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Bridget Strang’s border collie, Treat, showed the crowd how it’s done during a herding demonstration at the Carbondale Wild West West Rodeo on Aug. 11. Strang and other organizers are gearing up for the National Sheepdog Finals at her family’s ranch on Missouri Heights Sept. 13-18. Photo by Jane Bachrach

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Volume 3, Number 27 | August 18, 2011

Village at Crystal River advances By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer

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fter more than two years of public review and 35 public meetings, the Village at Crystal River PUD turned a corner at Tuesday night’s board of trustees meeting. On a 5-0 vote, trustees instructed town staff to draft a document detailing all of the proposed agreements between the town and developer for a mixed-use development on the west side of Highway 133 north of Main Street. With document in hand, trustees will then be able to vote up or down on the proposal for a 24-acre piece of property whose history dates to 1999. “This is a monumental point for this project,” mayor Stacey Bernot said after the vote was taken. Trustee Frosty Merriott was absent and trustee John Foulkrod has recused himself due to a possible conflict of interest. The trustees will discuss the document Oct. 4 and could vote on the project that night, although town planner Janet Buck told them the related discussions might take “a meeting or two.” The Village at Crystal River planned unit development (PUD), proposed by Rich Schierburg and the Denver-based Peregrine Group, calls for approximately 125,000 square feet of commercial/ retail density, including a 58,000-square-foot grocery store according to the development application; approximately 15,000 square feet of office space; up to 164 residential units; and a parcel of approximately three acres for a school, day care center, hospital, hotel or combination of light manufacturing with a retail component. In a 2003 referendum, Carbondale residents overturned a trustees decision and voted down a proposal for a 230,000-square-foot commercial development on the parcel that included a 125,000-square-foot big-box retail store. The property’s development history dates to 1999 when its owner, Colorado Rocky Mountain School, sold the vacant land/pasture to California developer Brian Huster. Huster’s original plan called for what amounted to a new town center on the property — including a theatre for the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities that Huster offered to the non-profit group for free — but residents hammered the idea so badly he eventually pulled the project in favor of the one that voters turned down in 2003. A partial timeline for the project since 2003 is as follows: 2005 – Schierburg takes input from the EcoVCR page 4

Carbondale Commentary

Help libraries; shop locally By Kelsy Been Living locally is in. That is, eating locally grown food and shopping at local businesses is the latest trend. But, that doesn’t mean everyone is doing it. Many people are still driving to Grand Junction or Denver to save a few bucks on their purchases. Most shoppers want to get the most bang for their buck and are willing to go the distance to do so — especially in today’s economy. However, what most people don’t realize is that by shopping locally, you are supporting entities that provide services to your community through the sales tax generated in your community. The Garfield County Public Library District recognizes that your tax dollars are precious and that shopping locally supports your local libraries and more. For instance, if you live in Glenwood Springs and buy $100 worth of food, treats, and toys for your beloved dog at the local food store, your grand total will be $108.60 with sales tax. Sales tax can be frustrating because when you dish out that extra money, it may seem that you’re not getting anything tangible in return. To some, it may seem like a mysterious wad of cash that disappears into a black hole. In reality, that 8.6 percent sales tax is divided between the following entities: the state of Colorado (2.9 percent), Garfield County (1 percent), city of Glenwood Springs (3.7 percent), and the Rural Transit Authority (1 percent). These entities use sales tax income to support a number of public services, and Garfield County’s share supports a number of essential services including Garfield County Libraries, 911 communications, the sheriff’s office, human services, road and bridge and more. Garfield County Libraries’ general operating fund comes solely from sales taxes. The library district receives a quarter percent of sales tax from the county, or 22 cents of that $8.60 from your canine-friendly purchase. This 22 cents goes toward library books, staff salaries, and public programming. Sales tax collections in Garfield County are down almost 50 percent since 2008, which makes it even more important to shop locally to support Garfield County public services. So even if you spend an extra dollar on a squirrel chew toy in Glenwood Springs, at least you know that that the sales tax you pay will be returned to you, your family, and your community in the form of other services. Kelsy Been is an Administrative Assistant for the Garfield County Library District. The Sopris Sun encourages commentaries on local issues from those who live and care about them – that’s you, our readers. Please send us your 700 word article to news@ soprissun.com or P.O. Box 399, Carbondale, CO 81623 and inlcude your name, phone number, where you live and any other pertinent information about yourself.

Correction The photo on page 6 in the Aug. 11 Sopris Sun was not taken at Floyd’s of Mayberry. It was taken at the Barber Shoppe. The Sopris Sun regrets the error.

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Holding with Denver Peak

Moms rock the fair

Dear Editor: My father grew up on the banks of the Roaring Fork River, as did I as a baby. The view of the mountain is incredible, and my aunt and cousin still maintain a home just west of the old homestead. Mount Sopris holds a special place in my heart, as does its name. If it maintains its name with only the east peak being changed, I guess I could hold with that. Although being a fan of John Denver, and having lived and worked in Aspen in the 1970s, and Starwood, the view of the mountain is not what he would have appreciated the most. I propose the change of name to a mountain he would have looked on and loved more – Pyramid. This is just a suggestion, and asking the people who knew him best which mountain’s name should be changed makes more sense. Judy Kirkham-Beville Grand Junction

Dear Editor: Our mothering community never ceases to amaze me with their offering of support and generosity. This past Mountain Fair weekend was more comfortable and manageable for families with infants and toddlers thanks to the Carbondale Moms for Moms Changing & Nursing Nook. It’s no fun to be at a festival with a hot, hungry, wet baby, and the booth space provided a shady little nook offering moms, dads and caregivers a place to change diapers and feed babies during their time at the festival. The booth was made possible with donations from local Carbondale Moms for Moms members Annie Thompson, Ami Maes, Daine Fehr, Laine Weinstein-Fabijanic, Megan Hansen, Anne Nickamin and Alta Otto who brought in a glider, nursing pillows, wipes and diapers. Alexa’s Closet and Julie Ivansco loaned a changing table and hand sanitizer, and Sopris Liquor & Wine made a generous donation to provide cold bottles of water to family members taking advantage of the tent to stay hydrated. Dawn Lamping and La Leche League supplied brochures and volunteers to sup-

Fabulous idea Dear Editor: I think naming the eastern peak of Mount Sopris “John Denver Peak” is a fabulous idea. There couldn’t be a more fitting honor to a man that promoted the Colorado Rockies through his music and his environmentalism and humanitarian efforts throughout the world. We’re 100 percent in favor of the idea. Harold and Cathy Simpson Hoopeston, Illinois

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Bennet promises environmental protections at town hall meeting By Allyn Harvey U.S. Senator Michael Bennet told an audience of nearly 150 area residents that he was ready to draft one piece of legislation to protect the Thompson Divide area from energy development, and another to designate nearly 100,000 acres of public lands in Pitkin and Gunnison Counties as wilderness. Bennet spent an hour and a half Monday afternoon taking questions at the Gathering Center at the Church of Carbondale (now known as the Orchard). He asked people early on to speak their minds and level any criticism, noting that his four years as superintendent of schools in Denver had given him a “thick skin.” The first term senator is known for his willingness to engage local audiences, even in the toughest political environments. When the question of Thompson Divide came up, the senator praised the work that had been done by the community so far, and said he had met with Rep. Scott Tipton on the issue. “My sense is we’re getting closer and closer to doing something about that,” he said. Former Garfield County Commissioner

Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) spoke to a packed house at the Gathering Center during his Carbondale stop on Aug. 8. Photo by Lynn Burton Tresi Houpt urged Bennet to consider the timeline that the community is facing now that there is a pending application with the BLM to drill deep in the roadless area.

Bennet also praised locals for their work on the Hidden Gems Wilderness proposal, and said he is ready to begin work on a bill that would propose wilderness designation for the Hidden Gems area in Pitkin, Gunnison and a small part of Garfield counties. The Hidden Gems in those counties comprise about 100,000 acres of public lands. When he was asked what work is being done on climate change in the nation’s capital, the senator turned glum. “The short answer is nothing is happening with the climate change debate,” he said. Bennet said he is a strong advocate for creating incentives to drive investment in new technologies, including renewable energies. He pointed out that China now exports $15 billion in solar panels and associated technologies annually, while the U.S. government’s support for alternative energy development and exports is stagnant. Essentially, the U.S. is leaving money on the table, and the Chinese are scooping it up. In answer to a local Republican’s call for the repeal of the health care reform passed last year, Bennet said he wasn’t willing to go that far. But he did say Congress should

add accountability to the law, so measures could be taken if it fails to realize the cost savings promised. Bennet clearly was expecting questions over the recent debate about raising the debt ceiling, even though residents from Carbondale to Aspen who attended the event seemed more interested in other matters. In his opening remarks, he described the politics in Washington as “cartoonish.” “I wish I could tell you that things there are less dysfunctional than they appear — I can’t,” Bennet said. “Things are worse than they appear, in fact.” When the topic came up later in the session, he attributed part of that dysfunction to the distance that exists between federal legislators and their constituents, noting that they are so far removed from one another that extremists in Congress can act without fear of electoral consequences. “I can tell you that there is not a single mayor or schools superintendent who would dare threaten the financial viability of their community or district — not one,” he said.“The voters wouldn’t let them get away with it.”

RVR resident running for school board By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer River Valley Ranch resident Matt Hamilton has announced he’ll run for the RE-1 school board, as incumbent Debbie Bruell has decided not to run. “Matt will be an excellent board member,” Bruell said.“The board needs members who speak their mind, even if it (their opinion) is unpopular.” Hamilton is the only Carbondale candidate to take out a nomination petition, which must be returned by 1 p.m. on Aug. 26, according to a school district spokeswoman. Hamilton, 38, is sustainability manager for the Aspen Skiing Co. His wife, Jennifer, teaches second graders at Crystal River Elementary School. They have two children, 7 and 3. “I have a long, deep interest in public education … my mother was a teacher in Connecticut and served on the school board,” Hamilton said in citing one reason for running for the board. Hamilton said he attended several board meetings earlier this year when it was discussing budget cuts brought on by decreased state funding. He also talked to teachers, other parents and to Bruell. “I know Debbie … I think we had a meeting of the minds,” he said. There are several issues to address or ideas to pursue if elected, Hamilton said. First, he’d like to look into instituting a 360 review to

Obituary

Philip Arthur Rosenberg Philip Arthur Rosenberg, 71, died peacefully at home in Carbondale on July 18, 2011. Phil was a 26-year resident of the Roaring Fork Valley and a proud Air Force vet-

help rate the performance of administrators and school principals. He’d also like for the district to pursue board member Bill Lamont’s interest in increasing communication between the district and community, and to work toward more engagement between teachers, principals and parents. After attending school board meetings, Hamilton wants to look into how they are structured to possibly allow for more public comment, and also try to streamline meetings so they are shorter. “There are ways to run meetings so they don’t go on for five to seven hours.” Hamilton, who lives in District D, wants to work with the Roaring Fork Public Education Foundation and take it to the “next level” of support for the district. Matt and Jennifer moved to Carbondale in 2005 when she accepted a teaching position at Crystal River Elementary School. He said he “lucked out” in landing the sustainability manager job at the SkiCo, which includes helping the company to conserve energy in all its departments. He holds an undergraduate degree from Middlebury College in Vermont and a graduate degree in public policy from Georgetown in Washington, D.C. Incumbent Bill Lamont, from Carbondale, also announced this week he will not seek reelection. The only other candidate to announce is Phil Weir (District C) of Glenwood Springs.

eran. He is survived by his five children, their spouses and many grandchildren. Phil will be missed more than he could ever have imagined; he made a difference in so many lives. There will be a celebration of Phil’s life on Aug. 20, at 4 p.m. at the River Valley Ranch clubhouse. All who knew Phil are welcome. In lieu of flowers, please reach out to a family member or friend.

A film crew for the independent movie “Chapman” took over Main Street Spirits on Aug. 12. The film stars Jesse Johnson, Chris Masterson and Christine Woods, and is being shot entirely in Colorado. Photo by Lynn Burton THE SOPRIS SUN • AUGUST 18, 2011 • 3

VCR cont. om page 1 nomic Roadmap Group and downsizes the project from its 2003 size; 2006 – An open house is held to take input and discuss concepts for the property; 2007 – Trustees take straw polls on desires for the property; 2008 – The developer withdraws a possible big-box component for the project and introduces a “flexzone” for central seven acres; 2009 – The planning and zoning commission recommends 5-2 for trustees to approve the project, and it then goes to the trustees. •••

Work continues on the community oven at the Third Street Center as volunteers Sean McWilliams (left), Linda Criswell (center) and Tom Passavant (right) inspect bricks that will form the oven dome’s base. Criswell said this weekend the crew can use four pieces of 2X6 lumber (at least six feet long) or 2X8, 2X10 or even 2X12, one sheet of half-inch plywood (in reasonably good condition) and a brick saw. For details, call 963-9371. When finished in September, the wood-fired oven will be available to the public for making crusty, hearth-baked bread and pizza. The project’s sponsors are the town of Carbondale, BKS Charitable Foundation, Whimsical Women of the West, Gallegos Corp, Valley Lumber, Slow Food, and the Garfield County commissioners. Photo by Lynn Burton

In other business from Tuesday night’s meeting, the trustees approved a policy regarding business sandwich board signs pending a formal ordinance. Among the new rules: • Only one sandwich board per business; • Sandwich boards must be brought in at night; • Signs can only be placed on the lot where the business is located; businesses without street frontage must restrict their sign to the nearest rightof-way. The trustees also extended the medical marijuana facilities moratorium to July 1, 2012, and approved a liquor license for Bonfire Coffee.

The Sheepdog Finals are coming For six action-packed days, the top 250 qualifying border collies from the US and Canada and their handlers will square off with Colorado’s capricious range yearlings to determine the 2011 National Sheepdog Champion and Nursery Sheepdog Champion.

Food and Craft Fair Downtown Concert, BBQ & Street Fair Spinning, Lamb Cooking & Painting Demonstrations Celebrate Colorado’s Ranching Heritage Lots of opportunities to volunteer

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A Sopris view, captured at 6:32 a.m. on Aug. 14, just before the fog rolled in. Photo by Jane Bachrach

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After watching the recent sheepdog demos at the Carbondale rodeo and Chamber of Commerce mixer, Agnes and Baa flocked to the Pour House and got a bit too wild and wooly. The cops were called, and the girls got penned. Alpine Animal Hospital and Carbondale Animal Hospital performed sobriety tests. The ovines were released but were restricted from grazing on the open range. “This is a huge setback in our quest to join the range ewes from the Raftopoulous flock for the National Sheepdog Finals at Strang Ranch,” Agnes said. Looking for “free” range, the gals checked inventory at Mason and Morse, Amore, and Carol Dopkin’s, but because of last week’s S&P report their stock tanked and they are broke. At the perp stroll following their arrest, Sheep World Daily reporter Ewe B. Herded quoted the still–slightly bloated ewes. “Bonedale???? Really? How about something more agricultural . . . like Baledale? Have you seen the meadows in the Roaring Fork Valley this week? There is hay everywhere!” When asked to comment on the proposal to name Mt. Sopris’s east peak “Denver Peak,” both ewes thought it was a “Baaaaaaaaaad” idea. As for plans for the future, the ewes are excited about the movie Sweetgrass coming to the Crystal Theater on Aug. 28 at 2 p.m. and Aug. 29 at 5 p.m. “The movie truly be-

Local ironman/coach/triathlete David Clark finished first in his division at the Aug. 7 Boulder Ironman triathlon. Clark completed his swim in 27:18, the bike leg at 2:28:04 and run at 1:38:01 for a total time of four hours, thirty-seven minutes, seven seconds.

Congrats to AMEX AMEX won the Carbondale Recreation Department men’s slow pitch championship with a record of 8-0.

New at Transformation Yoga There are three new teachers at Transformation Yoga & Fitness: Sharon Kaplan (certified through the White Lotus Foundation), Audrey Sherry Gunshor (practiced with Shiva Rae, Max Strom and Saul David Raye) and Suzanne Luck (also practices herbal medicine).

Climbing ropes found Carbondale police officer Greg Knott apprehended Agnes and Baa on charges of “wild and wooly behavior” at the Pour House last week. Photo by Sheep World Daily longs to the sheep, which turn out to be fascinating, almost hypnotic subjects for the camera, whether they’re comically bleating at one another like rush-hour subway riders or swarming across the range like a single organism,” wrote one film critic. This special event is a fundraiser for the National Sheepdog Finals and tickets are $10.

“You can count us in!” Baa bleated. And you can count on another installment of Flock Talk in next week’s Sopris Sun, as Agnes and Baa (a couple of smallflock sheep from Hicksville) continue trying to crash the Raftopoulos flock for a shot at the National Sheepdog Finals on Sept. 13-18.

A gentleman named Andy dropped in the Sopris Sun office the other day and reported he found two climbing ropes on “Satank Road” a while back. If you believe these ropes to be yours, call Andy at 987-3556.

They say it’s your birthday Birthday greetings go out to Jonathan Shamis and Rusty Burtard (Aug. 18), and Dan Whitney, Katherine Whitney and Sid Smock (Aug. 20).

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Summertime bliss: Approaching heaven on back ribs As these beautiful, warm summer days roll on, many of us have dusted off our grills and smokers and entered another glorious season of outdoor cooking. But how many of us guys really know what we’re doing? After several decades of frustrating trials and errors, I’m beginning to understand a few of the fundamentals of this generally masculine, some say Neanderthal, pursuit. I’ve learned that chicken must be grilled over fairly cool By Chef George Bohmfalk coals or low gas, and with lots of repositioning, lest its abundant fat drip down and ignite the entire patio. A thick, lean steak or salmon, on the other hand, should be grilled over high heat, in order to develop a nice charred surface without overcooking the interior. Smoking, on the other hand, has little in common with grilling, other than occurring outdoors and involving wood or charcoal. Proper smoking is done with indirect, lowtemperature heat, over an extended period of time, in a closed unit. You can grill a ham-

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burger, steak, or shrimp in minutes, while a pork shoulder or beef brisket requires 18-24 hours of smoking at around 225 degrees. Pork ribs, for many the epitome of great barbeque, really used to confuse me. To grill or smoke? Wet or dry-rub? Should I buy spare, St. Louis-style, or baby-back ribs? And what does baby-back mean, anyway? Do these come from cute little piglets? Over several years, I had sampled ribs at myriad venues, including prizewinners at the Memphis-in-May (MIM) Championship Cookoff, numerous highly rated joints, and my own edgling efforts. Some were so perfectly tender and tasty that they nearly caused me to faint. Others were tough, dry and avorless. Some held nothing but juicy and smoky lean meat, while others were laden with annoying gristle and fat. Scholarly study of the OfďŹ cial Wholesale Meat Buyers’ Guide and the MIM judge’s manual taught me that pork ribs come in many forms. Ribs, of course, curve around from the back to the breastbone. To make 14-inch-long ribs more manageable, processors cut them in two. The shorter half toward the back is logically called a back (or loin) rib. The longer front half somehow came to be called a spare rib. Plain old spare ribs include some breastbone and associated gristle that many consumers don’t want. When this portion is trimmed away, the ribs become St. Louisstyle ribs and cost a little more per pound. “Country-style ribsâ€? come from the back

In skilled hands, back ribs that have been properly rubbed and smoked can be so tender and tasty that a sauce is distracting. area. Usually, the meat overlying the ribs is sold without the bones, making this cut of meat a rib oxymoron and disqualifying it from most barbeque competitions. How back ribs from adult pigs came to be called baby-back ribs is unclear. Someone told me that a popular chain restaurant coined the term. One Internet source said that some 20 years ago, when Denmark produced more pork ribs than it was able to sell, a Danish marketing genius came up with this catchy term to increase interest in these smaller rib racks. It must have worked, as half the back ribs eaten in the U.S. are Danish imports. Generally, back ribs have more meat and cost a little more than regular spare ribs. Most independent barbecue joints seem to serve spare ribs, while chain restaurants like Chili’s and Outback Steakhouse make a big point of their baby-back ribs. Most barbecue cookoff contenders submit back ribs, suggesting that

this may be the judges’ preferred type. How to cook them? I’ve grown attached to the melting tenderness of slowly smoked ribs and the remarkably deep and complex avors achieved by the combination of hardwood smoke and just about anyone’s “secretâ€? dry rub. In skilled hands, back ribs that have been properly rubbed and smoked can be so tender and tasty that a sauce is distracting. Such ribs can move one to a higher plane. At one famous Alabama place I searched out, we were served a rack of hot-grilled, unseasoned, St. Louis-style spare ribs, swimming in sauce. The little meat they held was somewhat dry and charred. Any notable avor the meat may have had was overpowered by the sauce. Gleaning every available bit from around the gristly knobs on one end was a chore. Why does anyone love these? So my mind is made up. Although I have enjoyed some delicious smoked spare ribs, from hereon I’m buying only back ribs, ideally when they’re on sale for about $3 a pound. I’ll rub them down with my everchanging mixture of kosher salt, black pepper, brown sugar, garlic and onion powders, a bit of cinnamon, and cumin. Then I’ll smoke them for about six hours at around 225 degrees, using charcoal and any available hardwood chunks. When they’re ready, I’ll gather my family and a few other folks I love, open some home brews or inexpensive red wine, take a deep breath, and approach heaven.

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Community Calendar THURSDAY Aug. 18 BARSAMIAN SPEAKS • David Barsamian of the Boulder-based “Alternative Radio” speaks at the Blend Coffee Company as part of KDNK’s Early Bird membership drive from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Barsamian will talk about independent media in the context of national and international issues, the crisis in Washington and the paralysis of the political system, according to a press release. A question and answer session will follow. The Blend is located at 1150 Highway 133, just south of Carbondale Car Care. RODEO • The Carbondale Wild West Rodeo concludes its season at Gus Darien arena on County Road 100 east of town. Gates open at 5:30 p.m., with slack at 6:30 p.m. and the Grand Entry at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10. LIVE MUSIC • Eric Martinez performs solo at Carbondale Beer Works starting at 8 p.m. Martinez has sat in with Wide Spread Panic and is a touring member of the Athens, Georgia-based Bloodkin. He also plays with Denver’s Dyrty Byrds. It’s free. CBW is located at 647 Main St. ROTARY • District governor Roger Ptolemy speaks at the Mt. Sopris Rotary luncheon at Mi Casita at noon. AREDAY • American Energy Renewal Energy Day in Aspen takes place through Aug. 21. Speakers include Ted Turner, Tim Wirth and Dr. Sylvia Earle. Discount locals passes are available at the Wheeler Box Office. Info: areday.net.

To list your event, email information to news@soprissun.com. Deadline is 5 p.m. Saturday. Events take place in Carbondale unless noted. For up-to-the-minute valley-wide event listings, check out the Community Calendar online at soprissun.com.

BIKE RIDE • The Roaring Fork Conservancy hosts a riparian bike ride on the East of Aspen Trail from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Info: 927-1290.

Mastodon DNA. What’s Next?” at the Ice Age Discovery Center on the Snowmass Village mall from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The talk is free. Info: 947-8177.

PAONIA MUSIC • Paonia’s Pickin’ in the Park summer concert series features roots rockers Old California at 6 p.m. on Aug. 18 and Nashville’s the Black Lilies on Aug. 25. It’s free. Info: Rob Miller at 970260-6493.

SATURDAY Aug. 20

FRIDAY Aug. 19 MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “Buck” (PG) at 8 p.m. Aug. 1925 and “Midnight in Paris” (PG-13) at 6 p.m. Aug. 21-25. LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s Tavern in the Dinkel Building presents Hood Ratz at 10 p.m. LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the old part of the Dinkel Building presents Hawaiian slack-key guitarist Ben Kaili. LIVE MUSIC • Rivers restaurant in Glenwood Springs presents Bad Willie (rocking blues) from 9 p.m. to midnight. There’s no cover. Info: 928-8813. FOSSILS • Colorado Mountain College presents “So You Found 100,000-Year-Old

LIVE MUSIC • KDNK’s Blues & Barbecue takes place in downtown Carbondale from 410 p.m. featuring Big Daddy Lee and the King Bees, and Carolyn Wonderland. For more information, turn to page 11. LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s Tavern in the Dinkel Building presents The Moon Shines at 10 p.m. LIVE MUSIC • Peter Karp and Sue Foley perform in the Crystal Club Café’s tent on the Crystal River in Redstone from 6:30 to 9 p.m. It’s free. Karp is a Blind Pig recording artist while Foley is a well-known singer/songwriter. Please: no food or alcohol in the tent. Info: www.karpfoley.com. LIVE MUSIC • Matt Johnson plays the Cardif schoolhouse in Glenwood Springs at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $8. He has opened for such acts as Vance Gilbert, Kelly Joe Phelps and Tony Furtado. YOGA • The Aspen Yoga Society, the Shakti

Nelson Oldham and his colleagues at Dos Gringos Burritos & Cafe Olé are working hard to cut their energy bills. Dos Gringos Burritos & Cafe Ole received rebates from Xcel Energy and Garfield Clean Energy. They are participating in the Garfield Clean Energy Challenge. And Nelson is an Energy Hero! You can be an energy hero, too! Call Rob or Erica at CLEER (970-704-9200) to get started. Find out more at www.garfieldcleanenergy.org. Be an Energy Hero. 8 • THE SOPRIS SUN • AUGUST 18, 2011

Foundation and Off the Mat into the World, in partnership with AREDAY, presents the first annual Yoga Day in Action at Paepcke Park from 9 to 11 a.m. Organizers expect more than 10 yoga teachers and 200 practitioners to take part in the free event, which honors yoga activist Scott Neeson. Info: gina@aspenyogasociety.org.

SUNDAY Aug. 21 HIDDEN GEMS HIKE • The Wilderness Workshop hosts a Hidden Gems Hike to Ruedi Overlook up the Frying Pan at 8 a.m. The hikes showcase the workshop’s wilderness proposal. For details, go to www.whiteriverwild.org. YOGA • The Aspen Yoga Society, the Shakti Foundation and ACES presents “Connect to Cambodia” at Hallam Lake from 6 to 8:30 p.m. A $20 suggested donation goes directly to help the Cambodian Rural Development Team, CCF and ACES. Info: gina@aspenyogasociety.org.

TUESDAY Aug. 23 LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s Tavern in the Dinkel Building presents Greg Masse at 10 p.m.

WEDNESDAY Aug. 24 LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s Tavern in the Dinkel Building presents Yvette Maceachen and Friends from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. LIVE MUSIC • White House pizza presents Ed Barber (acoustic indie soul). Info: 704-9400. FURTHER OUT page 9

Further Out

THURSDAY Aug. 25 LIVE MUSIC • Mountain Music Movement presents Mystic Roots at the Hunter Bar in Aspen. The band’s current recording, “Cali-Hi” topped out on the iTunes reggae chart at No. 4 and Billboard reggae chart at No. 13. The band serves up original music in a reggae/hip-hop/dancehall style with rock/funk/ska overtones. On Aug. 27, Mountain Music Movement and the Hunter Bar present Java Starr, DJ Centerfold, the Coughee Brothaz and MC Devon.

FRIDAY Aug. 26 THE ORCHARD • An art and music jam event takes place at the Orchard (formerly the Church at Carbondale) from 7 to 10 p.m. The event brings together visual artists and musicians in a relaxed atmosphere. Info: 970-366-6140.

SATURDAY Aug. 27 COWBOY GOLF • A non-traditional golf course will be laid out at Dallenbach Ranch up

Ongoing the Frying Pan for the “Cowboy and Cowgirl Golf” benefit for HomeCare& Hospice of the Valley from 2 to 8 p.m. Spectators are also invited to enjoy the barbecue and support the hospice. Tickets are $75 for golf and barbecue or $25 for spectator golf and barbecue. Smoke Modern BBQ will cater the event. Please RSVP by Aug. 15. Golf starts at 2 p.m. and cocktails begin at 5 p.m. Info: 927-6650. SHERIFF’S GOLF • The Garfield County Sheriff's Auxiliary hosts a foursome scramble golf tournament fundraiser event at the Battlement Mesa golf course in Parachute on Aug. 28. The cost is $90 per person. Proceeds benefit the Garfield County Sheriff's Auxiliary. Info: 970-665-0214.

FRIDAY Sept. 2 ART SHOW • The 16th annual Redstone Labor Day Weekend Art Show opens with a reception at the Redstone Inn from 6 to 8 p.m. The show continues Sept. 3-4 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. respectively. Info: 704-9963.

Save the date MONDAY Aug. 29 SLOW FOOD DINNER • The “Summer Harvest Social,” a benefit for Slow Food Roaring Fork, takes place at Six89 on Carbondale’s Main street. Featured chefs include Alex Seidel (Fruit in Denver), Frank Bonanno (Mizuna in Denver), Mark Buley and Mark Zitelli (BB’s Kitchen in Aspen), Rob Zack (EightK at the Viceroy in Snowmass), Bryce Orblom (restaurant Six89 in Carbondale) and John Chad Little (the Pullman in Glenwood Springs). A cash bar (with silent auction) starts at 6 p.m., with dinner at 7 p.m. Tickets are $96.89 for Slow Food members and $126.89 for non-members. Reservations: 963-6890.

SATURDAY Sept. 17 STREET DANCE • Carbondale’s annual Community Appreciation Night street dance/barbecue takes place downtown from 4 to 10 p.m. There’ll be free barbecue and music from the Sirens. For info, go to carbondale.com.

MILL SITE TOURS • Tours of the historic Marble mill site are offered Fridays through Sundays at 1 p.m. Info: 704-9482. STONE CARVER’S EXHIBITION • The 15th annual Stone Carver’s Exhibition is held at the Redstone Art Center through Sept. 30. Colorado sculptors include Madeline Wiener, Kathi Caricof and Steve Kentz. Info: 963-3790. FARMER’S MARKET • The Carbondale Farmer’s Market at Fourth and Main St. continues Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There’s music, new vendors and old favorites, plus fish, prepared food, flowers and more. The market is sponsored by American National Bank and runs through Oct. 5. CMC SHOWS GRANT • Native Colorado artist Lanny Grant exhibits many of his studio paintings of Colorado, Wyoming, Montana and Canadian mountain scenes at the Col-

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LAUGHS UP AT STEVE’S AUG. 20 • Local stand-up comedians are back at Steve’s Guitars on Aug. 20. “Clutching onto the waning days of summer, we’re offering up a night of therapeutic laughter to locals in need,” said show producer Mark Thomas.“It’s for exhausted workers who want to vent pent-up summer stress, local parents who want to celebrate back to school, and anyone worried about days getting shorter and trees threatening to change into their fall colors too damn soon.” The slate includes Glenn Smith, Todd Hartley, April Clark, Gail Mason, Jeremy Firth and Thomas himself. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.; show time is 8:15 p.m. Tickets are $10. “Steve’s Guitars recently celebrated it’s 500th consecutive week of live music and entertainment, and is considered by performers and audiences as one of the “Top 5 Grooviest Places to Play in Colorado ” according to people who still use the word ‘groovy,’” Thomas said. Steve’s is located at 19 N. 4th Street, half a block off Main in downtown Carbondale. The show is a Comedy Mercenary Production. CVEPA RESERVATIONS DUE • Dinner reservations for the Crystal River Environmental Protection Association’s annual meeting are due Aug. 21 by contacting John Stickney at 963-3584 or beckstik@sopris.net. The dinner is on Aug. 28 at 6 p.m. at the Redstone Inn (social hour at 5 p.m.)

There are over 200 AED’s located throughout our valley. “I’m alive today because the school had an AED and someone wasn’t afraid to use it!”

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orado Mountain College Gallery in Glenwood Springs through September. The gallery is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call the college’s ArtShare program at 947-8367. MAYOR’S COFFEE HOUR • Chat with Carbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot on Tuesdays from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Village Smithy, located at 26 S. Third St. YOGA IN THE PARK • True Nature Healing Arts offers yoga in Sopris Park Sundays from 5 to 6 p.m. through August. It’s free and all levels are accepted. Info: 963-9900. LIVE MUSIC • Pianist/singer John Riger plays Fin’s in downtown Glenwood Springs every Saturday night through the summer. ZINGERS SING • The Zingers singing group gets together at the Third Street Center every Thursday from 2 to 3 p.m. Info: 945-7094.

When When Basalt Basalt resident resident Hector Hector Vazquez suffered suffered sudden sudden cardiac cardiac arrest arrest during a martial martialarts arts class class at at Basalt Basalt Middle Middle School, bystanders bystanders sprang sprang into into action. action. A citizen began beganCPR CPR while while another another retrieved retrieved the school’s school’s Automated Automated External External Defibrillator Defibrillator (AED). (AED).The The AED AED was was used used to to shock shock his heart into into aa normal normal rhythm. Hector Hector is is alive alive today because because of of the the action bystanders bystanders took took before the the ambulance ambulance arrived.

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SEI celebrates Solar Energy International celebrated its 20th anniversary on Aug. 13 and they did it in style. SEI alumni, board members past and present, political figures and admirers attended the affair, which included solar cooking demonstrations, face painting, dancing to All the Pretty Horses, free tattoos for everyone (temporary), toasts, presentations, mojitos and more. Photos and text by Jane Bachrach

Photos, clockwise from upper left: SEI co-founder/director Johnny Weiss received a Tanya Black-designed banner using vintage SEI T-shirts; board members Tresi Houpt and Jeff Dickinson; April Clark, Jay Pozner and daughter Taz; Brook Le Van (hiding his face after pigging out at the buffet); a girl named Rosanna; former SEI teacher Ed Eaton; Wick Moses and Michele Diamond; and solar cooking instructor Matthew Harris. 10 • THE SOPRIS SUN • AUGUST 18, 2011

Austin-based Carolyn Wonderland headlines KDNK’s Blues and BBQ at the Fourth Street plaza on Aug. 20. Among Wonderland’s talents – she whistles. Big Daddy Lee & the King Bees round out the bill. Courtesy photo

KDNK imports Wonderland for membership drive Sopris Sun Staff Report Community access radio station KDNK kicks off its Fall Membership Drive with Blues and BBQ featuring Big Daddy Lee & the King Bees and Austin’s Carolyn Wonderland from 4 to 10 p.m. Aug. 20 at the Fourth Street plaza. “Carolyn Wonderland is the real deal!,” wrote a music critic for the Los Angeles Times. “She’s an amazing guitar player. She whistled a solo. She even played the trumpet! And damn, can she sing.” A music writer for the Boston Herald wrote, “A dollop of Janis Joplin, a slice of Stevie Ray Vaughan, and a big load of soulful individuality ... that’s Wonderland, a seethinghot Texas singer-guitarist. And she can write, too! No wonder Dylan is an avowed fan.” Wonderland’s mother was a singer in a band and she began playing her vintage Martin guitar when other girls were dressing dolls, according to press reports. She went from being the teenage toast of her hometown Houston to sleeping in her van in Austin amid heaps of critical acclaim for fine her recordings “Alcohol & Salvation,” “Bloodless Revolution” and most recently “Miss Understood.” Along with the guitar and the multitude of other instruments she learned to play – trumpet, accordion, piano, mandolin, lap steel – Wonderland's ability to whistle remains most unusual. “Whistling is a uniquely vocal art seldom invoked in modern music,” she said. “Yet it’s among the most spectacular talents the human voice possesses.” As for Big Daddy Lee & the King Bees, this local band is a regular at Jimmy’s in Aspen and plans to release their second CD in the weeks to come. Big Daddy Lee takes the stage at 5 p.m., followed by Carolyn Wonderland at 7 p.m. The barbecue will be provided by Smoke, while the beer will be served up by the Glenwood Canyon Brew Pub and New Belgium. KDNK-FM will broadcast the show from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at 88.1, 88.3, 88.5 and www.KDNK.org.

Community Briefs Man and woman of year nominations sought

Classic car alert

The town of Carbondale and Zeta Epsilon Sorority co-sponsor the man and woman of the year honors to recognize those who have made outstanding contributions to the community. The awards will be presented at the Carbondale Board of Trustees on Sept. 13. The man and woman of the Year recipients will serve as this year’s Grand Marshals for the 102nd Potato Day parade on Sept. 24. The application deadline to nominate someone for man or woman of the year is Sept. 5. Applications are available at town hall. The award is meant to recognize outstanding contributions to the community through volunteerism. Nominations can be faxed to 963-8084. For details, call 963-0161.

Classic car owners are invited to cruise Carbondale during First Friday on Sept. 2. Word has it, the First Friday folks might even find some pin-up girls to ride as passengers. For details, e-mail tourism@carbondale.com.

Buena Vista Social Club gives workshop On Aug. 22, Jazz Aspen Snowmass, with the help of the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities, brings members of the Buena Vista Social Club to the PAC3 at 1 p.m. for a free master class discussing the history and sounds of this historic Cuban group. On the release of Buena Vista Social Club’s album in 1997, few outside the “world music” audience took much notice of the record’s elegantly sculpted tunes and warm, acoustic rhythms. Then the album was spectacularly reviewed by a few discerning critics, creating an early surge in sales that continued to rise week by week, building almost entirely by word-ofmouth until it achieved critical mass. “All who heard the record not only fell in love with Buena Vista's irresistible magic, but were then inspired to play or recommend the album to everyone they know,”said a Jazz Aspen Snowmass spokesman. Buena Vista went on to win a Grammy and its crossover success persuaded the acclaimed director Wim Wenders to make an award-winning feature film about the phenomenon. For more information, call CCAH at 963-1680.

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Church taking cherry orders The Basalt Community United Methodist Church is taking orders for fresh frozen or pitted sour pie cherries from Western Slope orchards. Eight pounds sell for $26 and 28 pounds is $53. The cherries will be delivered on Aug. 20. The deadline to order is Aug. 18. For details, call 309-4489 or e-mail marydelany@ hotmail.com.

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