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Carbondale’s weekly, non-profit newspaper Volume 2, Number 37 | November 4, 2010

This young buck stopped to graze in a field off Prince Creek Road just south of Carbondale late last week. Hispresence is a reminder that it’s the time of year when deer and elk migrate to the valley floor to find food, soplease slow down when driving. Photo by Jane Bachrach

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By Lynn BurtonThe Sopris Sun

While police search for suspects in the armed invasion of amedical-marijuana caregiver’s home,town trustees are turning upthe heat on themselves to draft medical marijuana regulations.

“This (armed invasion) is very disturbing,”said CarbondaleMayor Stacey Bernot. “We need to do something to take action.… Three people with guns entered a home 20 feet from wherekids were sleeping.”

Carbondale Police Chief Gene Schilling reports that on Oct.28 at about 11 p.m., three males brandishing guns entered ahome on Cowen Drive in which at least one and possibly twomedical marijuana caregivers live. They entered through un-locked front and back doors.

The men kicked one of the home’s occupants in the face,and stole a large amount of cash and a small amount of med-ical marijuana.

The men tried to make off with at least one medical mari-juana plant,“But they dropped it in the driveway,”Schilling said.

Two of the suspects are described as Latino males, ages 18-25, both about 5-foot-7, one about 150 pounds and the otherabout 200 pounds. The third suspect is described as a “younglooking”white male.All were wearing black beanies at the timeof the incident. They left the scene in a dark-colored vehicle,possibly a Toyota Camry or similar type of vehicle.

Schilling asked for anyone with information about the in-vasion to call the Carbondale Police Department at 963-2675.

Carbondale has been a hotbed of medical marijuana actionever since state laws allowed dispensaries and related activitiesin the summer of 2009. There are 11 medical marijuana dis-pensaries — operating mostly in retail and office-type locations— in Carbondale where cardholders can legally buy smallamounts of marijuana for a variety of medical conditions.Caregivers, some of whom operate in residential neighbor-hoods, can also provide medical marijuana to buyers.

Bernot said the caregiver angle is a particular concern fortrustees because so far, the town has no regulations that say whereor how they can operate. Some caregivers reportedly grow mar-ijuana in the homes where they operate.“Is this a home occupa-tion?” she said.

Bernot speculated that without town regulations, a caregiveroperating in a residential neighborhood could have dozens ofclients and grow dozens of plants in the house. “I don’t thinkthis is what (town) people envisioned,” Bernot said.

Since the summer of 2009,most Roaring ForkValley townshave put limits on medical marijuana dispensaries or imposedmoratoriums on them. Not Carbondale.After the first dispen-sary opened in Roaring Fork Village, the trustees appointed acitizen committee to make recommendation on regulating thetrade.Trustees received the report several months ago and havediscussed regulations but have taken no action.

Bernot said the town has taken a “softer approach” thanother towns in regulating the medical marijuana industrywithin ts borders and had taken somewhat of a “live and letlive” attitude.“But when people with guns show up … this isa pivotal moment.”

Schilling said he can’t remember the last time such a homeinvasion occurred in Carbondale.

Armed invasionof home reported

Shame on SubwayDear Editor:

Shame on Carbondale Subway for plac-ing flyers on cars in the high school park-ing lot during district volleyball. Not onlydoes Subway not support the kids and thebooster program at the high school, theyare now taking away funds from the highschool booster program by offering a mealat a cut-rate deal.

I realize times are hard for everyone butlet’s not take away from an already suffer-ing athletic/activities volunteer club. Putyour flyer in some other parking lot!

Jon Nell Reeds, presidentRoaring Fork High SchoolBooster Club

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Walking in from a sunny, bright day oneimmediately glimpses the red hues, thelively green plants and the black crossbowmetal open ceiling. At a closer examina-tion, one will notice wooden framed pho-tographs of flowers, aspen groves, andartistically highlighted negatives, metalsculptures hanging or filling the corners,soft lighting from the minute purple lamp-shades, and bike tires hanging from theceiling with yellow, black, and blue plasticwebbing.The wall lined with picture frame

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Are we ready to payextra for our food?By Allyn Harvey

Our town trustees are on the verge of approving a development plan that willraise the cost of your groceries, allow the tallest building in town to be built in thefield near Colorado Rocky Mountain School, and abandon hard-fought protectionsfor the downtown business core, including icons like the Crystal Theater.

Boiled down, the developer of the proposed Village at Crystal River wants to usea special tax on our groceries to subsidize construction of 125,000 square feet ofcommercial space and up to 164 units of housing on the west side of town.

If built, the Village at Crystal River will roughly double the amount of commer-cial space available for rent or sale in town, from 125,000 to more than 250,000square feet, and have profound implications for existing businesses and commercialproperties throughout our community.

Maybe we have grown tired of this topic and are ready to go with whatever thedeveloper and trustees come up with. But we deserve a chance to think about the ef-fects of this proposal on our daily lives. Here are some of the more impactful aspectsabout the Village at Crystal River:

� A 1.25 percent “public improvement fee” will be added to all goods and serv-ices sold in the new mall. That might not be a big deal, except City Market plans torelocate there, so a family that spends $250 a week on groceries will end up payingan extra $162.50 every year. The money will be used to pay for new intersections onHighway 133 — plus roads, sidewalks and other infrastructure located inside the de-velopment. The revenues from that fee will not be used for other costs associated withthe project, such as added policing and recreational programming for new residents.

� Are we ready for the tallest buildings in town to be located in the empty fieldnear CRMS? The trustees have agreed to townhomes along West Main Street withfacades up to 42-feet.They’ve also allowed a 42-foot tall, three-story mixed-use build-ing (á la Willits) closer to the school on the west edge of the development. For com-parison’s sake, the Dinkel Building downtown, home to the movie theater, Steve’sGuitars and The Lift, is less than 35 feet tall.

� The trustees are ready to scrap limits on the types of business allowed at theVillage at Crystal River, perhaps at the jeopardy of our beautiful downtown businessdistrict.The restrictions originally came from a diverse group of business owners andcitizens who worked with the Economic Roadmap group a few years ago. They aredesigned to protect downtown Carbondale from the ravaging effects that malls typ-ically have on small towns. Certainly the decision to discard them deserves morethought than some trustees are giving it.

There are other important issues to consider. The trustees have yet to nail downlanguage that requires the developer to comply with our Green Energy Code.

Nor has there been a serious discussion about securing a letter of credit from thedeveloper that allows the town to restore the land if the project can’t be completed.Such letters of credit, or recovery bonds, are becoming standard and should be re-quired here. The last thing we want is another Willits or Base Village marring the en-trance to Carbondale for years, or even decades to come.

This parcel has a divisive history, with two previous failed proposals that includea 12-screen theater with an El Jebel-like mall, and a big box store that was over-turned by voters.

This latest proposal would also change Carbondale in significant ways. Given thatwe are being asked to pay for that change every time we buy a gallon of milk, headof lettuce or carton of eggs, it’s important that the citizens and the trustees considerthe implications of this new proposal carefully.

If you are interested in this very significant project and its likely effect on ourtown, the best thing to do is attend the next trustee’s meeting and speak yourmind. But if you can’t make it, call a trustee or the mayor and let them know whatyou think.

Allyn Harvey lives on Wheel Circle in Carbondale. He is a board member at TheSopris Sun, but the views expressed in this column are solely his own, and do notnecessarily reflect the opinion of The Sopris Sun, its volunteers or employees.

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By Terray SylvesterThe Sopris Sun

The mid-term election frenzy may bewrapping up, but election season is just get-ting under way at KDNK.

OK,“frenzy” and “season” may be over-stating it, but the non-profit radio station’sapproximately 900 voting members willnonetheless have a few choices to make whenthey cast their ballots on Nov. 18.

Six candidates are in the running for spotson the station’s nine-person board of direc-tors. The top three vote getters will serve fullthree-year terms. The other three candidateswill fill partial terms – a two-year term andtwo one-year terms.

The candidates include Art Ackerman, aKDNK DJ of 22 years who, in his writtencandidate statement,professes a great love forKDNK and the funky volunteer spirit it hasinspired since it started in a humble studio inthe Dinkel Building; Barry Cryer, who do-nates the services of his telecommunicationscompany to KDNK and has volunteered fora handful of local non-profits; Susie Darrow,who has DJ’d for KDNK for about a quarterof a century and has previously served onboth the KDNK board and the CarbondaleBoard of Trustees; Laura McCormick, whohas just finished a two-year term on theKDNK board, works as a fundraiser for theColorado Rocky Mountain School, sits onthe board of The Sopris Sun, and has volun-teered at KDNK since she was in gradeschool; Mark McLain, a local architect whocompares KDNK’s eclectic offerings to a

burst of biodiversity, crediting the station forawakening him to a“Cambrian explosion ofnew artists and music;”andAndrea Richard-son, who currently sits on the board and saysthat, as a recent transplant to Western Col-orado, she’s looking for ways to get to knowthe place better.

KDNK members are also being asked todecide on a set of proposed changes to the or-ganization’s bylaws. In addition to typo-graphical and organizational fixes, theamendments would allow the station to an-nounce its elections and membership meet-ings –– and any future bylaws changes ––electronically.

According to its current bylaws the stationmust announce its special meetings and elec-tions on the air and by sending out press re-leases to local newspapers, purchasing at leastone ad in a local paper and mailing meetingannouncements and election materials to itsmembership at least 21 days in advance. Theproposed bylaws changes would nix the news-paper ad and mail requirements, allowing thestation to make materials available to its mem-bers via email and its Web sites instead.

Station Manager Steve Skinner said theemphasis on electronic communicationwould save “hundreds of dollars” annuallyspent on postage, printing and advertisingfees. He said the station would be spared theonerous task of preparing the mailings and,by getting rid of the requirement to prepareelection materials nearly a month in advance,potential candidates would have more timeto get on the ticket.

In response to concerns that the amend-ments will make the station’s operations moreopaque and will leave its less tech-savvymembers in the dark Skinner stated thatmembers will be able to obtain hardcopies ofelection and meeting materials at the stationor by contacting him.

“If you need help I’m going to print it andsend it to you,” Skinner said.“Same with theballot. If anyone wants a ballot I’ll make itavailable to them.”

During their meeting Monday night,KDNK’s board of directors said it wouldalso give individual members the option toreceive their meeting and election materialvia snail mail.

In other news from radio land:� KDNK is gearing up for its annual

Labor of Love Auction, which kicks off Nov.29 and climaxes with a live auction atTheVil-lage Smithy during Carbondale’s First Fridayfestivities on Dec. 3. Skinner said he hopesKDNK will raise $30,000 during the event.

� KDNK is exploring a variety of waysto collaborate with Aspen Public Radio, in-cluding a potential new transmitting towerto broadcast to New Castle, and variousnews projects.

� KDNK’s board of directors approvedthe station’s 2010 and 2011 budgets at itsmeeting Monday night. For 2010, KDNKcautiously expects a total income of roughly$492,100, and total expenses in the range of$500,325. The station predicts revenue willdrop to about $475,000 in 2011 while ex-penses increase to roughly $503,000. How-

ever, with $35,000 left in the bank from2009, the station hopes to carry over thatmoney to meet expenses in the future. Theboard is also planning to redouble its effortsto attract new memberships.

� KDNK is looking for communitymembers to offer their input and guidance tothe station by attending its Community Ad-visory Board meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Nov.18 at Mason & Morse Real Estate before themembership meeting.

By Terray SylvesterThe Sopris Sun

As mid-term election results rolled inTuesday night, supporters of the ThompsonDivide Coalition witnessed two outcomesthat may force them to adjust their strategyto stave off gas drilling on 221,500 acres offederal land just west of Carbondale.

Though on Wednesday morning, Coali-tion members appeared to mostly be takingthe election in stride.

“[The Thompson Divide Coalition] thismorning is probably not hugely differentthan it was yesterday morning,” said JockJacober, its chairman, on Wednesday. “It’sjust that we have to talk to different people.”

In the most important race for theThompson Divide Coalition, incumbent 3rdDistrict Rep. John Salazar, a Democrat, losthis bid for re-election against RepublicanScott Tipton of Cortez.

Before the election, Salazar had vowedto move swiftly to introduce a bill au-thored by the Coalition to the next sessionof Congress. That bill would have with-drawn about 116,000 acres of unleasedterrain in the Thompson Divide area fromfuture gas leasing. It also would have de-scribed mechanisms by which the 11 com-panies that already hold leases in the areacould sell, trade or donate them in the in-terest of conservation.

But with Tipton headed for Washingtonin January, Jacober said the Coalition will beconsulting Salazar to figure out what thebest course of action may be.

“Salazar is a lame duck. We haven’tmeasured the value of that or the conse-quences of any of this,” he said. “I don’tthink any of us are that sophisticated. Sowhat we really need to do is to have a con-versation with John Salazar.”

Members of the Coalition say theyhaven’t spoken to Tipton, and were unsurewhether he was aware of the Coalition’scampaign. Tipton did not return calls be-fore The Sopris Sun’s press deadlineWednesday morning.

The coalition also lost a supporter closerto home on Tuesday night when incumbentGarfield County Commissioner TrésiHoupt, a Democrat, yielded her seat to Re-publican Tom Jankovsky. Jankovsky, who isgeneral manager and part owner of SunlightMountain Resort, said that since the begin-ning of his campaign he has openly opposedthe Coalition’s efforts.

“I’ve come out and stated that I don’t feelthat Forest Service land should be locked up[out of reach of the gas industry],”Jankovsky said.“I just feel very strongly thatthe Forest Service has the ability to be stew-ards of those lands and oversee [them]. Ifthere were to be drilling there that they havethe ability to oversee and regulate it.”

Jankovsky said he thinks gas develop-ment can coexist with recreation, which isone of the values the Coalition is working toprotect in the Thompson Divide area.

“When I first came to Sunlight there wasa gas well within 300 feet of our ski area

KDNK elects board members Nov. 18 Annual meeting

KDNK’s annual membership meet-ing starts at 6 p.m. on Nov. 18 in theconference room at Mason & MorseReal Estate, 290 Highway 133. To casta ballot, mail it to P.O. Box 1388, Car-bondale, CO, or drop it off at the stationat 76 S. Second St. before 5 p.m. onNov. 18. Members can also vote at themembership meeting.KDNK is seeking donations for itsannual Labor of Love Auction,which kicks off Nov. 29 with daily on-airauctions and also includes a live auctionof art, crafts and jewelry items (whichbidders may want to take a look at) atThe Village Smithy on Dec. 3. On Dec.4, KDNK will sell any items that didn’tmove during the auction. To donate anauction item, visit KDNK.org or call thestation at 963-0139.The next meeting of KDNK’sboard of directors takes placeDec. 13. Meetings are open to the pub-lic. For more information call the stationat 963-0139.

TDC reassesses strategy aer Salazar defeat

Tom Turnbull (left) and Democratic candidate for state representative Roger Wilson(right) share the corner in front of town hall on Election Day. Turnbull was campaigningfor one of Wilson’s opponents, write-in candidate Kathleen Curry. Photo by Jane BachrachSTRATEGY page 7

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Pitkin County Open Space and Trails is seeking public comment on the Redstone Parks and Open Space Management Plan.

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Fire district budget hearingThe Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection

District public hearing for its 2011 budgetwill be held at the main fire station onMeadowood at 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 10.

The budget projects 2011 revenuesat $3.06 million and expenditures of$2.74 million.

Capital expenditures of $51,000 include$20,000 for firefighter bunker gear,$10,000 for an extrication tool for the No.4 fire station at West Bank, money for a selfcontained breathing apparatus and equip-ment needed to maintain or improve thedistrict’s ISO (insurance) rating in the nextyear or two.

Fall backDaylight Saving Time ends on Nov. 7 at

2 a.m., so don’t forget to turn your clocksback one hour.

Recycle your political postersSolar Energy International is accepting

corrugated plastic election signs to be turnedinto model wind turbine blades in localschool competitions. “As it turns out, cus-tom-trimmed election signs make greatblades,” said an SEI spokesman. “Could ithave something to do with the hot air behind

the signs?” For more information on SEI’sSolar In the Schools program and recyclingthe signs, e-mail SIS@solarenergy.org.

Shortsfest holds digital competitionAspen Film, in association with Ander-

son Ranch Arts Center, is holding a digitalpostcard competition as part of AspenShortsfest 2011, scheduled for April 5-10.Short films of four minutes or less thathave been created in Colorado or aboutColorado will be considered. Shorts shouldtell a story, profile a person, explore aplace, express a quality or essence, capturea memory or, in some way, convey the film-maker’s connection to the state, accordingto a press release. The entry deadline forDigital Postcards is Jan. 14. For details, goto aspenfilm.org.

Terrorism expert speaksThe Roaring Fork Cultural Council

hosts a dialogue on terrorism and jihad inAmerica with author Steven Emerson at theThunder River Theatre on Nov. 13.

Richard Clarke, former chief counter-ter-rorism advisor on the National SecurityCouncil, has called Emerson the“Paul Revereof terrorism,” according to a press release.

In 1994, Emerson produced an award-

ing-winning documentary, “Jihad in Amer-ica.” In it, he stands in front of the twin tow-ers asking if the 1993 World Trade Centerexplosion was “a spectacular event that areover” or a warning of future attacks.

The program begins at 7:30 p.m.Ticketsare $10, and seating is limited. For more in-formation and tickets, go to rfcultural-council.org.

Hunting opportunities near MeekerThanks to two private landowners, the

Colorado Division of Wildlife is offering asmany as six hunters the opportunity to huntdeer and elk on private land near Meeker thisfall.Applicants for the hunt must be betweenthe ages of 12 and 18, according to a pressrelease. The hunt will take place Nov. 17-21.For details call 970-878-6090.

Cop ShopSUNDAY Oct. 21 At 6:11 p.m. a womancalled from Wheel Circle and asked forhelp locating her 6-year-old son.

TUESDAY Oct. 23 At 9:17 p.m. officersresponded to an ambulance call on MainStreet. The patient, who was complain-ing of a spider bite, was taken to ValleyView Hospital.

THURSDAY Oct. 25 At 12:29 p.m. twomen got in a fight at the Gordon CooperLibrary. One was issued a summons fordisorderly conduct.

FRIDAY Oct. 26 At 4:06 a.m. an officerspotted a vehicle driving around “verysuspiciously”before stopping outside thelibrary.The driver explained he was plan-ning to use the library’s wireless internet.

FRIDAY Oct. 26 At 7:20 a.m. officersresponded to a fire alarm at senior

housing on Hendrick Drive. It was afalse alarm.

FRIDAY Oct. 26 At 10:31 a.m. a womancalled to report a sweater stolen from theCarbondale recreation center.

FRIDAY Oct. 26 At 5:18 p.m. an at-tempted theft was reported at FamilyDollar.The suspect allegedly left the scenein a red Jeep Cherokee.

SATURDAY Oct. 27 A woman reportedshe had lost her wallet at a store some-where between Glenwood Springs andCarbondale. It contained her ID and $50.

SUNDAY Oct. 28 At 2:41 a.m. officerswere dispatched to Carnahan’s on MainStreet for a noise complaint. It turned outit wasn’t the patrons but the owners, whowere doing some renovations and agreedto call it quits for the night.

The Weekly News Brief The Sopris Sun and the KDNK news departments teamup to discuss recent news from the Roaring Fork Valley and beyond. Catch the Briefon KDNK between 7:30 and 8 a.m. and between 5:30 and 6 p.m. on Thursdays.

News BriefsThe following events are drawn from incidentreports of the Carbondale Police Department.

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Mark your calendars for theValley View Hospital Auxiliary’sannual event. Great bargains onChristmas gifts and unique items.The gift shop is located in the secondfloor lobby of the hospital and free valet parkingis provided. The drawing for the annual quilt raf-fle will take place at noon. All proceeds benefitlocal health occupations scholarships and theConnie Delaney Medical Library.

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for cancer patients and survivors

YogaValley View dietitian Lisa Paige offers weekly

sessions on eating for wellness. Free to Valley View’s Cardiac Wellness members, $7 for non-members. Classes are 10:30-

11:15 am in the Cardiac Rehab & WellnessCenter, using a comfortable lecture and

discussion format. Preregister: 384-7159.

Reading Food Labels • November 5Just when you thought you understood food

labeling, it changes! Understand the facts behind food labeling and

be in control of your portions.

Supermarket Savvy • November 12Don’t let the supermarket outsmart you.

Learn to avoid grocery store traps to get youto buy expensive processed foods.

What’s a Superfood? • November 19Does eating superfoods make you super

healthy? Understand the discussion behind superfoods and functional/

therapeutic foods.

Health andWellnessClasses

Novem�r AT VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL

First Friday of each month, 9:00 – 11:30 am2nd floor conference room

at Valley View Hospital

Sponsored by the American Cancer Societyand Valley View Hospital. Trained stylists and

cosmetologists work with cancer survivors in a small, supportivegroup setting to provide tipsand free products for the appearance-related side effectsof cancer treament, includingwigs, head-wear acessoriesand makeup. Contact JanBean at 618-9224.

Look Good, Feel Better

Heart-to-Heart Gift Shop

Stocking Stuffer SaleThursday, December 2, 9 am to 4 pm

CPR ClassesOnline CPR and Skills Check-offThursday, November 11, 4-6 pm

Valley View 3rd Floor Conference RmValley View Hospital offers the requisite skills

check session for the American Heart Associa-tion’s online CPR class. The online portion ofthe training is at http://www.onlineaha.org.

Participants must bring the certificate from theonline portion of the class. $25.

Health Care Provider RenewalMonday, November 15, 6-10 pm$46 + $14.12 for book if needed.

Call 945-2324, Ext. 100 to register for either.

Constructioncrews think pink

October was Breast Cancer AwarenessMonth and the real men on the construc-

tion crews at Valley View Hospital didtheir part by sporting hot pink t-shirts

proclaiming “Real Men Dig Pink.”

Wednesdays in the Cardiac Rehab Education Room at VVH

Yoga can provide benefits for patients undergoing radiation therapy and chemo-

therapy, patients in remission or in hospiceor palliative care. Taught by Nova Loverro-Sprick, yoga therapist and cancer survivor.

Meditation/Relaxation Yoga provides deeprelaxation and breathing to help the body

heal from cancer treatment. Supportshealthy immune system and heart function,and lymphatic drainage. For those currently

or recently in treatment.

Vibrant Health Yoga helps those not currently receiving cancer treatment to regain strength, flexibility and stamina

without overtaxing the body.

For information, call Nova Loverro-Sprick at 945-9515 or Integrated Therapies at 384-6954.

In late summer of 1999 The Valley Journal ran a cover photo of a rancher cutting hay in the CRMS pasture on Highway 133 and predicted that in 2000, bulldozers working on theCrystal River Marketplace would have replaced tractors. Tractors and cows (as seen here over the weekend) still claim the CRMS pasture though, as Village at Crystal River debatecontinues. Photo by Lynn Burton

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Halloween reportIf you were a kid, Thompson Corner was

the place to be on Halloween night. With 55houses packed close together, a fast kid canwhip through that section of River ValleyRanch in five or 10 minutes, leaving the restof the night to fan out for a diluted swarmthrough town. One Thompson Corner resi-dent said she saw “hundreds” of gremlins,goblins and other scary creatures.“It was out-rageous,” she continued.Other parts of townsaw less action. Georgia Chamberlain’shouse, in Crystal Acres, attracted “less than50”trick-or-treaters.That figure compares tothe 300-plus Halloweeners she and husbandJohn Foulkrod attracted when they lived inCrystal Village in the 1980s. Some CrystalVillage residents report having candy left overafter making sure there was plenty to goaround (to Halloweeners and family mem-bers both). One Halloween candy connois-seur said this year’s mini-Hershey bars wereespecially tasty.He theorized the smaller barsare also thicker than a full-size Hershey, de-livering a more powerful chocolate punch.

Baker’s a finalistCarbondale Town Manager Tom Baker is

one of five finalists for the Pitkin Countymanager gig. Other candidates are: FrankLancaster (currently Larimer County man-ager), Phyllis Mattice (interim Pitkin Countymanager and internal services director), JohnPeacock (Mesa County administrator) andScott Margo (assistant county manager forSummit County). The Pitkin County com-

missioners expect to choose a new countymanager later this month.The county adver-tised the job at a base salary of $135,000 peryear. Baker has also served as executive di-rector for the Aspen/Pitkin County HousingAuthority, assistant city manager for Aspen,and town manager of Basalt.

Historical society scans the papersThe Aspen Historical Society recently

scanned 1920s copies of the CarbondaleHeadlight and Crystal River Empire newspa-pers for the Mt. Sopris Historical Society.Thescanning came about after the Aspen Histori-cal Society leased a large-format digital scannerfor its own big maps and other documents, in-cluding a 1951 aerial survey of Aspen.

Getting a kick out of CarbondaleMembers of the U.S. Army Taekwondo

team are in Carbondale to train at the Pro-TKD Martial Arts Center and other loca-tions, in preparation for the 2012 U.S.Olympic Team tryouts later this month.

Kahhak makes Red Brick showPainter Majid Kahhak is included in the

Red Brick Biennial juried show at the RedBrick Center for the Arts in Aspen.An open-ing reception, at 110 E. Hallam St., will beheld from 5 to 7 p.m.on Nov. 4.There are 50artists in the show. Jurors Choice winnersare: Dasa Basouva, Barbara Conviser, Eliza-beth Farson, Marcia Fusaro, Mary FrancesGriffith, Aaron Kleidon, Virginia Morrow,JocelynMurray,TracyNichols,ElliotNorquist,Mike Otte, Carrie Trippe, Betty Weiss.

Scott offers discount for Lift-UpHarmony Scott Jewelry Design at 199

Main St. in Carbondale and 411 HymanAve.in Aspen is offering a 10 percent discountcoupon for a future purchase when you bringin a non-perishable food item for Lift-Upthrough Nov. 30. Store hours are 10 a.m. to6 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Everyyear, Harmony Scott Jewelry Design con-tributes 5 percent of after-tax profits to theHarmony Scott Angel Fund, which is desig-nated to give back to charities, non-profitsand local concerns.

Pradier appointed to boardThe board of Colorado Court Appointed

Special Advocates has recently welcomedJerry Pradier to serve as a member.As a boardmember, Pradier will work with other mem-bers and CASA offices throughout the stateto accomplish the group’s mission of advo-cating for the best interests of abused andneglected children across the state. He haspublished several articles on various aspectsof child abuse prevention and has been inter-viewed on the topic by media around thecountry.“It is a great honor to meet and workwith the dedicated volunteers who work tire-lessly on behalf of children who have no voiceof their own in the legal system,”Pradier said.“This honor gives me the opportunity tospread the word of CASA achievementsacross the Western Slope and to work withinterested parties who want to start a CASAprogram in the Roaring Fork and ColoradoRiver Valleys.”

“Free Dan Daveforth” (sic) posters plasteredall over Aspen made their way downvalley toCarbondale this week. The posters first ap-peared after Aspen Daily News owner DaveDanforth sent his lawyer to a court hearingin regard to trespassing allegations at a con-venience store. According to police reports,Danforth refused to leave the store at 2 a.m.on Oct. 9 after getting into a discussion withthe sales clerk over whether he was beingcharged sales tax on a newspaper. Nobodyhas taken responsibility for the posters butthe poster prankster (or pranksters) did leavebehind at least two clues in Carbondale.First, the posters were attached to fixtureswith the same kind of tape as in Aspen (widepacking tape).They were also placed high offthe ground, which indicates the culprit(s) hadaccess to a ladder and knew how to use it.Photo by Lynn Burton

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ROTARY HELPS YOUCLEAN OUT THE HOUSE

On November 19 and 20 Carbondale Rotary will host a HolidayGarage Sale at the Habitat for Humanity Re-Store at Hwy 82 andCattle Creek Rd (CR 113). The theme for the garage sale is“HOLIDAY”so if you have any Holiday Decorations that you no longer want/need please donate them to Carbondale Rotary for their sale. In additionto the Holiday themed items, Carbondale Rotary is also accepting furni-ture and all other household items in good and working condition to sell.Toys, games, fun stuff of all kinds will be welcome! Twenty-five percentof the proceeds are donated back to Habitat for Humanity. The remain-ing 75 percent helps Rotary help others in our community.

As we approach the time of the year where we reflect on our bountiesand give thanks, Carbondale Rotary is gearing up to help those in need.Help us help others.

Your donations can be dropped off at the re-sale location starting onFriday, November 12. For more details contact Laurieat 970-930-5465.

For more information about Rotary,Contact Carbondale Rotary PresidentLynn Kirchner, 379-4766 or visit us at

www.RotaryCarbondale.org.

An invitation to join us at Rotary: We meetevery Wednesday at 6:45 a.m. at the

Carbondale Fire Station Training Facility. “SERVICEABOVE SELF”

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boundary,” he said.“As long as you work together and follow all the laws it can becomecompatible.”

Members of the Coalition’s board of directors say they have not spoken withJankovsky.

With Jankovsky’s win, there’s an outside chance Garfield County’s crucial endorse-ment of the Coalition’s legislation could be withdrawn. Salazar agreed to carry theCoalition’s legislation only after Garfield County joined Pitkin and Gunnison countiesin endorsing it. About 80 percent of the Coalition’s focus area lies within those threecounties.

Jankovsky, however, said he does not intend to revisit the commission’s endorsement.If the mid-term election has stirred up any uncertainty for the Coalition, he said, it wasTipton’s victory that did so, not his own.

“The board of commissioners, they have already endorsed the North Thompson bidunanimously,” Jankovsky said. “So when I come to office that will be already done. SoI don’t see myself having an effect on that decision. … You still have two other com-missioners that voted in favor of it. So I don’t think that’s an issue.”

Houpt speculated that the Coalition’s legislation would meet its toughest test inWashington. Locally, she said, the legislation has enjoyed bipartisan backing. But in thepolarized politics of the nation’s capitol the bill will likely need a strong advocate.

But as yet, it’s unclear whether it will find that in Tipton.“He may not understand the whole discussion,” Houpt said. “Because the [Coali-

tion] has been very careful not to come across as anti-industry. What they really wantto do is work with the industry to retire certain leases. They understand the importanceof the property rights and they understand the impetus of working closely with the in-dustry on this.”

Carbondale mill levyCarbondale voters approved a 10-year extension on the town’s 1.5 property tax mill

levy by a margin of more than 60 percent, according to unofficial results from theGarfield County clerk.

The ballot question did not list specific projects for the funds, which are expected tobe about $250,000 per year, but discussions earlier this year included sidewalk andcurb/gutter work at Third and Sopris where the library district plans to build a new li-brary, buying property downtown for parking, and improvements to Highway 133.

Strategy continued om page 3

Lacy Grice (as Emily Bronte) sits perfectly still while waiting for her next visitor atRoss Montessori School’s annual Halloween Wax Museum project at town hall onFriday. Starting in September, students in Wendy Williams’s upper elementary classchoose which historically significant people they’d like to portray. When the big dayarrives, students sit still until a visitor pushes their “on button” then they spring tolife, telling their stories. Other students in this year’s Wax Museum included: KajsaSutro as Betsy Ross, Colin Daniels as C. S. Lewis, Levi Gavette as John F. Kennedy,Topher Blachly as J.R.R.Tolkien,Alex Sloan as Alexander Graham Bell, Dillon Leasureas Thomas Edison and others. Photo by Cindy Blachly

In memoryPatrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes, a longtime resident ofCarbondale, Colorado, passed away inNaples, Florida on Oct. 31, 2010.

He was a loving husband to Samantha“Sam” Hayes and a wonderful friend to

many in the Roaring Fork Valley. He willbe greatly missed.

A celebration of Pat’s life will takeplace in Carbondale at a future date.Prayers and loving thoughts are greatlyappreciated by Sam.

A full obituary will follow.

Community Briefs

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Kathleen & Michael StrangCaroline DuellClara MooreKay BrunnierTherese & David RitchieKathleen EnmanJean Marie HegartyJudy MilneJody & Don EnsignVirginia MooreCarbondale Power & Light CompanySamantha HayesCarol CravenLee Ann EustisMarjorie Perry/Cold MT RanchRobin & Alan ColeJacquelyn & Lou Ron ThompsonAnne SullivanTom BakerJane C. ClancyMarian & Ed PerregauxPatricia FerresRuth PerryAmy BarrReMIX Media Group, LLCKatherine RichGwen BallardLaura McCormickBarbara SnobbleLaurie LoebJames & Connie CalawayColin & Alice LairdAllyn HarveyJean PerryJennifer CattoRandy BrimmRyan GroblerFrank & Ruthann ZlogarDon HillmuthMartha ByrumCharlie MooreNannette WeinholdAnne Goldberg John RamoNancy V A SmithJack SebestaCarol PucakShelly DebequeParker & CasadayChuck & Meredith OgilbyWes Stewart

Georgia HansonNoreen SteinerCindy HirschfeldRon SpeakerLiz BauerRobert SchultzBasalt Thrift ShoppeTeri BrunaDan WhitneyMerrill JohnsonJeff & Priscilla DickensonMorgan WilliamsJohn BakerMichael GormanAnonymousKatie & Kip ErtlHugh & Rosemarr GreathouseCarter Electric, Inc.Dee Blue Yasmine De PagterThomas & Bernadette OssolaLeslie LamontAmore RealtyJane Kelly

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Senior shopping trip slatedThe deadline to sign up for the Carbondale Recreation Department’s senior shopping

day in Grand Junction is Nov. 12. The fee is $10. The shopping day itself is Nov. 19. Fordetails, call 704-4116.

Speaking of shoppingThe Mt. Sopris Nordic Council holds its annual Sports Sale at the CRMS gym from

9 a.m. to noon on Nov. 13. Equipment drop off is Nov. 12 from 4 to 7 p.m.

AVSC fees go up after Nov. 12Fees for Aspen Valley Ski/Snowboard Club programs go up after Nov. 12. Scholar-

ships are available. For details, call Madeine Hawken 205-5160.

Helping the troopsAmerican Legion Post 100 is collecting non-perishable items as well as money to send

troops for Christmas. A list of items needed and collection boxes are located at the Post(located at 97 N. Third St.) The donation deadline is Nov. 15. For details, call 963-2381.

Glenwood seeks nominationsThe Glenwood Springs Chamber Resort Association is accepting nominations for its

Citizen of the Year award. Past honorees include: John Haines, William Slattery, Steveand Jeanne Beckley, Jim and Mary Nelson, Bob Young, Mary Steinbrecher, Bob Zanella,Don Vanderhoof,Tillie Fischer, Hank Bosco, John Martin, Emmy Neil, Gen Doak, and Dr.Carter and Mrs. Louise Jackson, and Bob and Mary Noone. For details, call 945-6589.

Carbondale girls take first placeThe Carbondale Runnin’ Kokopelli’s middle school cross country team concluded

its season at the Oct. 9 Chris Severy Invitational, held at Aspen High School, where theCarbondale girls team took the first place team title.

Evelina Sutro took second place overall, just barely getting beat out at the tape byRuthie Boyd of Summit Middle School. Sutro completed the 2-mile course in a timeof 14 minutes, 18 seconds. Rounding out the Carbondale scoring were Emily Fisherin fifth place with atime of 14:42 andHailey Swirbul insixth place, finishingin 14:52. Carbon-dale’s Brittany Bruderwas 19th with a timeof 16:13, and TaviaTeitler finished in44th with a time of20:07.

Competing in theboys race for Car-bondale at the Aspenmeet were TrevorStroud (48th, 18:22),Robbie Thompson(49th, 18:34), andColin O’Gorman(54th, 20:07).

The Carbondaleteam is made up ofstudents from Car-bondale Middle, Car-bondale Communityand Ross Montessorischools, and is part ofthe Access RoaringFork after-schoolprograms. The teamwas coached this yearby John Stroud andHadley Hentschel.

Shown here areHailey Swirbul

(front) and EmilyFisher. Photo by

Tami Stroud

Kathleen&Michael StrangCarolineDuellClaraMooreKay BrunnierTherese&David RitchieKathleen EnmanJeanMarie HegartyJudyMilneJody&Don EnsignVirginiaMooreCarbondale Power& Light CompanySamanthaHayesCarol CravenLeeAnn EustisMarjorie Perry/ColdMTRanchRobin&Alan ColeJacquelyn& LouRonThompsonAnne SullivanTomBakerJane C. ClancyMarian PerregauxPatricia FerresRuth PerryAmyBarrReMIXMedia Group, LLCKatherine RichGwenBallardLauraMcCormickBarbara SnobbleLaurie LoebJames&Connie CalawayColin&Alice LairdAllynHarveyJean PerryJennifer CattoRandyBrimmRyanGroblerFrank&Ruthann ZlogarDonHillmuthMartha ByrumCharlieMooreNannetteWeinholdAnneGoldbergJohnRamoNancyVA SmithJack SebestaCarol PucakShelly DebequeParker& CasadayChuck&MeredithOgilbyWes Stewart

Georgia HansonNoreen SteinerCindyHirschfeldRon SpeakerLiz BauerRobert SchultzBasaltThrift ShoppeTeri BrunaDanWhitneyMerrill JohnsonJeff & Priscilla DickinsonMorganWilliamsJohnBakerMichael GormanAnonymousKatie&Kip ErtlHugh&Rosemarr GreathouseCarter Electric, Inc.Dee BlueYasmineDePagterThomas&Bernadette OssolaLeslie LamontAmore RealtyJane Kelly

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Maybe that ’s why Alpine is stronger now than in our entire

35 year history.

compared to other companies, the

loyalty of ouremployee-owners

speaks volumes.

Alpine Bank employs nearly 600 people in western Colorado.

While that may be a small number By David FreySopris Sun Correspondent

Author and photographer KevinMichael Connolly is used to being thecenter of attention.

A young man who was born withoutlegs and uses a skateboard to toolaround the world, Connolly, 25, hastransformed the stares he gets into art.In his Rolling Exhibition, Connolly se-cretly captured more than 33,000 stareshe received traveling around the planet,from Reykjavik to Romania.

His memoir “Double Take,” pub-lished last year, chronicled his life andpassions, from adaptive skiing to thephotography project that sent himaround the world.

In his latest project, Connolly directsthe focus to others. He’s travelingaround the world again, but this timehe’s documenting the curious contrap-tions that people with similar hardshipshave devised to help them get around.

“It’s the inverse of the Rolling Exhi-bition,” said Connolly, who was in theRoaring Fork Valley this week speakingat Colorado Mountain College cam-puses as part of its Common Readerprogram.

This is familiar territory for Connolly, who has passed through here for ski races andsix X Games competitions (he took a bronze last year).

The November issue of Outside magazine calls him the “baddest 3-foot guy on theplanet.” Despite only what he calls “buttons” for legs, the rest of Connolly’s body is mus-cular and fit – the body of a Montana man with a love for the outdoors who uses his armsand calloused hands for locomotion.

Connolly resists the word “disabled.” In some circumstances, like stairs, he admits, nothaving legs puts him at a disadvantage. But on pavement, the skateboard zips pastpassersby like their standing still. And on snow, his sit-ski leaves even a seasoned Outsidewriter gasping to keep up.

“Technology is making the idea of being disabled a much more fluid phenomenonthan what we traditionally looked at in the past,” Connolly said.

And to be sure, not having legs has opened up doors professionally he would not havehad otherwise. His Rolling Exhibition has appeared in museums and institutions aroundthe world, including the Smithsonian and the Kennedy Center, and paved the way first forhis memoir and now for his latest project.

“The ability to walk into a building in New York and say ‘I have this idea,’ and thenhave someone cut you a check to go explore said idea is really a rare opportunity,”he said.

He also resists being called an inspiration. Being born without legs, he said, he grewnaturally into his situation.“When people approach you and say that you’ve overcome alot, I’m so amazed at what you’ve been able to achieve, you’re kind of like, well, I haven’tlost anything either. So thank you, but I don’t know if I’m deserving of that level of praise.”

His Rolling Exhibition photos capture a universal reaction to people faced with a manwith no legs on a skateboard.Whether it’s a New York cop or a Croatian in gladiator garb,they stare.

Annoyed by this constant reaction, Connolly started his photo project as a vindictivestrike back at those stares and the secret photos they took of him. So he shot back. Tak-ing their picture from a camera at his hip while he looked the other way, he caught themstaring, unsuspecting that they had been caught in the act.

The photos look up at the world from the sidewalk capturing people shaken out oftheir world, wherever it may be, for a moment, as they see Connolly on his longboard.

“Everybody stares, and everybody is going to have that knee-jerk reaction,” said Con-nolly, who says the stares no longer anger him as they once did.“Regardless of all of that,the second you see something that’s going to spark your curiosity that much, generallyyou’re going to try to build a narrative as to why that happened.”

In Montana, people asked him if he still wore his dog tags, assuming he lost his legs atwar. In Sarajevo, some assumed he had lost his legs in the ethnic fighting there. In NewZealand, people suspected a shark attack.

“I really don’t think it has anything to do with a guy not having legs,” Connolly said.“When we people watch, when we stare at anybody – short, fat, tall, thin, attractive, un-attractive, whatever – we tend to wonder to ourselves how they came to be.”

Kevin Michael Connolly — an author, pho-tographer and adventurer — was born with-out legs. His memoir is titled “Double Take.”

Shooting from the hipConnolly sees the world from aperspective few can share

THURSDAYNov. 4AAM OPENING • An openingreception for Wewer Keohane andEllenmarie Zagoras will be held from6 to 8 p.m. at the Aspen Art Museumas part of a four-person show also featuringNoemi and Kristof Kosmowski. The showcontinues through Nov. 7.

OPENING •The Red Brick Gallery inAspenpresents the exhibition Red Brick Biennial,Nov. 4-24 opening tonight from 5-7 pm.Gallery hours are Monday through Friday10 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Info: 429-2777.

FREE FOOD • The Red Onion in Aspen isserving up free food and drinks at the WorldCup volunteers sign up event from 5 to 7 p.m.Info: 300-7034.

HPC MEETS • Carbondale’s Historic Preser-vation Commission meets the firstThursday ofeach month at town hall starting at 6:30 p.m.

FRIDAYNov. 5MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents“Waiting for Superman” (PG) at 7:30 p.m.Nov. 5-11 and 2 p.m. matinee Nov. 7; “TheSocial Network” (PG-13) at 5 p.m. Nov. 6and “It’s Kind of a Funny Story” (PG-13) at5:15 p.m. Nov 7.

FIRST FRIDAY • Galleries in Carbondale takepart in the monthly First Friday gallery toursponsored by the Carbondale Council on Artsand Humanities. Info: your favorite gallery.

LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars, located in theoldpartof thehistoricDinkelBuilding,presents

Californiasinger/ song-writer RainPerry. Hersong “Beauti-

ful Tree” is thetheme song for the

show “Life Unexpected” on the CW network.Shehasalsobeenafinalist in theTellurideTrou-badour contest.Ticketsare$15.Info:963-3304.

CHAMBER EXPO • The CarbondaleChamber of Commerce Expo and Confer-ence features Patagonia CEO Casey Sheahan(1 p.m.) and R.J. Gallagher Jr. (a partner atForte International Profiles at 4 p.m.) fromnoon to 6 p.m.at the Church at Carbondale’sGathering Center.Tickets are $40 in advanceand $50 the day of the event. Info: 963-1890.

LIVE MUSIC • Rivers restaurant in Glen-wood Springs presents the Missing Link(Motown rock) from 9 p.m. to midnight.There’s no cover.

SATURDAYNov. 6.LUNAFEST • The Advocate SafehouseProject presents “LUNAFEST: Short filmsby, for, about women”at Roaring Fork HighSchool at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advanceand $20 at the door ($10/$15 for students).Info: 945-2632, ext. 104.

BOULDERING • The Carbondale Recre-ation Center hosts a bouldering competitionwith registration starting at 3 p.m.Adults andadvanced climbers go at it from 7 to 10 p.m.The entry fee is $20 for ABS members and$25 for non-members. Info: 704-4190.

CONTRA DANCE • The Last MinuteString Band plays a community contradance at Glenwood Springs ElementarySchool. Beginners should arrive at 7:30 p.m.for a half-hour walk-through (partners arenot necessary). This month’s caller is JohnUnger. The cost is $8 and the school is lo-cated at 915 School Street (two blocks westof the post office). Info: 945-0350.

TUESDAYNov. 9LIVE MUSIC • Kelly Joe Phelps and CorinneWest play Steve’s Guitars at 8: 30 p.m. Info:963-3304.

TRUNK SHOW • A Spiritual Center at theThird Street Center hosts a trunk show fea-turing handmade jewelry and gifts.The items

come from Earth Spirit of Moab. Info: 435-630-1496.

WEDNESDAYNov. 10LIVE MUSIC • White House pizza presentsOlivia Pevec andAll the Pretty Horses (putingthe “O” back in country) from 7 to 10 p.m.There’s no cover.

MATINEE BINGO • It’s Matinee BINGOtime in the Rominger Room at Crystal Mead-ows senior housing after lunch everyWednes-day. It’s five cents per card, and large printcards are available. Info: 704-1579.

OPEN MIC • Rivers restaurant in GlenwoodSprings holds an open mic night with Jam-min’ Jim every Wednesday from 8 to 11 p.m.through November.

Further OutNov. 11VETERANS DAY • The Carbondale Mid-dle School Band will perform a Veteran’sDay celebration at 10:30 a.m. in the Car-bondale Middle School auditorium, locatedat 180 Snowmass Rd. The band will play“America the Beautiful,” “Battle Hymn ofthe Republic,” “God Bless America” and“My Country tis of Thee.”The Star SpangledBanner is scheduled to be sung by four orfive vocalists and Scout Troop 235 will han-dle the flag ceremony. Readings are alsoplanned. The public, including veterans, iswelcome to attend.

VETERANS DAY DINNER • American

Legion Post 100 is hosting a Veteran’s Daydiner that is free for veterans and $7 foreveryone else at 4 p.m. Proceeds go to troopcare packages. Info: 963-2381.

LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s Tavern in theDinkel Building presents The Peace Officer(hip hop/reggae) at 10 a.m. There’s a cover.

Nov. 12-13NORDIC COUNCIL SALE • The Mt. So-pris Nordic Council holds its annual SportsSale at the Colorado Rocky MountainSchool gym from 9 a.m. to noon on Nov. 13.Equipment drop off is Nov. 12 from 4-7 p.m.

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Community Calendar To list your event, email information to news@soprissun.com. 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.

NOTICEThe Board of Directorsof the Carbondale &Rural Fire Protection

District will bediscussing the proposed2011 budget at their

regular monthlymeeting, to be held

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Ongoing

CCAH installation focuses onHaiti relief tentSopris Sun Staff Report

The Carbondale Council on Arts and Hu-manities, and Feed Them With Music, arecollaborating on an installation at the ThirdStreet Center to bring art, awareness andinvolvement to the plight in Haiti since thedevastating earthquake a year ago. The in-stallation is part of CCAH’s Dia de losMuertos show, which honors the deadthrough altars and art, according to aCCAH press release.The Haiti installation features a relief tentfrom Lion's Club International where 1.5 mil-lion Haitians are currently living in more than700 tent cities in and around Port Au Prince.The Lion’s Club tent will be constructed in theRound Room at the Third Street Center fromNov. 5-12.

“The tent is a shelter that is used in manyareas around the world in times of devasta-tion and home loss,” said CCAH spokes-woman Amy Kimberly.Inside the tent will be drawings and wordsgathered from children living in Port AuPrince, along with photographs by AshleyNaegele gathered from a recent trip withFeed Them With Music.“We saw this as a perfect collaborationwhere art locally can help globally,” Kimberlysaid. “Before the Third Street Center it washarder to find a place to create an installationlike this. Now so many things are possible.”CCAHwill celebrate Dia de los Muertos (Dayof the Dead) with a scintillating show of per-sonal altars and shrines. Dia de los Muertosis a traditional Mexican holiday, which is alsocelebrated by many Mexican-Americans,that focuses on gathering family and friendsto pray for and remember friends and familymembers who have died. It is also a day of

celebrating those lives; partying and eatingare common during the celebration.Dia de los Muertos traditionally occurs onNov. 2. The CCAH celebration is somewhatdifferent. “We try to honor the idea of Day ofthe Dead, but many of our altars and shrinesare more personal statements,” Kimberlysaid. “There will be some traditional (ofren-das) but many are the artists own interpreta-tion. As always, there is a wide variety of art,from established artists to many localschools contributing to the show.”Feed Them With Music (FTWM) is a Car-bondale based non-profit dedicated to feed-ing the malnourished globally, and locally,through all things music. The organizationcombines philanthropy with enjoyment, Kim-berly said. It is a new model that takes asmall percentage of ticket sales or musicdownloads from participating artists and fun-nels it to a portfolio of food distributors whopartner with FTWM.

In July, Paul Franzich (FTWM founder) andartist/photographer Ashley Naegle followedto Haiti the money raised at a Steve’s Gui-tars concert they produced. The Haiti instal-lation shows what they found.The grand opening for the installationand Dia de los Muertos show happens onFirst Friday, Nov. 5, at the CCAH Centerfor the Arts at Third Street in Carbondale.The gallery show will hang throughThanksgiving. For more information go tocarbondalearts.com.

Elsewhere around town duringFirst Friday:Majid Kahhak will paint live from 6-8 p.m.

at Kahhak Fine Arts & School, 411 Main St.The painting will be inspired by Thanksgiving.Beverages and hors d’oeuvres will beserved. For more information, call 704-0622.

First Friday Happenings

HARPIST PLAYS • Russets restaurantpresents classical harpist Elise Helmkeevery Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m.

S.A.W. SHOW CONCLUDES • S.A.W.presents“Collaborations”with Angus Gra-ham and Stanley Bell through Nov. 4.S.A.W. (Studio for Arts + Works) is locatedat 978 Euclid Ave. Info: 963-0102.

MAYOR’S COFFEE HOUR • Chat withCarbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot on Tues-

days from 7 to 8 a.m. at The Village Smithy,26 S. Third St.

ACOUSTIC CARNAHANS • Singer/songwriter T Ray Becker hosts an acousticmusic night with new musicians every weekfrom 7 to 9 p.m. Thursdays at Carnahan’sTavern. Info: 963-4498.

GROUP RUN • Independence Run andHike at 995 Cowen Drive leads groupruns, Saturdays at 8:15 a.m. rain or shine.

More info: 704-0909.

SUICIDE SURVIVORS’ SUPPORT • Asupport group for those who have lost aloved one to suicide meets the second Tues-day of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the FirstUnited Methodist Church in GlenwoodSprings, 824 Cooper St. Info: 945-1398 orpamsz@sopris.net.

LEGAL SERVICES • Alpine Legal Serviceoffers intake to eligible clients from 9:30

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ROTARY MEETING • The Mt. SoprisRotary Club holds its weekly lunchmeeting at noon Thursdays at the AspenGlen Club featuring a local speaker.Info: 948-0693.

This time of year around Carbondale, thebull’s-eye is on … no, not midterm elections.Although by now, I’m surprised if most tele-vision viewers haven’t tossed even the prici-est plasma screens into the dump, what withnothing but multi-million-dollar negativecampaign commercials every 15 seconds.

That’s another thing. A recent articlenoted that 30-second television commercialsare now way too long, hence the 15-secondmodel. Can anyone even recall a one-minutecommercial? Did we sleep through them?We’re an Alzheimers society in the making.

Frankly, I’m not even a hunter but itseems to me it’s no coincidence that huntingseason starts about the same time as the elec-tion cycle. It’s so frustrating, even I want totake aim at something. Especially if its mouthis moving.

If it’s orangeBeginning mid-October, muzzle-loader

and archery season opened in our surround-ing White River National Forest. One canmostly tell by all the out-of-state pickuptruck license plates at City Market and all theorange hats standing over the big sale on beefsteaks in the meat department.

Already this season, the National Guardjoined Garfield, Eagle and Mesa county res-cue crews. Three Denver men got separatedfrom their group up in the Flat Tops Wilder-ness Area. After four overnights in blizzardconditions, the men were found alive and well.

The first forest planForest plans, and hunting laws, were not

a consideration in the late 1880s. Minersfarmers and ranchers flowed into these free-for-all fertile lands. Soon, there were manymore mouths to feed.

After the removal of the Utes in the early1880s, it took barely 20 years before the lastnative bull elk, an 8-pointer, was reportedlykilled in 1895 on the Frying Pan River, byone Nelson Downey.

The report I found in “Garfield County,Colorado, the First Hundred Years 1883-1983”by Andrew Gulliford tells how earlysettlers hunted at any time of the year, or inwhat they called “farmer’s season,” whichwas anytime someone needed fresh veni-son. “It was an accepted fact of frontierlife,” wrote Gulliford.

By 1903, professional elk hunting wasclosed in four Colorado counties until1929 to stop wholesale decimation fromover-hunting. Turns out that if it hadn’tbeen for President Theodore Roosevelthaving his own three-week hunting ex-pedition in Garfield County in 1905 andseeing for himself the effects of over-hunting and over-[cattle] grazing,hunters coming here today would havea totally different experience.

“The Oldest Residents”The rescue of the three hunters this sea-

son made me think of the stories I ran acrosswhile researching recent history of huntingin our neck of the woods.

Also at the Mt. Sopris Historical Societymuseum are volumes of columns in old Val-ley Journal newspapers by Carbondale resi-dent John Seidel, now a retired Division ofWildlife supervisor and statewide biologist.He worked in both local DOW offices: 1971-1976 in Carbondale and from the early1980s until 1991 in Glenwood Springs.

I had to giggle when I read this in his“Oldest Residents”column of Oct. 28, 1976:“Generally about this time of year I’m get-ting just a little bit snappish and sometimesdownright mean. I’ll try to place myself in abetter frame of mind by relating some of themore humorous incidents that have oc-curred.”

The beauty of the small-town world welive in, I looked up John’s name in the phonebook. Sure’nuf, he was still there.

When I mentioned the above excerpt,John told me he had written a number oflocal outdoor columns over 20-some years.He gave me permission to share a couple ofchuckles here.

“Ran into the first five-legged, 9-foot-longelk I’ve seen the other day. We stopped anOklahoma vehicle with feet and hides stick-ing out all over.

“We started digging through the mess ofmeat that looked like it had been cut upwith a chain saw. It got so complicated wehad to lay out a tarp and started piecing the

animal back together. Finally when we hadit all laid out, we had a 5-legged elk withtwo backbones.”

Later, John writes,“I was sitting in a parkthe other morning waiting for the sun tocome up and warm my cold bones when agroup of three cows and a spike elk ran

across the park. I could see another huntersitting on the other side and I watched himsight through his scoped rifle at the elk. Noshot. A little later I wandered over, intro-duced myself, and asked why he had notfired. He said that those were four of thebiggest deer he had ever seen.”

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Roaring Fork goes into this weekend’shome-court regional action peaking at justthe right time. “With each game we’re get-ting more aggressive,” said volleyball coachCarrie Shultz.

The Rams plowed through last weekend’ssix-team district tournament pretty much likethey did all season long, winning theirmatches against Salida, Coal Ridge andLamar 3-0,3-0 and 3-1 respectively.The onlytense moments came in the last round againstLamar. After taking a 1-0 game lead, Roar-ing Fork led 24-19 in the second game, onlyto see the Savages roar back for a 29-27 over-time win. “We lost our focus at the end,”Shultz said.

One point in an early game drew smilesfrom Ram players. Niki Burns jumped up atthe net as if to spike the ball with her righthand to the right side of the opposing court,only to tap the ball with her left hand to the leftside of the court to score the point. Shultz saidsuch a shot is a little like a change-up in base-ball, where the pitcher delivers a slow ballrather than a fast one to catch batter off bal-ance. “We work on that (kind of hit) in prac-tice,” Shultz said.“We work on a lot of typesof shots … cross court,down the line, tip … .”

The senior-laden Rams regrouped in thethirdgameagainstLamar fora25-11win,thenput the district title on ice with a 25-15 victory.

Roaring Fork takes a 21-1 record into Sat-urday’s four-team tournament here in Car-bondale. Roaring Fork is led by returningWestern Slope 3A player of the year LandonGarvik,who has 494 kills for the season. JoeyClingan leads the team in assists with 422.Besides Burns, the other starters are seniorsIxchel Muniz and Savanna Phibbs, and soph-omore Taylor Adams.

Roaring Fork has dropped only sevengames total this season, with three of thosecoming from highly ranked 4A EagleValley ina 3-2 loss.They chalked up 3-0 wins 18 times.

The Rams are seeded No.1 in the regionalround robin tournament and No. 3statewide. The other teams in this weekend’saction are: St.Mary’s (19-3),ColoradoAcad-emy (17-5) and Jefferson Academy (17-5).

If Roaring Fork advances this weekend,they’ll head to Denver for the eight-team 3Astate tournament at Denver Coliseum onNov. 12-13.

Rams take district title, look to regionals

Regional 3Avolleyball tournamentNov. 6Roaring Fork High School

8 a.m.St. Mary’s (2) vs. Colorado Academy (3)

9:30 a.m.Roaring Fork (1) vs. Jefferson Academy (4)

11 a.m.St. Mary’s (2) vs. Jefferson Academy (4)

12:30 p.m.Roaring Fork (1) vs. Colorado Academy (3)

2 p.m.Colorado Academy (3)vs. Jefferson Academy (4)

3:30 p.m.Roaring Fork (1) vs. St. Mary’s (2)

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Niki Burns scores a point for Roaring Fork in their match against Lamar last weekend (above). The Rams show off their districtchampionship plaque (below). Front row (left to right): Taylor Adams, Kenya Pinela, Madison Handy, Ixchel Muniz, Joey Clingan andSavanna Phibbs. Back row (left to right): Hattie Gianinetti, Caitlin Kinney, Landon Garvik, Megan Gianinetti, Georgia Ackerman andNiki Burns. Photos by Lynn Burton

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“It was a very good season,” coach JohnAckerman told the Sopris Sun this week.“(and the Oct. 30 loss) was a good learningexperience”. We took some lessons awayfrom it, both the players and coaches.”

Sam Carpenter, a junior, led the team with13 goals.Dalton Handy had seven assists andgoal-keeper Frank Adgate recorded 64 saves.

Ackerman said the team loses a quartet offour-yearstarters.BesidesHandy,theyareSaulitoVega,NeibyVargas and Roberto Ramirez.

Next year, besides Carpenter, the Rams

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is stepping down as boy’s coach but will coachthegirls this spring.Takingovernext seasonwillbe assistant coach Aaron Anderson. Volunteercoach Will Casey will move up to assistant.

Ackerman,who came on board four yearsago, says the program has gotten“better andbetter” in recent years. When he started, theteam had“maybe”20 players.Now, there areenough players to field two complete teams.

“Interest has grown as the program hasdeveloped,” Ackerman said. “The playershave enjoyed success year by year.”

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News.What renders the new dinosaurs pecu-liar is their seemingly useless display of headhorns: “Kosmoceratops is especially bizarre,its head crowned by an array of 15 horns.”But maybe the usefulness of horns is in the eyeof the beholder; they probably looked cute tothe female of the species.

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Democrat or Republican, I think we can all agree that oursystem is not working to capacity (not for average tax-payingcitizens, that is).We’re talking duct-tape stage in my opinion andwhen the Baby Boomers hit Social Security full on, that shouldjust about do it — that’ll be the equivalent of the elephant sittingon the cardboard box. As you may have heard me say once ortwice before, Generation X is small, even for an average gener-ation and it is not going to work for us to support them. (Theresimply isn’t a way to do the math, even though we’re still tryingby pushing their retirement back, and taking more money fromour paychecks.)

I’ve resigned myself to the fact that despite paying into SocialSecurity since I was 16, I won’t receive the benefits it would taketo feed a cat in 2040. If I can come to terms with simply giving

away a percentage of every paycheck, so can our salesmen — excuse me, elected officials.Hey, there’s an idea: Since they’re already making a nice little income on the side by selling

out us and future generations, how about if Congress works only on commission? The aver-age congressman makes $174,000 a year, times 535“that’s a lot of chedda, yo.”– MM.Whatif we gave that money to teachers and firemen, and let Congress live on their take from thecorporations? I’m not the first one to think of this, during the Constitution Convention, Ben-jamin Franklin considered proposing elected officials not get paid for their services. See, evenin the beginning he could see the potential for corruption.

What really drives me nuckin futs is that while we’re inundated by the media swarm ofTeaBaggers and mosque builders, the money’s just rolling in, year after year — more than enoughto feed and clothe and bandage every American. For the amount we spent on the war in Iraqwe could each have had a physical, spent a day in the hospital watching our TV shows, and

taken an ambulance there and back (well, maybe not the ambulance ride). It kills me to thinkof the potential of this country. If we had our act together we really would be a superpower;complete with energy independence, plant and animal preservation and preventative healthcare. We would actually be in a position to help developing nations, instead of just dumpingpotato flakes and old guns on them.

Instead, we are a nation of caffeined workers addicted to fake sugar, in debt, and worriedabout our kids being abducted 24/7 (this is the only reason I can think of to explain why somany people spend their days in the car shuttling their kids around). Meanwhile, our electedPUBLIC SERVANTS ride around the capitol of the UC of A-CS in chauffeured town carsschmucking it up with corporate representatives. (Schmucking: - verb, to schmuck 1. Sellingyour constituents’ energy to the highest bidder for personal gain. As in, you are a schmuck.)

Let’s salary cap these guys, “Cracker, please!” – MB. Enough’s enough. Americans payplenty of taxes to cover what taxes are supposedly for: schools, roads,health care and so forth.The problem is the unchecked greed in our capitol — and we will never be able to send themenough because that’s the definition of unchecked greed.

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