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Speedway designer Jim Stokes (left) and Clay Center director Angela Bruno (right) put some cars through their paces while board member Annie Bell (center) plans for the fundraiser. Photo by Will Grandbois

Flag goes up at ‘Stokes Speedway’ By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Staff Writer For the ﬁrst and potentially only time, the “Stokes Speedway” will be open to the public on Feb. 4 for a special Carbondale Clay Center fundraiser. Sponsored by the Stokes family, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbon-

dale Homeless Assistance and Marble Distillery, the event runs from 4 to 7 p.m. at Blue Creek Ranch (3220 CR 100, just down the way from Catherine Store) and gives locals a chance to race slot cars on the track that took Jim Stokes more than two years to build. There’s also a petting zoo with miniature

goats, a donkey and a pig, as well as a ﬁre pit with s’mores and a winter coat drive. It’s intended for ages 5 and up with attentive parental supervision required. Advanced tickets are required (call 963-2529) and run $25 per family or $15 for a solo adult. Grownups who want a little more track time can stick around ’til 9 p.m. by joining the racer club for $50. “I’m really excited for the community to see this place and incredibly grateful to Jim for opening it up,” said Clay Center Director Angela Bruno. “I feel like anyone who

walks through the door is going to be blown away and inspired. There are so many layers of talent at work. You could stare at it for hours and still see something new.”

Stoking the creative spark It’s an event a decade in the making for Stokes, a lifelong creator but a relative newcomer to the slot car hobby. Already a woodworker when he moved to the area to raise a family in 1992, he ran across his ﬁrst car at a hobby shop. “It’s just sort of brought me back to being a kid,” he said. “I like

the combination of design and engineering, and cars sort of epitomize that.” By the time he moved to his current home off Catherine Store Road 13 years ago, he had some practice in building tracks, but the newest speedway is something of a magnum opus. The loops are optimized to be both challenging and fun to drive, with intricately rendered spectators, mountains and more. Underneath it all is a network of wiring that is a marvel unto itself. “Each track has become inSPEEDWAY page 17

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

Living with our past “Birds do it. Bees do it. Even educated ﬂeas do it.” – Cole Porter No, not love, I’m talking about intuition. Research shows that humans may be born with our ancestors’ emotional experiences already imprinted in our genetic makeup. I mean, if we inherit things like eye color, bone structure, and mannerisms, why not emotional conditioning? In theory, this would make each generation better than the last, giving us the psychological tools to cope with anything our ancestors had already overcome. (Of course, we’d still be at a loss with Presidential Doughboy, as no one has ever seen anything quite like this before…) I think there is an emotional blueprint of sorts, for living on Earth and navigating the myriad complications of daily life here. We are born with a map, so-to-speak, but in early childhood we’re taught to only trust the experiences we can all see, hear, taste, and feel. Imaginary creatures retreat under the bed as we train ourselves to ignore our imagination and conform to society’s version of reality. Me, I have always had a hard time conforming. In fact, I come from a long line of non-conformists. My great aunt Charlotte (Kingo) was definitely not into conformity. She and Portia Mansﬁeld (a professional dancer) started a dance and theater camp near Steamboat Springs in 1913. A decade before Alice Paul wrote the Equal Rights Amendment, Kingo and Portia opened a summer camp for girls to dance, act, and ride horses in the moun-

tains of Colorado. Today, the Perry Mansﬁeld Camp is the longest running performing arts camp in the country, thanks in part to the citizens of Steamboat, but back then the residents of the small mountain town had their doubts about a bunch of wild women

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dancing around the woods in their shifts. In the days of Vaudeville, Kingo and Portia forged a new path, knitting together modern dance, theater, and performing arts, all the while camping in the Rocky Mountains. Growing up, I rarely heard about Kingo or the camp. There were whispered innuendos in the family that Kingo and Portia were lesbians; the only apparent basis for this rumor being that neither of them was married and Kingo had graduated from Smith College. Back in the 1970s, I guess, the rural consensus was that going to an all-women’s college meant you were a lesbian. I mean, why else would someone choose a womenonly school, when the majority of women

were only attending college to get their MRS degree anyway… I have to admit, I was proud of the rumor, as it lent some deviant romance to the family history, which mainly consists of mining, skiing, and pack trips. So last year I decided to try to ﬁnd out, once and for all, whether or not Kingo had indeed been a romantic outlaw in our family’s past. I invited my friend Caro to join me on a caper to Carmel, California, to meet Ingrid Wekerle, a dancer and young protégé of Portia Mansﬁeld’s. Born in Germany, Ingrid emigrated to the U.S. as a young child in 1936 with her benefactor, Hedwig Wekerle. (She later took Kingo’s mother’s maiden name as well, and now goes by Ingrid Matson Wekerle.) Caro and I sat down to a wonderful French dinner with Ingrid, and two bottles of wine later, I was asking her all of my burning questions. She answered them with candor, sharing stories about the summers she spent at the camp and lending her perspective into the lives of these pioneering women. Ingrid told us about the book “Dancers on Horseback” by Lucile Bogue, and she told us that Kingo and Portia were not partners, except in business. Kingo had a male suitor, and Portia had many, but they chose the camp over marriage at a time when most women did not work outside the home. Back then, becoming a wife meant moving to wherever your husband lived, and putting away your own dreams in a box under the bed. Today, I cannot imagine having to choose between marriage and what I love to do. Luckily, I know I don’t have to make that choice; I can have both. Thanks Kingo.

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Good for business Dear Editor: A tectonic shift in business ownership, operations, objectives, goals and wealth creation for the Roaring Fork Valley and the I-70 Corridor would be good medicine and surgery for widespread raising of personal wealth aggregate holdings and robust business expansion. During the year 2016 I reached out to many certiﬁed public accountants, insurance gurus, bankers, venture capitalists, private equity wizards and others to create money pools for business capital formation and expansion. None cared. However, I recently met John Hornblower in Snowmass Village. He is a business broker, and his past to Salomon Brothers, John Reed’s Citicorp and Cantor Fitzgerald is substantial enough to help small and medium-size business owners to come alive, to compete in today’s times if they overcome fears and believe “the sky is

the limit”! The name of Hornblower & Weeks is legendary on Wall Street and still packs a good memory punch. For awhile I worked at this Wall Street ﬁrm which John Hornblower’s great grandfather co-founded. John Hornblower is good for business. Emzy Veazy III Aspen

Support the Buddy Program Dear Editor: As the ﬁrst month of our new year winds down, so does National Mentoring Month. I just wanted to take a moment to remind my peers here in the Roaring Fork Valley what a tremendous need there is for positive leadership for young people in our various communities. I’ve been a mentor in Aspen for the Buddy Program for a little over six years now, and have had the opportunity to watch my Buddy grow from an 11-year-old boy contemplating the

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daily pressures of middle school, into a bright, productive young man who is about to graduate from high school and enter adulthood full of confidence and excitement. Along the way, I have also learned how truly fulfilling it is to be a positive influence on the younger sibling I never had. However, I should point out that I was fully aware of the Buddy Program upon moving to the valley. I had every intention of someday volunteering my time, yet it took me about 16 years to actually make that commitment to the Program. With the numerous activities that we all get involved with here in the mountains, coupled with our regular responsibilities, it’s easy to get sidetracked or to simply think we don’t have enough time to commit to one of the many programs that exist locally. The reality, though, is that the rewards of mentoring a young person and the effect LETTERS page 19

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Let the sun shine: Fat Friday returns By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer Carbondale folks learned something important during the first Fat Friday Mardi Gras parade in 2013. The late afternoon sun in early February funnels itself right down Main Street, shining a spotlight on everything it illuminates and casting long shadows in an almost magical way. “It’s a well-lit parade,” Carbondale Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Andrea Stewart told The Sopris Sun this week. “It makes for a nice backdrop.” The Fat Friday parade is the centerpiece of this month’s First Friday celebration on Feb. 3. It rolls out from Second and Main streets at 5 p.m. and winds down at Weant Boulevard about a half-hour later. Stewart said that in the past, the parade started at 4:30 p.m., to make sure it ends before the sun goes down and temperatures drop. With the parade start time pushed back a half-hour to 5 p.m. this year, it should allow more people to get dressed up in their Mardi Gras finest and line the sidewalk to wave at friends on the floats and beg for beads and related trinkets. The later start time also allows businesses to show what they can do without cutting short the work day. There really isn’t a theme to Carbondale’s Fat Friday Mardi Gras parades, other than Mardi Gras itself. The Carbondale Recreation Center is usually good for a flatbed truck or trailer with lots of fit floaters and workout equipment, demonstrating how you too can start whipping yourself into shape this winter. In the past, an 18-inch traveling trophy was awarded to the parade winner, whose name was recorded on the coveted loving cup for posterity. Starting last year, though, the chamber downsized the trophy and winners get to keep it for display on desks, shelves and other high visibility locations. As for tips on winning the trophy, Stewart smiled and said “Go big … be creative.” Some parade insiders say to keep an eye out for the Marble Distilling Company’s float. Frosty Merriott, an actual Louisiana native who has maintained his gentlemanly drawl, is

Fat Friday parades brighten Carbondale’s Main Street in early February every year. This year’s parade rolls out at 5 p.m. on Feb. 3. Sopris Sun file photo the parade judging panel’s constant participant. He judges every year and has a sound basis in scoring the floats, having seen his share of New Orleans Mardi Gras parades. On Monday, Stewart said the chamber had not yet chosen the other two judges, and was not yet releasing the name of the parade marshal, nor given The Sun any hints. “It’s a secret … we’re going to spring it on them the day of the parade.” Sal Lopez, of Glenwood Springs Insurance (with an office in Carbondale) will handle the announcing duties at Fourth and Main. Although the parade is only in its fifth year, a little bit of lore has built up around it. Like last year, Stewart said, when the Roaring Fork Valley Co-Op was “strategically” placed in from of the Crystal River Spas float. The Crystal River Spa float broke down in front of the judging stand, “ … so the Co-Op towed it (to the end of the parade route).” For businesses, groups and individuals who

Farrar signs on as interim Basalt town manager By Lynn Burton • Aspen and Pitkin County acting as the drivSopris Sun Staff Writer ing forces to unsuccessfully convince local govDavis Farrar, a Missouri Heights resident, ernments, and the federal government, to fund a hasn’t been involved with it all, but as a town $200-$400 million commuter rail line from manager and planner he’s seen plenty Woody Creek to Glenwood Springs; since the early 1980s, including: In a word, Farrar knows more • The oil shale bust in western about local history, and government Garfield County and related local ecohistory, than just about anyone nomic down turn in the early 1980s; around. That knowledge could come • Demographic reports in the early in handy, after Farrar accepted the 1980s that said Carbondale’s populajob of interim Basalt town manager tion would hit 10,000 by 1990; on Tuesday. • A multi-million dollar developFarrar’s new gig comes after inDavis Farrar ment proposal from a Saudi family to terim town manager Ron Miller anbuild two golf courses and residential housing nounced he was stepping down. The Basalt south of Glenwood Springs in Spring Valley; trustees have indicated it could take until June for • The “hostile” takeover of the Carbondale them to hire a permanent town manager. Basalt’s Sanitation District by the Town of Carbondale in town manager shuffle started last year when the late 1980s; Mike Scanlon left his post. • A Basalt referendum that prevented City Farrar told the Basalt trustees he has lived in Market from building a store on the new bypass, so the Roaring Fork Valley since 1979 and served as City Market built its store in El Jebel and the town Carbondale’s town manager for 13 years. After pulled off a “flagpole” annexation to keep the com- that, he twice served as Silt’s interim town manpany’s tax dollars flowing into town coffers; ager and is currently town manager of Collbran • A land swap with the federal government (a two-day-a-week job). He is also DeBeque’s that ultimately led to Crown Park in El Jebel; contract town manager. • The recall of the late Bob Murray as Basalt Basalt trustees said Farrar will work three days mayor in the early 1990s; a week at $80 per hour.

have not yet registered for the parade, they can do so at the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce website (carbondale.com). The entry fee is $25. Check in is at 4 p.m., lineup is at 4:30 p.m. and the procession starts at 5 p.m. For more on the Fat Friday parade, email andrea@carbondale.com or call 963-1890.

Around town after the Fat Friday parade

Sopris Sun Staff Report Things keep happening after the Fat Friday parade concludes at about 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 3, including:

Carbondale Arts hosts a series of short silent films in the open studio space at the Launchpad from 6 to 8 p.m. with musicians (which could include you!) to create the soundtrack/soundscape. It’s like a short series of live, informal and improvisational performances! RSVP by emailing brian@carbondalearts.com or drop in on First Friday.

Carbondale Clay Center presents an exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of Colorado Mountain College in Aspen’s ceramics program. “Mutual Makers,” sponsored by Dr. Doug Dolginow, it opens with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. and stays on display in the Clay Center gallery through the month. The exhibit is presented in partnership between CMC Aspen and the Carbondale Clay Center (which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year) and is a celebration of the years of collaboration between the two facilities. Crystal Glass Studio (on Weant) is open and hosts the last day of its Winter Magic sale.

Main Street Gallery at 399 Main presents an etching display, with Frank Norwood printing from copper plates created during his 40 year career.

Marble Distillery (across from the Carbondale Clay Center at the east end of Main Street) hosts Pearl & Wood beginning at 8 p.m.

Susan’s Florals in the Dinkel Building leaps ahead on the calendar and showcases Valentine’s Day items. Other Fat Friday gallery openings and such are reflected in this week’s Sopris Sun advertisement.

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Town Briefs

Cop Shop

From January 20-27, Carbondale police and other officers handled more than 251 calls for service. During that period, officers investigated the following cases of note:

A song of ice and water Anyone with a need for wood-chip mulch is being invited down to Town Hall, where Christmas trees that have been recycled are now being chipped by town staff, according to Town Manager Jay Harrington’s Jan. 27 memo to the Board of Trustees, town employees and other recipients. Elsewhere around town, the street crew kept up its attack on ice and snow buildup on the streets, as well as sign repair and replacement and patching of potholes, while the parks department continued clearing sidewalks and trails, Harrington reported in the memo. Utilities staff, as they conduct routine maintenance in and around the town’s water treatment plants, reported no operational problems with the plants, and no reports of frozen water lines around town. In other utility news, ofﬁcials have advertised for bids on the upgrade project at the Nettle Creek treatment plant, and have corresponded with certain individuals “that might be interested in the work,” according to the memo. Harrington also reported that design work continues in the town’s effort to bring the Crystal water well into compliance, so it could be put back into operation. The work includes an investigation into whether an existing distribution pump will meet state criteria for the ﬁltration system. Harrington indicated that the town is hopeful that the design work on the well should be concluded soon. In the recreation department, the winter-spring program brochure is out and available for public perusal on line, at www.carbondalerec.com. Programs described in the brochure include Motion Mondays and Whacky Wednesday, both for pre-schoolers, from 10:30 – 11:45 a.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays.

The programs take place in the Carbondale Recreation and Community Center (CRCC) gym, where an indoor playground with obstacle course and a bounce house are installed. The parent-supervised program costs $5 for members of the CRCC and $6 for non-members. Also included are the winter youth basketball league for boys and girls in third through sixth grades; climbing wall activities for young beginners and advanced climbers as well as a Rock Solid women’s class. And the recently inaugurated Yoga en Español for Spanish-language speakers at all ability levels, takes place on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:45-7:45 a.m. Registration remains open for the Winter Pickleball League and Tournament, and the town is offering drop-in basketball action on Wednesday evenings, drop-in soccer on Friday evenings, and drop-in Pickleball games on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons and Saturday mornings. And Sahn Tae Kwon Do martial arts classes for children and adults continue on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 6:30-8 p.m. The instructors also will be offering free community self-defense seminars this month and in April and May. In a ﬁnal note, Harrington’s memo reports that both ice rinks (at 4th and Main streets, and at the Gus Darien Arena on Catherine Store Road) remain operational, although the ice conditions change daily (see the rec. department’s website for daily updates), and that skate rentals are still available at the CRCC. The Carbondale Broomball League went into tournament mode last week at the Gus Darien rink, and the memo noted that the rink is closed to public use during scheduled events. Again, see the website for updated information.

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SATURDAY, Jan. 21: At three minutes past midnight, police stopped a vehicle bearing allegedly fictitious license plates. Upon investigation, the officers arrested the 31-yearold male driver on charges of driving with a revoked license and possession of drugs. SATURDAY, Jan. 21: At 11:07 a.m. police responded to a call concerning found property at the Wells Fargo bank in Carbondale. After investigating, officers arrested a 44year-old male for theft. SUNDAY, Jan. 22: At 2:18 a.m. police stopped a vehicle for speeding. After further investigation, officers arrested the 26-year-old female driver on a charge of driving under the influence of marijuana. MONDAY, Jan. 23: At 10:58 a.m. police were called to Roaring Fork High School on a report of a juvenile in possession of alcohol on school grounds. After investigating, the student was issued a summons into court. TUESDAY, Jan. 24: At 7:27 a.m. police got a report of graffiti on the south wall of a building on Highway 133. An investigation revealed that a teenager allegedly was responsible for that and another act of criminal mischief, and the teen was arrested and taken to a youth detention facility in Grand Junction. WEDNESDAY, Jan. 25: At 4:04 p.m. an officer stopped a vehicle for speeding. Investigation lead to the arrest of the 25-year-old male driver on a charge of driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. FRIDAY, Jan. 27: At 9:35 a.m. Garfield County deputies responded to a report of child abuse at a location near Carbondale. The case is under investigation.

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JeďŹ&#x20AC; Jackel pedals through ďŹ nal week as rec director By John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer

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For nearly 16 years, Jeff Jackel has been the ďŹ gure most closely identiďŹ ed with recreational programs run by the Town of Carbondale, but that is about to come to an end. Jackel, 65, is retiring from his $95,000 post as director of the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recreation department as of Feb. 3, having overseen projects valued at more than $6.6 million, paid for by a carefully managed combination of local taxpayer funds and grants from a variety of regional and state agencies and entities. He told The Sopris Sun not too long after his retirement party (which is scheduled for 4 p.m. this afternoon (Feb. 3) at Town Hall), he plans to travel to the Hawaiian islands for an extended visit (his ďŹ rst, he said). After that, he will return to the continental U.S. to hit the road in an RV he purchased about a year ago, and has been storing in California, before coming back to settle back into Carbondale. The town has hired Eric Brendlinger, formerly the manager of the Carbondale Community and Recreation Center (CCRC) to take over as head of the newly merged recreation and parks departments, at a salary of $92,000, according to Town Manager Jay Harrington. Harrington explained that Brendlingerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s salary is higher than it formerly might have been because of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;greater workload and greater responsibilityâ&#x20AC;? of overseeing what used to be two departments (the parks department formerly was under the public works directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s purview.) That now means that parks and recreation are under one administrative roof, and public works is in charge of streets, the town ďŹ&#x201A;eet and the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s urban forester, which

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Arrived in 2001 Jackel already had considerable experience in parks and recreation programming in other towns when he was hired by Carbondale in 2001, having already worked in six other communities starting in 1975. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never, ever come into a community that was so pro-recreation, and making things happen in that area,â&#x20AC;? Jackel recalled, explaining that right out of the gate he was overseeing a feasibility study concerning construction of the CRCC, which originally was planned for North Face Park but ultimately was placed next to Town Hall due to citizen input. The CRCC, which cost about $4.2 million (including the Promenade Park space behind Wearing a grin that reďŹ&#x201A;ects his mood, outgoing Carbondale Recrethe center), â&#x20AC;&#x153;was the ďŹ rst project I dived into,â&#x20AC;? ation Director Jeff Jackel sits in his ofďŹ ce, ďŹ&#x201A;anked by awards on the Jackel said. wall and shelves ďŹ lled with reports, master plans and other documents But even as he worked with an engaged of his trade. Photo by John Colson citizenry to get the recreation center project Every year since then, Jackel has overseen one or more going, Jackel also was working on a master plan for deprojects, ranging from 10 projects in 2004, at a cost of velopment of the Delaney Nature Park property the town $492,000, to the sole effort in 2007 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $40,000 to purhad recently acquired; tennis courts and baseball-ďŹ eld chase bleachers for the Darien Arena. lighting at the North Face complex; erecting a new mainIn most years, though, Jackel was involved with three tenance shed and a new water well at the Gus Darien Riding Arena, which the town also had recently acquired; and projects for the year, mostly costing a total of $100,000 to putting up a picnic shelter at the Triangle Park in the River $300,000 or a bit more. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a different climate back then,â&#x20AC;? he said of the Valley Ranch subdivision. JACKEL page 9 And that was just in 2003.

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All the Best for your Retirement ! The Town of Carbondale would like to recognize and thank Recreation Director, Jeff Jackel for over 15 years of service who is retiring after 40-plus years in government.

While we will miss him, he has more than earned his retirement, and we would like to thank him with a going away party at Carbondale Town Hall on Thursday, February 2nd, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. If you know JeďŹ&#x20AC; and would like to wish him farewell, please plan on attending. Thank you Jeff, for everything, Your friends at the Town

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Dukedom large enough The Thunder River Theatre Companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s black-box space will be ofďŹ cially dubbed â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Lon Winston Theatreâ&#x20AC;? in conjunction with the opening of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Tempestâ&#x20AC;? on Feb. 25. Winston, who co-founded the organization and served as its head from its conception until the middle of last year, is directing the upcoming play.

Cafeteria food Two Rivers Community School, a duallanguage charter in Glenwood, is on course for a full-service cafeteria for the next school year after a major donation from Valley View Hospital. Valued at over $100,000, the commercial grade kitchen equipment comes from the hospitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former cafĂŠ, which was recently remodeled. Until now, TRCS students have had to subsist on catering from local restaurants.

A booth of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own Applications are available and the Feb. 26 deadline is fast approaching to apply to be a vendor at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mountain Fair. For more information, e-mail Marianne Ackerman at marianne@carbondalearts.com.

Podcast debuts The Aspen Chapel and Explore Booksellers are joining forces to sponsor the communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ rst â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mind, Body and Spiritâ&#x20AC;? podcast. In a town known for beauty, sport, hospitality and excellence, it aims to give you a slice of what is going on in Aspen, giving listeners a chance to reďŹ&#x201A;ect on their own lives.

CMC Trustees approve tuition hikes

The ďŹ rst edition features Pulitzer winner and author Thomas Friedman, local activist, philanthropist Gina Murdock, and author and meditation guru Cynthia Bourgeault. Check it out at tinyurl.com/aspenpodcast1.

Following a work session Jan. 25, the Colorado Mountain College Board of Trustees voted to approve increases in ďŹ ve tuition rates for 2017-18. In-district associate-level courses increase by $3 per credit, service area associate-level courses by $20 per credit, in-state associate-level courses by $20 per credit, and non-resident associate-and bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s-level courses by $11 per credit. All other bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program tuition rates will not increase next year. A CMC press release points out that the college remains among the most affordable in the state.

Door prize The Two Rivers Unitarian Universalists presented Tomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Door with its annual Social Justice Award last week.

One voice A new community singing group is in the works, with rehearsals beginning the evening of Feb. 9 and continuing every other week at the Third Street Center. Preregistration is required, so folks interested in singing from the heart and celebrating the profound joy that music brings to the soul, should contact Lisa Dancing-Light at 963-3330 or lisa@lisadancinglight.com.

Sportsmen caucus in Meeker Hunters and anglers interested in expressing their views and opinions about a variety of wildlife-related issues will have an opportunity at the next Northwest Region Sportsmenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Roundtable Caucus, 6 p.m. Feb. 9 at the White River Electric Association Building, 233 6th Street, Meeker. Visit cpw.state.co.us website for more information.

Sing the car electric A three-county partnership with GarďŹ eld Clean Energy has launched the ďŹ rst phase of a

A future for the past The Carbondale Chamber of Commerce this month announced its Business Of The Year, with AmorĂŠ Realty (above) receiving the honor in the for-proďŹ t ďŹ eld, with The Buddy Program and the Carbondale Wild West Rodeo tying on the nonproďŹ t front. Courtesy photo program that aims for local auto dealers to offer discounted pricing on electric vehicles. The program is titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Electric Vehicle Sales Event: REV Up Your Ride.â&#x20AC;? The event is planned to run from April 1 to June 30, and will be promoted in GarďŹ eld, Eagle and Pitkin counties. Auto dealers have until Feb. 23 to submit their proposals. GarďŹ eld Clean Energy will announce the full list of participating dealers and the automobiles on offer in mid-March.

The Glenwood Historical Society is looking for local feedback as they work on their vision for 2017 and beyond. Take the survey at tinyurl.com/gshistoricalsurvey.

Reserve your spot The Sun doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t recommend visiting state parks on Memorial Day or Independence Day, but if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mind the crowds, nowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the time to reserve your camping spot on the CPW website or by calling 1-800-678-2267 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays.

They say itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your birthday Folks celebrating their birthday this week include: Candy Holgate (Feb. 2); Sandra Gaddis (Feb. 4); and Kelly Rinick (Feb. 7). Also, a belated happy birthday to Lois Hayes (Jan. 19) and Joani Lubrant (Feb. 1).

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Carbondale Fire works to correct diesel spill at Marble station By John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer

A pair of fuel tanks at the fire station in Marble will be decommissioned after evidence of ground contamination was discovered. Courtesy photo. contaminated soil out and dispose of it. After that, Goodwin said, “We’re getting rid of the tanks.” Instead, he said, the district plans to drive the Marble-based vehicles to a fuel station, perhaps at the Roaring Fork Coop, which is where the district fuels the vehicles kept at the Carbondale headquarters. “We want this to be put right,” Goodwin said, noting that fire district officials also are area residents, who do not want

to see potential groundwater pollution caused by the district’s activities. He said that ECOS, working with another cleanup firm, Environmental Services, Inc., will be working together on the project, and that the budget for the cleanup has not yet been put together as he is still receiving price quotes and other figures. He said the department hopes the cleanup will begin in earnest in mid-February.

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An agreement is nearly complete between the Town of Marble and the Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District that will allow work to get underway to clean up what fire officials believe is a relatively small diesel spill from tanks at the Marble fire house, according to fire district officials. Deputy Fire Chief Rob Goodwin told The Sopris Sun on Tuesday that last week the fire district’s board of directors voted to approve an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the town, which Goodwin said may be signed by Marble officials next week, to cover the cleanup of soils beneath two tanks at the firehouse. One of the tanks contains diesel fuel, the other gasoline, that are stored in the tanks for use in three vehicles in the townowned fire house – a fire engine, a tanker, and a “rescue squad” SUV that is equipped for back-country travel. The property is leased to the Carbondale fire district, and the tanks have been in place since around 1998, Goodwin said. When asked about the size of the plume of diesel in the soil, which might indicate the volume and duration of the leak, Goodwin replied, “Nobody really knows.” He explained that since the leak was reported by part-time Marble resident Steve Lucht, on Nov. 22, 2016, the fire department has examined the ground

with the help of a local cleanup company called Ecos. Using a device that Goodwin called a “sniffer,” officials got confusing readings that at first indicated that the plume of diesel grew more concentrated the deeper the “sniffer” probe went. Goodwin said that fire department records show that the tanks have not experienced spills. “They’ve never leaked,” he said. “We’ve never had a spill there.” But, he said, fuel tankers have been used to top-up the tanks. The last time that happened, Goodwin recalled, was in early 2015. It is now thought that perhaps there was some minor splashing or dripping during the topping-up visits, and that the diesel was washed out of the “containment basin” below the tanks, which has a shallow drain to allow water and snow to escape. “It surprised us, too,” Goodwin said of the initial news of the leak, and the idea that relatively small amounts of fuel appear to have flowed out through the drain. “We don’t go through that much fuel” at the Marble station, he added, as an explanation for the sense of surprise. The fire district got permission on Monday, from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, to sink five bore holes into the ground around the containment basin to determine the extent of the diesel plume, and then to dig the

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A local connection for ‘La La Land’ By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Staff Writer The story and themes in the musical romance “La La Land” may be straight out of Los Angeles, but the dancing is pure Colorado Western Slope. Or at least, choreographer Mandy Moore is. Moore grew up in Summit County and her parents are familiar faces on and off the stage in the Roaring Fork Valley. Wendy served as principal of Roaring Fork High School from 1998 to 2005 and will direct the Sopris Theatre Company’s production of “Sixteen Wounded” later this month. Bob played the titular role in the Glenwood Vaudeville Revue production of “Sweeney Todd” last fall and has had a couple of commercial appearances as well. The theatrical family is rounded out with a second sister, Missy, a Denver actress who took home a Henry Award from the Colorado Theatre Guild last year. At the moment, though, Mandy is the one most in the spotlight as “La La Land” shines critically and continues to pick up awards, including seven Golden Globes. “It’s a little bit ‘pinch me’ still,” Mandy said in a recent interview with The Sun. “This is one of the first projects I’ve been involved in that I really did feel

so much a part of a team and received a lot of recognition.” She sees it as part of a larger resurgence of music and dance in television and ﬁlm. “When I moved to LA in ’94, we were coming right out of the age of ’80s dance movies, and nothing really happened for a good 10 years,” she observed. “The start of ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ brought it more into mainstream culture.”

From the start Mandy was right there in the heart of that resurgence, following a passion that began almost at birth. “I can’t think of a time she wasn’t dancing,” Wendy recalled. “When she was a baby and I had music on, she’d bounce to the beat. I realize little ones do that, but when I’d change the music she’d change her bounce.” “She inherited every dance gene I might have given her,” Bob agreed. “I don’t have any left.” Both of the daughters come by their stage savvy honestly. The Moores operated a showboat in St. Louis before moving to Colorado, where they ran the Backstage Theatre in Breckenridge. Not that they weren’t open to whatever

The Moore family – Mandy, Missy, Bob and Wendy – enjoy a respite from fame at The Village Smithy. Courtesy photo. their kids wanted to pursue. Mandy earned letters in three sports for four years in high school. “We fought any kind of coach telling her she had to specialize,” Wendy said. “That’s not what school is about.” By that time, she had also moved beyond the local dance opportunities and was

attending class in Denver several nights a week. When she graduated high school she applied to a college, but ended up getting a scholarship to a studio in Los Angeles. “I knew that I loved to dance, and that you could do that on television and in ﬁlm,” Mandy explained. LA LA LAND page 9

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In the years since, she’s held a slew of jobs, from teaching senior citizens to touring to choreographing halftime shows. She had a small appearance in “A Time of Dancing” and arranged a pivotal dance scene in “Silver Linings Playbook.” “Everyone thinks it’s been overnight, but she’s been working on it for 20 years,” Bob observed. “Her career is so multifaceted, and except for a few months at a Victoria’s Secret store job, every she’s she’s had has been dance related. It seems like it was always a step followed by another step, meeting someone and then doing a good job.” She was also involved with “American Idol,” and went to register her name the day after the singer/actress Mandy Moore registered hers. Her Twitter handle, @nopenother, pays homage to her counterpart.

A new level The unprecedented success of “La La Land,” may prove the thing that puts choreography in general and Mandy in particular on the map. “I remember telling her ‘this one’s going to be big,’” Wendy said. “She’s had a great time and met such wonderful people.” While Mandy attended the big premieres, the rest of the family got their ﬁrst viewing when it opened at the Denver Filmfest. The evening included a pre-party with director Damien Chazelle and actress Emma Stone, a car with a driver provided by Lionsgate, and a scramble to get from DIA to the red carpet in time.

Jackel om page 5 early 2000s, recalling that the town and the valley were in the middle of a construction boom and “we were really seeing a lot of money coming in,” to the point where the town’s recreation fund (fed by a half-cent sales tax) had swelled to some $2.5 million by 2001. In addition to spending town funds, Jackel was adept at going after grants from Garfield County’s Federal Mineral Lease District fund; the state’s Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) fund; and other agencies. “That was my forte,” he noted. “I really enjoyed writing grants (applications) and getting funding.” Plus, he said, he enjoyed considerable support from the public, the town’s trustees and other departments in Town Hall. “It was remarkable people within the community that came to me to discuss their visions for pursuing a recreation center; renovating and lighting the Gus Darien Rodeo Arena; developing a dog park and a nature park; acquiring the Gateway RV Campground and Boat Ramp; constructing new tennis courts and an all-weather synthetic running track for the high school; building a skateboard park, bike park, Demeter Community Garden; building the bread oven shelter (in Bonnie Fisher Park)” and a lot more, Jackel wrote in his last Director’s Message that went out with the spring recreation brochure. “It made my job so much easier,” Jackel

“It was amazing to see it after watching the outtakes and hearing about it for a year,” Wendy said. “That opening number just takes my breath away because we know those kids. It’s all of her friends who went out there at the same time she did.” Since then, Wendy’s seen it at least eight times, while Bob is a few viewings behind that. Meanwhile, the ﬁlm has grossed $223.5 million worldwide and is up for a record tying 14 Oscar nominations. Even months after its release, it continues to attract steady crowds at local theaters. “It’s so cool that this ﬁlm has touched people even in small town Colorado,” Mandy said. “The support that my family feels from the community is incredible. If I could live in Carbondale or Glenwood Springs and do what I do, I would.” “It’s not a perfectly saccharine musical where everything’s wrapped up gorgeously on the end, but at the root of it, it’s about dreamers and romance and beauty,” she added. “It walks the line between fantasy and reality in this technicolor world where people just fall in and out of song and dance.” As for what’s next … “Hopefully it’s got dance involved, because that’s always been the root of it all for me.” “La La Land” runs through Feb. 9 at the Crystal Theatre (427 Main in Carbondale), with showtimes at 7:30 p.m. except Feb. 5, when it shows at 1 p.m. It’s also showing at Movieland in El Jebel, The Isis in Aspen and Brenden 7 in Rifle.

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Sunday, February 5, 2017 continued, “when the citizens had so much passion for recreation.” Things slowed a bit when the national economy went into a severe slump in 200809, and Carbondale was hit by a decline in tax and other revenues that lasted for several years. “Since the recession hit, the town has been going after smaller grants to pay for smaller projects,” in part because the big GOCO grants typically come with a requirement for matching amounts that Carbondale currently cannot afford.

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‘A great career’ Jackel said that of all the towns he’s worked in, Carbondale tops the list. “Every parks and rec commission since 2001, I enjoyed working with them,” he said, adding that he also has had a good working relationship with the town board of trustees and administrative staff. “It’s been a great career, 42 years in government,” he continued. “It’s hard to believe it’s coming to an end.” In his farewell note, he expressed the hope that Carbondale will “continue to pursue and build for the future important recreational needs of the community,” as laid out in the 2015 Parks, Recreation & Trails Master Plan, another achievement that gives him pride. “There are still great opportunities and important things ahead that the Town of Carbondale has plans to achieve for you,” Jackel concluded.

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Community Calendar THURSDAY Feb. 2 MOVIE NIGHT â&#x20AC;˘ The Sopris Sun presents another Classic Movie Night, this year featuring â&#x20AC;&#x153;Groundhog Dayâ&#x20AC;? ... on Groundhog Day, Thursday, Feb. 2. The ďŹ lm is a 1993 fantasy-comedy starring Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, and Chris Elliott. Doors open at 7:00. Show starts at 7:30. Costumes are encouraged. Previous Classic Movie Nights have sold out, so please plan to come early. Tickets to the ďŹ lm are $10 at the door. And if you bring an additional donation of any size (check or cash only) for The Sopris Sun that night, you will be entered to win an exclusive, super special Sopris Sun door prize. Join in some mid-winter fun while supporting your nonproďŹ t community newspaper!

FRIDAY Feb. 3 MOVIES â&#x20AC;˘ The Crystal Theatre presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;La La Landâ&#x20AC;? (PG-13) at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 39 except on Feb. 5 showtime is 1 p.m. (captioned). LIVE MUSIC â&#x20AC;˘ Steveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guitars in the old part of the Dinkel Building presents music every Friday night. Info: 963-3340. HOOPS â&#x20AC;˘ The Roaring Fork High School girls and boys basketball teams host Basalt for games at 5:30 and 7 p.m. respectively.

To list your event, email information to news@soprissun.com. Deadline is noon on Monday. Events take place in Carbondale unless noted. You can also view events online at soprissun.com.

at 4:30 and 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 online and $16 at the door. Family passes and free children tickets available online at benjaminscircus.com or 941-870-7444. FIRST FAT FRIDAY â&#x20AC;˘ Carbondale celebrates First Friday with a Mardi Gras parade down Main Street at 5 p.m. LIVE MUSIC â&#x20AC;˘ Marble Distillery hosts Pearl & Wood beginning at 8 p.m. MUTUAL MAKERS â&#x20AC;˘ The Carbondale Clay Center at 135 Main St. presents an exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of Colorado Mountain College in Aspenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ceramics program, with an opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m.. Info: www.carbondaleclay.org or 970963-2529. SILENT FILM SERENADE â&#x20AC;˘ Carbondale Arts hosts a series of short silent ďŹ lms at the Launchpad at 76 S. 4th St. from 6 to 8 p.m. with musicians (which could include you!) to create the soundtrack/soundscape. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like a short series of live, informal and improvisational performances! RSVP by emailing brian@carbondalearts.com or drop in on First Friday.

LIVE MUSIC â&#x20AC;˘ Leonard Curry Trio plays a fun mix of Americana music at the Rivers Restaurant in Glenwood Springs from 9 to midnight. No cover charge.

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HOOPS â&#x20AC;˘ The Roaring Fork High School girls and boys basketball teams

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JAZZ â&#x20AC;˘ The public is invited to a free concert by the JAS District Eight Honor Jazz Band at 5 p.m. at Roaring Fork High School. CONTRA DANCE â&#x20AC;˘ All dances taught and called at the Glenwood Masonic Lodge (901 Colorado Ave.) with live music from Wooden Nickel. Beginners and singles welcome; $10 at the door. DANCER IN RESIDENCE â&#x20AC;˘ Dance Initiative Artist-in-Residence Christina Axelsen presents a $15 all-levels workshop in modern dance at 3 p.m., followed by a free studio presentation of new and original work at 5 p.m. Axelsenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dance experience is deeply rooted in Cunningham Technique, which is one of the most widely taught modern dance techniques today. Visit www.danceinitiative.org or call 970963-8681 for more information.

SUNDAY Feb. 5 SKI FOR SISU â&#x20AC;˘ The 25th annual noncompetitive family event runs from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.with refreshments, costumes, a silent auction and short course for youngsters. A minimum donation of $15 for individuals or a family supports the Spring Gulch Cross Country Trail System. To get there, go west through the Carbondale Roundabout and continue 6 miles on Thompson Creek Road.

SCULPTURE DEADLINE â&#x20AC;˘ The Town of Carbondale and Carbondale Public Arts Commission are seeking 15 original sculptures for the annual Art aRound Town exhibition. Those chosen will be displayed around Carbondale; the artists will receive $750 upon installation. The exhibition opens on June 1 and $1,000 will be awarded for Best in Show. Submissions for entry are available at the CAFĂ&#x2030; (Call for Entry) website: callforentry.org. Info: carbondalegov.org. SUPER BOWL TAILGATE â&#x20AC;˘ Join Marble Distilling Co. for a Super Bowl Tailgate â&#x20AC;&#x201C; mountain style! Doors open at noon, and kickoff is at 4:30 p.m. and $20 gets you local gameday eats, a signature MDC kickoff cocktail and a local â&#x20AC;&#x153;superâ&#x20AC;? brew from Roaring Fork Beer Company. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a pool beneďŹ tting Colorado Animal Rescue. SKI SPREE â&#x20AC;˘ Sunlight Mountain Resort hosts its ďŹ rst â&#x20AC;&#x153;Taste of Sunlightâ&#x20AC;?as well as a treasure hunt, live music and more.

SUN - WED Feb. 5 - 7 TAKE TEN â&#x20AC;˘ Theater Masters presents an evening of ten minute plays by MFA playwriting students at Arizona State University, Brown, Carnegie Mellon University, Northwestern, NYU, UCLA, UCSD and two plays by local high school students Zamira Mullally & Genevieve LaMee of Glenwood Springs High School. It all takes place at Aspen High School at 7:30 p.m.. Tickets are $25 or $12 for students and available at CALENDAR page 11

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TUESDAY Feb. 7 SUPER CHATS • RE-1 Superintendent Ron Stein hosts coffee chats from 7 to 8 a.m. at Bonﬁre Coffee (in the Dinkel Building) on the second Tuesday of the month, at Saxy’s in Basalt on the ﬁrst Tuesday, and River Blend in Glenwood Springs on the fourth Tuesday. GAME NIGHT • Bring in your friends for a lively night of retro games from Candyland to Uno, Jenga to Monopoly at the Marble Distillery Bar (150 Main St.) at 6 p.m. Use one of their games or bring in your favorite, with cocktail special for gamers.

WEDNESDAY Feb. 8 NATURALIST NIGHTS • The Carbondale leg of ACES’ Naturalist Nights winter speaker series continues with “Balancing Outdoor Recreation with Wildlife Conservation in Protected Lands” with Sarah E. Reed, Ph.D., of CSU and Sarah L. Thomas, Ph.D., of Sarah Thomas Consulting, LLC. On the Jan. 15 it’s “Energy Development Impacts on Wildlife: Lessons Learned for the Next Energy Boom” with George Wittemyer, Associate Professor of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology at CSU and on Feb. 22 catch “Public Response to Fire Management: Conventional Wisdom vs. Reality” with Forest Service Social Scientist Sarah McCaffrey.

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Ongoing YOUR STORY, YOUR LIFE • Have you wanted to explore your legacy of living and the wisdom of your experience? Join a free facilitated workshop for 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, Glenwood Springs Branch Library (815 Cooper Ave.) Info: 970 945-5958, gcpld.org. LIONS MEET • The Carbondale Lions Club meets the ﬁrst Tuesday of the month at the Gathering Center (the Orchard on Snowmass Road) starting at 6:30 p.m. Info: Chuck Logan at 963-7002 or Chris Chacos at 3799096.

EMPATHS MEET • The “RFV Empaths Unite” support group meets at the Third Street Center (Room #31) from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month. Donations are accepted. Info: Kelli Welsh at 417-893-8578. LUTHERANS MEET • Faith Lutheran Church on Highway 133 holds worship services at 9 a.m. (traditional service), educational hour (10 a.m.), and living praise worship (11:30 a.m.). Info. Faithcarbondale.com and 925-7725.

BRIDGE • The Carbondale Bridge Club hosts duplicate bridge (not sanctioned by ACBL) from 6:30 to 10 p.m. the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month at the Third Street Center. $6/per pair

GRIEF AND LOSS • Pathfinders offers a grief and loss support group every other Monday at 6 p.m., and a caregiver support group every other Wednesday noon. An RSVP is required to Robyn Hubbard at 319-6854. Pathfinders offers support groups from Aspen to Rifle and is located in Carbondale at 1101 Village Rd. Info: pathfindersforcancer.org.

ROTARY • The Carbondale Rotary Club meets at the Carbondale Fire Station at 6:45 a.m. Wednesdays. The Mt. Sopris Rotary meets at Mi Casita at noon every Thursday.

KOROLOGOS GALLERY • The Ann Korologos Gallery in Basalt presents “Awards and Accolades: Twelve Acclaimed Western Artists” through Feb. 7. Info: Korologosgallery.com.

YOGA • Himalayan Yogini Devika Gurung teaches yoga at the Launchpad every Wednesday from 9 to 10:30 a.m. IMMUNIZATION CLINICS • Garﬁeld County offers immunization clinics at the Carbondale Family Resource Center (in the Bridges Center at 400 Sopris Ave.) the second and fourth Thursday of the month (Oct. 27 this month). To schedule an appointment, call 945-6614, ext. 2030.

SENIOR MATTERS • The nonproﬁt Senior Matters, based in the Third Street Center, offers numerous programs for senior citizens, including: tai chi with John Norman at 8:30 a.m. on Monday and Wednesday; tai chi with Marty Finklestein at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday; Alaprima Painters at 11 a.m. on Thursdays; the Senior Matters Book Club at 4 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of the month; and the Roaring Fork Brain Train. Info: seniormatters.org; Diane Johnson at

970-306-2587; and Senior Matters, Box 991, Carbondale CO, 81623. ABA • The Art Base Annex in Basalt (174 Midland Ave.) continues the Isa Catto show “Taking Inventory: New Works.” C’DALE TRUSTEES • The Carbondale Board of Trustees holds regular meetings the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at town hall starting at 6 p.m. The trustees usually hold work session at 6 p.m. on the ﬁrst and third Tuesday. Info: 963-2733 or carbondalegov.org. MEET THE MAYOR • Carbondale Mayor Dan Richardson holds his weekly “Ofﬁce Hours” session at the Village Smithy from 7 to 8 a.m. on Tuesdays. Drop by and say hi.

Further Out SATURDAY Feb. 11 QUILT GUILD • The Roaring Fork Quilt Guild monthly meeting takes place at the Carbondale Public Library at 10:15 a.m. with a business meeting and a presentation. Quilters and guests from the entire valley are welcome. Email roaringforkquiltguild@yahoo.com with questions.

THURSDAY Feb. 16 YAPPY HOUR • Colorado Animal Rescue’s monthly Yappy Hour at the Marble Distilling Co. takes place from 5:30 to 7 p.m.. Sip on delicious handcrafted cocktails and meet a C.A.R.E. dog, with $1 from every drink donated to C.A.R.E. Bring your own dog along as well.

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Dandelion Day plans underway; volunteers needed By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer Plans for Dandelion Day 2017 are still evolving, but this much we know: Carbondale’s celebration of one of nature’s most useful plants will take place on May 13 and the Parade of the Species will probably march, slither, hop, stride and clipclop down Main Street as it has in previous years. As for the ever popular beer garden? “We’re not sure,” said Natalie Rae Fuller, one of the three new Dandelion Day organizers, which also include Keelin Schaffrath and Debra Burleigh. The three women stepped up last week, and previous organizers stepped down, in sort of a torch-passing meeting at the Carbondale Branch Library. “They gave us their notebooks and other information,” Fuller told The Sopris Sun. “They handed it (Dandelion Day) off to us to go forward.” It all started as a one-day affair in 1998, after environmental activists convinced the town to stop treating Sopris Park with herbicides and the trustees gave the plant its official flower designation, eventually expanded to three days. The 2015 Dandelion Days featured numerous booths, parade, live music from the Sopris Park gazebo, a film at the Crystal Theater on Friday night, a speaker offering tips about edible plants and more.

“During our term we quadrupled the size of the event, made it greener and more educational, put up a website and coined the phrase ‘Carbondale’s creative community celebration of sustainability and spring,’” said former co-organizer Suzanne Gray. With the expanded schedule of events came more work for organizers and volunteers, and more hours to ensure another well run and fun event. “We (the old guard) are so happy to see it continue on as a … sustainability themed event,” Gray told The Sopris Sun. When asked if Dandelion Day 2017 will resemble previous D-Days, Fuller told The Sun “We’re still figuring it out.” One of the first orders of business is to reactivate the Dandelion Day website. Organizers also plan to update the Dandelion Day Facebook page. In the meantime, potential volunteers and others can contact the organizers at dandelionday81623@gmail.com. And if you’re wondering about the 81623 Carbondale Zip Code in the D-Day email address, a quick Google check reveals there are other Dandelion Days across the U.S., including ones at the University of Rochester in New York, Goshun College in Indiana, and the town of Jackson in California. Carbondale appears to be, however, the only town with the dandelion as its official town flower.

“We (the old guard) are so happy to see it continue on as a … sustainability themed event.”

Carbondale’s official town flower pops up in various ways during Dandelion Day. This year, the celebration returns to its roots with a one-day event for the Parade of the Species on Main Street and dandelion/environmental themed attractions at Sopris Park on May 13. Sopris Sun file photo

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Mary, John Matchael reflect on Bandar project Security, and lips, were tight By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer Mary Matchael had to sign a confidentially agreement when Saudi Prince Bandar Bin Sultan’s people hired her to design, create and install artistic windows, doors and other glasswork in his 56,000-square-foot mansion in Starwood in 1991. In other words, she couldn’t grant interviews with the press, or release other information, about her involvement in the project. Matchael, co-owner with husband John of Crystal Glass Studio in Carbondale, was one of several local companies, and hundreds of local workers, who signed similar agreements and spent three years building Bandar’s main house at his 90-acre Hala Ranch just outside Aspen. “We couldn’t talk about this before,” Mary said. “Now they (Bandar) are gone so we can now.” Control of information was so regulated on the project, at one point after the Matchaels started installing their pieces, they were not allowed to photograph them. Bandar, reportedly a billionaire, and part of the ruling family of Saudi Arabia, was ambassador to the United States in 1991, so security was tight during and after the mansion was finished in the early 1990s. A recent article in the Aspen Daily News indicated, with perhaps a bit of journalistic hyperbole, that Bandar’s house had a security system to match the White House. The house was under “high security,” which was controlled by the CIA and Secret Service, real estate broker Joshua Saslove, told attendees at a recent Aspen Business Luncheon. Saslove, who brokered the Bandar-house sale to a hedgefund manager for $49 million in 2012, also said he recalled firearms rooms, an exterior area to test contaminated materials, and 150 different telephone lines into the main house. Oh, yeah. There was also one closet in the main house that only contained bulletproof vests in different sizes, Saslove said. Most of the construction was finished when Mary, her husband John, and Crystal Glass Studio employees started installing their work but security was still tight. Whenever they went from one room to another, they had to call the house’s security office to report they were leaving it. “And we’d have to call and say ‘I’m here’ once we got to another room,” John told The Sopris Sun in a recent interview. Now that Bandar’s Hala has a new owner, the Matchaels figure they are released from his gag order and are free to talk about the most talked about construction project in Roaring Fork Valley history.

Crystal Glass Studio Mary Matchael told The Sopris Sun she moved to Carbondale in October 1972. She met Eddie Haslem and Chuck Niles, who were working with glass upstairs in the Dinkel Building and started working with them. After Haslem and Niles moved away, she started Crystal Glass Studio in November 1972. Mary later moved her Crystal Glass Studio downstairs in

Mary and John Matchael at their Crystal Glass Studio on Weant Boulevard. They were able to move from renting a space in the Dinkle Building to owning their own place after winning a contract to design, build and install artistic-glass pieces in Prince Bandar’s 56,000-square-foot house outside Aspen in 1991. Photo by Lynn Burton the Dinkel to Steve’s Guitars current location. Through the years, she gained a reputation and a following for her stained glass and etched glass pieces, chandeliers and other glassbased works of functional art. The Bandar break came when local architect Tim Hagman contacted her about possibly working on the house. Mary was paid for her preliminary design proposal, which is a rarity in her profession. “We were absolutely thrilled” with not only the upfront money, but being awarded the final contract as well. Mary was one of five glass artists who were invited to submit design examples for the project and she was awarded most of the work. Bandar’s people told her he wanted stainedand-leaded glass windows, etched panels and other work to reflect Colorado’s landscapes and wildlife. John said the Bandar job started “big” and then got “bigger.” The Matchaels and Crystal Glass Studio employees ended up designing and installing windows, glass-art sky lights, fireplace doors, kitchen cabinet door glass, transoms and more. Their work was installed in bedrooms (including Bandar’s), bathrooms (his and her’s), living rooms, entertainment rooms, halls and other areas. “Our work was everywhere,” Mary said. “They really like art glass. It was a big part (of the house). Almost every room had a piece of our work.” When Bandar put the house on the market for $135 million in 2006, published reports said it was the most expensive listed residential property in the U.S. At the time, the house had 15 bedrooms, 16 bathrooms and was bigger than the White

House. A New York Times article described the interior as, “Dark, gleaming wood beams, all with notched construction and not a single nail head showing, pale plaster walls and television screens dominating the décor. John Matchael told The Sun, “As big as it (the house) was, it was very comfortable … .”

New digs Throughout the Bandar job, Mary, John and their employees worked out of the historic Dinkel Building in the northern space on Fourth Street. When the final piece of glass art was set in place, and Bandar paid his final bill, the Matchaels started looking for a new location for Crystal Glass Studio – one that they would own themselves. They settled on 50 Weant Boulevard (just off Main Street and across from Sopris Park), a vacant lot that was once metal-worker Bill Marrow’s sculpture garden. The Matchaels first built a 3,800square-foot gallery/studio/work space on the property, and later added an apartment upstairs and garage. About the original purchase, Mary said it was before real estate prices started to increase. “(This job) enabled us to get to this place.” For the Bandar job, Mary submitted drawings to his top people to approve each piece before Crystal Glass Studio started working on it. “It took awhile,” Mary said. It turned out, upon completion of each piece, none were rejected for quality or aesthetic reasons. Without going through all their Bandar invoices, which they still have, Mary and John don’t recall exactly how many BANDAR page 17

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Postcards from Pakistan For the past few weeks, fourth graders at Carbondale Community School have been corresponding with their counterparts at a school in Pakistan through The Marshall Direct Fund, which has run similar programs with other area schools, including Crystal River Elementary and Waldorf on the Roaring Fork. Here’s a sample of what they’ve received. For more information visit marshalldirectfund.org/projects/project-cyber-peace-project.

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Roaring Fork High holds second annual Girls’ Summit By Kayla Henley Sopris Sun Correspondent

oneself that could lead to health problems. Another inquired how to find support on college campuses for stress While a blizzard buffeted Carbondale on the evening of when they’re on their own, and what things one could do Jan. 25, Roaring Fork High School art teachers Leslie to lessen stress. Keery and Cathleen McCourt, as well as students in the Answers suggested by the panel were getting enough Girls’ Summit Club, greeted approximately 30 girls of varsleep; practicing good sleep hygiene (primarily staying ious grades as well as three quarters of the female staff of away from screens before going to bed), and knowing one’s RFHS in front of the warm fireplace at the Orchard limits. Math teacher Katie McCullugh, as well as Pazdera, Church for the annual Girls’ Summit. also emphasized the importance of going to teachers for This is the second year RFHS has hosted this inspiring help and forming those connections that could be benefievent, which features various workshops and resources cial down the road. that promote healthy lifestyles among women. This year The night concluded with roasting s’mores in the grand included a yoga workshop led by yoga instructor Emily fireplace and enjoying the sense of newfound camaraderie Hightower, and a self-defense workshop led by Karen among one another. Bradshaw of Rising Crane Training Center in Carbondale. Senior Tavia Teitler, a member of the Girls’ Summit Students and staff met both lessons with great enthusiasm. Club at RFHS, articulated the importance of such an event There were also a variety of workshop tables scattered because “girls have a tendency to compete with each other about the room girls could approach individually. One rather than support each other, and focus on differences.” was a nutrition stand, hosted by nutritionist Marcey Maeve O’Donnell Pax, also a senior who started the club Robinson of Achieve Health in Performance in Basalt. Anwith two other graduates, agreed with Teitler, “We easily other was a do TERRA essential oils stand hosted by Wellget caught up in petty things, and things that make us unKatie McCullugh and Cathleen McCourt practice the “Sink” ness Advocate Janelle Parrington. Girls this year also happy and make creating true relationships harder.” Teitler maneuver on each other as Kajsa Sutro and Leslie Ruiz practice started a new tradition called a Fashion Upcycle, where concluded how through events such as these, those differin the background. Courtesy photo attendees brought old or outgrown clothes and displayed ences and petty worries disappear. them in a thrift-store style for everyone to peruse. The exIt wasn’t just the students who felt the unifying effects change was a success and nearly everyone walked out with a new scarf or sweater. of the summit; staff also reflected on the evening’s events: “You get to connect with students After an appetizing and healthy dinner of various soups and salads, the girls gathered near in a way that doesn’t happen in the school day,” RFHS counselor Kelly Donnelly observed. the stage for the final event: a panel featuring Dr. Lisa Fitzwilliams, a chiropractic nutritionist Kelsie Goodman, vice principal at RFHS noted the importance not only of this singular in Carbondale; Stacey Bernot, former mayor of Carbondale; Caroline Williams, a college event, but also the positive reverberations it creates among girls: “This is pretty unique. We counselor; Dr. Andrea Pazdera, mental health counselor at RFHS; Maura Masters, editor of hope it translates into real life progress, that’s the highest goal we’ve gotten to see. It’s the girls Alice magazine (www.alicethemag.com); and moderated by yours truly, current staff member that shine, it’s the power from within, and that’s what makes it special.” as well as former student of RFHS, and recent college graduate. It wasn’t just the valuable information women departed with, but also the strong sense of The panel’s theme focused on stress and the importance of forming healthy habits, partic- unification and acceptance the simple act of sharing common experiences with one another ularly for teenagers on the cusp of adulthood. One student asked how to know the difference generated. As Goodman warmly summarized, “If this event has taught me anything, it is that between pushing oneself in a healthy way to manage a busy schedule, and being too hard on we’re not in it alone.”

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‘Ski for Sisu’ fundraiser epitomizes the Spring Gulch spirit By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Staff Writer Dust off your historically inaccurate horned helmets and grab your cross-country skis; “Ski for Sisu” returns to Spring Gulch on Feb. 5. The 25th annual noncompetitive family event runs from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. with refreshments, Norse costumes, a silent auction and short course for youngsters. A minimum donation of $15 for individuals or a family supports the Spring Gulch cross-country trail system. The name “Sisu” is the legacy of the late Paul Lappala, one of the pivotal figures in the founding of the community crosscountry ski area 30 years ago. “Sisu” is perhaps best translated as stoic – “kind of that resilience and grit and determination that’s supposed to embody the Finnish spirit,” explained Mt. Sopris Nordic Council board member John Armstrong. He also views the event and the trails it supports as a reflection of the local spirit. “It’s a pretty big cooperative effort – part of that volunteer energy that makes Carbondale so special,” he said. The free ski area operates on land owned by the North Thompson Cattlemen’s Association for summer grazing. It offers about 21 kilometers of trail, with several loops for different ability levels specially staked out for Sunday’s event. “It’s something for everybody,” Armstrong observed. “You see the whole range of demographics, from real elite Nordic skiers flying by to someone in jeans with their kids, and everybody’s smiling.” The event usually draws upwards of 100 people, which allows for plenty of socializing at the base but leaves room for solitude out in the snow. “It’s really burgeoned over the years, even in the last four or five, but there can be 70 cars in the parking lot and then you hit the trail and you hardly see anybody,” Armstrong observed.

Participants in last year's "Ski for Sisu" fundraiser take a moment to stretch and enjoy a sunny day on a stretch of Spring Gulch's 21 kilometers of free cross country trails. File photo Carpooling is recommended due to limited parking – one of the issues that the fundraiser may help address. “We’ve got the trails pretty dialed in, so we really want to concentrate on improving the parking lot and the access,” Armstrong noted. There’s also the ongoing expenses of equipment and grooming. “It costs us about $500 a day to operate the ski area,” he added. “It’s a substantial investment.” You can also donate through the website, www.spring-

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Bandar î&#x2C6;&#x2021;om page13 pieces of glass art they placed in the house. Thumbing through their binder books of photos from the project, several pieces prompt comment: â&#x20AC;˘ The skylight above Bandarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bathtub features orchids. â&#x20AC;˘ The biggest piece is a door (with a Bill Marrow metal frame) that measures 11â&#x20AC;&#x2122;x7â&#x20AC;&#x2122; between the swimming pool room and sauna. â&#x20AC;˘ In Bandarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bathroom, Mary designed an etched shower enclosure that John and Shannon Muse created on site. The door incorporates Colorado ďŹ&#x201A;oral and fauna. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was a lot of etched glass,â&#x20AC;? Mary said. John added that in Bandarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;grooming room,â&#x20AC;? with a barber chair and the barber that traveled with him, there were etched glass pieces and mirrors that depicted Colorado wildlife scenes. â&#x20AC;˘ A window in the game room features the king and queen of hearts. â&#x20AC;˘ One backlit piece in the hall that went to the bar included the elements of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;all things Coloradoâ&#x20AC;? instruction. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a fun one to do,â&#x20AC;? John said. â&#x20AC;˘ In the â&#x20AC;&#x153;privateâ&#x20AC;? wing of the house, bullet proof glass on the exterior was installed in front of antique

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After the gold rush The Bandar job set up John and Mary Matchael to continue operating Crystal Glass Studio as a work space for themselves, and a gallery in the front part of the building. In the years since, the space has become a reliable foundation for what later became the Carbondale Creative District. It turns out, the Bandar job has a bit of a bitter-sweet taste for Mary and John Matchael. The job allowed them opportunity to buy their own building, and to hire other glass artists during those three years. What happened after the Bandar house was sold is another matter. The new owner took out all of the Crystal Glass Studio pieces and included them in a â&#x20AC;&#x153;pennies on the dollarâ&#x20AC;? auction before a subsequent remodel project. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stand to go (to the auction),â&#x20AC;? Mary said. She had signed each piece, however, and would like to know where they ended up. She can be reached at 963-3227 or mary@crystalglassstudio.com.

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Speedway î&#x2C6;&#x2021;om page 1 creasingly detailed layered and more involved,â&#x20AC;? he observed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very patient, and it always gives me something to think about.â&#x20AC;? Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also the matter of the ever expanding collection of around 900 slot cars, which idle on rows of shelves around the rim of the room. About half have actually run the track. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tough on cars that are often surprisingly valuable, and the record setters rarely hold their top spot for long before entropy retires them. Racers on Saturday will have a smaller pool of about a dozen cars to select from, each of which has their own advantages and disadvantages. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every car is different and each lane is different,â&#x20AC;? Stokes noted. Folks who want some insight into how the whole space came together can also duck next door into the train room. A work in progress, the track runs through nearly complete Colorado scenes complete with wildlife and rock climbers, through various stages of building and painting, and winds through a city that hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been built yet. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also the project that led Stokes toward the Clay Center. With his vision declining, he was already wondering about other outlets for his creative spark when he began working with plaster to create the backdrops for the train room. He realized that clay might offer the medium he was looking for. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very tactile,â&#x20AC;? he recalled. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love the feeling of sticking my hands in the mud.â&#x20AC;? He soon became part of the family at the Clay Center, where he found a community of like-minded creators. Eventually, he became comfortable enough to share his masterpiece with Angela and her crew. The response was overwhelmingly positive, and he began to view his work in a new light. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I never really thought of it as art until very recently,â&#x20AC;? he said. It was Stokes who suggested the idea of a fundraiser at the Speedway. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big thing to offer, and requires tremendous trust in attendees to be respectful of a fairly delicate space with years of hard work behind it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not without its beneďŹ ts, though. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been this shift from private enjoyment to deciding to share it with others,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s given me a new spark to focus on aspects I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have thought about.â&#x20AC;?

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Old Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; dies, senior housing moves forward From the archives of the Roaring Fork Valley Journal Feb. 3, 1977 Old Joe, who apparently amused more folks with his antics than he offended, died of pneumonia the previous Friday at an undetermined age. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d been sick for a several days and people urged him to go to the doctor,â&#x20AC;? but he wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go,â&#x20AC;? said the lead story in that weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newspaper. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He conďŹ ded to one friend that he was afraid theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d put him away and wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let him come back to Carbondale.â&#x20AC;? Some people thought Joe suffered a severe head injury as a child that left him somewhat retarded. Others contended he just decided to remain a sixyear-old for the rest of his life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At any rate, he was odd. In fact, he was crazy,â&#x20AC;? the article continued. The writer (presumably VJ Editor Pat Noel) started his article with, â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was the face more than anything else you noticed right off. Stuck up there on top of a chicken neck, it was honeycombed with wrinkles, relieved by squinting eyes, a beak nose and the largest toothless grin anyone could imagine.â&#x20AC;? Town folks gave him clothes to wear. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A typical outďŹ t would have been something like white cowboy boots, green trousers, purple shirt and a blue sport coat, topped off by a hat from a huge collection.â&#x20AC;? The funeral was â&#x20AC;&#x153;nice and well attendedâ&#x20AC;? and the minister gave a â&#x20AC;&#x153;tremendous eulogy,â&#x20AC;? the article concluded. â&#x20AC;&#x153; â&#x20AC;Ś but it was a bit solemn for his taste â&#x20AC;Ś it was the end of an era.â&#x20AC;?

Feb. 6, 1987 The Carbondale Senior Housing Corporationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (CSHC) proposed 16-unit senior housing project in the southwest part of town was â&#x20AC;&#x153;very closeâ&#x20AC;? to getting its FHA loan â&#x20AC;&#x153;after ďŹ ve years of planning.â&#x20AC;? The project received a boost when CSHC received a $100,000 grant from the Tri-County Medical Center. The money was freed up when the nonproďŹ t Tri-County sold its clinic on Highway 133 to the doctors who practiced there.

Jan. 30, 1997 A group of nonproďŹ ts reported they were close to raising the $25,000 needed for a down payment on the old Carbondale Town Hall building on 2nd Street to use as a nonproďŹ t center. The nonproďŹ ts were: the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities, community access radio station KDNK, Solar Energy International, the Science Outreach Center, and the Roaring Fork Energy Center. Of the ďŹ ve nonproďŹ ts, CCAH said it wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t move into the building but was spearheading the project.

Feb. 1, 2007 Radio station KDNK hired its ďŹ rst fulltime news director. He was Steve Zalaznik, a 22-year-old college graduate (math and economics) from Wisconsin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the culmination of a life-long dream for KDNK,â&#x20AC;? station manager Steve Skinner told the Valley Journal. Among the issues Zalaznik planned to cover: the Crystal River Marketplace proposal on Highway 133, and affordable housing. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Compiled by Lynn Burton

î&#x201A;&#x160;e New Deep î&#x201A;&#x160;roat is a Park Ranger? During the election, as â&#x20AC;&#x153;fake newsâ&#x20AC;? (i.e. propa- assertions about inaugural crowd, the press began ganda) ďŹ&#x201A;ew from both the left and the right, I had digging and the National Park Service (NPS) several conversations with other local journalists tweeted out side-by-side photos of crowds at about where they get their news and made some per- Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inaugurations. That quickly sonal adjustments and resolutions. led to the silencing of the Park SerWith local news, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easier to nail viceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ofďŹ cial Twitter account. down. I know most of the Roaring The NPS account came back Fork Valleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reporters and editors some hours later, but dragonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teeth personally. I can corner them between had been sown. Badlands National the potatoes and the artichokes in the Park quickly began tweeting about grocery and ask, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why in heck did climate change â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and soon found you write that?â&#x20AC;? its Tweets deleted. I have spent most of my career But by the end of that day, more writing about travel, the outdoors and than 50 â&#x20AC;&#x153;altâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;rogueâ&#x20AC;? Twitter acother supposedly nonpolitical topics. I counts appeared, speaking for govgraduated from the CU Boulder ernment agencies that deal with School of Journalism with honors, environment, science, health and then worked as a feature writer, a food safety. They can be found nonproďŹ t publicist and an ad agency under the hashtag #twistance (Twitcopywriter. (The latter involves being ter resistance). paid a princely sum to crow about Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m now following â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rogue something readers may or not want By Nicolette Toussaint NOAAâ&#x20AC;?, an unofďŹ cial National to buy.) Oceanic and Atmospheric AdminisBut even as a copywriter, I drew the line at lying. tration account that promises â&#x20AC;&#x153;research on our cliI think Thomas Jefferson was right in asserting that mate, oceans, and marine resources should be a free press was (and is) essential to democracy. Writ- subject to peer [not political] review.â&#x20AC;? NOAA opering to a delegate of the Continental Congress, Jef- ates 17 environmental satellites and myriad landferson famously opined that if he had to choose and ocean-monitoring instruments that collect data between â&#x20AC;&#x153;a government without newspapers or used for everything from farming to weather forenewspapers without a governmentâ&#x20AC;?, he would not casting to insurance. hesitate to prefer the latter. Because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure that the climate is warming, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Sadly, much has changed since my J-school days, also following â&#x20AC;&#x153;EPA Ungaggedâ&#x20AC;? for â&#x20AC;&#x153;news, links, a time when Woodward and Bernstein were her- tips, and conversation that the U.S. Environmental alded as heroes. Last September, a Gallup poll found Protection Agency is unable to tell you.â&#x20AC;? And Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m that only 32 percent of Americans say they have "a wickedly cheering on the bad hombres at AltBadgreat deal" or "a fair amount" of trust in the news landsNatPark, who tweeted that â&#x20AC;&#x153;the current pace media. Among Republicans, that number drops to of global average temp rise puts approximately 25 14 percent, down from 32 percent last year. to 35 percent of plant and animal species at inStill, I suspect that our new president will soon creased risk of extinction.â&#x20AC;? learn why Mark Twain quipped that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s poor idea to I followed the Twitter resisters because like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Alt pick a ďŹ ght with people who buy ink by the barrel. USDAâ&#x20AC;?, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m â&#x20AC;&#x153;resisting the censorship of facts and In an open letter to Trump published in the Co- science.â&#x20AC;? I too believe that â&#x20AC;&#x153;truth wins in the end.â&#x20AC;? lumbia Journalism Review, the voice of the journalBut these days, the truth is an endangered species. istic profession, CJR editor Kyle Pope warned, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no coincidence that I get news about Standing believe there is an objective truth, and we will hold Rock from the reports of former Sopris Sun editor you to that...You and your staff sit in the White Terray Sylvester. Or that I have donated to our local House, but the American government is a sprawling media news outlets. Or that I have subscribed to the thing. We will fan reporters out across the govern- New York Times. ment, embed them in your agencies, source up those Or that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m launching a new career as a columnist. bureaucrats.â&#x20AC;? As the White Houseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s webpage on cliYouâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re welcome to corner me by the artichokes mate change disappeared and the new administra- and ask me all about it. tion barred the EPA from sharing information with the press and public, I began to wonder how many Nicolette Toussaint has written for the Sopris Sun Deep Throats would appear in the coming months. since 2010. Her writing has also been published It took days, not months, to get an answer. Fol- in the Denver Post, the San Francisco Examiner, lowing White House Press Secretary Sean Spicerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Roaring Fork Lifestyle magazine and Newsweek.

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REQUEST FOR BIDS 2017 CHIP AND SEAL PROGRAM

Bids are due on Friday, February 3, 2017 at 2:00 p.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 approximately 57,050 square yards of 3/8 inch chip and seal coat surfacing of existing streets. Bid 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. 18 â&#x20AC;˘ THE SOPRIS SUN â&#x20AC;˘ www.SoprisSun.com â&#x20AC;˘ FEBRUARY 2-8, 2017

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Accident witnesses sought Dear Editor: If you happened to witness or have any information about an accident on Highway 82, at the intersection of Original Road and Valley Road, Basalt, around 11:15 am on Tuesday, January 24th, please contact Police Ofﬁcer Thomas Smith at the Basalt Police Department: (970) 927-4316. The accident involved a white Toyota 4Runner SUV, heading toward Glenwood Springs, running a red light at the intersection of Highway 82 and Original Road, and hitting a charcoal grey Honda CR-V coming off of Original Road. Nancy K. Bosshard Basalt

Exxon in the administration Dear Editor: It is stunning to have Rex Tillerson, the CEO of Exxon Mobil, embedded within the administration. Previously it was George Bush, a major owner of Exxon since it was Standard Oil, calling the shots with us unaware of his connection. The Kuwait war in ‘90 was about Saddam privatizing Exxon and BP Iraqi oil. Afghanistan in ‘02 was about getting Kazakhstan oil, which Exxon had acquired in the IMF bankruptcy of Russia in ‘91. That oil needed to pass through Afghanistan and Pakistan to India and China the two main oil growth markets. The silk road was always about a pass through tariff and Exxon was having none of that. Iraq in ‘03 was about Exxon selling massive amounts of oil to the military while controlling ¼ of the world’s oil. They ran it up to $ 110 a barrel. Exxon’s back in the saddle again. John Hoffmann Carbondale

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Together we can Dear Editor: (This letter was originally addressed to the People of Carbondale) I am so grateful to all of you who came to the January 21 march to express your commitment to human rights and for civility, kindness and compassion to guide our local and national dialogue. Thanks to Maura Masters and Alice Magazine for organizing the women’s march. It displayed the beauty and humanity of all generations in our community joining feet, hands and heart for a vibrant, healthy life based on liberty and justice for all. Thanks to all who also came to the Launchpad to begin a network for social justice. Thanks to Carbondale Arts for hosting this gathering, to Bonﬁre for providing coffee and Green Goddesses/Dynamic Roots for the herbal tea to warm us all. Thanks to Ann Johnson for bringing fruit and to all who attended for bringing your ideas and loving intentions to ensure a safe community locally and globally. We had a second meeting on Monday night that has resulted in a first effort to work together on climate change issues. On January 21 Rev. Shawna Foster and TRUU hosted a Saturday gathering to form working groups for the environment, women’s rights, immigrant rights, political organizing and symbolic expression to promote social change.The enthusiasm to work together to protect democracy, the environment, and human rights gives me great hope. Together we can. Estamos Unidos. Everyone is welcome to join in developing this new town network to support social justice. Watch the paper and Facebook for more dates and places for meetings. With enormous gratitude to you all, Illène Pevec Carbondale

A call for unity Dear Editor: The time is now to put aside differences. Bring your best self to every situation. Don’t get caught up in the mundane bickering of differences. We are all on the same team. We are all humans trying to make it in this crazy adventure called life. And no matter what your beliefs, we are all roommates on Planet Earth. So let’s do a little house cleaning. Left wing and right wing are not sepa-

rate entities mutually exclusive of themselves; they are a part of the same entity. Both wings are needed to fly. Sometimes we must correct course and one wing may need to be a little stronger than the other. In the end its balance and working together that is needed. The first place to start is within. I like to ask myself, “What have I done that has lead to where we are now?” Maybe that five dollar tip that I pocketed while working at a “no tipping” club seemed rational for a middle class employee trying to survive in an expensive valley. Then put that in the perspective of a U.S. representative passing a law that they can rationalize as beneficial and getting a cut of money from the company supporting it after all, they are just an elected official trying to survive in a cutthroat environment surrounded by billion dollar industry lobbyists. What’s a few thousand dollars going to hurt? Although the scale is different, the principles are all the same. Integrity. Honesty. Respect. These are just a few of the characteristics that I personally strive for and have certainly disregarded consciously and unconsciously at times in my life. Now is the time to become aware of the personal things we all do and examine how it is contributing to the bigger picture. The microcosm is the macrocosm. Once we address ourselves we can move onto the next layer, family and friends. Make these relationships meaningful, whole, and true. Right the wrongs of broken relationships and realize the importance of family, especially during the times you can’t stand one another. We are then able to contribute to the next layer: community. A strong and healthy community is built on solid relationships. Relationships are built on respect and trust. Respect and trust are built through compassion and integrity. No matter what your beliefs, views, goals, affiliations, skin color, net worth, birthplace, job, we are all human. We don’t need to sing kumbaya together and agree on everything, but we MUST treat one another with respect and dignity. The first person to treat as such is yourself. Then let this trickle up into our families, our communities, our states, our nations, until our world of differing individuals can at least share the same home, Planet Earth, with Peace. A.J. Hobbs Carbondale

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held before the Carbondale Planning and Zoning Commission for the purpose of considering a Site Plan Review, a Preliminary and Final Subdivision Plat, and a Special Use Permit to allow a drivethrough bank.

The proposal is to subdivide the future Lot 5 of the Carbondale Marketplace Subdivision into two lots: Lot 5A and Lot 5B. Lot 5A would remain undeveloped under this proposal. A drive-through bank is proposed for Lot 5B.

The property is located west of Highway 133, between Nieslanik Ave and Industry Place. The Bank will be built across from the Dollar Store. This will be an addition to the approved development of City Market, which occupies Lot 2 and 3 of Carbondale Marketplace Subdivision.

The owner is Crystal River Marketplace, LLC.

The applicant is Dave Cicchelli of 1st Bank.

Said Public Hearing will be held at the Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO at 7:00 p.m. on February 23, 2017.

Copies of the proposed application are on file in the Planning Department office, Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO and may be examined by interested persons during regular working hours, 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The application may also be reviewed on the Town’s website at www.carbondalegov.org.

Janet Buck Town Planner

Published in The Sopris Sun on February 2, 2017.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held before the Carbondale Board of Trustees to consider the adoption of the official “Zoning District Map of the Town of Carbondale (Zoning District Map).”

The Zoning District Map reflects the zone districts already established by the Town and currently in place. It does not rezone any properties. If the Zoning District Map is adopted, it is incorporated into the Unified Development Code (UDC) as the official “Zoning District Map of the Town of Carbondale.” Said Public Hearing will be held at the Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO at 6:00 p.m. on February 28, 2017.

Copies of the draft Zoning District Map are on file in the Planning Department office, Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO and may be examined by interested persons during regular working hours, 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The draft is also available on the Town’s website at www.carbondalegov.org.

Janet Buck Town Planner

Published in The Sopris Sun on February 2, 2017.

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