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Add parkour (pronounced pärˈkoo͝r) to the long list of athletic activities available to local kids and adults. Parkour is a holistic training discipline using movement that wasdeveloped from military obstacle training in France in the 1980s, according to websites. Parkour practioners try to get from point A to point B in the most efficient way pos-sible, and do it by using their bodies and surroundings. Carbondale Parkour brought the discipline to town this summer and is offering camps for kids and classes for adults.“We … study natural movement and train how to navigate any environment quickly and safely,” states Carbondale native Michael Merrill on his website. “This natural move-ment can be anything from running, jumping and climbing to balancing, rolling and landing.” Learning how to adjust one’s body and to roll after a mishap (such as beingthrown over a bicycle’s handlebars) is an essential parkour component. In this picture, Rowan McAlpin demonstrates a tic tac, in which height is gained with redirected mo-mentum. That’s Merrill (left) and co-instructor Derek Young (right) offering encouragement and direction. Carbondale Parkour is based in the Third Street Center and thephone number is 510-0088. For more info, go to carbondaleparkour.com. For more photos, visit the Sopris Sun website at soprissun.com. Photo by Lynn Burton

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What’s with the negativity?Dear Editor:

I am not understanding all the negativitysurrounding the Surls sculpture that the townboard is receiving because of the generosity ofCarbondale’s citizens. After all, I guess ourmagnificent arts community could have weedsand concrete like the round-about in Aspen.

We have been discussing this process in pub-lic meetings (along with the round-about andHighway 133 improvements) for over a year.We have toured the Surls studio. I can assureyou our board is confident we have made a de-cision that is in the best interests of Carbondale.That is after all what you elected us to do.

Despite what at least one naysayerwould have you believe, there is a not bigdifference between a 24-acre commercial/residential land-use application and a do-nated sculpture. The implication by the So-pris Sun that somehow John Foulkrod andI were conspiratorial in approving thesculpture seems to be just a way to manu-facture some controversy.

John and I actually worked very well onmany issues to seek the best outcome forCarbondale. Indeed, my take would be whentwo of the most divergent experienced voiceson the town council are in full agreement ofwhat’s right, good and beneficial for Car-bondale, that folks would give us the benefitof the doubt; not do the proverbial Mondaymorning quarterbacking.

Our board voted 6-0 on this importantissue while one member was out of thecountry for eight weeks. We have made a de-cision and given our word as well as thetown’s. The time for naysayers and negativevibes is well past.

Get out and see the model piece at an openhouse, the Farmers Market or First Friday andhear about this really cool artwork that willshow off Mount Sopris and provide a gate-way to our downtown! It’s time to move onwith what I believe will be, along with theround-about, Highway 133 improvementsand the new Valley View building (and maybea Surls museum) arguably the greatest short-term accumulation of improvements to ourtown in its history.

I am sure a vocal minority would preferto complain but like my grandmother used tosay “if you can’t say something nice don’t sayanything at all”! Hope to see ya at First Fri-day or Mountain Fair.

If you still can’t get it out of your craw, runfor trustee in two years and be the change youwant to see that is after all what the six of uswho voted for this project have done.

Frosty MerriottCarbondale Trustee

It’s the trustees’ missionDear Editor:

I hold dear the democratic process that

allows each individual in a community tovote, and thereby choose its representativeswhose mission is to run the town.

Having served for 20 years as a trusteeand mayor, I never believed it was my job todo what the “people” wanted, but felt I waselected to do what was best for the commu-nity at large, now and into the future.

The town of Carbondale meets two tofour times a month in open session. Thetown website publishes the agendas five tosix days prior to any meeting. The cable TVusually airs the meetings live on Tuesdaynights and then replays the meeting severaltimes during the following week. If you aretoo busy to attend the meetings or tune in tothe TV, you can always read the Sopris Sunfor a detailed account, as that is one of thefunctions of a local newspaper.

The improvements to Highway 133 arelong overdue and have been on the draw-ing board for over 20 years. The fact that itis happening is miraculous! Special thanksto CDOT and the Garfield County com-missioners for their financial contributions.

The round-about was also a conversa-tion that went on for months or even years.The James Surls sculpture was a dream,and the fact that it might actually becomea reality is awesome. Jim Calaway pro-posed the idea promising financial backingand Mr. Surls agreed to build the sculpturefor cost. Mr. Surls came to town meetings.The Board of Trustees went to Mr. Surls’sstudio and discussed the piece in an adver-tised meeting. The vote to move forwardwith an agreement with Mr. Surls was ap-proved 6-0.

I am truly excited by the Highway 133project and am in full support of the JamesSurls sculpture as its focal point.

John FoulkrodCarbondale

Is it art?Dear Editor:

Is it pubic art or public art or a misprint?Pubic art would certainly be arresting and

stand for all kinds of stuff.It amazes me that Surls, who does three-

dimensional sculpture that has to be placedin space, couldn’t figure out immediately thatour old library wouldn’t suit his pieces.

The space would have served the purposeof child-care, and maybe that group couldsee the use a lot better.

Stephanie JanigaSenior HousingCarbondale

Thanks to CPACDear Editor:

Thank you to the Carbondale Public ArtsCommission (CPAC). What a marvelous jobyou all did in selecting this current public art

display that “poof” just appeared over nightin our wonderful community.

Thanks also to our super public workscrew that facilitated the delicate installationof each piece. Great job, guys!

We’re so fortunate to have these qualitypieces of artwork for all of us locals and ourfuture visitors of all ages to revel in this longaffair all year long.

The only possible problem one couldpossibly see is how do you top this shownext year?

Thank you and best of wishes for con-tinued success in the future.

Again, thanks for this grand show.Chris and Terry ChacosCarbondale

Thanks to the trusteesDear Editor:

I would like to thank the CarbondaleBoard of Trustees and all those that sup-ported the CCAH/Dance Initiative pro-posal for the Gordon Cooper Library.There were great ideas for the use of the li-brary and I hope, as a community, we findways to make those ideas come to fruition.

For CCAH, we are excited to have apresence in the downtown core, while stillmaintaining our space at Third Street. Thisslight expansion is going to strengthenover 10 groups or businesses hoping to usethe spring loaded dance studios, as well asbring SOL Theater and CCAH togetherunder one roof at the Third Street Center.This allows CCAH and SOL to share abeautiful space that has room for set build-ing, classes and rehearsals. It will alsobring even more laughter and energy to theRound Room at Third Street. Our visionfor the Third Street Arts Learning Centerincludes classes in various arts for youngand old, our free after school art programs,our life drawing and painting drop-inclasses and potential space for artists touse. The energy and ideas are only goingto grow.

As we look and dream of what canthrive in the old Gordon Cooper the op-portunities are endless. First, and foremost,providing a space for so many of ourdancers to follow their passions willstrengthen several dance businesses, as wellas cultivate creative ideas and interactionsbetween many arts disciplines. I must thankPeter Gilbert for his dedication to DanceInitiative. Together we envision spokenword interacting with dance, art galleryopenings that include performance, re-hearsal space for performers and musiciansto hone their acts and an opportunity forartists to receive more visibility, and hope-fully, sales in the new R2 Gallery. CCAHwill also have a small gift shop that will

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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CorrectionLast week’s Sopris Sun incorrectly stated that Jody Ensign is a primary fund-raiser for the James Surls sculpture project. Connie

Calaway and Sue Edelstein are the primary fund-raisers.

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By John ColsonSopris Sun Correspondent

The Carbondale & Rural Fire Protec-tion District may not be asking voters for atax hike in November, based on an infor-mal polling of members of a special citizensadvisory task force at its monthly meetingon Monday.

Fire district voters rejected the district’splea for a tax increase last year, largely due toa public perception that the omission of a“sunset clause” on the tax increase could re-sult in a windfall of unneeded cash for the dis-trict, and unnecessarily high tax bills fordistrict residents.

The 2013 tax question came on the heelsof voter approval in 2011 of a mill levy over-ride intended to generate some $775,000 inannual income. Voters in 2013 questioned thejustification for an open-ended tax hike ontop of the one granted two years earlier.

The 2011 mill-levy increase had a two-year sunset clause, meaning the district milllevy was set to revert from 8.0 mills back to5.903 mills at the end of last year unless vot-ers extend it.

According to district officials, propertyvalues in the district dropped by 40 percent inrecent years as a consequence of the nationaland regional recession, leaving the districtroughly $1.2 million short in property taxrevenues, which make up the bulk of the dis-trict’s income.

The fire district’s budget had to be slashedby $500,000 for 2014, and $700,000 wasdredged from the district’s reserves to makeup for the shortfall.

The advisory task force was created by thedistrict’s board of directors earlier this year inan attempt to come to grips with communityconcerns, and to find ways to meet the dis-trict’s fiscal needs as it tries to provide highquality services in spite of lowered revenues.

The sprawling, 320-square-mile districtextends from McClure Pass in the south tothe Spring Valley area in the north, and fromthe Garfield-Eagle County line in the east tothe Thompson Creek/Coal Basin region inthe west.

The task force indicated informally onMonday, in a “straw poll” of task force mem-bers, it is not planning to ask for a tax hike in

the Nov. 4 general election (see related story).The task force has for the past several

months been going over the district’s fi-nances and its general mission, in an effortto determine the best way to meet the dis-trict’s fire protection and emergency medicaltransport needs.

The work of the task force is expected toculminate in July or August with a final meet-ing and the issuance of recommendations tothe board of directors.

Dilemma’s rootsThe fire district’s dilemma has roots that

go back for a little more than a decade,starting in 2003 when the district was facedwith what district officials now say was agrowing demand for better service, whichincluded better emergency medical trans-port capabilities.

At the time, the district was reliant prima-rily on Emergency Medical Technicians(EMTs) to staff its ambulances. EMTs pos-sess a level of skills that is lower than those ofparamedics. In 2004, the public approved a$6.7 million bond issue calculated to providethe money to beef up the district’s equipment,facilities and training.

The 2004 Master Plan noted that the dis-trict at that time was plagued by aging facili-ties and equipment, inadequate facilities forhousing and training its force of volunteer firefighters, and a need for “additional full-timepaid Paramedic/Firefighters” to meet the tax-payers’ demands, among other issues.

The goals listed in that 2004 Master Planincluded a desire to “achieve Paramedic-level ambulance service” and to improve thedistrict’s ISO rating, which rates the dis-trict’s ability to respond to emergency serv-ice calls as it relates to insurance costs fordistrict taxpayers.

Over the course of the ensuing decade, thedistrict’s annual budget has grown from ap-proximately $1.4 million in 2004, to an esti-mated peak of $2.8 million in 2013, which isthe year that the district went to the taxpay-ers for more money.

While the district started work on a newmaster plan in 2011, according to districtboard vice president Mike Kennedy, uncer-

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Co-op expands. Dan Whitney (right) and David Kodama (owner of Artisan Eliteconstruction, left) lug out the last piece of dry wall to create an opening to the ex-isting Carbondale Community Food Co-op space on Main Street. Co-op managerAvtar told The Sopris Sun the store will move its housewares, vitamins and otherproduct lines to the new space, which will allow for more grocery items in the ex-isting space. The co-op now occupies three of the four spaces in the building, put-ting its size at about 1,200 square feet. Avtar said she expects the remodelingproject to last for a week or two. Photo by Lynn Burton

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Ballot question not a sure thingIt wasn’t an up or down vote, but fire

district citizens advisory task force memberson Monday indicated they are leaning awayfrom recommending the fire board put atax-hike proposal on the November ballot.

After the monthly meeting on June 16,task-force member Allyn Harvey told TheSopris Sun an informal poll at the meetingcame up and then went down as follows.

The meeting agenda called for the 17-member task force to divide up into smallgroups and discuss three “building blocks foralternatives”: revenue/bridge table, expendi-tures/cost cutting table and telling the story.

Basically, the first item deals with rev-enues and creating a financial “bridge”until property values increase, which wouldpresumably produce more tax dollars;looking at ways to cut costs; and explain-ing to the public such things as essentialservices the district provides.

Harvey said groups of three to five task-force members huddled and addressed eachof the three items, then the 11 members inattendance reconvened for more discussion.

With the help of facilitator Tom Baker,the task force identified two differentproblems or issues to address: the district

needs more money, and looking at largerpolicy issues that include spending anddistrict management.

From there, two camps emerged, al-though Harvey said there was a lot ofshared opinion:

• The smaller of the camps thinks thetask force’s job is to recommend to the fireboard that it put a tax hike ballot questionon the November ballot;

• The larger of the two camps thinksthe district needs to “reform” how it man-ages money, and then possibly go to a bal-lot question but not this November.

When the task force was asked whetherthe district should ask for a tax hike in No-vember, three or four members put up theirhands to say yes. The eight or so othermembers did not put up their hand, soHarvey said the question died at that point,and discussion continued on other issues.

“It (the number voting yes) was noteven close to a majority,” Harvey said.

He also pointed out the district has $2million in reserves and can “weather”budgetary shortfalls for 2015 and perhapsbeyond that.

— By Lynn Burton


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Sopris Sun Staff ReportThe Colorado Department of Transporta-

tion’s contractor, United Companies, reports itis on schedule with the Highway 133 recon-struction project, according to town managerJay Harrington’s weekly report (June7-13).United Companies wants to move the newtraffic control signal at Highway 133/Snow-mass Drive/River Valley Ranch Drive up onthe schedule. The company is potholing ex-isting utilities and may start boring new con-duits under the highway the week of June16-20. A group of downtown merchants hasasked to explore some additional downtownsignage/banners during construction.

In other paraphrased notes from Harring-ton’s report:

• The street crew has been busy maintain-ing alleys. Some of the busier alleys will havea light application of dust suppressant nextweek. The crew will be starting some local as-phalt repair work next week as well as work-ing on street markings.

• The volunteers that are planting flowerpots around town are doing a fantasticjob. “The flower pots look really nice andthe volunteers deserve a big thank you,” thereport said.

• After the recent street striping was com-plete, the town found enough space on FourthStreet near the Black Nugget for an additionalon-street bicycle rack. Additional bicycle rackshave been placed around the 4th Street plaza.

• Recreation staff and members of theParks and Recreation Commission inter-viewed teams for the parks master plan thisweek and are still deliberating.

• Members of the Bike, Pedestrian andTrails Commission, and staff, interviewedfirms for designing and building the bike park.

• The Planning Commission met on June12 and approved the Beebe Infill application(Lot A, Fender Lot Line Adjustment) and theHarris Infill application (512 N. Eighth St).The commission also recommended to thetrustees that they approve the CMED SpecialUse Permit to allow retail marijuana cultiva-tion. The Special Use Permit will be consid-ered by the board at its June 24 meeting as apublic hearing.

• Teka Israel combined the comments re-garding the UDC Outline from the variousreferral agencies and town boards and com-missions and sent the information to Clarion.She and Janet Buck are working with Clarionto finish the schedule for the next steps in theUDC process.

• The planning staff is processing theRFTA Site Plan Review for the new RFTApark-and-ride, a Special Use Permit for agroup home, and another infill application forthe property located at 219 Sopris Av-enue. They are scheduled for the PlanningCommission on June 26.

• From June 5-12, Carbondale police of-fers handled the following cases of note: DUI,

criminal mischief, disorderly conduct (tam-pering with Highway 133 construction), sum-mons for a fraud investigation, trespassing ata pot shop, summons for identity theft, crim-inal mischief at Sopris Park and criminal im-personation (alcohol purchase).

• Recently, the Colorado Department ofRevenue conducted alcohol compliancechecks with Carbondale restaurants. Onerestaurant failed.

• Lt. Chris Wurtsmith and police chiefGene Schilling attended the Colorado Asso-ciation of Chiefs of Police Conference inKeystone. “It was an excellent event,” the re-port states.

• The Police Department continues tomake the Highway 133 project a high priorityin regards to traffic enforcement. “Our en-forcement is focused outside of the construc-tion area dealing with people avoiding the site,speeding and failing to obey traffic laws.”

• Police continue to address bicycletraffic infractions and Main Street side-walk infractions.

• Last week, a bicycle patrol officer con-tacted some young men who appeared to betrying to enter vehicles. The investigation didnot yield sufficient evidence for arrests, butthe event appeared to have been foiled. Thoseinvolved were identified and documented.

• A police officer was scheduled to ac-company the monthly Moonlight Cruisersbike ride on June 13.

Cop ShopThe following events are drawn from in-cident reports of the C’dale Police Dept.

SUNDAY June 15 At 4:52 p.m. a residenton Barber Drive called police to report anunknown couple was making out in hisback yard. An officer contacted the couple,told them they were trespassing and gavethem a warning.

MONDAY June 16 At 2:36 a.m. on High-way 133 an officer observed a Ford withNew Mexico plates did not dim its lightswhen they met. The driver told the officerhe was being pulled over illegally and hewas going to talk to a lawyer. While the of-ficer was explaining Colorado’s high beamslaw, the man interrupted and said he’s fromPhiladelphia where it’s legal not to dimthem, and he was driving through a con-struction zone. The officer issued the 49-year-old driver a ticket for not dimming hisheadlights.

MONDAY June 16 At 3:47 p.m. policecontacted two males who were selling elec-tronic equipment out of their car in a park-ing lot. The suspects said they were on theirway to Montrose; an officer told them theyneed a sales tax license if they stay in town.

MONDAY June 16 At 11:22 p.m., an offi-cer saw a vehicle run a stop sign in the 600block of Garfield Avenue. The driver thencrossed into the officer’s lane and almost hithim head on. The officer turned aroundand followed the vehicle as it ran two morestop signs, and at 900 Garfield Avenue is-sued the 24-year-old driver a summons forDUI and traffic violations.


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At least 200 friends and family members filled the Hendricks compound front yard in Satank, and spilled over into a side yard, during a memorial get together to rememberBrad Hendricks on June 14. Several people spoke, including Bill Jochems, who said Hendricks’ three daughters – Harmony, Hilary and Heidi – were the love of his life,but anything with wheels on it was a close second. If a challenge was attached to the wheels, it was even better. Such was the case one time when Hendricks and Jochemsset out for Wyoming in a questionable vehicle at 4 a.m. The radiator sprang a leak near Glenwood Springs and they had to carry water in hubcaps from the ColoradoRiver to fill it, which got them to Rifle, where they bought some water jugs to continue the trip. Photo by Lynn Burton

Calaway, Young to marshal paradeJim Calaway and Bob Young will be the grand marshals of

the 117th annual Strawberry Days parade in GlenwoodSprings on June 21. The parade rolls up Grand Avenue fromdowntown starting at 10 a.m. Calaway and Young are wellknown philanthropists, perhaps best known locally for theCalaway/Young Cancer Center at Valley View Hospital. Thisyear’s Strawberry Days will also honor the Glenwood SpringsChamber of Commerce’s 95th anniversary. For details onStrawberry Days, visit strawberrydays.com.

Cudmore and Hollenback join chamber teamRosie Cudmore and Cailen Hollenback have joined the

Carbondale Chamber of Commerce team in the Third StreetCenter, joining executive director Andrea Stewart. Cudmoreworks as office manager and in accounts receivable on Wednes-day through Friday. She also works with her husband withmarketing and design at Meier skis (between Carbondale andGlenwood). She and her husband have three kids. Hollenbackworks as office manager and in accounts payable on Mondaythrough Wednesday. Among other accomplishments, shehelped start and still runs the Roaring Fork Lacrosse Club. Sheand her husband Dave have four kids, ages 5, 10, 14 and 16.

Manaus names Fox-RubinThe Manaus Fund has hired Jon Fox-Rubin as its first full-

time executive director. “Jon was chosen from an outstandingfield of applicants to lead the Manaus Fund in its mission tocatalyze social justice in our region,” said in a press release.Fox-Rubin said, “Social justice is woven into my persona andI am honored to join the Manaus team and excited to helpbuild and sustain Manaus’ projects to empower people to cre-ate change in their lives and community.” Fox-Rubin said hehas a long-standing commitment to social justice work. Whilein graduate school, he co-organized a coalition for social jus-tice and volunteered for the Eastern Service Workers Associ-ation. Upon returning to the Roaring Fork Valley he served on

the Basalt P&Z and was then elected as a Basalt Trustee,where he authored a resolution welcoming immigrants toBasalt. He was also a founding board member of Misión: Co-munidad—the non-profit that produced the valley-wide bilin-gual newspaper, La Mision. More recently, Fox-Rubin hasbecome a founding board member of Energetics Education, anon-profit that challenges high school student teams to de-sign, build and race sophisticated solar-powered remote con-

trol cars. Jon was a co-founder & CEO of two local start-upcompanies, Hypercar, Inc. and Fiberforge Corporation. TheManaus Fund was founded by local philanthropist, educator,rancher, photographer and physicist George Stranahan. It iscommitted to achieving social justice by empowering peopleto identify problems, set goals, organize themselves and be-come effective leaders.

Lafferty wins literary awardLocal author Linda Lafferty recently won the Colorado

Book Award in historical fiction for “The Drowning Guard.”Published in September, “The Drowning Guard” is based onthe true story about an Ottoman princess who killed herlovers. Part of Lafferty’s research included a trip to Istanbul.She is a long-time Roaring Fork Valley resident and taught inthe Aspen and RE-1 school systems. The award was presentedby the Colorado Humanities and Center for the Book at aceremony at the Hotel Jerome on June 13. A total of 16 otherawards recognizing Colorado writers, poets and photogra-phers were handed out.

New titlesNew titles at the Carbondale Branch Library include:“Murder at Mullings,” by Dorothy Cannell;“Border War,” by Lou Dobbs;“Ragtime Cowboys,” by Loren D. Estleman;“Wolf,” by Mo Hayder;“Sniper’s Honor,” by Stephen Hunter;“The Kraken Project,” by Douglas J. Preston;“Not Quite a Wife,” by Mary Jo Putney.

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

Bauer and Garrett del Castillo (June 19); Arleen Ginn, ToddFugate and Ernie Kollar (June 21); Jessica Kollar and Jim Cal-away (June 22); Marc Loggins, Felix Tornare and KeithEdquist (June 23); Brian Keleher (June 24); and Olivia Pevecand Mark Burrows (June 25).

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Motorists on Main Street have been catching this kiosk-looking structure out of the corner of their eye of late asthey roll past Carbondale Beer Works. Turns out, the thingis actually a tri-level chicken coop, built by students in theRE-1 school district’s (co)studio Design + Build program.The coop will be auctioned off at Carbondale Beer Worksas a fund-raiser for the program on June 25. The coop willthen be delivered (sans chickens) to the highest bidder. Theevening will include a slideshow of students work. For de-tails, e-mail Rachel Connor at [email protected] by Lynn Burton

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“Frankly, with the economy gettingwhere it was, and nobody really knew wherewe were going, we decided to hold off,”Kennedy said.

Over the 10-year period starting in 2004,the district built new fire stations, ramped upits paramedic-level ambulance crew to its cur-rent complement of four, improved its radiocommunications capabilities, and in generalraised the bar on its level of service in bothtowns and throughout the predominantlyrural district.

But the rise in paramedic-level employeeswas the main driver of the budgetary in-creases, according to long-time Fire ChiefRon Leach.

“The whole thing is about the ambulanceservice,” Leach said in an interview after the2013 electoral defeat, explaining that the am-bulance service comprises the biggest portionof the budget.

CurrentlyDeputy Chief Rob Goodwin told The So-

pris Sun on Tuesday that there currently are18 paid employees of the district, all of whomare rated for emergency services work.

For example, the department’s four Emer-gency Medical Technician-Paramedic em-ployees include Leach himself and two of thedistrict’s shift supervisors. Goodwin is an in-termediate-level EMT (one step below aparamedic), and the district’s financial man-ager and director of human resources, Jenny

Cutright, is a basic-level EMT.A list of the district’s paid personnel,

provided by Leach in April, indicated thatall the paid employees, including supervi-sors, maintenance personnel and officestaff, are EMTs at one level or another, ac-cording to Goodwin.

That means the department’s overallwages of $1.2 million, under the 2014 budgetestimate, could be considered all together asemergency medical service wages, making upnearly half of the department’s overall 2014budget of slightly more than $2.5 million.

The critical nature of the department’semergency medical work came up at the firedistrict board’s June 11 meeting, as the boardwas discussing budgetary matters.

Kennedy, contacted Tuesday by phone,confirmed that he raised the issue of emer-gency services, including the department’ssearch and rescue function, saying it is notfully understood by the public.

He cited the weekend of May 31-June 2,during which the district was engaged in mul-tiple emergency medical and rescue opera-tions, many of them coming at the same time.

“That weekend, we had the river rescuein Marble, the mountain rescue at IronBridge and more than 20 other calls over aspan of about 2.5 days or so,” Kennedywrote in an e-mail.

“That really stretches the resources andthe available people,” he continued, “espe-cially the volunteers. When everyone is out ona call and you get another, then an hour lateranother ... it starts to become tough.”

At the June 11 board meeting, Kennedyconcluded, “The public needs to know that.”

Goodwin said that currently, some 60 per-cent of the district’s calls for emergency serv-ices are medical in nature.

Goodwin said he did not know “off thetop of my head” exactly what percentage ofthe district’s budget, including everything

from salaries to equipment and training, is de-voted to emergency medical services.

But members of the task force have calledfor that information, he said, and he will bereporting on that at the next task force meet-ing in July.

“I know it’s a big driver of what we do,probably the biggest,” he observed.

You shoot your way, I’ll shoot mine. Scott and Diane Darling each saw a photo-graphic scene their in their own way at Hayes Creek Falls on Highway 133 threeweeks ago. The Darlings said they moved full-time to River Valley Ranch in Janu-ary after a decade of visiting and being part-time residents. Photo by Julie Albrecht

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THURSDAY June 19FACEBOOK • The Carbondale Librarypresents “Facebook Basics” at 6 p.m. Info:gcpld.org.

LADIES NIGHT • Carbondale Ace Hard-ware holds a Ladies Night to help launchClark+Kensington’s new OPI nail-polish in-spired line of paint. It goes from 7 to 9 p.m.and includes: Live music (Eric Gross and RichHuttenhower), swag bags for the first 50ladies, free hand massages, appetizers andgiveaways, plus 15 percent discounts throughthe night. To RSVP, call 963-6663.

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.

FRI.-SAT. June 20-21THEATRE • Thunder River Theatre startsits production of “American Buffalo” at 7:30p.m. This David Mamet play is recom-mended for adults and mature teens. Thestory is set in a mysterious landscape in whichthere can never be any accuracy about whatis true and what is illusion. “’American Buf-falo’ is a very funny play,” said a TRTCspokesman. “It also contains a steady streamof profanity! The language is not gratuitous.TRTC has chosen to do the play as it is writ-ten.” The play continues June 27-29 and July

3-5 with 2 p.m. matinees on June 29 and July4. Tickets are $22 for adults and $12 for stu-dents. Info: thunderrivertheatre.com and963-8200.

FRI.-SUN. June 20-22STRAWBERRY DAYS • The GlenwoodSprings Chamber Resort Assocaation presentsthe 117th annual Strawberry Days. There’sfood and music in Sayre Park (on Grand Av-enue), a parade on Saturday morning at 10a.m. and more. Info: strawberrydays.com.

FRIDAY JUNE 20MOVIES• The Crystal Theatre presents “Chef”(R) at 7:30 p.m. June 23-26. Closed June 19-22,re-opening on June 23.

LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the old partof the Dinkel Building presents live music everyFriday night at 8:30 p.m. Info: 963-3304.

LIVE MUSIC • The Black Nugget on MainStreet presents Betty Ford Explorer at 9 p.m.No cover.

MSHS PARTY • The Mount Sopris Histori-cal Society throws its inaugural JailhouseRock ’N Art party at the intersection of High-way 133/Weant Boulevard. Michelle Zinantiwill open the doors to the old brick jail, showher Harvest Pottery and also serve up somedesserts. The bluegrass trio Kerek, Mateo andPaul will perform. The MSHS’s log house mu-seum will also be open and select videos from“Your Story is Our Story” will be shown. Itall starts at 6:30 p.m. Kids are welcome.

TNHA • True Nature Healing Arts (100 N.Third St.) presents “Heart Rhythm: A DanceLiberation Project” with Alejandra Rico, Aja

McAdams and David Starbear Avalos from7:30 to 9 p.m. Info: truenaturehealingarts.comand 963-9900.

SATURDAY June 21CAM • Carbondale Arts & Music weekkicks off with live music at Steve’s Guitars(blues from Chicago’s Nick Moss Band), theBlack Nugget and Mi Casita.

HONORING SONNY AND BERNIE •Sonny and Bernie Darien will be honored fortheir years of service on local tennis courtswhen the North Face courts are renamed theDarien Tennis & Pickleball Courts. The cer-emony starts at 9 a.m., followed by refresh-ments and pickleball.

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.

GARDENING • Fat City Farmers concludesits Saturday morning family workshops ingardening at Roaring Fork High School. Info:970-274-1622.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED • Volunteers areneeded for a Roaring Fork Outdoor Volun-teers/Wilderness Workshop trails project atMaroon Lake near Aspen.

SUNDAY June 22NEW FUN • The first “Music & Movies”night kicks off at the Third Street Center at7 p.m. Music (with Hymn for Her) goes

first, followed the film “The Princess Bride.”It all takes place on the Third Street Center’ssouth lawn and is free. An award for mostoriginal princess will be given at 8:30 p.m.“Music & Movies” is presented by CCAH,the Third Street Center and the town of Car-bondale. The next ones will be on July 20,with the Strolling Scones and “Yellow Sub-marine,” and on Aug. 17 with Ananda andChris Bank, and “Singing in the Rain.” Bringyour own chair or blanket but please leavethe dog at home. Info: 963-1680.

LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the oldpart of the Dinkel Building presents Austinsinger/songwriter Wendy Colonna. Info:963-3304.

LIVE MUSIC • Dos Gringos on High-way 133 hosts a bluegrass jam tonight at6:30 p.m.

BREAD BAKE • The Community Oven atthe Third Street Center is fired up for a com-munity bread bake at 5 p.m. There’ll be abread baking lesson on June 21 (RSVP at [email protected].) Volunteers are needed.Info: 963-9371.

CHEF SPEAKS • Award-winning chefHugh Acheson presents “The New HomeEconomics” at the Basalt Regional Libraryat 5:30 p.m. It’s a fund-raiser for the li-brary’s educational offerings. Tickets are$20 at the door.

TNHA • True Nature Healing Arts (100 N.Third St.) presents “The Art of Joyfilled Liv-ing” with Kate Carei-Eakins from 11 a.m.to 1 p.m. Info: truenatureheals.com and963-9900.


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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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.TRAIL WORK • Colorado BackcountryTrail Riders work on the Lone Pine Trail onBasalt Mountain for a half-day. Meet at theBasalt Mountain trailhead parking lot at 8:30a.m. and bring your own food and gear. Info:CBTRA.org, Facebook or [email protected].

MONDAY June 23LIVE MUSIC • Carbondale Beer Works

holds an open mic night starting at 7:30 p.m.

TUESDAY June 24LIVE MUSIC • Mi Casita and KDNK holda patio party with an open mic and karaokeat 5:30 p.m.

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.

WEDNESDAY June 25FARMER’S MARKET CONTINUES •The Carbondale Farmer’s Market returns

to 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. Thisweek, some artists from CCAH’s currentshow “Landscapes & Landmarks” will bepainting live at the market.

CCC • The Carbondale Cultural Club pres-ents the band Let Them Roar at the ThirdStreet Center at noon. It’s free.

BOOK CLUB • The Senior Matters BookClub meets at the Carbondale library at 4p.m. They will discuss “The Immortal Life

of Henrietta Lacks.”

ROTARY • The Rotary Club of Carbondalemeets at the Carbondale fire station at 6:50a.m. For program suggestions, [email protected].

LOTERIA • The Carbondale Branch Li-brary holds Loteria Night at 6:30 p.m. on thelast Wednesday of the month.

LIVE MUSIC • Rivers restaurant in Glen-wood hosts open mic nights with DanRosenthal from 8 to 10 p.m. on Wednesdays.Info: 928-8813.


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THURSDAY June 26ARTIST BEAT • Artists in the current CCAHshow “Landscapes & Landmarks” will bedemonstrating their technique at Bonfire Cof-fee from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Info: 963-1680.

GALLERY RECEPTION • The Ann Korolo-gos Gallery in downtown Basalt hosts a recep-tion for painter Simon Winegar from 5 to 7p.m. His current show, “Bones of America,” iscomprised of 30 paintings of barns, no two ofwhich are alike. Info: 927-9668.

FRI.-SAT. June 27-28LIVE MUSIC • The 13th annual Mt. SoprisMusic Festival takes place at various venuesaround town, including the Fourth Streetplaza. The lineup includes: the Trio (JosefinaMendez, Mike Facey and Tim Fox), Let ThemRoar, the Steve Skinner Band, theNanograms, Valle Musico, Natalie Spears,and the Midnight Badgers. There’ll also befood, art and KDNK’s “beverage garden.”

The festival is organized by Steve’s Guitars.Info: stevesguitars.net and 963-3304.

SATURDAY June 29SOKA GAKKAI • Local Soka Gakkai Bud-dhists celebrate humanity with music, foodand more at Sayre Park in Glenwood Springs(on Grand Avenue) from 3 to 7 p.m. SokaGakkai International is the world’s largestBuddhist lay group. According to a press re-lease, the group is best known for its familiarchant “Nam-myoho-rengo-kyo.” The chant “… is an act of faith … . When we call forth andbase ourselves on the magnificent enlightenedlife that exists within each of us without ex-ception … even the most fundamental, in-escapable sufferings of life and death need notbe experienced as pain. … Nichiren Buddhistschant the daimoku to get what they want – asuccessful career, better health, a good mar-riage, even world peace.” Info: 818-640-6482and [email protected].

Save the DateSATURDAY June 28CAJUN CLAY NIGHT • The Carbondale Clay Center’s Cajun Clay Night goes from 6 to 9p.m. with music (Roomy Boots and One Night Stand), gumbo, handmade bowls, silent auc-tion, costume contest, kids games, libations, the famous gator cake and more. Tickets are $35in advance and $40 the day of; $20 in advance and $25 the day of for kids 6-16 (youth tick-ets do no include a ceramic bowl). Info: 963-2529.

THURSDAY July 17SUN MEETING • The Sopris Sun wants to hear from YOU! Please join us for a CommunityOpen House to gather input from community members as we chart the future of The SoprisSun. The meeting will take place in the Carbondale Branch Library’s community room from6 to 8 p.m. Info: Debbie at 379-0214 or [email protected].

OngoingOPENING • CCAH continues its show“Landscapes & Landmarks” at the ThirdStreet Center. The show features Mary Cer-vantes (pastel), Mary Noone (acrylic), CharlesO. Bailey (latex), Greg Watts (photography),Brian Colley (watercolor), Mark Simpkins

(oil) and Carrie Trippe and Nicole Kinsler(mixed media). Info: carbondalearts.com.

MORRIS CONTINUES • The Charles Mor-ris show at Main Street Gallery continues.Info: 963-3775.

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Community Briefs Please submit your community briefs to [email protected] by noon on Monday.

Carbondale Fire respondsDuring the week of June 8-14, the Car-

bondale & Rural Fire Protection District re-sponded to 22 emergency 911 calls, including:

• Medical emergencies – 8;• Citizen assists – 4;• Automobile accidents – 2;• Smoke reports – 4;• Stand by calls – 2;• Trauma injury – 1;• Refusal of care – 1.

Libraries closed for staff trainingFive of the Garfield County libraries will

be closed from 10 a.m. to noon on June 27for staff training. The libraries will resumenormal hours at 10 a.m. on June 28. The SiltBranch Library will open at 10 a.m. as usualon June 27. The public can still browse andrequest books, movies and more at gcpld.orgduring the closure.

Meditation and dharma notesThe Way of Compassion Foundation and

Davi Nikent offers meditation with John(Chophel) Bruna and a dharma talk at theThird Street Center from 5:30 to 7 p.m. onWednesdays. Also, a MLP MindfulnessCourse with Bruna will be offered on selectdays on July 8-22. For details, go to mindful-lifeprogram.org.

Don’t handle wildlifeColorado Parks and Wildlife is reminding

the public not to approach, touch or handleyoung animals this summer. “We know that

people are trying to be helpful, but the younganimals are best cared for by their own par-ents,” said Renzo DelPiccolo, area wildlifemanager in Montrose for Colorado Parksand Wildlife. “The best thing people can do isto leave young wildlife alone.” During springand early summer, people often see young an-

imals that appear to be alone in the forest, inback yards, on or near trails, or along thesides of roads. “The animals have not beenabandoned. Young animals are often leftalone to allow the mother to feed, to helpthem avoid predators and to learn how to livein the wild,” DelPiccolo explained.

Dance workshop slatedBonedale Ballet and Coredination host a

summer dance and movement workshopfrom June 23 to Aug. 23. “We are expandingour program by inviting talented local in-structors to include jazz and tap, punctuatedby a final performance at our location nextto Bridges High School,” said Coredination’sAnthony Jerkunica. For details, call 379-8108or go to corepilatesballetyoga.com.

Maroon Bells buses running againThe Forest Service and the Roaring Fork

Transportation Authority (RFTA) have re-sumed scheduled bus service to the MaroonBells Scenic Area. Motorized travel on Ma-roon Creek Road is restricted from 9 a.m. to5 p.m. The first bus leaves Aspen Highlandsat 9 a.m. with 20-minute service until 2:30p.m., then 30-minute service until 4:30 p.m.The last bus to the Bells leaves at 4:30 p.m.;the last bus down from the lake is at 5 p.m.Tickets range from $3 to $6. For details, goto rfta.com.

Go tour hydro power plantThe Roaring Fork Conservancy’s popular

Ruedi Hydro Power Plant tour takes placefrom 5 to 8 p.m. on June 26. It’s free; meet atBasalt Town Hall to carpool up. For details,call 927-1290.

Watson Divide closedWatson Divide near Aspen will be closed

for dust control work at 7 a.m. on June 30and reopen at 2 p.m. on July 1.


Apparitions can be difficult to see, but can you find Casper the Friendly Ghost in this pic-ture? He’s visible from most parts of town and has been hovering up there for at least twoweeks. Photo by Jack Brendlinger

Sopris Sun Staff Report

Carbondale appears to be makingprogress toward clean energy goals: since2009, more than 216 homes and businesseshave made improvements; government andschool facilities have cut energy use 15 to27 percent, according to a press release; andsolar panels town-wide produce 701 kilo-watts of electricity.

But given goals of increasing energy effi-ciency 20 percent, reducing petroleum con-sumption 25 percent and generating 35percent of electricity from renewable energyby 2020, there is more work to do, said or-ganizers of the Clean Energy 2020 openhouse at the Third Street Center on Mon-day night.

Recent reports on rising global tempera-tures are focusing increased national attentionto how the U.S. can address climate change.

“Our community is taking targets seri-ously and is working to determine what ac-tions, at what scale, are needed to meettargets,” said Carbondale Trustee FrostyMerriott. “The upfront investment in energyimprovements will result in a lower commu-nity-wide energy bill and create many othercommunity benefits.”

Clean Energy 2020 — a joint project ofCLEER, CORE, the town of Carbondaleand the Carbondale Environmental Board —held the open house to share progress to dateand seek input. A Technical and FinancialAdvisory Committee (TFAC) has been work-ing to develop a plan for how Carbondalecan use energy efficiency and renewable en-ergy to meet targets, and identify funding op-tions for selected programs.

One scenario calculates that by installingenergy-saving measures in 1,200 homes —

half the homes in town — and in 60 morebusinesses, combined with doubling theamount of solar electric systems (or theequivalent of 800 kilowatts of power-gener-ating capacity), Carbondale could meetadopted climate targets. These energy im-provements could be achieved with investing$1.1 million per year over the next five years.

By comparison, the community currentlyspends about $7 million per year to heat,light and power homes, businesses, govern-ments and schools. Achieving the energy ef-ficiency goal could save the community $1.4million a year, according to Erica Sparhawk,CLEER program manager.

Open house participants were asked togive feedback on five options that wouldprovide a baseline of funding for commu-nity-wide clean energy improvements andcould be paired with larger funding sources

such as bonds.Options include dedicating a portion of

energy-related franchise fees paid to the towngovernment by energy utilities, dedicating aportion of the severance tax revenues re-ceived by the town government, a retail salestax, or adding a fee on monthly electric, nat-ural gas or water bills.

The TFAC will be making a recommen-dation to the Carbondale Board of Trusteeslater this summer on funding options andproposed measures to enact them.

Door prizes and additional support forthe open house were provided by AspenGlobal Change Institute, Colorado Moun-tain College, Roaring Fork High School En-ergy Club, All-Phase Electric Supply, DosGringos Burritos, Custom Body Fitness, MiCasita, RFTA, Sunsense Solar, Town. restau-rant and The Village Smithy.

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Roaring Fork Business Resource Center (RFBRC),in collaboration with the Rockies Venture Club fromthe Front Range, presents Pitchfest Academy on Fri-day, June 27, at Aspen Glen Club north of Carbon-dale. The day will be divided into three segments: amorning session geared to entrepreneurs; an after-noon session offering tips for local investors interestedin becoming “angels;” and a finale where eight entre-preneurs who participated in the morning session willbe invited to make a five-minute pitch. ANB Bank isthe premier sponsor for this event.

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Must possess a Colorado POST certification or be POST certifiable. Applicants must be at least 21 years old, have or ability to obtain a valid Colorado

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Morning session for entrepreneurs8 a.m. to noonLimited to 16 pitch participants; application andpre-registration required; cost $150, includesadmission to Pitchfest. In addition, auditors arewelcome (audit for $75). Topics include: • How to focus and present a five-minute pitch • Effective pitch deck design• How to communicate your “deal”• Understanding investor psychology• Raising equity vs. convertible debt• Following up after the pitch

Afternoon session: Angel Investing 1011:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.A chance to learn about the process ofearly-stage investing and how to evaluatea deal. Cost $150, includes admission toPitchfest. Topics include:• How to work with Angel Groups• How to value an early stage company• Key terms sheet provisions you

should know• Evaluating an exit strategy

The Pitchfest Finale4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.Open to the public ($30 per person forthose not participating in the earlier ses-sions). Eight entrepreneurs from the morn-ing session will each make a five-minutepitch. Those selected to present will re-ceive feedback and input from their peersand experienced (and potential) investors. More information, application and registra-tion options are available at www.rfbrc.orgor by calling 970-945-5158.

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VISIT BASALT & EL JEBEL At the confluence of Frying Pan and Roaring Fork Rivers

Basalt Recreation 2014 Spring/Summer Activities Guide is NOW AVAILABLE.

We have some fun activities for youth through adult.

You can check it out online, pick your copy up at Basalt Town Hall, or we

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Just call us at 970-927-8214 x400 or you can visit our website at

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On the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month,meet in an informal setting with Basalt MayorJacque Whitsitt for coffee and a chat.

• Ideas for downtown redevelopment? • Thoughts on marijuana laws? • Questions on the river project?

This is a great opportunity to share your thoughts,make comments and catch up onwhat’s happening in Basalt. All issues and topics welcome.

The next Coffee with the Mayor is:

Wednesday, – Starbuck’s in Willits - from 7 to 8 AMAnd at Saxy’s in downtown Basalt from 8:15 to to 9:15 AM.

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Colorado Mountain College was re-cently acknowledged for promoting ac-cess to higher education to disadvantagedand diverse populations when the collegereceived the Institution of the Year awardfrom the Colorado Educational Services& Development Association.

Two CMC staff members were alsorecognized for their service to CESDA.Vicky Valentine, admissions assistant atCMC in Glenwood Springs-Spring Val-ley, received a certificate for dedicationand service to CESDA, and Matt Gian-neschi, Ph.D., CMC chief operating offi-cer and chief of staff, was acknowledgedas a longtime supporter and contributorto CESDA.

Now in its 40th year, Denver-basedCESDA held its annual conference forfounders, leaders and colleagues in Avonon May 21-23 at the Westin Resort & Spa.

On the evening of May 22, nearly 70

people attended a banquet to honor in-dividuals and organizations that sup-port and encourage post-secondaryeducational opportunities for underrep-resented populations, such as studentsof color and those who are economi-cally disadvantaged.

Receiving the institution of the yearaward on behalf of Colorado MountainCollege was Yesenia Arreola, herself a re-cipient in 2005 of an Alpine BankLatino/Hispanic Scholarship. Arreolawent on to graduate with honors fromRegis University in Denver and is now theyouth outreach coordinator at CMC.

Representing the college at theawards dinner in addition to Arreolaand Gianneschi were Paul Edwards, ad-missions counselor, and Krisan Crow,Upward Bound director in westernGarfield County.

Colorado Mountain College receivedthe award specifically because of the suc-

cessful CESDA Western Slope Symposiumthat was held on April 11 at CMC’s resi-dential campus in Spring Valley. Nearly100 high school juniors from Basalt,Eagle Valley, Roaring Fork, Coal Ridgeand Grand Junction high schools came tothe campus to visit with representativesfrom participating Colorado colleges anduniversities, and to learn about collegiateopportunities available to them. Valen-tine’s certificate acknowledged her workin organizing the event.

“CMC and Vicky were an absolutetreat to work with,” said PriscillaGardea, CESDA’s chairwoman. “Vickywas our point person. And Paul Edwardshas always been a supporter of CESDA.It was Paul who pushed for the sympo-sium to be at CMC. For those 100 stu-dents from Glenwood to Eagle Countyand the I-70 corridor, [CMC] changedand positively impacted their lives, andthe ripple effect will make [that] hard

work pay off even more.”Besides CMC’s award and acknowl-

edgements, CESDA awarded six schol-arships to graduating high school seniorsto attend Colorado colleges and univer-sities. The organization also gave sixother awards:

• Legacy award: Mary Ontiveros,Colorado State University, Fort Collins;

• High school counselor of the year:Andrea Caruso, Roaring Fork HighSchool, Carbondale

• Distinguished service: JoshuaGabrielson, Metropolitan State Univer-sity of Denver;

• Rookie of the year: Cheya Dow-den, University of Colorado, ColoradoSprings;

• Committee member of the year:Christopher Anderson, University ofColorado at Boulder;

• Rising star: Edward Nance, Arapa-hoe Community College.

CMC receives Institution of the Year award


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focus on books and unique items createdby artists locally and globally.

This sustainable business plan will ben-efit the community in many ways eitherthrough our programming, education, salestax revenue or generating income for locals.Additionally, the spaces will be availablefor rent at a really reasonable cost forevents and/or class rentals. The outside areais a blank canvas that we see developingthrough a creative process that will bringgardens and sculpture, as well as some pub-lic gathering space, to the old library.

CCAH is a huge supporter of Carbon-dale business and the Carbondale Chamberof Commerce. We are working with thechamber on acquiring and housing an in-teractive, informational kiosk in the facil-ity, as well as provide space for informationand brochures at the library that the publiccan easily access.

We cannot be successful without thesupport of this wonderful, creative com-munity that calls the Roaring Fork Valleyhome. We are alive and thriving in theThird Street Center so stop by and visit.

The center is an important part of the Car-bondale community that holds much op-portunity. The CCAH expansion will onlystrengthen the Third Street Center whileproviding additional space for other arts.

Thank you!Amy KimberlyExecutive DirectorCarbondale Council on Artsand Humanities

Looking forwardDear Editor:

After sitting through riveting discussionson what should happen with the formerGordon Cooper Library building, the Car-bondale Board of Trustees decided to seeka lease for that space with CarbondaleCouncil on Arts and Humanities (CCAH)and Dance Initiative. We look forward toseeing what amazing things will happenwith that space in their capable hands!

Thank you to the many business own-ers who sent letters supporting the cham-ber’s effort to move its offices to the library.We had hoped to open a downtown visi-

tor’s center complete with a bicycle rentalhub similar to Aspen’s as well as a commu-nity meeting space, and a rotating artgallery among other creative uses. We ap-preciate your efforts; it helped broaden theawareness of the trustees to the importanceof the chamber, not only our presence inCarbondale, but also in the valley.

The trustees are on record as realizingthat the chamber has grown and is an im-portant cog in Carbondale, not only for thebusiness community, but for the town’s rev-enue base itself. This is great news and asstated by one of the trustees, “an opportu-nity for the trustees and the chamber totake it to the next level.”

They have suggested that we researchoptions to broaden the reach of informationabout our businesses and town so that visi-tors can gain information not only from ouroutstanding website, but from us right herein town. Now that we know that we won’tbe relocating to the old library we will con-tinue to research other location options.

Thank you Andrea Stewart for yourwork and countless hours spent on this en-

deavor. You are definitely the driving forcebehind the chamber’s success.

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Legal NoticePUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearingwill be held before the Carbondale Board of Trusteesfor the purpose of considering the adoption of two or-dinances which would amend Chapter 18 (ZoningDistricts) of the Carbondale Municipal Code. Theproposed ordinances would PERMIT RETAIL MAR-IJUANA CULTIVATION FACILITIES WITHIN THEHCC ZONE DISTRICT WITHIN THE TOWN OFCARBONDALE and would ALLOW RETAIL MARI-JUANA CULTIVATION FACILITIES WITHIN THEHCC ZONE DISTRICT WITHIN THE TOWN OFCARBONDALE BUT ONLY FOR THOSE LICENSEHOLDERS LICENSED TO OPERATE AN OP-TIONAL PREMISES CULTIVATION FACILITY INTHE HCC ZONE DISTRICT AND WHO HAVE EX-ISTED IN CONTINUOUS OPERATION FROM THETIME OF LICENSING.

The applicant is the Town of Carbondale.

Said Public Hearing will be held at the CarbondaleTown Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, COat 7:00 p.m. on July 10, 2014.

Copies of the proposed application are on file in thePlanning Department office, Town Hall, 511 Colorado

Avenue, Carbondale, CO and may be examined byinterested persons during regular working hours,8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

John LeybournePlanner

Published in the Sopris Sun on June 19, 2014.

ORDINANCE NO. 12Series 2014

AN ORDINANCE APPROVING REVISIONS TO EX-ISTING SECTIONS WITHIN THE MUNICIPALCODE OF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COL-ORADO IN ORDER TO MORE EFFECTIVELYREGULATE ZONING OF MEDICAL MARIJUANAESTABLISHMENTS WITHIN THE TOWN OF CAR-BONDALE

NOTICE: This Ordinance was introduced, read, andadopted at a regular meeting of the Board ofTrustees of the Town of Carbondale, Colorado, onMay 27, 2014.

This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after

struction for Elk Park Phase I. Elements will includethe construction of a “Depot” open air structure, in-terpretive panels and site work. More detailed infor-mation may be obtained by contacting:

Lindsey Utter Recreation PlannerPitkin County Open Space and Trails530 East Main Street, Third FloorAspen, CO 81611

[email protected]://www.rockymountainbidsystem.com/Desk: (970) 920.5224

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, atthe project 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 the

Joint 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.


publication of this notice. The full text of said Ordi-nance is available to the public at www.carbondale-gov.org or at the office of the Town Clerk, 511Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, Colorado, during nor-mal business hours.

THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE_________________________By: s/s Stacey Bernot, Mayor

ATTEST:__________________________s/s Cathy Derby, Town Clerk


PUBLIC NOTICE

Request for Proposals to provide Construction for

Elk Park Phase IPitkin County #054-2014CDOT # SBY C570-021Construction Project Code No. 19370

Pitkin County is accepting proposals to provide Con-

Classifieds Submit to [email protected] byMonday 12 p.m. Rates: $15 for 30 words,$20 for up to 50 words. Payment due beforepublication.*

OUTDOOR WRITERS WANTED. TheSopris Sun is looking for volunteer writersto tell about hikes, bike rides, fishing andother local summer-time excursions. Expe-rience not necessary. For details, e-mailLynn Burton at [email protected].

*Credit card payment information should beemailed to [email protected] or call948-6563. Checks may be dropped off atour office at the Third Street Center ormailed to P.O. Box 399, Carbondale, CO81623. Call 618-9112 for more info.


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