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Volume 3, Number 39 | November 10, 2011

Disc golf course dodges one

By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer

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The Carbondale Recreation & Community Center hosted an American Bouldering Series competition at the facility’s climbing wall on Nov. 5. More than 69 competitors from all over the state took their shots. The top female climber was Julie Smith, followed by Carolina Fritz, Megan Cerise and Sarah Heath. The top male climber was Daniel Tomkins, followed by Morgan Williams, Rueck Benjamin, Ian Young and Sam Chittenden. Photo by Lynn Burton

ianinetti Park disc golf supporters dodged a bullet on Tuesday night when the Carbondale trustees voted 4-3 not to dismantle the course.

The vote was taken after 90 minutes of pros and cons on the disc golf course in the park, brought on by neighboring resident Bill Hofto’s concerns over safety.

“If you get whacked in the head (with a golf disc) you’ll know it,” Hofto told the trustees as he passed out a regular Frisbee, the heavier golf disc and a soccer ball.

“Soccer balls are designed to get hit by the head, (golf) discs are not.”

Voting for the course to remain at Gianinetti Park were Frosty Merriott, Pam Zentmyer, John Hoffmann and Ed Cortez.Voting to have the course dismantled and stored for relocation were Stacey Bernot, John Foulkrod and Elizabeth Murphy.

Hofto said he has lived in Carbondale for 23 years.

A fence separates his backyard from the flying discs. His crusade against the nine-hole course has continued for more than a year and has gone through parks and recreation committee review.

Hofto said the three-acre Gianinetti Park – which includes a playground, picnic tables and basketball court – is too small to accommodate the disc golf course. Some audience members agreed. John Tindall, whose wife teaches at Mount Sopris Montessori preschool, told the trustees the school doesn’t take its 3-5 year old students to Gianinetti Park anymore after a disc golf course incident on the playground.“A missile came close to hitting the children,”he said.“They (the disc golfers) had a complete disregard for what they were doing.”

Others in the audience defended the park. Ben Bohmfalk told the trustees he brings his child to the park and puts him in the playground while he plays disc golf rounds. “I’d never put him in danger,” he said.

Parks and Recreation Commission member Becky Moeller said the group has looked at other locations for a disc golf course, including the high school and Carbondale Nature Park.The high school isn’t a prime candidate because it would not be available during school hours.

The nature park (aka Delaney Dog Park) also presents some problems.“There’s no place that fits,” she said.

Bernot and Foulkrod were most vocal in support of moving the course. She said some disc golf players had told her daughter to leave the playground because she was in the way.“She won’t go there anymore,” Bernot said.

Foulkrod said he went out with Hofto and played a round, recording a score of about 20 over.

“Was that in age or years?” trustee Pam Zentmyer asked, producing the night’s biggest laugh.

Foulkrod compared the disc golf course to conventional golf courses, which are dedicated to golf and not part of mixed-use facilities.“You don’t see someone just walking down a path at a golf course … they could be killed,” he said.

Trustee Elizabeth Murphy said “It’s a tough issue ….

I can see both sides … It’s not unreasonable to explore other options for the park.”

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.

About the CMC gallery Dear Editor: As you may have heard, Colorado Mountain College’s Central Services offices will soon be consolidating at our new location at 802 Grand in downtown Glenwood Springs. Because we are selling our current building at 9th and Grand, we’ll also be relocating the CMC Gallery that has been housed there as part of the college’s ArtShare visual and performing arts resources. Unfortunately this relocation has triggered some inaccurate rumors, which we’d like to address.

Throughout our planning for the move, we have been examining how our awardwinning gallery can continue its presence in our new location. A gallery is a unique space, and requires thorough examination of lighting, security, public access, and aesthetic considerations. Once we have a concrete plan for how we can best accommodate the gallery in our new home, we will be happy to share that with the community.

In addition to the gallery home we’re designing for that new space, we are in discussions with the library about a potential partnership that could result in additional viewing space for photography and the vi-

sual arts in their building downtown.

Colorado Mountain College exists to serve the educational and training needs of our students and our communities, and that includes photography and the visual arts.

We have a nationally renowned photography program based at our campus at Spring Valley, offer associate degrees in art or graphic design at several campuses, and provide numerous continuing education classes in the visual arts. Many of our arts faculty members are nationally known for their work in painting, ceramics and other media.

As part of our ongoing commitment to the arts within an educational context, for many years we have displayed internationalcaliber art and photography at the downtown gallery and at our campuses across north-central Colorado. We look forward to continuing that legacy and taking CMC to a whole new level of effectiveness and service in our new Central Services home.

Dr. Stan Jensen, President Colorado Mountain College

How’s this for VCR? Dear Editor: Following up on Russ Criswell’s letter last week about the Village at Crystal River

not being right for Carbondale, we’d like to put out some food for thought.

How about a development that represents a public/private partnership — some municipal ownership, some coop ownership, some private ownership — and is based on a real evaluation of what will be needed in the future? What will be needed is local production of food and other necessities.

We’d love to see an organic vegetable farm with a solar greenhouse plus a considerable poultry operation, combined with a small vegetable freezing/preserving operation and a small meatpacking plant. This could be combined with some apartment buildings and condos as well as a few small businesses, such as an organic bakery, organic local food restaurant, several retail operations etc.

It should all be done in such a way as to express a real vision for a sustainable future — state of the art solar and other energy generation, common waste recycling, composting.

We have the resources right here. We’re sure Rocky Mountain Institute would be happy to help with such a project. They have a wealth of relevant technical expertise as well as knowledge of funding sources.

And only local contractors and workers should be hired!

We don’t need a bigger chain grocery store! And nothing else about the Village’s current proposal is fundamentally forward looking either.

Mary and Clay Boland Carbondale

Let 81623 vote Dear Editor: With regard to the recent development (no pun intended) of the Village at Crystal River having to go to a public vote AGAIN, it is imperative that all of the 81623 addresses be allowed to vote on this issue. This is not a “town” end result as much as it is a “community” impact. People who live, work and shop in Carbondale have an important role in our community yet they don’t all live “in the town proper.” They should not be excluded from this process!

They should have the opportunity to voice their opinion on what happens here.

So before a vote happens, we need to change how the vote takes place and who can participate.

Let 81623 vote.

Lynn M. Kirchner Carbondale

Disturbing push back

Scott Ely (left) and Andy Lietz (right) peruse the Sopris Sun while in the Philippines to receive the “SunPower Intelegant Award for Excellence” in residential solar system installation. “We are very proud to receive this award because it is a national award that SunPower gives out once a year to only one SunPower dealer for residential installations,” Lietz said. During their stay in the Philippines, the pair toured Manila, and the SunPower solar cell fabrication plant and solar module assembly plant. They also relaxed at the Shangri-La’s Boracay Resort and Spa on Boracay Island as part of their award. Ely is president of Sunsense Solar; Lietz is a solar consultant for the company. Courtesy photo 2 • THE SOPRIS SUN • NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Dear Editor: I’m disturbed by the industry push back against the recent letter written by Senators Bennet and Udall to the BLM regarding the proposed Lake Ridge Unit.

It seems to me like the Thompson Divide Coalition has been working tirelessly for the last three years to come to some resolution that will protect that area from oil and

gas development while giving leaseholders a fair deal on their leases. SG Interests clearly tried to play a trump card with this unit request, extending the terms of their leases so that they don’t have to drill each one of them in the next couple of years with gas prices around $4-5/mcf, potentially trying to add value to leases that simply aren’t valuable now.

The senators asked BLM to maintain the status quo until negotiations bore fruit.

Now industry is hot and bothered because the public is snooping around in a process that they’ve forever used to play games: extending leases and holding huge chunks of ground without investment when prices are low.

We all understand the potential benefits of unitization: less ground disturbance, higher resource recovery, less waste, etc., but those benefits are little assurance when you’re talking about developing a place that shouldn’t be developed.

In the Thompson Divide, the public deserves to play a role. This area is the lifeblood of local communities. Drilling means substantial long-term impacts to grazers, business owners, water users, recreationists, hunters, anglers, wildlife and farmers. Time is going to be critical to achieving a fair outcome, and industry should welcome open and fair dialogue as opposed to challenging public participation and feeding community fears about out-of-state corporate interests motivated by big profit margins, but unconcerned with potential impacts.

Thanks to the senators! Boo-on-ya to the trade groups!

Sacha Hart-Logan Carbondale

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Correction The correspondence from Russ Criswell that was printed as a letter to the editor in the Nov. 3 Sopris Sun was not intended

by Criswell as a letter to the editor. The Sopris Sun apologizes.

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Nationally known economist addresses symposium Sopris Sun Staff Report Nationally-known economist and Carbondale resident R. Dan Brumbaugh Jr. will be the featured speaker at the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce “State of Carbondale and Beyond” business conference and expo on Dec. 2.

Brumbaugh received his Ph.D in economics from George Washington University

in 1986. He has published five books and his broadcast appearances include: NBC Today Show, PBS McNeil/Lehrer News Hour, ABC Nightline, ABC This Week with David Brinkley, and National Public Radio. He has written or co-written opinion pieces in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Christian Science Monitor, Wall Street Journal and San Francisco. He served on the Board of Editors

for the Journal of Economics and Finance (1997-1999), and has written reports for or testified before Congress.

He is a third generation Coloradan, moving back to the state in 2000. From 20002006 he was a partner in OutWest Guides, a wilderness outfitter based in Marble. He serves on the board of the Aspen Valley Land Trust, representing River Valley Ranch, whose transfer tax helps support AVLT, according to a press release.

During the summer and fall, Brumbaugh works as a ranch hand for his friends Larry and Dana Darien on their ranch in Marble.

“Working a manure fork is his specialty because it appears that Larry is allergic to the manure fork,” the press release joked.

Brumbaugh is currently writing a book

that examines the unifying causes of the savings and loan and banking crises in the U.S. in the early 1980s and the early 1990s, the most recent U.S. financial crisis, and the current financial crisis in Europe.

Other speakers at the symposium will be Garfield County Commissioner Tom Jankovsky and Carbondale Town Manager Jay Harrington. There will also be an organizational forum spotlighting Carbondale non-profits. A total of 30 local businesses will take part.

The symposium is noon to 6 p.m. Tickets are $40 in advance and $50 at the door.

Sponsorships are being offered from $1,000-$3,000.

For details, call the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce at 963-1890.

Folks give input on library design

Veronica Morales, with daughter Amira, painted her face in the tradition of beautifully decorated skulls to celebrate Dia de Los Muertos at the Third Street Center on Nov. 4. The night, hosted by CCAH, included art and luminarias created by local students; altars and shrines constructed in honor of passed loved ones; and the Out of the Mud Puppet Theatre play “A Gift for Abuelita.” Photo by Trina Ortega

Sopris Sun Staff Report On Nov. 8 a well-attended open house brought out dozens of folks to offer input on the design of the new Gordon Cooper Library, planned for the corner of Fourth and Sopris. A follow-up open house is slated for the Third Street Center from 4 to 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 17, with a final session from 4 to 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 12.

The Garfield County Library District plans to break ground on the structure next summer.

The open house, which included presentations from the library design team, was

based on a formula lots of people know well. Organizers handed out sticky notes for participants to jot down ideas and place them on large note pads in categories such as: the site, community, reading, learning, technology, children and teens.

For the Nov. 17 open house the design team will use the information to check back with the community about the library design’s conceptual direction.

The design team includes Willis Pember Architects, DHM Design, Dan Richardson, KL&A, Beaudin Ganze, Group 3 Planners and Mark Chain Consulting.

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Police help bust the� ring Cop Shop Sopris Sun Staff Report

Carbondale police played a role in GarďŹ eld County Sheriff’s Department arrests that targeted an alleged car theft ring operating on the Western Slope and Denver, according to a press release.

The arrests were in connection with a series of motor-vehicle thefts in Denver, GarďŹ eld and Pitkin counties between Oct. 25-30. GarďŹ eld County Sheriff Lou Vallario said the crime spree was a product of “validatedâ€? Sureno gang members. “From what we know about the crime spree at this time, the three SureĂąo gang members are believed to have stolen seven cars total: ďŹ ve from the Pitkin/GarďŹ eld County jurisdictions, one from the Steamboat Springs area and one from the Denver area,â€? Vallario said. “They are also believed to have entered eight vehicles, stealing miscellaneous electronics and one handgun.â€?

One vehicle was stolen in Carbondale and another was recovered in Carbondale. All three suspects have strong ties to Carbondale or live in the Carbondale area, police said.

Two of the suspects were 14 and 16 respectively; the other was a juvenile but his age was not given.

During initial stages of the investigation by the Carbondale and New Castle police departments, the Carbondale ofďŹ cer recognized what he knew to be gang related information. The ofďŹ cer immediately notiďŹ ed the GarďŹ eld County Sheriff’s OfďŹ ce Threat Assessment Group (T.A.G.) deputy, who used his resources, database and informants to help identify the other suspects, Vallario said.“This resulted in a joint investigation, which involved T.A.G., the Carbondale Police Department, Aspen Police Department, New Castle Police Department, Immigration Custom Enforcement, and the GarďŹ eld County Sheriff’s OfďŹ ce,â€? Vallario said. The joint investigation has led to the recovery of the previously mentioned stolen vehicles.

The handgun was recovered from one individual while he was allegedly attempting to steal a vehicle in New Castle. He was apprehended and held at gunpoint by the vehicle’s owner until ofďŹ cers from the New Castle Police Department and deputies from the GarďŹ eld County Sheriff's OfďŹ ce arrived and took him into custody. “The outcome of this investigation demonstrates the importance of the cooperation between local and federal law enforcement agencies such as I.C.E., Homeland Security Investigations Operation Community Shield Task Force,â€? Vallario said. “It also demonstrates that dangerous criminal gang activity is present in our communities and how a cooperative law enforcement approach with our citizens is crucial to eradicate this criminal element.â€?

I.C.E. has placed a hold on one of the suspects.

The following events are drawn from incident reports of the Carbondale Police Department.

FRIDAY Oct. 28 • At 4:28 p.m., an ofďŹ cer was dispatched to Main Street for a report of an aggressive man and parking issue. Police contacted a woman who said a man parked his car in front of her’s and asked why she was following so closely.

Police contacted the man as he returned to his car and he told them he had infrared sensors in his cars and the lady behind him had been following him, “possibly part of a surveillance team� the police report stated. The man apologized to the woman but said he thought she might be part of a surveillance team “out to harm him.�

SATURDAY Oct. 29 • At 1:29 a.m., GarďŹ eld County dispatch received a call from an Hispanic man who refused to identify himself but said he was accused of a crime in 2009 and was innocent. He also

said he was supposed to be dead but was not. He wanted to talk to a Carbondale ofďŹ cer but would not say what it was in regard to. Police called the telephone number from which the call was placed and left a message for him to call them back.

SUNDAY Oct. 30 • At 5:03 a.m., police contacted a Grand Junction man who was sleeping in the Gateway Park RV bathroom. They warned him about Carbondale’s trespassing laws and gave him a ride to 7/Eleven.

SUNDAY Oct. 30 • At 1:58 a.m., two pedestrians at the intersection of Highway 133 and GarďŹ eld Avenue agged down a patrol ofďŹ cer who said they were concerned about a female who was passed out. Her boyfriend said it was due to intoxication. An ambulance responded.

Group delivers petitions The citizens’ group that organized a rally last month to protect Thompson Divide from gas drilling has delivered two separate petitions to agency ofďŹ cials and members of Congress, according to a press release.

Community for Thompson Divide circulated the petitions at its Oct. 8 rally in Carbondale.

One of the petitions calls on Bureau of Land Management ofďŹ cials to deny SG Interests unitization application for 32,000

acres west of Carbondale, or at least to submit it to a full public review.

The other petition urges Congressman Scott Tipton and Sens. Michael Bennet and Mark Udall to introduce a bill to withdraw the Thompson Divide area from any further federal oil and gas leasing.

Efforts to protect the Thompson Divide are focused on public lands that occupy most of the 220,000 acres spanning the Thompson, Divide, Four Mile and Coal Creek drainages.

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VCR quotes range from new paradigms to basic capitalism

By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer The Nov. 1 board of trustees meetingbrought out more than 50 area residents who logged in on the Village at Crystal River PUD proposal during four hours of public comment.

The Quote of the Night for some folks came from Satank resident Brad Hendricks when he commented on shopping opportunities in Carbondale.“I do most of my shopping in the Dumpsters of Satank,” he said, before proclaiming the project “a dog,” and reminding everyone he preferred the Home Depot plan from eight years ago. “It’s a shame to lose that project to a worse one,” the former Carbondale trustee concluded.

Here are some more quotes from the Nov. 1 meeting. The Sopris Sun didn’t get everyone’s name or their correct spellings due to hand cramps after four hours of scribbling and some folks sort of mumbled their name. As a result, some of these names are probably not spelled correctly. In other cases, numbers have been assigned to unidentifiable speakers. The Sun trusts they’ll know who they are.

The list, which does not include everyone, goes pretty much in order of appearance.

Some folks were concise and clearly made their points; others rambled around. Here you go.

Dave Weimer – “Carbondale needs an economic development plan … mom and pop (stores) doesn’t generate enough money to pay the (town) bills.”

Rick Stevens (of Basalt) – “Roaring Fork High School enrollment is dropping … you need to send a message that Carbondale is open for business.”

Gabe – “When Whole Foods opens (in El Jebel) we’ll see more taxes spent at that store … I don’t see why this is such a big deal to make … you create jobs.”

Jennifer Lamont – “… Two programs will lose support without Village at Crystal River: the after school program and the school resource officer. … I’m afraid we’ll lose the (tax) base to support them.”

Denise Moss – “… You’re here to protect the people, not subsidize a developer …

You’re punishing people.”

Rick Welker – “… This (the condition of Highway 133) is exactly the outcome of the Roadmap Group.”

No. 7 – “… I was a builder (in California) and it took me four meetings and six months

Frank Nadell was one of more 50 people who turned out to register comments on the Village at Crystal River development proposal on Nov. 1. Photo by Lynn Burton to build 240 condos in Heavenly Valley.”

Amelia – “ … I met with 40 people to talk about food on Sunday. Nobody talked about the grocery store. A big, new grocery store is not necessary.”

Sarah Johnson – “The world is changing … we’re in the middle of a paradigm shift … we won’t be living the same way in 10 years … we have more smarts in this room than we know what to do with … we need to in-fill before we expand.”

No. 10 – “What would they do with the existing City Market … it could become an eyesore …”

Dave Johnson – “ … I think we can do better.”

Shelley deBeque “I’ve lived here 55 years … I’m not starving … (a public) vote is the right way (to go) … .”

No. 13 – “We (he and his wife) hope to live here until we die, or the town dies. …

We’re losing a lot of our tax revenues … You can protect what you love but still grow.”

Susie Ellison – “(The current) City Market is fine … to pin your hopes on a big City Market seems short-sighted … .”

No. 15 – “I’ve heard that this review process is the longest in Colorado … .”

Nov. 16 – “I shop 75 percent in El Jebel and the rest at Vitamin Cottage (in Glenwood) … a no-growth attitude is unreliable … .”

Marty Schlein – “I’m not for the PIF …

I don’t believe we need more commercial or retail … fill up the empty buildings first … pinning your world to shopping seems like a strange way to lead your life. … Bigger and better has gotten the world into the mess it’s in.”

Melanie Finan – “Farmer’s field or shiny new development with vacant buildings … which is more ugly? I prefer the farmer’s field as it is now … I can speak for a big majority of town that feels the same way … We’re on the crest of a new wave, a new paradigm. If you can’t see that you’re blind.

Let’s become the beacons for change.”

Mike – “I’ve lived here 60 years … we used to travel to Denver to shop then Glenwood … It’s time we grow up and have a really nice shopping facility.”

Nan Fields Campbell – “If something has been discussed for 40 meetings, it’s not right. … How many choices of tooth paste and produce do you need?”

Paul Gertz – “Potholes on 133 … I’m willing to pay to get (Highway) 133 into respectable shape.”

Allyn Harvey – “(Highway) 133 (improvements) should not be put on grocery shoppers … the project can’t happen without (Highway) 133 improvements.”

Editor’s note: The Sopris Sun didn’t catch quotes from No. 23-27.

No. 28 – “I don’t want to beat a dead horse … make green jobs ... replace robot checkers with real people … .”

Stacey Stein – “What is construction going to do to our air quality? … .

Michael – “I’m OK with helping pay for the project with a public improvement fee (PIF).”

No. 31 – The Sun missed it.

Marty Silverstein – “We’re losing sales tax revenue … I can’t afford to do my weekly shopping at Whole Foods … .”

Brad Hendricks – See the opening part of the story.

Bob Ezra – “ … I don’t see a roundabout as an improvement to Highway 133 … .”

No. 35-36 – The Sun missed them.

Olivia Pevic – “ …. If we get a shopping center it won’t affect the town … it won’t solve our problems … .”

Laura – “… I love that field.”

No. 39 – “90 percent of the taxes collected (in Carbondale) are sales taxes … .

Non-profits will get nothing if the town doesn’t turn around … This is our chance to save Carbondale.”

Chris Chacos – “Let’s skip the referendum and vote no tonight.”

No. 41 – “ … I appreciate you (the trustees) … .”

Joe Enzer – “It’s time you (the trustees) stepped up and made the hard decisions (not to put it to a vote of the people). …”

No. 43 – Sun missed it.

No. 44 – “ … I love that meadow … .”

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Village at Crystal River

A 24-acre parcel west of Highway 133 (ending more or less across from the Roaring Fork Co-Op) and north of Main Street; • Includes no more than 125,000-square-feet of retail space, up to 164 residential units; • Commercial uses allow a gas station, bank and fast-food restaurant; • Later phases could include a hotel, medical facility, school or light manufacturing.

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Olenick makes slopestyle team

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CCC is located on Highway 133. For details, call 963-9488.

Megan Olenick has been named to the U.S. freeskiing slopestyle team. This is the teams’ first year, as slopestyle will be included in the Winter Olympics for the first time in 2014. Olenick grew up in Carbondale and has competed in the Winter X Games in Aspen, as well as other big-time events.

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Brendlinger sculpture selected Jack Brendlinger, a Carbondale sculptor, was selected as one of the national finalists in the online sculpture exhibition “Love.”

Brendlinger’s entry, “Madre Y Nino,” is an impressionistic bronze piece of a sitting, sleeping Hispanic mother and child. He was one of 61 artists chosen out of hundreds of entries.

The show includes renowned artists such as Bruno Lucchesi, Vala Ola and Rosetta.“I am very proud to be included in this elite group,” Brendlinger said. The exhibition can be viewed on www.nationalsculpture.org home page; click on the “Love” online exhibition.

The straight scoop On Nov. 11, 2011, at 11:11 a.m. the Gordon Cooper Branch Library will be providing corduroy inspired snacks to celebrate this unparalleled expression of linear clothing.

“Don’t wait another hundred years,”said a library spokeswoman. “Put on your corduroy and come to the library to celebrate this once in a lifetime event.”For more information call 963-2889.

Poetry fest dates announced The second annual Karen Chamberlain

Passing the bucks. The Mt. Sopris Rotary Club presented the Sopris Sun with a $550 check at the newspaper’s fund-raising party at Dos Gringos on Nov. 3. Those are Rotarians Art Ackerman and Toni Cerise in the center; to the left and right respectively are Sopris Sun board members Jeannie Perry and Trina Ortega. Photo by Jane Bachrach Poetry Festival will take place at Thunder River Theatre March 30-April 1, 2012. The first festival, held last March, was a smashing success and attract poets from all over. For more information, e-mail karenchamberlainpoetryfestival@gmail.com or visit www.thunderrivertheatre.org.

Farmer’s market Osage Gardens from New Castle continues its farmer’s market next to Crystal River Meats through the winter. “On snowy days we’ll move it indoors (to Crystal River

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The winners are The winners of the Roaring Fork Conservancy photo contest are: Shawn Phenney and Dan Glidden (tie for first place in the amateur category), and Allison Maree Austin (first place in the professional category). You can view the winners at www.roaringfork.org.

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The RE-1 school lunch menu for Nov. 1017 is as follows: Nov. 10 (elementary and middle school) baked French toast, herb roasted potatoes, sausage, grapefruit wedges, milk; (high school) herb roasted chicken, fruit and vegetable bar, milk. Nov. 11 (elementary, middle and high school) — NO SCHOOL. Nov. 14 (elementary and middle) spaghetti w/meat sauce, bread slice, roasted cauliflower, applesauce, milk; (high school) chili, fruit and vegetable bar, milk. Nov 15 (elementary and middle) turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry sauce, roll, pumpkin pie, milk; (hIgh school) turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry sauce, roll, pumpkin pie, milk. Nov 16 (elementary and middle) beef tacos, refried beans, apple wedges, milk; (high school) nachos supreme, fruit and vegetable bar, milk. Nov 17 (elementary and middle) hamburger, green beans, fresh orange wedges, milk; (high school) Asian BBQ chicken over rice, fruit and vegetable bar, milk.

They say it’s your birthday Birthday greetings go out to: Kelsey Freeman and Estefania Montoya (Nov. 12), Maria Flores and Riley Skinner (Nov. 13), Sue Rollyson and Morgan Williams (Nov. 14) and Joyce Leeman (Nov. 15).

ATTENTION CONTRACTORS AND PROPERTY OWNERS Per Town Ordinance No. 23, Series of 1975, no construction shall be permitted within Town right-of-way between the dates of 11/1/2011 and 4/1/2012.

Roaring Fork’s fall sports: at’s all, folks

By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Correspondent The rest of November will be a bleak month for Roaring Fork High School sports fans, with boy’s soccer and girl’s volleyball foiled in their bids to advance in the state playoffs, and the final football game played — and lost — on Friday night.

Senior night at Roaring Fork High School’s football field was a tearful affair. Departing seniors include Clay Gross, Phil Gomez,Trenton Reeds, Ed Torres,Tanner Gianinetti, Landin Bailey, Daniel Javalera and Teddy Benge. Parents and friends heaped them with flowers and affection before they turned to their field for their final game.

The Rams, often the underdogs and seldom the victors, had nothing to lose and a great deal to prove. Aspen, after a string of losses and with their shot at the state playoffs dependent on a victory, had everything to lose.

Both teams played their hearts out, and for most of the game it was neck and neck.

Defense ruled the first quarter, but the Skiers turned a 30-yard pass into a touchdown at the start of the second.

With just under five minutes left in the half, running back Johnny Nieslanik tied it up 7-7 for the Rams. When a long run up the right side brought Aspen back into striking distance, they opted for a field goal to take back the lead. With Roaring Fork back in possession, it looked as if they might take the lead as they inched forward, sometimes pushing straight up the center to make the necessary yard for a first down. As they closed in for a score, however, an interception practically on the goal line turned the ball over and marked the beginning of the end for the Rams.

After another non-scoring quarter, the Rams made their second and last touchdown of the night at the beginning of the fourth, which Aspen countered 10 minutes later. The nail-biting, three-point gap was made worse by the Rams’ field position: their own sevenyard line with a long way to go for the win.

In the end, Roaring Fork just couldn’t make it happen. One too many incomplete passes gave Aspen possession near the middle of the field, a position they turned into a touchdown on their first play. The last two minutes became a waiting game, and when the clock ran out the score still stood at 24-14 in favor of Aspen.

Aspen’s victory assures it a position in the state playoffs against Eaton at 1 p.m. on Nov. 12. With the Basalt boy’s soccer team defeated by Kent Denver on Nov. 3, the Skiers football team is left as the Roaring Fork Valley’s only hope for a state title.

Also included in Senior Night during Friday night’s football game were golfer Thomas Cerise and the Roaring Fork cheerleading squad.

The soccer squad said goodbye to their departing fellows last week. They are: Sam Carpenter, Luis Aguillar, Tommy Adgate and Will Tempest.

On the volleyball court, lady Rams will lose only one player, senior Kenia Pinela, from their lineup next year, a fact that does little to soften last week’s state playoff defeat.

The girls fell 3-0 to Valley and Holy Family, and 2-1 in their final match against Faith Christian. They end their season with a respectable 17-8 record and an experienced team while will surely hit the ground running in 2012.

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Patrick Johnson – “It’s a tired model …

Carbondale deserves better … Taking business from El Jebel or Glenwood isn’t what we need to do … Bring people (to town) for what Carbondale is.”

Cody Lee – “ … Everyone feels passionately about it (VCR) … .”

Lonnie Kitchen – “Not to be too hard on anyone’s mellow … I urge citizens to support it … to prevent us from turning into an Ashcroft.”

Laurie Loeb – “ … (a four mill property

tax) adds to the cost of doing business …

There’s an alternative vision, young people have that … environmental sustainability … local food production … gardens and green houses … .”

Frank McSwain – “Many of my neighbors on Main Street support this … Competition makes us better … Carbondale needs a Town Manifestor, not a Town Mother …

Send a message to the Western Slope that Carbondale is open for business.”

Tom Joiner – “My wife is one of the Costco people … It’s about getting sales

Roaring Fork High School honored its senior athletes at the season’s final game on Nov. 5.

That’s Landin Bailey (left) and Tanner Gianinetti (right), with Denise Gianinetti (center) and cheerleader Kailei Gianinetti. Photo by Sue Rollyson taxes into Carbondale … Open your eyes.”

Chrissy Leonard – “This will change the character of the town … .”

H.P. Hansen – “Howdy … 40 years …

The best project was eight years ago, the obstruction (has been) somewhat disgraceful … to force people to drive to El Jebel or Glenwood … At some point we’ve got to make some money, we can’t get by on (sales taxes) from Peppinos and the Dollar Store. That’s what we’re running our town on … It’s (Carbondale’s) heart won’t change, there’s a hell of a lot of coal dust in our blood; people died

for that coal. I think you (trustees) should have the stones to make the decision … .”

No. 54 – “I came undecided … this belongs in a suburb in Denver or Dallas. It’s not Carbondale.”

Jason White – “ … the town needs to buy the parcel … the 24 acres needs to be reserved for growing food … they can make a lot of money on the parcel … In-fill projects are where it’s at.”

No. 56 – “ … fiscal responsibility is the key … .”

No. 57 – Sun missed it.

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Community Calendar THURS.-SAT. Nov. 10-12 THEATRE • Colorado Rocky Mountain School students present “Fiddler on the Roofâ€? at 7:30 p.m. at the CRMS Barn (1493 County Road 106). Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students and kids. Info: 963-2562.

THURSDAY Nov. 10 ROTARY • The Mt. Sopris Rotary Club meets at Mi Casita every Thursday at noon. Today’s speaker is Gary Hartman (CEO the Growth Coach). The Nov. 17 speaker will be Roberta McGowan, communications and business manager for the Salvation Army.

MAMMOTH TALK • The Gordon Cooper Library presents “Mammoths, Mastodons, and Sloths, Oh My!â€? with CMC adjunct professors Jim Campbell and Sandy Jackson. They’ll talk about their experiences on the Snowmass Village digs.

OPENING • Allison Austin holds a fullmoon art opening for her photography at the Blend on Highway 133 6 to 8 p.m. The reception includes local music.

CHAMBER LUNCHEON • Debbie Patrick of Promotional Concepts talks about branding and CMC instructor Roy Brandt discusses social media at the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce’s quarterly luncheon at the Gathering Center on Snowmass Drive. It’s from 11:30 to 1 p.m. Info: 963-1890.

LIVE MUSIC • Dan Navarro plays Steve’s Guitars in the old part of the Dinkel Build-

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.

ing. Coming up on Nov. 18 – the Paula Nelson Band. Info: 963-3304.

FRIDAY Nov. 11 MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “Moneyballâ€? (PG-13) at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 11-17 and “The Big Yearâ€? (PG) at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 11-15.

S.A.W. SHOW OPENS • Ceramist Anne Goldberg and painter Staci L. Dickerson introduce new work at their “Simple Rhythmsâ€? show at the Studio for Art + Works (S.A.W.), 978 Euclid Avenue, with an opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m. The show is about action, adaptation, and acceptance and will be up through Dec. 6. The S.A.W. hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. Info: 379-5050 or 379-9419.

VETERAN’S DAY • Glenwood Springs Elks Lodge 2286 will honor veterans of all branches of the armed services at 6 p.m. The night includes hors d’oeuvres, beverages, speakers and entertainment from the Glenwood Springs High School Percussion Ensemble.

The Elks Lodge is located on old Highway 6&24 in West Glenwood (the I-70 frontage road), next to Glenwood Gardens.

COMMUNITY MEDITATION • A guided meditation session takes place at the Third Street Center form 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. “This guided meditation in a group setting

creates powerful healing impacts personally and for the collective consciousness,� said organizer Gwen Garcelon. Experience is not necessary. Info: 963-9182.

LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s Tavern in the Dinkel Building presents the Friendly Dictators at 10 p.m.

SATURDAY Nov. 12 LUNAFEST • The Advocate Safehouse Projects presents LUNAFEST ďŹ lm festival at Carbondale Middle School at 7:30 p.m.

The festival shows award-winning short ďŹ lms by and for women. Tickets range from $10 to $20 at the door or by calling 9452632, ext. 104.

LIVE • Carnahan’s Tavern in the Dinkel Building presents Charley Orlando at 10 p.m.

WEDNESDAY Nov. 16 LIVE MUSIC • White House pizza presents Steve Skinner (progressive roots rock).

ROTARY • The Carbondale Rotary meets at the ďŹ rehouse Wednesdays at 7 a.m.

OPEN MIC • Dan Rosenthal hosts open mic nights at Rivers restaurant every Wednesday from 8 to 10 p.m.

Further Out SATURDAY Nov. 19 MSHS FUND-RAISER • The Mt. Sopris Historical Society holds a membership-drive fund-raising party at the Pour House at 7 p.m.

There’ll be free food a cash bar and silent auction. It’s $10 members/$20 non-members.

Info: 963-7041.

FASHION SHOW • The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities’ youth fashion show Green is the new Black, the Future is Ours takes place at PAC3 in the Third Street Center at 5 p.m. The suggested donation is $15 adults/$10 youth. Info: 963-1680.

CRAFTS SALE • The 35th annual Carbondale Christmas Boutique takes place at the ďŹ rehouse from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The items are all handmade locally and include: barn wood benches and bird houses, holiday decorations, wreaths and ornaments, handmade knitted items, quilted bags, jewelry, handmade soap, crèmes and herbal remedies, upcycled children’s clothing, homemade jelly, baked goods, and granola. A portion of the proceeds beneďŹ t the Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District.

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Food for families in need is available at LIFT-UP’s 7 area food pantries. Support from our caring community makes the work of LIFT-UP possible.

It’s community spirit in action, since 1982.

Mid-Valley Food Pantries Carbondale: Third Street Center, 520 South 3rd Street, #35 Monday, Wednesday & Friday: 10am-12:30pm • 963-1778

Basalt: Basalt Community United Methodist Church, 167 Holland Hills Rd. Wednesday & Thursday: 11am-1pm • 279-1492 Learn more at www.liftup.org and join us on facebook!

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CLAY CENTER • The Carbondale Clay Center continues its 2011 Holiday Invitational through Dec. 30. Featured ceramists include: H.P. Bloomer, Tony Wise, John Cohorst, Nathan Bray, Lyla Goldstein, Avi Arenfeld, Tyler McGinn, Casey Coffman, CJ Jilek, Elizabeth Farson, K Rhynus Cesark, Shawn O’Connor, Lusterbunny, Diane Kenney, Sarah Moore, Donie Hubbard, Charlie Childress, Mary Ballou, Sue Tirrell, Katie Kitchen, Lisa Maher, Tom Jaszczak, Ronan Peterson, Tammie Lane and Gail Burtik. The Carbondale Clay Center is located at the east end of Main Street. Info: 963-2529.

RED BRICK SHOW • Carbondale artists Olivia Pevec and Jill Scher are included in the

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Red Brick Center for the Arts show “The Five Elements of Sculpture.� The center is located at 110 E. Hallam St. in Aspen. Info: 429-2777.

TEEN PHOTO SHOW • The Gordon Cooper Library presents a photo show from local teens based on their favorite book titles.

MAYOR’S COFFEE HOUR • Chat with Carbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot on Tuesdays from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Village Smithy, located at 26 S. Third St. GORDON COOPER • The Gordon Cooper Library presents activities for kids from kindergarten through ďŹ fth grade from 4 to 5 p.m. on Tuesdays, and toddler and infant story time on Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. Info: 963-2889.

NORDIC COUNCIL SALE NOV. 12 • The 26th annual Mount Sopris Nordic Council Mountain Sports Sale takes place at the Colorado Rocky Mountain School gym from 9 a.m. to noon on Nov. 12. Equipment check in is on Nov. 11 form 4 to 7 p.m. Commercial vendors include: Ajax Bike & Sport, Bristlecone, Scott Riley Sports, Independence Run & Hike, Tucker, Vagneur Sports, Ken’s Hockey and Ragged Mountain Sports. Proceeds beneďŹ t the cross-country ski trails at Spring Gulch.

GREENPRINT DISCUSSION IS NOV. 17 • An Aspen Valley Land Trust Greenprint discussion takes place at town hall from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Nov. 17. The discussion is part of the Greenprint project, which asks citizens to identify goals for open lands, agricultural preservation, wildlife, trails, recreation and other community values. For details, go to www.surveymonkey.com/s/XD2JW9Z. ORCHARD PLANNING COMMUNITY GARDEN • The Orchard is creating a community garden on a half-acre of land. Community members are invited to an information meeting at the Gathering Center on Snowmass Drive from 7 to 8 p.m. on Nov. 17.

BRITT, YOUNG ON PANEL • Cathy Britt and Becky Young are included on a panel that will discuss children with special needs from 5 to 6 p.m. on Nov. 14 at the Eagle County Community Center in El Jebel. For details, call 319-1279.

Colorado Rocky Mountain School presents “Fiddler on the Roof� at the CRMS Barn (on County Road 106) on Nov. 10-12. Curtain time is 7:30 p.m. The cast members shown here are: front row (left to right) Yang Yang, George Bernard and Coralie Skeaf; second row, Jamie Ramge and Alena Moss; third row, Cassidy Meyer and Heidi Cao. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for kids and students.

Info: 963-2562.

FULL MOON WILDLIFE WALK • Rock Bottom Ranch in El Jebel holds a Full Moon Wildlife Walk starting at 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 11. It’s free. Call 945-5282.

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“30 Days of Gratitude” is well under way window as I fertilized the begonias again. It ful for Cinnabons and all their corpulent was Saturday! I had nurseries to explore. decadence. I love Colorado. I love “living Let’s go, man. I am so grateful to have been in gardens.”

I went freelance bedating a guy with a car, because the discovery of cause I know myself. I columbines and passion can’t do the office thing: 40 to 60 hours a week; flower changed the 2,000 hours and 50 course of my life. weeks a year; for four ••• Spring break 1993 decades. From time to and I’m standing in the time, in the arc of my caCinnabon line at the reer, though, I lament my lack of homies; I don’t mall. Eight hundred get to work in commueighty calories; 36 grams of fat. My third nity with other designers or landscape architects. year in pre-architecture at the University of I watched “Ally McBeal” through my Maryland. Staring at my sister’s Colorado-built last years of college. Its un-corporate quirkiness heinie in her Hind runBy Geneviève Joëlle formed my own profesning tights. Did I really Villamizar sional aspirations: I too want to spend the next 30 years sitting at a drafting table, work- would wear sharply-tailored miniskirt ing in an office? The following Monday, I suits, stilettos and pantyhose. My daily ditched class and researched Colorado commute would originate from my slip at colleges. I had so much more fun drafting NYC’s North Cove and culminate in prithe overflowing window boxes and fore- vate parking for my metallic, charcoal ground trees than I did the dang buildings. gray Mazda RX7 with the kickin’ sound Which one offered design? I am so thank- system. Come evenings, I would laugh

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A friend of ours, Jason, left the valley this summer for a new future in Washington state. All I get now are his Facebook posts, but between Crossfit bragging and blurbs about the new fam, I still feel he’s close. With Thanksgiving just around the corner, he started daily posts on “30 Days of Gratitude.” So I joined him. Thinking each day about what to post — everything from friends delivering Fat Belly to growing the best cultivar of a Juniper ever — has me contemplating Big Picture stuff too.

I am sooo thankful for my second boyfriend and his 1992 Acura. Five years older than I, Italo had convinced his pal Victoria to hook me up with her extra ID. We’d take the parkway to Georgetown, drinking and dancing into the wee hours of morning. I was a florist at the time. Obsessed. I had twice my age in houseplants.

I had to take the hobby outside; I discovered gardening. Poor Italo, I would ring him up at like eight in the morning, chomping at the bit. It didn’t matter that four hours earlier I might have yuked out my window, spraying Steve in the back seat through his window. Or that Italo had held my hair back beneath my dad’s bedroom

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amongst my peers, my head thrown back, inking genius layouts on a cocktail napkin while Vonda Shepard sang pop songs.

Okaaaay, reality check.

••• Jason, I’m thankful too. I’m thankful life let’s us ripen. I no longer yarf out windows and my sugar/cinnamon consumption is pretty inconsequential. Colorado’s been kind to me. I do window boxes and foreground trees every season.

I love this valley where I’ve cultivated a connection to things more powerful than daydreams, more meaningful than television — the Greenis planticus forever around us, and an incredibly inspiring posse of homies. I’ve found you after all — artists, writers and craftsmen alike. (Especially those of you blessed with The Business Gene. May whimsy and practicality be wed.)

I’m thankful Carbondale abounds in a creative and enterprising spirit, surrounding me with the very qualities that make life meaningful, possible. And Jason? I’m thankful for people like you that bring about the moments to contemplate the wonder.

Happy Thanksgiving, Y’all.

Community Briefs Rasmussen fund established A fund at Alpine Bank has been established to aid woodworker David Rasmussen, whose studio was destroyed by fire on Nov. 3. The shop on County Road 108, was a 100-year-old barn from Crystal River Ranch, which was moved to its current site 20 years ago.

“For those of you who haven’t heard through the grapevine, I suffered a terrible loss,” Rassmussen said. My furniture studio burned to the ground, pretty much 100 percent destruction of all my woodworking and metal working equipment and tools. I’m still reeling and trying to figure out how to move forward.

Hopefully there is some kind of opportunity here, pretty hard to see one right now.”

Rasmussen is looking for a new studio space. He can be reached at 510-0637.

Crystal Caucus meets The Crystal River Caucus holds its annual meeting at the Church at Redstone from 7 to 9 p.m. on Nov. 10.

The agenda includes: election of board members, update on the West Divide Conservancy/Colorado River Water Conservation District water right application to dam the Crystal River and a Thompson Divide Coali-

tion update regarding gas drilling in the Thompson Creek area.

People who reside in the Pitkin County portion of the Crystal River Valley (including Thompson Creek), or who own property in this area, you are automatically a member of the Crystal River Caucus, according to a press release.

TRTC holds auditions Thunder River Theatre Company announces auditions for “The Cherry Orchard” by Anton Chekhov on Nov. 13 at 4:30 p.m. For details, call 963-8200.

CCAH offers acrylics workshop The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities offers a workshop on acrylics Nov. 12-13.The cost is $75.“In this two-day workshop, students will delve into the world of using acrylic paints and paper images in very different ways,” said Ro Mead, CCAH program director. “They will learn about acrylic transfers, creating texture and incorporating collage materials into acrylic paintings. And, don’t forget your sense of discovery and adventure because we are going to have some fun!”

For details, call 963-1680.

Obituaries Thomas Raymond Becker Thomas Raymond Becker passed away peacefully on the morning of Nov. 1, 2011. He is survived by his two sons, Jesse and Andrew Becker, and his former wife Nancy.

Thomas“T.Ray” Becker lived an amazing life.

He loved many and was loved by many. There will be a memorial gathering at the Pour House restaurant in Carbondale on Nov. 12 at 5:30 p.m.

T.Ray’s family will compose an article detailing his amazing life story at a later date to be published in local papers. Donations can be made to the T.Ray Becker memorial fund at Alpine Bank.

Howard W. Berkman 1947-2011 Howard W. Berkman — beloved son, nephew, brother, uncle and friend — of Paonia, Colorado unexpectedly passed away on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 29, 2011 at Delta County Memorial Hospital following a brief illness. He was 64 years old.

A memorial celebration of his life will be held at 5 p.m. on Nov. 13 at the Blue Sage Center for the Arts, 226 Grand Avenue, Paonia.A pot-luck supper will follow; everyone is invited.

Howard was born on June 4, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. He was well traveled and resided in Colorado since 1976. Howard was a professional singer/songwriter/guitarist who was well known throughout the Western Slope and beyond.

Howard is survived by his mother, Harriet Farkas of Tamarac, Florida; uncle, Carl Fox and spouse, Hattie of Niles, Illinois; sister, Felice Sage and spouse, Darrell of Littleton, Colorado; and nephew, Kyle Sage, also of Littleton, Colorado. Howard is also survived by sisters Pamela Saky and spouse, Mehran, and Brenna Hopkins; and step-brothers Dr. Daniel Farkas and spouse, Gail, and Dr. Jeremy Farkas and spouse, Fran.

Arrangements are under the care and direction of Taylor Funeral Service and Crematory.

View the Internet obituary and sign the online guest registry at www.taylorfuneralservice.com.

Charlotte Ruth Walls 1928-2011 Charlotte Ruth Walls, 83, passed away Nov. 2, 2011 at Heritage Park Care Center in Carbondale, Colorado. Charlotte was born Sept. 3, 1928 in Tampa, Florida. Charlotte is survived by her husband John “Jack” Morris Walls, and sons Edward Snyder Hendricks and Charles John Hendricks.

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