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Better get used to it By Lynn Burton Sopris Sun Staff Writer

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oose are used to humans, and seem to come and go as they please these days, so we’d better get used to them. A police officer ran a bull moose out of downtown and into Carbondale Nature Park on Sept. 22. The animal left the park and returned the next day. Residents are accustomed to watching deer, bear, coyotes and the occasional mountain lion cruise, creep, sneak, prance or run through town, but moose sightings have been a rare occurrence. Until now. Since the state reintroduced about 90 moose to the Grand Mesa (60 miles southwest of Carbondale) in 2004 and 2005, those numbers have grown to 400-500, said Colorado Parks and Wildlife District Wildlife Officer John Groves. In years past, isolated moose sightings in the Roaring Fork and Crystal River valleys were often chalked up to those that wandered down from the Grand Mesa. Now, Grand Valley moose are “pioneering out” and becoming full-time residents of the Roaring Fork and Crystal River valleys, plus the Maroon Bells area outside Aspen and in the Sunlight Ski Resort area south of Glenwood Springs (about seven miles west of Carbondale). Groves has been seeing more and more moose in the past six to eight years, and has sighted them as close to Carbondale as two miles up the Crystal River, and up Thompson Creek and Coal Basin west of town. He estimates the Roaring Fork and Crystal Valley populations at about 40-50. “As the population expands, we’ll be seeing more,” he told The Sopris Sun. On Tuesday, a pair of bull moose twice crossed Highway 82 near the Pitkin County Airport, causing the sheriff’s department to close the road for a short time. It’s believed the moose that closed Highway 82 are the same ones that have been making themselves at home in yards at the nearby North 40 sub-division. Other moose have been sighted this summer up the Frying Pan and in the Catherine Store area upvalley from Carbondale. Moose, especially males, move around quite a bit, especially during breeding season, which starts in mid- to late September and can last through October. Groves said the bull moose seen inside the Carbondale town limits on Sept. 22 and Sept. 23 was probably in rut. Moose are large, and can reach six-feet at the shoulder and weigh 1,200 pounds, have no natural local predators, are adaptable, and aren’t afraid of anything. “Give them plenty of space (when encountered),” Groves advised Moose don’t like dogs. If they chase an off-leash dog, it’s likely the pooch will return to its owner, who then stands a chance of getting run over and trampled when the moose arrives. Moose might let hikers closely approach it, but then charge with no warning. Wildlife officials have relocated two moose in the past two years when they posed a problem in populated areas: one near Thunder River Market and one in El Jebel. As for opening a hunting season to control the local moose population, Groves said Colorado Parks and Wildlife might issue one bull license in 2016. “It will be a minimal harvest.”

When was the last time you saw a wild wolf inside the Carbondale town limits? Never, which is one reason moose are making their way into town in increasing numbers. Without any natural predators, the local moose population is growing. This one was spotted in Carbondale Nature Park (aka the Delaney dog park) on Sept. 23. Wildlife officials advise folks not to approach moose. Give moose plenty of room and keep dogs away as well. Photo by Greg Watts

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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, e-mail editor Lynn Burton at news@soprissun.com, or call 510-3003.

“Ta Tas for ompson Divide” in downtown Carbondale Empty land is crucial to our survival and strength. We’re lucky, from Carbondale we can be there in 20 minutes. A large part of what makes this town so much fun is the fact that the air and water are clean, which means both wildlife and humans prosper. Humans are only one of the mouths to feed in Nature, but we often act like the spoiled only child. In part, I think, because we erase our natural blueprint sometime in early childhood, whereas the wild turkeys, deer and field mice retain Backstory on the backcountry: theirs. But it’s also a daily choice. If we saw raw land as it really is — a fully sustainable life cycle — instead of Under the Bush administration, gas leases were seeing it as a resource to be used up, maybe we would issued in the area known as the Thompson Divide. stand a chance of preserving it for future generations. These leases are illegal because due process was not “They made us many promises, more than I can refollowed; there was never an environmental impact member, but they never kept but one: they promised to study, nor a public comment period. In 2013 the By Jeannie Perry take our land and they took it. It was not hard to see leases were set to expire but the gas companies pethat the white people coveted every inch of land on titioned the BLM to renew them despite huge public protest (they had to open the accordion doors in Carbondale’s which we lived. Greed … It has ever been land for which the white town hall to accommodate all of the people). Now, SG Interests and man oppresses the Indian and to gain possession of which he commits Ursa Operating Company are ready to drill, but because of all the any crime. Treaties that have been made are vain attempts to save a Thompson Divide Coalition’s hard work to protect the land (both lo- little of the fatherland, treaties holy to us by the smoke of the pipe — cally and in Washington, D.C.) the companies are trying a new tac- but nothing is holy to the white man. Little by little, with greed and cruelty unsurpassed by the animal, he has taken all. The loaf is gone tic: they’re proposing a legislative lease exchange. Federal-land exchanges are the latest fashion in wolf-in-sheep’s-cloth- and now the white man wants the crumbs.” – Luther Standing Bear The trend in this country to see everything translated into dollars ing. About 98 percent of America’s public land is in the western half of our country, and to some it looks like one of those juicy ham bones from is a dangerous one. We’re now at the point where Americans believe a Bugs Bunny cartoon. But in actuality, that land belongs to every single if someone has a lot of money they are successful, and how they acAmerican and only still exists because guys like Teddy Roosevelt had quired the money or what they do with it doesn’t matter as much. If the foresight to protect it from land barons back in the day. We need we sell off all our land, for the instant gratification of cheap energy, those wide-open spaces, and not just for ATVing. When we squeeze out we’ll be left with nothing to show for it but the color of money. Show your true colors tomorrow (and your Ta Tas!) and walk, the wildlife, and pack in industry, it has an effect on the whole planet. Just like the carnage witnessed in middle school when there were too many pedal or skate downtown to join in the fun. Do it for the woodland rats in the cage, we are jeopardizing our very sanity for a lousy buck. creatures; do it for your kids; do it for Luther. I’ll see ya there. First Friday is Oct. 2 and while Carbondale may not have invented the concept of socializing in the street once a month, we sure are good at it. “It’s fun to have fun, but you have to know how.” – Dr. Seuss. This First Friday we’re also spotlighting a local issue that has not been resolved. “Ta Tas for Thompson Divide” is an act of public decency to bring awareness to the current situation.

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Mystifying Dear Editor: “Cat advocate” Cindy Sadlowski asserts that “human activities” are primarily to blame for bird deaths. This may be true. Unfortunately for her side of the cat control argument, domestic cat ownership, and allowing those cats to roam (and kill birds), are human activities. She also claims that feral cats trapped by her organization “… spend their waking time chasing and catching rodents, not birds,” as if: 1) She follows them around and 2) that these or any cats don’t enjoy killing birds whenever they get the chance. I find it mystifying that cat lovers are perfectly content to allow cats to roam free, doing whatever damage to wild creatures they want, while if other animals, for example dogs, were running loose killing things (including cats) there would be a huge uproar. Mike Campo Paonia

Bond is a bargain

state of our building as an equity problem. The original GSES building was built in 1921 and the Bolitho building was added in 1968. Our roof leaks. Our heaters are better kept off because they squeak so loudly. Windows are drafty. Doors don’t open and shut efficiently. Kids learn in basement rooms with no windows. All the other fixes included in the bond, such as affordable housing, middle school upgrades and other renovations across the district are a bonus. The new GSES building alone, to educate 500 kids and built to match our expeditionary learning priorities is worth the investment. Plus, the state will chip in $9 million of the total $29 million needed to reconstruct GSES if the bond passes, and the district loses that money if we don’t pass the bond. Carbondaliens would do well to remember that Glenwood taxpayers have subsidized a beautiful new elementary school and high school in Carbondale through recent bond issues. If the 2015 bond passes, then Carbondale, Basalt and Glenwood will have received an equal amount of funds per student (adjusting for inflation) from the 1993, 2004 and 2015 bonds. If the 2015 bond passes, GSES will finally get reconstructed, Carbondale Community School will receive a learning lab, Carbondale Middle School will receive a major renovation to improve collaborative spaces and efficiency measures, and Roaring Fork High School and

Dear Editor: I’m a resident of Carbondale, where the talk around town about the school district bond seems to be, “What’s in it for us?” The answer is plenty, but first let me tell you that down in Glenwood, the bond is an obvious yes. Reconstructing Glenwood Springs Elementary School alone is worth $22 per month for me. I teach there, and I see the 2 • THE SOPRIS SUN • www.SoprisSun.com • OCTOBER 1-7, 2015

Crystal River Elementary School will get safety and security upgrades. Not to mention, the outdoor bus area in front of Third Street Center will move to a facility in El Jebel, where finally our maintenance crew can work indoors in the winter in proper bus bays. So, Carbondale, it’s time to get on board, to repay our debt to Glenwood and to get a variety of valuable projects at the same time. For $22 per month on an average home, this bond is a bargain! Vote yes on 3B. Amelia Potvin Carbondale

Attention Buffs Dear Editor: All CU-Boulder alumni are invited to the fall kick-off event for the Aspen/Roaring Fork Valley Buffs! Join your fellow grads at the Limelight from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 7 to reminisce, network and share your input on future events. We’ll provide pizza and a drink ticket, with additional food and drink specials available, plus CU gear giveaways. To RSVP or to be added to our mailing list, e-mail us at: aspen@alumni.colorado.edu. We hope everyone can attend as we reignite our local alumni chapter. Go Buffs! Mike Jahn May Selby Rebecca Cole Jessica Garrow

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Hazardous waste day expands; go learn something By John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer The volunteer members of Carbondale’s Environmental Board (E-board), along with the town’s public works department, are working on ways to use proceeds from the town’s ban on plastic shopping bags in a way that benefits the town’s residents, according to E-Board member Julia Farwell. The latest use of the bag-ban money is this weekend’s Household Hazardous Waste Diversion and Eco-Learning Day, a combination of activities that take place on Oct. 3, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. along Colorado Avenue across from Town Hall. At that location, town residents are invited to turn in everything from old cans of paint and other liquid chemicals, to electronic gear such as old computers and cell phones that have accumulated over time, either free or at a low cost (see breakout box for details). The funds come from the sale of paper grocery bags to customers at the City Market grocery store in Carbondale, as outlined in a 2012 ordinance prohibiting the free distribution of plastic grocery bags that historically had been the main way that customers carried their goods out of the store after purchase. The ordinance was passed as a way of keeping the ubiquitous plastic bags out of the local landfills and encouraging consumers to bring reusable cloth or other recyclable bags to the store for transporting their groceries home. The store is required to charge a bag-fee of 25-cents per paper bag, per customer, at

the cash register. The store is then permitted to keep 25 percent of the bag fee, or a nickel per bag sale, up to a maximum amount of $100 per month, to cover the store’s costs in administering the program, with the balance to be turned over to the town, according to the ordinance. As of Sept. 29, according to Town Finance Director Renae Gustine, the bag-ban fund contained $28,970. The fund has seen annual collections of $7,766 in 2012; $14,515 in 2013; $16,663 in 2014; and $8,539 so far in 2015, Gustine reported. Although the bag-ban currently is limited to City Market, there has been discussion of extending it to other businesses in Carbondale, although the town has yet to take that step. Farwell, a student in Colorado Mountain College’s Sustainability program and a relatively new member of the E-Board, was a key organizing figure in the Spring Waste Disposal Day held last spring, and has been instrumental in organizing this weekend’s event. “The town was incredibly supportive,” Farwell told The Sopris Sun this week regarding last spring’s effort, “and I got nothing but good responses” from participants. She noted that, once this weekend’s activities are concluded, the town will have spent approximately $17,300 out of the fund this year on hazardous-waste disposal efforts, saving residents considerable sums of money by subsidizing the disposal of the discarded items. “The money comes back to people,” Farwell declared, urging local residents to “‘Fall into

earth-friendly habits this autumn season by visiting the eco-learning booths during Household Hazardous Waste and Eco-Learning Day.” The HHW/Eco-Learning Day, according to promotional material generated by Farwell and the E-Board, will feature booths set up in the vicinity of the waste-disposal trucks and bins at Fourth and Colorado, where consumers can: • pick up reusable shopping bags (while supplies last) as well as the latest Roaring Fork Guide to Recycling booklet, produced by the E-Board; • bring a container to be filled up with compost material — which can be spread on garden beds to help winterize the soil and prepare it for next spring’s planting — as well as learn about curbside compost collections in general from the experts with Pitkin County Landfill’s SCRAPS program and the EverGreen Events company; • recycle light bulbs and get a free LED bulb in exchange (again, while supplies last); • get a $5 discount coupon from Ace Hardware (8 a.m. to noon), toward the purchase of a leaf-mulching lawnmower blade (with the purchase of a bag of organic fertilizer); • and learn about energy audits and home improvements designed to reduce energy use and lower energy bills, courtesy of the Community Office of Resource Efficiency (CORE), among other activities. Farwell urged residents to show up as early as they can to take advantage of the giveaways, which she predicted will be gone relatively early in the day.

She cautioned residents that used tires will not be accepted at this weekend’s event, as they have in past HHW days. Town residents will be able to dispose of their materials for free, but only up to a point, according to the promotional materials distributed by the E-Board. Only 20,000 pounds of e-waste will be accepted for free, for example. After that maximum is reached, further items will bring a charge of 25 cents per pound. For non-residents, there will be a 25-centper-pound charge for all e-waste. In addition, non-residents cannot dispose of chemical wastes, batteries or light bulbs.

How it works

Carbondale residents can drop off the following items for free on Oct. 3, from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m., at facilities at the corner of Fourth Street and Colorado Avenue, across from Town Hall.

Household wastes:

Includes liquids such as paints, cleaning supplies, anti-freeze, oil, solvents, aerosols and pesticides, as well as any batteries and light bulbs. This is for town residents only — hazardous wastes from non-residents will not be accepted.

E-waste:

Includes up to three televisions, CRT monitors and copiers, plus unlimited smaller items and cables, free for town residents and 25cents per pound for non-residents.

C’dale cat committee moves closer to a compromise ird meeting slated John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer A committee working on Carbondale’s controversial cat-crackdown ordinance came a little closer to finding common ground between two entrenched factions at a meeting on Sept. 24, but not before a few fireworks were lobbed into the tense atmosphere of a town hall meeting room. “I will stop,” declared local real-estate agent Cindy Sadlowski, whose Street Cat Coalition has been working to trap, spay and release feral cats (cats that are wild and live on their own) for the past 15 years, thereby preventing feral cats from reproducing and cutting down on their numbers as the adult cats age and die off. Sadlowski feels an effort to pass a law restricting the movement and independence of cats is unwarranted and intrusive. She maintains that the real causes of bird population declines are habitat loss, disturbance by development and other human activities, and pollution. If the town persists in passing what she feels are unneeded laws, she once told The Sopris Sun, “It’s like a slap in the face” to her, her organization and the organization’s many volunteer helpers and supporters. “So, you’ll take your ball and go home,” said Trustee Frosty Merriott, who with Trustee Allyn Harvey was at the meeting as a liaison from the Board of Trustees (BOT). “I’ll take my ball and go home,” confirmed Sadlowski, who has been unhappy about the proposed new ordinance since it

was brought up by another long time local, Mary Harris, president of the Roaring Fork chapter of the National Audubon Society. “They’re trying to solve a problem that doesn’t exist,” Sadlowski has said, arguing that there are not very many domestic cats that run loose around town and kill birds, and that the feral cats that remain in town are fed by volunteers and get too lazy to chase birds. “Most cats, once they’re spayed and neutered … they get fat and they stop hunting,” she said at the committee meeting. Harris initially raised the issue in July, when she informed the BOT that studies have shown cats are killing birds at an alarming rate all over the U.S., to the tune of perhaps billions of birds a year. One study she cited, the “State of the Birds 2014,” has only minimal references to cat predation as a cause of the decline of bird populations around the U.S. “Habitat loss is by far the greatest cause of bird population declines,” states the report, but it adds, “Humans also kill billions of birds in the U.S. annually through more direct actions, such as allowing outdoor cats to prey upon birds.” Harris has cited other reports, some of which Sadlowski has derisively termed “junk science.” Sadlowski has cited one report that was debunked by a statistician working on behalf of a national organization, Alley Cat Alliance, which opposes the kind of ordinance that Harris has championed. While Harris argued at one point that cats stand accused of killing more than four billion birds every year, a chart contained in the

State of the Birds report maintains that cats kill 2.4 billion birds per year in this country. The chart also offers data from Canada, where cats reportedly kill a much smaller number, estimated at 195 million birds a year. The Carbondale committee, which so far has had two meetings since it was created by the BOT in early September, started by debating the merits of a draft ordinance that would require cat owners to license their cats, have identifying computer chips em-

bedded under a cat’s skin, and to keep cats restricted to the home property or put them on a leash when they leave the property. At the latest meeting, the members of the committee seemed to be moving away from the draft ordinance, and toward rewriting, updating and strengthening provisions in the town’s existing “nuisance cat” ordinance (chapter 8.12 in the municipal code). “We started out,” noted Trustee Frosty CATS page 13 The Carbondale Fire District brought out its aerial ladder truck to contain a structure fire at Distinguished Boards & Beams on Merrill Avenue on Sept. 29. The fire was contained to the company’s dust collection system and Dumpsters, and extinguished about an hour after firefighters arrived. There were no injuries. Photo courtesy the Carbondale Fire District

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Town getting shiy with students Sopris Sun Staff Report Carbondale officials will be beefing up the town’s after-school offerings in collaboration with the ACCESS after-school program, called “Second Shift,” which provides activities for middle-school students in the Roaring Fork Re-1 and Garfield Re-2 school districts, according to Town Manager Jay Harrington’s weekly memo to the board of trustees and town employees. The goal of the programming, Harrington wrote, is “to bring youth together in safe and engaging after-school activities led by positive adult community leaders in small student-teacher ratios (max 10 students to one adult).” The activities of the fall session will include a “gym-grab-bag” of classes, highlighting a different sport or gym activity in each class, such as indoor soccer, basketball, volleyball, floor hockey, dodgeball, scooter hockey and others. A climbing class will be offered for the winter session. To sign up for the ACCESS programs, contact Carbondale Middle School. Harrington told The Sopris Sun that the town will be billing ACCESS $28 per hour, per instructor for the programming, and that the town expects the program to “break even” in terms of budgetary impact on the town. Also in the recreational arena, the town will start interviewing next week to fill the recreational coordinator position, which is a full-time job that includes duties as the “aquatics coordinator” in the summer and “fitness, health & wellness coordinator” for the town’s year-round fitness programming. Harrington reported that the job comes with a salary range of $40,000 to $58,000. The position came open when an employee left to take a job with the Crown Mountain Park & Recreation District. At the Carbondale Recreation and Community Center, rentals

for outside groups included the climbing wall (by Colorado Rocky Mountain School) the Ascendigo adult program, and a separate weekend wall rental by the Ascendigo youth program. The town-owned Gateway RV Park Campground, for the week of Sept. 19-25, had 99 booked sites out of a total of 133 available, for an occupancy rate of 74.5 percent, Harrington reported. Early registrations for the week of Sept. 26-Oct. 3 showed 29 sites booked, with 58 people enumerated in the bookings. The town arborist, David Coon, reportedly was out and about over the past week cutting down elm trees and saplings in the alley between Euclid and Sopris as well as along Weant and 7th Street, and trimming low-hanging elm limbs over the parking area on Euclid Avenue. Harrington also reported that Coon regularly maintains the flower pots in public rights of way, among his other duties. Harrington also reported that the town’s parks crew was busy all last week, getting Sopris Park ready for Saturday’s Potato Day celebration in a number of ways. The crew also “spruced up” North Face Bike Park for the weekend’s National Dog Agility competition, and mowed the adjacent lot owned by the Roaring Fork School District in anticipation of the arrival of recreational vehicles for the dog-agility event. In addition, town workers laid down 24 tons of asphalt on the parking lot next to the Century Link building on Main Street, as “the potholes were getting to be too much,” Harrington wrote. In general, Harrington reported, the town’s staff is continuing the preliminary work on the 2016 municipal budget, and a meeting was held with the town’s contract engineering firm, SGM, “to clarify and discuss the 2nd Street improvement work” that the town has been considering in light of a development proposal for property on the north side of the Rio Grande Trail right of way at 2nd Street.

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Cop Shop From Sept. 17-24, Carbondale officers handled 276 calls for service. During this period, officers investigated the following cases of note:

FRIDAY, Sept. 18: At 12:39 a.m. police were dispatched to the area of Ash Lane concerning a report of three or four people entering cars in the area. The reporting party yelled at the group and they ran off toward Highway 133, and could not be located by police. FRIDAY, Sept. 18: At 11:09 p.m. police contacted a man for allegedly urinating in a parking lot at the Gateway Plaza. The officers arrested the man on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. SATURDAY, Sept. 19: At 9:16 p.m. police arrested a 24-year-old man on charges of credit card fraud and forgery, as well as possession of drug paraphernalia. He was taken to the Garfield County Jail. SATURDAY, Sept. 19: At 10:33 p.m. police were dispatched to a bar for a reported REDDI (Report Every Drunk Driver Immediately) call concerning a patron at the bar. Police found the vehicle in question and arrested the driver on charges of drunk driving. SUNDAY, Sept. 20: At 6:01 p.m. police observed a disturbance outside a downtown bar and investigated. Officers subsequently arrested a 25-year-old man on charges of drunk driving, and on an unexplained “nationwide warrant out of Texas” for his arrest.

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Are Red Hill users loving it to death? Hikers, bikers not stepping up By John Colson Sopris Sun Staff Writer The volunteer managers of the Red Hill Special Recreation Management Area (SMRA), otherwise known as the Red Hill trails system north of Carbondale, would like to remind users of the area that the trails do not police themselves for trash, little bags of dog do-do, and other refuse that crops up on the trails. In fact, according to a posting on the Facebook page Friends of Red Hill, it was reported “We are currently paying $120 per month for bi-weekly removal (of plastic doggypoop bags), plus costs of the bags, all of which adds up to $2,000 per year.” The Red Hill Council, which manages the trail system, welcomes the growing numbers of users, but would like to see more of them involved in the upkeep of the trails, a council official said this week. “To my way of thinking, every hour you use the system, you ought to give something back,” said Davis Farrar, a local planning consultant who is the director of the council. And the best way of giving back, Farrar said, is by showing up to help with trail maintenance, trail reconstruction, or simple trash pickup, at one of the various trail-work events that the council puts together every year. He said that several entities, including Backbone Media, Colorado Rocky Mountain School and the Carbondale Community School, have sent employees or students to help with the trail work in recent years, but more is needed. “I’d love to the bike shops get involved,” Farrar said hopefully. “They’re direct beneficiaries” of the increasing use of the trails system. Farrar and Chris Brandt, another of the seven members of the council, met with the Carbondale Board of Trustees on Sept. 24 to bring the trustees up to date on the condition

of the trails, and to discuss the status of plans to build an underpass beneath Highway 82 that would more safely and directly link the trail system to the town. The area is owned by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which in the 1990s designated the area as an SRMA and agreed it could be managed by the Red Hill Council, formed in 1996, according to a time line created by the council.

And every year since, according to the council, increasing use by hikers and bikers has led to ever-greater challenges that range from keeping the trails in good shape to cleaning up the messes left behind by the users. Starting at a parking area just off Highway 82/133, a growing number of hikers and bikers head up County Road 107 about a half-mile to the trail head of the Red Hill network. At the meeting on Sept. 24, Farrar reminded the trustees RED HILL page 13

Workers from Beegles Aircraft Services of Greeley load up a single-engine Cessna on Sept. 29. The airplane crashed between Glenwood Springs and Carbondale soon after take off from the Glenwood Springs airport on Sept. 27. The two occupants were taken to Valley View Hospital. There were no fatalities. Photo by Julie Albrecht

I love my job, and I love the people here. This is the place I want to be. But it’s not realistic to think that I can afford to live here. — Ada Friedman, CRES teacher

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Try TNHA’s Oaxaca platter That’s what freelance writer Joshua Berman implies in his Sept. 25 Denver Post article headlined “Vegan eats, chanting and vodka? A weekend in Carbondale.” The selfdescribed “beer-and-burger” guy calls the Oaxaca combo platter – which features sweet chili relleno, beet chorizo and poblano mole coconut ceviche with ancho cream and Olathe corn crisp – “surprisingy delicious.” Berman writes about attending True Nature Healing Art’s recent VIP five-course culinary experience and Sacred Fest, and spending the night at the Marble Distilling Company’s on-site inn. To read the entire article, go to denverpost.com and type in Berman.

Library association honors Lamont The Sopris Sun has learned the Colorado Association of Libraries is honoring Garfield Library District board member Bill Lamont as its Outside Library Trustee of the year for 2015. The nominators included Garfield County Library District board members, employees and Dennis Humphries (of Humphries Poli Architects PC). Lamont and other CAL award winners will be recognized at the association’s annual conference at the Embassy Suites in Loveland at noon on Oct. 23.

BMS awarded a “ScholarTrip” Northrop Grumman has awarded Basalt Middle School a “ScholarTrip” to send 50 students to the Space Foundation Discovery Center in Colorado Springs. The

ScholarTrip from the aerospace giant was given to only 20 rural schools in Colorado, according to a press release.

Letter to the editor Here’s a letter to the editor that arrived after this week’s page 2 was laid out. It’s addressed to the Carbondale Fire District, Basalt Fire District and Carbondale Police Department. Dear Editor: Everyone at Distinguished Boards + Beams would like to extend their gratitude to each of you for keeping our neighborhood, our staff and our facility safe on Tuesday, Sept. 29 when we experienced a well-contained yet unfortunate emergency event at our facility in downtown Carbondale. Thanks to the immediate and flawless functioning of our fire safety mechanisms (the genius work of Tom Bleskan), along with the quick and skilled efforts of the many first responders, the situation was brought under control with surprising efficiency and no damage to the facility. We would like to extend special thank yous to those volunteer responders who took time out of their busy days to ensure the safety of our community, and to Rob Goodwin for his diligent investigation support. We are grateful for the dedicated work and support we have received thus far. With Sincere Gratitude, Team Distinguished Boards + Beams 698 Merrill Ave Carbondale

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Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers’ Zoe Manickam (left) and Roaring Fork High School junior Sam Bovee (right) remove a log during a trail project at Riverfront Park in River Valley Ranch on Tuesday. The project was part of a multi-day collaboration between RFOV’s Sustainable Outdoor Leadership program, the Buddy Program and Roaring Fork High School. Several other outings are planned this year. Manickam said that hopefully, students will be able to get out there next spring. Photo by Lynn Burton

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Jim Breasted shot a great photo from his roof of Sunday night’s rare super-moon eclipse. Unfortunately, newsprint sucks up printer’s ink like a leach, so it’s subtle details and colors would not have reproduced well in The Sopris Sun. However, we have posted the picture on The Sopris Sun website so check it out at soprissun.com.

Folks celebrating their birthday this week include: Mark Grice and Mike Waski (Oct. 1); Bill Rice, Josh Behrman and Meddi Shaw (Oct. 2); Kevin Steuben, Cole Fenton and Daniella Stanley Kline and (Oct. 3); and Tami Stroud (Oct. 5).

Dance festival returns, kicks o with “Local Colorâ€? Sopris Sun Staff Report Dance Initiative celebrates dance arts during its 4th annual Spectrum Dance Festival, featuring performances of original choreography by some of Colorado’s most exciting dance companies as well as local dance artists and a series of workshops. “This is all for the purpose of entertaining, educating and developing awareness and appreciation for the art of dance,â€? said organizer Peter Gilbert. The Spectrum Dance Festival takes place Oct. 16-18 at the Launchpad and Thunder River Theatre. Festival passes, individual tickets/ registration and information are available at www.danceinitiative.org. Spectrum Dance Festival kicks off with “Local Color,â€? a performance featuring original work created by and performed by local dancers on Oct. 16 at 7:30 p.m. at Thunder River Theatre. Since 2009, Dance Initiative has been dedicated to supporting local dancers in their profession and artistic development. Out of this effort, a local dance collective, CoMotion: a conscious movement project, was created to better organize serious dancers, foster collaboration and encourage creation of original choreography. Two members of CoMotion, Chloe Burton and Meagan Shapiro, are presenting original work during “Local Color.â€? CoMotion will also perform “Damages: The Implicit Hazards of Parallel Play,â€? a work set on the company by Dance Initiative’s artist-in- residence, Patrick Mueller, this past spring. On Oct. 17, the festival welcomes some of

Wild Heart is one of three Colorado contemporary dance companies who will be performing at Thunder River Theatre at 5:30 and 8 p.m. on Oct. 17. Photo by Garret Mynat Colorado’s ďŹ nest contemporary dance artists to Thunder River Theatre to perform at 5:30 and 8 p.m. Three companies — Wild Heart, Control Group Productions and the Grass Roots Project — will take the stage to share creative endeavors that take place on the Front Range dance scene. Each of the three companies provides a different perspective on the art of dance. Wild Heart uses dance and physical transformation as the sole vehicle for performance. Patrick Mueller of Control Group Productions utilizes his experience as a professional dancer in New York City and in Europe. He

will be presenting Control Group Production’s newest work, titled “dances made to be viewed in the dark.� The third guest is Rennie Harris, founder and artistic director of the Boulder-based Grass Roots Project. Harris is best known for founding Rennie Harris Puremovement in 1992, a hip-hop dance theater company dedicated to preserving and disseminating hip-hop culture. Since then he has received several accolades, including the Herb Alpert award, the Governor’s Arts award, a United States Artist Fellowship, and an honorary doctorate from Bates College. He most

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Dressed to the K9’s fashion extravaganza turns heads CARE staff member Jessica Jones (far left) handles former CARE dog Jake at the 15th annual Dressed to the K9’s fashion extravaganza at the Orchard on Sept. 26. Colorado Animal Rescue (CARE) models mingled with guests inside and outside before they hit the runway to show off adoptable dogs, other dogs, and fashions later in the evening. Besides the fashion show, the evening included dinner and entertainment from the 10-piece Neil Diamond tribute band Forever in Blue Jeans. The Orchard was packed, and observers said it was the biggest turn-out ever. The event raised more than $100,000.

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

THURSDAY Oct. 1

FRI.-SUN. Oct. 2-4

SCHOOL BOND MEETINGS • There will be a public meeting to explain and discuss the proposed $122 million Roaring Fork School District bond issue at the Glenwood Springs library at 5 p.m. Other meetings include: Oct. 21, Glenwood Springs Middle School at 6:30 p.m.; Oct. 22, Carbondale Middle School at 6:30 p.m., and Oct. 26, Basalt Middle School at 6 p.m. School district administrators and board members will attend. Each meeting is scheduled for 90 minutes.

SHEEPDOGS • The Strang Ranch on Missouri Heights hosts an open sheepdog trial from about 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free but please leave your dogs at home.

GRIEF RECOVERY • Pathfinders starts an eight-weeek Grief Recovery Program for moving beyond death, divorce and other losses. The program takes place at the Third Street Center (Suite 31) on Thursdays from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The cost is $165 for all eight sessions; a sliding scale and scholarships are available. Info: Jennifer Bouchet at 970-456-7026 or bouchetcounseling@gmail.com. ROTARY • The Mt. Sopris Rotary meets at Mi Casita at noon every Thursday.

FRI.-SUN. Oct. 2-4 THEATRE • Thunder River Theatre Company in downtown Carbondale continues its production of “The Mineola Twins” on Oct. 2-4 and Oct. 8-10. The New York Times calls the play “ … a most ingenious comic satire” while Variety says it’s “ … a bright cartoon of a play … divinely funny.” Curtain time is 7:30 p.m. Tickets range from $14 to $25. For more information, visit thunderrivertheatre.com or call 963-8200.

tion rely on volunteers or are you interested in supporting volunteerism in the Roaring Fork Valley? If so, Challenge Aspen and the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce invite you to attend their First Friday event from 5 to 7 p.m. at the corner of Fourth and Main. Non-profits throughout the Roaring Fork Valley will be on hand to share information, answer questions and sign up volunteers. For more information or to participate, please contact Andrea Stewart at the Carbondale Chamber, andrea@carbondale.com.

FRIDAY Oct. 2 FIRST FRIDAY • The downtown, Third Street Center and various business around town will be hosting First Friday events. Art galleries, stores and other venues will be open late. Activities include tastings at Mary’s Main Street Spirits.

The entry fee is $35. Info: runninguru.com and literacyoutreach.org.

SUNDAY Oct. 4 ASC • A Spiritual Center in the Third Street Center holds an open discussion at 10 a.m. (social time is at 9:45 a.m.). Info: 963-5516. Upcoming programs are: Oct. 11, Lisa Chiles (“The Illusion of Thought); Oct. 18, pastor Andy Stanley (“Loopholes and Principles” CD); Oct. 25, Mary Reily (spiritual astrology).

L.I.T CRAWL • The Carbondale Branch Library presents its second annual L.I.T. Crawl starting at 4 p.m. Performers, poets, writers and musicians will do their thing at CPAC sculpture installations around town and at other locations. Info: 963-2889.

MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents “Grandma” (R) at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 2-8 and “Meru” (R) at 5:30 Oct. 3- 4. CCAH • The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities opens the show “CrossCurrents” from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Launchpad. The show features Lynette O’Kane, Meris Barreto and Wendy Prellwitz, and continues through Nov. 7. The Launchpad is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays. Info: carbondalearts.com.

MONDAY Oct. 5 NEURO MOVEMENT TALK • Jessi Hastings, RN, presents free talks about neuro movement on Mondays from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Third Street Center (room 31). Neuro movement is based on feldenkrais. Info: 970-946-8968.

SATURDAY Oct. 3 HAZ WASTE DAY • The town of Carbondale’s annual Household Hazardous Waste and Eco-Learning Day takes place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. across from town hall. For details, see the ad in this week’s paper.

TUESDAY Oct. 7 RAILROADING • The Glenwood Springs Railroad Museum presents a free program on the Little Bookcliff Railroad at 7 p.m. The museum is located in the Amtrak station on Seventh Street.

CAFÉ FILM • The Beat on Main Street presents a film at 8 p.m.

MANZANARES FUND-RAISER • The Women’s Auxiliary of American Legion Post 100 (97 N. Third St.) holds a fund-raiser for the Tod and Annette Manzanares family. Their 11-year-old daughter, Kristina Maria, died of complications from pneumonia on Sept. 11. There’ll be a silent auction and Italian dinner ($10 per plate). The event goes from 6 to 8 p.m.

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LIVE MUSIC • Bankok Happy Bowl in El Jebel presents the Roaring Dub Stars band (roots rock/reggae) from 9 p.m. to midnight. It’s free. BHB is located next to RJ Paddywacks in the City Market plaza.

ROTARY • The Rotary Club of Carbondale presents Heritage Park Care Center’s Robert Baker at the fire station on Meadowood Drive at 6:45 a.m. Info: rotarycarbondale.org.

LITERACY SHUFFLE • The Shuffle Race for Literacy is held in Glenwood Canyon. This is a half-marathon and 5K event, with proceeds going to Literacy Outreach.

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FILM • The local premier of “Before the Last Drop” is presented at the Third Street Center at 6:45 p.m. The film, co-directed by Hamilton Pevec, explores the idea that water is the key to America’s natural gas resources but there is not enough water left in the West to accommodate the growing energy industry. The film features the late Randy Udall, Judy Jordan, Rick Roles, Tresi Haupt, Craig Childs, John Waterman, Pete McBride and others. Pevec will conduct a Q&A after the screening, which runs 86 minutes. The suggested donation is $10 to $20; proceeds go to earthquake victims in Nepal. Tickets will be sold only at the door, which open at 6 p.m.

THURSDAY Oct. 15 AUTHOR SPEAKS • Bestselling author Sam Kean discusses his book “The Disappearing Spoon” at the Carbondale Branch Library at 7 p.m. The book is this year’s One Book One Town selection and is available for checkout at the library. Following Kean’s presentation, there’ll be a book signing with refreshments. Info: 963-2889.

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LIVE MUSIC • “John Denver, the Tribute” with Chris Collins and Boulder Canyon play Paepcke Auditorium at the Aspen Institute at 8 p.m. Tickets are $50 and $60. Info: aspenshowticks.com and 920-5770.

THURS.-MON. Oct. 15-19 DANCE CAMP • Roaring Fork Social Dancers and instructor Ari Levitt present and adult dance camp in Glenwood Springs and Carbon-

dale. Learn swing, blues, waltz, fusion and other dances. For details, go to meetup.com (RFVdance) or e-mail jaeg1@comcast.net.

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ris and his Grass Roots Project, King Charles and more, plus local dancers including Co-Motion. Workshops are $15 each or three for $40; festival passes are available. Info: danceinitiative.org.

FRIDAY Oct. 16

DANCE • The fourth annual Spectrum Dance Festival returns with several performances and workshops at Thunder River Theatre and the Launchpad. Out-of-town companies, choreographers, dancers and instructors include Wild at Heart, Control Group productions, Rennie Har-

DECK THE WALLS • The deadline to enter CCAH’s “Deck the Walls” holiday show is Oct. 16. The show runs Nov. 20 to Dec. 30 at the Launchpad. Info: 963-1680 or carbondalearts.com.

Feinsinger, M.D., a retired, board-certified family physician now working on a volunteer basis, will discuss health fair results, heart health or other medical concerns on Mondays for free at the Third Street Center. For an appointment, call 379-5718.

SENIOR AEROBICS • Seniors are invited to take part in an aerobics class at the El Jebel Community Annex Building on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. the suggested donation is $2 per class. Info: Christy at 970-328-7682.

PICKLEBALL • The Carbondale pickleball group meets for some back and forth at the Darien Tennis and Pickleball Courts (at North Face Park) at 8 a.m. on Monday, Friday and Saturday, and 6 p.m. on Wednesdays. All ages and skill levels are welcome.

PATHFINDERS • The grief and loss support group Pathfinders meets at Core Healing Arts 1101 Village Road, Suite 2D) from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on the first and third Monday of the month. Pathfinders is a nonprofit, psychosocial support program for people dealing with chronic illness, disability, bereavement. Info: pathfindersforcancer.org or 319-6854 or 925-1226.

Ongoing OPENING • Korologos Gallery in downtown Basalt features Andy Taylor, Simon Winegar, Elizabeth Sandia, Marie Figge Wise and Dan Young in “Out of the West Landscapes.” The show continues through Oct. 9. MAYOR’S COFFEE HOUR • Chat with Carbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot on Tuesdays from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Village Smithy. C’DALE LIBRARY • Kids and teens are invited to snack and play iPad and Wii games from 4 to 5 p.m. on Thursdays. The program is offered in partnership with Food Bank of the Rockies as part of the After School Snack Program. Info: 963-2889 and gcpld.org. HEALTHY HEART • Healthy Heart Meals meet-ups are held at the Third Street Center every Monday at 7 p.m. Dr. Greg Feinsinger speaks on the first Monday of the month; the last Monday of the month features a pot-luck gathering at 6:30 p.m. MEDICAL CONSULTATIONS • Greg

BRIDGE • Senior Matters sets up the card tables for bridge on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. in the Third Street Center. Bring a partner. Info: Diane Morgan at 963-0424. MINDFULNESS • Way of Compassion Dharma Center in the Third Street Center hosts a meditation and Dharma teachings with John (Chophel) Bruna on Wednesdays from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Info: 510-0583 or wayofcompassion.org.

LUTHERANS MEET • Faith Lutheran Church holds worship services at the Carbondale Middle School auditorium: traditional service (9 a.m.), educational hour (10 a.m.), living praise worship (11:30 a.m.). Info. Faithcarbondale.com and 925-7725.

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Watch your mail The Garfield County Sheriff’s Department reports several mail thefts from the western part of the county to Glenwood Springs, Carbondale and up the Roaring Fork Valley into Pitkin County. “The thieves are not necessarily limited in their targets,” said a press release. “They have targeted rural mailboxes, banks of “secure” mailboxes that serve neighborhoods, private mail boxes as well as mail collection boxes.” Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario advises residents to check and empty your personal mailbox daily and as soon after the mail deliverer brings your mail as possible. “Do not mail your outgoing mail through your personal mailbox and whenever possible hand your outgoing mail directly to the passing mail deliverer or mail it at your local post office.”

Basketball camp slated Joe Markham is offering a basketball shooting camp for boys in grades 6-8 at Carbondale Middle School at 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 12-15. The cost is $5; snacks are included. For details, call 963-1109.

Highway 133 closed Highway 133 near Paonia Reservoir (between mile-marker 24 and 25.5) will be closed from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 1 and Oct. 6, weather permitting. The closure is for CDOT rock-fall work. Gunnison County Road 12, which accesses Kebler Pass and Crested Butte from Highway 133, will only be accessible from the south side of the work zone via Somerset. For more information, go to cotrip.org.

Theatre Aspen slates auditions Theatre Aspen School holds auditions for “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, the Musical” at the Red Brick Center for the Arts on Oct. 19. This is for students in seventh grade and up, through 19 years old. For details, go to theatreaspen.org. The play will be presented in Aspen on Dec. 17-19.

Fire district calls Here are the Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District’s 911 calls for Sept. 20-26. • Medical emergencies (13); • Trauma emergencies (2); • Motor vehicle accident (1); • Smoke check responses (2); • Smoke alarm response (1); • Fire alarm responses (3); • Citizen assist (1); • Standby request (1).

Lyndsay Hansen goes high in Roaring Fork’s five-match loss to Gunnison on Sept. 24. The Rams bounced back with a three-game sweep of Basalt on Sept. 29. Against Basalt, Grace Brown recorded eight kills and two aces. Madilyn Kuhl chipped in six kills and an ace. Hansen had eight kills, four aces and three blocks. Jasmin Lopez and Ashley Hall each chalked up 12 assists. Photo by Sue Rollyson 12 • THE SOPRIS SUN • www.SoprisSun.com • OCTOBER 1-7, 2015

Red Hill om page 5 that Red Hill “really is the front door to your town” and that it represents “the ultimate photo-opp” for tourists and locals alike who want an aerial shot of Carbondale, Mt. Sopris and the surrounding lands. According to the time-line submitted by Farrar, in 1989 the town signed a cooperative management agreement with the BLM, but that agreement has long-since expired. Farrar described Red Hill as a refuge from the urban environment, a “super dog park” and “an environmental classroom” for students of all ages, a training ground for athletes, and “a Mecca for area visitors” eager to get a taste of hiking or biking in the mountains. Farrar noted that, for years, the town has contributed $1,000 annually to support the council’s work. And, starting in 2003, various government entities, including the town of Carbondale, Garfield County and the BLM, have been looking into ways to provide a safer, more direct connection from the town to the trails. The idea was to connect the town’s internal trails to the Red Hill trails in a manner considered safer than the existing crosswalk across Highway 82 at the intersection with Highway 133. The work included a 2013 study by the Otak planning firm, which concluded that either an underpass or an overpass for Highway 82 connected to the Highway 133 bridge over the Roaring Fork River, could be built for about $1.2 million. The trail linkage would carry trail users from the area

of North 8th Street to the parking area at the base of County Road 107. One estimate indicated that, for another $2 million or so, a trail could be built alongside the county road to take users to the Red Hill trailhead. But Garfield County, when given a look at the cost estimates from the Otak study, concluded the estimates were too low. The county got a second opinion from another engineering firm, and decided that the real costs would be too great for the county to get involved, Farrar said. So the idea of an underpass is “all on hold” for now, Farrar explained.

More use Use of the trails has been rising annually, and last year was up to more than 58,000 at the trailhead along County Road 107, or as many as 159 people per day, Farrar reported. So far in 2015, he added, the numbers showed more than 56,700 users. “So we’re dealing with big numbers, and those numbers are not going down,” Farrar told the trustees. “It’s increased use that has a significant impact,” he added later, in a telephone interview with The Sopris Sun. “People use it without a second thought about how the trails got there, or who maintains them, or who cleans them up.” Farrar said the rising number of dogs on the trails are the council’s most challenging issue these days, representing the biggest part of the council’s annual budget, which was $3,400 last year. And while the council does maintain a

donations box at the trailhead, Farrar said, only about $30-$40 is deposited in the box every couple of months. “It’s a challenge,” he remarked. “Everybody loves it to death; I just hope we don’t kill it.” Dogs often are not kept on leash by their owners, causing friction with mountain bikers and hikers (Farrar later told The Sopris Sun that the BLM “encourages” but does not “require” dogs to be kept on a leash at Red Hill). Bikers and hikers both create “shortcuts” from one trail to another, which quickly become “bandit” trails that an unwanted number of users feel free to use, which in turn creates problems with erosion. And an unknown number of mountain bikers, eager to test their skills at downhill racing, often charge down the trails and frighten hikers, dogs and just about anything that gets in the way. There are no statistics available for such behavior, Brandt told the trustees, but he added, “somebody’s been terrorizing the trails,” if hiker body language is any indicator of the atmosphere. Farrar agreed that increased usage of the area is leading to ever-greater conflicts, commenting, “Once you get enough rats in a maze, they start eating each other.” He said those interested in lending a hand to help build, maintain or clean the trails system, or become a member of the council, can contact him at 963-7172, e-mail redhillcouncil@gmail.com or comment on the Facebook page.

Cats om page 3 Merriott, “to try to say cat owners should be responsible for their cats” and not let them roam free. If that can be done by revising the existing ordinance, Merriott, Harris and others agreed, that might be enough. Carbondale Police Chief Gene Schilling, who was acting as chair of the Sept. 24 meeting, suggested there were three main points to be settled — owners should be required to keep their cats either at home or on a leash; the cats should be vaccinated; and owners who violated the town’s nuisance cat code should a steeper fine than had been applied in the past. If the committee members could agree on those points, Shilling suggested, the committee could pass that along to the trustees as a recommendation. Harris, who regularly returned to the idea that cats are killing an unacceptable number of birds locally and nationally, nevertheless said she was open to rewriting the existing ordinance rather than trying to get a new ordinance passed. “I’m willing to negotiate,” she told the others rather than “going around and around in a spiral” arguing endlessly. The committee is scheduled to hold it’s third meeting on Oct. 1 at Town Hall, starting at 9 a.m.

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The theme for the 106th annual Carbondale Potato Day was “Spuds Are a Few of My Favorite Things” in honor of the 50th anniversary of “The Sound of Music.” The parade attracted kids, cowboys, cowgirls, a horse-drawn farm wagon, the esteemed RFHS/CMS band, business floats, school floats, Darrell and Darrell (the Democratic Party donkeys from Skyline Ranch), an unrestored 1940s pickup from the Jammaron Ranch, and lots of kids. Photos by Jane Bachrach

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EAT. SHOP. PLAY. CONFLUENCE OF RIVERS, RECREATION & CULTURE

Basalt General Store: a year ’round farmer’s market By Steve Jundt

When Clark’s Market left Basalt it suddenly became a five-mile trek to either Whole Foods or City Market for groceries. Basalt’s historic downtown has been trying to lessen that journey and Zach Fischer believes his new “general store” on Midland Avenue is the ticket. Fischer, who has been general manager of the Basalt Mountain Inn since its days as the Green Drake, is a marvelous asset to the town. “I was fortunate enough to get asked to work with several different groups in the town,” says Zach, “such as the chamber of commerce and the business association, and met some great people who helped me to understand better this amazing part of our valley.” Through working at the hotel and conversing with business groups, some ideas started rolling through Zach’s head as to what he can do to help make the town, especially downtown, a better place for both

residents and visitors. A reoccurring idea was a convenient location to grab some foodstuffs in between major grocery runs. Thus, the Basalt General Store was born. “I just sat back and listened to what people wanted and made a lot of notes,” says Zach. “People who don’t live here really do not understand about making the longest five-mile trek in the Roaring Fork Valley to get to Whole Foods or City Market. Which means you pretty much have to pledge an hour out of your day to fill a smallest grocery list.” James and Shae, owners of the Midland Avenue Mall, had a perfect space for both the feel and location that Zach was searching for, so he hopped on the location. “We have a vast variety of items that really set us apart from other groceries,” says Zach, “and our emphasis on locally grown produce and meats demonstrates the value we place on community. Most everything that we offer is from this valley. Our pro-

“ … our emphasis on locally grown produce and meats demonstrates the value we place on community.” Zach Fischer, co-owner of the Basalt General Store duce comes from Early Morning Orchards located in Palisade. There’s beef, pork and lamb from Mountain Primal Meats of Emma and the Aspen Cattle Company, and our fish is from Kaleb’s Katch. It is basically a farmers market all year ‘round.” The Basalt General Store definitely leans more towards the organic way of eating and Zach says they are upping their variety

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On Wednesday mornings, after a Tuesday night Council meeting, visit in an informal setting with Basalt Mayor Jacque Whitsitt for coffee and a chat at Saxy’s Coffee Shop, 104 Midland Avenue. This is a great opportunity to share your thoughts, make comments and catch up on what’s happening in Basalt. All issues and topics welcome.

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The property is located at 378 Euclid Avenue in the Town of Carbondale. The property is legally described as Lots 10-12, Block 14 of the Original Townsite. The Applicant and Owner is Kay Hagman. . Said Public Hearing will be held at the Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO at 6:00 p.m. on October 27, 2015.

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. Published in The Sopris Sun on October 1, 2015.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held before the Carbondale Board of Trustees for the purpose of considering a Retail Marijuana Store Renewal License.

The property is located 0958 Highway 133 Carbondale, CO.

The applicant is Acme Healing Center of Carbondale, LLC. Said Public Hearing will be held at the Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO at 6:00 p.m. on October 27th, 2015.

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

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held before the Carbondale Planning and Zoning Commission for the purpose of considering a Special Use permit to operate a Retail Marijuana Infused Products Manufacturing Facility and a Medical Marijuana Infused Products Manufacturing Facility. The property is located at 500 Buggy Circle, Units LL4 and Units UL 2 &3, Carbondale, CO. The applicant is The Laughing Dog Group LLC.

Said Public Hearing will be held at the Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO at 7:00 p.m. on October 15th, 2015. 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. John Leybourne Town of Carbondale

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Public Hearings will be held before the Carbondale Board of Trustees for the purpose of considering Special Use permits to operate a Retail Marijuana Infused Products Manufacturing Facility and a Medical Marijuana Infused Products Manufacturing Facility and to consider granting Retail and Medical Marijuana Infused Products Manufacturing Facility Licenses. The property is located at 500 Buggy Circle, Units LL4 and Units UL 2 &3, Carbondale, CO. The applicant is The Laughing Dog Group LLC.

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ORDINANCE NO. 10 Series 2015

AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO APPROVING CHANGES TO THE MARTINEZ – AGULLO MINI- PUD

NOTICE: This Ordinance was introduced, read, and adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Carbondale, Colorado, on September 22, 2015.

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

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

ATTEST: __________________________ s/s Cathy Derby, Town Clerk

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ORDINANCE NO. 11 Series 2015

AN ORDINANCE REVISING TITLES 9 & 18 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO TO LIMIT PERSONAL MARIJUANA GROWS TO LAWFUL, PRIMARY DWELLING, TO REGULATE EXTRACTION OF MARIJUANA CONCENTRATE, & TO IMPOSE DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS BETWEEN LICENSED MARIJUANA CULTIVATION FACILITIES

NOTICE: This Ordinance was introduced, read, and adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Carbondale, Colorado, on September 22, 2015.

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

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

ATTEST: __________________________ s/s Cathy Derby, Town Clerk

Published in The Sopris Sun on October 1, 2015.

ORDINANCE NO. 13 Series 2015

AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO, AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE TO INCREASE MAYOR & TRUSTEE COMPENSATION

NOTICE: This Ordinance was introduced, read, and adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Carbondale, Colorado, on September 22, 2015.

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

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

ATTEST: __________________________ s/s Cathy Derby, Town Clerk

Published in The Sopris Sun on October 1, 2015.

ORDINANCE NO. 14 Series 2015

AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO, REVISING CHAPTER 11 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE TOWN OF

CARBONDALE TO RESTRICT DECORATION OF CEMETERY PLOTS

NOTICE: This Ordinance was introduced, read, and adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Carbondale, Colorado, on September 22, 2015.

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