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VOLUME 2, NUMBER 23 • JULY 29, 2010
Carbondale’s weekly, non-profit newspaper
Mountain Fair, 2010
Mountain Fair inferno More photos pages 10-12
How was your Fair? Even if you didn’t dress up disco-style like Carlos Herrera in the cake-tasting tent, we’re guessing you had an awesome time. Photo by Jane Bachrach
Land for the new library
Pulling the plug on green power?
Cannabis cultivation quandary
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Carbondale Commentary Letters
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Don’t bail out on Bennet Dear Editor: Why I am supporting Michael Bennet: If there were vast ideological differences between Bennet and Romanoff that would be one thing. But given the tough environment in the Senate, why throw away Bennet’s two years of relationship building, solid legislating and learning the ropes on Capitol Hill? He has accomplished more in two years than many senators accomplish in their careers: • champion of the clean energy bill; • worked hard to keep the public option –– it didn’t fly this time, but he tried many angles to keep it the table when other senators were silent; • the only senator with direct experience in the education world. Others believe in him too, as he was awarded Ted Kennedy’s prestigious seat on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. This is big; • champion of the most comprehensive financial reform bill in history –– not perfect, but there are lots of different agendas in Congress; • taking leadership to get the needed support at this difficult time for foreign policy reforms –– and knows his stuff in this area; To learn more about where Michael stands on the issues: bennetforcolorado.com/issues. I like and respect Andrew, but why do we want to start over now on Capitol Hill? Going from the State House to the Big Dome in D.C. is a significant learning experience. Let’s not throw away the amazing progress that Michael has made on our behalf in just two years. Gwen Garcelon Carbondale
ture and open spaces and our unique history; • to protect the wildlife and the wild places; • to promote the opportunities for education, art, and culture; • to protect and sustain our recreational opportunities; • to project our vision for the valley’s future in terms of housing, transportation, a resort culture and our community character. Actions of county commissioners address each of these issues. Leadership is necessary. We in Pitkin County need responsible leadership from individuals who understand our history, our culture, our needs, our futures. We need someone who cares, who listens, who is well informed, who thoughtfully and openly considers the available options and, then, who is willing to take action on issues that are both complex and controversial. We need Jack Johnson. The role of county commissioner in Pitkin County is important on the local, state and national levels. The decisions made and the directions taken on the local level both affect and are affected by the decisions made and directions followed in other places, at other meetings, with other leaders. Jack Johnson has the knowledge and experience needed to learn, to discuss, to debate, to make the difficult decisions, to recognize the consequences of his actions and to move forward. He needs our votes in order to work for us as a public servant in a stewardship role. Please extend your support, and vote for Jack Johnson for Pitkin county commissioner. Dorothea Farris Carbondale
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An outpouring of support
Dear Editor: Our ballots arrived yesterday. Another election year is upon us. It is imperative that we use this opportunity to take the actions necessary • to preserve our quality of life; • to promote our commitment to agricul-
Dear Editor: We want to thank everybody who expressed their support, sympathy and outrage over the immigration raid that our family endured on July 13. After the excellent article by Terray Sylvester appeared in The Sopris Sun, we received support from more people
than we can name. Even though the immigration raid was outrageous and upsetting, the number of people in town who contacted us, hugged us and spoke with us about the incident during Mountain Fair made us so happy that we live in this wonderful town, with such an amazing community. Thank you friends of Carbondale! Laurie & Anibal GuevaraStone and Marco Guevara Carbondale
Deported: fathers, sons and brothers Dear Editor: Editor’s Note: This letter was originally addressed to the Carbondale police. What determines a “potential problem causer?”And how many potential future enemies do you suppose were made when you took 11 fathers, sons and brothers away? Jeannie Perry Carbondale
McInnis’ morals are a mess Dear Editor: We are writing to urge citizens not to vote for Scott McInnis. This is a man who has tended to be morally wobbly most of his life. He just seems to think the ordinary rules of honesty do not apply to him. The plagiarism he has confessed to was bad enough, but we find his attempt to blame Rollie Fischer much more disturbing. Rollie Fischer is a citizen with a very solid record of integrity. His knowledge of Colorado water issues has been of great value to Colorado and he deserves only respect and gratitude for his services to the Western Slope. Surely the Republicans can find a more trustworthy candidate than this primary offers them. Pat Fender Bill Fender Carbondale
The divided wilderness debate Dear Editor: Todd Fugate’s letter in your July 15 edition suggests closing the additional public lands of the Hidden Gems to everyone. This is not the first time this idea has been put forth. Often, wilderness proponents say that if the choice is between not having wilderness or not being able to enter the wilderness, they choose the second. This illustrates the huge divide between wilderness advocates and those who do not want to be deprived of using any means of entering the forest. Wilderness advocates want the land and the habitat to remain in an untrammeled state and would be willing to stay away if necessary. They feel that these wild places need to be protected for the wild things, for the clean air and water the places provide. The motor- and gear-driven crowds just feel that these are only places to recreate in. They only consider their “rights and privileges,” not the land itself. Gerry Terwilliger Basalt
Thanks from the Studio Tour
Sam and Patrick Hayes recently sent this photo to the Sun. It was taken last fall as they caught some rays on Naples Bay, Fla., near their second home. Courtesy photo 2 • THE SOPRIS SUN • JULY 29, 2010
Dear Editor: On behalf of the Carbondale Community School and the seventh Annual Roaring Fork Studio Tour, the organizers would like to send out a huge thank you to the commu-
nity for your incredible support and enthusiasm. We are proud of what the studio tour has become –– a community event that is well-established, well-recognized, well-patronized and well-loved. We thank the Roaring Fork community for our continued success! This year’s studio tour was dedicated to the memory of Carol Rothrock, longtime studio tour organizer, local artist and art teacher at the Carbondale Community School. Her spirit, patience and presence were missed this year. We would like to extend a special thank you to our ever generous major sponsors: Alpine Bank and the Valley View Hospital Foundation who have been longtime supporters of the studio tour. We would also like to thank our other sponsors: Personal Rehabilitation Center, Bighorn Toyota, and Amore Realty/Carol Rothrock’s family for their support. The studio tour would be nothing without the support of the participating artists. With over 42 studios (and over 90 artists) participating this year, we are excited to say that the studio tour continues to grow and flourish. Thank you studio tour artists! We would also like to thank Carbondale’s new Third Street Center for providing a perfect venue for this year’s artists reception. This beautiful new community building provided the perfect backdrop for our event. Also, the CCAH Center for the Arts at the Third Street Center generously presented our artists’ gallery for the entire month of June. Thank you to our fabulous media partners: The Aspen Times, The Aspen Daily News, The Sopris Sun, KDNK Radio, Aspen Public Radio, GrassRoots TV and Gran FarLETTERS page 14
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Library district closes in on Carbondale site By Lynn Burton The Sopris Sun The Garfield County Library District is finalizing details for the purchase of a new site for the Gordon Cooper Library, library board member Bill Lamont said this week. The location, which was first identified as a potential site more than a year ago, is at the southwest corner of Sopris Avenue and Third Street (including the old tennis courts), and is currently owned by the RE-1 School District. Lamont said the library district hopes to put the property under contract,“By the end of the summer.” The Garfield County Library District is well into an ambitious construction program, financed by a voter approved mill levy a few years ago, that targets all six libraries: Parachute, Rifle, Silt, New Castle, Glenwood Springs and Carbondale. New library buildings are scheduled to open in Parachute and Rifle in September and November, according to the current library district newsletter. With the Parachute and Rifle libraries coming on line, the district is ready to tackle two more construction projects, Lamont said. On the drawing boards are projects in New Castle, Glenwood Springs and Carbondale, with a New Castle library expansion and remodel seemingly a sure thing for the next round of construction. That leaves Glenwood Springs and Carbondale vying for the second project. “We can’t do all three (projects) at the same time,” Lamont said. Glenwood Springs and Carbondale are at different stages of the planning process. While the district is poised to place the Carbondale site under contract, Glenwood Springs is a more complicated process. For one thing, the district has not yet decided on a site for the Glenwood library, although sites
With the land soon to be under contract, it may not be too long before the dilapidated tennis courts at Sopris and Third streets are replaced with Carbondale's new library. Photo by Jane Bachrach being considered are the old Holy Cross building on Grand Avenue and a site at the intersection of Eighth and Cooper streets. The library district is also working with Glenwood’s Downtown Development Authority in its efforts to build a downtown parking structure. As for Carbondale, the next step in the process is to design a 13,000-square-foot building to replace the existing 3,800-square-
foot building. The district and town must also work a deal on the existing Gordon Cooper Library. That’s because the library district owns the Gordon Cooper Library, but the town owns the land it sits on. Five of the six other towns in the district also own the land the libraries sit on, so the district is asking those towns to provide “something” in exchange for the buildings, Lamont said. For example, the city of Rifle provided a
building site for that town’s new library. In any case, the district hopes to start construction on the New Castle library and either the Glenwood or Carbondale library next year. Lamont said library users have been impressed with Basalt’s new library, even if it’s not part of the Garfield County library system. “They want to know when Carbondale is getting its library,” Lamont said.
Trustees, developer butt heads on clean energy at Village at Crystal River By Terray Sylvester The Sopris Sun Negotiations over the Village at Crystal River development nearly broke down earlier this month during the most recent public hearing on the project. The developer and some town trustees staked out sharply different positions on clean-energy requirements for the project. The 24-acre mixed commercial and residential project on the west side of Highway 133 is back on the agenda next week. It has been discussed by the board of trustees since early this spring, but this month the developer flat out opposed a requirement that would bring the development in line with one of the town’s energy and climate protection goals, which requires 30 percent of the heating and electrical energy used in town limits to come from renewable sources by 2015. At their meeting on July 6, the trustees discussed for the first time a similar requirement for the Village at Crystal River, which would mandate that, on average, its buildings would have to draw 30 percent of their energy from renewable sources. The developer, Richard Schierburg of Peregrine Group Development, called the mandate a “deal killer.” “If this is something everybody wanted, we blew it, because this should have been the number one thing that we talked about day
one,” he said. “I’m not sure we would have gotten past the first meeting.” Schierburg said the “anchor” commercial tenant in the development, a proposed 60,000-square foot City Market, would refuse to sign a lease if the 30 percent mandate stays in place. Schierburg said he would work to incorporate “green” construction measures into the development because they would make the project more attractive to tenants and customers, but the mandate would pile on too many up-front costs. As he framed it, the trustees faced a choice: Push for the environmental standards, or compromise to attract the sales tax dollars the new City Market may bring to Carbondale. Trustees Frosty Merriott, John Hoffmann and Pam Zentmyer said they weren’t willing to compromise. “It could kill the deal for me and it could kill the deal for you,” Merriott told Schierburg. “If Kroger [City Market’s parent company] doesn’t like it, I’m sorry, but the people who elected me to represent them don’t want me to say you don’t have to do alternative energy.” Merriott pointed out that Colorado has set its own 30 percent renewable energy target for 2020. The Village at Crystal River –– and Carbondale –– should get out ahead of
that curve instead of playing catch up later, he said. Zentmyer argued that as a community resource the grocery store should meet the community’s environmental priorities, especially because it will consume a lot of electricity. “I’m perfectly fine supporting” the mandate, she said. Hoffmann agreed, asserting that City Market wouldn’t have to install pricey solar electric panels or wind turbines. Instead it could purchase the renewable energy from its utility company. The other four members of the board said they were willing to waive the mandate. Trustee Elizabeth Murphy and Mayor Stacey Bernot said they were reluctant to require the Village at Crystal River to meet a renewable energy target before the town has drawn up green building guidelines for commercial construction. “We haven’t had the wherewithal to really vigorously debate a commercial building code,” Bernot said, indicating that without
that community discourse, a mandate would give her “heartburn.” Trustee John Foulkrod, a builder and developer, said he wouldn’t support a mandate that didn’t make economic sense, which would require the developer to buy electricity that’s not the cheapest on the market. Trustee Ed Cortez, who owns a construction and solar electricity installation business, suggested that with relatively simple efficiency retrofits City Market would be able to significantly cut its energy bills. He also pointed out that plenty of renewable energy and energy efficiency expertise is readily available in the Carbondale area. But Cortez said, “I’m not going to mandate it.” As discussed at the meeting, a compromise could include incentives from the town to convince the developer to meet the mandate, or the town waiving the mandate but working closely with the Schierburg to ensure that each portion of the development is as ecofriendly as possible, among other options.
Next Steps:
The Carbondale Board of Trustees is scheduled to discuss renewable energy requirements for the proposed Village at Crystal River during its meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 3 at Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Ave. For the agenda and background materials, visit carbondalegov.org, or call 963-2733. THE SOPRIS SUN • JULY 29, 2010 • 3
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!
News Briefs The Weekly News Brief The Sopris Sun and the KDNK news department team to discuss recent news from the Roaring Fork Valley and beyond. Catch the Brief on KDNK at 6:50 a.m., 7:50 a.m. and at 5:50 p.m. on Thursdays, or online at KDNK.org.
GarCo comp plan hearings slated Garfield County staff has completed a draft of a revision for the county comprehensive plan. Public hearings on the draft will be held at 6:30 p.m. at a variety of locations. On Aug. 16 and Aug. 18 hearings will take place at the county administration building at 108 Eighth St. in Glenwood Springs; and on Aug. 17 a hearing will take place at the Sheriff’s Annex, 101 County Rd. 333A in Rifle. The public is encouraged to attend the meetings and comment on the draft plan, because this plan may impact their property. To view a copy of the draft, visit the county planning department at the administrative building in Glenwood Springs, or visit garfieldcomprehensiveplan2030.com.
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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. 4 • THE SOPRIS SUN • JULY 29, 2010
In Garfield County the Aug. 10 Primary Election will be a mail ballot-only election. Regular polling sites will not be available on election day. Ballots sent through the mail must be received by the Clerk and Recorder’s office by the 7 p.m. deadline on Election Day, a postmark does not count. Ballots were mailed to all eligible Garfield County voters affiliated with Democratic, Republican or Libertarian parties on July 19. Unaffiliated voters may affiliate with one of the three participating parties at any time up to and including Election Day. If you are an affiliated voter and have not received your ballot, you may request a replacement ballot by calling the Garfield County Election Department at 384-3700. The county is also operating two service centers for the election, where voters can get a replacement ballot, declare a party affiliation, drop off voted mail ballots, or have access to an electronic voting device.The service centers are located in Glenwood Springs and Rifle and are open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. They will also be open on Aug., 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and on Election Day, Aug. 10, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Four additional sites are available throughout the county where voters may deposit
voted ballots if they choose not to return their voted ballot by mail. These drop-off sites are located at the Carbondale, New Castle, Silt and Parachute town halls, and will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Election Day. These sites will also be open Aug. 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For sample ballots and more information, visit Garfield-county.com, or call 384-3700.
House committee OKs RFTA funds The U.S. House Appropriations Committee has approved just over $24 million for the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority’s Bus Rapid Transit system. The bill now awaits a vote on the House floor. According to a press release from the office of 3rd District Rep. John Salazar, the bus system would help ease congestion on Highway 82, which a 2003 study deemed the most congested rural highway in the state. In some locations, summer traffic reportedly exceeded 28,000 vehicles per day. Salazar’s office estimates the project will create 231 jobs over a two-year period and 72 ongoing positions after construction is complete. “The reason I fought to get on the Appropriations Committee was so that I could fight to fund projects that will help my constituents,” Salazar said. “As long as I serve in Congress, I will work to create jobs and to grow our transportation infrastructure.”
New ad campaign for Hidden Gems The Campaign for America’s Wilderness at the Pew Environment Group and the Wilderness Workshop in Carbondale have joined up to launch an ad campaign featuring Coloradans from various backgrounds who want to see the Hidden Gems wilderness proposal become a reality. According to a press release, the proposal would designate as wilderness 243,000 acres in Pitkin, Summit, Garfield, Gunnison and Eagle counties. The Pew Environment Group is the conservation arm of The Pew Charitable Trusts, which works to improve public policy, inform the public and stimulate civic life.
Cop Shop The following events are drawn from incident reports of the Carbondale Police Department. WEDNESDAY June 21 At 8:17 a.m. Carbondale police responded to a domestic disturbance at the Sopris RV Park. WEDNESDAY June 21 At 2:08 p.m. police received a call that three young kids were pointing a gun at passersby from a black Chevy Suburban parked in the Carbondale Plaza on Highway 133. Police investigated but couldn’t find the Suburban. They did contact some kids in the back of a black Dodge Trailblazer, but the kids didn’t have a gun. WEDNESDAY June 21 At 4:46 p.m. a woman reported there appeared to be more graffiti on her shed on Main Street.
Apparently someone had originally tagged her shed back in April. WEDNESDAY June 21 At 5:27 p.m. a man reported he had found his motorcycle ramp. Evidently the man had previously reported it stolen. WEDNESDAY June 21 At 7:49 p.m. a man alleged that fuel was being siphoned from his dump truck parked on Highway 133. Police investigated and determined that wasn’t happening. WEDNESDAY June 21 At 8:17 p.m. someone alleged that a truck had been idling for awhile in front of Grand Junction Pipe. The police contacted the owner and he said he would turn it off.
Carbondale’s got the biz, but where to grow the bud? By Terray Sylvester The Sopris Sun The town trustees have begun to tackle a set of regulations for Carbondale’s medical marijuana industry, but with business thriving, the town now has to figure out where the dispensary owners can grow their goods. During their meeting on Tuesday night the trustees reviewed recommendations from a citizen task force which, since March, has met seven times to draw up a set of rules. They generally agreed with the task force on topics including municipal licensing fees, security measures for dispensaries and grow operations, and the number of plants that can be grown by medical marijuana patients –– not dispensaries –– in a home. But a couple of issues gave them pause. The toughest? How to regulate commercial cultivation in Carbondale. Until this summer, the rules that defined how a dispensary could acquire its product were hazy at best. But on June 7, Gov. Ritter signed a law that requires dispensaries to grow 70 percent of their product. That could pose a hurdle for Carbondale because the town is home to just one zone district suitable for commercialscale medical marijuana cultivation: a planned unit development on Village Road that allows nurseries. To make more room for grow operations, the town might amend some of its
existing zone districts. Town Manager Tom Baker said the most suitable location would be the industrial district overlooking the Carbondale Nature Park just north of the Rio Grande Trail. However, with the Ross Montessori school currently located there, that area is off limits for now. So other industrial districts along Highway 133 could be candidates for cultivation as well. But for a grow operation to put down roots in those districts, the town will have to figure out how to work around a state rule that requires the location of grow operations to be confidential. The task force had originally hoped grow sites in Carbondale could be approved in industrial districts through a site-by-site review process that involves public comment, but that won’t fly under the state confidentiality rules. As a solution, trustee John Foulkrod suggested the community should decide whether cultivation should be allowed without site-specific public review in some zone districts, and then implement a confidential permitting process that would allow the town to review each grow operation on a number of points, such as security and odor control. Under such an arrangement, cautioned Baker, “We need to be really comfortable with where a grow is going because there won’t be any public vetting of that site.” He pointed out that so far, the town has no experience regulating grow operations.
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State rules require dispensaries to grow 70 percent of their product. That could pose a hurdle for Carbondale, which is home to just one zone district suitable for the crop. Four Carbondale dispensaries have asked for permission to start cultivating in town but have not yet gotten the go ahead. The town has issued 15 sales tax licenses to medical marijuana operators. Twelve dispensaries are currently operating in town, and Baker said he doesn’t know where they are getting their product. Town staff is still investigating what impacts fertilizers and pesticides might have on sewers, and staff and trustees have
voiced concern over the amount of energy that could be needed for grow lights and other demands associated with cultivation. The trustees suggested grow operations might be required to obtain a certain amount of energy from renewable sources. Carbondale dispensary owners don’t necessarily have to cultivate their herb within town limits. Baker said the state rules do not restrict how far a dispensary can be from its crop. Also on Tuesday night, the trustees supported a proposal from the task force that would require marijuana operations to be located at least 500 feet from school property lines. However, the trustees generally opposed a suggestion from the task force that, in the case of Colorado Rocky Mountain School, the 500-foot requirement should be measured from the school’s facilities, not its property line. The task force was concerned the 500-foot no-pot zone would otherwise overlap with commercial districts along Highway 133, which could be suitable for dispensaries. Mayor Stacey Bernot and trustees Elizabeth Murphy and Pam Zentmyer pressed for the town to proceed cautiously with the distance limits. “I don’t think anywhere near a school is appropriate,” said Bernot. The trustees will take up the regulations again during a future meeting, though that date has not yet been set.
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Walkin’ for wellness
Missing beats
Carbondale’s Dorothy Brown will join thousands of others walking 60 miles in three days as part of the 2010 Susan G. Komen Denver 3-Day for the Cure fundraiser on Aug. 27-29. “This is my first year participating in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure,”Brown said early this week. “Through my participation in the event I know I am making a personal impact on the breast cancer movement.” Brown said she is dedicating her walk to her grandmother, Dorothy Freeman, a breast cancer survivor. “I also walk for all of the loved ones of my family and friends who have had cancer.” She said the walk is also a personal triumph for her. “Six months ago I was 90 pounds heavier than I am now and I never dreamed that this would be possible.”To help Brown raise funds, go to the3day.org.
Laurie Loeb is lookin’ for some percussion equipment that went missing after the massive Mother of All Drum Circles on the opening day of Mountain Fair. Here’s what she’s lacking: eleven black plastic drum mallets each with a black ball on the end; one red and blue plastic castanet; one set of D-shaped jingle bells on a wooden handle. Kindly contact Laurie at 963-2798 if you know the whereabouts of the lost equipment.
More on the fair The Mountain Fair slide show is up on the CCAH Facebook page. Check it out.
The sweet scent of victory
Still tickin’: Heart surgery didn’t stop
Who’s in the 40/40 Club? Now that the 39th annual Carbondale Mountain Fair is in the books, some folks are wondering who’ll make next year’s unofficial 40/40 Club. The honorary club will no doubt consist of folks, age 40 and older, who have attended the fair each year since its inception. Richie Marks, who made it in from New Castle for the fair and was spotted sipping coffee at the Red Rock Diner on Monday morning, says he’s attended all the fairs and figures the following other folks have as well: Laurie Loeb, Wick Moses and John Hoffmann. A Scuttlebutt source who was drinking coffee
Brad Hendricks from taking a few swings at the Mountain Fair Wood Splitting contest. To the delight of the crowd he accepted a little help to the stump. Photo by Jim Ryan with Marks –– but who will remain anonymous –– said he thinks Carol Craven and Marge Palmer have made‘em all as well. Some fair goers have come close to 40/40 enshrinement but missed a fair somewhere along the way.That group would include dedicated volunteer Rick Lawrence, who was spotted backstage at the fair on Friday night and reported he missed one year “for a motorcycle trip.”
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The Roaring Fork volleyball team got a little taste of victory on July 16 and 17 when they swept the Grand Valley Volleyball Cardinal Classic. Sixteen teams from around the state turned out, but the Lady Rams lost only \one match on their way to the win. The girls are gearing up for a strong season. Five talented seniors are returning to the squad, including Niki Burns, Joey Clingan, Landon Garvik, Ixchel Muniz and Savanna Phibbs. Some strong sophomores will be playing as well, such as Georgia Ackerman, Taylor Adams, Hattie Gianinetti, Megan Gianinetti, Madison Handy, Caitlin Kinney and Kenia Reyna. Carrie Shultz will be returning to coach the program for a third year.
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And the winners were …
Here are the winners of the races and contests at this year’s Mountain Fair: Sopris Run-Off 14-mile running race: First Female Overall: Megan Lund, 1:32:28 First Male Overall: Bernie Boettcher, 1:28:47
Sopris Run-Off 4-mile race: First Female Overall: Barry Roper, 30:36 First Male Overall: Ron Lund, 24:36
Porcupine Loop Bike Race First Female Overall: Megan Hertlinger First Male Overall: Chris Brandt First Single Speed: Will Inverso
Fly Casting: Jim Noelker
Women’s Wood Splitting: Olivia Pevec, 36 seconds Men’s Wood Splitting: Jake Strack-Loertscher, 17.4 seconds
Singles Horshoes: Ken Trujillo Doubles Horsehoes: Frank and Janice Anderson
Adult Limbo: Mathew Palomino and Zach Ritchie
Best Pie Overall: Cherry Berry by Caroline Fischer Best Cream Pie: Chocolate Praline by Sue Moway Best Exotic Pie: Hazelnut Caramel Chocolate Ganache by Judy Harvey
Best Cake Overall: Lemon Curd Chiffon by J. Phillips Best Vegan Cake: Pineapple Coconut Banana Pecan Hummingbird Cake by Michael Hurst Best Torte: Fresh Ginger Cheesecake by Ollie Bode
Buy buy ballot By Judith Lewis/High Country News This spring, it looked as though a ballot initiative to raise taxes on Nevada’s hardrock mining industry might actually succeed: With the state sliding toward bankruptcy and gold mines booming –– Nevada produces three-fourths of this country’s supply –– the measure to impose a 5 percent severance on the industry’s gross earnings had the support of close to half the state in last-minute polls. Nevadans were even buttonholing legislators in grocery stores to ask whether they’d make the state’s multinational gold-mining companies pay up. And most people thought they should. None of them, however, will get a chance to express that opinion in November’s general election. On June 14, members of the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN), which sponsored the initiative, announced that they had secured only 66,000 of the 97,002 signatures they needed to get the measure on the ballot. Says PLAN executive director Bob Fulkerson (an HCN board member), “We just didn’t have the money to pay people” to get more. That’s right, circulating petitions costs money: Signature-gathering is a full-time job that in the run-up to an election season commands premium rates. Firms such as the Denver, Colo.-based Lamm Consulting and Kimball Petitions in Westlake Village, Calif., typically charge a dollar or two per signature, but when time is running short, the price can climb as high as $10. The signatures of 97,002 people –– 10 percent of the voters who showed up for Nevada’s last general election –– were always going to cost PLAN at least $100,000. And that’s just if everything went smoothly. Which, of course, it didn’t. Last winter, the Nevada Mining Association challenged the legality of the initiative. The mining lobbyists lost, but the judge still forced PLAN to rewrite the measure and throw out its first 12,000 costly names. By then, PLAN’s signature-collecting time was almost up. And the non-profit, which promotes economic justice in its obstinately tax-averse state, was too broke to afford the last-minute push by professional petition-circulators necessary to finish the task. “They were going to need to put 300 people on
buses and fan them out across the state,” Fulkerson says.“That drove the price up to a half-million dollars.” If that sounds to you like a perversion of democracy, you’re not alone: Ever since lawmaking by statewide initiative debuted on the Oregon ballot in 1904, partisans have hotly debated the merits of paying for signatures. One side argues that the First Amendment guarantees one’s right to buy names; the other insists that the practice gives the well-heeled and funded an edge in controlling politics in those 24 states –– all but seven of them west of the 100th meridian –– where ballot initiatives make law. Would that the issue broke down so simply. Several states prohibit pay-per-signature contracts, but by law they can’t ban professional petition-circulating altogether –– the U.S. Supreme Court declared such bans unconstitutional in 1988. So while Oregon’s Measure 26, passed in 2002 and upheld by the 9th Circuit Court in 2006, forbids paying workers by the signature, it can’t prohibit hiring professionals by the hour, day or month, whether they collect names or not. Its effect has been to more than double the cost of qualifying a ballot initiative in the state, killing grassroots efforts altogether. Mason Tvert, co-founder of the pro-marijuana non-profit Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER), joined libertarian activists in challenging a law passed in Colorado last year, which limited per-signature payments to 20 percent of signatures gathered. The law not only increased the cost of professional services, Tvert says, but made it impossible to incentivize volunteers at a few cents per name. A federal judge put a hold on the Colorado law last month,“but it came a little too late for us,”says Tvert, who has deferred until 2012 his plan to get a measure on the Colorado ballot legalizing marijuana. “We only had 35 days left before the deadline. It was too much of a risk and too costly.” In Nevada, PLAN has given up on its ballot initiative effort for now, and has vowed instead to take the fight for a higher mining tax to the 2011 Legislature. This story originally appeared in the July 19, 2010 issue of High Country News (hcn.org).
Dave Gorsuch owner, Gorsuch Ltd., Vail, CO Photo by Todd Patrick
Wilderness is our common ground. Born to a mining family, I grew up a ski racer, and now I’m a businessman and rancher. Colorado’s traditions have been a big part of my life. My family has made the outdoors home for four generations and protecting that heritage is very important to us. Our wildlife, clean water and spectacular landscapes help my business thrive and keep my loved ones and our community healthy. If we want to protect our economic future, we must maintain the beauty, clean air, forests and wildlife habitat we have left. I want my grandchildren and their grandchildren to experience these mountains as I have. Our health and that of future generations depends on us taking care of what we have. That’s why I support the Hidden Gems Wilderness Proposal.
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To list your event, email information to news@soprissun.com. Deadline is 5 p.m. Saturday. Events take place in Carbondale unless noted.
THURSDAY July 29
FRIDAY July 30
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. Registration: glenwoodchamber.com, 945-6589.
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.
TUNES & TALES • The Pitkin County Library in Aspen hosts story reading and live music from 10:30 to 11 a.m. for kids between 4 and 7 years old. More info: 429-1920. 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 Snowmass. More info: snowmasstourism.com, 1-800-766-9627.
FRI.–SUN. July 30-Aug. 1 SEUSSICAL • Jayne Gottlieb Productions presents the musical, “Seussical,” starring local youth, at Basalt Middle School at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and at 5 p.m. on Sunday. Adults, $15; children, $12. Tickets and more info: 927-0555, jgptheatre.com.
CARNAGE IN CARBONDALE • The Roaring Fork Rams 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.
space.com/stringboardtheory. LIVE MUSIC • Starcher Hutsen plays live at Rivers Restaurant, 2525 S. Grand Ave, Glenwood Springs from 9 p.m. to midnight. No cover. More info: 928-8813.
SATURDAY July 31 NATURALIST WALK • The Roaring Fork Conservancy hosts two guided walks at the Filoha Meadows Open Space in the Crystal River Valley from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Free. Registration: 927-1290, roaringfork.org/events.
LIVE MUSIC • Ivory Drive plays distinctive indie rock at 7:30 p.m. at the Church at Carbondale, 110 Snowmass Drive. MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “I Am Love” (R) at 8 p.m. July 30 -Aug. 5; “Solitary Man” (R) at 6 p.m. July 31 and “Please Give” (R) at 5:45 p.m. Aug. 1. STEVE’S GUITARS • Steve’s Guitars at 19 N. Fourth St. presents the live music by the Farewell Drifters. More info: 963-3304, stevesguitars.net. LIVE MUSIC • String Board Theory plays a jam band fusion of punk, electronic, reggae and rock at 9 p.m. at Carnahan’s Tavern, 403 Main St. More info: 963-4498, my-
looper comes to Sopris Park for a meet and greet from 10 to 11 a.m. More info: (303) 831-4425.
MONDAY Aug. 2 PET CPR • A PetSaver First Aid, CPR and care certification class will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at C.A.R.E. (Colorado Animal Rescue), 2801 County Rd. 114, Glenwood Springs. Cost is $119. Info: 948-0297, suemelus.com. LIBRARY EVENT • The Pitkin County Library in Aspen hosts a presentation from the Denver Museum of Nature and Science on the good, the bad and the “ucky” of the human body: giant nostrils, digestions, zits and more, from 2 to 3 p.m. Free. More info: 429-1920. DANCE WORKSHOP • Jennifer Kyker presents a slide show and teaches a Zimbabwean dance workshop from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Carbondale Community School, 1505 Satank Rd. More info: 366-1813.
TUESDAY Aug. 3 ART WORKSHOP • The Wyly Community Art Center offers an Asian Art Safari, for ages 9 thru 12 from 1 to 4 p.m. Learn from Indonesian, Nepalese and Japanese art to make your own art. $70. Registration and tuition assistance: WylyArts.org.
SUNDAY Aug. 1 JOHN HICKENLOOPER • Colorado democratic gubernatorial candidate John Hicken-
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT • Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright signs her book, “Read My Pins: Stories from a diplomat’s jewel box” from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Ann Korologos Gallery, 211 Midland Avenue, Basalt. More info: 927-9668, korologosgallery.com.
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1102 Grand Ave., Glenwood Springs. RSVP: 945-6589, joni@glenwoodchamber.com.
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CAFÉ SCI • Dr. Theo Colburn of the Endocrine Disruption Exchange hosts“Modern Chemicals, Modern Ills,â€? a presentation on the health effects of chemicals in everything from beer cans to baby toys from 4 to 6:30
BASALT MUSIC • The Double Diamond Trio plays live at Triangle Park in Willits from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Business booths. More info: basaltchamber.com.
Roaring Fork River across the Continental Divide to the Front Range. Meet at the Lost Man Campground on Highway 82 rain or shine. Free. Registration: roaringfork.org/events, 927-1290.
SOFTBALL • The deadline to register for the fall adult softball league is Aug. 6. The coed league costs $400 and begins Aug. 16. Men’s league is $450 and begins Aug. 17. More info: 704.4115, jrochel@carbondaleco.net.
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SUMMER MUSIC • The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities presents the Carbondale Ho Down with Halden Woffard and the Hi Beams conjuring up Buddy Holly, Hank Williams and Bob Wills from 5 to 9 p.m. at Fourth and Main streets. Free. More info: 963-1680, hibeams.com.
FLY FISHING CLINICS • The new Confluence Outdoor Center in Carbondale offers free fly fishing clinics to local youth on Tuesdays from 4 to 6 p.m. and on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Equipment provided. Reservations and more info: 963-4377, confluencecenter.net.
STEVE’S GUITARS • Steve’s Guitars at 19 N. Fourth St. presents live music by Megan Burtt and Megan McCormick. More info: 963-3304, stevesguitars.net.
STEVE’S GUITARS • Steve’s Guitars at 19 N. Fourth St. presents live music by Shawn Phillips. More info: 963-3304, stevesguitars.net.
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ART PARTY • ArtAspen hosts an opening preview party from 5 to 8 p.m for its Fine Art Fair for Contemporary Art. Buy/sell post-war and contemporary art. $75. Proceeds benefit the Buddy Program. More info: art-aspen.com. SNOWMASS CONCERT • Tab Benoit plays blues at 6:15 p.m. on Fanny Hill in Snowmass. More info: snowmasstourism.com, 1-800-766-9627.
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TRAIL WORK • Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers holds a trail work day on the American Lake Trail near Aspen. Registration: rfov.org, 927-8241.
ART LECTURE • As part of its summer lecture series, Anderson Ranch Arts Center presents a conversation with Shirin Neshat at 7 p.m. at the center in Snowmass. Neshat is an acclaimed Iranian-born artist and filmmaker. More info: 923-3181, andersonranch.org.
WATER TOUR • From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. the Roaring Fork Conservancy hosts a tour of the facilities that divert water from the
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MOVIE NIGHT • The Pitkin County Library in Aspen screens “Whale Riderâ€? from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free. More info: 429-1920. STEVE’S GUITARS • Steve’s Guitars at 19 N. Fourth St. presents live music by Blame Sally. More info: stevesguitars.net.
LEGAL SERVICES • Alpine Legal Service offers intake to eligible clients from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mondays and Fridays at the Garfield County Courthouse in Glenwood Springs and Tuesdays and Wednesdays at the Pitkin County Courthouse in Aspen. More info: 945-8858, 920-2828. ROTARY MEETING • The Mt. Sopris Rotary Club holds its weekly lunch meeting at noon Thursdays at the Aspen Glen Club featuring a local speaker. More info: 948-0693.
ACOUSTIC CARNAHANS • Singer/ songwriter T Ray Becker hosts an acoustic music night with new musicians every week from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursdays at Carnahan’s Tavern (formerly the Black Nugget), 403 Main St. More info: 963-4496.
FARMERS MARKET • The Carbondale Farmers Market takes place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays through Sept. 29 at Fourth and Main streets. Fruits, veggies, meats, cheeses, bread, prepared food, live music and more. More info: carbondalefarmersmarket.org.
SUICIDE SURVIVORS’ SUPPORT • A support group for those who have lost a loved one to suicide meets the second Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Glenwood Springs, 824 Cooper St. More info: 945-1398, or pamsz@sopris.net.
MAIN STREET BAZAAR • The Main Street Market and Artist Bazaar runs from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays on Main Street. Vintage retro-wares, books, music, veggies, preserves, clothing, live music and more. More info and to reserve a booth location: 704-4190.
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Community Briefs Grow dome potluck and work day The finishing touches are being put on the geodesic grow dome greenhouse at Roaring Fork High School, which will be used not only to provide local, sustainably grown food, but also as a learning facility. On Saturday, July 31, volunteers are encouraged to bring their work gloves, shovels and water bottles to the dome to begin planting herbs and a fruit tree. The work day lasts from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Then, on Sunday, Aug. 1, a community potluck will take place to celebrate the com-
pletion of the grow dome and to thank all those who have contributed to it. The celebration will run from 5 to 8 p.m. at the dome behind the high school on Highway 133 south of town. To be sure the meal does not end up as one great big tabouleh salad, post what you plan to bring at rfhs-greenhouse.blogspot.com. Bring your own silverware and dishes as well.
Former CNN CEO to speak in C’dale Walter Isaacson, former managing editor of Time magazine and CEO of CNN, will speak
in Carbondale on Aug. 8 as part of the Roaring Fork Cultural Council’s speaker series. Isaacson began his journalism career at The Sunday Times of London and then moved to his hometown paper, the New Orleans Times-Picayune. In 1978, he joined TIME and worked as political correspondent, national editor and editor of new media before becoming managing editor in 1996. He was the CEO of CNN for two years before he took his current position as president of the Aspen Institute. Isaacson’s talk, “From Old Media to the New,” will focus on journalism’s survival in the digital age, when many readers expect news to be free. In his article, “How to Save Your Newspaper,” published in TIME last year, he challenged, “those who believe that all content should be free should reflect on who will open bureaus in Baghdad or be able to fly off as freelancers to report in Rwanda under such a system.” The program begins at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 8 at the Thunder River Theatre, 67 Promenade. Tickets are $10, and seating is limited. For more information and tickets, visit rfculturalcouncil.org.
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A crowd turned out for the inaugural ride on the new Crystal River Valley bike path. As of the ribbon-cutting ceremony last weekend, the first five paved miles of the trail are officially open for walking, running and wheeled wandering of all shapes and sizes. Photo by Jane Bachrach
YouthEntity holds its seventh annual Golf Outing Fundraiser at the Aspen Glen Club on Aug. 16. For $250 per individual or $500 per couple contestants play a round of golf, enjoy cocktails, dinner and get a shot at winning prizes. Donors of $500 or more will be entered in a drawing to win a set of irons and an Aspen Glen golf bag valued at over $1,000.
Registration is at 12:30 p.m. and a shotgun start is at 1 p.m. Cocktails and dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. along with the prize ceremonies and presentations from students about the recent successes of YouthEntity. To register, contact Melissa English at Melissa@youthentity.org or 379-5608. Donations may be mailed to YouthEntity; P.O. Box 1989; Carbondale, CO 81623. for more information, visit youthentity.org.
CMC to offer environmental degrees
Based on strong student interest, a college-wide commitment to sustainability and the current growth in “green” careers, Colorado Mountain College is introducing two new programs related to sustainability. Beginning in fall 2011, the college will offer an Associate of Science degree, encompassing coursework in natural and physical sciences with an emphasis on environmental science. The program is intended to help students take advantage of the rapid growth in careers related to sustainability. At the same time, CMC will also kick off an Associate of Arts degree with an emphasis on environmental studies. This program will be grounded in the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences, and will include coursework in ethics, economics and environmental science. “We observed that there were a large number of students within CMC who were interested in pursuing environmental degrees. These programs will give them that opportunity,” said Associate Professor of EnvironCOMMUNITY BRIEFS page 14
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.
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Can journalism survive — and, if so, will it be in a form that we recognize? Given all the warnings of change in the news industry, why was it possible for the old media industry to be caught unawares? Are new revenue models viable or merely hopeful? Is there any path forward that is cause for optimism for traditional media — particularly the print media? What does the change to digital mean for the individual journalist? Are a new set of skills necessary and/or a new way of doing business? What does all the cascading change mean for the First Amendment and Freedom of the Press? Listen to one of the country’s most distinguished journalists, biographers and experts discuss a time of change that is only going to accelerate. Walter Isaacson, Aspen Institute President & CEO, Rhodes Scholar, 14th Managing Editor of TIME magazine in 1996, Chairman & CEO of CNN in 2001, and best selling author and eminent biographer Additional Information and Tickets on sale at www.rfculturalcouncil.org now! Or call 948-7060 for information. Ask for Craig THE SOPRIS SUN • JULY 29, 2010 • 13
Community Briefs mental Science Robert Wang, Ph.D. Wang said the college’s new two-year environmental degrees will provide pathways for students who wish to pursue their bache-
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lor’s degrees in environmental science, sustainability and green business. For more information visit coloradomtn.edu or call 800-621-8559.
Art Briefs TRTC announces upcoming season Thunder River Theatre Company (TRTC) has announced its 2010-2011 season. The season will open with Sarah Ruhl’s “The Clean House,”a theatrical look at class, comedy, and the nature of love directed by Sue Lavin. The play runs in September and October. December will bring“The Mysteries of Shakespeare,” an in-depth theatrical look into the life, times, plays and mysteries of Shakespeare. This production is developed, written, and directed by TRTC Executive Artistic Director Lon Winston and Associate
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Artistic Director Valerie Haugen. In February, TRTC will stage Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play “A Streetcar Named Desire” starring Valerie Haugen as Blanche DuBois, and directed and designed by Lon Winston. In June and July, TRTC will close the season with“The Trip to Bountiful,” by Pulitzer Prize-winner Horton Foote. It’s a sentimental play about the myth of an idea called home. To learn more about TRTC or purchase season tickets, visit thunderrivertheatre.com, email lonw@sopris.net, or call 963-8200.
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Business Briefs New face at The Flesicher Company The Fleisher Company has announced that attorney Garret Brandt has joined the firm as director of business development and broker associate. Garret, who has represented clients throughout the Roaring Fork Valley for 12 years, is excited to be joining Fleisher Land & Homes and pursuing his passion for all aspects of real estate transactions. He will use his expertise to identify value properties for buyers and significant development opportunities for investors. Garret was raised in Aspen and attended college in Texas where he earned degrees in accounting and law. Following law school Garret worked for two years as chief legislative aid to Texas State Representative John Shields. Since returning to the valley, Garret has served on the Basalt Elementary School Accountability Committee and the board of directors for Alpine Christian Academy. Founded in 1975, The Fleisher Company has offices in Aspen, Carbondale, Basalt and Rifle. The Fleisher Company and Fleisher Land & Homes is a full service real estate firm offering expertise in commercial and residential sales, leasing, property management, maintenance and development. Garret can be reached at 704-1515 or thefleishercompany.com.
Local bank receives award American National Bank, with a location on Dolores Way in Carbondale, has once again received the highest rating as a Blue Ribbon Bank from VERIBANC, Inc., an independent bank-rating firm. The Blue Ribbon Bank award is reserved for highly rated financial institutions that demonstrate exceptional attention to safety, soundness and financial strength. Blue Ribbon is the oldest national expression of approval presented to banks by private sector analysts. “We believe this designation reinforces our commitment to our customers and shareholders in maintaining our financial strength,” said bank president and CEO Dennis Nathan. American National Bank is a member of the Sturm Financial Group, which consists of 42 community banks in four states.
Alpine Bank gives $27K in scholarships Alpine Bank recently awarded $27,000 to the Colorado Mountain College Foundation to go toward student scholarships. The funds come from the bank’s donation of one dime per transaction when customers use their CMC Loyalty Visa Check Card. So far, the college’s loyalty card has generated $57,000 toward scholarships, including $30,000 from the previous year. Since the inception of the loyalty card program, the bank has donated more than $2.5 million to various non-profit organizations across western and southwestern Colorado.
Holy in the moment “This is the first, the wildest and the wisest thing I know: that the soul exists and is built entirely out of attentiveness.� — Mary Oliver Like many locals and visitors, July and August are my preferred months for getting chased off high alpine ridges in lightning and hail storms. If it isn’t lightning, a heavy rain won’t run me off, although early, mid and late season snowstorms and cold winds cutting through summer’s light layers of clothing will. Besides the propensity of mosquitoes, the rain can be quite brilliant, lowering the number of visitors on July and August’s heavily trafficked trails, and sometimes shrouding the mountains in mist. It isn’t that I have an aversion to foul weather, but am typically found with a fly rod in one hand and lingering fish slime by Cameron Scott in the other, having captured a camera-full of scenic vistas, so the idea of getting struck by an enormous electrical bolt after smaller home and construction mishaps is highly unappealing. While self preservation for the sake of posting up Facebook photos has crossed my mind before, usually an escape from lightning is an adrenaline pumping, wrong drainage descent for shelter, made more fun by having a good friend or two along for the adventure. Although getting chased around by the off-kilter cracks of lightning and rolling peals of ions setting themselves straight often heightens the occasions of slogging through long valleys and lung-busting climbs, I am often struck as much, if not more, by the sheer exhilaration of a ptarmigan
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or grouse exploding from beneath my footsteps, or quieter moments like watching the evening sun rise up the scarps and cliffs of a ridgeline to the clatter of rock fall and the distant din of a waterfall. At least 10 times a day while hiking through the backcountry the startling changes of micro climates astounds me. Suddenly climbing up through a conifer forest, my hands become covered by pitch as the aroma of last year’s needles and cones rise beneath my footsteps. Moving into the open-aired lightness of a strand of aspens, with the initials of past travelers hauntingly scarred over, the paper-thin clattering of leaves raises goose bumps on the back of my neck. The spongy softness of green-lipped shores and banks of tundra above tree level, the hollow rattles and thunks of unbalanced rocks as I cross fields of scree, is like a broken song. But I suppose, more than anything, it is the sparse power of the backcountry that attracts me the most. And I’m not talking about just spending an hour on my knees searching for wild strawberries or wandering aimlessly through patches of raspberries and thimbleberries, not even picking glacier lilies for their melonish taste or plucking a leaf or two of sorrel. It’s not the neck craning cliffs or majestic peaks, the rough sandstone, limestone, the volcanic scoria, big white gleaming chunks of feldspar, slabs of granite, and various thrusts and uplifts. Not even the numerous lakes and tarns that sit at the bases of cirques and moraines or the way rain carries over ridges, and sun slants through trees. I’m talking about the awareness of it all. From my personal favorite (fishing the bottoms of steep mountain valleys where fish mirror birds hovering in luminal windows) to eating a late lunch on the giant roots of a sprawling tree. From dusks spent climbing out of the steep cataracts, grabbing onto layers of dry grass with pine needles slipping and snapping beneath each step. Stumbling backwards and digging into dirt with reel seat, knees and wrists, the dust settling in a tangle of
My thoughts are like the creek I can see far up slope which tumbles over the moraine’s lip then disappears beneath boulders only to emerge again singing itself into the lake. For a minute I search the fading light in the direction of a pika’s shrill whistle until I locate its large ears as it materializes on a nearby boulder. How much of ourselves do we recognize in this alpine world? In the fire which beckons through the trees, or laughter which spreads above us like the shelter of a tarp. Today I thought about the way each drop of rain unfolds some new scent. And tonight how in each breath we also unfold. All of us, wandering out onto the log which extends like a platform in the sky. – Cameron Scott scrub oak, rosehips and dry leaves, followed by a bloody climb back to a bench of aspen and fir. One hundred feet of open air, the river below, calling. My feeling is that the trails and roads that lead into the backcountry, and the towns and cities that sit within the edges of mountain ranges, are places of attentiveness and awareness. While this is not always the case, there is an attentiveness and awareness that exists in silence; living in the mountains is an attempt to penetrate experience thoroughly, to its core.
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO AMENDING TITLE 18 OF THE CARBONDALE TOWN CODE CONCERNING APPROVAL OF A LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT TO ALLOW CRYSTAL RIVER MARKETPLACE, LCC AND COLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCHOOL TO SWAP TWO PARCELS OF LAND AND A REZONE OF ONE OF THE PARCELS
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