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Travis Ochko (right) ponders a futurewithout his left hand in the CarbondaleMiddle School drama department play

“Peter and the Starcatcher.”

The play is based on the popularnovels of the same name. “Our produc-tion is a prequel to ‘Peter Pan,’” saidplay director Kether Axelrod. It takesplace when Peter was just a nameless or-phan boy and Captain Hook was just atwo-bit pirate named Black Stashe.Wendy's mom was a little girl namedMolly and she meets Peter on board aBritish Frigate called the Neverland. Ashipwreck strands them all on an islandthat will soon be named Neverland. Andthen, adventures unfold: Peter meets thenatives and is given his name; CaptainHook accidently cuts off his hand; acrocodile swallows a kitchen timer anddevelops a taste for pirates.

The students have been rehearsingsince late September and about 25 areinvolved as cast and crew.

“The show is really fun for kids, butalso provides a lot of laughs for theadults,” Axelrod told The Sopris Sun.“There is some humor for grownupsthat will go over the little ones’ heads …Please support theater in our schoolsand come see the show.”

Curtain time is 7 p.m. on Jan. 30-31. Tickets are $10 for adults and $6for students.

– Photo by Jane Bachrach

CMS playsure to“hook” audiences

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Same sex thanksDear Editor:

We missed it the first time around, but inThe Sopris Sun “Review of 2014” article welearned that late last year the town of Car-bondale adopted a symbolic resolution insupport of same sex marriage.

Way to go, Carbondale.This is one more reason Two Rivers Uni-

tarian Universalist church loves this town.Now the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed

to decide whether our constitution requiresall 50 states to recognize same sex marriage.If the court doesn’t already know the answerto that, Unitarian Universalists who arestanding on the side of love as a nationwideassociation of congregations will tell themthat all people — regardless of sexual orien-tation and gender identity/expression — de-serve respect, love, dignity and equal rights.

Every time a court makes a decision infavor of marriage equality, it lifts us up as anation because we are that much closer tothe ideals set forth in our constitution, whichpromises us “equal protection of the laws.”

LGBTQ couples that commit to thecovenant of marriage deserve the legal bene-fits that everyone else receives. We are allhuman beings worthy of the same protec-tions and rights. TRUU cherishes the factthat we are part of a community that believesthe same.

TRUU Social Action CommitteeRev. Stephan PapaNicolette Toussaint, TRUUBoard of TrusteesCarbondale

Spot onDear Editor:

In response to Barbara Sophia Ulrych’sletter to The Sopris Sun, I think she was spoton with her observance of the changes thatare slowly happening to Carbondale. I call itthe Aspen Tsunami.

Having lived in the valley since the 1960s,I have watched influences cascade rightdown the valley — some good and somevery scary.

Please be very vigilant in your planningas trustees and try to maintain the charac-ter that makes the town special. Thought-ful, pragmatic thinking ahead in a timelymanner will help alleviate future prob-lems. Thoughtless infill and greed can gohand and hand. Less is more. Leave somebreathing space for future generations.

Thank you for serving Carbondale.Janet CarneyCarbondale

Enough already(Editor’s note: This letter was also sent tothe Carbondale Board of Trustees).Dear Editor:

I am sending you this letter rather thancoming to your meeting as I simply cannothear anything you say at the meetings when

I am in the audience as the acoustics of thatbuilding are horrible and have been sinceday one!

But aside from that, I am e-mailing eachof you so you will get my comments on theover building on the nice lots in old townCarbondale.

We went through this a few years backand I thought it had been addressed.

Do we really want huge, Aspen-typebuildings built here? And on corners wherethey stick out like sore thumbs?

And when did the lot at Second and So-pris Avenue get changed to “high density”when they were all low density in the area?

I am concerned because the place at Sev-enth and Sopris Avenue is up for sale andwhile I was told it is low density it stillmeans we can have some monstrosities, likethe ones built at Sopris Avenue and Weant,built on it.

I really think it is the town council’s re-sponsibility to keep old town within rea-sonable building parameters and not let bigmoney talk for you. We have already hadthat go around with the old library building.

Do we have to go through that againwith our lots and then down the road say,“oh, we probably should not have done allof that infill.” Maybe this lady does buildnice expensive buildings, but when they buyinto a town to just build as much on a lot asthey possibly can, I think it is your respon-sibility to shut that down and try to controlsensible building codes.

We have enough build-out as far asbuilding on every nook and cranny in town,such as the school district going to overbuild on the soccer field at Bridges. That is acrime as that field is used so much and is oneof the last nice old places in Carbondale, anddo we really need all of that much “lowcost” housing and all of the traffic confusionthat it will create?

These are just a few of the things thathave been bothering me about some of yourdecisions, so I am begging you to let yourgood judgment be your guide as the nextfour-plex or huge house could be in yourback yard.

Joan CheneyCarbondale

LIFT-UP thanksDear Editor:

On behalf of everyone at LIFT-UP, I wantto thank the generous members of our com-munity for your strong support in 2014.With your help, we were able to serve 5,887local families (17,322 people one or moretimes from our seven area food pantries) dis-tributing 35,093 bags of food. The ExtendedTable soup kitchens in Rifle and GlenwoodSprings served 18,509 meals, which is arecord in 19 years of operation. Our devotedvolunteers gave 18,141 hours of service atthe pantries, soup kitchens and thrift stores.LIFT-UP’s thrift stores in Rifle and Parachutegenerated over $250,000 in sales to helpfund our vital programs and services, while

providing affordable shopping for many inthe region.

For the past 32 years, LIFT-UP has beenan extension of the community’s collectiveconcern for our neighbors in need. We aremost grateful to all who donated food orheld food drives for LIFT-UP, which resultedin more than $1 million in food. We greatlyappreciate our many volunteers who self-lessly give their time and energy to help oth-ers. And we thank the churches, businesses,grantors, foundations and individuals thatsupport LIFT-UP financially so that peoplein need can find the help they need duringtimes of economic difficulty. We also thankour local newspapers and radio stations fortheir invaluable assistance in communicatingwith the public. Just 10 percent of LIFT-UP’sbudget goes to administrative overhead, so90 percent of everything given goes to helpthe people who need it most.

All of the above statistics represent localfamilies experiencing genuine hardship. To-gether we have helped them endure and keeptheir families fed. As long as there are peoplein need and a community that cares, LIFT-UP will continue to be here to help in 2015as we have since 1982. Thank you for stand-ing with us, and making this region of West-ern Colorado a better place to live for all.

Kimberly LovingExecutive Director, LIFT-UP

Buddy thanksDear Editor:

On Jan. 15, over 30 community membersgathered in Basalt to celebrate NationalMentoring Month at the Buddy Program’sthird annual Mentor & Mingle event. We aregrateful to the attendees who came to learnmore about the importance of mentoring, toWoody Creek Distillers for hosting and cre-ating a signature cocktail, to Fusion Cater-ing for providing delicious appetizers and toKendall Cafritz for capturing beautiful pho-tographs. This event couldn’t have been pos-sible without your support.

Basalt Mayor Jacque Whitsitt welcomedthe audience and discussed the value of vol-unteering in one-on-one settings, whether itis tutoring with English in Action or men-toring with the Buddy Program. Thank you,Jacque, for your heartfelt comments. Thankyou also to Big Buddy Reede Hoskin, ofAspen, and Little Buddy Obed, of Basalt,who shared their experiences as Buddieswith an eager audience.

It is so exciting to recruit more mentorsfor children in Basalt and the mid-valley.Mentoring positively affects all facets of thecommunity, making it a stronger place tolive, work and play. Take the time to developa meaningful relationship with a child inneed of a mentor.

Be someone who matters to someonewho matters. For more information, visitBuddyProgram.org or call 920-2130.

Heather HicksDirector of RecruitmentThe Buddy Program

Sopris Sun Staff Report

The Carbondale Board of Trustees ap-proved a special events schedule for 2015on Tuesday night, but not before hearinga few residents sound off about what theysaid are long-standing and persistentnoise problems related to live music andother events.

Becky Young, who lives near FourthStreet Plaza at Third and Garfield, said shegets it from both Sopris Park to the west,and from downtown.

“My neighborhood is part of the noisecorridor … it’s incredibly loud at myhouse,” said the long-time Carbondaleresident.

For one thing, Young said she’d liketo bring her 87-year-old father to livewith her from Denver, but he can’t toler-ate the noise.

After about a half hour of discussion,the trustees voted 5-0 to approve a specialevents schedule proposed by the Parks andRecreation Department that authorizes a

total of 12 events in Sopris Park andFourth Street Plaza, plus the weeklyfarmer’s market in downtown.

After a one-year hiatus, regularlyscheduled concerts at Sopris Park will re-turn with Second Sunday on June 14, July12 and Aug. 9. Amy Kimberly, who hasadvised organizers Steve Standiford andMarty Silverstein on the series, told thetrustees the hours will be 4 to 7 p.m.Standiford operates the Steve’s Guitarslive music venue in the Dinkel Building,while Silverstein is on the Parks & Recre-ation Committee.

The event series kicks off with Dande-lion Day on May 9 and concludes withCeltic Fest/Oktoberfest on Oct. 2-3.

In a memo to staff, recreation directorJeff Jackel told the trustees the CarbondaleSpecial Events Task Force met to discussspecial events and Main Street closures onNov. 6 and Dec. 11 last year. The commit-tee was comprised of Jake Boyles, Jeri Al-berts, Frank Nadel, Amy Kimberly, Allyn

Harvey, Marty Silverstein, Andrea Stewart,Carol Bruno, Sarah Wood and KristenGarwood. After hearing from concernedcitizens during the two meetings, the taskforce recommended limiting the number ofspecial events at Sopris Park.

One of last summer’s special events atSopris Park was apparently some sort ofreligious gathering that included amplifiedpreaching. Patricia Phelan, who backedYoung in her noise concerns, told thetrustees that Jesus spoke to “thousands ofpeople … without amplification.” Townmanager Jay Harrington said the religiousgathering will be held on the south side ofthe Bridges Center this summer.

About a half dozen residents spoke onboth sides of the music and noise issue onTuesday night. Bill Laemmel, who lives atSeventh and Colorado, said that music“calms the savage beast,” questioned call-ing it “noise” and said events in parks aregoing fairly well. “ … (events are) good forbusinesses. People come to town.”

During trustee comments, AJ Hobbssaid the younger generation wants tosee more music and more festivities. “ …it (music) brings life to a community,”he said.

Hobbs said he’d also like for the townto consider closing Main Street from theVillage Smithy to Carbondale Beer Worksfor pedestrian use only in the summer, or atleast experiment with such a closure forone week a month. Harrington replied thatif people think music in the parks is con-troversial, “ … street closures have a wholedifferent level.”

Other trustees action from Tuesdaynight includes:

• Continuing the 191 Sopris Avenuevariance discussion to Feb. 10;

• Approved special event liquor li-censes for: Advocate Safehouse (Viva laWoman), Riverbridge Regional Center(Imagine), Carbondale Community School(Retro Ski Party) and for the Mt. SoprisRec Riders (annual fund-raiser).

Trustees approve 2015 special events schedule

By John ColsonSopris Sun Correspondent

Town officials want to come up with astable funding source for Carbondale’s am-bitious goal of reducing local energy con-sumption by 20 percent, petroleumconsumption by 25 percent and getting 30percent of the town’s electricity from alter-native, renewable sources, all over the nextfive years.

In line with those goals, at a Jan. 20meeting of the Board of Trustees, thetrustees directed representatives of theClean Energy Economy for the Region(CLEER) and the Community Office ofResource Efficiency (CORE) to look intoasking local voters in 2016 to authorize apackage of fees, taxes or other means togenerate some or all of the needed revenue.

The plan is known as Clean Energy2020 for Carbondale, and is one part of abroader program with other towns,school districts and other entities withinGarfield County.

At the Jan. 20 meeting in Carbondale,only one of five options presented to thetrustees was completely rejected — asales tax— according to Trustee PamZentmyer, who has been working closelywith CLEER and CORE on the town’senergy goals.

“We kind of decided that the sales taxoption was not the best,” Zentmyer said ofthe Jan. 20 discussion, citing concerns thata sales tax might not be appropriate for theconcept of funding for energy-efficiencyprograms and policies, and that the votersmight not be easily swayed to impose anew tax on themselves.

The remaining options include:• Use of the town’s energy-related fran-

chise fees to pay for programs designed toachieve the town’s energy-related goals;

• The addition of “a small percentage toall utility bills, collected by utilities, dis-bursed to the town;”

• Adding a fee onto water-utility billssent out to all local water-system con-sumers to offset the costs of treating waterand wastewater;

• Dedication to energy planning of apercentage of the mineral severance-taxand mineral leasing fees, or mineral-impactfees, collected by federal and state author-ities and passed through to towns impactedby energy-industry activities such as oil andgas drilling.

In 2012 the town received $456,000in severance taxes and mineral leasingfees, but the amount dropped to$313,000 in 2013.

Zentmyer noted that the town’strustees recently agreed to devote 20 per-cent of the mineral-impact fees to Car-bondale's energy-related programs, butthat policy is “on a discretionary basis”that can be revised or jettisoned by a fu-ture board of trustees.

The idea of asking voters to validatethe decision would be to, in effect, makeit a permanent part of the town’s finan-cial operations.

The water-bill fee, Zentmyer continued,is in keeping with Town Hall’s conclusionthat the water/wastewater treatment plantscomprise “our biggest energy hog.”

In 2013, according to a table submit-ted by CLEER/CORE, the town spent

Energy conservation tax-hike nears the table

Roaring Fork High School student Joseph Flores (left) and art teacher Cathleen McCourt (right) were two of 34 students and fac-ulty members who gave blood in the St. Mary’s blood mobile on Jan. 22. The school reports that a total of 26 units were donated.Through the day, some students told donors “thanks for saving a life,” while others noticed Band-Aids on arms and said “thevampires got you.” Photo by Jane Bachrach

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Town Briefs Gus Darien ice rink is a hot itemSopris Sun Staff Report

The town’s ice rinks are proving to be increasingly popular, ac-cording to indications from Town Manager Jay Harrington in hisweekly memo to the board of trustees.

For the week of Jan. 19-23, Harrington wrote, the town had“full rink rentals of the Gus Darien Ice,” including a skating partyfor the kids at the Carbondale Community School on Jan. 23,from 1-2:30 p.m. and a private party later that same day, from4:30-6:30 p.m., and another private party rented the rink on Jan.24 from 3:30-5:30 p.m.

Harrington did not identify the parties who had reserved therink for private events. But he reminded recipients of the memothat the town posts ice rink rentals and ice conditions on thetown’s Facebook page (do a Google search for Carbondale onFacebook) and on the town’s website (www.carbondalerec.com).

Harrington also reported that a recent switch from early-morn-ing ice maintenance work at the rink, to doing the work in theevenings, “seems to be helping to maintain good ice conditions forour programming.”

In other wintertime impacts, Harrington reported that thetown’s streets crew continues “attacking ice on shaded streets,”where the sun fails to do its job due to tree shade or shadows castby overhanging buildings.

The town also is filling potholes caused by an early freeze-thawcycle, wherein warm afternoon temperatures melt the snow andice on or adjoining the streets, and freezing temperatures at nightturn the resulting water into ice.

Harrington urged the trustees to “please call and let PublicWorks know where your favorite pothole is located.” The samepresumably is true for members of the public.

At the same time that crews are dealing with the ice, the town’sstreet sweeper continues to respond to the exposure of the street

surfaces, and the resulting layers of grit and dust.Members of the town parks department crew also are being

kept busy, doing “routine maintenance on parks and waste sta-tions around down,” Harrington reported, as well as building newsawhorses for use at food booths serving Potato Day and othercivic events.

The crews also were put to work taking down Christmas dec-orations, Harrington reported.

On the bureaucratic side of things, Harrington wrote, the town’sauditors were scheduled to begin preliminary work this week onthe 2014 Audit of the town’s budget and finance situation.

“The complete review for the audit will be done in March, after2014 is closed out,” he concluded.

The town received three replies from a “request for proposals”for security services at private functions at the Carbondale Recre-ation and Community Center in 2015. Harrington wrote that oneof the proposals will be selected this week, and contract negotia-tions with the selected firm will follow.

Police Chief Gene Schilling and Lt. Chris Wurtsmith attendedwhat Harrington termed “an excellent training on marijuana” ear-lier in January, and Wurtsmith will be writing up a report on thetraining that Harrington said should be available for review thisweek. Harrington noted that the training was “attended by lawenforcement from all over the world.”

Harrington also reported that he and Public Works DirectorLarry Ballenger met with staff from the City of Glenwood Springsand Garfield County last week, to study up on a draft Access Con-trol Plan being put together by the Roaring Fork TransportationAuthority (RFTA) to govern the agency in dealing with requestsfor access points along the Rio Grand Trail. An overview of the ac-cess control plan were scheduled to be presented to the board oftrustees this week.

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

FRIDAY, Jan. 16: At 4:31 p.m. a localwoman contacted police about a vehicle-identification-number inspection. Thewoman was subsequently arrested andtaken to the Garfield County Jail on anoutstanding warrant issued by the courts.

FRIDAY, Jan. 16: At 6:08 p.m. police re-sponded to an accident in the 200 blockof Highway 133, from which one of thevehicles had to be towed due to damages.

SATURDAY, Jan. 17: At 5:10 p.m.local police assisted the Eagle CountySheriff’s Office and Colorado Parks andWildlife officers in contacting and ar-resting a local man on charges of poach-ing. The man was turned over to thewildlife department.

MONDAY, Jan. 19: At 12:54 p.m. offi-cers took a report of damage to a vehi-cle tire.

TUESDAY, Jan. 20: At 2:33 p.m. a juve-nile was arrested on charges of third-de-gree assault, abduction, obstruction ofphone service and domestic violence at aCarbondale address. No further infor-mation was available from police due tothe age of the suspect.

THURSDAY, Jan. 22: At 10:28 a.m. po-lice took a report of a shattered glasspanel at 225 Main St. The incident isunder investigation.

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ObituaryDieter Martini1960-2015

Dieter Martini passed on to his next ad-venture on Jan. 13, 2015 after a long illness.He was born in Fogarasch, Romania onJan. 31, 1960 to Karl and Katharina(Kloess) Martini. He had many fond mem-ories of his childhood summers in hismother's village and was proud of his Tran-sylvania Saxon heritage. In 1974 the familymoved to Munich, Germany.

While attending university, Dieter said'”they left the lab door open one day andthis rat escaped.” He came to the UnitedStates in 1982 with the intention of travel-ing on to Central America. However, hestayed in Northern California where he cre-ated a life for himself living off-grid in a tipiwith his garden and wild land. He also be-came a certified massage therapist and hyp-notherapist with a practice in Garberville,Calif. His son, Soren Winter, was born therein 1988. In 1993 he moved to Carbondaleto be closer to his son and learned the car-pentry trade. He was a skilled, self-em-ployed carpenter working around thevalley. His work schedule created the timeto pursue other interests such as skiing,backpacking, traveling, gardening and longconversations with strangers on the street.He also served on the Carbondale Board ofAdjustments and Tree Board.

In 1996 he met Kathleen Weber througha mutual friend. Their first date was on skisand they quickly shared a bond over a loveof the mountains and outdoor activities.They married in October 1997 in Carbon-

dale. In their 17 years together they hadmany fun times, from climbing MountOlympus in Greece, trekking in NewZealand, backpacking along the coast ofthe Big Island, enjoying hot springs wher-ever they could be found, to many, manylong weekends exploring the valley.

He was a wild man and rebel at heart,and lived life on his own terms, was alsoknown as a generous person always want-ing to help others, and a memorable char-acter very passionate about whatever topicor idea was on his mind at the time.

He is survived by his wife, KathleenMartini of Carbondale; son Soren Win-ter of Taos, N.M.; parents Karl andKatharina Martini of Karlsfeld, Ger-many; and sister Erika (Thomas) Honkaof Munich, Germany.

Burial and memorial will be held at theEvergreen Cemetery in Carbondale on Fri-day Jan. 30, 2015 at 1 p.m. Please bringstories to share.


Carbondale police shot and killed a dis-eased mountain lion on Jan. 24, after the ani-mal had been spotted lying by the Crystal Riverunder the north bridge along North BridgeDrive in the River Valley Ranch subdivision.

No one other than the lion was hurt inthe incident, which occurred at 2:40 p.m.

According to a statement from Carbon-dale Police Chief Gene Schilling, the lion was“a very sick cat” and was not able to moveunder its own power.

“It was a tom cat about 1-2 years old,”said the statement from the chief. “It hadmange and was very malnourished. The cathad sores all over its body.”

The statement reported that the cat didnot move even though police officers werestanding on the bridge “only 15 feet away”from the lion’s location.

“There was a possibility that the cat hadbeen hit by a vehicle,” the police statementcontinued, “however, that was not the con-tributing factor of its condition.”

Police contacted the Colorado Parks &Wildlife division, and were instructed toshoot the animal and put it out of its misery.

Police reported that wildlife officials feltthat “there was no concern that the catwould infect humans or other animals.”

Two witnesses to the incident, whowished not to be identified, said they wereout walking when they spotted police carson the bridge and stopped to check it out.

“He wasn’t moving, but he was alive,” one

witness told The Sopris Sun. “We kind of fig-ured maybe he had gotten hit by a car and gonedown there to die. He was a beautiful animaland he was scary, because he was very big.”

Another witness said the cat’s head was“the size of a dinner plate.”

A search of the Internet for “mange” and“mountain lions” turned up a report on the“Urban Carnivores” website about a “mangeepizootic” (the wildlife equivalent of an epi-demic) that decimated the population ofbobcats in the Santa Monica Mountains ofSouthern California starting in 2002.

Among the concerns expressed in the ar-ticle were indications that a type of rat poi-son was found in many bobcats that died ofsevere mange, although the report indicateda lack of certainty about the link between thepoison and the illness suffered by the cats.

The article also expressed concern thatthe disease could spread from the infectedbobcat population to the region’s populationof mountain lions.

The article also noted that, prior to 2002,“notoedric mange” or mange specific to bigcats, had rarely been reported and “was con-sidered a typically benign disease for wild cats.”

At the local Parks and Wildlife office inGlenwood Springs, administrative assistantKarla Ferguson said that the wildlife officer whohandled the case, Craig Wescoatt, reported thatthe animal was infested with parasites, whichmay have lead to its severe malnourishment.

No tests were conducted on the animal,and it’s corpse had been destroyed by Tues-day, Ferguson said.

Do we have to tell you?What’s next, a motorist driving his ve-

hicle the wrong direction in the new High-way 133 roundabout? We wouldn’t doubtit, after a Sopris Sun roving reporter wit-nessed the following dangerous maneuverlast week. He was driving north on High-way 133 at about the Sopris ShoppingCenter, when the white SUV in front ofhim pulled into the center lane (aka “thesuicide lane”) and proceeded to pass threevehicles in front of him, eventually swerv-ing back into the north bound lane andturning east on Village Road. The reporterwas pretty sure the center lane is reservedfor left turns, but he asked police chiefGene Schilling just to make sure. Schillingsaid, “No, it is not legal to use it as a pass-ing lane … ” although “It is OK to passcars that may be stopped or going slowand then turn left.” So there you go, folks.Consider yourselves warned.

Rotary announces grantsThe morning Rotary Club of Carbon-

dale has announced its community grantrecipients for 2014-15. This year, the clubdecided to select four local non-profit or-ganizations to receive larger grants, ratherthan awarding several smaller grants, ac-cording to a press release. The recipientsare: Andy Zanca Youth Empowermentyouth radio program, Home Care andHospice of the Valley, The Sopris Sun news-paper, and KDNK Community Radio.Each of these organizations will receive an

initial grant of $4,000, and will receive ad-ditional funding from the club’s majorfundraiser of the year, the 2015 Happeningdinner/dance, on June 20. Ticket informa-tion for the Happening will soon be postedat www.rotarycarbondale.org.

Winston offers theatre scholarshipLon Winston (founder and executive

artistic director of Thunder River TheatreCompany) has established a personal schol-arship of $1,000 to a local high school stu-dent who plans on attending college andstudying the theatre arts, according to apress release. The Lon Winston TheatreArts Scholarship will be awarded in May.For details, e-mail [email protected].

Grand openingThere’ll be a grand opening for the new

location of tylerWARE studio from 11 a.m.to 6 p.m. on Feb. 7. The new location is1117 Village Lane. Lea Tyler produceshand-painted wooden salad bowls, saladservers and a limited line of ceramic wares.For details, call 510-5522.

Wish David luckDavid Hayes reports he’ll be competing

in the regional Special Olympics at SunlightMountain Resort in early February.

They say it’s your birthdayFolks celebrating their birthday this

week include: Candy Holgate (Feb. 2).

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Carbondale fire fighters recently received a rare opportunity: the chance to set a house onfire and then practice putting out the flames. The exercise was possible because the housesits on a site near River Valley Ranch that Ross Montessori School will use to build a newcampus. Fire chief Ron Leach told The Sopris Sun the department did not burn the houseto the ground, but rather set a number of small fires inside the building so fire-fighterscould get the chance to enter a burning building and extinguish a blaze while utilizing theirself-contained breathing apparatus and charged hose lines. “We were able to set our lad-ders up … cut holes in the roof … break windows … force open doors and basically tearthe heck out of the place,” Leach said. About 25 fire fighters took part over a period ofthree days in the past two weeks. “It's been many years since we were given an opportu-nity such as this to work with a real structure with real fire.” On a related note, on Jan.21 at about 6 p.m., while fire fighters were practicing on the house, they responded to adouble-wide fire in the mobile home park behind the Red Rock Diner. Fire fighters keptthe blaze from spreading but the home was believed to be a total loss. Julie Albrecht photo

Last year’s Cirque d’Sopris brought plenty of action to the Carbondale Middle School stageand this year’s version promises more of the same – and then some. The annual show attractsstudents from up and down the Roaring Fork Valley and beyond. Sopris Sun file photo


Local advocates for creating a hemp in-dustry in Colorado are actively pursuing theirgoal, including the creation of a year-longschedule of activities for local supportersthroughout 2015, and plans to support a billintroduced in the U.S. Senate on Jan. 8 thatwould legalize the cultivation of hemp forfarmers across the country.

Hemp, the non-intoxicating cousin to themarijuana plant, was legalized by Amend-ment 64 to the Colorado Constitution, whichwas passed by voters statewide in 2012, andstate bureaucrats have been working on aframework to enable cultivation and use ofthe plant ever since.

A total of 14 states around the U.S. havepassed similar legislation, aimed at creatinga legal outlook that hemp is distinct frommarijuana and that its cultivation should beagain permitted as part of the nation’s in-dustrial output.

News organizations around the state havecarried stories about the difficulties inherentin putting together a hemp industry, startingwith a definitional division in the state’s reg-ulations between hemp fields for research anddevelopment (R&D), and fields intended forcommercial applications.

The Colorado Hemp Education Associa-tion, based in the Roaring Fork Valley, in itsJanuary newsletter urged members and sup-porters to contact the Colorado Departmentof Agriculture (CDA) to prevent the state’s In-dustrial Hemp Advisory Committee fromraising licensing fees for R&D plots.

“We don’t really care if they raise the feesfor commercial hemp cultivation,” saidJackie Chenoweth, one of the leaders of theCHEA, said prior to a meeting of the com-mittee on Jan. 23.

The letter-writing campaign was aimed at

keeping R&D registration fees at their initial,2013 level — a $100 flat fee and $5 per acre,with a requirement that the R&D plot be nolarger than 10 acres — compared to the $200flat fee, and $1 per-acre supplemental fee, forcommercial hemp operations.

The committee on Jan. 23 was scheduledto consider, among other things, a fee increasethat requires landowners to pay $500 for ei-ther a commercial operation or an R&D plot,a development that hemp advocates saywould discourage farmers from getting in-volved with hemp cultivation.

Duane Sinning of the Department of Agri-culture said the meeting was a hearing togather public comment, and that no decisionswere made.

He said the advisory committee will con-sider the information gathered and, at theFeb. 11 meeting of the Agriculture Commis-sion, will present the findings and any rec-ommendation they come up with.

Currently, state and federal laws con-cerning hemp cultivation and processing de-fine hemp as a variant of the cannabis plantthat contains no more than .3 percent, orthree-tenths of a percent of the chemical“delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol” or THC,which is the active ingredient in marijuanathat gets people high.

That level of THC, according to the CDA,is the accepted level in countries that allowhemp cultivation, such as Canada.

DEA has troubleCultivation of hemp is illegal under U.S.

federal law, primarily because federal DrugEnforcement Administration agents have dif-ficulty telling hemp from marijuana in thefield, but legal under the laws of Coloradoand other states that recently have passedlaws legalizing hemp as an industrial plant.

And last year, the Agriculture Act of 2014,

known as the Farm Bill, contained a provi-sion that authorized hemp cultivation “forpurposed of research conducted under anagricultural pilot program or other agricul-tural or academic research,” as long as hempcultivation is legal under the laws of the rele-vant state government.

The state agriculture department’s websiteindicates that there currently are 131 regis-trants for hemp cultivation; 46 are commer-cial enterprises, 67 are categorized as R&D,and 18 hold both commercial and R&D reg-istrations, according to the CDA website.

Larimer County on the Front Range issaid to have the most commercial registra-tions (21), followed by Delta County on theWestern Slope (13) and Boulder County (12.)

Boulder County has the highest numberof R&D registrations (25), followed byLarimer (20) and Delta (14), according to thewebsite, which adds that 39 of the state’s 64counties contain registered hemp fields.

Registrants have informed the CDA thatthey are planning a multiplicity of uses fortheir hemp once it is harvested and processed,including such categories as clothing, clean-ing supplies, “hempcrete” for building, spuninsulation, paper fiber, hemp coffee, edibleoils, dietary supplements, sprouts, seed forsale and replanting, and CBD extraction formedicinal purposes.

LocallyRoaring Fork Valley residents Sue Gray

(who also is a member of the board of direc-tors for The Sopris Sun) and Jackie Chenowethlast year started the CHEA after meetings inGlenwood Springs and Carbondale convincedthem and others that there is a good deal of in-terest in hemp cultivation in this region.

Gray told The Sopris Sun this week thatthe organization has a steering committee ofeight people who hail from throughout the

Roaring Fork Valley, and an e-mail list of ap-proximately 80 members.

Right now, she said, “We’re in an infor-mation gathering mode. We’re educating our-selves, so we can educate others.”

She said the group’s website (colorado-hemped.org) has attracted interest from areafarmers, as well as from a California-based me-dicinal-hemp pharmaceutical firm that is hop-ing to buy CBD hemp from Colorado farmers.

Currently, Gray said, the firm must buy itshemp products from sources outside the U.S.

A key problem, Gray said, has been howto obtain hemp seeds for Colorado farmersto use in planting crops.

Under federal law, hemp seeds are classi-fied under Schedule I in the DEA’s categoriesof drugs, meaning hemp seeds are consid-ered drugs as potent and dangerous asheroin, despite hemp’s lack of psychotropiceffects on humans.

And even if seeds can be obtained andplanted, Gray continued, unprocessed hempcannot be shipped out of Colorado, again dueto federal laws.

She said the CHEA has heard from someentrepreneurs interested in starting up pro-cessing plants in Colorado, but so far there hasbeen no activity to follow up on that interest.

“Everything's kind of up in the air rightnow,” Gray said of the CHEA’s activities.

The CHEA newsletter, sent out earlier inJanuary, outlines a number of activities, in-cluding participation in hemp-related confer-ences and other events, showing films abouthemp and its applications, entering a hempfloat in the Fourth of July parade in Carbon-dale, and possibly planting a hemp plot in thesummer with harvest planned in the fall.

Gray said the CHEA also may send emis-saries to Canada, where hemp cultivation andprocessing is legal, to check out the state ofthe industry there.

Local hemp proponents keep eyes on the prize

Sopris Sun Staff ReportThe CCAH Cirque d’Sopris celebrates the

Chinese New Year this time around with de-sign, daring and dance.

The year 2015 is The Year of the Sheep.The sheep signifies artistry, whimsy and loy-alty and there will be all of that and more inthis year’s show.

Cirque d’Sopris was inspired by the adultGreen Is the New Black Fashion Extravaganzaand attracts participation from youth through-out the Roaring Fork Valley and Paonia.

This year’s show is directed by MartyDurlin, and features Rising Crane MartialArts students, Carbondale Council on Artsand Humanities fashion design students, theEnrichment Wednesdays Duck Tape class,and talented students from Foxy Moron’sPaonia classes.

Chloe Brand is one student who startedout in Cirque d’Sopris several years ago. Shewas inspired by Rochelle Norwood’s sewingclasses and the CCAH show. Today she is asenior at Roaring Fork High School. She nowwalks the runway for the adult show, but stillmaintains a hand in Cirque.

“Sewing and design are what I want to goto college for and spend my life doing. Thisshow is a huge opportunity for me to learn,gain experience and build my portfolio,”Brand said.

Added CCAH Director Amy Kimberly,“The show is a good way to support theyoung designers of our community. Some daythey may be the stars of Project Runway orNY Fashion Week.”

CCAH’s Deborah Colley added, “Thisyouth show is more than just a performance.It is an opportunity for the creative youthcommunity to connect, collaborate and in-spire each other. Between creating costumes,masks and fashion lines, they also have towork together and problem solve to createchoreography and acts. That takes commit-ment, time, focus, and teamwork, which allplay an important role in basic life skills andcharacter development.”

Tickets are available on line at carbon-dalearts.com or at the door. Show times areSaturday, Jan. 31 at 6 p.m. or Sunday, Feb. 1at 1 p.m. All shows are in the Roaring ForkHigh School Auditeria.

Cirque d’Sopris celebrates the Chinese New Year


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February 4“Valley Settlement Project: AnIntegrated Approach to SchoolReadiness, Parent Engagement andEconomic Stability” - Jon Fox-Rubin,Executive Director of the Manaus Fund,home of the Valley Settlement Project

February 11“Laser Cataract Surgery – See Without Glasses” Dr. Mathew Erlich, Ophthalmologist

February 18“Child Abuse: Myths, Facts & Response” Kerry Ach, MA, Forensic Interviewer /Community Outreach CoordinatorRiver Bridge Regional Center

February 25“Model Mugging” Most advanced training in women’s selfdefense and personal safety.

The Culture Club meets every Wednesday from noon – 1 p.m. in the Calaway RoomBring your lunch and relax in a “Chautauqua-like”atmosphere hosted by Lisa Dancing-Light.

February ScheduleWe ought, every day at least, to hear a little song,read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if possiblespeak a few reasonable words.” – GOETHE

JOIN US! For fun networking events hosted by your local businesses. Featuring appetizers, refreshments, door prizes and opportunities to share your news. Meet great people. Make friends. Form collaborations. Build your customer base.A program of the Basalt Area Chamber of Commerce Great benefits! Low membership fees! For membership info and benefits, call (970) 927-4031 or write [email protected]

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January 28 Faboo Ribbon Cutting Celebration Wednesday, Faboo-Basalt Emporium & Flying Circus 5:30-7:30 Open House

February 19 Aspen Orthopaedic Association & Roaring Fork Physical Therapy

March 19 WJ Bradley Mortgage & Land Title Guarantee Co. (St. Patrick’s Day theme)

April 16 Basalt Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting & Dinner

May 21 Basalt Mountain Inn & Friends

June 18 Ann Korologos Gallery, Sotheby’s International Realty, Windows and Doors by SolarGlass

July 16 New Business Member Event

August 20 Aspen Rent-All

September 17 Willits Town Center Block Party

October 15 Basalt Fitness & Friends

November 19 Eagle Crest Nursery with the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce

December 17 Special Business After Hours Holiday Event

THURSDAY Jan. 29MEET THE CHIEFS • Carbondale PoliceChief Gene Schilling and Carbondale FireChief Ron Leach share a cup of coffee withthe public at the Village Smithy from 8 to 9a.m. Feel free to drop by, say hi, and asksome questions about the police departmentand fire districts.

MASTER GARDNERS • Colorado StateUniversity offers its Master Gardener courseat the CMC Lappala Center from 9 a.m. to4 p.m. on Thursdays through April 9. Info:970-328-8633 and ext.colostate.edu.

MASTERMIND • MasterMind Your Well-ness offers a “taste” of a 90 day program from6:30 to 7:45 p.m. at the Third Street Center.Admission is by donation. Info: 510-6390.

ROTARY • The Mt. Sopris Rotary meets atMi Casita at noon every Thursday.

FRI.-SAT. Jan. 30-31THEATRE • Carbondale Middle SchoolTheatre presents “Peter and the Starcatcher”at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $6for kids.

FRIDAY Jan. 30MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents“The Imitation Game” (PG-13) at 7:30 p.m.Jan. 30-Feb. 5 except Feb. 1 which will showonly at 2 p.m (captioned) and “Wild” (R) at5 p.m. Jan. 31.

LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the oldpart of the Dinkel Building presents livemusic every Friday night. Info: 963-3304.

LIVE MUSIC • Rivers restau-rant in Glenwood presentsValle Musico (guitar basedjazz, classical, Latin and world-beat) from 9 p.m. to midnight.No cover. The Rivers’ Fridaynight lineup for February is NoJoes (Feb. 6), Corn Bred Fed(Feb. 13) and the LeonardCurry Trio (Feb. 20).

SAT.-SUN. Jan. 31-Feb.1CIRQUE D’SOPRIS •CCAH’s youth fashion showreturns to Roaring Fork HighSchool at 6 p.m. on Jan 31.and 2 p.m. on Feb. 1. Theshow features youth fashioncreations, dancing, acrobaticfeats “and more!” Info: 963-1680 or carbondalearts.com.

SATURDAY Jan. 31EAGLE CREST • The Satur-day Winter Market returns toEagle Crest Nursey in El Jebelon Saturdays from 11:30 a.m.to 4:30 p.m. Check out thelocal produce, food, coffee,clothing, accessories and more.

SUNDAY Feb. 1SKI FOR SISU • The Mount Sopris NordicCouncil holds its 23rd annual Ski for Sisu

cross-country skiathon fund-raiser atSpring Gulch on County Road 108 south-west of Carbondale. This is a fun, non-competitive family event with loops of3.5K, 10K and 12.5K. There’ll be refresh-ments, a silent auction and short-coursefor youngsters. The whole thing takesplace from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Entryforms are available at Ajax Bike, Bristle-cone Mountain Sports, Ragged MountainSports, Cripple Creek Backcountry, atspringgulch.org or by e-mailing [email protected]. On a related note, silent auc-tion items are still being accepted [email protected] or 618-6795.

GLAZE DAZE • The Carbondale ClayCenter (east end of Main Street) invitesfolks to glaze their own Valentine giftfrom 2 to 4 p.m. Participants will chosefrom a selection of ready-made bisque-ware, including cups, bowls, boxes, andheart-shaped plates. The Clay Center willfire it and have it ready for pick up. Allages are welcome but kids must be ac-companied by an adult. Info: 963-2529.

MONDAY Feb. 2DEEP NOURISHMENT • A free work-shop on deep nourishment is offered fromnoon to 1 p.m. at the Glenwood Library,and from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Basalt Libraryon Feb. 10. Info: 303-518-1718.

FOOD TALK • Dr. Greg Feinsinger givesa free talk about heart-healthy food and

his 28-day frozen meal program from 7 to8:15 p.m. at the Third Street Center. Info:510-6390.

TUESDAY Feb. 3TWO-STEP TUESDAY • Foot stompin’fun returns to the Third Street Center withTwo-Step Tuesday. An intro for two-stepbeginners is offered from 7 to 7:30 p.m.,followed by a mix of country, line andother dance styles until 9:30 p.m. Admis-sion is $8 per person and $14 per couple,plus $2 for a lesson. Don’t forget your hats,boots, Wranglers and bling jeans. Info:http://www.meetup.com/RFVDance/events/219969549/

HEALING TOUCH • Megan Passmorepresents an introduction to healing touch(an energetic approach to health and heal-ing) from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Third StreetCenter. Admission is by donation. Info:davinikent.org.

SUGAR TALK • The Aspen Clinic in Basaltgives a talk about kicking the sugar habitfrom 6 to 7 p.m. Info: theaspenclinic.org.

WEDNESDAY Feb. 4CULTURE CLUB • The Carbondale Cul-ture Club presents Jon Fox-Rubin, execu-tive director of the Manus Fund at noon.His talk is titled “Valley Settlement Proj-ect: An Integrated Approach to SchoolReadiness, Parent Engagement and Eco-nomic Stability.”

LIVE MUSIC • Dan Rosenthal hosts openmic nights from 8 to 10 p.m. everyWednesday at Rivers restaurant in Glen-wood Springs.

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

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Save the DateFRIDAY Feb. 6FAT FRIDAY • The third annual Fat FridayMardi Gras parade heads down MainStreet at 4:30 p.m. The struttin’ and jumpin’starts at Second and Main streets and con-cludes somewhere in the vicinity of WeantBoulevard. The parade entry fee is $25.Info: 963-1890.

Further OutART TALK • The Wyly Art Center inBasalt presents a talk with MichelleDezember about contemporary Arabicart from 5:30 to 7 p.m. A $10 donation issuggested. Info: 927-4123 or [email protected].

ROTARY • The Rotary Club of Carbon-dale meets at the Carbondale Fire Stationat 6:45 a.m. on Wednesdays. Info: [email protected] and [email protected].

RAILROADING • The February pro-gram at the Glenwood Railroad Museumwill feature a behind the scenes tour of theGlenwood Springs Railroad Station andthe collections of the museum. This spe-cial program is scheduled for 7 p.m. It’sfree and open to the public. The 111-year-old Glenwood Springs Railroad Stationwas designed by Theodore von Rosen-berg, the same architect who designed theoriginal bathhouse at the Glenwood HotSprings Pool. The station is located acrossthe street from the Hotel Denver on Sev-enth Street.

OngoingVVAS CONTINUES• The 35th annual Valley Vi-sual Art Show, featuring 60 local artists, continuesat the Launchpad through March 6. The artists are:Alice Bedard-Vorhees, Amy Fulstone, Amy Leven-son, Andrea Bersson, Brad Reed Nelson, Brian Col-ley, Carla Reed, Gwen Hill, Mary Matchael, JanicePanico, David Notor, David Struempler, MarlaneMiller, Dee Strack, Eden Marsh, Jay Phillips, EdithWalker, Elizabeth Waters, Jack Brendlinger, GeorgeHendrix, Greg Watts, Joan Engler, Judy Milne, JulieA Adriansen, Jill Scher, Kathy Honea, KatMoser, Langford Barksdale, Lee Mulcahy, LesaRusso, Leslie Bethel, Russ Criswell, Lisa Singer, LizThele, Barbara Courtney, Matt Roeser, MartySchlein, Mary Cervantes, Mary Noone, Meg Mc-Nulty, Mike Rand, Penelope Greenwell, KatRich, Philip Hone Williams, Rabbit, Roberta Mc-Gowan, Robert Fullerton, Sondie Reiff, Staci Dick-erson, Stanley Bell, Stephanie McConaughy,Stephen Moore, Susannah Pentelow, Suzanne Fra-

zier, Terry Glasenapp, Tyler Stableford, WallaceGraham, Axel Stewart, Wesley Stewart, WewerKeohane and William Laemmel. The R2 Galleryhours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.Info: 963-1680 or carbondalearts.com.

KOROLOGOS • Ann Korologos Gallery inBasalt continues “Color & Form” featuring PeggyJudy and Gayle Waterman through Feb. 13.

THE WYLY • The Wyly Art Center in Basaltcontinues “Domestic Wild” featuring SusanStrauss Obermeyer through March 7.

LIBRARY • The Carbondale Branch Librarypresents Story Time at 4 p.m. on Mondays, andGet Your Ukulele On at 6:30 p.m. on the firstand third Monday of the month.

MAYOR’S COFFEE HOUR • Chat with Car-bondale Mayor Stacey Bernot on Tuesdaysfrom 7 to 8 a.m. at the Village Smithy.

JAZZ JAM • The Hotel Colorado in Glen-wood Springs continues Jazz Jam Mondaysfrom 7 to 9:30 p.m. All abilities are welcome.Info: Hunter Damm at 319-7853.

MINDFULNESS GROUP • The Mindful LifeProgram hosts a weekly meditation and mind-fulness group on Mondays at 7:30 p.m. at theThird Street Center. All are welcome. Info:970-633-0163.

MINDFULNESS MEDITATION • Discussionsabout mindfulness meditation and Buddhistphilosophy take place from 9 to 10:30 a.m. onSundays at Carbondale Community School. Allare welcome and mats/cushions are available.Info: 970-618-1032.

LUNCH • Crystal Meadows senior housinghosts a lunch followed by Bingo everyWednesday.

THURSDAY Feb. 53D PRINTING • The Anderson Ranch ArtCenter’s Diego Madera gives a presentation on3D printing at the Launchpad at 5:30 p.m.Madera holds a degree in industrial designfrom Universidad Nacional Autonoma deMexico. This is part of CCAH’s Artist Beat se-ries; there’ll be light happy hour libations andsnacks. Info: 963-1680 or carbondalearts.com.

SPANISH COMPUTERS • The CarbondaleBranch Library offers a free introductorycomputer class in Spanish at 5 p.m. todayand on Feb. 19. The new class is offered thefirst and third Thursday of each month. Info:

963-2889 and gcpld.org.

MICHAEL FRANTI • The Aspen Yoga Soci-ety and the Shakti Foundation present musi-cian/activist Michael Franti at the HotelJeromone Grand Ballroom from 3:30 to 5:30p.m. Tickets are $40 in advance and $50 at thedoor. For details, go to aspenyogasociety.org.

MONDAY Feb. 9KING CHARLES WORKSHOPS • DanceInitiative offers a youth, teen and adult work-shops with King Charles at the Launchpad.King Charles is an original member of Foot-worKINGZ and has been featured on such TV

shows as “America’s Got Talent” and “Amer-ica’s Best Dance Crew.” The youth workshop(10 and under) is from 4 to 5 p.m. and the costis $10; the teen/adult workshop is from 5:15 to6:30 p.m. and the cost is $15. He will alsoteach workshops in Aspen. Info: 970-544-9771 or danceinitiative.org.

THURS.-Sat. Feb. 19-21LAFF FEST • The Wheeler Opera House hoststhe fifth annual Aspen Laff Festival. Comediansinclude Hippieman and his “Plan for America,”Jim Breuer, Andrew Sleighter and others. Info:aspenshowtix.com.

$184,000 on treating water and wastewater.The utility-related fees, according to Zentmyer and CLEER Program Director Erica

Sparhawk, will require work with the utility companies serving Carbondale consumers— Xcel Energy and the Holy Cross Energy cooperative, as well as the telephone andcable companies.

The talks with utility companies, Sparhawk predicted, will “take some time” andprobably will be conducted in conjunction with the town attorney’s office.

According to a June 2014 update on the town’s energy-related goals, put togetherby CLEER and CORE staff at the request of Carbon-dale’s trustees, the town’s goals have been modified fromthe initial list put together in 2006.

Some of the goals outlined in 2006 have been met,including:

• The installation of solar panels on town facilities;• The inauguration of an unprecedented partnership

with CLEER and CORE aimed at limiting Carbondale’s“carbon footprint” with subsidized programs to en-courage similar energy-saving solar installations andenergy-conservation techniques among the residentsand businesses here;

• The creation of a “Technical and Financial AdvisoryCommittee” or TFAC to guide the ongoing energy con-servation programs and alternative-energy installationsaround town.

• And a decision by the town’s trustees to contract for power from its two utilitiesthat is generated by wind generators and other alternative technologies.

According to the CLEER/CORE update report, a total of 174 homes (out of 2,468homes in all) have been retrofitted with energy-saving equipment, or had solar pan-els installed, a tally that the report states “leaves many more homes where assistanceis needed to realize energy savings.”

The report offers details about the current energy use in town, and indicates thatthe largest amount of energy savings have come through town-owned buildings andfacilities (58 percent of the savings to date), versus homes (25 percent) and commer-

cial businesses (16.2 percent).The CLEER/CORE report indicates that energy use in Carbondale as a whole (built

environment only) has diminished slightly since 2009, the year the town began work-ing with the two nonprofit energy-conservation groups.

It remains just above 450 million kBTUs of energy consumed, on a graph suppliedby CLEER, which translates roughly to 45,000 metric tons of CO2 emitted into theatmosphere, according to CLEER’s Sparhawk.

Sparhawk told The Sopris Sun on Monday that, from 2009 through 2013, the townreduced its overall energy consumption by roughly 2percent, or 9.7 million kBTUs.

In that time, Sparhawk added, energy use in townowned buildings dropped by 13 percent, and energyconsumption in the Carbondale public schools was re-duced by 15 percent, thanks to energy-conservation pro-grams initiated by CORE and CLEER.

Another graph in the energy update predicts that, leftunchecked as Carbondale’s population grows an esti-mated 1.4 percent per year (based on growth over thelast decade), the town’s CO2 emissions are likely to in-crease to 52,000 metric tons by the year 2020.

But 2020 is Carbondale’s target year for reducing en-ergy use by 20 percent, and to cut the town’s CO2 emis-sions by a similar percentage, to approximately 35,000metric tons.

According to CLEER and CORE, the town’s two utilities “are on track to have 30percent of the electricity they provide supplied from renewable sources by 2020.”

The two agencies calculated that this means the town would be keeping 8,000metric tons of CO2 out of the atmosphere based on the electricity delivered by theutilities, which is projected to be “a major component in helping Carbondale achieveits targets.”

Sparhawk said the staffs at CORE and CLEER will be working on Carbondale’splan in the coming months, and may be ready for a follow-up presentation to thetrustees by summer or fall.

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For next month’s KidZone, send us a drawingor write us a few lines about something you loveto do in the snow!Submissions must be received by Feb. 13.

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Ellie and Izzie Knaus built thistopsy-turvy snowman and deliveredhim to their neighbor’s front yard!

Sam (left) and Maddie (right) Anderson built these twobeauties after a May snowstorm last year.

Left to right: Emily Bruell, Tavia Teitler, Solana Teitler,and Renee Bruell celebrated Mardi Gras of 2008 with thisfancy snow lady.

Roaring Fork sophomore Aldo Pinela readies for a free throw during recent ac-tion. The Roaring Fork girls and boys travel to Coal Ridge for games at 5 and6:30 p.m. respectively on Jan. 30, and Aspen at 2:30 and 4 p.m. on Jan. 31. Photoby Emily Henley

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Winter is here and that means animals willhave to search a little harder for food. ColoradoParks and Wildlife wants to remind people thatthe best way to help hungry animals is to let themfind their next meal on their own.

“People may mean well, but those who feeddeer do more harm than good,” said Scott Mur-doch, a Colorado Parks and Wildlife officer inConifer. A law passed in 1992 makes it illegal tofeed big game animals. This includes deer, elk,pronghorn, mountain goats, bighorn sheep,mountain lions and bears. Feeding wildlife is badfor the animals and dangerous for people, for anumber of different reasons.

In the wild, deer and elk naturally spread outwhen grazing or browsing for food. Artificial feed-ing encourages them to crowd together making iteasier to spread disease throughout a herd. Also,artificial concentrations of deer in neighborhoodsresults in increased vehicle collisions and conflictswith dogs harassing deer.

Deer are the primary prey of mountain lions

and large gatherings of deer can attract lions intoneighborhoods, putting people, livestock and petsat risk. The mountain lions are also then put indanger because it may become necessary to killthem if they become a threat to human healthand safety.

“Every winter, officers deal with numerouspets and livestock that get killed by mountainlions because homeowners are feeding deer;deer do just fine without the public’s help,” saidMurdoch.

Wild animals have complex digestive systemsand their natural diet is difficult to duplicate. Foodfrom human sources can also lead to malnutri-tion, a disruption in natural migration patternsand death.

To report incidents of feeding or other illegalwildlife activity, contact a local Colorado Parksand Wildlife officer. If you wish to remain anony-mous, contact Operation Game Thief at 877-265-6648. Rewards may be offered is the informationleads to a citation. For more information, visitcpw.state.co.us.

Handouts harm – do not help — local wildlifeFeedingwildlifecan notonlyharmwildlifesuch asdeer andelk, it can alsoattractpredatorssuch asmountainlions toruralneighbor-hoods.Photo by JaneBachrach

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The Town of Basalt is offering Christmas tree recycling.

The location is the former recycle center at the corner of Two Rivers and Midland Spur.

Trees must be completely free of all ornaments, lights, garland and tinsel.

The recycle site will be open from December 26th to January 31st.

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• RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS - Allsnow from private property or adjacent sidewalks,should be stored on private property. Residents areresponsible for clearing snow along sidewalks andaway from mailboxes and fire hydrants.

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(Editor’s note: This is part of a series thatexplores how folks came to live in Car-bondale).

By David Troxel

There are some forces of attraction thatcan’t be resisted. Just ask Conor Johnson.

Johnson grew up in Palisade and GrandJunction, and was 10 in the early 1990swhen he first visited the Carbondale areawith his family. He remembers attending acousin’s wedding in Redstone and havingbreakfast at the Village Smithy. At the time,it seemed like a pretty cool place.

When he was 15, Johnson’s familymoved to Glenwood Springs, where he fin-ished high school while being increasinglydrawn to spend time in Carbondale. Hehad connected with the growing musicscene here, playing music and attendingshows with friends. Also during thoseyears, Johnson became aware of an “ex-plosion of culture” as Carbondale became,in his view, “a collective of people helpingeach other out, becoming a hub for com-munity and culture.” Finally realizing thatits pull on him had become too strong toignore, Johnson fixed on a plan to makethe leap.

“It just kept pulling me that way until Ithought, ‘well, I spend so much time thereanyway, I might as well just manifest aplace.’” A few weeks later somethingopened up. “I just knew that it was my kindof place,” he told The Sopris Sun.

ManifestationThe idea of manifestation filters through

much of Johnson’s description of his rela-tionship with Carbondale and its people.Another concept that appears regularly inconversation with him is inspiration, whichhe says he has found in a diverse local spir-itual community, and credits for his will-ingness to “keep persevering, do what I

want to do here and not be discouraged if itdoesn’t take off right away.”

Johnson resisted advice to attend collegestraight out of high school, instead takingtime to explore his interests and talentswhile also “going inward” to meditatedeeply on his calling. This comprehensiveapproach to identifying a life course led himafter several years to obtain an associate de-gree in graphic arts from Colorado Moun-tain College, where he combined hisacademic training with the meditative in-sights he had gained to create a “vibrational,energetic” style of graphic design that be-came the signature feature of his company,

Present Moment Productions.“A lot of times I’ll get a feeling for a logo

or whatever it may be, and then I really goinward and meditate on it and see whatcomes up,” said Johnson. “Usually it’s to-tally out of the blue; I just see something inmy head, and it becomes very intuitive.” Hecredits his involvement with energy medi-cine and hypnotherapy as factors in his abil-

ity to “be a medium for different energies. Alot of times I don’t know what’s going tohappen, what kind of energy is going tocome through. So that boosted my creativ-ity on a lot of levels.”

Today, at 33, Johnson has found agroove in Carbondale that he believes re-flects the typical experience of his genera-tion here. With a resume that includesgraphic art and web design, gigging as a DJand instrumental performer under the name“Sheelus” (from the Irish Gaelic for“music”), and providing home care andsupport for local elders, Johnson balanceshis passions with unexpected opportunities

to contribute to and draw sustenance froma vibrant Carbondale social landscape. Hedescribes himself as one of many peoplewho “have their own little niches that theyget into where they really thrive, so theykeep that going.”

For instance, Johnson points to thegrowing need for home care and support ofthe valley’s aging population as the unan-ticipated source of his strongest current po-tential to earn a stable income inCarbondale. While maintaining a strongpassion for his art and music, he expressesa “deep satisfaction” in his work with com-munity elders, a job that came looking forhim instead of the other way around. “Iwas introduced to caretaking by a friend inthe field who was overwhelmed with work,and he thought that this kind of workwould be right for me,” he said.

But does he worry that the growing de-mands of caregiving will interfere with hisother interests? On the contrary, Johnsonexpresses appreciation for the diversity ofhis callings and his Carbondale connec-tions that have encouraged them, whilealso hoping to see more networks developbetween the diverse local demographicgroups “to help us all flourish even morethan we do now.” Asked if living in Car-bondale is ever a struggle, he replies en-thusiastically “No! I feel very groundedhere. Being so involved with the commu-nity and the people in it, it would really beharder to leave than it is to stay.”

“It just kept pulling me that way until I thought, ‘well, Ispend so much time there anyway, I might as well

just manifest a place.’” A few weeks later somethingopened up. “I just knew that it was my kind of place.”

Carbondaler explains town’s attraction; plans to stay

Sopris Sun Staff ReportA duo of air-quality specialists with

Garfield County recently told the Carbon-dale Board of Trustees that the town haslittle to worry about regarding air quality,at least as far as the county’s air qualitymonitoring program is concerned.

Morgan Hill and Anna Triebel, envi-ronmental health specialists with the countyhealth department, told the trustees at ameeting on Jan. 13 that the county has themost extensive air quality-monitoring pro-gram of all the rural counties in Colorado.

The goal of the monitoring programaccording to Morgan and a Powerpointpresentation she submitted at the meet-ing, is to:

• determine whether the county is incompliance with regulatory air qualitystandards;

• identify the sources of any pollutantsfound through monitoring;

• contribute information to the Col-orado Department of Public Health, Edu-cation and the Environment (CDPHE)health risk assessments;

• characterize air-quality impact trendsover time.

The county, Morgan explained, has fivemonitoring stations, mostly in the westernhalf of the county’s territory. One, however,has been located on land owned by Col-orado Rocky Mountain School, just outsideCarbondale’s town boundaries, since 2012.

According to Morgan, the monitorscountywide in 2013 showed no violationsof national ambient air quality standards,though she referred to periodic “excee-dences” or spikes on the graphs used tooutline the monitoring data.

The only item of concern for Carbon-dale, Morgan said, is in spikes in the read-ings for what she termed “unknowncompounds” that appear to match a sub-stance known as “acetonitrile.”

But, she said, that substance is used inmaking the filtering media that is utilizedin the monitoring equipment, so its ap-pearance in the readouts is possibly dueto contamination in the monitoringprocess itself.

Legal Noticelater than 1 p.m. MST, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, tobe considered. There will be a mandatory Pre-Bidmeeting at 10 a.m. MST, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015,at the project site, the current parking lot at Elk Park.

Project Goals. The CDOT EEO officer has set Dis-advantaged Business Goals at 3.5% for this project.There will be no on the job training goals.

The CDOT Form 347, Certification of EEO Compli-ance, is no longer required to be submitted in thebid package. This form certified that the contrac-tor/proposed subcontractors were in compliancewith the Joint Reporting Committee EEO-1 form re-quirements. The EEO-1 Report must still be submit-ted to the Joint Reporting Committee if thecontractors and subcontractors meet the eligibilityrequirements (29CFR 1602.7); we will, however, nolonger require certification. For additional informa-tion regarding these federal requirements, pleaserefer to: http://www.eeoc.gov/employers/eeo1sur-vey/faq.cfm This project includes funding by CDOTadministered by FHWA grants; therefore DavisBacon wages will apply.

Bidder must include CDOT forms 606, 1413, 1414with his bid.On the day of the bid opening, the low bidder will begiven the following forms:Form 605, Contractors Performance CapabilityStatementForm 621, Assignment of Antitrust ClaimsForm 1415, UDBE Commitment Confirmation (If theUDBE goal > 0)Form 1416, UDBE Good Faith Effort Documentation(If the UDBE goal is not met)These forms need to be returned to the Local Agencyby 4:30 pm the following day.

If a work schedule is included as part of the bid pack-age it must also be completed in ink and signed bythe individual who will execute the Contract Form.Any work form completed as part of the bid packageshall indicate the commencement date for construc-tion. The work schedule must conform to the com-mencement and completion dates for the contract.

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