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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.

Point Up, but not away In defense of Aspen

er in Aspen, which absolutely means navigating the sometimes existentially difficult question of your worth.

Yes, Aspen has earned its bougie reputation, but I argue that can be a good thing — and my friend agreed. When it comes to wealth (and every fiber of my Midwestern heart still cringes at discussing something so taboo), the affluence forces you to come to terms with your own relationship with money. That’s uncouth conversation to have with oneself, much less with friends… but it’s also necessary to feel any sense of empowerment about your own future, and why not learn from each other?

And yet, Aspen still maintains the charm of a mountain town.

Its history lives in the buildings and even the mountain that looks over the pedestrian streets POINT page 8

Counterpoint Let me take you down In defense of the lower valley

By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Staff If you complain that Aspenites don’t venture beyond the roundabout but never stop between Glenwood Springs and Grand Junction, this column is for you.

It’s certainly not for the host of folks we consider Carbondalians — including many pillars of our community like teachers and police officers — who commute from the oft-overlooked west side. They knew the charms of New Castle, Silt, Rifle and Parachute long before I did.

But I know there are a few folks who, like me when I was growing up here, make Carbondale their whole world, whether they’re working, going out on the town or just relaxing at home.

And while they may make the occasional jaunt to the Redstone Castle, Wheeler Opera House, Ruedi Reservoir or Glenwood Caverns, they may be missing

The Sopris Sun welcomes your letters, limited to no more than 500 words via email at news@soprissun.com or 250 words via snail mail at P.O. Box 399, Carbondale CO 81623. please include your name, town, and contact information. The deadline for submission is noon on Monday.

Near safe haven

By Megan Tackett Sopris Sun Staff I had to brave Aspen during X Games for a few tutoring students, so when I had a break, I thought I’d pop into town for lunch. After winding through the initial crowd of visiting — and a few leering — snow bros (seriously, guys, it’s 2019: respect is hot), I found familiar faces both at and behind the bar. Ten years later, and you can always count on running into a friend in that town.

But it was the following conversation I had over my quinoa burger (say whatever you want, it was on a brioche bun and it was delicious) that really made me reflect a bit on how influential that town has been on my adult life.

This particular friend had grown his own massage business since we last caught up, and we shared the pride that comes with surviving being a business own-

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some other gems.

Here, let me show you.

As you head west on Interstate 70 through (or, more properly, past) South Canyon, a passenger could see the burn scars of several devastating fires. You can take the Canyon Creek exit and follow the frontage road upvalley to the Storm King memorial trail — a pilgrimage I think every local ought to make. There’s also a lovely schoolhouse just up the creek, which Violet Mooney can tell you all about.

From here, you could get back on the highway or wind along the frontage road. Either way, you’ll pass the location of a dinosaur find and notice the snow-free ribbon of burning coal in the hillside across the river.

When you get to New Castle, you could swing by a diner that, thanks to common ownership COUNTERPOINT page 8

Dear Editor: Bitter cold, slate sky Howling wind drives stinging sleet Warm hearth ‘round next bend JM Jesse Glenwood Springs

‘Vacation rentals in a tight market’ response Dear Editor: I have had a rental unit in Carbondale for the last three years.

I have lived in my house for 28 years, like my friends in the article. I decided to turn my garage into a studio because I could no longer afford my mortgage payment myself.

My partner was diagnosed with a serious autoimmune disease and has been receiving chemo treatments the last three years. So it has been a big help for me.

My neighbors were skeptical at first, too, but now they say they to have met some of the most amazing people at my place and I am very careful before I allow anyone to stay here.

My biggest gripe isn’t that we have to have a rental to live in our town, but is the people outside of Colorado who come in and buy all our properties and rent them out.

Also, those 5,000 square-foot homes are just not sustainable for families. Carbondale had a small residential downtown core with the cutest two and three bedroom homes. Now some of those homes have been torn down and people have put in large homes that don’t look anything like our town.

People could purchase a home and live in it forever.

As you get older you downsize. There is no downsizing in our towns anymore. It’s too darn expensive. Those homes I’m referring too are mostly in River Valley Ranch. Take a drive thru on trash day and see who really lives there!

Maybe a moratorium on people living out of state would help? How about if you don’t live here, you can’t rent your property. Or you must live in your property for a certain amount of time before you can rent it, unless it’s a long term rental.

How about if you are from another state, you can only have one short-term rental, not several, which would stop people in the top 5 percent from buying up our towns. Just an idea.

Last but not least, if you don’t live in town and your rentals are empty, it’s not good for business; not good for a community. If your children can’t rent in our community, it’s not a community. If you don’t live in our town, your not helping our local business but are helping them be destroyed. By the way, Glenwood Springs, not everyone wants their town as a Disneyland.

We love our beautiful Roaring Fork Valley. Help us have a community where are children don’t have to move away to live. Where workers don’t have to drive two hours each way to work. Where all the rentals aren’t owned by people living out of state! Just saying.

Just saying, lets bring it up for discussion!

Kat Lieblick Carbondale

Words matter Dear Editor: We all live together on a small and increasingly crowded planet.

History tells us (look it up) that walls, including the Berlin Wall (1961-89, the “Wall of Shame”), all built to “keep out the enemies,” do not create a better society.

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Giving thanks for Jim Calaway’s life and legacy

By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Staff Jim Calaway never took no for an answer and never failed to say thank you.

It’s an approach that elevated him into the top of Texas business and politics in his youth, helped him inspire a new era of philanthropy in the Roaring Fork Valley and was a source of admiration, amusement and consternation to those closest to him.

“He was interested in making a better world,” his wife, Connie, observed. “He involved himself with people who were working for the common good.”

Connie came into Jim’s sphere of influence at the end of a winding road that lead through Kirkland, Washington, New York City — where she landed a solo part at the Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein and Rudolph Steiner at the age of 22 — and Vienna, where a couple she met in a box at the opera encouraged her to check out Texas. Her accomplishments there included bringing an arts education program through the Lincoln Center Institute to Houston.

“We took teachers through the process of creativity,” she explained.

She first remembers meeting Jim when she took a job marketing high rise condominiums, and he came to inquire about the penthouse. It was finally Connie who took the initiative by placing a trio of ballet tickets on her desk for him to notice, then asking him to join.

“He fell into the trap,” she recalled. “He practically ran out the door, went across the street to his office and called me back 20 minutes later asking me to dinner on his sailboat.”

She ended up living in that penthouse. Jim was the state organizer for the American Civil Liberties Union, but also did a stint as Chair of the National Democratic Presidential Victory Fund, which was earmarked for whichever candidate won the primary — in this case, Dukakis.

“He stayed in Washington setting strategy, while I traveled the country bringing people to contribute,” Connie said. “How easy it is to have one’s head turned and not realize it. When the presidential election was over, having lost the election, we left the excitement of Washington, and returned to our peaceful home, becoming everyday citizens.”

Well, sort of.

“I never knew who was going to be there when I opened my door,” she added. “Any Democratic politician who came to Texas came to our house.”

A new frontier But when it came time to retire, Jim wanted to get away from Tex-

as and give his sons space. Both Jim and Connie had connections to the Roaring Fork Valley and had been vacationing in Aspen for several years. Connie, in particular, had an affinity for the Crystal Valley, and her brother had even owned the Yule Marble Quarry for a time. She remembers one Christmas staying at the Redstone Castle and coming back from dining at the Inn with a sleigh ride through fresh snow.

“Coming from a busy, flat, hot and humid city to this glorious place was nothing short of heaven,” she said. “It was a shift for both of us. I was a happy camper, but living in a small town was difficult for Jim.” He continued to sail, albeit in a 19foot boat at Ruedi, and had a friend bring up catfish for a fry every year. Pretty soon, the Calaways began to make new connections.

Connie became involved with the Colorado Mountain College board, which led to a partnership with Colorado Animal Rescue.

Jim formed a friendship with Alpine Bank Founder Bob Young, who was the chief philanthropist in the Carbondale area. He also set out to inspire others to give.

“Jim put his name on everything, which I found embarrassing,” Connie observed. “He did, however, know what he was doing because it wasn’t long before a lot of people began following in his footsteps.

The next generation While Jim Calaway may be gone, there are no shortage of people to carry on his legacy. Just ask Alex Yajko, a close family friend by way of CMC. “Everything I know about philanthropy I have learned from Jim and Connie — how to be bold and ask people to give not because it was needed but because it enlightens you,” she said. “He was full of life and encouraged other people’s different stages in their life, and she was gracious enough to always give him center stage. By doing and being elegant, she really raised the bar.”

Cindy Miller agreed.

“Jim and Connie have made me a better person,” she said. “He valued everybody and treated them with such kindness and interest. He didn’t treat people like they were inferior. When he was thanking

Jim Calaway was a family man at heart — whether that meant his twin sons, grandchildren, wife or pets. Courtesy photos people after an event, he would even call the caterer the next day.

He never left anyone behind.”

Bob Howard, the original developer of River Valley Ranch, compared Jim to Lyndon Johnson — “a-larger-than-life Texan that’s used to getting his way.”

That started when the Calaways first moved into town, and Jim called Howard up to “request” a lunch meeting. It became a tradition, and Howard made an indefinite gift of them for Jim’s 75th birthday.

“He just decided I was going to be his friend — fortunately for me,” Howard said. “He really cared about those lunches. It was almost a religious experience.”

Added Yajko, “He planned in the morning what he was going to have for lunch and dinner — and what we were going to have if we were with him.”

While many of his frequent lunch companions were fellow Democrats, he made exceptions for Donn Willins and others.

“In today’s world, it seems like you have to agree with people to be friends, but Jim didn’t,” Willins said.

That went for other issues, too, like hunting or buying purebred dogs.

“The way Jim coped with things that which contradicted his value system was to find something definite about a person’s life that he could embrace,” Yajko observed.

Added Howard, “The idea of having tension or confrontation seemed like a waste of time for him.”

Instead, in Roger Sheffield’s assessment, “Jim lived a life larger

than life itself… As people age they tend to reflect a lot and go back, but with Jim, it was always ‘what’s next?’”

Quirks For all the praise his friends had for him, there were some eye rolls, too. For one thing, he was “socially curious,” as Howard put it.

“He wanted to know everything you’re doing — which would be okay if he kept it to himself,” he said. “When you tell Jim, it’s the same thing as putting it in the newspaper.”

He also prided himself on being a matchmaker but never made a successful match. He had more success convincing his friends to overcome “unhealthy boundaries” like not allowing their dogs to sleep on the bed, and always asked about pets first when talking on the phone. When another topic came up, however, you might lose him.

“At some point, he decides the conversation is over and there there’s just a click,” Howard said.

That didn’t fly with Connie.

“He once hung up on me when I was in China, so I picked up the phone and called him back — collect,” she said.

While he was quick to embrace new things — like fancy socks — as if they’d been in his life forever, he also kept a rigid schedule. He’d get up at exactly a quarter to 8 every morning, listen to the New York Times and make sure his lunches and porch time were scheduled two weeks in advance. He was picked up for the

Pour House at a quarter to noon, where there’d always be a cowboy to help him across the uneven floor to the table with his name on it (there’s a Calaway BLT, too — it has a fried egg).

After a nap at home, he was ready to “hold court” on the porch at 3 p.m. before watching the news and listening to his audiobooks or perhaps some gospel and heading to bed. The Sunday schedule was a little different to accommodate Two Rivers Unitarian Services for the Baptist-turned-Buddhist.

Saying goodbye Jim Calaway’s memorial will take place at 10 a.m. Feb. 2 at the Orchard before moving to the Third Street Center at noon.

First Friday, Feb. 1, is also being themed in his honor, with adoptable pets at the Pour House and Marble Distilling leading into a week of free adoptions at CARE. And for the entire month of February, drop boxes will allow budding philanthropists to support some of Calaway’s favorite causes in the inaugural “Calaway Give-Back” event.

“The love and support from this community in putting together Jim’s Celebration of Life has been overwhelming. There are many people volunteering and businesses offering enormous services as contributions… There aren’t words to say a big enough thank you,” Connie said. “That’s why I love this community. It’s bursting with love and all the good things in life… This is home and I’ll never leave.”

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The Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE) is helping the Roaring Fork Valley save energy and cut carbon emissions with a host of new and updated cash-back rebates to incentivize energy efficiency improvements in 2019. New this year, homeowners and renters can now tap into $2,500 for fuel-switching, while businesses can increase their EV charging capacity. More information, a downloadable rebate brochure and free technical advising are available at www.aspencore.org.

Through Feb. 28, The Aspen Community Foundation is accepting scholarship applications from students residing in the Aspen to Parachute region for the 2019-20 academic year. Qualifications vary by fund; visit aspencommunityfoundation.org/scholarships for more information.

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Make the grade Three locals were named to their college’s Dean’s List last semester — Nikole Simecek and Ben Meckley at Fort Lewis College in Durango and April Phinney at Wheaton College in Illinois.

They say it’s your birthday Folks celebrating another year of life this month include: Joani Lubrant (Feb. 1); Nikki Macleod, Rex van Minnen, Marcos Guevara and Candy Holgate (Feb. 2); Bob Moore (Feb. 3); Aly Sanguily, Sue Gray and Sandra Gaddis (Feb. 4) Patrick Hunter and Sandra Lopez (Feb. 6).

Paint with all the colors Applications are available now for the second of three shows at Morgidge Commons in Glenwood Springs focusing on artist’s from Colorado’s Creative Districts. Round two focuses on watercolors and will hang from May 17 through June 24. The submission deadline is Feb. 28, with two recent pieces per artist allowed at no larger than 48” including the frame — email brian@carbondalearts.com.

Follow the yellow-brick road Tickets are on sale now for Carbondale Arts’ 11th annual Annual Green is the New Black Fashion Extravaganza: OZ. Full of locals, performance art, multimedia, inspiring sustainable fashion and a storyline to boot, in 2018 GITNB sold out at 550 seated tickets plus standing room each night. You’ll want to nab your tickets for this year, as The Sun itself has a line! Get them for $55 at carbondalearts.com.

PUT A FORK IN IT Roaring Fork High School students seem to be rockin’ it on all fronts lately. Renee Bruell and Liam Laird joined Bryce Risner of Glenwood High at the All-State Jazz performance in Colorado Springs last week (above, photo by Colin Laird). Everyone is invited to see these and other young local jazz musicians perform at a free concert from 5 to 7 p.m. Feb. 9 at the high school as part of Jazz Aspen Snowmass’s musical education programming (more info at jazzaspensnowmass.org).

Meanwhile, both the girls’ and boys’ basketball teams have improved to 3-1 in league for the season, with back-to-back victories over Aspen at home on Jan. 26 (below, photo by Sue Rollyson). They’ll host Basalt on Friday, Feb. 1, at 5:30 and 7 p.m.

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A charitable coffee shop by any name

By Megan Tackett Sopris Sun Staff

There’s an app for that While you have to physically be in the store in order to choose which nonprofit to support, you no longer have to be physically present in order to place, well, an order.

“The new app’s amazing; we’ve had such a positive response from anyone,” Norton said enthusiastically. “I think a lot of times, especially when it comes to coffee, people want something easy. It’s been really cool: over the last two weeks, we’ve seen a pretty good uptick in Apple orders.”

The Blue Spruce app allows for both pick-up and delivery orders, though there is a $15 minimum on deliveries and are limited to Carbondale city limits. But Norton hopes that the delivery option will be particularly convenient for businesses. “[A regular] works over at 20/20, and if they’ve had a rough day, the doctor will offer to buy coffee, but… they’re swamped busy, so nobody can come get it,” he said, adding that the app brings a new level of convenience to busy people already in the shop, too. “Some people in the other day, we had a line out the door, and they just wanted drip coffee, so it was nice they could log in, pay for their drip and not have to wait in line.”

The growth is exciting, but Norton is cognizant of managing it. He’s adamant that he never wants to be the next Starbucks or anything near it.

“We don’t want to become this massive, corporate entity.

Some of the unique coffees we have, we have them because they’re micro lots,” he said. “Like this Costa Rican we have right now, it’s a women’s producers’ coffee, which is fairly uncommon. They only harvested like four bags of it this year. If we were a huge roaster, we could not have bought it because we would have needed like 20 bags.”

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You may have heard of “that coffee shop in the Third Street Center” but could never quite remember the name.

Founder and roaster Lance Norton heard the message loud and clear, so he’s rebranded from Cilundu — meaning ‘mountain’ in Tonga — to Blue Spruce Coffee, a nod to Colorado’s official state tree.

“We were spending a lot of our time trying to help people just remember the name,” he said. “We wanted people to have something that was easy to remember and reflected our birth as a company here in Colorado.”

Regulars at the shop will notice more than just the name and logo has changed: the decor has been updated, as has the menu. Now, in addition to ethically sourced, small-batch coffees and smoothies, peckish patrons will find avocado toast and bagel options available to satiate their mid-morning and afternoon cravings.

But Norton’s not finished. He’s actively exploring renting a commercial kitchen once a week or so in order to produce Blue Spruce baked goods, as well.

“With our coffee, we’re a little control-freak, like: where it comes from, how it’s handled after it’s roasted, that kind of thing. I don’t want to just start doing baked goods without having that kind of control,” he said. “Not only do we want our profits to go to the orphanage and the other local charities, we also want to — through the supply chain — support locals here.”

The orphanage in question is New Day Orphanage in Zambia, where the coffee shop, a registered nonprofit, sponsors a staff member and commits a minimal monthly donation. As Cilundu Coffee, 100 percent of profits went directly to New Day. As Blue Spruce, 50 percent still goes to the Zambian entity, but the other half gets distributed among fellow Roaring Fork Valley nonprofits.

Blue Spruce customers will likely notice the three jars and wood “coins” displayed at the counter. They’re each literal collection jars, currently for Carbondale Animal Rescue (CARE), the Buddy Program and the Third Street Center.

Half of the quarter’s profits will be distributed proportion-

ally to the amount of “coins” in each jar. Every transaction earns a customer a coin, and he or she can choose to which entity the profit from that purchase will go.

“We’re going to have basically a fish bowl, where any nonprofit can come in and drop their card off, and then at the end of the quarter when we get ready to send our checks to these three nonprofits and start again, we’ll draw three new names,” Norton said.

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Carbondale native races internationally

By Jon Nicolodi Sopris Sun Correspondent

Evelina Sutro has just returned from Finland after competing in the 2019 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships on the U23 U.S. National Team.

Currently a sophomore at the University of Vermont, Evelina traces her roots back to Carbondale, where she grew up.

“I love skiing at Spring Gulch, but I think my favorite nordic skiing in the valley is going up to the Maroon Bells,” Evelina said. “You just have to get up early enough to beat the snowmobile traffic.”

“She started out with the Aspen Valley Ski & Snowboard Club (AVSC), which does a great job exposing the kids to all types of skiing,” said Evelina’s mother, Gabriella Sutro. “At some point she tried nordic skiing, and got hooked. There was only an upvalley program at that point, but living in Carbondale and being so near to Spring Gulch, we kept pushing and pushing to get a group going down here.”

Evelina was one of the first to be a part of the AVSC downvalley program at Spring Gulch, and she was part of the nordic team for the one year she attended CRMS. Evelina is Swedish-American, and with such a deep tradition

Evelina Sutro on a qualifying race at the 2019 U23 Cross Country World Ski Championships.

Photo by Doug Stephen of nordic skiing in Sweden, there was one clear path.

“She just loved nordic skiing, and we wanted to support her passion for it,” said Gabriella.

Evelina went to Sweden and attended a Swedish ski academy, a boarding school that integrated nordic skiing and academics, where she finished out her high school years. When asked about her favorite life experience that has come from nordic skiing, Evelina says with certainty that

those formative years at the Swedish ski academy are the highlight of where her passion for skiing has taken her thus far.

“My favorite part of nordic skiing is the racing,” Evelina said. “It’s what we train for all year long, and so when that time finally comes, it feels great. We’re running and weight training year round, and then roller skiing when there isn’t snow, and skiing when there is.”

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still live in Carbondale, and so when she visits over the holidays she’ll train at her two favorite venues. And all that training has paid off. Evelina won the state championships the singular year she competed with CRMS, and her proudest accomplishment is placing third at the U.S. Cross-Country Ski Championships. Of course, making the U23 U.S. National Team is up there as well. Evelina is one of its five team mem-

bers from across the country.

“The one thing that I have learned from nordic skiing is to never give up. Skiing well doesn’t happen overnight, training and racing take time. It’s not always great in the moment, but results do come if you never give up.”

“She loves skiing,” said Evelina’s mother. “And when your child loves something, you support them at it. We had no idea whether it’d be alpine, slalom or nordic, or if she’d want to pursue it competitively. They love something, and you support them along the way. In the U.S., there is a nordic support system at the collegiate level, but otherwise that support is hard to come across. Being part of a college team is a great venue for a lot of athletes, because it provides the resources and system.”

Evelina is pursuing a degree in Health Sciences at UVM. “I’ve always had an interest in anatomy and physiology. At some point I’m sure I’ll want to go to graduate school for it. Balancing all this skiing and school can be tough, but once you get into the swing of it, it’s not bad.

The professors are accommodating and supportive, you just have to stay on top of the work.” And her nordic goals? To wrap up her U23/Junior career and compete in the World Cup.

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Celebrating 27 years of community sisu

By Megan Tackett Sopris Sun Staff

Praise Ullr — Spring Gulch is boasting “conditions… about as good as they can possibly be,” according to Michael Shook of the Mount Sopris Nordic Council.

That’s particularly exciting this time of year, when organizers are feverishly soliciting donations and generally raising the stoke for the annual Ski for Sisu. Not that it’s a particularly difficult task, as the skiathon fundraiser is in its 27th year, but it still requires putting in the effort.

“It’s just such a core community event,” Shook said. “I don’t think I’ve had anyone say no,” he added about the businesses he’s solicited for silent auction donations.

Shook has been on the Spring Gulch Nordic Council board of directors for more than five years and has served as board president for more than three.

“I’ve been nordic skiing for 25plus years,” he reflected. “I just felt like it was time to give back.”

It’s a shared feeling. “Half this town goes up there — that’s where they get their work done,” Shook said. Even last year, when less-than-desirable snow conditions forced area to close early, about 100 people participated in Ski for Sisu.

“It’s a such a gem — total sleeper,” he smiled, adding that

Spring Gulch is now attracting Front Range and Vail Valley skiers in addition to Roaring Fork locals. “The Nordic Center was designed by skiers for skiers.

We’ve got terrain up there that’s demanding for everyone,” regardless of ability.

more intermediate and advanced terrain — to ensure anyone who wants to participate can. Skiers are encouraged to collect perkilometer pledge amounts from co-workers, family or friends to boost fundraising dollars, but if that’s not feasible or comfortable,

“We just see a lot of involvement by the ranching community as a whole, whether it be on school boards or coaching the basketball team, and in the Roaring Fork Valley, being able to have a Nordic ski area is a really easy way to do that.”

– Molly Fales And Shook maintains that the added traffic is a good thing — which, he admitted, is rare for a ski area.

“The vibe is just [everyone is] so excited to be there,” he continued. Because of the “backcountry feel,” nobody begrudges anyone else being there.

Ski for Sisu is a culminating event that celebrates “community-powered skiing,” as Shook describes it. There are three track options — 3-kilometer that’s ideal for beginners of all ages and a 10- and 12.5-kilometer that offer

people can self-sponsor.

“Wherever they can get a pledge from, we’ll take it,” he said. But the asking price is a mere $15 (total, not per kilometer) for self sponsorship.

“We’re a loose organization,” Shook laughed. While he’d love to see $15,000 or so raised from the day, the council is more “excited about getting the numbers up there.”

He’s not the only one. Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust’s Amber Pougiales, external communications coor-

dinator, and Molly Fales, director of conservation transactions, are similarly enthusiastic about the opportunity to raise awareness about what makes Spring Gulch and other easements so special during Ski for Sisu.

“There’s more of a connection with skiing and cattlement than you would really expect,” Fales chuckled. In the case of Spring Gulch, that connection comes down to property rights.

“It is really generous of the landowners to let the community use the area for skiing in the wintertime. It is private property and used for a completely different purpose in the summertime,” Pougiales added.

CCALT holds the conservation easement for the land. Despite close behind-the-scenes relationships with both the property owners and the Nordic Council board members, CCALT has rarely had a visible role in its Spring Gulch stewardship. This year, the association aims to change that with a Pint Night & Ski for Sisu Kickoff from 5-7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2 at Batch, 358 Main St. “We wanted to raise a bit more awareness for what a conservation easement is,” Pougiales said.

Additionally, the association commissioned a metal sign that it will unveil in the main parking area at Spring Gulch on that Sun-

day during Ski for Sisu.

“This one, there’s a lot of family history,” Fales noted. “We just see a lot of involvement by the ranching community as a whole, whether it be on school boards or coaching the basketball team, and in the Roaring Fork Valley, being able to have a nordic ski area is a really easy way to do that.”

And while there is no entrance fee at Spring Gulch, that doesn’t mean maintaining the area is free.

To recoup some of those costs, area managers rely on one-time contributions from recreationists and memberships from regular skiers.

“It’s kind of the good citizen thing to do,” Pougiales said. “They had three groomers hired… your membership covers helping that cost.” That requires season-long “sisu,” the Finnish term for grit.

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and shops. I’ll admit I’m guilty of grumbling about the hordes of fur-adorned tourists during the winter high season — how dare they come 10 years after I got here?! — but when I’m strolling through the quietness in off-season, I’m completely won over again.

My friend commented on this juxtaposition with an eloquence I can’t recreate, so I’ll just quote him: “I grew up in Salida.

It’s great, but I didn’t want to move to another Salida. I still wanted the mountains, though, so I landed in Aspen.” He added something about Aspen’s “cosmopolitan flair,” I think.

That, too, made me smile in nostalgia.

I suddenly remembered seeing Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s fleet of black Suburbans at the Aspen Institute and meeting Madeleine Albright at Explore Bookstore. She wrote a sweet note before signing my book that night, and it’s still on my bookshelf, though tea stained. A South African buddy of mine spilled my Earl Grey at Victoria’s later that night when he gesticulated a little too enthusiastically about how much he appreciated Albright’s insights and that such a small town has access to so much of the world.

That, too, is one of my favorite aspects about Aspen: it’s truly an international destination. Over the years, I’ve made friends with people from all over planet, and those relationships have far outlasted the initial visas that made them possible. I was so touched when Hubert, with whom I worked at Paradise Bakery all those years ago, traveled with his partner from

from page 2 Brazil to attend my wedding in Carbondale. When my husband and I were enjoying Europe during our honeymoon, I was Skyping with an old Aspen roommate from Japan because she was traveling to Kenya, and I was connecting her with the family of one of our mutual (now deceased, sadly) Kenyan friends. She ended up staying with them, welcomed as family, simply because of an Aspen connection.

Sure, most of my old haunts now boast new ownership and names, and I’m never going to be in an income bracket that justifies Prada, but the more things change, the more they stay the same.

The people who call that town home continue to make it wonderful, and it’s been an absolute joy to see some people I’ve known for more than 10 years grow into their new roles there, from business owners to city council candidates. It’s inspiring, and for better or worse, Aspen has created a lot of the opportunities for them do so.

Even though I’m no longer one of those people who calls Aspen home — as I say repeatedly, it was a wonderful fling in my early 20s, but Carbondale is my lifelong love affair — I’m still deeply grateful for the opportunities 81611 affords me.

Whether professionally or recreationally, I still find myself taking advantage of the “cosmopolitan flair” Upvalley.

Speaking of which, tickets went on sale two days before this paper went to press, but if they’re still available, Norah Jones is playing at the Belly Up in July for less than what Red Rocks charges for most shows these days.

Counterpoint from page 2 back in the day, has strikingly similar food and decor to Red Rock (though not as much as the one in Eagle). But even better would be a stop in what I consider to be the cutest downtown around — particularly if there’s an event at Grove’s Black Dog Saloon.

Hang a right just before Elk Creek to put off passing through the Grand Hogback and, technically, out of the Rockies (before you get high and mighty about this, you do the same thing going to ski at Spring Gulch or Sunlight). You could keep on the Buford Road up into the Flat Tops toward Meeker and Trappers Lake, but this rhetorical device works better if you make a pair of lefts toward Harvey Gap. If you’re into open water swimming during the summer, Grass Valley Reservoir is a heckuva lot warmer than its upvalley competition. The actual gap is a notch in the hogback which takes you past the Crack in the Wall Gallery. If you’re lucky, George Cutting will be in to tour you through the tiny little stone-faced hut that hosts his photography and show you around what’s become a popular wedding venue.

Assuming you can navigate the agricultural tic-tac-toe board of Silt Mesa, you’ll eventually find your way down into Silt proper. Once denigrated by “Silt Happens” bumper stickers, the town now boasts a “Skip’s Farm to Market” outpost and a planned cohousing community along the river. The essential stop in my estimation, though, is the Silt Historical Park — a collection of old buildings and farm equipment dragged there from all over the county. While you’re there, ask ‘em about that old silo with the tree growing out of it

and let me know what you find out.

In fact, drive right past it and over the Interstate on your way to Dry Hollow Road and the honey hut. It sits on an scurve and is open around the clock with a dizzying array of honeys available for sampling and honor-system purchase.

If you stay on the backroads, you’ll come into Rifle past its beautiful Colorado Mountain College Campus and Grand River Health Center. If you didn’t eat earlier, you could stop at Sonic, but I recommend getting on Railroad Avenue and keeping an eye out on the left for Polanka. While Shooters makes the headlines, Whistle Pig has breakfast on lock and Lilly’s Kitchen offers the novelty of Mexican and pizza under one roof, how can you pass up perogies and stuffed cabbage?

At this point, you could continue downvalley, past the site of the underground nuclear test at Rulison and toward Parachute and Battlement Mesa, which boasts a middle school with one of the best views around and a rest stop that commemorates the train robbery you might remember from “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.” But if you’re running low on time, save it for a jaunt through Rifle Gap and up to Rifle Falls State Park — which is every bit as pretty as Hanging Lake in my estimation and much more accessible — and Rifle Mountain Park, which boasts spectacular ice caves this time of year.

If there’s light left when you’re done, I bet you’ll feel like meandering back along hogback to New Castle before getting on I-70 with a sigh, wondering why you ever looked down on downvalley.

Will Grandbois and Megan Tackett are Sopris Sun staff members.

The views expressed here are solely those of the authors.

In search of Carbondale’s best burger

By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Staff

In a ranching town, hamburgers are serious business.

Pretty much every restaurant takes particular pride in their patty, which more often than not comes from a cow that could have been driven through town last year. Diners debate the merits of each — the meat, the toppings, the bun, the sauce — with near religious zeal. Of course it’s subjective, but I was sure there was some chance of consensus, so I set out to prove it.

At 1:15 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 25, I placed take-out orders with eight local restaurants — a pretty comprehensive array of the burger options in the immediate Carbondale area (due to common ownership, we let The Goat stand in for The Pig, as well). To be honest, it felt for a moment like I was doing something wrong — nefariously ordering more food than I could hope to eat. Of course, the restaurants were none the wiser as I went through the same schpiel: a standard burger, no cheese, typical toppings, done medium if they asked.

With the help of my father and Sun board member John Colson, the orders were conveyed to Blue Spruce Coffee, where a team of crack judges were waiting: proprietor Lance Norton, local celebrity chef Susie Jimenez, multitalented journalist Amy Hadden Marsh, Town Planner Janet Buck and fifth-generation native Jeremy Cerise. Chosen for a diversity of perspectives, they were united by their love of burgers.

My methodology was half Mountain Fair pie contest and half Good Mythical Morning. As the assistants compared fries

See video of the blind burger taste test at tinyurl.com/bestbonedaleburger.

(Fat Belly has the clear edge, in our assessment), the panel was offered a sample of each burger and invited to rate it on a scale of 1 to 10 and guess its source.

The last part proved hit or miss, with either the entire group guessing correctly or none at all. Cerise proved slightly more adept and, thanks to correct identification of The Smithy and The Red Rock Diner, was crowned Burger King.

“I eat lots of burgers in this town,” he observed.

But back to back and head to head, trends emerged pretty quickly.

Fat Belly Burgers earned all-around praise for its sauce and nostalgic quality.

“In the restaurant industry they try to upgrade it and do too much crap to it,”

Jimenez said. “This reminds me of simple childhood yumminess.”

In the end, it landed firmly in third place — a solid finish for the cheapest burger we sampled at $6.18 and a nod to the quality of semi-defunct owner/supplier Crystal River Meats.

The second place finisher proved more controversial, as SILO, lacking a standard set of toppings, responded to my invitation to “surprise me” by adding caramelized onions, avocado and kale. The last, in particular, was a hard sell, though in Buck’s opinion, “it works”.

“It must be good, because we’re all quiet and enjoying it,” she said.

It’s worth noting that SILO is one of the few local restaurants to use a Front Range

beef supplier, thanks in part to a taste test of their own. And no one seemed put off by the meat itself, but rather its relationship to the toppings. Buck still backed it with her highest rating of the night, while Cerise pulled the numbers back down with a middling assessment. It thus took second place to a grind with more universal acclaim.

“That’s some good beef, dude,” Norton exclaimed as he took his first bite of the mysterious winner.

“I almost felt like I had a little bit of steak,” Buck said.

The bun met Hadden Marsh’s approval for the right ratio, with very little else to distract. It turns out the restaurant in question has been deliberately cutting down on waste by only providing requested toppings in takeout orders.

“This one doesn’t even need toppings,” Cerise asserted. “This stands on its own.”

“Just to be able to have it without any sauce any anything — I can’t imagine adding everything else to it,” Jimenez agreed.

No one seemed surprised to discover their top choice was The Pour House. It reaffirms the decision to switch to Crystal River Ranch beef.

“It amazes me how burgers can have such different flavors,” Buck observed at one point. “I never realized that before.”

Each, in her opinion, had points in its favor — the Goat’s was the best cooked, the Smithy had the best meat, Beer Works the best toppings, Roosters the best presentation, and the Red Rock Diner the best bun.

Noted Norton, “I think the takeaway from it all is that we live in a great place with a lot of great burgers.”

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Community Calendar THURSDAY Jan. 31

BACKCOUNTRY FILMFEST • Adventure, environment and climate, youth outdoors, ski culture — you’ll find it all in this award-winning lineup from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Crystal Theatre (427 Main St.). $18 for Colorado Mountain Club members and $20 for others.

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

Events take place in Carbondale unless noted.

with a 6 to 8 p.m. opening reception.

ALT ROCK • Echo Monday performs from 9 p.m. to midnight at Carbondale Beer Works (647 Main St.) with no cover.

POP ROCK • The Mixx plays at The Black Nugget (403 Main St.) from 9 p.m. ‘til after midnight.

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FRIDAY Feb. 1

BLUEGRASS • Thunder and Rain plays at 7 p.m. at The Temporary (360 Market St., Willits). $12 in advance at tacaw.org or $17 at the door.

KAMMERMUSIK • The Basalt Regional Library (14 Midland Ave.) hosts the Roaring Fork Chamber Players for a 5:30 p.m. performance featuring Brahms, Schumann and Beethoven.

PAINTER • Main Street Gallery and the Framer stays open late to show off featured works by Erick Ingraham, a Paoniabased artist whose works range from realistic landscapes to impressionistic figures — not to mention children’s book illustrations and graphic design.

CERAMICS • The Carbondale Clay Center (135 Main St.) presents “You’re Still One of Ours” — featuring works from Colorado State University graduates —

DIRTY DANCING • $15 lets you watch the film at 6 p.m., earn some of the moves (maybe not the lift) at 8 p.m. and put them to use on the dance floor from 8:45 p.m. on at The Launchpad (76 S. Fourth St.) IRON FLY • The Roaring Fork Conservancy and Roaring Fork Valley Fly Fishing Club present a little friendly fly tying at 6:30 p.m. at The Tipsy Trout (181 Basalt Center Circle). $5 for spectators and $20 for competitors; register in advance at roaringfork.org/events.

MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre (427 Main St.) presents “The Favourite” (R) at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1-2, Feb. 4-7 and at 2 p.m. on Feb. 3 also showing “Green Book” (PG-13) at 4:45 p.m.

Feb. 1-2 .

KIDS MOVIE • The Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program invites you to drop your kids off at KDNK (76 S. Second St.) from 5:30 to 8 p.m. for a movie, popcorn, pizza and First Friday childcare. $20 for the first 6-to-12-year old and $5 per additional sibling.

fountain and treats, wine and an assortment of savory foods for $15 at 5 p.m at Morgridge Commons (815 Cooper Ave., Glenwood Springs).

SUNDAY Feb. 3

SATURDAY Feb. 2

OPEN HOUSE • From noon to 3 p.m., explore the newly re-opened Glenwood Springs Community Art Center (601 E Sixth St.), enjoy refreshments, art projects and give feedback on future events.

BOOK SIGNING • Darrell Munsell discusses “Protecting a Valley and Saving A River: The Crystal Valley Environmental Protection Association” at 3 p.m at the Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave.).

CHOCOLATE EXTRAVAGANZA • The Children’s Mini College offers a chocolate

SKI FOR SISU • Help the Mount Sopris Nordic Council keep Spring Gulch going by sponsoring a skier or sking yourself any time from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. — with the final lap and silent auction wrapping up at 3 p.m. — all levels welcome with 3.5k, 10k and 12.5k courses and snacks provided.

MONDAY Feb. 4

STRINGS • The Ajax Quartet performs Haydn and others at 5:30 p.m. at the Basalt Regional Library (14 Midland Ave.).

TUESDAY Feb. 5

POWER VS. FORCE • Based on the work of Dr. David Hawkins, this class explores the true nature of power, which gives and sustains life for all, and force, which tends

to generate and perpetuate oppressor/oppressed, win/lose situations, from 6 to 9 p.m. at A Spiritual Center (520 S. Third St. Room 31). $25 to $30 — info at sonnyconley.com/events.

MUSIC TRIVIA • “Name that tune” in teams of up to six from 7 to 9 p.m. at Carbondale Beer Works (647 Main St.) with $5 per player benefitting the Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program. 21+

WEDNESDAY Feb. 6

BOOKS ON FILM • Basalt Regional Library (14 Midland Ave.) screens “Bel Canto” at 5 p.m.

NATURALIST NIGHTS • William Anderegg, Assistant Professor in Biology at the University of Utah, discusses the fate of western US forests in the 21st century with rapid human-caused climate change at 6 p.m. at the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.) and the next day at Hallam Lake in Aspen.

STARRY NIGHT • Amy Beidleman offers various techniques and tools for painting the night sky in watercolor from 6 to 8 p.m. at The Art Base (99 Midland Spur, Basalt). $35 for members and $45 for others.

BINGO • Support Carbondale Middle School with $1 cards from 7 to 9 p.m. at Carbondale Beer Works (647 Main St.).

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from 6 to 7 p.m. in room 36 of the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.) 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.

ness 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).

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.).

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.

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.).

EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN • Staff and sources talk about this week’s paper and more at 4 p.m. Thursdays on KDNK (88.1 FM).

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. At 6 p.m. Tuesdays, 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 plant-based 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.

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 mindful-

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.).

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.

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

YOUR STORY, YOUR LIFE • A free facilitated 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 Li-

brary, (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 The Helios Center (601 Sopris Ave.).

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.).

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.

WALK WITH A DOC • Aspen Valley Hospital (401 Castle Creek Rd.) 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.

WRITERS GROUP • Wordsmiths of all experience and abilities gather at the Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave.) at 6 p.m. on the second Monday of the month.

BOOK CLUB • Join friends and fellow readers to discuss great books at Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave.) at 4 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month; call 963-2889 for this month’s selection.

STORYTIME • Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave.) hosts stories, songs and more for ages four and up at 10:30 a.m.

Thursdays and three and under at 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays. Kids must be accompa-

nied by an adult.

STORY ART • Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave.), in partnership with the Aspen Art Museum, invites kids to learn about artists and create masterpieces of their own at 4 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month.

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.)

Further Out FRIDAY Feb. 8

BIKE TO WORK • Don’t let the winter weather stop you — swing by the Carbondale Park and Ride on your two-wheeled commute from 7 to 9 a.m. for fat bike demos and bacon.

SATURDAY Feb. 9

SAFETY SEMINAR • Carbondale Fire (301 Meadowwood Dr.) partners with a high school senior for a public meeting with information to keep the community safe from 2:30 to 4 p.m.

LIP SYNC • Up to 20 individuals, teams or businesses battle it out from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Batch (358 Main St.) in Carbondale Arts’ inaugural event — sign up at amy@ carbondalearts.com.

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FIRST FRIDAY will be a Celebration of Community in honor of Jim Calaway. Main Street will be closed beginning at 5 p.m., with opportunities for the public to give back to some of the nonprofits he believed in and supported.

STOP SIGN DEFACEMENT in the form of painting and stickers are costing the Town time and money as replacement is required. Graffiti tagging has continued at the Historical Park bathrooms, with repainting slated for warmer weather.

NORTH FACE PARK master plan stakeholders (including Town of Carbondale Parks & Recreation Department, Roaring Fork Pickleball Association, representatives from the Parks & Recreation Commission, the Roaring Fork Soccer Club, the Roaring Fork Lacrosse, the Little League, the local skateboarders, USTA and High School Tennis teams, La Liga Spanish Soccer League, and neighbors) met from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Jan. 24 at Town Hall to discuss preferred designs for the future of the park.

CHIP SEAL projects are out for bids and quotes through Feb. 12.

RED HILL TRAILS have new signage at intersections and the trailhead, encouraging the public to use the new trails and become familiar with the designations. The downhill only bike trail is still under construction and Single Track Trails will mobilize in March and April to complete it. Bikers will need to descend the normal route and exit at the BLM trailhead until the downhill bike only trail is completed. The hiker-specific trail “Ruthie’s Run” and the “Lower Three Gulch” trail are complete and open to the public.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATURAL GAS was the subject of a referral from Pitkin County to the Town, with a proposal to drill two new gas storage wells in an existing gas storage unit. The Wolf Creek Unit represents 9,524 acres within Pitkin County and White River National Forest. The Board discussed that the main impact to the Town would be the heavy hauling trips as the bulk of the truck traffic will go through Glenwood Springs. The heavy hauling trip would consist of a convoy of twenty-five vehicles to bring the drilling rig up to the Wolf Creek Unit at the beginning of project. The convoy would go through Carbondale around at 4 a.m. or 5 a.m.

SHEEP DOG TRIALS will return to Strange Ranch in September.

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.

SOLAR INSTALLATION funded by a Garfield County FMLD mini-grant will begin soon.

SENATOR BENNET announced a bill he is sponsoring to permanently protect the Thompson Divide — more on that in next week’s paper.

A FAILURE with the backwash recycle pump at the Nettle Creek water treatment plant prompted staff to begin manual pumping until a new one can be installed. The plants remains functional, as does the Roaring Fork and Crystal well plants.

INTERVIEWS are underway for two open utility positions.

POLICE OFFICER recruitment continues. Meanwhile, officers have been working on issues related to snow removal and idling violations. Also, Chief Schilling was recently appointed to be an area representative for the Board of Executive Directors (BED) for the Colorado Crime Information Systems (CCIC). It is a two year term.

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FRIDAY Jan. 18 at 2:40 p.m. Police began investigating a hit and run report in which the collision was witnessed.

FRIDAY Jan. 18 at 2:59 p.m. A report of a restraining order violation at a school led to the arrest of a 37-year-old man.

FRIDAY Jan. 18 at 10:05 p.m. Following a traffic stop for a defective tail light, police arrested a 51-year-old man on suspicion of driving under the influence.

SATURDAY Jan. 19 at 2:12 a.m. A traffic stop for careless driving and other infractions led to a 46-year-old’s arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence, possession of a controlled substance and possession of a dangerous weapon, among other charges.

SUNDAY Jan. 20 at 2:11 a.m. After stopping a vehicle for “suspicious behavior” and a warrant associated with the plate, police arrested a 23-year-old man for possession of a controlled substance.

SUNDAY Jan. 20 at 10:03 p.m. Police pulled a 35-year-old man over for failing to stop at a stop sign and issued him a summons for driving while his license was revoked.

SUNDAY Jan. 20 at 11:43 p.m. A man called to report seeing two men driving his car, prompting police to detain the pair. It later turned out that the man’s wife had given the pair permission to take the car, but not before a search uncovered a meth pipe, prompting a drug paraphernalia charge.

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Big box not the storage solution for Carbondale, P&Z tells GarCo

By Megan Tackett Sopris Sun Staff The Planning and Zoning Commission heard proposals for two separate self storage facilities during its Jan. 24 meeting — but only to submit comments to Garfield County, not to make any decisions on the applications, Planning Director Janet Buck clarified.

“These are referral items from Garfield County, and P&Z is not the approving authority on these,” she said in a voicemail. “These are Garfield County land-use applications.”

So why did the commissioners hear from the applicant, then? Because of the proposed units’ proximity to Carbondale, Planner John Leybourne said, adding that the town and county have a sort of gentlemen’s agreement on these sorts of matters: if a development is within three miles of the Carbondale town limits, the county gives P&Z an opportunity to act as a referring entity.

And there was consensus among commissioners regarding first impressions.

“The commission generally wasn’t really keen on having either of the projects… that close the city,” Leybourne said. “The biggest one — the one that impacts the town the most — it’s called GO Self Storage. P&Z had comments on the size, location… and essentially the lighting.”

GO Self Storage is a proposed mini storage facility, but in the context of the rest of Carbondale, the building is downright supersized, Leybourne continued about the commissioners’ concerns. Preliminary plans, according to the application, “indicate approximately 85,000 square feet of

structures configured in multiple buildings.

The main building is anticipated to have approximately 75,000 square feet of floor area on three floors.”

The proposed facility would occupy 2.7 acres in the Dixon Subdivision, where Planted Earth operates, at 12744 Highway 82.

“You’re looking at a 50-foot grade change to the roof of the building itself,” Leybourne said. “One of the biggest concerns for us for the GO Storage is just the size and the lighting, just because it’s going to be so visible from town. What’s normally dark over there is going to be lit up… it’s going to be a big box that you’re going to be able to see from portions of town.”

While safety did come up as a secondary concern, the plan does include some security precautions.

“The applicant did put in there that it’s going to be fenced, computer-coded entry to the gates,” Leybourne said, but then added that “there’s also going to be a kiosk where anybody can roll up, rent a unit and move in whenever they want. But during normal working hours, there’s a staffed office there, too.”

The second mini storage facility proposal seeks to develop almost six acres at the Highway 82 and County Road 100 intersection, near Catherine Store, according to Town Manager Jay Harrington’s weekly update to staff, trustees and others (because of an error on the Garfield County website, the actual Blue Mountain Mini Storage Facility application was unavailable).

“That’s actually a platted residential subdivision that they’re replatting and add-

The application shows the area currently proposed for GO Self Storage mini storage facility. Planted Earth, 12744 Highway 82, would continue to operate in adjacent lots. ing storage to one of the lots there,” Leybourne said, noting an already existing land scarcity for housing. “It’s kind of taking away form platted residential units to have self storage area.”

While Tristan Francis, second alternate on the P&Z Commission, acknowledged the overarching trepidation from the town toward the plans, he also acknowledged a need for storage — though he wasn’t sure the applicant’s proposals aligned with Carbondale’s comprehensive plan.

“There’s definitely a need in Carbondale for storage — housing is so limited that people have to store their things elsewhere,” he said, but noted the problems with the currently proposed solution, especially with GO Storage. “The P&Z wasn’t inclined to have such a prominent structure next to Red

Hill and visible from the middle of town, besides the traffic and safety concerns. The one on the south side of town wasn’t seen to be as undesirable, but we’d still like to see a different use for that lot.”

The Sopris Sun was not able to reach the planner and applicant representative, Doug Platte of the Land Studio, until close to deadline, and he was unable to provide comment on short notice.

While the decision is ultimately in the hands of the Garfield County Commissioners, initial opposition to his storage facility plans isn’t a new obstacle for applicant Wes Grammer. In 2017, the Kansas City Business Journal reported that neighboring business owners vocally shut down his proposals to convert a 1920s-era historical warehouse into storage.

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Obituary

Ronald ‘Ron’ Anthony Gilcrest December 26, 1932 - January 18, 2019 Ronald Anthony Gilcrest passed away on January 18, 2019. He had a passion for pickleball and even played several games the morning of his death in Green Valley, Arizona. Ron was small in stature but huge on heart and humor and had a zest for life like no other.

Ron had a sense of adventure and made fast friends wherever he landed. His journey started in San Mateo, California where he was born third of four children from Lillian (Clayton) and Emmett “Chic” Gilcrest on December 26, 1932. He attended military school in San Rafael, California and entered the Air Force shortly thereafter where he served in the Bahamas doing missile testing. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Fresno State College in 1959. Ron was an accountant and auditor for Johns Manville Corporation in New Jersey and Colorado for many years and served on their credit union board. He was never one to rest on his laurels. Upon “retirement” he dealt blackjack in Black Hawk, Colorado, worked construction and delivered flowers.

Ron brought humor and enthusiasm to everything he took on. He played with many teams and clubs including bowling leagues, softball teams and any racquetrelated sport, including, most recently

pickleball. He was an avid Denver Broncos fan with season tickets and a faithful tailgating group for about twenty years while living in Denver. He was a great dancer and loved jazz.

He enjoyed spending time with family and friends. He was always a kid at heart.

Whenever playing with his six children or grandchildren Ron made a point to come to their level (literally) and would play with them on the floor for hours.

He is survived by wife Carla (Gonzales) Gilcrest; brother Ray Gilcrest; children: Kathryn Clark (Marshal), Geralyn Sheridan (William), Therese Ritchie (David), Timothy Gilcrest (Kelly), John Gilcrest (Cathy); sixteen grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, step sons Rick and Daniel Varos, and many nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by parents Lillian (Clayton) and Emmett Gilcrest brothers Charles and Emmett, mother of his children Margaret “Peggy” (Nunes) Gilcrest and daughter Monica Aleem.

Green Valley and Denver memorials will be announced. More info at greenvalleymortuary.net. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital or Wounded Warrior Project.

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2019 Crack Sealing Program Quotes are due on Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at 11:00 a.m., to Kevin Schorzman, Public Works Director, Town of Carbondale, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, Colorado 81623, at which time they will be opened and read aloud.

The project consists of cleaning cracks and application of approximately 15,000 pounds of Town-supplied crack sealant material. Quote packets can be obtained on the Town of Carbondale website or at Town Hall.

Contact Kevin Schorzman at 970-510-1217, or kschorzman@carbondaleco.net for more information.

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More retirements than Frank Sinatra From the archives of the Roaring Fork Valley Journal Feb. 1, 1979 Both of Carbondale’s lumber yards were slated to close down by the end of March, leaving local builders in a bind.

UPI and Intermountain cited “economic unfavorability of operations” as the reason for their departure. The writing had been on the wall for some time, according to The Journal, though business had picked up a bit when news of a possible closure spread.

In other news… President Carter asked Congress to approve $24.7 million for the completion of the Fryingpan-Arkansas project, including construction of the Twin Lakes Dam, Granite Syphon, Fountain Valley Conduit, Mount Elbert Power Plant and recreation facilities at Pueblo Reservoir.

Feb. 2, 1989 At 78, Art Natal was celebrating “the 20th anniversary of his third career,” according to Pat Noel. “With his ever-present baseball cap perched on the tangle of gray hair and a Camel parked on his lips, Art Natal has become one of Carbondale most identifiable landmarks,” he wrote. “Natal’s probably retired more times than Frank Sinatra. He grew up in Woody Creek and ‘retired’ from hay growing on ranches there and in Basalt in the 1940s. He ‘retired’ again in 1954 from his potato farm near Carbondale and moved into town with his wife Emma to the house in which they still live on Third Street. It was then he made

the transition from a dirt farmer to a dust eater, spending 12 years as a miner in the old Thompson Creek Coal operation until it shut down in 1966 and he ‘retired’ again. A few years of leisure, however, and Natal tired of hanging out and took on the job of town maintenance man.”

In other news… Local hay growers were able to charge record prices due to drought and high demand.

Jan. 31, 1999 With the Broncos in the Super Bowl as the defending champs, local businesses were cashing in on the hype. Party Land owner Jeanne Billberry sold out of banners, cups, hats and balloons despite four large orders. “I didn’t realize how many fans there were,” she said. “Some of them are obsessed. Many of the aforementioned fans were taking great pains to duplicate their plans from last year’s game, lest sitting in a different chair jinx it.

In other news… John Stroud pointed out that, even when the 22-acre commercially-zoned property Colorado Rocky Mountain School had recently sold was developed, two 9.5 acre parcels of open space would remain.

Jan. 29, 2009 The search for an office led Sopris Sun organizers to consider the upstairs room at Steve’s Guitars before settling on the basement of Amoré Realty — which was subsequently filled with donated furniture.

Letters from page 2 Fortunately, we live in a democracy, a society built on the concept that those who live together will share our good fortune and will work for the common good. Unless you are native American, you are a relatively recent immigrant.

Our ancestors came seeking opportunity and a better life.

Many immigrants (infants, children, and their parents) are suffering insult and injustice today as a result of antiquated and unfounded immigration laws and methods of enforcement.

Many African Americans were brought to America against their will.

In order to maintain the unity of her family, Sandra Lopez was forced to give up her freedom of movement to live in Sanctuary for 10 months. She was unable to join her extended family in Mexico for services for her parents because she can’t safely reenter the United States if she were to leave.

In order to recognize the recent loss of her parents and to recognize her heartfelt grief, several members of the Carbondale community shared with her family and friends a service of music and love and concern. This bonding is what makes Carbondale and our valleys special.

The words we use when addressing the pain of others matter. Sandra is recognized for her bravery and her strength and for bringing a community together in seeking justice for all. Our nation thrives when we all seek “justice,” a word defined as “moral rightness, equity, honor, fairness.” Words matter. Let us use our words carefully.

Dorothea Farris Three Rivers Unitarian Universalist Congregation

Tell the truth Dear Editor: When do we lie?

I lie sometimes to add another dimension to a fiction story I am telling.

Each of our lives is a story so I can only share my recent non-fiction experience with lies and a liar.

My experience starts out with a lie.

Jan. 18 was my anniversary of when someone called 911 and told a lie and I was arrested and smashed to the ground and stamped on. The second set of lies coming from the Sheriff’s Office that I resisted arrest.

Then, recently, I had a suppression hearing in Garfield County Court and I was surprisingly faced with another liar in disguise: the people’s representative, the prosecuting attorney.

Not sure if she doesn’t pay attention or she is just creates her own story.

Whatever the reason, it was the most gut wrenching experience I ever had, listening

Parting Shot to this prosecutor lie about me, for me it was way worse then the physical beating from the Garfield County Deputies. I hear she does this all the time, which didn’t make feel any better.

The judge made no decision that day, so my saga continues for me. But, the hearing will remain clear with me now knowing our system is corrupt and without morals.

I believe truth prevails, and I walk my talk. I am gearing up to run for sheriff again — this time prepared — in 2022.

Let’s keep truth the priority, Honorable people please keep it up because if you don’t no one else will. I believe there is a reward.

Paramroop Singh Carbondale

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Congratulations to Carbondale native Bridget Strang and her two Border Collies, Ben and Ellie, for their winning performances in the Open Sheep Stock Dog Trials at this year’s National Western Stock Show in Denver. The team won the grand championship in their division, and Ben and Ellie were still so excited about their victory that the normally well-behaved canines refused to sit and stay for their mug shot! The Strangs will host the National Sheepdog Finals again this year, with 225 dogs and handler teams descending on the Missouri Heights ranch from Sept. 10 to 15 for competition and a food and craft fair.

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