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VOLUME 2, NUMBER 22 • JULY 15, 2010

Mountain Flair

Amy Kimberly organizes Mountain Fair with a touch of style

By Trina Ortega Special to The Sopris Sun

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It takes a leader that can wear a lot of different hats to pull off an event the size of Mountain Fair. Fair Director Amy Kimberly does it with style –– and a lot of community support. Photo by Jane Bachrach

lared skirts and flashy tops are not essential in managing the town’s largest event of the year, but with her eclectic wardrobe of stylish dresses, colorful hats and crazy outfits, Amy Kimberly makes the Carbondale Mountain Fair director’s job look fun.

It takes a person who can wear a lot of hats to orchestrate the many personalities and tasks of the annual arts and music festival, and Kimberly, aka the Mountain Fair Queen, wears them well.

“I feel honored to be able to wear all these hats. I can’t think of any other hats I would rather wear,” Kimberly said, while in the midst of planning this year’s fair. “Working for Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities is such a social job. A lot of people comment that it looks like a lot of fun. But this is my job; it’s a lot of work.”

The 39th annual Carbondale Mountain Fair begins at noon on Friday with the opening of the arts and crafts booths, and the festival officially kicks off with the traditional drum circle and blessing at 4 p.m. Friday. The fair will welcome an estimated 20,000 revelers, 167 artisans, more than 100 total entertainers, nearly 25 food vendors and roughly 350 volunteers for a three-day party right in ol’ Sopris Park.

By the end of the weekend, the “little” shindig will have raised between $40,000 and $60,000 for CCAH, according to Kimberly.

“It’s one of my favorite fairs, for sure. It’s about community. If you live in Carbondale, it’s almost like a rite of passage,” she said. “I like to think of it as a barn-raising. People say, ‘I’m too busy to volunteer.’ But that’s what I think is special about it — taking the time to stop what you’re doing and coming together to help at the fair.”

Kimberly credits all of the people around MANY HATS page 7

U.S. citizen targeted in raid

New plans for the Sopris Center

Bark beetles, meet sonic bullets

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Carbondale Commentary

‘Geoing’ up the planet “I’d sooner expect a goat to succeed as a gardener than expect humans to become stewards of the Earth.” ~ James Lovelock James Lovelock was a guy I studied in school. His book, “Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth,” was required reading in a biology class. Lovelock thought we had a living breathing planet and man’s activities were screwing it up. He has some credibility. He is the guy that invented this little machine that allows you to go around and sample the air to find out what chemicals you’re breathing. It’s called an “electron capture detector.”

So what’s the big deal about it?

Well, with his little machine Lovelock discovered we had those CFCs in our air. CFCs are nasty chemicals that eat up the ozone. They’re pretty serious stuff. Paul Ehrlich, the renowned biologist and author, says, “If Lovelock hadn’t detected those CFCs we’d all be living under the ocean in snorkels and fins to escape that poisonous sun.”

Lovelock is upset about letting humans control the planet because science says we now can. Technology marches on. With that in mind, I got tired of all this global warming gloom-and-doom stuff and, looking for solutions, I picked up a book named “How to Cool the Planet” by Jeff Goodell. It’s a good introduction on a field we’re going to be spending a bit of time and money on in the future.

Geoengineering is using technology to control the climate. Humans have been dabbling in this since the Dust Bowl and the days of rainmakers. Now several scientists have given up on limiting the amount of carbon dioxide we spew into the atmosphere and have figured out that we can –– and should –– actively cool it instead. Paul Cruzten, who took Lovelock’s discovery of CFCs and won a Nobel Prize figuring out they were

By Birdbrain going to kill us, has dismissed the notion that industrialized nations can significantly reduce emissions. He calls it “a pious wish.”

Not only can we cool it but it’s cheap and not too complicated. All we have to do is put a bunch of tiny particles (sulfuric acid works best) up in the stratosphere and less sun reaches the earth and we cool down. Bill Gates has invested a couple of million dollars to research some of the unknowns in geoengineering and climate and energy issues, and Lowell Wood of the Lawrence Livermore labs in California is another “Dr. Evil” working on cooling us down instead of heating us up. He is a student of Edward Teller, father of the peaceful use of the A-bomb and the billions wasted on the Star Wars missile defense program. These particles only have to go up to 35,000 feet. They could be delivered by high flying airplanes, artillery shells or balloons. One of Wood’s ideas is to float up a tube with a high altitude weather balloon and pump the particles up like water from a garden hose. He joked, “Take whatever you want up there, and put a big pile of it around a nuclear bomb; that will get it up there.”

Dr. Wood actually presented these ideas and a bunch more in Aspen in 2003 at the Aspen Global Change Institute.

These guys estimate that it will take between $1 billion and $7 billion to put this stuff into the atmosphere. But it will only last for a couple of years so you have to keep doing it for another billion dollars or so every two years. Still that’s pretty cheap: The world has lots of individuals, corporations and countries that can throw $1 billion at changing the weather.

And therein may lie a problem. The scientists think they can cool the climate under specific areas, but they might affect other areas by accident. Tucson might take up a collection to put up a cloud and cool down the town for the summer, but the cloud wouldn’t stay in place. It would move –– probably downwind. Tucson’s solution to cool the town might increase the rain of Houston six months later. On a bigger scale, China might try to cool the Himalaya and shut off the monsoons of India. There are many unknowns about the effects of geoengineering. The sky might not be blue anymore.

There currently isn’t anyone in charge of the climate. There is no Climate Czar. So we better think about who we want to run the climate. Whose hand should be on the thermostat? Do we let the military take care of it? Most feel that it should be attempted only in event of a planetary emergency. Unfortunately the advocates of geoengineering think that it is inevitable that we will have to control it all the time. As Wood is quoted in the book: “The future is ours, Comrades.”

Cantankerous caterwaulings

Correction In our Community Calendar we misstated a few facts about the Wednesday Main Street Market and Artist Bazaar. It doesn’t run from 4 to 6 p.m. It runs from 4 to 8 p.m. The number to call for more information isn’t 804-4190. It’s 704-4190.

2 • THE SOPRIS SUN • JULY 22, 2010

The Sun shines in Sweden: From left, Kajsa Sutro, Heidi Small, Lina Sutro, Gella Sutro and Kenzie Small of Carbondale recently took a break with The Sopris Sun in the midst of the Midsommar festival in Sweden. Gella is originally from the Swedish town of Rättvick. All five of the Carbondalians wore the traditional dresses of that town for the festivities. Courtesy photo

Letters

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Lend a hand at Mountain Fair Dear Editor: It’s Mountain Fair time again! Carbondale’s Center for the Arts and Humanities brings you the biggest event of the summer!

We can’t do it without the many volunteers who donate a few hours. The 39th annual Mountain Fair gets under way at noon on Friday, July 23, and runs through Sunday, July 25. It’s not too late to sign up to volunteer. Please consider signing up for one or more two-hour shifts to sell T-shirts, help out a vendor, welcome fair-goers as they enter Sopris Park, or work the Peace Patrol, to name a few options. Every volunteer who works four hours gets a complimentary Mountain Fair T-shirt and a chance to win the New Belgium Brewery Cruiser bike! Sign up for a shift by calling 963-1680 or visit carbondalearts.com, or just find us at the information booth located near the stage.

Thank you!

Diana Alcantara Board member CCAH

Rocky Mountain High?

Dear Editor: We must be the most unhealthy town on the planet, with nine soon to be 11 dispensaries. That has a strange ring to it, don’t you think? 9/11? At some point, I keep thinking someone’s going to say, “Ha, just kidding!”

With so many dispensaries, it seems to indicate we have a lot of messed up people that are in sooooo much pain. So much for the clean high mountain living. We could go round and round about the pros and cons about individuals who might need it.

Maybe what we do need is a sign: “Don’t come to Carbondale, you will soon become very unhealthy ––You will be in need of weed.”

I for one, a Carbondalian, would like to confess to all of you out there that I get my high on just living in this amazingly gorgeous place, breathing clean mountain air, some-

thing we all take for granted!

So, in our small mountain town, think about it: How many dispensaries do we really need?

There seems to be a universal law, what has a front, has a back. The bigger the front, the bigger the back!

Barbara Ulrych Carbondale LETTERS page 13

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Local man mistakenly targeted in immigration raid

By Terray Sylvester The Sopris Sun Immigration and law enforcement officers apparently made a mistake last week when they attempted to arrest and deport a 24-year-old Carbondale man who is actually a U.S. citizen.

Some immigrants’ rights activists say the raid raises questions about the accuracy of the deportations made by the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, and about the larger impact of such mistakes upon a community.

To Marco Guevara, the man targeted in the raid, his father, Anibal Guevara-Stone, and his stepmother, Laurie Guevara-Stone, the incident was not only evidence of flaws in the immigration enforcement system, it has also changed their perspective on law enforcement in the community. The longterm Carbondale residents say the incident has left them frightened and upset with both federal agents and town police.

Carbondale Police Chief Gene Schilling said the raid was part a five-day operation spearheaded by ICE last week in cooperation with state and local agencies, including his department and the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office. Eleven people were arrested in Carbondale. (See sidebar, page 9.)

The operation resulted in the arrest of 30 immigrants allegedly affiliated with gangs across the Western Slope. ICE reported that two were U.S. citizens, while the others were either legal permanent residents or undocumented.

Under federal law, immigrants who are legally in the country but are not U.S. citizens can be deported for committing a felony.

Guevara served time in prison last year for a felony charge related to drugs, but that was long after he became a citizen. He also said he was not accused of gang activity.

Guevara and his family said that shortly

Marco Guevara (left) and Anibal and Laurie Guevara-Stone in the entryway of their home, where Marco Guevara was confronted by immigration and law enforcement officers during an immigration raid last week. Photo by Terray Sylvester after 6 a.m. on July 13 about 15 ICE agents, Sheriff’s officers and at least one Carbondale police officer arrived at their doorstep on Westridge Court, near the south edge of town. Guevara, whose room is on the ground floor, answered the door and said he was told he was being deported because he had committed multiple felonies.

Guevara said he stepped back inside to tell his family what was happening but was grabbed by an officer. He began shouting

for his father and claimed he was then thrown to the ground outside the front door of his home.

“As soon as I started yelling for my father they jumped on top of me,” he said. “I don’t know how many guys, but it felt like it was about three guys. I kept screaming for my dad. One of the guys was trying to shut my mouth.”

By the time his father and stepmother arrived downstairs, Guevara was in a police car.

Anibal and Laurie Guevara-Stone protested that Guevara was a U.S. citizen, and they eventually convinced the officers to allow them to ask Guevara where he kept his passport. Guevara was eventually released, but not before his family found his passport and his room was searched.

Laurie Guevara-Stone said the officers continued to assert her stepson was not a U.S. citizen and that he had obtained his passport without following the proper procedures. Before leaving, the officers examined Anibal Guevara-Stone’s citizenship papers and asked to search Guevara’s room, even though they didn’t have a search warrant. The family agreed to allow the search.

“We have nothing to hide,” Laurie Guevara-Stone said.

Guevara said that during the raid he was never asked for his citizenship papers or given an opportunity to present them. He said he felt helpless, and both he and his stepmother described how hard it was to convince the agents that a mistake was being made.

“I feel like we are so, so fortunate that I was home, because even when my husband came down before me [the ICE agents] were just yelling at him [Anibal Guevara-Stone] –– he’s Latino –– and they were trying to speak to him in their broken Spanish and just being really rude,” Laurie GuevaraStone said. “I’m white and I think that sort of calmed them down and made them listen.

If I hadn’t been home I feel like my stepson would probably be deported right now.”

“I think if my family wasn’t there, honestly, I think they would have ... not even given me a chance to show my papers,” Guevara said. “They would have sent me back to Ecuador.”

Schilling said it is typical for immigration officers to check the citizenship status RAID page 9

Redevelopment in the works for Sopris Shopping Center

By Lynn Burton The Sopris Sun The owner of the Sopris Shopping Center plans to submit a redevelopment proposal for the two-acre property in the next two to three weeks, said project architect Raul Gawrys.

“We want to get on the (town review) agenda,” Gawrys said this week.

The final development application, which has not yet been formally presented to the town, calls for redeveloping the property in three phases as a mixed use project with commercial and residential components, Gawrys said.

The site consists of the existing Sopris Shopping Center at the intersection of Highway 133 and Colorado Avenue, an empty lot at the intersection of Colorado Avenue and Main Street, and Sopris Mini-Storage behind the shopping center to the east. The new project would cover 185,000 square feet, Gawrys said, compared to the existing 56,000 square feet.

The Sopris Shopping Center was the town’s first suburban shopping center. At one time it was home to Circle Super, the town’s first modern grocery store. California resident Dr. Ron Stein, the shopping

center’s current owner, bought the property in 1982.

The proposal calls for rezoning the property from its current commercial zoning to one which allows the proposed uses.

The rezoning will probably come in the form of a planned unit development (PUD), Gawrys said.

The plan also calls for the section of Colorado Avenue at the south end of the shopping center to be turned into an internal street within the site. A new public road would be pushed through to 12th Street from Highway 133 at the north end of the shopping center.

The Sopris Shopping Center property was created in the late 1950s when the Colorado Highway Department built the Carbondale section of Highway 133 as a bypass west of town. Before then, the highway ran down Eighth Street to Highway 82.

In the early 1980s, the Sopris Shopping Center faced competition when Crystal Village was built on the southwest corner of the intersection of Highway 133 and Main Street. By the time it opened, Crystal Village had attracted Circle Super (which later became City Market) and at least one other of Sopris Shopping Center’s main

A mixed commercial and residential development is in the works for the Sopris Shopping Center on Highway 133. Photo by Jane Bachrach tenants (a liquor store).

For a time in the 1980s, a Yellow Front general merchandise store operated at the Sopris Shopping Center where Little Bear Antiques is now located.

For now, the Sopris Shopping Center project is called the Sopris Center, Gawrys said. The town review process will consist of public hearings before the planning and zoning commission, then the board of trustees.

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New fire board member appointed

Construction affects bus stops

Bob Emerson, a former lawyer for the Carbondale Fire Protection District, has been appointed to the district’s board of directors.

He will serve until 2012 when he’ll have to enter an election to retain his seat.

Emerson is a 30-year resident of Carbondale who said he is “very proud of the volunteer spirit of the fire district.” “I felt like [serving on the board] was a way to give something back to the community by giving my time to the district,” he explained. He plans to spend his first months getting up to speed on the issues the district is facing.

Emerson worked for the district for 17 years before leaving his post in 2007. He was appointed during the board meeting on July 14 to fill the seat vacated by Rob Goodwin in May. Goodwin left his seat to take a paid position as a deputy chief for the district. He would have been up for re-election in 2012.

Four people applied for the open seat.

Board President Gene Schilling said Emerson was selected partly for his familiarity with the board and partly because he, unlike the other candidates, is not a volunteer for the district and doesn’t have any family members who are.

“We thought that having that outside perspective is very valuable,” Schilling said.

The fire district’s 2010 budget is about $2.5 million.

Construction in Glenwood Springs is affecting a few of RFTA’s bus stops.

Until Aug. 2, three-minute delays will occur at the upvalley stop at the Glenwood park and ride; upvalley buses will load at the downvalley stop at Target and the upvalley stops at the community center and the courthouse will be closed.

Passengers can load bikes at the Glenwood park and ride and at the downvalley stop at the courthouse, but upvalley bus riders with bikes should go to the stop at Ninth Street and Grand Avenue.

New construction will begin at various locations on Highway 82 in Glenwood Springs through Oct. 31. For more details, visit rfta.com/updates.html.

Carbondale woman to be honored Carbondale town planner Kay Philip has been chosen as the recipient of the Yoneo Ono Award from the Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC). RCAC grants the unique award to publicly recognize outstanding rural volunteers in a prestigious and fun manner.

RCAC will present Philip with the 2010 Yoneo Ono Award during a ceremony at 6 p.m. Aug. 4 at Eagle’s View Restaurant in River Valley Ranch.

The Yoneo Ono Award is named in honor

of one the founders of RCAC. Ono tirelessly worked to better the lives of people living in America’s rural regions. The award was created in 1984 and since then has been presented to 28 outstanding rural volunteers in 12 Western states.

Philip will also receive $4,000 to donate to a charitable organization of her choosing in her community. Philip is being recognized for nearly 20 years of voluntary assistance provided to low- and moderate income workers, town employees, resort workers, Latino service workers and the homeless in the Roaring Fork Valley.

“Few people in the Roaring Fork Valley have been untouched by Kay’s dedication and commitment to this region. She has tremendous leadership qualities and has dedicated most of her free time to work with families to provide safe, decent and affordable housing,” said Connie Baker Wolfe, RCAC, regional housing manager.“Kay is very quiet and soft spoken and is not the type of person to ask for recognition. She is quietly (sometimes behind the scenes) making things happen and would be the first one to tell you she has not accomplished anything without partners and other volunteers.”

During the last 10 years, Baker Wolfe and other RCAC staff have provided technical assistance to organizations for which Philip is a board member or volunteer.

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

MON.-TUES. July 12-20 Seven bear sightings were reported around town from Greystone Drive to Wheel Circle to Village Lane, Clearwater Road and Ivy Lane. On July 19 at 9:17 p.m. police shot one of the bears with a beanbag. It had an ear tag, but it was unclear whether it was the same bear that had been involved in the other incidents.

THURSDAY July 15 At 12:14 a.m. a man alleged that four juveniles assaulted him near the bathrooms at Sopris Park.

He reported that they stole his identification and he asked for an ambulance to be sent. The police rushed to the scene but were unable to locate him.

FRIDAY July 16 At 11:04 p.m. police contacted a man walking on the sidewalk of the 400 block of Main Street, allegedly with an open can of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer in his hand. The man initially argued with the officer and refused to hand over his I.D. The officer briefly took the man into custody, then released him with a warning.

MONDAY July 19 At 4:11 p.m. a man reported that his bike had been stolen from North Eighth Street. He said it was a green Montana Descent with mud flaps and a milk carton on the back.

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Main Street merchants join committee for downtown events

By Terray Sylvester The Sopris Sun A committee is in the works that may give the Carbondale business community more influence over events and street closures in downtown.

About 20 Main Street business owners and other concerned citizens attended the trustees’ meeting on Tuesday night to discuss the “whats,”“wheres,” and “how oftens” of downtown events. Their comments were a mixed bag. Some came out strongly in support of downtown events, others griped. But in general, participants agreed that business owners should play a larger role in the event-planning process.

Ro Mead, the director of the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities, which stages many events in downtown, said she would like to see a system put in place to ensure business owners are apprised of potential events.

Frank Norwood, owner of Main Street Gallery and the Framer, called for a committee to plan downtown events. He suggested it should consist of business owners, the arts council, and the town recreation department, which handles much of the scheduling, set-up and tear-down for the events.

After the meeting, the town parks and recreation department began gathering names for a group that will meet later in the month, and Recreation Director Jeff Jackel said eight people signed up.

Though the specifics haven’t yet been worked out, Jackel said the group will likely help determine which events come to town, whether Main Street and/or Fourth Street will be closed, and ensure that the events cause as little disruption as possible.

Currently, event organizers must obtain a permit from the town. To do so, they are required to explain the schedule of their

events and other specifics, such as their plans to manage pedestrian and vehicular traffic, crowd and waste management, and set-up and tear-down. Several town departments and the town trustees are required to sign off on the permits.

Jackel said that system will remain in place.

According to a memo from town staff, five Main Street closures are planned for 2011. Eight closures are planned for Fourth Street at the plaza.

Tuesday night’s conversation was spurred in part by back-to-back Main Street closures in June that frustrated some business owners.

This summer, merchants have also complained about Carbondale’s downtown markets. They say the street closures have made it harder for customers to reach their doors, and they have complained that vendors at the markets and downtown events have introduced unfair competition on Main Street.

Some have pointed to the recession to explain why the outcry has been especially loud lately. With sales already flagging, business owners are especially sensitive to anything that might get in the way of revenue.

However, at the meeting a number of people argued that downtown events bring valuable vitality to Carbondale.

Terry Kirk, who owns Sopris Liquor and Wine and sits on the board of the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce, cautioned that if Carbondale starts turning away events, would-be visitors might take their dollars to festivities in other towns instead.

Carol Bruno, owner of Peppino’s Pizza on Main Street and a co-chair of the Downtown Preservation Association, made a similar point.

“I’m dealing with chambers [of commerce] in both Glenwood and Carbondale, and the Glenwood chamber would love to see what’s happening in Carbondale hap-

Crystal Valley bike trail opens Courtesy of Pitkin County Open Space and Trails The first leg of a bike trail that may someday link the towns of Carbondale, Redstone and Crested Butte is nearing completion. The public is invited to celebrate the official opening of the 5.2-mile stretch of the Crystal Valley Trail at a ribbon cutting ceremony at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, July 23, at the Roaring Fork High School parking lot. Refreshments will be served and the ceremony will be followed by a procession on the trail. So participants are encouraged to bring their bicycles, skateboards, rollerblades or another favorite human-powered transportation device.

The bike path up the Crystal River Valley is a dream come true for trail advocates. The scenic stretch of Highway 133 along the river is a popular bike ride that has become more and more dangerous as automobile traffic has increased over the years.

“We’re certain the new bike trail will be popular among locals and visitors alike,” said Open Space and Trails Recreation Planner, Lindsey Utter. “For many, the trail will make it possible for them to ride up the Crystal River Valley for the very first time.”

The asphalt trail is eight feet wide with an additional four feet of soft surface for equestrians and other users along the majority of the trail where there is enough space.

Pitkin County Open Space and Trails funded the lion’s share of the $3 million project. The county contributed $1.75 million with help from a $1 million Great Outdoors Colorado Grant. Garfield County contributed $295,000, the town of Carbondale provided $195,000, the state trails program/Colorado State Parks chipped in $190,000, the Colorado Department of Transportation gave $85,000, the Jelinek family contributed $50,000, and the Aspen Skiing Company’s Environment Foundation donated $5,000.

“This project is the first phase of a trail vision that will connect Carbondale to Redstone, and is the northernmost component of a 73-mile Crested Butte to Carbondale trail,” said Pitkin County Open Space and Trails Director, Dale Will. “The political groundwork for this ambitious vision now includes intergovernmental agreements uniting the town of Carbondale and Garfield, Pitkin and Gunnison counties,” Will said.

Gunnison County has already completed a section of the trail from the summit of Kebler Pass toward Crested Butte.

Will said Pitkin County has been exploring the idea of a trail in the Crystal Valley since 1994.

pening in Glenwood –– and Basalt is the same way,” said Bruno, who also owns a restaurant in Glenwood Springs. She came out strongly in support of closing Main Street for some events.

But some meeting participants described specific logistical concerns.

Kathy Ezra, who co-owns the Crystal Theatre with her husband Bob, said that sometimes traffic control signs are left in place at the intersection of Fourth and

Main Streets between events, potentially putting a hitch in the flow of traffic. She also asserted that for a recent Saturday evening event, Fourth Street was closed at the plaza as early as Friday afternoon.

Other business owners pointed out that some events seem to obstruct pedestrian traffic more than necessary. Norwood said that Oktoberfest in particular has shut off not only the street, but also sidewalks and the alley near the Fourth Street Plaza.

Next Steps:

For more information about downtown events and street closures, and the committee being formed to help oversee them, contact the Carbondale Recreation Department, 704-4190, or stop by town hall at 511 Colorado Ave.

Obituary Henry Jessen Pedersen March 17, 1923 – June 28, 2010 Henry Jessen Pedersen passed peacefully on June 28 at age 87. He was born in Thisted, Denmark, to Ejner Pedersen and Ane Marie Jessen on March 17, 1923.

Henry Pedersen came to the U.S. with the Danish gymnastics team after WWII. The team performed in 43 states, Canada, Cuba, Mexico and Europe. Returning to the U.S., he taught gymnastics while studying landscape architecture at Iowa State University. Upon completion, he moved to Denver and landscaped one of the nation’s first shopping centers, Cherry Creek. In the early 1950s, Henry came to Aspen to ski and there settled his own roots.

Pedersen was the first landscape architect in Aspen. With permits from the Forest Service, he dug up aspens and planted them for property owners throughout town. He did this with wildflowers as well. There was very little information available as to what else would grow in the area, and Pedersen knew that native shrubs, trees and flowers were not only attractive, but that they needed very little water. It was xeriscaping ahead of its time, and in the process, town was getting greener and more shaded, and Henry’s business flourished. He served on the Pitkin County Planning Commission, the parks association and the Music Associates of Aspen. He volunteered for the Aspen Music Tent and campus and landscaped Paepcke, Rubey and Heron parks. Pedersen proudly collaborated with Herbert Bayer in landscaping Aspen Meadows and the Aspen Institute. He taught gymnastics at Aspen High School and skiing at Highlands.

While on the Pitkin County P&Z, he opposed strip malls at the entrance to Aspen and approved the development of Snowmass. These P&Z commissioners were the pioneers of the tough approach to growth that Aspen benefits from today. He loved these mountains and believed that a balanced town meant that building and development needed to be in harmony with the land. Pedersen exemplified the kind of person that came to Aspen in the 1950s. He worked hard, played hard and gave his all to his adopted town.

Pedersen retired in 1990 and spent his time traveling with his wife, Louise Frisby Pedersen. They lived in San Carlos, Mexico, in the winter and Carbondale in the summers. Louise died from cancer in 2000.

Henry Pedersen is survived by his brother, Tage Pedersen; his children Mia (Jason) Barnard, and Jess (Nina) Pedersen. He is also survived by his grandchildren Daisy and Pepper Barnard, and Olivia and Oskar Pedersen.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that you plant a tree to spread his spirit –– and remember him as you drive around shady Aspen!

A celebration of life for Henry Jessen Pederson will be held at the Aspen Chapel Saturday, August 21 at 11 a.m.

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Send your scuttlebutt to Scuttlebutt@SoprisSun.com Cowen Center and found out he’d just become $50,000 richer.“I was shocked and ecstatic,” he said, explaining that he buys tickets occasionally. “If I didn’t have a heart attack then, hopefully I won’t have one in the future.”

Marty and his wife plan to use the money to pay their bills and then take a vacation someplace in the fall. Marty also said he’d fly his sister out for a visit. She hasn’t been here for 10 years, and he hasn’t seen her in three. For the time being, it sounds like Marty will be keeping his job at the post office.

Ode to Summer

By Abbott V. Lewis There’s a riot of sound in the air It’s rhythmic, percussive, wildly seductive Your body echoes the beat Your limbs unconsciously move To the frenzy of music It gets louder as I drive

End-of-fair affairs

A crew of local kids tore it up at the U.S. Mountain Bike National Championships held in Sol Vista last weekend. Above, 16-year-old Madison Bailey of Carbondale sped to a first place finish in his division of the downhill competition. His teammate, Alec Toney of Basalt, finished just behind him in second place, and Roy Benge, 14, of Carbondale, took fourth in his own division of the downhill. All three riders race for Team Geronimo/Banshee Bikes, based out of El Jebel and Carbondale. Photo by Brian Bailey

Jackpot!

Carbondale has been abuzz with news of Marty Silverstein, who won the lotto last week. He said he didn’t want the news to run in the Grand Junction Sentinel or Glenwood Springs Post Independent, but he didn’t mind if The Sopris Sun prints it –– he figures most of Carbondale has already heard.

On July 12, Marty picked up a scratch ticket at the

I’m nearing the park, the musicians

Mountain Fair ends on Sunday evening around 9 p.m., but that doesn’t mean the fun will be over. To the contrary, as soon as the curtain falls on Mountain Fair, it will rise on the famous Mountain Fair Slide show: 15 minutes of cinematic wonder during which you will have the opportunity to relive the previous three days, and possibly see yourself on the big screen.

But the fun doesn’t stop there, either. Immediately following the slide show the Stomparillaz Moonlight Cruiser ride takes off. So bring your bikes to the park and stay for the evening’s activities during and after Mountain Fair.

Have a happy fair!

Bodies dancing with unrepressed abandon Many hundreds crowding the band shell It’s a summer festival in Carbondale, Colorado As the motion builds to a bursting crescendo Fire hoses spray cooling droplets of rain on the crowd The tempo eases What a welcome to the season Everyone is young, no matter their age

Pompous, patronizing, bossy and intolerant No, we’re not referring to you, Sarah Villafranco, whose birthday we forgot to mention a few weeks ago. Happy belated birthday to you. These not-so-sweet words are only a few of the terms our astrological consultant uses to describe the Leos, whose combined roar will be heard up and down the Roaring Fork Valley beginning tomorrow, July 23. Our consultant also describes these folks as faithful, loving and creative so there’s a lot of good in these birthday babies, along with the bad. Leos that we know are celebrating this week are: Jeff Wadley, Mark Von Hagke, Jim Tippett, Adrienne Ackerman, Ruby Honan, Russ Criswell and Tom Baker.

The celebration lasts all day, past sundown These people sleep well

Abbott Lewis’ daughters, Carla and Roberta, live in Carbondale.

He found himself at Mountain Fair while out for visit.

ELECT JACK JOHNSON Pitkin County Commissioner, District 1 The needs of Pitkin County are diverse.

I will be strong, fair, and accessible to all citizens.

Primary Election - August 10 Polling Places: Redstone - The Church at Redstone Basalt (precincts 8 & 9 combined) - St Peter's Church, Elk Run Early voting (at courthouse) Aug, 2-6, 8:30am - 4:30pm Co to www.pitkinvotes.org for registration and important information If you have questions or concerns, please contact me at 970-948-9874 or writejacknow@yahoo.com www.votejackjohnson.org Paid for by Vote Jack Johnson

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A queen with many hats continued om page 1 her — from second-in-command and expert trouble-shooter Mark Taylor (who she says is “as intrinsic to the fair” as she is), to the Mountain Fair “Dream Team” committee and the CCAH Board of Directors. Volunteers run the Cantina, the pie and cake baking contests, the Oasis youth entertainment area, the foot and bike races and all of the other grassroots activities that make Mountain Fair one of a kind.

“I can go on and on about the people who go above and beyond the call of duty,” Kimberly said.

Kimberly said she is lucky to have a crew of “unbelievable” volunteers who fill in the gaps to help pull off the fair. The heart of the planning begins eight months beforehand, when it’s time to start preparing for the arts and crafts vendors. Then comes the part when the Dream Team lends an ear to the 60 to 100 musicians typically interested in performing; judges the work of more than 300 artists; sifts through food vendor applications and recruits the 350 volunteers, a process that lasts right through the weekend of the event.

“It does require great balance and orchestration. When you’re dealing with 167 vendors –– that alone is overwhelming,” Kimberly said.

Ten days prior to the fair, she admits: “I’m multi-tasking every moment. I don’t know if there’s any other way to do it.”

It would be easy for her to start day dreaming of the down time that comes in August and September, but with the fair turning 40 next year, she has already set her wheels spinning to make it special. She is organizing an anniversary committee and is planning a cookbook that will interlace stories from past Mountain Fairs among mouth-watering pie and cake recipes.

And Kimberly will be planning the MidWinter Mountain Fair and the Green is the New Black fashion show as well, two popular events that were her ideas. Though with two decades booking music acts to her credit, as well as her experience in helping to produce the Palisade Bluegrass and Roots Festival, her experience as director of development with KDNK and as the director of the Telluride Arts Council and her current job as CCAH’s events director, such entertainment extravaganzas may be becoming old hat for Kimberly.

“I think one of my strengths, just in life, is being able to have a vision and being able to manifest it in a low-stress way so it’s fun for everyone involved,” she said.

When The Sopris Sun caught up with Kimberly before Mountain Fair, however, she was “making friends with Sopris Park again,” tackling what she considers the hardest part of managing the fair — getting the arts and crafts section set up.

And, of course, there’s the task of pick-

Finding Mr. Right (Now) at Mountain Fair

By Laura Vogel Special to The Sopris Sun The word “Neverland” can conjure up a variety of meanings for different people. While I’d love to pay homage to the legend himself, Michael Jackson, and the fantasy-land amusement park estate he once owned, that’s not who I’m referring to. The more locally applicable “Neverland” includes snow peaks, ski lifts and, most of all, Peter Pan –– a person who will never grow up –– can’t, won’t, etc. –– and who is darn hard to date.

It’s a curious thing that someone has yet to capitalize on the goldmine of youth and relaxed attitude that we inhabit. You can try to bottle it and sell it, and you can sometimes even smell it, but the essence of eternal youth prefers not to sell itself out in cheap, unclassy ways. In its native habitat of small mountain valleys it can often be seen wearing recycled fleece, wool sweaters that are genderless in design and shape, neon, a chic combo of brand name and free-box items or sporting the tousled hair of a wood nymph.

Mountain towns are wellsprings of adventure and spontaneity, but it’s also no secret that they are a hub of transience which, when it comes to dating, can bite the hand that feeds them. No commitment? No problem! Right? But that’s assuming we’re all looking through the same rose-tinted ski goggles.

For those who aren’t just passing through, resort towns can be hard to live in and

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The Queen in her carriage (as noted by the inscription on the fair golf cart). Photo by Jane Bachrach ing out her wardrobe.

“I don’t know what I’m going to wear ‘til the moment, because it’s all about the feel and the weather,” she said.

In years past, her vibrant outfits have included bold red hats with flowers, long

even harder to date in. Several things are communally understood: when you’ve met someone “new,” it’s really just your turn; the village bicycle doesn’t care where it parks and if you’re interested in someone it’s standard to only hear from him every two, possibly three weeks. He’s got his eyes on the prize and it isn’t you, it’s the sick cliff he’s about to huck.

Mountain town Peter Pans live for the proverbial “moment” and are otherwise elusive. They own a mobile phone that stays immobile or shut off and enjoy passing their time “just cruisin’” (this response is occasionally applied to moments when they are actually stationary, say, in the kitchen or “couching”). Peter Pans do a little of this and a little of that and will not be reduced to calling people back, showing up on time or acknowledging a little situation other people like to call “reality.”

In due time folks do find each other, but believing you’ll find sparkly true love in a mountain town can feel like you’re the only one who still believes in Santa, the Tooth Fairy or any other figment of merriment. It’s tough after a few years ‘round the ranch but for those unwilling to concede to small town romance politics your day will come –– it’s a little mixer called Mountain Fair.

Whether you decide to start smooching on a rolling office chair in an alley while the last band loads up its gear or whether, after a long, hard day of dancing, you find yourself soaked in mojitos and sun in a drum circle at an unknown location, Mountain Fair is an exceptional opportunity to find Mr. or Ms. Right Now –– and don’t worry, at Mountain Fair, you never have to grow up.

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DON’T TEACH BEARS NEW TRICKS Bears have been seen in and around Carbondale Early Prevention Early prevention keeps bears from making a habit of visiting neighborhoods.

We CAN prevent repeat visits!

REMOVE ITEMS THAT ATTRACT BEARS: • Garbage • Bird Feeders • Pet Food • Barbeque Grills • Fruit • Compost TOWN CODE: No Garbage Before 6AM on Collection Day The Town of Carbondale passed an ordinance prohibiting placement of trash for pickup before 6:00 AM on collection day, and empty containers must be brought in no later than 8:00 PM the same day.

The smell of any food may attract bears. Keep garbage indoors until the morning of trash pick-up and keep outdoor barbeque grills clean and odorless. It is best to keep windows and doors securely locked, especially at night. If a bear enters your home, open doors and leave the bear an escape route.

GARBAGE KILLS BEARS Bears that make repeat visits to neighborhoods may need to be moved or euthanized. To keep your family and the bears safe, please remove any attractants, and follow these guidelines until the bears hibernate in winter.

Bears are 90% vegetarian and rarely hunt or kill animals, however they are wild animals and can be unpredictable. Do not approach any bear, especially cubs.

For additional information, call the Division of Wildlife: 947-2920. Call the Carbondale Police Department if you see a bear anywhere in town: 963-2662.

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Bark beetles, meet ‘sonic bullets’

By Nick Neely/High Country News Halfway through seventh grade, Reagan McGuire quit school and became a pool shark.

His father and grandfather were boxers, and McGuire, who inherited their taste for fisticuffs, turned to the tables to stay out of trouble. But he continued to learn, browsing voraciously through the public library, and 40 years later, while taking his son to enroll in Flagstaff’s Northern Arizona University, the Pennsylvania native discovered that even a trucker without a diploma could go to college. He signed up.

Now a 56-year-old junior, McGuire’s applying what he learned on the green felt –– discipline, focus and a touch of swagger –– to a different game: battling bark beetles. Under the guidance of NAU Professor Richard Hofstetter, McGuire’s spent almost five years trying to use sound to disrupt these insects’ devastating march through Western forests. The hope is that the beetles’ “stridulations” –– the romantic clicks and territorial ticks created by their cricket-y leg-rubbings –– might be the key to a less expensive and less toxic form of control than today’s ubiquitous chemical strategies.

Shortly into his first semester, McGuire ran across an article about beetle kill in the Southwest, which hosts 30 different bark beetle varieties, 10 of which are particularly unkind to trees. Since 2000, roughly 80 million lodgepole, ponderosa and piñon pines have succumbed to beetles in Arizona and New Mexico. It’s not a coincidence that NAU is a center for beetle studies. So McGuire dropped in on Hofstetter, then a new research professor in the School of Forestry, who listened gamely as the freshman overflowed: Could you use militaristic “torture techniques” to control bark beetles? What about “sonic bullets”?

McGuire knew little about bark beetles, says Hofstetter, who specializes in them, but he invited the passionate, and garrulous, student to work as a volunteer in his lab.

First, they experimented with ultrasound, lugging infested pine rounds north to the University of Washington Medical School. But the waves penetrated only a few centimeters into a tree. Next, they used miniature speakers to broadcast Rush Limbaugh, backwards.

(McGuire says he couldn’t stand playing it forwards.) Hofstetter explains that some bugs are disturbed by the human voice and that Limbaugh’s emphatic intonation is “easy to replicate.” They also blared Guns ‘N’ Roses, hypothesizing that some ‘80s heavy-metal cacophony might discombobulate the critters.

Neither had any effect on the bugs. But when, with the help of the innovative composer David Dunn, they played back slightly manipulated recordings of the beetles’ own sounds, the insects went nuts. McGuire and Hofstetter can only guess what, precisely, in the recordings knocks the bugs off-kilter, but it’s clear that “acoustic stress” makes them debilitatingly aggressive, or distracted. “You can’t anthropomorphize them,” says McGuire, “but I’ve seen one male block another male from getting to a female for hours, until finally the male did an end run and the other went off and sulked. It was … like guys in a bar.” Some southern and Western pine beetle males cannibalized their mates (“He rounded the corner, and just stood there,” says McGuire, with gusto. “Then, he attacked.”) Some beetles tunneled in circles, instead of their usual straight line. One female Mexican beetle bored through the plexiglass of an observational diorama that McGuire, inspired by his ant-farm days, helped design. She then rested her abdomen on the earbud of a headphone, as if to copulate –– for an entire week.

McGuire says the lab has devised a “secret weapon,” which he can’t discuss in detail because it’s still in patent review. It’s essentially a speaker, strapped to a tree, which blares infinite variations of recorded beetle buzz. As a result, the bugs can’t tune it out. Hofstetter believes the technology has a fifty-fifty shot of working. The real challenge, then, will be to make acoustic deterrence practical on a larger scale, in the forest, erecting a tonal fence the beetles won’t cross. The researchers also have to ensure that their “sonic bullets” affect bark beetles –– all varieties of them, they hope –– but not other animals. The aim isn’t eradication, either: Bark beetles are keystone critters. “Without them,” McGuire says, “about 30 other species don’t exist.”

Before enrolling at NAU and “plugging into the neural stream” of beetles, McGuire hauled freight for Martin Trucking Co., driving big rigs throughout the Lower 48. He relished traveling and spent hours dreaming up screenplays in the truck's cab. But “creativity is an organic process,” he says, and it’s only so compatible with the road. Now, he’s reluctant to return to that life: His hands are arthritic from years of shooting pool, and driving “beats you up.” But if long-term funding –– and a dependable stipend –– don’t appear soon, he may just have to.

So far, Hofstetter’s funded their sonic trials through wildfire- and logging-related grants.

But Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., recently called the lab, worried about the lodgepoles around Mount Rushmore. Montana ranchers and landowners elsewhere have also shown interest in the studies. At the moment, the researchers have enough funding to get through the summer, which they’ll likely spend doing fieldwork in northern Colorado. But even the optimistic McGuire acknowledges that it would take about $250,000 a year, for at least two years, to see their vision to fruition.

They also blared Guns ‘N’ Roses, hypothesizing that some ‘80s heavy-metal cacophony might discombobulate the critters.

This article originally appeared in the June 21, 2010, issue of High Country News (hcn.org).

Immigration raid of anyone in a building during a raid who might be an undocumented immigrant.

Carl Rusnok, an ICE spokesman, would not comment on the specifics of the Guevara case. He stated that “ICE and the law enforcement agencies involved handled the situation professionally.”

The family says the agents told them they would inspect whether Guevara obtained his passport properly and would return to deport him if they found anything amiss.

But Brendan Greene, an activist with the Colorado Immigrants’ Rights Coalition, said he thought it unlikely that Guevara could have been issued a passport without actually being a U.S. citizen.

“People who aren’t citizens aren’t given passports. That’s the most formal, respected legal document you can carry with you as a citizen,” Greene said. “There’s no doubt in my mind he’s a citizen.”

Guevara, who graduated from Glenwood Springs High School, said he emigrated legally to Colorado from Ecuador when he was 13. He obtained a U.S. passport and citizenship when he was 17 under a law that grants citizenship to children younger than 18 whose parents have been become naturalized citizens.

Guevara said he has been convicted of one felony, not multiple felonies as the officers asserted. In July 2009 he said he was arrested for charges related to cocaine possession, and served about six months in prison. He said he was a U.S. citizen when he was arrested, and that at the time, law enforcement personnel checked his citizenship status.

Under Colorado law, when someone who appears to be an undocumented immigrant is taken to jail, law enforcement agencies are required to check that person’s background with ICE, Green said.

Guevara also noted that he has traveled to Ecuador and back on his passport and did not have trouble leaving or re-entering the U.S. In light of the mistakes ICE apparently made with Guevara, Greene said he was skeptical that all of the people arrested as part of ICE’s anti-gang operation last week should have actually been arrested.

Guevara raised that question as well.

“I think it’s very sad,” he said. “Who knows how many people might have been deported that are not supposed to have been

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deported, because of that whole situation of not checking backgrounds and not doing it the right way?”

Shaken trust in law enforcement Guevara and his family say the event has shaken their trust in local law enforcement.

“Many of the [Carbondale] police know me because I have lived here for 20 years and I have been involved in a lot of different community activities,” said Laurie GuevaraStone, who works for Solar Energy International and has served on the town environmental and parks and recreation boards. “I feel like if they knew that the ICE agents were going to come to my house they should know that I would have cooperated. … We live in this small town where I say,‘Hi,’ to the police I know, and they’ve helped me on different occasions when I’ve been on the other side of things. So I was really disappointed with that.”

Anibal Guevara-Stone, who emigrated from Ecuador to Carbondale 12 years ago and is a U.S. citizen, said that for the first time he is wondering whether he should start carrying his citizenship papers with him.

“I don’t feel safe now,” he said.

Anibal and Laurie also have a 10-year old son. He didn’t witness the raid, but he heard it from upstairs in the house. They are concerned that he won’t turn to the police in the future for help.

Greene, the immigrants’ rights activist, argued that since immigrants make up a large portion of many Western Slope communities, their willingness to talk to the police can play an important role in overall community safety. If the line between ICE and town police is blurred, he asserted, immigrants may be afraid to report crimes.

“With one incident like [Guevara’s] you can take away the trust of a whole block,” Greene said.

Carbondale Police Chief Schilling said that four of his officers participated in the gang busts in Carbondale over the course of last week. He said local jurisdictions are free to choose whether they will cooperate with ICE, and it was his decision to do so.

“All of these [arrests] were pretty low key,” Schilling said.“If you aren’t doing anything wrong you have nothing to fear.”

Greene said he has heard of very few town police chiefs on the Western Slope who have declined to cooperate with ICE.

11 arrested in C’dale during gang sting More people were arrested in Carbondale than in any other Western Slope town during a joint anti-gang operation between the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) and local law enforcement last week.

But Carbondale Police Chief Gene Schilling described the arrests as a preventative measure and said,“I don’t think Carbondale should be concerned about gang activity.”

According to a press release from ICE, 30 immigrants, legal and illegal, were arrested as part of Operation Community Shield (See article, page 3). Six people were arrested in Rifle; six were arrested in El Jebel; five were arrested in Glenwood Springs and Battlement Mesa and Montrose each saw one arrest. Eleven people were arrested in Carbondale.

Schilling said more people were arrested in Carbondale because “the officers in Carbondale do a better job of identifying gang members and potential problem causers.”

He said his department collected information on some of the individuals arrested and relayed it to ICE. Operation Community Shield is a national, annual operation in which Carbondale participated for the first time this year.

Kelly Christensen teacher, Eagle County, CO Photo by Todd Patrick

Wilderness is our common ground.

Growing up in the Vail Valley, I took for granted my natural surroundings. At Battle Mountain High School, we went on hikes in the Holy Cross Wilderness and learned about the laws that protect it from human impact.

We read books by people like John Muir and Edward Abbey. I developed a love for wilderness that made me who I am. Now, as a teacher at Battle Mountain, I think kids should have those same opportunities. There are a lot more people in this valley than when I was young, and as the population grows, it puts pressure on natural places.

I want to be sure there will always be a variety of natural places that are protected for quiet recreation. I want students to be able to live in a community where they, too, can take the wilderness for granted.

Help Protect Colorado’s Hidden Gems. www.CommonGroundGems.org

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Community Calendar THURSDAY July 22 FOOTBALL CAMP • Roaring Fork High School continues its football camp for student players from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday thru Saturday, July 22-24, and from Monday thru Thursday, July 26-29, at the high school. Free.

More info: 987-1943.

BOOK TALK • Local author Mary Peace Finley discusses and signs her new children’s book, “The Midnight Ride of Blackwell Station” at 6:30 p.m. at the Gordon Cooper Library. Free. More info: 963-2889.

SNOWMASS CONCERT • Pure Prairie League plays country rock at 6:15 p.m. on Fanny Hill in Snowmass. More info: snowmasstourism.com, 1-800-766-9627.

SINGER STORYTELLER • Singer and songwriter Jim Hawkins sings stories of the old and new West at 7:30 p.m. at the historic Cardiff School in Glenwood Springs. $12.

More info: 945-4448.

STEVE’S GUITARS • Steve’s Guitars at 19 N. Fourth St. hosts live music by the Henhouse Prowlers. More info: 963-3304, stevesguitars.net.

FRI. – SUN. July 23-25 MOUNTAIN FAIR • Carbondale’s quintessential festival comes to town for the 39th year with over 125 unique arts and crafts booths, international food and lots of live music. Free. Full schedule: carbondalearts.com.

MASSAGE • The Asteria School of Wholeistic Healing offers chair massages during Mountain Fair. Donations benefit the

To list your event, email information to news@soprissun.com. Deadline is 5 p.m. Saturday.

Events take place in Carbondale unless noted.

school’s Community Care program, which provides holistic care to those who can’t afford it. More info: 963-4679, anahatahealing-arts.com.

FRIDAY July 23 KATHLEEN CURRY • Colorado State Rep. Kathleen Curry hosts a meet and greet from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at The Pour House, 351 Main St. BLOCK PARTY • The Big Dance Block Party takes place from 5 to 9 p.m. at the intersection of Hopkins and Monarch in Aspen. Dancing in the streets, food and drink, R&B music by Ryan Shaw. Free. More info” 920-4996, jazzaspen.org.

LIVE PAINTING • Majid Kahhak paints the band Eclectica as they perform from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Mountain Fair in Sopris Park. The painting will be raffled. Proceeds benefit the Carbondale Council on the Arts and Humanities. More info: 704-0622, mkahhak@sopris.net.

MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “Solitary Man” (R) at 8 p.m. July 23-29.

LIVE MUSIC • The Currys play acoustic bluegrass and Celtic rock at 9 p.m. at Rivers Restaurant, 2525 S. Grand Ave, Glenwood Springs. No cover. More info: 928-8813.

KATHLEEN CURRY • Colorado State Rep. Kathleen Curry visits Mountain Fair to meet and greet Saturday morning, July 24.

TRAIL WORK • Roaring Fork outdoor Volunteers hosts a trail work day on Smuggler Mountain near Aspen.

More info: rfov.org, 927-8241.

POTLUCK BONFIRE • Sustainable Settings at 6107 Highway 133 hosts a community potluck and bonfire from 4 to 8 p.m.

Bring a dish and an instrument to play for an evening of family fun. More info: 963-6107 or rose@sustainablesettings.org.

SUNDAY July 25 CAST ‘N’ BLAST • The Colorado Division of Wildlife hosts a women-only fly-fishing, shotgun and archery clinic at 8:30 a.m. in Gypsum. No experience or equipment necessary. $20. More info: 947-2920.

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SUMMER READING • The Pitkin County Library in Aspen hosts ventriloquist Wayne Francis and his puppet, Wingnut, from 2 to 3 p.m. for grades 1 thru 6. More info: 429-1900, pitcolib.org.

AUTOMOBILI EXOTICA • High performance Porsches, Lamborghinis and Audis come to the Snowmass area with races, expos, parties and other events thru Sunday. More info: (303) 456-8383, snowmasstourism.com.

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July 29

BIZ WORKSHOP • The Glenwood Springs Chamber Resort Association hosts an Eye on the Economy panel discussion from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Glenwood Community Center.

Learn how to save money on utility bills and save energy. Registration: glenwoodchamber.com, 945-6589.

ARTIST RECEPTION • A studio reception and tour for painter Mickalene Thomas takes place from 4 to 5 p.m. at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass. Thomas expands common definitions of beauty and what it means to be woman. More info: mickalenethomas.com, 923-3181.

PITCO REPUBLICANS • The Pitkin County Republicans host Karlyn Bowman, polling expert at the American Enterprise Institute, during their meeting from 5:30 to 7 p.m. RSVP: fkwallison@aol.com.

SNOWMASS CONCERT • Carrie Rodriguez plays live at 6:15 p.m. on Fanny Hill in Snow-

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Library in Aspen hosts a teen cooking and crafts workshop from 4 to 5:30 p.m. for kids in grades 7 thru 12. More info: 429-1900, pitcolib.org.

BASALT MUSIC • Sue Krehbiel plays from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Lions Park in Basalt. Business booths. More info: basaltchamber.com.

POETRY BENEFIT • Art Comes from the Heart, a fundraiser for the Aspen Poets’ Society takes place from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Hotel Lenado in Aspen, followed by a poetry reading by Richard Newman. Live music, silent auction, refreshments. More info: 379-2136.

WEDNESDAY WORKSHOP • The Asteria School of Whole-istic Healing at 333 Main St. offers “What is Intuition?” at 6:30 p.m. with Rob Grady. Make a donation if you learn something. More info: 963-4679, anahata-healing-arts.com.

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July 30 ART RECEPTION • The Wyly Community Art Center in Basalt holds an opening reception for the exhibition, “My India: Recent Work of Dorthea Bent” from 5 to 7 p.m.

More info: wylyarts.org, 927-4123.

CARNAGE IN CARBONDALE • The Roaring Fork Ram football team plays a scrimmage against Rifle at 7 p.m. at the high school.

Prize drawings, food and drink, vuvuzelas and T-shirts for sale, relay races and more. Proceeds benefit RFHS football. Adults, $6; students and children, $4. More info: 987-1943.

July 31 ART WORKSHOP • The Wyly Community Art Center offers Asian Art Safari, for ages 9 thru 12 from 1 to 4 p.m. Learn from Indonesian, Nepalese and Japanese art. $70. Registration and tuition assistance: WylyArts.org.

Ongoing

WELLNESS CLASSES • The Asteria School of Whole-istic Healing offers meditation, yoga and other workshops and classes regularly throughout the week.

More info: 963-4679, anahata-healingart.com.

FREE MASSAGE • The Asteria School of Whole-istic Healing offers free massage from 9 a.m. to noon on the lawn at 333 Main St. on Sundays, weather permitting.

More info: 963-4679, anahata-healingarts.com.

CLASSICAL HARP • Elise Helmke plays classical harp from 6 to 9 p.m. at Russets, 225 Main St. through September.

GROUP RUN • Independence Run and Hike at 995 Cowen Drive leads group runs, Saturdays at 8:15 a.m. rain or shine. More info: 704-0909, independencerun@sopris.net.

SUMMER ART CLASSES • The Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts offers

RIVER TALK • The Roaring Fork Conservancy hosts a presentation on the importance of riverside riparian areas in general and in the Roaring Fork watershed at 7 p.m. at the Glenwood Springs Library. More info: 945-5958.

PIZZA TUNES • Corey Krahl and Dave Notor play bluegrass from 7 to 10 p.m. at White House Pizza, 801 Main Court. Drink specials. No cover. More info: 704-9400, whitehousepizza.com.

classes in pottery, visual arts, silversmithing, guitar, voice, piano, theater, dance and more. More info: 945-2414, glenwoodarts.org.

WOODCARVING CLASSES • Vickie Branson offers woodcarving classes (beginners to advanced) from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturdays at the Marble Gallery in Marble. $25 per session plus materials. More info: 9635883, 963-7117.

SUMMER CLAY CENTER • The Carbondale Clay Center offers various clay classes and camps for kids and adults. Registration and more info: 963-2529, carbondaleclay.org.

SENIOR MATTERS CLASSES • Senior Matters offers a variety of classes and clubs weekly at the Third Street Center, 520 S. Third St. Acting class, book club, storytelling class, singing, tai chi, basket weaving. Free or small fee. More info: 963-2536.

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Community Briefs Mountain Fair needs volunteers

Volunteers are still needed for the 39th annual Mountain Fair, which runs from Friday, July 23, through Sunday, July 25. The fair seeks volunteers to help out backstage, manage waste, help keep the peace, sell raffle tickets and T-shirts, coordinate other volunteers and perform other tasks. Two-hour shifts are available. If you volunteer for four hours or more you get a free Friend of Fair T-shirt and you will be entered into a drawing to win a cruiser bike. To sign up, stop by the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities in the Third Street Center, email carbondalearts@sopris.net or call 963-1680.

Art Briefs Stone Carver’s Exhibition under way The 14th annual Stone Carver’s Exhibition started July 17 and will run through the end of September. As part of the exhibition more than 40 local, national and international stone workers will complete original sculptures made from marble cut from the Yule Quarry above the town of Marble. Artists include Coloradans Madeline Weiner, Kathi Caricof, Steve Kentz and Greg Tonozzi; Petro Hull from New Mexico; and artists from India and Zimbabwe.

The public is welcome to stop by and take a look at the works in progress in Marble. The exhibition is a benefit for the non-profit Marble Institute of Colorado. For more information, call 963-3790.

Roaring Fork photo contest If you have a keen eye and enjoy snapping pictures of local water, the 2010 Roaring Fork Watershed photography contest sponsored by the Roaring Fork Conservancy is for you.

This year’s theme is “People & Water.” Photos must include some aspect of people and their interaction with water in the Roaring Fork watershed. The competition includes amateur and professional divisions. The deadline for submissions is Sept. 30.

Send no more than three photos to sarah@roaringfork.org, or mail a compact disc to: 2010 Photo Contest Roaring Fork Conservancy, P.O. Box 3349 Basalt, Colorado 81621.

For more information and contest rules visit roaringfork.org/photo, or call 927-1290.

Moose Day on Grand Mesa Since 2005, the Colorado Division of Wildlife has transported moose to Grand Mesa to support the mesa’s struggling native population. Now the mesa is home to about 150 moose and that population is expected to grow to about 450 animals. To celebrate the reintroduction and educate the public about the moose, DOW will hold Grand Mesa Moose Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on July 31 at the Forest Service visitor center on top of the mesa off of Highway 65. Moose Day will include moose viewing information and presentations about moose biology, moose history, and how biologists transplant and track moose, as well as a puppet show and other family events.

“Moose sightings are always fun for people and they're becoming more common on the Grand Mesa as the population grows,” said Trina Romero, DOW Watchable Wildlife Coordinator. “This event will teach people safe ways to see the moose and some great facts about moose in Colorado.”

For more information, visit wildlife.state.co.us, or call 947-2920.

Theatre Aspen stages pig play Theatre Aspen is presenting “The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!,” a family production in which the Big Bad Wolf has his day in court. Shows run at 10 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays through July at the Alex Kaufman Theatre in Rio Grande Park, Aspen. There will be a special evening performance at 6:30 p.m. on July 24.

The play features Aspen’s young talent with Chris Carson, Lindsay Nelson, Flynn Holman, Zoe Levine, Kidd-Duhe Solomon and Luke Seamans. The actors are all Theatre Aspen School (TAS) students and this is the first time an all-TAS cast will be featured in a main stage production.

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Business Briefs Raffles support Glenwood biz The Glenwood Springs Chamber Resort Association has launched its 125th anniversary restaurant and retail promotion with drawings held through Sept. 6. Five people won prizes in the first drawing held on July 2. Visit glenwoodchamber.com/125th-anniversary to see who they were and what they won.

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Letters continued om page 2 Fourth of July thanks Dear Editor: Carbondale had 200 kids of all ages involved in this year’s parade! Thanks to all of you for showing such spirit! The Fourth of July requires lots of volunteers, and many of those volunteers were local high school students. It makes me grateful that Carbondale’s community pride is being practiced by our own high schoolers!

Thanks to the Boy Scouts who decorated the gazebo, led the parade and completed a chalk art drawing. Special thanks to local freshman and Scout organizer, Travis Provost.

For the third year in a row Adrienne Ackerman, Coral Froning, JJ Worley and Raleigh Burleigh have organized and run the entire parade. These seniors kept all the kids lined up, safe and smiling! Local high school students also played the incredible music before and after the patriotic reading. Thanks to David Ackerman, Carter Colia, Pablo Gorra, Walter Gorra, Paul Stumpler and Ashton Taufer.

Teenagers chalked 25 of the 34 drawings.

These colorful art pieces, now on display at the Carbondale Recreation Center, are visually delightful and thought provoking. Thanks to our readers for telling us the truth of what happened to the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence: Travis Provost, Michael Wampler, Willy Worley, Carol Farris, Ronnda Khur, Garrett Kennedy, Wick Moses, Karen Olson

and Marilyn Murphy.

Of course, adults also played an important part, especially in the money and dangerous jobs departments. Thanks to Lindsey Cynoski, owner of lulubelle clothing, for not just buying all the watermelon but for cutting it up and dishing it out. Thanks to Willy Worley and Plumbline Construction for helping the past 15 years with everything to do with construction. Thanks also to our fire and police departments who made sure that the parade and fireworks were safe.

Thanks to CCAH for letting us use their sound system and technicians and also for the great music they bring us every Fourth! Huge thanks to RFHS teacher Leslie Keery for teaching her students about chalk art, assigning them this project and for helping with this many-step exhibit. Thanks to Eric Brendlinger and the town recreation department for all the prep work, for displaying the chalk art for the next month, and for running all the games. Lastly, thanks to our 56 forefathers who had the guts to risk everything they had to fight the British and start a new type of government.

Annie Runyan-Worley Carbondale

Wilderness takes courage Dear Editor: Pitkin County has a long tradition of strong environmental ethics generally and

especially preserving and protecting lands within its borders. An informative meeting was held recently when representatives of the Wilderness Workshop met with the Pitkin Board of County Commissioners to explain where the Hidden Gems wilderness proposal currently stands and to elaborate steps taken to arrive there. The commissioners heard how the Workshop met and negotiated with many groups to take their concerns into consideration, and how the Workshop had removed over half the lands in Pitkin County from the original proposal to accommodate those concerns.

The process of protecting public lands is inevitably lengthy and unavoidably contentious. No question. However, the case has been well made for the need to protect mid-elevation habitat so that it remains wild for future generations. The longer the wait, the more difficult it will be. It certainly takes courage, vision and leadership for our commissioners to stand firm, upholding a tradition that has made the Roaring Fork Valley so special. I urge all the commissioners to find the strength and wisdom to support the Hidden Gems proposal and to do what they believe is right.

Peter Looram Aspen

Clean and getting cleaner Dear Editor: On June 12, neighbors of the Rio

Grande Trail in Carbondale braved winddriven rain and teamed up under the guidance of Oni Butterfly to clean up litter and trash between Eighth Street and Highway 133. RFTA staff –– and the many visitors to the Rio Grande Trail corridor –– wish to extend a “thank you” to these dedicated individuals. This section of trail is being adopted officially by Crystal River Elementary School starting later in fall. Oni and friends were kind enough to step in to tidy things up in the meantime.

Trail users will see some changes over the course of the summer as efforts at ecological restoration of the trail corridor descend upon a particularly impacted section of rail bed running through the town. These efforts will include capping the rail ballast with topsoil, seeding with a mix of native grasses and forbs typical of the region, mulching, and installing temporary irrigation. The soil that was moved to the site this spring was supplied by the town of Carbondale from ditch cleaning operations, recycling what would otherwise be disposed of.

Questions and comments regarding the Rio Grande Trail adopt-a-trail program, or the restoration project here in Carbondale, should be directed to the RFTA Rio Grande corridor and trail manager at 384-4975.

Robert Comey RFTA Trail Manager

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Inside info on beef: Part 1 A friend of mine was telling me about preparing the family’s special occasion roast. One of the first instructions in the heirloom recipe was,“Have the butcher trim off the end of the roast.�

After multiple family members over many decades had obeyed that unquestioningly, one modern upstart asked,“Why?� Her great-grandmother replied,“So it would fit into my pan.�

Shopping for meat can be bewildering. What size roast do you buy? How do you know whether a particular hunk of beef will be tender after grilling or will require long braising, whatever that is? What does“Certified Black Angus�really mean? When is“Prime�not prime?

I spent three rewarding days at Texas A&M university a few years ago, taking their “Beef 101� course for food industry professionals and anyone else seriously interested in learning about beef. It’s definitely not for everyone, but I was enthralled.

We learned that USDA inspectors grade beef for tenderness by measuring the fat marbling of the ribeye. The top “Prime� grading goes to only 2 percent of all cattle graded. Almost all of this meat goes to upscale steakhouses, other fine dining restaurants and specialty stores.

The “prime rib� on so many menus is a confusing term. “Prime rib� is a generic restaurant term for the large section of meat, of any tenderness grade, from which ribeye steaks and standing rib roasts are cut. Roasted whole and sliced to order, it’s called prime rib. It’s very unlikely that any prime rib will be of Prime grade, as that expensive meat is usually served as individual ribeye steaks in the best restaurants.

Below Prime in tenderness and cost is“Choice,�followed by

By Chef George Bohmfalk the less tender “Select� grade. Most grocery store beef is one of these two grades.There are several more grades for inferior beef that largely ends up as hamburger and dog food.

Because about 50 percent of cattle are graded “Choice,� there is a wide range of tenderness in that uniform-cost category. Several years ago, some cattle producers sought a way to get a better price for Choice beef that they believe is better than average quality but not quite ready for Prime time.

The cattlemen developed criteria that the USDA approved for marketing. The criteria, such as cattle breed, age, weight and use of antibiotics and hormones, are intended to give some assurance to the consumer that this beef will be more tender, healthy or tasty than other Choice-graded meat.

These “high-choice� programs became known as “branded beef� lines. Producers of Certified Black Angus, Sterling Silver, Top Choice, Nolan Ryan’s All Natural and dozens of other

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held before the Carbondale Board of Trustees for the purpose of considering a zone text amendment to the Commercial / Retail / Wholesale (CRW) Zone District within the Roaring Fork Village Planned Unit Development (P.U.D.). The purpose of the amendment is to allow “outdoor storage of rental vehicles and trailers� as a Special Use under certain circumstances within the CRW Zone District in the Roaring Fork Village P.U.D. The applicant is Sunburst Holdings, LLC. The property is owned by Sunburst Holdings, LLC. The property is a vacant lot located east of Alpine Bank and north of Village Road, also described as:

Tract A-2, Lot Line Vacation Plat of Tracts A-2A and A-2B, Alpine Bank Lot Line Adjustment according to the Plat recorded September 26, 2008 as Reception No. 756419. County of Garfield, State of Colorado Said Public Hearing will be held at the Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, Colorado at 6:30 p.m. on August 10, 2010.

Copies of the proposed application are on file in The

Planning Department office, Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, Colorado and may be examined by interested persons during regular working hours, 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Doug Dotson Community Development Director

Published July 22, 2010 in The Sopris Sun. PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held before the Carbondale Board of Trustees for the purpose of considering a special use permit under Section 18.55.015 of the Town of Carbondale Municipal Code for the purposes of allowing a specific use including “outdoor storage of rental vehicles and trailers� on a vacant lot located east of Alpine Bank and north of Village Road. The special use is subject to a concurrent review and approval of a text amendment to the Municipal Code that would allow “outdoor storage of rental vehicles and trailers� for up to two years as a temporary special use in the CRW Zone District of the

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It’s what’s for dinner. Photo by Jane Bachrach similar trademarked brands imply that their meat will be superior to the rest of the nonbranded Choice cuts. Before investing too much in these heavily-marketed products, try just a small amount to see whether you can detect a difference worth paying for. As with a lot of marketing, there is often more sizzle than steak in the claims.

If the package isn’t marked as Choice or with a brand, the meat is probably Select grade or below and less tender. Recently I found neatly packaged, individual, bacon-wrapped filet mignons for what seemed to be a great price. No USDA grade was indicated, but the label did specify that they were tenderloin, so I gave them a try. They were very disappointing and clearly of a low quality grade, not worth even the bargain price.

Be wary also of“natural,�“organic�and“hormone/antibiotic-free�claims.They mean different things to different producers, and frequently not what you may assume. Some “antibiotic-free� cattle turn out to be free only for the last three weeks, which is pretty much the industry standard. Some certified-organic beef is merely feedlot beef that is fed pesticide-free grain. No one agrees on what “natural� means, other than sounding good and guaranteeing a few cents more per pound at the meat counter.

Most fat-marbled filets, T-bone, ribeye and strip steaks of any upper grade will be pretty tender after cooking quickly over a grill or in a skillet. The leaner and tougher cuts, like rump, round, shoulder and certainly brisket, require long, slow cooking to become tender. Brisket didn’t become Texans’ favorite barbecue because it’s a great piece of meat. The brisket is a terrible piece of meat, but once daylong, low-temperature smoking finally tenderizes it, the flavor and texture become sublime.

In my next column, I will discuss super-fat meat, such as Kobe and Wagyu, and grass-fed beef, some of which is raised right here in the Roaring Fork Valley.

Roaring Fork Village P.U.D. The applicant is Sunburst Holdings, LLC. The property is owned by Sunburst Holdings, LLC. The property is a vacant lot located east of Alpine Bank and north of Village Road, also described as: Tract A-2, Lot Line Vacation Plat of Tracts A-2A and A-2B, Alpine Bank Lot Line Adjustment according to the Plat recorded September 26, 2008 as Reception No. 756419. County of Garfield, State of Colorado

Said Public Hearing will be held at the Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, Colorado at 6:30 p.m. on August 10, 2010.

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

Doug Dotson Community Development Director

Published July 22, 2010 in The Sopris Sun.

TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO ORDINANCE NO. 4 Series of 2010

AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO, AMENDING THE PROVISIONS OF THE CARBONDALE MUNICIPAL CODE BY THE AMENDMENT OF SECTION 9.28.010 B DEFINITION OF DIASBLED VEHICLES BY CHANGING THE TIME PERIOD FOR DETERMINATION

WHEREAS, the Carbondale Municipal Code declares that it unlawful to violate certain enumerated offences and sets forth the penalty for so doing; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees believes that the adoption of certain parking restrictions to limit parking within a public right of way or on public property; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees finds and determines that it is in the best interests of its citizens to adopt an ordinance restricting the use of public land to store, park or leave vehicles within such rights of way or public lands; and

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO, THAT: 1. Section 9.28.010 B entitled Definition of Disabled Vehicles of the Carbondale Municipal Code Model Traffic Code is hereby amended as follows:

B. Remains substantially stationery or unused on a public street or right of way or on any public property for a consecutive period of more than 72 hours; or

INTRODUCED, READ, ADOPTED and ordered to be PUBLISHED this 13th day of July, 2010.

TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO

By _________________________________ Stacey Bernot, Mayor ATTEST: ________________________________ Cathy Derby, Town Clerk

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