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Volume 14, Number 7| Mar. 24 - Mar. 30, 2022

Chicken soup for the Carbondalian soul

In a blind taste test on March 8, Huy Sy of Ming's served up our favorite chicken soup in Carbondale — though White House's chicken provincal was a close second. Photo by Will Grandbois

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OPINION

CVEPA

By John Armstrong

Ragged Mountain Road gradually climbs south toward Chair Mountain. The road is at the top of McClure Pass and is a very popular winter ski tour and a favorite of hikers as well.

It is appreciated but also taken for granted that it was “always there.” The road turns 50 years old next year and has a complex and interesting history. The road might not have been cut, except that it accesses a 1,280-acre inholding within the National Forest. An inholding is a parcel of private property surrounded on all sides by federal lands. I believe the U.S. Forest Service was obligated to allow road access to the property.

As a student of natural resources management at Colorado Mountain College in 1971, I attended an open house hosted by the White River National Forest.

The Forest Service expressed their intention to acquire this two-square-mile inholding that wraps around the base of Chair Mountain and designate the land

LETTERS Climate talk

Traversing Ragged Mountain Road

as a primitive area. I did not know Quebecois, hippies and rednecks.

Chair Mountain at the time but I learned to use a chainsaw with little tutelage and a lot of luck. We was interested in the process.

Fast forward to the year 1973. worked hard, long hours.

In 1973, the only active use of I was living in an open-air chicken coop in Marble Valley, hauling the area was a Forest Service sheep water from the creek, chopping grazing allotment. There was a wood, cooking on a wood stove. large flock of sheep on the summer I was down to 50 cents in my range. I still remember the look pocket as my summer job had not on the face of the young Mexican shepherd when the saws panned out.

I had met a "This classic example of an came buzzing past his canvas wall tent in group of four inholding well preceded the an area previously barefoot, longinfamous property inholding only accessible by haired hippie schemes of Tom Chapman, horse. kids on the which involved private lands This was the porch of the within national forests, parks very inholding that Marble General and monuments." had been slated for Store. They looked conservation by the Forest like urchins and they Service two years prior! Two smelled as smoky as the campfire entrepreneurs from back east had they lived around in the woods above Marble. The young men acquired the property before the told me that they were bucking Forest Service acted on it. They logs on the new road that was wasted little time developing a being cut on the top of McClure plan. They sold parcels ranging Pass. They also told me that the from 40 to 160 acres and, to their credit, perhaps, they crafted a contractor was looking for help.

I borrowed an old chainsaw covenant of no central utilities and from a friend and the next day I only construction of stone and log.

The first cabin was built by Phil drove up McClure Pass and got a job. The contractor was a one- Mackay. Mackay was a decorated armed French Canadian logger Vietnam helicopter pilot, hence from Vermont. Marcel Molleur he had his log kit flown onto a had cut all the Colorado ski areas promontory by helicopter. He back in the Golden Age of ski constructed a tiny cabin under the area development in the 1960s. sprawl of several rare and antique Molleur, whose brother had shot limber pines. Today, there are his arm off in a shotgun accident, dozens of cabins surrounding the employed a colorful crew of base of Chair Mountain, for some

of which the term “cabin” is a gross understatement.

I am a “tree hugger” and I wonder what could have been the fate of this property if things had been different. I also see the tremendous amount of joy people get from cross country skiing, hiking and biking on this road, myself included. Over the years, the Forest Service has permitted some wood harvesting which has also opened lovely vistas. The use of the area has burgeoned over the decades and so have motor vehicle incursions into the adjacent woodland. Yet another case where we strive for balance in our valley and on our public lands.

The Crystal Valley Environmental Protection Association (CVEPA) was in its first year in 1973 and was consumed with organizing opposition to the Marble Ski Area. It is likely that CVEPA, and everyone else, was unaware of this road development until Molleur arrived on the scene.

This classic example of an inholding well preceded the infamous property inholding schemes of Tom Chapman, which involved private lands within national forests, parks and monuments.

The obscene profits of the Chapman system have been called environmental extortion and make for fascinating reading. Appreciate your public lands and defend them!

To learn more about the Crystal Valley Environmental Protection Association and to support our mission, visit www.cvepa.org

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Plan. This is fine, but that plan and updates need specific tasks and trackable targets, so the town manager can delegate resources and know whether they are adequate.

Finally, here are a few seasonal tips for some easy greenhouse gas reductions. Now is the time to turn off heaters for roofs, gutters and downspouts. Mine cost $10 per month when on. Early last October, I surveyed RVR Old Town with a thermal camera and a third of these had probably been on all summer. Soon, turn off the pilot light on the gas fireplace. That’s only $3 per month, but it’s also a little heater which is counterproductive in the summer.

Boycott cryptocurrency. In a few short years, electricity consumption from crypto “mining” has exceeded that from all other data center uses together. Crazy. If you smell gas leaks anywhere, tell Black Hills. If you have a few extra bucks, sign up for compost collection and Xcel Windsource or HCE PuRE. For this season, can Parks and Rec buy some of the heavy-duty, battery-electric "weed" whackers and "leaf " blowers now available? At least to try? Please!

Fred Porter, Carbondale

The expansion of “climate” discussions from reducing greenhouse gas emissions to “resilience” and “mitigation” and “adaptation” and “justice” and “equity” and other issues is healthy but can distract from greenhouse gasses. Emissions reductions from us and our energy providers are required as soon as possible to maintain a healthy planet now, and for the future. And, given the effort to increase gas exports to the European Union, any gas use reductions or fossil generation reductions will minimize the number of new wells drilled for that purpose.

With that focus, I looked at the trustee candidate statements in the Sun and Post. In the Sun: a few mentions of climate, mostly in reference to resilience, preparedness and drought. Erica Sparhawk highlights her decade of experience with “energy efficiency and alternative energy,” right here. In the Post, Luis Yllanes mentions emissions from buildings and “…additional resources to support residents and businesses in taking advantage of green technology that curbs carbon emissions.” Pretty clear goal. Colin Laird wants to “advocate with regional and state partners to develop a Clean Energy Fund Support for Laird … financing and funding … to decarbonize all As a 10-year resident of Carbondale, I'm sectors.” Good and specific, but it should not struck by the extraordinary slate of candidates depend on finding these partners. Zane Kessler who have thrown their ball and cowgirl hats “…will advocate for policies that promote into the ring for this year's trustee election. conservation, clean energy…” OK. Chris With such a menu of riches, it's hard to choose Hassig and Frosty Merriott reference further the best candidates to serve the community at work following the town’s Climate Action this particular juncture.

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Here are the three top reasons why, without hesitation, I will vote for COLIN LAIRD and urge others to as well.

1. Unlike newer arrivals on the ballot — several of whom shared compelling ideas for what the town needs most at last week's forum, but provided few practical details for how to implement them — Colin's views come from his decades of on-the-ground service to nonprofits, schools and youth programs in Carbondale and the Roaring Fork Valley. He knows how to bring people together to get things done.

2. l know from serving with Colin for years on The Sopris Sun board that Colin listens deeply, speaks thoughtfully and is a genuine consensus builder. If he were a woman, Grace would be his middle name. At the same time, he is willing to say and do the hard things (in his characteristically direct but careful way) when they are called for.

3. We need look no further than the incredible job Colin has done at the helm of our beloved Third Street Center for the past eight years (and for two more years, 2008 to 2010, during the redevelopment of the building) for evidence of his vision, work ethic, care and attention to details. I guarantee he will come to every meeting informed. His hands-on experience overseeing such a highprofile community nonprofit and facility as the executive director is just what the Board of Trustees needs now.

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Chicken soup for the Carbondalian soul

By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Correspondent

Let’s get this out of the way: we’re not just talking about chicken noodle soup. In fact, we couldn’t find anywhere that serves the classic on a regular basis — the practical limits of our taste test (sorry, Jaffa). So, unlike our burger and taco competitions which sought to compare very similar dishes, our only criteria for chicken soup was that it was soup, with chicken in it.

Perhaps not what the “Chicken Soup” book series had in mind, but nevertheless soothing on a March evening at the tail end of a pandemic.

It also brought more diversity to the table, though not as much latin flair as we would have liked. The demolition of the Sopris Shopping Center took two of the town’s top Mexican restaurants off the map even before Mi Casita closed its doors. Axkawa has a beef-based soup and La Fogata has its rooster soup only on weekends, while menus for Mi Lindo Nayarit and Garcia’s were hard to come by (online ordering, by the way, significantly streamlined the process compared to our taco taste test two years ago).

Two other restaurants did happen to have chicken tortilla as a soup of the day, but they didn’t prove particularly strong contenders against the every-day soups — there’s something to be said for doing one thing well. The main lesson gleaned from the wild cards is that you should package your tortilla strips separately for takeout, or

they’ll be soggy by the time you get them home.

“Especially now that we’re doing so much takeout, you don’t know how far they have to drive and when they’re gonna eat the food, so put anything that could change the meal on the side,” explained Shannon O’Gara Standiford, who has spent some time in the food service industry herself and thoroughly sampled the local takeout scene during social distancing.

Which brings us to our panel of judges — basically Shannon and her pod: mom Mary Margaret O’Gara, dad Steve Standiford and family friends Bonnie and John Williams.

Under other circumstances, we’d have tried for more diversity, but luckily we still had a wide variety of palates.

“I don’t go that much for spicy afterburner stuff,” John noted. “I grew up in Texas and it wasn’t my fault.”

Shannon, by contrast, had to admit a certain bias toward Asian flavors, of which there were several. Atina’s Chicken Pot Paitan ($16) was praised for its presentation, with rainbow carrots and bits of charred corn, though Mary Margaret “was expecting it to be more flavorful because it’s so beautiful looking.” That could have been on us for not ordering it hotter.

In the duel between Phat Thai’s Tom Kha Kai ($8) and Ming’s Coconut Chicken Soup ($11), the latter came out on top — even though it wasn’t strictly traditional.

“It needs to have a balance of acidity, sweet, salty — that’s the beauty of Tom Kha

Our panel of judges: Bonnie and John Williams, Shannon O'Gara Standiford, Mary Margaret O'Gara and Steve Standiford. Watch the tasting at tinyurl.com/bonedalesouptest

Gai,” Shannon said.

Already steering a bit away from traditional simplicity with a hint of curry, she thought it could have used a hearty addition like potatoes, but that didn’t stop Ming’s from being a favorite with the whole panel — and with the most generous portion of the bunch, there was plenty for all.

“It’s very smooth. Well balanced,” Steve observed. “The chicken was the best chicken.”

Added Bonnie, “I definitely need to know where this is from.”

For those with a more European palate, the race was between Brass Anvil’s Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice ($9) and White House Pizza’s Chicken Provincial ($10).

The former was praised by John and the others thought it would be perfect if you

were sick. But White House was universally lauded, coming in a close second to Ming’s in the overall rating. (It’s also the author’s mother’s favorite — at least when the Smithy isn’t offering its chicken green chile.) In fact, it’s the only one Shannon wouldn’t add salt to.

“It’s got a nice balance to it,” she said. “I don’t love the classic herbs — but I don’t feel like this is too overpowering.”

In the end, Mary Margaret had the most correct guesses as to the origin of the soups.

The most-guessed source was Carbondale Beer Works, which doesn’t appear to even offer it on a regular basis. Perhaps they’ll be the ones to finally bring us a reliable chicken noodle.

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First Ascent

Roaring Fork Leadership

Colorado Mountain College invites youth to apply for a free, multi-day outdoor leadership course at its campus in Leadville. The course is open to students who will complete eighth and ninth grade this spring and it takes place from June 19 through June 24. Applications are due

by April 22 at www.coloradomtn.edu/firstascent

The Roaring Fork Leadership board is seeking feedback via an online survey to inform future programming decisions. “In order to entice you a bit more, we’re offering various incentives,” writes Executive Director Andra Palm-Porter. These include the opportunity to win a $100 gift card from American Express or Phat Thai. Check it out at www.bit.ly/RFLsurvey

Removing stigma The Safe and Abundant Nutrition Alliance (SANA) is partnering with Garfield County Public Health, River Center, the West Mountain Regional Health Alliance and local food banks for a new campaign, “Hunger Doesn’t Have to Be a Secret.” The idea is to raise awareness about food sites, food access and to encourage people to reach out if they need help. Learn more by following #hungerdoesnthavetobeasecret or #elhambrenotienequeserunsecreto on social media.

Hanging Lake trail Great Outdoors Colorado, funded by state lottery proceeds, awarded a $2,282,000 grant to the National Forest Foundation and city of Glenwood Springs to restore the trail to Hanging Lake, which closed following extensive damage by debris flows in July 2021. Funding will support survey work, design and reconstruction for a more resilient and sustainable trail. The economic value of Hanging Lake, with the sale of shuttle tickets and reservations, is estimated at more than $4.6 million per year.

Learning with the police The Carbondale Police Department is hosting a Spanishlanguage educational series focused on providing resources and information for the Latino community. Food will be provided, as well as simultaneous interpretation in English, as needed. The sessions will take place at Town Hall on Friday evenings (April 29, May 13, May 20, June 10 and June 24) at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 970-963-2662.

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On March 16, The Sopris Sun and KDNK hosted a roundtable dialogue with Carbondale’s eight candidates for the Board of Town Trustees and one mayoral candidate. Questions touched on resilience in times of crisis, the aquatic center ballot question, environmental stewardship and affordability, discourse and division, engaging the Latino community and short-term rentals.

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Mountain Fair poster Mountain Fair poster and t-shirt designs are due by April 1. This year’s fair, the weekend of July 29, coincides with a new moon. Therefore, the theme is “New Moon Magic,” evoking freshness and promise, rising up in new ways and looking at things differently. The winner will receive $750 and five t-shirts. Questions? Contact brian@ carbondalearts.com

Gardening opportunities Plots are available at the Good Seed Community Garden located at 110 Snowmass Drive in Carbondale.

These are offered on a first-come, first-served basis. To learn more, call 970-963-0229.

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Colorado Parks and Wildlife reminds residents and visitors to give moose their space. “Moose are very protective of their territory and young,” writes a press release. “They will defend themselves, their territory and their young when they feel threatened.” In North America, moose attack more people than bears and wolves combined.

Mother’s Day Mother’s Day is fast approaching. Join The Sopris Sun’s beloved tradition, carried on from The Valley Journal, of featuring portraits of new mothers with their babies born in the past year. Call 970-379-4581 or email mark@ rfvphoto.com to schedule a shoot at Sopris Park on April 9, 10, 16, 17, 23 or 24.

They say it’s your birthday!

Folks celebrating another trip around the sun this week include: Martin Gerdan and Jammin’ Jim (March 24); Ben Canady and Alta Otto (March 25); Ruby Marker and Brian McIsaac (March 26); Shea Courtney and Drea Marsh (March 27); Hank van Berlo, John Field and Damon Scher (March 28); Stacey Bernot, David Hayes, Lucy Perutz, Bob Schultz and Jesse Terrell (March 29); Jorie DeVilbiss (March 30); Georgia Ackerman, Colleen Borkovec and Jane Hart (March 31).

Skateboarding meets inclusivity

By James Steindler Contributing Editor

An art class at Colorado Rocky Mountain School (CRMS) took it upon themselves to create an impact beyond the Bar Fork, promoting equity and inclusion of trans people and women in skateboarding and the broader community.

Before becoming a full-time art teacher at CRMS, Noah Sakamoto grew up in Piedmont, California, which he described as the “donuthole of Oakland.” He started skateboarding on the notoriously steep streets of Northwest California and eventually got into the professional downhill world circuit. In his day, when a girl “ripped” on a skateboard, a common expression would be, “she skates like a dude.” While perhaps intended as a compliment, the phrase, of course, carries an offensive connotation.

During the pandemic, when team sports were put on hold, CRMS came to Sakamoto and asked if he’d lead an after-school skateboarding program. He jumped at the opportunity and it continues today. “I really would like to thank CRMS for being open to skateboarding, because they could easily not be,” said Sakamoto.

For the purposes of this project, Sakamoto reached out to Terence Stilin-Rooney of Skate Like a Girl (SLG), a nonprofit with the mission to make skateboarding more inclusive while

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According to its website, the vision of SLG is to “empower skaters, especially young women and/or trans people, to grow into strong, confident leaders who promote and implement social equity.”

“It basically creates a space for women and trans people in skating,” explained Mace Perrin-Rockett, a senior at CRMS who identifies as non-binary.

“For a long time, and still, it’s been an intimidating scene if you’re not a male,” added their instructor, Sakamoto.

This dichotomy of the sexes mirrors the world beyond skateboarding. By breaking patterns of sexism within the sport, and experiencing that triumph, it elevates participants' confidence and drive to do the same in other aspects of their lives, from professional to social settings.

“SLG works toward providing inspiration and a possibility model for others to organize around a shared goal of more inclusive communities in the future for both skateboarders and beyond,” Stillin-Rooney told The Sopris Sun.

skateboard they created and kept.

For SLG, this collaboration “was a bit unique in the sense that the entirety of the project was developed and delivered

by Noah and his students,” explained Stillin-Rooney. SLG intends to display the skateboards at its upcoming events and workshops. “We want to showcase the ideas and work done

by Noah and the students of CRMS to help encourage folks in our communities to elevate issues of diversity, equity and inclusion within skateboarding,” he added.

“As a person who has identified as a woman and as trans … it’s really impactful to know that I have already interacted with a nonprofit organization that supports the queer community and women,” said Perrin-Rockett.

They added, “The opportunities that have been brought to me, especially in the art program at CRMS, are insanely incomparable to any other place.”

The build Skateboards are made from seven layers of pressed wooden veneers. Sakamoto ordered pre-pressed veneers which came in a rectangular shape. The students shaped the planks to the point they wanted, refined the edges and came up with a design to print on the decks.

The designs were intended to highlight culture diversity as well as inclusion. For instance, one student drew a representation of Frida Kahlo, while, for a deck they sent to SLG, Perrin-Rockett created a stretched trans flag that also resembles a vital sign monitor reading.

These days, skateboards are typically made in a factory, so it’s unique in itself to build decks by hand. Each student constructed two skateboard decks, one to keep and one to send to SLG. A few students, including Perrin-Rockett, made three. Perrin-Rockett gave the third deck to their brother.

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School board approves salary adjustment plan

By Jeanne Souldern Sopris Sun Correspondent

At the March 16 meeting of the Roaring Fork School District (RFSD) Board of Education, held at Carbondale's district offices, the board approved a resolution supporting a salary adjustment plan, implemented “to provide fair, competitive and living wages for all employees.”

Funding for the plan’s implementation

comes from the mill levy override (MLO) — the Amendment 5B ballot measure — passed by district voters in November 2021.

Plan details include increasing the district’s minimum wage to $18 per hour and using a portion of nonrecurring MLO funds to increase the district’s starting teacher wage to $50,000 in the form of a professional wage supplement.

The plan will also increase salaries for teachers, counselors, special service providers,

principals, assistant principals and other staff members whose jobs are found almost exclusively in schools or school districts, to ensure they fall in the top third (67th percentile or higher) of our ten comparison districts. Additionally, the plan seeks to provide a competitive wage by increasing the salaries for staff working in a local market to ensure their salaries are comparable with similar positions at local organizations or RFSD-comparison school districts.

Superintendent Rob Stein said, “the infusion of funds will allow us to make the largest salary adjustment in the district’s history.” After the ballot measure’s passage in November, the salary adjustment plan emerged from multiple conversations with employee stakeholder groups and research gathered about equitable compensation practices.

2022-24 school calendars approved

Basalt Middle School has been recognized by the Colorado Association of Middle Level Education for over a decade and is celebrating its third redesignation as a Colorado Trailblazer School to Watch. Courtesy photo

The board approved 2022-23 and 2023-24 school calendars. The approved calendars largely mirror the 2020-22 calendars with a few minor adjustments, including starting the school year on a Wednesday instead of Monday.

The school year will end after Memorial Day, resolving the conflict between graduation day and state track and field competitions.

The calendars reflect survey data from district staff and families, showing that respondents were generally satisfied with the current school calendar. The positive results included 61% of respondents who indicated they were “quite or very satisfied” with the current school calendar, and only 7% responded they were “not satisfied at all.”

The approved calendar also includes a spring break aligned with Garfield Re-2 district to support the many RFSD staff who live in Re-2.

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BMS earns statewide honor In other district news, Basalt Middle School (BMS) was recognized as a 2022 Colorado Trailblazer Schools to Watch (STW)!

The Colorado Association of Middle Level Education recognized BMS, one of four Colorado schools, with the designation. BMS is also one of the 100plus schools recognized nationwide at the National Schools to Watch Conference in June in Washington, D.C. Selection is based on a written application that requires schools to show how they met the criteria developed by the forum. State teams organized by the Colorado STW program conduct site visits to affirm the school has met the rigorous requirements of the award. The teams observe classrooms, interview administrators, teachers and parents, review achievement data, suspension rates, instructional quality and student work. Schools are recognized for a three-year period that, when ended, requires the process to be repeated for redesignation. BMS has been a recognized STW for over a decade and is celebrating its third redesignation.

In an STW press release sent by RFSD, accolades included, “Basalt demonstrates that high-performance is the result of intentional focus on the whole child.”

“An inclusive environment that cultivates student kindness, empowerment and intellectual rigor results in a dynamic school where students thrive!” explained Julie Shue, co-director of the Colorado Schools to Watch program.

Bow hunting taught locally

By Geneviéve Villamizar Sopris Sun Correspondent Walter Krom has been hunting with a bow and arrow since 1961, when he tried to hunt a squirrel in his backyard, as many young boys did, back in the day. He grew up in New Jersey, 10 miles from New York City. His dad was a hunter and archery became a life trajectory for Krom.

“I teach hunter education. I’m a certified archery instructor, have been a licensed guide and have hunted all across the U.S and Canada,” he says with a hint of Jersey in his accent.

It’s a quiet Sunday afternoon. Our voices and movements echo off gymnasium walls. Walt opens a large tackle/tool box. It’s stuffed with parts and pieces. The first five minutes of our conversation are equally stuffed, his questions, vocabulary and observations emphasize the distance between his mastery and my absolute ignorance. But I’m there to learn.

This Saturday, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, a nationwide conservation organization, will host Krom for a day-long “Introduction to Bow Hunting” workshop at Roaring Fork High School from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The workshop invites people who have never hunted with a bow and arrow but would like to give it a try. It’s geared to help attendees decide, Is bowhunting something for me?

I’ve wanted to hunt archery for a couple of decades — long before “The Hunger Games!”

It seems an art form, a moving meditation far more complex than rifle hunting, and deeply more intimate. I was intimidated.

When I taught myself to fly fish in my 20s, I taught myself. I saved up and “bought all the gear.” Over time, I discovered I had invested in a lot of “stuff ” I didn’t need. Not wanting to repeat that mistake, I was 49 before I finally bought a light, inexpensive, learner recurve bow for myself and a youth compound bow

A few more lessons and practice will have these two leaning into their game. Photo by Geneviéve Villamizar

for my daughter. Shooting scrounged up arrows into paper targets on straw bales, I soon realized that we were probably ingraining bad habits and poor form, so I pumped the brakes.

“Archery is a sport that requires almost perfect form.” Krom says in a low, husky voice. You have to lean in to hear — to listen.

“The idea,” he continues. “is to do the same thing, every time, the same way, like golf. If you’re not hitting the drive in the same way, it’s not going to the same place.”

That proficiency requires a commitment of time and effort. Before you can meet the challenge or make that commitment, he explains, you should know what is required.

Saturday’s workshop shares what it takes to become efficient and effective with a bow and arrow to pursue game.

As our lesson continued, my sense of trust and safety with Krom took root. He was encouraging and gave direction in small, consumable bites, without overload. He’s been teaching for a long time to diverse groups of people — “people with mental challenges, veterans, already experienced bow hunters,” he explains. “I taught the instructors who teach hunter education classes.”

On Saturday, he will discuss bow hunting in comparison to firearms, and introduce both modern and traditional bows, arrows and the accessories intrinsic to archery. What are you interested in? The familiar longbow or recurve bow? Or the high tech compound bows that look like some kind of sci-fi prosthetic?

Krom will go over shot placement, blood trailing and (wild) game recovery.

He’ll cover safety, the ethics intrinsic to successful bow hunting, and more. The workshop will open up to basic archery instruction, such as stance, the draw and release, and in the afternoon, participants will have a chance to shoot with bows.

For archer Walter Krom, archery is a pathway into Being. Photo by E. Phillips

Wrapping up our lesson, he shares the story of his childhood initiation to hunting.

“I chased the squirrel around the brook by our house with a sharpened stick! I never killed one but I shot at ‘em. I definitely hit Mrs. Arson’s cat,” he bursts out, shaking with mirth, a twinkle in his eye. “It had killed one of the squirrels! I got in trouble for that! I’ve always loved archery,” he finishes.

Later this spring, Krom will also offer an in the field archery workshop. So set your sights on a new way to engage with the outdoors and nature immersion! Ages 12 and up can register online at www.bit.ly/backcountrybowhunting Class size is limited and the cost is $10. The workshop begins in Room 200 of Roaring Fork High School and there will be a door prize.

Bring a sack lunch or pop out for a quick bite downtown. For more info, contact Walter Krom at w57ursman@hotmail.com

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BASALT REPORT

By Raleigh Burleigh Sopris Sun Editor

By Dyana Z. Furmansky Sopris Sun Correspondent

Crystal Outdoors LLC threatens litigation

The most momentous occurrence at Tuesday’s regular meeting was not on the agenda. All trustees were present with the exception of Ben Bohmfalk.

Representatives of Crystal Outdoors LLC, Dave Myler and Andy Peters, alerted the trustees to what they consider a problem with the town’s unified development code (UDC).

Crystal Outdoors LLC purchased the River Valley Ranch golf course in November 2018 and made apparent their plan to construct a boutique hotel on some portion.

Those ambitions have been blocked by a provision in the UDC, added in 2019, that requires 50% of landowners within a planned unit development (PUD) to approve a PUD amendment if affected by that amendment.

According to Myler, over 300 signatures would be required in the case of River Valley Ranch, “a practical impossibility” and “legally unconstitutional” because a landowner is effectively denied a transparent, public process to amend their PUD. Myler advised the trustees to take the lead on considering code amendments. Peters, an attorney specializing in land use issues, warned that after working with town staff for “the better part of a year,” the board is their “last best chance to do this short of having to go to court to vindicate rights.” Peters claimed the provision is a scheme that eliminates public participation by

taking town control out of the process.

“This is unnecessary,” said Peters. “You have a process that allows you to review PUDs on the merits and say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ and you can protect neighbors’ interests at that point. There’s a public hearing. There are multiple public hearings on PUD amendments.”

“I appreciate the request,” responded Mayor Dan Richardson. “I agree with you both that process is really important … Where I respectfully disagree is that we haven’t presented a workable process. And so, right now, to put it candidly, I don't want to touch this with a ten-foot pole at the board of trustees level.”

Trustee Heather Henry recalled that, “in concept,” recent UDC updates intended to ensure flexibility around PUDs and even vacating PUDs. She suggested that the issue go through the Planning and Zoning Commission first.

“They’ve been offered that process and they chose to back away from that process months ago.” Richardson concluded, “So, I agree with you and that’s why I’m not willing to entertain it. At least not while I’m mayor.”

Other actions at Tuesday’s meeting included: the approval of several liquor licenses; nonmonetary support for programming by the Human Library project (www.humanlibrary. org), as requested by the Garfield County Public Library District; and endorsement of ballot issue A, in favor of a building a new town pool.

(To the right) This year's chosen Dandelion Day poster design was created by Anjanette Garcia.

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With spring break and a slim agenda before it, the Basalt Town Council’s regular meeting was wrapped up in less than 30 minutes Tuesday night. Mayor Bill Kane described those present to take care of the town’s business as “a skeleton crew,” owing to absences of Councilor David Knight and outgoing Councilor Gary Tennenbaum, and several town staff.

The Council voted on second reading to replace the town’s 2008 Public Works Manual with the revised 126-page manual which, according to Planning Director James Lindt,

lays out in highly technical detail how roads, landscaping, utilities, drainage and snow removal are to be handled. Town Manager Ryan Mahoney said there was some urgency in approving the manual, since work on the Midland Avenue project is already underway.

The Council also approved two sets of road maintenance projects, costing a total of about $180,000. The largest portion will go to “mill and overlay” work on Basalt Avenue, the south side of Fiou and Evans Road. The work was awarded to two companies in Rifle, Frontier Paving and GMCO LLC. Asphalt from the old road surfaces will be recycled and used on the road to the Lake Christine shooting range and other sites, said Public Works Supervisor Matt Wagner. “People are welcome to come grab some” for their own projects, too, Wagner said.

Summer day camp will again be provided through Basalt Recreation, with Phaffmann Group LLC contracted to run the sessions. Basalt Recreation Manager Brian Passenti said that there is still space for children ages six through 10, but places for ages 11 and 12 are filled. The day camp serves 40 children.

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Carbondale loan fund is open for business

By Jeanne Souldern Sopris Sun Correspondent

Have you ever thought of opening a business in Carbondale? The Carbondale Revolving Loan Fund (CRLF) is one financial resource that could help make that business idea a reality.

In this pandemic-impacted business climate, 0% interest, short-term gap loans with three-year repayment terms are currently being offered. Businesses within the city limits of Carbondale are eligible to apply.

Brion After, the owner of Independence Run and Hike in Carbondale, moved to the Roaring Fork Valley in 2000. His enthusiasm for the outdoor lifestyle was beckoning him to open a store specializing in selling footwear, apparel and accessories for running, hiking and camping. He opened a storefront in August 2006.

However, when the pandemic arrived in March 2020, the plight of being a small business owner delivered

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a blow to his confidence.

“I prided myself on never having a day without at least one customer sale. I'd been working hard in the store, and we grew. Then the day before we closed, I didn’t have a single sale, and then we shut down. It was a pretty depressing time,” he recalled.

Inventory is often the most significant item on a business balance sheet, and Independence’s peak selling season is summer.

When After’s summer inventory arrived in early March 2020, vendors were seeking their usual 30/60/90 day terms for the payment of invoices. “All of a sudden, my store got shut down — right when I got most of my inventory.

I remember saying to a good friend, ‘Well, this might be the end of my store.’”

He completed a CRLF loan application, requesting a $25,000 loan, with monthly payments and a threeyear, 0% interest rate. After writing a letter stating his needs and providing business balance sheets, profit and loss statements and tax returns, he met with Colin Laird, CRLF administrator, for an interview and then the Loan Review Committee.

The loan “gave me a bit of bounce when I opened back up again — to get more inventory and keep things moving,” After said.

After spoke positively about his experience with CRLF’s loan review committee, saying, “They seemed very genuinely willing to help, in any way

they could. It's a great program that the town has put together to help small businesses.”

Carbondale Finance Director Renae Gustine provided a bit of CRLF background. First developed in 2002 as a partnership between the town and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), each contributed $50,000 in seed money. The USDA’s goal was to create jobs and small business opportunities in rural communities.

By the end of 2008, when the country was in the middle of the Great Recession, Randi Lowenthal had left her position as director of the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce and started the Roaring Fork Business Center, a nonprofit based in Glenwood Springs that served as an incubator to assist startup businesses.

She had heard about a “dormant” loan fund in Carbondale and verified that earmarked funds had not been used for many years. Lowenthal became CRLF loan administrator and actively promoted the program to the Carbondale business community.

When Lowenthal left in 2017, Laird, executive director of Carbondale’s Third Street Center, took over as loan administrator, organizing and providing oversight for the loan application process.

Before Lani Kitching was a Carbondale trustee, she was a CRLF loan review committee member.

Today, she is a liaison between CRLF and the Carbondale Board of Town

Trustees.

The CRLF’s all-volunteer loan review committee includes local bankers and small business owners.

Kitching, who owns a local outdoor outfitting company, said, “It’s one place where you can have direct communication, get some honest answers and express yourself and what you wish to accomplish.”

After the committee recommends approval of an application, it moves on to the trustees for final approval.

Peter Arlein, founder and CEO of Carbondale-based mountainFLO eco-wax, manufactures a line of high-performance, plant-based, biodegradable and non-toxic ski wax and bike lube.

Arlein started mountainFLOW in 2016 and recalled, “At the time it was pretty small, and then, after a few years, it started to take off. In 2019, it got legs, and I was able to move to that full-time.”

If the environmentally-friendly product sounds familiar, it may be because, in early 2021, Arlein appeared on ABC’s business-themed reality television series “Shark Tank.”

However, in April 2020, almost a year before his “Shark Tank” win, Arlein said, “It was a particularly stressful time. A few things were going on with our business that made the loan particularly attractive. It was just a straightforward process.”

Arlein, with two full-time employees, said the CRLF “provided

Arlein said, since his appearance on "Shark Tank," he and his children, ages four and two, will be walking down a Carbondale street, and “people have yelled out the window — ‘Hey, Shark Tank guy!’ My kids think it's really funny.” Courtesy photo

peace of mind and, because we knew we had that extra cushion, it allowed us to buy our full inventory.”

A long-time loan review committee member, Charlene Revoir, now a retired commercial lender, said the committee meets with applicants “to get to know them a little bit, by talking with them one-on-one.” Revoir, with years of banking experience, said of the more personal approach to lending, “The biggest thing is to get to know someone, rather than just what's on paper.”

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Unpack the mindfulness movement that blossomed in the 1990’s but whose roots are nearly 2,600 years old.

Explore the science of mindfulness through the story of the historical Buddha, known as the great physician.

Tuesday mornings 3/29-5/3

A full-body workout with exercises that target specific muscles while engaging the entire body. Improve balance, muscle coordination, strength, and stability with the fundamentals of Pilates.

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A 4-day workshop to explore watercolor, acrylic, casein, and gouache. There will be an emphasis on design and process.

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A fun and easy online class for basic Spanish grammar, and how to build sentences and phrases specific to your needs.

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Learn to capture images of friends and family, and strangers on the street in a way you never knew you could before.

MWFM evenings and Saturday afternoon 5/2-5/9

INTRO TO SOCIAL DANCE

Learn about social dance primarily focused on Latin dances such as Salsa, Bachata, merengue and more Monday evenings 5/16-6/13

Jim Harris will teach you how to make your own single color, block printed landscape.

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HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS Marriage and family therapist Lauren Kahn teaches about communication for couples at True Nature at 6:30 p.m. Registration at www.truenaturehealingarts.com

FRIDAY, MARCH 25 WALKING WITH WILDLIFE Join wildlife expert Chadd Drott to learn about the everyday life of bighorn sheep at the Glenwood Springs Library at 7 p.m.

TEEN MOVIE NIGHT High school students are invited to a free movie night at Movieland at 7:30 p.m. The film is “The Lost City;” sign up at www.bit.ly/FreeTeenMovie CON BRIO Con Brio is a San Francisco Bay Area sevenpiece band performing energetic soul, psychrock and R&B at the Contemporary in Willits at 8 p.m. For tickets, visit www.tacaw.org

SATURDAY, MARCH 26 ARCHERY Backcountry Hunters and Anglers hosts a day-long “Introduction to Bow Hunting” workshop at Roaring Fork High School from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets at www. bit.ly/backcountrybowhunting TAI CHI Basalt Library hosts Jake Caroll of Wandering Monk Tai Chi for a weekly session at 9 a.m.

LIBRARY ACTIVITIES Basalt Library invites families to early literacy storytimes for all ages at 10:30 a.m. Later, adults and kids are welcome to Art for All Ages, a program encouraging people to paint and draw in good company, at 2 p.m.

SUNDAY, MARCH 27

Fridays at 6:30 pm at Town Hall April 29 How to get a driver's license.

May 13 Victim Rights & Immigration May 20 Juvenile/Parental Rights June 10 Civil vs. Criminal June 24

DEATH OF THE PUGILIST BenFeng’s production of “Death of The Pugilist” returns with a performance at the Rifle Library at 6 p.m. and performances at the Carbondale and Glenwood Springs libraries on April 21.

RECOVERY The Meeting Place in Carbondale (981 Cowen Drive) hosts a “Self-Management and Recovery Training,” aka SMART Meeting, at 5 p.m.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 24

ADVOCACY AND ALES Learn more about protecting public lands with Wilderness Workshop at Aspen Highlands from 4 to 6 p.m. Registration is at www.bit.ly/WWSkiCo

Learn about different topics and resources available in our community.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

PASTELS ON OIL Dave Notor teaches incorporating soft pastels into oil and acrylic paintings at The Art Base from 1 to 5 p.m. Register online at www.theartbase.org

MONDAY, MARCH 28 MUSICAL STORYTIME Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork welcomes parents and children ages 18 months to four years to build a healthy foundation for literacy with singing, rhythm and movement.

Learn more at www.waldorfschoolrf.com WHOLE FOODS POTLUCK Join the Center for Human Flourishing for a whole foods, plant-based potluck at the Third Street Center at 6:30 p.m.

TUESDAY, MARCH 29 YARN GROUP Knitters, crocheters and other yarn workers meet at the Basalt Library at 5 p.m. to work together and discuss projects and techniques.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30 BABY GYM Guardians and children ages zero to three are welcome to get out the winter wiggles at Basalt Library at 10 a.m.

Artist Cate Johnson's first solo exhibition, "Prettiest Girl," explores ideas of gender, identity and memory using traditional weaving techniques with unconventional materials.

The exhibit will be on display at the Art Base through April 16. Photo by Olivia Emmer

BILINGUAL STORYTIME Parents and caregivers of children 18 months to four years of age are invited to sing, play and dance at the Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork at 11 a.m.

More info at www.waldorfschoolrf.com THE GIFT OF FAILURE The Aspen Hope Center hosts Jessica Lahey, author of the New York Times Bestseller “The Gift of Failure” at the Aspen Jewish Community Center to discuss the science of learning from noon to 2 p.m. Tickets are at www.aspenhopecenter.org EXPLORERS BOOK CLUB All school-age children are invited to explore hands-on crafts with the Aspen Science Center at the Glenwood Springs Library on Wednesdays at 2:30 p.m.

TEEN LOUNGE Basalt Library offers a safe space for middle and high school students to play games, watch movies and hang out from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Younger students will be admitted if cared for by a teen sibling.

PHYSICS LECTURE The Aspen Center for Physics presents a free lecture at the Wheeler Opera House at 5:30 p.m. exploring “The Physics of Penguin Aggregations” with Heather Lynch of Stonybrook University.

COMP PLAN Carbondale’s Planning and Zoning Commission hosts a final open house for feedback on the draft comprehensive plan update. Community members are welcome to stop by the Third Street Center between 6:30 and 8 p.m. to ask questions and share input. A Spanish interpreter will be available.

FRIDAY, APRIL 1 HEALING HOOF-IT Smiling Goat Ranch hosts a 5k run and mile walk and animal parade to raise funds for horses that help humans heal. The race starts at the Carbondale Rec Center at 5:30 p.m. Learn more at www.smilinggoatranch. com or by calling 970-379-1383.

NEW MOON Ildi Ingraham presents a sound immersion session, with crystal bowls, a gong and chimes, at the Carbondale Library at 6 p.m.

Participants are asked to bring a mat, pillow, blanket and anything else to be comfortable.

SPELLEBRATION It’s no joke, Literacy Outreach’s Spellebration returns online from 7 to 9 p.m. To register a team or join the audience for this spelling bee and silent auction, visit spellebration.org MUSICAL HISTORY Allan Harris presents “Cross That River,” a story of the unsettled West and one of America’s first Black cowboys, at The Contemporary in Willits at 8 p.m. For tickets, visit www.tacaw.org

SATURDAY, APRIL 2 MONEY TALKS Aspen Public Radio and the Wheeler Opera House partner to host “Money Talks: An Evening of Powerful Stories from Powerful Women in Celebration of Equal Pay Day” at 6 p.m.Tickets are at www.aspenshowtix.com

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¿Sabes con quién hablan tus hijos en internet? Esta pregunta te la debes hacer a ti mismo y a tus hijos.

La respuesta te puede sorprender.

Hoy en día vivimos cada vez más conectados al internet. Aunque el internet es una herramienta muy útil y necesaria, no está libre de riesgos y peligros, de hecho cada día incrementa el uso de tecnología para cometer abusos y crímenes.

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¿Con quién hablan tus hijos en internet? departamento de policía de la ciudad piensas que con tener solo una de Rifle, en mí trabajo veo a diario los conversación sobre el tema vas riesgos que conlleva el estar siempre obtener resultados. El diálogo sobre conectados al internet. Hoy en día, es la seguridad en el internet tiene que prácticamente imposible mantener a ocurrir frecuentemente y debe ser tus hijos desconectados. Por ejemplo, apropiado para la edad de tu hijo.

Es algo similar al uso del cinturón tú puedes limitar el acceso al internet de tu casa, pero no al de los aparatos de de seguridad, primero comienzas tú, sus amigos. También tienen acceso en al empezar a sentarlo en un asiento infantil. Cuándo tu hijo empieza la escuela y lugares públicos.

Cabe aclarar que la mayoría de hablar y a entender frases, le explicas las interacciones que tus hijos van a la importancia de usar el cinturón tener en internet no son nocivas. No de seguridad. Después, tomas la iniciativa de enseñarles cómo quiero causar pánico y pienso que abrochar el cinturón y de qué la respuesta a la seguridad en "El diálogo sobre la se debe usar antes de qué se internet no es desconectar a seguridad en el intermueva el vehículo. los jóvenes, sino educarlos.

En algún momento tu El riesgo más común net tiene que ocurrir frecuentemente y debe para los jóvenes es el acoso, ser apropiado para la hijo se va a desabrochar también pueden ser víctimas edad de tu hijo." el cinturón de seguridad y tienes que recordarle cómo de fraude y en situaciones más graves, pueden ser víctimas de usarlo y el por qué, no olvides que abuso sexual, extorsión, y tráfico también cuenta mucho el ejemplo humano. Hay varios pasos que puedes que tú das al usar el cinturón tú mismo, con el tiempo tu hijo se va tomar para prevenir el abuso.

El primer paso para proteger a acostumbrando, sabe cuáles son tus hijos en internet es comenzar las reglas, y va a usar el cinturón de el diálogo. Estás equivocado si seguridad como un paso más de usar

un vehículo. Asimismo tenemos que educar a nuestros hijos sobre las reglas y riesgos del uso del internet.

En las conversaciones con tus hijos debes incluir lo siguiente.

Pregúntales qué les gusta hacer en el internet. Por ejemplo, tal vez les encanta compartir fotografías en Instagram. Si este es el caso, pregunta qué tipo de fotografías les gusta compartir. De ahí puedes platicar sobre qué tipo de fotos son apropiadas para compartir en línea, ya que una fotografía puede incluir mucha información sobre tu casa, tus hijos, y tus ubicaciones.

La siguiente pregunta es con quién hablan en Internet y qué aplicaciones usan para hablar con estas personas. La mayoría de redes sociales y videojuegos tienen opciones para poder conversar con otros usuarios. Así es que tú y tu hijo tienen que saber quién es la persona con la que están hablando del otro lado de la línea, si saben que es tu vecino o un compañero de la escuela, tal vez no haya mucho problema,

pero si es un desconocido tal vez sí.

También es importante saber de qué están hablando. Éstas preguntas no deben ser una interrogación sino una conversación. Tus reacciones a sus respuestas pueden causar que tu hijo se cierre y no quiera compartir contigo, así que ten cuidado.

Debes estar dispuesto a involucrarte. Si tu hijo tiene un celular, pon atención a qué aplicaciones usa. Asegúrate de tener las mismas aplicaciones en el tuyo, tienes que aprender a usar estas aplicaciones para ver cómo funcionan, cuáles son sus sistemas de seguridad y controles parentales. Si tienes dudas, puedes usar el mismo internet para encontrar respuestas. Al final del día lo importante es mantener un diálogo abierto con tus hijos. Tienes que invertir el tiempo necesario para aprender y estar al día tu también. Te aseguro que vale la pena la inversión.

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Además de elegir a tres administradores y al próximo alcalde de Carbondale, los residentes de la ciudad tienen la oportunidad de aprobar el reemplazo de la piscina John M. Fleet, llamada así en honor de un antiguo alcalde de Carbondale, para una nueva instalación acuática en el mismo sitio.

La nueva instalación separaría la piscina para nadar de la piscina recreativa, mientras que añadiría 1,450 pies cuadrados para nadar. En lugar de que los recreacionistas y los nadadores de vuelta alternen el uso de una única piscina de 3,600 pies cuadrados, ambos podrían disfrutar de la natación simultáneamente en piscinas separadas, cada una de ellas climatizada según su finalidad. Las piscinas estarían alineadas de este a oeste, en lugar de norte a sur, para atenuar el reflejo en el agua que experimentan los salvavidas.

Otras adiciones graduales incluirían duchas exteriores, un jacuzzi de 200 pies cuadrados y un chapoteadero entre la piscina y el parque Sopris. El cuarto de baños, que también sirve de sala de máquinas, se ampliaría, posiblemente añadiendo una planta superior que podría servir como espacio de reuniones, estudio de ejercicios, oficinas o viviendas.

El diseño de la nueva instalación acuática se determinó con financiamiento a través de un subsidio de Great Outdoors Colorado, asignada con los ingresos de la lotería estatal. Durante el 2020, se distribuyó una encuesta pública que arrojó más de 1,200 respuestas, la mayoría a favor de la construcción de una nueva piscina. Más tarde, los equipos de diseño consideraron la reubicación de la piscina junto al centro recreativo, pero determinaron que era mejor mantener su ubicación actual junto al Parque Sopris.

La piscina John M. Fleet se construyó entre 1978 y 1979, cuando la población de Carbondale rondaba los 2,000 habitantes, menos de un tercio de la actual. Más de 43 años después, el departamento de parques y actividades recreativas de la ciudad ha determinado que la antigua piscina no puede ser rehabilitada. La primera pérdida fue el trampolín, el cual un ingeniero determinó que ya no era seguro para el uso

público debido al deterioro alrededor de su plataforma.

Una de las principales prioridades en las respuestas a la encuesta fue la necesidad de diseñar para ser sustentable.

El plan maestro reconoce que "el funcionamiento de una instalación acuática es a menudo el mayor uso de energía municipal" y afirma que "las futuras fases de diseño deben esforzarse por reducir en un 40% el uso de energía y agua".

El documento incluye una "herramienta tecnológica" para lograr ese objetivo, enumerando opciones como la energía solar y el calentamiento del agua, las bombas de calor de origen terrestre, la filtración de agua por rayos ultravioleta y equipamiento de plomería de bajo consumo de agua.

Para hacerlo realidad, los administradores aprobaron a principios de este año un texto para la votación de abril, en el que se pide permiso a los votantes para pedir un préstamo de hasta 8 millones de dólares, con unos costos máximos de reembolso que no superen los 14.4 millones de dólares. Esto puede lograrse sin aumentar los impuestos gracias a un impuesto de medio centavo sobre las ventas y el uso dedicado al departamento de parques y recreación. Ese impuesto genera más de $800,000 dólares al año, $200,000 de los cuales servirán para pagar el centro recreativo hasta 2024.

La Ley de Derechos del Contribuyente de Colorado (TABOR), aprobada en 1992, requiere que los votantes aprueben cualquier aumento de la deuda pública, de ahí la pregunta de la papeleta de votación. Como se indica en un aviso legal enviado por correo a todos los residentes, la pregunta de la papeleta "también está pidiendo permiso, sobre si es necesario, el dinero se utilizará del fondo general si se produce un déficit" con un costo máximo de amortización anual de $595,250.

Tal y como el plan reconoce, las piscinas municipales no suelen generar dinero. "La recuperación de costos típica de una piscina municipal es de entre el 30% y el 50%". En 2021, con mucha más asistencia que en los últimos años, la piscina John M. Fleet vio un 38% de recuperación de costos, con $63,409 dólares de ingresos y un costo operativo de $165,447.

No obstante, el plan maestro prevé "la posibilidad de obtener mayores tasas de recuperación con una temporada y horario más

amplios" y una mayor capacidad, dadas las mejoras propuestas.

Además, la piscina tiene un valor intrínseco como recurso muy accesible dentro de la ciudad. A menudo, durante los meses de primavera, los grupos escolares van en bicicleta o en autobús a la piscina para aprender las habilidades esenciales de natación. Como declaró la administradora Erica Sparhawk cuando los administradores aprobaron el texto en la papeleta, sin una piscina accesible, podría haber "personas en los ríos sin acceso a clases de natación".

Los residentes del pueblo pueden revisar el plan en tinyurl.com/carbondalepool antes de emitir su voto el día de las elecciones, el 5 de abril.

El plan conceptual para la nueva piscina. Imagen de cortesía

¿Puedes apreciar el arte sin que te guste?

OPINIÓN

Vanessa Portras

Cuando era estudiante de primer año en la universidad, tomé una clase de historia del arte. Mi educación sobre el arte antes de esto había sido limitada a proyectos pero realmente no conocía movimientos artísticos o estilos de arte. Como a muchas personas, cada vez que veía una obra, particularmente una obra abstracta, se me hacía ridículo que se le considerara arte.

El arte abstracto es un estilo de arte moderno. Se conoce como arte que no tiene forma o representación realista a algo material. Los artistas abstractos conmueven a su audiencia a través del uso de colores, líneas y aplicaciones. Uno de los artistas de arte abstracto más famosos de los años 1900 era Jackson Pollock.

Pollock era conocido por sus gigantescas pinturas donde usaba la técnica llamada “goteo''.

Típicamente, Pollock acostaba un enorme lienzo en el suelo, y

usando palos y brochas, dejaba gotear y salpicar la pintura sobre la superficie, creando texturas gruesas y múltiples capas de colores.

Yo detestaba a artistas como Pollock. Se me hacía como que eran unos farsantes. Personas que se habían hecho famosos solo por conocer a las personas correctas y no por talento propio. Sé que no soy la única que ha ido a un museo o una galería y ha pensado, “yo pude haber hecho eso”. Así que, con toda la suerte del mundo, cuando llegó la hora de escoger un artista al azar para presentar al final del semestre, desenvolvi mi papelito y lei: “Jackson Pollock”.

Tuve que dejar a un lado mi aberración y parcialidad y aprender sobre el artista y uno de los estilos artísticos más absurdos. Al final de mi presentación, cambié de opinión.

No aprendí a amar sus obras ni al hombre detrás de ellas pero si aprendí a apreciarlas. Y como toda una educadora de arte, volví a repetir el mismo proyecto años después con mis alumnos de secundaria.

Hubo algunos de ellos que escogieron a Pollock sobre alguien como Leonardo da Vinci porque pensaron que sería tarea fácil. Pero incluso, hubieron alumnos que como yo en su momento, se vieron frustrados al tener que aceptar que unas gotas salpicadas en papel se podrían considerar arte.

Uno de mis alumnos me

dijo,”lo siento, pero no puedo alzándose al ritmo de la música.

Irónicamente, no llegué a entender como algo que pudo haber hecho un niño de kinder apreciar el arte abstracto o incluso a los artistas de ese movimiento se le llame arte, y mucho hasta que no tuve forma de menos que se venda expresar lo que sentía y por millones”.

"Yo detestaba a fueron los colores y la A los alumnos artistas como Polaplicación sin figura lo que escogieron lock. Se me hacía que me ayudó. Para mis a Pollock les como que eran estudiantes, fue más fácil pregunté si había unos farsantes." criticar algo cuando aún sido tan fácil como no lo entendían. se lo imaginaron, y la ¿Puedes apreciar algo sin que mayoría respondió diciendo que no. Al parecer, cubrir 160 te guste? No tengo una respuesta pies cuadrados no es tan fácil sólida para esta pregunta. Pero soy como parece, y vaya que mis de la opinión que el arte es como alumnos solo estaban haciendo un espejo ante nuestra sociedad. sus réplicas en un papel que media Hay muchas ideologías y creencias que no comparto con otros, pero 36 pulgadas cuadradas.

Intente explicarles a mis práctico tolerancia, compasión y estudiantes que las obras abstractas apreciación. Dentro del mundo del expresivas tal y como las que arte, han habido muchos que han creaba Pollock, están invitando a la retado ideologías antiguas de lo que audiencia a conectar con sus propias es y no es el arte. De lo que debemos emociones en vez de decirles que y no debemos hacer.

El arte, durante tiempos de sentir. Las interpretaciones de la misma obra pueden ser diferentes guerra sirvió como propaganda de persona a persona. Imaginemos contra y a favor de diferentes por un momento que soy Pollock, y partidos, sirvió para crear empatía, tomo una cubeta de pintura roja y la y también para distraer y alegrar las dejo caer desde una escalera sobre el vidas de las personas más afectadas. lienzo. El resultado que me daría eso Al no artista, no te tiene que gustar sería un lienzo con mucho énfasis algo para poder apreciarlo, prestate en el color rojo y el movimiento la oportunidad de ver el mundo que las líneas espontáneas han desde una perspectiva diferente. creado. Muchos asocian el color Want to read Vanessa’s rojo con coraje o frustración, pero column in English? habrá aquellos que sientan alegría, o Visit www.vanessaporras.art/ recuerden la falda de un vestido rojo

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El fin de semana del 13 al 14 de marzo, se llevó a cabo el Latino Advocacy Day (Día de la Defensa Latina o LAD por sus siglas en inglés) en Denver. Omar Sarabia, el nuevo director de Defiende Nuestra Tierra en Wilderness Workshop, estuvo presente y pudo compartir con nosotros su experiencia de primera mano.

“La fuerza de Colorado proviene de sus inmigrantes desde sus inicios, y sus hermosos paisajes son igual de diversos que nuestra gente’,’ dijo el Gobernador Polis, que para el defensor de tierras públicas es motivo para continuar con su abogacía.

Pero, ¿qué es LAD y cuál es su importancia? Según Omar, Latino Advocacy Day es un programa organizado por COLOR, Voces Unidas y Protégete y brinda capacitaciones de defensa y sesiones informativas sobre los temas de políticas que más impactan a los latinos en Colorado.

El LAD es una experiencia de defensa que atrae la participación de todo el estado. Más de 200 latinos de todo Colorado se reúnen en Denver cada año, donde también visitan en el capitolio estatal y a sus representantes en persona.

Les hacen saber sus inquietudes y problemas que aquejan a sus comunidades a lo largo y ancho del estado. A lo que también agregó Omar, “Creo que este tipo de eventos nos brindan herramientas para poder entender la importancia de la participación civil; tanto local como a nivel estatal. Te acerca a tus representantes y elimina esas barreras de que tus senadores estatales o federales son personas ‘inalcanzables’, si no todo lo contrario: Ellos trabajan para ti y todos sus constituyentes. La casa de representantes es también tu casa y tienes derecho a ir a hablar con ellos para exponerles tus problemas y que tomen acción o para que apoyen o desaprueben alguna propuesta de ley que te afecte directa o indirectamente”.

Algo que mencionaba Omar era la participación de nuevos líderes locales y a jóvenes de la Glenwood Springs Middle School que se involucraron en talleres de abogacía (salud, justicia ambiental y social e inmigración) donde

tomaron acción al ir al capitolio a usar esas herramientas obtenidas en sus respectivos talleres y a derribar barreras para exigir y practicar sus derechos.

Todo suena bien y emocionante en papel, pero para los que no tienen el tiempo en el trabajo para involucrarse en este tipo de abogacía, también hay otras maneras donde se puede involucrar. En el Valle, cada municipalidad o ciudad estará corriendo elecciones, desde candidatos, propuestas e incluso impuestos. Para votar no es necesario registrarse bajo algún partido político, puede hacerlo tan fácil como lo

es desde su teléfono. Solo vaya a la página de la secretaría del estado (coloradosos.gov) y busque la opción en español de “Registracion de votante”. Es muy importante que vote, y que usted abogue por lo que se alinea más a sus valores y creencias. “¡No esperen más tiempo y vayan a registrarse!”

Concluyó Sarabia. “No dejen en manos de otras personas las decisiones que tú puedes tomar con tu voto. El voto latino tiene mucho poder, tanto así que puede inclinar la balanza para cualquiera de los lados. No importa tu partido, sal y hazte presente”.

Latino Advocacy Day en Denver. Foto cortesía de Omar Sarabia

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CHISME DEL PUEBLO Festival de cortometrajes Aspen Film, la organización de educación y artes cinematográficas que funciona todo el año, anuncia su programa para el 31° Aspen Shortsfest, del 5 al 10 de abril de 2022, con cortos filmados en varias partes del mundo, incluido Argentina y Venezuela, al igual que productores latinos.

Día de la madre El día de la madre se está acercando. Únete a la querida tradición de The Sopris Sun de presentar retratos de madres con sus hijos que nacieron en el último año. Llame al 970-456-6929 o envíe un correo electrónico a raleigh@soprissun.com para programar una sesión de fotos en el Sopris Park el 9, 10, 16, 17, 23 o 24 de abril.

Primer ascenso La universidad comunitaria Colorado Mountain College invita a los jóvenes a inscribirse en un curso gratuito de varios días al aire libre en las instalaciones de Leadville.

Este curso está abierto a todos los estudiantes que vayan a completar su octavo y noveno año esta primavera, y tomará lugar desde el 19 de junio hasta el 24 de junio. Inscripciones deben ser entregadas antes del 22 de abril a www.coloradomtn.edu/firstascent

Quitando el estigma The Safe Abundant Nutrition Alliance (SANA) se ha asociado con el departamento de salud pública del condado de Garfield, River Center, el West Mountain Regional Health Alliance y bancos de alimentos para una nueva campaña, “El Hambre no Tiene Que Ser Un Secreto”. El propósito es crear

conciencia acerca de sitios de alimentos, acceso a alimentos y también alentar a las personas a buscar ayuda. Para saber más, sigue el hashtag #hungerdoesnthavetobeasecet o #elhambrenotienequeserunsecreto en las redes sociales.

Cartel de Mountain Fair Los diseños para el cartel y la camiseta de Mountain Fair deben ser entregados el 1 de abril. La feria de este año, en el fin de semana del 29 de julio, coincide con la luna nueva.

Por lo tanto, el tema de este año es “Magia de Luna Nueva,” evocando frescura y esperanza, elevándose en nuevas maneras y ver las cosas en un nuevo entorno. El ganador recibirá $750 y cinco camisetas. ¿Tiene algunas preguntas?

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Aprendiendo con la policía El departamento de policía de Carbondale está organizando una serie educacional en español enfocado en proporcionar recursos e información para la comunidad Latina.

La comida será proporcionada, además de una interpretación simultánea en inglés, si es necesario. Las sesiones tomarán lugar en el ayuntamiento los viernes por la tarde (29 de abril, 13 de mayo, 20 de mayo, 10 de junio y 24 de junio) a las 6:30 p.m. Para más información, llame al 970-963-2662.

Oportunidades de jardinería Hay espacios disponibles en el jardín comunitario Good Seed, ubicado en 110 Snowmass Drive en Carbondale. Estos son ofrecidos en términos de “primero llega, primero de los lleva”. Para saber más, llame al 970-963-0229.

The Safe Abundant Nutrition Alliance (SANA) está avanzando una nueva campaña, “El Hambre no Tiene Que Ser Un Secreto”, con el propósito de asegurar que cada persona tiene acceso a comida sana. Foto de cortesía

Alce de mal humor Colorado Parks & Wildlife quisiera recordar a los residentes y visitantes que le den espacio a los alces. “Los alces son muy protectores de sus territorios y sus pequeños”, escribió un comunicado de prensa. “Ellos se defienden, a su territorio y a sus pequeños cuando se sienten amenazados”. En América del Norte, los alces atacan a las personas más que los osos y los lobos combinados.

Sendero de Hanging Lake Great Outdoors Colorado, fundado por los ingresos de lotería estatal, premio un subsidio de $2,282,000 al National Forest Foundation y la ciudad de Glenwood Springs para restaurar el sendero de

Hanging Lake, el cual cerró debido al daño excesivo de los flujos de escombros de julio del año pasado. Los fondos ayudarán al estudio topográfico, diseño y construcción para un sendero más resistente y sostenible.

El valor económico de Hanging Lake, con la venta de boletos de transporte y reservaciones, está estimado en más de $4.6 millones por año.

Cuentos bilingües La Escuela Waldorf en el Roaring Fork invita a padres junto a sus hijos e hijas de 18 meses a cuatro años de edad a cantar, jugar, bailar y más, mientras que dos idiomas se tejen.

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OBITUARY

James Breasted

November 13, 1937 - March 19, 2021 James Breasted, a former Aspen City Councilman and Pitkin County Planning Commissioner who helped create the Roaring Fork Valley bus system and pushed for wilderness preservation of the Hunter Creek area above Aspen, died Saturday at his home in Carbondale. He was 84.

James Henry Breasted lll (“Jim” to all familiars here) was born in 1937 in Colorado Springs, the son of James Henry Breasted Jr., a teacher and art historian, and Helen Culver Ewing Breasted, a homemaker. His grandfather, James Henry Breasted, was America’s preeminent Egyptologist in the early 20th century. His great aunt, Helen Culver, was Chicago’s first successful businesswoman and gave her cousin Charles Hull’s house to Jane Addams, founder of the settlement house movement in America.

Young Jim’s family moved to southern California when he was four. Two years later, his father became director of the Los Angeles County Museum. The Breasted children spent vacations at Desert Sun School’s summer camp in Idyllwild, California.

Jim liked to recall that he first fell in love with mountains there, nestled among the Sierra Nevadas.

In 1952, his family moved to Kent, Connecticut, where his father took a job as an art history teacher at Kent School. Jim was sent to the buttoned-up boarding school Phillips Academy Andover. He was a good student, but he hated the school. He ran away in the spring of his sophomore year. He was picked up by police on the Pennsylvania Turnpike trying to hitchhike to California. He finished out the year at Andover but already knew where he wanted to enroll the next year.

That was Putney School in southern Vermont, sitting atop a beautiful wide green hill looking out for miles across the rolling green countryside. It was the look of the landscape that captivated Jim first and only later the school’s invigorating progressive style.

Jim first convinced the Putney admissions director (later headmaster) Ben Rockwell that he was an ideal fit for Putney, then prevailed upon Rockwell to convince his father that Putney

was sufficiently rigorous. Jim spent only one year at Putney, for his parents took their five children to Europe the following year. Jim was enrolled in a French-speaking Swiss school on the Lake of Lausanne, Institut Monivert.

But Putney, with its wonderful music courses and unique approach to educating the young to challenge themselves in all aspects of creative, physical, esthetic, moral and intellectual life, left upon Jim a deep and lasting impression. At every opportunity when he subsequently attended Harvard, he went back up to Putney to hear the music, visit with Rockwell and contemplate the school’s Thoreauvian ethos for making the most out of all aspects of life.

His generation was hearing from the Beats and from Hemingway and Salinger that living as a free spirit was far superior to the middle class careerist rat race. His parents still hoped he might find a career he liked. He kept stalling, working first a year after graduation in the Cambridge Tennis & Squash Shop in Harvard Square. Then he tried the Peace Corps teaching French to little boys in the Ivory Coast in Africa. He disliked the French rote learning system he was required to practice and came home midway through his two-year assignment. Threatened by the draft and the Vietnam War, he joined the Air Force Reserves, spending six months sweeping out planes in Texas.

He tried two stints of graduate school in architecture to please his father. But, by then he had visited Aspen with a friend, seen the mountains and heard the music festival.

He gave up on architecture, moved into the Garret, took waiter jobs and was happy. Eventually he discovered Alpine Surveys and its wonderful flex hours for skiers and hikers like himself. He would keep his job as a surveyor there until the financial crisis of 2009 wiped out the business.

The 1970s were his busiest years when he ran for office, entered numerous cross country ski races (placing 84th one year out of 5,000 racers in the 55-kilometer American Birkebeiner race) and married his youngest sister’s best friend, Jennifer Deveaux. They owned two older houses in Aspen and Woody Creek before he designed a third one for them in Aspen’s West End. That was sold for $55,000 in 1982 as they were divorcing. Recently, it sold for $10 million.

Jim had long since moved to Carbondale, living on Sopris Avenue until three years ago when he moved into the Crystal Meadows senior housing development. When Aspen’s list of billionaires reached a total of 50, Jim sent the

This courtesy photo was taken around the time Jim arrived to Aspen.

news out to all his friends and family. Many of his buddies from the Garret had also moved to Carbondale.

“I love living here,” he wrote the Sun last April — his letters to the editor were famous — “Housing is being built right in town where it should be. People will still be moving here because they love this place. Aspen: eat your heart out.”

Jim is survived by his sister Barbara Whitesides of Newton, Massachusetts, his brother John Breasted of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, his sister Mary Breasted Smyth of Tamworth, New Hampshire, and his sister Helen Breasted of New Gloucester, Maine. There will be a small memorial gathering for him this Saturday afternoon in the Third Street Center at 3 p.m.

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by Rev. A.G. Norris Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 10:00am Third Street Center • Carbondale There is an inkling in the human mind that there is a path or a way to live a life, some grand design that if one were to bend to it, they might expect that they have a happy and contented life. We will look at that idea of “The Way” through some of the observations of Lao Tzu. Join us this Sunday in-person at the Third Street Center or online through Zoom and Facebook, as Rev. Aaron Norris explores, “This Is the Way,” accompanied by guest musicians.

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How to obtain a hunting license

By Geneviève Villamizar Sopris Sun Contributor Applying for a hunting license can be confusing at first.

Between Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) regulations and plain old hunter strategy, I’m still learning the ins and outs, 20 years in. If you’re even reading this, you’re most likely a new hunter, so we’ll stick to the basics together (and save mastery aspects, such as preference points, for the trophy hunters).

The primary draw lottery for big game licenses opened March 1. Hunters now have until 8 p.m., April 5, to apply.

After April 5, lottery winner hunting tags are mailed out. Any remaining tags carry over to the secondary draw, on July 5 — a relief to many hunters who simply didn't get it together the first time around (she says, casting her eyes sideways).

Foremost, to purchase a hunting license, you’ll need your hunter education card, which has your conservation identification number (CID) on it. Like a drivers license or social security card, it’s your number for life. You will use your CID every time you purchase stamps and licenses from CPW. I still have my original one from 2001, and I cherish it. Every hunt has left its mark on that worn out scrap of paperboard, as you must carry it in the field with you whenever you hunt.

CPW publishes an annual Big Game Brochure. Get it. This is your “operator manual.” In addition to helping you plan your hunt, it has this year’s new changes, hunting regulations, definitions, the Game Management Unit (GMU) map (more on that later) and all the possible hunt codes to apply for deer, elk, pronghorn, bear and moose.

Read that baby. You are obligated to, and are accountable to everything in it if you’re going to hunt in Colorado.

Page 14 introduces the Habitat Stamp. It is automatically added to your first fishing or hunting license each year, with the proceeds funding the Colorado Wildlife Habitat Program. Further down, the brochure then lists several “qualifying” licenses, one of which we must purchase prior to buying a big game license. I buy a combo small game and fishing license each year anyway, so this relatively new qualifier doesn’t bother me. Some

are a little miffed, but I’m happy to pay into conservation.

With the qualifiers taken care of, which species do you want to try for?

As a newbie, your best odds are deer and elk. The other highly sought after species have a “prerequisite” you most likely haven’t accumulated yet — those preference points we glossed over earlier.

Elk are challenging to hunt. They’re powerful, fast and have keen eyes and hearing. I’m hungry to experience a shot at meat in the freezer after a handful of unsuccessful years focused on elk, so I’m looking forward to a more relaxing, higher odds deer hunt this fall.

Species chosen; where to hunt?

Colorado lands are divided into GMUs. They are to wildlife as counties are to humans. CPW uses GMUs to manage wildlife herds — they can count herd numbers, track changes over time and use this data to limit or increase hunting licenses in that area. The GMU map is on the inside back cover of the brochure, preceded by the GMU listing of physical boundary descriptions. These are often defined by waterways, roads, ridges and valleys and county lines. For example, if someone were to hunt the west side of McClure, they would apply for GMU 521, defined on the east by Huntsman’s Ridge and the backbone of the Raggeds.

Which season to hunt? Flip to your species; find your GMU; pick your first choice, second, third and fourth, for the season dates you’re able to hunt. If you do know you want a shot at a trophy animal or unique species, make your first choice a preference point each year.

You can also strategize for more than one license in a hunting season. You can apply for another species (elk or bear), or wait for the primary draw to pass and then apply for a secondary draw tag, or purchase over-the-counter, unlimited tags. Read more about these List A, B or C tags inside the brochure.

You are ready to apply online now, at cpw.state.co.us.

The application fee is non-refundable, and you pay for your license if you draw. Now go set yourself up for one of the most profound experiences a human can have!

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Emmett Leable and cousin Mike Marzahl smile with joy after Mike shot a once-in-a-lifetime buck in the Roaring Fork Valley.

This buck was shot on Nov. 13, 2021, and was nicknamed the "Fire Buck" because of how unique his rack was. Photo by Jacob LaVine

Trailer park residents plot to become landowners to town, and they could get to and from work without a vehicle.

They bought their current home in 2010 for $10,000, and since then have invested another $15,000 in remodels.

Their home is their biggest asset.

“Honestly, my parents would lose everything,” Alejandra told me. “If we wanted to move their trailer, it would break apart.”

Trailer parks like Westside are always vulnerable to speculators. As land prices skyrocket in the West, trailer parks have attracted the interest of large corporations and private equity funds. The trend is so strong that two real estate tycoons launched a website called Mobile Home University to teach investors how to get in “on the ground floor.”

Just outside Durango, there’s a trailer park called Westside that I’ve been driving by all my life.

Yet residents there have long lived with the fear that at any time their homes could be taken from them, and now, the worst has happened.

A few days before Christmas, Westside residents received notice that the 5.6 acres of land under their homes, with 60 lots, was for sale for $5.5 million. The message was in English, and Alejandra Chavez and her neighbors, who mostly speak Spanish and work service jobs, were devastated.

Alejandra was 13 when she left her native Mexico in 2005 to join her family in Durango. Her parents, Juanita and Alejandro, chose Westside because it was close

An informal meeting of Westside mothers after the big meeting of all park residents last week. Photo by Ben Waddell

But now, thanks to a new Colorado law, residents like Alejandra Chavez and her parents can fight back because owners of trailer parks must provide residents with 90-day notice of their intent to sell. Before the law, trailer parks could change owners without residents even knowing that the park was up for sale. Now, park inhabitants have a chance to form a cooperative, secure financing and even make an offer of their own.

The residents of Westside jumped at the opportunity.

In early January, Westside residents formed the Westside Cooperative, which Chavez cochairs. Their deadline to secure financing and submit a purchase offer was March 20.

The Westside group has a successful model. In 2021, the residents of Animas View Mobile Home, north of Durango, successfully purchased their community for $14 million. Seeing a similar situation at Westside, Animas View resident Dan Hunt offered to help out by walking door-to-door, spreading the word about residentowned trailer parks.

“Our goal was for everyone to be able to afford it,” Hunt told me.

“Those with the lowest incomes are at risk of being displaced, which is a

terrible scenario. Now that we have control, we have plans to stabilize rents and invest in our park.”

“We want to follow in their footsteps,” Chavez says.

At first, Westside families were wary, as many wondered who would finance the purchase. The price of $5.5 million sounded like a huge amount of money.

Organizations — and public officials — offered advice, but Elevation Community Land Trust, a nonprofit dedicated to making homeownership more affordable for Colorado residents, stepped up to offer financial support.

Elevation CEO Stefka Fanchi said the trust’s goal is to help places like Westside leverage the community trust model so housing remains stable for the foreseeable future.

La Plata County officials helped Westside put together a competitive purchase offer. Then things started moving fast over a recent weekend, the owner rejected their first purchase offer, requesting a cash offer, and a quicker timeline. Westside has established a GoFundMe page and now has until March 27 to raise $500,000.

The big question is whether the owner, Neal Kurzner, will accept their offer. Kurzner is a New York investor who owns apartment buildings and

Writers on the Range

By Benjamin Waddell

Benjamin Waddell is a contributor to Writers on the Range, writersontherange. org, a nonprofit dedicated to spurring lively conversation about the West. He is an associate professor of sociology at Fort Lewis College in Durango. trailer parks across the nation.

“To me it’s going to come down to economics,” Kurzner told me over the phone. “And timing. That’s really how we’ll be making our decision.”

Kurzner has already been negotiating to sell Westside to Harmony Communities, a company based in California that operates 33 trailer parks in the Southwest.

Harmony has a history of purchasing parks in Colorado, then immediately hiking rents by as much as 50%.

Residents think their offer will be attractive to Kurzner: “We don’t want anyone to gift us anything,” Alejandra’s mother, Juanita, told me during a recent visit to Westside.

“We just want an opportunity to get ahead. And why not?”

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Carly and I moved here with our 4-year-old in March of 1998. Shiloh attended Roaring Fork High School and Louisiana Tech University. She is currently a Registered Nurse in Denver and was a recipient of the Daisy Award at St Anthony’s during the Covid crisis. Carly, my wife of 38 years, is Office Manager for J Frost Merriott Inc. CPA which is now in its 24th year. My daughter Heather has her doctorate in Exercise Science and is a Technical Writer for St Jude’s in Memphis.

I currently serve as a member of Town Environmental Board and the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce Executive Board. To my knowledge there are no Board members who belong to the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce. If there is any time, we need private sector representatives on the Town Trustees it is now.

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vide 80% affordable units as opposed to the current 20% required. Additionally, only current Carbondale residents or workers would be eligible to apply. The downtown land we were gifted could accommodate 200-250 +/- community housing units. Infrastructure is in place and there is $400 million in Federal funds available. This would require an easy zoning change.

• Sustainability, resiliency, climate change and a looming water shortage should be a priority. Except for workforce housing, I would press any development to conform to our Climate Action Plan, our VCAPS (Water, Vulnerability, Consequences, Adaption and Planning scenarios), and EBOR (Environmental Bill of Rights).

• Unknowns - We need to ascertain that our new Comprehensive Plan Modification allows for the flexibility to prepare for the future. How will it deal with redevelopment of the old City Market location? What about an annexation request from the area adjacent to River Valley Ranch?

Based on my 10 years serving on the Board of Trustees and my CPA business experience, along with the Vision and Passion I have for Carbondale, I am the most qualified candidate to help lead us forward in our quest to be a more sustainable and vibrant community.

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Re-imagining our future, together

GUEST

OPINION

By Laurie Raymond

Laurie Raymond has lived in West Glenwood since 2002. She has owned High Tails Dog & Cat Outfitters, also in West Glenwood, since 2004, and is now a member of the Glenwood Springs Citizens for Sensible Development.

In the Glenwood Springs Post Independent's interviews with the eight candidates vying for the three open Carbondale trustee positions, what immediately leapt out at me were three things all of them have in common.

First, they all love Carbondale and appreciate its unique character. Multigeneration native or relative newbie, each cited this love as motivating their desire to serve and protect their hometown.

Second, all are painfully aware of the unprecedented nature of the big challenges: climate change and its immediate and increasing hazards, from wildfires originating in the growing wildland urban interface, to ongoing drought and severe water shortages, to wildly escalating land

prices making homes unaffordable.

Third, despite protestations of optimism, I sensed a gut-twisting anxiety about what can actually be achieved against those dangers, in time to stave off the worst of them, or at least to cultivate adequate resilience to survive them.

The battle West Glenwood residents have put up against the 480 Donegan annexation and development project comes from the same love for community, awareness of danger and anxiety about a future that suddenly seems to hold daunting new threats. When Floyd Diemoz contracted with R2, a Cincinnati, Ohio, firm of housing developers, to build a very dense housing project (originally over 400 units, later reduced to 300) in the 15+ acre field behind the languishing mall, if it could be annexed to the city, the neighborhood surrounding the pasture erupted with dismay.

For over a year, in meeting after meeting with city boards, staff and the council, neighbors tirelessly articulated their opposition, chiefly in terms of the way the proposed development would increase vulnerability already acknowledged by fire authorities as extreme. Each individual speaker was restricted to three minutes to comment, while the developers had unlimited time for their sales pitch.

And what a pitch it was — and still is!

Let's not forget that developers are companies with a product to sell; one

that they have honed to perfection for maximum profitability, knowing to the penny how much they can negotiate on price. They spend lavishly on professional marketing materials to convince our elected representatives that we need what they are offering.

Those representatives don't have an easy task, when the developer paints his product's promised solutions in glowing terms and images. They know the needs are real.

The growing conviction we have that the urgent needs of our time demand new thinking lags behind the necessary confidence to boldly innovate. Like the trustee candidates, we know that many of the old ways must change. Enacting new zoning and land use regulations to ensure safe growth is essential to a viable future.

The usual sales techniques of carrot dangling and stick brandishing have been used effectively by this developer.

The biggest carrot is “affordable housing,” of course. But ask, affordable for whom? In last summer's survey, Glenwood residents identified workforce housing for those earning under 60% of the average median income (AMI) as among their top five issues. But R2 is claiming affordability for those earning between 80% and 120% AMI – pretty much the same income category of workers that all the other multi-family complexes, new or underway, are marketing to.

No one is building for the lower wage workers we belatedly recognized

during the pandemic as essential: the folks who stock your shelves, make your coffee, care for your kids and pets, cut your hair, clean your houses.

The most flexible and innovative workforce housing is being offered by the area's biggest private employers, like Aspen Ski Company and the Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park, with some exploration of public/ private partnerships tentatively underway. Still, no one is designing or building housing for the portion of our diverse community that prefers to live in multi-generational households.

Instead, R2 promised to keep the actual numbers of residents at 700 through lease restrictions.

The big stick is the threatened commercial park Garfield County approved for the site 41 years ago, which the Diemoz family never completed, and the lost opportunity to develop the mall into an againthriving concern. In fact, R2 has no contract to buy or develop the mall.

Currently another developer does, so it seems the hope that correcting the management problems that led to the mall's decline are not tied to R2's successful annexation and housing project.

The Glenwood Springs Citizens for Sensible Development, which grew out of the ad hoc group of neighbors organizing opposition to the pasture annexation and conversion to a housing development, has evolved a larger vision. Like the candidates for

Carbondale’s Board of Town Trustees, we are ready to roll up our sleeves and work toward imagining and implementing real solutions to threats to the community we love, linking up with efforts already underway to revise the comprehensive plan.

Meanwhile, the pasture remains a green and lovely spot that lifts the spirits of all who walk, bike or drive past it. Let it be that until a fitting use is proposed and the timing is right.

Vote YES on Ballot measure B to repeal the annexation!

R2 Partners and the Diemoz family invite the public to three get-togethers in March for an informal discussion on the 480 Donegan property, the annexation ballot question, the project’s intended benefits and ways to continue offering feedback throughout the master planning process. Each of the gatherings will include a 30-minute presentation, Q&A and refreshments. Everyone is welcome; please confirm attendance in advance by emailing kathleen@prstudioco.com or texting 970-618-5114.

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Russia-Ukraine crisis: beyond “good” and “evil” GUEST Like many, I watched the news in horror and shock in the early morning hours of Feb. 24, to see the visceral uncertainty and chilling reigniting of the Cold War as Russian forces stormed the Ukrainian borders from all sides. After weeks of buildup, political rhetoric and international tension, that which had previously seemed unthinkable has now firmly rooted itself in our everyday reality.

My viewing of the invasion through the news cameras came in a very surrealistic setting: surrounded by declassified Central Intelligence Agency documents stretching back to the late 1940s on an eerily timely topic: Soviet invasion and occupations of independent republics, specifically the Baltic nation of Lithuania. As such, my mind went to many places seeing this emergence of terror in Ukraine.

However, in the four weeks after the invasion, I have found myself adrift in a very unfamiliar sea among my western comrades both in Carbondale and abroad. This is a sea that is marked by an abandonment of almost all critical discourse on the issue, of a rejection of nuanced thinking, and a bloodlust that I have not seen since the early days of the post 9/11 era of political reality in the United States.

That is, I have experienced a schism with my previously anti-war, antiimperialism, anti-colonial and antixenophobia friends, colleagues and mentors in the past few weeks.

It became odd to me that people

I had known for nearly a decade in higher education, who wrote books, dissertations, theses, or delivered lectures being highly critical of the Bush-era invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan — who chronicled the damage that comes at home and abroad from a collective de-evolution into tribalism, xenophobia and prejudice — were suddenly quite loudly ready to demonize the entirety of the Russian Federation for this act. That is, to demonize the Russian people directly.

In the swirling aftermath of the invasion, I went to universitysponsored events and heard educated speakers openly calling to sanction the Russian people into starvation, that maybe if they’re starved enough, they’ll revolt. I have heard scholars with doctorates say that the entirety of the Russian people have blood on their hands for their complacency in this invasion. This sentiment has also echoed loudly across my social media feeds in any and all mediums.

There is a collective response to this invasion that is deeply concerning to a student of Cold War history, and to the tactics and sharp dangers of outright vilification. What we must remember in the West is that these issues are very complicated. They are not 1960s James Bond films where everyone with a Russian accent is an enemy combatant.

While the aggression against Ukrainians is inexcusable, the concern for me today as a social scientist is the speed at which the West has devolved

so quickly to the point that we have seemingly resurrected the corpse of McCarthyism and immediately jumped on the train to paint every Russian as a dangerous co-conspirator in the rise of Putin.

In heartbreaking contrast, one of my dearest friends, a Russian living in Russia today, at one point through this invasion said to me: “We don’t want him to be president either.”

What we need to realize in the West is that the everyday Russian is not invading Ukraine, nor are they ardent supporters of Vladimir Putin. It is the easiest route for us to automatically assume that every Russian is the villain and every Ukrainian is good. This is counter to the necessity of being a critically-engaged society.

It is comfortable to exist in a world where there is good and evil and where we can see it clearly. The reality of the situation is that this is not a bad summer blockbuster action film starring Jeremy Renner as Volodomyr Zelenskyy where the Russians are unnamed “bad guys” in a two-hour romp. We in the West want that. But, it is not the truth of this situation.

In closing, I urge each of us to treat the situation with the nuanced care it deserves. To be reflective of your positionality on the issue.

Ask yourself tough questions: am I changing my profile picture to blue and yellow because I care about the issue, or is it because it is the socially expected thing to do?

Am I advocating to sanction Russia into the dark ages because I feel it will dissuade Putin’s aggression, or am I doing it because it is easy to have a villain?

Am I actively spewing hate toward Russian culture, people or history online or in-person because my views are truly held, or is this an emotional reaction to the stress of this situation?

Consider that for every teacher, firefighter, grocery store employee, server, chef, mail carrier, husband, wife, son or daughter you have in your life, there is a Russian equivalent currently facing the worst economic backslide the nation has experienced in decades. Consider that tomorrow a Russian school-aged child might wake up to a very harrowing and different reality than they had known eight weeks ago, and that child is not firing rockets into Mariupol.

What about Ukrainians? This is the picture of nuance I hope you strive to view. People in Ukraine are suffering. But that does not mean that Russians cannot also be suffering. It does not mean that we cannot consider the collateral damage of our reactions that have not deterred invasion, and have hurt innocent people.

We cannot exist in a dualism of punishing every Russian for the actions of their government. If upon reading this column you think I’m “against Ukraine” or that I “support Putin,” I would again ask you to be critical of that perspective. Ask yourself if calling

OPINION

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Tucker Farris is a fifth-generation local of the Roaring Fork and Crystal Valleys and a sociologist specializing in (among other things) the Soviet Occupation of Lithuania, Soviet Statecraft, Espionage, and Cultural Oppression. He splits his time between his perch in the mountains above Carbondale and the trenches of academia in Victoria, British Columbia Canada. He’ll have completed a PhD in sociology/ sovietology by August of this year. for a chance to be compassionate toward the harm to another group of innocent people really represents being on the “wrong side of history.”

We have to be informed, we have to let go of the comfort of a two-sided, binary, black-and-white conflict. We have to recognize that this is a messy place to be. And we cannot afford to devolve back into the spear rattling, Continued on page 20

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‘C’dale student wants to spend spring break in a Russian Prison’ From the archives of the Valley Journal and Sopris Sun

March 4, 1982 Voting was open for sorority Zeta Epsilon’s woman of the year, with eight nominees.

Valley native Betty deBeque was a Cub Scout den mother, president of the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce and had planned the memorial service for the 14 miners killed in the Midcontinent explosion the year before. Already a fixture as a special ed teacher at Carbondale Elementary School, Bonnie Fischer had earned an honorable mention in the previous year’s competition. Evangeline Hinman was an active member of the Catholic church and Rebekah Lodge and the organizer of the county-wide Retired Teachers Club. Betsey Schenk had launched the Kinderchoir, Cottage Concert Series and Crystal River Opera Association. In addition to her involvement with the church study club, garden club and extension club, Libby Smith supplied piano and singalongs for numerous local events. Sharlene Smith was the organizer and director of the Roaring Fork Ski Club and one of the chief organizers of Potato Day. And Madge Stewart was the chairman of the Near New and had coordinated the Retired Senior Volunteer Program’s latest quilt.

In other news… A lack of a quorum for some important votes left the board of trustees scrambling to round up the only other member in town — dentist Eugene Covello, whose patient agreed to spare him for 20 minutes so municipal business could continue.

March 5, 1992 Roaring Fork High School graduate and Baylor University senior had made arrangements to cap off his honors thesis “The Development of Prison Ministries in the Soviet Union” with an actual visit to a Russian prison. According to exchange professor Leonid Stouptin, the access arrangement would have been unprecedented just a few years before. But it was part of a larger shift, including the aforementioned ministries — a surprise move by Mikhail Gorbachev on the 1000th anniversary of Christianity’s arrival in Russia. McBurney was well aware of the false front the Soviets had given Eleanor Roosevelt when she visited Russian prisons after World War II, but felt the times had changed enough to provide an authentic experience. The worst that could happen on his trip, in his estimation, was a coup.

In other news… Westbound traffic was expected to begin on the newly-constructed stretch of Interstate 70 through Glenwood Canyon over the summer, with the entire thing slated to open by the end of 1993.

Russia-Ukraine crisis

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for TOWN TRUSTEE Values - Valores:

Respect & protect our environment.

Respetar y proteger nuestro medio ambiente.

Help vulnerable members of our community.

Ayudar a los miembros vulnerables de nuestra comunidad.

Ensure diversity, vitality, creativity & resilience.

Anette Milliron brings home an armful of books from the Basalt Library in March of 1983.

Archive from The Valley Journal

March 25, 2002 The Basalt Regional Library District was mulling the possibility of a second branch in the El Jebel area. Bonnie Williams, comanager of the El Jebel trailer park, had made an impassioned plea for better access in the western part of the district. Board member James Brudige wanted to at least consider a municipally-owned parcel in Willits. The Basalt town council was open to the idea, provided the library district leave room for additional government facilities. (The district ultimately opted for its original plan of a single facility — which is still west of its geographic center, given that folks in Thomasville and Meredith also contribute to its tax base.)

In other news… Carbondale launched a Main Street beautification project, with new sidewalks, new landscaping and street lamps and a new hangout space on the corner of Fourth and Main.

March 22, 2012 Residential foreclosures had continued to rise since the beginning of the recession, with 11 in 2009, 40 in 2010 and 64 in 2011, with short sales following the same trend. Amore Realty’s Lynn Kirchner didn’t expect things to get better soon.

“There’s still lots of people who are underwater on mortgages,” she said. “They come in asking, ‘Can we get help? Can we sell? Can you get us out of this house and out of this mess?’” Not coincidentally, area home prices hit an eight-year low, with anything under $400,000 going fast.

In other news… The Carbondale Community Food Co-op was the latest beneficiary of a “cash mob,” in which customers descended on a local business on a pre-planned date. continued from page 19

xenophobic warmongering that drove us into a 20+ year war in the Middle East as the societal harms of that time are still loudly felt across the entire globe.

When we ask then, “what is to be done?” I cannot presume to have the answers. What I can do is to say that the best response to crisis is calm, collected critical thought. Reactionary, emotionally-driven snap judgments are never good. They lead to an amplification of hatred, fear, misunderstanding and a collective degradation of the very values of freedom, democracy and empathy that we hold close to our chests.

Be critical of your own actions; seek out the bigger picture and don’t be too quick to condemn the innocent schoolteacher in Rostov or Novgorod in retribution for the actions of an imperialistic maniac in Moscow.

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LETTERS A vote for Frosty This letter is in support of Frosty Merriott for Carbondale Board of Trustee. As a former town manager, I understand first-hand how important private sector experience is for decision making, especially when the financial demands of the private sector compete with public policy desires of the community. As a small business owner and certified public accountant for over 40 years, Frosty Merriott understands complex financial transactions and can provide his fellow trustees with professional insights into the opaque world of developer financials. Additionally, Frosty is committed to keeping Carbondale's small-town character, which has always been central to our town's livability, as well as our tourism and art economies.

A vote for Frosty is a vote for Carbondale!

Tom Baker, Carbondale

Re-elect Erica Sparhawk!

Erica loves this town, she loves to serve this community and help create positive change.

She’s been doing it ever since high school where she led the charge to create Carbondale’s first women’s high school soccer team, and she continues today as a town trustee. A recent example is when the issues around short term rentals first came up, she was the one to research and create an inventory to provide a baseline understanding with which to move forward. She did this and so much more for this community of people and this stunning landscape while also leading us through a world pandemic. Please join me in re-electing Erica!

Soozie Lindbloom, Carbondale

Zane for BoTT When my ballot arrives this week, I'll be voting for Zane Kessler for the Carbondale Board of Town Trustees. Even in a crowded field with many familiar names, Zane stands out.

He is a committed public servant, with a long history of working in support of Carbondale's community, land, water and economy. His leadership in protecting the Thompson Divide — where I plan to someday teach my daughter how to ski — helped to ensure that Carbondale's backyard will remain a safe place to live, ranch, play and explore for generations. And his role with the Water District shows an understanding of how to get things done and work with people of different ideologies at all levels of government.

He's ready to be an effective trustee on day one.

I've lived all over Colorado and the West, and there's nowhere else like Carbondale.

Communities like this don't happen by accident; they take leadership, vision, hard work and collaboration. Our town is facing opportunities and challenges that could have a profound impact on the home where I'm so excited to raise my family. I trust Zane to help navigate those issues thoughtfully and in a way that protects this place we call home.

Noah Koerper, Carbondale

Support for Merriott and Quinn Frosty Merriott and Colin Quinn are two of the candidates running for open positions on the board of trustees. I served on the town's Environmental Board for four years and had the pleasure of working with both of these men. Frosty is passionate and direct. Colin is willing to listen and diplomatic. They are both very smart, capable and enthusiastic individuals, involved with issues that are so important to the entire community. They have both proven their ability to work with others on town boards and commissions to get results. I firmly believe they will put the town of Carbondale, and its

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residents, at the forefront when making decisions if elected to the board of trustees. They have my vote and I hope they have yours too.

Sandy Marlin, Carbondale

part of our school culture!

Thanks again to Dance Initiative for bringing dance to our school!

Jennifer Kendzior, CCS Teacher and Parent

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Carbondale is fortunate to have these eight candidates step up to serve as trustees. I write today to ask voters to mark their ballots for Erica Sparhawk, Colin Laird and Zane Kessler. In knowing and working alongside these three over many years, some decades, there’s no doubt that these three have the attributes to effectively lead.

Dynamic skill sets and an ability to listen to divergent viewpoints to solve issues and craft legislation that benefit the whole community are imperative in this role. Sparhawk, Laird and Kessler have what it takes, and the track record to show they embody these skills.

Erica, Colin, and Zane all are raising or have raised their kids here in Carbondale. They know firsthand how difficult it is to grind out a livelihood in the Valley and work countless hours for the betterment of this community.

It’s no easy task to coach youth sports, serve on boards, work full time and work for a better future for their families and yours — all while being present for their loved ones.

Erica’s leadership on green initiatives, mental health services and overall support for all of Carbondale needs to continue.

Her well-rounded perspective from her lived experience sets her apart from the field.

In his tireless work for our nonprofit community, Colin’s thoughtful and inclusive approach to problem solving will be a huge asset as trustee. In numerous situations, Colin has weighed complex issues, ensured all parties were heard and, at times, moved from his initial position to get behind a more comprehensive solution. Colin’s temperament and energy for engagement are rare attributes in today’s public service.

Land conservation and water are inextricably linked with the issues facing Carbondale. Zane’s work with advocating for legislation, crafting policy and community organizing are a great fit for a trustee. Zane’s experience and knowledge are much-needed resources in charting Carbondale’s future.

Sparhawk, Laird and Kessler will be wonderful additions to the Board of Town Trustees. Thank you for your consideration, and please VOTE! Stacey Bernot, (Mayor of Carbondale 20102016)

Thanks Dance Initiative The students and teachers at Carbondale Community School (CCS) are grateful to have participated in Dance Initiative’s School Partnership Program. Students grades Kindergarten through eighth grade participated in dance class during PE class for eight weeks. Dance Initiative provides the dance instructor and curriculum to the school as part of their mission to support the art and creation of dance through education, collaboration and presentation.

Students had the opportunity to learn dances from around the world, and they created original small-group dances using various choreographic devices to make their dances both interesting and entertaining.

Dance Initiative’s School Partnership Program culminated in an all-school performance in which students danced in front of their peers, teachers and parents.

CCS has been doing this program for the last eight years and it is becoming a familiar

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Tiny green head poking up A crocus is born.

Jampa, Carbondale

being able to think outside the box and find creative solutions — even in situations when many of us simply see roadblocks.

We can count on Colin to move Carbondale forward in a positive, sustainable way. I hope you’ll join me in voting for Colin Laird by April 5.

Marc Bruell, Carbondale

Saludos a Sopris Sun

I would encourage those wanting to preserve the Carbondale culture while also effectively embracing the future of our town to support Frosty for trustee. He has the legacy of knowing what the present growth challenges are and what it will take to manage the inevitable widening of Carbondale’s presence in the Valley while at the same time preserving the many gems it already has within it! We need to keep Carbondale relevant or be lost in the dust coming off of Highway 82 as travelers head to Willits, Basalt and Aspen.

John Runne, Carbondale

Dos cosas. La primera, me gustaria dar las gracias a los editores y los reporteros del Sopris Sun por incluir la sección de El Sol de Valle.

Siempre los residentes de Carbondale están diciendo: "Cómo podemos incluir a los latinos en la comunidad?" Una respuesta de acción: el Sol de Valle. Buen trabajo.

On a totally different note, the second topic that is on my mind is the clear cut that is essentially happening at Williams Peak near Sunlight. Does anyone else think this is out of line? The National Forest press release (from the Aspen-Sopris Ranger District website) claims that the "disturbance" of the aspen forest "vigorously regenerates" healthy Aspen growth.

Perhaps "clear cut" is too strong of a word, but it is hard for me to say something else after seeing a quarter to half-mile swath of trees taken out with only stacks of aspens and large diameter evergreens remaining. In a time when research points to the importance of older trees' communication through the understory, it is quite shocking to see a clear cut.

As a consumer of wood products, I can see the importance of logging. I just wish there was a more radical and responsible approach that prioritized the forest over profit.

Morgan Williams, Carbondale

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Memories Thanks for running the picture of me cleaning the pool! I hadn't seen that pic since it ran in the early 1980s. It brought back a lot of great memories. I was part of the original staff of lifeguards, swim teachers, swim team and general staff in the late 1970s and early '80s. The pool was a great place to work and hang out with the likes of the Barnett boys, The Giersch brothers, Ryan Jennings, Chris and Bill Hanks and many more.

Michael Blakeslee, Aspen

Another vote for Frosty

Here are some reasons why you should vote for a new pool. First, my friends and I really love going to the pool in summer, because it gets hot and we don't know what to do. So we just go to the pool and have fun. In the new pool, there is going to be a lap pool, hot tub, splash pads and so many other things. You don't have to worry about anything, there is going to be safety all around so your children don't get lost and go somewhere else. It's also something very fun for people who live in Carbondale like me. It would be fun to have a new pool and I think the kids would love it.

That's why you should vote to fund a new pool and this amazing idea!

Maria Betty Sanchez Orellana, Carbondale

Short and sweet Vote for Erica Sparhawk for town trustee.

She is smart, accomplished and has her finger on the pulse of our community. She is exactly the kind of person we need to move forward.

Wendy Stewart, Carbondale

Community development I urge you to vote for Colin Laird for Carbondale trustee.

Colin Laird is not just passionate about addressing the issues facing our community, his 30 years of professional experience in community development have given him the knowledge and skills necessary to find solid solutions to those challenges.

In the 20 years that I’ve known Colin, he’s worked on a variety of community projects in Carbondale, from diversifying our public schools to launching The Sopris Sun and developing the Third Street Center. He has a proven track record of

Hola, mi nombre es Lety Gomez. Tengo viviendo en Carbondale 22 años. Trabaje para el restaurante Village Smithy por 16 años y por el memento trabajo en Bonfire. También soy miembro del comité de Carbondale Arts.

Tengo dos hijos, uno de 19 años y otro de 11 años y ellos todavía usan la psicina. Han aprendido a nada ahí.

En la actualidad, como la comunidad de Carbondale, necesitamos una piscina nueva, porque al paso de los años, la piscina actual se está deteriorando poco a poco. Nuestras familias de la comunidad pueden votar "sí" para el asunto A y no tener la necesidad de ir a otras piscinas en el futuro.

Esperamos contar con más apoyo de nuestra comunidad para construir una piscina nueva.

Además, con el trabajo y esfuerzo de Erica Sparhawk, ella obtiene mi apoyo.

Leticia Gomez, Carbondale

LEGALS CORRECTED PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held before the Carbondale Planning and Zoning Commission for the purpose of considering an amendment to the Unified Development Code (Title 17 of the Carbondale Municipal Code). Specifically, the amendment is to Chapter 17.08 Definitions to remove the requirement that tenancy for household living and residential dwelling must be arranged on a month-month or longer basis, and to allow tenancy to be arranged for a period of less than 30 days.

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 14, 2022. You may also participate via Zoom. The Zoom link will be available on the April 14, 2022 Planning and Zoning Commission agenda.

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. The application may also be reviewed on the Town’s website at www.carbondalegov.org Janet Buck Planning Director

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Spring skiing at Sunlight

By Jaris Elliott Youth Correspondent

579 MAIN STREET THIS PARCEL IS A PRIVATELY OWNED, MIXED-USED DEVELOPMENT SITE.

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Sunlight is a great ski resort! It is located 12 miles from Glenwood Springs.

If you are a beginner, Sunlight offers ski and snowboard lessons and contains many beginner runs. If you are more experienced, the other half of the mountain has more intermediate runs. There are three chair lifts, the first goes to the beginner hill, the second takes you to the top of the mountain and the third brings you to the more advanced side of the mountain.

Sunlight also can provide rentals for all the gear you need for the day.

If you are ready for a lunch break after a morning of skiing, you can go to the lodge and get delicious food from the grill, or

grab a warm drink. Due to limited seating, on a busy day it may be very difficult to find somewhere to sit and eat.

Sunlight Ski Resort has had a great snow year! The total amount of snow this season, as of writing, is 149 inches. The snow base is 53 inches. Most of the year, all 74 trails have been open and there have been many powder days. Due to the great powder days, there have also been large crowds. A couple of these caused both the upper and lower parking lots to completely fill up, and people had to park on the side of the road almost a mile away.

The chair lifts are somewhat older and slower than other resorts, but Sunlight Mountain Resort offers a great opportunity for fun on beautiful trails at an affordable price.

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Sunlight Mountain Resort has had a great season with ample snowpack. Photo by Jaris Elliott

FUTURE GATEWAY TO MAIN STREET •

This site is a privately owned, mixed-use development site.

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The site will be developed within the Carbondale development codes.

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Site located in Carbondale’s historic commercial core zone.

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Site sits at the gateway to Main Street.

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Architecture will be designed to integrate into Carbondale’s unique downtown character.

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More detail & direction to come.

TEMPORARY COMMUNITY USE HAS INCLUDED:

Eastwood Carbondale has welcomed the opportunity to partner with the Town, local businesses, and nonprofits over the past two years, including leasing the parcel to the Town for outdoor dining and hosting the Maker’s Market during Mountain Fair.

CONTACT

579maincarbondale@gmail.com

WHY?

Eastwood Carbondale wants to clarify that this parcel is not included in the newly acquired Town parcels, and continue to be transparent and communicative about its future use.

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Megan Miller, Peace Garden manager at True Nature Healing Arts, led the community in an equinox ceremony, spreading a biodynamic preparation from Sustainable Settings to wake up the plants. Photo by Raleigh Burleigh

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