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By Lynn BurtonSopris Sun Staff Writer

ou know those trees the townplanted at Fourth Street Plaza 24years ago? These days, that clus-ter of ash trees forms an ever-ex-

panding canopy that throws shade likePeyton Manning tossing footballs in thefourth quarter of a close game. Between thematuring elm trees on Main Street that pre-date just about everyone around here, andother plantings from the mid-1980s andsince, you’re never but a few steps from wel-come shade on a hot day.

What else is up with downtown?Penthouse Row, in the 300 block of Main

Street, is about to welcome another member,bringing the total to four units that offerdead-on views of Mount Sopris, and a bird’seye view looking down at the Fourth of Julyparade and First Fridays.

The Carbondale Public Arts Commissionrecently placed several new pieces of sculp-ture along Main Street and elsewhere as partof Art aRound Town 2014. Without mean-ing to sound judgmental here, it looks likethe over-sized steel-and-wood buffalo at Sev-enth and Main is less controversial than theover-sized pink bunny that occupied the

same spot for a year before being purchasedand scampering over to a bed-and-break-fast’s lawn a couple of blocks away. Comingsoon to a roundabout near you – a $200,000sculpture by noted sculptor James Surls, pur-chased by private funds.

Anyway, back to downtown, there areother changes and upgrades.

The Crystal Theatre in the historic DinkelBuilding recently replaced its almost-as-his-toric seats with comfy 21st century versionsthat seem roomier but in fact there are just asmany as before (125) — so go do the math ifyou can find such an equation. The cushynew seats also don’t go “plop” when people

get up and pop out of them. Another changeat the Crystal: after converting from film todigital several months ago, the theatre nowhas more flexibility in programing movies,so, for example, single showings of classicsas “Casablanca” and “Bringing it Home” areeconomically feasible.

What else downtown … the town trusteesapproved an ordinance a while back that al-lowed restaurants such as Allegria and PhatThai to build temporary decks that extendinto Main Street for sidewalk dining.

On the music front, the summer lineup atSteve’s Guitars is the biggest ever – in part

Arts & Antiques Week catches downtown on upswing

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Shoppers stroll tree-lined streets in downtown Carbondale these days, thanks in part to plantings that date to at least the mid-1980s. Downtownalso offers up more shopping opportunities these days, which 12 merchants are promoting with their inaugural Arts & Antiques Week onJuly 9-16. Photo by Lynn Burton

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Library books, not plans(Editor’s note: This was addressed to theGarfield County Library administrationand board of trustees).Dear Editor:

I agree with Emily Miller of GlenwoodSprings who wrote in reference to theGarfield County Library System hiring aconsulting company.

I have no doubt that the company is anexcellent consulting firm but do our libraries

really need to hire an organization to tellthem what to do? Couldn’t that money bebetter spent on books?

The main purpose of any library is tohouse collections of books, periodicals andsometimes films and recorded music for peo-ple to read, borrow or refer to.

As I live in Carbondale, I am only familiarwith the Carbondale library. There are, sim-ply stated, not enough books. There aren’tenough new books, fiction and non-fiction,

and our stacks are not full.I read a lot and I depend on my local li-

brary to have (or obtain) books that I want toread. Many of my “reading” friends havevoiced the same concerns.

Carbondale, as I will never tire of saying,is a wonderful, vibrant community and isunique in the Roaring Fork Valley. We are acreative, engaged, active, thoughtful commu-nity. I believe that our library’s collections

The Sopris Sun welcomes your letters, limited to no more than 400 words. Letters exceeding that length may be edited or returned forrevisions. Include your name and residence (for publication) and a contact email and phone number. Submit letters via email to [email protected] or via snail mail to P.O. Box 399, Carbondale, CO 81623. The deadline to submit letters to the editor is noon on Monday.

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Rise with The Sun! Be part of the con-versation as we help plot the next five yearsof The Sopris Sun.

Please join The Sopris Sun board andstaff as we host a Community Open Houseon Thursday, July 17, from 6-8 p.m., at theCarbondale Branch Library. We need tohear from YOU.

One of the most remarkable aspects ofThe Sopris Sun is how quickly it was born.In December of 2008, when the corporationthat owned The Valley Journal suddenly an-nounced that the paper would be shut downdue to inadequate advertising revenue, com-munity members were alarmed.

Without a Carbondale-focused newspa-per, how would we know about critical issuesfacing our town? How would groups get theword out about their events? What otherforum would we have to share our diverseopinions? Most importantly, how would wecreate and tell the story of our community?

A handful of dedicated people took aleap of faith, and, less than two monthsafter the Valley Journal ceased publication,Carbondale had produced its own locally-grown, non-profit newspaper in time forValentine’s Day 2009.

No longer could someone sitting at a far-

away news media headquarters make thedecision to shut down our local paper be-cause it needed to pump a corporate profit.Our community had created a newspaperthat belonged to all of us. The newspaper’sfinancial model had changed forever.

The Sopris Sun is dedicated to inform-ing, inspiring and building the Carbondalecommunity. Thankfully, with the support ofads from local businesses and non-profits,community contributions, and a volunteerboard serving as publisher, we have beenable to publish The Sun every week for fiveyears. Now, we want The Sun to rise evenhigher with expanded content, coverage ofa wider spectrum of our diverse community,more in-depth analyses of critical issues, andthe hiring of a part time reporter (John Col-son is willing!) The board is also looking to-wards a membership campaign to attract astronger donation base, and we need yourinput for negotiating this next step forward.

The Sopris Sun currently provides in-depth articles about local issues, businessesand citizens; we provide a calendar of eventsas well as the entertaining “Scuttlebutt”; andwe distribute Roaring Fork High School’snewspaper, The Rampage, the CarbondaleRecreation Department brochure, the Moun-

tain Fair Guide and other programs. We pro-vide an avenue for non-profit organizationsto inform the public about events and issues,and a forum for people to share their opin-ions. We have developed a state-of-the-artwebsite and are beginning to offer intern-ships to high school students interested injournalism. What other ideas do you have sothat we can better serve Carbondale?

We can’t take our next leap withoutYOU, the readers of The Sopris Sun. Pleaselend us your ideas for content, connectingto community, improving our website, andreflecting and celebrating our unique town.

July 17 is the beginning of more excite-ment in community building and supportednews. Please join us! We’ll provide refresh-ments, good company, lively conversation,some key info and questions, walls coveredin paper and lots of markers — you providethe bright ideas! We hope to see you there.

Sincerely,Denise Barkhurst, DebbieBruell, Barbara Dills, SueGray, Colin Laird, FrankZlogar, Bob Albright, Jane Bachrach, Lynn Burton, Terri Ritchie and Paula Valenti

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Take advantage: Getting out is in these days

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By Eric Brendlinger

Did you know that since 1985, theUnited States and the National Recreation& Parks Association (NRPA) hascelebrated July as the nation’sofficial Park and RecreationMonth. This month, parksand recreation departmentsacross the country are cele-brating being outside in con-junction with the NRPA’snational campaign called “OUTis IN.” This celebration highlightsthe value of parks and recreation and theimportance for your own health and well-ness to spend some time outside.

At first I had to laugh, and wondered howmuch money was spent and how many meet-ings were conducted at the national level to

come up with this revelation and epiphany. Itseems way too obvious to us Carbondalians,that the relentless pursuit of an active outdoor

lifestyle has multiple benefits. Due to ourlove affair with our natural surround-

ings and our abundance of parksand recreational opportunities, Iwas sure that we would be thrownout of any statistical survey thatmeasures time spent outdoors. We

already know that “OUT is IN!”I then saw one of the strangest and

most disturbing TV commercials I haveever seen. It was a father and son, and youcould tell that they were outside on an adven-ture and exploring a forest or park. They wereconducting the time honored family ritual ofbonding with nature and combating whatwell-known author on the subject, Richard

Louv, calls “nature deficit disorder.” There was only one problem. This entire

time they were outside, the dad and son had atablet with them and they were constantlyusing it. They used their “device” as a compass,to identify and search for frogs, as a flashlightto play chess in their tent when it was raining,to watch a movie at the campfire and then toread the novel “The Little Prince” before goingto sleep. Cute, but disturbing. They were fo-cusing the majority of their attention on thispiece of electronics instead of the reality of thenatural objects in front of them. This crossedthe line for me and made me wonder if thiswas to be the new norm and define what“being outside” is to the next generation.

National data shows, according to a newsurvey released by the NRPA, three in 10 U.S.

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Mayor admitsprocess was flawedBy John ColsonSopris Sun Correspondent

The Carbondale Board of Trustees onTuesday approved an agreement to accepta large sculpture, titled “Sewing The Fu-ture,” from internationally renowned artistJames Surls, to be the centerpiece of a newtraffic roundabout now under constructionat the intersection of Main Street andHighway 133.

The decision, passed by a vote of 6-1 withTrustee Pam Zentmyer dissenting, overrodeobjections from local residents who arguedthat the year-long selection process leadingto the agreement was flawed and did not in-volve adequate citizen participation.

“I think,” declared long-time local resi-dent Russell Hedman, “the whole thingwas rammed down our throats. I think itwas a corrupt process, and I’m not the onlyone in town who feels that.”

Mayor Stacey Bernot conceded that apublic comment meeting, planned by thetrustees last year, was not properly ad-vertised and failed to generate much par-ticipation.

But, she added, “It was never the board’sintent to shut out the public from thisprocess.” She said time was short due totight design requirements from the statehighway engineers, and the town was un-sure how to solicit other proposals for art-work in the roundabout.

“I totally take responsibility for not hav-

ing an in-your-face process like the townhas become used to,” she told Hedman, butdisagreed that the process was corrupt.Since the piece was unveiled earlier thisyear, there have been letters to the editor inlocal newspapers, and comments at publicmeetings, by those unhappy with either thedesign or the process.

The piece, which is a modern sculpturefeaturing Surls’ symbolic interpretation ofattributes representing Carbondale’s history,culture and future, has been the subject ofdebate for several years, beginning duringthe contentious battle in 2012 over the pro-posed Village at Crystal River shopping cen-ter along the west side of Highway 133.

Philanthropist Jim Calaway of Carbon-dale, a long-time friend of Surls, had pro-posed a Surls sculpture for a roundaboutplanned for one of the shopping center’s en-trances off Highway 133.

But when the VCR proposal was turneddown by voters, the roundabout proposal

By John ColsonSopris Sun Correspondent

A relatively small but growing group ofadvocates is working to make Coloradoone of the first states in the union to growand use hemp, the non-intoxicating cousinof the marijuana plant, since it essentiallydisappeared from U.S. agriculture in 1957.

Specifically, the group is hoping to es-tablish a Valley Hemp Co-op (www.valley-hempco-op.org) of farmers and otherinterested parties, which could work withan already established organization, theColorado Hemp Cooperative, or other suchorganizations, to make hemp cultivationand manufacturing a reality in the state.

It was in 1957, according to a “HempHistory Timeline” passed out during aJune 12 organizing meeting of the co-op,when the federal government formallyoutlawed hemp production “due to gov-ernment confusion over hemp and drugvarieties of the plant.”

That confusion, interestingly, remains akey reason that the U.S. Drug EnforcementAdministration (DEA) refuses to reclassifyhemp as an agricultural product, and takeit off the agency’s Controlled SubstancesAct Schedule I list of highly addictive anddangerous drugs (where it is listed alongwith marijuana.)

A recent example of the DEA’s continu-ing determination to keep hemp illegal wasthe seizure earlier this year of a load of Ital-

ian hemp seeds headed for Kentucky, wherestate officials view hemp as a potential cashcrop and savior of the state’s troubled agri-cultural industry.

Following a two-week legal battle, theseeds were released in May for “experi-mental plantings” overseen by the Ken-tucky Department of Agriculture,according to a May 23 article on the Huff-ington Post online news site.

The U.S., according to the VoteHemporganization (www.VoteHemp.com), is theonly industrialized nation in the world thatprohibits hemp cultivation and use.

In recent years, however, there have beenseveral bills introduced in Congress to ei-ther legalize (or authorize for experimentalpurposes) hemp cultivation, including theFarm Bill of 2014.

“Miracle plant”Hemp is viewed by its supporters as a

kind of miracle plant for industrial appli-cations, easily grown without the use ofchemicals, and requiring far less waterthan other industrial crops. Using eitherthe seeds or the fibers of the plant, hempcan be processed to make a wide range ofproducts, including medicinal supple-ments, clothing, cooking oil, industrial lu-bricants, paper, construction materials,rope and more.

At the June 12 meeting, held at theThird Street Center in Carbondale, local

political activist Sue Gray and a groupmade up of farmers and non-farmers dis-cussed the idea of forming a co-op of farm-ers and others from communities aroundthe Western Slope.

“The hemp plant has been described asthe new gold rush,” Gray told her audience.

Gray told The Sopris Sun this week thatat least three Western Slope farmers, thatshe knows of, already have signed up witha Colorado state registry to grow hemp,and others are interested.

She declined to identify the famers outof concern that they would be targeted forprosecution by the DEA, despite the factthat a 2012 amendment to the ColoradoConstitution legalized the cultivation ofhemp along with marijuana.

“We don’t know how much dangerwe’re going to put people in” if they areidentified publicly, Gray said.

Still, she said, “It seems like there’s a lotof interest from a lot of different parties.”

The current focus of the budding co-oporganization, she said, is to secure a sourceof seeds to get crops started that would beuseful in industrial applications.

Be carefulAt the meeting, local hemp experts Sum-

mer Star Haeske and Barbara Filippone, ofthe EnviroTextiles company in GlenwoodSprings (www.envirotextile.com), urged theaudience to be careful in selecting seed

types, which characteristically are used toproduce crops intended for seed productionor fiber.

Filippone has worked in numerousother countries to get hemp industries upand running, including China, currently theleading producer in the world, and hasbeen importing hemp and other environ-mentally friendly fibers to the U.S. fordecades. “It takes five factories to producefiber to manufacture a garment,” she said,noting that there are dormant factories andother facilities around the Western Slopethat could be converted to hemp-relatedproduction centers.

Haeske said that, statewide, there were189 farmers ready to grow hemp as of earlyJune, and that the lack of seed is the mainimpediment to their plans.

The next step, however, is to get the co-op organized, starting with a steering com-mittee, Gray told The Sopris Sun this week.

“We need leaders,” she declared in anewsletter issued on July 2. “The future ofthe Valley Hemp Co-op depends on a fo-cused group of individuals creating a clearpath forward.”

By July 7, she said in a telephone inter-view, she had several interested potentialmembers of the steering committee, and isseeking more.

Interested parties can contact the co-oporganizers through the website, www.val-leyhempco-op.org.

Hemp proponents form co-op, face numerous challenges

Trustees vote to accept Surls sculpture; a few locals object

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Town Briefs C’dale receives pot-testing applicationSopris Sun Staff Report

According to the town’s weekly report toemployees, for June 30 through July 3, as ofJuly 1 town clerk Cathy Derby has receivedone application for a retail marijuana testingfacility, one for infused products and a changeof ownership application for a retail/medicaldispensary store.

In other paraphrased news from the report:• Ground breaking and construction has

begunon the Carbondale community bike park.• Design Workshop was scheduled to

meet with the Parks & Recreation Commis-sion to discuss the master plan scope of workand project timeline. The Parks & Recre-ation Commission was also scheduled to getan update on a conceptual plan for a RiverValley Ranch/Crystal River shorelinerestoration project. The commission wasalso slated to make a decision on renamingthe Third Street Community PartnershipPark to Bonnie Fischer Park.

• The recreation center was scheduled tobe rented out for a quinceanera from 4 to 11p.m. on July 5. The event was expected to at-tract 300 people. Security was scheduled tobe provided by Sonador Security.

• The town hired two additional lifeguardsfrom a recent lifeguard class. Session 3 ofAmerican Red Cross swim lessons was sched-uled to start on July 7. From May 24 throughJuly 3, the pool has attracted 2,016 users.

• For the week of June 29 through July

3, the town’s Gateway RV Park chalked upan occupancy rate of 74 percent and wasbooked 100 percent for July 4.

• United Companies continues with theHighway 133 construction project. Pavingwithin the roundabout was slated to start onJuly 8. A contractor also encountered a layerof clay similar to what the town has beendealing with on some streets. The contractorwill excavate the clay and replace it with asuitable backfill material. There also appearsto be a conflict with the proposed locationof the LED pathway lighting and a naturalgas and water main but those problems arebeing worked out.

• The town’s street crew continued toplace “sharrows” and cross walks thisweek. The crew also replaced the bent stopsign pole at Highway 133 and City Market’ssouth entrance. “This is becoming a popularpole to hit,” the report states.

• Xcel Energy has applied for an excava-tion permit to replace its buried power lineunder Highway 133 at its substation, andcontinue south through Village Road to apower pole 300 feet to the south. Xcel is pro-posing to place new conduits under thepedestrian trail and is working on a plan tore-route pedestrians and cyclists.

• The Planning & Zoning Commissionwas scheduled to review proposed changes toTitle 18 concerning retail cultivations in theHCC zone district on July 10. P&Z will also

hear an application to allow a drive-throughservice window at Mary’s Main Street Spirits.

• Staff has received another infill permitas well as a request to condominiumize anexisting building at ET Plaza. P&Z will re-view the applications.

• From June 26 to July 3, Carbondale po-lice handled 313 calls for service. Cases ofnote included: DUI (1), DUI with suspicionof cocaine possession (1), arson (1), suspicionof heroin possession with a weapons viola-tion (1), minor in possession of alcohol (1).

• Police officers continue to make traf-fic enforcement on Highway 133 a highpriority item.

• On June 28, two police officers ondowntown bike patrol focused on cyclistsand Main Street sidewalk violations.

• The Roaring Fork well water treatmentplant is producing 0.6 MGD (million gallonsper day); Nettle Creek is running at a rate of0.72 MGD; the Crystal River well field isproducing at a rate of 1.0 MGD and is op-erating approximately 11 hours a day.

• The Environmental Board has been dis-cussing bike park weed management options.

• The wastewater plant is running well, al-though there continues to be constraints onsludge processing due to the pump that feedsthe screw press. “It has yet to operate as de-signed,” the report states. “The pump repre-sentatives and SGM were on site again thisweek to determine the proper solution for this.”

Cop ShopThe following events are drawn fromincident reports of the CarbondalePolice Department.

THURSDAY July 3 At 1:17 p.m. po-lice received a report of a cow on the16th hole at the River Valley Ranchgolf course. A police officer contactedthe cow’s owner.

SATURDAY July 5 At 9:36 a.m. a cit-izen turned in a bank bag he’d foundcontaining $536. Police returned thebag to its owner later that day.

SUNDAY July 6 At 1:12 a.m. an officerobserved a male passed out on a benchat Fourth and Main. Alcohol poison-ing was a possibility so police called anambulance, which transported theman to Valley View Hospital.

SUNDAY July 6 At 11:46 p.m. an offi-cer observed a bear rummaging througha trashcan on Eighth Street. The officerscared the bear away.

MONDAY July 7 At 2:32 p.m. a resi-dent on Barber Drive contacted policeabout parties in his neighborhood thatincluded men urinating behind parkedcars and small kids playing in thestreet. Police said they’d contact resi-dents on Barber Drive.

and the Surls sculpture became moot.The sculpture idea resurfaced more than

a year ago, at approximately the same timethat the town approved a plan, also put for-ward by Calaway, to establish a James Surlsart center in the old Gordon Cooper Li-brary building on Fourth Street.

The museum idea was withdrawn, butat the same time the town had begunpreparations for construction of the round-about at Main Street and the highway, andthe board of trustees was considering pro-posals for some kind of artwork in the cen-ter of the roundabout.

The Surls piece, which is valued in theneighborhood of $350,000, was selectedby the trustees in July, 2013, in the processthat Hedman found objectionable. A fundraising campaign is underway to raise the$200,000 to pay for the materials, andSurls is donating his labor.

Zentmyer’s solitary dissenting vote onaccepting the Surls agreement was largelybased on her belief that the trustees neededto specifically and formally include lan-guage in the agreement giving the town theright to sell the piece, at some future date,and keep the proceeds of the sale.

“I think we need to be smart about whatour options are should we need to get rid ofit,” Zentmyer told her fellow trustees. Shestressed that she was not advocating anysuch action by the town at this point, butpredicted that such an action could beneeded at some future time.

As adopted, the agreement does notmention a potential sale of the piece, butdoes include a provision for returning theartwork to Surls, if the town chooses to re-move it from the roundabout and if Surlsagrees to take it back.

In other action on Tuesday, the trustees:• Approved a liquor license transfer for

Main Street Liquors, 389 Main St. in Car-bondale, to new owner Mary Bos, who isrenaming the business as Mary’s MainStreet Liquors.

• Granted special event liquor licensesto impresario Josh Behrman, for live musicevents to be held at PAC3 in the ThirdStreet Center on July 24 and on Aug. 15,under the name Music For The Mountains.

• Issued a medical marijuana business li-cense renewal for CMED LLC, at 615Buggy Circle in Carbondale, as well as aspecial use permit for medical marijuanacultivation at the same site. Both approvalscarry conditions that will be reviewed forfinal approval at a future meeting. Retailmarijuana licenses for the same business,which also were on Tuesday’s agenda, werepostponed until Aug. 12.

• Failed to pass an emergency ordinancerequiring a minimum of 15 percent localownership in medical marijuana or retailmarijuana businesses in Carbondale. Theordinance was approved by a vote of 4-2but failed to meet the required “superma-jority” of at least five votes in favor, neededfor passage of an emergency ordinance.

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space at Mountain Fair. Twenty-four spotsare up for grabs in an arc in front of thegazebo. “Last year went really well. Manyfolks shared space and shade, and a greattime was had by all,” said a CCAH press re-lease. The entry deadline to get your name inthe lottery is July 21 (go to Carbon-dalearts.com). Shade space is $100. Car-bondale Mountain Fair takes place in SoprisPark and always runs the last full weekendof July – in this case July 25-27.

In other fair affair• Bring your own percussion instrument

to the “Mother of All Drum Circles” at 4p.m. on July 25, because drum-circle organ-izer Laurie Loeb reports she sold most of herinstruments last year. “The (circle) kicks offthe fair by bringing hundreds of people to-gether, drumming in synchronicity to set thetone of harmony and unity within diversity,”Loeb said. Bass drummers are especiallyneeded “as the essential heartbeat of the cir-cle.” If you have more than one percussioninstrument, bring it and share it. (A SoprisSun staffer reports he performed just fineone year by beating on a plastic, five-gallonbucket). For details, call Loeb at 963-2798or e-mail [email protected].

• It’s time to start perfecting or re-learning your Mountain Fair Pie and CakeBaking Contest recipes. The pie categoriesare: cream, fruit and exotic; the cake cat-egories are: torte, exotic and gluten free.

Get your buns out of the kitchen and yourpies and cakes over to the picnic pavilionby 10:45 a.m. on July 26. Winners receiveprize money, an apron and fame. For details,go to carbondalearts.com/mountain-fair.

Carbondale well representedCarbondale was well represented in the

Boogie’s Diner 5K race through the streetsof Aspen on July 4. In fact, Enrique Palo-mares, 35 years old, finished sixth with atime of 32:57. Kyle Young, 28, finished 16that 33:56; Jon Lipp, 26, was 25th at 35:02;and Brion After, 42, was 57th at 37:57.

Other finishers were:• Brittany Bergin-Foss, 30, #62, 38:33;• Brad Palmer, 57, #70, 39:16;• Lisa Speaker, 46, #92, 40:04;• Hailey Thompson, 19, #144, 42:43;• Laurie Feter, 52, #233, 46:00;• Harriet Spaulding, no age, #271 47:43;• Karla Rohrbaugh, 50, #285, 48:06;• Betsy After, 31, #375, 51:08;• Mike McGowan, 58, #376, 51:09;• Connie Rice, 59, #400, 52:09;• Claudia Escue, 19, #450, 54:31;• Tonya Miller, 43, #467, 55:15;• Yewande Apatira, 25, #501, 57:13;

• Emma Proctor, 13, #513, 58:17;• Katie Yturri, 43, #515, 58:36;• Kimberly Feder, 46, #523, 59:11.More than 800 runners started the race

and 658 finished. John McNamara, 23, wonthe race with a time of 29:55.

Possible road rage alertIf you’re driving to Aspen on Aug. 18, up

toward Redstone and beyond on Aug. 19,or both, you might think about alertingyourself in red ink on a wall calendar. TheUSA Pro Challenge bicycle race spinsaround Aspen all day on Aug. 18, thendownvalley through Carbondale on its wayto Crested Butte on Aug. 19. According to aPitkin County press release, no vehiculartraffic will be allowed into Aspen or Snow-mass Village on Highway 82 from approxi-mately 1 to 5 p.m. on Aug. 18. On Aug. 19,motorists can expect up to 30-minute delaysfrom approximately 10:30 a.m. to noon onHighway 82 from Aspen to Catherine StoreRoad. South-bound motorists on Highway133 can expect “significantly increased”travel times starting at noon; Highway 133over McClure Pass will be closed to vehicu-lar traffic in both directions from 1 to 3 p.m.

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

include: Rita Marsh (July 10); Art Ackerman(July 11); Ian Bays and Rebecca Self (July13); John Tolan (July 14); Meghan Gillespie(July 15); and Diana Alcantara and TonySpires (July 16).

The Colorado State Lottery recently named the Carbondale community garden (akaDemeter’s Garden) at the Third Street Center one of its Starburst award winners. Theaward recognizes excellence in the use of lottery funds, based on the project’s creativity,its economic and social impact on the community, and whether the project achieved itsgoals. Shown here are some of the community garden’s gardeners. Courtesy photo

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adults do not spend time outside on a dailybasis (that’s 95 million people) and of thosewho do, almost half spend less than 30 min-utes in the fresh air. The same survey askedwhat is getting in the way of more outdoortime: 35 percent said work, 20 percent saidscreen time, (computers, tablets, smartphones) and 19 percent said watching TV.

The problem is we cannot get away fromall three of those things no matter where weare. Technology has made it possible to watchTV while sending an e-mail and updatingyour Facebook status while sitting on the topof Mount Sopris. Profound progress, nodoubt, but we need to remember there is atime and place. The virtual park, hike or base-ball game will (I hope) never take the placeof the real thing.

This year’s theme, “OUT is IN,” encour-ages everyone to do something outside every-day. The parks and facilities run by the townof Carbondale offer ample opportunities togo OUTside, get INspired, change your OUT-look and get INvolved.

Our outdoor programming in July has thefollowing offerings: Rock Warriors Camp,two days of intensive indoor rock climbingtraining with the third day outside on realrock; the Trails & Tents program, whichtakes youth hiking in our magnificent “back-yard” and the Over the Hill hiking group,which does the same for seniors.

Take advantage of our outdoor pool andget INto the new Hydro Conditioning classor American Red Cross youth swimmingand diving lessons. Youth and adult tennislessons take place at the outdoor Darien Ten-nis & Pickleball Courts, and try to get OUT,UP and back INto the skateboard park withour Sk8 lessons at the North Face SkatePark. Sign up for one of our Friday field tripsthat take kids OUT rafting. Take yourself outto the ballpark to watch one of the manyyouth baseball and softball games, where thecrack of a bat on a ball is as real as it gets.

So, as I am slowly embracing our futureand the technological reality of the present,I will forgive you if you take OUT yourtablet, laptop or smart phone and log IN to

www.carbondalerec.com, and get signed upfor any of these OUTDOOR programs.

Eric Brendlinger is the manager of the Car-bondale Recreation Center. He can bereached at [email protected] 510-1277.

Last year, the Carbondale Recreation Department offered four hikes as part of its Trails& Tents program (shown here is the hike to Thomas Lake). This year’s Thomas Lakehike takes place on July 23. (Editor’s note: Carbondale’s Recreation Department operatesunder a special use permit on the White River National Forest). Courtesy photo

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Sopris Sun Staff ReportThe town of Carbondale was recently

chosen to participate in the 2014-15 Cre-ative District program, instituted by Col-orado Creative Industries — a division ofthe Colorado Office of Economic Develop-ment and International Trade.

“These (creative districts) are great ex-amples of how the arts create exciting placesfor people to live and visit,” said ColoradoGov. John Hickenlooper in a press release.

Carbondale began its creative plan in2013, focusing on “connectivity” and“wayfinding” (signage), according to Car-bondale Council on Arts and HumanitiesDirector Amy Kimberly.

“This strengthens the creative industries,which include businesses ranging from pub-lishing to food production and culinary andhealing arts, as well as artists and design-ers,” Kimberly said.

The Carbondale Council on Arts and

Humanities spearheaded the creative dis-trict effort. “We have a rich heritage ofranching and the arts, which fits the visionof the state. We gathered a diverse groupof stakeholders together to (first) beginthe plan,” Kimberly said. Out of that ef-fort, CCAH produced a map with “pointsof communication” and “wayfinding” lo-cations, and also started a creative indus-tries inventory.

“There is much energy around commu-

nities that define themselves through art,”Kimberly continued. “The 21st century isall about creativity, which is somethingCarbondale has utilized for years to keepitself vibrant.”

For details on Carbondale’s creativeplan, visit vulume.com/CCAH.

Other communities chosen for the Cre-ative District program are Crested Butte,Mancos, Crestone, Colorado Springs, Man-itou Springs, Fort Collins and Evergreen.


By Brian PettetSpecial to The Sopris Sun

SoL Theatre presents Shakespeare’s “AMidsummer Night’s Dream” at the WaldorfSchool on the Roaring Fork on July 10-12.

“There are times in life when a single ideais met with uncontrollable variables, and thiscombination results in something magical tobehold,” said a SoL Theatre Companyspokeswoman. “The performances shouldprove to be a mystically hilarious evening forthe whole family.”

What makes this show special comparedto other productions by SoL is the combina-tion of adult professional actors with a groupof theatrically talented youth from aroundthe Roaring Fork Valley. Production directorJennifer Michaud said “Some people thoughtwe were crazy, attempting a full Shakespeareproduction with young people. The poeticlanguage Shakespeare used can be difficult,

but no-one told the kids … and they are nail-ing it!”

The adult actors that have been teamedup with the young folks are Lee Sullivan(who has performed with Thunder RiverTheatre Company, Aspen Community The-atre and The Hudson Reed Ensemble), BrianKelleher (who recently portrayed ThomasJefferson in Aspen Community Theatre’sproduction of “1776”), and SoL’s own artis-tic director, Logan Carter as Titania. Carterjust finished her first year as theatre teacherfor Aspen middle and high schools.

Michaud said that the perfect castingcombination of talented individuals has cre-ated a captivating artistic endeavor. “Magic ishappening in this production. Given the cast-ing at hand, I just needed to get out of theirway and let it flow. I have been witnessing athrilling collaboration. It’s a joy to watch.”

The comedy is really three stories in one,

which are woven together masterfully inShakespearian fashion.

One story is about the “mechanicals”that portray an endearing acting troopwithin the play and who are controlled andmanipulated by mischievous fairies that in-habit the forest, and who provide a second

storyline as their king and queen battle jeal-ously throughout the play.

The third story is about the romantic ad-ventures of four young Athenian lovers. Thethree separate stories come together in theend and will leave the audience enchanted(and possibly believing in mischievous con-trolling fairies), as it has since the 1590’s.

One of the play’s most famous line is “Thecourse of true love never did run smooth.”

Find out why, when Shakespeare’s time-less sentiments come to life. Seating is limitedand advance ticket purchase is encouragedat soltheatrecompany.com.

Performance times are July 10 at 7 p.m.,July 11 at 7 p.m. and July 12 at 2 p.m. and7 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10for children under 12.

The Waldorf School on the Roaring Forkis located on the Highway 82 frontage road,just upvalley from Catherine Store.

State picks Carbondale for “creative district” program

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The project consists of installing irrigation systems and plantinglandscaping treatments for the SH 133 Corridor Improvement

Project that is being constructed by CDOT during summer 2014.

A mandatory pre-bid meeting will occur Wednesday July 9 at 1:00 PM in Room 2 at Carbondale Town Hall.

Plans will be available via email on June 26. Contact Lee Barger atSGM via email ([email protected]) to request plans and bid

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“Magic is happening in this production. …

I have been witnessinga thrilling collaboration. It’s a joy to watch.”

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The 12 shops and galleries participating in Arts and Antiques Week are:European Antiques: home decor, gifts and antique furniture;Main Street Gallery & the Framer: fine arts and museum framing;Strange Imports: exotic and contemporary furnishings;Out West Antiques: antiques from the finest dealers in Colorado;Carbondale Clay Center: ceramic gallery and classes;

Crystal Glass Studio: etched glass lighting/sculpture;Kahhak Fine Arts & School: a gallery featuring Marcel Kahhak’s paintings;Mousai Gallery: combing the love of art and nature;Dancing Colours Studio: a collection of art and gifts;Harmony Scott Jewelry Design: handmade jewelry/wearable art;Laura Lee Designs: hand crafted interior, exterior and custom lighting;Roadside Gallery: Martin Garfinkel’s photographs of classic Americana.

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Motorists share the road with bicyclists up and down Main Street. The town evencarved out space for several bike racks in a three-block section of the street. Photo byLynn Burton

because his living room-sized venue “in theold part of the Dinkel building” keeps draw-ing attention from musicians coast-to-coast.On Tuesday evening, a violinist in a blackdress tuned up in the alley behind the Dinkel,as the kitchen crew across Fourth Street atSenor Taco Show prepped for another busynight offering up original Mexican dishes.

It probably wasn’t exactly the catalystfor downtown’s most recent renaissance,but Main Street got a boost when StrangeImports moved from the CMC turnoff onHighway 82 and into the Dinkel Building acouple of years back. Then, Out West An-tiques moved from Highway 133 and intothe Dinkel last year – two doors downfrom Strange Imports. The Out West movemight have been what got Strange Imports’Dave Dixon, and European AntiquesBernard Poncelet, to thinking about whatbecame the inaugural Arts and AntiquesWeek on Main Street.

“Before, there were only three or fourstores (downtown),” Poncelet told The So-pris Sun. “Now, there are a lot more.”

Poncelet, whose store is located at 358

Main St., said he and Dixon started plan-ning Arts and Antiques Week more thantwo months ago. It started with one meet-ing with just the two of them, then an-other meeting with three people. Dixonand Poncelet contacted shop owners indi-vidually and everyone was saying “greatidea.” Before they knew it “twelve (own-ers) had joined,” Poncelet said. “It was agreat response.”

Poncelet, who owns European Antiqueswith his wife, Sidney, has a history with thiskind of promotion. “I helped start First Fri-day with Ro Mead 12 years ago.”

If you’ll notice, Arts and Antiques Week isJuly 9-16, which is actually eight days, butnot an allusion to a Beatles hit song from1965. “We wanted to time it with theFarmer’s Market,” which is every Wednesdayfrom 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Fourth Street Plaza.

Restaurants are not technically part ofArts and Antiques but they’ve been told to“get ready.”

During the week of July 9-16, participat-ing stores will extend their hours and are en-couraged to offer specials.

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THURS.-SAT. July 10-12THEATRE • SoL Theatre Company fea-tures three adults (Lee Sullivan, Brian Keleherand Logan Carter) in its production ofShakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’sDream” at the Waldorf School on the Roar-ing Fork. Curtain time for each performanceJuly 10-12 is 7 p.m., plus a 2 p.m. matinee onJuly 12. Tickets are $10 for students and $15for adults. The Waldorf School is located justupvalley from Catherine Store on the High-way 82 frontage road.

THURSDAY July 10LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the oldpart of the Dinkel Building presents bluesman Seth Walker. Info: 963-3304.CARBONDALE LIBRARY • The Carbon-dale Branch Library offers Pizza & Pages forteens at 4 p.m. on the second Thursday of themonth. Info: 963-2880 or gcpld.org.RODEO • The Carbondale Wild West Rodeocontinues its 2014 season at Gus DarienArena east of town on County Road 100.Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; slack starts at 6 p.m.with the Grand Entry at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are$10 adults/$30 per carload up to six, free forkids under 10. The weekly rodeo runs throughAug. 21. Info: carbondalerodeo.com.ROTARY • The Mt. Sopris Rotary meets atMi Casita at noon every Thursday.

CRYSTAL CAUCUS • The Crystal Caucusmeets at the Church at Redstone at 7 p.m.Info: 963-2143.

FRI.-SAT. July 11-12CHAUTAUQUA RETURNS • Chau-

tauqua Aspen returns to the Wheeler/Stal-lard Museum (620 W. Bleeker St.) startingat 9 a.m. each day and concluding at 6 p.m.Ticket prices vary. Info: 925-3721 or aspen-history.org.

FRIDAY July 11MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents“The Grand Seduction” (PG-13) at 7:30 p.m.July 11-17; “Chef” (R) at 5 p.m. July 11-13;“The Immigrant” (R)at 5 p.m. (cap-tioned) July 14and “Belle” (PG)at 5:15 p.m. (cap-tioned) July 15.LIVE MUSIC •Steve’s Guitars inthe old part of theDinkel Buildingpresents Kevin Welchand Son at 8:30 p.m. Welch’s songshave been recorded by Waylon Jen-nings, Trisha Yearwood, Ricky Scaggs,Roger Miller and others. Info: 963-3304.GALLERY OPENING • The Ann Korolo-gos Gallery in downtown Basalt hosts anopening reception for Sarah Lamb andRoseta Santiago from 5 to 7 p.m. Their show,“Capturing Beauty,” continues through Aug.4. Info: 927-9668.WYLY • The Wyly Community Art Centeropens “Stewart Oksenhorn: Photographer”at its new annex exhibition space at 174Midland Ave. The hours are 5 to 7 p.m. andthe show continues through July 31. At itsexisting gallery, the Wyly opens “InsideOut” by K Rhynus Cesark from 5 to 7 p.m.

Info: 927-4123.

SATURDAY July 12LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the oldpart of the Dinkel Building presents Winkand the Signal at 8:30 p.m. Billed as the firstAfro-country band in the U.S., Wink and theSignal is a trio that includes classicallytrained cello and violin players. The instru-mentation also includes guitar, accordion and

ukulele. Info: 963-3304.PICKLEBALL CLINIC •There will be a free pick-leball clinic at theDarien Tennis & Pickle-ball Courts (at NorthFace Park near the firestation) from 11 a.m. to

1 p.m. Equipment will beprovided. Pickleball com-

bines the speed and eye/handcoordination of Ping-Pong with a

similar court and game structure as tennisand competition racquetball. The game is forall ages. Info: 963-1775.GARDEN TOUR • The Glenwood SpringsGarden Club hosts its annual garden tour“rain or shine” from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This isa self-guided tour. Tickets are $10 in advanceand $15 the day of. Info: Eagle Crest Nursery,eventbrite.com and 948-5820 or 945-4004.THOMPSON HOUSE TOURS • The Mt.Sopris Historical Society hosts free tours ofthe Thompson House Museum on Saturdaysfrom 2 to 5 p.m. through the summer. Thehistoric Thompson House is located directlybehind the River Valley Ranch tennis courts.Info: 963-7041.

RFOV • Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteerstackles a trail project up East Elk Creek nearNew Castle. Info: rfov.org or 927-8241.

SUNDAY July 13LIVE MUSIC • CCAH presents Paa Kowand the Main Squeeze at Sopris Park start-ing at 5 p.m. Paa Kow kicks off the eveningwith his Ghana-jazz and African pop. Heclosed out last year’s Mountain Fair on Sat-urday night. The Chicago-based MainSqueeze takes the stage at 7 p.m., funkifyinga wide variety of music. The concert is free.Info: 963-1680 or carbondalearts.com.

CAST AND BLAST • Colorado Parks andWildlife hosts a women-only Cast and Blastclinic in Basalt. The cost is $20. Info: 947-2920.

LUTHERANS MEET • Faith LutheranChurch holds worship services at the Car-bondale Middle School auditorium: tradi-tional service (9 a.m.), educational hour (10a.m.), living praise worship (11:30 a.m.).Info: Faithcarbondale.com and 925-7725.

TUESDAY July 15LIBRARY • Kids can help Denver Zoo staffmembers classify critters at the CarbondaleBranch Library at 10:30 a.m. Info: gcpld.org.

GLENWOOD MARKET • Glenwood’sDowntown Market happens every Tuesdayfrom 4 to 8 p.m. There’s live music and more.Info: glenwoodmarket.com and 618-3650.

MINDFULNESS • The MLP MindfulnessCourse, taught by John (Chophel) Bruna, isoffered July 15, 19 and 22. Info: mindfullife-program.org.


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

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WEDNESDAY July 16FARMER’S MARKET CONTINUES •The Carbondale Farmer’s Market returnsto the Fourth Street Plaza from 10 a.m. to3 p.m. on Wednesday through Oct. 1.There’s live music, fresh produce, localmeat/cheese/bread/crafts and more.

CULTURE CLUB • The Carbondale Cul-

ture Club at the Third Street Center pres-ents AO Forbes (singer/songwriter) atnoon. On July 23 it’s Ananda Banc(singer/songwriter/guitarist); on July 30it’s Joann Scott (a nia black belt instruc-tor combining movement, art and ener-getic clearing).

LIVE MUSIC • Basalt continues its LiveAfter Five free music series from 5:30 to 8

p.m. with Derringer in Lions Park. The se-ries alternates between Willits and down-town Basalt. Upcoming shows are:Smokin’ Joe on July 23 (Willits), Fifty50on July 30 (downtown), Poser on Aug. 6(Willits), Caleb Dean on Aug. 13 (down-town), and Starwood and Night Plane onAug. 20 (Willits). Info: Basaltchamber.org.

ROTARY • The Rotary Club of Carbon-

dale meets at the Carbondale fire station at6:50 a.m. Today, Rotary presents districtgovernor Bob Delevan, followed byGarfield County Commissioner TomJankovsky and county attorney FrankHutfless (health insurance issues) on July23, and John Craig (Rotary Africa) on July30. Info or to suggest speakers: [email protected] and [email protected].


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THURSDAY July 17SUN OPEN HOUSE • The Sopris Sun wantsto hear from YOU! Please join us for a Com-munity Open House to gather input fromcommunity members as we chart the futureof The Sopris Sun. The open house will takeplace in the Carbondale Branch Library’scommunity room from 6 to 8 p.m. Info: Deb-bie at 379-0214 or [email protected].

CLASSICAL MUSIC • The Basalt RegionalLibrary’s chamber music series continues at5:15 p.m. on July 17, 24 and 31, and Aug. 7and 14. The free series features students andparticipants from the Aspen Music Festivaland School.

FRI.-SUN. July 18-20ENCOURAGING ARTS • The Orchard,Christ Community Church and Bread &Wine Ministries bring Theresa Dedmon tothe Roaring Fork Valley for the Encourag-ing Arts Conference. Dedmon has an inter-national ministry that focuses on equippingand activating people and churches in how

to step into their supernatural destiny, whiletouching their communities through cre-ative expressions and love. The cost is $44.Info: www.eventbrite.com [email protected].

FRIDAY July 18LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the oldpart of the Dinkel Building presents thesoulful rock act Quiney Mumford & TheReason Why. You can check out the band’ssong “A Hard Place” from last year’s “It’sOnly Change” on Guitar World’shttp:/bit.ly/1lkHOb2. Info: 963-3304.

SUNDAY July 20NEW FUN • The “Music & Movies” seriescontinues at the Third Street Center’s southlawn at 7 p.m. It’s free. The Strolling Sconeskick off the night with music, followed by“Yellow Submarine” (which is based on theBeatles’ song). The series concludes on Aug.17 with Ananda and Chris Bank and the film“Singing in the Rain.” The series is presentedby CCAH. Info: 963-1680.

TUESDAY July 22RFCC • The Roaring Fork Cultural Councilbrings Chris Hill (the former U.S. ambassa-dor to Iraq) to Thunder River Theatre at 7p.m. Tickets are $20 and can be purchasedthunderrivertheatre.com.

THURSDAY July 24LIVE MUSIC • PAC3 presents Robert EarlKeen Jr. at 9 p.m. Tickets are $37 in advanceand $42 the day of. Info: Google PAC3.

SATURDAY Aug. 2BELLS BASH • Wilderness Workshop andothers throw a 50th birthday bash for theMaroon Bells Wilderness Area at AspenHighlands. The party goes from 3 to 9 p.m.and will feature music (the Shook Twins,Paper Bird, Halden Wofford & the Hi-Beams, and Let Them Roar), author/activistRick Bass, a Ute Nation ceremony, kids ac-tivities and wilderness displays. Admissionis $10 for adults; kids under 12 are free.Parking is also free. Info: 963-3977.

OngoingWEEKLY RUNS • Indepedence Run & Hikeholds runs on Thursday nights at 6:30 p.m.and Saturdays at 8 a.m. Info: 704-0909.

CLAY CENTER • The Carbondale ClayCenter continues the Birdie Boone show,“Sink,” through July 25.

Hold the PressesBOOMERANG LANDS ON HIGHWAY 133•The former Blend Coffee Shop is nowBoomerang Coffee Co. and a celebration of thename and ownership change is slated for 5 to8 p.m. on July 10. Bob Ferguson is the newowner. Proceeds will go to the non-profit AWay Out, which provides scholarships to treat-ment centers for addicts and alcoholics whowant to enroll in a program but cannot affordit, according to a press release. Boomerang Cof-fee Co. is located at the intersection of High-way 133 and Garfield Avenue, just south ofCarbondale Car Care. Ferguson also owns Jay-walker Lodge, a Carbondale-based addictionand alcohol treatment facility that is also cele-brating its 10th birthday on July 10.

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CCAH needs funkster helpThe Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities is look-

ing for volunteers to help at its free funk show at Sopris Parkon July 13. Volunteers are needed for set up, to help serveRoaring Fork Beer in the Cantina and to break down (so tospeak). To sign up, visit carbondalearts.com or call 963-1680.

Maroon Bellers seek volunteersOrganizers of the Maroon Bells Birthday Bash are looking

for more than 80 volunteers to help pull off the outdoor fes-tival set for 3 to 9 p.m. Aug. 2 at Aspen Highlands. Volun-teers who work two hours or more will receive free admissionand an event t-shirt, and will be entered in a prize drawingfor shwag from local businesses. The sign-up page and detailsabout volunteer opportunities are at the event website,www.maroonbells50.org. For more information, contact vol-unteer coordinator Maya Fulton at [email protected]. Billed as “celebrating 50 years of wilderness,” thebash commemorates the 50th anniversary of the MaroonBells-Snowmass Wilderness, which was one of the first areasdesignated by the federal 1964 Wilderness Act. The Wilder-ness Workshop, Aspen Center for Environmental Studies andthe U.S. Forest Service are co-presenting the event.

Camp registration under wayThe registration deadline for CCAH’s Sewing Basics

camp, and Ukulele/Singing camp, is July 17. The camps runJuly 21-24 and July 21-25 respectively. For details, call963-1680 or go to carbondalearts.com.

RFOV needs Elk Creek volunteersRoaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers is looking for workers

on its East Elk Creek trail project near New Castle on July 12.Volunteers will build one-third of a mile of new trail to reroutea section that was washed out in 2011. Work starts at 8:30 a.m.and ends at 5 p.m. For details, call 927-8241 or go to rfov.org.

“Cast and Blast” in BasaltColorado Parks and Wildlife presents the women-only

“Cast and Blast” hunting and fishing clinic in Basalt on July13. The cost is $20 and registration can be completed at 947-2920. “This class is designed as an entry-level clinic teaching

basic techniques,” said District Wildlife Manager and in-structor Matt Yamashita of Basalt. “It’s a fantastic opportu-nity to take the first step toward getting involved with huntingand fishing in Colorado.” The day-long event covers the ba-sics of fly-fishing, including knot tying and casting, followedby an opportunity to implement these techniques on thewater. The shooting portion introduces participants to basicshotgun safety and shooting techniques, concluding with par-ticipants practicing with clay targets on a trap range.

Get your soccer kicks in El JebelThe inaugural Hales Yeah soccer tournament at Crown

Mountain Park in El Jebel takes place on July 19. The tour-nament honors the late Haley Rinaldi, who graduated fromAspen High School in 2010 and played on the women’s soc-cer team at Waldorf College in Forest City, Iowa. Proceedswill go to one boy or girl from Basalt, Glenwood Springs orRoaring Fork high school who is planning to play soccer atthe collegiate level. Registration is $100 (maximum 10 play-ers). The format is six-on-six coed with a three-game guar-antee. Referees, and refreshments, will be provided. Fordetails, e-mail [email protected] or call NoelChiarelli at 618-9852.

Fire district callsThe Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District re-

sponded to the following calls on June 29-July 5.• Medical calls – 8;• Fire alarms – 3;• Trauma – 2;• Stand by – 2;• Trash fire – 1;• Hazardous materials – 1;• Vehicle accident – 1;• Open burning – 1;• Rodeo stand by – 1.

“Phones,” by Glenwood Springs sculptor Chris Erickson,is one of 13 works of art on display as part of the Car-bondale Public Arts Commission’s Art aRound Town2014. “Phones” creates an archway over the sidewalk infront of Thunder River Theatre and carries an asking priceof $5,800. The Sopris Sun will publish photos of the sculp-tures through the summer and into the fall. Photo byYazmin Castillo

Food, flags and funon the Fourth

It was a red, white and blue First Friday, which happened to fall on theFourth of July this year. The fun kicked off with Carbondale’s annualFourth of July parade on Main Street, which lasted about seven minutesaccording to one timer but also drew hundreds of participants. After theparade, it was on to Sopris Park, where ice cream sandwiches and watermelonwere passed out for everyone to enjoy. For kid-magnet Soozie Lindbloom(above), her most recent weapon-of-attraction was a bubble gun, whichwas a huge hit with kids.

Photos and text by Jane Bachrach


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The height of the summer on theFrying Pan River in is like leaving agiant cast-iron skillet full of bacon outon a stump.

Greasy.Buggy.Tasty.Bound to attract ermine, vermin, foxes

and bears. All of the same things count-less fisher folk flock to the Frying Pan for— namely, great dry-fly fishing with theoccasional greasy red-striped Hogzillathrown in for good measure.

“Since when has summer fishing onrivers like the Frying Pan turned into sucha bacon-fest?” you might ask. Accordingto Tim Heng, the fishing just keeps on get-ting better and better and more and morebacon-y every year. And the thing is, we alllove bacon (I’m even willing to accept thatsome of us actually might not, but go withme on the bacon-y thing for a second). Per-haps, due to all this bacon blood lust, youmight encounter a fly-fisher or two who

maneuver themselves justout of range or even withinrange of your cast and begintheir own “ten-to-two-ing,”leapfrogging, and evenstrangely enough, down-stream fishing right intowhere you are casting.

What to do in these“close encounters” as I liketo call them, of the unmind-ful kind? Instead of becom-ing overly philosophicaland wondering out-loud,“Really?” to which the an-swer I’d give you is, “yep, better believeyour bacon,” instead of that, try to catchtheir attention with a nice “hello,” strikeup a conversation about how beautifullysunny, windy, buggy, rainy and just out-right phenomenal a day it is, and ask howtheir fishing is going. When you find theright moment, ask them to give you a lit-tle bit more space and they will probably

oblige. On the rare occa-sion they don’t say a wordand become aggressive, youmight be dealing with astarving, rabid and/or wildspecies of fly fisher notworth dealing with. In par-ticularly crowded areas onthe Frying Pan like the flats,be prepared to be an am-bassador. You might evenfind a fellow fly fisherworth having a beer with atthe end of the day.

Besides respecting pri-vate property boundaries and making sureto catch and release all rainbows, and allbrowns over 14 inches (especially the re-ally big ones like Taylor Creek’s KirkWebb caught who push 30 inches andgrant three wishes if you rub their bellieswhile singing Frank Sinatra—Kirk neversang Frank Sinatra, and thus missed outon his three wishes, but you should ask to

see the picture of his brown trout any-way), the single biggest thing you can dothis summer besides being an ambassadoron the river is to fish a barbless hook.

Why barbless you might ask?A trout has a particularly soft mouth

that can be torn easily when trying to re-move a barbed hook. It also takes longerto remove a barbed hook and increasesthe amount of time you handle a trout. Onthe rare occasion a fish inhales a fly, or getsa fly stuck in its gill plates, it is much eas-ier to remove a barbless hook, and greatlyincreases the fish’s survival rate. Luckily,Taylor Creek only sells barbless flies.

Bacon, bacon, bacon.Bacon adds flavor to the dullest days

— even bordering on amazing, both thebacon and fishing, depending on what youare using and who you are fishing with.Although it can be a salty, salty world outthere, remember the Frying Pan River isfresh water, and to keep it that way.

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Fishing ethics: Out on the ’Pan and into the fire

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Applications and descriptions of all Town Boards & Commissions can be found at www.carbondalegov.org

The following vacancies are available: Board/Commission: Open Positions:

Planning & Zoning Commission

3 Regular

Environmental Board 3 Regular* Parks & Recreation Commission

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There is something in my life that brings me great sat-isfaction. Some would call it a job, a profession, a career.To me it’s a calling.

It has to do with what I do and why.You’ve no doubt heard the motto associated with the

agency that employs me, “Caring for the land and serv-ing people.”

Caring for the land is what I do. The “why” is containedin the “serving people” portion of those seven words.

Being a public servant is a humbling experience. To beentrusted with being a caretaker of our public land startswith living as a good steward myself.

Yet it’s not about me. I’m merely the facilitator, the go-between, the person with one ear to the ground listeningto the heartbeat of Mother Earth with the other ear tunedto hear public discourse, debate and dialogue.

In doing so there is no place for being arbitrary or capricious. Fa-voritism is not an option. Every member of the public deserves to betreated in the same respectful and courteous manner.

Deeply listening to what people are saying instead of listening onlyfor how I’m going to reply is a work in progress for me.

What is being said reflects an undercurrent beneath the words them-selves and that undercurrent is the fact that people in this valley careabout their public land.

This can also be seen in the local elected officials who representthe public.

Commissioners in both Garfield and Pitkin County have helped fundprojects on the White River National Forest when there was no moneyin the federal budget to accomplish the work.

The most recent example of municipal officials helping out is the de-cision by the leaders of Glenwood Springs to fund a staff position atHanging Lake to help patrol one of the most popular hiking places onthe forest.

Caring for the land is not an easy thing. When people care aboutonly what they want to see happen on or to the land, things get com-plex and conflicts erupt.

Is it possible today to do “the greatest good for the great-est number in the long run” as the first chief of the ForestService, Gifford Pinchot, said more than 100 years ago?

The full quote is “Where conflicting interests must be rec-onciled, the question will always be decided from the stand-point of the greatest good for the greatest number in thelong run.”

If conflicting interests aren’t reconciled, it’s the resourcethat loses.

With resource concerns growing more and more com-plex, we can make management issues about “us versusthem” and how our cause is the only alternative rather thanwhat really is the greatest good for the land.

Or we can find solutions by working together to achieve“the greatest good for the greatest number in the long run.”

There are many major efforts across the White River National For-est accomplishing caring for the land by working together: Friends ofthe Dillon Ranger District, Friends of the Eagles Nest Wilderness,Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, Student Conservation Association, Col-orado Fourteeners Initiative, Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado, BlueRiver Watershed Group, the Colorado Trail Foundation, Forest Con-servancy, Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers (RFOV), Roaring ForkMountain Bike Association, Independence Pass Foundation, AspenCenter for Environmental Studies (ACES), Wilderness Volunteers andWilderness Workshop.

Partners and volunteers on one ranger district of the forest con-tributed 17,209 volunteer hours working on needed projects.

We can all make a difference whether a public servant or a mem-ber of the public. Working together caring for the land produces amaz-ing results.

You too can help. Try contacting one of the groups listed above andbe part of those who care.

With more than 35 years of experience in federal land managementagencies, Bill Kight of Carbondale shares his stories and concernswith readers every month.

CommonGroundBy Bill Kight

e White River National Forest can use youTailgate om page 14

All a Trout WantsTonight green drakes

in Glenwood.

Tomorrow green drakes

in Glenwood.

Come September

what I want is

yesterday’s water

filling the banks of the river,

filling each bend and cliff wall,

carrying away sediment.

To become as streamlined

as July. To rise toward dusk’s

buggy wings. To make

the great hatches

year after year.

To live in the

Roaring Fork Valley

where trout are the only

imperative. Push back

into far reaching

branches, beginning to end,

end to beginning,

and eat every bug as I go.

– Cameron Scott

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

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

Ro MeadCarbondale

Thanks to Heritage ParkDear Editor:

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

cellent care provided by the kind, caring anddedicated staff; I cannot speak more highly oftheir commitment to their clients’ well being.

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

Patti StranahanCarbondale

Thanks to the crewDear Editor:

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

A special thanks to Smiley Wise, one of the

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

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

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

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

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

ate all of you. Thank you.Chris ChacosProject “Gunga Din!”Carbondale

Boogie’s thanksDear Editor:

This past Friday, over 1,000 people kickedoff their Fourth of July celebration with oneof Aspen’s most popular traditions: the an-nual Boogie’s Buddy Race to benefit theBuddy Program! This 5K race and 1-milefamily and canine walk provides funding tosupport nearly 1,000 local youth and theirfamilies through many critical services andprograms including individual mentoring,group mentoring, leadership education,Lemonade Day, activities, scholarships, andtherapeutic counseling.

David HouggyExecutive DirectorThe Buddy Program

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Proposals must be received at the above address nolater than 1pm MST, Wednesday, July 16th, 2014, tobe considered. There will be a mandatory Pre-Bidmeeting at 10am MST, Tuesday, July 1st, 2014, at theproject site, the current parking lot at Elk Park.

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

Printed Form for Bids: All bids must be made uponthe Pitkin County Bid Form. Bidder must includeCDOT forms 606 and 714 with his bid, forms 605,621, and 718 the following day and form 715 within48 hours of bid opening. If a work schedule is in-cluded as part of the bid package it must also becompleted in ink and signed by the individual whowill execute the Contract Form. Any work form com-pleted as part of the bid package shall indicate thecommencement date for construction. The workschedule must conform to the commencement andcompletion dates for the contract.


NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Clement F. Hughes, deceasedCase No. 14 PR 30030

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of GarfieldCounty, Colorado on or before November 3, 2014,or the claims may be forever barred.

Roxan K. HughesPersonal RepresentativeP. O. Box 606Carbondale, Colorado 81623


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