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On April 15, 1983, Lee Swidler and Wick Moses flipped the switch in a little room upstairs in the Dinkel Building and KDNK Community Access Radio was born (above, Valley Journal file photo by Lynn Burton). The station has expanded dramatically in the years since and become an invaluable resource for everything from classic hits to the most esoteric world music to news (right, Raleigh Burleigh, who wasn't even close to born in 1983, covers the 2018 Women’s March in a Sopris Sun file photo by Will Grandbois). This weekend, KDNK celebrates 35 years with a big birthday bash from 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Third Street Center. Hear from station founders, former staff and volunteers, pose in the photo booth, sip drinks and chow down on grub. Steve Cole and Roberta Lewis kick off the live music ahead of eight-piece ska band The Dendrites. Tickets are just $3.50 for the first 200 members and $20 for everyone else at kdnk.org.

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A year of firsts It completely snuck up on me — Shortsfest, that is. quickly not because I’ve become complacent in my day-to-day rouIn addition to being one of the myriad film fests that help make tines but because of precisely the opposite. While new experiences the Valley’s arts scene so vibrant, it represents a sort of anniver- seem to occupy a larger ratio of our memories, those moments sary for me: covering Shortsfest 2017 was my first “special to The move in rapid succession as they’re occurring — hence the saying, Sopris Sun.” Since then, of course, my byline has been upgraded “The days are long, but the years are short.” to “staff.” When I take the rare moment to sit back and reThe adage about time feeling like it’s moving faster flect on the year, I realize it’s been chock full of new as you age has been ringing especially true for me experiences, each of them a blast. I started freelancing lately. Where has the time gone? Has it really been a for The Sopris Sun. Then I became staff. Then we year since I started contributing to The Sun? Yes, yes started our weekly radio show on KDNK: “Everyit has. And what a year it has been. thing Under the Sun.” I’d never done radio before, It turns out there is some science behind why we and it is so much fun. Through it all, I’ve gotten to experience time more quickly when we’re older. One know so many of the wonderful people and organiof the reasons for that phenomenon is because huzations that make Carbondale, well, Carbondale. And mans tend to catalogue time retroactively — and our I get the distinct honor of telling those stories — brains tend to put much more emphasis on highlightsometimes I have to pinch myself, I’m having so much ing new experiences than the familiar. Time spent travfun with it all. elling feels much more pivotal because every day And now, this week, I get to add another “first” to By Megan Tackett included something new and exciting! There’s even a the list: the editorial staff will be taking our first trek Sopris Sun Staff name for it: the holiday paradox. Meanwhile, more as a team to the Colorado Press Association conmundane weeks heading between the office and home vention in Colorado Springs this week, April 12-15. tend to blend together because there’s nothing in particular that The Sopris Sun has been nominated for a few awards, even, so stands out for our brains to file away in the memory bank. stay tuned in that regard. Our website may very well become When we’re young, we’re constantly acquiring new skills, nav- “award winning,” as could a few of the photographs published in igating new friendships and are generally brighter-eyed and our humble pages (shoutouts to Jane Bachrach and Mark Burbushier-tailed. As we age, we settle in. We nuzzle up to the famil- rows on that front). iar, (hopefully) more comfortable in our own selves. As such, we’re No matter what happens at the awards ceremony, though, I’m often taken aback to learn that it’s been a year already or even five. confident it’ll be over too soon. Because, it turns out, time flies At first, this depressed me. But there’s another way we perceive when you’re having fun. The takeaway? Keep packing in memotime: as it’s happening. Perhaps my year has seemed to move so ries that make life go by for the right reasons.

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Basketball thanks Dear Editor: On behalf of the Carbondale Recreation Department, I would like to thank everyone involved in our youth basketball program this winter. We had an incredibly successful year on all fronts, and it would not have been possible without our volunteer coaches. Kary Tardif coached our 3rd and 4th grade girls team, who won the tournament for their age group for the second year in a row. Danny Stone and Kiko Pena were our 3rd and 4th grade boys coaches, and team Pena took home the championship in that age group. Karen Crownhart, who coached with Kary last year, moved up to the 5th and 6th grade girls age group this season. Her team also finished first in their tournament. We fielded three 5th and 6th grade boys teams this year, coached by Adam Sherman, Jason Kreiling, and Patrick Robinson. All three teams had very successful seasons. In addition, several parents and com-

munity members worked as assistant coaches for our teams. All of their help is greatly appreciated. Our coaches were wonderful role models for their players and demonstrated excellent leadership and sportsmanship throughout the season. Thank you! Along with our phenomenal coaching staff, we were lucky to have top notch referees for our home games. Thank you Debbie Ottaviano, Lonnie Busby, Michael Mulry, and Henry Richardson for all of your help officiating! A lot of credit is also due to the Carbondale players and their parents. All of the kids involved played their hardest all season, while maintaining positive attitudes. It is awesome to get to know the players and watch them improve and challenge themselves throughout the season. Part of their success can also be attributed to the unparalleled fan support we had this season. Our bleachers were always full of Carbondale parents, who did an excellent job cheering on our teams and encouraging the kids to be good sports. So thank you coaches, refs, players, and parents for another outstanding basketball season, and your cooperative effort to make youth basketball a great experience for everyone involved. Your tireless work, talent, and positivity makes the entire Carbondale community look good! Will Tempest CRCC Athletics Coordinator

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Mitsch Bush for Congress Dear Editor: Every task or job requires a skill set that supports the work itself or the temperament required to satisfy the demands of the job. Working in the public service world requires a special and unique skill set that we should be seeking in a candidate. The Congressional Representative for Colorado’s Third District must meet the demands of a complex and diverse district. That individual must be informed, intelligent, reasonable, willing to take a position, able to discuss complex issues, and able to spend the time required to read, study, analyze, and present ideas and concepts for resolution of issues to create beneficial policy for us. That individual must remember the commitment to represent the district. We are fortunate to have such a candidate, Diane Mitsch Bush, and I’m not the only one who thinks so! Ken Salazar just endorsed her and said, “Only a person with Diane’s broad appeal and legislative experience can win back this seat for the people of CD3.” It is time for us all to get behind Diane for Congress. We are fortunate in District 3 of western Colorado to have such a fine candidate. Dorothea Farris Carbondale LETTERS page 14

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‘Mean Old Mr. Gray’ passing the baton By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Staff Mark Gray got his nickname a couple of years into his 17-year career in music education. The day after a group of students had collapsed a table by standing on it, he arrived in his classroom at Carbondale Middle School to see a kid doing the same thing — and got pretty cranky. “Mr. Gray, you’re mean!” the youngster asserted. “Yeah,” Gray replied, “And I’m old too!” From that day on, he became known as “Mean Old Mr. Gray.” When even parents started using it, he sprung for a MOMG vanity plate. “I thought it might keep new kids in line,” he explained. But the kids are on to the fact that he’s only slightly curmudgeonly once caffeinated and is just now hitting 65 as he prepares to retire after 17 years with the district. The mathematically inclined might wonder what he was up to before that.

As such, he couldn’t help but participate in the founding of Glenwood Music. In 2001, however, he found himself pulled in another direction as some of his friends with the district tried to convince him to teach. “Every school in the Valley was losing music teachers left and right,” he explained. He was open to the idea, but was concerned about the possibility of teaching middle school — which is exactly where he ended up. “It was so noisy that whole first day I couldn’t do anything,” he recalled. Still, at the urging of coworkers and Principal Cliff Colia, he stuck it out for the first three years and really began to get the hang of it. “After I figured out I wasn’t cranking out music majors and focused on teaching character and appreciation of beauty, it got a little easier,” he said. “When you’re mind doesn’t want to leave something, you’re in the presence of beauty. You find it every day in the band room — kids that have the light bulb go off. I learned never to give up on anybody.” “You can do without science, English or math,” he added. “You can’t do without music.” He also took the opportunity to share his other passions, like board games, with the kids. Soon, he was asked to teach at the high school, as well, and the middle school expanded to include fifth grade around the same time. “That was where my lack of experience made it tough,” he said. “Bass players usually don’t lead. They’re side men that make everyone else sound good. With ages 10 to 18 in a few hours, you have to shift gears a lot.” It also meant he got to oversee some students’ whole musical development, and that’s a big perk. “It’s the world’s greatest job,” he said. “I’ve had a ball playing music with the kids.”

All about that bass Gray grew up a Cubs fan in Elgin, Illinois and started out in music the way many kids do. “When I was in fifth grade, they looked at my mouth and handed me a cornet,” he explained. Never content to stick with one instrument, he bought a bass in time for high school because a friend advised him he’d always be in demand. “Everybody in my neighborhood had a guitar,” he noted. Gray’s music teacher wasn’t much for rock and roll, though, so he dropped out of band to play on his own. While he was attending community college, a friend convinced him to try making a living as a musician. They founded a country-rock band called “Flaming Red” with just enough Eagles in their repertoire for weddings and Merle for the bars. “We started playing and actually making money, but I didn’t like the lifestyle of living in hotel rooms and playing crazy gigs at night,” Gray recalled. So he went back to school and graduated from North Illinois University at 28 as what you might call a musicologist. By 1980, the band was having trouble finding non-disco gigs in Chicago, so they moved to Summit County where they’d played for lift tickets before. Without the folk chops for apres ski, however, Gray got a job cleaning the movie theatre to keep the bills paid. He ended up as the director of the property management business that first hired him, and met us first wife and started his family in the process. Then came an opportunity to manage the new Taco Bell in Glenwood Springs. “Outside of getting me into this Valley, that was one of the stupidest decisions I ever made,” he noted. While he liked working with the largely teen staff, he wasn’t particularly adept on the business side of things. He ended up fired, and though it only took him two days to find a gig at the Volkswagen dealership, he sensed something was missing. An employment test made it clear what that was: music.

Hitting the right note Even at Taco Bell, Gray spent his late night listening to the radio, where he fell in love with Cajun culture thanks to Susie Strode on KDNK. He also met the likes of Walt Smith and Howard Berkman. It was something of a golden age for local bands.

Mr. Gray leads the high school band at Potato Day 2013. Photo by Rebecca Young

Gray performs with the Walt Smith Trio. Photo by Nancy Kelly “Back then, everybody loved live music,” he recalled. “Now, if you get a gig, you’re basically playing for yourself.” To make a living, though, Gray took a job teaching part time at Max’s Music in Glenwood, and was full time by the time it closed up shop. “I wasn’t very good at selling stuff, but I could always educate people,” he said.

The beat goes on Although he still loves his job, Gray thinks it’s time for a different approach. “I felt like I wasn’t getting any better at it — just falling into habit,” he explained. “The district has grown up a lot. They’ve got all these younger, music educated people.” He thinks Tami Wisely will make an excellent successor. “The kids aren’t going to miss me for my teaching or music talent,” he noted. “They’ll miss me ‘cause we formed a relationship.” Just ask former student Zack Ritchie. “Mr. Gray was more than a music teacher; he taught me about life,” he said in a statement. Added Lucas Pulver, “He ushered young people into the amazing realization that they could make music, and perhaps for more of his students than he realized, they were born to.” And he’ll continue to do so, through work with Jazz Aspen and private lessons. “I feel like it’s a step sideways,” he said. “It doesn’t feel like I’m leaving anything other than signing that contract to be back in August.” Before that, he still has a few concerts to play with the kids — with some going away festivities planned for the JAS Student Bistro at 6:30 p.m. April 18 at Roaring Fork High School and at a Carbondale Middle School event in May. He’ll also continue to perform with acts like Electric Lemon and a new Cajun group. “Musicians don’t retire; they just die,” he said. “I don’t want to sit on a beach and do nothing. I want to play.”

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Send your scuttlebutt to news@soprissun.com. reduce that ďŹ gure, the Postal Service shared some bite prevention tips, like putting dogs in a separate room before answering the door and talking to the whole family about the issue. Learn more a youtu.be/v3Q2SV70mDM.

You don’t own me The Denver Post’s editorial stand against its hedge fund ownership last week prompted plenty of cheers from journalists (and some jeers from readers who felt disenfranchised from the paper’s perceived slant, though one conservative columnist noted that “in the ďŹ ght for limited government, even a liberal newspaper helpsâ€?). Particularly poignant for anyone who has watched newsrooms shrink was the photo that topped the section — a post-Pulitzer group shot with most of the staff blacked out. It certainly has the staff of The Sun appreciating our nonproďŹ t status and a community that supports local journalism.

Path of least resistance The Glenwood Canyon bike path is open for the season after repairs and cleaning. Crews monitor the path daily, and in the event of inclement weather or, as runoff begins, may close the path to ensure safety. Cyclists and pedestrians are asked to obey all warning and closure signs. To keep informed, visit cotrip.org.

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Out of the frying pan With a low snowpack and an expected dry summer in mind, the City of Glenwood Springs is hosting a WildďŹ re Preparedness Event from 2 to 4 p.m. April 14 at the Community Center. At the event, the Glenwood Springs Fire Department will provide information on what folks can do to help prevent wildďŹ res from starting and what to do if a wildďŹ re occurs. Speakers and handouts will include information on home ďŹ re-resilience strategies, evacuation preparation, drought, water use information and more.

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Folks celebrating another year of life this week include: Susan Shirley (April 12); Diane Kenney, Nicole Levesque, Rusty Burtard, Jane Munsell and Vicki Peterson (April 13); James Armstrong, Mark Giesecke, Dino Baldizan and Ed Brown (April 14); Aisha Weinhold and Deloras Pulver (April 15); Rachel Connor (April 16); Doug Stewart and HP Hansen (April 17); Stephanie Schilling and Hadley Hentschel (April 18).

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Carbondale Arts and the Carbondale Clay Center are hosting three days of community art building for the Latino Folk Art Garden this weekend. Swing by 135 Main St. at 1 p.m. on April 13, 14, or 15 to help construct and paint planter pots. It’s free but registration is requested; contact amy@carbondalearts.com.

Crown Mountain Park & Recreation District has been chosen as one of the inaugural grant recipients from NextFifty Initiative, a nonproďŹ t foundation focused on improving the landscape of aging. The funded project, in partnership with Eagle County Public Health, is an outdoor motion and wellness playground with resources for aging residents. A groundbreaking ceremony will be scheduled with the Eagle County Commissioners in mid-May.

Folks who’ve spent time in Idaho or Utah might have encountered the regional delicacy known as “fry sauceâ€? — a ketchup-and-mayo-based condiment akin to Thousand Island dressing. It’s ubiquitous on fries and burgers out west, but almost unknown in Colorado (or at least, not by that name — Fat Belly has something close). Anyway, the ďŹ rst local institution to debut fry sauce as such appears to be Carbondale Beer Works. They’re still perfecting their recipe, but we’re ready to recommend it. Now if someone would only serve shave ice.

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Carbondale eighth graders Sam Schoon and Eder Rubio (foreground) as well as June Smith and Krystal Fletes (left) participated in a CU Science Discovery program April 5 and 6 at Town Hall. Students had a chance to learn a wide array of science, engineering, technology and math topics and build skills like teamwork. Photo by Will Grandbois

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Carbondalian plans cohousing in New Castle By Megan Tackett Sopris Sun Staff In addition to the acupuncture and massage practices that pay her bills in Carbondale, Nancy Thal has taken on a project: the Adesa Community, a cohousing proposal for New Castle. She’s working with consultants, developers and a landowner who would like to see the project come to fruition. Now, she just needs the future residents. “Professionals and singles and families and elders — I want it all,” she said of her vision for a community with a common house and a farm. “I’m pulling the energy up again; I had left it for some years, and now I’m pulling it up again and getting myself in order and my troops in order and my marketing in order.” To address the marketing, Thal has organized two presentations: one at the New Castle Community Center at 4 p.m. on April 14 and one at the Glenwood Springs Library at 4 p.m. on May 12. “I’ve reached out and I’ve touched a lot of people from Aspen to Carbondale, but they’re not all wanting to go to New Castle as much as I’m willing to,” Thal said. “Now I’m reaching out to the other end of the Valley to see who we can pull together.” Cohousing is a concept that goes beyond traditional affordable housing, she explained. It’s a style of living in which people have private, personal living quarters but then also share resources — an arrangement that proves particularly beneficial for the elderly and children, she continued. Adesa is a Sanskrit word meaning “healing plants,” and she hopes a future cohousing community can act as a healing way of life for its residents, right down to growing food. “It’s not about material deprivation; it’s about simplifying life and sharing more, that’s all,” she said. And, she added, the New Castle property is ideal for such a venture. “I love New Castle. I had a little trouble with the swarm of suburbia that it sits above, but from this parcel, you don’t

see it. It’s just a walk to the parks, the library, and two schools — and the schools have good reputations,” she said. “It is in the corner, so it’s adjacent to BLM, so there are trails right through the property; that’s lovely.” As of now, the project is in its early development stages. People who choose to commit early will have the opportunity to more actively participate in the community’s planning, Thal added. And, she said, there will be a limit on how many dogs are allowed in the community, so pet rights will be on a first-come, first-serve basis. “We’re expecting to have about 20 to 30 duplexes and triplex homes, and [several] single family lots,” she said, adding that the number of single-family lots will depend on the final land purchase. While the project likely won’t meet official affordable-housing standards, residents will be able to live more affordably by taking advantage of the communal spaces and resources, she noted. The idea isn’t without precedent, even in the Valley. “There have been three or four people that have tried to make cohousing happen in Carbondale, and it just hasn’t worked for varieties of reasons,” she said, noting that cost has been the biggest hindrance. Adesa is one of 26 cohousing communities in the state that are either already established or in planning. Nationwide, that number jumps to 165. Thal is no stranger to cohousing, either. She lived communally for a time in San Francisco before returning to the Valley. “It’s been part of my journey for a long time,” she said about cohousing. “So here we are back to where I want to live and stay, and the concept of cohousing is a very big, growing concept.” As for Adesa in particular, while the concept is in place, the buildings themselves won’t be built over night. “We would love to see it built within two years, but I would give it up to three,” Thal said, adding that for her, it’s worth the wait.

The Adesa Community is one of several housing projects being considered in the area. Carbondale-based projects include: Roaring Fork Schools’ staff housing on Third Street (to be completed by end of July), Artspace housing for local artists (a market study begins in June) and the Red Hill Lofts (slated for the May 10 P&Z meeting). Courtesy graphics.

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All aboard the Brain Train By Megan Tackett Sopris Sun Staff Every Monday and Wednesday at the Third Street Center, a group meets in the Senior Matters room for chair yoga, therapy-led discussions and art, singalongs and brain teasers. They’re all participants in Brain Train, the Roaring Fork Valley’s only program to support people with early memory loss. “It’s so beautiful because they get so close and so comfortable,” Program Administrator Marti Barbour said, adding that memory-loss symptoms aren’t the only obstacles the program addresses. “Loneliness is a big part of getting older and getting more into yourself. This brings people out. They have friendships here, deep friendships.” Now in its second year, Brain Train creates a safe environment for people with early memory loss to connect with themselves and others in similar situations through professionally led cognition training, artistic expression and, of course, fun. “It’s not a drop-in program,” Barbour said. “We have an assessment that we invite people to and determine if it’s a good fit.” That doesn’t mean the group dynamic remains permanent. It’s the unfortunate nature of early memory loss: it often progresses, and that means situations change, Barbour acknowledged. In fact, three participants will be leaving the program in June. “This is a group for early memory loss. It’s not advanced Alzheimer’s; it’s not even necessarily Alzheimer’s. There [are] a lot of

different diseases that bring on some memory loss,” she said. “It could be Parkinson’s; it could be a multitude of other things.” Barbour took over for founder Diane Darling in November, when Brain Train went from being a program incubated by Senior Matters to a signature program offered through My Community Health Foundation (MCHF). The administrative shift was Darling’s idea, explained MCHF President Amanda Wagner. “She had always envisioned this being a program that would live long after she was gone,” Wagner said. “Diane was looking for an organization that would help make the program sustainable and to create growth within the program.” That growth might mean additional locations in the future. “We’ve been invited to have a Brain Train in Basalt when the new Mountain Family Health opens their new clinic,” Barbour said, though she added that she wants a full year of experience in her role before taking on that kind of expansion for the program. “Staffing and participants, it’s a big job for me. But once we get that down and show some consistency, [we] hope to expand in either adding an extra day [to the program] or another location.” Right now, Barbour is spearheading awareness campaigns on two fronts: she’s launched a membership drive to increase the number of Brain Train participants, and she’s marketing a dementia-awareness for the general public.

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Yvette MacEachen debuted as a Brain Train performer on April 9. Photo by Will Grandbois “We’re doing a project called ‘I’m a Dementia Friend’ to create a dementiafriendly America, which is awesome,” she said. “We’re doing that to help bring awareness starting right here at the Third Street Center, then Carbondale, then the whole Valley.” According to Dementia Friends USA, there are currently more than 13,000 registered “friends” in the country. The campaign encourages people to watch a short series of educational videos about recognizing dementia symptoms and actions that can contribute to making communities more accommodating (dementiafriendsusa.org/become-friend). “We just want to be sensitive and aware that this is what’s happening,” Barbour said of her enthusiasm for Dementia Friends. What’s happening, according to a recent report from Colorado’s Strategic Action Planning Group on Aging, is that the 65-

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and-older demographic is rapidly increasing in the state: Colorado ranked third in the country for its 29-percent increase in that demographic shift between 2010 and 2015, and projections estimate that more than 500,000 residents will join the 65-and-older population by 2030 —a 68-percent increase. While there is no known cure, increasing age has been identified as the single-most risk factor for someone developing Alzheimer’s. The Alzheimer’s Association reports that one in nine people older than 65 in the United States has the degenerative disease. The statistics don’t have to be the end of the story, and that’s where Brain Train comes in, Barbour said. “We just want people to give it a try,” she said of the membership drive. “We have people that waited a year because they were resistant, and now they’re like, ‘Whatever you do, don’t take Brain Train away from me.’”

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Missouri Heights artist shares healing process By Megan Tackett Sopris Sun Staff Summers Moore is finally ready to talk about her husband’s suicide, and she’s doing so the only way she knows how: through her art. “I was just slapped,” she said of her husband’s 2007 death. For the next decade, she went into “mommy mode,” focusing on raising her two daughters, then five and eight. While she’d always dabbled in photography socially, she didn’t consider herself a professional artist at that time. Then, a year or two later, she picked up a piece of charcoal for the first time. “I just started sketching,” she said. “I sketched and I sketched, and it was horrible — they were the worst sketches — but it felt so f-ing good. It took me somewhere else when I needed to go somewhere else.” It sparked the beginning of a new chapter in Moore’s life. “I kind of locked myself in the basement for weeks and did my thing. That was a release,” she said. But through it all, her focus remained on her girls — both in life and through her camera lens. “I always had the camera on the babies. It’s always the girls; it’s always been them.” It’s sort of fitting, then, that it was her daughters that inspired her most recent works at both The Art Base in Basalt and 5Point Film Festival in Carbondale. “My daughter said something: ‘Mom, you

never talk about dad,’” Moore recalled. “And I’m like, ‘I know. I know that, and I’m hoping not to.’ I couldn’t get over the suicide part of it to get to the life part. It just stunted me there.” But, she knew, she couldn’t stay in that place. If anything, she owed her daughters a conversation, she conceded. “I sat with it for awhile,” she said. “I thought, ‘How do I like things to be expressed to me? What hits me?’ And it’s film.” Moore, who serves on the boards of directors for The Art Base and 5Point, reached out to her network about her ideas. She wanted to do a film about it all: her husband’s suicide, her children and how her art helped her process and heal. “Ten Years Out” will premier in Sunday’s lineup during the festival, two days after what would have been her husband’s birthday. Her reflection also inspired still works ranging from photography to sketches to acrylic abstracts. They came together in an exhibit simply called “Healing Process,” a retrospective collection looking back on the last 20 years of her life with an emphasis on the last 10. It opens Friday, April 13 at The Art Base and will remain until May 4. “All the pieces are fitting now,” Moore said. “It’s all mending into the art. The film goes into the art and everything. It’s kind of an ode to my daughters saying, ‘I’m OK.’” The 10-year mark is an important one for

A sneak peek of works comprising Summer Moore’s “Healing Process,” which opens April 13 at The Art Base. The Aspen Hope Center is a sponsor for the exhibit. Photo by Summers Moore the artist. “I’m on all burners: art, photography, travel. I’m working out, I’m riding a mountain bike — all the things that normal people do that I didn’t do for 10 years. It was black and white versus the color I’m seeing now, so it’s cool,” Moore said. She’s not slowing down. In fact, her to-do list is several pages long, and that’s just for the next few weeks. Her daughters, both of whom attend East Coast schools, are flying home for the events. She’s hosting a private art talk for members of The Art Base at her

Missouri Heights studio. She’s still curating photography shows at the Aspen Chapel Gallery and is actively seeking canine models for her Hasseldogs book project. “Art is a very healing, healing process. It stood me up, and now it’s shoving me off the edge, and I’m psyched,” Moore said.

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Town Report The following items are drawn from Town Manager Jay Harrington’s weekly report to staff, trustees and others. SALES TAX collected in March 2018 was 5.6 percent above March of 2017. Year-todate collections are 7.9 percent above 2017.

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CONTROLLED BURNS are slated for several town properties, weather permitting. THE CARBONDALE DITCH has been turned on to the golf course, with sealing and repairs underway on the Bowels and Holland Ditch and general preparation for the whole system to turn on April 16. A RED HILL PROJECT request for proposal is out for a design/build ďŹ rm to conduct planning, community outreach and construction of new trails. The deadline for submittal is April 16; more information at carbondalegov.org. CARBONDALE MARKETPLACE water line work begins this week, with one-lane trafďŹ c on West Main near Crystal Road. THOMPSON PARK submitted a revised major site plan application with a reduced

AN EBIKE SURVEY is ongoing at ebikesroaringforkvalley.com, with folks from New Castle to Aspen encouraged to submit comments on their role on paved paths in the Valley. LIFEGUARD CERTIFICATION registration runs through May 7 with participants who must be 15 by the end of the class. It costs $150 with $115 refunded for those who become full-time lifeguards at the pool. For more information, call 510-1280. GATEWAY RV PARK water system installation begins this week, with the concrete pad for the storage tank already in place. OFFICERS Stock-Bell and Zimmerman taught a high school class about trafďŹ c stops and search and seizure law, while Chief Schilling and others attended the annual Youth Zone awards ceremony where OfďŹ cer Zimmerman was honored.

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Trustees consider raising tobacco age By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Staff In his final meeting as a Carbondale board is currently considering potential trustee, Frosty Merriott had no trouble members for that committee, with an emspeaking his mind as the board discussed phasis on diversity. ways to address teens smoking and vaping. The board also received an update on “At this stage I would be for anything The Crystal River Restoration and Weaver that would keep tobacco out of the hands Headgate Project, which appears to have of anyone,” he said, citing the loss of his missed out on a $50,000 Great Outdoors parents to related complications. Colorado Grant. Still, both Utilities DiThe discussion came at the end of an rector Mark O’Meara and Harrington otherwise fairly straightseemed optimistic about the forward agenda and was project, with a stakeholder spurred by a recent presmeeting slated for April 18. entation (see page 12). “Come May / June, you’re Several different apgoing to see some contracts proaches were put forth, and things moving on from confining e-cigathis,” Harrington said. rette sales to marijuana “What do we do to imdispensaries to considerprove our ditch system as ing a comprehensive regkind of a demonstration.” ulatory overhaul like Trustee Ben Bohmfalk those in Aspen and expressed enthusiasm for Basalt. The latter comes any riparian improvements. with serious implications “It’s the one town that for the town’s share of doesn’t have much access – Trustee Marty Silverstein state sales tax and enfor people to enjoy the forcement resources. river,” he noted. “It’s a big regulatory step to take,” Town Additionally, based on a work session Attorney Mark Hamilton noted. discussion, trustees amended the Unified Town Manager Jay Harrington was Development Code to require off-street similarly cautious. parking for childcare and allow it in indus“Depending on which direction you take, trial and commercial/retail/wholesale zones I think it’s something that we’d want to have as special review uses, with some associated a lot of discussion and talk through,” he use-related standards. said. “As easy as it is to order things online, They also approved a special event liquor that may be a more symbolic thing.” license for Dandelion Day and backed an Still, it seemed as though the board expansion for Sopris Liquor and Wine into shared a sense that raising the age for all to- the old Casual Culture space, making it by bacco products from 18 to 21 would be a far the largest liquor store in the area. good first step. “We’re making a powerful statement,” Marty Silverstein said. “If we stop one kid, isn’t that something good we accomplished?” Mayor Dan Richardson urged the board to take it one step farther by putting pressure on state and national officials to address the issue at a broader level. “The feds aren’t regulating this,” he said. “It’s a real hazard out there.” The issue will be added to a future agenda for a public vote and likely additional discussion.

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Other action With trustee-to-be Lani Kitching observing in advance of her swearing in later in the month, the board also spent a fair amount of time on the possibility of reviving an annual recognition for prominent locals. The Town used to crown a man and woman of the year in partnership with a local sorority, but that practice has lapsed. Now, the board seems more inclined toward a gender-neutral “Citizen of the Year.” As Silverstein put it, the goal would be to honor “someone who has contributed to the community as a whole.” The selection will be delegated to five or seven local organizations with the trustees retaining the final decision. The

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Community Calendar THURSDAY April 12 BEST SHORTS • Did you miss Shortsfest in Aspen or at the Crystal Theatre? See all the winners in a single screening at 7:30 p.m. at The Temporary (360 Market St., Willits). Tickets are $20 in advance at tacaw.org or $25 at the door.

THU to SUN April 12 - 15 THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES • Hans Christian Andersen’s beloved tale comes to life at the Thunder River Theatre (67 Promenade) — an excellent way to introduce your youngsters to the magic and fun of live theatre. Performances at 6:30 April 12, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. April 13, 6:30 p.m. April 14 and 2 p.m. April 15. Tickets start at $10 at thunderrivertheatre.com.

FRI-THUR Apr 13-19 MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “Isle of Dogsâ€? (PG-13) at 7:30 p.m. Apr. 13-19.

FRIDAY April 13 SECOND FRIDAY • Basalt’s monthly art walk features a 5 to 7 p.m. opening reception of Summers Moore’s photography, sketches and acrylic abstractions at The Art Base (99 Midland Spur). GLITZ & GLAM • The Aspen Glen Club (545 Bald Eagle Way) hosts a 7 to 10 p.m. fundraiser for Ross Montessori School with a Roaring ‘20s theme. BUSINESS SYMPOSIUM • Small businesses owners, managers, and human re-

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source professionals are invited to register for a health and wellbeing event from 7:30 a.m. to noon at Morgridge Commons (815 Cooper Ave. in Glenwood Springs). Info and registration at garfieldcounty.com. COOL CATS • Musicians from a couple of different local bands come together as “Cat Toys for the Peopleâ€? from 9 p.m. ’til after midnight at Stubbies Sports Bar (123 Emma Rd., Basalt).

SATURDAY April 14 HEALTH FAIR • Valley View Hospital offers free screenings and an array of low-cost services from 7 to 11 a.m. at Roaring Fork High School (2270 Highway 133). More info at vvh.org/health-fairs. DANCE VALLEY DANCE • Aspen Youth Center and Stepping Stones join forces for a fundraiser beneďŹ ting youth from Aspen to Parachute from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. — come for all or part — at the Carbondale Rec. Center (567 Colorado Ave.). For kids and adults of all ages; tickets at dancevalleydance.org. LADIES ARM WRESTLING • KDNK offers ladies a chance to compete in the Bonedale vs. Paonia Throwdown, 55+ Silver Tsunami competition or Southpaw Slam Jam for lefties from 9 p.m. ’til just be-

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gether and their new book at the Basalt Regional Library (14 Midland Ave.). $20 per person; refreshments served.

COMEDY NIGHT • Marble Distilling (150 Main St.) welcomes David Rodriguez, winner of the 2016 Denver Improv Stand-up Showdown at 7 p.m. with Jodee Champion opening. $10 cover.

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INDIE ROCK • Debris travels up from New Orleans to make a 9 p.m. debut at the Black Nugget (403 Main St.). ’80S PROM • Go back in time with The Davenports at 7 p.m. at The Temporary (360 Market St., Willits) and support the Waldorf School in the process. $27 in advance at tacaw.org or $29 at the door.

SUNDAY April 15 BIRTHDAY BASH • KDNK celebrates 35 years with a party from 4 to 9 p.m. at the Third St. Center (520 S. Third St.) featuring libations, grub, live music by The Dendrites and lots of reminiscences. $3.50 for the ďŹ rst 200 members and $20 for nonmembers. More info at kdnk.org. TWO WRITERS; ONE NOVEL • At 5 p.m., catch up with Andy Stone and Linda Lafferty about their writing life to-

JAS BISTRO • Stop by Roaring Fork High School (2270 Highway 133) at 6:30 p.m. to enjoy some incredible music and take a moment to appreciate retiring teacher Mark Gray. A $5 minimum donation supports continued Jazz Aspen Snowmass music education programming.

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SATURDAY April 21 RIVER CLEANUP • Volunteers of all ages are invited to help clean up sections of the Fryingpan and Roaring Fork Rivers. Arrive at Lions Park in downtown Basalt by 8:30 a.m. for a free breakfast and your cleanup assignment area, trash bags, and safety vests. Dress appropriately with warm layers, gloves, long pants, a hat and sunscreen. Prizes will be awarded for best of trash, most useful and most unusual trash. More info at roaringfork.org/events or 927-1290. CALENDAR page 11

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Ongoing WORLD DANCE • Learn rhythms from various countries and cultures for $12 per class from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in spring (6:30 to 8 p.m. in summer) Mondays at the Carbondale Community School (1505 Satank Road). EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN • Staff and sources talk about this week’s paper and more at 4 p.m. Thursdays on KDNK (88.1 FM). CABARET • Colorado Mountain College's Sopris Theatre Company presents the 1998 revival version of the classic musical at 7 p.m. April 6-7, 13-14 and 19-21 at 7 p.m., with 2 p.m. matinees on April 8, 15 and 22. Tickets are $20/adults and $15 for students, staff and seniors at coloradomtn.edu/theatre. HEALTH THROUGH NUTRITION • Free opportunities include‌ One-hour consultation about heart attack prevention, plant-based nutrition, other 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 (520 S. Third St.). Fourth Monday of every month, plant-based 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.

HIGH NOON • Bring your compliments, complaints and ideas to Sopris Sun Editor Will Grandbois at 12 p.m. Thursdays at the Pour House (351 Main St.). MEDITATION • Free silent meditation sessions are held at the Launchpad (76 S. Fourth St.) from 6:45 to 7:30 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Additionally, The Monday Night Meditation Group meets from 7 to 8:15 p.m. at True Nature (100 N. Third St.) and offers instruction in the Buddhist practice of Vipassana. Also at True Nature, everyone’s invited for SRF meditation from 10 to 11 a.m. on the ďŹ rst Sunday of the month and 5 to 6:30 p.m. on the third Thursday of the month. MINDFULNESS • The Mindful Life Program in the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.) offers group sessions Mondays at 7:30 p.m. Admission is by donation and registration is not necessary. Info: mindfullifeprogram.org and 970-633-0163.

in Carbondale at 1101 Village Rd. Info: pathďŹ ndersforcancer.org. YOGA • Get a donation based introduction to Hatha Yoga Tuesdays from 8 to 9 p.m. at The Launchpad (76 S. Fourth St.). MAKERSPACE • Children and teens are invited to design, create, tinker, and play with art and technology to design and create with 3D Pens, make stop-motion animation ďŹ lms, engineer duct tape creations, build their own video games, and more from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesdays at the Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave.). DHARMA • The Way of Compassion Dharma Center holds a Dharma talk and meditation from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays and a silent meditation and Buddha of Compassion practice at 8 a.m. Saturdays at the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.).

LIFE DRAWING • Drop in for ďŹ gure drawing with Staci Dickerson at 6:30 p.m. Mondays at SAW (525 Buggy Cr. Unit C).

KARAOKE • The Black Nugget (403 Main St.) and Sandman bring you over 30,000 songs to choose from and a quality sound system to release your inner rockstar at 9 pm. every Thursday.

GRIEF AND LOSS • PathďŹ nders offers a grief and loss support group every other Monday at 6 p.m., and a caregiver support group every other Wednesday noon. An RSVP is required to Robyn Hubbard at 319-6854. PathďŹ nders offers support groups from Aspen to Rie and is located

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ONE VOICE • Lisa Dancing-Light, founder of Higher Octave Music Programs, presents a community singing group intended to celebrate the joy that music brings to the spirit. Every other Thursday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at The Helios Center (601 Sopris Ave.) in Carbondale LET’S JUST DANCE • Feel great, have fun and dance Tuesdays at The Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.). Catch a free lesson at 7 p.m., then from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. it’s open dancing with two-step, swing, waltz, line dance, salsa and more. No partner or experience necessary. $8/person; $14/couple. Questions? Call 970-366-6463. CONTRA • Every ďŹ rst Saturday October through May, catch contra, waltzes, polkas and square dances from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at the Carbondale Community School (1505 Satank Rd.). No partner or experience necessary; $10 for adults and $8 for students. More information at glenwoodspringscontradance@gmail.com. STORY ART • Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave.), in partnership with the Aspen Art Museum, invites kids to learn about artists and create masterpieces of their own at 4 p.m. on the ďŹ rst Tuesday of each month. SENIOR RADIO • Diane Johnson talks about senior issues and services on KDNK at 4:30 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month.

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Local oďŹƒcials are concerned about teenagers and vaping By Debbie Bruell Sopris Sun Correspondent

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“Juuling,â€? “ghosting,â€? “vape pen,â€? “ejuice‌â€? You’re not alone if you have no idea what these terms mean. However, the Carbondale Police Department and local county health departments are urging adults to pay close attention to this lingo as it relates to a growing epidemic of nicotine addiction among youth. It all comes down to the act of inhaling and exhaling the vapor, or aerosol, produced by an electronic cigarette or similar device. E-juice, e-liquid, or vape juice is the liquid inside the pod which is heated up, turned into an aerosol, and inhaled. The ingredients of the e-juice can vary, from avored oil to marijuana to nicotine. Mandy Ivanov, the Tobacco Control Program Coordinator for GarďŹ eld, Eagle and Pitkin Counties, spoke to about 50 community members at an informational meeting held at Carbondale Middle School last month. According to Ivanov, the most common substance that teens are vaping these days is nicotine. Vaping nicotine is particularly concerning since it poses numerous health risks in addition to being extremely addictive, readily accessible to youth, and easy to hide from adult eyes. “I’ve spoken with youth who told me that within three to four months, they’re vaping the equivalent of two packs of cigarettes per day,â€? Ivanov said. “There’s nothing nasty or harsh about it to tell them to stop.â€? The Healthy Kids Survey of 2015 found that 46 percent of Colorado’s high school students say they have tried vaping and 26 percent say they have used it within the past 30 days. Ivanov believes that use among teens has increased signiďŹ cantly since the 2015 survey, and that the level of use in our valley is similar to that of the state. She noted the rising popularity of vaping among middle schoolers as well. The legal age for purchasing vaping materials in Colorado is 18. However, materials can be ordered online by simply clicking on an age veriďŹ cation button.

According to a Carbondale Police Department pamphlet, one puff on a vaping device typically provides the same amount of nicotine as smoking about one and a half cigarettes. Understanding the experience of the “nicotine buzzâ€? makes it easy to see why it’s so popular. According to a recent article in Medical News Today, the possible effects of vaping nicotine include: increase in energy, improved concentration and memory, decrease in anxiety, and feeling of euphoria. Nicotine is considered a highly addictive substance, especially for people under the age of 25 since their brains are still developing. According to the National Institute of Health, effects of prolonged use include an increased risk of cardiovascular, respiratory, and gastrointestinal disorders. As if the buzz weren’t tempting enough, e-juice comes in a wide variety of avors, such raspberry mocha and key lime cookie. “Kids may say or think, ‘I’m just vaping the avor,’â€? Ivanov told community members. However, the vaping industry is not required to list all ingredients in the liquid pods. Vape juice that is marketed as nicotine-free has been found to contain nicotine as well. Even if a person is “justâ€? vaping the avor, the avorings and other additives which the FDA has found to be safe for digestion, are not necessarily safe when heated to high temperatures and inhaled into one’s lungs. Given how difďŹ cult it is to know what type of liquid is being used in a vaping device — expensive test kits are required — and the potential health risks associated with all types of vaping, Ivanov said the most important thing is to keep all vaping devices out of the hands of kids: “We need to focus on the device, not what’s in it.â€?

Local responses The town trustees discussed the issue of vaping for the ďŹ rst time at their April 10 meeting (see page 9). One question on the table was whether the Town of Carbondale should consider creating a local ordinance raising the legal age for purchasing to-

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Nicotine is considered a highly addictive substance, especially for people under the age of 25 since their brains are still developing. bacco/nicotine products to 21 and establishing a local licensure requirement for retailers of such products. So far, only two municipalities in the entire state of Colorado have taken these actions: Aspen and Basalt. Aspen’s ordinances went into effect at the start of this year; Basalt’s ordinances will go into effect July 1. In an interview with The Sopris Sun prior to the meeting, Mayor Dan Richardson expressed some reservations about following suit. “I’m learning anecdotally that increasing the minimum age won’t change things much because everyone’s buying it online,� he said. “And if we change the cigarette policy at all, that negates our right to collect cigarette taxes.�

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Legion ladies bake up love for vets For the tenth year, participants in the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic were greeted by cookies baked by the women of American Legion Post 100. “To us it’s love,â€? said organizer JoEllen Patty Maynard. “They went through heck for us. It’s the least we can do.â€? Around a dozen bakers pitched in to send 4,295 cookies to Snowmass Village for the event: salted caramel, lemon, no-bake gluten-free peanut butter, chocolate chip — of course — and plenty of banana bread for good measure. There were some leftovers, but that’s better than the alternative. “I kinda griped about us not having enough last year,â€? Maynard explained. “It’s a project that’s near and dear to my heart. You sit and listen to some of their stories and it reminds you why we do what we do.â€? It’s far from the only way the Carbondale Legion members — including those in the Auxillary, the Sons and Daughters of the Legion, and others — get involved locally. They send supplies to troops abroad, give out scholarships and supply the Rie nursing home with party food on Super Bowl Sunday. Maynard herself is a lifelong volunteer despite her Vietnam protest days, and her daughter and granddaughter are also involved. “I think people think it’s just a bar, but it isn’t. It’s a veterans’ organization — though you don’t have to be a veteran. We have a special membership you can just join,â€? she explained. “We always try to help whoever needs it.â€? For more information or to get involved, call 963-2381. Courtesy photos

Seeds of the new City Market are sown From the archives of the Roaring Fork Valley Journal April 13, 1978

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Colorado Mountain College launched a series of lectures entitled “Alternative Futures for Mankind.â€? The ďŹ rst presentation was based on data concerning resources, population, food supply pollution and the like compiled by a group called the Club of Rome who concluded that the Earth would exceed its carrying capacity before the end of the next century. Despite poor attendance, organizer Gwen Ackerman planned to forge ahead with a lecture by Tom Newell of the Department of Energy. (Of course, now CMC has a whole sustainability degree.) In other news‌ A furnished Ranch at Roaring Fork condo would set you back $77,750.

Carbondale ofďŹ cials were reviewing plans for an undisclosed major retail chain’s anchor development on 22 acres of former Colorado Rocky Mountain School land along West Main Street. The property was under contract after being listed for $6 million a year before. Preliminary concepts included two larger retail spaces, two smaller stores, a restaurant and gas station. While some trustees expressed reservations, the possibility of the proposed Cattle Creek Crossing Development made a large development in town limits look more appealing. (The property has since been the subject of three applications before the current Carbondale Marketplace and new City Market plans.) In other news‌ A painting of Don Pierson was placed at the Pour House above his usual seat.

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Carbondale’s Circle Super unveiled a half-million dollar expansion at the Crystal Village Shopping Center. In addition to new coolers, freezers and digital registers, Circle Super added a salad bar, full-service deli with hot foods run by Therese Obridgewitch and bakery headed by Tim Lewis of Pour la France. The seafood section would even feature a tank of live Maine lobsters. (For context, all that occupied only about half of the current City Market space, which was expanded again after Kroger bought out the chain in the ‘90s.) In other news‌ A CMC survey indicated a strong desire for computer classes among potential continuing education students.

KDNK â€œďŹ‚oundering fatherâ€? Jim Groh shared his recollections of the radio station’s foundations.“In Kansas it would have been simple,â€? he wrote. “But poor old Carbondale sits in a Y-shaped hole formed by the river valleys. Predicting our coverage involved a careful study of topo maps‌ We also had to make a study of other stations in the area‌ so we wouldn’t interfere.â€? That was in 1982 – it would take another year to install a tower on the Dinkel Building, ďŹ ll a small room upstairs with equipment and throw the switch. In other news‌ The Community Integration Initiative was working on information kiosks to help Spanish speakers navigate public services.

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A biologist’s perspective on wolf restoration Recently I spoke in Carbondale and average of 10 lbs. of food per day. ConseAspen about restoring the gray wolf to the quently, 250 wolves could be expected to public wildlands of western Colorado. annually consume the equivalent of 2,500 Some have claimed that my preadult elk and 7,500 deer. sentations were misleading. This represents less than 2 They were not. I stuck to reliable percent of the state’s elk and facts and concluded with an imdeer population that exists portant truth: coexisting with after hunters have killed wolves is a straightforward affair. their fill. This is hard for some to acWhile wolves might imcept. The centuries old myth pact hunting opportunities that the wolves are marauding in some specific areas, there beasts that exercise their predais no reason to believe that a tory desires at will is powerful wolf population in western and widely believed. Colorado would disrupt exBy Mike Phillips But the myth is as wrong as it isting, generally abundant Rocky Mountain is strong. hunting opportunities. Wolf Project When considering wolf Wolves could actually restoration five issues deserve atbenefit hunters by making tention: human safety, depredations on live- game more wary and a greater challenge to stock, predation on native prey, ecological kill. Wolves could also help curb the spread consequences, and natural recolonization. of diseases, like chronic wasting disease Overwhelming evidence indicates that (CWD), that compromise the health of wolves pose an infinitesimal threat to hu- game herds and someday may threaten humans. Wolves are shy and retiring around mans. Notably, the Center for Disease Conpeople and avoid them. Encounters be- trol recommends against consuming the tween the two are rare and overwhelmingly meat of elk and deer that harbor CWD. not threatening. Lightning strikes, bee Re-establishing the wolf is a step toward stings, riding mountain bikes, and countless restoring an important part of Colorado’s other daily occurrences represent much natural balance, which is a useful term for greater threats to human safety than wolves. describing the ecological consequences of If wolves are restored to western Col- wolves. Reliable studies indicate that when orado some will kill livestock, but not wolves are common enough for long many. Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho sup- enough their predatory activities can stimport about 6 million cattle and 1 million ulate a trophic cascade that promotes sheep of which an average of 117 and 235, ecosystem health. respectively, are killed annually by the Natural balance can also refer to the state’s 1,500 wolves. Considering just Mon- presence of all native species as originally tana, the state supports about 2 million cat- arranged by nature. There is wisdom in this tle and 450 thousand sheep of which an arrangement. While fully understanding average of 50 and 65, respectively, are this wisdom may be difficult, it is wrongkilled annually by about 500 wolves. headed to deny it. It is also wrongheaded to The western half of Colorado supports deny the importance of each species to it. about 500 thousand cattle and 175 thou- As the father of wildlife management, Aldo sand sheep. If wolves were restored there Leopold, opined: “To keep every cog and and depredated on livestock as they do in wheel is the first precaution of intelligent Montana, 99.99 percent of the cattle and tinkering.” 99.97 percent of the sheep would not be inRestoring the wolf to the public wildvolved in depredations. lands of western Colorado represents intelWe must acknowledge that some depre- ligent tinkering. dations go undetected and in some very Some claim that wolves are naturally respecific situations wolves can modestly in- colonizing western Colorado, but they are hibit weight gain by livestock. Compensa- not and probably will not. The distance tion payments for wolf problems could from northwestern Wyoming is too great justifiably be adjusted upward to account and there are far too many mortality hazfor both. ards along the way for a sufficient number Ranchers have always been challenged of wolves to wander to Colorado, find one to promote the survival of livestock and another, and give birth to enough puppies proper weight gain before sending animals to give rise to a population. to slaughter for profit. But for the vast maNotably, wolves that do wander into jority of them, wolves do not add to that Colorado are fully protected under the Enchallenge. dangered Species Act. This means that Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho support nearly all management actions that might robust deer and elk populations, albeit be useful for resolving wolf-related conflicts much smaller than Colorado’s, and long- would be prohibited by federal law. If standing abundant hunting opportunities. wolves were reintroduced, however, the Data collected by those states reveal that federal law could be relaxed and useful the approximately 1,500 wolves that live management acts employed to resolve there have not diminished general hunting problems. Reintroduced wolves are easier opportunities. to live with than naturally occurring ones. Colorado Parks and Wildlife estimates Facts like those above support the claim that the state supports over 700,000 deer that co-existing with wolves in western and elk after hunters have annually killed Colorado would be a straightforward afan average of about 85,000 of them. A wolf fair. All that is lacking is a willingness to accan maintain good health by consuming an commodate the species.

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Letters continued om page 2 Israeli cowards Dear Editor: I call on the decent Americans of Jewish dissent to condemn the cowardice, hypocrisy and violence the nation of Israel perpetrates on the Palestinian people. For 70 years, crying holocaust, Israel perpetrates a holocaust on the starving poor of Gaza and West Bank. Killing children and women by the thousands indiscriminately, stealing water, land, walling off orchards, instituting demeaning checkpoints, and debasing the original occupants of the land they claim for themselves rather than offer a State for Palestinians to govern and protect their own, as Israel wishes for themselves. The billions in military aid the US has handed to Israel is a shameful inequity for our nation that believes in equality and should end immediately. I hope President wishy washy in the whine house bucks up and denies Israel the aid and instead arms the Palestinians to protect themselves from this highly armed nation of cowards. Let Israel throw rocks and Palestine blow them away with ordinance, jets and missiles. Maybe then Israel and Palestine could come to the negotiating tables on egalitarian terms. John Hoffmann Carbondale

Save the bees Dear Editor: It’s spring and that means it’s time for the bees to get busy and make more brood so they can have plenty of workers to gather all of the nectar that appears all around us. This also means swarms! Regardless of what Hollywood would have you believe, swarms are when bees are at their most docile. You may hear them coming before you see them as they are quite loud as they move across the landscape to look for a new home. If you spot one around your house or around people, do not be alarmed, they are just moving through and will be gone quickly. They may alight upon a branch nearby and “hang out” till the scout bees find a proper home and then move on. Leave them be, they will not attack you unless provoked (just like most people) and are just wanting to find a new place to live. If this is a major concern to you feel free to call me and I’ll remove them for you.

As part of this process, the bees may decide that the eve of a house or outbuilding may be an appropriate place to move into. While they do no damage you probably don’t want bees in such close proximity. Call me at 379-4581 and I can remove them for you. Lastly, the single most important thing you can do to help the dwindling bee population is to not spray pesticides in and around your home or garden, dandelions are the bees first real nectar and pollen source and are quite nutritious. The’ll be pretty hungry coming out of a long flowerless winter, so please leave those little dots of sunshine for the bees to get their first spring meal and put off the first mowing for a few weeks if possible. May your summer be as bright as a jar of honey! Mark Burrows Carbondale

American idle Dear Editor: Have you ever walked into the Post Office when the lot is full of idling cars and trucks? You practically need a gas mask. It seems like everybody in our socalled green community likes to “warm” their cars and trucks up for at least a good half hour every morning. That is true in my neighborhood (Wheel Circle/Wheel Drive) and I reckon it's true elsewhere around town. And what's with all the rides left running in front of any of the five liquor stores in town? Are folks so thirsty that they can't turn the engine off before shopping and back on upon departing? If Hollywood ever discovers Carbondale, they will probably make a reality show called "American Idle." Allyn Harvey Wheel Circle

Wall stall Dear Editor: I wish the president would hurry up and build his “big beautiful” wall at the Mexican border. I would hate for that great chicken processing plant job I have my eye on to go to some “illegal”. JM Jesse Glenwood Springs

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Letters continued om page 14 April is Autism Awareness Month Dear Editor: April is Autism Awareness Month and we at Ascendigo Autism Services are committed to helping spread awareness and encourage greater acceptance in our community for those living with autism. Why devote an entire month to raise awareness about autism? The simple answer is that many causes warrant special attention. Whether it is Black History Month (February), National Safety Month (June), or Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October), these events create a unique opportunity to shine a bright light on a speciďŹ c subject that otherwise might not get the attention it deserves from the general population. The latest statistics show that 1 in 68 children are diag-

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Serving the Valley since 2005

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Gypsum location accepts large steel quantites please see our Gypsum location by Costco

Open Mon. – Sat. 8am -5pm & Sun. 9am – 4pm washes only

We specialize in using environmentally safe and healthy paints, finishes and products

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Come to Sunburst for your Winter tire change-0ver!

GreenWalls Painting

Dr. Albrecht has 35 years EXPERIENCE in successfully treating Headaches

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