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Volume 2, Number 44 | December 23, 2010

Spruce Up e Sun And the winner is … The ink from the markers is dry and the dust has settled from the colored pencils – the results of The Sopris Sun’s “Spruce Up The Sun” contest are in yet again. This year we agonized over more than 200 fantastic entries in order to figure out who should take top honors. But with expert help from the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities we finally settled on the work of a few talented artists. This year’s grand prize for best cover goes to fourth-grader Solana Teitler. Her finely detailed art appears on page 1 of this edition. Top honors in the preschool and kindergarten division go to Eliot Carballeira, a kindergarten student; and first place in the first and second grade division goes to Vanessa Leon, a second grader. The winning cover in the third and fourth-grade division was submitted by Eboni Archila, a third grade student. The winners will receive cash prizes from The Sopris Sun. To claim your prize, give us a call at (970) 5103003 or send an email to News@soprissun.com. Happy Holidays and thank you: to everyone who participated. Thanks for sprucing up the Sun. See pages 10-11 for the other winning entries.

This winning design was created by fourth-grader Solana Teitler for this year’s “Spruce Up The Sun” coloring contest.

Wars and Wikileaks

Trustees talk about town manager

Foreign policy, local brooch

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Carbondale Commentary A Meister Bräu with Cousin Eddy As I look around at the state of the world this holiday season I am amazed at the price for a cup of holiday cheer. I realize some things never change (“The rich get richer and the poor get children.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald), but you’d think once a year the richest 1 percent could muster a little generosity and put a little something in the kids’ stockings. Of course back in the day (like pagan times back) it was necessary to have a lot of children because keeping the home fires burning took a hell of a lot more work than two people could accomplish. But nowadays we live in a fa-la-la-land of consumerism and joy; complete with automated parallel parking vehicles hauling dead trees around like deer carcasses. The notion of goodwill towards man is overshadowed by how much you can purchase and stuff in your sleigh. And yet every year I survive the merriment. Like a compulsive gambler at the dog track I always find a way – all I want for Christmas is to get off this merry-go-round of materialism wrapped up with a faux deeper-meaning-bow. According to the commercials we treat ourselves to shiny rocks and air freshener and industrial-kitchen-made cake, but we’ve forgotten the whole reason for the season – to share. Every time I see a diamond commercial I think of Sierra Leone, where 75 percent of the country’s population is under 25 years old and they’ve grown up in war. I think of young boys carrying rifles and one boy in particular whose hands were cut off with a machete. I want advertisers to show the truth about these stones: how many there really are and the fact that you’re spending hard-earned money on a rock that’s as common as a river stone. The hype may cost us our integrity, By Jeannie Perry but it costs others their lives. Every time I see a commercial for Lysol or Febreze I think of the Shaw cancer center in Edwards. The amount of people who’ve gotten and are getting cancer astounds me, but what’s even more amazing is the amount of money it brings in. We’re actually buying it for our families for Christmas. Chemicals in our food, plastic in our water, we even bring it home in cans and spray bottles and time-release vials that plug into the wall. I can’t believe we’re willing to die for that simulated pine fresh scent. And then there are my favorites, the Safeway commercials where the ornaments talk to each other. There’s a unicorn, a Russian nutcracker soldier, a mouse, etc. all hanging around (literally) the Christmas tree. One of the ornaments is going on and on about true love in a cutesy mini-mouse voice when the unicorn pipes up,“True love is a myth.” Silence. Then the mini-mouse voice responds,“You’re a myth.”The real myth is that we can have it all and still maintain a healthy homestead. The truth is that preparing and handling homemade food is a full-time job. So if American households have both parents going to work 40 hours a week, that leaves little Johnny little choice but to eat Chef Boyarcancer. (But once we run out of oil and the trucking industry shuts down I think cancer rates will plummet as people will be eating more raw foods in their natural state, i.e., not boxed, canned or deli-prepared.) So, to let some of the steam out of the pressure cooker that is Christmas, this year we’ve decided to celebrate Boxing Day instead. Boxing Day is an old tradition. As long as there have been rich and poor there has been the tradition of wrapping up stuff lying around the castle and taking it down the lane to share with thy neighbor. Instead of shopping for everyone on my list, we’re getting together to prepare and eat good food and drink. (Which we’re much better at than any of those other pagan traditions like driving around looking for a parking space or spray-painting fake snow on a wreath.) I’d much rather drink a Meister Bräu with Cousin Eddie than unwrap a tennis bracelet that cost someone else his wrist. (The rooftops won’t be the only thing getting lit up this year – Cheers!)

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Baker decision incompetent Editor’s Note: This letter was also sent to the Carbondale Board of Town Trustees. Dear Editor: John, Elizabeth, Ed and Stacey, in my opinion your vote against renewing Tom Baker’s contract is a ﬂagrant display of self serving, prejudicial, incompetent decisionmaking skills. It shows a total disregard for the community’s interests, needs and wishes. This vote and other recent positions you have taken undermine my conﬁdence in your abilities to make fair, equitable or reasonable decisions as town trustees. It is disappointing and discouraging having you serving as governing representative of our community. Kathy Zentmyer Carbondale

Time to change the trustees Dear Editor: In response to the recent failure to renew Carbondale Town Manager Tom Baker’s contract, perhaps the question should be, “What is the real change that needs to be made in Carbondale?” After Stacey Bernot’s comment that “it is time for a change,” and commentary from both current trustee John Foulkrod and past trustee Brad Hendricks (emphasize past) that this is purely “a personnel issue, not a public issue,”I would venture to say that the changes supported by the town citizens are those that will give us sustainability and a reinforcement of Carbondale’s distinct character; in other words, we favor the changes that Tom Baker was working towards.These are changes that would bring us up to date with policies already enacted in communities like Basalt, much to the disagreement of those council members voting against him. By this, I am referring to an adherence to the “no big box” mentality that was succinctly shot down twice by voters and a previous council with the backing of a two-year public process created by Baker and consultants who indicated that a mall cannot be economically supported.The four town council members who were adamantly ﬁghting against Tom Baker and his public process to ﬁnd a viable alternative to the “big box” (John Foulkrod, Stacey Bernot, Elizabeth Murphy and Ed Cortez) are all vehemently in favor of commercial development, mitigating development/builder fees (Foulkrod and Cortez are in this line of work) and going against the public who they repreLETTERS page 7

Correction The Sun shone for David Anselmo and Patsy Steele during a recent visit to Kauai, Hawaii. Courtesy photo 2 • THE SOPRIS SUN • DECEMBER 23, 2010

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Carbondale artist cras brooch for famed brooch collector, diplomat

Madeleine Albright signed books and shook hands following her Roaring Fork Cultural Council presentation on Tuesday night. Photo by Lynn Burton

Former secretary of state parses wars, Wikileaks and the economy By Terray Sylvester The Sopris Sun It wasn’t until she had paid her respects to the embalmed corpse of Kim Jong-il’s father that Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was granted a meeting with the mercurial North Korean leader. In that meeting and the meetings that followed, which took place in the waning months of the second Clinton administration, U.S. negotiators were able to convince North Korea to implement a “moratorium on their missiles,” Albright said. She and her team were also working on a deal under which the communist state would have agreed not to export its nuclear technology abroad. But according to Albright, the progress the U.S. made with North Korea during her tenure as secretary of state was neglected by the Bush administration. In November the New York Times reported that North Korea has likely sold 19 missiles to Iran in the last half decade. Madeleine Albright spoke Tuesday evening to a packed house at the Thunder River Theatre, offering a presentation that was partly a primer on recent U.S. foreign policy and partly a reflection on the role of the U.S. abroad from someone who helped shape it. Albright became the first female secretary of state in 1997, after having served as permanent representative to the United Nations since 1993, among other posts. Her presentation rounded out the second series of speakers hosted by the Roaring Fork Cultural Council, which in the past has brought to Carbondale figures such as former Goldman Sachs chairman Robert Steele and former CEO of CNN Walter Isaacson. Albright roundly criticized U.S. foreign policy under President George W. Bush on

Tuesday night. “I don’t want to blame everything on the Bush administration, but the bottom line is they did not go forward with any of the stuff we left on the table,” she said, while discussing the current tension on the Korean peninsula and the latent possibility of a nuclear attack from the North.“We were in the middle of negotiations. … What is happening now is dangerous and we don’t quite know why it’s happening.” She called the recent Iraq war a mistake. “I hate to say this because there have been so many sacrifices by our military in Iraq, but … I think it was one of the greatest disasters in American foreign policy because it did so much damage to our reputation in so many ways,” she said. Albright argued the Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, had been “boxed in” by no-fly zones and economic sanctions when President Bush took office. She thought the U.S. should have pursued a diplomatic route, pushing for inspectors to be allowed back into the country. Instead, the Iraq war diverted the nation’s resources from the place it should have been focused in the wake of the 9-11 attacks: Afghanistan. “I do think that President Bush was absolutely right in retaliating against Afghanistan,” Albright stated. Albright spoke on more recent foreign policy developments as well. On the ongoing leaks of diplomatic cables and other government documents through the Web site Wikileaks, she said,“It is destructive to the fabric of how diplomacy works.” Albright noted that diplomatic cables are just one source of many used by the U.S. to craft foreign policy, and she asserted the leaks ALBRIGHT page 7

By Allyn Harvey Life. The copper represents the earth, Special to The Sopris Sun while the silver honors the mining hisCarbondale jewelry maker Tanya tory of the region. Black was recently commissioned to The shell hangs above the Goddess craft a brooch for Madeleine Albright, Belly and was found by Black’s daughformer U.S. Secretary of State and am- ter Saffire on a recent camping trip with bassador to the United Nations. her school to the Snowmass area. Albright, who spoke Tuesday in Car“Dinosaur bones and us are all part bondale, is perhaps the world’s most fa- of the chain of DNA which is represented mous aficionado of brooches. Her by the symbol and this shell. It represents memoir, “Read My Pins: Stories From A the never-ending spiral of life and the hisDiplomat’s Jewelry Box,” recounts her tory that’s been unearthed here recently,” career, her affection for Black said. pins and brooches and Madeleine Albright their very real role in is a Taurus, so Black her diplomacy. shaped a piece of silver Jewelry plays a simito represent the bull larly important role in and donned it with Black’s working life. The four stars — three mother of two girls made of silver, one a found her way four ruby — to symbolize years ago to Carbondale the diplomat’s nuand a place as artist-inmerology. A Life Path residence at Colorado of a 4, like Albright’s, is Rocky Mountain School that of a master builder, where she helped in their a cornerstone of socisilversmithing departety, filled with dedicament while also teaching tion, perseverance and art, dance and Birthing power. From Within classes in The ruby dually area art centers. Resymbolizes the bull’s cently, she relocated to eye, and the giant star Studio for Arts and Aldebaran, the largest Works, S.A.W., where in the constellation, 40 she shares space with times the size of the sun. jeweler Colby June. Black’s final touch is The brooch prea shadowbox of silver, sented to Albright Tuesetched on the outside day is humble in its The brooch (top), and Tanya with one of Albright’s elements — copper, sil- Black at work in her studio. many famous quotes: ver, a shell, and a ruby. Photos by Allyn Harvey “There is a special place But its celebration of in hell for women who geometry, fertility, history, astrology and, don’t help each other.” importantly, the personality of the two Black was commissioned by Jim Calwomen tied to the brooch, makes for a away, a co-founder of the Roaring Fork thematically complex piece. Cultural Council, which brought Al“The female form shows up in my bright to Carbondale. work a lot, and I’ve put one in this piece,” She didn’t know Calaway when she Black said. heard about his plan to commission a Black’s Goddess Belly, a silver charm brooch, so she began seeking shared acof a woman’s belly with child, is quaintances who could vouch for her mounted on the copper platform that work. The next thing she knew Calaway has been painstakingly crafted with a had hired her. jeweler’s saw into a complex geometric “I’ve been supported by this commuform, or Yantra, shaped as the Flower of nity, it’s a really special place.” she said.

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Tanya Black’s jewelry is on display in the S.A.W. gallery show through the second week of January. S.A.W. is located at 978 Euclid Ave., just off Highway 133.

Trustees vote 4-3 not to renew town manager contract By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer

The Carbondale board of trustees voted 4-3 not to renew town manager Tom Baker’s contract at their meeting on Dec. 15.After the meeting, trustees were reluctant to discuss their decision in detail due to the conﬁdentiality of personnel issues, but some general points of view emerged. Mayor Stacey Bernot, who voted against the motion to renew Baker’s contract, said the issue of $88,000 in uncollected use taxes ear-

lier this year played in her decision, but so did other factors. Bernot said she questioned how Baker could be effective in his role based on the information she had. “His past performance was a factor in my decision,” she said. Trustee Pam Zentmyer, who voted to retain Baker, called the board’s decision “irrational.” She said Baker has done an “overwhelmingly good job”in the big picture, but that the little picture (such as the use tax issue) was overblown. Zentmyer also credited Baker and town ﬁnance director Nancy Bar-

nett for guiding the town through a rough economic climate the past two years. “We’ve had unbelievable leadership through the haze of the recent economy,” she said. Voting against the motion to retain Baker were Bernot, John Foulkrod, Elizabeth Murphy and Ed Cortez. Voting to renew Baker’s contract were Zentmyer, Frosty Merriott and John Hoffmann. The town hired Baker in 2004 and he was on his second three-year contract.

Bernot said the town manager role has two components: to manage staff and implement the policies of the trustees. She didn’t elaborate but said not all the credit for successes in the past can be attributed to Baker, but not everything that’s gone wrong is his fault either. Zentmyer and Bernot agree the trustees had a lot on their plate even before Baker’s contract wasn’t renewed, including the ongoing Village at Crystal River review, an upcoming comprehensive plan/zoning code rewrite, and ﬁguring out whether to replace BAKER page 5

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

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New trails commission to meet A new citizen commission to oversee bicycle and pedestrian safety in town will begin meeting next month. At the trusteesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; meeting last week, Carbondale town staff

recommended nine people to serve on the Bicycle, Pedestrian and Trails Commission, which will work to maintain trail connectivity around town, educate the public and schools in transportation safety and dig up grants for trail improvements, among other jobs. Over the next couple of weeks the trustees will appoint seven voting members and likely allow the remaining two applicants, as well as 13 other people who expressed interest in the commission, to serve as alternates. The nine people who received recommendations include: Daryl Fuller, Kate Schwarzler, Jon Fredericks, Robert Comey, Tom Penzel, Aaron Mayes, Darren Broome, Aaron Taylor and Dawn Barton. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think this committee is going to get so darn busy that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be able to use all these people,â&#x20AC;? said Public Works Director Larry Ballenger.

Bring out yer dead Roxanne Sullivan chugs through the drizzle during the ďŹ nal leg of last Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jingle Bell 4-Mile Run and Shoe Drive, sponsored by Independence Run and Hike. A total of 68 runners ďŹ nished the race. Bernie Boettcher placed ďŹ rst with a time of 23:07. Ashley Arnold was the top placing woman. Photo by Lynn Burton

The town will once again recycle Carbondale residentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; cast-off Christmas trees. Collection will start Sunday, Dec. 26, and run until the end of January. The collection site will be in the parking lot on the northeast corner of Fourth Street and Colorado Avenue across from town hall. All decorations, plastic bags, tree stands, screws, nails and other stuff must be removed from the trees and no flocked or artificial trees

will be accepted either. Mulch from the trees will be available sometime in February. For more information, call 963-1307.

A big year for the Gems In a press release Hidden Gems Wilderness supporters chalked 2010 as a big win for the environment in Eagle, Summit, Pitkin and Gunnison counties. In November county commissioners in Eagle and Summit counties issued letters of support for Congressman Jared Polisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Eagle and Summit County Wilderness Preservation Act (HR 6280), a bill to preserve nearly 170,000 acres as wilderness or as special management areas. Rep. Polis introduced the bill in Congress in late September. The Pitkin County Commissioners endorsed the areas proposed for wilderness designations in the Roaring Fork Valley on Nov. 17 by a 4-0 vote. Gunnison County Commissioners endorsed areas in that county on Dec. 7 by a 2-1 vote. Pitkin and Gunnison are part of the Third Congressional District, which will be represented by Scott Tipton in the next Congress. Next year Hidden Gems proponents will work to put a proposal for Pitkin and Gunnison counties before Congressman Tipton. Work will continue in Eagle and Summit counties as well. If the Eagle and Summit Wilderness Preservation Act is

FRIDAY Dec. 10 A male called to report that during the previous night one of his employees, a Latino man, had been assaulted with nunchuks on the 1000 block of Main Street. The caller was concerned his employee, who was treated for lacerations to his face, would not report the incident. FRIDAY Dec. 10 At 11:24 p.m. an ofďŹ cer noticed a car chained to a light pole in the RFTA park and ride lot. The steering wheel was also secured with a heavy cable lock. The cop left a note on the car asking the owner to contact the police. SATURDAY Dec. 11 At 6:25 p.m. a man was arrested and jailed for indecent exposure after allegedly revealing too much while urinating on a car in front of the Pour House.

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planner Doug Dotson who resigned earlier this year.“That’s three blows,” Zentmyer said. “I don’t think anything that’s gone on warrants this (Baker’s non-renewal) situation.” Zentmyer took office in 2008. She said part of the problem dates back to before her tenure, when the trustees did not draft a written evaluation of Baker.“There was no clear direction on where improvements should be made,” she said. “That’s pretty poor.” Neither Bernot nor Zentmyer knew what to make of the loose-knit, slow-growth Town Mothers group supporting Baker so strongly with petitions, letters to the editor and speaking out at trustee meetings.“That’s the $64,000 question,” Bernot said. Zentmyer, Merriott and Hoffmann are generally seen as Tom Baker receiving Town Mother support, with the other four (the “Town Others”as some are calling them) receiving less. Bernot said it’s not the town manager’s role to take a stand on the issue of growth or no growth. Although the trustees discussed Baker’s contract several times in closed-door executive sessions, word that he was on the hot seat leaked out. In the end, Zentmyer received a petition/letter of support to retain Baker signed by 150 people. Besides Baker’s contract, the Town Mother versus Town Other trustee faction has been at odds with each other on other issues. During the Historic Commercial Core (HCC) zoning overlay debate, Merriott made a motion to increase the resident occupied restriction from 20 to 60 percent late in the process, during a meeting at which Foulkrod (who later opposed the increase) was absent. Trustees approved the overlay but at the next meeting, with Merriott, Zentmyer and Murphy absent, they voted 3-1 to readdress the issue. Hoffmann voted no. Then there was Merriott going public in his support of Baker in the days leading up to the final vote. At least one of the Town Other trustees was reportedly “furious” that Merriott signed the petition to retain Baker. Bernot said she expects the board will be able to move forward on the issues facing the town despite the recent conflicts.“We’re all there to do what’s in Carbondale’s best interest,” she said. Zentmyer isn’t as sure the two factions can work well together. “I think it’s going to be tough,” she said. “It is concerning … the level of flexibility … being able to listen. … “ As for Baker, he said he understands the trustees made a difficult decision. He’s also grateful for the opportunity to have been Carbondale’s town manager and has “no regrets.” He plans to stay in town and seek other employment. “My daughter and I love it here.”

Spuds, Subs ‘n’ Suds no longer By Terray Sylvester Sopris Sun Staff Writer Spuds, Subs ‘n’ Suds shuttered its doors last weekend. For two years the deli in the Churchill Building on Fourth Street has been a favorite spot for the lunch crowd to grab a low-cost gourmet sandwich on a freshly baked roll, a cup of soup and maybe a side of slaw. With its 2:30 a.m. closing time on peak weekends, Subs ‘n’ Suds was also a popular stop-off for anyone out to satisfy a late night craving as the bars wound down. But long time local chef Jimmy Nadell, the deli’s owner, said he’s ready to turn his attention to other endeavors, namely, a new book designed to help readers stay fit and eat healthfully into retirement and beyond, and a Web site that will offer culinary certifications and other services to chefs around the world. “You keep throwing irons in the fire and hope one of them gets hot,” he said. And besides, he added, his original motivation for opening the shop has become a little less pressing. Nadell opened Subs ‘n’ Suds in May 2008. He had just moved his catering company, Bravo Fine Catering, out of the Churchill Building and into its current location on Main Street next to Crystal River Spas. He was also looking for a way to keep his cooks busy during the re-

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cession. So the sub shop was a great way to kill two (nicely seasoned) birds with one stone. “You had four- and five-star chefs making your stuff over at Subs,” he said. “It all worked out as planned.” Nadell said he sold the shop on Dec. 18 to a group of “well-funded” medical marijuana entrepreneurs intent on slipping in ahead of the medical marijuana moratorium recently enacted by the town trustees. He had closed the sub shop and cleared out the space by the next day. Nadell said his new Web site will launch next month as the hub for the United States Chefs Association, a trade group which will offer accredited culinary testing to its members, as well as job search assistance, exotic foods, culinary goods, seminars, group insurance and other services in 12 languages. Nadell’s book will detail the “Aspen Diet,” a wellness plan he drew up which combines a physically active lifestyle with a diet low in fats, alcohol, cholesterol and refined sugar. The book will include easy recipes for healthy American comfort food, such as super low-fat fried chicken with fat-free mashed potatoes and fat-free gravy. And Nadell has other ideas up his sleeve as well. For instance, he thinks Carbondale can really use a good familystyle pasta shop, though as yet, those plans are still percolating.

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Send your scuttlebutt to Scuttlebutt@SoprisSun.com. round of treatment for breast cancer in June. Kenney, a well-known potter, is also putting brush to canvas as well as clay, and her new work is included at the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities show â&#x20AC;&#x153;Made by Hand, From the Heart,â&#x20AC;? which will be up until mid-January. You can see her work at etsy.com or give her a call at 9632395. She says her studio is open year round.

RFHS students compete in Denver Roaring Fork High School sent a team of 18 students to the statewide Center for Civic Educationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s We the People competition in Denver earlier this month. The students were from Ben Bohmfalkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fundamentals of American Democracy honors class. The competition revolves around judges asking teams comprised of six students each Constitutional questions. To prepare for the competition, Bill Lamont, Jim Waddick and Dick Hart visited the class and talked to the students. Roaring Fork High School was the only area school to enter the competition, which attracted a ďŹ eld of eight.The Rams ďŹ nished sixth. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Next year Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to recruit more members of the community to serve as coaches for these teams to help us prepare even better,â&#x20AC;? Bohmfalk said. Roaring Fork High School Principal Cliff Colia drove the students to Denver. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We got stuck in skier trafďŹ c Sunday night and barely made it with a smoking bus and an overheated transmission,â&#x20AC;? Bohmfalk continued. The students who made the Denver trip were: Adrienne Ackerman,Teddy Benge, Sam Carpenter, Thomas Cerise, Kelley Farris, Tucker Farris, Monica Grijalva-Ruiz, Clay Gross, Michelle Lopez, Adriana Perez, Kenia Pinela, Carey Reimer, Kenia Reyna, Hailey Reynolds, Elizabeth Ritchie, Dalia Rivera, Rachel Tarr and William Tempest.

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Roaring Fork High Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fundamentals of Democracy honors class traveled to the state capitol earlier this month to take part in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;We the Peopleâ&#x20AC;? competition. Civics teacher Ben Bohmfalk said he is already looking forward to next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contest. Courtesy photo ior Sam Carpenter and seniors Saulito Vega and Dalton Handy made the ďŹ rst team. Seniors Roberto Ramirez and Antonio Madrigal were honorable mentions. Carpenter earned honorable mention honors for the 3A All-State team. The Rams ďŹ nished up with a 10-5-1 record this fall and won their ďŹ rst round game in the state playoffs.

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It looks like the Miserly Shopper has returned to town after a lengthy stay somewhere else. Mr. Shopper is tighter than bark on tree, according to people who reportedly know him or wish they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know him.The Miserly Shopper dropped by the Sun the other day to explain his gift giving philosophy this year. Basically, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clipping out the 15 percent off coupons from the Pour House that run in the Sopris Sun, and passing them off as gift certiďŹ cates â&#x20AC;&#x201C; sort of.â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hey, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s better than nothing,â&#x20AC;?he says.â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fifteen percent of something isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t nothing.â&#x20AC;?

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The Garfield County Engineering Department plans to start reassembling the historic Satank bridge on Dec. 27. The department moved the bridge, located on the Roaring Fork River just downstream from Highway 133, to a county shop for restoration on Sept. 29. The bridge will be put back into place on its abutments in early January, according to a press release. During replacement, a short stretch of the Roaring Fork and Rio Grande trail will be closed for one day. The wood and metal bridge is on the National Register of Historic Places and is the last remaining one of its type in Colorado.

The town of Carbondale’s ice rink at the roping arena on County Road 100 is open for skating. The warming hut hours are Monday and Friday from 4 to 7 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. The recreation department is offering introduction to ice hockey lessons from Jan. 4 to Feb. 10. Pick-up hockey takes place Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. For more info, call 704-4190.

Cleaning out the Third Street gym The Third Street Center gym is packed with all kinds of stuff that’s gotta go, including about 20 old toilets, more than 40 doors and approximately 80 fluorescent light fixtures. The gym is being cleaned out so it can be used as a performing art center. If you’d like to inspect the gym items for yourself, and perhaps drive off with some of them, call Third Street Center Facilities Manager Mark Wolfe at 510-3001.

Gems offering hand-signed photo The Hidden Gems campaign is offering a signed print of Glenn Randall’s 8X10 inch photograph of Treasure Mountain for those who make a donation of $100 or more by Dec. 31. For details, go to whiteriverwild.org.

Holy Cross solicits RFPs Holy Cross Energy has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the purchase of energy and Renewable Energy Credits for up to 10 MW of electric generation, according to a press release. The submittal deadline is Jan. 31. For details, e-mail Chris Hildred at childred@holycross.com. Please include the words “RE RFP” in the subject line.

Letters continued om page 2 sent. Hmmm, maybe the change that is truly needed is the ousting of trustees who compare themselves to“judges”(Bernot, quoted in The Sopris Sun) instead of representatives of the majority vote in Carbondale. It is insulting to the voters and active members that make Carbondale the enviable community it is, to have their voices be dismissed. Our town manager is a servant who ﬁnds solutions to the constant inﬂux of current issues and anticipates trending issues to come. Tom has done this is spades. This is town council, not an egocentric forum for promoting one’s business interests against the popular opinion. This council continually approves development projects in a time of a “new normal,” failing to look ahead and setting Carbondale up for failure as an economically viable, sustainable and socially desirable place to live. We have spoken and spoken and spoken again. If you continue to ignore us, then perhaps the change that should be made is to create a council that truly represents its citizens. Denise Moss Carbondale

Compromised My abuela, a mother of two, Living in a railroad car Gave birth to the holy triplets: Jesus, Jose, Maria My father, the middle one, Trading bananas for racism Moved to New Orleans And joined the U.S. Air Force My son, a second grader, Not of the one percent Sits in my grandma’s dream home, Nine hundred square feet, as My President, the lost messiah, Defends the latest tax bill, And all is calm and quiet Along the white sands at San Clemente Jose Alcantara Carbondale

Albright continued om page 3 have caused foreign sources to be more cautious in how they communicate with the U.S. Albright also stressed that the global ﬁnancial crisis, and the U.S. role in it,“in many ways trumps” other foreign policy concerns the country faces. “When the intelligence people go up to the Hill to testify, they think that our biggest national security problem is our economy,” she said. She argued it’s impossible to draw a line between domestic and foreign policy, and the U.S. should ease the gridlock in Washington to function more effectively abroad. “I believe in the American political system, but it does require there to be cooperation be-

tween the executive and legislative branch,” she said.“I hope that the next two years will allow us to do that, in order for the U.S. to regain our international position.”

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The Roaring Fork Cultural Council will kick off next year’s speaker series on Jan. 29 with a presentation on the future of energy from local philanthropist and oilman Jim Calaway, and his twin sons John and James, who work in the renewable energy industry. On April 2 the Cultural Council will host a visit from former Sen. Gary Hart. For tickets and a schedule of future events, call 704-1515 or visit rfculturalcouncil.org. THE SOPRIS SUN • DECEMBER 23, 2010 • 7

Community Calendar 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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FILM SCREENINGS • Aspen Film’s annual academy screenings take place through Jan. 1 at Harris Hall with one screening at the Wheeler Opera House. A complete program schedule is available online at aspenﬁlm.org; tickets to the general public are available at the Wheeler Opera House.

MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “Black Swan” (R) at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 26-30. CLOSED DEC. 24-25.

THURS. Dec. 23-Dec. 31 TWELVE DAYS • The Aspen Chamber Resort Association’s 12 Days of Aspen continues through Dec. 31. Events include caroling, free ice-skating, story reading and more. Info: aspenchamber.org.

THURS. & FRI. Dec. 23-24 SANTA’S VILLAGE • The North Pole comes to the Snowmass Village Mall from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. with Santa Claus and the Dickens Carolers.

THURS. Dec. 23 LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s Tavern presents T Ray Becker (acoustic). TEA TIME • Lady Bountiful discusses Redstone’s history from noon to 3 p.m. at the Redstone Inn. She’s accompanied by a ﬂutist and harp player. CAROLERS • The Palace Production Carolers perform at the corner of Cooper and Galena in downtown Aspen from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION • The Church at Carbondale will hold candlelight Christmas Eve celebrations at the church at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., with a live nativity re-enactment held off-site at a nearby barn at 6 p.m. The nativity scene comes to life with live actors and traditional Christmas hymns sung by all. Everyone is welcome. The Gathering Center/Common Grounds at the Church at Carbondale will be serving complimentary hot chocolate, cookies, cakes and lattes from 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Patrons are invited to bring a plate of Christmas cookies to share. The Church at Carbondale is located at 110 Snowmass Dr. The nativity re-enactment can be reached by driving south on Highway 133 and following the star. Info: 963-8773. CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE • Carbondale Community United Methodist Church,

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located at 385 S. Second St., will have two Christmas Eve services on Friday, Dec. 24. The early service will be at 6:30 p.m., and will include music by the Mertensia Hand Bell Choir, lighting the Christ Candle, a children’s Christmas pageant with carols, a blessing of the children, and a candlelight closing. A traditional Christmas Eve candlelight service will be at 9 p.m., also including lighting the Christ Candle, Christmas carols, telling of the Christmas story, Holy Communion and a candlelight closing. WHEELER SERVICES • Crossroads Church holds Christmas Eve services at the Wheeler Opera House at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Info: ccaspen.com. BASALT SERVICES • St. Peter’s of the Valley Episcopal church holds Christmas Eve services at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Child care is provided for the 5 p.m. service. The church is located at 200 Elk Run Dr. in Basalt. LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars, located in the old part of the Dinkel Building, hosts live music every Friday. Info: 963-3304. LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s Tavern presents Rising Lyon (reggae).

LIVE MUSIC • The Deﬁance Stringband plays the Limelight Lodge, located at 355 S. Monarch St. in Aspen, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.

TUES.-THURS. Dec. 28-30 CIRQUE D’ASPEN • Cirque d’Aspen presents a new production at the Aspen High School gym at 7 p.m. on Dec. 28 and 5 p.m. on Dec. 29-30. Ticket prices range from $60 for kids 12 and under to $5,000 for a VIP ﬂoor table for 10. Info: 544-9800.

WEDNESDAY Dec. 29 KARAMAZOV BROTHERS • The Flying Karamazov Brothers bring their anarchist humor and zany juggling to the Wheeler Opera House. All seats are $35. Info: 920-5770.

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LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s Tavern presents Sector 7 G. There’s a $10 cover.

Jan. 5 TERRY TEMPEST WILLIAMS • The Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, and the Aspen Writers’ Foundation, present author/environmental activist Terry Tempest Williams, who will be reading from her work, at Paepcke Auditorium at 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 5. Tickets are $15. Info: 920-5700.

Ongoing “MADE BY HAND” • The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities presents its annual holiday exhibit “Made by Hand, From the Heart” at the Third Street Center. Info: 963-1680. EXHIBIT CONTINUES • The Frontier Historical Museum in Glenwood Springs shows exhibits on Doc Holliday, Kid Curry, Teddy Roosevelt, Ute Indians, mining and more. The museum is located at 10th and Colorado and is open from 1 to 4 p.m. on Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. ART SHOW • Zheng Asian Bistro at 400 E. Valley Road in El Jebel presents the work of local painter Dennis Dodson. The show is called, “Insider Outsider Art: Finding the Sociological Imagination.” Info: 963-8077. 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. FOOD EDUCATION • Eco-Goddess hosts a food education series at the restaurant every Wednesday from 6 to 7 p.m. Topics include the hidden costs in food and choices you can make. It’s free. Info: 963-7316.

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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. 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.

Folks cut a rug in the Third Street Center to the rhythms of Pastor Mustard and the New National Swing Band on Dec. 17. The concert was hosted by the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities. Photo by Terray Sylvester

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Students of Mike Mines at Carbondale Community School recently constructed a life-size Columbian mammoth, which stands about 15 feet tall at the shoulder, made of cardboard and PVC pipe. The students took a small model of the mammoth, did the math to convert it to lifesize, drew the bones on cardboard then cut them out and painted them. The project was part of a class on the science of the Pleistocene era, climate and extinction. Courtesy photo.

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Legal Notices ORDINANCE NO. 10 Series 2010

CESS OF AMOUNT BUDGETED FOR THE SALES AND USE TAX FUND, THE BOND FUND AND THE BOND RESERVE FUND OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO

AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING SUMS OF MONEY TO THE VARIOUS FUNDS AND SPENDING AGENCIES, IN THE AMOUNTS AND FOR THE PURPOSES AS SET FORTH BELOW, FOR THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO, FOR THE 2011 BUDGET YEAR

NOTICE: This Ordinance was introduced, read, and adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Carbondale, Colorado, on December 14, 2010.

This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after publication of this notice. The full text of said Ordinance is available to the public at www.carbondalegov.org or at the office of the Town Clerk, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, Colorado, during normal business hours.

NOTICE: This Ordinance was introduced, read, and adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Carbondale, Colorado, on December 14, 2010.

THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE _________________________ By: s/s Stacey Bernot, Mayor

ORDINANCE NO. 12 Series 2010

Published in The Sopris Sun December 23, 2010.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO, APPROVING AN EXTENSION OF CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT DEADLINES FOR THE MOUNTAIN SAGE TOWNHOMES P.U.D.

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Copies of the application are on file in the Planning Department office, Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO. and may be examined by interested persons during regular working hours, 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

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adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Carbondale, Colorado, on December 14, 2010.

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO, IMPOSING A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE SUBMISSION, ACCEPTANCE, PROCESSING, AND APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS FOR NEW PERMITS TO OPERATE MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY AND CULTIVATION FACILITIES AND INFUSED PRODUCT MANUFACTURING UNDER HB 1084 NOTICE: This Ordinance was introduced, read, and adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Carbondale, Colorado, on

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Public Hearings will be held before the Carbondale Planning and Zoning Commission and the Board of Trustees for the purpose of considering an ordinance to address the use, storage and cultivation of medical marijuana and any effects of such by medical marijuana patients and primary caregivers in the residential zone district and other residences as well as the cultivation, manufacture of products and distribution of medical marijuana and effects thereof by Caregivers in the Town of Carbondale.

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