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Carbondale’s weekly, non-profit newspaper Volume 2, Number 46 | January 6, 2011
A pair of cranes lifted the Satank bridge over the Roaring Fork River and back into place onWednesday morning. Garfield County removed the 110-year-old bridge in late Sep-tember, took it to a county shop, then spent the next few months rebuilding it. The wood and steel bridge is on the National Register of Historic Places and is the last remainingbridge of its type in the state. The county received a $297,000 grant from the State Historical Fund to help pay for the $800,000 effort. The project was first proposed several yearsago and Carbondale Trustee John Hoffmann was instrumental in getting it off the ground.When the bridge officially reopens this spring, it will be for pedestrian and bicycle travelonly. A handful of Satank and Carbondale residents turned out to watch the action onWednesday. One noted that the bridge was used in a scene for the 1990s film “Flashback,”which stared the late Dennis Hopper and Kiefer Sutherland. Photo by Lynn Burton
Give a little peace and joyDear Editor:
Have you noticed the words that getadded to our language during the holidayseason? It seems we hear and read the words“peace” and “joy,” among others, more thistime of year than any other.
One of my favorite things about youth-Zone is that we are in the peace and joy busi-ness all year round. young people and theirfamilies walk through the doors of youth-Zone bringing their frustration, sadness,anger and hurt. It is written on their faces,evident in their countenance and clear fromtheir words.
Something magical happens when peopleare listened to and supported with profes-sional guidance in an environment withoutjudgment. I watch families leave youthZonewith smiles on their faces, sharing a laughwith our staff and ready to face the world ina new way.
are you wishing for more peace and joyin your family? It is a gift that you can givethis season. Call us to help. We are a phonecall away with offices in Rifle, GlenwoodSprings, Carbondale and aspen.
Consider a gift certificate for a youth-Zone parent consultation or other servicesfor someone on your list. Call us at 945-9300.
your partner in spreading more peaceand joy.
Debbie WildeExecutive DirectoryouthZone
Town Mothers don’t existEditor’s note: This letter was sent to SoprisSun co-editor Lynn Burton.
Dear Editor:In your recent article regarding the fail-
ure of the trustees to renew Tom Baker’scontract, you referred very often to an or-ganization known as the Town Mothers.
The Town Mothers was a group of con-cerned citizens who came together in 2003because of their feelings about the CrystalRiver Marketplace. That was the sole rea-son for their existence.
after the referendum, the group was dis-banded and does not exist today. There arepeople from the original group who are stillpolitically active and who care a great dealabout our community. When they speak orattend meetings they do so as individuals.
Labeling people as belonging to onegroup or another is divisive.We are witnessto how destructive divisive, partisan poli-tics can be in our federal government. Wecannot afford that type of divisiveness to bepart of Carbondale. Please, let’s not let thathappen here.
Carbondale is an amazing community.We need to keep that in mind. In my posi-tion, I work with people from aspen toGlenwood Springs and they all express ad-miration for our town and want to knowhow we do it. We do it by being active, in-volved and caring. That involvement is im-portant.
Let’s forget labels, listen to each other,and continue to have constructive con-versations.
Ro MeadCarbondale
Airstream thanksDear Editor:
During the weekend of Dec 10-12, Car-bondale was part of the inauguralairstream Village Holiday Market. Thisevent brought in over 20 local vendors sell-ing art, glass, jewelry and pottery. Musi-cians donated their time and energy to playto folks sitting around the blazing bonfire.Food was served up fresh and hot fromSmoke Modern BBQ and Nicky’s Quickie.Roaring Fork Leadership raised money fortheir scholarship fund running the busybeverage booth. Kids enjoyed makings’mores by the fire while Santa and his rein-deer welcomed families on Sunday.
On behalf of everyone at Land+Shelter,Inc. and the Studio for arts and Works(S.a.W.), I would like to express my grati-tude to so many individuals and businesses inmaking the airstream Village Holiday Mar-ket a success. Rainy Day Designs created ourbrand, MRI donated financially and thenagain with all the restrooms and trash bins.Sunsense Solar, alpine Bank, The VillageSmithy restaurant, RFTa, Ecos, IRMW andaloha Mountain Cyclery all contributed tothe positive and heartwarming weekend.
I especially feel honored to have collabo-rated with so many in putting on this partyfor Carbondale! Locals through their busi-nesses like Mike Shook with alta Properties,ants Cullwick through Koru Limited, Lind-sey at Lulubelle, Mike Suhrbier with Effi-ciency In Mind, Inc. and The WildernessLand Trust all gave willingly and generouslyto an event with no track record.
We have a unique and rewarding com-munity that shares in the burden of a strug-gling economy and also shares in its
successes. Therefore, I need to also thankmany individuals for jumping in at just theright moment for and helping give thisevent such a positive vibe. Rosie at MainStreet Spirits, amy Kimberly throughKDNK, Tom Corson, George Stranahan,Russ Criswell, Gale Holfert, Erin Rigney,Tom Boas with MRI, Cari Theron, LynnBurton with The Sopris Sun, John Stroudwith the Post Independent, Terry Kirk andDave Taylor all had a part in The 2010airstream Village Holiday Market.
Happy Holidays and have a prosperousNew year.
andrea ChacosCoordinator2010 airstream Village Holi-day Market
Pass the DREAMActDear Editor:
I am writing as a community memberwho has worked closely with our publicschools for the past 10 years. although I ama member of the RFSD School Board, theseare my personal opinions. I am not repre-senting the views of the board.
In our school district we firmly believethat every child can learn and every childcan succeed. I want that belief to follow allour students after they leave our schools. Iwant them to be able to continue to learnand succeed and make valuable contribu-tions to our communities and our country.We need to pass the DREaM act so thatour children can continue to believe in them-selves and follow their dreams through col-lege and beyond.
americans tend to forget that our nationwas founded by immigrants. My relativescame to this country about 100 years ago –other people’s relatives may have come 300years ago or 10 years ago. Unless we areNative americans, we are all immigrants ordescendants of immigrants. We all deservethe opportunity to go to college, work hardand become contributing members of ourcommunities.
a couple years ago I visited the Statue ofLiberty and it made quite an impression onme – standing 150 feet tall right at the shoreof our country.There is a poem mounted in-side the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty thatincludes the words:
“From her beacon-handGlows world-wide welcome.”It makes no sense to me to have the
Statue of Liberty standing on our shorewhile we shut the door of opportunity to theyoung people who have grown up right herein our communities.
Please join me in calling our elected rep-resentatives, urging them to do everythingthey can to pass the DREaM act, so we canbe true to the roots of our country and sup-port the dreams of the young people livinghere today.
Debbie BruellCarbondale
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Town Centerdeveloper facedforeclosureBy Terray SylvesterSopris Sun Staff Writer
Three parcels in Carbondale’s downtowncore were turned over to a bank late lastweek as Golden Tree InSite Partners (GTIS),owner of the land planned for the TownCenter development, pulled out of town.
The parcels lie on the south side of Col-orado avenue between Sixth Street andThunder River Theatre, on the south side ofColorado avenue near the Backdoor Con-signment Store, and on Fourth Street acrossfrom town hall.
Title to the land was transferred to Com-munity Banks of Colorado as part of a“deed in lieu of foreclosure” transaction,said Larry Green, a Glenwood Springslawyer who has represented GTIS. He saidsuch deed transfers are consensual on thepart of both the borrower and the lenderand allow both parties to avoid the legalwrangling associated with foreclosure pro-ceedings. The land will not be auctioned.
GTIS, an international development firmbased in New york, purchased the TownCenter parcels in July 2007 for roughly$10.5 million, according to county records.The company received a $7.35 million loan
from Community Banks of Colorado inJanuary 2008.
Community Banks of Colorado alsoowns the vacant land currently being usedas a parking lot on Fourth Street across fromthe Gordon Cooper Library.
Neither Community Banks of Coloradonor GTIS returned phone calls before The
Sopris Sun’s press deadline on Wednesday.Green said the recession, as well as the
complexity of Carbondale’s land use reviewprocess, had contributed to GTIS’ decisionto abandon the project.
“[GTIS] just decided they didn’t think thevalue of the property was nearly what theyhad paid for it and they didn’t think the en-
vironment in Carbondale is conducive to de-velopment,” Green said, adding that he wasnot directly involved in the deed transfer.
“I think it’s a real comment about howbad our economy is around here. I justknow that it’s a step that was not takenlightly. I assume that they lost a good deal of
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The Carbondale Council on arts andHumanities rolls into the New year withsome familiar faces, plus dances and severalclasses. The month kicks off with the origi-nal play “Cellular Guilt.”
“Guilt is in all of us. It’s the concept that itis part of our DNa,”said Jack Green, writer,actor and producer, along with BobWilley,ofthe play. CCaH brings the production to theRound Room at the Third Street Center Jan.7 and 8 at 7:30 p.m.
The play is divided into several vignettes.It deals with those who have been overex-posed to guilt, leading them to a guilt supportgroup.another vignette is called,“Boys In theDesert.”Here, the actors encounter spiritual-ity vs. recreation in a desert environment.Thefinal piece is titled “Christmas Vacation,” inwhich two old friends with different person-alities try to plan a vacation together. afterthe third vignette, the evening will ease intosome improv and preplanned improv.
Green and Willey have over 30 yearstheatrical experience between them. Theyfounded Campchair Productions, whosemission is “to support and encourage localtalent.”
They have appeared in many productionsthroughout the Roaring Fork Valley includ-ing“GreaterTuna.”“They are known to gen-erate laughter in whatever they touch,” saidCCaH spokeswoman amy Kimberly.
Tickets are $12 and available at the dooror by calling CCaH at 963-1680.
Dancing is always in order for the newyear and that’s what’ll happen in the RoundRoom on Jan. 14 at 8 p.m. Milemarkers willmake their Carbondale debut with a blend of
rock ‘n’ roll and alt country. DJ Harry willtake the stage afterward.
DJ Harry has graced stages and festivalsaround the country, drawing as much fromfuturistic elements of house music as fromtraditional music sources. “DJ Harry’s ap-proach has the accessible sensibility to appealto a wide range of listeners at the same timekeeping its dance floor roots,”Kimberly said.
another opportunity to dance presents it-self on Jan. 22 at 8 p.m. as El Tioga performsin the Round Room.ElTioga hails from Newyork and is comprised of former RoaringFork Valley residents including Ben ailey,Jonathan Wright, Toby Britt and al Bauer.
ClassesThe Carbondale Council onarts and Hu-
manities has a full schedule of classes in Jan-uary.“From theater to youth fashion classes,puppetry and beyond, CCaH is workinghard to provide a diverse array of experiencesfor the community,” said Kimberly.
In youth Fashion Troupe, taught by adri-anna Pevec, students will learn how to makea fashion statement of their own. Startingwith inspiration, moving through design anddrawing, choosing materials, building theitems, and presenting their creations in theyouth fashion show.The class is held onTues-days from 4 to 6 p.m. through January. Theclass will also be offered in February.
Beginning piano, taught by Laurel Shee-han, is offered on Fridays for ages 4 and up.
Soozie Lindbloom is starting a puppet the-ater called Out of the Mud Puppet Theater.She will offer classes for youth that focus onshadow puppetry. She will also be teachingadults in a toy theater workshop.
Other upcoming classes include Mommyand Me classes with Julie Lang, a T-shirt re-construction and basic sewing workshopwith Tanya Black, and a felt slippers work-
shop with Jill Scher.CCaH offers scholarships for those who
need them.For details call Holly at 963-1680or go to carbondalearts.com.
“CellularGuilt” comes toThird Street
Milemarkers make their Carbondale debut at the Third Street Center on Jan. 14. Theband is comprised of Nelson Oldham, formerly of Midlife Crisis and the Redtones (in thecenter), lead guitarist Hap Harriman (left), drummer Chris Gopulerud (far right) andbass player Vidi (back right). Photo by Jane Bachrach
Save the datesAn OM Puppet Theater production takes place on Feb. 12.The Valley Visual Art Show is in February (applications are available online).The Green Is the New Black Fashion Extravaganza takes place March 11-12.The Infamous Stringdusters play the Third Street Center on March 19.
Thunder River Theatre (in the background) is one of two buildings constructed at Town Center. The rest of the project sits vacant.Photo by Lynn Burton
Downtown developer gives land back to bank
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House fire claims local mana house fire on Highway 82, approxi-
mately 1.5 miles west of El Jebel, claimed thelife of a 69-year-old male on Monday after-noon. The Garfield County Coroner’s officeidentified the man as Stephen Davis. an au-topsy to determine the cause of death wasscheduled for Wednesday.
The Carbondale Fire District respondedto the blaze at 17525 Old Highway 82 atabout 5 p.m., with the Basalt Fire Districtassisting. Fire fighters extinguished the blazein short order, according to Carbondale FireChief Ron Leach.
The structure was a one-level, single-fam-ily, wood house.
Town closes on Koziel propertyOn Dec. 23, the town of Carbondale
closed on the purchase of the 7.5 Kozielproperty on Highway 82 just down riverfrom the Highway 133 bridge (formerly theMt. Sopris RV Park).
The total price was $2.52 million, withthe town of Carbondale contributing$470,000; the Great Outdoors Lottery Fund$1 million (in a grant submitted by PitkinCounty); the Colorado Division of Wildlife$950,000; and Garfield County $100,000.
With the acquisition of the property, amaster plan will be done by the town of Car-bondale to reflect a shared public vision onhow the property should be developed,managed and maintained for future com-munity, regional and state-wide public use,according to a press release.
a study in 2003 indicated that a riverpark offered an opportunity for the town.Trails, a pedestrian bridge, educational andinterpretive signage, close-in parking, im-proved access, connections to the river cor-ridor, whitewater park features, andimprovements to fishing and fishing accesswere all identified as important componentsof the plan. The property also provides thetown with an opportunity, if desired, to im-prove and enhance the existing RV and tentcampground to attract tourists and out-of-town visitors to the Carbondale area.
C’dale and BLM look at Red HillThe town of Carbondale has been
awarded a $160,000 federal grant to ex-plore transportation alternatives to accessthe Red Hill Special Recreation Manage-ment area, according to a press release.
“We need to find a safe option to get peo-ple to Red Hill from Carbondale withoutdriving,”said Carbondale Recreation Direc-tor Jeff Jackel. “We’ll be looking at optionsto go under or over Highway 82, as well asimprovements to the intersection and othertransit alternatives.”
The grant will fund a feasibility studylooking at six alternatives for access acrossHighway 82 to Red Hill for hikers andmountain bikers.
Carbondale applied for the grant throughthe Federal Transit administration’s Paul S.Sarbanes Transit in Parks Program. The Bu-reau of Land Management, which managesRed Hill, is the sponsoring federal agency.
Red Hill is a popular hiking and moun-tain biking area adjacent to Carbondale thatreceives 55,000 visitors each year. Vehicleparking is limited and at capacity most days.accessing the area from Carbondale on footor bike currently requires crossing six lanesof traffic on Highway 82 at the CountyRoad 107 intersection. Getting to the RedHill trailhead from the parking lot involvesa walk or bike up County Road 107.
“We would like to see an alternative routeto get hikers and mountain bikers from theparking lot to the trailhead that does not in-volve County Road 107,” said Greg Wolf-gang, outdoor recreation planner for theBLM’s Colorado River Valley Field Office.
The study will be a collaboration be-tween Carbondale and BLM, with assistancefrom the Red Hill Council, Colorado De-partment of Transportation, Roaring ForkTransit authority, Garfield County, and theColorado Division of Wildlife. It’s expectedto begin by the summer of 2011 and will in-volve several opportunities for public in-volvement.
VVH announces health fair datesValley View Hospital will be holding
community pre-draws and health fairs thisspring, bringing blood tests, medical screen-ing and education to various locations.
Alphabetized mile markers on County Road 100 had folks wondering “what theheck” soon after they were installed last week. Turns out the new mile markers arefor Garfield County road and bridge crew reference and not for the general public.Photo by Lynn Burton
TheWeekly News Brief The Sopris Sun and the KDNK news departments teamup to discuss recent news from the Roaring Fork Valley and beyond. Catch the Briefon KDNK between 7:30 and 8 a.m. and between 5:30 and 6 p.m. on Thursdays.
Cop ShopThe following events are drawn from incident reports of the Carbondale PoliceDepartment.
WEDNESDAY Dec. 29 at 10:05 p.m. two brothers allegedly got into an argumentin their house on Sopris avenue. One of them called the police asking for his brotherto be removed from the home. Their mother said she would smooth things over.
THURSDAY Dec. 30at 7:01 p.m. an officer noticed that someone had crashed intothe stop sign at Catherine Court and Hendrick Drive.
SUNDAY Jan 2at 8:28 p.m. two women and a man allegedly started to argue aboutrent money and got into a shoving match on Sixth Street. None of them pressedcharges.
MONDAY Jan. 3 at 7:23 a.m. police were called to help a deer caught in a fenceacross from the Co-op. Fire personnel untangled it and it headed west into the field,vanishing from sight.
MONDAY Jan. 3 at 10:16 p.m. a woman requested extra police patrols past herresidence because a man had been stopping by unannounced and making unwelcomeadvances. She was scared about how he would react once she told him to stay away.
Monday Jan. 3 at 10:57 p.m. a resident of Delores Way reported a GT bike, possi-bly stolen, had turned up in front of his house.
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money on this deal, but I don’t have any ideahow much.”
The Town Center project, and GTIS,were the original motivating factor for thecontentious downtown zoning revisions ap-proved by the town trustees in a 4-3 vote onNov. 9.
In late 2008 GTIS, while in consultationwith town staff, sug-gested to the Planningand Zoning Commissionthat the town draw up azoning “overlay” forCarbondale’s HistoricCommercial Core, Greensaid. The overlay wouldoffer developers a chanceto build taller, denserprojects, provided theymeet certain require-ments.
But according toGreen, GTIS was notpleased with the rezon-ing package eventuallyapproved by the town after numerous pub-lic hearings at P&Z and town trustees’meetings. He said GTIS took issue with therequirements attached to the overlay, suchas fees for parking not provided on-site, andrequirements that upper stories must be“stepped back”from the street, among otherrestrictions.
“By the time [the town] got throughwith it there were so many strings attachedand so many restrictions that it wasn’t an
incentive [for development] at all; it was adisincentive,” Green said. “I don’t want toleave the impression that it was any onething. It was the cumulative impact of allof the requirements.”
although the land now belongs to thebank, land use approvals that were alreadyin place on the land will remain in effect,
said Town attorneyMark Hamilton. WhenGTIS purchased theland, the original incar-nation of the TownCenter development – amixed-use project thatdoesn’t take advantageof the overlay rezoning– had already been ap-proved by the town.That project can still bedeveloped.
Before relinquishingthe land, GTIS paid thetown $159,000 on anoutstanding letter of
credit, said Hamilton. Those funds willlikely be used this year for curbs, sidewalksand other public infrastructure improve-ments on the Town Center property.
On its Website GTIS says it has 41 em-ployees and manages approximately$1.3 billion of committed equity. Thefirm pursues value-added real estate oppor-tunities and commits capital to residential,retail, industrial, office, hotel and mixed-useprojects in the United States and Brazil.
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TownCenter continued om page 3Valley View will also be hosting two op-portunities for an early blood pre-draw sothat participants can receive blood resultsbefore the health fair.
Pre-draws (for blood test only) will beheld at the Glenwood Springs CommunityCenter from 6:30 to 10 a.m. on March 2;and from 6:30 to 10 a.m. on March 23.
Health fairs (blood tests, medical screen-ings and informational booths) will be heldat Roaring Fork High School from 7 a.m.to 11 a.m. on april 16 and at GlenwoodMedical associates from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.on april 30.
The cost of the health fair blood drawis $45. a prostate specific antigen (PSa), is$35; a blood count is $20 and a colorectalkit is $15.
For more information, call 384-6651.
RFTA meets in CarbondaleThe Roaring ForkTransportationauthor-
ity board of directors meets at CarbondaleTown Hall from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Jan.13. Public comment is taken early in theagenda.For more information,call 384-4974.
Free radon testing kits offeredPitkin County and the city of aspen are
offering free radon test kits during Januaryas part of National Radon action Month.The kits will be given away until they’regone at aspen City Hall, 130 S. Galena St.Pitkin County residents can pick up a kit atthe Community Development office on the3rd floor of city hall. Radon kits normally
sell for as much as $40. There are severalhundred kits available.
Radon is a naturally occurring radioactivegas that is not harmful at outdoor levels, butthat can build up inside homes, and is theleading cause of lung cancer in non-smokers.
Dressage clinics heldHealthy Horse Boutique and Cedar
Ridge Farm will host dressage clinics withworld champion Kathleen Raine on January8-9. Spectators are welcome to audit theclinics at aspen Equestrian Estates (locatedat 22 Corral Drive in Carbondale) between9:15 and 11:30 a.m., or at Cedar RidgeFarm (located at 3059 County Road 103 inCarbondale) from noon until 4:45 p.m.Lunch is available at Cedar Ridge Farmfrom 12:45 to 1:30 p.m. for $10.
For more information, email [email protected].
AVLT offers challenge grantaspenValley LandTrust is offering a chal-
lenge grant and will match private donationsof up to $250,000 for the purchase of theDroste Mountain Park near Snowmass Vil-lage. Pitkin County is spearheading the effortto acquire the 841-acre parcel, which wouldlink with other conserved properties to cre-ate a 2,300-acre publicly-owned park be-tween aspen and Snowmass Village.
Tax-deductible contributions can be sentto aspen Valley Land Trust, 320 Main St.,#204, Carbondale, CO 81623 (make checkspayable to aVLT and note “Droste”.
“I think it’s areal comment
about how badour economy isaround here.”
Larry GreenLawyer for GTIS
Good rockin’ at Steve’sSteve Standiford (of Steve’s Guitars fame) has released
his music lineup into april and it includes:
Jan. 7 – Kort McCumberJan. 21 – Cahalen Morrison and Eli WestFeb. 3 – George Kilby Jr.Feb. 4 – Robby HechtFeb. 5 – Erin BarraFeb. 17 – Willy PorterMarch 5 – Marshall CrenshawMarch 11 – Shannon McNally (TBC)March 13 – Tony Furtado (TBC)March 20 – Dan Bernapril 1 – Finders & youngbergapril 15 – avery Country Band (TBC).
For more information, go to Stevesguitars.net.
Last call at CladdaughWord has it Claddaugh Pub, on the west end of Main
Street, served up its last Irish Car Bomb on New year’s Eveand closed its doors. Good luck to all you Claddaugh Pub-bers and hope to see you around. If you’re wondering, be-cause you’d like to try it at home, an Irish Car Bomb isequal shot glasses of Jameson and Bailey’s poured into apint of Guinness and then bottoms up.
Check out this interviewKDNK news director Conrad Wilson interviewed for-
mer mayor Michael Hassig in two parts last week.you canaccess the interview from KDNK’s archives at KDNK.org.
7-Eleven is not a bankClerks at 7-Eleven have confirmed what impatient cus-
tomers have been figuring for quite some time, namely,
more and more people are paying for their coffee, snacks,cigarettes and other items with hundred dollar bills. Onecustomer even paid for a $1.09 cent cup of coffee with ninecents and a c-note. The store can usually make change butit takes a while. Nobody seems to know why so many 100sare circulating at 7-Eleven but maybe all those people arebeing paid under the table in cash. So, how about a rumor?The IRS is staking out 7-Eleven in an attempt to crackdown on tax evaders.
Redstone Inn’s new GMThe Redstone Inn has a new GM. She’s Sara Lewis, who
for the past six years has been the owner of the nearby CaféRedstone. Lewis replaces Nicole Richardson, who is relo-cating to Georgia with her fiancée Bolling Jones.
CRMS board members nameda person can learn all sorts of things pawing through
the recycling bins at the post office looking for Victoria’sSecret catalogues and such.The following item comes fromthe Colorado Rocky Mountain School winter newsletterrather than a risqué catalogue, but the 2010-2011 CRMSboard of trustees are: Peter Louras (president), Cliff De-veny (vice president), Michael McCoy (secretary), BetsyHoke (treasurer), John Bender, Libby Bohannon, ChrisBromley, Eric Calhoun, Ruth Carver, Tony Cherin, SherriDraper, Lee ann Eustis, Scott Gilbert, Margot Greig, TedHepp, Jill Kaufman, Michael Kennedy, Lolly Lewis, RalphLipe, Rob Stein and yolandra Gomez Toya.
Good chiliThe Sopris Sun’s Man about Town has added the Third
Street Café chili to his favorite local foods list.The list includesthe breakfast special at the Red Rock Diner (eggs, sausage,biscuits and gravy), seasoned fries at the Pour House, tiramisuat Hestia, cheese cake at Russets and Peppino’s pizza.
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I’ve been interested in wine for about 40years. Mid-way through med school, I antic-ipated an affluent future in which I would de-velop a cultured wine palate. I expected oneday to have a temperature-controlled cellar
where I wouldage fine bottlesfor great laterenjoyment.
Seeing myinterest, mynew wife gaveme a couple ofbooks onwine. I becameintoxicated bythe myriad andmagical namesof vineyards,grapes, town-ships, andchateaus whosenames were so
appealingly incorporated into the labels. Iwanted to visit and taste them all.
Over the next several years, I made a littleheadway. For a birthday, my sweet wifesplurged for a bottle of Chateau Rausan-Segla, a respected Bordeaux. The label wasbeautiful, the dinner delicious, and my mem-ory assures me that the wine was the best I'veever had. Soft, velvety, deep, complex – it of-fered everything one could want from a fine
French wine, and was well worth its then ex-travagant thirty-some dollars cost.
a year or two later, at our first big medicalmeeting, we shared with good friends a bot-tle of Meursault, a French white wine, at thelegendary antoine’s Restaurant in New Or-leans. I remember that as one of the bestwhite wines I’ve ever had.
So, as they say on a fun segment of Satur-day Night Live, “Really?” Rausan-Segla isstill fairly well regarded, but I’ve since hadmuch more expensive reds that didn’t pro-voke nearly the same wonder or memory.Meursault is a fine Chardonnay wine, butmany from Napa cost a lot more and enjoymuch more buzz – are they better?
I’ve struggled with the whole wine thing,especially when selecting wines for the restau-rant we opened several years ago. I consultedexperts, read, and tasted until I was totallyconfused. I was proud of our list, with manyunfamiliar names, but I can’t swear that myefforts resulted in the best wines for the price.
Or did they? Many of our customers be-came devotees of wines they first experiencedwith us.When we closed the restaurant, I hadno problem selling our leftover wine. Thecouple who dated and got engaged over ourTaittinger Champagne bought all of it. TheClos duVal Merlot went to a banker who cel-ebrated many occasions with it.a friend tookall, and now buys nothing other than Seghe-sio Old Vines Zinfandel.
a number of articles have recently ap-peared on the issue of how we respond towine, ranging from the anecdotal to con-trolled science at universities. The bottomlines seem to be these:
Wine experts are not supertasters. Super-tasters are excessively sensitive to bitterness,acidity, and astringency, qualities that consti-tute much of wine’s appeal.
Wine experts are often fooled. In blindtaste tests, many French experts assertivelydescribed unique characteristics of French ter-roir (earth qualities) and other subtleties inwhat turned out to be California wines.Robert Parker, famous for his 100-point rat-ing scale, was among several experts appar-ently duped in tastings arranged by HardyRodenstock, a German collector who seemsto have faked wine, bottles, and labels to ap-pear very old and rare. In other tests, whentasteless red food coloring was added towhite wines, samplers described them as“smoky, tannic, and chocolaty,” adjectivesgenerally associated with red wines. Blind-folded tasters were unable to distinguish redfrom white wines.
The number one factor influencing enjoy-ment of a wine appears to be what one be-lieves it to cost.a person given the same winein different glasses and told one costs morealmost always insists that the “more expen-sive” is better. The next factor is the circum-stance in which it’s drunk – like my birthday,the dinner at antoine’s, and many other peo-ple’s celebrations.
any subtleties that you might truly detect
while concentrating in a tasting will mostlikely be lost during a meal,with myriad com-peting tastes and distractions.
So what are we to make of all the choices,the high ratings, the florid descriptions ofleather, tobacco, hay, and cherry, not to men-tion the price range, from $3-3000 for a fifthof cabernet sauvignon? How do we choose,given all this subjectivity?
Here is both my late Christmas present toyou and a suggested New year’s Resolution:the perfect wine for any occasion is the oneyou feel comfortable paying for, that tastesgood to you, and that maybe has a name,label, or a memory that you enjoy. Manystores offer thousands of wines – how differ-ent can they really be?
Resolve to ignore professional ratings,which appear to be no more meaningful thanyour own assessments. It’s somewhat like art– there will always be experts expoundingover the merits of paint splatters and plain redor gray canvases, but in your house, good artis what you like, and the same goes for wine.
If your ego can stand it, conduct your ownblind tastings. If you enjoy drinking expen-sive wines more than budget ones, good foryou. But feel free, like Homer Simpson, tofully savor the“second least expensive”wineswith the knowledge that many experts, un-aware of the price, rate them higher than theones at the other end of the list.
as for myself, while I never cultured thatsuper palate or built that cellar, I’ve rarely meta wine I didn’t like. I can’t distinguish the $10wine from the $100 one, the merlot from thecab,nor the 1999 from the 2009. I’ve relaxed,I don’t overpay, and I enjoy them all. I hopeyou will, too.
2011 Maggie & Nick DeWolfFREE Physics Lectures
Wheeler Opera House
4:30 to 5:30 PM Physics Café with Aspen Science Center5:30 to 6:30 PM Lecture
Wednesday, January 12 Zooming into Life on the Nano ScaleXiaowei Zhuang,Harvard University
Wednesday, January 19 The Ocean’s Cryptic LifeThomas Kiorboe,Technical University of Denmark
Wednesday, January 26 Cook’s Tale: A Guide to Understanding New MaterialsPaul Canfield, Iowa State University
Wednesday, February 2 Particle/Condensed Matter PhysicsDam Son,University of Washington
Wednesday, February 9 What Makes up the Dark Matter?Blas Cabrera,Stanford University
Tuesday, February 15 New Data from the Energy FrontierBen Kilminster,Ohio State University
These are popular talks designed for an interested,non-scientific audience.Physicists are available for questions and discussion during the Physics Café before the lecture.All of our lectures are now available online at www.aspenphys.org,Lectures and Dialogues.
For more information,please call (970) 925-2585
Carbondale Rotarians Help OthersThis past Holiday Season Carbondale Rotary members and their families
and friends assisted several local families in Carbondale with everything frombasic household needs, to helping Santa deliver gifts of food, clothing and toys.
Times are hard on many, including some Rotarians; however that did notkeep them from participating and exemplifying our motto“Service above Self”in assisting others. Some Rotarians got together and sponsored a family amongthem, taking turns and spreading the goodness out a little longer.
Boxes of food, clothing, gift cards and shopping trips involved many localbusinesses who were happy to help when they recognized the efforts the Ro-tarians were making to help those in dire need. Bus passes were purchased andgifted by one RFTa employee who heeded the call for help. Most of the fam-ilies did not own a car, or if they did, it was in need of new tires, a tune up ora gas card with a couple tanks of gas provided.
When asked how the project went, most replied that it had been a re-warding experience with tears, laughter and friendships made. Some of thefamilies who were helped said they had been close to the end of their resourcesand did not know what they would have done without Rotary’s help. Ourhelp did not end with the Holidays so if you would like to help us help oth-ers, please join us!
For more information about Rotary,Contact Carbondale Rotary PresidentLynn Kirchner, 379-4766 or visit us atwww.RotaryCarbondale.org.
an invitation to join us at Rotary: We meetevery Wednesday at 6:45 a.m. at the
Carbondale Fire Station Training Facility. “SERVICEABOVE SELF”
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The Forkthat RoaredBy Chef George Bohmfalk
The perfect wine for any occasionOr, keeping it real in 2011
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THURSDAY Jan. 6DRESS REHEARSAL • a dress rehearsalfor Jack Green and Bob Wiley’s “CellularGuilt and other Comedy Pieces” takes placeat the Third Street Center’s Round Roomat 7:30 p.m.
HPC MEETS • Carbondale’s HistoricPreservation Commission meets the firstThursday of each month at town hall start-ing at 6:30 p.m.
LIVE MUSIC • Shadow Mountain Lodgeat the St. Regis-aspen presents Chris Bankand Smokin’ Joe Kelly from 4 to 6 p.m.
ART WALK • a total of 15 galleries arefeatured in aspen art Walk including ValleyFine art, Tania Dibbs and the David FloriaGallery. Touring begins at 3 p.m. Look forthe red balloons.
FRI.& SAT. Jan. 7-8COMEDY • The Carbondale Council onarts and Humanities presents “CellularGuilt” and other comedy pieces (featuringJack Green and Bob Wiley) at the ThirdStreet Center Round Room at 7:30 p.m.The evening includes short plays, mono-logues and stories. Tickets are $12 at [email protected].
FRIDAY Jan. 7MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents
“Black Swan” (R) at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 7-13with an additional showing at 5 p.m. onJan. 8 and a 2 p.m. matinee on Jan. 9.LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars, lo-cated in the old part of the DinkelBuilding, presents Kort McCum-ber. Info: 963-3304.LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’sTavern in the Dinkel Build-ing presents already Gone.
LIVEMUSIC • Konnyakurestaurant in La FontanaPlaza on Highway 133presents Geoffrey Mor-ris and Dave John-son from 7 to 10p.m. Dancing, nocover. Info: 704-0889.
LIVE MUSIC •Rivers restaurant inGlenwood Springs pres-ents Jeremy Gardner (alterna-tive acoustic rock) from 9 p.m. tomidnight. No cover.
FIRST FRIDAY • First Friday festivitiestake place the first Friday of the month,with galleries staying open late. For details,consult your favorite gallery.
SKI APPRECIATION • LaFarge presentsSkier appreciation Day at Sunlight Moun-tain Resort. Lift tickets are $15 and lessons
for beginners are free (at 10 a.m. and 1p.m.). Proceeds from the event go to UnitedWay of Garfield County.
SATURDAY Jan. 8ROCK DAY • Sopris Spinners and
Knitters invites the spinners of thecommunity to celebrate RockDay at the Third Street CenterRound Room at 1 p.m. RockDay was the day that spinnerswent back to work after Christ-mas. Spinners will set up theirwheels and drop spindles. allspinners are welcome.
LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s Tav-ern in the Dinkel Building presentsKing Hippo.
CONTRA DANCE • There’ll be acommunity contra dance at Glen-wood Springs Elementary School from
8 to 10:30 p.m. Old time music willbe performed by the Last Minute
String Band with RichardMyers calling. The school
is located two blockswest of the post of-
fice at 915School Street.
admission is $8.Info: 945-0350.
BONFIRE • Theaspen Valley Ski and
Snowboard Club’sNordic Bonfire Dinner
takes place from 6 to 8 p.m. at the aspen
Golf Course. Tickets are $20 adults/$10kids (13 and under) and $45 (families offour). Info: 970-205-5102.
SUNDAY Jan. 9QUILT SHOW • The Basalt Library holdsa juried quilting show from 3 to 5 p.m.Info: 927-4311, ext. 8.
TUESDAY Jan. 11MUSIC CLASSES • all Valley Music To-gether winter classes begin Jan. 11. Theseparent/child classes are for families with in-fants, toddlers and preschool children. Info:963-1482.
WEDNESDAY Jan. 12LIVEMUSIC • White House pizza on Car-bondale’s Main Street presents Justin andFriends “Jazz Combo” from 7 to 10 p.m.
ACES EVENT • The aspen Center for En-vironmental Studies’ Potbelly Perspectivespresents Nick DeVore sharing his recenttravels through alaska, Italy and Moroccoat 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 for non-mem-bers and free for aCES members. It’s at 100Puppy Smith St. in aspen. Info: 925-5756.
PHYSICS LECTURE • The aspen Centerfor Physics presents its weekly Maggie andNick DeWolf Lecture Series from 5:30 to6:30 p.m. through Feb. 15. The Jan. 12lecture is “Zooming into Life on the NanoScale” with Harvard’s Xiaowei Zhuang.The lectures are free. Info: 925-2585.
Community CalendarTo list your event, email information to [email protected]. Deadline is 5 p.m. Saturday.Events take place in Carbondale unless noted. For up-to-the-minute valley-wide event list-ings, check out the Community Calendar online at soprissun.com.
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Further OutJan. 13-16WINTERSKOL • The 69th annual Win-terskol takes place in aspen. Info: aspen-chamber.org.
Jan. 13POT TALK • The Crystal River Caucusdiscusses medical marijuana farms andWild and Scenic status for the Crystal Riverat the Church at Redstone at 7 p.m. PitkinCounty Sheriff Joe DiSalvo will also bethere for a casual informational session at6 p.m. Info: 963-2143.
Jan. 14NEW BAND DEBUTS • The Mile Mark-ers play the Round Room at the ThirdStreet Center. The band will alternate withDJ Harry. Info: 963-1680.
Jan. 15BENEFIT CONCERT • The Carbondale-based Feed Them With Music presents abenefit concert at the Wheeler OperaHouse in aspen at 9 p.m. The concert ispart of the 2011 Winterskol festivities,which run Jan. 13-15.
CELTIC FIRE • Featuring the Celtic bandFeast, two champion Irish dancers andmore, Celtic Fire comes to the GlenwoodSprings High School auditorium at 7:30p.m. Tickets are $19 in advance and $23 atthe door (kids 12 and under are $9). Info:970-241-0741.
Jan. 16BENEFIT FOR HELENE • There’ll be a
benefit for Helene Enslow at the Church atCarbondale Gathering Center featuringBobby Mason & the Great Divide, H3,Haden and Kelly, Defiance String Band,Dan Ford and Dan Sheridan from 3 to 7p.m. a $20 donation at the door is beingasked. The Church at Carbondale is lo-cated at 110 Snowmass Dr. (right belowWhite Hill).
Jan. 18GREAT DECISIONS • The aspen Insti-tute’s Great Decisions series runs from Jan.18 to March 8. Topics include rebuildingHaiti and global governance. The cost is$195. Info: 544-7914.
Jan. 19RIVER TALK • Ken Neubecker presents“Flowing Uphill: the Future of ColoradoRivers at 7 p.m. at Carbondale Town Hall.Info: roaringforkaudubon.org.
Jan. 22SKI TOUR • Roaring Fork Outdoor Vol-unteers holds its Town to Town Tour cross-country/snowshoe event Jan. 22. The tourstarts in aspen and concludes in Basalt.Thepre-registration cost is $30 for individu-als/$45 for families. Pets are not allowed.Info: 927-8241.
Jan. 27PAUL MULDOON • The Winter Wordslecture series at the Little Nell continueswith Paul Muldoon at 5:30 p.m. Info: as-penwriters.org.
OngoingHISTORIC TOURS • The aspen Histori-cal Society offers free historic ski tours ofaspen Mountain Fridays 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.(a lift ticket and intermediate skiing abil-ity is required). Meet at the informationkiosk on top of the mountain. Info: 925-3721.
“MADE BY HAND” • The CarbondaleCouncil on arts and Humanities presentsits annual holiday exhibit “Made by Hand,From the Heart” at the Third Street Cen-ter. Info: 963-1680.
“PERSPECTIVES • The Red Brick Galleryin aspen presents “Perspectives” withMeredith Ogilby, Doug Rhinehart, Pat Sud-meier and Peter McBride. The gallery is lo-cated 110 E. Hallam St. Info: 429-2777.
“GLASS ART MENAGERIE” • The Col-orado Mountain College Gallery, located at831 Grand ave. in Glenwood Springs, pres-ents “Glass art Menagerie” featuring theworks of Spencer Crouch, Mary Matchael,Shannon Muse, Charlie Pace and DavidPowers. The gallery is open Mondaythrough Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Info:947-8367.
MUSEUM EXHIBIT • The aspen Histor-ical Society’s“Out of your Mind, Body andSpirit: Voices of aspen, 1975” continues atthe Wheeler/Stallard Museum in aspen.The hours are 1 to 5 p.m.,Tuesday throughSaturday. Info: 925-3721.
EXHIBIT CONTINUES • The FrontierHistorical Museum in Glenwood Springspresents exhibits on Doc Holliday, KidCurry, Teddy Roosevelt, Ute Indians,
mining and more. The museum is locatedat 10th and Colorado and is open from 1to 4 p.m. on Monday, Thursday, Fridayand Saturday.
MAYOR’S COFFEE HOUR • Chat withCarbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot on Tues-days from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Village Smithy,26 S. Third St.
STORY TIME • The Gordon Cooper Li-brary presents lap-sit story time Fridays at11 a.m. It’s for parents, care givers and kids2 and under. Info: 963-2889.
CASTLE TOURS • The historic RedstoneCastle (aka Cleveholm Manor) is open forguided tours Saturdays and Sundays. Info:963-9656.
WILLITS WINTER MARKET • The val-ley’s only indoor farmer’s market takesplace every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2p.m. at Willits Town Center in Basalt. Info:277-1100.
OPEN MIC • Dan Sadowsky hosts openmic sessions at the Limelight Lodge inaspen from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. every Sun-day. Info: 925-3025.
ACOUSTIC CARNAHANS • Singer/songwriter T Ray Becker hosts an acousticmusic night with new musicians everyweek from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursdays at Car-nahan’s Tavern. Info: 963-4498.
FOOD EDUCATION • Eco-Goddesshosts a food education series at the restau-rant every Wednesday from 6 to 7 p.m.Topics include the hidden costs in foodand choices you can make. It’s free. Info:963-7316.
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YOUR FAMILY’S STORYIS IMPORTANT
One of the most important assets a his-torical museum can have is a uniquecollection of photographs. With our high-resolution scanner, we will copy your oldphotos and return the originals to you sothat generations of future history buffscan see what life was like in the days ofrailroads, cowboys and blacksmith shops(such as the photo above, donated byDebbie Brown.) Please call (970) 963-7041 to set up an appointment to preserveand share your photos for history!
WORKING TOGETHERall the historical museums and soci-
eties in this area, including ours, havejoined recently in forming the FourRivers Historic Alliance. Members meetevery month at a different historic site tosee what each facility has to offer andshare experience and expertise, with afocus on promoting cultural activitiesand tourism in our communities.
On a more local level, Mt. SoprisHistorical Society networks with Car-bondale’s Historic Preservation Com-mission and the Carbondale BusinessCoalition to support each group’s spe-cific mission and develop ways to worktogether to share and preserve Carbon-dale’s historical treasures. See below fora quick quide...
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Coming SoonJunior Docent ProgramStudents, sign up in January
Annual Meeting & Board Election(program to be announced)
BikeTour and scavenger huntin historical Carbondale
New Museum DisplayFashion and Fabric
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OUR LOGOThe beautiful sign located at the Mt.
Sopris Historical Museum at the cornerof Weant and Highway 133 was createdby blacksmith Will Handville. We are de-lighted to display this work of exquisiteart and craftsmanship welcoming visitorsto the Museum.
SANBORN MAPSSanborn maps were created
for assessing insurance liabilityin US towns. Carbondale wasamong the 12,000 communitiesthat were mapped by the San-born Company.
The maps, which show earlybuildings, materials used andbusiness locations, are invaluableto the study of a town’s growth.
The Mt. Sopris HistoricalMuseum has copies of threeearly Sanborn Maps on perma-nent display.
JUNIOR DOCENTPROGRAM
Beginning in February,MSHS will offer an eight-weekjunior docent program forschool students in cooperationwith the Roaring Fork Conser-vancy and the Roaring Fork School District.
The twice monthly after-school program is designedto familiarize participating students with the world ofmuseum interpretation, and to provide them with anopportunity to practice and improve communicationskills, develop their independence, and use their cre-ativity. applications may be obtained by calling or writ-ing the Mt. Sopris Historical Society, PO Box 2,Carbondale, CO 81623 [email protected] (970)-963-7041.
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Skills and Sustainability are the themes of this year’seducational outreach at the Mt. Sopris Historical Museum. Crystal River Elementary students plantedwheat, ground flour and made bread in2010. Museum Week included hearingstories about actual working families inearly Carbondale, making and eatingdelicious food, playing games and ex-ploring new displays at the museum.
The Board of Directorssets policy, protects the public in-terest in the preservation andsharing of historical resourcesand enables the organization toachieve its purpose. Our commit-ted board welcomes the additionof new members to help withstrategic planing, fundraising, financial expertise and events.Please contact us for more details. [email protected]
BOARD OF DIRECTORSJeannie Perry, PresidentGreg Forbes, Vice PresidentToni Cerise, Treasurer
Carol Klein, Charlotte Graham, Darrell Munsell, Skip Bell, Cameron Wiggin, Wayne Horak, Lew Ron Thompson
Linda Criswell, Director
Mt. Sopris Historical Society
Visit our website to make a donation at mtsoprishistoricalsociety.org
Contact the Mt. Sopris His-torical Society (963-7041)[email protected]) to:
Learn about Carbondale’s historyand characters • Research your familytree • Access old books, newspapers andmaps of the Carbondale area • Donateyour historical artifacts • Visit or volun-teer at the Museum or for an event •See old photographs • Obtain historicalwalking tour brochure • Purchase booksand gifts • Share your family’s story.
Contact the CarbondaleHistoric Preservation Com-mission at 963-2733 to: Learn townpreservation guidelines.
Contact the CarbondaleBusiness Coalition at 963-2993or 379-9096 to: Support the preserva-tion and protection of the integrity andviability of our small-town character inhistoric downtown and the entire busi-ness community; Also, to promote aclean, attractive and safe environmentfor citizens and visitors.
The Mt. Sopris Historical Soci-ety provided photographs ofold Carbondale for a perma-
nent display at the courthousein Glenwood Springs. Potato
Day, farm scenes and MainStreet photographs grace the
building’s hallways and appearin a booklet available at the
Mt. Sopris Historical Museumwhile supplies last.
“How can I get involved?What can I do?”
Volunteer – be on the board – donate – spread the word – shop on our website –
join – care.
Mt. Sopris Historical Society499 Weant - PO Box 2Carbondale, CO 81623
Thank you!Aspen Community FoundationSpring Board
Holy Cross Energy Roundup Foundation
Slow Food Aspen/Roaring ForkGordon Cooper LibraryArlene Kroh, Kim Stacey, Caroline Alberino, Jack Sebesta Rebekahs Lodge The Pour House Bill & Patti Hofto, CPA Jess Pederson, Architect... and all donors of artifacts, photos,volunteer time and financial support!
Sanborn Map, 1900. Courtesy of Sanborn Co.
This page sponsored by the Mt Sopris Historical Society and an anonymous friend of MSHS.
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Community BriefsCommunity ice skating party
The Carbondale Recreation Departmenthosts a community skating party Jan. 7 at 6p.m. “Even if you don’t skate, there’ll be abonfire, hot chocolate, hot dogs and toastedmarshmallows,” said a spokeswoman. Therewill also be a limited selection of skates atthe rink, which is located just east of townon County Road 100 at the Gus Darienrodeo arena. For details, call 704-4190.
Save the Rock Bottom dateThe aspen Center for Environmental
Studies hosts a free nature walk at RockBottom Ranch in El Jebel on Jan. 19 from 5to 6 p.m. The public is asked to arrive by4:45 p.m. Participants get the chance to viewbeaver swimming in the pond, elk grazing inthe meadows and listen to a great hornedowl hooting under the full moon. Tea andhot chocolate will be served. This one is for
ages 12 and up. To get to Rock BottomRanch from Carbondale: Head upvalley onHighway 82; turn right off Highway 82onto Willits Lane; turn right onto HooksLane to cross the Roaring Fork River; afterthe bridge take an immediate right ontoHooks Spur Road; Hooks Spur Road (ap-proximately two miles) dead ends at RockBottom Ranch. For details, call 927-6760.
Periodization training offeredThe Carbondale Recreation Center of-
fers periodization training in four sessionsthrough March. The training, led by indoorcycling instructors Valerie Gilliam and LisaRashbaum, is meant to improve cycling fit-ness. Each eight-class session costs $56. Fordetails, call Gilliam at 948-5877.
Parks and Recreation meetingThe Carbondale Parks and Recreation
board meets Jan. 12 at town hall at 7 p.m.an agenda was not available at press time.For details, call 963-2733.
Library board meets Jan. 6The Garfield County Libraries Board of
Trustees meets at the Rifle Branch Libraryat 6 p.m. on Jan. 6. The library is located at207 East avenue, Rifle. For more informa-tion, call Wilma at 625-4270.
Jewish literacy program launchesThe PJ Library, a “book-of-the-month-
club” style program promoting reading,Jewish literacy and identification and con-nection to Jewish heritage, is being offeredfrom aspen to Silt.
The program, for children 6 monthsto 8 years, is made possible by theUnited Jewish appeal aspen Valley andthe Harold Grinspoon Foundation of
Massachusetts.“There is no catch, the books are ab-
solutely free,” said Julie Puchkoff, UJaboard member and director of the PJLibrary in the Roaring Fork Valley.
For more information, or to sign uponline, go to PJLibrary.org or call theUnited Jewish appeal office at 970-704-1827.
Christmas tree recycling continuesCarbondale’s annual Christmas tree re-
cycling program continues through Januaryacross from town hall. all decorations mustbe removed, including ornaments, tinsel,garland, tree stands, wires, lights, plasticbags, screws and nails. Flocked and artifi-cial trees, and roping, garland or wreathswill not be accepted.
Mulch from the trees will be available inFebruary. Info: 963-1307.
Sopris Sun Staff Report
Roaring Fork High School boys’ andgirls’ basketball teams take to the court forleague play on the road at Olathe on Jan. 7and wrap up league play in Rifle on Feb. 19.
The boys are led by third-year coachLarry Williams and come off a 7-14 recordin 2009-2010. Key players from last yearinclude seniors Jake Strack-Loertscher (at6’2”) and Dalton Handy, and junior ClayGross. Other players to keep an eye on in-clude juniors Jose Vega, Sam Carpenter andTrenton Reeds, and sophomores Trae Mox-ely (at 6’4”) and Dakotah Grett.
The girls are led by first year coachJustin Perdue. The team finished 0-20 lastyear and return juniors Sharlene Salinasand Kaleigh Wisroth. Players to keep an eyeon include sophomores Megan and HattieGianinetti.
The boys bring a 2-3 non-league recordinto the season, while the girls are 0-4.
The Rams play in the 3a Western Slopeleague whose northern division is com-prised of: Roaring Fork, aspen, Basalt,Coal Ridge and Rifle. The southern divisionis comprised of: Grand Valley, Cedaredge,Hotchkiss, Olathe and Gunnison.
Boys and girls b-ballers hit the court
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The boys and girls schedule is as follows:Jan. 7 at Olathe, girls play at 5:30 p.m. / boys play at 7 p.m.Jan. 8 at home (Aspen), girls/boys, 2:30/4 p.m.Jan. 14 at Basalt, girls/boys, 5:30/7 p.m.Jan. 15 at home (Coal Ridge), girls/boys, 2:30/4 p.m.Jan. 21 at Rifle, girls/boys, 6/7:30 p.m.Jan. 22 at Cedaredge, girls/boys, 2:30/4 p.m.Jan. 28 at home (Grand Valley), girls/boys, 5:30/7 p.m.Jan. 29 at Gunnison, girls/boys, 2:30/4 p.m.Feb. 4 at home (Hotchkiss), girls/boys, 5:30/7 p.m.Feb. 11 at Aspen, girls/boys, 5:30/7 p.m.Feb. 12 at home (Basalt), girls/boys, 2:30/4 p.m.Feb. 18 at Coal Ridge, girls/boys, 5:30/7 p.m.Feb. 19 at home (Rifle), girls/boys, 2:30/4 p.m.
Roaring Fork’s Trae Moxley (#20) posts up against Glenwood Springs earlier this sea-son. The boys and girls both take to the court to begin regular season play at Olatheon Jan. 7. Photo by Lynn Burton
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Let’s talk waterDear Editor:
as an active community member and res-ident of Carbondale I want to bring a criticalissue to the table that I feel is getting left be-hind in our talks about sustainability: water.
• Eighty percent of the state of Colorado’spopulation lives on the East Slope that re-ceives about 20 percent of the precipitation.
• On average 37 percent of the upperRoaring Fork River and 41 percent of theupper Fryingpan River is diverted annuallyto the Front Range. These are the fifth andthird largest transmountain diversions in thestate respectively.
• The state’s population of five million isexpected to increase to almost eight millionby 2030. Colorado anticipates needing an-other 600,000 acre-feet (the quantity of six
Ruedi reservoirs) by 2030. The Front Rangeis looking to the West Slope for much of that.
• The calculation of water needed by2030 did not account for the effects of cli-mate change. By 2050 the Colorado Riverflows could decline by 18 percent. averageColorado Basin water storage could declineby 32 percent.
• Environmental and recreational waterneeds have yet to be quantified.
So do we wait for a catastrophe to occurbefore we act? It will be too late. We need astronger voice from everyone on the WestSlope to protect our water resources from themany threats to it. I’m requesting that thetown of Carbondale be a stronger instru-mental player in conversations and actionsto vigorously advocate for our water.
a quick reminder, the town trustees did
sign a commitment to be active players inthe Roaring Fork Watershed Plan. In orderto follow through with this commitment, arepresentative from the trustees needs tofully commit to this plan.
Finally, with any development propos-als in the town of Carbondale the questionof “will there be enough water to supportthe development?” must be asked and cal-culated with utmost concern and detail.
I’m asking for a more visible and heardvoice for our water in Carbondale. We can’twait for a tragic drought or shortage ofwater to act. We must be proactive andbegin to make decisions through a filter ofwater: How will the decision at hand effectour water quantity and water quality?
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