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Ram hoopsters cautiously optimistic By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Staff Writer

Justin Thompson tries to find a hole in Lorenzo Andrade's defense during a recent practice at Roaring Fork High School. Photo by Jane Bachrach

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After plenty of practice in December tournaments, Roaring Fork High School basketball is back from holiday break with the first league games of the season on the road this week. The boys got off to a rocky start last month with a 50-49 loss to Steamboat Springs in the Brenda Patch Tournament. The Rams haven’t lost a game since then, and even notched a narrow victory over Northglenn, a school with more than five times Roaring Fork’s enrollment. “Our tournament games allowed us to play against teams we didn’t know and made us make game adjustments, which the team did well,” said head coach Larry Williams. Entering league play at 5-1, the boys aren’t about to rest on their laurels. “I believe this team has an opportunity to be special, but we need to continue improving and to have enough discipline to do the little things right,” Williams said. “We will have to play well every game in order to be successful.” Williams called the Basalt Longhorns (6-1), who the Rams play on Jan. 10, the team to beat, but that doesn’t mean he’s underestimating his team’s Jan. 6 matchup with Delta. He thinks the team’s lack of selfishness will serve them well. “We have had a variety of players who have been the leading scorer (in any given game), so we aren’t dependent upon one or two to score,” he observed. Jassiel Petatan leads the Rams in scoring with 12.7 points per game, closely followed by Justin Thompson with 12.3, according to maxpreps.com. Aldo Pinela leads in assists, with 3.6, and steals, with 2.4. Overall, seven team members have scored this season. The girls benefit from an even deeper roster, boasting nine players with at least a point a game. Senior Cindy Salinas leads the pack on that stat, with 10.7 of the team’s 36.7 average game points, as well as in rebounds, with 7. Ashley Hall, another senior, comes out on top in assists, with 3.3 per game, while Lily Ramos edges her out on steals with 2.8 per game. For head coach Jade Bath, it’s about a lot more than statistics. “It’s about putting all the right pieces together,” she said. RFHS BASKETBALL page 5

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Carbondale Commentary The views and opinions expressed on the Commentary page do not necessarily reflect those of The Sopris Sun. The Sopris Sun invites all members of the community to submit letters to the editor or guest columns. For more information, email editor Will Grandbois at news@soprissun.com, or call 510-3003.

Good morning, Carbondale It’s New Year’s Day at The Sopris up without The Valley Journal. Sun office and I can’t think of a more By the time I was born, my mother, auspicious time and place to reintro- cofounder Becky Young, had moved duce myself to the readers. on, but I grew up in and out of the ofI don’t generally put a lot of stock in fice, and remember looking up to folks the calendar change. This year, though, who are now my co-workers. I have Jan. 1 marks my first plenty of role models in day as editor of Carbonthe likes of Lynn Burton, dale’s hometown newsJohn Colson, Pat Noel, paper, so I’m finding a Trina Ortega and John lot more meaning in the Stroud. When the Journal date than usual. It’s a put out its last issue on time for both reflection Christmas Day 2008, I and new possibilities. was stunned. It was hard Our office here at the to conceive of our town Third Street Center was without a newspaper. my fifth grade classroom Apparently, I wasn’t the Will Grandbois back when this was Caronly one that felt that way. bondale Elementary. We’re moving While the tongue-in-cheek “Valley Judown the hall soon, but the whole rinal” circulated around town in Janubuilding is saturated with good memo- ary, there was already talk about doing ries. It’s a wonderful feeling to have something more formal. It was six while taking on a new and challenging weeks of winter before The Sun rose. role, and I plan to draw deeply on those By dint of my youth and a little roots going forward. I also have the journalistic experience from my year benefit of an extremely experienced as editor of the Roaring Fork Ramstaff — including graphic designer page, I was put in charge of the webTerri Ritchie and photographer Jane site and later served as a board Bachrach, both of whom have been member. While exploring potential with the paper almost since its incep- paths at college, I began getting an action. I’m sad to be just missing Colin cidental primer in journalism. It’s Laird, the last remaining original board possible I would have steered away member, but I’m extremely thankful for from the supposedly dying world of all he’s done. newspapers without The Sun, and For those of you who already love would now be putting my degree to what we do, don’t panic. I’m still work on an archaeological site somelearning the ropes and settling in, and where in the southwest. though I have a few resolutions for Instead, the paper endured the lean the paper, I’m not interested in im- years of the recession, and while it was mediate, drastic change. never in a position to provide me a full Luckily, January is typically a quiet time job, it left me halfway prepared month for newspapering, so it’s an ex- when one opened up in Glenwood. In cellent time to try new things. As I’ve three years at the Post Independent, I said before, I think a big part of our had a chance to hone my skills. Now, job is to introduce the community to I’m looking forward to covering my itself, and I have a few ideas of how to own place and people. do that. We’ll see what sticks. It’s good to be home. In any case, we’re lucky to have The Sun at all. Beyond the standard signifi- Will Grandbois is the new editor of cance of the date, it’s also the eighth an- The Sopris Sun. He can be reached niversary of the day Carbondale woke at 510-3003 or will@soprissun.com. Wendy Stewart and Ken Olson reported in from Times Square in late December. “It’s our favorite newspaper said the pair.” “And you are two of our favorite readers,” said Sopris Sun staffers. Courtesy photo

Resolutions in 2017: keep with climate change fight By Patrick Hunter New Year’s resolutions can be traced back to the Babylonians, according to Wikipedia. My resolution is to put more effort into putting a dent in climate change and global warming. And so, I’m starting 2017 by writing this column. By the way, occupants of the Fertile Crescent had their own environmental problems with salinization a few thousand years ago. The consequences to our species for failing to stop climate change will be catastrophic. That’s not just my opinion. Last year, 194 countries signed the Paris Climate Accords. A total of 120 countries, that represent about 80 percent of global emissions, have ratified or acceded to the agreement. The leadership of almost all countries on the planet took this action because they realize the seriousness of the danger we face. The Paris agreement hopes to reduce carbon emissions sufficiently to hold the projected increase in average global temperatures to under 2 degrees Celsius. We currently have an increase of about 1 degree Celsius. The world’s scientific community has projected several severe impacts from temperature increase: 1. Large rises in sea levels that will force millions of people to move from the coasts. 2. Reductions in availability of fresh water. 3. Reductions in food production, from land and sea. 4. Deadly heat levels. 5. More disease. 6. More destruction from severe climate events such as floods and droughts. 7. Destruction of natural resources and our environment. All of these outcomes are beginning to take place even now. President-elect Donald Trump said that he believes climate change to be a hoax. He has named cabinet members and advisors who say the same thing. Rush Limbaugh, the most influential radio host in our country, says climate change is simply made up; it doesn’t exist. The Republican Party’s 2016 Platform contains the following statements: 1. “We reject the agendas of both the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement …”. 2. “We demand an immediate halt to U.S. funding for the U.N.’s Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) …”. 3. “The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a political mechanism, not an unbiased scientific institution.” 4. “Climate change is far from this nation’s most pressing national security issue. This is the triumph of extremism over common sense, and Congress must stop it.” (That is, remove climate change from the list of national security issues). Is the decision of 194 countries an example of “extremism,” or is extremism the destructive denial by the Republican Party and its members, and its financial supporters such as Exon-Mobil? Exon-Mobil is now under investigation for its ongoing efforts to conceal the truth about global warming. Their own scientists advised the company about climate change as early as the 1970s. The CEO of Exon-Mobil has been nominated for U.S. Secretary of State. Solving these climate change problems is no easy task. It is true that millions of dedicated people are doing everything they can. Progress is being made. It is RESOLUTIONS page 15

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Pitkin County officials have embarked on a $300,000 trails planning project ($100,000 from Great Outdoors Colorado or GoCo, and $200,000 from Pitkin County) seeking help from citizens in connecting the towns of Carbondale and Crested Butte by trail, according to officials of the county’s Open Space & Trails department. Over the next year or so, trails planners hope to come up with a “preferred route” that follows the Crystal River canyon up to McClure Pass and from there through the back country to “CB,” as the historic mining and ski town is known. At some point in the process, this preferred route is to provide a basis for a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) study, which could result in changes to the route as proposed following the public input meetings. According to Lindsey Utter, manager of Planning and Outreach for the OS&T department, the entire planning project is expected to take two years, if not more, and the budget may be reviewed and modified at some point, particularly if more funding is needed.

According to a statement from OS&T, the opening round of public discussions will take place at an open house on Jan. 12 at the Church at Redstone (an unincorporated village in Pitkin County about 18 miles south of Carbondale), from 5-7 p.m. The second open house, according to the county, will be on Jan. 18 from 5-7 p.m. in the Community Room at Carbondale’s Town Hall, 511 Colorado Ave. “The kickoff meetings in the Crystal Valley will focus on gathering public feedback on the process and date the public would like collected in order to guide an informed discussion on preferred trail alignments later in 2017,” the statement explained. The overall trail route, according to the county, is roughly 83 miles long, and was included in Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper’s “Colorado The Beautiful — 16 in 2016” initiative. Issued in January 2016, it outlined 16 of what the governor deemed “highest priority trail projects” around the state. Already in place, the county reported, are about 14.5 miles of new trail at either end, at Carbondale and Crested Butte, as well as about 19.5 miles of trails and routes through national forest lands adjacent to McClure Pass. “The planning effort is focused on about 49 miles of missing links,” the county noted. The trail between Carbondale and

Parts of the Crystal River Valley’s abandoned railroad bed go through private property, such as this stretch about 10 miles south of Carbondale, and can legally be blocked off. The railroad bed, from Carbondale to Placita, is currently not part of Pitkin County’s trail-planning efforts. Photo by Lynn Burton Redstone is envisioned as a “multi-use connection” — meaning it is to be used by bicyclists, hikers, equestrians and others — whereas the trail from Redstone, over McClure Pass and on to Crested Butte “would be a singletrack route, except when utilizing short distances of existing two-track routes,” the county stated in its release. In the OS&T statement, Utter noted that besides the public input, the department will be using natural resource and engineering studies to help identify the preferred route for the trail.

Potential controversy One potentially controversial concept that currently is not part of the planning effort, Utter told The Sopris

Sun, is the idea of using the old Crystal River railroad bed, built in the early 1900s to carry coal from the mines at Redstone to a loading facility in Carbondale. It stretches from Carbondale to the old townsite of Placita, located upriver from Redstone. “We’re not working with anything that is not on public land,” Utter said, because much of the old rail bed is held by private landowners. Still, she added, the county is not opposed to the idea of using the old rail bed strung alongside the Crystal River if enough landowners show interest in the possibility. “Everything’s up for public discussion,” she said, including any concerns CRYSTAL TRAIL page 5

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Sopris Sun board and staff members who attended the December holiday potluck and board meeting included: top row, left to right: Debbie Bruell, Colin Laird, Diana Alcantara, Barbara Dills, Matt Adeletti, Cliff Colia; bottom row: Tom Sands, John Colson, Kathryn Camp and Terri Ritchie. Photo by Will Grandbois

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Town Briefs

Both ice rinks are up and skating

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Both Carbondale ice rinks (at 4th and Main Streets downtown, and the Gus Darien Riding Arena on Catherine Store road east of town) were up and operating last week, reported Town Manager Jay Harrington in his Dec. 30 memo to the Board of Trustees, town employees and other recipients. Skate rentals are available at the Carbondale Recreation and Community Center (CRCC, 567 Colorado Ave., next to town hall), and rink schedules and updated closure notices can be found at the recreation department website (www.carbondalerec.com). For those eager to learn to play hockey, the town offers classes for youngsters between the ages of 6 and 14 years, while adults are invited to take part in the Carbondale Broomball League which plays on Wednesday and Friday nights in January (registration for the league ended on Dec. 30, however). The annual Family Skate Night at the 4th Street Plaza rink is set for First Friday evening (Jan. 6) from 5:30-8 p.m., with free skating along with a bonﬁre, hot dogs, marshmallows and hot chocolate. Rental skates are available at the CRCC. Harrington repeated his earlier pleas that people not walk on the ice surfaces in street footwear, as “they bring dirt and road salt onto the surface and both of those destroy our ice skating surface.” Other recreation programming continues at the CRCC, with “Motion Mondays” and “Wild & Whacky Wednesday” pre-school programs in the mornings on Mondays and Wednesdays in the gymnasium space. The wintertime Youth Basketball League, for boys and gives in grades 3 to 6, are underway, and practice schedules can be found at the recreation department website. Games are expected to start the week of Jan. 16 and continue through the end of February, when there is to be a valley wide tournament featuring teams from Aspen, Basalt and Glenwood Springs. For information about the league, contact Jason Thraen at 510-1279, or email him at jthraen@carbondaleco.net.

In addition, Harrington wrote, registration is open for a winter Adult Coed Volleyball league, the wintertime Pickleball League (and tournament). Available to the public also are drop-in basketball games (Wednesday evenings) soccer games (Friday evenings) and pickleball games (Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, Saturday mornings). Schedules for these activities can be found on the rec. center website. In other town news, Harrington reported that the streets crew last week was busy with snow and ice removal, helping out the parks department with work at the Gus Darien facility, and sweeping the streets. Public Works Director Kevin Schorzman, Harrington wrote, met with representatives of the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) recently, to discuss pedestrian crossings on Highway 133 as it goes through town, and that Schorzman has been working with Holy Cross Electric on a utility-undergrounding easement. The utilities crew also worked on a well and pump at the Gateway RV Park (and were expected to keep up with that work through the end of last week) and on miscellaneous maintenance projects at the wastewater treatment plant. The wastewater and water treatment plants, Harrington reported, all were operating normally last week, except for the Crystal wells, which remain off line due to state requirements regarding inﬁltration of surface water. The parks department reported that, among other projects, scheduling is underway for concrete work at Gianinetti Park, including work on the basketball court there. Planning staff have received an application to allow construction of a bank on the west side of Highway 133, near the Nieslanik Avenue intersection, and the Roaring Fork School District is expected to soon submit applications to build 18 multi-family residential units on district property just south of the Bridges High School building. Both projects will be reviewed by the planning and zoning commission.

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Cop Shop From Dec. 23-29, Carbondale officers handled 175 calls for service. During that period, officers investigated the following cases of note:

FRIDAY, Dec. 23: At 3:43 p.m. police responded to an incident on Main Street in which a 28-year-old man was bitten by a dog. SATURDAY, Dec. 24: At 2:34 a.m. police stopped a vehicle for speeding and having no license plate at Cowen Drive and Highway 133. Upon investigation, the officers arrested the 24year-old male driver on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. SATURDAY, Dec. 24: At 9:36 p.m. police were dispatched to a location on Dolores Way for a report about a 53-year-old man being harassed by a woman. A report was taken. SUNDAY, Dec. 25: At 2:44 a.m. police stopped a vehicle for proceeding on Highway 133 without its headlights on. Upon investigation, officer arrested the 40-year-old male driver on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. MONDAY, Dec. 26: At 7:11 a.m. police were dispatched to a “cold accident” involving a pedestrian and a RFTA bus. An investigation showed that the pedestrian was at fault. There were no injuries or damages, and the Colorado State Patrol gathered the information for an accident report.

Basketball î&#x2C6;&#x2021;om page 1 So far, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve managed to meet their goal of .500 in pre-break play, and are one of three teams in the league with a 33 record. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have a pretty good idea of whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to play where and how they do,â&#x20AC;? Bath said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Friday will be a good test, especially against Delta.â&#x20AC;? Until recently a 4A school, Delta is 4-1 for the season, behind only Moffat County (7-1). Bath has some ideas on how to lead the team to success. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right now, league is â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Jade Bath wide open,â&#x20AC;? she said. girlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coach â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most of our girls have played varsity before, some of them all four years. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re growing up in experience.â&#x20AC;? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great place to be for her ďŹ rst year as head coach â&#x20AC;&#x201C; though sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been involved with the team for years and was a Ram player herself. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we had a really good start,â&#x20AC;? she said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not going to be satisďŹ ed until I can get these seniors into districts and hopefully regionals.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right now, league is wide open.â&#x20AC;?

RFHS Basketball Schedule Boys head coach: Larry Williams Girls head coach: Jade Bath (Girls' varsity followed by boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; varsity)

Jan. 6 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; RFHS @ Delta, 6 p.m., 7:30 p.m. Jan. 10 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; RFHS @ Basalt, 5:30 p.m., 7 p.m. Jan. 17 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Battle Mountain @ RFHS, 5:30 p.m., 7 p.m. Jan. 21 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Grand Valley @ RFHS, 2:30 p.m., 4 p.m. Jan. 24 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; RFHS @ Coal Ridge, 5:30 p.m., 7 p.m. Jan. 27 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; RFHS @ Moffat, 6 p.m, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 3 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Basalt @ RFHS, 5:30 p.m., 7 p.m. Feb. 4 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; RFHS @ Olathe, 2:30 p.m., 4 p.m. Feb. 10 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Gunnison @ RFHS, 5:30 p.m., 7 p.m. Feb. 11 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Delta @ RFHS, 2:30 p.m., 4 p.m. Feb. 15 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Vail Christian @ RFHS, 5 p.m. 6:30 p.m. Feb. 17 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Cedaredge @ RFHS, 5:30 p.m., 7 p.m. Feb. 18 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; RFHS @ Aspen, 2:30 p.m., 4 p.m.

Cindy Salinas (center) goes for the basket while Caroline Wisroth (#13) attempts to block her shot and Keyri Penaloza (right) looks on at a recent Rams practice. Photo by Jane Bachrach

Source: Pitkin County Open Space and Trails

Crystal Trail î&#x2C6;&#x2021;om page 3 among those who own parts of the rail bed and worry the county might try to condemn the old rail route. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to hear all those concerns, and work through those issues with the public,â&#x20AC;? Utter stated. She pointed out that planning for a trail up the Crystal River has been under discussion for a dozen years, and that at this point the most likely route would be alongside Highway 133, although she conceded, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously, building in a highway right of way (owned by the Colorado Department of Transportation) is way more expensive than building on the old right-of-way.â&#x20AC;? While there are no cost estimates for the project at this point, Utter said it deďŹ -

nitely would cost millions of dollars and possibly tens of millions of dollars once all is said and done. For example, she said, paving two miles of the Rio Grande Trail cost more than $1 million, and the ďŹ ve-mile portion of trail from Carbondale to the KOA Crystal River Campground (formerly BRB Campground) cost about $5 million before it was ďŹ nished in 2010. Once the current planning process is well underway, later this year, there are to be â&#x20AC;&#x153;many more open houses and meetingsâ&#x20AC;? as the process moves toward an environmental impact study, Utter said. The county already is working to issue Requests For Proposals from contractors interested in doing the NEPA and other studies.

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Are you trustee material? Applicants have until 5 p.m. on Jan. 13 to submit nomination petitions to ďŹ ll a Carbondale Board of Trustees vacancy. Candidates must be a qualiďŹ ed elector of the town, a citizen of the United States, and must have lived in town for one year. The successful applicant will join the six other trustees, and will serve until April, 2018. Applications are available at Town Hall (511 Colorado Ave.) or carbondalegov.org.

While weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re at it Here are two other New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tips. First: whip out your wallet or purse right now, and check to see when your driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license expires. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to be taking the written test again if it does expire. Second: check the batteries in your homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ re and CO2 alarms to make sure they are in working order.

Stop, or start, grousing The federal Bureau of Land Management is accepting comments on a plan to streamline the approval process for habitat improvement projects to beneďŹ t Greater Sage-Grouse and other wildlife in northwestern Colorado, according to a press release. Comments will be most helpful if received by Jan. 19. View the proposal at bit.ly/2h/S1WZC.

Summit 54 continues Thanks to a fund-raising effort, Summit 54 will continue its local Summer Advantage program despite the end of a five-year matching grant, according to a press release. A collaboration with the Roaring Fork School District, the early literacy program will be available to 600 kindergarten through fourth-grade students. This announcement comes after the school district and others feared the program would not be offered in 2017 due to budget limitations.

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Carbondale Rotary Club President-Elect Ed Queenan (left) presents a $13,000 check to the Salvation Armyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Karen Lee (right) at the ďŹ re station on Wednesday morning. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This amounts to 20 percent of the (Glenwood) Salvation Armyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s budget,â&#x20AC;? said Lee, the only staff member in the Glenwood ofďŹ ce. The money came from the Carbondale and Sopris Rotary Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Red Kettle bell ringers at City Market during the holiday season. Queenan said that David Hayes, Adele Hause and Susie Kelly worked on three teams to raise the bulk of the money. Hayes himself raised the most money; the biggest day was on Christmas Eve. Photo by Lynn Burton

A Sun Calendar reminder This is The Sopris Sunâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ rst issue of 2017, so hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a reminder. The Sun welcomes event notices and related items for our two-page Calendar section. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no charge, but everything is printed on a space-

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available basis, as we often have more items than pages to run them all. We give priority to nonproďŹ ts and free public events over for-proďŹ t enterprises. The submission deadline is noon on Monday for the following Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s paper. We try to include items received after noon on Monday in Calen-

Through March 29, the Aspen Historical Society offers free tours of the Wheeler Opera House every Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. For details, call 920-5770 or go to wheeleroperahouse.com.

Double-sawbuck lift tickets Sunlight Mountain Resort holds its annual Skier Appreciation Day on Jan. 6. For details, see the ad on page 10.

They say itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your birthday Folks celebrating their birthday this week include: Peter Lamort, Taylor Faczak (Jan. 6); Stephen Paul (Jan. 8); Kay Jacobson, Jim Mitton, Anne Hillmuth, Rick Holt (Jan. 9); and Mary Finley, Nancy Vories and Jake Strack Loertscher (Jan. 10).

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The Sopris Sun welcomes your letters, limited to no more than 400 words. Letters exceeding that length may be edited or returned for revisions. Include your name and residence (for publication) and a contact email and phone number. Submit letters via email to news@soprissun.com or via snail mail to P.O. Box 399, Carbondale, CO 81623. The deadline to submit letters to the editor is noon on Monday.

Responding to Tipton Dear Editor: I wonder if Rep. Tipton has noticed that the majority of the terrorist attacks in this country since 9/11 have been perpetrated by American citizens? Muslims, yes, but not immigrants. Orlando, San Bernardino, Boston, nobody from overseas involved. They were radicalized through social media. How is securing our borders going to stop them? Under President Obama’s leadership, we have beaten back the ISIS caliphate, primarily and importantly, with Iraqi and Kurdish, not American, troops. In addition, we need to discourage Middle Eastern people and states from supporting terrorist groups. The Palestinians chose Hamas to represent them on the international stage. By doing so, they have disqualiﬁed themselves from having their own state. Saudi Arabia supports Al Qaeda and Iran supports Hezbollah. That makes them rogue states and responsible for the damage done by those terrorist groups. If you want to see terrorism, wait until President Trump moves our embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Fred Mali Jr. Carbondale

The Trump gap Dear Editor: Kellyanne Conway, Trumps hypnotic surrogate, was asked if, now that Trump will be our president, will his tweets become more factual. Kellyanne answered that, “to Trump’s supporters there are no facts. What Trump says is a fact. What the media says is a lie.” This explains the gap I’ve witnessed between what my good friends, who are Trump supporters, think and the perspective of folks I know that are not his supporters. There has always been a gap between the Right’s information sources and the rest of informed Americans but now the gap promises to become an in-traversable canyon as our emboldened Republican representatives and commissioners move alt-right and become more informed by the 3 a.m. tweets of a pathological liar. At his last rally Trump told us, “I don’t need your votes now, maybe in four years, I don’t know, but I don’t need your votes now.” This is Trump speak for “I’ll be taking care of my billionaire buddies now…”. I guess we chumps are on our own again. John Hoffmann Carbondale

Thanks to the BLM Dear Editor: I am writing to commend the Bureau of Land Management for finalizing their longawaited rules to reduce methane and other pollutants from oil and gas development on public lands. By acting to reduce venting, flaring and leaks from both current and future projects, BLM is setting an important precedent for strong action on all sources of oil and gas waste and pollution and helping create a level playing field for energy devel-

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opment. These new rules are molded after Colorado’s own regulations and are a great step forward in stopping unnecessary waste by the oil and gas industry while also generating additional royalties for taxpayers. As such, it is very important for the rules to be finalized and enacted. As a concerned resident who lives surrounded by oil and gas development in Garfield County, I am heartened to see our government working to protect our air quality, health, and taxpayer dollars. These rules have gone through years of public process and have had much support from Westerners who have to live with the realities of oil and gas development in their community. A 2016 poll by Colorado College’s State of the Rockies Project found that 76 percent of Republicans in Western states — and nearly 80 percent of all registered voters in Western states — support commonsense rules that cut natural gas waste on public lands. I now call on our local officials and Congress, especially Rep. Tipton, to support these common-sense rules to help implement them under the incoming administration. The rule put forward by BLM is based on sound legal reasoning and will provide immense benefits to local communities, states, the federal government and create jobs. Colorado’s air quality rules have been cost effective and have helped reduce leaks and curb venting and flaring of our publicly owned natural gas. It is now time for the whole country to enjoy the same benefits and protections as we do here in Colorado. Betsy A. Leonard Parachute

“Go big, go bold” Editor’s note: This letter from Colorado Board of Education board member Joyce Rankin was submitted in December, and has been edited for length and continuity. Dear Editor: “Go big, go bold!” That was the message I heard at the Excellence in Education conference that I recently attended in Washington, D.C. We don’t know the details of the direction that the new federal administration will take but local school boards should be ready and take advantage of every opportunity to better serve their students and taxpayers. The state board of education will confront several challenges in 2017 including: choosing a new commissioner, evaluating schools and districts that need dramatic academic improvement, revisiting state academic standards, swearing in two newly elected state board members, and electing a chair and vice chair of the state board. As we look forward to upcoming educational challenges, let’s not forget the opportunities that will present themselves in 2017. Let’s embrace the change and “Go big, go bold!” Joyce Rankin Carbondale

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‘Voices’ brings creative story-telling to middle schoolers Carbondale-based nonprofit launches successful pilot program in 5th grade By Justin Patrick Sopris Sun Contributor It is not uncommon to worry about youth habits today. If kids are glued to screens and cell phones, are they losing the simple ability to tell a compelling story from start to finish? As importantly, can they write it down? Ask Liz Hazle’s fifth grade language arts class. For three weeks, from Thanksgiving to holiday break, Carbondale Middle School’s fifth grade class embarked on a pioneer project to use real community members and their stories as a basis for writing creative fiction. The project was made possible by Voices, a Carbondale-based nonprofit that hopes to duplicate the venture in other valley middle schools. The recent pilot program at CMS was by all accounts a resounding success. Hazle and Renee Prince, executive director of Voices, enjoyed a warm pre-existing relationship from Prince’s time at Aspen Words, when she organized poetry readings in schools. They were able to use that as a springboard for collaboration. The pair brainstormed about how to engage students to improve their creative writing. The class had recently read the novel “Esperanza Rising,” about a young immigrant girl in the 1930s. The author, Pam Muñoz Ryan, based it on her grandmother’s life, and relied heavily on interviews to reconstruct details. Hazle and Prince decided to play off this technique, and invited several community members into the classroom to share their stories and volunteer to be questioned by teams of six students. “It worked really well for fifth graders,” said teacher Liz Hazle. “They were pretty open and very curious.” The proj-

CMS fifth-graders in Liz Hazle's language arts class listen as Carbondale police officer Kelli Litzau shares her story. Photo by Justin Patrick ect relied on three pillars: listening, empathy, and sensory details. Before students were exposed to the actual stories they would be working with, they practiced their listening skills by listening to radio and podcast programs. “We listened to interviews on StoryCorps and to stories on the Moth to get them to really pay attention and listen to information, and then talk about that in a meaningful way, and write about it in a meaningful way,” Prince explained. Having brushed up on their listening skills, students heard stories provided by four valley locals. Ricardo Zivala shared his tale of travelling to the United States as a teenager and the social strife that ensued. Retired singer JoAnne Everson Anderson related her life story from growing up in rural Minnesota to becoming a professional yodeler. Carbondale police officer Kelli Litzau discussed what it was like being the only woman on the force, how to persevere in the police academy, and how she balances her work/family balance. Lastly, this reporter shared some of

his experiences as a ski instructor. Next, the students were imbued in the concept of empathy. In other words, “what the person you’re interviewing is feeling, and how you can tell how that person is feeling.” Students formulated questions as a team, and decided who would ask each question. Then, the storytellers visited the classroom and were interviewed by students, who used the responses to generate their own works of creative fiction rooted in the reality of the stories and information gathered from the interviews. Because they asked the questions, the students “felt connected to the story,” said Hazle. The resulting narratives incorporated a blend of fact and fiction, relying heavily on sensory details, and generated a gamut of creativity. “It worked out so beautifully,” said Prince. “We established a real learning culture.” Prince, who was recently inspired to head Voices, has a background as a theatre artist, actor, and youth theatre director. She received a Master’s in theatre education, and has been an arts educator since 1999, including seven years at the Creede Repertory Theatre. She moved to the valley to build out the education program for Aspen Words. “I developed a love for building arts education programs with schools,” she said. “I connected with Barbara Reese, who had an extraordinary vision for Voices.” Reese’s enthusiasm and philanthropic support allowed for Prince to take the reins of Voices and design programs to bring to classrooms. In addition to Reese, Shere Coleman and Kristin Carlson are board members. With a successful pilot program under her belt, Prince intends to fine tune the curriculum and share it with other fifth grade classes. She estimates that there are at least a dozen classrooms from Glenwood to Aspen that could benefit from this particular project, and she has passionate ideas for the future, such as bringing in mentors to work with the students individually. Learn more about Voices on their upcoming website, www.aplifyingvoices.com.

Potter an Aspen Glen one-of-a-kind Clay Center show opens Jan. 6 By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer

Frank McGuirk (left) and Fumiko Nagai (right) share the spotlight in the Carbondale Clay Center’s new show “Food Drink Flower.” McGuirk is based in Carbondale, while Nagai spends most of her time in Japan. Courtesy photo

When folks think of Aspen Glen, south of Carbondale, they usually think of big houses, a beautiful golf course, two miles of the Roaring Fork River running through it, and guarded gates that keep gawkers from meandering through on Sunday afternoon drives. Folks usually don’t think of Aspen Glen as being home to a professional potter who creates hundreds of pots, vases and other ceramic works-of-art in a studio at-

tached to his home. “It’s a full on studio, with two electric kilns,” Frank McGuirk told The Sopris Sun. He said there are no Aspen Glen covenants or homeowners association rules to prevent a potter from operating a studio in his home. To make the workspace as inconspicuous as possible, however, McGuirk put it in a garage bay that he added after this house was built. “It (the house) looks the same … there’s no signage … I might have an open house maybe one day a year.”

Locals can learn more about McGuirk, his work and what it’s like to be Aspen Glen’s only at-home professional potter, when the Carbondale Clay Center opens “Food Drink Flower” from 6 to 8 p.m. on Jan. 6. He’ll be sharing the spotlight with internationally known potter Fumiko Nagai, who teaches at Anderson Ranch Art Center twice a year. She and her mentor, Japanese artist Takashi Nakazato, will also attend the opening. Nakazato comes from an unbroken line of family potters dating back to the late 1300s, according to a Carbondale Clay Center press release; his work MCGUIRK page 9

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eral towns and cities. With every new town, he always brought along the Randall potter’s wheel that he bought when he was a student at CSU. “I wasn’t a (ceramics) professional, it was more like catch as catch can … But that wheel traveled with me for years.” In 2008, McGuirk and his wife, Linda (whom he married in 1974), bought a building site in Aspen Glen. They completed their home about a year later. McGuirk started taking classes at the Carbondale Clay Center to “rebuild” his skills. Today, he teaches at the Clay Center and is also president of its board of directors. McGuirk said he’s looking forward to sharing a show with his friend Fumiko Nagai, who he met at Anderson Ranch. “That’s a perk of living in the Roaring Fork Valley … it’s easy to be part of the Anderson Ranch” art scene.

“Anastasia,” at the corner of Fourth and Main streets, seems to evoke a bit of a “get down funky” vibe for motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians passing by. The sculpture is the work of Durango’s Dimitry Domani, and is part of the Carbondale Public Arts Commission’s 2016-2017 Art aRound Town exhibition. The next exhibition sets up in June. Photo by Lynn Burton

“I wasn’t a (ceramics) professional, it was more like catch as catch can … But that wheel traveled with me for years.”

Full circle

McGuirk’s career as a potter has come full circle in the last 40 years or so. The Grand Junction native completed an undergraduate course load in ceramics at Colorado State University in the early 1970s, then started working on a Ph.D. in psychology from the same university. After earning his doctorate, McGuirk embarked as a consultant in the mental health field, and eventually started a firm called the TriWest Group. He built the firm to become a nationwide consulting operation, then sold it to his junior partners. From TriWest, McGuirk looked to the nonprofit world for his next gig. The Mental Health Corporation of Denver, which is the delivery system of the city’s mental health system, hired him as chief operating officer. In that capacity, he worked with a staff of 500 employees. Through the years as a mental health professional, McGuirk was posted in sev-

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every Friday night. Info: 963-3340.

ROTARY â&#x20AC;˘ The Mt. Sopris Rotary meets at Mi Casita at noon every Thursday. LIVE MUSIC â&#x20AC;˘ Carbondale Beer Works serves up a jazz group from 6 to 8 p.m. every second and fourth Thursday of the month. SCHOOLHOUSE CONCERT â&#x20AC;˘ The Bad Bad Leslies, featuring mandolin prodigy Dominick Leslie and ďŹ ddler supreme Phoebe Hunt, perform at the historic Missouri Heights Schoolhouse (498 County Road 102) at 7:30 p.m. Info: www.houseofmustard.com

FRIDAY Jan. 6 FIRST FRIDAY â&#x20AC;˘ First Friday takes place at venues around town (mostly downtown). FAMILY SKATE NIGHT â&#x20AC;˘ The Carbondale Parks & Recreation Department hosts its annual family skate night at the downtown rink. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be ice skating, a bonďŹ re, roasted hot dogs and marshmallows, and hot chocolate. The recreation center will rent skates until 9 p.m. Family skate night is part of First Friday, and goes from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Info: carbondalerec.com and 510-1290.

CLAY EXHIBITION â&#x20AC;˘ The Carbondale Clay Center at the east end of Main Street presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Food Drink Flowerâ&#x20AC;? featuring new works by artists Fumiko Nagai and Frank McGuirk. The reception takes place from 6-8 p.m. on First Friday. The show will remain on display throughout the month. A special piece by world-renowned potter Nakashi Nakazato will be auctioned off, with proceeds to beneďŹ t the Carbondale Clay Center. Info: carbondaleclay.org or 963-2529. HOOPS â&#x20AC;˘ The Roaring Fork girlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and boyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball teams travel to Delta for games at 6 and 7:30 p.m. respectively. LIVE MUSIC â&#x20AC;˘ Dan & Pam Rosenthal and Friends play Colorado mountain music at Rivers Restaurant, 2525 S. Grand Ave. in Glenwood Springs.

p.m. The ďŹ lm looks at eight Americans with illnesses such as diabetes, depression, cancer, Parkinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and alcoholism as they live in the Amazon for one month, working with a Peruvian medicine man. Info: 9635516. Admission a love offering.

SUNDAY Jan. 8 MODEL AUDITIONS â&#x20AC;˘ The Launchpad hosts â&#x20AC;&#x153;Green is the New Blackâ&#x20AC;? fashion show auditions from 5 to 7 p.m. All models must be over 18. Rehearsals will begin on Jan. 25, and the actual show will take place on March 10-11. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s theme is â&#x20AC;&#x153;She,â&#x20AC;? although participants are not required to be female. Info: amy@carbondalearts.com or 963-9680.

MOVIES â&#x20AC;˘ The Crystal Theatre presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Manchester by the Seaâ&#x20AC;? (R) at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 6-7, at 2 p.m. on Jan. 8 and 7:30 p.m. Jan. 9-10, closed Jan. 11-12; â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Man Called Oveâ&#x20AC;? (PG-13) at 5 p.m. Jan. 6 and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Moonlightâ&#x20AC;? (PG-13) at 5 p.m. on Jan. 7.

CONTRA DANCE â&#x20AC;˘ The Carbondale Contra Dance takes place at the Carbondale Community School (1505 Satank Rd.) starting with beginner lessons at 7 p.m. and dancing for everyone at 7:30 p.m. Wooden Nickel will provide the music. Admission is $10 at the door. Info: marjcomer@gmail.com.

ASC â&#x20AC;˘ A Spiritual Center in the Third Street Center meets at 10 a.m. sharp (with social gathering at 9:45 a.m.) Everyone is welcome. Programs for January are: Jan. 8, open discussion; Jan. 15, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spiritual ReBooting for the New Yearâ&#x20AC;? with John and Kelly; Jan. 22, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Field Guide to Human Personalitiesâ&#x20AC;? with Paul Wagner; Jan. 29, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Consciousness, Divinity & the UniďŹ ed Fieldâ&#x20AC;? with Rex Fingeld. Info: 963-5516.

LIVE MUSIC â&#x20AC;˘ Steveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guitars in the old part of the Dinkel Building presents music

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at the Third Street Center. The suggested donation is $40. Space is limited. Info: aspiritualcenter.org@gmail.com.

MONDAY Jan. 9 PLANT-BASED NUTRITION â&#x20AC;˘ Every Monday morning at the Third Street Center, Greg Feinsinger, M.D., gives free consultations about heart attack prevention, stroke/diabetes prevention, plant-based nutrition or other medical concerns. Dr. Feinsinger is a retired family physician. For an appointment, call 379-5718. NUTRITION POWERPOINT â&#x20AC;˘ Greg Feinsinger, M.D., founder of The Center for Prevention and Treatment of Disease through Nutrition, gives a free PowerPoint presentation at the Third Street Center on the ďŹ rst Monday of every month. The presentation starts at 7 p.m. MINDFULNESS â&#x20AC;˘ The Mindful Life Program in the Third Street Center offers group sessions Mondays at 7:30 p.m. Admission is by donation and registration is not necessary. Info: mindfullifeprogram.org and 970633-0163.

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WEDNESDAY Jan. 11 NATURALIST NIGHTS • The Carbondale leg of ACES’ Naturalist Nights winter speaker series continues with “Beyond Mastodons and Mammoths: The Latest Scientiﬁc Understanding from the Snowmass Ice Age Discovery” with Stephanie Lukowski at the Third Street Center starting at 5:30 p.m. Admission is free. On Jan. 18, it’s “Welcome to Subirdia” with John Marzluff, Ph.D. from the University of Washington; and on Jan. 25 “Warmer but to What End?” with Jeff Luckas of Western Water Assessment. The series continues on Feb. 1 with “The Second Colorado Breeding Bird Atlas Project” with Lynn Wickersham of Fort Lewis College. Wilderness Workshop and Roaring Fork Audubon Society co-present the series. Bonﬁre Coffee is a co-sponsor. Info: wildernessworkshop.org. YOGA • Himalayan Yogini Devika Gurung teaches yoga at the Launchpad every Wednesday from 9 to 10:30 a.m. LIVE MUSIC • Dan Rosenthal hosts an open mic night at Rivers restaurant in Glenwood Springs every Wednesday from 8 to 10 p.m. ROTARY • The Carbondale Rotary Club meets at the Carbondale Fire Station at 6:45 a.m.

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MINDFULNESS • Mindful Life Program in the Third Street Center offers a foundations course through Feb. 21. The course will help participants integrate the four areas of mindfulness: attention, wisdom, values and an open heart into their lives in practical, accessible and universal ways. The fee is $250, but group discounts, payment plans and scholarships are available. “Our mission is to help everyone, regardless of their ability to pay,” said Mindful Life’s Laura Bartels. For info on payment plans and scholarships, e-mail admin@mindfullifeprogram.org. Other info: mindfullifeprogram.org or 970-633-0163.

SATURDAY Jan. 21 ANNUAL BANQUET • Join the Holy Cross Cattlemen’s Association as they host their 61st

annual meet-and-greet. From 12:55pm, the Public Library in Riﬂe will host the event, as refreshments, prime-rib, and dancing lead to a live auction beneﬁtting HCCA youth programs. Sign up for $30, and RSVP by Jan. 16. Info. and RSVP: Ginny Harrington, 318-0076.

FRI.-SAT. Jan. 20-21 THEATRE • Thunder River Theatre continues its run of “The Last Romance” at the Snowmass Chapel on Jan. 20-21 and 27-28. All performances are at 7:30 p.m. The play is a romantic comedy by Joe DiPietro that revolves around a senior couple (Ralph and Carol) who fall in love during a series of humorous and heartwarming meetings in a New Jersey dog park. Some of the dogs in the play are adoptable dogs from Colorado Animal Rescue (C.A.R.E.). Ticket info: thunderrivertheatre.com and 963-8200.

TUESDAY Jan. 24 RBR • Aces at Rock Bottom Ranch in El Jebel offers a pork butchery demo and pork sampler at 6 p.m. Class registration includes over $100 worth of pork cuts to take home. Class size is limited. Register at aspennature.org. Info: 927-6760.

SUNDAY Feb. 5 SCULPTURE DEADLINE • The Town of Carbondale and the Carbondale Public Arts Commission are seeking 15 original sculptures for the annual Art aRound Town exhibition. Those chosen will be displayed around Carbondale; the artists will receive $750 each upon installation. The exhibition opens on June 1 and $1,000 will be awarded for Best in Show. Submissions for entry are available at the CAFÉ (Call for Entry) website: callforentry.org. Info: carbondalegov.org.

Ongoing SENIOR MATTERS • The nonprofit Senior Matters, based in the Third Street Center, offers numerous programs for senior citizens, including: tai chi with John Norton at 8:30 a.m. on Monday and Wednesday; tai chi with Marty Finkelstein at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday; Alaprima Painters at 11 a.m. on Thursdays; the Senior Matters Book Club at 4 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of the month; and the Roaring Fork Brain Train. Info: seniorsmatter.org; Diane Johnson at 970-306-2587; and Senior Matters, Box 991, Carbondale CO, 81623.

KOROLOGOS GALLERY • The Ann Korologos Gallery in Basalt continues “Collectors Holiday” through Jan. 10. The show features Paula Schuette Kraemer, Leon Loughridge, Joel Ostlin and Sherri York. Info: Korologosgallery.com. ABA • The Art Base Annex in Basalt (174 Midland Ave.) continues the Isa Catto show “Taking Inventory: New Works.” POTLUCK • Heart Healthy Meals hosts a plantbased whole food potluck at the Third Street Center on the fourth Monday of the Month. It starts at 6:30 p.m. Info: Ardis@HeartHealthyMeals.us.

C’DALE TRUSTEES • The Carbondale Board of Trustees holds regular meetings the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at town hall starting at 6 p.m. The trustees usually hold work session at 6 p.m. on the ﬁrst and third Tuesday. Info: 963-2733 or carbondalegov.org. EMPATHS MEET • The “RFV Empaths Unite” support group meets at the Third Street Center (Room #31) from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month. Donations are accepted. Info: Kelli Welsh at 417-893-8578.

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Trustees get serious about addressing infrastructure Up to $14 million for new sewer lines By John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer Carbondale’s town government is quietly wrestling with questions about how to come up with what may be tens of millions of dollars worth of replacement and repairs to the town's aging infrastructure, meaning buried utility pipes and streets in this context. Aside from buried pipes and paved streets, it should be noted, there are other aspects to the term, “infrastructure,” such as public parking lots, building and recreational facilities, which will be covered in future articles. Difﬁcult and boring as it may be to most residents, contemplating municipal infrastructure of the type under discussion here is a critical part of the planning work done by towns, and it is of greater importance to the average citizen than he or she may understand. And Carbondale is in the middle of just that sort of planning, as Public Works Director Kevin Schorzman and his predecessor, Larry Ballenger, made clear in a recent interview. “From my perspective, I think our infrastructure is in pretty darned good shape,” said Ballenger, who recently retired following 18 years as public works director. But, as he and Schorzman conceded, there is work to be done to bring the town’s facilities up to date, a costly endeavor that may bring about increases in the water and sewer rates charged to residential and commercial users, and possible tax hikes (local voters rejected a proposed “capital improvements” property tax last April).

Reviewing the streets In general, Ballenger and Schorzman agreed, the town has managed to keep its streets in good repair, and its underground network of water and sewer pipes reliable and operational despite several years of reduced civic income related to the recession of 2008-09. But some of the town’s streets already are in need of repair and possible reconstruction. Ballenger noted in particular the concrete panels (concrete was seen as more durable than asphalt) used to pave Main, Weant and 8th streets, back in the late 1970s, which he said are showing signs of wear. Prior to the concrete street-paving project, Ballenger said, most of the town’s streets were unpaved or chip-sealed (a process of spraying oil on the dirt streets and embedding a layer of gravel in the oil to provide a type of paved surface). Those dirt streets, Ballenger continued, had been heavily compacted by years of traffic (wagons at first, then cars and trucks), which he cites as a big part of why the concrete streets have lasted as well as they have. Concrete streets, Schorzman said, typically have a useful life of 30-40 years, “and we’re right at the end of that.” Recently, the town has replaced some of the panels that were cracked by constant traffic, or which had to be pulled up for utility work under the surface. “Everything’s just coming of age,” Ballenger intoned. The same is true of the asphalt streets, which have been overlaid regularly for the

past couple of decades but now are getting to the age where some must be excavated and replaced, as already has been done for some streets in the Colorado Meadows neighborhood and along part of Barber Drive. At the least, the two experts agreed, some of the asphalt streets need to be “re-crowned,” or shaped to create a high centerline that will provide better drainage and help to preserve the paving. As of right now, Schorzman said, about 10 percent of the town’s asphalt streets are in need of some kind of immediate work, while perhaps 70 percent are in fairly good shape and the remainder are in excellent condition given their age.

people working here.” One result is that, when a valve box freezes or breaks (as one did beneath South 2nd Street recently), the site must be excavated, a new valve installed, and then the hole ﬁlled up again and paved over — which can represent an entire day’s work for a crew of four to eight people. Schorzman said he will be looking into the matter in the near future to determine if there is a way, with current stafﬁng, to regularly exercise the valve boxes.

Sewer system In the old part of town, according to ofﬁcials, sewer pipes often are made of a type

Kerplunk, kerplunkk, kerplunk. When Carbondale’s concrete streets cured in the early 1980s, the individual panels that made up the roads sometimes made a “kerplunk” noise when vehicles passed over them, because they were improperly constructed. The town extended itself ﬁnancially to build the streets, and had trouble paying off the bonds for a few years afterward. Today, just over 30 years later, the streets don’t kerplunk much anymore, but they are on the road to being worn out and are one item on the capital improvements list the trustees are discussing. Photo by Lynn Burton Roads that will need work sooner rather than later, Ballenger said, include Village Road, Meadowood Drive, and the part of Barber Drive that was not rebuilt last year.

Pipes and such Also under scrutiny are the town’s water and sewer pipes. The water pipes in the old part of town are mainly cast iron, and “seem to be in really good shape,” Ballenger said, though there are places where old four-inch pipes need to be “upsized” to six- or eight-inch diameters to accommodate increased volumes of water as the town grows. He said the pipes appear to be holding up well, and not deteriorating due to electrolytic corrosion (a common issue with older pipes) associated with connecting the iron pipes to copper tubing that carries the water into many local homes. Ballenger conceded that one potential problem — the breakdown or seizure of valve boxes used to temporarily turn water service off or on — is becoming more acute as time passes and budget cutbacks eliminate jobs at Town Hall. Schorzman agreed, saying that it would be best for the life of the water delivery system if town employees could regularly “exercise” the valve boxes to keep them in good working order. But, he said, he lacks the staff to do so, a condition that is not likely to change soon because “nobody would want to see that many

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of clay that dates back decades, although many have been “sleeve-lined” with a plastic-based material intended to lengthen the pipes’ lifespan. In more recently developed parts of town, the pipes typically are some type of plastic. The town used to spend considerable sums of money to hire outside contractors to “scope” sections of sewer pipe to identify blockages, but the town now has its own equipment to do that job, Schorzman said — thus saving money and allowing for quicker response when sewers get blocked up. Part of that effort to keep the town’s infrastructure up and running is an ongoing study by the SGM engineering company to determine whether the town’s current schedule of water and sewer rates (the fees charged to local residents for water and sewer service) is sufﬁcient to meet the funding needs of future system upgrades, whether for water or sewer. At a recent work session with the Board of Trustees, consulting engineer Louis Meyer of SGM indicated that over the next 20 years or so the town needs to grapple with raising rates at some point, and possibly impose higher taxes, in order to provide a ﬁnancial cushion for future infrastructure repairs and replacement. Meyer, along with Ballenger, Schorzman and Utilities Director Mark O’Meara, has been working on updating the town’s 20-year water and wastewater master plan, which would be meant to guide the town’s infra-

structure work until the year 2035. In a slideshow Meyer presented to the Trustees on Dec. 20, he reported that the town’s current peak water demand is two million gallons per day, or gpd (the system’s capacity is around three million gpd), but that demand is expected to rise to more than 3.2 gpd by the hear 2035, Meyer said. To back up these figures, Meyer’s presentation noted that the town’s present population is about 6,700, up from about 6,400 in 2010, the year of the most recent census. The presentation also stated that Carbondale grew by about 24 percent between the years 2000 and 2010, and that the town’s new comprehensive plan calls for the population to grow to more than 11,000 by 2035. To cover the resultant increased demand for water and sewer services, he continued, the town should plan for a water-treatment system capacity of four million gpd, including a need to add a fourth well to the town’s three existing water wells along the Roaring Fork River. The town’s other water sources are springs at Nettle Creek, dating to 1911, and two newer wells adjacent to the Crystal River, though the Crystal River wells currently are out of service due to a state health department order concerned about surfacewater contamination. At Nettle Creek, according to Utilities Director Mark O’Meara, the main trunk line carrying water from the treatment plants was installed in 1974. And while the line “has aged very well” over the decades, O’Meara said, it will need to be replaced at some point, probably sooner rather than later. Overall, Meyer indicated, the town could be facing as much as $21 million in costs of upgrading and fixing its aging water delivery system. A similar need for upgrades in the next decade or two, Meyer said, is evident concerning the town’s sewer system. In a chart distributed to the trustees, Meyer indicated that Carbondale’s 13 miles of sewer collection lines are presently valued at about $8.2 million, but replacement of the lines could cost up to $14 million. Meyer said the town has been “fiscally responsible” in managing its rate structures over the past eight years, in terms of keeping rates low. But now, he said, the town needs to get more active in planning for future infrastructure projects, which he said will be triggered by state law once the water and wastewater treatment plants get close to their current capacity in terms of delivery of services. And the best way to meet that costly future, he said, is to raise water and sewer rates charged to users, as well as tap fees charged for tying new customers to the town’s systems. The trustees held a wide ranging discussion about Meyer’s information, but were alarmed at the amounts of money that will be needed and about the idea of imposing big hikes in user rates and tap fees. They instructed Meyer, working with town staff, to keep massaging the numbers and return to the BOT with a list of options for meeting the town's future funding needs that might not place too much of a burden on the taxpayers.

Purple Haze Retirement Homers remember Bundy 40-years later By Pat Noel PHRH Staff Writer Since this column from the Purple Haze Retirement Home newsletter is usually dedicated to talking about dead people, then-Valley Journal editor Pat Noel is taking the opportunity to reflect on the late Ted Bundy as we prepare to observe 40 years since his brief residency in the Roaring Fork Valley. He was the stuff of nightmares if you were a young woman, back in the day. A crocodile id concealed by the comfortable face of a guy who looked like the picture of the guy who was “Salesman of the Month” at a moderately successful automobile dealership, where you almost bought a car. There’s no certainty when Call-me-Ted began killing women but in a series of confessions just before he died in the electric chair at Florida State Prison, he admitted that he’d “mastered the necessary skills” as a high schooler in Tacoma, Washington in the 1960s, just about the time female high school and college students in the Pacific Northwest began disappearing at the rate of about one per month. By the early 1970s, legions of investigators from a handful of police jurisdictions had finally figured out that they had a serial

killer on their hands and formed a task until (putrefaction) made further interforce to stop the carnage. Although they course impossible.” had finally gotten on Call-me-Ted’s trail, There were no witnesses to the kidnapthey didn’t yet know who he was and clues pings or kills, although there were several rewere hard to come by. ports by people who had seen a clean cut But here’s what they did know: “handsome young man” in the area around … the women were all young, attractive, the time of the disappearances. His arm in a white, with long sling or a cast, or hobbling COMMENTARY brown hair parted in on crutches, he seemed to the middle; and in that be asking young women if era, those kind of pothey would help him load tential victims were something into his car, inabout as hard to find variably described as a as a mustache in Mex“tan VW.” ico. Apparently selected at The “VW” was, of course, random and taken at night, the fabled “Beetle,” aka “The they were here one minute Bug.” Most were white, blue and gone the next, their nude and red but all eventually had bodies discovered much later been scorched to tan because in lonely places far from they had crappy paint jobs. In where they were kidnapped. the 1960s and 1970s, they were In most cases, their skulls recheap, vaguely reliable and vealed severe head trauma there were gazillions of them. and ligature marks were found on their Call-me-Ted loved his Volkswagen. wrists suggesting they had been bludgeoned and handcuffed before being taken to what Passenger seat removed was called the “secondary crime scene” Maybe because it struck a spark in his where they were raped and murdered. The fascist brain stem, the car having been first cause of death was always the same: stran- conceived of and produced by Adolph gulation. In several cases there was evi- Hitler and his buddy, Ferdinand Porsche, in dence to suggest the killer returned days 1937 as a “people’s car” that sold for less and sometimes weeks later to visit the ca- than 1,000 Reich marks (about $140) and daver and would carefully brush its hair, which Der Fuhrer would regularly declare apply makeup to the face and perform was “intended for the broad masses … its “sexual acts with the decomposing corpse purpose is to give them job.” Call-me-Ted’s

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Obituaries Clifford Cerise

Don Smith Ross

1929-2016

1930-2016

Clifford Oscar Cerise, 87, of Carbondale passed away on Dec. 30, 2016 with his family by his side. Clifford was born the ďŹ rst of four children on Nov. 30, 1929 in Carbondale to Oscar and Wilma (Antonelli) Cerise. He spent his entire life as a rancher in Carbondale on the family ranch. Clifford graduated from Carbondale Union High School in 1948 and went on to attend Colorado A&M College in Ft. Collins. He returned home to work on the family ranch until his retirement. In 1951, he married Maecille Tibbetts and they raised three children together on the ranch. In 1984, Clifford married Marcia (Bunn) Salas and she brought two children into the family. Clifford enjoyed the ranching life and took pride in his ďŹ ne herd of cattle. He always had a good story to tell about his ancestors and their lives. He always enjoyed going to sporting events to watch his children and grandchildren. Clifford is survived by his wife Marcia; son Robert (Lisa) Cerise; daughter Toni Cerise; son Michael (Eva) Cerise; daughters Janice Hessel and Brenda Grumley; grandchildren Jessica (Adam) Cerise-Longnecker, Thomas Cerise, Nick (Roxanne) Hessel, Kim (Nick) Broetzman, Keenan (April) Grumley, and Hannah Grumley. He is survived by his two sisters, Evelyn Showalter and Betty Hackbarth, and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. Clifford was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Douglas. A celebration of his life will be held this Saturday, Jan. 7 at 2 p.m. in the Gathering Center at the Orchard, 110 Snowmass Drive, Carbondale, with Pastor Doug Self ofďŹ ciating.

After two decades of ďŹ ghting CLL, Don Smith Ross passed away on Dec. 22, 2016 at the age of 86, at the Delta Memorial Hospital, Delta, Colorado. Don was born July 29, 1930, in Englewood, Colorado, the second of two sons of E.C. and Floy Smith Ross. He spent most of his life in Iowa and Wisconsin before retiring in 1994 to Paonia, Colorado. An impassioned academic, Don received a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, a MA in Music from Colorado State College and a BA from the Colorado State College of Education, (now known as the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado) and a BD from a seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A gifted educator, he got tremendous joy from teaching others (much to the chagrin of family members, who often got â&#x20AC;&#x153;schooledâ&#x20AC;? whether they wanted to or not). He taught music in Wyoming, Michigan and Nebraska. Don was an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and served a pastorate in Wapello, Iowa. He then taught at Eastern Iowa Community College in Muscatine, Iowa. Don had a 24-year teaching career as a professor, including his role as the head of the Philosophy and Religious Studies Department at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater at Whitewater, Wisconsin. During this tenure he spent laborious hours developing new and challenging courses. Although having a full teach-

ing schedule, he went the extra mile for his students, committing to an open door policy and generous ofďŹ ce hours for those seeking extra assistance. An N Scale model train enthusiast, model railroading had been a lifelong hobby. Growing up in Denver, his father worked for the Rio Grande railroad, where both he and his brother became fascinated by the history of Colorado railroading. This exploration led Don to build an elaborate train display, which consumed many hours for him and his Director of Scenery, his wife Carolyn. Family was extremely important to Don, and many happy hours were spent camping, hiking and chatting with friends and relatives. Don was predeceased by his parents; his brother, Edgar Cecil Ross; Jr. and his sister-in-law, Florence Ross. He is survived by the love of his life, Carolyn Perkins Ross, whom he met and married in Iowa City over 57 years ago. He is also survived by his two children, Jocelyn Ross Murray of Basalt, Colorado and Thad Ross of Rio Rancho, New Mexico, and their spouses, Patrick Murray and Wendy Weitkunat Ross; a brother in-law Donald Perkins of Newton, Iowa; beloved grand-daughter Brooke Murray of Boulder, Colorado; and two treasured grandsons, Braedin Ross and Kian Ross both of Rio Rancho; and several nephews, nieces and cousins. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held at a later date. In lieu of ďŹ&#x201A;owers, memorials can be made to Oncology Department-DMCH, the North Fork Ambulance Association, or the Leukemia Lymphoma Society.

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County jail in Glenwood Springs and as details of his â&#x20AC;&#x153;allegedâ&#x20AC;? killing spree began to surface in the media, his mere presence scared the shit out of every woman in the Valley. But surely, they believed, a douchebag of this magnitude would certainly be well guarded, heavily shackled, under constant surveillance and never-everever be allowed to escape. After all, he was THE REAL thing that went bump in the night. Even if he said he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do it, you knew he did. You saw his picture in the paper: the handsome face with his mouth in an ever present half-smirk and the caption that said â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not guilty.â&#x20AC;? And then you looked at the eyes and said to yourself: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Liar.â&#x20AC;? Willy, oh Willy Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a-feared for my life Willy, oh Willy Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a-feared for my life I believe you mean to murder me And leave me behind. Polly, pretty Polly You guessed it about right Polly, pretty Polly You guessed it about right I been digginâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; your grave Since the best part of part of last night. (Appalachian Traditional) (Next time: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Rise of the Posse Comitatus.â&#x20AC;?)

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Lynn Burton: Colorado adventure turns out well Forty years and counting By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Staff Writer Departing Sopris Sun editor Lynn Burton has seen a lot of change in the journalism landscape in almost four decades working for an array of local dailies and weeklies. “A lot of reporters and photographers have come and gone. I was really fortunate a lot of times, with the economic ups and downs and papers opening and closing and coming under new ownership, to somehow or other hang on,” he said. “I’m a pretty good photographer for a writer, and I’m a pretty good writer for a photographer. I think what really kept me in the newspaper game in the Roaring Fork Valley is that I’m able to do both.” It hasn’t always been a clear path. Born in 1949, Burton and his two brothers had a “typical middle class, suburban post World War II upbringing” in Oklahoma City. After high school, he enrolled at the University of Oklahoma (OU) as a business major, which he “ﬁgured was more practical than the liberal arts.” Part way through his degree, the allure of the mountains became too hard to resist, and he dropped out with a friend to become a “ski bum” in Aspen. He was already familiar with Colorado from visiting his uncle in Denver as a kid. “I’d never been to the mountains before, and we got up here and I thought it was pretty cool,” he recalled. “It was just the logical place to come.” His first stint in the state didn’t last long, but after returning to Oklahoma to finish his degree, he moved to Boulder in 1975 and stayed until 1979. That was when the ski factory where he worked closed down, and he began to contemplate a new direction. “I decided it was time for a career change,” he said. “I’d heard about Colorado Mountain College and its photo program.” He made the move and, after shooting a few photos for the Free Weekly Newspaper in Glenwood Springs, he got a job as a production manager right out of school. It was a far different experience from what he does today. “The reporters literally had typewriters. You would hand that to the typesetter and she would put it on a little rack and print it out into strips. We’d paste it up on a grid sheet, and for photos, you’d develop your ﬁlm, do a print, use a gigantic copy camera to make a halftone, and that’s the way it was done,” he recalled. “It wasn’t very long after that we got computers. Now everything’s digital. Sometimes I have to remind myself that it really is faster. I don’t think you could put out a weekly the way we put it out now.”

Seizing the chance He seized the chance to learn the trade, and soon began to branch out. “Once I got that job and started shooting pictures, I got more and more into photojournalism. From there, it wasn’t

Although Lynn Burton’s headgear during Mountain Fair 2003 was, let’s say, unique, it did protect him from from UV rays and he has, as a result, aged nicely, like a ﬁne wine. Photo by Jane Bachrach long before I was writing stories as well,” he said. “The more I did it, the more I started to like it and realize the importance of newspaper, especially in a small town. You’re writing about things that really affect people’s lives, sometimes on a daily basis.”

appealing vibe. He remembers covering an early KDNK talent show at Barry’s Garage on Main Street. “It was more of a small town (versus Glenwood), and I was kind of able to weasel my way into the culture as a photographer and reporter,” he said. “If you’re a newspaper person, you can get into a lot of places and in with people you wouldn’t otherwise be able to.” When a position opened up at the Valley Journal in 1987, he jumped at the chance. Shortly thereafter, he bought a building lot near Sopris Park. “For me, it was a great time and place to be,” he said. “Carbondale was on the upswing. KDNK, the Arts Council, Mountain Fair… everything was rolling along going forward.” Burton was at the Journal through several owners until around 2000, when he was pushed out of his editorial role due to conﬂicts with the publisher. He went to work for the Glenwood Independent and made it through the merger with the Glenwood Post. “I’d never worked for a daily before, and I sort of expected it to be some sort of a total hysterical frenzy all day long. I was really surprised at how low key it was,” he recalled.

“I’m a pretty good photographer for a writer, and I’m a pretty good writer for a photographer. I think what really kept me in the newspaper game in the Roaring Fork Valley is that I’m able to do both.”

like trying to put out a newspaper in the middle of a prison riot.” He came back to Carbondale after being laid off in the depths of the Great Recession, splitting Sopris Sun editorial duties with Terray Sylvester for a while before taking over full time. “The Sun was based on the Valley Journal, and I really liked the Journal,” he observed. “We’re bucking a trend as an independently operated weekly newspaper. All the decisions concerning The Sun are made right here in Carbondale.” He also had the chance to work with his longtime girlfriend, Jane Bachrach. The couple also share a radio show every other Thursday from 2 to 4 p.m. on KDNK. On the air and elsewhere he’s known as Jake – a solution offered by Jane when he expressed discontent with his name. “She asked me what name I’d like, and I’d always liked the name Jack,” he recalled. “She said “No, but how about Jake?”” The Jake and Jane show has proven to be a great creative outlet. “I’ve always liked music, but I don’t really play an instrument. Doing a radio show allows me and people like me to put together different kinds of music for other people enjoy,” he observed. “It’s an eclectic mix, and we (Jane and he) just kind of get goofy and banter back and forth.” As the face of The Sun for much of its existence and a longtime community ﬁgure, Burton is trying to ﬁgure out what’s next. The board’s decision to seek a new editor didn’t come at the best time for him, although he has the option to stay on half time for several months. After that … “It’s kind of up in the air. I can’t afford to legitimately retire,” he said. “I think Jane and I might give Dolores a look. I’d kinda like to keep at least one foot in the state.” Despite yet another setback, he remains cautiously optimistic and doesn’t regret his choice of career and community. “It’s worked out great,” he said.

It was also the height of Hunter S. Thompson’s inﬂuence, particularly near his home base at Woody Creek. Burton, who had written to Thompson while he was still at OU, certainly felt it. “I used to just write some free form letters to my friends and family – stream of conscious kind of stuff – and they liked them,” he recalled. “I really liked Hunter Thompson’s style of writing, and once I started at the Free Weekly, they let me write like that. I was a third-rate gonzo journalist, but I thought maybe I could work my way up to second rate and it might take me somewhere.” Living in the Roaring Fork Valley, he had several encounters with the famous journalist. The ﬁrst time, Burton was still at CMC and working at a liquor store in Glenwood when HST came in for a pack of Heineken. He paid with a check, which he said wouldn’t bounce, “or we’re all in trouble.” “I thought about keeping the check, and just sticking five bucks in the till, but I didn’t have five bucks to spare,” Burton recalled. Later, when Thompson asked for a copy of a picture Burton had taken of him at the Woody Creek Tavern, he agreed to share a beer at the Tavern in exchange.

When the Post Independent let him go, he got a job as night editor at the Aspen Daily News. “That was a crazy group of people,” he said. “I remember telling people that it was

Coming to Carbondale

Lynn Burton at the Third Street Street Center, where The Sopris Sun calls home. Burton also edited, wrote stories and shot photos from 1987-2000 at Valley Journal ofﬁces downtown on Main Street, and on Fourth Street. Photo by Jane Bachrach

Meanwhile, Burton also became more familiar with Carbondale, which offered an

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