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Closed to Development A new conservation easement closes the gate to development on a ranch south of Carbondale By Terray Sylvester

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arbondale residents probably won’t notice the benefits of the July 30 agreement to preserve the Cold Mountain Ranch – at least not right away. The roughly 610-acre conservation easement passed into the hands of Pitkin County and the Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust on July 30. It’s designed to do two big things: Protect the property from becoming a subdivision or a golf course, and ensure that it remains in agriculture. But mainly, the easement is intended to preserve the land as it is. For owner Bill Fales, who currently runs about 200 head of cattle at Cold Mountain, agriculture is the primary goal of the easement “I think it’s really important to preserve some land. I think it’s really important to preserve the ability to grow food. I don’t think it’s important to have more golf courses,” Fales said. To ensure that the land remains in agriculture, the ranch’s water, mineral and grazing rights will remain with the property, Fales said. The water rights, some of the most senior in the valley, were a particularly crucial component of the agreement. “This easement is co-held by Pitkin County and the Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust, and neither of them are very keen on conserving a big, irrigated ranch and then having a person get rid of the water,” Fales said. Fales worked to bring the Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust into the agreement as another means of preserving the agricultural value of the land, “It’s really to double up on the protection so that I make sure there’s always an entity to enforce this easement. Who knows what political winds will blow in 100 years,” said Fales, who is president of the trust. “I wanted their perspective at the table. The majority of their board is appointed by the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association and is made up of agricultural producers. So they have an understanding of the issues.” Fales predicted that Carbondale residents would feel the effects of the easement in subtle ways. Instead of experiencing an obvious gain, Carbondale has been spared a loss. A few more of those subtle benefits include the protection of water quality and wildlife habitat. A few more obvious ones are public access to the river and preservation of scenic values. The easement sets aside a 2.5-acre riverfront parcel near the northern boundary of the property for public recreation. The ranch lies alongside route 133, south of the border between Garfield and Pitkin counties. Until last week, it was one of the few remaining open

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e Beauty-Bucket List The beautiful thing about life is change. When one door closes and life seems like one long maze of a hallway, suddenly you turn the corner and see a neon exit light with that little stick figure running down stairs. As I age, I am genuinely pleased with the changes overall. I fondly remember finding my first freckle/age spot, and the rite of passage when I recently bought a one-piece swimsuit again after 30 years of bikinis. Of course, some parts of aging are not appreciated – I had to start resistance training this summer to fight the battle-of-old-lady-upper-arms, but in general I feel pretty good. I tell myself it’s because I’ve finally reached an age where I don’t care what anyone else thinks of my body, but honestly it’s because I don’t have to worry about anyone snapping pictures of me in my swimsuit and then posting them at the supermarket. The expectations placed on women in the spotlight are ridiculous, and I don’t envy them for a moment. The actual adult female form was sketched and painted with accuracy for thousands of years until suddenly, in the last century, the ideal became a sci-fi, skinny hairless doll with giant plastic orb-boobs. I have a theory about this perplexing trend: it comes from the legendary ’80s movie, “They Live.” Aliens are really in charge and they’re not big fans of curves or body hair, perhaps because they envy both. The ultra-shaved look became popular sometime ago, By Jeannie Perry then we added a hot wax procedure known as a ‘Brazilian’ to the beauty-bucket list, and now the women of Europe are apparently ridding their bodies of all hair with some magic crystal pads for only $49.99! (At least this is what I’ve gleaned. Not having cable, it’s difficult to get the whole story.) And while the serious-lack-of-curves issue has been addressed for years, the situation doesn’t seem to be getting any better. Just so we’re all clear on this, “healthy” for 98 percent of women does not mean having the torso of a young Greek boy. I have to wonder if in hundreds of years people won’t look back and wonder why grown women would’ve paid good money to get rid of all of the attributes of a grown woman. So who can we blame for starting this peculiar beauty trend? Trekkies? Rupert Murdoch? Brazilians? Surely Brazilian men, and their continental counterparts, prefer a mature woman’s beauty to schoolgirl fetch. Men don’t reject a woman based on unruly body hair. Hell, during football season, half of them wouldn’t even notice if we grew a goatee. Women are much more conscientious when it comes to tweezing, waxing and shaving. Men don’t even shave against the grain for a smoother, sexier shave as that creates coarser stubble. Yet women of every age succumb to the endless pressure of maintaining detailed aspects of our bodies, and for what? It’s not to grab the attention of men. After all, as George Carlin said,“Ladies, leave your eyebrows alone. Here's how much men care about your eyebrows: Do you have two of them? Okay, we're done.” Last time I stood in line at the grocery store, scanning the racks for news on the origin of Angelina’s next baby, I wondered if I’ll live to see beautiful, real women on the covers – mothers and sisters with grey hair and laugh lines, wives and daughters with b-cups and bellies – instead of being bombarded with reminders that our shapes, sizes and natural hair colors are not up to snuff. What happened to that soft simplicity that has propelled feminine power for generations? I compared Jennifer Aniston to the checkout girl: a perfectly constructed girl-next-door nose versus a cutely pelicanish one covered in freckles; an expensive precision-cut smile versus a Jewel-like, overlapped incisor; an airbrush-perfect complexion every time I see her at the checkout stand versus the occasional blemish; and I realized that real beauty is organic and cannot be bought, sold or processed. It is a self-fulfilling prophesy: The more we buy in, the faster it grows, appearing seemingly overnight like those incredibly long chin hairs we pluck, wax and fry with a laser.

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PitCo, face these facts Dear Editor: I do not need to be lectured at by the Pitkin County Commissioners concerning open space. Garfield County three times defeated development proposals at Sanders Ranch/Cattle Creek Crossing. Pitkin County has allowed the monstrosity that is Base Village in Snowmass. Garfield County residents are aggressively fighting oil and gas development in Thompson Creek and the Roan Plateau. Pitkin allows its streams to be sucked up for snowmaking so wealthy tourists can ski two weeks earlier. I organized the open space ballot in Garfield County. Hundreds worked to get it passed and thousands voted in favor. To deny

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the Sutey/Two Shoes exchange is to punish those in Garﬁeld who are open space, environmental advocates because of the votes of those who are not. Unlike Sarah Palin, who can see Russia from her backyard, 99 percent of Pitkin County residents cannot see Mount Sopris. Those who can have not voiced opposition to the land exchange, and they are the ones who are most familiar with the advantages and disadvantages of the exchange. Pitkin County is not going to lose revenue as a result of the exchange. The Sutey property will be anesthetized from development, and the Sopris property will be put in a conservation easement. It is a ﬁnancial reality that Mr. Wexner will not donate, nor should he, the Sutey prop-

erty; and it is a political reality that Garfield County will not have an open space program any time soon. However, Pitkin County’s decision should not be based on criticisms of the wealthy or political entities over which it has no control. The decision needs to be based on the benefits and detriments of the land exchange. Are the political leaders of the Roaring Fork Valley going to start making decisions based on the merits of a proposal? Or shall we continue to fight turf wars where commissioners continue to refuse to cooperate based on the perception that the other has not done enough? I urge the Pitkin County Commissioners to recommend approval of the land exchange. Calvin Lee Carbondale

Mountain Fair makes her smile Dear Editor: The Carbondale Mountain Fair comes ’round every year, like clockwork, on the last full weekend of July.Things happen either“before Mountain Fair” or “after Mountain Fair.” I myself put almost everything off until “after Mountain Fair.” So here it is, the calm after the storm in which I can sit and reflect on the magic I feel every day living in this community. Of course, Mountain Fair exemplifies this. Seriously folks, there is a dream team that works January until July to pull off this event. There is no compensation involved, at least financially, but the camaraderie and love that flows keeps volunteers coming back year after year. Snowmass and Aspen may pay high dollar to have their waste properly disposed of, but here in Carbondale, we have a team of people that volunteer their time to separate compostables from just-plain-disgusting garbage so that our earth sees a little less landfill and a little more love. Of course there is the Peace Patrol, with spray bottles and smiles; and the Info Booth, which has to handle everything from the police radio, to lost children, to very lost adults! The Oasis is wild with family energy.The Cantina is a nonstop work of mint and mojito.The Parking and Four Corners volunteer departments take people with big smiles and heart! There is a raffle to run and t-shirts to sell; setup and clean-up; bands to get on and off stage and vendors to keep happy. The list goes on and on but, ultimately, it’s about people coming together for a common cause. It’s about the collective power of those people to create something so good that it will live on forever in memories made. The fair does benefit the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities. This is important because it allows us to put on free summer concerts, arts programming in our schools, speaker series, music appreciation classes, First Friday, fashion shows and more. Best of all, it allows us to come together once a year and celebrate the diverse, delightful community we live in. A special thanks to Kat Rich and Mark Taylor and all of you who give of their time to make this world just a little better place to live. See ya next week at the final free Summer of Music concert. Come dance with me! Amy Kimberly Mountain Fair Director

Library district seeks public input Dear Editor: This summer has been an exciting and busy time at the Garﬁeld County libraries.There were programs every week, public computers buzzing with activity, and children reading about every-

thing from wagon train adventures to Star Wars battles. It has been a wonderful time to be at the library, and to know the community enjoys the materials and services available. The summer reading programs were the Garfield County libraries’ most popular programs with over 2,800 people participating in June and July. Children, teens, and adults were all encouraged to read, and great prizes are given away all summer long.This year children also had programs and activity days to spark their imaginations and help them be creative. Teens participated in programming from treasure hunts to henna tattoos, duct tape creations to photography. Your local librarians work very hard to create programming that will engage the community. Each year we learn from past successes and failures. We also look for ways to improve the experience for everyone. As this summer programming comes to an end, we ask for your help in creating future programming. It takes only three to five minutes, but can give the libraries valuable insight into ways we can improve the summer. Please go to www.garfieldlibraries.org, click on our summer survey, and let your voice be heard. You can also find a paper version of the survey at any Garfield County library. The survey will ask you about the children’s program, teen program, and/or adult program. Let us know if you enjoyed Science Gone Mad so we can have Alonzo back next year. Tell us if the activity days were a success with your children, or if they just didn’t work. The libraries strive to provide high-quality summer programs that are also just plain fun. Please help us continue to improve our programs by letting us know what you like. If you have any comments or suggestions you wish to share outside the survey please email me at ehisel@marmot.org. On behalf of the Garfield County libraries I would like to thank everyone who participated in one of our Summer Reading Programs. We have enjoyed supporting the families who read together, the adults who checked out romance novels to read by the pool, and the teens who discovered a story they could relate to. Thank you for making the libraries part of your summer! Emily Hisel Garfield County Library District

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P&Z ‘whacks down’ dense residential plan on Village site By Trina Ortega Developer Rich Schierburg said he knew Carbondale’s Planning & Zoning Commission would whack him down, so he must now come up with a plan with fewer residential units and more open space for the 24-acre Village at Crystal River along north Highway 133. “I didn’t expect to get sign off. I knew that residential density would be an issue,” Schierburg said at the July 30 P&Z public hearing. Schierburg’s most recent proposal calls for 125,000 to 145,000 square feet of commercial space and 280 residential units, plus up to 24 potential employee housing units, on the site near Colorado Rocky Mountain School. Such a plan would have been as dense as Garﬁeld Apartments, which contains 35 units per acre. “There is no magic to 300. If I came here with 160, you’d whack me down,” he said. “Can I live with less than 300? Yes. Can I live with 160? Not even close.” Carbondale Community Development Director Doug Dotson has noted that residential density would be a top concern in the discussion since the Economic Roadmap Group identiﬁed the property as a site for future commercial growth. When it presented its recommendations in 2005, the group said 160 residential units would be appropriate on the site. As Schierburg reviewed his proposal, his voice grew more forceful. “I’m actually surprised I haven’t gotten more kudos” for what he has called the “character plan,” he said. The alternative would have been a plan for a 125,000-square-foot big box retailer. “Over time, this town’s going to be larger than it is today.… Maybe some people don’t want that growth. The people who don’t want that growth are not going to get the commercial,” he stated, reiterating that “residential drives commercial.” To allow for more residential units, Schierburg is seeking a rezoning of the property as a Planned Unit Development. However, P&Z members overwhelm-

The latest proposal for the village at Crystal river positions the 60,000-square-foot grocer at the north end and two 65-foot apartment-style buildings near the center. ingly felt that the proposal is too dense. Jeff Dickinson said that overall the plan is “dark” and lacks open space. “Pick your favorite Midwestern city – Detroit, Buffalo – this plan came from somewhere, but not Carbondale,” he said of the Denver-based Peregrine Group proposal. Adding to the density, the proposal also calls for a height variance to allow buildings as tall as 40 feet throughout the parcel, except on one lot that would contain two, four-story, 65-foot-tall apartment buildings. Carbondale does not have any fourstory buildings, and only recently did the P&Z recommend that the downtown be rezoned to allow a building height increase from 36 feet to 42 feet to allow for greater housing and retail diversity. (Dubbed the

downtown “Overlay,” the concept is currently being reviewed by the Board of Trustees.) Although Schierburg agreed to lower the building heights, he said he had a hard time accepting that the commission was OK with 42-foot heights just a few blocks east on Main Street but not in his development. P&Z member Lorey Esquibel found that argument unsettling.“When does that stop? I’m pretty uncomfortable with 50-foot-tall buildings anywhere in Carbondale.” At the July 28 meeting, members of the public showed up and shared their thoughts, voicing concern over a lack of pedestrian- and bike-access, a potential inﬂux of franchises, and the orientation of

the grocery store. Carbondale resident Jason White questioned the necessity of adding more commercial space when empty commercial units exist elsewhere in town. He also wondered what would become of the current City Market building if a new, larger supermarket is included in the development. Carbondale resident Laurie Loeb criticized the project as too dense and out of scale in a town where residents want to preserve the small town feel. Schierburg will submit a new plan with fewer residential units and more open space at the continued public hearing on Aug. 27. The next P&Z meeting takes place Aug. 13, when the commission will look at longterm planning for Highway 133.

Developer, trustees continue to haggle over the Overlook By Jeremy Heiman Last week, the developers of the Overlook neighborhood proposed changes to answer a list of criticisms leveled at their project, which, if approved, will occupy 12 acres north of town hall. But as yet it’s unclear whether Carbondale town trustees will ask for further revisions. At the town council meeting on July 28, Glenwood Springs attorney Larry Green presented revisions to the Overlook plans. Green represents C’dale LLC, the ﬁrm behind the development. One signiﬁcant revision addresses a handful of concerns at once. In prior hearings, Carbondale residents and trustees had complained that the proposed development was too dense, represented too much growth, included a park not even large enough to toss a Frisbee in, and failed to offer adequate views of the Delaney Open Space. The revised plan enlarges a park at the center of the

development to 1.2 acres, in the process eliminating 10 dwellings and opening up views of the nearby ﬁelds. The park, as newly designed, would measure an estimated 250 feet west to east – more than enough room for tossing a disc. The total number of dwellings would drop to 145. During public hearings on the development, trustees and citizens had also pushed for construction to occur in phases in order to reduce disruption, and to allow the town to gradually absorb the impacts of additional residents. Green told the trustees that the streets and utilities would all be put in place at once, at the beginning of construction, but said that buildings would be built in as many as seven phases, over a period of years. Mayor Michael Hassig asked the developer’s representatives whether they would commit to completing the development in a 12-year time span. Green replied that the uncertain economic cli-

mate would not permit such a commitment. Under the revised plans a proposed 50-room hotel will be left until the last phase. If a willing hotel developer is not found, C’dale hopes to convert the block reserved for the hotel to 25 residential units, or housing for elderly residents. In prior meetings, some trustees had expressed concern that the proposal included too few pedestrian paths. The revised plan includes a footpath along the top of the slope above the Delaney Open Space and additional walkways throughout the development. Previously, the Planning & Zoning Commission had pressed C’dale LLC to include 22 or 23 affordable housing units, or 15 percent of the development’s total, to meet town guidelines. But in the latest plan the developers stated that “affordable” units as expensive as $405,000, are currently standing unoccupied in Carbondale because low-income residents

can’t afford them. The developer argued that the Overlook, as proposed, consists of moderately sized units and includes none of the large, high-proﬁt houses that usually subsidize affordable housing. Green told the trustees that, instead, the developer proposes to build up to 10 percent of the dwellings, or about 15 units, to sell for $250,000 or less. Under the revised plan, four of those would be built on an acre of town land adjacent to the developer’s property. Previously, trustees had also objected that many of the proposed dwellings were not oriented for optimal solar energy generation. With the latest revisions the developer’s architects cited studies indicating that although the units will not be oriented directly to the south they would still be able to generate solar energy with at least 95.8 percent efﬁciency. Town trustees will discuss The Overlook again during a special meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 19. THE SOPRIS SUN • AUGUST 6, 2009 • 3

News Briefs Blue is the new green Carbondale-based Blue Tent Marketing was recently accepted into the Green Businesses Network. The company is now also listed in the National Green Pages Directory – the nation’s only directory of screened and approved green businesses – among such notable companies as Patagonia and Teva. In 2008, Blue Tent committed to enhancing the company's environmental proﬁle by examining its energy use and waste stream, and expanding its community outreach programs. To date, Blue Tent has teamed up with YouthEntity to create a valley-wide computer recycling program. The company plans to install a solar panel system in 2010-2011. Blue Tent’s client list now includes nonproﬁts such as Solar Energy International, the Aspen Valley Land Trust, and YouthEntity. Blue Tent Marketing, founded in 2002, is a privately held internet marketing agency based in Carbondale that specializes in helping small- to medium-sized companies “Win on the Web.”

Seats open on school board Two seats on the Roaring Fork School District Board of Directors are open for 2010. The seats are in District A, which includes the area south of the Frying Pan Road, including old-town Basalt west to Catherine Store; and District E, including

the area north of the Frying Pan Road extending west into Missouri Heights. District E includes portions of El Jebel north of Highway 82 and the Blue Lake subdivision. Terms are for four years each. Eligible candidates will be placed on the ballot for the regular biennial school election to be held Nov. 3. Candidates must have been a registered voter and a resident of the school district for at least 12 consecutive months before the election and a resident of the district they will represent. Nomination forms are available at the RFSD ofﬁce at 1405 Grand Ave., Glenwood Springs, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Completed petitions should be submitted to the district ofﬁce no later than 1 p.m. Aug. 28. Questions regarding petitions and district boundaries may be directed to Cyndy Hallford, election coordinator, at 384-6009.

County Road 100 Fire trial to begin The trial for Larry Gerbaz, the man accused of starting the County Road 100 Fire near Carbondale last April, will begin on Friday. Gerbaz, who is represented by Glenwood Springs attorney Thomas Silverman, has plead not guilty to two counts of arson;one a misdemeanor charge for causing property damage in excess of $100, and one a felony charge for endangering a person.

Jury selection and other preliminary matters will begin on Aug. 7 at the Garfield County Courthouse in Glenwood Springs. The trial is scheduled to last two weeks. The fire broke out on April 15, 2008, along County Road 100, also known as Catherine Store Road. Before fire fighters brought it under control, the flames damaged several structures and threatened dozens of homes. Gerbaz, a rancher, has also faced civil suits related to the blaze.

A phone-y tree In late July, members of the crew erecting this 55-foot-high cell tower were sleeving faux branches onto bolts protruding from the steel structure. The tower is owned by Sprint Nextel and stands across County Road 109 from the Ironbridge subdivision. By the time you read this, the bogus branches, with their plasticky needles, will no doubt be styled in the shape of a (not quite) typical evergreen. Roger Aragon, foreman for contractor MC2 of Golden, said the steel column, which weighs 3,750 pounds, is mounted on a concrete pier buried 12 feet in the earth. Additional antenna panels will be attached to the steel framework at the top. Aragon said the new cell tower was needed to provide better service for Sprint Nextel customers traveling Highway 82.

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Edible garden and farm school in the works at Roaring Fork High School By sue Gray Edible schoolyards, where students can learn to grow and eat fresh organic vegetables, are becoming a reality in the Roaring Fork Valley. But in Carbondale, the idea is being taken a step further. Roaring Fork High School is set to become the site of the first combined edible schoolyard and Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm school in Colorado, said Jerome Osentowski, who runs the Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute. During the school year, a proposed 42-foot diameter greenhouse dome and 1.5-acre organic garden will provide opportunities for teachers to conduct applied education classes. The garden space will also produce vegetables for the high school cafeteria. Then, from May through September, the garden space will be used to train interns in running a CSA-business, a program in which customers sign up to receive regular deliveries of produce from a local farm during each growing season. Such arrangements are growing more popular. In 2007, the first year the U.S. Department of Agriculture thought it worthwhile to scrutinize CSAs within its annual census, 12,549 U.S. farms reportedly marketed their products through CSA programs. Osentowski came up with the idea for the CSA Farm School after he, Jennifer Craig of Ute City Farm, and Ken Kuhns of Peach Valley CSA, partnered with Fat City Farmers to form Aspen Homegrown, which provided training to 10 students last year on land temporarily provided by Craig. “I was thinking, how do we train more CSA farmers for high altitude gardening?” said Ostentowski, while explaining the roots of the high school project.“Why not create an official school that would train 20 students a year?” The idea to locate the garden at the high school came from Carbondale resident Illène Pevec, who has worked to create school gardens over the last 11 years and, for her Ph.D., is currently studying how young people benefit from gardening. When Pevec’s suggestion was presented to principal Cliff Colia, Colia immediately said, “yes.” The architectural plans for the greenhouse were produced by Michael Thompson of Fat City Farmers. The design for the garden was drawn up by interns studying at the permaculture institute. All the plans, along with a formal proposal for the project, were presented at the RFSD Re-1 School Board meeting on May 13, where they were unanimously approved. Teachers are already building lesson plans around the proposed garden. RFHS science teacher Hadley Hentschel attended the first public meeting, held at the high school on July 13. He’s developing an agricultural biology curriculum that he says “will focus on the science of soil, crops and water as it applies to the students’ daily life as far as putting food on the table.” He already has 60 students signed up for his classes. And health teacher Jennifer Edwards is planning to utilize the garden to teach the relationship between nutrition and health.

Organizers of the roaring Fork High school Greenhouse project join teachers and others to form a circle the size of the greenhouse at the future site of the farm school and edible garden. photo courtesy of Jerome Osentowski

Next Steps

The staff of the Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute is working to drum up funds to support the Roaring Fork High School Edible Schoolyard Project. The first event will likely occur on Aug. 12 with with a screening of the documentary “Fresh” at 7pm. “Fresh” explains how the corporate food industry affects our health and our environment. It features sustainable agriculture star Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food and The Omnivore’s Dilemma.

Admission is free but donations to the greenhouse project will be appreciated. For more information about the film log on to freshmovie.com. For more information on the edible schoolyard proposal log on to: rfhsgreenhouse.ning.com, call the Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute at 927-4158, or log on to crmpi.org.

If all goes as planned, the school will host a greenhouse 42 feet in diameter surrounded by an edible garden.

As yet, however, the folks organizing the project are still looking for money. They received a $5,000 outreach grant from the University of Colorado to help purchase relevant curriculum and reference books. But while groups such as Fat City Farmers, Slow Food Roaring Fork, the Brady Foundation, and C.O.R.E have stepped in with donations, only a portion of the funding for the construction of the garden and greenhouse is being provided by grants and donations from organizations. Project coordinators also hope to solicit funds from community members. Osentowski thinks it is the sort of project the commu-

nity will want to support. “This is an opportunity for our kids to make the connection between their food and their health,” he said, “How cool will it be for kids to eat salads in their cafeteria made with vegetables they grew themselves in their school greenhouse?” As soon as the necessary funds roll in, construction will begin on the greenhouse, which will take about a week to erect. If all goes according to plan, Roaring Fork High School students and teachers will be enjoying fresh organic vegetables in their cafeteria lunches next spring.

Cop Shop Tuesday, July 28 8:00 a.m. A bronze Columbia Waverly bicycle with white tires was reported stolen from Crystal Circle. A vintage racing bike, the Waverly was reportedly worth $200. Tuesday, July 28 4:30 p.m. A driver crashed into a tree in Cleveland place and allegedly threatened a nearby resident who reported the incident. The driver was arrested and booked in county jail, and served a summons for careless driving, harassing and menacing. Tuesday, July 28 10:35 p.m. A man reported that his brother-in-law was being harassed on Facebook by someone he met at the Carbondale Mountain Fair. The man’s wife asked about the potential for ﬁling a restraining order. No charges were pressed. Wednesday, July 29 8:00 p.m. A resident of Barber Drive called the police to ask if several $100 dollar bills were counterfeit. Police examined the bills and determined that they “looked OK.”

Wednesday, July 29 8:30 p.m. An unidentified male was reportedly calling City Market and harassing employees. Thursday, July 30 2:28 p.m. A 1958 Martin Guitar, estimated to be worth $2,000, was reported stolen from a location on Main Street. Thursday, July 30 5:00 p.m. Four Carbondale officers assisted an EMT with a difficult patient. The patient charged the officers several times and assaulted the EMT. The EMT declined to press charges. Thursday, July 30 9:24 p.m. Police investigated a report of possible gunshots fired near Miner’s Park. Youth in the area said that the noises were fireworks. Thursday, July 30 9:42 p.m. A Carbondale police offer assisted county police in handling a suicidal subject with a gun. The subject was taken into custody without incident.

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Scuttlebutt Keep your eyes peeled On Sunday, July 19, all of the locks on Keith Brand’s trailer were cut and all of his tools, worth between $25,000 and $30,000, were taken. Brand’s trailer was parked at the Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork at the time. Brand owns the green building company, Terralink Structures, and all of his tools have white paint and the initials TLS on them. If you have any information regarding the location of the tools, please call Keith at 379-8002.

Raising a stink? There is one skunk cruising around Bonedale that either likes dogs or is simply a very polite skunk. It was reported to The Sopris Sun that early Saturday morning, around 3:00 am, a local couple’s dogs started barking incessantly, so the woman got up to let them out. It was early and she was groggy, and it didn’t cross her mind to keep her dogs inside in case a predator was lurking in her yard. When the dogs both shot out the back door and began barking even more, she realized her mistake and yelled for her sleeping boyfriend to wake up. Then the two grabbed a ﬂashlight and tiptoed outside – to ﬁnd the two dogs face to face with a skunk that was either too scared to spray them or was just being polite. The dogs continued to stand there and bark for a while. Then the younger dog began to make feeble attempts to attack the skunk. The humans watched helplessly, expecting the worst. In her mind, the woman was already mixing up a peroxide solution to get rid of skunk smell. But the guy bravely approached the danger zone and grabbed the collar of one dog. The other dog followed as they hurriedly scampered into the house. The skunk just stood and watched. After everyone was inside, she (the skunk was a girl) went ahead and did what nature equipped her to do to protect herself. But the point is, she waited politely until everyone was safely inside the house. So, when you see a skunk, don’t automatically assume that it’s going to release that yucky odor. After all, there is one polite skunk in Carbondale, and maybe there are more. The couple has named her “Miss Manners,” so keep your eyes open; maybe she’ll visit your yard and your dogs. By the way, she’s black with a white stripe stretching down her back.

Happy belated birthday to these locals: Ro Mead, Lynn Burton, Nelson Oldham, and Skip Bell.

Y’art sale or F’art sale The Carbondale Clay Center will be holding its annual Y'art sale in September and is looking for donations. If you have any art materials or supplies, pottery, framed prints or paintings, art books, or anything else art-related that you would like to donate for the sale, you can drop them off at the Clay Center. Donations are accepted between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday during the month of August. The Clay Center relies on your donations. So please help them have a successful Y'art sale. This Carbondale Clay Center beneﬁt is a fun event so donate now, then stop by the Y’art sale that takes place September 19 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. and buy some art.

Real Mountain Fair slide show

Maybe that’s why Alpine is stronger now than in our entire 35 year history.

If you didn’t catch the Mountain Fair slide show two weeks ago, you’ll have the opportunity to relive your Mountain Fair weekend one more time when the Carbondale Council on the Arts & Humanities runs the official slide show at the Mountain Fair volunteer’s party. The date and location, TBDS (to be decided soon), will be published here in The Sopris Sun. We’re told that it will be soon. If you didn’t volunteer this year and are planning to next year, you are welcome to attend. For those of you that did catch The Sopris Sun slide show, and would like to see it again, you’re invited also. It was unfortunate that The Sopris Sun slideshow was marred by technical difficulties and about 200 missing slides, but those problems have been addressed and the next one will be flawless (we hope).

Painting live On August 3, Majid Kahhak painted the live performance of Vince Gill and Amy Grant at the 6th Annual Vince Gill & Amy Grant Golf Classic at the Doerr-Hosier Center in Aspen. The painting was donated by Majid and was auctioned at the event. The proceeds will beneﬁt Challenge Aspen. Last year, at the same event, Majid’s painting was auctioned for $16,000 and this year it was auctioned for $20,000. Nice goin’ Majid!

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Got a rusty chain? Do your tires need some air? Has your bike been squeaking strangely? As of last Friday, you can turn your mechanical woes into bikes for the Carbondale community. The newly-formed Bonedale Bicycle Project has begun offering modestly priced minor bicycle repairs in the parking lot at the Backdoor Consignment Store. All of the proceeds from the repairs support the Project which, according to founder Aron Taylor, endeavors to create a community that cherishes bicycles as commuter vehicles. To that end, the Project has partnered with Colorado Rocky Mountain School to refurbish old bikes and distribute them into the community. The Bonedale Bicycle Project will be offering minor repair work every Friday from 10:00 a.m to 4 p.m. at the consignment store. The Consignment Store, which is located roughly behind Subs Spuds n’ Subs, will also be selling bikes refurbished by the project. Half of the proceeds from those sales will go the Bonedale Bicycle Project as well.

Carbondale recalibrates energy efficient building code By Terray sylvester Over the two years since Carbondale’s Energy Efficient Building Program went into effect, town staffers have learned that the building code will have to account for some larger homes than originally expected – and that its standards need to be stricter as well. Those changes will be included in the first set of amendments made to the code since it was implemented in 2007. As it was originally drafted, the Efficient Building Code established building standards for houses as large as 8,000 square feet, but extended no farther. Above the 8,000-square-foot mark, homes were essentially treated equally by the code. “When the code was developed, the thought was, ‘Well, hey, what is really the maximum size people are going to build? And we just didn’t think that people were going to start building those large homes’,” said Josh Smith, energy manager for the town of Carbondale. But since the original document was approved in 2007, a number of homes have pushed the upper limits of the original regulations, particularly in the River Valley Ranch subdivision, which not only includes some of the smallest affordable

housing units in town, but some of the largest mansions as well, said Jeff Dickinson, consultant to the town on the building code. At the July 14 meeting, trustees also decided to increase the number of points that builders and their clients will have to earn to meet the code. Since the first version of the code was drafted, town staff have learned that new construction has been able to comply with the code too readily, Smith said. “Just as when you’re training for a marathon, when you find you can run 15 miles fairly well, you bump it up and train harder,” Smith said. “It’s not a substantial increase. It’s not going to make or break anything.” Under the efficient building program, new, single-family residential construction in Carbondale must include a certain number of measures designed to boost energy efficiency, cut down on greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate environmental damage, such as photovoltaic panels, sustainably harvested building materials, and efficient heating and lighting. The program presents builders and their clients with a checklist of such measures. Each item on the checklist is worth a certain number of points. The larger the house, the more

points builders and their clients are required to earn. Under the original draft of the code, homes between 5,000 and 8,000 square feet had to earn between 150 and 230 points, now they’re required to earn between 230 and 330 points. Portions of some of the other building codes in the Roaring Fork Valley, such as Aspen’s, had been more stringent than Carbondale’s. As a result, builders were used to meeting stricter requirements. “What we’re seeing is that builders are doing this anyway. They’re beating the code by 15 to 20 percent,” Dickinson said. “We’re trying to raise the bar and meet the goals of the energy plan.” The Energy Efﬁcient Building Program is one of the major tools Carbondale is using to meet the goals laid out in the town’s Energy and Climate Protection Plan of 2005. That plan calls for a community-wide, 25 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions below 2004 levels by 2012. The plan also calls for Carbondale to draw at least 30 percent of its energy for heating and electricity from renewable sources by 2015. “Which is going to be really hard to do, but if you don’t set the goal you aren’t going to get there,” said town trustee

Frost Merriott. Merriott described the goals as “optimistic” when they were established four years ago, and said they’re still optimistic today. But, he stated, at least Carbondale is taking steps toward them, and sorting out the nuts and bolts of the Efficient Building Program is one of those steps. As yet, the code only addresses new, single-family residential construction. To be more effective, said Dickinson, the code will have to be modified to include new multi-family dwellings and new commercial development as well. Town trustees approved the amendments on a 6 to 1 vote on July 14, but the revisions have yet to be drafted into the legalese of the Efficient Building Code itself. The revisions will become binding when the trustees sign off on them on either August 18 or 25, Dickinson said. As Smith explained, the current set of amendments mark the beginning of what will be an ongoing process. The code will require regular updating to keep pace with technology improvements and evolving building practices. “It was still a little bit rough and ready when we approved the first code,” Smith said. “It’s not an ivory tower code. It’s really an on-the-ground code.”

Preserved for the future continued om page 1 parcels south of Carbondale not protected by a conservation easement. Martha Cochran, executive director of the Aspen Valley Land Trust, says that it was an attractive parcel for development. “There’s some more [developable land south of Carbondale] but it’s probably the most amenable to development,” Cochran said about the Cold Mountain Ranch. “It has highway access; there’s a lot of very beautiful, relatively flat land; and it’s right on the edge of town.” Fales said it is difficult to estimate the amount of development the land might have eventually seen if the conservation easement hadn’t been put in place. But he noted that the ranch’s proximity to Carbondale would potentially have left it open to more intensive development than allowed under the county zoning. “We’re … basically adjacent to Carbondale and there would always be an ability to annex in the future if it wasn’t protected,” Fales said. “And then all bets on density are off.” About 50 acres of the land preserved under the conservation easement lie in Garfield County, the rest in Pitkin County. Under the development terms approved along with the easement, three new homes no larger than 5,750 square feet can be built on the property. Fales said those houses may go to his daughters. “I have two daughters. We wanted to make sure they’d have a spot if they wanted,” Fales said. “It’s a small percent of what [the land] would handle.” Fales has lived and worked the land for 35 years. His wife, Marj Perry, arrived home to the land after she was born in Aspen Hospital and has lived there her entire life.

The Cold Mountain Ranch is a conglomeration of some of the Crystal River Valley’s oldest ranching terrain. Portions of the spread have been in agricultural production since the late 1880s, and the ranch itself was put together piece by piece over the years. In 1924, the Perry family began working a portion of the land now included in the ranch, and in 1941, Marj Perry’s father, Bob, bought land for the Mount Sopris Hereford Farm. Some of that land is also now included in the Cold Mountain spread as well. The easement had been in the works for about three years, ever since Pitkin County, the towns of Carbondale and Marble, the Aspen Valley Land Trust and other groups applied for the Crystal Watershed Legacy Grant under the Great Outdoors Colorado program. The money from that grant was distributed to a handful of projects in the Crystal River Valley, but the single largest chunk of it, roughly $2.4 million, went to the Cold Mountain Ranch easement. In February of this year, the remaining $5 million for the easement, which cost $7.5 million total, was awarded through Pitkin County’s Open Space and Trails Fund. But it took until the end of July to iron out the details, said Fales. Before the easement was put in place, the land had been appraised at $16 million. A thin sliver of BLM land divides the 610-acre easement into two parcels: a 160-acre stretch of sage-covered mesa east of Jerome Park above the Crystal River Valley; and roughly 500 acres of irrigated meadows that ﬂank Highway 133 and host two existing residences, infrastructure associated with the ranching operation, and about a mile of riverfront

The 610-acre Cold Mountain ranch is now protected from development. photo by Jane Bachrach along the Crystal River. Because the land under the easement lies near land protected by other conservation easements, it adds up to more than the sum of its own parts. The Flying Dog Ranch sits roughly to the east of the Cold Mountain Ranch, Sustainable Settings property borders the ranch to the south, and Richard Jelinek’s former ranch – now a portion of Leslie Wexner’s Two Shoes spread on Mount Sopris – lies to the southeast. All of those properties are held under conservation easements. The end result, says Fales, is a swath of protected private land that stretches uninterrupted from the Forest Service land beyond Jerome Park in the west, to the BLM and Forest Service land on the ﬂanks of Mount Sopris.

Martha Cochran of Aspen Valley Land Trust estimated that, all told, those easements add up to between 4,000 to 5,000 acres of conserved land. “It’s more like proving a negative,” said Fales when asked how the easment will affect Carbondale residents. “You know [the easement] keeps the land open for food production. It keeps it from going to subdivisions and housing. It keeps the water clean and protected. It does a huge number of amenities that people won’t notice so much because what they’ll notice is things staying the same.” Fales also mentioned that the ranch is the supplier for Crystal Valley Beef, so when Carbondalians eat at Ella, or the Village Smithy, or anywhere else that buys from Crystal Valley, “that beef comes off this land that’s now protected.” THE SOPRIS SUN • AUGUST 6, 2009 • 7

A hunger for art: Clay Center ceramicist works from a fascination with food By Trina Ortega As a clay artist, Ginny Simms always has her fingers in the “earth.” But as a person interested in the origins of her food, Simms likes to have her toes in the dirt, too. Working the soil for a garden, plucking ripened tomatoes from the vine, rinsing crops under water, and creating ceramic artwork all feel right to Simms, a Minneapolis-based potter whose solo show opens at the Carbondale Clay Center this Friday. With a bachelor’s degreein political science, Simms has been interested in politics and global change for years. That background, too, has had some influence in her artwork. Her hand-built and wheel-thrown works are designed to celebrate the act of gathering and eating. Politically, she says, she’s interested in the direction of food and agriculture. “I aim to investigate the moments in which we stop to nourish our bodies, and how our surroundings influence our contemplation during this time," Simms says on her Web site, www.ginnysimms.com. To her, earthen ceramics put beauty back into cooking and eating. She hopes all of her interests combine to help people enjoy shared times around the dinner table. “It’s also about gathering food — that whole cycle of having your feet in the dirt, rinsing tomatoes. Ultimately, maybe it’s paying attention to your food source. It feels like what you’re supposed to be doing — having your hands in the earth, gardening and cooking,” she said. Simms currently works as a teacher and materials technician at the Northern Clay Center in Minneapolis and will pursue her Master of Fine Arts from the University of Minnesota this fall. Hailing from Little Rock, Ark., she describes her background in ceramics as “not much of a story.” But she has been dabbling in clay since high school, and got “really serious” about ceramics after taking a workshop in 2005 at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village. That launched her into numerous residencies at clay centers around the nation. Between 2001 and 2004, Simms additionally traveled the world, studying with artists in Scotland, Spain, England and Italy. She said those travels “really kind of colored my life experience” because she got to see first-hand how other cultures live and share food. Simms did not grow up in a family that sat and ate dinner together, so it was fascinating to live with people whose routines included shared meals. One Italian family, for example, would pick asparagus from the side of the road and create a huge omelette of it. And Simms now takes time to enjoy small coffee breaks, just as the Spanish do.

The one-person invitational exhibit will feature roughly 25 of Simms’ pieces, both functional and sculptural. An opening reception will be from 6-8 p.m. Aug. 7 at the Clay Center, 135 Main St., and the exhibit runs through August. Call 963-CLAY for more information.

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Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities For its August show, CCAH is featuring work by local artists featured in the Mountain Fair locals’ booth. Nearly 20 artists will come together to highlight a range of work, including sculpture, photography, mixed media, painting, textiles jewelry and more. An opening reception will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday at the CCAH Gallery, 645 Main St. For details, phone 963-1680.

Parkside Gallery The new Parkside Gallery at the Crystal Glass Studio will display the work of several new artists who have joined the mixed fine craft gallery during the past few weeks. The gallery also features new pieces in the sculpture yard. Works by local and regional artists include furniture, ceramic, jewelry, glass, recycled sculpture and fiber. The First Friday reception will be from 5-8 p.m. at 50 Weant Blvd. Call 963-1401 for information. Kahhak Fine Arts & School

Majid Kahhak will paint live from 6-8 p.m. Aug. 7 at Kahhak Fine Arts & School, 411 Main St. The painting will be inspired by the great outdoors/outdoor adventures. Beverages and hors d’oeuvres will be served. For further details, call 704-0622.

Majid Kahhak, shown painting at the July First Friday, will conduct a live painting session beginning at 6 p.m. photo by ruth powers

î&#x201A;&#x160;e energetic art of Stanley Bell SAWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s featured artist blends the urban with the atmospheric By Jessi rochel The colors will catch your eye and the forms and shapes will hold your attention. Whimsical yet urban, kinetic yet suspended, random yet connected â&#x20AC;&#x201C; this is an art show of opposing elements and complementing qualities. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the work of local painter Stanley Bell, who will be opening his show, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Explorations,â&#x20AC;? at SAW (Studio for Art + Works) during Carbondaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s First Friday festivities on August 7. According to a press release, Bellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s art â&#x20AC;&#x153;intermixes hallucinatory fragments of the urban landscape with the surrounding atmosphere and environment.â&#x20AC;? His paintings â&#x20AC;&#x153;have taken the form of detailed, colorful, microscopic visions of energy amidst clouds, bridges and buildings, attempting to describe energy physically, graphically, and symbolically.â&#x20AC;? A year has passed since Bell presented his ďŹ rst solo show at SAW. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes he showcased at that event, Bell says that for this show he is â&#x20AC;&#x153;really pulling out and pushing in.â&#x20AC;? With his new works he emphasizes distance, and then moves in closer and closer to portray details up close. The show includes 75 small pieces and eight large pieces. The larger pieces are distant city landscapes and the smaller pieces are microscopic amoebic images drawn from the atmosphere of the spaces in the larger works. Bell utilizes a wide color palette, as well as interesting forms and shapes, creating a broad narrative. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like the viewer to come up with the stories themselves,â&#x20AC;? he says. Bell is interested in sculpture as well as painting, and though he only paints at SAW, he strives to incorporate sculptural elements into his pieces by, for example, layering the paint. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like to make it subtly 3-D,â&#x20AC;? Bell says. Bell works with acrylic paints and uses found wood as his canvas. His paintings project from the wall, pushed outward by wood blocks or additional wood framing. He explains that this creates a more interesting perspective for the viewer, adding depth and shadows to each piece depending on how far each one extends from the wall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The shadows give them more life,â&#x20AC;? he says. Bellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show represents the culmination of about 17 months of work. He explains that it takes somewhere around two to three weeks to complete 20 of the smaller pieces, but that he likes to work cohesively, rather than focusing on individual pieces and ďŹ nishing them one at a time. Bell is a longtime student of art, and a native of Texas. He attended a high school for the arts in Dallas, where students of all art forms, from theater to the visual arts, were taught to take their work seriously from an early age. He went on to study art in college, graduating with a degree in both print-making and painting from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He credits that combination of artistic disciplines for his style, which combines the soft colors of painting with the hard lines and detail of print-making. Bell came to Carbondale ďŹ ve years ago, initially to assist a sculptor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I came to visit and decided to stay,â&#x20AC;? he said. He connected with SAW through one of the studioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original founders, local potter Alleghany Meadows. Meadows â&#x20AC;&#x153;wanted to put together a really energetic group of people,â&#x20AC;? explains Bell. Now painters, potters and jewelers all share space at SAW. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good environment to grow,â&#x20AC;? Bell says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty rare to have something like this. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s almost like a school atmosphere.â&#x20AC;? Though Bell loves living the life of an artist, and would prefer to paint full-time, he supports himself by working in graphic design and marketing. Between art and work, he ends up with little time left over for other activities, but that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bother him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My art is my hobby. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a hobby and a job. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my passion.â&#x20AC;?

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Community Briefs Famous oceanographer to speak The Roaring Fork Cultural Council, in partnership with Colorado Mountain College and Thunder River Theatre, will host a dialogue with Dr. Sylvia Earle on Aug. 9 in Carbondale. Earle is currently Explorer in Residence at the National Geographic Society and was formerly the chief scientist at the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. Over the course of her life, she has led more than 70 marine expeditions, logging more than 6,500 hours under water. Her explorations include an untethered walk on the sea ﬂoor at a record depth. She is the 2009 TED Prize recipient for her proposal to establish a global network of marine protected areas. Recently, Earle’s research contributed to the global “Census of Marine Life” project that aims to catalog as-yet-undiscovered ocean species. While speaking on National Public Radio’s “Talk of the Nation” last year, Earle explained that most of the earth’s biotic diversity lives in the seas. “Diversity of life is one of the keys to maintaining stability, and is something we should be very concerned with,” she said. “Figuring out how to protect it is very much in our best interest.” Earle will discuss the vital importance of the oceans to mankind, and the ways in which humans are currently destroying them. The program begins at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 9 at the Thunder River Theatre, 67 Promenade. Tickets are $10, and seating is

limited. For more information and tickets, visit rfculturalcouncil.org.

Weekend yoga workshop scheduled The Living in Presence, Joy and Love: Tantra Heart Kriya Yoga Weekend will be held Aug. 7-9. The workshop will be taught by Richard and Antoinette Asimus, senior teachers and founders of Tantraheart.com. Tantra Heart Kriya yoga focuses on realizing true self, attention to emotional ﬂow, and skillfully designed sets of yogic teachings for safely activating kundallini (creative) energy. The yoga weekend will take place at True Nature, 549 Main St. in Carbondale. Call 963-9900 or visit www.truenature.us for more information.

Free health screenings in August Mountain Family Health Centers will conduct free health screenings throughout the region in August. They are open to the public and anyone may attend. Checking risk factors regularly can help prevent serious health conditions from developing. Free screening includes cholesterol, blood pressure, blood sugar levels, body mass index, and a heart disease risk assessment. Fasting is ideal, but not required, and no appointment is necessary. Area businesses may also arrange for free screenings at the workplace for employees or customers. Contact Sharla Gallegos at 618-3159 for more information. Screenings will be offered at the following locations and times:

Moonlight Cruisers roll into Carbondale By Jane Bachrach On Thursday, Aug. 6, the Moonlight Cruisers bicycle group will appear at around 9 p.m. near the stage in Carbondale’s Sopris Park. It’s a full moon and you can bet that those freewheelin’ Moonlight Cruisers will be cruisin’ The Moonlight Cruisers return to Carbondale this around town making noise as saturday in the last CCAH concert of the summer. they pedal their way through photo by Jane Bachrach moonlit neighborhoods and up and down Main Street. You’ll hear your socks off because all you’ll want to them coming, as the sound of their voices do is dance. According to guitar player Al Marrings throughout Carbondale. If you haven’t been on a Cruisers ride, check it tinez, the group is really looking forward to returning to Carbondale. “The crowd out – it is truly a community event. Then, on Saturday, Aug. 8, at around was appreciative of us being here and that 7 p.m., some other Moonlight Cruisers makes a huge difference,” he said. “We will surface — this time on stage. Al- just enjoyed everybody we met here. though it won’t be a full moon, there will When we go out and play other places be enough light to see that they aren’t and cities maybe it takes a few songs to bike riders, and that their faces aren’t fa- get the crowd into it, but when we got out miliar – unless you were lucky enough to of our van here, right then we knew how catch these musicians at last year’s friendly everyone was.” The Moonlight Cruisers show is anMountain Fair. The Moonlight Cruisers is a roots- other community event that you won’t rock band that hails from Los Angeles, want to miss, and for those of you who Calif. and plays rockabilly while, ac- saw them at last year’s Mountain Fair, the cording to their website, mixing “cum- rubber chicken and huge ﬂask of tequila bayas and other Mexican music into will be back, Al said. The Moonlight Cruisers’ concert is their sets.” To those of us who speak brought to you by CCAH. If you have ‘Bonedalian,’ that means that the Moonlight Cruisers rock, and they’ll knock questions call 963-1680. 10 • THE SOPRIS SUN • AUGUST 6, 2009

• Carbondale — 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14, at La Perla, 1018 Highway 133 (weather permitting); • Glenwood Springs — 2-7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, at Glenwood Springs Community Center; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7, at Mountain Family Health Center; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13 at Mountain Family; and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28 at Rite Aid Pharmacy; • Riﬂe — 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 10, at Riﬂe Public Health Department.

Horse therapy for humans A Horse Wisdom Retreat led by Kathy Pike aims to use the wisdom of horses to help individuals discover their true selves. The workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 15 at a ranch near Carbondale. During this one-day workshop, participants will experience the power and grace embodied by horses, and learn how horses help us experience deeper levels of balanced personal power, emotional intelligence and agility, expanded intuition, presence and awareness, and connection with others. This is a non-riding workshop; all work with the horses is done from the ground. No previous horse experience necessary. Pike is the founder of the Mind Body Method, a published author, coach trainer, leader in the ﬁeld of equine-facilitated learning, and life coach. For information, go to www.coachingwithhorses.com. To sign up for the workshop, email moon@coachingwithhorses.com or call 963-0129.

A memorial will be held for Cody Owen on Aug. 8, from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. photo courtesy of Jean Owen.

Cody Owen memorial on Saturday A gathering to honor and celebrate the life of Cody Owen is planned for this Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. This is a potluck gathering that will be held at the Carbondale Community and Recreation Center, 567 Colorado Boulevard. Cody’s family invites people to come share their stories about him with the community. Laughter and children are welcome. In lieu of ﬂowers, the family is asking people to contribute to a fund in Cody Owen’s name at Alpine Bank. Donations will be used to publish an inspirational book written by Cody to help soldiers away from home, those that have returned from war and their families.

A day in the heart of Mountain Fair By Kayla Henley sopris sun Intern The thumping heartbeats of the instruments on stage drummed loudly in my ears as I scanned the crowd of smiling faces. Some were dancing merrily while others were meandering around and inspecting the many booths at Sopris Park on Saturday morning at Mountain Fair. My eyes darted back and forth from one tent to the other, seeking out a very dear friend of mine. When I spotted her, I lengthened my stride. “Caleigh!” I called out. Caleigh Smith, my 13-year-old friend who I’ve known since pre-school, turned and a smile graced her eyes. We embraced warmly. For the past ﬁve years we’ve made a tradition of attending Mountain Fair together and each purchasing one of the silver animals normally sold there. Though we were slightly disappointed to ﬁnd a vacant spot where the silver animal booth usually stands, we each bought a matching beaded bracelet instead with Indian-like patterns and colors. Soon, Caleigh and I found we were no longer alone. We had latched ourselves onto a group of friends from school: 14year-old Mariah Ahumada, one of my good

buddies; 13-year-old Sage Lucero who’s been unfailingly kind to me over the past few years at school; and 14-year-old Jessie Murillo, who always succeeds in amusing us with his humor. After briefly catching up, the five of us gathered in the Oasis, where my 11-yearold neighbor Lyle Luckett and his band, No Joes, were performing. I’ve known for quite some time now that Lyle plays the drums, but we were all blown away by his talent at such a young age. When he both sang and played the drums for one song, I envied his nerve. If it had been me, I would have keeled over from a horrific seizure of stage fright, but he had a way of pulling it off brilliantly. After the performance, the five of us spent a great deal of time messing around on the wooden bridge at the far end of the park close to the Carbondale Pool. For the most part, Caleigh, Sage and I would try to balance ourselves on the rail of the bridge while Mariah watched us safely from firm ground. We had to worry about Jessie, though. His gaze kept darting slyly from the three of us sitting unbalanced on the bridge to the murky creek-water below. Passersby frequently shot us glances as we screamed with fear and excitement

From left to right: Kashana Tonozzi, Jack Fisher and 11-year-old Lyle Luckett, who also played in the Oasis with the No Joes, perform on the main stage at Mountain Fair with the Jazz Aspen student recital. photo by Jane Bachrach when any one of us nearly went over. Luckily, none of us actually fell into the water. All too soon evening came, and Mariah, Sage, Caleigh and I (Jessie refused to join us) found ourselves in the middle of a mob of energetic Carbondalians doing the Chicken Dance. What a strange sensation it was – as if the spirit of Carbondale herself were coursing through our veins, ﬁlling us with a limitless amount of energy. Sunday morning found Caleigh and I relaxing under a tent as the Sybarite 5 took the stage. The music from the violins and cellos ﬁlled the air around us with a mes-

merizing beauty. As it rang in my ears and took over my mind a feeling of ecstasy overwhelmed me. It was as if nothing could go wrong. As I look back on the too-short weekend, the satisfaction of enjoying such frivolity with friends both young and old ﬁlls me with contentment. With its cotton candy, ice cream, popcorn, funnel cakes, music and abundance of hand-made merchandise, Mountain Fair has a way of connecting all of us as one big family. It’s the greatest opportunity to meet new friends and cherish special moments with best friends.

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THURSDAY, Aug. 6

DO IT YOURSELF DIVORCE • Alpine Legal Services presents the Do it Yourself Divorce Class at 2 p.m. Aug. 6 at the Garfield County Courthouse in Glenwood Springs. For further information, call 920-2828. COUNTY FAIR • The 2009 Garfield County Fair continues through Aug. 8 at the fairgrounds in Rifle. Hours are 9 a.m. to midnight; admission is free. Visit www.garfieldcountyfair.com for full information. INDIAN JEWELRY EXHIBIT • Ann Korologos Gallery (formerly Basalt Gallery) presents “The American Experience — Native America” special exhibition of Southwestern Indian jewelry through Aug. 8. STRESS RELIEF • Davi Nikent presents trauma release exercises on Thursdays. For more information, contact Rita Marsh at 963-8979 or rita@davinikent.org. RODEO • The Carbondale Wild West Rodeo is ongoing through Aug. 20. Miss Rodeo Colorado, Audra Dobbs, is featured on Aug. 6. For more about the rodeo, visit www.carbondalerodeo.com.

FRIDAY, Aug. 7 REDSTONE CASTLE TOURS • Guided tours of the historic Redstone Castle are at 1:30 p.m. Fridays through Mondays. For group tours or more information call 9639656 or go to redstonecastle.us. YOGA WEEKEND • Living in Presence, Joy and Love: Tantra Heart Kriya Yoga Weekend takes place Aug. 7-9 at True Nature, 549 Main St. Tantra Heart Kriya Yoga focuses on realizing true self, attention to emotional ﬂow, and the skillfully designed sets of yogic teachings for safely activating kundallini (creative) energy. Call 963-9900 or visit www.truenature.us for more info. RELAY FOR LIFE • The Relay For Life of the Roaring Fork Valley, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, takes place beginning at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 7 at the high school track next to Carbondale Middle School. The event features a free survivors’ reception, a luminaria ceremony and more throughout the night. For more information, go to www.roaringforkrelay.com. FIRST FRIDAY • First Friday art walk, featuring gallery openings and extended business hours takes place Aug. 7. Most openings take place at 6 p.m. MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre shows “Whatever Works” (PG-13) at 8 p.m. Aug. 713. Also showing at 5:45 p.m. Aug. 8-9, “Away We Go” (R). DANCE CLUB • Deejay Deeogee spins for the under 21 crowd from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. every Friday at The Lift on Main St. in Carbondale. ADULT ACTING CLASS • Theatre Aspen will hold adult master classes taught by Beth Malone and Jamison Stern on Aug. 7-8 at the Red Brick Studios. To register, call 925-9313 or email Marisa@theatreaspen.org.

STANDUP COMEDY • Comics Mark Thomas, Beth Brandon, Don Cheney, Scott Hall, and Bob Richmond present original comedy at 8:15 p.m. at Steve’s Guitars. $12. Visit www.stevesguitars.net for more info.

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$18 drop-in. Visit www.sol-nia.com for further details. REDSTONE WINE • The Redstone Castle is hosting the ﬁrst annual Earth, Wine & Food Festival, beneﬁting the Marble Charter School, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Aug. 8-9 in Redstone. Horse drawn carriage rides to the castle $5 per person. Food/beverages, crafts, kids games, live music, and wine tasting. A variety of musicians performing throughout the weekend, with the Kate La Roux Band from 5-8 p.m. Saturday and the Brian Horn Buckle Band from 5-8 p.m. Sunday. RESTRICTED ROAD USE • Due to the Aspen High Country Triathlon there will be restricted access to Maroon Creek Road from Aspen Highlands to Maroon Bells from 7 a.m. to noon Aug. 8. RFTA’s Maroon Bells bus service will be suspended until the end of the event. ART AUCTION • Anderson Ranch Arts Center will have its annual art auction on Aug. 8. The ranch is at 5263 Owl Creek Road, Snowmass Village. For more information, call 970-923-3181 or visit www.andersonranch.org. CCAH CONCERT • As part of the summer concert series, Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities presents Big Daddy Lee and the Kingbees and the Moonlight Cruisers at 5 p.m. Aug. 8 at Fourth and Main streets. Visit www.carbondalearts.com for details. DUCKY DERBY • The Aspen Rotary Club’s Ducky Derby Festival is 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 8 at Rio Grande Park. LIVE MUSIC • Guitarist and singer/songwriter Vance Gilbert performs Aug. 8 at Steve’s Guitars. Opening act is local artist Matt Johnson. Show begins at 8:30 p.m. Seats are $20. For more about Gilbert, visit www.vancegilbert.com.

SUNDAY, Aug. 9 BLACKSMITHS MEET • Colorado Rocky Mountain School presents the Rocky Mountain Smiths Conference Aug. 5-9 on the campus. For more details, visit www.crms.org. OCEANOGRAPHER SPEAKS • The Roaring Fork Cultural Council presents the dialogue “The Devastation of Our Oceans: Why it Matters to Humanity” with American oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 9 at Thunder River Theatre, 67 Promenade. Earle is currently explorer in residence at the National Geopraphic Society and was formerly chief scientist at the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. Tickets are $10, available at http://rfculturalcouncil.org. HIKE SERIES • The Hidden Gems Wilderness Campaign hike series continues. All hikes are free; advance registration required at www.whiteriverwild.org. STORYTELLING • The funny, sad, tragic and silly storytelling event “What’s Your Story?” will be at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 9 at the Alex Kaufman Theatre in Aspen. Tickets are at the Wheeler Box Ofﬁce (920-5770) or at aspenshowtickets.com.

MONDAY, Aug. 10

HEALTH SCREENINGS • Mountain Family Health Centers conducts free health screenings, open to the public, throughout the region. Contact Sharla Gallegos at 6183159 for more information. This week’s screenings are: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Riﬂe Public Health, 195 W. 14th St.; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Mountain Family, 1905 Blake Ave., Glenwood Springs; and 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 14 at La Perla in Carbondale. OPEN STUDIO • The Third Street Artists host an open studio (all media) from 4-7 p.m. Mondays at Carbondale’s new Third Street Center. Walk-in fee is $10; four consecutive sessions is $20. Bring all materials. Casual critique during the last half hour. Call 963-2122 or 963-8275 for more info. DANCE CLASSES • Learn African and Caribbean dances with live drummers and fun rhythms. All ages and abilities welcome. $10. Mondays from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Carbondale Community School, 1505 Satank Road. Call Steve at 379-8422 with questions.

TUESDAY, Aug. 11 YOGA • True Nature Healing Arts hosts early bird yoga ﬂow with Bettina from 78:15 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. True Nature is located at 549 Main St. LIBRARY PROGRAMS • Gordon Cooper Library hosts programs and workshops as part of its Summer of Reading series. Call 963-2889 for details. TRUSTEES MEET • The Carbondale Board of Trustees meets the second and fourth Tuesday of the month. Meetings begin at 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall.

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 12 CLAY WORKSHOP • Aug. 12 is the registration deadline for the Carbondale Clay Center workshop “Magic & Mystery: Carbon-trap Shinos on Porcelain” with Malcolm Davis on Aug. 29-30. Visit www.carbondaleclay.org for further details.

tration deadline for the Carbondale Clay Center workshop “Kiln Building & Wheel Repair” with Moses Klaassen on Sept. 1213. Visit www.carbondaleclay.org for further details. LIVE MUSIC • Heart of the Rockies, featuring Twirp Anderson, Cash Cashman, and John Sommers will appear at the Lion’s Club Pancake Breakfast from 7:30-9:30 a.m. Aug. 15 at 22826 Old Pond Park, Two Rivers Road, Basalt. Call 927-4031 for more information. CONCERT SERIES • The “Magical Moments” Summer Concert Series in Redstone begins Aug. 15 with the Peter Karp Band playing Nashville folk and blues from 6-9 p.m. at the Crystal Club Café. The Strolling Scones perform ’60s music from 6-9 p.m. Aug. 22 at Redstone Park. Heart of the Rockies play country rock and bluegrass from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Sept. 6 at the Labor Day Art Show.

MONDAY, Aug. 17 THEATER CAMP • Aspiring thespians can enroll in a theater camp Aug. 17-21 the Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts. Young actors will be taught to create costumes, organize props and the week will end with a performance. Call 945-2414 for more information or to sign up. STARRY, STARRY FAMILY NIGHTS • Visit the Gordon Cooper Branch Library from 5 to 7 p.m. Aug. 17 for Family Nights in conjunction with the “Visions of the Universe: Four Centuries of Discovery” exhibit currently featured at the library. The evening focuses on “Charting the Night Sky.” Free and open to public. For further details, call 963-2889.

FARMER’S MARKET • The Carbondale Farmer’s Market is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. every Wednesday through Sept. 30 at the corner of Fourth and Main streets. Fruits, vegetables, meats, cheese, bread, coffee, wine, ﬂowers, prepared foods, crafts and more. Free entertainment. WETLAND WALK • Roaring Fork Conservancy hosts a naturalist walk Aug. 12 below the Maroon Creek Bridge in the Maroon Wetlands in Aspen. Visit www.roaringfork.org/events for more information. LIVE MUSIC • White House Pizza presents local muscian Nate Biro from 7-10 p.m.

THURSDAY, Aug. 13

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SATURDAY, Aug. 8

CLAY CAMPS • Carbondale Clay Center is enrolling for kids and adults clay camps that meet Monday through Friday. Visit www.carbondaleclay.org for full schedule.

LIVE MUSIC • Ann Federowicz and John Sommers will perform at 7 p.m. Aug. 13 at Eco-Goddess Edibles, 335 Main St. 46Call N. 9634th Street 7316 for more information. Between 3rd St and 5th St

NIA DANCE • Nia dance is held from 9:3010:30 a.m. Saturdays at the River Valley Ranch House, 444 River Valley Ranch Drive.

YOGA CLASS • True Nature Healing Arts hosts restorative yoga with gopi from 6-7:15 p.m. Mondays at 549 Main St.

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e friendship of weeds There comes a point each summer where I pretty much let the garden go for a while. Holidays and vacations, adventures and visitors become so stacked upon one another that the work component of Greenis planticus no longer makes The List. For a few weeks come July, in the company of visitors, I get to just relax in my garden. Hummingbirds, sunlight, water trickling and gurgling – it feels so decadent to merely bask in the birdsong and rustling leaves, feeling like a guest in a boutique hotel. Except someone really should pull that thistle over there… By late June, the plants in my garden have pretty much filled out, achieving everything a gardener hopes for: a rhythm of spaces, marriage of color, contrasting form and other lofty ideals. Hopefully, in doing all the above, the plants also cover up the ground and choke by Geneviève Joëlle out weeds. Villamizar But they don’t always do so. There is a clover-ish devil that sneaks throughout the dry-land garden at the top of our driveway. It starts out so small and innocuous it’s not even worth weeding and I fool myself into thinking that all that green is just my garden filling out. But by the time the “last” wave of visitors turn north at the driveway, this Clover Creature will have spread a matrix of 2-foot tentacles in all directions. It weaves insidiously through the leaves and branches of its neighbors, preparing seed strategies for next year’s invasion. But its unmistakable gold flowers finally blow its cover. And in mid-June, I found an astonishingly perfect, massively scaled dandelion. It was caressing iris blades so sweetly that it’s no wonder I didn’t catch it. But still, the leaves

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were as big as small skateboards, and the brilliant yellow, huge flowers stood atop stalks that were – gasp with me here – almost 3 feet tall! Maybe it was a sport, a striking botanical anomaly? Should I have propagated it? Well, it’s never too late. We know it’ll come back. After all, who really ever manages to pull the entire root? Nonetheless, I tried. It was with great care and satisfaction that my fingers dove in last week, seeking its crown, gathering all the stems – every sneaking one of them. To pull such beasts, perennial roots and all, you must proceed with care. You have to shake the flower gently, like a Chinese finger trap, or you fail. But fail? No, not I. I raised my head in triumph, a weed the size of a dog clenched in my fist… only to notice about 114 more. Murder in the garden, a killing spree, shall ensue when our current friends depart. Don’t get me wrong — it will be a compassionate killing. For my weeds are like our guests: I consider both of them a blessing because our mutual engagements keep me in the garden. Without the noxious invaders (the weeds, not the guests) I wouldn’t even garden in late summer. Clovers, thistles, dandelions and mallow; all of them get me back out there, amongst the Greenis planticus, to discover new things as I poke and prod; to learn what worked and what didn’t. I get to make new plans for the fall or the spring. And that’s a good thing, right? Friends and weeds, please keep them coming.

It starts out so small and innocuous it’s not even worth weeding and I fool myself into thinking that all that green is just my garden filling out.

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Sports Briefs High school cheerleading squad openings For seven placid years Roaring Fork High School has lacked a competitive cheerleading squad, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about to change. A new team is in the works. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This town is a Friday night lights town; everyone goes to the football games,â&#x20AC;? said Carol Farris, who is organizing the team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not only will it beneďŹ t the high school, but the whole community.â&#x20AC;? Tryouts for the squad were held in May, but three spots are still open. Participation is free. Although the girls wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be forking over any cash, Farris says the squad means business. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve promised them (the girls) that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just a frufru, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;go-get-the-quarterback type of squadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re training to go to states.â&#x20AC;? A cheerleading clinic will take place at Roaring Fork High School on Aug. 12 and 13. Farris urges anyone interested to attend. The clinic is free and will run from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on both days. Regular cheerleading squad practice will continue after the clinic into the school year. Farris is looking for donations to support the team. For more information or to make a donation call Carol Farris at 704-1057.

The 24-year-old daughter of Ann Martin of Glenwood Springs is a ďŹ fth-generation horsewoman who began riding as soon as she could sit on a horse. She grew up competing in 4-H, horse shows and rodeos. In December, 2009, Dobbs will join the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best cowboys and cowgirls in Las Vegas for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo where sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll represent Colorado in the Miss Rodeo America Pageant.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Leftoverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; hunting tags on sale The Colorado Division of Wildlife announced on July 31 that all â&#x20AC;&#x153;leftoverâ&#x20AC;? big game and turkey licenses will go on sale on Aug. 11. The leftover licenses are for elk, deer,

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Rodeo hosts Miss Rodeo Colorado Audra Dobbs of Glenwood Springs is Miss Rodeo Colorado, 2009. She will appear at the Carbondale Wild West Rodeo on Aug. 6 and Aug. 20. As a representative of the Centennial state and the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, Dobbs has spent the past year traveling to various rodeos and western celebrations throughout the United States.

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Legal Notices PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held before the Carbondale Planning and Zoning Commission for the purpose of considering amendments to the Community Partnership Planned Unit Development in the Town of Carbondale. The proposed amendments are intended to accommodate a potential public library site, additional school district housing, improved access and parking. The applicant/owner is the Roaring Fork RE-1 School District. The site is the Community Partnership Planned Unit Development which includes the former Carbondale Elementary School property, 600 South Third Street, and the former Carbondale Middle School property, 455 South Third Street. Said Public Hearing will be held at the Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO.

at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 27, 2009 before the Planning and Zoning Commission.

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

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