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It’s hard to imagine something more quintessential Salon act than a trio of harps. Popular in France in the 17th and 18th centuries, Salons aimed to please or educate through a set of varied performances in an intimate setting. They came to our place and time thanks to Ayla Howe (back), most recently at The Launchpad on Jan. 12. The harpists were Don Hilsberg (left), Janet Harriman (center) and John McColley (right), all of whom have extensive performance backgrounds and hail from different parts of the state.

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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.

Rage at the (driverless) machine

Although I’m seriously opposed to armed insurrection, I empa- cruisin’ for a bruisin’? General Motors, owner of the Cruise rothize with the folks who have assaulted driverless cars in Arizona. bot-car startup, has filed 22 state-required accident reports on its In Glendale, there have been least 21 attacks: by assailants wield- driverless cars, the most of any company. All 22 reports concern ing guns, slashing tires, throwing rocks and even threatening a driv- the Cruise. erless van’s attendant with a chunk of PVC pipe. It’s also happening Aside from safety and efficiency, the big promise of automain California. Individuals there have battered Google tion was that it would enable people to work less, driverless cars, while gangs have also thrown rocks giving them more time to enjoy life. That wasn’t at the Google bus — the one that takes tech workers what I saw a decade ago in San Francisco. My tech from San Francisco to jobs in Silicon Valley. friends were working 70- and 80-hour weeks and I’m pretty tech savvy. For years, I lived in San had little time for spouses, kids, concerts or even Francisco and worked in Silicon Valley, doing marsleep. Meanwhile, my non-tech friends were being keting for a computer-aided design company. I generpriced out of housing. ally understand how software works, and a couple It’s worse now. Hundreds of teachers, postal years ago, I visited an exhibition on robotics at the clerks and service workers now live out of their cars Denver Museum of Nature and Science. There, I in Silicon Valley. Their paychecks simply don’t sync learned how the software that pilots a driverless car with the area’s tech economy. works; it superimposes a 360-degree scan of radar Of course, the reason that Lyft and Uber are so and lidar sensors onto a detailed road map. tenaciously testing autonomous cars is that they Unfortunately, most digital mapping software want to eliminate their biggest expense — paying creates a 2-D rather than a 3-D representation, one drivers. Douglass Rushkoff, author of the 2016 that doesn’t understand topography, seasons or book, “Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus,” has weather. That’s why truckers, prompted by Google said that companies like Lyft and Uber personify and Garmin, have repeatedly made futile attempts what has gone wrong with the digital economy. to use Independence Pass when Glenwood Canyon By Nicolette Toussaint Their drivers are barely subsisting, while the ownhas been closed! ers grow obscenely wealthy.

My brother Warren, a physicist who works at Silicon Valley’s While Silicon Valley provides an extreme example, it’s not an Xerox PARC research facility, has told me that driverless cars outlier. A 2017 study found that a minimum-wage job would enpromise huge fuel savings. When grouped into convoys and con- able a worker to rent a one-bedroom apartment in just 12 counties trolled by computer, cars on freeways can draft one another like — not 12 counties in Colorado, but 12 counties in the entire United bike racers or geese. The result? Better per-person fuel efficiency States! The problem is worse in tech centers like Denver, but growthan bus, rail or air travel offers. ing everywhere. The mismatch between housing costs and pay is a What’s more, computers generally drive better than humans. major reason young people can’t stay here in Carbondale.

Software doesn’t get tired, angry, impatient or drunk. It slavishly All this leaves me with conflicted feelings about automation: follows the rules of the road, while humans don’t. Companies ex- I would be happy to read while a Roomba cleaned my floor, but perimenting with driverless cars have found that most accidents I avoid City Market’s self-serve checkout lanes. When I’m in a have been caused by the erratic behavior of humans, specifically hurry and try to use them, there’s usually some time-consuming humans outside their cars; other drivers following too close, mak- snafu. Plus, I really like the Dales and the cheery “Hello, milady,” ing sudden turns or driving too fast; pedestrians unexpectedly I get from Delma when she rings up my groceries. Those folks are jumping off the sidewalk or attacking their vehicles. my neighbors, and I want them to have jobs.

Arizona police cited Eric O’Polka for repeatedly using his Jeep All in all, I’m left raging at “the machine”— the driverless veto force driverless vans off the road. His reason: a self-driving hicle our economy has become. It seems uber-heartless, in need of vehicle nearly ran over O’Polka’s 10-year-old son in a cul-de-sac human intervention before it reduces wide swaths of the populanear his home. tion to financial roadkill.

A year ago in January, a San Francisco pedestrian attacked a self-driving Chevy Cruise, shouting and body-slamming the car’s Nicolette Toussaint is a current Sopris Sun board member. The rear bumper and hatch. Perhaps the Cruise has become a target, views expressed here are solely those of the author.

OPINION

Seeking Higher Ground

Letters

Dear Editor: Front page makes me smile Photo captures shared moment Jane is a treasure Bob Schultz Carbondale

Lost and found Dear Editor: Sad sight on sidewalk Little red knitted mitten Cold right hand somewhere JM Jesse Glenwood Springs

Gaining the world; losing the self Dear Editor: My name is Sandra Lopez, the person who took sanctuary in Carbondale for

10 months. Thank you very much to my community, and to the Two Rivers Unitarian Universalist congregation. Thanks to all of you, I kept my family together and was protected from deportation.

I also thank The Sopris Sun for this opportunity to express myself as a human being.

With simple sincerity, I write to you with a deeply broken heart, because my humanity has again been denied. My father died on Jan. 2, 2019, at 6:42 p.m. My mother died on Feb. 26, 2014, at 6 a.m.

I know exactly when they died because I could not be there. I don’t have legal status in the U.S., so I could not travel to see my parents before they died. I cannot mourn and grieve with my family when my father is buried because they are in Mexico. The immigration system crimi-

nalizes 11 million immigrants, when supposedly we are in a country full of democracy. I am talking about a broken, cruel and inhumane system.

How unfair that I had to settle for a simple phone call to say farewell to my parents, with tears in my eyes unable to give them one last embrace; the impotence of asking their forgiveness over the phone. But the love and understanding of parents is priceless. My parents understood that this cruelty happened because of the selfish and unjust laws of man.

This most basic right — to be with our loved ones when they die — was taken from me. Mom and Dad, I did not have the opportunity to say goodbye to you and hold you. What the destructive power of man does not realize is that love will LETTERS page 14

Correction: Justin Patrick’s ice floe story on Jan. 10 misattributed his role with The Sun. He is, in fact, a correspondent.

Also, Ella DeMeyer’s last name was misspelled in the Dec. 20 “Spruce up The Sun” edition.

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FootSteps Marketing making strides in wellness consciousness

By Megan Tackett Sopris Sun Staff First, it was a mindfulness and self-compassion workshop.

Financial wellness is next on the docket at FootSteps Marketing.

Sydney Schalit, general manager turned FootSteps CEO, lights up when she talks about it.

“We were all just sitting in a sweet little circle with a gong in the middle, then we kind of got back at it,” she said. “I started about a year and a half ago, and about three months in decided to form a wellness committee. This year, we decided to do quarterly wellness seminars where we have a wellness expert come in, we provide snacks or whatever and then they host a wellness seminar for us. This one was called Mindfulness 101, and it was talking about the really important ways your brain pathways were formed in childhood and how you can adjust and improve upon those with simple mindfulness practices throughout your work day.”

didn’t want “wellness” to get reduced to merely a New Year’s resolution, so she approached her team about what would be most effective.

“We have a reimbursement program for when you make purchases and that sort of thing, but we really wanted to make sure we weren’t just encouraging weight loss or fitness things that aren’t critical to our success,” she continued.

Schalit and the FootSteps crew have a close-up view of wellness,

FootSteps Marketing Founder Pat Curry brought in his singing bowl for an afternoon break to breathe, center and generally “check in” following the Mindfulness 101 seminar the previous day.

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“We try to encourage, every hour, please leave your desk. Please go for a walk. We have three dogs, take any of them!”

– Sydney Schalit FootSteps CEO

CEO Sydney Schalit (left), Nancy Herandez and Taylor Rogers practice self compassion and laughter, with canine sidekicks Juney and Saul supervising. Photo by Megan Tackett As far as Schalit is concerned, happier, healthier employees make for better, more productive employees, so she’s doing everything she can to ensure her team’s wellness. The office space is simultaneously open — you won’t find any cubicle walls — and still offers privacy. There’s a canine patrol to greet visitors and keep laps warm, too.

“We try to encourage, every hour, please leave your desk.

Please go for a walk. We have three dogs, take any of them!”

Schalit laughed.

The added wellness seminars first took root back in October, she explained, as the upcoming holidays necessarily meant increased client demands and deadlines. But, she said, she

which is why the next seminar will be financially focused.

“Financial stress has always been hugely important,” she said, especially in the Roaring Fork Valley. “We’re surrounded by this epic, natural beauty, and we’re supposed to have the access and the time and the wherewithal to have the gear to play in these places. This year, I wasn’t able to afford a ski pass because I had stuff come up all year. You can still get out and do it, but there are financial boundaries that keep us from being able to experience this.”

And just as FootSteps arms its clients with an educational component about digital marketing strategies, Schalit wants to make sure staff receives proper finan-

cial education. One of the agency’s own growth goals includes being able to offer employees full benefits packages, but that’s not quite a reality just yet.

“We are not totally able right now as a company to offer a 401k program, so offering the education around the importance of saving and how you can do it just with Alpine Bank and their special savings accounts, why maybe an HSA is a really good option for a healthcare benefit and things like that. It’s just… us trying to help,” she said.

Sticking to their guns This does not feel like the typical marketing agency, an industry that often has a “burn and churn” reputation that demands

long hours and intense work loads. And yet the work still gets done at FootSteps — it’s work that the team feels good about.

That, too, was an intentional cultural shift. Founder Pat Curry couldn’t be happier about it.

“Pat started FootSteps, and with that, we developed this really large Ace [Hardware] retailer base — we have over 200 that we work with — and from there, we branched out to outdoor retailers, like sporting good stores all over the country,” Schalit explained about the agency’s history. “And we got in with a group that made a pretty significant political shift towards the end of the Obama administration: a significant amount of those outdoor retailers suddenly became gun retailers.

Then I came in in the middle of 2017, and was just getting the lay of the land with FootSteps, and, for lack of better words, we just had a full coming to Jesus. There was the Vegas shooting and then there was the Parkland shooting, and after both of those shootings, those retailers put guns on sale.

And we had the really unfortunate duty as their marketing firm to develop and deploy — literally — sales on automatic weapons.

It was heart wrenching; we couldn’t stomach it.”

Employees even started approaching Schalit about their personal struggles around the issue.

She shared them, so there was an

executive meeting on the matter.

“It took some convincing, mostly because of the financial impact we were anticipating, and it became one of those crosses I was willing to die on. Off the top of my head, I can count 30 nonprofits in the Valley that we could be supporting just to fix our corporate karma.”

That’s exactly what they’ve done. Curry is back in a sales role, which he loves, reconnecting with his home community and fostering a more local client base. ‘“I get goosebumps … just the very reminiscing of that transition: me as a business person perhaps too acculturated to business and seeing that that’s what should happen, and not having the courage or the vision or the command of the team to make a step like that, and then changing the culture consciously by making a choice in a CEO and saying, ‘Here, please,’” he said. “My favorite role was all the good ol’s calling me, telling me I was losing control of my company, and me informing them exactly the opposite was true: I think we finally have control of our company.”

It’s garnering attention from the community in return. On Wednesday, Jan. 16, the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce and Health Links presented FootSteps the first-ever Wellness Conscious Business of the Year Award.

True Nature Healing Center wins Business of the Year in Carbondale FootSteps Marketing wasn’t the only one awarded for its contributions to the town’s business community; True Nature Healing Center won the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce’s Business of the Year Award at the Jan. 16 Business After Hours event at the Third Street Center.

“A lot of people in the community have taken ownership in a way that’s really positive in the sense that they really look at True Nature, the peace garden and now the kiva as theirs in a way. It’s our town’s,” co-founder Eaden Shantay told the Sopris Sun in a March interview last year.

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Bank on it

Two competing editions of The Sun hit stands last week — one from our staff and another by 8-year-old Lucy Sparhawk.

Complete with our logo, a prominent cover photo, content and ads, this page turner left us confident in the future of local journalism.

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Alpine Bank is assisting furloughed federal government employees with loans to offer support in this time of uncertainty. These unique loans, up to one month’s salary, will be set up as ready reserve lines of credit, and payment will not be due for six months after the government shutdown ends. This is the third time in the past 25 years the Carbondale-founded chain has implemented this type of support to federal employees. For more information, visit your nearest branch.

Skating by Even before Ski for Sisu, there’s plenty going on at Spring Gulch. Catch Ragged Mountain Sports’ skate ski clinics from 10 a.m. to noon Jan. 23 and Feb. 20 — swing by the shop the day before to nab a setup. If you already have the skills, put them to the test in “Noduro” races starting at 10 a.m. Jan. 20 and Feb. 24, with three time segments for all ages — pre-register with a suggested donation of $10 to team@raggedmountainsports.com.

his master’s degrees in business and health administration from the University of Colorado Denver. He worked for Denver Hospice for two years and recently received his nursing home administrator certification.

Home stage The Crawlin’ Ferlies have found a weekly home at Carbondale Beer Works, with performances slated for 6:30 p.m. every Tuesday through the end of February.

Relax, grab a brew and enjoy some live acoustic Celtic and bluegrass.

Making a splash A one-of-a-kind swimming pool designed by Poss Architecture + Planning and Interior Design — an Aspen firm with an office in Carbondale — is the subject of Sunday’s encore episode of HGTV’s “Pool in My House.”

Tune in at 9 p.m. (check local listings) as Bill Poss discusses the inspiration for the indoor-outdoor pool, part of the spectacular Four Peaks Ranch. The seven-bedroom, eight-bath estate sits on 876 breathtaking acres and has been featured in many local and national magazines like Luxe, Aspen Peak and DCD Home.

Keeping score

Take action Interested in building a stronger community and making new friends? Learn what it takes to be a volunteer tutor with English In Action from 5:30 to 8 p.m.

Jan. 22 at 33 Gillespie Dr. No teaching experience or Spanish language skills necessary.

Dare to explore Living on Colorado’s Western Slope, it’s always a good idea to prepare your youngest kids for outdoor adventures.

Through the last week of April, Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers will be hosting a once-a-month indoor series focused on preparing our youngest kids for outdoor adventures. Students from pre-k through fifth grade are invited to play active games, create fun crafts, and explore the library during scavenger hunts, all while learning about how to get outside from 4 to 5 p.m. the third Thursday of the month at the Carbondale Branch Library. More info at 927-8241.

In her book Local Linda Criswell recently released a new book: “Watermelon Snow” (tinyurl.com/yacy9b8e). Underneath the Sopris-splashed cover, “a woman moves to an end-of-theroad community populated by quirky characters, tough old timers, and folks who value the qualities of understatement and simplicity.” That doesn’t sound familiar at all.

The Roaring Fork Ram basketball girls suffered a narrow 50-48 loss to Delta in their first league game of the season on Jan. 11, while the boys fell 40-31. They’ll both travel to Olathe on Jan. 18.

In loving memory A celebration of Jim Calaway’s life will be begin promptly at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 2 at The Orchard, with a move to the Third Street Center at noon. See the ad on page 8 for more information.

Proud heritage

They say it’s your birthday

Heritage Park Care Center, one of 29 skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities in Colorado managed by Life Care Centers of America, is welcoming a new executive director, Brian Zaragoza. Originally from Dover, Delaware, Zaragoza earned his undergraduate degree in business management from the University of Alabama and earned

Folks celebrating another year of life this week include: Katrina Byars and Brenda Buchanan (Jan. 17); Shannon Pelland and Lois Hayes (Jan. 19); Olivia Emery and Lewis Cooper (Jan. 20); Taylor Wagner and Peter Green (Jan. 22); Hone Williams, Jack Green, Becca Rogers and Christine Hill Smith (Jan. 23).

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Survey seeks to help folks keep their furry friends

By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Staff As Executive Director of Colorado Animal Rescue, Wes Boyd has watched renters struggle with the choice between their pets and a place to live.

“We noticed that there are a large number of animals that come into the shelter that are displaced from their homes due to rental restrictions. It’s the single largest reason that people have to give up their pets,” he said. “We’ve seem families with kids or elderly citizens forced to give up their cat or dogs. It’s heart wrenching.There’s no love like the love of an animal. If it’s not in your life, it’s missing from your life.”

So, Boyd decided to do something about it. After participating in the Roaring Fork Leadership Academy, he pitched a civic project called the Pet Friendly Housing Initiative, which ended up being one of five selected.

It starts with a online survey for tenants, landlords and others, at surveymonkey.com/r/PetFriendlyHousingSurvey — with a $100 White House Pizza gift certificate on the line for one randomly selected participant.

Boyd and the rest of “Team Scratch and Sniff” hope questions like, “Would you be willing to pay more for pet friendly housing?” or “What factors have influenced your decision to allow or not allow pets?” will shed some light on the situation.

“It’s very short and straightforward. It should take less than five minutes,” said Leadership Liaison Kim Wells. “We’re looking for concrete answers on what those barriers are so we can offer some support.”

Indeed, the survey invites participants to respond to some ideas, like legal help with lease language, a central location for pet-friendly listings or financial support for damages.

“People may be stuck in a mindset that’s not accurate,” Boyd said. “We expect there to be a lot of reasoning about pets doing damage in the home. Also, a lot of HOAs have bylaws that just restrict pets in rental units, and we hope that’s just because they’ve been in place for a long time and they’re difficult to change.

We’re hoping to offer some alternative stories that could influence property owners decisions and highlight the benefits of pets for families.”

While Welles is looking forward to having trends and concrete information to work with, there’s no shortage of anecdotal information in the meantime. An inquiry in the “Roaring Fork Rentals &

Toby, a 3-year-old domestic shorthair, arrived at C.A.R.E in July when his family moved into “no pet” housing and is patiently waiting for another chance. Captain, a 1-year-old Rhodesian mix, was given up in September after their landlord said he wasn’t allowed, but found a new family in December. “We’re happy that we’re able to do it, but we’d prefer to have pets stay in their homes,” Boyd said. Courtesy photos Roommates” Facebook group prompted numerous responses.

Daniel Walker wrote that he was homeless for nine months before he found a place that would accept his Great Dane, Pongo. Even now, he commutes all the way from No Name. Meanwhile, Alex Spiker had to go all the way to Silt to find a place that would allow large dogs — with even places that allow pets balking at a golden retriever. For Lisa Curley, relocating from Park City for a job at the Post Independent meant staying in an expensive one-room vacation rental at first, and her current pet-friendly situation is about to change.

“I want to buy a place so I don’t have the issue anymore but there is limited housing for sale and what is for sale is so inflated it is crazy,” she wrote. “Carbondale spoke to me, and I want to call it home.”

“I honestly don’t understand why pets are that big of a deal to have in rentals,” Amy Moore added. “I’ve seen kids

There’s no love like the love of an animal. it’s not in your life, it’s missing from your life.” more destructive than pets. I’ve seen kids color on walls, put holes in them by throwing toys or have accidents where they knocked over furniture, and I’ve even seen toddlers pee on carpet. We love our kids, we love our pets. I think if you could prove you are a responsible pet owner and even willing to pay a pet fee or a bigger deposit, then they should be allowed.”

Ashley Gann of Dog’s Best Friend agreed.

“Our business is supported by responsible and professional pet owners who hire our services to let their pup out midday while

they are at work to prevent accidents. I’m amazed at the number of responsible pet owners in our valley who understand that owning a dog is not easy and take the extra steps to properly care for their pups.”

Landlord Jesse Zucco brought a slightly different perspective.

“It is not the pets that are the problem, it is some of the people who own pets,” he observed. “I allow pets and I have had mostly good tenants, but when it goes bad, it goes really bad… I think one of the biggest problems is people don’t realize how much they have to work to pay the bills in this valley and therefore the pets are left at home to potty in the house.”

Whether the Initiative will be able to make up for that remains to be seen, but the team’s goal is “a future where more rental properties and HOAs permit pets so that families can stay together and all pet lovers can have the opportunity to adopt.”

“I can’t imagine having to go through that,” Wells said. “Our pets are our family members.”

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by Will Grandbois Apparently, the best way to get 20- and 30-somethings into the library is to “lock” them in a room and give them puzzles.

At least, that’s what the Basalt Regional Library is trying with a series of “escape room” events, among other programming. Escape rooms have recently come into vogue as a fun team-building and critical thinking exercise. There are numerous professional offerings, including from the Glenwood Adventure Company, but Circulation Coordinator Laura Baumgarten wanted to provide a free, accessible experience.

The initial event was Sherlock Holmes themed, with participants invited to prove their skills to become his next apprentice. The library staff completed the 30-minute challenge with 10 minutes to spare.

This journalist was not so adept.

Drafted onto a team with a pair from English in Action and a woman who just happened to be walking by, I did my best to participate and record simultaneously. I managed to find a slip of paper with strange symbols in a hanging lab coat, but spent far too much time trying to decipher them before someone turned up the key. Despite going through every book on the shelf, I missed another message entirely.

It had been a long time since any of us had used a locker-style combination lock — of which there were several — much less a “directional” lock or an old safe. We did pretty well putting together popsicle sticks into puzzles and correctly inferred that the

birthdates on a series of Holmsian ID cards were relevant, but weren’t the best at maze solving. Each clue and lock builds on the next, so we needed plenty of help before finishing with seconds to spare.

The next group, an assortment of younger folks almost twice the recommended size, had no such trouble. Perhaps the immersal helped, as the whole large group made a point to stay within the taped space as if it were truly locked, and one even donned the lab coat — something I wish I’d thought of myself. They picked apart the room, broke into smaller groups to ponder each piece and put it all back together with no hints and trounced the staff’s record.

Baumgarten is already plotting how to better stump them next time.

That’s less than a month off, with “Pirate Pursuit” slated for the evening of Feb. 8 and monthly, themed escape rooms continuing into the summer. For more information or to sign up, email lbaumgarten@ basaltlibrary.org.

Meanwhile, you can test your skills against the final riddle from the first game: One snowy night, Sherlock Holmes was at home sitting by the fire when a snowball came crashing through his window. He looked outside just in time to see the three Crimson brothers — John, Mark and Paul — run around the corner. The next day, he received a note that read “? Crimson. He broke your window.” Which of the three brothers should Holmes question?

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Worlds collide onstage in cabaret performance that keeps the planet in mind

By Megan Tackett Sopris Sun Staff When Sonya Meyer moved to Breckenridge from New York City, going from a concrete jungle to a ski resort was a seductive change in scenery — so much so that her next move took her to the Roaring Fork Valley instead of back to the Big Apple.

Still, it was a big cultural shift to go from working as a professional actor with representation to a ski instructor.

“I told my agent and manager that I was writing a sitcom about ski bums, so I needed to come and research that,” Meyer said. And to be fair, she was at the time. “I was taking a sitcom writing class when I moved. I got my apartment sublet in New York and became a ski instructor and fell in love with that. My boyfriend, who I’m still with now, said to me, ‘I know you love New York, but you know you belong here, right?’ And that was kind of an eyeopening moment for me, so I moved out of New York that summer and have been living in Colorado since.”

But rather than sacrifice her performing career, Meyer has worked to find — and in some cases, create — niches that fulfill her passions in a new milieu: she works as a director and teaching artist with Theatre Aspen and still teaches skiing, now at Snowmass.

“I keep finding ways to perform, and I still think performing is a huge focus on my life, but it’s hard to give up skiing everyday,” she said.

On Monday, Jan. 21, and Tuesday, Jan. 22, at 7:30 p.m., she’ll have a new way to perform, though it’s been a long time coming.

Meyer will take the stage at Thunder River Theatre Company’s blackbox as the next star in the organization’s cabaret series.

“I’ve been working on this particular cabaret for almost two years now; it’s kind of been a passion project that I pitched...and finally got a date,” she said.

“I’ve had this vision for a while and it’s really exciting to me that it’s all coming together. The cabaret style is a personalized concert that tells a story.”

The performance will tell Meyers’s personal story. In some ways, the Washington state native said she feels she’s living a bit of a double life. On the one hand, she’s a performer. On the other, she’s an outdoor enthusiast and ski professional.

This cabaret will be one of the first times

Sonya Meyer rocks her Aspen Skiing Company instructor uniform at the top of a run. Most of her skiing colleagues don’t know she’s an operatically trained performer.

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“I keep finding ways to perform, and I still think performing is a huge focus on my life, but it’s hard to give up skiing everyday.” she’s been able to find an overlap in that venn diagram.

“Most of my ski instructor buddies don’t even know that I do sing, even

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though my degree is in voice and my whole life previously was kind of set on, ‘I’m a singer.’ It’s been a big change coming to Colorado and being known for things that are not performance oriented,” she said. “And my performing friends not knowing about my passion for the outdoors: how much I love to ski and camp and hike. So there’s that disconnect, and this is such a great chance to share both those passions.”

Much like her life, Meyer is using the cabaret as a way to balance communicating with different audiences about the things for which she cares most. While the performance itself speaks to one passion, she’s hoping “A Day of Sky: a Cabaret for Climate Change” will translate as inspiration for responsible environmental stewardship, too.

“A lot of the songs I’m doing are songs people already know about, and I am taking it into a new context,” she said of her curation. “What am I trying to say with these particular lyrics? Why did I choose these 10 songs to take you on this journey? My goal is that the audience will be able to leave with kind of a list of things you can do, things you can work on and this is what’s currently being done, just to give them that awareness as well as provide them with some entertainment.

All the songs I’m doing have been hand selected and they all have a really special meaning to me. I’m singing Queen and Paul Simon and a lot of songs people will know, but I’m taking them in the context that talks more about their environmental impact or what lyrics stand out ot me for this overarching message.”

There’s another reason Meyer, who’s a classically trained opera singer, opted for a more mainstream musical selection: she wants to speak to a more diverse crowd than just the loyal theater patron.

“I created this show with the nontheater goer in mind,” she said. “I wrote it for my family and friends who are not really interested in theater but are interested in the mountains and the outdoors, and that’s why it’s special to me: it’s for them. I would like to see those people enjoy theater in a new way that reaches to connect with them personally.”

It’s already, of course, incredibly personal to Meyer. She’s poured herself into every aspect of the show, even down to her attire. “I’m making a dress!” she beamed. And without giving too much away, Meyer walks it like she sings it, as even her costume will serve as a nod to her larger environmental message.

Diva Cabaret What: “A Day of Sky: A Cabaret for Climate Change” performed by Sonya Meyer and accompanied on the piano by David Dyer.

When: 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 21 and Tuesday, Jan. 22.

Where: Thunder River Theatre’s black box (67 Promenade, Carbondale, CO 81623),

MLK Day-The Hope and Despair of “I Have a Dream” Martin Luther King, Jr. united this country, even though, when he died 80% of this country didn’t like him. What were the greatest ambitions and deepest fears of his monumental speech, “I Have A Dream” and what does it mean for us now?

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Darrell Munsell signing a copy of “Protecting a Valley and Saving a River” at the Thompson House Gala in December last year. Photo by Will Grandbois

CVEPA looks ahead while remembering the past

By Megan Tackett Sopris Sun Staff

F. Darrell Munsell didn’t set out to write an entire book about the Crystal Valley’s history. The newly retired history professor intended to stay just that: retired.

“I didn’t know anything about Colorado history, but I fell in love with Redstone and decided to do some research on John Osgood, the founder of Redstone,” he said. “I was going to write an article, but it turned out I wrote a 400-some page book on Johnny Osgood throughout his whole business career.”

Munsell published “From Redstone to Ludlow” in 2009; in December of 2018, he released his fifth book, “Protecting a Valley and Saving a River.” His latest work documents the history of the Crystal Valley Protection Association, of which he’s been a member for more than a decade. “[It was] a very small group in Marble organized ... to protest the Marble ski area proposed development. Then, shortly thereafter, while they were in the process of protesting the Marble ski area, another major project was proposed, the West Divide Project,” he said. “Simply, it proposed damming the Crystal River in two different places. One place they wanted a large reservoir was just north of Redstone; it was called the Osgood Dam. Had that been built, Redstone would have been flooded — it would have been destroyed.”

Redstone is still on the map, thanks in large part to CVEPA’s efforts. “You can’t give all of the credit to CVEPA, but had they not intervened …” he paused. “They were the first of the environmental groups to organize to protect the Crystal Valley and river. CVEPA fought [the West Divide Project] tooth and nail for over 40 years.

Finally, other organizations and governments got involved … Finally, in 2013, the river districts abandoned their water rights on the Crystal.”

That recent resolution points to the fact that the Crystal Valley’s history is ongoing into the present day. CVEPA continues pushing for thoughtful development that respects the area’s environmental impacts. That’s where Dorothea Farris, president of the CVEPA board of directors, focuses her efforts.

“You don’t want to say to somebody, ‘I got in and you didn’t,’ but we know the reasons for being here are special. So you adapt your environment… and maybe coming up with some ideas for how we can live here, share it with other people, other wildlife, other environmental condi-

tions and make it better,” she said. “If it can be done, it can be done here.”

To that end, CVEPA is currently researching and planning the logistics of hosting a conference in the spring, as a throwback to the State of the Valley meetings.

“What is allowed and what is permitted in this Valley, and how would that impact our environment conditions? Not getting into is it good or bad, but just this is what is possible,” she said of the conference’s focus.

Currently, the contentious Carbondale to Crested Butte Trail occupies headlines, meeting agendas and private conversations. Strong opinions regarding trail alignment — and whether there should be a trail at all — exist on all sides of the spectrum. In fact, a few CVEPA board members have taken either a leave of absence or submitted resignations because of the matter. Farris is sorry for the tension, but as a longtime local who has weathered such policy storms before, she’s confident about the future.

“I think it will resolve itself, but in the process of doing that, it’s going to be painful,” she said, adding her personal support for the reopened Redstone Castle and hopes for the trail’s role in helping the town attract respectful, responsible visitors. “Redstone has a mixed feeling: it’s getting some life back now.”

Farris is part of the camp that believes a trail with common-sense restrictions would be beneficial for the community without having to go through private property and maintaining awareness of the local wildlife and coexisting with that wildlife.

“The bighorns are big — we’ve got to do something for them … The elk and the deer, every fall and every spring, they cross the front yard of the castle. People were having bed and breakfasts there, and the deer and elk went by anyway. So you can learn to live with each other,” she said.

But figuring out the details of how to accomplish that is part of CVEPA’s heritage. And she doesn’t speak for the entire organization, as individual members have different expertises that they apply to different arenas, she stressed. It’s most important to have advocacy and conversation around the area’s issues — which means attracting younger membership.

“If anyone is concerned about these issues, they should contact some of us,” she said. “We really do need to open up all of our organizations to young people. I go to meetings, and it’s like looking at Congresspeople: all old, gray men.”

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Community Calendar

To list your event, email information to news@soprissun.com. Deadline is noon on Monday.

Events take place in Carbondale unless noted.

THURSDAY Jan. 17

MARCHING BAND • MarchFourth returns to the Valley at 8 p.m., taking The Temporary (360 Market St., Willits) by storm. $24 in advance at tacaw.org or $29 at the door.

JOURNAL MAKING • Basalt Regional Library (14 Midland Ave.) invites you over from 4 to 5 p.m. to decorate journals and learn some easy techniques for self reflection, record keeping and stress relief. Register by emailing hcondon@ basaltlibrary.org.

ALBUM RELEASE • Pearl & Wood show off a new recording with an 8:30 to 11 p.m. event at Steve’s Guitars (19 N. Fourth St.).

WINTER ART • The Ann Korologos Gallery (211 Midland Ave., Basalt) continues its “Seasons of the West” series with a group exhibition of the moods of snow as captured by Peter Campbell, Ewoud de Groot, Michael Fain, Simon Winegar, Dan Young and others with a 5 to 7 p.m. opening.

COMEDY • Ron Ferguson and Rick Bryan keep you laughing from 9 to 11:30 p.m. at Marble Distilling (150 Main St.) with a $10 cover.

SUNDAY Jan. 20

ROCK & ROLL • Rock Academy students show off their skills free of charge at 3:30 pm. at the Temporary (360 Market St., Willits).

PUBLIC LANDS AT RISK • The Access Fund and Colorado Wild Public Lands present a discussion of threats and current risks to public lands, 5:30 ro 7:30 p.m. at Mountain Chalet (333 East Durant Ave., Aspen). Donation of $10 gets a button, $20 membership gets a button and a free beer.

MON & TUE Jan. 21-22

CABARET FOR CLIMATE CHANGE • Sonya Meyer blends environmental stewardship into popular songs of resistance in “A Day of Sky” at 7:30 p.m. both nights at the Thunder River Theatre (67 Promenade). $25 at thunderivertheatre.com.

FRI to THU Jan. 18-24

MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre (427 Main St.) presents “Green Book” (PG-13) at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 18-19, Jan. 21-23 and at 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 20 and Jan. 24 also showing “The Mule” (R) at 5 p.m. on Jan. 19.

FRIDAY Jan. 18

VALLEY VISUAL ART SHOW • Check out a wide array of 2D and 3D art from 50 local artists in an unjuried display of the area’s full range of talent at the Launchpad (76 S. Fourth St.) with a 6 to 8 p.m. opening.

ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC • Kevin Joyla brings you DV-EDM at 9 p.m. at The

Temporary (360 Market St., Willtits). $10 in advance at tacaw.org or $14 at the door.

SATURDAY Jan. 19

LUNAFEST • Celebrate women in film in a benefit for Advocate Safehouse with 2:30, 5 and 7:30 p.m. showings at the Hotel Colorado (526 Pine St., Glenwood Springs). $20 in advance at Susan’s Flowers & Artisan Boutique or $25 at the door.

FULL MOON TRI • Tackle a 5K run, cross country ski and bike on your own or in small teams beginning at 4:30 pm. at the rodeo grounds. More info at 510-1280.

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FOREIGN FILM • At 5 p.m., Basalt Regional Library (14 Midland Ave.) screens “Force Majeure” — a comedy-drama following the tension resulting from a husband who prioritizes his own escape from an avalanche over the safety of his family.

NATURALIST NIGHTS • Retired Terrestrial Wildlife Biologist Van K. Graham discusses Greater Sandhill Cranes at 6 p.m. the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.) and the next day at Hallam Lake in Aspen.

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BACHATA • Learn a Latin dance with Erik and Claudia Peña presenting weekly classes from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. every Thursday at The Launchpad (76 S. Fourth St.). $10 drop-in fee; info at 963-8425.

IMPRESSIONS IN INK • The printmakers of Carbondale’s Creative District show their work at the CMC ArtShare Gallery (815 Cooper Ave., Glenwood Springs).

HEALTH THROUGH NUTRITION • Free opportunities include: One-hour consultations Monday mornings by appointment (379-5718) about heart attack and other chronic illness prevention through plant-based whole foods lifestyle with retired family doctor Greg Feinsinger, MD. New at 6 p.m. Tuesdays beginning Oct. 23, a livestream of Just 1 Thing 4 Health’s interviews with featured doctors. At 7 p.m. the first Monday of the month, a Powerpoint presentation about the science behind plantbased nutrition. Finally, at 6:30 p.m. the fourth Monday of the month, participate in a plant-based potluck. All events take place at the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.) and are supported by Davi Nikent Center for Human Flourishing.

OFFICE HOURS • Sun Editor Will Grandbois will be at Blue Spruce Coffee in the Third Street Center at 8 a.m. every Monday taking tips, questions, comments and complaints, and will be available in the office around the corner thereafter.

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cilitated workshop for adults, writing your personal history, one story at a time. Facilitated by Shelly Merriam, historian/writer/ genealogist. First and third Fridays, 10 a.m. to noon at the Glenwood Springs Branch Library, (815 Cooper Ave.). Info at 945-5958 or gcpld.org.

LIFE DRAWING • Drop in for figure drawing with Staci Dickerson at 6:30 p.m. Mondays at SAW (525 Buggy Cr. Unit C).

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

COMMUNITY MEAL • Faith Lutheran Church (1340 Highway 133), in collaboration with Carbondale Homeless Assistance, hosts a free community meal from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the third Saturday of the month. Info: 510-5046 or faithcarbondale.com.

LOSS SUPPORT • The Compassionate Friends of the Roaring Fork Valley, a group for parents, grandparents of siblings who have lost a child of any age, meets at 6:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month at The Orchard (110 Snowmass Dr.).

LOVE ADDICTS • Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous, a 12-step group will meet from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. every Tuesday at Holland Hills United Methodist Church (167 Holland Hills Rd., Basalt).

RUN AROUND • Independence Run & Hike hosts a run around town Saturdays at 8 a.m. Meet at the store 596 Highway 133 (in La Fontana Plaza) and run various distances, with different routes each week.

Info: 704-0909.

RF INSIGHT • Monday Night Meditation meets from 7:15 to 8:30 p.m. at Roaring Fork Aikikai (2553 Dolores Way) and offers instruction in the Buddhist practice of Vipassana. RFI also offers secular mindfulness at the Carbondale Community School and is working with CMC to provide a class on “Zen and the Art of Dying” — more info at roaringforkinsight.org.

MEDITATION • Free silent meditation sessions are held at the Launchpad (76 S. Fourth St.) from 6:45 to 7:30 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays (info at 306-1015).

MINDFULNESS • The Mindful Life Program in the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.) offers group sessions Mondays at 7:30 p.m. Admission is by donation and registration is not necessary. Info: mindfullifeprogram.org and 970-633-0163.

GRIEF AND LOSS • Pathfinders offers a grief and loss support group every other Monday at 6 p.m., and a caregiver support group every other Wednesday noon.

An RSVP is required to Robyn Hubbard at 319-6854. Pathfinders offers support groups from Aspen to Rifle and is located in Carbondale at 1101 Village Rd. Info: pathfindersforcancer.org.

ROTARY • The Carbondale Rotary Club meets at the Carbondale Fire Station (300 Meadowood Dr.) at 6:45 a.m. Wednesdays. The Mt. Sopris Rotary meets at White House Pizza (801 Main Ct.) at noon every Thursday.

YOGA • Get a donation-based introduction to Hatha Yoga Tuesdays from 8 to 9 p.m. at The Launchpad (76 S. Fourth St.).

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vited to design, create, tinker, and play with art and technology to design and create with 3D Pens, make stop-motion animation films, engineer duct tape creations, build their own video games, and more from 2 to 3:30 p.m. every Wednesday at the Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave.).

DHARMA • The Way of Compassion Dharma Center holds a Dharma talk and meditation from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays and a silent meditation and Buddha of Compassion practice at 8 a.m. Saturdays at the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.).

WORLD DANCE • Learn rhythms from various countries and cultures for $12 per class from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Mondays at the Carbondale Community School (1505 Satank Rd.).

LET’S JUST DANCE • Feel great, have fun and dance Tuesdays at The Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.). Catch a free lesson at 7 p.m., then from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. it’s open dancing with two-step, swing, waltz, line dance, salsa and more. No partner or experience necessary. $8/person; $14/couple. Questions? Call 970-366-6463 or email billypat4@gmail.com.

SANSKRIT MANTRA • Devika Gurung demonstrates how chant is about more than spirtuality, but also breath and rhythm at 4:30 p.m. Sundays at The Launchpad (76 S. Fourth St.).

BLUEGRASS JAM • Bring the instrument of your choice or just your voice for a weekly jam session first and last Sundays at 6 p.m. at Steve’s Guitars (19 N. Fourth St.) and all other Sundays at the Glenwood Springs Brew Garden (115 Sixth St.) OPEN MIC • Take the stage at Riverside

Grill (181 Basalt Center Circle, Basalt) from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays. Food and drink specials. Free.

KARAOKE • The Black Nugget (403 Main St.) and Sandman bring you over 30,000 songs to choose from and a quality sound system to release your inner rockstar at 9 pm. every Thursday.

WALK WITH A DOC • Aspen Valley Hospital invites you to meet in the cafeteria at 10 a.m. the first Saturday of the month for a short discussion on a health-related topic, such as high blood pressure, asthma, anxiety, etc.

SENIOR RADIO • Diane Johnson talks about senior issues and services on KDNK at 4:30 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month.

SENIOR MATTERS • The nonprofit Senior Matters, based in the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.), offers numerous programs for senior citizens, including: tai chi with John Norton at 8:30 a.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays; tai chi with Marty Finklestein at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays; 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: seniormatters.org; Diane Johnson at 970-306-2587; and Senior Matters, Box 991, Carbondale CO, 81623.

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Town Report

Cop Shop

The following items are drawn from Town Manager Jay Harrington’s weekly report to staff, trustees and others.

TREE RECYCLING continues across from Town Hall through Feb. 4.

ART AROUND TOWN entries are being accepted through Jan. 31 — info at llindberg@carbondaleco.net.

THE FULL MOON TRI will start at 4:30 p.m. Jan. 19 at the Gus Darien Arena. Produced by the Town, Aloha Mountain Cyclery and Independence Run and Hike, it features a 5K run, ski and bike for teams of up to three.

Contact 510-1280 with questions.

MAHJONG MONDAYS is a free weekly gathering at 10:30 a.m. in the activity room designed to help newcomers learn how to play.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES include climbing instructors (call 510-1214), group fitness and Silver Sneakers instructors (510-1280) youth basketball referees and recreation assistants (510-1279).

ICE SKATING rinks downtown and at the rodeo grounds are operation with public skating hours scheduled around recreation programming — see carbondalerec. com for a full calendar.

ACTIVE AND FIT is partnering with the Rec. Center to provide reduced membership fees.

160 BLOOD DONORS gave in 2018, with 21 at the most recent event.

PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS Motion Mondays and Wild and Wacky Wednesdays offer obstacle courses and bounce house under parent supervision from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. each day. $5 for members and $6 for others.

GRAFFITI in the Thompson House and Historical Park bathrooms required 10 man hours to remove and will likely necessitate further repainting.

PLANNING AND ZONING approved two resolutions for accessory dwelling units and two special use permits for medical marijuana grows in an existing cultivation operation. There was also a discussion on the proposed unified development code amendments and a minor site plan review with variances was continued to a later meeting.

THE 2018 AUDIT begins this week.

THE WEAVER DITCH initial survey has been completed, with more information to be obtained once the piped sections are free of ice.

SAHN TAEKWONDO martial arts classes for children and adults continue from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact Cedar at 948-8774 for info.

A $177,000 GRANT for Peace Office Mental Health was awarded to the Town and Hope Center.

FROZEN WATER LINES prompted no new calls, with the last remaining old complaint thawing out on its own. Incidentally, new instrumentation has been installed at the Nettle Creek and Roaring Fork plants.

A CONDITIONAL OFFER was made for Paul Lazo to join the police department pending his enrollment in police academy. The remaining position continues to be advertised.

From Jan. 4 through 10, Carbondale Police handled 180 Calls for Service. During that period, officers investigated the following cases of note: FRIDAY Jan. 4 at 5:05 a.m. Upon arriving at the scene of an accident, officers deduced that a 41-year-old woman sitting in the passenger seat had, in fact, been driving under the influence and with a revoked license and issued her a summons.

SATURDAY Jan. 5 at 10:45 a.m.

A 24-year-old man was issued a summons for reckless driving.

SUNDAY Jan. 6 at 11:01 a.m. Police took a report of vandalized signage, followed by more on Jan. 9.

MONDAY Jan. 7 at 12:24 a.m. A traffic stop for a defective tail lamp and failure to display head lamps resulted in the arrest of a 30-yearold woman on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.

TUESDAY Jan. 8 at 9:46 p.m. Someone reported a bike stolen from the Park and Ride.

TUESDAY Jan. 8 at 9:46 p.m. A domestic violence report led to an arrest.

WEDNESDAY Jan. 9 at 4:49 p.m. Someone reported receiving harassing text messages.

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Growth crowds elk, deer in more ways than one

By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Staff

Before Aspen Glen was built, hundreds of elk used to graze between Carbondale and Glenwood — but the fact that the herd has since declined isn’t just a function of development.

“You’re seeing a direct loss of habitat and also extra people that are recreating on the lands that are left,” observed John Groves, Carbondale District Wildlife Manager. “We’re probably less than half the population we had 15 years ago.”

Before that, the Avalanche Creek Elk Data Analysis Unit E- 15, which covers Glenwood Springs to Castle Creek to the Raggeds, actually had the opposite problem.

“Back in the late 90s, we were probably above the carrying capacity, and up until the hard winter of ‘07, we were actively trying to get those numbers down,” Groves said.

“Historically, you’d see a big rebound, but they’ve just been kind of stagnant.”

Deer have followed a similar trend, and while the moose population in the area is actually growing, there are still likely less than 100 individuals in the area. Regardless of species, midwinter is a rough time for large herbivores.

“They’re basically on a steady starvation diet all winter long,” Groves said.

“But there’s almost no competition between moose, elk and deer. They each have their own niche.”

Some still come into Aspen Glen and neighboring subdivisions to chow down on fertilized grass and enjoy the shelter of the river bottom, but those that stay up high are actually healthier, according to Groves.

And it’s not entirely bad for the groups to be fragmented rather than one big herd, he added, since they’re less likely to exhaust their resources.

More than the houses, Groves is worried about human interaction.

“People want to recreate and we understand that. It’s just figuring out how to manage it in a responsible way,” he said.

“They may not run from you, but they’re still burning calories. Their heart rate and cortisol levels go up.”

With that in mind, Parks and Wildlife has winter closures to motorized and mechanized traffic in places like the Crown — which Groves called “the biggest piece of winter range we have in the whole valley.” But there’s still evidence of use, both permitted sort like cross country skiing and not like fat biking. Worse still are dogs off leash, which really tend to alarm deer and elk — and get moose downright defensive.

While Groves acknowledges that you can’t do much about deer or elk around your home, he encouraged folks to abide by the closures and to stay clear of their stomping grounds as much as possible. And don’t think that Parks and Wildlife isn’t looking because of the government shutdown — it’s a state organization mostly funded by revenue from hunting and fishing licenses.

Indeed, while the agency manages “in the interest of all people in Colorado,” there is a close correlation to hunting. Right now, Parks and Wildlife is in the middle of its annual age and sex classification, which helps define the parameters for the next hunting season. Groves acknowledged that flying over with a helicopter is a disturbance itself

While bulls may be most sensitive to disruption in the winter, cows may abandon their calves if disturbed well into the spring. Photo by Will Grandbois but noted that it only takes a couple of minutes and is “the best tool we have to get the info we need.”

“That’s how we set our objectives for the next year,” he said. “We’ve just been cutting tags out of the system. We’ve cut it back to where there’s virtually no doe hunting.”

And while bear predation and other natural factors may be at work, the human factors seem to be the clearest correlation.

“We’re kind of stable, but other units have dropped off. Then you get away from the big resort areas and the populations are strong,” Groves said. “Looking at the habitat, we should be doing better than we are.”

Mule deer management plan Colorado Parks and Wildlife is seeking feedback on how to handle White River mule deer herd in Moffat, Rio Blanco and Routt counties. A 30-day public comment form is available on the CPW website. In addition, the public can provide input directly to agency personnel at a public meeting, 6 p.m., Jan. 23 in the conference room of the Mountain Valley Bank (400 Main St., Meeker).

HELP WANTED The Town of Carbondale is now accepting applications for the

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Streets Foreman position This is a working foreman position within the streets crew which is responsible for street, sidewalk, public rights-of-way and equipment maintenance. Starting salary $56,000 to $62,500 DOQ. Full position description is available on the Town’s website. Applications can be sent to Town Hall, 511 Colorado Ave., Carbondale, CO 81623, or e-mailed to: Kevin Schorzman, kschorzman@carbondaleco.net Deadline to apply is 5 PM, February 5, 2019.

Carbondale Police Department The Carbondale Police Department is accepting applications for the following: Police Officer starting salary $50,000.

For application and job description visit: www.carbondalegov.org Open until filled.

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Beginning to see the light From the archives of the Roaring Fork Valley Journal Jan. 18, 1979 Redstone Search and Rescue personnel rescued a group of cross-country skiers who had become lost during an afternoon outing. The search started when one woman failed to turn up for her bartending job. Several patrons investigated and found her truck a ways up Thompson Creek.

They sounded the alarm, prompting a crew composed of longtime locals like Bob Sewell, Joe and Larry Mautz and Ernie Gianinetti to join the search.

They were all found safe by 1 a.m.

In other news … The transition of 330,00 acres of White River National Forest to wilderness was expected to have a profound impact on the Crystal Valley.

Jan. 19, 1989 A flu outbreak swept Carbondale and Basalt schools, with 20 percent of students calling in sick beginning on Friday the 13th and several teachers affected as well. Dr. Gary Knaus put it down to “A” type influenza, which typically includes a sore throat, high fever and burning cough. He expected most folks to be well in a week, but cautioned that there was always the risk of a secondary infection.

In other news … Massachusetts-based computer company Hencho was considering moving a development team to Carbondale.

Jan. 21, 1999 For the first time, the Town was considering an ordinance to curtail light pollution and glare. “It’s not just a matter of not being able to see the stars at night,” environmental board member Scott Chaplin said. “Poorly designed lighting can actually make it harder to see at night, and more light does not necessarily mean better vision.” Inspired by a similar effort in Basalt, trustees hoped to tackle before a potential development on the Crystal River Marketplace property. Indeed, the main targets were commercial establishments like gas stations, with trustee Mark Whalen opposing any mandates for residential lighting.

In other news … Among seven candidates to fill Brad Hendricks’ vacancy on the Board of Trustees was former trustee John Foulkrod and a handful of folks who had run unsuccessfully in the past: Andrew Montoya, Malcom Smith and Bruce Hazard.

Jan. 15, 2009 As idea of starting a new newspaper gained steam, Laurie Loeb suggested calling it “The Sopris Sun.”

Letters from page 2 never be stopped by borders, nor walls. One day I will be with you, and you will rejoice with me. We will be together in a beautiful place full of magic, with vibrant colors and landscapes, where my eyes will admire the harmony of everything that surrounds us, where we will only hear the sweet song of the birds and where there is only peace, justice, freedom and love.

I conclude with this verse: (Luke 9:25) “What will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, yet loses and forfeits his very self?”

Sandra Lopez Silt

Bravo to our educators!

Dear Editor: I hate to use the old fashioned term report cards, because today’s teachers give out much more than grade ranking for today’s youth. I know many teachers spend days worth of time to document and write commentary to paint a picture of each child in their classes.

I have been so impressed over the years by teachers’ understanding of our child and their ability to describe his personality, study habits, behaviors, etc. This has been consistent starting with pre-school at CRMS and Waldorf continuing to Ross and now at Carbondale Middle School (CMS). We have been delighted with CMS teachers’ communication and openness to share and answer questions.

At CMS, teachers have approximately 100 students to get to know and shed some light on what our children are learning and how they are processing information and developing as members of their school community. To that end, the School District adopted and implements Five Habits of a Scholar. It is an opportunity for all children to be considered in broader term than academically. The habits are: Executive Skills, Perseverance, Enthusiasm, Compassion and Teamwork. Don’t we all hope for our future citizens to own and exhibit these now and throughout life.

Thank you for your compassion, understanding and hard work educators!

Carrie Podl Carbondale

Rebutting the rebuttals Dear Editor: This letter is in reply to Dorthea Farris’ letter “Our treasured places” Jan. 10, 2019. She talks a lot about treasured places being saved “because of the attention by those who had experienced the peace, excitement, beauty and astonishing value of the place.” She wants more of these special places that are saved from development and destruction, but is all for the development of the trail from Carbondale to Crested Butte and the destruction of this special place. Hypocritical? Sounds like it to me.

Then, right next to her letter is a laughable letter from John Hoffmann, “Trails rebutted.”

Our state animal is Rocky Mountain bighornsheep.

We also have mountain goats, though they are not native.

I can’t figure out which animal he is talking about since his letter references seeing “a herd of mountain sheep.”

He goes on to ask “Why is it that everyone that protests the trail has built their homes in pristine wildlife habitat?” Many homes in the valley were built years ago, in the ‘70s and ‘80s. I bought my home four years after it was built. It is not in pristine wildlife habitat either, although putting in the trail would severely impact the wildlife and aquatic habits.

Melissa Waters Crystal River Valley

Wildlife friendly trail history

The Journal challenged readers to spot the bison Dr. C.G. Dewell said is plainly visible on Mt. Sopris each winter.

Dear Editor: Crystal River Trail advocates like to point to the Rio Grande Trail as an example of how “wildlife friendly” trails can be. Here’s a brief history of how “wildlife friendly” the Rio Grande Trail has been.

Trail promoters used a categorical exclusion to circumvent environmental protections. This effectively denied wildlife of whatever meager rights they have under the law.

Cat ex’s are used to exempt qualifying projects from the environmental impact statement process. They are allowed for use only on federal transportation projects,

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and only those that can prove that there is no potential for impacts to wildlife, habitats, wetlands, or any other environmental issues. They’re designed for projects like putting a highway through a wheat field.

This trail went through a designated wildlife preserve, Rock Bottom Ranch, crossing abundant wetlands. It went through Colorado State Division of Wildlife designated critical winter habitat for three species: bald eagles (then still on the endangered species list), mule deer and elk. It encroached upon a state and federally protected blue heron rookery within less than half the distance normally allowed by Parks and Wildlife for any sort of construction or development.

It would be difficult to even imagine a less appropriate situation for the legal use of a cat. ex.

The vast majority of Colorado wildlife depends on riparian areas for survival. The trail construction started the beginning of June, cutting wildlife off from their primary source of water during fawning season for what used to be one of our areas largest mule deer populations.

No one will ever know the resulting fawn mortality, nor will we know how many or what sorts of nesting birds and other wildlife were displaced. The cat. ex. assured that there would be no record nor responsibility for such issues.

When it appeared the heronry was doomed due to nest abandonment and chick predation, a RFTA board member declared that blue herons were as common as robins and didn’t deserve protections. He then moved to eliminate seasonal closures altogether. The motion failed but demonstrated how tenuous closures are.

When RFTA’s wildlife biologist recommended increased closures to protect wildlife, the board voted against this.

I could continue with volumes of similar facts. It’s all well documented.

Jim Duke Carbondale

A $5 billion wall goes to school Dear Editor: In recent negotiations with Congressional Democrats, President Trump proposed the need to spend $5 billion for the “border wall.”

Our government’s last fiscal year ended on Sept. 30, 2018, with total spending of $4,100 billion. The Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, calls the wall immoral and a waste of money. The Chair of the House Appropriation Committee, which allocates federal funding, is Representative Nita Lowey (D-NY). She said “we will never support wasting tax dollars on a wall designed to gin up the Republican base.”

I recently met Our Miss Brooks, a fifth grade teacher from a school on Colorado’s Western Slope. She found a unique way to handle a dispute between two of her students. The students were in a rambunctious argument about the “wall.” Chucky says his parents say it’s bad and the cost is horrible. Amie yells, “That’s not what my folks say, it works and it’s not expensive.”

Miss Brooks interrupts the passionate exchange, telling the class she’ll bring a large bucket of silver dollars to the basketball court the next day so we can see what the $5 billion might look like. We’ll pretend that five one dollar coins will represent 5 billion dollars, the cost of the wall. The coins will be stacked on the court floor in the morning.

The next morning as the students arrive they see two stacks of coins on the maple floor. One with five coins representing $5 billion and one with 4,100 coins representing $4,100 billion. The height of the five coins is about 3/8,” the height of the 4,100 coins is nearly 28 feet.

One student exclaimed, “Miss Brooks, how did you know we had to have your “show and tell” in the auditorium?” Her reply, “I’m a bit smarter than those Republicans.”

Floyd Diemoz Glenwood Springs

Their shutdown Dear Editor: It’s kind of ironic, the Democrats won’t fund border security while 800,000 (mostly democratic voting) federal employees aren’t getting paid. Guess you do get what you vote for.

Bruno Kirchenwitz Rifle LETTERS page 15

Letters from page 14 Progressive power companies Dear Editor: I’m beginning to believe our locally active power companies are two of the heroes in the war on climate change.

Glenwood Springs-based Holy Cross Energy has just signed a contract with a Denver firm to buy 100 megawatts of electricity from a proposed wind farm on the Front Range. The purchase will allow

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Legal Notices HCE to achieve its goal of 70% renewable by 2021, nine years earlier than projected, and provide their customers with cheaper power.

Last August, national conglomerate Xcel Energy announced plans to shut down two coal-fired power plants at their Comanche Generating Station in Pueblo County and replace them with a $2.5 billion investment in renewables and battery storage. That’s 1,131 megawatts from wind, 707 from so-

lar, 275 battery storage, and approximately a $300 million savings for customers.

The Garfield County commissioners passed a resolution calling for a natural gas facility, but Xcel is sticking to their plans with no increased natural gas generation.

Xcel CEO Ben Fowke said, “it’s not a matter of if we’re going to retire our coal fleet in this nation, it’s just a matter of when.”

Fred Malo Jr. Carbondale

ORDINANCE NO.1 Series 2019 AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO AMENDING CHAPTER 6, ARTICLES 1 AND 8 AND CHAPTER 10, ARTICLES 6 AND 7 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE REGARDING AMENDMENTS TO THE COLORADO BEER CODE, THE COLORADO LIQUOR CODE, AND THE COLORADO SPECIAL EVENT LIQUOR PERMIT CODE. NOTICE: This Ordinance was introduced, read, and adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Carbondale, Colorado, on January 8, 2019.

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

THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE ________________________ By: s/s Dan Richardson, Mayor ATTEST: __________________________ s/s Cathy Derby, Town Clerk Punlished in The Sopris Sun on January 17, 2019.

ORDINANCE NO.2 Series 2019 AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO APPROVING AN APPLICATION OF PACIFICA SENIOR LIVING RE FUND LLC TO AMEND THE 2013 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR PURPOSES OF INCLUDING PROPERTY IN THE “DOWNTOWN NORTH” DESIGNATION, TO REZONE THIS PROPERTY AS PART OF THE RESIDENTIAL HIGH DENSITY (R/HD) ZONE DISTRICT, AND FOR MAJOR SITE PLAN REVIEW APPROVAL TO DEVELOP A 78-UNIT ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY NOTICE: This Ordinance was introduced, read, and adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Carbondale, Colorado, on January 8, 2019.

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

THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE ________________________ By: s/s Dan Richardson, Mayor ATTEST: __________________________ s/s Cathy Derby, Town Clerk Punlished in The Sopris Sun on January 17, 2019.

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