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Volume 9, Number 3 | February 23, 2017

Taking the stage by storm. William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” blows in to Thunder River Theatre under the directorship of Lon Winston – his first since stepping down as executive director. The black box performance space will be named in Winston’s honor on opening night. Jeff Carlson as Prospero, Corey Simpson as Antonio, Dani Grace Kopf as Lord Adrian, Dena Barnes as Queen Alonsa and Willie Moseley as Gonzalo. Read more on page 5. Photo by Jane Bachrach.

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Carbondale Commentary The 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 the editor or guest columns. For more information, email editor Will Grandbois at news@soprissun.com, or call 510-3003.

Another environmental column I recently studied macro-economics at CMC. I recommend this course for anyone. What you learn immediately is that the practice of economics has one goal: growth. This fits with what is called the DSP, or the “dominant social paradigm”; or you could say the dominant economic paradigm. Every business school, every financial information media outlet, every Chamber of Commerce, every political party platform and every important political speech will tout the need to raise the GDP; the gross domestic product. A decline or even a slowing of the rate of growth of the GDP is cause for a change of government. The Roaring Fork Valley is fully committed to this concept of growth. We must have a new airport to bring in more guests. We must have new hotels to house these guests. We will add more terrain to the ski areas, with more ski lifts, to serve more skiers. Our towns will build more commercial to increase retail business and raise more tax dollars. We will use those tax dollars to build more lower-cost housing to accommodate the additional working people who are needed to man all these new businesses and customers. Highway improvements and mass transit options must be done. We call the prevailing consciousness a “paradigm” because it is allencompassing and at the same time unnoticed. A well-travelled story told at a college commencement talks about two young fish that swim by two older fish. One of the older fish asks the younger ones: “How’s the water?” The younger ones just keep going. Then one

asks the other: “What is water?” There was a legendary professor at CU that did a lecture for years on exponential growth. Dr. Al Bartlett has passed on but the school vows to continue the lecture. Essentially, continuous growth means the end of the “human experiment”. Continuing to add on to the population, and our effects, has only one possible outcome: think Easter Island. Al said “sustainable growth” was an oxymoron. That is true. The great challenge we now face is how to change the DSP. This will not be easy, if it can be done at all. This is 200 years in the making and we all receive thousands of messages per day in advertising that influence everything we do. The problem is that all the natural systems on the Earth that have supported humans and the environment in a sort of “Goldilocks-just-right” condition are grossly overwhelmed. If we don’t change this situation we are “toast”. This means we need a new “economics” and we need it fast. The “Neoliberal economic model“ and the consumer economy have to change. What nobody seems to know is where we go from here.

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Patrick Hunter is a Colorado Mountain College sustainability studies student, an Outreach and Education member of the Carbondale Environmental Board, and a member of the local Citizen’s Climate Lobby. He lives outside of Carbondale.

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Don’t eliminate Planning 2.0

Send your kids to CRES

Dear Editor: I’m writing to express concern over the recent move to eliminate the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) “Planning 2.0” initiative, which provides a much needed update to how BLM gathers public opinion on proposed projects. Planning 2.0 strives to streamline and standardize the public input process, and to give state and local governments, individuals, and businesses more input on projects occurring on BLM lands. I’ve spent a lot of time recreating on BLM land, and in the past couple of years I’ve also spent a lot of time working on BLM land in Western Colorado. We need to balance recreation with industry – both are important uses of our shared resource, and both would benefit from more public involvement in the planning process. The move to kill Planning 2.0 originated in the U.S. House of Representatives, and will soon get a vote in the U.S. Senate. I urge the reader to contact Colorado’s Senator Cory Gardner (who will have a chance to vote on the measure soon) at (970) 2459553, and Representative Scott Tipton (who co-sponsored the move to roll back Planning 2.0) at (970) 241-2499. Please tell them that you oppose the effort to eliminate Planning 2.0 and reduce our voice in how our lands are managed. BLM land is an invaluable asset to hikers, hunters, and campers, and it is used to produce the resources that power our economy – let’s work to stay involved in the way this land is managed in the future. Doug Winter Carbondale

Dear Editor: We are writing to urge parents to consider enrolling their child/children at Crystal River Elementary School. We are parents of a current 3rd grader and 6th grader (now at Carbondale Middle School) who began at CRES in preschool. We have nothing but positive things to say about our experiences at CRES. All the teachers and specials teachers our children have received have been nothing but caring and experienced individuals. And, Mr. K, our principal, has been an incredible asset to our school for the last couple of years. We love that CRES integrates all children in the school but also take special care in giving students extra help in small group settings during parts of the day. When we go into CRES to volunteer, we have seen small groups of students go to PEAK so they can be challenged in math, reading or writing. Or we have noticed many teachers team up and take 3-4 students to give a group the extra help they may need to comprehend the meaning of a book they are currently reading. We really feel like CRES has created an environment where every child can be successful in learning. It is truly remarkable that this school has so many special classes during the day. We love that our kids have come home singing Spanish songs that they learned in Spanish class; or how excited they were to go ice skating and cross country skiing with Mr. Madsen the PE teacher; or the excitement about dissecting an owl pellet in ACES; or getting to dress up as a railroad conductor to present information that was discovered

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about railroads in Colorado for Project Based Learning (PBL). We could go on and on about the vast activities CRES offers. We have thoroughly enjoyed our time in the halls of CRES and hope that more and more families join this amazing community of students, parents and teachers. Kallie & Don Carpenter Carbondale

Immigrants are my friends Dear Editor: I am very concerned by what’s happening to my immigrant friends. Nobody can decide what to call them, i.e., illegal aliens, undocumented workers, unauthorized immigrants. I call them friends and I support the “Day Without Immigrants” walkout last week. Trump’s trumped-up nightmare of hordes of rapists and murderers streaming across the border just isn’t happening. If you want to see an influx of immigration, wait until Trump starts a trade war with Mexico and ruins their economy. No wall or legions of border guards will keep them out. Canada does not require Mexicans to have visas, so the immigrants could fly there and walk across the unwalled, unguarded border. Further, Mexico currently welcomes refugees from troubled Central American countries. If Trump continues with his immigration policies, Mexico could just pass them on to El Norte. Jobs immigrants take are often jobs citizens don’t want. Immigrants aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty and appreciate the intrinsic value of a good day’s work. It must LETTERS page 15

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Carbondale businesses take the day off in protest By John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer A smattering of Latino and Anglo businesses in Carbondale closed in conjunction with nationwide political “actions” on Feb. 16 and 17. On Feb. 16, it was a nationwide Day Without Immigrants strike to show how much the U.S. needed its immigrant workforce, and an informal survey of the town showed that at least four businesses closed their doors for the day. And at least one business, the Back Door Consignment shop, closed on Feb. 17 as an expression of solidarity with that day’s national strike and boycott aimed at protesting the presidency and policies of Donald J. Trump. Most local businesses in town, however, remained open for both days.

Day Without Immigrants Owners or spokespersons at Garcia’s Cafe, Tortilleria La Roca, Teresa’s Market and Los Cabos (formerly El Horizonte) confirmed that they closed for the Day Without Immigrants, which was aimed at demonstrating the reach and impact of immigrant workers around the U.S. At Garcia’s, at Highway 133 and Cowen Drive, owner Francisco Rivera said that five of his employees expressed a desire to take part in the day of protest, adding, “they were happy that we were supporting it.” In addition, Rivera said, customers who came in the following day were appreciative of his decision. “They said, thank you for closing,” Rivera recalled in a telephone interview. Nationwide, according to news reports, thousands turned out in support of the Day Without Immigrants, though some were fired by their employers for skipping work to take part in the day’s events. Stacey Baldock, owner of two restaurants in Carbondale (The Goat, at the north end of town near Cowen Drive, and The Pig, 1054 Highway 133 next to Sopris Wine & Spirits), told The Sopris Sun that all of her employees are Hispanic and that she supported them and their interest in taking

Teresa’s Market on the corner of 6th and Main St. was one of several Latino-run businesses closed on Feb. 16 for “A Day Without Immigrants” – though not all left signs explaining the occasion. part in the Feb. 16 day of solidarity. “I’m gay, they’re Latino, and I support them one hundred percent,” Baldock said, noting that as a lesbian she feels that “my people are next in line” for prejudicial treatment at the hands of President Donald J. Trump and the Republican Party. At the family-owned Tortilleria La Roca, in the Red Rock Plaza on Highway 133, owner Cesar Ruiz said, “It was a decision that we made as a family … it was something, you know, that we all need to stand together.” He conceded that he had lost a good bit of income, but added, “We’ll make it back today, we’ve been very busy.” One local Mexican restaurant, El Pollo Rico in the Sopris Shopping Center, chose to stay open on Feb. 16 because a spokesman felt the protest was not organized well. “I didn’t agree with the way that they did it,” said the spokesman, asking that his name not be used out of concern that he might alienate some of his customers.

He said that the Day Without Immigrants seemed to be organized primarily using Facebook and social media, adding, “I look at Facebook, but not very often.” He maintained that it struck him as ineffective and insupportable. He felt that a previous day of demonstrations about U.S. immigration policy, “about seven years ago,” was much better organized and effective, and said that he took part in that protest. “The Anglo community has been very good to the Latino people,” he said of Carbondale’s attitude about immigration, immigrants and the mix of cultures. “We really appreciate that. I believe that we got a really nice community here.” He said none of his customers that day said anything about the protest event, or about his decision to stay open.

School absences surge In addition to business closures, as indicated by data from the Roaring Fork School District, daily absentee rates in Car-

bondale schools at least tripled and, in the case of Crystal River Elementary School, more than quintupled on Feb. 16, compared to attendance numbers three days earlier on Feb. 13, a normal school day without a national protest. According to numbers provided by Kelsy Been, the district’s public information officer, on Feb. 13 the schools in Carbondale recorded 17 absenses at CRES, 18 absenses at Carbondale Middle School, 24 at Roaring Fork High School and seven at Bridges High School. On Feb. 16, Been’s numbers showed, CRES reported 93 absences (more than five times the Feb. 13 number), CMS had 68 students absent (nearly four times as many as on Feb. 13), RFHS reported 73 students out and Bridges had 24. Been said the district has no alternative explanation for the absentee surge, other than the Day Without Immigrants action.

Nationwide boycott? The owner of the Back Door Consignment shop, at 50 N. 4th St. in Carbondale, readily conceded that his was likely to be the only local business that closed for the Feb. 17 boycott/protest against President Donald Trump’s positions and policies. “It’s costing us a day’s worth of business, but what the heck, you do what you can do,” said Monk Burkmier in advance of the protest. He said on Feb. 20 that he got no feedback from customers about being closed, but steadfastly held that it was the moral thing to do and that he was glad he did it. “I don’t think anybody (in town, besides himself) knew about it, which was too bad,” he noted. No other local businesses could be found that took part in the Feb. 17 boycott and protest. Nationally, building on the success of the Feb. 16 events, pro-immigrant protests continued throughout the weekend, including large rallies in Los Angeles, Ca., and Dallas, Tx., according to a report by NBC News.

Valley Settlement Project stands on its own as nonprofit By John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer The Valley Settlement Project, a Carbondale-based project that aims at improving the lives and educational opportunities of immigrants (primarily Hispanic) in the Roaring Fork Valley region, is confident it will continue to provide services and support for numerous clients of all ages following its recent “launch as a stand-alone nonprofit,” according to executive director Jon Fox-Rubin. In January the organization, which runs several programs including the popular El Busesito — a mobile educational-outreach facility for pre-school students and their parents — separated from the Manaus Fund nonprofit, which is the umbrella organization that created Valley Settlement in 2012. The Manaus Fund was founded in 2005 by well-known local philanthropist and en-

trepreneur George Stranahan, and Fox- turning a law in Texas barring illegal imRubin was executive director of the Man- migrant children from attending school, esaus Fund before stepping down to take on tablished that immigrant children, the lead role in Valley Settlement. regardless of their official status, have a “We are, in right to attend schools in some ways … a the U.S. support system That right, the high for families in edcourt decided, was enucation,” said shrined under the 14th Fox-Rubin this Amendment to the Conweek, noting that stitution, which guaranthe organization tees equal protection to offers programs all under the law. to students and Operating with a parents who live 2017 budget of $2.4 – Jon Fox-Rubin within the Roarmillion, Valley Settleing Fork School ment gets its funding District, which enfrom a combination of compasses Glenwood Springs, Carbondale foundation grants, government grants and and Basalt. private donations, which it spends on a Fox-Rubin pointed out that the U.S. broad range of programs, many of which Supreme Court, in a 1982 decision over- have the goal of getting parents more in-

“We are, in some ways … a support system for families in education.”

volved in their childrens’ education, and in getting the kids more interested in attending and succeeding at school. El Busesito, for example, regularly provides programs for up to about 100 kids, with parents often in attendance as volunteers. In addition, Valley Settlement offers health and wellness programs that encompass nutrition education, cooking classes and instruction about buying foods that are affordable and healthy, and a Neighborhood Navigators program that sends bi-lingual workers into the homes of Hispanic families to hear their stories, concerns and expressions of hope as a way of building trust and increasing engagement among adults and students alike. A complete catalogue of Valley Settlement programs can be found at the organization’s website (www.valleysettlementproject.org) VALLEY SETTLEMENT page 7

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Town Briefs Pickleball, 1st Bank project top this week’s issues A question that may or may not be reverberating around Carbondale these days is: Is it Pickleball time yet? The answer, according to a Feb. 17 memo from Carbondale’s Town Manager Jay Harrington, might sound something like this: “Well, maybe, if the snow and the rain hold off for a while.” The statement from Harrington is reflected in his memo’s report from the Parks Department to the effect that “the Darien tennis and pickleball courts are free and clear of ice and snow, and the tennis nets were installed on Friday to have them available for the holiday (Presidents Day) weekend. We will lock the gates if snow and ice return.” Pickleball, of course, currently is considered the fastest growing sport in the U.S., as aging Baby Boomers put down their tennis racquets and opt for the somewhat less strenuous but reportedly equally fun sport of Pickleball. The sport involves a solid wooden paddle, a tennis court with modified lines, a ball similar to a Wiffle ball, and a net, with similar dimensions and rules of both badminton and tennis. According to the Wikipedia online information source, the sport was first played in Bainbridge Island, Washington in 1965, was invented primarily as a children’s game, and has since exploded in popularity among adults. In Carbondale, the sport’s popularity has resulted in negotiations between recreation officials, tennis players and the area’s Pickleball League over use of existing but repurposed tennis courts. The town’s planning and zoning meeting tonight (Feb. 23) starts at 6 p.m. in Town Hall, and the primary item on the agenda is a public hearing for a preliminary/final subdivision plat, site plan review and special use application for a bank at the Carbondale Marketplace project (site of a planned new City Market.) In other parks department news, a crew has placed five truckloads of mulched Christmas trees on “one of the low-

lying, non-rideable surfaces at the North Face Bike park,” Harrington wrote. “This is an experiment to try and use a natural way to suppress the abundance of weeds in this area … with a material source that will be readily available” every year. Parks crew member also have begun aerating, seeding and fertilizing the town’s turf fields, all of which currently are closed to organized use as “the soil is saturated and damage to the existing grasses could occur,” Harrington concluded. In other town news, the streets crew has continued taking advantage of unseasonably warm weather by sweeping the streets, patching potholes, grading gravel roadways and alleys and working on several routine maintenance chores, rather than the usual wintertime tasks of clearing snow from streets, trails and sidewalks. In addition, Harrington reported, the Public Works department has sent out crews to cut back and/or trim perennial flowers and grasses along Main Street. The Public Works staff also has met with officials from the Xcel Energy power company, to arrange power for lights and an irrigation pump to be used on the 3rd Street upgrading project. An RFP (request for proposals) went out last week for port-apotties for the town's parks, with a deadline for submitted proposals on Feb. 24. At the Recreation Department, programming for the current period (January through May), can be found in the winter/spring brochure, which is partially translated into Spanish. It is available in printed form and is posted on the website, www.carbondalerec.com. The current list of programs includes classes for all ages, from pre-school to adult, ranging from exercise programs to winter volleyball to Tae Kwon Do classes (including free community selfdefense seminars Feb. 25, from 1-4 p.m.) and much more.

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Cop Shop From February 10-16, Carbondale police officers handled 223 calls for service. During that period, officers investigated the following cases of note: FRIDay, Feb. 10: at 4:02 p.m. police responded to a location on Garfield Avenue and arrested two men, aged 24 and 39, on charges of disorderly conduct and drunk driving, respectively. SaTURDay, Feb. 11: at 3:19 p.m. police took a report of a bicycle being stolen from the Carbondale Branch Library. SaTURDay, Feb. 11: at 8:12 p.m. police were informed of a criminal mischief case at Sopris Park, in which a juvenile was reported to have tipped over a porta-potty. The juvenile was apprehended and summoned into court. SUNDay, Feb. 12: at 12:51 a.m. police were called by a man who said his underage son had not returned home from a high school dance, and that the family was worried the boy might be out drinking. The boy was entered into the juvenile runaway databanks, and was returned home safely the next morning, according to police. MONDay, Feb. 13: at 11:05 a.m. police received a report about the theft of a disableddriver parking permit from a vehicle at the Crystal Village Market (City Market lot). MONDay, Feb. 13: A local man called police to inform them that his identity had been stolen, which he discovered when he tried to file his taxes and was informed by the Internal Revenue Service that his social security number had been used to file for his taxes already.

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UPCOMING EVENTS Preschool and Kindergarten Open House March 3 & April 7 9:30 to 11 a.m.

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Peas and Carrots March 31 – May 26. 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

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Welcoming Winston home with ‘e Tempest’ at under River eatre By Will Grandbois Sopris Sun Staff Writer For years, Lon Winston’s name has been practically synonymous with the Thunder River Theatre Company. This week, it’s official. After the opening performance of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” on Feb. 24, the black box performance space at the heart of the building will be dedicated “The Lon Winston Theatre.” “I’m proud, of course,” Winston acknowledged. “It just says something so deep in my heart about giving to the community and all the people who were involved. If we don’t maintain the legacy and love of theatre, we’re going to lose something so important as a civilization.” Winston founded Thunder River in 1995 and oversaw the construction of the company’s home at 67 Promenade during more than 20 years as the executive director. “We played everywhere, but in the back of my head, this theatre was sitting in Carbondale – it was just a matter of when and how,” he said. “The Tempest” represents Winston’s return to directing after handing over the organization’s reins last summer. “People in theatre don’t ever retire,” he noted. “But this is the first show in 20 years that I get to get into the script without worrying about all the other stuff.” It’s Winston’s third time taking on The Bard. He did “Macbeth” early on as a partnership with CMC, and more recently directed “Hamlet” to local acclaim. While he finds simply changing the setting

of the plays gimmicky, he’s far from a purist. “I think today the movers and shakers are doing with Shakespeare rather than just doing Shakespeare,” Winston observed. “I like making it palatable for a contemporary audience. The stories are universal and they dive into the human condition like no other.” Savvy audience members might notice some gender bending in addition to an array of anachronisms, but the core arc and style remains intact. After more than a decade on a remote island, the sorcerer Prospero plots an escape for his daughter by conjuring a storm to bring those who have wronged them to his shores. In the process, he wrestles with his own angels and demons in the form of the supernatural denizens of his abode. “It’s about reconciliation – though Prospero wants people to pay before he forgives,” Winston observed. It’s also about relationships, as Jeff Carlson, who plays Prospero, explained. “The people around him shape who he is and how he uses his power,” he said. Chief among them is his daughter, Miranda, played by TRTC newcomer Gabrielle Bailes. But his own influence is strong in her, with few others to shape her. “She was removed from society, and she wasn’t educated to be a woman,” Bailes explained. If this is ringing bells from a high school English class, keep in mind it’s a different experience on stage. “There isn’t anything we do that isn’t rooted in the text, but plays aren’t meant to be read – they’re meant to be performed. It’s

Gabrielle Bailes as Miranda, Nathan Cox as Caliban and Trary Maddalone as Ariel in Thunder River Theater Company's production of “The Tempest.” not just saying the words. It’s delving into what they really mean,” Winston said. “The language is a barrier for many people, and you’ve got to really tell the story for the audience to understand it.” “The Tempest” runs Feb. 24-25, March 34 and 9-11 at 7:30 p.m. with a 2 p.m. matinee on March 5. The cast includes Jeff Carlson, Trary Maddalone, Nathan Cox, Gabrielle Bailes, Dena Barnes, Owen O’Far-

rell, Gerald deLisser, Corey Simpson, Travis Lane McDiffett, Willie Moseley, Nick Garay, Dani Grace Kopf and JD Miller. On the technical and design crew are Sean Jeffries, Olivia Savard, Madeline Miles, Diane Johnson, Colin Tugwell and Megan Tackett. Admission is $25 for adults, $15 for 20 and 30 somethings, and $10 for students. Information and tickets are available at thundrrivertheatre.com or by calling 963-8200.

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High school musical Students at Basalt High School have been hard at work for the past few months rehearsing for “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,� which shows Feb. 23 – 25 at 7 p.m. with a matinee at 2 p.m. Feb. 25. Twenty-two student cast members, plus an additional eight on the crew, will put on the show under the enthusiastic tutelage of Producer/Musical Director Brittany von Stein and Director/Choreographer Marisa Post. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors and can be purchased in advance at basaltchoir.weebly.com.

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"INside," a modern dance piece by 8th grade Waldorf student Brae Hubbard, debuted Feb.17 at The Launchpad. The piece, sponsored by Dance Initiative, was performed by local dancers Aja McAdams, Rebecca Rogers, Gabriela Alvarez Espinoza, Julia Morton and Natalie Rae Fuller. Asked why she undertook this ambitious project, Brae replied, “I chose to do this project to explain the ups and downs that so many women experience in battling an unhealthy body image. As a dancer, my goal was to demonstrate this without words, making dance the natural medium for me to express myself.� Photo by Jane Bachrach

After serving as interim director for more than a year, Angela Bruno accepted a permanent post at the Carbondale Clay Center last week. An active member of the Clay Center since 2013, Bruno served as an executive board member and chair of the special events committee before stepping in as the interim director in 2015. In addition to welcoming Bruno as the executive director, the Carbondale Clay Center has also added four new members to its board: Leslieann Gallagher, David Goin, Claire Green and Anne Harris.

Take the initiative The application cycle is open with a deadline of March 15 for Dance Initiative’s $1,000 Promise Scholarship and up to $2,000 Annual Development Grant. The scholarship provides ďŹ nancial support for serious students of dance in the community who have

exhibited determination, commitment and passion for dance and have been recommended by their teachers as having signiďŹ cant “promiseâ€? of achieving a professional dance career. The grant provides ďŹ nancial support to experienced dancers, choreographers, and teachers of dance to further their education and development in dance and is awarded once a year to a selected applicant. Applications can be found at www.danceinitiative.org and must be submitted electronically to danceinitiative@gmail.com.

Share your art Artists in all media are encouraged to submit their work for Colorado Mountain College’s 50th Anniversary Celebration Spring Art Show April 21-May 7 at Rie. Submission guidelines and applications are available online at coloradomtn.edu/campuses/rie/. Entry deadline is Friday, March 3, and artists will be notiďŹ ed of acceptance by Monday, March 27 with awards announced at an artist opening reception on Friday, April 21.

Mother mountain You don’t have to be a proponent of “geological deep timing, rare uniďŹ cation, and spiritual planetary evolutionâ€? to know that Mount Sopris is special, but it helps. That’s where Tanai Starrs comes in with a discussion of the magic and mystery of the area’s most beloved peak at the Aspen Chapel from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27. In addition to her “visionary giftsâ€?, Starrs is a classical pianist with degrees in chemistry

and biochemistry. She moved to Aspen in 2002 and recently moved even closer to the peak the Ute Indians revered long ago.

bLM meets The Bureau of Land Management’s Northwest Resource Advisory Council will meet Thursday, March 2 at the Glenwood Springs Community Center, 100 Wulfsohn Road. The meeting runs from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and is open to the public, with public comment scheduled for 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Agenda items include a discussion of multiple use management, a BLM budget overview, cultural resource management, pipeline permitting on BLM lands, and ďŹ eld ofďŹ ce updates. For more information, visit www.blm.gov.

Fourth generation grad Shiloh Merriott, Roaring Fork High School class of ‘13, recently graduated from Louisiana Tech University with her Associate of Applied Science Nursing Degree. That just happens to be the same school that her dad, Frosty, got his degree from in 1970, as well as the one her grandparents attended in 1941 and her great grandmother ďŹ nished at in 1908. Shiloh is interviewing for jobs as a Pediatric RN in New Orleans or Denver, where she may be well advised to start a college fund for the next generation.

They say it’s your birthday Folks celebrating their birthday this week include: Sophia Clark (Feb. 23); Steve Skinner, Kyle Watts and Nuria Moya (Feb. 24); Jayme Sewell, Dottie Daniels and Barb Bush (Feb. 26).

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Family provides drinking water to Peruvians By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer

vancement of individuals and their communities,” the website says. “We work on Lucianna Phillips witnessed a Peruvian the front lines to provide access to clean woman this week, who thought she herself water through the distribution of portable witnessed a miracle at the same time. The water filters, the digging and renovating of miracle, as conveyed by Lucianna in her Feb. wells, and the construction of rainwater 20 blog: murky, undrinkable water poured harvesting and storing systems in places from one bucket to another, turned into clear, where groundwater is not accessible.” clean drinking water in Huanchaco, Peru. Founded by Jon Rose in 2009 as a way Background: Lucianna is a Carbondale for travelers to do what they love and help Middle School student who is traveling along the way, Waves For Water launched through northern Peru with her father, Jason, with its Courier Program — a do it yourself and brother Luke, a distribution network of Crystal River Elementravelers who carry tary School student. water filters with them Mother Nomi is back at in their luggage, elimiher Third Street Center nating the distribution office, where she is a selfchallenges faced by philemployed accountant. anthropic aid programs. Jason owns and opSince 2009, the Waves erates GlobetrotteradFor Water program has ventures.com, whose touched over seven milofferings include flylion people in more than fishing and adventure 27 countries. The organtravel in Peru “from a ization was also the first Gringo’s (sic) perspecnonprofit to team up tive” according to the with a U.S. military batwebsite. talion, in an active war Anyway, before Luzone, to help people in cianna, Luke, Jason need along the Kunar – Lucianna Phillips and Nomi traveled to River in Afghanistan. Peru to visit Nomi’s For Lucianna, Luke family for the Christand Jason, their effort to mas holidays, Jason learned of wavesfor- get involved with providing clean drinking water.org. The nonprofit organization’s water to more than 200 residents at Huanmission is to get clean water to every per- chaco, Peru, involved the use of a proprison who needs it, according to the group’s etary water-filter system developed by website. “Access to clean water improves Sawyer Products (sawyer.com). The Sawyer personal and civic well-being, increases system comes from kidney dialysis technoloverall health, reduces poverty and in- ogy and exceeds U.S. Environmental Procreases opportunities for education and tection Agency recommendations for employment, contributing to the overall ad- drinking water. The biological filter does

“When we dumped her bucket of water into the filtration bucket, it made the clearest water I have ever seen in my life.”

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not require chemicals, and removes salmonella, streptococcus, cholera, botulism and other bacteria from the water. The filter makes up to five gallons of filtered drinking water, in less than 20 minutes. “One filter can feasibly take care of 100 people. If taken care of the filter can last a life time,” says the Sawyer website. The Phillips family focused on the Milgro School’s Empowerment Center for Women and Children of Cerrito de la Virgen. On the day the Phillips family brought the Sawyer filter to the school to demonstrate its use, a woman named Mama Lusila “brought her super-dirty, green unfiltered water to us asking how much it

Volunteers Carlos Ulloa Jaquez (right, holding book) and Elisabet Rojas read to pre-schoolers attending class in El Busesito, a mobile classroom operated by the Valley Settlement Project. Courtesy photo.

om page 3 or at the office in the Round Room section of the Third Street Center in Carbondale. Speaking about the organization, its client base and its goals, Fox-Rubin told The Sopris Sun that Valley Settlement is not specifically working to assuage concerns among local Latinos about the attitudes and policies of President Donald Trump. Trump and others have openly derided illegal Hispanic immigrants and called for deportation at an as-yet uncertain rate. On Feb. 21, Trump issued directives to various federal agencies to step up enforcement of the nation’s immigration laws, calling for significant increases in deportations regardless of whether the immigrants in question had committed serious crimes. According to a story in the New York Times on Tuesday, “Documents released on Tuesday by the Department of Homeland Security revealed the broad scope of the president’s ambitions: to publicize crimes by undocumented immigrants; strip such immigrants of privacy protec-

Jason Phillips (in blue shirt), and his son Luke (in Carbondale soccer T-shirt), observe undrinkable water being turned into drinkable water in Peru. The transformation is due to filters provided by the nonprofit organization Waves For Water. Courtesy photo

tions; enlist local police officers as enforcers; erect new detention facilities; discourage asylum seekers; and, ultimately, speed up deportations.” Fox-Rubin acknowledged that there sometimes is a barely submerged sense of panic among the area’s Hispanic residents, and said he believes the Valley Settlement programs help to mitigate against the nervousness felt by parents and children regardless of their immigration status.

With 35 paid staffers working in the field on a daily basis, he said, Valley Settlement’s programs help families gain confidence in their abilities to learn English and other material, adapt to U.S. laws and customs and meld into society. “We’re a virtual community center for education,” Fox-Rubin said, adding, “We just want to focus on the families, listen to their needs” and help meet those needs. Turning to immigration status and re-

cost,” said Lucianna in her blog. After explaining the procedure is free, Lusila was still confused. “When we dumped her bucket of water into the filtration bucket, it made the clearest water I have ever seen in my life,” Lucianna said. “The lady was happily shocked. Everyone observed a miracle and became emotional. It made me feel warm hearted.” Lucianna continued, “I hope that this project will help the (Peruvian) community for years to come. We hope to create awareness for other people around the world to participate in any volunteer or philanthropy program, and especially the wavesforwater.org organization.

lated issues, Fox-Rubin said, “Most families have a mixed documentation status,” under which a mother, for instance, cannot work in the U.S. because she is undocumented, but has two children who were born in the U.S. and have the right to attend school here. Referring to the legal issues, Fox-Rubin said, “We don’t care. We’re just asking moms to volunteer in the schools,” as a way to both improve the mom’s education and deepen the connection between her, her children, and the educational process. While the Valley Settlement Project is in good shape to continue its mission, FoxRubin noted, “We always need financial support” to maintain what he termed “a very intensive program.” And, he continued, Valley Settlement’s work is showing significant, positive results. “The data’s starting to show the kids (who go through the Busesito programming) are doing pretty darned good in kindergarten,” he commented, which speaks to a core value of the organization — the vital need to get pre-school kids, and their parents, as comfortable as possible with the idea of going to school and working together at home to raise the level of education for the entire family.

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Armed robbery leads to manhunt; suspects still at large By John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer

time of the robbery. The men are considered armed and dangerous, police reported, and area residents are being advised to use caution and take personal security measures at home and while traveling. Steindler said at 11 a.m. the next day that the search effort had been suspended because “at this time, there’s no indication that they’re still in Pitkin County.”

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An unidentified law enforcement officer searches a wash near Basalt on Feb. 21 after two suspects in an armed robbery were sighted in the area. Despite the best efforts of more than two dozen personnel, the pair were not apprehended and may have left the area. Photo by Jane Bachrach

Authorities on Feb. 22 were still looking for two suspects in a Feb. 16 armed robbery in Carbondale, after two men thought to be the robbers eluded police on the morning of Tuesday, Feb. 21, by jumping out of an emergency window on a Roaring Fork Transportation Authority bus stopped at the Holland Hills area on Highway 82 near Basalt. An all-day pursuit of the two suspects ensued in the mountainous terrain south and east of Basalt along the Arbaney-Kittle Trail. That manhunt yielded no results, despite use of K-9 police dogs, two drones equipped with cameras and an airplane borrowed from the Colorado Division of Fire Protection and Control in Denver. The search was halted at about 6 p.m. All told, according to Pitkin County Sheriff’s Deputy Jesse Steindler, approximately 25 officers from “every law enforcement agency within a 50-mile radius” responded to a call for assistance to find the two men. The men were identified as Nicholas Ameral and Benjamin Weeks, both 19. Both were described by clerks at the Valero Cowen Convenience Store as black males wearing mostly black clothing, speaking English in “an urban inner city dialect” and carrying at least one handgun between them. Ameral was described as being about five feet, eleven inches tall with brown eyes and black hair, weighing perhaps 140 pounds. Weeks, according to police, was described as about fivefeet, six-inches tall, weighing about 140 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair. Both men were said to be wearing black “hoodies,” with the hood drawstrings pulled close about their faces at the

According to surveillance video from the convenience store, the two suspects walked into the store, located at 980 Cowen Dr. in north Carbondale, at about 11 p.m. on that Thursday night. One of them, dressed in a “blackonly” jacket, pointed a pistol at the clerks who were sitting “in the sitting area inside the store,” according to an affidavit for an arrest warrant written by Off. Randy Rodgers of the Carbondale Police Department. At the same time, the other suspect, dressed in a black jacket with “white letNicholas Ameral tering on the left chest and down the left arm,” jumped over the counter and started pulling cash out of the register’s drawer. The gun-wielding suspect, after escorting the clerks to the area near the register and telling them to lie down on the floor, also began pulling cash from the drawer. The two men stuffed the cash into jacket pockets and left the store, and were last seen heading toward Highway 133 where it passes the convenience store. A Carbondale officer, after the department issued a “beon-the-lookout” or BOLO alert to area jurisdictions, got a call from a Basalt police officer who said he knew the pair and “who used to live in Basalt and now lived in Carbondale,” according to officer Rodgers’ affidavit. The Basalt officer gave the name of Ameral’s 24-yearold brother, but police later concluded that he was not involved. A search of the home of their mother’s home, according to Carbondale police, turned up a Glock 9 mm pistol magazine, loaded with bullets, next to a spot where the mother told police that Nicholas and his cousin, Benjamin Weeks, had slept on the night following the robbery. The two robbery suspects were not regular occupants of the house owned by Nicholas’ mom, Carbondale police were told.

alert bus driver

pulled off the highway. Meanwhile, Blackmer said, the two suspects apparently “realized something was up” and kicked out an emergency window at the back of the bus and jumped out, running away before police could capture them. They then ran up an embankment, across a portion of the Roaring Fork Club’s golf course and into the area between the Arbaney-Kittle Trail trailhead and the Basalt cemetery, pursued by police officers. At that point the suspects disappeared, leaving police to mount an unsuccessful search of the area that was to last all day. According to Deputy Steindler, who was the Incident Commander for the search at one point and later was named Public Information Officer, there were at least 25 officers from numerous jurisdictions involved in the search. But by about 6 p.m., as night fell and there was no sign of the suspects, the search was called off, Steindler said. Area residents were cautioned to lock their homes and vehicles and take preBenjamin Weeks cautions when heading outside. By Wednesday morning, Steindler said, area law enforcement had concluded the two had somehow escaped from the Basalt area. As of 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, deadline for the Sopris Sun, the pair remained at large and were still considered armed and dangerous.

Criminal history A check with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation indicated that only one of the suspects, Nicholas Ameral, has a criminal record under the name identified by police. According to the CBI, Ameral was arrested by the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office on March 11, 2013, when he was 15, and charged with possession of marijuana. That charge was dismissed by the district attorney. The CBI records show that he was arrested again in April, 2016, by the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office on a warrant out of Pitkin County, on charges of menacing and contributing to the delinquency of a minor involving alcohol, both felonies. He also was charged with possession of marijuana, a petty offense, according to the records. That arrest resulted in a conviction, for which he was sentenced to six months’ probation and 24 hours of community service. His latest arrest came on May 3, 2016, for failing to comply with court orders from the previous conviction, also a felony. No further information was available from the CBI concerning Ameral, and the state had no records of criminal activity under the name of Benjamin Weeks.

It was not until Feb. 21 that police got a break in the case, after an alert RFTA bus driver on the Snowmass Village – Highway 82 Intercept lot thought he recognized the suspects and called for the police. The two had bought tickets to Glenwood Springs, according to RFTA official Kent Blackmer, and the bus got to the lot before the police could get there so the two got on a downvalley bus. Police and the downvalley bus driver kept in contact, and at one point the driver was instructed to not stop unless police directed him to do so, Blackmer continued. But as the bus passed the Holland Hills area a passenger called for it to pull over at the next stop. At the same time, Blackmer said, police relented and told the driver he could stop, but only two officers were actually present at The search involved multiple area agencies and triggered a lockout at nearby schools. the stop when the bus Photo by Jane Bachrach

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Sutey swap stayed by federal judges By John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer The Sutey-Two Shoes land swap, involving a total of roughly 1,200 acres of publiclyowned property at the base of Mount Sopris near Carbondale and other public lands in western Colorado, remains in a state of suspended animation. As the trade now stands – according to officials of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and volunteer members of a group fighting against the swap – a panel of administrative judges in Washington, D.C., is preparing to mull over questions about whether the public is getting fair value for its property in the proposed land trade with Ohio billionaire Leslie Wexner and his wife, Abigail. The trade, which has been in the works for about eight years, calls for the Wexners to take title to 1,200 acres of BLM land that is sandwiched between approximately 4,000 acres of land already owned by the Wexners at the foot of Mount Sopris, as well as another 200 acres of public property in Eagle County. In return, the public is to get the 557-acre Sutey Ranch north of Carbondale, adjacent to the Red Hill Special Management Recreation Area, 112 acres known as the Haines parcel along Prince Creek Road south of Carbondale, and more than $1 million in

cash to be used for planning and management of the new public areas. The swap is being opposed by some, including the Colorado Wild Public Lands (CWPL) nonprofit organization, which has filed an appeal based on its belief that appraisals of the properties, meant to ensure that the deal is equitable, managed to significantly undervalue the public land and should be redone. While the trade was supposed to be concluded at a signing ceremony earlier this month, it turned out that the administrative judges of the Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA) had not issued a ruling on the appeal. And where the IBLA had in 2015 de- The 557-acre Sutey Ranch is located off County Road 112 north of Carbondale, adjacent to clined to delay, or “stay” the trade the Red Hill Special Management Recreation Area. The Wexners reportedly bought the ranch from moving forward based on the several years ago so they could include it in a larger land swap with the federal government. appeal, earlier this month the federal Photo by Lynn Burton panel reversed course and granted a stay while it considers the appeal. In granting the stay, the IBLA seemed to member of the CWPL, his organization has BLM continues to assume the trade will go be conceding that the trade should not have some weeks following Feb. 24 before it must through at some point. But, he conceded, if the IBLA concludes moved forward prior to a decision on the file a response to a BLM argument. In the meantime, Froelicher said, the that the appellants are correct, and there appeal regarding the appraisals, according Wexners’ attorneys have filed papers of their is a problem with the appraisals, things to BLM spokesman David Boyd. The BLM has until Feb. 24 to file papers own in support of the proposed swap, which could change. “We’d have to address it at that point,” in support of the agency’s belief that the Froelicher said he had not reviewed in detail. Although the future of the swap may be Boyd said. “It could invalidate the decision” trade should move ahead, but according to Carbondale resident Franz Froelicher, a in doubt, Boyd told The Sopris Sun that the to move ahead with the swap.

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MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “Lion” (PG-13) at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24Mar. 2 except Feb. 26 showtime is 2 p.m. (captioned).

SELF DEFENSE CLaSS • The Carbondale Recreation Department offers a free community class with SAHN taekwondo instructors from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Rec Center (567 Colorado Ave.). For more information or to register, visit www.carbondalerec.com.

aRT RECEPTION • A new collection of encaustic paintings by Erin Rigney comes together with a group glass exhibition in “Incandescence,” opening 6 to 8 p.m. at The Launchpad (76 S 4th St). Curator Robert Burch will display his new series of “Material Studies” integrating glass and metal alongside the work of artists like Jacqueline Balderson, Dylan Balderson, Wyatt Balderson, Lily Meadows, Shannon Muse, and TJ Ossola.

COMEDy NIGHT • By popular demand, Marble Distillery (150 Main St.) ups its comedy quotient with a second night of the month. Comedian, writer, voice actor and cartoonist Troy Baxley performs at 7 p.m. with a $5 cover.

LIVE MUSIC • Marble Distillery (150 Main St.) hosts The Steve Skinner Band as they play original resort rock with fun lyrics at 8 p.m. LIVE MUSIC • Valle Musico brings elegant jazz, classical, Latin and world beat music to the Rivers Restaurant (2525 S Grand Ave. in Glenwood) at 8:30; no cover.

SATURDAY Feb. 25 GROWING FOOD CLaSS • Wild Mountain Seeds (6333 Highway 133) gets you ready to garden with a pre-spring course

DaNCING • Join 75 or so social dancers from all over the Western Slope at the Masonic Lodge (901 E Colorado Ave. in Glenwood Springs). No partner or experience needed, you’ll meet people here! Dance music mix includes a variety of West Coast Swing, Country, Jitterbug, Ballroom, Line Dances, and Latin too. Try the Two Step, Wobble, Boot Scootin Boogie, Canadian Stomp, and more. Beginner dance class takes place from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. with the main dance running ’til 10:30 p.m. Class $5, Dance $10, $14 for both. Produced by Mountain Westies and More; info at www.meetup.com/RFVDance or 379-4956. bENEFIT • In an effort to keep “Big

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Mike” teaching science to fifth graders, The Eagles Lodge (312 7th St., Glenwood) hosts a gaming tourney from 2 p.m. with a $3 buy-in and live music with Whiskey Stomp and Mugsy Fay beginning at 6 p.m. There’s also a silent auction, food, door prizes and free pool and foosball.

SUNDAY Feb. 26 LOVE POETRy • Aspen Poets’ Society presents a live poetry night and open mic featuring guest poet Jan Hubbelland music by Dan Sheridan at 6:30 p.m. at Victoria’s Cafe (520 East Durant, Aspen).

WEDNESDAY March 1 NaTURaLIST NIGHTS • The Carbondale leg of ACES’ Naturalist Nights winter speaker series continues with Kendall Bakich, Fisheries Biologist at Colorado Parks and Wildlife, who will discuss genetic and historic research to better understand the variety of native cutthroat trout species in Colorado. The penultimate event takes place at 5:30 p.m. at the Third Street Center (520 S 3rd St). DEPRESSION / aNXIETy WORKSHOP • Eradicate your anxiety and depression with tools for soothing panic attacks, understanding of how stress effects daily decisions, cultivation of self-love and group exercise in goal planning from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Third Street Center (520 S 3rd St). RSVP at 802-9992253, lynnruoff@gmail.com; $20 suggested donation.

Further Out FRIDAY March 3 PaIRINGS • Match a handmade cup with a handcrafted beverage from 6 to 9 p.m. at the annual The Carbondale Clay Center (135 Main St) event. Featuring cups made by more than 30 local and national artists and beverages from a selection of distinguished Colorado distilleries, wineries and breweries, as well as other non-alcoholic beverage makers, Pairings invites the community to choose a cup for purchase and “pair it” with tastings of handcrafted beverages. Once a cup is purchased, you will receive two drink tickets, or you may purchase drink tickets separately for $5 each. For more information, visit www.carbondaleclay.org or call 970-963-2529. PRESCHOOL CELEbRaTION • Children’s Rocky Mountain School hosts a children’s art show and ribbon cutting at its new location (126 Main Street) at 4:30 p.m. Meet new director Fallon Nickelsen and participate in a silent auction.

FRI & SAT March 3-4 SWING • The Symphony in the Valley presents two evenings of live music, dancing, and food featuring a full orchestra, swing band and numerous vocal soloists. The theme, “Come Fly with Me”, includes classic songs and instrumentals from the big band era. It all goes down at the New Ute Theater in Rifle at 7 p.m. Friday and the Glenwood Springs Community Center Saturday. Info and discounted early-bird tickets are available until February 25th at www.sitv.org.

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1. Have a certified professional inspect and service your wood-burning unit annually. If you smell smoke in your home, something may be wrong. It’s important to clean out dangerous soot build-up to help keep it working properly and avoid chimney fires. 2. Burn dry, seasoned wood. Wet, green, painted, treated wood, and trash should never be options. Start with chemical-free fire starters and dry kindling. Maintain a hot fire and don’t let it smolder. 3. Upgrade to an efficient, EPA-approved wood stove or fireplace insert. Modern wood-burning appliances are more efficient, emitting less smoke and carbon monoxide to keep your home warmer, your fuel bill lower, and your family safer. By burning wise, you can reap all the warmth — and none of the cold reality — of your wood fire.

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SATURDAY March 4

SUPER CHaTS • RE-1 Superintendent Rob Stein hosts coffee chats from 7 to 8 a.m. at Bonfire Coffee (in the Dinkel Building) on the second Tuesday of the month, at Saxy’s in Basalt on the first Tuesday, and River Blend in Glenwood Springs on the fourth Tuesday.

LaDIES’ aRM WRESTLING • KDNK brings an open sign tournament back to Phat Thai (343 Main St.) from 8 to 11 p.m. Create your own character and theme to dress up and throw down. Free for KDNK members and $10 for non-members. To register just email Bodhi at bodhi@kdnk.org with your full name, your super awesome wrestling name, and membership status. DaNCE PaRTy • As a fundraiser for A Spiritual Center and supported valley nonprofits, catch a Mardi Gras costume and mask dance party at the Third Street Center (520 S. 3rd St.) from 7 to 10 p.m.; tickets $10 at the door and donations appreciated.

Save the Date FRI & SAT, March 10-11 FaSHION SHOW • Carbondale Arts presents the 9th annual Green is the New Black Fashion Extravaganza: SHE. Doors open at 7 p.m., show begins at 8 p.m. Full of locals, performance art, multimedia, inspiring sustainable fashion and a storyline to boot, this show isn’t just entertaining — it is about raising money to educate our youth in the Roaring Fork Valley. Green is the New Black sells out every year at 500 seated tickets plus standing room each night. Info at www.carbondalearts.com/events/fashion-show.

IMMUNIZaTION CLINICS • Garfield County offers immunization clinics at the Carbondale Family Resource Center (in the Bridges Center at 400 Sopris Ave.) the second and fourth Thursdays of the month (Oct. 27 this month). To schedule an appointment, call 945-6614, ext. 2030. EMPaTHS MEET • The “RFV Empaths Unite” support group meets at the Third Street Center (Room #31) from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month. Donations are accepted. Info: Kelli Welsh at 417-893-8578. CaSTLE TOUR • Under new ownership, winter tours continue on Sat. & Sun. at 1:30 p.m. through March 26, when the Castle will be closing for renovations. Visit the baronial home of Redstone’s founder, J. C. Osgood. Take a step back in time and learn about the coal mining, railroads and model company town. Tickets available on the day of the tour in Redstone. More info: 970-963-9656 or theredstonecastle.com. GaLLERy OPENING • The Ann Korologos Gallery (211 Midland Ave, Basalt) presents “Nature in Layers”, featuring the intricately layered, nature-based abstract paintings of Michael Kessler, based in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

aRT baSE • The Charles J. Wyly Gallery at the Art Base (99 Midland Spur in Basalt) hosts “Ideas on the Infinite”, showcasing artists Brian Colley, John Cohorst and Andrew Rice. Comprising the works of three locally-rooted artists, the show explores ideas of space and how humans’ desire for understanding and knowledge takes us beyond this small planet. yOUR STORy, yOUR LIFE • Have you wanted to explore your legacy of living and the wisdom of your experience? Join a free facilitated workshop for writing your personal history, one story at a time, facilitated by Shelly Merriam, historian/writer/genealogist. First and third Fridays, 10 a.m. to noon, Glenwood Springs Branch Library (815 Cooper Ave.) Info: 970 945-5958, gcpld.org. C’DaLE TRUSTEES • The Carbondale Board of Trustees holds regular meetings the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at town hall starting at 6 p.m. The trustees usually hold work sessions at 6 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays. Info: 963-2733 or carbondalegov.org.

of the Dinkel Building presents music every Friday night. Info: 963-3340. RUN aROUND • Independence Run & Hike hosts a run around town Saturdays at 8 a.m. Meet at the store in La Fontana Plaza and run various distances, with different routes each week. Info: 704-0909. MUTUaL MaKERS • The Carbondale Clay Center at 135 Main St. presents an exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of Colorado Mountain College Aspen’s ceramics program. Info: www.carbondaleclay.org or 970-963-2529. LIONS MEET • The Carbondale Lions Club meets the first Tuesday of the month at the Gathering Center (the Orchard on Snowmass Road) starting at 6:30 p.m. Info: Chuck Logan at 963-7002 or Chris Chacos at 379-9096. bRIDGE • The Carbondale Bridge Club hosts duplicate bridge (not sanctioned by ACBL) from 6:30 to 10 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at the Third Street Center. $6/per pair

MEET THE MayOR • Carbondale Mayor Dan Richardson holds his weekly “Office Hours” session at the Village Smithy from 7 to 8 a.m. on Tuesdays. Drop by and say hi.

ROTaRy • The Carbondale Rotary Club meets at the Carbondale Fire Station at 6:45 a.m. Wednesday. The Mt. Sopris Rotary meets at Mi Casita at noon every Thursday.

COMMUNITy MEaL • Faith Lutheran Church (south of Main Street on Highway 133) hosts a free community meal from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the third Saturday of the month. Info: 510-5046 or faithcarbondale.com.

yOGa • Himalayan Yogini Devika Gurung teaches yoga at the Launchpad every Wednesday from 9 to 10:30 a.m.

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SENIOR RaDIO • Diane Johnson talks about senior issues and services on KDNK at 4:30 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month.

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Ronald Clemente (right) puts a move on a Cedaredge player in Roaring Fork’s 72-44 win on Feb. 21. Roaring Fork next faces Western Slope regular-season champion Basalt in the District Tournament at Grand Junction Central High School at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 24. The Longhorns beat the Rams 52-28 in January and 60-59 three weeks later. If Roaring Fork (16-4) beats Basalt, the Rams play at 2:30 p.m. at GJ Central; if Roaring Fork loses that game, they play at 11:30 a.m. at GJ Central on Feb. 25. The location for the Regional Tournament will be announced on Feb. 26. Photo by Lynn Burton

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Obituary Kenneth James Holgate 1937-2017

Senior Lindsay Hanson attempts a shot against Cedaredge last week. The girls are done for the season, while the boys will have a chance to advance. Photo by Sue Rollyson

Kenneth James Holgate was born April 14, 1937 at the intersection of Highway 133 & 82 (before there were highways) where the home of the Carbondale midwife once stood. He died February 21, 2017 at his home in Cory, CO. Ken was the son of Robert Benjamin Holgate and Blanche Elaine (Whitbeck) Holgate. His childhood was spent on the family ranch on Missouri Heights where Ken did chores, hunted, ďŹ shed and got into mischief with his brother Claude. Ken walked to the one room school house a couple of miles from the Holgate ranch, pulling his little sister on a sled in winter. The family moved to Catherine Store in 1947. After that, he attended Carbondale schools. Ken graduated from Carbondale Union High School in 1955 where he excelled at football and basketball. The day after graduation, he started work at the Carbondale lumberyard; beginning a distinguished career in the lumber business. He managed yards in western Colorado, northern New Mexico and eastern Arizona. The bulk of his career, he was a manager with AC Houston Lumber in Crested Butte, Gallup, NM and other yards in the southwest. He was an old-fashioned lumber guy who could ďŹ gure the materials for a project in his head better

than a computer. He retired as manager of Red Barn Lumber in Farmington, NM in 1999. Ken married Rosilee Arbaney in 1958 in Carbondale. They divorced in 1978, and Ken did not remarry. Ken was a lifelong outdoorsman, enjoying hunting and ďŹ shing. He was a talented nature photographer, and loved watching sports. His love of the Broncos spanned many years and more highs and lows than a rollercoaster. Survivors include: Daughters Toni Holgate (Doug Coburn) of Paonia, Ivy Holgate Fife (Darrel) of Montrose; son Ken Holgate (Suzanne) of Delta; grandchildren: Christa Coats (John Paul) of Hotchkiss, Ellie Coonrod (Seth) of Loveland, Cassidy Lord (Mike) of Athens, GA, Zoey Fife of Tucson, AZ, Callie Fife of Montrose, Haydn Egeler (Zach) of Colorado Springs, Raigan Holgate of Grand Junction, John Holgate of Delta, Ryann Fife of Montrose, and Jody Holgate of Delta; ďŹ ve great grandchildren and sisters Nonie Hoffman of Carbondale and Janice Clark of Clifton. Ken was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Claude Holgate. Cremation has taken place. An informal celebration of his life will be in the spring when the family spreads his ashes at a spot on the Crystal River where he once saw a mountain lion. In lieu of owers, the family requests contributions to Volunteers of America PACE Program in Eckert, CO.

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Supported by a handful of onlookers like Nathan Segovia (back), a quartet of (from left) Mateo Sandate, Sophia Clark, Olivia Pevec and Paul Holsinger kept the music going with only one hour to go in a round-the-clock relay at 10 a.m. Feb. 19. Hosted by Scavenger Industries at the 13 Moons HeArt Barn. the jam started at 11 a.m. on Feb. 18 with the African Get Go, a percussion lesson lead by Eric Baumheier and kept rolling through new leaders every two hours. The music ranged from acoustic sing alongs to poetry over music, to full on electric man jam. In the end, the group swelled to about 25 from the very young to the wizened in time for the sing along closing. Photos by Jane Bachrach

Pioneer Project, popcorn and Pearlington From the archives of the Roaring Fork Valley Journal Feb. 22, 1977 In articles from the Feb. 22, 1977 issue of the Roaring Fork Valley Journal: • The Carbondale Board of Trustees was preparing to hold their meeting in the “new” town hall building at Second and Garfield. Previous to that, town hall was located on Main Street in one of the bottom spaces in the Dinkel Building. • In a letter to the editor, the Crystal River Environmental Protection Association announced its first membership drive and also some of its accomplishments, which included “helping to alert” the public about the Marble Ski Area. • Folks were also preparing for a “major” partial solar eclipse and planned to view it in “the park.” Scientists said approximately 88 percent of the sun would be blotted out. The North American

swath was 150 miles wide and included Oregon, Washington, Idaho, North Dakota and Montana, before moving into Canada. A group calling itself “The Alternative Chamber of Commerce” was organizing a “major gathering” in the park. The VJ reported that coffee and donuts “may or may not be provided.”

Feb. 26, 1987 The Pioneer Project economic development effort ended its research phase with a meeting that attracted about 50 people. A total of 43 ideas to boost the town’s economy were listed. The top ideas included developing the arts industry as an economic

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force, and building a golf course. Other ideas included building a coal-mining museum, and selling locally produced beef and poultry. The Rocky Mountain Institute provided the tutelage in its first-ever project of this kind.

Feb. 20, 1997 Community-access radio station KDNK was looking for volunteers to help it move from its upstairs quarters in the Dinkel Building to the old town hall/new nonprofit center at Second and Garfield. “Just call up or show up,” said station manager Allen Scott. Also needed: trucks, vans and other vehicles. Most of the work would entail moving records, CDs, furniture, studio

equipment and the satellite dish (located on top of the west end of the Dinkel Building). Scott told the VJ that KDNK volunteers and staffers will miss “the sweet popping scent of freshly popped corn wafting up from the Crystal Theatre.” The article also pointed out the radio station’s rent was slated to double next year, and increase 4 percent per year for the following five years.

Feb. 22, 2007 Colorado Rocky Mountain School announced it would hold a fundraiser to send 30 students to Pearlington, Mississippi to continue that small town’s rebuilding efforts following Hurricane Katrina a year earlier. The mission to Pearlington was part of the school’s annual March Intersession. – Compiled by Lynn Burton

Letters continued om page 2 have been difďŹ cult for them to stay away from work last week. Not that immigrants can only do physical labor. They ďŹ ll many professional and technical roles in this valley and I’d hate to see what would happen if Trump chased them out. That was the point of the “Day Without Immigrantsâ€? protest. Immigrants have taxes taken out of their paychecks just like everybody else. Why shouldn’t they be eligible for entitlements? Convicted felons have always been deported. The Obama administration deported more felons than any previous administration. ICE is currently targeting felons, but, now, they are arresting anybody who happens to be with the felon and threatening them with deportation. Trump likes to say, “We are a nation of lawsâ€? to justify the crackdown. The full quote is from John

Legal Notice PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held before the Carbondale Planning and Zoning Commission for the purpose of considering a Rezoning and Major Site Plan Review for the RFSD Employee Housing project to allow twenty (20) residential dwelling units.

The owner/applicant is the Roaring Fork School District – RE-1 (RFSD). The property is located on the west side of Third Street between Bridges and the Third Street Center (bus barn location).

The current zone district is Community Partnership PUD. The proposed zone district is Residential High Density. The rezoning would only apply to a 1.37 acre parcel adjacent to Third Street which is proposed for development. The balance of the property would remain in the Community Partnership PUD. No subdivision or future phases are contemplated with this application.

Said Public Hearing will be held at the Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO at 7:00 p.m. on March 16, 2017. Copies of the proposed application are on file in the Planning Department office, Town Hall, 511 Colorado

Adams (I’ll bet Trump doesn’t know that) and reads, “We are a nation of laws, not men.� Trump is man, sort of, and a presidential edict based on his personal xenophobic prejudices should not be observed as the law. They’re not our problem, some say, they belong to the country they came from. Whatever happened to the brotherhood of man. Fred Malo Jr. Carbondale

Man or mouse? Dear Editor: All I must publicly express to retired lawyer Maurice Emmer after reading his guest column “Playing Trump’s Political Game� (Guest Column, Maurice Emmer, Aspen Times, Feb. 15) is that if you ain’t in the game or you don’t put yourself in the game to help President Donald Trump to triumph over the cesspool

Avenue, Carbondale, CO and may be examined by interested persons during regular working hours, 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The application may also be reviewed on the Town’s website at www.carbondalegov.org Janet Buck Town Planner

Published in The Sopris Sun on February 23, 2017. PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held before the Carbondale Board of Trustees for the purpose of considering a Petition for Annexation by 133 Limited Partnership. The property is legally known as:

A parcel of land situated in Lot 16 of Section 28, Township 7 South, Range 88 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, being more particularly described as follows: beginning at a point on the Westerly right-ofway line of Colorado State Highway No. 133, whence the East Quarter corner of said Section 28 bears North 24°43'21" East, 2372.8 feet; thence South 01°16'00" East, 511.89 feet along said Westerly right-of-way line; thence leaving said Westerly right-of-way line along the boundary of that Exception Parcel described in that document recorded as

and the ďŹ fth columnists in Federal Government bureaucracy to make things better, then don’t make the Donald Trump White House appear stupid, amateurish or disingenuous when it’s not. Buddy, get in the trenches and get some mud on yah! Put down your pen and get busy like the rest of us. Either you’re in Sherman’s March to the Sea or you are not! Man or mouse. Which is it Mr. Emmer? I know about Japanese Kabuki Theater and its great popularity with Japanese women. It seems you do not nor have you seen it like I have with its female audience enthused and happy. A man must be a really great actor and entertainer to do Kabuki Theater. Only the magniďŹ cent men successfully can do it to please women. Emzy Veazy III Aspen

Reception No. 232893 South 88°44'00" West, 195.0 feet; thence continuing along said boundary South 01°16'00" East, 49.14 feet to a point on the Northeasterly right-of-way line of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad; thence leaving said boundary North 33°10'35" West, 47.30 feet along said Northeasterly right-of-way line; thence leaving said Northeasterly right-of-way North 01°16'00" West, 520.88 feet; thence North 88°44'00" East, 220.00 feet to the point of beginning. Containing 2.602 acres more or less.

The site is generally located directly North of the RFTA Parking and bus stop and West of Hwy. 133. Said parcel contains 2.602 acres in size.

Said Public Hearing will be held at the Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 29, 2017.

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

John Leybourne Planner

Published in The Sopris Sun on February 23, 2017.

“Open Heart,â€? by Washington, D.C. based sculptor Matthew Duffy, stands on 4th Street in front of the Launchpad as part of the Carbondale Public Arts Commission’s 2016 Art aRound Town exhibit, which runs through May. The 2017 Art aRound Town exhibit will be installed in June. “Open Heartâ€? is made of stainless steel and stands a little more than ďŹ ve-feet tall. Photo by Lynn Burton

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