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Roaring Fork High School presented “Spring Shorts 2011” during three performances over the weekend. Subject matter in the short plays and monologues ranged from serious to humorous. Shown here are Lisa Bauer (left) and Emily Eason (right) in a play titled “Beauty.” Photo by Lynn Burton

‘Grow the pie,’ say Main Street, ird Street organizations By Terray Sylvester Sopris Sun Staff Writer

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row the pie. Be inconclusive. Carbondale is growing and it better learn to adapt or the community is going to fracture. If there was a take-home message from Monday’s meeting on the fate of the town’s monthly First Friday festivities, that was probably it. Nearly 60 people showed up at the Thunder River Theatre to tackle a topic that started getting attention on a popular town email list about a month ago: Some Main Street business owners assert their sales have dwindled during First Fridays, and they blame the problem on the tenants in Carbondale’s new non-profit hub, the Third Street Center. They say business has bogged down ever since the

center, located three blocks from Main Street, began to host events on First Friday, drawing customers away from the downtown core. Over the past few weeks, the discussion has swelled into a lively debate, but one conducted mostly via electrons. That changed with the meeting on Monday, which was moderated by former Carbondale Town Manager Tom Baker and attracted Main Street business owners, tenants of the Third Street Center and members of its board of directors, as well as more than a few concerned citizens. Over the course of two hours of open discussion, Baker managed to distill the meeting’s most constructive comments into a few core ideas. Everyone seemed to agree there are too many hands in the First Friday “pie,” but only a few participants appeared willing to bar some organizations (Third Street Cen-

ter tenants) from participating. At the same time, not many people jumped on an idea to spread the energy of First Friday through the rest of the month (for instance, by asking Third Street Center tenants to host their events on the third Friday of the month). Instead, many people pushed for a stronger, better coordinated marketing strategy to attract more shoppers to town on First Friday – the “grow the pie” approach. Ro Mead, director of the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities, which helped start the First Friday festivities about a decade ago but has since relocated from Main Street to the Third Street Center, said that spreading out First Friday felt “divisive” to her. She suggested that instead, schedules could be adjusted so that Main Street and Third Street events don’t overlap.

“We’re friends. This is Carbondale, and we need to preserve, above all ... our relationships,” Mead said. Local artist Tanya Black stressed that Carbondale should be delighted its economy is growing. “I think we’re forgetting gratitude in our town here for what we have, what we’ve created as a unit,” she said.

Next Steps:

The discussion on the fate of Carbondale’s First Friday festivities will continue at the next meeting of the Carbondale Business Coalition at 8 a.m. on April 21 at Carbondale Town Hall.

Filmmakers win

Thompson Park continued

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Carbondale Commentary Buying locally brings huge benefits By Ashley Reynolds The 350 Project We’ve all been there – our fingers poised above the“Add to Cart”button on our favorite Website. We’re saving a few bucks by shopping online rather than buying local, but we rarely stop to ask: Will my decision make or break a local business? Turns out there’s more to it than a little money saved. Imagine that you decide to spend $100 of your hard-earned money. If you spend it in a local store, $68 of that purchase returns to the community through payroll, taxes and other expenditures. If you spend that money in a national chain, only $43 of your money stays local. If you spend that money online, nothing comes home. The result is that what you think of as a small decision, one made somewhat spontaneously while sitting in front of your computer, could have a huge impact on your community. That $68 could mean better roads to drive on, more funding for local schools and more jobs for others in the community. When you look at it that way, the $10 that you save by finding a bargain online might not really be worth it. Not only does buying locally bring huge economic benefits, there are other advantages for the community when we support our local businesses. Think of the last fundraiser, fun event or race that you attended. Your local business owners most likely supported that event. They care about your community because it’s their community as well. Shopping locally reduces our carbon footprint because long distance transport isn’t needed as much. Local businesses are more likely to use locally sourced goods, thus spreading the wealth around the community. And perhaps most importantly, you are more valued as a consumer by your local business. It’s pretty much guaranteed that you won’t be stuck in robo-dial-world when you call your local shop with a question. Every time we make a decision to buy something, we are deciding what kind of community we want to live in. A great example is the disappearance of two local bookstores in Basalt and Carbondale. The creation of massive buy-it-all Web sites with cheap book prices led to a quick decline in the business of local bookstores. As a result, people in our community are forced to drive to Aspen or Glenwood Springs to buy a book if we don’t want to buy online. This is a drastic example but one that’s easy to see. We still have clothing stores, gear shops and furniture stores that need the support of a community.We might complain if the town we live in is being filled with chain stores and big names but this decision rests entirely in our hands. No one likes losing small businesses in a town, but not a lot of people equate that with how they spend their money. Take a moment to think about three independently owned stores that you would miss the most if they were to disappear. Stop by those stores and say,“Hello,” and maybe pick up a little something that you need. Though some of us can’t afford much discretionary spending these days, your contribution, whatever the size, keeps these businesses around. You have the power to save your local economy. Ashley Reynolds lives in Carbondale and works at an independently owned business. She is currently a student of Roaring Fork Leadership, working with a team of six other community-minded individuals to raise awareness about the benefits of buying locally. For more information about the buy-local initiative, visit the350project.net.

Letters

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Ethics are for everyone Editor’s Note: This letter was also addressed to the Carbondale Board of Trustees. Town staff was actually able to review eight tapes of the radio show. Two were relevant to the allegations against Trustee Frosty Merriott. Dear Editor: In response to Laurie Loeb’s recent letter regarding Trustee Merriott’s unethical and improper behavior: Ethics are for everyone. Why isn’t Laurie Loeb defending trustee Merriott’s actions instead of urging the “discounting” of the voices and concerns of 159 citizens, most of whom live and work in Carbondale? One hundred and fifty-nine people signed a letter saying that Carbondale Trustee Frosty Merriott should recuse himself from further Village at Crystal River discussions because of ethical misconduct. The 159 people represent a large constituency of Carbondale residents and businesses. These are professionals of all types. Laurie Loeb believes these people carry little influence and validity.Who is Laurie Loeb to say what people have a voice? Why does she make an exception for Missouri Heights? Surely someone that lives in Redstone or El Jebel and owns a business in Carbondale is heavily invested in the community and should have a voice! Loeb doesn’t focus on Merriott’s“bantering” on the radio shows about public hearings, misrepresented facts, spreading rumors and the trashing of a local businessperson on the radio. She could have reassured us that Merriott will bring all of the missing tapes to the next meeting so all will know that Frosty Merriott is unbiased (Merriott couldn’t respond because he missed his 10th meeting in the last 12 months) But no! The tapes of all but two of the 15 relevant shows are mysteriously missing. But there are facts on tape and on the public record that Merriott lied (he said he stuck to the facts), spread rumors, disparaged a local businessperson and acted illegally. Maybe that is why Loeb is attacking the right of 159 citizens to have their voices heard instead of defending Merriott. When Loeb brought in her signatures, she and her supporters were respected and John Foulkrod at all times acted properly, legally and with integrity. Finally I think Loeb is making the case that I am biased. She’s right, but I am no more biased than she and Frosty Merriott are in this fiasco. Juan Grobler Carbondale

Waste management proposal stinks Editor’s note: This letter was also addressed to the Garfield County Board of Commissioners and the Carbondale Board of Trustees.

Spring breaking at Maya Beach in Placencia, Belize. That’s what these three Roaring Fork Valley families were doing, anyway. They are: Logan Pickrell, Greg Pickrell, Bodi Dallas, Aaron Dallas, Harry Teague, Elliott Teague, Sarah Teague, Julie Pickrell and Karen Teague. Photo by Midge Dallas 2 • THE SOPRIS SUN • APRIL 14, 2011

Dear Editor: I wish to share my great concern about the proposed waste management site on Catherine Store Road. I am a business owner in town (True Nature Healing Arts). I recently bought property on Catherine Store Road not far from the bridge, and my children go to school at Waldorf. We frequently travel County Road 100. Will this process be transparent and

will the community have the chance to participate/comment? I am very concerned about the long term environmental impacts, large truck traffic and noise associated with such a project. Branden Cohen Carbondale

Fine young men Dear Editor: Thank you for writing the very nice article about Brandon McDuffey and Ian Morrison. These two fine young men deserve the recognition. Their “New Broken Calculator” is an excellent film. In this world of mostly bad news it is heart-lifting to know that The Sopris Sun makes a point of showing the positive side of our world. Kitty Riley, Teacher Librarian Basalt High School Sponsor, Rocky Mountain Student Filmfest

An amazing opportunity Dear Editor: We have an amazing opportunity before us. The Catherine Store Road (County Road 100) is slated for industrial development in the new Garfield County Comprehensive Plan 2030. We can expect many industrial proposals in the future. Some may be a fit and some may not. Before us now is a proposal for a waste transfer station and recycling center. In addition to asking for approval for this project, IRMW, LLC is asking Garfield County to change the code to“use by right,”meaning no LETTERS page 9

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Carbondale crew wins short film contest in Vail By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer A Carbondale crew won the Olympus 48 Hour short-film contest at the recent Vail Film Festival, bringing home the $5,000 prize, five HD cameras and a meeting with Hollywood producer Sandy Moore. The judging panel included film photographer Kris Krosslove, whose most recent credits include 2010’s “Secretariat.” “I think the judges were unanimous,” said Austin Lottimer, co-director/director of photography for the winning short “Running Colors.” “He (Krosslove) said he’d be working for us soon,” Lottimer said. Other crew members were Lottimer’s brother Maitland Lottimer, their father Barclay Lottimer, actress Sophie Sakson and assistant Sally Brennan. The contest attracted 18 other filmmaking teams from across the United States. Their assignment was to shoot a fourminute short feature in 48 hours in Vail, using the Olympus PEN hybrid video/still camera the company provided. The Lottimer brothers finished off their entry by composing an original score on a portable keyboard from 4 a.m. to 6 a.m., only hours before the final film was due. “It was crazy,” Lottimer said. “Running Colors” contains no dialogue but tells the story of a frustrated artist (Barclay) who chases down the unexpected in-

spiration for his painting (Sakson) and returns the hat she drops during their scampers through Vail Village. Austin and Maitland (ages 24 and 22 respectively) grew up in Boulder, while Sakson was raised in Carbondale. Barclay had a career in film and theatre before moving to Carbondale several years ago, opening the Third Street Café in the Third Street Center, and Roadside Gallery in downtown Carbondale. Barclay had been mentoring Sakson in theatre acting for the past few months and both wanted to see how she would come across on camera. Austin related: “So Barclay told Sophie, ‘You wanna be on camera? Find a film festival and enter us, and Austin and Maitland will make the movie and you can act in it.’” Sakson quickly located the Vail Film Festival and signed the team up for the Olympus contest without asking anyone. “We almost bailed on the contest two days before we went because I was in California and everyone was unclear what we were doing, but we committed and it all came together,” Austin said during an interview at “the big table” at the Third Street Café. Austin is low key and matter of fact. When asked if he attend film school, he said, “I self educate really well” after explaining he learned a lot while employed as a sound engineer for a TV series Barclay produced about golf. He attributes their contest win to pre-production plan-

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Roaring Fork High School Fundraiser Pancake Breakfast by Carbondale Rotary Health information and testing is available to anyone 18 years of age or older. Optional blood chemistry analysis: cholesterol, cardiac risk, blood sugar, kidney and liver function. Fast for 12 hours (diabetics should not fast.) $45. $10 vaccines available through Garfield County Health (Tdap, HPV and more). Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) $35, Blood Count $20, Colorectal Kit $15 For more information: 384-6651

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Austin Lottimer (left) was co-director and director of photography in a Vail Film Festival contest sponsored by Olympus. Sophie Sakson (center) and Barclay Lottimer (right) acted in the four-minute piece. Not shown are co-director Maitland Lottimer and Sally Brennan. Photo by Jane Bachrach ning. “We knew what we wanted before we started.” Austin and Maitland operate Bujin Productions, which specializes in video production, motion graphics, interactive media installations and Web design. “Running Colors” can be viewed at bujinpro-

ductions.com or on the Vail Film Festival Web site. As for future projects, the Lottimer brothers are working on a film they hope to enter in the Sundance Film Festival, plus two more shorts, a screenplay and a science fiction project. “It’s a trilogy,” Austin said.

Police officer remained on duty while under investigation By Terray Sylvester Sopris Sun Staff Writer When a Carbondale police officer shot himself in his patrol car in the parking lot between the Church at Carbondale and Crystal River Elementary School late last month, his death came as a shock to Carbondale Police Chief Gene Schilling, but it didn’t come completely out of the blue. Records from the Garfield County Sheriff’s Department, the agency that investigated the incident, state that Schilling was concerned the officer, Nino Santiago, might be suicidal when Santiago sent a text message to his family to tell them he loved them late on March 21. Early the next morning, as officers began to search the predawn dark for Santiago, Schilling reportedly told Garfield County Sheriff’s officers he was concerned Santiago might be suicidal. At the time, Schilling believed Santiago might be arrested as soon as the next day as part of an investigation into sex crimes that allegedly took place in Arapahoe County between 2004 and 2008. Schilling had known about the investigation for two weeks before Santiago killed himself, but he had decided to keep Santiago on active duty. Under town employment guidelines, that choice was Schilling’s to make, and he said he did so because he trusted Santiago, and because Santiago had not been charged with a crime. Schilling said that when he made the decision to keep the officer on duty, he was working with information he had obtained from Santiago himself. Two weeks prior to

the suicide, Schilling said he was approached by Santiago, who told the chief he was under investigation. At the time, Schilling said it was clear that Santiago was struggling. Upset over the accusations, Santiago offered to resign in order to spare the police department potential negative attention, but Schilling suggested they should both wait to see what would come of the accusations before taking action. Schilling also decided not to put him on administrative leave, which would have been an option in such a situation. “I didn’t feel it was appropriate to put him on administrative leave because it was accusations and he said he didn’t do it, and he’s always been an honest person,” Schilling said. “If I thought there was an issue that was going to relate to the safety of the people I would have done it differently. … If he would have been charged then that’s a different story.” According to the case report from the suicide, Schilling asked for assistance from Garfield County Sheriff’s officers at roughly 2 a.m. on March 22. Steve Hopple, a sergeant with the sheriff’s office, reported Schilling told him Santiago’s text message suggested the officer was suicidal and that “there was a strong possibility that [Santiago] would be arrested.” Schilling said he has since learned he was overestimating that possibility at the time. After Santiago committed suicide, Schilling contacted Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson for the first time, Schilling said. In an interview with The Sopris Sun, Robinson stated OFFICER page 11 THE SOPRIS SUN • APRIL 14, 2011 • 3

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

Trustees continue Thompson Park The Carbondale Board of Trustees continued the Thompson Park annexation to May 10 after voting 5-2 not to deny the application on Tuesday night. Voting for a motion to deny the application were mayor Stacey Bernot and trustee Elizabeth Murphy. Voting against the motion were trustees John Foulkrod, Ed Cortez, John Hoffmann, Frosty Merriott and Pam Zentmyer. As presented in a revision by developer Frieda Wallison on Tuesday night, Thompson Park would now include 45 housing units (up from the previous 30) on 10.2 acres on south Highway 133 next to River Valley Ranch. A key element in the proposal continues to be Wallison’s agreement to donate the historic Thompson House to the town or other entity. The Thompson family has already donated the house’s contents to the Mt. Sopris Historical Society.

Net slated for Hwy. 82 bridge Colorado Department of Transportation contractor Yenter Companies will install 660 feet of steel netting between the old and new Maroon Creek Bridge during the week of April 18. The work had originally been scheduled for April 11-14. Work will be underway from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day and will not cause any lane closures. The work is expected to cost $20,000.

The netting will help protect pedestrians in the wake of a fatal fall that occurred from the bridge this winter. According to a press release from Pitkin County, the new Maroon Creek Bridge, which was completed in 2008, meets all federal and state requirements and safety standards for pedestrian and vehicular travel, including the lighted and signed pedestrian path, the shoulder width, barrier and bridge rail.

Heating help available Colorado residents behind on home heating bills still have time to apply for help. The Low-income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP) encourages Coloradoans who are having a hard time paying utility costs to apply for assistance. Applications will be accepted through April 30. LEAP provides cash assistance to help families and individuals pay winter home heating costs.The program pays the highest benefits to those with the highest heating bills and lowest incomes by family size.Applicant income cannot exceed 185 percent of the federal poverty index, which equals a maximum income of $3,400 per month before taxes for a household of four people. The minimum LEAP benefit a household could receive is $200 and the maximum is $1,000. Call 1-866-432-8435 to be mailed an application or, download one an at: cdhs.state.co.us/leap/index.htm.

Cop Shop

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

FRIDAY May 1 Residents of Highway 133 reported that someone had attempted to perpetrate identity theft over the previous couple days using information from their Alpine Bank account. SATURDAY May 2 At 1:31 a.m. police roused a woman passed out on the sidewalk on the west end of Main Street. An officer offered to give her a ride home, but she refused the help and left, walking east on Main Street. SATURDAY May 2 At 6:25 a.m. police contacted an Edwards resident sleeping in his vehicle in the parking lot of Crystal River Elementary School. They told him to sleep somewhere else. SUNDAY May 3 At 12:29 a.m. an officer removed a large tree branch that had fallen on Snowmass Drive. WEDNESDAY May 6 At 3:34 p.m. police responded to a two-car accident on the 600 block of Highway 133. No one was injured. WEDNESDAY May 6 At 7:55 a.m. police responded to a fender bender at the intersection of Main Street and Highway 133. One driver complained of head and neck pain.

Man arrested for alleged sexual assault Police have arrested a Carbondale man on charges of alleged sexual assault on a minor. He has been charged with aggravated incest, a class 3 felony. Carbondale police arrested him on Tuesday, April 12, after he confessed to assaulting his stepdaughter in 2009 when she was 6 years old. The incident allegedly occurred in a home in Carbondale that he shared with the child and her mother. According to an affidavit filed by the Carbondale police department, the man has been married to the child’s mother for six years. Police began investigating on Tuesday afternoon after the child was taken to a doctor in Basalt for a stomach ache and told the doctor he had touched her. The case was referred to the Garfield County Department of Human Services and from there to the Carbondale Police Department. The man was scheduled to appear in Ninth District Court in Glenwood Springs yesterday, April 13, after The Sopris Sun went to press. He was scheduled to be advised of the charges against him and a bond was to be set. A date for a formal advisement of charges was to be scheduled on Wednesday. 7th Annual

OPENINGS TOWN OF CARBONDALE VOLUNTEER BOARDS & COMMISSIONS Planning & Zoning Commission The Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) is created pursuant to Article 23, Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, and shall have all powers, discretion and duties established by law. (Ord. 9-1979 §1: Ord. 13-1972 §2). P&Z consist of seven members and two alternate members, each serving four-year terms. Two members may live outside of the Town boundaries. The Commission meets on the second and fourth Thursday of the month, as required, at 7:00 P.M. to hear land use proposals. The P&Z provides analysis and recommendations to the Board of Trustees regarding the Town’s Comprehensive Plan and other plans related to land use, circulation, infrastructure, open space and recreation, and the Municipal Code. A detailed description of the Planning and Zoning Commission is available on the Town website, www.carbondalegov.org / Municipal Code / Title 18 Zoning: 18.60.020.

Board of Adjustment & Appeals The Board of Adjustment and Appeals (BOA) consists of five members and up to two alternate members. Members must live within the boundaries of the Town of Carbondale. The term of office is four years. The BOA meets on the last Wednesday of the month, as required, to hear and decide appeals from and review any order, requirement, decision or determination made by any administrative official charged with enforcement of the Municipal Code. The BOA may reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or may modify the order, requirement, decision or determination appealed from by a concurring vote of four members. A detailed description of the Board of Adjustment is available on the Town website, www.carbondalegov.org / Municipal Code / Title 18 Zoning: 18.60.025.

APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE AT CARBONDALE TOWN HALL Or on the Town Website

www.carbondalegov.org Deadline for applications is May 30, 2011 Thank you for your interest in volunteering for Carbondale! 4 • THE SOPRIS SUN • APRIL 14, 2011

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Dance Initiative creates new opportunity Photos and text by Jane Bachrach Until about a year ago, a community of dancers quietly crept around town, hiding in studios and waiting for the right moment to pounce into the spotlight to reveal their artistry and athleticism to an audience. Their moment finally came during the newly formed Dance Initiative presentation DANCE for US on Friday and Saturday night, when more than a dozen dancers leaped, clogged, shimmied and twirled into the spotlight at Thunder River Theatre. Thanks to Peter Gilbert, Dance Initiative now exists and is open to individual dancers and choreographers. With a great deal of help from Carbondale ballet dancers Alexandra and Anthony Jerkunica, Gilbert formed the Dance Initiative a little over a year ago to promote and support local dancers and choreographers. According to Alexandra, “We support local dancers’ dreams to continue choreographing and performing and sharing that with the communities. More and more dancers are popping up and starting to blossom for every show.”

Deborah Colley (top) is a choreographer and dancer trained in ballet but whose passion is creative organic movement and modern dance. Anna Komula (above, right) is a contestant in the Miss Colorado competition in June and is also a painter. Alexandra Jerkunica (bottom photo) is a choreographer and teaches Pilates and ballet at Coredination studio at the Third Street Center. Kari Sea (above) was a professional ballet dancer, taught ballet throughout the Roaring Fork Valley and is now also teaching in Vail.

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Eleven cents from $4 Gasoline prices on the east side of Highway 133 inched to within 11 cents of the dreaded $4 level this week. Meanwhile, on the west side of the highway, gasoline held steady at $3.77.

Restaurant notes Mr. Drinkmore at Carbondale Beer Works reported in with a few items this week. First, CBW has installed some sounddampening acoustical felt under the tables and bar, and is in the process of installing acoustical panels on the ceiling.“Once complete, these measures will certainly make a HUGE difference in your sonic experience at

CBW,” Mr. Drinkmore said. Meanwhile, construction is under way on an outdoor patio to the east (where a car punched a hole in the wall when CCAH was headquartered there a few years back). Also, Mr. Drinkmore states that a woman got up and danced on the bar last week, which was a first for the establishment, “but hopefully not the last.” Up Main Street a couple of blocks, EcoGoddess is offering a new tapas and bar menu from 3 to 7 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays is brunch day from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. If you own or manage a restaurant (or it owns or manages you), feel free to send your notes to The Sopris Sun at news@soprissun.com.

Greening up The shrubs in front of the post office started greening up on Sunday, the first such greening that’s been reported so far this spring.

Watch out for marmots Those marmots about a mile up Prince Creek Road survived the winter and appear to be thriving (one whistle pig might not thrive for much longer, however, as he was seen lying near the middle of the road soaking up the blacktop heat last week). If you enjoy watching the playful critters, please slow down and keep an eye out when you drive that stretch.

Good going Carbondale’s Danielle Brownell-Patty, who attends Burke Mountain Academy in Vermont, won the women’s super G at last week’s J3 Whistler Cup in British Columbia. The event attracted 450 racers from all over the world. Previous winners include current stars such as Lindsey Vonn, Julia Mancuso and Steven Nyman.

Chad Neu (left) and Sierra Neu (right) took their Peppino’s ice cream cones (with sprinkles) across the street to check out the Buddha on April 8. They and their dad, Steve, also chowed down on pizza before dessert. Photo by Julie Albrecht

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From left, Finn Keleher, Levi Gavette, Kristen Joiner, Emiliah Ahumada and Cole Hollenback were selected as students of the month for April. Photo by Terray Sylvester

Save the dates

Former Sopris Sun columnist Sue Melus has taken over the former Midvalley Kennel and is open for businesses as Good Life Kennel. “I offer compassionate, clean, experienced and affordable dog boarding and day care, board-in training and private coaching, pet first aid classes and grooming services,” she said. Good Life Kennel is at 16480 Highway 82, across from the Waldorf School. For details, 963-6647.

Carbondale’s new Art aRound Town sculptures go on display June 3, while the Carbondale Community School’s eighth annual Roaring Fork Valley Studio Tour is slated for the following day. Stay tuned.

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Help Save Carbondale! We could be the “Garbage Dump” of the valley! Letter to the Garfield County Commissioners: The “Don’t Trash Carbondale Coalition” has major concerns about a Solid Waste Transfer Station and Recycling Center being proposed at the Mid-Continent Mine Building in Carbondale. A Solid Waste Transfer Station is a hub for garbage collection. It means everyone’s RAW GARBAGE could be brought to this site for processing, all the way from New Castle to Aspen. We will have a mountain of garbage in Carbondale, which brings potential environmental issues, heavy industrial traffic and safety concerns. This will affect Carbondale’s image forever! Our primary concern is that the owners of this property are asking Garfield County for a “Use by Right” application process. This is equivalent to a FREE PASS, which would allow them to bypass the rules! If granted, the company can receive approval for this facility with NO PUBLIC INPUT and WITHOUT DOING THE CRUCIAL IMPACT REVIEW STUDIES* that are currently required by the County Land Use Code. These studies are designed to protect the public from POTENTIAL HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL and SAFETY CONCERNS created by these types of trash handling facilities. We think there may be many. WHAT DOES THE COMPANY HAVE TO HIDE?

Why the Citizens of Carbondale are concerned? Environmental: Potential air, water, ground and noise pollution! Potential hazardous materials, known in the industry as “Unwantables”, could be dropped off including car batteries, electronic components, solvents, lead paints, pesticides, and old tires to name a few! What if these substances leech from the site into our ground water? Safety: • Crystal River Elementary School - the proposed truck route runs directly in front of the school. Do we want our children put in harm’s way? • Rio Grande bike path - runs directly in front of the site. What safety hazards could this create? • Fires - these types of facilities are prone to fires. This was an old coal transfer site for many years! • Regulation: Who is going to regulate this facility to make sure it remains in compliance with all federal, state and local laws?

Heavy Industrial Traffic: This includes heavy garbage trucks and semi-trailers on County Road 100 and Snowmass Dr., which cannot sustain this kind of traffic. Odor: Foul odors and smells will be generated by this site. Is this how we want to welcome people to Carbondale? Carbondale’s Image: Carbondale is listed as one of the Top 50 Places to Live. How will a major trash processing center just outside Carbondale affect its image? What effect will this have on the RODEO, which is located directly across the road from this site? Does Carbondale want to become the TRASH RECEPTACLE for the entire valley’s garbage? What will this site look like in 10, 20 or 50 years? Could WASTE MANAGEMENT potentially own this site in the future? How big could it get? How much more noise, traffic, odor and environmental damage could be created?

In summary, as our elected County Commissioners, we feel strongly that you have a moral and ethical responsibility to the citizens of Carbondale to look out for our health and safety. We ask that you DENY the company’s request for a “Use by Right”. Instead, we respectfully request that you make the company follow the required “Impact Review” process so together, we can make an INFORMED and RESPONSIBLE decision that is advantageous to the Carbondale community. Sincerely, The Don’t Trash Carbondale Coalition To learn more about our coalition, go to www.donttrashcarbondale.com

To the Friends of Carbondale: If you want to keep garbage out of Carbondale, NOW IS THE TIME TO SPEAK UP! The Commissioners will decide this issue at their meeting on Monday, April 18th at 1:15 p.m., at the Garfield County Plaza Building, 108 8th Street, Glenwood Springs. THIS COULD BE YOUR ONE AND ONLY CHANCE TO LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD! PLEASE ATTEND THIS MEETING!

THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!

*A Solid Waste Transfer Station and Recycling Center require a Limited Impact Review and a Major Impact Review, respectfully!

Community Calendar THURS.-SUN. April 14-17 “PETER PAN” • Jayne Gottlieb Productions, a young persons' theater company based in Basalt, performs “Peter Pan” at the Wheeler Opera House at 7 p.m. on April 14-16, and at 2 p.m. on April 16-17. Tickets range from $17 to $25. Info: 920-5770.

THURSDAY April 14 LIVE MUSIC • Carbondale Beer Works presents My Countrymen (blues, jazz and instrumentals). There’s no cover.

FRIDAY April 15 MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “Limitless” (PG-13) at 8 p.m. April 15-21. KDNK BASH • Colorado’s own Hillbilly Hellcats come to town for KDNK’s 28th birthday party. This one’s at Thunder River Theatre starting at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 and dancing is expected to occur. Steve Skinner and the Uninhibited Swedes warm up the crowd. EPIC TRIP PRESENTATION • Pat and Ralph Wanner show slides and discuss their epic, 18,000-mile bike trip from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to Ushuaia, Argentina, at The Blend coffee company at 7:30 p.m. The Blend is located at 1150 Highway 133, just south of Carbondale Car Care. CLAY CENTER SHOW OPENS • WindWalkers and the Carbondale Clay Center open the show “Horsin’ Around” with a silent auction, refreshments, horseshoe decorating and more. It’s from 6 to 8 p.m. at 135 Main St. Info: 963-2529.

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

LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s, located in the Dinkel Building, presents Fire in the Asylum at 10 p.m. SPECIAL EVENT • Steve’s Guitars presents the Dos Gringos String Pickers at 8:30 p.m. The DGSP consists of Dave Notor, Dan Johns, K.O. Ogilby, Russell Hedman, Larry Gottlieb and others. “It’s like string orchestra with more than 10 players,” said Steve himself. “We’ll get to hear guitars, fiddles, mandolins, banjos and perhaps even a pedal steel guitar and more.” Info: 963-3304. LIVE MUSIC • Rivers in Glenwood Springs presents Gneiss (classic rock) from 9 p.m. to midnight. There’s no cover. LIVE MUSIC • Big Daddy Lee & the King Bees plays Jimmy’s in Aspen. GO BIKE • The Outdoor Baby Network meets at the North Face skatepark at 9 a.m. You can try out your balance bike, the pump track and obstacle course. There’ll also be some bikes and helmets on hand. Info: outdoorbaby.net@gmail.net. OPENING • The Glenwood Springs Art Guild opens its all-members exhibit at the Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts (601 E. Sixth St.) at 6 p.m. The exhibit continues through May 31. Info: 404-1208. SPELLEBRATION • Literacy Outreach stages its 17th annual Spellebration at the Glenwood Springs Community Center at 6 p.m.

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Roaring Fork High School from 7 to 11 a.m. Health information and testing is available to those 18 and older. Info: 384-6651. GRAND OPENING • Collage Creative Collections features singer/songwriter Lisa Dancing Light at its grand opening celebration from 6 to 8 p.m. The store sells local homemade arts and crafts, and is located at 1154 Highway 133. LIVE MUSIC • Carbondale Beer Works presents Elements 3 (killer jazz). There’s no cover. LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s in the Dinkel Building presents Joint Point at 10 p.m. FAMILY FARM DAY • The Aspen Center for Environmental Studies holds a family farm day at its Rock Bottom Ranch in Basalt. The hours are 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. There’s a suggested donation of $20 per family. RSVP at 927-6760.

TUESDAY April 19 BOOK CLUB • The Senior Matters book club meets the third Tuesday of the month at the Third Street Center from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Info: 945-7094. BLOOD DRIVE • Valley View Hospital in

Glenwood Springs holds its monthly blood drives from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month. Info: 384-6657.

WEDNESDAY April 20 LIVE MUSIC • White House Pizza on Main Street presents Elements (jazz/rock/trumpet/piano) Info: 704-9400. AUDUBON PROGRAM • The Roaring Fork Chapter of the Audubon Society presents “Birds of Western Colorado” with birder Dave Clark and photographer Robin Henry at town hall (511 Colorado Blvd.) at 7 p.m. The program is great for brushing up on the club’s spring bird count on May 28. info: roaringforkaudubon.org. SENIOR MATTERS • The Senior Matters board meets at the Third Street Center the third Wednesday of the month from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Anyone wishing to attend or to become a board member is invited. Info: 945-7094. BEAR VOLUNTEERS NEEDED • The Colorado Division of Wildlife’s “Bear Aware” program needs volunteers to help ease conflicts between the native born bruins and humans. An organizational meeting takes place at 455 Rio Grande Place in Aspen from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Info: your local DOW office. FURTHER OUT page 9

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RFOV TRAINING • Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers holds crew-leader training at Wulfsohn Open Space in Glenwood Springs on April 30 and May 1. Info: 927-8241.

April 30 RIVER CLEANUP • The Roaring Fork Conservancy holds its annual Fryingpan

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CCAH SHOW CONTINUES • The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities presents the sculpture show “Feel Free to Touch (or Not)” at the Third Street Center through April 29. Local sculptors include James Surls, Alicia de las Hera Matesanz, Michael Lindsay, Janet Nelson, Joe Burleigh, Will Perry, Sherrill Stone and Doug Casebeer; Jason Schneider and Paul Collins are from the Anderson Ranch Arts Center. The CCAH's R2 Gallery is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday. Info: 963-1680. S.A.W. SHOW CONTINUES • S.A.W. presents the work of K and Mark Cesark through May 11. S.A.W. is located at 978 Euclid Ave. The hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. BASALT SHOW CONTINUES • The first annual Roaring Fork Valley Women’s History Art Show continues at the Basalt Regional Library through April. The theme is “Our History Is Our Strength.” The show continues through the month.

River Cleanup starting at Lions Park in Basalt at 8:30 a.m. There’ll be prizes for Best of Trash, Most Toxic, Most Useful and Most Unusual Trash. Info: 927-1290. CITIZEN WORKSHOP • Mi Familia Vota offers a workshop on applying for citizenship at St. Stephen’s Church in Glenwood Springs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The workshop is cosponsored by the Colorado Immigration Rights Coalition. Info: 303-727-8035.

CMC SHOW CONTINUES • “Viewpoint X3,” featuring the work of Wewer Keohane, Lynette O’Kane and Laurren Whistler, continues at the Colorado Mountain College Gallery through May 25. The gallery is located at 831 Grand Ave. in Glenwood Springs. Info: 947-8367. ACT PREP CLASS • Colorado Educational Consulting holds ACT prep classes at Basalt High School on Thursday nights from 6:30 to 8 p.m. April 14 and 21, and Tuesday night, April 26. The classes, in order, are: math, science, English and reading. The cost is $175. Info: (970) 274-6298. WYLY ART CLASSES • The Wyly Community Art Center offers after-school art programs for grades 1-5 from 2 to 4 p.m. on Wednesdays through May. Info at wylyarts.org. MATINEE BINGO • It’s Matinee BINGO time in the Rominger Room at Crystal Meadows senior housing after lunch every Wednesday. It’s five cents per card, and large print cards are available. Info: 704-1579.

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more public comment on this project, ever.This would set a precedent for all future industry along our Rio Grande Trail and across from Carbondale’s rodeo arena.The current county rules are in place for a reason, to protect our environment and safety. I want the Garfield County commissioners to impose the impact reviews so we can fully understand the potential impacts this facility could have on our community. My concerns are potential air, water and earth pollution.This project is not about a few recycling bins.A waste transfer station has huge impacts: fire, blowing trash, truck traffic. This important meeting is scheduled for Monday, April 18 at 1:15 p.m. at 108 Eighth Street in Glenwood. Let the county commissioners hear your concerns. Patty Phelan Carbondale

Raise taxes for the schools Dear Editor: The $3.5 million in budget cuts being considered will have serious consequences for our public schools. Proposed budget cuts would eliminate 34 teaching positions (including all vocational positions) and 62 support positions (athletics coaches, custodial, health and technology).There are alternatives to budget cuts that you must consider. Raising taxes is never popular, but doesn’t our community deserve great schools? Colorado has one of the lowest tax burdens in the country, ranking 49th out of the 50 states in the amount of state taxes paid. The Roaring Fork School District can ask the public to support a mill levy override that would in-

crease our property taxes minimally while eliminating the need to pack our classrooms full of children while keeping kids on the playing field. To some, asking for a mill levy override when so many are struggling seems fiscally irresponsible, but I would argue that it is the responsible approach. It’s responsible because it values the education of our children and provides them the same opportunities for success each of us was given. At a minimum, the community, not our five elected representatives, deserves the opportunity to decide if supporting public education is a community priority. In the interim, the board should use its $3.7 million reserve fund to offset a portion of proposed cuts to be repaid if a mill levy override is passed. Reserves are spent during times of financial distress. If the current situation does not qualify, what situation will? A mill levy override and reserve spending are great, but the fact that less than $30,000 is raised annually by the Roaring Fork Public Education Foundation is laughable. The school board needs to work with the foundation to develop a business and fundraising plan that greatly increases the resources the community contributes to the public schools. Our schools and community deserve a topnotch education system. School board members, please give the community an opportunity to weigh in on what type of education system it wants. Explore a mill levy override, spend some reserves and re-invigorate the Public Education Foundation. Matthew Hamilton Carbondale

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î‚Šis summer, ďŹ nd the furniture to ‘just be’ I remember a late afternoon from years Aspen St. Regis – how about a “gently disago, waiting for a massage. I sat outside on a tressedâ€? leather chair for the front porch, half rotten, low wicker chair. It had a faded bare feet kicked up on an ottoman? I’ve been ower-print cushion, soft meaning forever to go to and welcoming as the VelStrange Imports in Glenwood veteen Rabbit. We, the Springs, too. A hand carved chair and I, were beneath Balinese chaise could make for the gnarled branches of an dreamy afternoon reading. ancient fruit tree.The white Last summer, clients of mine ghosts of its blossoms furnished their new outdoor drifted down around me, “loungeâ€? with an entire set of landing like fragrant kisses furniture from A Great Find in in my hair, on my cheeks, El Jebel. As comfy as living my legs. It was more magiroom digs, they actually use cal than the massage itself, their backyard now, hangin’ by which was fabulous. their ďŹ re table late into the Stillness in the outsummer nights. doors isn’t celebrated as Do I want to invest? My much as “just do it!â€? For by Geneviève JoĂŤlle friend Toni, of Toni McWilliams me though – and maybe Interior Design, has several lines Villamizar you, if you’re one of my of outdoor furniture. I could readers – I ďŹ rmly believe having the perfect score pretty much any sick piece I want along place to sit and “just beâ€? is deďŹ nitely a radi- the lines of what I see in my garden design cal sport. It has nothing to do with a view or mags. How about teak or resin, cedar or a garden or even a sense of place. Sometimes steel? Chella to Sunbrella fabrics, overstuffed it’s simply just having a comfy place to park to sleek and hard – so many choices. your butt and close (or open) your eyes. Or do I want something truly unique? So I’m in the market for a chair. Another friend of mine, Ben Kelly, of Honu True to the Cult of Carbondale, I want to Studios, is a woodcrafter. One of his rocking support local businesses, so I’ve asked chairs in his own home sits by an original around.“Try Little Bear Antiques,â€? urges my Russell Chatham and looks out over the friend, Mare. It’s got many quirky pieces that rolling waves of Missouri Heights. Between she goes “Goldilocksâ€? over, touching and sit- the lithograph, the view and the perfection ting in them, one by one. My buddy Evan, of of the rocking chair, I’m sold on Ben’s creHabitat for Humanity’s Re-Store, says they ations. I wonder if he could make a weatherjust received 240 rooms of furniture from the resilient one? Well, Ben?

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hours there, with Juniper and the dogs, noting the ďŹ rst wild asparagus to pierce the soil or the passage of our resident owl. If we’re quiet enough, the deer and the birds will come really close. In the stillness of comfort and being, we’ll become more aware of many things.

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Business Briefs On Feb. 20 Laura Wright-Smith, an RN at Heritage Park Care Center, became a certiďŹ ed wound care associate by the American Academy of Wound Management. The American Academy of Wound Management seeks to promote the prevention, care and treatment of acute and chronic wounds. The certiďŹ cation earned by Wright-Smith is intended to be a nationally accepted standard of excellence among caregivers providing wound management. “I am very honored to have received this certiďŹ cation,â€? said Wright-Smith. “I studied extremely hard and made passing the examination my personal goal. It is my desire to provide the best possible care to my patients, and I felt this certiďŹ cation advanced my abilities.â€? Wright-Smith has more than 32 years of experience in long-term health care. She has been an RN with Heritage Park Care Center for the past eight years. Prior to her time at Heritage Park, Wright-Smith served various hospitals and long-term facilities in Colorado as an RN and director of nursing. WrightSmith earned an associate’s degree from Hud-

CMC to relocate district ofďŹ ces Colorado Mountain College is moving to a new home. On April 1 the college closed on the $3.8 million purchase of a new location for its centralized district ofďŹ ces at 802 Grand Ave. in downtown Glenwood Springs. CMC plans to move by the end of December. The district ofďŹ ces host departments and services, that provide support for all CMC locations. The college hopes to build a two-level underground parking garage behind the building (on a separate $1.6 million property) in partnership with the City of Glenwood Springs and the Downtown Development Authority. Negotiating are underway with the GarďŹ eld County Public Library District to site a new Glenwood Springs Library above the garage. Currently, the college’s district ofďŹ ces are located in Glenwood Springs at 831 Grand Ave. and at rented space on Colorado Avenue.

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Registration for the Challenger Sports and Tetra Brazil soccer program for players 3-16 years old starts April 22. The camps are June 6-10 and Aug. 1-5, with goaltending camps for ages 8-16 on June 6-10. A more advanced Tetra Brazil camp for players 9-17 will be offered Aug. 8-12. The camps take place at Triangle Park in River Valley Ranch. Players who sign up by April 22 for the June 6-10 camp receive a British Soccer replica jersey. To sign up or for information, go to challengersports.com.

The deadline to sign up for the Carbondale Recreation Department’s April 22 senior shopping trip to Grand Junction is April 15. The department also offers a shopping trip to Silverthorne on May 20, with a May 13 registration deadline. The fee is $15. For details, call Becky at 704-4116.

Farmer’s Market applications available Vendor applications for the Carbondale Farmer's Market are due by May 1. The market season is June 15

OďŹƒcer continued om page 3 that not much is known about the allegations against Santiago. “I can’t share a lot of detail because we really didn’t have an awful lot to start with,â€? he said. Robinson said his department had been investigating the case for no longer than a month when the suicide occurred. “I want to re-emphasize that it was absolutely an allegation only,â€?Robinson said.“We hadn’t been able to go far enough to determine the validity of the allegation.â€?

An unprecedented situation Schilling, who has been chief of police in Carbondale since 1997, said the situation was unprecedented in his experience at the department. Before he decided to keep Santiago on active duty he said he consulted two sets of employee guidelines: the town’s employment manual, and an additional set of operating procedures for the police department. The police protocols require an ofďŹ cer accused of a crime to report it to his supervisor, but beyond that the town guidelines are largely silent on the topic, leaving the matter to a chief’s discretion, Schilling said. “I would say that one of the things we’ve learned out of this is that we’re going to look at an update of our guidelines and

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see if we need to get something in there,â€? Schilling stated. Interim Town Manager Nancy Barnett also said she was unaware of any employee guidelines that would apply to Santiago’s situation. GarďŹ eld County Sheriff Lou Vallario stressed that in general, each law enforcement agency has a signiďŹ cant degree of autonomy when dealing with personnel issues. But he said protocols at his department would require him to put an employee on paid leave in similar circumstances. Schilling still believes Santiago was not a threat to the community, and he said that from a public safety standpoint, he would make the same decision today if he were given the choice. “If it was Nino, yeah,â€? Schilling said. But then he added, with his voice rising as he spoke through his emotions, “No, I wouldn’t because I’d take all his guns away from him so he couldn’t do something stupid.â€? After Santiago killed himself the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s OfďŹ ce decided to close its investigation. Because the investigation was still in the early stages and involved allegations of sex crimes, the department has so far refused public records requests from the media.

through Oct. 5. For details, go to carbondalefarmersmarket.com or call Frank Zlogar at 963.0379.

Studio Tour deadline nears The registration deadline for the Carbondale Community School’s eighth annual Roaring Fork Valley Studio Tour is April 15. The tour of area artists’ studios is June 4. For details, call Laurel at 379-7618.

Legal Notices ORDINANCE NO. 5 Series 2011

AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO APPROVING AN EXTENSION OF THE DEADLINE TO RECORD THE THIRD STREET CENTER CORRECTION PLAT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP P.U.D.

NOTICE: This Ordinance was introduced, read, and adopted at a special meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Carbondale, Colorado, on April 5, 2011.

This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after publication of this notice. The full text of said Ordinance is available to the public at www.carbondalegov.org or at the office of the Town Clerk, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, Colorado, during normal business hours. THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE _________________________ By: s/s Stacey Bernot, Mayor

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