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Editor’s Letter

Tuck into some juicy summer reading... Y

ears ago, when I was introducing my West Coast husband to Colorado, I arranged several vacation trips to the Western Slope and the San Luis Valley. I didn’t want him to think that Denver and the Front Range were all that my home state had to offer. One August, meandering from Aspen and the Maroon Bells to Durango and the Great Sand Dunes, we drove through Delta. Spotting a fresh peach stand by the side of the road, I exclaimed, “Stop the car!” My husband, who knew nothing about the vineyards and orchards of the Western Slope, wound up happily eating about half a dozen peaches that afternoon, grinning and wiping juice off of his chin. This issue of Roaring Fork Lifestyle celebrates the many fruits of our Western Slope harvest. You will learn about how the Heritage Fruit Tree Project is finding and saving historical trees planted by the pioneers who settled our valley, and in Parting Thoughts, Jean McBride’s paean to Palisade peaches should bring a smile to your face. You will learn about how and why the millennial generation is starting community-supported farms in this valley. And you’ll find a great beer vinaigrette recipe courtesy of the Glenwood Canyon Brewpub.

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editor Nicolette Toussaint | NToussaint@LifestylePubs.com

copy editor Mason Ingram

contributing writers Caitlin Causey, Bridget Grey, Jean McBride, Andrea Palm-Porter, Nicolette Toussaint, Geneviève Joëlle Villamizar

contributing photographers Lewis Cooper, Shaine Ebrahimi, Sharill Hawkins, Mary Sundblom, Nicolette Toussaint, Dale Will, Whitney Will

Those who don’t like food – if that’s possible – will find other articles that should whet their appetites. Frequent contributor Andrea Palm-Porter takes us for a ride on a stand-up paddleboard and looks at the equipment needed for that sport. Our Water & Woods feature dives into the topic of building a waterfall in your yard. You’ll learn about most advanced veterinary CAT scanner on the Western Slope – one that can be used to scan not only cats, but dogs and other beloved pets, improving their care. You’ll meet singer/songwriter Jim Hawkins of Glenwood (you may already know him as co-owner of the Four Mile B & B). And in Good Times, you can take a look at new outdoor art in Carbondale and the art that got Basalt into the Guinness Book of World Records.

It should make for juicy summer reading. Enjoy!

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RoaringForkLifestyle.com ON THE COVER Apricot blossoms on a 130-year-old

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August 2015

Departments 10

Good Times

Around Town

Home Matters

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cooking?

20 Locally Owned 30 Local Limelight 32

Water & Woods

Lifestyle Calendar

42 Parting Thoughts

26 Harvesting the Fruits of the Past

Heritage Fruit Tree Project saves heirloom trees.

28 Improving the Health of Local Pets

Examine a "CAT scan" that scans cats, dogs and other pets.

32 Stand-Up Paddle Boarding

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Publisher’s Letter

ach morning, I head to the west-facing window in my home to see what the weather holds. Today appears to be a great day. As I look over the Roaring Fork River, I see that all the incredible snow pack we piled up in the last six weeks of winter – most of it right after the ski resorts closed – is rushing down the river. We’ve had a near-record runoff, flood alerts and warnings for all but the most experienced commercial rafters to stay off the rivers. Oh, the wonders of Western Colorado weather! How often has Mother Nature thrown us a curve ball? Depending on the season, I have often thought, “Why didn’t I throw that jacket in the car!” or “This winter coat and gloves seemed right for the morning’s snow, but not this heat wave.” Three weeks ago, we were hoping to get rid of 29 straight days of chilly rain. Today I am working in 90-plus degree heat for about the tenth day in a row. What a difference three weeks makes in Colorado. At least once a year, my wife Linda and I talk about moving to someplace different. We have lived here for 29 years; our kids have grown and scattered, and we have grandkids on both coasts. Linda and I look at all the factors: climate, humidity, affordability, population growth, things to do. Each time we do this

stupid exercise, we hope that somehow the 100-degree Arizona temperatures have settled to highs around 80. Or the South’s 95 percent humidity has dropped to a comfortable 30 to 40 percent. We always come to the same conclusion. There is no place in this country that gives you such a good taste of four seasons. If you’re lucky, you won’t see all four in one day. (But that is always a possible scenario here.) The best advice I can give to newcomers is to always carry two “shoulder-seasons” worth of clothing in the car, and to look out the windows from both the east and west sides of your home. Then go on with your day. Are my winter gloves still in the trunk of my car? It is only mid-summer...

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Good Times

Art Around Town

The Carbondale Public Arts Commission premiered 14 new sculptures during the Art Around Town Walk in June. Many sculptors were on hand to discuss their work, which will be on display for the next year.

"Catch" by Kimmerjae Johnson of Lafayette, Colorado

"Logarythm" by Joe Burleigh, Carbondale

"Crescent Rising" by Steven Durrow, Fruitland, Maryland

"Coral Stardust" by Elizabeth Akumatsu, Nacadoches, Texas

"Purgatory/China"by Matthew Duffy of Washington, D.C.

Detail of "Cultural Pedestrians Carbondale" by Sue Quinlan, Boulder

Artist reception at the Village Smithy

Detail of "Logarythm"

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Good Times

Basalt Makes Guinness Book of Records

Basalt entered the Guinness Book of World Records for creating the world's largest painting completed by feet only. Everyone and his dog pitched in to complete theÂ 21,752.83-square-foot artwork.

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Basaltâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Town Manager Mike Scanlon, Assistant Town Manager Judi Tippetts and Event Coordinator Mary Kenyon with Michael Empric, Guinness World Record Adjudicator

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Rob Leavitt of the Town Council and Mayor Jacque Whitsitt

The finished artwork from above Elementary school kids make tracks.

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Around Town ANONYMOUS DONOR CORRALS ERNESTO THE BUFFALO “Ernesto,” the magnificent buffalo that has kept watch over Carbondale’s Main Street for the past year, has become a true local. Voted "Best of Show" in the Carbondale Public Arts Commission’s 2014 Art aRound Town exhibition, Ernesto now has the job of welcoming everyone to town as he resides permanently on Highway 133. The sculptures in the Carbondale Public Arts Commission’s annual exhibition are usually rotated out in June to make way for new exhibits (see photos of the new work in Good Times on page 10). However, after learning that Ernesto would be leaving this June, a generous and anonymous community member/ art aficionado offered to purchase the buffalo and donate the corten steel and locust wood sculpture to the Town of Carbondale. The sculpture was created by Santa Fe artist Jamie Burnes, who says, “I am honored with the opportunity to share Ernesto with the Carbondale community and its many visitors. I believe that having public art in our neighborhoods is one of the greatest things that we as artists can do.”

fleece; they may add in as much as 10 percent of another local, undyed animal fiber. The fiber may be washed ahead of time, but no other preparation is allowed. Teams include five members and one alternate. Shawls are judged on all aspects of fiber preparation, spinning, design, weaving, public interaction and education.

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tral, carbon fee and dividend legislation to address climate change. CCL has developed the carbon fee and dividend policy proposal “to internalize the costs of burning carbon-based fuels” and says that “it’s the policy that climate scientists and economists alike say is the best first step to reduce the likelihood of catastrophic climate change from global warming.” CCL trained and sent the citizen lobbyists to the capitol because they think that “politicians don’t create political will, they respond to it. We believe citizens who are welltrained, organized by congressional district and with a good system of support can more than influence the political process.”

CARBONDALE FLEECES COMPETITION AT STATE FIBER EVENT

Ernesto, before his move

LOCALS LOBBY CONGRESS TO STEM GLOBAL WARMING In June, 35 Coloradans traveled Washington D.C. to lobby congress for “carbon fee and dividend” legislation. The delegation included six Roaring Forking Valley residents: Amelia Potvin, Ruth Brown, Chris Menges, Mona Newton, Peter Westcott, Lisa Tasker and Pitkin County Commissioner Steve Child. They joined more than 800 volunteers from all over the country who were working on behalf of the Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL). On CitizensClimateLobby.org, CCL states that its goal is to pass revenue-neu14

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At the annual Sheep to Shawl competition in Estes Park, the Carbondale Flock – Jill Scher, Judy Craig, Peg Malloy, Kate Friesen, Hollis Kerler and Ruth Hollowell – walked away with all three first place prizes. Those prizes were the Grand Championship, the Judge's Choice and the People's Choice In the Sheep to Shawl competition, a competitor must turn a raw sheep fleece into a finished shawl in five hours. To do that, they must card, spin and weave the wool. The basic rules require competitors to use undyed, local sheep

The Carbondale Flock; Photo by Claire Friesen

NO NAME BREAKS INTO TOP 15 WEIRD NAMES LIST The FW blog recently released an article ranking the weirdest town names in America and No Name, one of our local spots, made the list. No Name was joined by such notables as Boring, Oregon; Hell, Michigan; Dismal, Tennessee; Peculiar, Missouri; Boogertown, North Carolina and Looneville, Texas. No Name, which tallied 123 residents in the 2010 Census, is located east of Glenwood Springs at exit 119 on Interstate 70. Local wags sometimes say that the area was named after the Native American chief “Noname” but that’s an explanation that probably only convinces tourists gullible enough to go on wildlife trips seeking the illusive jackalope. When Interstate 70 was being built, developers planned an exit in the area and marked the sign “No Name.” After the area was developed, the name stuck.

COLORADO TROUT POPULATIONS REBOUNDING According to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife department, rainbow trout populations are rebounding after being devastated in the 1990s by whirling disease. The disease deforms the spines of young fish, causing them to swim in a swirling pattern. They die soon after being infected. Aquatic researchers say the disease was introduced to Colorado in 1986 when a private hatchery unknowingly bought in infected rainbow trout from Idaho. By the mid-1990s, whirling disease had spread throughout the state, and rainbow trout stopped reproducing naturally. Anglers, diners and river enthusiasts will be glad to learn that a 15-year effort to crossbreed native trout with disease-resistant “Hofers” has yielded breeding success. The Hofers were named for the family that ran the hatchery in Germany where the first disease-resistant stocking fish were raised. Anglers are catching the new cross-bred rain-

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Home Matters

Building a Waterfall in Your Yard

ARTICLE BRIDGET GREY | PHOTOGRAPHY PROVIDED

oaring Fork Lifestyle recently spoke to landscape expert Mitch Gianinetti about what it takes to build a waterfall. Gianinetti, founder of Spring Creek Land and Waterscapes, has built dozens of waterfalls and landscapes throughout the Roaring Fork Valley. Q: WHAT DOES THE WATERFALL BUILDING PROCESS LOOK LIKE? A: It should start with planning: ideas, space, location, what the client wants to achieve. When I design water features, I typically get a vision after the first meeting and walking the property. It’s like a painting. The track hoe is my paint brush and the project is my canvas. Q: WHAT IS YOUR LARGEST FALL, AND WHERE ARE YOUR FALLS LOCATED? A: The largest fall would be a water feature for Wing property above River Valley Ranch. It has a 30-foot main fall plus three creeks, two ponds and two additional small falls. My company has created five water features and falls at the Roaring Fork Club. We have also done projects in Snowmass, West Sopris Creek, Missouri Heights and Glenwood Springs. Q: DO I HAVE TO HAVE A HILL ON MY PROPERTY FOR YOU TO BUILD A WATERFALL? A: No! You don't have to have a hill, a stream or ditch on your property. Recently, in Blue Lake, we took out the existing front yard, created a berm, and then built a water feature with a wonderful pool. You would never know that the front yard had been flat and all lawn if you hadn’t seen it prior to the project. Q: W HERE DOES THE WATER COME FROM, AND CAN IT BE RECYCLED? A: The water comes from existing irrigation or it can be from a ditch. That water fills the water feature’s system, and it is always 16

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recycled. It typically runs down the waterfall and then fills up a pond or pool. It will continue to run until the system is drained. Q: WHAT DO HOMEOWNERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MAINTENANCE? A: Water features, creeks and ponds can be designed to be virtually maintenance-free. They do need minimal, seasonal maintenance; that involves pumps and cleaning. Water features need to be winterized if they're not designed to run during winter. But I have designed some that do run all winter. They will have ice on the sides, but I can build them so they don’t freeze over. Check out your supplier; ion generators reduce algae and your supplier should know about that. Typically, maintenance is part of what I provide as client service. Q: WHAT KIND OF PERMISSIONS DO I NEED? A: The owner is required to have all necessary permits in place – from the town, the county etc. But typically, no permits are required for a water feature. In most counties, tree removal does require permits. From start to finish, the time the project takes will vary depending on size and whether permits are needed. It can take anywhere from a week or two to a month or longer. Q: WHAT STYLE OF WATERFALLS DO YOU LIKE? A: As an avid outdoorsman, I have spent years analyzing natural waterscapes. It seemed natural to start creating them as clients requested pools and ponds. I like my work to appear as if it’s always been there, part of the natural landscape. But I do contemporary designs as well. If you want water features to really pop, you can add lighting. That really sets the mood, and sometimes the feature looks even better at night.

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ome to more than 230 established breweries, Colorado is a craft-beer-lover’s dream come true. In fact, more than 10 percent of the nation’s craft breweries can be found in Colorado – astonishing, considering that less than two percent of the country’s population lives here. The Western Slope has its share of craft beer makers, including the Aspen Brewing Company, Grand Junction’s Kannah Creek Brewing Company and the Ska and Steamworks Brewing companies in Durango. Here in the mid-valley, locals can enjoy hand-crafted beer from the year-old Roaring Fork Beer Company in Carbondale and the award-winning Glenwood Canyon Brewpub. What do Coloradoans do with all that beer? Drink most of it, of course, but readers may be surprised to learn that it’s also pretty good to eat too. Amazon.com offers no less than five cookbooks that focus on cooking with beer. The Craft Beer Cookbook: From IPAs and Bocks to Pilsners and Porters, 100 Artisanal Recipes for Cooking with Beer, written by Jacquelyn Dodd, rated five stars from most of the 37 customers who reviewed it. Reviewer Dan Martin notes that the book's introductory material "covers the why and how of pairing with beer. It even appropriately addresses whether the alcohol is cooked off and when it isn't. There is even a helpful chart to aid in what beers pair best with certain types of foods." Corrie Murray, general manager of the Glenwood Canyon Brewpub, says, “Cooking with beer is an easy way to enrich the flavors of a dish. Beer can help bring an earthy tone to your meal and give it a

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more complex flavor profile.” Murray says that it’s simple to change the flavor of a dish by simply substituting beer for any liquid in the recipe, and notes, “Beer is often a great ingredient for fry batters, soups, stews, sautéed dishes, sauces, gravies or even bread. When we have a chance to use beer in our food, we will.” Murray says that the Brewpub often experiments with cooking with its beers and has yet to have a failure. Some of the Brewpub’s favorite recipes are Beer Cheese Soup, IPA BBQ sauce and their Beer Battered Cod. Here, courtesy of the Brewpub, is their recipe for Raspberry Ale Vinaigrette, a favorite that’s great for summer meals. RASPBERRY VINAIGRETTE INGREDIENTS

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ver the past 20 years, Brad Faber and Hans Raaflaub of B & H General Contractors have built more than beautiful homes, commercial spaces and community buildings: they’ve also built a solid reputation. “It all started with a handshake,” Brad says of the company’s recent lightning-fast build of FirstBank’s Glenwood Springs branch. Backed by a reputation for quality, B & H met with company representatives before ground was ever broken. “They said, ‘all you have to do is shake hands and we’ll get started tomorrow.’ And they did.” Founded in 1994, B & H has constructed dozens of familiar buildings in the Roaring Fork Valley. From the Basalt and New Castle libraries to Alpine Bank's Rifle South branch and the LEED Platinum-Certified Carbondale Recreation Center, they know something about creating solid, cost-effective, attractive structures. Brad and Hans have formed many lasting business relationships within the community. They credit decades of combined experience, value engineering and a can-do attitude for their success. “We are both from the Midwest,” Brad notes. “We often say we grew up with a Midwestern work ethic.” One of the company’s most visible projects to date is the Glenwood Springs FirstBank building, located on a busy stretch of Grand Avenue. Local commuters may remember watching the bank spring up during the summer of 2012. From the day crews broke ground to the moment Brad and Hans handed keys to the bank’s owner, less than six months passed. “We just swarmed the place,” Hans recalls. “There was extensive pre-planning, because FirstBank needed the building delivered fast. The team of subcontractors we assembled – because it can’t just be us, we’re only the leaders – we needed all of these people to help participate in our vision, in our mission to get this thing done.” 20

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Electricians, plumbers, masons, and other workers all came together under B & H’s direction to complete the job. The team also worked closely with local architect and longtime collaborator Michael Hassig of A4 Architects, who led design work on the project. “Our relationship with Michael and A4 is great,” Hans says. “We all know our roles, and our strengths and weaknesses. A project can evolve without having to say a lot.” Michael agreed that good communication made the FirstBank collaboration a smooth process. “We know how to communicate,” he says. “I can’t give Brad and Hans high enough marks. Their work is thorough, timely, and of impeccable quality. When B & H is chosen for a job, I rest easier.” With design details suited to its natural surroundings, the FirstBank building features a stone exterior, clean lines and abundant windows. The bank’s interior welcomes customers with natural tile, wooden accents, seating areas and a roomy floor plan. Offices enclosed in large panes of glass further accentuate the bank’s openness, helping it feel modern and polished but relaxed. “I have many great things to say about Brad and Hans,” Adam Snyder, vice president of FirstBank says. “Their team really helped us and brought the project in on time and on budget.” Brad and Hans agree that their success has much to do with meeting deadlines and budgets, but also with being the grease that keeps a project running; they are experts in the art of juggling the needs and wants of their clients with those of the professionals who collaborate to finish the job. With a knowing smile, Hans laughed, “We’ve seen a lot.” After 20-plus years in the business, Brad and Hans look forward to applying their well-earned knowledge to future endeavors in the community.

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Agrarian Millennial – An Oxymoron?

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hanks to millennials and their unfettered online access to science, art and politics, global shifts around conscientious food production are accelerating. Millennials, who follow Generation X, were born between 1980 and 2000. UrbanDictionary.com attributes “a strong sense of citizenship” to them and calls them “moral, confident, sociable, street smart, diverse.” Millennials grew up with the worldwide web, and for them, Facebook, Twitter and blogs have opened possibilities previously undreamed of. Thanks to millennial farmers, Carbondale is affirming its place on the new “conscious food” map of the Roaring Fork Valley. Last year, 24 year-old Sara Legg inherited Linda Halloran’s legacy as garden program manager at the Colorado Rocky Mountain School (CRMS). Told that she had big shoes to fill, Legg laughed out loud, replying that she has big feet! Like Halloran before her (whose accomplishments are legendary) Legg works the land, growing food and teaching a younger generation. Legg’s Bachelor of Science in agricultural ecology from the University of Wyoming enables her to apply science and technology to the task of interpreting years of Halloran’s planting and harvest records. Now in her second growing season, Legg has integrated the data into spreadsheets. She’s learning the micro-climates and soils and growing more successfully this year. Everything she grows feeds the campus. Legg and the chef determine what the coming growing season will look like based on prior successes and shortfalls. They grow extra lettuce for annual events. Students may eat more carrots and less kale. It’s mid-season as this article is being written and Legg says, “I’m very tired.” Although her hours exceed her pay, she says she finds “a lot of wonder and hope and magic” in them. Whitney Will, 23, was a backyard farmer long before she farmed for a living. Why? “I love to eat!” she says. “I get so much joy from cooking and cookbooks: Alice Waters, Nigel Slater.” The Faulkner ink scribed on a tattoo over Will’s ribs defines her: “I feel like a wet seed, hot in the wild, blind earth.” After serving as Legg’s assistant in 2014, Will landed the greenhouse and garden manager position at Roaring Gardens at TCI Lane Ranch for 2015. Roaring Gardens is unique in that it’s the heart of a neighborhood planned around a farm, versus, say, a golf course. Because it’s fully funded, Will can experiment with her business approach. Rather than selling plant “starts” individually, she created a five-week distribution program, tackling the two main challenges her nursery customers face: what will survive and how to get it started. She’s excited about the database she created; it will not only allow her to cater production to customers’ individual tastes and lifestyles, it will also integrate with her Explorer Series, a free program that passes on info and recipes for oddities like the vegetable celeriac. Merrill Johnson, 25, and Zac Paris, 30, raise heritage pork hogs and produce award-winning compost. For four years, they’ve implemented biodynamic and permaculture models on Merrill’s Fam-

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ily Farm at Cedar Ridge Ranch. They raise honeybees, Zebu cattle, chickens and rabbits. “We enjoy seeing all the diversity of a system working in harmony,” says Paris. After growing food for a friend’s wedding, Casey Piscura, 29, passed on a river guiding job in New Zealand to start a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm in the Crystal River Valley. “Success to me is being happy, being fulfilled,” he says. “I was guiding Class V rivers and I was like, this is not… I’m not fulfilled. So I canceled my tickets and took off to the next adventure – and farming’s an adventure.” Casey started High Lonesome in 2014 but has recently changed its name. It’s now called Wild Mountain Seeds. “We didn’t want to be so high on lonesome, anymore,” he chuckles. Millennials face many of the same marketing and profitability challenges that small farmers have faced for decades. For example, Piscura focuses on market crops and works 80-hour weeks. His friends complain that they miss him, but Piscura feels that he’s seeding more than just friendships; he’s growing healthy, clean food while preserving genetic seed banks and nurturing the land. Wild Mountain Seeds is market-dependent, and that has him concerned. “Farmers markets don’t necessarily want to add another producer,” he says. “People aren’t there to buy produce. They want a fancy drink and some lunch.” Piscura runs a stand at the Basalt farmer’s market, and the Carbondale Beerworks, a significant customer of his, also lets him have a stand on Thursdays from 3 to 7 p.m. That allows the working stiff to tap into farm-fresh produce after work. (The Carbondale farmers market, held Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., sees little foot traffic because its hours conCONTINUED >

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flict with workers’ schedules. In true millennial form, local residents have started a Facebook campaign to change those hours.) Johnson and Paris have needed to pour outside money into their pig operation. “Our prices are well below the true cost and time it takes to get our products to market,” says Paris. Luckily, his company, Peace and Love Landscaping, provides additional income, but life/work balance becomes an issue. Says Johnson, “We do what we love so we tend to forget to eat and to get out on the river… I remind myself to breathe and to practice self-love and self-care.” None of these producers are certified organic. While the organic label differentiates produce and meats, the bureaucracy attached to certification turns many small farmers away. Says Piscura, “You’re better off knowing your farmer even if they’re not certified organic, but are organic and can tell you where they got their compost from.” Will relies on relationships with other growers to forge ahead without USDA certification and without adhering the Organic Materials Review Institute’s guidelines. “In not being certified, I get to work more with local farmers, trading seeds and plants,” she says. Clean, whole food is a spiritual thing to these millennial farmers. Piscura’s voice moves to awe as he describes life unfurling from a 24

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seed. Johnson reflects, “Every day more people are connecting with the natural world and their truest and highest self. They are learning that we are all connected. What we choose to eat and do are the truest reflections of ourselves and society.” In their current jobs, both Legg and Will spend months working alone before interns are hired. Contrary to millennial stereotypes, the growers say they enjoy the extensive solitude. The plants speak to them. Will relishes the reprieve from what she calls the pressure of “the comment culture,” social media. “I really enjoy being able to spend hours on my own, not worrying about opinions,” she says. Piscura jokes about “broad fork meditation” – those farming tasks performed hours on end. Commenting on younger interns and students who need music to get through it all, Legg bursts out, “I can’t think when they have their music on!” The media has labeled millennials "entitled and lazy," "tech-obsessed," "over-educated and under-employed." Far afield from these stereotypes, these grounded young people are undertaking humbling and worthy ventures. Like any generation, they wear the mantle of a cliché, but it doesn’t prevent them from finding dignity, purpose and fulfillment.

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HERITAGE FRUIT TREE PROJECT Every Tree Has a Story

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ast fall, when Jimmy Dula was on his way to Julie Grange’s home near the Hotel Colorado, he began to get excited. Many trees in the neighborhood grew in straight rows, as if planted for a long-ago orchard. And here in the Roaring Fork Valley, pear trees are fairly rare. “They were really old, nice trees, and the pears were delicious,” says Dula, who serves as fundraising manager for the Heritage Fruit Tree Project. “We wondered if there was once an orchard there for the hotel kitchen, or what was the deal? No one knows.” Despite considerable digging, neither the Frontier Historical Society in Glenwood Springs nor the archive at the Hotel Colorado has produced a photo documenting an orchard. Tantalizing hints have surfaced: The family of the Walter Devereux, who developed the Hotel Colorado, owned a ranch that was located near the current Glenwood Springs Recreation Center and included a 350acre pear orchard. Perhaps the pear trees near the hotel were also planted by the Devereux family? As Dula says, no one knows. Chasing down heritage fruit trees throughout the Roaring Fork Valley involves more than a few mysteries. Before California grew to dominate the national produce market, fresh fruit remained scarce and expensive for much of the year, so the valley’s 19th century homesteaders grew apple, pear, apricot, plum and cherry trees around their homes. Many of those trees have survived for as long as 130 years. Many are still fruitful today. Their fruit is often sweeter and juicier than fruit from contemporary nursery trees, and because local heritage trees have adapted to our climate, they harbor a priceless and tested reservoir of fruit genes. The U.S. Department of Agriculture rates the Roaring Fork Valley’s climate as ranging from Zone 4A in Aspen (with winter temperatures as low as -30°F) to Zone 4B in Basalt (to -15°F in winter) and Zone 5B in Glenwood Springs (down to around -10°). Even in the warmest areas, that’s more challenging than the climate enjoyed by commercial orchards near Delta and Paonia. But the Roaring Fork’s hearty, historic fruit trees are now disappearing or in jeopardy from development, old age or neglect. The Heritage Fruit Tree Project began in 2009 when an avid locavore, Michael Thompson, the principal architect of Ecosystems Design, Inc., combined forces with Jerome Osentowski, founder of the Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute, a nonprofit, sustainable agricultural education center located in Basalt. The two were soon joined by Lisa DiNardo, a certified arborist and the former horticulturist for the Town of Basalt, and Jimmy Dula, who runs Colorado Soil Systems, a landscape management company based in Aspen. An effort seeded by love and volunteer efforts, the Heritage Fruit Tree Project aims to map all of Roaring Fork Valley’s old fruit trees. Volunteers identify trees with tasty fruit and favorable characteristics; they then graft new stock from those trees. The tree-hugging project has already made fruit available for “gleaning” and this fall, the project will be partnering with LIFT-UP and the Garfield County Live Well program to feed the needy. The Heritage Fruit Tree Project recently got a major assistance from the Kay Brunnier Tree Fund. Kay Brunnier, a Carbondale resident, provided a $10,000 grant through the Carbondale Tree Board. The grant supports both a matching-grant program designed to encourage the planting of trees and the valley-wide effort to survey fruit trees. The project has already mapped 72 heritage trees in its database, and it is using an Arc GIS system, a mapping tool often employed by cities and towns, to locate trees in Carbondale and Missouri Heights. “Carbondale is a great chunk of land to bite off,” says Dula. “We’ve been getting tips from people all over, and we have a long list of site visits to do. We’re still

working out how much information we need to collect, and we are trying to figure out if there’s a crowd-sourced way to collect information.” The project collects digital photos of cataloged trees at three different times of year: while barren in winter, while blossoming in spring, and when bearing summer fruit. It also rehabilitates and propagates heritage trees. Osentowski has taken cuttings from many of the oldest trees and grafted them onto strong root stocks at the Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute. While working to identify and document the trees, the project is also unearthing and preserving local history. Thompson and Osentowski tell of one of the area’s pioneers, Christine Lucksinger, who brought a grafted apple tree with her when she embarked on a new life in Colorado. That 120 year-year old tree is still bearing fruit by the shores of Lake Christine, on property once owned by Lucksinger’s family. Recently, Jimmy Dula trekked up Cattle Creek to survey several trees growing on an old homestead there. “The drainage ditch there has kept two of the three old apple trees alive,” he says. Heritage Fruit Tree Project co-founder Michael Thompson tracked the history of those remaining two Cattle Creek apple trees. He found that they had been planted by Matilda Alden and Horace Haff, a couple who had purchased land along Fisher Creek from the original settlers, the Fisher family. Horace Haff, a scout and “Indian tracker” had lived on the Front Range and was said to have been involved in the Sand Creek Massacre. Horace had been raised by the Fisher family and he moved to the Western Slope with them. Horace and several of his descendents are buried in a nearly-forgotten graveyard near the homestead while other descendents still live in the valley and are scattered throughout Colorado. In 2008, Thompson visited Rose Zella Haff, who in 1943 had married the original homesteaders’ son, Glen Alden Haff, in a ceremony in Leadville. Glen is buried on the property, but Rose Zella was living in a local nursing home at the time. Thompson wrote, “A couple of days before my visit, I thought to search my freezer to see if I had any more of the apple pie filling I had put away in the autumn of 2007, some of it from the Fisher Creek apples. I found one bag of pie filling marked "Fisher Creek Apples", so I baked Rose Zella a pie... from the trees on the land she and her husband Glenn Haff had sold back to the BLM many years before.” The next year, Rose Zella Haff, who had been born in 1920 in El Jebel, passed away at the age of 89 at Grace Healthcare. The Heritage Fruit Tree project is working to preserve the fruitful legacy of the valley’s first settlers before it fades away forever. Among the project’s goals are establishing a permanent research and demonstration park with examples of every identified variety of fruit tree, so that their continued propagation can be ensured. The project aims to include at least 50 varieties of apple, apricot, pear, peach, plum and cherry trees. Roaring Fork Valley residents who want to share their knowledge of heritage trees and learn more about the project should visit HeritageFruitGuild.com or email heritagefruit@gmail.com.

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A CAT Scanner That Scans Cats & Dogs Major Advance in the Health of the Valley’s Pets ARTICLE BRIDGET GREY | PHOTOGRAPHY PROVIDED

ot long ago, Dr. John Kuck was asked to take a look at a friend’s dog. The dog – we’ll call her Blue – was having difficulty breathing, and the side of Blue’s face was a bit swollen. “That’s usually a dental abcess,” says Kuck. “So I aspirated the swelling and sent a sample to the lab. But the lab results indicated a giant cell epulis, which is a rare kind of tumor.” In both animals and humans, tumors can remain hidden for months to years. Without exploratory surgery, there has been no way to really tell how far a tumor has advanced. But fortunately for Blue, Dr. Kuck had recently bought a new scanner – a CAT scan sized and shaped perfectly for peering into the bodies of cats, dogs and other pets. “We put the patient into the CT scanner,” Kuck recalls. “It revealed a much more invasive process than we could see by physical examination.” The tumor had eaten away a part of the dog’s jaw and it was blocking the dog’s nasal passage as well. Thanks to the CT images, Kuck was able to remove most of the tumor. “I do a lot of surgery, including some advanced procedures,” says Kuck. “But there’s a limit to what you can do, a limit that is imposed by facilities and technology. I used to send cases needing advanced imaging to a local human imaging facility. It was kind of a favor for them to help us out, and it was done after hours. It was expensive, and not convenient for owners here. As a result, some would just decide to skip radiology.”

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Kuck’s first glimpse of what a CT scanner could do came at a veterinary conference in Korea. He had gone to the conference there to deliver a lecture and saw the machine. He came home impressed with the clarity of the images and detailed inside information the technology could deliver. After considerable research, Kuck purchased and installed a “New Tom” scanner in his offices at Willits Veterinary Hospital. The term “CAT scan” is an acronym for Computerized Axial Tomography. The technology offers a way to X-ray a mass in a the body in three dimensions or in one-millimeter-thick slices allowing veterinarians – and pet owners – to see three-dimensional views in jaw-dropping detail. The Italian-made New Tom takes those thin image slices and reassembles them into a virtual three-dimensional image of an animal patient. On screen, Dr. Kuck can rotate the image and slice it open at any point, looking in any direction to see both bone and soft tissue. Bone is shown in white and air spaces are black. Soft tissue is detailed in shades of gray. The CT scanner is faster and less expensive than an MRI, and clarity of the image stands in marked contrast to an ultrasound or an ordinary X-ray image. The New Tom machine uses a cone shaped X-Ray beam first developed for human dental practices. It’s faster than a conventional CT scanner, produces great images, and exposes patients and staff to far less radiation.

The machine has a flat bed called a gantry which conveys the patient into the bore of the machine for scanning. While inside the scanner, the pet is under general anesthesia or sedated and held securely with Velcro restraints. The New Tom’s gantry slides into a huge, doughnut-shaped scanner that takes 300 images every 18 seconds. “The decision to get this machine was driven by my frustration about sending patients to the Front Range for advanced imaging and about owners not wanting to make the drive,” says Kuck. “I have heard from other local vets that they have been having the same experience. My theory is that a lot of CT scans have not been done in this valley due to issues with cost and availability.” Shortly after installing the machine in June, Dr. Kuck invited other Roaring Fork Valley veterinarians to take advantage of this remarkable diagnostic technology, and he has seen a steady stream of referrals. Kuck, who grew up in Ohio, opened his practice in the Willits shopping area in May 2012. His wife, Kristen Kuck, a Certified Veterinary Technician and a native of Carbondale, runs the clinic. A second veterinarian, Dr. Melissa Goldyn, and several animal-loving staffers round out the practice. “There’s nothing like this machine in the western half of the state, and this is the only New Tom in Colorado,” says Kuck. “It should really improve the health of animals here on the Western Slope.”

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JIM HAWKINS A STORYTELLER OF THE OLD AND NEW WEST ARTICLE NICOLETTE TOUSSAINT | PHOTOGRAPHY SHARILL HAWKINS

robably the most notable song Jim Hawkins has written is a tribute to the 14 firefighters who were killed battling the 1994 Storm King Mountain fire. Subtitled “When Hell’s Fire Broke Through,” the song and video has garnered more 10,000 views on YouTube and was shown on the fire’s 20th anniversary at Carbondale’s Crystal Theatre. Storm King Mountain has its roots in Hawkins' own background; he worked as Denver firefighter and medic and served on an Arizona “hotshot” crew. “By the time Storm King occurred, I was a veteran firefighter in Denver,” Hawkins recalls. “But the instant we learned about it, I was flooded with memories of those days and some near-misses our hotshot crew experienced. I hesitated to write about Storm King, but in the end, I felt my experiences would help me write a song that honored their spirit without it becoming a ‘Hollywood, heroes and glory’ type song." Hawkins and his friend Fred Hamilton, of Gainesville, Florida, record as the Ute City Rangers. They have collaborated on three CDs of original songs and are working on a fourth with the working title of Dirt Roads and Angels. Hawkins’ songs tell of the new and old West, and the lyrics draw on his experiences growing up in Wyoming, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado. Hawkins calls his style New Western Folk and says, “I am really a storyteller hiding behind a guitar." Of his song Two Moons on the Nickel, for example, he says he found it ironic that the buffalo nickel’s front face shows the image of a native American. "We have a Roosevelt dime, a Jefferson nickel and a Lincoln penny, but when we gave a nod to the people we had beat down, we referred to the image on the back side of the coin – a buffalo," he muses. "I researched and found that the model was a Cheyenne warrior named Two Moons. He had fought in the Battle of the Greasy Grass (the Lakota name for Custer’s Battle of Little Big Horn)." Jim and his wife Sharill have run the Four Mile Creek Bed & Breakfast near Glenwood Springs for the past 18 years, and the historical red barn on the property frequently serves as a summer music hall. Although running a B & B generally doesn't inspire Hawkins’ songwriting muse, he says, “We are located on Four Mile Road, exactly five miles up that road. Many guests have asked how we could be ‘five miles up Four Mile Road,’ so I wrote a tune using that phrase.” Five Miles up Four Mile Creek became the title of the Ute City Rangers’ second CD. While many of Hawkins’ songs are historical and heartfelt, some are ironic and funny. Hawkins says that after his son Clay declared that he was writing too many serious songs, he dashed off a little ditty called Aspen Gal. "The verses are snapshot descriptions of people you might see around the Roaring Fork Valley," Jim explains. "I have had a lot of fun with it. I often tell the audience that they may have seen these characters or they may even be these people! CDs of Jim Hawkins’ music are available at the Four Mile Creek Bed & Breakfast and at UteCityRangers.com. 30

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tand up paddle-boarding (SUP) is an outdoor water adventure that delivers excitement, balance, ease and confidence. Not much equipment is needed, and what’s needed can easily fit in a car: an inflatable paddle board, a paddle, a helmet (for river riding), a personal floatation device and “gripe” water shoes. SUP started taking off in 2005. By 2013, it was the outdoor sporting activity that tallied the most first-time participants of any in the United States. Take a look down any local river or lake and you’ll see people using SUPs to surf, for yoga and to ride the river. The first dedicated SUP store opened in California in 2007, and now, we have our own local company in Carbondale. Shaboomee, owned by Shaine Ebrahimi, designs and manufactures SUPs, rents SUPs, provides SUP yoga and fitness classes, and organizes clinics and retreats. Shaine runs the company with Mary Sundblom, whose title is "creative director and adventuress." Both are SUP instructors and guides who have been teaching and guiding SUP enthusiasts on our local rivers and lakes for more than seven years. The Roaring Fork Valley is full of great whitewater spots, perfect for your SUP. One favorite place for local fun is the Glenwood Springs Whitewater Park, also known as the "G-wave." It’s the first man-made whitewater feature built anywhere on the Colorado River, and it provides year-round enjoyment for river enthusiasts. Most popular from May through September, the G-wave offers a great terraced spectator area where you can watch seasoned kayakers, surfers, rafters and SUPs all performing their tricks. For a recent SUP trip, a group of six of us took off from the Satank Bridge near Carbondale, planning to end our trip at the “take-out” near Westbank Bridge. Locals call

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MEREDITH Charming log cabin overlooking the Frying Pan River. Enjoy the endless views along with the sounds of the river ﬂowing underneath plus direct access to hunting, ﬁshing, hiking, boating. This is the perfect place to escape and enjoy nature’s beauty. $715,000 MLS: 139574

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THOMASVILLE A slice of Alpine heaven! This property is the quintessential mountain retreat. Experience total peace and quiet on 40 acres surrounded on three sides by National Forest. Recharge in the lovingly maintained mountain residence plus one-bedroom guest cabin. $695,000 MLS: 139590

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RIVER MEADOWS Perfect family home or second home in one of Basalt’s most desirable neighborhoods - walking distance to schools and downtown Basalt. Thoughtful open floor plan with main floor master, large finished basement with full bath that can be used as a fourth bedroom, and an extra bonus room. $1,175,000 MLS: 139323

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BASALT

ALLISON BYFORD

Luxurious four-bedroom log cabin in downtown Basalt. Walk into Basalt to enjoy great dining, outdoor concerts, ﬁshing and relaxing. This is the perfect Basalt vacation getaway property! $1,250,000 MLS#:138579

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Gorgeous mountain contemporary home featuring a large open floor plan with plenty of room for the active family. This home was meticulously designed with the utmost attention to detail. This home is truly a masterpiece! Plus, it is an easy stroll into Basalt for dining, shopping and recreation. $1,365,000 MLS: 139451

Luxury home boasts exquisite finishes, views and location. Fourbedroom, three and one-half bath, gourmet kitchen and sumptuous master suite. Amazing indoor and outdoor areas for entertaining. $798,000 MLS: 134309

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Hidden serenity. Perfect one level home. Location is in demand. Over 100 acres open space/trails, fishermanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s paradise, Sopris Creek, ponds, golf, tennis, horses allowed. Sopris views. Three bedrooms, two baths, office, loft, large deck, two car garage. $625,000 MLS: 139648

A magnificent new luxury custom home on the 14th tee featuring breathtaking, panoramic and unrestricted views of Mt. Sopris from every room of this newly decorated home. Beautiful master suite is on main level. $2,295,000 MLS: 138445

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This magnificent new custom home sits on the 13th tee box in RVR. Poss designed, Kaegebein built, nothing has been overlooked. The Master on the main, top contemporary finishes, and high ceilings will not disappoint. Sopris views and Carbondale living make this new home a must see. $1,202,500 MLS: 138530

A masterpiece on Hyland Park Drive, with many development possibilities! Private, lush setting on 1.06 acres of flat buildable land. Gracious three bedrooms, three bath home with a warm, welcome feel. Extraordinary deck with views will take your breath away. $1,099,000 MLS: 130837

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RECENTLY SOLD PROPERTIES OVER $400,000 NEIGHBORHOOD

ORIGINAL LIST

SOLD PRICE

%SOLD/ ORIGINAL

DOM

BEDS

FULL/ HALF BTH

SOLD PRICE/ SQ. FT

BASALT Aspen Junction Basalt Highland Frying Pan Village Emma Road

$1,275,000 $1,395,000 $895,000 $1,295,000

$1,187,500 $1,250,000 $850,000 $1,207,500

93% 90% 95% 93%

142 111 311 141

5 4 3 4

4/1 3/1 3/1 4

$261 $357 $311 $365

CARBONDALE Aspen Glen Aspen Glen Fox Run Meadows CR 106 Pinion Grove Red Table River Valley Ranch River Valley Ranch RF Village RF Village Sopris Village Townsite

$975,000 $2,895,000 $1,249,000 $425,000 $1,550,000 $609,000 $550,000 $875,000 $595,000 $415,000 $550,000 $665,000

$880,000 $2,000,000 $1,249,000 $410,000 $1,500,000 $604,000 $535,000 $843,070 $620,000 $415,000 $490,000 $665,000

90% 69% 100% 96% 97% 99% 97% 96% 104% 100% 89% 100%

84 676 36 46 337 39 107 94 35 0 355 49

4 4 4 2 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 4

3/1 4/1 4/1 1 4/1/1(3/4) 2/1 3/1 4/1 3 2/1 2/1 2/1

$225 $327 $253 $410 $271 $297 $267 $235 $242 $277 $257 $283

GLENWOOD SPRINGS Ironbridge Oak Meadows Oak Meadows Springridge Reserve Stoneridge Stoneridge Stoneridge Townsite Vista Heights Addition Winding River

$419,000 $507,000 $535,000 $887,000 $449,000 $865,000 $455,000 $1,250,000 $389,900 $417,000

$410,000 $460,000 $499,000 $792,000 $430,000 $625,000 $440,000 $1,000,000 $400,000 $400,000

98% 91% 93% 89% 96% 72% 97% 80% 103% 96%

112 477 370 356 69 45 36 289 42 318

3 3 3 5 3 5 3 7 3 2

2 2 2/1 4/1(3/4) 3 4/2 2/1 8/1/8(3/4) 1/1(3/4) 1

$288 $128 $185 $174 $181 $92 $197 $196 $260 $249

(This data is a sampling of sold properties from 5/1/15 to 5/31/15, Source: Aspen Glenwood MLS)

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Lifestyle Calendar

August

AUGUST 1 WILDFEST THE OTHER SIDE RANCH, OLD SNOWMASS

Join a fiercely festive gathering with music from Head for the Hills, Jes Grew and Acoustic Mayhem plus a fire dance by Dance of the Sacred Fire & Friends. Throughout the day there will be educational, nature workshops, kids' activities, hula hoop dancing and instruction with Betty Hoops, live community mural painting with Fred "Lightning Heart" Haberlein and a locavore café. Kick up your heels in honor of the surrounding public lands we all love and enjoy. All ages and dancing abilities welcome! Cost: $30 in advance, $35 day of event. Tickets and schedule at WildernessWorkshop.org

EVERY MONDAY AT NOON ALL SUMMER

at 6 p.m. rain or shine. Free thanks to generous sponsorships from the Town of Basalt, the Wyly Art Center, the Basalt Chamber of Commerce, the Basalt Downtown Business Association and Alpine Bank. Bring your own picnic supper or purchase a box dinner from participating local restaurants.

AUGUST 6

AUGUST 12

LUKAS NELSON & THE PROMISE OF THE REAL

BASALT ARTS BEAT CONCERT

UTE THEATRE AND EVENTS CENTER

LIONS PARK, BASALT

Son of music legend Willie Nelson, Lukas Nelson brings his band The Promise Of The Real to The Ute Theater. When Lukas Nelson was young he began touring with his father, Willie. Tickets at UteTheater.com

Trout Steak Revival plays Colorado bluegrass. Concerts begins at 6 p.m. rain or shine. Free thanks to generous sponsorships from the Town of Basalt, the Wyly Art Center, the Basalt Chamber of Commerce, the Basalt Downtown Business Association and Alpine Bank. Bring your own picnic supper or purchase a box dinner from participating local restaurants.

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LIONS PARK, BASALT

Performances to be announced. Free and open to the public. Doors open 20 minutes before concert, which start Thursdays at 5:15 p.m.

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The River Valley Ranch Barn will be furnished with historic agricultural and ranching artifacts from the Hattie Thompson and Thompson House Museum collection. The evening supports the Historical Society’s efforts to share our local history and bring the stories of founding families, ranchers, merchants and miners to life. 5 p.m. MtSoprisHistoricaSociety.org or 781.632.3326

Join Alpine Animal Hospital and Skyline Ranch at the Carbondale Wild West Rodeo for free, family-friendly horse activities on August 6 at 6:30 p.m. While watching all the festivities of the rodeo, you can also let your kids ride on a horse just for the thrill of it. Look for the pen at the southeast entrance.

BASALT ARTS BEAT CONCERT

Latin Jazz Express plays Afro-Cuban jazz, bossa nova and Latin jazz. Concerts begins

RIVER VALLEY RANCH BARN

CARBONDALE WILD WEST RODEO ARENA

CARBONDALE LIBARY

AUGUST 5

HISTORICAL SOCIETY SHINDIG

IT'S TIME TO RIDE

FREE MOVIE MATINEE

Join the library for a matinee featuring a family film every Monday at noon. Free lunch is provided for anyone 18 and under. This program is offered in partnership with Food Bank of the Rockies as part of the Summer Food Service Program.

AUGUST 9

MUSIC ON THE MOUNTAIN GLENWOOD CAVERNS ADVENTURE PARK

Fifty50 is a Roaring Fork Valley-locally based band. Enjoy a free tram ride and live music with the donation of a can of food for the LiftUp food pantry. Free tram rides begin at 4 p.m. The band plays from 6 to 10 p.m. GlenwoodCaverns.com CONTINUED >

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AUGUST 15

AUGUST 28, 29 & 30.

GLITZ & GLAMOUR FUNDRAISER

ZOPPE FAMILY CIRCUS

THUNDER RIVER THEATRE, CARBONDALE

SNOWMASS VILLAGE

This Roaring 20s gala evening includes dinner, live auction and music with Adam Bartley and band. Adam appears as "The Ferg" on the Netflix series Longmire. Come dressed as a flapper or silent screen star, come as a gangster or come as you are! Tickets are $80 ($50 is tax deductible). ThunderRiverTheatre.com

Founded in 1842 by a French street clown and a Hungarian equestrienne ballerina, the seventh generation of Zoppé family performers welcome spectators into an intimate 500-seat tent. The circus features acrobatic feats, equestrian showmanship, canine capers, clowning and audience participation. Tickets $17 general admission, $25 VIP seating. Times vary. GoSnowmass.com

AUGUST 15

AUGUST 29

MAGICAL MOMENTS CONCERTS REDSTONE

A collection of local musicians: Milemarkers, Off the Grid, Calli Angle and Wade Waters, John Riger and the Redstone Rubies, Josh Rogan, Wes Engstrom. It will be memorable event full of rock, country and new songs. Free, 5-9 p.m.

AUGUST 17-21 YOGART KIDS CAMP LAUNCHPAD, CARBONDALE

MUSIC ON THE MOUNTAIN

Kids 6 to 11 will learn about their bodies through age-appropriate yoga basics and creative movement. Opportunities to integrate self expression and reflection will be built into art projects. Cost $150; runs 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day. To sign up, email rochellenorwood@ hotmail.com or call 530.919.1385.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS ADVENTURE PARK

AUGUST 22

Vid Weatherwax has vast experience in the club, studio and concert scene. With Vid on keyboard and vocals, he has partnered up with Hap Harriman (on guitar) and Chris Bank (on percussion and sax). This trio creates provocative soul, rock and blues grooves sure to get you movin’. Tram rides at 4 p.m. Band starts at 6 p.m. GlenwoodCaverns.com

MUSIC ON THE MOUNTAIN

AUGUST 29

GLENWOOD CAVERNS ADVENTURE PARK

MAGICAL MOMENTS CONCERTS

The Goodman Band performs early country and rock to blues to today's music and Stevie Ray Vaughan cover tunes. Enjoy a free tram ride and live music with the donation of a can of food for the LiftUp food pantry. The band plays from 6 to 10 p.m. GlenwoodCaverns.com

REDSTONE

The Hell Roaring String Band is a five-piece bluegrass band that plays traditional bluegrass and innovative origin bands, a modern sound and feel to the Fab Four classics. Free outdoor concert 5-9 p.m.

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Parting Thoughts

Peachy Keen on the Western

Slope Harvest WORDS JEAN MCBRIDE

have to start by flat-out admitting that I’m a snob when it comes to peaches. In my opinion, you won’t find anything that comes close to the peaches grown on the Western Slope of Colorado. I worked for a while for a university in Alabama. It was located close to the Georgia border. Down south, they labor under the false impression that Georgia peaches are the best. Now I know I’m treading on dangerous ground and I certainly don’t want to start a new civil war, but seriously folks, the Georgia peaches are just okay. One September, I stayed at an Alabama bed and breakfast that served Georgia peaches – with a lot of fanfare – every morning for breakfast. I approached them with an open mind. I bit into a peach only to find it hard and fairly tasteless. Probably just one that wasn’t ripe, I thought. I tried another. Same thing. And the next morning, with a new batch of peaches, I was underwhelmed again. I was trying to be open-minded, so I chalked it up to a bad batch. I went to the grocery and bought a couple of peaches. I even asked for help in picking good ones. I took my peaches back to the B & B where I ceremoniously washed them, sliced into one and prepared to bite into juicy sweetness. Not so much. No juice. No sweetness. It tasted more like a hard nectarine. Now I’ll acknowledge that I was homesick, missing Colorado like all get-out. Maybe that colored my opinion just a little. All I know is that I wanted to get back home before I missed out on the year’s crop of peaches. (In case you don’t know it, the peaches come in during August and they’re delicious.) I like to buy mine direct from the grower at the Farmer’s Market. It’s become a much-loved, end-of-summer routine. Every week there is a different variety. Who knew there were so many kinds of peaches? I step up to the sales table and plunk down my money for a medium-sized bag of peaches. Like Goldilocks, I’ve learned that the small bags are too small and the large ones are too big for the two of us. But medium is just right. That way I can go every week to get more. Sometimes during the season, I’ll buy a box – that’s 25 pounds of peaches – and either freeze or can them. It’s another seasonal routine I love, because when I open them in winter, eating a peach from Colorado’s Western Slope is like biting into a taste of heaven.

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I think the best way to enjoy them is straight from the bag, still warm from the sun on the table. You get an explosion of sweetness, and so much juice that it runs down your arm. If you close your eyes you can almost see the red cliffs surrounding the orchards, the sun warming the leaves on each tree, lines of dusty roads and boxes of peaches being lifted onto trucks. All that from one bite! One Sunday, I made a peach cobbler from my stash from the farmer’s market. OMG! It was delicious. I also like to serve fresh peaches with a topping made from sour cream and brown sugar. Peaches Romanoff we call them. I got the recipe long ago from my friend Rebecca, who served it over green grapes. I promise you this: the topping transforms any fruit to a decadent dessert. Strawberries, cherries, grapes, and yes, especially peaches! Just stir a couple of tablespoons of brown sugar into some sour cream until it is dissolved. And then put a healthy dollop on the fruit of your choice. You’ll swoon. And your guests will think you’ve made something really extravagant. (You have!) Get yourself to one of our many farmer’s markets and indulge in peaches from the Western Slope. To my Georgia friends, I’m sorry. Can we still be friends? Jean McBride lives in Fort Collins, Colorado and is a therapist at Colorado Center for Life Changes, ColoradoCenterForLifeChanges.com, 970.407.0463.

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