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Congratulations to the Roaring Fork Valley’s newest moms and babies.

“Satank is like Narnia; it’s hard to find, butonce you’re there you never want to leave.”

– JBFor those of you who don’t

already know, Satank is a neigh-borhood to the west of Carbon-dale. It’s not actually inCarbondale, as in the town limits,but you can walk to Sopris Parkin about 15 minutes — and that’swith two dogs who like to stopand smell the opposite of roses.

Satank was originally calledCooperton for founder IsaacCooper, who has streets namedfor him both in Aspen and inGlenwood Springs. Satank sitsjust above the confluence of theRoaring Fork River and RockCreek (the Crystal River) with many oldtrees lining the quiet roads. A lot of peoplehave lived in Satank at least once in their val-ley rental history, and everyone I’ve heardfrom has enjoyed living here.

That’s not to say Satank doesn’t have itsquirks; it does. As residents of unincorpo-rated Garfield County, Satankers have, forthe most part, adopted a laissez-faire attitudewhen it comes to rules and regulations.

From tribes of free-range chickens to plasticones artfully placed in the front yard, any-thing goes in Satank; we even have a free

box corner. And for the mostpart, neighbors overlook eachother’s strange habits becausewe acknowledge our ownidiosyncrasies.

Over the years, Satankershave earned the reputation ofbeing everything from “chal-lenging” to eccentric, to justplain cray-cray. But don’t letthe lawn clutter and patch-worked outbuildings fool you— being a recluse goes handin hand with having a highI.Q. Yep, I said it; only thegood die young, and only the

bright choose a little hinky over an HOA.Sure, our neighborhood may resemble San-ford and Son, but at least we can have a yardsale any time we want and leave the Christ-mas lights up after Jan. 1.

One of these days we’re going to startthe Satank Country Club, and then lookout! “We have a pool and a pond … Pond’dbe good for you.” –Ty Webb (“Cad-dyshack.”) Truly, the future look and feel of

Satank is anyone’s guess. With a range ofindividuality rarely seen in such a smallarea, Satank is enduring and unique. Evenwith all the changes Carbondale has un-dergone in the last few years, I’m not wor-ried. As satankerous* as some of myneighbors are, I seriously doubt we’ll evensee curb and gutter work in my lifetime.

The newest Satank trend is to live in atrailer while you build a house, and I mustsay, I’m rather envious (my retirement dreamis to live in a trailer on the beach). Backwhen we moved our house to Satank, we feltit fit in perfectly because it is a stick-built tolook like a modular. My husband’s brother,Jack, was the first one to buy land from myuncle Charlie, (he bought the land from Bud

Fender) and he built a straw bale house onthe river. Next, we moved in an old woodhouse off my grandparents’ ranch; it tookabout 15 minutes to drive down Highway133 with a wide load truck leading the way,and more than two hours to negotiate thetwists and turns of Satank. So now, if theyoungest Wilfley brother moves his familyto Satank they’ll need a brick house, in keep-ing with the Three Little Pigs storyline. Myin-laws are not as corny as I am, but they putup with my huffing and puffing jokes.

Maybe that’s the secret to Satank, a senseof humor. No one here takes life so seriouslythat they won’t kick off their shoes and puttheir feet in the ditch with a neighbor on asunny afternoon. When Brad Hendricks (Sa-tanker extraordinaire) passed away, therewere little handmade signs in front of thehouses that read: “park here” and “parkingfor Brad H.” It was heartwarming to seeneighbors reaching out in consideration in-stead of calling a tow truck. True commu-nity is about appreciating each other’sdifferences, and paying it forward in kind.And in this respect, Satank’s diversity makesit, already, a very rich neighborhood.

*courtesy Tom Camp

OPINION

Ps & QsBy Jeannie Perry

By Rob MulfordI guess you can say that I’m a redneck.

Heck, I do live in a ruff-cut lumber/plywoodshack that I nailed together myself and don’thave indoor plumbing. I takecare of the critical ancillarydigestive tract functions inmy outhouse. I don’t keep any reading ma-terial out there though. Interior Alaskan win-ters can get bitterly cold and the mosquitoesof spring and summer offer their own incen-tive for doing one’s business as well as theaccompanying paperwork expeditiously.

But, then, the very term redneck — some-

times hijacked by the prejudice of the thosewho look down their noses at folks whowork with their hands — in the early 20thcentury was epitomized by the red scarf

worn by the Colorado minersymbolizing solidarity be-tween all who toiled, be they

white, black, Hispanic, etc.From 1979 to 1982 I was an under-

ground miner in Western Colorado. The firstmine that I worked in was Mid-Continent’sDutch Creek No. 1 coal mine, 30 some milessouth of Glenwood Springs. It was notori-ously deep — the mining face was around a

mile and a half from the porthole with 3,000feet of overburden — and off gassed about1.5 million cubic feet of methane a day.When we walked out of the porthole at theend of the shift we all had the same jet-blackskin color. Even after we left the bathhousewe easily separated from those who didn’tmine coal by the Carboniferous makeup thatwe wore on our eyelids.

I was working at Occidental Oil Shale’smines in De Beque on April 15, 1981 whendisaster struck the crew in Dutch Creek No.1. I was stricken with grief. I had lost a lot of

An Alaskan returns to Dutch Creek No. 1

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Carbondale CommentaryThe views and opinions expressed on the Commentary page do not necessarily reflect those of The Sopris Sun. The Sopris Sun invites all members of the community to submit letters to theeditor or guest columns. For more information, e-mail editor Lynn Burton at [email protected], or call 510-3003.

Happy Dandy DayDear Editor:

Carbondale is about to celebrate its17th annual Dandelion Day on May 9 inour downtown Sopris Park. We areknown as being the first “organic” townpark in North America, as well has havingthe dandelion as its official town flower.Carbondale is known by several dozendandelion countries around the world.The dandelion is one of the completelyedible plants around the world, but alsoone of the most nutritious vegetables onplanet Earth. Even the pilgrim Mayflowerboat is what brought dandelions to Amer-

ica from England.The flower: has more vitamin A per unit

volume than any other world plant and canbe used in making foods, wines and beers.

The stem: is OK to be used in salads andstir-fries. Most known around the world tobe simply cracked open and have the whitestem milk squeezed onto skin-care prob-lems to aid healing time by 50 percent. AlsoOK under Band-Aids.

The leaves: the No. 1 greens for any andall salads and cookings around the world.Leaf squeezed green juice has been usedover the past 125 years by European doc-tors to inject into patients to cure blood

loss potential deaths.The roots: used in countries around the

world for the last 500 to 1,000 years as theNo. 1 coffee substitute, but containing nocaffeine. The grated and roasted dandelionroots have been used over the last centuryin making nut brown, porter and stoutbeers. Cheers!

So bring all your friends and families toCarbondale Dandelion Day on May 9 tohelp celebrate the happiest fun town day inwestern civilization. Our Main Street to ourSeventh Street/Sopris Dandy Park paradestarts at 10 a.m. You can be in it, too: bik-

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With a range of individuality rarely seen

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e ’tank: Don’t look for curbs/gutters anytime soon

MINING MEMORIES page 9

LETTERS page 8

By John ColsonSopris Sun Correspondent

With 17 years of formal history underits belt, the Environmental Board in Car-bondale is about to undertake a new phasein its work to reduce the town’s carbonfootprint and spur its citizens on to greaterparticipation in the growing, nationwide“green” movement.

Toward that end, the members of the E-Board, as it is known, recently met with theCarbondale Board of Trustees to report onits recent progress in various programs, someof which “have lapsed in the last half of2014. These programs are anticipated to berejuvenated in 2015 with the new membersof the board,” according to a memo from theE-Board to the trustees.

Among the programs now being contem-plated by the E-Board, as discussed at theirboard meeting on April 27, are:

• A proposal to come up with a de-tailed “sustainability master plan” thatwould be presented for ratification by thetrustees and that would outline ways thetown can meet its stated goals of reducinglocally generated carbon emissions andthus help cut the growth of greenhousegases in the atmosphere;

• Expanding the town’s existing “bagban” that prohibits the use of plastic bags atthe City Market grocery store. The idea is toprohibit the use of plastic bags by all townbusinesses, as well as perhaps formulating arelated ban on the sale of plastic water bot-tles, both of which are seen as a way to re-duce the town’s output of nondegradeabletrash going into the region’s landfills;

• Helping town staff formulate a betterweed-management program than is currentlyin place. The idea, E-Board members said, isto avoid the use of herbicides on town-owned property where weeds become aproblem despite efforts to keep them at bayby organic means. Weed management wasone of the issues that got the E-Board startedin the first place back in the 1990s;

• Work up an application process for spe-cial events that would either require or en-courage vendors at special events to complywith Carbondale’s green policies concerningtrash, energy use and other issues. JasonHaber, a member of the Community Officeof Resource Efficiency, one of the town’s con-sulting nonprofits on environmental issues,told the E-board this week that CORE re-cently helped the Town of Basalt come upwith this kind of “green events guidelines”schedule for its own special events;

• Provide the trustees with advisory com-ments concerning budgetary requests fromCORE and Clean Energy Environment forthe Region (CLEER), two nonprofit organi-zations that are assisting the town in its en-ergy-trimming and related environmentalprogramming efforts. The town recently hasagreed to set aside annual energy-impact grantfunds, which come from energy companiesthrough programs managed by the state, tohelp fund CORE’s and CLEER’s ongoing en-ergy-efficiency and energy-saving programs.

Carbondale Trustee A.J. Hobbs, the cur-rent liaison between the trustees and the E-

Board, confirmed that the town is hopingthese and other environmentally orientedinitiatives by the E-Board will help takesome of the investigative pressure off thetrustees themselves.

E-Board historyThe E-Board, according to a history pub-

lished in 2014 in The Sopris Sun, got its startas an informal board of volunteers in about1995, mainly through the efforts of local en-ergy-efficiency advocates Steve Standifordand Jeff Dickinson.

At that time, local environmental activistswere expressing concern about the town’suse of herbicides to kill weeds in the localparks and other town-owned property. Citi-zen petitions convinced the town govern-ment to change its ways, and in 1998 thetrustees formally created the E-Board to dealwith this and other issues.

In the spring of 1998, partly in responseto research by local brewmeister and chiro-practor John “Doc” Philip showing that thedandelion has historically been viewed as avaluable source of nutrition, the E-Boardsponsored the first-ever Dandelion Day fes-tival in Sopris Park.

At about the same time, then-MayorRandy Vanderhurst declared that the dande-lion was Carbondale’s “town flower.”

In 2001, according to the history com-piled by Sue Gray, the E-Board came up witha plan for controlling weeds by organicmeans, a methodology that remains largelyin place today.

Building on this success, the E-Boardbegan branching out, forming a Waste Di-version committee to deal with recycling,

composting, and the issues surroundingthe trash-hauling needs of local homesand businesses.

It was the Waste Diversion committee,lead by E-Board member Julia Farwell, thatwas largely in charge of the e-waste, com-posting and other specialized collection pro-grams of the recent Spring Cleanup Day onApril 11.

Farwell compiled a preliminary summaryof the results of the cleanup day, reportingthat the town collected and disposed of morethan 25,000 pounds of electronic, or e-waste;more than 250 pounds of used-up, single-usebatteries; more than 300 light bulbs of vari-ous kinds; nearly 200 used tires; and some2,000 pounds of “textiles and other house-hold goods.”

Farwell noted that she is writing up a for-mal, and more complete report on the out-comes from the cleanup day, which will beavailable for public review some time in May,and that she already is making plans for nextfall’s hazardous-waste disposal event.

Also formed in the E-Board’s early dayswere a Conservation Biology Committee,concerned with decreasing land, air andwater pollution; an Energy Committee tofocus on cutting local energy use and in-creasing the use of renewable energy re-sources; and an Outreach and EducationCommittee to teach citizens about environ-mental issues and to sponsor the annualDandelion Day, now referred to as a “sus-tainability festival.”

Other E-Board programs over the yearshave included working on new ordinancesgoverning light pollution and the use ofwood-burning stoves, and helping to draftthe town’s evolving energy codes.

Currently, the E-Board has eight members

— chair Jeff Lauckhart and members ScottMills, Matt Gwost, Jason White, Chris Ellis,Patrick Hunter, Julia Farwell and SashaWilliams, according to the town website(www.carbondalegov.org).

In addition, according to the website, theboard is advised by representatives fromCORE, CLEER, the Garfield Clean Energygroup, and by Hobbs representing the boardof trustees and Utilities Director MarkO’Meara representing the town’s staff.

At the E-Board’s April 27 meeting, mem-bers expressed the hope that they can helpthe trustees and town staff in new and in-creasingly effective ways in the future.

And they plan to start by coming up witha list of several specific tasks and goals forthe coming year.

“We want to go big,” declared E-Boardmember Scott Mills at the meeting, who de-scribed some of the efforts by the town andthe board as “dinkin’ around” instead oftackling big projects representing large-scale goals.

“This dinkin’ around, to me, is just that,”Mills continued. He urged the board to seta small number of big-target goals thatallow for clear follow-through, such as ex-panding the bag-ban to cover all the busi-nesses in town.

“That’s an example of success,” he toldhis fellow board members, adding that theE-Board also must figure out how to moresuccessfully “interface” with town staff andwith the other volunteer boards that advisethe trustees on issues.

More precise communication is needed,he said, “so that we know we’re not spin-ning our wheels” and inadvertently dupli-cating the efforts of other boards and thetown staff.

Students in the(co)studio: Design+Build program at Glenwood SpringsHigh Schoolshowed the fruitsof their labor atlast weekend’sdoghouse auctionat Colorado Animal Rescue(CARE). A total of three doghousesthat students de-signed and builtwere sold; threeother shade/playstructures were donated to CARE.(Co)studio is anon-profit groupthat collaborateswith public schoolsand supporters to “re-tool” indus-trial arts education,according to program officials.Photo by Jane Bachrach

Rejuvenated C’dale E-Board wants to “go big”Looking at expanding bag ban

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Town Briefs Town completes “spot” spraying at North FaceSopris Sun Staff Report

Town Manager Jay Harrington, in his weekly memo to thetown’s trustees, reported on May 1 that the controversial “spotspraying” of certain noxious weeds had been completed by PrimaPlant Services at the North Face Bike Park. The bike park is closedto the public to allow the chemicals used in the spraying programto dissipate or be washed away by the irrigation system.

The park is expected to reopen to the public for a Grand Open-ing event on May 16, for the first-ever Free Ride Competitionstarting at 10:30 a.m. Registration is available online, or at thepark on the day of the event.

New programming for the bike park this summer includeclasses on basic bike skills and more advanced skills, and classesare to be offered on Tuesdays for all levels of riders. Classes arescheduled on different dates, at different times for differentages and skill levels, and registration is available online atwww.carbondalerec.com.

Town officials and event organizers are getting ready for the an-nual Dandelion Day parade of the species on May 9 at Sopris Park.

Local young equestrians are preparing for the first Gymkhanaevent of the summer season, scheduled for Sunday, May 10, at theGus Darien Riding Arena on County Road 100 (Catherine StoreRoad) east of town.

Harrington reported that a new pre-school program, KraftyKiddos, was scheduled to begin this week at the Carbondale Recre-ation and Community Center. The program calls for preschoolersto create a different craft item each day of class, which is held onTuesdays and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to coincide withthe adult Summit Conditioning classes for parents.

Harrington announced that the Wild and Whacky Wednesdayprograms will not be offered this summer, but that the MotionMondays classes for kids aged 6 and under will be offered on

Mondays from 10:15-11:45 a.m.Also, Harrington reported, the third Monday of each month

will feature a special Water Fun Day.The summer recreation brochure, as well as registration for the

programs, are available online at the Rec Center’s website,www.carbondalerec.com.

The John M. Fleet Municipal Pool has been cleaned andpainted, Harrington wrote in his memo, and was being filled forthe summer swimming season. Harrington reported that headlifeguard training was to be held last weekend, and that there arethree head lifeguards on staff learning about water chemistry,pump room operations and maintenance, emergency actionplans and leadership. Lifeguard training class is schedule to beginMay 15, and there is still room for prospective lifeguards to signup for the summer.

Town workers have begun turning on sprinkler systems attown-owned properties, “with the usual spring start-up problems,”Harrington reported. Crews are repairing broken lines and sprin-kler heads, as well as continuing to “top-dress” parks and athleticfields for spring seeding.

In addition, the town’s landscaping contractor is finishing up oninstallation of irrigation system main lines, sprinkler heads and bub-blers, in preparation for installation of the irrigation pump this week.

Sales tax revenues were up 8.2 percent for April, compared toreceipts in April 2014.

The town has ordered variable message signs, paid for by aFederal Mineral Leasing District grant from the Garfield CountyFMLD board, and the signs should be here and in service in amonth or so.

Gateway Park, the town-owned RV and camping park alongthe Roaring Fork River, is “ready to go,” Harrington reported, cat-aloguing a list of repairs and upgrades accomplished recently.

Cop ShopFrom April 23 to April 30, Carbon-dale police officers handled 228 callsfor service. During that period, offi-cers investigated the following cases ofnote, according to a summary reportprovided by the police department tothe Sopris Sun:

SATURDAY, April 25: At 3 a.m. at theintersection of Highway 133 and Eu-clid Avenue, police stopped a vehiclefor weaving. After investigating, the of-ficer arrested the man on suspicion ofdriving while under the influence of al-cohol or drugs.

SATURDAY, April 25: at 10:04 p.m.while patrolling at the Roaring ForkHigh School prom at the Ranch Barnin the River Valley Ranch subdivision,officers stopped and issued tickets toone juvenile and five adults (age 18 orolder) on charges of being minors inpossession of alcohol.

SUNDAY, April 26: At shortly aftermidnight officers, also patrolling thearea around the high school prom, is-sued three tickets to juveniles oncharges of possession of marijuanaand/or drug paraphernalia.

SUNDAY, April 26: At 1:09 a.m. policeresponded to a reported domestic vio-

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Kids� Bike Rodeo & BikeathlonJoin us Monday May 11th from 4-6:30 pm

at the Carbondale Rec. Center Kids of all ages are encouraged to come and learn about safe

bicycling and participate in fun bicycle skills games.Give the Bike Obstacle Course a try, or see how accurate you can be with the Paperboy (or Papergirls� challenge!) Don�t

forget to bring your helmet. This is a free and fun event. Snacks, drinks, giveaways, and prizes.

Bonedale Bike JamSaturday, May 16th. North Face Bike Park

Pre-register at www.carbondalerec.com9:30 am Day of Registration 10:30 am Start Cost: $10

Carbondale�s new bike park. From Striders to Pros, many contests. Pump track time trials, best trick jam sessions and more.

970-510-1290

Seniors Matter at D-DaysLook for Senior Matters at Dandelion Day in So-

pris Park on May 9. They’ll be setting up a booth fora bake sale as one of their main fund-raisers for 2015.Volunteers can help at the table beginning at 9:30 a.m.That’s when volunteer bakers can tote in their good-ies. Note: Silver Sneakers folks can bring their bakedgoods to the Friday class on May 8, and they will bedelivered to the park. For more information, call JoAnderson at 319-6318.

But wait, there’s moreBy popular vote, the Thompson Divide Coalition

will receive the 2015 Order of the Dandelion awardfor its contribution to creating a sustainable world byprotecting and preserving forests, waterways andhealth. The award will be presented during DandelionDays’ opening ceremonies at Sopris Park on May 9.

This just inColorado Creative Industries, a division of the

Colorado Office of Economic Development and In-ternational Trade, has chosen Carbondale to host thestate’s Creative Industry Summit in 2016, accordingto a press release. The summit attracts up to 400 “cre-atives” from around the state for two days of work-shops, art, conversation and networking. The 2016Creative Summit will be held on May 4-6 at the Or-chard. For updates, check out carbondalearts.com.

EPA recognizes Alpine BankThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

has awarded Alpine Bank membership in the 2015Green Power Leadership Club, a group of GreenPower Partners who are demonstrating “exemplaryenvironmental leadership,” according to a press re-lease. The EPA Green Power Partnership is a volun-

tary program that supports procurement of greenpower by offering advice, technical support, tools andresources. Green power is electricity produced fromrenewable resources such as solar, wind, geothermal,biomass and low-impact hydro. Since the secondquarter of 2009, Alpine Bank has purchased 100 per-cent green-electric power directly from utilityproviders (where available) and via renewable energycertificates. In addition, three bank locations producesome of their own electricity with photovoltaic mod-ules. “The result (of purchasing 100 percent greenpower) is cleaner air that helps protect our health andlifestyle and renewable energy jobs that help advanceour local economies,” said David Miller, vice presi-dent and leader of the Alpine Bank Green Team.

Community garage saleFolks living outside Carbondale are invited to

bring their items to a garage sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.on May 9 at Seventh and Main streets (across fromSopris Park). The organizer asks that a portion of pro-ceeds be donated to the Nepal earthquake fund. Fordetails, call Lynn Kirchner at 379-4766 or [email protected].

Methodist yard saleThe Carbondale Community United Methodist

Church (385 S. Second) is holding a yard sale startingat 9 a.m. on May 9. This is a fund-raiser for thechurch’s missions.

They say it’s your birthdayFolks celebrating their birthday this week in-

clude: Amanda Leahy (May 7); Karen Tafejian(May 8); Kay Bell (May 10); Camy Britt and MarkChain (May 11); Megan Cook, Jimmy Byrne andBill Jochems (May 13).


Carbondale competitors showed their stuff at last weekend’s 18 Hoursof Fruita mountain bike race. Carbondale sent three women’s teams offour members each to the race, and they brought home first and secondplace honors. The first place team (Dirty Phat Chubbetttes, shown here)was composed of (left to right): Karen Wahrmund, Alison Birkenfeld, Re-becca Murray and Amy Butowicz. Bonedale Babes, taking second place,was composed of Raychl Powers, Sara Porter, Jessi Rochel and MariaWimmer. Courtesy photo

By John ColsonSopris Sun Correspondent

A very special lunchtime was approaching on Tuesday,May 5 at the Village Smithy restaurant in Carbondale — itwas precisely 40 years earlier that restaurant founders Chrisand Terry Chacos had first opened the doors of what was ar-guably to become the most popular eatery in town.

Serving breakfast and lunch (“Dinner was too compli-cated,” Chris Chacos noted that day) the Smithy, as it isknown, has become almost the automatic choice for localslooking for good food and a place to encounter friends andneighbors.

It also has been what politicians now like to call “a job-creator,” offering employment to a broad swath of localresidents in a town that, in the mid 1970s, had a popula-tion of roughly 1,000 people.

During its years of operation, Terry, who is 72, esti-mated that the restaurant has employed about 400 people,an estimate that Chris, who turns 82 next week, neitherdebated nor doubted.

“She was the bookkeeper,” he said simply, by way ofconfirmation.

An anniversary party for present and former Smithy em-ployees is scheduled for June 13, at which the owners hopeto bring together generations of locals whose work over fourdecades has helped make the restaurant a success.

The Chacos couple settled in at a window table over-looking Third Street at about 11 a.m. that Tuesday and, overthe following couple of hours, held informal court for a pa-rade of well-wishers, current and former employees and long-time customers.

“I love this place,” enthused Steve Skinner, manager ofthe KDNK radio station and a long-time devotee of therestaurant’s fare. “Thanks for not changing. This town owesyou a lot.”

In between greetings, they talked about their years to-gether, the circumstances that preceded the founding ofthe restaurant, and some of the high times and odd oc-currences they have witnessed and been part of over thelast four decades.

At times growing teary-eyed as he talked of the past andof his personal feelings of satisfaction, honor and humilityabout the business, Chris recalled that he and Terry met in

the mid-1960s in Denver while both were working there asphysical therapists.

Chris remembered that his first reaction to Terry was,“God, she’s cute, I’ve got to meet her.”

Laughing at the memory, he added, “Her first reactionwas, ‘He’s kind of short!’”

It wasn’t long after that when he became interested inwork being done by U.S. nonprofit organizations to help Viet-

namese people traumatized ormaimed as a consequence ofthe Vietnam War, Chris endedup working with the AmericanFriends Service Committee, orQuakers, operating a daycarecenter in a village Chris saidwas named Quangi.

Terry joined him there inearly 1968 without telling himin advance, which Chris saidboth amazed and delightedhim, especially since “we hadonly dated a couple of times.”

While working with theQuakers, the Chacoses met thelate Paul and Ginny Lappala,who also were working withthe Quakers to supply much-needed prosthetic limbs forVietnamese farmers injuredwhen they tripped hiddenlandmines in their fields.

Forced to leave Vietnam bythe bloody Tet Offensive in1968, during which the VietCong targeted a prison inQuangi in order to free the pris-oners, the Chacoses returned toDenver and got married.

Moving to Aspen in 1970,they reconnected with the Lap-palas, who lived in Carbon-

dale and owned the historic blacksmith shop building in themiddle of town.

It was the Lappalas, Chris recalled, who encouraged theChacoses to convert the old smithy to a restaurant, in a townwhere the dining opportunities were few and uninviting. Itwas an invitation that Chris, who as a child had been tanta-lized by observing operations at the Greek restaurants in hishometown in Ohio, could not resist.

So, on May 1, 1975, the Village Smithy was born, withChris working as chief cook and Terry doing the bookkeep-ing and myriad other tasks.

“I wish Paul and Ginny were here to see this,” Chris re-marked at one point, tearing up at the memory of his late,lamented friends.

The telling of their tale was interrupted every so often bylocal fans, such as Carbondale native Julie DeVilbiss, daugh-ter of Peggy and the late District Judge J.E. DeVilbiss. Nowliving in Vermont, but on a cross country, 40th birthday jauntwith her husband, Ben, DeVilbiss stopped at the table to en-gage Chris and Terry in a group hug and tell them, “I’m thesame age as this restaurant!”

Also stopping by was Cathy Zimney, a former dishwasher,salad and soup chef and pastry cook who treated the Cha-coses and the entire restaurant to a tuneful rendition of“Happy Birthday, Village Smithy!”

Zimney, who started at the Carbondale restaurant in1978 and was part of the team that opened up the short-livedVillage Smithy II in Glenwood Springs in the early 1980s, re-galed the table with tales of her time as part of the Smithyfamily. They included a day when she was preparing doughfor the day’s baking and got her hair caught in the industrial-

Smithy turns 40, Chris and Terry Chacos look back


The Village Smithy’s waitress lineup includes (left to right): Emily Good, Lavinia Francoand April Spaulding. Terry Chacos estimates that 400 people have worked at the Smithysince its doors opened in 1975. An anniversary party for employees past and present isscheduled for June 13. Photo by Jane Bachrach

“I love this place. Thanks fornot changing. This town

owes you a lot.”KDNK Station Manager

Steve Skinner

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Terry (left) and Chris (right) Chacos opened the Village Smithy restaurant 40 years ago this month. Located on ThirdStreet between Main Street and Euclid Avenue, the restaurant’s name is a nod to the building’s early incarnation as ablacksmith shop. The couple moved to Aspen from Denver in 1970, after working for the American Friends ServiceCommittee in Vietnam in the late 1960s. On Tuesday of this week, Terry and Chris settled into a window table lookingout on Third Street before the lunch rush, and spent the next two hours talking to friends, former employees and wellwishers. Photo by Jane Bachrach

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Thursday, May 14, 9 am Public meeting at Colorado Rocky Mountain School

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Monday, May 18, 1 pm Consideration of County Road 106 Right of Way, CRMS

Please call Garfi eld County Community Development at 970-945-8212 for more information.

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ers and walkers only. Then our dandy parkwill be filled with many dandy booths cov-ering foods, dandelion cookings, clothes,arts and artists, toys, kids games, as well asdandy T-shirts and hats. We will also havea world-class compost competition, sobring your own sampler. Compost prize do-nations will be from organic downtownshops: Mary’s Main Street Spirits, SoprisLiquor & Wine, and the Main Street or-ganic food Co-op.

Wow, happy ongoing Dandy Days funand excitement.

Doc “Dandelion” PhilipCarbondale

ComplimentsDear Editor:

I would like to compliment the SoprisSun and John Colson for the great cover-age in the April 30 edition. The paper in-cluded stories about the Unitarian Church'smysteriously missing pulpit, the weedspraying controversy at North Face Park,police news and good advice from FireChief Ron Leach and Police Chief GeneSchilling. There was a great pictorial ofabout the 5Point Film Festival, as well.

I especially appreciate the stories onpages one and three. The fair reporting inthe cover story about the dispute betweenlocal residents and the local boardingschool, CRMS. John Colson did a nice jobexplaining the issue (a new wall that maybe in the public right of way) and present-

ing both sides. And thank you to HamiltonPevec for his first-hand account of thetragic earthquake in Nepal.

Bravo to the Sopris Sun for keeping usall informed.

I was a founding board member of theSopris Sun. We have a real gem with thisnonprofit newspaper. It’s important that weas a community to continue to provide fi-nancial support for the Sun. You can makea donation to the paper by becoming a Sun-Scriber (I’m one!), or advertise if you owna business.

Allyn HarveyCarbondale

Philanthropy Days coming soonDear Editor:

Since May 2014 I have been involved inthe planning process for Mountain RuralPhilanthropy Days (MRPD). MountainRural Philanthropy Days is a three-dayconference, June 24-26 in Rifle. It presentsa unique opportunity for nonprofit indi-viduals to interact and network with othernonprofits, public agencies, communityleaders and funders at a level that willtransform their organizational and profes-sional outlook.

A variety of workshops are offeredover the course of these three days andcover topics that are integral to a sustain-able nonprofit. These topics include de-veloping your board, maximizing socialmedia engagement, understanding a

strategic plan, utilizing program evalua-tion and so much more.

MRPD allows grant seekers from ourregion to build partnerships with FrontRange foundations. Often times it is diffi-cult for the rural communities to get ac-cess to such funds in the metro area –MRPD opens this door. Along with theworkshops there are also plenty of op-portunities for networking. The final dayallows for funder roundtables where eachattendee can give their pitch to each of thefunders in attendance.

Before MRPD only three percent ofgrant funds went to rural communities,now over 30 percent reaches our ruralcommunities. This gives our local non-profits the ability to explore relation-ships with key funders to help fund ourlocal programs.

MRPD is made possible thanks to asteering committee of volunteers fromvarious nonprofit organizations aroundthe mountain region and coordinated incollaboration with Community ResourceCenter and Anschutz Family Foundation.

Please help me spread the word aboutthis amazing opportunity for our localnonprofit leaders. The last day to registeris June 3. Check out mountainrpd.org fordetails and to register.

Andrea StewartExecutive DirectorCarbondale Chamber of Commerce

Time to regulate frackingDear Editor:

Oil drilling has been occurring for manyyears and has not been regulated in over30 years.

In the past two decades, fracking hastaken center stage. Fracking companies arenot subject to the Clean Water Act nor theClean Air Act and it seems if state bills arepassed to slow fracking down, there are al-ways loop holes for the Evil Empire to jumpthrough allowing them to continue at will.

“Our U.S. national parks and publiclands are some of our most treasured placesand should be protected from fracking. Yetinstead of following the lead of New Yorkin banning fracking, the Obama adminis-tration has devised fracking regulationsthat are nothing more than a giveaway tothe oil and gas industry,” said Mark Ruf-falo of Americans Against Fracking.

At a horrifying rate, natural areas set onpublic lands are being destroyed by frackingsites. Along with the site itself, the pipe net-work extends out for many meters in everydirection, which lays damage to aquifers, soiland the vitality of the area. Not to mentionthat these pipes can and do leak the “mud”into the ground which contaminatesstreams, aquifers and rivers. With this inmind, integrated strategies involving renew-able resources to supply our energy needsneed to be taken into account. Sources such

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as wind, wave and solar power are not asdetrimental to global warming and have lessof a carbon foot print. With these alterna-tives we can lean towards a viral socialchange away from the extraction and use ofnon-renewable resources.

Jamie ConnerCMC sustainability studies studentCarbondale

Thank you AmericaDear Editor:

For as long as I can remember, I havebeen writing a letter to the editor on April24 giving a brief history about the genocideof the Armenian nation at the hands of theOttoman Turks.

I am a first generation American bornArmenian and a descendant of genocidesurvivors.

This year is very different for it is the100th year commemoration of that horrific

unthinkable act. The official order of theMinister of the Interior, Mehmet TalatPasha, was “You have already been in-formed that the government … has decidedto destroy all the indicated persons (Arme-nians) living in Turkey.”

Talat cables his prefect in Aleppo in thenorth of Syria on Sept. 15. “Their existencemust be terminated, however tragic themeasures taken may be, and no regardmust be paid to either age or sex, or to anyscruples of conscience.”

On this the centennial year, we see afresh awakening. Individuals, groups, gov-ernments and even the Pope, as leader ofover one billion Catholics, officially recog-nize that this was a true genocide. They allcall on the Turkish government to recog-nize and accept the terminology of geno-cide. We demand that they admit that theyperpetrated this genocide.

Stephan Garo IsberianBasalt

DandelionDays 2015

FRIDAY - MAY 8 5:30pm Eco-film at the Crystal Theater "Open Sesame: The Story of Seeds" www.opensesamemovie.com Optional donations will go toward theater rental.

7:00pm Wild Wisdom of Weeds Slide presentation by Katrina Blair at True Nature Healing Arts. Sponsored by Dandelion Day, True Nature and Car-bondale Acupuncture Center. Suggested donation: $10. Register for this event at www.truenaturehealingarts.com to learn the many uses of weeds that grow nearby.

SATURDAY - MAY 9 10:00am Parade of the Species on Main Street. Gather at Main and 2nd Street at 9:45am. Dress as your favorite species, real or imaginary. Bicycles, tricycles, unicycles, wagons, carts, and animals welcome. No motorized vehicles.

10:00 to 6:00 Sustainability Fair in Sopris Park

10:30 Opening Ceremony Order Of The Dandelion award

10:00-2:00 Compost Judging Bring your samples to the Compost Booth

10:00-4:00 Free Light Bulb Recycling Bring your used fluorescent, incandescent and halogen bulbs to the Brite Ideas booth. Batteries also!

11:00 - 2:00 CCAH Kids Art Paint a flowerpot or make a card for Mother’s Day.

11:00 - 2:00 Stamp Art - All Ages Bring your shirt, shoes, bags or whatever to the Dandelion Day Headquarters Merchandise Booth to stamp them will cool designs for FREE (shirts will also be available at the booth)

MUSIC

10:45-11:15 Dragonfly Song Circle

11:30-1:00 Dandelion Songwriters Showcase Local songwriters play their original Dandelion Day theme songs.

1:00-1:30 Steve Skinner and the Dandy Lions

1:30-2:00 SOL Theater "Free to be you and me"

2:00-4:00 Saddle the Unicorn

4:00-6:00 Wooden Nickel with a Community Contra Dance at 5 pm

EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS - LEARNING TENT "A"

11:00 Discovering Where Sustainability Flows WILL EVANS, Water Elder. A conversation about flowing within the web of life and living sustainably.

12:00 Wild Wisdom of Weeds KATRINA BLAIR, Author. Learn about 13 wild plants that regenerate the earth’s fertility while offering benefits to humans.

1:00 Harvesting Wild Yeast LINDA CRISWELL, Carbondale Community Bread Oven. What is wild yeast, where does it come from, and how can we attract it in our own yards and gardens? Linda Criswell will share her discoveries.

2:00 Growing Plants That Heal CHRISSY MANES, Providence Apothecary You might be surprised to learn that you can grow herbal medicines in your back yard. Discussion of medicinal uses and preparations of many plants.

3:00 Making Floral Waters and Essential Oils GRACE STAHLSCHMIDT Cowgirl Lavender Ranch) Aromatic plants for distillation will be discussed. One or more flowers will be distilled on site.

EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS - LEARNING TENT "B"

12:30 Sustainability Through Service: Building Socio-Ecological Community ALEX CURTISS, CMC Sustainability Studies student

1:30 Climate Mitigation Through Energy Efficiency Programs MAISA METCALF, CMC Sustainability Studies student

2:30 Should Wolves Be Restored to Colorado? JASON EVITT, CMC Sustainability Studies student

3:30 Seedsaving for the Future of Food CASEY PISCURA, Wild Mountain Seeds

BOOTH DEMONSTRATIONS

11:30 at the Indoor Garden & Brew Supply Tent demonstrating the entire brew ing process, showcasing All Grain and Extract brewing techniques.

Demonstrations on the hour at the Roaring Fork High School Ag Bio booth: Fun with Worms for Kids, How to Make Compost Teas, and Garden Season Extension.

SUNDAY - MAY 10 Happy Mother's Day! Take Mom on a hike.

11:00 Wild Weed Walk with Katrina Blair. Meet at the gazebo in Sopris Park

May 8, 9, 10 in Carbondale, Colorado

friends and Ron Patch was one of the best face bosses for whom I had ever worked. Likesoldiers in battle you don’t spend day in and day out facing deadly situations with extremevigilance and looking after each other’s backs without making deep spiritual connections.

Although I have lived in Alaska for over 30 years I have never shaken the deep lingeringsadness nor the modicum of guilt that I carry for having moved on, leaving my brothersin arms fighting onward through mother earth’s formidable barricade. I returned to Red-stone this April 14-18 in the hopes of returning to No. 1 mine and paying my respects aswell as meeting Mid-Continent miners and listening to their stories. I did make it up tothe mine on the afternoon of April 15. Around 5:30 p.m. I got to within 500 feet or so ofthe portholes before I could no longer trust my 62-year-old legs and bum ankle to nego-tiate the icy edge of the old road that I was traversing. I stopped and drank in the old sitethat had been etched into my memory. Around 6 p.m. I said my goodbyes to my friendsand fellow miners and headed back down the mountain. The next morning I awoke tothree or four inches of snow in Redstone.

In those short few days I never did get to see and visit with any miners but I soonwill be returning. If you were a Coal Basin miner, a family member or friend I wouldsure appreciate any of your time that you would care to share. My contact informationis 907-457-5578 (home phone) or [email protected].

Thank you.

Rob Mulford lives in the east-central part of Alaska, 20 miles outside of Fairbanks.

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lence incident on Mancos Street. An in-vestigation showed that a man had en-tered the home without permission and,while inside, had pushed the woman wholived there and then fled on a bicycle. Po-lice found the suspect several blocks away,arrested him, and took him to GarfieldCounty Jail on unspecified charges.

SUNDAY, April 26: At 5:42 p.m. policeobserved a vehicle roll through two stopsigns and arrested the driver on a chargeof drunk driving.

MONDAY, April 27: At 7:48 a.m. policewere contacted by a local man who re-ported finding a wallet containing cashin the parking lot at Ajax Bike andSports, 571, Highway 133. Police wereattempting to find the owner.

MONDAY, April 27: At 4:43 p.m. police

investigated a “cold burglary” reportedby residents of a home on Crystal Road.The residents said they were gone for theweekend and had returned to find thatsomeone had tried to force open a win-dow into their garage. A window wasdamaged, but the suspects apparentlydid not get into the home.

TUESDAY, April 28: At 4:31 p.m. a ju-venile reported being harassed at Roar-ing Fork High School.

WEDNESDAY, April 29: At 11:16 a.m. awoman living on Colorado Avenue re-ported deck furniture had been stolenfrom her porch.

WEDNESDAY, April 29: At 2:13 p.m.police received a report of cash beingstolen from an establishment on EighthStreet. The case is under investigation.


Whimsical Women of the West

Celebrate Mom and SpringMother’s Day Weekend

Fiber Art

Jewelry

Folk Art

ContainerGardens

Pottery

Photography

Yard Art

Plants

Vintage Fabric

Collectibles

Food Goodies

Fine Art

Opening Reception Friday, May 8th 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.Saturday, May 9th 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

A percentage of sales will bene�t “CASA of the Ninth District”On the grounds of Four Mile Creek Bed & Breakfast5 miles up Four Mile Road on the way to Sunlight.

For more Information Call (970) 945-4004

THURSDAY May 7SAW SALE • SAW’s spring open house andart sale takes place from 5 to 9 p.m. at 525Buggy Circle. There’ll also be a silent auctionfor CCAH, music and refreshments. Artistsinclude: Alleghany Meadows, Amy Butow-icz, Brian Colley, Carla Reed, Chris Erickson,Elliot Marquet, Jay Phillips, John Cohorst,Joseph McBride, Kendra Sparks, KristinaHorne, Lisa Ellena, Megan DeNev Wussow,DeNev Jewelry & Designs, Sarah Wood,Steven Colby and Takeo Hiromitsu. Admis-sion is free. Info: sawcarbondale.com.FILM • A free showing of “Take Back YourPower” is presented at the Crystal Theatre at5 p.m. This is an updated version. Info: jody-powellND.com, smartmetersRFV.com or970-236-6178.CRMS • The community is invited to an allschool meeting in the Barn at 2:10 p.m.There’ll be a special presentation on the 50thanniversary of Scholarship Work Day. Thepresentation will last about 15 minutes.RUN&HIKE • Independence Run & Hikeholds Ladies Night featuring Jenny and ScottJurek starting at 5:30 p.m. BIRD WATCH • Roaring Fork Conservancyholds a bird tour to view great blue herons,bald eagles and osprey from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.at the confluence of the Roaring Fork andRiver and Cattle Creek. The cost for non-members is $10 and registration is requiredat roaringfork.org or 927-1290. LIBRARY BOARD • The Garfield CountyLibraries Board of Trustees holds itsmonthly meeting at the Parachute BranchLibrary at 6 p.m.

LIVE MUSIC • Walt Smith and friendspresent “Back to Real Jazz” from 5:30 to 7p.m. at the Basalt Regional Li-brary. Admission is free.ROTARY • The Mt. Sopris Ro-tary meets at Mi Casita at noonevery Thursday.

FRI.-SUN. May 8-10DANDELION DAYS • Dande-lion Days takes place at SoprisPark and other venues, with theParade of Species starting out onMain Street at 10 a.m. on May9. For details, please turn to thead on page 9.

FRIDAY May 8WEED TALK • AuthorKatrina Blair presents “TheWild Wisdom of Weeds”from 7 to 8:30 p.m. atTrue Nature Healing Arts.The presentation is a slideshow that celebrates 13edible and medicinal plants growing every-where on earth next to human communities.Info: 963-9900.

MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “ExMachina” (R) at 7:30 p.m. May 8-14; “OpenSesame: The Story of Seeds” at 5:30 p.m. May 8;“While We're Young” (R) at 5:15 p.m. May 9and “The Wrecking Crew” at 5:15 p.m. May 10.

OPEN HOUSE • Rock Canyon Coffee holdsand open house and ribbon cutting at its newroastary, located at 155 Park Ave., Unit 115 inthe Basalt Industrial Center. The ribbon is cut at

8:30 a.m. with an open house from 9 to 11 a.m.

CCAH OPENING • The Carbondale Coun-cil on Arts and Humanities opens the show

“Walk With Me” from 6 to 8 p.m. at theLaunchpad. Info: 963-1680 orcarbondalearts.com.

LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitarsin the old part of the Dinkel

Building presents live music everyFriday night. Info: 963-3304.

FRI.-SUN. May 8-10RFHS THEATRE • Roaring Fork High

School presents “Flapper,” a musical tributeto the 1920s, at the school at 7 p.m. on May

8-9 and 2 p.m. on May 10. Tickets are $20 forVIP, $15 for adults and $10 for students, andare available at Dos Gringos and the school.

FRIDAY May 8NAMI FUND-RAISER • The RoaringFork Valley chapter of the National Al-liance on Mental-Health Illness holds afund-raiser at Glenwood Vaudeville Re-view, with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. Tick-ets for the show are $25; food and a fullbar are available. NAMI uses speaker sto-ries to illustrate the realities of living withmental illness. Info: Anika at 618-7770 [email protected].

SATURDAY May 9ASPEN SCIENCE CENTER • High schoolstudents compete in the Amazing Race at theBodega in four challenges scattered aroundAspen. The event is topped off with dinner,awards, party tricks at more at Jimmy’s

Bodega restaurant (307 S. Mill St.) Info: [email protected].

ASTROSONIC YOGA • Sylvia Pelcz-Larsengives a full-day class on AstroSonic Yoga atthe Third Street Center. The fee is $150 andregistration is required. Info: 720-470-9152.

SUNDAY May 10ASPEN SCIENCE CENTER • The AspenScience Center presents a day of fun, interac-tive and magical science demonstrations andlaugh-out-loud activities from 11 a.m. to 3p.m. at Jimmy’s Restaurant. Kids and fami-lies of all ages are invited to explore, createand have fun with nano science. Kids can alsocreate a special gift for mom. Suggested do-nations will be accepted at the door. Pleasepre-register at aspensciencecenter.org.

SUN.-SAT. May 10-16BONEDALE BIKE WEEK • The eighth an-nual Bonedale Bike Week returns to thestreets and other locals of Carbondale. Eventswill include a bike rodeo for kids, bike-inmovie, Spoke N’ Word Limerick Slam, andfree coffee and donuts for bicycle commutersfrom 7-9 a.m. at Fourth and Main. Info:bonedalebikeweek.com.

MONDAY May 11PLANT-BASED FOOD • Folks interestedin Dr. Greg Feinsinger’s 28-day plant-based meal program meet at the ThirdStreet Center Board Room at 7 p.m. onMay 11 and May 18. Info: 303-305-9664or [email protected].

Community Calendar To list your event, email information to [email protected]. Deadline is noon on Monday. Events takeplace in Carbondale unless noted. For up-to-the-minute valley-wide event listings, check out the CommunityCalendar online at soprissun.com. View events online at soprissun.com/calendar.

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Ongoing

FRIDAY May 15CRMS WORK DAY • Colorado Rocky Moun-tain School holds its 50th annual ScholarshipWork Day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The day wasinitiated by students in the early 1960s to raisefunds to support the CRMS Scholarship Fund.“This hallmark event exemplifies CRMS’s corevalues of respect, responsibility and excellence,while simultaneously raising funds for fellowstudents,” said the current CRMS newsletter. The

fee is $20 per hour per student/faculty member,with a five hour minimum. Info: Elizabeth Mur-phy at [email protected] or 963-2562. Thedeadline to sign up is May 10.

SATURDAY May 16SOLAR ROLLERS • The Solar Rollar Trophyrace takes place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Roar-ing Fork High School. A total of 12 teams fromGarfield, Pitkin, Summit and Eagle counties willrace their remoted-controlled solar power vehi-

cles in several races and the public is invited tocheer their faves. There will also be booths fromthe Aspen Science Center, SunPopwer/SunsenseSolar, Solar Energy International and the RifleRemote Control Park.

PRINCE CREEK CLEAN UP • The PrinceCreek cleanup takes place from 8:30 to 11:30a.m. Meet at McIntyre’s red barn (1625 PrinceCreek Road) and bring gloves and shovel orrake. The BLM will provide trash bags and soft

drinks. Info: the Turnbulls at 963-2888 or BLMat 876-9000.

SAT.-SUN. May 16-17CRMS PLANT SALE • The Colorado RockyMountain School plant sale returns from 9a.m. to 3 p.m. on May 16 and 1 to 3 p.m. onMay 17. All garden starts are organicallygrown and are well-suited to the Roaring ForkValley climate. Bring your own box. Info:crms.org/plantsale.


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BIKE RODEO • Bonedale Bike Week fea-tures a bike rodeo and bikeathon from 4 to6:30 p.m. at the Carbondale Recreation Cen-ter. The bike rodeo starts at 4 p.m. and thebikeathon at 5:30 p.m. Both events are forkids 4 and older.

SPECIAL CONCERT • Symphony in theValley presents a Mother’s Day concert atGlenwood Springs High School at 4 p.m. Theprogram features pianist Amanda Gesslerperforming Beethoven’s “Piano Concert No.3,” along with vocalists Stephanie Askew andFrank Breslin singing scenes from “The Mar-riage of Fiagaro.” Tickets are available at thedoor. The concert will also be presented atRifle High School at 7 p.m. on May 9.

FIRE PLAN MEETINGS • The Carbondale& Rural Fire Protection District continues itsseries of input meetings to help it draft a mas-ter plan at 7 p.m. at the Carbondale fire sta-tion (for volunteers), Aspen EquestrianEstates on May 18 and the Carbondale firestation on May 19.

TUESDAY May 12LIVE MUSIC • Carbondale Beer Works offers15 minutes of local fame for anyone who wantsto step up for open mic from 8 to 11 p.m.

VALLEY VIEW EXPANDS • Valley ViewHospital opens its Willits Care Center (350Market Street near Whole Foods) with anopen house from 5 to 7:30 p.m. WholeFoods will cater the event.

WEDNESDAY May 13CULTURE CLUB • The Carbondale Cul-ture Club presents Eclectic Acoustic Ameri-cana with April Moon and Don Paine at theThird Street Center at noon.

HERON WATCH • Roaring Fork Conser-vancy holds a high altitude heron watch from5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Northstar Open Spacein Aspen. Tickets are $10 for non-members;free for RFC members. Info: roaringfork.orgor 927-1290.

ROTARY • The Rotary Club of Carbondalemeets at the Carbondale Fire Station at 6:45 a.m.on Wednesdays. Info: rotarycarbondale.org.

Further Out

AFRICAN DANCE CLASS • An African danceclass with live drumming is offered at Carbon-dale Community School from 6:30 to 8 p.m. onMondays through Aug. 31. The cost is $12 perclass. Info: 303-828-7940.

MEDICAL CONSULTATIONS • GregFeinsinger, M.D., a retired, board certified fam-ily physician now working on a volunteer basis,will discuss health fair results or other medicalconcerns. For an appointment, call 37-5718.

BRIDGE • The Carbondale Bridge Club meets atthe Senior Matters room in the Third Street CenterWednesdays at 6:30 p.m. You must have a partnerand the fee is $3 per person. Info: 963-0425.

CARBONDALE LIBRARY • The CarbondaleBranch Library holds Family Story Time everyWednesday at 10:30 a.m., and Tablab/WiiGaming at 4 p.m. on Thursdays.

PATHFINDERS • The grief and loss supportgroup Pathfinders meets at Core Healing Arts1101 Village Road, Suite 2D from 6 to 7:30 p.m.on the first and third Monday of the month.Pathfinders is a non-profit, psychosocial support

program for people dealing with chronic illness,disability, bereavement. Info: pathfindersfor-cancer.org or 319-6854 or 925-1226.

MAYOR’S COFFEE HOUR • Chat with Car-bondale Mayor Stacey Bernot on Tuesdays from7 to 8 a.m. at the Village Smithy.

MINDFULNESS GROUP • The Mindful LifeProgram hosts a weekly meditation and mind-fulness group on Mondays from 7:30 to 8:15p.m. in Suite 28 at the Third Street Center. Allare welcome. Info: 970-633-0163 or mindful-lifeprogram.org.

MINDFULNESS MEDITATION • Discus-sions about mindfulness meditation and Bud-dhist philosophy take place from 9 to 10:30a.m. on Sundays at Carbondale CommunitySchool. All are welcome and mats/cushions areavailable. Info: 970-618-1032.

MEDITATION • Silent meditation is held atthe Launchpad from 6:45 to 7:30 a.m. on Mon-days, Wednesdays and Fridays. Please bringyour own cushion or chair. Info: meditationcar-bondale.weebly.com.


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decade that the team of playwright Tim Kellyand musician Bill Francoeur couldn’t resist it.

Head over to Roaring Fork High Schoolfor the student production of “Flappers” onMay 8-10 and you’ll meet Polly Pepper (ayoung flapper who really knows how to livein the time of Stutz Bearcat automobiles),Ziegfield girls, raccoon coats, ukuleles,beauty contests, goldfish swallowers, gang-sters and more.

A quick plot review reveals that Polly isabout to turn 18, at which time she will in-herit a fabulous diamond necklace called the“Ice Garden.” She’s planning a madcap birth-day party and inviting all her pals. However,with a friend like Susan Stuyvesant-Fish, shedoesn’t need any enemies.

Meanwhile, Polly’s new boyfriend, BuckWayne, wouldn’t miss the birthday bash foranything, even if he has to land his privateplane on the lawn of the polo grounds.

But there’s trouble ahead! Mobsters areplanning to grab the necklace. But thanks toPolly, they’re defeated in uproarious fashion.

Other characters Mona of the CrazyCat Club, Monica Woodsquirrel of radiostation WWWW (atop Hotel TimesSquare), crime-fighter Lt. Fluke, mobsterstrying to steal the necklace, and flagpolesitter Lenny Knickerbocker.

In the end, not only does Polly save thenecklace, she also saves her aunt from los-

ing money in a confidence scheme andalso manages to become the star of theZiegfeld Follies before she even cuts thebirthday cake.

The performances will be enhanced bylive music provided by the Flapper Band:Mark Bray, Aaron Taylor, Tim Fox, ChaneSmith and Hunter Damm. Toe tappin’ tunes

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Curtain times are 7 p.m. on May 8-9 and2 p.m. on May 10.

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Roaring Fork High School students sing, dance and laugh their way back to the 1920s with the musical comedy “Flapper” at 7 p.m.on May 8-9 and 2 p.m. on May 10. Photo by Sue Rollyson


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FirstFridayfashionsFirst Friday provided funfor the entire family onMay 1. From the familyblock party at the VillageSmithy — which includedarts, crafts and games for kids — to the annuallulubelle fashion show onMain Street, plus the LostKeys performing at MainStreet Gallery and more,the evening got the warm-weather part of the FirstFriday series off with a bang.

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“SERVICEABOVE SELF”

Non-profit highlight ROTARY CORNER

Megan Webber is our Ro-tary Youth Exchange out-bound student for thecoming year, and will bestudying abroad in Ar-gentina. Webber, 17, is ajunior at Roaring ForkHigh School, and is quiteactive in her school andthe community. She has the lead in the upcomingRFHS musical production of “Flapper,” is a DJ oncommunity radio station KDNK through the AndyZanca Youth Empowerment Program, and sings inthe Carbondale Community United MethodistChurch choir. See Megan’s crowd-funding websiteat www.crowdrise.com/meganwebber.

•••SAVE THE DATE: Carbondale Rotary

Happening, “Viva Mexico!”Saturday, June 20, The Gathering Center.

See any club member for tickets, or email [email protected]

For membership and other Rotary Club information, visit www.rotarycarbondale.org

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Carbondale RotaryPracticing Service Above Self, at home and around the world …

The Carbondale Rotary Club meetsat 6:50 a.m. on Wednesdays at theCarbondale Firehouse. Visitors arewelcome to come enjoy our weeklyprogram and learn about the wonder-ful work Rotary does in the communityand around the world.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS

May 13 – Tracy Trulove, Joe Elsen, Grand Avenue Bridge project

May 20 – Club Assembly

May 27 – Peter Wallison, former White Housecounsel, author of “Hidden in Plain Sight”

June 3 – Carbondale MayorStacey Bernot

For program suggestions, contactRick Carlson, [email protected]

Megan Webber

strength Hobart mixer.Recalling being twisted around and ren-

dered speechless as the mixer pulled her hairand her head into the machinery, unable tocall for help, she said, “Here I stand by thegrace of God and Jack Jones.” Jones, a long-time local who happened to walk in throughthe kitchen door at that moment, turned offthe machine in time to prevent serious injury.

Zimney said they had to pull the bladeassembly from the mixer and take her,still tangled in the blades, to the hospitalto be disengaged.

Casting back in her memory, Zimney re-membered, “When I started working withthem (Chris and Terry), the refrigeratorswere in the alley with padlocks on them.”

Chris, laughing so hard he could scarcelytalk, added, “We kept them open during theday, and then locked them up at night” sothe food wouldn’t be stolen while the placewas dark.

Ann Keller, who has been the restaurant’scelebrated baker since 1994 and is believedto be the longest-term employee of the place,also sat down to chat before being calledaway with an emergency question from acustomer about making a certain pie.

“It’s a living entity,” she said about therestaurant and the actual and virtual fam-ily of people who have worked there. “Itreally is.”

Currently, the restaurant is run by theyounger son of Chris and Terry, Charlie,(Zimney recalled teaching him how to chop

vegetables when he was a child, and tellinghim, “You’ll be making your own soup heresome day”) and his partner, another Car-bondale native, Jared Ettelson, 40, whogrew up with Charlie and became a partnerin 2009.

“I’m about six months older than therestaurant,” Ettelson mused with a grin,recalling that his first working experiencewas when, at 16, he got a job washingdishes there.

“It was kind of a rite of passage for uskids,” he said, noting that many of his highschool friends did the same thing.

Prior to joining the Smithy, Ettelson said,he worked for a Texas-based Italian restau-rant chain, helping to establish 11 “stores” inColorado before leaving nearly a decade ago,experience which he said has served him wellin his current role.

Charlie’s older brother, Eric, also hasdone work at the restaurant, but instead ofworking in the kitchen or waiting tables hewas the maintenance man — a task he con-tinues at Charlie’s other local business, theBonfire coffee house, Chris said.

After another long-time customer stoppedat the table and told Terry and Chris, “Youboth are such a blessing to the community,”Chris teared up again and emphasized,“We’re blessed, so blessed. It just went sofast. I can’t believe it’s been 40 years.”

Looking around the busy restaurant atone point, he said softly, “It wasn’t work. Itwas a labor of love.”

May 14 walkthrough slatedBy John ColsonSopris Sun Correspondent

Only one thing is certain about the on-going controversy surrounding GarfieldCounty Road 106 as it passes throughColorado Rocky Mountain School out-side Carbondale — there will be at leasttwo more meetings before the countycommissioners decide what the future ofthe historic right of way is to look like.

Those meetings will be a May 14“walk-through” of the campus by thecounty commissioners, county staff andothers taking part in the debate over theold roadway, and a second meeting onMay 18 that at least one county commis-sioner hopes will be the last time thecounty has to deal with this issue.

“I’m tired of this, and I don’t want itcoming back before us again in a year ortwo,” said Commissioner Mike Samsonat a meeting about the road dispute onMay 4 in Glenwood Springs.

At that meeting, the commissionersheard nearly two and a half hours of tes-timony from different quarters in thedispute, including representatives of theschool interested in limiting public travelon the right of way as much as possible,neighbors from the unincorporated

neighborhood of Satank to the northand others, who are just as interested inkeeping the right-of-way open to use byas many members of the public as wantto use it.

“When it comes to a trail through thecampus, we feel like we need to be onrecord that the school opposes any trailimprovements or signage that woulddraw attention to the existence of the rightof way,” said Joe White, finance directorfor the school, at the meeting.

But River Valley Ranch resident SueEdelstein said she feels the debate sur-rounding CR106 amounts to “a county-wide land use issue” and that she believesthe school is attempting to close the roadto public use in spite of a county decisionto keep it open for anything but motor-ized vehicles.

“It appears CRMS has escalated its ac-tions to secure and occupy the right-of-way,” she told the commissioners. “It’salmost as if they are trying to force us totrespass” onto school property, by creat-ing a redesigned entrance at the school’ssouthern boundary that lies outside theold right-of-way.

The right-of-way, which dates back tothe 1800s as a county road, originallyconnected Carbondale to the Satank com-munity and to a historic bridge (known asthe Pink Bridge) over the Roaring ForkRiver that lead to an intersection with

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State Highway 82. Prior to construction ofHighway 133, it was the primary route forautomotive traffic traveling between Glen-wood Springs and Carbondale.

The school, founded in 1953, was builton both sides of CR106, but the roadstayed open to motorized traffic for morethan two decades.

The road was closed to motorized traf-fic in 1979 at the request of the school,which made the request based on claimsthat the security of the students and teach-ers is jeopardized by having a road cutthrough the campus.

The county agreed, but kept the publicright of way as a route for pedestrian andbicycle traffic between Satank, Carbondaleand roads leading either up into ThompsonCreek or toward Glenwood Springs.

The school offered to build an alternateroute between Satank and Highway 133,known as Dolores Way, which became theSatank neighborhood’s only vehicular linkto the outside world when the Pink Bridgewas declared unsafe and closed to auto traf-fic in the late 1980s.

The current dispute began essentially lastyear, when the county, for the second time,rejected a CRMS request to vacate the roadand turn the underlying land back over tothe school for its use. The first unsuccessfulrequest had been made four years earlier.

At the May 4 meeting, two of the threecommissioners — Samson and board chairJohn Martin — appeared disposed to keepthings as they are, retaining the easement

and perhaps make it a formal foot and bi-cycle trail with signs and other improve-ments, as has been requested by Satankresidents and others.

Commissioner Tom Jankovsky, however,appeared to be leaning toward the school’sview of the issue, maintaining that any res-olution should be a compromise.

“It has to go both ways,” he said, refer-ring to a need to satisfy the desires of boththe school and the general public.

Again, it was Samson who most stronglyexpressed a preference to keep the right-of-way in place, saying, “The people have theright to that right-of-way, and not to be has-sled or anything else.”

Samson also noted that, while he sympa-thized with the school’s claims that the mat-ter is a question of the security and safety ofthe students and the staff, he questionedwhether those claims justified the closing ofthe road to public use.

Samson indicated that he agreed with Sa-

tank resident Teresa Salvadore, who com-pared the CRMS situation to another notedprivate prep school, Philip Exeter Academyin New Hampshire, which she said has “anopen campus” that is bisected by three roads.

“It can be done,” she said. “There areways (to) guard their campus” withoutclosing CR106.

“I don’t see any terrible imminentthreat because people are allowed throughthe present, preserved right-of-way, thatwould be an inherent danger” to theschool, Samson said.

He also expressed disappointment atbeing told that the school had made nomove to sit down with its neighbors and talkthings over after last year’s decision to retainthe right of way, despite direction from theBOCC that such talks must take place.

On May 14, the three commissioners willmeet at CRMS with representatives of theschool, any members of the public that showup and some county staff members, to walk

along the right-of-way.As part of their deliberations, the com-

missioners have said they will consider aproposal to narrow the right-of-way as itpasses through the campus, which currentlyis approximately 60-feet wide.

The commissioners also will walk the en-tire length of the right-of-way, inspectingwork done at both the northern end and thesouthern end of the route.

To date, that work has included thererouting of the historic southern entrancefrom CR106 onto school grounds, and in-stallation of a two-rail wooden fence and thefoundation for a new school sign, installa-tions that the commissioners and county staffsay are located in the right-of-way itself.

At the northern end, where the right-of-way meets Dolores Way, the school has erecteda large, earthen berm on part of the old right-of-way, which school officials have said wasneeded to prevent headlights from shining intothe windows of nearby school housing.

Critics, however, maintain that the workat both ends of the right-of-way actually ispart of the school’s efforts to close off pub-lic use of the right-of-way despite thecounty’s support of continued public use.

The commissioners asked about havingthe right-of-way marked by stakes, to aid indetermining where the route is now andhow it might be modified.

Engineer Yancy Nichol of Sopris Engi-neering, who was at the table with CRMSrepresentative Joe White, said he has a cur-rent survey of the road right-of-way, andthat the road can be staked out prior to theMay 14 meeting.

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Appointments are available the second and fourth Thursday of each month.

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“When it comes to a trail through the campus, we feel like we need to be on record that theschool opposes any trail improvements or signage that would draw attention to the

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Roaring Fork senior Emily Fisher(above) closed out her soccer career with a field day, scoring sixof her team’s goals in their recent7-0 win over Grand Valley. Alas,the Rams came up short in theirquest for another trip to the play-offs after Aspen defeated Basalt.

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They came bearing food, gifts and love for earthquake victims in Nepal. On their faces theywore smiles and tears. They expressed joy, sadness and hope. Dozens of volunteers donated theirtime and energy to put together a fund-raiser last Sunday at Sustainable Settings that drew anestimated 700 people throughout the day. Organizers Tammy Girardot and Dawn Dexter gotthe ball rolling late last month in an effort that quickly gained momentum and drew in morethan 70 volunteers. Eaden and Dava Shantay of True Nature Healing Arts provided a Moroccantent and alters to use as a sacred space. As of Wednesday afternoon, more than $38,000 had beenraised with more coming in. Note: Weather forecasts in Carbondale last Sunday called for rainstorms, but the day at Sustainable Settings stayed dry. Donations to the Nepali Earthquake Fundare still being accepted c/o Sustainable Settings, 6107 Highway 133, Carbondale, CO 81623.

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Wallace’s work features large 30x40-inch digitalarchival photographs, printed by Singer Editions, andare part of a larger body of work titled “Fraternal.”

Wallace received her MFA from the University ofColorado-Boulder. She exhibits nationally and interna-tionally with numerous shows throughout the Ameri-cas, Europe, China and the Middle East.

“My research is informed by issues surrounding therelationship between individuals and the constructionof identity,” Wallace said in a press release. “I am inter-ested in intersections: child and adult, women and men,the dualities of living, success and failure. Ultimately, Iam interested in how we as human beings experienceourselves, how we define ourselves and are defined byour relationships with each other. Storytelling and nar-rative are central to my work. The power and impor-

tance of the oral, written, and visual story lies at the heartof culture. I am drawn to the power of the narrative toseduce, influence and transform. My portraits speak tothe physical and psychological spaces that we inhabit si-multaneously. They are a documentation of a personaljourney, but one that is universal to human experience.”

CasebeerDoug Casebeer’s work feature sculptures of

dwellings made from metal and painted wood on ce-ramic bases. The pieces deal with the relationships be-tween the ideas of storage, shelter and nourishment. Hehas served as pottery consultant to the United Nationsand the German government. He has been involved inoutreach programs in rural Jamaican schools, giventechnical support and assistance to Nepali potters, andadvised art centers in Chile and Hawaii. In 2009, Case-beer was elected to the International Academy of Ce-ramics in Geneva, Switzerland and was a featured artistat the Chinese Academy of Fine Art in Beijing.

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Left to right: Jeff Lockhart, and Mykersonand Leander Hentschal,dig the backhoe action atlast weekend’s “ediblelandscaping” project atCarbondale Nature Park(aka Delaney dog park).A total of seven appletrees, five raspberry, 12 serviceberry and eightcurrant bushes wereplanted around the park’ssolar array. Volunteersand other diggers also in-cluded: Chris Klinelheber,Diana and Julian Alcantara, Kurt Luthensand his dog Handsome,Erica Sparhawk anddaughters Mali and Lucy,Joanne Teeple, DeeStrack, Hadley Hentschel,Meredith and Dan Bullock, and DavidCoon. DHM did thelandscape design. The project was madepossible by the Kay Brunnier Tree Fund, thetown’s EnvironmentalBoard and Tree Board,and town of Carbondale.Photo by Lynn Burton


By Hamilton PevecSpecial to The Sopris Sun

POKHARA, Nepal — We gathered onApril 29 at the Blue Sky Paragliding com-pany headquarters in Pokhara, Nepal toload four Jeeps with relief supplies and getorganized. We loaded 120 kilograms ofrice, 25 liters of fuel, 10 tarps, 10 blankets15 boxes of water, shovels and picks in ourtruck and more in the other three. Weworked with Karma Flights because theyhad already established a relay distributionstation to make sure supplies got into theright hands. The paragliding companieshave all leapt in to help.

Our group of Nepalese, French, Canadian,British and Americans hit the road feeling op-timistic and slightly apprehensive as roads arebad and it’s raining. We began to fishtail,something wrong withthe steering. A quickroadside fix put us backon the highway. InMugline we boughtmore blankets. The traf-fic was thick; everyonedrove too fast. As wecrested a small hill thegears would not engage.I jumped out and sawthe back right wheelwas sticking out 1.5feet, just barely on thetruck. A few small carspassed us, but the bigbusses and trucks couldnot. A mechanic arrivedin two minutes, and in15 minutes the new partwas installed, the wheelback on. During thistime an angry Germanfilm crew criticized uson our poor choice ofplaces to break down.

We got on the village road, a 4x4 mudbath, as it got dark. It was a grueling fourhours. We arrived at the supply relay sta-tion about 10:30 p.m., set up the tarps justin time for a torrential down pour. TheFrench being French, brought some fancystinky cheese and fresh homemade bread.We picnicked in the rain as we discussedthe distribution strategy for the next day.The earth shook and Micole, the Nepali in-dependent-aide worker, reassured me thatis was just the landslides.

April 30At dawn the rain continued to pour. The

relay station was set up 100 meters from amassive landslide that blocked one of theremote access roads. The villagers startedshowing up around 6 a.m. They walkeddown from the steep mountainside villagesthat have been cut off. I could see the slideareas all around us.

The issues with distribution becamequite obvious: people wanting more thantheir share, families sending different peo-ple to collect, people fighting over suppliesand how they should be distributed. Noneof the groups, like us, at this location were

professional relief groups. But KarmaFlights had been there for five days andslowly figured out a system. The only doc-tors on site were four foreigners who hap-pened to be in Nepal, two left that day.

By 10 a.m., 200 villagers were at thesupply station, many having come a fewtimes already. Villagers were sneakingaround the ropes just grabbing whateverthey could, kids were pulling up stakesfrom the tents of the aid workers, I saw an-other villager roll up the tarp we slept onand pack it away very quickly.

It was clear they wanted the tarps morethan anything else. Everyone was sleepingin shelters, even if their homes still stood.They would not sleep alone, in some casesfive to seven families would all be sleepingin one shelter, for fear of being alone.

Because the de-stroyed villages areon the mountain-sides, they cannot bereached by the aidworkers directly,adding to the alreadyextreme challenge oftrying to help every-one fairly. One localguy, Sanjay, offeredto take me to his vil-lage, just 30 minuteswalking uphill.

“Everything isbroken, all housesdestroyed” he toldme. On the way wepassed over a dam-aged suspensionbridge and crossedthree landslides.Nine out of tenhouses I saw on theway were collapsed.

Gunchoktar Village was devastated. Sanjaytook me to his ruined house. “My sister inlaw was killed here. I ran away, that why Iam alive.”

He explained to me most of the villageanimals were killed as well. “They willbegin to stink and this very bad,” he con-tinued. “We put all our dead family and vil-lagers in one hole, we burn them later whenwe can get them down the hill.”

When I returned to the supply station,hundreds of people waited. Many vehicles,buses, trucks, relief workers, media, manypeople were coming into the area makinga bad road worse. At a landslide there wasa bus that would not pass because the roadwas too narrow and the cliff side wasweak; twenty vehicles waited to pass. Onlyone guy was digging, so we mobilized andgot more people involved. I saw two mili-tary guys just watching and yelled at themin Nepali. They hustled and got to work. Atleast one did. When I asked why the otherwasn’t working, he pointed to his gun. Wehad eight people push this bus pass, itbegan to slide towards the cliff and justbarely made it by a few inches and a lot ofgood karma.

It was a long, muddy and dangerous trip

but we made it. A few times it made methink, “Everyone is telling me to be safe,but trying to help at all is unsafe.” When wegot back to Pokhara I saw my camera bagwas missing. My heart sunk. “This can’t behappening.” All of my batteries, my lenses,my SD cards, gone, and with them anychance to continue the coverage of this dis-aster. But I had my camera around my neckand a single battery. Thank God.

We cannot open a Nepali bank accounthere. The government has taken all thenew bank accounts that were opened sinceApril 25 to lend to their own efforts. It’spretty sad, actually and a sign of how this

will go for the next few years. It makes mefeel like our efforts are now that muchmore important.

Hamilton Pevec is a documentary film-maker and former Carbondale resident. Heand his Napalese wife, Devika Gurung, livein Pokhara. He is not a trained aide workerbut is working to get supplies into isolatedareas of Nepal. Donations are being ac-cepted at Pevec’s account at Alpine Bank-Carbondale or susiladharma.org. He toldThe Sopris Sun he is not requesting funds,just your prayers for the people of Nepal.His e-mail address is [email protected].

Getting relief supplies to earthquake epicenterTarps in great demand

Area residents work to repair a damaged suspension bridge near Gunchoktar village. Adhoc groups of Nepalese, French, Canadians, British, Americans and others have organ-ized trips to truck in much needed supplies such as food, water, fuel, tarps, blankets, shov-els and picks. Photo by Hamilton Pevec

Villagers were sneaking around theropes just grabbing

whatever they could,kids were pulling upstakes from the tentsof the aid workers,

I saw another villagerroll up the tarp weslept on and pack itaway very quickly.

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should re�ect all of our unique qualities asshould each branch library cater to the re-quirements of its own community. Carbon-dale’s needs and interests are different thanthose of Ri�e or Silt. All well reviewed liter-ary �ction and topical non-�ction must be aparamount part of Carbondale’s collection.

I want to thank Molly and staff for the jobsthey are doing. I love walking into our libraryand seeing many young people there and I lovethe programs that are offered for both youngand old. The library should and can be a com-munity hub and still ful�ll its purpose.

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Thanks to Heritage ParkDear Editor:

I recently lost a close friend who spent thelast 18 months of her life at Heritage ParkCare Center, �rst in assisted living and then,as her health further failed following severalstrokes, in the Skilled Nursing section. For thelast month of my friend’s life, I was there sev-eral times a day and able to observe the ex-

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It is so dif�cult to observe our loved onesin discomfort and we strive to do all we canto ease their pain. I felt that every request thatI made to Heritage on her behalf was hon-ored and every attempt was made to ful�llher needs. She was treated with the utmostdignity and respect and loving care. I am verygrateful to the wonderful folks at HeritagePark. How fortunate we are to have this fa-cility in our community.

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Thanks to the crewDear Editor:

No doubt most of you have noticed theaddition of new �ower boxes along the en-trance to Carbondale’s Main Street publicparking lot. How nice to see beautiful �ow-ers blooming in these newly covered sectionof previously ancient black railroad ties.

A special thanks to Smiley Wise, one of the

chiefs in the Public Works Departmentwho gave permission to the project, and toCarlos Loya, the one who transformed thatold look to the “new look.”

Also, thanks to our newest planting vol-unteers: D’uan Hajdu, O. D., Jeanie Hays withthe law of�ces of Whitsitt & Gross, and ZaneKessler with the Thompson Divide Coalition.

Thanks to the town’s new arborist, DaveCoon, who in addition to his many dutiesmanages to water every �ower pot in ourtown three times a week!

Other volunteers involved with plantingtheir own plants in those large pots are: MaryBeth Bos (new owner of Main Street Spirits),Aimee and Anthony Gullwick (Koru con-struction company), Amy Kimberly (CCAH),Peter Gilbert of the Dance Initiative (soon-to-be occupants of the old town library on FourthStreet), Stacy Evans & Friends, Susan’s Flow-ers plus 21 others who are repeat participantssince 2010. Thank you folks!

What attractive and pleas-ant gifts your efforts are tothis community. We appreci-

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This past Friday, over 1,000 people kickedoff their Fourth of July celebration with oneof Aspen’s most popular traditions: the an-nual Boogie’s Buddy Race to bene�t theBuddy Program! This 5K race and 1-milefamily and canine walk provides funding tosupport nearly 1,000 local youth and theirfamilies through many critical services andprograms including individual mentoring,group mentoring, leadership education,Lemonade Day, activities, scholarships, andtherapeutic counseling.

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Project Goals. The CDOT EEO officer has set Dis-advantaged Business Goals at 3.5% for this proj-ect. There will be no on the job training goals. TheCDOT Form 347, Certification of EEO Compliance,is no longer required to be submitted in the bidpackage. This form certified that the contractor/pro-posed subcontractors were in compliance with theJoint Reporting Committee EEO-1 form require-ments. The EEO-1 Report must still be submittedto the Joint Reporting Committee if the contractorsand subcontractors meet the eligibility requirements(29CFR 1602.7); we will, however, no longer re-quire certification. For additional information re-garding these federal requirements, please refer to:http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/jobpat/e1instruct.html .This project includes funding by CDOT adminis-tered by FHWA grants, therefore Davis Baconwages will apply.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hear-ing will be held before the Carbondale Planningand Zoning Commission for the purpose of con-sidering an Infill Application to allow a single fam-ily dwelling and a detached accessory dwellingunit. A variance is requested to allow the de-tached dwelling unit as the code requires that ac-cessory dwelling units be attached to the primarydwelling unit. The application includes a variancefrom the maximum building height of 25 ft. for aprincipal dwelling unit and maximum buildingheight of 21 ft. for an accessory building to allowa 28 ft. high principal dwelling and a 23 ft. highaccessory building. A rear yard setback is alsorequested to allow a roof overhang to extend 4 ft.into the 5 ft. rear yard setback.

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

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The application also includes a variance from Sec-tion 18.48.020 to allow the dominant ridgeline to runeast/west rather than parallel to the long dimensionof the lot, to request a waiver from the requirementthat structures step down in scale as the structureapproaches the alley, and to allow the vertical wallsof the principal structure within 5 ft. of the side yardsetback to exceed 20 ft. in height.

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Gunchoktar village in centralNepal was devastated bythe recentearthquake.There were numerous fatalities andanimals werekilled as well.Rain, mud andlandslides havemade it particu-larly difficultfor relief groupsto reach remotevillages. Photoby HamiltonPevec


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