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Rodeo’s a goPage 4
Art students shinePage 12
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Carbondale’s weekly, non-profit newspaper Volume 3, Number 15 | May 26, 2011
Brent Lough wheels the first of 11 buckets of coins into town hall on May 19. Brent and his wife Roxanne paid $11,589.45for building permit fees in pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters to protest the town trustees assessing a higher fee after theypaid more than $24,000 in 2009. Photo by Jane Bachrach COIN PAYMENT page 7
By Lynn BurtonSopris Sun Staff Writer
local couple, angry about a towntrustees decision, dropped more thana half-ton of coins on town hall last
Thursday to pay off their disputed building per-mit fees.
After her husband wheeled the first of 11 buck-ets of unwrapped coins through town hall doors,Roxanne Lough said, “I think they (town hallstaff) should call the trustees to come help count.”
Roxanne and her husband Brent showed up attown hall with $11,589.45 (“plus $10 extra”) infive-gallon buckets to pay the outstanding balanceon building fees that were due on May 19.
The dispute dates to late 2009 when Brent,who owns Ridge Runner Construction, paid ap-proximately $24,000 in permit fees and taps for aspec home he built at 641 North Bridge Drive inRiver Valley Ranch. Brent thought a certificate ofoccupancy (CO) from the town was forthcoming,but last July a town building official wrote a lettersaying he still owed $11,589.45 in fees.
The Loughs formally appealed the second feeassessment at the Carbondale Board of Trusteesmeeting on March 8. Brent told The Sopris Sun heoffered to pay an extra $6,563.27 in tap fees, butnot the remainder in building permit fees the townsaid it was still due. On March 15, following anexecutive session to discuss the issue, the trusteesvoted 6-0 (with Frosty Merriott abstaining) tostand by its decision to assess the entire amount.
Roxanne – wearing jeans, sandals and a rolledup long-sleeve shirt – settled into a chair in thetown hall lobby last Thursday, just a few feetfrom the town clerk’s window and police depart-ment window, and fielded questions about theprocess of converting cash to coins and luggingthe load over to town hall.
First, each of the plastic buckets weighedabout 150 pounds and contained pennies, nick-els, dimes and quarters. The Loughs collected thecoins in $3,000 increments from Alpine Bankover a period of four weeks. They decided not toget all the coins at once because the bank chargesa fee for coins over a certain amount.
“It’s expensive,” Roxanne explained as asomewhat bewildered bystander waited to talk totown clerk Cathy Derby.
Meanwhile, out at the Brent’s Ridge RunnerConstruction truck, the Loughs’ high-school-agedaughter, Shaeley, stood guard over the coins.
The Loughs were up at 6 a.m. on Thursday
Angry coupledrops coinon town hall
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Satank’s Bridge to NowhereDear Editor:
Alaska had its Bridge to Nowhere, abridge to a largely uninhabited island.Garfield County now has its own dubiousmonument, the recently reconstructed (for-merly “pink”) Satank Bridge. It connectsCounty Road 106 to Highway 82, a factthat continues to misinform a number ofGPS mapping systems.
What the otherwise fine article in the So-pris Sun (May 19) failed to make note of, isthat there are two very nice bridges just up-stream. There is the beautifully convertedrailroad trestle and the recently upgradedVeterans’ Memorial Highway 133 vehicularbridge. The first is on the extraordinary val-ley-long Rio Grande Trail, and the secondserves many bicyclists using the MushroomRock area.
What the reopened Satank Bridge nowdoes is divert bicyclists from the Rio GrandeTrail through Satank (exactly what we pre-dicted) and why a few years back some Sa-tank folks went to the Garfield Countycommissioners to speak out against repairingthe bridge. We were assured by all that therailroad trestle was scheduled to be incorpo-rated into the bike trail and that no impactswould occur to our little residential street.
I don’t know what makes dogs bark atLycra-clad humans rolling on rubber tiredwheels. Nor do I know why these same peo-ple insist on gazing into the adjacent yards.Some probably see the bridge as a conven-ient short-cut. (And why does someone rid-ing a bike for exercise need a short-cut?)Others have simply lost their way. SomeGlenwood-bound friends from Snowmasssaid they had difficulty finding the RioGrande Trail when they arrived at Highway133. I called the trail authority to inquireabout better signage. Their comment wasthat the lost souls were likely not sharpenough to find their way. This was a heartsurgeon and a multi-million dollar developer.
Safety is also an issue.A few years ago twoneighbors were involved in an accident thatcaused a broken leg. One person in a carbacked out into the other neighbor on a motorbike. Most of the driveways are of the back-out type.Bicycles make no warning noise andcan be harder to see than another car.
While I am glad to see that a local con-struction company did the reconstruction,and that tax dollars were being injected intothe local economy, there were surely more de-serving projects in Garfield County. Not allthings old need to be preserved.
To fellow readers of the Sun: please usethe bike trail.
Patrick HunterSatank
Thanks to CAREDear Editor:
My precious kitty of eight years disap-peared on March 11. One night he nevercame home. We looked around our neigh-
borhood for days, like any owner of a belovedpet would.We called all the animal hospitals,CARE and KDNK.We received a call one dayabout a lost cat,but to our disappointment, itwasn’t our Swift. We assumed the mountainlions roaming in River Valley Ranch got him.He was a 20-pound white cat, and fine pick-ins’ for a hungry animal.
We had a memorial service and planted aspecial garden for him in front of our house.Our neighbors gathered and we had a toastto the big tomcat that ruled the neighbor-hood, and secretly loved his mommy.
May 18 we received a call from CARE(Colorado Animal Rescue) asking if we hadfound our cat. Since it was after hours whenI received the message, I e-mailed them andsent a picture of our healthy cat.The next daythey called and said they had sent me picturesback of a stray that was turned in by awomen who lived across Highway 133.
Hesitantly, I opened my e-mail, and therehe was. Only recognizable to his lovingmother, 12 pounds lighter, bruised, scratchedup, dirty and on the verge of starving todeath. I raced up to CARE to retrieve the catthat I so missed and loved.
I cannot thank CARE enough for their ex-istence. We got our cat from CARE when hewas a baby. Somebody had dropped him offon CARE’s porch in a cereal box nine yearsago. Since we brought him home he has livedthe life of a king, just as all pets should be
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What is ‘sustainable development?’By Ken Williams
The concept of “sustainable development” seems to be used more and more fre-quently these days in Carbondale, partly because the town is writing a new compre-hensive plan. The phrase has already been used during the on-going visioning processfor the comprehensive plan but what is “sustainable development?”
The World Commission on Environment and Development, also known as theBrundtland Commission, defined sustainable development as that which, “meets theneeds of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meettheir own needs.”
The simplicity of this statement seems to get at the heart of what’s important toeach and every one of us, and why each individual or family may view sustainable de-velopment differently.
The passage of time changes the needs and aspirations of those of us in the pres-ent and should be self-evident. That the perception of the needs of future generationsis based on present assumptions of what the future should be only points out thedilemma. The fact is that we don’t know what it will take to meet the needs of futuregenerations beyond the obvious need for healthy conditions.
We do know that social conditions, technology and changing environment all af-fect humanity over time, and that each and every one of us is constantly making ad-justments in our lives to suit our needs. The fact that Carbondale is in the process ofupdating its comprehensive plan, which deals to a certain extent with sustainable de-velopment issues, should make people sit up and pay attention. Now is the time to takea good hard look at how we have fared over the past 10 years under the previouscomprehensive plan.
The past 10 years has been a roller coaster ride for many residents of Carbondale,and the region and nation as a whole, with people asking simple questions like,“AmI better off?” and “What can I hope for myself and my family in the future?” Clearly,the last several years have tested the notion of what sustainability means in the eco-nomic sense, and any evaluation of where we have been and where we wish to goshould lead to some kind of reasonable balance, an important step on the path to sus-tainability.
Success in fulfilling the need for well compensated jobs, reasonable shelter and theability to save and invest to meet future aspirations all depend on a recalibration ofpast goals and objectives, and implementation of the measures needed to get where wewant to go.
This then is the essence of sustainability and sustainable development: personaland collective responsibility for making decisions that affect us now, and in the future,through the broadest possible public participation in the decision making process.
Ken Williams lives and makes his livelihood in Carbondale. He can be contactedat: [email protected].
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Carbondale Commentary
By Greg MasseSopris Sun Correspondent
Along with a bristling downtown livemusic culture, Carbondale’s PAC3 is thenewest piece of the puzzle in what is ar-guably one of the best small-town musicscenes in the country.
The PAC3 (the performing arts center atthird street) officially opens Saturday nightwhen legendary singer-songwriter BruceCockburn takes the stage.
“Fans of Bruce Cockburn’s extraordinaryacoustic finger picking will be thrilled withSmall Source of Comfort, his new album,”said a writer for PremierGuitar.com.“Cock-burn’s shimmering arpeggios, syncopatedriffs, and hypnotic single-note lines blend el-ements of Mississippi John Hurt, Jerry Gar-cia, Leo Kottke, and Brazilian greats LuizBonfa and Oscar Castro-Neves, yet remainentirely his own.”
Located at the south side of the 3rd StreetCenter – the town’s nonprofit incubator at520 S. 3rd Street – construction has beenmoving along at a blistering pace to get thevenue ready for its big opening night.
“The process started a year ago,but all theactual construction has been done in the past90 days,” PAC3 Executive Director JoshBehrman said.
PAC3 is the former elementary schoolgymnasium that’s been transformed into a
state-of-the-art performance center.With a general admission capacity of 540,
PAC3 can bring in larger crowds than eitherthe Wheeler Opera House or BellyUp venuesin Aspen.
“But we’re not trying to be either (ofthose),” Behrman said. “Everything we dowhen we open should be different fromthose others.”
For those looking to have a drink whilewatching the likes of Cockburn,Robert EarleKeen or James McMurtry – all of whom arescheduled to perform here this summer –PAC3 features a 17-foot granite-topped“boutique”bar with four beer taps, large mir-rors on the back bar and shelves and refrig-erators for liquor and wine.
“There’ll be a limited choice, but it will allbe top-quality stuff,” Behrman said.
The plan is to purchase the beer, wine andspirits from local and socially-conscious com-panies when possible, he said.
“We’ve been gearing to have as little wasteas possible.”
In its present state, the walls are paintedpurple, but over the coming months andyears PAC3 Community Outreach DirectorAmy Kimberly says they plan to slowly adddifferent styles of art to the venue.
“That’s one area we’ll continue to workon,” Kimberly said.
Events manager Vanessa Adam and tick-
eting/marketing managerAly Sanguily roundout the PAC3 team.
Even though PAC3 hadn’t opened as ofSopris Sun press time, Behrman said heand his crew are already looking towardthe future.
“We’re always planning to keep workingon it and listening to what people say,” hesaid.“As time goes on,we’ll listen to the feed-back of people and see what they want.”
Along with hosting national music acts,the PAC3 team sees the venue being used forparties, comedy shows, dance and “poten-tially film.”
“I think there will be lots of opportunitiesfor people to use this space in an affordableway,”Kimberly said.“Our mission is to sup-port the local arts.”
PAC3 features a 33-foot-wide by 22-foot-deep stage that will be lit up by energy-effi-cient LED lights and the music will bepowered by an in-house sound system.Thereis also a large front-of-house soundboard.
“It’s really a great-sized stage,” he said.“The lighting will actually take less energythan the sound,” Behrman said.
One difference between the PAC3 and avenue like BellyUp is the number of showsplanned. While the BellyUp has somethinggoing on virtually every night of the week, thePAC3 will bring in national acts about once aweek or so.
“We’re looking at probably four shows amonth,” Kimberly said. “What we hope isthat a lot of the other nights will be filled withothers who want to perform here.”
A “soft” opening, featuring local rockersSector 7G, is slated for May 26 from 7 to 9p.m. The event is free, but attendees mustpresent a ticket to gain entrance.
Other upcoming PAC3 events includePortland, Oregon’s MarchFourth MarchingBand and later in the year, on Dec. 18,swingers Big Voodoo Daddy will help ringin Christmas.
“And I’m working on something really,
By Terray SylvesterSopris Sun Correspondent
Members of Carbondale’s Planning andZoning Commission have asked the boardof town trustees to reconsider an ordinancethat threatens to push medical pot businessestoward some of the most visible spots intown, namely, the east end of Main Streetand the intersection of Main Street andHighway 133.
In March the trustees approved a licensingordinance that prohibits medical pot shops,farms and kitchens from operating within1,000 feet of schools. As an unintended con-sequence, anyone hoping to open a new mar-ijuana business in town would be left with justa few options to choose from,among them thecommercial areas at either end of Main Street.
That would fly in the face of some of thechief concerns voiced by the public and bythe trustees while the town has drawn upits new medical marijuana rules, concernssuch as keeping the industry out of sight ofkids and protecting Carbondale’s tourist-friendly image.
“We just don’t think that the 1,000-footrule accomplishes what [the trustees] are try-ing to accomplish with it,” said P&Z Chair-man Ben Bohmfalk.
He said the commission thinks the publicwould be better served if the town scraps the1,000-foot rule and replaces it with a morenuanced regulation. The planning and zon-ing commission will discuss the topic duringa work session at their meeting tonight, May26, at town hall. Bohmfalk said the commis-sioners plan to examine an existing townstudy on school transportation routes, as wellas information on tourist activity in town,then present their findings to the trustees as alist of informal recommendations.
“We’re trying to spark some constructivethought,” he said, explaining that some ofthe areas the P&Z eventually recommendsfor marijuana businesses will likely be lo-cated within 1,000 feet of a school, thoughthey will be places children rarely visit, suchas the commercial and industrial area at theend of 12th Street. He stressed that residen-tial areas will not be included in the P&Z’srecommendations.
The 1,000-foot boundary was adoptedfrom Colorado law, but state rules allowtowns to adjust that distance as necessary.A citizen advisory board formed in 2010, aswell as the P&Z, had previously recom-mended the town impose a 500-footboundary. All but one of Carbondale’s 11existing medical marijuana businesses arewithin 1,000 feet of a school, though underthe rule existing businesses may be allowed
to remain in place.The comments from the P&Z came partly
in response to the tough stance the trusteesare taking on the industry. In a memo to thetown council, the P&Z cautioned the boardagainst using zoning rules as a roundaboutway to extinguish medical pot industry inCarbondale. The commission noted, “Thetown has the power to eliminate all commer-cial medical marijuana facilities. If this is theintention of the board, the commissioners feltthat the board should proceed in that mannerrather than using zoning to effectively elimi-nate them … at this point [medical mari-juana] is a state constitutional right and froma zoning perspective should not be treated orevaluated as an illegitimate business or aquasi-legal endeavor.”
Trustee Frosty Merriott agreed with theP&Z’s interpretation of the town’s rules.
“[The 1,000-foot limit] almost becomes ade facto illegalization of the dispensaries,”hesaid.“In 40 years no one has ever had a prob-lem getting marijuana if they wanted. Just todo away with dispensaries is not going tosolve the problem.”
Merriott suggested voters, not thetrustees, should decide whether the medicalpot biz should exist in Carbondale.
Trustee Elizabeth Murphy, who has beenthe council’s most vocal critic of the indus-try, acknowledged the “1,000-foot rule was,in fact, an attempt to limit the number oftotal dispensaries.”
If the town figures out another way tolimit the number of pot shops in town –perhaps to two or three – she said shemight support revising the 1,000-foot rule.
A moratorium is currently in place ban-ning new medical marijuana businesses fromopening in Carbondale.
P&Z asks trustees to reconsider pot dispensaries
PAC3 puts Bonedale over the top with tunes
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Medical marijuana dispensary signs started popping up around town more than a yearago.A new town ordinance bans new medical marijuana businesses from operating within1,000 feet of schools. Photo by Lynn Burton
Next Steps:The Carbondale Planning and Zoning Commission will discuss locations to med-ical marijuana businesses in Carbondale during their meeting tonight, May 26, at Car-bondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Ave. The board of trustees is scheduled to discuss azoning ordinance for medical pot businesses on June 28 at town hall. For more infor-mation call 963-2733 or visit carbondalegov.org.
Olivia Pevec of All the Pretty Horses runs asound check before a recent show at Steve’sGuitars. With PAC3 opening on May 29,Carbondale can now boast about a dozenmusic venues. Photo by Lynn Burton
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Rodeo’s a goThe Carbondale Wild West Rodeo will
start its 2011 season as planned on June 2,according to the rodeo board. The boardhad taken a wait and see stance since an out-break of Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1) inseveral western states (including Colorado)in recent weeks led to quarantines and somehorse-related event cancellations.
“We’ve been monitoring the situationvery carefully,” said rodeo board memberKathy Small.
The volunteer board talked with severallocal equine experts, including Dr. JohnCanning, before deciding to start the sea-son on schedule.
“Dr. Canning is a veterinarian and also a(Carbondale) rodeo participant,”Small said.
The not-for-profit rodeo takes place atthe Gus Darien arena east of town Thurs-day nights through Aug. 18.
On a related note, Small said the rodeohas made several improvements to thearena, including a permanent shed for theSenior Matters refreshment stand and otherupgrades that should the event flow better.
Brownings medal at stateTaylor and Zach Browning brought
home medals from the 3A state track meet
in Lakewood over the weekend. Both areseniors.
Taylor took silver in the 100 with atime of 11.1, silver in the 200 and fourthin the 400.
Zach took silver in the 400 with a timeof 49.35 and fourth in the 200.
Both of the Browning twins plan tocontinue competing in college. Taylor willattend the University of Redlands in Cali-fornia, while Zach will attend ColoradoState University.
On the girl’s side, Adrienne Ackerman,a senior, finished fifth in the 300 hurdleswith a time of 49.01 while Taila Howe (afreshman) finished eighth in the 100 with atime of 12.9.
VCR continued to June 7The Village at Crystal River public
hearing scheduled for the May 24 Car-bodnael Board of Trustees meeting wasrescheduled to June 7 on Tuesday night.
The rescheduling was made at the re-quest of applicant Rich Schierberg, ac-cording to a town memo.
Tuesday night’s discussion was to in-clude a community impact assessment.
Village at Crystal River is the mixed-use development proposed for 24 acres on
the west side of Highway 133.The proposal calls for 125,000 square
feet of commercial/retail space (includinga 58,000-square-foot grocery store), ap-proximately 15,000-square-feet of officespace and 164 residential units.
Carbondale residents turned down asimilar project in a referendum vote sev-eral years ago.
Coyote attack prompts warningsThe Colorado Division of Wildlife is urg-
ing dog owners to be careful when their petsare out of the yard or off leash. One or morecoyotes attacked and killed a small dog onSmuggler Trail in Aspen earlier this month.
Although coyotes are typically shy andreclusive, they are also intelligent creaturesthat learn to adapt to changing conditionsin their surroundings. As Colorado’s grow-ing population continues to encroach oncoyote habitat, coyotes can lose their fearof people.“Once that happens, coyotes canlearn to target pets as prey items and in rarecases, become aggressive in the presence ofpeople,” said DOW spokesman Perry Will.
Will said that if a coyote approaches youor your pet, you should use a loud voice tofrighten the animal.“Throw rocks or sticksto frighten it away,” he said.
The Weekly News Brief The Sopris Sun and the KDNK news departments team up to discuss recent news from the RoaringFork Valley and beyond. Catch the Brief on KDNK between 7:30 and 8 a.m. and between 5:30 and 6 p.m. on Thursdays.
News Briefs Cop ShopThe following events are drawn fromincident reports of the CarbondalePolice Department.
MONDAy May 16 A resident calledpolice and said she went to Little BearAntiques where she had some con-signment items and the business wasgone. Police contacted Little Bear An-tiques in Boulder, Colo., and were toldthe store tried to contact all its con-signees before closing.
TUESDAy May 17 At 4:05 p.m., po-lice responded to a complaint of graf-fiti on a fence. Police told the caller thegraffiti wasn’t of the gang variety.
TUESDAy May 17 At 9:45 p.m., of-fers were dispatched to a downtownrestaurant where a woman was passedout in the restroom. Police called anambulance which took the woman toValley View Hospital.
WEDNESDAy May 18 At 12:25 a.m.,police found an extremely intoxicatedwoman in front of a downtown bar.They gave her a ride home.
WEDNESDAy May 18 At 10:22p.m., police contacted a van parked atSopris Park but could not locate adriver inside or outside the vehicle. Po-lice returned to the van at 6:20 a.m.The driver said he had been intoxi-cated and slept in the van.
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Adrienne Ackerman (left) and Cesar(Alex) Alvarado (right) make their
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Fork High School. The RoaringFork High School graduation is at
the school at 1 p.m. on May 28 (not4 p.m. as was reported in last week’s
Sun). The Outstanding Students ofthe Year are: Sasha Williams and
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really special for August,”he said, but wasn’table to confirm the event as of press time.
MarchFourth Marching Band is a circus-like band of musicians and performers whoprovide a carnival-esque atmosphere for itsfans. The band encourages concertgoers todress up and become part of the show. Priorto their Memorial Day show, the band willlead a parade from the Fourth Street Plazathrough town and into the PAC3.
“I hope that the town of Carbondale doesembrace this,” Behrman said.
Tickets for PAC3 shows are available on-line at PAC3carbondale.com or at Dos Grin-gos Burritos.
Around townAs exciting as many find it to have a large,
new venue in Carbondale, on most nightspeople will be looking around town to gettheir music fix.
“Carbondale has a really good scene,”says Carbondale local Adam Rudd. “Youcome to the Beer Works and it’s classic rock;you can move down to Carnahan’s and it’shard rock and then Steve’s Guitars has allthe rest.”
Carnahan’s Tavern boasts the largeststage in the downtown core, attracting suchdiverse bands as Trunk – playing on May 28– singer-songwriter T. Ray Becker and PinkFloyd tribute band Us and Them, who playon May 27.
Carnahan’s general manager CarrieAllen,who owns the tavern with her husbandTodd,said one of this summer’s must-see shows will
be when the tavern hosts a CD release partyfor Fire in the Asylum.
“I’m so excited. I love them playing ourbar,” she said.
Then, of course, there’s Steve’s Guitars.Steve’s Guitars, owned by Steve Standi-
ford, has been inviting a diverse cross-sectionof musicians to Carbondale since 1993.Sincethen there have been more than 500 showsand Standiford shows no signs of slowingdown anytime soon.
“The big one that stands out for me is thelocals’ fest,” he said of the Sopris Music Fes-tival. The festival will be held on the week-end that has for the past few years been theweekend of the Carbondale Lobster Fest. Ittakes place from June 23-26 at venues allover town.
“We’re stressing local foods this year,”he said.
The guitars adorning the walls and ceil-ings of Steve’s intimate venue produce amaz-ing acoustics that musicians from across thecountry have come to love.
He also said there’s a two-week stretch inmid-July when his place will have eight shows.
“That will be fun because they’re all top-notch musicians,” he said.
On May 27, Steve’s Guitars featuresaward-winning local musician Matt Johnson;on June 3 (First Friday) A Vision Quest willtake the stage.
The newest downtown place to go seemusic on a nearly-nightly basis is CarbondaleBeer Works. CBW opened over the winterand has quickly become popular with local
beer, sausage and music aficionados. De-pending on the night, CBW patrons can ex-pect to see anything from a bluegrass jam toa full-on rock ‘n roll band.
For years now, White House pizza hasbeen giving solo musicians and small bands achance to see their name in lights on theirfront yard billboard.All year long,WHP hasbeen a destination for those who want somepizza and beer with their tunes.
During the summertime, artists can beheard by passers-by on Main Street as theyplay tunes on the restaurant’s outdoor deck.
To add to all this, other establishmentsthroughout town include the Village Smithy,Phat Thai, Konnyaku, the Pour House, DosGringos Burritos, the Cafe atThird Street andThe Blend, a new coffee shop at the corner ofHighway 133 and Garfield Avenue will alsohave music, sometimes bringing the total tomore than a dozen live music choices on aparticularly busy summer weekend.
“It’s an expanding scene,”Standiford said.In all, for a town of about 6,000, the
music scene is thriving and promises to keepheating up – even if the weather isn’t for now.
Steve’s Guitars, located in the northeast corner of the Dinkel Building, is one of severalmusic venues in Carbondale. PAC3 is the newest place in town for live music. Photo byLynn Burton
Co-sponsors: Amoré Realty • Kay Brunnier • Carbondale Chamber of Commerce • CCAH
Carbondale Community Food Co-op • Eco-Goddess • Carbondale Moms for Moms • KDNKGreenWeaver • Conscious Global Leadership • Slow Food Roaring Fork • Solar Energy International
Sopris Sun • Sustainable Settings • 3/50 Buy Local project (a Roaring Fork Leadership team)
Slow is the New FastHow going local can help repair our
economies, ecosystems and our selves
Featuring a broad group of Valley leaders of thelocal food movement - including local farmersand ranchers, permaculture and sustainabilityspecialists, founders of community gardens,heads of nonprofits, restaurateurs and electedofficials. For a full list of participating leaders seewww.highlifeunlimited.com/slow-fast.
The brainstorm is designed to build connectionand unified action around efforts to increaselocal food production and access.
Community Brainstorm on Scaling up Local Food
May 26, 7 p.m., Third St. CenterBy donation at the event.
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Scuttlebutt Send your scuttlebutt to [email protected].
What Carbondale really needsA group of former/current/future march-
ing band members are organizing what theyare calling a “renegade Carbondale march-ing band.” The intention is to play easilyscored music while sporting zany outfits(uniforms) and contributing to Carbon-dale’s upcoming parades and events.
“Imagine an amateur version of the
MarchFourth Marching Band (playing atPAC3 on Memorial Day). If you play ahorn or marching drum/percussion instru-ment and want to be part of this fun cre-ative musical group please e-mail Sarah [email protected],” said theband’s PR person.
The group is also looking for playableband instruments in decent repair and re-
tired band uniforms. Stay tuned for an or-ganizational meeting date in early June.
Sophie Sakson updateBarclay Lottimer reports that Sophie
Sakson is in London this week trying outfor a spot at the Royal Academy of Dra-matic Arts. Lottimer said 3,100 actors au-ditioned worldwide in recent months, andthe school has whittled down the list toabout two dozen. To see Sakson in action,go to bujinproductions.com.
Muniz goes forStrawberry Days title
Ixchel Muniz, a Roaring Fork HighSchool student, is competing in the MissStrawberry Days contest and is represent-ing Crystal Springs Ranch & Saddlery.Miss Strawberry Days will be crowned atSayre Park on June 17. Good luck, Ixchel.
Thanks to Louis GuintoIt’s said that “character” is what people
demonstrate when nobody is watching.Well, Roaring Fork High School studentLouis Guinto showed his character on May19. According to Carbondale police officerAlvaro Agon, Guinto found a wallet con-taining $220 and turned it in. The ownerconfirmed that everything that should havebeen in the wallet was still in the wallet,and rewarded Guinto with $60. Goodgoin’, Louis.
Drop inCrystal River Fly Shop is having its
grand re-opening at Crystal Plaza (nearCity Market) on May 28. There’ll be livemusic, refreshments and a drawing for a flyrod. Info: 963-5741.
Miller selected for scholarsprogram
Clara Miller,who attends theO r c h a r dChurch at Car-bondale (for-merly theChurch at Car-bondale), hasbeen selectedfor the DenverMuseum of Na-ture & ScienceTeen ScienceScholars Pro-gram Paleontol-ogy Project. Sheis the first student from the Western Slopeto be accepted into the program. Miller willhave the opportunity to visit two sites inColorado to help conduct excavations, in-cluding the Ziegler Reservoir near Snow-mass Village where Ice Age remains werediscovered last summer.
Miller will attend Luther College inDecorah, Iowa this fall where she will studyanthropology and Biblical languages.
Clara Miller
The Carbondale Gold team (U10 boys) just finished their regular season undefeated and willplay in a tournament in Glenwood Springs this weekend. The coaches are (left to right):Aaron Dallas, Colin Laird and Martin Salinas. The players are (front row): Ariahn Baran-jas, Will Rose, Rex Hamilton, Shawn Teitler, Bodi Dallas, Andy Wiley and Soren Blachly;(back row): Jesus Almanza, Callum Jenkins, Jamie Vegas, Aiden Sloan, Carlos Ledezma,Liam Laird (MVP), Alessandro Sciagata and Joe Salinas. Photo by Midge Dallas
Carbondale police officer Fred Williams (left)talks Brent and Roxanne Lough out of dumping$11,589.45 from their buckets at town hall on
May 19. Photo by Jane Bachrach
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The Loughsloaded 11 bucketsof coins into aRidge RunnerConstructiontruck and broughtthem to town hallto pay off theirbuilding permitfees. Photo byJane Bachrach
Brent Loughreceives his
building permitreceipt at townhall. Photo byJane Bachrach
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morning, unwrapping the coins. “That was the hard part, unwrapping …,”Shaeley said.
When Brent and Roxanne brought in their first bucket, town clerk Derby wassitting behind the receptionist window. “We’re here to pay our permit fee,” Rox-anne told Derby, who instructed them to take the coins to a back office. Brent wastrailed by a camera-toting Grand Junction TV news reporter, who aired the storylater that evening.
For the next 90 minutes, the Loughs brought in coins, talked with their attor-ney on the phone, and negotiated with Derby on getting a receipt for the coinsand obtaining their CO.
Negotiations hit a snag after Derby suggested they all go to Alpine Bank to-gether to get the coins counted. Brent replied that he wasn’t going anywhere until
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PAC3 SCHEDULESoft Opening for PAC3 with 2 sets by Sector 7GAdmission is FreeDoors at 7pm - save your ticket to redeem your first beer or wine. Register to win 2 free tickets to an upcoming show. Tickets available at Dos Gringos: 588 Colorado 133, Carbondale, Co
May 26th
May 30th MarchFourth Marching Band Advance tickets: $15 Day of show: $20
June 23rd Hayes Carll Advance tickets: $12 Day of show: $17
July 12th James McMurtry Advance tickets: $16 Day of show: $21
July 15th& 16th
Viva La Woman Burlesque Show(Featuring an erotic dessert contest - 7/15)
Advance tickets: $25 Day of show: $30
July 22nd Dave Alvin and The Guilty OnesAdvance tickets: $22.50 Day of show: $27.50
Aug 16th Robert Earl Keen Advance tickets: $30 Day of show: $35
Aug 17th Leon Russell Advance tickets: $35 Day of show: $40
Bruce Cockburn w/specialguest Jenny ScheinmanAdvance tickets: $35Day of show: $40Opening night for PAC3!
May 29th
July 3rd Steve Earle and the Dukes (and Duchesses) Featuring Allison Moorer Advance tickets: $35 Day of show: $40
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treated. Living on the streets must have beena bit traumatic. When he sleeps now hewakes up startled, even terrified at times, eyesopened wide. He remembers us and ourlifestyle, and is settling in, but not even look-ing out the window longingly at the birds inour yard. He is resting and recovering.
CARE provides an amazing service andwe are fortunate to have it in our community.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!Nannette WeinholdCarbondale
Re-elect Lynn DwyerDear Editor:Electricity affects nearly every aspect of
our lives. As member-owners of Holy Cross,it is up to us to see that our energy needs areprovided for in a manner consistent with ourinterests.The Holy Cross Board of Directorsis our elected body to ensure that these inter-ests are served. Our annual votes representour opportunity to make sure that the boardof directors truly represents our interests andconcerns. Please vote.
When I was elected to the board as a di-rector, I immersed myself in becoming famil-iar with the workings of the utility business aswell as the history and strong performance ofHoly Cross itself. I consider it an honor andan important responsibility to represent theworking families and small businessesthroughout the Holy Cross territory. I startedDwyer Greens & Flowers 20 years ago andbuilt it up from nothing through long hoursand careful budgeting. These are the valuesand approach that I believe are crucial to thesuccess and well-being of any small businessor household, and these are also essential tothe management of our utility.
Our board has a diverse composition andhas successfully strengthened Holy Cross’ po-sition as a leader in our state and nationally.More importantly,we have kept electric rateslow while responding to member needs forreliability and desires for a diverse powersupply and member services. I believe it is es-sential to keep a moderate voice “at thetable” to represent the hardworking familiesand small businesses who we serve. I hopeyou agree and will offer your vote so I maycontinue my service to you. Thank you foryour consideration and involvement in ourcommunities and our future.
Lynn DwyerNew Castle
RFSD shows commitmentDear Editor:
With the release of third grade CSAPreading scores, the teachers and schools of theRoaring Fork School District (RFSD) havedemonstrated their commitment to deliver-ing results for our community’s youngest res-idents.
District-wide, 73 percent of the 362 thirdgraders tested scored proficient or better, upfrom 65 percent last year. These results wereachieved while simultaneously reducing theRFSD budget by $1.8 million, or $346 perstudent,over the past two years.During thesetwo years the district was able to shield stu-dents from direct impacts by focusing cuts onsupport services, reductions to the purchaseof classroom materials and slowing adoptionof new textbooks.
In the 2011-2012 school year the districtis forced to eliminate 15 teaching positions,
eliminate all vocational programming, pro-vide one school nurse for the entire district,eliminate 41 part-time athletic coaches andcontinue to reduce expenditures on class-room materials while eliminating all expen-ditures for the purchase of textbooks. Thesecuts reduce the RFSD budget by an addi-tional $2.6 million and are necessary as thestate of Colorado balances its budget in theface of declining revenues.
Our schools and teachers cannot continueto deliver a high quality education for ourchildren with continued school budget cuts.Since 1997, teacher salaries have declined 17percent on an inflation adjusted basis.Home-owners have seen the property tax paymentsfor schools decline by more than 50 percentover the past 20 years on an inflation ad-justed basis.Our communities and businessesare directly impacted by the quality and per-ceptions of our public schools.
It’s time for communities served by RFSDto join with our teachers and schools, andtake responsibility for delivering high qualityeducation.A $5 million mill levy override re-sults in residential property owners paying anadditional $28 per $100,000 of home value.If we pass a mill levy override, property taxeswill still be lower than they were two yearsago due to the dramatic reduction in assessedvalues we all experienced. We cannot expectour schools to continue deliver excellencewithout the support of our community.
Matthew HamiltonCarbondale
Great Community JujuDear Editor:
I cannot thank our community and valleyenough for the tremendous outpouring ofsupport for the Carbondale CommunityPlayground project. Our goal was to uniteour diverse community through a projectthat would benefit all the community’s chil-dren, regardless of where they go to school.We wanted to create a unique and artfulplayground experience imagined by childrenand built by community.That is just what wedid, and you made it happen!
We were in need of over 500 volunteersover the five day build, and our valley did notlet us down with close to 700 volunteerscoming out over the various shifts. Everyonefrom Mike Kaplan and Ski Co senior staff tothe Jaywalker Lodge gang, a huge crew fromUmbrella Roofing, as well as high-schoolersfrom Bridges and RFHS,DHM & BackboneMedia’s staff, Roaring Fork Leadershipalumni and all the countless volunteers thatcame back for shift after shift. Big thanks toDr. Chad Knaus who comped the one injuryvisit we had, telling the patient that he ap-preciated the man helping out at his kids’school.Not to mention all the great folks thathelped out with food — Peppino’s, Moe’s,The Timbers, The Village Smithy, WhiteHouse,Heidi’s, among others and Drew whosurprised the crew Sunday morning withbacon and eggs! Andrea Chacos was theQueen of Cheer and her brightness reinedover all. She kept all the volunteers well fed,caffeinated and jazzed with constant music!
As creative director for the park, I gotto collaborate with some of the fabu-lously talented Carbondale artists whichwas a true honor indeed. There is someamazing art out there from Stanley Bell,
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SATURDAY JUNE 4TH
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THURSDAY,May 26SUSTAINABLE DISCUSSION • A discus-sion on sustainable economies takes place atthe Third Street Center at 7 p.m. The sessionis a follow up to the May 12 film “The Eco-nomics of Happiness.”The discussion is pre-sented by HighLife Unlimited, a socialbusiness nurturing the capacity of groups andcommunities to generate collective wisdomand action, with support from the DaviNikent Center for Human Flourishing.
LIVE MUSIC • Carbondale Beer Workspresents My Countrymen 7:30 p.m. There’sno cover.
NO NAME AFTER HOURS • The Glen-wood Springs Chamber Resort Associationholds an After Hours event at GlenwoodCanyon Resort in No Name from 5 to 7 p.m.Info: 945-6589.
HPC MEETS • Carbondale’s HistoricPreservation Commission meets the firstThursday of each month at town hall startingat 6:30 p.m.
FRIDAYMay 27MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents“Jane Eyre” (PG-13) at 8 p.m. May 27- June2; “The Conspirator” (PG-13) at 5:15 p.m.May 28 and “Win Win” (R) at 5:45 p.m.May 29-30.
LIVE MUSIC • Carbondale Beer Workspresents Uninhibited Swedes at 7:30 p.m.There’s no cover.
LIVE MUSIC • Konnyaku restaurant in LaFontana Center presents Ellen Stapenhorst.
LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars presents livemusic every Friday night. Info: 963-3304.
LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s in the DinkelBuilding presents Us & Them (a Pink Floydtribute band) at 10 p.m.
LIVE MUSIC • The Intervention Bandplays at the historic Cardiff Schoolhouse, lo-cated in south Glenwood Springs near theairport, at 7:30 p.m. The band features TimFox and others, including Curtis Peaglarwho recorded with Jeannie and JimmyCheatham. An $8 donation is asked at thedoor. Info: cardiffschoolhouse.com.
LIVE MUSIC • John Livingston and Kevinand Melissa Glenn of the Frying Pan Blue-grass Band plays the Limelight Lodge inAspen from 6 to 9 p.m.
GRADUATION • Bridges High School holdsits graduation at the school at 4 p.m.
SATURDAYMay 28LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s presentsTRUNKat 10 p.m.
LIVE MUSIC • Carbondale BeerWorks pres-ents Elements 3 at 8 p.m.There’s no cover.
STORy TIME • The Gordon Cooper Li-brary presents a Spanish story time at 2:30p.m. Info: 963-2889.
GRADUATION • Roaring Fork High Schoolholds its graduation at the school at 1 p.m.
SUNDAYMay 29LIVE MUSIC • Defiance Stringband – fea-turing April Paine, Don Kaufman and John
Sommers – play at the base of GlenwoodCavernsAdventure Park from noon to 3 p.m.
WEDNESDAY June 1LIVE MUSIC • White House Pizza presentsBranden Jackson (“White Stripes Modern”).
Community Calendar
OngoingKID’S SHOW • The Carbondale Council onArts and Humanities presents its “Kid’s ArtShow” at its R2 Gallery in the Third StreetCenter through May 31. The hours are Tues-day through Thursday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
FARMER’S MARKET • A farmer’s markettakes place each Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2p.m. in the lawn of Crystal River Meats at 55North 4th St. The Market features CrystalRiver Meats (beef, pork, lamb, chicken), OsageGardens (featuring organic veggies, plants andherbs) Avalanche Cheese and Midland Baking.Info: 963-9996.
LIVE MUSIC • T Ray Becker (original Amer-icana and acoustic slide guitar) plays Carna-han’s every Thursday at 8:30 p.m. Carnahan’sis located at Fourth and Main. Info: 963-4498.
MAyOR’SCOFFEE HOUR •Chat with CarbondaleMayor Stacey Bernot onTuesdays from 7 to 8 a.m.at the Village Smithy, locatedat 26 S. Third St.
ZINGERS SING • The Zingerssinging group gets together at theThird Street Center every Thursday from 2 to3 p.m. Info: 945-7094.
GROUP RUN • Independence Run and Hikeat 995 Cowen Drive leads group runs Satur-days at 8:15 a.m. rain or shine. Info: 704-0909.
AL-ANON MEETS • Al-Anon for friendsand families of alcoholics meets at the OrchardTuesdays at 7 p.m. Info: 963-3514.
Save the dateJune 3-4STUDIO TOUR • The Carbondale Community School’s eighth annual Studio Tour is June 3-4. A percentage of the funds raised will go to the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities,which will match those funds to provide free art classes at the Third Street Center. The weekendkicks off with an artist’s reception at the Third Street Center at 6 p.m. on June 3, followed byself-guided tours of artists’ studios from Glenwood Springs to Old Snowmass on June 4. Artistsand the artwork can be previewed at roaringforkstudiotour.org.
CRYSTAL FLY SHOP & OUTDOORSGRAND RE-OPENING PARTY& 5TH YEAR ANNIVERSARYSaturday, May 28, 10 AM TO 6 PM
Bigger, better location in City Market PlazaFishing, camping, outdoor gear & clothing.
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Casting Competition Groups: Adult Division, Youth Division, Guide/ProDivision — Prizes awarded for top 3 finishers in each division.
RAFFLE PRIZES ALL DAY: RODS, REELS, PACKS!
1087 Highway 133 • CarbondaleCity Market Plaza next to Domino’s
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To list your event, email information to [email protected]. Deadline is 5 p.m. Saturday. Events takeplace in Carbondale unless noted. For up-to-the-minute valley-wide event listings, check out the CommunityCalendar online at soprissun.com.
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Summer of Music runs June 17-July 23Sopris Sun Staff Report
The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities and town of Carbondale teamup for their Summer of Music series that kicks off with Smooth Money Gestureon June 17 and wraps up with the Trishas on July 23. All shows take place atSopris Park except on June 17, which will be staged at Fourth and Main.
All the shows are free. The lineup is as follows:
June 17, Smooth Money Gesture – Working in the jam band genre, thisoutfit is touring extensively this summer, with stops that include Desert Rocks.
July 4, Shannon McNally – Jon Pareles of the New York Times says of Mc-Nally “She has the melodies and the timing … she’s irresistible.” McNally re-turns to the Roaring Fork Valley after playing Steve’s Guitars and Belly Up inyears’ past.
July 10, Big Sam’s Funky Nation – Straight from New Orleans, bandleader “Big Sam” Williams played with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and is re-garded as “the top man on the slide trombone” by the San Francisco Chroni-cle. The band has played such venues as the New Orleans Jazz and HeritageFestival, Bonnaroo and South by Southwest.
July 17, the New Familiars – From North Carolina, the New Familiars playtheir own style of rock ‘n’ roll with growling harmonies and multi-instrumentarrangements. They’ve been known to switch from back-porch hoe down tofull-tilt rock at the drop of a guitar pick.
July 23, the Trishas – This female quartet mixes Texas dirt, MississippiRiver water and apple pie for their own unique blend of Americana soul.
Although we’ve had some wet, gloomy weather this month in Carbondale, afterone of last Sunday’s thunderstorms, nature gifted us with this colorful rainbow.Photo by Jane Bachrach
12 • THE SOPRIS SUN • MAy 26, 2011
Students turn gyminto art gallerySopris Sun Staff Report
Roaring Fork High School turned its auxiliary gym into an art gallery May 23-25 toshow a year’s worth of work from more than 150 students.
Mediums included painting, draw-ing, photography, sculpture, wood-work, ceramics and more. Each of the24 seniors in the show was given theirown table or wall space to show arange of their work. Many of the sen-iors took art classes since they werefreshmen and some have been stu-dents of art teacher Cathleen Mc-Court since middle school.
“Usually, we have about 12 sen-iors (showing their work),” said Mc-Court. “This year we had 24.”
McCourt specializes in paintingand drawing while the school’s otherart teacher, Leslie Kerry, focuses on ce-ramics. This year students used a newkiln that produces raku ceramics.
Counter clockwise from top, farleft: McCourt explains to studentshow a painting was created; a tablemade by Alex Zavala; paintings byElizabeth Lambert, Eli Sarmientoand Niki Burns; and a cube titled“Geisha” by Esly Castillo. Photosby Lynn Burton
Community Briefs
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Sale benefits BoliviansA yard/bake sale, organized by Roaring
Fork High School grad Katie Stewart, takesplace at the Church at Redstone from 8 a.m.to 3 p.m. on May 28. The sale is a missionoutreach to benefit school kids in El CentrodeApoyo yAmistad in Cochabamba,Boliva.
“This is an opportunity for local churchesand the community to make a big impactwith a relatively small amount of dollars in avery needy area,” said Joyce Yoder, missionscoordinator at the Church at Redstone.“Ourgoal is to match a $3,000 grant.The yard andbake sale is the first step in reaching thatgoal.”
Last August, Stewart became a full-time,long-term missionary with InternationalTeams, working at El Centro de Apoyo yAmistad (The Center), an after-school pro-gram for children living in rural Cochabamba.Students who attend The Center are childrenwho are struggling academically,have difficulthome lives, a lack of economic resources, anda real need for extra care.
The school’s lease expired last Decemberand since then Stewart and others have beenworking to build a new one on land pur-chased for school.The first construction goalis to build a wall around the school and tobuild the ground floor.
To follow Stewart’s efforts in Bolivia, goto kstewart07.blogspot.com.
Burlesque returnsAuditions for “Burlesque Carbondale
2011 – Viva la Woman!” take place at the
Third Street Center’s PAC3 room from 6 to 8p.m. June 7 and 9.
“We’re looking for loose women, fancydancers, singers, vaudevillians, comedy actsand randomly interesting performers,”said aspokeswoman, herself known to possess atleast five of the desired six traits. “Womenonly,” she continued.
The performance will be July 15-16 atPAC3.
Honeybee hotline activatedA honeybee hotline has been established
for Roaring Fork Valley residents to reportswarming hives.
“When a beehive gets too large, the colonysplits in two,” said a Swarm Hotlinespokesman. “Half of the bees move out, insearch of a new home. Unfortunately, thereare not a lot of acceptable nesting sites inurban neighborhoods. If they can find a wayin, bees willingly take up residence in thewalls or ceiling of homes and other humanstructures. If you note an unwanted swarm,the safest course is to hire a professional bee-keeper to remove it. Once established in ahome, swarms can be troublesome for thehomeowner, and removal can be expensive.”
Honey bee’s spring-time swarming activi-ties call for community awareness to preservethis threatened species and prevent infesta-tions. For details, call 379-7972.
Music appreciation class returnsThe Carbondale Council on Arts and
Humanities presents a music appreciation
workshop Thursdays from May 26 throughJune 23. The cost is $90 for members and$110 for non-members. The workshop in-cludes a ticket to an Aspen Music Festivalconcert, and takes place at the Third StreetCenter from 6:30 to 9:45 p.m. For details,call 963-1680.
Libraries closed Memorial DayAll six branches of the Garfield County Li-
braries will be closed Monday,May 30 in ob-
servance of the Memorial Day holiday. Thelibraries will resume normal hours Tuesday,May 31 at 10 a.m. You can still browse andrequest books, movies and more on the Website, www.gcpld.org, during the closure.
Landfill takes electronic itemsThe Garfield County landfill west of Rifle
is now charging for electronics such as TVs,PCs,printers, copiers and other related items.Dumping fees range from $3 to $50.
HUMAN SERVICES GRANT APPLICATION FOR 2012
PLEASE BE ADVISED that the Board of County Commissioners for Garfield County,Colorado, is accepting applications from non-profit organizations interested in receiv-ing Garfield County Human Services funding for fiscal year 2012. Application formscan be picked up from Dawn Burgess, Grant Administrator, Garfield CountyAdministration Office, Administration Building, 108 8th Street, Suite 213, GlenwoodSprings, CO 81601 or can be requested by calling Dawn Burgess at 970-945-5004or email at [email protected] Completed applications must be receivedor delivered to the Garfield County Administration Office by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday,June 30, 2011. Any questions or comments should be directed to Dawn Burgess.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Katie Stewart, shown here, was one of four Roaring Fork High School valedictorians in2004. She graduated from Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington in 2007 and isnow a missionary in Bolivia. Courtesy photo.
14 • THE SOPRIS SUN • MAy 26, 2011
The Town of Carbondale isaccepting applications for aCampground Host at the new Gateway River RV Parklocated on the Roaring ForkRiver near the intersection ofHwys. 82 and 133.
The Campground Host will be on duty after 3:30 PM on weekdays, and on weekends and holidays.Responsibilities may include but not be limited to greeting guests andcollecting fees, preparing attendance and revenue reports, cleaning andmaintaining grounds to include bath house, light maintenance and otherduties as required.
RV site is provided as compensation.
Applications are available at Town Hall,
511 Colorado Avenue or at www.carbondalegov.org.
Contact Larry Ballenger at 963-2733for more information.
CAMPGROUND HOSTLookin’ forThe Sopris Sun?
Find it INSIDE the front doorat City Market in Carbondale
the town gave him a CO for the house he built. “You better get someone in here count-ing,” he told Derby, who remained calm throughout the ordeal.
“We’ll accept the money, but can’t count it here,” Derby replied. “ … I don’t knowwhat to tell you.”
Roxanne, standing in the middle of the town hall lobby, told Derby “We had to bor-row this $12,000 … call the board of trustees to get over here and start counting. Theywanted the money so bad.”
At some point after bucket No. 6, the Loughs and Derby started talking to their re-spective lawyers via cell phone on how a receipt from the town for the Loughs shouldread. After Brent brought in bucket No. 11, he told Derby he wanted his buckets back.That’s when veteran police officer Fred Williams got involved.
“I’ll bring you back your buckets,” Williams told the couple. “Let’s be reasonablehere.”
The Loughs said they were living in their spec house until the town forced them tomove out because they didn’t have a CO. As Williams and the Loughs stood in the mid-dle of the town hall lobby with the TV reporter and Sun photographer recording thescene, Brent asked “are we breaking the law?” then Roxanne said “we had to move (outof our house) box by box.”
Williams told the couple that dumping their coins “isn’t reasonable …. You are bothdecent, nice people … this isn’t the Roxanne I know.”
Brent then asked, “Can’t I get a tarp? (to dump the coins on).”Williams: “Do this as a favor to me … .”Roxanne: “We had to take out a second mortgage (to pay the disputed fees) … .”Williams: “I’m asking you … .”Derby then approached Williams, said “Can I talk to you?” then retreated with him
to the end of the hall that leads to town hall offices.When Derby and Williams returned, she told the Loughs “I’ll get the police to ac-
company me to the bank (with the coins).”Roxanne said to nobody in particular, “This is government entitlement at its finest.”At that point, the Loughs left town hall while Williams and a town employee began
loading up the still bucketed coins into a town vehicle to transport them to Alpine Bankfor counting.
This week, Derby said the bank’s counting machine rejected a few of the Loughs’coins, probably because they were foreign. So, thanks to the extra $10 the Loughs threwinto bucket No. 11, Derby gave them about $9 in change … no word on whether it wasin coins.
The fourth annual Bonedale Bike Week (May 16-20) included a bike rodeo(shown here), parade, raffle, party at Carbondale Beer Works and more. Freesnacks were also passed out to bikers every morning at Fourth and Main Street.Photo by Lynn Burton
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In its haste to make our lives more bear-able during the 1950s, the American food in-dustry strove to convince the nation that theonly things appropriate forhome consumption were bot-tled, frozen, dehydrated, orotherwise preserved and fac-tory-processed.
French dressing was thatbottle of gloppy orange stuff.Italian dressing was the onethat separated into two un-known components, so wehad to give it a good shake be-fore using. Was there reallycream in that bottle of creamygarlic dressing?
Over the centuries, asFrench cuisine spread acrossEngland and finally to theNew World, “French dress-ing” became a very generic term. In the1920s, Mr. Kraft found commercial successwith a tomato-flavored thin mayonnaise thathe called“French dressing.”With other spicesand additives, it ended up neon orange andhas endured as America’s misunderstandingof a French classic.
Many salad dressings are variations on thebasic vinaigrette 3:1 oil to vinegar ratio.Thosebottles of Italian dressing are nothing morethan that: some kind of cheap oil and unin-teresting vinegar, with lots of herbs floatingaround like those snowy Christmas globes.Why buy it? Why not use higher quality oiland vinegar and add your choice of herbs?
Once you become comfortable mixingvarious oils and vinegars, altering the pro-portions and additions to taste, you’ll never
again want to buy salad dressing.Raspberry vinaigrette is easily made by
adding some raspberry juice to white or redwine vinegar before whiskingin the oil. Similarly, as all vine-gars are acidic (and as a dress-ing is a balance between oiland acid) you can make vinai-grette using lime, orange,pomegranate or just aboutany other acidic fruit juice inplace of a vinegar.
Making honey-mustarddressing can be as simple ascombining honey,mustard andvinegar, or adding honey andmustard to a basic vinaigrette.
I used to wonder why Mir-acle Whip was called a dress-ing but identical-looking mayowas not. In fact, they’re both
oil-rich, emulsified salad dressings. MiracleWhip has additional spices, but sugar seemsto be the main element in its trademarked“tangy zip.”
Green Goddess dressing is a vinegar-thinned mayonnaise with something greenadded. Some recipes use avocado for this col-oring, but the original had green onion, pars-ley, tarragon and chives. This dressing wasinvented at the famous Palace Hotel in SanFrancisco in the 1920s, in honor of a notedactor who resided there while performing ina play, “The Green Goddess,” about a Bud-dhist deity.
Buttermilk, sour cream, and yogurt can beturned into dressings merely by thickening orthinning and adding other flavorings.Perhapsthe most famous is HiddenValley Ranch,but-
termilk dressing which actually did originateat a California dude ranch by that name.
The commercial version of Hidden Val-ley Ranch dressing contains a secret varietyof herbs and spices, which are mixed intobuttermilk and mayonnaise. You can ap-proximate the real thing with parsley, onionand garlic powders, and perhaps a little dillweed and other favorite flavorings.
Blue-cheese dressing is your choice ofany combination of mayonnaise, sourcream, or buttermilk, thinned as neededwith some vinegar, into which blue cheese iscrumbled. Roquefort is merely a superiortype among many blue cheeses, which iswhy restaurants often charge a little extrafor real Roquefort dressing.
Here’s how I make my favorite Caesar-style emulsified dressing in about 60 seconds:into a blender or food processor, place oneegg yolk, a small chunk of hard cheese (likeAsiago or Parmesan) one small clove of gar-lic, a teaspoon each of Dijon mustard andWorcestershire sauce, a pinch of salt andpepper, and 1/3 cup of white wine vinegar.Run machine for several seconds, and thenbegin pouring in one cup of canola oil, veryslowly. As the dressing emulsifies, it will be-come thicker; feel free to add more or lessvinegar or oil to reach your desired consis-tency and tartness.
Why not put a dress on that salad?
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With warmer weather creeping into thevalley I am noticing a steadily increasing humof children’s voices in the air.There are lots ofyoung ones playing in the park across thestreet, riding bikes around the neighborhood,exploring the irrigation ditches with toy boatsand trying out skateboards with a tentativeparent at close watch.
It struck me that with the warmer weatherthere are many more activities to be involvedin and with each activity there are cautionarysafety issues with which to deal. I did a searchon-line to see what organizations have to sayabout summer safety. The American Acad-emy of Pediatrics emphasizes the importanceof protection from head injury when bike rid-ing and skateboarding. The caution is that aproperly fitted helmet should be worn onevery bike ride, on every skateboard outing.
Colorado is one of 29 states that does nothave a law requiring youth to wear a helmetwhen riding a bicycle.The caution is that chil-dren need to wear a helmet on every bike ride,no matter how short, or how close to home.The majority of bike accidents happen near
home – in driveways, onsidewalks on bike paths,not just in the streets.
A helmet serves its pur-pose if is properly fitted.Purchasing from a bikespecialty shop where thesales person can help withfitting is one way to ensureproper fit.An excellent re-source on-line is the Bicy-cle Helmet Safety Instituteat www.helmets.org/child-pam.htm. They provide aprintable pamphlet titled“A Bicycle Helmet for myChild” that has excellentinformation, including rec-ommended brands testedby Consumer Reports.
Should toddlers being transported on a bi-cycle seat by an adult wear a helmet? I recalla scary incidence when my older daughterwas about 2 years old. I had a vintageSchwinn bicycle with a seat mounted behind
the rider’s seat. We did milesand miles of riding aroundAspen in the summer. One fallday riding through a pile ofleaves the bicycle struck a hid-den rock and stopped – bam!Over we went. I could get myfoot down to catch myself, butmy daughter strapped in theseat couldn’t and she wentdown headfirst.
No helmet!She wasn’t knocked out but
had a bump and abrasions onthe side of her head. Fast for-ward to today with increasedawareness of the safety issuesregarding helmets. My grand-son is 15 months old. His par-
ents are avid bicyclists.When he was just overa year old they purchased a front-mountedsculpted bicycle seat for him AND a helmet.Again, the Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute hasexcellent guidelines for helmets for toddlersbut first and foremost they recommend
against an infant of less than 12 months beingtransported in a bicycle child seat, trailer, side-car or any other carrier.
Not to leave out skateboarders – the inci-dence of head injury for skateboarders is onthe rise as more and younger children take tothe activity. Carbondale’s skate park has amandatory rule for wearing helmets. A hel-met for skateboarding is made specific for thesport, however there are helmets that meetthe standards for both skateboarding and bi-cycling. When purchasing a helmet for yourchild, be sure to specify the activities they willbe using the helmet for.May I offer a last cau-tion for ensuring a safe environment for theyouth in our community? Driving throughthe streets be aware of the little ones on theirbicycles and skateboards. Drive slowly andlook twice at cross streets. Happy spring!
Rita Marsh has been a practicing nurse formore than 30 years. She has designed andco-taught courses to enhance wellbeing, re-duce the effects of stress, and supporthealthful aging.
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Amy Butowitz,Amber Sparkles, John Hoff-mann, Olivia Pevec, Leslie Keery our fabu-lous RFHS teacher and a student, and theinfluence of our whole artistic communityis felt throughout.
I am proud to be a part of this incredibleteam of women that pulled off this event —
Mandy Brennan our PTO president andProject Manager, Kira Kearsey, SophieSchulmberger, Trina Ortega, Debbie Bruell,Christie Jensen,Andrea Chacos,Sarah Shook.It just goes to show that a couple of commit-ted moms can make ANYTHING happen!
There were several misty-eye folks at the
grand opening celebration as we looked atthe children’s excitement and stood in aweand exhaustion realizing we had pulled thisoff and had created an amazing park together.Now as the dust settles and we go back to ournormal lives, I keep finding myself bumpinginto folks from the build with open arms and
big hugs,many of them newly formed friend-ships, and that is what this whole dream wasabout. I am so proud to call Carbondale andthe Roaring Fork valley home. Thank youeveryone!!!
Erin RigneyCarbondale