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Redstone held its annual “Grand Illumination” ceremony on the day after Thanksgiving, complete with a bonfire and fireworks at the Redstone Inn (above, with the Hawkins clan — Clay, Jim and Sharill — in the foreground) luminaria all along the main drag (far right, accompanied by electric lights on the south bridge) and caroling (right, at the Redstone Art Gallery).

Photos by Will Grandbois

If you missed it, have no fear. There’s still “Light Up Carbondale” on Dec. 1.

Catch Santa at The Launchpad from 3 p.m. until 5:15, when he’ll head out on of zombies out forService the annual pub and crawl around downtown Carbondale the evening of Oct. 21. Diners lucky enough to be in Town his sleighAtohorde light the big tree turned by the Forest Building then proceed for thePlaza popular eatery’s last supper grateful notAfter only that, because they were able to enjoy one more dinner before the restaurant closed, to the Fourth Street to brighten up the restwere of downtown. butwill alsoplay because weretunes safe from the Carbondale Middle School band somethey holiday whilethe theinsatiable thirst of creepy creatures like Kelly Hedrick. crowd enjoys refreshments by the fire, sleigh rides and a wide array ofPhoto other by Jane Bachrach First Friday activities around town.

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How about one holiday at a time?

A A former former wildlife wildlife officer’s officer’s perspective perspective on on the the Crystal Crystal Trail Trail

By John Seidel ByJohn Judith Ritschard By Seidel Retired DOW Biologist and Retired DOW and Journal I’mRoaring trying Biologist toFork like Valley Christmas.

I really am, but there’s a bit of ormer columnist. ormer Valleythis Journal columnist. dread Roaring that sets Fork in around time of year as I think ahead to all I see through the local papers that the proposed Crystal Valley trail that comes with madness.

It’s likeCrystal cyclingValley against I seebeing through the the localholiday papers that the traila s still considered for placement onproposed the east side of the Crystal strong headwind.

The other day I admitted to my kids s still being considered for placement thediscussed east sideand of the Crystal River.

This controversial placement hason been rejected by that IThis didn’t really likeplacement Christmas and they lookedand at rejected by River. controversial been discussed he public, local governments, local has environmental organizations and mestate likeColorado Ilocal needed to beand checked into a mental instihe public, governments, local environmental organizations and he Parks Wildlife Division (CPW).

I am surprised tution.

My older son gasped in disbelief as he said, he state Colorado Parks and Wildlife Division (CPW).

I am surprised hat Pitkin County, who has led both the state and na“How dare you?”

Sorry, kid. hat Pitkin County, who has led both the state naional efforts to protect natural habitats andand placed It seems every year my anxiety, or Scrooginess, ional efforts to protect natural and placed wildlife as a significant value for itshabitats citizens, is even con-or whatever wanttrail tovalue call it earlier. certainly wildlife as ayou significant forsets its in citizens, is Iteven conidering placing this in undisturbed wildlife habitat. doesn’t help that in mid-October I saw the chocolate idering placing this trail in undisturbed wildlife habitat.

I was assigned to the Carbondale District for the Colsurprise advent calendars at theDistrict store.

We I was assigned the Carbondale the Colorado Division ofto Wildlife (DOW) ingrocery 1972for and served hadn’t even gone trick-or-treating yet! orado Division of Wildlife (DOW) in 1972 and served n that capacity until 1978. I worked with Aspen DOW The crazy thing, however, is with that mapping I haveDOW close n that capacity until 1978.

I worked Aspen officer Allen Whitaker in identifying and sigofficer Allen in and mapping sigfriends whoWhitaker don’t mind the Christmassy nificant wildlife habitat foridentifying Pitkin County instuff 1974.sneakWe nificant wildlife habitat for Pitkin County in 1974.

We ing its way long before December.

They are like Sanalso helped write land use regulations that would protect also helped write land use regulations that would protect ta’s elves chomping at the bit to put up their tree, hese habitats. This was groundbreaking and one of the and decorate hese habitats. was groundbreaking and one of the every inch in ofThis their house in a way wildlife that would make the front first counties the state to incorporate habitat first counties in the state to incorporate wildlife habitat cover of Martha Stewart Living.

I’m baffled by it all.

And don’t get n its planning and zoning regulations. nme its planning regulations. started onand Black Friday.

Willingly in an River angry This decision, to zoning locate the trail on the putting east sideyourself of the Crystal Thisbe decision, toeighty locate trail on the east side ofme Crystal River mosh pit to save dollars a TV makes really question would contrary to thisthe long standing valuation ofthe wildlife habitat would be contrary to this long standing valuation of wildlife habitat sanity.

Or what about Christmas carols playing outside npeople’s the county.

Since the ’70s there has been a tremendous amount of n the county.

Since the ’70s there has been a tremendous amount of the month of December?

Oh, don’t get me started on that development in this narrow valley that has reduced the usable either! habidevelopment in this narrow valley that has reduced the usable habiIs it too much to ask that we limit “O Come, All Ye Faithful” at by the historic populations of the many wildlife species that use thisto at by athe historic of theamany wildlife that use thisa just Or better yet, few days? valley asfew theweeks? last populations habitats available to them.

Elkspecies were originally valley as theasked last available them.

Elk were originally a I have myself why I feeltoand such dread this time year. plains animal thathabitats occupied the plains river bottoms of theofstate. plains animal that occupied the plains and river bottoms of the state.

What I’ve come up withofisthese that areas the expectations are other too high.

We Continuous development drove these and species Continuous development of these areasareas. drove these and other species are the all supposed toand be running around with These goodwill and joy comnto mountains less accessible habitats are the nto the and less accessible These ingones outmountains of our you-know-whats atelse allareas. times.

We’re supposed be ast available; there is nowhere left for themhabitats to use. aretothe ast ones available; there is nowhere else left for them to use. baking cookies, charging our credit cards to buy gifts most people I am surprised that this issue is still being debated. The State DiviI am surprised thatfor thisover issue is still being The StateisDividon’t or want and wrapping presents in paper that most ion of need Wildlife has 30 years as adebated. respected professional ion of continuously Wildlife hastossed for over 30 years a the respected likely going to be inagainst landfill theasnext day. agency advised locating trail onprofessional the east side agency continuously advised locating theistrail onThis the east side back to Christmastime when was athe kid. was one of theI think river.

The push to locateagainst it on the east Iside life-long dream of the river.

The push to locate it on the east side is the life-long dream the Will few and times year we’donmake thatTennenbaum long distance ofofDale hasper been passed to Gary of call Opento of Dale Will and has been on to GaryChristmas Tennenbaum of Open our family members whopassed were celebrating in Brazil and Space and Trails.

Space and Trails.

Mexico.

More often than not the phone connection was soaddipoor A bike trail up the Crystal River valley would be a very nice Ato bike up thebe Crystal River would beand a very nice addimy parents could heard across the house yelling, “Feliz Naviion thetrail extensive trail system of valley Pitkin County western Colion to the extensive trail system of Pitkin County and western dad!”It orcould “Felizbe Natal!” was worth being little forand theColrest orado. placedItalong the west side of hoarse the river the orado. could be placed the westawho side of theso river the of theItday toright-of-way get to talk along to loved ones lived far and away.

Highway 133 would provide wonderful experience to I Highway 133 right-of-way would provide aeither. wonderful experience to don’t remember presents being the focus We usually got one he biking public.

The scenic wonders of this beautiful valley will be he biking public.

The scenic wonders of this beautiful valley will be enjoyable from the side that of theseemed river. The trail along Colbig gift from ourwest parents to bike satisfy our littlethe Christenjoyable from the west side the river.Its The bike along theInterColorado River has become veryofmemorable popular. location next to the mas desires.

But, the most part oftrail the holidays were orado River has become very popular.

Itsriver location next tomy theare Intertate not even by its users. the canyon the the in friends andnoticed family, and food,The loads ofand food like mom’s tate in noticed by its users.beThe andCrystal the canyon the ocus ofnot theeven users.

The same could saidriver of the Valleyare Trail. ocus of the users. The same could be said of the Crystal Valley Trail.

The natural grandeur of this beautiful valley will thrill visitors no mathomemade tamales.of this beautiful valley will thrill visitors no matThe natural ter what sidegrandeur the trail is placed on.

My parents wereisknown to take in “orphaned” immigrants ter Providing what side access the trail on. to theplaced east side to the river in Avalanche Creek and from all over the world.

Whether was a few of the nannies who Providing access to the east side toitto the river in Avalanche Creek Filoha Meadows will provide access significant habitat that willand be worked for the wealthier families in Aspen, or a friend of a friend Filoha Meadows willtrails provide to significant that will be degraded by bandit andaccess off track intrusions.habitat Mountain bikers and all trails his friends who worked at a nearby hotel. Our degraded and off track intrusions.

Mountain appear to by be abandit pioneering species.

They seek out new trails andbikers ways holiday tablespecies. was crowded andout resembled United appear to bein a previously pioneering They seek new trailsThe and ways of traveling untracked forests and meadows.

I have no Nations with people from different countries coming of traveling in previously untracked forests and meadows.

I have no doubt that these users will gain access from the east side of the Crystogether.

Their families were far away but together we doubt that these users will gain access from the east side of the Crystal up old mine roads in Filoha meadows and reach elk made this day special for all of us.

Our collective joy tal up old mine roads in Filoha meadows and reach elk trails that follow the ridge line from Hawk Peak down somehow Christmas pretty magical. trails that made follow the ridge line from Hawk Peak down to Elephant Mountain.

Enforcement of closures of eiIt sounds like a cheesy Christmas was to Elephant Mountain.

Enforcement oftoclosures either seasonal or new trails has provenmovie, be but veryitof diffinothing like the holiday movies on the Hallmark chanther seasonal or new trails has proven to be very difficult, and non-compliance has demonstrated that some nel.

There were partiesand with matching cult, andusers non-compliance has demonstrated that some of these dono notformal respectdinner regulations restrictions. china, no Pinterest perfect wrapped gifts that piled to of these users do not respect regulations and restrictions.

Kevin Wright, a retired wildlife officer for bothupthe our ceiling.

Our tree may have looked more like a CharKevin Wright, a retired wildlife officer for both the Carbondale and Aspen districts, has in his letter of Carbondale andspelled Aspen districts, has in his letter of lie Brown treeout —the small andand weighed down March 23,Christmas 2017 science studies that March 23, 2017 spelled out the science and studies that with a hodge podge of homemade ornaments.

And still support his professional opinion that the placement of support his professional opinion the placement of there was beauty in the nature it that all.negative this trail onimperfect the east side willofhave effects on this trail on the east side will have negative effects on And, maybe that is the big lesson here as we head into the holiresident wildlife populations. Rick Thompson, a long resident wildlife populations.

Rick Thompson, a to long day madness.

Maybe remembering that not everything has be time private wildlife consultant with a history of peer timeis private wildlife consultant with history of peer picture perfect how I will learn to make peacea with Christmas reviewed studies and respected positions on numerous developments reviewed studies and respected positions on numerous developments instead of justslope, enduring it. with I have to remind myself and thatwarnings. there are on the western agreed Kevin’s assessments on the western slope, agreed with Kevin’s assessments and no rules.

Just as each family is different, so is each way ofwarnings. celebratWhat is the motivation to put this trail on the east side? Why would What is the motivation to put this trail on the east side?

Why would ing this holiday, even if that means giving myself permission to not your county which has supported and protected wildlife habitats for your county which has supported and protected wildlife habitats be overjoyed by it all. almost 50 years disregard the science and experience of expertsfor to almost 50 years the science and store experience experts to I don’t have disregard to have the tree, set foot in placate the ideological desire bydepartment a few individuals, with or aofnarrow and placate the ideological a few individuals, a narrow and a crowded mall, nordesire bake by Christmas treats towith celebrate.

I don’t single track focus. single track have to Grange, befocus. the frazzled parent of who eachMeadows, night tries to think up Kelly historic owner Filoha offered to sell Kelly Grange, historic ofthat Filoha Meadows, offered sell some newin way to owner prop forsaken Elfenergy on atoShelf me thisclever property 1976.

Ron up Shore, aGod pioneer in solar use me this property 1976.

Ronto Shore, pioneer in solar energy use Ivalley, don’t havein to say everyawe holiday party invitation, or inguy. the went with me yes and together evaluated the hot springs in the valley, went with me and together we evaluated the hot springs every holiday treat that crosses my path.

And, I can certainly tell on the property for use in heating single family homes. We calculated on property for use inhomes heatingwith single homes.

We mythe in-laws are just doing our own thing this on year.

That may that we couldwe heat 10-12 thefamily hot springs thecalculated property. that we could heat 10-12 homesinup with springs on the juststood include hiding at home front ofhot our fireplace in property. my We in the meadow looked atthe Chair Mt and decided thatnonneiWe stood in theunderwear meadow looked up at Chair MtWould and decided neiChristmassy if Ithis choose. ther of us wanted to develop beautiful spot.

Pitkinthat County ther of us wanted to develop this beautiful spot.

Would Pitkin County most this likely it will include tromping the snow haveBut, allowed development on this parcel? through I think not.

Why have on this not. Why downallowed by impact? the this riverdevelopment where my boys loveparcel? lookingI think for wildlife.

We allow this allow thisexisting impact? may or may notland finduse the codes time to makeprohibit seed ornaments again and Your would this development if Your existing land use codes prohibit development if hang them in athe woods for thewould birds.

For sure,this we willlethave fambeing done by private individual or corporation.

Why a public being done by a private individual or corporation.

Why let a public ily ski do days a hill or two on a sled.

We will drink our agency it?and Stickflytodown your principles; support knowledge and science agency do Stick to your principles; support and science weight init? hot chocolate.

And will make sure to not take our boys over emotion and ideology.

Thiswe is obvious to knowledge anyone, just bioloover This is cart obvious tofood anyone, notUp. just biolowithemotion us when we ideology. fill ourundisturbed grocery withside for river Lift Maybe gists, that this and trail on the east of the would degists, that this trail on the undisturbed east side of the river would degrade the habitats.

Do the right along thing. Locate this needed trail along I’ll even catch myself singing to a Pandora Christmas stagrade the habitats.

Do the right thing.

Locate needed trail along the transportation corridor of Hwy AsI don’t onethis who rodethat his bike on tion while we unwrap a tamale or133. two. know; all that the transportation corridor of Hwy 133.aAs oneiswho rodeJust his bike Hwy 133pretty during the eratoofme. coal trucks; trail needed. buildon it sounds perfect Hwy during the eraItofwill coal a trail needed. for Justitsbuild it along133 the existing road. betrucks; safe and very is enjoyable users. along the existing road. It will be safe and very enjoyable for its users.

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Carbon fee and dividend is the answer ernment adopting a carbon fee and divisite, take a look for yourself. Even if the

Save the aesthetics of the Dearthe Editor: Save aesthetics of the Crystal River Valley On Nov. 15, I attended the environCrystal River Valley Dear Editor:

most un-urban place.place a fee on carbon Governments that if wasn’t they control the environment know and water currently dend.

This would most un-urban place.

Governments know that if they Nowhere control the Less invasive options include widening dialogue, they control the issues. in per ton. The money earned by placing a fee being polluted by our current dirty gas Less invasive options include widening dialogue, they control the issues.

Nowhere in the highway shoulders by a few feet where the opinion gathering process has there been and coal mines, the data has proven there on carbon would go back to households. mental event: Eco-Talks, sponsored by our the highway shoulders by a few feet where the opinion gathering process has there been Dear Editor: and money beginning trailinto at the residents to oppose any addiI’m U.S. deeply concerned the chapter, Open feasible areoption morefor jobs generated and profits creIn our only, pockets, goesthe back the an local Green Buildingabout Council only, andPass beginning the trail at the an option forWildlife residents to oppose anyan addiI’mand deeply concerned about the Open top of McClure the costly tional path. is also not given opSpace Trails proposedhotel. trail through the feasible economy, not held bybypassing the government. ated by shifting industries. at the Aspen Limelight of McClure Pass bypassing the costly tional path.

Wildlife is also notevidently given anthey opSpace and Trails proposed through the top invasive construction the valley. forcarbon “none of the Crystal Valley.

It hastrail been my do home fee andabove”— dividend pays back to On C.C.L’s website,within a survey from tionA TheRiver room was packed.

How you and and invasive construction within the valley. tion for “none of the above”— evidently they Crystal River Valley.

It has been my home No trail shows should the alsobenefits be an option. speak English or have online access. or thirty years and I still thrill atno itssnow beauty all Americans.

REMI of a carbon fee don’t fill a room in November with on trailRobert shouldMoses also be option. speak or have online access. orI thirty years and133.

I stillI,thrill its beauty NoLike thean builder of bridges and don’t OST has English conveniently deflected as drive Highway doatmany, dividend stating it would, “reduce Natalie Rae Fuller attention the mountain?

You fillI,itas with localslove con- and Like Robert Moses the builder of bridges and OST has conveniently deflected attention as I drive Highway 133. as do many, love found, if you it theybelow will come. from theCarbondale “none of the above” option ocerned hike and bike and find no shortage of highways CO2 emissions 52 build percent 1990 away about climate change.

Today, doing highways found, if you build it they will come. away from the “none of the above” option o hike and bike and find no shortage of Thank you for your time and consideration. to focus attention on where a path should hese opportunities now.

I have studied the levels in 20 years and would recycle the nothing isn’t helping, weI have have studied to resistthe the Thank you for your time and consideration. to focus attention on where a path conclushould hese opportunities now.

Jacqueline Dearborn go — like its existence is a foregone plans, both A and B. I find no good reason Passing the torch is a foregone conclurevenue creating an economic consumption of B. fossil fuel.no good reason Jacqueline Dearborn stimulus go —— likeand its existence plans, bothupon A and I find Marble sion has garnered opinion in a o embark a decades-long costly projthat adds 2.8 million jobs to the economy.”

Dear Editor: How? Carbon fee and dividend.

Marble sion —process and has garnered opinion in a o embark upon a decades-long costly projskewed gain an answer they want, ect that will produce endless traffic delays, I believe investment and infrastructure skewed After nearlyto 12 years of “celebrating I leftwill learning something important and process to gain an answer they want, ect that produce endless traffic delays, None of the above on Crystal Trail as Delia in Malone and others ntroduce guardrails, pullouts, and a in the new job sector of clean energy will just creativity” our little cottagecontend. on Main new, the signs, difference between a tax and of the above on Crystal Trail just as Delia favored Malone and others contend. ntroduce signs, guardrails, pullouts, and None I initially a path that be did not eneven bridges required by Plan A or B. Either Dear Editor: allow for us to bring about the economic Street, this holiday season will Dancing fee: a tax is used to pay for general governI initially favored a path that didgrounds not eneven bridges required

by Planvegetation, A or B. Either Dear Editor: croach on three ancient wintering plan will destroy the natural alter Pitco OST has been soliciting opinion for growth we all, especially our grandchilColours’ last.

Cathy will begrounds retiring ment and a feevegetation, goes to pay for on threeSoon ancient wintering plan willfunctions, destroy the natural alter Pitcoabout OST has been soliciting opinion for croach for elk.

I have owned a Carbondale critical wildlife areas, and cross private months the preferred alignment of the dren, need while simultaneously dropping andelk. passing theowned creative torch to herbusison a government service or program.

Citizens months for I have a Carbondale busicritical wildlife areas, and cross private about the preferred alignment of the ness for 12 years and Tobyn lived there 17 years property. Further, either plan will ultimately proposed bike pathgases. in the Crystal Valley. our green-house and daughter-in-law and Lucy to Climate Lobby C.C.L. spoke about their ness for 12 years and lived there 17 years property.

Further, either plan will ultimately bike path in theand Crystal Valley. esult in bringing an urban project into a proposed This process isyou skewed fatally flawed.

LETTERS page 14 I encourage to check out their webclimate solution, which is the federal govletters page page 14 19 esult in bringing an urban project into a This process is skewed and fatally flawed.

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Feedback needed on how to house creativity

By Genevieve Villamizar Special to The Sopris Sun

Calling all artists — writers, entrepreneurs, craftsmen and creators: The Carbondale Creative District and Town of Carbondale invite you to participate in the Artspace Housing Feasibility Study, 7 to 9 p.m. Dec. 5 at the Third Street Center, refreshments provided.

The feasibility study is an opportunity for Bonedalians to brainstorm our way out of the Catch-22 gentrification cycle to which most of us have contributed. That this study is even happening is a minor miracle, actually, as Carbondale had initially lost the bid for the Space to Create designation last September.

So, how, why, now?

Town Manager Jay Harrington explains that several years ago, the state created Colorado Creative Industries, a division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade.

Partnering with the Department of Local Affairs (DOLA), they formed Space to Create to address housing and economic development in rural areas. Our district, the Northwest DOLA District, recently had its turn. Carbondale Arts and the Town sent a letter of intent and pre-application to be a Space To Create community.

“The benefit of Space to Create,” says Harrington, “is that it came with an arts space feasibility study up front, and then the more detailed needs analysis, which is the second phase. We didn’t get the designation for logical reasons. It went to Paonia, which is dealing with significant housing issues and employment issues, with the mines closing. They’re dealing with an entire transformation over there, where we’re dealing with specific arts stuff.”

Harrington touches on the experience of Carbondale Arts hosting the 2016 Creative Industries Annual Summit last summer. “All the officials were there — Space to Create, Artspace; all of the Creative Districts were in town. They said “We think you’re still a great candidate, but we just can’t do it through this program.”

Instead, we submitted a grant application to DOLA and they gave us $25,000; the Town matched $25,000; and Carbondale Arts put in $5,000 to move ahead with the Artspace program. That’s why we’re doing this analysis. It grew out of the Space to Create model, but it’s a stand-alone thing, where we’ve contracted directly

The 2016 Creative Industries summit in Carbondale provided numerous opportunities for new partnerships and showed off the town’s myriad talents. Artspace housing would cater to creatives like musicians (local band Let Them Roar above) or caterers.

We’re less sure about journalists. Courtesy photos by Mark Burrows with Artspace, the chosen vendor for Space to Create in all of these communities.”

Who or what is Artspace?

“Artspace,” explains Angie Sprang, Carbondale management analyst “is the nation’s leading nonprofit developer of affordable space for creatives and creative organizations.”

Artspace has proven through hundreds of collaborations, to be the tip of the spear in community development for communities already hard at work trying to find their own solutions. Headquartered in forward-thinking Minneapolis, with offices in LA, NYC, D.C., Seattle, New Orleans and Denver, Artspace has a track record of using “the tools of real estate development to create affordable, appropriate places where artists can live and work,” says Artspace.org. “We consistently develop these projects in ways that also support more stable, healthy communities anchored in existing assets.”

Harrington says “we’re not a resort community, we’re kind of a hybrid, a support community. We’re never going to have the financial resources for two to three thousand affordable housing units

like Aspen has.” But Carbondale has a scrappy resourceful core of community contributors that have found a multitude of ways to make it work for them.

Local housing advocate Bob Schultz adds that “high land and construction costs, along with town requirements, make traditional free market approaches

to individual lives, Artspace has championed the once-radical idea that artists living on the edge of poverty and chronically underfunded arts organizations can leverage fundamental social change.”

Artspace wants to hear from you — Carbondalians intimate with the fabric of our community. Be you creatively or entrepreneurially driven, you are the connected, creative class. With your perspectives, says Sprang, “we hope to gather ideas about what the creative sector is missing, collect feedback about potential sites, and look at fresh ideas to serve Carbondale’s needs. Potential ideas can include live/work housing, co-working spaces, shared spaces, gallery space, and anything else you can think of.”

Tuesday evening’s brainstorm is an official beginning, but does – Angie Sprang not necessarily mean a for sure Management Analyst thing. Artspace does not finance in entirety. They are the experienced nearly impossible.” Schultz maintains catalyst to spur creative solutions and hope, though. “Carbondalians have a his- formalize collaboration. It will be up to tory of getting things done outside of the local interests to seek additional partners and funding, be it through tax credits, traditional model.”

SAW, Third Street Center, the Launch- grants, philanthropy.

“It might work, it might not,” Harpad, Carbondale Clay Center, Art Around Town — all of these entities and rington notes with caution, but he remore are proof of that. Colorado Cre- mains hopeful. “We’ve already had the ative Industries recognizes that where it big meeting where everyone comes in and says “We have a housing crisis.” or “I have matters: funding.

Tapping the social capital of creative twelve roommates.” This is more of a sescommunities, Artspace has successfully sion where we ask “What kind of creative developed 47 projects, actualizing over ideas do we have to get through this?”

2,000 affordable live-work units for artists and their families, and developed over Next Steps a million square feet of nonresidential art space for arts organizations. And they are What: Artspace Housing Feasibility Study.

Main Focus: The Creative Sector positioned to help Bonedale do so, too.

“We hope to gather ideas about what the creative sector is missing, collect feedback about potential sites, and look at fresh ideas to serve Carbondale’s needs.

Minneapolis-based Artspace has mostly worked in large communities, but Trinidad, Colorado is a small town already part way through the process. Here’s a vision of how their project might turn out. Courtesy graphic

“Because Artspace owns each of the projects it develops, we are able to ensure that they remain affordable and accessible to artists in perpetuity,” says Artspace.org.

“Over the last three decades, Artspace has led an accelerating national movement of artist-led community transformation.

While embracing the value the arts bring

When: Dec. 5 from 7-9 p.m.

Where: Third Street Center, Carbondale More info: Refreshements will be provided. Win 2 tickets to Green Is the New Black Fashion Extravaganza for wearing the “most festive holiday sweater,” Judging takes place at 8 p.m.

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

Recreation opportunities Registration is open for Dodgeball Derivatives for ages 8-11 years old on Fridays in December, as well as Youth Basketball League which begins on Dec. 11 for third and fourth grade boys and girls and fifth and sixth grade boys and girls.

Further out, Youth Learn to Play Hockey runs Tuesdays and Thursdays Jan. 2 through Feb. 1 at the Gus Darien Ice Rink on County Road 100, 4 to 5:30 p.m. for ages 6-9 and 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. for 10-14 year olds. Volunteer coaches are needed; contact Jason at 510-1279 or jthraen@carbondaleco.net.

On the adult side, the town has added an additional Pickleball drop-in time for early risers from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays in addition to the standing slots of 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Saturdays. Three courts are available indoors at the Rec. Center gym during the winter, and a day pass, membership or punch pass are required for participation. Schedules and registration details are available at www.carbondalerec.com.

Fence it in Construction bids are being sought for the construction of a perimeter fence at the west side of Bonnie Fisher Park.

Interested contractors can contact Parks & Recreation Director Eric Brendlinger at 510-1277 or ebrendlinger@carbondaleco.net.

Planning developments Staff is conducting research on parking standards for assisted living facilities after a recent application was received that was not compliant with the Unified Development Code for parking standards. This may result in an amendment to

the UDC to be considered concurrently with the assisted living facility application. Additionally, the town is drafting a letter to Garfield County regarding a request to create a new land use designation called “Residential Village” and change 41.64 acres near Catherine Store to the new designation to allow for a 300 unit development.

Thanksgiving events On Nov. 17, Stephanie Schilling and Eloisa Duarte of Valley Settlement Project hosted an early Thanksgiving dinner at Town Hall celebrating cultural unity. About 45 people attended the event including four Carbondale police officers.

Other holiday events included the final Aloha Shaka Cross Bike Race and the first annual Huffin’ For Some Stuffin’ Turkey Trot Fun Run.

Water works After months of repairs, crews had a successful filter run at the Crystal Well. The remaining control work will be scheduled to fine tune the parameters for automatic operations. At the Nettle Creek water treatment facility, the punch list items remaining to be completed include keying all the doors the same and seeding the disturbed areas. Finally, seven proposals were submitted for the Nettle Creek Hydroelectric feasibility study.

Red Hill improvements Work continues with Aspen Valley Land Trust on the land acquisition. AVLT hopes to raise $545,000 to fund the project. Donations can be made on the Aspen Valley Land Trust’s website (avlt.org) or mailed to their office at 320 Main St., Suite 204, Carbondale.

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Cop Shop From Nov. 17 through 21, Carbondale Police handled 167 calls for service. During that period, officers investigated the following case of note:

A 13-year-old boy was implicated in several successful and attempted breakins over Thanksgiving break.

According to Carbondale Police, the boy — whose identity is not being released — was first caught on camera inside Roaring Fork High School on Nov. 17, though he didn’t appear to take or damage anything there. He was also believed to have broken a window at Carbondale Middle School in an attempt to gain access, again without apparently taking anything. A later attempt to tamper with an ATM downtown was apparently thwarted.

The brief crime spree culminated with unauthorized access to a private home, an incident which culminated with an accusation of unlawful sexual contact. The boy was ultimately arrested and housed at the Juvenile Detention Facility in Grand Junction on presumptive charges of felony burglary, misdemeanor criminal mischief and sexual assault.

Trustees make final tweaks in budget process

By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Staff A few last minute changes were made to the 2018 budget at the Nov. 28 Board of Trustee meeting in advance of its scheduled approval in December.

“We’re trying to firm up the draft so that when it comes up the next meeting you just pass it,” Finance Director Renae Gustine explained.

Among the adjustments were a excise tax credit for a business which had been improperly charged and an increase in funding for the Environmental Board.

The E-Board’s budget had initially been reduced to $2,000 with a scaled back Dan-

delion Day in mind, but with new projects on the horizon, the group was hoping for more like $5,000.

Trustee Heather Henry thought that was fair.

“I like where they’re headed,” she said.

“I think they’re going to be working really hard this year to get organized around some appropriate projects in the town.”

The Board backed the change 5-0.

Additionally, as part of a discussion on Aspen Valley Land Trust’s effort to secure property at the base of Red Hill — and the Town’s corresponding responsibility to construct a new parking area — Trustee Frosty Merriott advocated for the eventual

Growing solar energy

By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Staff Denver based Micro Grid Energy will offset part of Carbondale’s electrical usage with a “solar garden” near Rifle, The Board of Trustees decided on Nov. 28.

Community Solar Gardens are a product of Colorado’s Amendment 37 which in 2004 set a goal of 30 percent renewable energy by 2020. It allows organizations and municipality to purchase power from an array in the same county or an adjacent one as part of a three way agreement with the electric company.

It’s a little trickier for Carbondale, which is split between electricity providers Xcel

A new solar array near Antlers will likely resemble Micro Grid Energy’s existing sun-tracking photovoltaic arrays.

Courtesy photo. and Holy Cross. Micro Grid’s proposal closed a gap on one side of the tracks.

“We’ve been waiting for something to

creation of a capital fund. The Board also discussed funding for a new and improved website, which Trustee Ben Bohmfalk particularly characterized as an important step in informing residents.

Less conclusive was an option not to renew membership in the Northwest Colorado Council of Governments. While former Trustee John Hoffman used to attend associated events in Summit County frequently, the COG’s elevator inspection program is the only service still being used, Town Manager Jay Harrington observed.

Staff were instructed to investigate whether the inspections would be available and affordable without membership. come on the Xcel side, so this is a great opportunity,” Town Manager Jay Harrington said.

There’s no upfront cost to the town, and with roughly 213 kilowatts of capacity (about 21 percent of the planned Garfield Garden’s output) qualifying for the program, Micro Grid’s Jon Sullivan estimated it would save the town at least $200,000 over 20 years. The agreement also has a clause that means the Town will break even at the very worst.

“It’s almost a no brainer to start getting solar credits on your bill,” Sullivan said.

Carbondale’s support of the array — approved in a 5-0 vote — could also open the door for large commercial projects to meet solar requirements by buying into the project. Someday, individual homeowners might even be able to participate.

Town, Fire Department ink understanding

By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Staff Acting Mayor Pro Tem, Frosty Merriott characterized an intergovernmental agreement between the Town of Carbondale and Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District as “kind of a win win for everybody” at the Nov. 28 trustee meeting.

Carbondale Fire is a separate special district that, other than some overlap between staff, board and volunteers, is not directly involved with the municipality.

The IGA clarifies authorities and duties for both organizations, particularly with respect to fire code and inspections. It leaves the Town with regulatory authority while the Fire District has input in crafting the code, assists with enforcement and maintains licenses.

The organizations would cooperate on arson investigations, with the Fire District taking point in collecting evidence. Both the Town and Carbondale Fire would retain governmental immunity.

The measure passed 5-0 and will take effect as soon as both parties sign it.

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include Fisher Creek, Thompson Creek, Light Hill, Williams Hill and the north side of Red Hill. People who use these BLM-managed lands in the winter can help reduce stress to wintering deer and elk by observing wildlife from a distance and keeping dogs under control, preferably leashed. For additional information or to report violations in these areas call the BLM Colorado River Valley Field Office in Silt at 876-9000.

The Dec. 8 deadline is fast approaching for our annual Spruce up the Sun design contest. Kids from pre-K through high school have a chance to see their artwork on a “Peace and Love” theme printed in the Dec. 21 edition of The Sun. Drop off your submission at our office (Room 32 in The Third Street Center) or send them to P.O. Box 399, Carbondale CO 81623.

In the loop The Tourism Council of Carbondale recently announced the decision and, in collaboration with Salida, Ridgway, Crested Butte and Delta County, will receive a $25,000 marketing matching grant from the Colorado Tourism Office (CTO). The regional collaboration, which is spearheaded by Carbondale Tourism and Carbondale Arts, brings the five rural destinations together to promote a visitor experience that will be called the Colorado Creative Loop, promoting an itinerary through all five towns. Each town’s tourism and Creative Districts have also committed a total of $25,000 which is then matched by the CTO, to support the designated marketing campaign with $50,000 total.

Closed season Annual Bureau of Land Management winter closures to motorized and mechanized vehicles begin Dec. 1 critical

Turkey Trot

Among the participants in Aloha Mountain Cyclery’s latest cyclocross race was “Captain Turkey” Colby lash.

Photo by Julie Albrecht big game winter range and prevent road damage. Most roads into these seasonally closed areas are gated, and a new gate has been installed at The Crown as part of the 2015 travel management plan.

Other nearby areas with seasonal closures

Carbondale’s first annual Gobble Wobble 2.5k and Huffin’ For Some Stuffin’ 5k brought out 133 enthusiastic racers on Thanksgiving. For the 5k, awards were given for middle place (Carrie Vickers), junior (Sidney Dicarlo), first place male (Pete Fowler) and first place female (Katie Stookesberry), among others. The overall winner of the 2.5k was Brody Beauchamp, and best costume went to Konrad Nau (male) and Peg Nau (female), with Genevieve Vickers getting the honor for the 9 and under crowd.

O Tannenbaum Permits for cutting Christmas trees are currently available from both the Bureau of Land Management and White River National Forest. For BLM land — including Thompson Creek, Deep Creek, and Garfield Creek — stop by the Colorado River Valley Field Office at 2300

River Frontage Road in Silt between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. weekdays; permits are $10 per piñon pine or juniper tree.

National Forest permits are available at any field office, also $10 with free permits for fourth graders.

School food Carbondale Community, Ross Montessori and Aspen Elementary schools collected over 5,000 items for Lift-Up recently. Carbondale Middle School is slated to begin its food drive this week.

Out to Africa Now in its sixth year, the McBride Africa Internship is accepting applicants for 2018. Thanks in a large part to John and Laurie McBride of Old Snowmass, it will give eight high schoolers a chance to travel to Kenya next July at the cost of $2,000, airfare included. Apply online at www.mcbrideinternship.org by Jan. 5.

They say it’s your birthday Folks celebrating another year of life this week include: Chuck Dorn (Nov. 30); Marcel Kahhak and Sadie Dickinson (Dec. 1; Elizabeth Robinson, Ted Brochet, Paul Stover and Sierra Palmer (Dec. 2); Rochelle Norwood (Dec. 3); John Stroud and Mark Stover (Dec. 5); Carol Craven, Amy Kimberly, Cathleen McCourt, Collette Spears, Judy Whitmore and Frank McSwain (Dec. 6).

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For decades, Jim and Connie Calaway of Carbondale, center, have provided hundreds of scholarships to students to attend Colorado Mountain College. Here, in 2011, the Calaways gathered with that year’s class of Calaway Scholars. “There are deserving students who lack the means to attend college,” says Jim Calaway. Courtesy photo

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The Sopris Sun continued its Spruce Up The Sun cover competiti on this year, requesting original designs from contestants in pre-K through high school.

This year's theme was “Sharing the holidays” and over 105 entries were submitted by students from local schools.

As always, Carbondale Middle School art teacher Ami Maes, a former winner of the Valley Journal cover contest, presented The Sun with a large box of entries from her students.

This year’s winner, Gelena Amaral from Carbondale Middle School, captured many elements that make Carbonda le unique during the holidays, complete with gift-wrapped presents to share under the roundabo ut sculpture.

The entries incorporated a variety of subjects sharing the holidays.

They included everything from: holiday characters enjoying Christmas cheer, snowboar ding bears, aliens and marine life decorating a tree, ture scenes to Native American cheery naIndians, and fantastical creatures joining in the celebration.

First-place winners in the categories are: Perrin Jones (first/second grade), Kenny Riley (third grade), Juniper Anderson (fourth grade), Anicka Ashcraft (fifth grade), Nayeli Torres (sixth grade), Aislinn Pinela (seventh grade) and Jessie Diehl (eighth grade). This is the second year the seventh and eighth grade winners have won their age categories.

Judging such a competitiv e contest would not have been possible without the discerning eyes of staff members help of the at Carbondale Arts (CA) and The Sopris Sun. Carbondale Arts and The Sopris Sun would also like to thank all the contestant s for sharing their creativity and talents. It made judging a truly difficult task.

See pages 13-15 and visit our website (www.soprissun.com) for additional winners.

Thanks again to all who entered.

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Jim and Connie Calaway didn’t know Heather Landry when the young woman applied for one of the first Calaway Scholars awards to attend Colorado Mountain College. It was over 15 years ago, and the Calaways were just starting a scholarship to cover tuition, books and fees for students to attend CMC. “I don’t know how they came to choose me,” Landry said. “They took a risk. I’m very, very thankful.”

Help with college Born and raised in Leadville, Landry had headed to the University of Colorado right out of high school to study kinesiology, though got hung up with the heavy math emphasis that was required. She switched to psychology but that didn’t work for her, either. Coupled with navigating CU’s enormous campus, Landry said she started thinking, “Oh well, forget it.”

She would just forget her educational and career aspirations.

That’s when she looked at CMC’s nursing program, and the newly created Calaway Scholars program. With the Calaways’ help, Landry was able to earn two associate degrees in science and in nursing at CMC, propelling her into further study and work caring for those with cancer.

Today, Landry says the Calaways played a significant role in supporting her educational goals. Thanks to the Calaway Scholars program at Colorado Mountain College for giving her a start, today she is an oncology nurse at Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, which is part of the UC Health system.

Landry remembers meeting Jim Calaway at one of the well-known luncheons he hosts with each new class of Calaway Scholars. “I was at CMC Spring Valley from 2001 to 2004,” she said. “I can remember that Jim said he wanted us to thrive.”

The recipient of a Daisy Award, an international award given to extraordinary clinical nurses, Landry said she would not have the rewarding career she has if not for Colorado Mountain College and the Calaway Scholars program.

Rosa Gonzalez-Ortega is another recipient of the more than 100 Calaway Scholars awards over the past several decades.

She has first-hand experience in what Jim Calaway calls “the gift of giving.”

Gonzalez-Ortega knew from the time she was a little girl that she wanted to be

a nurse. She also knew that paying for college tuition and supporting herself while going to school was going to be a challenge. So when she read on the Colorado Mountain College website about the Calaway Scholars program, she filled out the required forms.

“I was very excited and thrilled to be one of the recipients,” she said.

Gonzalez-Ortega will graduate in May 2018 from CMC Spring Valley with an associate degree in nursing, and plans to continue her studies until she earns her bachelor’s degree in nursing.

“I have many plans,” she said. Ultimately she would like to work in emergency care, either in missionary work or as a flight-for-life nurse.

A way to give back The Calaway Scholars program reflects Jim Calaway’s own background and passion for education. A self-made man, Calaway came from a family of tenant farmers and was the first in his family to attend college. After a successful career, he dedicated himself to become the humanitarian and philanthropist he is today.

He says he wants to encourage others to donate. Amounts can vary, from supplemental financial assistance to help with college expenses for one student, to establishing a full scholarship program like the Calaway Scholars.

“Jim Calaway is a very caring person,” said Gonzalez-Ortega. “He understands what it means to be underprivileged and wanting to have an education.”

In addition to underwriting 102 CMC scholarships to date, Jim and Connie Calaway continue to support the college and its students in numerous ways. Both have served on the CMC Foundation Board; Connie was chair of that board from 1999 to 2002.

At Colorado Mountain College in Spring Valley-Glenwood Springs, the James C. and Connie L. Calaway Academic Building, which houses a theater and a number of classrooms, is a testament to the Calaways and their dedication and support of CMC. In 2012, Jim founded and is chairman emeritus of the Colorado Mountain College Board of Overseers, a volunteer board of advisors to the college’s president.

The Calaways have also led the fundraising effort for the Isaacson School for Communications, Art and Media, including a new $1 million pledge.

Common themes among uncommon women at CMC

By Megan Tackett Sopris Sun Staff Often, audiences attending the theater look forward to an opportunity to suspend disbelief.

That said, audiences at Sopris Theatre Company’s upcoming production of “Uncommon Women and Others,” directed

by Colorado Mountain College’s Brad Moore, may find the narrative all too real.

The 1977 play is an ensemble piece — 10 women comprise the cast — that is largely character driven. It opens with a reunion scene of former college housemates at North Stimson Hall of the prestigious Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts.

It’s been six years since the characters have seen one another, and author Wendy Wasserstein’s storytelling vehicle of choice is flashbacks to the women’s days on campus.

“It’s a wonderful show. There’s not a real heavy plot, but there are a lot of really wonderful relationships and characters to develop, so that’s what this work is all about,” Moore said.

That character development intertwines both interpersonal and sociological quandaries. On the one hand, the college-aged girls depicted in the flashback scenes are students at the elite first Seven Sisters member college at the height of the second-wave feminism movement. On the other, they are also college-aged girls trying to maneuver female friendships — a challenging journey regardless of societal status.

“What we didn’t anticipate in choosing this show was how important it is for right now, with everything that’s going on politically and socially around the world,” Moore said, though he added that it isn’t the company’s intention to preach a message. “We’re just doing a show. We’re letting the audience — as I think any good theater does anyway — we’re letting the audience take from this piece what they will.”

The script doesn’t preach, either. It’s simultaneously witty and complex as it explores the world through the lens of a group of friends.

“I think what’s so great about this play is it paints that struggle really well without speaking to it too directly. It just goes through the lives of these women: this is who they are, and these are the questions they’re asking,” Christina Cappelli, a CMC graduate who plays Leilah, said.

“And I think every person that I know, every woman, has asked those questions and been in that place.”

That level of honesty in relationships has permeated off set, as well. The cast includes current CMC students, graduates, community members and even CMC Vice President and Academic Dean Heather Exby as Mrs. Plumm, housemother at North Stimson Hall. “To be able to work with [the actors] this way is really special — and to allow the college to see me this way as well,” Exby said of her new role.

“It’s been a really wonderful experience.”

Many of the actors acknowledged the friendships and teamwork that have made this show’s rehearsal process particularly memorable. “I find this to be the most incredible group of female power and strength

From left, Makena Seaver as Muffet, Paige Ulmer as Kate, Joanna Caldwell as Samantha, Suzie Brady as Rita and Lylah Purpus as Holly are college alumnae who gather together six years after graduating.

Set in the ’70s, the play is touching, funny and brutally honest. Photo by Scot Gerdes and just love,” said CMC student Ciara Morrison, who plays the aptly named Susie Friend. “It’s not a big sappy rehearsal — we’re getting work done — but we all know we’re sitting next to some of the best friends and most supportive people.”

Rita, a larger-than-life aspiring novelist played by Suzie Brady, declares in one of the show’s flashbacks that by the time the crew is 30 (she offers a five-year period for emotional development), they will all be incredible. In the opening reunion scene, she amends that to 40. “By the time we’re 40, we can be pretty amazing.” Notably, 2017 marks the play’s 40th anniversary.

Next Steps

What: Uncommon Women and Others When: Dec. 1-2 and 7-9 at 7 p.m., Dec. 3 and 10 at 2 p.m.

Where: New Space Theatre, Colorado Mountain College Spring Valley How Much: $18 for adults and $13 for students, seniors and CMC employees More info: coloradomtn.edu/theater (click on Sopris Theatre Company)

A visual take on performance art In its first public exhibit since reopening after renovations, Morgridge Commons will be showcasing “Decade of Design & Drama,” an exhibit featuring odes to Sopris Theatre Company’s past and present works. Fittingly, the exhibit kickoff will take place via reception at the CMC ArtShare Gallery in the Commons from 5 to 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 3 — immediately following that day’s 2 p.m. matinee of STC’s “Uncommon Women and Others.”

“It celebrates the partnership between Sopris Theater and the Isaacson Design School,” said CMC Foundation Director Kendra Rhodes of the 21-poster exhibit while noting the opportunity it created for students to add professionally published pieces to their portfolios. “It’s a competitive, multistage process where [designers] present and refine their concepts. And they receive feedback from the client, which is the theater,” she said. “They go through this real-world experience.”

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Community Calendar THURSDAY Nov. 30

IMMIGRANT VOICES • Hear stories from diverse backgrounds and countries at 7 p.m. at The Temporary (360 Market St., Willits). $10.

BOOK & APP RELEASE • Join Carbondale outdoor pioneer and author Lou Dawson for the release of his latest book “Uphill Skiing and Easy Tours of Colorado” from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Cripple Creek Backcountry (582 Highway 133). He will be introduced by Andy Sovick, the publisher, who will talk about all Off-Piste Ski Atlas books and how to use them and the app as a resource of safety while traveling in avalanche terrain.

TEACHINGS • The Venerable Thubten Semkye, a nun at Sravasti Abbey, shares some thoughts about the qualities needed and pitfalls encountered in our endeavors to affect positive change in our troubled world at 7 p.m. at the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.) by donation. Then, go deeper with a weekend retreat “Road Map to Awakening: The 6 Paramitas.”

Info at wocdc.org.

FRI to SUN Dec. 1-10 UNCOMMON WOMEN • Colorado Mountain College’s Sopris Theatre Company presents Wendy Wasserstein’s “Uncommon Women & Others” at the New Space Theatre on the Spring Valley campus (3000 CR 114.) Directed by Brad Moore, it follows the paths of five women who attended Mount Holyoke in the early 1970s — transitioning into the

SOPRIS THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS:

Uncommon Women and Others By Wendy Wasserstein

To list your event, email information to news@soprissun.com. Deadline is noon on Monday. events take place in Carbondale unless noted.

real world just as the real world was transitioning itself. Tickets are $18 for adults and $13 for students, seniors and CMC employees. Curtain is 7 p.m. on Dec. 1, 2, 7, 8 and 9; and 2 p.m. on Dec. 3 and 10. For tickets or info, visit coloradomtn.edu/theater.

LABOR OF LOVE • Join KDNK from 6 to 9:30 p.m. at The Village Smithy (26 S. Third St.) for holiday shopping, music, libations, good times and a special Java Jazz DJ set.

REEL ROCK • Help Basalt High School build a climbing wall with a fundraiser featuring four short films of heart-thumping action, big laughs, and pure inspiration beginning at 7 p.m. at the school (600 Southside Dr.). Tickets are $20 and available at Ute Mountaineer, Ragged Mountain Sports, Bristlecone Mountain Sports and at the door.

FRI to THU Dec. 1-7

MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “Lady Bird” (R) at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 1-7 except Dec. 3 showtime is 5 p.m. and “Loving Vincent” (PG-13) at 5 p.m.

Dec. 2 and 2:45 p.m. on Dec. 3.

FRIDAY Dec. 1

LIGHT UP CARBONDALE • Santa visits for First Friday, hanging out at The Launchpad beginning at 3 p.m. before lighting the trees on Main Street at 5:15 p.m. with hot chocolate and a fire out on the Fourth Street Plaza.

CUP AUCTION • Join the Carbondale Clay Center (201A Main St.) for its 19th annual auction featuring hundreds of original, handmade ceramic cups for bid until 8:30 p.m.; cups can be paid for and taken home that same night.

LEPORIDAE NIVIS • The Main Street Gallery (399 Main St.) shows off Catherine Tallmadge’s depictions of literal ski bunnies from 5 to 8 p.m. for First Friday.

R&B ELECTRONICA • Perennial favorite Let Them Roar warms up the room at Steve’s Guitars (19 N. Fourth St.) beginning at 8:30 p.m., then turns things over to Montreal-based trio Easy, Baby for a late night show.

ELECTRIC BANJO • Don Marlin kicks off the First Friday Festivities at The Marble Distillery (150 Main St.) at 5:30 p.m., followed by a 7 p.m. Pearl & Wood performance.

SATURDAY Dec. 2

AROUND THE WORLD • Over the past year, Heidi Ahrens and her family traveled to fourteen different countries in Asia, Africa, and Europe. Join them at 3 p.m. at the Carbondale Branch Li-

brary (320 Sopris Ave.) where they will describe their travels and the work that they did promoting peace, reading, and libraries. Free and public.

GEAR AUCTION • Professional cyclist and Aspen resident Tejay van Garderen will hold a silent auction of cycling gear to benefit three local cycling organizations: Roaring Fork Cycling, Aspen Cycling Club and Crown Mountain BMX from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Limelight Hotel (355 S. Monarch St., Aspen).

FOLK ROCK • You Knew Me When performs at 7 p.m. at Batch (358 Main St.).

TUESDAY Dec. 5

WINDWALKERS FUNDRAISER • Support equine assisted learning, 7 to 9 p.m. at the Brick Pony Pub (202 Midland Ave., Basalt). $75 gets you cocktails and appetizers.

WEDNESDAY Dec. 6

CLASS & GLASS • Back by popular demand – holiday spirit(s) and ornament making at 6 p.m. at the Marble Distillery (150 Main St.) in cooperation with the Carbondale Clay Center. $20 gets you 2 ornaments to decorate and a special holiday cocktail.

AVALANCHE FORUM • From 6:30 to 8 p.m., Cripple Creek Backcountry (582 Highway 133) hosts a free informal discussion meant to refresh winter adventurers on backcountry knowledge and awareness.

HOUR OF CODE • Join a global movement where students can learn and explore CAleNDAR continued on page 11

New Space Theater CMC Spring Valley Campus

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December SpeakerS: 12/6/17 – Thunyakrit “Ou” Chutiphornphongchai Rotary Exchange student from Thailand 12/13/17 – Julie Goldstein Manaus Valley Project 12/20/17 – Interclub Gathering Mt. Sopris Rotary & Carbondale Rotary

“SerVIce abOVe SeLF”

No meeting will be held December 27 due to the holidays.

We’re seeking volunteers to ring the bell for the Salvation Army at City Market.

Please contact Ed Queenan at (401) 465-4276 or queenan.edward@gmail.com and sign up today!

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Warren Miller’s latest movie Line of Descent, plus works by local filmmakers.

Produced by the True Media Foundation with DJ Lloyd Johnson and Emcee Auston Tribble.

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Thursday DECEMBER 7 6 PM Third Street Center Carbondale

Community Calendar the 21st century skill of coding from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave.).

MONUMENTAL EVENING • A panel discussion and holiday mixer celebrating and exploring the Antiquities Act, America’s National Monuments and the Trump administration’s effects on them at the Third St. Center from 6:30-9:30 p.m. RSVP: wildernessworkshop.org/monumental.

Further Out THURSDAY Dec. 7

HOLIDAY CONCERT • The Roaring Fork Youth Orchestra celebrates the season with a performance of holiday music at 4:30 p.m. at the Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave.). Families, children, and young musicians are all encouraged to attend.

BOOK SIGNING • Carbondale resident Jade Wimberley, a licensed naturopathic doctor, will sign her new book “The Health Revolution: Give Yourself the Healthcare You Deserve” from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Lux Wellness Center (1372 Main St.). More info at 510-5394 or office@luxwellnesscenter.com.

WINTER STOKE • Sunlight Mountain Resort and the True Media Foundation are hosting the Second Annual Winter Stoke Film Festival Nov. 30 at the Vaudeville Theatre in Glenwood Springs, Dec. 7 at the Third Street Center in Carbondale and Dec. 21 at the New Ute Theatre in Rifle.

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Ongoing

COMMUNITY MEAL • Faith Lutheran Church (1340 Highway 133) hosts a free community meal from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Info: 510-5046 or faithcarbondale.com. Carbondale Homeless Assistance also has its meeting on the fourth Tuesday of each month.

HEALTH THROUGH NUTRITION • Free opportunities include… One-hour consultation about heart attack prevention, plantbased nutrition, other medical issues. Call retired family doctor Greg Feinsinger, M.D. for appointment (379-5718). First Monday of every month catch a powerpoint presentation by Dr. Feinsinger about the science behind plant-based nutrition, 7 to 8:30 p.m., board room Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.). Fourth Monday of every month, plantbased potluck 6:30 p.m. Calaway Room, Third Street Center. All events supported by Davi Nikent, Center for Human Flourishing.

More information at www.davinikent.org.

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

STORY ART • Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave.), in partnership with the Aspen Art Museum, invites kids to learn about artists and create masterpieces of their own at 4 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month.

LIONS MEET • The Carbondale Lions Club meets the first Tuesday of the month at the

Gathering Center at the Orchard (110 Snowmass Dr.) starting at 6:30 p.m. Info: Chuck Logan at 963-7002 or Chris Chacos at 379-9096.

BLUEGRASS JAM • Bring the instrument of your choice or just your voice for a weekly jam session first and last Sundays at 6:30 at Steve’s Guitars (19 N 4th St.) and all other Sundays at the Glenwood Springs Brew Garden (115 Sixth St.).

HIGH NOON • Bring your compliments, complaints and ideas to Sopris Sun Editor Will Grandbois at 12 p.m. Thursdays at the Pour House (351 Main St.).

BRONCO BABBLE • Get excited for the next big game and share your own thoughts from 4 to 4:30 p.m. Thursdays on KDNK. BRIDGE • The Carbondale Bridge Club hosts duplicate bridge (not sanctioned by ACBL) from 6:30 to 10 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.). $6/per pair. Contact Marlene for more info: 928-9805.

FIGURE DRAWING • Drop in for figure drawing with Hone Williams and Staci Dickerson at 6:30 p.m. Mondays at The Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.) suite 33.

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

ture, everyone’s invited for SRF meditation from 10 to 11 a.m. on the first Sunday of the month and 5 to 6:30 p.m. on the third Thursday of the month.

ROTARY • The Carbondale Rotary Club meets at the Carbondale Fire Station (300 Meadowood Dr.) at 6:45 a.m. Wednesdays.

The Mt. Sopris Rotary meets at White House Pizza (801 Main Ct.) at noon every Thursday.

LET’S JUST DANCE • Feel great, have fun and dance Tuesdays at The Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.). Catch a free lesson at 7 p.m., then from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. it’s open dancing with two-step, swing, waltz, line dance, salsa and more. No partner or experience necessary. $8/person; $14/couple.

Questions? Call 970-366-6463 or email billypat4@gmail.com.

WRITERS GROUP • Wordsmiths of all experience and abilities gather at the Carbondale Branch Library (320 Sopris Ave.) at 6 p.m. on the second Monday of the month.

POETRY WORKSHOPS • Release your inner poet from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on the first and third Mondays of each month a the Basalt Regional Library (14 Midland Ave.).

NOT HORTICULTURE • SMG (Save Michelle’s Garden), a political action group based around the philosophy of Michelle Obama’s White House Garden, meets at 4 p.m. every other Thursday at the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St.).

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The boys have had their share of glory days, and are an important part of the mix as well.

“There’s a great chemistry between the programs,” Bath said. “We travel together and play together.”

And Williams thinks the team has a pretty good chance of improving on last year’s performance, which ended with a two point loss in the Sweet Sixteen. Three of those starters will return, though there’s not a lot of varsity experience beyond that.

“Our focus needs to improve, but we’re pretty athletic and we have a bunch of gym rats,” he said.

By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Staff The first Brenda Patch Tournament in 1987, a year after 16-year-old Brenda and her mother, Loretta, were killed in a car accident on Thanksgiving Day, was a solemn affair.

“It was devastating for the community, and it was a way to kind of keep her memory alive,” recalled Larry Williams, who was an assistant basketball coach for the girls at the time and now coaches the boys’ team. “I knew Brenda, so I know what a special person she was,” he added.

As the school prepares to host the 30th event, many of the key players on and off the court won’t Brenda Patch have that personal connection, but that won’t stop her memory from going on.

For one thing, the gate proceeds will go towards scholarships for Roaring Fork kids — Hayden Bernot, Aldo Pinela and Jasmine Lopez were last year’s beneficiaries.

For another, junior Kendall Bernot will be representing #33 in her aunt’s place.

“One of the best things is to wear her jersey in her tournament. It makes me really want to push myself and show how I’ve grown,” she said. “I didn’t know my aunt Brenda, but I have the stories about what great a student athlete she was. She’s really my role model and I want to be as good as she was on and off the court.”

For Athletic Director and Girls’ Coach Jade Bath, a former Ram who “basically grew up in the Roaring Fork Gym” it’s the perfect start to the season.

“We play teams we normally wouldn’t,” she said. “By

letey Crownhart (#14) guards emily Broadhurst while Gabriela Santana, Brenda Ramirez and logan erickson look on during a recent basketball practice.

Photo by Will Grandbois the time we dive into league play we’ve had a chance to kinda figure things out.”

Of course, some of that momentum gets lost over holiday break, but it’s still a chance for the team to figure out how to work together. The potential for a seamless group dynamic on both offense and defense as well as the nonstop action is really what sets the sport aside for Bath.

“It’s a really new team, but the girls coming up from JV are ready,” she said. If we can get them clicking together and figuring out their roles, it’s gonna be fun to watch.”

They have a proud heritage to live up to. Some of Brenda’s teammates had been part of the 1984 state champion season, while others would go on to kick off what became known as the “threepeat” — back to back

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Sharing the stoke

By Megan Tackett Sopris Sun Staff Every winter junkie loves a good Warren Miller film, but they often enjoy shooting their own adventures even more. Just look at GoPro, which saw 19-percent firstquarter growth this year and a 40-percent uptick in Instagram followers.

“Sunlight had always done its Warren Miller movie night,” said Troy Hawks, sales and marketing director at Sunlight Mountain Resort. “But then I started thinking, ‘why can’t we invite people to submit their own stuff?’” And thus, a movie night evolved into Winter Stoke Film Festival.

Now in its second year, Winter Stoke will feature Miller’s “Line of Descent,” but will also highlight some local scenes — organizers received almost two dozen submissions for the video competition. The rules are simple: submit a video one to three minutes in length that documents outdoor, wintery bliss. “We’ve got a snowmobile edit, which is cool, cause I don’t see [the video competition] as being limited to just ski or snowboard. It could be ice climbing or whatever you’re excited about,” Hawks said.

While Hawks and the Sunlight brand are both obvious advocates of winter fun, neither had much experience in producing a film festival. “I started having a panic attack,” Hawks said of last year’s inaugural undertaking. Fortunately, he said, the resort was already partnering with a Carbondale-based nonprofit, True Media Foundation, for some of its 50th anniversary promotions.

“We’ve always wanted to do a film fest, but we’re a small group,” True Media founder Chris Tribble said.

“You need a lot of hands and a lot of heads to pull off something huge, but the idea that started has a really grassroots feel.”

This year’s festival docket originally included events on Nov. 30 at the Vaudeville Revue and Dec. 7 at the Third

Street Center, but organizers subsequently announced a third showing at Rifle’s New Ute Theatre on Dec. 21. The Glenwood Springs and Carbondale events will host the video submission competitions, where audiences will vote for the winners.

There are six finalists that will be split between the first two festival screenings, so two winners will ultimately emerge.

Each finalist will receive two ski lift tickets to Sunlight, and winners will earn a season pass. Perhaps even more coveted, though, last year’s line of Golden Boot Awards. This year, almost two dozen is the prestigious Golden Boot Award. applicants submitted videos for the festival — and organizers expect the “It’s kind of like an Oscar,” Hawks said competition to only get steeper moving forward. of the golden spray-painted ski boots.

True Media has worked with students in and out of the Audiences will also be able to walk away with swag, should members decide to bid on any of classroom in an array of programs, from its BE HEARD! the items at the silent auction. And Tribble’s son Auston will livestream talk show to partnering with other local organizations like the Aspen Physics Center for their respective be emceeing the events to add to the party vibe, he said.

“I’m really excited about it,” the recent University of media needs. “Now [students are] learning not only about Redlands graduate said. “It’s going to give me an opportu- that nonprofit, but they’re learning about the business and nity, a unique one, to present myself and share my music.” the teamwork it takes to actually do something, to pull Adult tickets are $15 in advance (sunlightmtn.com) and something off. It’s real-time stuff,” Chris said.

Now, the Tribbles are planning to take True Media’s $20 at the door. All proceeds will benefit True Media Foundation, which produces “edutainment” media that fosters a show on the road, literally. “We’re building a mobile propositive social impact. Its education arm works with mid- duction unit,” Chris said of the bus that will house video dle- and high-school aged students to give them hands-on, and audio equipment that will allow for easier transportation between schools up and down the Valley. real-world experience in video production and business.

“We’re very grateful to Sunlight,” Chris said, adding “As you just start to integrate with all the media, you understand how to create an end product that is worth it, you that Winter Stoke’s proceeds will mostly go toward fundknow? I think it’s really worth it when you dig into what ing the bus. “I think it’s really cool because we are focusthe story is,” Auston said of the organization’s ability to ing on the Valley, so when you see films, they’re done here.

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Winter is coming

John L. “Jack” Sebesta

From the archives of the Roaring Fork Valley Journal Dec. 1, 1977

Dec. 4, 1997

The Journal looked back on winters of yore.

Jake Lucksinger took readers all the way back to 1899, when deep snow played havoc will the Colorado Midland Railroad. “The Santa Fe Jull” — a monstrous steam powered auger — eventually bored its way through giant drifts on Hagerman Pass, freeing crews that had been snowbound up the Frying Pan with their trains for 17 days. Also of note was the winter of 1935 which, recalled H.O. Davis, dumped at least 27 feet of snow on the family cabin near Berthoud Pass, burying it up to the chimney.

In other news… The Roaring Fork Rams defeated Sheridan to advance to the state championship football final.

White River National Forest was working on an environmental impact statement for Basalt Mountain following public comment period a on proposed timber sale. With six million board feet on the table, the Forest Service had to weigh local opinion with the bigger ecological picture. Cutting was touted as a way to encourage tree diversity, but had not taken place on the mountain. Times were changing, with a well maintained road to the top, elk populations booming and Missouri Heights homes pushing up against the base.

In other news… Local Ray Hannisian was making a name for himself as one of the world’s first commercial 3D videographers.

Dec. 3, 1987 Al Darien’s “mix and match treasure trove of firewood” was christened the perennial Carbondale champion woodpile by Editor Pat Noel. It had begun in August, “when most others were laboring under the delusion that summer might last forever.” With usual consumption around 15 cords and more than twice that already stacked, he was pretty sure that his wife wouldn’t have to worry about being cold this year. “Some people like the look of a nice green grass lawn,” Darien said. “Me… I like a big stack of firewood.”

In other news… The Marble Metro District board was considering resurrecting a bond issue previously approved as part of the defunct Marble Ski Area.

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Dec. 6, 2007 Five suspects were arrested and more were anticipated in a series of at least 38 burglaries around the Valley. They were charged with multiple counts of burglary, theft, conspiracy, trespass and criminal mischief, among other transgressions stretching back to the previous year. Carbondale businesses hit included Independence Run and Hike, Smiling Moose Deli, Sounds Easy Video and Dos Gringos Burritos.

In other news… Carbondale Blacksmith Franz Froelicher was commissioned for a massive project at the Lion’s Head in Vail.

Feb. 6, 1925 – Nov. 15, 2017 John L. “Jack” Sebesta, 92, of Crystal Lake, IL and formerly of Chicago and Carbondale, CO, passed away on Wednesday, November 15, 2017. He was born February 6, 1925 in Chicago to John J. and Vlasta (nee Kolar) Sebesta.

In 1942 Jack graduated from Farragut High School in Chicago.

He served in the United States Army, 26th Infantry Division, and saw action in Belgium, Germany, and Czechoslovakia, including the Battle of the Bulge. He worked at Continental Illinois National Bank for 40 years.

After raising his family, he enjoyed his retirement in Carbondale, CO, for 25 years. He made many lasting friendships through his advocacy and volunteer activities.

Jack is survived by his daughter, Sue of Chicago; son, Jack (Beth) of Crystal Lake; grandchildren, Alison Pereida (Eric) Knapp of Ann Arbor, MI, Katherine Dorsch of Philadelphia, Sara Dorsch (Paul) McMinn of Plainfield, IL, and Alex Dorsch of Chicago; Sister, Madeline Sebesta Oakley of Greenville, RI; beloved friend, Gwen Ballard of Carbondale, CO; and many nieces and nephews.

Preceding him in death were his parents; daughter, Kathleen Pereida; sister, Edith Sebesta Rhodes; and former wife, Patricia Koutnik Sebesta.

A celebration of Jack’s Life will be held this summer in Carbondale.

Memorial donations may be made to Wounded Warrior Project, www.woundedwarriorproject.org.

Online condolences may be given to the family at www.davenportfamily.com; for information, please call the funeral home at 815-459-3411.

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Love, actually

A lesson from Maureen Nuckols

By Megan Tackett Sopris Sun Staff

We use it so often — you could argue too often — and yet it was 31 years before I ever looked it up. Merriam-Webster defines “actually” as “in act or in fact.” Now, that makes me smile. And cry. I like to think that it was both an act and fact.

“I do, too, actually,” my would-be mother-in-law told me after the first time I told her I loved her. Of course, she died before we could make the familial relationship official, but I like to think we both considered each other that way regardless of whether or not there was a marriage certificate yet.

I am far from alone in saying that I loved Maureen Nuckols. In fact, it’s overwhelming at how many and how fiercely people loved that woman. When making decisions regarding her memorial service, my future brother-in-law Adam’s only concern about hosting it at the firehouse was that the venue might be too small to accommodate everyone wanting to attend.

He’s probably not wrong, but the firehouse has played such a big role in the family that it’s the natural choice.

And therein lies one of the struggles I’ve encountered: How do you maintain an intimate relationship with your grief while also making room for everyone else

sharing in it? In that regard, I have a confession. Sometimes, I feel selfish in my sadness. I’m not even a family member yet, not technically, so I’m the absolute newcomer here. I’ve known Maureen for what feels like minutes when you look at her story arc. When helping her sister Janice edit the obituary, I couldn’t keep track of all the various chapters that woman wrote in her lifetime.

And since her death, I’ve watched people come out of the woodwork both in person and via social media, all mourning the loss of their mentor, their teacher, their nurse, their friend, their partner, their fill-inblank. It’s astounding and humbling and I can’t believe I was able to call her family (and mentor and friend and…). Now, I feel like knowing and loving Maureen means trying to live up to Maureen. We should all be so lucky.

One of my favorite things about Maureen is that her relationships were real.

She never backed away from confronting anything, whether it was her multiple myeloma (which she chronicled beautifully in her columns and poetry) or her goals for upcoming triathlons (“I just don’t want to be last this time,” she’d often tell me with a smile — a nod to her proclaimed kinship with turtles) or conversations with her family (her awkward toasts are the stuff of legend at the dinner table). Perhaps it was

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that awareness of time that can only come with a diagnosis or her background in psychology, but Maureen always told it like she saw it. So when she told me she loved me too, actually, I believed her. I still do.

So, if actually means both in act and fact, I’m focusing my grief on the former. Don’t get me wrong, Maureen does not need my contributions to her legacy; it’s its own force. But the idea that I can insert a little more intention into my own endeavors gives me some small sense of empowerment and active participation in my grief instead of just being a passive recipient. Grief is happening to me — and to so, so many others — regardless of whether I want it or not. Lots of things happened to Maureen, whether she wanted them or not. She never let anything slow her down, and I think there’s a lesson in that. It doesn’t matter what you commit to in life, but commit. Commit fully and steadfastly. Be the turtle — regardless of

the route you take, as long as you do so with kindness and curiosity, you’ll win the race. And by approaching every effort with authenticity, you’ll make many friends along the way. She certainly did.

The last text Maureen ever sent me read, “Megan so proud of your splashy dive into Sopris Sun. You go girl.” Rereading it now, I can’t help but put an emphasis on “go.”

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Small gifts and empty bookshelves

By Heidi Ahrens As we walked the streets in Java in the late evening, we were invited into homes for cups of coffee on a nightly basis. Two scoops of instant coffee, three scoops of sugar — just right!

In India, during the currency crisis, everyone went out of their way to make us comfortable. Free meals, free hotel stays, rides in cars and even extra cash were handed to us to make sure our daughters, age ten and seven, could eat the next day.

Mangos handed to you through a barbed wire fence by a machine gun-toting security guard tastes so much more special in the Ugandan heat. In return, all they wanted was an appreciation of their presence, for their smile.

Time and time again we were asked about when we would return and what we would tell others about our trip. Returning to our regular Western life, it has been a challenge to figure out how to integrate all these life lessons and to share with others the stories we reaped. A friend humbly advised me that I should not struggle on how to give back.

I do feel like we need to do a bit more work towards supporting the people that opened their lives to us. Not for the specific people but rather for their communities, their work, and peace. Time and time again people wanted us to tell others about their countries but had strange notions on how the West operated. Their connection

to the world was through Facebook, texting, and movies. Books are almost nonexistent (even in schools), and bookshelves are mostly empty, and knowledge on best practices for being hygienic, geography, and reasons for wars was murky.

Because of this, we have decided we would offer books to the people who are hungry to know more. So we are asking you to support us in sending books to those empty bookshelves we encountered.

Three of these bookshelves are in Indonesia. The first one is in a small fishing village called Demak on the island of Java.

It is in a school with hundreds of literary hungry children. Split in the middle between boys and girls this K-8 school caters to Muslims who line up to check out the few books they have. The other two bookshelves are on the island of Flores in Magepanda, a cashew growing village, and Mao’lo, a fishing village. The village chief has bookshelves with old school notebooks and children gather under one light bulb to look at the work of students who now have grown up.

The next bookshelf is in a small community outside of Jinja, Uganda, where the homes or made out of mud, tin and

discarded plastic and found materials.

The kids gather around their mentor Neto and listen to crazy loud music and cheer for their local men’s soccer team in hopes they will win this year’s goat so that everyone can share in eating meat.

Lastly, in a beautiful library in Kigali, books are missing middle readers and for science, math and medical student textbooks. A young man asked me if I could find a way to get him a recent textbook so he could pass a test in chemistry and physics that he needed to better his chances at understanding the material in medical school.

For our family, I realized that supporting literacy through books is a way to promote peace in the world. The idea of just communing, sharing and listening to spread peace and understanding first came to us through the work of the Friends Peace Team in Pati, Indonesia. But we first realized that through the sharing of current, quality knowledge children can grow up to have a better understanding of the world in which they live. In some of the villages we visited it was clear that religious fundamentalism was present, but through being present, supporting each other, teachers, community leaders and friends were trying

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to make sure that everyone knew how to greet a stranger and understand that everyone has a melting heart.

We created this globalized mess, and now we need to make sure that the ones most affected by it, have the words to understand these inequalities better and have access to the tools to be active with their knowledge.

The Carbondale Branch Library has graciously offered to provide books and training to the people who will be distributing the books. The organization Library for All, an international digital library nonfor profit, is excited about the work we are doing and will extend their moral support.

They will be in Kigali for two months bringing more books in the local language to girls and other patrons of the library.

We invite you to come and listen to our stories and to help us raise money to send books. Join us at “A year of living as a family around the world- a perspective on traveling peacefully” Saturday, Dec. 2 at 3 p.m. at the Carbondale Branch Library.

Donations can also be sent to Heidi Ahrens 1493 County Road 106 Carbondale, Colorado 81623. Subject: empty bookshelves Finally, I would be happy to bring a group of willing, hard-working volunteers to Kigali, to Indonesia, or to work with refugees in Northern France, providing food, water, and shelter to hundreds of people hiding in forests; email heidiahrens@me.com.

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Letters continued from page 2 expand their popular endeavor, The Beat to accommodate a growing customer base.

In early February Tobyn and Lucy will begin renovation creating a full service restaurant focused on hyper local ingredients and hearty vegetarian food. They will be serving lunch and dinner opening summer 2018 with a menu of various offerings ranging from grain based veggie bowls, warming soups, our giant fresh salads and loads of other delicious fair. The Beat will aim to keep the creative vibes alive at 968 Main Street also by offering cocktails crafted with fresh squeezed organic juices, organic wines & unique beers.

We are infinitely grateful to our community for the success of Dancing Colours over the years and have enjoyed every minute of it! In a community where it is becoming more and more difficult for passionate young people to share their dreams and start their own businesses we are thrilled to be able to pass our charming space over to Tobyn, Lucy, The Beat and all it’s future patrons.

We are gearing up for one of our most magical holiday seasons to date providing inspiring and thoughtful gifts for your loved ones while celebrating the season with Carbondale’s marvelous community! Dancing Colours last days won’t be until mid-February so be sure to watch

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After the bridge fell Dear Editor: I must admit I’m a little disappointed in the aftermath of the Grand Ave. bridge replacement.

The bridge, itself, is magnificent; wide and smooth. It’ll probably last twice as long as the old one. And, it came in early and under budget. I hear the contractors got a bonus for that. I wonder if the workers got any of that money.

What disappoints me is locals have gone back to their old ways. No walking, biking, carpooling, or taking public transportation. The pedestrian bridge and the buses are empty, the bikes are hanging on their hooks in the garage, and the cars all have one person in them.

So, of course, we have traffic jams in Glenwood Springs just like we did before the bridge construction. More importantly, we’re pumping massive amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere which is destroying our climate.

You don’t have to convince our Latino community to car pool. Seldom do you see a Latino driving solo and, often, there are

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Protect what we value Dear Editor: The last time I looked, most of us who live in and enjoy the Crystal River Valley have homes on the east side of the Crystal River. We are in the midst of wildlife habitat. We create noise, and light, and traffic, and need for water, and gas, and electricity, and we demand facilities to meet our many needs for a community, and we de-

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Faced with these facts, I think it is time for us to try to work together to determine the best approach to protection of what we value. Part of what we value is each other and a shared love of our sense of place.

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