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Curtains up! under River eatre presents ‘e Cherry Orchard’ Sopris Sun Staff

n Friday night, Feb. 24, the Thunder River Theatre Company presents “The Cherry Orchard,” by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. “The Cherry Orchard” was not originally staged to great acclaim, nor as the great playwright would have liked it. But it has since become one of his most famous works. The play will continue on Feb. 25, March 2, 3, 4 and 8, 9 and 10 at the theatre company’s playhouse at 67 Promenade in downtown Carbondale. It features an extensive cast, including Jeff Carlson, Valerie Haugen, Richard Lyon, Kristin Carlson, Alta Millard, Kait Mushet, Patrick Bondy, Gerald DeLisser, Nyle Kenning, Owen O’Farrell, Courtney Thompson, Bob Willey and Tim Rafelson. When “The Cherry Orchard” opened in Moscow in 1904 the director of the Moscow Art Theatre had insisted on presenting the piece as a social tragedy, as a depressing drama of the passing of the old social order. But his interpretation lacked some of the energy and potential comedy in the piece, much to Chekhov’s consternation. According to a TRTC press release, Chekhov was furious, complaining he had been “tricked out” in the “guise of some sort of mourner or other.” He insisted over and over again: “I have written not a drama, but a comedy, in parts a farce.” In later performances, the Moscow Art Theatre altered the production, paving the way for the play’s ﬁrst warm reviews. “The Cherry Orchard” remains in the Moscow Art Theatre’s repertoire as one of its most popular productions. Contemporary critics have called the play “heartbreakingly funny” and “exquisitely selfcontained” – “something that gets under your skin and deep into your heart.”

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Catch the show: The Thunder River Theatre Company stages Anton Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard” on Feb. 24 and 25 and later dates at 67 Promenade in Carbondale. For information and tickets: thunderrivertheatre.com, 963-8200.

Richard Lyon, as Leonid, and Kait Mushet, playing Varya, star in the Thunder River Theatre Company's production of Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard." The play opens Friday. It also features Jeff Carlson as Yermolai (far left). Photo by Beth White

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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, e-mail editor Lynn Burton at news@soprissun.com, or call 510-3003.

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Don’t vote for Doc Dear Editor: With Carbondale’s upcoming spring town council trustee votings for three open seats, please do not vote for Doc Philip. Vote for John Hoffman and Pam Zentmyer for their second terms. These two candidates have already been incredibly open, learning, caring, wonderful and giving to keep Carbondale at least occasionally breathing and not getting hit over the head again like most other trustees have performed. Our town councils have been getting worse and dysfunctional over the last decade or so, like how the stock market dysfunctions. Even consider a vote for Staci Stein. She has been volunteering, donating and evolving at everything fun and functional for a over a Carbondale decade. Staci even worked with the Environmental Board to help get the dandelion to become the ofﬁcial town ﬂower and Sopris Park to still be organic. Here is why you should not vote for Doc Philip: He would do too much at attempting to bite certain heads off and trying to keep Carbondale at least somewhat alive and a happy-fun town, instead of becoming just another stressed-out and suburbanized town with mall mania. Carbondale should succeed from the union and become its own nation. We should totally legalize marijuana. Through all of history, marijuana has never killed or made one person sick or passed out the way alcohol has done daily forever. Car-

bondale-ville (Carbonation-dale) could easily use and support a few extra breweries and wineries that could specialize in drinkable pot wonders of the world, byproducts and crowds of tourists. Alzheimer’s conditions, over the next decade, will literally start hitting about one out of four of us seniors in the 75+ age range. We should pre-plan for future use of one of the Ballentine-type buildings for public and senior year-’round roller skatings and/or joggings. The surrounding open space could be/ should be multi-level senior and Alzheimer’s housing. They would also be right on the Rio Grande trail and a block from downtown and the Rec Center. Allow the Ute Indians to come back to Carbondale to take over the old 4,000square-foot library and make it a downtown gambling hall/casino. Keep the VCR as open space and buy it. Get a bunch of home gardeners in there and also end up with a full-year usable Frisbee world-class golf course with a simple graveltype walking and mountain biking pathway, like at Delaney Dog Park. Doc Philip Carbondale

Calling all old flags Dear Editor: We’re looking for some help to repair that large American flag that flies over Main Street during our Fourth of July parade. It is being patched and the seamstress needs

Correction The Sopris Sun accidentally left Frosty Merriott’s name off the list of trustees who do not face re-election in the April 3 municipal election. Merriott joins mayor Stacey Bernot and trustees Elizabeth Murphy and John Foulkrod in not facing re-election. Electors will vote on three seats; trustee Ed Cortez is term limited and cannot run again.

Staff from Hospice of the Valley participated in the recent Redstone Snowshoe 5-kilometer event. From left to right, Ruth Trowbridge, hospice volunteer; Lesa Russo, RN, and her dog Chloe; Wendy Steckler, volunteer coordinator and her dog Rudy; and Jennifer Bouchet, social worker. Courtesy photo 2 • THE SOPRIS SUN • FEbRUaRy 23, 2012

some more flag material in hopes of making a last-ditch attempt to save this community gem to fly for a few more years on the Fourth of July or at other special occasions. If anyone out there has a worn American flag that has seen its days, we would appreciate it if you would please take it to Le’Clarann’s Sew Shop in the rear of the Centennial Building next to Peppino’s at the ATM machine at 502 Main Street. Le’Clarann’s can use your old flag material to patch up this antique one. Thanks to all who can help us with this request. Carbondale Business Coalition

that Carbondale did not know what sort of a town it wanted to be when it grew up. Locked in the ‘60s and ‘70s or part of the 21st century? A directionless town surrounded by slums or a healthy community for families to grow in? So a majority of its citizens has now formally decided: It’s a town concerned more with its past than its future, one (unhappily) disinterested in its struggling residents and businesses, slowly watching the tide run out. I wonder whose grave was really being danced on. Alan Pilkington Redstone

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Dear Editor: Let me say right up front I’m not a Carbondale resident and I didn’t vote on the proposed commercial development on Highway 133. But I’ve driven through Carbondale pretty much every day since I moved to Redstone 10 years ago, my wife and I enjoy its shops, restaurants and the movie theatre although the tired City Market not so much.We have a natural interest in seeing Carbondale healthy. I thought the images in some valley newspapers of the winning voters dancing on the grave of the developer in a Main Street bar in poor taste, their whole celebration actually. Who knows what the out-of-work tradesmen, contractors, artisans and other Carbondale citizens thought, or the foreclosed homeowners and folks whose home’s value is still falling, seeing hopes for a stronger town set back farther. I can only conjecture they thought the David majority beating the Goliath developer pretty cold comfort. But democracy won the day, however troubling its outcome for Carbondale. I don’t believe this will be perceived by outsiders, including small business owners trying to expand, people considering moving to Carbondale, entrepreneurs and developers, as being about stopping a development on Highway 133. They’ll see Carbondale pulling the shutters down. Who would want to invest money in Carbondale now, or ever? Who would want to go to the trouble of a now almost-guaranteed rejection when there are more vigorous and healthy towns in the Roaring Fork Valley (Basalt, Glenwood) or the Interstate 70 corridor (Edwards, Rifle, Avon) who’ll welcome them. The majority has said,“We have our identity and want to protect it. We’re a town of lotus eaters, leave us in our blissful apathy.” Trouble is, a rising tide floats all boats just as an ebbing one strands them and the tide seems now to be turning for Carbondale.The town lacks a coherent economic plan, and a majority of its citizens have said to people willing to invest in it, “We don’t want your money.” I heard not a single significant, intelligent growth idea to enhance Carbondale’s economic health during the debates. Nothing to help people get back to work or save their homes. Less economic activity means stalled or falling revenues for the city which will be forced progressively to reduce services. It will lead to an unhappy spiral downwards albeit probably a slow one. The joke in the valley has always been

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Thirteen years later, Garcia’s Café changes hands By Terray Sylvester Special to The Sopris Sun It’s midmorning on a Sunday at Garcia’s Café and the ﬁrst customers are trickling in. They come in ones and twos, checking the postings thumb-tacked in the entryway and purchasing pre-paid calling cards for Central and South America. Some of them pick through the yucca roots, tomatoes, coconuts and hefty plantains – plátanos machos – beside the glass case in the carnicería in back. Others sit down for a cup of coffee and a crusty bolillo in the little restaurant. This winter morning doesn’t feel much different than most mornings at the combined grocery, café and convenience store near the intersection of highways 82 and 133, but the regular customers probably notice a new face behind the cash register. After 13 years, Garcia’s is in new hands. On February 1, it was purchased from its founders, the Garcia family, by Francisco Rivera and his wife Ana of Basalt. For the last 11 years, Francisco has driven a bus for the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority, but when he and Ana heard Garcia’s was for sale they decided to buy it. Ana kept her job at the Pitkin County Airport, while Francisco began pouring his time into the store. He hasn’t taken a day off yet, and though he misses spending time with his kids, he also says purchasing the business was a chance too good to pass up. “I was looking for opportunity and I guess that’s why I bought it,” Francisco said. “It’s a big place for us, but it’s a nice place … Garcia’s has been here for a long time and it’s very popular for a lot of people.” Which is why the Riveras aren’t planning any major changes soon, just a few minor additions. The original owners, Leticia and Samuel Garcia, were both born in Mexico, in Oaxaca and Chihuahua respectively, but Francisco and Ana grew up in the same neighborhood in a small town in El Salvador named Jucuarán, about 20 minutes from the coast. Francisco would like to offer a broader selection of Salvadorean foods along with the mostly Mexican choices already available, and Ana has begun to teach the chef in the café how to prepare pupusas from her own recipe. But for the most part, Francisco says they plan only “improvements,” not changes. His three fulltime employees – a baker, the chef at the café, and the butcher behind the meat counter – all worked

Garcia’s Cafe is under new ownership, but its employees will still be serving their famous tres leches cake and, on weekends, the menudo that was featured on The Food Channel. Photo by Terray Sylvester for the Garcias as well, which means the most popular dishes will still be available. The kitchen is famous for its rich tres leches cake (actor Kevin Costner purchased 100 for his wedding in Aspen a few years back) and the menudo has drawn accolades as well. Two years ago the savory meat soup was featured on The Food Network’s “The Best Thing I Ever Ate,” after the show’s host, Aarón Sanchez, stopped in for a taste. The Riveras will also continue to offer a wide variety of services, shipping parcels to most points south of the border and dispatching wire transfers as well. A local bilingual accountant and notary still keeps a desk at the back of the market, where she meets clients by appointment. Her name is Linda María McKeown, but her customers just

call her “Maestra Linda.” “We do have a little bit of everything,” Francisco said. “A lot of people are surprised. They don’t know we have a little restaurant in here. They don’t know we have the meat market.”

a business to build upon If the Riveras can build upon what the Garcias started, they’ll do well. Leticia Garcia said she and Samuel didn’t sell the market in Carbondale because it was struggling, but because they found themselves spread too thin. They own another, smaller store in New Castle, and this summer they plan to GARCIAS page 13

“e Frozen” filmed in Carbondale Sopris Sun staff Horror in the form of mangled machinery, missing persons and manhunts descended on Carbondale last week.After a nasty snowmobile accident a young couple found themselves stranded in the backcountry, forced to fend for themselves against not only the elements but also a mysterious man hunting them through the forest. Or at least, that was a portion of the story behind all the movie cameras, light screens and dripping stage blood you may have noticed around town recently. The cast and crew of a film called “The Frozen” had come to the Roaring Fork valley to shoot their film. They set up in The Pour House on Main Street and the Comfort Inn, but also up the Crystal River at the Redstone General Store and the Redstone Castle, and upvalley at a ranch in Old Snowmass. “The Frozen” is a creation of Fox Hill Productions, under the guidance of producers Samantha Lusk and Brian Girard, and Director Andrew Hyatt, who also wrote the screenplay. The film will feature Brit Morgan and Noah Segan in the leading roles. You may have seen Morgan on the T.V. series “True Blood,” where she plays a werewolf

named Debbie Pelt. Seth David Michael plays the mysterious hunter. Lusk said the crew stumbled upon the Carbondale area almost by accident. They had originally hoped to shoot near Lake Tahoe, Calif., but thanks to record-low snowfall this year, Tahoe wasn’t quite frozen enough. Winter conditions in the Roaring Fork proved a better fit.“Our first ad commented that it felt like Andrew (Girard) wrote the script with Carbondale specifically in mind,” Lusk said. Some familiar faces will appear in the film as well. Fox Hill held a casting call at the Thunder River Theatre on Feb. 1 and hired about 30 locals as extras. Five of them will play minor roles. Roaring Fork residents pitched in with logistical help as well. “The locals in Carbondale have been extremely welcoming and helpful in making this project come to fruition,” Lusk said. She added that she’d like to stage a premiere screening in Carbondale and also at the next Toronto and Sundance film festivals. Check out www.facebook.com/Thefrozenmovie for stills from the production process.

The Pour House became a movie set when Fox Hill Productions came to town to ﬁlm “The Frozen” last week. Photographer Doug McMillan from Basalt (with camera) was hired to shoot production stills, and other locals were hired as extras. Photo by Jane Bachrach THE SOPRIS SUN • FEbRUaRy 23, 2012 • 3

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Drillers, feds settle antitrust case Last week the U.S. Justice Department reached a settlement with two oil and gas companies that operate locally, including in the Thompson Divide area west of Carbondale. Under the agreement, Denver-based Gunnison Energy and a Texas company named SG Interests will pay a total of $550,000 without admitting to wrongdoing. The Justice Department alleged the two ďŹ rms agreed in 2005 not to compete while bidding for natural gas leases in Gunnison County. The practice, sometimes called â&#x20AC;&#x153;bid rigging,â&#x20AC;? enables companies to purchase federal mineral rights for lower prices and then divvy up the leases among themselves. Prosecutors contended the federal government was shortchanged in the process, receiving less revenue from the lease sales than it otherwise would have. SG Interests has made the news lately for its attempt to administratively combine â&#x20AC;&#x201C; â&#x20AC;&#x153;or unitizeâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; its leases in the Thompson Divide area, which could make it easier for the company to prevent some of the leases from expiring. The move has stirred up complaints from the Thompson Divide Coalition, which

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agon leaves Carbondale PD OfďŹ cer Alvaro Agon has resigned from the Carbondale Police Department. Agon had been employed as school resource ofďŹ cer with the force for roughly four years. He worked in all of the local schools, serving as a mentor and advisor to students and teachers, teaching occasional classes on law and police work, and attending school events and ďŹ eld trips among other duties. Police Chief Gene Schilling said Agon would be missed. Schilling said Agon had asked to serve as school resource ofďŹ cer when he was hired. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the kind of thing you can assign unless (an ofďŹ cer) wants to do it,â&#x20AC;? Schilling explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do the job unless theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got the drive to do it.â&#x20AC;? Schilling hopes to hire Agonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s replacement by the end of March.

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CMS students paint their journey to Carbondale By Debbie Bruell Special to The Sopris Sun When Carbondale Middle School teacher Mary Hernandez told her English language students they were going to paint a mural representing their journey from Latin America to Carbondale, the students were surprised and a little intimidated. Looking back on that day, the students all agreed they never imagined the mural would turn out as beautifully as it did. Last week the six students in her class presented the mural to the school. Standing proudly beside it, each student spoke about his or her personal journey to the United States, and the ways in which the mural depicts the challenges and hopes of their journey. The mural, painted on the wall outside these studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; classroom, is entitled,â&#x20AC;&#x153;Las 7 Fronterasâ&#x20AC;? (The Seven Borders). Hernandez said the students came up with this name, explaining, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The expression â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve crossed seven bordersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is used to signify the struggle and length of your journey.â&#x20AC;? The richly colored mural includes images of birds, dancers and six lines running across a map representing each muralistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s journey from Mexico, Guatemala or El Salvador to their new home in Carbondale. Hernandez was inspired to embark on this project after reading Amada Irma Perezâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;My Diary from Here to There,â&#x20AC;? an illustrated account of Perezâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s journey as a young girl from Mexico to

The faces behind the mural From right: Alex Lara Candanedo, Johan Anchondo Duran, artist Erica Epperson, Jose Guevara Contreras, Sesar Resendiz, Estefany Guevara Contreras, Mary Hernandez and Alexandra Solis Ruiz. Photo by Angela Paulone the United States. According to Perez, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We strengthen each other by telling these stories.â&#x20AC;? Hernandez began the mural project by having her students read Perezâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book and write about their own immigration experiences. With a grant from the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities, the class

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then worked with local artist Erica Epperson to turn their personal stories into a collectively designed and created mural. Epperson guided the students through studies of Latin American artists, such as Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, paying attention to the contrasting artistic elements representing Mexico and the United States.

Epperson then worked with the students to identify symbolic representations of the studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; memories and what they loved most about their homeland â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the most common response was â&#x20AC;&#x153;familia y ďŹ estasâ&#x20AC;? (family and celebrations) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and what they believed were the most important elements of their new lives in the United States â&#x20AC;&#x201C; learning English, school and friends. Using the studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ideas, Epperson drew a composition for the mural, then they worked as a team to draw and paint the composition on the wall. As they painted, Epperson taught the students techniques to reveal light, shadow and dimension. According to student-artist JosĂŠ Guevara Contreras, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The best thing about this project was working in a team. We were united and helping each other.â&#x20AC;? Hernandez described how the studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; conďŹ dence grew as the mural came to life: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Other students would pass the mural and comment on it, and you could see the kids beaming with pride.â&#x20AC;? These studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; sense of pride â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in their artistic creation and their heritage â&#x20AC;&#x201C; echoed through their presentations last week as well. As Contreras stated,â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel very proud because each of us put in a little of our profound feelings to create the mural.â&#x20AC;? According to Hernandez, this mural â&#x20AC;&#x153;has given these students a place of honor in this school and in history that they never would have been given otherwise.â&#x20AC;?

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Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history â&#x20AC;Ś â&#x20AC;Ś sadly. For the past two years weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve enjoyed printing Charlotte Grahamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s monthly history column, which was sponsored by the Mt. Sopris Historical Society. Now those good times have come to a close. Graham has decided to take a break and focus on her forthcoming book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Memoirs of a River â&#x20AC;Ś Up the Crystal Part 2,â&#x20AC;? which is due for publication soon.We hope sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll return to the Sun at some point, but until she does we send her a heartfeltâ&#x20AC;&#x153;thank youâ&#x20AC;? for all her hard work. Happy trails, Charr.

blue dots at VVaS Before the Sun went to press, the following artists had successfully sold items at the Valley Visual Art Show: Amy Tessier, Chris Hassig, Will Grandbois, J Phillips, Diane Kenney, Carol Murphy and others. The show stays up until Feb. 24. So you can still stop by the Carbondale Council for Arts and Humanities in the Third Street Center to vote for the Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choice Award.

big news It seemed like months, but it must have been just a few days. Nonetheless, Scuttlebutt is pleased to report the broken post ofďŹ ce door has now been ďŹ xed, and it opens and closes once again. The door had been locked and at least one person reported running into the thing even though a sign at nose height said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Broken, please use other door.â&#x20AC;?

The hysteria continues The Hysterical Society of Carbondale re-

cently threw its 10th anniversary bash at Beijin-Tokyo in Carbondale. The group of local women has been meeting since the World Trade Center attacks of 2001 for the sake of â&#x20AC;&#x153;the preservation of laughter and good times,â&#x20AC;? but part of the celebration was tinged with sadness as they shared memories of good times departed, namely the good times they spent with Edith Rhodes, Gail Smith, Ginny Lappala, Ellen Grenko, Winnie Joiner and assorted husbands, all of whom passed away over the last decade. That said, the ladies began looking to the future as well. They decided to take up a collection for local non-proďŹ ts. The fund will be disbursed to a different organization each month. This monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recipient is the Mt. Sopris Historical Society. The Hysterical Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lunch meetings are held the ďŹ rst Monday and second Tuesday of each month. The next one takes place at 11:30 at the Crystal CafĂŠ on March 5. For more information, call Marian at 963-4754.

bag your bike seat Yet another tip for reusing your plastic shopping bags: Wrap one around your parked bike seat to keep it dry in the rain and snow. That one came from a reader who added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I use them, although I do feel a little guilty because they deteriorate after only a couple of weeks.â&#x20AC;?

Calving time again Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s calving season in the Roaring Fork and Crystal River valleys. One old cowboy who picks up his newspapers at the stands outside

Bob Zentmyer whispers sweet nothings to his granddaughter Maxine during The Sopris Sunâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s party at The Pour House last Thursday. Photo by Jane Bachrach

City Market most mornings reported that this year things are a bit more muddy than heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like. Frozen ground is better for the calves to land on, he said, but dry ground is best for the calf and the cowboy.

Kiwis, cukes and more Feb. 24 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; In the elementary schools: pizza, cucumber sticks, fresh kiwi, milk. In the middle schools: pizza, carrot sticks, fruit mix, milk. At the high school: pizza, fruit and veggie bar, milk. Feb. 27 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Schools closed. Feb. 28 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; In the elementary schools: baked french toast, herb roasted potatoes, sausage, grapefruit wedges, milk. In the middle schools: super nachos, refried beans, salsa, fresh kiwi, milk. At the high school: hot dogs, fruit and veggie bar, milk. Feb. 29 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; In the elementary schools: ham and cheese hot pockets, carrot sticks, fruit mix, milk. In the middle school: pepperoni

dipsticks with marinara sauce, steamed broccoli, diced pears, milk. At the high school: steak sub sandwich, fruit and veggie bar, milk. March 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; At the elementary schools: super nachos, refried beans, salsa, fresh orange wedges, milk. At the middle schools: cheese enchiladas, spanish rice, corn, apple sauce, milk. At the high school: nachos supreme, fruit and veggie bar, milk.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my birthday, too Happy birthday to: Mark Cook, Kris Kreft and Sue Drinker (March 23); Steve Skinner, Kyle Watts and Jeff Dickinson (March 24); Neill Taylor (March 26); and Tim Whitsitt (March 27). And a note from Gene Schilling, whose 60th birthday party was held last week: Schilling sent out a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;thank youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to the folks at the Crystal River Cafe and everyone else who made the party possible.

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Sit beneath the Bao Bao Tree The Aspen Dance Connection presents the Bao Bao Festival of African Dance at Roaring Fork High School at 7 p.m. on Feb. 29. The show features 13 performers from Ghana playing the drums, dancing, singing and telling stories to celebrate Ghana's independence day and Black History Month. Ghana was the ﬁrst African nation south of the Sahara to free itself from colonial rule. Dance and drumming classes will also be held at the Carbondale Community School on Feb. 27. For more information, see the Community Calendar, page 10. Courtesy photo

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Logging town ﬁghts to save a ﬁre lookout By Nathan Rice/High Country News

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On a blustery summer night, the Red Top Tavern in Darrington, Wash., is nearly empty. A neon Hamm’s beer sign illuminates a picture of a local logger reclining in the bucket of an excavator with the caption “Redneck Hot Tub.” Above it hangs a crosscut saw, just like in every bar in every other Northwest timber town. One block down, Skidder’s Bar and Grill — the only other tavern — was recently boarded up. Surrounded on three sides by federal land, Darrington was hit hard by the 1990s timber wars with environmentalists that, along with economic factors, curtailed logging in much of the Northwest. Only 75 miles from Seattle, its 1,350 residents had hoped to find a new economy in the hundreds of miles of trails that lace the surrounding mountains. But the recreation boom hasn’t happened, and a slew of complicating factors have frustrated locals. Washed-out roads hinder access to trails, and environmentalists have repeatedly challenged repairs. Meanwhile, the U.S. Forest Service has closed other roads for budgetary and environmental reasons. In 2009, the town’s only outdoor-supply store was shuttered. Now, a lawsuit aimed at removing a locally beloved fire lookout — a popular hiking destination atop Green Mountain in the Glacier Peak Wilderness — has escalated the already tense situation. Built in 1933 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, it was used to spot forest fires for 50 years and keep watch for aerial invasions during World War II. For decades, local volunteers helped maintain the weathering structure, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. But after an attempt to repair the foundation failed, in 2002 the Forest Service dismantled the lookout and helicoptered it down to Darrington to be restored. Locals devoted hundreds of hours to the task, and in 2009, the agency flew it back to Green Mountain and reassembled it on new supports. Then, a year later, a small, hard-line Montana group called Wilderness Watch sued, accusing the agency of sidestepping the public comment process and violating the Wilderness Act, which forbids new structures and motorized equipment in wilderness areas, with few exceptions. The federal court ruling is expected in the coming months. “The lookout is symbolic for a lot of people,” says Scott Morris, secretary of the local historical society and a self-described environmentalist who works as a watershed manager for the Sauk-Suiattle tribe. The attempt to raze the lookout, on top of the road-repair scuffles, looks to many residents like another step toward erasing them from the woods. “When the timber industry went down, the battle cry from the environmental movement and the Forest Service was that you’d be able to fall back on recreation,” says Mayor Dan Rankin. “As we tried to, they closed more and more avenues in our area for recreation.” Now, “some people want to take away the last hold of our heritage and our culture. It becomes personal real quick.” Located deep in the western Cascades, Darrington is deluged with 80 inches of rain a year. In 2003, a record flood washed out the 100-year-old Suiattle River Road that connects the town to the Green Mountain lookout trail and 14 others; subsequent floods have also taken a toll. Reaching the lookout now requires a 13-mile hike or bike on road and another four miles on trail — generally at least a two-day round trip. Two car campgrounds and a ranger station have been abandoned. Last fall, the Forest Service permanently closed the most popular portal to the Glacier Peak Wilderness after floods destroyed the road, a trail and hot springs. All told, washouts around Darrington have cut off vehicle access to 29 hiking trails to some of the region’s iconic wild places. Efforts to repair roads and trails have been contentious, however. Forest impacts and erosion into salmon streams have concerned environmentalists, as has the Forest Service’s decision-making process. In one case in 2006, an Everett-based engineer named Bill Lider joined the Pilchuck Audubon Society and the North Cascades Conservation Council to appeal repairs on the popular Mountain Loop Byway, citing impacts to salmon. The plan was finally upheld after more than a year of delays, angering locals who depend on tourism. Last April, the same parties sued to stop new repairs on the Suiattle Road, which they had also challenged in 2006. Early construction work had downed patches of old-growth forest — habitat for the northern spotted owl and the threatened marbled murrelet — and the plan could impact protected salmon runs, they argued.

The lookout conflict worries some environmentalists who must navigate local politics and build consensus to protect new acres. “Things that polarize local communities and embitter people are counterproductive,” says Doug Scott, policy manager for the Pew Environment Group’s Campaign for America’s Wilderness.

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“I’ve seen so many bad projects over the years,” says Lider. “It’s time to draw the line and say no more.” The work had gone forward under a categorical exclusion filed by the Federal Highway Administration to bypass additional environmental review and public input. It was the same procedural shortcut used to restore the lookout; the ranger district maintains that using exclusions helps avoid unnecessary work and saves taxpayer dollars. The Suiattle project has since been halted for a full environmental assessment. In December, the Forest Service closed yet another road due to flagging funding and erosion concerns. Now, there’s no road access to the Glacier Peak Wilderness from the west side. The end result is a de facto expansion of the wilderness area — a win for some advocates but difficult for Darrington. “Making money off of tourists gets pretty tough when you have record floods,” says Morris. Beyond impacts to local businesses, the loss of access may also harm the broader cause of conserving wild land. “People have to be able to get in there to enjoy it if we are going to continue to garner support for the National Wilderness Preservation System,” says John Miles, an environmental historian at Western Washington University in Bellingham. The lookout lawsuit raises similarly difficult questions about how far environmentalists should go to enforce the elusive ideal of a wilderness “untrammeled by man.” The Wilderness Act allows for “historical use,” and the National Historic Preservation Act encourages agencies to maintain officially recognized structures. In 1984, the Washington State Wilderness Act expanded the Glacier Peak Wilderness to include the entire lookout site, seeking to “preserve scenic and historic resources.” With support from the state historic preservation office, Forest Service officials believe they were in the right when they removed and reconstructed the teetering lookout using mostly original materials. But the legal terrain is ambiguous: A related court ruling held that “historical use” in wilderness applies only to natural features, not anything man-made. The Forest Service’s process also raised concerns. The restoration went forward under the original categorical exclusion used to permit the foundation repair, which did not mention removing the lookout. No public comments were taken on the new plan. Eight wilderness helicopter trips had been planned, but several dozen flights took place. Wilderness Watch Executive Director George Nickas, who has challenged similar issues around the country, says the agency overstepped its bounds. “Part of what made the lookout historically significant was how it got there,” he says. “Now, it’s this modern building that was plopped there by a helicopter.” He hopes the suit will return the mountain to its original state and thwart similar efforts elsewhere. “If we want wilderness,” he says, “we’ve got to be willing to give something up.” The lookout conflict worries some environmentalists who must navigate local politics and build consensus to protect new acres. “Things that polarize local communities and embitter people are counterproductive,” says Doug Scott, policy manager for the Pew Environment Group’s Campaign for America’s Wilderness, which helped craft key compromises to create the Wild Sky Wilderness south of Darrington in 2008. When a group with its own agenda drops in, “it can be very dispiriting to local coalitions who have tried hard to keep faith with all of the local stakeholders,” he says. “At the very least, it’s shortsighted.” Meanwhile, the lookout’s supporters remain determined to save it. “It’s not going to get torn down,” says Leah Tyson, president of the local historical society. “We will fight them any way we can.” This story originally appeared in the January 23, 2012 issue of High Country News (hcn.org).

Sixth grader Topher Blachly plays his guitar for a packed audience at Steve’s Guitars. He and his classmates came to Steve’s to celebrate Valentine’s Day with the ﬁrst annual Ross Montessori Poetry/Music Slam. Photo by Jane Bachrach THE SOPRIS SUN • FEbRUaRy 23, 2012 • 9

Community Calendar

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

THURSDAY Feb. 23

MONDAY Feb. 27

COMEDy • The Aspen Laff Festival runs through Feb. 25 at the Wheeler Opera House. For details, go to wheeleroperahouse.com. ROTaRy • Mt. Sopris Rotary meets at noon at Mi Casita, 580 Main Street, Carbondale. TESLa QUaRTET • The Basalt Library presents ﬁne string music by the Tesla Quartet at 5:30 p.m., in partnership with the Aspen Music Festival and Aspen Thrift Shop. Space limited. Free. Info: basaltlibrary.org, 927-4311.

MUSIC CLaSSES • The Aspen Dance Connection present drumming classes from 6 to 7 p.m. and dance classes from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Carbondale Community School. Admission: $15 per class. Info: 927-0641.

FRIDAY Feb. 24

ROTaRy • The Rotary Club of Carbon-

MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” (R) at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24-Mar. 1 and “Hugo” (PG) at 4:45 p.m. Feb 24-25 and Feb. 27-29. HISTORy TaLK • Fred Blackburn and Chuck Haspels host presentations on the early archaeology and exploration of the Southwest U.S. starting at 6:30 p.m. in the Third Street Center, 520 S. Third Street, Carbondale. Info: 963-3221. LIVE MUSIC • Carbondale Beer Works presents Big Daddy Lee from 8 p.m. till late at 647 Main Street. Info: 704-1216. LIVE MUSIC • Rivers Restaurant at 2525 S. Grand Ave. in Glenwood Springs hosts Blow the Vault from 9 p.m. to midnight. Info: 928-8813.

SATURDAY Feb. 25 LIVE MUSIC • Carbondale Beer Works

TUESDAY Feb. 28 DEMO DERby • The Basalt Library hosts Demo Derby day from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. Info: basaltlibrary.org, 927-4311.

WEDNESDAY Feb. 29 presents the E3 Jazz Band from 8 p.m. till late at 647 Main Street. Info: 704-1216. WOMEN’S aRM WRESTLING • KDNK stages another night of women’s arm wrestling at Phat Thai at 10 p.m. Expect costumes, alter egos and super heroes. Registration starts at 9 p.m. The $10 admission beneﬁts KDNK Community Access Radio. Info: kat@kdnk.org. VaUDEVILLE • The Glenwood Springs Vaudeville Revue returns with a spring show and pub-style dinner theatre Fridays and Saturdays at 6:30 p.m. through April 23. Reservations: 945-9699.

SUNDAY Feb. 26 SELF DEFENSE • True Nature in the Third Street Center presents a women’s self defense seminar titled “Do You Have a Plan?” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Info: 963-9900.

Further Out

dale meets at the Carbondale Firehouse on Highway 133 Wednesdays at 7 a.m. Today’s speaker is Dr. Andy White, who presents “The Importance of Healthy Eyes.” Info: 584-3333. GRaNT WORKSHOP • The Basalt Library presents “Grant Seeking Basics for Individuals in the Arts,” from 1 to 2 p.m. baO baO FESTIVaL • The Aspen Dance Connection presents the Bao Bao Festival at Roaring Fork High School at 7 p.m. There’ll be African drumming, dancing, singing and storytelling. Tickets are $15 for adults/$5 for students (kids 5 and under are free). Info: 927-0641.

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WRITING WORKSHOP • The Basalt Library hosts a nature writing workshop with Paul Anderson from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Info: basaltlibrary.org, 927-4311.

LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s Tavern at 403 Main Street presents Clark’s Quark at 10 p.m. Info: 963-4498.

THURSDAY March 1 STORy aRT • The Basalt Library, in cooperation with the Aspen Art Museum, presents a story art session at 10:30 a.m. Info: basaltlibrary.org, 927-4311. GRaNT WORKSHOP • The Basalt Library presents a webinar titled “Finding Foundational Support for Your Education” from 1 to 2 p.m. Info: basaltlibrary.org, 927-4311.

FRIDAY March 2

TUES.-WEDS. March 6-7 FILM • The Roaring Fork Sierra Club presents “Hooked on Growth,” with a presentation by ﬁlmmaker Dave Gardner, at 7 p.m. in The Third Street Center, 520 S. Third Street, Carbondale. Info: growthbusters.org.

TUESDAY March 6 LIbRaRy TaLK • The Basalt Library presents the third of four dialogues with Woo DuAn, AKA Rob Woo, at 5:30 p.m. Info: basaltlibrary.org, 927-4311.

LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s Tavern at 403 Main Street presents Trunk at 10 p.m. Info: 963-4498.

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On Feb. 17 and 18 Roaring Fork High School hosted the Jazz Aspen Snowmass District 8 Honor Jazz Weekend, which featured over 100 students from 17 different schools around the region. Photo by Susan Rollyson

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Ongoing

NETWORKING • Linx Networking Group meets at the Chafﬁn Light building in downtown Basalt Tuesdays at 7 a.m. Info: 390-8401. CCaH SHOW CONTINUES • The Valley Visual Art Show continues at the Third Street Center through Feb. 24. Info: 963-1680. LIVE MUSIC • Dan Rosenthal hosts open mic nights at Rivers restaurant in Glenwood Springs every Wednesday from 8 to 10 p.m.

All talents are welcome. MayOR’S COFFEE HOUR • Chat with Carbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot on Tuesdays from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Village Smithy, located at 26 S. Third St. COMPUTER CLaSS • The Basalt Library offers free PC classes Wednesdays from 12 to 1 p.m. and Thursdays from 6 to 7 p.m. Info: basaltlibrary.org, 927-4311.

Save the Date FRI.-SAT. March 9-10

CCaH FaSHION SHOW • The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities presents its annual Green is the New Black fashion show on March 9 and the Bonedale Bash Fashion Show on March 10. Both events will be held at the Carbondale Recreation Center. For details, visit carbondalearts.com.

Hold the Presses CHERRy ORCHaRD • Thunder River Theatre Company presents Anton Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard,” Feb. 24 and 25, March 2, 3, 4 and 8, 9, 10 at 67 Promenade. Info and tickets: thunderrivertheatre.com, 963-8200. LIVE POETRy • A live poetry night at Victoria’s Espresso and Wine Bar in Aspen will feature poet Heidi Owen, musician Pat Fagan and an open mic for poets on Feb. 26. Free. Info: 379-2136. bREaD WORKSHOP • Michael Thompson hosts a workshop on artisan bread baking at Rockbottom Ranch from 5 to 8 p.m. on Feb. 28. Bring your own supplies. $25 for ACES members. $35 for non-members. Info: aspennature.org, 925-5756. TRIVIa NIGHT • The Brick Pony Pub in Basalt hosts a trvia night at 7 p.m. on Feb. 28. $5. Beneﬁt for KDNK Radio. Info: kat@kdnk.org. NaTURaLIST NIGHTS • The Aspen Center for Environmental Studies in Aspen hosts “Beetles, Dust and Climate: Changing hydrology in the Colorado headwaters,” a talk by Dr. Jeff Deems at 7:30 p.m. on March 1. Info: aspennature.org.

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Community Briefs First-time homebuyer class Coldwell Banker, Mason Morse Real Estate and Cornerstone Mortgage Company will offer a free ﬁrst-time home buyer education class on Saturday, Feb. 25. The course focuses on the steps involved in the home buying process, including ﬁnancing, short sales, bidding and common real estate terms. The class begins at 10 a.m. in the Coldwell Banker and Mason Morse building, 290 Highway 133 in Carbondale. Call 274-1765 to reserve a seat.

Wheels of glory Listen up, local artists. The USA Pro Cycling Challenge has announced its annual poster challenge. One national winner and 12 winners from individual cities will be chosen to represent one of the West’s largest professional cycling events, which lasts seven days and spans the Rockies. The third stage of the race will stretch from Gunnison to Aspen on Aug. 22. All contest winners will receive $500 in cash and four tickets to the VIP hospitality tent at the race. The contest will be open until March 16. For more information, go to usaprocyclingchallenge.com.

Waterfowl art competition open The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Department is soliciting original artwork entries for the 2012 Colorado Waterfowl Stamp Art contest. This year’s species of focus is the Ross’s goose, a small white goose often confused with the snow goose. Submissions are due by March 2. The entry fee is $50. The winner receives $3,500. Smaller prizes will be awarded to second- and third-place entries. For details, visit wildlife.state.co.us.

Strawberry Days seeks vendors The Glenwood Springs Chamber Resort Association invites interested food vendors and exhibitors to apply for the 115th Annual Strawberry Days, which will be held June 15, 16 and 17. This year’s theme is “America’s most fun town.” For applications, visit strawberrydaysfestival.com or call 945-6589. The application deadline is April 15.

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Carbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot presented Student of the Month certiﬁcates to seven Carbondale children at the board of trustees meeting on Feb. 14. The students are (left to right): George Soukup, Iovanna Mora, Mariela Martinez, Joana Soto and Daniel Reyes. Not pictured are Genesis Castillon and Gracie Stewart. Photo by Lynn Burton Bill Heddles Recreation Center in Delta on March 1. The training is free but is limited to 25 people. For details, visit www.ColoradoByways.org.

Mountain to Valley registration underway Early registrants in the Mountain to Valley race in Glenwood Springs save $10. The race takes place June 2 and includes 10-mile and 4-mile events. Proceeds beneﬁt Mountain Valley Developmental Services and the Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics. For details, visit mountaintovalleyrace.com or call 945-2306.

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Letters continued î&#x2C6;&#x2021;om page 2 Farmers and ranchers and cities and towns And developments abound Green grass, clean clothes This is where the water goes Fodder for cattle and veggies for us Water usage is a must John Wesley Powell said it best and he said it ďŹ rst â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t send people to the west for they will die of thirstâ&#x20AC;? But We havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t paid that piper yet We found the aquifers beneath And the waters do still ďŹ&#x201A;ow From the lovely snowy peaks But those aquifers you know Took like a million years to form And weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve sucked them nearly dry In just a hundred and a score So riding our bikes and not using gas Does not give us all a pass Because water issues - the water we use Will soon trump everything else that we do. Julie Albrecht Poem originally published in Rocky Mountain ReďŹ&#x201A;ections Carbondale

Thanks for the pajamas The Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rocky Mountain School just completed the ďŹ rst valley-wide Great Pajama Drive. We collected over 110 pairs of pajamas which were paired with a book

from The Family Visitor Program and distributed to needy valley residents from newborns to adults by Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day. The Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rocky Mountain School hosts an event each year that helps children learn about giving back. Last year, the preschool participated in a pajama/book drive through Scholastic Magazine where the pajamas went to New York. This year, our goal was to host a local pajama/book drive to share the love of bedtime reading by providing new pajamas and books for the neediest families within our community. This effort would not have succeeded without all the valley-wide support we received. Special thanks to: Sandy Swanson, Tamara Schischa, Amiee Beazley, Erin Rigney, Joan Chovanec at the Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mini College, The Early Childhood Network, Alpine Bank in Glenwood Springs, Carbondale and Basalt, the Glenwood Springs Rotary, Gordon Cooper Library, The Third Street Center, Blue Lake Preschool, Growing Years Preschool, Kids First Aspen and especially the parents and staff at the Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rocky Mountain School. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to see this become an annual event. Hope you had a Happy Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day. Debbie Condello Executive Director Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rocky Mountain School

Garciaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s continued î&#x2C6;&#x2021;om page 3 open a restaurant next door, which will years old at the time and would help at seat 100 people and boast a full bar. the market. Now the eldest is on track for â&#x20AC;&#x153;In one way we are very sad. We were a masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in psychology while her used to the store in Carbondale, to the younger sister attends the University of people,â&#x20AC;? Leticia said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a little bit hard California San Jose. for us, (but) we are very excited because â&#x20AC;&#x153;We worked so hard there â&#x20AC;&#x201C; seven this is going to be days a week. We something new, only had one day something that we off a year. It was on havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t done.â&#x20AC;? New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day,â&#x20AC;? The Garcias made Leticia said. their start in CarbonBut as she told dale. The couple Samuel at the time, opened their ďŹ rst the hard work was store in 1999 in La worth it. Fontana Plaza in a â&#x20AC;&#x153;I told my husspace previously ocband, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cupied by a taxidermatter if we work mist. At the time, said 20 hours a day as Leticia, La Perla and long as my two a shop named El daughters go to Mercado San JosĂŠ in school.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all the Sopris Center we wanted, my husLeticia Garcia were the only other band and I.â&#x20AC;? Founder of Garciaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CafĂŠ Carbondale busiThe Riveras nesses catering to have a son and a Latino customers. Within a year, the Gar- daughter, but at 11 and 7, they havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cias moved their store to its present loca- yet begun to lend a hand around the tion across Highway 133 from the store. Still, Francisco hopes his new store Cowen Center. will help them in the future. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I enjoyed it very much. We had a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my idea, to teach them how to small store and we were growing and work so they might get the idea to go to growing,â&#x20AC;? Leticia said. college,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my dream, to Their daughters were nine and 16 send them to college.â&#x20AC;?

We worked so hard there â&#x20AC;&#x201C; seven days a week. We only had one day off a year. It was on New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day.

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Roaring Fork Rams making a comeback By Will Grandbois Special to The Sopris Sun The Roaring Fork Rams are back. After a disappointing showing in the Brenda Patch Tournament and a mixed December, both teams hit the ground running in January, scoring a slew of upsets that have carried them from dark-horse status to a spot near the top of the pack. The Lady Rams finished the regular season with seven straight wins, including Saturday’s turnabout victory over Rifle on their own turf. They entered the post season 12-7 overall and 11-2 in league. After losing their first district game against Gunnison on Feb. 21 (33-31), they’ll face Aspen at Roaring Fork today, Feb. 23, at 6 p.m. The boys, meanwhile, are on track to meet or beat last year’s performance. Though their own seven-game streak was cut by a 44-35 loss to Aspen on Feb. 10, they end the season 13-6 overall and 10-3 league. That leaves them as the second-ranked 3A team on the Western Slope, behind Aspen and just ahead of Olathe. Their game against Hotchkiss (underway as the Sun went to press on the 22nd) will determine their match-ups this weekend. The Western Slope will field five regional qualifiers so there is, as Roaring Fork Principal and athletic director Cliff Colia put it, “a very good chance that both teams will be heading to Regionals the following week.”

Roaring Fork Senior Trent Reeds heaves one toward the hoop during Carbondale’s win against Coal Ridge on Feb. 17. Photo by Susan Rollyson

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Gratitude: How to get the hang of it You either like journal writing or you is a possibility especially when just getting don’t. And if you like journals then you out of bed can be painful with my bad write in them. That seems knees, bum shoulder and rather straightforward. painful back. Some people like fancy Stopping to think about journals and fountain pens all the good things in my life that are expensive while othand taking the time to write ers prefer a cheap composithem down can be transfortion book and a pencil. It mational. doesn’t really matter what There’s something about you write in or how you the process of writing these write. The important thing is thoughts down that makes a putting down your thoughts. difference. I don’t really care There are even journals why it works it just does. you can keep on-line. One I There’s never any lack of use is called iJournal and no, subject matter. it is not an Apple product Start with the universe. though I downloaded it on Look at photos from the By Bill Kight both an iPhone and an AnHubble telescope and in the droid pad. process of being truly humbled take time to I use this particular journal because it in- be grateful for Creator’s gift of planet earth, dexes entries and because it is for a speciﬁc the gift of life and the joy of being alive. thing. It has to do with gratitude. It’s a com- There’s three things to write about. mitment I made to myself to start each Let me see if I can think of a few more morning out in a positive way. things. All my friends come to mind. That I accepted a challenge to journal for 21 would take a long time to write about each days making three entries of gratitude each friend individually and how they have in one day. This particular journaling has been an way or another blessed my life. amazing exercise in thankfulness. That brings to mind the gift of love. It seems that when you start your day There are books and poems and songs about out writing down things you are grateful, love that have touched my life and made my for the whole day becomes a journey in heart grateful not to mention the fellow, thankfulness. ﬂawed human beings who have loved me Of course there is an alternative. Getting despite my faults. up grumpy with a heavy load of negativity Picking one book, poem and song that

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have lifted my spirits when I needed uplifting would keep me busy for quite a while. Thinking about having eyes to read books or poems and ears to hear songs brings more opportunities to be grateful. Stopping to think about the teacher who taught me to read and write brings heartfelt thankfulness. Having a job when so many good hardworking salt-of-the-earth people are out of work makes me thankful as does pausing to think about living in a free country. Lots of reasons to be grateful. So try it for yourself. Start a grateful journal and see if it doesn’t make a difference in

your life. All it takes is paper and pencil and a few minutes out of your day. I tell you what. If you keep a journal of gratitude for 21 days and it didn’t change your outlook on life for the better I’ll buy you a cup of coffee and we’ll have a heartto-heart talk. After all I’m always looking for a new friend to share a laugh or two and a little gratitude over a cup of coffee. Bill Kight is an outdoorsman who has spent over 30 years helping manage America’s public lands ... for which he is grateful. Danny Pierce and Cara Borchers duke it out during daytwo of the Roaring Fork Pursuit at the Spring Gulch cross-country trails Feb. 19. Photo by Terray Sylvester

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Hitting up the hoedowns in steelhead country I’d like to start by saying that thirty-three years of my life have and most opinions recorded by any member of the Supreme been spent not caring two wits about steelhead. Are there steelhead Court. Time Magazine called Douglas “the most doctrinaire and in Colorado? No. Is there an ocean near Colorado full of shrimp committed civil libertarian ever to sit on the court.” He was able and other aquatic things for steelhead to eat? No. Why do we care to live in the fresh water and salt water, La Grande, Ore., New York, N.Y., Washington, D.C., and was just generabout steelhead anyway? We don’t! ally my kind of guy. Now though, in this thirty-fourth year of life, I’m not so sure I don’t care about steelhead. Long gone Although Justice Douglas doesn’t have much to do are my hook shank breaking days of trout fever. with actual steelhead fishing—trying to catch a fish bound for someplace else while hooking everything Though I still am skitchy as a cat left out in the rain other than steelhead (like rainbow trout, bull trout, when it rains, especially for days which turn into whitefish, sticks, rocks, or cattle bones), I can’t shake weeks then months, this winter I’ve finally returned the feeling that Wallowa County is full of people who to the northeastern corner of Oregon, William O. Douglass country, where pine trees sit on top of live large. The ranchers got together and built a ski golden hued basalt steppes, and at the bottom of hill back in the day to stave off winter boredom. Peocanyon slopes sit rivers. Rivers like the Snake, the ple still contra dance on a regular basis. And the one night I’ve been out to a local bar to listen to live music, Grand Ronde, the Imnaha, the Minam, the WalI was shoved from my little nest and told A) that every lowa, and the Wenaha. And in these rivers, returning hundreds and hundreds of miles from the ocean, woman in the bar over the age of 50 wanted to dance By Cameron Scott with me, and that B) it would just be plain rude for me are steelhead. I like to think of Justice Douglas as I romp not to start asking for dance partners and get after it. around where he also romped. There are still wolverines in the And so I kept from shaking my head “No,” took a deep breath to Wallowa Mountains. Cougars. Wolves out on the Zumwalt Prarie. steady my shaky innards, and shook it for an hour or so. Shaky, kind of the way I felt holding my first steelhead the other Bears. And steelhead down in the rivers. Besides presiding as associate justice of the United States Supreme Court and serving the weekend, and then each weekend after, and this coming weekend, longest term ever (seriously, 36 years and 209 days), he was boss. and each weekend until I head back to Colorado in April: holding The bossest boss in the history of wilderness advocate bosses fish that can hold their own in the deep blue sea. Yeah, rolling in (Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir come in close seconds). In and the deep. Shout out to Adele. Makes me breathless. Makes me wonder of himself, he was a steelhead, and established the records for most books authored, most speeches given, most dissents written what I’ve been doing all these years. At least in the wintertime.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held before the Carbondale Board of Trustees for the purpose of Site Specific Development Plan Review for the proposed Library to be located on Lot 2A of the Third Street Correction Plat, reception # 801133, at the corner of Sopris Avenue and Third Street, Carbondale Colorado.

The applicant and owner is the Garfield County Public Library District, Well Fargo Bank Trustee. Said Public Hearing will be held at the Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO. at 6:00 p.m. on March 13, 2012.

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.

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Published on February 23, 2012 in The Sopris Sun. 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 Subdivision Application.

The property is located at Lot 11, 12th Street Industry Place, Carbondale. The applicant and owner is Carbondale Earth Investments. Said Public Hearing will be held at the Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, Co. at 7:00 p.m. on March 15, 2012.

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. John Leybourne Town of Carbondale

Dusk in the skin? Fire in the skin? Did you see one more chance in the skin? Did you see yourself called back home? Are there pans that need scouring? Isn’t it time to cook and watch the sea lice fall away? To be thankful? To be grateful? To pick out the bones that have spent years supporting the flesh? To first remove the skin in dusk and fire? And then the skin of the past? The past is a river? The past is an ocean? Long, slender, a fish that cartwheels across the sky?

nance is available to the public at www.carbondalegov.org or at the office of the Town Clerk, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, Colorado, during normal business hours. THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE _________________________ By: s/s Stacey Bernot, Mayor

Published on February 23, 2012 in The Sopris Sun.

ORDINANCE NO. 5 Series 2012

AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO, AMENDING CHAPTER 1.16 OF THE CARBONDALE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING ELECTIONS NOTICE: This Ordinance was introduced, read, and adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Carbondale, Colorado, on February 14, 2012.

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ORDINANCE NO. 6 Series 2012

AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO, SETTING A BALLOT TITLE AND AN ELECTION DATE CONCERNING ORDINANCE NO. 12, SERIES OF 2012.

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NOTICE: This Ordinance was introduced, read, and adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Carbondale, Colorado, on February 14, 2012. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after publication of this notice. The full text of said Ordinance is available to the public at www.carbondalegov.org or at the office of the Town Clerk, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, Colorado, during normal business hours. THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE _________________________ By: s/s Stacey Bernot, Mayor

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