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ive reps and ﬁve sets of sit-ups, burpees, air squats and 50 meter sprints gave second graders at Crystal River Elementary School a good taste of what a real workout is when two coaches from Sopris CrossFit came by on April 3 to share the importance of being physically active and get them excited for an upcoming project. The kids are in the process of fundraising to buy step tracking bracelets as part of UNICEF’s Kid Power Program, which supports hungry children in 190 countries worldwide. Sopris CrossFit (956 Highway 133) will host a competition from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 6 to support their efforts. It’s all part of the school’s project-based learning philosophy, which focuses on hands-on, community-based interactions throughout a unit. Students will collect data on their steps with a daily goal of 12,000 per band, earn points and graph the results.

Sergio Cordero (top) works on his sit-up technique while Addison Schoon, Ali Verdugo-Romer and Sadie Silcox perfect their air squats. Following Michael Parada (lead) are Brian Rascon, Keyla Arellanes, Cooper Schwartzott and Michael Moreno (far left). Ray Cooney from Sopris CrossFit encourages runners to step it up as they complete their fourth rep of sprints (left). Photos by Jane Bachrach

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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, email editor Will Grandbois at news@soprissun.com, or call 510-3003.

Cowboy diplomacy and what a real ranch looks like As a kid, I loved to visit the Fenders on their ranch. They had the land be a fraction of what they are for the surrounding (privately perfect old quintessential ranch house right by the road in Emma, held) land? This reeks of a cyclical wave of new land barons for the and my sisters and I loved to run back and forth across their Wib- next century. I value things I learned from people like Bill Fender: honesty, inbledy Bridge (wooden slats held together by rope.) As an adult, I loved to show up unexpectedly at the Fenders to find tegrity, humor and honor, for the land and all its inhabitants. Public lands are unique to the American West; no other counthem in their respective recliners, buried under sheeptry has so much invested in everyone. The concept skins, watching one nature show or another or the itself is foreign to other governments, but here in History Channel. the United States we claim to like a fair deal, with After Bill died I went by to see Pat and she told opportunity and equality for all. And here in the me to pick out something of Bill’s to keep. “Go west, we have an invaluable asset in the lands that choose something and bring it out here and I’ll let are open and accessible to EVERYONE. Not just you know if you can have it,” she said. the cronies of the owner of “the largest private I walked into the bedroom looking for a meranch in Pitkin County.” Let’s clear this up once mento; a keepsake to treasure and remind me of and for all; a ranch is a living, working thing with Bill. The Fenders were like a second-set of grandpeople and animals and broken down equipment parents; always there, always supportive, always everywhere. It is barely organized chaos filled with ready with a good ribbing. laughter and expletives, and if you’re really lucky, As soon as I walked into the room I saw it, a a Wibbledy Bridge. A rancher relates to the natuwooden sign that read: “Cowboy Diplomacy ~ the By Jeannie Perry ral world around him and does not need to interability to tell someone to go to hell and have them fere with migratory patterns or wildlife habitat. look forward to the trip.” I worry about the wildlife in these parts — and no, I don’t mean The older I get the more I appreciate the sign’s adage. And the more I appreciate Bill Fender’s sense of humor and attitude toward the hairy guys that attend parties on Red Mountain! This particular his neighbors. I’m trying to hear what he would say now, as the BLM exchange is a lose-lose for the animals. We lose 1200 acres of raw gives away 1200 acres of public land at the base of Mt. Sopris to a land owned by all Americans in exchange for 600+ acres of prime desecond-third-fourth?? home-owner who seems hell bent on buying up velopable space smack dab in the middle of wildlife habitat. The doe the Crystal Valley and fencing off all the water. Just one more pro- populations in both mule deer and elk are declining, with mule deer ponent driven land exchange to benefit a few while the public gets the at their lowest number in 40 years (Kevin Wright’s letter to BOCC: www.soprissun.com/files/KevinWrightLetter.pdf). We continue to short end of the stick. As billionaires buy up the land all around us, I realize the impor- move farther and farther into their territory, forcing them to live in a tance of diplomacy because I do not understand their value system. smaller area (with less access to water) while we build mansionsIs buying up large pieces of property and then restricting access to all called-cabins in the woods so we can ‘get away’ for a week or two. creatures more pleasurable than it sounds? I want to take them at But the animals never get a vacation from humans. Hell, I need a vatheir word and believe that the land will be preserved for future gen- cation from humans. Uh oh, I’m starting to sound like Bill… I feel like erations, protected from industry and development, but it’s counter- eating nothing but ice cream for dinner and binge-watching Animal intuitive to trust one out-of-towner over a local (albeit corruptible) Planet. Either that or I’ll go get a bottle and camp out in the back of process of government. And why should the appraisals for public the truck until I goddamn good and well feel like it.

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Middle schoolers for the homeless Dear Editor: We are 7th graders from Basalt Middle School and we think there is a problem in our community. We have come to realize, there are many homeless people in Basalt, and the only homeless shelters are in Glenwood and Aspen. We think that we should have a homeless shelter in Basalt. It would really change and have a positive impact on our community to have a homeless shelter. People would not have to travel and take the RFTA elsewhere to sleep at night. As only seventh graders, we see a lot of homelessness in Basalt. A homeless person can be someone who lost their jobs, a runaway child, someone with drug or alcohol addiction or mental illness. We need to go around the community and see what the majority of the homeless people need. We need to reach out to them and ask them how we can help them. We had Lynn Kirchner from Amoré Reality come to our class and speak to us about the homeless and how we might help. She explained what her group in Carbondale is doing to help people. They created a Resource Guide for the Homeless that provides

them with much needed information on where to ﬁnd help. This resource guide can be used in Basalt as well. They also sponsor a Community Meal on the ﬁrst and third Saturdays of every month in Carbondale at Faith Lutheran Church located on Hwy 133 across from Wells Fargo Bank, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. In addition to serving a great meal and giving out to-go boxes of food, they have volunteers who think of things they might need and make up baggies of things to hand out, like City Market cards for food, or fast food cards or bus cards or things like toothbrushes and toothpaste. All kinds of people and their kids volunteer to help and the homeless get to feel part of the community. Even if you don’t go to that event, there are things you can do to help, like if you have leftovers and don’t know what to do with them, give them to the guy you saw on the side of the street saying he was hungry. If you want to help a little bit more, you can volunteer at local shelters or organizations. If you want to know more about the homeless in Basalt and our valley you can contact Lynn and she will give you information. We 7th graders want to help these peo-

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ple in their unfortunate situation and hope you will too. Gage, Rishard, Cristina and Sekar on behalf of the Seventh Graders at Basalt Middle School

Thanks for great service Dear Editor: In this day and age of large corporations, chain businesses, and mass production, it is a joy to ﬁnd excellent, personal, customer service. Recently I took my horse trailer and truck LETTERS page 18

Correction An article in the March 30 edition of The Sopris Sun mischaracterized the acquaintanceship of Roaring Fork School District Superintendent Rob Stein and Stein’s pick as new principal for Roaring Fork High School, Brett Stringer. The two ﬁrst met, according to Stein, when Stringer had applied for a previous job opening in the school district. The Sopris Sun regrets the error.

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Roaring Fork High School students Jake Kelley, Sean Smollen and Eli Garcia (left) mug for the camera as they shove waffles topped with whipped cream and syrup into their mouths. Karla Stukey (above) serves up some of the more than 1,500 waffles made by staff and volunteers for the "waffle-in" that was held in place of a walkout on April 4. Photos by Jane Bachrach

Roaring Fork High School students stage ‘waffle-in’ By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Staff Writer Students, staff and volunteers pushed Roaring Fork High School’s electrical system to its limits as nearly 1500 waffles were served up on April 4. The event was organized in part as a show of support for Vice Principal Keslie Goodman, who was passed over to fill the role of principal in favor of Brett Stringer — a decision which goes before the school board on April 12. Senior Wes Engstrom initially considered a walkout or other form of protest, but took to the “waffle-in” when it was proposed. “I never imagined that Roaring Fork High School would put such a twist on it,” he said. “It’s such a great

way to show support for the amazing individuals that make up this school. No matter what, RFHS is a strong community and we’ll always succeed.” The idea came in part from fellow student Reed Featherstone. “Wafﬂes are just happy, sugary, dopamine inducing meals,” he said. “I’m excited to have the school engaged and together. It might become a tradition if we’re lucky.” The students relied on collaboration and community support to arrange the event and Goodman issued an invitation to the public in a letter. The end result was something broader than a demonstration. “For the past four years, I have fallen in love with Ms. Goodman… She is one of the most amazing women at Roaring Fork and I think we can all agree,” Jennifer Rios told the

crowd in one of several student speeches. “But this isn’t just about her. This is about RFHS and how amazing we are. We have to keep the love going.” Superintendent Rob Stein, who made the principal selection, was among the attendees. “I think the kids are really showing that they’re rising to the occasion,” he said. “It went from a student protest to a student celebration, and I think both iterations were appropriate. It’s like a study in democracy.” As for Goodman, she plans to stay on in her current role. “I’m here,” she said. “I’m not leaving this job of vice principal. It’s the best job I’ve ever had.” In that sense, the school gets to have its cake (or, well, wafﬂe) and eat it, too.

ACLU lawyer talks asset forfeiture and more in Carbondale By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer The law enforcement action is called “asset forfeiture.” Police, sheriff’s deputies and highway patrol troopers confiscate money, vehicles and other assets following what is often a routine traffic stop or call to a private residences or business. The officers seize assets such as cash if they suspect a crime is or was involved prior to their confiscation. Here are some asset forfeiture examples, from the Daily Caller website: • After Tan Nguyen was pulled over for driving three miles above the speed limit, he had $50,000 confiscated by a Nevada (sheriff’s) deputy. According to Nguyen, that money was casino winnings. As reported in Forbes magazine, Nguyen was not arrested, charged with a crime or given a traffic citation. He filed a lawsuit in federal court, and was ultimately reimbursed for the cash that was taken from him, and $10,000 to cover attorney’s fees.” • The Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit’s monthly Funk Night party got weird in May of 2008. The all-night dance party was raging when police burst in around 2 a.m., the Metro Times reported. Officers alleged the establishment did not have a license. They passed out loitering tickets and impounded 40 vehicles just because they were driven to the

Nathan Woodliff-Stanley shows a copy of the U.S. Constitution at the Colorado American Civil Liberties Union 2016 Bill of Rights Dinner in October. Stanley told The Sopris Sun one of the questions he hears most often from the public following Donald Trump’s presidential win: “What can I do?” Courtesy photo party. They all got their cars back … except for the one guy who had his car stolen from the impound lot. Also, they each paid a $900 impound fee.” • A New Jersey man’s stash of cash was taken by an officer when he traveled through Monterey, Tenn. George Reby had $22,000 cash in his car when he was stopped by a police officer. TV News Channel 5 reported the officer took the money because he suspected it was drug money. However, the man said he was going to use the money to buy a car, for

which he had active bids on Ebay, something he was able to prove on his computer. • Alda Gentile was not arrested. She was not charged with a crime. Yet police in Georgia seized $11,530 in cash that Gentile said she had in a car for a house-hunting trip in Florida. Police confiscated the money after stopping the car, driven by her son, for speeding. They searched for drugs but found nothing. Her case has become a rallying cry for libertarian, conservative and other groups seeking to change laws in Georgia that allow law enforcement to seize property and cash from people who have not been convicted of crimes, a process known as civil forfeiture. Lawmakers in at least four states have proposed changing similar laws, with varying levels of intensity and success. “I never even thought it was anything illegal about bringing cash,” said Gentile, who got the money back after days of frantic phone calls. “They made me feel like a criminal.” Gentile said she was repeatedly asked whether she or her son had drugs — none were found. Officers used a dog to search her car, but they did not report finding anything or file criminal charges. Records show that a trooper said he seized the cash on the advice of an agent from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. State Patrol Maj. Eddie Grier said officers took the cash because they were suspicious that Gen-

tile could be trafﬁcking drugs. Grier said troopers told him that a police dog indicated it smelled narcotics on the cash, though this was not mentioned in the initial police report. Gentile denied any involvement in drug trade and said she believes police tried coaxing the dog into responding. Grier ultimately returned the money to Gentile. State and federal prosecutors were not interested in seizing it. Grier said most people involved in drug trafﬁcking would abandon illicit money rather than risk additional scrutiny trying to get it back. “I’ll be honest with you — I just sort of believed her,” Grier said. American Civil Liberties Director in Colorado Nathan Woodliff-Stanley will discuss asset forfeiture issues and more at the Carbondale Branch Library from 7-8:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 8. Stanley’s talk and Q&A is co-presented by the Mt. Sopris Historical Society, with the help of Jim Calaway, who will serve as moderator for the night. The post-Trump election has sent a large ripple through Colorado’s electorate. Stanley told The Sopris Sun the Colorado ACLU’s membership has increased from 7,000 before the election to 28,000 at this date. “We’re not celebrating what has happened, but …. “ with the increase of membership the ACLU has hired a fourth attorney for its staff.

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ird Street improvements continue with drainage, electrical Town Manager Jay Harrington, in his March 31 memo to the Board of Trustees, town employees and other recipients, reported that “the 3rd Street project is progressing nicely.” According to Harrington, most of the removal work involving trees, old sidewalk panels and pavement had been “completed,” as of the date of the memo, and the contractor on the $493,000 project has “installed the majority of the drainage structures” called for in the project plan. This week’s work, Harrington reported, was to include installation of new conduit for the electrical service to new street lights, and work on ditch laterals meant to provide water from the town’s ditch to homes on the west side of Third Street that had not had access to ditch water previously. • Public Works Dir. Kevin Schorzman, Harrington reported, has been busy working on new water rate “modeling” to come up with modiﬁcations to the town’s water rates, as well as reviewing engineering plans for the Roaring Fork School District’s teacher housing project just south of Bridges High School on 3rd Street, and layout for a new sidewalk along Village Road near Gianinetti Park on the north side of Carbondale. • For this week’s First Friday event, Harrington wrote, there is to be a “Spring Into Wellness” component on Friday, April 7 at the Carbondale Recreation and Community Center (CRCC) from 5 – 8 p.m., at which health and wellness practitioners will showcase their programs and products. Tai Chi and other wellness class demonstrations will be held in the gymnasium, and

acoustic musical entertainment will be taking place in the lobby and on the patio. • Demonstrations scheduled for the event are to come from the Sahn Tae Kwon Do marcial arts students as well as the Silver Sneakers exercise group, and a Pickleball court will be set up on 4th Street to permit members of the public to try out what is being called “the fastest growing sport in America.” • Public attendees also can avail themselves of a spin-bicycling challenge, measuring distance pedaled over a specified length of time, Harrington wrote, and participants can join in on a “Spring Into Wellness Bingo” game (get your card stamped at the practitioner booths you visit), which qualifies participants for a prize. • Harrington reported on a number of job openings at town hall, including the need for a new recreation facility coordinator, a position that currently is posted on the town’s website (contact Jrochel@carbondaleco.net or call 510-1278 for details). Other jobs that were to be posted to the town website, Harrington reported, include parks maintenance positions (contact Russell Sissom in the parks department); a vegetation management post (contact Town Arborist David Coon or submit a resume); and lifeguards, instructors and management assistants at the municipal swimming pool (contact Margaret Donnelley at mdonnelley@ carbondaleco.net or call 510-1280 for more information.) • The town’s summertime recreation brochure (inserted in this week’s Sopris Sun) will be mailed out to the 81623 Zip code by April 14, covering recreation programming offered by the town from May through August. The brochure is to be available as a “flip book” on the town’s website, www.carbondalerec.com. • Harrington reported that the 10-team winter adult coed volleyball league finished the season recently, with the team Girl-Ish Power beating out Las Chivas in the finals to take the tournament title. Full results can be found at www.quickscores.com/Orgs/index.php?OrgDir=carbondalerec, according to Harrington’s memo.

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Cop Shop From March 24-30, Carbondale officers and other law enforcement personnel handled more than 180 calls for service. During that period, officers investigated the following cases of note:

FRIDAY, March 24: At 2:32 p.m. police were dispatched to the parking lot of the Days Inn regarding a report about a man exposing himself while seated in his vehicle. A 29-year-old male was arrested and charged with indecent exposure, and taken to the Garfield County Jail. SUNDAY, March 26: At 10:37 p.m. police were informed of a hit-and-run accident at the Carbondale 7-Eleven store. The victim identified the offending vehicle as a red F-150 pickup truck, but were unable to provide a license plate number and officers were unable to locate the suspect vehicle. MONDAY, March 27: At 1:03 p.m. Garfield County deputy sheriffs contacted a 24-year-old homeless man concerning accusations of parole violation, failure to appear in court when summoned, and failure to pay fines. The man was arrested and taken to the Garfield County Jail. THURSDAY, March 30: At 4:58 p.m. police received a report of a missing 17year-old girl. Some of her known friends were contacted but said they had not seen her recently and that they would contact police if they heard from her.

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KDNK submits rezoning application to town No immediate use changes slated By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer The KDNK community access radio board has discussed rezoning its studios on Second Street for many years, but this time it’s pulling the trigger. “This isn’t a development proposal,” KDNK Board Chair Andi Korber told The Sopris Sun. “It’s not a change of use … no construction is planned,” she continued. “Hopefully, this (rezoning request) won’t be a complex issue.” KDNK is asking the town to rezone its property at 76 S. Second St. from Residential High Density (R/HD) to Historic Commercial Core (HCC). The KDNK parcel covers 11,000 square feet at 76 S. Second St., and the building covers 3,760 square feet, according to the rezoning application that is available at carbondalegov.org and at the Town Hall. The single-story KDNK building has a long contemporary history. Originally built with brown corrugated siding and later covered over on three sides with fake brick, the building once housed the Carbondale Fire District’s emergency vehicles. Later, the building served as the Carbondale Town Hall (complete with orange plastic chairs in the trustees meeting room). When the town moved in at 511 Colorado Ave., it sold the

building to a consortium of several nonprofits, including the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities and KDNK. One-by-one, the nonprofits sold out their interests in the building until KDNK became the sole owner. “This (property) has never been residential,” Korber continued. “It was the town hall and community center, so we look at this as ‘cleaning up’ the zoning.” The KDNK building is surrounded on three sides by residential housing. Korber pointed out that some of the station’s current uses for the building include meetings in its community room/studio, and events such as fund-raisers and related parties. “The HCC is a good fit,” Korber said. Before KDNK can rezone the property, it must first convince the P&Z to amend the use in the Comprehensive Plan from Downtown Old Periphery to Downtown. The vision statement for Downtown is “Downtown is the thriving, historic, identifiable center of commerce, town culture, civic life, and celebrations and is the heart of the community.” The Comprehensive Plan states in part “ … Land uses have evolved to make the best use of the land available to continue to build on the vitality of the community. … with second and third story office and residential should be continued.” The town’s Comprehensive Plan is meant to guide land use decisions. The Historic Commercial Core (HCC) zone district in the Unified Development Code states in part the district “ … is to accommodate a variety of

Community access radio station KDNK-FM, located at 76 S. Second St., is asking the town to rezone its property from Residential High Density (R/HD) to Historic Commercial Core (HCC). To do that, the town must also amend its Comprehensive Plan to remove the 11,000-square-foot parcel from the Downtown-Old Town Periphery designation and place it in the Downtown designation. A public hearing before the P&Z is slated for April 27. Photo by Lynn Burton complimentary commercial, social, entertainment, and residential uses and to create a market atmosphere compatible with downtown. The district is intended for primarily customer-oriented uses on the street level, with ofﬁce and residential on the upper stories. The HCC district is designed to accommodate intense development of individually owned businesses in an attractive, pedestrian oriented

setting, following the design character and patterns of the historic downtown area.” As for KDNK’s cost to put the zoning request through the town’s approval process, Korber said it should only be a few hundred dollars to cover the town’s administrative costs. Land-use consultant Bob Schultz is donating his time, Korber said, and other board members are doing the same as needed.

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Momâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day portraits Portraits of moms and their babies born within the past year or children adopted since last Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day will be featured in The Sopris Sunâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s traditional Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day edition on May 11. Photographer Mark Burrows will hold free sittings April 8, 29 & May 6 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and April 26 from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.; call 379-4581 for an appointment (para mĂĄs informaciĂłn llame al 274-2472). The sitting itself is free, with mothers with kids of all ages welcome and photos available for purchase.

Tipton town halls Congressman Scott Tipton (CO-03) will hold three town hall meetings in April, where attendees will be able ask questions and receive an update on legislative issues impacting Coloradoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 3rd Congressional District. Each meeting is open to the public. The closest will take place at the Montrose High School gym (600 S. Selig Ave.) from 6 to 7 p.m. on April 7.

Racing for charity Carbondale mother Rachel Thompson will run the 2017 REVEL Mt. Charleston Marathon as a charity runner on April 29 in honor of her son, Wilder, who has Cornelia de Lange Syndrome (CdLS), a rare genetic disorder. Joining her will be locals Frannie Aura, Catherine Berg, Kate Christoff, Martinique Davis, Elizabeth Guest, Andrea Korber, Liza McConnell, Sara Porter, Jessi Rochel, Jen Tougher, and Katy Van Nostrand. They have already coordinated three fundraisers thus farâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;raising over $14,000 on their CrowdRise page. For more information or to make a donation, call 860-676-8166 or visit www.cdlsusa.org.

HOA halts herbicides Aspen Equestrian Estates has, according to a tip, decided to stop using weed killer at the suggestion of new HOA member Alissa Farrell. The tipster wanted to congratulate Farrell and hoped other HOAs might follow suit.

The Sopris Sun would like to thank the Carbondale Police Department and particularly the ofďŹ cers who played along for our online April Foolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story. Yes, those are real horses and real cops riding through downtown in a stunt arranged by photographer Jane Bachrach. See the rest of her photos and read about an alternate reality where Bonedale plows the streets under at soprissun.com/news-general/170401_mounties. Photo by Jane Bachrach

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Students from the Roaring Fork High School journalism class talked with KDNK last week about journalism and their newspaper, The Rampage, which is published monthly in The Sun. Listen at kdnk.org/post/roaring-fork-high-school-journalism-students-discuss-rampage.

Folks celebrating their birthdays this week include: Mark Wolfe (April 6), Paula â&#x20AC;&#x153;Samâ&#x20AC;? Hunter (April 7), Cassie Cerise and Beth Simonetti (April 7), Trish Anderson (April 8), Marty Treadway and Herschel Ross (April 10) and Susan Shirley (April 12).

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Q: Why choose a job that puts you in harm’s way?

Garrett Kennedy

A: I just like helping people make their worst day better. When I was growing up I think I just saw the red ﬁre trucks and the sirens, but as I got older I saw what it was really about. It’s hard to explain what the feeling is when someone comes to the station a couple weeks after a dramatic call and tells you thank you with tears in their eyes.

By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Staff Writer

Q: What are your pastimes and passions outside of work?

The Sopris Sun is conducting a series of interviews with folks you may not have seen in the paper before – a sort of introduction to your neighbors. This week, we caught up with Garrett Kennedy, a 2002 RFHS graduate and a full time ﬁreﬁghter and paramedic for Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District for more than a decade. THE SOPRIS SUN: Where are you from originally?

Garrett Kennedy on the job at the Carbondale Fire Department. Photo by Will Grandbois

KENNEDY: I was born in Glenwood and have lived in the Valley my whole life with the exception of a few years in Junction for college. My parents are both here; my dad was a ﬁreﬁghter here for 30 years, which is kind of how I got into it as a little tyke.

A: The town has grown dramatically. I remember as a kid there was just fields across from the fire station, and then River Valley Ranch and Aspen Glen came in. At the fire department, the volunteer spirit has kind of decreased just because it’s so expensive to live and everyone has three jobs.

Q: Tell us about your family.

Q: What did you study in school?

A: My dad is a real estate agent, my mom stays at home and my brother lives in Silt and is expecting a baby soon. I have a wife and two kids: a daughter that’s 6 and a son that’s 3.

A: I have an associates in ﬁre science and an associates in paramedicine as well. I saw the writing on the wall when I was young and wanted to get that degree. I still plan on getting a bachelor’s eventually.

Q: What sort of changes have you noticed over the years?

Q: What kind of ﬁres do you mostly deal with?

A: I like to camp, go four-wheeling, hunting, hiking — all that good stuff. Obviously traveling’s a good thing to do. I’ve been to Mexico, California, Las Vegas, Moab, back to Pennsylvania where my grandma lives. I want to do more, but it’s just a matter of ﬁnding the time. Q: What other goals are you working on?

A: As of late it’s more wildland fires, car fires, that kind of stuff. We don’t get a lot of house fires, just ‘cause of the newer construction and fire safety regulations. Back when my dad was a volunteer they used to get two or three house fires a month.

A: I want to continue my education and eventually advance in my career. That will come with time as some of the older guys retire. I’d like to work into a management role and lead the other young guys to where I am now.

Q: Tell us about the paramedic side of things.

Q: Any advice for folks?

A: A lot of people don’t realize that we do the ambulance transports. We have to explain to people that we do both and that’s how departments are run in most of the Valley. It’s two different mindsets; two different abilities. We actually have volunteers that just do EMS and volunteers that just do ﬁre, but to become a full staff member you have to do both.

A: Don’t be afraid to call us. The doors are always open if you want to bring the kids by to see the trucks or get a tour and learn more about what we do. If you know of someone who should be featured in “Our Town,” email news@ soprissun.com or call 510-3003.

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Shortsfest brings full spectrum of films to Crystal eatre By Megan Tackett Special to The Sopris Sun Saturday, April 8 marks the beginning of Aspen Film’s 26th Shortsfest — in Carbondale, at least. This year, the acclaimed festival features 64 “shorts” — films that are less than 40 minutes long, organized into thematic programs. The Crystal Theatre will host four of those roughly 90-minute programs at 5:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. April 8 and 9. Each event will be followed with a question-and-answer session with the featured filmmakers. The festival is a labor of love, with at least as much of the former as the latter. For this year’s presentation, the Shortsfest programming team sorted through almost 4,000 contending films. “We select the films first,” said Kathleen McInnis, programming director for Aspen Shortsfest. “It takes [the team] months to go through all the films in consideration and start to narrow the list. Once we have decided which are the films that fit all our parameters, then we discuss emerging themes together.” Carbondale audiences will get the full

spectrum regarding those parameters, which focus on “top-level storytelling, fresh looks at new perspectives and production values,” among others, according to McInnis. The programs slated for the Crystal Theatre include charming animations from both student filmmakers and Pixar professionals. They are equally diverse in genres: expect to see documentaries about Syrian and Somali refugees, as well as pieces that would tempt one to call them absurd, only to subsequently realize their underlying purposes. And, regardless of artist or genre, audience members can look forward to being able to say, “I saw it first.” While the Shortsfest holistically boasts 31 premieres, the Carbondale programs alone will feature nine world and international premieres, 15 North American and U.S. premieres and one work still in progress. Furthermore, the films coming to Carbondale represent artworks from much of the world — 15 countries to be exact, from Australia to Germany to the U.S. That level of diversity is no accident, nor

are the neatly packaged programs into which the ﬁlms are organized. Once the ﬁlm-selection process is complete, “I lock myself into a room for a day and start the jigsaw puzzle of the program,” McInnis said, “trying to create a satisfying and emotional experience in each package.” Programs A and B comprise Saturday’s viewings at the Crystal Theatre, titled “Memories Lost and Found” and “Brave New World,” respectively. Sunday goers will

“The industry attending Shortsfest this year are notable for their generosity as well as their breadth of experience and invaluable knowledge across the global cinema landscape.” see the C and D programs, “Landscapes” and “Around the World.” Though the programs are meant to thread a theme between the ﬁlms, there is a broader mainstay among them all: the human experience. How well each ﬁlmmaker tells his or her version of that experience could mean more than simply an often-international,

work-related trip to the Roaring Fork Valley — the Shortsfest is an official qualifier for the Academy Awards. While audience members are asked to vote for their own “best of” films after each program, Aspen Film’s guest list of jurors will also be among the more discerning eyes in the crowds. They represent myriad aspects of the industry mosaic, including agents, managers, festival programmers, production companies and media. “Aspen Shortsfest is as much about connecting filmmakers with their industry as it is about connecting them with their audience,” McInnis said. “The industry attending Shortsfest this year are notable for their generosity as well as their breadth of experience and invaluable knowledge across the global cinema landscape. We are thrilled they have dedicated their week to mentoring our filmmakers and meeting our audiences.” In that regard, Aspen Shortsfest alumni have a good track record. Just last year, McInnis put together a package of short films that “I knew from the 2016 festival circuit [that] I thought likely to get an academy award or Oscar nod” for the Aspen Film’s Academy Screenings Program. “As it turns out, ‘The White Helmets’ won for best documentary!” she said. McInnis had previously programmed “The White Helmets” for the Toronto International Film Festival. McInnis isn’t the only one with Aspen Shortsfest on a resume to also be able to claim Oscar-level talent; Damien Chazelle won best director this year for “La La Land.”

PLAY Spring into Wellness Celebrating Healthy Eating Active Living (H.E.A.L.) Promoting Carbondale’s Role in Garfield Healthy Communities Coalition

BINGO Visit 6 participating downtown and periphery wellness businesses and 6 Carbondale Rec. Center wellness participant tables; have them stamp your bingo card to BE ENTERED TO WIN PRIZES donated by participating wellness businesses. Pick up and drop off Bingo cards at the Carbondale Recreation Center Display at 4th & Main OR at the front desk at the Carbondale Rec. Center. Thank you to all the businesses and practitioners who donated the fabuous prizes.

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First Friday Carbondale April 7, 2017 Showcasing wellness practitioners and businesses who support the health and well-being of our community When: 5:00 – 8:00 pm (and beyond) Where: Three Featured Locations • Main Street and periphery – businesses up and down Main Street and just off Main. • 4th and Main – participate in games, sign up for Carbondale Rec. Dept. Spring /Summer programs and view demos by: Silver Sneakers, PRO TKD Tae KwonDo and Pickleball Teams. • Carbondale Rec. Center – 567 Colorado Ave., Davi Nikent is hosting wellness activities and tables for practitioners/businesses not in the Carbondale Core or periphery. Community Garden representatives, activities for children, music and more... 8 • THE SOPRIS SUN • www.SoprisSun.com • APRIL 5-12, 2017

Why: Collaboratively we are raising awareness of all the wellness opportunities available in Carbondale. Who’s involved: Yoga studios, Restaurants, Juice Bars, Coffee Shops, Bike Shops, Sports businesses, Gyms/Fitness Centers, Physician Offices, Health Coaches, Nutritionists, Wellness Practitioners and more! For more information e-mail

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Alpine Bank Back To Balance Carbondale Beer Works Carbondale Chamber of Commerce Custom Body Fitness Town of Carbondale Parks and Recreation Department Chris Klug Foundation City Market Clear Heart Healing Arts Davi Nikent Center for Human Flourishing El Pollo Rico Heart Healthy Meals Hippocrates Table

LifeVantage Los Cabos Mexican Grill & Seafood Marble Distilling Co. Marty Finklestein – Tai Chi & Chi Gong Peppino’s Pizza Phat Thai Rainbow of Health Roaring Fork Beer Company Simply Massage Smithy Restaurant Spirit of Wholeness, Rev. Dr. Dia Lynn Tonic Juicery Town. And more...

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Dancer Riven Sky rehearses her contemporary solo at the Bonedale Ballet studio (455 S. Third St.) in preparation for the upcoming performance of "4 Seasons Variations & Mixed Repertoire" at 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. April 8 and 2 p.m. April 9.

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Featuring dancers ages 2 to adult, the performance is a celebration of nature's seasonal changes through music, poetry and dance. Ballet students from creative dance, children’s ballet class and advanced teen and adult classes will be dancing roles of seasonal fairies, and expect to see original choreography in tap, lyrical, and contemporary dance as well. For tickets and more information about summer workshops and classes, call 379-2187. Photo by Jane Bachrach

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Community Calendar THURSDAY April 6 NEVER GIVE UP • The story of Minoru Yasui comes to the Carbondale Library (320 Sopris Ave.) at 7 p.m. in the form of a ﬁlm by Holly Yasui exploring how the son of Japanese immigrants became an Oregon attorney and challenged the removal and incarceration of those of similar ancestry during World War II. A $5 donation is requested by the sponsors, the Two Rivers Unitarian Universalists and Davi Nikent. VOLUNTEER PARTY • Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers kicks off its 22nd season with free pizza for anyone who wants to learn about trail projects in 2017. Meet like-minded outdoor enthusiasts from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.). CYCLING GROUP • Celebrate the formation of Roaring Fork Cycling, a new nonproﬁt planning mountain biking programs to youth, with an evening of food, drink and music at the Element hotel (721 E. Valley Rd., Basalt). For more information, email roaringforkcycling@gmail.com or visit the organization’s Facebook page (@roaringforkcycling). WINDS IN THE WEST • The Basalt Regional Library (14 Midland Ave.) presents international quintet Antero Winds from 5:30 to 7 p.m. with music by Casterede, Ebert, Sobeck, Zemlinksky, and Ghidoni.

FRIDAY April 7 SPRING INTO WELLNESS • Celebrate healthy eating and active living (HEAL) on

To list your event, email information to news@soprissun.com. Deadline is noon on Monday. Events take place in Carbondale unless noted.

Main Street and at the Rec Center with demonstrations, competitions and more throughout the evening. The annual event includes yoga studios, restaurants, sports shops, ﬁtness centers, physicians and more. Info at www.davinikent.org.

Showdown plays Phat Thai (323 Main St.) starting at 10 p.m. for First Friday. $5 at the door.

MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “A United Kingdom” (PG-13) at 7:30 p.m. Apr. 11-13; “The Founder” (PG-13) at 5 p.m. Apr. 7 and “Aspen Shortsfest” at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Apr. 8-9. Closed Apr. 10.

SATURDAY April 8

CLAY AND GLASS • The Carbondale Clay Center (135 Main St.) partners with Spiro Lyon Glass for its April exhibit featuring collaborative work by four local clay artists (K Rhynus Cesark, Matthew Eames, David Goin and Giana Grossman) and four local glass artists (TJ Ossola, Robert Burch, Jacqueline Balderson and Jose Chardiet). It all kicks off from 6 to 8 p.m. with an opening reception at the Clay Center. GONG MEDITATION • Experience therapeutic sound vibration from German and Asian gongs, crystal bowls, chimes and more from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. at True Nature Healing Arts (100 N. Third St.). BLUEGRASS

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BLUES ROCK • Carbondale Beer Works (647 Main St.) hosts Electric Lemon from 9 p.m. to midnight. KOMBUCHA & MUSIC • Pair Elevated Elixirs with Marble Distilling spirits and enjoy the music from the Dave Notor Band beginning at 8 p.m. at The Marble Bar (150 Main St.). HIGH FIVE LAUNCH • CORE and the City of Aspen kick off The High Five — a new social movement to take action on the environment by saving energy — with a special event at 5 p.m. at The Launchpad (76 S 4th St.).

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SPELLEBRATION • A night of outrageous costumes and spelling feats to benefit Literacy Outreach and the CMC Learning Labs. Teams of three can spell their way to the top or at least nab a prize for their costume on the theme “‘Put Literacy Under the Big Top.” Free admission for spectators from 5:30 to 9 p.m. on April 7 at the Hotel Colorado (526 Pine St., Glenwood).

BIKE BLESSING • Make sure your bike is ready to take you wherever you need to go at the annual blessing of bicycles, 2 p.m. at the Third Street Center (520 S. 3rd St.) Sponsored by the interfaith community of the valley, monies raised will go to Way of Compassion Bike Project, which makes sure anyone who needs a bike or needs a bike ﬁxed up is helped. MEET THE AUTHOR • Kids and teens will have a chance to connect with local Nicole Beinstein, who will read from her book “The Middle World” at 2 p.m. at the Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave). This novel, set in both historical and present day Redstone, follows twelve-yearold neighbors Rose and Kenai as they discover the mystery behind their once celebrated coal-mining town by communicating with local spirits. A ghost-story writing workshop will follow the reading. This program is free and open to the public. For CALENDAR page 11

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Community Calendar more information call 970-963-2889. ACLU Q&A • Colorado ACLU Director Nathan Woodliff-Stanley will speak about civil liberties and host a community question and answer session at the Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave.). SPRING TEA • P.E.O. Chapter HC provides a variety of teas and delicacies 2 to 4 p.m. at the Orchard (110 Snowmass Drive). The fundraiser is $30 for adults and $15 for youth 12 and under and will help provide scholarships to local girls. For tickets or information, call 963-8465. TEES TO TUXES • The Ross Montessori PTO presents “Celebrate the Night in Black and White,” a fundraising party with food, a silent auction and music by DJ RunningMan from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Aspen Glen Clubhouse (545 Bald Eagle Way). Tickets are $75; call 963-7199 for info.

SAT & SUN April 8-9 BALLET • Mark the start of spring with dance to “4 Seasons Variations” performed by Coredination & Bonedale Ballet (455 S. Third St.). Shows take place at 2 p.m. both days as well as 6:30 p.m. April 8. For tickets, call 379-2187 or visit bonedaleballet.com for more information.

HEALTH THROUGH NUTRITION • Free opportunities include… • One-hour consultation about heart attack prevention, plant-based nutrition, other

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medical issues. Call retired family doctor Greg Feinsinger, M.D. for appointment (379-5718). • First Monday of every month catch a powerpoint presentation by Dr. Feinsinger about the science behind plant-based nutrition 7 to 8:30 p.m. board room Third Street Center in Carbondale. • Fourth Monday of every month, plantbased potluck 6:30 p.m. Calaway Room Third Street Center. All events supported by Davi Nikent, Center for Human Flourishing. More information at www.davinikent.org.

THURSDAY April 13

Ongoing YOUR STORY, YOUR LIFE • Have you wanted to explore your legacy of living and the wisdom of your experience? Join a free facilitated workshop for writing your personal history, one story at a time, facilitated by Shelly Merriam, historian/writer/genealogist. First and third Fridays, 10 a.m. to noon, Glenwood Springs Branch Library (815 Cooper Ave.) Info: 970 945-5958, gcpld.org. QUILT GUILD • The Roaring Fork Quilt Guild monthly meeting takes place at 10:15 a.m. the second Saturday of the month at the Carbondale Public Library (320 Sopris Ave.) with quilters and guests from the throughout the valley welcome.

WEB SAFETY • Lee Damuth, an investigator for 9th Judicial District Attorney’s ofﬁce, hosts a talk on keeping your kids safe online at 6 p.m. at Basalt Middle School (51 School St.). RSVP at ajohnson@rfschools.com or 309-5485.

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ART ON DISPLAY • Carbondale painter Andy Taylor brings his colorful, gestural local landscapes to the at the Ann Korologos Gallery (211 Midland Ave., Basalt).

IMMUNIZATION CLINICS • Garﬁeld County offers immunization clinics at the Carbondale Family Resource Center (in the Bridges Center at 400 Sopris Ave.) the second and fourth Thursdays of the month (Oct. 27

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YOGA WITH CATS • Join cat-lover Faith Lipori and the felines of Colorado Animal Rescue for a special yoga class. Classes run from 2:15 to 3:15 p.m. and 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. with mats provided and a $20 minimum donation. Cat adoption fees will be lowered to $25 during the event. Space is limited, so please call 947-9173 to reserve your spot.

YOUTH ORCHESTRA • The 50-student Roaring Fork Youth Orchestra’s spring concert takes place at 5:30 p.m. at The Orchard

ART DEMO • The Glenwood Springs Art Guild’s April demonstration will be held at 3:30 p.m. at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (1630 Grand Ave.) with Krystof Kosmowski presenting ‘Color and Composition’.

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POETRY SLAM • Aspen Words hosts an all ages slam at 6 p.m. (poets should arrive by 5:15 p.m.) at Steve’s Guitars (19 N. Fourth St.). Tickets are $5 for kids and $10 for adults; cash at the door.

DRUM DANCE • Carbondale Community School (1505 Satank Rd.) hosts an exhilarating dance class to live African drumming from 6 to 7:30 p.m. All ages and abilities welcome, $12 minimum per person to beneﬁt the American Civil Liberties Union.

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Gubernatorial candidate lays out platform for Carbondalians By John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer In a rapid-fire delivery laced with anecdotes and humor, Mike Johnston, the 42year-old former Colorado state senator who in January was the first state Democrat to announce his run for governor’s seat, spent about an hour with Carbondale constituents on April 4. He told more than 100 voters about his background in education, his determination to help immigrants get a better deal in everything from school to jobs, and his campaign plan to create “local leadership teams” around the state who can help him learn more about what the voters want from their government. He noted that the likely Democratic primary election, next June, already is shaping up as a crowded ticket, with such political heavyweights as U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter reportedly poised to enter the race. “This one will be unusually full,” he predicted, with as many as five candidates in each party’s primary contest. In recounting his background, Johnston said he was raised in Vail, where his father ran a lodging business, and pointed out numerous friends seated in the Calaway Room on Tuesday night as a way of establishing his longstanding connection to the Roaring Fork Valley. He also reportedly was an advisor on education to then-candidate Barack Obama in 2008, and a Hillary Clinton supporter in the Colorado primary caucuses in 2016, when upstart candidate U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders

Democrat Mike Johnston, former Colorado state senator, is running to become the state's next governor after incumbent John Hickenlooper steps down due to term limits. Photo by John Colson pulled off a surprising win over Clinton. In a nod to the ongoing bitter split between Clinton and Sanders supporters in this state, Johnston told the Denver Post in January, “I think the Bernie folks will ﬁnd a lot of the values that they share will be evidenced in our campaign.” Lisa Raleigh, development director for Colorado Rocky Mountain School and the organizer of Johnston’s campaign stop at Carbondale’s Third Street Center, said in her introductory remarks, “Mike aligns with my moral compass, my belief in humanity,” in what she termed his desire to live in a diverse,

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fair and compassionate state and nation. Johnston, who got in a minor traffic accident on Red Mountain Pass between Silverton and Ouray on Tuesday that made him a little late in arriving in Carbondale, told his audience that he was a fourth-generation teacher and educator who, among other jobs, was once principal at a school where 60 percent of the students were Latino immigrants. And, he continued, that school was the first in the state from which an entire senior class of mixed-heritage students graduated and went on to attend college — an example of how he would like the state’s education system to work overall. Toward that goal, Johnston told his listeners, during his seven years in the state senate (he left the senate last year, after representing District 33 in northeast Denver) he was one of the movers of a bill, known as the Colorado Dream Act, which in 2013 gave undocumented immigrants the right to in-state tuition at Colorado’s public colleges. A college graduate with a law degree, Johnston has been reported to favor such Sanders-esque policy initiatives as debt-free college and career training opportunities, although the details of those proposals have not been publicly fleshed out. Turning to the divisiveness of politics in the U.S. today, Johnston maintained that the current political climate is such that “we turn on each other, and we become our worst selves,” he expressed the hope that his campaign will move beyond the schism between

conservatives and liberals and will result in a different kind of political climate that will offer help to all sectors of the population in an economy that is rapidly changing. “The question is, how do we prepare people to be ready” for the expected, continuing changes in the economy, he declared. For example, he said, the state should be leading the charge to help coal miners in Routt County to be retrained as workers in the state’s burgeoning renewable-energy industries. In a robust question-and-answer exchange, Johnston dealt with a wide range of issues, including: • How Colorado might best respond to expected federal health-care reforms (a questioner called it “TrumpCare 2.0) that might reduce federal support for Medicaid and signiﬁcantly alter the current application of the Affordable Care Act (Johnston warned could lead to the closure of rural hospitals, unless the state can do something to prevent that from happening); • What state government can do to alter the budget-strangling effects of the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, or TABOR (he suggested the state may have to seek tax hikes from voters to pay for critical government programs, or ask voters to make changes to the TABOR law itself). Carbondale’s community access radio station, KDNK, will be posting an audio ﬁle on its website (www.kdnk.org) this week, for those who want to hear the raw recording of Johnston’s presentation.

Residents give feedback in Emma Open Space meeting By John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer Several dozen valley residents turned up at Pitkin County’s open house on March 30 at Basalt Town Hall, eager to learn more about and contribute ideas to the county’s plans for the property known as the Emma Townsite and Emma Open Space. The open house was called to gather public input about how to approach management of the roughly 72-acre property, which actually comprises two distinct areas straddling Highway 82 near where it crosses over the Roaring Fork River west of Basalt. According to the web site managed by Pitkin County Open Space & Trails (OS&T), the public comment period on the Emma management plan remains open until April 7. Then, a draft plan representing staff-created concepts and public input is to be presented to the OS&T Board of Trustees on April 20. After that, depending on the contents of the draft management plan, the county expects to hold additional open-house events to gather more public input. The property, most of which was in agricultural production starting in the late 1800s and continuing into the 1900s, currently contains: • Roughly 64 acres of primarily agricultural lands on the south side of the highway, purchased in 2000 by the county in partnership with several other agencies. That portion of the overall land has been split into

Gary Tennenbaum (right), director of Pitkin County Open Space & Trails, talks with architect Harry Teague, Pikin County Commissioner Steve Child and an unidentiﬁed third man, about the county's plans for the Emma Town Site and Emma Open Space areas at an open house event in Basalt’s Town Hall last week. Photo by John Colson. three sections, current under three separate agricultural leases; • The old Emma Store building and historic Mather house, both situated on the north side of the highway on about 12 acres of land purchased by the county in 2008. According to the OS&T website (www.pitkinostprojects.com), “Together the properties create an important habitat con-

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ings, which were in a state of advanced deterioration when they were acquired by OS&T in 2008. The Mather house, which dates back to 1898 and was built by Charles Mather along with the store, is in relatively good shape and continues to be occupied by tenants leasing the home from the county. The property also contains numerous heritage fruit trees, ranging from 35 to 120 years old, according to the county, which added that volunteers have been pruning the trees to improve their health. At the open house, according to OS&T planning and outreach manager Lindsey Utter, much of the feedback concerned continued leasing of the open-space properties for agricultural production. “We heard a lot of support for the leasing,” she said, noting that the Emma project “is a project that captures everything OS&T does.” Besides the interest in the agricultural property, Utter said, there were suggestions about how to use the Emma Store buildings, which ranged from offering educational seminars in local food production to classes in saddle-making, “just things that are lost arts in some way.” She said the county expects to set up a steering committee — including members of the public as well as county staff and perhaps OS&T board members — to work on how best to use the buildings, as well as how to manage the heritage-fruit orchard adjacent to the historic buildings.

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Maroon Bells Wilderness environmental assessment released for comment By John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer Growing alarm about overuse of certain campgrounds in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness Area has prompted forest managers to propose setting up a permit system for overnight use at such highly popular spots as the Conundrum Hot Springs and others located in the eastern portion of the wilderness area. But, according to a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) of the proposed management plan for the 181,535acre wilderness area, the permit system and possible fees for campers will not have much effect on the western part of the wilderness area adjacent to the Crystal River Valley — at least not initially. The EA was released for public comment on March 29 by the White River National Forest (WRNF) Supervisor’s Office, kicking off a 30-day public comment period regarding the proposed plan that will run until April 28, and comments will be accepted electronically at tinyurl.com/MBWildEA. The management system is needed, according to forest officials, because overnight use at some campgrounds in the wilderness area has been disturbing wildlife and altering the landscape, and needs to be better controlled. Among the problems resulting from this overuse, according to wildlife rangers, have been unburied human waste, illegal campfires, loss of vegetation and the deposition of growing amounts of trash. In addition, forest officials believe the overcrowding of certain camping areas has had a negative effect on the “wilderness experience” because of a loss of solitude. “Littering, accidental or intentional, macro or micro, continues to pile up unnatural waste in the MBSW despite decades of Leave No Trace educational efforts,” states the

draft plan, referring to a forest credo meant to discourage users from leaving trash or anything else behind them when they depart a campsite. Forest Service officials, in creating the proposed management plan, have carved the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness (MBSW) into 30 “zones” for the purposes of the EA, each zone representing an area containing campgrounds and camping sites. Five of these zones have been singled out as likely candidates for the permit/fee system under discussion. The five include Conundrum Hot Springs (which is the first zone where forest officials expect to implement a permit system), Crater Lake, Snowmass Lake, West Maroon Valley and Minnehaha Gulch, and Capitol Lake, all of which are located in the eastern portion of the MBSW, closer to Aspen and Snowmass Village than to the rest of the Roaring Fork Valley. In each zone in the wilderness, as listed in a chart included in the draft EA, the number of permitted campsites ranges from two to 22. In some zones, the number of campsite is proposed to stay the same if the EA ultimately is adopted. But in some zones, Forest Service planners are proposing reductions in the number of available camping sites, even in areas that currently are not considered to be under pressure from excessive use. At the Lower Avalanche campground, for example, there currently are 26 campsites, but the EA calls for that number to be reduced to 20, to forestall overcrowding in the near future. At Conundrum, however, the 16 existing campsites are projected to remain in place, according to the plan. A main criterion for analyzing the use patterns at camp sites, according to the plan, is the “Groups At One Time” or

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get it right,” she stressed. Still, Hopkins said, between 2011 and 2015, none of the zones in the western portion of the MBSW have been found to exceed the thresholds established by forest planners. And aside from the numbers of campers found in a zone on a given date, the planners are using other criteria to determine if a zone is under undue pressure, such as how many “travel encounters” there are between one camping party and others in the immediate vicinity. For example, in camping zones labeled “primitive” (the zones range from “pristine” to “semi-primitive” in the USFS ranking system), the situation is deemed to be under capacity if “no more than 12 other overnight parties (are) encountered per day on a system trail on 80 percent of the days during each use season.” Using this and other means of monitoring use, the forest planners expect to learn if additional zones within the MBSW are nearing or exceeding their capacity and should be considered for more robust management plans in the future. Given all that, Hopkins emphasized, the permit system is considered only if other options have been exhausted, including education campaigns, the placement of additional signs informing campers of the rules they must follow, and other methods of encouraging better behavior among users. “The permit is the last thing we go to,” she said.

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Ken Headrick goes over his map with another group of cavers during a trip to Fulford Cave in Eagle County. With easy access and heavy use, it is considered by some to be a â&#x20AC;&#x153;sacriďŹ cial cave.â&#x20AC;? Photo by Will Grandbois With mostly single-age limestone and relatively little moisture, caves in Colorado are generally more cramped than their counterparts back east or down south, leading to the nickname â&#x20AC;&#x153;Crawlorado.â&#x20AC;? When Colorado cavers adventure out of state, they bring an ethic of looking for new passage in every nook and cranny. Back home, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good balance of extreme challenge and places to get your cave legs â&#x20AC;&#x201C; though some fairly dangerous destinations have become increasingly accessible. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Typically, you didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go to a hard passage or cave until youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gained experience, so by the time you get there thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s less risk,â&#x20AC;? said Ken Newton, founder of Timberline Grotto cave club in Glenwood Springs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too easy now. You get the GPS coordinates and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re out adventuring way beyond your skill level.â&#x20AC;? That can have serious consequences for both the caver

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Caving om page 16 White-nose syndrome, a disease that has proven almost universally fatal for bat colonies since it was discovered in New York state in 2006. Its rapid spread prompted the Forest Service to shutter caves across the Rocky Mountain Region for several years, with fears that cavers may play a role in spreading the fungus, either by direct transmission or by disruption of sleep cycles and making bats vulnerable to disease. “The concern for White Nose Syndrome is that the pattern of spread is dynamic and erratic,” Nyland said. “There’s no cure for it. Once it establishes into populations, back East at least, there’s been a greater than 95 percent mortality.” When most area caves reopened in 2013, an array of restrictions were put into place to protect bats. Registration (tinyurl.com/cavereg) is now required to visit caves on public land, with a prohibition against gear from white-nose affected states and decontamination required in between local caves. That means fully disinfecting all clothes, gear and anything they come into contact with using federal standards (tinyurl.com/whitenoseprotocol) – submersion in hot water that maintains of at least 131º F for 20 minutes or application of concentrated alcohol, bleach or hydrogen peroxide. Several local caves — including Hubbard — remain entirely off limits, while others have seasonal closures. Spring Cave, for instance, is open to the public April 16 through Aug. 14, while Fulford is accessible April 16 through Oct. 14. Meanwhile, hopes that the relatively karst-free high plains would halt the spread have recently been dashed with a conﬁrmed case in Washington state and a suspected occurrence in Texas. “If monitoring shows that white-nose syndrome is within 250 miles of the White River National Forest, that triggers additional closures and additional actions,” Nyland noted. “It’s not here yet, but we’re managing to control its spread.” That includes the construction of a gate on Spring Cave last year and stationing a pair of GeoCorps volunteers to educate visitors and enforce registration. Next up is a gate on Hubbard Cave, which is in the ﬁnal stages of analysis and authorization

with work slated to begin this summer. Not everyone is pleased with the gates, and there are still hard feelings about the blanket closure of public caves. “Many people haven’t come back yet because they felt betrayed,” said Richard Rhinehart, author of Colorado Caves. “The Forest Service and BLM really have to look at us as their partner. How they treat the caving community in the future will play an important role in how caves are protected.” Nyland certainly sees value in what the caving community has to offer an agency with minimal funding and staff for cave management. “If it’s pretty clear from talking to someone that they’re looking for direction on where to go caving, we generally send them to their local grotto,” he said. “They can show them where the caves are but also ensure that they’re doing things in an ethical manner with cave conservation in mind.” A grotto is a local chapter of the National Speleological Society, with a complete list available online at www.nssio.org. Along with the Colorado Cave Survey (coloradocavesurvey.org) and private partners, local grottos have installed ladders in frequently visited caves and helped with maintenance and monitoring. Most recently, they have been part of a push for a Wild and Scenic designation on Deep Creek drainage near Dotsero, which is home to several of the state’s longest caves. Most of all, though, grottos are a place where people can go to learn about caves and caving. “You’re plugged into this national network,” Rhinehart observed. They’re the kind of folks who bring three sources of light, never cave alone and bring a map, as opposed to those who don’t know or don’t care about the rules and have tainted the term “spelunker” in the view of organized cavers. There are some relatively safe ways to get acquainted with caving on your own — Riﬂe Mountain Park, for instance — but as Ball asserted, “don’t go past the twilight zone if you don’t know what you’re doing.” A better approach, as laid out by Rhinehart, is to go to a show cave like the Glenwood Caverns and “take a lit tour, then take the wild tour.”

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WASTE DIVERSION & SPRING CLEAN UP DAY When: Sat. April 29, 8AM-4PM Where: 4th & Colorado, across from Town Hall Attention Carbondale Residents: For special pricing and free offers bring a photo ID + utility bill or vehicle registration. Funding for diversion efforts and giveaways come from revenues generated by the disposable bag fee charged at Carbondale’s City Market. Subsidizing these activities circulates that money back into our community. Items for Diversion & Fees General Household Waste Fees • Electronic Waste – Up to 3 TV’s, CRT No liquid hazardous waste accepted. monitors and copiers plus unlimited smaller Refrigerators must be certified Freon free. items, cables, ink & toner cartridges • Regular pickup truck load – Carbondale FREE for Carbondale resiResidents $10/non-residents-$25. dents. Non-Residents and • Large pickup truck load – Businesses - $.30/lb. Free offer Carbondale Residents $20/ caps at 30,000 lbs. after which non-residents-$35. all will be charged $.30/lb. *Cash/check only for truck load, • Tires – Fees apply. tires and mattress fees. First 100 tires up to 18” w/o rims FREE for Educational Booths Carbondale residents. & Giveaways • Mattress Recycling – Visit our educational $10/ residents, $25/nonbooths for information residents and businesses on how you can reduce • Yard Waste – Price included in and divert your waste pick up load. year-round and energy • Metal Items – Price included in efficiency information. pick up load. Giveaways include reusable shopping bags, • Prescription & Over the Counter Medicine – LED bulbs, & finished compost (bring a FREE – Accepted at Town Hall Police container) while supplies last. Station 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. only. • Textiles – FREE Clean clothing, bedding, shoes, backpacks, purses & belts. No pillows, rugs or carpet. • Batteries – FREE (single use, rechargeable, phone, auto, etc.) • Thermostats & Smoke Detectors – FREE • Light bulbs – FREE – CFL’s, linear fluorescents, halogens, incandescent, etc. **Bulb, battery, thermostat & smoke detector collection for residents only/no businesses.

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Bob Bassett descends into Groaning Cave in Garﬁeld County, which contains the most explored passage in the state. To protect cavers and the cave, explorers must register and receive a gate combination to get much beyond this point. Photo by Will Grandbois “If you still like it, seek a grotto,” he said. After that, there’s plenty of opportunity to ﬁnd your niche in a diverse and funky community. Take photos, survey and map explored caves, dig for undiscovered passages or just admire the geology. In the end, despite challenges and restrictions, the cavers in this article all agreed that caving is a whole lot of fun.

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West Divide dams and the Letters passing of Anne Holden From the archives of the Roaring Fork Valley Journal April 7, 1977 Rancher John Arbaney announced he was fighting a West Divide water district proposal to use condemnation to build a 190-foot-tall dam on his 640-acre property up Thompson Creek southwest of Carbondale. The proposal came after public opposition to West Divide dams on the Crystal River south of Redstone pretty much killed that project. The new proposal called for a 175acre dam on Yank Creek to provide water for Four Mile Canyon and Dry Park. West Divide said the water was for agricultural purposes but Arbaney pointed out that agriculture is on the decline in that area, and that the water would be used for residential and industrial development instead.

April 9, 1987 Carbondale postmaster Jolie Springer told the Valley Journal she offered the PO boxes at the old post office (the current Carbondale Beer Works on Main Street)

to Colorado Rocky Mountain School to use as student pick-up boxes. The new Carbondale post office, located directly north of the old post office, covers 10,725 square feet and was built at a cost of $918,000. One feature of the new post office: box holders receive parcel post deliveries after hours through keys left in their boxes.

April 10, 1997 In a memorial service, CRMS co-founder Anne Holden was remembered as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;pioneerâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;powerful loving womanâ&#x20AC;? who loved teenagers and loved learning. Holden, a Smith college graduate (1933), started Colorado Rocky Mountain School with her husband in 1953. Time magazine wrote an article about the school that year quoting from its brochure, saying it had â&#x20AC;&#x153;no buildings, laboratories or equipment â&#x20AC;Ś student would have to build (facilities) themselves.â&#x20AC;? As a result of the brochure and Time article, six students enrolled and 35 teachers applied to teach for free. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Compiled by Lynn Burton

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to Keith Williams at Valley Collision in the Basalt Trade Center, to look at a difďŹ cult problem that required extra attention to solve. The rear door trailer latches were pulling out of the doors. To keep the doors open when loading a horse by yourself, you need these latches. I wanted to secure the bolts on both sides of the door, so there was no chance of them pulling out, but there could be no roughness on the inside for horse safety. Keith said that he would invent, devise something that would work. Several days later he called and said he had decided what to do, and gave me a price for repair. The fancy trim pieces were starting to peel off my truck, and he said bring it by and he would ďŹ x that too. When I picked up my truck and trailer, both looked like new, the bill was very reasonable, and he even helped me hook the truck to my trailer. I appreciated Keithâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s positive, helpful, friendly attitude, and wanted to thank him publicly. Now thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I call â&#x20AC;&#x153;Customer Serviceâ&#x20AC;?. Holly McLain Carbondale

What would you have done Dear Editor: Recently I saw Jessica Chastain interviewed about her new movie The Zookeeperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wife. Based on a true story, a husband and wife smuggled and hid Jews from the Nazis in a Warsaw zoo. Halfway into the interview Jessica Chastain posed the question, â&#x20AC;&#x153;What would I

have done back then?â&#x20AC;?. Occasionally, while exploring the horror of that time, for instance walking through Anne Frankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home or watching the movie Schindlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s List, I too have asked myself that question. I ďŹ nd comfort in thinking that I would have found a way to do something; to have the courage and compassion to counter the hate levied against a people who were targeted for merely being â&#x20AC;&#x153;other.â&#x20AC;? But that was then. Ms. Chastainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s answer to her question resounds in my head, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatever you are doing now is probably what you would have done back thenâ&#x20AC;?. So now I am challenged, really challenged, with what am I â&#x20AC;&#x153;doing nowâ&#x20AC;?, at a time when the immigrant community and their children are targeted and threatened by this administration. In this I have found that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not alone. There is a lot going on in this glorious valley to bolster hope, to help our â&#x20AC;&#x153;otherâ&#x20AC;? neighbors and to assist us in answering that question. Recently I attended a grassroots meeting entitled People Power. Since then a few of us have met with local law enforcement, registered for civil rights training, created ways to disseminate information and formed a group, Amigos de Inmigrantes (Friends of Immigrants), to coordinate with our targeted neighbors. We are ďŹ nding our way. Week by week we are making progress and rising to the challenge of assisting our friends and LETTERS page 19

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The invitation Dear Editor: You are hereby invited, to come over to our side, el otro lado, cross the Malpais, give the coyote everything you’ve got, ration your water, be very careful, and if you survive, come work for us. We have jobs for you. WE WANT YOU! You may clear our tables, wash our dishes, make our beds, mow our lawns, shovel our snow, care for our babies and elders, scrub our toilets. WE NEED YOU! Our restaurants and hotels need you, our factories and farms and fisheries need you, our meat packers need you, our mines and mills need you, our builders need you. Come, get your job. GO TO WORK! Pay income taxes, but don’t ask for refund. Pay worker’s comp, but don’t seek benefits. Pay social security, but you don’t qualify. Your boss is breaking the law too, but only you are ILLEGAL. Bear your child, but you remain the alien. BEWARE! Though we extended our hand and hired you, and benefited from you, and entrapped you, don’t get your hopes up. Politics can change on a whim, turn on you like a viper, and cancel your invitation. A mere broken taillight, or simply being in the

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For the bees Dear Editor: It’s that time of year again. Spring has come even earlier and seems to be sticking around regardless of what I want. Which means that honey-bees could be swarming even sooner than usual. Swarming, despite what the horror movies will show you, is when honey bees are at their calmest and is the the process of propagation for their species. If you spot a swarm in a bush or tree, leave them be, they’ll go on their way soon enough. If it’s a problem call a local beekeeper or pest control service (they will not kill them) or call me at 970-379-4581 to remove them to a better location. Additionally, if they have decided that your house is a great place to live, call your favorite beekeeper or contact me at mark@beespeak.com. And I’ll give them a better place to live. Mark Burrows Carbondale

In defense of the food co-op Dear Editor: The Co-op started with a few women working together to bring clean local food to their families. It quickly grew to include dozens of community members all gathering, socializing and working together for the common good… to bring clean local food to Carbondale. It was a classic “many hands make light work” scenario.

Said Public Hearing will be held at the Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO at 6:00 p.m. on April 25, 2017.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held before the Carbondale Board of Trustees for the purpose of considering a Final Subdivision Plat to subdivide the future Lot 5 of the Carbondale Marketplace Subdivision into two lots: Lot 5A and Lot 5B. Lot 5A would remain undeveloped under this proposal. A drive-through bank is proposed for Lot 5B. (A Site Plan Review and Special Use Permit to allow the drive-through bank was approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission at a public hearing on February 23, 2017. The Preliminary Subdivision Plat was also approved at that meeting.)

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

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The property is located west of Highway 133, between Nieslanik Ave and Industry Place. The bank will be built across from the Dollar Store. This will be an addition to the approved development of City Market, which occupies Lot 2, 3 and 4 of Carbondale Marketplace Subdivision.

Published in The Sopris Sun on April 6, 2017. PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held before the Carbondale Board of Trustees for the purpose of considering a Rezoning, Major Site Plan Review and Conditional Use Permit for the

The owner is Crystal River Marketplace, LLC.

The applicant is Dave Cicchinelli of 1st Bank.

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The owner/applicant is the Roaring Fork School District – RE-1 (RFSD)

The property is located on the west side of Third Street between Bridges and the Third Street Center (bus barn location).

The current zone district is Community Partnership PUD. The proposed zone district is Residential High Density. The rezoning would only apply to a 1.37 acre parcel adjacent to Third Street which is proposed for development. The balance of the property would remain in the Community Partnership PUD. No subdivision or future phases are contemplated with this application.

Said Public Hearing will be held at the Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO at 6:00 p.m. on April 25, 2017.

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As co-founder, I am of course saddened by the harsh words I hear, as though the community has already given up. But given the circumstances, I thought a gentle reminder of what we were collectively working towards may be of service. Intention. We intended to have a sweet community gathering place that also held the space as your everyday farmers market. The focus being on local food and connecting it with the community. We even drafted a program to work with schools. Community Participation. We had a lot of participation in building the store and the initial push but it fell off as operations got under way. A cooperative is a lot of work. Instead of ordering from one or two suppliers like larger stores, we are working with dozens of small farmers. This takes time and love for the work. We need greater participation so we can again use the phrase “many hands make light work”. The Board of Directors. For me, serving on a board sucks. It sucks because there is a lot of talking things out before you get things done and I am a doer, that’s why we have the storefront, I am a doer. That said, sitting on that board (twice, once as president) I learned a lot. I learned you must put the co-op before yourself in the sense that this isn’t about you, it’s about the mission, it’s about the greater good. Serving on a board is work, it is not something you do so you can sound cool. If you aren’t prepared to work, it’s not for you; however if you want to be in service for your community, make the time. There is a lot of opportunity for personal growth. Fiscal Responsibility. There are several factors that contributed to the Cooperative’s ﬁscal situation — some from previous management and some from current, but they are in the past and we have learned from them. What we can focus on now is ﬁscal responsibility and trans-

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held before the Carbondale Planning and Zoning Commission for the purpose of considering the rezoning of a parcel from the Residential/High Density (R/HD) zone district to the Historic Commercial Core (HCC) zone district. The rezoning requires an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan to remove the property from the “Downtown-Old Town Periphery” designation and place it in the “Downtown” designation.

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parency so this doesn’t happen again.To do our part, we can shop there, even if the shelves are a little sparse. It’s one of those things, we all have had a hard time in our lives and we count on our friends to help us out and love us through it. The cooperative is having a hard time but you don’t stop believing in it, you get off your ass and do something about it. So that is the question: do we want to do something about it or are we ok to let it go? The choice is ours. For me, I think it would be a loss, but I am just one member out of hundreds… Jess Jacobson Co-Founder, Carbondale Community Food Cooperative

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Said Public Hearing will be held at the Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO at 7:00 p.m. on April 27, 2017.

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