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Volume 3, Number 5 | March 17, 2011

Here’s looking at you! It’s springtime and some Carbondalers’ thoughts are turning to chickens, which are legal to keep inside the town limits. One reminder, however: there’s a six chicken limit and roosters are not allowed. This particular chicken belongs to the Bruell family and was photographed in the coop it shares with several other birds in the alley between Euclid and Garfield. Photo by Lynn Burton

First Friday participants concerned over TSC impact

By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer

everal First Friday participants say attendance has dwindled at their locations after the Third Street Center opened last summer, and are calling for a confab to discuss the issue. “We have had great success and nearly always have a great showing of people,” said one Main Street storeowner in a recent e-mail to other First Friday participants. “However, since the opening of the 3rd Street center (sic), we have experienced a marked decline in participation in our store, and have had MANY customers express ‘First Friday Fatigue’ basically there are too many things to do and too many things to see for one night!” She also asked, “Are any of you experiencing/hearing this, or is it just us?” A downtown gallery operator replied, “I couldn’t agree more! We have really stopped

doing many openings, as the traffic is so low.” A First Friday patron said,“I totally agree. When we went to First Fridays a month ago we only went to 3rd St.” The Third Street Center at 520 S. Third Street is in the old Carbondale Elementary School building, and is operated by a 501(c)(3) non-profit for the use of non-profit organizations and a few for-profit organizations. First Friday, as the name implies, is held the first Friday of the month and is an opportunity for galleries, stores and other businesses to stay open late to attract customers and visitors. These days, there is no official First Friday organizer, but the event didn’t start out that way. Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities Director Ro Mead said she and a few businesses got together a few years ago and formed an actual First Friday committee, independent of CCAH. Mead said businesses and galleries contributed money to print

brochures and make ﬂags to designate First Friday participants. “It was extremely successful for everybody,” Mead said. “We wanted to make downtown a destination, and we did that.” During warm months, crowds of people walked or rode bikes up and down Main Street, dropping in on the galleries and stores, munching on snacks, and sipping wine, beer and soft drinks. Attendance was smaller during the winter but Main Street was still usually a lively scene on First Friday. The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities (which used to be located in the current home of Carbondale Beer Works) was a big draw during First Friday and anchored the western end of Main Street. That all changed when CCAH moved to the Third Street Center and the First Friday focus shifted several blocks from Main Street to the south. “After 3rd St (sic) came alive we made the

choice to move SAW openings and artist gallery talks to 2nd Fridays (sic),” said a S.A.W. spokesman in an e-mail in response to the 10 or 20 that have circulated for the past week. S.A.W. is located at the east end of Euclid. The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities isn’t the only art venue in the Third Street Center. Other art studios in the center also participate, so the Third Street Center becomes the one-and-only stop for many people. “The sheer size and mix of 3rd St (sic) makes it a nightlong destination,” said the S.A.W. spokesman. Several of the First Friday e-mailers ﬂoated ideas for possible solutions that include: expanding the event to the entire weekend, having some months focusing on Main Street and other months for TSC, and FIRST FRIDAY page 9

Carbondale Island could be sold

Poetry festival comes to Carbondale

Fashion show fantastic

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Carbondale Commentary Letters

The Sopris Sun welcomes your letters, limited to no more than 400 words. Submit letters via email to letters@soprissun.com or via snail mail to P.O. Box 399, Carbondale, CO 81623. Editor’s Note: In the March 3 edition, we asked readers to choose from a list of potential article topics on the proposed Village at Crystal River Development. The following two letters were written in response. The second refers to questions 1, 7 and 12: Why does the property need to be developed at all? What is the perfect project and is it economically viable? What is “sustainable development” and would it work for the VCR? To check out the complete list, visit soprissun.com or contact us at news@soprissun.com.

Q: It looks to some like VCR opponents are holding out for the perfect project.What is the perfect project and is it economically viable? A: It looks to some like VCR proponents are holding out for the perfect project.What is the perfect project and is it economically viable?

The skinny on the Village

Q: Why can’t the town wait to do this? A: Because the developer is in a hurry to invest in the smoking-hot commercial real estate market.

Dear Editor: In the March 3 issue of The Sopris Sun, the editors proposed a series of questions about the Village at Crystal River project and asked the readers to prioritize which questions they’d like to learn more about. As a community service, I have answered them all. Q: Why must the VCR be developed? A: Because vacant land is un-American. Q: What does the zoning allow? A: Zoning? We ain’t got no zoning. We don’t need no stinking zoning! Q: What is the property’s history? A: The history of the VCR parcel (abridged): From way long ago until 10,000 BCE it was a wooly mammoth mating ground; from 10,000 BCE to 1879 CE it was a Ute Indian hunting ground; from 1880 CE until 2003 CE it was a cattle grazing ground; and from 2003 and beyond it has been a political battle ground. Q: Did CRMS start this mess by selling the property? A: That sure didn’t help. Q: Is it against town ordinances to keep livestock in the city limits? A: Only if the livestock are part of a potgrowing operation situated within 1,000 feet of a liquor store. Q: Should we vote ourselves a sales tax increase to make this happen? A: Taxpayer-financed PUD fees are a complicated public finance mechanism whereby the public subsidizes the developer’s profits in a way that is not unlike sending the money to him stuffed in suitcases, except with more traffic lights.

Q: The community helped the developer come up with the proposed plan. A: They did? Did I miss a memo? Oh wait, I remember something about that. It would be fun to dust off that study and see if that’s what it says.

Q: Are VCR opponents trying to stall the developer so he’ll eventually go away? A: Just be glad they’re not making rude noises and obscene hand gestures too. Q: What is “sustainable development”? A: That’s development that you can do over and over. Like for instance you put up a big building that sits empty until it goes bankrupt, then you knock it down and then later you build it again. Q: Didn’t the people of Carbondale already say they don’t want another shopping center? A: People schmeeple. Q: What happens if the developer turns around and sells out? A: Maybe he’ll sell it back to CRMS. Q: What if some billionaire buys the land and lets it go to weeds? A: Perfect solution. Enforce the weed ordinance, collect full property taxes, and enjoy the peace and quiet. Malcolm McMichael Carbondale

The most ‘Carbondale’ project Dear Editor, 1. Let’s hear about why we need to develop this parcel, and how we could beneﬁt from keeping it more or less as is. Let’s also point out what values we have for it as it is right now – wildlife habitat, cultural and historical value, open space, town character and a community separator that provides a sense of place and a separation between our town and the next. 7. What is the “perfect project?” Or what

can a majority of us agree on? As a town, let’s focus on what we do want, rather than spending so much time and effort on something we don’t want, and frankly don’t really need. This town is full of great minds, let’s come up with the newest, coolest, greenest, most “Carbondale” project we can! If we really have to develop here, let’s do it right, and in a way that we can all grow and build the community’s social, environmental and economic capital. Let’s do it in a way that adds to the character of our town that funky vibe which makes Carbondale what it is. There’s plenty of retail space for rent right now, so we should be OK for at least a little while, right? Let’s “shop around” and ﬁnd someone who is willing to build the town what it wants. I have visited a few co-housing neighborhoods – those are pretty cool, using sustainable building practices and creating a really sweet community feeling. 12. A no-brainer here. The town made a statement earlier about what we didn’t want. What ever happened to the Road Map plan? Is it time for the town to revisit this and deﬁne the direction we want to go? Thanks for asking us! Michael Gorman Carbondale

Who voted for these bozos? Dear Editor: Who voted for these Republicans extremists, and did they have any idea of what they were voting for? The House Republicans just voted to slash the Environmental Protection Agency budget by a third – more than any other agency. Why? They want to stop the EPA from regulating greenhouse gasses (because they don’t believe in global warming, despite the fact that 97 percent of scientists assure us it is happening), and they want to stop “excessive regulation” – such as protecting the public from cancer causing chemicals that industry likes to use because it’s cheaper or easier than the alternatives. Why the hell did we hand power over to these bozos? At election time the reasons given were the high unemployment and the slow economic recovery. OK, I get that we were mad at Obama and the Democrats because they didn’t turn around the Bush debacle fast enough, and the public wanted immediate solutions to problems that occurred over decades. But weren’t the Republicans supposed to focus on jobs and the economy? Instead, they’ve focused on their fringe issues: tax cuts for the rich, destroying unions, slashing any programs that help the public but hold businesses responsible for their actions.Too bad we have to wait almost two more years to send another message. Next time, think before you vote. Peter Westcott Carbondale

Stop GMO crops

Here's a throwback to the season that's fast departing: Marc Grandbois took a copy of the Christmas edition to British Columbia over the winter. Courtesy photo 2 • THE SOPRIS SUN • MARCH 17, 2011

Dear Editor: “Despite denials that GM seeds would be used as part of Gates Foundation’s Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) agenda, connections between the Gates Foundation, AGRA, and Monsanto, and ﬁnancial conﬂicts of interest between the Gates Foundation and Monsanto appear to be a key element of AGRA’s new green revolution strategy,” reports the Website Netline, agriculturalmissions.org/netline_2011_002.htm.

Interlocking and corrupt agendas as documented further by Wikileaks’ release of U.S. State Department cables should be of concern to all people of good will concerned about the future biodiversity of crop seeds in the world. No matter what one might think of the merits of genetically modified seeds, it is an undisputed fact that transnational concentration of market share and power inevitably means diminishing crop biodiversity, in many cases forever, as seed varieties are lost for all time in the shuffle. That is the bottom line. That is why small-scale farms, based in and loyal to the communities they nourish, must prevail as the model for the future of agriculture. Seeds in traditional societies have always been shared freely among farmers, guaranteeing biodiversity for small farmers’ crops worldwide. Without that basis of native biodiversity, there can be no food sovereignty and therefore fewer and fewer practitioners (family farmers) on the ground capable of slowing global warming and feeding the hungry of the world through sustainable land usage and reforestation. As community gardeners, we must relearn how to save seeds and revive this traditional practice. By doing so, we represent a primary defense for future generations against crop variety loss, famine and pestilence that can result from monoculture of hybridized food strains. Genetically modified crops represent one of the most significant threats to life on this planet and must be stopped before it is too late. Estimates indicate soybeans are already 93 percent contaminated with GMOs. Unfortunately, there’s no shortage of men who think they are smart misusing their intelligence. Bill Gates is just one of the most prominent in this group. Fred Pulver Carbondale

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Carbondale trustees considering sale of 17-acre parcel By Terray Sylvester Sopris Sun Staff Writer The Carbondale Town Trustees are considering an ordinance to sell a parcel of property the town owns in the Roaring Fork River. The land is the subject of a lawsuit against the town and, if the ordinance is approved, would be sold to adjacent private landowners as part of a legal settlement. The ordinance was developed in the wake of a series of closed-door meetings the trustees held over the last several months. It was introduced to the public for the first time during a hearing on Tuesday.The closed-door meetings, or “executive sessions,” are standard procedure when a lawsuit or real estate matter is being discussed by the trustees, said town attorney Mark Hamilton, but at the meeting, several members of the public said they felt they had been left in the dark as the potential land sale was being discussed. At issue is a parcel that may be as large as 17 acres, which consists of an island and some shoreline on the south side of the Roaring Fork River near Planted Earth and Highway 82. The land is undeveloped, and can only be accessed by boat or by wading the river. The town was given the land in 1981 by Paul and Rachel Krausch, Hamilton said. But nearly a decade ago, a former town attorney noticed corners of properties on the north side of the river, owned by Michael Stahl and by Thomas and Mary Beth Joiner, overlapped with the town’s land. Part of the discrepancy in the lot lines stems from wording in the town’s deed. The deed states the town owns land south of the centerline of the Roaring Fork River, but three strands of the river flow through that area, and the river may have shifted position since the deed was issued, making it hard to tell exactly where the river’s centerline is located, Hamilton said. The settlement was drawn up as a way for the town to avoid legal expenses associated with arguing the case,

This 17-acre parcel of town land in the Roaring Fork River across Highway 82 from Planted Earth could be sold to settle a lawsuit against the town. Photo by Terray Sylvester and to ensure that some of the town’s interests in the land are protected, he explained. The settlement would give all of the town land to Stahl and the Joiners in exchange for $100,000 and certain restrictions, including a prohibition on any development on the parcel; an easement to allow rafters, fishermen and other recreational boaters to float through the property but not touch the shore or the river bottom; and an easement that would allow the town to drill a handful of groundwater wells on the property. Currently the town operates wells nearby, but no wells are actually located on the island parcel. Hamilton estimated the town’s legal fees could climb as high as $50,000 if the case goes to court. The town and the landowner arrived at the $100,000 sum during settlement negotiations. The town has not had the land appraised recently. Thomas Joiner asserted that the lot line discrepancy has prevented him from selling his land. He said he has lived there for nearly 30 years and would like to move. “I’ve had a piece of property for eight

years I can’t sell,” he said in an interview with The Sopris Sun. After the lot line discrepancy was discovered in 2003, Joiner said he “couldn't get any attention” until he and Stahl finally decided to sue the town in Garfield County District Court in 2009. As Joiner described it, the settlement clause barring development would create a sort of “unofficial conservation easement.” At Tuesday’s meeting, Trustee John Foulkrod described himself as “probably the instigator of this proposal.” The settlement would bring revenue to the town, he said, which could be put toward the Gateway Park planned near the intersection of highways 82 and 133,“to benefit many people in Carbondale, not just the select few who know about the island.” Trustee John Hoffmann objected to the $100,000 sum, arguing it was much lower than the roughly $390,000 per acre the town paid in December 2010 to purchase eight acres for the Gateway Park. But others question whether the land is worth big bucks. Martha Cochran, director

of the Aspen Valley Land Trust, said that with no access to the town land from the shore, and with no development prospects, it makes sense the parcel would be worth less than the acreage purchased by the town downstream. “Who’s going to buy that?” she said in an interview with The Sopris Sun, stressing that the island’s greatest worth is probably ecological, a value best preserved by leaving the property undisturbed, whether or not that entails keeping it in public hands. The public packed town hall on Tuesday night, and several local fishing guides spoke out against the settlement. “That’s our only stretch for two miles that you can get out of the boat … the fisherman need it,” said Mal Burks, who works for Alpine Angling. Some members of the public felt they had been left out of the loop. Outspoken town activist Laurie Loeb and others admonished the trustees for not going to greater lengths to alert the public a land sale was being considered. Under state statute, towns must hold a public vote before disposing of municipal property that has been used by the town government, Hamilton explained at the meeting. As he interprets it, the island property has not been used by the town and can be disposed of with an ordinance. At the meeting,Mayor Stacey Bernot said the town had followed public notice requirements. “It’s high time this came out in the public,” she said.“It’s more than appropriate this come out now.” The trustees unanimously decided to continue the public hearing to April 19.

Next Steps:

The Carbondale Board of Town Trustees will hold a continued public hearing on the island property at their meeting on April 19 at town hall. For more information, call 963-2733.

Karen Chamberlain Poetry Festival coming to Carbondale By Terray Sylvester Sopris Sun Staff Writer “She gave me permission to be a satanic bitch,”chuckled Valerie Haugen as she recalled her late friend and mentor Karen Chamberlain. Haugen, who is the associate artistic director for Thunder River Theatre Company – and certainly not the sort of person who springs to mind when you think “satanic bitch”– explained that Chamberlain inspired her to embrace her own voice as a playwright, whatever the impact on the audience. “I thought, ‘I’ve got permission from a great lady to be what I am, to write what I want to write,’” Haugen said of the support she received from Chamberlain, an awardwinning poet who lived above Cattle Creek. Haugen first crossed paths with Chamberlain at the Glenwood Springs Writers’ Workshop, which Chamberlain co-founded. Haugen said Chamberlain was an excellent instructor. At the workshop, Haugen watched her inspire writers ranging from poets and essayists to elderly aspiring memoirists and, occasionally, even someone wrestling with a job application, but at Chamberlain’s memorial service last fall, Haugen realized Chamberlain’s influence extended much more widely as well. “Karen always made me feel like I was her

Karen Chamberlain own special one, and then hearing people speak [at the memorial] I realized she made a lot of us feel like that,” Haugen said. Now, Haugen and the Thunder River Theatre Company are attempting to keep that current of inspiration flowing. In what may be a first-of-its-kind event for the Roaring Fork Valley, the theatre company will host the inaugural Karen Chamberlain Poetry Festival at its theatre in downtown Carbondale from Friday, March 25, through Sunday, March 27. The festival will feature workshops, live music and more. It has attracted poets and other artists from around the West, including Art Goodtimes, poetry editor for Mountain Gazette and founding poetry editor for Earth First! Journal; Laurie James, who claims to have been born to a one-eyed man and a one-

thumbed woman in a Montana blizzard; Seth, one of Colorado’s most creative performance poets and others. Celebrated poet Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer and Kim Nuzzo, founder of the Aspen Poets’ Society, will act as emcees. The theme of the first annual event will be “Desert of the Heart.”That’s a nod to a book of the same name penned by Chamberlain, in which she intertwined her experiences on a ranch in the Utah desert with the ranch’s own history.A series of writing workshops on Saturday will play off themes in the book. Also on Saturday, a Western Slope Poet Laureate will be named. If Haugen’s research is accurate, it will be the first time such an honor has been awarded. The festival will wrap up on Sunday with breakfast, live music and more poetry performances. Haugen said Chamberlain would have encouraged everyone to attend the festival,whether or not they think of themselves as writers. “Really, she thought everyone should write,”Haugen said.“It’s amazing what a collection of poets can do when poets start inspiring each other.” Chamberlain passed away in September 2010, after devoting her life to the arts. She established the Aspen Writers’ Foundation,

co-founded Nature Within, a summer outdoor writers’ program based at a wildlife sanctuary in the Colorado Rockies, and for a decade served as literary coordinator for the Canyonlands Field Institute’s Desert Writers Workshop near Moab, Utah. She also served as the poetry editor for Mountain Gazette magazine for five years. Her poems, essays and stories have appeared in numerous magazines, including The Hudson Review, The Nation, Poetry and Orion, as well as a variety of anthologies. In 1983 Chamberlain received The Nation/Discovery Prize.Among other accolades, she was given a Fellowship in Poetry from the Colorado Council on the Arts in 1989 and a 2004 Contribution to Poetry Award from Sparrows Poetry Festival in Salida.

Next Steps:

The Thunder River Theatre Company will host the first annual Karen Chamberlain Poetry Festival from March 25 through March 27 at its playhouse in downtown Carbondale. The theatre company is also seeking donations to help offset expenses associated with the festival. For tickets and more information, visit thunderrivertheatre.com or call 963-8200. THE SOPRIS SUN • MARCH 17, 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.

Third Street Center honored The Sustainable Buildings Industry Council has recognized the Third Street Center for “exemplary community involvement” in the 2010 Beyond Green High-Performance Building Awards. Angela Loughry, an architect with Energy and Sustainable Design accepted the award on behalf of the rest of the Third Street Center team in a ceremony at U.S. House of Representatives Rayburn Office Building in Washington, D.C. on Feb 24. “This is incredible to be recognized nationally for the work everyone has done to make the Third Street Center a success, not only for its sustainability, but also for the community involvement,” said Jeff Dickinson, Principal of Energy and Sustainable Design. The awards are presented annually in recognition of construction projects that have made exceptional contributions to sustainability across the country, and which have incorporated a“whole building”approach.The Third Street Center was recognized for its unique partnership between Carbondale town government, the Roaring Fork Re-1 School District, and a myriad of nonprofit developers, donors and tenants. For more information visit thirdstreetcenter.net or sbicouncil.org/2010-awards.

CORE offers new rebates The Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE) has announced changes to its

renewable energy and appliance rebate programs. CORE is now offering rebates for solar photovoltaic systems in the Roaring Fork Valley at 50 cents per watt, up to six kilowatts.The new maximum rebate available from CORE has been set at $6,000. Solar thermal and microhydro rebates will remain in effect at the previous levels. On April 18 the appliance rebate program will change as well, offering larger rebates for appliances that meet more rigorous energy efficiency standards. Residents of Pitkin and Eagle counties may call the Energy Resource Center at 925-9775 to learn how to combine CORE rebate offers with energy audits and building rebates offered through the Energy Smart program. For the complete low-down on the rules and restrictions of CORE’s rebates, visit: aspencore.org or call 963-1090 for the Carbondale office, 544-9808 for the Aspen office.

Home repair assistance available Elderly, low-income residents of Carbondale can apply for assistance with necessary home repairs and improvements as part of Habitat for Humanity’s “Brush with Kindness” program. Projects may include exterior repairs to roofs, doors, windows and porches, as well as painting, siding repair, handicap ramp installation, insulation upgrades and other improvements. Applicants must own a home in Carbondale town limits, possess homeowner’s insurance and earn a combined

income lower than 60 percent of Garfield County’s average household income, among other requirements. For more information, call 945-7733.

School budget The next meeting of the Roaring Fork Re-1 School Board will be held on March 23 at 6 p.m. at the district ofﬁces in Glenwood Springs. The board will discuss the district budget. The hearing will also be Webcast live at Carbondale Middle School, Basalt Elementary School and Glenwood Springs Middle School.

Trustees support Thompson Coalition At their meeting on Tuesday night, the Carbondale Board of Town Trustees unanimously voted to draft a letter in support of the Thompson Divide Coalition’s efforts to prevent further gas development in the watersheds west of Carbondale. The letter will urge the Bureau of Land Management to take a few steps to ensure development in the area does not proceed before the plan is approved. The letter will be drafted to ask the BLM to defer any releasing of oil and gas leases set to expire, issue no new leases in the Thompson Divide area, refuse to approve new requests to unitize leases and continue to review existing units for inappropriate leases.

Cop Shop The following events are drawn from incident reports of the Carbondale Police Department. MONDAY March 7 At 3:21 a.m. a man called the police, explained he had fallen asleep on a RFTA bus and asked for a ride from Carbondale to El Jebel. The police told him they could not give him a ride past Carbondale town limits. MONDAY March 7 At 3:53 a.m. an ofﬁcer contacted a man sitting in a van outside the Village Smithy. It turned out he was waiting to deliver pastries. THURSDAY March 10 A woman reported that on the previous afternoon, Thursday, she was jogging along the path near Highway 133 close to Village Road when a man with long blond hair spit on her. She did not want to press charges. FRIDAY March 11 At 12:32 a.m. an ofﬁcer noticed two “no parking” signs had been removed from Barber Drive.

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Comprehensive Plan vision night is on March 23 Sopris Sun Staff Report A vision workshop for the Carbondale Comprehensive Plan is slated for town hall from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 23. According to Comprehensive Plan consultant Gabe Preston, the workshop will help residents identify their shared values and aspirations for Carbondale, and will answer the questions: What concerns do you have for now and for the future? What do you treasure and want to preserve in Carbondale? What would you like to change? What do you want Carbondale to look like in 20 years? “It is essential that the Comprehensive Planning process begins with a well-attended public meeting comprised of a truly representative slice of our community,” said Carbondale Planning and Zoning Chairman Ben Bohmfalk. The workshop is the first step in a nearly year-long process to update Carbondale’s Comprehensive Plan. Bohmfalk said the Comprehensive Plan is the central guiding document that directs land use, infrastructure investment and policymaking for the next 10 years. “It has the potential to help us resolve many of the perennial issues that we face, regarding growth, sustainability, transportation, small town character, the local economy and more,” he said. “This process is our opportunity to come together as a community and grapple with these issues comprehensively. We can be proactive instead of reactive during this process. We can examine alternative paths forward and embark on the path that the community truly supports.” Preston, of RPI Consulting in Durango, said the vision workshop will be an interactive, fast-paced event with both small- and large-group discussions. Following the workshop, planners will draft a vision statement for Carbondale and convene a community opinion polling session to ask the community "Did we get it right?" “The vision statement will become the foundation for the comprehensive plan update as the process evolves and the plan's subject matter becomes more detailed and action-oriented,” Preston said. Carbondale town hall is located at 511 Colorado Ave. For more information, call 963-2733.

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Roaring Fork’s Sam Carpenter (in white) dishes off a pass against Jefferson Academy in last Thursday’s opening round of the 3A state tournament at CSU’s Moby Gym in Fort Collins. The Rams pulled to within one point late in the game but lost 68-64. The next day, the Rams faced hotshooting Brush, who hit 9-17 from three-point range, and fell 57-37. Roaring Fork ﬁnished their season with a record of 17-9. Photo by Jordan Hirro (jordanhirro.zenfolio.com). For the spring high school sports schedule see page 7.

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Education talk packs ’em in

Goodman inks Carbondale

A community discussion on Diane Ravitch’s book “The Death and Life of the Great American School System” drew about 35 people to the Gordon Cooper Library’s meeting room on March 10. “That’s just about max for that space,” discussion organizer Bonnie Cretti told The Sopris Sun. Cretti said the audience included a range of people, including teachers, parents, school board members, CMC students, retired educators and“those interested in either the book or the subject.” Discussion points included: educational movements (good and bad); testing; teachers and teaching; angst among parents, teachers and students; the media; curriculum; the lack of understanding of the “mission” of education; and schools as a reﬂection of the community. One of the most encouraging parts of the night? “It was wonderfully civil,” Cretti said. There are no plans to take the book discussion on the road, but Cretti said she intends to ﬁgure out a way to keep the ball rolling and have future “civil conversations.”

Amy Goodman mentioned Carbondale in her March 10 syndicated column after including our little burg in her 10-town, twoday Western Slope/Colorado tour to promote community radio and argue against Corporation for Public Broadcasting cuts earlier this month. Part of her trip included a snowmobile trip between Paonia and Crested Butte, where she noted in her column the aspen on Kebler Pass are all interconnected, forming one gigantic organism. Other stops included Idaho Springs, Telluride, Rico and Durango. In wrapping up her column, Goodman wrote: “In the packed town halls, auditoriums and theaters, the passion among the local residents and their stations demonstrates that … these small stations are resilient, strong and deeply rooted in their communities.Their funding is an investment that should be preserved.” Goodman’s “Democracy Now!” radio show airs on KDNK Monday-Friday at 6 p.m. On a related note, KDNK-FM reached its $60,000 spring membership drive goal last week.The station is broadcast at 88.1 in Carbondale/Glenwood, 88.3 in Aspen, 88.5 in Basalt/Redstone, 93.5 in Leadville and 94.9 in Thomasville.

Good going Fiona and Emily Carbondale Middle School students Fiona Laird and Emily Bruell are headed to the state spelling bee in Denver after placing ﬁrst and second respectively in the recent district tournament. Fiona is a seventh grader and Emily an eighth grader.The state tournament is March 19 at the Colorado Convention Center. Good luck Fiona and Emily and remember, the bird that’s pronounced“tarmigan”begins with a“p.”

Rubingh skis for cancer awareness Jeremy Rubingh is part of the six-member Ski Colorado Breast Cancer Awareness Tour that is visiting 27 ski areas in eight days through March 20.“Our rallying cry is‘Ski bumps, ﬁght lumps,’” said tour organizer Laura Yale.

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Rubingh is a former Aspen resident and son of Carbondale’s Ruthann Zlogar. Yale is the Gunnison County representative for the Carbondale-based Wilderness Workshop.

Korologos joins Anderson Ranch

Humphrey Bogart is keeping an eye on the consignment door at Misers Mercantile these days so don’t even think about leaving something on the sidewalk. The “Sam” he refers to is owner Sam Hunter. Photo by Lynn Burton The skiers are not hard to spot; they’ll hit the slopes in bright pink costumes and the RV they travel in is wrapped in pink plastic. They conclude the tour March 20 with stops at Sunlight Mountain Resort, Snowmass, Buttermilk, Aspen Highlands and Aspen Mountain. A fundraising victory party will be held at the Ski Hotel pool in Aspen from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Admission is $15. As of March 12 the tour had raised $16,000. Money is raised through dedication laps with tour participants in the name of a loved one, making donations via credit card at skibumpsﬁghtlumps.org or with checks sent to the Colorado Breast Cancer Coalition, P.O. Box 2328, Englewood, CO, 80150-2328 (note that the donation is part of the Ski Colorado Breast Cancer Awareness Tour).

Ann Korologos was recently elected to the Anderson Ranch Art Center board of directors. Korologos, whose namesake gallery is in Basalt, is the former secretary of labor under Ronald Reagan and former chair of the Aspen Institute. She splits her time between Basalt and Washington, D.C. Local artists that Korologos shows or has shown include Janet Nelson, Andy Taylor and Dan Young.

Historic photos Supplies are limited but while they last, folks who become a member of the Mt. Sopris Historical Society receive a catalogue of historic Garﬁeld County photos available through the Denver Public Library – Western History Collection. Carbondale photos include a ﬁeld of potato plants south of town, taken by L.C. McClure between 1900 and 1910, a potato picker with his spuds, and a scenic from Red Hill with Mount Sopris in the background.To join the Mt. Sopris Historical Society, drop them a line at 499 Weant Blvd., or call 963-7041. Memberships start at $30.

Happy birthday Birthday greetings go out to John Foulkrod (March 17), and Julie Oldham and Jeff Kelley (March 20). A belated happy birthday to “Downtown” Vickie Browne (March 11).

Community Briefs Dandelion Day needs a logo

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Dandelion Day is soliciting logo designs that represent the theme â&#x20AC;&#x153;celebrate spring, celebrate sustainability.â&#x20AC;? The winning design will be featured on event posters and reusable grocery bags for sale at Sopris Park the day of the event (May 7). This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dandelion Day is organized by the Carbondale Tree Board and the Carbondale Environmental Board. The entry deadline is April 11. They can be dropped off at town hall or e-mailed to Candace Goodwin at goodvelts@yahoo.com.

The Carbondale Clay Center is enrolling students in adult and childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clay classes. For details, visit carbondaleclay.org or call 963-2529.The Carbondale Clay Center is located at 135 Main St.

Rotary Happening seeks sponsors The Carbondale Rotary Club, through its nonprofit Roaring Fork Rotary Foundation, is seeking business sponsorships for the 12th annual Happening fundraiser, taking place on Saturday, July 9 at the Gathering Center in Carbondale. The Happening is a gala evening featuring a gourmet dinner, drinks and dancing to a local band (tickets are $125 each). There will be a live and silent auction with a variety of donated goods and services. Proceeds from the event go to support local grant programs and humanitarian projects of the Carbondale Rotary Club. The Rotary Foundation has sponsorship levels of $500, $1,000, $1,500, $2,000, $2,500, $3,000, $4,000 and $5,000. Sponsors will also receive two guest tickets to the event for each $1,000 donated. For more information, contact Frank McSwain at 948-3469, or Tim Whitsitt at 963-6363.

ReStore accepting household items Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spring-cleaning time, and Habitat for Humanity is reminding folks to consider donating household items to ReStore. Acceptable items include: residential and office furniture, kitchen appliances, flooring, toilets, washers/dryers, doors (solid only) and more. ReStore does not accept clothing, computers (and related electronic items),TVs and VCRs more than 10 years old, paint, chemicals, dry wall/sheet rock, food or baby items. ReStore is located just off Highway 82 at the Cattle Creek turnoff. For details, call 963-2758.

Basalt market accepting applications The Basalt Sunday Market is accepting applications through April 15. The market takes place in downtown Basalt Sundays from June 19 to Sept. 25. For details, visit basaltsundaymarket.com.

Music series seeks food vendors The Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts and Summer of Music Committee are soliciting food vendors for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music series at Two Rivers Park.The six free concerts take place on Wednesday nights and feature a variety of music. To apply, call the Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts at 945-2414.

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Roaring Fork High School fields girlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soccer and tennis teams this spring, while the boys field a baseball team. Both boys and girls will compete in co-ed track meets. Colorado Rocky Mountain School has a girlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soccer team. The schedules are as follows: Baseball (RFHS) March 19 at Hotchkiss, a doubleheader (11 a.m.) March 22 at home, Basalt (4 p.m.) March 26 at home, Grand Valley, doubleheader (11 a.m.) April 2 at Gunnison, doubleheader (11 a.m.) April 9 at Cedaredge, doubleheader (11 a.m.) April 12 at home, Rifle (4 p.m.) April 19 at Basalt (4 p.m.) April 23 at Olathe, doubleheader (11 a.m.) April 26 at Rifle (4 p.m.) April 30 at home, Coal Ridge, doubleheader (11 a.m.) May 3 at home, Glenwood (4 p.m.) May 7 at home, Aspen (doubleheader) 11 a.m. Soccer (RFHS) March 22 at home, Basalt (4 p.m.) March 24 at Vail Christian (3:15 p.m.) April 6 at Aspen (4:30 p.m.) April 7 at Coal Ridge (4 p.m.) April 9 at home, CRMS (11 a.m.) April 12 at home, Rifle (4 p.m.) April 15 at home, Rangely (4 p.m.) April 19 at Vail Mountain (4 p.m.) April 21 at Glenwood Springs (4:30 p.m.) April 23 at CRMS (11 a.m.) April 26 at home, Aspen (4 p.m.) April 28 at home, Vail Christian (4 p.m.) May 3 at Rangely, (4 p.m.)

Track (RFHS) March 19 at Delta (time TBA) March 26 at Hotchkiss (TBA) April 2 at Cedaredge (TBA) April 5 at Glenwood (TBA) April 9 at Eagle Valley (TBA) April 16 at Glenwood (8:30 a.m.) April 23 at Rifle (TBA) April 29 at Moffat County (1 p.m.) May 6 at Battle Mountain (TBA) May 7 at Battle Mountain (TBA) May 13 at Grand Junction, regionals (9 a.m.) May 14 at Grand Junction, regionals (8 a.m.) May 19-21 at JeffCo Stadium, state (TBA) Tennis (RFHS) March 26 at Hotchkiss (time TBA) April 7 at Delta (time TBA) April 8 at Delta (time TBA) April 12 at Aspen (4 p.m.) April 14 at Grand Junction Central (4:30 p.m.) April 16 at Glenwood Springs (10 a.m.) April 21 at Glenwood Springs (4 p.m.) April 23 at Delta (10 a.m.) April 28 at Glenwood Springs (4 p.m.) May 5 at Delta (regionals, time TBA) May 6 at Delta (regionals, time TBA) Soccer (CRMS) March 17 at home, Rifle (4 p.m.) April 5 at Basalt (4 p.m.) April 7 at home, Vail Christian (4 p.m.) April 9 at Roaring Fork (11 a.m.) April 12 at home, Grand Valley (4 p.m.) April 21 at home, Coal Ridge (4 p.m.) April 23 at home, Roaring Fork (11 a.m.) April 28 at Vail Mountain (4 p.m.) April 30 at Rangely (noon) May 3 at home, Aspen (4 p.m.)

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Community Calendar THURSDAY March 17 ST. PAT’S DINNER • American Legion Post 100 at 97 N. Third Street holds a St. Patrick’s Day corned beef and cabbage dinner at 5 p.m. (after the downtown parade, which starts at Sopris Park at 4 p.m.) $8. Info: 963-2381. GREEN DRINKS • CLEER and the Mountains to the Mesa Homebuilders Association Team host St Patrick’s Day Green Drinks from 5 to 7 p.m. at the River Valley Ranch barn, 333 River Valley Ranch Drive. Builders, architects, energy consultants and others interested in sustainable building and clean energy will be on hand to meet and greet. THEATRE • Colorado Mountain College presents the one-act plays “A Picasso” and “Wildwood Park” at the Spring Valley campus New Space Theatre at 7 p.m. on March 17-19 and 24-26. Both plays are for mature audiences.Tickets at the door: $15 for adults, $10 for students, seniors and CMC staff and faculty. Ticket reservations: 947-8177. NATURALIST NIGHTS • “The Sound of Fear: A Journey from Mountain Marmots to Hollywood” with Dr. Dan Blumstein is presented as part of the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies’ Naturalist Nights series at 7:30 p.m. at 100 Puppy Smith St. LIVE MUSIC • The Last Minute String Band performs its unique blend of jigs, polkas, waltzes and old time American music at the Bluebird Café, 730 Grand Ave. in Glenwood Springs, from 7 to 10 p.m. No cover. Info: 945-0350. ROTARY • The Mount Sopris Rotary presents Re-1 pre-collegiate program director

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.

Leslie Emerson at Mi Casita restaurant in downtown Carbondale at noon. Coming up on March 24: stress management expert Dr. Stephanie Stanﬁeld. REGISTRATION DEADLINE • Today is the registration deadline for Colorado Mountain College’s symposium Biomass to Biofuels in Western Colorado at its Riﬂe Center, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., March 24. $10. Info: 625-6945.

FRIDAY March 18 MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “True Grit” (PG-13) at 7:30 p.m. March 1824; “The Fighter” (R) at 5 p.m. on March 19 and “127 Hours” (R) at 5:30 p.m. March 20. LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars on Fourth Street presents live music every Friday night Info: 963-3304. LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s in the Dinkel Building presents Fly & the Family Stone (hip hop) at 10 p.m. LIVE MUSIC • Rivers restaurant presents Missing Link (rock, R&B, country and blues) from 9 p.m. to midnight. There’s no cover. LIVE MUSIC • A variety of singers, dancers and other acts perform at 7 p.m. at Colorado Mountain College in West Rifle as a benefit for the Rifle Animal Shelter.Tickets usually sell out and are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and students, $35 for families. Info: 625-2333. WILDLIFE WALK • Rock Bottom Ranch in Basalt hosts a Full Moon Wildlife Walk at

6:30 p.m. featuring beaver, elk and owls (potentially) and hot drinks (deﬁnitely). Info: 927-6760. ART TALK • The Wyly Community Art Center in Basalt presents Art Talk with Anderson Ranch artist in residence Jason Nein, who will discuss his approach to photography and ﬁlmmaking from 6 to 7 p.m. at the old Basalt Library. Info: Wyly Arts.org.

Carbondale hosts the Spring Thing Festival at Sunlight Mountain Resort. Events include: big air/rail pro demos, big air/rail jam contest, a bikini lunch tray contest and a Pink Floyd cover band. Info: 963-2100 or crystalriverspas.com. POKER RUN • Colorado Animal Rescue’s third annual Poochie Poker Run takes place at Sunlight Mountain Resort during Spring Thing. Tickets are $10 each or $15 for two. Great prizes.

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THE INFAMOUS STRING DUSTERS • The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities presents The Infamous Stringdusters at the Church at Carbondale (110 Snowmass Dr.) at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 for CCAH members and $18 for non-members in advance, and $25 at the door. The opening act is The Tippets. Tickets are available at Dos Gringos, Glenwood Music and CCAH. Info: carbondalearts.com. LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan's in the Dinkel Building presents Rick Rock & the Roosters at 10 p.m. FULL MOON FEAST • The Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork hosts its Full Moon Feast at the Third Street Center from 4:30 to 9 p.m. featuring organic Colorado food and spirits. Tickets are $25 for the auction/wine tasting/appetizers, and $75 for the entire evening. Dinner will be prepared by Mark Fischer of Six89, Phat Thai and the Pullman. Music will be provided by Acoustic Mayhem. Info: 963-1960. SPRING THING • Crystal River Spas in

ACT COURSE • Carolyn Williams of Colorado Educational Consulting offers an ACT prep course through April 7. Info: 274-6298.

WEDNESDAY March 23 ENVISION CARBONDALE • The town of Carbondale and a consultant host a community vision session for the town’s comprehensive plan revision from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at town hall. The workshop will be an interactive, fast-paced event with both small and large group discussion. BALLET • Ballet Magniﬁcat! presents the Christian ballet “Hiding Place” at Glenwood Springs High School at 7:30 p.m. The ballet is inspired by the true story of Corrie Boom and the Jewish holocaust of the 1940s. Tickets are $12 at the door or in advance at eventbrite.com. REAL ESTATE EVENT • A presentation on ﬁnding foreclosures, short sales and other real estate bargains will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Wells Fargo Bank on Grand Avenue in Glenwood Springs on Feb. 23. Info: 230-9000.

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Functional medicine puts the patient, preventive care first The state of Arizona proach instead of a healthspends one third of its entire care approach in this counbudget on health care; try. Therein lies the problem. Florida spends 25 percent. Given the enormity of the The trend is rapidly rising as costs of disease care, a preAmerica’s baby boomers age. ventative approach makes In a stark reminder of growmore sense than ever. The ing costs, the government has cost of managing complex, released a new estimate that chronic disease will bankhealthcare spending grew to rupt the current healthcare a record 17.3 percent of the system as our population U.S. GDP last year, marking ages unless we help people the largest one-year jump in age healthfully and reduce its share of the economy their dependence on expensince the government started sive drugs, surgery and techinto keeping such records half a nology as they do so. century ago. Functional medicine (FM) By Dr. Lisa The almost $2.5 trillion is an example of an emergFitzwilliams spent in 2009 was $134 biling new approach to treating lion more than the previous year, when the needs of the 21st century. It is an approach healthcare consumed 16.2 percent of the to healthcare that includes primary care physigross domestic product, according to an an- cians of all disciplines (medical doctors, naturnual report from the federal Centers for opathic physicians, chiropractors, osteopaths, Medicare and Medicaid Services. dentists, and optometrists) trained extensively Most of these health care costs are related in wellness and promoting health, not merely to chronic, degenerative diseases. Examples the eradication of diseases or symptoms. By of degenerative diseases include heart disease, shifting the traditional disease-centered focus cancer, stroke, diabetes and arthritis. Accord- of practice to a more patient-centered aping to the Centers for Disease Control, proach, the treatment plan of an FM practichronic diseases cause 75 percent of all U.S. tioner addresses the whole person. When was deaths each year and can largely be prevented the last time your practitioner asked you by lifestyle factors. All I keep hearing in the about your lifestyle with inquiring questions national health care debate is “who is going such as: What do you eat on a daily basis? to pay for it?” I never hear, “Why it is so ex- How much sleep do you get? What sort of expensive and what do we need to do to change ercise do you get? How do you eliminate? the status quo in our health care delivery sys- How do you handle stress and what toxic tem?” We largely have a “disease-care” ap- chemicals are you regularly exposed to?”

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There is a very long (sometimes decadeslong) gap between the emergence of scientific research pointing to new treatments and their adoption by the practitioner community, particularly for nutritional and dietary interventions. For example, it was in the 1980s that we learned hydrogenated fats like margarine promote bad cholesterol, but only recently have we begun to take significant action. FM practitioners emphasize the absolute necessity of understanding the emerging scientific research in biochemistry and physiology in the context of the clinical setting with a focus on diet and lifestyle. Unlike most standard laboratory testing, diagnostic tests in FM are designed to help identify problems before chronic conditions develop. FM doctors give tests for underlying inflammatory markers for heart disease risks as opposed to merely testing for cholesterol

levels. When it comes to sickly children, FM practitioners will look for underlying food intolerance, sensitivity, allergies and underlying opportunistic fungal infections for asthma, eczema and other disorders, as instead of just prescribing waves of antibiotics. Functional medicine offers a preventive wellness approach targeted to the individual. It is integrative and science-based, and it engages patients as active participants in their own health who can empower their bodies for healing. Dr. Lisa Fitzwilliams holds degrees in molecular biology, chiropractic medicine and clinical nutrition. She is a member of the Institute of Functional Medicine and has treated thousands of patients during her 22-year career. For more information visit drﬁtzwilliams@msn.com.

First Friday continued om page 1 operating some kind of shuttle between Main Street and TSC. One e-mail read, “I think that this is a conversation that can have an incredibly positive outcome, simply because...we are an incredibly AMAZING community! Can we ﬁnd a time and place to all sit down and have a brainstorming session? It would be a miracle ... but hell ... it’s BONEDALE!” Mead said CCAH wasn’t aware the Third Street Center had become an issue for other First Friday participants. “January through March are always bleak months,” she said.

“We’re not happy some people feel we’ve taken business away from Main Street.” Mead said one solution might include staggered openings, so that maybe CCAH would open from 5 to 7 p.m., and everyone else from 6 to 8 p.m. “I don’t see this as an unresolvable problem,” she said. A meeting for everyone to hash things out has not been scheduled, but in her email Mead said,“Let’s get creative and market the entire area. How about it folks? After the fashion show? …”

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It was so “Carbondale” Folks showed up at the Carbondale Recreation Center in droves on Friday and Saturday nights, packing the gym, which had been transformed into a ﬁtting venue for a night of fashion-performance art. Green is the New Black, a fundraiser for the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities, was expanded to two nights this year and included a kids’ fashion show on Saturday. The two-day fashion extravanganza was deemed a success by just about everyone, not only for its entertainment and production values, but because “it showed just how much a community can accomplish by working together,” said show organizer Amy Kimberly. “This was an event produced by the community, for the community.” Dozens of community members stepped up to volunteer as fashion models, backstage assistants, makeup artists and hair stylists, technical workers, ticket takers, members of the beverage squad and others. In case you missed the event, these photos serve up a taste of what Green is the New Black was all about, from behind the scenes to in front of the spotlight.

Photos and text by Jane Bachrach

Ananda Lavender (top) and Dermott McHugh (center) designed their own outﬁts and modeled them in the Youth Fashion performance on Saturday night. Jenna Bradford (bottom) styled the Egyptian-themed threads of Ananda Banc.

The Cocktail Crew (top) stepped off the runway and strutted their stuff down Main Street in the lead up to the opening night of the show. They were, from left, Susan Mount, Shara Dame, Bailey Haines, Dana Ganssle, Mehgan Perry, Megan Perkins, Tami Suby and Jennifer Cull. Photo by Matt Suby Photography

Clockwise from far center left: Quinn Beckett modeled Enviro Textiles; Alexandra and Anthony Jerkunica performed a ballet wearing designs from their fashion line, The Golden Middle Way; an outﬁt by Lula Mae Chapman; Peter Gilbert and Noah Scher sported suits from the Aspen Thrift Store; and Deborah Colley in Indie Attire.

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