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Well, there you have it, another Super Bowldown. Personally, I didn’t know whom to rootfor between the Cheaters and the Sea Chick-ens. Apparently the New England Patriots letsome air out of their balls whenit’s cold outside so that they cancatch them, hence their newnickname. As my husband likesto say, “Cheaters never prosper,but they sure do win a lot.” Andlest you think I’m a poor sport,I called Seattle’s team the SeaChickens long before they beatthe Broncos last year. They weremy brother-in-law’s team andnow that I think about it, wayback before they switched to theNFC West, I think Seattleitesmay have been the ones to givetheir team the nickname.

Anyway, did you know thatthe NFL is a non-profit? Yep, the professionalsports league that currently brings in about$10 billion a year enjoys tax-exempt status.When I think of a non-profit, I picture tiredpeople with frizzy hair feeding hay to stray an-imals or a place for under-privileged youth toexperiment with music and art instead of drugsand alcohol. I do not picture large men withpainted faces running around in tight pantsand neon shoes.

What is the deal with the outfits in football?They don’t even wear pants that tight in fenc-

ing, and those guys have swords. In othersports, loose-fitting knickers are the norm: bas-ketball, baseball, rugby… Ah, rugby. Nowthere’s a sport I can cheer for. No pads or hel-

mets (except for those little rub-ber caps they wear to protect theirears from being torn off). Profes-sional rugby is just a skin-on-skingame, with the biggest danger inthe scrum being unsolicited orificepenetration. (And what about thelanguage in professional sports?!Rim this and rim that, deep pene-tration, tight end. My goodness).

Rugby is a faster game, whichmakes it more exciting to watch.The stop and go of football lendsmore to napping on the couch,not that there’s anything wrongwith that. After a certain age,most of us would give anything

for a good football nap. But if I’m in the moodto scream and holler I’d rather watch a rugbymatch or a hockey game; “Skate—fight.Skate—fight. Score!”

And to be fair, football’s delay in action hasmore to do with the passionate relationshipsbetween the refs and coaches than the playersthemselves. Like when they bring out the bigQueen of Hearts stick with the attached chainto measure down to the centimeter where theball landed, when the ref arbitrarily eyed itthere in the first place. I love how it always

takes two guys to carry that thing out onto thefield. If you ask me, those guys should havespecial outfits too.

My main issue with American football,though, is that the players are under extremepressure to be perfect during the games, butthen not held accountable for any of their ac-tions off the field. I have no idea what it feelslike to be treated like a modern day gladiator,but I do know what it feels like to idolize ahero. And that’s what those guys are to mil-lions of kids. What are our children learningwhen we let star players off without so muchas a slap on the wrist (although they do getslapped on the ass quite a bit, but it’s not thesame thing). I think all professional sportsplayers should be above reproach, or be fired.Especially since there are so many able bodiedback-ups sitting on the bench.

As a country we like to gather at the watercooler and bemoan the violence that takesplace daily, then go home and pay-per-viewprofessional athletes who bring guns to workand beat their wives. At some point we maywant to look at what it means to win at anycost, and then just play for the love of thegame. (Also, let’s readjust the NFL’s tax stand-ing to reflect their “for profit” status.) I can’twait ’til next year! It’s not every Sunday I get totake an afternoon nap after gorging myself oncows-in-a-poncho.*

*Local vernacular for the Super Bowlsnack food also known as pigs-in-a-blanket.

Winning and the NFL; who to root for?

Hire Stein(Editor’s note: This letter was sent to theRE-1 school board).

Dear Editor:I have tried very hard to contact each

school board member, but to no avail. Notone of them has returned my call, or thephone number I was given no longer works.

It is unconscionable not to make RobStein head of the RE-1 school district. Hehas bought a home in this district and hasalready demonstrated his great ability. Thelady should bow out gracefully as she indi-cated she would, instead of choosing tohang on to the job.

Pat FenderCarbondale

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 Extended Table soup kitchens in Rifleand Glenwood Springs served 18,509 meals,which is a record in 19 years of operation.

Our devoted volunteers gave 18,141hours of service at the pantries, soup kitchensand thrift stores.

LIFT-UP’s thrift stores in Rifle and Para-chute generated over $250,000 in sales to helpfund our vital programs and services, whileproviding 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 re-sulted in more than $1 million in food. We

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CorrectionLast week’s Sopris Sun thank-you

ad incorrectly stated a business’sname. The correct name is Blue SkyWoodCraft.

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Applies to three offive membersBy John ColsonSopris Sun Correspondent

The elected leaders of Carbondale’s firedistrict have concluded that fire board mem-bers, individually, should not be talking withnews reporters about fire district policy, andshould leave media contacts up to the pres-ident and vice-president of the board.

That decision was made “six monthsago” at a meeting of the board of directorsof the Carbondale & Rural Fire ProtectionDistrict, according to fire board presidentGene Schilling.

It is a policy that he recently cited whencriticizing another fire board member, CarlSmith, who was elected last year after acampaign in which he was critical of theway the district is being run.

Smith last month had spoken with re-porters about the district’s ongoing searchfor a consulting firm to write up a new dis-trict master plan. Specifically, Smith hadconfirmed that he asked that the price tagsassociated with four proposals, from fourdifferent firms, be made public, and abouthis reasons for that position.

At the time of Smith’s comments, Schillingwas out of town, meaning that under theboard’s policy reporters should have spokenonly with vice president Mike Kennedy, whoconcurred with Schilling in not making pub-lic the price tags associated with the master

plan proposals.The proposals have since been made pub-

lic, including the price tags (see related story).But Schilling, at a Jan. 28 meeting of the

fire board where the proposals were dis-cussed, reminded Smith of the board’s unan-imous decision six months ago regardingmedia contacts and suggested that the policymust be followed.

Speaking to The Sopris Sun by phone onWednesday, Schilling confirmed that the pol-icy amounts to a decision to present only a“united front” concerning board policies,rather than allow differing viewpoints to beaired publicly.

“We, as a board, need to get together” indiscussing district policy, Schilling said,adding that the policy is “just like here at thepolice department, where I am the one whotalks to the media,” or Lt. Chris Wurtsmithwhen Shilling cannot be reached.

Schilling conceded that “it is a little bitdifferent situation” when considering thecase of publicly elected members of a specialdistrict board of directors, but added, “We,as a board, have decided to go that way”and follow the no-contact policy.

If a board member objects to a particularpolicy, Schilling continued, “They can discussboard business (with the media) if they wantto, as an individual … but not as a boardmember,” although he admitted that theboard has no method for punishing boardmembers who violate the no-contact policy.

To illuminate his reasoning for the pol-icy, Schilling said that during last year’s elec-tion, Smith had told reporters he wanted to

“get rid of” the district’s “command trailer,”which is used as a command post duringfire-fighting campaigns.

But Smith, Schilling maintained, did nothave all the facts surrounding the cost anduse of the command trailer. And whenSchilling tried to correct what he said wereinaccuracies contained in Smith’s arguments,“a lot of the information that I gave … gotleft out of the stories.

“You guys were backing Carl,” Schillingsaid referring to The Sopris Sun.

And, he added, “you guys, rather thantaking the facts (and publishing them), weretrying to make it what you wanted it to be,”accusing the paper of picking and choosingwhat it published to conform to Smith’scampaign statements.

In addition, Schilling said, “Right now,my issue is that there’s a lot of negative in-formation getting out about the fire district,”although he declined to say exactly whatspecific information he was referring to.

Smith, at the Jan. 28 board meeting, con-ceded that he had talked with a reporterabout his desire to post the master-plan pro-posals on the district’s website, but statedthat he would abide by the no-contact policy.

“I understand it’s a process, and I raisedthe question, and I will raise questions, butI also live with the answer and support theanswer,” he said at the meeting.

Schilling said at the Jan. 28 meeting, andreiterated in the interview with The SoprisSun this week, that the no-contact policycould be reviewed at an upcoming boardmeeting, possibly on Feb. 11.

Carbondale fire board issues partial gag order

Heading to NYCBy Debbie BruellSopris Sun Correspondent

A total of eighteen Roaring Fork HighSchool students will be heading to the UnitedNations Headquarters in New York City thisMarch. Their mission: to work toward solu-tions to global issues such as the Ebola out-break, the rights of indigenous people and theglobalization of labor, as they join over 2,000other students from around the country andthe world to engage in a four-day simulationof the United Nations.

The RFHS Model UN Club has been as-signed the country of Cambodia. Each stu-dent will represent Cambodia on one of theModel UN committees, such as The WorldBank, Disarmament, and International Se-curity Committee, or the United NationsEducational, Scientific and Cultural Organ-ization (UNESCO).

In preparation for the conference, the stu-dents have been conducting extensive re-search on Cambodia and international issues,reviewing UN resolutions, learning about thehistory of the UN and international diplo-macy, writing Cambodian position papersand honing their public speaking skills.

Sophomore Tavia Teitler told The SoprisSun why she joined the club: “I tend to be-lieve that all the problems in the worldcould and should be solved by talking aboutthem rather than fighting and killing each

other, so I figured it would be good for meto learn more about diplomacy and whatrole I could potentially have in helping tosolve world problems.”

Joselinne Medrano, junior, said that whatshe is most excited about is “not sleeping.”She explained that Model UN simulates thereal UN experience to such an extent that oc-casionally issues arise and emergency meet-ings need to be called for certain committeesin the middle of the night.

Several of the students spoke about how

interesting it has been to learn about a coun-try so different from their own. “Only about15 percent of all Cambodian householdshave electricity,” noted Tavia.

“There are lots of laws in Cambodia thatare supposed to protect women from oppres-sion and abuse, but they’re not being imple-mented,” junior Naomi Pulver told The Sun.

“There’s lot of depressing information, butthere’s also information that’s inspiring toread about,” said junior Fiona Laird. “Thereare all these problems in the world, but there

are also people out there solving lots them —like maternal health is improving.”

While individual and group awards areannounced at the end of the conference, theRFHS students appreciate that the emphasisof the conference is on collaboration andteamwork. The overall goal is for each com-mittee to work together to create a resolution.

Roaring Fork High School teachers MattWells and Matt Whisler started the ModelUN Club this year. Both teachers come to theRFHS club with years of Model UN experi-ence. Wells headed up the Aspen High SchoolModel UN Club for eight years and took stu-dents to the Central America Model UN con-ference when he was a teacher in Honduras.

According to Wells, the Model UN ex-perience deepens kids’ understanding ofglobal issues; provides them with a uniqueopportunity to interact with bright, inter-esting kids from around the world; and de-velops kids’ public speaking skills. “Thesestudents will be speaking formally in frontof groups ranging from 25 to 200 other stu-dents, and they’ll be participating in intensenegotiations with small groups of studentsthat they’ve never met before,” Wells said.

“I thought it would just be us (the RFHSclub) discussing these issues—I didn’t expectto be a part of something so big!” juniorJasmin Tellez said.

“More than anything else,” Wells said,“the experience is confidence-building.”

While teachers help the students prepare

Model UN Club gears up at Roaring Fork High School

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Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeline Albright (far left) discusses the Model UN pro-gram with club members Mario Alverde (left), Fiona Laird (center) and Joselinne Medrano(right) during a backstage visit at Thunder River Theatre last December. Other ModelUN Club members are: Erik Carillo, Yasmin Castillo, Nick Penzel, Leah Allen, EmilyMata, Emily Bruell, Kelly Walgren, Lorena Aguilar, Naomi Pulver, Jimmy Serrano, ReedFeatherstone, Tavia Teitler, Jasmine Tellez and Fabian Rico. Sopris Sun file photo

Fire board continuesmaster plan bid processBy John ColsonSopris Sun Correspondent

Officials with the Carbondale &Rural Fire Protection District last weekput off a decision on hiring a consultantto put together a new district master plan,and will be meeting again tonight (Feb. 5)to talk with the prospective consultants.

Fire Board President Gene Schillingtold The Sopris Sun on Tuesday that hehopes a decision will be made at the Feb.5 meeting about whether to hire onefirm or take a different tack, such assplitting up the tasks inherent in the mas-ter plan process among one or more ofthe four companies that have made pro-posals for the job.

The fire board met on Jan. 28 to in-terview the candidate firms about themaster planning effort, for which the dis-trict has earmarked up to $90,000.

The four candidate firms are:• Mark Chain and Associates, headed

by a former fire board member and longtime planning consultant in the RoaringFork Valley, Mark Chain of Carbondale.Chain’s firm proposed to do the job for$98,000, according to Schilling;

• Jviation, a Denver-based firm thatemploys one-time Carbondale fire de-partment volunteer Hilary Fletcher, andwhich focuses primarily on aviation-re-lated master planning work but alsoworks in such areas as roads and high-

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The streets department continues deal-ing with ice, snow, dust and dirt on thestreets, as the unseasonably warm dayscombine with chilly nights.

Town Manager Jay Harrington re-ported, in his weekly memo to the Board ofTrustees on Jan. 30, that the town’s streetsweeper “needed a new broom” aftersweeping up street debris a week earlier. Anew broom has been ordered and received,and was to have been installed by this week.

Other work by the streets crew includesan effort to “re-establish the street lights onVillage Road,” which entails installation ofnew conduits and bases on some lights.

Harrington reported that new LEDlights have been ordered for the streetlamps, but that the delivery date has yet tobe confirmed. He noted that the town em-ployees are working with Western SlopeElectric to get the lights going.

The parks department crew also is stilloccupied by ice, in this case at points alongthe town’s trails system. The parks crewalso is working on sprucing up open spacesalong the trails and keeping the dog-wastestations maintained, and on painting town-owned amenities at the town shop.

Carbondale now has an officially cer-tified town arborist after David Coonsuccessfully completed training and ex-amination at a facility in Denver earlier in

the winter.On the subject of trees, Harrington re-

ported that all the old Christmas trees havebeen chipped in the parking lot across fromtown hall, and any citizens needing a littletree mulch for their yards should feel freeto stop by and haul some of it away.

Harrington and Public Works DirectorLarry Ballenger continue their review of theRoaring Fork Transportation Authority’sAccess Control Plan, which is intended toprovide controls for all public and privateaccess points along the Rio Grand Rail andTrail corridor between Woody Creek andthe “Y” in Glenwood Springs. Harringtonpromised that there will be a memo to thetrustees summarizing his and Ballenger’sanalysis of the plan, at some future date.

Warming temperatures have caused theice to soften at the town’s rinks, forcing theYouth Hockey lessons to shift to broom-ball versus ice skating. Still, Harringtonwrote, the participants are able to work onpositioning and passing skills while wait-ing for temperatures to drop and the ice tofreeze solid. Harrington reported thatweather reports call for cooling tempera-tures in the coming days and weeks.

He also wrote that the Adult BroomballTournament was scheduled to begin lastweek, and that the Adult Volleyball Leagueis ongoing with regular games on Mondays.

In other recreation news, Harrington

noted that the Youth Basketball Leaguegames were scheduled to continue thisweek and into March, with games againstteams from Aspen, Basalt and GlenwoodSprings. The recreation department hasboth girls’ and boys’ teams, at various agelevels, and information about registrationcan be found at www.carbondalerec.org.

Also continuing are the Youth Climbingclasses, which start a new session this weekand offers classes as different levels of ex-pertise and different ages. Harrington re-ported there were 19 participants signed upas of Jan. 30.

The town’s ongoing specialty class, calledBase Camp Cycling, was set to add addi-tional classes this month and in March dueto demand, Harrington wrote. The addi-tional classes were scheduled for Mondayand Wednesday mornings from 7 to 8 a.m.

And the Summit Conditioning class,which aims to get people ready for thespring and summer hiking seasons, “is see-ing increased participation” with 10 stu-dents in the morning classes and 8 studentsat the noon sessions, Harrington stated.

Potato Day 2015 will be held on Oct. 3,the town was informed by organizers re-cently, which means that Celtic Fest/Ok-toberfest celebrations will be moved offthat month’s First Friday and will be heldon the second weekend of October, Har-rington reported.

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

FRIDay, Jan. 23: at 7:19 p.m. policeresponded to a fight at an address onColorado Avenue and arrested awoman on charges of harassment anddomestic violence.

FRIDay, Jan. 23: at 2:30 p.m. police werecalled to a disturbance on South 2ndStreet but found, upon arrival, that it in-volved “a civil issue between mother andson” and left the scene.

SaTURDay, Jan. 24: at 3:56 a.m. policecontacted a local man for his alleged fail-ure to drive on the right side of the road.After investigation, police arrested theman on a charge of drunk driving andother allegations.

MONDay, Jan. 26: at 5:53 p.m. officersresponded to a two-vehicle crash at theHighway 133 roundabout, and ticketed ayoung lady for changing lanes when it wasnot safe.

TUESDay, Jan. 27: At three minutes pastmidnight, police stopped a car driven by ayoung woman on Main Street for havinga defective headlight, and then arrested theyoung woman on suspicion of drivingwhile under the influence of alcohol.

TUESDay, Jan. 27: at 9:20 a.m. policewere called to a trashy accident on SebreePlace, in which a garbage truck and acompost truck collided with each other.


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Kian (left) and Danny (right) Sullivan were two of the record number 125 skiers who turned out under mostly blue skies and warm sun for the 23rd annual Ski for Sisufund-raiser at the Spring Gulch trail system southwest of Carbondale on Feb. 1. Seven people skied 50 kilometers: Helen Carlsen, Laurie Guevara-Stone, Patrick Johnson,Timothy Lindhold, Jan Stenstadvold, and Tripp and Gabriella Sutro. The event raised almost $10,000 for the Mount Sopris Nordic Council, which maintains Spring Gulch.On a related note, the MSNC reports it has not yet reached its membership goal for the year. For details or to sign up, go to springgulch.org. Photo by Lynn Burton

Weird winterSome folks are telling each other this winter is the weirdest they can remember, ex-

cluding the no-snow season of 1976-77 when Independence Pass didn’t close until Janu-ary. A mid-November snowstorm dumped 4-6 inches in and around Carbondale thisseason, which sent kids to the RVR sledding hill at least two or three weeks earlier thannormal. Soon after, night-time temperatures dropped below zero for a week or two. Thenit warmed back up and didn’t snow much in December. January was the second driest onrecord in Aspen, and down in Carbondale, clouds seemed to spit more rain than snow. Atthe Delaney dog park over the weekend, one guy with 35 years in the valley was ex-pounding on his “weird winter” observation to a guy with 25 years and concluded, “It’llbe really weird if it’s like this next year.” Guy number two reached down with his Chuckit,snagged a ball, give it a toss for his eager border collie then put a global warming spin onthe conversation with “Maybe we should get used to it.”

Plant’s mountaineering in EuropeWord has it Lindsay Plant is on the four-member U.S. National Ski Mountaineer-

ing Team, which is competing in the world championships in Verbier, Switzerland onFeb. 5-12. She joins Aspen’s Max Taam and Jessie Young, and Snowmass Village na-tive Rory Kelly. Ski mountaineering combines uphill dashes on light skis, followed byboot packing up steep pitches, and then skiing down on difficult trails. For more on theevent, visit verbier2015.ch.

bays promoted to senior VPRoaring Fork High School alum Ian Bays (class of 1991) was recently promoted to sen-

ior vice president/manager at Alpine Bank-Carbondale. After graduating from TeikyoLoretto Heights University in 1995, Bays spent six years in Hokkadio, Japan, and re-turned to Carbondale in 2004. Bays also serves as president of the Carbondale SeniorHousing Authority and is a member of the Mt. Sopris Rotary Club.

beer newsThe Roaring Fork Beer Company is holding its first-ever homebrew competition

through March 14. The contest is sanctioned by the American Homebrew Association.The winner will have the opportunity to brew a batch on RFBC’s commercial system,have it tapped in the tasting room then entered into the pro-am competition at the GreatAmerican Beer Fest. For more on the RFBC competition, to go roaringforkbeerco.com,or e-mail Jerod Day at [email protected]. The Roaring Fork Beer Companytasting room is located at 1941 Dolores Way.

They say it’s your birthdayFolks celebrating their birthday this week include: Sara McAllister (Feb. 10); and Linda

Criswell, Georgia Chamberlain and Anne Goldberg (Feb. 11).


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Rumor dispelled. The Goat restaurant did not close.In fact — in its newly expanded space — it’s more“open” than ever. The Goat is located at 995 CowenDrive in Carbondale.

If you ask The Goat’s owner, Stacey Baldock, how heroff-the-beaten-path restaurant got its name, she’ll tell youit kind of came out of the blue. When she and her partnerclosed Hestia in Basalt and moved to Carbondale eight ornine years ago, they knew they wanted to open a smallplace here. They had a vision for the type of place but stilldidn’t have a name. One day, she walked past one of Car-bondale’s public art sculptures downtown — a green goat.And that was it. After considering “The Green Goat” or“The Med Goat” (since the restaurant would have aMediterranean bent), they settled on, simply, “The Goat.”

Which seems arbitrary enough until you spend timetalking with Stacey about the restaurant’s history and re-cent expansion. Her determination and persistence (not tomention stubborn conviction that she could make TheGoat work in a non-Main Street location) reminds one ofa certain remarkably sure-footed, strong-willed, yet loyalanimal. We’ll leave it to you readers to decide which iscause and which effect.

HestiaThe Goat’s first home in Carbondale was on Main Street

near Crystal River Spas. Then Stacey opened Hestia in thespace now operated by Town. restaurant and subsequentlyclosed The Goat. Her old customers would stop in to Hes-


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The Rotary Club of Carbondale announces its 2014-15 communitygrant recipients: Andy Zanca YouthEmpowerment youth radio program,Home Care and Hospice of the Valley, the Sopris Sun communitynewspaper, and KDNK CommunityRadio.

Each of these local nonprofit organizations will receive an initialgrant of $4,000, plus additional fund-ing from the Rotary Club’s majorfundraiser for the year, the 2015 Happening dinner, dance and auction.

Mark your calendar now for thisyear’s Happening, taking place onSaturday, June 20. Ticket informationwill be posted soon on the club web-site at www.rotarycarbondale.org, or contact any morning club memberfor details.

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UPCOMING PROGRAMS

Feb. 11 – Herschel Ross, film critic

Feb. 18 – Asadour Santourian, Aspen Music Festival

Feb. 25 – Colin Laird, Third Street Center

March 4 – Eric Brendlinger, Carbondale Recreation Center

March 11 – Mary Harris, Audubon Society

March 18 – John Quinn, Home Care/Hospice of the Valley

For program suggestions, contact Rick Carlson,[email protected]

The Goat owner Stacey Baldock has operated restaurants at two locations on Main Street and in the Cowen Center,where she recently expanded. Photo by Jane BachrachRESTAURANT EXPANSION page 9


tia for a meal and tell her how much they missedthe smaller restaurant. Eventually, Stacey longedfor that simpler business herself. She fell in lovewith the current location on Cowen Drive as apossible place to bring The Goat back. In Sep-tember of 2011, it reopened there as a lunchplace and deli only, with limited staff. WhenHestia closed a year later, it enabled Stacey tobring members of her staff with her and to ex-pand the menu and hours to include dinner.Loyal customers followed them and things havegrown through word of mouth ever since.

a space for allWhen the consignment store next door

moved out, Stacey eyed the space with interest.But she couldn’t get the terms of a lease to pen-cil out. Then, when the building eventually wentinto foreclosure, the new landlord, CommunityBanks of Colorado, worked with her to comeup with a viable expansion plan. The bank cov-ered the structural changes required and she didwhat she refers to as “the cotton candy” — allthe rest. In fact, she did it all pretty much herself.She laid the floors, put up the paneling, painted,created the chalkboards, and designed the light-ing. As she told The Sopris Sun, “It was awe-some to break out the power tools again.Besides, the price was right. All the bids came inand mine won.” She says the biggest challengehas been to make the entire space — old andnew parts — look and feel continuous. As thisarticle goes to press, she says they are about 80percent of the way there.

In addition to enlarging the dining area, the

expansion includes a bigger prep area in thekitchen and more storage space. This has en-abled The Goat’s menu to be expanded to in-clude more weekly and monthly specials.Seating options have also been added: TheGoat now offers booths, high-tops and com-munity tables as additions to its original tables,as well as a redesigned bar. “We wanted to fitdifferent dining needs and preferences,” Staceytold The Sun.

When asked what about The Goat makesher happiest, she emphasized the location. “Weare so much more successful in this location[than on Main Street]. Everything is right. It hasall the great things: great parking, great patio.”There were plenty of naysayers back when shedecided to close Hestia and make a go of theCowen Drive location, but she pushed forward.“I needed to hope that if enough people enjoyedour services at Hestia, they would come thewhole mile from Main Street to see us. And ifwe weren’t good enough to succeed, then weweren’t good enough to be in the business.”

Although the restaurant now spans west toinclude windows looking toward Highway 133,don’t expect to see a sign for The Goat any timesoon. “Friends tell friends,” Stacey told The Sun.“And the room’s full of friends that way.”

Oh, and as long as we are dispelling rumors… Stacey’s role in the start-up of the new restau-rant at Ironwood was a consulting role only,helping to get the enterprise up and running, ad-vising on menus, hiring management. Oncethose things were accomplished, she turned 100percent of her attention back to The Goat.

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Shaking things up behind her redesigned bar. In front of the bar, the expandedGoat features booths, high-tops and community tables, as well as The Goat’soriginal tables. Photo by Jane Bachrach


THURSDAY Feb. 53D PRINTING • The Anderson Ranch ArtCenter’s Diego Madera gives a presenta-tion on 3D printing at the Launchpad at5:30 p.m. Madera holds a degree in indus-trial design from Universidad NacionalAutonoma de Mexico. This is part ofCCAH’s Artist Beat series; there’ll be lighthappy hour libations and snacks. 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 YogaSociety and the Shakti Foundation presentmusician/activist Michael Franti at theHotel Jerome Grand Ballroom from 3:30to 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $40 in advanceand $50 at the door. For details, go to as-penyogasociety.org.

LIbRaRy bOaRD MEETS • The GarfieldCounty Library Board meets at the Car-bondale Branch Library at 6 p.m., with a Fi-nance Committee meeting at 5 p.m. Info:625-4270.

CaUCUS MEETS • The Crystal RiverCaucus meets at the Church at Redstone at7 p.m. Input is especially needed for thosewho are or might be involved with specialevents, including outdoor weddings, ac-cording to a press release.

ROTaRy • The Mt. Sopris Rotary meetsat Mi Casita at noon every Thursday.

FRI.-SUN. Feb. 6-8WINTER FEST • Redstone Winter Festtakes place with music, ice climbing clin-ics a dog parade, bonfire and more. Info:redstonecolorado.com.

FRIDAY Feb. 6FaT FRIDay • The third annual Fat Fri-day Mardi Gras parade heads down MainStreet at 4:30 p.m. The struttin’ andjumpin’ starts at Second and Main streetsand concludes somewhere in the vicinityof Weant Boulevard. As of press time, theentrants included: Berthod Motors, Car-bondale Cub Scout Troop 235, the Car-bondale Recreation Department, CaseyConcrete, Crystal River Spas, High Coun-try Honda, Mt. Sopris Rotary, RoaringFork Valley Co-Op, Sopris Liquor &Wine, The Sopris Sun, The Pour House,the Village Smithy and others. Prizes willbe awarded in the following categories:Best Overall Float, Runner Up, and BestEffort/Thanks for Trying/Better LuckNext Year. The parade entry fee is $25.Info: 963-1890. The parade kicks off thismonth’s First Friday.

MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents“The Imitation Game” (PG-13) at 7:30 p.m.Feb. 6-12 except Feb. 8, which will showonly at 5 p.m and “Wild” (R) at 5 p.m. onFeb. 7.

TNHa • True Nature Healing Arts (100 N.Third St.) hosts gong and singing bowlmeditation from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Dave Star-bear Avalos and Pam Davis will lead thegroup. Please arrive early and refrain from

wearing perfume or fragrance. Info: 963-9900 or truenaturehealingarts.com.

DROP IN • Bonedale Ballet and Coredina-tion (located in the Bridges Center on So-pris Avenue) invites folks to drop in from 4to 7 p.m. and observe yoga and Pilatesclasses and demonstrations, and rehearsalsfor ballet, tap and modern dance perform-ances. All ages are welcome.

CLay CENTER • The Carbondale ClayCenter (at the east end of Main Street) hostsMolly Berger and her show “A Thing LikeHome)” from 6 to 8 p.m. Berger hails fromReading, Pennsylvania, and recently movedto the Roaring Fork Valley from Boulder.The show continues through Feb. 27. Info:963-2529 or carbondaleclay.org.

LIVE MUSIC • Carbondale Beer Works onMain Street presents Hell Roaring StringBand from 9 p.m. to midnight.

LIVE MUSIC • The Black Nugget onMain Street presents the Beatles tributeband Doctor Robert at 9:30 p.m. There’sno cover.

LIVE MUSIC • CCAH presents localband Saddle The Unicorn (Sarah More-house, William Brown, Dylan Fixmer andMorgan Williams) from 6 to 8 p.m. TheLaunchpad itself will open its doors forFirst Friday from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. The35th annual Valley Visual Art Show iscurrently on display. Info: 963-1680 orcarbondalearts.com.

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

LIVE MUSIC • The Roaring Fork BeerCompany on Dolores Way presents Josh &Ananda (acoustic) from 5 to 8 p.m.

LIVE PaINTING • Marcel Kahhak willpaint in his Dinkel Building studio from 6to 8:30 p.m. The painting he produces willbe love themed. Beverages and hors d’oeu-vres will be served.

PINEWOOD DERby • Carbondale BoyScout Troop 235 races their homemadepinewood derby cars from 5 to 7 p.m. atCrystal River Elementary School. The pub-lic is invited to come out and watch.

LIVE MUSIC • Rivers restaurant in Glen-wood presents the No Joes from 9 p.m. tomidnight. No cover. Upcoming bands are:Corn Bred Fed (Feb. 13) and the LeonardCurry Trio (Feb. 20).

SATURDAY Feb. 7MOUNTaIN bIKES • The Rassle theCastle fat bike and snowshoe race/run/walk will be staged in Redstone as part ofWinter Fest. The bike race starts at 9 a.m.and makes two loops around the Red-stone Castle. The snowshoe race/walkstarts at 11 a.m. and makes one loop(5K). Pre-registration is available at AlohaMountain Cyclery and Independence Runand Hike, and also at the castle on raceday. The entry fee is $20 for adults and$10 for kids. Proceeds benefit the Cal-away-Young Cancer Center at ValleyView Hospital. Info: 704-1843 and red-stonecolorado.com.

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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Faith Lutheran Church purchased the Doctors Medical building at 1340 Highway 133. The congregation plans on renovating the building during the coming years converting the waiting area and front of�ces into a sanctuary and renovating the back portion of the building into a Child Care Center to serve the needs of the Carbondale Community.

Faith Lutheran Church is the result of the recent merger of Messiah Lutheran Church in Aspen and Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Glenwood Springs. Faith Lutheran Church is being served by the Rev. Thomas Thierfelder Mdiv, Ordained pastor of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. The Child Care Center is under the direction of Mrs. Cindi Maynard.

Located at 744 Merrill Ave.

serving 3-5 year olds. The daycare center is a ministry

of Faith Lutheran Church.

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LIVE MUSIC • The Crystal Club presentsthe Lionel Young Band at 7 p.m. The bandwon the 2011 International Blues Chal-lenge in Memphis. Young himself hasworked with the likes of Count Basie, Ste-vie Wonder, Jimmy Page, Linda Ronstadtand others. Info: 963-9515.

CHENREZIG PURIFICaTION • TheWay of Compassion Foundation offers aday-long Chenrezig Purification from 9a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Third Street Center.Info: wayofcompassion.org.

EaGLE CREST • The Saturday WinterMarket continues at Eagle Crest Nurseyin El Jebel on Saturdays from 11:30 a.m.to 4:30 p.m. Check out the local pro-duce, food, coffee, clothing, accessoriesand more.

SUNDAY Feb. 8aSC • A Spiritual Center in the Third StreetCenter presents Yolanda Del Hierro (Ti-betan rites) at 10 a.m. On Feb. 15 it’s LarryGottlieb (“The Seers Explanation”) and onFeb. 22 Lisa Dancing Light (live music).Info: 963-5516.

MONDAY Feb. 9KING CHaRLES RETURNS • TheDance Initiative presents Chicago Foot-work workshops with King Charles at theLaunchpad. King Charles is an originalmember of FootworkKINGZ and has beenfeatured on “America’s Got Talent” and“America’s Best Dance Crew.” A workshopfor kids 10 and under takes place from 4 to5 p.m. ($10); a workshop for teens and

adults is at 5:15 p.m. ($15). Workshops arealso offered in Aspen on Feb. 10. Info: dan-ceinitiative.org and 544-9771.

MEDITaTION • Silent meditation is heldat the Launchpad from 6:45 to 7:30 a.m.on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.Please bring your own cushion or chair.Info: meditationcarbondale.weebly.com.

TUESDAY Feb. 10TWO-STEP TUESDay • Foot stompin’fun continues at the Third Street Centerwith Two-Step Tuesday. An intro for two-step beginners is offered from 7 to 7:30p.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/.

NEW HISTORy TaLK • Winter Wordspresents author George Packer at PaepckeAuditorium on the Aspen Institute campusat 6 p.m. Packer will discuss his NationalBook Award winning work “The Unwind-ing: An Inner History of the New America”with Aspen Times reporter Andrew Travers.Info: aspenshowtix.com or aspenwords.org.

aRT DEMO • The Glenwood Springs ArtGuild gives a free demonstration titled“Color and Composition” at the GoodShepherd Lutheran Church (16300 GrandAve.) at 7 p.m. Info: 274-3325.

WEDNESDAY Feb. 11NaTURaLIST NIGHTS • The Naturalist

Nights series at the Third Street Centerpresents the film “Ordinary ExtraordinaryJunco” at 5:30 p.m. It’s free. Upcomingevents are a wilderness pecha kucha withCCAH on Feb. 18, and “Lessons in Pro-tecting Wildlands from Oil and Gas Devel-opment” with the Wilderness Society’sPeter Aengst on Feb. 15.

LIVE MUSIC • Dan Rosenthal hosts openmic nights from 8 to 10 p.m. every Wednes-day at Rivers restaurant in GlenwoodSprings.

CULTURE CLUb • The Carbondale Cul-tural Club in the Third Street Center pres-ents ophthalmologist Mathew Erlich, whowill present “Laser cataract surgery: seewithout glasses” at noon.

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].

Further Out

Save the DateFRI.-SAT. Feb. 13-14bURLESQUE • Roaring Fork Follies presentsLe Burlesque de L’Amour at the Launchpad.Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8p.m. Tickets are $25 with a limited number ofVIP tickets are $50. They are available at Down-hill Boardshop and at eventbrite.com (underRoaring Fork Follies). Some proceeds benefit theAdvocate Safehouse.

Hold the PressesJaZZ aT RFHS • The 14th annual Jazz AspenSnowmass Honors Jazz Festival takes place atRoaring Fork High School on Feb. 6-7, with a freepublic performance Feb. 7 at 5 p.m. The festivalfeatures middle and high school musicians andvocalists from more than 16 schools (a jazz choirand four big bands). Guest clinicians this year areJeff Jenkins of CU-Boulder, Dr. Sean Flanigan ofColorado Mesa, Carbondale’s own Tim Fox andJAS educator Chris Harrison. The vocal cliniciansare Jonathan Gorst and Brad Pregeant.

SATURDAY Feb. 14SyMPHONy SWING • Symphony in theValley presents its annual Symphony Swingdinner/dance at the Hotel Colorado in Glen-wood Springs beginning at 7 p.m. The pro-gram includes Big Band and Sinatra favoritesfeaturing solo vocals by Jeannie Walla,Stephanie Askew, Jack Lanning, LandonChurchill, and Nathan and Anna Wubbena.Featured musicians include Karen Tafejianand Frank Martin of Sirens fame. Tickets are$80 each, with tables of 10 available for

$1,000, and are available at sitv.org. Proceedsgo to support the Symphony in the Valleycommunity orchestra. Symphony Swing willalso be presented at the Grand River HealthBallroom in Rifle on Feb. 13.

THURS.-SAT. Feb. 19-21LaFF FEST • The Wheeler Opera Househosts the fifth annual Aspen Laff Festival. Co-medians include Hippieman and his “Plan forAmerica,” Jim Breuer, Andrew Sleighter andothers. Info: aspenshowtix.com.


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Fire district om page 3ways, bridges, civic and municipal development andwater/wastewater planning, according to informa-tion available on the Internet. Jviation’s proposalcame in at $150,000, Schilling reported;

• Almont Associates, a Florida firm that origi-nated more than 20 years ago in the unincorporatedtown of Almont, Colorado, in Gunnison County.The firm reportedly still maintains an office there,and its focus is on fire, police and other emergency-services planning and public safety issues, accord-ing to its website. Almont’s proposal carried a pricetag of $68,225, Schilling said;

• Fitch & Associates, a Missouri-based companythat boasts of nearly 30 years of experience in plan-ning for fire and emergency medical services dis-tricts. The bid from Fitch & Associates came in at$66,400, according to Schilling.

The master plan is an outgrowth of a 2013 taxhike election, in which voters rejected the district’s re-quest for additional tax revenues to overcome lossesof revenues due to the recent national recession.

District officials have warned taxpayers that thedistrict is facing serious fiscal problems and mustfind ways to boost its revenues or be faced with cut-ting the quantity and quality of services provided todistrict residents.

DelayAmong the reasons for a delay in the proceed-

ings, Schilling said, was to give the board time to ex-plore the idea of applying for grant funds to pay forthe master planning effort.

But, upon investigation, it turned out that a grantapplication process would take until at least April,“and we didn’t want to wait that long to get going,”

Schilling said.At the Jan. 28 meeting, Schilling confirmed that

the board discussed splitting up the master-planningcontract in some way, specifically whether or not ei-ther Chain or Fletcher could take on the local out-reach aspects of the process, as they are familiarwith the area and the needs of the district.

But, Schilling continued, “We’re not sure howwe’re going to go yet.”

He said the board recognizes that any delaycould pose logistical problems for getting a tax-hikequestion on a ballot in 2015.

“That’s why we’re meeting on the fifth,” Schillingsaid, “because we didn’t want to push it out furtherand further.”

Although he declined to predict what will hap-pen at the meeting on Feb. 5, Schilling said hehopes that “we’ll be able to say whether we wanta hybrid [contract arrangement], or if we wantMark Chain Consulting … or if there’s some stuffin here [the formal Request For Proposals] wedon’t really need.”

If no decision is made on Feb. 5, Schilling said,the next regular board meeting is on Feb. 11.

“I figure at that next board meeting we shouldhave everything finalized,” he declared. “That’smy hope.”

The fire fighters and equipment of the districtserve approximately 15,000 residents in a 320-square-mile area that includes the towns of Car-bondale in Garfield County, Redstone in PitkinCounty and Marble in Gunnison County.

Founded in 1953, the department has 19 careerpersonnel and 68 volunteer personnel, according toinformation on its website, www.carbondalefire.org.

Phone scam targetsGarfield CountySopris Sun Staff Report

Garfield County has recently been targeted by a phone call scamrelatively new to the area, according to the Garfield County Sheriff’sDepartment.

Citizens are being called and told that they owe money to the IRS or U.S.Treasury. They are further told that if they do not make an immediate pay-ment, they will be subject to arrest and/or additional financial penalties.

Recipients telephone caller ID may show either an unknown, a seriesof zeros or in some cases (through a procedure known as ghosting) mayreflect an actual IRS call back number.

“Since calls to an IRS number generally require the caller to hold any-where from 15 to 60 minutes, even if you call back to try to verify the in-formation there will be a wait,” said a sheriff’s department spokesman.

Most people who call back the number and find it to be an IRS num-ber unwittingly will assume the call is legitimate and may be tempted tobelieve the scammer. The caller will usually ask for a credit or debit cardnumber to settle the matter or instruct the citizen to send the moneythrough a “wire” service or a cash-card purchase found at many localstores to avoid further action.

“Be advised that our government at any level will generally notify youby mail if you owe money and allow you the opportunity to make legit-imate arrangements to pay any outstanding debts you may have,” thespokesman continued. “That paper trail protects you and them if thereis a future need to re-visit an issue.”

Beyond the immediate phone scam, the sheriff’s department is alsoadvising residents to be wary of anyone who calls asking for personal in-formation, money or an immediate payment of any amount through per-sonal accounts or non-traceable “cash” cards and cash transfers.

Other active phone schemes in the area include promises to deliverproducts or services such as satellite TV/Direct TV. “The list goes on, butin each case the citizen is being requested to make an immediate pay-ment or deposit through a credit or debit card or to transfer moneythrough a local service to another address or location.

Emry Foote puts up a shot in Carbondale’s third/fourth grade #2 team win over Glen-wood’s #3 team on Monday afternoon. The Carbondale Recreation Department hasnine teams total (boys and girls) in a league that includes Basalt, Aspen and Glenwood.Lynn Burton photo

Sopris Sun Staff ReportGarfield Clean Energy, the town of

Carbondale and CLEER will providehome-energy visits and free energy-effi-ciency upgrades to 57 income-qualifiedhouseholds in Garfield County throughthe 2015 Home Energy Program, ac-cording to a press release.

“This program is for households withincomes that are just a bit too high toqualify for the region’s other free weath-erization program,” said Erica Sparhawk,program director for CLEER, whichmanages Garfield Clean Energy.

Depending on the needs of the home,energy upgrades could include a furnaceor boiler tune-up and safety check, in-sulation and air sealing, high-efficiencyrefrigerator, high-efficiency water heater,CFL light bulbs, storm windows, pro-grammable thermostat and low-flowshower heads.

“Households won’t have to pay forany of these improvements,” Sparhawksaid.

The home-energy visits and energyupgrades are being paid for through agrant from the Colorado Department ofPublic Health and Environment, byfunding from the town of Carbondale’sClean Energy 2020 program, and by the

energy utilities serving Garfield County:Xcel Energy, Holy Cross Energy, Glen-wood Springs Electric and SourceGas.

A percentage of the visits and up-grades are earmarked for Carbondaleresidents, according to a CLEERspokeswoman.

For rental housing, landlords will beasked to pay for up to 50 percent of theupgrades, Sparhawk noted.

For more information on the pro-gram, contact CLEER at 704-9200 [email protected].

The income guidelines are as follows:Family size and income range1 person, up to $41,4002 people, up to $47,3003 people, up to $53,2004 people, up to $59,1005 people, up to $63,8506 people, up to $68,6007 people, up to $73,3008 people, up to $78,050“We see a great need for helping

low-income families and seniors reducetheir utility costs. Energy efficiency up-grades are the best way to meet thatneed,” Sparhawk said. “We hope to findadditional funding for this effort, be-cause we will be meeting just a smallportion of the need in 2015.”


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Cirque d’Sopris

Billed as “a youth show of design, daring anddance,” CCAH’s Cirque d’Sopris once again put kidson the Roaring Fork High School stage for an enter-taining evening on Jan. 31 and afternoon on Feb. 1.

The fashions were designed and sewn by the kids themselves. Imber Design of Paonia set the stage

with inflated sculptures that hung from the ceiling. Musical accompaniment included “Happy” by Pharrell, “Bongo Bong” by Manu Chao,

a remix version of “Who Let the Dogs Out,” “Funny Genius” by Chinese Flutes and

“Blank Space” by Taylor Swift.

Photos by Jane Bachrach


• 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.

• PRIVATE SNOW PLOWING - Placing,dumping or pushing of snow onto city streets or right-of-ways from adjacent properties is prohibited.

• STREET PARKING - Cars parked illegally may be towed.

• SAFETY AROUND PLOWS - Please slowdown and use caution. Keep back a minimum of 50 feet.

• CHILD SAFETY - Please ensure that children refrain from playing on, in and around snow mounds.

Town of BasaltSNOW REMOVAL POLICY

As we begin our annual snow removal efforts, the Town of Basalt asks forcooperation from residents of the Town in the following areas:

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

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

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

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Most of my interviews begin with the question,“Where are you from?” The responses span the UnitedStates and beyond, and are most often a story of reloca-tion involving an initial ski trip that inevitablyturned into more. So it is always a delight to sitwith a home-grown local who may have brieflyleft the Roaring Fork Valley for higher educationbut returned to her roots for both career and,well, the good life that has turned so many of usinto passionate residents of this valley.

The executive director of The Aspen Clinic,Amanda Wagner, was born and raised in Glen-wood Springs and personifies the active lifestylethat brings many to Colorado’s Western Slope. Likemany of us, Amanda has experienced an occasional in-jury with results serious enough to keep her from the ac-tivities she loves.

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“You don’t have to be recovering from injury to ben-efit from our clinic,” says Amanda. “Our facility is foranyone wishing to make positive changes in their life.Our mind, body, spirit approach ensures a nurturing ofeach integral component of your person which leads toyour well being.”

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“We help you determine what you want,what you need, and what you want to bedoing five years from now,” says Amanda.“Then we encourage you to let us figure outhow to get you there.” And corporationstake note: the clinic also works with busi-nesses helping individuals improve healthand productivity by addressing all aspects of

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A Teddy Roosevelt notionBy Trina OrtegaSopris Sun Correspondent

Anyone looking to Zane Kessler to be an absolutist willbe disappointed. The executive director of the Thompson Di-vide Coalition (TDC) has a mission to protect the pristine areawest of Carbondale, but his fight is not about fracking nor isit about driving the oil and gas industry out of Colorado.

As a child raised in an oil-and-gas family from Oklahoma,he acknowledges the nation’s economic need for such natu-ral resource development.

“My grandfather developed his minerals, which helpedpay for my mother to go to college in the same way that mymom and dad’s minerals helped for me and my sisters to goto college,” said Kessler, who moved to Carbondale nearlythree years ago to take over leadership of the TDC. “I recog-nize the benefits that oil and gas provides economically for usas a nation and as a state, but that doesn’t mean we have todevelop every square inch of resource that we have.”

Instead, he seeks to find a balance between that type of in-dustry and the businesses that rely on healthy public lands,including the Thompson Divide — the 221,500 acres of wildand roadless land that Gov. John Hickenlooper has deemeda Colorado “Crown Jewel.”

Kessler, 33, moved to the Roaring Fork Valley from Den-ver with a resume focused on federal energy and natural re-source policy. He graduated in 2005 from Colorado StateUniversity with a bachelor’s degree in political science and nat-ural resources, and a graduate certificate in environmental af-fairs. While in the Denver area, he worked on statewide effortsto advance sustainable energy solutions (biofuels primarily) ata private clean-tech company and additionally worked in theU.S. Senate on energy and natural resource issues.

It was the work he conducted in northern Colorado forU.S. Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Colorado) that drove home theneed to find middle ground when protecting public naturalresources. Kessler had gone from focusing on clean energyresearch and progressive ideas at the university in FortCollins to dealing front-and-center with ranchers whosecrops were dying because of a lack of water.

“That just ultimately taught me that if we can find middle-ground solutions that work for the most people, we can achievewhat Teddy Roosevelt once called ‘real success in civil life,’ theidea that men and women are able to earn a living for theirfamilies, to do right by their neighbors and at the end of theday know that they’ve left the world a little better off and nota little worse because they’ve lived,” Kessler told The SoprisSun. That means finding solutions that protect special lands andthe people whose livelihoods rely on those lands, but also allowfor development that is appropriate in other areas.

Knowing the DivideKessler came to know the Thompson Divide as a youngster

while visiting family in the Roaring Fork Valley, and skiingSunlight and riding dirt bikes on the four-wheel-drive roads inthe Four Mile area. Those experiences influenced his desire tomove to the Roaring Fork Valley and protect those lands.

His efforts are paying off. Since he came on board withthe TDC, the organization has quadrupled the number ofsupporters who favor preserving the land; increased volun-teer capacity by 250 percent; increased the staff to 2.5 em-ployees; launched a major publicity effort, gaining ink innational newspapers including The New York Times andDenver Post; and gained support in the U.S. Senate, specifi-cally the Thompson Divide Withdraw and Protection Actput forth by U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colorardo). Thecoalition celebrated a major victory in December 2014 withthe Forest Service’s decision to close the majority of the areato new oil and gas leasing.

“So we’ve really kind of created this drumbeat that Ithink has helped to breathe new life into this campaign andto help ensure we have the resources we need to see it acrossthe finish line,” he said, giving credit to the 6,000 or so com-munity members who have volunteered, made donations,signed petitions and spoken out in support of the TDC.“This is a great example of what happens when a commu-nity stands united together for a common cause.”

Next up for Kessler? He’s currently preparing the coali-tion for the next huge task — the BLM’s analysis of exist-ing natural gas leases (and subsequently whether toretroactively cancel them). This summer he hopes to retraceon horseback Roosevelt’s famous bear hunt from New Cas-tle to Redstone. In the long-term, Kessler’s not sure, but helooks forward to some day writing a dissertation about theThompson Divide.

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“… the idea that men andwomen are able to earn a

living for their families, to doright by their neighbors andat the end of the day knowthat they’ve left the world alittle better off and not a littleworse because they’ve lived.”

Zane Kessler touts “real success in civil life”


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Legal NoticeForm 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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HEARING ON APPLICATION TO BE HELD AT:CARBONDALE TOWN HALL511 COLORADO AVENUECARBONDALE, COLORADO

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing willbe held before the Carbondale Planning and ZoningCommission for the purpose of considering a condo-minium application to amend the Condo Plat to changethe use of one unit from commercial to residential.

The property is located at 1949 Dolores Way, Carbon-dale CO. The property owner is Brad Reed Nelson.

Said Public Hearing will be held at the CarbondaleTown Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, COat 7:00 p.m. on February 26, 2015.

Copies of the proposed application are on file in thePlanning Department office, Town Hall, 511 ColoradoAvenue, Carbondale, CO and may be examined byinterested persons during regular working hours,8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

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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.

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Letters continued om page 2greatly appreciate our many volunteerswho selflessly give their time and energy tohelp others. And we thank the churches,businesses, grantors, foundations and indi-viduals that support LIFT-UP financially sothat people in need can find the help theyneed during times of economic difficulty.

We also thank our local newspapers andradio stations for their invaluable assistancein communicating with the public. Just 10percent of LIFT-UP’s budget goes to admin-istrative overhead, so 90 percent of every-thing given goes to help the people who needit most.

All of the above statistics represent localfamilies experiencing genuine hardship.Together we have helped them endure andkeep their families fed. As long as there arepeople in need and a community thatcares, LIFT-UP will continue to be here tohelp in 2015 as we have since 1982. Thankyou for standing with us, and making thisregion of Western Colorado a better placeto live for all.

Kimberly LovingExecutive DirectorLIFT-UP

Regarding infillDear Editor:

Joan and I have written letters to the townregarding all of this infill. We are so against justbuilding on every little tiny piece of property.

You know it goes without saying that thetown gets swayed a lot by those that don’t wantany new grocery store and want nobody buy-ing anything except at the Dollar Store.

We can’t afford gas up here as it goes upfaster than you can blink, even though its lotsless down in Glenwood where we shop any-how. But nobody is against them building twoand three stories high buildings. Even if it’sagainst the building code, so we all know thosethat pat the other ones on the back and thismeans Frosty Merriott and a few others thatdon’t seem to care what the building code is.Apparently it suits them just fine to ignore it all.

So my two cents worth is — no, ab-solutely not.

Either the contractors stay with the code oryou just toss it out and let the chips fall wherethey may.

Jane SpauldingCarbondale

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Hundreds of Model UN conferences are held around the world. The RFHS stu-dents will be attending the National High School Model UN conference, currentlyin its 41st year and the only conference held in the actual UN Headquarters in NewYork City.

The club has been fund-raising throughout the year to help defer the cost of theconference and to make the experience possible for all interested students. There areno requirements to join the club aside from a passion for international affairs anda commitment to prepare for the conference.

Next Steps:RFHS Model United Nations Presentation/FundraiserFeb. 21, 5 to 7 p.m. in the Calaway Room at the Third Street Center. This event will include food and a presentation by the Model UN students about the club and upcoming conference. For details, call Matt Wells at 384-5777.

The four purposes of the United Nations:• To keep peace throughout the world;• To develop friendly relations among nations;• To help nations work together to improve the lives of poor people, to conquerhunger, disease and illiteracy, and to encourage respect for each other’s rightsand freedoms;

• To be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations to achieve these goals.

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