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Volume 4, Number 51 | January 31, 2013

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Ex-Marinepetitionsfor veterans’program

Co-Motion dancer Dana Ganssle Ellis rehearses for the new contemporary dance company’s upcoming performanceat Carbondale Middle School at 7 p.m. on Feb. 2. For more photos and details, please turn to page 16. (Note: the timelisted for the performance in last week’s paper was incorrect). Photo by Jane Bachrach

By Trina OrtegaSopris Sun Correspondent

dam McCabe had a successful run as asergeant in the Marine Corps. He was19 when he served his first tour in Iraq,

was meritoriously promoted and received a PurpleHeart and several commendations for bravery incombat. Based on his accomplishments in theservice, he assumed civilian life would be equallyas successful when he returned to the States aftera second tour.

When he got home, however, he couldn’t simply“turn off” the aggression that had been engrainedand made him successful in a war zone; he’d spentmonths in the military training to be aggressive, toengage in firefights, to survive urban warfare thatincluded snipers and suicide bombers.

It turned out that — like thousands of other vet-erans — McCabe’s day-to-day survival on thestreets of everyday America was more of a chal-lenge than active duty overseas. Veterans are notmaking it through this personal battle. During theirhomecoming, they suffer from depression, anxiety,mental illness, drug and alcohol abuse, domestic vi-olence, divorce, homelessness and fatal accidents.

Worst of all, 6,570 veterans of the Iraq andAfghanistan wars are dying from suicide eachyear, according to the Center for a New AmericanSecurity, a nonpartisan think tank that focuses onnational security issues.

That’s 18 veterans per day.One veteran is committing suicide every 80

minutes.Statistically, homecoming is becoming more

difficult to survive than overseas combat.

Stress of battleThroughout history, the stress of battle has

taken on different names. Ancient Greek warriorswere discharged for “being out of heart.” In theCivil War, it was called “irritable heart,” “shellshock” and “battle fatigue.” Today we know it asPTSD (post traumatic stress disorder), and it is af-fecting one in five veterans.

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By Allyn Harvey and Deborah “Debbie” Ortega

It is not often that we find common ground across theRockies on issues that affect our friends and neighbors.Wesometimes think of issues as “ours” or “theirs,” thoughmany issues transcend the mountains.

Communities and local businesses across our state de-pend on clean, abundant water from the Colorado RiverBasin. There is no greater reminder of that fact than thecurrent drought and the resulting economic impacts weare facing.

It is with those challenges in mind that people in com-munities from the Western Slope to the Front Range —such as Carbondale, New Castle, Rifle, Grand Junction,Thornton and Denver — support a balanced, common-sense approach to oil shale that requires research prior tocommercial leasing of taxpayer-owned land in the West.

Oil shale development could pose a significant risk tothe health of our rivers and the availability of water foragriculture,drinking supplies and local businesses.We needto know the risks ahead of any commercial development.

Energy development in our state has always been a sig-nificant economic driver, but it must still work in concertwith our other job-creating industries that rely on their fairshare of the water supply. Impacts to our water sourcescould affect the livelihoods of millions of residents in everycorner of our state.

The technology to make oil shale viable still has notbeen developed. Since commercial technology does not yetexist, there is no possible way to know the impacts, espe-cially on our water, that would accompany full-scale oil-shale development.All of us have a right to know the facts,so that municipalities, farmers and ranchers, as well astourism and outdoor recreation businesses that depend onhealthy rivers and safe drinking water supplies can plan andmake wise decisions.

Some have suggested that development will not usemuch water, and others say it will take too much.The onlything we know for sure is that we don’t know for sure.

The Government Accountability Office reviewed awide range of estimates that found that industrial-scale oilshale development would require as much as 140 percentof the amount of water Denver Water provides each year(or as much as a city 30 times the size of Grand Junctionwould use).

There are also those who say that investing public landand water in oil shale will provide a worthwhile return injobs on the Western Slope and energy for our nation. Wehope they are right.We don’t know that for sure either. Butwe have 100 years of promises and a dismal record of fail-ure with projects such as the Exxon Colony Project, whichdevastated the local economy after laying off more than2,000 workers when it closed down on “Black Sunday,”May 2, 1982.

No good investor would put money into a venture with-out first seeing the books. The Bureau of Land Manage-ment’s new plan does just that by requiring oil shalecompanies to do the research first, so we know just howmuch water would be needed and what the impacts towater quality would be, before going forward with com-mercial leasing.

Our neighbors in Arizona and Nevada have also askedthat we know the impacts to water — particularly the Col-orado River — prior to commercial development.

It was former Denver Water Manager Chips Barry —often heralded by those on both sides of the divide forbringing people together — who cited concerns that in-dustrial-scale oil-shale development could prevent Col-orado from fulfilling its obligations to downstream users. In2009, he told The Denver Post,“That is a risk not only forDenver Water but for the entire state.”

More than 100 business leaders, recreation organizations,

farmers, ranchers and others asked the BLM to ensure thatColorado water is protected.Sportsmen have cautioned thatreduced stream flows will negatively impact fish and the re-gion’s outdoor-dependent economy.These businesses dependon healthy rivers and safe water supplies.We cannot affordto gamble the backbone of our economy without fully un-derstanding the risk that oil shale poses to it.

We have much to offer here in the West. People come toour communities to visit, and sometimes they stay and call ithome,largelybecauseofourbig skies andoutdoor recreation.

We are all concerned about the potential impact on ex-isting water rights throughout the Colorado River Basinonce oil shale companies begin to exercise the senior rightsthey hold. In a worst-case scenario, this could turn theWestSlope into an industrial zone, ruin the Colorado River andthreaten drinking water supplies on both sides of the Con-tinental Divide.

As local officials, our responsibility is to ensure safe,healthy drinking water for our residents and a healthy com-munity. With that in mind, both of our municipalities havetaken positions supporting a cautious approach to oil shale.

Given that a commercial industry does not yet exist, itis just smart planning to require that research of oil-shaletechnologies be completed first and impacts fully analyzedbefore moving forward with a commercial leasing program,as the federal plan suggests. That is an approach that putsthe health of our water and the future of our communitiesfirst, to ensure that communities on both sides of the Rock-ies — and our entire region — continue to thrive.

Allyn Harvey is a member of the Carbondale Board ofTrustees.

Debbie Ortega is member of the Denver City Council.

This column originally appeared in the Grand JunctionSentinel.

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Good news, badnews on economyBy Patrick Hunter

The good news today from the economic front isthat the GDP of America (the total of all goods andservices) is rising. The bad news is the GDP is rising.We are hooked on the proverbial horns of a dilemma.

On the one hand, we are glad to see more of ourneighbors going back to work, to see unemploymentpayments decrease, to see higher tax revenues flowingback into government coffers and to see a general eas-ing in the country’s stress levels. On the other hand, thelevel of business activity has a direct effect on the nationand world’s environmental issues.

I have just returned to classes at Colorado Moun-tain College (after a 20-plus year layoff) and am deeplyinvolved in the study of environmental science and sus-tainable business. Of my many reasons to go back toschool, perhaps the most important was to find a wayto make a real difference in the future facing this coun-try and the world. I am bringing 40 years of construc-tion experience, and many more of life, to the table.But, I am far from alone.

The ranks of the activists are growing by the day.You need not look very far or long to find a staggeringamount of evidence for a looming environmental dis-aster. Simply, our modern lives are beating the hell outof the earth’s resources. The burning of fossil fuels,some as old a 300 million years, is changing our cli-mate in a way that is death to an unprecedented num-ber of the earth’s species of plants and animals andprobably a large portion of the human race.

We are facing a race of different kind.The race is to find solutions and alternatives, or else.

But standing in the way are political, economic and so-cial roadblocks. We now live in a world in which manyof the necessities of life are provided by multi-nationalcorporations. These mega-businesses have grown be-yond the control of our societies. And, currently, theyare obfuscating the nature of our situation for contin-ued profits.

But even here at home, in the Roaring Fork Valley,we are burning more energy than some small countries.(A slight exaggeration, perhaps.) Consider the jetplanes, heated driveways, non-stop traffic, heating andcooling of massive trophy houses, ski lifts and snow-making, and the importation of virtually everything weconsume every day.To paraphrase Desi on the 1950s“ILove Lucy”TV show: “Somebody’s got some ‘splainin’to do!”

With the help of my instructors, classmates andmany others, I hope to bring readers some ideas and in-formation in the months to come that will help solvethese problems and find a path forward.

Patrick Hunter lives in Carbondale.

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Sopris Sun Staff Report

Area Nordic skiers are invited to partici-pate in the 21st annual Ski for Sisu Skiathalonat Spring Gulch near Carbondale on Feb. 3.The event is an important fundraiser for theMount Sopris Nordic Council and moneyraised from the event pays for trail groom-ing at the popular cross country skiing areanear Carbondale.

“This is a really fun community event thatwe rely on to raise funds to cover our trailgrooming expenses” said Mount SoprisNordic Council Board member and coordi-nator of the event Greg Fitzpatrick. “Thisisn’t a race. It’s designed for the whole fam-ily to get out on cross country skis, ski a fewlaps, have refreshments, and bid on items ina silent auction.”

There will be three different courses againthis year including a 3.5 kilometer loop, a 10kilometer loop and a 12.5 kilometer loop.There is no entry fee for MSNC members anda minimum donation of $15 for non-mem-bers. Participants are encouraged to obtain

pledges for the distance they intend to ski orjust make a donation to participate.The morekilometers a participant skis the more moneyis raised for the Nordic Council.Anyone whoskis 25 kilometers or more receives a com-memorative T-shirt.

“The Finnish word“Sisu”means ‘strengthof will, determination, and perseverance.’ Wethink these are the qualities that have helpedbuild and continue to maintain our fantasticSpring Gulch cross country ski area which wascreated 27 years ago,”Fitzpatrick continued.

Hearty refreshments, including hot choco-late, will be served. Included in silent auctionitems are dinners at local restaurants, finewines, spa passes, ski passes, 5Point film fes-tival passes and more.

“We don’t charge anything to ski at SpringGulch. We rely solely on fundraisers like thisand membership dues. We think we do apretty good job providing some of the bestgroomed cross country skiing in the valley.”

For more information contact Greg Fitz-patrick at [email protected].

Bring your library cardBy Sue GraySopris Sun Correspondent

There’s a growing revolution in the Roaring Fork Val-ley with the opening of the newest section of the BasaltPublic Library. Now, local gardeners can use their librarycard to check out a packet of seeds, with the agreementthey’ll harvest some seeds from their crop in the fall and re-turn them to the library.

The opening of the Seed Library was celebrated with akick-off party and potluck on Jan. 23, which was held inone of the Basalt Library’s conference rooms. Gardeners ofall ages and abilities came to learn about this new com-munity asset. After all 50 chairs were filled, latecomersstood against the walls and sat on the floor.

The event began with a presentation by Stephanie Syson,manager of the Basalt-based Central Rocky Mountain Per-maculture Institute (CRMPI), who first proposed the idea ofa seed lending program to library director Barb Milnor lastsummer. Milnor thought it was a great idea and it receivedinstant approval by the board of directors. Gwen Garcelonand Dawne Vrabel of The Roaring Fork Food Policy Coun-cil lent their support to the project as well.

According to Syson’s presentation, one of the main ob-jectives of the Seed Library is to build a collection of veg-etable, herb and flower varieties well adapted to our highaltitude, dry conditions and short growing season.This willbe a boon to our climate challenged growers.

Also at issue is loss of diversity — the dwindling amountof different types of food plants available to grow. Diversityis important because while some varieties may fail understressful conditions such as drought, disease or pests, otherswill adapt and thrive giving us more food options overall.

A recent UN Food and Agriculture Organization studyfound that about 75 percent of the genetic diversity of agri-cultural crops worldwide was lost in the last 100 years,much of it due to the practices of large agri-businesses suchas Monsanto and Cargill.

“What I like is we don’t have to depend on multi-nationalcorporations for seed, we can grow our own,” said Carbon-dale gardener Fred Pulver, adding “It’s revolutionary!”

Revolutionary can mean either innovative or rebellious,both of which apply to seed libraries. Seed lending pro-grams sprouted up as a response to mounting concernabout agricultural sustainability and food security in theface of genetically modified food crops and hybridization.

The first was California’s Bay Area Seed Interchange Li-brary (BASIL), which originated from the Berkeley Uni-versity Ecology Center in 2000.

Now, seed libraries are spread all across the nation, notjust preserving genetic diversity in the food system, but ex-emplifying freedom, independence and equality for every-one. Just as a book library provides free access to printedmaterials, seed lending gives people who can’t afford to buyseed packets every year the means to grow their own food.

The opening of the Basalt Seed Library was precededby three sorting and packaging sessions.A $300 grant fromthe Pardon My Garden Club was used to purchase initialstocks from organic seed companies. Other seeds were do-nated, plus the Basalt Library provided the packets, labels,baskets and shelving.

First sorting partyAt the first sorting party, held in a meeting room at the

Basalt Library in early January, scores of volunteersshowed up to help divide and transfer seeds from theiroriginal packaging into small manila envelopes. The pack-ets were then labeled with the variety, year, and source ofthe seed.“This is such a cool idea,” said Dan Whitney, oneof the volunteers, “I hope it lasts for the next 10 decades.”

In an adjacent room, Basalt Library Technical ServicesManager Gail Owens printed blank labels and cataloguedthe varieties, which are now available for viewing on the li-brary website. As a gardener herself, Owens is excitedabout the new addition to the Basalt Library.“There are alot of gardeners in the valley,” she said, “I have a feeling

Growing revolution comes to Basalt: seed library

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Twenty-first annual Ski for Sisu is Feb. 3; Nordic Council’s fundraiser

The Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club held Nordic races at Spring Gulch on Jan. 27.The races were one of several that are staged at the Spring Gulch Nordic ski area each year.Photo by Lynn Burton

Volunteers sort and label seeds at the Basalt Library on Jan. 8. The first seed library was California’s Bay Area Seed In-terchange Library, which originated from the Berkeley University Ecology Center in 2000. Photo by Sue Gray

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e Orchard names Charles Hill as lead pastorSopris Sun Staff Report

On, Jan. 6, The Orchard commissioned W. Charles (Charley)Hill as lead pastor. Hill succeeds Senior Pastor Doug Self, whofounded The Orchard (previously Church at Carbondale) in 1990and celebrated his retirement as full-time senior pastor last fall.

Hill has lived in the Roaring Fork Valley for 14 years and cur-rently resides in Glenwood Springs with his wife, Gwen, and sonHenry, a junior a Glenwood Springs High School. Charley andGwen also have two older daughters, Morgan (an environmentalhealth specialist forGarfield County PublicHealth) and McKenzie (afreshman at Fort LewisCollege in Durango).

Hill has been on staff atThe Orchard for 13 years,first as director of min-istries, then as associatepastor. In anticipation ofSelf’s retirement, Hill as-sumed the title of lead pas-tor last spring. Previously,Hill was on the staff ofYoung Life as the youth pastor and senior pastor. He also was thegeneral manager of a local Culligan office.

“His leadership in both ministry and business made him an ex-cellent candidate to succeed Pastor Doug,” said a spokeswoman.

Hill’s position of lead pastor encompasses three primary areas.First, to be the primary champion and point leader for the fulfill-ment of the vision and mission of the church; second, to lead, teachand counsel the congregation, its leaders and staff in accordancewith each person’s individual gifts; third, to establish a churchstructure that is elder directed, staff led, and volunteer empowered.

“I am so honored that Pastor Doug and the elders were led tochoose me to be the lead pastor of The Orchard and to take this

vision, with our people, into the future. I want to honor Doug, hiswork and the sacrifices he had made over the decades in foundingChurch at Redstone, Church at Carbondale and now The Or-chard,” said Hill.

In addition to Hill’s promotion, Daniel Self is assuming the roleof teaching and Growth Groups pastor, and Jerry Alcorta (in ad-dition to continuing his role as worship leader) is overseeing TheOrchard’s Multi-Ethnic Ministry. Pastor Doug is remaining onstaff for about 20 hours per week, providing pastoral care andcounseling to the community.

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FRIDAy Jan. 25 At 12:05 p.m. officersresponded to a call concerning twomen huddled around the ATM in the300 block on Main Street. Turned outthe men were trying to retrieve a card.Police called Alpine Bank to assist.

SATURDAy Jan. 26 At 1:29 a.m. atHighway 133 and Main Street officersconducted a traffic stop then arrestedthe driver for DUI.

SATURDAy Jan. 26 At 6:22 p.m. anofficer stopped a vehicle for travelingthe wrong way in the area of MainCourt and Eighth Street. The officer re-ported he was then “chastised” for his“blinding lights.”

SATURDAy Jan. 26 At 6:43 p.m. offi-cers assisted the Carbondale Fire De-partment on a smoke alarm call atSenior Housing. Burned food wasprobably the cause.

SATURDAy Jan. 27 At 12:06 a.m. of-ficers stopped a vehicle at Main Streetand Snowmass Drive and arrested thedriver for DUI.

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this will be very popular.”Though the seed packets currently bear the names of

commercially produced seeds, such as Botanical Interestsand Territorial Seeds, eventually the labels will list the localgrower and where it was grown.“I’d love it if in five yearswe have varieties like ‘Bob’s Favorite Tomato,’” explainedSyson. “We’re not attached to keeping varieties pure,” shecontinued, referring to the fact that plants will evolve dueto environmental factors and poten-tial cross-pollination. The evolutionundergone by successive generationswill be a benefit in the long run, as theplants adapt to our specific soil andclimate conditions.

Syson also welcomes organicallygrown seed donations from localgardeners; just bring them into the library clearly labeledwith variety, year of harvest, location of garden (Basalt,Aspen, Carbondale), and the gardener’s name (optional).Most seeds are only viable for a few years, so donationsshould consist of seeds collected since 2010.

Varieties are categorized by the ability to harvest seedfrom the plants, using symbols borrowed from the skiingindustry. A green circle on the packet denotes easy seedcollection for beginners. This category includes tomatoes,peppers, beans and lettuce. The intermediate blue squareindicates more technical methods of collection in cropssuch as squash and cucumber, which tend to cross-polli-nate. Varieties like kale, chard and broccoli are markedwith a black diamond, meaning it takes expert skill to har-vest the seeds. Syson says there’s no pressure though, sug-gesting gardeners of all abilities just grow them out and dothe best they can in collecting the seeds. There will be threeinstructional workshops given at the Basalt Library thisyear to assist gardeners. The first one is “Beginning Seed

Saving” on March 27.To ensure the “difficult” varieties continue to be

available for lending, proceeds from the opening nightauction will go to purchasing a plot in Basalt’s Grace-Shehi Community Garden, which the Central RockyMountain Permaculture Institute will use to grow andcollect seeds. Auction items donated by local businessesand organizations include a yoga mat and chocolate

bars, garden tools, seed starting mate-rials, books, gift certificates and more.

Throughout the evening of theSeed Library kick-off party, gardenershad the opportunity to share tips,swap seeds, discuss last season’s suc-cesses and failures and express theirhopes for next season. This is also one

of the goals mentioned in Syson’s presentation — tobring the gardening community together to share seeds,advice and experience.

Looking around the room, CRMPI founder JeromeOsentowski commented: “It’s exciting to see a new gen-eration of people gardening.”

His response to the creation of the Basalt Seed Library:“It’s revolutionary!”

More on seeds• The last Saturday of January is “National Seed

Swap Day.”• Donations to the Seed Library and auction came

from: Central Rocky Mountains Permiculture Institute,Pardon My Garden, Lake Valley Seeds, Botanical Interests,BBB Seeds, High Mowing Seeds, Territorial Seeds, BakerCreek Seeds, Rock Bottom Ranch, Indoor Garden Supply,Sustainable Settings, Vitamin Cottage, Natural Growers,Peaceful Garden, Lowes.

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Contact info:The Basalt Library: basaltrld.org, 927-4311;Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute:crmpi.org; 927-4158.

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“I have a feeling thiswill be very popular.”

– Gail Owens, the Basalt Library

Michael Thompson (center left) and other local gardenersswap their seeds at the opening party for the Basalt SeedLibrary. Photo by Sue Gray

Cattlemen recognize Tybar RanchThe Colorado Cattlemen’sAssociation recognized the Dan-

cigerTybar Ranch as its 2012 Outstanding Seedstock Producerof the Year at its annual banquet in Denver on Jan. 22.

The Tybar, located up Prince Creek Road just south ofCarbondale, was recognized for its contribution to develop-ing the next step in using technology and modern practices toprevent brisket disease and improve pulmonary arterial pres-sure (PAP) evaluation in cattle, according to a press release.

“The Danciger Tybar Angus Ranch’s work in combatingbrisket disease and improving PAP evaluation in cattle hassignificant value in the future of the beef industry,” the pressrelease continued.

AAM picks RFHS, BHS studentsThe Aspen Art Museum chose several Roaring Fork High

School and Basalt High School students to curate its annual“Young Curators of the Roaring Fork” exhibition, whichruns through Feb. 3.

The RFHS students are: Ticah Burrows, Emily Eason,Sasha Williams, Sarah Wisnoski and Abriah Wofford.

The BHS students are: Indika Hardenbrook, GordonMurphy and Becca Rembold.

BHS students chosen to show their work are: HunterAsh, Shelley Briscoe, Evelyn Dominguez, Meztly Esparza,Maggie Morlind and Cody Rewinkel.

Bridges High School student Henry Maxwell was alsochosen to show his work. Other students from Aspen toRifle were also included.

Playwright finalistsRoaring Fork High School students Christian Guzman,

Eric Vigil and Yaritza Zarate were finalists in the valley-wideAspen Theater Masters Aspiring Playwrights Competition.They crafted short plays in Mr. Carb’s creative writing classand entered them in the competition, according to RFHS

Principal Drew Adams blog. Later, professional actors con-ducted a staged reading in the school’s auditeria and thethree playwrights received feedback from the actors.

Sunsense completes Orchard jobSunsense Solar recently provided the technical design

and coordinated an agreement between the Orchard andXcel Energy for a solar system, according to a press release.

The solar system will generate 100 percent of thechurch’s current kilowatt hour consumption.

Sunsense Solar, a Carbondale-based company, has beenin the solar business for 24 years and specializes in puttingtogether financing packages for photovoltaic systems (PV)on large buildings and has helped to secure the financingneeded for The Orchard to complete the project.

They say it’s your birthdayLocals celebrating their birthday this week include: John

Baker, Kelsy Warkentin, Calvin Lee, Sally Mencimer andSkip Bell (Jan. 31), and Megan Larsen (Feb. 1).


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By Celeste ComingsSopris Sun Correspondent

It’s no coincidence the boy’s basketballteam, with head coach Larry Williams andassistant coach Larry Black, have foundsuccess this year.

It is only Williams’s fifth year as headcoach, but his history with Roaring ForkHigh School dates back to 1935 when hisgrandmother graduated from CarbondaleUnion High School. Williams graduated in1981 and returned to the school six yearslater to coach the girl’s freshman and juniorvarsity basketball teams.

When asked what is most rewardingabout coaching,Williams replies “The rela-tionships that are developed with the team.The players and coaches are an extensionof my family.”

So, it’s not surprising he teamed up withBlack, who also graduated from RoaringFork High School. The two are top con-tenders for the most time spent in theschool’s gym. Clocking hours as students,teachers, coaches and athletic directors,they have seen it all.

Williams speaks highly of Black. “He isan old friend, and former head coach, so hisadvice and assistance at games and practiceis invaluable.”

Williams and Black function as a team.For example, during games Black makes allthe substitutions. Williams and Black arejoined this year by former Basalt HighSchool head coach John Pettit, who has spenta lot of time working with the team’s guards.

Roaring Fork is perched atop the West-ern Slope League standings and is abouthalfway through the season. As for Febru-ary’s match ups, Williams likes his team’schances. He said he feels the team is per-forming extremely well with inside-outsideplay and is adaptable in close games.

The Rams edge over the competition istheir outstanding defense but they are stillworking on putting a full game together.Asbasketball coaches are known to say, put-ting a full game together includes reducingturnovers. He said the team is confident butnot satisfied with its play. They are hungryand working to get better.

The boys host Grand Valley at 7 p.m. onFeb. 1, followed by home games againstOlathe at 4 p.m. on Feb. 2, and againstAspen at 7 p.m. on Feb. 5.

GirlsOn the girls sideline are Kirk Cheney

and his right-hand man Larry Stangeland.Cheney has been in the Roaring Fork Val-ley since 1969. He was an All-State line-backer in football and All-State honorablemention in basketball. Cheney has been aplayer, parent and coach as he completes aunique full circle in his years at RFHS. Hehas coached for many years, from peeweeto high school. His expertise in basketballcomes partially from his 19 years as an of-ficial, which makes for a good eye in prac-tices. He has help from Stangeland, whoplayed ball in Minnesota.

The duo has been through thick andthin together, but what makes them meshis their shared philosophy of the game. Thephilosophy is simple: learn and teach as-pects of life through athletics. Cheney says

that sports teach “… how to get along withothers to strive for a common goal, toknow that not everyone has the same abil-ity but their role is essential to the team’ssuccess, and that life, like sports, isn’t al-ways fair but you must learn to adapt andovercome to find a way to accomplish whatyou want.” The reward is watching kidsgrow through athletics.

Strangeland has volunteered his time atRoaring Fork over the years. Cheney says,“That says a lot about an individual.”

All in all, Cheney and Strangeland areexcited about this year’s group. The seasonhas been a positive one for the Lady Rams.Looking ahead to this week, they face twoteams who have defeated them in leagueplay, but Cheney said he feels good aboutwhere they stand.

Literally.

With a height advantage over mostteams, Roaring Fork dominates on theboards. They shoot well, especially fromthe free throw line where they were 19 of22 last week. Their edge over the competi-tion is their athleticism and mobility. Whenthey cut and move they are hard to stop.

Cheney looks for improvement in scor-ing from three-point range and avoidingfoolish turnovers. When they focus ontheir goal of winning the league champi-onship and apply themselves, they fire onall cylinders.

“This group has the make-up to competewith the best teams in the state,”Cheney said.“I hope we can lead them on that journey.”

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THURSDAY Jan. 31LIVE MUSIC • PAC3 in the Third StreetCenter presents Agent Orange with ReviveReagan as opening act. The show starts at 8p.m. Day of show tickets are $22. Info:pac3carbondale.com.

GLUTEN FREE BAKING • Rock BottomRanch in El Jebel offers a gluten free bakingclass with Signa Strom from 5:30 to 8:30p.m. Info: aspennature.org.

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

FRIDAY Feb. 1FAT FRIDAy • This month’s First Friday isFat Friday in Carbondale, with a parade,restaurant and merchant parties and specials,and more.The parade is scheduled to start at4:30 p.m. at the corner of Second and MainStreet, then proceed down Main Street to Sev-enth Street where it will end. A panel of“celebrity”judges will make awards to floatsin several categories and masquerade cos-tumes are encouraged. The Gordon CooperLibrary will feature a performance based on“The Grapes of Wrath,” plus a fire pit andlive band on the Fourth Street plaza. Info:963-1890.

MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents“Lincoln” (PG-13) at 7 p.m. Feb. 1-7 withspecial showing at 1 p.m. on Feb. 3 and“Hitchcock”(PG-13) at 4:45 p.m. on Feb. 2.

LIVE MUSIC • Carbondale Beer Works onMain Street presents The Mile Markers (theFront Range band, not the local Mile Mark-

ers). No cover. Info: 704-1216.

LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the old partof the Dinkel Building presents live musicevery Friday night.

LIVE MUSIC • PAC3 in the Third StreetCenter presents The Magic Beans and Emi-nence Ensemble at 8 pm. Tickets: $8/$10.Info: pac3carbondale.com.

THE DUST BOWL • The New Castle Li-brary presents the exhibit “The Dust Bowl”on Feb. 1-14 .The exhibit is organized by theNebraska Council for the Humanities in col-laboration with Humanities Texas.

CMC GALLERy • The CMC ArtShareGallery on Grand Avenue in downtownGlenwood Springs features alumni and cur-rent students in the professional photographyprogram. The show continues through Feb-ruary.An opening reception will be held from6 to 8 p.m. on Feb. 8. Info: cmcartshare.com.

AWF • The Aspen Writers’ Foundation kicksoff its Winter Words series with Kevin Pow-ers (“The Yellow Birds”) and Tobias Wolff(“Old School”) in Paepcke Auditorium at 6p.m. Tickets are $20 at 920-5700 or aspen-showtix.com.

SATURDAY Feb. 2DANCE •The new dance troupe Co-Motiongives a performance at Carbondale MiddleSchool at 7 p.m. Info: danceinitiative.org.

RFFC • The Roaring Fork Cultural Counciland Habitat for Humanity presents DickDurrance at Thunder River Theatre indowntown Carbondale at 7:30 p.m. Dur-

rance — a former National Geographicphotographer and motivational speaker —will share three ideas for embracing changeand bringing your best to the world. He willalso share photographs from around theworld and talk about his adventures.Ticketsare $20 at roaringforkculturalcouncil.com.

SNOWSHOE RACE • The fourth annualRedstone snowshoe race/walk takes place atthe Redstone Inn at 10 a.m. The entry fee is$20 for adults and $10 for kids. The 5Kcourse follows the Crystal River in places andalso crosses the Redstone Castle grounds.Proceeds benefit HomeCare & Hospice ofthe Valley and Info: 704-1843.

LIVE MUSIC • PAC3 in the Third StreetCenters presents the Portland Cello Projectand Alialujah Choir at 8 p.m. Tickets:$18/$23. Info: pac3carbondale.com.

LIVE MUSIC • Carbondale Beer Works onMain Street presents Tony Rosario (countryblues) from 6 to 9 p.m. No cover.

LIVE MUSIC • CuveeWorld Bistro in Basaltpresents Poser (unplugged) performing theBeatles, Elvis and other musical legends at8:30 p.m. No cover.

SUNDAY Feb. 3SUPER BOWL PARTy • American LegionPost 100 hosts a Super Bowl party andfood drive for Lift-Up. Bring a nonperish-able food item to donate and get a free raf-fle ticket for great prizes. Wear yourfavorite team jersey. Food will also beserved. The Post 100 is located in Carbon-dale’s former train station at 97 N. Third

St. Info: 963-2381. The public is invited.

CCC • The Carbondale Clay Center holds apaint-your-own Valentine event from 2 to 4p.m.Prices vary,depending on the bisque-wareshape you choose to paint. Info: 963-CLAY.

SKI FOR SISU • The Mt. Sopris NordicCouncil’s annual Ski for Sisu fund-raiser takesplace at Spring Gulch. For details, see the ar-ticle in this week’s Sopris Sun.

TUESDAY Feb. 5AVALANCHE TALK • Cripple Creek Back-country in La Fontana Plaza presents Col-orado Avalanche Information Centerforecaster Brian McCall at 7:30 p.m.Space islimited. RSVP at [email protected].

STORy ART WITH AAM • Story Art withthe Aspen Art Museum at the GordonCooper Library focuses on the Dust Bowl at3:45 p.m. The program is for grades K-5.Info: 963-2889 or [email protected].

WEDNESDAY Feb. 6NATURALIST NIGHTS • Roger PulwartyPhD presents “The Great Drought of 2012and Beyond”at 7:30 p.m. at the Third StreetCenter. It’s free. Naturalist Nights are pre-sented by the Aspen Center for Environmen-tal Studies, Wilderness Workshop andRoaring Fork Audubon.

ROTARy • The Rotary Club of Carbon-dale meets at the firehouse at 7 a.m.every Wednesday. Info: Ken Neubeckerat [email protected].

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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Where else in the entire state of Colorado canone experience the following within about a three-block area this Friday night: A lively and perhapseven boisterous Mardi Gras parade, followed by anencounterwith“GrapesofWrath”reenactors, thenyou can eat out, drop in at any of several galleries orart show openings, take in the Academy Awardnominated“Lincoln”attheCrystaleatre,andtopoff the night with some funk, folk or rock ’n’ roll.

Go ahead and Google around on the Internet,but it’s doubtful you’ll find anything approachingthat kind of action anywhere other than Carbon-dale as First Friday goes Fat Friday on Feb. 1.

e night starts with a Mardi Gras paraderight down Main Street at 4:30 p.m. Look fora reported 25 floats and self-appointed an-nouncer Steve Skinner calling the thing with aPA from in front of the Pour House. “No oneasked,” said KDNK’s station manager. “It was justan idea I had,” Skinner wrote in his Jan. 29 AspenDaily News column. As for the floats themselves,Skinner reports that someone other than KDNKsnagged Soozie Creamcheese and her “massive

earthly puppet characters” so the station wentwith a hoola hoop/electric vehicle/organic beadstheme. PAC3 finds itself in the middle of the mixwith a Mardi Gras themed float that features theNederland-based funk/folk/electronica bande Magic Beans, which will later head to thewarmth of the ird Street Center for a show at8 p.m. Folks from Redstone are floating down topump up their Feb. 2 snowshoe races. Helpingout on Redstone’s float, Samdu the Voodoo Dogwill be surrounded by wanna beCajuns with previous party expe-rience. Rumor has it that one pa-rade entry might include firedancers but e Sopris Suncould not confirm it so don’t gospreading it around. Somethingthat’s not rumor: the paradewill be judged by mayor StaceyBernot, trustee Frosty Mer-riott, Richard Fuller (AlpineBank) and John Matchael(Crystal Glass Studio). ebest overall float wins a tro-phy of some sort. e run-ners up do not win a set of

steak knives but they do receive PAC3 tickets.After the parade, at about 5:30 p.m., folks

might notice old time music, a blazing bonfire andmigrant Okie camp (complete with 1940s truck)set up on the Fourth Street plaza. is temporarygathering place is the work of Brenda Buchananand Jack Green as a way of publicizing the GarfieldCounty Library District’s Big Read – which is infact John Steinbeck’s Depression-era classic “eGrapes of Wrath.” Green is promising a sermonbased on the teachings of Casy in the book, while

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ing biscuits to hand out. Roaring Fork High Schoolstudents are playing the roles of Okies (which inthe 1930s was a derogatory term for Oklahomanswho fled to California). ere might also be atleast one Woody Guthrie sing-along. Buchanansupplied e Sopris Sun with Steinbeck’s own de-scription of one of Oklahoma’s favorite sons:“Woody is just Woody. ousands of people donot know he has any other name. He is just a voiceand a guitar. He sings the songs of a people and Isuspect that he is, in a way, that people. Harshvoiced and nasal, his guitar hanging like a tire ironon a rusty rim, there is nothing sweet aboutWoody, and there is nothing sweet about thesongs he sings. But there is something more im-portant for those who will listen. ere is the willof the people to endure and fight against oppres-sion. I think we call this the American spirit.”

On the gallery front:e White Dog, on Weant Boulevard, is

Carbondale’s new fine arts gallery and is intro-ducing the work of Dianne Parks. Born and raisedin New Orleans, Parks received her art training atMcCrady School of Fine Art in the French Quar-

ter. Her paintings are primarily oil on canvas withemphasis on the vibrancy, color and light ofsouthern Louisiana.

e Main Street Gallery features Carbon-dale native Catherine Tallmadge, who has createda whimsical collection of multi-media collages fea-turing patron saints and other idols.

e Carbondale Clay Center, at the eastend of Main Street, hosts an opening receptionfor “Seeing Red” from 6 to 8 p.m. Featured artistsare: Steven Colby, Diane Kenney, Peg Malloy, Al-leghany Meadows, Lisa Pedolsky, Elizabeth Robin-son, and Alex Watson. e exhibition is sponsoredby Amoré Realty.

e Carbondale Council on Artsand Humanities opens its 33rd annualValley Visual Art Show with a receptionfrom 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Bonfire in theDinkel Building. is year’s show issplit between Bonfire and CCAH’sird Street Center Gallery, which willalso be open on Friday night.

Marcel (Majid) Kahhak willpaint live in his Dinkel Building stu-dio/gallery from 6 to 8:30 p.m.

Elsewhere around town, TrueNature at 100 N. ird St. pres-ents kirtan music, raw chocolate

and tea sampling at 7:30 p.m. Across the street,American Legion Post 100 hosts a spaghettidinner from 5 to 8 p.m. e cost is $8 for adultsand $5 for kids. SoL eatre hosts its grandopening at 995 Cowen Dr., #101 (Gateway Plaza,next door to e Goat) from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Someof SoL’s finest young talent will perform live acts.ere’ll also be prizes and treats for kids, as wellas drinks and appetizers for adults.

On a Fat Friday related note, volunteers arestill needed to help stage and marshal parade. Fordetails, call Andrea Stewart at the CarbondaleChamber of Commerce (963-1890).

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ink you know Mardi Gras? at it’s all about booze, beads and de-bauchery? ink again! Fat Tuesday is celebrated with a wide variety ofMardi Gras traditions, including many family-style celebrations.

Mardi Gras is the last Tuesday before Ash Wednesday and ushers in 40days of Lent. “Carnival” is the season that begins on Jan. 6 — the Feast ofEpiphany. A krewe (pronounced like “crew”) is a social organization thatputs on a parade and/or a ball for the Carnival season.

e history of Mardi Gras began long before Europeans set foot in theNew World. In mid-February the ancient Romans celebrated the Luper-calia, a circus-like festival similar to the Mardi Gras we are familiar withtoday. When Rome embraced Christianity, the early Church fathers de-cided it was better to incorporate certain aspects of pagan rituals intothe new faith rather than attempt to abolish them. Carnival became aperiod of abandon and merriment that preceded the penance of Lent,thus giving a Christian interpretation to the ancient custom.

Many historians believe that the first American Mardi Gras took placeon March 3, 1699, when the French explorers Iberville and Bienville landedin what is now Louisiana, just south of the holiday's future epicenter, NewOrleans. ey held a small celebration and dubbed the spot Point duMardi Gras. In the decades that followed, New Orleans and other Frenchsettlements began marking the holiday with street parties, masked ballsand lavish dinners. When the Spanish took control of New Orleans, how-ever, they abolished these rowdy rituals, and the bans remained in forceuntil Louisiana became a state in 1812.

During Mardi Gras in 1827, a group of students donned colorful cos-tumes and danced through the streets of New Orleans, emulating therevelry they'd observed while visiting Paris. Ten years later, the firstrecorded New Orleans Mardi Gras parade took place, a tradition thatcontinues to this day. In 1857, a secret society of New Orleans business-men called the Mistick Krewe of Comus organized a torch-lit Mardi Grasprocession with marching bands and decorated carriages, setting thetone for future public celebrations in the city. Since then, krewes have re-mained a fixture of the Carnival scene throughout Louisiana and othersouthern states.

Although the biggest celebrations still occur in the New Orleans area,many communities have their own version of Mardi Gras.Customs include throwing beads and other trin-kets, wearing masks, decorating floatsand sharing King Cake. And there is al-ways food, music and dancing. In thesmall town of Mamou, a masked horse-man rides from house to house, collectingchickens, meat and other foods for thefeast table. In Choupic (pronounced like “shoepick”), residents chase children of the town and make themrecite Catholic prayers before giving them their pre-Lentenflogging with willow tree branches (all in good fun, of course).ere is even a dog parade, called the Krewe of Barkus.

So find the style that best suits you, and join us at theMardi Gras party in Carbondale on Fat Friday.

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THURSDAY Feb. 7LIVE MUSIC • PAC3 in the Third StreetCenter presents Royal Southern Brotherhoodat 8 p.m. Info: pac3carbondale.com.

HPC MEETS • Carbondale’s HistoricalPreservation Commission meets at town hallat 6:30 p.m. the first Thursday of the month.

FRIDAY Feb. 15LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the old partof the Dinkel Building presents the Oregon-based, New Orleans-school band Myshkin,and folk singer Michelle McAfee.

C-TOWN • KDNK’s annual C-Town talentshow returns to PAC3 in the Third Street Center.

STRANAHAN CONTINUES • “GeorgeStranahan: Looking Back” continues at theWyly Community Art Center in Basalt throughFeb. 28. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. onMonday through Friday. Info: 927-4123.

DIVAS MEET • The Valley Divas women’snetworking group meets the first Wednesdayof the month at Konnyaku. Info: 704-1711.

BEER RUN • Independence Run & Hikestages a four-mile beer run Thursdays at 6:30p.m. and a group run Saturdays at 8:15 a.m.Info: 704-0909.

SINGING BOWLS • Daniel hosts singingbowl sessions at High Country Gems andMinerals in Glenwood Springs on Wednesdaysat 6:30 p.m., and Fridays and Saturdays from1 to 4 p.m. Info: 945-8137.

CCC • Winter classes for kids and adults areunder way at the Carbondale Clay Center. Info:963-2529.

HOOPS • The Carbondale Middle Schoolgym is open for boys in grades 5-8 for basket-

ball shoot arounds and games from 10 a.m. tonoon on Saturdays. There’ll also be donuts,chocolate milk and $5 for half-court shots.

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

ZINGERS • Betsy Schenck leads the SeniorMatters Zingers sing-along group at HeritagePark Care Center on Tuesdays at 2 p.m. Info:963-2167.

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

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

MUSICAL STORy TIME • The GordonCooper Library presents Musical Story Timeat 4 p.m. on Mondays. Kids must be accom-panied by an adult at all times. Info: 963-2889.

PAC3 in the Third Street Center presents the Portland Cello Project and AlialujahChoir at 8 p.m. on Feb. 2. Tickets are $18/$23. Info: pac3carbondale.com. ThePCP’s current release is “Portland Cello Project Play Beck Hansen’s Song Reader.”Photo by Tarina Westlund


Pajama deadline is Feb. 8The deadline to drop off pajamas for Children’s Rocky Mountain School and the Fam-

ily Visitor Program’s Great Pajama Drive is Feb. 8. They can be dropped off at AlpineBank (Carbondale, Willits, Aspen, Basalt and Glenwood Springs), Blue Lake pre-school,Growing Years, the Basalt Library, Gordon Cooper Library, Children’s Mini College inGlenwood Springs, the Family Visitor Program and Early Childhood Network in Glen-wood Springs, and Children’s Rocky Mountain School.

For every pair of pajamas, the Family Visitor Program will donate a book to a needyfamily. The goal is to pair enough pajamas and books for 300 families by Valentine’s Day.

For details, call Debbie Condello at 963-2524.

Presentation focuses on social marketingCasey McConnell will present “The Power of Email & Social Marketing” at the Car-

bondale Chamber of Commerce’s quarterly luncheon on Feb. 12.“This information-packed seminar will show you how e-mail and social marketing

can really help you drive your business success,” said a chamber press release. “Discoverhow communicating with your customers regularly can help you stay connected and gen-erate increased referrals, repeat sales and unwavering customer loyalty.”

McConnell is a Constant Contact authorized expert.The cost is $20 in advance and $30 the day of. For details, call 963-1890.

Low-cost smart phone classSenior Matters offers classes in smart phones and computers at the Third Street Cen-

ter on Feb. 9. The computer class takes place from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and the smart phoneclass from noon to 1:30 p.m. A suggested $5 donation goes to Senior Matters.

The classes are held at the end of the Long Hall in Room 33. To reserve a spot or setup a customized consultation, call at 379-6599.

youthZone slates drug talkYouthZone has joined forces with teens and scientists across the United States as part of

National Drug Facts Week. The week-long health observance runs through Feb. 3 andYouthZone will post drug facts on its Facebook page, plus blog and tweet to create moreawareness of the impact of drugs on teenage behavior. For more information call 945-9300.

Community BriefsPlease submit your community briefs to [email protected] by noon on Monday.

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2013 YCRF ArtistsHunter Ash (Basalt High School), Shelley Briscoe (Basalt High School), Allison Cain (Rifle High School), Cecilia OteroChavez (Rifle High School), Evelyn Dominguez (Basalt High School), Meztly Esparza (Basalt High School), StephanieGomez (Rifle High School), Sommer Hayes (Aspen High School), Raigan Holgate (Rifle High School), Tori Hooper (Rifle High School), Henry Maxwell (Bridges High School), Marissa McKinney (Aspen High School), Maggie Morlind (Basalt High School), Cody Rewinkel (Basalt High School), Kidd Duhe Solomon (Aspen High School), Jake Statler (Rifle High School)

Support for the YCRF program and exhibition is provided by Mary and Patrick Scanlan.

The AAM’s education programs are made possible by the Questrom Education Fund. Additional support is provided by the Marcia and Philip Rothblum Foundation andColorado Creative Industries. The Colorado Creative Industries and its activities are madepossible through an annual appropriation from the Colorado General Assembly andfederal funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Adam McCabe hopes to garner 1 million signatures on a petition, asking the ObamaAdministration to establish a decompression program for veterans returning from war.He is circulating the petition through purplestarfamilies.org. Photo by Trina Ortega

“Regardless of the centuries, nobody’sever gotten homecoming right,” said Mc-Cabe, now 28 and a Carbondale resident.“The focus has always been on how to dowell in battle. But then how do we set ourguys up for success once they come home?We’re not taking a look at that and it’stime to. We’re losing 6,570 veterans ayear to suicide alone.”

McCabe is hoping to change that andhas helped to found Purple Star Veteransand Families, a nonprofit organization fo-cused on strengthening the homecomingsafety-net for veterans and their immediateand extended families. Purple Star was thebrainchild of former Carbondale residentJohn Henry, the father of a fallenAfghanistan combat veteran and PurpleHeart recipient.

The organization is pushing for the de-velopment and adoption of a 90-day de-compression period for veterans thatwould ensure:

• Every veteran leaves the military hav-ing completed a homecoming prepared-ness peer mentoring program taught byfellow veterans.

• Every service member who has served incombat or a combat-related job is providedcomprehensive health, wellness and decom-pression resources to address the hiddenwounds of war before they leave the military.

• Every new veteran has a post-separa-tion plan and follow-up schedule with hisor her local Veterans Affairs hospital.

• Every new veteran has a comprehen-sive homecoming preparedness plan forfamily, education and employment.

• Every family has access to compre-hensive homecoming preparedness trainingand resources before welcoming their vet-eran home.

Although the details of each program arenot lined out, Purple Star will be workingwith experts in medicine, mental health, in-tegrative health, education, employmentand other related fields to develop resourcesthat will be readily available for veterans.

Most importantly, Purple Star is en-couraging citizens to sign a petition askingthe Obama Administration to providecomprehensive health, wellness and de-compression training for all service per-sonnel to address the emotional “hidden

wounds” of war before they leave the mil-itary and while they are adjusting backinto family life, schooling and employ-ment. The goal is to have 1 million Amer-icans sign the petition, which can be foundat purplestarfamlies.org.

“The military does an incredibly effec-tive job training our young men and womento go to war. These veterans need the samelevel of training to help them come home,”the petition states.

VolunteeringCarbondale resident Jeff Wadley

served in the Vietnam war. Although hehas frequently checked in with other vet-erans in the valley by dropping in on sup-port groups, he said he waited 43 years tofind an effort to get behind. He is volun-teering to actively help Purple Star get thepetition passed.

“This is different than any of the other3,500 organizations that are out there be-cause this is going after the problem and try-ing to resolve it before it hits the street andsuper complicates our society,”Wadley said.

Wadley says he believes all veterans havesuffered the effects of war,but theAfghanistanand Iraq conflicts have been different becauseof the intensity of urban warfare.

“One of the biggest problems with theVietnam war was the Vietnam veteran washeld personally responsible by the publicof this county for the atrocities that tookplace over there,” he said. “I think there is

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this is going after theproblem and tryingto resolve it … .”

Jeff WadleyVietnam war vet

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Movement ProjectDuring last Saturday’s rehearsal at the Third

Street Center, the founders/performers of the newcontemporary dance company, Co-Motion, wereintent and focused on preparing for their inau-gural performance, which takes place on Feb. 2 atthe Carbondale Middle School starting at 7 pm.

The new dance company hopes to collabo-rate choreographically across artistic mediumsas well as explore important issues in our com-munity and Colorado through dance. Stay tunedto some unconventional, yet meaningful and en-gaging performances.

Founders and performers of this new dancecompany, under the Dance Initiative umbrella,are top left to right: Dana Ganssle Ellis, AshleyArnold; bottom left to right: Deb Colley andAja McAdams.

Photos and text by Jane Bachrach

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a little more compassion for the Iraq vet-eran, but we still have not achieved thishonorable stature for these men andwomen who gave everything. The warriorsneed to be held in an honorable light in oursociety, and that’s one of the major factorsthat’s missing.”

Wadley said he never received any psy-chological support as a veteran, nor did heseek it out. Like other veterans, Wadley’smentality was that an admission of need-ing help is a weakness. Veterans don’t askfor support.

“6,570 veterans a year aren’t asking forhelp,” McCabe said, explaining that manyveterans have put up barriers and feel theycannot relate to someone who has not beenon the battlefield. “That has some validityto it, but the problem is it just keeps us sick,it keeps us where we’re at and althoughthere are other people who do have thetools to help us, we’ve just built our wallsso tall that we won’t let them in.”

The mindsetMcCabe insists that this story not be

about him, but he retells some of his experi-ence to help others understand the mindset.He talks about how he carried a letter underhis flak jacket that told his family, if he died,don’t cry for me because I’m liberating theIraqi people. He talks about the intensity ofurban warfare and that every window, everyrooftop, every cellar becomes a threat. Hetalks about how you cannot trust anyonebecause the very folks that are waving,

‘amerikee, amerikee’one minute are pickingup AK-47s trying to killyou the next. He talksabout getting blown upon Christmas Day 2004.He cries a bit remember-ing fallen comrades. Hetalks about how his mis-sion became less aboutthe Iraqi people andmore about how to savehis men. He talks abouthow he rewired his brainto be hyper-vigilant andaggressive just to surviveeach day.

McCabe also knowsthat he leads by exam-ple, showing other veter-ans it’s OK to talk abouttheir experiences and seek help. He was inand out of treatment, including checkinginto Jaywalker Lodge, which brought himto the Roaring Fork Valley about five yearsago.While in Carbondale, he met a Vietnamveteran who was happy, and after years ofstruggling, it finally clicked for McCabe.

“He was a Vietnam veteran, and he justloved. He loved people. He loved his life. Heloved how he showed up in the world. AndI’m just looking at this guy and he made mereally uncomfortable,” said McCabe of the“radical” forgiveness workshop where hemet the man.“I wanted what he had.”

After a few visits, McCabe opened up.

He wanted to know howthis fellow veteran —someone who could re-late to the horrors Mc-Cabe had experienced— could be so contentand happy.

“I was hurt, scaredand aggressive. He lovedme when I had no lovefor myself,” McCabesaid. “I just kept replay-ing the same questions:Who am I now as ahuman being? If there’s aheaven, do I qualify giventhe things I’ve done,given the lives I’ve taken?I had all these really bigquestions. And I keptthinking, ‘Adam you’re a

horrible human being.’”Part of his “recovery” has been to have

the courage to talk about his experienceand how he feels. He started a PTSDgroup in the valley (admittedly to helphimself as much as others) but he has seena positive ripple effect when other veter-ans open up. It normalized things for him;it made him feel less alone. On a greaterscale, it can make a person realize he is notcrazy, says McCabe.

McCabe actively works at being well.For him, it includes daily meditation andprayer, which set him up to be “grounded”for the day. He doesn’t watch the news or

war movies, which both can spur feelingsof anger and pain. He invests time withfriends and colleagues who are equally in-vested in him. At his part-time job at TheBlend coffee shop, he greets customerswith a cheery hello, a big welcoming hugor both.

But he says his mentors have been the“biggest gift of all.” They include otherveterans and mental health experts, suchas trauma and tension release doctorDave Berceli.

“My mentors have been people thathave taken an interest in my life and helpedme to grow and develop and put down oldtools and pick up new ones,” McCabe said.“They’ve helped me redefine what being areal man is. I used to think I was a real manat 19 years old because I had a gun. I hadto redefine what I considered to be a realman — someone that’s strong enough totell people that he loves them. Someonestrong enough and OK enough with whothey are to be open, kind and tolerant.”

McCabe insisted this story not be abouthim. But it is a personal story. It’s personalevery 80 minutes when another veterantakes his or her life. That’s 18 veterans perday; 6,570 per year.

Sign the homecoming petition at pur-plestarfamilies.org.

For more information about Purple StarFamilies, visit the website or contact Mc-Cabe at [email protected] or(970) 366-6890.

After surviving the blast of avehicle in an IED (improvised ex-plosive device) attack, and beingevacuated to a Polish hospital onChristmas Day 2004, AdamMcCabe made his way back tohis platoon in Iraq. Here heposes with Cpl. Bill Mcfeeters.Submitted photo

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The first and second grade students from the Car-bondale Community School have been working withsome senior residents at Carbondale Senior Hous-ing for an integrated, investigative Service LearningProject that promotes and builds community, re-sponsibility, social justice and life-long learning.

For this year’s Service Learning Project, the stu-dents have been “investigating” the lives of some ofour local senior residents at Senior Housing. Firstgrade students were paired with a second grade stu-dent and a senior resident. The students conductedan interview with their new Senior Pal and are cur-rently working on creating a piece of art that de-picts what they learned from their senior duringtheir investigation.

“This project is important because it makes acommunity happy!” writes first grader CarmenGonzalez-Bringas. Sawyer Riley, a second grader in-volved in the project, said: “I felt nervous. Thenwhen I got my pal it was fun. My pal’s name is Lee.I want to change my name to Lee because he is cool!He builds hot rods and plays in a band!”

During the interviews, students learned what lifewas like when their Senior Pals were young. Theirpals also shared thoughts on their current lives, andthen offered special advice on growing up.

“Always be kind to one another.” “Be honest.”“Enjoy being young.” “Be true to yourself.” “Doyour best to be happy.” “Listen to your parents.”“Get a good education.” “Take it easy and havefun.”These were some words of wisdom passed on

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Rock Bottom Ranch’s Little Ranchers program con-tinues from 10 to 11 a.m. on Tuesdays through March 19.

Ranchers both large and small are invited to enjoy thisspecial snowy time of year in a weekly hour-long class.Each class includes crafts and educational activities thatfocus on a different aspect of ranch life.

“Adventure outside, sing songs, play games, meet thefarmyard animals, acquire new skills and cultivate a senseof wonder,” said a Rock Bottom press release.

This is for parents and children up to 4 years old. Thecost $140 (parent and one child) for non-members and$110 for members. Additional siblings are $70/$55. Toregister, go to aspennature.org.

Star gazingRock Bottom Ranch offers star gazing from 7 to 8 p.m.

on Feb. 12 and March 12. Participants will walk theranch’s nature trail while a staffer explains the constella-tions and points out other astronomical features. Hot bev-erages will be provided but dress warmly. The suggesteddonation is $10 per family. RSVP at aspennature.org.

Talent series continuesThe Basalt Regional Library’s talent series continues

with “Guitar Sounds” at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 19.The program will feature guitar students and their

teachers performing both solo and ensemble repertoire.Studios that will be represented include: Jerry Gasu GuitarStudios, Roaring Fork Lead Guitar, and Jimmy Byrne’sMusic Makers.

Free tickets will be available at the library’s front deskfrom Feb. 12-19. For more information, call 927-4311.

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Ever since I can remember, watching people, observing their behavior and taking notesin my head has been a favorite pastime.

Human beings are fascinating. Perhaps that’s why going to college and pursuing a ca-reer in anthropology became so important to me.

Merriam-Webster defines anthropology as “…the study of human be-ings and their ancestors through time and space and in relation to physicalcharacter, environmental and social relations, and culture.”

People are not only fascinating. We are complicated. My recent “study”concerning contemporary members of my species gives me cause for con-cern as well as hope.

There is always a good dose of suspicion involved with trusting the opin-ions of a fellow flawed character in the storybook of life. After all, no one’sopinions are without bias.

Nonetheless allow me to hazard a guess that there are many of you whohave made similar observations about human nature as I have.

We seem collectively to be losing our civility, the thing that allows us inour society to fully function for the common good.

The one incident locally in which this was brought home to me was thecampaign a year ago for and against the proposed Village at Crystal River(VCR for short).

A friend on the opposite side of the issue noted the same thing I did: people did notbehave well toward each other and the ill-feelings this “battle” produced will be with usfor a long time.

An old saying seems to have been forgotten by many of us, “It’s not what happens toyou but how you react that matters.”

More recently my youngest daughter confirmed my feeling that we’re not doing a verygood job teaching our young people how to be civil.

Having come back home to attend the Winter X games, Amber was not happy about

how rude her peers were and informed me that she would not be attending next year. Un-acceptable behavior takes the fun out of such events.

We don’t have to go to the X games to see rude behavior. All we have to do is get be-hind the wheel of our automobile and try to make it to work alive on theHighway 82 commute.

How easy it is for most of us to exhibit Neanderthal behavior when weget in the driver’s seat in a huge hurry to get somewhere.

There is hope that we can be more civil toward each other. The past 15years that I’ve been directly involved in crises as a member of an incident man-agement team has given me hope that we can exhibit more civilized behavior.

It seems that during a disaster people display an extraordinary abilityto pull together and help one another in heroic fashion. Time and timeagain I have seen individuals help to make a bad situation better by work-ing together.

People bring food and clothing for those who have lost their homes inwildfires. They pitch in at Red Cross Shelters. They volunteer to housestrangers and pasture their horses.

Folks don’t even have to be directly involved, as are police and fire-fighters, to help in a crisis. Remember the September 2011 video of by-standers helping lift a burning car off a trapped motorcyclist?

Why does it take a crisis to get us to work together in a civilized fashion or treat eachother with kindness?

What do you think the solution is to us all becoming more civil in our interactionswith one another? I don’t have the answers so if you have any ideas please let me hearfrom you. My e-mail is [email protected].

With over 30 years of experience in federal land management agencies, Bill Kight, ofCarbondale, shares his stories and concerns with readers every month.

from the seniors to their young pals.“The lesson you learn is to be a better

person,” said first grader Greyson Post.Dylan Madden, a second grader, said “Thisproject is important because it’s good forus to build community, and to put a smileon their faces, and be their friend, and learnabout their lives!!”

The first and second grade LearningCenter is planning a big presentation at theSenior Housing facility to share with theaudience what they learned about theirSenior Pal, and then give each senior thepiece of art created for and about them.

This project has been a positive experi-ence for all involved.The connections made

during the process have spread beyond theschool walls. One second grader, EmilyWilson, requested French toast for dinnerbecause that was her Senior Pal’s favoritefood when she was young.

When asked about the Service LearningProject, second grader Montana Jacoberwrote “It made me feel like my heart felt

bigger and stronger.”First grader Paige Pul-liam sums up the experience this way:“This project is important because it isabout love.

Karen Greenwood and Jonathan Masonare teachers at Carbondale CommunitySchool.

ese days, our society isn’t always so civil


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Legal NoticesTHE TOWN OF CARBONDALE_________________________By: s/s Stacey Bernot, Mayor

ATTEST:__________________________s/s Cathy Derby, Town Clerk

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ORDINANCE NO. 3Series 2013

AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEESOF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO,APPROVING FINES, PENALTIES AND ADMINIS-TRATIVE FEES PURSUANT TO SECTION11.04.060(I) OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THETOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO RE-GARDING NONCRIMINAL MUNICIPAL TRAFFICOFFENSES-PROCEDURES AND TOADDANEWSECTION TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE

ORDINANCE NO. 2Series 2013

AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEESOF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO,REPEALING SECTION 9.40 AND SECTION 9.42OF THE CARBONDALE MUNICIPAL CODE RE-GARDING THE OFFENSES OF DISORDERLYCONDUCT AND HARASSMENT AND CREATINGNEW OFFENSES OF DISORDERLY CONDUCTAND HARASSMENT AND THE PENALTIES FORVIOLATIONS THEREOF

NOTICE: This Ordinance was introduced, read, andadopted at a regular meeting of the Board ofTrustees of the Town of Carbondale, Colorado, onJanuary 22, 2013.

This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days afterpublication of this notice. The full text of said Ordi-nance is available to the public at www.carbondale-gov.org or at the office of the Town Clerk, 511ColoradoAvenue, Carbondale, Colorado, during nor-mal business hours.

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NOTICE: This Ordinance was introduced, read, andadopted at a regular meeting of the Board ofTrustees of the Town of Carbondale, Colorado, onJanuary 22, 2013.

This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) daysafter publication of this notice. The full text of saidOrdinance is available to the public at www.carbon-dalegov.org or at the office of the Town Clerk, 511ColoradoAvenue, Carbondale, Colorado, during nor-mal business hours.

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