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Volume 11, Number 32 | September 19 2019

Pickleball grows up

A road grader operator on Sept. 5 begins to level the ground where six new pickleball courts will be constructed at the North Face Park on Meadowood Drive. The grand opening will be June 2020. Photo by Trina Ortega

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By Trina Ortega Sopris Sun Correspondent To meet the growing interest in what NBC news recently claimed is the fastest growing sport in the world, the Roaring Fork Pickleball Association and town of Carbondale broke ground early this month on the construction of six new pickleball courts at the North Face Park on the south edge of town.

The 1/4-acre site, next to the tennis courts, skate park and athletic fields on Meadowood Drive, will be home to six new post-tension courts that adhere to size guidelines (minimum 1,800 square feet) for sanctioned tournament play.

“With these new courts and the existing makeshift courts, we’ll now have 12 courts available,” Roaring Fork Pickleball Association (RFPA) member Jim Noyes said. “We’ll have the biggest pickleball facility between Grand Junction and Arvada. We are going to be able to stage some of the biggest tournaments on the Western Slope.”

The six new courts have an estimated price tag of $300,000, according to Noyes, who is heading up the fundraising campaign. The town provided land for the new courts, but all of the money has been raised by the RFPA. The association has garnered $240,000 in private donations and foundation grants to date and is still in the midst of its fundraising campaign. Early architectural design work was done pro bono by Jeff Dickinson; Satank builder Jeff Wadley is handling the general contracting on a voluntary basis; and landscape architect Rich Camp also provided expertise at no cost.

In terms of construction, Wadley says the courts are a fairly straightforward project.

Evergreen Tennis Court Systems based in Loveland will do the post-tension concrete work, and the prep work and post work (sidewalks, reinstalling sprinklers, re-seeding grass) will be completed by the town or local contractors who bid the jobs.

As of Sept. 12, crews had cleared out a rectangle to fit the 11,439 square feet of post-tensioned concrete plus room for new sidewalks around the courts. (A patio area with benches and shade will be available to all park-users and is part of the design plan, but not part of phase 1 fundraising.) The soil will be compacted, brought down to grade, the court footprint filled in with substrate, and concrete poured for the courts.

In spring 2020, the courts will get surfaced with a high-tech epoxy finish and be ready for play. The grand opening is scheduled for June 2020, when the association also aims to host a large tournament.

Wadley said the association will still have access to — and will need — the existing tennis courts for pickleball tournaments.

“At tournaments, we can have up to 150 or 180 players per day, so we’re going to need the hotels and the restaurants and everybody in the community.

I’m working with the chamber of commerce to raise awareness about our new amenity,” Wadley said.

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Eighth Street Blues – Walk at Your Own Peril Sound and fury at a Carbondale Bike, Pedestrian and Trails Commission meeting?

Who’da thunk it?

The topic was 8th Street.

The fury came from John Hoffmann, former Carbondale trustee and current Senior Matters board member. “For heaven’s sake,” he fumed, “This town has been kicking the can down the road for the last 40 years about this! We talked about it for the eight years I was a trustee! Then for another eight when I served on this commission! And SEEKING HIGHER nothing—absolutely nothing—has been done about it.”

GROUND Holly Buell, a mom who lives

By Nicolette Toussaint along 8th, came to the meeting to complain that she suffers “minor heart attacks” daily due to speeders. Holly’s two-year-old doesn’t understand traffic, and although 8th Street has a 20 mph speed limit posted – even monitored by a big, flashing digital speed sign – it’s not enforced.

It’s not that the police don’t pay attention to 8th. Holly herself came to police attention last week.

Holly told me that as her neighbor was carpooling kids to school, she waved the neighbor, another mom, over. The neighbor stopped facing traffic and the two started to gab about the risk of their kids getting run over by speeders. A cop intervened, threatening to ticket the neighbor for “parking the wrong way.” He even ran her driver’s license.

Holly found that ironic. Not just because her neighbor’s car wasn’t “parked”; the driver was present and the motor was running. But also because that speed monitor was flashing big yellow numbers, in full view of the cop, as a motorist sped by at 8 mph over the limit.

That was almost as ironic as Holly’s husband watching a police car speed down 8th at night—not just over the limit but also running a stop sign.

Without bubblegum lights flashing or a siren sounding.

Hmm. What does say about priorities?

Although I’ve been surveying the town’s “priority corridors” with the Carbondale Age-Friendly Community Initiative (CAFCI), I’m not familiar with 8th Street. So after the meeting, I drove it. Attentively, and verrry slowly.

It’s a mess.

The skinny sidewalk on 8th’s east side is mostly continuous from Main

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down to the cemetery. But I dare you to walk on it in a full-frontal approach.

It’s only about 2’ 6” wide in places and blocked by shrubs and parked cars.

A concrete ditch enclosure cuts out about half its width. It’s broken and cracked. It has no curb cuts in some places; it’s all driveway in others.

On the Planning Commission’s section of the Town’s website, there’s a “Bicycle and Pedestrian Priority Corridors” link. It opens a map that highlights this section of 8th in green, showing it as a “nighttime priority route.” Really?! I couldn’t walk that path in daylight without turning sideways or detouring into the street. Otherwise, I’d crash into mailboxes, rocks, bushes and rearview mirrors.

Judging from conversation at the Commission’s meeting, I don’t think our town has gotten a grip on what’s meant by “priority” corridors.

Priority for what?

What am I to make of the “Truck Route” sign lying flat in the weeds on 8th Street’s west side, pointing to…what? Mt. Sopris? Are truck drivers supposed to SEE this recumbent message? Are they supposed to turn toward the Mother Ship portal on Colorado Avenue? Or is truck traffic prioritized to continue down 8th?

Due to physics, I think that multi-ton cars and trucks always have “priority” over toddlers, moms with strollers and folks walking four-pound designer dogs. Pedestrians and bicyclists always crack up when there’s a bone of contention that pits flimsy flesh against motorized metal. Unless we protect them.

Ultimately, the fixes for 8th Street are, as fellow CAFCI walker Sue Zislis, put it, “expensive, complicated, political and contentious.” That’s surely why the can has been kicked down this particular road for 40 years.

Then again, CAFCI suggested some simple improvements in the report they handed to the Bike/Pedestrian Commission: reflective paint, speed bumps, shrubbery trimming. Fix the broken streetlights. Enforce existing parking and speed limit laws.

That last one shouldn’t be hard.

Last summer, I got my first speeding ticket in 50 years for exceeding the 20 mph limit on Sopris Avenue. The cop noted that residents there had complained and Carbondale’s finest were responding.

As they should.

Frankly, I deserved that ticket. I often drive to the library, and several times, I have seen bunnies in the street. There’s a big hutch at a house on Sopris, and while the ducks don’t escape, it seems that rabbits are good at burrowing under fences. While I hated getting ticketed, I would have been heartsick if I had killed a bunny.

And frankly, I’d give the Sopris Avenue bunnies better odds than I’d give to kids or codgers along 8th Street about now.

The views expressed in opinion pieces do not necessarily reflect those of The Sopris Sun. The community is invited to submit letters of up to 250 words to P.O. Box 399 or 500 words to news@soprissun.com. Longer columns are considered on a case-by-case basis. The deadline for submission is noon on Monday.

LETTERS A child shall lead Dear Editor, Like Leif Erikson a thousand years ago, 16-year-old Swede Greta Thunberg sailed across the Atlantic to America on August 28. She came not to conquer the New World, but to defeat what may be the most daunting challenge mankind has ever faced, the coming climate catastrophe. Every Friday since August of last year, Thunberg has skipped school to go to the Swedish parliament and demand climate action and now she’s carrying that message to the United Nations.

That’s why organizations worldwide seeking to reverse the effects of climate change are following Thunberg’s lead and planning a strike, where workers and students walk outta their workplaces and schools and demand climate action.

On Friday, September 20, 350 Roaring Fork is putting together such an event at Sopris Park in Carbondale on September 20 at noon for about an hour.

Youth participation is crucial.

Their future is at stake. We baby boomers will all be dead by the time the full effects of the climate crisis hits. 350 Roaring Fork, with a lotta help from their friends, is reaching out

to the local schools for their approval and consent. We’d like the majority of the speakers to be students. If a few teachers wanna join in, that’d be great.

Maybe you don’t want your children to cut even one class.

Consider this, Greta Thunberg has been ditching Fridays for over a year now and if you’ve heard her speak, you know her language skills haven’t suffered.

Her knowledge of climate science demonstrates she’s not falling behind in math and science, either.

Don’t the climate change deniers love their children, too?

I know we do and we’d like to leave them with a planet that’s at least as healthy as the one we inherited.

“You say you love your children above all else and yet you are stealing their future in front of their very eyes.” - Greta Thunberg Fred Malo Jr. Carbondale

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Clay Center’s annual fundraiser to bring together potters, tacos and community

By Trina Ortega Sopris Sun Correspondent Start with 30 Carbondale clay artists; add 300 one-of-a-kind handmade plates, four chefs, two organic farms, one distillery, one brewmaster, and countless volunteer hours — mix thoroughly.

All these ingredients are coming together for the Carbondale Clay Center’s largest fundraiser of the year, a themed event titled Tacos on Plates, which celebrates functional ceramics, community and food. The event takes place from 5–8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21, at the Carbondale Clay Center (CCC), 135 Main St. The plates are being hand-crafted by 30 invited artists, each of whom will make at least 10 plates. The participating restaurants are Field 2 Fork, Slow Groovin' BBQ, Gerb’s Grub, and Señor Taco Show Presents AXKAWA. Erin’s Acres and Sustainable Settings will donate vegetables and meat for the chefs to use “so everything is sourced locally,” according to CCC Executive Director Angela Bruno.

“We told all of the chefs what we are looking for. They each are making enough food for about 300 tacos, and they have free reign to make whatever they want,” she added.

Tickets are $65 and include the plate, food as well as drinks from Marble Distilling and Roaring Fork Beer Company or nonalcoholic options.

Entertainment for the evening will include a Santa Fe Aspen Ballet Folklorico performance and a live deejay.

Ticket-holders show up, pick from among the hundreds of plates, enjoy food served directly on that plate, then get to take the plate home for their own collection.

“One of the really special things about functional ceramic art is that we’re engaging with it, using it, and it’s part of a daily, sit-down ritual with family. I do love that,” Bruno said. “A lot of times, you come into a gallery and you buy something to look at. These events are a great way to get people to engage and interact with the artwork. You see its function and connect with it.”

Participating artists will also be attending the event, so there’s even a chance a patron will get to meet the artist who crafted the plate. The oft-sighted “ArtStream” Airstream trailer — a mini art gallery on wheels — owned by CCC member Alleghany Meadows, will be on loan with works from each plate potter for sale.

“We’re also trying to do a little bit better job honoring and recognizing all of the artists that participate in this. We

TACOS ON PLATES Carbondale Clay Center Tacos on Plates annual fundraiser Date: Sept. 21 Time: 5–8 p.m.

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Location: 135 Main St. Tickets: $65, via phone at (970) 963-2529; online at www.carbondaleclay.org; or at the door.

obviously could not pull this off without them. We ask them to donate their time and artistry every year, and every year they say yes,” Bruno said.

The annual fundraiser had traditionally been called Cajun Clay Night with gumbo, a giant alligator cake and local artists crafting bowls. Three years ago, in recognition of the clay center’s 20th anniversary, the clay center staff and board of directors strayed from the Cajun theme to bring special attention to the nonprofit’s anniversary celebration. The fundraiser was called Settings, and artists were tasked for the first time with making plates.

“When we had that break with Settings, we thought maybe it would be kind of fun and different to mix up the theme so that we were offering different dishes instead of just bowls every year,” CCC Executive Director Angela Bruno said. “We’re just sticking with rotating the theme. We’ve decided this year to do small plates and tacos. Plates are a kind of tough thing to make but they’re coming together really well.”

In early September, the Clay Center was abuzz with artists preparing for the fundraiser. The center’s marketing coordinator, Savanna LaBauve, was pressing clay into 1/4-inch slabs so she could begin the process of shaping her 14 or so plates. (She was planning to make more than 10, accounting for some that might not fire right.)

Gallery/Studio Manager Matthew Eames was loading a kiln with plates.

Volunteer and ceramics student Michael Kaiser was glazing plates.

“This is fun. I got a little obsessed,” Kaiser, an Aspen Glen resident, said about his 15-plus plates.

A retired graphic designer from Los Angeles, Kaiser moved to Carbondale in 2014 and renewed his interest in ceramics shortly afterward. Three years ago, he enrolled in a studio class led by Carbondale artist Frank McGuirk, and has been taking classes ever since.

“I got back into making pots 50 years later,” Kaiser said of his early years of working with clay. “They asked me to make some plates, and I said yes. It’s a fun thing to do that will help the Clay Center.”

Bruno says the Clay Center is for people like Kaiser — youths, beginners and professionals. No matter your experience or interest, the Center is for everyone.

“We are a community art center,” she said. “We try to make this a special place for everyone who comes in, not just talented professional artists. We want everyone that comes in here to feel like they have a space to create, a space they can make their own, feel welcomed and encouraged and to be creative. It’s a chance to take a break in routine, make something special and either use it or gift it, but to come in, be happy and leave her smiling.”

Proceeds from Tacos on Plates go toward the nonprofit’s programming in ceramic arts, including adult and children’s studio classes, special workshops, community outreach to schools and other nonprofits, an Artist in Residency Program, exhibitions with work from area and national potters, and First Fridays gallery receptions.

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SCUTTLEBUTT CMS teacher named ESL Teacher of the Year The Roaring Fork Schools announced on Wednesday that Carbondale Middle School’s (CMS) Grace De La Sala was named the 2019 English as a Second Language (ESL) Teacher of the Year by the Colorado Association for Bilingual Education (CABE).

“Grace is an amazing teacher and well-deserving of this honor,” Superintendent Rob Stein said.

De La Sala has been with the district and at CMS for 14 years and is a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education (CLDE) teacher.

CMS Principal Jennifer Lamont spoke to De La Sala’s strengths as a CLDE teacher: “In the spring of 2019, Grace's students' growth, on the English Language Arts CMAS test, was 11% higher than the state's average. Surely, Grace's relationships with the students and their families have contributed to the success of her students. ”

Vote for Marble Distillery The Marble Distilling Co., 150 Main St. in Carbondale, has been nominated to the list 0f 10 best craft speciality spirits distillery in the U.S., part of the USA Today readers’ choice awards for 2019, the distillery management told The Sopris Sun last week.

Locals are urged to go to the newspaper’s website (www.10best. com/awards/travel/) and express their support for our local brewing company, which had made it to the No. 7 slot at last report and is hoping to be No. 1.

Send your scuttlebutt to news@soprissun.com.

Drum for climate sense We’ve heard that on Friday, Sept. 20, at noon, there will be a brief drum circle in Sopris Park to kick off the global climate strike. Following the circle, local reps of 350.org and Neighbors in Action to Limit Climate Change will speak, urging people to take action to combat and mitigate climate change. Organizers invite all those interested to join this mid-day gathering, and bring drums and other percussion instruments.

Remembering Ian Hause A memorial will be held in Ian's honor from 4p.m. to 7p.m. on Friday, Oct. 18 at the Gianinetti family's Spring Creeks Ranch in Carbondale, at 854 N. 8th Street. For the occasion, cooks will prepare chili for 200.

Hause, whose online LinkedIn profile lists him as working as a consultant, died unexpectedly in his sleep on July 21, at the age of 54, while among friends in Colorado Springs where he was pursuing a course in personal growth, according to his obituary in The Sopris Sun.

The ghosts are back!

After a year-long hiatus the Glenwood Springs Historical Society will present its19th annual Historic Ghost Walk through Linwood Cemetery in late October.

Participants will get a chance to see gunslinger Doc Holliday's grave and hear stories brought to life of various early settlers, on Fridays, Oct. 18 and 25 and Saturdays, Oct. 19 and 26.

The ghost tours are to be held each evening at 6:30 p.m., 7:15 and 8. To learn more, call the Frontier Historical Society museum at (970) 945-4448 or email museumoffice@rof.net.

Hunt fire is burned out The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has announced that the Hunt Fire in remote terrain near Meeker is 40 percent contained and is believed to be over.

The BLM has rescinded its area closure, concluding that fire behavior within the burn perimeter has subsided sufficiently to allow public access, but visitors should be aware that there will still be firefighters working in the area and that hot spots may be encountered.

Lightning ignited the Hunt Fire on BLM land in Rio Blanco County on Thursday, Sept. 5, in a remote location in thick brush on ridges and valleys north of the Roan Plateau to the west of Meeker.

For the latest information on the fire, contact the White River Field Office at 970-878-3800 or visit the Rio Blanco County Sheriff ’s Facebook Page, @ RioBlancoCountySheriffsOffice.

Street hassles in Glenwood The City of Glenwood Springs started the 6th Street roundabout area landscaping installation work on Monday, Sept. 16. This first phase will run through mid-November, weather premitting, and will include installation of irrigation, electrical, lighting, decorative boulders, trees, sod, and ornamental grasses throughout the project site, which includes adjacent islands and the

The first official dusting of snow on Mt. Sopris happened on Sept. 12, as caught during an early morning walk before the sun warmed things up. Photo by Trina Ortega approach to the pedestrian underpass under the ramp from westbound I-70.

Periodic lane closures and brief traffic holds may occur in the vicinity of 6th and Colo. Highway 82. For more information on projects, please visit www. cogs.us/projects.

and has scheduled an open house for that purpose at Town Hall, Meeting Room 2, 511 Colorado Ave, Carbondale on Thursday, Sept. 26 from 5:30 pm-6:30 pm. To RSVP or ask questions, contact Phi Filerman Phi@aspencore.org, or at (970) 429-4306.

Energy code Open House

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The Town of Carbondale, in partnership through the Community Office of Resource Efficiency (CORE), has been working on amendments to the Residential Efficient Building Program that support the recent adoption of the 2015 IECC (International Energy Conservation Code) and support the goals of the 2017 Climate Action Plan.

The Town of Carbondale is seeking input from stakeholders and interested parties in the building and development community about these amendments

Those celebrating another trip around the sun this week include: Kenny Hopper (Sept. 19); Ralph Young, Marty Garfinkel and Josh Smith (Sept.

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Ready to rip Carbondale students take up mountain bike racing with Glenwood Demons

By Trina Ortega Sopris Sun Correspondent Four Roaring Fork High School (RFHS) students on Sept. 22 will be among several hundred youths racing mountain bikes in Snowmass Village as part of the sanctioned Colorado High School Cycling League race series.

It is the first time the league, a nonprofit organization, will come to Snowmass Village.

Corbin Carpenter, Henry Cole, Austin Villarreal and Lance Weidemann attend RFHS but race on the Glenwood Springs High School (GSHS) Demons mountain bike team, as RFHS does not have an established team.

Roaring Fork School District Athletic Director Jade Bath is working with the youth cycling organization Roaring Fork Cycling to examine the viability of launching a team at RFHS for fall 2020.

(Aspen High also has a mountain bike team, and a handful of Basalt High students race on that team.)

Mountain biking is a growing sport across the nation, and Colorado is among the first states to establish a league. The state’s numbers have grown so quickly — 1,383 racers on 75 teams in 2018.

“It’s an unbelievable program in so many ways.

Not just our team specifically, but at the state and national level,” said Randy Tuggle, the head coach of the GSHS team.

Tuggle said the launch of Roaring Fork Cycling, which offers middle-schoolers free after-school mountain bike clubs and summer skills camps, has “created a cohesion of all things cycling.” Those younger students are now feeding into high schoollevel racing.

“When you look at participation and enrollment in those younger programs, you can just see the wave that’s just coming our way,” Tuggle said.

RFHS freshman Corbin Carpenter, who races on the Glenwood Demons team, pedaled to a second-place finish in Nathrop. Courtesy photo The Glenwood team is in its fifth year.

It started with three kids, according to Tuggle, and has redoubled every year — there are 38 students on the 2019 roster. The season began in Nathrop on Aug. 25 and continues through October with four total races and a state championship race in Durango.

RFHS ninth-grader Corbin Carpenter placed second among the freshmen at the opener event. Carpenter, who has raced in the Aspen Cycling Club series and other races, said he enjoys being part of a team made up of people his own age.

“At the high school races, there are a lot

more people and they’re all my age, so it’s a nice community,” he said.

Carpenter started mountain biking when he was about 11 years old, pedaling up Prince Creek Road to ride the single track trails with his mom, Kallie Carpenter. Even though he considers mountain biking his main pursuit in summer and he has done well at the first two races (placing eighth in Leadville), he still gets nervous at the start line.

“But usually people are pretty nice and say good luck to each other,” he remarked.

Tuggle is a lifelong cyclist who started the team and has served voluntarily as the head coach. With the help of 16 other coaches, including some teachers

and parent volunteers, he carries out a mission to “give all students an opportunity to go out and learn to have fun on their bike and to provide them with the skills necessary to do that their entire life.”

Practices are held three days a week in Glenwood Springs, so the Carbondale boys typically carpool or take the bus to and from the practice sessions.

RFHS freshman Henry Cole likes traveling with the team and the excitement at the beginning of each race.

“It’s a really crazy feeling, a mix of adrenaline, excitement and nervousness. Once you get going though, it all goes away,” said Cole, who rides bikes with his family.

His advice for other students who might want to experience mountain biking? “Just try it. It might be tough at first but keep working because it gets more fun as your skill improves.”

One guiding principle of the state league is that nobody gets benched; each student is included.

Parents have expressed that the camaraderie on the team is unlike anything they’ve ever seen.

“These kids hang out together, they ride together, they’ve created their own supportive community regardless of social status, ethnicity, social rank. The bike breaks down barriers,” Tuggle said.

That community feeling is the favorite aspect for Kawak Miranda, a Carbondale resident who is a junior at GSHS. Miranda has raced since his freshman year and is now on the varsity team.

“I like the environment that surrounds the community of mountain biking. It’s kind of why I started riding bikes…not so much the racing,” Miranda says, adding that the varsity level is very competitive.

In terms of encouraging other young people to ride, Miranda advises to “just get out there to have fun and see where it goes from there.”

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Caught in a Vortex at Dan Bern Concert

By Trina Ortega Sopris Sun Correspondent Steve Standiford established Steve’s Guitars as an intimate listening room in 1993. The colorful room bursting with musical paraphernalia, trinkets and, of course, guitars in every nook and cranny has hosted a great variety of performers over the years — a lot of talent has come through the painted green doors on South Fourth Street.

But now and then an act comes through that really makes magic. The room becomes more like a family room, and you feel you’re hanging out with friends. You see firsthand how music makes the world a better place. It’s so good, you can’t believe you had to put only 20 bucks in the fishbowl on the barstool at the door.

Dan Bern and the IJBC (International Jewish Banking Conspiracy) on Sept. 12 was that show. Bern was accompanied by fellow IJBC members Wil “Dr. Fleezewood” Masisak on keyboards; Eben “Eby Brown” Grace on guitar; Brian “Slim Nickel” Schey on bass; and Jake “Jacob Sprecker” Coffin on drums.

The concert was part of Bern’s tour to promote his latest album Regent Street, released Sept. 13. The Steve’s Guitars show was historic in its own right: It was the first reuniting of the IJBC after 16 years.

“Everybody’s still alive, which is a miracle in itself,” Bern joked as he introduced the band to the audience.

Albuquerque singer/songwriter Carlos Trujillo opened with some introspective ballads and guitar strumming before IJBC took the stage. I think it was bass player Schey who introduced a little blues riff.

Coffin naturally added to the rhythm, followed by the rest of the band. It was a groovy and catchy rhythm, and I couldn’t tell if it was a warm-up or the first song of the set.

Bern started talking, greeted the audience and introduced the band. The jam continued, building to a crescendo, then concluded for what must have been four or five minutes of tasty jamming. I wondered: Have they really not played together for 16 years?

It wasn’t the first time Bern had played in the Roaring Fork Valley. He surmised that he played at KDNK in 2003 when he was in the valley for an Aspen show. A couple years prior, the band was in Glenwood Springs.

The last time I saw Bern was at the CRMS Barn in 1999, when he was promoting his album, “Smartie Mine.” He played solo, and his poetic lyrics, impassioned harmonica playing, acoustic-guitar-rich melodies and storytelling made me an instant fan. One of my all-time favorite songs, “Chelsea Hotel,” is off that album.

The Sept. 12 set list included a mix of new work off of Regent Street and older pieces going back to the late ’90s. The bluesy, finger-snapping “Regent Street” had a New Orleans-style jazz feel at times, thanks to Masisak’s playful but precise keyboard playing. Bern’s well-known “Jerusalem” was as powerful as ever, and there was no hidden message in “Take the Guns Away” (also off Regent Street). “Black Tornado,” off the older New American Language, was especially moving. The melody is strong, and the lyrics poignant: “And everything is changing faster than I can describe All I really know to do is grab the wheel and drive I look for love And some adventure And I try not to let my own breathing scare me off the road There is a tombstone Of my father I visit sometimes And there’s a black tornado…”

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Dan Bern, second from left, performed Sept. 12 at Steve's Guitars with fellow members of the International Jewish Banking Commission: Eben Grace, guitar; Jake Coffin, drums; Brian Schey, bass; and Wil Masisak, keyboards. Photo by Terry Glasenapp I’m guessing the song has something to do with Bern’s roots. (Don’t they all?) He grew up in Iowa, and his father was a classical pianist. But classical music didn’t speak to Bern. He listened to The Beatles and was influenced by Dylan, Guthrie and other balladeers. Bern played the cello until, at age 14, he got his first taste of Dylan and traded in his cello for a guitar. “Everything almost immediately made sense,” he told KDNK deejay Terry Glasenapp on air earlier that day.

As the concert came to a close, the audience did not let the band get off so easily. The standing ovation, enthusiastic applause and yells prompted an encore. They played The Beatles’ “I Want To Hold Your Hand” with Bern singing in German.

When I went to see Bern’s concert, I didn’t plan to stay the whole time. (I wanted to catch a couple of the new songs and see him backed by a band.) But it was too darn good.

Sedona, AZ, is known to have vortices with energies that can bring healing and self-exploration.

Well, Bern and the IJBC created a Carbondale vortex that night at Steve’s Guitars; something cosmic was definitely in play. Bern — who is honest, raw and humble in his lyrics and poetry, as well as when speaking on stage — would probably brush it off and say, in a thoughtful drawl, “Well, maybe … But we were just playing music.”

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MAKING DO FOR TOO LONG The Roaring Fork Pickleball Association has more than 115 members from New Castle to Aspen, according to Noyes, and the number of people who play pickleball or want to learn how to play far exceeds the number of courts in the area. The nearest dedicated pickleball courts are in New Castle, which were built about one year ago, but there are not enough courts to host tournaments.

Currently, the Roaring Fork Pickleball Association has access to the three existing tennis courts adjacent to the bike and skate parks at the North Face Park. The court size for pickleball play, however, is smaller compared to tennis and requires different court striping and net dimensions.

Plus, Noyes said the condition of the tennis courts is terrible. The courts used to be an inline hockey rink, so they sit on two slabs of concrete which has caused a lot of cracks to form. Additionally, when the town added striping for pickleball about six years ago, some measurements were wrong and resulted in extra lines on the court. That has created what Noyes described as a kaleidoscope.

The existing tennis courts are reserved for pickleball Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, and for each session, the association has to set up nets. The group keeps six portable nets, which cost roughly $300 and weigh 30 pounds each, that members haul out of storage and set up for their scheduled times on the tennis courts.

“Essentially, if we’re starting play at 8 o’clock, we’ll come over at 7:30 and start setting them up. Generally speaking, I can set up a court by myself in 15 minutes, but just do the math; that’s one and a half hours of man hours to basically set them up,” Noyes explained. “I wouldn’t call it a big burden, but it’s a real nuisance.”

Because the nets are portable, they’re also lower quality than if they were permanent.

Noyes says they get beat up and lose their rigidity, then are not at the right height.

Finally, Noyes noted that the existing tennis nets pose a safety hazard due to their height for pickleballers who might back into them and topple over.

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Those courts are reserved for pickleball on set days and times, and on Saturdays there are consistently three times as many players as there is court availability. Noyes said it’s not uncommon to have 50 people playing on Saturday.

“We put 5,000 player hours on those courts between May and September last year, and that number will be higher this year,” he said.

Noyes says the lack of courts limits newcomers and diverse players from trying the sport.

“We are really inhibited here because we are playing on temporary courts that we overflow with, so we never invite anybody else to come and play. Basically, it’s become like a snobby little club because we don’t want new people to come because we’re already at capacity,” he said.

Surrounding communities have also caught the pickleball bug and have converted their tennis courts and basketball courts to accommodate the sport, according to Carbondale Recreation Director Eric Brendlinger. Yet he admits pickleball wasn’t a high priority in the town’s recreation master plan in 2015.

“We were land-poor and amenities-rich, so we didn’t have a place to put it. But it was mentioned in the master plan as something that would exist in the future because of the national interest in the sport,” Brendlinger said.

“It’s the fastest growing sport nationally.

That’s a data-driven comment, but we’ve seen it here. There must be something in the water.

Once people play it, they literally want to play it all the time. They get addicted.”

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Four pickleball enthusiasts — Trevor Cannon, David Briscoe, Maria Tafura and Roger Most — enjoy a game on the modified tennis courts next to the site of the planned regulation pickleball courts that will open next spring. Photo by Trina Ortega

WHAT IS PICKLEBALL? It’s got a goofy name and a bad rap for being a slowaction sport for seniors. But according to NBC News, pickleball is the fastest growing sport in the world, and Roaring Fork Valley pickleball enthusiasts will tell you it’s not just for older people and it’s anything but slow.

Pickleball is a volley-type game like tennis and is played with a medium-sized, short-handled paddle and a plastic ball with holes. It is a combination of tennis, badminton and ping-pong. Due to the small court size, play is actually faster than tennis with fewer breaks. There are both singles and doubles play.

“It’s a fun and easy to get into, but mastering the sport will take years,” Brendlinger said. “Watching the sponsored pros is pretty amazing. There is a lot of strategy and shots that take a lot of skill. The pros winning the tournaments are not 50 and above; they are 25- and 30-year-olds. That’s also changing the demographics.”

Trevor Cannon took up the sport nearly three years ago. He’s hooked, and his company, Umbrella Roofing, has donated funds to the construction of the courts. He says the sport is accessible to those who want a fast-paced workout and to those with less mobility.

“It’s a shorter court [than tennis], but the ball comes back faster. You’re hitting it twice as much as you are in tennis,” Cannon said. “I run around a lot. It

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keeps you moving left and right instead of just straight forward and back. And I’m bending over to pick up the pickleball 150-200 times in a couple hours.”

But it’s also just a lot of fun, he said. “The thing that was the most fun when I first started playing, was just the sound; something about the sound of the paddle hitting the ball makes you laugh. It makes you feel like a kid.”

Cannon is among those who travel to tournaments throughout the summer. He said he’ll drop close to $1,000 every time he attends a three-day event.

Noyes says tournaments will give a boost to the local economy by bringing in visitors from across the region and even neighboring states.

“Pickleball people are crazy. There are people who basically will spend their entire summer going from tournament to tournament. In fact, there’s a whole RV circuit based on where they can have pickleball when they get there,” Noyes said, adding that once you play on a real court, you don’t want to go back.

“Could you live with this sandlot, third-rate facility? Sure,” he said, “but the question is why?

Basically, what everybody is saying is can we have a real pickleball facility and do it right?”

To make a donation to the Roaring Fork Pickleball Association, a 501 (c)(3), toward construction of the courts and surrounding amenities, contact Jim Noyes at jepnoyes@gmail.com or (970) 389-9997.

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LETTERS together: our “Ballfather” Jack Brendlinger, Trevor and his team at Umbrella Roofing, Stutsman-Gerbaz Earthmoving, Will and everyone at the Sopris Sun, Gavin, Greg and the crew at KDNK, the Glenwood Springs Post Independent, Manny and Skyline Excavation, Riverstone Real Estate, A1 Traffic Control Barricade and everyone at City Market Carbondale.

Thanks also to the Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District, Carbondale Police, Mt. Sopris Rotary Club of Carbondale, Aspen Rotary and Tom Clark Jr., and Carbondale Mayor Dan Richardson.

Lastly, many thanks to all of you who bought tickets from us, YouthZone, Roaring Fork Valley Soccer Club and Ascendigo, and helped us raise funds for all our community service projects, scholarships and grants. We are indeed grateful to be a part of this wonderful community.

Yours in service, Alan Cole and Brian Keleher – Event Chairs John Stroud – President, Rotary Club of Carbondale

Crescendo Dear Editor: A distant warning Honking chevron overhead Then fainter, fainter JM Jesse Glenwood Springs

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For Nuche Dear Editor, On Sept. 10 we presented a proposal to the Town of Carbondale Trustees requesting consideration of a proclamation acknowledging the second Monday of October as Indigenous Peoples Day. The mayor and trustees accepted our packet of information and are taking this matter into consideration.

We are invited to the next Trustee meeting on Sept. 24 for a formal acknowledgement of this proposal.

This acknowledgement will bring Carbondale into a growing community of states, towns and counties in the United States who have sanctioned Indigenous People’s Day. This letter is a call out to all residents of Carbondale in support of the proposal to acknowledge the second Monday of October as Indigenous Peoples Day to join us at Carbondale Town Hall on Sept. 24 at 6 p.m., in anticipation of celebrating Monday, October 14th, 2019 as the first Indigenous People's Day, Carbondale, Colorado, Rita Marsh Carbondale

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Nuche Ute people under the mountain. Watching over us now Current neighbors wrestling perfection from greed So close to honoring our vision for protection Oh, you current representatives, shake yourselves Out of politics and honor your constituents, We continue to push you to honor our collective wisdom.

Richard Votero Carbondale

Indigenous Peoples’ Day Dear Editor Many Americans are seeing the wisdom of honoring people that came before us. On the second Monday of October many will celebrate Indigenous People Day, as our day to recognize ‘All Our Relations’, in the natural world, including our human kin. We can recognize Nuche (the People) with ‘Indigenous People Day’ aka ‘Nuche’ and ask them home.

We honor the First Nations for husbanding the land. Nuche partnered with the natural world to keep her in pristine condition, for thousands of years.

Nuche handed us a clean, fertile, abundant, incredibly rich wilderness to settle. A land that sustained people effortlessly, as Nuche ranged between peak and plain with their brothers the elk and buffalo, over wide Colorado

expanse.

Once the aboriginals were forced out, Nuche trails became state highways, Nuche land became state land, for us to buy, and sell, develop and profit from. Now 400 years after landing on a pristine shore, our country is anemic and burning. Toxins and plastics have become a homogenous part of the air, water, land and our bodies.

Remote Wilderness show decline.

It’s time to join indigenous people in their worldwide focus on healing climate and planet. We can link our intent to their dances and prayers, gratitude, for the intelligent, natural world.

Join us on Tues Sept. 24 6pm in Carbondale town hall for the proclamation to recognize the ‘Nuche.’

John Hoffmann Carbondale

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the planet’s climate and our own personal lives by planting a tree.

Come to Sopris Park on September 20 at noon to learn more ways to mitigate climate change and honor Greta Thunberg’s courage to strike for the Earth’s Climate.

A tree positively impacts your personal bottom line as well as that of the entire Earth environment.

Trees reduce air temperature by shading your house and driveway; a young tree can absorb 13 pounds of carbon per year and at ten years 48 pounds per year. An acre of trees absorbs 2.6 tons of carbon dioxide in a year.

Just imagine how much clean air and shade we could create together if everyone in Carbondale and the towns of our valley planted a tree.

Trees hold a special place in our hearts. We remember climbing them as children, picking fruit from them and picnicking beneath them. In our family we plant trees at the birth of new family members and to memorialize those who die. Trees embody hope.

Plant a tree this week, please, to honor Greta Thunberg’s efforts to make us all planetary stewards.

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Town goes back to the future with trash collection

By John Colson Sopris Sun correspondent

container brought to their property.

The company for some time has been switching out older containers bearing the names of the three previous waste hauling companies that have been picking up trash around town over the years.

But, noted Schorzman and Hall, once that 60 days is up, at the end of November, any changes requested by households will come at a cost.

Neither official was quite sure how many of Carbondale's roughly 2,300 households are signed on at this point, though Schorzman estimated that perhaps 70 percent of the town's population is behind the switch to a single-hauler system.

Though, noted Hall, there have been some doubters, mostly from residents upset that the town is getting involved in what they feel should be left to private enterprise.

“I've gotten questions from some people,” she said with a chuckle, “such as, 'When did this town become socialist?' You hear these things from people, and I say, 'Well, it goes back to FDR, I think,'” referring to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, whose New Deal legislation and other initiatives helped pull the country through the Great Depression of the 20th Century.

As for costs to the consumers under the new system, Schorzman stated that in the core commercial and residential areas, “this is having the effect of lowering the bill.”

But, he added, “It's not like everybody in town's going to see their price drop.” He said that people living in multi-family complexes of more than 8 units cannot, by state law, be regulated by the town's new trash regime, which means that multi-home complexes must negotiate their own pricing deal with Mountain Waste & Recycling.

And in some cases, Schorzman said, it is likely that the price of services will be slightly

On Oct. 1, Carbondale will be taking a step back to the future, as the town gives up on a quarter-century experiment with multiple companies picking up trash from local homes and apartment buildings.

After nearly a decade of discussion, the town has been working feverishly for two years to institute a new single-hauler system that will cover almost all the households in town in hopes of reducing traffic and noise on the streets of Carbondale, step up its diversion of trash from area landfill sites, and provide better protection for wildlife, mostly bears, that annually drift into town to forage for food in local dumpsters.

Along with the usual trash and garbage that comes from local households, the new system will include recycling services, but composting will not be part of the overall service, according to town officials.

To take on all this work, the town's board of trustees this year contracted with Mountain Waste & Recycling, which is now owned by Waste Connections, which Public Works Dir. Kevin Schorzman said is the third largest trash hauling company in North America.

Headquartered in Texas, according to the company's website, Waste Connections bought up Mountain Waste earlier this year and has been actively working with the town to get the new trash-hauling system into place, according to Schorzman and Sherrie Hall, a town finance department employee who will be overseeing the new system from Town Hall.

Town officials stressed that, as the new system rolls out, there will be a 60-day period of adjustment when households can figure out what size of dumpster or trash bin they require to meet their needs, and contact Waste Connections to have the appropriate

Mike Hinkley of Mountain Waste and Recycling displays the lid label for a recycling bin, in English and Spanish, which will be part of the roll-out of a new trash hauling regime in Carbondale starting next week.

Photo by John Colson higher than under the old system, due to a new billing arrangement known as “volumetric pricing” — “the more trash you generate, the more you pay,” Hall explained.

The idea, she continued, is to encourage recycling as a way of reducing the volume of trash going to area landfills, which theoretically can reduce the price of service.

Schorzman emphasized that there is no law that tells households to sign up with any one company, although if someone declines to sign up under the town's new deal, they will still be paying charges on their utility bills to cover the town's hauling contract expenses.

Town officials assured local residents that the switch to a single-hauler system should not be disruptive, and that the town will, separate from the trash collection services,

continue to put out large dumpsters in the vacant lot at 4th and Colorado to collect leaf and grass clippings (every two weeks), and to recycle Christmas trees after the holiday season.

In addition, the town will continue to hold its annual household hazardous waste collection day, this year scheduled for Oct. 26 at the 4th Street vacant lot (for more, see the Public Works page of the town's website).

Anyone wanting more detailed information about the new trash collection system can go to the town's website (www.carbondalegov.org) to find contact information for Schorzman or Hall; look around the homepage and click on the link for “Town Waste Hauling Services;” or talk with the people at Mountain Waste & Recycling (970-963-3435).

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“Spirit Whispers to Me and Simple Living” by Hinton Harrison for its FRI SEPT. 20 - THU SEPT. 26 Third Thursday Film Night. 7 p.m.

Third Street Center, 520 S. Third St. MOVIES The Crystal Theatre (427 Main St.) Suggested donation $15 presents “Brittany Runs a Marathon” Fri.-Sun & Tues.-Thurs at 7:30 p.m.; FRIDAY SEPT. 20 “The Peanut Butter Falcon” Sat. & ROSYBELLE ART PROJECTS Sun at 5:15 p.m. Closed Mon. Sept 23.

Monthly art classes for upper elementary and middle school-aged FRI SEPT. 20 - SUN SEPT. 22 students aboard the Rosybelle Mobile Maker Bus at the Carbondale Branch SKI STASH SALE Library. Free. Registration required; Vintage Ski World hosts Richard’s space limited. Also on Friday, Oct. 11. Secret Stash Sale including original, signed, rare, vintage posters and Registration at 970-963-2889. photos, and more. Live music, food & RAM GOLF TOURNEY drink, drawings for prizes, games for The 2019 Ram Classic Golf kids. Hours are 3-7:30 p.m. Fri, 10 a.m.

Tournament, which benefits Roaring to 7:30 p.m. Sat, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sun. Fork Athletics, kicks off with a 9 Location: 1676 Catherine Store Road, a.m. shotgun start at River Valley Unit N-2. Free and open to the public.

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Strike will be at noon, Sopris Park.

FRI SEPT. 20 - SAT SEPT. 21 TEACHER CONFERENCE

Colorado Mountain College and MindUP presents a teacher education conference for preschool through eighth-grade teachers focused on social-emotional learning tools. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 20-21, Morgridge Commons, Glenwood Springs. Fee

Submit your events at soprissun.com. Deadline is noon on Monday. Events take place in Carbondale unless noted.

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Garfield County libraries offer dental treatment provided by licensed dentists from Dental HouseCalls.

Treatments are individualized and can include diagnostic and preventive care, extractions and restorative treatment, dentures, and relines. Carbondale branch treatments will be from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Make an appointment by calling 801-310-5536.

Rocky Mountain Kid C.L.U.B.S., a new nonprofit is hosting a Parents’ Night Out from 6:30-8:30 p.m. with movies and games for kids 4 years and older. $20 for up to 2 children, PLANT-BASED POTLUCK $5 for additional child. Email Rockymtnkidclubs@gmail.com for Bring a plant-based whole-foods dish and recipe to share, as well as plate/ info. bowl, utensils and napkins to this community potluck. Davi Nikent SUNDAY SEPT. 22 provides tea. 6:30 p.m. Third Street EQUINOX CELEBRATION Center (520 S. Third St.) True Nature Healing Arts (100 N. Third St.) invites the community to TUESDAY SEPT. 24 an Autumn Equinox Celebration BLOOD DRIVE beginning at 11 a.m. Refreshments, family friendly crafts, community St. Mary’s Regional Blood Center mandala installation yoga and organizes a blood drive that supplies all more. Sacred Sound 6-7:30 p.m. hospitals on the Western Slope. Walk“Cultivating Calm” workshop 3-5 ins welcome between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the Carbondale Branch Library. p.m.

For information, call 970-963-2889.

IMMIGRATION SUPPORT

Two River Unitarian Universalist presents “Contributing Hope: The UU Immigrant Freedom Fund” with Guest Speaker Francey Liefert.

The Immigrant Freedom Fund of Colorado’s mission is to bond people CARBONDALE SALON out of immigration jail in Colorado.

This Under Alya’s Umbrella show 10 a.m., Calaway Room, Third St. includes a trailer by filmmaker Marcia Center.

Kimpton, percussionist Zack Ritchie, Denver comedian A.J. Finney, dancers VIBRATIONAL HEALING Claudia and Eric Pena, actress Cassidy Shari Billger leads a Solstice Willey, and Joffrey Ballet soloist Cynthia Vibrational Sound Blast Healing Giannini. 7:30 p.m., The Launchpad Workshop from 4-6:30 p.m., Round (76 S. Fourth St.) Tickets at https:// Room, Third Street Center. Info: thesaloncarbondale.eventbrite.com www.DaviNikent.org

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY

Honor the Nuche (Ute) on Indigenous Peoples' Day with a proclamation that asks them home. 6 p.m., Carbondale Town Hall.

TACcess to Health, the nonprofit partner of The Aspen Clinic, holds a Roaring Fork Enrichment Open House from 1-4 p.m. at the El Jebel Community Center. Learn about this new site-based program for people with early to moderate memory loss.

COWGIRL ART

The opening artists’ reception for the exhibition “Cowgirls and the Western Plains” with Donna Howell-Sickles and Linda Lillegraven will be from 5-7 p.m. at the Ann Korologos Gallery.

Show runs through October 24.

Information: www.KorologosGallery. com.

BUILD A GREEN TEAM

Clean Energy Economy for the Region (CLEER) hosts a workshop to help businesses build a green team to reach sustainability goals. Noon to 1 p.m., Third St. Center (520 S. Third St.) Lunch provided. RSVP: www. cleanenergyeconomy.net.

FURTHER OUT THURSDAY SEPT. 26 ENERGY CODE INPUT

The Town of Carbondale and the CORE (Community Office of Resource Efficiency) are seeking input on the amendments to the town’s Energy Code, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, Meeting WEDNESDAY SEPT. 25 Room 2, Carbondale Town Hall, SAW OPEN HOUSE 511 Colorado Ave. RSVP: Phi Studio for Arts+Works hosts a fall Filerman, Phi@aspencore.org, open house from 5-9 p.m. at SAW, 525 970.429.4306 Buggy Circle. Live music by Tommy the Animal, chicken tacos by Gerb's SHE WALKED TO FREEDOM Grub food truck, and a silent auction As a child, Nyibol Bior’s was forced will raise funds for interactive artworks to leave her home and walk hundreds by the Rio Grande ARTway. of miles in search of safety due to civil

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SATURDAY, OCT. 12

war in Sudan. Bior will share her story at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, at the Carbondale Branch Library. Free. For more information, visit www.gcpld. org.

HARVEST PARTY

ACES holds its annual Harvest Party from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 12 at Rock Bottom Ranch. Lunch, pumpkin carving, apple cider pressing, vegetable harvest, hay rides, face painting, pie baking contest, arts with The Art Base, photo booth, live music from A Band Called Alexis, ranch games, and more.

TRTC PLAY

Opening night for Thunder River Theatre’s “A Walk in the Woods” is 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26. Inspired by a real-life incident, the play tells the story of a Soviet diplomat and an American negotiator who develop a friendship while navigating the intricacies of nuclear arms reduction.

FRIDAY SEPT. 27 SIMA-PLUMMER CONCERT

A Spiritual Center and Davi Nikent present a concert with Bob Sima and Shannon Plummer from 7-9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27 at the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.).

TEEN VOLUNTEERING

Interested volunteers ages 12-18 are invited to join Carbondale Branch Library employees at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, at the library to learn about how to help the library during the school year. For more information call, 970-963-2889.

AARP DRIVER SAFETY

High Country RSVP (Retired Senior Volunteer Program) offers an AARP Driver Safety Class for drivers 50-plus from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, at the Glenwood CMC Center (1402 Blake Ave.). $15 fee for AARP members; $20 fee for non-members for the workbook and handouts. Register online at www.coloradomtn.edu.

GREAT & SMALL

Percussionist Zack Ritchie returns for a Sept. 21 performance with six other artists in The Carbondale Salon. Photo by Martin Bassani

FRI SEPT. 27 - SUN SEPT 29 SAVE THE DATE ASPEN FILMFEST AT SATURDAY OCT. 3 CRYSTAL The Crystal Theatre presents Aspen Filmfest films: “Picture of His Life” 7 p.m. Sept. 27; “Changing the Game” 5 p.m. and “Cracked Up” 7 p.m. Sept. 28; “The Times of Bill Cunningham” 4 p.m. and “Museum Town” 5:45 p.m. Sept 29.

DOCUMENTARY SCREENING

POTATO DAY

Carbondale celebrates the crop that put the town on the map with a parade, lunch, games and live music around a theme of “Ghosts of Potatoes Past.”

SATURDAY, OCT. 2 KIDS’ COOKING CLASS

Roaring Fork Schools host a free screening of “The Kids We Lose,” a 90-minute documentary about being or having a child or student with behavioral challenges. Q&A with author Dr. Ross Greene follows screening. 5 p.m. Oct. 2, Carbondale Middle School.

Kids get to eat the dishes they make and work with other children in a fun, hands-on environment in this Fork & Pan Cooking Class for Kids. Ages 8-12. Wednesdays, October 2 through Nov. 20. Cost: $15/ day. Information: https://www. forkandpan.com/classes.

Nicolette Toussain paints a tribute to the fauna of the Colorado Rockies for display at the CMC ArtShare Gallery (815 Cooper Ave., Glenwood Springs.

FABRIC & BRONZE

Carbondale Arts presents a new solo exhibition entitled “Transcultural Bonding In Clothing” by Etar and “Jack Brendlinger: Retrospective” at the Launchpad (76 S. Fourth St.).

RING IN SKI SEASON

INTERWOVEN

Cripple Creek Backcountry throws a ski season opening party 3-8 p.m. Oct. 12 at the shop (582 Highway 133).

Food, live music.

The Carbondale Clay Center (135 Main St.) features collaborative works from Carbondale and Salida fiber and clay artists.

SATURDAY, OCT. 14

FARMERS MARKET

ART DEADLINE

The deadline for Deck The Walls, a carefully juried show open to artists and craftspeople from Colorado, is Monday, Oct. 14 to Carbondale Arts.

Visit www.carbondalearts.com for full details and application.

ONGOING RUN AROUND

Independence Run and Hike hosts a weekly Group Run on Thursday nights. Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the store, 596 Highway 133 (in La Fontana Plaza) during Daylight Saving time and at 6 p.m. during the darker months for a 4-mile loop around Carbondale.

All paces are welcome. Info: 704-0909 METAMORPHOSIS

The Art Base (99 Midland Ave., Basalt) hosts the work of Ben Timpson, who uses safe-sourced butterfly wings to create portraits of Native American women who have been murdered, abused or gone missing.

Get fresh produce and other goods from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays through Sept. 25 at the Fourth Street Plaza.

YAPPY HOUR

Colorado Animal Rescue’s Yappy Hour at the Marble Bar (150 Main St.) takes place at 5:30 p.m. the third Thursday of the month. Sip on handcrafted cocktails and meet a C.A.R.E. dog, with $1 from every drink donated to C.A.R.E. Bring your own dog along as well.

THOMPSON TOURS

The house (301 Lewies Ln.) is open for tours every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, from 1 to 4 p.m. $5 for ages 13 and up, info at carbondalehistory.org.

CASTLE TOURS

Experience life in another time with a tour of the elegant, beautifullypreserved home of Alma and John Osgood (58 Redstone Castle Ln.) at 10:15 a.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Tickets at theredstonecastle.com.

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PARADE APPLICATION INFORMATION ENTRY DEADLINE IS MONDAY SEPTEMBER 30th

Applications: Town Hall, www.carbondalerec.com Fees :$40 per entry payable at Town Hall Come join the fun! Parade entries will be judged for prizes.

Check-in time on 2nd street is 9:30 a.m.

The parade begins promptly at 10:30 a.m.

Saturday, October 5, 2019 For more info e-mail: info@carbondalehistory.org or ebrendlinger@carbondaleco.net

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TOWN REPORT

COP SHOP

From Town Manager Jay Harrington's weekly report to trustees, staff and others. last week with help from the streets by planning staff and the building crew, who also worked on asphalt department, officials from which patching at the south end of 7th issued a TCO for one of the units Street and on Crystal Road. In to be occupied. addition, they worked on some P R O F E S S I O N A L small drainage issues around town, DEVELOPMENT is the goal swept streets and worked on signage as some members of the town’s and delineation around town. On planning staff to the American Friday, they went to Aspen to pick Planning Association – Colorado up 15 more bear resistant trash cans Chapter conference in Snowmass that will be rehabbed this winter Village on September 18-20. This is a state-wide conference which PAVING THIS WEEK starts and placed next year.

THE RED HILL ROAD draws planners from all corners of at the Meadowood Drive repaving road realignment project has been Colorado. project, and is likely going to start delayed until spring 2020 due THE TOWN’S WATER toward the end of next week. The to delays in permitting and the STORAGE TANKS were school district, Villas De Santa ongoing repaving work on SH-82. inspected this week by divers in the Lucia, and the fire department THE SOPRIS LOFTS White Hill and RVR tanks, along have all been made aware of the DEVELOPMENT proposed with the clear wells for the Nettle estimated schedule and will be for the Stein property, at 1201 Creek Plant, Roaring Fork Plant, updated as a firm start date is Colorado Ave. (between Main and the Roaring Fork Well house. established.

Street and Colorado Avenue There were no deficiencies found, SINGLE-HAULER TRASH PICKUP starts on October 1. next to the roundabout), is now and minor cleaning occurred in the Information related to the startup underway by the town’s planning White Hill Tank. was e-mailed to utility customers staff. The major site plan review REPORTED ODORS IN and posted on the Town’s website is now scheduled for the Oct. SATANK, said to be coming and Facebook pages last week, and 10, 2019 Planning Commission from the sewer treatment plant, the webpage on Mountain Waste meeting. In addition, the have subsided. Staff continues to and Recycling’s website went live. subdivision application for monitor the plant and research THE 2020 TOWN BUDGET, Parcel 2 of Thompson Park, along possible sources of the problem. which has been in the works since Highway 133, was submitted last utilities staff continues to jet & summer, is nearing its completion week. This is now scheduled cam sewer lines as time allows. in draft form and is scheduled to for the Oct. 24, 2019 Planning THE GATEWAY RV PARK reports occupancy of about be presented on October 8th at the Commission meeting.

THE VILLAGE LANE 94 percent from Sept. 6-13, Town Board meeting.

NORTH TOWNHOMES and for the week of Sept 13-20 A NEW STREET LIGHT at project, approved in 2017 and that there were 54 reservations the intersection of Dolores Way recently completed, was inspected representing 117 guests. and Highway 133 was installed

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Sting nets nine on child sex assault charges Local, state, federal law enforcement agencies arrested nine suspects during an internet child exploitation sting operation on Sept. 12 – 13, including one suspect from Carbondale.

The Garfield County Sheriff ’s Office, Glenwood Springs Police Department, Carbondale Police Department, Rifle Police Department, Colorado State Patrol, Colorado Bureau of Investigations (CBI), and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) investigated the case and the Ninth Judicial District Attorney’s Office will prosecute the case.

In the investigation, undercover agents posted ads advertising sex with children on several websites, social media sites and apps to lure individuals seeking sexual encounters with children.

Individuals allegedly participated in written and verbal conversations with the undercover officers.

The suspects included Manuel Nava-Mauro, 26, of Carbondale, along with two individuals from Glenwood Springs, three from Rifle, one from Avon, one from Aurora and one from Crested Butte, according to information from the Carbondale police.

All nine were arrested and taken to Garfield County Jail on charges that included solicitation for child prostitution and for prostitution (in

the case of the Aurora suspect).

In other police news, from September 6th through September 12th, Carbondale Officers handled 186 Calls for Service, including the following items of interest: FRIDAY Sept. 6 at 6:23 p.m. Police responded to an accident involving a vehicle and a bicycle at the River Valley Ranch Clubhouse, where the vehicle allegedly turned in front of the bicycle while driving south, sending the cyclist to Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs. The driver was ticketed for not exercising due care and causing the accident.

SATURDAY, Sept. 7 at 4:42 a.m.

Police responded to a REDDI (report every drunk driver immediately) report, and a Carbondale man was arrested for drunken and careless driving.

SATURDAY Sept. 7 at 11:39 p.m.

Police were dispatched to a Main Street location about a domestic dispute, but when they arrived both parties had left the scene. Police were called back later on a report that one of the parties had returned to the scene, and a female was arrested for drunk driving and taken to the Garfield County jail in Glenwood Springs.

Bears are back!

All garbage or refuse containers must be stored in a secured enclosed area or own a bear resistant container.

(Except on collection day between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.)

Up to $1,000 fine for violating trash/bear ordinance!

Warnings will not be issued!

Help keep the bears out of town and Carbondale safe.

Contact the Carbondale Police Department for more information at (970) 963-2662.

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Sec. 7-3-60 (b) No person, including but not limited to an owner, occupant, lessee, person in possession or control, homeowners’ association officer, property manager or agent of a given premises, shall place any refuse or garbage container in any street, alley or other public place or upon any private property, whether or not owned by such person, within the Town, except in proper containers for collection, as provided in Section 7-3-50 above. No person shall place any such refuse or garbage container in any public street right-of-way for trash collection purposes by the Town or a private trash hauler, except for on the day collection occurs. For purposes of determining compliance with this requirement, refuse and garbage containers may be stored in a public street right-of-way only between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on the day of collection. Placement of refuse or garbage containers outside of this time period shall result in the levying of fines, pursuant to Subsection (g) below. Except for between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on the day of collection, and except in the instance that a refuse or garbage container is bear-resistant, as defined in Section 7-3-10 above, all refuse and garbage containers must be stored in secure enclosures when not out for collection.

OUR TOWN

By John Colson Sopris Sun correspondent The Sopris Sun regularly presents a series of interviews with folks you may not have seen in the paper before — a sort of introduction to your neighbors. This week, we caught up with Debbi Fadli, 51, who for several years has worked as chief marketer, merchandise creator and other roles at photographer Martin Garfinkel’s Roadside Gallery, 320 Main St. in Carbondale. In her position, she comes up with endless merchandising applications for Garfinkel’s photographs of roadside neon signs and other art and even arranges occasional classic car rallies along the street outside the store.

Q: Give a quick history of your life — where were you born and raised, where have you lived, a description of your family (kids, siblings, parents, ancestry).

A: I was born in Fort Rucker, Alabama, but didn’t live there long, and I’ve never been back. My family is from Rhode Island, I was raised there and went to school, but when I began to get older I went off to New York to be a designer. I met some Moroccans, there, and we hung out together … I was dating one of them for about a year, and then we went to Morocco to meet his family and we had a big Moroccan wedding. I have one son born in Morocco (Hamza), and a daughter born on U.S. E. Coast (Savonna). I lived in Morocco for about 15 years, and my parents weren't happy about that. But I came back to the U.S. and ended up in Colorado, which is one of the only states where you can be a resident after three months.

west side of Main St., the Crystal River Cafe. It lasted just shy of 3 years.

So a lot of people recognize me from the restaurant or cafe, and say hi. But for the last four years, I would say it has to be from the Roadside Gallery.

Q: How did you come to work at the Gallery?

A: After I closed my restaurant, I was helping a friend in Glenwood, with his store. But I had peeked in the window of the Roadside Gallery and noticed he had pictures of Mt. Sopris, and I just love Mt. Sopris. And the photographer, Martin Garfinkel, he would eat at my restaurant, it was just next door. So one day [the gallery] was open, and I came in here to buy some coasters, and I asked him, how come you’re never open? And he said, well, I need a little help. So I said, I’m going to help you. And I’ve been here almost four years, and we work great together, and he is one of the most humble people I’ve ever met. And I’ve worked my way up to being the director of the Gallery. I do a lot of designing, which is art - there is a lot of merchandise, which I design and I think of as art.

Q: Are these creations mostly your ideas, your inspirations?

A: Before, it was mostly just his art, framed. But we’ve become a creative district here in Carbondale, and a lot of people are thinking outside the box. So we’ll try something, create something, and if it works out we’ll go with it and if it doesn’t we’ll move on. But all the creations here, along with his fine art and photography, have really worked out.

And, although I’ve never been a writer, I do a lot of writing here. I write blogs about the pictures, he has photos from back in the days of film, in black and white. It’s interesting and it keeps our website going.

Q: How did you end up in Colorado?

A: I was familiar with Colorado, I had been living in Leadville at the age of 5 when my mom and dad and my whole family all moved to Leadville. There wasn’t any work in Rhode Island, you see, so dad (and half his family) all came to Colorado so they could work in the Climax molybdenum mine. I went to school there, just a little bit, but (after) the mind had closed, we went back to RI, and then later I came back here, first to Glenwood for a short time, but I kept coming up to Carbondale and after a while I moved here.

Q: How do you spend your free time?

A: A lot of my free time is spent with my kids. My daughter loves cooking, we like to experiment, and my friend goes back to Morocco every year and brings us back some spices. And we joke around. English in my house is sometimes a third language, so it can be Arabic, English or French here all in one sentence, depending on which kid I’m yelling at. My kids very much grew up in this valley, and they love it. They like the diversity in Aspen … my son gets to speak French and things. And I like to explore these other little towns and areas, because Colorado is so interesting and so beautiful. So in our spare time my daughter and I take little road trips.

Q: If someone recognizes you on the street, where might that be from?

A: I had a little hostessing job (in a local restaurant), it was my first job after moving here in 2005. Then in 2010 I had opened a restaurant on the

Q: Who would you say has influenced you the most?

A: My biggest influence in my life has been my dad. And my big influence in the last four years has been Martin Garfinkel. But also, I’ve been dating a guy, his name is Stephen, he’s been here for 40 years, and

Debbi Fadli gets ready to pull down a bit of artwork to ship to a customer of the Roadside Gallery. Photo by John Colson he has taught me a lot about this valley, and has been a big influence in my time here.

Q: What has been your most satisfying experience?

A: Number one is that I’ve been a good mom, that’s a big satisfaction in my life. And another is that photographer Martin Garfinkel is getting better known. He’s been doing this photography his whole life, and for someone at his stage in life, to still be at it today is amazing. His art is in California, and in Vail and in so many other places, and I’ve helped him accomplish that.

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OBITUARY

Stuart R. Vanderhurst, Jr. February 20, 1940 - September 7, 2019

It is with sorrowful hearts that we announce the passing of Stuart Randall “Randy” Vanderhurst Jr. on September 7th, 2019, at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Lakewood, Colorado. He was diagnosed with “nasty” pneumonia and a “bad

malignancy.” Although he gave it a helluva fight, he died surrounded by his family.

Randy was born in San Francisco on February 20th, 1940, and grew up loving life in the Bay Area. He graduated from Carlmont H.S.

in San Carlos in 1957. His post -high-school endeavors included junior colleges and completing his education at the University of California Davis, where he earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree.

In 1962, he met Charlotte Anne Lund. Realizing they were better together, they got married on June 20th, 1964. The following year, he graduated from veterinary school and went into practice in Northern California.

He continued practicing until he was drafted during the Vietnam War, where he served as a captain in the U.S. Army. Randy was stationed at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C. He received the Army Commendation Medal for developing the Army’s formal veterinary technician program.

Randy’s teaching career continued at State University of New York Delhi where he helped establish the first ever Veterinary Technology Program in the country.

In 1973, the Vanderhurst family moved to Carbondale. Randy was excited to become the Director of the Veterinary Technology Program at Colorado Mountain College. He infused his teaching with innovation, humor, and

creativity for hundreds of students.

The program was so successful and was one of the top programs in the country for many years. From ferrets and foxes to llamas and lions to peacocks and pug dogs, Dr. Van treated them all.

Randy was a lifelong learner.

In 1983, he and his family lived in New Zealand for a year, while he attended Massey University and was awarded a Diploma in Veterinary Clinical Science. He read thousands of books, studied the Civil War, loved photography, learned Spanish, took several writing workshops, played the guitar and harmonica, and studied all the countries he visited.

After retirement, Randy shifted gears. He had a fun time tending bar at the Black Nugget, was a proud City Councilman and eventually became the Mayor of Carbondale. He loved being a veterinarian and continued this passion by owning and operating a mobile veterinary clinic. He helped launch Senior Matters in 2006, and during the last eight years, Randy was an animated storyteller with Spellbinders for the elementary schools in Carbondale.

Randy loved the times he was able to see the world. Retirement

allowed his sense of adventure to explode as he traveled throughout a majority of the United States as well as Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, Ecuador, Galapagos, Nicaragua, Peru, Bolivia, Caribbean Islands, Tonga, Tahiti, Cook Islands, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, China, Thailand, Morocco, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana, Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Tanzania.

With all of his educational and professional accomplishments, Randy’s proudest was his 55-year marriage to Charlotte.

He was preceded in death by his father Stuart, his mother Jackie, and his brother Russ.

Randy is survived by his wife Charlotte, his daughter Dana and grandsons Connor and Trevor, his son Randall and daughter-in-law Denise, his brother Perry (wife Debbie), and his sisters-in-law Lori Vanderhurst and Sandy Lund.

A gathering to honor the life of this fun, witty, intelligent, renaissance man will take place at The Orchard in Carbondale on Saturday, September 21st at 1:00 p.m. Randy, an all around good guy, had a big life and will be truly missed.

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LEGALS 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 a Major Site Plan Review and Conditional Use Permit application.

The property is the vacant parcel located at the northeast corner of Highway 133 and Main Street and is known as 1201 Colorado Avenue.

The property is approximately 34,215 sq. ft. and is zoned Mixed-Use. The applicant proposes a mixed-use development with commercial and residential components. There would be 27 residential units comprised of 18 efficiency units and nine two-bedroom units. All the residential units would be rentals. There would also be approximately 3,881 sq. ft. of commercial space.

The application includes a request to amend Ordinance No. 18, Series of 2016 to eliminate condition #4 of that ordinance. This ordinance was approved by the Board of Trustees on September 27, 2016. It rezoned this property from Planned Community Commercial (PCC) to Mixed-Use (MU).

Condition #4 of the ordinance states that the rezoning would revert to PCC if development is not commenced within one year of the ordinance.

No development has taken place. The applicant would like to eliminate that condition in order to develop under the MU zone district as envisioned by the Town’s 2013 Comprehensive Plan.

The applicant is 1201 CO Avenue Holdings, LLC. The owner is Ronald B. Stein of Stein Properties, L.P. Said Public Hearing will be held at the Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO at 7:00 p.m. on October 10, 2019.

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 from 7:00 a.m. through 6:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday. The application may also be reviewed on the Town’s website at www.carbondalegov. org

PUBLIC NOTICE

Janet Buck Planning Director

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Thompson Park, LLC (“Applicant”) has submitted an application for approval of a preliminary and final subdivision application (“Application”), for the property legally described as Parcel 2, THOMPSON PARK SUBDIVISION, according to the MASTER PLAT thereof filed May 19, 2015, as Reception No. 862909, Garfield County, Colorado, consisting of approximately 2.20 acres (“Property”).

Thompson Park, LLC is the owner of the Property.

Applicant is proposing to subdivide Parcel 2 into 24 lots and build 27 residential units thereon. Two condominiumized structures containing a total of five units will be constructed on two of the 24 lots. A total of five units on the Property will be deed-restricted for affordable housing. This application would not change what was already approved during the Major Site Plan Review for Parcel 2. It would simply divide the property into lots to allow for individual dwelling units which can be sold.

The Town of Carbondale Planning & Zoning Commission, Garfield County, State of Colorado, will conduct a public hearing to consider the Application on October 24, 2019, at 7:00 PM, at Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Ave., Carbondale, Colorado.

The Town of Carbondale Board of Trustees, Garfield County, State of Colorado, will conduct a public hearing to consider the Application on November 12, 2019, at 6:00 PM, at Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Ave., Carbondale, Colorado.

All interested parties have the right to appear at said hearings and to be heard on the Application. Copies of the Application are on file in the Town Planning Department office, Town Hall, 511 Colorado Ave., Carbondale,

Colorado and may be examined by interested persons during regular working hours, 8:00 am through 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday.

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

Janet Buck Planning Director ORDINANCE NO. 13 Series 2019 AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO AMENDING CHAPTER 1, ARTICLE 4; CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 4; CHAPTER 10, ARTICLE 7; AND CHAPTER 18, ARTICLE 2 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE REGARDING THE MAXIMUM LENGTH OF IMPRISONMENT FOR VIOLATIONS OF MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES NOTICE: This Ordinance was introduced, read, and adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Carbondale, Colorado, on September 10, 2019.

This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after publication of this notice. The full text of said Ordinance is available to the public at www.carbondalegov.org or at the office of the Town Clerk, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, Colorado, during normal business hours.

THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE Dan Richardson, Mayor ORDINANCE NO. 14 Series 2019 AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO APPROVING A FINAL PLAT TO RE-SUBDIVIDE LOT A, CRYSTAL VILLAGE P.U.D. NOTICE: This Ordinance was introduced, read, and adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Carbondale, Colorado, on September 10, 2019.

This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after publication of this notice. The full text of said Ordinance is available to the public at www.carbondalegov.org or at the office of the Town Clerk, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, Colorado, during normal business hours.

THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE Dan Richardson, Mayor NOTICE: PURSUANT TO THE LAWS OF COLORADO HAPPY FARMER, LTD HAS REQUESTED THE LICENSING OFFICIALS OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE TO GRANT A TRANSER OF OWNERSHIP OF A RETAIL MARIJUANA CULTIVATION FACILITY AT 220 N. 12TH STREET, UNIT A 2, 3, 4, CARBONDALE, CO 81623 HEARING ON APPLICATION TO BE HELD AT: CARBONDALE TOWN HALL, 511 COLORADO AVENUE, CARBONDALE, COLORADO DATE AND TIME: OCTOBER 8, 2019 AT 6:00 P.M., DATE OF APPLICATION: AUGUST 29, 2019

BY ORDER OF: DAN RICHARDSON, MAYOR APPLICANT: BRANDIN WEPSALA Information may be obtained from, and Petitions or Remonstrance’s may be filed with the Town Clerk, Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO 81623

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