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Volume 10, Number 28 | August 16, 2018
CAUGHT UP IN CREATION • el Javi poured himself into his Aug. 10 performance at the KDNK Hoot, which doubled as an anniversary celebration for the Carbon-
dale Creative District. If you have any doubt that this town is a hub for creativity, check out this week’s stories on the rio Grande ArtWay (page 3) a family of fictioneers (page 5) and the blacksmithing convention at CrMS (page 6). Photo by Jane Bachrach
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The views and opinions expressed on the Commentary page do not necessarily reflect those of The Sopris Sun. The Sopris Sun invites all members of the community to submit letters to the editor or guest columns. For more information, email editor Will Grandbois at news@soprissun.com, or call 510-3003.
A secondhand rose in a great, green town When Barbra Streisand sang about being a secondhand rose my fave rave these days is the Near New on Main. (A shout-out in Funny Girl, she sounded a little blue. here to fellow Sopris Sun board member Olivia Pevec, a new But I think it’s something to celebrate, and Carbondale’s volunteer who been a force behind the store’s renaissance.) If clutch of secondhand stores make it easy to do. you need a pillowcase, a pot lid, a pan for your camp stove or My affection for recycled goods predates my life in Carbon- a picture frame – something now missing from Miser’s – Near dale. When I lived in San Francisco, fab recycled finds regularly New is now the place to find it. rolled down the hill from upscale Ashbury Heights to Haight I have bought shoes and clothing at Lulu’s, and I favor buyStreet. The same gravitational principle applies here, downvalley ing artsy and recycled clothes at Mountain Fair. The Buy Nothing from Aspen. Roaring Fork group on Facebook has helped me reNot long ago, Sopris Sun staffers Will Grandcycle furniture while providing a painting easel and bois and Megan Tackett debated buying locally a metal headboard that makes a great bean trellis. versus shopping on the internet. I’m with Will. I’m I would be remiss if I didn’t also put in a plug a locavore, and if I can mitigate a product’s carbon for Ragged Mountain Sports. That’s where I found footprint by buying it here, rather than having it my cross-country skis and the shockingly-pink bike shipped from Chicago or China, I will. I peddled in June’s Full Moon Bike Ride. That said, thrift store shopping requires some Now pink is not my color. It’s too girly; too Hello open-mindedness. Kitty. I’m short, and to get things to fit, I sometimes In early summer, I tossed a pair of dog-eared sanbuy children’s clothing. In a long-ago team-building dals. The replacements had to be red and conform meeting, a coworker who was asked to characterto certain foibles: Flip-flops are beneath my dignity. ize me as an animal likened me to a chipmunk! In I get altitude sickness from heels over two inches my quest to be taken seriously, as a manager and an high. And I have a princess-and-the-pea syndrome adult, I wore a lot of black. Pink was poison. about anything passing between my toes. Beyond But as I said, thrift shoppers need to be open to that, I was open to serendipity. surprise. And at my age, I’m no longer cute enough When I walked into Back Door Consignment, I to be chucked under the chin. Even if I do ride a found that the place had been oh-so-artfully redepink bike. signed. The shoes, grouped by color, were precariI did find red sandals at Miser’s Mercantile. By Nicolette Toussaint ously perched atop chairs hung on the wall. Yep, (Their shoes, like their clothes, are grouped by red shoes were easy to find. However, you could scuff a lot of color, but you don’t have to trot all over to find your size.) I shoe leather looking for a specific size. also bought a great second-hand watch at Miser’s. They nicely During the 15 to 20 minutes I spent searching, I was trans- offered to refund my money if the Fossil turned out to be one, ported back to Moscow, circa 1975. There, in front of a huge, but Miser’s 24-hour time limit expired long before I could find communist-era department store, I saw dozens of gesticulating a battery. Turns out that it’s next to impossible to have a watch people crowding around a heap of footwear. An Intourist guide battery replaced in Carbondale. By the time I located a jewelexplained that when footwear became available – a rare event er (in Glenwood), got an appointment and found time for the – Muscovites rushed in to buy any shoes they could lay their 40-minute round trip drive, a week had elapsed! hands on. While the comrades didn’t fuss about style (there was Still, anytime is the right time for recycling in our green-leanonly one!) their sidewalk swap did relieve the lingering capitalist ing town. When you’re a secondhand rose wearing secondhand tendency to prefer some specific size. clothes, you’re reducing greenhouse gasses, keeping junk out of I don’t think that would fly in Carbondale. Maybe Back Door landfills, conserving energy and building our local economy. And reached the same conclusion. Last time I visited, the shoe dis- that looks just great on you. plays had given way to a bit more practicality. Back Door has, IMHO, the best selection of recycled furniture Nicolette Toussaint is a current Sopris Sun board member. The in town, along with a good selection of dishes and clothing. But views expressed here are solely those of the author.
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Seeking Higher Ground
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River fixes Dear Editor: “Ol’ man river…he jus’ keeps rollin’.” Well, our shallow Crystal River, not so much. What to do? The growth of economies, from Carbondale to worldwide are the cause. Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are still increasing and haven’t been so high in two million years. The world is now experiencing new weather patterns caused by global warming. The prediction is for less water in regional waterways. Carbondale’s 7,000 people are just a tiny part of that and have virtually no effect on the big picture. However, local people can do some things to keep more water in the streams. The easiest is just to use less tap water. Local people use a lot more per person than most people on the planet. Try for fewer
and shorter showers, fewer laundry loads, fewer car washes, and less yard watering. The really big bite on the Crystal comes from farms and ranches for irrigation. This gets very complicated. Suffice to say, there are ways that agriculture can use less water. One way is to move from flooding fields with water to using more sprinklers. That costs more. Government subsidies might be needed to convert. Less flooding has other impacts that could be negative. Colorado actually owns the water in the state. The State could put fees on the use of water. British Columbia does this. The revenue could be used for water conservation projects. Things with a price on them tend to be used more sparingly. Recycling of water is being done more. Lastly, upstream storage (aka: dams, usually) allows for releases of water to
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supplement stream flows. The recent Sopris Sun article mentions some of these. Most people agree that streams should have a minimum flow to preserve the flora and fauna of the riparian ecosystem. Dam builders we call beaver are largely responsible for the valley that attracted the early settlers. Their dams captured the sediment that is now topsoil, and they pushed the water to the sides of the valley to raise the water tables. Water stored in the valley floor leaks back into the stream through the dry late summer and fall. My proposal is to create low-head structures along the river’s course to mimic the effect of nature’s dams. The thing not to do… is nothing. Patrick Hunter Carbondale leTTerS page 15
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Carbondale celebrates community’s artistic path By Megan Tackett Sopris Sun Staff
To say that the Rio Grande ARTway is a collaboration between Carbondale Arts, the Carbondale Creative District and the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority — while accurate — would be limited. In reality, the one-mile linear park has been a work in progress by more than 100 volunteers and several organizations over the last three years. It’s called creative placemaking, Carbondale Arts Executive Director Amy Kimberly explained. And it truly does take a village. “The experience has been far richer than the terminology,” she said. “I just did not realize how powerful that experience is. Just to have people show up and really take ownership and stewardship of these places has been a really life-affirming kind of experience.” Three spaces comprise the ARTway: DeRail Park, which will serve as the entrance at the trail’s Highway 133 intersection, the Latino Folk Art Garden on Eighth Street and the Youth Art Park behind the Recreation Center on Fourth Street. There are 37 contributors and stakeholders listed in the preliminary ARTway master plan (tinyurl.com/ARTwaymasterplan), but it was individual volunteers that were instrumental in creating the details that have since come together to create the actual park spaces. Most recently, a mosaic table that Kimberly described as “spectacular” was installed in the Latino Folk Art Garden on Aug. 14. Volunteers created the pieces that became the table over the course of the summer, and Kimberly attributed the number of people helping the piece’s relatively quick production.
“It really only took us June and July of a couple of days a week,” she said. “Different people would show up. On the bench, there’s the names of almost everyone who helped work on it, so it’s cool.” Months before, the Carbondale Clay Center spearheaded a volunteer effort to create the pots now boasting plants in the garden. In addition to the project itself, CCC Executive Director Angela Bruno felt that contributing to the Latino Folk Art Garden presented a much-needed opportunity to connect with Carbondale’s Latino community. According to Bruno, about 80 people came to the center to sculpt and later paint the finished pots. “It was way more than we thought was going to be in here, which was great because admittedly we don’t see a huge Latino population coming in here, and that’s some outreach we’re really trying to expand,” she said. “[We] really want to make this place seem welcoming to all members of the community.” To that effect, Bruno put her money where her mouth is, as the adage goes. “I offered a few scholarships during that time, so some of the kids that were there helping out have come back for summer camps,” she said. “It was really wonderful.” And that — using creative placemaking as a gateway to deepen community — is exactly the point of the ARTway, explained Eaden Shantay, who founded True Nature Healing Arts and chairs the Tourism Council of Carbondale. “It has this incredible potential,” Shantay said of the ARTway. “It’s been this path through this industrial area, yet now it’s becoming this path through this beautiful area that’s been beautified with creativity. It has a lot of potential to really
John Hoffman (center), who built the metal bases for mosaic table and benches, helping with the final installation at the latino Folk Art Garden, one of the park spaces along the rio Grande ArTway. Photo by Brian Colley just enhance the quality of people’s experience who use the path, but it also says a lot about who we are as a town.” To commemorate the progress that’s been made in the ARTway parks, True Nature Healing Arts will host the kickoff a celebration Sunday, Aug. 19 from 2-5 p.m. “We wanted to introduce people to True Nature as a part of this artistic whole movement in Carbondale,” Shantay said. “We are right on the bike path, and we’ve spent certainly a lot of time, talent and treasure just to enhance the beauty of that pathway, including planting a significant amount of trees and of course having the peace garden right on the bike path.” From there, the afternoon is sort of a Choose Your Own Adventure, Kimberly said. “People can walk the labyrinth and re-
flexology trail, and then people can just spread out,” she continued. “The Clay Center will have their Clay National show up, and people can vote for their favorite piece. At the Latino garden, we’re going to have a mariachi band and some spoken word artists. And we’ll have tamales! At DeRail Park, we will have watermelon and more spoken word and some more music.”
Rio Grande ARTway Celebration Where: From True Nature to DeRail Park When: 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19 Bonus: Free music, spoken word and snacks
Inaugural Compassion Fest seeks to inspire action By Megan Tackett Sopris Sun Staff
Compassion is a verb. That’s the contention that Way of Compassion Founder John Bruna and Director Aaron Taylor are making, and they’ve organized an entire festival to convey the assertion. “The whole purpose here is to inspire people into action,” Bruna said of the inaugural Compassion Fest: Film Festival and Symposium. In addition to film screenings, the three-day event will feature workshops, live music and speakers. “The motivation there is to highlight people actively making a difference, celebrate them, then inspire us to do the same.” The main event— titled Compassion is a Verb — will spotlight five presenters, all of whom are dedicating their time to a cause. Locals may recognize Lt. Col. Dick Merritt, who will discuss Huts for Vets, an Aspen-based nonprofit that offers free wilderness therapy for veterans in the 10th Mountain Huts. Maria Duenas of the Valley Settlement Project will offer insights about the improvements the organization is making in the area’s immigrants’ lives. “What we wanted to do is not high-
respective projects, there is a personal element, as well. “I think a lot of people are not aware that I was abused as a child, and that’s
sion Fest itself is the result of his own inspiration from Five Points Film Festival. “I saw Five Points and thought, ‘Could we take a model that grows that much interest from people who are thoughtful and environmental and channel that into active acts of compassion?’” he said. Another fundamental goal behind the festival is education, which is fitting, since compassion is one of the five habits of a scholar that Roaring Fork Schools adopted into its curriculum, Bruna noted. “That was from John’s inspiration: incorporating the local community and looking at the schools in particular and thinking about how can we as Compassion Fest can grow into the entirety of the year,” Taylor said. “I knew Rosybelle School Bus was looking to increase the technical aspect of their program; I just so happen to live with [director and writer] Hamilton Pevec. We did a 12-hour student course that was for middle school students. I did a 15-minute introduction to COMPASSION page 14
“The motivation there is to highlight people actively making a difference, celebrate them, then inspire us to do the same.” Film students work on their projects on the rosybelle Mobile Maker Bus. Their films will be screened at the Compassion Fest. Photo by Aaron Taylor light someone who’s already famous,” Bruna said of the speaker selections. “We wanted to highlight organizations we could give that extra boost to.” That doesn’t mean that featured speakers are strictly local: in addition to Merritt and Duenas, the Compassion Fest is also hosting guests from Colorado Springs, Littleton and Miami, Fla. And while each presenter will be representing his or her
something I want to bring up,” said Somi Ali, president and founder of No More Tears, a Florida-based nonprofit dedicated to tackling human trafficking and domestic abuse. “I want to share all of these things, and I think when you have all these horrific things happen to you, it’s very individual how you react. I couldn’t think of a better way of healing, just to help other people.” Now in its 11th year, No More Tears has helped more than 29,000 children and 840 adults. Bruna is hoping these kinds of stories will inspire people into action. After all, Compas-
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the agency’s six public shooting ranges in the Northwest Region by Friday, Aug. 17. The closures came after two people were charged with felony arson after allegedly using prohibited tracer ammunition at the Basalt State Wildlife Area Shooting Range, leading to the Lake Christine Fire. The Basalt Range remains closed, with meetings about its fate slated from 7 p.m. Aug. 21 and 6 p.m. Aug. 27 at Basalt High School.
Volunteers from the Colorado Health Foundation, Valley Settlement, Crawford Properties, LLC and the surrounding community will join KaBOOM! on Saturday, Aug. 18 to transform an empty site into a kid-designed, state-of-the-art playground in just six hours in El Jebel. The kids of El Jebel lost their playground over a year ago after a roundabout was constructed. The community response to address El Jebel’s needs after the Lake Christine Fire have been overwhelming, and the playground offers yet another way to show support and bring joy and hope to the area’s kids. Learn more and sign up at valleysettlement.org/playground.
Don’t waste wastewater Join Avery Ellis of Colorado Greywater at the Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute as he demonstrates the installation of a system to water the garden with the lightly used water from the sink and shower. The free demo is applicable to many homes and is an easy way to reduce waste and energy usage, hydrate your plants, and have a fun project to geek out on with your friends and kids.
Picture day The Apple Maps car apparently sped through town on Aug. 14, although The Sun’s attempts to track it down and return photo fire were unsuccessful. Hopefully everyone was looking their best and had their good side to the street for what’s likely to be the most comprehensive Carbondale chronicle since Google’s Street View car passed through in 2011. (Our own John Colson did manage to catch that one, and can be seen taking his shot on the end of Hager Lane in Glenwood.)
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Snow job Darin (pictured) and rebecca Binion made the trip over the pass for the 25th leadville 100 bike last weekend and both made the 12-hour cutoff time to receive the coveted belt buckle. Photo courtesy of Centurylink
With Potato Day slated for Oct. 6, now’s the time to sign up as a sponsor or a vendor. Applications are available at the bottom of the carbondalerec.com homepage and are due by the end of August. See next week’s Sun for a full story on how the Town and other local organizations are keeping Carbondale’s oldest event alive.
which will address just over 290 acres, will work to reduce hazardous fuel build-up on forest lands adjacent to communities to give places from which firefighters can safely engage wildfire and help reduce the risk to private property and structures.Mechanical implementation will begin later this summer. Managers will look to implement the prescribed burn, if conditions are right, in the fall.
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The Aspen-Sopris Ranger District has released the signed decision memo for the Crystal River Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Fuels Reduction Project. The project,
After working with local fire and emergency officials to ensure fire mitigation features currently in place are satisfactory, Colorado Parks and Wildlife will reopen four of
The Mount Sopris Nordic Council has been busy this summer improving the parking lot at Spring Gulch. The lot has been re-graded, expanded, a berm to divert water was built, locked gates were installed at each entrance and boulders installed to deter unwanted use. Donations to help support continued capital improvements and ongoing maintenance are welcome at springgulch.org.
They say it’s your birthday Folks celebrating another year of life this week include: Cara Nieslanik, Mugsy Fay, Jill Knaus (Aug. 16); Jake and Heather Marine (Aug. 17); Emily Good, Jonathan Shamis and Rusty Burtard (Aug. 18); Kyle Bruna, Brett Stringer (Aug. 19); Sid Smock, Dan Whitney, Katherine Whitney, Eric Skalac and Torrey Udall (Aug. 20); Kevin Schorzman, Jan Edwards and Rick Norman (Aug. 21) Jeannie Perry and Kathy McCann (Aug. 22).
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Fiction runs in the family Book release, film showing coincide for father and son By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Staff When Clark Heckert finished the manuscript for “Sudden Storm” in 1991, his son, J. Winfield, was a teen just experimenting with film to tell tales of piracy during a family trip to Lake Powell. Now, Clark’s book is officially available in its final form and Winfield’s first feature length film — “In the House of Madness” — is slated to screen at the Crystal Theatre. Pamela, Winfield’s mother and Clark’s muse, is working on a book of her own, focused on a boarding school in New Jersey which she and several generations before her attended. “As a family, we have great imagination,” Clark said. Winfield got his passion for film from the grandfather he was named after — a chemist who used to develop Super 16 in the bathtub. He also remembers being read snippets of his dad’s thriller as a child. The book is dedicated to Clark’s brother, John, who died on Capitol Peak in 1957. Its decades in limbo were mostly due to the lack of anyone willing to print an unknown author.
“I could not find a committed publisher, and I just left it on the shelf,” Clark said. But when he showed it to local historian Charlotte Graham, she urged him to self publish it, and local publishing company Light of the Moon Inc. made it a reality. It’s now available on-demand through Amazon. “There’s a community here supporting it,” Clark noted. “Sudden Storm” is set right here at the end of the Cold War, and chronicles competing weather engineering efforts by the Soviets and local heros. It comes complete with a race around Lead King Basin and a standoff at the Marble quarry. “Any place I’ve been, anything I’ve experienced I threw in,” Clark explained. “It’s written to be entertainment. I tie it up in such a way that you can’t be sure it didn’t happen.” Similarly, Winfield cast some of his friends and put neighbors to work filming “House of Madness” near his own home base of Wilmington, Delaware. Inspired by watching “Moonrise Kingdom” at the Crystal Theatre, he used Super 16 film and an ‘80s setting, but a style more reminiscent of Sam Raimi than Wes Anderson. “It’s supposed to look like ‘Friday the 13th’ or ‘Evil Dead’,” he explained. Exploitation and horror have characterized his short films throughout his film education and career, which he supplements financially by shooting weddings and the like. The genre-characteristic tight
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Clark Heckert, author budget came together thanks to Winfield’s willingness to wear many hats, a trade for writing and creative special effects — including actually driving a 1981 Mercedes off a cliff. Like his dad, he’s out to entertain without taking himself too seriously. The protagonist — a college student home to deal with the estate of her mysteriously deceased parents — is up against a projectionist hitman, among other forces. It’s not a film he could have made when he was first starting out. “As technology improves and you learn more, it becomes doable,” he explained. Still, he had to take it scene by scene and effect by effect to get it done — something Clark can sympathize with. “You know where it starts and you know where it ends, but it’s one scene at a time,” he said. “It’s like learning to ski — the only turn that really matters is the next one.” Of course, Clark wasn’t constrained by
J. Winfield, filmmaker budget in crafting “Sudden Storm.” “It costs me nothing to come up with an expensive plot,” he said. “You’d need a few million dollars just to produce it.” Whether Winfield will ever attempt to adapt his father’s book remains to be seen. For now, he’s content to show off “House of Madness” while Clark sets to work on the outline for a “Sudden Storm” sequel.
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What: “One woman’s battle against evil.” When: 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15 Where: The Crystal Theatre (427 Main St.) Cost: $12
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COMPASSION FEST 2018 Film Fest and Symposium
Join us for a celebration of compassionate action, highlighting people making a real difference in our community and the world.
August 17 - 19, 2018
Third Street Center in Carbondale The festival presents three days of films, local and international speakers, workshops, and an outdoor festival with live music, food & vendors.
Friday, August 17
3:00 pm – Compassion For Self: Mental and Emotional Health Workshop with Vanessa Kettering and Rhonda Rodgers. Ticketed event. 5:00 pm – Live Music – Smythe & Taylor Free event. 6:30 pm – Opening Ceremonies with Carbondale Mayor Dan Richardson and Lindsay Hentschel, curricular and professional development coordinator for Roaring Fork School District. Free event. 7:00 pm – Opening Film – Skidrow Marathon (85 min). Ticketed event.
9:00 pm – Q&A with Rafael Cabrera and Gabi Hayes. Ticketed event.
Saturday, August 18
Sunday, August 19
10:00 am – Outdoor Festival opens
8:00 am – Yoga and Meditation Free event.
9:00 am – The Wisdom and Tools of Compassion with John Bruna. Ticketed event. 10:30 am – Compassion Film Festival Selections – Morning Session. Ticketed event. Start With Hello – Free event. 12:00 pm – Live Music – Frank Martin. Free event. 1:00 pm – Forgiveness and NonViolent Communication – Free Event 3:00 pm – Compassion Film Festival Selections Afternoon Session. Ticketed event. Joy Rocks Carbondale – Free event. 5:00 pm – Live Music – Let Them Roar Free event 6:30 pm – Outdoor Festival Closes
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7:30 am – Compassion With a Camera Free event.
10:00 am – Compassion in Action An interfaith panel discussion. Free event. 12:00 pm – Local and Student Film Shorts – Free Event. 1:30 pm – Closing Film Love and Bananas. Ticketed event.
3:00 pm – Film discussion with the producer of Love and Bananas. Ticketed Event. 3:30 pm – Closing Ceremony with people’s choice award. Free Event. Professional development hours for mental health workers and salary advancement credits for Roaring Fork School District teachers are available.
Blacksmithing conference shows CRMS a stronghold of the craft Photos and text by Jon Nicolodi Special to The Sopris Sun This past weekend, blacksmiths from all over the United States and Canada converged on Colorado Rocky Mountain School for the Rocky Mountain Blacksmithing Conference. The ringing sound of a hammer being brought down upon steel in the shop kept rhythm as Scott Kretschmer and I watched the demonstration and walked through the section of campus taken over by the blacksmiths for the week. “All sorts of folks come,” said Scott, who has been part of this conference for sixteen years. He’s the president of Rocky Mountain Smiths, and the vice-president of ArtistBlacksmith’s Association of North America. “I’d say the majority are hobby smiths looking to advance their craft, but we have a number of experienced blacksmiths here as well, from all over the U.S. and Canada.” The conference kicked off Thursday evening with a fun competition. This year, thirty-four participants competed to see who could smith the most aesthetic right angle in twenty minutes. “It would be easy to cut two pieces of steel at a forty-five degree angle and weld them into a right angle, but blacksmithing this is incredibly hard. You’re pounding on the steel, and by nature one side wants to slump in and the other push out. And we gave them round steel as well, which makes it even more difficult.” The conference turns collaborative from there, as the group project is introduced, an initiative started a number of years ago which challenges small teams to collaborate and craft art together. This year, the group project is to smith the antique hearth ware of a trammel and trivet. It became clear over my short tour with Scott just how complicated and nuanced the craft of blacksmithing is. At one point we stepped into a twenty foot long closet, lined with different molds and shapes of hammers and steel. Scott proceeded to describe one after the other to me. I asked him to distill black-
smithing down a little bit. “I’d say that precision play is a great way to describe it.” We turned back to the demonstration, the source of the rhythmic pinging. “That’s the striker, the person bringing the hammer down each time upon the other hammer that rests on the iron. They need to hit the head of the hammer each time right on the top at just the right angle with just the right force, otherwise the hammers skid off and it’s messed up. And that doesn’t even get into what the other hammer is doing or how it’s used, the heat, the material.” “Hosting this at CRMS is the perfect fit,” he continued. “Everyone is immersed in their craft for the whole conference, working late into the night during open shop time or relaxing after dinner. This conference is half about the community. We have the place to ourselves, we have accommodations, and nowhere can beat the food. We all get to play and learn for four days.” In exchange, Scott and a few other blacksmiths arrive at CRMS a few days early and do some annual maintenance on the shop and its tools. The shop was donated to the school by Francis Whitaker in the late 1980’s, a renown blacksmith who had had his shop in Aspen. “Whitaker had a massive impact around here. His mentorship is why there are a lot of blacksmithing shops in this valley now.” Part of their maintenance this year included finding and preserving some of the blacksmithing hammers that Whitaker himself made. Members pay a fee to watch the demonstrations and participate in the conference, but the public can join in on the silent auction of art that some smiths bring with them, and of whatever is produced during the conference. Look for that event next year, and until then, keep an eye out for the subtle hammer marks or stout ironwork that denote another aspect of the Roaring Fork Valley’s historical and current cultural heritage.
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Top: Demonstrator Patrick Quinn heating some iron in the forge during his demo at the annual rocky Mountain Blacksmithing Conference. Above: A work in progress for this year’s collaborative group project at the annual rocky Mountain Blacksmithing Conference. left: The blacksmith directing the location of the blow as the striker applies the force at the annual rocky Mountain Blacksmithing Conference.
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Town Report The following items are drawn from Town Manager Jay Harrington’s weekly report to staff, trustees and others. THE SNOWMASS DRIVE TRAIL is done and open just in time for the first day of school, while the Third Street sidewalk has been poured from Main Street to Colorado Avenue. Landscaping for both projects will wait until water restrictions are lifted. TREATED WATER PRODUCTION has dropped from 1.24 million gallons per day to 1.02 MGD. Low flows have also continued to make it difficult to keep the ditches running. P&Z CANDIDATE interviews will wrap up Aug. 16, with a recommendation for who should fill the vacant seats expected to go to trustees at the end of the month. A FEE WAIVER has been requested by the Red Hill Lofts affordable rental housing developer. Planning staff is working on a recommendation to bring to the board. SALES TAX was up 7.9 percent for the month of July, with revenues up 8.8 percent for the year so far. SAVAGE LAKES BACKPACKING for hikers 10 and up is slated for Aug. 16 and 17; preregistration required. A PALISADE FRUIT AND WINE TOUR is slated for the Aug. 24 senior trip. Preregister at least a week in advance for $10. A MINI YOUTH TRIATHLON took place on Aug. 11 — “a great way to finish off the swim lesson season.” The pool switched to modified hours on Aug. 13; read more at carbondalerec.com. ROCKY MOUNTAIN YOUTH CORPS worked on weed eradication at the North Face Park and spent a day on the Red Hill Trails. A POLICE COMMAND CLASS will draw Lieutenant Chris Wurtsmith down to Denver for a total of ten weeks between now and December.
Cop Shop From Aug. 3 through 9, Carbondale Police handled 317 Calls for Service. During that period, officers investigated the following cases of note: SATURDAY Aug. 4 at 12:27 a.m. A speeding stop led to the arrest of a 28-year-old woman on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. SATURDAY Aug. 4 at 6:49 a.m. Police took a report of a damaged RFTA bus. SATURDAY Aug. 4 at 2:32 p.m. The owner of a wallet found on Main Street informed police that $500 was missing. SATURDAY Aug. 4 at 10:36 p.m. Following a traffic stop for failing to maintain a single lane, a 60-yearold man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. SATURDAY Aug. 4 at 11:56 p.m. A call from a downtown bar led to the arrest of a 49-year-old woman for trespass, disorderly conduct and harassment. SUNDAY Aug. 5 at 12:20 a.m. After stopping a car for failure to maintain a single lane, police arrested a 19-yearold man on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs. SUNDAY Aug. 5 at 10:32 p.m. Another stop for failing to maintain a single
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AMERICANA • Utah-based Grizzly Goat plays at 8:30 p.m. at Steve’s Guitars (19 N. Fourth St.).
FRI to THU August 17-23
MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre (427 Main St.) presents “BlacKkKlansman” (R) at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 17-23 and “In the House of Madness” presented by J. Winfield Heckert at 5 p.m. Aug. 18.
FRIDAY Aug. 17
ARTIST FEEDBACK • Carbondale Arts and The Art Base give local creatives a chance to be critiqued from 6 to 8 p.m. at The Launchpad (76 S. Fourth St.). This month’s review will be facilitated by Christine Anderson and is limited to four people — preregister with staci@carbondalearts.com. MOUNTAIN SAFETY • Colorado Rocky Mountain School (500 Holden Way) hosts a free presentation by the Elk Range Mountain Safety Coalition at 6 p.m. aimed at providing the skills, knowledge, and confidence to have a safe and successful backcountry experience.
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BAROQUE FOLK • The River Whyless takes the stage at 8:30 p.m. at Steve’s Guitars (19 N. Fourth St.). IMPROV • The Consensual Improv troupe performs on its home stage at Thunder River Theatre (67 Promenade) at 8 p.m.; $15 at thunderrivertheatre.com
COMPASSION FEST • Davi Nikent and Way of Compassion partner for a series of feature-length and short films, workshops, nonprofit presentations and live music. For a full schedule and tickets, visit www.compassionfest. world.
JAM ROCK • Skyfoot plays a 7 to 11 p.m. set at The Black Nugget (403 Main St.).
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OUR TOWN ONE TABLE • The community-wide potluck returns to the Fourth Street Plaza as a town-sponsored event. Reserve a table by emailing jwall@ carbondaleco.net then show up at 4 p.m. to nab your specific spot for the 6:30 p.m. meal. Only tables are provided; everything else — chairs, tablecloths, dishes, cutlery and food — is up to you. Get a group together and decorate around the theme “The World is Coming to Carbondale” or come alone and look for the globe balloons welcoming strangers.
DOG DAY 5K • Race through Two Rivers Park in support of Colorado Animal Rescue; 9 a.m. registration and 10 a.m. start. ART GALA • Party at the Art Base (99 Midland Spur, Basalt) beginning at 7 p.m. with a cocktail reception, 10x10 nameunseen silent auction, dessert and live music. ACOUSTIC ENSEMBLE • Davina and The Vagabonds play at 8:30 p.m. at The Temporary (360 Market St., Willits). $25 in advance at tacaw.org or $30 at the door. BLUEGRASS • Elk Range Bluegrass the The Black Nugget (403 Main St.) from 9 p.m. ‘til midnight.
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ARTWAY CELEBRATION • Tour the True Nature Healing Arts Botanical Gardens then head out on the Rio Grande ARTway and take a stop at the Latino Folk Art Garden where music and tamales will be served and finish at DeRail Park to
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LE CINEMA • Aspen Music Festival and School and Aspen Film a four-film series of classic French films centered on music beginning with “La Vie En Rose” at 7:30 p.m. at The Temporary (360 Market St., Willits). $15 general admission; $12 for members.
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STRUGGLE TO SUCCESS • Belief Expert and Transformational Life Coach Kathleen Fors provides free introductory sessions at noon and 7 p.m. at The Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.). TRAIL WORK • The Red Hill / Mushroom Rock trail system gets a makeover thanks to Aspen Valley Land Trust and Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers. Help out anytime from 4 p.m. to dusk. CAleNDAr continued on page 11
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BACKPACKING • Let Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers take care of the logistics and food in exchange for some trail work at Thomas Lakes. You can also hike in for the day anytime after 4 p.m. on Friday; just sign up at rfov.org.
FIND YOUR STRENGTH • Veteran, amputee, powerlifter and inspiration to many, KC Mitchel shares his stories from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at The Orchard (110 Snowmass Dr.).
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BOOK BINGO • Kids and teens are invited to the Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave.) at 2 p.m. for a free chance to play and win books. FOREIGN FILM • “Cinema Paradiso” screens free at 5 p.m. at the Basalt Regional Library (14 Midland Ave.). MOUNTAINFILM • At 7 p.m., The Temporary (360 Market St., Willits) and Wheeler Opera House present Spanish language films for mountain lovers with English subtitles. $30 with a downvalley Pick 2 Pass at wheeleroperahouse.com.
Further Out THURSDAY Aug. 23
MYSTICAL MUSIC MEDITATION • Bob Sima and Shannon Plummer create a multidimensional experience of inspiring message-rich live music, conscious breathwork, silence, poetry, and guided meditation - all interwoven to take listeners on a beautiful inward journey at the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.). Suggested donation of $15 to $20.
FRIDAY Aug. 24
COWBOY UP • Live country music, western dancing, wagon rides, an auction and BBQ come together from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Fourth Street Plaza. $5 general admission supports Stepping Stones of the Roaring Fork Valley.
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Ongoing HISTORY MUSEUM • The Mt. Sopris Historical Society Cabin Museum and Pioneer Heritage Garden (located at the corner of Highway 133 and Weant Boulevard) is open on Wednesdays 3-6 p.m. and Fridays 12-3 p.m. through September 2018. RODEO • The nonprofit, volunteer Carbondale Wild West Rodeo continues at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays at the Gus Darien Riding Arena on Catherine Store Road. FARMER’S MARKET • Sample wares from a small, eclectic blend of local farmers, producers and artisans Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Fourth Street Plaza. TRIVIA • Geeks Who Drink comes to Batch (358 Main St.) for free at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays. OPEN MIC • A new open mic takes place from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays at Riverside Grill (181 Basalt Center Circle, Basalt). Food and drink specials. Free. KARAOKE • The Black Nugget (403 Main St.) and Sandman bring you over 30,000 songs to choose from and a quality sound system to release your inner rockstar at 9 pm. every Thursday. LET’S JUST DANCE • Feel great, have fun and dance Tuesdays at The Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.). Catch a free lesson at 7 p.m., then from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. it’s open dancing with two-step, swing, waltz, line dance, salsa and more. No partner or experience necessary. $8/person; $14/couple. Questions? Call 970-366-6463 or email billypat4@gmail.com.
WORLD DANCE • Learn rhythms from various countries and cultures for $12 per class from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Mondays at the Carbondale Community School (1505 Satank Rd.). HEALTH THROUGH NUTRITION • Free opportunities include… One-hour consultation about heart attack prevention, plant-based nutrition, other medical issues. Call retired family doctor Greg Feinsinger, M.D. for appointment (379-5718). First Monday of every month catch a powerpoint presentation by Dr. Feinsinger about the science behind plant-based nutrition, 7 to 8:30 p.m., boardroom Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.). Fourth Monday of every month, plant-based potluck 6:30 p.m. Calaway Room, Third Street Center. All events supported by Davi Nikent, Center for Human Flourishing. More information at www.davinikent.org. HIGH NOON • Bring your compliments, complaints and ideas to Sopris Sun Editor Will Grandbois at 12 p.m. Thursdays at the Pour House (351 Main St.). EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN • Staff and sources talk about this week’s paper and more at 4 p.m. Thursdays on KDNK (88.1 FM). ROTARY • The Carbondale Rotary Club meets at the Carbondale Fire Station (300 Meadowood Dr.) at 6:45 a.m. Wednesdays. The Mt. Sopris Rotary meets at White House Pizza (801 Main Ct.) at noon every Thursday. COMMUNITY MEAL • Faith Lutheran Church (1340 Highway 133) hosts a free com-
munity meal from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the first and third Saturdays of the month. Info: 510-5046 or faithcarbondale.com. Carbondale Homeless Assistance also has its meeting on the fourth Tuesday of each month. WRITERS GROUP • Wordsmiths of all experience and abilities gather at the Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave.) at 6 p.m. on the second Monday of the month. STORY ART • Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave.), in partnership with the Aspen Art Museum, invites kids to learn about artists and create masterpieces of their own at 4 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month. YOUR STORY, YOUR LIFE • A free facilitated workshop for adults, writing your personal history, one story at a time. Facilitated by Shelly Merriam, historian/writer/genealogist. First and third Fridays, 10 a.m. to noon at the Glenwood Springs Branch Library, (815 Cooper Ave.). Info at 945-5958 or gcpld.org. STORYTIME • Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave.) hosts stories songs and more for ages four and up at 10:30 a.m. Thursdays and three and under at 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays. Kids must be accompanied by an adult. GRIEF AND LOSS • Pathfinders offers a grief and loss support group every other Monday at 6 p.m., and a caregiver support group every other Wednesday noon. An RSVP is required to Robyn Hubbard at 319-6854. Pathfinders offers support groups from Aspen to Rifle and is located in Carbondale at 1101 Village Rd. Info: pathfindersforcancer.org.
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There are no cows in the game of polo so players chase balls instead. These photos were shot during the Aspen Valley Hospital fundraiser on Aug. 12, when spectators wore their finery. At middle left, polo groom Pedro Nicora babysits Dante linfossi while his mom Sydney takes a break. In the center, we just can’t make heads or tails of what’s going on.
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…from polo to rodeo Photos and text by Jane Bachrach
but they are otherwise quite different. Rodeo is an exhibition of cowboy/cowgirl skills during which they compete against one another for a cash prize. Polo is the sport of kings in which, traditionally, the ambience is a lot more reserved and proper and spectators tend to dress for the occasion. A dirt arena sets the scene for rodeo, while polo is usually played on a manicured grass field. All in all, they are both exciting for both spectating and people watching, and require athletic prowess on the part of the humans and horses.
rodeo consists of several events like calf roping, where they chase cows rather than balls, bull riding and barrel racing — among others. At the Carbondale rodeo the atmosphere is relaxed as spectators stroll around during and between competitions. The familiar face on the upper right is Johnny Nieslanik who is competing in team roping.
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Water, land disputes are nothing new From the archives of the Roaring Fork Valley Journal Aug. 17, 1978 Kathy Menke reported on a three-day water conference in Gunnison which, she assured readers, affected everyone. Colorado Water Conservation Director Felix Sparx took the opportunity to express concerns over the Fryingpan-Arkansas diversion, emphasize the importance of minimum streamflow and reject the idea that limiting water could limit growth. “We can’t keep people out of Colorado,” he said. Regional EPA Administrator Alam Merson, however, contended that water and growth were inextricably linked. “Without coordination we are going to end up with patterns of growth that are going to be very, very costly,” he said. Merson’s speech was cut short by illness, which he quipped must have been a result of inadequate drinking water regulation. In other news… The Journal reran a series of Rebecca Young’s photo in honor of her departure from town — though she’d be back and raise the next journalistic generation here.
Aug. 18, 1988 The Journal took readers on a trip past the rich and famous on Snowmass Creek Road and back in time to the Maurin Ranch on Capitol Creek, “an honest-to-God high-mountain spread complete with weathered outbuildings, a log barn and farm machinery that looks as if it has seen its share of use.” Homesteaded by John Maurin in 1888, it was still in the family 100 years later. Dwight and Nancy Maurin had turned away all attempts to purchase and develop the property, but steep inheritance taxes and severe subdivision ordinances ultimately forced them to abandon ranching and lease the remaining 600 acres to neighboring ranchers.
Project Manager Wanted Crystal River Elementary, Carbondale Middle, and Roaring Fork High School are working to create a coherent PK-12 program that engages students in meaningful and authentic learning experiences that connect to and reflect the Carbondale community and beyond. While much of this work will be done within the schools, we would also like to physically connect the schools to create a single Carbondale Creative Campus.
In other news… Several Satank residents expressed dismay at what they saw as the unnecessary raising and resurfacing of County Road 106.
Aug. 13, 1998 The ongoing East Mesa easement dispute grew even more heated with a lawsuit by the Te Ke Ki subdivision owners advocating for the forfeiture of Nieslanik ranch property on White Hill on grounds of conspiracy to deny access. Other damages sought included the ranch manager’s pickup truck and any funds used in the mediation process by Aspen Valley Land Trust. One Carbondale trustee called the move a “sideshow” intended to intimidate — but it appeared likely to backfire as it steeled the Town’s resolve. In other news… Karl Terry penned a column describing himself as a “marked man” due to his luck in winning the Rebekahs’ Mountain Fair quilt raffle.
Aug. 14, 2008 Carbondale was featured on the cover of National Geographic Adventure Magazine as part of a story on “Where to Live and Play Now.” The scene as framed by photographer Tyler Stableford was quintessential Carbondale — a couple lounging around a Jeep with their bikes with Sopris looming in the background. “From a tourism perspective, it’s wonderful to have great PR for Carbondale,” Chamber Director Randi Lowenthal said. “Hopefully, it doesn’t bring too many people to town… whatever too many is.” (The cover still hangs framed in the Chamber office, alongside an array of other national coverage the town has since garnered.) In other news… The final expansion to Crystal Meadows Senior Housing was slated to add 15 units.
We are looking for a project manager who will bring community, educator, and student voices and resources together to create this physical connection. This individual should have project management experience, strong communication skills, be individually motivated, and have the ability to lead and complete a project effectively and efficiently.
The position will pay $30-$40/hour depending on experience and skill set. If you are interested or have any questions please contact Jennifer Lamont at Carbondale Middle school, 970-384-5700 or jlamont@rfschools.com. The project manager selected to lead this project will be paid as an independent contractor.
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compassion, and and over the course of 12 hours, they created films.” Three of those films will be screened during the festival. “The idea is, from our perspective, how do you use these different tools and techniques that people are interested in to not only learn a skill but to weave in compassion as a thought process and into those actions as well?” Taylor continued. It’s an idea that the Town of Carbondale has formally adopted. During their Aug. 14 meeting, the trustees and Mayor Dan Richardson made an official proclamation defining compassion as the desire to remove suffering and declaring the week of Aug. 13 Compassionate Carbondale Week. “It really does embody — to me, anyway — what Carbondale is all about,” Richardson said. “The way we conduct business as a town is very compassionate. Then you extend that beyond the town government to our focus on nonprofits and the community feel that nobody can quite describe but everybody feels it, I think it makes a lot of sense.” For a full schedule and tickets, visit compassionfest.world.
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Letters from page 2 Birds of a feather Dear Editor: Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario has a kindred spirit running for governor in Kansas. Kris Kobach road in a parade in a star spangled Jeep with an M-60 machine gun mounted on the back. When a woman complained it was frightening her children, he called her a snowflake. That’s just like Vallario showing off his Bearcat in the Garfield County Fair parade. He paid $400,000 of the county taxpayer’s money for God knows what purpose. Give it up for Carbondale’s own Paramoop Khalsa, who’s running for sheriff as a write-in candidate in November! It’s time for some peace, love, and understanding in the sheriff’s office. Fred Malo Jr. Carbondale
Your help for Carbondale history Dear Editor: In 1986, the Carbondale community invited Rocky Mountain Institute to beta test its nascent sustainable development methodology in Carbondale. I was part of RMI’s team and am now writing a retrospective on that effort, called the Pioneer Project. I’m asking Sun readers to reflect on the following to ensure I get this bit of local history right. The Pioneer Project involved many locals in a series of meetings to envision the future and develop practical projects to strengthen the community. By late 1987, participants had proposed several project ideas. Over time, not surprisingly, some of the ideas fell by the wayside; others started, faded, and reemerged later; still others succeeded. The following describes those ideas and,
Legal Notices in some cases, what happened later. Please write me about what happened with any of these ideas, additions or corrections at michaeljkinsley@gmail.com. 1. An innovative effort to market local artists’ products received strongest support. It led to an artists’ survey, a marketing workshop, and an artist’s directory — which led to the December ’87 opening of the Artitracts Gallery, Carbondale’s first nonprofit locals art gallery. 2. Extension of the bus system (Roaring Fork Transit Authority) into Carbondale. Started in ’87 as a van pool, is now an important part of the RFTA system. 3. Energy efficiency efforts began with information, low-interest loans, and weatherization. These helped create a climate within which CLEER could be established in 2002. It now provides energy-efficiency and renewable-energy services in Garfield county and beyond. 4. Newspaper-recycling. A center was later created where Town Hall now stands. Morphed into the town’s Environmental Board. 5. A natural food co-op store. Years later a co-op store was created and the co-op became Mana Foods. 6. A business incentive program. Later in ’87, town council decided to allow new businesses and developers to pay municipal fees in installments. A team was created to respond to new business inquiries.
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We don’t know if any of the following ideas continued after ’87. Do you? 7. A farmers’ market was tested 8. A directory of local health resources. 9. A tourist information service. 10. A buy-local education campaign. 11. A local business support team. 12. Health grants for local scholarships, education, and related projects. 13. Dislocated-worker assistance. Also, some suggest that Pioneer Project momentum led to a four-fold increase in chamber of commerce membership, which followed hiring of the first full-time director. Other subtler and perhaps more durable benefits to Carbondale can be attributed to the Pioneer Project: • Former adversaries working together on mutually beneficial efforts • A greater understanding of the importance of local commerce. • Townspeople realizing that they had done it themselves. Based on the Carbondale test, RMI refined and used its Economic Renewal Project in 40 states and four countries over twenty years. In that time, RMI learned that the underlying requirement for success is grit, determination, and good will — of which Carbondale has plenty. Michael Kinsley Old Snowmass
The property is located at 1150 Highway 133, Carbondale CO 81623. The applicant is Pinnacle Consulting, Inc, on Behalf of Verizon Wireless. The owner is Ralph and Patricia Wanner. Said Public Hearing will be held at the Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO at 7:00 p.m. on August 30, 2018. 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, 7:00 a.m. through 6:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday. John Leybourne Town of Carbondale Published in The Sopris Sun on August 16, 2018.
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held before the Carbondale Board of Trustees for the purpose of considering a rezoning from the Seventh Street PUD zone district to the Historic Commercial Core (HCC). The property is located at 689 Main Street. The applicants/owners are Ann and Mark Gianinetti of AMG Properties, LLC. Said Public Hearing will be held at the Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO at 6:00 p.m. on September 11, 2018.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held before the Carbondale Board of Trustees for the purpose of considering an amendment to the Unified Development Code (Title 17 of the Carbondale Municipal Code). Specifically, the amendment is related to Child Care Facilities, including but not limited to Section 4.2 Table of Allowed Uses, Section 4.3 Use-Specific Standards, Section 5.8 Off-Street Parking, etc. The applicant is the Town of Carbondale. Said Public Hearing will be held at the Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO at 6:00 p.m. on September 11, 2018.
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