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So long, summer

Summer vacation is a sneaky little devil. Like a Catholic firefighters, our environment, and many of my friends and family schoolgirl, the first few weeks of summer break seem so sweet and who were evacuated. During this time we housed several people, innocent, but, as you all know, things aren’t always as they seem. along with their terrified cat and a hamster named Chewy.

In May I spent way too much time putting together the puzzle When summer camp ended and our childcare center went on that would be our summer days ahead. To the avbreak for August I started fantasizing about roasting erage Joe, my color coded schedules resemble New those dreaded color coded schedules. If it were not York City’s public transportation routes, but in fact for the fire ban I might have happily set them ablaze. it was my boys’ schedules that gave me some underAnd enrichment — what the heck is that again? All standing of their ever-changing activities and camps. the juggling had my nerves frayed. I started tossing In June the sunshine and all the extra time with my out rules that I had in place like “ No T.V. before boys felt like a much-needed vitamin I was deficient reading, chores or creating something.” and replacing in. I sauntered into summer, big sunhat and all, ready them with “Sure. Watch another show.” to do some serious mingling with other moms who I figured the first day of school was not far off so signed their kids up for weeks of swimming class. my kids’ brains couldn’t possibly atrophy too much in We caught up on our lives as our cherubs learned the the final weeks. And seeing that I forked up the money finer points of how not to die in the water. That was for all that summer recreating was it too much to ask the part of summer I still felt dedicated to enriching for a few hours of quiet, Nerf gun-free time so I could my kids’ lives every day. Invention camp. Check. Exfinally finish my book or enjoy some rosé on the patio plosion of messy arts and crafts. Check. Holding my without the load of guilt of too much screen time? ground on not letting them watch more than an hour I just did a splendid job of making summer break

By Judith Ritschard sound like such a drag when in reality it was fun. of T.V. per day. Check and check!

It must have been all the sunscreen fumes I was breathing in. Looking back I see there were so many positives like skipping Yup- I’m blaming my gung-ho, can-do-it-all attitude on the heaps 10,000 rocks in different lakes and rivers, squishing our faces on of sunscreen I sprayed onto my protesting children every day. the glass at the top of the Sears Tower, catching lightning bugs for When the sunscreen high wore off I came to and found myself the first time, and making the most of camping without one single somewhere at the end of June. Then panic set in. s’more being roasted.

Oh, dear God, I have to keep these children busy for how many But, with all that said, the new school year is here and my more weeks? Tell me again how I’m supposed to balance work life work/mom balance, but especially my wallet, are extremely grateand being their personal chauffeur without going totally broke or ful. As our children go back to school and all those saintly teachers completely bonkers? A friend of mine said it best when she admit- charge bravely into yet another school year to grow the minds of ted that she basically works all summer so her kids can recreate. I our amazing, yet exhausting little beings, I want to thank them hear you loud and clear sister. A summer full of activities tends to from the bottom of my heart. And, dear teachers, when you’re empty the pocketbook real fast. at your wits end with scheduling, planning and dealing with my

By July, the wheels started gradually falling off this mom bus. I children, this mama will not only completely understand, but will felt more frazzled as I tried to figure out whose grand idea it was also make sure to save you all a large helping of this rosé. to schedule soccer followed by swim class with a measly fifteenminute window. No longer did I feel like mingling poolside be- Judith Ritschard was born by the sea in Mexico then transplantcause I had 23 errands piled up that I had not gotten to since June. ed to the Roaring Fork Valley where she turned full on mountain To add to my barely controlled chaos Basalt and El Jebel start- girl. You might spot her in her huarache sandals on her townie ed burning down. I slept horribly for days as I worried about the bike trying to keep up with her two wildlings in Carbondale.

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‘PIG’ threatens peace in paradise Dear Editor: I am a regular biker of the world famous bikers trail provided to us by the lottery along 133 headed to Redstone. This trail is so well maintained they even pick up trash and road kill within days of it arriving. I think it is so beautiful with all those green hay fields, the most expensive hay in the world for the most privileged cows on the planet.

Last week “PIG” showed up with an arrow pointing to the siphon. What’s up with this, I thought? Then a couple of days later I was talking with Jayson and he told me about “PIG” on the highway. Graffiti in Carbondale not a healthy sign, this type of behavior typically comes from anger which can lead to all sorts of stupid things like shootings and other mass damage.

Is there no other course of action for this person who is handy with a spray can to make real change instead of judgment and degradation of my world? How come this person is not open about his anger problem or likes hiding behind terrorism?

Coralie, Heidi and Ramona Ahrens brought some Sun I sure hope this person is capable of cleaning their mess so we with them to a summer program in Interlochen, Michigan. don’t have to be reminded of how ignorant people can be.

Send your photos with the paper in interesting places to Paramroop Singh news@soprissun.com.

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PRO TKD goes beyond hand and foot

Coredination owners land in new studio space

the Olympics. Not that he’s unfamiliar with that arena — he served as team captain at It’s an unassuming location — tucked in the Olympic Training Center in Colorado the plaza with City Market. Grocery shop- Springs and was an Olympic spokesperson pers likely don’t know that the PRO TKD for the 1986, 1988 and 1992 games.

Martial Arts Center trains entire families of “Those were exciting times,” he mused. black belts and converts into an indoor 18- “After ‘88, I ended up staying through the yard archery range within minutes.

‘92 Olympics then I moved here. I started “One of my black belts came in and said, out in Aspen Snowmass, then I moved down ‘I’ve got a vision for how to remodel this,’” the valley. For 12 years, we’ve been in this Grandmaster and PRO TKD founder Doug facility. We put out some great people, black belts and families.”

The number of black belts in the studio recently increased. On Aug. 13, students spent class time reflecting on their journeys — which included two- and eight-hour meditations and a hike near Capitol Peak. Some siblings and even parents took on the challenge together.

Oswald, 50, joined her son Gus,14, and daughter Emily, 12, on their second-degree black-belt endeavors.

“I was fortunate to go up with my kids on the test and to experience what they experienced on the mountains,” said Oswald, an accomplished archerer, swordswoman and second-degree blackbelt. “And there’s no replacing doing that with them, just sharing that.

We still talk about it.”

Matthew Kennedy is still a green belt, but he watched with pride as his daughter Aberdeen, 10, led class for the first time as a black belt.

“Work doesn’t let me do it as quickly as she progressed, but I’ll stick with it and hopefully get my black belt next summer,” he said. “We would drive to the grocery store, and she asked me — for three months — every time, she would ask, ‘Can we go check that out?’ She wanted to do it and wanted to keep doing it; it was just my responsibility to bring her.”

Fuechsel feels a responsibility, too, to the future of the art. He remembers the first time taekwondo became an Olympic sport; he helped international champion Sloane Cameron break glass ceilings as effectively as she breaks boards when he worked on her behalf Carolyn Oswald concentrates during an archery to lobby for a women’s division in the demo. She has studied archery since PRO TKD World Taekwondo Hanmadang; now, Martial Arts Center began offering it six years ago. he wants to see taekwondo become an avenue for scholarships.

Photo by Jane Bachrach “The thing we started this year was Fuechsel said of the dojang. “In that back room, 529 scholarship prize money,” Fuechsel said. we have four panels that just pop up, and we “All of our students, as they’re winning, now stick archery targets up, and boom: in five min- they’re getting money — and they can put utes, we’ve got an archery range. Then we take it toward grade school, middle school, high it down, and in five minutes, we’re back.” school, college tuition. We’re stair-stepping Fuechsel’s expertise is in taekwondo, which this in and hopefully — I’m going to ESPN translates to “the way of the foot and hand.” Ar- Wide World of Sports on Oct. 25 to confirm chery is not a typical component of a taekwon- — [ESPN] will come to the U.S. Open because do practice. His students also study swords. we are going to give away a quarter of a mil“My dad knew a guy that he did business lion dollars. No one’s ever done anything like with, and he was a collegiate fencer,” he said. “In that, and it can only be used for education.” high school, the senior English teacher, he was In the 2018 U.S. Open last month, $15,000 a fencer. The whole sword thing, I took what I was awarded in 529 scholarship monies. learned for what we’re doing with taekwondo Fuechsel, also the U.S. Open executive director, and made a whole TKD sword system.” sent a 20-person PRO TKD team that came Fuechsel continues to broaden the scope home with 51 medals: 21 gold, 16 silver and for the art beyond what one would see in 14 bronze.

If home is where the heart is, then the new Coredination studio location at 1101 Village Rd. is where Alexandra and Anthony Jerkunica are keeping theirs. The husband-and-wife duo cofounded Coredination — which houses Bonedale Ballet — in 2004, but they’re just now settling into a permanent location all their own.

“We went to Third Street Center, and then we went to Bridges,” Alexandra said of their earlier Carbondale addresses. “Then our lease was up at Bridges, and it was time to make a choice: Where do we go from here? Do we downsize; do we expand?”

Coredination was one of several tenants that faced a hurried exit from Bridges High School earlier this summer, when the Roaring Fork School District’s construction on the building made remaining impossible. The circumstances pushed the Jerkunicas to grow beyond what they’d done — something with which, as former professional dancers and current teachers, they were familiar.

“It was really a big leap of trust and faith,” Alexandra said.

They stuck the landing. The studio has a sprung floor that ensures dancer safety with enough room for mobile barres and Pilates equipment to accommodate the myriad movement modalities offered at Coredination. And without the renovation restrictions that often come with renting a space, the Jerkunicas are able to create the homebase they’ve always wanted for their students.

“We could come in and fix it up the way we wanted it, and then we have more freedom to do the programs we really want,” Anthony said. “It’s going to be more of a contained, intimate setting, so it will precipitate more attention on what we do. Now, I think it will be a learning environment. It’s all positive.”

To celebrate, the Jerkunicas are extending an invitation to the community to their grand opening. Their hope is that people will recognize the studio as a welcoming one, for people with all ability levels, interests and experiences.

“I think what we’re trying to recreate is the surrogate family we found through dance for others,” Anthony said. “And that’s really about welcoming all comers.

It’s about seeing that root of their passions and helping them grow.”

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By Megan Tackett Sopris Sun Staff

In order to cultivate that kind of sense of family, the Jerkunicas focus their shared philosophy on marrying technique and joy through physical expression.

“It’s about what you can do to use your body as a tool of expression, and I think that’s just one of the best gifts we have as humans,” Anthony said. “It’s about alignment, but it’s about providing a welcoming environment.”

Coredination is truly a movement studio, with class offerings ranging from Pilates to yoga to ballet and tap to flashmob.

“It’s fun and it makes me smile,” Alexandra said of the flashmobs. That idea came from Jeannine Stickle, who approached Coredination about organizing a Thrill the World during her tenure as Carbondale’s librarian.

Now, they are gearing up for the town’s fourth Thrill the World. “We schedule all these flashmobs throughout the month of October so we are so ready for it,” Alexandra continued.

The Jerkunicas agreed that flashmobs shouldn’t limited to October nor Michael Jackson.

“There was this resounding kind of question: Why don’t we turn this into a class and make it an ongoing thing?”

Anthony said. “It gives ladies an opportunity to tap into their own quiet dance dreams.” Though the current year-round flash mobbers predominately identify as women, anyone is welcome.

In addition to their grand opening and Thrill the World, the Jerkunicas are also in the planning stages for Bondedale Ballet’s winter dance. They’re still working out the details, but their choreography ideas will balance fun and seriousness between the younger and more advanced students.

“That’s our goal, is to bring some humor and some excitement and some entertainment for all ages and really be able to highlight and demonstrate the beautiful crafts of ballet and tap and all of these dance forms that bring a lot of joy,” Alexandra said.

Coredination Studio Grand Opening

Where: 1101 Village Rd., Units 5 and 6 When: 5-7 p.m., Friday, Aug. 24 Bonus: Class demos, snacks and prizes

Alexandra Jerkunica practices at the barre in the new Coredination studio space.

Photo by Jane Bachrach

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Longhorns reunite

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All former classes, teachers and families are invited to join a potluck at Basalt High School at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 1 — a once-in-five-years opportunity to connect.

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Go green

The Basalt Regional Library invites you to test your skills in a 72-hour documentary or narrative film competition beginning at 9 a.m. Aug. 24. For more information, send your full name, phone, and local address to sstrom@basaltlibrary.org.

It was a record year for the Mountain Fair Green Team, with a 91 percent diversion rate to either compost or recycling. To put it another way, only 9 percent of the “trash” at this year’s Fair actually ended up in the landfill. It’s part of an ongoing effort since 2003, with diversion in the 80s for more than a decade. Way to go team!

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Down to Electric Avenue The Electric Vehicle Sales Event, will offer discounts for the purchase or lease of plug-in electric vehicles from local dealerships from August through

Valley Settlement Project volunteers came together in El Jebel on Aug. 18 to build a playground to serve the 340-residence Crawford Mobile Home Park.

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Be prepared Subscribers to Pitkin Alert can now opt into new and improved features that make the local emergency alert system more targeted and efficient and more accessible to visitors to the community. The service, which is used by all Pitkin County public safety agencies to communicate urgent mes-

The Rocky Mountain Region of the U.S. Forest Service is advertising for over 900 temporary jobs for the 2019 field season throughout national forests and grasslands in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming. Applications begin Sept. 14, with recreation, fisheries, forestry, engineering, and other positions closing on Sept. 28 and wildfire and other early season roles on Oct. 12.

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Town, nonprofits keep us looking to our roots Potato Day deadlines looming

By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Staff Over the course of the last century or so, a wide array of folks have pitched in to make Potato Day a reality — from farmers and ranchers to the municipal government to members of local sororities. Now, with Xi Gamma Tau retiring from its role, Carbondale’s oldest event is in the hands of the Recreation Department — but not alone.

“There’s always been Town involvement and we have a lot of special events, so we’re good at them, but we needed help, so we started looking for partners,” Rec. Director Eric Brendlinger explained. “We definitely want to see it continue for another 109 years.”

The Carbondale Chamber of Commerce was quick to step up, followed by folks from The Sopris Sun, Carbondale Branch Library, Roaring Fork High School and others. Perhaps most prominently, The Mt. Sopris Historical Society will be a major participant and the beneficiary of any proceeds from the traditional lunch.

The organization — soon to be rebranded the Carbondale Historical Society — has struggled with funding in recent years, and is in need of more volunteers

and board members.

“We’re about living history, not just the past. We want to do something for our community in the present day,” MSHS President Sue Gray noted. “This is a good opportunity to reintroduce the Historical Society, what it does, and what it could potentially do for Carbondale.”

According to Gray, Potato Day started as a way for folks who might not often see each other to connect when they were all in town with their harvest — sending trainloads of potatoes off to fancy restaurants on the East Coast and elsewhere.

“It’s a very spirited celebration that connects through generations and genres,” she said. “It doesn’t hurt to remind ourselves that we’re a small town and we rely on each other for support and camaraderie.”

Added fellow board member Dorthea Farris, “We had a real reason for being here. I think as we become one Valley, each community wants its own identity. We want to hold onto our uniqueness.”

It’s all scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 6 coincide with Homecoming festivities at Roaring Fork High School — a week of games, costumes and activities culminating in the crowning of the court during the soccer game

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on Friday and a dance on Saturday night (in days of your, the adults had a dance, too).

Homecoming royalty and a float from each grade traditionally appear in the parade, as well, which is slated for 10:30 a.m. with a theme of “Taters take flight.”

It’s a reference to the centennial of the first plane to touch down in Carbondale — in a potato field, no less. The theme gives plenty of leeway for costuming and decor, from early aviation and absurd flying contraptions to fairies, butterflies and pterodactyls. The Historical Society itself is seeking participants and crafters for their own “Steampunk Spud” float (call 414-1078 to get involved).

The $10 lunch (featuring pulled beef, beans, a baked potato bar and more) starts at noon in Sopris Park, with cowboy coffee, music, games and booths until 3 p.m.

(KDNK’s record sale is expected to return, but the Homeless Alliance’s book sale probably won’t).

For it all to come together, organizers are seeking vendors and sponsorships, with applications due by Aug. 31. Forms are available at the Rec. Center or online at www.carbondalerec.com.

“It’s a lot more fun to be involved and to be a part of it,” Brendlinger said. “It’s our chance to feel like we live in a small town again, no matter how big it gets.”

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Winter wonderland all year round at Vintage Ski World New Carbondale retail space, museum offers ‘national treasure’ of ski collectibles

By Justin Patrick Special to The Sopris Sun Tucked away in an unassuming unit in the storage facility just past the Carbondale rodeo grounds heading out of town is perhaps the largest and most impressive private collection in the world of all things skiing.

Vintage Ski World boasts a dizzying inventory of skis, poles, sleds, snowshoes, clothing, posters, accessories, and memorabilia dating from the sport’s first notable appearance in this country in the early Twentieth Century through the colorful, creative, explosive decades of the ‘70s, ‘80s, and ‘90s. Many of the products are in mint or near-mint condition — “new old stuff,” as owner Richard Allen puts it.

Over 1,000 products are available on the shop’s website (www.vintageskiworld. com), as well as over 700 on amazon.com.

For valley skiing and snowboarding enthusiasts, a visit to Vintage Ski World is a must. The warehouse represents 35 years of enthusiastic, judicious collecting

by Carbondale resident Richard Allen.

Among other claims to fame, he provided costumes and props for the curiously delightful 2010 flick Hot Tub Time Machine, as well as two episodes of Mad Men. The collection started when he caught wind of a basement in Portland, OR that turned out to be stashed with brand new White Stag clothing, unused skis, “complete outfits from head to toe” from an era long past. Things began to snowball from there.

After selling his carpet cleaning business in the early ‘90s, Allen moved his family to Pagosa Springs, where he built a makeshift ski museum in his barn. When his son asked to enroll in the Colorado Rocky Mountain School in Carbondale, Allen moved back to the valley. Famed entrepreneur and businessman George Stranahan, a friend, helped fund the original business, including a large print run of vintage posters. In 2002 he crossed paths with Lou Dawson, the legendary athlete who was the first person to ski all of Colorado’s

14ers, who gave additional support to the business, including building its first website. The business had a booth at Mountain Fair, and then moved to the Aspen Market. In 2004, Vintage Ski World set up shop in Aspen next to the Red Onion, but Allen ultimately decided to relocate the retail space to Frisco, where he now spends every Saturday.

It was not until last fall that he was able to move his entire inventory under one roof to the Carbondale location. His business has gained enough recognition that he doesn’t have to do much to acquire fresh products — sellers and “pickers” pepper him with inquiries throughout the day. He is excited to offer this unique resource to valley residents and visitors in addition to his online buyers, and says he is ready to start selling his elite items. “Over the years I’ve hoarded the really good stuff, but now I’m starting to sell,” he said.

His inventory has something for everyone, from affordable, heartwarming nick knacks to some very rare, beautifully crafted skis, clothing (including original 10th Mountain Division uniforms), and equipment. Higher end skis can go for one to two thousand dollars. He does a lot of business with interior decorators, designers, collectors, and condo and ski homeowners who want to spice up their dwellings. He is currently reaching out to realtors and designers for staging homes.

Allen has a long running love affair with skiing in Colorado, and his passion shines through his stories and encyclopedic knowledge of collectors’ items. His father was “a ski bum,” and treated his family of nine to a Colorado ski vacation every spring. Allen and his siblings skied many of the now-famous resorts during their opening years.

He still marvels at the skill and expertise that was poured into ski gear over the years. “What I always loved about the skis is the beautiful craftsmanship and the materials — the wood, the finishes, the beautiful logos. The history, the evolution of the skis. How they went from virtually solid planks of wood with a leather strap,

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Vintage Ski World owner and collector Richard Allen poses with original 10th Mountain Division equipment and clothing in his warehouse off Catherine Store Road.

Photo by Justin Patrick to the beautiful hickory laminated skis.

When you touch them and look at them, you can feel their energy. They always sung to me and connected me to these great craftsmen.”

Vintage Ski World is open every weekday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 1676 County Road 100, Unit N-2 in Carbondale. Al-

len said he is always happy to schedule an appointment, as well. “If you’re coming to Aspen or Carbondale, and you’re into skiing, come view this awesome collection. We can dress you up in ski clothes and take your picture,” he said. Vintage Ski World also plans to offer some public events this fall.

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Town Report The following items are drawn from Town Manager Jay Harrington’s weekly report to staff, trustees and others.

2019 BUDGET work has begun with department heads, with a proposed draft expected to go before trustees on Oct. 9.

SATURDAY Aug. 11 at 1:42 a.m. Police arrested a 22-year-old driver who reportedly failed to maintain a single lane on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.

THE FALL REC BROCHURE will be inserted in the Sept. 6 issue of The Sopris Sun. THE FINAL RODEO is slated for Aug. 24, with All Around Saddle and event buckles to be awarded. More info at carbondalerodeo.com.

SATURDAY Aug. 11 at 1:53 a.m. A speeding stop led to the arrest of the 22-year-old driver on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.

BIKE AND SKATEBOARD LESSONS for kids still have space remaining for September sessions.

SATURDAY Aug. 11 at 11:42 p.m. When a car almost struck a patrol vehicle, the 28-year-old driver was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.

SPECIALITY CLASSES include SahnTaeKwonDo martial arts classes for children and adults from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Tuesdays and Thursdays A MEMORIAL BENCH was placed at the Cabin & Jail Historic Park.

HYDRO PLANT permitting is moving through the USDA Forest Service process, with a bit of a backlog caused by the Lake Christine Fire.

VILLAGE LANE water line testing is complete, and a contractor is expected to begin sewer line installation this week.

From Aug. 10 through 16, Carbondale Police handled 241 calls for service.During that period, officers investigated the following cases of note: FRIDAY Aug. 10 at 11:43 p.m. A 38-year-old woman was stopped for failure to obey a traffic control device, arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence alcohol and released on a summons.

THE MAIN STREET MARKETPLACE application for a 10,000 square foot commercial development with 115 residential units south of the City Market property has been distributed to referral agencies for comments.

A CALL ON THE CRYSTAL RIVER has prompted utilities staff to make some operational changes. Senior water rights have kept ditches flowing through Town, although the levels are low and expected to remain so.

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THE THIRD STREET SIDEWALK is complete and open from Main Street down to True Nature.

AN OPEN POSITION for police officer is being readvertised.

THE GOON SQUAD was crowned Midvalley Coed Softball League Champions.

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SUNDAY Aug. 12 at 2:56 p.m. A juvenile was issued a summons Garfield County Court for driving under the influence, failure to provide proof of insurance and failure to yield when turning. Another teen was arrested for underage posession or consumption of alcohol at the same time.

TUESDAY Aug. 14 at 11:08 a.m. Police confiscated a package of marijuana which was shipped to a local business.

TUESDAY Aug. 14 at 12:58 p.m. Two people were issued a summons for trespass after police were called to an apparent homeless camp behind a building on Buggy Circle.

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Carbondale Fire mulls bond, mill levy modification

By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Staff

The Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District Board is expected to certify a pair of ballot items at its next meeting in an effort to secure sustainable funding.

Voters would be asked, separately, to support a roughly $7.5 million bond issue and an indefinite 10.4 mill levy rate.

“We know this is where we need to be,” said Board President Gene Schilling. “We’re way behind because of all the lean years.”

The District’s property tax income — which fuels the majority of its budget — has been at the mercy of several short-term increases since 2013, when a request to permanently raise the 5.9 mill base rate that had been in place since 1996 failed.

Currently, a 1.75 mill increase is in effect until 2020, bringing the total rate to roughly 7.65 mills. The new proposal would supersede that, with a fixed rate from 2019 on. If both measures passed, the owner of a $600,000 residential property could expect to pay roughly $13 more per month in 2019 taxes compared to 2018 — although the effects of the bond would be offset in 2024 by the expiration of the last 20-year bond the district issued.

While a particularly fierce summer fire season has emphasized the need, Fire Chief Rob Goodwin said that the move has been in the works for a while.

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen as great a support for fire service as we have now, but

Carbondale Fire held a gas training last year, and hopes to enhance its training facilities if voters supply the money. File photo by Jane Bachrach that’s not why we’re doing it,” he asserted.

“It’s something the board and I have been talking about for more than a year. Virtually everything we’re doing comes out of our Master Plan.”

Specifically, Goodwin hopes the extra funds would allow the department to eventually maintain six staffers around the clock — the ideal number to run two simultaneous ambulance calls or tackle a house fire while the rest of the cavalry comes.

Currently, the station usually has four employees on duty, with volunteers and others backing them up. Even that can be hard to

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maintain, however, without reliable funding.

“How can you plan for the future when you only have two or three years?” Goodwin queried.

Even if voters are willing to approve an increase without an expiration date — which may have been the sticking point in the 2013 request — there are other unknowns. Property tax incomes are based on assessments, which fluctuate with the economy. According to Schilling, the great recession cost the District around $1.2 million, with the budget still well below 2009 rates. There’s also the matter of the Galla-

gher Amendment and TABOR, two Colorado laws that combine to automatically reduce some sources of funding for special districts while requiring a vote to increase it again (for CMC President Carrie Hauser’s perspective on the subject, see page 13).

Goodwin hopes that the new rates would allow the District to put aside money for capital improvements — meaning that the next bond could be the last.

Immediate needs, however, include facility upgrades (of the six fire stations across Carbondale Fire’s 323-square-mile district, Marble and Spring Valley are the most in need of repair and expansion) and new equipment — particularly vehicles.

“We have an aging fleet and it needs to be upgraded so our responders can respond safely,” Goodwin said. “The duty these things get is incredible. We’re spending a ton of money just keeping them in service.”

Indeed, one brush truck was out for service when the Lake Christine Fire started.

Typically, trucks are replaced after about 20 years, but there’s a 34-year-old engine in the main fleet and the two wildland trucks the District runs cooperatively with the State Forest Service date from the ‘70s.

The board will discuss the issue at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 27 at its headquarters across from the firehouse at 300 Meadowood Dr. If approved, the ballot items would go to voters alongside a definite tax request by RFTA and potentially others in November.

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Local teams carry on despite schedule, ranking concerns

By Matthew DeLuca Special to The Sopris Sun

athletic directors scrambling to find quality non-league opponents in close proximity to the Western Slope or As educators and administration staff across the taking on tremendous financial expenditures for away Roaring Fork Valley embark upon another school year, games on the Front Range. the classroom will not be the only place math deter“We certainly have to place more time and thought mines success. Four years ago, Colorado State High into how and where we schedule our opponents,” Bath School Sports and Activities (CHSAA) instituted a new said. “Geography makes this difficult. Teams on the system for determining post season sports rankings. Front Range are only a 30-minute drive from any numThis system — called the Rating Percentage Index (RPI) ber of strong teams. On the other hand, for us to play — continues to be a bone of contention those same opponents, we have to budamongst the high school sports commuget for bus travel, hotel rooms and food nity despite this being the third year of for the kids… It is a big financial expense its implementation. without any guarantee that it will add up As per the CHSAA website, RPI is to a better RPI for our programs.” “way to measure a team’s strength relaNick Forbes, the boys soccer coach tive to other teams, based largely on the at Roaring Fork High School, grew up strength of their schedules.” An individplaying high school sports in the Valley ual team’s winning percentage accounts and is no stranger to the obstacles that for 30 percent of their RPI, while 40 perteams in this region must overcome to cent is their opponent’s winning percentremain competitive on the state level. age — and an additional 30 percent is the “The RPI system is not designed for winning percentage of their opponents’ the Front Range to benefit; however I do opponents. Teams with a higher RPI will believe that they have the ability to benhave a higher playoff seeding than those efit from the current system the most,” teams of a lower RPI. Prior to the RPI he said. ranking system, state playoff seeding was Forbes’s career as a high school studetermined by a coaches’ poll. dent athlete ended in 2005, and from CHSAA adopted the RPI formula as that time until now, he maintains that an effort to reduce nepotism and any there is only one glaring unfair competi“big school” biases that existed. tive advantage in the ranking system as it Andrew Huntsman, Basalt High is currently constituted.

School’s girls soccer coach, put these “No matter what we do with RPI, I – Andrew Huntsman changes in context: “I feel like the RPI don’t think it’s going to matter until we Basalt High School’s system was a little confusing for the girls figure out a way to create some equity girls soccer coach to understand at first. It is not only about between public and private schools,” he winning our league games now… Every said. “It is an unfair advantage to have game is important on our schedule, which makes it a lot private schools like Kent Denver and Colorado Acadmore exciting and I think more fun for the girls.” emy, who have the ability to provide scholarships to stuRoaring Fork and Basalt High Schools play in the 3A dent athletes while commanding an athletics budget that Western Slope League. While the league has continued no public school can match.” year after year to produce quality athletic programs, Coincidentally, 2005 was the last year that a public teams on the Western Slope (and the Roaring Fork Val- school won a state championship in boys soccer. ley specifically) operate at a disadvantage geographically Still, it appears CHSAA is intent on continuing to when scheduling non-league games against quality op- even the playing field for all schools and regions across ponents with a good strength of schedule.

Colorado. Their recent tweaks to the RPI formula furAs the numbers in the RPI formula stress again and ther suggests that, despite there being a less-than-perfect again: strength of schedule is king. system in place, CHSAA is willing to continue working Jade Bath is the athletic director for Roaring Fork with administration, coaches and players to ensure that High School. It is her responsibility to schedule games all parties involved are provided the best possible situafor the school. tion to compete fairly across all sports.

“We are starting a new two-year schedule cycle, and our Hunstman prefers to keep it simple. strategy is to continue to schedule and play quality games “More important than concerning ourselves with against strong opponents here in the valley,” she said. what is ‘fair’ or ‘unfair’ is to continue to make the best That two-year cycle allows for each team to have a schedule we can, develop the best players we can and to home and away game. League games account for only a win the games in front of us to the best of our ability,” portion of a team’s schedule for the year. This can leave he said.

It is not only about winning our league games now…

Every game is important on our schedule, which makes it a lot more exciting and I think more fun for the girls.”

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RFHS FALL SPORTS SCHEDULE Soccer

Head Coach: Nick Forbes Aug. 23 – Basalt @ RFHS, 7 p.m.

Aug. 28 – RFHS @ Vail Mountain, 6 p.m.

Sept. 1 – Grand Junction @ RFHS, 11 a.m.

Sept. 4 – RFHS @ Rifle, 6 p.m.

Sept. 8 – Delta @ RFHS, 11 a.m.

Sept. 11– RFHS @ Fruita Monument, 4 p.m.

Sept. 14 – CRMS @ RFHS, 6 p.m.

Sept. 15 – RFHS @ Aspen, 1 p.m.

Sept. 27 – RFHS @ Delta, 6 p.m.

Oct. 2 – RFHS @ Grand Valley, 4 p.m.

Oct. 5 – Aspen @ RFHS, 6 p.m.

Oct. 9 – RFHS @ Basalt, 6 p.m.

Oct. 16 – RFHS @ Moffat, 6 p.m.

Oct. 18 – Coal Ridge @ RFHS, 6 p.m.

Volleyball

Head Coach: Karen Crownhart Aug. 25 – Soroco Tournament Sept. 1 – Grand Valley Tournament Sept. 4 – Rifle @ RFHS, 6:30 p.m.

Sept. 6 – Aspen @ RFHS, 6:30 p.m.

Sept. 8 – RFHS @ Olathe, 5 p.m.

Sept. 11 – RFHS @ Coal Ridge, 6:30 p.m.

Sept. 15 – RFHS @ Cedaredge, 6 p.m.

Sept. 18 – Basalt @ RFHS, 6:30 p.m.

Sept. 25 – Grand Valley @ RFHS, 6:30 p.m.

Sept. 27 – RFHS @ Moffat, 6 p.m.

Sept. 29 – RFHS @ Gunnison, 2 p.m.

Oct. 2 – Delta @ RFHS, 6:30 p.m.

Oct. 9 – Cedaredge @ RFHS, 6:30 p.m.

Oct. 11 – RFHS @ Basalt, 6:30 p.m.

Oct. 16 – Olathe @ RFHS, 6:30 p.m.

Oct. 20 – Moffat @ RFHS, 3 p.m.

Oct. 23 – RFHS @ Rifle, 6:30 p.m.

Oct. 25 – RFHS @ Aspen, 6:30 p.m.

Oct. 27 – Buena Vista Tournament Home games in bold. * Due to ongoing turnout issues for JV football, we are holding off on publishing a schedule until a final determination is made as to whether there will be a team.

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.

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.

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10 • THE SOPRIS SUN • www.SoprisSun.com • AUGUST 23-29, 2018

WHY WEIGHT?

…because it’s challenging, healthy, fun and great exercise and the best of the best, men and women, travel around the country to compete in weighty events known as “Strongman”competitions.

Top (left to right): Hayden Nickamin Tahverlee Anglen Middle (left to right): Jordan Ebel Chris Chandler Lindsey Anderson Bottom (left to right): John Stitt Tanna Rae Menthe Photos and text by Jane Bachrach

On Aug. 19, local weightlifters didn’t have to travel far from Carbondale to compete in the Fotion’s Gym Strongman competition in Crown Mountain Park, although some competitors came from as far as Virginia and Ohio.

One of the main judges, who puts on America’s strongest disabled athlete competition, traveled here from the East Coast.

The inaugural event included 25 men and 10 women and Steve Fotion – who competes in the top division – built all the competition’s equipment himself. According to Joelle Fotion, the event was so successful and competitors were so complimentary that it’s going to become an annul event.

We’re just going to have to “weight” for another year.

The Sopris Sun, Carbondale’s weekly community connector • AUGUST 23-29, 2018 • 11

Community Calendar THURSDAY Aug. 23

MYSTICAL MUSIC MEDITATION • Bob Sima and Shannon Plummer create a multi-dimensional 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 7 p.m. at the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.). Suggested donation of $15 to $20.

MOUNTAINFILM: BEYOND BORDERS • Film lovers can catch an evening of short films including 3,000 Miles, Lifeboat, Wildlife and the Wall and more at 7 p.m. at The Temporary (360 Market St., Willits). $20 or pick two downvalley Mountainfilm events for $30 at aspenshowtix.com.

FRI to THU August 24-30

MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre (427 Main St.) presents “BlacKkKlansman” (R) at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 24-30 and “Mountainfilm 10th Anniversary” presented by the Wheeler Opera House at 5 p.m. Aug. 24-25.

FRIDAY Aug. 24

MOUNTAINFILM: SOUFRA • Mariam Shaar, a generational refugee recognizes an opportunity in the oppression in this film at 5 p.m. at the Crystal Theatre (427 Main St.). $20 or pick two downvalley Mountainfilm events for $30 at aspenshowtix.com.

To list your event, email information to news@soprissun.com. Deadline is noon on Monday.

Events take place in Carbondale unless noted.

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.

FUNK ROCK • The Zac Grant Duo — of Zolopht fame — plays at 7 p.m. at Marble Distilling (150 Main St.).

ROCK AND ROLL • Celebrate a year of The Temporary (360 Market St., Willits) at 9 p.m. with Jes Grew. $10 in advance at tacaw.org or $14 at the door.

SATURDAY Aug. 25 COFFEE TALK • Join Peggy Judy at 10:30 a.m. as she shares her inspiration and journey as an artist at the Ann Korologos Gallery (211 Midland Ave., Basalt).

FLIGHT OF FANCY • The Public Works Theatre Company uses masks and puppets to create a magical, cartoon-like world inside of a biodome at 3 p.m. at The Temporary (360 Market St., Willits). $8 in advance at tacaw.org or $12 at the door.

BARKIN IN YOUR BOOTS • Enjoy the classic country sounds, dancing, and great food from 4 to 10 p.m. for the benefit of Lucky Day Animal Rescue, WindWalkers Equine Assisted Learning and Therapy Center and Cooperative for Education at 332 Horseshoe Dr. in Basalt. $20 at the door.

MOUNTAINFILM: UNCHARTED WATER • An epic evening of water shorts featuring

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films “Frontier of Firsts” and “Return from Desolation” comes to the Crystal Theatre (427 Main St.) at 5 p.m. $20 or pick two downvalley Mountainfilm events for $30 at aspenshowtix.com.

SUMMER SOLACE • Acclaimed adventure author Craig Childs presents an evening of natural and supernatural stories, music and dance at 7:30 p.m. at The Temporary (360 Market St., Willits). $17 in advance at tacaw.org or $22 at the door.

SUNDAY Aug. 26

PIANO PERFORMANCE • Debra Behrens plays live at 4 p.m. at Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork (16543 Highway 82). Free; prospective students can get one month of half-priced lessons by attending.

ANNUAL MEETING • The Crystal Valley Environmental Protection Association holds its annual dinner at the Redstone Inn (82 Redstone Blvd.) at 6 p.m. ($24 per person) followed by free talks at 7 p.m. with folks from White River National Forest and the Southern Ute Tribe.

LIVE POETRY NIGHT • Live music with Smokin’ Joe Kelly and an open mic for poets featuring special guest Cam Scott takes over the Mountain Chalet (333 E. Durant Ave., Aspen) at 6:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY Aug. 29

WATER WEBINAR • Colorado River District invites you to learn more about water management issues on the Western Slope. Register for the 10 a.m. online event at bit.ly/2MTgPdq.

Ongoing HEALTH THROUGH NUTRITION • Free opportunities include… One-hour consultation about heart attack prevention, plantbased nutrition, other medical issues. Call retired family doctor Greg Feinsinger, M.D. for appointment (379-5718). On Sept. 10, 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).

RECOVERY MEETINGS • Self-Management and Recovery Training, an abstinencebased secular self-help program for those struggling with addiction, meets at 7:30 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at the Glenwood Springs Library (815 Cooper Ave.) 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 CALENDAR continued on page 13

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Community Calendar

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Ongoing

offers support groups from Aspen to Rifle and is located in Carbondale at 1101 Village Rd. Info: pathfindersforcancer.org.

Highway 133 and Weant Boulevard) is open on Wednesdays 3-6 p.m. and Fridays 12-3 p.m. through September 2018.

com. Carbondale Homeless Assistance also has its meeting on the fourth Tuesday of each month.

BRIDGE • The Carbondale Bridge Club hosts duplicate bridge (not sanctioned by ACBL) from 6:30 to 10 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.). $6/per pair. Contact Marlene for more info: 928-9805.

OPEN MIC • Take the stage at Riverside Grill (181 Basalt Center Circle, Basalt) from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays. Food and drink specials. Free.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

SENIOR MATTERS • The nonprofit Senior Matters, based in the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.), offers numerous programs for senior citizens, including: tai chi with John Norton at 8:30 a.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays; tai chi with Marty Finklestein at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays; Alaprima Painters at 11 a.m. on Thursdays; the Senior Matters Book Club at 4 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of the month; and the Roaring Fork Brain Train.

Info: seniormatters.org; Diane Johnson at 970-306-2587; and Senior Matters, Box 991, Carbondale CO, 81623.

SENIOR RADIO • Diane Johnson talks about senior issues and services on KDNK at 4:30 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month.

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.

HISTORY MUSEUM • The Mt. Sopris Historical Society Cabin Museum and Pioneer Heritage Garden (located at the corner of

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.).

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 community 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.

CMC CALENDAR MONDAY August 27 HABLA, PARLE Spanish and French classes start this week at CMC in Glenwood Springs and Carbondale. Please consult the class schedule for levels, dates and times.

DANCE! Dana Peterson’s Beginning/Intermediate Ballet course is open to anyone who wants to learn, regardless of prior experience or fitness level. Meets 6:50 to 8:20 p.m. at CMC in Glenwood.

TUESDAY August 28 CHOOSE A WORKOUT Many fitness classes start this week at CMC in Carbondale. Early risers can get a jump start on their day with a Morning Conditioning workout on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:25 to 6:25 a.m.. Integrative Yoga is held on Tuesdays at 6 p.m. and Fridays at 11:30 a.m. Plus, Nia meets Wednesdays from 9 to 9:50 a.m.

KIDS’ ART & DANCE CLASSES CMC in Glenwood will offer several art and dance workshops for pre-school and schoolaged children starting on August 28 and 29. Instructors are from the Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts. Three levels of art and dance classes are offered for pre-K through 4th grade. Ballet Jazz Dance and Modern Dance is available for 5th to 8th graders.

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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.

LIFE DRAWING • Drop in for figure drawing with Staci Dickerson at 6:30 p.m. Mondays at SAW (525 Buggy Cr. Unit C).

BLUEGRASS JAM • Bring the instrument of your choice or just your voice for a weekly jam session first and last Sundays at 6:30 p.m. at Steve’s Guitars (19 N. Fourth St.) and all other Sundays at the Glenwood Springs Brew Garden (115 Sixth St.).

RUN AROUND • Independence Run & Hike hosts a run around town Saturdays at 8 a.m. Meet at the store 596 Highway 133 (in La Fontana Plaza) and run various distances, with different routes each week.

Info: 704-0909.

BOOK CLUB • Join friends and fellow readers to discuss great books at Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave.) at 4 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month; call 963-2889 for this month’s selection.

MEDITATION • Free silent meditation sessions are held at the Launchpad (76 S. Fourth St.) from 6:45 to 7:30 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Additionally, The Monday Night Meditation Group meets from 7 to 8:15 p.m. at True Nature (100 N. Third St.) and offers instruction in the Buddhist practice of Vipassana. Also at True Nature, everyone’s invited for SRF meditation from 10 to 11 a.m. on the first Sunday of the month.

DHARMA • The Way of Compassion Dharma Center holds a Dharma talk and meditation from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays and a silent meditation and Buddha of Compassion practice at 8 a.m. Saturdays at the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.).

MAKERSPACE • Children and teens are invited to design, create, tinker, and play with art and technology to design and create with 3D Pens, make stop-motion animation films, engineer duct tape creations, build their own video games, and more from 2 to 3:30 p.m. every Wednesday at the Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave.).

Space is limited. Register for CMC classes in Carbondale at 690 Colorado Ave. (963-2172) or in Glenwood Springs at 1402 Blake Ave. (945-7486).

GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF MEDICARE & SS The Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) presents this workshop covering common questions regarding: enrollment, costs, coverage, estimating your retirement benefits and much more. No charge for participants, but advance registration is required. Meets 9 a.m. to noon at CMC in Glenwood.

PRACTICE MARTIAL ARTS & TAI CHI On Tuesdays and Thursdays, these Martial Arts and Tai Chi classes meet at CMC in Glenwood. John Norton teaches two levels of Tai Chi: Level 1 meets from 8 to 9 a.m. and Level 2 meets from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. David Light teaches Shokotan Karate from 5:30 to 6:20 p.m. Burt Oglesby teaches Aikido from 6:30 to 8:20 p.m.

WEDNESDAY August 29 SEE THE WORLD IN WATERCOLOR Georgeann Waggaman helps students of all levels in this seven-week class that includes demonstrations and one-onone work. Meets Wednesdays, from 10 a.m. to Noon at CMC in Carbondale.

BALANCE YOUR CHAKRAS The holistic healer Dia Lynn presents a nineweek comprehensive class covering the physical, psychological and spiritual aspects of all seven Chakras. Meets Wednes-

days, from 6 to 8 p.m. at CMC in Carbondale.

THURSDAY August 30 REKINDLE YOUR PASSION FOR DEMOCRACY Retired Swiss mortgage banker Werner Neff leads a four-week seminar, “Perspectives on American Democracy.” Discussions will consider whether society has become too complacent and tolerant of ongoing issues, and how we as citizens may better help effect change. Meets Thursdays from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at CMC in Carbondale.

this nine-week class that meets every Tuesday from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at CMC in Glenwood. Get strategies for training your mind to be quiet and peaceful, and how to focus your thoughts on what you choose.

MONDAY September 17 MAKE A BUZZ Mark Burrows will teach Intro to Bee Keeping on Mondays from 6 to 9 p.m. at CMC in Carbondale from Sept. 17 to 24. He’ll talk about what you need to know to get your first hive started this year.

FRIDAY August 31

TUESDAY September 18

CHAKRA HEALING YOGA Devida Gurung, Himalayan yogini and healer, helps you develop a self-healing practice that focuses on different body parts through meditation and exploration of the chakras in order to find and release blocked energy. Meets from 8 to 9 a.m.

Fridays through Oct. 26 at CMC in Carbondale.

TAKE A RIDE WITH US CMC offers a skill-building mountain biking course that includes a three-day riding field trip on the world-class trails of Fruita. Orientation is Tuesday from 6 to 9 p.m. at CMC-Spring Valley; field trip is Sept.

21-23.

Further Out TUESDAY September 4 TRAIN YOUR MIND TO BE PEACEFUL Dr. Stephanie Stanfield teaches Meditation for Health in

View all classes at www.ColoradoMtn.edu/classes

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Free bilingual hikes come to Red Hill Staff Report

This summer, Carbondale’s Wilderness Workshop launched a community outreach program designed to include the Roaring Fork Valley’s Latino population in experiencing, understanding, and ultimately advocating for local public lands.

The program, Defiende Nuestra Tierra, was officially kicked off this June at a Community Party in Glenwood Springs.

“As a component of Wilderness Workshop’s existing public lands advocacy and community organizing program, Defiende highlights specific concerns of local Latino communities regarding public lands, builds and expands a conservation ethos, and targets actions that can be supported at the local, state, and national level to promote those concerns and defend our public lands,” explained the press release.

The grassroots conservation organization has an active membership base of around 800, and hopes this program will add to its ranks by reaching out to this substantial demographic that historically has been underrepresented by environmental and outdoor recreation organizations. As part of the effort, Wilderness Workshop hired local community leader Beatriz Soto to coordinate the program and integrate, in phases, a variety of activities and opportunities geared toward the Latino community.

The Defiende Hike Series launched this summer as part of the rollout. With direction from the organization’s hike leader, Brandon

Caminatas bilingües gratuitas llegan a Red Hill Informe del personal

As part of the launch of the Defiende Latino outreach program, Wilderness Workshop offered a number of free bilingual hikes. To learn more about the Red Hill Hike and other opportunities, visit www.wildernessworkshop.org/defiendehikes. Courtesy photo Jones, who oversees two dozen free community hikes into surrounding public lands, Wilderness Workshop offered several Spanish / English hikes this summer.

The next hike is Sunday, Aug. 26, at Red Hill outside of Carbondale. “Pack your backpack and join Wilderness Workshop on a family-friendly hike and picnic appropriate for families and kids ages 10 at up at the Red Hill trail system, near Carbondale,” says the organization’s web page.

“The hike starts out steep but is a favorite

because of its gorgeous views of Mt. Sopris and red sandstone rock formations...

When we reach the top, Wilderness Workshop will provide a picnic lunch and offer a kid-friendly activity to learn about how to take care of nature through Leave No Trace principles. Spend the Sunday with Wilderness Workshop and other families as we enjoy our public lands and learning how to protect them.” Registration is free and open to the public at wildernessworkshop.org/red-hill-hikepicnic/.

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Este verano, Wilderness Workshop de Carbondale lanzo un programa comunitario diseñado para que la población latina del Roaring Fork Valley este incluida en experiencias, entendimiento, y con la meta de que aboguen por las tierras públicas. El programa, Defiende Nuestra Tierra, fue oficialmente iniciado en junio con una fiesta comunitaria en Glenwood Springs.

Como ha sido explicado previamente en publicaciones de prensa, “Como un componente del actual programa de lucha y organización comunitaria, en relación a las tierras publicas de Wilderness Workshop, el programa defiende alza las preocupaciones especificas de los latinos locales en cuanto a tierras públicas; construye y expande la conversación del tema, toma acción hacia objetivos que soportan el movimiento de preservación y defensa de las tierras públicas a nivel local, estatal y nacional”.

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Sandra Lopez leaves Sanctuary after 10 months of solitude

By Megan Tackett Sopris Sun Staff

For the first time in 10 months and two days, Sandra Lopez left the Two Rivers Unitarian Universalist parsonage, where she had been living in sanctuary with her youngest daughter Areli, a U.S. citizen.

“I [was] counting every second!” she said.

Thanks to a Supreme Court decision, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has communicated with Lopez’s attorneys that she is no longer a priority for deportation, TRUU Reverend Shawna Foster explained. “[The] Supreme Court decision... says if your paperwork isn’t dated and you’ve been living in the United States continuously for the last 10 years, then your deportation order should be canceled,” she said. “I’m not a lawyer, so really all we know is that…. ICE told her lawyers that she’s not a priority for deportation. It’s a difference from, ‘Come to our office because we’re going to deport you’ to ‘You’re not a priority.’”

Despite the light rain, a crowd of about 30 people came to cheer Lopez’s freedom at 5:30 Tuesday evening at the parsonage. They joined her in a march through Carbondale to the Third Street Center, which houses TRUU. “I think it’s really beautiful that the first place she’s going to go when she leaves sanctuary is straight to the church and to be with the community, so that’s really nice,” Foster said.

But even before the rally, Lopez was already

dreaming of where to go next.

“I want to go to a really good restaurant, [a] Mexican restaurant,” she said, smiling. “And later, I want to go camping. I want to look out at the stars, the moon. I want to feel fresh air on my face.

I want to smell the smoke of the fire outside.”

Lopez, a mother of three U.S.-born children, was arrested in 2010 when one of her children dialed 911 during a dispute with her husband. Though those charges were immediately dropped, per the law at the time, Lopez was reported to ICE as a suspected undocumented immigrant (Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a repeal of SB-90, known as the “Show Me Your Papers” law, in 2013).

While the energy was palpable and the mood bright during an interview preceding the Aug. 21 celebration, earlier conversations with Lopez when her future was less clear reflected the anxiety she felt. “[There] is a lot of fear in the community,” she said in a July 10 interview. “If I had to go run to supposedly another safe place, what happens if ICE is over there? What happens to me? I go to jail for weeks or months, I don’t know. It’s very unfair, this system, for immigrants, especially in this administration. Don’t separate me from my children. That’s all I want: don’t separate me from my children.”

At least for Lopez, that no longer appears to be an imminent risk. She’s finally returned to her home in Silt with the rest of her family.

“I want to look out at the stars, the moon. I want to feel fresh air on my face.”

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This Land … is your land.

Holsinger Don’t forgettotoserve vote! onBallots state were commission mailed to all

registered voters 16 and Agriculture should now have Paulon Oct. Holsinger, and been received. Easement AdministraConservation must be returned

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Theofcommission willTown guide the newly created Division of Conservation in adFlu vaccinations available at ministering the program to ensure this Medicare workshop benefit to landowners and the conservaThe Colorado Gerontological Society will tion values of Colorado are maintained. host a free educational workshop, Medicare Monday, at the Third Street Garfield County joinsCenter Nov. 6 to address the changes to Medicare that benPILT lawsuit eficiaries can expect to see in 2018.

The Board of County CommissionWalgreens will be on hand to make flu ers voted unanimously to join a classvaccinations available. Anyone who wishes action lawsuit that seeks to reimburse to receive the vaccine will simply present counties that were underpaid payment their Medicare Card and their insurance in-lieu of taxes (PILT) funds from 2015 card to one of the Walgreens pharmacists, through 2017. The federal government who will take the information and adminpays PILT to local governments for ister the vaccine. Walgreens will handle the federal lands within their boundaries Medicare/insurance billing. that aren’t subjected to property taxOpen enrollment for Medicare beneficies. In 2015, the government took the aries ends Dec. 7. This is the time of year position that the amount due was dewhen Medicare beneficiaries need to review termined by Congressional appropriatheir current health insurance coverage, pritions, rather than the PILT formula. marily for prescription drugs through This resulted in a lower total payment.

Medicare Part D. For those individuals who Kane County, Utah filed a successful are currently enrolled in a Medicare Ad-

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14. If successful, Garfield out of order County stands to receive an estimated Effective immediately, Colorado Parks $121,931 reimbursement. and Wildlife is instituting a voluntary fishing closure at a popular area on the Frying Pan Colorado’s Park maintenance River located downstream from the Ruedi backlogDam. ‘over Reservoir The$238 fishingmillion’ spot — known locally as theCory ToiletGardner Bowl — (R-CO) will experience Senator called significantly reduced water noron Congress to actflow on asthe $11that billion mally feeds the backlog pool will be to famaintenance at re-routed our national cilitate dam maintenance. parks required in an Energy and Natural ReWork on the dam, whichon is owned and sources Subcommittee National operated by the Bureau of Reclamation, is Parks hearing on Wednesday.

Senator estimated to continue through 10; Gardner has been working to Nov. advance however, it could take longer if additional legislation that would address the bilwork lions is ofnecessary. dollars in deferred maintenance Forthe more information the volunthat park system isabout currently factary closure, and contact Colorado Parks ing fishing in Colorado across the counand Wildlife’s also Glenwood Springsthis office at try. Gardner spoke about issue 970-947-2920 for information about along with theand importance of authorizwork on the dam andWater dam operations, coning the Land and Conservation tact Tim of thefloor.

Bureau of ReclamaFund onMiller the Senate tion at 970-962-4394.

Tipton Statement on moving Rangers receive recognition BLM headquarters

Five White River National Forest emCongressman Scott Tipton (CO-03) ployees are the recent recipients of individreleased the following statement after ual, prestigious awards recognizing their the announcement that Secretary Ryan contributions to the land and the commuZinke is planning to move the Bureau nities they serve in their respective profesof Land Management headquarters sional fields. west: “99 percent of the land that the “These recognitions, both internal and

BLM manages is located West, external, demonstrate what ainlotthe of people and theknow: decisions by the Bureau already that made the White River Nahave daily on those whohardlive tional Forest impacts has incredibly dedicated, there, so and it only makes sensestewarding to move working talented people the headquarters a western these lands on behalfto of the Americanstate. pubThissaid would ensure that decisions lic,” Scott Fitzwilliams, Forest Superviwould be extremely made by proud those towho undersor.

“I am share these stand the land best, resulting in more awards with our local communities,” he effective land management said.

Andrew Larson, Erin Careyprograms and Katy and policies.

The district I am fortunate Nelson all received recognitions for their enough to represent serves as aDistrict. microwork in the Aspen-Sopris Ranger cosm of almost every western landmanagement issue and I encourage the CDOT director resigns Department of the Interior strongly Gov. Hickenlooper today to announced consider Colorado’s Third District for Shailen Bhatt will be leaving his role as Exthe new BLM headquarters.” ecutive Director of the Department of Transportation (CDOT).

“Shailen’samong innovation and drive has Gardner sponsors pushed the Department of Transportation of NATO bill to work tirelessly to stand up a transportaTim tionSenators networkCory that Gardner can meet(R-CO), the needs of Kaine (D-VA), Jack Reed (D-RI), and Colorado,” said Governor John HickenJohn McCain introduced looper.

“We wish(R-AZ) him thehave best and can only a bipartisan bill to explicitly prohibit say ‘watch out’ as he brings his expertise the President ofathe States from and creativity to newUnited set of challenges.” withdrawing from NATO without SenGov. Hickenlooper appointed Bhatt in ate approval.

The bill requires the PresiFebruary of 2015. During his tenure, Bhatt dent to seek the advice focused on public safety and and consent worked of to the Senate to modify or terminate better the lives of Coloradans throughU.S. an membership in NATO system. and formalizes improved transportation theBhatt Senate’s opposition to will leave his positionwithdrawing in December from the If theand President attempts to becometreaty. president Chief Executive to withdraw from NATO without Officer at the Intelligent TransportationSenSoate approval, bill Deputy also authorizes ciety of America.this CDOT’s Executive the Senate Counsel to challenge Director andLegal Chief Operating Officer Mike the Administration in court.

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Quirk in state constitution could harm college’s affordability Critical programs are at risk

By Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser Colorado Mountain College is not only one of the most affordable colleges in the nation, it is also the only college in our 12,000-square-mile service region that trains firefighters, law enforcement officers, nurses and teachers. Consequently, if CMC cannot offer these programs, they will not happen.

And yet, a quirk in the Colorado constitution threatens CMC’s abilities to provide affordable training in services essential to the health, safety and quality of life in our region.

The financial snag in our constitution has not gone unnoticed. In fact, CMC recently hosted a meeting of legislators at its Glenwood Springs Morgridge Commons conference facility. This sixmember, bipartisan committee is holding statewide meetings to examine the unintended, but very real, impacts of the Gallagher Amendment.

The Gallagher Amendment is complex and entangled with other measures in our constitution, but can be summarized this way: Growth in the number and values of homes forces reductions

in revenues to local services. The his- community services, such as our fire toric population increases in the Den- districts, which have worked tirelessly and courageously on numerver metro area are forcous fires that have threating revenues downward ened homes and businesses in Colorado, and this is especially acute in rural throughout the central mouncommunities like ours. tains this summer, this situation extends well beyond budCMC lost nearly $3 get-balancing. As Karl Bauer, million in projected revchief of the Eagle River Fire enues two years ago due to this situation. If nothProtection district, said during the recent legislative meeting ing changes, the college in Glenwood, if revenues conwill likely lose an additinue to be cut, “we will see tional nearly $4 million an unraveling of the system of in 2019-20. To put this in perspective, $4 milmutual aid.” lion is roughly As I write this, we equal to the opdon’t know what actions special districts erating budgets might take or if the of the CMC camlegislature will offer puses in Rifle or a solution. I urge you Breckenridge.

These campuses to get educated, and address critical to tell the commitworkforce traintee what you think.

– Karl Bauer Together we can help ing we all require.

Chief of the Eagle River them fix the unintendCMC is not Fire Protection district ed consequences of the the only local Gallagher Amendment. service affected by the Gallagher Information about this Amendment. Fire districts, water dis- committee, including recordings of our tricts, sanitation districts, school dis- recent meeting, can be found at http:// tricts and numerous others share the leg.colorado.gov/committees/alternasame predicament. For some of our tives-gallagher-amendment-interim-

OPINION

“We will see an unraveling of the system of mutual aid.”

study-committee/2018-regular-session.

CMC’s 3.997 mill levy has not changed in more than 40 years, and our communities celebrate the bachelor’s and associate degrees, lifelong learning, and ESL and adult basic education the college provides.

The college is not seeking more money. We just want stability and predictability, so that we can plan for the long term and not face huge cuts even as our communities grow.

CMC was established by the mountain communities, for the mountain communities. The Gallagher Amendment threatens the college’s ability to provide some of the most critical and affordable programs in the state, including training and education for firefighters and first responders, nurses and other health care practitioners, and teachers. If the unintended effects of the Gallagher Amendment are not resolved soon, the college will have few choices other than eliminating programs or raising tuition, neither of which is good for our communities.

Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser is president and CEO of Colorado Mountain College. She can be reached at cbhauser@ coloradomtn.edu or via Twitter at @ CMCPresident.

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When the Soviets came to Carbondale From the archives of the Roaring Fork Valley Journal Aug. 24, 1978 Carbondale artist John Toly was about to open a show at the Gargoyle Gallery in Aspen. According to M.G. Smith, it featured not only scenes of nature’s ominous moods that characterized his older work, but also newer, vibrant landscapes featuring “an exciting new object awareness.” Specifically, Smith cited an image of a frozen stream with a white cyclaman on the edge of the frame: “Time is a difficult thing to express in a picture, but these works of Toly’s remind us that it can be done with skill, delicacy, albeit with some uneasiness.”

In other news…Carbondale Trustees continued to seek an alternative venue for Mountain Fair (though, to date, it remains in Sopris Park).

Aug. 25, 1988 A group of 25 Soviet teens and six adult supervisors visited Colorado Rocky Mountain School, with such a packed itinerary that some locals feared they wouldn’t be able to keep up. “We’ll have plenty of time to rest later on,” Georgian Nanto Kancheli assured The Journal. Square dancing, lectures, computers outdoor activities and side trips provided a contrast with the USSR. Some things, though, were much the same: favorite rock groups (Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin) sports (basketball) and film (Felini). All in all, it was a very different mood from when United Nations Assistant Secretary General Viktor Lessiovski came to town at the height of anti-Soviet sentiments in 1960, but the Ukrainian reportedly won the kids over in

about 10 minutes.

In other news… Sales tax receipts were way up, with $313.632 collected in the first seven months of 1988.

Aug. 20, 1998 Carbondale’s Downtown Preservation Committee was considering a parking ban for a two-block stretch from Third Street to Weant Boulevard (the article actually says Fifth Street… which doesn’t exist). While one business owner thought it would make the town more pedestrian friendly, others feared it would hurt businesses. Other potential plans for the area included cluster parking or timed parking, with any decisions still far from final.

In other news… Roaring Fork High School welcomed Wendy Moore as its new principal, while Pat Waddick took over at Crystal River Elementary.

Aug. 21, 2008 Outdoor clothing company Patagonia provided a $20,000 grant for 15 recycling stations around Carbondale, with separate containers for comingled containers, paper and trash. It all came together thanks to a conversation at the 5point Film Festival, with Public Works Director Larry Ballenger advocating for the distributed approach rather than a central center. The containers themselves were housed in recycled lumber (and have since been replaced by refurbished bearproof containers with local kid art).

In other news… Trustees opted not to pursue a ballot question to fund affordable housing.

Caminata gratis de página 14 natural actualmente tiene una base con alrededor de 800 miembros y espera, que, con este nuevo programa agregar miembros substanciales de esta demografía, que históricamente ha sido poco representada por organizaciones dedicadas específicamente al cuidado del medio ambiente y a la recreación al aire libre. Como parte de su esfuerzo, Wilderness Workshop contrato a una líder local, Beatriz Soto, para ayudar a coordinar el programa e integrar en etapas, una variedad de actividades y ayudar a identificar oportunidades dirigidas hacia la comunidad latina del valle.

El programa “Defiende”, de Wilderness workshop lanzo una serie de caminatas bilingües este verano como parte de este programa. Con la dirección del líder de Caminatas, Brandon Jones, quien guía mas de dos docenas de caminatas gratuitas comunitarias dentro de las tierras públicas que nos rodean.

Nuestra próxima caminata es el próximo domingo 26 de agosto en “Red Hill”, justo afuera de Carbondale. “Empaca tu mochila y únete a Wilderness workshop a esta aventura familiar; con caminata y picnic, apropiada para niños de 10 años en adelante, que recorre el sistema de senderos de “Red Hill” como menciona en la pagina web de la organización. “Esta caminata empieza inclinada, pero es una de las rutas favoritas entre locales por su hermosa vista hacia Mt. Sorpis y sus formaciones de rocas… cuando lleguemos a la cima, Wilderness Worshop proveerá comida y actividades para niños y adultos, que ayudaran a aprender cómo cuidar el medio ambiente y la naturaleza a través de los principios de No Dejar Huella. Ven y pasa un domingo con nosotros y otras familias, mientras disfrutamos y aprendemos como defender de nuestras tierras públicas. Regístrate gratis en wildernessworkshop.org/red-hill-hikepicnic/.

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Just this year we have donated more than $20,000 to local individuals and aid organizations including English in Action, the Advocate Safe House and the Roaring Fork River Conservancy.

The Near New se abrió en 1972 para ganar dinero para ayudar a los necesitados, de acuerdo con la misión de la organización Rebekahs ¡y desde entonces apenas hemos cambiado nuestros precios!

Solo este año, hemos donado más de $20,000 a individuos locales y organizaciones de ayuda, incluyendo English in Action, Advocate Safe House y Roaring Fork River Conservancy.

Pictured above is our Sister Donna Natal hand delivering donations to the Carbondale and Basalt Fire Protection Districts. This summer has certainly tested their capacity and our gratitude for their hard work and dedication is constant.

En la foto de arriba está nuestra hermana Donna Natal, que entrega donaciones a Carbondale y Basalt Fire Protection Districts. Este verano ciertamente ha probado su capacidad y nuestra gratitud por su arduo trabajo y dedicación es constante.

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Letters from page 2 A matter of time Dear Editor: Time is not money Time is much more valuable Money pales by it JM Jesse Glenwood Springs

Write in for sheriff Dear Editor: I am very grateful to Khalsa, for courage in bringing his understanding and perspective to Garfield County. Khalsa has shown a keen knowledge of human dynamics and that make him eminently prepared and fit to take on the Garfield County Sheriff’s job.

The gas industry is fearful of the people that live around their cheaply bought leases. This fear is inculcated into the government entities that they deal with. They are bullies and the people at the top in government have become bullies in their cause.

That Khalsa understands that the culture at the top defines the actions and attitudes

in the ranks demonstrates to me that Khalsa would be a beneficial addition to our county governing culture.

Just as good is attracted to love, crime is attracted to fear, Khalsa obviously knows this from personal experience.

Khalsa would make an excellent Sheriff and he would improve much of the culture in our county. Write in Khalsa for sheriff in November.

John Hoffmann Carbondale

Nurture over nature Dear Editor: Blacks are dumb and Jews are smart, right? Wrong.

We all possess basically the same equipment upstairs unless it is deformed, traumatized, diseased, or otherwise afflicted.

The difference comes in cultural backgrounds. Jews come from a strong learning culture. Blacks, not so much.

Learning is stressed with Jewish children from infancy. Growing up in a suburb

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with a large Jewish population, I saw the pressure put on my Jewish friends to excel in school. Sometimes, they cracked.

Whatever learning culture blacks brought with them from Africa was beaten out of them by slavery. All the slave owners wanted them to learn was how to pick cotton.

Take a black child out of the hood at an early age and bring them to a more learning-friendly environment and they will meet or exceed the learning achievements of white children.

The first black friend I had was a Liberian exchange student in college. He

was a political science major and I was a journalism major. He pumped me for information about the Fourth Estate. His parents were college graduates. He was obsessed with learning.

The POTUS doesn’t get this. Recently, he has dissed the IQ’s of a black former staffer, a California congresswoman, a CNN reporter, and an NBA superstar and proposed colleges and universities eliminate preferential admissions standards for racial and ethnic minorities. If that is done, these cultural imbalances will continue.

Fred Malo Jr. Carbondale

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Roaring Fork High School literally rolled out the red carpet for students, welcoming their return to school on Monday morning, Aug. 20. According to Principal Brett Stringer, the staff at the high school is trying to push the idea to students that they are their VIPs. Photos by Jane Bachrach

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