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Volume 8, Number 21 | June 30, 2016

Slacklining Sopris

Folks in Sopris Park on Friday afternoon (June 24) were treated to a stellar slacklining demonstration, thanks to RJ Roush, who was visiting friends here. Roush and his friend, Chalese, strung one line for him and one for her. His line extended about 100 feet from a tree next to the ditch, to another sturdy tree on the north side of the park. Roush hails from the Bay Area and it turns out, he’s also quite the skateboarder as well. Photo by Lynn Burton

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e first people in the Crystal River Valley (Editor’s note: This chapter from Charlotte Graham’s book has been slightly edited for newspaper style and content).

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Yampatika, Tabaguache and Parinuche were some of the more well-known bands of the Northern Ute people that were seasonal homesteaders for more than 1,000 documented years in western Colorado’s mountains. How was life back then? Take in a breath of sweet mountain air and close your eyes.

for their generous, ongoing commitment of support. Jim Calaway, Chair Kay Brunnier Bob Ferguson – Jaywalker Lodge Scott Gilbert: Habitat for Humanity - RFV Bob Young – Alpine Bank George Stranahan Peter Gilbert James Surls Umbrella Roofing, Inc. Bill Spence and Sue Edelstein

Puy–nie–ne … is a (phonetically-spelled) Northern Ute word for “open your eyes” according to Clifford Duncan, a Northern Ute elder. Imagine the Crystal River Valley is your ancestral home. All that you see around you are your relatives. The birds. The animals. The trees. The sky. Life was a circle that included all creation equally. Ute family bands or groups were usually small, a dozen or so, Clifford said. “The Utes were on foot; it took a long time to go from place to place. They moved around faster, easier after we got horses from the Spaniards.” While they had a tendency to stay apart one band from one another, come autumn, Ute families would pack up and travel south and west to gather together in what is called today the Four Corners area of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah. There, they met up with their distant relations, including the Aztecas (my ancestors) from southern Mexico and Central America, to enjoy Father Sun’s winter warmth. They traded and socialized, communicating in what became known to Anglo linguistic scholars as the Uto-Aztecan language.

Living large The Utes believed they were closest to the Creator when in the high mountains. Clifford explained that Utes learned to live in harmony with each other by watching Nature. “When Nature completely controls, it will also provide you with every means to survive. Nature is closer to God,” he said. “Nature can take the place of a teacher in a regular school setting. It does not teach you, but opens your eyes to see. Nature provides guidance. Nature is a disciple of Creator. It works for God. God does not work alone. God has many providers and Nature is her main teacher.” Clifford continued, “God is first, second is Nature, then Man. God created you. Nature teaches you. Then you become what you are. That’s how I see it.” Thus, from the Utes’ perspective, all was well in these mountains — until one day in the late 1870s when white surveyors first pressed in from the east. To this valley they came; from over what became the Crested Butte side of the mountains into the future towns of Gothic, Crystal City and on down into Marble. By the dark of one day’s sunset, the “long-

Northern Ute elder Clifford Duncan looks out on lands in the upper end of the Crystal River Valley where his ancestors once roamed. Photo by Charlotte Graham time locals” knew change had come to their world. They just didn’t know how quickly it would change into a world they could have never imagined.

One man’s “riches” “The first impression of the white people by the observing Indian was, ‘Why do you tear it up? That’s my Mother Earth,’” Clifford said. They couldn’t understand why miners scratched gouges in the earth, clearcut trees, dynamited holes, poisoned creeks and rivers, and even killed one another looking for certain rocks and minerals they called “silver” and “gold.” Even more confusing to the native people was that all this decimation was called “riches” by the newcomer. “I’ve struck it rich!” they’d exclaim. “The Indian was basing his viewpoint on the fact that the Earth gave him life,” Clifford explained. “Everything was part of a plan. Nothing was wasted. Nature provided him the closeness of God. When a man tears up another person’s altar, you are naturally going to say, ‘That’s not right.’ And you are going to fight that. Nature is a picture of God and that is what the Utes were defending.”

The Ute Wayute way The Utes lived so lightly on this land. They created the concept of ecology long before that word was birthed. Thus, evidence of their thousands of years of habitation was routinely reclaimed by Nature with relative ease. Because they migrated out of the mountains during the winter, it didn’t take long before the Ute homeland was declared “uninhabited.” In the minds of the newcomers, this rich, beautiful land was here for the taking. Suddenly, Ute family clans were no longer free to roam between their summer and winter camps. In 1880, after the Meeker incident in 1879, Utes were corralled at military gunpoint and forced to march some 100 to a reservation at Fort Duchesne, Utah.

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For the First People, not only the manner of life, but the words of their white brothers were hard to reconcile with their actions. What the Indian saw were inexplicable, irreversible, devastating actions with little, if any regard for all other of God’s creatures. Turns out, this was to be the way for a long time in the circle of life between indigenous and immigrant Americans. Clifford explained how the “circular” or “Indian way” of thinking is compared to his white brother’s thinking when it came to exchanging for goods and services. “Tangible, or hard money, replaced that intangible value [of communal service] by setting ‘value’ based on one’s possession of gold and silver that came out from Mother Earth. To the Indian, though, no less valuable was the Ute’s way of exchange for what each other needed that came from the same Mother Earth but with respect and honor.” Somewhere along the way, as Utes understood, the “material-over-natural” way of thinking disconnected them from God. In less than a dozen years, a centuries-old utopian civilization was removed from its ancestral land by broken promises, broken treaties and broken traditions of a onceabundantly rich social, cultural and spiritual life and … mostly forgotten. Meanwhile … to be continued Charlotte Graham returned to the Crystal River Valley via McClure Pass after spending the winter learning more about her Uto-Aztecan connections. She will be signing copies of her two volumes of “Memoirs of a River… Up the Crystal” at First Friday (July 1) from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Dandelion Market (on Main Street). For more information, visit charlottegraham.com or “like” her on Facebook at Charlotte Graham-Author.

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Jim Calaway: Giving gives everyone a li 85th birthday July 1

Jim looks back

Jim Calaway tells his life story with ease in his low, rumbling voice. His parents were tenant farmers in the tiny town of Goldthwaite, Texas, raising whatever crops they Several years ago, Bill Gates met Carbon- could with their two mules, Mutt and Jeff, dale resident Jim Calaway at the Aspen In- when Jim was born in 1931. A fire destitute, and as they shook hands, the stroyed their home when Jim was five years Microsoft founder said, “I hear you’re the old and his family moved into town, his faBill Gates of the valley.” ther getting a job with the highway departIndeed, Calaway’s reputation precedes ment. Calaway worked diligently through him in the Roaring Fork Valley, as a success- school — and at the local grocery store beful entrepreneur and philanthropist working fore and after classes — to graduate when diligently to give away his wealth to organi- he was just 15. zations he says touch his heart, of which Calaway then took a bus 90 miles south there are currently about 15. to the University of Texas at Austin. Without “It makes me feel warm and loved,” Cal- scholarships or loans, he worked his way away said. “I got a beautiful letter last week through college as a music director at a large from a woman down in Florida thanking Baptist church where he met his first wife, the me for helping build the Calaway/Young church’s pianist and organist. Calaway reCancer Center [at Valley View Hospital] be- ceived a bachelor’s degree in business and a cause her relative was treated here and was doctorate in law, but was most interested in so well cared for. It’s not unusual for me to becoming an entrepreneur. “I found my first get a letter like that or for people to want oil field when I was 24 years old, just a kid in to talk to me.” the business. But it was lucky because if I’d Even as Calaway celebrates his 85th failed at that, I may have been forced to bebirthday this week, his schedule includes come a lawyer,” he jokes. daily lunch with friends or members of a Calaway spent four decades in the oil exvast number of comploration industry, reapmunity organizations, ing the rewards of his and evening glasses of own business acumen. wine on his porch or He and his wife had twin in his home office at sons and later divorced, River Valley Ranch and at age 40 he was with a similar rotatalone in a three-story ing cast of invitees, mansion in Houston whose company he with a staff of two to relishes and who bentake care of him. He efit from his guidance owned a private plane in any manner of and a large sailboat. “I community service. was just not as happy as “He has transI thought I was going to formed independent be, starting from nothing philanthropy in the and being well-to-do at lower valley,” said 40,” he said. Third Street Center Elliot Gerson, vice president Conversations with a Executive Director at the Aspen Institute sailing buddy who was a Colin Laird. “Before Unitarian minister inhe got here people spired Calaway’s current didn’t give the way they give these days, but status as a secular humanist who believes in he has changed expectations. In his mind, “love, giving, justice and peace.” “That was he sees it as a responsibility to take care of when I decided to start downsizing the and improve the community. If you have spending of money on myself,” he says. the resources, that’s what you do.” Yet his passion for entrepreneurship conA native Texan with the accent to prove it, tinued on unabated — in fact, it was passed Calaway visited the Roaring Fork Valley for down to his twin sons, James and John, who seminars at the Aspen Institute in the early joined their father in oil exploration and then ‘70s. He and his wife Connie — whom Cal- four lucrative business ventures, which Calaway met in Aspen, when she was a student away refers to as “home runs” that wouldn’t at the Aspen Music Festival and School — have been possible without his sons at the moved to Carbondale full time in 1993. Not helm. These home runs include drilling for only his wealth, but also his considerable oil in the swamps south of New Orleans, time and effort have been donated to an im- building wind farms, investing in a software pressive roster of organizations in the past company that sold for more than $300 miltwo decades. lion and most recently mining lithium high “Jim is one of my favorite people in the in the Andes mountains of Argentina. world — he is modest, warm, genuine, selfless “I am 85 and I still work hard every day,” and passionately committed to the public wel- he says. “I picked a retirement date, and it’s fare,” said Elliot Gerson, vice president at the the day I die. But I hope that’s down the road Aspen Institute. “Jim Calaway exemplifies a little ways.” values-based leadership. He has a deep personal commitment to get involved with the A cozy office people who are ultimately served by these Calaway’s office is a cozy, carpeted programs. Any organization is lucky to have space that welcomes visitors to sit in comhis involvement. They don’t make people fortable chairs, and the walls are covered much like that anymore.” By Naomi Havlen Special to The Sopris Sun

“Jim is one of my favorite people in the world — he is modest, warm, genuine, selfless and passionately committed to the public welfare.”

Walter Isaacson (left) and Jim Calaway (right) at the 2012 dedication of Colorado Mountain College’s Isaacson School of New Media. Calaway has funded or co-funded numerous buildings and facilities, including: the Calaway/Young Cancer Center, Colorado Animal Rescue, Thunder River Theatre Company, and the Third Street Center. Photo by Ed Kosmicki with framed images that make him proud. His eyesight may be failing, but he swivels in his creaky leather office chair to point out photos of his accomplishments: the Calaway/Young Cancer Center, the James C. and Connie L. Calaway Academic Building at the Spring Valley Campus of Colorado Mountain College, Colorado Animal Rescue, Thunder River Theatre Company, and the Third Street Center. The well-designed edifices in the photos prove how Calaway’s financial commitments have come to fruition, but his generosity extends further into the lives of valley residents who pass through any of those doors. At Thunder River Theater, Calaway was not just a Building Founder, but along with Connie the Calaways have served as season producers for several seasons of theatre. The Third Street Center’s facility is almost 50 years old but thanks to renovations and Calaway’s work as a mentor, executive director Colin Laird says the building hosts community activity around the clock, from business space for nonprofits to afternoon programing for children, and theater and concerts at night. Calaway is a member of the Carbondale Unitarian Congregation, which meets in the Third Street Center’s main meeting room, the Calaway room, along with Carbondale residents Sue Edelstein and Bill Spence. “Jim is a great listener with a sense of humor who cares deeply about his friends and is modest in his lifestyle,” says Edelstein. “Jim shows great respect to his friends and makes great effort to keep up with them,” adds Spence. “He is a great observer of human nature and easily shares

these insights.” At Colorado Mountain College, his support is evidenced by the namesake academic building. He has also underwritten scholarships for nearly 100 students, founded the CMC Board of Overseers, and joined together CMC and the Aspen Institute to create the Isaacson School for New Media. “Jim Calaway is a leader of leaders,” says CMC President and CEO Carrie Hauser. “He shares his wisdom and financial support generously and encourages others to do the same. Jim has challenges to his friends and others to support community causes, however they can.” As someone who has experienced the dichotomy between wealth and poverty, Calaway feels that that public donations can influence others to help bridge that gap, rather than anonymous giving. He says he has never had a problem challenging friends to donate time and money to local organizations. As a result, Bob Young, chairman and founder of Alpine Bank — and co-namesake of the Calaway/Young Cancer Center — refers to Calaway as “the most expensive friend I’ve ever had.” “Jim is definitely the type of philanthropist that encourages open giving. In doing so, his leadership has a strong influence on others,” Young said. “It also has a way of giving greater credibility for the charities that Jim supports.” One of those nonprofits is Colorado Animal Rescue (CARE). “I do feel that his extreme generosity inspires others in the community to be more philanthropic,” says CALAWAY page 7

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Seniors go hiking up Hunter Creek Sopris Sun Staff Report From the recreation department comes word that the first Senior Programming hike of the summer took hikers up Avalanche Creek recently, and the next one is scheduled for July 11 up Hunter Creek Trail near Aspen. In his weekly report, Town Manager Jay Harrington said there are still some spots open for additional hikers. The cost is $25 per hike, and registration is available through the town website (www.carbondalerec.com) or by calling the recreation department at 510-1290. In other items from Harrington’s weekly report, Carbondale’s festival season gets its official start this weekend with the 15th annual Mt. Sopris Music Fest, sponsored by Steve’s Guitars, scheduled July 1, in conjunction with the community’s monthly First Friday celebration, and July 4 in conjunction with, well, the Fourth of July celebration. This represents a change in the Mt. Sopris Music Fest’s scheduling, which has previously involved back-to-back entertainment on Friday and Saturday nights. This year, it will be held at the 4th Street Plaza and park at the corner of 4th and Main Streets from 5-10 p.m. on Friday and from noon to 9 p.m. on

Monday at Sopris Park. Also planned for the Fourth of July weekend is the annual parade and pool party. The kid’s parade starts at 10:30 a.m. and will follow the traditional route down from 2nd and Main, down Main Street ending at Sopris Park at about 11 a.m. From that point on, the park will feature a variety of food booths, kid’s games, free ice cream and watermelon, and music. The swimming pool will be open for the festivities, at discounted entry fees, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The long-delayed plan to put a roof over the grandstand bleachers at the Gus Darien Riding Arena, home to Carbondale’s Wild West Rodeos every Thursday through the summer, appears to be moving forward. Town Manager Jay Harrington noted in his June 24 memo to trustees and other recipients that a request for proposals from construction contractors is being advertised this week. An e-mail bid package, including project manuals and drawings, is available from recreation director Jeff Jackel at 510-1214. Sealed bids are due to the town by 1 p.m. on Aug. 9, according to Harington’s memo. At the John M. Fleet Municipal Pool, the second of the town’s four American

Red Cross swimming lessons is underway, with some room in certain age categories still available as of the end of last week. For information call 9632065 or go to the website listed above. Town street crews have been busy pouring a concrete “valley pan” on Colorado, with plans to repair the asphalt surface next, and repairing a sinkhole on Crystal Road. Harrington reported that the town has been picking up “a lot of e-waste in our alleys and right-of-ways,” which he wrote will be stored until the next ewaste day sponsored by the town. Town staff has been reviewing the construction drawings for infrastructure at the Carbondale Marketplace (City Market store) at the intersection of Highway 133 and West Main Street. Harrington also reported that, last Friday morning, most of the town’s police officers finished the annual “agility test,” and that the remaining officers were to tackle the test that afternoon. At the town-owned Gateway RV Park, occupancy data for the week of June 17-24 shows that 125 of the 133 spots available were booked and occupied. Bookings for this week were running at 52 reservations (122 people), for an occupancy rate of 74 percent.

Cop Shop From June 16 - 23, Carbondale officers handled 207 calls for service. During that period, Carbondale officers and others investigated the following cases of note:

FRIDAY, June 17: At 9:45 a.m. police were called to the Bridges High School building, on a report that someone had tried to force open a north-facing window at the building. Nothing was reported stolen or damaged, according to police. FRIDAY, June 17: at 8:28 p.m. police were dispatched to a home in Carbondale in response to a report that a 16-year-old was making threats against the reporting party, and was barricaded in a bedroom with a knife. The reporting party advised police that the youth had broken some windows. No further information was provided by police. FRIDAY, June 17: At 10:44 p.m. police stopped a vehicle at Highway 133 and Village Road for not having its headlights turned on. After investigating, officers arrested the 19-year-old driver on charges of drunk driving, being a minor in possession of alcohol, suspicion of dealing “imitation” controlled substances and possession of drug paraphernalia. SUNDAY, June 19: At 29 minutes past midnight, police were called to a location on Jacobs Place, where they issued 13 summons to individuals, aged 18, 19 and 20, and to one juvenile, for being minors in possession of and consuming alcohol. In addition, one minor was issued a summons for an outstanding warrant for his arrest. SUNDAY, June 19: At two different times, police were informed that a vehicle had been broken into in the 400 block of South 3rd Street and items were stolen, and that someone had stolen a truck from in front of a home on South 2nd Street. The truck was later recovered, with the keys in the ignition, in another part of town. No suspects

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Those wishing to run for the Carbondale Mayoral seat at the general (mail ballot) election to be held November 8, 2016, may pick up Nomination Petitions beginning on August 9, 2016 from the Town Clerk, 511 Colorado Avenue.

The Mayor’s term will expire in April 2018.

Qualifications: All candidates must be a qualified elector of the Town, a citizen of the United States, at least 18 years of age, and must have resided in the Town of Carbondale for one year immediately prior to the date of the election.

Petitions must be returned to the Town Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, August 29, 2016

EARLY DEADLINES In observance of the July 4 holiday, the deadline for ad reservations (adsales@soprissun.com) and editorial content (news@soprissun.com) for letters, calendar, etc. for the Thursday, July 7 issue is Friday, July 1 at noon. 4 • THE SOPRIS SUN • www.SoprisSun.com • JUNE 30 - JULY 6, 2016

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A.J. stepping down from board of trustees By John Colson Sopris Sun Correspondent Carbondale Trustee A.J. Hobbs, who has served roughly half of his four-year term, announced last week that he will be stepping down “some time in early September” in order to attend courses at the Crestone Healing Arts School in the San Luis Valley area. Hobbs, 30, was elected in 2014, the same year as his fellow trustee, Katrina Byars, and under ordinary circumstances Hobbs would have been up for reelection in 2018. Following the recent municipal election, in which three new trustees were elected, and the resignation of former Mayor Stacey Bernot earlier this year, Byars and Hobbs, along with twoterm Trustee Frosty Merriott, represented the remaining institutional memory on Carbondale’s Board of Trustees.

All that has now changed. “I have been accepted (to attend the Crestone school) where I will spend the fall studying massage and Chinese medicine,” Hobbs wrote in a June 23 email to his five colleagues on the board of trustees (Bernot resigned her job because she moved out of Carbondale, leaving a board of six members). Following course work at Crestone, Hobbs said, he will “be moving to Spain indefinitely, until I am fluent in Spanish.” Hobbs reported he had already alerted Town Manager Jay Harrington about the matter, and expressed the hope that “the board (of trustees) will have some flexibility on choosing to nominate a trustee for the position or put the position up for election on the November ballot.” Harrington, however, said on Monday that

he was still doing research to see what the trustees’ options are regarding either appointment or election to fill Hobbs’ post. The findings of that research, he said, were to be reviewed by him, town attorney Mark Hamilton and the trustees at the June 29 board meeting, which was too late to be reported by the Sopris Sun. Hobbs wrote that he was “grateful” for having had the chance to serve on the board, and added, “I look forward to working together this summer to continue to improve and progress our community.” He wrote that the “biggest thing I am working on now is updating our ‘sustainability plan’ with the E-board and CLEER/CORE [Clean Energy Economy for the Region, and the Community Office for A.J. page 13

Eberhardt retirement get together at First Friday Sopris Sun Staff Report Dr. David Eberhardt, an optometrist who has practiced in the Roaring Fork Valley for 40 years, is retiring in July. Friends and patients are invited to celebrate the start of his next phase of life at a reception at the Carbondale 20/20 EyeCare practice location at 59 N. 4th Street (just off Main Street) from 5 to 8 p.m. on First Friday. Dr. Eberhardt grew up in rural Wisconsin, according to a press release. After a four-year stint in the Army and a year in Ft. Collins, Dr.

Eberhardt and his family settled in Carbondale in 1976 as one of the first local optometrists, where he joined the practice of Dr. Bill Zilm, founder of 20/20 EyeCare. A year later, Dr. Eberhardt took over the Aspen branch as his own practice and saw patients for over 20 years before moving the practice to Carbondale. His career came full circle when Dr. Eberhardt joined 20/20 EyeCare in 2012, and has continued practicing in the 20/20 EyeCare Carbondale location (his previous office location) up until his retirement.

“Welcome to Our Gardens” Glenwood Springs Garden Club 2016 Garden Tour Saturday, July 9th 9:00 - 3:00 Rain or Shine A self-guided tour of 8 Glenwood Springs area gardens, chosen for their educational value, variety, beauty and creativity.

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“My greatest joy has been the familiarity of people in the valley, their families and their lives and getting to re-touch base throughout the years,” Dr. Eberhardt said. “I have seen three generations of some families over the years.” David said. Dr. Eberhardt said he plans to stay in the Roaring Fork Valley most of the time, where he looks forward to spending more time with his grandchildren, including twin 9-month old boys. “My retirement plans include EBERHARDT page 13

Correction The piece about the EBoard’s online survey that ran on page 3 in the June 23 edition of The Sopris Sun included a few errors. Here are corrections: 1) The article’s headline suggested that the survey was being taken offline temporarily to allow for some tweaking of the questions; in fact, the changes noted in the article were accomplished without taking the survey down. It has been online since June 17. 2) There will be 15 gift certificates valued at $25 each available to survey respondents who want to be included in the drawing, not 10 as the article stated. 3) E-Board chair Julia Farwell’s name was misspelled (Julie instead of Julia).

Update A PDF of the survey questions in their entirety was posted to the town’s website last week and is available to the public. The PDF can be viewed without taking the survey.

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Martin wins GOP primary

Straight from Sloan

Incumbent GarďŹ eld County Commissioner John Martin (R) defeated challenger Aron Diaz in Tuesday’s Republican Party primary. Martin racked up 73 percent of the votes. He’ll face Democratic candidate John Acha in the November general election. In related GOP primary news, incumbent Congressman Scott Tipton defeated Carbondale’s Alex Beinstein, collecting nearly 80 percent of the vote in Colorado’s Third Congressional District. Tipton will face Democrat Gail Schwartz in the general election.

This letter to the editor from the Wilderness Workshop’s Sloan Shoemaker arrived too late for the Sun’s letters page, so we’re running it here. Here in the Roaring Fork Valley we’re all about getting outdoors. Whatever you do, you do something, and chances are you do it on or around our abundant public lands. This Saturday, July 2, join Wilderness Workshop in celebrating our public lands at Wildfest. This public party will feature live music, freshly prepared food and beverages, communal art creation, ďŹ re dancing, and kids’ activities on the grounds of Owl Farm, the home of journalist Hunter S. Thompson. This is the ďŹ rst public event hosted at the writer’s legendary spread, referenced so familiarly in his famous works as his sanctuary from outside chaos. With stunning views of the Elk Range and a cozy feel in Woody Creek, it’s easy to see why. Jimmy Ibbotson of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is the opening act, beginning shortly after doors open. Ibbotson is a singer/songwriter and guitarist and a longtime Woody Creature. Next up is a Roaring Fork Valley favorite, the Smuggler Mountain Boys. They are a traditional and contemporary bluegrass band and play everything from Bill Monroe to the Grateful Dead. The event’s headlining act at 8 p.m. is the Shook Twins. Sisters Laurie and Katelyn Shook call on a wide range of instrumentation, including banjo, guitar, electric and upright bass, mandolin, electric guitar, and electronic drums. They are a fabulous act.

Candidates emerge in mayor’s race It appears that a horse race already has begun among candidates hoping to become the next mayor of Carbondale in the November general election. According to published accounts, former Carbondale Trustee Ed Cortez apparently heard the starting gun for the race within days after former Mayor Stacey Bernot stepped down from the job in early May. Meanwhile, current Acting Mayor Dan Richardson recently told the Glenwood Springs Post Independent that he is interested in seeking the position. Both men have jumped the gun a bit, however, as nominating petitions for the job will not even be available until Aug. 9, and others may enter the race by then.

Navarrete-Portillo sentenced Arturo Navarrete-Portillo, convicted on June 15 of ďŹ rst degree murder in the killing of his late wife, Maria Carminda Portillo-Amaya last year, already has been shipped off to the Colorado Department of Corrections to begin

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Former Carbondale resident Autumn Sundstrom recently graduated Summa Cum Laude from Southern New Hampshire University with a BA in game design and development (specializing in interactive storytelling). She is currently a graduate student at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta working, towards a MA in animation. Courtesy photo serving his sentence of life behind bars without the possibility of parole. A jury of 12 deliberated for about six hours on June 15 before concluding that the defendant was guilty of killing his wife in a rage on Feb.16, 2015, after the pair spent a day drinking together, and after she told him she had been sexually involved with a man who performed better than Navarrete-Portillo. The sentence was pronounced immediately after the jury came back with the verdict, according to published accounts of the trial, which lasted for 12 days.

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The Slow Groovin’ BBQ truck will be parked inside the festival grounds selling slowcooked meat dishes, donated by local business Crystal River Meats. There will also be scrumptious vegetarian options. The main bar and Gonzo tent bar will be serving local beer, wine and spirits by Sopris Liquor and Wine. Yerba Mate tea will be available as well. Wildfest runs from 5 to 10 p.m. on July 2nd. Advance tickets are $25 and can be purchased at www.wildernessworkshop.org/ wildfest. The more expensive Gonzo ticket, at $150, offers a number of added amenities. Kids 12 and under are free. Don’t miss the grooviest party of the summer! I hope to see you there.

CMC board approves budget The Colorado Mountain College Board of Trustees approved a $62.6 million operating budget for the 2016-2017 academic year during a meeting at the Breckenridge campus on June 24. “The 2016-17 budget reects some key reductions we’ve made so that we can absorb cuts to our revenue next year,â€? said Linda English, vice president of ďŹ scal affairs for Colorado Mountain College.

They say it’s your birthday Folks celebrating their birthday this week include: John Stickney (June 30); Jax Moss (July 1); Staci Dickerson, Jeanie Chestnutt, Dean Harding and Laurie Loeb (July 2); Sissy Sutro, Maggie Jones and Katie Jones (July 3); Brad Geddes and Dick Allenby (July 4); Herb Feinzig and Adele Moss (July 5); and David Clark (July 6).

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CARE board member Cindy Miller. “He doesn’t do it anonymously, and not because he wants the glory of it all. When you give anonymously, you’re missing out on all the good that can come out of recognition — how people can follow in your footsteps, or be inspired by you.” Roger Sheffield met Calaway when he was CEO of the CMC Foundation several years ago, and says he has learned a lot from their relationship that has helped him become more effective as a fundraiser. “He is very unique — philanthropists can be very guarded, and sometimes don’t want to give away their secrets,” Sheffield says. “All too often there are people in the fund-raising field who will say or do anything to get a gift, and Jim has reinforced with me that you need to be authentic, and genuinely have an interest in what the donor has to say. I consider Jim one of the top five philanthropists I’ve worked with over my 30-year career, for his genuineness, his willingness to help, and his com-

mitment to his neighbors.” Sheffield says he knows Calaway has a wide network of friends, and enjoys being “summoned to the porch for a glass of wine.” As one of those friends as well as a neighbor of Calaway’s, Donn Willins, says: Calaway’s capacity for diverse friendship is only rivaled by his generosity, which is notable given their outspoken political differences. “I just love the fact that when Jim and I sit and talk, we’re not trying to change each other,” Willins says. “Our solid friendship comes first, and our infinite number of political differences don’t come into it. We have a core liking of each other that not politics or anything can get in the way of.”

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Karen Grey brought two of her friends to Marble’s Beaver Lake for a paddle board lesson on Sunday and look at what happened. A headstand and photo opp for anyone with a camera. After the headstand, Grey’s paddle board lesson retreated to more basic maneuvers, such as how to actually paddle the board. Photo by Lynn Burton

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Trustees dip into Bag Fund for Mt. Fair cups By John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer A proposal that the annual Carbondale Mountain Fair make a change in how it serves alcoholic beverages to fairgoers caused a little discomfort for some of the town's trustees recently, when the issue was raised by Trustee Katrina Byars during the “trustee comments” section of the June 22 meeting. Byars brought it up after hearing about it from the newly-named Carbondale Arts (CA) organization (historically known as the Carbondale Council on the Arts and Humanities), which wants to switch from plastic and corn-cob cups to a new, reusable and recyclable stainless steel version as a way to further minimize the amount of garbage generated by the Mountain Fair. The Fair already has a significant tableau of environmentally friendly policies and procedures, such as creation of a Green Team that every year takes charge of ensuring that Fairgoers correctly deposit their trash in bins for recycling or destined for the local landfill, including recyclable plastic and corn-fiber cups the Fair has used for years to minimize its waste stream. “I just think it’d be a really cool investment for our community,” Byars said, suggesting the board of trustees kick in half the cost of 3,000 cups (the cups will cost a total of $6,000), as part of its support for the

wildly popular Mountain Fair. But some on the board were not so sure about the idea, particularly as they had not heard anything about it before that night. “I’m not really comfortable with this,” said Trustee Marty Silverstein. “I feel kind of blindsided.” Expressing similar sentiments was Acting Mayor Dan Richardson, who noted that the trustees were being asked to decide this question without recommendations from the town’s roster of volunteer advisory boards, particularly the Environmental Board (known as the E-Board) that ordinarily reviews issues such as this one and makes recommendations to the trustees. Byars noted that the E-Board was scheduled to discuss the “cup-troversy” at its next meeting, on June 27, and that a recommendation could be expected after that. The E-Board ended up voting in favor of the agreement crafted by the trustees after the debate at the June 22 meeting. Byars, at the June 22 meeting, made a motion to spend up to $3,000 of the “waste diversion fund,” otherwise known as the Bag Ban Fund that the town collects from City Market due to a town ordinance that bans the use of one-use plastic bags at the store. Shoppers can buy a paper or reusable bag to haul their gro-

ceries home, and some of that fee goes straight to the town. Trustee Frosty Merriott offered a “friendly amendment,” outlining the details of the 50-50 sharing of costs between CA and the town, which was accepted. The motion passed by a vote of 4-1, with Silverstein voting against the idea. Voting for the motion were Richardson, Byars, A.J. Hobbs and Frosty Merriott. Trustee Ben Bohmfalk was absent. The steel cups will be intended primarily, or at least initially, for serving mixed drinks to customers, whereas beer will still be served in plastic-seeming cups made from corn fiber as it has for many years, said CA Director Amy Kimberly this week. “What we are hoping to do is lead the way for the eventual banishment of the old corn cups,” said Amy Kimberly, who expressed the hope that fair attendees will want to use their new, stainless steel cups for all kinds of liquid refreshment. She acknowledged that the expected price tag for the steel cups — $8 apiece at The Cantina, the Mountain Fair’s venue for drinkers of beer and other alcoholic beverages — is kind of high for Mountain Fair aficionados. Talks are underway, she said, to figure out whether the price of each cup includes having it filled with the booze of one’s choice (unlikely), or whether there will

simply be a discount applied to the price of drinks being poured into the steel cup. The cups will sport the Mountain Fair logo for the year (it changes annually), while foam sleeves known as “koozies” will feature the new name and logo of the arts council, Carbondale Arts. “That’s where we’re kind of rolling out our new name and logo,” Kimberly noted. In other action on June 22, the trustees: • Approved liquor licenses for the 7Eleven store and Mary’s Main Street Spirits (as well as a separate tasting license for Mary’s); • Approved an art gallery business permit for Crystal Glass Studio; • Approved special event liquor licenses for the Carbondale Mountain Fair (July 29-31); the Carbondale Clay Center for First Friday activities this summer; and the annual Cowboy Up event on Aug. 26 at the 4th Street Plaza. • Continued, until July 13, a public hearing concerning a proposed marijuana infused product (MIP) manufacturing operation on Highway 133 in Carbondale; • Accepted a favorable audit report on the town’s 2015 finances, from McMahon & Associates LLC, the certified public accounting firm; • Approved an amendment to the annexation and development agreement for the Thompson Park subdivision.

Harding, Voigt claim they were set up (Editor: The Sopris Sun will continue reporting on this story as it develops). By John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer Kelly Harding, one of two Carbondale residents arrested while driving through Ohio last January and charged with possession of 128 pounds of marijuana, said this week that he is fighting the charges and believes he was set up by the Ohio State Patrol. The other man involved in the case, Craig Voigt, concurs with Harding’s assessment of their situation, and believes the alleged setup was actually part of a federal drug agency’s scheme to entrap Voigt, and that Harding was unfortunate enough to get caught in the net. Voigt freely admitted he had been a pot dealer earlier in his life and had been busted in 1996 in San Diego, Calif., and served about four years in prison in Pennsylvania. But he said he had retired from the business after that and there was no marijuana in the car when it was stopped by state police. Harding, 47, and Voigt, 46, say they were driving on Interstate 70 through Ohio on Jan. 13, in a borrowed 2014 Subaru bearing Colorado plates that belongs to Harding’s mother, to deliver Voigt to his mother’s house in New York City, when they were pulled over by three Ohio state patrol cruisers with drug-sniffing dogs in the back of each cruiser. Within minutes the two were under arrest, in handcuffs and in the back seats of one or another patrol vehicle, while one of the arresting officers “jumped into the car

(the Subaru) and drove off.” Harding has said repeatedly that there was no pot in the Subaru when it was stopped, and that he suspected the state patrol had the marijuana stored in a police facility to which they drove his mom’s car. It was after the Subaru went into the facility, a state patrol car barn, both men said, that the marijuana was revealed, piled on the hood of a police vehicle in sealed plastic bags, and photographed. The photos were published by newspapers across the country, within days of the arrests. “There’s only one way that can be done, and that’s by the feds,” said Voigt in a telephone conversation on Wednesday with The Sopris Sun, referring to the rapid way the story was spread across the U.S. Voigt also said he believes federal drug agents learned that he and Harding were driving across the country, alerted the Ohio State Patrol, and picked the area of Ohio just west of Columbus, which Voigt said is known for drug-interdiction police activity. As evidence, he points to the fact that the Subaru was stopped by a trio of K-9 units who were parked together in the median of I-70. “My dad was a cop, and he said that never happens,” Voigt said of the positioning of the three police cars on a stretch of interstate highway. Both Voigt and Harding view the fact that three police cruisers were parked together, watching traffic, as suspicious. Also suspicious, in the eyes of the two men, was the alleged presence of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency agent at the state pa-

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trol car barn. Harding said he was interrogated by the agent, a woman, for about two hours while Voigt was left in the back seat of a patrol car outside the facility. Voigt, who firmly believes the Ohio State Patrol is working with the federal agency, said the timing of the traffic stop also is cause for concern, in line with his belief that federal agents were tracking the progress of the Subaru across six states, from Colorado to Ohio. “They waited until Ohio to pop us, I’m certain of that,” he said. Both men said adamantly that the pot was not theirs, was not in the Subaru when they were stopped, and had appeared only after police took custody of the Subaru. “The cops put it there,” Voigt said simply.

Bond confusion Both men also are convinced the state illegally raised Harding’s bond, which initially was set by a judge at $5,000, to an amount 10 times that without a hearing. According to Harding and his wife, Kristie, she showed up in Ohio with a bail bondsman on Friday, Jan. 22, ready to bail out her husband at the $5,000 level. But confusion about the records prevented that from happening. The following Monday, when Kristie again tried to bond Kelly out of jail, authorities kept them waiting until 10 a.m. and then informed them that the bond had been raised to $50,000, with no explanation and no hearing. She ultimately got together more than $5,000 and Harding was released on Feb. 10.

The Ohio State Patrol busted Kelly Harding (shown here) and Craig Voigt for alleged possession of 128 pounds of marijuana in January. Harding and Voigt say they were set up. Photo by John Colson After a month in jail, Voigt also was released and the charges against him were dropped, though court records indicated the charges were dropped “without prejudice,” meaning they could be reinstated later. Harding, who is married with several children, said this week that he has pleaded not-guilty to the charges against him — possession of more than 40 kilograms of marijuana and “possession of criminal tools,” meaning a seal-a-meal machine police say was used to package the marijuana. Harding has denied owning the seal-ameal or having it in the wheel well of the back seat, which is where police say they found it. In addition, Harding said he has found OHIO BUST page 14

Raising a Reader program goes Aspen to Parachute CRES an early success story By Nicolette Toussaint Sopris Sun Contributor Thanks to Raising a Reader, more than 300 Carbondale kids are learning to love books. They’re among 2,100 local children who tote home red Raising A Reader book bags during the school year, then sport blue library book bags during the summer. Formally known as “Raising a Reader Aspen to Parachute,” the nonprofit aims to help children prepare for the learning-toread process. In Colorado, about one-third of kids arrive in kindergarten unprepared and already behind the learning curve. Raising a Reader Executive Director Rick Blauvelt, who lives in Carbondale, explained, “There’s a large body of research that connects language development during the first five years of life with reading success later in life. In those early years, human beings are wired for rapid language development. That includes vocabulary, understanding of sentence structure, reading recall, focus and cadence — all things that are critical to a child’s ability to learn to read. We know that children who are stimulated by word games, singing and … oral language experiences do better in school, and studies have shown that children who come from low-verbal households can enter

school two years behind in their language development.” Up until third grade, kids spend much of their school time learning to read, and after third grade, they spend their time reading to learn. Blauvelt notes that there’s a lot of research that confirms that “if children aren’t reading at grade level by the end of third grade, most will never catch up.” The reason is that 90 percent of a person’s brain development occurs during the critical first five years of life, a time when the brain is more receptive than it will ever be. “After that,” Blauvelt noted, “it becomes harder to make up for lost time. Brain growth slows down. What scientists call the ‘plasticity’ of the mind is diminished by nine or 10 years old. If you haven’t caught up [with your peers] by then, it’s a lot harder to do later on.”

CRES Concerned about children who were coming into kindergarten unprepared, Carbondale’s Crystal River Elementary School contacted Raising a Reader (RAR) three years ago. The result was a collaboration: Raising a Reader and school teachers work with parents on four different nights. The Valley Settlement Project places a mentor to assist all year long in each classroom, and the school makes home visits to the highestrisk kids. A parent mentor assists in each classroom, and the school makes home visits to the highest-risk kids.

Raising a Reader supplies its trademarked red cloth bags — bags that are filled each week with four loaned, grade-appropriate books — to kindergarteners who would be entering first grade the next year.

“By the end of the school year, there was a significantly larger increase in reading readiness scores compared to the previous year.” “The results were pretty dramatic,” Blauvelt told The Sopris Sun. By the end of the school year, there was a significantly larger increase in reading readiness scores compared to the previous year. Drawing on the success of the Crystal River Elementary program, which was funded by the Cradle to Career initiative of the Aspen Community Foundation, RAR expanded it to 25 kindergarten classrooms up and down the valley.

Engaging parents Raising a Reader not only works directly with children, it also engages parents, teach-

ing them the importance of reading aloud, songs, games and lots of conversation at home. Blauvelt explained that the organization reaches out to families through preschools, child care centers and Head Start, and also partners with other organizations to “identify kids who are not in any formal day care and who would be at risk of arriving at school behind their peers.” Raising a Reader then invites families to join weekly, neighborhood family outreach sessions in seven locations, including Carbondale. During the past school year, Raising a Reader sponsored about 70 introductory school field trips to libraries for groups of 12-15 kids, plus assorted parents. “By the end of the year,” Blauvelt said, “we will have collected hundreds of library applications from those field trips.” During an end-ofthe-year school event, “each child is called up, one at a time, and they will get a blue bag, a library book bag. It’s not like the red school bag, which is used for a weekly loaner system and has to be left at school. The blue bag they get to keep forever, and there’s a library card attached to its handle.” Recently, when the Ride the Rockies bike race passed through Carbondale, the Denver Post Foundation presented a $5,000 check to Raising a Reader. The race is sponsored by the Denver Post – an organization that has an enlightened self-interest in literacy – and the Post’s foundation awards grants to nonprofits in each of the six towns where racers spend the night.

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Community Calendar THURSDAY June 30 LIVE MUSIC • Lipbone Redding returns to Steve’s Guitars in the old part of the Dinkel Building. Info: 963-3340. MINDFULNESS WORKSHOPS • The Carbondale Branch Library hosts four, free workshops for the Mindfulness Life Program at 5:30 p.m. Program co-founders Laura Bartels and John Bruna have made presentations around the U.S. The topic will be “The Four Keys of Mindfulness to Cultivate Genuine Happiness.” ART TALK • Art Base Executive Director Genna Moe, and artists Richard Carter, James Surls, Jody Guarlnick and Chris Hassig, engage in a members’ only conversation about their work at 5:30 p.m. the Art Base Annex in Basalt. RODEO • The Carbondale Wild West Rodeo takes place at the Gus Darien Arena at 7:30 p.m. and continues on Thursdays through Aug. 18. Gates open at 5:30 p.m., with slack at 6 p.m. and the Grand Entry at 7:30 p.m. The arena is located a mile east of Carbondale on County Road 100. Info: carbondalerodeo.com. ROTARY • The Mt. Sopris Rotary meets at Mi Casita at noon every Thursday.

FRI.-SAT. June 30-July 2 THEATRE • Thunder River Theatre concludes its production of “Rashomon” by Fay and Michael Kanin on Friday and Saturday. The New York Times called the play, “pure art of the theatre,” and the New York Mirror described it as, “Delicate and dy-

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FRIDAY July 1 MUSIC FEST • Round one of the 15th annual Mt. Sopris Music Fest settles in to Fourth Street Plaza with Wes Engstrom (5 p.m.), the Tippetts (5:30 p.m.), Valle Musico (6 p.m.) and the Habits at 8 p.m. MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “The Jungle Book” (PG) at 7:30 p.m. July 1-7 except July 4; “Love & Friendship” (PG) at 5:30 p.m. July 1; “Dark Horse” (PG) at 5:30 p.m. July 2 and “Dough” (not rated) at 5:30 p.m. on July 3. Closed July 4. OPENING • Crystal Glass Studio on Weant Street holds an open house from 5 to 8 p.m. The artists include: Shannon Muse, Jacqueline and Dylan Balderson, Kathy and Rick Steckel, Robert Burch, and Mary and John Matchael IGNITE COFFEE • Tonight’s Ignite Coffee House youth open mic is held from 6 to 8 p.m. at Bonfire Coffee on Main Street. Slots are three to five minutes each and sign-up is recommended. The coffee house is organized by the True Media Foundation. To sign up, go to truemediafoundation.org. Info: 9631115 and 309-1120. CALAWAY PARTY • The town of Carbondale and others will honor Jim Calaway downtown during First Friday. It starts at 7 p.m. Calaway, a well-known philanthropist, recently turned 85.

THE LAUNCHPAD • CCAH hosts an opening reception for “From Our Valley to the World: Four National Geographic Photographers. It goes from 6 to 8 p.m. The show features David Hiser, Peter McBride, Dick Durrance and the late Nicholas DeVore III, all of whom live or lived in the Roaring Fork Valley. Info: 963-1680 or carbondalearts.com. CLAY CENTER • The Carbondale Clay Center (east end of Main Street) opens “Anderson Ranch Ceramic Interns” from 6 to 9 p.m. The show coincides with Anderson Ranch’s 50th anniversary. Artists include: Aaron Benson, Brook Cashion, K Rhynus Cesark, Louise Deroualle, Justin Donofrio, Ruth Easterbrook, Seth Green, Sam Harvey, Giselle Hicks, Yutaka Kawahito, Grant Landreth, Quinn Maher, Alleghany Meadows, Jill Oberman, Pelusa Rosenthal, Natalie Squillante, Bradley Walters and Paige Ward. Info: carbondaleclay.org. The show continues through July 29. BOOK SIGNING • Charlotte Graham signs copies of her books about Carbondale and the Crystal River Valley at Dandelion Market (on Main Street) during First Friday. CHALK FESTIVAL • The Carbondale Recreation Center throws its annual First Friday Chalk Art Festival on Main Street from about 5 to 9 p.m. For the record, Main Street will be closed during those hours from Third Street to Weant. BLOCK PARTY • Marble Distilling hosts a First Friday block party from 5 to 9 p.m. The Milemarkers provide the music.

EBERHARDT RECEPTION • A retirement reception for Dr. David Eberhartdt will be held at his office (59 N. 4th St.) from 5 to 8 p.m.

SATURDAY July 2 LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the old part of the Dinkel Building presents the Oakland based T-Sisters at 8:30 p.m. Info: 963-3340. WILDFEST 2016 • The Wilderness Workshop presents Wildfest 2016 at Owl Farm in Woody Creek. It goes from 5 to 10 p.m. and the action includes live music, kid’s activities, discussions, locally produced cuisine, plus beer and spirits. General admission tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. Gonzo tickets are $150, which grants the holder free drink tickets at the main bar and Gonzo Nation tent, parking on site or via a shuttle from Aspen and other surprises. Info: wildernessworkshop.org/wildfest.

SUNDAY July 3 LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the old part of the Dinkel Building present the Koa Band, which is described as a new six piece band with “high energy and a big sound.” Info: 963-3340.

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JUNIOR RANGER PROGRAM Kids, come participate and sign up for the Junior Ranger Program! Our local Wildlife Biologist will also be giving a special presentation with a Q & A session from 5:15 – 6 p.m.

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Community Calendar other pets will be staged from 10 to 10:15 a.m. in front of KDNK on Second Street in the following order: flag bearers, fire engines and emergency vehicles; ages 14 and up; ages 9-13; ages 6-8; ages 5 and under; adults and animals on leashes. FOURTH OF JULY • The 15th annual Mt. Sopris Music Fest continues on the Sopris Park gazebo from noon to 9 p.m. with: Natural Transfusion, Let Them Roar, Jim Hawkins, Pam and Dan Rosenthal, The Brink, Louie and the Lizards, the Davenports and others. FOURTH OF JULY • Action in Sopris Park includes: Free watermelon, games and booths and more from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; the KDNK beer tent selling Roaring Fork Beer during the Mt. Sopris Music Fest. For more Fourth of July action at Sopris Park, see the ad in this week’s Sopris Sun. FOURTH OF JULY • The John M. Fleet swimming pool in Sopris park cuts its admission fee to $5 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. FOURTH OF JULY • The Glenwood Springs Chamber Resort Association hosts a day’s worth of activities, including a corn hole tournament starting at 5 p.m., at Two Rivers Park. Symphony of the Valley performs at 8 p.m. Fireworks are shot off at 9 p.m. FOURTH OF JULY • The Boogies Buddy Race, a fund-raiser for the Buddies program, returns to the streets of Aspen. Info: Google “Boogies Buddy Race.”

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TUESDAY July 5 LIONS CLUB • 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. ULTIMATE FRISBEE • League and nonleague folks play ultimate Frisbee at Crown Mountain Park in El Jebel at 5:30 p.m. It’s for beginners and experts. Info: aspenultimate/ free on Facebook. MEMORIAL PARTY • A memorial party for longtime Roaring Fork Valley resident Heather Tharp, will be held at the Strang Ranch on Missouri Heights from 4 to 7 p.m. The ranch is located at 393 County Road 102, north of Carbondale. There’ll be food, music, libations and memories. For more information, call Hamilton Tharp at 618-1247.

WEDNESDAY July 6 FARMER’S MARKET • The Carbondale Farmer’s Market at Fourth Street Plaza goes from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Sept. 28. Look for fresh veggies, bread, eggs, coffee, lunch, live music and local art all summer. Info: carbondalefarmersmarket.com.

TUES.-FRI. July 5-8 ART CAMP • CCAH continues its youth summer camp series with The Maker Table Art Camp. This is for kids 8-14 years old. The camp is taught by Rochelle Norwood at the Launchpad. Pre-registration is required. Info: carbondalearts.com.

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SENIOR MATTERS • Martin Finkelstein leads tai chi workouts at the Sopris Park gazebo at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. SENIOR MATTERS • Bring a partner to Senior Matters bridge at the Third Street Center at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. Info: Diane Morgan at 963-0424. SENIOR MATTERS • The Senior Matters Board of Directors meets the third Wednesday of the month from 10 a.m. to noon at the Third Street Center. SENIOR MATTERS • Diane Johnson talks about senior issues and services on KDNK at 4:30 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month. PLANT-BASED WHOLE FOODS/ LIFESTYLE SUPPORT • Dr. Greg Feinsinger speaks on the health advantages of eating plant-based whole foods at the Third Street Center starting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 5. Info: info@davinikent.org. LINX • The Linx Business Network meets Tuesdays at 7:15 a.m. at the Sotheby’s International real estate office (201 Midland Ave.) in Basalt. Linx is a networking organization whose members work together to grow and promote their businesses, according to a press release. All dues not used for administration are given to local non-profits each December. Info: Keith at 970-390-8401 or kedquist@usa.net. LIVE MUSIC • Dan Rosenthal hosts an open mic night at Rivers restaurant in Glenwood Springs every Wednesday from 8 to 10 p.m.

SECOND FRIDAYS • The Art Base in Basalt opens a show by Andrew Roberts-Gray from 5 to 7 p.m., while the Art Base Annex opens local photographer Lynn Goldsmith’s show from 5 to 7 p.m. Other activities and openings also take place around town during Second Fridays.

THURSDAY July 14 GUIDED HIKES • The Wilderness Workshop and Audubon Society lead a free guided hike for some birding at Hay Park west of Carbondale. This is part of the Wilderness Workshop’s “Hikes with a Purpose” series. Naturalist Brandon Jones leads the hikes. Info: 963-3977 and Brandon@wildernessworkshop.org. On July 18 at 6 p.m., Jones leads a full-moon hike at Hay Park.

Save the Date SATURDAY July 9 CAJUN CLAY • The 18th annual Cajun Clay night takes place from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Carbondale Clay Center (east end of Main Street). Andreas Fischbacher of Allegria will be cooking up some gumbo and crawfish; Chimney Choir is on tap for tunes; a gator cake will also put in an appearance. Info: 963-2529 or carbondaleclay.org.

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MOUNTAIN FAIR • The 45th annual Carbondale Mountain Fair takes place at Sopris P a r k . M u s i c , f o o d , b oAdo t mission is free. Info: carbondalearts.com.

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SONS OF AMERICAN LEGION POST 100 21st Annual Golf Tournament to Benefit Valley Youth Special thanks to Glenwood Springs Subaru for the Hole in One Sponsorship, River Valley Ranch course sponsor, Ladies’ Auxiliary for preparing food for the BBQ, and the following donors of raffle prizes and hole sponsorships. Wine Time Black Nugget Heidi’s Deli European Antiques RFTA El Pollo Rico Color Tullero Breakfast In America Orrison Distributing Tim O’Rourke April Spaulding / Colorful Crow Aspen Skiing Company Sopris Liquor and Wine Crystal Fly Shop Vintage Ski World – Richard Allen White House Pizza Village Smithy ACE Hardware City Market Carbondale Shorty’s BBQ Redstone Inn Cowen Center Pop’s Liquor Pour House El Jebowl Croine del Valle Marty and Cathy Silverstein State Farm Insurance / Todd Fugate IRMW of Colorado, Inc.

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Library looking for presenters Garfield County Libraries was recently awarded a $5,000 grant to pay “presenters” for giving educational talks at the Silt Branch Library. Teachers will receive $100 per class session and all supplies (up to $250). Class proposals are due by July 15. For details, call Amy Shipley at the Silt Branch Library – 876-5500.

BLM taking Roan input The federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is taking comment on the final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) and proposed Plan Amendment, according to a BLM press release. Comments can be sent to the BLM at: the BLM, attention protest coordinator, Box 71383, Washington, D.C., 20024-1383. To view the proposed SEIS, go to blm.gov/co/crfo. The deadline to comment is 30 days after the July 1 issuance of the SEIS.

Visitors info center moves back The White River National Forest Visitors Information Center has moved back to its previous home at 806 W. Hallam St, where it will share space with Pitkin County Open Space

State wants to know your biking habits The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, Colorado Department of Transportation, and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment are conducting a survey to learn about the public’s bicycling and walking activity, bicycling and walking-related expenditures, and opinions regarding the accessibility of bicycling and walking in your community. For details, go to coloradoactivitystudy.com.

Emergency calls Here are the Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District’s emergency calls for June 19-25. • Medical emergencies (5), • Trauma emergencies (5), • Citizen assist response (1), • Smoke check responses (5), • Carbon monoxide alarm responses (2), • Smoke alarm response (1), • Standby requests (2).

The CASA of the Ninth Judicial District’s fund-raising Sopris Century Ride for the Child bike tour started out en mass from Sopris Park on June 25, then returned in groups of 1, 2, 3, 4, or more. CASA provides trained volunteers to advocate for children who are victims of neglect or abuse in the Ninth Judicial District. Photo by Emily Henley

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were reported in either circumstance. SUNDAY, June 19: At 9:33 p.m. police stopped a vehicle for not having its headlights on, and on investigation arrested the 23-year-old female driver on suspicion of drunk driving. Later that night, at two minutes before midnight, police stopped another vehicle for failing to obey a traffic control device. After investigating, they arrested the 56year-old female driver on charges of drunk or drugged driving. MONDAY, June 20: At 10:47 a.m. police took a report from the Third Street Center

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and Trails, according to a press release. After September, the Aspen-Sopris District Office in Carbondale will serve as the local Visitor Information Center for the Forest Service.

that the rear window of a tenant’s vehicle had been broken over the weekend. WEDNESDAY, June 22: At 4:49 p.m. Garfield County deputies were alerted to a “suicidal suspect” driving a vehicle around the area of County Road 111. The 58-year-old subject was located and arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. THURSDAY, June 23: At 6:09 p.m. Garfield County deputies conducted a “motorist assist” outside of Carbondale. The 35-year-old male driver was arrested for failing to appear in court on an original charge of drunk driving.

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numerous discrepancies in the police and court documents sent to him under the court’s “discovery” requirements, and has determined that a police “dash-cam” videotape being used as evidence in the case has been tampered with. He also pointed out that, at one point, an Ohio judge ruled that the state had met its “burden of proof” in finding that Voigt was the suspect most responsible for the alleged pot smuggling. But it was not long after that ruling that Voigt was released from jail and the charges dropped. “The reason they released me and dropped the charges,” Voigt said on Wednesday, “is that the feds put pressure on the state.” He believes federal authorities think he is still a dealer and want to put him back in prison. “I think the feds are coming after me, and that’s the truth,” he declared, adding, “Once you get a number on your back, they want to keep you in the system for as long as possible.”

As a result, he said, he has been unable to pay his bills, his water and gas utilities have been cut off, and he is in danger of losing the townhouse he and his wife own. Both Harding and Voigt currently are living back in Carbondale and awaiting developments in the case. Harding, however, has spent considerable time pouring

over the records, both paper and video, and believes he has a chance to get the case thrown out. He already has fired one public defender (he can’t afford a private attorney) for what Harding said was incompetent representation, and is hoping he will do better with the attorney he has now.

Suspicions Voigt’s suspicions were supported by statements from state prosecutor Nick Adkins who, according to a May 7 news story, admitted to a judge that the DEA was behind Voigt’s release, and that the federal agency was investigating Voigt for drug related activities. Harding was scheduled to go on trial in July, but that trial has been postponed because one of the arresting officers could not attend. It is now tentatively set for a date in August. Harding told The Sopris Sun that fighting the charges has cost him nearly $15,000 so far, including payment of surety against a $50,000 bond, paying $900 to get his mother’s car out of the police impound lot, and driving back and forth to Ohio several times for court hearings and procedures. The sporadic but unavoidable travel, he said, has interfered with his ability to find and keep a job as a drywall mechanic.

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C’dale looks to future with “Creative District” certification By John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer With an announcement on June 16 by the Colorado Creative Industries division of state government, Carbondale was named on a list of six newly minted “certified Creative Districts,” joining a roster of earlier certifications that now stands at 21 communities around Colorado. The announcement, along with a wide range of other information, can be seen at the website of Colorado Creative Industries (or CCI, which is at www.coloradocreativeindustries.org). The town’s certification, according to Carbondale Arts Director Amy Kimberly, means Carbondale will be eligible for new state grants aimed at helping Creative Districts get up and running smoothly, as well as other forms of assistance. The CCI and its subordinate programs make up an overall program created by Gov. John Hickenlooper in 2011, and fall under the oversight of the state’s Office of Economic Development, with financial support by The Boettcher Foundation and other entities. “These 2016 certified creative districts are great examples of how the arts create exciting places for people to visit and live,” said Hickenlooper in a release last month. “These districts not only increase quality of life, they also help with economic vitality of the area and attract people from all over Colorado and the country.” As part of its certification, Carbondale is in line for $30,000 in a cash award, along with $10,000 worth of other forms of assistance, Kimberly said. Among the other forms of assistance that come with certification, Kimberly acknowledged, will be different kinds of marketing and promotional materials designed to alert travelers that Carbondale is a place where the arts thrive, and to invite them to come here. This inevitably raises the question for some residents, who may think Carbondale is growing too popular for its own good, of whether this Creative District certification might end up spurring population growth here. “I think the intent is to make sure that people who live here and work here can survive here,” Kimberly said, responding to a question from a reporter. She explained that she was referring to the rather amorphous category of “creatives” who already live here but might be finding it difficult to find housing and afford the rising cost of living. Rattling off a list of such “creatives,” Kimberly mentioned those working in design, media and “innovation” business, which she takes to mean anything from publishing to website design to the design of renewable energy systems for area homes and businesses. Also included, she said, are those who work in the “wellness” and health-care professions; in “cultural heritage” concerns including local food production; information technology; marketing; and other examples of “creative entrepreneurial” concerns. “I’d say about 80 percent of our businesses in town fall into the creative industries,” she said, which is why being a Creative District “is such a good fit for Carbondale.” The goal of making it affordable for people to live here, Kimberly said, is reflected in efforts the state is doing to help “mitigate against the problem of displacement” of local working individuals who might find themselves forced to move by housing costs and a general increase in the cost of living in the Roaring Fork Valley. One such effort, she said, is a program that began last year, known as “Space to Create Colorado,” which the governor, the nonprofit philanthropic organization, The Boettcher Foundation, and the Colorado Department of Local Affairs are working on together. According to the CCI website, “Space to Create Colorado is the first state-driven initiative for affordable housing for artists in the nation. The purpose is to develop affordable housing and work space for artists and arts organizations, and to position Colorado as the nation’s leader in artist-led community transformation in rural communities.” The program is geared toward development of nine proj-

ects in communities around Colorado over the course of eight years, according to the website. “Housing and economic development are vital needs in rural Colorado,” Hickenlooper declared in a press release on the CCI website, “and the Space to Create initiative advances both of these issues by harnessing the power of the public, private and philanthropic sectors, as well as the creative community, to activate historic space and elevate rural economies.” The idea, according to the website, is to come up with mixed-use development projects that offer live/work potential for artists and others in the CCI pantheon of “creatives.” Kimberly said Trinidad was the first community to be chosen for the Space to Create program, and that the program’s managers currently are looking at either Mancos and Ridgeway to be the second.

“These 2016 certified creative districts are great examples of how the arts create exciting places for people to visit and live.” – Gov. John Hickenlooper Carbondale hopes to apply for the 2017 round of Space to Create activity, Kimberly said. She said the Space to Create program is evidence that the state is fully aware of the concept of “pitfalls of popularity” that can befall small, rural towns suddenly caught up in wellpublicized economic development actions that are focused on recreational, artistic and other attractive amenities.

Five-year effort Kimberly noted that she first began exploring the CCI possibilities for Carbondale about five years ago, as Carbondale recovered from its second-round battle over proposed “bigbox” development as part of the Village at Crystal River, on 24 acres of land at the western edge of town. “It really stemmed out of the whole big-box controversy,” she emphasized, when she became convinced that Carbondale needed to concentrate its energies on development as an artistic, recreationally-oriented, energy-efficient community. Striving for Creative District certification, she concluded, would be “a healthy way for us to determine what we do want to be when we grow up.” She then added with a laugh, “If we grow up.” She worked with about 50 like-minded locals, she said, and the group “put in a lot of effort” over the five years it took to win certification (Carbondale was bypassed by CCI in an early application). Naming Craig Wheeless, owner of Rainy Day Design; Brett Meredith, a trails planner with the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority; Laurie Bernhard of Redstone; local musician/artist Olivia Pevec; and town public works employee Laurie Lindberg, Kimberly said the effort toward certification was supported by “a wide range of people” in the arts, government and business.

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In the months preceding the announcement that Carbondale had achieved certification, Kimberly and the organization she heads (formerly known as Carbondale Council for the Arts and Humanities, soon to be retitled as Carbondale Arts) came up with a number of projects intended to fulfill the goals of a Creative District. One of those, the Rio Grande ArtWay, is likely to be the first recipient of money from the $30,000 CCI grant that came with the certification decision. Kimberly emphasized, however, that it will be up to the appointed governance board of the Creative District (they will be appointed by the Carbondale Arts board of directors) to determine how to spend those funds. Part of the ongoing work of the Creative District, Kimberly said, will be to apply for grants through CCI or other sources, aimed at boosting such things as “agritourism” (programs intended to bring tourists to visit some of the area’s local food producers) and recreational programming, attracting tourists to take advantage of the many-faceted recreation activities in this area. “It opens us up to a lot more opportunity,” Kimberly maintained. For example, she continued, the Crystal River Elementary School is considering “rebranding” itself to fit into the CCI framework as a “Creative District School.” She said the concept has yet to be clearly and finally defined, but CRES is the only school in the state considering such a move, and Kimberly said the state is looking for a “pilot project” built around the idea and likely will be interested in helping out. One of Carbondale Creative District’s first projects, Kimberly said, is placing “wayfinding” or directional signs along local trails and roads, to direct visitors to various local public facilities and organizations. Through the use of colorful decals bearing symbols denoting the activities or organizations in question, the signs are made of wood and born by wooden posts. Another project, she said, is the construction of a new Carbondale Creative District website, which she said is to be up and running soon. The site, which currently is up only as a beta version, tells the story of the Creative District process in Carbondale, and offers links to businesses that have signed on and paid the small fee required to participate (Kimberly said there are “scholarships” for small businesses that cannot afford the fee). The first local business to sign up, she said, was the Crystal Theater, run by long time locals Bob and Kathy Ezra, and now there are 30-40 on the list. And the Carbondale Rotary club has signed up to take on development of a new archway at the juncture of the Rio Grande Trail and Highway 133, which will function as a new entryway into the town. “It’s coming together,” she said of the broader effort to bring together the various components of Carbondale under the Creative District umbrella. “This process has really allowed us to set a direction for the community,” she concluded, adding that other towns in the valley, such as the Town of Snowmass Village and the Town of Basalt, also are exploring possible programs along the same lines as the Carbondale Creative District.

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Folks have been noticing these icons at the Main Street roundabout, on the Rio Grande Trail, at the Launchpad and other locations for the past few months. The new icons help visitors understand some of the town’s offerings. Individual businesses and nonprofits are also invited to display the icon that applies to them on their doors and windows. Courtesy graphic

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Art Base presents “Crazy Mix and the Love Child� Sopris Sun Staff Report

The Art Base (formerly the Wyly Art Center) presents “Crazy Mix and the Love Child,â€? featuring Andrew Roberts-Gray from July 8 through Aug. 6. The show opens from 5 to 7 p.m. on July 8, according to a press release. “Crazy Mix and the Love Childâ€? is a new body of work for Roberts-Gray. In it, he explores representation versus abstraction by showcasing component pieces, multifaceted surfaces and a site-speciďŹ c installation piece. Working with a range of materials — aluminum, cardboard, paper, plastic line, steel, mirrored plexiglass, and paint — the exhibition highlights the artist’s restless, creative impulses and resolutions. With titles such as “Jester B.â€? and “Walk This Wayâ€? the show promises an interesting dialog with the viewer. Roberts-Gray received his MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. His work has been exhibited in numerous

group and solo exhibitions across the United States. He is represented by Michael Warren Contemporary in Denver. His work was shown in the “Art of the State, 2016â€? at the Arvada Center in Arvada. The work “Extroducingâ€? took second place in the “Art of the Stateâ€? exhibition and was touted as one of the show’s best works in a Denver Post visual arts review. Roberts-Gray is organizing an exhibition for the Anderson Ranch Art Center’s Patton-Mallott Gallery entitled “Surface as Cypher,â€? featuring the work of ďŹ ve artists, slated for August through September. He lives with his wife, artist Annette Roberts-Gray, in Carbondale. When asked to explain his work, RobertGray said: “It’s seductive work that hovers between painting and sculpture. The environment of a room is in the piece — steel, cardboard, Dibond, mirrored plex. These architectural elements, working against the landscape, become remnants of a landscape. ! Shapes come of the canvas, elements fall

away from the image.� Concurrent with the July 8 opening, Roberts-Gray will discuss his work in an art talk with Executive Director Genna Moe at 5:30 p.m. “We encourage guests to join us for the art talk and then continue their art appreciation with a visit to the Art Base Annex for the opening of ‘The Looking Glass: Artist Proofs by Lynn Goldsmith,’� said Moe. In her show, Goldsmith turns her lens on herself, and assumes an array of elaborate guises and imaginative scenarios. Exhibition runs through August 6, 2016. The Art Base is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Art Base Annex hours are Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 6 p.m. Both exhibitions are free and open to the public. For more information and a full schedule visit theartbase.org, call 927-4123 or e-mail info@thearatbase.org.

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Visit Art Base Annex Dear Editor: If you haven’t visited The Art Base Annex Gallery for an exhibition or art talk, put it on your list! I recently had the honor of exhibiting in this beautiful gallery. The whole experience was one of the most heart-warming, uplifting and rewarding of my career. I would like to thank Genna Moe, Executive Director, and her excellent staff for their invitation and hard work; Andrew Travers of the Aspen Times and Lynn Burton of the Sopris Sun for their articles regarding my exhibition; and all the patrons who attended the opening, the art talk or just dropped by to view the art. And a huge hug of gratitude for the patrons that added my art to their collections. Another exhibit is installed now, giving more artists who live in our valley an exceptional opportunity that we greatly appreciate. Please don’t miss it, or the future exhibitions. Wewer Keohane Carbondale

Carbondale updating its 2005 energy/climate plan Town wants your input By Patrick Hunter and Lucy Kessler Another day in paradise; in beautiful Carbondale. “Vibrancy” is the new buzzword for community boosters. If the current boom here in ’Bonedale is any indication, we have plenty of “good vibrations.” We also have fantastic weather, clean air, the right amount of water, peace, beautiful surroundings and wonderful recreation. Life is good. No wonder so many people want to live here. Of course, Carbondale, and this valley, are typical of mountain recreational communities all over this country. So unlike living in another nice Colorado town such as Fort Collins, it is pretty hard to even think about how this seemingly ideal life style and environment might ever take a turn for the worse. Fort Collins has had traumatic experiences with wildfires, drought and floods. Fort Collins has had their “come to Jesus” experience. Therefore, the city leaders and the community as a whole have created a strong program to deal with the issues that scientists, including those working at their own Colorado State University, are saying will definitely get worse. Our esteemed local Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) helped that city prepare an extensive plan to become more “resilient” in the face of the challenges. The Rocky Mountain Institute is also mentioned because it recently held a show-

ing of a powerful new documentary titled “A Time to Choose.” The showing coincided with the American Renewable Energy Day conference that took place in Snowmass last week. The documentary takes some shocking looks at the many tragic environmental disasters around the world. Living here in “Shangri-La” it can be pretty hard to get worked up about destruction of the rain forests, mountain-top mining, the Alberta tar sands, or sea level rise. Recently, the Phoenix temperature hit 118 degrees; there were 26 dead in West Virginia floods; wildfires are everywhere — all of which are “somebody else’s problems.” Or maybe we do have some shared responsibility. Maybe we do have to think about some of the creeping effects that are already apparent even in our little slice of heaven. Maybe we should be taking advantage of the new clean-energy technology because, guess what, this new energy is getting to be cheaper than coal and gas.

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Climate Action Plan The Town of Carbondale produced its “Energy and Climate Protection Plan” in about 2005. Now, 10 years later, the town leadership thought it was time for an update. CORE (the Community Office for Resource Efficiency) and CLEER (Clean Energy Economy for the Region) are non-profit groups that work in the new energy and efficiency area, and assist the Town in accomplishing its goals. They, and your Carbondale Envi-

ronmental Board, were asked to take on the “Energy and Climate Protection Plan” review. As a first step, we wanted to go to the community as a whole and assess public opinion on energy and climate issues. Carbondale water users (1,800 in total) will be receiving a paper survey in their next water bill. The survey is in English and Spanish. The survey goes right into the envelope with your check. Additionally, a similar survey is already online at the Town of Carbondale website www.carbondalegov.org. Paper copies of the survey will be available around town. Fifteen $25 gift cards to local restaurants and businesses will be awarded in a drawing. However, both versions of the survey can be submitted anonymously. This will be the first-ever survey from the town on the matters of energy and climate change. The original 2005 plan put forth a strong commitment to energy efficiency and climate values. The Town has vigorously pursued these goals and has made tremendous progress in energy efficiency, clean energy and alternative transportation. What the town wants now is feedback from the community on its work to date, as well as guidance going forward. Please feel free to send any additional thoughts or comments you may have to core@aspencore.org. We hope our citizens will take this opportunity to voice their opinion — we want to hear from you! Patrick Hunter is on the Carbondale Environmental Board; Lucy Kessler works for CORE.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held before the Carbondale Planning and Zoning Commission for the purpose of considering a Minor Site Plan Review for an Accessory Dwelling Unit and Accessory Structure.

The property is located at 710 Euclid Ave, Carbondale Lots 1, 2 and West 23.5 feet of Lot 3, Block 24 Town of Carbondale, Old Town Residential District.

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Said Public Hearing will be held at the Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO at 7:00 p.m. on. July 21, 2016.

Copies of the proposed application are on file in the Planning Department office, Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO and may be examined by interested persons during regular working hours, 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The application may also be reviewed on the Town’s website at www.carbondalegov.org.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held before the Carbondale Planning and Zoning Commission for the purpose of considering an amendment to the Commercial/Office Zone District of the Crystal Village PUD. The purpose of the amendment is to allow ground floor residential in the two existing mixed-use buildings within the Zone District as well as to modify other standards for the Commercial/Office Zone District. The applicant is George Lines. There are multiple property owners. The names are on file at the Town of Carbondale Planning Office.

The Commercial/Office Zone District of the Crystal Village PUD is located west of Hendrick Drive, south of W. Main St., and includes the lots/buildings of the area bounded by Village Lane. The Lines Plaza building located west of the RFTA offices is also included in the zone district. The zone text amendment would apply to Lots 3, 14, A and B-H of the amended plats for Crystal Village Filing No. 3

Said Public Hearing will be held at the Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO at 7:00 p.m. on July 21, 2016.

Tianna Davis rides Shotgun in the June 23 Carbondale Wild West Rodeo. She didn’t make her ride in the Open Bulls division, but then again, neither did any of the guys. Davis fared better in Ladies Breakaway, placing fourth in a six-roper field. Devon Vondette won the Ladies Breakaway, and extended her season lead over Aleigh Aurin (who finished second), Bailey Herrera, Davis, Ripley Bellio and Samantha Pearce. In other season-to-date results: Mat Turnbull leads the #8 group in Team Roping (header) while John Vagneur leads as heeler; in #11 Team Roping, Brian Brown leads as header, while Josh Warren leads as heeler; Brian Brown also leads in Dally Ribbon roping in the men’s division, while Shayla Yonker leads in the women’s. Photo by Jane Bachrach

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