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Volume 2, Number 31 | September 23, 2010

Red McClure potato joins list of foods worth fighting for

By David Frey Sopris Sun Correspondent Carbondale’s hometown potato has made it onto the ark. The Ark of Taste, that is.

The Slow Food movement, which works to preserve local foods and flavors, has added the Red McClure to its list of some 200 foods from across the country deemed delicious and endangered and worth fighting to protect.

The Red McClure, which was developed in Carbondale a century ago, joins an exclusive list that includes Olympia oysters from the Pacific coast, the true red cranberry from Maine, and handmade filé (the sassafras powder at the heart of Louisiana gumbo.)

“The Ark of Taste is the only thing like it in the world,” said Tom Passavant, co-chairman of Slow Food Roaring Fork, which has worked to bring the Red McClure back from the brink of extinction and into commercial production.

It’s a select list of foods that are not only in danger of disappearing from the menu altogether. They’re also tasty and deemed worth fighting to preserve.

“We know the potato is good,” Passavant said. “It’s fresh. It’s local. It tastes good. But you never know how a national group that is used to tasting more esoteric things is going to react to a potato.”

They liked it.

Earlier this month, the Slow Food USA Biodiversity Committee voted unanimously to add the Red McClure to the U.S. Ark of Taste.

At a special tasting in Madison, Wis., tasters “were extremely enthusiastic,” Emily Vaughn, a member of the Biodiversity Committee, wrote in a letter to Marie Louise Ryan, the local potato project coordinator.

It’s been a big couple of years for the Red McClure, which had all but disappeared for the past half-century.

Last spring, Slow Food Roaring Fork distributed nearly 2,000 pounds of Red McClure seed potatoes, almost the entire existing supply in the world, to commercial farmers and home gardeners.

Eagle Crest, Planted Earth and Colorado Rocky Mountain School nurseries bought them to sell to home gardeners.

Western Slope commercial farmers, including Silt farmer Buddy Black, Sustainable Settings, Osage Gardens and Borden Farm, bought them to sell to consumers.

They’ll be popping up at Potato Day, in farmer’s markets and in restaurants like Six89, where they grew a few of the spuds themselves, and Hestia, where they’re asking for a supply.

Swimming into fall. Canada geese such as this one sometimes paddle about in the small pond on County Road 100. There were 50 to 75 other geese on the sidelines earlier in the week, checking out this goose’s technique.

Photo by Jane Bachrach

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Indica loses its Way

Yoga studios flood town

Trustees ask for bullets

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Carbondale Commentary Letters

The Sopris Sun welcomes your letters, limited to no more than 400 words. Letters exceeding that length may be edited or returned for revisions. Include your name and residence (for publication) and a contact email and phone number. Submit letters via email to letters@soprissun.com or via snail mail to P.O. Box 399, Carbondale, CO 81623.

Perry’s column was a doozy Dear Editor: I thoroughly enjoy most commentary written by the many authors that the Sopris Sun has to offer. I especially respect what Jeannie Perry usually has to comment on. I do believe that this young lady is quite wise in her choice of words of wisdom with her comments and stories.

I recall reading her articles in the former Valley Journal. But to comment on the article written for Sept. 2, it was a real doozy.

To comment on the panhandlers that sit or stand daily/nightly at the intersection of Highway 82 and 133, the state transportation department and or county officials have done nothing to stop this from happening. I do see that the state transportation department provides tall-wired fences and underpasses to keep the deer, elk and other wildlife off the highways. Take special notice when driving from Carbondale to Vail; the fences are providing prevention of vehicle collisions with large animals.Think of the thousands of dollars that went into that. Yet, we cannot keep humans out of the way of vehicles that are traveling on a divided stretch of highway.

After someone is hurt/killed are they going to be considered a pedestrian or a dead animal?

This should be a public safety issue, not an economic issue. I commend the town of Carbondale for its efforts to try and find a solution to this situation.

If it is an economic situation then why are we not offering shelters for the panhandlers?

There are two beautiful houses currently on Main Street in Carbondale that offer sober housing (Jaywalker Lodge). Is there not room for a few more? I believe that the highways were developed for transportation purposes,

most recently for pedestrians to cross with the traffic light and lately safe crossings for wildlife.The crosswalk/median should not be for people to be sitting or standing in the middle of a divided highway less than three feet away from fast moving vehicles. And if one needs to advertise, try billboards (ouch) along the stretch of highway -- not people.

Kathy Enman Carbondale

Help reduce suicides Dear Editor: Recent media coverage of suicide statistics in Colorado for 2009 paint a grim picture for our state, with 940 deaths, more than in any previous year.

Suicide is a preventable death, but last year it claimed the lives of more victims than motor vehicle crashes and homicides combined. Rather than dwelling on this negative data and wondering what we are doing wrong, we need to take this information and use it to enhance our prevention efforts. As Coloradans continue to feel pressure from job loss, economic stress, feelings of isolation and more, we need to continue to learn the signs of suicide, learn how to find help for family members and friends in need, and find viable ways to increase access to mental health resources in our state, which ranks 50th in hospital beds for those in immediate mental health crises.

It is not enough simply to report the statistics. As a state, we need to ensure that funding for mental health care and suicide prevention stays at the forefront of the policymakers’ minds. And we need to ensure that everyone knows how to find care if they need it or help others find the help they need. Now is not the

time to make suicide someone else’s problem.

Suicide affects everyone. September is Suicide Awareness Month (Take5toSaveLives.com).

Let’s make sure we are taking the right steps in the right direction to stop suicide and its impact in Colorado.

Deborah VanCott Board of Directors Suicide Prevention Coalition of Colorado Carbondale

Pour House thanks Dear Editor: Sept.12 was the day of our annual salute to the community of Carbondale. Carbondale is a unique community, and like so many others, is struggling just to get by in these hard times. But on Sunday, we came together to eat and to play, and to dance and, for a while, we forgot about the problems and focused on having a good time. I’d like to thank the town of Carbondale for partnering with me to put this event together year after year.

Next I’d like to express my admiration and thanks to the young men, their parents and the leaders of Carbondale Boy Scout Troop 235.These guys spent several hours of their Saturday to shuck and clean 14 cases of Olathe sweet corn to be served on Sunday.

They then showed up on Sunday to haul corn and soda, serve food, clean up litter and generally make themselves available to help in any way they could. They asked that individual names not be used (classy) so all I will say is “thank you.”

Next, I’d like to thank Tammy (Buttons the Clown) Baar for her continued appearance. Buttons paints the kids faces and some of the adults also with her cool designs.

Katy Reeves from Aspen House of Bounce was there with her bounce house and a slide big enough for kids and adults as well.

DJ Ginger Anne was on stage sending out some great music all afternoon and at 6 p.m., Bobby Mason and the Carbondale All-Stars took over the stage and that set the tone for the evening -- rock‘n’ roll at its finest.Thanks Bobby, Geoffrey, Dave, Brian, Lee and Suzanne. You guys were outstanding.

I have to thank Smiley, Steve and all the crew from public works for setting up the park and helping in so many ways. Jeff and the recreation department, Gene and his police officers -- thank you all for your help putting this event together.

Last, but by no means least, thanks to my crew at the Pour House; Michael and his staff in the kitchen put together a great feed for over 400 people. All my front-of-the-house team did their part as always and I thank you all for your hard work.

And you, all the folks here in Carbondale, thank you for coming.

Skip Bell, manager The Pour House

Watching the plan Russ Criswell celebrates his successful participation in the Brain Injury Association of Colorado’s Pikes Peak Challenge Hike with a quick peek at the Sopris Sun on Sept. 11. Upon his return to Carbondale, Criswell said “As a donor, participant and recipient of help from the association, I wish to thank the other donors that supported my climb up Pikes Peak: Jim Noyes, Gayle and Dick Wells, Sarge Whalen, and Linda Criswell. We had a beautiful day for the 14 miles and 7,400 foot vertical gain. Luckily we got rides down.” The annual event had more than 500 hikers.

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Dear Editor: I’ve watched the process leading to the proposed 2010 Garfield County Comprehensive Plan. Much of the public comment at meetings and in surveys supported more of a focus on preservation of open space, separation between towns, public access to recreational and historical sites, and recreation opportunities. There is very little in the draft plan that supports these land use objec-

tives, even less than in the present comp plan.

I think that it makes sense to form a commission charged with evaluation of open space, trails, historic preservation and agricultural heritage preservation.

This commission could evaluate the economic and social impacts of such programs in other counties and then advise the county commissioners on a best plan for Garfield County.

Such a commission could assist the county commissioners in evaluating the worth of such propositions as the Sutey Ranch/Two Shoes swap, finding open space along the Roaring Fork River, and development of a trail downstream along the entire Garfield County portion of the Colorado River.

Such a commission could help identify funding sources such as GOCO grants and historic preservation funding grants.

Also, Garfield County is blessed with oil and gas reserves. Recognizing the inevitability of negative environmental impacts by these extractive industries, we should give these industries the opportunity for positive PR by their contributing significantly to the developments of open space, agricultural heritage preservation, trails and historic preservation. This win-win approach could be through a pad tax, use tax, a small levy on the volume of extracted hydrocarbon, or some other agreeable means.

I believe that such a commission should be identified and endorsed in the 2010 Comprehensive Plan and ask that this be done in the plan now under consideration. Ten years more is a terribly long time to wait for the next such opportunity.

Bill Spence Carbondale LETTERS page 15

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Folks discover Indica Way on east Main Street

By Lynn Burton The Sopris Sun

Indica Way is located at the east end of Main Street. The street sign used to sit atop the intersection’s stop sign, until someone ripped it off. Photo by Lynn Burton

Folks are discovering Carbondale’s Indica Way street sign in the same fashion others discover Corona signs in Denver, Wildman Road in Green County, Ohio, Rolling Rock Drive in Columbia, Missouri and countless other topical, descriptive or humorous street signs across the United States.

These folks don’t have their pictures taken with the signs; they steal them.

Carbondale’s Indica Way sign was stolen “again” according to police reports earlier this month. Carbondale Public Works Director Larry Ballenger says the sign has been ripped off on numerous occasions, while Police Chief Gene Schilling said the number is much lower. In any case, if you are looking for the actual Indica Way, as of Monday the sign wasn’t there.A public worker’s employee said a new one should be in place by Sept. 27.

“We have an inventory of them,” said Ballenger.

Of the above referenced street signs, Corona and Rolling Rock are beers. Wildman is apparently named after a person, although it could be named after a colorful local character.

As for Indica, it’s not to be confused with “indigo,” which is a shade of blue. “Indica” also indicates a color, however, such as “green” or in police lingo “green leafy substance.”

In other words,“indica”refers to marijuana.

According to the Web site weedfarmer.com, indica is one of two varieties of marijuana, the other being sativa. The indica plant is shorter, with fatter leaves, than sativa. Indica delivers a “heavier, sleepy type high,” according to the Web site. Sativa delivers a more“cerebral, soaring type of high.”The yield per plant is usually less with sativa than indica.The general rule of thumb is that sativas are just about the opposite of indicas, although both can get you

busted as well as high.

Ballenger said he hasn’t noticed the Indica Way sign being stolen more often since numerous medical marijuana dispensaries opened shop in Carbondale.

Indica Way is located at the east end of Main Street, and is the last street on the left before the Colorado Rocky Mountain School campus, just beyond East Bank Point. There are six or seven homes on the looped street, one of which has its address carved into stone (no pun intended) alongside the driveway.

Mark Chain, now a private planner, was Carbondale’s primary planner when the Indica Way subdivision was first annexed, then approved by the town in the late 1990s or 2000. He said none of the trustees brought up the Indica Way street name during the subdivision’s review. “Nobody ever talks about street names,” Chain told the Sopris Sun this week. “Developers sometimes name their streets after kids, like Vito’s Way or Catherine Court. … Street names are the last thing people talk about.”

Schilling said that whoever stole the sign faces a possible $500 fine and up to six months in jail for the offense. Right now, there are no suspects.

The Indica Way sign used to be attached to the stop sign at the intersection of that street and Main Street. Ballenger said that all it takes is a pair of pliers and screwdriver to remove the sign. He plans to attach the new sign with tamper-proof nuts and bolts. He said such hardware doesn’t necessarily prevent theft, but it takes longer for people to pull off the heist, which might serve as a deterrent.

Chain said the Indica Way developer chose the street name.The Sopris Sun tried to reach the developer, who is believed to still live in or near Carbondale, but he did not return the Sun’s phone call.

Clash over kayak use puts proposed Gateway Park in jeopardy

By David Frey Sopris Sun Correspondent A dispute over the possibility of a kayak park at the entrance to Carbondale is threatening to put in jeopardy the purchase of a key piece of land intended for a new town Gateway Park.

The town of Carbondale is scheduled to close next month on the $2.5 million Koziel property, part of which is located across the river beneath the Highway 133 bridge over the Roaring Fork River.

But the Division of Wildlife is threatening to pull its contribution of $950,000 if the town goes forward with plans that could include a whitewater park. DOW officials say they worry a whitewater park will draw too many users, use up too much parking and create conflicts on the river between anglers and kayakers. The agency wants the property to be used exclusively for fishing boat access.

“If someone is floating down and you’re negotiating (whitewater park features) and you throw in the kayakers there, it sort of bottlenecks the property,” said Perry Will, Glenwood Springs area manager for the DOW.

DOW officials have asked Carbondale to agree to restrictions barring a kayak park there and upstream. But Carbondale officials are hoping the DOW will change its mind. A kayak park was always part of the plan, they said, and was included in the request that won a $1 million Great Outdoors Colorado legacy grant. They worry by granting DOW its request, they could put in jeopardy the GOCO money.

“I think this park could be really, really cool for everyone involved,” said Mark Hamilton, the town’s attorney. “Fishermen and kayakers and people like you and me who just want to go for a picnic.”

But without the DOW’s money, Hamilton said, the deal would likely fall apart.

The 7.8-acre property includes the former Sopris RV Park and a boat ramp, which the DOW has paid $25,000 a year to keep open for anglers.

Carbondale pieced together funding including GOCO’s $1 million, the DOW’s $950,000, $450,000 of town funds and $100,000 from Garfield County.

Carbondale wants the spot for anglers, plus other uses as well, including a possible kayak park. It has spent some $80,000 on

securing recreational water rights for the park.

Will said his agency has opposed a kayak park from the beginning. The boat ramp is probably the most heavily-used ramp in the state, he said, which fishermen use to reach the Roaring Fork’s legendary trout fishery.

In a letter to the DOW, Hamilton insisted anglers and kayakers could share the facility.

He asked the DOW to sit down and help create a whitewater park that would minimize impacts on fishermen, partly by placing it upstream of the boat ramp.

“Rather than draw lines in the sand,” Hamilton wrote,“we are very interested in a compromise that serves to protect and promote any potentially competing interests.”

Can both uses coexist?

“We haven’t seen that in the past,” Will said.

He said he wasn’t closing the door on the subject, though, and hoped to work out an agreement before the end of the year, when the GOCO money would disappear.

“If it doesn’t work out, it’s a shame,”Will said. “Hopefully the town and the division will figure out something that’s workable for everyone. That’s what I’d like to see.”

The Koziel boat launch located under the Highway 133 bridge, is the Colorado Division of Wildlife’s busiest. Photo by Lynn Burton

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News Briefs The Weekly News Brief The Sopris Sun and the KDNK news departments team to discuss recent news from the Roaring Fork Valley and beyond. Catch the Brief on KDNK between 7:30 and 8 a.m. and between 5:30 and 6 p.m. on Thursdays.

Town receives $292,000 windfall The town of Carbondale recently received an unexpected $292,000 from the state-administered mineral and leasing severance tax.

“This revenue was not anticipated in the 2010 budget and when added to our General Fund Reserve brings the reserve total to approximately $4.6M (million),” wrote town manager Tom Baker in a Sept. 14 memo to the trustees. On a related note, Baker also said that eight of the 12 property owners who were not assessed construction use taxes (dating back approximately three years) have paid in full or are on a payment schedule. “The remaining four are conducting audits and/or working with us to develop a payment schedule.”

HPC considers “structures of merit” The Carbondale Historic Preservation Commission meets at town hall on Sept. 23 at 6:45 p.m. to consider the proposed structures of merit program. The agenda calls for a discussion with the public at 7 p.m. Snacks will be served at 6:30 p.m.

GarCo holds comp plan hearing The Garfield County Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on the Garfield County Comprehensive Plan on Sept. 23 at the county office, located at 108

Eighth St., starting at 6:30 p.m. A copy of the comprehensive plan is available to review at the county planning department weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. or on the county Web site. For more information, call 945-8212.

Gravel pit hearing slated The Garfield County commissioners hold a public hearing on the proposed Blue gravel pit expansion on Oct. 18. Western Slope Aggregates is the applicant.The company has applied for a special use permit to expand the pit by 64 acres.The application is available at the Garfield County administration building.

Glenwood art center receives award Colorado Creative Industries (formerly the Colorado Council on Arts) has given the Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts one of its Colorado Creates grant awards, one of only three such organizations so honored.

Nominees are judged on: artistic excellence and merit of their proposed activities; community involvement and benefit from proposed activities; and implementation capacity.

The Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts was founded in 1982. It offers classes in the arts, presents art shows during the year and organizes events such as the Culinary Arts Festival.

DOW program is successful Colorado Division of Wildlife Director Tom Remington announced that the state’s lynx reintroduction project had accomplished its goal of establishing a breeding population in the Southern Rockies and those biologists are now transitioning to monitor the cats'

long-term existence in Colorado’s high country, according to a press release.

The announcement comes following the discovery this spring of 14 lynx kittens in five separate dens, including the first two dens documented in Summit County, outside the core reintroduction area.

Cop Shop The following events are drawn from incident reports of the Carbondale Police Dept.

MONDAY Sept. 13 At 9:15 a.m., someone ran their vehicle into a pole at the intersection of Main Street and Highway 133.

MONDAY Sept. 13 At 10:50 a.m., police found two girls, each 3, walking down Euclid.

Police took the girls home and advised their fathers to keep a closer eye on them.

MONDAY Sept. 13 A resident on Graceland reported that someone had entered his two unlocked cars and taken some items during the night.

MONDAY Sept. 13 At 12:40 p.m., a resident on Euclid reported a black Lab pooped in her yard, and she suspected the dog was running loose. Later that day, an officer chased a black Lab at Sopris Park but was unable to nab him.

TUESDAY Sept. 14 At 6:31 p.m., a woman at town hall told police a 6-year-old boy was there looking for his father, who had recently been taken to jail. Police took the boy to his mother’s house, who told police to take him to his aunt’s house.

THURSDAY Sept. 16 Between the hours of 2 a.m. to 4:52 a.m., Carbondale police issued five tickets for either parking on the wrong side of the street or parking on the sidewalk on the following streets: Roaring Fork Avenue, Capitol Avenue, Euclid Avenue, Barber Drive and Graceland Drive.

THURSDAY Sept. 16 At 12:45 a.m., Carbondale arrested three out-of-town females after a brawl at Sopris Shopping Center that may have involved as many as seven women. According to police reports, all seven women were from 17 to 21 years old. Of the women who were arrested, one was from Glenwood and two from Rifle. The victim was from Glenwood, as were the three witnesses. No serious injuries were reported.

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Indian Summer in the Roaring Fork Valley

Dan Moyer sits quietly astride his steed as he judges the ranch roping competition held last weekend at the Gus Darien rodeo arena east of Carbondale on a perfect fall day.

Photo by Jane Bachrach

Patrick Carter’s Colorado High balloon landed just downvalley from Aspen Glen during the Snowmass Hot Air Balloon Festival distance event on Friday. The winner floated all the way to the Glenwood Springs airport. Photo by Julie Albrecht

Aiden Sloan makes a run at the goal in the Carbondale boy’s U10 soccer match against Basalt at Miner’s Park last Saturday.

Carbondale won the game 9-0. Photo by Lynn Burton

Jen Gee of Carbondale takes in the views while hiking Electric Pass above Cathedral Lake near Ashcroft on Sunday. Photo by Trina Ortega

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Scuttlebutt

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Potato Bits Bonnie Fisher is this year’s Potato Day honoree. Fisher has taught in local schools for (get this) – 40 years. If you measure generations in 18 year increments, that means Fisher has taught two generations and is working on her third. That’s a lot of 3Rs. This is the 101st Potato Day and the theme is “Potato Day 101: Back to the Basics.” If you, your organization, political candidate, dog or piece of livestock wants to march in the parade, it starts at 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 2 and applications are available at town hall or the chamber of commerce. If you’d like to hook up with the farmer’s market, which starts at 8 a.m. in Sopis Park, call 9633744.The Bareback Bonanza takes place at 3 p.m. (registration at 2 p.m.).

All the Pretty Horses is this year’s featured band in the park.

The second annual Potato Day Horseshoe Tournament will be held in Glassier Park (one block southeast of Sopris Park) at 11 a.m.

Entry fee for the double elimination tournament is $5 per player.

And don’t forget the 5K and 1-mile Tater Trot. The race starts at 8 a.m. on Holland Drive near the Hendrick Ranch soccer field.

Race forms are available at the Red Rock Diner and carbondalesoccer.org.

For more information on these events, call Eva Cerise at 379-6701.

Important correction Last week the Sopris Sun erroneously reported that Fred Haberlein had raised enough

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Go golfing The Ram Classic Golf Tournament, a fund-raiser for the high school’s sports teams, is Oct. 8 at River Valley Ranch. The entry fee is $125 per person and $500 per team; sponsorship levels are $250, $1,000 and $3,000.

For details, call Larry Williams at 355-4554 or rfbball@yahoo.com.

Just a reminder

Aron Taylor (left) tunes bikes at Back Door Consignment Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. as part of the Bonedale Bike Project. On Sept. 23, Olivia Pevec will also give tips on decorating bikes. Rumor has it Amber Sparkles might join in. Photo by Julie Albrecht. money to finish refurbishing his mural at the west end of the Dinkel Building. Wrong. Fred says that ACE Hardware donated enough paint to get the project started, but he still needs funding for it. You can give money straight to Fred while he works on the mural each morning, or for a tax deduction route it through the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities, Box 175, Carbondale, CO 81623.

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The Sopris Sun’s resident dog watcher says he wants to remind folks that soccer dogs aren’t any less likely to poop in parks than regular dogs.This reminder comes after a dog was spotted watching youth soccer games in a park with its owner last Saturday.

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Crystal Theatre Sept. 29 through Oct. 3 with six movies: Heartbreaker, Thunder Soul, Marwencol, Queen to Play, Summer Pasture and 127 Hours. The director of Thunder Soul, and one of the producers/camermen of Marwencol will appear at the screenings. Stay tuned for details next week.

Virgos celebrating their birthday this week include Karen Leavitt (Sept. 24); Leonard Zanni (Sept. 26); Kate Comer, Peggy DeVilbiss and Susan Cheney (Sept. 27); and Felicia “Flash” Trevor, Kristin Stewart and Andrew McMichael (Sept. 28).

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Main Street Buddha looking for a new home

By Trina Ortega Sopris Sun Correspondent The Buddha statue on the lawn in front of the former True Nature Healing Arts location will remain peaceful and quiet … at least for now.

Although True Nature has relocated to the Third Street Center from its original Carbondale location at 549 Main St., the 1,000-plus pound Buddha statue did not make the move because the Third Street tenants agreed it would not be appropriate to have a permanent religious sculpture outside the center.

“The [Third Street Center] Tenant Advisory Committee felt it was best not to have permanent religious or political fixtures displayed at the center,” said True Nature owner Branden Cohen, who also owns the Buddha statue.

Third Street Director Jody Ensign confirmed that permanent religious fixtures are not allowed outside the Third Street Center or in the community rooms, such as the Calaway Room, where public events and meetings take place. However, she said tenants may display religious artwork and fixtures within their own facilities at the center. Additionally, tenants may display such items if they are part of a temporary event, such as a month-long art show.

Ensign noted that the size of the Buddha was also a concern because it could possibly block areas that need to remain open according to fire code.

The Balinese Buddha has been at the Main Street location since October 2007, when Cohen opened his healing arts studio in Car-

bondale. He purchased the statue at Indochine Treasures in Boulder. It weighs well over 1,000 pounds and cost “several thousand dollars,” he added.

But now Cohen is even willing to donate the statue to the town, he says, especially because it has become such a well-loved sculpture for residents and visitors alike.

“The thing about the Buddha is that children are really attracted to play with the Buddha. Tourists, when they come here, stand by the Buddha and snap a picture,” he said.“The Buddha is just a wonderful reminder about being present and breathing, to relinquish judgment, to connect with our heart and our self.”

Cohen said he may even approach the town of Carbondale to see if the Buddha can be donated and relocated on town property.

If not, the Buddha may end in a less-traveled place at Cohen’s property in Lenado, where he conducts True Nature’s vision quests and sweat lodges.

Meanwhile, at least one downtown neighbor, the Carbondale Community Food Coop, is not ruling out providing a home for the Buddha. While the Co-op has no official position regarding the statue, board member Allyn Harvey says patrons and members of the co-op have asked about keeping the Buddha on the property.

“Many, many members, customers, volunteers and employees at the Carbondale Community Food Co-op have expressed a desire to keep it on the property,” Harvey said. “If and when the question of moving it over in front of the co-op, or off the property

True Nature’s 1,000-pound Buddha attracts kids and photo-snapping tourists alike. The Buddha will not follow True Nature to its new home in the Third Street Center, but may be adopted by the Carbondale Community Food Co-op. Photo by Lynn Burton all together is raised, I think the board would take a close look at it.”

“I’m just going to keep my eye on it and if they do sell it, I’ll have to make a move. I’m not in any rush. … For now, the people of the town can just enjoy it,” Cohen said.

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The conference will be held from noon to 6 p.m.. on Nov. 5 at the Church at Carbondale Gathering Center.Tickets are $40 in advance and $50 the day of the conference.

The other keynote speaker is RJ Gallagher, Jr., partner, Forte International Profiles.

Sponsorships start at $750 and go to $5,000.

Sponsorship payment deadline to be included in the media, press releases and poster is Oct. 1.

“This event will be marketed in the Roaring Fork Valley newspapers and radio, and posters will be distributed throughout the valley,” said chamber director Sherri Harrison. “We will be working with valley chambers to promote the event as well as working with chambers throughout the Western Slope to encourage business people to travel for this special event and stay in Carbondale. First Friday following the conference will be promoted and lodging and dining discounts will be offered. This is a great chance to get a lot of exposure for your business as a sponsor of CHAMBER EXPO page 14

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Yoga studios flood C’dale; owners stress cooperation

By Trina Ortega Sopris Sun Correspondent

decide how much the market can handle.

There’s only so many yoga students.”

Their stories tell of dramatic turning points in their lives and how yoga helped them through depression, severe back injuries, eating disorders and more. In their desire to share their passion, more business owners in the health and wellness industry are choosing Carbondale as the place to set up shop and transform lives through the mind- and body-bending practice of yoga.

Next week marks the opening of Transformation Fitness and Yoga to a prime Main Street location; Anahata Healing Arts opened its Asteria School of Whole-istic Healing (also on Main Street) in June; and True Nature Healing Arts has moved into a larger studio at the Third Street Center.

Their offerings are among numerous classes and workshops led by existing schools and fitness/recreational facilities in Carbondale, such as Bikram Yoga College of India and A Spiritual Center. While there’s no question Carbondale has become a hotbed for yoga, it may be too early to judge how many studios the town can sustain.

“The market is definitely becoming saturated in regards to studios,” said Branden Cohen, owner of True Nature, which opened its new studio and retail space at the Third Street Center on Sept. 10.

Cohen likened the growth of Carbondale’s yoga business to the medicinal marijuana boom, stating: “The economy will

Whatever your pleasure Bikram, Iyengar, Hatha, Vinyasa Flow, Ashtanga, Kundalini, yoga for kids and seniors, lunchtime yoga, yoga as exercise, yoga as therapy, pre-natal and post-natal yoga, workshops, speakers, series, drop-ins … whatever your yoga pleasure you’ll likely find it now in Carbondale.

But Cohen said the increased yoga business is a good motivator for existing business owners to evaluate their offerings.

“What a lot of us are having to do as studio owners is diversify our offerings,” said Cohen, who originally opened True Nature in Telluride in 2000. Its focus was on Native American spiritual practices, such as vision quests and cleansing via sweat lodges, which Cohen still offers. He relocated True Nature to Lenado (near Aspen) in 2002 and three years ago opened the Carbondale studio.

As an example of that diversification,True Nature offers dance, drumming, massage and body therapy; kids’ music, yoga and art classes; child care during some yoga classes, yoga instructor classes, and martial arts. Additionally a full schedule of different adult yoga classes is offered seven days a week.

In its new location at 449 Main St.,Transformation Yoga and Fitness (TYF) will focus on bringing in new students, providing affordable classes for locals, and an instructor training program. Owner Frank McSwain Jr.

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said his goal is to build the studio up to 25 classes per week, seven days a week, including sessions for teens and the Latino population.

In addition to yoga, TYF eventually will offer cardio boxing, Tae Bo and other intense strengthening classes, he said.

McSwain has run a small studio in Basalt since October 2009 and chose to expand to Carbondale for several reasons, including the chance to foster community among existing

businesses that focus on health and wellness.

“I’m not looking to be THE guy. I want to tap into what’s already here,” McSwain said.

He even went so far as to ask for a blessing from other instructors and yoga studio owners in town before making the move to the 1,000square-foot location in downtown Carbondale (formerly occupied by Novel Tea bookstore).

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Hatha yoga instructor Susie Frantzich gives tips to these students about how to refine their postures during a class at Asteria Whole-istic studio. Photo by Jane Bachrach

Town enters ‘bullet’ stage on Village at Crystal River

By Lynn Burton The Sopris Sun “Bullet points,” said Carbondale Trustee John Foulkrod at Tuesday night’s public hearing on the Village at Crystal River. “We need some bullet points.”

Bullet points is what will be fired the trustees way, courtesy of town planner Janet Buck, after another public hearing on VCR. Buck’s points will highlight the dozens of agreements and understandings reached between developer Rich Schierberg and the town over the past two years of discussions. Both parties indicated Tuesday night that some ac-

tion must be taken to move the project off “dead center” as mayor Stacey Bernot put it.

“What’s standing in our way?” Bernot asked.

The next public hearing, at which Buck will present her bullet points, is set for Oct. 26. As proposed in Schierberg and Peregrine Development Group’s PUD and zoning amendment, the mixed-use Village at Crystal River as proposed has 125,000 square feet of retail (which includes 60,000 square feet for a grocery store), 16,000 square feet of office space and 164 multi-family housing units.

Frustrations on both sides boiled over during Tuesday night’s hearing. Foulkrod, who has served on the board of trustees off and on since the 1990s, told Schierberg he has been involved with this piece of property for a long time and served on the board when it was first annexed into town. He watched developer Brian Huster come and go, the voters turning down a larger development in a referendum election, and the Economic Roadmap Committee helping design the project.

Echoing a suggestion by Buck and town attorney, Mark Hamilton, Buck presented to

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We seek a peaceful, collaborative relationship with these folks,” he said.“All of the folks we contacted were, and continue to be, supportive of TYF’s move.”

Additionally, McSwain said he chose Carbondale because it is his home, rent is more affordable than Basalt, Carbondale’s population is larger and less seasonal than its upvalley neighbor, and Carbondale“feels more community-minded than any other spot in the valley.”

TYF’s space — which opens Oct. 1 — will include the studio, a storefront with yoga supplies, and a private area for a massage therapist or other bodywork therapist.

McSwain is on the same page with Cohen and Anahata Healing Arts owner Mary Grady, who all say they envision working together to

offer conferences and workshops that would attract people from in and out of town.

Grady said she hopes Carbondale can grow to become a regarded healing arts destination —“a place to heal, relax, be fed well, learn new things.”

She and husband/business partner Ron relocated to Carbondale from Minnesota in 2008 and established Anahata in June 2009.

Carbondale has treated them well, with business steadily growing, Grady said.

Anahata specializes in acupuncture and acupressure, massage therapy, aromatherapy, raindrop (essential oils) work, and body energy work. The school teaches meditation, hypnotherapy, yoga and other healing arts.

With a 20-year business background, Grady is proud to note that the school directly supports the local economy because

students from outside the area will attend classes and workshops and stay at local hotels and enjoy local eateries.

In terms of Carbondale’s recent boom in yoga businesses, Grady said it will not negatively affect Anahata and Asteria, where yoga is viewed as “medicine” versus exercise.

“Yoga, for us, is probably different than a typical studio. Between the clinic located above the Village Smithy and the school on Main Street, it’s all about holistic healing. We look solely toward yoga as medicine, treating illness, and to ease people’s aches and pains,” she said.

The classes are small, and the instructor talks to each client beforehand to customize the session. Even though yoga is not the school’s main focus, it is offered daily, with the exception of Saturday.

Schierberg during a private meeting earlier in the day, Foulkrod asked why the developer can’t build the commercial component (with the grocery store) which would require only a site review, and continue the rezoning portion for the residential component (which is generating most of the outstanding issues) at a future date.

“I’m very disappointed to hear that,” Schierberg replied. He then said Tuesday night was his 25th hearing since first submitting his application in June 2008. He pointed out he designed a plan with input from the Roadmap Committee.“I’ve been a good soldier,” he said, before calling the Hamilton/Buck proposal “preposterous,” and wondering if he’d be subjected to another “30 public hearings” if he agreed to the plan.

“To ask me to do that is in bad faith,” he said. “I think that (the proposal) is disingenuous.”

Schierberg later told the trustees his plan represents the greatest flexibility for the town and the developer.“What happened?” he asked.

Mayor Bernot replied, “I find your tack interesting” then said the trustees could vote on the proposal that night if they wanted to.

She then said she didn’t know whether the projected had reached a “critical mass” to make it a good one.

The trustees and developer did agree on one thing Tuesday night. Schierberg said he will not establish a metropolitan district (a mill levy on property inside the project) to fund on and off site improvements.

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

THURSDAY Sept. 23

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WHEELS AND WHEELS • The Carbondale Clay Center and Stomparillaz present the second annual Wheels and Wheels from 6 to 9 p.m. Highlights include an art-bike exhibit showing the work of Aaron Mayes (aka Metal Headz Designz), a bike and rider decorating contest and more. The Full Moon Cruisers take off on their monthly ride from the Carbondale Clay Center (located at the east end of Main Street) at 9 p.m. Sponsors include the Gear Xchange, Aloha Mountain Cyclery and the Bonedale Bike Project.

LABYRINTH WORKSHOP • Creative Spark Studio at the Third Street Center offers “An Introduction to the Labyrinth: A Journey of Discovery” on Friday from 7 to 9 p.m., and “The Labyrinth as a Creative Tool” on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The cost is $15 and $85 res p e c t i v e l y.

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BOOK SALE RETURNS • Friends of the Gordon Cooper Library hold their annual fall book sale at the library starting today.

The sale runs through Oct. 4.

FREE FILM • The 5Point film team, Six89 restaurant and Patagonia present a free screening of the film “180 South” in the restaurant’s garden at dusk (bring a lawn chair, sweater and friends). The film tells the story of Patagonia founder/owner Yvon Chouinard. Info: 5pointfilm.org.

LIVE MUSIC • A fiddle jig concert featuring Gwen Hill, Bob Stepewski, Elizabeth Ward and Stuart LaCroix will be presented at the historic Cardiff School in Glenwood Springs starting at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12.

Info: 945-6247.

ACES POTLUCK AT TOKLAT • The Aspen Center for Environmental Studies holds a membership potluck at Toklat from 3 p.m. to dark.

han of Mountain Laurel Music offers a piano class for young, beginner pianists at the Third Street Center starting today at 4 p.m. The eight-week class includes reading music, hearing music, writing songs and playing familiar songs. The cost is $110 for all eight weeks. A family jam session after each class ($15 drop in fee; $110 for all eight) will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Info: 963-1680.

CARNIVAL • The second annual Blow Up carnival at Carbondale Middle School runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Proceeds will be distributed to schools in the form of technology grants.

KOROLOGOS SHOW STARTS • The Ann Korologos Gallery in Basalt presents “Western Color”with artists Andy Taylor, Elizabeth Sandia and Gregory Stocks through Nov. 1.

MEET ROGER WILSON • A meet and greet for Democratic candidate for state representative (Dist. 61) Roger Wilson will be held at the Eagle County Building in El Jebel from 10 a.m. to noon. Info: 963-9852.

FRIDAY Sept. 24 LIVE MUSIC • The Shannon McNally Band plays Steve’s Guitars at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $15. McNally, who is compared to Bonnie Raitt and other female roots-music artists, will be playing some songs from her upcoming recording “Western Ballad.” Steve’s is located downtown in the old part of the Dinkel Building.

Gold Leaf Half Marathon takes place in Snowmass Village. The 13.1-mile race goes from the village to Aspen on mountain trails. To register online, go to active.com.

Info: 429-2093.

SUNDAY Sept. 26 MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “Inception” (PG-13) at 8 p.m.

Sept. 24-29; “Get Low” (PG-13) at 5:45 p.m.

Sept. 24-25 and Aspen Filmfest Sept. 30.

LIVE MUSIC • Roots rocker Sonny Landreth plays the Glenwood Springs Community Center ice rink. Doors open at 5 p.m.

Tickets are $18 in advance at all City Markets. Eric Clapton says about Landreth: “(he) is probably the most under-estimated musician on the planet and probably the most advanced.”

POTLUCK BONFIRE • Sustainable Settings at 6107 Highway 133 hosts a community potluck and bonfire from 4 to 8 p.m.

Bring a dish and an instrument to play for an evening of family fun. Info: 963-6107 or rose@sustainablesettings.org.

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RED WINGS ALUMNI ARRIVE • The Stirling Cup All-Star Weekend brings the Detroit Red Wings alumni team to town to take on the Aspen Leafs in hockey.The action starts at 7 p.m. at the Lewis Ice Arena in Aspen. Tickets are $10 at the door. Info: 920-7081.

FOODIE SUMMIT HELD • Slow Food Roaring Fork holds its Foodie Summit at Rock Bottom Ranch from 3:30 to 6 p.m. To RSVP e-mail passavant@aol.com or call 963-0205.

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PREVENT COLDS • The Asteria School of Whole-istic Healing presents “Prevent Colds and Flu with Essential Oils,â€? presented by Cheri McNeil, at 6 p.m. Asteria is located at 237 Main St. Info: 963-4697.

HPC MEETS • Carbondale’s Historic Preservation Commission meets the first Thursday of each month at town hall starting at 6:30 p.m.

CANINE FIRST AID OFFERED • A canine First Aid and CPR class will be offered at the Third Street Center from 5:30 to 9 p.m.

There’ll be a lecture, demonstration and practice on dummy dogs and live dogs. The cost is $75 for one person or $130 for two. Info: 948-0297 or suemelus.com.

HUMAN ENERGY SYSTEM EXPLAINED • Kat Diamond, a certified OMM Movement instructor, explains the human energy system for six weeks starting today from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at True Nature Healing Arts. Info: 963-9900.

Oct. 1 KAHHAK PAINTS • Majid Kahhak paints live at his gallery in the Dinkel Building from 6 to 8 p.m. His painting will be inspired by autumn. Beverages and hors d’oeuvres will be served. Info: 704-0622.

TYF HOLDS FIRST CLASS • TYF holds its first yoga class in its Carbondale studio (the former Novel-Tea space) at 5:30 p.m.

Oct. 2 TATER TROT RETURNS • The annual Tater Trot running race is a chance to start

off Potato Day right by getting ready to load up on those ’taters. The 5K and 1-mile events start at 8 a.m. on Holland Drive between the soccer field at Hendrick Ranch and the Carbondale community garden. Proceeds benefit the Carbondale Soccer Club. Registration forms are available at carbondalesoccerclub.org, the Red Rock Diner and at the race from 7:15-7:45 a.m.

CONTRA DANCE IN GLENWOOD • There’ll be a contra dance at Glenwood Springs Elementary School from 8 to 10:30 p.m. The Last Minute String Band will provide the music and Pat Tognoni from Fort Collins will be the caller. Admission is $8.

SKI SWAP HELD • The Sunlight Winter Sports Club and the Sunlight Volunteer Ski Patrol hold their annual Great Ski and Sports Swap at the Orrison Distributing warehouse from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. There’s a $1 admission fee; early birds can shop from 8 to 9 a.m. for $5. Bring consignment items to the warehouse on Oct. 1 from 6 to 8 p.m. Info: 379-9452.

Oct. 6 AARP DRIVER SAFETY • The High Country Retired Volunteer Program and CMC offer AARP driver safety classes Oct. 6, 7, 16.

Info: 384-8747.

Oct. 8 RAM CLASSIC GOLF TOURNAMENT • The 2010 Ram Classic golf tournament is held at River Valley Ranch at 9 a.m. (a shotgun start). The entry fee is $125 per person and $500 per team. Sponsorship levels are $250, $1,000 and $3,000. Info: Larry Williams at 355-4554 or rfbball08@yahoo.com.

SINGING CLASSES • Betsy Schenck offers singing classes at Senior Matters in the Third Street Center on Thursdays from 2 to 3:30 p.m. through Dec. 9. Info: 963-2536.

GROUP RUN • Independence Run and Hike at 995 Cowen Drive leads group runs, Saturdays at 8:15 a.m. rain or shine. More info: 704-0909.

WRITING CLASSES • Senior Matters in the Third Street Center offers creative writing classes Tuesdays from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

FARMERS MARKET • The Carbondale Farmers Market takes place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays through Oct. 6 at Fourth and Main streets.

RAW FOODS EXPLAINED • Kimberly Williams gives free lectures about raw food at Nur-ish each Saturday at 4 p.m. through September. Nur-ish is located in Sopris Shopping Center.

ENSEMBLE DRUMMING OFFERED • Kip Hubbard offers beginner-level AfroCaribbean ensemble drumming classes for kids and adults at True Nature (located in the Third Street Center). Info: 963-9900.

NIA OFFERED • Studio Sol offers Nia at 3627 County Road 100 every Tuesday and Thursday from 6 to 7 p.m. through Oct. 7.

Info: Julie at (303) 333-3311.

CLASSICAL HARP •Through September,Elise Helmke plays classical harp from 6 to 9 p.m.

Thursdays at Russets, located at 225 Main St. LIVE MUSIC • Konnyaku restaurant, on Highway 133, presents Bobby Mason every Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. Info: 704-0889.

MAYOR’S COFFEE HOUR • Chat with Carbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot on Tuesdays from 7 to 8 a.m. at The Village Smithy, 26 S. Third St. BEADLES PRESENTS LANCASTER • A. Beadles Fine Art presents Joey Lancaster in a show titled “Aspen Treesâ€? through Sept. 30.

The gallery is located at 225 Main St.

ACOUSTIC CARNAHANS • Singer/ songwriter T Ray Becker hosts an acoustic music night with new musicians every week from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursdays at Carnahan’s Tavern.

Info: 963-4496.

SUICIDE SURVIVORS SUPPORT • A support group for those who have lost a loved one to suicide meets the second Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Glenwood Springs, 824 Cooper St. Info: 945-1398 or pamsz@sopris.net.

LEGAL SERVICES • Alpine Legal Service offers intake to eligible clients from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mondays and Fridays at the Garfield County Courthouse in Glenwood Springs, and Tuesdays and Wednesday at the Pitkin County Courthouse in Aspen. Info: 945-8858, 920-2828.

ROTARY MEETING • The Mt. Sopris Rotary Club holds its weekly lunch meeting at noon Thursdays at the Aspen Glen Club featuring a local speaker. Info: 948-0693.

VETERANS SUPPORT GROUP • The Roaring Fork Combat Veterans Support Group meets at 8:30 p.m. Mondays at the Circle Club, 123 Main St. Info: (303) 6136191 or bigmac309@gmail.com.

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Community Briefs Spellbinders seeks storytellers Spellbinders is holding half-day storytelling workshops for volunteers at the Colorado Mountain College Blake Center Sept. 27, 29 and Oct. 4. There’s a $50 fee, which is refunded after volunteers complete three storytelling sessions. Spellbinders is a non-profit group that blends generations through the magic of storytelling, according to a spokeswoman. For details, call Norma at 963-8291.

Love & Logic founder speaks YouthZone presents Jim Fay, author of “Parenting with Love & Logic,” at Rifle High School Oct. 2 for a half-day workshop directed at parents, teachers and professionals working with young people. The pre-registration cost is $59; $79 at the door. For details, call 945-9300.

Go remove some tamarisk Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers is seeking volunteers for the Colorado River tamarisk removal and restoration workday on Oct. 2. The project will focus on both banks of the Colorado River between West Glenwood and the hot springs and will include revegetating the riverbanks with indigenous trees and shrubs. Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers RFOV and its project partners — the city of Glenwood Springs, Garfield County, LoVa Trails, and Ferdinand Hayden Chapter of Trout Unlimited — will provide the tools, materials, leadership, and dinner at the end of the day. For information or to register, go to rfov.org.

Red Brick seeks canned food The Red Brick Center for the Arts in Aspen seeks donations of canned food for its participation in an upcoming exhibition titled “970.org.” For the show, resident artist Lucy Tremols will guide groups of Buddy Program pairs as they construct sculpture made exclusively out of canned food. The final work, titled “One Can Make a Difference”

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The town of Carbondale is realigning the intersection of Main Street and Snowmass Drive to allow a better line of site for motorists, according to public works director Larry Ballenger. East/west traffic on Main Street will flow throughout the project, which should conclude in early November. Photo by Lynn Burton will be displayed at the Aspen Art Museum. All the cans will later be donated to Lift-Up in Aspen. To donate, take canned food to the box in front of the Red Brick Center for the Arts. The deadline is Oct. 16. The best cans are mostly all red or mostly all white and standard size, according to a spokeswoman. She said the following cans work best: Hormel Chili, Chef Boyardee, Amy's Organic Chili, Health Valley Organic Soups and Muir Glen Organic Soups. For more information call 429-2777.

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P&Z shuffles The Carbondale Board of Trustees recently reappointed vice-chair Bill Spence to the Planning and Zoning Commission. Lauren Cornish moved from second alternate to first alternate, as did Yuani Ruiz. Gavin Brooks was appointed to a full commission seat, and Jennifer Gee to second alternate. All five members join Ben Bohmfalk, Jeff Dickinson, Rich Camp and Charlie Kees.

CMC board hears about effects of ballot measures Sopris Sun Staff Report Colorado Mountain College’s vice president of finance predicted the college budget could be cut nearly 50 percent under a worst case scenario, should voters approve Amendments 60 and 61, and Proposition 101 in November.

Linda English’s prediction came during the CMC board’s monthly meeting on Monday, held in Leadville “We don’t want to alarm anyone, but you (the board) have asked us to explain how these measures could affect our ability to meet the educational and training needs of our students and our communities,”said English. “It’s a very sobering picture. We could be faced with cutting the college’s budget by nearly 50 percent.”

English gave the board different possible scenarios, depending on which year is determined as the basis for tax cuts.

Under the best-case scenario, potential impacts of the initiatives’ passage would include delay of maintenance and new building projects. In the medium- and worst-case scenarios, the impacts would likely include program and site closures, reduced services to students, benefit reductions for all employees and layoffs. Under the medium- and worst-case scenarios, students would also see tuition increases, possibly as much as 60 percent.

In addition, the introduction of new programs – including the potential offering of a

limited number of bachelor’s degrees, for which the college is now seeking accreditation – could be delayed.

English emphasized to the board that proposed measures the college could take to meet the substantial budget cuts are just that – proposed. Should the measures pass, college administrators would have to prioritize which specific buildings, programs and services would be affected in order to operate with as little as half the college’s current funding.

English told trustees that under the two toughest scenarios, the economic impact on communities served by the college would be substantial, as well. She estimated that as much as $11 million in wages and benefits could be lost annually.

Trustees heard these economic impacts on communities could include fewer remodeling, construction and other projects that inject funds into local economies; a reduced ability for the college to respond to requests for partnerships and other support; and fewer fulltime and part-time employment opportunities for local residents.

If programs were to be cut and hours and locations of sites reduced, the board heard, students would have to travel farther for classes, experience fewer class and program choices and therefore need more time to complete degrees, and experience reduced quality in facilities and technology.

ATTENTION RIO GRANDE TRAIL USERS TRAIL REPAIRS ARE SCHEDULED for the weeks of September 20th

and September 27th. This scheduled trail work will results in trail detours in three locations between Aspen Glen and Hooks Lane Trail Head in West Basalt, and will require closure of the trail head parking lots at Catherine Bridge and Satank Bridge.

1. Old Hwy. 82 (Satank Road) to the Roaring Fork Bridge – The detour will leave the trail near Aspen Glen and utilize Old Hwy. 82 to the vicinity of the DOW Roaring Fork River Access where a paved spur trail will regain the route of the Rio Grande Trail. There are several short unpaved portions of this detour route and a cattle guard to cross.

Cyclists should use utmost caution in these locations.

2. Snowmass Drive and Main Street Carbondale – The trail detour will begin at 2nd street in Carbondale. Trail traffic will be routed onto Main St. and CR100/Catherine Store Rd. to a point approximately ½ mile east of Carbondale where the Rio Grande Trail will be rejoined.

3. Catherine Bridge Trail Head to Hooks Lane Trail Head – The trail detour will use the Seasonal Closure Detour Route. This route follows county roads from the Catherine Bridge Trail Head to El Jebel, and then utilizes the Willits/West Basalt Trail to the Hooks Lane Trail Head where the Rio Grand Trail is rejoined.There will be no direct access from the Crown Trail to down valley locations.

The detour routes will be signed in both directions at critical points with orange “Rio Grande Trail Detour” signs. If you have any questions please call the Rio Grande Trail Corridor Manager at (970) 384-4975.

RFTA apologizes for any inconvenience that these detours may cause as we seek to make needed trail repairs.

Ixchel Muniz serves in the second game of Roaring Fork’s 3-0 win over Rifle on Tuesday. The Rams face Coal Ridge on the road at 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 24. Photo

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Cutthroat tails and happy trails; sprinting for the edges Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m writing this month from the trail. Each day more summer never fails to thwart sincere efforts to go to most leaves turn yellow and red: deciduous gullies that curve up of these places. So by late- September, I always end up with through timber, rocky fields of scree, whole mountainsides. three or four high country lakes sitting on the back burner like beetle kill; they begin to consume me.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been striking out for places found Sixty miles? on maps or not found at all. Wandering up Seventy miles? valleys, picking my way through cliff Late-night drives and early morning asbands. Besides crossing paths with the occacents. Cutting out of work early. Showing up sional hunter, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m more likely to wander Monday morning ragged and smelling like into a meadow and see a shaggy, longfish grime. Count me in. haired, cinnamon-gold coated black bear I like to think that all this high country that makes me think â&#x20AC;&#x153;grizzlyâ&#x20AC;? than to fishing isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t without itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deeper merits. Take bump into perfume scented hikers. This the brook trout vs. the cutthroat trout. Altime of year, like all wildlife, I like to sprint most every high country lake and stream in for the edges.

Colorado holds one or the other (in very few There are a whole lot of reasons to fit a instances both, and in very, very few infew more two-legged, four-legged, twostances something else entirely). wheeled, and four-wheeled trips into the The eastern brook trout is a tasty, over backcountry this time of year. Not the least By Cameron Scott populating, stunted, bully of a fish. Sure, of which, the high country brush turns 10 different shades of red, yellow and brown, and first snow there is an occasional beaver pond, which holds a 13-15 inch lunker, but it is easy to say this fish needs to go. Into feels right around the corner.

If you are a hunter, bow season is wrapping up and first the frying pan. As often as possible.

The cutthroat trout on the other hand, is a fish well balrifle season is just around the corner. If you are a rock climber, routes have begun falling into the shade. Maybe out anced. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve found 2-inch cutthroat and 22-inch cutthroat. on a ride, your tires can taste the snow covering mountain There is something about their slow rise, their bright red trails, and it pushes you harder and harder. More than once underbellies, and their ability to grow large in small, tight Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gotten stuck on the long trail home at dusk. Rarely this corridors of stream that captures my imagination. Not to time of year do I leave home without a headlamp; my pack mention in most cases they are native to the streams and gets heavier with extra layers of clothing, and I stuff an extra lakes where they are found. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Where are you going?â&#x20AC;? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been asked on more than chocolate bar or two in side pockets for good measure.

All this putting one foot in front of the other is due to one occasion, sweat dripping off my nose, breath rising creating a list of mountain lakes and streams each spring I into the cold morning air. Where I am always going: to really want to explore, others I want to return to. And the meet the fall head on.

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Letters continued om page 2 Good article Dear Editor: I hope all of you have read the article regarding the beetle epidemic in our forests. Good article. Unfortunately, I think Sloan Shoemaker is dead wrong again. He feels that we just need to sit back and let these beetles kill the entire forest, so it can renew itself?

Frankly, his mentality may take millions of years. His claim with the Hidden Gems is that he will keep all of us out of the forests unless we can walk there. So what happens when we have a forest fire? Stay out of the forests, just let them burn up? Mother Nature is taking care of all of this, not man. I thought the end result would be that as long as man and machinery stay out of the forests, we would still have something to

look at. I guess Sloan’s idea of what is beautiful is grey dead trees, red dead trees, no green trees. Just something to think about.

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“The goal of putting things on the ark is not just to preserve them,” Passavant said. “It’s to bring them back to viable commercial production. The old Slow Food line is, ‘we preserve heritage foods by eating them.’ That is really exemplified by the products on the ark.”

The Red McClure has Irish immigrant Thomas McClure to thank for its existence. McClure, for whom McClure Pass was also named, defied his father by leaving Ireland for America to join the Gold Rush. He came to Gilpin County, then Leadville, then Aspen, before taking up farming in the Catherine Store area where, like his neighbors, he raised potatoes.

McClure’s variety was a natural mutation of the popular Peachblow potato: fist-sized, ruddy red, with deep eyes.

He introduced the new variety around 1910, and it became one of several varieties grown near Carbondale, which at one time produced more potatoes than all of Idaho.

In the 1930s, before labor shortages and plunging prices killed the town’s potato industry, Carbondale was shipping 400 railcars of potatoes out of town. Potato magnate Eugene Grubb called Carbondale home. The Russet-Burbank potato that put Idaho on the map was developed on the Lou Sweet ranch above town.

“The Roaring Fork and Crystal River Valley section of Colorado is as nearly perfect in soil conditions as can be found, and the potatoes grown there are not excelled anywhere in the world, and are equaled in but few places,” Grubb and his colleague W.S. Guilford wrote in their 1912 tome on the tuber, simply called “The Potato.”

The Red McClure became a favorite in the massive potato fields of the San Luis Valley, but over the decades, new varieties that were redder, with shallower eyes and fewer blemishes, took over. Soon it practically disappeared.

When Ryan heard about them, she wanted to start growing them.

“They’re from here and everybody wants to grow

things from where they are,” she said.“I couldn’t find them anywhere.”

Ryan finally found a few at Colorado State University’s San Luis Valley Research Center, where just onetenth of an acre of Red McClures kept the potato from extinction.

In spring 2009, she loaded up her Subaru wagon with 1,000 pounds of Red McClures and brought the potato home. Demand was so high, she had to double the order this year, taking just about all the potatoes CSU had to offer.

For Red McClure supporters, bringing back the potato is partly about flavor, partly about heritage. For Passavant, it’s also about land use.

Usually, Roaring Fork Valley land is either developed or it’s preserved in a land trust, he said.

“I like to think there might be a third way to do it, which is to keep the land commercially viable,” Passavant said.

“Our goal at Slow Food is to do it with the potato.”

The Red McClure potato is fist-sized. An Irish immigrant named Thomas McClure developed the potato outside Carbondale in the 1800s after crossbreeding other varieties. Photo by David Frey.

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