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Our Worldly Corner of the Globe

JULY 2015 publisher Rick French | RFrench@LifestylePubs.com

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friend recently asked me how I plan the issue themes for Roaring Fork Lifestyle. The answer is – I don’t! They always come as happy surprises.

This month’s theme – "our global village" – came to mind after I learned about two different Africa/Roaring Fork projects: Organic Health Response, a nonprofit that provides emergency medical treatment in Kenya, was started by the Salmens, a family of Glenwood Springs doctors. The High Cost of Cheap Gas, a documentary created by Jeffrey Barbee, who grew up in Glenwood, has just taken honors at Europe's prestigious Envirofest film festival.

As you will learn in Parting Thoughts, I have become friends with someone who lives across the street but was born in Ethiopia. Perhaps it was those African connections that got me to thinking about how it is that, although we live in a somewhat-isolated valley in Western Colorado, it's ever so worldly. (Or perhaps it was because of the friends I have made here – among them a Swiss economist, a Japanese-American former rodeo princess, and the daughter of a famous Armenian painter!)

Marshall McLuhan coined the term “global village” when he predicted that electronic communications would eventually link people so quickly that events a world away would be experienced in real time. In this valley, we’re locally linked at about two degrees of separation, but because we’re enmeshed in a web of international relationships, we can’t help but care about far-flung places. One of our Good Times features illustrates the point. It’s a photographic account of a valley-wide fundraiser that, owing to the internet and personal relationships, was launched within a week of the earthquake in Nepal!

This issue also invites you to meet artist Dean Bowlby who has painted scenes throughout Europe, as well as in Colorado. Two local veterinarians talk about how they help clients make end-of-life decisions about their pets. History 101 will review the many movies that have been shot here in the Roaring Fork Valley, and you will also get a preview of the many free concerts being offered here this month.

This valley is filled with compassionate and cosmopolitan people. I hope that you’ll enjoy meeting them as much as I have.

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Departments 8

Good Times

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Around Town

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Artist’s Palette

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History 101

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Local Limelight

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Animal Tracks

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Lifestyle Calendar

42 Parting Thoughts

14 Movies Starring the Roaring Fork Valley

More than one desperado has been "shot on location�.

26 Saying Goodbye to a Companion Animal

Alpine vets practice compassion for pets and owners.

28 Locals Saving Lives in Kenya

Emergency medicine is a family affair for the Salmens.

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Benefit for Nepal Earthquake Victims

Local residents donated nearly $39,000 to Nepalese earthquake relief efforts. True Nature Healing Arts, Sustainable Settings, the Missing Link Band, KDNK, Gould Construction and others pulled a gala fundraiser together within days of the quake.

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Nearly 100 players took to the links for the Roaring Fork Charity Classic golf tournament, held in May at the Roaring Fork Club. The event raised $45,000 for the Basalt Education Foundation. PHOTOS BY ALEX IRVIN PHOTOGRAPHY.

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Around Town PUBLIC ART APPEARS IN GLENWOOD SPRINGS The 2 Rivers Art Project (2RAP), which is now eight years young, is beautifying downtown Glenwood Springs with outdoor art.

Early this summer, 2RAP installed five new pieces of public art, all created by Colorado artists. It also relocated six previously installed pieces to accommodate the Grand Avenue bridge project. Thanks to 2RAP, 18 pieces of public art are now displayed in front of Glenwood’s Center for the Arts, along 7th, 8th and 9th Streets, at the Glenwood Springs Library and in other landmark spots.

All of the public art is for sale, and the city has set aside $10,000 to purchase art for permanent installations. After the artists who created the five new pieces have displayed them for a year, they may choose to display them for a second year or to donate them to the city. The Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts has been working on a walking map that shows all the art installations; it should be completed in July or August.

More than ever, Roaring Fork Conservancy is focused on protecting the essential: our local rivers and streams. The Conservancy’s territory is vast; it’s a watershed that encompasses an area the size of Rhode Island (1,451 square miles) and reaches from Aspen to Glenwood and Marble to Meredith. The River Rendezvous will raise much-needed funds for programs that support watershed conservation, research, land conservation, water monitoring and education. The Conservancy invites your support and invites you to learn more at RoaringFork.org.

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ROARING FORK CONSERVANCY EVENT PROTECTS RIVERS Roaring Fork Conservancy’s National Council is celebrating its 16th Annual River Rendezvous on July 15. The sold-out, by-invitation-only event will again be held on the banks of the Fryingpan River at the Dallenbach Ranch. Several hundred participants will enjoy a Colorado country dinner, dance music, auctions and the camaraderie of those who care about our rivers.

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Hattie Thompson's heyday more than 100 years ago. Get your old-time get-up on and don't miss this delightful journey into Carbondale's not-so-distant past. The evening supports the Historical Society’s efforts to share local history and bring to life the stories of the families, ranchers, merchants and miners who built our Roaring Fork and Crystal Valley communities. Tickets can be purchased at the Pour House, online at the MtSoprisHistoricalSociety.org or by calling Executive Director Beth White at 781.632.3326.

Costumed guests at the Mt. Sopris Historical Society's 2014 Shindig

AUGUST SHINDIG TO SUPPORT SOPRIS HISTORICAL SOCIETY The second annual Mount Sopris Historical Society Shindig will be held August 9th from 5 to 8 p.m. at the River Valley Ranch (RVR) Barn. The RVR Barn will be furnished with historic agricultural and ranching artifacts from the Hattie Thompson and Thompson House Museum collection, plus archival photos of historic Carbondale. Hattie Thompson herself will be there — in spirit. This historic matriarch, as interpreted by a local living-history actress, will be milling amongst the period-costumed guests as they enjoy homemade barbecue and music provided by local talent. The second annual Hattie Thompson Award will be given to a woman who is chosen because she exemplifies Hattie’s pioneering spirit and has enriched the community.

The Shindig will be an event of the sort area residents would have enjoyed during

On July 25th, nearly 100 vintage cars, motorcycles and even snowmobiles will be exhibited in the Grand River Classic Car Show.

This year marks the show’s 12th anniversary, and judges will give separate awards for vintage snowmobiles and motorcycles, in addition to awards given to cars that come from all over Colorado. “Spectators are free so we encourage all people to come out and enjoy seeing vehicles they do not normally see on the road,” says Ron Madsen, one the founders of the Valley Cruisers Classic Car Club, which sponsors the show along with Charcoal Burger of Glenwood Springs.

The show kicks off on Friday night, July 24th, with a barbeque, food and music at Charcoal Burger in Glenwood Springs. The show will be held at the Glenwood Springs High School for the second year running.

“It’s a great location and keeps the show off the streets,” comments Madsen. We have had great support from the high school. The Glenwood Springs athletic department will sell breakfast items on day of the show, as

Grand River Classic 2014 Judges' Choice, a 1932 Ford

well as snow cones and other snacks during the day. Also, we cannot thank Bart Victor, the owner of the Charcoal Burger, enough. He provides all of the barbecue food for free and he’s a major part of the car show as well.”

For more information, see ValleyCruisers.org or GrandRiverClassic.com.

GOLFERS RAISE FUNDS FOR BASALT PUBLIC SCHOOLS The Roaring Fork Charity Classic golf tournament, held at the Roaring Fork Club, raised $45,000 for Basalt Education Foundation (BEF). Nearly 100 players took to the links and joined in some entertaining contests, such as a putting competition, a "Happy Gilmore" hit-the-golf-ball-with-a-hockey-stick contest and a driving competition, where the target was a raft in the middle of a pond. (Photos in Good Times on page 9.)

While plenty of laughs and great golfing highlighted the day, the player contributions and community sponsor support added up to some series support for Basalt public schools via the nonprofit Basalt Education Foundation. Over the past 11 years, BEF has contributed more than $400,000 to the Basalt schools to support outdoor education, technology, literacy, hands-on science, art, music, and many other relevant and enriching programs for students. To learn more about BEF, visit BasaltEdu.org.

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Artist’s Palette

Dean Bowlby A MOMENT THAT SPARKS A BIT OF MAGIC ARTICLE BRIDGET GREY | PHOTOGRAPHY PROVIDED

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oaring Fork Lifestyle recently interviewed Glenwood Springs artist Dean Bowlby, whose paintings are exhibited all over the world.

DESCRIBE YOUR ART:

I don't know if I can, but I can tell you what I look for: Simple beauty. A moment that sparks a bit of magic. That can range from a massive vista to a flower or a dog napping at my feet. The world is filled at times with horrible cruelty, injustices, and I have painted some of these, but I try not to dwell there.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE MEDIUM?

Never actually been to a medium, and I'd never refer to them as a “what,” just in case.

YOU ATTENDED REGIS UNIVERSITY IN DENVER AND HAD OTHER ARTISTIC TRAINING, TOO. TELL US ABOUT THAT.

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College wasn't art to me. Artistically, better advice was to be found at Leo Langley's barbershop, and for the price of a haircut! I was fortunate in befriending a talented artist named Daniel who had just returned from studying art in Europe. He gave me the training in classical thought I had been looking for, though it had been largely ignored by modernism. He instilled the idea that you don't have to run away to learn. It’s all in front of you if you prepare yourself to actually see.

AH, BUT YOU DID GO AWAY! YOU HAVE PAINTED MANY EUROPEAN STREET SCENES. HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT?

Plane tickets! If you’re fortunate enough to be able to travel, it is a shame not to avail yourself of the voyage. Sometimes expanding your physical horizons does the same for your perspectives.

DIDN'T YOU GET SOME EARLY SUPPORT FROM THE GLENWOOD SPRINGS ART GUILD?

A founding member, Dan LeVan, a local art teacher, encouraged me to enter the annual scholarship. My rejection was good training for what inevitably comes with pursuing art as a career! Actually, the Art Guild has been a great resource for quite a few of us local kids. Usually, the Guild was one of our first experiences with showing work in public.

They were a wonderful group of supportive individuals. They still are.

WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE COLORADO SUBJECTS?

Outside my window is a great place to start, and what choices after that! This isn't a place short on beauty or choice.

WHEN AND WHERE DO YOU PAINT PLEIN AIR?

Rainy Day along the Champs-Elysees

Only when I'm outside, of course! To paint with intent, with careful observation and passion, what else is needed? To be outside or directly in front of the subject just makes it easier, more direct, and usually much more fun. It also sounds better in French.

WHERE CAN PEOPLE VIEW YOUR ART?

Hopefully on walls! There was a time when, before a move, I purged my studio of a lot of drawings. A neighbor later told me that they were scrounged by local kids. They may have papered a tree house…

Locally, I show my works with Main Street Gallery in Carbondale and Aspen Grove Fine Arts in Aspen.

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History 101

Shot on Location ARTICLE CAITLIN CAUSEY | PHOTOGRAPHY PROVIDED

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t seems that the Roaring Fork Valley has always been ready for its closeup.

Like cinematic outlaws of long ago, films have been "shot" on location here for decades. With dramatic peaks, sparkling rivers, picturesque valleys and an iconic Rocky Mountain landscape, it’s no surprise that Hollywood came knocking soon after this area was settled. Over a century later, films are still being shot locally and sparking the imaginations of moviegoers worldwide.

It all started with a few classic, silent Westerns. The first production to feature our corner of Colorado was a silent film called The Runaway Stagecoach in 1902, just a few years after Glenwood Springs was incorporated. Later, in 1926, the original gun-slinging, trick-roping cowboy superstar Tom Mix brought a trainload of workers, horses and equipment to film The Great K&A Train Robbery in Glenwood Canyon. Mix performed his own stunts; he even obtained a permit to shoot a scene riding his horse Tony over Shoshone Dam. Locals were captivated, if skeptical, of Mix and his colorful gang Saloon in Ashcroft, above Aspen, the location for the TV show Sargent Preston of the Yukon, 1955-58.

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of actors and crew members. “People here were unfamiliar with Hollywood at that time,” says Cindy Hines, director of the Frontier Historical Society. “They weren’t sure what to make of Tom Mix.” Mix and his crew organized community events to appease residents who had offered up their town for three weeks of filming. People turned up by the thousands to attend a rodeo sponsored by the production team and a live vaudeville-style song-and-dance show featuring the film’s cast. Today, history buffs can check out clips of the movie at the Frontier Historical Society’s museum in Glenwood and surely point out familiar views of the Canyon.

Other films quietly shot on location, or at least partially shot here in the Roaring Fork Valley, over the next several decades, included Red Stallion in the Rockies (1949), Vanishing Point (1971), A Change of Seasons (1980) and Messenger of Death (1988).

It wasn’t until Flashback in the 1990s that the Valley again saw Hollywood crews descend upon the area as fully as they had in 1926. During four weeks of filming, residents saw an indoor movie set pop up in West Glenwood and a fictitious hippie commune constructed for scenes shot on Cattle Creek Road. Some locals even took up roles as extras and star-sightings around town seemed commonplace for a time. Cindy Hines reported that she had a brush with fame at City Market one afternoon: “I saw this man wearing the funniest plaid pants,” she recalls. “But when I looked closer I said, ‘that’s Dennis Hopper!’”

The 1990s and early 2000s brought more filming to Glenwood Springs, Carbondale and Aspen, with such projects as Aspen Extreme (1993), Tall Tale (1995) and Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) featuring scenes of various familiar spots.

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his valley is unique in offering free music in each community, especially in the summer months. Music has been known to change a person's mood, affect memory, creativity and even how we learn. It is thought to link all of the emotional, spiritual, and physical elements of the universe -- which probably makes the Roaring Fork Valley the center of the universe. Because whatever your music preference is, you are sure to find it right here and in our Lifestyle calendar: funk, jazz, bluegrass, rock, blues, classical, Cajun, country and alternative.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS:

First, we have Summer of Music in Glenwood Springs with a six-concert series running Wednesday evenings from June 24 to July 29. As Christina Brusig, executive director of Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts, says, “This is the second largest community event offered in Glenwood Springs. 2015 marks 30 years of quality, community music at Two Rivers Park. Local opening acts and delicious festival vendors coupled with nationally recognized headlining acts make the Summer of Music something to enjoy and support!”

Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park proudly presents the seventh season of its popular Music on the Mountain concert series through September 26. In addition to summer evenings filled with music, concert-goers will drink specials and a free tram ride up and down the mountain in exchange for a canned food donation, which will benefit the LIFT-UP food pantry.

Photo Courtesy of Glenwood Center for the Arts REDSTONE:

The Redstone Community Association puts on Saturday evening summer concerts through August 29 at Redstone Park (except July 4, August 8 and August 22). Go early to enjoy the beauty, culture, magical village and history of Redstone.

BASALT:

The Basalt Chamber of Commerce, with sponsorship from local merchants, hosts an eight-week live music concert series on Wednesday nights. The series alternates between Lions Park, Downtown Basalt, and Triangle Park, Willits Town Center.

CARBONDALE:

SNOWMASS VILLAGE:

Sopris Park Concerts - Free concerts in the park return this year on the second Sunday of the month from 4 to 7 p.m. through August 9, thanks to collaboration between the Town of Carbondale and Steve’s Guitars. Let Them Roar will play on July 12 and Valle Musico enlivens the evening of August 19.

Steve’s Guitars – Live music every Friday night. Since opening in 1993, Steve’s intimate, music-listening room has hosted over 500 shows and presented hundreds of talented musicians coming from all over the states and foreign lands. Bring in your own beverage of choice and enjoy it in a non-smoking, house-concert type setting. (Some free concerts, some paid. Check the website at StevesGuitars.net for details.)

Snowmass Village Concerts run through August 13. Snowmass Village and Jazz Aspen Snowmass have joined together since 1994 to give you a summer filled with free music. Concerts are held at the end of the Snowmass Village Mall on Snowmass Mountain. Bring a blanket or lawn chair to sit in. Food is allowed in the fenced-in area.

ASPEN:

Belly Up Aspen hosts over 300 live concerts a year and features musical talents such as: Widespread Panic, John Prine, Ben Harper, Pitbull, SEAL, ZZ Top, Chris Isaak and many, many more. Details at BellyUpAspen.com. (This is typically a paid venue, but it's worthy of a mention.)

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Symphony of the Valley – Since the birth of Symphony in the Valley in 1993, musicians from all walks of life have come from Garfield, Eagle, Pitkin, and Mesa to share their love of live classical music. The orchestra typically performs twin concerts in Glenwood Springs and in Rifle, Colorado. They will be performing an Independence Day concert in July.

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• Silver Spoon Saloon, New Castle • Rivers Restaurant, Glenwood Springs • Carbondale Beer Works, Carbondale • The Black Nugget, Carbondale Don’t forget all the summer community festivals that bring the flair of local, state and national bands and performers right here to you back door. Not every venue or concert is listed in this article; please the Lifestyle calendar on page 36 and your local community, chamber and event websites for more details.

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A Sisterhood of the Karoo and the Western Slope ARTICLE AND PHOTOGRAPHY JEFFREY BARBEE

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work in the Karoo Desert, a semi-desert area that spans South Africa and Botswana, but I grew up on Colorado’s Western Slope, where residents have faced the oil and gas industry drilling for the last 25 years.

When gas drilling was proposed near my home in South Africa, I began to hear many of the same arguments that had been used on my Colorado community 20 years ago.

Colorado now has some of the highest rates of birth defects in the USA and researchers believe that gas development is responsible.

Western Colorado has witnessed the collapse of many farming communities, social breakdown and falling land and housing prices.

Seeing the same signs crop up here, producer Mira Dutschke and I felt the need to share this knowledge with people around the world who are facing these same sorts of gas developments.

Some of the money for our documentary, The High Cost of Cheap Gas, came from the Open Society Initiative and Alliance Earth, an environmental and scientific reporting nonprofit based in Basalt.

We also raised funds on social media, and we contributed our own funds in the hope that seeing the experience of a similar community in the USA will empower people in South Africa and throughout the world to make better decisions.

Sheep ranching in the Karoo

While researching and making the film, which took us to four countries over two years, we came to the conclusion that no one really understands the consequences of fracking. The late Dr. Gerrit Van Tonder, from the University of Free State in South Africa, told me that his research prompted him to believe that all of the drill stems will eventually leak gas and chemicals within 50 to 100 years.

It is clear that we don’t understand the way groundwater works in the Karoo, or even in Colorado, where we have been drilling for decades.

Who will take responsibility for our grandchildren’s water if not us?

Although Botswana has been lauded as one of Africa’s most transparent and stable democracies, it has been accused of sacrificing the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, the CKGR, one of the world's most precious wildlife reserves, to commercial fracking, while ignoring the concerns of environmentalists and of communities who could lose access to scarce water. Outside the public eye, Botswana has been granting lucrative licenses to international companies to carry out fracking in three world renowned parks: Chobe, Kgalagadi and the CKGR. The CKGR Game Reserve, which covers 52,800 square kilometers, includes ancestral lands belonging to the Kalahari Bushmen who are called the “San.” For years, the San have been conducting a court battle to be allowed to return to their lands. They succeeded in CONTINUED >

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A farmer in the Karoo near Graff Reinet

court, but Mira Dutschke, a human rights lawyer and the film’s producer, says that the fracking licenses may prevent the San people from benefiting from this success.

Had South Africans not stood up and fought for the Karoo for the last five years, large-scale fracking would probably already be underway there. South Africa’s people are proud. They value community, water and farming as an honor and a right to pass on to further generations. In May 2015, the government said exploration drilling would go ahead, so the battle is still raging here.

South Africa is fortunate in having a long history of conservation.

People from all walks of life believe that environmental protections are very important, not just for the sake of health, but because they love their Karoo. They love bird watching, hiking, and the clean air and great water that the region enjoys.

The San, and the other people of the Karoo and the Kalahari, made a profound impact on us while we were filming. They have shown us what it means to find joy and success in daily survival. The people of this desert region taught me to judge others on their strengths, their abilities and their character. Though poor, these people are powerful in spirit. The fact that together they have successfully stood up to the biggest industrial lobby in the world for five years only reinforces that belief.

The San had no idea that their land had been earmarked for drilling until, during the filming of our documentary, we showed them a government map illustrating how half of the reserve had been allocated to multinational oil companies.

San rights advocate Keikabile Mogodu said, "We are in the dark. If fracking is done in the areas where people are, consultations should be done. The companies should talk to the people, but nothing has been done. We are trying to follow it up with the ministry because fracking is dangerous and is going to destroy the balance of the ecosystem – it should be a debate in the media."

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about this industry. Since we released parts of the film to the national media, we have had huge interest. We are always looking for supporters to help us get the word out, plan screenings or contribute in some way. This is a team effort and we welcome everyone’s help. You can support us through a tax-deductible donation to our Basalt-based nonprofit Alliance Earth.

We want everyone facing this unsustainable extractive industry to work together to make collective decisions that make us all healthier and happier. We now live in a global village. Africans are not facing the gas and oil industry alone; we all share this earth. We stand together.

"The High Cost of Cheap Gas" has recently been named a winner in the prestigious 2015 Envirofest film festival in Europe.

Jeffrey Barbee

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ecently, Roaring Fork Lifestyle sat down with Dr. Louise Marron and Dr. Chuck Maker of Alpine Animal Hospital to talk about how these two experienced veterinarians help clients make end-oflife decisions about companion animals.

LIFESTYLE: LOSING A PET IS ALMOST AS HARD AS LOSING A HUMAN FAMILY MEMBER, BUT THE BEREAVED DON’T GET AS MUCH SOCIAL SUPPORT. HOW DO YOU COMFORT THOSE WHO HAVE LOST COMPANION ANIMALS?

DR. MAKER: We have had a licensed therapist come in to train us.

There are professionals who do this for a living, and our profession overlaps theirs in dealing with grief. If a cat or a horse gets put down, it's probably done by someone they have known a long time, and we want the relationship to feel supportive and caring.

DR. MARRON: We try to attune to the family or individual, so there are some variables. We make a clay paw imprint for the person to keep.

We send a card, and then follow up in a day or two with a phone call.

LIFESTYLE: THE PSYCHOLOGIST ELISABETH KUBLER-ROSS BEGAN HER WORK ON DEATH AND MOURNING BECAUSE, AS AN ADULT, SHE WAS STILL TRYING TO GET OVER THE TRAUMATIC LOSS OF PET RABBITS SHE HAD AS A CHILD. HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN ALL THIS TO A CHILD? DR. MAKER: That’s different for different families, so, I defer to the parent. Having lost a lot of our own dogs and cats, I find that I have ways to

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help the parents. My kids went on for weeks when we lost our cat Fat Boy. We got the All Dogs Go to Heaven and the All Cats Go to Heaven books.

I have clients who have kids who ride older horses. You can easily put yourself into their shoes, and that tells you what people need. I try to be how I would like someone to be with my kids and me.

DR. MARRON: Mostly parents leave their kids at home when a pet is going to be put down. When kids do come, it’s usually because their parents want them to get a better grasp of what is happening. I explain that the pet is in pain, that we can make it go away and that she’s going to feel better.

DR. MAKER: When owners are older and the animal is old, emotions can bubble to surface and complicate the situation. Those are the most difficult cases. And when kitties and dogs come in after a traumatic accident with a vehicle, or when it’s colic in horse, people have great difficulty. They leave the clinic having lost an animal, and the grief process hasn’t even started yet.

DR. MARRON: I think what Dr. Maker is saying about lack of preparation is true. People want to feel that they did everything they could.

After years of veterinary experience, you learn that, in some cases, you could go to great effort, which involves great expense, and you wouldn’t change the outcome. I can help guide people through that, but when it’s sudden, there’s no time to prepare. Clients look to us to reassure them that there wasn’t something else they needed to do.

LIFESTYLE: DECIDING TO PUT DOWN A SUFFERING ANIMAL IS ESPE-

LIFESTYLE: I HAVE A LUMP IN MY THROAT BECAUSE I’M RELIVING

CIALLY HEART-WRENCHING. HOW DO YOU HELP YOUR CLIENTS MAKE

THE LOSS OF MY 18-YEAR-OLD CAT.

THIS DECISION AND LIVE WITH IT AFTER THE FACT?

DR. MAKER: Compassion fatigue is a frequent problem in veterinary medicine. I never met a vet who chose the profession for any reason other than they love animals, and we see so many animals!

But the losses make me remember my dog Chelsea and our cat, Fat Boy. The good thing is that you can put yourself into the owner’s shoes and know what’s needed.

DR. MARRON: The living with it after the fact is the part that lasts the

longest. I want to make sure that it’s really the client’s decision, and there are some tools I can use to assist them to make the decision.

There is a 12-item quality of life scale; it involves rating things like mobility, pain and appetite. It helps to objectify the decision.

We give clients the scale on regular basis and watch until the rating makes it clear that the animal’s quality of life is poor.

DR. MAKER: With horses it's more obvious. The pain is evident. It’s a 1,000-pound animal and it can’t walk, and the owner can’t help it walk. We use that same scale, and it does make the decision more black-and-white.

Horses once seemed old at 25, but now we see some that look fabulous at 30.

LIFESTYLE: WHY THE CHANGE? DR. MAKER: Veterinarians now have a much better understanding of old horse diseases. We understand colic. We’re better at managing laminitis, or “founder,” and a common metabolic disease called Cushing’s disease. If a horse lives to be 30, we will have discussed at least one of those things with the owner.

Also we give horses better nutrition and dental care. Horses are herbivores, and their teeth wear out. In this practice, we have some horses that are living with no teeth.

We provide care from womb to tomb. We take care of the mare when she’s pregnant. The horse in the next stall is in his mid-30s, and we have to prepare his owners. I think it’s most difficult for old ranchers – a man who has ridden in the mountains for decades, and it’s a 32-year-old horse. He has worked with animals his whole life, and that animal is like kin.

LIFESTYLE: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU MUST PUT DOWN AN ANIMAL? DR. MARRON: We try to be attuned to the family or individual so

there are some variables. We have a couple designated spaces designed to put people at ease. There’s one indoors and one outdoors.

Pets usually prefer to be outside.

Most animals get anxious just visiting the vet, so we give them a sedative. When client sees the animal sleepy and calm, they feel better.

We give our clients as much time as they need. They need time to say goodbye, so we wait for them to tell us they are ready. The final injection is quick and painless. Then we give our clients as much time as they need again. It’s important for us to respect their privacy and emotional process.

DR. MAKER: The dignity of animal hovers over the entire process.

We feel the animal is due that, and it is never a rushed process.

DR. MARRON: Some clients want to make a paw print while the animal is still with them. Sometimes we make it later, after the animal has passed on. We find that the physical memory of the animal brings some comfort.

LIFESTYLE: THOSE KEEPSAKES ARE IMPORTANT. OUR COMPANION ANIMALS LEAVE PAW PRINTS ON OUR HEART, AND THOSE ARE PERMANENT.

Louise Marron, DVM, and Chuck Maker, DVM, are two of the five veterinarians affiliated with Alpine Animal Hospital, which has been providing comprehensive medical, surgical and dental care to the Roaring Fork Valley for over 40 years.

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Saving Lives Half a World Away In Kenya

Local Physicians and Donors Empower Organic Health Response ARTICLE PAUL SALMEN, M.D. | PHOTOGRAPHY MARCUS SALMEN, M.D.

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n a crisp spring morning, anglers wade into the Roaring Fork River. The squawks of blue jays and sparrows overlay a peaceful soundscape until the rumble of an emergency helicopter emerges, shaking the valley walls as it descends to the community hospital.

Four thousand miles away in Kenya, the sights, but not the sounds, are familiar. From the shores of Mfangano Island, Lake Victoria’s blue waters spread southwest, bordered on one edge by distant, misty mainland mountains and on the other by a far-off Tanzanian horizon. Men and boys in brightly-painted fishing boats paddle out in search of a day’s catch. Behind them, Mfangano Island’s hillsides rise abruptly from rocky shores where maize patches, tin-roofed homes and towering trees create a tapestry of countryside colors.

But no helicopter will be breaking the morning silence here. For as much as these two communities, the Roaring Fork Valley and Mfangano Island, share in water and mountain landscape, they diverge in emergency health response.

The 26,000 people of Mfangano Island (pronounced Mmfan-gahn-o) live in beach-side fishing communities. They lack consistent electricity, a reliable road or a “9-1-1” number. Their island is home to the world’s deadliest snake, the Black Mamba, and to parasites with extraterrestrial names like Plasmodium Falciparum and Schistomsoma Hematobium.

It’s a place where rocky dirt roads rival any single track on the Western Slope and where the prevalence of HIV/AIDS is estimated at over 30 percent! It’s a place where 9-1-1 sure would be a good number to have.

A chance encounter at a bus stop led Glenwood Springs High School graduate Chas Salmen to complete his research for an Oxford masters degree in Medical Anthropology on Mfangano Island. That, in turn, laid the groundwork for an extraordinary partnership that has brought dramatic changes to emergency health services on Mfangano Island.

Thanks to loads of goodwill and support from Roaring Fork Valley residents and businesses, a partnership called Organic Health Response (OHR) was formed here,

Thanks to loads of goodwill and support from Roaring Fork Valley residents and businesses, a partnership called Organic Health Response (OHR) was formed.

and over the past seven years, OHR and a community center known as the “Ekialo Kiona Center” have grown to include more than 3,500 members. They have supported many community-led initiatives that address local environmental, social, economic and medical challenges. OHR’s initial project was to build a solar-powered community center that provides free HIV testing and counseling, as well as free WiFi Internet access.

One of OHR’s latest projects is the new Ekialo Kiona (EK) Emergency Boat. Built from planks of “blue gum” wood bent into shape with wood-fired steam, the boat was fashioned in the traditional Suba style, using glue and thin metal strips but without power tools. While the bright colors of the Emergency Boat symbolize a local-global partnership, the boat is far more than a symbol, having served dozens of sick and injured patients.

One recent morning, Emergency Boat Captain Walter Opiyo was awakened by his cell phone. Frantic, the nurse at Mfangano Island’s only health facility made an urgent request: “Bring the emergency boat as quick as you can!”

Within minutes, Opiyo was lugging the 40 horse-power motor to the boat by wheelbarrow and pushing the boat towards an unknown trauma at Sena Beach. Behind the scenes, Peres Okinyi, a “health coordinator,” dispatched Lucy Kwala, an Ekialo Kiona “health navigator,” who rushed to meet the patient at the clinic.

As a health team assisted a stoic 72 year-old woman – we will call her “Elizabeth” – over the rocks, through waist-deep water and to the blue emergency boat, the details and urgency of her trauma began to emerge. Recently widowed, Elizabeth was tending maize when a neighbor atCONTINUED >

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tacked her with a machete. It was a boundary dispute – a shocking and rare act of violence among the peaceful Lake Victoria villages.

Using her left arm to protect her face, Elizabeth suffered a deep laceration that severed muscle, tendons and blood vessels in her forearm. As the blood soaked through an emergency cardboard splint and gauze wrap, Opiyo and Kwala realized that Elizabeth needed more care than the meager island clinic could provide.

Calling ahead with one hand and holding a bag of IV saline with the other, Lucy Kwala arranged for Elizabeth’s care at the Mbita District Hospital, 90 minutes away on the mainland. There, a physician took an X-ray and diagnosed Elizabeth with an open fracture of the radius and ulna with vascular injury, and the urgent need for a surgical washout.

In pain but safe, Elizabeth had reached life-saving care.

Three days, one operation, and several grams of antibiotics later, Elizabeth returned to her humble Mfangano Island home. She had been a victim of violence, but also the beneficiary of a coordinated emergency care effort known as “Health Navigation.”

An innovative approach for rural, under-resourced populations, it’s the latest program initiated by Organic Health Response.

Across Lake Victoria, maternal and child health is a major challenge, and one where local residents also benefit from Health Navigation.

OHR has found that simply bringing pregnant

women to a skilled birth attendant during delivery can prevent maternal-child transmission of HIV and address obstetric emergencies.

EK Emergency Boat Captain Walter Opiyo wrote about a recent delivery involving a 15 year-old girl: “Guys, we had a case from Ugina Health Center, Mfangano South, where the nurse called on Wednesday around noon with a delivery case complication. The mother gave birth safely at 11 a.m., but unfortunately the newborn baby died. Thereafter, the placenta was stuck inside, never came out at all!

The family arrived with the patient at around 6 p.m. while bleeding and very weak. The ward nurse tried to remove the placenta until the next day, but the placenta came out just in parts.

The medical office called me to activate the E-boat for transfer to Mbita District Hospital to remove the placenta because the mother bleeded too much and needed a blood transfusion. The weather was rough with big waves, but under careful drive and control I made it safely…the patient was feeling more pain and restless, still bleeding too.

Since Dr. Chas Salmen co-founded Organic Health Response in 2008, it has become both a family and a community concern.

Chas and his brother Dr. Marco O. Salmen have served as an OHR volunteers and a health advisors since 2009. Their father, Paul Salmen, MD, has been a medical advisor since OHR’s start.

The first donation to Organic Health Response came from the Durrett family over a plate of linguini at the Italian Underground in Glenwood Springs. In February 2014, local apparel shop Treadz of Glenwood Springs hosted a valley-wide effort to support OHR and raised $8,5000 for OHR’s new Ekialo Kiona Emergency Boat.

OHR has received key contributions from Glenwood Springs High School students, the Roaring Fork Women’s Triathlon team and the Sunset Rotary, which purchased the boat’s new engine. Donations from Glenwood Springs teacher Guy Brickell’s 8th grade class made it possible to fix up the donated boat.

The Shugart family supported the 2014 Health Navigator training at which Lucy Kwala and ten others were trained to be-

Finally, at the hospital, she was given out some medications and a blood transfusion… and the placenta come out safely. Bravo! She was discharged yesterday and is back home, recovered well and strong (can walk and eat).

The family, plus the staffs in Homa Bay County Hospital, Sena Health Center and Ugina Health Center are very happy with the Health Navigation Team at EK Center for the good work performed on care coordinations to this mother on protocol and logistics to save her life.”

On Mfangano Island, the low-cost, lowtech innovation of Health Navigation reduces unnecessary delays in decision-making, transportation and receiving necessary services, and that can have a dramatic impact for hundreds of expectant mothers.

From birth and child health crises to adult accidents, Health Navigation is having a major impact on emergency care on Mfangano Island. And the support of Roaring Fork Valley residents show what an impact our local villages can have on villagers half a world away.

come the first “Health Navigation” team at the Ekialo Kiona Center.

They learned basic first aid and triage and were organized into a local network within their home villages.

Health Navigators now serve as combined emergency first-responders, care coordinators and patient advocates for villagers suffering trauma, severe malaria, and frequently, complicated childbirth.

These individuals, clubs and families are just a few of the many locals who have seen their small gifts become major investments in the health of a community quite like ours, but halfway across the world.

Organic Health Response’s next Health Navigator goal is to raise funds to purchase an emergency “piki-piki,” a motorized dirt bike (think Yamaha 250). The bike will transport injured children, workers and women who are in labor from mountainside villages to the lakeshore health center. To support this effort or learn more, email msalmen@organichealthresponse.org or visit OrganicHealthResponse.org.

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Animal Tracks

Gardening to Resist Deer and Elk ARTICLE LYNN DWYER

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ule deer and elk have lived in the Roaring Fork Valley for hundreds of years, and as human populations rise, they are forced to live in close proximity to people. Many of us enjoy seeing these beautiful animals bedded down in our back yards, but they can inflict considerable damage on plants and gardens.

To survive, deer and elk must find enough to eat. During winter, they browse on shrubs and trees. Deer eat more than 300 different types of plants, and if they’re hungry enough, there is little they will not eat. We have all seen spruce and pine trees damaged by their browsing. Deer winter at lower elevations, and we who live nearby have only one option for protecting our woodies – fencing. Fences must be at least six feet tall to keep deer out. When young, deciduous trees must be protected with wire or plastic fencing around the trunk to prevent girdling; if bark is stripped entirely from around a tree's trunk, it will die. (Once the tree ages enough for the bark to become corkly, fencing is no longer necessary.)

When temperatures warm, deer and elk shift their diets to grasses and flowering plants and we often see damage to flower gardens.

Several products seem to keep deer off their less-favored plants: Liquid Fence, Bobbex and Deer Off are examples. Weekly spraying of these repellants seems to be needed in areas with high deer pressure, and they may not be enough to keep deer away from their favorite flowers.

Deer and elk do prefer certain plants and avoid others. The plants listed at right are either not eaten or can tolerate browsing (which means the plants will grow back). Their taste can vary considerably from one site to another; I have observed deer eating Oriental poppies at one residence (which is rare) and leaving columbines to flower. In most instances, columbines are eaten in bud stage. As natives, columbines tolerate browsing and generally survive.

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ELK SPRINGS Come home to this incredibly warm and inviting custom log home located on over two acres of land. Open the door to a gourmet kitchen including top of the line appliances as well as a dual zone wine chiller. This home has it all! $899,000 MLS#: 137826

BECKY CIANI

970.704.3235 | becky@masonmorse.com

CANYON CREEK Spacious luxury home boasts exquisite finishes, views and location.

Four-bedroom, three and one-half bath, gourmet kitchen. Entertain on the patio or lower level with custom bar, pool table, shuffle board and 80” flat screen. Furniture is negotiable. $798,000 MLS: 134309

ELLEN TORELL 970.704.3218 | ellen@masonmorse.com ERIN BASSETT 970.945.3770 | ebassett@masonmorse.com

WESTBANK MESA Enjoy breathtaking views from this five-bedroom, four-bath residence with a heated four-car garage. Extras include a guest apartment, gourmet kitchen, hardwood floors, established landscaping and wrap around decks. Quality and value are evident throughout. $789,000 MLS#: 138181

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970.920.7398 | christy@masonmorse.com

NEW CASTLE Live and work in this charming Victorian on Main Street. Delightful upgrades that complement the historic era with all the amenities of modern living. Private outdoor living spaces, office, garage and studio in carriage house. $549,000 MLS: 138646

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RECENTLY SOLD PROPERTIES OVER $400,000 NEIGHBORHOOD

ORIGINAL LIST

SOLD PRICE

%SOLD/ ORIGINAL

Elk Run

$625,000

$590,000

94%

329

4

3

$326

Bear Ridge Rd

$759,000

$690,000

91%

440

3

3

$324

River Ranch

$1,895,000

$1,800,000

95%

123

4

2/1

$490

Willits

$599,000

$599,000

100%

267

3

2/1

$296

Willits

$850,000

$750,000

88%

59

3

2/1(3/4)

$304

Cleveland Place

$393,000

$405,000

103%

60

2

2/1

$234

Cleveland Place

$405,000

$410,000

101%

38

2

2/1

$237

Hawk Ridge

$925,000

$900,000

97%

205

3

3/1

$306

County Rd 100

$1,450,000

$1,200,000

83%

253

4

2/2(3/4)

$276

County Rd 112

$2,700,000

$1,450,000

54%

737

5

4

$459

Panorama Ranch

$556,000

$535,000

96%

127

3

2

$259

River Valley Ranch

$669,000

$650,000

97%

232

5

4/1

$206

River Valley Ranch

$745,000

$745,000

100%

155

4

4/1

$220

River Valley Ranch

$529,900

$519,000

98%

67

3

3/1

$303

River Valley Ranch

$1,150,000

$1,150,000

100%

35

5

4/1

$341

Ranch at RF

$620,000

$600,000

97%

219

2

2/1

$272

RF Village

$525,000

$490,000

93%

261

2

2

$328

County Rd 127

$549,000

$495,000

90%

325

2

2

$243

Oak Meadows Ranch

$510,000

$510,000

100%

38

3

2

$239

Parkwest

$449,000

$425,000

95%

197

5

2/1(3/4)

$137

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SOLD PRICE/ SQ. FT

CARBONDALE

GLENWOOD SPRINGS

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July

JULY 6

JULY 1 - 29

CARBONDALE

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Free Wednesday night concerts at Two Rivers Park. July 1 - Under a Blood-Red Sky. July 8 - Humming House. July 15 - Otis Taylor. July 22- Lionel Young Band. July 29 - Groove Trotters.

See GlenwoodArts.org for details.

MOVE MATINEE & LUNCH - MONDAYS

A family film is offered every Monday at noon during the summer.

Free lunch is provided for anyone 18 and under.

JULY 6 AFRICAN DANCE CLASS CARBONDALE

Come dance to live drumming! All levels welcome. Monday evenings throughout the summer at 6:30 p.m. Cost: $12.

JULY 2 - 30 MUSIC SERIES ON THURSDAYS BASALT

Free concerts from different bands every Thursday. July 2 - Dr. Robert Tribute band. July 7 – Already Gone. July 16 – Derringer.

July 23 – Smokin’ Joe. July 30 - Fifty50. Check website for locations: BasaltChamber.org.

JULY 2 - 30 WILD WEST RODEO ON THURSDAYS CARBONDALE

Gates open at the Gus Darien arena at 5:30 p.m. every Thursday evening in July. Slack is at 6 and performance start at 7:30 p.m. $10.

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JULY 4 PARADE, DUCKY DERBY & PIE SALE REDSTONE

Enjoy an old-fashioned 4th of July. Pie sale starts at 10 am at Museum in the Park; parade at noon (see it twice as it goes up and down Main Street); water games at 1 p.m. and the annual Ducky Derby at 2:30 p.m.

Details at RedstoneColorado.com.

JULY 7 - 28 LADIES GOLF NIGHTS -TUESDAYS IRONBRIDGE

Every Tuesday at 5 p.m. Come golf, socialize with friends and enjoying a glass of wine, salad, and cup of soup after playing for just $12 at the Ironbridge Grill.

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JULY 11

with 8 a.m. breakfast at Glenwood High School. Details at GrandRiverClassic.com.

CRUISE-A-THONG GLENWOOD SPRINGS

A triathlon designed for the not-so-hardcore athlete in all of us. Includes a cruiser bike ride, a walk in flip-flops and a tube float on the river. Starts at approximately 11 a.m. at Veltus Park in Glenwood Springs. Visit CruiseAThong.com for details.

JULY 23 ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL RECITAL BASALT LIBRARY

Aspen Music Festival student recital; program to be announced. Free and open to the public. Doors open 20 minutes before concerts, which start at 5:15 p.m.

JULY 24 & 25

JULY 24 - 26 MOUNTAIN FAIR CARBONDALE

More than 145 arts and crafts and food vendors bring unique and diverse homemade wares to town. Non-stop live music and performing arts bring not-to be-missed performers on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. The Oasis provides interactive, creative experiences for children and friendly competitions run the gamut from pie baking to wood splitting. The town police wear tie-dye and face-painting is encouraged! Details at CarbondaleArts.com.

JULY 30 ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL RECITAL

CLASSIC CAR SHOW

BASALT LIBRARY

GLENWOOD SPRINGS

Aspen Music Festival student recital; program to be announced. Free and open to the public. Doors open 20 minutes before concerts, which start at 5:15 p.m.

The 12th Annual Grand River Car Classic Car Show features a July 24th BBQ and street dance at Vicco's Charcoalburger in West Glenwood Springs. July 25th show starts

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business directory ANIMALS & ANIMAL CARE All Dogs and Cats Veterinary Hospital (970) 945-6762 alldogcatvet.net High Tails Dog and Cat Outfitters, LLC (970) 947-0014 hightailsco-op.com JBC Agricultural Management (970) 319-8962

ART & PHOTOGRAPHY Sculpture By Dahl (970) 987-0350

AUTOMOTIVE

Audi Glenwood Springs (970) 384-5330 audiglenwoodsprings.com Jim’s Automotive Service (970) 945-6666 jimautomotive.com Mountain Chevrolet (970) 928-9777 mtnchevy.com

DENTISTS & ORTHODONTICS Jack B. Hilty (970) 945-1185 hiltyortho.com

FASHION & ACCESSORIES Treadz (970) 928-0620 treadzshoes.com

FINANCIAL SERVICES & PLANNING Cornerstone Home Lending (970) 945-2011 donaldziegler.com

WJ Bradley Mortgage Capital (970) 456-4821 wjbradley.com

HEALTH & WELLNESS Hot Springs Pool & Spa (970) 945-6571 hotspringspool.com Midland Fitness (970) 945-4440 midland-fitness.com True Nature Healing Arts (970) 963-9900 truenatureheals.com Weight Management of the Rockies (970) 945-2324 wmrockies.hmrdiet.com

HOME BUILDERS & REMODELERS

Gotcha Covered Roaring Fork (970) 945-4010 Gotchacovered.com

Dwyer Greens & Flowers (970) 984-0967 dwyergreens.com

HOME SERVICES Apex Security (970) 945-2152 apexsecurity.com

Mountain Primal Meat Company (970) 927-2580 mountainprimal.com

Tom Roach Hardwood Floors (970) 274-0944 tomroachfloors.com

R.J. Paddywacks (970) 963-1700 rjpaddywacks.com

LEGAL SERVICES

Spring Creek Land & Waterscapes (970) 963-9195 springcreeklandandwaterscapes.com

The Noone Law Firm PC (970) 945-4500

MEDICAL CLINICS & FACILITIES Win Health Institute (970) 279-4099 winhealthinstitute.com

The Fireplace Company (970) 963-3598 thefpco.com

OTHER

The Glass Guru (970) 456-6832 theglassguruofglenwoodsprings.com

Alpine Animal Hospital (970) 963-2371 alpinehospital.com

PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE

Accent On Tops (970) 984-2000 accentsontops.com

Aspen Glen Club (970) 704-1905 aspen-glen.com

Ace Roofing & Sheetmetal (970) 945-5366 aceroof.co

CAPCO Tile & Stone (970) 963-7320 capcotile.com

B & H General Contractors (970) 945-0102 bandhgeneralcontractors.com

Chamberlains Closets & Cupboards (970) 945-1209

Glenwood Vaudeville Revue (970) 945-9699 gvrshow.com

Janckila Construction (970) 927-6714 janckilaconstruction.com

Copy Copy (970) 928-9808 copycopy.biz

River Valley Ranch Golf Club (970) 963-3625 rvrgolf.com

HOME DESIGN & FURNISHINGS

Distinguished Boards and Beams (970) 963-7326 reclaimedbarnwood.com

Murray Dental Group (970) 945-5112 murraydentaldg.com

ENTERTAINMENT & RECREATION

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Down Valley Design Center (970) 625-1589

Coldwell Banker Mason Morse Real Estate (970) 963-3300 masonmorse.com Re/Max Mountain West (970) 963-1940 coloradohomesranches.com

SPECIALTY SHOPS Bethel Party Rentals (970) 947-9700 bethelpartyrentals.com

Framing Expressions (970) 230-9193 framingexpressions.com

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Janckila Construction, Inc. (JCI) was founded by Ken Janckila to build luxury homes, carefully customized for each client. Our clients have unique project goals, such as building a healthy home or protecting the environment by adhering to green building standards. Since 2003, Ken and his staff have been building relationships and building distinctive homes for discerning clients.

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All Dogs and Cats Veterinary Hospital 1607 Grand Avenue Glenwood Springs, CO alldogcatvet.net 970.945.6762

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Parting Thoughts

Blessed Down to Our Bones WORDS NICOLETTE TOUSSAINT

L

ast summer, my six-year-old buddy Sam Stableford spotted a foot-long bone in my garden. “What’s that?” he asked.

“It’s a bone.”

“Where did it come from?”

“From a cow.”

I offered it to him. He fingered it gingerly. “Did the cow die?”

“Yes. My brother’s dog found the bone. The cow wasn’t using it anymore.”

Like me, Georgia O’Keefe collected sun-bleached bones for their beauty. But Sam seems more scientifically inclined. He eagerly asks about the names of plants, how they grow and die, where their seeds hide, why they wilt and how to revive them.

Stroking the bone’s chalky surface and peering into its cavity, Sam asked, “Why is it hollow?”

“It wasn’t hollow when the cow was alive. There was marrow inside.”

“I know about that!” he exclaimed. “The stuff inside bones helps me fight sickness. Bones send your blood to fight germs.”

“That’s right. Your veins carry blood all around your body.” I knelt and rolled back my sleeve. “See these blue lines?” Sam placed his fingers on my pale wrist and pulled it toward him. “Those are my veins. You can probably see mine, but not yours.”

“That’s because you’re old,” Sam observed gravely.

“Well, yes,” I ventured. “I’m a lot older than you. But it’s also because I’m pale, like your sister.”

Sam’s sister Annabelle is a blue-eyed blonde with hair like corn silk. Sam has black lamb’s fleece and ebony eyes as graceful as a gazelle’s. From the first time I saw him, I knew that he was originally African, not African-American.

Sam examined the bone for a moment, then said, “I will be sorry when you die.”

I was taken aback, then quickly reflected that it was good that someone would miss me. My husband Mason is a generation older than I am, and I have no children. “Well, I won’t die for a long time, Sam.” “Will you be around when I finish college?” he asked.

“Yes. I’m 62. Not that old.”

“Will Mason be alive when I finish college?”

“Maybe. Mason is 83, and when you live past 76, the doctors really don’t know how long you will go on. Americans live a long time.”

“Am I an American?” Sam asked.

“Yes.” “What’s an American?”

Hmm. At the time, I didn’t know how my neighbors came to adopt Sam, and I didn’t know why Sam’s mother Megan had encouraged our relationship. So I was thoughtful about what I said.

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Sam once asked me the name of a certain blue flower: a bachelor’s button. Then he asked me what a “bachelor” was. I said, “a man who never married.” When he asked why the man never married, I told him he’d better ask his mom! I lived in San Francisco for many years, I wasn’t sure whether Megan would approve of where that line of questioning might go.

When Sam comes bounding across the street, calling my name, his arms spread wide in a welcoming hug, my heart leaps up. Grace is a blessing that one has done nothing to earn, and that’s what Sam is. I say thanks for my wonderful neighbors and don’t ask prying questions.

I thought for a moment and said, “Where were you born, Sam?” “Ethiopia.”

“You’re lucky. Your forever-family found you and brought you to America, a very different country. If you were still in Ethiopia, you might live only about 40 years.”

“When I was born, I had a very bad cough.”

“You were very sick?”

“Yes. I needed milk and the lady who found me didn’t have any.”

“I don’t think you will ever go hungry again, Sam. You had good doctors to make you well. That’s part of what it means to be an American.”

Sam held up the bone and peered at me through its cavity, across the years that separate us.

“I’m glad that your mom and dad adopted you,” I say. “That way, you could come across the street and adopt me too. We’re both very lucky people.”

Since this essay was written, Masamo Stableford has announced that author Nicolette Toussaint, is his "Carbondale Grandma." Sam's family, Nicolette and the Carbondale community have consented to that decree.

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