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Volume 3, Number 12 | May 5, 2011

y p p a y H a D s â&#x20AC;&#x2122; r e h t o M Angelica and Cindy Saldana

Andrea and Beau Maddalone

Congratulations to all the new mothers in the Roaring Fork Valley See page 23 for more photos

Photos by Mark Burrows

Megan and Samuel Roach

Genevieve and Juniper Villamizar

Lindsay and Francesca Lofaro

Kim Reil and Micah Sanderford

Ranaye and Edward Braley

Katie and Sherman Workman

Pam Zentmyer and Maxine Williams

Wenonah and Jasmine Recio

Ximena and Lautaru Madewell

Carrie and Genevieve Vickers

Tasting Carbondale

Hundreds help at CRES

Marston returns

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Carbondale Commentary

More natural highs By Andrea Chacos With over 20 types of endorphins specifically identified thus far in the human body, I’m trying to distinguish the ones I felt over a period of 120 hours (April 27 through May 1). You see, I just finished building a playground in Carbondale with 650 volunteers. Located on the field between Crystal River Elementary School (CRES) and Carbondale Middle School (CMS), this project hatched from a few dedicated moms that held onto a big dream. They wanted a place that could be built from the ground up using only volunteers from within the community. Now a reality, The Community Playground Build was headed by Mandy Brennan (PTO president of CRES) teaming up with Kira Kearsey, Sophie Schlumberger, Christie Jensen, Trina Ortega, Erin Rigney and Sarah Shook. They hired Leathers and Associates out of Ithaca, N.Y. to help organize this huge endeavor. Many other PTO parents, local businesses and community members made sure their dream became a reality that finished up this past Sunday afternoon. My role was small and I came on board after the hard work was in place, however, the benefits I received were just as plentiful. For five nights I had trouble sleeping as the adrenaline coursed through my veins recapping each day. On the site I encountered a new situation every few minutes that gave me moment for pause and solidified my socio-emotional values as a person. I was emotionally charged for 120 hours. Laughter is known to increase endorphins in the body. Laughing was vital at The Community Playground Build, which hosted many colorful, eccentric folks. We had an easy time finding common ground through our laughter. For example: the snow in late April, Saturday night at Carnahan’s with the crew dancing in work boots, Drew showing up Sunday morning with eggs ’n’ bacon for the captains and trying out the mastodon slide for the first time. Taking a risk is also another great way to get the endorphins flowing. This job site was unique in that many people worked well out of their comfort zone. I learned to distinguish between the chop saw, router and table saw and then J.P. Strait, shop boss for the build, let me work each machine. I can vouch that the rush was an incredible feeling unparalleled in my adult life thus far. Working on a project that encompassed such a large variety of volunteers allowed me to work with so many different businesses, community members, young kids and octogenarian locals. I’ve long since known that our community gets behind a grassroots event easily, but this event really brought out the emotional strength of our community. Other natural highs from Wednesday through Sunday during the Playground Build became a hot shower before bed, a good conversation, feeding around 100 people per shift, warm cookies straight from the oven, hearing a classic song from the sound system, laughing at yourself, accidentally overhearing someone say something nice, watching the Roaring Fork High School baseball team dig holes, laughing at an inside joke, making new friends and spending time with old ones, ducking in and around tiny places on the playground, hearing Umbrella Roofing paid their crew to work for us for the day, realizing the person next to you is also moved to tears, making a child laugh and getting out of bed each morning feeling fortunate and blessed to live in such a wonderful community.

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Feel, give, live the love Dear Editor: To all of our dear valley-wide community members – especially our Carbondale friends – thank you! With your unconditional giving of your time, materials, effort and expertise – and most importantly, your fantastic can-do, happy-to-do-it attitude – we built the most totally awesome playground in the valley! For those who are not aware, on Sunday we finished building an all-volunteer, nearly alldonated-materials-and-supplies, playground at Crystal River Elementary School in Carbondale. It is now officially dubbed, Crystal River Park! Y’all should come on over and check out what a community can do when we set our hearts to it.The playground, physically, was started Wednesday, April 27, at 7 a.m. and completed Sunday (May Day!) at 5 p.m., just in time for our ribbon cutting ceremony! (It was initiated nearly a year ago by a very dedicated and passionate crew obtaining grants, sponsors, donations, volunteers, etc. It would never have happened without their diligent efforts!) If you can’t make it to see it in person, you can go to Crystal River Elementary School Playground Build on Facebook to see pix of the whole process from start to finish. Seeing as there were well over 350 volunteers, it is impossible to thank each and every one of you individually. In the coming weeks, we will list all of our wonderful sponsors. I just want, and need, to get a shout out now of extreme thanks to everyone involved. For me, it was the most spirit-lifting experience I’ve EVER felt in this incredible valley – and I volunteer bunches! Thank you all so much! Y’all ROCK … and roll! And much thanks to Momma Sopris for the protection from the elements. Though it may have been very cold at times, she spared us any significant amount of snow or rainfall.We rock, Sopris rules! We have the best community in the world! Peace, love, music and happiness – and community – to everyone! I look forward to our next project: Crystal River Cleanup on May 7. Y’all come on out. It’s a blast and ya feel so good during and after on any project you volunteer with. Feel the love! Give the love! Live the love! Daniel “Mac” MacEncletus Carbondale

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Dear Editor: Please help bring $25,000 to valley youth through ﬁnancial education. Click for our kids! YouthEntity has been selected to compete in the Pepsi Refresh Project during the month of May. We are competing for a $25,000 grant to bring ﬁnancial education to valley youth including cash awards for learning. So far our program has reached over 300 students and thousands of dollars in cash awards have poured into the community and we want to reach more!

In order to be awarded the grant, we need community voters (age 13 and older) to vote daily from May 2 to May 30 for our grant application at: refresheverything.com/EducationPaysAtYouthEntity. At YouthEntity, we believe ﬁnancial education is for everyone and that it is a process that should begin at a young age. That’s why we have created and continue to develop programs for youth in elementary through high school so that we can help build a stronger nation through ﬁnancial education, one young person at a time. Learn more at youthentity.org. Kirsten Petre McDaniel Executive Director YouthEntity

Support school arts Dear Editor: The art department at Basalt High School continues to thrive even in the midst of budget cuts and job fears. The numbers that have signed up for art classes for next year are even greater than last year! Research has shown that the arts not only keep many students in school, but can also raise scores in other areas of study. We want to thank the community for your support of our program. Every year, the Glenwood Art Guild gives to our department. We were also awarded grants from Basalt Kids and the town of Basalt. These grants and donations LETTERS page 21

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Local non-profit fights extremism with schools program called Global Kid Connect, through which students at Crystal River Elementary School in Carbondale, Sopris Elementary School in Glenwood Springs and Aspen Country Day School share a blog with students in Pakistan.

Oﬀers insight on “ree Cups of Tea” scandal By Terray Sylvester Sopris Sun Staff Writer In 2007, long before allegations of financial impropriety and fraud began to surface, author, mountaineer and acclaimed activist Greg Mortensen visited Carbondale as part of the annual One Book, One Town community reading program organized by the Friends of the Gordon Cooper Library. The community responded enthusiastically. A total of more than 700 people turned out to hear Mortensen speak at Colorado Rocky Mountain School and Roaring Fork High School, recalled Joan Lamont, of the Friends of the Library. She said Mortensen’s first book,“Three Cups of Tea,” proved to be the most popular work the Friends have chosen in the 10 years since they started One Book, One Town. “We were so fortunate he was able to work it in,” she said.“He walked away from our little town of 6,000 [people] with $33,000, which we were so proud of.” Lamont said $2,600 of that sum were gathered by local students as contributions to Pennies for Peace, one of Mortensen’s programs. Carbondale’s hearty reception was just a flicker of the passion Mortensen has ignited globally from donors eager to embrace his nonviolent work in war-torn Pakistan and Afghanistan.The Central Asia Institute, which he founded, reportedly received about $23 million in donations in 2010 and, according to its Website, has built more than 170 schools. But in April, journalist Jon Krakauer and CBS’s “60 minutes” reported Mortensen had blended his own finances with those of the Central Asia Institute to the tune of millions of dollars and lied about some pivotal events in “Three Cups of Tea,” all while a significant portion of the schools he has helped build are sitting empty, among other alleged misdeeds.

A local perspective For a perspective on the allegations against Mortensen, as well as the promise and pitfalls

Stainton (second from left) and Fischer (third from right) with faculty and staff of the Marshall Direct Fund school in Sheihkhupura, Pakistan, near Lahore. The photo was taken in October, 2010. Courtesy photo of humanitarian aid in Pakistan and Afghanistan, The Sopris Sun caught up with Carbondalians Silbi Stainton and Jodi Fischer. In 2007 Stainton founded the Marshall Direct Fund, a non-profit organization that has established two schools in Pakistan over the last several yers. The group is currently working to set up a third, while also exploring ways to provide vocational training and business opportunities to adult Pakistani women. Fischer is employed as program director for the Fund. She has worked for USAID and currently also works for the Roaring Fork Business Resource Council. Like the Central Asia Institute, the Marshall Direct Fund strives to provide an education to children, especially girls, who might otherwise not receive one. But unlike Mortensen’s organization, the Fund was created specifically as a means of combating terrorism and the spread of extremism. Stainton, who studied international security and Southwest Asia at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and elsewhere, said she decided to organize the Marshall Direct Fund because she was frustrated by the predominance of force in the United States’ counterterrorism strategy. She thought a more balanced approach would prove more effective. “We certainly don’t believe that it’s the

end-all-be-all one solution that will solve everything,” Stainton said. “It’s just a matter of having the right balance. And that’s where I saw a weakness.” According to statistics provided by the Marshall Direct Fund, two thirds of Pakistani women are illiterate and 2 percent of U.S. foreign aid supports education and development while 96 percent pays for military efforts. The Marshall Direct Fund is considerably smaller than the Central Asia Institute. Its 2009 budget was just over $100,000, and included one paid staff member, Fischer. The schools sponsored by the fund are located in a slum named Barakahu in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, and in an area named Sheikhupura near Lahore. About 130 boys and girls from pre-school to fifth grade attend each institution, Stainton said, and dozens of others are on waiting lists. With enough funding, the Marshall Direct Fund hopes to expand its current schools and establish a third in a rural area named Karahi, outside of Islamabad. Stainton and Fischer said they are also working to partner with other non-governmental organizations to set up vocational training facilities in each school. A portion of the proceeds from those businesses would ideally support the schools, they explained. Stainton and Fischer also coordinate a

Sopris Sun: What was your sense of Greg Mortensen’s reputation among the non-governmental organizations working in Southwest Asia? Stainton: Certainly I think people appreciate the attention he has brought to the need to educate girls and to what schools can do in terms of helping create peace in that part of the world. I think that’s been a big positive. I think one area that has been of concern for some people in the development community has been the concept that building the building itself is the same as building a school – that you can ensure that a building, once you leave that town or that village, is going to stay utilized as a school. That’s not usually how it works in the developing world. A lot of organizations really follow a different approach, that bricks and mortar are really not the best investment. Specifically, whatever you can do to not invest in bricks and mortar and instead invest in human capital – save the money on the building and invest in teacher training or better books and curriculum and lunches to keep the kids coming and a manager who makes sure things are moving smoothly – that’s the highest return you can get on investment. Sopris Sun: Has the Marshall Direct Fund ever partnered with the Central Asia Institute? Stainton: We did reach out to [the Central Asia Institute] early on but they were not interested in any kind of partnership. This is the story I’ve heard from a lot of NGOs: that [Mortensen] just wasn’t interested in partnering with any other NGOs. Sometimes he'd work with some in Pakistan, but otherwise he wasn’t interested. Sopris Sun: It sounds like the Marshall Direct Fund and the Central Asia Institute pursue different strategies in different areas. Where the Central Asia Institute has worked in mostly rural regions, MDF focused more directly on combating extremism through edPAKISTAN page 14

C’dale rolls into May with tastings, dandelions and more Sopris Sun Staff Report Just when you thought it was safe to stay at home and get your spring-cleaning out of the way, along comes the week of May 6-12. First Friday kicks off a busy week that follows last week’s equally busy week. On Saturday, the Parade of Species launches Dandelion Day at 10 a.m. and events continue through the day. Saturday night, the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce keeps the party going with its annual “Taste of Spring.” Next Tuesday and Wednesday, Denver’s Zikr Dance Ensemble presents “From Ancient Ritual to Contemporary Ballet” at Thunder River Theatre.

First Friday First things ﬁrst (literally). The Carbon-

dale Clay Center opens its resident artist exhibit with the work of Nathan Bray and John Cohorst from 6 to 8 p.m. The show continues through May 30. Other First Friday events include a landscape painting demonstration by Charlie Morris at Main Street Gallery and a kid’s art show presented by the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities at the Third Street Center. For more on First Friday happenings, turn to page 11.

Dandelion Day On the Dandelion Day front, there are at least of couple of new attractions. For one thing, Junior Docents from the Mt. Sopris Historical Society will conduct tours on Main Street and discuss local history at their booth in Sopris Park. “The Junior Docents are Carbondale

high school students with a huge interest in local history,” said Historical Society spokeswoman Linda Criswell. The 12 Junior Docents have been visiting the Historical Society museum twice a month since February learning about local history, and also toured the historic Thompson House next to River Valley Ranch. This year, Dandelion Day has hooked up with Arbor Day and one result is several talks and demonstrations at Sopris Park, including tips on planting Red McClure potatoes (which were Carbondale signature crop well into the 20th century). Other highlights at Sopris Park include the JAS Band Battle, featuring 20 high school bands from up and down the Roaring Fork Valley. For a Dandelion Day schedule, turn to the advertisement on page 15.

Taste of Spring The Taste of Spring, Saturday night at the Gathering Center, serves up dishes from local restaurants, wine, beer, music and a pretty good time. “It’s better than ever,” said Carbondale Chamber of Commerce Director Sherri Harrison. Tastings will be provided by: Bravo Fine Catering, Down Valley Tavern, The Village Smithy, Suzie’s Custom Catering, Gandhi’s, Peppino’s, Roaring Fork Bakery, Killer Cakes, and Cakes and Cuffs. Beer and wine tastings are being provided by Sopris Liquor & Wine, Vinifera, Pinnacle, Peak Beverage, Left Hand Brewery and others. “Party platters will be served by our ATTRACTIONS page 15 THE SOPRIS SUN • MAY 5, 2011 • 3

Top town manager candidates announced Sopris Sun Staff Report The Carbondale Board of Trustees has announced six final candidates for the town manager vacancy. According to a press release, the finalists were selected from 62 applicants. All community members and town staff are invited to a reception with the finalists from 5 to 7 p.m., June 3, at town hall, 511 Colorado Ave. Community members will have the opportunity to meet with and listen to a brief presentation by each candidate. On June 4, the candidates will be assessed by three panels, one composed of the board of trustees, one made up of town staff, and another of community members. To serve on the community panel, pick up an application at town hall or download one from carbondalegov.org.

The ﬁnalists are: • Elizabeth Black, who has worked as assistant town manager and town manager for Frisco and district manager for Copper Mountain. Black has also worked as manager for the towns of Kremmling and Hot Sulphur Springs in Grand County. She also served as the director for the Yampa Valley Housing Authority in Steamboat Springs. Black earned a Bachelor of Arts in Geography and Planning from Montclair State University, as well as a Master of Public Administration from the University of Wyoming. • Jay Harrington, City Manager for Cortez. Harrington has 17 years of city and town

management experience, including experience in mountain communities. He has served as town manager for Telluride and Pagosa Springs. He has planning experience and training as well, having served as a senior planner for La Plata County. Harrington holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Studies from Saint Lawrence University and a Master of Urban and Regional Planning degree from the University of Colorado at Denver. • Chris LaMay has been the administrator for the town of Elizabeth, in Elbert County, for the past seven years. He has also worked as a budget analyst for Adams County and a special projects coordinator for Crested Butte. LaMay holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Recreation Resource Management from Colorado State University, and a Master’s degree in Public Administration and Policy from the University of Arizona. • John Lyons worked most recently as Main Street and Economic Development Director for the city of Monte Vista. He has also worked as town manager for Mancos, and assistant town manager for Erie. Lyons holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Fort Lewis College and a Master of Public Administration from the Graduate School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado at Denver. • April McGrath is currently the assistant city manager for Ypsilanti, Mich., a community of about 22,000, which is home to Eastern Michigan University. She led a team to

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establish an economic development plan for Ypsilanti, focusing on community partnerships. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Mich., as well as a Master of Business Administration degree from Baker College in Muskegon, Mich. • Deborah Quinn has been employed as assistant county manager for Pitkin County for ﬁve years, supervising the managers of departments such as public works and the airport. She has also worked as assistant county attorney for Pitkin County. Quinn was most recently employed as assistant county attor-

ney for Garfield County. She is certified in emergency management and the incident command systems, as well as in facilitation and resolution of public policy disputes. Quinn holds a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics from the University of Delaware and a Juris Doctor from the University of Colorado School of Law. Carbondale has been without a town manager since the board of trustees decided not to renew former town manager Tom Baker’s contract in December 2010. Finance Director Nancy Barnett has been filling in as interim town manager since then.

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.

Attempted sexual assault reported Carbondale police received a report of an attempted sexual assault in downtown Carbondale last week. A woman said she was walking home past Sopris Park at about 2 a.m. on Friday, April 29, when a man threw her to the ground and attempted to remove her clothes. She reportedly fought him off and ﬂed.Another man was reportedly on the scene but did not intervene or participate. Police Chief Gene Schilling said the department is still investigating. He said the

woman’s report serves as a general reminder for women to be careful when they are out late.Walk with a friend and be alert, he advised, urging women to call the police if they feel uncomfortable about walking home alone. “We’d rather give them a ride home than have something happen to somebody,” he said. Anyone with information about the alleged assault may call the police: 963-2662.

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Local medical marijuana entrepreneurs say ambiguity over their federal income tax returns is just the latest mixed message in what has been a poorly regulated industry from the get go. According to news reports, the Internal Revenue Service is auditing a dispensary on the Front Range because its owner claimed business deductions on tax returns (see accompanying article, this page). Medical marijuana businesses are illegal under federal law. The audit is one of several threatening signals the federal government has recently sent to states that have legalized marijuana for medical use. In the last couple of weeks, federal prosecutors have warned legislators in Colorado, Washington and Montana that marijuana use is still illegal under federal law. Meanwhile, federal agents have reportedly begun targeting dispensaries in Montana, and the IRS has opened audits of dozens of dispensaries in California. For now, however, local dispensary owners interviewed for this article say they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what to do other than report their earnings as they would if they worked in any other industry. Nathan Traul said thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s done since he opened his store, High Country Caregivers in 2009 on Highway 82 between Carbondale and Glenwood Springs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t I? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a business,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have a Colorado state sales tax license. I have a federal tax I.D. number. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s part of doing business. â&#x20AC;Ś I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been willing to lie to anyone.â&#x20AC;? Ryan Gordon, co-owner of the Green House dispensary on Main Street, spoke along similar lines. He said that until he hears otherwise he will continue to report his business as what it is â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a medical marijuana dispensary â&#x20AC;&#x201C; on his federal returns. But Gordon said the audit by the IRS is just a portion of the confusion that has lingered over the industry since it was created with a voter-approved amendment to Coloradoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s constitution in 2000. On the local level, dispensary owners such as Gordon and Traul are paying close attention to GarďŹ eld Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s medical marijuana rules. In November, voters decided to ban dispensaries and facilities for manufacturing infused products (such as pot brownies, tinctures and pills) from unincorporated areas of the county.

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No, we’re not talking the late Hunter S. Thompson’s favorite whiskey during his “Fear and Loathing” years. We’re talking real wild turkeys. Like the ones the Colorado Division of Wildlife reintroduced south of Carbondale in the late 1980s. The birds have propagated, spread and are now spotted in more and more places, such as near Marty Schlein’s woodworking shop about a mile up the Missouri Heights road. Watch out in that stretch because you don’t want to hit a wild turkey — as unregal as they look on the ground, they look even worse as a hood ornament. If you’re wondering how to tell the difference between a wild turkey and the domesticated ones the President of the United States pardons each Thanksgiving, here’s the difference – they don’t look much alike.

The Sopris Sun would like to thank Janine Cuthbertson and the Carbondale MomsForMoms Web site for helping us spread the word about our annual Mother’s Day special edition. Thanks in part to the MomForMoms Web site, we had a great turnout at this year’s portrait sessions (just take a look at the cover and page 23). The Carbondale MomsForMoms site is a community resource for inspiration, connection and support. Over 400 local mothers are members. There are similar sites for other towns in the Roaring Fork Valley. Check it out at carbondalemomsformoms.com.

Film fest considering “New Broken Calculator” The Milwaukee Film Festival is considering the locally produced short ﬁlm “New Broken Calculator” for its 2011 lineup. “New Broken Calculator” director Brandon Luck McDuffey said he also submitted the ﬁlm to the St. Louis International Film Festival. McDuffey’s piece was screened at the recent AspenFilm ShortsFest. Alas, “New Broken Calculator” did not make it into the Student category for the Academy Awards competition.

G’wood music lineup Bridget Strang (right) mugs for the camera while she and Kristy Gregg put up signs for the sheepdog trial at her family’s ranch on Missouri Heights on May 4-5 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The public is invited. The event is a fundraiser for the 2011 National Sheepdog Finals, which will be held at Strang Ranch in September. The ranch is located on County Road 102, across from the Missouri Heights schoolhouse. Photo by Jane Bachrach ing!!!” according to a flyer.

Tool sale Tools from the Willy (Bill) Worley collection go on sale at 392 Stagecoach Lane (the Ranch at Roaring Fork) at 9 a.m. on May 7. These are contractor grade tools, including power and hand tools, architectural drawing supplies, scaffolding and ladders, drywall “everything,” electrical plumbing and fittings and “everything you guys collect during 40 years of build-

Dandelion Day update The winners of the Dandelion Day student-designed logo contest are: Katelyn Krehbiel, Yaislin Venzor, Kevin Monray, Vanessa Monteya, Amaranda Fregoso, Estrella Medina and Nancy Venegas. Elements of each design were used for the ofﬁcial Dandelion Day poster.

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The lineup in the Glenwood Springs Summer of Music series is as follows: June 29, Maraca (Cuban salsa/Latin jazz); July 6, Opie Gone Bad (rock); July 13, Ryan Shupe & the Rubberband (new grass); July 20, Erin Bode (jazz/pop); July 27, Euforquestra (world music); Aug. 3, Hazel Miller (R&B). The Glenwood Springs Summer of Music is staged at Two Rivers Park on Wednesday nights. It’s free.

They say it’s your birthday Birthday greetings go out to: Jeremy Heiman, Frank Betts, Rabbit, and Sandy Kaplan (May 5), Stephen Olson (May 6), Amanda Leahy (May 7), Kay Bell (May 10) and Camy Britt and Mark Chain (May 11).

Roaring Fork sophomore Shaeley Lough (#11) takes one to the net in the Rams’ 10-0 win over visiting Vail Christian on April 27. Roaring Fork concludes its season with a game at Colorado Rocky Mountain School on May 5 at 4 p.m. Photo by Jordan Hirro (jordan-hirro.zenfolio.com)

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Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Support and Empowerment Group forms Sopris Sun Staff Report The Aspen Hope Center has established the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Support and Empowerment Group, which meets at Creative Spark Studio in the Third Street Center Mondays from 6:30 to 8 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This group will provide a safe, supportive and conďŹ dential setting for women to express concerns and discuss challenges, as well as embrace their successes,â&#x20AC;? said group leader Janet Gordon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The idea is to provide a safe place for women to come to discuss a broad range of topics and address the unique issues relevant to women,â&#x20AC;? Gordon continued. Gordon is a licensed counselor with a private practice in Carbondale. She specializes in life transitions, grief and loss, trauma recovery and equine-assisted psychotherapy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Topics will vary from week-to-week, but I anticipate that work, parenting, ďŹ nancial issues, self-esteem and relationships will be discussed.â&#x20AC;? Another focus of the group will be to learn healthy strategies for coping with stress and life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The group is designed to happen weekly to offer a consistent resource for women when they need it,â&#x20AC;? Gordon said. The Aspen Hope Center is a project of The Aspen Valley Medical Foundation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As women, we face very different issues than men,â&#x20AC;? said Carrie Marsh, community outreach coordinator of The Aspen Hope Center. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Hope Center is pleased to give women of the Roaring Fork Valley a resource for support and empowerment.â&#x20AC;? The group is offered to women for free. A $10 donation is suggested but not required. The Aspen Valley Medical Foundation launched the Aspen Hope Center in June 2010 as a referral center designed to meet the communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s need for quick and easy access to mental health services,â&#x20AC;? according to an AVMF spokeswoman.

For more information or to register for the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Support and Empowerment Group, call the Aspen Hope Center at 925-5858 or Janet Gordon at 379-4983.

The Third Street Center is located at the south end of Third Street in the building that once housed Carbondale Elementary School.

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Cockburn, Alvin among PAC3 inaugural lineup Sopris Sun Staff Report Music for the Mountains Inc. has released it’s inaugural lineup for the old gym at the Third Street Center and it includes names that valley music aﬁcionados know well: Bruce Cockburn, Hayes Carll, Dave Alvin, James McMurtry, Robert Earl Keen, Leon Russell, MarchFourth Marching Band and Anais Mitchell. There’s also a local group, however, that even hard-core fans might not know: Viva La Woman. “It’s burlesque in Bonedale,” said Music in the Mountains founder Josh Behrman. “This is the Roaring Fork Valley’s ﬁnest, funniest, feistiest females.”

Although the names included in Music for the Mountains opening lineup are well known, the name of the actual venue where they’ll be appearing isn’t as well known, so here you go. The old gym in the Third Street Center is now known as “The Performing Arts Center at Third Street (PAC3),” according to the PAC3 Web site at pac3carbondale.com. The ﬁrst round of Music for the Mountains events at PAC3 runs from May 29 to Oct. 14. Here’s the lineup: May 29 – Bruce Cockburn. The Canadian-born singer/ songwriter is touring behind his 31st studio recording “Small Source of Comfort.” Backing Cockburn on his tour are violinist Jenny Scheinman and percussionist Gary Craig.

Music critic Robert Christgau ranked James McMurtry’s “We Can’t Make it Here” as one of the top songs of the 2000s so far. McMurtry, son of novelist Larry McMurtry, plays PAC3 in Carbondale on July 12. Courtesy photo

May 30 – MarchFourth Marching Band. Behrman describes this group as “a mobile big band spectacular, consisting of saxophones, trombones, trumpets and a drum/percussion corps, anchored by pumping battery-powered electric bass.” Oh yeah, there are also stilt walkers, dancing girls, flag twirlers, clown antics and acrobatics. June 23 – Hayes Carll. KDNK DJs have discovered Carll, a honky-tonker who topped many critics’ polls with his 2008 album “Trouble in Mind.” July 12 – James McMurtry. His 2005 “Childish Things” spent six weeks at No. 1 on the Americana Music Radio Chart in 2005 and 2006. The recording also won the Americana Music Award for album of the year. July 15-16 – Viva La Woman. This local outfit features Katrina Byars,Tanya Black, Ellie Davis, Brieanna Hayes,Ananda Banc, April Clark and others. They sing, dance and “provoke laughter” Behrman said. July 22 – Dave Alvin and The Guilty ones. The “King of California” and his band recently released “Eleven Eleven.” Alvin combines elements of blues, folk, R&B, rockabilly, Bakersfield country and garage rock with lyrical inspiration from writers and poets like Raymond Chandler, Gerald Locklin and Charles Bukowski. Aug. 16 – Robert Earl Keen. This Texas-born singer/songwriter is a contemporary of Lyle Lovett and wrote the storytelling classic “The Road Goes on Forever.” Aug. 17 – Leon Russell. The one-time “Master of Time and Space” for Joe Cocker on his “Mad Dogs and Englishmen” tour, Russell was inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame this year. oct. 14 – Anais Mitchell. Critics describe this alt-country performer as a “fearless explorer whose world keeps getting larger.” Tickets will be available at the PAC3 Web site and also Dos Gringos Burritos in Carbondale.

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Community Calendar THURSDAY May 5 SHEEPDoG TRIALS â&#x20AC;˘ Strang Ranch on Missouri Heights hosts a sheepdog trial from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The ranch is located at 393 County Road 102 (across from the Missouri Heights schoolhouse). The public is invited. BooK SALE â&#x20AC;˘ The Friends of the Gordon Cooper Library book sale takes place during regular hours through May 16. Info: 963-2889.

FRIDAY May 6 MoVIES â&#x20AC;˘ The Crystal Theatre presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Conspiratorâ&#x20AC;?(PG-13) at 8 p.m.May 6 - 12 and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Win Winâ&#x20AC;? (R) at 5:45 p.m. May 7-8. BENEFIT CoNCERT â&#x20AC;˘ Roaring Fork High School students have organized a beneďŹ t concert for earthquake victims in Japan and New Zealand featuring student musicians plus Bobby Mason, Derek Brown and the DeďŹ ance String Band at 7:30 p.m. at RFHS. FIRST FRIDAy â&#x20AC;˘ Starting at about 5 p.m. shops and galleries on Main Street and Third Street Center host receptions and openings. For more information, see page 11. LIVE MUSIC â&#x20AC;˘ Konnyaku restaurant in La Fontana Plaza features the Powderhounds and a late night jam session starting at 9:30 p.m. LIVE MUSIC â&#x20AC;˘ Steveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guitars in the Dinkel Building presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Late Nightâ&#x20AC;? with Vision Quest from 10 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;until the music endsâ&#x20AC;? according to Steve himself. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Usually we only book one show an evening but sometimes itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fun to change the routine,â&#x20AC;? Steve said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last time (we booked this band), the chairs were

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.

quickly stacked and dancing broke out. Vision Quest is comprised of high school musicians. Info: 963-3304. LIVE MUSIC â&#x20AC;˘ Carnahanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the Dinkel Building presents Mad Dog and the Smokinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Jâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (rockabilly) at 10 p.m. LIVE MUSIC â&#x20AC;˘ White House pizza on Main Street presents DJ Infamous with an opening deck party from 7 to 10 p.m. LIVE MUSIC â&#x20AC;˘ Rivers restaurant in Glenwood Springs presents Missing Link from 9 p.m. to midnight. No cover. LIVE MUSIC â&#x20AC;˘ John Livingston and Kevin and Melissa Glenn of the Frying Pan Bluegrass Band plays the Limelight Lodge in Aspen from 6 to 9 p.m. STUDENT FILMS â&#x20AC;˘ The 12th annual Rocky Mountain Student Filmfest takes place at Glenwood Springs High School at 7:30 p.m. The young ďŹ lmmakers come from local schools from Basalt to Coal Ridge, plus Denver, New York and Washington. In all, the 20 ďŹ lm genres include drama, comedy, action sports, animation, documentary and artistic/experimental.

SATURDAY May 7 TASTE oF SPRING â&#x20AC;˘ The Carbondale Chamber of Commerce hosts is annual Taste of Spring at the Church at Carbondaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gathering Center from 6 to 10 p.m. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be food, drink, a silent auction, live painting by Majid Kahhak and music from Mile Markers. Tickets are $50 in advance and $60 the day of the event. Info: 963-1890.

DANDELIoN/ARBoR DAy â&#x20AC;˘ Carbondale combines Dandelion Day with Arbor Day with a parade and events at Sopris Park. INVISIBLE CHILDREN BENEFIT â&#x20AC;˘ The ďŹ lm â&#x20AC;&#x153;Invisible Children: Rough Cutâ&#x20AC;? will be shown at the Third Street Center at 7 p.m. The ďŹ lm focuses on the use of child soldiers in east Africa. A $10 donation is asked. Info: 970-987-8487. RoCK CLIMBING â&#x20AC;˘ Ute Mountaineer in Aspen presents a slide show that includes such 1960s climbing icons as Layton Kor, Royal Robbins, Yvon Chouinard and others at 7 p.m. The show is based on Glen Dennyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yosemite in the Sixtiesâ&#x20AC;? and Denny will be in attendance. A Q&A will follow. Ute Mountaineer is located at 210 S. Mill St. LIVE MUSIC â&#x20AC;˘ Carnahanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the Dinkel Building presents Pineapple Crackers at 10 p.m.

SUNDAY May 8 MoTHERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S DAy CoNCERT â&#x20AC;˘ Symphony in the Valley presents a Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day concert featuring New York pianist Elena Smirnova and marimbist Miri Kurohara at Glenwood Springs High School at 4 p.m. Doors open at 3:30 p.m.; tickets are $12 for adults/$10 for

seniors/$6 for teens and kids/$30 for families. The program includes Franz Liszt, Mozart, Bizet and Czardas.A RiďŹ&#x201A;e concert will also be held at RiďŹ&#x201A;e High School at 7:30 p.m. on May 7. MoTHERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S DAy MILE. Registration the Mother's Day Mile takes place in Glenwood Springs at 1 p.m. Proceeds beneďŹ t the Advocate Safehouse project. Cost is $15 per person or $55 per family. Info: advocatesafehouse.org.

TUES.-WED. May 10-11 DANCE â&#x20AC;˘ The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities presents the Denver-based Zikr Dance Ensemble at Thunder River Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 for CCAH members and $25 for non-members. Reservations: 963-8681.

WEDNESDAY MAY 11 EPIC TRIP SLIDE SHoW â&#x20AC;˘ The Blend Coffee Company at 1150 Highway 133 presents a slide show of Ralph and Pat Wannerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bicycle trip from Alaska to the tip of South America at 7:30 p.m. Donations will be accepted for World Bike Relief. LIVE MUSIC â&#x20AC;˘ Dave Taylor plays acoustic and semi-acoustic rock, blues and country at the Carbondale Beer Works starting at 7pm in support of the mission of Feed Them With Music. LIVE MUSIC â&#x20AC;˘ White House Pizza on Main Street presents Justin and Friends (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jazz Comboâ&#x20AC;?) at 10 p.m. Info:: 704-9400.

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DEBEQUE HoUSE EVENT • The Mt. Sopris Historical Society holds a fund-raiser at the historic De Beque house from noon to 5 p.m. There’ll be live music, adult beverages and more. The suggested donation is $10. The house is located at 235 S. 3rd St.

MAY 21 PALEoNToLoGIST SPEAKS • The Roaring Fork Cultural Council presents Dr.

Kirk Johnson (chief curator at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and the paleontologist in charge of the excavation in Snowmass) at Thunder River Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 and are available at This is the highest Ice Age ﬁnd to date and includes fossils of insects, plants, and at least 22 species of animals. This event takes place Saturday, May 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the Thunder River Theatre in Carbondale. Tickets are $15 and are available online at roaringforkculturalcouncil.com. Info: 987-4492.

Ongoing S.A.W. SHoW CoNCLUDES • 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. LIVE MUSIC • T Ray Becker (original Americana and acoustic slide guitar) plays Carnahan’s every Thursday at 8:30 p.m. Carnahan’s is located at Fourth and Main. Info: 963-4498. SoCCER CAMPS • Challenger Sports will be offering three camps at Triangle Park in Carbondale this summer for ages 3-16. British camps will be offered June 6-10 and Aug. 1-5. A TetraBrazil camp will take place Aug. 8-12. To sign up or for information, go to challengersports.com. CMC SHoW CoNTINUES • “Viewpoint X3,” featuring the work of Wewer Keohane, Lynette O’Kane and Laurren Whistler, con-

tinues at the Colorado Mountain College Gallery through May 25. The gallery is located 831 Grand Ave. in Glenwood Springs. Info: 947-8367. MAyoR’S CoFFEE HoUR • Chat with Carbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot on Tuesdays from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Village Smithy, located at 26 S. Third St. ZINGERS SING • The Zingers singing group gets together at the Third Street Center every Thursday from 2 to 3 p.m. Info: 945-7094. GRoUP RUN • Independence Run and Hike at 995 Cowen Drive leads group runs Saturdays at 8:15 a.m. rain or shine. Info: 704-0909. AL-ANoN MEETS • Al-Anon for friends and families of alcoholics meets at the Church at Carbondale Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Info: 963-3514.

The Third Street Café features an open mic/performance showcase featuring music, poetry, comedy and drama. The Café is located in the Third Street Center. Transformation Yoga Fitness Massage at 443 Main St. presents free music with Barry Chapman plus wine and chocolates at part of First Friday, beginning after the 6 p.m. yoga class. Main Street Gallery features a demonstration by landscape painter Charlie Morris from 5 to 8 p.m. at 399 Main St.

The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities presents “Kids’ Art Show” featuring student art from Carbondale schools. The show opens at the Third Street Center from 5 to 7 p.m.

Steve’s Guitars in the Dinkel Building presents the Dandelion Day Songwriter’s Showcase from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Tickets are $10. Info: 963-3304.

The Carbondale Clay Center opens its resident-artist exhibit with the work of Nathan Bray and John Cohorst from 6 to 8 p.m. on May 6. The Clay Center is located at the east end of Main Street.

RAVEN HEART (the former Parkside Gallery) is serving up wine and healthy snacks for First Friday. It’s located across from Sopris Park at 50 Weant Blvd. Info: 963-1401.

The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities’ current show features student art, including this painting (top) by Crystal River Elementary School student Morgan Kaegebein. The Carbondale Clay Center presents the work of Nathan Bray (shown here) and John Cohorst.

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Community Briefs new town manager. Applications are available at town hall and on the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Web site carbondalegov.org. The application deadline is May 13.

Mark your gardening calendar Colorado Rocky Mountain School holds its annual plant sale May 14 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and May 15 from 1 to 3 p.m.The school is located at 1493 County Road 106, just west of Carbondale proper (take Main Street west and bare right). The sale includes Red McClure seed potatoes with proceeds returning to Roaring Fork Slow Foods. Colorado State University Extension master gardeners will be on hand to answer questions. A complete plant sale list is posted at crms.org.

Basketball camp slated Roaring Fork High School is hosting an individual/fundamental basketball camp from June 13-16 for girls and boys, grades 512. To register contact coach Larry Williams at 355-4554.

Sex abuse recognition class offered A sexual abuse recognition class based on Meghan Hurleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;10 tips that every parent should know to protect their child from sexual abuseâ&#x20AC;? will be held at the Marble Charter School from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on May 10.

River ďŹ&#x201A;oat registration under way Registration for the Roaring Fork Conservancyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual River Float begins May 9. The ďŹ&#x201A;oat takes place June 4 and is an opportunity to learn about wildlife, water issues, conservation efforts and more while having â&#x20AC;&#x153;lots of funâ&#x20AC;? according to organizers. The ďŹ&#x201A;oat goes from Carbondale to Glenwood Springs and is open to boaters 8-years-old and older. The cost is $15 per person. For details, call 927-1290 or go to roaringfork.org.

Chicken drop slated The Roaring Fork High School World Traveler Club stages a tailgate barbecue and chicken drop during the baseball teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doubleheader against Aspen at approximately 12:30 p.m. on May 7. The barbecue should be self-explanatory but the chicken drop takes place as follows. One-hundred squares will be laid out and fenced off. One chicken will be released. The owner of the square the chicken poops on will be declared the winner,

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Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s support group forms The Carbondale Middle School seventh and eighth grade boys took second place in a lacrosse tournament in Grand Junction last weekend. The team has been practicing on the playing ďŹ eld south of Bridges High School for several weeks. Photo by Cailen Hollenback according to a press release.â&#x20AC;&#x153;In case the poop hits two or more squares, the square with the most poop wins,â&#x20AC;? the press release continues. Squares sell for $20 and the winner takes home $1,000 (â&#x20AC;&#x153;which ainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t chicken feed,â&#x20AC;? said The Sopris Sun staffer who typed up this press release). To purchase a square or two, call Ralph Young at 384-5788.

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A womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s support and empowerment group has formed (by the same name) and will meet at Creative Spark Studio in the Third Street Center every Monday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The idea is to provide a safe place for women to come to discuss a broad range of topics and address the unique issues relevant to women,â&#x20AC;? said Janet Gordon, a licensed professional counselor, who will lead the discussion. The group is sponsored by The Aspen Hope Center, a referral and crisis center in the Roaring Fork Valley, which is a project of The Aspen Valley Medical Foundation. The group is offered to women for free. A $10 donation is suggested but not required. For more information and to register, call the Aspen Hope Center at 925-5858.

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In response, Gordon and his stepfather, who also owns a share of The Green House, shut down their infused products facility, which was located outside of town limits. Gordon said they had been waiting to hear what the county would allow before making major improvements to the facility, but they lost money they had spent to license their facility with the state. A license for an IPM facility rings in at $1,250. “We deﬁnitely lost some money but it wasn’t a devastating blow. It very well could have been. I’m sure it is for a lot of other businesses in the county,” Gordon said. One of those businesses could end up being Traul’s, which is south of the Glenwood Springs town line. Traul has been placing calls to Fred Jarman, the county building and planning director, to ask whether High Country Caregivers will be grandfathered into new county rules as a pre-existing use. As yet, he says Jarman hasn’t given him a deﬁnitive answer. Jarman did not return calls from The Sopris Sun before the paper’s press deadline on Wednesday. Gordon faces a similar uncertainty in Carbondale. In March, the Carbondale town trustees passed a licensing ordinance prohibiting medical marijuana businesses from operating within 1,000 feet of schools. Just one of the town’s 11 existing pot shops would be allowed to remain in place under those rules, but the trustees have not yet decided whether the rules would apply to the pre-existing businesses. That decision will be made as the trustees discuss another medical marijuana rule – this one to establish zoning guidelines for commercial fa-

cilities – during their meeting on May 10. The current draft of the zoning ordinance would allow existing marijuana businesses to remain in place, said Ben Bohmfalk, chairman of the town planning and zoning commission. The P&Z discussed the ordinance during its meeting on April 28. On the state level, some of the haze is beginning to clear. New rules are scheduled to take effect in July and as a result guidelines for commercial marijuana operations are about to become signiﬁcantly tighter. To Gordon, that’s basically a good thing. “Ever since the industry kind of boomed, a lot has been up in the air, and even with the passing of this bill everything is still up in the air … now there’s someone I can call to ask, ‘Can we do this? Can we do that?’ and talk about it,” he said. “It’s actually really nice.” Gordon and Traul said the new rules have already entailed signiﬁcant expenses. Under the guidelines, which were passed as part of HB 1284 last summer, a state license to operate a dispensary ranges from $7,500 to $18,000 depending on the size of the store. Since dispensary owners are required to grow 70 percent of their own product they also must purchase a license for at least one commercial grow site, another $1,250 expense. Commercial operations are also required to comply with a range of security, sanitation and other rules.

This article originally appeared in the April 26, 2011, edition of The Denver Post.

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The Carbondale Town Trustees will discuss a zoning ordinance for commercial medical marijuana operations during their meeting on May 10 at Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Ave. For more information, call town hall: 963-2733.

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Pakistan exchange an eye-opener for local students continued î&#x2C6;&#x2021;om page 3 ucation, and as a result works in larger population centers. Stainton: We wanted to work in more of the areas where recruitment was happening. So we had to work with different strategies from the get go. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely easier to lease when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in an urban area. We found â&#x20AC;Ś that we can use our resources more effectively and reach more children if we lease a space. A building to rent in an urban area â&#x20AC;&#x201C; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a pretty building but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a building, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just happy to have a school â&#x20AC;&#x201C; is about $125 per month for a five- or seven-classroom building.

highly challenging, and I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good for donors to ask themselves,â&#x20AC;&#x153;Does the organization have the support itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going need in order to manage their investments?â&#x20AC;?There is no way, even if he was a perfect human being, that all the schools would perform well given the limited staff and large number of schools he had. Sopris Sun: How do you think the allegations against Mortensen will affect the work of Marshall Direct Fund and other development groups in the region? Stainton: I think people are smart and in particular I think the American people are smart. I think just reading the books that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s put out has helped educate the public on the need for this kind of work, and has helped the military see the benefit of having schools and promoting education in that part of the world. I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be OK. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s certainly made some NGOs a little bit nervous, but I think what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to do is band together to help make sure that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen to other organizations, because nobody would want to see these children lose their schools.

Sopris Sun: Why focus on urban areas? Stainton: Most of the recruitment actually happens in the urban areas. â&#x20AC;Ś The poverty in the developing world is usually worse in the rural areas, but sometimes thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s less dire frustration. I think because sharp discrepancies in wealth are not right in peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s faces. Packing people into urban centers creates an environment where extremist groups can capitalize on the sentiment and recruit. Sopris Sun: In a written response to questions from â&#x20AC;&#x153;60 Minutes,â&#x20AC;? Mortensen describes the difficulty of working in Afghanistan and Pakistan, from language barriers to shifting allegiances to corruption. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your take on that description of circumstances on the ground? Stainton: I have never encountered anything, other than maybe being a mother, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s as challenging (laughs). Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really hard to work over there. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

Sopris Sun: In a nutshell, whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the link between education, particularly for girls, and the threat of terrorism? Stainton: If you look at the high-jackers who flew the planes into the World Trade Center â&#x20AC;Ś many of them actually did go to school, but none of their mothers were literate or had gone to school. This is very common in the world of extremism. Mothers

have a very important role in the direction their child takes â&#x20AC;&#x201C; if they have fewer children and keep their eyes on the ones they do have and feed them or send them to school rather than having seven children and they can only send one kid and have six running in the street. Girls in Pakistan will normally have about four kids but if they go to school for five years theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll only have about two. So it has to do with their future role and influence as a mother. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where you get the longterm payoff in preventing violence. The Brookings Institution put out a report last year and it showed that in Pakistan, none of the children who went to NGO schools had so far been arrested for being in the Taliban. It was only children not in school, children from government schools, or children in madrassas that were involved. ... That shows itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not only about having them in school, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about having them in the right kind of school that teaches them the thinking process to be critical, to make good choices. Sopris Sun: Flesh that out a little. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the importance of teaching critical thinking? Stainton: [This] is one of the major problems in Pakistan: Their education system relies so much on rote learning. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not enough just to teach skills to read or to teach math. The government schools sometimes will do that, but the government system is not teaching them to think and to think about problem solving. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of creating generations of yes men instead of generations who will think, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Well, this is certainly not working and what can I do to change it?â&#x20AC;?

Fischer: Not all the madrassas in Pakistan are breeding future terrorists, but all of them are focusing on religious studies. So students are not learning science. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not learning math. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not learning critical thinking skills. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re memorizing the Koran. When parents are given a choice between religious schools and nonprofit schools like ours, nine out of ten donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily want their children to have over 50 percent of their learning be religious studies. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about choice. When parents are given a choice between a madrassa and a school like ours, they inevitably do [choose ours]. Sopris Sun: It sounds like the Global Kid Connect program offers a fresh perspective to the students who participate. Stainton: Sometimes the kids will come to us straight from the battlefields of the Pashtun areas. They come down to the cities and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been driven out because of the [U.S.] drones attacking or the wars with the Pakistani Army fighting the extremists.At the beginning of their class these kids [are asked], â&#x20AC;&#x153;What do you think of Americans?â&#x20AC;? One of the boys who just had started the school said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oh, I think theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re our number one enemy, and I think they want to kill us. They are trying to bomb us.â&#x20AC;?This happens every year, but at the end of the program they say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didn't know I had so many friends in the U.S. and they want to help us.â&#x20AC;? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eye-opening. Same thing with the Americans. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eye-opening for them that they have so much in common with their peers in Pakistan.

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Attractions continued î&#x2C6;&#x2021;om page 3 wonderful volunteers and are being provided by Mi Casita, White House Pizza and Dos Gringos,â&#x20AC;? Harrison said. Souvenir wine glasses are being provided by Alpine Bank and Majid Kahakk will do one of his live paintings of the event. Outside at the amphitheater next to the ďŹ re pit, Dwight Ferrin will provide acoustic music early in the evening. Following the tastings, Mile Markers take the stage from 8:30 to 10 p.m. Sopris Liquor & Wine will provide complimentary beer and wine. A silent auction rounds out the night. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Taste of Spring has been an iconic Carbondale event for over 10 years,â&#x20AC;? Harrison said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The event would not be possible without the generous donations of the participants, silent auction donors, volunteers, media and publicity trades and the hard work of the chamber staff. Tickets are $50 in advance and $60 at the door. For details or to buy tickets, call the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce at 963-1890, or see the advertisement on page 21.

Zikr Dance Ensemble The Zikr Dance Ensemble ďŹ nishes off the week at Thunder River Theatre May 10-11 at 7:30 p.m. The ensemble combines with the theatrical and ritualistic contemporary choreography of artistic director David Taylor, offering â&#x20AC;&#x153;a unique dance performance experience that is at once theatrically

engaging, mesmerizing and inspiring, educational and multi-cultural,â&#x20AC;? said event spokesman Peter Gilbert. For its 2011 spring season, the company is premiering ďŹ ve new works, including pieces that are based on Catholic monastic ritual, Tibetan sacred dance, East Indian Bharatanatyam, an authentic SuďŹ Zikr, and a contemporary ballet based on G.I. Gurdjieff's Third Force teachings. Gilbert said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Zikr Dance Ensemble offers a spectrum of works that are based on transcendent dance rituals from many different ancient world cultures throughout history along with original and contemporary dance/theatre realizations.â&#x20AC;? The ensembleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s repertoire ranges from Gurdjieff sacred movements (including a 2,000-year-old Assyrian womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mourning dance) to hypnotic interpretations of the SuďŹ Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes and the Balinese Sang Hyang Dedari trance dance. Tickets are $25 general admission and $20 for Carbondale Council on the Arts and Humanities members. For ticket reservations, call 963-8681.

other attractions Another event of note is a beneďŹ t concert, organized by Roaring Fork High School students, featuring Bobby Mason, Derek Brown, the DeďŹ ance String Band and student musicians at the school on May 6 at 7:30 p.m at RFHS. Proceeds beneďŹ t earthquake victims in Japan and New Zealand.

Last snow on Sopris? Could be but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bet on it. The ďŹ rst day of summer is still more than a month away. This photo was taken from River Valley Ranch on Monday, one day after the most recent high-altitude snowstorm. Photo by Lynn Burton

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Hundreds of volunteers help build Crystal River Park By Trina Ortega Special to The Sopris Sun

The two dark-skinned men worked silently side-by-side, swinging pick axes and shoveling dirt. Patricio Cujiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long black hair was pulled into a ponytail and swung wildly as he loosened the dirt where a new playground was being built near Crystal River Elementary School (CRES). When he stopped to talk about his hometown, the other man, Anibal Guevara, stopped shoveling and began talking in Spanish. Both Carbondale residents for years, their paths had never crossed. But on Saturday, while volunteering to build what is now called Crystal River Park, they met and learned that they were born and raised in the same town â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Otavalo, Ecuador. Like any goodwill project that brings together a diverse community, the stories began to spread at the community playground project: two men from Ecuador meeting for the ďŹ rst time; a doctor from Roaring Fork Family Physicians waiving the fee for a volunteer whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d gotten hurt; the Roaring Fork Rams baseball team meeting up after practice, uniforms and all, to volunteer; the Aspen Skiing Company CEO and his managers traveling west to lend a hand. They were not tall tales. For ďŹ ve days, they came: high school students, expert carpenters, artists, landscape architects, teachers, parents, young/old, Latino/Anglo, neighbors. According to volunteer coordinator Kira Kearsey, more than 650 people volunteered for the project that was custom built on site.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The amount of community members who have shown up for this is incredible,â&#x20AC;? said Mandy Brennan, president of the CRES Parent Teacher Organization, which organized the project.â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is beyond my expectation. We had such a diverse group of volunteers showing up, in terms of ethnicity, professions, personal interests and backgrounds. I am so proud of this community.â&#x20AC;? The park is a playground that was designed by CRES students in spring 2010. With guidance from the New York-based design ďŹ rm Leathers & Associates, the PTO launched the effort about a year-and-a-half ago to raise the money and enlist volunteers to help construct the playground. The PTO garnered private ďŹ nancial and in-kind donations, along with an $80,000 grant from the Colorado Health Foundation to complete the project. No ordinary, out-of-the-box kit, with the exception of the tube slide and metal monkey bars and rings, the custom cuts, routing, sanding and more were completed on site. The unique park includes: â&#x20AC;˘ a ďŹ repole topped by a hand-routed, hand-painted dandelion; â&#x20AC;˘ a Crystal Mill modeled after one of the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most photographed historic structures east of Marble; â&#x20AC;˘ a mural of a blue heron, a fox, the Crystal River and, of course, Mount Sopris; â&#x20AC;˘ a woolly mammoth slide in honor of last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fossil ďŹ nd in Snowmass Village; and â&#x20AC;˘ hand-painted sitting benches and murals masterminded by local visual artists.

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Word had spread that the playground was no ordinary feat. State Rep. Roger Wilson and his wife, Kris, had been attending town hall meetings in Glenwood Springs and Redstone on Saturday morning and were told by a Glenwood resident to stop by the â&#x20AC;&#x153;incredible construction projectâ&#x20AC;? taking place at the Carbondale elementary school. Children from across the community were invited to christen the structure after a ribbon-cutting ceremony Sunday evening and volunteers saw the fruits of their labor.

One volunteer, a retired Carbondale resident, said it was a huge task but an important one. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t surprise me that Carbondale pulled this off. Anything for the kids. Anything for the kids,â&#x20AC;? he said. And the children â&#x20AC;&#x201D; each in his or her own way â&#x20AC;&#x201D; grateful for what the community had done. Like the 9-year-old boy, who normally ďŹ ghts going to sleep, stating at bedtime: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop dreaming about that playground. I hope when I fall asleep Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still dreaming about that playground.â&#x20AC;?

Crystal River Elementary School was a beehive of activity April 27-May 1 as hundreds of volunteers pitched in to build a new playground. Photo by Jane Bachrach

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Matching up names with photos is nigh-toimpossible when the event is a construction project that involves more than 600 volunteers. The Sopris Sun was able, however, to connect some names with some photos. Upper right: Marcelino Juarez (left) and Todd Richmond (right) install the handrouted, hand-painted dandelion above the playground ﬁre pole. Center, top row: Aspen Skiing Company employee Jim Laing (in black) and Karen Crownhart (in the blue hat) plane a board. Below: Bridges High School students Bianca Silva (left) and Yanet Araiza (right) haul off some dirt.

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Federal budget deal slashes key community water funds By Judith Lewis Mernit High Country News Steven Meade doesn’t hide his frustration. As treasurer of the Atlanta Water Association in Atlanta, Idaho, he has the unenviable task of coming up with money to fix his community’s water-quality problems. And Atlanta has had its share. A century of gold mining that ended in 1963 leached heavy metals into the nearby Boise River. Then runoff from a 2001 forest fire clogged wells with toxic ash. Now the water agency’s antiquated treatment system no longer cleans water to modern standards: Four times in the last five years it has run afoul of state law. “The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality says our water has to have more contact time with our chlorine chamber,” Meade says, his voice rising in volume and tempo.“We’ve got to go out and get an engineer to do plans for a valve downstream.” Idaho DEQ’s Monty Marchus says Atlanta’s water system needs a number of other fixes as well, including larger storage tanks and better filtration. Meade figures the upgrades will run around $250,000. That might not seem so steep, except that “we’ve only got a community of 50 people to share the burden,” he complains. Meanwhile, those people, whose water bills report that Idaho DEQ considers their water substandard, have threatened revolt. “They’re on the verge of saying, ‘I’m not going to pay your bill because you can’t pro-

vide us with potable water,’” Meade says. “If I go to them and say I have to increase their rates to bring us into compliance, they’ll say, ‘Screw this, I’ll go stick a pipe in a stream and get my water for free!’” So Meade has turned to a 14-year-old federal loan program, the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund. One of two water infrastructure loan funds the Environmental Protection Agency extends to states, it provides low-or-zero interest loans for projects that help local communities meet water-quality standards. The fund and its progenitor, the Reagan-era Clean Water State Revolving Fund, have sent out more than $74 billion to states, which have in turn extended credit for 24,688 projects. Last year, Meade would have had a pretty sure shot at that loan.After a decade of starving the funds of cash, Congress under Obama appropriated $2.1 billion to the Clean Water fund and $1.38 billion to the Drinking Water Fund and then made another $157 million available for direct grants to water infrastructure projects. On top of that, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act put $6 billion into the combined funds. It was the most generous infusion of federal cash the programs received in their history. But the stimulus funds had an expiration date; eligible projects had to be under way by Feb. 17, 2010. And now the future of the whole enterprise looks grim: The continuing resolution that passed the House and Senate on April 13 axes nearly $1 billion from this year’s federal

contribution to the combined programs – almost 30 percent. Last year’s money was dispersed like manna, two-thirds of it to rural communities with fewer than 3,500 residents. In 2009, $1.5 million went to Tonopah, Nev., so the public utility there could irrigate parks with reclaimed wastewater. Another $2.5 million helped Electric City, Wash., meet new federal limits on arsenic, one of several new standards that have so strained Western water agencies that Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, has authored legislation to give them a reprieve. In urban Maywood, Calif., where for several years residents stockpiled bottled water even as Los Angeles County authorities assured them that the brown-tinted ﬂuid running from their taps was drinkable, a $2 million loan jump-started the onerous process of cleaning up the city’s two manganese-polluted wells. But even last year’s funding boost was not enough for communities to catch up with water repairs. Patricia Sinicropi, legislative affairs director for the National Association of Clean Water Agencies, says the tally of projects awaiting Clean Water funds alone tops $28 billion.“These aren’t abstract quality-oflife projects,” Sinicropi says. “And they can’t wait. If you put Band-Aids on pipes, you end up paying more to ﬁx them later.” Given that, the revolving funds would seem like a solid investment.While some debt forgiveness has been built into the program, the remaining money does in fact revolve – as

borrowers pay back their loans into the state funds, the states pay the money out again – allowing communities to get ahead of repairs that would only cost more in the future. Congress, however, sees it differently, and the attack on the revolving funds has been strangely out of proportion. “The SRFs are one-tenth of 1 percent of the budget,” says Mitch Jones, senior legislative analyst with Food and Water Watch.“But they’re 2.6 percent of the total cuts.” Even considering the super-charged politics of environmental regulations,“it doesn't make any sense,”says Jones.“This is not about the jackbooted thugs of some people’s fantasies going out to enforce the Clean Water Act. It’s money going out to communities to make capital improvements.” Atlanta, Idaho, has few other options. A U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Loan supplied the emergency funds to deal with the ash in 2001, but that fund is tiny, and caps loans at $100,000. While he waits to hear the status of his loan application, Meade hopes he can persuade his 50 consumers that upgrades are worth paying for.“Mostly the quality of water we’re drawing from is very high,” he says; only summer tourist crowds push it over the edge.“But I’m under a consent order to go forward and ﬁx the treatment system. So I’ve got to do something. If I don’t, they’ll shut me down.” This story originally appeared in the April 18, 2011 issue of High Country News (hcn.org).

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What’s next — offering a free derringer When the real estate market went bawith every mammogram or a free Uzi with nanas in the middle of the last decade, Teton the purchase of a La-Z-Boy? You just might County, Idaho, couldn’t approve new subdisee it happen, because guns visions fast enough. In fact, sell. The managers of a Radio the Idaho valley, which is Shack in Hamilton, Mont., located just over the pass found that out after they from pricey Jackson, Wyo., placed a giant sign above was named one of the their Super Store: “Protect fastest-growing counties in yourself with Dish Network. the United States. But Sign up now, get free gun.” when the housing market The managers had hoped plummeted in 2008, the that the sign would lure new boom’s extravagance becustomers from the Bittercame painfully apparent, root Valley, but they were reports NewWest.net: The surprised when hundreds of number of vacant lots in passersby stopped their cars Teton County – 7,791 – to take pictures of the sign or was almost equal to the dropped in to see if the offer county’s population of was legitimate. Buyers got to 8,800. In a recent talk at a choose between a “Hi Point Denver land-use conferBy Betsy Marston 380 pistol or a 20-gauge ence, Anna Trentadue, an High Country News shotgun,” reports the Billings attorney in Teton County Gazette, though all had to for Valley Advocates for undergo background checks at the nearby Responsible Development, recalled that the Frontier Guns & Ammo.“We’re not just giv- rush to develop land was so reckless that ing guns to felons,” assured Radio Shack “thousands of lots were platted in the far store manager Fabian Levy. Almost all of the nether regions of the valley with no real new customers told Levy and storeowner long-term vision for how the county would Steve Strand how much they liked the gun be able to provide basic services to these promotion, but Strand said he was surprised areas.” Trentadue was initially surprised to ﬁnd that many women — including some when the audience began to laugh during in their 60s and 70s — showed up only be- her presentation; then she realized that “they cause they wanted a free gun. were just incredulous.”

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Nevada and China In Nevada, of course, developers didn’t just plat far-ﬂung suburban subdivisions and Las Vegas condos; they actually built them during the real estate bubble, and did so at a rapid clip. Last year, the number of empty homes in Nevada rose to 167,564, according to U.S. Census data. That’s the equivalent of one out of every seven houses, which helps explain why, this past January, Nevada enjoyed the dubious distinction of having the highest foreclosure rate in the nation. On the up side, if you can call it that, bargains galore can be found throughout the Silver State because prices of many houses and apartments have dropped by more than half. “Save over $460,000” on a new house on the Strip is now a typical headline on the Top Ten Las Vegas Home Deals Website. But the West’s housing boom and bust can’t compare to the spectacular scale of nonstop overbuilding in China. To keep its economy humming, China has built and continues to build entire cities, though few of its citizens can afford to live in the high-rise apartments or shop in the sprawling new malls, reports the television show Dateline Australia. The startling 99 percent vacancy rate for one mega-city built for 22 million people in the Pearl Delta is typical; what’s even more appalling is the country’s total number of empty apartments — 64 million.

The West In the Good News Department, the Rodale Institute concluded that organic farm-

ing trumps chemical-intensive agriculture, turning the conventional wisdom on its head. The Rodale scientists in Pennsylvania found that after 27 years of side-by-side comparisons, organic farming produces the same corn yields with less water pollution and healthier soil, reports Grist.org. And in Wyoming, an engineer for a proposed $4 billion-$6 billion, 1,000-turbine wind farm south of Rawlins found that the average wind speed in the area for January was a high and consistent 42 mph. If the wind farm is built as planned on a ranch owned by the Anschutz Corp., it would produce enough power for 600,000 homes, reports the Casper Star-Tribune. Meanwhile, in the Western Bad News Sweepstakes, the state of Arizona is surely a contender. The former CEO and current board chairman of Intel, Craig Barrett, criticized Arizona’s coming deep cuts in education and told the state’s lawmakers recently that if Intel had it do over again, the company would not locate there: “I hate to say it, but I think Arizona would not be in the top 10 locales to make that investment,” he told the Arizona Republic. So far, Intel has spent $14 billion in the state, with another $5 billion to come for a planned new computer chip fabrication plant in Chandler. Betsy Marston is the editor of Writers on the Range, an op/ed service of High Country News (betsym@hcn.org) in Paonia, Colorado.

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I am Hattie ompson Holland, hear me roar Memoirs of a River… Up the Crystal By Charlotte Graham Sponsored by the Mt. Sopris Historical Society This month we get a glimpse at Hattie Thompson Holland’s version of being an independent Carbondale pioneer woman. There’re more than a few independent women around here. Who can relate? We will soon know the fate for the 130year-old Holland-Thompson House in the Thompson Park development. While I’m not excited about seeing Carbondale become a predictably developed “everytown;” this particular development project bears attention for anyone who loves learning and expanding education of local history for themselves and future generations here. Aspen to Basalt, Carbondale, Redstone, Marble, Crystal City and Gothic to Glenwood Springs, Rifle, Silt, New Castle and DeBeque – all have significant connection within this one historic home. Mt. Sopris Historical Society and Four Rivers Historical Association are to be commended for working to preserve this historic treasure and turn it into a very important asset to Carbondale and region. Maybe I’m just an incurable idealist, but as far as earliest, original documentation of history in this greater Roaring Fork and Crystal River watersheds, I think the HollandThompson House’s physical, artistic and tangible historic value is just as monumental as Snowmass’s prehistoric mastodons. True, those woolly mammoth skeletons may have gotten a bit more press and elicited a sharper urge to preserve. Ancient bones are an incredible find and of immeasurable importance for this area. But let’s not be apathetic about what is right under our noses: one family’s home filled with extremely rare, century-old, human cultural content of massive proportions, all of it still stored in original form within those bricked walls. Never mind that this historical treasure offers a peek into the closets and dresser drawers of the first lady of the house, Hattie Thompson-Jones-HollandTiffin-Holland!

from 1920 and 1944 then, from 1948, a public sales notice of Hattie’s 1938 Buick. More about that later.

The short story of ‘Aunt’ “Aunt,” as Lew Ron says their family called Hattie, was born June 9, 1866, in Dresden, Mo., the youngest in a family of four daughters together with four sons. Lew Ron’s tone and one arched eyebrow exponentially ratcheted my curiosity of Hattie and her siblings. Any chance she was spoiled? “After their mother Almeria died, Myron moved his eight children here in 1876. Hattie moved into the House with Oscar when they married in 1887 and died in her bedroom on August 14, 1944, at age 78,” Lew Ron said. Her chosen caretaker-nephew Lewis (Louie), Lew Ron’s dad, was at her side. To get a sense of timing, Hattie’s arrival in this valley was the year Colorado became the Centennial State. All of this was still Ute land, as far and high and wide as the eye could see.

From dirt floor to ballroom society Between probably playing with Ute kids as a nine-year-old child in 1875 to becoming the wealthiest local woman ranch owner of the day by 1944 when she died, what was Hattie’s life? Call me nosy, I just had to ask. What about Hattie’s multi-surnames? “In 1886, Hattie’s first marriage was at a Justice of the Peace in Aspen to a Kansas lawyer by the name of Charles W. Jones,” Lew Ron answered. As if that was all I wanted to know! I surmised from the documents he shows me that it was barely more than a year before Jones was history, so to speak. A scant two weeks after the divorce decree, she married Oscar Holland. Having never had children, Hattie became a seasoned world traveler after Oscar’s suicide in 1920. On a Mt. Sopris Historical Society tour of the Holland-Thompson House last year, I remember seeing her travel trunk and passport covered with exotic destination stamps. I want another look now. The house must be preserved. From this same smattering of papers is an original annulment restoring her Holland surname; apparently there was another marriage for Hattie to a man named Tiffin from 1927 to 1928, albeit briefly, between years of the single-girl life.

Betcha’ didn’t know that, huh?

Girlfriends’ road trips!

Let’s just say Hattie knew all about being an independent woman and, as the saying goes, a lady of “substantial means.” On a recent visit with her grand-nephew, Lew Ron Thompson, I sat in front of a coffee table covered with a smattering of Thompson family records of life in this historic Carbondale home. “It is really neat to have hands-on actual documents to support our history,” Lew Ron said. One paper atop the pile was the original 1883 pre-emption document ﬁled by Oscar Holland for one of the nearby quarter sections (160 acres) that he homesteaded. Another was a divorce decree and wedding license dated within two weeks of each other in 1887. There were newspaper obituaries

I eyeball a four-inch thick packet of yellowed letters, 2-cent stamps in the corner. Be it stone, bone or pulp, I know there’s something incredibly rare and signiﬁcant here. I have to sit on my hands. “These [ranch reports] were written between 1923 and 1931 by Aunt’s ranch manager, Mr. James Legget,” Lew Ron explained as he removed rubber bands around the bunch. My eyes popped as he thumbed through the envelopes addressed to Hattie at any number of vacation addresses dû jour those eight exciting years in the Roaring Twenties, many of which, I note, are at the famous Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York. Was there sex in the city back then?

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Hattie Thompson Holland toured the West with her lady friends in her 1922 Buick 45 roadster. Although her itineraries have mostly faded from memory, she is thought to have rolled from Utah to Yellowstone National Park and perhaps as far west as California. Courtesy photo

How many stories are there? I look out Lew Ron’s cabin window towards Mt. Sopris. I close my eyes. When I open them again, I’m still here, it’s still early spring – but it’s the Roaring Twenties. Hattie’s just asked if I want to go on a road trip in her new 1922 Buick 45 roadster. As I look at these girls’ travel photos, I imagine myself being Hattie’s friend, looking out the redbrick second-story window of the most beautiful home in this valley – nothing but mud for miles from here to So-

pris and Hattie’s in her bedroom packing. Can’t help but wonder, are those clothes of Hattie’s in the photos some of the same attire hanging in the closets today? “Probably,” Lew Ron nods. I shake my head.Wow, how many stories? For more on this story, go to Marbledweller.com. The next Carbondale Board of Trustees hearing on the Thompson Park property takes place May 10 at Carbondale Town Hall and the public is invited to attend.

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Letters continued om page 2 help to keep us stocked in supplies and equipment allowing our students to create amazing pieces. The annual art show is May 4, 5 and 6 this year. Because our operating budget will be cut next year, we will be hosting a coffee house on Thursday and Friday evening to help raise money for next year. Every year, we have artist judges from the community help select our ﬁnest pieces for ribbons.Thank you for taking time to help us. We are thankful that this district has been supportive the arts, and is trying to keep all programs going even as the money dwindles. I urge the community to support mill levy overrides and other ways that we can guarantee our valued specials stay in our schools. May theatre, music, sports and the ﬁne arts continue to enrich the lives of our children. Tish McFee Art Instructor Basalt High School

Celebrate Dandy Day/Arbor Day Dear Editor: On May 7, the all new Dandelion DayArbor Day celebration comes to Carbondale’s Sopris Park. The event is a co-production of the Carbondale Environmental Board and Carbondale Tree Board. Formed with the merging of two older events, Dandelion Day/Arbor Day will celebrate spring, promote Carbondale’s commitment to sustainability and honor the town’s current status as a Tree City U.S.A.

The original Dandelion Day began as a quest to educate community members on the importance of keeping toxic chemicals out of our land, water and bodies. Considered a weed, people often attempt to control dandelion growth with chemicals such as 2,4-D, which has been linked to neurological disorders, myriad cancers and endocrine system disruption, and can take more than a year to dissipate once applied. In reality, the dandelion is a benevolent and useful plant: It improves nitrogen in the soil, its roots have medicinal value, and its leaves and ﬂowers are edible and nutritious. Local Carbondale resident Doc Phillip has been making his famous Dandelion Ale for years, and his Dandyblend coffee-alternative was once on the menu at the Village Smithy. Arbor Day has a long tradition in the United States dating back to 1872 in Nebraska. The Carbondale Tree Board, whose goal is to create tree-lined streets and to promote a healthy system of community forests and parks, has hosted numerous Arbor Days in recent years. The board also provides leadership to help Carbondale retain its status as a Tree City U.S.A. In addition to the arboristfriendly activities already noted, this year’s combined Dandelion Day/Arbor Day event will feature a free drawing for several handselected apple trees. Family-friendly events will include the Parade of Species, a composting contest, tree plantings and the Eco Tent with demonstrations in beekeeping, composting, gardening and tree pruning. Additionally, Sopris Park

will feature food vendors, a beer tent, live music, a community yard sale and information booths hosted by local nonproﬁts and environmentally friendly businesses. Please join us on May 7 in Sopris Park to explore healthy and environmentally friendly gardening ideas, enjoy a spring day in the park, dance to some great local music and celebrate our wonderful community with neighbors and friends. For information on becoming a sponsor of Dandelion Day/Arbor Day, contact Candace Goodwin at 963-2043 or send checks payable to the Town of Carbondale with Dandelion/Arbor Day in the memo line. To volunteer to help on the day of the event, contact Sue Gray at 618-1849. Carbondale Environmental Board Carbondale Tree Board

A furniture windfall Dear Editor: From time to time, local non-proﬁts catch a lucky break that increases their ability to better deliver on their mission. We want to thank Aspen’s St. Regis hotel (their executive team, the staff and the numerous afﬁliated partner companies working on the demo and remodel) for their efforts in donating over 100 rooms of designer furniture to Habitat for Humanity's ReStore of the Roaring Fork Valley. We are thrilled. In coordination with their enormous remodeling effort this spring, the St. Regis donation has created a windfall of opportunity for the entire Roaring Fork community. Our Re-

Store is able to offer designer furniture to the public at drastically reduced prices, which is a great opportunity for many valley residents. In addition, the income from the sales in our ReStore will help others of the area, because it funds the mission of Habitat for Humanity locally: to end poverty housing for local families.With two new Habitat building projects now underway in Silt, a growing number of recipients of our Brush with Kindness home improvement fund and ongoing requests from local health and human service agencies, Habitat for Humanity of the Roaring Fork Valley has never been so responsive to the growing needs of our community. We offer our most sincere appreciation to those involved in making this donation such a tremendous success. The ReStore offers pillow-top king and full bed sets, HD ﬂat screen TV's, matching leather seating, desks, end tables, headboards, and lamps for every room. We invite the shopping public to bring a little of the St. Regis home with them in support of Habitat for Humanity. For more information on these wonderful items, please visit us online at HabitatRoaringFork.org for inventory pictures and more information about our progress on our mission. From our family to yours, our best for a safe and rejuvenating spring! Evan Zislis Director, Habitat for Humanity ReStore of the Roaring Fork Valley LETTERS page 22

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Letters continued om page 21 Comp plan update Dear Editor: In February of this year, RPI Consulting of Durango, with local team members DHM Design and Lamont Planning Services, engaged a contract to assist the Town of Carbondale re-write its 11-year old comprehensive plan. Comprehensive plans are an important tool to discover, define and prioritize community objectives for the future. Ultimately, a comprehensive plan initiates implementation strategies and sets up for land use code revisions. Understanding and aligning the diversity of opinions in Carbondale requires a thorough and authentic public involvement strategy. This year long update process has only just begun. Work completed thus far includes: individual interviews with staff, elected, and appointed officials; a visioning workshop and a follow up verification meeting; a brief online survey; youth outreach; and numerous one-to-one meetings with various other community interests. It is important to realize that these efforts represent less than 10 percent of the total public outreach our team expects to complete over the next 12 months. The next phase of the plan will see the formation of a diverse, 12- to 16-member citizen working group that will meet on a regular basis to discuss specific topics in a small group format. Parallel to the citizen working group, our team will initiate dozens of specific outreach efforts including, but definitely not limited to, the following: strategy sessions with chamber of commerce/Roaring Fork Business Resource group; Latino citizen and business outreach; coordinated efforts with property owners adjacent to Highway 133; meetings with organized groups including not-for-profits and civic entities; neighborhood meetings to facilitate input from families with children and the town’s elders; open houses; additional Web-based options; and more discussion group and

keypad polling opportunities. Later this fall, we will also begin a future land use mapping process where the details of community objectives will be draped on a series of maps and opened up for additional public scrutiny and comment. Finally, we will bring the planning documents into a formal public hearing process with the planning commission and board of trustees. Please be assured that if you have not yet had an opportunity to voice opinions, concerns, or support for various ideas and concepts scores of opportunities are still available in the months to come. Information about the plan can be found on the Carbondale Web site Carbondalegov.org and/or you can direct questions to RPI principal Gabe Preston at (970) 382-9886. We look forward to working with and hearing from you. The RPI, DHM, and Lamont Consulting team

SkiCo out of line Dear Editor: This letter is sent with a heavy heart regarding Lee Mulcahy – banned from James Crown’s Aspen Ski Company property, including national forest leased by SkiCo. Lee, a Diamond Instructor, who worried about the little guys with nothing monetary to gain, has consequently lost what he loves: to ski in the town he adores. SkiCo should be embarrassed in the manner they have bullied this 15-year employee. Lee has taught our children to ski and to grow up in a respectful manner through his reﬂection of integrity. Lee, an Eagle Scout himself, encouraged our son to become an Eagle Scout. Lee has pushed our children to excel in both skiing and life. Last year, we ﬂew our daughter to ski with Lee on closing weekend. I consider my most valuable possession in life my children and I trust my daughter’s safety with no one else.

My daughter describes the powder cat experience on the back of Aspen with Lee as out-of-the-box and exhilarating, which pushed her to a new level of skiing. My daughter, although her ﬁrst time, was able to keep up with a group of local skiers, some of whom had done it more than 20 times. On the powder cat, Lee asked another guest if my daughter could mimic her movements so Lee could help her up in the waist-deep powder.The guest, although initially agreeing, later complained about the request.This complaint was used in SkiCo’s justiﬁcation for Lee’s termination with the National Labor Relations Board. I mean no disrespect to SkiCo, but this is abuse of power. Kathy Vaughan Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas

Support the Thompson Divide Coalition Dear Editor: The Thompson Divide Coalition would like to thank the Carbondale community for the amazing support that is always present when needed. The recent letter of support campaign to our members of Congress has been a huge success. Thank you so much to the Carbondale Beer Works for hosting two events and the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities and Third Street Center for hosting a First Friday event for TDC. TDC would like local businesses and residents to sign a letter of support endorsing the mission of TDC of seeking federal legislation to permanently withdraw the Thompson Divide area from availability for future oil and gas leasing. The campaign to collect letters of support is ongoing. So please email us at info@savethompsondivide.org to request a sample letter. Laurie Lindberg Stevens Thompson Divide Coalition

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held before the Carbondale Board of Adjustment for the purpose of considering a Variance Application to construct within the setbacks outlined in section 18.20.025, a second story to add 450 sq feet to include two bedrooms and one bathroom The property is located at 444 S Third Street, Town of Carbondale. The applicant/owner is Steven Deliyianis.

Said Public Hearing will be held at the Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO at 7:00 p.m. on May 25, 2011.

Copies of the proposed application are on file in The Planning Department office, Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO and may be examined by interested persons during regular working hours, 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. John Leybourne

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Looking back at April: the awesomest month April reminded me of … jumping the gun. skinny dip, the IPA and the blonde ale, the Breaking through the snow pack. Of tire blue winged olives and caddis popping from patching, lubes, tunes, and gearing-up in rising green rivers like trout popcorn, indoor order to hit a ride or two only to have local terrariums along dusty window sills, of rabtrails fill back up with mud bits and tall white lilies, of green and snow. Climbing sunny buds covered in frosting, of offdesert outcrops. Of putting season and long road runs. on ski boots, skinning into More than anything,April is the backcountry and catching crystalline: the freshest, clearest, the last of the heavy-wet. Of most awesomest air we get to haircuts, beard disappearbreathe all year. Just imagine if ances and leg shaving. Of one day you woke up in Washbluebird sky and black sky ington, D.C. Every night you and sky without a horizon. had to go home to a small Of big rainbows. Of woodapartment with no windows stoves. Of dancing. Of shelter. turned to the sky. Every mornOf 4 a.m. bike rides. Of all ing you woke up dreaming of the things I can’t live without. by Cameron Scott mountains. You did sun salutaSome people say that April tions, but never saw the sun. is the big NO NO! The AH AH! That April Then one day, out of nowhere, you lose it at a makes them wish they could walk the Pahoe- mountain film festival passing through the city. hoe, picking guavas and catching sun and surf. Each film is like a kick to the heart. Suddenly That it is the awkward silence between March you realize that home is within: like the Elks, and May meeting on a blind date! The sesame Raggeds and Holy Cross.That somewhere out seed stuck between your front teeth.The chor- there is the Roaring Fork Valley, a gate, a backtle. The M.C. Escher fluorescent onesey that yard and wind chimes – the good life. keeps appearing at Highlands closing.The big April seems to have extended (some would freezer! The lobster tan! The cruelest month. say overextended) this year with powder The end of solitude on the Roaring Fork and dump after powder dump and storm front Frying Pan. The indoor cat escaping outside after storm front passing through. And now and getting clobbered then taken to the vet and it’s May and it is still snowing and people are patched back up. still skiing and it still feels like April (some But really, I love April. April is Earth Day, would say February) and the air is still crysand every day is Earth day. The hot, the cold, talline. This is the winter that isn’t ending, but the skis and the bike tires, the wet suit and the suddenly, in a matter of days, it will be over.

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5Point There is a pagoda on the inside and a pagoda on the outside with painted clouds along the top and more clouds here and there and beyond the threshold a temple inside the temple, and a temple outside the world. I’m not sure who I could drag through ... I’m not sure myself what a pagoda is anyway … but let’s go!

Subtitles One head moves, seven hundred heads move; back and forth searching for meaning.

Back Home Watching outdoor films I’ve never been so certain about certainty and so uncertain. Tires part slush, pick up water, condense then fade over and over. The lifelines on my palms appear and disappear like traffic. A big diesel rolls up to the stop sign and idles. I’m listening for something else entirely. Head nodding towards sleep there is another world beyond this world and I want give over completely – Cameron Scott to what comes next.

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