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Volume 2, Number 51 | February 10, 2011

New theatre troupe comes to life with puppets and masks By Trina Ortega Special to The Sopris Sun

Out of the Mud Elijah Sweeterman (left) and Rowan McAlpin, both 9 years old, will play scavengers in the upcoming production, "A Song for Each Cup," from the new Out of the Mud Theatre company. The performance takes place Feb. 12. Photo by Jane Bachrach

hey’re made of papier-mâché, wood, wire and fabric, but they’ll get a breath of life on Saturday, Feb. 12, when Out of the Mud Theatre makes its public debut with an original puppet and mask performance, “A Song for Each Cup.” Inspired by a Zulu tale of African wisdom, “A Song for Each Cup” is about a man and his journey through the feasts and famines of life. This original performance explores themes of human kindness, joy, cultivation, the value of abundance and living your passion, no matter the consequences, according to Out of the Mud Theatre’s artistic director, Soozie Lindbloom. Out of the Mud Theatre, or OM Theatre, is a new venture, created by Lindbloom and funded through CCAH. The name was inspired by the idea that “all life grows from the mud,” Lindbloom said. Made from every-day, natural materials – clay, water, corn starch, fabric, recycled paper – she believes the puppets will one day go back into the mud. A puppet theater has been a longtime dream for Lindbloom. She notes how Peter Schumann’s “larger-than-life” puppets of the 1960s stood as a voice against violence, and she loved seeing that concept come back to life in the Bread and Puppet Resurrection Circus in Vermont. Why Lindbloom, whose talents vary from singing to sun science and teaching, chose puppets as her latest artistic expression is reflected in her mission statement for OM Theatre: “Puppets are immediate and authentic. Hewn from mud, scraps of cloth, paper and clay, they allow us to create beauty from the banal, enabling us to explore the song of everyday life with handmade splendor and wit.” About six years ago, she collaborated with community members Terril Scott and Skye Laurel-Riggs who had similar visions of changing the world through puppets. They poured their skill, handicraft and vision into the 15-foot-tall puppets that now flow down Main Street for the Dandelion Day parade and keep the beat at the Carbondale Mountain Fair drum circle. “It’s been my dream since I was 19. I’m 36 now,”Lindbloom explained, as she soaked a piece of brown paper sack in slimy cornstarch solution to craft a giant hand roughly 5 feet tall. “I finally decided to get serious.” PUPPETS page 13

Trustee not stepping down

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Portraits of India

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Carbondale Commentary

Abortion rights, giant pigs and other dreams A couple of nights ago I had a dream about being in a biosphere of some kind. We had to take a submarine to get there, and after arriving we observed animals in their natural environment. Albeit, their natural environment was a little out of the ordinary – dogs who walked on their hind legs and carried dish towels on their arms like South American waiters and a giant pig with dreadlocks named Lily. I tried to look up my dream on a dream interpretation Website but as you can imagine “submarine” was the only thing that triggered a response and all it meant was that my subconscious was trying to get a message out. “Thank you. You’ve been helpful” – Billy Ray Valentine Dreams are one of my top 10 favorite reasons for being here. I love my subconscious (except when I’m taking the anti-malarial drug, Mefloquine, and then “night terror” doesn’t even begin to describe it.) But mostly my dreams are vividly and oddly captivating. Once I invented a food in my dream. I was sitting in a restaurant on the Las Vegas tarmac eating chile (pronounced like child without the “d”) while watching through an enormous picture By Jeannie Perry window as a pilot and flight attendants boarded their plane. The flight attendants’ uniform was a yellow shirtsleeve dress with a red scarf, red and white striped tights and huge red shoes – that one didn’t come up on the dream interpreter either. Anyway, I think the biosphere dream message is that if we were being watched from a distance, Earth would look crazier than “Delta Dawn in the afternoon” – CA. I mean, think about it, what would you make of a species of tick that poisons itself by poisoning its host, all for a tick-invented currency. Yeah, like I said, guano loco. I think dreams, day and night, are the best way we have of staying sane in this series of catastrophes we call a world. I mean, how are we supposed to get up and go to work every day to pay twice the taxes without the daydream of our next vacation? The man hours we’ve put into this project, i.e., our existence, is astounding. And yet here we are, still fighting amongst ourselves for the privilege of living in a bigger box. You’d think, after all this time, we’d have more to show for ourselves than civil engineering and art. I mean, how can we expect to be taken seriously in the universe when we can’t even get along with each other? Treaty after treaty, ruling after ruling, and we still keep rehashing the same old corned beefs. I’ve had enough for a lifetime, of both corned beef hash and the abortion issue. I don’t want to hear any more about abortion from anyone in Congress, especially if they are uterusly-challenged. We settled this years ago: Women have the right to vote, the right to drink at the track and the right to determine the outcome of our own bodies.Why a bunch of old suits think they are in a better position to make this vital decision for someone they’ve never met is beyond me. The irony, of course, is that all they will accomplish by banning abortion is to ensure more women are maimed and killed because their access to a safe medical procedure is gone. Why is the soul of a fetus more valuable than that of a grown woman? Is it the projected innocence of a brand new being, so pure in its pre-existing state? Is it because we lament the lack of tarnish and degradation on our own aged souls? Is it because they didn’t take biology? If these guys really cared about the “souls” of the unborn, then wouldn’t their energy be better spent adopting children from Haiti or volunteering at orphanages in the greater Washington, D.C. area? And aren’t these usually the same representatives (and I use that term loosely) who like to stand up and publicly object to social programs like welfare? How can they want to protect every single potential human being’s right to be and simultaneously deny the ones who already exist any kind of aid? Or maybe that is their ideal: hungry, working masses too tired to dream.

Ps & Qs

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Lindbloom visionary, passionate Dear Editor: I was asked at a rehearsal why I felt like the puppet theater was something I had to be involved in, and the answer I gave was certainly true: about theater being the place where all the arts were applied to one major work. I love collaboration of skills and vision, but I realized later that at the bottom of it all, the reason I felt like I was willing to commit to such an undertaking was Soozie Creamcheese-Lindbloom-Freedmar. Soozie’s vision is strong, her passion is contagious, her commitment complete. As long as I have known Soozie I have admired her work in all of it’s many forms, but I haven’t had the opportunity to work so closely with her until this show. She is at once clear in her vision and totally open to the creativity and ideas of everyone in her cast and crew. She somehow manages to seem calm and centered and yet infuse everything she says and does with passion and a lightness that makes it easy and exciting to participate. I have been astounded at what she has pulled together in so short a time: a dozen beautiful puppets and a team of devoted and creative people to ﬁll the roles of cast and crew. Soozie made a very good choice in my brother Hamilton Pevec as an assistant. He has helped her develop the script, make puppets and props, organize people, and generally be an enthusiastic right hand. Together they make rehearsals fun and productive, not an easy task when dealing with adults. The success of this show is certain. The future of the Out of the Mud company, with Soozie at the helm, is bright, open, exciting and I am so glad to be here to participate. Olivia Pevec Carbondale LETTERS page 15

Corrections In the Feb. 3 issue, The Sopris Sun incorrectly reported that the Carbondale Board of Trustees at their Feb. 1 meeting revoked the Mt. Sage town home development’s PUD and down zoned the property. The trustees did direct town staff to investigate down zoning the property and come back at a later meeting with their recommendations and to outline the procedures for such an action.

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The Feb. 3 Sopris Sun listed an incorrect phone number for the Roaring Fork Cultural Council. The correct numbers are 948-7060 or 987-4492. Tickets to the April 2 program with Gary Hart are $15.

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Social network launched by local mom takes off By Terray Sylvester Sopris Sun Staff Writer

When enough social capital accumulates, it must become contagious. That’s one lesson that can be taken from the successes, so far, of a homegrown social networking Website designed to help mothers of all ages share insights and advice for childraising – as well as its joy, pains and occasional frustrations. The network is hyper-local, so individual Websites are set up to serve individual communities. The first site was launched in Carbondale a little over a year ago, and after that it didn’t take long for the concept to catch on in the rest of the Roaring Fork Valley and beyond. Sites have now taken root in Glenwood Springs, Basalt and Aspen, as well as Grand Junction, Bend, Ore., and Whitefish, Mont. If all goes according to plan another site will soon launch in Park City, Utah. The social network is named Moms For Moms, and it was created by Carbondale mother Janine Cuthbertson. All together, the various Websites now have a membership of over 1,000, Cuthbertson said. But she hopes that number is about to grow larger: Just last week she launched a new umbrella Website (momsformomscommunities.com) for the network as whole, which will streamline the process for mothers in communities across the U.S. – and potentially around the world – to set up sites of their own. “It’s such a gift to be part of one of these that I really want to give that gift to other mothers,” said Cuthbertson, a mother of two who picked up some of her tech savvy while working as a technology integrator for the Aspen School District. The Carbondale Website describes Moms For Moms as “a social network for our local community of mothers to connect, inform, support and inspire one another.” Cuthbertson says the core of the site is its community forum. “The forum is really the heart of the site

Janine Cuthbertson launched the social network Moms For Moms, which is spreading out of the Roaring Fork Valley to other towns around the West. Photo by Jane Bachrach where all the mom-to-mom communication happens,” she said.“It’s really why it exists ... because raising kids can be very isolating.” On the forum, mothers can post everything from tips for dealing with teething children to thoughts on local schools. Earlier this week on the Carbondale site, which has 345 members, mothers were posting want ads for strollers, sharing advice on teaching kids to ski and discussing a documentary on education slated to be screened later in the week. Among other features, the sites also include space for event listings, classifieds and a section for organizing groups, such as, on the Carbondale site, an activist book club for mothers, a group for parents who want to go camping together and a group to help moms barter goods and services. The site also includes “a local chamber of commerce for moms,” Cuthbertson said.

For a fee, mothers who own local businesses can join the Moms’ Business Consortium, and use the network to post sales, events and other announcements. Businesses can also buy ad space on the site. The Carbondale site currently has 19 business members. It’s tempting to compare the Moms For Moms network to Facebook, since the two Websites share some basic traits. But Cuthbertson resists that association, pointing out that in many ways, Moms For Moms is the opposite of its colossal older cousin. While Facebook is global, Moms For Moms serves individual communities. While Facebook users are often wise to censor their personal sites from the potential prying eyes of the site’s millions of users, Moms For Moms is intimate, a network of friends, family and acquaintances. “[Facebook] is just so broad, and the in-

formation is fun but not always relevant,” Cuthbertson said. “I think with my sites you gain an extra level of trust and safety ... people really trust each other and use real names and talk about actual children.” To maintain that level of intimacy, Cuthbertson and the mothers who manage the sites in other towns moderate the membership to ensure that each participant really is a local mom. Cuthbertson hopes the ties forged through her social network will benefit the community as a whole as well. To celebrate the first anniversary of the network, she has launched the Moms for Moms Community Fund, which will give $100 to a local organization or cause. It’s a small start, but Cuthbertson hopes the network will eventually become a “philanthropic force” in Carbondale. She would also like the network to become a hub for collective action. As she sees it, a connected, engaged group of mothers can become a positive force in a community. The tagline of the network is “building stronger communities by connecting mothers,” said Cuthbertson, who dipped her feet into community organizing by spearheading an aid drive for victims of the earthquake in Haiti last January. “If we have 345 moms that can rally behind a cause that’s important to us, we can really do a lot,” she said.

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To learn more about Carbondale Moms For Moms, visit carbondalemomsformoms.com, or visit the umbrella Website for the network: momsformomscommunities.com. Janine Cuthbertson is currently looking for mothers in Glenwood Springs, Basalt and Aspen to manage the networks in those communities. Cuthbertson can be reached at Janine@momsformomscommunities.com.

Trustee won’t step down over perceived conflict of interest By Terray Sylvester Sopris Sun Staff Writer A motion to require Carbondale Trustee John Foulkrod to recuse himself from further public hearings on the proposed Village at Crystal River development was defeated in a tie vote by the board of trustees on Tuesday night. The motion was made by Trustee Frosty Merriott, seconded by Trustee Pam Zentmyer and supported by Trustee John Hoffmann. Mayor Stacey Bernot and trustees Ed Cortez and Elizabeth Murphy voted against it. As required by town rules, Foulkrod did not participate in the vote. Foulkrod said he would not recuse himself from future hearings on the Village, a rezoning that would pave the way for a 24.1-acre mixed-use development on Highway 133. “I have no ﬁnancial ownership in the [Village] and feel that I can make an unbiased decision,” Foulkrod told a packed meeting hall Tuesday night, adding later,“I have been elected to this board ﬁve times ... to say that I’m not worthy of being trusted with the town’s future is very insulting.”

The topic was discussed for over two hours at the beginning of a public hearing originally intended for the Village proposal itself. The discussion centered on a potential conflict of interest involving Foulkrod and some of the investors in the Village. At least one member of a group that holds a majority share in the Village at Crystal River is also an investor in C’dale LLC, a corporation for which Foulkrod is the managing partner. C’dale LLC was the entity behind a major development proposed for a light industrial area north of Carbondale Town Hall. That development, named the Overlook, had been tabled by early 2010. In a statement at Tuesday’s meeting, Foulkrod explained he had disclosed his relationship to the owners of the Village at Crystal River during the trustees’ first hearing on the proposal on Feb. 9, 2010. Foulkrod said he consulted with Town Attorney Mark Hamilton at that time and learned the situation did not qualify as a conflict of interest under Colorado statute because he does not hold a direct financial stake in the Village. CONFLICT page 7

Len Zanni skates the home stretch of another lap at the 19th annual Ski For Sisu fundraiser for the Mount Sopris Nordic Council. This year about 110 skiers ranging in age from 3 to 75 turned out for the event, which was held on Feb. 6. They skied a total 1,048 miles. Although the Nordic council was still tallying the results as The Sopris Sun went to press, initial estimates put the total revenue from the event at roughly $5,000. Susy Ellison and Laurie Stone skied the longest distances, each covering about 50 kilometers. Photo by Lynn Burton THE SOPRIS SUN • FEBRUARY 10, 2011 • 3

News Briefs The Weekly News Brief The Sopris Sun and the KDNK news departments team up to discuss recent news from the Roaring Fork Valley and beyond. Catch the Brief on KDNK between 7:30 and 8 a.m. and between 5:30 and 6 p.m. on Thursdays.

SEI debuts free renewable energy course Solar Energy International has launched a free online introduction to renewable energy. The six-week course offers a primer on topics ranging from wind, solar, and micro-hydro electricity generation, to the basics of renewable energy in the Third World, green building, and the economics of renewable energy.“Introduction to Renewable Energy” is an online course for those who wish to learn the basics of renewable energy – including where it is found, how we can harvest it for use in our homes and how it can help ease pressures on the environment,” states SEI’s Website. Since it went online earlier this winter, the course has enrolled roughly 2,000 students, said SEI employee Noah Davis. For more information, visit solarenergy.org or call 963-8855.

CMC offers courses in local high schools Colorado Mountain College and eight area high schools from Basalt to DeBeque have launched an expanded partnership to encourage as many high school students as possible to take advantage of concurrent enrollment courses. The courses, also known as “dual credit,” allow students to earn high school and college credit at the same time, so they can get a jump on higher education or professional training. Courses are available in business, computer aided drawing, computers, culinary arts, energy, English, ﬁre science, foreign language, graphic design, health occupations, history, literature, math, political science, process technology, psychology, science and welding. For more information, students can visit launch.coloradomtn.edu. Students must also consult with their high school academic counselor.

Nominations sought for senior awards The Garﬁeld County Council on Aging is seeking nominations for its annual Senior Citizen of the Year and Friend of Seniors awards. Individuals (including seniors), businesses, government agencies and other organizations are eligible to be nominated for the two awards, which honor those who have made outstanding contributions or had a positive impact on seniors citizens in the region. Nominations must be submitted by March 11. For blank nomination forms, to submit completed nomination forms and for more informa-

tion, contact Judy Martin at the Garﬁeld County Department of Human Services: 9459191 or jumartin@garﬁeld-county.com.

Grants available for housing non-profits The Glenwood Springs Association of Realtors (GSAR) has funds available for qualified Garfield County non-profit organizations that provide housing services to moderate to low-income persons. Grant applications are due by Feb. 18. GSAR hands out grants twice a year. Past grant recipients include: Advocate Safehouse, Habitat for Humanity of the Roaring Fork Valley, Catholic Charities, Feed My Sheep, and Mountain Valley Developmental Services. Public agencies are also eligible. For more information, visit carhof.org or contact Mandy Murray at 618-3444 or mandy@masonmorse.com.

Glenwood chamber seeks awards nominations The Glenwood Springs Chamber Resort Association is seeking nominations for several awards honoring local businesses and individuals. Awards include: DECA Entrepreneur of the Year, Bosco Tourism Business of the Year, Green Business of the Year, Philanthropic Business of the Year (small and large business categories), Athena Awards and Top Brass Awards. Winners will be honored at the chamber’s annual awards gala on April 21 at the Aspen Glen Club. The nomination deadline for the Athena and Top Brass Awards is March 4. The nomination deadline for the other awards is March 16. For more information, call the chamber at 945-6589. Nomination forms are available at glenwoodchamber.com/awards.

Trustees take next step in town manager search The Carbondale Town Trustees took the next step in their search for a new town manager during their meeting on Tuesday night. The board listened to a presentation from Fred Rainguet of Rainguet and Associates, a firm the town may hire to facilitate the search. Rainguet estimated the search would take no longer than 100 days and would cost about $8,000. To incorporate community input into the process, he suggested the town host a public reception with the candidates for the job after the pool of applicants has been narrowed to five. He also suggested a series of three panels to vet the final candidates, one composed of the town trustees, one made up of town staff and one composed of members of the public. Also on Tuesday night the trustees voted to continue until March 1 a public hearing on a proposed ordinance for medical marijuana caregiver and patient grows.

Cop Shop

The following events are drawn from incident reports of the Carbondale Police Department.

SATURDAY Jan. 29 At 1:58 a.m. police arrested a man for driving carelessly and under the inﬂuence on Main Street. SATURDAY Jan. 29 At 8:22 p.m. the manager of Ajax Bike and Sport reported that a window in the business had been shattered.

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SUNDAY Jan. 30 A resident of Barber Drive reported an unknown person had knocked on her door at 1 a.m. She then saw someone with a ﬂashlight in her backyard, but when she asked who it was the person ﬂed. SUNDAY Jan. 30 A woman reported a man had attempted to assault her at the hot springs near Redstone. The police

are investigating. SUNDAY Jan. 30 At 5:03 p.m. a woman reported she was receiving harassing phone calls from an unknown intoxicated man. She asked the police to issue him a warning. Police called the man and he asked to be forgiven and said he would stop. MONDAY Jan. 31 At 8:49 a.m. a man reported a incident involving harassment to the police. The case is under investigation. TUESDAY Feb. 1 At 7:53 p.m. Carbondale police responded to a male reportedly yelling obscenities outside the Carbondale Recreation and Community Center. They were unable to ﬁnd him.

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MRI proposes recycling center east of town By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer From the late 1980s and into the 1990s, the town of Carbondale operated a recycling drop-off site on Fourth Street near the current town hall. But the town eventually discontinued the operation due to the cost of having staffers work the site to prevent contamination of loads, and the hit-andmiss efforts of volunteers to monitor the site. Since then, Carbondale residents have either hauled their cans, glass and newspapers to recycling centers in Glenwood Springs or Basalt, signed up with trash carriers who offer recycling, or in some instances used all three recycling options. The days of driving loads of recyclables to Basalt or Glenwood may be numbered though, because a private trash company is proposing a waste transfer station just east of town on County Road 100 that includes a recycling center. “That would be a lot closer than Basalt,” said Town Trustee John Hoffmann. “It would save a lot of miles.” Mountain Roll-offs, Inc. is proposing the facility at the former Mid-Continent

The days of driving loads of recyclables to Basalt or Glenwood may be numbered. A private trash company is proposing a waste transfer station on County Road 100 that includes a recycling center. coal load-out building, located on the railroad tracks across from the Gus Darien roping arena. MRI must eventually obtain a permit from the state of Colorado in order to open and operate the facility, and must also receive Garfield County approval, said company general manager Don Van Devander. The Garfield County planning and zoning commission will consider the proposal at its monthly meeting on March 9. After that, it goes to the Garfield County commissioners. Van Devander said the waste transfer station’s primary purpose is for recycling construction and demolition waste, includ-

ing wood, metal, plastics and concrete. “There’s a chance we might do tires,” he said. The public recycling facility, which would be built in phase two, would accept several kinds of material, including plastics (No. 1-7), glass, newsprint, cardboard, office paper and metal. Van Devander said MRI also hopes to accept dump-bound trash that locals currently haul to the Garfield County or Pitkin County landfills themselves.“That depends on the state though.” Until 1993, Carbondale operated a landfill about two miles up County Road 100 on Missouri Heights. Public works di-

rector Larry Ballenger said the town faced expensive new state regulations had it decided to keep the landfill open. Those regulations included additional steps the town would have to take if it closed the landfill after 1993. The regulations were also a bit problematic. For example, the town would have been required to install a liner under the landfill. Carbondale’s solution would have been to install a one to two inch layer of bentonite, but that would require mitigation to prevent ground water contamination. MRI asked the Carbondale board of trustees for a letter of support at a recent meeting. Hoffmann said the trustees agreed to send a letter to Garfield County asking it to consider the company’s proposal. He said the town is concerned about the amount of traffic through town the facility might produce, lighting at the facility and other issues. “But Garfield County will address those issues,” he said. The old Mid-Continent load-out building covers about 43,000 square feet, Van Devander said.

Leach named CMC’s adjunct faculty member of the year By Mike McKibbin & Beth Zukowski Special to The Sopris Sun Ron Leach doesn’t like surprises, according to his wife. You might think he’s gotten used to them, since as Carbondale’s fire chief he’s responded to two decades’ worth of spur-of-the-moment fire and medical calls. But one recent surprise left him speechless, when the Emergency Medical Technician-Basic class that Leach teaches for Colorado Mountain College at the Carbondale firehouse was interrupted to honor him as the college-wide adjunct faculty member of the year. After CMC President Dr. Stan Jensen presented Leach with a small statue and a $600 check to help pay for professional development or training, the fire chief found himself at a loss for words. “I had no idea this would happen,” he said. “It’s a very great surprise. I’m speechless.” Leach credited college nursing professor Maureen Nuckols with inspiring him to teach future EMTs. “I took my first class with her around 1978 and I’ve taught nearly every year since then,” he said. The reward of teaching such life-saving and technical skills comes in “opening doors for young people and seeing them make a living as EMTs,” Leach added. Every year each of Colorado Mountain College’s seven campuses, as well as the college’s department of online learning, can nominate an adjunct (part-time) and a fulltime faculty member of the year. From those honorees, senior administrators then select a collegewide award recipient in each of the two categories. In the nomination of Leach for the adjunct honoree at the Roaring Fork Campus

– which includes the college’s sites in Glenwood Springs, Carbondale and Glenwood Springs-Spring Valley – director of continuing education Mary Clement praised his relationship with students. “Ron has an excellent rapport with his students as they learn everything from the circulatory system to how to work as a team in the back of an ambulance, and how to maneuver around an emergency room. He is patient, extremely dedicated and knowledgeable,” Clement wrote. Linda Crockett, instructional chair at the campus, Leach’s supervisor and co-nominator, said, “Ron is dedicated to his students’ success. He makes it his mission to hone their skills to provide the best possible emer-

gency medical service to the community.” Leach’s students added their praise to the nomination as well. “His real world experience is vital in prepping a new EMT for the field,” wrote one student. “He wants everyone to succeed, and come out of the class an asset to our communities.” Another student said, “For such a difficult subject, he brings it to a beginner level so you understand, and before you know it you are understanding at the difficult level.” This year’s full-time faculty member of the year honoree is Dr. Sara Smith, who is an associate professor at the Roaring Fork Campus. She teaches conversational and transfer-level Spanish classes.

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About 20 budding environmental activists from Roaring Fork, Glenwood Springs, Basalt and Aspen high schools came to Carbondale for a workshop organized by Solar Energy International and the national Alliance for Climate Education (ACE) on Feb. 6. As part of the workshop they toured a straw bale home on Second Street, which is being designed as a demonstration project by Laura Bartel of GreenWeaver Inc. Over the last two years, ACE has contacted more than 700,000 students to help them mobilize for environmental causes. Photo by Terray Sylvester THE SOPRIS SUN • FEBRUARY 10, 2011 • 5

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Send your scuttlebutt to Scuttlebutt@SoprisSun.com. is a 42.3 percent increase from last winter,” Keohane said. “There may be no snow on the ground, but it is wetter.”

Get your sheep finals cap Collectors ball caps for September’s National Sheep Dog Finals are now available! The caps come in pink/slate and olive/royal blue and are $15 plus shipping and handling. For ordering info, go to sheepdogfinals.com and click on “store.” The event takes place at the Strang Ranch on Missouri Heights from Sept. 13 to 20.

Cracked ground A Prince Creeker reports the exposed ground in his horse corral was cracked “just like the Fourth of July” last week. He theorizes the cracking was produced by temperatures that dropped to 17 below, plus a lack of snow. “When the ground thaws out and turns to mud and manure, I’m betting those cracks will disappear,” he said.

Speaking of hats Rumors that Bill Fales owns a new hat may be unfounded. An eyewitness spotted Fales during Ski for Sisu at Spring Gulch last Sunday and he was still sporting his old hat. His hat resembles the one on a scarecrow in a photo in the Valley Visual Art Show – only more broken in. If you remember, an anonymous tipster called the Sun a few weeks ago and whispered, “Bill Fales has a new hat.”

Backbone does Winter X Games Word from the upvalley press reports Carbondale’s Backbone Media hosted après-ski receptions to promote their clients at Plum TV’s Aspen Mountain studio during the recent Winter X Games.

On a related X Games note The Carbondale Chamber of Commerce reports that its tourist Web site visits were up 45 percent over last year. “We had a direct link to the X Games Web site on our

Frosty’s voice time

Carbondale Business Coalition Co-Chair Chris Chacos (left) cheers as Coral Froning (center) and JJ Worley (right) complete the Valentine’s Day banner that is now hanging at Fourth and Main. Chacos said the CDC commissioned the banner to encourage folks to celebrate Valentine’s Day by shopping and dining in the town. Courtesy photo homepage and it really paid off,” said chamber director Sherri Harrison. “In addition we had many X Games posts on our Facebook and tweets on our Twitter, which all feed to our homepage.”

A weather note Cattle Creeker Steve Keohane respectfully disagrees with last week’s Sun story that stated this winter has brought less

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snow than in previous years. Keohane, an observer with the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network, lives 4.5 miles up Cattle Creek (five miles north of Carbondale proper) at an elevation of 6,500 feet. Readings at his house show that from Dec. 13, 2009 through Feb. 1, 2010 there was 1.47 inches of precipitation. For the period Dec. 13, 2010 through Feb. 1, 2011, he recorded 2.12 inches of precipitation.“That

The ARC Wildlife Crossing Design Competition leads off its YouTube video with a video voice over from Carbondale’s Frosty Merriott. The 12-minute video explains ARC’s international design competition to produce a wildlife crossing over highways that will cut wildlife deaths and decrease the number of vehicle accidents. In his segment, Merriott explains the dangers to wildlife and vehicles on Highway 82.

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ConďŹ&#x201A;ict continued î&#x2C6;&#x2021;om page 3 However, on Tuesday night Hamilton explained that Carbondaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home rule charter deďŹ nes conďŹ&#x201A;icts of interest more broadly than the state rules. He said he had not explained the charterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s provisions in the February 2010 meeting. The charter states trustees must recuse themselves when they hold a â&#x20AC;&#x153;substantial personal or ďŹ nancial interest, direct or indirectâ&#x20AC;? in an application. Hamilton said Foulkrodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relationship to the owners of the Village may merit recusal, but ultimately the trustees must decide whether thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the case. Foulkrodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s initial disclosure was not included in the minutes of the Feb. 9, 2010, meeting, nor was it reported in local newspapers. On Tuesday night town staff conďŹ rmed Foulkrod did make the disclsoure a year previously, and they said it stimulated little discussion at the time. Trustee John Hoffmann urged Foulkrod to recuse himself. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we all have a duty to the process, to the appearance of propriety,â&#x20AC;?he said, arguing that if the Village is eventually approved with a vote from Foulkrod it would add the appearance of bias to a development that is already on shaky ground with the community. Cortez supported Foulkrod outright, questioning how the board would make a decision as weighty as that required for the Village without Foulkrodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expertise as a developer for guidance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is no reason for me to even

think about him recusing himself and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not,â&#x20AC;? Cortez said. Bernot and Murphy said they wanted more time to consider the matter. Murphy questioned why the potential conďŹ&#x201A;ict did not generate any discussion among the trustees when Foulkrod originally disclosed it. Murphy and Bernot said they were concerned that the push for Foulkrod to recuse himself was an outgrowth of broader political resistance to the Village proposal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do have some hesitation because I do feel that there is a political bent here,â&#x20AC;? Bernot said. She said it was â&#x20AC;&#x153;importantâ&#x20AC;? that over 100 people had signed a petition and turned out for the meeting, but she speculated that there might be just as many Carbondale residents who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think Foulkrodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s potential conďŹ&#x201A;ict of interest is â&#x20AC;&#x153;an issue.â&#x20AC;? After the trusteesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; vote, Foulkrod cast the issue in a similar light. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would be very simple for me to recuse myself here â&#x20AC;Ś to resolve this issue,â&#x20AC;? he said.â&#x20AC;&#x153;But a certain part of me feels that this issue is quasi-political in that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a group of people that do not necessarily want to see [the Village] go forward. Whether thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a majority or minority of this community I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know, but I feel that the majority of people who signed [the petition], if given the opportunity, would vote against the development.â&#x20AC;? CONFLICT page 8

CMS students love to read Jessica Hardin Eighth Grade, Carbondale Middle School Special to The Sopris Sun

Read any good books lately? This month of February, the students of Carbondale Middle School are getting ready for their yearly I Love to Read / Read- A-Thon month. Students started collecting pledges on Feb. 1 and will continue to gather pledges throughout the month. The pledge money will go towards spring trips for students in each grade and new books for CMS. Students also participated in a book trivia week. During this time questions were asked about books and authors and students won cool prizes for guessing the answers correctly. There was a kick-off assembly in the CMS auditorium on Feb. 7, where authors Charlotte Graham, author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Memoirs of a River ... Up the Crystal,â&#x20AC;? and Mario Villalobos, author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Whistler,â&#x20AC;? spoke to the students about their experiences in reading and writing. Mario told the students, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Read for yourselves,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know something, read about it and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll figure it out.â&#x20AC;? Charlotte chimed in with, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Let your curiosity guide you when you read.â&#x20AC;? CMS students are very excited to â&#x20AC;&#x153;stop, drop, and readâ&#x20AC;? on the week of Feb. 7, when the whole school takes time during the school day to read. Also during that week the school book fair starts. Books, bookmarks, and other doo-dads will be sold throughout that week in the CMS library. A family reading night is scheduled in the CMS Library from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 8. Coming up for the hard-working readers is the Caught You Reading Week from Feb. 14 to 18. The students will receive special prizes when teachers catch them reading. This could be anywhere from the lunchroom to the classroom. Book Talk Days will take place from Feb. 23 to 25, when students will share their favorite books that they have read this month with their class. The students who raise the most money will be eligible to be in a drawing for even more exciting prizes. Language arts teacher Angela Paulone and ELL teacher Diana Alcantara organized this amazing month for CMS with the help of the librarians at the Gordon Cooper Library and a volunteer group of CMS students. All the reading events will wrapup at the closing assembly in the CMS auditorium on Feb. 28. CMS students will be reading endlessly this month and this Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day, why not pick up a book and join them? Or pledge something to CMS, or give your Valentine a book this year. Whatever your contribution, the students and faculty of CMS will be very grateful. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Stop, Drop, and Read!

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Challenges pile up for avalanche mitigation on mountain highways By Emilene Ostlind/High Country News About 10 miles west of Jackson, Wyo., the crest of Glory Bowl looms 1,600 feet above Teton Pass. Its steep, open slope provides some of the most popular backcountry skiing in the U.S., with an unbroken run all the way back to the trailhead. Skiers and snowboarders made an estimated 80,000 runs down the bowl and surrounding slopes last year, possibly the most of any trailhead in the West. Glory Bowl also sits atop an avalanche path that can overrun Highway 22, which is traversed by roughly 5,000 vehicles a day, many driven by people commuting from eastern Idaho to jobs in Jackson. After a big storm blows through, Wyoming Department of Transportation avalanche technician Jamie Yount gathers data about snow depth, weight and cohesion to forecast where and when avalanches might occur. Then he and the highway crew close the road and fire cannons to trigger small, predictable, easy-to-clear slides, hoping to prevent large natural avalanches. “People assume since there is control work, it’s safe to ski,” Yount says. But in three separate incidents this November, backcountry skiers triggered avalanches that smothered sections of the highway. The road was closed for hours at a time – even overnight – while WYDOT rushed to clear the frozen rubble. Over 500 commuters called to complain about skier-caused highway closures. A rumor spread that the agency would stop plowing the skier parking lot to discourage backcountry use. The geography of Teton Pass makes Highway 22 especially vulnerable to skier-triggered slides. But it’s not just a local problem; as development and recreation swell in farflung mountain towns, challenges for avalanche managers are piling up. “There’s a very large increase in backcountry use across the West,” says Ethan Greene, director of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. Exact numbers are lacking, but Greene says skiers are flocking to terrain accessible by road – the same snow-caked slopes that give highway departments so much trouble. “It’s a pretty freaking difficult job,” says Liam Fitzgerald, a Utah Department of Transportation avalanche forecaster, who does mitigation work east of Salt Lake City, especially

in Big and Little Cottonwood canyons. A study of the Little Cottonwood Canyon highway described it as one of the riskiest for avalanches in North America. During ski season, up to 6,500 vehicles a day wind along the canyon wall below 3,000 vertical feet of snowy, slide-prone slopes. When avalanche danger peaks, buildings in Alta and Snowbird are sometimes evacuated. Even with extensive mitigation, natural slides can still come down. Add backcountry skiers, and the job of trying to protect roads and buildings from avalanches becomes even harder. In mid-December, UDOT posted signs in Big Cottonwood Canyon warning backcountry skiers to stay off slopes threatening the highway where they planned to airdrop explosives to shed one storm’s load before another rolled in. But when the helicopter spotted three backcountry skiers beyond the closure signs, the mission was called off and could not be rescheduled before the storm hit. That storm dumped less new snow than predicted, but could have caused avalanche hazard levels resulting in lengthy road closures, blocking access to the ski resorts up the canyon. “This is a case of a small number of people impacting a large number of people,” Fitzgerald says. “They are not looking at the big picture.” Fitzgerald believes the situation will get worse as more people venture into the backcountry. “Twenty years ago, there was hardly a problem. Ten years ago, more of a problem,” he says. Today, it’s even harder “to make sure no one is in the area where you do control work.” Still, there's little support for cutting off backcountry access. Greene says the increase in outdoor recreation is “representative of the New West environment.” Recreation has replaced industries like mining and ranching as the major economic force in many mountain towns, where new construction increasingly gets in the way of avalanche mitigation. The Colorado Department of Transportation stopped bombing one slide path near Ouray after a cabin was built downhill. “If there is a home in the runout zone, we can’t do control work,” says CDOT maintenance superintendent Kyle Lester. When hazard is high, “the road stays closed until it releases naturally or the snow pack stabilizes.”

This story originally appeared in the Jan. 24, 2011 issue of High Country News, hcn.org.

Conflict continued om page 7 At the meeting Carbondale resident Allyn Harvey presented the trustees with a letter, signed by 121 people, calling for Foulkrod to recuse himself. (Harvey sits on the board of directors of The Sopris Sun.) About 45 members of the public attended the meeting. In a straw pole the majority of them raised their hands, pushing for Foulkrod’s recusal. About five – including the applicant – signaled they wanted Foulkrod to keep participating. Some residents argued Foulkrod would not be able to consider the Village impartially and that a perceived conflict of interest would taint the board’s proceedings. Don Gunther of Glasier Drive said if he were in Foulkrod’s situation, he “would find it next to impossible to be objective.”

He told Foulkrod, “I’m sorry to ask you to recuse yourself and to not bring your opinions to the board because I think [your perspective is] very helpful.” Later in the evenging the trustees voted 4-3 to continue the hearing on the Village, and the conﬂict of interest issue, to March 1. Bernot, Zentmyer, Merriott and Hoffmann supported the motion. Cortez, Foulkrod and Murphy opposed it.

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The Carbondale Town Trustees will hold a continued public hearing on the Village at Crystal River development, and a potential conflict of interest involving Trustee John Foulkrod, on March 1.

Art students bring smiles to kids in India By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer A lot was riding on a recent Roaring Fork High school art project. The students in Cathleen McCourt’s advanced art class (plus two seniors not in the class) agreed to take part in the Memory Project, in which U.S. students draw individual portraits of orphans and disadvantaged kids from around the world. McCourt said she told her class they had to do their best or the kids would cry when they received their portrait. The Roaring Fork students responded. “They took it (the assignment) more serious than any other,” she said. “Everybody wanted to do it.” Those portraits of about 25 orphans in India have now been delivered, and the

Roaring Fork students earned their reward. “They (the kids in India) didn’t just receive their portraits, they loved them,” said Memory Project founder Ben Schumaker in an e-mail to McCourt. “One of the adults told me that in India only rich and famous people have portraits of themselves, and that the kids never would have imagined having their own. You made it happen for them!” In the Memory Project, U.S. students are supplied photographs of kids, which are used to draw portraits. The idea for the Memory Project started in 2003 when Schumaker was a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin. He was in Guatemala and encountered a man who grew up in an orphanage and did not have any personal belongings from his

youth. He suggested that Schumaker help kids collect special items that would help contribute to their identify and self worth. In 2004, Schumaker founded the nonprofit organization My Class Cares, which solicits U.S. students to participate in the Memory Project. McCourt said she learned of the Memory Project from an art teacher in Glenwood Springs. The first step was to take the photographs the Memory Project supplied and hang them up for the RFHS students to look at and choose. “They picked a face that they connected to … it was their smile, the eyes, or they reminded them of someone,” McCourt said. The students rendered the portraits in vine charcoal. The next step in the process was to pick a color scheme for the mattboard. “Some looked at the eyes of the child, others just got a feeling from the child and some used the color of their shirt, thinking maybe that was the color they really liked.” The students added different tones of that color then drew the face out in a contour line drawing. “It looked kind of like a coloring book,” said McCourt, a 19-year Carbondale resident who taught at Carbondale Elementary School before moving to the high school. “Then they shaded in the dark and medium values with charcoal

and let the rest of the values be the colors they put on first. I picked charcoal because it is a very easy medium for the kids and they have used it a lot.” For the final step, the students took their own photo, wrote the child a note and attached it on the back of the portrait. Photos were later taken of the kids with their portraits in India and sent back to Carbondale. “You have given the kids unique gifts to last a lifetime,” Schumaker told McCourt and her students. The Church at Carbondale and Glenwood Springs elementary school teacher Jerry Pluger helped sponsor the project. “He (Pluger) had this class when they were third graders,” McCourt said. Roaring Fork High School teacher Lindsay Hentschel also helped out. The students who took part in the Memory Project are as follows: Wendy Adame, Dolores Anchondo, Savanna Bristol, Esli Castillo, Marco Castillo, Micah Evonitz, Coral Froning, Ana Gallardo, Landon Garvik, Fabiola Grajales, Lucas Leone, Viri Lopez, Tony Madrigal, Dean Mercado, Ixchel Muniz, Savanna Phibbs, Terra Salamida, Jessie Stokan, Neiby Vargas, Ana Vega, Saulo Vega, Tanner Wood, Raleigh Burleigh and Elizabeth Robinson.

Ana Vega (upper left) works on her Memory Project portrait at Roaring Fork High School earlier this school year. The portraits were later sent to kids in India (upper right). The entire class is shown above. Courtesy photos THE SOPRIS SUN • FEBRUARY 10, 2011 • 9

Community Calendar THURSDAY Feb. 10 “RACE TO NOWHERE” • The educational documentary “Race to Nowhere” is presented at Roaring Fork High School at 6:30 p.m. (sharp). It’s free. A discussion with facilitator Aaron Garland takes place after the ﬁlm. For more information, go to racetonowhere.com/epostcard/4006. BAT SYNDROME • The Aspen Center for Environmental Studies presents a talk by wildlife biologist Phil Nyland titled “White Nose Bat Syndrome” at 7:30 p.m. ACES is located at Hallam Lake (west of the post ofﬁce).

FRIDAY Feb. 11 MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “The King’s Speech” (R) at 4:45 and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 12-13 and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 11-17. LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s in the Dinkel Building presents Waiting on Trial (progressive acoustic) at 10 p.m. LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars, located in the old part of the in the Dinkel Building, presents rockabilly guitarist Danny Harvey at 8:30 p.m. Many years ago, Harvey formed the Ripchords, which included Brian Setzer of the Stray Cats and in more recent times formed Head Cat (described as the White Stripes of country music), backed rockabilly queen Wanda Jackson and performed duets with Steely Dan’s Skunk Baxter. Info: 963-3304. LIVE MUSIC • Rivers restaurant in Glenwood Springs hosts music from 9 p.m. to midnight. $1 taco special. No cover.

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

LIVE MUSIC • Big Daddy Lee plays Jimmy’s, located in Aspen at 205 S. Mill St. Danceable blues and R&B. 10:15 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. RAM BASKETBALL • Roaring Fork travels to Aspen to take on the Skiers (girls 5:30 p.m./boys 7 p.m.). VALENTINE’S DANCE • American Legion Post 100 hosts a Valentine’s dance featuring the band 50/50 (formerly the Strays) at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 per person/$15 per couple. The dance is open to the public. The American Legion is located at 97 N. 3rd St. Info: 963-2381. COLBY RECEPTION • An opening reception for jeweler Colby June takes place at S.A.W. (978 Euclid Ave.) from 6 to 8 p.m. To preview her work, visit colbyjune.com. NOONE RECEPTION • An opening reception for painter Mary Noone’s new show at the Colorado Mountain College Gallery in downtown Glenwood Springs will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. VAUDEVILLE • The Glenwood Vaudeville Review presents its new winter show at 901 Colorado Ave. starting Feb. 11 and continuing to April 23. Tickets are $22 for adults and $16 for kids. Info: 945-9699 and gvrshow.com.

SATURDAY Feb. 12 PARTY WITH THE SUN • The Sopris Sun holds a party to celebrate its second year from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Pour House.

There’ll be good food, live music (Yvette MacEachen) and fantastic door prizes. The public is invited. THEATRE • The Out of the Mud Theatre Company presents a puppet and mask performance at the Third Street Center at 7 p.m. (doors close at 7:15 p.m.). The show is for everyone “from seven to 107.” Tickets are $12 for CCAH members and $15 for nonmembers. Info: 963-1680. LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s presents Whiskey Tango (blues/classic rock) at 10 p.m.

SUNDAY Feb. 13 BRYAN BOWERS • The Camp Chair Players and Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities present harpsichord player/ singer/storyteller Bryan Bowers at the Third Street Center at 6 p.m. Tickets are $10 for CCAH members and $12 for nonmembers. Info: 963-1680.

BLOOD DRIVE • Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs holds its monthly blood drives from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the third Tuesday of every month. Info: 384-6657.

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INTERSECTION PERFORMS • The New York trio Intersection performs at Mountain View Church (2195 County Road 154 near Buffalo Valley) at 7 p.m. The concert is presented by the Glenwood Springs Community Concert Association and tickets are through membership only. For details, call 945-5384.

LIVE MUSIC • White House Pizza on Carbondale’s Main Street presents Sly and Arkitech (dance hip-hop) from 7 to 10 p.m.

TUESDAY Feb. 15 ACT COURSE BEGINS • Colorado Educational Consulting offers an ACT preparation course beginning Feb. 15 at 6:30 p.m. Info: Carolyn Williams at 274-6298.

“GASLAND” • The Academy award nominated documentary “Gasland” shows at the Third Street Center at 5:30 p.m. Info: wildernessworkshop.org/events or 963-3977. SENIOR MATTERS • The Senior Matters board meets at the Third Street Center the third Wednesday of the month from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Anyone wishing to attend is invited. Info: 945-7094.

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CLAY CENTER SHOW CONTINUES â&#x20AC;˘ The Carbondale Clay Center presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sensual Ceramicsâ&#x20AC;? featuring seven artists. Info: 963-2529. VALLEY VISUAL CONTINUES â&#x20AC;˘ The Valley Visual Art Show, presented by the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities, continues at the Third Street Center. Info: 963-1680. GUDA SHOW CONTINUES â&#x20AC;˘ Roadless area photos by Nelson Guda are being shown in the Calaway Room at the Third Street Center. Info: 963-3977. NOONE SHOW CONTINUES â&#x20AC;˘ The Colorado Mountain College Gallery in downtown Glenwood Springs presents a show by painter Mary Noone through March 23. FOOD EDUCATION â&#x20AC;˘ Eco-Goddess hosts a food education series at the restaurant

Orchestra playing top tunes from the Big Band era, with vocalists Jeannie Walla, Lorraine Curry, Krista Espelien, Steve Cole and Kelly Thompson, and solo instrumentalists John Bokram, Steve Cole, Kelly Thompson and Ross Kribbs. The Carbondale show takes place at the Aspen Glen Club at 6 p.m. on March. 5, which includes a dinner dance and live auction. Tickets are available only in advance at symphonyinthevalley.org. Symphony Swing will also be presented at the Grand River Hospital ballroom in RiďŹ&#x201A;e at 7 p.m. March 4.

every Wednesday from 6 to 7 p.m. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s free. Info: 963-7316. MAYORâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S COFFEE HOUR â&#x20AC;˘ Chat with Carbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot on Tuesdays from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Village Smithy at 26 S. Third St. BRIDGE â&#x20AC;˘ Senior Matters in the Third Street Center offers bridge every Wednesday. Info: 945-7094. ZINGERS SING â&#x20AC;˘ The Zingers vocal group gets together at the Third Street Center every Thursday from 2 to 3 p.m. Info: 945-7094. ACOUSTIC CARNAHANS â&#x20AC;˘ Singer/songwriter T Ray Becker hosts an acoustic music night with new musicians every week from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursdays at Carnahanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tavern. Info: 963-4498. OPEN MIC â&#x20AC;˘ Dan Sadowsky hosts open mic sessions at the Limelight Lodge in Aspen from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. every Sunday. Info: 925-3025.

OPEN MIC â&#x20AC;˘ Jamminâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Jim hosts open mic nights at Rivers restaurant in Glenwood Springs from 8 to 10 p.m. every Wednesday. Tacos are a buck. PLAY TIME â&#x20AC;˘ The Carbondale Recreation Center presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Run, Jump & Playâ&#x20AC;? for kids 0-4 years old Tuesdays from 10:30 a.m. to noon. The cost is $10 per family. RAILROAD MUSEUM â&#x20AC;˘ The Glenwood Springs Railroad Museum, located at 413 7th St., is open Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Exhibits include historic photos, artifacts and toy trains. Admission is $1 adults/free for kids. Info: 928-8721. HISTORIC TOURS â&#x20AC;˘ The Aspen Historical Society offers free historic ski tours of Aspen Mountain Fridays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (a lift ticket and intermediate skiing ability is required). Meet at the information kiosk on top of the mountain. Info: 925-3721. MUSEUM EXHIBIT â&#x20AC;˘ The Aspen Historical Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Out of Your Mind, Body and Spirit: Voices of Aspen, 1975â&#x20AC;? continues at the Wheeler/Stallard Museum in Aspen. The hours are 1 to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. Info: 925-3721. EXHIBIT CONTINUES â&#x20AC;˘ The Frontier Historical Museum in Glenwood Springs presents exhibits on Doc Holliday, Kid Curry, Teddy Roosevelt, Ute Indians, mining and more. The museum is located at 10th and Colorado and is open from 1 to 4 p.m. on Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. STORY TIME â&#x20AC;˘ The Gordon Cooper Library presents lap-sit story time Fridays at

11 a.m. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for parents, care givers and kids 2 and under. Info: 963-2889. CASTLE TOURS â&#x20AC;˘ The historic Redstone Castle (aka Cleveholm Manor) is open for guided tours Saturdays and Sundays. Info: 963-9656. GROUP RUN â&#x20AC;˘ Independence Run and Hike at 995 Cowen Drive leads group runs Saturdays at 8:15 a.m. rain or shine. Info: 704-0909. AL-ANON MEETS â&#x20AC;˘ Al-Anon for friends and families of alcoholics meets at the Church at Carbondale Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Info: 963-3514. SUICIDE SURVIVORSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; SUPPORT â&#x20AC;˘ A support group for those who have lost a loved one to suicide meets the second Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Glenwood Springs, 824 Cooper St. Info: 945-1398 or pamsz@sopris.net. LEGAL SERVICES â&#x20AC;˘ Alpine Legal Services offers intake to eligible clients from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mondays and Fridays at the GarďŹ eld County Courthouse in Glenwood Springs, and Tuesdays and Wednesday at the Pitkin County Courthouse in Aspen. Info: 945-8858, 920-2828. ROTARY MEETING â&#x20AC;˘ The Mt. Sopris Rotary Club holds its weekly lunch meeting at noon Thursdays at the Aspen Glen Club. Info: 948-0693. SCRABBLE ACTION â&#x20AC;˘ Dos Gringos hosts Scrabble Night from 6 to 8 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month.

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Community Briefs Torres benefit slated A benefit to help Rico Torres fly his wife and son back from Kazakhstan is slated for the Third Street Center from 7:30 to 10 p.m. on Feb. 11. Torres said Steve Skinner’s band will play. A donation will be asked at the door and wine will be served. Torres’s wife, Olga, and his 8-year-old son, Peter, had to return to Olga’s native Kazakhstan two years ago after her temporary visa expired. The legal proceedings to straighten out Olga’s visa have been costly for Rico, and he now doesn’t have the money to fly his family back to the United States. “We spent six years in the courts … paying for lawyers. The costs continued to mount.” Rico said Olga and Peter have been living with Olga’s mother for the past two years. The Kazakhstan school system wouldn’t allow Peter to attend school because he’s not a citizen, so this year his mother placed him in a private school. Peter was born in the United States and is a U.S. citizen. For more information, call 987-9796.

TSC considers kitchen proposals The Third Street Center holds a public meeting to discuss ideas for using the nonprofit’s kitchen space on Feb. 10 at 6 p.m. Site tours will also be conducted on Feb. 16 at 5:30 p.m. and on Feb. 23 at noon. The Third Street Center (the old Carbondale Elementary School) is seeking proposals from entities (preferably non-profit) for leasing the old space either as a kitchen or other use. More information is available at thirdstreet-

center.net (click on “kitchen”), by e-mailing director@thirdstreetcenter.net, or at 963-3221. The deadline for proposals is March 15 at 5 p.m.

Chamber holds annual meeting The Carbondale Chamber of Commerce holds its annual meeting at the Church at Carbondale Gathering Center on Feb. 15 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The meeting will be preceded by the chamber’s quarterly lunch, featuring business and life coach Lauri Rubinstein of Limitless Living, LLC. Her presentation is titled “Playing the New Game in This Economy.” Tickets are $20 in advance and $30 at the door. Lunch will be provided by Zheng Catering. To RSVP, call Mary at 963-1890 or email mary@carbondale.com.

The play opens at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 25 at the Thunder River playhouse between the Carbondale recreation center and Main Street. It continues Feb. 26, March 4 through 6, and March 10 through 12. A preview will be staged at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 24. Tickets to regular performances are $20 for adults, $10 for students. Pulitzer Prize-winning author of DOUBT, John Patrick Shanley, once wrote in a tribute to Tennessee Williams: “America was a young country that thought of itself in simple terms. Mr. Williams

looked straight through that … he revealed our personal terror, our small town crushing loneliness, our ruthless cruelty, our greed, and our stupidity and sudden beauty. He changed our idea of beauty.” For more information and to purchase tickets, visit thunderrivertheatre.com.

Shoot turkeys in Aspen The deadline to buy a spring turkey hunt license is Feb. 10 for game management units 25 (Sweetwater) and 47 (Aspen). Visit wildlife.state.co.us for more info.

Strawberry Days deadline nears The deadline for vendors, artisans and farmer’s market vendors at Strawberry Days in Glenwood Springs is March 1. The event runs June 17 thru 19. Food and farmer’s market applications are available at strawberrydaysfestival.com or by calling the chamber at 945-6589. Artisans may apply at zapplication.org.

“A Streetcar Named Desire” March 2011 marks the centennial of Tennessee Williams’ birth, and for the occasion theatres are performing his plays all over the country. As part of the centennial, the Thunder River Theatre Company presents one of William’s Pulitzer Prize-winners, “A Streetcar Named Desire.”

From left: Alondra Pimentel, Abraham Hernandez, Alexander Hernandez, Eliot Carballeira, Emily Fisher, Connor Brennan, Gabriela Santana and Stenar Beckley were honored as students of the month at the town trustees’ meeting on Feb. 8. Photo by Terray Sylvester

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THIRD STREET CENTER SEEKING PROPOSALS FOR RENOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF OLD SCHOOL KITCHEN SPACE The former school kitchen located in the Third Street Center (TSC) has yet to be renovated into usable space. TSC is seeking proposals from entities, preferably non-profit, interested in leasing the kitchen, either as a kitchen or as another use. TSC seeks proposals only from individuals who are willing to enter into a financial agreement for improvements and future leasing. Site tours will be offered to interested individuals Wednesday, 2/16, 5:30 p.m. and Wednesday, 2/23, 12:00 noon RFP and pertinent information may be viewed and downloaded by going to www.thirdstreetcenter.net and click the kitchen RFP link. Proposals MUST be presented to Third Street Center by March 15, 5 p.m.

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Puppets continued î&#x2C6;&#x2021;om page 1 And so she is. She launched OM Theatre last fall with four community-focused components: â&#x20AC;˘ Education: teaching the art of puppetry and puppet-making, either through open-enrollment workshops or by visiting groups and schools; â&#x20AC;˘ Parades and festivals: such as Dandelion Day and Mountain Fair, in which community members are invited to make puppets and participate; â&#x20AC;˘ Touring shows: portable, shorter-length performances presented at schools, libraries, birthday parties, and other gatherings; â&#x20AC;˘ Performances: two main stage shows that run 60 to 90 minutes, such as this monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Song for Each Cup,â&#x20AC;? and the next show, â&#x20AC;&#x153;SWAN,â&#x20AC;? scheduled for October. One night during a rehearsal with about a dozen artists, Lindbloom was sharing some tips on how to make the puppets come to life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Puppets have the ability to ďŹ&#x201A;y,â&#x20AC;? she said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;because, of course, puppets can do anything.â&#x20AC;? They breathe, she states, taking a 2-foottall Zulu woman puppet and extending the puppet body to its full upright length then re-

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Who: Out of the Mud Theatre What: Puppet and mask performance When: 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12 Where: Third Street Center, Round Room

laxing it into a slightly lower position, repeating the movement to show the steady cadence of human breathing. CCAH Entertainment Director Amy Kimberly says people have preconceived ideas about puppet theater. Referring to scenes that used large puppets in the 2007 Golden Globe nominated movie â&#x20AC;&#x153;Across the Universe,â&#x20AC;? Kimberly said the OM Theatre show combines acting, singing, visual arts, movement and dance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just magical; bigger than life,â&#x20AC;? Kimberly said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Magic comes out of it and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s magic created by people in the community. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really nothing like this in the valley.â&#x20AC;? Kimberly has managed puppets at Dandelion Day, has helped make them, and hopes to be in one of the OM performances. In her mind, the beauty of puppet theater, though, is that anyone can participate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of my favorite visions at Mountain Fair was one year when my daughter was getting ready to control one of the large puppets at the drum circle. Her boyfriend was handling the left arm and her ex-boyfriend was doing the right arm,â&#x20AC;? Kimberly said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People come together to give them life.â&#x20AC;?

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Back in the backcountry again There is something to be said for spending an entire day outside. Especially now that it is staying light out longer. And mostly, because well, it is February. It isn’t that I feel spring fever coming on. Or that February isn’t filled with things to do (the Super Bowl, Valentine’s Day, epic midge hatches on the Frying Pan). Not to mention February includes such rites of passage as Ground Hog Day, The Day the Music Died Day, Singles Awareness Day, Public Sleeping Day and Hoodie-Hoo Day. Or that it doesn’t also have a certain amount of seriousness associated with it: February is also Black History Month and American Heart Month. by Cameron Scott But really, February marks a shift to being back outside all day long. I’m not talking about braving the cold for three or four hours, or going cross-country skiing after work beneath the glow of a headlamp. I’m talking about All. Day. Long. For example I spent last Sunday with a small contingent of rag-tag winterites getting lost in canyon country (OK, maybe not “lost,” but definitely not reaching our intended destination). By noon, the temperature rocketed from the teens to the mid 40s, melting the frozen trail and turning it into mud soup. We backtracked, tracked-back, ate lunch on a canyon rim, followed game trails through patches of snowy cacti to cliff-outs, and generally lazed

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around in the sun like lizards. But it also felt good to just walk, stretch our legs, and get turned around a bit. This past Sunday (which was my Saturday, which is sometimes a Friday and sometimes a Monday) I took the storage key off the key hook, and walked outside to the storage shed, and with a big sigh, unlocked the door and took out my AT ski gear. Upstairs in a pile: my skins which hadn’t seen the light of day since a dust encrusted corn-ski last spring, a jar of Nutella freshly purchased (which I later found solidifies like fudge when exposed to the cold), and a pile of clothing usually put into action while standing on ice-shelves during winter snowstorms chucking nymphs below an indicator (aka, “fly fishing”). On the drive up one of the Roaring Fork Valley’s many side-valleys, which then led to a snowed-in skin track, which led up yet another side-valley to a big, wide-open series of southerly to southeastern facing meadows blanketed with upwards of 15 inches of new snow, I looked over at my buddy, his dog laying across my fishing gear, and said, “Man, I’m freaking out.” Typically an expression I use when I am about to descend into the waters of a relatively untouched fishing destination, I was freaking out big-time. And sure enough, most of the day later, after digging two avalanche pits, four laps of untouched powder-shots down a long wide-open Shangri-la (which similar to fishing, briefly became five when I popped my head into a Super Bowl party), and the ski out that included a forward face-plant out of my bindings, I was still freaking out. We hadn’t seen another person all day long. Hadn’t heard anything akin to traffic, not even the sound of a jet circling and trying to land. All day, a wide open slope, brief patches of sunlight, and clouds passing through. Ah, February: freakin’ fantastic.

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One day till dusk, one climb the less, has nothing more but peace to give which calls her farther on to press into the darkening starlit eve, where ice gathers in every tress beneath mountains she cannot leave. The years will fall upon a slope no dream nor vision can compete and gathered there is all her hope and all the world beneath her feet; leaving all that’s lost and broke for every turn that is complete. (If you see her let her go although you find her skinning there where the wind might hardest blow gathering stardust in her hair.) – Cameron Scott

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