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Volume 3, Number 7 | March 31, 2011

Glenwood resident may put up $500K for island parcel

By Terray Sylvester Sopris Sun Staff Writer

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he stakes appear to be climbing higher for a piece of disputed town property that’s been called the Carbondale Island.

Glenwood Springs resident Owen Minney says he’s considering putting in an offer to buy the 17-acre parcel, which is currently embroiled in a lawsuit between the town of Carbondale and adjacent landowners. Minney has just begun talking to the various stakeholders in the property, but he said he’s thinking of offering $500,000 for the land, which consists of an island and some shoreline on the south side the Roaring Fork River near Planted Earth and the Highway 133. It was donated to the town in 1981.

“I think I have enough interest generated that it’s worthwhile to at least move forward and meet with the players,” Minney said. “I think this could be a real positive thing for everybody concerned.”

Minney said he learned of the island property when it began making headlines during the week of March 15, after the Carbondale Town Trustees disclosed they were considering selling it to settle a title dispute with Michael Stahl and Thomas and Mary Beth Joiner, whose properties appear to overlap with the town land.

As part of the settlement, the town would sell the land for $100,000, but Minney said he thinks the parcel is worth more than that.

“Seventeen acres on the Roaring Fork, I mean, think about it,” he said.“I only had twelve acres at Emma and that went for $3.4 million.”

If his proposal does hold water, this won’t be the first time a local land deal involving significant public interest has carried Minney into the public eye. In the mid-1990s Minney purchased the historic Emma Store buildings near Basalt. Pitkin County eventually bought the buildings for preservation purposes in 2008 for $2.65 million. (Minney asserted the property was worth $750,000 more, a sum he essentially contributed by selling the land for less.)

During the negotiations with Pitkin County Minney several times threatened to raze the historic structures, but in an interview with The Sopris Sun early this week he claimed he never intended to destroy the buildings.The brinkmanship was a ploy to get the public to pay attention, step up, and protect a piece of local history.

“I could never have taken those buildings down, never ever,” Minney said.

Minney, 67, now lives outside of West Glenwood. An entrepreneur who has been involved in real estate, restaurants and building boats, he says he also enjoys canoeing and described

Kirk Kaden and other Roaring Fork High School students were out prepping the school’s garden under cloudy skies and cool breezes last Friday. Inside the adjacent grow dome, where the temperature and humidity both seemed to be in the 70s, other students were transplanting plants. Photo by Lynn Burton

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Dumping on the dump

Comp planning in the works

Local scene meets silver screen

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Letters

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No bull on the Village Editor’s Note: In the March 3 edition, we asked readers to choose from a list of potential article topics on the proposed Village at Crystal River Development. The following letter was written in response to the question, “For much of the year the property is used as cattle pasture. Isn’t it against the town ordinances to keep livestock inside the town limits?” We ran a correction related to this question in the March 24 edition.

Dear Editor: No. That irrigated land east of the Colorado Rocky Mountain School barn is zoned open space, belongs to CRMS, and is not part of the VCR proposal. And that meadow on the north side of West Main Street, across from homes in Crystal Village? Also zoned open space, not p art of the VCR proposal. The Village at Crystal River would extend no farther up Highway 133 than the Roaring Fork Co-op, and no farther west on Main Street than Claddaugh’s Pub. I guess I should not be surprised that even the Sun is confused about the size of this proposed shopping center. Years ago, I tried to convince another local journalist (very well-informed on most things) that this green hay field east of the CRMS barn was not part of the development, and he didn’t believe me. Since his newspaper never corrected their mistake, the myth is perpetuated.

It makes me sad that so many of my friends and neighbors spend so much energy fighting (on both sides) about a development proposal that they don’t fully understand. Especially now that the attacks have become personal attacks against wellintentioned people who just happen to have an opinion opposed to yours.

It is sad that we have become so fearful about the motives of our neighbors and our elected officials. The latest evidence is the outrage about how the town handled the negotiations with Tom and Mary Beth Joiner and Michael Stahl. People I’ve talked to are convinced that the proposed settlement is a done deal, concocted in secret so that no public input would be allowed. I

even saw an e-mail that suggested it was part of a plot to build a big box at the LaFarge gravel pit!

We could all help to restore civility locally by trying to remember that we each have the best interests of our community at heart, even when we disagree about how best to achieve them.

Nancy Smith Satank

Hemmen conscientious, caring Editor’s Note: This letter was also addressed to the Board of Education of the Re-1 School District. The Sopris Sun received 19 letters in support of Sonya Hemmen, but due to space constraints we are printing only a few.

Dear Editor: I am writing in support of Sonya Hemmen Principal of Glenwood Springs Elementary School.

I have known Sonya Hemmen for 11 years – we are neighbors. I have seen her act during her career in administration in the RE-1 school district as a conscientious, caring professional that undoubtedly puts the students of this district above all else.

There is nothing that Sonya Hemmen wouldn’t do to support her students in earning the best education available. She has proven that time and time again. Note her recent award of the Title 1 Improvement Grant totaling $150,000 for her school as one of her most recent accomplishments in bettering the quality of education at GSES. I implore you to reinstate principal Hemmen to her position at GSES for the benefit of its students, teachers and the community of Glenwood Springs.

Jo Bershenyi Glenwood Springs

Hemmen a gift to the community Editor’s Note: This letter was also addressed to the Board of Education of the Re-1 School District.

Dear Editor: Over the past three days I have talked with some of you via telephone while others failed to return my calls. Therefore, I would like to formally address my concerns regarding the treatment of Principal Hemmen to all of you in writing. During my three terms as Mayor of Glenwood Springs I have had the opportunity to visit Glenwood Springs Elementary School on numerous occasions at the invitation of Ms. Hemmen and her faculty. In every case as I would walk the halls of the school with Ms. Hemmen we would be greeted by smiling, happy and inquisitive children. Whether I was addressing classes at the school or conducting tours of city hall, I was constantly aware of the culture for learning that is cre-

ated within this school and exemplified through the students’ curiosity and interaction with me as a visitor. I give great credit to the teachers of this outstanding school but also must point out that this would not be the case without great leadership. Sonya Hemmen's leadership is clearly a necessary component to the success of both the school and its students.

The cultural and demographic diversity of the school is also evident to anyone who spends time there. While this may certainly provide challenges with regard to test scores, I can think of nothing that will go further to prepare children for life in the real world. I and other members of our community find it insulting that GSES is referred to as “the ghetto school” by those who seem to place shiny new buildings above the quality of the people who actually facilitate learning. Ms. Hemmen and her staff continue to do more with less than probably any other school within the Roaring Fork district.

I and other members of the Glenwood Springs community consider Sonya Hemmen a true gift to our community and are outraged at the possibility that her job is in jeopardy. I have never heard a single negative comment about her from a child, parent or citizen of our community. What I am consistently told is that she devotes countless hours of her own time and energy to better the lives of each of the children who are enrolled at GSES. Please consider the impacts of your actions not only on this wonderful and dedicated woman but also on the children who continue to benefit so greatly from her skill and passion.

Bruce Christensen Glenwood Springs

Keep C’dale fun and functional Editor’s Note: This letter was also addressed to the Carbondale Town Trustees.

Dear Editor: Stop all of Carbondale’s growth, development, population and pollution increases because we all have to, not because we just want to. These horrible growth problems are all worldwide problems, not just Carbondale problems. The world’s air, water, foods, populations and pollutions are all in an exponential and evolutionary state of catastrophe.

The world’s human population is now over 7 billion and will exponentially top 9 billion by 2050. About two thirds of planet Earth is covered with water, but only about 3 percent of Earth’s water is fresh water, and half of that fresh, mammal-needed water is frozen. Statistically, 1.5 percent or less of anything is considered “chance level.” Over four years ago, fresh water and river researchers suggested that the Colorado River would not make it to Baja any-

more. They were proved right last fall after just three and a half years.

Suburbia, shopping malls, the driving anywhere/everywhere mania, and life’s stressful depression living came onto us all exponentially after World War II. However, in the mid to late 1980s, about 17 percent of U.S. shopping mall manias and developments have stopped! They have been torn down to be used as little local urban/downtown living businesses and shopping villages with street stop signs, street walking and street parking.

The potential 24-acre Village at Crystal River development (the northwest corner of Highway 133 and Main Street) has to be kept and maintained as open space, including biking and walking space, world class Frisbee golf, a dog park, local home growers’ land and year-round usable greenhouses. The cost to Carbondale would only be some $8 million to $10 million to own it and keep it open. (That’s like the cost of one Aspen mansion.)

Carbondale, we have to do at least our own stopping of overpopulation and of our over pollution, both locally and worldwide.

So good luck with local and world stockmarketing and with local and worldwide real estate bolognas. (Both are world gambling games.) Keep Carbondale small, fun and functional right here and right now. Simply reuse restorations. Simply avoid suburbia and mall mania and any and all costs.

Doc Philip Carbondale LETTERS page 13

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970-510-3003 Raw Food Chef Mary Whalen shares the local news with recent graduates of Living Light Culinary Art School in Fort Bragg, Calif.

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CORRECTION A Green is the New Black fashion show caption in the March 17 Sopris Sun concerning Alexandra and Anthony Jerkunica (owners of Coredination movement studio) was incorrect. Their costumes were designed by Katrina Byar.

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Opponents dump on waste transfer station proposal

By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer An application involving Mountain Roll-offs Inc., of Silt that could make it easier to build a solid-waste transfer station on County Road 100 east of Carbondale is drawing fire from some area property owners.

At the town’s comprehensive plan visioning meeting on March 23, one transfer station opponent got up and told the gathering the proposed “dump” would “change the character of County Road 100 forever.”

Mitch Knutson, who owns property across from the proposed solid-waste transfer station, told The Sopris Sun this week, “When you take trash to a facility, it’s a dump … they are pretty ugly.”

The Garfield County commissioners will discuss the application during their meeting in Glenwood Springs on April 18.

The site in question is the former MidContinent Resources coal-loading facility on the south side of County Road 100, one of two parcels in the county that is zoned Industrial.

The applicant, IRMW, LLC., is asking for a zone-text amendment to the county’s Industrial zone district that would allow a solid-waste transfer station as a use by right, said Garfield County planner Glenn Hartmann. Current zoning for such a facility calls for a limited impact review or a major impact review, depending on the components of any proposed solid-waste transfer station.

IRMW’s application is not “site specific,” Hartmann said, but asks for an

Mountain Roll-offs Inc., of Silt, is proposing a zone text amendment to Garfield County’s industrial zoning that would allow a solid-waste transfer station at the old Mid-Continent Resources coal-loading facility east of Carbondale on County Road 100. The Garfield County commissioners discuss the proposal on April 18. Photo by Lynn Burton amendment to the Industrial zone that could allow for a solid-waste transfer station.

Knutson, who owns a residential building site in the Roaring Fork Preserve on County Road 100, said a property owner in the same subdivision learned of the proposal after overhearing people talk about it at the Village Smithy. That property owner then told Knutson. “We need to get the word out,” Knutson said.

Knutson and others have set up a web site to help spread their message. Their single page flyer includes a dump truck with

the phrase “Don’t trash Carbondale” incorporated into their logo.

The flyer says in part: “Are you aware that a Recycling Center is being proposed that will recycle GARBAGE at the old MidContinent Mining Building? … This could be disastrous for our environment! … A company called MRI wants to recycle the following: Residential garbage, food waste and other potentially harmful organic materials.”

Bullet points on the flyer ask about the impacts to the Carbondale community, in-

cluding: “air, water, ground and noise pollution; foul odors, litter and heavy industrial traffic; (a) negative effect on (the) Carbondale rodeo; (a) magnet site for other cities’ garbage.”

The flyer concludes in part, “Recycling Center is code word for a DUMP! Is this the best location for a DUMP?” MRI officials were not available for comment for this article. In February, the company notified the Carbondale trustees of the application, and said it plans to include a recycling component as part of a solid-waste transfer station.

The Garfield County Planning & Zoning Commission discussed IRMW’s zonetext amendment application at its March 9 meeting and recommended to the county commissioners that solid-waste transfer component be subject to a limited impact review and the recycling component to a major impact review.

Hartmann said a limited impact review requires a public hearing before the county commissioners and a major impact review a public hearing before the planning and zoning commission and the county commissioners.

A use by right, which the applicant wants, usually calls for less review by the planning and zoning commission and county commissioners.

In an interview in the Feb. 10 Sopris Sun, MRI General Manager Don Van Devander said if the county’s zoning text is amended to allow a solid-waste transfer station as a use by right, the company would still have to obtain a state permit to operate the facility.

Bag activists planning public outreach

By Terray Sylvester Sopris Sun Staff Writer Members of Carbondale’s Environmental Board are planning a mid-April meeting with the board of town trustees to discuss tactics to curb the number of single-use shopping bags handed out around town.

In late February, the E-Board recommended to the trustees that the town take some sort of formal action on single-use bags, said Jason White, a waste and recycling expert on the volunteer board. He said the E-Board urged the trustees to consider a fee, not an outright ban, on single-use bags.

Since then, E-Board members have met informally with Mayor Stacey Bernot and Trustee John Foulkrod to discuss the issue, but a meeting in April would be the first opportunity for the board of trustees as a whole to consider a potential ordinance.

In the lead-up to the meeting, which has not yet been added to the trustees’ agenda, E-Board members, working in partnership with the Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE), plan to reach out to businesses that might be affected by a bag fee and to gauge the sentiment of the public at large.

They also plan to ask for advice and letters of support from stores in the region

that have already stopped offering singleuse bags to customers, stores such as the Carbondale Community Food Co-op on Main Street and Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers in Glenwood Springs.

The Carbondale effort is part of a larger push to cut the number of single-use bags used in the Roaring Fork Valley. Jason Haber of CORE said Basalt’s Green Team (the equivalent of Carbondale’s E-Board) has been particularly gung ho. They’re aiming to draft a bag ordinance by April 13, which would potentially impose a per-bag fee at Clark’s Market, the El Jebel City Market and the Basalt 7-Eleven.

Aspen’s City Council has been working toward a bag ordinance since January, but recently decided to shelve its effort until May to allow time for the dust to settle after an upcoming round of municipal elections.

Aspen’s delay may also allow Basalt and Carbondale to catch up with their own efforts. Bag activists hope that could benefit the campaign as a whole, allowing the towns to coordinate on education and outreach and collectively distribute reusable bags.

A number of key points remain undecided in Carbondale, including the size of the fee itself. So far, a fee of between 5 and 25 cents has been considered.

Bag-fee proponents are also trying to figure out how to focus the ordinance for the maximum effect and the minimum backlash, which may mean narrowing its scope until it affects only Carbondale’s largest retailers, such as City Market, the Family Dollar Store and Ace Hardware. A broader ordinance could include smaller grocers and convenience stores, such as 7Eleven and the Cowen Center, Garcia’s Mini Store, Teresa’s Market and potentially the Roaring Fork Co-op, but it would also force the bag activists to bring more business owners on board. In that, Carbondale’s bag-ordinance proponents have had a chance to learn from one of Aspen’s missteps. Aspen’s bag proposal incited backlash from small retailers – many of whom use their bags as a form of advertising – not long after it was introduced.

Next Steps: To learn more or offer feedback on the effort to cut down on single-use shopping bags in Carbondale call Environmental Board representative Jason White at 379-4303, or contact Jason Haber of the Community Office For Resource Efficiency: 963-1090, jason@aspencore.org.

A mule deer glides over a fence near Carbondale earlier in the week. Other deer behind him waited their turn and crossed Prince Creek Road one by one. Photo by Lynn Burton

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News Briefs

Cop Shop

The Weekly News Brief The Sopris Sun and the KDNK news departments team up to discuss recent news from the Roaring Fork Valley and beyond. Catch the Brief on KDNK between 7:30 and 8 a.m. and between 5:30 and 6 p.m. on Thursdays.

Report: Teen pot use on the rise Over the past year the number of YouthZone clients using pot regularly has climbed by about 50 percent, according to a recent report from the organization. The report states that “frequent or continuous” weed smokers are more likely to commit crimes involving illegal substances but less likely to commit serious offenses. They are also “significantly less likely” to be involved in school and community activities.

The findings are part of YouthZone’s most recent three-year report, which offers a variety of statistics about the nonprofit organization’s performance between 2007 and 2010. For 35 years YouthZone has worked with adolescents from around the region on problems ranging from substance abuse to delinquency. With a budget of about $1.2 million, YouthZone serves about 1,000 clients each year from Aspen to Parachute and out the Interstate 70 corridor to Eagle.

About 10 percent of YouthZone clients reported using marijuana once a month or more often. YouthZone clients in Aspen and Glenwood Springs consumed the most pot, followed by clients from Carbondale, Basalt, Rifle and, finally, Parachute.

YouthZone’s statistics mirror a nationwide trend. Since 2007 more kids in grades

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eight through 12 have been using marijuana, according to the report. Citing national data, the report asserts adolescents have begun to consider the drug less risky, and that they think the drug meets with less disapproval in general. However, they don’t think it has become more available. In the decade before 2007, pot use by adolescents had been steadily decreasing. Binge drinking showed a similar trend, and has continued to decline, reaching a historic low in 2010, states the report.

Be bear aware As spring arrives, the Colorado Division of Wildlife is reminding rural and suburban residents to clean up sources of food that could attract black bears. Once the bears come out of hibernation and their digestive systems are up and running, they become opportunistic feeders that will eagerly exploit any available nutrition, including residential garbage, pet food, birdseed and greasy barbecue grills, states a press release.

Once a bear becomes habituated to human food and loses its fear of people, it can present a risk to public safety and will probably have to be euthanized.

The DOW offers some precautions to reduce the chances you’ll have a conflict with bears. Follow your community trash

disposal ordinances. Do not put out garbage the night before trash pick up.

Keep garbage in a secure building or a bearresistant can or dumpster. Wash garbage cans regularly with ammonia to eliminate food odors. If you don’t have a place to store garbage, ask the trash company for a bear-resistant container or buy one. Make sure it is approved by the “Living with Wildlife Foundation.” Rinse out all cans, bottles and jars so that they are free of food and odors before putting them out for pickup. Seal smelly items in plastic bags and freeze them before placing them in the trash. Don’t leave pet food or pet dishes outside. Remove bird feeders and sweep up excess seed. Take hummingbird feeders inside at night. Clean outdoor grills after each use. Pick ripe fruit from trees and off the ground. Close and lock doors and windows, especially on ground-level floors when you are not at home. Bears have a keen sense of smell and may enter a home in search of an easy meal. Don’t leave food in your car. Bears are strong enough to pry open car doors. For more information, visit: wildlife.state.co.us.

BLM seeks citizen advisers The Bureau of Land Management is NEWS BRIEFS page 11

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

SATURDAY March 12 At 3:06 a.m. an officer saw a man allegedly breaking into an unattended vehicle near the intersection of Seventh Street and Cleveland Avenue. After a foot chase the man was arrested for criminal trespass, criminal mischief and obstruction.

TUESDAY March 15 At 1:47 p.m. police responded to an alleged burglary in progress at the intersection of Main and Second streets. Officers arrested a man on an outstanding warrant and summonsed a woman for theft and criminal mischief.

SATURDAY March 19 At 2:42 a.m. a woman reported one of her car tires had been slashed on Fourth Street.

SUNDAY March 20 At 2:46 p.m. five dogs were reported at large on Cowen Drive. The town captured three of them: a black poodle and two golden labs named “Sadie” and “Dixie.”

MONDAY March 21 At 9:06 p.m. police responded to reports of a suspicious female “soliciting for sustainable energy” in River Valley Ranch. Officers were unable to find her.

Carbondale looks down the road for comp plan

By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer Last Wednesday, Carbondale residents were asked what kind of headlines they would like to read in The Sopris Sun 20 years from now. Here are a few of their suggestions: • Carbondale fashion show on front page of Vogue; • Aspen student turned away from Carbondale school (due to lack of room); • Carbondale hosts world-class broomball tournament.

Then there were the more serious suggestions: • Carbondale celebrates 15th anniversary of energy independence; • Motorized traffic reduced 50 percent; Carbondale a net exporter of locally grown foods.

And some suggestions fell between serious and funny: • Co-op celebrates 10th anniversary of replacing City Market; • Carbondale named seat of Roaring Fork county; • Average time to get a land use application approved is one month; • Colorado Rocky Mountain School land still vacant.

Suggesting headlines for the year 2031 was one of four exercises the public was invited to participate in at town hall on March 23 as part of Carbondale’s process to update its current comprehensive plan (approved in 2000). Planning firm RPI Consulting of Durango will tabulate the March 23 results for a “vision verification” workshop at town hall from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on April 6.

More than 100 Carbondale and area residents took seats at 13 tables for the visioning workshop. “We need some bodies at each of the tables,” RPI partner Gabe

Diane Doolittle makes a comment at her table during the March 23 visioning workshop. Photo by Lynn Burton

Preston told the crowd.

Preston started by introducing the members of RPI’s comprehensive plan team, which includes DHM Design of Carbondale and Leslie Lamont of Lamont Planning Services then said, “We (RPI) honestly believe a community can take control of its future.”

Preston explained a comprehensive plan defines a community’s “shared vision of the future” then added, “they tend to focus on private land.”

A comprehensive plan should help guide how growth and development occurs and how town resources are used, Preston said,

First Friday returns Sopris Sun Staff Report Spring weather might be a bit iffy, but First Friday isn’t. The town’s galleries and related stores start moving into the getout-and-about mode with a First Friday lineup that includes snacks and libations at various spots around town, a new show at the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities, and a new artist at Main Street Gallery.

Main Street Gallery’s new artist is Grand Valley resident Charles Morris. Morris works in oils and focuses on Western Slope landscapes and figures. His paintings are in the collections of Alpine Bank-Grand Junction, Colorado Springs National Bank and others. He’ll be on hand to discuss his paintings. For more on Morris, visit charlesmorrisartstudio.com. Main Street Gallery also represents jeweler Barbara Sophia and will be showing her work.

Down the street in the Dinkel Building, Marcel (Majid) Kahhak will paint live at his studio from 6 to 8 p.m. Kahhak says his painting will be inspired by Easter/spring renewal, or maybe something humorous. “Come find out,” he said.

Beverages and hors d'oeuvres will be served. For details, call 704-0622.

A few doors west of Kahhak’s at the Floral Boutique come meet Lori Haroutunian’s new partner Beth McKenzie.

and it has three legs: the physical environment, the cultural environment and economic goals.

“You have to keep all three balanced,” he said.

Old town plans, including the Pioneer Project from the mid-1980s and the Economic Roadmap from more recent times, might also play a role in the current process. “We’re going to continue to bring that up (the Economic Roadmap),” Preston said.

The four questions for the night were: what concerns about Carbondale do you have now and for the future, what do you treasure and want to preserve about Carbondale, what would you like to see different or change in Carbondale, and what do you want Carbondale to look like in 20 years?

Many in the room were familiar with the night’s format. For each question, respondents answered on sticky notes and gave them to a recorder chosen from each table. After each question, Preston called on a few tables to read their top three results.

Participants didn’t have to stay the whole night. “This is a culture of ‘leave if you want to,’” Preston said.

For the question “What concerns do you have now and for the future?” responses from individual tables included: • I don’t want to get natural gas from far away; thoughtful growth and sustainability.

• Old plans shouldn’t be dusty, they should be worn out; economic development should blend housing, road patterns, citizen involvement and governance; the natural environment.

• Maintaining open space; no big-box retailer; retain small town character; retain existing businesses.

• Economic diversity; protect water, food, land, resources; relationship between

town and school system.

To the question “What do you treasure and want to preserve about Carbondale?” responses included: • Small town character; natural beauty; mix of non-profit and for-profit businesses.

• Local culture; ability to have chickens in town.

• The green vibe; access to recreation.

• Irrigation ditches; cattle drives through town; the library; Colorado Mountain College; the recreation center.

• The funkiness.

The night was drawing to a close so questions No. 3 (“What would you like to see different or change in Carbondale?”) and 2031 headline suggestions were combined.

Some of the answers from a table comprised of John Foulkrod, Jenna Bradford, Hollis Kerler, Dan Giese, Julie Tallmadge, Diane Doolittle and Dan Whittney included: fruit trees/edible landscapes, trade/barter system, no chain stores, bike lane only roads, city owned power system, bike underpass on Highway 133, not so many cars, a land use process that works for the community and developer, a hi-tech library, ranches turned into open space instead of developed, the economy more dependent on locally grown food, orchestrated trash pick up (so all the trash is picked up on the same day).

Another table said they’d like to see 75 percent of Carbondale’s population live off renewable energy sources, a high percentage of the population earning their living “creatively,” a strict green building code and annexing Satank.

At the April 6 vision verification workshop, participants will use keypad polling, which allows them to provide electronic feedback anonymously. Polling results will appear instantly on screen. Refreshments will be served.

They’ll be serving refreshments and Armenian food. On Weant Street across from Sopris Park, the Parkside Gallery serves fine wine and snacks.

At the Third Street Center (at the south end of Third), the Third Street Café presents a music/poetry/comedy, drama showcase from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Poet Kim Nuzzo reads his work at 8:30 p.m. There’ll also be an open mic.

Creative Spark Studio hosts Rochelle Norwood’s bake sale to raise funds to purchase additional sewing machines for her students to use. Creative Spark also shows Norwood’s paintings created from acrylic and donated house paints on recycled surfaces. Norwood also shows a mixed-media production incorporating heart and soul to create a variety of works ranging from people to birds. The hours are 6 to 8 p.m.

Rounding out Third Street Center action, the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities presents the sculpture show “Feel Free to Touch (or Not)” from 6 to 8 p.m. Local sculptors in the show include James Surls, Alicia de las Hera Matesanz, Michael Lindsay, Janet Nelson, Joe Burleigh, Will Perry, Sherrill Stone and Doug Casebeer; Jason Schneider and Paul Collins are from the Anderson Ranch Arts Center. The entire show features more than 100 pieces from almost 50 sculptors from Colorado and New Mexico, and is curated by Carbondale’s Mark Harris.

For more information visit carbondalearts.com.

This Charles Morris painting is one of several pieces of his work at the Main Street Gallery in downtown Carbondale.

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RFHS students go historic A group of Roaring Fork High School students was spied on Main Street last Thursday, notebooks in hand. They were exploring Carbondale buildings as part of the Mt. Sopris Historical Society’s Junior Docent program. Students visited the freight elevator at the back of the Lift in the Dinkel building, the site of the Mountain View Hotel upstairs in the Dinkel building and the stone oven on Fourth Street where the Lieberman family operated a bakery 100 years ago. The day ended with nachos at the Pour House, which was once Sherwood's Motion Picture Theater.

Carbondalians do the Traverse

The Sopris Sun’s first-ever Bicyclist of the Week recognition goes to Sari Anderson, who was seen pedaling up Third Street not only with a pair of skis on her shoulder, she was also pulling her two small kids in a trailer. Photo by Lynn Burton

About a dozen Carbondalians raced 40 miles from Crested Butte to Aspen as part of the Elk Mountains Grand Traverse on March 26. Sari Anderson was the first of them to cross the line with her teammate Peter Gaston of Aspen. Anderson and Gaston took third place overall and finished second in the coed division with a time of 9:17. Dan Goddard of Carbondale and his teammate Lissa Ballinger of Aspen finished sixth in

coed division and 38th overall with a time of 12:27.

Carbondenizens Mary Lewis and Collette Newell were the second allfemale team to slide into Aspen. Allison Holmes and Amelia Potvin, both of Carbondale, took fifth in the women's 26-35 division.

Carbondale was well represented in the men's 25-36 division. Harlan Nimmo of Carbondale and Tyler Newton of Snowmass took eighth in that age class and 19th overall. Adam Cooper of Carbondale and Rich Rodgers of Denver finished 11th in the same division and 23rd overall with a time of 11:14. Dave Gray and Karl Walker, both of Carbondale, took 14th in the men's 26-35 and 36th overall. Carbondalian Randy Young and Joe Difulgentis of Bozeman, Mont., finished 24th in the division. Mike Spayd of Carbondale and Dave Songayllo of Snowmass finished 56th overall.

Hackbarth plays the Wheeler Andy Hackbarth opens for blues/folk singer Ruthie Foster at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen on April 1. Hackbarth was raised on a llama ranch in the Carbondale area then

lit out for Nashville a few years ago.

Good goin’ The American Legion Post 100 Women’s Auxiliary baked 3,093 cookies for veterans taking part in the National Veterans Winter Sports Clinic at Snowmass. An auxiliary spokeswoman said they baked “all kinds” of cookies for the vets.

The winner is Betsy Lincicome was first to identify last week’s Mystery Photo. The dead-end sign (with Grateful Dead logo in the middle) is located on Glenwood Avenue in Satank. Turns out, Betsy and Thane Lincicome actually live on Glenwood Avenue and are well familiar with noticed the sign.

They say it’s your birthday Birthday greetings go out to Colleen Borkovec and Jane Hart (March 31), Dave Ritchie (April 2), Don Muishet, Jeff Busk and Terri Ritchie (April 3), Marilyn Murphy and Donny Mushet (April 4), and Rowan Dietz and Judy Schilling (April 5).

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CMS earns Distinguished Improvement Award Sopris Sun Staff Report Carbondale Middle School has earned the Governor’s Distinguished Improvement Award, according a Colorado Department of Education press release.

The award recognizes the top 8 percent of public schools where student test scores showed the greatest improvements over the previous year. Other schools in the area to win the award are Basalt Middle School and the Aspen Community Charter School.

“The state is proud to recognize the hard work and dedication demonstrated by the staff and students at these schools,” said Gov. John Hickenlooper in a prepared statement.

The surprise announcement came during an assembly on March 24. Neither students nor teachers knew of the award when they arrived in the auditorium.

Once everyone was in their seat, the stage curtains swept back to reveal the stage with many empty chairs and balloons, while Kool & the Gang played over the sound system. All the teachers were then asked to come onstage to be honored.

Students also stood up and honored their teachers, along with Roaring Fork School Board member Debbie Bruell. Carbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot sent a message of congratulations.

Ami Maes’s art students at Carbondale Middle School painted two gigantic murals for the Valley Kids art exhibit at the Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts, which runs through April 10. The students who painted this mural (titled “A Mysterious Night of Cirque de Carnival”) were: Bianca de la Torre, Johnny Dolores, Cally Erickson, Reece Ettelson, Noah Frazzini, Kianna Gunstream, Ashley Hall, Emily Johnson, Jasmin Juanlucas, Tanner Korn, Simone Lamont, Dorian Medina, Kevin Monroy, Arturo Ortiz, Oved Ortiz, Alanna Roberti, Diana Rojas, Lilliann Smalls, Justin Thompson and Yaislin Venzor. Photo by Lynn Burton

Carbondale Island continued from page 1 himself as a hunter and a fisherman. If he acquires the island, Minney said he would place it under a conservation easement but include provisions to allow continued hunting and fishing from the parcel, as well as recreational access for boaters.

“The river rafters are going by one way or the other, so you’ve got to sort of take that into account,” he said. “I don’t have any commercial idea for the property at all.”

Minney said he would be willing to allow the town to drill water wells on the property under certain conditions.

The potential for recreational access is the most significant difference between Minney’s ideas and the settlement drawn up by the town and the adjacent landowners.

As it currently stands, the settlement would prohibit Stahl and the Joiners from developing the property, and it would include an easement to allow the town to develop water wells. The town already operates wells nearby, but none are actually located on the parcel.Terms in the settlement would also allow boaters to float through the property, but would prohibit them from touching the shore or the river bottom, other than by accident.

That became a point of contention at a Carbondale Town Trustees’ meeting on March 15, when some local anglers objected that the settlement would cut off public access to the only patch of public land in a two-mile stretch of river.

Proponents of the settlement have countered that the town plans to develop a major public river access, Gateway Park, not far downstream at the intersection of Highways 82 and 133.

Minney’s proposal may face significant legal hurdles.

Since the property is currently disputed it’s unclear whom, exactly, Minney would approach to purchase the land.

Town Trustee John Foulkrod said Minney could potentially purchase whatever interest the town holds. However, at some point the property lines would still have to be settled, probably in court.

But as yet, Minney’s proposal, if it can be called that, is in its earliest stages. Minney has spoken with Foulkrod and Town Trustee John Hoffmann and some local community activists and land conservationists. But earlier this week he had not yet touched base with the Joiners or Stahl, and he said he had not spoken with Town Attorney Mark Hamilton and Mayor Stacey Bernot, who were traveling during spring break. Minney has not yet asked for a spot on the town trustees’ agenda.

“When I first heard the message I didn’t know if it was someone playing games or what,”Foulkrod said of a voicemail Minney left him before the two spoke. “I think it’s worth talking about.”

Foulkrod has said he played a key role in organizing the settlement with the Joiners and Stahl. He argues it would allow the town to dodge the legal fees associated with defending the property, and bring in revenue.

Hoffmann, the most vocal opponent of the settlement on the board of trustees, welcomed Minney’s involvement because it raises the possibility that the island parcel is worth more than $100,000.

But he stated he would be reluctant to see the island pass into private hands for anything less than $5 million, a price in line with what the town paid for a piece of land proposed for Gateway Park downstream. Before selling the island, he would also like the town to acquire an open space parcel to replace it.

Next Steps: The Carbondale Town Trustees are scheduled to discuss the Carbondale Island property during their meeting on April 19 at town hall, 511 Colorado Ave. For more information, call 963-2733.

Birth Announcement: Parents names: Mike & Tiffany Klausing of Rifle, CO Baby: Lukas Klausing, male, Born 3/4/11 at 10:38PM, 8lbs 2oz, 21.75in.

Grandparents: Craig and Susan Jones of New Castle, CO, Carol Klausing of Novi, MI and Bill Klausing of Brighton, MI Godfather: Uncle Zack Jones; Godmother: Aunt Erica Cleaver

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Community Calendar Thursday March 31 ROTARY • Garfield County Library Board member Bill Lamont speaks at the Mount Sopris Rotary luncheon at Mi Casita at noon in downtown Carbondale.

GOVERNOR SPEAKS • The Glenwood Springs Chamber Resort Association hosts a luncheon with Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper at the Hotel Denver from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Hickenlooper will talk about economic development in Colorado. Tickets are $20 and seating is limited. Info: 945-6589.

WOLFOWITZ SPEAKS • Pitkin County Republicans present U.S. Ambassador Paul Wolfowitz at the Aspen Institute’s Koch Building from 5:30 to 7 p.m. RSVP to fkwallison@aol.com.

FRIDAY APRIL 1 LIVE MUSIC • Carbondale Beer Works on Main Street presents Elements 3.

LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s, located in the Dinkel Building, presents Already Gone at 10 p.m.

LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars, located in the Dinkel Building, presents Finders & Youngberg. Info: 963-3304.

LIVE MUSIC • Rivers in Glenwood Springs presents Straight Shot (country rock) from 9 p.m. to midnight. No cover charge.

OPERA • The Jim Calaway Honors Series

at Colorado Mountain College offers a night of opera, featuring bass-baritone Keith Miller, soprano Kara Guggenmos and pianist Debra Ayers. All three performers live or have lived in the state. The performance starts at 7:30 p.m. in the New Space Theatre at Colorado Mountain College Spring Valley campus between Glenwood Springs and Carbondale. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students 17 and under, and are available at the door or by calling 947-8367.

LIVE PAINTING • Marcel (Majid) Kahhak will paint live at his studio in the Dinkel Building from 6 to 8 p.m. His painting will be inspired by Easter/spring renewal, or maybe something humorous. “Come find out,” he said. Beverages and hors d'oeuvres will be served.

Info: 970-704-0622.

MORRIS ON HAND • Painter Charles Morris puts in an appearance the Main Street Gallery to discuss his work.

(Blood tests, medical screenings and informational booths): Silt/New Castle Coal Ridge High School April 9, 2011, 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Carbondale Roaring Fork High School April 16, 2011, 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Pancake breakfast fundraiser by the Carbondale Rotary.

Glenwood Springs Glenwood Medical Associates April 30, 2011, 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Health information and testing is available to anyone 18 years of age or older.

Optional blood chemistry analysis: cholesterol, cardiac risk, blood sugar, kidney and liver function. Fast for 12 hours (diabetics should not fast.) $10 vaccines available through Garfield County Health (Tdap, HPV and more). Health Fair Blood Draw $45, Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) $35, Blood Count $20, Colorectal Kit $15 No appointment needed.

For more information call 384-6651

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p.m. Local sculptors include James Surls, Alicia de las Hera Matesanz, Michael Lindsay, Janet Nelson, Joe Burleigh, Will Perry, Sherrill Stone and Doug Casebeer; Jason Schneider and Paul Collins are from the Anderson Ranch Arts Center. CCAH's R2 Gallery is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday. Info: 963-1680.

FIRST AT THIRD • The Third Street Café in the Third Street Center presents a music/poetry/comedy/drama showcase, plus an open mic. It’s all from 6:30 to 10 p.m., with special guest poet Kim Nuzzo at 8:30 p.m. The night is in support of Feed them with Music.

LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars, located in the old part of the Dinkel Building, presents live music every Friday Night. Info: 9633304.

SATURDAY April 2 LIVE MUSIC • Carbondale Beer Works on Main Street presents All the Pretty Horses.

LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s in the Dinkel Building presents Gneiss (classic rock) at 10 p.m.

FIRST FRIDAY • Parkside Gallery, located across from Sopris Park, serves wine and snacks for First Friday.

LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars, located in the old part of the Dinkel Building present Buddy Mondlock. Info: 963-3304.

CCAH SHOW BEGINS • The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities presents the sculpture show “Feel Free to Touch (or Not)” at the Third Street Center through April 29. The opening runs from 6 to 8

RFCC • The Roaring Fork Cultural Council presents an evening with former U.S. Sen. Gary Hart (D-Colo.) at Thunder River Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Hart, who has written 19 books, will be speaking on national

April Valley View Community Health Fairs

To list your event, email information to news@soprissun.com. Deadline is 5 p.m. Saturday. Events take place in Carbondale unless noted. For up-to-the-minute valley-wide event listings, check out the Community Calendar online at soprissun.com.

security and foreign affairs. Tickets may be purchased at roaringforkculturalcouncil.com or at 987-4492.

SCOTCH TASTING • The Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts presents its fourth annual “Classic Malts of Scotland” Scotch tasting at 7 p.m. Tickets are $35 in advance, $40 at the door and $48 for nonmembers. Info: 945-2414. The Center is located across from the Hot Springs Pool.

SUNDAY April 3 LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars presents the David Mayfield Parade. Info: 963-3340.

MONDAY April 4 LIVE MUSIC • Carbondale Beer Works on Main Street presents Selah Dubb (reggae from North Carolina).

TUES.-SUN. April 5-10 SHORTS FEST • Aspen Film presents its annual Shorts Fest at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen and the Crystal Theatre in Carbondale. Info: aspenfilm.org.

WEDNESDAY April 6 LIVE MUSIC • White House pizza on Main Street presents Dwight Ferren (acoustic instrument). Info: 704-9400.

COMP PLAN • The town of Carbondale continues its comprehensive plan process with “Did we get it right” from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at town hall. Info: 970-382-9886.

AT VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL

Health and Wellness Classes

Valley View Hospital dietician Lisa Paige offers weekly sessions on eating for wellness.

Free to Valley View’s Cardiac Wellness members, $7 for non-members. Cardiac Rehabilitation Conference Room, 10:30 am.

Preregister by calling 384-7159.

Nutrition Basics • April 1 Learn the secrets of the Pyramid! MyPyramid, that is. Understand how to get a variety of foods while keeping your portions in balance.

Adult Weight Management • April 8 Two of three Americans are at an unhealthy weight. This class will present “Small Steps to Success” to avoid future weight gain.

Make Snacks Work for You! • April 15 An active life needs to be fueled and snacks are the way to keep you in action. Learn what makes a healthy snack and how timing your snack actually helps you lose weight.

Reading Food Labels • April 22 Just when you thought you understood food labeling, it changes! Understand the facts behind food labeling and portions.

Supermarket Savvy • April 29 Don’t let the supermarket outsmart you. Learn to avoid grocery store traps to get you to buy expensive processed foods.

Yoga

for cancer patients and survivors

Wednesdays in the Cardiac Rehab Education Room at VVH

Yoga can provide benefits for patients undergoing radiation therapy and chemotherapy, patients in remission or in hospice or palliative care. Taught by Nova LoverroSprick, yoga therapist and cancer survivor.

Meditation/Relaxation Yoga, 10-11 am provides deep relaxation and breathing to help the body heal from cancer treatment.

Supports healthy immune system and heart function, and lymphatic drainage.

For those currently or recently in treatment.

HMR Program for Weight Management™ at Valley View Hospital announces its new E-commerce website:

http://weightloss.vvh.org You can now order your favorite HMR foods online!

(970) 945-2324 Toll free at 866-231-6260 Email: vvhhmr@vvh.org

Vibrant Health Yoga, 11:30-12:45 pm helps those not currently receiving cancer treatment to regain strength, flexibility and stamina without overtaxing the body.

Information: Nova Loverro-Sprick at 9459515 or Integrated Therapies at 384-6954.

VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL

1906 BLAKE AVENUE, GLENWOOD SPRINGS • WWW.VVH.ORG • 970.945.6535

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Further Out

Ongoing

FRI.-SAT. April 8-9

ACT PREP CLASS • Colorado Educational Consulting holds ACT prep classes at Basalt High School on Thursday nights from 6:30 to 8 p.m. April 7-21 and Tuesday night, April 26. The classes in order are: math, science, English and reading. The cost is $175. Info: 274-6298.

DANCE • DANCE INITIATIVE presents “Dance for US,” original choreography and dance created and performed by artists from the community. Styles include contemporary ballet, jazz, modern, tango, African, clogging and break dance. Curtain time is 7 p.m. at Thunder River Theatre, located north of Main Street in downtown Carbondale. Tickets are $15 for adults/$5 children and can be reserved at 963-8681.

Monday April 7 HPC MEETS • Carbondale’s Historic Preservation Commission meets at 6:30 p.m. at town hall the first Thursday of the month.

WYLY ART CLASSES • The Wyly Community Art Center offers after-school art programs for grades 1-5 from 2 to 4 p.m. on Wednesdays through May. Info at wylyarts.org.

MATINEE BINGO • It’s Matinee BINGO time in the Rominger Room at Crystal Meadows senior housing after lunch every Wednesday. It’s five cents per card, and large print cards are available. Info: 704-1579.

S.A.W. SHOW • S.A.W. presents new sculpture by Bayard Hollins. He’s a painter, sculptor and current S.A.W. studio/Carbondale Clay Center artist. S.A.W. is located at 978 Euclid Ave. Info: 963-0201 or bayardhollins.com.

CMS ART • Carbondale Middle School art students are included in the Valley Kids Exhibit at the Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts through April 11. The center is located across the street from the Hot

Garfield County Human Service Commission

Humanitarian Service Awards Dinner HONORING HUMANITARIAN OF THE YEAR NOMINEES: Volunteer nominees Don Kaufman Lynn Kirchner Donnalyne LaGiglia Kem Piccinati Pam Szedelyi Staff nominees Cynthia Fleming Marie George Judy Martin Corrine Merritt

Young Adult nominees Landon Churchill Brandon Langenhuizen Mariah Martin Senior nominees Dr. Carter Jackson Carol Klein Bill Lamont the late Ed Perregaux Sandy Sekeres Dr. Robert Spuhler Ajka Wallace

Monday, April 11, 2011 • 5:30 p.m.

Hotel Colorado • Glenwood Springs Tickets $20 • Advance payment required by Friday, April 1 Call (970) 456-8135 for reservations

Springs Pool (next to Yampa Spa) and is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p .m. and on Saturday form noon to 4 p.m.

ACOUSTIC CARNAHANS • Carnahan’s Tavern hosts an acoustic music open mic night every Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. Info: 963-4498.

MAYOR’S COFFEE HOUR • Chat with Carbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot on Tuesdays from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Village Smithy, located at 26 S. Third St.

GROUP RUN • Independence Run and Hike at 995 Cowen Drive leads group runs Saturdays at 8:15 a.m. rain or shine. Info: 704-0909.

VAUDEVILLE • The Glenwood Vaudeville Revue presents its winter show at 901 Colorado Ave. through April 23. Tickets are $22 for adults and $16 for kids. Info: 9459699 and gvrshow.com.

AL-ANON MEETS • Al-Anon for friends and families of alcoholics meets at the Church at Carbondale Tuesdays at 7 p.m.

Info: 963-3514.

JAZZ • Steve’s Guitars presents jazz from 7 to 9 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of the month. Info: 963-3340.

CASTLE TOURS • The historic Redstone Castle (aka Cleveholm Manor) is open for guided tours Saturdays and Sundays. Info: 963-9656.

BRIDGE • Senior Matters in the Third Street Center offers bridge every Wednesday. Info: 945-7094.

ZINGERS SING • The Zingers singing group gets together at the Third Street Center every Thursday from 2 to 3 p.m. Info: 945-7094.

SUICIDE SURVIVORS’ SUPPORT • A support group for those who have lost a loved one to suicide meets the second Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Glenwood Springs, 824 Cooper St. Info: 945-1398 or pamsz@sopris.net.

LEGAL SERVICES • Alpine Legal Service offers intake to eligible clients from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mondays and Fridays at the Garfield County Courthouse in Glenwood Springs, and Tuesdays and Wednesday at the Pitkin County Courthouse in Aspen. Info: 945-8858, 920-2828.

Non-profit highlight CCAH now has online tickets/class workshop registration...go to www.carbndalearts.com and click on the tickets registration tab.

CLASSES/WORKSHOPS FOUND OBJECTS SCULPTURAL MASKS April 6th - April 27th 7-9, $100/$85 CCAH Members

PASTELS WITH DAVE NOTOR April 9th & 10th, 10-2 $85/$80 CCAH Members

FREE AFTER SCHOOL CLASSES PHOTOGRAPHY WITH SUMMERS MOORE Tuesdays, April 12th through May 3rd, 4:00-5:30 Ages 9-12

UKRAINIAN EGG DECORATION Wednesdays, April 6th - 20th, 4:00-5:30 Ages: 10

ANIMAL MASK MAKING April 14th & 21st, 3:45-5:30 Ages: 8-9

REGISTER ONLINE AT WWW.CARBONDALEARTS.COM

Carbondale Council on Arts & Humanities 520 South Third Street, Carbondale 970.963.1680

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Heard Around the West

By Betsy Marston / High Country News

MONTANA It’s a Tea Party world in Montana’s Legislature these days, and Gov. Brian Schweitzer, a Democrat, sometimes can’t believe his ears as newly elected representatives talk blithely of creating armed citizen militias and “nullifying” a slew of federal laws, reports The Associated Press.

Schweitzer calls many of the proposals from the new Republican majority “kooky,” noting that they include “a plan to make it legal to hunt big game with a spear.” But because some of these laws are bound to land on his desk, Schweitzer has ordered a new cattle-branding iron that reads “VETO.” Says the governor, “Ain’t nobody in the history of Montana has had so many danged ornery critters that needed branding.”

UTAH It was understandable that District Court Judge Marvin D. Bagley was getting fed up: William Beck never showed up in court to answer charges of passing bad checks, reports the Southern Utah News. Beck always had good excuses: First, his lawyer explained, his mother died. Then, at the second attempt at a trial, the lawyer said that Beck’s grandmother had just died. This led the judge to comment dryly: “If this continues, he’s going to run out of family.”

UTAH We’ve always loved those before-and-after photos of couples about to celebrate a halfcentury of wedded bliss. In pictures from 50 years ago, the bride usually looks like a teenager with a bad haircut, while the groom strikes a serious air and looks almost gaunt. Fifty years later, each has usually completely filled out, and chances are good that both wear eyeglasses. Yet because they’ve come through so much of life together, they tend to look equally buoyant as they invite friends and family to join their celebration. What’s never admitted, of course, is that there might have been a bumpy decade or two along the way, which is why we liked how one couple in Dixie, Utah, spoofed their own 50-year hoo-hah in The Spectrum: “FIFTY YEARS OF ENDURANCE,” was the headline. And because “Lael Hilton of Delta has endured living with Mert Lovell of Oak City for 50 long years, condolences and expressions of heartfelt sympathy would be appreciated.”

CALIFORNIA The black bears that call Yosemite National

Park home are legendary for their smarts.

They’ve honed efficient methods of ripping the doors off minivans, and they can skillfully yank open refrigerators. That’s why campers at the park must remove all food and other bear attractants and put them in “bear-proof” lockers that are so failsafe they routinely frustrate some campers. But last summer, after years of trial and error, an old male bear finally figured out how to open the lockers. A reliable source describes how, as the bear noisily cracked open an allegedly bear-proof locker one night, a woman jumped out of her tent and started hollering at the animal to back off. When the unwelcome visitor failed to move or even flinch, the woman then picked up her shoes and fired one of them at the bear, beaning it. What happened next is hard to believe but true: “The bear rushed up to the woman and grabbed the other shoe out of her hand, then returned to his meal. Hearing the commotion, a neighboring camper arrived with a canister of bear spray, but he only managed to expose everybody to the choking fumes.” The bear, of course, had already left the scene after chowing down on all the food stored in the locker.

COLORADO “Plants can’t run and hide” in the world, so over time, some have evolved the ability to alter their structure when they perceive a threat. That’s the mechanism now being exploited by Colorado State University biologist Jane Medford, as she and some 30 undergraduate and graduate students genetically engineer plants to signal the presence of pollutants or explosives like TNT

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by turning from green to white. Medford says the altered “detector plants” should be able eventually to act as guardians at airports and other public places. And thanks to a $7.9 million grant from the Defense Department’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Medford’s team can speed along its research. Speed, not surprisingly, is important: In the presence of a chemical threat, the first-generation plants are still taking hours to drain their leaves of color.

NEW MEXICO The Earth Island Journal recently profiled a cohort of 10,000 baby boomers who, incredibly, remain on the federal dole even though they haven’t done a lick of work during the last six decades. Writer Gar Smith reports that this privileged group does nothing “but sit around, radiating the serenity that goes with being part of a select and pampered minority.” What’s perhaps most galling about the members of this group, who are all employed by the Department of Defense, is their cushy living arrangements: They receive about $650 million each, live in a gated community in New Mexico and have 20,000 government specialists assigned just to serve their needs.

Just who are the members of this seldomtalked-about elite? “Oh, forgive me. I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Mark-61.

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News Briefs continued om page 4 seeking nominations for its two western Colorado resource advisory councils. The Colorado Northwest and Southwest Resource Advisory Councils each have five openings. The 15-member citizen councils are appointed by the Secretary of the Interior to advise the agency on public land management issues. The Northwest RAC advises field offices in the BLM’s Northwest Colorado District, including the Colorado River Valley (Silt), Grand Junction, Kremmling, Little Snake (Craig) and White River (Meeker) field offices.

The Southwest RAC advises offices in the Southwest District, including the Gunnison and Uncompahgre (Montrose) field offices, and the San Juan Public Lands Center in Durango.

The Northwest and Southwest RACs are among 28 similar councils across the West. Each council is designed to offer a balanced outlook that the BLM needs for its mission, which is to manage the public lands for multiple uses.

For more information and nomination forms, visit blm.gov/co/st/en/BLM_Resources/racs/html. Nominations and letters of reference are due May 2.

PitCo: Take a survey The Pitkin County Board of Commissioners urges citizens to take the online Economic Development Survey and help the State of Colorado create a county-by-county economic development plan. Join the conversation! Take the survey at aspenpitkin.com. Call 920-5204 for more information.

Ditch cleaning under way As of March 1 town crews began cleaning and burning irrigation ditches throughout Carbondale. There may be smoke in neighborhoods where crews are working. Town staff advise Carbondalians not to block access to ditches near their homes and to inspect ditches and remove any

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Wade Newsom was filling cups for the soft opening of his café, The Blend, on Monday. Carbondale's newest coffee house is located at 1150 Highway 133, at the intersection with Garfield Avenue. The grand opening is scheduled for Saturday, April 2, featuring the folksy bluegrass duo Honey Don't at 7 p.m. Photo by Terray Sylvester debris or plant growth that has accumulated since last year.

Ditches will probably be turned on by April 15. Town rules prohibit restricting the flow of water in the ditches, pollut-

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Community Briefs Carbondale visioning continues

ACES apprenticeships available

Roaring Fork Leadership connects

Carbondale continues to map out its vision for a new comprehensive plan at town hall from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on April 6. Planners will be asking, “Did we get it right?â€? in regard to the vision workshop held on March 23. Planners will use keypad polling to allow electronic feedback instantly and anonymously. When ďŹ nalized, the vision statements will become the foundation for the comprehensive plan update, according to a town spokesman. For more on the comprehensive plan and its process, go to carbondalegov.org and click on the link located on the Community Governance page.

The Aspen Center for Environmental Studies offers apprenticeships to introduce high school and college students to environmental education and environmental studies careers. Students will assist in teaching, will read and discuss articles, write daily journal entries and create a portfolio of work. The application deadline is April 15. For details, call 925-5756.

Leadership Connect, a program of Roaring Fork Leadership, is available to help people create a proďŹ le and ďŹ nd an opportunity to extend their leadership skills to a worthy cause in the valley.

Leadership Connect is designed as an online matching system for volunteer board positions in non-proďŹ t and municipal organizations. “The purpose is to help align community members’ skills and interests with relevant long-term volunteer leadership opportunities made available by area non-proďŹ ts and local municipalities,â€? said spokeswoman Terri Anuszewski.

The free program can be accessed at readership.org. The system includes a bulletin board feature with position postings, as well as a matching service to align interested users with opportunities in the valley via email notiďŹ cations.

During its ďŹ rst year (until December) it is also free for non-proďŹ t and municipal organizations to use this new matching technology to ďŹ nd qualiďŹ ed long-term volunteer board members.

For more information, call 922-6035.

Parenting through divorce A Parenting Through Divorce class will be given in Carbondale from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on April 2. For details, call Tammy Perry at 379-5124.

CCAH offers classes Kindergarten info night slated

Through May, the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities offers classes for kids in piano, digital photography, Ukrainian egg decorating, animal mask making, found object sculptural mask making, pastels and more. For details, call 963-1680 or visit carbondalearts.com.

Crystal River Elementary School holds an information night for parents of next year’s kindergarteners from 6 to 7 p.m. on April 7.

Registration for kindergarten at Crystal River Elementary School is slated for April 12 from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Parents should bring their child’s birth certiďŹ cate, immunization card and deposit for full-time kindergarten. For details, go to rfsd.org.

Marijuana forum slated The Re-1 Roaring Fork School District presents a forum on the effects of marijuana on young people at Glenwood Springs High School at 6 p.m. on April 7.

Panelists include Colorado Attorney General John Suthers and Dr. Abraham Nussbaum, MD, of the Denver Health Medical Center. The forum is co-sponsored by the Glenwood Springs High School DECCA club.

S’ Days parade applications available Applications for the Strawberry Days parade are available at the Glenwood Springs Chamber Resort Association. The theme is “There’s No Place Like Home,� and the parade is June 18. For details, call 945-6589.

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Baseball registration continues The Carbondale Recreation Department is accepting registrations for coach pitch (ages 7-8 years), youth baseball (boys ages 9-15) and softball (girls ages 8-15). The Registration deadline is April 22, but the department advises players to sign up early to secure a spot. Player practice and game

Jack Green reads one of his pieces at the Thunder River Theatre Company’s inaugural Karen Chamberlain Poetry Festival last weekend. The festival attracted poets from beyond Colorado’s borders and the workshops were packed. On Sunday night, the festival named Art Goodtimes as the Western Slope’s poet laureate. Photo

by Lynn Burton schedules will be available May 6 online.

Practices will start the week of May 16, games will begin in June, and the tournament will conclude by the third week in July. The fee is $80. All contact will be via email. For more information, call the Carbondale Recreation and Community Center at 704-4190.

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CCAH gives thanks

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Dear Editor: CCAH builds community through art and an amazing community was created through the fashion show. The Green Is the New Black Fashion Extravaganza was an experience of love, community and creativity. Countless hours of volunteer time went into pulling off the production. The fact that the audience loved it was just the icing on the cake! We want to thank all who participated, either as an audience member, sponsor, model, production team, volunteer or donator. Magic was created. A very special thanks to Mark Thomas and the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Colorado who helped raise $5,000 for art in the schools and our Creative Classroom. CCAH now has a healthy scholarship fund for those wanting to partake in any of our classes. It will also allow us to continue our free After School Art program. We must also take a moment to thank the town of Carbondale for being such a great support of all our endeavors. It is not easy in this day and age for nonproďŹ ts to grow and thrive but the support of our community makes it so much more rewarding to do the hard work.

There is much more to come including the 40th annual Carbondale Mountain Fair, Summer of Music free concerts and lots of exciting classes. Keep informed at carbondalearts.com and keep participating in art!

Ro Mead and Amy Kimberly CCAH

Dear Editor: We are truly blessed to live amongst such a talented diverse community. The week of the Green is the New Black Fashion Extravaganza was no exception. I would like to thank, with heartfelt gratitude, the whole ensemble of characters that gave a piece of themselves. Everyone came together as a family to share their art forms to a very receptive valley. Many individuals were involved who made up the splendid, high-energy-ďŹ lled evenings: designers, dancers and models, as well as lighting, sound, technical and backstage crews, hairstylists, makeup artists and numerous volunteers, all under the incredible direction of Amy Kimberly. Everyone who attended was welcomed by quite an eventful evening of adventure. Brigitta and I will be looking forward to what creative muses ensue next year.

Heartfelt thanks to all!

Barbara Sophia Ulrych Carbondale

Thunder River Thanks Dear Editor: The usual thank you letter is for all those who helped to put on an event. This letter is for all those theatre patrons who chose to attend our production of “A Streetcar Named Desire.� We were owhelmed with the support. “Streetcar� was one of the top three attended produc

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tions in our 16-year history. We can’t thank you enough for your support, especially when putting a classic such as this, arguably the greatest American play ever written ... a play that continues to speak to us through time. Thank you for all of your very kind words about our work and the important role TRTC plays in our community.

The beneďŹ t to Carbondale is huge. So many of you enjoy a lovely dinner or drinks after one of our shows at one of our Carbondale’s ďŹ ne restaurants on Main Street or in the immediate vicinity. And thank you for stopping by and visiting the shops on your way to the theatre. TRTC is pleased to be doing its part in helping to support our great town.

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Leovers rock – even if they’re as hard as rock One recent weekend we ate waffles and, as usual, there were a few remaining when we finished. I can’t bear throwing out edible food, but cold, dried-out waffles just aren’t that appetizing. So I got creative and made something I never had before. It turned out great, as have many other non-traditional uses of various leftovers. You might resolve to throw out almost nothing and give some thought to novel uses for your scraps.

First, we should adby Chef George dress the stigma of “leftBohmfalk overs.” I was surprised to learn that some otherwise sensible people do not eat leftovers at all. They were raised that way and usually can’t identify the precise basis for this wasteful policy beyond a vague apprehension that leftovers may not be healthy or socially acceptable.

Many others do eat leftovers, but only within a rigid, arbitrary timeframe, like 24 to 48 hours. They fear that terrible things are growing in those treasures and opt to

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throw out perfectly good food.

Growing up, my family tested leftovers by eye and nose.

If something looked and smelled OK, it was good to eat.

We all survived that habit, and our immune systems are probably better for it. Leftovers rock.

With the waffles, I decided to make bread pudding. I’ve done that before with extra doughnuts, dinner rolls and various other pastries. Break the waffles or other leftovers into about 1-inch pieces. Estimate the volume of what you have. Then make a custard mix in approximately that volume, using a ratio of four eggs to two cups of milk to one cup of sugar. In other words, if you think you have two cups of pastry pieces, you’ll want a total of around two cups of custard mix, so use two eggs, one cup of milk and half a cup of sugar.

Mix that well and pour it over the waffle pieces. If you wish, toss in some chopped fruits or nuts and a teaspoon of vanilla. Select a baking dish or pie pan such that the mix will be between one and two inches thick. Bake at 350 degrees for around 40 minutes, or until it’s puffed and golden brown and doesn’t jiggle when you gently tap the top. I like to dust it with powdered sugar and serve right from the oven. If there are any leftovers of this leftover left over they’re great at room temperature or warmed in the microwave.

You may be smarter than I and may not have cooked too many waffles or pancakes, but may still have leftover batter. I do that, too. Rather than throwing it away, try making one of my favorite desserts, a French classic called clafouti. This is nothing more than pancake or waffle batter poured over fresh fruit, originally cherries, and baked.

It comes out as a nice puffy cake with fruit. The French typically use non-pitted cherries and consider it a matter of pride to eat this without breaking a tooth. In addition to cherries, pitted and not, I’ve used red grapes, mango, peach and various other fruits.

If your batter has been sitting around for more than a few hours, the leavening power of the baking powder and/or soda will have fizzled. Before reusing, mix together a teaspoon of baking powder and water or milk and stir this into the batter.

I often expand just about any amount of leftover meat into a pasta dish. If I have leftover rice, it becomes “something and rice.” Here your imagination can go wild, incorporating other things you may find in the fridge. And this can be a one-pan dish, making for easy cleanup.

While penne, macaroni, or just about any other shape of pasta is boiling, cut the cooked chicken, pork, roast beef, steak, or whatever into bite-size pieces. Dice a few tablespoons of onion, maybe a little garlic, and some bell pepper if you have it.

When the pasta is done, pour it into a strainer and wipe out the remaining water from the pan before returning it to the burner with a tablespoon or so of oil. Sauté the vegetables then toss in the meat and heat it. Add the drained pasta and season it with salt, pepper, and any herbs you like. Grate in a tablespoon or two of Parmesan, Asiago, or other hard cheese and stir around until melted. Garnish with chopped parsley or cilantro if you wish.

If you’re using rice, first cook the onion and other vegetables, then stir in the rice and meat and proceed as above.

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By Charlotte Graham for the mud to dry. Don’t get and we’ll all be frolicking at me wrong. I complain not. the park on Dandelion Day! Mud means there’s water. Any Who remembers the Sheris better than none. wood Theater?An interview with Cleone “Conie” Oliver But my personal favorite brand of escapism comes be- in the MSHS files refers to the first movie theater in Cartween the sheets – I’m a book lover. By the same token, bondale on the east end of Main Street. When Cleone was give me a good flick, comfy seating and plenty of pop- a child in the early 1900s it was located next to the meat corn, and I’m all for kicking back and letting the fantas- market and named the Sherwood Theater. tical heroes of the day on the big screen carry me off into “I remember my mother sending me down with twentythe sunset. five cents to get a soup bone, and we had enough soup and enough meat for the five of us for dinner, and the next building [351 Main Street] was a picture show, and my, When it was called “picture show!” how we saved our pennies to go to the picture show! I can’t Maybe it’s this soupy weather or the recent loss of a legremember what it cost, not very much (a dime), it’s where endary female Hollywood icon, or that the Mt. Sopris HisKenny’s drug store is,” Cleone was quoted saying in 1973. torical Society is featuring the 1948 film, “Red Stallion of She explained that R.L. Sherwood owned both the meat the Rockies,” that got me to wax both curious and nostalgic about movies that feature our local valley. So here we market and the picture show.

“They [the Sherwood family] didn’t really get the good go: an old-time movie marathon! pictures, like sometimes, somebody would take us to GlenOnce again, where would I find this fun information? wood to see the really good picture[s] but at least we knew Off to the Mt. Sopris Historical Society Museum where what was going on in the world.”

Executive Director Linda Criswell pointed me upstairs to Today any bad actors hanging around this place will the theater display.

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But there’ve been more good movies (or at least movies that featured big-name actors) made around here than I thought.

“The Runaway Stage Coach” and “The Great Bear Hunt” were among the earliest movies filmed in the area. They were shot in 1902 and 1909, respectively.

“The Great Bear Hunt” was filmed after Theodore Roosevelt spent some quality hunting time around Glenwood Springs in 1904 and 1905. His Presidential hunting camp was the Hotel Colorado, and scenes were shot in Glenwood Canyon. Roosevelt reportedly loved it so much that he went back to Washington and eventually signed the declaration to create White River National Forest.

Two silent films were made down in Glenwood Canyon in 1926: “The Canyon of Light” and “The Great K & A Train Robbery,” and both featured Tom Mix. “The Great K & A” can be seen at the Frontier Historical Society museum in Glenwood Springs.

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It wasn’t until I chanced upon a film from 1962 that I personally recognized any actors’ names besides’ol Mr. Mix. Reviewed as an intense movie, “Pressure Point” with Sidney Poitier and Bobby Darin became Darin’s ticket to the Cannes Film Festival and Golden Globe Awards as Best Actor for his performance. It was said at the time that he should have received an Oscar. He was but 25.

“Vanishing Point,” released in 1970, was a fast-paced flick for the day. A character named Kowalski works for a car

The Roaring Fork and Crystal River valleys have been the setting for more than a few movies over the decades, and Carbondale has been home to at least a couple theaters.

These chairs were once part of the Sherwood Theatre, located on the east end of Main Street in the early 1900s.

The playbills list the big shows of the 1980s on the Crystal Theatre's silver screen.

delivery service and has to take a 1970 Dodge Challenger from Colorado to California. One review called it a cult hit, and it also featured Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger and Charlotte Rampling.

In 1980, “A Change of Seasons” with Anthony Hopkins and Bo Derek produced this telling quote, “She may be 20 and gorgeous, but I have not yet begun to fight.”

Don’t mess with Shirley MacLaine. She’ll go astral on ya.

A dark story, “PK and the Kid,” was filmed In Glenwood Springs in 1982 but not released until 1987 after the female lead, Mollie Ringwald, starred in “Sixteen Candles.”

“Messenger of Death” was a Charles Bronson thriller about a Mormon family massacre.’ Nuf said.

Dennis Hopper and Kieffer Sutherland starred in “Flashback’ which was filmed in 1989. A clean-cut FBI man John Buckner [Sutherland] is detailed to escort heavily bearded Huey Walker [Hopper] back to jail for offenses dating back to his days as a hippie radical. Probably a lot of locals of that time could relate.

What’s with all the drama?

It was not until 1995 that a warm, fuzzy, happy film, “Tall Tales” was filmed up here. I’m thinking it was not so coincidental that the filming happened along the quiet, beautiful upper Crystal River at Filoha Meadows. Remnants of a stage set and waterwheel can still be seen today off Highway 133.

Ron Miller, a long-time Marble resident, worked for five weeks with the film crew that fall. Ron said, “Besides covering guard rails and telephone poles with camouflage, I had to sprinkle $10,000 worth of plastic flowers in the meadow.”

Since 2000, at least two movies have been released that were filmed in part locally: “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and “The Prestige” with Hugh Jackman. The latter was filmed at the Darien ranch and meadow just outside of Marble.

The Frontier Historical Society provided all of the information on the movies mentioned above. Maybe those mentions will whet your appetite and you’ll order said movies via your favorite movie rental resource today so you can play, “where’s that place?”

Or, better yet, if you’d just love to come out and meet other local history and movie buffs, come see “Red Stallion of the Rockies” at 7 p.m. on April 13 at the River Valley Ranch barn, compliments of Mt. Sopris Historical Society.

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The applicant is the Town of Carbondale.

Said Public Hearing will be held at the Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO at 7:00 p.m. on April 28, 2011.

Copies of the proposed application are on file in the Planning Department office, Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO and may be examined by interested persons during regular working hours, 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

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