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Volume 12, Number 49 | January 14-20, 2021

Demolition and development

Proposed redevelopment of the Sopris Shopping Center would add 76 new rental units to Carbondale's housing inventory – 64 will be "efficiency" apartments, measuring 415 to 725 square feet, and 15 of the 76 units will be deed-restricted. Meanwhile, nine locally-owned businesses see themselves displaced, mid-pandemic. Photo by Raleigh Burleigh

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By Raleigh Burleigh On Jan. 14, Carbondale's Planning and Zoning Commission resumes their review of a Major Site Plan for redevelopment and subdivision of the Sopris Shopping Center lot.

The hearing began on Dec. 10, 2020, following a contingent rezoning approval by Carbondale Trustees in August. Dr. Ron Stein acquired the Sopris Shopping Center in 1980 when it still housed Carbondale's grocery store. The building's aging infrastructure and the proliferation of competing commercial inventory have led him to pursue redeveloping the property with plans to expand his neighboring business, Sopris Self

Storage, with a modern, three-story building.

Current tenants were given a broker's contact information to assist with finding new spaces.

The western portion of the property, if subdivision is approved, retains 10,370 square feet of commercial space, compared with the existing building's 29,896 square feet of commercial. Moreover, 76 new rental units would join Carbondale's housing inventory,

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divided between two new buildings proposed by Loge Properties. This western portion, acquired from Stein Properties, LP, is in addition to Loge Properties' mixed-use development just south across Colorado Ave. where 27 residential units and 3,000 square feet of commercial space are under construction next to the roundabout.

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BRANCHING OUT

By Geneviéve Joëlle Villamizar The “boop boop” of the key fob was all good but the car was so iced over that I had to narf on the front door to crack the shell and get in.

Inside my leaky, ancient Subaru, every window was also covered in a film of hard frost. We were on the brink of late with Eagle County Airport an hour away, my impish daughter having hidden the car keys to prevent family from leaving. Energy already somewhat frantic, my sister and I scraped at the interior windshield, shaving a cascade of ice crystals all over the dash electronics. What could we do but laugh? Nature has a way of leveling us, stopping human ambition and forcing us into the moment.

Heading north on 82, alternating cliffs of ragged red rock and craggy chalk were draped in the recent snow, stunning in the morning light. Winking in and out of sight, a river runs through it, dropping more elevation in 28 miles than the Mississippi does the entire length of our nation. Centuries of dark forests above frame the length of the valley,

A cause for pause

climbing on up to the Flat Tops — magnificent vastness. Amid the rush of euphoria this elicits, I’m surprised to see my odometer kissing the 90s.

Time-pressured or not, the drive toward Glenwood is the gateway to every “feel good” drug the human body produces.

Black ice has a sobering effect, putting human hurries in their place.

For some, anyway. Lifted pickup trucks charge the twin ribbons of I-70 through Glenwood Canyon.

Judgingly, I shake my head — all-wheel and four-wheel-drive don’t necessarily mean four-wheel stop. I already have too many accidents, rollovers and near misses on my driving record to count.

Weather and Nature have kicked my ass into awareness.

I hit a yearling elk once. En route from a different airport, in a different decade and a different mountain range. A college bestie rode shotgun; caught up in memory lane, we cruised sinuous curves toward Telluride and the wedding weekend of a friend. It was dusk. Both truck windows were open to the decaying scent of autumn, the wild night and the possibility of our lives before us The primal scream and grunting of an elk ripped through the black.

I slowed down, our eyes searching.

Ahead of us: black and tan legs, heads and backsides, antlers and eyeballs, flashed in my high beams. Entranced, our heads turned, tracking the herd as it floated across the two-lane, back into the cover of willows. I remember the fresh, mineraly scent of the river.

I remember the rustle and whisper of the willows. I even remember the

burble of the river, right there, right out our windows. And then the thud.

The impact of body on steel; impact, traveling up my own bones; impact, and a body now dead.

To me, the earth tilted and time froze. In my human distraction, I killed. I hadn’t been speeding that night. I hadn’t been selfish, or careless.

There had simply been so much to take in, as often is in Nature, I simply couldn’t do it all. A double whiskey neat at the bar couldn’t chase our sorrow. I hit an elk. Once.

Driving isn’t something I “have” to do to get from A to B. I actually love driving, as a full-on body sport, feeling the road, the forces at play and the landscape around me, wholly. I don’t consciously speed anymore or assume my interests come before yours, although I used to. I’ve T-boned a tree in my ‘69 VW Bug; a panel truck in my ‘86 F150; I’ve rolled and totaled a Bronco after a blizzard; flipped and totalled the F150. I’ve thrown two friends that miraculously lived, unharmed. Broken my neck in a Super Cub, hitting a downdraft over Longs Peak. Touched my baby’s carseat after a summersault on black ice, every wheel and window blown — and thanked God she wasn’t with me.

My sister and I still had 20 minutes to get to the gate as we exited the canyon safely. The highway dried and I picked up speed until, approaching Gypsum, we encountered fog — somewhat rare in the increasingly arid Rockies — and a cause for pause.

The small factory town had turned otherworldly in a tracery of hoarfrost.

Form and detail popped, the grim film

of small town grit now laced in white.

Climbing the last hill toward the airport, the fog lightened, and a portal back in time opened.

It was a rural winter wonderland.

I rolled the windows of my Outback down, just to let it in. At 15 to 20 miles an hour in a 45, we absorbed the moment. Barbed wire fence lines, each twisted detail flocked in crystals, disappearing into opacity. Blanketed pastures perforated with golden stands of grazed brome, each blade encrusted in weightless frozen feathers of ice. Greylisting shacks, sheds and barns, floated in space. One-hundredyear-old cottonwoods, black trunks towered, cathedral canopies soaring overhead. It was ethereal. I had to pull over.

I ran to a tree with a skirt of ancient, overgrown shrubs below.

Her every detail, every muscular limb, each curving branch, sleeping bud, decorated by weather. People say they hate winter because everything is “dead,” because there’s no green. I disagree. Winter reveals the spirit and soul of everything.

We now know trees communicate with each other and other species.

They shunt nutrients, fend off attack, sacrifice for and support one another.

Standing beneath this sentient, very alive being, I couldn’t help but contemplate the breadth of her life, and all I could do was laugh. In Nature, we are gifted moments of awe, beyond the triviality of human busyness. And what is awe but joy?

LETTERS A humanitarian solution As a pediatrician who has been taking care of children and families for 40 years, I have been able to witness advances in medicine that improve the lives of individuals and strengthen our communities. Of all the ways I have helped my patients, I consider providing immunizations as my single most important and impactful service, as part of a foundation for health and well-being. The COVID-19 pandemic has paralyzed us socially, economically, politically and interpersonally and it is with great relief and expectation that we now have vaccines that can turn the tide and permit us to resume our lives with the freedoms and opportunities we so value.

The diseases we control through vaccination are devastating worldwide. Polio, smallpox, major types of meningitis, measles and many other communicable infections have caused more death, pain and suffering than most of us know or understand. COVID-19 is another stealth killer that has devastated us through its ability to kill and create chronic illness in those who survive it. The virus has an uncanny ability to infect some without creating illness, leading to asymptomatic spread that has multiplied its impact in ways we never could have imagined or expected. It has been the most destructive force against humankind that most of us will ever see, with no regard for race, creed, religion or geography.

Before vaccines, the only ways we

could try to control the spread of infection have been through quarantines and careful hygiene. Wearing a mask and social distancing is worth it, even if it reduces death and disease by a small degree. We owe this precaution to each other. Getting vaccinated is a bigger commitment but is the only way to liberate us from this scourge.

There are some who are vaccination hesitant, worried about the safety of the vaccine or some undiscovered side effect. I can only reassure them that the science and experience has been incredibly positive and reassuring. Millions have received it and the incidence of serious side effects is remarkably small. There are some who are against the idea that they should be vaccinated and are of the mindset to refuse it if they suspect it is a challenge to their personal autonomy or constitutional freedom of choice. They may view it as a political statement. Vaccination is not a conspiracy or individual subjugation; it is a humanitarian solution.

There is a lot of misinformation about COVID-19, its origins, contagiousness, severity of illness, diagnosis, treatments and the vaccine. It can be hard to understand or know unless you have seen it first-hand. Those of us who care for infected patients and their families know its reality.

We need to emerge from the socioeconomic disaster the COVID-19 pandemic has imposed upon us along with

its toll of human suffering. As a physician who has witnessed the positive impact of immunizations, I implore all to get immunized.

It is the only way we can do it.

Russell Libby, MD Snowmass

United to Stop the Spread One of the aspects of my job that I love the most is being out and engaged with my community, developing relationships and tackling complex issues. I deeply miss gathering in the same room with my neighbors to discuss how we can improve our valleys and putting pen to paper on big ideas. Over the last year, just like everyone out here, I have had to rethink and retool the majority of my professional and personal activities.

All of our lives have been disrupted by this pandemic — shucks, it’s in the name.

Pandemic; global outbreak. Businesses have had to innovate to overcome new challenges.

Schools have had to make tough decisions and adapt to evolving circumstances. Health care workers have had to persevere through months of consistent crisis.

With information coming from our hospitals and public health professionals on the deepening severity of our situation, I am reminded of how we must remain diligent in doing our part to stop the spread. I am Continued on page 14

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“This I Remember” tapes return to Carbondale Text and photos by Trina Ortega

An elusive collection of cassette tapes containing historical interviews of Carbondale’s early residents and conducted by the late Mary Ferguson for her KDNK show “This I Remember” has landed in the care of the Carbondale Historical Society.

The tapes have been highly sought after for several years because they include oral histories from homesteaders and others who settled the area and established Carbondale in the 1880s. Ferguson herself was considered walking history, having been born in Spring Gulch in 1906 and lived from the horse-and-buggy era to the Space Age. A teacher, town council member, volunteer and historian, Ferguson died in 1997. For her KDNK show, she would interview guests, asking them to tell a bit about their past and the area’s history.

Sue Gray, vice president of the Carbondale Historical Society, said a number of community members had been trying to track down the tapes, which are the only known recordings. KDNK did not have an archive. “We’ve been trying to get these for about five years now, since [Mary’s son] died and the family sold the house,” Gray explained.

In January 2020, community members finally learned that the tapes were in the care of Ferguson’s grandson, Tom Ferguson, and his wife Cindy, who live in Collbran. They sent the two boxes, crammed with tapes, to the Historical Society in December 2020.

There are about 230 tapes and Gray surmises that each tape contains one interview. Some of them are labeled with a name and date in blue or black cursive writing. Others have type-written labels. Some of the gems read “Cowboy No Good” on one side and “W. Brown” on the other; “Fred Guise,” “Trip to Russia”; “June Blue,” “Sept. 1 1985 by Ruth Chacto about life in Marble.” Other interviews include Betty DeBeque, John Bolton, Judy Pugh, Bob Howard, Paul Lappala, Bill Hurd and Fred Guise.

Gerry Johnston holds a framed photo of Mary Ferguson in front of the Dinkel Building, where he engineered Ferguson’s show.

This cassette tape, which contains a historical interview conducted by Mary Ferguson and Frank Smotherman of Willis Kinney, is one of the estimated 230 tapes from the collection of oral histories recorded by Ferguson.

During his 30 years in Carbondale, Gerry Johnston — now of Glenwood Springs — volunteered at KDNK. He played country-western and blues on his show The Vinyl Ranch and was Ferguson’s engineer for 10 years.

“She used to meet me there at the station when KDNK was on the second story of the Dinkel Building, and then I used to have to go pick her up,” Johnston said, describing KDNK’s small office and studio space.

Johnston brought a large framed photo of Ferguson to his interview with The Sopris Sun, and he stared at it thoughtfully while remembering her historical tours to Spring Gulch and the one-room schoolhouses where she taught. He said that because she was so involved in the community, people trusted her with their stories.

“She was of the valley, having been born here and spent 90 years in the community. She had knowledge of the people and what they needed and what they needed to express,” he said.

He recalled the story of Grace Cowen, who had confided in Ferguson that she wouldn’t be able to attend and graduate high school.

According to Johnston, Ferguson offered to teach Cowen at her house.

The tapes and oral histories are as much about Ferguson as they are about the people featured, Johnston says. “There was nobody more … ” Johnston said, choking up, “of the area. She embodied the pioneer cultural history of this part of the valley for sure.”

The Historical Society will commission KDNK to digitize the recordings and make them available via the society’s website — eventually with a searchable database — and possibly a podcast. KDNK will also have access to the interviews. Gray said the Historical Society is seeking sponsors and donations to pay for the tapes to be transferred to a digital format.

Gray has been learning as much as possible about the area’s history since she began volunteering

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for the Historical Society in 2017. She has fielded questions to which she doesn’t have the answers and believes the Ferguson interviews might hold some answers.

“It also gives us a fuller understanding and appreciation for the community that we live in,” Gray said. “We build upon what they started and that’s been going on now for over 100 years. We’ve been building upon the foundations that other people laid, and understanding those foundations can help you see how to build upon them. Their history is our history. We’re tied to the past whether we like it or not.”

To donate to the “This I Remember” tape digitization project, visit carbondalehistory. org. Additionally, the Historical Society is accepting historical artifacts — as donations or on loan — from Colorado for its Dinkel Mercantile and renovated museum, which is expected to open by summer.

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SCUTTLEBUTT PitCo moves into Level Red Beginning Sunday, Jan. 17, Pitkin County will implement a new public health order, eliminating indoor dining at all restaurants and improving enforcement of social distancing at ski resorts. The move was prompted by Pitkin County reporting the second highest incidence rate of COVID-19 in the state, with one in 35 residents carrying the virus. Businesses certified by the state’s “5-Star Program'' will be granted increased capacity after two weeks of a sustained decline in the county’s incidence rate.

Viral woes Roaring Fork High School returned to distance learning on Jan. 12 after four students exhibited symptoms typical of COVID the day before. With an evaluation by the fire department and thorough cleaning of the school, RFHS reopened on Wednesday, Jan. 13.

Days earlier, the district shortened quarantine periods for persons exposed to a confirmed case of COVID in alignment with new guidelines issued by the CDC. Carbondale Middle School’s six grade transitioned to distance learning from Jan. 13 through Jan. 19 after an individual in the singlecohort class tested positive.

YouthZone helps out Recognizing the hardships wrought by COVID restrictions, school closures and general loss of connection, free one-hour parent consultations are being offered by YouthZone from now through March. Parents of middle or high school-aged students will receive guidance from a skilled staff member to sort through concerns and form solutions. To schedule a Zoom appointment, call 970945-9300.

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Dec. 2020, Emerson approached Carbondale Arts with a need to sell the sculpture which has reigned for years over the Carbondale Nature Park.

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Colin Wilhelm announced via social media the exploratory phase of a campaign for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District seat, amid calls for Rep. Boebert to resign.

Wilhelm is a resident of Glenwood Springs and recently ran against Rep. Perry Will to represent Colorado House District 57.

KDNK’s “love line” is now operational. Call 970-510-3250 and record a message of love to be played on the air and during the Light the Night with Love event organized by Carbondale Arts and the American Heart Association for Valentine’s weekend.

The Colorado Department of Human Services Office of Early Childhood created two grant programs, totalling approximately $45 million, to support child care providers across the state. The first of these programs will provide between $500 and $35,000 to licensed child care providers that are open and operating or plan to reopen by Feb. 28. More info about the grant application process is at visit bit.ly/38DoWbb

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The U.S. Small Business Administration will again receive applications for forgivable loans, authorizing $284 billion toward job retention and other expenses through Mar. 31. Existing PPP

Acclaimed author Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. Garfield County Libraries presents a virtual conversation with Kimmerer on Thursday, Jan. 21 at 6 p.m. Topics will include writing, indigenous knowledge and our critical connection to nature. More at gcpld.org

Carbondale Arts and community members John Runne, Julie Naus, and William and Patricia Hutzley came together to buy Just Emerson’s Bear sculpture and donate it to the Public Arts Commission. In

The Art Base presents “Reflections” Digital photographs by Dede Reed are on display at The Art Base from Jan. 15 through Feb. 19.

The artist will donate 100% of the sales to this arts-focused nonprofit.

An artist talk is available on the Art Base website beginning Friday.

Art contest Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers is accepting submissions for their 2021 project season posters, stickers and t-shirts.

This year’s theme is “renewing landscape and community through collective action.” The winning design will receive $400, recognition and schwag.

A concept sketch and three work samples are due to jbaker@rfov. org by Feb. 14.

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Plotkin & Spears livestream new album Lizzy Plotkin and Natalie Spears of the duo “Plotkin & Spears” are releasing six new songs on Jan. 15 and lovers of roots-inspired American folk music will not want to delay the opportunity to enjoy this offering. The six original songs on the extended play (EP) album will delight you and you will find yourself returning to listen to the tracks time and time again. The quality of music is enhanced by the precision and beauty of the duo’s voices and instrumentation.

Both are supported by excellent production on this recording, “Just Over the Ridge.” Their songwriting talent shines throughout and each of the tracks is perfectly ordered to create a seemingly effortless musical presentation. If you enjoy artists like John Hartford, Uncle Earl, Rising Appalachia or The Stuart Brothers, you’ll love this collection.

Both Lizzy and Natalie developed their love of music at an early age.

I asked them both about their first, most important musical influences.

In Lizzy’s case, she notes that her father played the violin. She began taking violin lessons when she was four or five years old, and says that she “enjoyed just playing alone in my room when I was six, seven or eight years old. I just knew that I was supposed to play music.” She credits her father for giving her that spirit.

In Natalie’s home, her father was a pianist. She says that, “There was music in our house all of the time growing up.” She remembers that her dad would hold her in his lap and let her play the piano along with him.

“I was always around music,” and she reports that her dad took her to a music teacher when she was just four or five years old for piano lessons.

“That’s what got me started.”

Many years later, both Lizzy and Natalie attended musician Victor Wooten’s music camp in Tennessee.

Although they attended in different years and did not meet there, both were later drawn to Pagosa Springs when they heard that Victor Wooten would be performing at a benefit for a children’s music camp. Natalie brought her bass, Lizzie showed up with her fiddle and somebody said, “You guys should play together.”

They started jamming and had so much fun that they formed an instant connection.

Lizzy’s group Free the Honey needed a bass player, so Natalie joined the band. When asked how Lizzy knew that she and Natalie would be a good fit, Lizzy says, “We just both have this love of playing music playfully, jamming and having a good time.” Since that time, their collaboration has included a performance at the John Hartford Memorial Festival. Lizzy reports that two songs on their new EP were influenced by John Hartford’s style.

Asked about her musical influences, Natalie says that she

enjoys many different kinds of music and mentions Lukas Pool, Brad Kolodner, Ella Fitzgerald and Oscar Peterson — an eclectic group, to say the least. Lizzy still cites her father as her biggest influence, saying that although she is on her own journey, her dad is coming along with her.

The new EP, “Just Over the Ridge,” required much more than just the recording sessions, which began at Aaron Youngberg’s Swingfingers Studio near Fort Collins about one year ago. Lizzy and Natalie spent about four days there with two days in the mastering process and have since worked constantly on the promotion and release. Lizzy says, “We have both learned so much by doing this by ourselves. You have to put a different hat on to do promotional work.”

Lizzy and Natalie plan to begin their radio airplay campaign in February. Lizzy notes that, “Airplay does matter.” They want to expand their audience and introduce their music to new ears. “The more energy you put into it, the more meaning it has.”

On Jan. 15 at 8 p.m, Steve's Guitars and KDNK will present a livestream performance by Plotkin & Spears. You can view the performance at grassrootstv. org. To purchase the album, search “Plotkin & Spears” at bandcamp. com or visit lizzyandnatalie.com.

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Lizzy Plotkin and Natalie Spears. Photo by Renee Ramge.

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By James Steindler Sopris Sun Correspondent In any given field, it is generally open to interpretation whether a silver lining shimmers as a result of COVID-19 and the virtual reality wave. The local judicial system is no exception.

According to Clerk of Court Dawn Garey, most hearings at the Garfield County Courthouse in Glenwood Springs are being held virtually. The Ninth Judicial District, which includes Garfield, Pitkin and Rio Blanco Counties, is using WebEx — a program similar to Zoom — to facilitate most proceedings.

Folks still have the option to come to court in person but it seems the majority are opting to appear in this new way. Not only do the parties to a case have the option to appear virtually, but their attorneys do as well. Oftentimes, the only persons present in the actual courtroom is the judge and often their clerk.

To some, it is considered a great alternative which can continue to be utilized once the pandemic is at bay. Nonetheless, the transition comes with some concerns. District Court Judge John Neiley noted that people have tapped into a hearing while on the bus or perusing aisles in the grocery store which takes away from the formality of court.

While attorneys and judges previously had access to a secure online filing system, known as ICCES (Integrated Colorado Courts E-filing System), people proceeding without counsel (or “pro se”) did not have the same means. To make it possible for pro se individuals to file electronically, the court staff created an email account for them to use.

Things become problematic when jury trial dates approach. Part of the problem is

Ninth Judicial District Court Judge John Neiley prepares for yet another virtual hearing.

Photo by James Steindler. ensuring that the constitutionality of a trial is upheld. For instance, a juror is obligated not to do any outside research on a case while they’re serving. Even though it was entirely possible for a juror to go home during a break before and read a newspaper article regarding the case, the thought of information being available at their fingertips on the same device where they’re viewing the trial has raised a red flag.

In response, Ninth Judicial District Chief Judge James Boyd issued a series of orders regarding jury trials during the pandemic. He signed the latest modified version on Dec. 13 which suspends all jury trials set before Mar. 1. Anyone who received a jury summons for a trial prior to that date is off the hook.

Closing arguments Chief Deputy District Attorney (DA) Steve Mallory believes that, “Virtual court appearances are extremely beneficial.” He sees the option as “far superior to phonein appearances,” and by contrast, “allow individuals to be easily identified.”

He sees virtual appearances as a way to streamline simple hearings and low level cases. “Many important hearings can be accomplished virtually,” he stated, including “protection orders for victims; revocation hearings for defendants not following the terms of their probation; as well as plea hearings and sentencing for those individuals taking responsibility for their actions.”

The Deputy DA would like to see the

virtual option remain and specifically said, “Virtual court in the future would be helpful in some instances such as when inmates housed elsewhere need to appear in our jurisdiction so we could avoid unnecessary transportation costs” he stated. Also to “allow some appearances for victims who are out-of-area.”

According to Mallory, all of the attorneys in their office have been appearing virtually since the option arose. Breaking with tradition, Scott Troxell, the office head of the Glenwood Springs office of the Colorado State Public Defender, agrees with opposing counsel that virtual hearings can be beneficial, albeit from a different perspective. “As a rural jurisdiction,” he stated, “[it] Allows our clients to appear in court without the expense of travel or missed work for typically short court appearances.”

However, Troxell shares Judge Neiley’s concern that peoples’ constitutional rights could potentially be at stake. “For more substantive proceedings,” he began, “virtual appearances represent a fundamental change to many of the bedrock principles of our justice system, and for that matter: our democracy.” He borrowed a quote from a ruling by the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia which states that, “Virtual confrontation might be sufficient to protect virtual constitutional rights; I doubt whether it is sufficient to protect real ones.” This references a defendant’s right to confront their accuser and witnesses in trial.

“In short,” Troxell stated, “Virtual appearances can be used post-pandemic but should be limited and the decision should always remain with the person whose liberty is at stake.”

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Vaccines roll out

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The Garfield County COVID-19 vaccination program is moving ahead and picking up speed. Two potentially life-saving vaccines are here and, according to Carrie Godes, Garfield County public health specialist, “We are getting more vials of the medication every several weeks with a mix of both the Pfizer and Moderna doses.”

She added that the vaccines are being distributed by the State of Colorado and reported that they seem to be equally effective on variant strains of the virus which are now spreading across the country. Godes described Colorado as being one of the leading states in inoculating the most residents.

Carbondale Firefighter Acting Lieutenant Ryan Allison said after being inoculated, “Being a first responder can be a dangerous job, and we are always looking for ways to make our job safer.

Getting the COVID-19 vaccine is one way to make my job safer, while protecting myself, my coworkers and my community.”

There are two vaccination sites in Garfield County: Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs and Grand River Health in Rifle. Individuals must be residents of Garfield County to signup for vaccination at one of these sites.

Godes also confirmed that the county is looking to add more sites which may include Glenwood Medical Associates.

The order of priority for inoculation begins with the 1A group, including the highest-risk health care workers and

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Next up is the 1B group for which appointments are being scheduled. This category covers moderate-risk health care workers, people over 70 and responders with less direct contact with COVID patients (e.g. home health, hospice and dental settings, pharmacists, etc.), EMS, firefighters, police, correctional workers, dispatchers and funeral service workers.

Garfield County Public Health Director Yvonne Long explained, “Though we are presently serving those in the 70 and older category, our hospitals are getting a large number of phone calls from people looking to make appointments. We want people to know that vaccinating everyone in this category will take some time and some patience.

People who live in Garfield County and fall into this age group will be vaccinated, but it may take several weeks as we wait for enough vaccines to arrive,” The following 1B groups are not yet being vaccinated: frontline essential workers in education, food and agriculture, manufacturing, postal service, public transit and specialized transportation, grocery, public health, frontline essential human services and direct care providers for Coloradans experiencing homelessness. Also in this category are essential officials from executive, legislative and judicial branches of state government and essential frontline journalists.

Garfield County recently released its most current COVID summary.

The data shows that Garfield County is averaging 41 COVID cases per day and notes, “This is significantly below the levels seen toward the middle of December, when the county number reached 58.”

Eagle county has had a total of 3780 cases with 14 deaths. The county’s Department of Public Health and Environment is now accepting sign-ups for the vaccine from any residents 70 or older on a rolling basis. Residents may sign up by calling 970-328-9750 or by completing the online vaccine request form at eaglecountycovid.org.

Pitkin county residents should go to pitkincounty.com to register.

As advised by state and federal offices, even if a person has been inoculated, he or she should continue to wear a mask, wash their hands often and remain socially distant from others.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment clarifies that some side effects are possible after receiving the shot.

These may include pain and swelling on the arm where the vaccination was given, fever or headaches. People should call their doctors if redness or tenderness increases after 24 hours or the side effects don’t seem to be going away after a few days.

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Nine Carbondale businesses displaced Text and photos Raleigh Burleigh

Rounding out an unprecedented year of challenges, nine Carbondale businesses received final notice on Jan. 7, 2021 that they are expected to vacate their spaces by the end of February or earlier. Plans to redevelop the Sopris Shopping Center, built in 1963, had been communicated to tenants since 2019. By Dec. 2020, businesses were operating on monthto-month leases as Stein Properties, LP and Carbondale Center Place LLC seek approval with the Town's planning department for new buildings and subdivision of the property.

What happens to Sopris Shopping Center businesses?

Ragged Mountain Sports, a consignment store specializing in outdoor recreation gear, has experienced increased profits every year, including 2020. Owner Aisha Weinhold is excited to announce that they are coming close to guaranteeing a new home along Buggy Circle that will meet their spatial needs as well as place them closer to the Rio Grande Trail. The space would not be secured, however, until March or April.

Sopris Laundry was evicted on Jan. 12.

The business' owner, Beatriz Lowick, passed away on Nov. 30, 2019. It was kept operating by her partner Joe Hurst and his daughters Heather Larson and Julie Hurst-Farnham, recognizing the need as essential with some longtime customers traveling by foot to do their laundry. Nonetheless, paying rent had become increasingly difficult after losing business from hotels and some customers opting to wash their clothes in sinks to save money.

Los Cabos Mexican Grill posted on Facebook in late-December that they would be closing on Monday, Jan. 11. That date was pushed back by a few days as the family that owns the restaurant tries to sell as much of the remaining food as possible. They do not plan to reopen, citing the high cost of installing a new kitchen at a different location following an especially difficult year for restaurants in particular. Stephanie Castro mostly worries for her employees, struggling to find work in their industry with ongoing, reduced-capacity restrictions. “Although it's sad to say goodbye,” Commented Jacqui Castro, Stephanie's sister, “We're happy that we got the chance to provide for the community.”

JC's Breakfast and Lunch, newly opened in Dec. 2019, aspires to return once redevelopment is completed. Acknowledging that it may take until late-2023, as confirmed

by Loge Properties, restaurant owner Trino Camacho Torres' dream is to again operate an American-style breakfast place in Carbondale.

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Continuing clockwise through the plaza: High Q faces extra obstacles to relocating as a marijuana retailer. According to owner Renée Grossman, a former coal industry executive, moving the store is more complex than logistics plans were for the Bowie mine. Grossman has evaluated twelve locations since November, having received early notification due to a lease clause. With additional stores in Snowmass, Silt and Parachute, the Carbondale location is their most productive, with year-over-year increases in sales.

CV Phones opened in Feb. 2020, anticipating the redevelopment but not the pandemic. The owners consider their niche to be bilingual technology services like web design, computer repairs, phone activation and even photo and video for events. The owners successfully found a new space near Alpine Bank.

Ming's Cafe, est. 2015, is in the process of obtaining permits for their newly-designed restaurant, complete with a separate bar lounge, near the new City Market. Owner Michael Zhang explained that the most expensive aspects of moving a restaurant are things unseen by the customer, including the plumbing and electrical. Zhang is no stranger to that work, having previously opened several restaurants in the Roaring Fork Valley. He is relieved to have signed a 20-year lease in the new space and sees many advantages to that location. “Ultimately, the move will be a good one.” Nonetheless, it may not be until April or May that permits are complete and the new space is ready to move into.

El Pollo Rico, after 18 years at the mall does not plan to reopen. The owner will concentrate resources at their Glenwood Springs restaurant, Frida Authentic Mexican Food, with the prohibitive cost of building another kitchen in a new location. Particularly, the range hood, la campana, is a pricey investment and impossible to move.

We end our tour at Sopris CrossFit. With over 100 active members, owner Dr. Scott Tesoro and his partner have a lead on a space available in May but worry about losing members in the lapse between operations. Dr. Tesoro acknowledges that a business person should make decisions good for their bottom line, and doesn't blame his landlord, but feels “ruffled by how it went down.” As with every other tenant, a few months longer to get through winter and close on a new space would improve their chances for a successful relocation.

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Naturalist Nights Welcoming abundance through Hopi tradition and science

By Geneviève Villamizar In winters past, locals in the know have enjoyed many cozy evenings “sitting at the feet” of diverse presenters sharing their specialized insight for coexisting on Earth. These annual Naturalist Nights, co-hosted by the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, Wilderness Workshop and Roaring Fork Audubon Society, have traditionally been presented at the Third Street Center.

In a twist of COVID serendipity, you need not brave the icy nights this year. Instead, gather ’round in your jammies and pour yourself a bevvie to enjoy 2021’s intriguing line-up of speakers virtually. From indigenous farming to lynx and forest bathing, this year’s Naturalist Nights series offers five presentations, and a Spanish translation for each.

Thursday, Jan. 21 at 6 p.m., find inspiration in Susan Sekaquaptewa’s stories of her work with the Hopi tribal community. As a Hopi, she has dedicated her professional life to Indigenous agriculture and history.

Sekaquaptewa earned her Bachelor of Science from Arizona State University, and a Master of Science from George Washington University.

Sekaquaptewa melds both Hopi food tradition and research-driven science to teach others how to farm

successfully in arid landscapes. These methods are of particular interest in the Roaring Fork Valley, where snowpack is decreasing, river levels are dropping and aridification continues to transform the West.

When City Market shelves went empty amid COVID, Carbondalians were forced to examine the weaknesses in our local food systems.

Produce from local farmers filled significant nutrition gaps in food banks, distributing food to those hit hardest. Sekaquaptewa is working to address this on the Hopi reservation, where the goal is increased selfsustainability for individuals and the collective community.

Deeply rooted in her Hopi homeland, Sekaquaptewa is a mother and wife, certified organic gardener, food preserver, seed saver and founder of the Hopi Food Co-op. Balancing pride and wonder, she produces as much of her family’s food as she can. She has a lovely presence on Instagram, where her curiosity and traditional ecological knowledge are vivid in both word and image. She tends her own greenhouse, extensive outdoor vegetable beds, and dryland farm fields where she grows heirloom, indigenous and contemporary vegetables. With her husband and son, Sekaquaptewa raises both chickens and cattle.

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How does La Niña impact Colorado snowfall?

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The world is currently experiencing a La Niña cycle, which means that water temperatures in the Central Pacific Ocean are lower than average for at least three months in a row. The threshold to be in La Niña is at least 0.5 degrees Celsius lower than average, or about one degree Fahrenheit. An El Niño period is the opposite, with water temperatures at least 0.5 degrees Celsius higherthan-average. A La Niña period gets categorized as weak, moderate or strong, but can’t be categorized until it’s over and temperature data can be analyzed. The most recent La Niña was 2017-18. Over the last 50 years, time has been more or less evenly split between La Niña, El Niño, or nothing — water temperatures close to average.

La Niña periods typically peak in strength in the winter, making them relevant to winter forecasting.

According to Joel Gratz, founding meteorologist and CEO of Open Snow, “With a decently strong La Niña, the Pacific Northwest — so Washington, British Columbia, those areas — has nearly a lock on above average snowfall.” La Niña affects weather because changes in Pacific Ocean water temperatures ultimately influence storm tracks that move through the Pacific and into the United States and Canada. How a La Niña impacts winter in Colorado is less predictable.

Gratz explains, “On the balance, if you look at all La Niña over the last 50

to 100 years, usually they result in average or above average snowfall [for Colorado] and the storm tracks are generally more out of the west and northwest, which does pretty well for this area of Colorado.

So, overall, it's good news. But every La Niña is different, and La Niña is not the only factor that tells storms where to go.

So, in any given La Niña cycle, we could have an above average season, an average season or even a poor season.”

When Gratz refers to storm tracks out of the west and northwest doing well for this area of Colorado, he’s referring to “orographic precipitation.”

Orographic precipitation is induced by the presence of mountains. Moist air runs into a mountain and is forced to rise, where it cools and forms clouds that can result in rain or snow. The direction a storm comes from, and the orientation of mountains in relation to that storm track, can impact what kind of snowfall local resorts receive. The taller the mountains, the bigger the impact.

Again, Gratz: “Aspen is ringed on three sides by higher mountains, so the best way to get good snow at Aspen is a wind from the west or northwest.” Wind direction is less predictive of snowfall for Sunlight Mountain Resort, because the mountains are not as tall.

According to Gratz, the last strong La Niña period, winter of 2010-11, was much above average for snowpack, but the most recent moderate La Niña, 2011-12, was below average. The most recent weak La Niña, 2017-18, was far below average.

Currently, the snowpack in the Upper Colorado River Basin is about

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70 percent of average. Much of western Colorado is currently experiencing “exceptional drought,” the most extreme drought category used by the U.S. Drought Monitor.

According to Gratz, the upcoming forecast is “a little snow on Thursday, though the most snow will be north, [and] some snow on Saturday. At least a couple of inches likely. A potential storm around Jan. 18 or 19, a potential storm around Jan. 21 and a potentially-stormy time around Jan. 25 through the end of the month. All of this is reasonably good news, but it doesn't count until there are flakes on the ground.”

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The Catastrophism of Coronavirus

Opinion by Atzil Adam

“A human being is part of the whole world, called by us “Universe,” a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest — a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness” - Albert Einstein The phenomenon of a planetary pandemic or plague of biblical echoes, like other potential threats to the survival of humanity, should evoke in us a reflection about the course of civilization from its beginning.

Namely, it appears that at some point the Universe might not necessarily be on our side, favoring our survival.

We are forced to ponder the extent to which maybe, just maybe, we are so out of touch with the universal that a mere virus could wipe out much of our world. This one has been a close call, if only because it overwhelmingly caught us by surprise.

Things do not necessarily have to be that way, as this virus affects human beings very differently. Likewise, on a collective level, it may be that the novel virus passes through us without having wreaked apocalyptic havoc. But, truth be told, one year after its onset, there is no individual that can claim to be immune and neither is it known if the virus will stay with us many years into the future due to its variants, even with vaccines.

So, it is safer to err on the side of caution, and that means to be philosophical about it in the sense of deeply reflecting if indeed there might be something so wrong with the general course of civilization that a respiratory sickness whose effects resemble a mere cold might threaten it.

This is absolutely serious. Wim Hof, a Dutch athlete of our times whose specialty is overcoming coldness, has mind-blowing records to his credit. For instance, on Mar. 16, 2000, Hof set the Guiness World Record for farthest swim under ice.

On Jan. 26, 2007, Hof set a world record for the fastest half-marathon run barefoot on ice and snow. Hof has set the world record for longest time in direct, full-body contact with ice a total of 16 times. In Feb. 2009, Hof reached the top of Mount Kilimanjaro within two days wearing only shorts and shoes. This overwhelmingly proves in our day and age, and not only for the Ice Age that lasted until 12,000 years ago, that a human being can overcome to superhuman degrees bodily phenomena that may relate to the common cold.

So what is it going to be? Are we going to think that it is “normal” that a respiratory sickness resembling a cold could decimate untold millions in a few years, and if yes, then why would some individuals suffer only minor effects from it? We must conclude that it is not normal at all, but the implication is that something might indeed be wrong with our civilization.

Any system is as strong as its weakest part, especially when a chain reaction can be triggered that puts the survival of the whole in question. The evidence is then overwhelming, Coronavirus is a crisis in civilization that bespeaks a

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Lest we think that we are taking things to extremes — although only defeatists would prefer that a world virus becomes a “new normal,” like the AIDS epidemic has been for decades — we should be reminded that already for the ancient Greeks, civilization in toto was questionable.

Hesiod famously spoke of a Golden Age, deep in our past, when men lived hundreds of years in a state of harmony with nature unsurpassed since. And for that matter, there is the biblical Antediluvian Age, when the record made clear that men lived almost a millennium in a far greater state of harmony with nature than in postdiluvian times.

So, is it indeed possible that we need to rule out complacency and consider that the novel coronavirus certainly bespeaks a crisis of civilization? Why not, for goodness’ sake? Wasn’t the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, when we came to the brink of nuclear war, also a sign not of a mere crisis in civilization but a crisis of civilization? And for that matter, wasn’t the article “The Return of Doomsday” in Foreign Affairs the most important piece of journalism to appear in 2019, year of COVID-19?

The article explicitly posits that we are now in the most perilous times since the Cuban Missile Crisis with WWIII looming in the horizon — also in itself a sign that something is terribly wrong with contemporary civilization. In this past year of 2020, isn’t the fact that the Doomsday Clock of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists was moved to the closest to midnight, or “ground zero” of an atomic event, by itself also a sign of a crisis of civilization?

I think we are past diplomacy on this point and need to tell our fellow humans that either we get our act together or the cracks in civilization might endanger the ship of state worldwide, because everything points in the direction that either through another world war or a world virus, or their combined impact, our civilization is indeed being questioned virtually in toto. Moreover, not only the ancient Greeks, but the Book of Books as well, postulated thousands of

years ago that civilization as we know it has been in an ongoing colossal crisis for millennia. We can then justifiably speak of a critically-ill civilization and so rest our case, Coronavirus confirms a crisis of civilization.

In that sense, however, since anthropology and/or archeology lacks enough records about the Golden Age and the Antediluvian Age to further study why and how humanity could have been in such high plateau and why and how it descended ever since, the wisest course of action with respect to try to diagnose the causes of the ongoing crisis of civilization for millennia would be to start with the Axial Age, 300-500 B.C. There is consensus within scholarship that it was then that our quintessential worldviews emerged, including the Greco-Roman genius basis of the western world. In other words, what we have been calling “civilization” is essentially the conceptions about civilization that we developed in the Axial Age. Even more importantly, it was in the Axial Age that we started to develop our current cosmological concepts.

Of course, there is no conception of civilization not based on cosmological concepts, including the beginning of modern science through the PreSocratic philosophers who first began to ask about the ultimate physical nature of the cosmos. Aristotle called them physiologoi, or “physicists,” instead of theologoi, “theologians,” or mythologoi, “myth-makers.” As the name suggests, if physics is the queen of the sciences in contemporary civilization and its most famous priest is Einstein, quoted above, the idea itself that ultimate truth or knowledge about reality belongs to the realm of the physical is nothing but an invention of the Axial Age. All of this is to say that if Coronavirus corroborates that civilization is critically ill, for better and for worse, it would be the conception of civilization, and specifically the cosmological concepts of civilization since the Axial Age, the ultimate cause of the crisis. This is proven by so circumscribing and constricting

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the creatures of civilization that they have catastrophist clinical conditions making them more susceptible to succumb, for instance, to a respiratory illness resembling a common cold.

This is no hyperbole, as it has been proven that “Depression is the world’s largest health problem, accounting for more disability than any other disease worldwide.” (“Addressing Depression, the World’s Largest Health Problem,” psychiatrictimes.com, July 30, 2018) The World Health Organization headquartered in the compound of the United Nations at Geneva, Switzerland, also acknowledges depression on its website as a “leading cause of disability around the world.”

One of the symptoms of depression in all its forms is shallowness of breath, to the point that many languages have words for depression that imply trouble with breathing, like “dispirited.” Evidently, difficulties with breathwork are a breeding ground for illnesses.

So, is it possible that apart from any other earthly world problem, we have been suffering from an intrinsically debilitating view of the world and universe, enduring literary dispiriting catastrophist conceptions of civilization and the cosmos derived from a reductionistic scientist view of the Heavens and their starry sky that sucks oxygen out of the room instead of taking our breath away? I think the point needs zero belaboring, especially because, in human history, the only human sickness ever analyzed from absolutely all possible perspectives, according to all the knowledge of the times, has been precisely depression. The classic “The Anatomy of Melancholy” by Robert Burton was published exactly 400 years ago in 1621. An Amazon. com review of the work states, “One of the major documents of modern European civilization, Robert Burton's astounding compendium, a survey of melancholy in all its myriad forms, has invited nothing but superlatives since its publication in the seventeenth century. Llewelyn Powys called it ‘the greatest work of prose of the greatest period of English prose-writing’ while

the celebrated surgeon William Osler [considered ‘the father of modern medicine’] declared it the greatest of medical treatises.”

This should not surprise us.

According to one of the most astounding works ever published in civilization, “Cosmos and Psyche”

by Richard Tarnas, our current conception of the cosmos is not only in deep crisis but is actually the central cause of most of the ills of the planetary present: “The status of the human being in its cosmic setting is fundamentally problematic — solitary, accidental, ephemeral, inexplicable. […] The disenchanted cosmos impoverishes the collective psyche in the most global way […] For in a disenchanted cosmos, nothing is sacred. The soul of the world has been extinguished: ancient trees and forests can then be seen as nothing but potential lumber, mountains nothing but mineral deposits; seashores and deserts are oil reserves; lakes and rivers, engineering tools. Animals are perceived as harvestable commodities, indigenous tribes as obstructing relics of an outmoded past, children’s minds as marketing targets. At the all-important cosmological level, the spiritual dimension of the moral universe has been entirely negated, and with it, any publicly affirmable encompassing ground for moral wisdom and restraint.

The short term and the bottom line rule all. […] Myopically obsessed with narrow goals and narrow identities, the powerful blind themselves to the larger suffering and crisis of the global community. […] This, therefore, has become the looming question of our time, what is the ultimate impact of cosmological disenchantment on a civilization? What does it do to the human self, year after year, century after century, to experience existence as a conscious purposeful being in an unconscious purposeless universe?” (ch.

“The Cosmological Situation Today,” pp. 26-33) The answer is self-evident, as formulated by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, “Oracle of the West,” who commented upon such disenchanted cosmos, “Are we not straying as through an infinite nothing? Do we not feel the breath of empty space? Has it not become colder?” So, with respect to the present planetary pandemic, nothing is more clear: before we suffered from Coronavirus, we suffered from a catastrophist conception of civilization caused by a catastrophist conception of the cosmos, that in turn caused in us catastrophist clinical conditions like being earthlings in chronic low spirits, low energy, low life, and in all that sense we enter the catastrophism of Coronavirus.

Atzil Adam is an independent monotheist Bible scholar and political philosopher resident of The Valley and this piece is the preface of his forthcoming book “The Catastrophism of Coronavirus.”

TOWN REPORT FREE COVID TESTING is available behind Town Hall. To reserve an appointment, visit rfvcovidtest.com A WELLNESS BENEFIT will be available to Town employees that receive both doses of the COVID vaccine once it is available to them. Officers have begun to receive the vaccine.

SNOW REMOVAL continues along with sign repair and management of the Christmas tree recycling area.

A COMPOST DUMPSTER is available in front of Town Hall for disposing of compostable items received with take-out orders from local restaurants.

REC. CENTER USAGE was up this week with 129 reservations, 85 fitness classes, five sport court rentals and 58 ice skate rentals.

COURSE PREP IS UNDERWAY for the upcoming Full Moon Tri at the rodeo ground on Jan. 30. Pre-registration is required.

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AUDITORS began preliminary work on 2020 audit Monday, in-depth work will occur in March with the final audit being presented to the Board in June.

FINANCE completed interviews for an open position in the department. A conditional job offer will be extended on Monday.

AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK applied for a new location on Highway 133.

SALES TAXES in December were 30% above Dec. 2019. Year to date 2020 was 7.6% above 2019. Lodging taxes collected in December were 21% above 2019. Lodging tax year to date 2020 was 13.7% below 2019.

PLANNING STAFF continues to work on enforcement issues, including the RVR Boundary Riparian Vegetation removal. Municipal court citations on the Boundary Riparian Vegetation removal may begin next week.

ICE RINK RESTRICTIONS limit the maximum number of people at the Gus Darien ice rink to 30 at one time. Downtown, the limit is ten. Social distancing is required among users not in one’s family or household group. No stick sports are allowed at the downtown rink and no private rentals are being accepted this year at either rink.

A NETTLE CREEK WATERLINE failed on Jan. 1, disrupting service in the afternoon and evening. The line was placed back into service around 10:30 p.m.

WATER AND WASTEWATER PLANTS are running with no reported problems. An automatic voltage regulator for main power to the wastewater plant was installed. A clarifier project is being assembled.

CARBONDALE is working with the Basalt on combined PR for idling restrictions.

Balancing health and welfare

By Raleigh Burleigh The regular meeting on Jan. 12 had full board attendance. The meeting began with public comments regarding the Sopris Shopping Center redevelopment. Trustees were advised by Town Attorney Mark Hamilton that an open use application go before the planning commission in process before trustees become involved with the matter. Other comments spoke in favor of COVID precautions in accordance with public health recommendations.

It was announced that Sarah-Jane Johnson has resigned as media contact for the Carbondale Emergency Task Force. Trustees expressed gratitude for her participation.

Batch Emporium received approval for a new tavern liquor license and plans to reopen with a full bar in March.

Katharine Rushton, renewable energy program director for CLEER, addressed the board with an overview of collaborations for 2021, including updates to municipal building codes. Trustee Heather Henry suggested better defining deliverables from the partnership which requests $30,000 from the Town’s 2021 budget. It was suggested that CLEER meet with the Town’s Environmental Board to work on project management.

Trustees approved the Special Event Task Force’s 2021 schedule, contingent upon concurring public health recommendations.

Several large events have been postponed until 2022, including the fashion show, Celtic Fest and Oktoberfest. Other events have been delayed, including Festival Las Americas and

the 10th Annual Bonedale Skate Revival, both moving to August. Two pickleball tournaments are scheduled, in August and September. The Town now has an outdoor, mobile stage available for rent.

The Five Star State Certification Program was discussed. This allows businesses more flexibility to operate given explicit public health standards like reservations, ventilation and temperature checks. Chamber Director Andrea Stewart recommended supporting the program in alignment with Garfield County. Trustee Ben Bohmfalk expressed doubts, insisting that restaurants are one of the few places where people are permitted to gather and remove their masks. Trustee Marty Silverstein acknowledges that, while not perfect, the program is a tool to help small businesses mitigate the impact of restrictions. Trustee Luis Yllanes approved of extending this “lifeline,” having recently witnessed Pitkin County’s meeting with businesses objecting to additional closures.

No formal decision was made.

Lastly, Trustees discussed offering additional economic support to local businesses. Town Manager Jay Harrington suggested that $180,000 could be made available for a program without cutting into fund balances. After discussing several possibilities, the board agreed to explore how best to administer the funds in response to additional federal relief.

Stewart was asked to gain insight from the local business community.

The full meeting is archived on the Town’s YouTube channel.

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LETTERS motivated to do this by the people in my life who are affected by my actions.

I would never be able to forgive myself if something happened to my parents, my sisters and my friends if they became ill because I wasn’t careful; because I thought that I was the exception to public health’s warnings. Beyond those who are closest to me, I think of my fellow community members and the immense weight that comes with health and financial hardships.

I think we can all agree that we want to see our local business community succeed.

I chose this community precisely because of our vibrant local character. This is why I prioritize shopping local and order delivery or take out as often as possible. If we all follow the fact-based protocols of limiting gatherings, wearing masks, washing hands, keeping our distance and staying home when sick, we can bring our numbers down, but we ALL have to do our part.

We can make a difference through collective action. This is what the United to Stop the Spread campaign asks us to do. Encourage your neighbors and friends to take health protocols seriously for our businesses, our schools, our families and our essential workers.

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National Mentoring Month I know first-hand the significant difference caring adults can make in children’s lives. Having grown up in Aspen in the ‘70s, my teachers, coaches and friends’ parents were instrumental in providing a network of nurturing, trusted adults apart from my own parents.

When I returned to the valley in 2017, I knew I wanted to give back in a way that benefits children. The Buddy Program was it! In October 2018, I became a Big Buddy to a Basalt High School student. Over the past 26 months, we’ve had fun getting to know each other as we’ve shared activities like watching the X Games, playing miniature golf, seeing “The Nutcracker,” going to the movies, making clay pots, decorating gingerbread houses and baking cookies. While COVID restrictions have made it more challenging to gather in person, we have managed to stay connected through texting, FaceTiming and letter writing.

It has been rewarding to become a trusted, consistent adult in my Buddy’s life and to introduce her to activities that were a part of my youth, which she might not otherwise have an opportunity to experience. I’ve learned so much from my Little Buddy, and I’ve learned a lot about myself. How lucky I am to be a part of the Buddy Program! I encourage others to get involved in this amazing mentorship opportunity. Not only will you positively impact a child's life, but the experience will also change you in ways you can’t even imagine!

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Please resign Jan. 6, 2021 will be remembered as a very sad day by me. Our nation's Capitol was looted by rioters, domestic terrorists. Five people died. One of them was an Air Force veteran.

One, a police officer.

The officer died protecting Rep. Lauren Boebert from the very people she encouraged to be at our Capitol that day, her “constituents” she called them, while she hid in an undisclosed location. Is that how you support our law enforcement men and women, Representative? Is that how you "Back the Blue"?

In less than a week on the job, the blood of five dead people is on your hands, Mrs. Boebert. I ask you to take responsibility and resign. Surely, we can find someone that will think about protecting our constitution and defending our democracy to take your place.

James Gilliam Carbondale

District 3 Letter to the Editor: Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District has made a serious mistake in electing Lauren Boebert to represent us. There are now rallies across our district calling for Boebert’s resignation.

Rep. Boebert’s first official act, after taking an oath to protect and defend the Constitution, was to undermine democracy and incite insurrection. On Wednesday, Boebert objected to the certification of the 2020 presidential election results. She stated on the floor of the House of Representatives, “Madame Speaker, I have constituents outside this building right now and I promised to be their voice. It is my separate but equal obligation to weigh in on this election and object.”

The Rural Colorado United press release states, “Lauren Boebert has betrayed the American people and is a conspirator in the insurrection that occurred at Capitol Hill on Jan. 6. As the citizens she represents in Congress, we cannot recall her and we cannot impeach her, but do not accept that she is fit to represent the people of [the 3rd District]. We can only hope that her colleagues in Congress expel her.”

We can also be diligent in letting her know, as her constituents, when we disagree with what she calls “representing us.” It’s interesting that she has offices in Pueblo, Durango and Grand Junction but no office in the Roaring Fork or Colorado River Valleys.

Her D.C. contact information is: (202)225-4761 or 1609 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515 Marlene Manown Glenwood Springs

Insurrection rationale The Dec. 6 insurrection, ordered by Trump & Sons, grabbed me with the thought that we're waging sedition against Congress, over a vote.

Despite it following the rules and procedures set out in the constitution. We stormed the halls, in the name of the Constitution, while flying a confederate flag. Dang, it’s like flipping the Monopoly board because everybody is playing fair. Seems to me, it’s a demonstration of the cognitive dissonance that is daily broadcast to, and absorbed by, a third of our population.

Information from the non-science, “Alternate Fact” universe, where cellphones are made like lollipops.

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