October 2018 Mountain Parent Magazine by MOUNTAIN PEARL Magazine

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In this Issue

FEATURES:

The Plastic Life, part One

Plastic straws are now the new no-no, but how easy is it really to rid our homes of this ubiquitous material?

FIRE escape

The skies have cleared from the Lake Christine Fire, but the experience still lives in us and in our children. A therapeutic story might help.

Monkeying Around

World class Alpinist Fabrizio Zangrilli shares his journey from the high peaks to parenting, to opening the Monkey House, a climbing center for kids in Carbondale.

Building a Bridge by Forming a Circle

After his daughter was bullied, this expert on conflict resolution found a Restorative Path to healing – which he brings to schools here and around the country.

FIND A PUMPKIN PATCH

on our October Calendar page.

DEPARTMENTS: M O U N T A I N PA R E N T

Seasonal Snippets Fall color, pumpkin patches, & more 7 Reading List Ballot Season Primers for every age 8 DIY A handcrafted Sunflower Center Piece 9 Toolbox Interview: Teaching Table Manners 11 Health & Wellness Chiropractic support for kids 14 Helping Hands Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers 17 Around The Table Recipes for Tailgating & Thanksgiving 20 Recreation Guide Aspen, Snowmass, Basalt & Carbondale 46 Calendar Answers to: What are we going to do today? 51 Shopping Where to find your fringe Season Gear 57 Out & About Snapshots from valley-wide events 60

HOMELIFE

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Our first annual celebration of Modern Homesteading in the Roaring Fork Valley

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What embodies your Dream Home? We asked our community, and found that we share a collective vision that’s more about experiences than possessions.

MOUNTAIN PARENT

Dear Readers, I’M SCARED. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? Well, that question gets asked as often at horror movies as it does in parenting I’m pretty sure. I felt like the birth of our daughter was a scene from an actual horror movie and it started me thinking about fear in parenting. Stay with me here, it’s Halloween season after all . . . The trick to a good thriller is to keep you in suspense, on the edge of your seat, just wondering what is around that dark corner. I find it is the same with mountain biking, with parenting, with work. It is the anticipation of what is around the bend and not being able to see out of your sight line past the sharp turn on the trail and the steep drop-off. More often than not the precipice on the single track isn’t as bad as you anticipate once you are actually making the turn. The scary monster in the movie is, after all, just some super nice guy with lots of makeup on. With parenting, the excitement of WHAT’S NEXT is truly gripping. In each stage we have anticipation and anxiety, mixed with lots of great moments. I have a three-year old and am already concerned about how I am going to have the patience and understanding to help him with his math homework years from now. “Just take chill pill,” my own Mom just told me when I mentioned this. What I love about MOUNTAIN PARENT is that I can read about bullying (page 31), for example, well ahead of when my child is dealing with that challenge. In each issue, we shine a light on what is going on for parents of young children and parents of teenagers. It is part of our collective storytelling to each other about what is around the bend in parenting. All of our children are very different, but anticipating what is up next doesn’t have to be scary when we listen closely to each other’s experiences. Sincerely, Lauren Suhrbier, Publisher

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I’LL ADMIT IT. In my early teen years, I ding-dong-ditched my neighbors. It was a hoot in sixth grade – sneaking out with a gang of sleepover friends, snaking from shadow to shadow, hiding in bushes, dashing up front steps, ringing, running, biting back laughter while watching, waiting, relishing in the badness of it all. You can imagine the thrill I had decades later when a loud knock brought me to the door one chilly fall evening. No one there. I walked out hoping for giggles from our lilac. What I found instead was a basket with a drawing of a ghost and a note. You have been GHOSTED on this ghoulish night. Don’t be fearful, don’t feel fright! Just enjoy this harvest delight. Our erstwhile culprits left cans of New Belgium Pumpkick, apples, candy, cookies, glow sticks and instructions, in rhyme, telling us to Ghost three friends the next night. It was a dare-devil’s pay-it-forward chain letter, and I was over the moon! The next night, our son Ryan must have wondered if Mama’d gone batty, when, after supper, I urged him to slip into his ski pants (it was a phantom early winter that year), and follow Daddy and me. Our daughter was not yet one, so Lowry rode in her baby backpack, which I’m certain revealed our identity as we crouched behind a Toyota Prius watching our friends discover their loot. Giddy, we crept down the street to the home of our next victims, and we’ve kept this tradition going quasi-annually now for more than a decade. I’ve since decided that my teen and tween need this thrill. They’re supposed to edge their way outside the rules sometimes, just far enough to find their moral center. By giving them this cold, clear night outside each year, playing a Trick together giving a Treat, I’ve inadvertently given my children what CP Kanipe (whom I interviewed about Manners on pages 11-12) calls “something healthy to rebel against.” In an article last Fall, “’Tis a Season, Not a Deadline,” I described our GHOSTING tradition, and by sharing our secret, I admitted to all that it was we who pranked them that time. When confronted about it, I’ve tried to answer with a straight-faced, “I wonder...” Now that our secret is out – I invite you to join us. Let’s all be friendly ghosts! Go to Mountain-Parent.com and download our GHOSTLY rhyme. It’s okay to get a little scared. That’s half the point of Halloween! Kathryn Camp, editor

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Contributors

KATHERINE BELL

Katherine is the Children’s Program and Outreach Manager at Anderson Ranch Arts Center. Katherine is a native of Colorado and received her BA from Colorado College with a degree in Art History and Studio Art. She has worked with communities in the Bay Area, South America, and Colorado engaging children through art for the last ten years.

WILLIAM A. BLEDSOE PHD

William has been called a “groundbreaking pioneer” by his peers for his development of the Restorative Method of conflict resolution, for which he has received national and international recognition. For his work in building an acclaimed University Restorative Justice Program, he was recognized by the University of Colorado’s Institute for Ethical Civic Engagement. Will has been a college professor, researcher, consultant, trainer, keynote speaker, author and filmmaker. He is a loving father and devoted son.

JILL CAMERON

Jill specializes in pregnancy, postpartum and pediatric care and has received extensive training through the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association. She is Webster Certified and also trained in Cranial Sacral Technique. Dr. Jill believes that healthy kids grow up into healthy adults and loves to provide this service to the families. She works at Sopris Chiropractic in Willits.

CP KANIPE

Through parenting their children Marina and Tristan, CP and her husband Stephen learned about Waldorf education, which led them to become founding parents of the Aspen Waldorf School (which later moved to Carbondale as WSRF). Out of the school’s necessity, CP became a kindergarten teacher, and later helped to start the Children’s Garden at the Yellow Brick School House in Aspen. CP continues to be involved in education as a mentor, volunteer and grandparent.

JASON SMITH

Jason is a Glenwood-based mountain athlete, Dad, husband to local filmmaker, Michelle Smith, and Director of Outdoor for Inkwell Media.

SE A SO N A L S N I PPE T S

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PLAYERS

Chandra and Katie Bohanan, of the Basalt High School Longhorns JV football team are proving that there’s a place for girls on the field, other than cheering from the sidelines. Chandra (# 68) plays on both offense and defence, as right guard and right tackle while her sister Katie (#71) plays left guard and left tackle. “These positions don’t really get tackled. Its more like we tackle them on defence,” Chandra explains when asked if the play can sometimes get rough. “It’s football. I signed up for this... So I signed up for the hard work, the discipline, and the hard hitting.” Her advice to other girls who want to play: “Have confidence... At first, you will have to learn the ropes but once you do, you just have to get better at it and prove that you belong there.” {KC}

GOT your GOAT?

“Going to visit the goats” has become a destination outing for families who bike or walk RFTA’s Rio Grande Trail to see (not pet) the cashmerekiko hybrids grazing weeds near Carbondale and Glenwood Springs along the former railroad corridor. This alternative to chemical weed control is the pet project of RFTA trail manager Brett Meredith who explains that he was “frustrated with spraying chemicals to manage the overgrowth of invasive weeds, and wanted to find an alternative that wouldn’t be harmful to the river, fish, birds, wildlife and people who enjoy the trail.” Three years ago, Meredith connected with Donny Benz of Green Goats LLC, who now brings his herds here for a month every August / September. “Just as beneficial as eating the weeds, goats fertilize the soil, improving it by adding nutrients as they slowly move down the trail,” said Russ McKenna, one of several goat-herders who camped along the trail throughout the project, adding, “they are returning the land to the ecological balance that existed here before humans developed it a hundred years ago, when buffalo ranged Colorado’s valleys.” That, and they’re happy-looking creatures whose mouths are naturally shaped into what looks like a permanent smile. Visitors were asked to “look but not touch,” as these are working animals who are unaccustomed to being petted – plus electrical fencing is necessary for keeping the goats safe and off of the bike path. Two orphaned baby goats, one of which is pictured here with Sophia Warner, offered a bottle-fed exception. McKenna took time from his evening chores to teach a handful of Carbondale children about the kids, as young goats are called. Looking around the valley at the sunset, the river and fall colors starting to dapple the hillsides, he told the children, “this is the best month of the year, getting to work here. It’s heaven on earth.” {KC}

RE A D I N G LI S T

VOTE for your CHILDREN Our Midterm Election on Tuesday, November 6 is likely coming home from the playground right about now. When I was a preschool teacher, it delighted me to rake leaves with two-and-three-year-olds, hearing who they were voting for. That’s how it is for kids around here. My own have grown up associating jack-o-lanterns on doorsteps with canvassing in a stroller, and walking to the library to pick out story books about American History. Duck for President and George Washington’s Wooden Teeth gave me a way to share my patriotism with my children without filling them with adult worry until they were ready. I loved my kids’ questions back then when they didn’t really ask for details. And I love our kitchen-counter conversations now, as my fifteen-yearold forms his own opinions. When we’ve “talked politics” over the years, our discussions have risen up out of stories, growing from simple to profound. Here are a few of our favorite titles, including one that my son and I will read this year in our own little USA bookclub. {KC}

PRE-K TO AGE 7

One Vote, Two Votes, I Vote, You Vote Bonnie Worth

Using simple rhyme, The Cat in the Hat teaches the basic principles of democracy, how political parties are formed, why Election Day is held in early November, and much more.

AGES 6-10

Lillian’s Right to Vote Jonah Winter

A Celebration Of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 Lillian, a one-hundred-year-old African American woman, makes a “long haul up a steep hill” to her polling place, recalling her family’s history. A lyrical, poignant account of one woman’s fierce determination to make her voice heard.

AGES 11-14

Johnny Tremain

Esther Hoskins Forbes 1944 Newbery Medal winner about a fourteen-year old apprentice silversmith who lives through the defining events of the American Revolution. He is involved with The Boston Tea Party, the Sons of Liberty, and the first shots fired at Lexington in an engaging page-turner that brings to life our nation’s birth.

YOUNG ADULT

Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom Lynda Blackmon Lowery

As the youngest person to join the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, Lynda Blackmon Lowery proved that young adults can be heroes. Jailed 11 times before her 15th birthday, her memior shows what it means to fight nonviolently, and how it felt to be part of changing American history.

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SUNFLOWER CENTERPIECE K AT H E R I N E B E L L

Children’s Program & Outreach Manager Anderson Ranch Arts Center PHOTOGR APHY: K YR A S TICKFORD

Anderson Ranch Arts Center

This bright and cheery seasonal sunflower can be used as a table centerpiece around the fall holidays or on your desk throughout winter as a sunny reminder of warmer days. This project combines collage, watercolor, oil pastel, and lots of family fun!

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ONE: Decoupage flower pot. Using foam brush, paint a layer of Mod Podge onto small working area of flower pot. Lay on small, torn pieces of collage paper. Brush a layer of mod Podge. Continue layering papers and mod Podge around the pot. Let dry

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TWO: Draw sunflower petal on watercolor

paper. Cut out and trace 8-10 matching flower petals.

THREE: Using oil pastel in Fall colors, draw decorative lines onto flower petals in varying sizes and colors. Minimal oil pastel work is best, as watercolor work will follow.

FOUR: Using different shades of yellows, oranges and light browns, watercolor sunflower petals. Layer on different colors and be surprised to see the oil pastel stand out against the watercolor for a rich textured effect. Put aside petals to dry.

and yellows, oil pastel cardboard flower stem entirely. Mix and blend colors for a richer look. Put aside

Using white glue, join multiple yellow cupcake liners and fluff out sides as desired. Pour glue into the base of cupcake liner and sprinkle sunflower seeds to cover the round base.

SEVEN: Assemble flower petals as desired. Cut out round piece of paper to glue flower petals onto. Glue cupcake liner piece in center of flower petals. Lay flat and put aside to dry.

EIGHT: Fold bottom two inches of the stem. Using glue gun, place a dab of hot glue in the bottom of flower pot and glue down the folded surface of the stem. Add another dab of hot glue to top of the stem and secure the sunflower head. Hold and secure tightly.

NINE: Fill flower pot with wood trimmings, wood chips, straw, shredded paper or whatever you prefer. I used wood trimmings from the Anderson Ranch wood shop. The filling adds lots of texture to the piece and provides needed support to the sunflower.

FIVE: Using different shades of greens

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TE ACHING OUR CHILDREN ABOUT COMMON COURTESIES (F O R T H E T H A N K S G I V I N G TA B L E & E V E R Y DAY O F T H E Y E A R ) an interview with CP K ANIPE Aspen

We live in an informal place, where Dress Jeans can be de rigueur for Thanksgiving Dinner. Many of us moved here from elsewhere, perhaps the Midwest, New England, the South or Europe, where “the rules” are strict and clear. We walk in uncharted territory here, the “Wild West,” where we value the creative individualism and the friendly “come as you are” mores of this place. Yet we also hope to impart enough social couth that our kids don’t grow up to be bumpkins. What we truly value is universal – simple, common politeness. However, we suspect that our children might benefit from a few cherry-picked etiquette lessons. And we see that badgering them to say Please and Thank You can be exhausting as well as ineffective at times. So I turned to one of my parenting big-sisters, CP Kanipe – who is an ex-pat Ohioan in fact, whose children and grandchildren are delightful to be around, truly themselves, and genuinely graceful – to find out how she did it. KC: HOW CAN WE PARENTS BEGIN? CPK: The table is a good place to start because you

are all sitting there together, and your children will imitate what you bring to the table. You can set the mood by lighting a candle, bringing reverence to the occasion, even if the occasion is simply that it’s the end of an ordinary day. In fact, that’s when you need it the most. You need to make it part of your family’s habit life. If you wait for a special holiday meal, it’s too late. Set the table every night. You can use paper napkins – it doesn’t need to be fancy. Sit together and slow yourselves down. Share a blessing. If you’re not religious, you can still express gratitude for the person who cooked the meal, and the people who grew the food. It all begins with gratitude.

KC: OUR DAILY BREAD... CPK: Our daily habit life is everything. When

I visited my mother in a dementia wing of a nursing home, I could tell who grew up with the habit of putting their napkin in their lap; they still did it. Those who said Please and Thank You continued speaking this way, while the others who demanded things – you could see that they never practiced common courtesies. We say “once a man, twice a child.” In old age, after everything else falls away, we’re left with the habits we formed in early childhood.

“You can set the mood by lighting a candle, bringing reverence to the occasion, even if the occasion is simply that it’s the end of an ordinary day. In fact, that’s when you need it the most. You need to make it part of your family’s habit life. If you wait for a special holiday meal, it’s too late.” CP K ANIPE

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KC: SUCH AS HOLDING A FORK CORRECTLY? CPK: It’s an easy thing to laugh about, the rigidity of

formal etiquette rules. But really, brain research tells us that the tripod grip – which is what we use when we hold a fork in the manner that our culture says is correct – plays a critical role in brain development. When a child is capable of holding a fork, or a pencil, or a tool with a tripod grip, then the myelination of the brain that happens as a result of this dexterity is absolutely profound.

Looking for ways to bring home some old fashioned etiquette lessons for your children? Check out these classics. How to Speak Politely & Why is part of a series, including How to Behave & Why and Manners Can Be Fun, written by Munro Leaf, who is best known for his 1936 beloved classic children’s’ book Ferdinand, about a pacifist bull in Spain. Tiffany’s Table Manners for Teenagers was written in the 1950s by former long time Tiffany’s chairman Walter Hoving, and illustrated by iconic fashion illustrator Joe Eula. This primer on “the rules” emphasizes grace, and lets the reader know, among other things, that it is perfectly acceptable to eat asparagus and fried chicken with one’s fingers.

KC: CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THE RHYME AND REASON BEHIND “THE RULES”? CPK: My son used to complain. He used to ask, “why

are you so picky about table manners?” And I told him, “there will come a day when a potential boss will take you to lunch. And he will notice your table manners. And it may be the difference between your getting the job, and someone else getting it.” Once, when I was eighteen, someone whom I admired gently showed me that how I used my fork when cutting food was considered improper.

KC: DID YOU FEEL JUDGED? CPK: I felt extremely embarrassed and forever

grateful. When parents make themselves aware of the rules, they give their children an opportunity to move in the world in a certain way. It really is a gift. I later noticed how my father held his fork, and I realized that I had grown up unconsciously imitating him. Children learn through imitation. Who we are and what we do – especially in the earliest years of life – are what our children will imitate. Be worthy of imitation. It’s the hardest thing you’ll ever do as a parent.”

KC: IT’S LIKE THE OLD ADAGE – DO WHAT I SAY, NOT WHAT I DO. INSTEAD, WE’RE DOING WHAT WE WANT OUR CHILDREN TO DO. CPK: Yes. And there’s a lot to be said about how we speak. You sometimes have to stop before you blurt something out, and intentionally consider what you are going to say, how others might feel. Or how you might appear to your children. If you drive around calling every other driver an idiot, then guess what – your children will too, and more to the point, they will regard others this way. “Please” and “Thank

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} You” and “May I” come from respecting others and being grateful. Brain research tells us that smiling and saying Please and Thank You causes a release of serotonin in the brain for both the speaker and the other, so politeness can actually increase wellness and happiness. KC: AN NPR SEGMENT RECENTLY examined how Alexis has changed how we speak: “Alexis, play jazz. Alexis find a recipe. Not now Alexis.” Children were unable to distinguish between how their parents speak with Alexis and how to speak with teachers, other adults and children.

CPK: Having good manners is really about being

respectful of other human beings and seeing everyone as our equal. It comes from strengthening our own sense of self-respect, asking “what makes me feel valued?” And then giving this courtesy to everyone around us. Standing up to greet a guest when they walk in the door. Giving a seat to an elder on the bus. Opening a door. Looking someone in the eyes, really seeing the human being standing there with you. It’s the greatest gift we parents can give humanity, raising children who can see and respect everyone they encounter. This is what it is really about. Not which fork to use.

KC: WHEN YOU SAY THIS, YOU ELEVATE OUR WORK AS PARENTS. CPK: It takes inner discipline to consciously shape

our own habit life, but it’s worth it. My children called me to be more mindful than I ever wanted to be. I’ve done more uncomfortable things for my children than I ever would have done just for myself. Believe me, there have been plenty of times when I’ve stumbled on this path. You’ve got to laugh at yourself too. Your children need to see that you’re human.

KC: PERMISSION TO BE IMPERFECT. C P K : I wonder, is there a culture that doesn’t have

manners? Is it an underlying thing? Or it is something that we have decided is important for civilization? If we value civility, then we can make the world a more civil place starting with how we regard and treat others. This is how we teach our children to be part of the world.

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Many in our community identify YouthZone with the highly effective juvenile delinquency and advocacy support that it provides – without realizing that this forty year-old local organization is also there for families whose kids are not in trouble. In fact, getting in touch with YouthZone before your child becomes at risk is the best time to reach out for support. Trauma, divorce, bullying, parental death or substance use – and a whole range of emotional stresses – are among the areas that YouthZone’s professionals are trained to support. Sometimes, a child may simply need someone other than mom and dad to listen. Likewise, parents may need a trained ear to guide them through challenging times with their child – through parenting classes, counseling or one-on-one support. YouthZone’s Annual Operations Fundraiser is more than a much-valued revenue source for this community organization that serves families from Aspen to Parachute, it is also a venue for celebrating arts-based initiatives undertaken by the youth it serves. Kids form teams, create community-based service projects, and manifest their unique visions for a six-week period, culminating in the Ascent Showcase on October 3. “We believe that these projects can carve avenues for these kids to express their skills and interests, while building connections in the community. This begins to change their perspectives about their home towns, which can then become something the kids embrace, rather than remaining something to rebel against,” explains Lori Mueller, YouthZone’s Executive Director. The event on October 3 will celebrate the accomplishments of each team, showcasing their musical and dance performances, photography and art. ~ YouthZone’s Communications Coordinator Alexander Williard

TEAM OVERVIEW

Music – Aspen: A quartet of musicians and songwriters wished to address the “unique struggles that youth face in contemporary culture” by writing and recording a collection of songs that they will perform at the event. The musical abilities of the group members range from beat production to lyrical craftsmanship. They worked with David Perez of Grace Water Solutions, who supported their efforts in a series of studio sessions that resulted in a CD, which will be sold at the event – a great way to remember the night.

Photography – Carbondale: This team is documenting the progress of the other three Ascent teams throughout the development of each project. Additionally, they are recording the natural beauty of our community during the fall season. The process involved lessons about composition framing, technical photographic techniques, and how to effectively use postproduction software. During the Ascent Showcase, the team will present a slideshow of their body of work; prints will be available for purchase at the event.

Dance – Glenwood Springs: This group has been dancing, practicing and competing together since they were little, led by YouthZone contractor Andie Scott. They chose to bring awareness to the importance of suicide prevention through a choreographed dance that they will perform during the Showcase. They chose a song titled “1-800-273-8255,” a nod to the Suicide Prevention Hotline, written by Khalid about his own struggle with depression and suicidal ideation. The theme of the project and the performance is “the power of asking for help.”

Murals – Rifle “A Perfect Kind of Toxic” is the title of a mural created with support from local artist Rainbow Byson. It is a commentary on the food industry, intended to show the negative impacts of processed food on the overall health of our population. The team was inspired by a lack of affordable healthy options and the prevalence of addictive, cheap junk food. This piece is painted on the Rifle YouthZone building (above). The team finished two other murals in the area, located at the Rifle-I 70 exit Kum-N-Go and on the bike path behind Rifle City Market.

Each project came with its own challenges and opportunities. Throughout the work of completion, the kids needed to adapt their plans and solve problems while navigating the social landscape within the team – life skills that YouthZone works to foster every day.

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Many developmental milestones can be affected by spinal alignment and are great times to have your child checked. Particularly important times are when a child learns to hold their head up, transitioning to crawling and/or walking. Additionally sports injuries, falls, sitting in class and heavy backpacks are all physical stresses to a growing child.

Is Chiropractic Care safe for my child? Children have been treated by chiropractors for more than 100 years with an excellent safety record. Due to the minimal pressure and very low force used during an adjustment any risk of an unfavorable outcome is extremely minimal.

What does chiropractic care involve? People’s initial reaction is often one of surprise when they find out I treat infants and kids as they assume that I use the same techniques on children as I do on adults. Chiropractic care is always ‘tailored’ to the individual and their spine, and children are no exception. We offer specific, gentle adjustments appropriate to the infant and child’s spine, pelvis and cranial bones. When adjusting a child the technique involves very light fingertip pressure to correct any spinal misalignment. The amount of “force” used is enough that you could comfortably put onto your own eyelid. This is more than enough pressure to restore proper motion to the restricted joint. I perform a couple different techniques in the office, one is called Activator which uses a hand held adjusting tool which the pressure can be modified depending on the patient. Another is cranial sacral technique which applies light pressure to the cranial bones and sacrum. In general, chiropractic care for children is painless and most parents report their child enjoying an adjustment.

What are some signs that there is stress on my child’s Nervous System? Unless a child has an obvious problem it can be difficult for a parent to recognize when a child’s spine is not working correctly. There are some signs which can indicate spinal dysfunction. These include but are not limited to breastfeeding difficulties, not achieving developmental milestones (lifting head, crawling or walking at an appropriate age), restricted head or neck movement, postural asymmetries (example: one shoulder higher than the other or hips are not level) and/or poor or unusual sleeping habits. Some common childhood ailments seen in our office that have responded to chiropractic care are: Latching issues when breastfeeding Recurrent ear infections Torticollis Colic/reflux Asthma Scoliosis Headaches bedwetting and/or constipation Growing pains ADHD

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LS: I HAVE CHANGED MY PETS DIET, VISITED MY VETERINARIAN, AND MY PET STILL HAS ALLERGIES...NOW WHAT? DR.: Allergic reactions to both indoor and

outdoor allergens are very common in dogs and cats. In many cases when itching, licking, chewing, or ear infections are persistent, and dietary allergy has already been eliminated as a possibility, one of the following treatment options may be necessary. Antihistamines given orally are an inexpensive way to rapidly control allergic itching in pets. Consult your veterinarian for suggested dosing and instruction. Bathing and topical sprays can reduce allergic itching, particularly when there are secondary yeast or bacterial infections, or when the affected areas are more localized. For pets that enjoy baths, cool water and anti-itch shampoos such as DermAllay (colloidal oatmeal), DouxoCalm Shampoo (phytosphingosine), and GenOneSpray (cortisone) can provide welcome temporary relief. Apoquel and Cytopoint are new and

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exciting treatments for allergies and itching. Apoquel is specifically designed to address the source of the itch, providing fast-acting relief and minimal side effects. Apoquel works regardless of the type of allergy and can start to relieve the itch in as little as four hours. It may be used long-term for chronic skin issues or short-term to treat flare-ups. Cytopoint works in a similar way and is administered once monthly in a convenient injectable form. We’d be happy to discuss these modalities with you further at Willits Veterinary Hospital.

LS: WHAT ABOUT AN INTEGRATIVE, NATURAL OR SUPPLEMENTAL APPROACH? DR.: Try Fish Oil/ Omega -3 Fatty Acid

Supplements. Omega-3’s reduce the inflammatory response and are effective in some cases, especially when combined with antihistamines. The dosage of fatty acids often used for allergy relief is approximately 180 mg EPA and 120 mg DHA for each 10 lbs body weight. Also try acupuncture. It has been shown to stimulate the nervous system, increase blood circulation, increase lymphatic flow, and decrease the body’s inflammatory response. Especially for allergies, it can take four or five treatments before you can determine its effectiveness, and the total number of treatments may reach a dozen or more. Saventaro by Integrative Therapeutics (Cat’s Claw) works by modulating IgE to benefit the natural and acquired immune systems and support the body’s own anti-inflammatory responses. It is meant to be used as a long-term treatment, especially just prior to and during allergy season to help reduce hypersensitivity.

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It is a beautiful fa ll day in the Roa r ing Fork Va lley. Bluebird sk ies, not a cloud in sig ht. You a re out hik ing your favor ite tra il in t he roa r ing fork va lley: Gr i z zly Creek, Ha ng ing L a ke, Red H ill, A rba ney-K ittle, you pick! A s you ma ke your way onto t he tra il, you notice a g roup of student s up a head. They a ll have tools in ha nd - some even t a ller tha n the student s who a re ca r r ying t hem: Mcleo d ’s, pick-mattock s, a nd pula sk i’s, oh my! A round the nex t switchback, more student s a re busy work ing away inst a lling some la rge rock steps into a steep sec tion of t he tra il. “W ho a re these k ids a nd what a re t hey doing? ” you a sk yourself. We a re Roa r ing Fork Outdoor Volunteers, con nec ting student s to the out of doors, one tra il at a time. Who We Are: RFOV was founded in 1995 by a group of individuals who saw a need for a local volunteer organization to partner with local public agencies and stakeholders to preserve and project our beautiful public lands. With the help of RFOV’s many volunteers, an RFOV tool has touched the majority of trails in the Roaring Fork Valley. As the organization continued to few, it was seen that a need for a youth component did exist. Thus, in 2012, the Young Stewards Initiative was born!

Youth ARE the Future: Our main mission with the YSI program is to create the next generation of land stewards in our community. But what does it even mean to be a steward? Put simply, stewardship is: Caring FOR what you care ABOUT. All students we work with are already a steward of something, most just don’t know it yet. Families: Do you have pets? Technology or other gadgets? Outdoor gear you use and love? How about friends and family? If you care about, and care for these things, congratulations you are a steward! By helping students see that they are stewards of something in their own personal lives, we hope to empower students to continue to be stewards and give back to their own communities in the future.

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the core of the YSI program. We currently work with student groups across the valley, ranging from Aspen to Parachute, and up to Marble. Although we work on service learning projects with students out in the field, RFOV also has a presence in the classroom. From teaching students about Leave No Trace to Backcountry Survival Skills, IF YOU ARE A YOUTH RFOV partners with many LEADER AND WOULD schools in the valley to provide curriculum instruction in the LIKE TO INQUIRE ABOUT classroom. Sample topics may SCHEDULING A WORK include the 7 Principles of LNT, how to build a shelter, basic first DAY WITH US, PLEASE aid skills, water purification, and CONTACT OUR YOUTH sustainable outdoor leadership courses. In the wintertime, COORDINATOR, LIZZ we even take classrooms out BAILEY, AT on snowshoe adventures! You may also see us from time to EBAILEY@RFOV.ORG. time providing programming at your local library.

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L AUREN SUHRBIER Mountain Parent Magazine, Carbondale

I want a divorce . . . from Plastic. We’ve tried therapy, “taking time

apart,” self-help books and hours of “talking it out.” But Plastic just thinks it’s my soul-mate. ‘Til death do us part, Plastic and I. Dumping plastic containers in the recycling bin used to make me feel good. Like it was enough. But now I really want the Big D. After, eh, one week of test driving “a life without Plastic,” I realized that I am helplessly addicted. At its very best, Plastic and I are truly co-dependent. Sure, I avoid bottled water, but when I started taking a serious look at my kitchen, my shower, my shopping cart at the grocery it became really clear that the Big D for Plastic and I might not ever happen. It’s the little things that get my goat. The pre-washed bags of spinach, the baby shampoo bottles, the wrapper on the block of cheese. The list goes on and on and on. I do not have time in my life to make homemade artisan cheese in order to avoid that plastic wrapper, and my guess is you don’t either. So what are we going to do? In the Plastic Life Part 1, I thought I would first explore with you the basics of plastics and what happens when we recycle them locally. In Part 2 we’ll keep the discussion alive and trouble shoot some more options for breaking up with Plastic. Stay with me, it’s going to be a long and bumpy road, with some satisfying moments along the way. While recycling is definitely better than dumping, waste managers are very clear that avoiding it in the first place (the REDUCE part of the “REDUCE. REUSE. RECYCLE” tagline) is by far the best. Yet, the RECYCLE part of this equation is by far the easiest. We have great access to curbside and pub-area recycling almost everywhere we go. It seems that working our way from back to front of this phrase is where we will start. So let’s begin with some facts on RECYCLING.

"Plastics are probably the most difficult commodity to recycle because there is a wide variety of plastic types, and also they have a limited recyclable lifespan. It's best to avoid plastics when at all possible, and opt for reusable containers or choose products in packaging that has a higher recyclable value such as aluminum or compostable paper. Sometimes the weight of the world in crisis can feel like too much to bare. Making small (or large) changes to our habits and purchasing choices around plastic can empower us. We want our kids to feel like they are making a difference and instill them with hope, not despair.” ~ Cindy Hall,

Pitkin County Solid Waste Manager

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE RECYCLE? In our area Waste Management picks up the single stream recyclables and trucks them to Denver. Single stream refers to a mix recyclable paper, plastic and glass that goes in one single bin. The Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in Denver, otherwise known as a “Murf,” is a processing facility with conveyor belts, screens, magnets, air vacuums, infrared optical sensors and lots of labourers who meticulously sort the stream into individual components. From there the plastic is collected, sorted and baled. Then it is shipped by rail and truck to various recycling mills within the U.S. and overseas. The recycled materials are handled repeatedly and transported before they are ultimately used for re-manufacture. We often wonder why products with recycled content are more, not less, expensive. It is because the labor and transportation along the chain increases the cost. OUR PART IN THE PROCESS While we want to work towards reducing and reusing, let’s start with being sure we are making the most of recycling. The more recycled material is available for manufacturers, the cheaper it will be for them to include recycled content into products. If consumers follow recycling guidelines it actually helps the process become more efficient and therefore cheaper.

TIPS • Completely empty your bottles at home—it makes the recycling process a lot more efficient. • Plastic bags can get caught in the gears and seize the machinery at the MRF. Be sure to leave plastic bags out of your recycling bin. • Put the caps back on the bottles before recycling. Caps are made with another valuable plastic that recyclers want. Not OK • Plastic bags of any kind - even if used to hold recyclables. Simply place recyclables loose in your collection container. Polystyrene and foam • Cups, packaging materials and peanuts. Polystyrene and foam. Plastic film. Shrink wrap, Saran wrap, film etc.

THE GOOD NEWS There are companies out there being pro-active about using recycled plastic in their products. Decking, playground equipment, carpeting and “new” bottles, to name a few. Your caps can become kitchen bowls and cutting boards, car battery cases, toothbrushes and storage bins. PET plastic bottles can be recycled into fabric for clothing or upholstery. For fabric, recycled pellets are heated and spun into a very fine, soft thread. Many of Patagonia’s products utilizes recycled plastic. RePlay tableware, made of recycled milk jugs, is becoming very popular. Find it at the grocery store or Target. Kids love it and it is durable enough to go in the dishwasher.

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NEXT STEPS In continuing my drawn out divorce with Plastic, I am on the hunt for products and practices that help my family REDUCE. The separation has started with recycling, but now we are really ready to sign the papers and just see less of it. Please share your ideas for REDUCING + REUSING for the next issue of MP. Email editor@mountain-parent.com.

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WHEN THE LAKE CHRISTINE FIRE ERUPTED, EVERY FAMILY IN THE VALLEY FELT IT.

For those who quickly packed and evacuated in the middle of the night, the potential loss reached down to the bones. Others who lived outside immediate danger felt the dryness of the air, the crackle of every grass and twig, the heat of midsummer itself – so much tinder all around, ready to ignite in this time of drought.

While we cannot promise our children that we’ll never endure another local forest fire, we can give them closure and security using techniques of therapeutic storytelling – a practice of crafting stories to help children process events in their lives, episodes that they may not otherwise have tools to understand.

We waited out the wildfire, watching it from afar, smelling the smoke, following the news, measuring the circle of containment. Our children, young and not so young, varied in their understanding of the disaster. And we parents looked for teachable moments, for certainly there were many...

Nancy Mellon, in her book Storytelling with Children tells us to let go of our self-doubt, and “imagine a storyteller who will help (you) communicate with your children. Ask this imagined ancient one for guidance.” Storybook perfection is not the goal. More important is our warmth and care in sharing a story. She writes “no matter what their age, children are always drawn to a respectful, caring and enthusiastic storyteller who radiates kindness, wisdom and enjoyment.”

We learned the Seven P’s: people, pets, paper (documents and cash), photos, prescriptions, PCs and plastic (credit cards) – the things you take with you during an evacuation, assuming you know right where to locate your passport, and assuming your cat hasn’t hidden himself Lord knows where. P stands for Priorities, most of which are not actually Things, a truth we found ourselves enumerating in odd moments of reflection while gazing at seventy-foot candling spruce trees aflame against a darkened sky, watching with a weird mix of terror, relief, and phenomenological fascination.

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As this edition goes to press, the flames have subsided. The skies have cleared. The season has changed. And yet, we look back on this summer with survivor’s scars. Our children feel a degree of trauma, even if they only witnessed the ashen hillside along Highway 82 through the back seat window. They felt our worry, even while feeling our gratitude. Now that it’s over, we want our children to feel safe again.

In Healing Stories for Challenging Behavior and in Therapeutic Storytelling, Susan Perrow provides guidance in how to craft stories to address specific concerns. She suggests constructing a healing story using a three-part framework: metaphor, journey and resolution. You can look to nature for metaphors, finding an animal with behavior that corresponds to the aspect you are trying to address. For example, a nipping crab might help you humorously work with a child who pinches. To be therapeutic, the images must be true, beautiful, and good. The story journey involves facing an obstacle, and the resolution comes in restoring harmony, moving from imbalance to balance. Perrow advises “it is important that the story is positive and forwardlooking, not guilt inducing.” Also, “the story maker should always work out of a ‘helping’ intention, with the occasional blessing that the story may indeed ‘heal’.” My eleven-year-old daughter seemed hesitant to go on a drive that would take us near the site of the fire, even though the smoke had cleared. I decided that a healing story might help her. On the following pages, I share my homemade story in hope that it may help you find a way to address any lingering fears in your household. Rather than reading this story to your child, you might consider telling it. This will free you to add particular details that meet your child. Remember, this is about connection not perfection. Start by creating an inner sense of quiet. As Nancy Mellon suggests, “silence is the kindest, and the most powerful starting point for stories. In an atmosphere of silence our hearts center into gentle rhythms, our senses open, the very pores of our skin relax.” There is something indescribably magical about looking into your child’s eyes and telling a story from your heart. {KC}

FIREescape ONE BRIGHT DAY (A Therapeutic Fire Story) K AT H RY N C A M P

One bright day high up on the mountainside, a small brown bird smelled smoke and felt a gust of hot wind. She knew where to fly – down the valley, down to where the green trees drink from the river. Deep in the scrub oak, a rabbit heard crackling timbers, and he stretched out his long jack rabbit legs and bounded down the hillside.

He joined mother bear and her cub, a skunk family, and a lonely raccoon. They ambled to where the air was cooler, where they could watch while the forest turned into flames. All they could do was watch. They watched the mountainside, and they watched the heavens.

Perhaps they noticed, though maybe they didn’t. Each day, when the sun layed down to rest, it reached its fingertips up into the hazy sky, painting all the world pink, orange, and gold – a reminder that even during a disaster, there is beauty in nature if you look for it.

The sun, with her vivid pallet of colors was perhaps trying to tell us something, a thing she knows well . The fire, which began its life as a tiny spark, only wanted to grow. The fire wanted to grow, just as everything in the forest wants to grow. Indeed, everything around us, everything that lives and breathes, everything shares a wish to grow. So the fire grew. It did as fires do – it grew until eventually, it became tired. It used up all of its energy and slowed down. It sank into the earth, covering itself in a blanket of ash.

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The smoke drifted away, skyward, onward. In its place, rain clouds came, heavy with cool, cool water. And the water fell – down, down, down to the dry earth. Finally, one bright day high up on the mountainside, a tiny, green sprout pushed her head up through the black dirt. She looked around and saw hundreds of other green shoots just like her. She took a deep breath, reached for the sun, and started to grow.

Workshop with NANCY MELLON author of Storytelling with Children and Body Eloquence: The Power of Myth to Awaken the Body’s Energies. THE HELIOS CENTER Carbondale November 2 – 3 More Info & Registration: info@HeliosCenter.org www.HeliosCenter.org (Background image painted by KC with Helena Hurrell, who teaches Nurturing Arts at The Helios Center.)

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DAD TO DAD, WE GET TO THE H E A R T O F T H E M AT T E R W I T H FA B R IZ I O Z A N GR I LLI , WOR LD C L A SS M O U N TA I N E E R A N D S O O N -T O - B E FAT H E R O F T W O . W I T H T H E OPENING OF THE MONKEY HOUSE BOTH WORLDS COLLIDE WITH G R A N D E F F E C T. So you have a 3 year old boy and you’re an expecting a girl in January AND you just opened a climbing gym. Who told you this is a good idea? Everybody. I have been working on opening Monkey House Carbondale for two years and so when I figured out that another baby was on the way it was too late to stop building the gym. Everybody I talked to said the valley needed a good community center and dedicated training space for climbers. There is never a good time for a new baby or to open a gym. What is the saying about two wrongs? Now that we got the tough stuff out of the way...What inspired you to open a climbing gym in Carbondale? I got old. I needed a good place to train efficiently. My home garage was not cutting it anymore. The harsh reality of not WANTING to travel as much anymore, of wanting to enjoy “micro-adventures” close to home. Wanting to sleep in a bed at home, cook dinner with my wife and watch our kids play. Carbondale just has the right blend of great community, very active people looking for ways to cross train and lots of climbers. Describe the scene at The Monkey House when it’s going off. It is pretty fun. It has different scenes already. Team Monkey House Practice time is fun, the kids are just psyched to try and encourage each other. Tuesday night you get a bunch of strong climbers, the hard problems on the wall get done multiple times. My favorite night of the week is Friday, family night, it is just fun to watch families climb together, laugh and do something active together.

How soon will you have your kid working for you? Think he or she will be fired up to scrub the bathroom and vacuum chalk dust? I don’t know, hopefully sooner that later. The 3 year old loves to clean holds on the wall already. He can teach our daughter - expected at new year - how the POS system works in a few years. There are a lot of Dads in this valley who get after it, which gave me an idea for your gym. What about a Rad Dad vs Young Bone-crusher competition? There are a ton of Dad crushers. It is a good idea. We can do two prices for the comp, I can pre dial the ambulance for an extra fee prior to the dads competeing, or just have an extra supply of tissue around as the dads get crushed by the next generation.

"JUST KEEP PLOWING AHEAD, IT WILL HAPPEN, BE CREATIVE WITH YOUR PROBLEM SOLVING. " ~ FABRIZIO ZANGRILLI

Photos (right): lobuche bivy 1 If you could go back in time to before and khumbu region, nepal the Monkey House opened, what would you do different? Any advice you’d give a fellow entrepeneur based on your experience? Don’t do it. Just kidding (sort of). It took a bunch of determination to get this place open. Just keep plowing ahead, it will happen, be creative with your problem solving.

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DR. WILLIAM A. BLEDSOE PHD Carbondale

When my wife and I moved to Colorado in 1998, we wanted

to find an elementary school for our daughter Tayler that would balance academic learning with a safe social climate. We both experienced bullying in middle school, and we believed that we found a better place when we saw how Tayler thrived in fifth grade. Then one day when she was in sixth, she seemed quiet, sullen and withdrawn on our way home from school, completely out of character for her. “Honey, what’s wrong? Did something happen today?” She said, “a boy pushed me off the monkey-bars. He kept chasing me and pushing me.” My heart jumped out of my chest. Adrenaline shot through my veins. I immediately returned to my own adolescence when school bullying was considered unavoidable. “Boys will be boys,” and “we all have to go through it” were what everyone said when I was in school. These words not only fail to remedy a deeply felt wrong, they also harm children by failing to validate the real trauma we experience when being bullied. “Did you tell the teacher?” I asked Tayler. “No, I just went inside.” I wanted to rage headlong over to the administrator’s office to demand action. I realized quickly that my daughter’s pain awakened own childhood experiences. I needed healing. I needed to find a way to help restore safety – both for my daughter and for others who experience bullying. This started a deep personal and professional journey.

What was your experience?

When I conduct workshops on school bullying, I begin by asking parents to remember what it was like.

Take a moment and think back to when you were in elementary, middle or high school. Were you ever bullied? If so, how did it make you feel? How often did it happen? How did your parents respond? How did your teachers respond? Maybe one of your parents was the bully. When I was growing up in the late 60s and 70s, school bullying was generally considered unavoidable, and “a part of growing up.” The message to boys was “toughen up.” The message to girls was “girls can be mean.” No one ever asked me “how does this make you feel, or what are you telling yourself about this?” In the last seventeen years, educators, public health officials and sociologists have revealed the prevalence, reasons for, and destructive consequences of school bullying. One thing is clear – bullying is not normal. It’s not just “kids being kids.” Bullying is a type of child abuse committed by one’s peers. While as a nation we’ve begun to pay more attention to bullying, in part because of its correlation with school shootings, a range of recent studies tells us that bullying remains a very serious problem in our schools. A 2011 study revealed that roughly 1 in 3 students in grades 6-12 have been victims of bullying. A supplemental study released in 2016 by the U.S. Department of Education revealed that more than one in five students reported being bullied. Of those, 33% reported being bullied at least once or twice a month during the school year. Doing the math, using the 2010 census there were roughly 55.4 million students enrolled in both public and private k-12 schools. This means that approximately 18 million k-12 students are victims of some type of bullying every year.

Why is this?

What exactly is “Bullying”?

In short, it has to do with how relational trauma impacts the brain. As neuroscience continues to reveal the interconnection of brain, mind, and body, the more we’re confronted with how traumatic childhood experiences like bullying can have a profound impact on brain development, psychological health, and emotional regulation. Left unresolved, these experiences can result in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Though the bullying “happened long ago,” when we get triggered our nervous system reacts as if it is happening again. This is what I experienced when my daughter was bullied. Psychologists point to the potentially darkest consequence – homicide and suicide. While some experts hesitate to claim that bullying directly causes homicide and/or suicide, they overwhelmingly agree that the depression, anxiety, isolation and hopelessness caused by bullying can, and does lead to suicide. In a review conducted by the Yale School of Medicine (2008) of 37 studies from 13 countries, “Almost all of the studies found connections between being bullied and suicidal thoughts among children. Five reported that bullying victims were two to nine times more likely to report suicidal thoughts than other children were.” Considering that suicide remains the leading cause of death for children under the age of 14, when kids are bullied, they are even more vulnerable to taking their own life. According to The American Association of Suicidology (2018), suicide rates for 10-14 year-olds have grown more than 50% in the last three decades. One wonders exactly how much cyberbullying has contributed to this rise. On the other end of the emotional spectrum, the rage fueled by being repeatedly tormented and socially humiliated can lead to revenge-motivated violence. Though no clear link has been made between bullying and school shootings, the Wall Street Journal (May, 29 2018) reported that in 17 out of 33 schoolshooting cases since 1990, the accused shooter was found to have been bullied. Perhaps more telling, according the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2014), in one study 86% of students interviewed said being bullied causes victims to turn to lethal violence in the schools. Research shows us that bullies identified by age 8 are six times more likely to be convicted of a crime by age 24 and five times more likely than non-bullies to end up with serious criminal records by age 30.

Sociologists and psychologists commonly define bullying as repeated aggressive behavior intended to harm a defenceless person. Scholars use the terms “direct” (meaning direct physical aggression) and “indirect” (e.g. verbal abuse, exclusion or rejection from social groups, cyberbullying, etc.). Increasingly, courts are defining bullying in legal terms as a The challenges facing teachers and schools prosecutable offense. Exact legal definitions vary respective When I was a kid, teachers either looked the other way or of jurisdictions. I define bullying as the repeated use of threat, just resigned that bullying was inevitable. After the Columbine violence, or social exclusion in order to intimidate, massacre this changed. K-12 schools adopted belittle, demean and dominate another human bully-proofing programs. While a constructive being for the purpose of the bully’s self-interest For adults, if you were a victim of step, most of these programs were primarily and/or self-gratification. Simply put, bullying severe childhood bullying you are: focused on building awareness within the school. is relational abuse. It is repeated, persistent Posters are pretty but not practical. Parents may 4.3 x more likely to have an anxiety disorder and aggressive behavior intended to cause fear, or may not have been included. These programs distress, or harm to another person’s body, 14.5 x more likely to develop panic disorder lacked (still lack) a structured process to address a emotions, self-esteem or reputation. We have to 4.8 x more likely to experience depression bullying incident. This was the case at the school call it what it is. my daughter attended in the late 90’s. 18.5 x more likely to have had suicidal thoughts In about 2005, schools began to shift from 2 x less likely to hold down a job a punitive discipline paradigm to “restorative discipline.” Restorative discipline focuses on “Sticks and stones – but words will never hurt me?” the repair of harm from an act of misconduct, rather than How well do you remember what happened? Studies say applying punishment to the student offender. Again, this was a that the more severe and repetitive the bullying is, the more constructive development in student behavioral management. concrete it becomes in our memory, and the more destructive Unfortunately, in the rush to embrace restorative its influence can continue to have on us as adults.

discipline, teachers are bringing the bully and the student victim into a face-to-face restorative conference encounter. Parents typically aren’t included. This is a dangerous practice. At a recent state-wide restorative justice symposium, I attended a presentation on using the restorative method to address bullying. I cringed when the presenter explained how his school “brought bullies and victims together to talk about what happened, shake hands and move forward.” I asked him “don’t you realize you’re revictimizing the victim? All it takes is one cynical glance from the bully to retraumatize the victim.” I was surprised by how many in the audience vehemently agreed. When I help schools build restorative discipline programs I explain that bullying and harassment incidents are not merely conflicts. They are serious violations that can traumatize students. The correct restorative response is to hold the student offender accountable for the damage to the victim and explore the reasons why he/she did it. This is accomplished by an “accountability conference” without the victim present. Teachers, counselors, and administrators need to help the bullying student recognize the destructive consequences of his or her behavior – not only to the victim, but the entire school community. The outcome of this conference is an “accountability agreement” stipulating concrete steps the offending student must complete to repair the harm – which might include counseling for both the bully and the parents. Second, the victim needs to feel the experience of being surrounded and cared about by empathic adults. This is the purpose of a “support circle.” The victim needs to feel secure that what the bully did is being taken seriously by the adults, the school, and won’t be tolerated. It’s only in this realization that a child (or parents) will feel protected and not alone. The feeling of isolation is a crippling component of any relational trauma. It’s up to the adults to embrace the victim and directly engage the bully. This is how the restorative approach is supposed to work.

What can parents do?

Simply put, pay attention. Notice the signs and engage. If your child appears to be preoccupied, withdrawn, sad, or doesn’t want to go to school, ask them if something’s happening at school. Ask them if someone’s being mean to them. Ask them if there’s someone they want to avoid. Get them to open up. The more consistent you are in noticing and asking how their relationships are going, the more comfortable they can become in sharing. Second, empathize. Think back to when you were bullied. How did it feel? Fear and anxiety, isolation, preoccupation, lethargy, angry outbursts are all symptoms. Bullying is traumatic and can take our nervous system hostage. In children, unresolved experiences of bullying lead to negative core beliefs, feelings of helplessness, and diminished self-esteem. The victim assumes that what happened was because of who he/she is. As parents, our children need us to embrace their experience. As my trauma-training partner says “they’re looking for us to hold the trauma with them.” It’s up to us to disconfirm any false beliefs and tell the truth. You might share

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your own experience and how you came to realize that bullying doesn’t happen because of who we are. It happens because the offending student hasn’t learned about respect, consideration of others, or being kind. Third, speak up. Students who are bullied commonly don’t want their parents to report it. They’re afraid of further humiliation and retaliation. Talk about this fear with them. Explain that their fear is understandable, but that this behavior hurts everyone and needs to stop. You can use this moment to teach your child about stepping up and setting a boundary. Trust me on this – even though your child might protest, they will look back on how you responded with gratitude. We all need to be championed. It teaches us how to be courageous. Fourth, hold the school accountable. Ask them to tell you specifically how they will respond. What is that process? Insist that they keep you posted on the steps they are taking. Don’t ever confront the offender or his/her parents on your own. Bullying incidents should be handled in an organized, structured, and official way. This is how restorative discipline works. Our work as parents is with our own children in building resilience in them.

My daughter and me

When my daughter was bullied, everything in me wanted to confront the parents directly. I didn’t because I realized my reaction was driven by my own childhood history of bullying. Instead, she and I used this moment to become closer. I asked her to tell me exactly what happened, how it made her feel and what she thought about what had happened. I let her do the talking. I asked her what she

needed to feel safe. I didn’t put words in her mouth. When she asked me if I had ever experienced something like this, I shared my own experience. I told her how it made me feel, what I wished someone would have done, and what I learned about myself. Years later when she was a senior in high school, she auditioned for a popular singing talent show. She made it all through the ranks to the televised show in Los Angeles. After she sang her song, one of the judges – notorious for his degrading criticism – told her “I hate that song and your performance was angry.” She stood tall, smiled and replied “It’s too bad you don’t like the song because it’s a classic. And that’s not anger, its passion.” When she came off stage she chuckled to me and said “Well, that was interesting.” I’ve thought about this moment often, especially within the context of bullying. I now realize that the best strategy for keeping our children from having to experience the trauma of bullying is to connect with them in the deepest way possible. To listen, embrace, empathize and discuss their experience is our best home remedy. Requiring our schools to treat it for the trauma it is gives us our best collective chance at developing socially responsible communities.

PHOTOS (at right and on pages 32-33) Tayler Bledsoe, resilient and ready for anything, even a day of fly fishing with her dad.

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M O U N T A I N PA R E N T

HOMELIFE

SWEET DREAMS MODERN HOMESTE ADING IN THE ROARING FORK VALLEY

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WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU LOOK FOR IN A DREAM HOME? WE ASKED.

By and large, our community collectively shared a Dream Home vision that is less about AQUISITION, and more about EXPERIENCES, all the things we share inside. We culled the general themes (listed in the pages that follow) & offer ways that such Sweet Dreams can be attained by everyone. Our Dream? That upon arriving home, we may all feel as Mark Twain did...

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To us our house was not unsentient matter – it had a heart & a soul & eyes to see us with, & approvals & solicitudes & deep sympathies; it was of us, & we were in its confidence, & lived in its grace & in the peace of its benediction. We never came home from an absence that its face did not light up & speak out its eloquent welcome – and we could not enter it unmoved. MARK T WAIN

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1. GOOD NEIGHBORS THIS YARD SIGN IS SHOWING UP IN ALL OF THE VALLEY’S NICEST NEIGHBORHOODS. IT BENEFITS GARDENING PROGRAMS AT RFHS THROUGH FAT CITY FARMS

2. LAND

& HOW WE CONNECT WITH IT We asked

AMY LINCICOME

who has been gardening in Carbondale for forty years to share her Autumn garden to-do list.

1. Take advantage of end-of-season garden

center sales. (After 13 years at Planted Earth, Amy well knows what plants to look for) Some favorites: ecchinacea, rudbeckia, liatris, sedum, & campanula. “Plant them now, and you might even get a second bloom before the end of November,” she suggests.

2. Instead of trimming back after blooming season ends, let the seed heads stay. They give a lot of interesting texture, attract birdlife, and can self-sow for next year.

3. Cut back diseased branches with black

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spots, rust, or powdery mildew, and burn or discard them, but don’t compost these, to avoid spreading the issues to next year’s plants.

4. DO NOT prune. It’s tempting because you

see branches without leaves. But this can make your trees and shrubs vulnerable to disease. It’s best to prune in late winter or early Spring. With lilacs especially, it’s best to wait until after they bloom.

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planting bulbs, wait until it is consistently chilly, early November, all the way until the ground freezes. Fertilize your lawn with an organic fertilizer that is high in iron, as opposed to being high in nitrogen. Do this right before the snow flies, so it will water it in.

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3. CHAOS-FREE KITCHENS EASY BUT IMPACTFUL IDEAS FOR BANISHING CLUTTER

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Use a towel rod and S hooks, or small brass teacup hooks, or even peel-and- stick hooks on interior cabinet doors for storing utensils, ladles & small strainers. Inexpensive office paper stacking dividers come in rack heights tall enough for storing glass baking dishes flat without stacking them on top of each other. Water bottles are difficult to keep upright in cabinets. Why fight it? Use magazine organizers to keep them in order. Save the front of your fridge! Line the inside of an upper cabinet door or pantry door with cork board or easy-to-cut sheet metal. Now you have a place to put up coupons, small paperwork, notes and other items with either tack pins or magnets. Note: Please take extra caution if you have young children and keep tacks and choakable magnets out of reach and off of the floor. {LS}

LIVING ROOM

4. WARM & COZY HEARTHS LIGHTING YOUR FIRE CAN BE AS EASY AS FLIPPING A SWITCH

There is nothing quite like the first chilly Fall evening, when it’s brisk enough to sit by a fireplace and curl up – with your cat, kids, partner or latest page-turner. With local building codes structured to support our various municipal clean air standards, fewer homes today have traditional wood-burning hearths. We asked The Fireplace Company’s owner Jay Maher for advice. “Over time, these units have become so sophisticated at controlling the flame. All of the models we carry come with a 70% - 80% efficiency rating, so you’re looking at warming with a fireplace that’s as energy wise as any heater or furnace, plus it’s a beautiful centerpiece of your home.” With a wide range of styles and sizes available, and with state-of-the-art realistic natural-looking flames, you may soon let go of a sentimental longing to

haul, split, and carry cord wood, then sweep out soot. So even those whose homes are “grandfathered in” for wood burning are opting to insert gas units into existing hearths. Homes built without fireplaces are not without options. “You will likely need to work with a builder,” Maher explains, “but almost every situation has a ventable solution.” Once a year, it is a good practice to schedule an annual check up. “It’s best if you think of your gas fireplace as an appliance in your living room,” Maher says, pointing out that while hazards are minimal, a service technician will check for high CO levels, while also making sure that all of the components are clean and operating efficiently. Just like waiting until the first storm to change your snow tires, it’s a good idea to schedule fireplace service before temps drop. So when it’s time to flip that switch, it’s ready to burn. {KC}

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(Left) Ramsey Fulton and Colby Smith’s kitchen in downtown Carbondale. (Photo: Brent Moss) (Above) Fireplace Xtrordinair, a see-through double hearth.

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5. COLOR & LIGHT

WE ASKED FOR INSIGHT FROM LOCAL MURALIST AND ARTIST CHARLES ANDRADE Color can be the most important design element when creating an interior space. I work with a unique European wall finish called Lazure, that utilizes both color and light. This decorative wall finish offers color tones that you do not achieve when painting the same room in a flat opaque color. Lazured walls produce light saturated colors similar to what is seen in nature when one looks out over the mountains through a sunlit atmosphere. In this regard, I take great inspiration from the German writer Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe who wrote a treatise on color. Goethe showed through numerous prism exercises that color is what he called a border phenomenon, demonstrating the lawful relationship color has to light and darkness. The four properties of color; hue, value, intensity and temperature â&#x20AC;&#x201C; all come into play on

the walls in a breathing, nuanced and luminous manner. This creates intervals of tint, tone, and shade that express how color responds to light, and this can have either a calming or enlivening effect. In the painting world, this translates into how one wants to express color in their living space or in their artwork. It is this understanding of the intervals between light, color and darkness and how they relate to our psychology, that has informed both my wall finish work and my own approach to fine art painting. With Lazure, I work with the expansive or contractive quality of warm and cool colors and how they play into the psychology of social and personal spaces of a home. In my artwork, which often utilizes the same basic application technique, I work to develop a living dialogue with light, color and darkness as a guide to creating images.

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(Above) A Lazure stairway painted by Charles Andrade. (Right) Outdoor Greatroom by Kenwood.

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Portable Ambiance

No fireplace? No yard? No problem. Portable fire pits and fire tables can turn any patio or deck into a gathering spot. New styles range in size, shape, and price. They can tap into an existing gas line or plug into refillable propane tanks, from 3 gallon units hidden inside, to 20 gallon tanks. Choose metal, stone, polished concrete or wood-looking finishes. You might even roast marshmallows for dessert at this centerpiece flame table from The Fireplace Company.

Protect It

Renter’s insurance is inexpensive when bundled with auto insurance, often less than $15 per month for $25,000 in coverage. “One bonus of this kind of policy is that it provides you an umbrella of liability insurance as well,” says Mo Shalabi of Martin Insurance. “It will follow you to the ski hill, ond cover expenses if your dog bites someone at the dog park.”

Own a piece of the Roaring Fork Valley

Invest in art from local and regional artists, such as Dan Young, whose oil on canvas June Below Sopris is shown here, and hangs at Ann Korologos Gallery. “Later in life, whether you buy real estate here or elsewhere, you can own a slice of our valley, because our regional artists have captured a feeling for this place and time,” says Korologos manager Caroline Iles. We asked Sally Norwood of Main Street Gallery in Carbondale to recommend a few of the locals artists she represents. Look for works by Cate Tallmadge, whose Ski Bunny series is now offered as signed and numbered limited edition prints. You can find prints made on site from copper plate etcings by Frank Norwood, and Carbondale themes in oil on canvas by Victoria Broyles, as well as Mary Noone’s colorful valley landscapes in acrylic on canvas, also available in a collection of notecards.

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6. SECURITY & PEACE OF MIND

WE ASKED TWO LOCAL EXPERTS FOR ADVICE

TIM ESTIN

MO SHALABI

Aspen

Carbondale

The Estin Report The local real estate market seems to be booming? The Aspen market was very strong in the first half of 2018 but the summer months have shown a significant slowdown in unit sales, a better indicator of market health than dollar sales. In specific segments, primarily inside the Aspen roundabout - the Core, West End and Red Mountain to some extent – sales activity and prices are at record highs; in other segments sales are challenging.

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Are asking prices realistic? Good and well-priced properties for sale are difficult to find and this may be discouraging buyers. Established brokers indicate that at least 60% of Aspen properties for sale are over-priced. A small number will even go so far to say as much as 9095%. This is true, at minimum, to the extent that at the half year mark in June, Aspen single family homes were selling at approximately 89% to ask price and condos at 93%. What about buyers in the Mid-Valley? In my opinion, mid-valley prices still haven’t recovered from the recession. The residual fall-out from the Crisis is still prevalent. With the recent Lake Christine fire, it continues to be a challenging environment for sellers. But…I’ve always thought it’s just a matter of time before this changes: a fast growing CO population, the incredibly high housing costs further up valley, the ease and sophistication of public transportation travel in the RF Valley, an Aspen Boomer population retiring down valley, flexible work hours…These are all trends favoring mid-valley and the housing market. My advice is to buy now as much as one can afford. The Roaring Fork Valley is and continues to be one of the most environmental and rural appealing areas in the state with favorable demographic trends pointing in its favor. “Attainable” housing seems to be the big buzzword right now, differentiated from “affordable.” What do you think about these terms? Whether up-valley or midvalley, it’s all relatively expensive at whatever level one is at. Just look at the high cost of health insurance in the Valley, compared with the more reasonable cost of coverage in Denver or elsewhere. {KC}

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During and after the Lake Christine Fire, many homeowners in the Valley wondered if their insurance coverage would be sufficient in worst-case scenarios. What do you recommend? You should review your home owner’s policy at least every-other year. Look at your renewal notice, and contact your agent about any upgrades you have made to your house, so these can be accounted for in your plan. You should also look for changes in percentage deductibles or rates, which can change after a claim. What should readers consider if they are shopping around for a better policy? I always make sure that home-owners are comparing deductibles. There is a big difference in premiums between a $2500 and a $66K deductible. Maybe you’re thinking that you only really need your insurance to kick in for catastrophic emergencies, but in worse-case situations, the deductible could leave you unable to cover a major expense, such as a new roof. How should a homeowner decide how much coverage they need? Sometimes people will want to cover the purchase price, market value or assessed value of their home. But none of these is the best approach. I always look at what it would cost to rebuild a house from scratch. You have to consider building supplies, labor costs, the expense of getting materials to this valley, and recognize that it may cost far more to replace a home than what you paid for it. What about special riders for big toys? It’s a good idea to get small, separate policies for trailers, boats and other big ticket items because this will allow you to preserve your claims for when you really need them. So, if a tree lands on your boat in your backyard, you can replace the boat without potentially being in a situation where your homeowner’s policy could be raised after a claim. Any other suggestions? “Integral Systems Equipment Breakdown” coverage on your homeowner’s policy can kick in if your furnace or heater goes out. This way, you can transfer your risk to your insurance company, and be able to repair or replace a major appliance if the equipment fails. {KC}

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MONICA VIALL

Palladium Properties 970.927.8188 palladiumaspen.com

Values, integrity and work ethic, with a professional background in luxury real estate. Rooted in the community with in-depth knowledge of the valley from Aspen to Glenwood Springs. DREAM HOME: “All about FAMILY amenities: a patio with a fire pit and hot tub to RELAX in while we watch the kids run around in a YARD big enough for our airstream and a TEEPEE playhouse. We are a boating family. I’d love our home to be on the RIVER!” ~ Monica Viall

NEIGHBORSWHO

BUILD THINGS THAT LAST

(CONSTRUCTION ARTS)

27/57

970.989.2757 www.2757design.co

an architecture + design + build studio specializing in connecting places and client needs by responding to site, climate, cultural, and built environments. DREAM HOME: “Connection to the OUTDOORS. Great NATURAL LIGHTING is key!” ~ Brian & Erica Golden

CRAEFT

970.901.6842 www.studio-nb3.com

a [re]brand from two decades of practicing architecture & kitchen design lead by Nic Baker, a trained architect, university design/theory professor and USAF veteran. DREAM HOME: “Authentic CONNECTION to the land; how natural light and shadow have a CONVERSATION with brick, stone, wood and glass & a well craefted KITCHEN, THE HEART OF THE HOME.” ~ Nic Baker

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KENICHI WOODWORKING

970.274.9967 kenichiwoodworking.com

We design and produce custom modern and creative furniture and accessories. Great care, love and soul go into everything we make - our products are of the highest quality and built to the highest of standards. DREAM HOME:”a right-hand POINT BREAK out the front door, mountain BIKE TRAILS out the back door and snow capped PEAKS above with big mountain lines. Rich SOIL to grow food and be self sustainable and OFF-GRID.” ~ David Kodama

UMBRELLA ROOFING 970.704.9130 umbrella-roofing. com

Umbrella Roofing provides the installation of high performance commercial and residential roof systems to Colorado mountain resort communities. DREAM HOME: “A GOOD ROOF – of course!” ~ Trevor Cannon

SEGAL DEVELOPMENT

970.618.6972 SegalDevelopment.net

Segal Development is a full service real estate and development company specializing custom homes, commercial finishes and investment projects. DREAM HOME: “I look for its ORIENTATION TO THE SUN and its DESIGN in regards to its surroundings.” ~ Jason Segal

STOCK THE PANTRY

(FOOD RETAIL)

WEEKLY SOURCES, JUNE – SEPTEMBER:

ASPEN FARMER’S MKT BASALT SUNDAY MKT

CARBONDALE FARMER’S MKT YEAR ROUND:

MANA FOODS 970.963.1137

ROARING FORK SPICE COMPANY

970.319.9599 roaringforkspice.com

NIESLANIK BEEF

970.963.1644 www.nieslanikbeef.com

Our family is focused on building and maintaining a healthy herd around the clock, 365 day’s a year. Grass Fed. No hormones. No Antibiotics. We bring farm to fork with ground beef, prime cuts, custom orders, and whole, half or quarter sales. DREAM HOME: “PEACE” ~ Jerilyn Nieslanik

NEIGHBORSWHO

TAKE CARE

(OF OUR HOMES, GARDENS & AUTOS)

ASPEN TREE SERVICE 970.963-3070 www.myaspentree.com

EVERGREEN ZERO WASTE 970.987-3140

evergreenzerowaste.com

SUNBURST CAR CARE 970.963-8800 sunburstcarcare.com

WILDROOTS LANDSCAPING

(970) 379 7131 wildrootsaspen.com

NEIGHBORSWHO

FEATHER OUR NESTS (INTERIORS & FURNISHINGS)

LAZURE CUSTOM WALL DESIGNS 970.309.5559 www.Lazure.com

Custom murals & decorative paint finishes. Extensive experience in restoration/ renovation projects due to water damage, etc. General interior and exterior home/ commercial painting & staining services. DREAM HOME: “Natural LIGHT, windows that frame beauty, COLORS & TEXTILES that make my heart sing, a welcoming, de-cluttered, COZY home that smells like French lavender and beeswax.” ~ Karyn Andrade

NEIGHBORSWHO

KEEP UP W/ THE KIDS

LOVE YOU MORE 970.927.1588 LoveYouMore.shop

Timeless “One of a Kind” embellished adornments. A unique collection of hand crafted, designed & signed pieces, Colorado memorabilia, home accessories, vintage collections & gifts. DREAM HOME: “An INVITING, well ORGANIZED kitchen & lots of closet space.” ~ Julie DelPonte

HABITAT RESTORE 970.945.9138 HabitatRFV.org

DREAM HOME: “A place that couples as a space of personal PEACE, and a place family and guests can feel COMFORTABLE and want to come to.” ~ Scott Gilbert

ROARING FORK APPLIANCE (970) 319-5599

www.roaringforkappliance andhomerepair.com

ROARING FORK FURNITURE

(970) 945-8321 www. roaringforkfurniture.com “A huge deck and ULTRA COMFORTABLE patio furniture. “ ~ Nancy Allison

THE FIREPLACE COMPANY 970.963.3598 www.TheFPCO.com

Locally-owned and operated for over 24 years, offering fireplaces, installation & service from Aspen to Rifle. We feature the most reliable and reputable brands in the hearth industry. DREAM HOME: “A WARM WELCOMING, entertaining environment – what better than the BEAUTY of a fire from an intimate indoor FIREPLACE to an outdoor room experience.” ~ Jay Maher

(RETAIL: TOYS, CLOTHING & GEAR)

ASPEN SPORTS

970.922-0586 www.aspensports.com

SAWYER’S CLOSET 970.963.0258 www.sawyerscloset.com

RO & FERN

970.925.2400 roandfern.com

GLENWOOD TOYS & GIFTS

(970) 945-1141 glenwoodtoys.com

A variety of kids room accessories. Babies: fun and comfy play mats / travelling diaper change mats & baby chairs. Older kids: nearly every game imaginable + Melissa & Doug rugs, plush toys, wall easels, fun activities & more. DREAM HOME: “A FUN KIDS room, of course.” ~ Joanna Bismark-Pettit

Delightful Children’s Emporium & Consignment Boutique - A Carbondale treasure. Committed to bringing the wonder back into creating quality family time with charming previously loved and brand new children’s items. DREAM HOME: “I have two things: a beautiful SIMPLE KITCHEN and an amazing OUTDOOR LIVING space.” ~ Julie Ivansco

SUMMIT CANYON MOUNTAINEERING (970) 945-6994 summitcanyon.com

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Bring the inspiration of color into your home… Everything you need for creating a unique and contemporary decorative paint finish in your home or office - including a 30-minute online instructional video

Lazure by Andrade Ensouling your world with color.

www.Lazure.com 970-309-5559

Play Therapy

for children, parents & families Children haven’t fully developed an ability to talk about what troubles them. Play therapy uses the therapeutic powers of play to bring about growth and healing.

Mo Shalabi 995 Cowen Drive, Suite 202 Carbondale, CO 81623 Mo@MartinInsuranceGrp.com www.MartinInsuranceGrp.com

Christine Gray, MA, LPC

Board Certified Counselor Registered Play Therapist

970-404-5214

www.aspenbasaltcounseling.com christine@aspenbasaltcounseling.com

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NEIGHBORSWHO

COUNT OUR BLESSINGS (SUPPORTING OUR FINANCIAL WELLBEING)

You are a king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch on his throne.

Richard Fuller 970.704.6440

RichardFullerCornerstone.com

970.963.1890 Carbondale.com

Committed to working with business & community to provide leadership, education & support for its members in order to keep Carbondale a vital & dynamic place to live, work, & visit. DREAM HOME: “A sense of COMMUNITY. From ARTS to RECREATION, FAMILY-FRIENDLY to BUSINESS-oriented, First Fridays to Mountain Fair, Carbondale is the definition of community!” ~ Andrea Stewart

A local full-service mortgage lender offering a variety of mortgage options, home loan programs, & competitive pricing from a wide range of national investors. With in-house processing, underwriting, and funding, 100% committed to on-time closings and satisfying home-financing experiences. DREAM HOME: “The old real estate adage of LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION still holds true – how close it is to the amenities, places and activities that I enjoy and want for myself and my family. “ ~ Richard Fuller

VERGREE

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GUILD MORTGAGE Ryan Beckman (970) 927-1000 guildmortgage.com

STATE FARM

Todd Fugate 970.963.5610 www.toddfugate.com

KALAMAYA GOSCHA LAW 970.315.2365 Kalamaya.Law

HELP PEOPLE

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M IGU E L De CE RVA NTE S

CORNERSTONE HOME LENDING

CARBONDALE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

NEIGHBORSWHO

(LOCAL NONPROFITS WHO HELP FAMILIES & CHILDREN)

MARTIN INSURANCE MO SHALABI 970.963.6161 MartinInsuranceGrp.com Founded in 1999, Martin Insurance Group is a leader in providing quality protection for hundreds of individuals, families & businesses throughout the Roaring Fork Valley. We take the mystery out of insurance & help you make sense of it, so you can look forward to a brighter, more secure future. DREAM HOME: “To FEEL AT HOME from day one!”

D E DVE VEE LLO POM EPN TML LEC N T

We offer a free listing in our “LOCALLY SOURCED” Holiday Giving Guide Please tell us what your organization wishes for in 2019. It will be published in December issue. Submit your listing: Mountain-Parent.com

NEIGHBORSWHO

(GRATITUDE FOR OUR HOMELIFE CONTRIBUTORS) Charles Andrade Ryan Camp Tim Estin Ramsey Fulton Amy Lincicome Jay Maher Mo Shalabi

LANDSCAPING

JASON SEGAL 970-618-6972 segaldevelopment.net segaldevelopment@gmail.com

Irrigation • Hardscapes Snow Removal Design • Installation Maintenance 970.379.7131 wildrootsaspen.com

COMPOST COLLECTIONS FOR HOMES AND BUSINESSES

EverGreen ZeroWaste 970.987.3140

evergreenzerowaste.com

• Real Estate • Planning • Construction • Investments

970-618-6972 SegalDevelopment.net SegalDevelopment@gmail.com

Flying Free If you run into another skateboarder, you are automatically friends. There aren’t cliques like some team sports or mainstream sports. The feeling of flying in skateboarding is a physical and emotional high. In our skate programs we’ve created an atmosphere where kids and people of all ages and walks of life are just having a great time together.

Skateboarding teaches self-awareness and selfachievement . . . and sometimes self-torture. It can hurt! When you land a trick it is absolutely the best. Even though I’ve broken bones, I can’t wait to get back on my board. The kids learn how to be tough when they get hurt. I let them “squeeze it out” and grab my fingers as hard as they can after a big fall. They don’t look over at their parents and tantrum 46

or cry. They get back up and learn to shake it off. Skateboarding teaches balance and commitment. The more committed you are to sticking a trick or a line, the better you perform. Kids learn this really quickly! At the end of the day I give a Best Slam Award to the kid who crashed hard with the best attitude. Fall is a great time to skate. Kids are getting ready for next year’s Bonedale Skate Revival - a town competition that’s been going on for the past 7 years. Last year we had over 100 competitors and over 400 spectators. All of our towns have great skate parks. Even when you are traveling around the state it is easy to pull over at a park with your kids and be active. The gear is light and relatively cheap compared to other sports. It’s all about

that fun feeling of flying free.

CHRIS JOHNSON Carbondale Skate Revival & Coach

OUTDOORS& RECREATION PROGR AMMING GUIDE + LIFEST YLE

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CARBONDALE, BASALT, CARBONDALE, SNOWMASS VILLAGE AND ASPEN ALL HAVE AMAZING SKATE PARKS. SO GO AHEAD AND THE MAKE THE MOST OF A SUNNY AUTUMN AND FLY FREE. 47

Aspen ASPEN RECREATION DEPARTMENT 0861 Maroon Creek Rd Aspen, CO, 81611 aspenrecreation.com 970.544.4100

ASPEN RECREATION CENTER

Daily Admission: $19 Adults | $16.50 kids Local pricing available for RFV residents. Open: Monday – Sunday hours vary Come to the Aspen Recreation Center, also known as the “ARC”, for a fun afternoon for the whole family. Try the climbing wall, ice skate during public skate or splash around in our pool and float for hours in our lazy river. Make a day of it. Recreation Membership Passes are available.

CELEBRATE YOUR BIRTHDAY WITH US! @ THE ARC choose the Green Room or the Aspen Youth Center for older kids. Includes pool, climbing and skating if available. Add-ons: Themes with set-up, color schemes, cakes and more.

@ THE RED BRICK fee includes tables, chairs, set-up

and tear-down. Add-ons are available for an additional fee, including bounce houses, aerials, trampolines and more. See the website for rental fees.

AFTERSCHOOL CLUB

Fee: $15/day except for Wednesdays $20/day Dates: Follows the Aspen School District calendar Ages: 5 - 11 years old (must be attending kindergarten) Times: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri: 3:15 - 5:30pm Wednesday: 1:55 - 5:30pm Location: Aspen Elementary School Cafeteria The Afterschool Club is a state licensed program. The program includes homework help and lots of fun recreational activities like crafts, games & field trips on Wednesdays.

INDOOR ROCK CLIMBING WINTER SESSION: JANUARY 7 - MARCH 21

Kids will come away with more self-confidence, basic climbing techniques, safety awareness, and memories from an alternative sports setting. Drop-ins are only available if the class is not fully booked. Classes held at the Red Brick Climbing Gym. Learn more on the website.Fee: 2019 TBD

SWIM LESSONS

Fee: $34 / month online. Call for private lessons. Dates: Monthly Times and days based on specific class Ages: Ages 6 months and up Beginners learn to be safe in the water and develop beginner swim skills in a fun environment with their instructor. Various levels of classes to choose from. Private lessons for kids and adults are available.

JUNIOR ROCK RATS

Ages: 4 - 6 years old (Maximum of 4 kids) Time: Thursdays from 3:30 - 4:15pm

ROCK RATS

Ages: 6 years old and up - Maximum of 6 kids Time: M, T, Thrs from 4:15 - 5:30pm

FULL DAY FUN CAMP

Fee: $43 online Dates: Sept 28, Oct 25 - 26, Nov 1 - 2, 19 - 21, Dec 26 - 28 Ages: 5 - 11 years old (must be attending kindergarten) Times: Drop off: 7:30 – 9:30am Pick up: 3:30 – 5:30pm Location: Aspen Elementary School Play with the Recreation Department staff on the days when school is out. The days will be packed full of fun & educational activities. All City of Aspen youth camps are state licensed day care programs.

KARATE Fee: $48/monthly | $15 Drop in October - December Days: Tuesdays and Thursdays Time: 3:45 – 4:30pm Advanced 4:30 – 5:15pm Beginner Taught by Elaine Kozel, a 2nd Degree Black Belt in Tang Soo Do. She will teach your kids the basics of karate, including self-discipline and gross motor skills. Beginner and Advanced classes. Learn more on the website.

ASPEN YOUTH BASKETBALL: WINTER LEAGUE

Fee: $169 Practices: 5:30 - 8:30pm, 2x/week (90 minutes) Location: Aspen Middle School / Elementary School Boys & Girls 3rd - 4th Grade Season Runs: December 4th – March 8th Boys & Girls 5th - 6th Grade Season Runs: December 4th – March 15th * Volunteer Coaches needed. See website for details.

WEEKLY ART CLASSES AT THE RED BRICK CENTER FOR THE ARTS RedBrickAspen.com FULL DAY ART CAMPS

Fee: $60 Time: 9am - 4pm Ages: K - 5th grade On select days during the school year, The Red Brick Center for the Arts offers full day art camp to all elementary age students. Weather permitting the campers may head outside for more art making, exploring and play. Check the website for upcoming fall dates, www.redbrickaspen.com.

PRE-K STUDIO

Fee: Free Time: 10am - 12pm Dates: Wednesdays during the school year (no class 11/21) This class explores the many mediums and elements of art through new projects each week. This is a drop-in style class, come for 10 minutes or for the entire time. Open to all Pre-K aged students with accompaniment of a guardian or parent.

AFTERSCHOOL ART PLAY

Fee: $20 Time: 2 – 4pm Dates: Wednesdays during the school year (no class 11/21) Each week children explore a theme through a different medium such as collage, painting, papiermache, ceramics and more! Register on the website.

PRIVATE SWIM LESSONS

KIDS NIGHT @ THE RECREATION CENTER

We provide Private Swim Lessons year-round in our heated, salt water pools for children or adults of any ages (over 6 months) and ability. Give us a call to get set up with one of our WSI certified swim instructors and get swimming!

Days: Fridays Time: 6:00 - 10:00 pm Dates: Dec 7, Jan 4, Feb 1 , March 1 Fee: $45.00 Each night will include dinner and ice cream, fun scheduled activities including but not limited to a movie on the projection screen, ice skating, rock climbing, and arts and crafts.

HOST A PARTY

KIDS DAY CAMPS

Have your next party at the Snowmass Village Recreation Center. We offer a variety of rental options that include use of the swimming pool, bounce house, ice rink and indoor climbing wall. Price and times dependent upon packages.

RECREATION CENTER PASSES

There are a variety of memberships available at the Snowmass Village Recreation Center. Whether you want to work out for the day or have ambitious fitness goals that may take a little longer, we offer something for every budget. You don’t have to live in Snowmass Village to enjoy our great facility. Options include youth and adult one-time daily visits, monthly, yearly, and 20-visit punch passes.

Register now, for a fantastic day at the Snowmass Village Recreation Center! Join your friends for a fun filled day/ week of recreation and adventure, utilizing our great facilities so close to home! Activities will include but are not limited to, indoor rock climbing, swimming, ice skating, arts & crafts, outdoor activities, playground, volleyball, and much more. Daily schedules can be found online at snowmassrecreation.com Ages: 5-14 Days: Monday - Friday Time: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Dates: Sept 28, Oct 25-26, Nov 1-2, 19-21, Dec 24,2628, 31, Jan 2-4, 11, 28, March 7-8, 25-29, April 1, May 17** Fee: $45.00 per day **Dates subject to change based on most updated school district calendar. We do NOT offer camp on Holidays even if the kids are out of school.

RED CROSS BABYSITTER TRAINING

INSTRUCTIONAL LEAGUE BASKETBALL

FALL ARCHERY

PICKLEBALL DATE NIGHT

INDOOR SOCCER CAMP

K-2 FALL BASKETBALL

Dates: October 18 & 19 Time: 12:00 - 5:00pm Ages: 11 years and older Where: BMS CLASSROOM Fee: $65 This class will make you a valued babysitter by all your clients. We will teach the importance of leadership, basic care including diaper changing and feeding, safety, choking, rescue breathing and first aid. A must do for young babysitters wanting to become the best babysitter they can be. Fun and informative. Attendance and participation is required for all classes. Certificates will be provided for successful students.

Ages: 4th - 8th Grades Dates: Mondays, October 8, 15, 22, 29 Time: 3:45 - 4:45pm Where: Basalt High School Baseball Field This class teaches students how to hold a bow, aim, shoot, and be safe. We use long bows to teach the basics of this ancient hunting technique. Also for experienced archers to practice and improve technique.

Ages: 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grades Dates: December 10, 11, 13, 17, 18, 20 Time: 3:30 - 4:30pm Fee: $36 ($40 after 12/10) We will work on dribbling, passing, and shooting and wrap up every practices with team building games so players can use their skills in a practical environment, pushing them to become better players. Overall, the camps are designed to help kids have fun playing and learning the game of soccer. Shin guards are required.

Snowmass

Ages: 3rd/4th & 5th/6th grades Boys & Girls Registration deadline is December 3 Recreation Basketball is a great way to learn the game of basketball. Two practice nights per week with weekday games. Games are scheduled with Glenwood Springs, Carbondale and Aspen. Pre-season practices begins December 17th. Open gyms available during Winter Break. Regular season begins January 8 and ends with tournaments by Sunday March 7. 3/4 grade teams and 5/6 grade teams for boys and girls.

SNOWMASS VILLAGE PARKS, RECREATION & TRAILS 2835 Brush Creek Road Snowmass Village 970.922.2240 snowmassrecreation.com

Basalt

Dates: Fridays, October 20 - Memorial Day 2019 Times: 5:45-8:00pm Ages: 10 to Adult Where: BMS Gymnasium. Use the back door next to the football field. Fee: $2 drop in fee This is a great way for the whole family to get together for some fun competition with the pickleball crowd. Join us on Friday nights for entertaining competition with people from around the valley.

Dates: Nov 8, 13, 15, 27, 29 Times: Kindergarten - 3:30 - 4:15 1st/2nd grades - 4:20 - 5:10 Fee: $35; $40 after deadline date Where: BES gym Drills, skills, and games, with some competition thrown in. Here is a great opportunity to learn all you need to be a great basketball player.

BASALT RECREATION CENTER 101 Midland Avenue • Basalt 970.927.8214 x 400 basaltexpressrec.org 49

Carbondale

EARLY RELEASE WEDNESDAYS: ART ABOARD THE ROSYBELLE MAKER BUS

CHILDREN’S INTRO TO CLIMBING

YOUTH VOLLEYBALL

DINKY DUNKERS

TURKEY TROT RACES

HALLOWEEN CANDY BUY BACK

Ages: 6 - 8 Day: Monday Time: 3:45 - 5:00pm Session 1: October 1, 8, 15, 22 Session 2: October 29, November 5, 12, 19 Session 3: November 26, December 3, 10, 17 An introductory climbing class for younger children and first-time climbers. This course focuses on building confidence and basic technique through games and fun activities while teaching safe practices, fundamental vocabulary, and an age-appropriate introduction to climbing equipment.

Ages: 7 -8 Join Vanessa Porras aboard the Rosybelle Mobile Maker Bus for some creative fun! The bus will be parked in the north parking lot behind the Carbondale Recreation and Community Center during Early Release Wednesdays through October 17. This is a FREE option for kids 7-18 who are currently attending school in the Roaring Fork Valley.

Ages: 8 - 12 Days: Monday/Wednesday Dates: October 8-October 31 Time: 3:45-4:30pm Registration Deadline: Monday, October 1 Pass, Set, Hit! Join us for an introductory volleyball program. We will do skill-building drills and games. For the first-time or intermediate player.

CARBONDALE RECREATION & COMMUNITY CENTER 567 Colorado Avenue • Carbondale 970.510.1278 carbondalerec.com

Ages: 1st - 2nd Grades Time: 3:45-4:30pm Days: Mon/Wed (Girls), Tues/Thurs (Boys) Dates: Nov 5-Dec 6 ( except Thanksgiving week) Registration Deadline: Monday, October 29 This is an introductory recreational basketball program for 1st and 2nd grade girls and boys. Participants will learn the fundamentals of passing, dribbling, and shooting, as well as the rules of the game in a fun active environment.

Huffin’ For Some Stuffin’ 5K Turkey Trot, Fun Run, & Cyclo Cross Join us at the Roaring Fork High School Thanksgiving morning for some great races. The course is specially designed for a great Thanksgiving race. It will be on grass and includes minor obstacles for all ages. Enjoy a bonfire with pumpkin spice marshmallows, hot chocolate and apple cider, and post-race snacks. The best running costumes will be rewarded. Well behaved dogs on leashes are allowed, but please pick up after them to keep this privilege. Running races begin at 8am; bike races begin at 9am.

Too much Halloween candy? No problem! Bring it to the Carbondale Recreation and Community Center and we’ll buy it from you with Rec passes!

AND MORE . . . ! VISIT OUT WEBSITE CARBONDALEREC.COM

(970) 963-2529 135 Main St. Carbondale

KIDS AFTER SCHOOL CLASSES

Tuesdays

Thursdays

4:00 - 5:30 pm October 16th - Nov 13th, 2018

4:00 - 5:30 pm October 18th - Nov 15th, 2018

HAND BUILDING - AGES 5+

WHEEL THROWING - AGES 9+

Basic handbuilding techniques for pinch pots and slab & coil building. $125 (includes material & firings)

Learn to use the wheel to create your own cups, bowls and plates. $125 (includes materials & firings)

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Whether its a weekday or weekend, there is always the question of what’s on tap for the day. The weekends fly by but sometimes the weekdays need a little lift for parents that stay at home with their kids. While each age has a very different schedule and nap-time can rule the roost, we came up with this fun little schedule that takes advantage of the amentities around us. Finding a balance of paid and unpaid activities is essential. Finding a balance of “go” time and “quiet time is key. Finding it at all is half the battle. So good luck with the rest of the battle - getting out the door! Yes, we also wonder . . . “Kid, why does it take so long for you to put on those shoes?”

for up-to-date ideas

visit

MOUNTAIN-PARENT.COM/CALENDAR

MONDAY

MOTION MONDAYS (Free, 10:30 - 11:45am) @ The Carbondale Recreation Center

If it is too cold or gray, we’ll start the week right by bringing one of our wheeled contraptions right on into the gym. Feels kind of naughty right? There is an obstacle course and don’t forget . . . a bounce house!

THURSDAY

HELP BUILD A TREE FORT @ the Lorax Trail The Lorax Trail is a moderately strenuos loop hike outside of Carbondale. Over the years kids have built several lean-to forts with branches. What a special place.

TUESDAY

LEADERSHIP LIONS (Paid, Ages 3 - 5, 9:30am) @ the Rising Crane Training Center This “Martial Arts Play” teaches martial arts techniques, sports and fitness concepts. The class instills important life skills of empathy, leadership and social abilities. Check website for the next class. Perfect for a crazy pre-schooler.

FRIDAY

PEAS AND CARROTS @ The Waldorf School (Paid) 9:00 - 11:00AM Pals, playtime and puppet shows. Fee based class please visit waldorfschoolrf.com for sign-up info.

WEDNESDAY

Make a day of it Aspen!

1] FREE PRE-K ART STUDIO 10:00am - 12:00pm @ The Red Brick Center for the Arts, Aspen This is a free drop-in class designed for Pre-K aged kids and their parents. 2] PICNIC LUNCH 3] PLAY HOUSE DROP-IN , (Paid, $5) 2:00 - 2:45pm @ The Red Brick Center for the Arts, Aspen Fit balls, geometric learning shapes, bolster donuts, tumbler downhill mats and children’s music are ready and waiting.

October ART EXPLORERS: FRIDA KAHLO

FIRST LAUGH, WELCOME, BABY

OKTOBERFEST

FIRST FRIDAY “HOMECOMING & HARVEST FEST”

THE LITTLE RED SCHOOL HOUSE PUMPKIN PATCH

HARVEST PARTY

POTATO DAY PARADE & CELEBRATION

AUTUMN PAINTING PARTY

KIDS FLICKS ONE: BEST OF THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FEST

OCTOBER 4, 4:00PM – 5:00PM Basalt Library Learn about Mexican artist Frida Kahlo’s life and art, and then create your own colorful, personalized self-portrait! Ages 8-17 Free

OCTOBER 5, 5:00PM - 9:00PM Mainstreet, Carbondale www.carbondale.com Farmers Market and Live Music by Pennies for Picasso Small pumpkins to decorate, hot cider, and games.

OCTOBER 6, 10:30AM - 3:00PM Main Street and Sopris Park, Carbondale Local farming and ranching families have kept this local tradition alive for 109 years (longest standing event in Carbondale) with a parade, BBQ, potato sack races, and other fun activities that will take place in Sopris Park. Parade takes place on Main Street at 10:30 a.m. Free

FOUNDATIONAL PROGRAMS Offered to support, connect, educate & nourish parents of our youngest children. (grandparents, nannies & caregivers too!)

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OCTOBER 6 11:00AM- 1:00PM Glenwood Toys & Gifts Glenwoodtoys.com New children’s book read by the author, Nancy Bo Flood. Also enjoy puppets and bracelet beading. Free

OCTOBER 13 & OCTOBER 20 12:00PM - 4:00PM Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park www.glenwoodcaverns.com Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park celebrates Oktoberfest with Fall themed Family activities and Bavarian food.

OCTOBER 13, 12:00PM – 4PM Rock Bottom Ranch, Basalt www.aspennature.org All ages will enjoy pumpkin carving, apple cider pressing, hay rides, farm tours, face painting, traditional ranch games, dancing, a “green” silent auction, and more. Plus live music, lunch, beer and wine. Car-free:please bike or walk down the Rio Grande Trail or ride free shuttles. $15 Adults, $5 Kids

SATURDAY OCTOBER 6TH 10:00AM - 2:00PM Snowmass Pumpkins galore, silent auction, fall treats, bouncy houses, pumpkin decorating and more. $10 per person includes small pumpkin

OCTOBER 12, 6:00PM – 8:30PM Glenwood Toys & Gifts Glenwoodtoys.com Our artist will guide you step-by-step to your completed painting within 2 hours. You will go home with your artwork ready to hang and excited to show it off to family and friends. Cost: $30

OCTOBER 20, 3:00PM - 3:55PM The Temporary, Basalt www.tacaw.org Audience favorite and award-winning short films from the nation’s largest film festival for kids and teens in North America. Ages 3-7 $8 advanced/ $12 at door

MUSICAL STORYTIME music, movement & merrymaking

SWEET PEAS

PEAS & CARROTS

Ages birth - 4 years Mondays 9 –10:15 a.m.

self care, songs & sweetness

pals, playtime & puppets shows

Oct. 8 – Nov. 5 Nov. 12 – Dec. 17

Ages birth to 18 months Wednesdays 9 –11 a.m. October 24 – December 19

Ages 18 months - 4 years Fridays 9 – 11 a.m. Nov. 2 – Dec. 21

9 weeks, $180 or $500 / school year

7 weeks, $140 or $500 / school year

$15 per drop in $12 per class with punch pass or $280 / school year

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PLAY-GROUND THEATRE’S HALLOWEEN SHOW

PARENTING COUNTS WORKSHOP

THEATRE ASPEN’S FALL FAMILY FUN FEST

DAY OF THE DEAD WEEK

PARENTING COUNTS WORKSHOP

“BRINGING THE HEART HOME TO NATURE”

HALLOWEEN HAPPENING

THE REAL HALLOWEEN

OCTOBER 21 Carbondale Community Library Just in time for Halloween costumes and to pass on winter gear that another kiddo can put to good use. Free

OCTOBER, 20 3:00PM – 5:00PM Aspen, www.TheatreAspen.org Groups of two to six people, related or not, can enter as a “family” and compete in a photo treasure hunt. Clues lead teams to iconic Aspen locations for “family” photos; race to solve clues & snap the most photos. Performance by TAS show choir, The Miner Keys + costume awards & more. $500 per team

Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork Saturday, Oct 27, 2018 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. www.WaldorfSchoolRF.org Workshop with Sharifa Oppenheimer author of “Heaven On Earth: A Handbook for Parents of Young Children” A morning of study for parents and teachers designed especially for helping busy care-givers create harmony in the home and classroom. EC credits available. $25 + potluck lunch

OCTOBER 27, 3:00PM The Temporary, Basalt www.tacaw.org Thrills, chills and silly Halloween Hilarity for all ages. Sketch comedy, puppets & live music. Costumes encouraged! Basalt Police Officers will discuss Halloween safety and give every child Halloween reflectors and lights. $7 advanced/ $9 day of

OCTOBER 29, 4:00PM – 6:00PM BASALT LIBRARY Come watch the movie Coco to kick off our Day of the Dead week-long celebration! This family friendly movie is open to all ages

OCTOBER 29, 1:00PM – 4:00PM CRES Our annual family-friendly Halloween carnival will take place at CRES this year! Please join us for food, games, bounce houses and more. Costumes are encouraged. $12 for unlimited games wristband.

OCTOBER 8, 5:30PM – 7:00PM YELLOW BRICK, ASPEN Connecting with your child during emotional moments moments to build resilience. Dinner provided. Free. Must register. cityofaspen.com/kidsfirst

OCTOBER 16, 5:30PM – 7:00PM YELLOW BRICK, ASPEN Discipline really means to teach; keeping your child’s brain in mind. Dinner provided. Free. Must register. cityofaspen.com/kidsfirst

OCTOBER 31

BE SAFE OUT THERE KIDS. USE REFLECTIVE LIGHTING AND DON’T FORGET TO BRING YOUR EXTRA CANDY TO ALL KIDS DENTAL IN GLENWOOD SPRINGS OR THE CARBONDALE REC CENTER FOR THEIR “BUYBACK” PROGRAMS.

Winter Explorers Kids Program

H E BRE4:00W- 5:45pm SCH O O L Tuesdays | Aspen High School Thursdays | Crystal River Elementary

JEWISH IDENTITY FOR YOUR CHILDREN, JEWISH COMMUNITY FOR YOU. For additional information please contact Oren Schragger.

Oren@aspenjewish.org aspenjewish.org 970. 925. 8245

November HALLOWEEN CANDY BUY BACK HOSTED BY ALL KIDS DENTAL

CHRISTMAS BOUTIQUE

PARENTING COUNTS WORKSHOP 1-2

“DIA DE LOS MUERTOS” FIRST FRIDAY

REDSTONE GRAND ILLUMINATION

AVSC REGISTRATION DEADLINE

WHEELER PRESENTS: ERTH’S PREHISTORIC AQUARIUM ADVENTURE

TURKEY TROT FUN RUN

FAMILY SCIENCE NIGHT

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1 3:30PM – 5:30PM Glenwood Springs or Rifle offices Get paid for sharing your Halloween Candy with our troops. $1 for every pound of candy. Plus bring other much-needed supplies such as socks, energy bars, beef jerky and knit hats & scarves.

NOVEMBER 2, 5:00PM-9:00PM www.carbondale.com Join in Carbondale’s Day of the Dead celebration with traditional skull facepainting and lantern parade through downtown. Singing, dancing, performances & beautiful alters in honor of those who have passed this year.

NOVEMBER 4, 5:30PM Wheeler Opera House, Aspen www.wheeleroperahouse.com

Jump in and explore unknown ocean depths where prehistoric marine reptiles lived eons ago — and maybe live still today! Erth Shows use actors, technology, puppets & science to create an incredible visual experience, connecting audiences to the real science of paleontology. $18.50 (child) to $28.00 (adult)

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2018 AT 8 AM – 3 PM CARBONDALE FIRE HOUSE Local artisans offering handmade gifts. New vendors this year. Stained glass, Holiday decor, Jams & Jellies, Wreaths, Natural Fiber art, Handmade soap, Jewelry, Leather, Ornaments, Pallet art and much more. A portion of the proceeds benefits the Carbondale Fire Dept.

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 23, 3:00PM - LATE, REDSTONE Luminaries line Redstone Boulevard, where shops offer treats, crafts and holiday cheer. Take a ride on a horse drawn wagon, ice skate and sip hot chocolate. Santa and his elves arrive at 5:00 PM for a parade to the Redstone Inn for lap time and photos with Santa, a bonfire, caroling, fireworks, and even hot toddies for grown ups.

NOVEMBER 22, 8:00AM - 12:00PM Roaring Fork High School www.carbondale.com Runners and Bikers will race around a grassy cyclo-cross course specially designed for a great Thanksgiving race followed by a bonfire, pumpkin spice marshmallows, hot chocolate and apple cider, and post-race snacks. Costumes are encouraged! Bring a canned good for Lift Up. $25 for adults; $10 for kids; $5 for 9 and under

NOVEMBER 5, 5:30PM – 7:00PM NOVEMBER 12, 5:30PM – 7:00PM @THE ART BASE, BASALT #1 Connecting with your child during emotional moments moments to build resilience. #2 Discipline really means to teach; keeping your child’s brain in mind. FOR ALL: Dinner provided. Free. Must register. cityofaspen.com/kidsfirst

NOVEMBER 10 www.teamavsc.org Winter programming registration is open now for SnoBandits, Bighorns, Powder Pandas, SnoWarriors, RidgeRunners and SnoCru and all Nordic Base Camp programs. Fees go up on November 10, after which spots are extremely limited. Also, please note that the Scholarship Application Deadline is October 10.

NOVEMBER 30, 6:00PM Family Science Night. Middle schoolers from any school can join us for a fun evening of hands-on science and STEM activities with the Aspen Science Center. 6pm. Check the RE-1 Facebook Page fro more information. Open to all middle schoolers.

UPCOMING

SPECIAL EVENTS RAM CLASSIC GOLF TOURNAMENT SEPTEMBER 28 AT 9AM

Roaring Fork High School is hosting the Ram Classic Golf Tournament to benefit RFHS athletics at RVR in Carbondale. This tournament will entail 18 holes and several contests. The cost to participate is $100 per person or $400 per team. Hole sponsorships are available. To register, Call Larry Williams at 355-4554; Marty Madsen at 319-5994; or Jade Bath at 618-4054 or send an email to rfbball08@yahoo.com.

FALL FESTIVAL @ GSMS

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12 AT 5 - 8PM

There will be a BBQ dinner, lots of games, prizes, and tons of fun for the whole family! The tickets are $5 for the BBQ dinner and $5 for the carnival tickets. All ages are invited. The community is invited to come out and join us for this is the school's major fundraiser. Thanks for your support. Location: Glenwood Springs Middle School.

TASTE OF BASALT

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 6 - 11PM

An evening of sampling foods from mid-valley restaurants, wine tasting, dancing, and bidding on silent auction items. This is our largest fundraiser!

Libraries . . .

Basalt Regional Library

BABY BOOKS

TODDLER TALES

Fridays, 10:30 AM Babies from birth to 24 months (with a favorite adult) enjoy songs, action rhymes, playtime and share a book together in each session.

Tuesdays, 10:30 AM Ages: 2 - 3. Two-year olds (with a favorite adult) enjoy interactive stories, songs and games that encourage their emerging language skills.

PRESCHOOL ADVENTURES Thursdays, 10:30 AM Stories, art, and fun. Recommended for children ages 3-5

Carbondale Branch Library

INFANT & TODDLER STORYTIME

STORYTIME

WEDNESDAYS, 10:30 AM Infants, toddlers, and their caregivers are invited to enjoy stories, songs, and fun! Introduce children to the wonders of language, and make a few friends in the process!

MINECRAFT

C LAB AND LUNCH

THURSDAYS, 11:30 AM Preschoolers and toddlers are invited to join us for stories, songs, and more! Children must be accompanied by an adult.

WEDNESDAYS, 2:00 - 3:30 PM Chose from different games, activities, projects, movies, and tournaments. Each week is different, so don’t miss out!

Glenwood Springs Branch Library

STORYTIME

MONDAYS & FRIDAYS, 4:00PM We’ll have iPads and a multiplayer server set up so you can join your friends and play Minecraft together at the library.

TUESDAYS, 10:30 AM An exciting storytime with songs, stories, and fingerplays! Interact with your child and learn creative ways to teach your child to love literacy!

HALLOWEEN PARADE

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 10:30AM Join us for our annual preschool Halloween Parade! We will be trick-or-treating at participating local businesses! Come dressed in costumes, bring a bag to put candy in, and meet in the Community Room. Kids must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

w w w.pitcolib.org (970) 429-1900 AFTERSCHOOL WEDNESDAYS 2:45 - 4:00 PM A new activity every week for school aged children. Featuring science experiments, crafts, games and more! Always creative and always fun. BABY STORYTIME Tuesdays 10:30 AM Ages: 0 - 24 months Learn songs, bounces and rhymes to share with your child, with a few stories thrown in.

SPECIAL BABY STORYTIME WITH MS. HOLLY

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16 2018 - 10:30AM

We’re having a SPECIAL Baby Storytime with the Waldorf School’s Miss Holly! Join Miss Holly as she engages and delights with a program of singing, gentle movement and games. Gentle acoustic instruments will accompany some of the songs. A special emphasis will be placed on selfcare for the parents/caregivers. PRESCHOOL STORYTIME Wednesdays 10:15 - 10:45 AM Ages: 3 - 5 Storytime for preschoolers!

TODDLER STORYTIME Wednesdays 11:00 - 11:30 AM Ages: 2 - 3 Storytime for toddlers!

SPANISH FAMILY FILM NIGHT 4th THURSDAY of the month 5:30PM Year round, the library shows a Spanish family film with English subtitles. Pizza and popcorn included.

Ongoing

. . . classes and more

AIKIDO MARTIAL ARTS

Delightful Childrens Emporium & Consignment Boutique

Aikido for Kids ages 8-14. Starts in October and is at @ 4:45 pm at Roaring Fork Aikikai. Also, Carbondale Roaring Fork Aikikai’s children’s™s aikido program teaches children between the ages of 5 and 14 the basics of aikido self-defense.

BALLET FOR TEENS + ADULTS @ CRYSTAL RIVER BALLET

BEGINNING BALLET AND STRETCH Mondays 6:00-7:30 INTERMEDIATE BALLET Thursdays 6:00-7:30 Saturdays 10:30-12:00 - includes pointe CONTEMPORARY DANCE Ages 8 and up

Apply online to schedule a pick up of your select children’s items. 970-963-0258 – 327 Main Street – Carbondale

Parent and child nature series. Ages 1-4 Monday 10-11 oct 1st- Dec 3rds (no class Thanksgiving week) $165/$125 ACES members. First child $75/ $55 siblings @ Hallam Lake, ACES, Aspen

ART BASE: SPECIAL FREE CLASSES DESIGN, BUILD, AND DECORATE October 2, 9,16, 23, 30

Tuesday, 3:30-5:30PM FREE Design, build and decorate your own miniature haunted house, along with glow in the dark skeletons and spooky grounds.

PRE-NATAL YOGA WORKSHOP

INFLATE & CREATE

Prenatal retreat for empowerment, connection, and deep nourishment. Come Join us for 3 beautiful days as we honor the sacred and transformational journey of pregnancy and motherhood.

Tuesday 3:30-5:30PM FREE Construct and mold a Thanksgiving turkey our of paper Mâché and bring him to life with paint and real turkey feathers.

DECK THE WALLS HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE

FAMILY MONTH AT ANDERSON RANCH

True Nature Healing Arts November 9th-11th

www.SawyersCloset.com

NATURE AND ME: PREPARATION FOR HIBERNATION WITH ACES

An Artisan Market” which takes place this November 15 through December 29. Deck The Walls is carefully juried and open to artists and crafts-folk all over the Roaring Fork Valley and beyond. We offer our community a chance to take home thoughtful and well-made local and regional goods.

TOP CHEF AT ASPEN YOUTH CENTER Top Chef is a cooking class for kids to explore the wonders of food! Each week they get to try a different savory or sweet recipe and learn cooking processes like chopping, sauteeing, seasoning, and more! Wednesdays at 3:30PM

November 6, 13, 27

Children’s art making

Evelyn and Martin Siegel Children’s Building 10/2, 10/9, 10/16 and 10/23, 3:30 – 5PM Come join us every Tuesday of October for art making in the newly renovated Evelyn and Martin Siegel Children’s Building. A different weekly art project will be prepped for you and your children to work on together with Anderson Ranch staff support. Light refreshments and snacks will be served.

Afterschool Wednesdays

WEDNESDAYS, 2:30 - 4:30PM Young creators explore different themes each month in photography, printmaking, painting, woodworking, ceramics, sculpture, and digital fabrication, including 3D printing. Workshops also feature special visits from Anderson Ranch artists and tours of the Ranch studios.

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SHOPPING

Hot. Cold. Wet. Dry. This is the time of year when anything goes. Part of preparing for what we all hope will be a cold and wet winter might involve an update to kid’s clothes. They grow so fast! MP asked a couple of our local retailers for some of their favorite transition season picks.

FOR LITTLE FEET (from left) KEEN TERRADORA WATERPROOF MID We are into healthy waterproofing. These boots have a PFC-free durable water repellent and natural odor control. Local retailers love Keen. DARN TOUGH JUNIOR MICRO CREW Warm enough for skiing but breathable enough for the warmer days of autumn. They are also made of merino, which has some antimicrobial properties. Even kids feet can stink! We also love their “Guaranteed for Life” warranty. SALOMON SPEEDCROSS CSWP J

TRAIL-RUNNING SHOES Available at Independence Run and Hike in Carbondale, these shoes have a really useful waterproofing layer for the transition seasons but aren’t a bulky winter boot.

I love these Saloman althletic shoes. They have a waterproof layer that really helps on muddy trails, puddles and even that first snow. The lacing system makes it easy for kids. Less whining is always good. ~ Brion After Owner, Independence Run and Hike, Carbondale

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FOR LITTLE ADVENTURERS CAMELBACK SCOUT Find it at Bristlecone in Willits. Known for it’s

built-in hydration system we love that this pack encourages young adventurers to drink more water. MARMOT KID’S ROOT Check the Marmot store in Aspen for this functional pack that can be used as a school back pack and a trail pack. It doesn’t have hydration but it is ergonomic and has useful exterior zipper pockets and water bottle holders. OSPREY MOKI Not only does it have a hydration system, it also has a built-in blinker light for making sure that kids stays visible as the daylight grows shorter. Available at Bristlecone.

ROARING FORK FURNITURE THE ROARING FORK VALLEY'S SOURCE FOR QUALITY FURNITURE 40 YEARS AND COUNTING! Our American Leather sleepers look modern by day and feel welcoming for night. These sofas double as a beautiful addition to your home and a comfortable workhorse for extra guests. The platform and foam construction (no springs) is built to last, even after years of sleepovers.

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FOR LITTLE (AND BIG) FACES AND “OTHER” PLACES (from left) while we acknowledge that each of these picks is packaged in difficult-to-recycle plastics (see page 22) they are reasonably priced, good quality and work great for both baby and parent HONEST COMPANY ORGANIC

BALM This balm works equally well or chapped toddler cheeks as it does for Mom’s lips and cuticles. Find it at Target and other local retailers. SEVENTH GENERATION COCONUT LOTION The coconut oil base and other natural ingredients are mildly scented and don’t leave any residue. This is really our favorite lotion!

BOUDREAUX’S BUTT PASTE Veteran parents know all about this paste. We prefer it to Desitin and other brands. Butt (yes, pun intended) did you know that this works even better for that chaffing from your epic ride in Moab this fall? By the way, you score ten points if you actually get in an epic ride in Moab.

ASPEN SANTA FE BALLET presents

at THE ASPEN DISTRICT THEATRE

FUN for tickets: ASPENSANTAFEBALLET.COM

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OUT& ABOUT

LIB DeSTEFANO’S “GRANDS” ART CLASS FOR GRAND DAUGHTERS WITH THEIR GRAND PARENTS Aife DeStefano, Savannah Baker, Lib DeStefano, Emma Montgomery, Jordan Doll, Clover Hansen. “Using vibrant watercolor we painted evergreens and aspen trees with a winter and spring theme. “Initially, we practiced sketching the trees on separate paper and then laid in watercolor washes on watercolor paper, adding the trees, glazing and splattering to our hearts content.” THEATRE ASPEN’S SUMMER CONSERVATORY PRODUCTION OF MARY POPPINS Twenty-five students, the largest ensemble yet, performed for eight sold performances in the Hurst Theatre this July and August. This was one of three student TAS productions this summer, including Madagascar for younger actors and Triple Threat Training, a new offering of rigorous Master classes from Broadway and industry professionals in dance, voice and acting. (photo credit: Mike Lyons)

WHERE FAMILIES ARE BORN Aspen Valley Hospital is one of 16 hospitals in Colorado designated as “Baby Friendly.” Our team of doctors, midwives, registered nurses and lactation consultants is here for you every step of the way, ensuring you receive extraordinary, personalized care for this experience of a lifetime.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT • Childbirth preparation classes for new and returning mothers, partners and siblings • Pain management techniques to support your birth plan • Post-discharge phone calls to address your unexpected questions and concerns • Lactation follow-up consultation • Weekly “Bosom Buddies” support group 0401 Castle Creek Road, Aspen | 970.544.1130 | aspenhospital.org |

Schedule a pre-admission navigation, tour or class today.

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ANDERSON RANCH’S 38 ANNUAL ART AUCTION is the organization’s largest fund raiser of the year, a family event with something for everyone: live music, face painting, ping pong, food, drinks, and this year, a kids’ painted birdhouse organized by children’s program manager Katherine Bell (whose DIY Sunflower is featured on pages 9-10). ROARING FORK AUDUBON SOCIETY’S SUMMER SCHOLARSHIP WINNER Elsie Weiss received the organization’s

first annual award and enjoyed a week of birding with other young enthusiasts at YMCA OF THE ROCKIES. Elsie’s sightings included Burrowing Owls, McCowns, Chestnut-vollard Longspurs, Caspian Terns, and a Peregrine Falcon. ASPEN YOUTH CENTER’S AETHER GAMES are a day of field games in

partnership with Aether, maker of high tech outer wear. This is perhaps the one day of the year when AYC isn’t all about kids. On this occasion, it was adults only and everyone apréd at Jimmy’s Bodega. (photo credit: May Selby)

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