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VOLUME 1, NUMBER 47 • DECEMBER 31, 2009

Clockwise from top: In 2009 the Third Street Center broke ground, new eateries opened around town and residents received a fresh healthcare option. Photos

by Jane Bachrach.

Celebrating C’dale, 2009

By Terray Sylvester The Sopris Sun

The past year has been a tumultuous one, but even as the recession clawed its way into Carbondale and upset the construction-based economy the area has largely come to rely upon, signs of hope sprouted around the town. New businesses blossomed on Main Street to replace those that moved on; a new farming school and greenhouse put down roots at Roaring Fork High School and residents cultivated plans to install a new community garden in town; a 125-year-old historic house moved closer to being preserved as a public resource; and a new nonprofit center is well underway not far from downtown.

Those were just a few of the headlines of 2009. Here are a few more…

It was a big year for birthdays: The Floral Boutique turned 20; The Pour House turned 25; and Potato Day hit 100.

Carbondalians and others bid adieu to well-loved neighbors, among them: LaVerna Bates, Almeda Duroux, Dr. Gary Bruce Kitching, Troll Liston, Cody Owen, John Palmer, Jon Pittenger, Joe Popish, Freda Louise Glassier, Gail Smith and Edward Smith.

RFHS varsity volleyball and soccer players scored some of their best results in recent memory. The boys soccer squad finished the season among the top 16 3A teams in the state. The volleyball team came within one match of the state championship tournament.

Carbondale began to be taken over by goddesses. In April, EcoGodess Edibles replaced Swiss Gourmet next to Phat Thai.

Then ella, the restaurant, closed in late November, only to be promptly replaced with Hestia, not only a restaurant but also the Greek goddess of the hearth. What’s next? Wendy’s, the goddess of junk food?

Meanwhile, smells of sizzling local beef and fresh French fries – and that $3.89 price tag – have made Fatbelly Burgers a new hit on Main Street. Owners Shane and Kristy Vetter opened the eatery in November, and C’dalians seem to like having a little burger in their bellies.

Speaking of smells… Depending on whom you talk to, it’s the smell of a change long overdue, or the smell of something better left illegal. In the summer and fall, medical marijuana disCARBONDALIA page 7

e downturn hits day care

Brighter smiles for students

Shops see mixed sales on X-mas

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Carbondale Commentary Letters

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Health, wealth and Hidden Gems

A Nobel Prize-worthy speech

Dear Editor: I have had enough of presidents and politicians (past and current) taking away my freedoms, shoving bailouts, healthcare, cap and trade and stimulus packages down our throats and taxing us for their fiscal irresponsibility. I believe we do have problems that need to be investigated by experts.

Our government is not the answer. Our government seems intent on redistribution of wealth, devaluing our dollar and collapsing our capitalistic system. Why are they willing to keep spending even though our debt is 12 trillion dollars and growing? Are they really willing to forsake our country and constitution for their own special interests? We the people are the answer, and we need politicians who will serve us.

The Hidden Gems proposal is a good example of how politicians and lobbyists are taking away our rights to use, enjoy and protect public lands. By closing public lands to all but a few users, they are no longer serving the public. If these lands did meet wilderness criteria, lobbyists and corrupt politicians are the last criminals we should put in charge. The Forest Service has a process for wilderness designation that includes the public input. The Forest Service has the capability of legitimately establishing wilderness designation. Lobbyists and politicians only serve special interests. By circumventing the Forest Service wilderness process the public will be completely left out of the process. It’s time to let the Forest Service do its job, not lobbyists.

Michael Thuillier Redstone

Dear Editor: The speech was precisely tuned to the true spirit of the Nobel Peace Prize: How can we achieve peace in today's world? As the President pointed out [on Dec. 10], peace is a balance between diplomacy and defense capability.

Calling upon the world to share the burden of maintaining this fine balance, keeping in mind at all times the ultimate goal is to achieve peace, he urged support by all nations to the common goals of defending and establishing human rights worldwide.

When diplomacy fails to achieve the goal, he urged the nations to commit themselves to assisting the effort to achieve the fragile state of peace.

United, we will succeed; divided we will fail, was the essential message. We are no longer separate nations, but a global community that needs to unite to achieve common goals of peace and protection of people worldwide.

A great speech, appropriate and apropos to the state of the world today: We need to work together to combat terrorism and to free peace-loving people around the world from violence and destruction.

It is my hope that the nations will commit themselves to working together to eradicate the scourge of terrorism, sectarian violence and extremist atrocities as President Obama urged. Thank you, Mr. President, for rising to the occasion, and meeting the challenge with outstanding oratory skill.

Fred Pulver Carbondale

Free-Range Preschoolers Dear Editor: Has anyone out there seen a group of three- and four-year-olds climbing Red Hill or wading in the Crystal River? Have you noticed them riding their balance bikes on the Rio Grande Trail or collecting eggs at Sustainable Settings? If you have, it’s likely you’ve crossed paths with Karen Walker’s students at Waldkinder Adventure Preschool. Starting this past fall, Carbondale’s been home to a new kind of preschool that takes learning outside. With a small class size the kids initiate much of their own learning by asking questions and following their interests.

The winter semester enrollment time is now. If your preschool-aged child is rugged, potty-trained, and ready for adventure then contact Karen Walker at 618-2994 for more information.

And in all this snow remember to look for the Waldkinder kids out and around town. If you see a blue-eyed three-year-old in a yellow winter jacket give her a smile. That’s my kid catching snowflakes, looking to identify animal tracks, and hiking the knee-deep drifts… all in a days work at Waldkinder Adventure Preschool.

Angela Hanley Carbondale

Freshly baked thanks Dear Editor: The Carbondale Community Oven wishes to thank the wonderful Whimsical Women of the West for donating a generous portion of the profits from their winter show to the oven project. This talented group of artists and craftspeople are known for their support of grassroots community activities all over the valley, and we were honored to be one of this year’s recipients. The Community Oven will be built at the Third Street Center in Carbondale next spring, and all will be welcome to bake there. When the smell of baking bread

fills the air on the south side of town, you’ll know the oven is up and running. Thank you again, Whimsical Women of the West.

Carbondale Community Oven Project

Thank you for helping our troops Dear Editor: The American Legion Post 100 and The Fraternal Order of the Eagles unit 215 would like to thank everyone who donated to the Troop Care Packages. A big “thank you” to everyone who organized and came out and supported the fish fry and chili cook off. We sent 22 boxes to 11 local soldiers.

Eagles unit 215 of Glenwood Springs and The American Legion Post 100 of Carbondale

Roaring Fork Conservancy says thanks Dear Editor: On behalf of Roaring Fork Conservancy I would like to thank the dozens of local teachers, hundreds of local participants, and countless supporters who have made Roaring Fork Conservancy’s educational programs a huge success in 2009. This year our 278 programs taught over 4,500 students and 2,200 adults about the value of water and rivers in our watershed. Our free 2010 Watershed Explorations calendar for adults is now available online at roaringfork.org/events. We hope you or your student can join us for a fun, hands-on look at water in 2010.

Tim O’Keefe Roaring Fork Conservancy

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Day care demand dwindles with economic downturn

By Trina Ortega The Sopris Sun Sabrina Ferguson was working full time at a law firm in Aspen when she had her first child, Gracie. Like many parents in the Roaring Fork Valley, Ferguson started playing the wait list game for child care so she could return to work.

Her maternity leave was exhausted, but Gracie was still on a long list, so Ferguson decided to quit the firm. At that time, her husband, Daniel, suggested a career change to benefit the entire family: open a day care.

So Ferguson received training, got licensed and opened Crystal Day Care in Redstone in early 2006. Other families like the Fergusons were clamoring for reliable child care, and she had no problem filling her six to seven spaces to maintain business.

Now, with high unemployment rates and a shifting economy, Ferguson is down to only one infant, in addition to her own three daughters.

Her story is similar to others who operate licensed child care programs. Parents are losing their jobs or trying to cut expenses and are pulling their kids from day care as a result.

“For me, losing one kid is a big deal,” Ferguson said. “Why send the kids to day care when you don’t have a job? You can just stay home with them. Plus, you don’t have the money.”

Shirley Ritter of Kids First, an early childhood resource and referral center based in Aspen, said day care centers in Garfield County always have been subject to the boom-and-bust cycle of the oil and gas industry, and this recession is taking its toll on the region again. While Aspen facilities continue to have wait lists, numbers in western Garfield County are declining, and two licensed centers in Rifle and Parachute

Sabrina Ferguson, owner of Crystal River Day Care in Redstone, says that with the recession, three of the four children she cares for are her own. Photo by Jane Bachrach have closed.

“The further west you go, the more people have really seen parents losing their jobs, or moving out of the area. We’re seeing just a little bit of [improvement] now but not very much and not very quickly,” Ritter said.

The demand for quality child care will return, she said, but it will be a loss for all parties if more of the approximately 200 licensed facilities in her region (Garfield, Pitkin and Eagle counties) are forced to shut down.

“They worked really hard, they’ve made a big investment in their program and so have we,” she said, explaining that Kids First also helps with grants, training and other assistance for day care centers that go

through state-monitored rating programs.

“When people start going back to work, there’s going to be more need. We just don’t know when that’s going to happen.”

Statewide the numbers tell a different story: New day care startups have increased over the last year, according to the office of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies.

“But if you were to segment that down to the county level, you might find numbers are down,” clarified Stacy Buchanan, vice president of the program.

She works with 17 referral agencies (such as Kids First) in different regions, and some areas have reported that phone inquiries have dropped, which is another in-

dicator that the need for child care is down.

Additionally, the average inquiry “has more complexity to it.” For instance, parents are asking for flexibility in the number of days and hours their children attend day care.

“People are just being more conscientious as to how they’re spending their child care dollars,” Buchanan said.

In some cases, parents know exactly where they want to spend their resources.

Mt. Sopris Montessori School in Carbondale has seen some impact from the economic downturn but continues to have a long wait list.

In the past, the educational facility has had a toddler program wait list of 90 to 100 kids. Right now, it ranges between 60 and 70. “We still do have a wait list, it’s just a shorter wait list,” school Director Pat Waddick said.

Waddick also noticed a shift in trends when she created the schedules for this year’s preschool program. Some families had moved and others did not enroll but requested to remain on the wait list. Furthermore, parents were cutting their days from four to three. Waddick guesses that, for some parents, those decisions were related to the families’ work and financial situations.

To deal with the pinch in child care services, Ritter of Kids First notes that communication between the parent and child care provider is vital right now.

“Families should try to work together with their child care provider so everyone stays in business, and you have a spot when needed. It’s in the community’s best interest, the parents’ best interest, and certainly in the children’s best interest,” Ritter said.

“It’s unfortunate; I think we’re just all feeling the effects.”

Something to smile about: Free dental clinics coming to local schools

By Jeremy Heiman The Sopris Sun Some local students will soon be given brighter smiles, stronger chompers and perhaps an added dose of self esteem as well.

A dental screening program for low-income school kids will come to Carbondale after the holidays, county health officials say.

The school-based dental screenings will be available free of charge to kindergarten, first and second grade students, provided that the Roaring Fork Family Resource Centers determine that their teeth need help. The screenings include exams, cleaning and fluoride coating, said Carrie Godes, special projects coordinator for Garfield County Public Health.

Perhaps more importantly, the program also provides education on how to keep teeth and gums healthy, said Mary Meisner, director of public health for Garfield County.

“That’s a huge piece,” Meisner said.

The program is funded by grants from the Denver-based Caring For Colorado Foundation and administered by Garfield County Public Health. An initial grant paid for screenings for kids in the District 16 and Re-2 schools from Parachute to New Castle this fall. A second grant has made it possible for the program to move into the Roaring Fork Re-1 School District, encompassing Glenwood Springs, Carbondale and Basalt, Godes said.

The screenings take 15-20 minutes per student, and are done during the school day by professional hygienists and

Hygienist Katherine Harvey gives a student a free dental checkup at Highland Elementary School in Rifle. Such clinics will soon be coming to schools in the lower Roaring Fork Valley. Photo courtesy of Garfield County Public Health dental assistants.

The program identifies children who have an immediate need to see a dentist. Among those children who have already taken advantage of the program, Godes said, 34 per-

cent have significant tooth decay and 19 percent have serious problems, such as teeth so riddled with decay that they have broken off, or abscesses from gum infections.

Dental health is extremely important for young children in several ways, Godes said.

“Not only are these things painful,” she said, “it’s hard on their self-image. It’s a humbling thing to have brown teeth.”

The pain experienced by children with bad dental problems also affects their health and nutrition, as well as their performance in class.

“When they have pain, you know they’re not eating well,” Godes said, “and I’m sure it affects their concentration in school.”

“It’s sad to see it, when I walk into these clinics,” she said.“You don’t want your kid to have a brown mouth, because it’s not going to make them feel good at school.”

Kids who don’t yet have their permanent teeth are still at risk from poor dental habits, even though they can expect to have a new set of teeth in a few years, Godes said. If baby teeth fall out or break off prematurely due to decay, the permanent teeth may not come in straight. Cavities in baby teeth hurt just as much, too.

Cavities are costly to fix — about $100 each. But prevention is cheap, Godes said.

Along with the screenings, the organization is teaching the children how to brush their teeth thoroughly. They coat the children’s teeth with purple stuff, and then ask them to brush. After the child brushes his or her teeth, the hygienist SMILES page 12 THE SOPRIS SUN • DECEMBER 31, 2009 • 3

News Briefs The Weekly News Brief The Sopris Sun and the KDNK news department team up each week to discuss recent news from the Roaring Fork Valley. Catch the Brief on KDNK at 7:50 a.m. and at 5:50 p.m. on Thursdays, or find it online at KDNK.org.

Carbondale revenues reset to 2005 levels Carbondale Town Manager Tom Baker said that in terms of revenue, the town has essentially returned to the income it saw half a decade ago.

“If you look back historically, we seem to be sort of mirroring our 2005 revenues,” he said.

Though the final numbers from November and December of 2009 aren’t yet in, Baker predicted that the town’s annual sales tax revenue would fall by about 15 percent from 2008 levels. (See “Shopping,” page 5.)

Baker said that the town has already modified its budget to account for a 19 percent decline in sales tax revenue in 2009. So the 15 percent drop won’t force the town to revise its budget further.

All told, the town has planned for total general fund revenues to drop by 23.5 percent in 2009. Baker said the town is planning for general fund revenue to fall a further 3.5 percent in 2010. But he expects sales tax revenue to begin to plateau by the second quarter of 2010.

Revenue from building permits and use taxes – levied on construction materials used in town limits – will likely decline more significantly than sales tax revenue in 2010, Baker said. In 2009, the town was still benefiting from construction started in previous years, but as such projects are completed and aren’t replaced with new work, that income stream for the town will dry up.

The board of town trustees approved Carbondale’s 2010 budget during a meeting on Dec. 8.

Third Street Center solicits design proposals Local artists and designers are being asked to design an installation for the Third Street Center as it nears completion. To thank those who have donated $10,000 or more to the future nonprofit hub, the center’s organizers are soliciting ideas for an art installation in the entryway of the renovated building, which was formerly the Carbondale Elementary School.

Nonprofit highlight THOUGHTS FOR THE NEW YEAR FROM CARBONDALE ROTARY CLUB As each of you contemplate what your New Year’s Resolution should be, you might consider the 4-Way Test that all 1,300,000 Rotarians around the world use as a guide for their daily actions: Of the things we think, say, or do: First, is it the TRUTH? Second, Is it FAIR to all concerned?

Third, will it build GOOD WILL and better FRIENDSHIPS? Fourth, will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Carbondale Rotarians wish everyone a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.

And may we all PASS THE TEST in the coming year!

Carbondale Rotary Club meets every Wednesday, 7 a.m., at the Fire District Training Center on Highway 133.

Call Jay Leavitt for more information, 379-1436.

SATURDAY Dec. 19 At 3: 20 p.m., an officer found new graffiti on the east wall of Carbondale Middle School. Two light blue “SL” signs had been sprayed on the building.

WEDNESDAY Dec. 23 At 3:23 p.m., a man reported that two white pit bulls were running loose near the intersection of Crystal Circle and Second Street. The caller thought that one of the pit bulls had bitten someone recently.

SUNDAY Dec. 27 At 1:45 p.m., a man reported that two men in a red Honda SUV had threatened him. Police found the SUV in question, but the two men inside it denied that they had threatened the man, stating instead that they had told him to stop breaking into cars when he is drunk.

MONDAY Dec. 28 A man reported that his white mutt, Dusty, had gone missing from his house on Second Street.

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About 30 donors to qualify for recognition on the installation, said Andrea Korber, one of the center’s organizers. The winning designer will be given $5,000 to build the piece and put it in place. The competition will be judged with the help of the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities.

Korber emphasized that the contest is freeform. “There are no specific requirements,” she wrote in an email. “Just be creative and send in your thoughts.”

But while the contest is designed to inspire the imagination, it does come with a few guidelines. According to the Third Street Center’s Web site, donors’ names should be positioned on the installation to reflect the amount of money they donated. The Web site also suggests that designs should be flexible enough to allow for future donors to be added to the installation. Finally, proposed installations must fit within the Third Street Center’s entryway. For more information, and for the dimensions of the entryway, visit ThirdStreetCenter.net/competition.

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Mixed sales, strong local shopping on Christmas Eve

By Terray Sylvester The Sopris Sun On the day before Christmas, some of Carbondale’s merchants were welcoming strong sales after a year of slim profits. But others said Christmas Eve, and the weeks leading up to it, had been business as usual – the new usual.

But retailers did say that their customers were making an effort to shop locally and buffer local businesses from some of the impact of the recession, which, through November, continued to drag down Carbondale’s sales tax revenue at a double-digit rate.

A cool but sunny afternoon on Dec. 24 enticed last-minute shoppers out of their homes. And employees at the Floral Boutique on Main Street were busy enough that they had abandoned any plans to close the store early.

“We’re definitely playing catch up from the whole year,” said Wenonah Recio, one of the store’s owners. Recio estimated that this year’s Christmas Eve sales were some of the best of the year and were as good or better than those of Christmas Eve, 2008.

That was a relief, she said. Typically, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day and Christmas Eve are the biggest days for the flower store, and this year Valentine’s Day in particular had been particularly grim.

If Recio’s estimate was correct, sales at the Floral Boutique this Christmas Eve had almost reached pre-recession levels. Since

Though sales are down in general, local shopping seems to be up at the Artists' Collective and other Carbondale shops. Photo by Jane Bachrach last Christmas, the downturn had not yet hung its full weight on Carbondale’s economy.

Carbondale Town Manager Tom Baker said that in November and December of last year, sales tax revenue had fallen only about 5.5 percent below revenue in the

same months of 2007. It wasn't until February, 2009, that the decline in sales tax revenue began to be measured in double digits.

According to town data, that doubledigit decline will likely continue through the end of the holidays.

Revenue in September of this year was down 15.25 percent from the same month in 2008, and in October it was down 18.47 percent. For November, preliminary data shows a decline of 15.4 percent.

Though, Baker said he expects to see that figure grow slightly as the remaining tax returns come in.

Baker also predicted that the doubledigit declines will continue through December, but said he doesn’t expect sales in 2010 to fall much below those of 2009.

In November, to respond to declining sales, a group of local business people, residents, and leaders of nonprofits launched the “Go green, get green” stimulus campaign to encourage Carbondalians to spend their dollars in town. Recio, at the Floral Boutique, may have been seeing some of the effect of that campaign on Christmas Eve.

She attributed some of her strong sales to the fact that many of her customers were trying to support Carbondale businesses.

“I think people are realizing they have to help out the little guys and keep them around,” she said, mentioning that customers who were only out to purchase a few items had been “doing a really good job” of spreading those purchases among as many local businesses as possible.

A few doors away, employees at the Artists’ Collective toy store said sales were down and that fewer desperate fathers were bursting through their doors crying, “sell me anything.” But they mentioned that more of their customers were trying to buy locally.

Employee Kristin Wahlbrink explained that a number of customers had said they were putting their dollars into Carbondale instead of spending them online or at bigbox retailers in Glenwood Springs.

But even with shoppers directing their dollars to local stores, retailers are being forced to adapt to sparse sales.

Sidney Poncelet, co-owner of European Antiques on Main Street, said that her customers seemed “enthusiastic and very supportive” of the stimulus campaign, but that nonetheless, sales were down sharply – by over 20 percent – from last Christmas.

In part, she attributed that gap to the nearly-defunct housing market; with fewer houses being built, fewer people were interested in the store’s furniture and other items that might be used to outfit a new home. To adapt, she will place more of her inventory on sale this season and replace it with items that may prove more appealing in the new economy.

Across town on Highway 133, the owner of Ajax Bike and Sport was settling into a new economic reality. Craig Petersen said that sales in 2009 were down by nearly 15 percent, and that they had stayed that way right through to Christmas Eve, though business had picked up a bit on Dec. 23 and 24.

But it’s “not so bad,” Petersen said, taking a wider perspective. The last three years had brought him the best business he had ever seen, and he didn’t seem surprised that such exceptional sales weren’t sustainable.

“This is the new norm if you ask me,” he said.

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Ron Robertson Update

Off to college

A Web site has been created so that you can stay up to date on Ron’s progress and show him your support. Thanks to Sue Edelstein for doing this. You can visit the website at caringbridge.org/visit/ronrob or you can enter the Web site name, “ronrob” at CaringBridge.org.

Two local high school seniors got the word that they’ve been accepted to the colleges of their choice. Colorado Rocky Mountain School seniors Grady Lenkin and Courtney Bender received early-decision acceptances to Duke University and the University of Pennsylvania, respectively.

Grady said he selected Duke because he thinks that while their students are not only smart, but lead balanced lives as well.

Courtney has wanted to attend U. Penn since she was little. She has family in the Philadelphia area and is looking forward to being part of a close-knit campus in a big city setting.

Way to go, Grady and Courtney!

And another high five Dane Garvik, who graduated from Roaring Fork High School in 2006, was named to the Dean’s List for the Fall Semester of 2009 at Lees-McCrae College in Banner Elk, North Carolina. To make the list, Garvik had to earn a minimum grade point average of 3.5 and earn no grade lower than a “c.” Congratulations, Dane.

Cage free? Here’s one from the 2009 archives: CCAH Development Director, Amy Kimberly, roamed around with some celebs including Nicholas Cage while working for the Mountainfilm Festival in Telluride this fall. Photo courtesy of Amy Kimberly

Once in a blue moon According to one of our most reliable informants, something cosmic will take place tonight, Dec. 31. We will have a full moon, it will be a blue moon, and there will be a lunar eclipse – all on New Year’s

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Eve! So get ready to celebrate and kick off the New Year by ridin’ with the Moonlight Cruisers tonight, Decemburrrrr 31.

Layer, layer, layer so you won’t be preoccupied with trying to keep warm.

Our secret informant told us, “This will be a rolling, progressive dance party,” and that a final dance party destination will be announced. There will also “be at least two planned stops where you can warm up at a cozy campfire, and a final dance party destination will be announced,” said our informant. Meet at Sopris Park at 8 p.m. and leave your glass containers at home.

Photo by Jane Bachrach

The Winter Doo or Dew Tour?

Some more Capricorn birthdays: Dec. 22 – Jan. 19

Dew, doo – who cares how it’s spelled.

The point is that Carbondale’s Peter Olenick is in 13th place in the Men’s Freeski Superpipe competition of the 2009 Winter Dew/doo Tour.

You might be thinking, “What’s the big deal? Olenick’s been winning competitions for years.”

FYI, what makes this tour different is that there’s a $1.5 million total purse! In order to win that, Peter has to finish in the top 12 in the next event, which will be held in Snowbasin, Utah, from Jan. 14-17. With that he will qualify to move on to the final event at Snow Mountain, Vt., beginning Feb. 4. Then he just has to place well in Vermont. You can do it Peter. Just Dew/doo it!

Happy Birthday, all you goats! According to our most trusted source, the World Wide Web, you goats are ambitious, disciplined, patient, reserved, and careful.

You’re independent, confident and well organized. You are also pessimistic and miserly and go through horrible mood swings and tend to have knee and digestive problems. You are also prone toward skin breakouts (more commonly known as acne), and your lucky color, well… it’s brown. So happy birthday to all of you miserly, pessimistic, moody goats with bad skin: Carolyn Jackson, Jessica Hardin, Bill Lamont, Greg (DJ Phathead) Benson, Chip Bishop, Cowboy Randy Schutt, Sue Edelstein and Kris Cook.

Town seeks grant for tree inventory Trails lost out to trees in a contest for grant money from the Northwest Colorado Council of Governments last week.

The grant itself is not yet a sure thing. The Carbondale board of trustees voted Dec. 22 to apply for $5,500 from the council of governments to complete an inventory of trees in town parks, open space and street right-ofways.

But the trustees did so only after considering a proposal to devote the grant to developing access to a trail that would be built through about a mile of town open space along the east side of the Crystal River, from Stairway Park to near North Bridge Drive.

If the grant application is successful, the

tree survey would create a database of trees linked to a computer mapping system, said Bill Lukes, chairman of the Carbondale Tree Board. The resulting inventory would enable Carbondale to manage and maintain its trees, he said.

“Having an inventory, we plan to use it as a tool,” Lukes said. “Are there areas where more trees are needed? What are the maintenance needs of the trees? We want to promote species diversity of trees.”

One problem is that the town’s urban forest is somewhat of a monoculture of Siberian elm trees, which can be a maintenance problem and tend to spread like weeds, he said. A more diverse stock of trees would be less vul-

nerable to disease and insect pests.

If Carbondale gets the grant from the council of governments, Lukes said, the Colorado State Forest Service would start the project in about May 2010 and complete it by around September.

Before the trustees’ decision to ask for a grant for the tree inventory, Carbondale resident Bill Spence spoke in favor of the trail proposal.

“Most communities with access to build a river trail have already taken advantage of that opportunity,”Spence said. He said a“social trail,” created by fishermen and others, already exists through parts of the property, but footing is dangerous on parts of that trail.

Pecking order tension contributed to the decision. Trustee Pam Zentmyer noted that members of the Carbondale Parks and Recreation board were “miffed” when they heard the Crystal River trail issue was being brought forward to the Board of Trustees from the Trails Board. The Trails Board is supposed to serve in an advisory capacity to the Parks and Rec Board, Zentmyer pointed out.

“I don’t think we should do this without a recommendation from the Parks and Rec Commission,” Zentmyer said.

A motion to apply for the grant for the tree inventory passed 5-1, with John Hoffmann opposed.

More Carbondalia: 2009 continued om page 1 pensaries sprouted on Village Road and above Mi Casita on Main Street. And now, Green Miracle Medicinals is taking root beside The Lift in the center of downtown. While some Colorado burgs have drawn up rules for the new industry, Carbondale is taking a wait-and-see approach.

After 26 years behind the reel, Sounds Easy video store closed its doors in April.

Not much has replaced it – just a red vending machine in front of City Market.

The sun set on Carbondale’s long-lived newspaper The Valley Journal. But not long later, new rays began to shine from The Sopris Sun.

Vita Via, the furniture store behind Spuds, Subs ‘n Suds closed, but was promptly replaced by the Backdoor Consignment Store. Carbondale Printing and Copy also departed and Sherpa Moonbeam closed. But True Nature and the Carbondale Community Food Co-op set up shop just a few doors down from Moonbeam’s old abode.

To keep other doors from closing, local merchants and community members rallied to organize the “Go green, get green” stimulus campaign designed to boost business in Carbondale during the downturn.

With little work to be found, more local Latino men were brushing up on their Eng-

lish skills, we reported in late October.

The Carbondale town council wrestled with four major development proposals in 2009: the Overlook Neighborhood, the Village at Crystal River, Thompson Park, and the teacher housing proposed near the former Carbondale Elementary School. At year’s end, here’s what’s on the chopping block: about 605 potential residential units and at least 125,000 square feet of new commercial space, all of it on roughly 62 acres.

And the town trustees found themselves faced with a tough decision with the 125-year-old Thompson House, which stood to become a public resource if the

Thompson Park development were approved. As of late December, concessions from the developer and direct action from citizens appear to have paved the way for the house to become a town treasure.

Time was, bicyclists could cruise down Main Street without worrying they’d be forced to swing into traffic, and at least a few more cars could park between Snowmass Drive and Highway 133. But those times are gone. The bulbouts are here, and with them have come added landscaping opportunities, and a beautified downtown.

Plans, preparations and dreams for the Third Street Center came together in 2009.

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Even more Carbondalia 2009 continued om page 7 With tenants steadily filling the facility, ideas are percolating on what, exactly, might happen in the former Carbondale Elementary School.

Community gardens?

Beer-brewing and bread-baking workshops?

Performing arts? These and more are in the offing.

More than 600 acres were spared from golf links and subdivisions in July, when a conservation easement was placed on the Cold Mountain Ranch south of Carbondale.

Fearing that energy development will damage local ranching- and recreation-based economies, pollute water supplies and stress the area’s social fabric, the Thompson Divide Coalition stepped up its efforts to prevent gas drilling in the hills west of Carbondale. Though the group began to form late last year, 2009 marked its true debut.

But not every conservation campaign finds easy backing among the often-environmentally-minded residents of the Roaring Fork Valley. The Hidden Gems campaign to designate new mid-elevation wilderness in the valley and elsewhere in the state met with staunch resistance from those who felt the proposal would bar them from their favorite playgrounds.

Above: Who says you need proper attire to tack up a horse? Anita Witt experimented with proper equestrian etiquette in 2009.

Photo by Jane Bachrach Right: Not a sheepdog, a “cowdog.”

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Attracting representatives of indigenous peoples from Alaska to Chile, and many points in between, The XI Native Gathering of the Americas touched down in Carbondale in mid-December.

And its aftereffects will likely linger on. The gathering’s founder, Dr. Ramon Nenadich, hopes that a local commission on forgiveness will be established to facilitate communication between the native Ute tribe, local elected officials and others.

“Grow, garden, grow” became the mantra for many in town. In 2009, plans took shape for a garden and farm school at Roaring Fork High, and the town pondered whether the Carbondale Nature Park should be home to gardeners as well as dog walkers. Meanwhile, Public Works Director Larry Ballenger planted a garden behind Town Hall and invited the public to come picking.

Many mares were rescued from ranches where they had been raised for menopause-drug production, and more than 100 of them were transported into the Roaring Fork Valley, to be stabled on Missouri Heights, on White Hill in Carbondale and elsewhere. Their current lodgings are only temporary, though, and they’re looking for permanent homes.

Sheepish times are coming to Carbondale.

More than 200 sheepdogs and associated sheep – not to mention the humans to oversee it all – will gather at the Strang Ranch on Missouri Heights in September of 2011 for the U.S. Border Collie Handlers Association National Sheepdog Finals. In 2009 the plans were laid and the first rehearsal was held. There are plans to hold another in 2010.

Local cowgirl and entertainer Anita Witt bared all in her new collection of photos, “Lady Godiva’s Book of Horsemanship.”

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Community Briefs Build a big reader Starting Tuesday, Jan. 5, local students are invited to help build a sculpture to accompany the Gordon Cooper Library’s upcoming Big Read event. At 3:45 p.m. on Jan. 5, 6, 13 and 14, local artist Annie Bell will teach a papier mâchÊ class at the Carbondale Middle School. Participants will create a life-sized sculpture of Everyman reading. He will be reading Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, this year’s pick for the Big Read. Spanish-speaking students are especially encouraged to participate since Fahrenheit 451 will also be available in Spanish, and because the sculpture will be made from copies of El Mundo, the Spanish-language daily newspaper.

Registration is already in progress. To sign up for the classes, call 963-2889 or stop by the Gordon Cooper Library at 76 S. Fourth Street to register in person.

bonďŹ re to bonďŹ re, where they will enjoy hot spiced wine, cocoa, appetizers and soups from some of Aspen's restaurants. All proceeds beneďŹ t the AVSC Nordic program. Volunteers will also be selling hand-knit scarves and hats to beneďŹ t AVSC’s scholarship programs.

Starting Jan. 2, tickets are on sale at the Wheeler Box OfďŹ ce, Aspen Cross Country Center and the AVSC Clubhouse. Tickets may also be purchased at the door. Advance purchase is encouraged. Rental equipment will be available at the Cross Country Center.

Spring soccer signups underway The Carbondale Soccer Club is currently accepting registrations for boys and girls in divisions U6-U18 (Pre-K through 12th grade) for the spring season. Registration forms are available at the Carbondale Recreation and Community Center, area schools or online at carbondalesoccerclub.org. For further information, call 704-1838. Registration deadline is Jan. 15. All players are encouraged to register as soon as possible to avoid wait lists as team rosters ďŹ ll up.

Wanted: literacy tutors Literacy Outreach is offering a chance to make a difference this year by helping an adult learn to read. The nonproďŹ t is looking for volunteers to tutor people eager to improve reading, writing, math or speaking skills in English. Volunteers who can spare two hours per week need only the ability to read and speak English and the desire to help someone who wants to learn. For more information, call Literacy Outreach at 945-5282, or attend one of the brief information sessions scheduled to be held at noon at the Gordon Cooper Library on Jan. 5; at 5:30 p.m. at the Glenwood Springs Library on Jan. 13; at 1 p.m. at the same place on Jan. 13; at noon at the Starbucks in Rie on Jan. 6; and at 5:30 p.m. at the Rie Library on Jan. 7.

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Events take place in Carbondale unless noted.

NEW YEAR’S EVE FREE HEALTH SCREENINGS • Mountain Family Health Centers conducts free public health screenings for cholesterol, blood pressure, heart disease risk and more from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Glenwood Springs Health Department, 2014 Blake Avenue, Glenwood Springs. More info: Sharla Gallegos 6183159 or sharla@mountainfamily.org LIBRARIES CLOSED • All Garfield County libraries will close at 5 p.m. and will remain closed through New Year’s Day. Normal hours will resume Jan. 2.

enue, Aspen. Majid Kahhak will paint Mezoian live on stage. Proceeds benefit the National MS Society. Tickets: aspenshowtickets.com. More info: tricia.pallatt@nmss.org or (970) 241-8975.

SUNDAY Jan. 3

FULL MOON CRUISER • …and it’s a blue moon, too. A rolling dance party meets at Sopris Park at 8 p.m. There will be two campfires along the route where participants can warm up.

LIVE MUSIC • Heart of the Rockies with Twirp Anderson, Cash Cashman, John sommers and Randy Utterback plays at the Silvertree Hotel in Snowmass Village from 3-6 p.m. More info: (970) 923-3520.

STEVE’S GUITARS • Steve’s Guitars at 19 N. Fourth Street hosts a New Year’s Eve Full Moon Musical Party. More info: 963-3304 or stevesguitars.net.

TUESDAY Jan. 5

FRIDAY Jan. 1 MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “Invictus” (PG-13) at 7:30 p.m. thru Jan. 7; and “Pirate Radio” (R) at 5 p.m. Dec. 31-Jan. 2.

SATURDAY Jan. 2 BANJO MAGIC • The National Multiple Sclerosis Society presents Banjo Magic with world renowned Banjoist Peter Mezoian and his One Night Stand Band, plus a magic show with mind reader Eric Mead, at 7 p.m. at the Wheeler Opera House, 320 E. Hyman Av-

FILM FEST • The Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival will be screened at 7 p.m. at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen. More info: independencepass.org.

WEDNESDAY Jan. 6 ART OPENING • Local artist Stanley Bell will show new paintings at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen from Jan. 6-31. An opening reception will be held 6:30-8 p.m., Jan. 6, at the opera house at 320 E. Hyman Avenue. More info: (970) 920-5770.

PIZZA TUNES · The Porchlights will play 7-10 p.m. at White House Pizza at 801 Main Court. Free. More info: 704-9400.

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CCAH members, $25 for non-members.

WALDORF TOUR • From 8:25-9:55 a.m. the Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork hosts “Walk Through the Grades,” an insidethe-classroom chance to observe each grade of the school, followed by a Q & A with a faculty member. 16543 Highway 82, on the frontage road a 1/2 mile east of Catherine’s Store. Reservations: 963-1960. More info: waldorfcarbondale.org.

Jan. 8 STEVE’S GUITARS • Steve’s Guitars at 19 N. Fourth Street presents New York-based singer/songwriter Amy Speace at 8:30 p.m.

More info: 963-3304 or stevesguitars.net.

LIVE MUSIC • The Band of Heathens performs at 8 p.m. at the Gathering Center at the Church of Carbondale. Tickets available at the CCAH office and Dos Gringos. $20 for

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ACADEMY SCREENINGS • Aspen Film’s 19th Annual Academy Screenings, featuring films that will appear in the Academy Awards, will be held at 6 p.m. at Harris Concert Hall, 960 N. Third Street in Aspen through Jan. 2. Tickets: aspenshowtickets.com More info: 925-6882.

PREGNANCY YOGA • Pixie Byrne offers a Yoga for Pregnancy Series to moms who are at least in their second trimester. Classes occur from 12:30-1:45 p.m. on Tuesdays through Jan. 19 at True Nature Healing Arts, 549 Main Street. Info: Pixie at 948-6971.

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Jan. 9 STIMULUS RAFFLE • The Go Green-Get Green economic rejuvenation campaign hosts a raffle from 1-4 p.m. at Sunburst Car Care, 745 Buggy Circle. Festivities include cash, door prizes, sales. More info: 963-1890 or Carbondale.com.

LIVE MUSIC • Robert Earl Keen plays at 8 p.m. the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen.

Tickets: $40; (970) 920-5770.

Jan. 11 PRESCHOOL PIX • Aspen Film presents the best in children's books on video for kids ages 3 to 6, at 10:15 a.m., at the Children’s Rocky Mountain School. Spanish-language videos will be screened at 10:45 a.m. Free, monthly event. More info: aspenfilm.org or 925-6882.

residents may recycle clean and once-live Christmas trees in the designated area at the parking lot due east of Town Hall. More info: 963-1307.

PILATES • Coredination Pilates offers mat classes from 5 – 6 p.m. on Mondays, 8:30 – 9:30 a.m on Wednesdays and 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. on Thursdays. More info: (970) 379-2187.

ARTS CLASSES •Arts,music and dance classes offerd at the Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts.Winter session begins Jan. 11.Art, pottery, silversmithing, piano and more. Stop by a class for free. Course catalogue available at glenwoodarts.org/classes. More info: 945- 2414.

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Find health in forgiveness From Dec. 4 though 6 the community of Carbondale was host to the XI Native Gathering of the Americas which convened in Fort Collins, Carbondale and Denver under the title “Healing all wounds between the peoples of the earth and with Mother E a r t h .”

The central theme that arose during the gathering in Carbondale into was that of forgiveness.

by Rita Marsh Gathering RN, BSN founder, Dr. Ramon Nenadich, of Taino lineage, proposed to the attending delegates who came from nine tribal nations in North America and 15 tribal cultures from Mexico, Central and South America that forgiveness of the spirit of Christopher Columbus should be considered as a first step in healing the wounds that have been carried by the indigenous peoples since the beginning of the relationship with non-indigenous cultures as signified by Columbus’s discovery of America and the beginning of its colonization.

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Why forgive the spirit of Columbus? According to Dr. Nenadich, “Christopher Columbus is like an anchor on our legs. We have been carrying or suffering that anchor for 500 years. All the indigenous peoples of this continent, we have been going around and around that figure and that issue. So by forgiving Columbus’ spirit, then we are becoming free of that burden. Now we can start moving forward and upward establishing new relationships with the non-indigenous world, and let that non-indigenous world know that we are willing to establish those new relations based on respect, understanding, peace and common sharing.”

In reflecting on the topic of forgiveness since the gathering, I have been encouraged to review current information on the health benefits of forgiveness. I’ll share with you a few of the significant findings published in medical and health journals. Research has shown that the act of forgiveness shifts the physiology of the body and lowers blood pressure, improves immune system response, reduces anxiety and depression, improves sleep and reduces stress through the release of toxic emotions such as fear, anger and grief. Shifts also occur in the emotional and mental aspects of wellbeing with improvement of self-esteem and sense of empowerment. People who have learned and applied the technique of forgiveness in their lives have more rewarding relationships, both professionally and personally.They experience a reduction of dysfunctional patterns of behavior

and have increased energy for living and healing. They also report improvement in relationships and social integration, increased peace of mind and, at life’s end, are aided in experiencing a peaceful death.

Kathleen Lawler, PhD, researcher at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has spent over 20 years studying psychological processes including forgiveness, spirituality, hostility, modes of anger expression, Type A behavior, and styles of coping and their relationship to the cardiovascular responses particularly the stress-induced increases in heart rate, blood pressure, and health, both physical and psychological. A summary of her research is that forgiveness is one of the most important things you can do for your longterm health (especially cardiovascular) and your overall quality of life.

In his recent interview with Dr. Nenadich on KDNK, host Dr. Will Evans defined forgiveness as “a cleansing and forgotten flame, which dwells in every human heart.” Will said,“forgiveness is a form of fire and light, a fuel that cuts away the past and propels us into the present moment. Forgiveness burns through the fog and mists of confusion enabling us to act as human beings capable of creating beauty and peace.”

I add to Will’s thoughts by stating that through the act of forgiveness, we can operate in the world from a place of compassion for self and others, acting as human beings (with an emphasis on “be”) capable of creating beauty, peace, health and well-being.

Forgiveness was in the air at the recent Native American gathering in Carbondale.

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“If they miss a spot when they brush, we can see it,” Godes said.

The first grant from Caring For Colorado paid for two sets of portable dental equipment — an exam chair, a table and a cleaning unit with a power buffer and compressed air. Each set of equipment cost about $10,000, Godes said. If the program receives funding to continue in coming years, the equipment will remain in use.

The screenings are done by seven hygienists and 11 dental assistants, who are paid for their services. These dental professionals are all employed in local dental offices. Their employers have been supportive, giving them leave time to work for the screening program, Godes said.

As of last week, no dentists had offered to work with the program in its second phase in Glenwood Springs and Car-

bondale, Godes said.Two dentists from Rifle contacted Godes when the program was active in their area, and said they would give free exams and x-rays to any child identified in the screenings as being in immediate need of dental care.

Public Health Director Meisner said those two dentists will also make their services available to students identified as needing care as the program continues into the Roaring Fork Valley. But dentists nearer to the patients would be more convenient.

“We’d like more dentists in the Glenwood-Carbondale area to step forward,” Godes said. “There’s just such a need for indigent dental care.”

Meisner said the low-income dental screening program is an idea brought to reality by the Regional Dental Coalition, a group of public health officials, concerned citizens, retired dentists and others in Garfield and Pitkin Counties.The coalition is working toward establishing a dental clinic for low-in-

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“It takes time,” she said.

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