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Ex-Marine petitions for veterans’ program By Trina Ortega Sopris Sun Correspondent

dam McCabe had a successful run as a sergeant in the Marine Corps. He was 19 when he served his first tour in Iraq, was meritoriously promoted and received a Purple Heart and several commendations for bravery in combat. Based on his accomplishments in the service, he assumed civilian life would be equally as successful when he returned to the States after a second tour. When he got home, however, he couldn’t simply “turn off” the aggression that had been engrained and made him successful in a war zone; he’d spent months in the military training to be aggressive, to engage in firefights, to survive urban warfare that included snipers and suicide bombers. It turned out that — like thousands of other veterans — McCabe’s day-to-day survival on the streets of everyday America was more of a challenge than active duty overseas. Veterans are not making it through this personal battle. During their homecoming, they suffer from depression, anxiety, mental illness, drug and alcohol abuse, domestic violence, divorce, homelessness and fatal accidents. Worst of all, 6,570 veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are dying from suicide each year, according to the Center for a New American Security, a nonpartisan think tank that focuses on national security issues. That’s 18 veterans per day. One veteran is committing suicide every 80 minutes. Statistically, homecoming is becoming more difficult to survive than overseas combat.

Stress of battle Throughout history, the stress of battle has taken on different names. Ancient Greek warriors were discharged for “being out of heart.” In the Civil War, it was called “irritable heart,” “shell shock” and “battle fatigue.” Today we know it as PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder), and it is affecting one in ﬁve veterans.

Co-Motion dancer Dana Ganssle Ellis rehearses for the new contemporary dance company’s upcoming performance at Carbondale Middle School at 7 p.m. on Feb. 2. For more photos and details, please turn to page 16. (Note: the time listed for the performance in last week’s paper was incorrect). Photo by Jane Bachrach

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Good news, bad news on economy By Patrick Hunter The good news today from the economic front is that the GDP of America (the total of all goods and services) is rising. The bad news is the GDP is rising. We are hooked on the proverbial horns of a dilemma. On the one hand, we are glad to see more of our neighbors going back to work, to see unemployment payments decrease, to see higher tax revenues flowing back into government coffers and to see a general easing in the country’s stress levels. On the other hand, the level of business activity has a direct effect on the nation and world’s environmental issues. I have just returned to classes at Colorado Mountain College (after a 20-plus year layoff) and am deeply involved in the study of environmental science and sustainable business. Of my many reasons to go back to school, perhaps the most important was to find a way to make a real difference in the future facing this country and the world. I am bringing 40 years of construction experience, and many more of life, to the table. But, I am far from alone. The ranks of the activists are growing by the day. You need not look very far or long to find a staggering amount of evidence for a looming environmental disaster. Simply, our modern lives are beating the hell out of the earth’s resources. The burning of fossil fuels, some as old a 300 million years, is changing our climate in a way that is death to an unprecedented number of the earth’s species of plants and animals and probably a large portion of the human race. We are facing a race of different kind. The race is to find solutions and alternatives, or else. But standing in the way are political, economic and social roadblocks. We now live in a world in which many of the necessities of life are provided by multi-national corporations. These mega-businesses have grown beyond the control of our societies. And, currently, they are obfuscating the nature of our situation for continued profits. But even here at home, in the Roaring Fork Valley, we are burning more energy than some small countries. (A slight exaggeration, perhaps.) Consider the jet planes, heated driveways, non-stop traffic, heating and cooling of massive trophy houses, ski lifts and snowmaking, and the importation of virtually everything we consume every day. To paraphrase Desi on the 1950s “I Love Lucy” TV show: “Somebody’s got some ‘splainin’ to do!” With the help of my instructors, classmates and many others, I hope to bring readers some ideas and information in the months to come that will help solve these problems and find a path forward. Patrick Hunter lives in Carbondale.

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West Slope, Denver share oil-shale concerns By Allyn Harvey and Deborah “Debbie” Ortega It is not often that we find common ground across the Rockies on issues that affect our friends and neighbors. We sometimes think of issues as “ours” or “theirs,” though many issues transcend the mountains. Communities and local businesses across our state depend on clean, abundant water from the Colorado River Basin. There is no greater reminder of that fact than the current drought and the resulting economic impacts we are facing. It is with those challenges in mind that people in communities from the Western Slope to the Front Range — such as Carbondale, New Castle, Rifle, Grand Junction, Thornton and Denver — support a balanced, commonsense approach to oil shale that requires research prior to commercial leasing of taxpayer-owned land in the West. Oil shale development could pose a significant risk to the health of our rivers and the availability of water for agriculture, drinking supplies and local businesses.We need to know the risks ahead of any commercial development. Energy development in our state has always been a significant economic driver, but it must still work in concert with our other job-creating industries that rely on their fair share of the water supply. Impacts to our water sources could affect the livelihoods of millions of residents in every corner of our state. The technology to make oil shale viable still has not been developed. Since commercial technology does not yet exist, there is no possible way to know the impacts, especially on our water, that would accompany full-scale oilshale development. All of us have a right to know the facts, so that municipalities, farmers and ranchers, as well as tourism and outdoor recreation businesses that depend on healthy rivers and safe drinking water supplies can plan and make wise decisions. Some have suggested that development will not use much water, and others say it will take too much. The only thing we know for sure is that we don’t know for sure. The Government Accountability Office reviewed a wide range of estimates that found that industrial-scale oil shale development would require as much as 140 percent of the amount of water Denver Water provides each year (or as much as a city 30 times the size of Grand Junction would use). There are also those who say that investing public land and water in oil shale will provide a worthwhile return in jobs on the Western Slope and energy for our nation. We hope they are right. We don’t know that for sure either. But we have 100 years of promises and a dismal record of failure with projects such as the Exxon Colony Project, which devastated the local economy after laying off more than 2,000 workers when it closed down on “Black Sunday,” May 2, 1982. No good investor would put money into a venture without first seeing the books. The Bureau of Land Management’s new plan does just that by requiring oil shale companies to do the research first, so we know just how much water would be needed and what the impacts to water quality would be, before going forward with commercial leasing. Our neighbors in Arizona and Nevada have also asked that we know the impacts to water — particularly the Colorado River — prior to commercial development. It was former Denver Water Manager Chips Barry — often heralded by those on both sides of the divide for bringing people together — who cited concerns that industrial-scale oil-shale development could prevent Colorado from fulfilling its obligations to downstream users. In 2009, he told The Denver Post,“That is a risk not only for Denver Water but for the entire state.” More than 100 business leaders, recreation organizations,

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farmers, ranchers and others asked the BLM to ensure that Colorado water is protected. Sportsmen have cautioned that reduced stream flows will negatively impact fish and the region’s outdoor-dependent economy.These businesses depend on healthy rivers and safe water supplies. We cannot afford to gamble the backbone of our economy without fully understanding the risk that oil shale poses to it. We have much to offer here in the West. People come to our communities to visit, and sometimes they stay and call it home, largely because of our big skies and outdoor recreation. We are all concerned about the potential impact on existing water rights throughout the Colorado River Basin once oil shale companies begin to exercise the senior rights they hold. In a worst-case scenario, this could turn the West Slope into an industrial zone, ruin the Colorado River and threaten drinking water supplies on both sides of the Continental Divide. As local officials, our responsibility is to ensure safe, healthy drinking water for our residents and a healthy community. With that in mind, both of our municipalities have taken positions supporting a cautious approach to oil shale. Given that a commercial industry does not yet exist, it is just smart planning to require that research of oil-shale technologies be completed first and impacts fully analyzed before moving forward with a commercial leasing program, as the federal plan suggests. That is an approach that puts the health of our water and the future of our communities first, to ensure that communities on both sides of the Rockies — and our entire region — continue to thrive. Allyn Harvey is a member of the Carbondale Board of Trustees. Debbie Ortega is member of the Denver City Council. This column originally appeared in the Grand Junction Sentinel.

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Growing revolution comes to Basalt: seed library Bring your library card By Sue Gray Sopris Sun Correspondent There’s a growing revolution in the Roaring Fork Valley with the opening of the newest section of the Basalt Public Library. Now, local gardeners can use their library card to check out a packet of seeds, with the agreement they’ll harvest some seeds from their crop in the fall and return them to the library. The opening of the Seed Library was celebrated with a kick-off party and potluck on Jan. 23, which was held in one of the Basalt Library’s conference rooms. Gardeners of all ages and abilities came to learn about this new community asset. After all 50 chairs were filled, latecomers stood against the walls and sat on the floor. The event began with a presentation by Stephanie Syson, manager of the Basalt-based Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute (CRMPI), who first proposed the idea of a seed lending program to library director Barb Milnor last summer. Milnor thought it was a great idea and it received instant approval by the board of directors. Gwen Garcelon and Dawne Vrabel of The Roaring Fork Food Policy Council lent their support to the project as well. According to Syson’s presentation, one of the main objectives of the Seed Library is to build a collection of vegetable, herb and flower varieties well adapted to our high altitude, dry conditions and short growing season. This will be a boon to our climate challenged growers. Also at issue is loss of diversity — the dwindling amount of different types of food plants available to grow. Diversity is important because while some varieties may fail under stressful conditions such as drought, disease or pests, others will adapt and thrive giving us more food options overall. A recent UN Food and Agriculture Organization study found that about 75 percent of the genetic diversity of agricultural crops worldwide was lost in the last 100 years, much of it due to the practices of large agri-businesses such as Monsanto and Cargill. “What I like is we don’t have to depend on multi-national corporations for seed, we can grow our own,” said Carbondale gardener Fred Pulver, adding “It’s revolutionary!” Revolutionary can mean either innovative or rebellious, both of which apply to seed libraries. Seed lending programs sprouted up as a response to mounting concern about agricultural sustainability and food security in the face of genetically modified food crops and hybridization.

Volunteers sort and label seeds at the Basalt Library on Jan. 8. The ﬁrst seed library was California’s Bay Area Seed Interchange Library, which originated from the Berkeley University Ecology Center in 2000. Photo by Sue Gray The first was California’s Bay Area Seed Interchange Library (BASIL), which originated from the Berkeley University Ecology Center in 2000. Now, seed libraries are spread all across the nation, not just preserving genetic diversity in the food system, but exemplifying freedom, independence and equality for everyone. Just as a book library provides free access to printed materials, seed lending gives people who can’t afford to buy seed packets every year the means to grow their own food. The opening of the Basalt Seed Library was preceded by three sorting and packaging sessions. A $300 grant from the Pardon My Garden Club was used to purchase initial stocks from organic seed companies. Other seeds were donated, plus the Basalt Library provided the packets, labels, baskets and shelving.

First sorting party At the first sorting party, held in a meeting room at the Basalt Library in early January, scores of volunteers showed up to help divide and transfer seeds from their original packaging into small manila envelopes. The packets were then labeled with the variety, year, and source of the seed. “This is such a cool idea,” said Dan Whitney, one of the volunteers, “I hope it lasts for the next 10 decades.” In an adjacent room, Basalt Library Technical Services Manager Gail Owens printed blank labels and catalogued the varieties, which are now available for viewing on the library website. As a gardener herself, Owens is excited about the new addition to the Basalt Library. “There are a lot of gardeners in the valley,” she said, “I have a feeling SEED LIBRARY page 5

Twenty-first annual Ski for Sisu is Feb. 3; Nordic Council’s fundraiser Sopris Sun Staff Report Area Nordic skiers are invited to participate in the 21st annual Ski for Sisu Skiathalon at Spring Gulch near Carbondale on Feb. 3. The event is an important fundraiser for the Mount Sopris Nordic Council and money raised from the event pays for trail grooming at the popular cross country skiing area near Carbondale. “This is a really fun community event that we rely on to raise funds to cover our trail grooming expenses” said Mount Sopris Nordic Council Board member and coordinator of the event Greg Fitzpatrick. “This isn’t a race. It’s designed for the whole family to get out on cross country skis, ski a few laps, have refreshments, and bid on items in a silent auction.” There will be three different courses again this year including a 3.5 kilometer loop, a 10 kilometer loop and a 12.5 kilometer loop. There is no entry fee for MSNC members and a minimum donation of $15 for non-members. Participants are encouraged to obtain

pledges for the distance they intend to ski or just make a donation to participate.The more kilometers a participant skis the more money is raised for the Nordic Council.Anyone who skis 25 kilometers or more receives a commemorative T-shirt. “The Finnish word “Sisu” means ‘strength of will, determination, and perseverance.’ We think these are the qualities that have helped build and continue to maintain our fantastic Spring Gulch cross country ski area which was created 27 years ago,” Fitzpatrick continued. Hearty refreshments, including hot chocolate, will be served. Included in silent auction items are dinners at local restaurants, fine wines, spa passes, ski passes, 5Point film festival passes and more. “We don’t charge anything to ski at Spring Gulch. We rely solely on fundraisers like this and membership dues. We think we do a pretty good job providing some of the best groomed cross country skiing in the valley.” For more information contact Greg Fitzpatrick at gregf@sopris.net.

The Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club held Nordic races at Spring Gulch on Jan. 27. The races were one of several that are staged at the Spring Gulch Nordic ski area each year. Photo by Lynn Burton

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e Orchard names Charles Hill as lead pastor Sopris Sun Staff Report On, Jan. 6, The Orchard commissioned W. Charles (Charley) Hill as lead pastor. Hill succeeds Senior Pastor Doug Self, who founded The Orchard (previously Church at Carbondale) in 1990 and celebrated his retirement as full-time senior pastor last fall. Hill has lived in the Roaring Fork Valley for 14 years and currently resides in Glenwood Springs with his wife, Gwen, and son Henry, a junior a Glenwood Springs High School. Charley and Gwen also have two older daughters, Morgan (an environmental health specialist for Garfield County Public Health) and McKenzie (a freshman at Fort Lewis College in Durango). Hill has been on staff at The Orchard for 13 years, first as director of ministries, then as associate pastor. In anticipation of Self’s retirement, Hill asW. Charles (Charley) Hill sumed the title of lead pasLead Pastor of The Orchard tor last spring. Previously, Hill was on the staff of Young Life as the youth pastor and senior pastor. He also was the general manager of a local Culligan office. “His leadership in both ministry and business made him an excellent candidate to succeed Pastor Doug,” said a spokeswoman. Hill’s position of lead pastor encompasses three primary areas. First, to be the primary champion and point leader for the fulfillment of the vision and mission of the church; second, to lead, teach and counsel the congregation, its leaders and staff in accordance with each person’s individual gifts; third, to establish a church structure that is elder directed, staff led, and volunteer empowered. “I am so honored that Pastor Doug and the elders were led to choose me to be the lead pastor of The Orchard and to take this

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Gwen and Charles Hill vision, with our people, into the future. I want to honor Doug, his work and the sacriﬁces he had made over the decades in founding Church at Redstone, Church at Carbondale and now The Orchard,” said Hill. In addition to Hill’s promotion, Daniel Self is assuming the role of teaching and Growth Groups pastor, and Jerry Alcorta (in addition to continuing his role as worship leader) is overseeing The Orchard’s Multi-Ethnic Ministry. Pastor Doug is remaining on staff for about 20 hours per week, providing pastoral care and counseling to the community.

SATURDAy Jan. 26 At 6:22 p.m. an officer stopped a vehicle for traveling the wrong way in the area of Main Court and Eighth Street. The officer reported he was then “chastised” for his “blinding lights.” SATURDAy Jan. 26 At 6:43 p.m. officers assisted the Carbondale Fire Department on a smoke alarm call at Senior Housing. Burned food was probably the cause. SATURDAy Jan. 27 At 12:06 a.m. officers stopped a vehicle at Main Street and Snowmass Drive and arrested the driver for DUI.

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Michael Thompson (center left) and other local gardeners swap their seeds at the opening party for the Basalt Seed Library. Photo by Sue Gray

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The Colorado Cattlemenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association recognized the Danciger Tybar Ranch as its 2012 Outstanding Seedstock Producer of the Year at its annual banquet in Denver on Jan. 22. The Tybar, located up Prince Creek Road just south of Carbondale, was recognized for its contribution to developing the next step in using technology and modern practices to prevent brisket disease and improve pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP) evaluation in cattle, according to a press release. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Danciger Tybar Angus Ranchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work in combating brisket disease and improving PAP evaluation in cattle has signiďŹ cant value in the future of the beef industry,â&#x20AC;? the press release continued.

AAM picks RFHS, BHS students The Aspen Art Museum chose several Roaring Fork High School and Basalt High School students to curate its annual â&#x20AC;&#x153;Young Curators of the Roaring Forkâ&#x20AC;? exhibition, which runs through Feb. 3. The RFHS students are: Ticah Burrows, Emily Eason, Sasha Williams, Sarah Wisnoski and Abriah Wofford. The BHS students are: Indika Hardenbrook, Gordon Murphy and Becca Rembold. BHS students chosen to show their work are: Hunter Ash, Shelley Briscoe, Evelyn Dominguez, Meztly Esparza, Maggie Morlind and Cody Rewinkel. Bridges High School student Henry Maxwell was also chosen to show his work. Other students from Aspen to RiďŹ&#x201A;e were also included.

Principal Drew Adams blog. Later, professional actors conducted a staged reading in the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s auditeria and the three playwrights received feedback from the actors.

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Roaring Fork High School students Christian Guzman, Eric Vigil and Yaritza Zarate were ďŹ nalists in the valley-wide Aspen Theater Masters Aspiring Playwrights Competition. They crafted short plays in Mr. Carbâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s creative writing class and entered them in the competition, according to RFHS

Sunsense Solar recently provided the technical design and coordinated an agreement between the Orchard and Xcel Energy for a solar system, according to a press release. The solar system will generate 100 percent of the churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current kilowatt hour consumption.

Sunsense Solar, a Carbondale-based company, has been in the solar business for 24 years and specializes in putting together ďŹ nancing packages for photovoltaic systems (PV) on large buildings and has helped to secure the ďŹ nancing needed for The Orchard to complete the project.

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Ram coaches upbeat about rest of the season By Celeste Comings Sopris Sun Correspondent It’s no coincidence the boy’s basketball team, with head coach Larry Williams and assistant coach Larry Black, have found success this year. It is only Williams’s fifth year as head coach, but his history with Roaring Fork High School dates back to 1935 when his grandmother graduated from Carbondale Union High School. Williams graduated in 1981 and returned to the school six years later to coach the girl’s freshman and junior varsity basketball teams. When asked what is most rewarding about coaching, Williams replies “The relationships that are developed with the team. The players and coaches are an extension of my family.” So, it’s not surprising he teamed up with Black, who also graduated from Roaring Fork High School. The two are top contenders for the most time spent in the school’s gym. Clocking hours as students, teachers, coaches and athletic directors, they have seen it all. Williams speaks highly of Black. “He is an old friend, and former head coach, so his advice and assistance at games and practice is invaluable.” Williams and Black function as a team. For example, during games Black makes all the substitutions. Williams and Black are joined this year by former Basalt High School head coach John Pettit, who has spent a lot of time working with the team’s guards. Roaring Fork is perched atop the Western Slope League standings and is about halfway through the season. As for February’s match ups, Williams likes his team’s chances. He said he feels the team is performing extremely well with inside-outside play and is adaptable in close games. The Rams edge over the competition is their outstanding defense but they are still working on putting a full game together. As basketball coaches are known to say, putting a full game together includes reducing turnovers. He said the team is confident but not satisfied with its play. They are hungry and working to get better. The boys host Grand Valley at 7 p.m. on Feb. 1, followed by home games against Olathe at 4 p.m. on Feb. 2, and against Aspen at 7 p.m. on Feb. 5.

Roaring Fork head coach Kirk Cheney (center) says the Rams are good enough to compete with the best teams in the state. Their season continues with three straight home games on Feb. 1, 2 and 5. Photo by Sue Rollyson

Girls On the girls sideline are Kirk Cheney and his right-hand man Larry Stangeland. Cheney has been in the Roaring Fork Valley since 1969. He was an All-State linebacker in football and All-State honorable mention in basketball. Cheney has been a player, parent and coach as he completes a unique full circle in his years at RFHS. He has coached for many years, from peewee to high school. His expertise in basketball comes partially from his 19 years as an ofﬁcial, which makes for a good eye in practices. He has help from Stangeland, who played ball in Minnesota. The duo has been through thick and thin together, but what makes them mesh is their shared philosophy of the game. The philosophy is simple: learn and teach aspects of life through athletics. Cheney says

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With a height advantage over most teams, Roaring Fork dominates on the boards. They shoot well, especially from the free throw line where they were 19 of 22 last week. Their edge over the competition is their athleticism and mobility. When they cut and move they are hard to stop. Cheney looks for improvement in scoring from three-point range and avoiding foolish turnovers. When they focus on their goal of winning the league championship and apply themselves, they ﬁre on all cylinders. “This group has the make-up to compete with the best teams in the state,”Cheney said. “I hope we can lead them on that journey.” The girls host Grand Valley at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 1, followed by home games against Olathe at 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 2, and Aspen at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 5.

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Community Calendar THURSDAY Jan. 31 LIVE MUSIC • PAC3 in the Third Street Center presents Agent Orange with Revive Reagan as opening act. The show starts at 8 p.m. Day of show tickets are $22. Info: pac3carbondale.com. GLUTEN FREE BAKING • Rock Bottom Ranch in El Jebel offers a gluten free baking class with Signa Strom from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Info: aspennature.org. ROTARy • Mt. Sopris Rotary meets at Mi Casita every Thursday at noon.

FRIDAY Feb. 1 FAT FRIDAy • This month’s First Friday is Fat Friday in Carbondale, with a parade, restaurant and merchant parties and specials, and more. The parade is scheduled to start at 4:30 p.m. at the corner of Second and Main Street, then proceed down Main Street to Seventh Street where it will end. A panel of “celebrity” judges will make awards to ﬂoats in several categories and masquerade costumes are encouraged. The Gordon Cooper Library will feature a performance based on “The Grapes of Wrath,” plus a ﬁre pit and live band on the Fourth Street plaza. Info: 963-1890. MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “Lincoln” (PG-13) at 7 p.m. Feb. 1-7 with special showing at 1 p.m. on Feb. 3 and “Hitchcock” (PG-13) at 4:45 p.m. on Feb. 2. LIVE MUSIC • Carbondale Beer Works on Main Street presents The Mile Markers (the Front Range band, not the local Mile Mark-

To list your event, email information to news@soprissun.com. Deadline is 5 p.m. Saturday. Events take place in Carbondale unless noted. For up-to-the-minute valley-wide event listings, check out the Community Calendar online at soprissun.com. View and submit events online at soprissun.com/calendar.

ers). No cover. Info: 704-1216. LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the old part of the Dinkel Building presents live music every Friday night. LIVE MUSIC • PAC3 in the Third Street Center presents The Magic Beans and Eminence Ensemble at 8 pm. Tickets: $8/$10. Info: pac3carbondale.com. THE DUST BOWL • The New Castle Library presents the exhibit “The Dust Bowl” on Feb. 1-14 . The exhibit is organized by the Nebraska Council for the Humanities in collaboration with Humanities Texas. CMC GALLERy • The CMC ArtShare Gallery on Grand Avenue in downtown Glenwood Springs features alumni and current students in the professional photography program. The show continues through February. An opening reception will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Feb. 8. Info: cmcartshare.com. AWF • The Aspen Writers’ Foundation kicks off its Winter Words series with Kevin Powers (“The Yellow Birds”) and Tobias Wolff (“Old School”) in Paepcke Auditorium at 6 p.m. Tickets are $20 at 920-5700 or aspenshowtix.com.

SATURDAY Feb. 2 DANCE • The new dance troupe Co-Motion gives a performance at Carbondale Middle School at 7 p.m. Info: danceinitiative.org. RFFC • The Roaring Fork Cultural Council and Habitat for Humanity presents Dick Durrance at Thunder River Theatre in downtown Carbondale at 7:30 p.m. Dur-

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rance — a former National Geographic photographer and motivational speaker — will share three ideas for embracing change and bringing your best to the world. He will also share photographs from around the world and talk about his adventures. Tickets are $20 at roaringforkculturalcouncil.com. SNOWSHOE RACE • The fourth annual Redstone snowshoe race/walk takes place at the Redstone Inn at 10 a.m. The entry fee is $20 for adults and $10 for kids. The 5K course follows the Crystal River in places and also crosses the Redstone Castle grounds. Proceeds beneﬁt HomeCare & Hospice of the Valley and Info: 704-1843. LIVE MUSIC • PAC3 in the Third Street Centers presents the Portland Cello Project and Alialujah Choir at 8 p.m. Tickets: $18/$23. Info: pac3carbondale.com. LIVE MUSIC • Carbondale Beer Works on Main Street presents Tony Rosario (country blues) from 6 to 9 p.m. No cover. LIVE MUSIC • Cuvee World Bistro in Basalt presents Poser (unplugged) performing the Beatles, Elvis and other musical legends at 8:30 p.m. No cover.

SUNDAY Feb. 3 SUPER BOWL PARTy • American Legion Post 100 hosts a Super Bowl party and food drive for Lift-Up. Bring a nonperishable food item to donate and get a free rafﬂe ticket for great prizes. Wear your favorite team jersey. Food will also be served. The Post 100 is located in Carbondale’s former train station at 97 N. Third

St. Info: 963-2381. The public is invited. CCC • The Carbondale Clay Center holds a paint-your-own Valentine event from 2 to 4 p.m. Prices vary, depending on the bisque-ware shape you choose to paint. Info: 963-CLAY. SKI FOR SISU • The Mt. Sopris Nordic Council’s annual Ski for Sisu fund-raiser takes place at Spring Gulch. For details, see the article in this week’s Sopris Sun.

TUESDAY Feb. 5 AVALANCHE TALK • Cripple Creek Backcountry in La Fontana Plaza presents Colorado Avalanche Information Center forecaster Brian McCall at 7:30 p.m. Space is limited. RSVP at randy@cripplecreekbc.com. STORy ART WITH AAM • Story Art with the Aspen Art Museum at the Gordon Cooper Library focuses on the Dust Bowl at 3:45 p.m. The program is for grades K-5. Info: 963-2889 or sschnitzer@gcpld.org.

WEDNESDAY Feb. 6 NATURALIST NIGHTS • Roger Pulwarty PhD presents “The Great Drought of 2012 and Beyond” at 7:30 p.m. at the Third Street Center. It’s free. Naturalist Nights are presented by the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, Wilderness Workshop and Roaring Fork Audubon. ROTARy • The Rotary Club of Carbondale meets at the firehouse at 7 a.m. every Wednesday. Info: Ken Neubecker at eagleriver@sopris.net. CALENDAR page 13

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Fat Friday heats up First Friday this month By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer Where else in the entire state of Colorado can one experience the following within about a threeblock area this Friday night: A lively and perhaps even boisterous Mardi Gras parade, followed by an encounter with “Grapes of Wrath” reenactors, then you can eat out, drop in at any of several galleries or art show openings, take in the Academy Award nominated“Lincoln”attheCrystaleatre,andtop off the night with some funk, folk or rock ’n’ roll. Go ahead and Google around on the Internet, but it’s doubtful you’ll find anything approaching that kind of action anywhere other than Carbondale as First Friday goes Fat Friday on Feb. 1. e night starts with a Mardi Gras parade right down Main Street at 4:30 p.m. Look for a reported 25 floats and self-appointed announcer Steve Skinner calling the thing with a PA from in front of the Pour House. “No one asked,” said KDNK’s station manager. “It was just an idea I had,” Skinner wrote in his Jan. 29 Aspen Daily News column. As for the floats themselves, Skinner reports that someone other than KDNK snagged Soozie Creamcheese and her “massive

earthly puppet characters” so the station went with a hoola hoop/electric vehicle/organic beads theme. PAC3 finds itself in the middle of the mix with a Mardi Gras themed float that features the Nederland-based funk/folk/electronica band e Magic Beans, which will later head to the warmth of the ird Street Center for a show at 8 p.m. Folks from Redstone are floating down to pump up their Feb. 2 snowshoe races. Helping out on Redstone’s float, Samdu the Voodoo Dog will be surrounded by wanna be Cajuns with previous party experience. Rumor has it that one parade entry might include fire dancers but e Sopris Sun could not confirm it so don’t go spreading it around. Something that’s not rumor: the parade will be judged by mayor Stacey Bernot, trustee Frosty Merriott, Richard Fuller (Alpine Bank) and John Matchael (Crystal Glass Studio). e best overall float wins a trophy of some sort. e runners up do not win a set of

steak knives but they do receive PAC3 tickets. After the parade, at about 5:30 p.m., folks might notice old time music, a blazing bonﬁre and migrant Okie camp (complete with 1940s truck) set up on the Fourth Street plaza. is temporary gathering place is the work of Brenda Buchanan and Jack Green as a way of publicizing the Garﬁeld County Library District’s Big Read – which is in fact John Steinbeck’s Depression-era classic “e Grapes of Wrath.” Green is promising a sermon based on the teachings of Casy in the book, while Buchanan said she’s bakFAT FRIDAY page 10

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continued from page 9 ing biscuits to hand out. Roaring Fork High School students are playing the roles of Okies (which in the 1930s was a derogatory term for Oklahomans who ﬂed to California). ere might also be at least one Woody Guthrie sing-along. Buchanan supplied e Sopris Sun with Steinbeck’s own description of one of Oklahoma’s favorite sons: “Woody is just Woody. ousands of people do not know he has any other name. He is just a voice and a guitar. He sings the songs of a people and I suspect that he is, in a way, that people. Harsh voiced and nasal, his guitar hanging like a tire iron on a rusty rim, there is nothing sweet about Woody, and there is nothing sweet about the songs he sings. But there is something more important for those who will listen. ere is the will of the people to endure and ﬁght against oppression. I think we call this the American spirit.”

On the gallery front: e White Dog, on Weant Boulevard, is Carbondale’s new ﬁne arts gallery and is introducing the work of Dianne Parks. Born and raised in New Orleans, Parks received her art training at McCrady School of Fine Art in the French Quar-

ter. Her paintings are primarily oil on canvas with emphasis on the vibrancy, color and light of southern Louisiana. e Main Street Gallery features Carbondale native Catherine Tallmadge, who has created a whimsical collection of multi-media collages featuring patron saints and other idols. e Carbondale Clay Center, at the east end of Main Street, hosts an opening reception for “Seeing Red” from 6 to 8 p.m. Featured artists are: Steven Colby, Diane Kenney, Peg Malloy, Alleghany Meadows, Lisa Pedolsky, Elizabeth Robinson, and Alex Watson. e exhibition is sponsored by Amoré Realty. e Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities opens its 33rd annual Valley Visual Art Show with a reception from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Bonﬁre in the Dinkel Building. is year’s show is split between Bonﬁre and CCAH’s ird Street Center Gallery, which will also be open on Friday night. Marcel (Majid) Kahhak will paint live in his Dinkel Building studio/gallery from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Elsewhere around town, True Nature at 100 N. ird St. presents kirtan music, raw chocolate

and tea sampling at 7:30 p.m. Across the street, American Legion Post 100 hosts a spaghetti dinner from 5 to 8 p.m. e cost is $8 for adults and $5 for kids. SoL eatre hosts its grand opening at 995 Cowen Dr., #101 (Gateway Plaza, next door to e Goat) from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Some of SoL’s ﬁnest young talent will perform live acts. ere’ll also be prizes and treats for kids, as well as drinks and appetizers for adults. On a Fat Friday related note, volunteers are still needed to help stage and marshal parade. For details, call Andrea Stewart at the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce (963-1890).

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Carbondale’s Fat Friday parade traces roots to 1699 By Dottie Daniels Sopris Sun Contributor ink you know Mardi Gras? at it’s all about booze, beads and debauchery? ink again! Fat Tuesday is celebrated with a wide variety of Mardi Gras traditions, including many family-style celebrations. Mardi Gras is the last Tuesday before Ash Wednesday and ushers in 40 days of Lent. “Carnival” is the season that begins on Jan. 6 — the Feast of Epiphany. A krewe (pronounced like “crew”) is a social organization that puts on a parade and/or a ball for the Carnival season. e history of Mardi Gras began long before Europeans set foot in the New World. In mid-February the ancient Romans celebrated the Lupercalia, a circus-like festival similar to the Mardi Gras we are familiar with today. When Rome embraced Christianity, the early Church fathers decided it was better to incorporate certain aspects of pagan rituals into the new faith rather than attempt to abolish them. Carnival became a period of abandon and merriment that preceded the penance of Lent, thus giving a Christian interpretation to the ancient custom. Many historians believe that the ﬁrst American Mardi Gras took place on March 3, 1699, when the French explorers Iberville and Bienville landed in what is now Louisiana, just south of the holiday's future epicenter, New Orleans. ey held a small celebration and dubbed the spot Point du Mardi Gras. In the decades that followed, New Orleans and other French settlements began marking the holiday with street parties, masked balls and lavish dinners. When the Spanish took control of New Orleans, however, they abolished these rowdy rituals, and the bans remained in force until Louisiana became a state in 1812.

During Mardi Gras in 1827, a group of students donned colorful costumes and danced through the streets of New Orleans, emulating the revelry they'd observed while visiting Paris. Ten years later, the first recorded New Orleans Mardi Gras parade took place, a tradition that continues to this day. In 1857, a secret society of New Orleans businessmen called the Mistick Krewe of Comus organized a torch-lit Mardi Gras procession with marching bands and decorated carriages, setting the tone for future public celebrations in the city. Since then, krewes have remained a fixture of the Carnival scene throughout Louisiana and other southern states. Although the biggest celebrations still occur in the New Orleans area, many communities have their own version of Mardi Gras. Customs include throwing beads and other trinkets, wearing masks, decorating floats and sharing King Cake. And there is always food, music and dancing. In the small town of Mamou, a masked horseman rides from house to house, collecting chickens, meat and other foods for the feast table. In Choupic (pronounced like “shoe pick”), residents chase children of the town and make them recite Catholic prayers before giving them their pre-Lenten flogging with willow tree branches (all in good fun, of course). ere is even a dog parade, called the Krewe of Barkus. So find the style that best suits you, and join us at the Mardi Gras party in Carbondale on Fat Friday.

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IMAGINE • River Bridge Regional Center presents IMAGINE, featuring a menu created by reality TV ﬁnalist Susie Jiminez, at the Orchard from 6 to 10 p.m. on Feb. 16. The menu includes: lamb meatballs with taziki sauce, tostaditas with chorizo beans and cucumber salsa, shrimp ceviche, pork dumplings with ginger sauce, tempura veggies, and chocolate fondue. Tickets are $45, which includes drinks. There’ll also be live music, dancing, a silent auction and rafﬂe. Info: 945-5195.

LIVE MUSIC • PAC3 in the Third Street Center presents Royal Southern Brotherhood at 8 p.m. Info: pac3carbondale.com. HPC MEETS • Carbondale’s Historical Preservation Commission meets at town hall at 6:30 p.m. the ﬁrst Thursday of the month.

LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the old part of the Dinkel Building presents the Oregonbased, New Orleans-school band Myshkin, and folk singer Michelle McAfee. C-TOWN • KDNK’s annual C-Town talent show returns to PAC3 in the Third Street Center.

Ongoing STRANAHAN CONTINUES • “George Stranahan: Looking Back” continues at the Wyly Community Art Center in Basalt through Feb. 28. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday through Friday. Info: 927-4123. DIVAS MEET • The Valley Divas women’s networking group meets the ﬁrst Wednesday of the month at Konnyaku. Info: 704-1711. BEER RUN • Independence Run & Hike stages a four-mile beer run Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. and a group run Saturdays at 8:15 a.m. Info: 704-0909. SINGING BOWLS • Daniel hosts singing bowl sessions at High Country Gems and Minerals in Glenwood Springs on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m., and Fridays and Saturdays from 1 to 4 p.m. Info: 945-8137. CCC • Winter classes for kids and adults are under way at the Carbondale Clay Center. Info: 963-2529. HOOPS • The Carbondale Middle School gym is open for boys in grades 5-8 for basket-

ball shoot arounds and games from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturdays. There’ll also be donuts, chocolate milk and $5 for half-court shots. MAyOR’S COFFEE HOUR • Chat with Carbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot on Tuesdays from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Village Smithy on Third Street. ZINGERS • Betsy Schenck leads the Senior Matters Zingers sing-along group at Heritage Park Care Center on Tuesdays at 2 p.m. Info: 963-2167. APRÈS SKI • DJ RasGis spins roots rock reggae during après ski every Sunday from 3 to 7 p.m. at Burger Bar & Fish, located in Snowmass Base Village across from the Elk Camp gondola. BILINGUAL STORy TIME • Gordon Cooper Library presents a bilingual story time for kids 1-5 years old Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. info: 625-4270. MUSICAL STORy TIME • The Gordon Cooper Library presents Musical Story Time at 4 p.m. on Mondays. Kids must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Info: 963-2889.

PAC3 in the Third Street Center presents the Portland Cello Project and Alialujah Choir at 8 p.m. on Feb. 2. Tickets are $18/$23. Info: pac3carbondale.com. The PCP’s current release is “Portland Cello Project Play Beck Hansen’s Song Reader.” Photo by Tarina Westlund

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Pajama deadline is Feb. 8 The deadline to drop off pajamas for Children’s Rocky Mountain School and the Family Visitor Program’s Great Pajama Drive is Feb. 8. They can be dropped off at Alpine Bank (Carbondale, Willits, Aspen, Basalt and Glenwood Springs), Blue Lake pre-school, Growing Years, the Basalt Library, Gordon Cooper Library, Children’s Mini College in Glenwood Springs, the Family Visitor Program and Early Childhood Network in Glenwood Springs, and Children’s Rocky Mountain School. For every pair of pajamas, the Family Visitor Program will donate a book to a needy family. The goal is to pair enough pajamas and books for 300 families by Valentine’s Day. For details, call Debbie Condello at 963-2524.

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Casey McConnell will present “The Power of Email & Social Marketing” at the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce’s quarterly luncheon on Feb. 12. “This information-packed seminar will show you how e-mail and social marketing can really help you drive your business success,” said a chamber press release. “Discover how communicating with your customers regularly can help you stay connected and generate increased referrals, repeat sales and unwavering customer loyalty.” McConnell is a Constant Contact authorized expert. The cost is $20 in advance and $30 the day of. For details, call 963-1890.

Low-cost smart phone class 2013 YCRF Curators Ticah Burrows (Roaring Fork High School), Emily Eason (Roaring Fork High School), Indika Hardenbrook (Basalt High School), Mallory Harris (Aspen High School), Serena Kauffman (Yampah High School), Gordon Murphy (Basalt High School), Becca Rembold (Glenwood Springs High School), Melina Sanchez (Glenwood Springs High School), Devin Williams (Glenwood Springs High School), Sasha Williams (Roaring Fork High School), Sarah Wisnoski (Roaring Fork High School), Abriah Wofford (Roaring Fork High School)

Senior Matters offers classes in smart phones and computers at the Third Street Center on Feb. 9. The computer class takes place from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and the smart phone class from noon to 1:30 p.m. A suggested $5 donation goes to Senior Matters. The classes are held at the end of the Long Hall in Room 33. To reserve a spot or set up a customized consultation, call at 379-6599.

youthZone slates drug talk YouthZone has joined forces with teens and scientists across the United States as part of National Drug Facts Week. The week-long health observance runs through Feb. 3 and YouthZone will post drug facts on its Facebook page, plus blog and tweet to create more awareness of the impact of drugs on teenage behavior. For more information call 945-9300.

2013 YCRF Artists Hunter Ash (Basalt High School), Shelley Briscoe (Basalt High School), Allison Cain (Rifle High School), Cecilia Otero Chavez (Rifle High School), Evelyn Dominguez (Basalt High School), Meztly Esparza (Basalt High School), Stephanie Gomez (Rifle High School), Sommer Hayes (Aspen High School), Raigan Holgate (Rifle High School), Tori Hooper (Rifle High School), Henry Maxwell (Bridges High School), Marissa McKinney (Aspen High School), Maggie Morlind (Basalt High School), Cody Rewinkel (Basalt High School), Kidd Duhe Solomon (Aspen High School), Jake Statler (Rifle High School)

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JD Prater (center) and Gretchen Blieler (right) award a T-shirt to Roaring Fork High School student Ruby Lange for winning a contest during their climate change presentation at the school on Jan. 23. Prater and Blieler are members of Alliance for Climate Protection. Photo by Cam Burns.

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Adam McCabe hopes to garner 1 million signatures on a petition, asking the Obama Administration to establish a decompression program for veterans returning from war. He is circulating the petition through purplestarfamilies.org. Photo by Trina Ortega

Veteran’s homecoming continued om page 1 “Regardless of the centuries, nobody’s ever gotten homecoming right,” said McCabe, now 28 and a Carbondale resident. “The focus has always been on how to do well in battle. But then how do we set our guys up for success once they come home? We’re not taking a look at that and it’s time to. We’re losing 6,570 veterans a year to suicide alone.” McCabe is hoping to change that and has helped to found Purple Star Veterans and Families, a nonproﬁt organization focused on strengthening the homecoming safety-net for veterans and their immediate and extended families. Purple Star was the brainchild of former Carbondale resident John Henry, the father of a fallen Afghanistan combat veteran and Purple Heart recipient. The organization is pushing for the development and adoption of a 90-day decompression period for veterans that would ensure: • Every veteran leaves the military having completed a homecoming preparedness peer mentoring program taught by fellow veterans. • Every service member who has served in combat or a combat-related job is provided comprehensive health, wellness and decompression resources to address the hidden wounds of war before they leave the military. • Every new veteran has a post-separation plan and follow-up schedule with his or her local Veterans Affairs hospital. • Every new veteran has a comprehensive homecoming preparedness plan for family, education and employment. • Every family has access to comprehensive homecoming preparedness training and resources before welcoming their veteran home. Although the details of each program are not lined out, Purple Star will be working with experts in medicine, mental health, integrative health, education, employment and other related ﬁelds to develop resources that will be readily available for veterans. Most importantly, Purple Star is encouraging citizens to sign a petition asking the Obama Administration to provide comprehensive health, wellness and decompression training for all service personnel to address the emotional “hidden

wounds” of war before they leave the military and while they are adjusting back into family life, schooling and employment. The goal is to have 1 million Americans sign the petition, which can be found at purplestarfamlies.org.

“This is different than any of the other 3,500 organizations that are out there because this is going after the problem and trying to resolve it … .” Jeff Wadley Vietnam war vet “The military does an incredibly effective job training our young men and women to go to war. These veterans need the same level of training to help them come home,” the petition states.

Volunteering Carbondale resident Jeff Wadley served in the Vietnam war. Although he has frequently checked in with other veterans in the valley by dropping in on support groups, he said he waited 43 years to ﬁnd an effort to get behind. He is volunteering to actively help Purple Star get the petition passed. “This is different than any of the other 3,500 organizations that are out there because this is going after the problem and trying to resolve it before it hits the street and super complicates our society,”Wadley said. Wadley says he believes all veterans have suffered the effects of war, but the Afghanistan and Iraq conﬂicts have been different because of the intensity of urban warfare. “One of the biggest problems with the Vietnam war was the Vietnam veteran was held personally responsible by the public of this county for the atrocities that took place over there,” he said. “I think there is PURPLE STAR page 17

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Conscious Movement

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Co-Motion: A Conscious Movement Project During last Saturday’s rehearsal at the Third Street Center, the founders/performers of the new contemporary dance company, Co-Motion, were intent and focused on preparing for their inaugural performance, which takes place on Feb. 2 at the Carbondale Middle School starting at 7 pm. The new dance company hopes to collaborate choreographically across artistic mediums as well as explore important issues in our community and Colorado through dance. Stay tuned to some unconventional, yet meaningful and engaging performances. Founders and performers of this new dance company, under the Dance Initiative umbrella, are top left to right: Dana Ganssle Ellis, Ashley Arnold; bottom left to right: Deb Colley and Aja McAdams. Photos and text by Jane Bachrach

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war movies, which both can spur feelings of anger and pain. He invests time with friends and colleagues who are equally invested in him. At his part-time job at The Blend coffee shop, he greets customers with a cheery hello, a big welcoming hug or both. But he says his mentors have been the “biggest gift of all.” They include other veterans and mental health experts, such as trauma and tension release doctor Dave Berceli. “My mentors have been people that have taken an interest in my life and helped me to grow and develop and put down old tools and pick up new ones,” McCabe said. “They’ve helped me redeﬁne what being a real man is. I used to think I was a real man at 19 years old because I had a gun. I had to redeﬁne what I considered to be a real man — someone that’s strong enough to tell people that he loves them. Someone strong enough and OK enough with who they are to be open, kind and tolerant.” McCabe insisted this story not be about him. But it is a personal story. It’s personal every 80 minutes when another veteran takes his or her life. That’s 18 veterans per day; 6,570 per year. Sign the homecoming petition at purplestarfamilies.org.

McCabe insists that this story not be about him, but he retells some of his experience to help others understand the mindset. He talks about how he carried a letter under his ﬂak jacket that told his family, if he died, don’t cry for me because I’m liberating the Iraqi people. He talks about the intensity of urban warfare and that every window, every rooftop, every cellar becomes a threat. He talks about how you cannot trust anyone because the very folks that are waving,

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He wanted to know how ‘amerikee, amerikee’ this fellow veteran — one minute are picking someone who could reup AK-47s trying to kill late to the horrors Mcyou the next. He talks about getting blown up Cabe had experienced — could be so content on Christmas Day 2004. and happy. He cries a bit remember“I was hurt, scared ing fallen comrades. He and aggressive. He loved talks about how his misme when I had no love sion became less about for myself,” McCabe the Iraqi people and more about how to save After surviving the blast of a said. “I just kept replayhis men. He talks about vehicle in an IED (improvised ex- ing the same questions: how he rewired his brain plosive device) attack, and being Who am I now as a to be hyper-vigilant and evacuated to a Polish hospital on human being? If there’s a aggressive just to survive Christmas Day 2004, Adam heaven, do I qualify given each day. McCabe made his way back to the things I’ve done, McCabe also knows his platoon in Iraq. Here he given the lives I’ve taken? that he leads by exam- poses with Cpl. Bill Mcfeeters. I had all these really big questions. And I kept ple, showing other veter- Submitted photo thinking, ‘Adam you’re a ans it’s OK to talk about their experiences and seek help. He was in horrible human being.’” Part of his “recovery” has been to have and out of treatment, including checking into Jaywalker Lodge, which brought him the courage to talk about his experience to the Roaring Fork Valley about ﬁve years and how he feels. He started a PTSD ago. While in Carbondale, he met a Vietnam group in the valley (admittedly to help veteran who was happy, and after years of himself as much as others) but he has seen a positive ripple effect when other veterstruggling, it ﬁnally clicked for McCabe. “He was a Vietnam veteran, and he just ans open up. It normalized things for him; loved. He loved people. He loved his life. He it made him feel less alone. On a greater loved how he showed up in the world. And scale, it can make a person realize he is not I’m just looking at this guy and he made me crazy, says McCabe. McCabe actively works at being well. really uncomfortable,” said McCabe of the “radical” forgiveness workshop where he For him, it includes daily meditation and prayer, which set him up to be “grounded” met the man. “I wanted what he had.” After a few visits, McCabe opened up. for the day. He doesn’t watch the news or

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a little more compassion for the Iraq veteran, but we still have not achieved this honorable stature for these men and women who gave everything. The warriors need to be held in an honorable light in our society, and that’s one of the major factors that’s missing.” Wadley said he never received any psychological support as a veteran, nor did he seek it out. Like other veterans, Wadley’s mentality was that an admission of needing help is a weakness. Veterans don’t ask for support. “6,570 veterans a year aren’t asking for help,” McCabe said, explaining that many veterans have put up barriers and feel they cannot relate to someone who has not been on the battleﬁeld. “That has some validity to it, but the problem is it just keeps us sick, it keeps us where we’re at and although there are other people who do have the tools to help us, we’ve just built our walls so tall that we won’t let them in.”

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The ﬁrst and second grade students from the Carbondale Community School have been working with some senior residents at Carbondale Senior Housing for an integrated, investigative Service Learning Project that promotes and builds community, responsibility, social justice and life-long learning. For this year’s Service Learning Project, the students have been “investigating” the lives of some of our local senior residents at Senior Housing. First grade students were paired with a second grade student and a senior resident. The students conducted an interview with their new Senior Pal and are currently working on creating a piece of art that depicts what they learned from their senior during their investigation.

“This project is important because it makes a community happy!” writes ﬁrst grader Carmen Gonzalez-Bringas. Sawyer Riley, a second grader involved in the project, said: “I felt nervous. Then when I got my pal it was fun. My pal’s name is Lee. I want to change my name to Lee because he is cool! He builds hot rods and plays in a band!” During the interviews, students learned what life was like when their Senior Pals were young. Their pals also shared thoughts on their current lives, and then offered special advice on growing up. “Always be kind to one another.” “Be honest.” “Enjoy being young.” “Be true to yourself.” “Do your best to be happy.” “Listen to your parents.” “Get a good education.” “Take it easy and have fun.” These were some words of wisdom passed on SENIOR PALS page 19

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î&#x201A;&#x160;ese days, our society isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always so civil Ever since I can remember, watching people, observing their behavior and taking notes how rude her peers were and informed me that she would not be attending next year. Unin my head has been a favorite pastime. acceptable behavior takes the fun out of such events. Human beings are fascinating. Perhaps thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why going to college and pursuing a caWe donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to go to the X games to see rude behavior. All we have to do is get behind the wheel of our automobile and try to make it to work alive on the reer in anthropology became so important to me. Highway 82 commute. Merriam-Webster deďŹ nes anthropology as â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;Śthe study of human beHow easy it is for most of us to exhibit Neanderthal behavior when we ings and their ancestors through time and space and in relation to physical character, environmental and social relations, and culture.â&#x20AC;? get in the driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seat in a huge hurry to get somewhere. People are not only fascinating. We are complicated. My recent â&#x20AC;&#x153;studyâ&#x20AC;? There is hope that we can be more civil toward each other. The past 15 years that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been directly involved in crises as a member of an incident manconcerning contemporary members of my species gives me cause for conagement team has given me hope that we can exhibit more civilized behavior. cern as well as hope. It seems that during a disaster people display an extraordinary ability There is always a good dose of suspicion involved with trusting the opinto pull together and help one another in heroic fashion. Time and time ions of a fellow ďŹ&#x201A;awed character in the storybook of life. After all, no oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opinions are without bias. again I have seen individuals help to make a bad situation better by workNonetheless allow me to hazard a guess that there are many of you who ing together. have made similar observations about human nature as I have. People bring food and clothing for those who have lost their homes in wildďŹ res. They pitch in at Red Cross Shelters. They volunteer to house We seem collectively to be losing our civility, the thing that allows us in strangers and pasture their horses. our society to fully function for the common good. The one incident locally in which this was brought home to me was the Folks donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even have to be directly involved, as are police and ďŹ reďŹ ghters, to help in a crisis. Remember the September 2011 video of bycampaign a year ago for and against the proposed Village at Crystal River By Bill Kight (VCR for short). standers helping lift a burning car off a trapped motorcyclist? Why does it take a crisis to get us to work together in a civilized fashion or treat each A friend on the opposite side of the issue noted the same thing I did: people did not behave well toward each other and the ill-feelings this â&#x20AC;&#x153;battleâ&#x20AC;? produced will be with us other with kindness? What do you think the solution is to us all becoming more civil in our interactions for a long time. An old saying seems to have been forgotten by many of us, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not what happens to with one another? I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the answers so if you have any ideas please let me hear you but how you react that matters.â&#x20AC;? from you. My e-mail is bkight13@gmail.com. More recently my youngest daughter conďŹ rmed my feeling that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not doing a very good job teaching our young people how to be civil. With over 30 years of experience in federal land management agencies, Bill Kight, of Having come back home to attend the Winter X games, Amber was not happy about Carbondale, shares his stories and concerns with readers every month.

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Senior pals continued î&#x2C6;&#x2021;om page 18 from the seniors to their young pals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The lesson you learn is to be a better person,â&#x20AC;? said ďŹ rst grader Greyson Post. Dylan Madden, a second grader, said â&#x20AC;&#x153;This project is important because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good for us to build community, and to put a smile on their faces, and be their friend, and learn about their lives!!â&#x20AC;?

The ďŹ rst and second grade Learning Center is planning a big presentation at the Senior Housing facility to share with the audience what they learned about their Senior Pal, and then give each senior the piece of art created for and about them. This project has been a positive experience for all involved. The connections made

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AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO, REPEALING SECTION 9.40 AND SECTION 9.42 OF THE CARBONDALE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING THE OFFENSES OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND HARASSMENT AND CREATING NEW OFFENSES OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND HARASSMENT AND THE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF 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 22, 2013.

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.

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THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE _________________________ By: s/s Stacey Bernot, Mayor

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 22, 2013.

ATTEST: __________________________ s/s Cathy Derby, Town Clerk Published in The Sopris Sun on January 31, 2013. ORDINANCE NO. 3 Series 2013

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