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Stars shine over Main Street

Carlos Loya of the Carbondale Public Works Department hangs another piece of holiday cheer on the Main Street Christmas Tree. He and his two helpers on street level (Daniel Silva and Ty Bellmore) finished the job in fair weather on Friday Nov. 19 before this week’s storms blew in. Photo by Terray Sylvester

Student activists mobilize

Catching up with Curry

Thank god for mountain dogs

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Carbondale Commentary Letters

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Thanks from the Rooks Dear Editor: Thank you to The Sopris Sun for the article promoting the Drake Rooks “Get Back on His Feet” Fundraiser, held Oct. 30 at the Carbondale Firehouse. It was a huge success and we are so very grateful to the community for their generous support and making us feel so welcome. We suppose everyone is already well aware of what an amazing person they have hired as Carbondale’s police chief. Most of you know him through his altruistic careers at the fire district and now the police department, or maybe as leader of the pack on the snowmobile trek. Some of you know him as the dependable guy who takes the kids to school, but when you meet his other half, you realize who really drives the bus! Gene and Stephanie Schilling not only provided focus and direction for us throughout Drake’s hospital stay, they masterminded this benefit. Stephanie rallied her friends and they pulled it together in a few short weeks. To name a few: Bob Olenick owner of Red Rock Diner, who supplied the delicious food; the Carbondale Middle School cooks: Wendy Turgeon, Lisa Cerise, Cher Lynn Nye, Chris Dahl, and also Janice Ingram for kitchen help.

Thanks to Culligan Water for the drinks, Aaron Mayes for leading the Bike Cruz, Lisa Wagner for serving food in costume, Denise Echardt for the donation of art and poster help, and Dina Prieto, Katrina Fabian and Alicia Cheney for doing the auction. Thanks to Jean Owens for serving as secretary, Jenny Cutright for treasury, Lois and David Hayes, and the Roaring Fork Valley Co-op and Alpine Bank for hosting the Drake Rooks Benefit Fund. Thanks to Becky Young Marketing for our flyers, and Barry Chapman, Colin Johnson and Brendan for the fabulous music. We were also quite taken with the volunteer service by Paul Luttrell, Mark Luttrell, Chris Wurtsmith and Tamar for collecting cash donations at City Markets. We really appreciate all of the Carbondale Police Department and Fire District members who promoted, donated to, and supported this unimaginable event. We especially want to thank everyone who attended/contributed and all those who participated with the auction. So what do we say to Tom Baker, Frosty Merriott and the town of Carbondale to possibly thank them for all of this? The only way we will be able to repay it is to pass it on to the next person in need. Pay it forward. Obviously that’s the Carbondale Creed and that’s how it got to be what it is today. We truly feel blessed to be living here amongst angels. Thank you Carbondale (and surrounding areas). We love you! Mandy and Drake “Still Standing” Rooks Carbondale

A sea of gold and blue

Carbondalians Candace Goodwin and Rick Blauvelt brought the Sun along when they trekked to Annapurna Base Camp in Nepal. The peak pictured here is Annapurna South, as seen from Tatopani. Courtesy photo See page 13 for more Sopris Sun traveling readers.

Dear Editor: A truly unforgettable sight: A sea of gold and blue spirit hankies combined with the roar of the crowd. Week after week the entire community of Carbondale and beyond lent their support to the Roaring Fork Ram Volleyball Team. If it’s true that it takes a village, then this is the best village of all. As the Rams powered through their 2010 season, they were fueled by the sustained encouragement of coaches, parents, teachers, administration, students and innumerable community volunteers. Reaching the final eight in 3A state volleyball was a dream that could not have come true without the hard work of so many. The countless hours of time and energy along with generous financial contributions made the trip to the state competition possible. A special thanks to Peppino’s, Garcia’s, the Sons of the American Legion, the American Legion Women’s Auxiliary, American Legion Post 100 Bingo and Raffle Fund, RFHS Booster Club, Alpine Bank and the Town of Carbondale. Also, thanks to the volunteers who manned the spirit bus to Denver so our students could attend the

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tournament. Roaring Fork had a presence like no other in the coliseum. The sheer force of our fan power was intimidating and our cheering section was the envy of all our competitors. Although the journey has ended for this particular dream team, there is no doubt that the remaining and upcoming talent promises to yield many more years of exciting volleyball for RFHS. The enduring presence of the community in the mix is invaluable. Thank you for all you do! Robin Garvik On behalf of the RFHS Volleyball Team

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A sobering evening Dear Editor: What a sobering evening! Yet another wonderful lecture in a series of varied talks via the Roaring Fork Cultural Council. While it led to an evening of tossing and turning, I thoroughly enjoyed Steve Emerson’s knowledge and passion on a confounding subject, “Jihad in America.” It is refreshing to have someone speak candidly and with disregard for political correctness about a complex and emotional topic. He dispelled several myths about the dilemma of US involvement overseas. He also provided great insight into why moderate Muslims are not more prominent. In this day, where it is difficult to differentiate facts from opinions, he did a masterful job of including quotes and video tape to support his points. I look forward to the release of his next documentary in February. Speaking of confounding, hats off to Jim Calaway and Craig Rathbun for continuing to bring in such a stimulating range of speakers. We thoroughly enjoy the intimate forum and talks. Scott Gilbert Carbondale

A rousing success Dear Editor: Carbondale Clay Center held its annual holiday show opening on Nov. 5. It was a rousing success thanks to the sponsorship of Nancy Lovendahl and Scott Keating and the hard work of co-directors Sarah Moore and K Cesark as well as talented resident and local artists. We would like to give the community a special round of applause for your enthusiastic turnout. Carbondale Clay Center is here for that reason: We count on your continued support in order that we may, in turn, offer wonderful adult and children’s classes, provide a place to make and enjoy art, and sponsor assorted events throughout the year. Noted thanks go to our co-directors for their inspiring hard work, artistic expertise, energy and positive attitudes. Carbondale Clay Center is a gift to the Roaring Fork Valley thanks to the pulling together of all forces. You are invited to continue to come by, purchase gifts, participate in classes and generally “catch the fever.” Thank you, one and all. Sandie Gardner Carbondale LETTERS page 9

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Students band together for immigrant rights By Terray Sylvester Sopris Sun Staff Writer The rally in Sayre Park in Glenwood Springs on Nov. 28 was a jubilant one. Latin rhythms bumped from a PA system, speeches were given, and with every honk of support from the passing traffic the crowd erupted into cheers. Over 100 local students, teachers and concerned citizens had gathered to make noise for the DREAM Act, legislation that would provide a path to citizenship for some undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, and potentially allow undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition for college as well. But the DREAM Act wasn’t the only thing energizing the crowd. The rally was also a sort of coming of age for one of the newest activist groups in the Roaring Fork Valley: the Asociación de Jovenes Unidos en Acción, or the Association of Youth United in Action. “I never thought we’d see this many people,” said AJUA member Anthony Flores amidst chants of “Si se puede” at Sayre Park. “It feels like we’ve got people’s inspiration up.” AJUA (pronounced “ah-hoo-wah”) was formed just over two months ago, and earlier this month it became a member organization of the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition, which partners with student activist groups throughout the state. According to AJUA’s Facebook page, which lists over 100 members, the group works with CIRC and local communities to push for the DREAM Act and immigration reform, and to create “a single community united in action.” That mission is proving to be a popular one, and AJUA has grown rapidly and organically. Brendan Greene, Rocky Mountain organizer for the Immigrant rights coalition, said AJUA started to form in early September, when about a half dozen students from Roaring Fork, Yampah and Basalt high schools, as well as Colorado Mountain College, came together to plan a previous rally in

Students, teachers and other immigrant rights activists formed a human billboard to support the DREAM Act on Nov. 18 along Grand Avenue in Glenwood Springs. Photo by Terray Sylvester support of the DREAM Act, which was going up for a vote before Congress later that month. The DREAM Act (“DREAM” stands for “development, relief and education for alien minors”) would grant citizenship

to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S. before they were 16 and who have graduated from a U.S. high school, lived in the country continuously for five years and STUDENTS MOBILIZE page 7

Content as an independent, Curry plans next step By David Frey Sopris Sun Correspondent When state Rep. Kathleen Curry left the Democratic Party to run as an independent write-in candidate, naysayers said she didn’t have a chance to regain her seat. Curry lost, but by fewer than 300 votes. The lesson, she says, is that a write-in candidate can win, and an unaffiliated candidate has an even better chance, even though Colorado’s political system favors Republicans and Democrats. Curry talked to The Sopris Sun about her plans to remain an independent and help organize other unaffiliated candidates. She has her eye on running for her old seat in District 61 again, she says, and is waiting for that call from Gov.-elect John Hickenlooper. Sopris Sun: What’s next for you? Curry: I’m not exactly sure.The thing that stands out would be to move forward with organizing independent voters and trying to set up organizations that could help independent candidates move forward. Sopris Sun: What would that look like? Curry: Just look at what the two parties have in place. Independent candidates and independent voters are not organized in terms of independent expenditure groups. Folks that can help coordinate the ground game on Election Day.Volunteer organizations. Each of the major parties has an organization in all 64 counties. Independent candidates don’t have anything like that. I think if I work toward putting in place an organizational structure, a resource entity that people could turn to, it would save them a lot of time and energy and help them compete when they are running.

Sopris Sun: How much of a disadvantage do you think you were at as an independent candidate? Curry: It was more structural. It sounds like mundane stuff but it adds up to votes. Things like whether or not you have volunteers located geographically. I was an incumbent and I knew folks across the district, but if you’re starting out new and trying to run an independent campaign, it would be really hard for those folks to network. They don’t have that built-in framework like that Democrats and Republicans have. Sopris Sun: It sounds like you’re going to stay unaffiliated. Curry: I’m happy right where I am. Especially now that I know you can be successful. I think the campaign went well and the vote count was close, so I’m encouraged to keep going in this direction. Sopris Sun: You didn’t win but you were within 300 votes.What do you think that says? Curry: I know it was actually a closer margin than 300. There were over-votes [votes for two candidates] that my watchers saw that shouldn’t have been counted for my opponents. Had I pursued a recount I think the margin would have narrowed even more. That is really encouraging because it just shows that people are willing to vote for an unaffiliated candidate and are willing to write in.What I take from that 300-vote-or-less loss was that this was really close. Sopris Sun: Is the takeaway that it could be winnable for a write-in candidate? Curry: Yeah, it could be. I learned a lot

about what you need to do that. But I think the takeaway for me is, it’s winnable if you’re an unaffiliated candidate on the ballot. Sopris Sun: How do you think Roger Wilson will be as a representative? Curry: I’m sure he’s going to work real hard and I know he’s going to do his best. Roger, to his credit, was himself on the campaign trail. That’s a good fit for some folks in the district, and then other folks in the district are not going to be pleased at all. That’s the nature of the district, I gotta say. Sopris Sun: Meaning he may be too liberal for some? Curry: Yeah. Just look at the vote count from Silt and New Castle and west of Glenwood. I can tell you right now a lot of the things Roger believes in his heart and a lot of the things he’s going to do are not going to work well for those folks. Having said that, there’s no way you can please everyone in this district. Sopris Sun: Will we see you in politics again? Curry: Oh yeah. Definitely. This was a positive experience in terms of being an unaffiliated candidate and I definitely plan to pursue public office in the future. I haven’t ruled out the House seat. Sopris Sun: Running for your old seat again? Curry: It’s possible. I’m looking at a couple different options. Sopris Sun: What about Congress? Curry: That’s a tough call. I think the need

Kathleen Curry for a less-partisan approach is even more pronounced in terms of serving in Congress, but the hill is really hard to climb. The amount of money, both inside and outside of Colorado, that was spent on the U.S. Senate races and also on Congressional races, it’s intimidating, to be honest with you. Sopris Sun: Is there any talk of a place in the Hickenlooper administration? Curry: You know, the phone’s not ringing off the hook from them. On the other hand, he’s stated publicly that he wants to bring in unaffiliated folks and Republicans. I don’t think my lack of affiliation is a huge hurdle with him based on what he’s told folks: that he’s definitely committed to being inclusive. I don’t know if he’s interested in me or not, but there are definitely some opportunities there that I think would be a great experience and you could do really great work. Especially over in the Department of Agriculture or the Department of Natural Resources.

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The Weekly News Brief The Sopris Sun and the KDNK news departments team up 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.

KDNK holds election, Labor of Love At their annual meeting last Thursday KDNK members elected three new people to full, three-year terms on the radio station’s board of directors.They were: long-time DJ Art Ackerman, incumbent KDNK trustee Laura McCormick, and longtime KDNK-er Susie Darrow. The members also approved a set of changes to the non-profit station’s by-laws, including a provision to allow KDNK to announce its meetings and elections electronically. In other news, KDNK’s annual Labor of Love Auction will take to the airwaves again from 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 29 thru. Dec. 2, and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Dec. 4. A live auction will be held at The Village Smithy on Dec. 3. This year, celebrity auctioneers will announce live closeouts on the air, including comedic columnist Barry Smith, Carbondale Town Trustee John Foulkrod, Aspen Daily News Editor Carolyn Sackariason, and comedian April Clark among others. Listeners can tune in and bid from a list of hundreds of local donated items including love slaves, services, restaurants, gifts, art, classes, sporting goods and workshops.All proceeds support KDNK community radio. To register for the on-air auction and to place bids call 9630139. Download an auction catalog at kdnk.org, or call the studio for one. KDNK broadcasts at 88.1, 88.3 and 88.5 FM.

All systems ‘go’ for Winternational The annual Aspen Winternational featuring Olympic stars Lindsey Vonn of Vail and Julia Mancuso of Squaw Valley, Calif., received the official green light last Thursday as the International Ski Federation confirmed solid snow conditions

for the North American launch of the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup on Thanksgiving weekend. The racing kicks off Saturday, Nov. 27 with giant slalom followed by slalom on Sunday. Fans who don’t head out to the slopes can catch the action on TV on NBC, Versus and Universal Sport. According to the U.S. Ski Team, excellent early-season snow conditions across the Rockies have provided a topnotch pre-Aspen preparation period for U.S. athletes. The early season snow has also provided a rare chance for the team to train on the race hill prior to the races. U.S. athletes were out on the mountain last Friday and Saturday. For the complete Aspen Winternational event schedule go to aspensnowmass.com.

C’dale reiterates medical pot rules Carbonbondale Town Hall released a summary of town and state medical marijuana regulations this week. In the summary, the town reminded residents that Colorado has prohibited any new medical marijuana businesses from being established until after July 2011. The Carbondale Board of Trustees is currently considering a local moratorium that may remain in effect through December, 2011. In the announcement, the town also reminded residents that Carbondale’s zoning codes restrict medical marijuana grow operations and dispensaries to certain districts.Violators can be fined or tossed in jail. The town is currently crafting its own medical marijuana regulations. A draft of those rules will be presented to the trustees during the Dec. 14 meeting. During that meeting the proposed local moratorium. The rules address the security of local medical marijuana grow operations and distribution and sales methods, among other topics.

The following events are drawn from incident reports of the Carbondale Police Department. SATURDAY Nov. 13 At 1:16 a.m. a man called to report that a male in a black mask had entered his home and then gone somewhere. Officers searched the home but failed to find the suspect, then they talked to the caller’s brother, who said he was the one wearing the mask and didn’t realize the police had been called on account of his disguise. Everything turned out OK. SATURDAY Nov. 13 At 3:29 p.m. on Wheel Circle, a woman reported that an elderly man in a small, white, older model station wagon had backed into her Toyota, then fled the scene. SATURDAY Nov. 13 Officers gave four people a ride home from Carnahan’s. SUNDAY Nov. 14 At 11:51 p.m. a resident of Garfield Avenue reported someone was banging on the side of his home with a pipe. Officers searched inside and outside the house but were unable to find anyone, nor did they find any footprints in the fresh snow on the ground. MONDAY Nov. 15 At 3:41 p.m. an officer issued a citation to a driver on Meadowood Drive who had too many people in his back seat – four people to be precise. WEDNESDAY Nov. 17 At 5:39 p.m. a man reported that sometime during the previous night his backpack had been stolen, along with some climbing gear worth $2,500 he’d been keeping inside it. Police ran a background check on the man and discovered an outstanding warrant. Then they sent him to Garfield County Jail. The police did contact a suspect in the robbery but failed to turn up anything conclusive.

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and a literary giant the professor admires, to enter the professor’s dream world. … Twain guides the professor through a fine mystery – and perhaps the greatest literary hoax to be perpetrated in 500 years.” Along the way audiences will be treated to scenes from a handful of the works generally attributed to Shakespeare, including “The Taming of the Shrew,” “The Merchant of Venice,”“A Midsummer Night’s Dream,”“King Lear,” and “Twelfth Night.” Viewers will also be introduced to some of the personalities who might actually have penned the verses, such as the Earl of Oxford, Edward De Vere, and his mistress, the Moorish poet Amelia Bassano Lanier. The production features Winston in the role of the professor and Haugen as his daughter, Delia. “Tempest” also stars Richard Lyon as the Earl of Oxford, Jeff Carlson as

Mark Twain, and Jennica Lundin as Amelia. Heather Miller is stage manager. Winston and Brad Moore designed the set. Haugen and Winston started to collaborate on “Tempest” in February and began rehearsals even before the script was finished. From the way they describe the play it’s evident they’re captivated by the enigma of Shakespeare’s identity. “It’s amazing how many people there are from 1700, including Shakespeare’s granddaughter, who indicated and who believed Shakespeare did not write these plays,” Winston said. “This is not a contemporary conspiracy.” “There are only five known examples of his handwriting. There are five signatures. He could barely write his name. His parents were illiterate,” Haugen said, adding that William Shakespeare’s daughters were illiterate as well, an unlikely legacy for a playwright who was a feminist before the term existed. But while the pair knew they wanted to delve into the Shakespearean controversy, they didn’t expect the author of “Huckleberry Finn” and “Tom Sawyer” to get involved. Mark Twain’s appearance in the script was a surprising but welcome development. “I was completely shocked when Twain showed up,” Haugen said. Haugen and Winston say they also didn’t expect “Tempest” to morph into a broader metaphor for the nature of faith, though they were thrilled when the play did so. “What was interesting about writing it was that it turned out to be something different than what I had imagined at the beginning,” Haugen said. “It suddenly had a more universal theme.” “There’s someone who says, ‘The only thing we can do is to hope to be wrong about Shakespeare in a new way,’ which I think is just wonderful,” she added.

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A journey through a séance into encounters with the spirits of Mark Twain, a 16th century earl and the earl’s brilliant mistress; an investigation of the true identity of William Shakespeare; a crisis of faith, a tale of the relationship between a father and daughter: The Thunder River Theatre Company’s upcoming production is all of these – and it’s also an original creation. The play is titled “A Tempest of the Mind” and was developed and conceived by the theatre company’s artistic directors, Valerie Haugen and Lon Winston. Haugen wrote the script. “Tempest” isn’t TRTC’s first original production – the theatre company wove strands of Greek myth into its three “Greek Shards” between 2001 and 2006 – but it will be the troupe’s first foray into Shakespeare since TRTC staged “Macbeth” nearly a decade ago. Haugen and Winston say they’ve wanted to produce another play by the Bard since then, but they’ve been searching for just the right way to do so. They finally found it in the mystery that shrouds the playwright’s identity. “Tempest” opens Dec. 3 at the TRTC playhouse in Carbondale and continues with performances on Dec. 4, 10-12 and 16-18. A preview will be staged on Dec. 2. All performances begin at 7:30 p.m. except the Sunday matinee on Dec. 12, which starts at 2 p.m. For tickets and more information, visit thunderrivertheatre.com. “Tempest” is the tale of an old professor who has spent his life teaching the works of Shakespeare. But he experiences a crisis of faith when he begins to question just who wrote the plays and sonnets. He experiences a “tempest of the mind,” explains the theatre company, and that turmoil “opens a door allowing Mark Twain, a life-long doubter

There are only five known examples of Shakespeare’s handwriting. He could barely write his name. His parents were illiterate. His daughters were illiterate. That’s an unlikely legacy for a playwright who was a feminist before the term existed.

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Send your scuttlebutt to Scuttlebutt@SoprisSun.com. and back. Sarah got some free Po’ Girl schwag and lots of props for her fast thinking.

Those boots were made for walking Bumper sticker of the week as seen on a blue Subaru Outback at the Third Street Center: “My other car is a pair of boots.�

Happy Birthday This week’s birthday felicitations go to Casey Weaver (Nov. 24), Terra Salamida (Nov. 26), Naomi Pulver (Nov. 29) and to Steve Puzick, who has something extra to celebrate on Thanksgiving Day.

Wanner and Schiller to tie the knot Randy and Beverly Schiller have happily announced that their son, Andrew Schiller, is engaged to be married to Crystal Wanner.Andrew works for SkiCo. Crystal is a student at Colorado Mountain College and works for Habitat for Humanity. Her parents are Ralph and Patricia Wanner of Carbondale.The couple plans to wed next summer.

A woodwind to the rescue It’s not often that someone saves the day with a clarinet, but that’s what happened on Nov. 13 at Steve’s Guitars. The house was packed and Po’ Girl had just launched into its first set when one of the musicians discovered her clarinet was broken. Things were looking grim until Carbondalian Sarah Johnson sprang into action and hurried home to fetch a replacement – her own clarinet, which proved to be the same make and model. Steve Standiford lent a hand by driving her there

A fledgling in the nest Erica and Ryan Sparkhawk are proud parents of a brand new baby girl. Well, not quite brand new, but still pretty darn new. Lucia Montana Sparhawk was born on Oct. 15. Her arrival means that Erica is taking a little time off from her job as an energy coach at CLEER (Clean Energy Economy for the Region) just down the hall from The Sopris Sun in the Third Street Center. Congratulations, Erica and Ryan!

Chilly with a chance of grass Despite this week’s snowstorms, things are still looking a bit weedy up at Spring Gulch, and the cross-country ski area hasn’t yet set its sights on an opening date. That’s the word from Trails Manager and Chief Groomer Megan Larsen, who’s been out prepping the trail signs and tuning up the snowmobiles. She says the Gulch needs at least a foot of the white stuff to get

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Cool, calm and collected: That was the scene at the top of Highlands Bowl on Sat-

urday as the ski area deployed yet another crew of bootpackers to stomp up and down the slopes for avalanche control. Among the crowd on the slopes were Carbondalians Aaron Taylor (front) and Collette Newell (front left). Photo by Terray Sylvester up and running, but whenever that comes, she and her crew will be ready to get out there and start laying track. On the up side,

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Students mobilize continued om page 3 completed two years of college or military service, among other requirements. It would also allow states to offer in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants. The bill didn’t pass in September, but that rally, which was held in Carbondale, attracted about 30 people, and it energized the students to start signing up their peers as members of AJUA. Now, Greene says that between 35 and 55 people have been attending the group’s weekly meetings. The meetings are held at Roaring Fork High School because Carbondale is centrally located, and AJUA has been attracting students from every public high school between Glenwood Springs and Aspen. Its members have also been reaching out to Rifle and Coal Ridge. Teachers have been attending the meetings as well. Last week’s rally in Glenwood Springs was organized after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced they would reintroduce the DREAM Act to Congress this month. Greene said that with a vote expected soon, activists across the country are ramping up their efforts. In the wake of the successful rally last Thursday, Greene said he expects AJUA will experience a surge of energy as well, perhaps leading to another local action before the month is out.

A chance to claim their place “It’s one of those spontaneous combustions of need, really,� said Greene, describing

AJUA’s growth since the rally in Carbondale in late September. “There’s a lot of need for this in the valley,� he continued, “particularly for the DREAM Act but also just need for organization, need for voice, need for recognition, and their need to claim their place in the society in which they’ve grown up.� As Greene sees it, AJUA offers undocumented students opportunity in the midst of what can otherwise be an overwhelming situation. As undocumented students approach the end of high school, Greene said they’re liable to “hit a brick wall,� faced with the reality of how difficult it will be for them to attend college or pursue a career without citizenship papers. To Greene, AJUA offers undocumented students a way to get active and attempt to bridge the gap between the country where they grew up, but in which they’ve never legally lived, and the countries they hardly know, which are officially their homes. “This is really liberating,� he said. “Liberating� is a word that could have come to mind on Nov. 18, when Alex Alvarado, student body co-president of Roaring Fork High School and an active member of AJUA, took the podium at the Glenwood Springs rally and announced that although he has lived in Carbondale since he was two years old, he is not a legal resident of the U.S. During his speech, he said he dreams of attending college and earning a degree in history and a teaching certificate, but that due to his status, he is like“someone who has been living

here for 15 years, but has never lived here.� In an interview with The Sopris Sun, Alvarado said a similar feeling motivates many of AJUA’s members. “Most of us haven’t known each other for years, but we’re going to [the meetings] for the same reason,� he said, “because we all have the same goal in mind.� As Alvarado describes it, the goal is not just to fight for the DREAM Act and to attend college, but also to demonstrate that undocumented immigrants who have grown up in the U.S. can play a positive role in their communities. “Personally I’ve been a part of the Green Team at Mountain Fair. I’ve done a lot of community service. I’m a tutor at the middle school,�he said.“It’s not only me, there are so many people [without papers] who help out in the community.� Alvarado said AJUA is discussing community service programs, from“simple stuff�like adopting a highway, to other efforts such as providing help to local veterans.The point is to “really show how we can help the community despite being undocumented,� he explained.

Not just DREAM Activism Aside from their activism for immigration reform, AJUA members have been working to spread information about immigrant issues, and they’ve been doing so with the support of school staff. Edgar Niebla, one of the leaders of AJUA and a board member of the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition, said AJUA has been invited into both Glenwood Springs and

Basalt high schools to give presentations to the students.The presentations were intended not just for Latino students, but also for their Anglo peers, to help the Anglo students understand what some of their classmates face. And last week, in the lead up to the rally, Alvarado and several other students helped organize two assemblies in Roaring Fork High School. “We really wanted to get the word out to our student body,� Alvarado said. “Our school is really Hispanic and a lot of the Hispanics don’t have their documents. We just wanted to show how a nationwide issue can really affect our school.� Greene and Niebla spoke at the assemblies, and AJUA members screened a film. Then they asked the assembled students to break into groups and work through a set of scenarios an undocumented student might face. Niebla thinks it’s beneficial for students to see school staff taking AJUA seriously.“That way [students] feel like it’s an important movement for them to be part of,� he said. The teachers who have been attending AJUA meetings tend to agree. “I feel strongly that the young people need our support, for us to say, ‘This is absolutely something that’s important to us as a community. I understand your predicament. The situation is unacceptable and we need to do something about it,’� said Alec Raffin, who runs Mpower, a non-profit that offers media literacy programs in the schools. “If you’re not provided an incentive, why would you want to graduate from high school?� he asked.

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Business Briefs People’s Press prints Meriwether book People’s Press, located in the Roaring Fork Valley, has announced the release of the late William Meriwether’s “Visions of Photography Series: The Museum Collection.” A reprint of his original publication, the book celebrates Meriwether’s memory in blackand-white photographs and narratives that take the reader inside his seasoned photographic mind. Meriwether, a resident of Glenwood Springs who died in June, spent 40 years roaming pockets of the Old West with his camera, documenting nature and culture in Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. The “Visions of Photography Series” is an homage to that exploration, which he never tired of, whether by Jeep or on foot. Meriwether had an estimated 20,000 black-and-white prints of western landscapes. He had a special passion for the West’s Hispanic culture, and when looking at his photographs one feels the sense of discovering a long-forgotten adobe mission in a tiny New Mexico town, or a lonely old homestead on a dusty, sage-covered high plain. His images take us through Mansassas, Taos, N.M. and the Rio Grande Gorge, but mostly to nooks and crannies you’ve never heard of. According to Meriwether, “Visions of Photography” is “devoted to seeing beyond the rules, to presenting an aesthetic perspective which offers infinite alternatives.” The son of a trapper who roamed the Flat Tops north of Glenwood, Meriwether started hiking miles into the backcountry at a young age, taught himself photography, and earned his master of fine arts degree at Adams State College in Alamosa. He was an expert at the rare and complex platinum printmaking process, and was a longtime respected photography professor. He hosted more than 40 television programs for PBS and was included in a book with Ansel Adams’ work. For more information, go to peoplespress.org.

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Letters continued om page 2 Re-Coat a Success Dear Editor: We would like to extend a huge thank you to all of the school children, teachers, support staff, hospital employees and volunteers from Aspen to Glenwood who participated in our first annual coat drive. During October we collected over 500 used adults’ and children’s coats in public schools, Aspen Valley Hospital and at Rotary. We had the opportunity to distribute the coats at the Third Street Center in Carbondale on Oct. 30-31 where we passed out over 400 coats. Remaining coats will be donated to our local Lift-Up operation. Without the support and caring of the folks in this valley we would not have been able to outfit over 400 children and adults with warm coats for the winter, Keeping the people in our valley warm – one coat at a time! Kim McKinley RFV Re-Coat Aspen and Basalt

A big shout out Dear Editor: I wanna give a big, heartfelt shout out to Carbondale’s finest! Yes, our C’dale cops. No, I ain’t trying to weasel my way out of that future parking ticket! Our guys and gals are the best. Not only do we have Momma Sopris protecting us from violent weathers and guiding our daily moves, we also have the absolute best peace officers this here country boy has ever encountered. Even though they may have just finished dealing with some furious and completely insane tourist over an obvious and very dangerous speeding ticket, they still greet you with a smile, a friendly handshake/fist bump and/or, in some cases, a sincere hug! Yes, we're blessed throughout the valley with some of the best cops anyone could even wish for, but in Carbondale our force rises to the top of the lot. I’ll tell ya, Gene Schilling (our Top Cop) is doing something right. Even with turnovers because of a low budget and the aforementioned high costs, he culls the cream from the top. It takes a very unique and special type of person to be a cop in Bonedale and Gene knows exactly what that character is. So, next time one of y’all have an encounter with your local cop – especially you

Carbondalians – thank them for the job they do. Like if I don’t say it enough when I see y’all, Thank You! I appreciate what you do. and how y’all do it! Daniel C. “Mac” MecEncletus Carbondale

New trees for Carbondale Dear Editor: This was the first year for our matching grant tree-planting program in Carbondale and it was quite a year, with 19 trees planted over the summer! This new program offers local residents, families, businesses and groups of any kind the chance to sponsor trees to be planted in public areas around Carbondale at a very reasonable cost thanks to a 50 percent contribution from the Kay Brunnier Tree Fund. Sponsored by the Carbondale Tree Board with the financial support of our very own tree angel, Kay Brunnier, and with the hard work and wonderful support provided by Larry Ballenger, Tony Coia and Smiley Wise of Carbondale’s Public Works Department, a total of 19 new trees were sponsored by individuals and then planted by the town in parks and along streets throughout Carbondale this summer. All of these trees remember and honor someone or some time that is very special to the sponsor, and there are plaques affixed to each tree or group of trees explaining what type of tree it is and to whom the tree is dedicated. We hope that as you see and enjoy these trees around town, you will remember one of your neighbors sponsored it and that now the whole community can enjoy the beauty, the shade and the other environmental benefits from them that will only increase over time. Thanks to Kay’s ongoing support, the tree fund is continuing to offer the Carbondale community the opportunity to sponsor the planting of trees next summer. If you or your group is interested in sponsoring one or more trees or would like more information about the program and the types of trees we are planting for Carbondale’s future, please visit our website at carbondaletree.org or call Tony Coia at the town of Carbondale, 963-1307. William Lukes Chairman Carbondale Tree Board

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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.

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MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest” (R) at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 26-Dec. 2 plus a 2 p.m. matinee on Nov. 27; “Mao’s Last Dancer” (PG) at 5 p.m. Nov. 26-27 and “Conviction” (R) at 5 p.m. Nov. 28. CLOSED THANKSGIVING DAY NOV. 25.

BENEFIT MUSICAL • “Grande Old Dame,” a joyful musical production about the history of the Hotel Colorado, will play at 7 p.m. on Nov. 28 after a cocktail reception and live auction beginning at 5:30 p.m. Dinner will be served. On Nov. 28 a matinee production with lunch plays at 12:30 p.m., followed by a dinner production at 6 p.m. All productions are at the Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs. Admission is $100 to the Nov. 27 events, $35 for the matinee, $55 for the Nov. 28 dinner production. Proceeds benefit ChildHelp River Bridge. Info: 945-8948.

LIVE MUSIC • Gneiss plays classic rock at 10 p.m. in Carnahan’s Tavern, 403 Main St.

LIVE POETRY • The Aspen Poets’ Society hosts an open mic night at the Hotel Lenado in Aspen from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Live music and an open mic for all poets. The featured poet is Suzanne Bronson. Drink specials. Info: 379-2136.

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present Handel’s “Messiah,” directed by Ray Adams. The performances will happen on Dec. 7 and 8 at the First United Methodist Church at 824 Cooper Ave. in Glenwood Springs, and on Dec 10 and 11 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church at 533 Main St. in Aspen. All shows start at 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. Suggested donation $10 at the door.

LIVE MUSIC • Ric Rock and the Roosters play classic rock at 10 p.m. at Carnahan’s Tavern, 403 Main St. LIVE MUSIC • Rivers Restaurant at 2525 Grand Ave. in Glenwood Springs presents Bad Willie at 9 p.m. No cover. Info: 928-8831.

MONDAY Nov. 29 ANDES PRESENTATION • The Aspen Center for Environmental Studies at 100 Puppy Smith St. in Aspen presents A View from the Andes with native Quechua visitors from Taquile Island, Lake Titicaca, at 6 p.m. Weaving demonstration, textile bazaar, slide show, folk music and dance, lecture. Info: taquilefriends.blogspot.com, 925-5756.

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ART OPENING • The Red Brick Center for the Arts at 110 E. Hallam St. in Aspen holds an opening reception for Cecilia Anthony, Tori-Mitas-Campisi, Elizabeth Farson, Jeannine Hough and more artists from 5 to 7 p.m. Info: 429-2777.

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CRMS MUSICAL • The Colorado Rocky Mountain School presents “Seussical the Musical,” based on Dr. Seuss’ most famous books, at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the CRMS barn. Buy tickets at the door, $5 for students and

Dec. 5

HOLIDAY CONCERT • The Mountain Madrigal Singers present a holiday concert at 1:30 p.m. at the First United Church, 824 Cooper Ave., Glenwood Springs. Seniors admitted free. Seniors may make a reservation for a ride to and from the concert with The Traveler by calling 945-9117 by Dec. 1. Snacks provided.

Dec. 7-11

THE MESSIAH • The Aspen Choral Society and the Glenwood Community Chorus

Dec. 9

ART SHOW • Zheng Asian Bistro at 400 E. Valley Road in El Jebel presents the work of local painter Dennis Dodson from 5 to 7:30 p.m. The show is called, “Insider Outsider Art: Finding the Sociological

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Dec. 10

ART SHOW • The Ann Korologos Gallery at 211 Midland Ave. in Basalt presents A Midwinter’s Evening of Art at 5:30 p.m. Over 45 works of art displayed in silent auction format. Info: korologosgallery.com, 927-9668.

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CHRISTMAS BAZAAR • Crystal Meadows Senior Housing at 1250 Hendrick Drive presents a Christmas Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Commons Room IV.

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Ongoing SNOWMASS FUTSAL • The Snowmass Village coed Futsal League kicks off Dec. 12 with games on Sundays from 5 to 8 p.m. $395 per team, eight teams maximum. Registration deadline is Dec. 6. Info: 922-2240. HPC MEETS • Carbondale’s Historic Preservation Commission meets the first Thursday of each month at town hall starting at 6:30 p.m. PILATES & BALLET • Coredination Pilates Studio, located at the Third Street Center,” offers pilates and ballet classes for adults and teens. Info: 379-2187. GROUP RUN • Independence Run and Hike at 995 Cowen Drive leads group runs, Saturdays at 8:15 a.m. rain or shine. Info: 704-0909. 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. Info: 948-0693.

SCRABBLE ACTION • Dos Gringos hosts scrabble night from 6 to 8 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month beginning Nov. 16. GOLDBERG SHOW • Ceramicist Anne Goldberg’s current show at S.A.W. is titled “New Work” and will be up through Dec. 8. S.A.W. is located at 978 Euclid and is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday or by appointment at 379-5050. RED BRICK SHOW • The Red Brick Gallery presents the exhibition Red Brick Biennial through Nov. 24. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Info: 429-2777. MATINEE BINGO • It’s matinee BINGO time in the Rominger Room at Crystal Meadows senior housing after lunch every Wednesday. It’s five cents per card, and large print cards are available. Info: 704-1579. OPEN MIC • Rivers restaurant in Glenwood Springs holds an open mic night with Jammin’ Jim every Wednesday from 8 to 11 p.m. through November. HARPIST PLAYS • Russets restaurant presents classical harpist Elise Helmke every Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. MAYOR’S COFFEE HOUR • Chat with Carbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot on Tuesdays from 7 to 8 a.m. at The Village Smithy, located 26 S. Third 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: 963-4498.

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Community Briefs Yule Fest benefits Basalt High School

Grin and ‘bear’ it

The Second Annual Yule Fest: An Arts and Food Festival will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Dec. 4, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 5 at Basalt High School. Organized by the student council, Yule Fest is a chance for artists and craftsmen from the Roaring Fork Valley and western Colorado to showcase and sell their artwork to the community. The event includes live music, Santa Claus and his elves, a magician and great hourly door prizes. An international food court will be available for hungry shoppers. The festival is a fundraiser for Basalt High School clubs and student organizations. Admission is free and donations will be accepted.

Brrrrrr, the Operation Smile student club at the Colorado Rocky Mountain School is encouraging local runners to dig out their bathing suits for a chilly footrace on Dec. 4. The club, which helps provide surgery to children with cleft lips and palates in developing countries, is raising money with a Polar Bear Run. The race includes a 1-mile adults’ event and a 2-mile competition for kids 14 and under. It starts at the Carbondale Recreation Center at 11 a.m. Registration opens at 9 a.m. The first 100 people who register will receive free T-shirts, and prizes will be awarded to the top three finishers in each event. The event also includes a fully clothed fun run. Registration is $15 for adults, $10 for kids and $10 for the fun run. Refreshments will be served and contestants are reminded to bring warm clothes for after the event. The event is sure to make you smile – or at least “bear” your teeth in the cold.

Symphony in the Valley’s Hollywood Holiday Symphony in the Valley, The Roaring Fork Valley’s community orchestra, presents Hollywood Holiday, a fun pops concert that starts with memorable movie scores and ends with your favorite holiday tunes. The show starts with hits from the Hollywood movies “Star Wars,” “Phantom of the Opera” and “Pirates of the Caribbean.” Then the orchestra shifts to holiday favorites – just the ticket for getting into the holiday spirit. Conductor Carlos Elias and the super-sized community orchestra play the best of Hollywood and the holidays. The concerts will be Friday, Dec. 3, at 7:30 p.m. at Glenwood Springs High School, and Sunday, Dec. 5, at 4 p.m. at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen. Tickets can be purchased at the door for the Glenwood Springs show. They cost $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $30 for families. Tickets for the Aspen show are $15, and are available from the Wheeler Box Office, AspenShowTix.com, or at the door. For more information, visit SITV.org.

Clay Center hosts 13th Annual Cup Auction The Carbondale Clay Center will host its annual cup auction fundraiser from 6 to 9 p.m. on Dec. 3 at the center on Main Street. The cup auction is a chance to celebrate the holiday season and also shop for some great, one-of-akind gifts. It includes food, drink and cups of all shapes and sizes, including creations by local but nationally known artists such as Doug Casebeer, James Surls, Sarah Moore and K Cesark. For more information call 963-2529. The evening will open with a member’s preview at 5 p.m.

Aspen Shortsfest deadline approaches Heads up, filmmakers! The regular entry deadline for the Aspen Shortsfest 2011 international film competition is Dec. 3. The late deadline is Dec. 17. Shortsfest is currently

accepting submission of live-action, documentary and animation short films and videos. Winning entries stand to receive cash and other prizes. The film festival will take place April 5 through 11, 2011. “For nearly two decades, Aspen Shortsfest has created a vital exhibition platform for this underappreciated art form,” says Aspen Film Program Director George Eldred. “Our international competition serves as a launching pad for emerging talent and provides an inspiring rendezvous point for filmmakers from all over the world. While shorts enjoy wider exposure today, the big-screen festival experience, with its camaraderie, remains unique as a touchstone for creators and appreciators of short cinema.” Complete competition guidelines are available at aspenfilm.org.

CCAH to host holiday exhibit During the First Friday festivities on Dec. 3, the Carbondale Council on the Arts and Humanities will host its annual holiday exhibit, entitled “Made by Hand, From the Heart,” curated by Diane Kenney. The show is traditionally a showcase for finely made, handcrafted art, and this year is no exception. The exhibit will feature the work of 20 regional artists working in a variety of materials, including glass, clay, wood, metal, jewelry, collage, encaustic and paintings. Artists include Camy Britt, Doug Casebeer, K. Cesark, Mark Cesark, Cathy Crenshaw, Spencer Crouch, Holly Curcio, Alison and Steve Finn, Sam Harvey, Majid Kahhak, Diane Kenney, Peg Malloy, Alleghany Meadows, David Moore, Darrell Munsell, Brad Reed Nelson, David Powers, Pam Taylor and Antonia Zoutenbier. The Dec. 3 opening takes place from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the CCAH Center for the Arts in the Third Street Center. A members-only preview will takes place Dec. 2 from 6 to 8 p.m. For more information, call 963-1680 or go to carbondalearts.com.

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Healing the whole patient with the integral method A number of years ago I was introduced to Dr. Elliott Dacher, a pioneer in the science and practice of whole health. Dr. Dacher published two books in 1996 that deeply influenced my view of health and the potential for healing available to us when we consider not just a disease state but the whole person, as well as the environment and the societal influences that affect that person’s potential for healing. The books are titled “Whole Healing” and “Intentional Healing.” In 2004 I heard Dr. into Dacher speak at the annual conference for the by Rita Marsh International Society for RN, BSN the Study of Subtle Energy and Energy Medicine in Boulder. He stated that our personal healing, as well as our capacity to assist others in their own healing, is dependent upon our ability to access higher levels of consciousness and their naturally emergent qualities of wisdom, wholeness, peace, love and compassion. To attain such an uncommon health and life requires that we invest in the development of our inner life – our consciousness. Utilizing the wisdom that has been left to us by the great sages we can each tap into this singular essence of all healing practices. What Dr. Dacher introduced in this keynote address was his capacity to see beyond the world of integrative medicine that he had been involved in for many years –

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his ability to see to the evolutionary viewpoint of integral health, healing and wholeness. The results of his years of practice and study are now captured in the book, “Integral Health: The Path to Human Flourishing,” published in 2006. Dr. Dacher explains that the evolution of medicine in modern times has been from conventional (allopathic), to alternative and complementary, to integrative and now to integral. Conventional medicine can be defined as the traditional approaches of medical science. Alternative and complementary medicine derive from a combination of healing approaches outside of the mainstream of western medical science. Integrative medicine is the merging of conventional, alternative and complementary approaches under a single umbrella of care. Each of the preceding approaches, as they are currently and predominantly practiced in western culture, primarily focus on the biological or physical aspects of healing. It is the recognition that these approaches have not addressed the whole person (and therefore limit what can be achieved in health and healing) that has driven the development of an integral approach. The term “integral” is applied to the expansion of the health and healing process to address the entire range of the human experience: biological, psychospiritual, relational and cultural. The expansion of consciousness, the inner aspect of healing (rather than the outer “medical tool kit”) is a central aspect of the integral approach. The aim of integral medicine is broader than all preceding approaches to health and healing. The aim is to gain freedom from suffering and to experience the flourishing of the full potential of our humanity – the natural arising of an inner peace, wholeness, love, compassion and joy. This can only be achieved with an integral approach to healing that considers all aspects of the human condition.

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Dr. Dacher explains that in conventional medicine, a practitioner approaches the individual from the perspective of the physical symptoms and disease, limiting the diagnosis and treatment options to those of western science. An alternative and complementary practitioner focuses on the physical symptoms and disease from the perspective of a particular training (acupuncture, chiropractic, nutritional, etc.) and a diagnostic and treatment plan is formulated in relation to the particular specialty. An integrative practitioner combines conventional and alternative approaches to offer a broader spectrum of choices when treating the individual’s symptoms or disease. An integral practitioner approaches the patient by looking at his or her entire life circumstance – biological, psychosocial, relational and cultural – focusing on the whole person rather than the disease or symptom. The integral healer is personally dedicated to a transformative process for themselves as the driving force for a larger healing, healing accomplished not merely through biological knowledge but through a personal understanding of, and growth into, a larger consciousness. An expanding consciousness is a key ingredient of an integral process. For more on Dr. Dacher’s work go to elliottdacher.org. To experience local workshops and programs based on the integral health approach check out the “Events” link at davinikent.org.

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Excluding frame of mind, slush funds, and über ge- good, but an unexpected passing, which was hard. netics, all young pups eventually slow down. Similarly, “Good and hard” often sums up a mountain dog’s life. every year it seems like a few more mountain dogs pass Just for the record, I’m not talking “hard” as in being away, which always gets me thinking chained up outside all winter long, I’m talkabout mortality and dog years. ing “hard” as in falling off of cliff bands As in recently, converted to dog years, I while chasing after marmots, tearing toespent 36 days in the Florida Keys – six of nails running after deer and occasionally those days plunking plastic jigs in the emerging from a day outside with slashes or sloughs and channels of the Everglades for angry looking divots from snaking through largemouth and peacock bass, approxibarbed wire at 15 miles per hour. And in mately 21 days fighting 30-knot winds Milo’s case I’m talking “hard” as in standand overcast skies on coral and eel grass ing all day long in a horizontal snowstorm bottomed flats. Throw in a bunch of travel while icicles formed off his chest in the indays. Probably at least 11 total days playfamous Frying Pan Flats below the “Toilet ing online “Halo” and watching “EastBowl.” bound and Down,” and there you have my God love a good mountain dog. The dog day vacation. Luckily, from beginning fishing, hiking, skiing, biking, passengerto end, I only spent 12 human days of my By Cameron Scott seat-hogging, beaver-crap-rolling sort of life in this minor state of sloth. kind. The leave me at home and Upon arriving back to the I’ll knock down the trash, chew Roaring Fork Valley, the first thing apart your avalanche transceiver I did was poke my head in the fly and sunglasses kind. The tail shop to talk about fishing. A little wagging through sage brush, wag the dog never hurts, and I rose hips, and skunk cabbage was in need of a good case of it kind. The kind who spends all after the rough fishing I’d just had. day eating grass hoppers, dead A guide and a few shop customers fish and voles then plants a big and clients were milling around, sloppy kiss in your open-awed and so after exploding fist bumps, mouth. Yeah, that kind. handshakes, and back slaps, I First thing I did after hearfaded against the display case to ing about Milo was to pick up see what had been going on since my own dog, Scout, and head I’d left. And then it hit me, I learned that a favorite guide dog named Milo had sud- into the hills to go on one of my favorite fence-hopdenly passed away. It was a quick passing, which was ping runs. Scout and I are currently both about the

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We’ve abandoned the world of tap water and cell phone coverage for cold rivulets of snow-melt coursing through corn lilies and skunk cabbage. This is the peak of our lives where we move across worlds to the rasp and scrape of rose hips, clatter of rocks down scree fields. And still I cannot make sense of this great void. It is as if we were hunting, always teetering between instinct and domestication. But only one of us ever catches something bright in the underbrush before leaping into the green, and disappearing. – Cameron Scott

same age, and I’ve noticed that although we are both slowing down a little bit and getting grey around our muzzles, we both like to pretend we are 10 years younger. “Good luck, Scout,” I’ll yell as she hurdles over the downed trunk of an aspen after a squirrel. In turn, she’ll come back winded and continue loping along with me while giving me over-the-shoulder glances as to why I didn’t join in. As always, my answer, between her stopping and eating portions of a dead carcass left over from hunting season, is that in dog years I’m just a tad under 100.

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Roaring Fork’s Landon Garvik was chosen to play in the Colorado Coaches of Girls Sports all-state volleyball games at BroomďŹ eld High School on Nov. 21. Garvik played on the 3A blue team which won its game in three sets. The team was coached by Roaring Fork Head Coach Carrie Shultz. Photo by Lynn Burton

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