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5Point rocks on Local film fest focuses on adventure with a conscience

Three years in, the folks behind the screens at Carbondale’s 5Point Film Festival are still seeking to educate through film and to inspire adventure with a conscience. From left: festival founder Julie Kennedy, business manager Brie Bath and program director Beda Calhoun. Photo by Jane Bachrach By Terray Sylvester The Sopris Sun

rofessional surfer Kahana Kalama has rarely seen anyone quite so passionate about surfing as the ragtag members of the only surf club in Bangladesh. “They are just super passionate about it and that’s what touched me,” said Kalama, who was born in Hawaii but now lives in San Diego, Calif. “I like surfing but I have a full-on support group around me of friends that like surfing. There’s a culture that says surfing is cool. Over there, the family is saying, ‘What are you doing? You’re wasting your time.’” Two years ago, Kalama traveled to Bangladesh with filmmaker Russell Brownley to meet the club and surf with its members. The half-hour documentary that came out of the trip is named “Gum for My Boat,” and it will be shown at this year’s

5Point Film Festival in Carbondale. The film offers a surprising lesson in the potential for extreme sports to serve as a catalyst for social action. “The story just sort of unfolded in front of us,” Kalama said of the film. The club’s membership is 70-odd kids who range in age from 12 years old to their mid twenties. They’re among the poorest in a nation whose citizens, according to the U.S. State Department, earn about $500 per year on average, and they practice a sort of make-do, improv surfing rarely if ever seen in the U.S. They steal each other’s waves, share their club’s few surfboards without a second thought and generally grin the whole time. For years the kids surfed with little knowledge of the sport, less knowledge of how to swim, and little in the way of basic equipment such as leashes or wax for their boards. They had been describing that last item as

“gum” for their “boats,” hence the name of the film. Kalama’s trip was stimulated in part by a non-profit group named Surfing the Nations, which has helped the Bengali surf club since 2001, teaching them to surf and encouraging them to translate their passion for the sport into an income for themselves and aid for others. “I definitely think that it’s engrained in just their thinking of surfing,” Kalama said. “That’s part of the beautiful part of the club – that they associate surfing with service and it’s like, ‘sharing my surfboard is just as much a part of surfing as catching a wave.’” And that’s why the folks at Carbondale’s 5Point Film Festival have included “Gum for My Boat” in this year’s lineup. The film will join 44 others in the four-day adventure film festival, which kicks off this evening, Thursday, and runs through Sunday. Kalama him-

self is slated to visit Carbondale and speak when the film screens Friday night. As festival founder Julie Kennedy put it, “Gum for My Boat” was “absolutely a perfect 5Point film.” “That’s what we look for,” she said. “We look for athletes that are following their passion fully but then also giving back, trying to infect and engage, inspire, educate.” Kennedy says she hopes the 5Point festival will inspire viewers to pour energy into whatever fills their lives with meaning, whether that happens to be outdoor recreation or not. At the same time, Kennedy said the festival aims to screen films that touch on the five “points” that are the festival’s namesake: respect, commitment, humility, purpose, balance. She thinks some of those values can stand to be reinforced in today’s generation of adventure sport enthusiasts.

Home at last to Ironbridge

Q&A with the fire board candidates

Swings and smiles

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Carbondale Commentary Cover contest judging under way As of April 23, the deadline to submit a new design for The Sopris Sun’s flag has passed. But we’ve received quite a few great entries and now we’ll sit down and judge them. Keep an eye on upcoming editions of the paper. When we make our choice, we’ll run the winning entry in its new spot on top of page one and print the top contenders in the paper as well. Thank you to everyone who submitted a design!

Time to rethink affordable housing? By Ernie and Carol Gianinetti Is it time to restart the affordable housing discussion? Maybe so, because the town of Carbondale and the RE-1 School District are giving away millions of dollars in value for a one-time event (the school district’s proposed housing development). As background, Carbondale’s approach to affordable housing is to require developers to build deed-restricted housing as part of larger subdivisions. Now, a school district proposal would put more than 100 deed-restricted housing units on playing fields between the old middle school and elementary school, but at what cost? The project would gobble up precious open space, cost taxpayers millions of dollars and create what might be considered a “teachers’ ghetto” on land where some of us old-timers used to play football. This land is open space that we think should be preserved as such. Are there other ways to create, encourage or enable affordable housing for our teachers, firefighters, municipal workers and valued citizens of Carbondale? We think there are, if the town and school district consider other options, such as partnering. Partnering is when a town, school district, individual or other entity helps taxpayers buy a house by providing a percentage of the purchase price. Sometimes the funding comes from a real estate transfer tax. Here’s how partnering works: Carbondale and the school district could earmark several million dollars to help teachers, firefighters and others buy homes at market prices. For example, a teacher or couple would find a home listed at $500,000 (plus or minus). The town/school district would pitch in up to $200,000 in order to bring the price down to what the buyer can qualify for. After that, the new homeowner could either buy out the town/school district in the years to come, or upon resale the town/school district receives a percent of the resale price (based on the dollar amount the town/school district contributed). In either case, the town/school district gets its money back, which it can then reinvest with other potential homeowners. Keep in mind that people on average sell their homes every seven years. With partnering, the town/school district helps working-class folks own their own homes and at the same time builds a revolving fund to help others in the future. Partnering holds other advantages. With this approach, working-class folks are spread throughout town, rather than bunched up together in deed-restricted neighborhoods. This seems to us a healthier living environment than the one proposed for the school district’s affordable housing project. Under the school district’s approach, teachers who work together and see each other every day will also be looking at each other after work when they get home. With partnering, homeowners enjoy the fruits of the free market system in which the value of their homes increase at the rate of inflation or higher. Compare that to deed-restricted housing, which restricts resale prices to only 2 or 3 percent increases per year. There are other affordable housing options. For one thing, Carbondale could approve some nice mobile home parks. Then folks born without a silver spoon, or those working in low-paying jobs, can buy a mobile home as easy as buying a car. With a mobile home and mortgage they also receive a tax advantage, can enjoy capital gains and eventually move up in the housing market. For example, a person or couple could buy a new, 1,500-square-foot mobile home with a monthly payment of $1,000 (more or less). As stated in the first paragraph, Carbondale’s approach has been to force developers to build affordable housing components in their subdivisions. This approach can actually penalize free market homeowners in the same subdivision and price others out of the market. The penalty comes because free market buyers end up subsidizing deedrestricted buyers in order to create below-market priced housing. Because the free market houses then cost more due to the subsidy, some folks who would have qualified for a home if the entire subdivision were free-market can’t qualify for a loan due to the higher prices. Here’s another thing to consider. If employers paid workers a livable wage they wouldn’t need taxpayers’ help to buy a home. If Carbondale, the school district and other government entities paid their employees a livable wage they could buy their own homes. The same goes for corporations and private employers. If they paid a living wage then workers could buy their own homes without government help. As it is, deed-restricted housing subsidizes corporations (mostly upvalley) by allowing them to pay workers less than a livable wage. This begs the question: Why should Carbondale taxpayers be subsidizing upvalley corporations? Our goal is to allow people to invest and live the American Dream! Ernie and Carol Gianinetti are life-long residents of Carbondale, with backgrounds in real estate, banking and ranching. 2 • THE SOPRIS SUN • APRIL 29, 2010

Carbondalians Pixie and Jimmy Byrne recently found time for a little local news and coffee while taking a break from the big waves in Maui. Courtesy photo

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Carbon-dandy Dear Editor: Just a note to remind you all that the upcoming 12th annual Carbondale Dandelion Day will be the second Saturday of May; yes, May 8 in organic Sopris Park. Don’t forget that the dandelion is often rated as the most nutritious vegetable on planet Earth and is completely edible. The dandelion has been positively used as a wonderful food and healthy medicinal herb all around our globe for the last 500 to 1,000 years. The U.S.A. seems to be one of the only world countries to look at the dandelion as a weed! Don’t forget that the Mayflower boat the pilgrims used to come over from England with was the “dandelion” flower boat. They raised the dandelion and ate it daily to stay alive for some six weeks at sea and continued farming and ranching with it for the next few centuries. Don’t forget that the dandelions were cultured and used by the first Carbondale ranchers and farmers for some 20 to 30 years, before the potatoes were raised to take their place during the last 100 years or so. And the dandelion had been organic back then. Don’t forget that simple biological plant control (crop rotation, fallowing, mixing plant species, use of natural compost and fertilizers, etc.) don’t kill bugs or weeds, but merely keep them within reasonable bounds/controllability and allow for natural predation to take place. Don’t forget that pesticide studies show that when sprayed, some 1 percent go to target and some 99 percent go “elsewhere.” Don’t forget that inactive ingredients in a pesticide can be between three and 500 times more toxic than the labeled active ingredients and have been linked with cancer in humans and dogs. So, happy organic and wonderful Dandelion Day coming up! Doc Philip Carbondale

Growing inward in GarCo Dear Editor: The 2030 Garfield County Comprehensive Plan update process is happening and if you do not make your voice heard then the decisions will be made by others. This update of the current 2000 plan is the people’s plan, which means citizens from Parachute to Carbondale can shape growth patterns in the LETTERS page 9

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Carbondalians finally cross over into Ironbridge By Lynn Burton The Sopris Sun

If walls could talk, Brenda Buchanan’s wouldn’t have much to say. That’s because for the past 19 months her new house at Ironbridge sat ready for her but vacant, tied up in the complicated Lehman Brothers bankruptcy that crushed the dreams of almost two dozen individuals who were primed to move into the subdivision’s affordable housing component last year. “This was an unprecedented bankruptcy,” said Buchanan, who followed the proceedings through a bankruptcy court Internet site. “Nobody could predict how long it would take to unravel.” Now that the unraveling is complete, Buchanan and her 12-year-old granddaughter, Grace Brown, are settling into their new 1,500-square-foot home after moving in on April 8. One neighbor two doors down moved in last week and others are expected when more homes are finished this summer. Many of the residents are young families with one or two kids, who lead active lifestyles. “I think this’ll be a really good neighborhood,” Buchanan said. In her Oklahoma twang, Buchanan jokingly calls Ironbridge “the country club.” It’s a golf-course community with swimming pool, tennis court and other amenities that overlooks the Roaring Fork River between Carbondale and Glenwood Springs, just upvalley from West Bank. The 20-unit affordable housing component where Buchanan and Brown now live was included as part of the developer’s Garfield County planned unit development approval. Residences in the affordable housing section were chosen in a lottery conducted by the Garfield County Housing Authority. When Lehman Brothers, Ironbridge’s financial backer, declared bankruptcy in the fall of 2008, the project was immediately tied up in bankruptcy court in New York, which halted construction and stopped sales in the affordable housing neighborhood. Buchanan was one of 20 lottery winners on Sept. 10, 2008, and she planned to move into her new home soon after. “We thought we’d move in in October,” Buchanan said last week from her living room.

After more than a year spent waiting, Brenda Buchanan (left) and Grace Brown have moved into their home in the Ironbridge subdivision. Photo by Lynn Burton In the months to come Buchanan, a retiree who works part time at the Gordon Cooper Library, and Brown hopped from place to place, house sitting and living with acquaintances. They were concluding a house sitting stay in Mark and Katherine Ross’s former house in Satank when they put up posters around town asking for place to live. Aaron and Molly Garland are empty nesters in River Valley Ranch who responded and put them up until they were allowed to move into their new home earlier this month. “They (the Garlands) are beautiful people. They ski and have a lot of energy. They were really welcoming,” Buchanan said. “They are a role model for both of us.”

One of Molly Garland’s sons, Peter Olenick, is a halfpipe skier who competes in the Winter X Games in Aspen. A highlight for Grace came when Olenick and other X Gamers came downvalley to visit last January. “Grace got to meet them all.” As for Buchanan, she said she liked the Garlands’ hot tub and the refrigerator’s crushed ice dispenser. While Buchanan was house hopping, she tried to keep up to date by following the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy via the Internet. Ironbridge also hired Cindy Sadlowsky, a real estate broker for Smotherman & Associates who also works closely with the Garfield County Housing Authority, to work with the lottery winners. Still, much of the uncertainty and frustration for Buchanan came because no single person or entity had the authority to cut through the red tape and advance the process or provide definitive answers. “Nobody had responsibility for it (the affordable housing component),” Buchanan said. At one point, Buchanan and other lottery winners received a letter from the Garfield County Housing Authority stating they should consider other housing options. At the end of the complicated proceedings, Sadlowsky’s help proved crucial. “She motivated us to sign all the papers … she was doing everything she could,” Buchanan said. Through the past 19 months, most of the other Ironbridge affordable housing lottery winners dropped out or moved on. Financing is part of the current problem. “Some people who qualified for a loan before can’t get a loan now,” Buchanan explained. When the court finally released the Ironbridge affordable housing from the bankruptcy several weeks ago, Buchanan already had her move-in crew ready to go. The crew included her 19-year-old grandson, Ben Carrel, who came down from Wisconsin to help, plus old girlfriends including Jane Hendricks, Ro Mead and Kay Ware. After the big move-in day, Buchanan cooked dinner for 12 in her new kitchen. “Before I moved in I told everybody that I was moving to the country club and get new friends,” Buchanan joked. “But now, I think I’ll keep these friends.”

Fire board candidates talk the issues Carbondale Fire District elections to be held May 4 By Trina Ortega The Sopris Sun Four candidates are running for three seats in the Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District (CRFPD) board of directors election slated for May 4. Three of the candidates are incumbents. They include Mark Chain, Gene Schilling and Mike Kennedy. Schilling and

Kennedy have occupied seats on the board for 18 and 16 years respectively. Chain has sat on the board since 2006. Candidate Joe Enzer has not previously served on the board. No term limits are specified for the fire district board, Enzer said. The district provides fire protection and emergency medical services to about 12,000

residents in a 320-square-mile area. This area spans parts of Garfield, Pitkin and Gunnison counties and includes the towns of Carbondale, Redstone and Marble. Founded in 1953, the department employs 19 career staff members and 68 volunteer personnel who work from five fire stations. CRFPD is funded, in part, through a 7.299

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Residence: Old town Carbondale

Residence: Rural Carbondale in the Blue Creek Ranch subdivision

Residence: One mile from Carbondale, near the rodeo grounds

Residence: Carbondale town limits

Mark Chain

1 I am a long-term resident (27

years). I have experience with special districts/governments and the public process. Not having been a volunteer member of the fire district, I can look at issues with a fresh perspective.

Joe Enzer

1 I’ve been a board member on

many different homeowners associations so I’m very familiar with the budgeting process. I’ve worked for real estate developers as a project manager, so that has

Mike Kennedy

1 I was a volunteer firefighter/

EMT for 25 years with the Carbondale Fire District and I have been a member of the board of directors for 16 years (since 1994). I have served as the treasurer and

Gene Schilling

1 I have been a volunteer for 40 years, part of which was as assistant chief and a board member for 18. I am currently president of the board.

I have done an outstanding job while on the fire board being 2

The Questions:

1 What qualifications do you bring to

the board?

2 Why are you interested in running

for the board?

3 What are the key issues facing the

fire district?

4 What will you do to address those

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property tax mill levy. Residents of the district pay an annual tax that works out to about $288 for a $500,000 residential property. The board of directors manages the district’s budget and sets its priorities and policies. Fire chief Ron Leach said homeowners in the district should vote in the board elections partly because the board has a direct affect on the amount they will pay for their insurance premiums. Good management will result in lower rates by garnering the district a good insurance services officer (ISO) rating. Mail-in ballots for the election may be returned by mail or taken to the Carbondale Fire Station at 301 Meadowood Drive. Applications for mail-in ballots can be obtained at the station between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Another polling place is located at the Redstone Fire Station, 1085 Redstone Blvd. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The three board seats up for election all carry four-year terms. The Sopris Sun caught up with the four candidates to ask a few questions about why they’re running. Q&A page 7 THE SOPRIS SUN • APRIL 29, 2010 • 3

News Briefs The Weekly News Brief The Sopris Sun and the KDNK news department team up each week to discuss recent news from the Roaring Fork Valley. Catch the Brief on KDNK at 6:50 a.m. and at 5:35 p.m. on Thursdays, or find it online at KDNK.org.

Recreation department to raise rates After examining the rental fees the town charges for its recreation facilities, Carbondale’s recreation department will increase its rates to help the town make ends meet during the down economy. The Carbondale trustees approved the fee increases at their meeting Tuesday night. A memo from the recreation department stated that Carbondale’s fees have been “far below average.” The department plans to increase hourly rental fees for athletic fields from $6 to $20 per hour for local or non-profit groups. The hourly rental fees for other groups will climb from $8 to $25. Full day rental rates will climb from $55 to $150 per day for non-profit and local users, and from $60 to $175 per day for other groups. The recreation department has also determined that the town is losing money on the adult softball league. According to recreation center manager Eric Brendlinger, the town recovered just over half of every dollar it spent on the program in 2009. To plug up that leakage the recreation department proposed limiting the number of teams in the league to 10, decreasing the amount of money spent on umpires and trophies, and potentially eliminating the barbecue that has typically been held at the end-of-season tournament. The recreation department also intends to increase team registration fees for the men’s and coed leagues in the summer and fall. To cut costs, the recreation center will also be closed during additional days over the summer, including the Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day weekends. Those changes were partly discussed during the town’s 2010 budget discussions in the fall. A memo from the recreation department stated that the closures are calculated to affect the fewest visitors to the center.

CORE rolls out energy efficiency incentives As of April 19 the Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE) has implemented new rebate programs for energy-efficient household appliances and renewable energy installations.

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A press release from CORE states that household appliances account for about 17 percent of home energy use, but by installing efficient models, homeowners can cut that demand by half. Among other rebates, CORE will offer incentives for “smart strips,” devices that curtail phantom loads – energy used by devices that are turned off. “For example, when the TV is turned off, the smart strip can be set to also turn off the receiver, the speaker system, and the DVD player,” said Chris Carnevale, CORE’s rebate manager. Rebates are also available for efficient laundry machines, dishwashers, refrigerators, lowflow toilets and other household items. CORE’s new renewable energy rebate program will be available for residential and commercial solar electric and micro-hydro systems, and commercial solar hot water installations. The release of CORE’s improved rebate program coincides with the beginning of a similar statewide program from the Governor’s Energy Office (GEO). GEO rebates cover a variety of additional products and services including energy audits, insulation projects and other upgrades. For more information on CORE’s programs and the statewide rebates visit aspencore.com.

Sustainability nonprofit merges with CLEER Sustainability Center of the Rockies, SCoR, one of the founding partner organizations that is developing Third Street Center, has merged with CLEER, Clean Energy Economy for the Region. “The Third Street Center has been SCoR’s overriding priority for almost three years, and we are so excited to see this project prepare for its opening this spring. With that project almost complete, we now feel it’s most efficient to dedicate our talents and resources to CLEER,” said Laura Kirk, chair of the SCoR board. CLEER, also a nonprofit based in Carbondale, conceived, developed and is managing the Garfield New Energy Communities Initiative, a $2 million effort that is delivering a host of energy efficiency and renewable energy programs and services to households, businesses and local governments throughout Garfield County. The Initiative includes all six of the county’s towns from Carbondale to Parachute, Garfield County, the Garfield Public Library District and RFTA. CLEER’s team of staff and contractors are helping school districts, governments, businesses and households become more energy efficient, install renewable energy systems, and adopt clean energy practices. In the merger, four SCoR board members will join the CLEER board. They are Laura Kirk, Dan Miller, Steve Novy and Dave Reed. CLEER board members are chairperson Martha Cochran and board members Clare Bastable, Don Ensign, John Evans, Dorothea Farris, Michael Kinsley, Ralph Trapani and Marianne Virgili.

Emergency drill today Local hospitals and emergency responders were scheduled to participate in a full-scale emergency drill simulating an accident today, April 29, from 10 to 11 a.m. on Highway 82 at El Jebel. The drill was intended to give emergency teams from multiple jurisdictions a chance to test their coordinated response. The accident simulates a hazardous material spill.

Cop Shop The following events are drawn from the incident reports of the Carbondale Police Department over the preceding few weeks.

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FRIDAY April 16 At 10:22 p.m. an officer contacted a man staggering down Sopris Avenue near Eighth Street. The man allegedly matched the description of an individual who had been involved in a theft earlier in the night. The man would not tell the officer where he had been assaulted or by whom. He was transported by ambulance to the hospital. SATURDAY April 17 At 8:15 a.m. police called a town resident to report that they had found his bike. The bike had been reported stolen in December. THURSDAY April 22 At 6:27 p.m. a man reported that someone had stolen the left rear tire from his car. SATURDAY April 24 At 1:02 a.m. a woman near the intersection of Fourth and Main streets contacted an officer and asked for a ride home. The officer complied. SATURDAY April 24 At 4:20 p.m. a

resident of Garfield Avenue reported that someone had stolen the car seat from her car and, according to the police incident report, “twisted up” her rear windshield wiper and both her license plates. FRIDAY April 23 At 8:39 p.m. a woman reported that three men had approached her in Main Street Spirits and begun touching her hair and commenting that she was attractive. They allegedly continued after she told them to stop but left before police arrived. SUNDAY April 25 At 10:57 p.m. a woman alleged that two males urinated on her car and threw rocks at it while she was parked in the lot at Bridges High School. She knew the men. Charges are pending. SUNDAY April 25 A resident of Garfield Avenue reported that sometime over the previous few days someone entered her family’s apartment and stole $2,800 in cash from her dresser.

5Point ﬁlm fest cont. om page 1 “I think that the X-Games and that mentality has really done something to change the mindset of our younger kids coming up in the [extreme sports] world,” Kennedy said. “I think that that kind of media-driven, commercial-driven [atmosphere] has totally taken away from the true essence of what these adventures are.” With the homegrown Carbondale festival entering its third year, Kennedy says the event and the ideals behind it are gaining traction. 5Point is beginning to be able to screen a wider selection of films that offer more than simple climbing, skiing or other adventure “porn.” “It’s just more refined. We’ve got our mojo up,” she said. Through the work of program director Beda Calhoun, business director Brie Bath and a small crew of local, dedicated “5Point chicks,” Kennedy says the festival is drawing the attention of more filmmakers and is benefiting from a trend that has pushed adventure filmmakers to add more depth to their movies. Increasingly, she said, gear companies and other sponsors are becoming reluctant to fund films that lack any appeal broader than simple recreation. If any film fits that bill, it’s “Gum for my Boat.” The Bengali surf club is located in the tourist town of Cox’s Bazaar, southeast of Chittagong on the Bay of Bengal. The kids ride waves that break on what some describe as the longest sand beach in the world. But it’s a beach that until the mid 1990s had rarely, if ever, seen a surfboard, partly because most of Bangladesh’s residents couldn’t afford the sport, and partly a result their culture never had a reason to make room for it. According to Kalama, few people in Bangladesh ever venture beyond the breakers. The ocean is generally seen as a source of food and potential danger, but certainly not a place to play. “The actual location at Cox’s Bazaar is kind of the tourist center of Bangladesh, but still the majority of the people that go there don’t know how to swim,” Kalama said. And though the club contains almost as many girls as boys, Kalama explained that in the predominantly Muslim

The Cox’s Bazaar surf club, the ﬁrst surf club in Bangladesh. Courtesy photo country, it’s taboo for women to venture into the ocean after a certain age. “The boys are allowed to stick with it,” he said. “All the girls [in the club] are really young. If they continue to surf as they get older they really will be treated as an outcast.” In general, the children in the club are far different than the typical population that might find time for surfing. Some live in spare, mud-floored houses while others struggle to survive on the streets. Tom Bauer, founder of Surfing the Nations, said that three of the girls in the club had been pressed into prostitution, one at just 9 years old. But Surfing the Nations frequently works with unlikely surfers, attempting to translate the good vibes of surfing

into humanitarian and social justice work. The group has been around for a little over a decade and has taken to the waves in such locales as Oman, the Gaza Strip, Iran, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and elsewhere. “We see the surfer as an untapped resource to give back to the community of the world,” Bauer said. With that assumption in mind, Surfing the Nations provides instruction and surfboards to the fledgling Bengali surf community and also helps its members learn English and serve their community. The Cox’s Bazaar surfers have helped teach swimming and ocean safety lessons to their neighbors, orchestrate beach clean ups, and distribute food, clothing and other supplies to those more destitute than SURF CLUB page 9

the valley, eventually forming Symphony in the Valley. The orchestra performed for the first time in December 1993. Chick, a violinist and violist, put together musical offerings, concert themes and elaborate set decorations, and in the Roaring Fork Valley he found an audience eager to listen. During his time in the valley, Chick lived in Glenwood Springs. He worked for Avalanche Ranch as a handyman and led the ranch’s campfire sing-a-longs in the summers. At Sunlight Mountain Resort he recited cowboy poetry and played cowboy music for tourists. He also volunteered with Mountain Valley Developmental Services and, not long after founding the symphony, he founded the Glenwood Springs Hot Strings Band.

Chick was known to say that his time in Colorado lifted him to a more spiritual level. In 2001 he left Glenwood Springs to return to his hometown of Yardley, Pa., where he settled with his significant other, Betty Berner. While Chick was in hospice, a young violin student came to play for him. At Chick’s request, she played “Ashoken Farewell.” At the end of the piece, Chick gave the student an impromptu music lesson, which helped improve her vibrato. The little student played at Chick’s funeral. The funeral service was held April 16 at Lutheran Church of the Resurrection in Yardley. Contributions in Chick’s memory may be made to Symphony in the Valley, P.O. Box 1831, Glenwood Springs, CO 81602.

Obituary Chick Overington May 30, 1928 – April 10, 2010 Charles “Chick” Overington, the man who brought a symphony orchestra to the Roaring Fork Valley, died Saturday, April 10. He was 81. Diagnosed with lung cancer, Chick entered Chandler Hall Hospice in Newtown, Pa., on April 7, but then died quickly and peacefully of pneumonia. Chick moved to Glenwood Springs in August 1991 after meeting Karin White at a Senior Symphony Concert in Mystic, Conn. The two worked together to bring musicians to

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Sticky Fries and Rattlesnake Bites Bogey Hoagies, Vegebellos, Hot Diggity Dogs … along with the Sticky Fries and Rattlesnake Bites, are just a few of the items on the menu at the new Eagles View Restaurant at River Valley Ranch. The new eatery boasts some amazing sights. You might just catch a bird’s eye view of some bald eagles or of some folks putting for eagles while you sip tea after dining near a tee. The new restaurant is owned by Michael Olander and Alyssa Ohnmacht and is located on the RVR golf course where the Rock Creek Grill used to be. The View opened on Saturday to rave reviews from one large party sitting on the outside deck. (And only two members of that party were actually related to the owners!) The Eagles View will be open seven days a week for lunch and a quick “grab & go” breakfast for early tee timers. The current plan is to open for dinner sometime in June.

few reasons. However, in the aftermath of the election, an anonymous woman tipped off The Sopris Sun that Willow Rose wasn’t an eligible candidate – not because she is a goat, but because she lives outside the town limits! Who knew? Had she won it would have been a really baaaaaad situation.

Calling all hoes! Also, all wheelbarrows, shovels, fencing, garden tools and power drills! There’s a new communal garden going in just outside of Carbondale and they need volunteers and donations of gardening equipment. We’ll give you details next week but for now, please call Alie Wettstein at 970/274-2190 or email her at aliewettstein@yahoo.com. Family and friends are usually the harshest critics, so the food at the new Eagles View restaurant must be great. After all, this group includes some relatives of the restaurant's owners, Alyssa Ohnmacht and Michael Olander, and they gave the eats a thumbs up on opening day. Photo by Jane Bachrach

NASA’s local robotics plant? If you haven’t driven, ridden or run up to Missouri Heights via Catherine Store Road lately, you’re in for a huge surprise. And according to Scuttlebutt’s public opinion pollster, the huge surprise isn’t necessarily a good one. Gone are some of the beautiful acres of emerald green pasture that contributed greatly to the pastoral character of the area. That pasture occupied a large stretch of the roadside between Jake Stoner’s ranch and the turnoff to County Road 102. In its place is dirt, with survey stakes desig-

nating a structure is forthcoming. One person who was polled thought it might be a manufacturing plant for the robotics the U.S. will send to Mars and the moon. But one of Scuttlebutt’s fairly reliable undercover news hounds told us the new building will be a huge barn with living quarters, 40 stalls and get this, seven bathrooms! At this point, we don’t know the who, what, where or why, so stay tuned. Our reporters will uncover the truth when we beam them up to Missouri Heights for a little investigation.

Goat talk No, we aren’t referring to the “goat talk” segment that occasionally airs on KDNK’s Jake & Jane show. We are referring to the chatter among some locals following Carbondale’s mayoral election and the April Fool’s Day cover story we ran about Daisy Willow Rose, the goat who almost became the new mayor of Carbondale. Obviously we are all aware that Stacey Patch Bernot beat the last-minute candidate, Willow Rose, and that’s a good thing for a

Rumors are circulating One rumor that we heard is Heidi’s Deli, located in the City Market shopping center, will open on Wednesday, May 5. We also heard that Lulu’s on Main Street will open on First Friday, May 7. We hope these aren’t just rumors.

Taurus … the Bull You probably think this is a bunch of bull, but there are no local birthdays this week, at least that we know about. ~ By Jane Bachrach If you see her out and about, send your gossip, community tidbits and any other scuttlebutt scuttling her way.

CCAH CENTER FOR THE ARTS’ YELLOW BRICK ROAD CAPITAL CAMPAIGN IS UNDERWAY, WE ARE $50,000 AWAY FROM OUR GOAL. WE NEED YOU NOW. PUT THE LAST BRICK IN THE ROAD.

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Fire district candidates Q&A Mark Chain continued

2 I enjoy working on a board with a specific

and finite focus.

3 1) Maintaining a volunteer base so that we don’t have to hire an entire full-time staff that would result in an increased property tax burden for the district property owners.

2) Affordable housing.

4 For affordable housing, work with the town on making sure that the volunteers and paid staff of the fire district are on a list of “critical employees” that are eligible for future affordable units, assuming that they meet the qualification standards. Also, continue to look to see if it is effective for the district to own, buy or build housing units if it makes sense.

Making sure that the volunteer base is maintained is a more difficult proposition. It is something that will continue to be an issue in the long term. Right now, I think it is best to try to maintain the excellent training program and facilities that currently exist.

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provided me with business and budgeting experience. I understand the issues very well because I am a volunteer firefighter with the district (since spring 2004) and an EMT (since summer 2006). So my business and budgeting experience combined with my firefighting experience makes me qualified. 2 I care about my community an awful lot,

and I care about providing good fire and EMS (emergency medical services) service to the people of the community.

But I also became interested because I saw the very large property tax come through in 2009, and I think one of the components I can affect the most is the fire district’s property tax mill levy. I felt the property tax increase associated with the district mill levy was too large. Other citizens expressed that similar concern. Also, the fire departments/districts in Aspen, Snowmass and Basalt did not take the full amount and they rolled back some of their mill levy while Carbondale did not in 2009. For me it all goes back to the budget — to have more than a 25 percent increase from 2009 to 2010 wasn’t warranted, especially in a period when overall call volume is decreasing not increasing.

3 I think a more conservative approach to the budget is warranted in these tough economic times. I feel that the current board — the incumbents — have been on the board for too long and are losing some of their perspective. They aren’t quite as in touch with the taxpayers as they should be.

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Mike Kennedy continued

am currently the vice president of the board.

During my time on the board, we have constructed Station 4 (Westbank area); constructed Station 5 (Missouri Heights); added six new engines, including the aerial (ladder) truck; purchased and/or upgraded several ambulances; added ambulances in Redstone and at Station 4; started a paramedic program; started a residency program so volunteers can stay overnight at the station and be on call; started a volunteer pension program; constructed a new training/headquarters building; remodeled and upgraded the existing operations building; started the IA wildland fire teams during dry summer months; upgraded the heart monitors; upgraded to 800mhz radio system (federal mandate); upgraded the SCBA (breathing apparatus); and we have increased the fire district reserves back to a necessary level. Most important, we reduced most of the district’s ISO (Insurance Service Office) Rating from a 10 to a 5. By doing this, nearly all of the property owners in the district enjoy a huge savings on their property insurance. In most cases, the savings is more than the fire district’s annual taxes.

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able to reduce the ISO rating to 5, which saves each taxpayer hundreds or thousands of dollars a year while keeping the mill levy increase substantially less than the savings achieved through the lowering of the ISO. I would like to provide outstanding service to the community and upgrade the ambulance service to a paramedic level. I aim to continue to keep a large volunteer force to save taxpayers money. 3 The district must continue providing outstanding service with a combined paid/volunteer force while keeping the force properly trained and being fiscally prudent.

4 Authorize the hiring of additional training personnel; provide funding and programs that continue to support the training and recruitment of volunteers and paid staff; continue to purchase equipment and training to keep the ISO low.

The Carbondale Fire District consists of 320 square miles, 15,000 plus or minus residents from Missouri Heights to Westbank to Marble. We currently have 65 volunteer members, 16 paid staff, 18 members advanced life support certified, and 18 pieces of fire and EMS apparatus. The residents of this district receive fast,

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Joe Enzer continued

I think it’s important to recognize that the population within the district is now shrinking compared to 2007 and 2008 and the district’s budget needs to follow some of this decrease. I think we might be able to better manage and better utilize the current employees.

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Additionally, historically the fire district board election has an extremely low turnout of voters. There were 150 to 160 votes cast in the last election, in a district with almost 5,000 registered voters. One of my goals, even if I don’t win a seat on the board, is to get greater participation in the election. If I can get 1,000 votes cast in this election, I will consider it a success. Voter turnout is too low on an election that really matters. These are the people that make a lot of big decisions about the property tax base and emergency response. Nobody thinks about fire or EMS until you need them. If people participate in the discussion before you need us, it would be a whole lot better.

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well-trained, well-equipped professional service for an annual tax of $288 for a $500,000 residential property. This is a great deal!

3 The biggest issues facing the fire district are, of course, the rising costs, the need to keep equipment and facilities upgraded and especially the need for the best training available. The volunteers and paid staff deserve to have the best training and equipment available as they risk their lives to assist those in need. The members of the district are required to give up thousands of hours per year in training and going on calls. They do it because they care about the community and helping others. Because of the dedication and training, the Carbondale Fire District is known as one of the best fire districts in the state of Colorado. 4 The taxpayers cannot afford a totally paid

department. My goal is to continue keeping the district well trained and well equipped to provide the best service available to the residents and those just passing through, by the use of a volunteer department supported by a paid staff. By doing this, we can keep the expenses low and the quality of service as high as it has been for years and years. I would appreciate your vote of support on May 4.

Next steps:

For more information on the Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District election, call 963-2491.

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Under the guidance of teacher Cora Carballeira, a group of eighth graders at Carbondale Middle School is designing a legacy mural in the activity room at the school. The project is funded through a grant from the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities, and the students are working with artist Annie Bell from the Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts. Pictured from left to right: Kerwin Hirro, Mealani Gray, Cora Carballeira, Ticah Burrows, Zack Ritchie and Cameron Doherty. Sasha Williams and Annie Bell are kneeling in front. Photo by Terri Ritchie

Letters continued om page 2 county for many years to come. Do you envision the county continuing to grow with few limits on sprawl with expensive public service requirements, or do you envision more compact growth in Garfield County towns already set up for these services? Land use regulations sometimes lose out in the green press to more tangible sustainability tools such as solar panels, wind turbines and fuel efficient cars. However, making existing systems and land use plans more efficient might be the easiest way to spend very little in the short term for longer term solutions. Comments gathered at several community meetings from Parachute to Carbondale have revealed that a majority of residents and decision makers are voting in favor of efficient growth in and around existing towns. Less travel time for work and play each day ben-

efits the county and its citizens in numerous ways. For more information on how to comment or get involved please access garfieldcomprehensiveplan2030.com. Jason White Garfield County Comprehensive Plan Citizen’s Advisory Committee member

LEADing to acceptance Dear Editor: On April 12, the Roaring Fork School District hosted the first annual LEADS Teen Summit to promote leadership for the acceptance of diversity in schools. Over 200 students, educators and community members participated from Glenwood Springs to Basalt including Glenwood Springs middle and high schools, Carbondale Middle School, Roaring Fork and Bridges high

schools, and Basalt middle and high schools. This was a culminating event hosted by TEACH (Teachers Empowering Agents of Change), a committee started two years ago to promote acceptance of diversity in schools by creating student diversity leaders in every middle and high school in the Roaring Fork School District. With 30 presenters and 13 workshops to choose from, the students enjoyed a day filled with culture and diversity. Some workshops included personal stories of immigration, gang involvement, cultural diversity, sexual orientation and building connections to create acceptance. A special thanks goes out to the Children’s Health Fund and the Roaring Fork Gay and Lesbian Fund for providing funding, the TEACH steering committee for organizing the event, Mountain View Church for providing facilities, Moe’s for contribut-

Surf club oﬀers more than fun in the sun continued om page 5 themselves. “We teach the principle that we always have enough to give others,” Bauer said. “We teach them to give to street kids who are even poorer.” “The club has provided young people an identity,” states Surfing the Nation’s Web site. They “are no longer categorized as ‘the street kid’, or ‘the uneducated’, they are now recognized as surfers.” Bauer and Kalama are also working to help the Cox’s Bazaar surfers derive an income from their sport.

The surf club has attracted the attention of major media outlets as well as the Bengali government, which has given the club land on the beach, Bauer said. He hopes that eventually the club will build a permanent facility on the site and will begin to rent surfboards and offer lessons to the relatively wealthy Bengali tourists who flock to Cox’s Bazaar. “What’s fortunate about Bangaldesh is that [surfing] was introduced to the poor,” Bauer explained. “Here you have all the poor kids who are making the rich kids be

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like, ‘Hey, I want to do that.’” As Bauer sees it, surfing has the power to change lives. He thinks the same holds true not just for surfing, but for extreme sports in general. “To surf and not to give back is just ultimately selfish,” he said. “I believe [that applies to] all of the extreme sports. … I predict that you’re going to be left behind if you don’t do what we’re doing. It’s gonna be huge.”

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Communities supports SANE The SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) program at Valley View Hospital provides medical care for people affected by sexual violence, including forced or unwanted sex, sexual assault or sexual abuse. SANE serves patients in Garfield, Pitkin, Eagle and Rio Blanco Counties and beyond. The following groups provided funding to support the SANE program in 2009: • Aspen Community Foundation $20,000 • City of Aspen $5,000 • Glenwood Springs VALE (Victim Assistance Law Enforcement) Board $15,000 • 5th Judicial District VALE Board $15,000 • 9th Judicial District VALE Board $41,600 • Pitkin County Health and Human Services $8,600 • Vail Valley Cares $10,000 SANE and the people served by the program are grateful for this support.

Mother’s Day Celebration FOR WOMEN OF ALL AGES

Tuesday, May 4, 3:30 to 6 pm at A Woman’s Place

Refreshments and complimentary photos

A Woman’s Place 1905 Blake Avenue, Suite 201 Glenwood Springs • 928-7717

Yoga of the Heart

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Taught by Diane Agnello, a certified instructor of Yoga of the Heart. Stress management, guided meditation. $7 per session. Call 384-7159 for information and registration.

ing toward lunch, our keynote speaker De Palazzo and all presenters and facilitators for making the event possible. As TEACH members, we try to instill the idea that it is hard to hate someone once you get to know their story. We are trying to move away from judging others based on what is on the outside and look deeper at the person on the inside. To teach that intolerance has any value will only allow students to turn a blind eye to stereotyping and prejudice in schools. Our committee works side by side with student leaders to make the shift from tolerance to acceptance so that all can enjoy and appreciate a community rich with culture and diversity. Mary Peplin Glenwood Springs Middle School LETTERS page 15

Catch the wave to 5Point:

The opening program of the 5Point Film Festival kicks off at 7 p.m. tonight, Thursday, at the Carbondale Recreation and Community Center. The festival runs through Sunday, May 3 with more films, gallery shows, book signings, presentations, an ice cream social and more. Tickets are available at the recreation center and Alpine Bank. For more information, visit 5pointfilm.org. For more about Surfing the Nations, visit surfingthenations.com.

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for cancer patients and survivors Tuesday, May 4 • 6:30-7:30 p.m. Valley View Hospital Lower Level Conference Room

A free presentation by David M. Lorah, M.D. and Jeanne Luetke, Registered Dietician • • • • • •

What is cholesterol? What the numbers mean Cholesterol guidelines How can I lower it? Dietary modifications How to find fat and cholesterol content on a food label

This presentation is offered as a follow-up to the Community Health Fairs by Valley View Hospital and Glenwood Medical Associates.

Wednesdays in the Cardiac Rehab Education Room at VVH

Yoga can provide benefits for patients undergoing radiation therapy and chemotherapy, patients in remission or in hospice or palliative care. Taught by Nova LoverroSprick, yoga therapist and cancer survivor.

Meditation/Relaxation Yoga provides deep relaxation and breathing to help the body heal from cancer treatment. Supports healthy immune system and heart function, and lymphatic drainage. For those currently or recently in treatment. Vibrant Health Yoga helps those not currently receiving cancer treatment to regain strength, flexibility and stamina without overtaxing the body.

Contact Nova Loverro-Sprick at 945-9515 or Integrated Therapies at 384-6954.

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Community Calendar THURSDAY April 29 HEALTH INSURANCE WORKSHOP • The Colorado Department of Human Services presents a workshop on the effects of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act upon businesses and individuals from noon to 2 p.m. at Valley View Hospital. Free. More info: 945-6589. HOT SPRINGS OPEN HOUSE • Glenwood Hot Springs hosts an open house from 5 to 7 p.m. Refreshments and live entertainment. More info: 945-3324, adenney@hotspringspool.com. SCIENCE FAIR • Crystal River Elementary School presents its All School Science Fair from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Open to the public. Hands-on science experiments. More info: 384-5668. ART BIZ CLASS • Artists will learn about sales options through galleries, art fairs, Web sites and through their studios, as well as pricing strategies and methods to market themselves in the Marketing Your Artwork Class with Anne Goldberg from 6 to 9 p.m. at the CMC Lappala Center. Register: 963-2172, coloradomtn.com. STRAW BALE BUILDING • Colorado Mountain College’s Lappala Center offers an introductory workshop on straw bale construction, taught by Mark Wolfe Webber from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Advance registration required. More info: 963-2172.

FRIDAY April 30 LIBRARIES CLOSED • All six branches of the Garfield County Public Library District will be closed for a staff training day. Nor-

To list your event, email information to news@soprissun.com. Deadline is 5 p.m. Saturday. Events take place in Carbondale unless noted.

mal library hours resume at 10 a.m. May 1. WELLNESS CLASS • Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs hosts a class on the do’s and don’ts of restaurant eating at 10:30 a.m. Free to Cardiac Wellness Members, $7 for others. Pre-registration: 384-7159. MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “The Runaways” (R) at 8 p.m. April 30-May 6; “The Ghost Writer” (PG-13) at 5 p.m. April 30-May 1 and “The Young Victoria” (PG) at 5:45 p.m. May 2. DANCERS DANCING • Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts presents the 21st annual Dancers Dancing production, “Thrillz 2010,” at 7 p.m. April 30 and 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. May 1. Tickets: 945-2414. STEVE’S GUITARS • Big Sandy and his FlyRite Boys perform live at 8:30 p.m. at Steve’s Guitars, 19 N. Fourth St. More info: stevesguitars.net. LIVE MUSIC • Rivers Restaurant at 2525 Grand Ave. in Glenwood Springs hosts Motown and rock ‘n’ roll by The Missing Link starting at 9 p.m. No cover. More info: 928-8813.

SATURDAY May 1 TREE PRUNING • Sustainable Settings will host the community workshop “Heritage Fruit Tree Pruning” with Michael Thompson from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Learn to prune fruit trees for longevity and production. Cost is $40; limited to 20 people. Info: 963-6107. ACTIVITIES FAIR • Roaring Fork Family Resource Centers hosts a free summer activities fair from 9 a.m. to noon at the

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Eagle County Community Building in El Jebel. Register for activities with over 30 local organizations. Scholarships awarded on the spot. More info: 384-5689, kjmarshall@rfsd.k12.co.us. WOODCARVING CLASSES • Vickie Branson is registering for woodcarving classes (beginners to advanced) from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturdays starting May 1 at the Marble Gallery in Marble. Cost is $25 per session plus materials. More info: 963-5883, 963-7117. CONTRA DANCE • A community contra dance takes place from 8 to 10:30 p.m. at Glenwood Springs Elementary School, 915 School St. Live music by the Last Minute String Band. Beginners should arrive by 7:30 p.m. Admission is $8. More info: 945-0350, justuspaines@sopris.net, lastminutestringband.com. STEVE’S GUITARS • Kenny White performs live at 8:30 p.m. at Steve’s Guitars, 19 N. Fourth St. More info: stevesguitars.net. CARNAHAN’S MUSIC • The Carbondale All Stars will play from 8 p.m. to midnight at Carnahan’s Tavern, 403 Main St. Opening act: Ol’ Crazy Jim. $5 cover. Info: 963-4498.

SAT. & SUN. MAY 1-2 TRAIL CREW TRAINING • Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers hosts a two-day crew leader training at Wulfsohn Open Space in Glenwood Springs. Pre-registration required at: rfov.org, 927-8241, rfov@sopris.net.

SUNDAY May 2 KIDS’ HORSE CAMP • “Meet the Horses” at Kids Ranch Camp with Susan Gibbs will be from 2 to 4 p.m. May 2. Camp activities

include body awareness, groundwork basics, ranch chores, lungeline work, gymkhana games and trail riding for ages 5 and up. The camp is at 1698 County Road 103. More info: 704-1234, susan@sopris.net.

TUESDAY May 4 MOMS HONORED • A Woman’s Place will host a Mother’s Day celebration for women of all ages from 3:30 to 6 p.m. at A Woman’s Place, 1905 Blake Ave. in Glenwood Springs. Refreshments, complimentary photos. More info: 928-7717.

WEDNESDAY May 5 EAGLE WATCH • Wildlife biologist Jonathan Lowsky and staff from Roaring Fork Conservancy lead a heron, eagle and osprey watching tour at 5:30 p.m. near the confluence of Cattle Creek and the Roaring Fork River. Free. Registration required: roaringfork.org/events. More info: 927-1290. PIZZA TUNES • White House Pizza at 801 Main Court presents early rock and bluegrass by Adam Thompson and Dave Notor from 7 to 10 p.m. More info: whitehousepizza.com, 704-9400. STEVE’S GUITARS • Megan Burtt Band performs live at 8:30 p.m. at Steve’s Guitars, 19 N. Fourth St. More info: stevesguitars.net. CALENDAR page 11

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THURSDAY May 6

WALDORF TOUR • Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork hosts “Walk Through the Grades,” an open house from 8:25 to 9:55 a.m. at 16543 Highway 82, on the frontage road just east of Catherine’s Store. Reservations: 963-1960. More info: waldorfcarbondale.org. RIVER JOURNEY • Author and adventurer Jonathan Waterman presents a lecture about his 1,450-mile trip down the Colorado River at 7 p.m. at the Ramada Inn, 124 W. Sixth St., Glenwood Springs. Refreshments. More info: 947-9613.

tra at 8:30 p.m. at Steve’s Guitars, 19 N. Fourth St. More info: stevesguitars.net.

SATURDAY May 8 DANDELION DAY • The 12th annual Dandelion Day festivities, including the Procession of the Species parade and much more, returns to Sopris Park and Carbondale. Parade starts at 11 a.m. on Main Street. Vendor’s booths are still available. More info: 618-1849. Volunteers are needed for the beer garden and other positions. To volunteer: (970) 274-3666.

KAYAK RACES • CRMS hosts the 46th annual Crystal River Kayak Races in Glenwood Springs on May 7 and on the Crystal River near Carbondale on May 8. Freestyle, downriver and slalom races. More info: crms.org.

BAND BATTLE • Jazz Aspen Snowmass will present Band Battle 2010, featuring 30 student bands over five hours, at the Roaring Fork High School Auditorium. Entry forms are available from the music directors of all area schools and can be downloaded at jazzaspen.org. More info: myspace.com/jasbandbattle.

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LIVE PAINTING • Majid Kahhak will paint live from 6-8 p.m. at Kahhak Fine Arts & School, 411 Main St. The painting will be inspired by motherhood in recognition of Mother’s Day. Beverages and hors d’oeuvres will be served. More info: 704-0622. ART-OFF • The May 7 First Friday at SAW (Studio for Arts + Works) will be an Art-Off. Teams will be presented a surprise theme at 7:30 p.m. and given one hour to complete a collage that explores the theme. Arrive at 6:45 p.m. to be assigned to a team. Materials provided. STEVE’S GUITARS • An early poetry night with Adam Carbelleria will be held prior to live music by The Lipbone Redding Orches-

STEVE’S GUITARS • Jessica Fichot Band performs live at Steve’s Guitars, 19 N. Fourth St. More info: stevesguitars.net. MOMS’ DAY CONCERTS • Symphony in the Valley presents pianist Ko-Nung Huang playing Chopin’s “Piano Concerto No.1 in E Minor,” and soprano Nelly Weiser singing Puccini’s “O Mio Babbino Caro” at 4 p.m. at Glenwood Springs High School. Tickets at the door. More info: sitv.org.

WEDNESDAY May 12 PIZZA TUNES • White House Pizza at 801 Main Court presents rock ’n’ roll, blues and country by John Zajicek from 7 to 10 p.m.

SUMMER CLASSES • Registration for Colorado Mountain College’s summer semester is under way. Many classes start in Carbondale, Spring Valley, Glenwood Springs and via distance learning the week of May 17. More info: call 963-2172, 9457486 or 945-7481. BRAIN BAR • The Brain Bar at YouthEntity offers one-on-one computer training with a knowledgeable student technician. $20/hour. Bring your computer or use one of YouthEntity’s MacBooks. More info: 963-4055. TEA DATE • Charlotte Graham hosts tea dates Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Mount Sopris Historical Society Museum at 499 Weant Blvd. Chit chat and share stories. More info: 704-0567 or (970) 306-8771. FARMERS’ MARKET • The Carbondale Farmers’ Market is now accepting vendors applications for this summer, June 16 through Oct. 6. Applications due May 1. Vendors filling unique niches are encouraged. More info: carbondalefarmersmarket.com. SUMMER CAMP • Signups are under way for summer camp at the Snowmass Village Parks and Recreation Department for children ages 5-14 from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Camp starts June 3. More info: 922-2240. ACOUSTIC CARNAHAN’S • Singer/songwriter T Ray Becker hosts an acoustic music night with new musicians every week from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursdays at Carnahan’s Tavern (formerly the Black Nugget), 403 Main St. More info: 963-4496.

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CHOIR PRACTICE • The Aspen/Glenwood Community Chorus practices at the United Methodist Church from 6 to 8 p.m., Mondays, at 824 Cooper Ave. in Glenwood Springs, and from 5 to 7 p.m., Sundays, at the Aspen Community Church at 200 E. Bleeker Street in Aspen. No audition required. More info: 925-3685. CASTLE TOURS • Guided tours of the historic Redstone Castle are ongoing at 1:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets: Tiffany of Redstone and the Redstone General Store. More info: 963-9656 or redstonecastle.us. REFORMERS UNANIMOUS • Reformers Unanimous, a faith-based program for those who are struggling with addiction, meets at 7 p.m., Fridays, at Crystal River Baptist Church, 2632 Highway 133. More info: 963-3694 GROUP RUN • Independence Run and Hike at 995 Cowen Drive leads group runs, Saturdays at 8:15 a.m. Rain, snow, cold, or shine. More info: 704-0909, independencerun@sopris.net. OPEN MIC • Rivers Restaurant at 2525 S. Grand Ave. in Glenwood Springs hosts open mic night with Jammin’ Jim Wednesdays from 8-10 p.m. No cover. Food and drink specials. More info: (970) 928-8813. SNOWMASS RECREATION • The Snowmass Village Recreation Center offers a variety of classes, including water fitness, swim lessons, parent/child aquatics, preschool aquatics, and kayak roll clinics. Classes offered weekly. More info: 922-2240 or snowmassrecreation.com.

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Community Briefs Nature park cleanup For the past several years an ad hoc, semi-organized group of Carbondale Nature Park regulars has sponsored a spring cleanup day at the Carbondale Nature Park, near Fourth and Merrill streets. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cleanup will start at 8:30 a.m. May 1. The group usually cleans the entire 35-acre open space of accumulated and blown-in trash and forgotten dog poop in less than two hours. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We would like to encourage everyone to come out and contribute just a little time to help maintain this beautiful pasture and wetlands as a scenically majestic amenity for the whole community. Even if you can only help for 15 or 30 minutes, it will be appreciated and help a lot,â&#x20AC;? said volunteers Jannette Whitcomb and Bill Lukes. Carbondaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s department of public works will again be assisting by contributing the bags and taking care of trash removal afterward. Drinking water, some snacks and a hand-washing station near the parking lot will be available.

RFHS volunteers hold fundraisers The Roaring Fork High School World Travelers Club will host a tailgate barbecue from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. May 1 at the Ron Patch baseball field. Tickets are $5 for students K12 and seniors and $7 for adults. The price includes hamburgers, brats, sides and drinks. Desserts will be available for a minimal fee. Students will sell chicken drop raffle tickets before and during the games. The chicken drop will take place at the conclusion of the second game. The winner walks away with $500. The Rams play a double-header that day; game times are 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. All proceeds go toward a student trip to Europe. Additionally, community volunteers are raising funds and selling raffle tickets to help fund Project Graduation, an allnight, lock-in, alcohol-free party that is thrown for all graduating seniors. The party includes gambling-style games,

music, dancing, and every student gets prizes, including some big cash prizes. The evening ends with breakfast at the Red Rock Diner. In response to an alarming number of alcohol related fatalities on graduation night, towns across the country sponsor Project Graduation events. Tickets are $10 apiece or $50 for six tickets. Among the prizes are one nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lodging at the Redstone Inn and the Comfort Inn; beauty treatments; gift certificates to local restaurants and retail shops; massage and more. Supporters can also drop money into the Project Graduation jars around town. These funds are combined in one jar that is passed around during graduation rehearsal so the students can try to guess how much cash is in it. Whoever is the closest, and attends Project Graduation, wins all the cash. For further information, contact Marianne at majeack@comcast.net or 319-3555.

Extended Mountain Fair deadline near The deadline for the Mountain Fair design contest has been extended to May 3. The winning design is used on the T-shirts and posters for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mountain Fair. The theme is â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Artbeat of the Valley.â&#x20AC;? The chosen artist will receive $500 and 10 T-shirts. Any medium is acceptable, however, the winning design will be used for specific purposes and should be able to adapt easily for those purposes. Original artwork is preferred. The design will need to have places for 39th Carbondale Mountain Fair, the dates and some other information. Each entry must have, name and phone number on back and be dropped off at the Carbondale Council on Arts & Humanities. All requirements are listed at www.carbondalearts.com.

Sign up for softball The Carbondale Recreation Department is accepting registrations for its coed, adult menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and youth softball leagues. The deadline to sign up is May 19. All fees are due at the time

of sign-up. (No partial payments accepted.) Adult softball sign-up is on a first come, first serve basis. Games begin in June. Coed league is $540 and will be held on Monday nights. The menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s league is $650 and games will be played on Tuesday nights. A captainsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; meeting will be at 7 p.m. May 26 at Town Hall in Room 2. Registration for coach pitch (ages 7-8 years), youth baseball (boys ages 9-15) and softball (girls ages 8-15) is April 30. The parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; meeting is set for 6 p.m. May 10 at Town Hall in Room 2. Practice and game schedules will be available at that time. Practices start the week of May 17 and games begin in June. The fee for the coach pitch league is $75; and the fee for all other age categories is $80. For more information, call the Carbondale Recreation and Community Center at 704-4190.

Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day Mile registration open Registration is now open for the 11th annual Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day Mile, which takes place at 1 p.m. May 9. The one-mile race is a fundraiser for the Advocate Safehouse Project. Preregistrants will receive an eco-friendly reusable bag with race goodies. All participants receive a finish-line rose, homemade apple pie, and a chance to win age group awards. Pre-register in person at Glenwood Medical Associates at 1830 Blake Ave. and at US Bank at Eighth Street and Grand Avenue in Glenwood Springs. Register online at active.com, or download registration forms from advocatesafehouse.org or glenwoodmedical.com. The cost is $15 per person or $55 per family. Volunteers are needed to help at the finish line and on the course, and with computer data entry, goody bag assembly, apple pie baking, registration, waste management, kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; activity supervision, and race day cleanup. To volunteer or for more information, contact Nancy Reinisch at nrein@rof.net. For basket donations contact Carol McCurry at 618-0831. COMMUNITY BRIEFS page 13

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Community Briefs continued from page 12 GrassRoots TV launches new site GrassRoots Community TV12 recently launched a new Web site, grassrootstv.org, designed to improve and simplify free access to GrassRoots Community TV’s on-demand video archives, live stream of current programming, and program schedules. GrassRoots Video Now, the station’s Web-based on-demand service, features more than a thousand community-produced programs. Over the past year, for example, viewers from more than 20 countries have used this service to access Aspen Center for Physics lectures dating back to 1976. The Physics Center is the first local organization to archive its entire catalog of programs on the GrassRoots TV servers. The GrassRoots TV servers can now preserve and play back 30,000 hours of programming. The new Web site also hosts an improved, continuous live stream of the current programs being aired on local Comcast cable channel 12 for viewers with high-speed Internet service. Another big addition to the home page is the interactive daily program schedule where viewers can now not only see what’s airing today, but also watch every show immediately. For more information about the new GrassRoots TV Web site, email masters@grassrootstv.org, call 925-8000, or visit grassrootstv.org.

To open a free GreenQuest account, visit GarfieldCleanEnergy.org. The account holder must be the one to make the call and must provide the account number.

Summer class registration under way Registration for Colorado Mountain College’s summer semester is under way. Many classes start in Carbondale, Spring Valley, Glenwood Springs and via distance learning the week of May 17, and additional classes start throughout the semester. Each household should receive a course schedule in the mail. In addition, more information and registration materials are available at coloradomtn.edu/register. More information also is available by contacting the Lappala Center in Carbondale at 690 Colorado Ave., 963-2172; the Glenwood Center, 1402 Blake Ave., 945-7486; or the Spring Valley Center, 3000 County Road 114, 945-7481.

Frontier museum seeks volunteers The Frontier Historical Society Museum in Glenwood Springs is looking for volunteers for the summer season to greet visitors, take admission and sell items from the gift shop. Training is provided. Shifts are two-and-a-half hours. Call 945-4448 to sign up.

Free energy trackers offered The Garfield New Energy Communities Initiative is offering a free energy tracker to households and businesses throughout Garfield County. GreenQuest is a free online service that people can use to track energy use and spending. A special portal for Garfield County households and businesses into the GreenQuest energy tracker will allow the whole county to work as a team to track energy use and, over time, add up the collective energy and monetary savings. “Using GreenQuest is an opportunity for everyone in the county to track their energy use and work together to save energy,” said Shelley Kaup, chair of the Garfield New Energy Communities Initiative and a Glenwood Springs City Council member. GreenQuest turns monthly utility bills into charts and graphs that show trends in usage, spending and savings over time. It takes about 15 to 20 minutes to enter the last two to three years of electric and natural gas bill information. After that, monthly updates take less than a minute.

The Nieslanik clan and friends were out in full force last weekend branding and innoculating the new crop of calves. Photo by Jane Bachrach

Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District will be holding its Board of Directors election on May 4, 2010. Polling Places will be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. on Election Day. The polling places are: Carbondale Fire Headquarters - 301 Meadowood Drive, Carbondale Redstone Fire Station – 1085 Redstone Blvd, Redstone All active registered voters who have signed up to be on the permanent mail-in ballot list will receive a ballot in the mail. Mail-In Ballots may be mailed or delivered in person and must be received by 7 p.m. on May 4, 2010. If you vote at a polling place, please be sure to bring a form of valid identification. If you would like to request a mail-in ballot or if you have any questions about acceptable forms of identification required or need further information, please contact the Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District Designated Election Official, Jenny Cutright at 963-2491.

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For RFHS tennis, it’s all about the smiles By Kayla Henley Sopris Sun student correspondent

The Roaring Fork High School girls’ tennis team is nearing its last few weeks of the season and all the girls have been enjoying the great bonding experience of playing matches together, many for the first time. The season started Feb. 22 and will conclude at the regional tournament on May 5 and 6 in Grand Junction. There are a few freshmen playing on the team, eight sophomores and four juniors and it has been a great opportunity for the upperclassmen to associate with the lowerclassmen outside of school. “I like the fact that I get to be with them (the younger players),” said Savanna Phibbs, a junior who has been playing tennis since her freshman year. “Getting to know them, it’s more than just seeing them in the halls.” Coach Eileen Waski said that the girls get along very well both during practice and outside of tennis. “They mainly have a good time on the court and they don’t get depressed if they lose,” Waski said. Waski has been coaching the RFHS girls’ tennis team for three years and has played tennis since her first year of college. Her coaching methods consist of having a wonderful time with the girls, enjoying victories, supporting each other during matches, indulging in ice cream when the sun is roasting the courts on a hot afternoon and, overall, giving the girls an appreciation of the sport.

From left, Nicole Cerdenola, Hailey Reynolds and Mariah Ahumada are a few of the smiling players on the RFHS girls tennis team. Photo by Kayla Henley “I love the girls like my own,” Waski said passionately. “We like to get together at my house and play pool, ping pong, Wii (video games), and watch tennis tapes.” Waski also added that as she helps the less experienced girls learn more about the sport, she is enhancing her own knowledge of coaching. Her love for the game and the team has rubbed off on the players as well. Practice for them is a place to meet with friends, improve their game, share a laugh and generally have a great time.

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“I love the environment and how the coach treats us; we’re kind of like her daughters in training,” said Samantha Denard, a sophomore on the team who is playing tennis for the first time. “I love that it’s different types of girls from school, it’s not the same clique. The girls are really funny. They have interesting sound effects,” she said, mentioning the silliness that ensues when they get together. The three junior girls who are competing in singles have played well Waski said, and appear to be in good standing to finish

out the season. The doubles players have been playing decently in competition, too. But more importantly, the girls enjoy playing with each other during practice and battling through matches, always with smiles on their faces. Waski said that during one match a few weeks ago the coach of the opposing team told her, “Every time we play you guys your team is always smiling.” That, Waski said, is really what it’s all about. Though the season is nearing its end, for many of the girls tennis playing has just begun. Denard said she plans to stay on the team for her final two years of high school, and Phibbs is already planning how she’ll play in college a year and a half from now. As she put it: “probably nothing serious, but definitely for fun.” Sports are never what they may seem to spectators. It’s often difficult to discern how players regard their sports, especially players who are just learning. Denard offered the Sun some insight into her thoughts on tennis: “To tell you the truth, it’s boring to watch, but really fun to play.”

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The members of the Roaring Fork High School girls’ tennis team will play their final league matches of the season against Aspen starting at 4 p.m. on Friday, April 30, at the Glenwood Springs Recreation Center.

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Shed the weight of the world from your shoulders By Sujata Stephens Do you sometimes feel your shoulders creeping up towards your ears as if they are carrying the weight of the world? You are not alone! Our 21st century lifestyles of cell-phone talking, computer using, and car driving have created an epidemic of chronically tight shoulders. You can begin the process of dissolving tension and creating upper body freedom with this simple yogainfluenced sequence. In just a few minutes per day you can begin to re-pattern the shoulder girdle to its optimal alignment, feel more expansive from the inside – and take the world off your shoulders. Sighing tension away: By tightening your muscles first, you can magically signal them to let go. While taking a full breath, lift your shoulders towards your ears. Sigh out the breath (and your worries) and let your shoulders release onto the buoyant support of the torso. Repeat this three more times with the awareness that you are letting go and dissolving tension. Perched Eagle Shoulder Stretch is an effective way to clear away the pockets of stress that we often store under the shoulder blades. Reach your arms straight out in front and then cross the right elbow over the left. Keeping the elbows stacked, bend the forearms upwards. Press the backs of the hands towards one another, and if you are more flexible bring the palms together. Relax and widen your shoulders as you extend the fingers upwards. Send each in-

breath toward the right shoulder blade to dislodge any tension underneath it. As you breathe out float the tension away on the breath. After a couple more focused breaths, relax your arms to your sides observing how you feel. Now repeat this with the left arm on top.

In just a few minutes per day you can begin to re-pattern the shoulder girdle to its optimal alignment, feel more expansive from the inside – and take the world off your shoulders. Sitting Cat Stretch opens the back, chest, spine and shoulders. Sit on the forward edge of a firm chair planting your feet solidly on the floor beneath your knees. Position yourself on the forward edge of your sitting bones with your lower back lifting

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in and up. Reach back and hold onto the back sides of the chair seat. Inhale into the side ribs opening the chest wide with your shoulders rolling back. Enjoy a full backbend that starts from the inward lift of the lower back, continues up into the expanded chest, and moves out through the crown of the head. Now place your hands on your knees and, as you exhale, round your back while looking in towards your heart. Repeat the sequence five more times, undulating back and forth, coordinating the movements with the breath. End with the back bend enjoying the feeling of airy expansiveness in the chest, as if it were a helium balloon floating upwards. Align the upper body by using the inspiration of the beautiful and supportive community of Carbondale. Reaffirm your sitting posture and place your hands on your thighs with the palms facing up. Take a moment and think of the blessings in your life. Feel your inner heart swell with gratitude. The resulting inner radiance lifts and opens the front, side and back ribs. There is a lightness in the head that floats the ears slightly back until they line up over the shoulders. Lift the sides of the torso as if there are twin mountain peaks rising up under the armpits. Remembering the support of the community, envision your shoulder blades to be loving hands gently drawing the shoulder blades slightly down the back and onto the torso. This support on the back body enhances the lift and

Sujata Stephens. Courtesy photo widening of the collarbones. I have named these two complementary actions the Carbondale Mantra: soaring mountains and loving hands. Enjoy this mini yoga series daily and see the difference just a few minutes can make. Anytime during your day that you need to take yourself out of a slump, just remember the Carbondale Mantra! Be full and bright on the inside like the soaring mountains, and feel the support of your shoulder blades on your back like loving hands. Sujata Stephens is a certified anusara yoga teacher who has studied extensively and taught since 1974.

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Letters continued om page 9 Wilderness in perspective Editor’s note: John Hoffmann is one of the current Carbondale town trustees. Dear Editor: Flying to Puerto Rico, across the Eastern U.S. to Washington D.C., really made me appreciate the importance of the Hidden Gems campaign in securing a few remaining roadless areas as wilderness. It is evident from the air that our nation is completely crosshatched with roads. Every bit of land is plowed, paved, built up or grazed down. Only a few portions are left for indigenous habitat and that is only because it was fearlessly planned for and fiercely protected. Touring Puerto Rico I came to hugely appreciate nationalized forests and ocean beaches. Between the cities and industrial areas are pockets of protected, unspoiled land and shore with clean air, clear water and vibrant life. Soon these were the places we sought out and these are my richest, most cherished memories of Puerto Rico. It is wise of us to take this opportunity to add to the inventory of unspoiled places even as the roadless rule is being litigated in Denver. I applaud the courage and perseverance of people willing to brave our “extract and develop” mindset in pursuit of wilderness protection. Honor your mother, honor Earth Day. John Hoffmann Carbondale Town Trustee

No to Hidden Gems Dear Editor: As an avid mountain biker, rock climber, caver, hunter, four-wheel drive enthusiast, mountain dweller, dog owner and fourth generation Colorado native, I find the Hidden Gems proposal totally unacceptable. I live in an area surrounded by wilderness and spend much of my free time on the trails that wind through it. Horses can cause much more damage than mountain bikes. As an example, if you take a hike up North Lost Trail Creek, the trail has turned to basically a ditch full of manure. Horses also spread invasive weeds. Many places in the Hidden Gems proposal include historic roads that provide access to real wilderness opportunities as well as being recreational themselves. Some examples are the Flat Tops, Huntsman’s Ridge, Schofield Pass, Taylor Pass, Pearl Pass, Basalt Mountain – just to name a few of the more popular ones. I know of several local community organizations that have tried to get a representative for the Wilderness Workshop regarding this outlandish proposal. Yet to date they have not even received a phone call! Make no mistake, the Hidden Gems proposal is an attack on our freedom and the freedom of future generations! I have included information here that the Wilderness Workshop and Hidden Gems people don’t care to provide – the names and business phone numbers of your representa-

tives and senators. Please take the time to call them, all of them, and remind them that they are elected and can be replaced. Voice your opposition to this proposal, or risk being locked out of the places you love! Sen. Michael F. Bennet, (202) 224-5852; Sen. Mark Udall, (202) 224-5941; Rep. Diana DeGette, (303) 225-4431; Rep. Doug Lamborn, (303) 225-4422; Rep.

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PARCELS A AND B SHOWN ON THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP SUBDIVISION EXEMPTION PLAT RECORDED NOVEMBER 3, 2008 AS RECEPTION NO. 758108 LOTS 1 THROUGH 12 AND ALLEY, BLOCK 15, TOWN OF CARBONDALE AS SHOWN ON THE OFFICIAL MAP OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OCTOBER 16, 1901 PORTIONS OF THE THIRD STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY, TOWN OF CARBONDALE WITH ALL BEARINGS HEREON BEING RELATIVE TO A BEARING OF N 89°57'00" W BETWEEN THE FOUND #5 STEEL BARS USED AS THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE STREET MONUMENT LOCATED AT 2ND & MAIN STREETAND THE MONUMENT LOCATED AT EIGHTH & MAIN STREET. SAID PARCEL OF LAND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY AS FOLLOWS:

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