will in all likelihood go to a Denver-area company that is familiar with building suburban-style malls like VCR. As for long-term employment, a City Market official said that job generation depends on square footage and the economic climate. She indicated that they would add approximately eight new VCR: NO page 16 and successful places for our kids and this is what the school board is striving for.

Sophie Schlumberger Carbondale

VCR will take away Dear Editor: I visited Aspen for many years before deciding to move here 10 years ago. During that time, I always enjoyed coming down to Carbondale. Through the years, it has remained a unique little town full of vibrant, grounded energy.

I have thoroughly taken pleasure in seeing this eclectic community expand on the innovations of its citizens with more music and art venues, more incredible restaurants, and its support of clean energy and non-profits.

The town has done all this while keeping an identity that, I would venture to say, is the envy of many small towns in the nation.

The Village at Crystal River will take away all that Carbondale has worked to become. It will no longer be an enviable place of respite, creativity and recreation; it will be another town that succumbed to a sprawling piece of non-descript development. It will look like everywhere else in America and add to the already vacant properties downtown.

Do proponents really want to be like Glenwood? It will continue to flood an already flooded housing market, making it even harder for people to see a bottom in housing prices. The saddest part of all is that the citizens will be subsidizing the developer LETTERS page 13

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KDNK taking over original ‘non-profit center’

By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer Before the non-profit Third Street Center in the former Carbondale Elementary School, there was the generically named “Non-profit center” (aka “The Old Town Hall.”)

Located in fact in the old town hall building at 76. S. Second, the low-slung, metalframed, fake-brick-faced building was home to community access radio station KDNK, Solar Energy International, the Roaring Fork Energy Center, the Aspen Science Outreach Center and one or two other non-profits,

starting in the early 2000s. The non-profits left their previous homes and came together to buy the building after Carbondale built a new town hall at 511 Colorado Avenue.

One by one over the years, most of the non-profits either folded their tents or moved out until all that remained in the building was Solar Energy International (SEI) on the north side and KDNK on the south.

Turns out, KDNK is the last non-profit standing, after the station announced to listeners it is buying out SEI’s share of the building and taking over its space. SEI founder

and director Johnny Weiss said his group is moving its offices to the Third Street Center, and continuing its operations in Paonia.

KDNK Station Manager Steve Skinner said SEI expects to be completely out of the Second Street non-profit center in February or March. He said there are no plans at this time to remodel the SEI space and for KDNK to expand into it.

“But we’re excited about the prospects,” he said.

KDNK might even entertain offers from other groups wanting to rent the space.

Skinner said KDNK and SEI had worked out an agreement years ago that addressed how one non-profit would go about buying out the other if either wanted to move. Skinner said the station is refinancing its mortgage with Alpine Bank to acquire the SEI space.

Speaking of Alpine Bank, Weiss said the locally owned institution was instrumental in the non-profits coming together to buy the building more than 10 years ago. “They really made it happen,” he said.“They and the town of Carbondale.”

Carbondale fire board approves budget, looks to 2015

By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer The five-member Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District board on Dec. 14 approved a budget for 2012 that calls for $3.1 million in revenues and $2.9 million in expenditures.

Faced with projected decreases in property tax revenues starting in 2014, the fire district board and staff are working on a four-year master plan to help cope with declining revenues, according to Fire Chief Ron Leach.

A voter-approved mill levy override earlier this year will allow the district to keep service levels in 2012 the same as in 2011.

The Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District, which provides fire and ambulance service from Marble to Missouri Heights and the midvalley, is primarily funded through property taxes, and operates fire stations in Marble, Redstone, Carbondale,

Missouri Heights and near the Colorado Mountain College turnoff of Highway 82.

Over half the 2012 budget, $2.1 million, is consumed by wages and related costs such as health benefits ($310,000), pension benefits ($150,000) and workmen’s comp ($70,000.)

In the $227,000 capital projects fund, there are no single big-ticket items; fire equipment comes in at $35,000 (compared to $12,200 in 2011 and $36,000 in 2010), station improvements are budgeted at $47,500 (compared to $44,000 in 2011 and $4,000 in 2010), and $60,000 for vehicles (compared to $37,000 in 2011 and zero in 2010).

The district budgeted $56,000 for training in 2012, which includes $17,000 for volunteers to complete EMT training and $17,000 to send someone to paramedic school.

Included in the budget are funds for a

new assistant training coordinator, if Leach chooses to hire one.

Fire Board President Gene Schilling said the district is also planning for a new ISO rating certification in the next two years, which sets insurance rates throughout the district. If the district can maintain its ISO rating in rural areas, it can save homeowners substantial amounts on their fire insurance, Schilling said.

Like other special taxing districts, such as Colorado Mountain College and the RE-1 School District, the Carbondale Fire District faces reduced revenues due to reduced property valuations brought on by the plunge in real estate prices in the past three years.

A handout provided by the district shows revenues are expected to drop from $3.1 million in 2012 to $2.3 million in 2014 and 2015. Keeping total expenditures the same at $2.9 million per year from 2012 through 2015, the district projects that its

reserve fund will decline from a projected fund balance of $1.9 million in 2012 to $837,000 in 2015.

Schilling reiterated the fire district’s budget is “heavy in personnel” and the board has “cut operating (expenses) a low as we can.”

Current staffing levels allow the district to handle two ambulance or fire calls at the same time. Schilling said if revenues continue to decline, the district might have to rely on mutual aid from Glenwood Springs or Basalt when service levels demand it.

Leach said the 2012 budget calls for a 2 percent salary increase for employees.

“These people are good public servants,” he said. “They work hard for their moderate wage. … This (salary increase) lets them know we support them.

Schilling added that money earned by fire district employees goes right back into to the community.”

Crystal River Ballet School presented “The Nutcracker” for the 10th year at Carbondale Middle School on Dec. 17-18.

This rehearsal brought out smiles from all the dancers.

Shown here are (left to right): Petunia Davis, Shayne Patrick, Averie McLelland, Juniper Reindel and Anonda Lavendar. Photo by Jane Bachrach

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News Briefs

Cop Shop

The Weekly News Brief The Sopris Sun and the KDNK news departments team up to discuss recent news from the Roaring Fork Valley and beyond. Catch the Brief Fridays on KDNK.

Three trustee seats open

Wilson to fill out term

Three Carbondale Board of Trustee seats are up for grabs in the April 3 election.

Pam Zentmyer and John Hoffmann’s seats will be contested; Ed Cortez is term limited and can’t run.

Interested candidates can pick up nomination petitions starting on Feb. 13. The petitions must be returned by 5 p.m. on March 5.

State Rep. George Wilson said he will serve out his term in House District 61, which ends at the end of the 2012 legislative session.

The Colorado Supreme Court recently approved plans from the Colorado Reapportionment Commission that redrew House District 61 boundaries.

“In the final maps, my residence no longer falls within House District 61,” Wilson said in a press release.“All of Garfield County will be part of House District 57. After consulting with my family, friends, and advisors I have decided not to seek elected office for either House District 57 or Senate District 8.”

Wilson continued, “I am humbled by the support I have received and by those who believe I should continue to serve Colorado in the Legislature after 2012. I will instead seek other positions and roles to represent and work for the interests of the people, the land, and the water of Western Colorado.”

Wilson lives northeast of Carbondale.

The new HD 61 for the next election in November 2012 will include Summit, Lake, Pitkin, and parts of Gunnison and Delta counties. “I will be supporting Millie Hamner (D) of Summit County for election to HD 61,” Wilson said.

The new HD 61 no longer includes some other county precincts that had been included. Eastern Garfield County will be part

VCR election dates Ballots in the Village at Crystal River special election will be mailed out between Jan. 9-13, 2012, according to the Garfield County clerk and recorder. Voters who do not receive their ballots may request replacement ballots in person at the Garfield County Clerk’s Office in Glenwood Springs from Jan. 9-24, or by phone, fax of e-mail.

The last day to request that a ballot be mailed out is Jan. 24. After that date, voters must appear in person at the county clerk’s office to request a ballot.

Voters may obtain replacement ballots or change an address and request a ballot on Election Day on Jan. 31, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the following locations: the Garfield County Clerk and Recorder’s Office, 109 8th St., Glenwood Springs (384-3700, option 2); or Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Ave., Carbondale.

of the new HD 57, which includes all of Garfield, Rio Blanco, and Moffat Counties.

Southwestern Gunnison County (including the town of Gunnison) and Hinsdale County will become part of HD 59. And all of Eagle County joins Routt County to form HD 26.

Magazine features local fossils In early 2012, both National Geographic magazine and PBS member stations will feature the Ice Age fossil find near Snowmass Village. The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is planning a related program and currently offering visitors the opportunity to learn more online and onsite.

“We are thrilled with the level of interest in this important project,”said Dr. Kirk Johnson, the leader of the Snowmastodon Project™ excavation team and vice president of the Research and Collections Division at the Museum. “The involvement of these esteemed organizations helps us share this discovery with an incredible number of people.”

In the February National Geographic magazine, a short illustrated article about the fossil find will appear.

On Feb. 1, Rocky Mountain PBS will broadcast the one-hour NOVA-National Geographic program. The television special follows scientists as they race against time to uncover this unique site packed with astonishingly well-preserved bones of mammoths.

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The following events are drawn from incident reports of the Carbondale Police Department.

Dec. 8 At 11:17 p.m. police responded to a fight at a downtown bar. Neither combatant wanted to press charges, but one man had a mandatory protection order against him that said he couldn’t possess or consume alcohol.

Police determined he had been consuming alcohol and took him to Garfield County Jail.

Dec. 9 At 1:29 p.m. police took a report of harassment at Roaring Fork High School.

Dec. 9 At 6:08 p.m. a woman called police to report a car nearly hit her at as she was crossing the intersection at Eighth and Main. She got the driver’s license number but said she didn’t want police to contact him. She just wanted police to be aware of what happened.

Dec. 10 At 2:16 a.m. a patrol officer saw a man slip and fall on the ice on Main Street. The man declined an ambulance but the officer did drive him home.

Dec. 12 At 4:10 p.m. a Carbondale police officer assisted the Garfield County Sheriff’s Department on a report of a man shooting at a deputy in the West Bank subdivision between Carbondale and Glenwood Springs.

Ace is the place for the chamber of commerce’s new Carbondale T-shirts and hats, as assistant manager Sarah Carpenter (left) and Kelly Harro (right) will attest. The shirts and hats are also available at Independence Run & Hike. The 100 percent organic shirts and hats show either Mount Sopris or Mushroom Rock; they were created by Tom Kenyon Design and printed by Advantage Branding Group. Photo by Jane Bachrach

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Moxley, Gomez top All-League list

follow theâ€œďŹ‚ash mobâ€?that hit downtown Carbondale on Dec. 2 to protest the Village at Crystal River development.

No word on whether any of the ash mobbers might inďŹ ltrate the cash mobs, and start belting out songs such as “Moneyâ€?by Pink Floyd or“Money (That’s What I Want) written by Berry Gordy and Janie Bradford.

Roaring Fork’s Trae Moxley (a junior) was named as one of the top ďŹ ve 2A Western Slope linemen and Phil Gomez (a senior) was named as one of the top running/defensive backs on the All-League list released last week.

Moxley and Gomez are joined on the 38man ďŹ rst team by teammates Trent Reeds and Teddy Benge (both seniors) and Johnny Nieslanik (a junior). Earning honorable mention honors were seniors Landon Bailey and Tanner Gianinetti, and juniors Hayden Denton and Brandon Cruz.

Basalt High School players to make the ďŹ rst were Zach Mobilian, Tito Gamboa, Tanner Banc, Johnny Medrano, Tyler Chultz and Drew Bair, while Josh Andrade, J.R. Krueger, Austin Schneider, Roray Mackey, Edwin Meraz and Hayden Quintana made honorable mention.

baby please, don’t go If you’re thinking of hopping over to the Thunder River Theatre on Dec. 29 without a ticket but with the intent of being admitted to the Thomas Friedman lecture, think again. The lecture was sold out in October and no tickets will be available at the door.

News names Nathan Markham recently earned his Master’s degree in business and ďŹ nance from the University of Colorado. He’s currently a senior ďŹ nancial analyst with SM Energy in Denver.

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Rams split in Gypsum Roaring Fork basketballers won a game and lost a game Dec. 16 in Gypsum. The boys defeated Eagle Valley 57-47, bringing their season record to 2-3. Meanwhile, the girls fell to Eagle Valley 43-40, dropping their record to 15. Both teams resume play at Aspen on Jan. 6.

More mobs Word has it“cash mobs�are set to descend on Carbondale businesses in the weeks to come. The idea is for folks to hit a business at the same time or through the day to spend money there as a way to boost the local economy. These “cash mobs�

The Carbondale Board of Trustees recognized Students of the Month on Dec. 13 and they are: (front row, left to right) Holden Kleager and Bridget Playsek; (back row, left to right) Ryder Pietsch, Joselinne Medrano and Drake Groom. Not shown are Misah Logan and Finn Featherstone.

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If you lived upvalley anywhere from the late 1960s to not that long ago, you probably saw at least one Tom Benton poster for such political candidates as Hunter S. Thompson, Joe Edwards, Gary Hart, J.E. DeVilbiss and others. The late Tom Benton also created issue-speciďŹ c posters such as one opposing the Winter Olympics being held in Colorado, and all-purpose posters such as the one with the headline “The Whole Earth: Let the Sunshine in.â€? Those posters and dozens more are included in the People’s Press book “Thomas W. Benton: Artist/Activistâ€? by Daniel Watkins. The 180-page book also includes interviews, local history and more about Benton. The foreword is written by River Valley Ranch and People’s Press founder George Stranahan.

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A UFO seen on Missouri Heights last week reportedly scared all the livestock in the area as it came in for a landing.

Observes said the weird thing about the sighting was the UFO disappeared immediately, as if it continued its journey beneath the surface.

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Jacober brothers inked Edible Aspen magazine features the Jacober Brothers on the cover of its Winter 2012 issue. The brothers own Crystal River Meats. Writer David Frey (with photographs

by Karen Glenn) tells how the boys grow their beef and sheep and how they get them to market. The issue also includes a short story and photo about the Community Bread Oven at the Third Street Center.

Flaunting your wealth?

Folks who don’t want the snoopy side of Carbondale to know how rich they are, or once were, might think about tearing the address labels off the slick catalogues they sometimes throw away at the post office. For example, someone tossed a Scully & Scully of Park Avenue catalogue into the junk mail bin with the recipient’s name still firmly affixed. Among other items, Scully & Scully will sell you a Texas Hold ’Em card/poker chip box for $1,150, an “utter bliss” power recliner for $2,950, a mahogany cocktail cabinet for $4,800 and a mahogany secretary book case for $6,500 – or you just might find the same items at any of Carbondale’s fine consignment stores for a fraction of the cost.

Compost news Curbside composting is now available in Carbondale.

“Anything once living qualifies,” said Evergreen Events owner Dave Reindel, who is offering the service. For details, call 987-3140.

They say it’s your birthday Birthday greetings go out to Jerry Pluger; Carolyn, Jackson and Jessica Hardin (Dec. 22); Bill Lamont (Dec. 23); Emma Danciger and Greg “DJ Phathead” Benson (Dec. 26) and Chip Bishop (Dec. 28). Belated birthday greetings go out to Prema Trettin (Dec. 20).

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Obituaries

Jake Stoner 1940-2011 Jake was born in his grandmother’s house in Crawford, Colorado in 1940 and died peacefully at his home on Missouri Heights from leukemia on Dec. 20, 2011.

He was a “Jake of all trades:” cowboy, farmer, ranch hand, beautician, tile setter, miner, carpenter, high-scaler at Ruedi Reservoir, driller, dairy hand, bartender, and small business owner.

He served as a brand inspector for the state of Colorado, was a member of the boards of the AQHA and Garfield County Fair, and was a corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps (1957-59).

Jake changed the landscape of Missouri Heights with an irrigation system that utilized underground pipe and sprinklers. He mentored many of the farmers, ranchers and landowners who have come since he began flood irrigating Los Piñones Ranch in 1971. Since 1994, he worked at Moun-

tain Blue Turf Farm. As a result of his love for horses and roping, he sat atop many a horse and roped many a steer.

He is survived by his loving wife of 50 years and 364 days, Carolyn; his daughters, Teena Morford (Mike), Tamara Stoner (Barb Coleman); his talented granddaughter, Josey Morford; sisters, Jean Wood (Dan), Donna Stoner (Bernd Ehrardt), Treva Walterscheid (Tom); and brothers Mike Stoner (Dottie) and Eldon Cooper.

He was preceded in death by his son Teed Stoner in 1993.

Wherever he is now I hope that there is someone he can call very early in the morning.

I hope that there is a ditch system so complicated that only he can understand it.

I hope that all his roping partners are quick and accurate.

(And that he is forgiving when they are not.)

I hope that his hay is always ample and dry.

And I hope that the air is fragrant with the scent of sage and pinion after a summer shower.

I will miss a good friend.

– Andy Taylor Instead of flowers or donations, Jake asked that you each spend a little extra time with your family and friends. He has donated his body to the Anatomical Board of the State of Colorado and there will be no services at his request.

Rowan Fredrick Dietz 1930-2011 Rowan Dietz passed away on Dec. 2, 2011 at the age of 79.

He was born in Trenton, New Jersey on April 5, 1939 and settled down in Colorado, which he always considered his “true home.”

Rowan was a lover of art, music, books, ocean shores and anything to do with trains. He loved the environment and great outdoors, collecting rocks and climbing all but two of Colorado’s 52 “Fourteeners.”

Rowan was a kind gentle soul, always thankful and able to see the beauty in sim-

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ple things. He attended service at Carbondale Community United Methodist Church, donating the church steeple several years ago. He enjoyed reminiscing with his longtime best friend from New Hampshire and will be truly missed.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to Carbondale Community Methodist Church, 385 S. Second St., Carbondale, CO 81623.

There will be a graveside service on Wednesday Dec. 28, at 2 p.m. at Evergreen Cemetery on 8th Street in Carbondale.

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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.

THURSDAY Dec. 22

LIVE MUSIC • White House pizza on Main Street presents Dave Notor and friends (bluegrass pickin’). Info: 704-9400.

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

THE WHEELER • The Broadway hit “Annie” is presented by Theater Aspen at the Wheeler Opera House through Dec. 23. The cast includes Aileen Quinn, who played the lead role of Annie in the 1982 film. She returns to the musical as the con artist Lily St. Regis. Info: 920-5770, aspenshowtix.com or theatreaspen.org.

PHOTOGRAPHER'S RECEPTION • A reception for photographer Nora Feller takes place from 6 to 8 p.m. at Ann Korologos Gallery in Basalt. The gallery is showing more than 30 of Feller’s portraits, including those of Julia Child, the Dalai Lama, Madonna, Prince Rainier, Malcolm Forbes, David Hockney, Sean Penn and Kelsey Grammer.

FILM • Aspen Film’s “Academy Screenings” takes place at Harris Concert Hall in Aspen through Jan. 1. Info: www.aspenfilm.org.

FRIDAY Dec. 23 MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “My Week with Marilyn” (R) at 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 23, 5:30 p.m. only on Dec. 24 and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 26-29, Closed on Dec. 25.

LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s Tavern in the Dinkel Building presents TRUNK at 10 p.m.

LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars presents a special holiday show with local musicians.

Info: 963-3304.

OPEN MIC • Dan Rosenthal hosts open mic nights at Rivers restaurant in Glenwood Springs every Wednesday from 8 to 10 p.m.

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THURSDAY Dec. 29

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MONDAY Dec. 26

CHRISTMAS EVE • The Orchard on Snowmass Drive holds Christmas Eve services at 5 and 7 p.m., and a live nativity re-enactment at the outdoor amphitheatre at 6 p.m. Info: 963-8773.

VAUDEVILLE • The Crystal Palace Review with the Glenwood Vaudeville Revue performs at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen at 5:30 and 8 p.m. Info: 920-5770.

CHRISTMAS EVE • St. Peters of the Valley, located at 200 Elk Run Dr. in Basalt, holds services at 5 and 8 p.m. There’ll be special music and children are welcome. Services won’t be held on Dec. 25.

CHRISTMAS EVE • Grace Church of the Roaring Fork Valley holds Christmas Eve services at the Eagle County Community Center in El Jebel at 6 p.m.

LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s Tavern in the Dinkel Building presents Alan Vigil (1970’s rock ’n’ roll and Christmas music) at 10 p.m.

SUNDAY Dec. 25 CHURCH SERVICES • Grace Church of the Roaring Fork Valley holds Christmas services at 10:30 a.m.

bOXING DAY • The Aspen Center for Environmental Studies hosts Boxing Day at Hallam Lake from 3:30 to 6 p.m. Events will include guided snowshoe tours around the preserve, hot chocolate, mulled cider, wine, snacks a bonfire and more. ACES is located on Puppy Smith Road, north of the Hotel Jerome.

TUESDAY Dec. 27 LIVE MUSIC • New Orlean’s stalwart Trombone Shorty, who played at the Glenwood Springs Summer of Jazz a few years ago, plays the Wheeler Opera House. The show is presented by Jazz Aspen Snowmass. Tickets are $39.50 and $49.50. Info: 920-5770.

WEDNESDAY Dec. 28 ROTARY • Carbondale Rotary meets at the firehouse Wednesdays at 7 a.m.

LIVE MUSIC • PAC3 in the Third Street Center presents Motet with special guests Euforquestra at 8 p.m. Motet’s roots are in jazz, Afrobeat, funk, salsa and samba. Info: www.pac3carbondale.com.

FRIDAY Dec. 30 LIVE MUSIC • PAC3 in the Third Street Center presents Young Dubliners at 8 p.m.

This hard-rocking Irish band is notorious for whirling “jig pits” that often erupt at live shows. Info: www.pac3carbondale.com.

FRIDAY Jan. 6 FIRST FRIDAY • Carbondale’s First Friday celebration continues with all kinds of events on Jan. 6.

TUESDAY Jan. 10 NORDIC SKIING • Roaring Fork Conservancy’s hosts a guided cross-country ski tour along the banks of the Roaring Fork River from 5 to 7 p.m. The tour begins at Stein Park at the end of Cemetery Lane and covers about 1.5 miles of gently sloping terrain. The tour is appropriate for those 12 and older.

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Ongoing CCAH • The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities’ “Hand to Heart” handcrafted gifts show continues through the holiday season.

Arts include: Laurel Astor (pastel paintings), Ginny Beesley (pottery), Stanley Bell (paintings), Tanya Black (fabric art), Jenna Bradford (fabric art), Staci Dickerson (paintings), Melanie Finnen (textile art), Sandie Gardner (pottery), Kathy Hansel (jewelry), Norrie Hoffman (crochet hats), Alexandra Jerkunica (painted ballet shoes), Bob McCool (photograph), Brad Reed Nelson (wood), David Moore (turned bowls), Rochelle Norwood (hand-made chocolates), David Powers (blown and sculptural glass), Erin Rigney (paintings), Tom Semborski (metal

sculpture), Lisa Singer (cards) and Matt Suby (photograph). Info: 963-1680.

CLAY CENTER • The Carbondale Clay Center continues its 2011 Holiday Invitational through Dec. 30. Featured ceramists include: H.P. Bloomer, Tony Wise, John Cohorst, Nathan Bray, Lyla Goldstein, Avi Arenfeld, Tyler McGinn, Casey Coffman, CJ Jilek, Elizabeth Farson, K Rhynus Cesark, Shawn O’Connor, Lusterbunny, Diane Kenney, Sarah Moore, Donie Hubbard, Charlie Childress, Mary Ballou, Sue Tirrell, Katie Kitchen, Lisa Maher, Tom Jaszczak, Ronan Peterson, Tammie Lane and Gail Burtik. The Carbondale Clay Center is located at the east end of Main

Street. Info: 963-2529.

WINTER FEST • The Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts’ Winterfest show features Joy Commons, Dan Glidden, Betsy Blackard, Ewa Lachur- Omeljaniuk, Chad Zanca, Mary Blichmann, Dara Barth, Nancy Helser, Phyllis Hackett, Anne Ramsay, Tara Vetter, Anne Moll, Sinda Wood, Barbara Jean Swan, Sara Ward, Kellie Philburn, Jennifer Miller, Randi Garcia, Sandy Richards, Jamie Spry, Marcia Fuscaro, Jessica Kidd, Terry Muldoon, Noemi Kosmowski, Kristoff Kosmowski and Kari Doerr.

The show continues through Jan 3. The Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts is located east of the Hot Springs Pool. Info: 945-2414.

TEEN PHOTO SHOW • The Gordon Cooper Library presents a photo show from local teens based on their favorite book titles.

MAYOR’S COFFEE HOUR • Chat with Carbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot on Tuesdays from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Village Smithy, located at 26 S. Third St. PHOTOS SHOWN • Allison Austin shows her photography at the Blend on Highway 133.

GORDON COOPER • The Gordon Cooper Library presents activities for kids from kindergarten through fifth grade from 4 to 5 p.m. on Tuesdays, and toddler and infant story time on Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. Info: 963-2889.

Hold the presses ST. MARY OF THE CROWN • St. Mary of the Crown at the top of White Hill holds Christmas Eve services in English at 8 p.m. on Dec. 24 and in Spanish at 10 p.m. Sunday services in English are at 8:30 a.m. and in Spanish at 6 p.m.

ST. VINCENT IN bASALT • St. Vincent church at 250 Midland Ave. in Basalt holds a children’s mass in English at 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 24. On Christmas Day, a mass in English will be held at 10:30 a.m. and in Spanish at 12:30 p.m.

CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING RETURNS • The town of Carbondale will again sponsor Christmas tree recycling for in-town residents at the northeast corner of Colorado Avenue and 4th Street from Dec. 26 through Jan. 31. Please, no ornaments, tinsel, garland, wreaths, lights, wires, nails, plastic bags, stands, flocked or artificial trees, commercial waste or dumping. Mulch will be available in mid-February. Call 963-1307 for more information.

FOREST SERVICES WANTS FEEDbACK • The Forest Service is seeking feedback on a proposal to convey two connected parcels of administrative land, and the associated water rights, in El Jebel.

The proposed conveyance could be completed via competitive sale on the open market or direct sale to another governmental entity such as municipal or county government.

The parcel of land being proposed for conveyance is the remainder of the Mount Sopris Tree Nursery that the Forest Service purchased in 1961 for the purpose of a coniferous tree and seedling production. The Mount Sopris Nursery facility has not been in operation since 1986, and the Forest Service is attempting to “right-size” its administrative facilities, according to a press release.

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The action is being proposed as part of a forest-wide effort aimed at decreasing deferred maintenance costs of Forest Service administrative facilities located across the White River National Forest (WRNF). The effort includes the consolidation of administrative facilities where practical, while also eliminating isolated Forest Service parcels. The proceeds that will be realized through the conveyance of these parcels will be reinvested into facility reconstruction projects across the forest. The facility reconstruction projects emphasize increasing energy efficiency, increasing operational efficiency, and helping the WRNF to better serve the public.

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Community Briefs Chamber picks acting director The Carbondale Chamber of Commerce has chosen Andrea Stewart as its acting director.

Stewart has been with the chamber for 3 1/2 years and graduated from the University of Wyoming with a degree in communication and a minor in marketing communication, and also earned a degree in resort management from Colorado Mountain College. A native of Wyoming, she has lived in the Roaring Fork Valley since 2008.

The chamber board and staff are “exploring their options for the direction of the Carbondale Chamber …,” according to a press release.

“Andrea is committed to maintaining the high level of service for the Chamber members and to be attentive to the member’s needs through communication, support and education,” the press release continued.

Stewart can be reached at andrea@carbondale.com.

Winter camping school offered The Colorado Mountain Club is offering a free class in winter camping at the Carbondale Fire House from 6 to 8 p.m. on Jan. 5.

The class will consist of a question and answer presentation with volunteer instructor Eli Tester. Topics will include clothing, gear, safety considerations when traveling in the backcountry during cold weather and more. RSVP by calling 925-6648 or e-mail aspencomtclub@gmail.com.

The Carbondale Fire House is located at the south end of town, at the intersection of Highway 133 and Meadowood.

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Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers’ Town to Town Tour returns on Jan. 21. The tour is a fund-raiser for Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers and is a long-distance, non-com-

petitive Nordic event.

“We can’t thank the community and our sponsors enough for believing in the event and in RFOV’s mission of stewardship for our magnificent public lands,” said Karin Teague, development director for RFOV. The Town to Town Tour starts at the Rio Grande Plaza in Aspen at 10 a.m. on Jan. 21 and concludes in downtown Basalt with a party hosted by RFOV and Basalt restaurants.

Participants can either cross-country ski or snowshoe the 19-mile Rio Grande Trail, with an alternate start Woody Creek (11.5 mile course), the first ever family-friendly start at Old Snowmass (3.5 mile course), and refreshments along the way. Free shuttles will be provided and crossing guards assist skiers and snowshoes on the course.

In years past RFOV has had over 350 participants. “The tour is a great community event that has proven to be popular with a wide range of Nordic enthusiasts — from the families who want to enjoy a day of skiing together to athletes who appreciate the tour due to its length,” said RFOV Executive Director David Hamilton.

All levels and ages are encouraged to participate. Early registration entrance fees are $30 for individuals and $50 for families/partners, $40 for individuals and $65 for families/partners, and $20 for the party only on the day of the event. Volunteers are still needed. To register or volunteer, go to www.rfov.org, email rfov@sopris.net or call 927-8241.

Valley Visual alert Folks who’ll need their Valley Visual Art Show entries framed, matted, printed or dealt with in some way take note: the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities’ annual show is Feb. 3. Local artists are invited to enter up to two pieces in the non-juried show. For details, go to www.carbondalearts.com or call 963-1680.

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Isn’t this similar to what Wall Street and the banks have done to us already? Doesn’t this just make the 99 percent poorer?

Patricia Epstein Aspen

Obtain trail access (Editor’s note: This letter was sent to the Pitkin County commissioners).

Dear Editor: We are long-time residents of the Crystal Valley in Pitkin County, who have long been concerned about access to the trail that begins at the end of South Bill Creek Road, just south of the BRB cabins and campground.

In 1989, we worked hard petitioning Pitkin County to keep that trail open, based on established use. Copies of that petition and letters of support from 1989 are still available from Pitkin County Open Space.

However, we did not succeed at that time. We were not able to attend the late-night county meetings in Aspen, nor could we afford to hire lawyers to help us. Leslie Wexner now owns the former Dodd property and the former Sewell property next to it.

So now, 22 years later, we are asking again that Pitkin County commissioners work to acquire a trail access for non-motorized use of that section of the old railroad grade. We strongly support Open Space efforts to obtain that specific trail easement.

We hope other citizens of this beautiful and precious valley will also contact the commissioners and support the efforts of Open Space in this regard.

Diane Kenney John McCormick Carbondale

Vote no on VCR Dear Editor: The upcoming Village at Crystal River has to be a No-No, not because of myself or Carbondale, but because of the gigantic and toxic world population, pollution and environmental daily problems. Keep us a small, fun town, not part of another mall mania.

Build and develop the new VCR 24-acre suburban shopping mall, here is what you will get. Nothing pre-designated as organic ground or property. No cross-overable Highway 133 for almost a mile from Main Street to the Village Road light. Good luck at Dolores way, and good luck for any walkers, bikers, wheel-chairers or baby carriage crossers anywhere along Highway 133.

City Markets are absolutely limited by their Denver distributions, and it goes absolutely abusively downhill here weekly.

Why not City Market on the south side of VCR? City Market currently uses between one to four of its checkout stands at time.

New VCR might jack up up another 10 percent of their volume function, a no big deal.

Expect shopping cart drop off and trash mania to occur over all VCR’s 24 acres daily.

The cost of us buying the VCR lot over the last couple of years as been some $8 to $10 million; the cost of one average Aspen mansion. VCR should be bought and kept organic open space by Carbondale. We would have access to multiple west sided acres, using CRMS ditch water, for growing vegetables and using yearly solar domes.

We would also have a year ‘round gravel

walks way and bikeway, either a big oval or a big figure-8 connector. We would absolutely end up with a “world class” Frisbee course. This course would be lined up daily by people waiting to also try bicycle Frisbee, a football, baseball or volleyball throwing or kicking course, a plastic holed golf ball chipping course, and even a tennis ball racket or hand throwing course contest. We would have weekly international tournaments with downtown offered prizes. I would donate at least one Frisbee goal post and a few trees and bushes. How about you?

Suburban shopping mall development in America stopped in the middle to late 1980s. Since then, some 17 percent of malls have disappeared, and often converted into little town cross-street areas, with two to three floor shops, businesses, offices and condos. Over the last four decades, the 1,670-plus worldwide Union of Concerned Scientists have communicated about the international threats (not just Carbondale) of downhill global environmental degradation of all life and its sustaining resources.

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Will history be repeated?

Dear Editor: In 1994 Carbondale voters were asked to grant zoning approval for River Valley Ranch (RVR). The zoning was approved by 63 votes.

Once again, this January, Carbondale voters are being asked to vote to approve controversial zoning for the Village at Crystal River (VCR).

Opposition to the Village at Crystal River development is reminiscent of that voiced against RVR. Slogans such as “It will ruin the character of Main Street-Old Town” and “This is not the way for Carbondale to grow” are now trumpeted as reasons for defeating the Village at Crystal River.

The facts are these: RVR is located 1.1 driving miles from the center of Main StreetOld Town and has in no way “changed the character of Main Street.” The Village at Crystal River will also be located 1.1 miles from the center of “Main Street-Old Town” and, also, will not change “Old Town.”

Some of the many ways that River Valley Ranch has benefited Carbondale are: additional parks, public tennis courts, a public golf course and miles of walking and biking paths. Ironically, many of the opponents of VCR, who also opposed RVR, now enjoy RVR amenities.

What are the benefits of the Village at Crystal River? First, rather than a shopping or strip mall, the plan resembles a small village. Please view this plan at Town Hall or log on to the Say Yes to Carbondale Web site.

A large stretch of Highway 133 will be beautified and provide an entrance to Carbondale that we can now be proud of. A new City Market will mean that more residents will now shop locally rather than driving to Glenwood Springs and Basalt.

Most importantly, the increased sales tax revenue will ensure that the services the town of Carbondale provides will continue and improve.

Please, vote for this development and insure that history will be repeated.

Stan Kleban Carbondale THE SOPRIS SUN • DECEMbER 22, 2011 • 13

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foods, meat, fish and organic products as well as an expanded deli and house wares area. The interior will be similar to the Grand Junction City Market that opened in 2011. City Market has found that expanding their current location is cost prohibitive and has not been able to find an acceptable plan that addresses the challenges of their parking situation. Therefore, they have no plans to remodel or expand the current location. A new City Market in the Village at Crystal River will keep shoppers from needing to shop in Willits or Glenwood Springs for a more complete shopping experience.

jobs at a larger store in the current climate. That's a far cry from the 145 jobs that the pro-VCR campaign is touting. It’s important to remember that the only commercial enterprise to publicly show interest in VCR is City Market, which already employs dozens of people here. It is impossible to take the numbers touted by the developer and his backers seriously when we have no indication who might supply them.

4. Mixed use The Village is zoned commercial. The citizens rejected a 100 percent commercial project in 2003. The developer participated in a community planning process that resulted in a mixed-use neighborhood that was planned by the Citizens Road Map Committee. It is a phased project designed to build over time as future demand dictates. The Village allows for a variety of commercial businesses that will complement the charm of our downtown businesses while offering mid-sized spaces that are not available in Carbondale. The mixed-use nature of the plan is also a draw to retailers as The Village creates a neighborhood environment.

5. Highway 133 improvements The town has been seeking funding for Highway 133 improvements for years. The Village will be a catalyst to jump-start the enhancements and will make it more likely that other funding partners will allocate resources once they see that Carbondale has invested in itself. These improvements will clean up the appearance into Carbondale and provide a safer environment for driving, pedestrians and cyclists as well as improved connectivity. The proposed improvements include the widening of the highway to maintain a through-lane in each direction as well as landscaping and lighting adjacent to the property and a 10-foot wide asphalt trail from Main Street to Dolores Way (approximately 2,600 feet). There will also be a path along Main Street, which will connect to the existing path located to the west of the site.

4. Draining the downtown and our identity Carbondale is the envy of the valley. We have built an eclectic town that avoids nondescript, cookie-cutter sprawl. Instead of McDonald’s, we have the Pour House; instead of Applebees, we have Six89. Instead of Men’s Warehouse and Crate & Barrel, we have lulubelle and the Carbondale Clay Center. Carbondale has a great reputation for its restaurant culture. Adding fast food and chain restaurants does not enhance that reputation. Finally, the developer estimates a fast-food restaurant alone would drain $2.5 million from the local dining economy – about $1 in every $4 spent on dining.

5. Net tax revenues and cannibalization The Big Lie of the people who have supported the various big plans for this property over the last decade is that Carbondale is broke. In reality, the town has $4.5 million in reserves and has weathered the world’s economic storm. Besides, the promised tax revenues aren't expected to materialize for 20 years, once the project is fully built out. While additional retail activity is desirable, there is no need to panic or subsidize this development.

In order for this mall to be successful, it must generate sales that equal 50 percent of all the sales currently generated in Carbondale. Much of that will come from existing sales, which means local businesses will lose out. This allows the developer to profit without adding new business to the community. The developer isn’t worried about the consequences of that to our existing businesses, but as a community we should worry. We all want a new grocery store, but selling the soul of Carbondale to get it is unnecessary.

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By Genevieve Joelle Villamizar Sopris Sun Columnist “Learn how to humanely slaughter and butcher livestock!” promised the Web site headlines.

When The Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) offered a workshop series to “learn a hands-on, ethical alternative to commercially-processed meat,” we jumped on it. It was to take place at Rock Bottom Ranch, a 113-acre wildlife preserve and educational ranch run by ACES. It is here that ACES’ staff member Amy Hutton is using her graduate degree in rangeland management to sustainably raise organic pigs, goats, cows and chickens.

As first-timers to Rock Bottom Ranch, Peter and I didn’t know what to expect from a “pasture to plate” butchering class.

We’ve cleaned our own birds hunting grouse, pheasant, duck and goose. We’ve been baptized in blood, harvesting the year’s meat from deer, elk, antelope or feral hog.

We still eat a lot of domestic meat though, and it comes on cool-looking black trays wrapped in shiny cello; nowhere close to what we experience when we butcher our own game. I was interested in connecting to our “domesticated” meats on a deeper, visceral level.

The ACES Web site urged us “strongly” to bring our own butcher knives and to “wear weather appropriate clothing because the slaughtering and some of the

butchering will take place outside, be it cold or wet.” We rustled up our knives, schlepped out our crusty work bibs and outer layers of anything we could wash the blood and goo off of: Onward!

Rock bottom Ranch Stepping from our car into Rock Bottom Ranch’s parking lot, I breathed deeply the farm fresh winter crispness: “Here we go!” I sighed.

Our footsteps squeaked on the snowpacked trail as we walked a pasture fence line.

Eventually, we came upon the sweetest looking pig, clean and black and white, straight out of Charlotte’s Web. My heart tightened. I envisioned taking this creature’s life and knew it would make me cry. The same argument as usual ran through my mind – taking the lives of others so I could enjoy a succulent steak or a link of spicy sausage.

We came up to the main building and stepped inside, not seeing anywhere else to go. Instead of a frigid day by the barn, as we had expected, we found a hive of industry buzzing in Rock Bottom’s warm, sunfilled education room. A dog greeted us at the door. A cat rubbed up against boots and pant legs. Plants filled the southern windows. Skeletons and mounted wildlife stood at the ready throughout the space, waiting for children to discover them. Bluegrass music floated subtly throughout the activity.

This was no commercial slaughterhouse!

“Some people are enchanted with the notion of raising their own cattle; butchering it and enjoying sharing it over a meal with friends.”

In the center of the room were two rows of banquet tables draped in red plastic tablecloths. Under one row, a tiny two-week old goat, Grace, peeked out. An engaging crew of motley sorts surrounded the other length of tables laid out in cow quarters. They were earnestly slicing, peeling and carving away at future meals for their families. They had apparently started early. With a wry mixture of disappointment and relief, I joined the fray.

Despite losing his barn and workshop to a terrible fire the morning of our workshop, Derek Miller was in high spirits. Described

by ACES as an “expert at-home butcher,” Derek, our instructor, is the quintessential Colorado family man: he works with his hands; hunts for meat and raises his own; he’s a ski bum; and looks like a cross between a back-to-the-lander hippie and a carpenter. Ancient Carhartts, a burly mother lode of a beard and St. Nick eyes round out the picture.

As Peter and I made ourselves at home –

he with his knife and me with a notepad and camera – Derek carried on: “Really get into it, fill your fingernails with flesh as you stretch and slice!” Showing Ariel Chesnutt of Evergreen, Colorado, how to trace the different “muscle bags,” Derek’s hands, thick with callous (and burns from the morning’s fire) dove into crevices, splitting silver skin and red muscle. There’s no holding back in butchering.

“It’s all just getting in there and playing!” Following his lead, Ariel dove in too.

A diversified lot The room of people truly held a diverse lot. We had checked out the cars in the guest parking, wondering who else would show up. I also wondered “Why?” Working with the urban farming non-profit “Feed Denver,” Ariel summed up her participation by admitting “I don’t have much faith in our food system.” She wants her children to grow up familiar with the roots and processes of their food. It’s also important for her to know that the animals she eats have been the animals that they’re supposed to be; that they led natural lives, healthier and happier than those in commercial systems. To Ariel, being involved in butchering also gave her ownership of the process. As I left her to her butchering, I heard her gasp. “Ow, shit. How bad is this cut?” That’s often a part of the process too.

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Slaughter continued om page 17 tle. Processing is so expensive, Glenwood resident Rick Perrin decided to learn to do it his self. “I’m just here to catch up!” he laughed. A former hunter and guide in Alaska, he explained that being familiar with a moose or an elk didn’t necessarily mean he’d know how to slaughter his steer “Bob” when the time came.

One of the guests was an anomaly, as immaculately groomed as Pierce Brosnan and dressed in the sort of outdoor wear Gorsuch carries. Not a spot of blood marred the white of his shirt or apron. He was a reticent sort from England, and has a 200-head Hereford farm in Ireland, all purchased on a lark when an auction became too good to be true. New to the Roaring Fork Valley, I “assigned” him as an Aspener. He wasn’t about to share. Not only was this workshop just “another interesting thing to do,” he affirmed that “Some people are enchanted with the notion of raising their own cattle; butchering it and enjoying sharing it over a meal with friends.”

Foodies want to know Pasture to plate, farm to fork, no matter how you slice it, foodies want to know where their food comes from. Denise Rankin, also from Glenwood, believes in the adage “Know your farmer, know your food.” She also believes in the value of whole foods and making the most of every part of the animal.

After we butchered the spinal/ribcage section of the cow, she and her partner went after the neck with a Sawzall, intent on soup bones.

She chuckled and admitted she couldn’t quite muster the Wheaties to keep and use the hooves, too: “Gelatin is nutritious! Our bodies need these things.”

Stephanie Strauss, cutting darkened, oxidized tissue from a slab of meat, worked as a private chef. At the Culinary Institute of America, they had slaughtered whole animals, but never got to revisit the process in their education. She had come to do so. “It’s not like I get to butcher a whole beast like this every day; it’s an important thing to know, a good skill set.”

As Derek explained, oxidized tissue is the exposed areas where bacteria are likely to flourish first. Organic animals are raised without antibiotics. For those of us not used to eating this meat, our bodies aren’t as able handle the germs. It’s not such a problem with steaks, where it gets cooked out. But you take ground meat, mix it into burgers, and exposed meat could make it to the middle- which doesn’t get cooked in a rare burger. Voila: food-borne illness.

Speaking of burgers- I was fascinated to finally see on the cow where different cuts came from. To see Derek blaze a Sawzall trail through the spine and ribs, revealing the cross section of a rib eye or New York strip steak was incredible. Folks started drooling at the tenderloin. Grabbing a freshly washed knife, Derek shaved off carpaccio, which several ate with gusto. He explained the flavor, noting that the taste and texture is indicative of how it was raised and the kind of nutrition it consumed: this cow was fed its

Ariel Chesnutt (left), instructor Derek Miller (center) and Peter Mullett (right) work together to carve out a standing rib roast during Rock Bottom Ranch’s “Pasture to Plate” butchering class. Photo by Genevieve Joelle Villamizar natural diet of grass. I refrained from the delicacy. It was too close to the source. I can eat it at SIX 89 but not six feet from his black, furry ankles, no matter how delicious it is.

ACES’ Pasture to Plate was a three part series. Several students took all three sessions. They eviscerated the cow, a pig, a goat and chickens. Peter and I attended only this last class, working on the aged cow.

I didn’t get to participate in the “humane slaughter” as I had hoped, but Derek’s barn

fire brought the circle of life close enough.

The baby goat under the table had lost her mother that morning. Peter held her in arms and I got to bottle feed her warmed milk.

Her eyelashes were singed and she had scorched fur on her rump, matching the seared flesh of Derek’s fingertips. She had barely made it out. I nicknamed her “Amazing Grace.” Smiling at her sweetness, Derek declared she would more likely die of old age on their farm.

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Climbing in the great indoors at the rec. center

By Andrew Cohen Sopris Sun Correspondent Over the TVs, workout machines and free weights at the Carbondale Recreation Center rises a 35-foot-tall monolith made from steel girders, welded together at odd angles and covered by reinforced plywood.

This climbing wall stoically asserts its presence despite the dull thumping of sneakers on treadmills nearby. The wallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s auto-belay â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a device governed by magnetic resistance that climbers use to let themselves down when they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a partner â&#x20AC;&#x201D; whirrs sporadically.

A yellow bench separates the rubberized workout ďŹ&#x201A;oor with its treadmills and stationary bikes from the wallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s padded ďŹ&#x201A;oor that forgives small falls. The view of the wall from the yellow bench is an almost mesmerizing pattern of hardened resin climbing holds organized by numbers and multi-colored duct tape. This is the $100,000 custom-made indoor climbing wall of the Carbondale Recreation Center that was donated by Alpine Bank at the centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inception.

The manager of the Recreation Center, Eric Brendlinger, calls it, â&#x20AC;&#x153;a way to train for outdoor climbing or a tool for just getting in shape, like a non-boring treadmill.â&#x20AC;?

The duct tape on the climbing wall signiďŹ es the holds that comprise a route. Some routes, called bouldering problems, go slightly less than halfway up the wall and do not require a rope or harness. They start and ďŹ nish at a v-shape piece of duct tape around a hold, with a letter written on each. In order of difďŹ culty: R stands for remedial, I for intermediate, A for advanced, and O for open. Within those categories the difďŹ culty ranges from 1-10. To climb a fulllength route, one needs a harness attached to the auto-belay or to one of the ďŹ xed ropes that loops around a cylinder at the top to a partner. These are rated by the Yosemite Decimal System from 5.1-5.15, the higher the second number, the harder the climb is considered to be. â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ Since all the wallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s holds were re-arranged for the American Bouldering Series event at the recreation center on Nov. 5, B.J. Sbarra, the main route setter, has been on the wall with his hand-cranked drill, screwing in new holds and rearranging old ones. New routes have pieces of paper at the bottom where climbers can check off the rating they ďŹ nd most appropriate. Some old routes have been kept up such as: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Down By the Seaâ&#x20AC;? 5.10, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blues Brothersâ&#x20AC;? 5.11, and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Purple People Eaterâ&#x20AC;? 5.11+ (One climber raised the possibility that there is a law demanding every climbing gym to

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The Recreation Center offers climbing classes ranging from beginner to advanced as well as a climbing team for youths. A brochure with the schedule will be available in the lobby soon.

The Western Slope Bouldering series, less formal than the ABS, will come to the Carbondale Recreation Center on Jan. 28. (Perhaps the guy who won the intermediate division of the ABS event in a pink unitard in November will make a repeat appearance).

Colorado Rocky Mountain School has a rock climbing team that competes in most of the events at the Recreation Center.

Being from the northeast, this was the ďŹ rst time I had heard of climbing being an ofďŹ cial high school sport. Despite my deep-seated association of youth sports with excessively loud iPod headphones, itchy uniforms and anger at inanimate objects, local bouldering competitions seem closer in spirit to the camaraderie of adult softball than to the fortiďŹ cation of social hierarchy in high school football.

About competition Brendlinger says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not really like youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re competing against someone else next to you, its more the climber versus gravity, versus the problem itself. Everyone cheers when one guy gets a problem 20 have tried and couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do.â&#x20AC;?

Nevertheless, the sportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s internal debates, at the base of crags and on Internet message boards continue: What place do organized competitions have in the sport of climbing; what routes should be rated what; do indoor skills translate to outdoor skills?

Climbing wall designers have started making holds that

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_________________________ By: s/s Stacey Bernot, Mayor ATTEST: _________________________ s/s Cathy Derby, Town Clerk

Published in The Sopris Sun on December 22, 2011.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held before the Carbondale Board of Trustees to consider an extension of vested rights for property is located at 1340 and 1360 West Main Street legally described as Lot 1A and Lot 1B of the 1340 Main Street Subdivision Exemption. The vested rights expire on October 27, 2012. The applicant is requesting that the vested rights be extended an additional two years, or to October 27, 2014. Also, the approval required that the applicant submit engineering plans by October 27, 2011 and also to enter into a subdivision improvement agreement by October 27, 2012. The applicant is requesting an extension of both dates, to October 27, 2013 and October 2014 respectively. The applicant is Roaring Fork Transit Authority (RFTA). The property owner is Alpine Bank.

Said Public Hearing will be held at the Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO at 6:00 p.m. on January 10, 2012.

Copies of the proposed application 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.

Janet Buck Town Planner

Published in The Sopris Sun on December 22, 2011.

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The Roaring Fork Cultural Council a Partnership of Thunder River Theatre and The Fleisher Company

Wish to thank the Roaring Fork Cultural Council Patrons for their generosity that has made the RFCC possible for our third year and have brought you such distinguished speakers as Madeline Albright, General Wesley Clark, Tom Friedman, Walter Isaacson and more Jim Calaway, Co-Chairman Colleen & Rick Borkovec Pamela & Gary Brewer Peggy De Vilbiss Kathleen & Greg Feinsinger Kate & Herb Feinzig Jeanette & Scott Gilbert Holly & Richard Glasier Mary & Mark Gould Jane & Richard Hart Karen & Stephen Hessl Karen & Stanley Jensen

Craig Rathbun, Co-Chairman Carly & Frosty Merriott Donna & Gino Rossetti Gayle & Barry Schochet Sharon & Garry Snook Nancy Sheffield & Jeff Steck Patricia & Jim Waddick Eric Smith Peter & Mike Gilbert Amanda & Jeff Leahy Chris & Jack Bergstrom Gail Caruso & Rick Mandel

For information about the Roaring Fork Cultural Council and the upcoming events for 2012 go to www.rfculturalcouncil.org For information about becoming a Patron of the Roaring Fork Cultural Council, contact Greg Pelland at 970-379-0114