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Thanks to allDear Editor:

“Unselfish and noble actions are themost radiant pages in the biography ofsouls.” – David Thomas

Thank you to all the unselfish souls inthis amazing community for your sup-port of the fundraisers for my son, JevonBoudreaux.

First and foremost, thanks to LynneJammeron for lighting a torch and who,along with her sassy and very special side-kick, Katie Winder, carried it forward withsome grand help from family members:Ashley, Garret and Glen. Thanks to: Stick,Susie and the whole Cheney family, Mary-beth and Tom Joiner Sr., and Kim and RobVelasquez for their love-filled help.

Thanks to the boys (grown men) whocreated a fun event where friends couldgather and contribute more love: Nate Ch-eney, Garret Jammaron, A.J. Joiner, AlLopez, Dan Markoya and Eric Rudd.

Then there are my incredible employ-ers and co-workers at Campo de Fioriand Gisella who continue to provide lov-ing support that is needed more than I re-alize sometimes.

Thanks also to the municipality of Car-bondale, for showing their charitable heartin supporting a child of their village.

And thanks to all the vendors and indi-viduals for their thoughtful contributionsof time and generous donation items:

19th Street Diner, 31 Bags & Gifts (Jes-sica Scott, Aaron Markham), AccelerateGym (John and Judy),Ace Hardware–Car-bondale, Alpine Banks, Amanda and JasonBack, Anderson’s Clothing, Ashley Jam-maron, Avalanche Outfitters, Bonfire Cof-fee Shop, Campo de Fiori, Carbondale FireDepartment, Cassie DeMarco Hair, CopyCopy, Culligan’s Water, Dr. Brody Peterson,Dr. Kent Albrecht, Gigi Kesler, Gisella,Glenwood Vaudeville Review, Hotel Den-ver, Ian Heinig, Jason Mironov, Jimmy’s66, Juicy Lucy’s, Kika Paprika (PauletteWheeler), KMTS (special thanks to GabeChenoweth), KSPN (special thanks toRochelle Obechina), Lisa and Lance Quint,Lauri Rubinstein, Leclarann’s Sew Shop &Used Book Exchange, Lori Shafer, MaddFox Clothing, Massage by Kristin Foote,Massage by Janelle Cardiff, Massage byMolly Mogavero, Massage by Win Insti-tute, Mi Casita, Michelle Cheney Hair,Moe’s Southwestern Grill, Mona LisaClothing, MRI Trash and Waste, NancyVories, Night Owl Cleaning, PamperedChef (Katie Winder), Pathfinders, Pep-pino’s, Valerie of Polish Salon, Premier Jew-elry (Danika Porter), PrincipledChiropractors, Regis Salon (thanks to allthe staff that turned out!), Redstone Inn,Returning Balance (Christa Wagner), Roar-ing Fork Co-op, Russets, The Sopris Sun,Sunburst Car Wash, T.P. Bible Camp, The

Orchard, The Pour House, The VillageSmithy, Tianna White, Timbo’s Pizza, ToryJensen, White House Pizza, and the wholetown of Carbondale.

Thanks to all the individuals whoshowed up at each event and shared alaugh, a story, lots of love and a few tears,and thanks to all of you who could notmake it to the activities, but contributedyour generous monetary support and con-tinue your thoughtful prayers.

But mostly, thanks to my son Jevon,who once again has shown me that radiantsouls cannot keep the light from them-selves. Merci beaucoup from the entireBoudreaux family!

Charmaine BoudreauxCarbondale

Choose food not asphaltDear Editor:

“Interest in local food production in theRoaring Fork and Colorado River valleyshas never been higher; sustainable farmsare long-term development opportunitiesthat benefit the community’s economy,jobs, health, self-sufficiency and environ-ment,” shares Amelia Potvin of CORE, andthe Roaring Fork Food Policy Council.

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Climate change:We need to talk about itBy Allen Best

“Knee-high by the Fourth of July” is the old saw about the height of corn in the ruralirrigated parts of Colorado where it’s grown. But this year, hurried on by the hot weather,the stalks stood waist-high to my 6-foot-2 frame by the summer solstice –– nearly twoweeks before the fourth arrived.

We have had many such episodes of fecundity this year. Peaches are two weeks early.Dragonflies have swarmed in my suburban neighborhood,and,of course,we’ve had thesehuge wildfires.

Do we credit and/or blame global warming? And, more specifically, is that warmingcaused by humans? The conventional answer of climate scientists is that we’re still tooclose to see anything clearly; we can discern climate change only in the rearview mirror.

That rearview mirror clearly shows that the climate is warming, and it is consistentwith models assembled to predict the effects of greenhouse gases accumulating in the at-mosphere. Daily record high temperatures occurred twice as often as record lows from1999 to 2009 across the continental United States, according to a 2009 analysis led by Ger-ald Meehl, of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder.

But weather extremes -- droughts and deluges, heat waves and hurricanes -- are trick-ier. The abnormal events are harder to pick out from what climate scientists call the back-ground noise of historic variability.

Some scientists, most prominently Kevin Trenberth of the National Center for Atmos-pheric Research in Boulder, argue that extreme weather events have moved beyond therange of historic variability. For him, we have already amassed enough rearview perspec-tives to draw conclusions; now, he wants other climate scientists to stride more briskly upto the lectern and admit that the statistical evidence has become compelling. We are, hesays, already in a new,human-altered normal, the human-influenced geological epoch thatmany scientists call the anthropocene.

Do journalists also have a responsibility to connect the dots of today’s weather withbroad climatic shifts? And should we further link today’s weather with the accumulatinggreenhouse gas emissions that most scientists say are heating the globe?

A watchdog group called Media Matters recently examined the question within thecontext of how wildfires in the west are being reported. The group found that CNN, theWall Street Journal and other national news outlets rarely mentioned climate change.

Media Matters then asked nine wildfire experts whether the media should include cli-mate change in reporting on forest fires. Almost all said yes.

“Absolutely, journalists who care to look at the bigger picture should be stating that wealready are seeing an acceleration of western wildfire activity in the last 30 (years), andsome of that acceleration is tied to the trend of earlier snowmelt and hotter,drier summers,”responded StevenW.Running,director of the NumericalTerradynamic Simulation Groupat the University of Montana.“If the media do not connect these dots, the public proba-bly assumes these latest events are only natural variability and ‘bad luck,’ when in realitythey are a glimpse into a more common future if carbon emissions continue to rise.”

Two of the nine experts dissented.“Even the big fires currently blazing away are withinthe range of historic climates,” said Steven J. Pyne, of Arizona State University.“My per-sonal evaluation of the situation is that we do not currently know enough to make reli-able predictions about how global warming will impact future fires,”added Jon E. Keeleyof the U.S. Geological Survey’s Western Ecological Research Center.

None of the experts denied the existence of climate change, nor their belief of humancomplicity in it. Rather, the disagreement was about how much certainty we have abouthuman causes when we talk about this heat wave, that drought, or those wildfires.

That’s the problem with the story of global warming.We want specificity in black-and-white, not nuance. It’s like being in 1939, with war clouds gathering, but Pearl Harborstill ahead.

Computer climate models are predicting much of what is occurring: warming temper-atures, ebbing sea ice in the arctic, rising sea levels. That’s worrisome. But here in the in-terior west, we have a very thin record of what constitutes normal, both in terms oftemperatures and precipitation. Consider the 30-year megadroughts of 900 years ago thatmay have caused the ancestral Pueblo people to abandon their cliff dwellings at MesaVerde.That was long before humans started burning fossil fuels.Yet an entire civilizationcollapsed, and its people dispersed.

Humans crave the simple stories of winners and losers, saints and sinners.Too, we livein the moment of yesterday’s box scores and tonight’s big game. Climate challenge, withall of its uncertainties, great risks and the need to look far into the future, is a difficultstory to tell. The nuances are difficult to distill into two sentences that get inserted into astory about today’s weather or this summer’s corn crop. Yet try we must.

Allen Best is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News(hcn.org). He reports about environmental issues from Denver.

Carbondale CommentaryThe views and opinions expressed on the Commentary page do not necessarily reflect those of The Sopris Sun. The Sopris Sun invites all members of the community to submit letters to theeditor or guest columns. For more information, e-mail editor Lynn Burton at [email protected], or call 510-3003.

CRMS raises35 percentof what it eatsBy Sue GraySopris Sun Correspondent

The bees are happily buzzing from flowerto flower in the home garden of Amy Kim-berly and Bill Laemmel.

“They’re loving the new water bowl I gotthem at Mountain Fair,”Amy remarks as sheleads a tour of her L-shaped yard plantedwith flowers, vegetables, herbs, berry bushesand fruit trees. “Those apple trees are justproducing after three years,” explains Amy,pointing to a group of heritage fruit treespurchased from Jerome Osentowski of Col-orado Rocky Mountain Permaculture Insti-tute (CRMPI). “These days, people wantfruit fast, so they plant new varieties that pro-duce quickly. But I believe we should pre-serve some of the original trees,”that Jeromeis offering“by grafting heritage tree brancheson to new rootstock.”

Amy estimates her organic garden pro-vides nearly 60 percent of their summer dietfor up to six people. Their food productioncapacity is increased by the use of a seasonextending cold frame and a small greenhouse,both built by Laemmel with recycled materi-als. She got the bees this year, which will addhoney to the table.As we leave the yard,Amyshows us the new chicken coop she justhauled home in the back of her pick-up.

All of this information goes on the surveybeing conducted by the Food-shed Sustain-ability class led by gardening advocate IllènePevec and Brook Le Van, director of Sus-tainable Settings. The 10-week ColoradoMountain College class covered food eco-nomics, politics, sociology and anthropology,as well as basic methods of food production.

For the past four weeks, the group hasbeen conducting a food-shed mapping surveyof the Roaring Fork Valley as part of the ef-forts of the Roaring Fork Food Policy Coun-cil to determine how much food the area isproducing now and how much it would bepossible to produce given the amount of agri-cultural land available. Pevic describes theRoaring Fork Food Policy Council as“a citi-zen based volunteer organization designed tofoster equitable, affordable access to healthyfresh food that is locally grown.”

On this day, Pevec and her students —Hayden Winkler, Kip Alford, Miriam Leoneand a volunteer GPS mapper ChristinaLong — are visiting three more gardens inCarbondale.

The students gave various reasons fortheir interest in taking the Food-shed Sus-tainability class. Leone has always been in-terested in food production and wants to doa little of it herself. She’d like to get involvedin bringing community gardening to herneighborhood in Redstone. Alford wants todo a similar food-shed mapping project inthe greater Tallahassee, Florida area wherehis family owns a commercial organic farm.

Next stop is the home of Katie Leonaitis,who greets us with a pitcher of iced tea andhomemade zucchini cookies, which she laysout on a table in the middle of her vast gar-den. Everyone is amazed at the size of thearea she has planted in vegetables, herbs andcover crops.

“After I harvest a row of vegetables,”Leonaitis explains, “I plant fava beans orcrimson clover as a cover crop, to be cutdown and tilled into the soil in the fall orspring. That adds nutrients to the soil fornext year’s vegetables.”

Leonaitis is passionate about teaching oth-ers to garden and was responsible for startingthe Aspen Elementary School garden.

Leonaitis’ property also includes an or-chard and an underground root cellar thatwas there when she bought the place a fewyears ago. She added more fruit trees (alsopurchased from CRMPI), a chicken coopand a small homebuilt greenhouse.

“I start seedlings in my basement, underfluorescent lights,” she said, “then I trans-plant them into bigger containers and putthem in the greenhouse, before finally plant-ing them out in the spring.”

A theme has emerged in just these twovisits to local growers: Rocky Mountain gar-deners must find ways to extend the shortgrowing season in order to put as much foodon the table as possible. In fact, one of thegoals of the Roaring Fork Food Policy Coun-cil, according to founders Gwen Garcelonand Dawne Vrable, is to increase communitysustainability by adding greenhouses to thevalley’s agricultural infrastructure.

As the class is about to move on to an-other location, a visitor pulls into the drive-way; Tom Passavant, president of Slow FoodRoaring Fork has come to pick zucchini atKatie’s invitation.Leonaitis estimates her gar-

den feeds six to eight people, plus occasionalneighbors and friends like Passavant.

More visitsThe class makes two more visits, first to

survey the 240-square-foot garden at theLatigo Loop home of Cindy and SteveWeaver and then Colorado Rocky MountainSchool’s 1.5-acre garden, begun by and runfor the past 13 years by Linda Halloran.

Halloran reports that last year the gardenand orchard, combined with the school’s pigs,produced 11,600 pounds of food, whichmakes up 35 percent of the meals served tothe students, teachers and their families. Someof the produce is preserved for use throughthe winter by cold storage, freezing, dryingand pickling.These statistics are added to thesurvey sheet by one of the class members.

The gardens surveyed today will beplugged in to the GPS map being created byChristina Long. This is step one in mappingthe entire local food-shed, and needs the par-ticipation of the valley’s gardeners and farm-ers (see the sidebar for how to fill in thesurvey about YOUR garden.)

The preliminary results of the food-shedsurvey will be presented to local governmentofficials on Aug. 30 at a meeting at the ThirdStreet Center.The information could eventu-ally be used by city councils in the RoaringFork Valley to formulate food policies that

encourage and increase self-reliance.Through efforts like these, the citizen volun-teers of the Roaring Fork Food Policy Coun-cil hope to boost public awareness of theimportance of local food production. AsCMC student Alford put it, “Food costs aregoing up and besides lowering the cost offeeding our families, we can all benefit fromhomegrown, organic produce,” a sentimentincreasingly being echoed throughout theRoaring Fork Valley.

CMC food-shed mapping project ID’s growers

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CMC Food-shed Sustainability class students recently toured several Carbondale areagardens. From left to right are Christina Long, Hayden Winkler, Illene Pevic and KatieLeonaitis. Photo by Sue Gray

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Anyone interested in adding their foodgarden to the food-shed survey can fillout the questionnaire at www.survey-monkey.com/s/SXPBTWW.Aug. 17 - Farm to School meetingfrom 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the CMCLappala Center,which will connect localbeef producers with school district foodpurchasers. For more information contactIllène Pevec at 970- 274-1622.Aug. 22 - State Sen. Gail Schwartzwill speak about Colorado’s Cot-tage Foods bill at the next meeting ofthe Roaring Fork Food Policy Council,which is open to all interested parties, at6 p.m. at the Third Street Center. TheRFFPC is on Facebook.

Sopris Sun Staff Report

A year and a half of scrutiny of the land use code in GarfieldCounty has resulted in the first phase of a new code, which is nowin effect, according to a press release.

The newly amended Unified Land Use Resolution (ULUR) is thecode which any applicant who applies for a county developmentpermit will follow in seeking approval from the county.

The changes became effective on Aug. 13 and are available atGarfield-county.com/building-planning.

“It has resulted in the adoption of changes intended to encourageeconomic development and to streamline land use code processes,”said a Garfield County spokeswoman.“The resulting Phase I of theprocess reduced the page count of the ULUR by approximately 23percent, eliminating 133 pages. And it required more than thirtyhours of evaluation by the Garfield County Planning Commission.”

Added Garfield County Planning and Zoning Chair Bob Fuller-ton,“The process involved professional consultants, interviews withplanning commission members, folks in the community who are in-volved in the land use process, and our citizens group, all of whomput in many hours. After gathering all of that input, we worked onit as a planning commission. We tried diligently to eliminate dupli-cation, worked to make it easy to use and to avoid unintended con-sequences. It took many hours to go through it line by line, and tometiculously critique it.”

The Garfield County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC)directed county staff in January of 2011 to consider code revisionswith these stated objectives:

• Eliminate unnecessary regulatory barriers that may discourageeconomic development;

• Streamline development procedures;• Make the overall code more efficient; and• Ensure the document is user-friendly.“This is an important step toward removing bureaucratic im-

pediments in our land use processes,” said Tom Jankovsky, GarfieldCounty Commissioner. “Our goal is to stimulate economic devel-

opment and to meet our responsibilities for health, safety and wel-fare for our county, but in a way that says we are open for business.”

The Phase I Targeted Code Improvements were presented to theBOCC in public hearings on both July 10 and Aug. 6.

With all of the work in Phase I complete, the BOCC continueswith Phase II revisions currently under way through the work of TheAdvisory Committee on the Land Use Code for Garfield County.The group is anticipated to wrap up its review by Dec. 31, with a rec-ommendation to the BOCC.

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SUNDAY Aug. 12 At 2:08 a.m. in the500 block of Main Street, an officer ob-served a man screaming at people in a carand violently slamming its door. Uponcontact with the participants, all said theywere friends and there was no problem.

MONDAY Aug. 13 At 12:38 a.m. inthe 900 block of Garfield, police re-sponded to a noise complaint for thesecond time. The suspect said he’d turndown the music and voices.

MONDAY Aug. 13 At 3:44 a.m. policeresponded to a complaint of a bear onCrystal Road. Police were unable to lo-cate the bear and there were no othercomplaints.

MONDAY Aug. 13 At 2:52 p.m. policereceived a call of a vehicle that had rolledoff the Mt. Sopris Historical Societyparking lot on Weant. Police contactedthe driver and issued a ticket for DUI.

MONDAY Aug. 13 At 7:49 p.m. policehelped an EMS crew with a male whohad fallen on Heritage Drive.

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Castle Creek Road Pavingis nearly halfway complete.Paving is finished to just beyondLittle Annie Road. Weather permitting, crews should finishpaving to Ashcroft by the endof this week or early nextweek. Take caution aroundheavy equipment. Delays of fiveminutes or less should be expected.

Coal Creek Road CulvertPipe has been placed. Theroad will remain closed entirelyfor a few more days after whichone lane will be opened fortravel. Call G.R. Fielding for updates on this road closure.

Jack Gredig Road to thePitkin County landfill willbe repaved sometime in Augustat a date to be announced.

Smith Hill Way, WilloughbyWay and Redstone Boulevardare slated for resurfacinglater this summer/fall at datesto be announced.

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Percussionist David Alderdice (of Sticky Mulligan) does someshakin’ at last Saturday’s Magic Moments show at Redstone Park.The series of free concerts concludes onAug.25 with Larry Good,Doug Whitney and Paul Valentine. Photo by Sandra Kaplan

Strang Ranch hosted the annual Advocate Safehouse benefit horseshow lastweekend, which drew competitors and spectators alike, including well-behavedlittle white dogs … despite the “no dogs allowed” rule.

The event was deemed a success by Bridget Strang due to the tremendous ef-fort of organizers Martha McCoy and Susie Wallace, as well as several AdvocateSafehouse volunteers.

You can catch the final horseshow of the season this weekend at StrangRanch. For details, go to www.strangranch.com.

Clockwise from upper left: Cece Wheeler and Chief, Hays Lanter and Secret,Melena Dornemann with Bonnie, a white dog, and timer/course designer/coachLaurie Strang (who was visiting from California). Photos by Jane Bachrach


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Denver Post inks FischerThe Denver Post wrote up restaura-

teur/chef Mark Fischer on the front page ofits Colorado Style section on Aug. 9. Fischerowns Phat Thai and Six89 in Carbondale,and The Pullman in Glenwood Springs. Sowhat’s Fischer done lately to catch the DenverPost’s attention? He’s opened a Phat Thai inthe upscale Cherry Creek neighborhood. Aphoto with the article shows Fischer at his fa-vorite coffee shop – Pablo’s on E. Sixth Ave.

The article, by Douglas Brown, notes thePittsburgh native attended the University ofColorado,where he took pre-med courses be-fore going the chef route.

On a related note,Fischer is expected backin Carbondale for the annual Slow FoodRoaring Fork/Aspen Summer Harvest Socialon Aug. 27.

Sunflower survey, part IIIt should be obvious by now that sun-

flower measuring is usually a bit subjective,which makes thewhole notion of locat-ing the tallest one evenmore fun.

Last week, TheSopis Sun’s roving re-porter noted that thesunflower at the Mt.Sopris Montessori Pre-school has soared be-yond the front porcheve and at “an esti-mated eight feet ….Could be the tallestone in town.”

Well, Heidi Wadefrom the Ranch atRoaring Fork sent in aphoto of the 6'2"Chase Edgerly reach-ing skyward towardthe top of her sun-flower, and estimatedthe plant at“more thaneight feet tall.”

Over on Clearwa-ter, Eric Anderson saidhis sunflower is 9'6" but in his e-mail did notindicate how he arrived at this figure.

Unbeknownst to Heidi and Eric, Julia Far-well got out an actual measuring device anddetermined that the tallest sunflower in hergarden is a whopping 10'2".

OK, new rule: If you think you’ve got an11-foot or taller sunflower, you have to usean accredited measuring device such as a tapemeasure or confirmed 11-foot guy standingnext to the plant in a notarized photo.

Skunk alertHas anyone noticed whether there are

more or fewer skunks in town this year? ASopris Sun staffer caught whiffs of skunkearly Tuesday morning near the Pour Houseand also the post office. He said it was thefirst skunk he’d smelled all summer.

Which begs the question: if we can smellskunks, can they smell us?

garCo’s getting smarter?A recent report from the Mississippi State

University Southern Rural DevelopmentCenter says there are more than twice asmany college graduates in Garfield Countynow than in 1970.

Why would the Mississippi State Uni-versity Southern Rural Development Cen-ter care how many college graduates thereare in Garfield County? Good question,and one not addressed in the university’spress release.

Anyway, in 1970, 10 percent of thecounty’s residents 25 andolder had obtained orbluffed their way to acollege degree. By 2010,the figured jumped to 24percent.

The survey did not in-dicate the percent ofGarfield County collegegraduates who ended uppounding nails, slinginghash (the non-medicinalvariety) or lying abouteven having a college de-gree (lest the potentialemployer think they are“over qualified” forworking as a sacker ornight stocker at CityMarket).

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Broadhurst announce thebirth of AlexanderRichard Broadhurst,who was born in Glen-

wood Springs on Aug. 9, 2012 (sevenpounds, 13 ounces). The grandparents areRick and Ann Broadhurst of Carbondale,and Walter and Connie Armstrong of BearLake, Michigan).

They say it’s your birthdayBirthday greetings go out to: Jonathan

Shamis and Rusty Burtard (Aug. 18), SidSmock,DanWhitney and KatherineWhitney(Aug. 20) and Kathy McCann (Aug. 22).


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PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM CITIZENSNOT ON THE AgENDA – 8:05 a.m.Individuals may be limited to 5 minutes each.

REgULAR WORK SESSION:• County Clerk & Recorder: Jean Alberico• Approval of the IGA with the GarfieldCounty Clerk regarding the county ballotquestion on the 2012 General Election ballot• 8th amendment to the 2012 ApprovedBudget – Bob Prendergast• Consent Agenda: Items of a routine natureare placed on the ConsentAgenda to allow theBoard of County Commissioners to spend itstime and energy on more important items ona lengthy agenda. Any Commissioner or anymember of the public may request that an itembe “REMOVED” from the Consent Agendaand considered on the Regular Agenda.• Approve Bills• Changes to Prior Warrant List• Ratification of Chair’s signature on Right-of-Way Grant with BLM re: LOVABike/Pedestrian Path• Ratification of Chair’s signature on 2012Abstract of Assessment• Authorize Chairman to sign subaward ofBetter Buildings grant funds to Garfield CleanEnergy Collaborative and the related assign-ments, as approved by the BOCC on August13, 2012• County Manager Update:Andrew Gorgey• Human Services Commission:• Board of Human Services:• EFT/EBT Disbursements• Consideration and signature approval onthe Northwest ColoradoArea onAging GrantAward for Adult Resources for Care & Help• Consideration and signature approval onthe Northwest ColoradoArea onAging GrantAward for Congregate Nutrition Services• Consideration and signature approval onthe Purchase ServicesAgreement between theBOCC & TTP, Inc.• Consideration and approval of the Pur-chase of Services Agreement between theBOCC and Discover Goodwill of Southernand Western Colorado• Program Updates• Board of Health: Mary Meisner• CDPHE Colorado Access Contract forBOCC Review and Consideration• Aspen to Parachute Dental HealthAllianceAnnual Mid-Year Report• Public Meetings:• Request for 2013 funding for the RoaringFork Conservancy – Rick Lofaro• Mt. Sopris Historical society funding re-quest – Beth White• Sopris Barracudas SwimTeam funding re-quest – Caylah Newton• Colorado Fire Rescue District Update –Mike Morgan• Consideration/authorization for Chair tosign FAA Certificate of Title re: ContinentalRifle Avigation Easement• Consideration/authorization for Chair tosign FAA Certificate of Title re: Bill Meyer

Avitation Easement• Acceptance of FAA Grant Offer for theAirport Master Plan – Brian Condie• Final approval of JAVIATION as the air-port consultant for theAirport Master Plan –Brian Condie• Recommendation to award a contract toSGM, Inc. to complete the Engineering andDesign for County Road 300 Realignment atUna Bridge – Jamaica Watts• County Attorney Update: Carey Gagnon

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COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS NOTON THE AgENDA: 1:00 p.m.Individuals may be limited to 5 minutes each.

REgULAR AgENDA: BUILDINg &PLANNINg ISSUES• SourceWater Protection in Garfield County– Paul Hempel• Rifle Fire Protection District/BurningMountains Fire Protection District & Col-orado River Fire Rescue shared and cooper-ative services update – Mike Morgan• County Attorney Update – Land Use Is-sues: Carey Gagnon• Public Meetings:• To Consider a Resolution concerned withthe approval of a Third 1-Year Extension forthe Land Use Change Permit for the HighMesa RV Park to Complete Required Condi-tions of Approval. Applicant is High MesaPartners, LLC, Daybreak Realty, LLC andJamesAnd Monique Speakman - Fred Jarman• Public Hearings:• Consider a request for a subdivision pre-liminary plan on ±31-acres to create five sin-gle family lots. The site is located on Red Hill(CR 107) north of the Town of Carbondale.The Applicants are Paul & Linda Froning,Karen & John Hatchett, and Donald & Bil-lie Froning. – Kathy Eastley Continued from8/13/12• Consider a Call-Up by the Director of theBuilding and Planning Department regardinga General Administrative Review - Land UseChange Permit for an Accessory DwellingUnit including a Request for a Waiver fromthe Roadway Standards contained in Section7-307 of the Unified Land Use Resolution of2008 as amended, located approximately 2½ miles north of the Town of Silt, at 100Cedar Drive (File GAPA-7216). The Appli-cant is Frances Cardillo - Glenn Hartmann• Proposal from Colorado State Universityto Characterize Air Emissions from NaturalGas Drilling andWell Completion Operationsin Garfield County, Colorado, 2012-2015 -Professor Jeffrey L.Collett, Jr.,Colorado StateUniversity, Paul Reaser & Kirby Wynn

COMMISSIONER ISSUES:• Commissioner Reports• Commissioner Calendars• Approval of Minutes• Commissioner Agenda Items

ADJOURNMENTNext Meeting: September 4, 2012108 8th Street, Room 100,Glenwood Springs, CO

SPECIAL WORK SESSIONSeptember 5, 2012108 8th Street,Room 100,Glenwood Springs

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DON’T TEACH BEARSNEW TRICKS

REMOVE ITEMS THAT ATTRACT BEARS:• Garbage• Bird Feeders• Pet Food

• Barbeque Grills• Fruit• Compost

Bears have been seen in and around CarbondaleEarly prevention keeps bears from makinga habit of visiting neighborhoods.We CAN prevent repeat visits!

EarlyPrevention

For additional information, call the Division ofWildlife: 947-2920.Call the Carbondale Police Department if you see a bear anywhere in town: 963-2662.

NO LE ENSEÑE A LOSOSOS NUEVOS TRUCOS

REMUEVA COSAS QUE ATRAEN A LOS OSOS:• Basura • Alimento para pájaros • Fruta • CompostComida de animales domésticos • Parrilla para asar

Se han avistado osos en Carbondale y en los alrededoresLa prevención temprana ayuda a que los osos nose acostumbren a visitar los vecindarios ¡Podemosprevenir las visitas repetidas de los osos!

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Before 6AM onCollection Day

• TheTown ofCarbondale passed an ordinance prohibitingplacement of trash for pickup before 6:00 AM on collectionday, and empty containers must be brought in no later than8:00 PM the same day.• The smell of any food may attract bears. Keep garbage in-doors until the morning of trash pick-up and keep outdoorbarbeque grills clean and odorless. It is best to keep windowsand doors securely locked, especially at night. If a bear entersyour home, open doors and leave the bear an escape route.

GARBAGEKILLSBEARS

• Bears that make repeat visits to neighborhoods mayneed to bemoved or euthanized. To keep your family andthe bears safe, please remove any attractants, and followthese guidelines until the bears hibernate in winter.• Bears are 90% vegetarian and rarely hunt or kill animals,however they are wild animals and can be unpredictable.Do not approach any bear, especially cubs.

Para más información llame al Division ofWildlife al 947-292O. Si ve un oso en el pueblo,llame al departamento de policía de Carbondale al 963-2662

EL CODIGODEL PUEBLO:No poner basura

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• El pueblo de Carbondale hapasadouna resolucionquepro-hibe poner la basura afueraantes de las 6A.M.El contene-dor vacio debe estar dentro dela casa ese día a las 8 P.M.• Si usted no cumple conestos requisitos, puede recibir

una multa• Mantenga las panillas paraasar limpias depués de usarlas•Mantenga puertas y ventanascerradas, ene special a la noche.• Si un oso entra en su casa,abra las puertas para que el osotenga una ruta de escape.

La basura mataa los osos

• El pueblo de Carbondale hapasadouna resolucionquepro-hibe poner la basura afueraantes de las 6A.M.El contene-dor vacio debe estar dentro dela casa ese día a las 8 P.M.• Si usted no cumple con estosrequisitos, puede recibir unamulta

• El olor de la comida atrae alos osos.• Mantenga las panillas paraasar limpias depués de usarlas•Mantenga puertas y ventanascerradas, ene special a la noche.• Si un oso entra en su casa,abra las puertas para que el osotenga una ruta de escape.

Sopris Sun Staff Report

The Carbondale Council on Arts andHumanities fall classes start Sept. 8 and in-clude everything from wood sculpture tofloor cloths. For details, go to carbon-dalearts.com.

The schedule includes:• Natural Wood Assemblage Sculpture

with Susan Olsen, Sept. 8-9, 10 a.m. to 4p.m., adults, $100 ($90 CCAH members),registration deadline Aug. 31.Viewing oneof Susan Olsen’s sculptures is a visual feast.They are not only artistically appealing butare also mesmerizing in that the sculpturecompletely draws you into its heart. Startcollecting your wood now to enjoy thisamazing experience. Learn how to com-bine natural, found wood into an assem-blage sculpture that captures natural lifeand your own unique artistic expression.This course will take you from designingyour concept, establishing the base and bal-ance of your piece through construction,and finally to the application of a surfacetreatment or patina.You will get experienceusing tools, glues, synthetic clays, andacrylic paints that will help you constructwood and other found objects into an ex-traordinary assemblage.

• Off the Wall, Onto the Floor: Decora-tive Floor Cloths with Erica Epperson,Sept. 11, 18 and 25, and Oct. 2, 6:30 to8:30 p.m., ages 16-adult, $100 ($90 CCAHmembers), registration deadline Aug. 29.Art isn't just for hanging on the wall.Treatyourself to this great and FUN learning ex-

perience. Design and create a functionalartwork you can walk on -- in other words,a canvas rug. You can use the rug in thekitchen, in the entry, maybe even on theporch.There is something more approach-able about a canvas rug than a serious“painting.” It’s easier to let yourself go.You’ll learn how to prepare your canvasand be given assistance with the design youchoose to paint. You will also learn aboutcolor matching, blending and glazing tech-niques as well as faux effects.

• Beginning Weaving: The Ins and Outsof Basic Weaving with Jill Scher, Wednes-days, Sept. 12-Oct. 17, 6:30 to 9 p.m., ages15-adult, $170 ($140 CCAH members),registration deadline Sept. 5.You will learnhow to wind a warp, warp a four harnessloom, and then weave a variety of twillstructures. In the class we will cover properwarp set, designing with stripes, and vari-ous edge finishing techniques. You’ll com-plete a set of cotton towels during the class.Looms will be provided. (Please bring: scis-sors, a tape measure, and a blunt, large-eyed needle to classes).

• Beginning Sewing with Lizzie Klein,Thursdays, Sept. 13-Oct. 18, 6:30 to 9p.m., adults, $150 ($120 CCAH members),registration deadline Sept. 6. In this classyou will learn about tools and materials forsewing, basic techniques (pinning, cutting,trimming and stitching), seam finishes andeasing/gathering fabric.You will then makea simple apron using the skills you learned.(A machine in good working order, thread

and decent fabric scissors are needed forthe first class. Other tools and material canbe purchased as needed after the first class).

• Felting Fabulous Bags on Balls withJill Scher, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 29-30, ages 15-adult, $130 ($108 CCAHmembers). Imagine this! We'll use an in-flatable ball as a form to complete a uniquefelted bag. We'll cover techniques for lay-ering wool and blending for color effects,as well as using resists to create pockets anddecorative finishes. Your finished bag willbe a one of a kind piece of art. (Pleasebring: one pair super queen size pantyhose,a towel, and a tray with a rim (like a cookiesheet) at least 11" X 15" if you have one).

• Kid’s Piano Classes with Laurel Shee-han, Fridays, Sept. 14-Nov. 16, ages 4 andup (beginner through advanced), $130($120 CCAH members), registration dead-line Sept. 3.

• Youth Fashion Show on Nov. 17.This year, we’re offering two options for as-piring seamstresses, recyclers and fashiondesigners. In addition to the basic classwhich will focus on creative expression instandard assigned projects that will culmi-nate in finished pieces, students can chooseto create their own line for the show delv-ing into more advanced sewing and fabricconstruction techniques. Each class willmeet for six weeks, with a Saturday worksession, probably on Nov. 3. Additionaltime for fashion show rehearsals will be re-quired for those who wish to model theircreations at the Youth Fashion Show.

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A Full Moon Cash Mob strikes DancingColours at 968 Main St. on Aug. 31, accordingto a press release.

Celebrating creativity for eight years,Cathren Britt (studio/shop owner and creativedesigner) admits to having boundless creativeenergy and being totally addicted to both thecreative process and its end result.

Britt not only celebrates her featured artist'screativity but also the customer's desire to givea ‘creative’ gift/art/jewelry to a loved one. Shespends many hours hunting out the treasuresshe offers in her little shop. If the item doesn't“scream” creative, it isn’t at Dancing Colours.

“Dancing Colours offers me the opportunityto share my passion for beautiful creativelymade gifts with others as well as my unbridledenthusiasm for the design and planning of ‘thatnext great project around the corner!’”said Britt.

Dancing Colours has creative workshopsfor all ages, encouraging creativity as studentslearn to use new materials and techniques in asmall intimate setting with ample one-on-oneattention and lots of lighthearted fun Work-shops are offered in paper arts, mixed media,mosaic, fiber arts and more.

The Carbondale Cash Mob goals are sim-ple: to support local business, meet new peopleand have fun.“Exercise your power of choice,and support community! Bring a friend andspend $20! Pass it on!” said a Cash Mobspokeswoman.


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Save the DateTUESDAY Aug. 28ROBIN SUTHERLAND • The CarbondaleCouncil on Arts and Humanities presentsclassical pianist Robin Sutherland at 6:30p.m. at the Colorado Rocky Mountain Schoolbarn. An appetizer and champagne receptionfollows the concert. Tickets are $65 forCCAH members and $75 for non-members.For details, call 963-1680 or go to carbon-dalearts.com. Sutherland is principal pianistfor the San Francisco Symphony.

WEDNESDAY Aug. 29MANAUS CELEBRATION • The ManausFund presents a beer tasting and other festivitiesat theWoody Creek Community Center from 5to 7 p.m. Manaus founder George Stranahanwill host the evening. The organization’s newboard president and executive director will alsobe introduced. RSVP to [email protected] by Aug. 12.


THURSDAYAug. 16LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the originalpart of the Dinkel Building presents KellyHogan. Her soon-to-be-released album is ti-tled “I Like to Keep Myself in Pain.” Therecording includes songs penned byVic Ches-nutt, the Magnetic Fields, the Mekons’ JonLangford, the Handsome Family, Freakwa-ter’s Catherine Irwin, John Wesley Harding,Robbie Fulks, Gabriel Roth, Robyn Hitch-cock, and M. Ward and Andrew Bird. Info:963-3304.

WYLY • The Wyly Art Center’s Blue JeansBash honors Deb Jones from 5 to 7 p.m.Auc-tion items include those by Bayhard Hollins,Dick Carter, Isa Catto, Henry Moore, JodyGuralnick and K and Mark Cesark. Info:wylyarts.org.

RODEO • The Carbondale Wild WestRodeo takes place at the Gus Darien arenaeast of Carbondale on County Road 100everyThursday night throughAug.23.Gatesopen at 5:30 p.m., slack is at 6 p.m. and theGrand Entrance is at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are$10 for adults (kids under 10 are free) or $30per carload (six people or less. Info: carbon-dalerodeo.com.

ROTARY • Mt. Sopris Rotary meets at MiCasita every Thursday at noon.

CLIMATE CHANgE • The GarfieldCounty Library District presents a discussionon climate change with James White, direc-tor of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Re-search (INSTAAR) at CU-Boulder, at 7 p.m.at the Rifle library (207 East Avenue). Info:625-4270.

FRIDAYAug. 17MOVIES•The CrystalTheatre pres-ents “The Best Exotic MarigoldHotel” (R) at 8 p.m. throughAug.23.This film is a dra-matic comedy that fol-lows a group of Britishretirees who decide to“outsource” their retire-ment to less expensive andseemingly exotic India. The comedy“Bernie”will be shown at 5:45 p.m. on Aug. 19.LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the DinkelBuilding presents music every Friday night.

LIVE MUSIC • Rivers restaurant in Glen-wood Springs presents the Leonard CurryTrio from 9 p.m. to midnight.No cover. Info:928-8813.

SATURDAYAug. 18KDNK • KDNK kicks off its Fall Member-ship Drive downtown with Blues & BBQ(featuring Couch, Swamp Cabbage and theJohnny O band) from 4 to 9:30 p.m.There’llbe barbecue from Smoke and libations fromAspen Brewing Company. Tickets are $5 fornon-KDNK members and free for KDNKmembers.Other membership drive events in-clude radio show host David Barsamian onAug. 21 and the Mr. Carbondale Pageant onAug.24.Volunteers are needed for numerousduties. For details, call 963-0139 or e-mailkdnk.org.LIVE MUSIC • PAC3 in the Third StreetCenter presents Salem in an all ages show.Tickets are $7 in advance and $10 at thedoor. The show starts at 8 p.m.

LIVE MUSIC • White House Pizza on MainStreet presents Greg Masse.

SATURDAY MARKET •Crystal River Meats

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p.m. everySaturday. Info: 876-0668.

REDSTONE • The Redstone Art Centerpresents new work and a watercolor demon-stration with Bertie Stroup Marah from 1 to3 p.m. Info: 963-3790.

BAKINg • The wood-fired communityoven gets heated up at the Third Street Cen-ter at 1 p.m. Info: carbondalecommunity-oven.weebly.com.

PAINT OUT •TheAspenArt Museum pres-ents“paint-OUT: PAINT FORTHETREE!”a celebration for the entire family from 10a.m. to 4 p.m.

MONDAYAug. 20JAM SESSION • Carbondale BeerWorks onMain Street hosts an old-time jam sessionwith Dana Wilson from 7 to 9 p.m. everyMonday. All abilities are welcome.

TUESDAYAug. 21g’WOOD MARKET • Glenwood’s Down-town Market at Ninth and Grand takesplace from 4 p.m. to dusk.There are vendorsand live music. Info: glenwoodmarket.com.

COMEDY • Jack Green presents CardiffTuesday Night Comedy Night at the Cardiffschoolhouse every week from through thesummer, fall and into the winter. Tickets are$7.17. Info: 618-0199.

WEDNESDAY Aug. 22ROTARY • Chris Treese (Colorado RiverWater Conservation District) speaks at theweekly Rotary Club of Carbondale meetingat the firehouse on Highway 133 at 7 a.m.Info: 927-0641. Rotary District Gov. CarlaVauthrin speaks on Aug. 29.

Community Calendar To list your event, email information to [email protected]. Deadline is 5 p.m. Saturday. Events takeplace in Carbondale unless noted. For up-to-the-minute valley-wide event listings, check out the CommunityCalendar online at soprissun.com. View and submit events online at soprissun.com/calendar.

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Further OutSATURDAYAug. 25gOLF • Hospice of the Valley holds its annual“Cowboy & Cowgirl Golf” fundraiser at Dallen-bach Ranch (just outside Basalt). The event is forgolfers and non-golfers alike. Golf starts at 3 p.m.with cocktails at 5 p.m.Tickets are $125 for golf anddinner or $100 for dinner only. Info: 927-6650 [email protected] •The Crown Mountain Recreation Districtin El Jebel holds a 3 on 3 basketball tournament withthree divisions: under 18, women and over 35. Theentry fee ranges from $60 to $100. Info: 963-6030.

SUNDAYAug. 26FESTIVAL • The Festival of the Americas, pre-sented by the Roaring Fork Rotary/Club Rotario,takes place at Sopris Park beginning at 11 a.m.There’ll be music, dancing, food and more. Vol-unteers are needed. Info and applications:www.festivalamericas.net.

TUESDAY Sept. 4PAM HOUSTON • The Aspen Writers’ Founda-tion brings Pam Houston to the Third Street Centerfor a free talk at 6 p.m. Houston’s books include“Cowboys Are My Weakness,” “Sight Hound,”“Waltzing the Cat” and “A Little More About Me.”She’ll be discussing her most recent novel“ContentsMay Have Shifted.”

SATURDAY Sept. 8gOLF • The 13th annual American LegionWomen’s Auxiliary golf tournament takes place atthe Ranch at Roaring Fork. The cost is $40 perplayer and there are four players per team.Entry feescan be sent to The American Legion at 97 Third St.or drop them off after 3 p.m. Hole sponsorships arealso available. For details, call Julie 963-2381.

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

CLASSICAL MUSIC • The Basalt RegionalLibrary presents free concerts featuringAspen Music Festival and School studentsThursdays at 5:15 p.m. through Aug. 16.Info: www.basaltlibrary.org.

MAYOR’S COFFEE HOUR • Chat withCarbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot onTuesdaysfrom 7 to 8 a.m. at the Village Smithy, locatedat 26 S. Third St.

THEATRE ASPEN • Theatre Aspen presents“How I Became a Pirate” and “The 9 Steps”through Aug. 18. Info: theatreaspen.org.

VAUDEVILLE • The Glenwood VaudevilleReview’s all new summer show is staged inGlenwood Springs at 901 Colorado Avenue.Shows take place Fridays and Saturdays at

6:30 p.m. and Sundays at 5:30 p.m. There’s apub style menu and full bar. Tickets are $22for adults, $20 for seniors, $16 for kids. Infoand reservations: 945-9699 or gvrshow.com.

CMC gALLERY • Colorado Mountain Col-lege’s downtown gallery in Glenwood Springspresents Santa Fe artist Michael Kessler. Hislatest show,“OpulentAbstractions of the Nat-ural World,” will be on display through Sept.6. The gallery is located 802 Grand Ave. Info:947-8367 or visit cmcartshare.com.

STONE CARVER’S EXHIBITION • The16th annual Stone Carver’s Exhibition con-tinues at the RedstoneArt Center in Redstone.Sculptors from the Marble/marbleXXV sym-posium are showing their work. The exhibi-tion runs through Sept. 30. Info: 963-3790.

DRAKE EXHIBITION • An exhibition fea-turing photographs by Martha Drake contin-ues at the Wyly Community Art Center inBasalt. info: wylyarts.org or 927-4123.An ex-

hibit byTheodore B.Mockbee is also on view.

UTE EXHIBIT CONTINUES • The AspenHistorical Society presents “Seasons of theNuche: Transitions of the Ute People” atthe Wheeler/Stallard Museum (620 W.Bleeker) through the summer. Kids 12 andunder are free.

gW ART • The Glenwood Springs Art Guildis sponsoring two exhibits through Sept. 30.Noemi Kosmowski shows her oil paintings atthe Flower Mart (210 6th St.) and Judy Milnedisplays her watercolors and pastels at BullockHinkey Real Estate (311 Blake Ave.) duringregular business hours. Info: 404-1208.

gROUP RUN • Independence Run & Hikestages an all-abilities run Saturdays at 7:45a.m. Info: 704-0909.

SUPPORT gROUP • Hospice of the Valleypresents a grief and loss support group inBasalt the second and fourthWednesday of themonth. Info: Sean Jeung at 544-1574.

Hold the PressesCAT LOST AT RVR • A brown, tabby, short-hair cat with black stripes (about 12 pounds) named Trigger or Trigsy went missing from Crys-tal Bridge Drive on Aug. 6. If you’ve seen this cat, please call 618-8355.

gOOD BOOK • The Friends of the Gordon Cooper Library “One Book One Town” book is “Nothing Daunted” by Dorothy Wickenden.For details, call 963-2889.

BARSAMIAN IN TOWN • KDNK presents an evening with David Barsamian at Bonfire Coffee from 7 to 9 p.m. on Aug. 21. He’ll discuss hiscurrent book “Occupy the Economy: Challenging Capitalism.” For details, go to kdnk.org.

gO HAWAIIAN • Hawaiian shirts are suggested for the Carbondale Wild West Rodeo on Aug. 16. For times, see this week’s Calendar section.

YOgA IN ACTION • Yoga Day in Aspen’s Paepcke Park takes place from 9 to 11 a.m. on Aug. 19. For details, go to aspenyogasociety.org.


KDNKBlues & BBQMembership Drive Kickoff EventSaturday, Aug 18, 2012, 4pm-10pm, 4th Street Plaza, Carbondale

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Other Membership Drive Events:Alternative Radio’s David Barsamian at Bonfire Coffee 8/21 7pmMr. Carbondale Man Pagaent at Phat Thai 8/24 9:30 pmAdvanced reservations available - call KDNK at 963-0139

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Mission: KDNK provides public access radio that connects communitymembers to one another and the world.

Community BriefsAmore holds benefit yard sale

Amore Realty is sponsoring a communitygarage sale at the corner of Seventh and Mainfrom 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Aug. 18. The pro-ceeds go to a scholarship in Mikey Morrison’shonor and also Amanda’s Hope. For details,call 379-4766.

Volunteer board deadlinesThe town of Carbondale has vacancies on

several volunteer boards and commission.The town’s board and commission lineup in-cludes: the Bicycle, Pedestrian and TrailsCommission; Board ofAdjustment; Environ-mental Board; Historic Preservation Com-mission; Parks and Recreation Commission;Planning and Zoning Commission; PublicArts Commission; Riding Arena Committee;Trails Committee; Tree Board; and VictimsAssistance Law Enforcement Board.The ap-plication deadline is Aug. 20. For details, call963-2733 or go to carbondalegov.org.

RFC holds photo contestThe Roaring Fork Conservancy is accept-

ing entries for its 2012 Roaring Fork water-shed photography contest. Photos mustinclude rivers, streams or water in the Roar-ing Fork watershed, including the Frying Pan,Crystal and Roaring Fork rivers and theirtributaries.The entry deadline is Sept.20.Fordetails, go to roaringfork.org/photo.

RFOV Smuggler work slatedVolunteers are needed to help Roaring

Fork Outdoor Volunteers and other groups

restore the old road system and create newtrails on Smuggler Mountain in Aspen onAug. 18. Kids as young as six can help. Reg-ister at [email protected] or 927-8241.

C’dale chamber offersSkiCo passes

The Carbondale Chamber of Commerceoffers discounted Aspen Skiing Co. ski passesto its members starting Aug. 13. For details,call 963-1890.

Nancy Blakeslee memorial Aug. 18A memorial for Nancy Blakeslee will be

held at 3 p.m. on Aug. 18 at 1605 Highway133 (Thompson House). For more informa-tion, see the announcement in this week’sSopris Sun.

Spellbinders needs storytellersSpellbinders holds volunteer training ses-

sion in El Jebel on Aug. 15, 16 and 20, and inAspen on Sept. 12, 14 and 18. No commit-ment is required to take the workshop al-though space is limited. There’s a $50materials fee. For details, call 401-0618.

Arrive early at the airportPitkin County is reminding flyers to arrive

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True Nature Healing Arts continues its free yoga classes at Sopris Park on Sundaysthrough August. It’s from 5 to 6 p.m. Rainouts are held at True Nature Healing Artson Third Street. Will Grandbois photo

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Sopris Sun Staff ReportDrought conditions and low water flows

throughout the state have Colorado Parksand Wildlife reminding anglers to monitorwater temperature when they are out fishing.

Several water-specific recommendationshave already been released this summer;however aquatic biologists recognize that fishcan be stressed due to temperatures in manydifferent coldwater fishing locations.

“Handling fish in waters that are 68 de-

grees and above can put undue stress on them,causing mortalities and compromising thefishery as a whole,”said Ken Kehmeier, senioraquatic biologist for the Northeast region.“We ask that anglers keep in mind the pro-duction opportunity of a fishery and not solelythe fishing opportunity. Get out and fish, butbring along a thermometer and try to fishearly in the day for the best opportunities.”

For more information about fishing inplaces not affected by low flows, visit

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by the merger of Colorado State Parks andthe Colorado Division of Wildlife, two na-tionally recognized leaders in conservation,outdoor recreation and wildlife management,according to a press release.

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Eagle Springs Organic Farm is one ofthose sustainable, long-term economic de-velopment opportunities, employing morethan 50 locals in an enterprise that is ex-panding. Eagle Springs will soon open aUSDA meat processing facility on theirproperty that will handle everything frombuffalo to chickens; as long as Bedrock As-phalt is not allowed to generate toxic dustnext to the farm.

As we consider economic developmentopportunities in the region that are in linewith the ecological realities of our time,we must look to our local farms — be-cause we can’t do without them. As cli-mate crises continue to threaten foodsources that we have come to count on, wemust build a local food system that cansupport at least a significant amount ofour food needs.

Please join the Roaring Fork Food Pol-icy Council in communicating to theGarfield County commissioners your valueof local farms and farmers. They will voteon Sept. 4 whether or not to allow an as-phalt crushing operation to set up directlyadjacent to Eagle Springs Farm. The toxicdust from this operation will threaten theability of the farm to remain in business.That risk is too high, for all of us, and forour future.

Gwen GarcelonCarbondale

Notes on VietnamDear Editor:

On KDNK’s “Alternative Radio” onAug. 5, the commentator said that pro-testors ended the Vietnam war. This isnot true.

President Nixon ended the UnitedStates’ involvement in the Vietnam war bybombing North Vietnam in 1972 and forc-ing them to the peace table to forge a peacetreaty that North Vietnam immediatelystarted violating, which ended in SouthVietnam’s collapse and North Vietnam’s ul-timate victory.

Long hair hippies and the protestors hadno impact on the Vietnam war.

There is a counter-culture myth that saysall the peace marches, and draft dodgers,and draft card burners and protests is whatended the war in Vietnam. This isn’t true.Nixon’s bombing brought the North Viet-namese to the Paris Peace talks, and after

the U.S. fled Vietnam, the North Viet-namese took over.

It’s as simple as that.Larry J. SmithCarbondale

Music Academy thanksDear Editor:

We at the PAC3 Music Academy wouldlike to extend our sincerest thanks for agreat round of summer sessions.

A big thanks to Josh Berhman at thePAC3 for sharing the wonderful stage, toCCAH for their support and to all the folksand tenants at the Third Street Center forsharing the positive energy and vibe of theplace with our staff and students.

Special thanks go to Craig Silberman forgrabbing great shots of the students andstaff throughout all three sessions, and formaking our online presence fun and inter-esting. Kudos, too, to Lisa’s Third StreetCafe for providing yummy snacks through-out the week and strong coffee when thegoing got tough!

Thanks, too, to our guest instructors:Matt Haslett (songwriting), Aaron Taylor(rhythm and groove), Meagan Goodwin(promotion), Carter Colia (drums andgroove), Lisa Atkinson (songwriting) andour student instructor Zach Hunt (bass andensemble playing). We’d also like to thankDave Taylor of Cool Brick Studios for shar-ing his beautiful studio with us, and lettingus all play!

Thanks, too, to Nelson Oldham of DosGringos for the big pre-game meal eachweek, and to Jim Neu (attorney) and KathyZentmyer (A+ Accounting). Thanks to theSopris Sun for coming out and photo-graphing us at work and play, and for cov-ering Session II in the paper.

A big, big thanks to all the family andfriends who supported the students as theyput their fledgling songs out there for all tosee and hear. Finally, a super-big thanks toall of the students who enrolled in the ses-sions, and put their hearts into them fully.You all were a true inspiration to us, andshone as a bright reminder of what we canaccomplish when we don’t hold back.

PAC3 Music Academy staffMarc BruellShanti GruberRob MillerMark Taylor

Instructor John Norton (far left) leads tai chi classes at Seniors Matter in the ThirdStreet Center on Mondays and Wednesdays at 9 a.m. Norton says tai chi is prac-ticed by more people on a daily basis than any other form of exercise in the world.For details, call 274-1010 or go to seniorsmatter.org. Photo by Lynn Burton


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CLASSICAL MUSIC •The Basalt RegionalLibrary presents free concerts featuringAspen Music Festival and School studentsThursdays at 5:15 p.m. through Aug. 16.Info: www.basaltlibrary.org.

DRAKE EXHIBITION • An exhibitionfeaturing photographs by Martha Drakecontinues at the Wyly Community Art Cen-ter in Basalt. info: wylyarts.org or 927-4123.

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HOOPS •The Crown Mountain RecreationDistrict in El Jebel holds a 3 on 3 basketballtournament with three divisions: under 18,women and over 35. Info: 963-6030.

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Program started inWWII EnglandBy Marlene ManownSpecial to The Sopris Sun

Outward Bound,whose first base camp inthe United States was located just south of thetown of Marble, is celebrating the 50th an-niversary of its first course this year.

On June 16, 1962, the first course (of 44young men) arrived at the Marble Base Campfor a month’s worth of adventure and chal-lenges. Supposedly, an instructor said thatfirst day: “I hope you will enjoy your stayhere but enjoyment will be a byproduct.”

With the dawn-to-dusk schedule of run-ning, rock climbing, hiking, and icy dips inmountain streams, it was a 26-day test ofspirit, stamina, and sacrifice aimed at build-ing self-confidence and leadership skills. Yet,a participant in the first course in 1962(James Boslough) states,“That course did asmuch for my self-confidence as any advice orencouragement I ever received. It made merealize I could do whatever I set out to doand I did just that. …. .went to medicalschool and became an emergency physician.… still practicing.”

The beginningsIn 1959, Chuck Froelicher, Colorado

Academy’s headmaster in Denver, inter-viewed Ted Hopkins who had been to Out-ward Bound in England as a student.Froelicher was inspired by Outward Bound’sapproach to education and from this con-versation began the task of establishing the14th Outward Bound school in the world,and the first in the Western Hemisphere. Bythe end of June 1961, the school had ac-quired 41 acres of land just south of Marble.Tap Tapley had pioneered the access road(what we presently drive to go from Marbleto Crystal) and assisted by a volunteer forceof about 20 students from Colorado Acad-emy they surveyed, dug and blasted sewerand water lines (yes, students did this!) as

well as built the main lodge.Froelicher, the founding president of the

Colorado Outward Bound school, still livesin Denver and remembers the pioneeringdays with incredible accuracy and detail. Hisson,Franz Froelicher, lives in Carbondale andis a blacksmith of some renown. Franz re-calls those early days with fondness: “TheColorado wilderness is where it began for us.Our family was always a ‘team’ and we areforever grateful to have life experiencesforged in the knots, twists and canyons ofOutward Bound knowledge,people and con-nections. There just isn’t a better group ofpeople to share a ‘bad day’ with when thereis a need for action or humor.”

In June of this year, two anniversarycourses were staged out of the Marble BaseCamp as a part of the events celebrating Out-ward Bound’s 50th anniversary. AlthoughOutward Bound stood alone as an outdooradventure school in the early 1960s, todaythere are many such programs. In spite of 50years passing, participants in these coursestoday report similar “life changing” impactsfrom their course experience.On a recent“se-mester course,” a participant from Florida,Chad Spencer, said upon completion: “Thelast 50 days for me has been a journey in find-ing my true self. It has been full of obstaclesshowing me what I am really made of.”

Jon Frankel reports in his Outward Boundresearch that upon completion of their Out-ward Bound course, 93 percent of partici-pants said they were more likely to believe intheir ability to succeed; 97 percent of partici-pants showed an increase in self-confidence;95 percent of participants showed an increasein their ability to resolve conflicts; and 91 per-cent of participants said that they would bemore likely to take responsibility for their ac-tions. Most agree that these impacts are asimportant, if not more important, in 2012than they were in 1962.

The Outward Bound program structurebegan in England during World War II tohelp British seamen develop their “will tosurvive” by teaching confidence, tenacity andperseverance.Today, there are some 40 Out-ward Bound Schools in the world serving

200,000 participants per year. OutwardBound’s worldwide mission is “to help peo-ple discover and develop their potential tocare for themselves, others and the worldaround them through challenging experi-ences in unfamiliar settings.”

CelebrationsThis year’s celebrations include or in-

cluded a Pioneers-to-Present afternoon atboth the Leadville and the Moab BaseCamps, an alumni gathering at the end of thetwo anniversary courses culminating at theMarble Base Camp, and a reunion/celebra-tion of staff and trustees who have workedthe past 50 years to be held at the MarbleBase Camp in September.

Courses now-a-days span many age groupsas well as males and females, not just theyoung male as was the case in 1962. Thoughthe “standard courses” are still the mainstay,there are special courses for veterans, grievingteens, people struggling with addictions, mul-tiple environment courses, semester courses,corporate teambuilding and more.

Tarn Udall, herself the daughter of two

Outward Bound instructors from the 1960sthrough 1980s and a graduate of RoaringFork High School, just completed instructinga semester course based out of Moab.“As thechild of two former Outward Bound instruc-tors, my siblings and I occasionally grumbledabout our childhood, seeming like we livedan extended Outward Bound course. It wascharacterized by frequent family expeditionsin the mountains and desert. Now, in hind-sight, I am deeply grateful to have had theseformative opportunities. I am wholeheartedlyconvinced that Outward Bound courses areas impactful for teenagers and adults todayas they were when my parents worked inColorado decades ago. I am consistentlyhumbled to have the opportunity to workwith students as they trudge up a mountainpass, learn to captain a paddle boat throughwhitewater,or rappel for the first time in a re-mote canyon. I am awed by how the com-pletion of a course can trigger dramaticgrowth in a student’s confidence, self aware-ness, leadership skills and ambition.”

For information on Outward Boundcourses, call Jason at 720-381-6589 ext.2304.

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