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Every week,The Sopris Sun runs out ofpages before we run out of pictures. So thisyear, most of the pictures in our Year in Re-view issue are photos that didn’t run dur-ing the year. Check out pages 13, 15-16.You might even see yourself.

As for this week’s cover photos (clock-wise from upper left): a roping event atthe Carbondale rodeo, KDNK Labor of

Love Auction volunteer Olivia Pevec,Mustang Molly and Wendy Stewart at aGreen is the New Black fashion show

rehearsal, fox siblings on MissouriHeights and gourd banjo player

Markus James (at Mountain Fair).

Photos by Jane Bachrach

By Sarah GilmanHigh Country News

A few weeks ago, a Texas oilman cor-nered me at a brewery in the high-moun-tain town of Ouray, in western Colorado.Some young women from Moab had justtaken the table next to my friend and my-self, when the fellow wandered over to buyus a round.

Eventually, he revealed that he workedfor ConocoPhillips.This didn’t go over wellwith the Utah ladies, and Mr. Cono-coPhillips grew defensive: Did they thinkthe vehicle they had driven here ran onrainbows? When he found out I coveredthe industry as a reporter, he leaned intipsily and asked, “Can we have a conver-sation? A real conversation?”

The answer was apparently no, sincewhat ensued felt like an energy-focusedversion of writer Rebecca Solnit’s essay,“Men explain things to me.”

But if he had gotten past his assumption

that I was an airy naïf, he would have real-ized that I mostly agreed with him: Asdrilling impinges on more communities,those communities need to have “real,”critical conversations about energy devel-opment, conversations in which the localsrecognize their role as consumers.

Paonia, Colo., where I live and work, re-cently became such a town. Last December,nearly 30,000 acres in the surroundingNorth Fork Valley were nominated for oiland gas leasing. Though the proposal wasdeferred this summer for further study, inNovember, the Bureau of Land Manage-ment announced its intent to auction about20,000 of those acres Feb. 14.

Given the habitat fragmentation andpollution that energy development canbring, many here have fought the proposal.Some of the earlier leases sprawled acrossmountain biking areas or sat next toschools. Others encompassed springs thatfeed the town water system or surrounded

irrigation ditches for ranches, organicfarms and vineyards. As Peter Heller re-ported in an essay for Bloomberg Busi-nessWeek this July, the North Fork Valley“is home to the largest concentration of or-ganic farms in the Rocky Mountains. …The valley produces 77 percent of thestate’s apples, 71 percent of its peaches.”The BLM received nearly 3,000 commentson the proposal, mostly in opposition.

“None of (those) issues … are incom-patible with oil and gas development,”Steven Hall, BLM’s Colorado communica-tions director, told Heller. Even so, in its lat-est proposal, the agency removed a coupleof the more controversial parcels, includingthe one closest to Paonia’s water supply andanother containing a popular trail network.

Most of the parcels remain, though.Worse, the sale would occur under theterms of the outdated Resource Manage-ment Plan, a 23-year-old document which

Silver lining in trash talkBy Ron Speaker

Simply put, they won and we lost. The Carbondale waste transfer station wasapproved by the Garfield County commissioners.

There was a great effort put forth by the community of Carbondale to under-stand, comprehend and analyze the proposal put forth by MRI for a waste transferstation. The detailed application and the multiple reports from various consultantswere quite informative for the citizens of Carbondale to consume in our spare time.

Our efforts helped to protect our children’s main school route (Snowmass Drive)from increased transfer truck traffic and encouraged MRI to make several im-provements to their operating plan.

Now as the build out begins, the citizens look forward to the implementation ofthe safety features so heavily touted during the application hearings. We look for-ward to MRI becoming the honorable, reliable and “safety-first” operators theypromised throughout the debate. We will be monitoring their progress, watching theroads more closely and being really careful on the Catherine Store bridge, once thebig trucks start rolling.

The silver lining for us on the losing side of this outcome is the community spiritthat was created. The coffee shop conversations, the phone calls and the communi-cation lines established during this process helped bring the neighboring home-own-ers-associations and many families together. Our bond is protecting the naturalbeauty in which we live.

By standing up together in the county commissioners’ chamber several incon-venient times, we saw first hand how much our community cares about protectingthe lifestyles we enjoy. Many new friendships were created during this process thatwill help keep our community closer together and more informed.

So, now it’s time to move forward, take down our protest signs and work withMRI to mitigate the impacts of this facility and help make it one of the best in thecountry. That is what a great community does — move on to bigger issues. So let’sdo our part to be responsible citizens and help MRI operate as promised.

I only have one last thing on my wish list. Could someone please paint just oneside of the Mid-Continent building to blend in with the mountain?

This New Year I’m moving on and am tired of talking about trash.

Ron Speaker lives east of Carbondale, just off County Road 100.

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Perhaps you saw the Portlandia episodewhere an animal-loving couple, upsetabout a dog tied up outside a chi-chirestaurant, searches for its owner, tries tofeed it upscale goodieslike mussels, then fi-nally releases the dog,much to the owners’dismay. That’s sort ofwhat happened in SaltLake City, Utah, notlong ago.

Sort of.The Deseret News

reports that Steve Wescott, from Washing-ton, was walking cross-country with hisgoat, LeeRoy Brown, when he stopped at abar in Salt Lake City to get dinner. He tiedLeeRoy up outside because, presumably,goats aren’t served at that establishment.When a concerned citizen called animalcontrol officers, they hauled LeeRoy away.Wescott tried to avert the animal’s arrest,but ultimately had to pay $50 to bail outhis buddy.

Maybe the officers had a premonitionabout the dangers of goats: Just a monthlater in Cache County, Utah, a goat, aptlynamed Voldemort, attacked a paperboy,head-butting him off his bike and chasinghim up a tree, where he stayed for so longhis parents reported him missing.

According to various reports,Voldemortis a fainting goat — a breed whose musclesfreeze up for 10 seconds when it panics —but that peculiar trait didn’t prevent himfrom waging his one-goat campaignagainst invading paperboys.

ColoradoIt’s hard not to say, “I told you so.”

When the state of Colorado deemed it legalto carry a concealed weapon on a college

campus, University of Colorado officialshad doubts about the idea. CU students —usually under the influence of alcohol orother substances — have been known to do

some wild things, includ-ing: beating a raccoon todeath with a machete,baseball bat and hockeystick; rioting for no ap-parent reason; and attack-ing fellow fraternitymembers from a motorscooter with bear spray.(That backfired; the spray

blew back at them and caused them tocrash.) Adding guns seems unnecessary, es-pecially given the students’ demonstratedingenuity in finding other objects to gratifyviolent urges. When the courts overturnedCU’s gun ban, however, it had to let profsand students carry firearms, even in class.That, um, also backfired in November,when a college staffer accidentally shot acolleague while showing off her small, per-mitted .22 Magnum.The injury was minor,and the victim is reportedly fine. But the in-cident did reignite the debate over allowingconcealed weapons on campus.

This edition of Heard around the Westwas guest-edited by Jonathan Thompson.Tips and photos of Western oddities areappreciated and often shared in this col-umn. Write [email protected].

Heardaroundthe west

By Jonathan ThompsonHigh Country News

A goat bust in Utah; told you so

Where should we buy our energy these days?

ENERGY page 9

By Lynn BurtonSopris Sun Staff Writer

The biggest story of 2012 might besomething that didn’t happen.

Wildfire conflagrations.There weren’t any, despite dry condi-

tions that were worse than in 2002, whichsaw the Coal Seam Fire outside GlenwoodSprings and the Panorama Fire on MissouriHeights. Credit the Carbondale Fire Dis-trict for sending spotters to the field for sev-eral weeks to stamp out small fires beforethey became big fires.

As for other big stories in 2012, resi-dents voted down the Village at CrystalRiver development by an even bigger mar-gin than the Roaring Fork Market Place afew years previous.

Acting on concerns that there’s too muchplastic in the world and in Carbondale, res-idents voted to ban plastic carry-out bags atCity Market and charge 20 cents per paperbag in order to encourage shoppers to bringtheir own bags.

The Garfield County Library Districtbroke ground on a new Carbondale libraryand the town experienced its first bank rob-bery in quite some time.

Here are some more items The SoprisSun reported on in 2012.

JANUARYRE-1 terminates superintendent

The Roaring Fork RE-1 School Boardvoted 3-2 to terminate Superintendent JudyHaptonstall’s contract as of June 30. Newschool board members Daniel Briggs, MattHamilton and Terry Lott Richardson votedto terminate; Richard Stettner and BobJohnson voted against the motion.

Briefly noted:The Carbondale Board of Trustees voted

to annex and zoneThompson Park,which in-cludes the historic Thompson ranch house.

The Roaring Fork Food Policy Councilformed and announced that two events willtake place in January.

FEbRUARYVoters hammer VCR

Carbondale residents voted down the Vil-lage at Crystal River development proposal

by an almost 2-1 margin – 1,245 against, 667in favor. The vote put an end to developerRich Schierburg’s 24-acre mixed-use devel-opment on Highway 133 and several yearsof debate on whether the project was some-thing the town needed or wanted. About 60percent of the town’s registered voters castballots,withVCR losing in all three precincts.Developers are now one for three in projectsthat have gone to the voters. In the late 1980s,developer Bob Howard won approval for theRiver Valley Ranch subdivision by about 40votes. In 2003, voters denied a“big-box”de-velopment proposal for the VCR property.

Briefly noted:Musician and music producer Dave Tay-

lor opened his Cool Brick Studios in thehistoric two-story brick house on SecondStreet (just south of the Village Smithy).

A tree house designed by Carbondale-based Green Line Architects is one of theworks featured in Lloyd Kahn’s 2012 book“Tiny Homes, Simple Shelter.”

mARCHTDC offers settlement

The Carbondale-based Thompson Di-vide Coalition announced a plan to offer atotal of $2.5 million to six oil and gas lease-holders southwest of town to relinquishtheir claims and rights to drill. The lease-holders were lukewarm to the proposal.

Pot shop burgledCarbondale police arrested an El Jebel

male, 16, for allegedly breaking into andburglarizing a medical marijuana dispen-sary on the night of March 6.

Real estate keeps droppingCiting a backlog of foreclosures and

sluggish national economy, local brokerssaid real estate prices hit an eight-year low.Town houses and condos that were sellingfor $450,000 in 2009 were now selling for$150,000 to $200,000.

C’dale wins Gov.’s awardThe towns of Carbondale and Lafayette

were the two recipients of the 2012 Gover-nor’s Arts Award, presented by ColoradoCreative Industries. The award recognizes atown or city for its collective efforts to en-hance their community and their economythrough strategic use of the arts. ColoradoCreative Industries Director Elaine Marinersaid the panel that chose Carbondale “ …(was) impressed with the diversity of arts pro-grams and diversity of the people served.There was evidence of long-standing com-munity support for the arts, in the art walk,the Mountain Fair, the public Art AroundTown. It was clear that the city is financiallyinvested, supporting arts events, nonprofit artorganizations and venues like the ThunderRiver Theatre. City employees are encour-aged to be creative, such as the Public Worksdirector, whose gardens and lighting are art-ful, and the police,who wear tie-dye uniformsfor the Mountain Fair. … .” CCAH DirectorAmy Kimberly nominated the town.

Briefly noted:The Lady Rams basketball team landed

five players on the Western Slope All-Leagueteam with Megan Gianinetti garnering first

team honors – the only junior to be ac-corded that distinction. Others named wereKaleigh Wisroth, Hattie Gianinetti, KeniaPinela and Maddie Nieslanik.

The second annual Karen ChamberlainPoetry Festival returned to the ThunderRiver Theatre.

APRILHarvey, Zentmyer, Hoffmann win

Carbondale voters put newcomer AllynHarvey on the board of trustees and re-turned incumbents Pam Zentmyer and JohnHoffmann. By 27 votes, residents also up-held a ban on plastic bags at grocery storeslarger than 3,500 square feet (City Market).Harvey was the third biggest vote getter,besting Bill Lamont by 27 votes in the 10-candidate race.A total of 63 percent of Car-bondale’s 2,803 active voters cast ballots.

Store owner arrestedCarbondale police arrested Theresa

Garcia, 54, on a warrant alleging she com-mitted two counts of attempted theft of$20,000 or more in 2011. In December of2012, Garcia accepted a plea deal andplead guilty to two misdemeanors: violat-ing a state regulation governing pawn bro-kers and another regulation governing thesale of second hand property.

bank robbedAn armed gunman robbed Wells Fargo

Bank on Highway 133 at about 4 p.m. onMay 5 and got away with an undisclosedamount of money. He forced five employ-ees and one customer behind the bankcounter and tied them up, then stole a bankemployee’s car to make his getaway.The carwas recovered. No arrests have been made.

Briefly noted:Access Roaring Fork founder Deb Bath

was nominated for a Garfield County Hu-manitarian Service award.

Former Valley View Hospital emer-gency room physician Sarah Villafranco set

out on a new career – creating and makinghigh quality bar soap and skin lotions. Shemarkets her products under the companyname Osmia Organics, and sells them onthe Internet and in her showroom on Do-lores Drive.

The Carbondale Chamber of Commercenamed Andrea Stewart as its executive di-rector. Stewart has been with the chambersince 2008.

The Carbondale Council on Arts andHumanities hired a part-time develop-ment director for the first time. She’sGabrielle Greeves.

Roaring Fork High School Principal Dr.Cliff Colia retired after 24 years with theRoaring Fork Re-1 School District. Fellowteachers and parents described Colia as“the ultimate people person.”

After 28 years, Roaring Fork High Schoolteacher and coach Larry Black retired. Blackgraduated from RFHS in the 1970s.

2012: Wildfires skip town, voters zap VCR

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YEAR IN REVIEW page 5

A group called Don’t Trash Carbondale didn’t take to the streets to protest a solid wastetransfer station on County Road 100 – they took to a cattle pasture instead. The land useproposal was one of the hottest issues of the second half of 2012. The Garfield Countycommissioners approved the controversial land-use application 3-0 in December.Photo by Lynn Burton

Carbondale voters elected Allyn Harvey tothe board of trustees in April. Photo byJane Bachrach

Sustainable foodies turned out to protest aGarfield County land-use application thatthey said threatened an organic farming op-eration near Silt. Photo by Jane Bachrach


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SUNDAY Dec. 9 At 1:55 a.m. an officerresponded to a noise complaint for thesecond time that night at Seventh Streetand Lincoln Avenue and warned the res-ident he would receive a citation if policereceived a third complaint.

SUNDAY Dec. 9 At 8:42 p.m. policereceived a barking dog complaint atEighth and Village Road. Upon an of-ficer’s arrival, the owner was takingthe dog inside.

SUNDAY Dec. 9 At 9:42 p.m. a pa-tron at a bar called to report his friendstole his credit card and left the estab-lishment. Police later found the allegedcredit card thief in a parking lot andretrieved it. The owner declined topress charges.

The Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District took possession of a new ladder truck in June. Fire chief Ron Leach said the $700,000truck can not only rescue people from the roof of all buildings in the district, but also be used for lifting a vehicle or access hard toreach areas. It is equipped with a 1,500-gallon-per-minute fire pump. Photo by Lynn Burton

JUNESEI lays off five

Solar Energy International laid off fiveemployees, and executive director TresiHoupt resigned, as part of restructuringbrought on by falling enrollment and dwin-dling grant revenue. SEI’s enrollment in solarcourses has dropped due to competitionfrom community colleges and for-profit firmsnow teaching the entry-level solar coursesthat had once been SEI’s virtual monopoly.

Unprecedented fire dangerThe potential for wildfires was “off the

charts”according to local and forest serviceofficials, worse even than 2002, which pro-duced the Coal Seam fire near Glenwoodand the Panorama II fire on MissouriHeights. The conditions were brought on

by a continuing drought that started in thewinter and continued through the springand into the summer.

Hay prices skyrocketLast winter’s skimpy snow pack, fol-

lowed by this summer’s drought, sent hayprices soaring, as some hay buyers searchedbeyond the Roaring Fork Valley for grassand alfalfa to feed their horses and cattle.

JULYLaHood visits C’dale

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray La-Hood, who was attending the Aspen IdeasFestival, motored downvalley and spoke atthe Carbondale VelociRFTA constructionsite. He noted the jobs VelociRFTA has cre-ated for the local economy.

Briefly noted:In a project that required a small crane,

pickup truck, four workers and more thantwo dozen bystanders, True Nature Heal-ing Arts moved its several-hundred-poundBuddha from Main Street to its new build-ing on Third Street.

KatLieblickstartedsellingherMama’sChoice100% Natural Dog Food at the CarbondaleCommunity Food Co-op,Crystal River Meats,RJ Paddywacks and Osage Gardens.

AUGUSTLibrary breaks ground

The Garfield County Library District

broke ground on a 13,000-square-footCarbondale branch library at the corner ofThird Street and Sopris Avenue. A row ofmostly dying spruce trees south of the sitewere cut down as part of the project, whichprompted protests from some. The new li-brary will open in the summer of 2013.

C’dalers oppose SWTSResidents from inside and outside the

town limits packed the trustees meetingroom to oppose an application from MRIand IRMW II LLC to build a solid waste

transfer station and recycling processing cen-ter at the former Mid-Continent coal loadout facility about a mile east of Carbondaleon County Road 100. Trustees instructedstaff to draft a letter to the Garfield Countycommissioners concerning the application.

Head Ram raring to goRoaring Fork High School welcomed a

new principal. He’s Drew Adams, whospent many years as a teacher and admin-istrator on the Front Range before comingto Carbondale.


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Some ranchers managed to grow enough hay to cut it in June. In most cases, whetheryou had a crop depended on whether you had junior or senior water rights. Photo byJane Bachrach

Year in review continued om page 3

This paint watched the action at the Car-bondale Wild West Rodeo in June. Photoby Jane Bachrach

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CRm goes 689The question “What’s going into the old

Six89 restaurant spot”has officially been an-swered. The new tenant in the old brickhouse on Main Street is Crystal River Meats,which was previously located in another oldbrick building on Fourth Street.

“We are excited to ring in the holidays byreopening our country store,” said Tai Ja-cober, Crystal River Meats co-owner. “Ourbusiness is grounded in the local communityand it’s essential to offer our products right indowntown Carbondale; 689 Main Street isthe perfect spot for us.”

Crystal River Meats offers USDA-certifiednatural, grass-fed and finished meats from theCrystal River and Roaring Fork valleys whichare available at several locations, includingWhole Food in Basalt. The store also carrieslocal eggs, dairy and grocery products fromseveral local and regional vendors, accordingto a press release.

“We’re designed to serve as a one-stop-shopping experience for the Roaring Fork lo-cavore,” Jacober said.

Crystal River Meats is owned by brothersTai, Forest and Rio Jacober.

John Nieslanik steps downJohn Nieslanik recently stepped down after

30 years on the Carbondale Housing Author-ity board of directors. Nieslanik and DorothyMarshall started what became CarbondaleSenior Housing in 1982 and folks in the knowsay without their vision the developmentwould not be what it is today.Board members

and others recently feted Nieslanik at the PourHouse. They included: Jerome “Sarge”Whalen, Glen Jammaron, Ramona Griffith,Billie Lou Speer, Ian Bays and Pat Pier.

You read it here first (almost)The current Colorado Rocky Mountain

School newsletter says a 60th anniversary;celebration and reunion will take place April17-20, 2014. Founders John and AnneHolden started the school in 1953 after localrancher/philanthropist Shorty Pabst donatedthe 350-acre Bar Fork Ranch to the couplefor their school.These days, a sign says“Wel-come to Oyster Country” at the school’s en-trance. Maybe the anniversary trivia crewwill track down when the school’s sportsteams became the Oysters.

Otakleaves forDenver

After 13years servingthe RoaringFork Valley,

Otak architectural and engineering recentlyclosed its office at 36 N. Fourth Street andopened one in lower downtown Denver at1821 Blake St.An e-mail from the firm saidLinda Schuemaker will remain part ofOtak and serve local and regional clientsfrom her home office in Glenwood Springs.

This could be goodStraight from Portland, Oregon (home

of the March Fourth Marching Band) comethe Shook Twins.The twins will be openingact for Mountain Standard Time at PAC3on Jan. 23. Here’s what the twins’ PR flackhas to say about them:“Identical twins Lau-rie Shook (vocals, banjo, percussion andbeatboxing) and Katelyn Shook (vocals,guitar and mandolin), are at the heart of

the quirky folk band, Shook Twins. … TheShook Twins intertwine gorgeous “twin”harmonies with an eclectic and eccentricblend of folk, roots, pop and fun. But don’tbe fooled. The Shook Twins are not youraverage folk trio. They have a few tricks uptheir sleeves. Laurie may drop a beatbox inthe middle of a song, while Katelyn playsthe guitar, glockenspiel, mandolin, and singsinto a telephone and“bocks” like a chicken.Laurie plays wah-wah Banjo and loops var-ious melodies and beats to make it soundlike more than just identical twin sisters. It’sa refreshing romp filled with unexpectedsurprises.” Just what the Roaring Fork Val-ley can use in late January as we head intoCabin Fever season.

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of Dec. 27-Jan. 2 include: Chip Bishop (Dec.28), Randy Schutt, Sue Edelstein, Nick Wal-gren and Mark Gray (Dec. 29), BeymarSilva (Dec. 30), Kris Cook (Dec. 31) andLucas Pulver and Annie Grice (Jan. 1).


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The Giving Tree returned to the branches of thecrabapple tree at Third and Main streets over theweekend. A professionally created sign on the treesaid in English and Spanish: “Leave something ifyou like. Take something if you need.” As of Mondayafternoon the tree was festooned with a wool hat,scarves, packaged snacks, a children’s fleece sweater,ornaments and more. Photo by Lynn Burton

Rodeo volunteers the keySopris Sun contributor Kayla Henley

profiled some of the folks who make theCarbondale Wild West Rodeo happen everyThursday – the volunteers.“We can’t do thiswithout them,” said rodeo board memberMelanie Cardiff.

D.C. recognizes RFTASeveral RFTA board members and

staffers traveled to Washington, D.C. to behonored in a Champion of Change cere-mony in recognition of authority’s Ve-lociRFTA bus rapid transit system, whichbroke ground in 2012. RFTA was one of 14organizations named for the weekly honor.The whirlwind trip cost about $10,000.

SEPTEmbERSix89 goes out on top

Six89 restaurant owners Mark Fisher andLari Goode closed their award-winningrestaurant and announced they will open atotally different restaurant in the former Hes-tia space at Fourth and Main streets in 2013.

“(Football player) Barry Sanders wentout on top of his game,” Fisher told SoprisSun writer/photographer Jane Bachrach.“Sanders just said ‘I’m done.’ I’m going outlike Barry Sanders.” As of the end of 2012,Fisher and Goode had not decided on aname for their new restaurant but the fol-lowing have been suggested: The Hippiecrite– A vegan restaurant that serves meat; The

Weigh Inn – As you enter the restaurant youstep on a scale and your server records yourweight (stepping on the scale on your wayout and seeing the difference is optional);BLT – Beef Lamb & Taters; Nude Food –The bare basics; Hands On – No silverwareallowed (diners eat with their hands like atDar Maghreb, the Moroccan restaurant inLos Angeles).

Dancing-Light realizes visionRealizing a long-held vision, Lisa Danc-

ing-Light donated a Kawai “small grand”

piano to the Third Street Center. Thesinger/songwriter/pianist told the Sopris Sunshe’d wanted to donate such a piano to apublic facility since 1981. Several events andrealizations converged in 2012,which led herto fulfilling her dream.

EPA recognizes C’daleA town of Carbondale energy planning

process that started in 2006 caught the eyeof the Environmental Protection Agency in2012. The upshot is an EPA official pre-sented Carbondale with one of GarfieldClean Energy’s Innovation awards at a cer-emony and banquet. Former Gov. Bill Ritterwas the keynote speaker.

OCTObERC’daler tackles fracking

Carbondale resident Tara Sheahan, andher friend Allison Wolff, organized an anti-fracking rally on Capitol Hill in Denver.Thelineup of entertainers and speakers wasscheduled to include: Jakob Dylan and RamiJaffee (of The Wallflowers); Nederland bandElephant Revival; actors Mariel Hemingwayand Daryl Hannah; scientist and authorSandra Steingraber (“Living Downstream”);car racing’s “Carbon Free Girl” LeilaniMünter; Woody Tasch of the Slow Moneymovement; and representatives from WaterDefense and the Earth Guardians.

Trustees re-legalize chickensAfter several weeks pecking around at

the issue, the town trustees codified regula-tions for owning chickens in OrdinanceNo. 15, which replaced a previous ordi-nance. The ordinance, which was promptedby a flap from a non-chicken owner earlierin the year, limits flocks to 10 hens, bans



The Town of Carbondale, Colorado is accepting qualifications and proposals from Irrigation Contractors for the installation of an

Irrigation System for the Carbondale Community Garden.

Sealed bids will be received by the Town of Carbondale at Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO until

1:00 pm, Monday, February 11, 2013.

A complete Bid Proposal package is available by contacting Parks Supervisor, Josh Walberg, at (970) 309-6207 (OR) [email protected].

The Town reserves the right to reject any or all Bid Proposals or accept what is, in its judgment, the Bid Proposal which is in the Town's best interest.The Town further reserves the right, in the best interests of the Town, to waiveany technical defects or irregularities in any and all Bid Proposals submitted.

In addition to the price, the criteria set forth in the Instruction to Biddersand any specific criteria listed in the bid proposal package may be considered

in judging which Bid Proposal is in the best interests of the Town.

TOWN OF CARBONDALE

INVITATION TO BID

Lari Goode (left) and Mark Fisher (right)before they closed restaurant Six89. Photoby Jane Bachrach

It’s a decidedly unique tradition: folks in thefire station area of Missouri Heights settingout pumpkins for Halloween. This year,passersby spotted about 10-12 of the orangeworks of art sitting on rocks, stuffed intocrevices, and posted on fence posts. Wordhas it the pumpkins survived a little longerthan in years past. Photo by Lynn Burton


commercial sales, and mandates that coopsbe “built of uniform materials” – amongother provisions. Up to six turkeys, geeseor other domesticated fowl are permitted.

New Yorker speaksAuthor and New Yorker magazine Ex-

ecutive Editor Dorothy Wickenden spoketo a full house in the Third Street Center’sCalaway Room. Wickenden, who wrotethe New York Times best selling book“Nothing Daunted,” also read from herbook and fielded questions at the historicThompson house earlier in the day. TheFriends of the Gordon Cooper Library, andCarbondale Council on Arts and Humani-ties brought Wickenden to town as part ofthe library’s One Book One Town program.

Briefly noted:Pastor Doug Self retired from The Or-

chard after 36 years of local ministry.

NOVEmbERFormer VCR returns

Developers announced plans to submitan application for a downsized commercialproject on part of the former Village atCrystal River property. Called Main StreetMarket, the new development will featurea new City Market store. It will front MainStreet and be about half the size of the pro-posal that residents shot down in January.

Rams make playoffsThe Roaring Fork Rams won their first

state volleyball tournament match in sev-eral years before being eliminated in a tie-breaker 25-16. The Rams finished theseason 23-5 and placed second to the Gun-nison Cowboys in the 3A Western Slopeleague. On the soccer front, the boys madethe state playoffs in October and won onegame before being eliminated.

Briefly noted:The Carbondale Chamber of Com-

merce named Aloha Mountain Cyclery asits for-profit Business of the Year for2012, and the Carbondale Council on

Arts and Humanities its non-profit Busi-ness of the Year.

Roaring Fork High School sophomoreJessica Hardin reported that the schoolstaged a mock debate between OliviaSavard (as President Barak Obama) andCameron Doherty (as Gov. Mitt Romney).

The Carbondale Chamber of Commerceelected three new board members for 2013:Heather Gosda Beach, Jeni Ptacek andFrank W. Zlogar.

The inaugural Carbondale Turkey DayCyclocross was held Thanksgiving morningand with minimal promotion attracted 50racers, some from the I-70 corridor. Organ-izers hope to make the race an annual event.

DECEmbERGarCo OKs transfer station

The Garfield County commissionersunanimously approved a land-use applica-tion for a solid waste transfer station andrecycling operation at the former Mid-Con-tinent load out facility on County Road100. The approval carried with it severalconditions and came after two eight-hourpublic hearings. The applicants wereMountain Rolloffs Inc. and IRMW II LLC.

Town reaches 133 agreementThe Carbondale Board of Trustees ap-

proved an Access Control Plan agreementwith the Colorado Department of Trans-portation that will guide the state agency asit upgrades Highway 133 for years tocome, and also the town has it makes land-use decisions along the highway.

P&Z OK’s comp planThe Carbondale Planning and Zoning

Commission recommended approval of adraft comprehensive plan, which will go tothe trustees in early 2013.

Sheepdogs returningThe U.S. Border Collie Handler’ Associ-

ation awarded its 2014 National SheepdogFinals to Strang Ranch, which hosted theevent in 2011. The 2011 finals attractedthousands of spectators, 150 open categorydog/handler teams and dozens of nurserydog/handler teams.



DEC 25 – JAN 1W H E E L E R O P E R A H O U S E

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DOORS open 30 minutes before show

MEMBERS of AMPAS, BAFTA and guilds call 970 925 6882 x308

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O S C A R PA R T YFEB 24 at the caribou club

5:30pm DEC 25My Week with Marilyn3 Golden Globe nominations,including Best Picture, Comedy or Musical“Michelle Williams is brilliant!” — Vanity Fair

5:30pm DEC 25My Week with Marilyn3 Golden Globe nominations,including Best Picture, Comedy or Musical“Michelle Williams is brilliant!” — Vanity Fair

8:15pm DEC 25Rampart“Tense, shocking, complex, mesmerizing.” — Entertainment Weekly “One of Woody Harrelson’s finest performances.” — NPR




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Hyde Park on Hudson5:30PM DEC 27

Argo3:15pm DEC 28

Ginger & Rosa6:00pm DEC 28

Rust and Bone8:15pm DEC 28

Anna Karenina2:45pm DEC 29

Quartet5:45pm DEC 29

Promised Land

8:15pm DEC 29

The Sessions3:00pm DEC 30

A Royal Affair5:15pm DEC 30

On the Road8:15pm DEC 30

The Intouchables2:45pm JAN 1

Not Fade Away5:15pm JAN 1

TICKETSaspen show tickets at the wheeler970 920 5770 www.aspenshowtix.comDOORS open 30 minutes before showMEMBERS of AMPAS, BAFTA and guildscall 970 925 6882 x308LIGHT FOOD AVAILABLE for purchasein theater

Kids found a way to pass the time while elec-tion results came in for their parents at DosGringos on Election Night – they crawled inand on newsstands. Photo by Jane Bachrach

A mamma cow on Missouri Heights teach-ers her baby cow how to lick a three railfence. Photo by Jane Bachrach


governs development on hundred of thousands of acres. If the agency waited, it could re-examine the proposal under the updated version — due in draft this spring — which, intheory, would allow it to account for advances in drilling technology and changes to thearea’s economy, demographics and environment. That might help the agency strike aclearer balance between energy development and other interests.

At an environmental film festival in Paonia soon after the BLM’s decision, the audiencebooed throughout a Google Earth tour of the parcels still up for lease.When a staffer fromthe conservation group who hosted the event noted that the mountain biking parcel hadbeen withdrawn, discontent only grew. Many refused to accept any leasing whatsoever.

Opponents believe, as do their counterparts in many communities facing oil and gasdevelopment, that some places are too special to drill. It’s a valid view; I often share it.But that raises an uncomfortable question: Are there any places so unspecial that theyshould be drilled? Mr. ConocoPhillips knows well that few of us in Paonia or elsewherecan say we don’t rely on these fuels — for heat, for transport, for electricity, for the fer-tilization of food. Every place matters to somebody. And what patch of Earth isn’t habi-tat for at least a few wonderful somethings?

As Bobby Reedy, who runs a local auto shop in Paonia, told Heller: “I wanna flick thelight switch and know the lights are gonna come on. If it’s not in my backyard, whose isit gonna be in?”

If we continue to insist on living as we do now, maybe we need to see drill rigs fromour kitchen windows and hiking trails, even our school playgrounds.

How else can we truly understand the costs of something we use unless we’re con-fronted with them daily? This isn’t just the machinery of corporate greed; it’s the ma-chinery of our vast collective energy appetite. And if we can’t look directly at it, and can’taccept what it does to our water and air, then it’s time to do more than just fight drilling.It’s time to go on an energy diet.

Sarah Gilman is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country Newsin Paonia, Colorado, where she is the magazine’s associate editor.

Energy continued om page 2

Drug bust targets C’daleTRIDENT, the Carbondale Police De-

partment and other law enforcementagencies arrested 14 suspects on Dec. 12in connection with an alleged drug ringthat was based in Carbondale. During theundercover investigation, narcs boughtcocaine, ecstacy/MDMA, psilocybinmushrooms, marijuana, prescriptiondrugs, one assault rifle and one .38 cal-iber pistol. Two other suspects turnedthemselves in to authorities on Dec. 14.Five suspects were still at large.

Year in reviewcontinued om page 8


In remembranceCarbondale area residents said final

goodbyes to several communitymembers in 2012, among them:

Blair Austin "Buzz" Weaver1952-2011

Kelvin (Kelly) Eric Osborn1963-2012

James Edward Von Brewer1933-2012

Conny Erhard

William Arthur Jeffries

Nancy Law Blakeslee1936-2012

Ruth Hollen Dewell1937-2012

Andrew Scott Gressett1957-2012

Claude Robert Holgate1935-2012

Wendel Deloss Gipe1953-2012

Allison Rebekah Rochel Everding1982-2012

Margaret (Peggy) Gilcrest1932-2012

John Charles Martin1944-2012

Glen Charles Harris1947-2012

Dana L. Strangeland1958-2012

Chris Chacos and his crew once againspearheaded a downtown flowerpot com-petition that attracted almost a dozen en-tries. Photo by Jane Bachrach


THURSDAY Dec. 27LIVE mUSIC • Is this one après ski,après work or après one’syounger days? In any case,Josh Rogan plays the re-cently remodeled BlackNugget in the DinkelBuilding at 5 p.m.There’s no cover.

ROTARY • Mt.Sopris Rotarymeets at Mi Casitaevery Thursday atnoon.

FRIDAYDec. 28mOVIES • The CrystalTheatre presents “AnnaKarenina” (R) at 7:30p.m. through Jan. 3.

LIVE mUSIC • Smooth MoneyGesture plays the Black Nuggetat 9 p.m. There’s no cover.

LIVE mUSIC • CarbondaleBeer Works presents ElectricLemon from 8 to 11 p.m. There’sno cover.

LIVE mUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in theold part of the Dinkel Building presentslive music every Friday night.

SATURDAY Dec. 29LIVE mUSIC • The Motet and Euforques-

tra return to PAC3 in the ThirdStreet Center. With roots in

jazz, Afrobeat, funk,salsa and samba,

The Motetkeeps theiraudiencesin a danc-ing frenzyby layer-ing house

and technorhythms into

a style that isuniquely theirown. Eufórques-tra has made asplash on theC o l o r a d omusic scene

with its pro-gressive, genre-crossing funkfusions and a re-lentless tourschedule. Info:Pac3Carbon-dale.com

LIVE mUSIC •Whiskey Tango

brings it to theBlack Nugget at 9

p.m. There’s no cover.

LIVE mUSIC • Carbondale Beer Workspresents Josh Rogan (solo rock and blues)from 6 to 9 p.m. There’s no cover.

SUNDAY Dec. 30OPEN mIC • Is the Carbondale All StarClassic Kazoo band back in town? Whoknows, but Jammin’ Jim hosts an openmic at the Black Nugget at 5 p.m. There’sno cover.

THURS. Dec. 27 -TUES. Jan. 1ACADEmY AWARD SCREENINGS •Aspen Film presents its 21st annual Acad-emy Screenings at the Wheeler OperaHouse.These films are likely contenders forOscar nominations, and include: “On theRoad,”“Zero Dark Thirty,”“Anna Karen-ina” and more. Info: aspenfilm.org.

TUESDAY Jan. 1POLAR bEARS TAKE NOTE • The sec-ond annual Roaring Fork Polar Bear Clubtakes a dip in the aforementioned riverafter a Bikram Yoga class at 9 a.m. inBasalt. Info: Bel at 927-1230.

WEDNESDAY Jan. 2FREE mOVIES • Wanna get the kids outof the house? The Gordon Cooper Librarypresents free movies at 1 p.m. on Jan. 2-4.The films are“Hercules,”“The Lorax,”andMadagascar 3.” Info: 963-2889.

ROTARY • The Rotary Club of Carbon-dale hosts an assembly at the firehouse at 7a.m. Info: [email protected].

NETWORKING • The Valley Divas meetat Konnyaku on Highway 133 from 5:30to 7 p.m. RSVP at 704-1711.

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.

presents the Winter Teen Conservatory

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Produced by special arrangement with Music Theatre International.

Choreography by Sophie Ledingham * Musical Direction by Terry LeeDirected by Graham Northrup

Starring:Anna Ashmore * Ben Belinski * Jack Dresser * Kidd Duhe Solomon

Julia Foran * Nakiri Gallagher-Cave * Kiki Glah * Lyon HamillFlynn Holman * T.J. Kaiser * Sophie Ledingham * Emery Major Marissa McKinney * Sage O’Reilly * Luke Ryan * Luke Wampler

Jan. 10, 11, and 12 at 7pmJan. 13 at 2pm

at the Aspen District Theatre$20 Adults/$12 Students

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Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg MorrisonBook by Bob Martin and Don McKellar

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Further OutSUNDAY Jan. 13CELTIC RHAPSODY • The Celtic bandFeast presents an all new show with stepdancing, champion Irish dancers and balle-rina Rosemarie Mientka at GlenwoodSprings High School at 3 p.m.Tickets for thisfamily show are $24 in advance and $27 atthe door; kids are $9. Info: junctioncon-certs.com or 970-241-4579.

THURS.-FRI. Jan. 17LIVE mUSIC • Singer/songwriter LeonJoseph Littlebird will weave his native and pi-oneer roots in two January performances inthe Jim Calaway Honors Series at ColoradoMountain College. Blending Native Ameri-can flute, guitar and vocals, Littlebird’s musicspeaks of Colorado’s rich history. His storiesof pioneer life are influenced by his great-grandfather, one of the original settlers inBlackhawk, and he connects to his ancestralroots of the indigenous Navajo people ofnorthern New Mexico with ancient flutemusic. Littlebird has released four albums.The Jan. 17 concert takes place at the NewSpace Theatre on the Spring Valley Campusat 7:30 p.m., and the Jan. 18 concert at CMCin Rifle (3695 Airport Road) at 7:30 p.m.Both concerts feature a reception at 6:30 p.m.Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for full-timeCMC students and children up to 17 years.Advance tickets are available at 947-8367.The Thursday concert will honor George andPatti Stranahan and the Friday concert willhonor the late Marvelle Couey.

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Community Calendar from page 10

Ongoing

Front (left to right): Trina Ortega and Jane Bachrach; center: Lynn Burton,Terri Ritchie, Debbie Bruell and Peggy DeVilbiss; back: Frank Zlogar,David Johnson and Laura McCormick. Not shown: Bob Albright, WillGrandbois, Linda Fleming, Colin Laird, Jean Perry and Elizabeth Phillips.Photo by Carlos Hererra

From The Sopris Sun staff and board of directors

HAPPY NEW YEAR!We look forward to serving the community in 2013 and beyond.

Thanks for your support in 2012.

FROM USTO you

KOROLOGOS SHOW CONTINUES • AnnKorologos Gallery in Basalt continues its“Winter Welcome!” show, featuring Carbon-dale artist Andy Taylor and more than twodozen western regional artists. Info: 927-9668.

APRÈS SKI • DJ RasGis spins roots rock reggaeduring après ski every Sunday from 3 to 7 p.m.at Burger Bar & Fish, located in Snowmass BaseVillage across from the Elk Camp gondola.

PHOTO SHOW • Ron Martin shows hislocal photographs, and Margie Martin showsher handmade craft items, at Martin’s CentralVac and Electrolux store on Highway 133through December.

SNOWSHOE TOURS • The Aspen Center forEnvironmental Studies offers Elk Camp Mead-ows nighttime snowshoe tours Fridaysthrough March 29. The one-hour tours startat the top of the Elk Camp Gondola at theSnowmass ski area and conclude with dinneror a nightcap at the new Elk Camp restaurant.The cost is $35, which includes gondola ride,snowshoes and naturalist guide. Tours leavefrom the top of the gondola 6 and 7:30 p.m.Tickets are available at any Aspen/Snowmasslift ticket office.

bILINGUAL STORY TImE • GordonCooper Library presents a bilingual story timefor kids 1-5 years old Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m.info: 625-4270.

mAYOR’S COFFEE HOUR • Chat with Car-bondale Mayor Stacey Bernot onTuesdays from7 to 8 a.m.at theVillage Smithy onThird Street.

bEER RUN • Independence Run & Hike

stages a four-mile beer run Thursdays at 6:30p.m. and a group run Saturdays at 8:15 a.m.Info: 704-0909.

ZINGERS CONTINUE • Betsy Schenck leadsthe Senior Matters Zingers sing-along groupin Room 33 of the Third Street Center. Underher direction the tunes take on a whole newmeaning and resonance when sung by seniors.Info: 963-2167.

ART • Through December, Glenwood SpringsArt Guild exhibits include Tara Vetter at theFlower Mart in Glenwood Springs, and NancyMartin at Bullock Hinkey real estate in Glen-wood Springs.

STORY TImE • The Gordon Cooper Librarypresents Storytime with Sue at 6 p.m. everyMonday. Info: 963-2889.

JAm SESSION • Carbondale Beer Works onMain Street hosts an old-time jam session withDana Wilson from 7 to 9 p.m. every Monday.All abilities are welcome.

TAI CHI • Senior Matters in the Third StreetCenter offers tai chi with instructor John Nor-ton at 9 a.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays.The cost is $40 per month or $7 per drop in.Info: 274-1010.

PHOTO SHOW • The Colorado MountainCollege gallery on Grand Avenue continuesshowing Gayle Waterman’s abstract photogra-phy through Jan. 25.

SUPPORT GROUP • Hospice of the Valleypresents a grief and loss support group in Basaltthe second and fourthWednesday of the month.

Mountain Fair Director Amy Kimberly manages to have a little fun while she man-ages Mountain Fair. Photo by Jane Bachrach

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Spring Gulch opens upThe Spring Gulch Nordic trail system

seven miles southwest of Carbondale is offi-cially open and excellent conditions are re-ported. All the skate lanes are open andclassic track is set on all the trails. “We en-courage everyone to get up there and burn offthat holiday eggnog while enjoying some ofthe best cross-country skiing anywhere,”saidMt. Sopris Nordic Council spokeswomanKatie Soden. For the latest snow conditionsand directions, visit springgulch.org.

CmC registration is under wayRegistration for spring semester at Col-

orado Mountain College is now under way.Many classes start the week of Jan. 14. Fordetails, go to coloradomtn.edu/classes. Col-orado Mountain College will be closed forwinter break through Jan. 1.

CmS seeks robotics coachesCarbondale Middle School is not only

looking for coaches for its robotics program,the school will also pay them $25 an hour.PEAK Coordinator Megan Currier says shehas students“begging”to become part of theschool’s competitive robotics team but theschool needs more coaches to make it hap-pen. “Coaches do not need prior experiencein robotics, just a willingness to learn and thedesire to work with middle school students,”Currier said. Students competed in the FIRSTLego League regional competition in 2011and another team competed in the competi-

tion in November.The spring session for thisafter-school program begins in February;classes run from 3:30 to 5:15 p.m.For details,call Currier at 384-5735 (Tuesday, Wednes-day and Thursday) or e-mail [email protected].

more on CmSCarbondale Middle School students are

raising funds to buy Solar Energy Interna-tional“solar suitcases” for a hospital and or-phanage in Africa.

Howare theyraisingmoney?School spokes-woman Jessica Lahey said they are making“solar lanterns”that function as a nightlight.

Students sold the lanterns on Fourth StreetPlaza near the fire pit during the Dec. 7 FirstFriday and sales will continue into next year.For details, call CMS at 384-5700.

Watch outGarfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario is

warning residents about an active telephonescam that threatens imprisonment if the vic-tim does not cooperate.

The caller carries a foreign accent and leadspeople to believe he is calling on behalf of anattorney’s office in Dallas, Texas. The callerstates that the victim will be contacted by thesheriff and an investigation team within 24hours at their place of employment.Upon con-tact, the victim will then be arrested and heldin jail until their investigation is complete.

The individuals performing this scamobtain personal identifiable informationabout the caller and use it in order to gain

access to other information, which may in-clude money. “The caller uses plausibility,fear and personal information in order togain cooperation with the victim,” Vallariosaid. “This scam has been reported inGarfield County, as well as, nationwide.

Vallario said citizens should never releasepersonal information over the phone.

Save the dateRiver Bridge Regional Center, Cooking

Matters and the Early Childhood Networkpresent “Imagine” at the Orchard from 6 to10 p.m. on Feb. 16. The menu will be pre-pared by noted chef Susie Jimenez. Food,drinks and music are included in the $45 ad-mission fee. For details, call 945-5195.

REQUESTS FOR PROPOSAL FOR A SOLAR POWER

PURCHASE AGREEMENTFor details please visit the Town’s website:

carbondalegov.org

THE TOWN OFCARBONDALEis currently accepting

Santa Claus not only made his gift-giving rounds on Christmas Eve, he also helped theCarbondale Fire Department in his volunteer firefighter capacity. Here’s what happened.While Santa was making his traditional night-before-Christmas tour of Carbondale,the department received calls for several traffic accidents on Highway 82 between Cat-tle Creek and the CMC turnoff. As a result, Santa had to cut short his ladder-truck tourbut not before getting in several waves to smiling bystanders. Photo by Julie Albrecht

You’re not just a face in the crowd inCarbondale. That’s because Sopris Sun

photographer Jane Bachrach is liable to shootyour picture regardless of whether you’rehaving a good time at an event or getting

ready to have a good time. Here are some ofthe faces that didn’t fit in this year’s paper.

Photos by Jane Bachrach

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Shopping | Dining | Culture | Recreation

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

Sopris Sun staff report

Registration is under way for the Wyly CommunityArt Center’s Free Preview: Advanced Wyly Art Club forages 9 and older. Nicole Nagel-Gogolak teaches the classon Tuesdays from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. starting on Jan. 15.The series is designed specifically for the skill and inter-est level of students in this age group. The projects aregeared to keep them involved as well as to challenge themand build self-esteem. The same class is offered for kids6-8 on Wednesdays from 4 to 5:30 p.m.

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Time for adult sign-upWyly Art Center is offering Collage & Mixed Media

Techniques with Ami Maes from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. onJan. 26-27. The class is for all skill levels and the cost is$150 (members receive a 10 percent discount). The reg-istration deadline is Jan. 26.

The Wyly Community Art Center is located in the for-mer Basalt Regional Library building at 99 Midland Spur.For details call Dasa Bausova at 927-4123 or [email protected].

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Library programsThe Basalt Regional Library offers Book Babies for

kids 24 months and older at 10:30 a.m. on Mondays. OnTuesdays at 10 a.m., it’s Preschool Story Time for kids 3and older.Toddler Rhyme Time for kids 2 to 3 is Wednes-days at 10:30 a.m. Story Time & Craft for all ages takesplace on Fridays at 10:30 a.m. Española Family storytime for all ages takes place at 2 p.m. on Sundays.

Wyly offers Free Preview with Gogolak

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position. Servicemay include ordinance review, writing of or-dinances, and advice to the police department. Court is heldthe first Friday of eachmonth at 8:00 AM. The number ofhours vary, but averages about 5 hours permonth.

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Sopris Sun Staff Report

Wyatt Till won Independence Run & Hike’s fourth an-nual 5K Jingle Bell Run & Shoe Drive on Dec. 23 with a timeof 20:20. The second place finisher was 12-year-old HenryBarth, with a time of 21:09. Megan Lizotte took third with atime of 21:15.

Other top finishers were Ron Lund, Kersten Wilson,Bruce Barth, Bentley Henderson, Beth Broome, Jen Burn andJohnny Utah.

A total of 44 racers entered the event, which saw them run,jog and trot from the store to the top of White Hill, then backinto town on Fourth Street and on to Colorado Avenue andthe Rio Grande Trail.

The event included an Ugly Sweater contest.Donated shoeswere sent to the Perpetual Prosperity Pumps Foundation. Pro-ceeds from the race went to the Glenwood Springs High Schoolcross-country team.

Hours: Mon-Sat 10-5 Sun 11-4 Down the Block from Big O Tires, Basalt 970.927.6488 "Non-Profit Supporting Local Sustainable Food Efforts"

Choose from a Vast Array of Long Coats, Leathers and Sweaters All on Sale for $5 or $10 Each!!

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1. 20:20 Wyatt Till2. 21:09 Henry Barth3. 21:15 Megan Lizotte4. 21:55 Ron Lund5. 22:08 Kersten Wilson6. 22:38 Bruce Barth7. 22:44 Bentley Henderson8. 22:59 Beth Broome9. 22:59 Jen Burn10. 23:10 Johnny Utah11. 23:30 Brad Palmer12. 23:44 David Brooks13. 23:49 Laurie Guevara-Stone14. 23:50 Andi Bauer15. 23:59 Sofie Stenstandvold

16. 24:30 Mitch Hyra17. 24:33 Charlie Marley18. 24:36 David Gurbacki19. 24:58 Phil Samora Jr.20. 25:25 Devon Hutton21. 25:33 Ben Nikkel22. 25:44 Christina Nikkel23. 25:46 Allen Filson24. 25:51 Lars Stenstavold25. 27:54 Carlos Herrara26. 27:54 Dave Clark27. 27:54 Peter Heitzman28. 28:12 Bill Kirkland29. 29:04 Lisa Jones30. 29:24 Catherine Berg

31. 29:58 Leslie Johnson32. 30:29 Bob Stewart33. 33:00 Bob Anderson34. 33:00 Eric Anderson35. 34:02 Meghan Stewart36. 35:38 Christine Bodgori37. 35:52 Susie Anderson38. 36:01 Susie Wallace39. 36:17 PJ Wallace40. 36:36 Chuck Ogiliby41. 37:24 Kathy Kopf42. 39:38 Sandra Hyra43. 40:48 Mia Lackey44. 40:48 CJ Gredig

2012 Jingle Bell Run Race Results

Wyatt Till wins Jingle Bell race; 12-year-old takes second


WINDSHIELD REPAIR AUTO GLASS REPLACEMENT

DAVID ZAMANSKY – Owner Operated

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500 Buggy Circle, Carbondale, CO

Headlight RestorationAuto Glass&Side Mirrors

Mid-Valley Food PantriesCarbondale: �ird Street Center, 520 South 3rd Street, #35

Mon, Wed & Fri: 10am-12:30pm • 963-1778Basalt: Basalt Community United Methodist Church

167 Holland Hills Rd. • Wed & � ur: 11am-1pm • 279-1492Learn more at www.liftup.org and join us on facebook!

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Carbondale has turned into a local entertainment mecca, with homegrown and imported talent. Clockwise from upper left:Lon Winston (at the Thunder River Theatre Company Day of the Dead celebration), blues guitarist Johnny Ohnmacht (atKDNK’s Blues & Barbecue), Jenna Bradford (at the burlesque show), Stacy Stein (C-Town), Nelson Oldham of Mile Markers(at RFTA’s BRT ground breaking), Lipbone Redding (at PAC3) and Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Folklorico Director FranciscoNevarez-Burgueno. Photos by Jane Bachrach

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Event Central, 2012The town of Carbondale and its non-profits arepretty good at organizing events but certain out-siders were known to stage parts of their eventsinside the town limits this year. We’re talkingthe Denver Post Ride the Rockies bicycle tourthat hit town in June (upper right). Proceedingin clockwise fashion: an unidentified bull riderat the Carbondale Wild West Rodeo; MarthaCollison pinning a tail on her democrat donkey,Daryl, before the Fourth of July parade; JenRoeser and April Clark at the KDNK Labor ofLove Auction; Eric Berry atMountain Fair; and theEaster Bunny chattingwith a youngster atthe recreation de-partment’s Eastercelebration. Photosby Jane Bachrach

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