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Carbondale’s weekly, non-profit newspaper Volume 3, Number 31 | September 15, 2011

Grand-standing border collies? Not really, but they were willing photo subjects at Strang Ranch this week. An estimated750 border collies are in and around town for the National Sheepdog Finals through Sept. 18. Of the 750 dogs, 225 andtheir handlers are actually competing. For details on the finals, please turn to page 3. Photo by Jane Bachrach

By Lynn BurtonSopris Sun Staff Writer

arbondale’s trustees flirted with impos-ing a fee on plastic checkout grocerybags Tuesday night then continued thediscussion to Oct. 25 after indicating

they’ll consider an outright ban.Banning plastic bags, either throughout the

town or at specific stores, was put on the table aftera majority of the Aspen City Council unexpectedlysaid they support a ban on plastic bags in theirtown rather than imposing a 20 cent per bag feeon Monday night.

Carbondale, Aspen and Basalt are trying to co-ordinate ordinances to dramatically reduce thenumber of plastic bags used in each town.

“We need to eliminate plastic in our lives,” saidCarbondale Trustee John Foulkrod during Tuesdaynight’s discussion.“It’s the right thing to do … stopusing them (plastic bags.)”

Earlier in the year, CORE (the local non-profitCommunity Office of Resource Efficiency) ap-proached Roaring Fork Valley towns and proposeda regional approach to reducing plastic bags’ use.Among the reasons to reduce their use, accordingto Carbondale’s draft ordinance considered Tues-day night, is“because the production of these typesof bags contributes to natural resource depletion,greenhouse gas emissions, and waterborne wastes.”

The draft ordinance to impose a 20-cent fee onbags, which the trustees could have voted on Tues-day night, also states in part, “the use of dispos-able, single use bags has a significant impact on thelocal environment … “ and the bags create “a bur-den on the Town’s waste disposal resources” andthey “take up valuable landfill space … .”

As discussed at previous trustee meetings, Car-bondale is considering a fee on plastic bags in aneffort to force people to bring reusable bags to thegrocery store when they shop, which in turn willlead to fewer plastic bags escaping into the envi-ronment and less oil being used for their produc-tion in the first place.

During public comment Tuesday night, mostspeakers supported a fee on plastic bags or an out-right ban. Satank resident Tamar Mattorano de-scribed how she caught a trout in the Crystal Riverrecently and found a vegetable bag in its stomach.“Why not ban all bags?” she said.

Jeanette Whitcomb told the trustees a fee is thefirst step toward a ban.“It has to start somewhere.”

Stacey Stein said “We have to start stoppingputting so much plastic in the environment” and avalley-wide effort will give “power to the punch.”

Two people spoke against a fee on plastic bagsor banning them. One of them, Duane Stewart,

Trustees continueplastic bag talkOutright bannears the table

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Flock Talk

It’s a dog’s world

Move disc golf courseDear Editor:

I recently attended a meeting at Car-bondale Town Hall to discuss the insuranceinspector’s report about disc golf in Gian-inetti Park. Present were the mayor, townmanager, finance director, recreation direc-tor and myself.

The inspector’s report contained the fol-lowing recommendation: “To help reduceinjury potential, consideration should begiven to establishing reasonably safe bufferzones between disc golf activities (flyingdiscs) and other park users. This may in-clude relocating … holes that are close toother park activities, e.g., playground,walking/bike path, and street traffic.”

Why am I writing this letter? I representthe neighbors and townspeople of Car-bondale who would like to see the disc golfcourse in Gianinetti Park moved to a suit-able location. Gianinetti Park is the neigh-borhood park for the Roaring Fork VillagePUD and contains 3.15 acres along VillageRoad. It’s a passive, mixed-use park that in-cludes such traditional amenities as play-ground, picnic tables, horseshoes,basketball, pedestrian walkways and rest-rooms. It is also the neighborhood park forseniors at the Heritage Park Care Center.

So, what’s wrong with disc golf in Gi-aninetti Park? Aren’t we talking aboutFrisbees here? No, discs are not Frisbees!Frisbees are what we threw as kids withsoft round edges that floated through theair. The discs being thrown in GianinettiPark are smaller, denser and heavier ver-sions of the traditional Frisbee, withsharpened edges to increase speed and dis-tance. They are more like ninja weaponsthan Frisbees, and would likely send youto the emergency room if you were everhit by one.

Disc golf has seriously compromised thesafety and experience of other park users.Errant discs fly everywhere. They ricochetfrom trees and playground equipment,cross over pedestrian sidewalks used byseniors with walkers and wheelchairs, andfly over fences into backyards. The play-ground is under siege and hundreds ofdiscs go into Village Road traffic.

The park used to be a place where onecould relax and not be on alert for missiles.We were in the park recently and observedseveral men playing the course. Otherswere in the park including one man sittingagainst a tree reading and listening to aniPod. Unfortunately, the man with the iPodwas sitting between the players and thebasket. Instead of getting the man’s atten-tion, they threw directly toward him. Onedisc hit the tree above his head and felldown almost into his lap. He never saw orheard it coming and was quite startled.Had the disc been a few feet lower it wouldhave hit him in the head. Must we now re-strict iPod use in the park?

The buffer zones recommended by theinsurance inspector are simply not avail-

able. The rule of thumb for disc golf designis one acre per hole, not nine holes shoe-horned into 3.15 acres.

Let’s move the course now.Bill HoftoCarbondale

Support Aspen FilmfestDear Editor:

I wonder what it will take in Carbon-dale for the business community and thetown to wake up and smell the roses?

The Aspen FilmFest is in not one buttwo venues in Carbondale and there is nota sponsorship by the town or the chamberof commerce! A sad commentary on peo-ple coming to town to watch a movie, havedinner, an après libation, and the town justcollects the taxes and businesses reapingsome profit! Imagine the free PR you aregetting for NOTHING!

Wake up, Carbondale. This could be inEl Jebel and not “darken” our fair littletown. Shame on you!

Support the FilmFest! You are reapingtax and other benefits! Notwithstandingthe support of KDNK, this rose may notbloom here again!

Leary O’GormanCarbondale

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What is a Bicycle FriendlyCommunity, anyway?By Darryl Fuller

In the fall of 2010 Carbondale was awarded a Bronze Bicycle Friendly Commu-nity award from the League of American Bicyclists.

The League of American Bicyclists is a nationwide advocacy and education or-ganization that promotes bicycling for fun, fitness and transportation, and the creationof a bicycle friendly America. Founded in 1880 with a mission to improve bicycle rid-ing conditions, the League’s early efforts played a significant role in the paving and cre-ation of our national highway system.

The League evaluates communities by examining five factors and how they pro-mote bicycling in a community: engineering, encouragement, education, enforcementand evaluation and planning. While some communities apply several times beforeearning an award, Carbondale’s rich history of advocacy for bicycling and walkingand multi-use trails, as well as education programs, creative bicycle events and culturehelped our town earn the Bicycle Friendly Community Bronze award on our first try.

The Bronze award is not a destination, rather it serves as a springboard to improveand enhance Carbondale’s bicycle friendliness. As part of this process the trusteeshave created the Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Trails (BiPeT) Commission, which is chargedwith providing recommendations to enhance and increase bicycling and walking intown. This citizen advisory commission has been working diligently to address bothopportunities for improvement, as well as barriers to better walking and bicycling.

The BiPeT Commission is currently conducting a town-wide inventory of pedes-trian and bicycling amenities and fixtures. Current recommendations include addingimproved signage and additional pedestrian crosswalks across Highway 133, im-provements and enhancements to the North Face Park bike park, as well as recom-mendations to facilitate more effective pedestrian travel on downtown sidewalksthrough better bicycle parking facilities, and addition of signage along Main Street tomakes it safer for automobiles and bicyclists to share the road through downtown.

Future initiatives include identifying the areas around town where there are con-nectivity issues and work to address them, the pursuit of a “complete streets” policyto ensure future roadway developments and improvements accommodate all roadwayusers, Safe-Routes-To-School education programming for all elementary school-agechildren, and collaboration with the many groups in our area that are working topromote sustainable lifestyles, practices and infrastructure.

It is my belief that walking and riding bicycles makes Carbondale a better town.For starters, choosing to ride or walk to replace automobile trips helps reduce pollu-tion. It also reduces roadway congestion and the frustration of being caught in traf-fic. Walking and riding bicycles provides healthy low-impact exercise and can impelour younger citizens to get out and be active. Finally, being outside on a bicycle orwalking encourages us to engage more directly with our town and fellow citizens.

More and more Carbondalians are realizing that they can run errands on foot or bi-cycle, that they can get to work, that their children can get to and from school, and thatthey can enjoy both walking and bicycling on the many excellent multi-use paths in and

Local folks injected some homegrown Sun into the Burning Man Festival, heldAug. 29-Sept. 5 in the Black Rock Desert outside of Black Rock City, Nevada. Thesign behind the group looks suspiciously like the sign over an entrance to this year’sCarbondale Mountain Fair. Photo courtesy “a random guy walking by.”

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The Powers Art Center, which focuseson limited edition prints of 20th-centuryartist Jasper Johns, is opening this fall, ac-cording to center director Melissa English.

“We don’t have a specific date yet,” shetold The Sopris Sun.

The two-story, 15,000-square-footbuilding sits about a half-mile north ofHighway 82, just upvalley from Highway133. It’s partly surrounded by pastures andpinion, with straight-on views of Mt. So-pris. A black reflecting pool at the expan-sive front entrance mirrors the whiteconcrete forms that frame it.

Inside, the center will open with 118prints that Johns created from the early1960s to 2009. “In time, we hope to haverepresentations of each limited works onpaper he did, except for four or five piecesthat are just not available,” English said.

The collection comes from the late JohnG. Powers and his wife Kimiko, whostarted collecting contemporary art in theearly 1960s. For many years they lived nearthe site that is now the Powers Art Center.

“One artist that they particularly ad-mired was Jasper Johns,” says a statementon the art center’s Web site.

The Web site goes on to include a quotefrom Powers that explains the power ofcontemporary art and why he and Kimikostarted their collection: “Contemporary artmakes people talk and have full conversa-

tions about the world around them.”Johns, 81, received the Presidential

Medal of Freedom from President BarackObama in February, the first artist to re-ceive the honor in 34 years, according topublished reports. Other artists to receivethe honor are: Alexander Calder,Willem deKooning, Georgia O'Keeffe, NormanRockwell and Andrew Wyeth.

Johns was born in Augusta, Ga. in 1930and grew up in South Carolina. He beganhis career as a commercial artist and in1958 had his first one-man exhibition. TheMuseum of Modern Art bought threepaintings in that initial show and Johns wason his way.

Art experts say that Johns and RobertRauschenberg are largely responsible forlaying the groundwork for Pop art and Min-imalism. He was reacting against AbstractExpressionism that predominated the artscene in the 1950s; much of his work depictscommonplace objects such as flags, maps,targets, numbers, letters of the alphabet.

“It was a new experience for gallerygoers to find paintings solely of such thingsas flags and numbers,” said a 2008 PBSdocumentary on Johns.“The simplicity andfamiliarity of the subject matter piquedviewer interest in both Johns’ motivationand his process.”

Johns explained,“There may or may notbe an idea, and the meaning may just bethat the painting exists.”

Johns’ concern for process led him to

printmaking, for which he is consideredan innovator in screen-printing, lithogra-phy and etching. Critics say his print-making ranks with Dürer, Rembrandt,Goya, Munch and Picasso as the greatestof any era.

English said the Powers Art Center is aneducational center for the study of Johnsand includes a library and conferenceroom. She plans to set up an outreach pro-gram with local schools, culminating with a

field trip to the center.“People of all ages can come in and

study (Pop art) through the lens of JasperJohns,” she said.

The center will also display several ce-ramic pieces by Takashi Nakazato, whosefamily members have been potters since the16th century.

English said the Powers Art Center willbe open Monday-Thursday from 10 a.m.to 3 p.m.

Powers Art Center opening outside Carbondale this fall

Sopris Sun Staff ReportIf you ever driven past the historic Mis-

souri Heights schoolhouse on County Road102 you’ve probably noticed Strang Ranchto the north.

The 460-acre spread sits in a shallowbowl bordered on two sides by sagebrush.There’s an ancient potato cellar near theroad, with quarter-mile driveway leadingstraight to the main ranch house, a com-mercial sod operation/pastures to the westand horse pastures to the east.

Drive past the Missouri Heights school-house and Strang Ranch during the Na-tional Sheepdog Finals through Sept. 18 andyou might do a double take. Sheepdog han-dlers from across the U.S. and Canada haverolled in more than 100 RVs and campingtrailers, food and crafts vendors are set upnear the ranch entrance, and green pasturesare dotted with sections of white fence thatprized sheepdogs will funnel hundreds ofsheep through during the competition.

The National Sheepdog Finals is pro-duced by the United States Border CollieHandlers’ Association, Aspen Valley LandTrust and Strang Ranch, and features 225 ofthe top sheepdog handlers and their dogs.

Two of those handlers are Herbert andAlison Holmes, from West Texas nearSanderson. “We live two hours from thenearest grocery store,” said Herbert, presi-dent of the U.S. Border Collie Handlers’ As-sociation.“Our road in from the highway isonly 17 miles, but it takes about an hour anda half to negotiate with the truck andcamper (on a good day).All of our electron-ics, TV, computers, and telephones are sup-plied by satellite. If we have medical

emergencies, we have to call the medi-vachelicopter, as the ambulance cannot negoti-ate our road.”

Much like Western Colorado ranchers,the Holmes’s have been affected by land val-ues and shifting economics. “Ranches arebeing divided and sold as hunting parcels toabsentee owners,”Herbert said. One down-side is that absentee owners“(are not) beingvigilant about predators. … When the coy-otes finally infiltrated the area, they, the bob-cats, and the occasional mountain liondecimated the lamb and goat kid crops. We

sold most of the sheep and goats six yearsago and increased the cattle numbers.”

Another aspect of ranching in WestTexas:“Rabies is also rampant here … (and)we have already had a horse bitten by a rat-tler this year. Last year, we had two dogs bit-ten by rattlesnakes. All three animalssurvived. We give the rattlesnake vaccine toall of our dogs to help them cope with thevenom reaction, in the event they get bitten.”

Here at Strang Ranch, the object of thesheepdog competition trial course is to testthe dog’s ability to manage/maneuver sheep

in a calm, controlled manner, according tothe organizers.

The course is set up to evaluate skills thata working dog needs to assist the shepherdin his or her daily work.

Dogs have 13 minutes in the preliminaryrounds, 18 minutes in the semi-finals and 30minutes in the finals to perform their tasks.

Points are awarded for tasks performed(in order): outrun, lift, fetch, drive, shed andpen. More is required of dogs in the semi-fi-nals and finals, such as separating designatedsheep from the flock. Points are subtracted ifmaneuvers are not accomplished in the des-ignated time.

The number of sheep that dogs mustherd ranges from five to 20, depending onthe competition stage (preliminaries, semi-finals, finals).

Announcers at the competition will ex-plain what’s going on out in the field, whichcan range up to 600 yards from spectators.

Closer at hand will be dog demonstra-tions with local trainer Laura Van Dyne atthe trial headquarters from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.on Sept. 17-18. Every half hour, Van Dyneand her dogs will be demonstrating rallyobedience, trieball, agility, flyball, earthdogand nosework.

Sheepdog competitions in two categories– nursery and open – start at 7:15 a.m. onSept. 15, 8 a.m. on Sept. 16, and 7 a.m. onSept. 17-18, and continue through the day.

Tickets to the National Sheepdog Finalsare $10 for adults, $5 for kids 8-16 and forseniors, and free for kids 7 and under.

Gate proceeds go to the Aspen ValleyLand Trust. For more information go towww.sheepdogfinals.com.

Sheepdog National Finals transform Missouri Heights

Strang Ranch is thick with 750 range ewes brought in by Raftopoulos Ranch in Craig forthe National Sheepdog Finals. More than 750 sheepdogs are reportedly on site, but onlyabout 225 will actually compete. Photo by Jim Breasted

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The 15,000-square-foot Powers Art Center will open in late fall.The center focuses on lim-ited edition works on paper by contemporary artist Jasper Johns. Photo by Lynn Burton

Suicide prevention workshop slatedThe Aspen Hope Center and the Garfield

County Suicide Prevention Coalition pres-ent a suicide prevention-training workshopat the Carbondale fire station at 5:30 p.m.on Sept. 20.

The training (QPR) — which stands forquestion,persuade and refer — is a three-stepprocess that anyone can learn to help preventsuicide, according to the Hope Center.

“What I like about these communitytrainings is they teach you to ask the ques-tions, and the ways they teach you to askthem are so simple anyone can do it,” saidCarrie Godes, Garfield County Suicide Pre-vention Coalition member.“I’ve been face-to-face with a friend who later took her own life.What I learned from that experience is thatyou cannot be afraid to ask the question,‘Areyou thinking about suicide?’”

Other sessions are slated for locationsfrom Parachute to Aspen.To register and formore information, call 544-1241.

Alabaster mine meeting slatedThe Forest Service will hold a public meet-

ing on proposed operations at the MysticEagle Mine upAvalanche Creek south of Car-bondale from 10 a.m. to noon on Sept. 21.

A plan submitted by the mine owners last

spring would limit winter operations to fivedays a week, and truck shipments to fiveround trips per day, five days a week.

One of the Forest Service’s options callsfor not allowing surface operations fromNov. 15-Apri. 30.

The operators want approval for a 20-year plan to mine alabaster, marble and gyp-sum. The previous permit expired in April.

The Forest Service is also taking com-ments on the permit application.For more in-formation, call Skye Sieber at 625-6864.

BLM seeks pipeline inputThe Bureau of Land Management is seek-

ing public comment on two adjacent 31-milepipelines proposed in western Garfield andRio Blanco counties.

EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. is propos-ing one 24-inch pipeline to transport naturalgas liquids and one 12-inch pipeline to trans-port water and/or condensate. The pipelineswould begin near Kimball Mountain north-west of DeBeque and terminate near High-way 139 about 25 miles south of Rangely.

Written comments and questions shouldbe directed to Erin Dreyfuss, BLM North-west Colorado District Office at 2815 HRoad, Grand Junction, CO 81506. Com-ments may also be submitted via email [email protected].


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Plastic bags continued om page 1alluded to the freedom to choose whetherto use plastic bags and said, “Keep takingthem (freedoms) away and one of thesedays you’re not free anymore.”

Across the board, the trustees said theywant to do something to reduce the use ofplastic bags, but disagreed on how to goabout it.

“It’s important to do something,” saidtrustee Frosty Merriott in pushing for avote on a proposed ordinance that wouldput a 20 cent per bag fee on plastic bags atCity Market.

Merriott said he would hate for thetrustees to spend“6, 12, 18, 24”months dis-

cussing a plastic bag ordinance.“We need toget it done,” he said.

Trustee John Hoffmann agreed, saying“I want to do something … I want to do itright now.”

The Aspen City Council will consider itsban on plastic bags at its Oct. 11 meeting.Carbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot suggestedthe town give CORE a month to returnwith options for a new ordinance, includ-ing one for an outright ban on plastic bags.

“How far do we want to go?” sheasked.

They will address the issue again onOct. 25.

Robbery suspectOn Sept. 6 at 11:57 a.m., Carbondale police officers

responded to a robbery in progress at Deportes Jenny,576 Main Street. Upon arrival, officers found theowner of the store tied up and locked in a bathroom.The owner stated that two males followed her into thestore as she was opening and they tied her up andplaced her in the bathroom. She stated that they tookan undisclosed amount of cash and merchandise.

When asked if she could describe the males, shestated that one of them was approximately 5-feet-8-inches tall, weighing approximately 185 pounds. Shesaid that the second suspect was shorter.

Officers were able to get a composite drawing of one of the suspects. The Car-bondale Police Department is asking that if anyone knows the person in the draw-ing to please call the police department at 963-2662.

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By Nicolette ToussaintSopris Sun Arts Correspondent

In October, the Carbondale Council for Arts and Hu-manities (CCAH) will serve up a feast of events to celebratewomen in the arts. More than 10 performances, showings,demonstrations, and concerts will be offered to the public —and admission to every one of them will be free.

The month-long Support Women Artists Now (SWAN)gala is taking flight — and offering free admission — thanksto a $25,000 grant that was awarded to CCAH by the Em-brey Family Foundation.

Normally, when nonprofits seek grants, they must firstamass research, plan a program, spend months finding theright foundation, and then go to the grant-giver with hat inhand. But in Carbondale, things are different. Here, themountain came to Mohammad.

Carbondale’s SWAN celebration is the brainchild of localresident Gayle Embrey, who runs the Embrey Family Foun-dation in collaboration with her sister Lauren.Together, thetwo sisters are co-CEOs of Embrey Interests, a commer-cial real estate company in Dallas, Texas, and both sistersare involved in the arts. Gayle is a visual artist and Laurenis an actress.

The spark for Carbondale’s SWAN celebration was kin-dled not long ago when Gayle met Martha Richards, the ex-ecutive director of WomenArts. In 2007, Richards andChicago film critic Jan Lisa Huttner started SWAN to buildconnections between women artists and women audiencemembers to better support women in the arts.To date, therehave been more 700 SWAN Day events in 21 countriesaround the world.

Richards’ description of SWAN resonated with Embrey.Richards said,“The Embrey Family Foundation is interestedin social change and equity, but we know that people don’twant to be lectured to. We support film, theatre and visualarts because they can educate people and increase awareness

of issues that we feel are important. People can be reachedthrough the arts, and SWAN combines all our goals.”

“For me, it was a matter of combining the professionaland the personal,” said Embrey, who recently retired fromprivate practice as a psychological counselor. Embrey is cur-rently working on multiple arts projects: a book, a docu-mentary about how disenfranchised peoples around theworld find a voice through mural painting, and a videoabout some of the Roaring Fork Valley’s female artists (awork in which she is collaborating on with local photogra-pher Sue Drinker).

Embrey knew just how to fledge SWAN in Carbondale.“We have this great local organization, the CarbondaleCouncil for Arts and Humanities.They do wonderful thingsfor our local community. We also have great women artistsin our area. Some of them get recognition; some don’t. I im-mediately thought of CCAH as a way to bring recognition towomen artists here, especially those who are downvalley.”

SWAN’s month-long gala kicks off during First Friday onOct. 7 and will include the opening of a 42-woman art show,culinary demonstrations and a performance of“Shakespeare’sSister.” SWAN events later in the month include a burlesqueperformance, a Latina night featuring live music and dancingby Ballet Folklorico, a dessert demonstration class and a talkby author Helen Thorpe, plus many other events.

Much of the programming will be coordinated by AmyKimberly, who also produces Mountain Fair. “CCAH ishappy to have the chance to participate and to supportwomen artists,” said Kimberly.“It’s Gayle’s brainchild, andmany players have come together to create this.”

“The big hope,” Embrey adds, “is that the community— men and women — really shows up for the events andsupports these women, not only by coming and seeing theirwork, but also by purchasing it. We are going to ask peo-ple who can to make a donation, and the money will go tothe artists.”

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SWAN events Oct. 7-27SWAN Day (Support Women Artists Now) is an interna-tional movement that celebrates women artists. By focus-ing attention on the work of women artists, SWAN helpspeople imagine what the world might be like if women’s artand perspectives were fully integrated into all of our lives.

The local schedule is as follows:Oct. 7 – SWAN opening night kick-off at the CCAH’s R2Gallery in the Third Street Center, Feminine Focus: NewArt from 42 Contemporary Women;• Culinary demonstration: Christine Bergstrom;• OM Puppet Theater: A procession of puppets created bySoozie Lindbloom;•“Shakespeare’s Sister:” Featuring theater, dance and music.Oct. 13 – Author Helen Thorpe talks about her book “JustLike Us” at the Third Street Center.Oct. 15 – Dessert demonstration class at CCAH.• An Afternoon of Dance: Featuring classical ballet,African dance and more;• Latina Night: Featuring posole, live music and dancingby Ballet Folklorico;Oct. 19 – “Who Does She Think She Is?” By documentaryfilmmaker Pamela Tanner Boll.Oct. 20 – Literary Night: Writers Kristen Carlson, Jen Cattoand others read from recent works.Oct. 21 –Women Rising: Featuring visual and performingart by women from high school ages and above.Oct. 25 – Author and activist Barb Chambliss presents“Peacemakers: The Hidden Side of Peacemaking” at theThird Street Center at 7 p.m.Oct. 27–AtThunderRiverTheatre, ValerieHaugen presentsa special SWAN performance on the healing power of art.Additional events include a Viva La Woman Burlesqueshow, performer Anais Mitchell and more. A full scheduleof events and how to participate available is at www.car-bondalearts.com.


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McClure spud that made Carbondale famous, is Sept. 24and missives are landing like crazy on the Sopris Sun’seditor’s desk.

From the American Legion Auxiliary, they’ll be hostinga horseshoe tournament at 11 a.m. at Glassier Park onWeant Boulevard. It’s a double elimination affair with first,second and third place prizes.The entry fee is $5 per tosser.Burgers, hot dogs, chips and salads are free to all players;it’s $5 per plate for non-contestants. For details, call Julieat 309-5417.

For you runners, registration is under way for the TaterTrot 5K and 1-mile run/walk. “Burn off those extra calo-ries early so you can enjoy the afternoon BBQ guilt-free,”said a Trot spokeswoman.The race starts at 8 a.m. on Hol-land Drive between the Hendrick Ranch soccer field andcommunity garden. Day-of registration starts at 7:15 a.m.Entry forms are available at the recreation center or atwww.carbondalesoccerclub.org.

On the parade front, the theme is “Potato Sack is theNew Black: A fashion extravaganza for the potato fash-ionista.” Parade applications are available at town hall andare due Sept. 19. New this year – the winner of the com-mercial category receives a traveling trophy to be kept andeven proudly displayed until next year’s Potato Day. Theentry fee is $40. For details, call Lisa at 963-0541.

Peak notices Big DaddyIf you’ve ever wondered how the upscale, glossy,Vogue-

ish Aspen Peak magazine decides who makes the full-page“The List” each issue, you won’t find an answer here.“TheList” is a mix of local folks, business owners, celebrities,big-time politicians and international jet-setters but it runswithout text or clues as to how editors determine who is in

and who is not. In any case, “The List” cast its net wideenough this issue to not only include downvalley bluessinger Big Daddy Lee (of the King Bees) fame, but put himat No. 2.

Writers praise Chandler sagaIn the current issue of Roundup magazine, the Western

Writers of America praise the Kincade adventure novelswritten by Carbondale’s Michael Chandler. “Chandlertakes western legend and lore to a new level with the Kin-

cade saga, and leaves the reader wanting more,” said bookreviewer John Melvin.“This series will fit easily onto yourshelf of favorites.” The series includes “Kincade’s EarlyYears,”“Kincade’s Blood,”“Kincade’s Fear” and his latest– “Kincade’s Death.”

Bumper sticker winnerBumper Sticker of the Week honors go to whoever owns

a 1970s era “rust colored” Chevy station wagon that wasparked in the Ranch at Roaring Fork parking lot on Sat-urday. The tattered bumper sticker read “Soucie for Sher-iff.” The Souice in question is Verne, who served as GarfieldCounty sheriff in the 1980s and before that was Carbon-dale’s police chief.

Two in a row?Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Famer Leon Russell sold out

PAC3 on Sept. 9 and word has it the 70-something Okieput on a great show. Carbondale’s premier music venuecould be headed for another sell out with bluegrass masterSam Bush on Sept. 16.

Music classes beginEnrollment is under way for All Valley Music Together.

The classes are for parents and young children and are basedon research and music learning theory. For details, go towww.AllValleyMusic.com or call Annie Flynn at 963-1482.

They say it’s your birthdayBirthday greetings to out to: Bob Stein and Lori Meraz

(Sept. 17), Frosty Merriott, and Nancy Payne (Sept. 18),Kenny Hopper (Sept. 19), Josh Smith (Sept. 20) and BiancaOrtega (Sept. 21). Belated birthday greetings go out to BenBohmfalk (Sept. 9) and Andy Bohmfalk (Sept. 13).

The Two Rivers Unitarian-Universalist congregation hon-ored returned Peace Corps volunteers Sept. 11 at the ThirdStreet Center. Clare Bastable (Côte d’Ivoire, 1998–2000, sec-ond from left in front row) and John Barbee (Afghanistanduring the 1960s, far right in the front row) gave brief talksabout their Peace Corps experiences. Sunflowers were givento the volunteers. Photo courtesy Jim Breasted

Sábado, 17 de septiembreCentro de la ciudad, calle principal Main Street

¡UN DÍA DE DIVERSIÓN Y COMIDA GRATIS!¡PAYASOS! ¡PINTADO DE ROSTROS! ¡BRINCA-BRINCAS!

La diversión comienza a las 2:00 p.m.

¡MUY BUENA MÚSICA CON D.J. GINGER!Grupo las SIRENAS en el escenario a las 6 p.m.

Día de Agradecimiento Comunitario

Cortesia del Pour House y la Alcaldía de Carbondale conjuntamente conLas Finales del Concurso de Perros Ovejeros 2011 en el Rancho Strang

The Sheepdog Finals Are Here!For six action-packed days, the top 250 qualifying border colliesfrom the US and Canada and their handlers will square off with

Colorado’s capricious range yearlings to determine the 2011National Sheepdog Champion and Nursery Sheepdog Champion.

Food and Craft Fair

Downtown Concert, BBQ & Street Fair

Spinning, Lamb Cooking & Painting Demonstrations

Celebrate Colorado’s Ranching Heritage

Lots of opportunities to volunteer

For more info, [email protected] or visit

www.sheepdogfinals.comSeptember 13-18, 2011


Jay Harrington might not have seen itall on the Western Slope, but he’s seen morethan most.

As town manager of Pagosa Springs,Telluride and mostly recently Cortez, hehelped those towns cope with growth, de-velopment, a down-turn in the economyand a political atmosphere that sometimespits vocal and divergent interests such as

new residents with old timers.“The issues I dealt with during the past

20 years have served me well,” said Car-bondale’s new town manager.

Harrington, 45, came on board in lateAugust.

Although similar in many respects, allthree towns Harrington served faced theirown challenges. In Pagosa Springs, the townhad to play catch up to keep its infrastruc-ture in line with its increasing population.

Cortez, in the far southwest corner ofthe state near Mesa Verde, is county seat forMontezuma County. Cortez got involved inbringing a broadband system to the area,similar to the city of Glenwood Springs’sinvolvement.

Telluride, one of Colorado’s best-knownresort towns, probably has more in com-mon with Aspen than Cortez.

“He brings the whole package to Car-bondale,” said mayor Stacey Bernot. Hewas chosen from a field of 62 applicantsand six finalists.

“From the community panel and staff,Jay was their top choice,”Bernot continued.“He was clearly the best for Carbondale.”

Harrington earned his bachelor's degreein environmental studies from SaintLawrence University in Canton, N.Y., anda master's degree in urban and regionalplanning from the University of Coloradoat Denver.

Like other college students drawn toColorado, Harrington never left. “My firstjob was as an intern in Pagosa Springs,” he

told the Sun. “I’ve stayed on (in state) for20 years.”

Harrington and his wife, Jennifer, have a9-year-old son, Frankie, a student at RossMontessori School.

“That (the school) was a major part inour decision to move here,” he said.

Jay and Jennifer also wanted to get backinto more of a mountain town than Cortez,which is close to the ski/college town of Du-rango but is more sand than snow.“We enjoythe mountain town experience,” he said.

Part of that experience includes skiingand biking.

“(and) …. He walks to work,” Bernot

said. “His son’s in a public school … he’sdedicated to the community. That’s huge.”

The Sept. 6 board of trustees meeting fo-cused on Harrington and the trustees shar-ing their views on the philosophy, and nutsand bolts, of running the town, and theirown roles in the process.

For more than a year, several trusteeshave expressed frustration that meetingsoften continue later into the night thanthey’d like after beginning at 6:30 p.m.“He(Harrington) said if you start to fade at9:30 p.m., why not start at 6?”Bernot said.

As of Sept. 13, the new board of trusteesstart time is 6 p.m.

Town manager brings loads of W. Colorado experience


Town manager Jay Harrington comes toCarbondale after stints with Pagosa Springs,Telluride and Cortez. Photo by Lynn Burton

Everyone seems tobe texting whilebehind the wheelthese days, but howabout writing whileon horseback?That’s what judgesRoger Clark ofLaPorte (right)and Dan Moyerof Nucla (left) weredoing at the Roar-ing Fork RanchRoping competi-tion at the GusDarien arena onSept. 10-11. Photoby Julie Albrecht


Flock Talk finaleIf you’ve followed Flock Talk, you know two ewes named Agnes and Baa set out to

crash the National Sheepdog Finals at Strang Ranch. Their journey took a turn when ascreenwriter named Mary heard about them at the Meeker Sheepdog Classic. Mary wasdoing research for a screenplay about a sheepherder and hoped to meet Agnes and Baaso they could help.

The rest is history. Mary and her husband (a producer) were at the Pour House whenin walked Agnes and Baa. Mary’s husband immediately offered them a reality show inHollywood, but he wanted them ASAP so they aren’t able to catch the Strang trials.

“They don’t feel baaad anymore that they weren’t included in the trials,” said theirnew spokeslamb.

Agnes and Baa did want to say goodbye to folks so they hoofed it up to the AspenValley Land Trust dance last Saturday.

Clockwise from top: Agnes and Baa with friends, singing with the band, with MarthaCochran and Kit Strang. Photos by Jane Bachrach

By Will GrandboisSopris Sun Correspondent

All three Roaring Fork High School fallsports teams hit the road last weekend,leaving little entertainment for the lazysports fan, but plenty of excitement for themore dedicated.

After a 5-2 loss to Moffat County onThursday, the boy’s soccer team took onthe Vail Mountain Gore Rangers on theirhome field. Sam Carpenter put two goalspast Vail Mountain’s goalie, and providedan assist for younger brother Ben Carpen-ter to bring the final score to 3-0 Rams.Thewin leaves the team 1-2 for the season.

Meanwhile, the Colorado Rocky Moun-tain School boys’ soccer team defeated

Grand Valley High School 3-1 in their firstgame of the season. The two Carbondaleteams will play each other at the CRMSfield at 4 p.m. on Sept. 20.

The volleyball team began its long weekwith a trip to Grand Valley, where they de-feated the Cardinals 3-1. On Friday, theRams traveled to Olathe, where they nar-rowly lost in the fifth game. They con-cluded their tour with a victory againstGunnison on Saturday, bringing theirrecord for the season to 4-1.

Hattie Gianinetti claimed 20 kills and fiveserving aces; sister Megan contributed 10kills. Madison Handy chalked up nine killsand two aces, while Kenia Pinela broughttwo aces to the table.

For the season, Caitlin Kinney leads theRams with 14 digs over the course of fourgames. Hattie Gianinetti boasts 15 aces andMegan Gianinetti proves a defensive force,providing four of Roaring Fork’s nine blocks.

The Ram footballers suffered a 42-0 de-feat when they met the Battle MountainHuskies in an away game on Friday. Aswith their previous match againstHotchkiss, the game was non-conference.

Fans can catch the Rams soccer team at

home this week, with games against CoalRidge at 4 p.m. on Sept. 15 and GlenwoodSprings at 11 a.m. Sept. 17.

The volleyball squad travels to Rifle onSept. 15 (note: the Sept. 20 home game hasbeen has been moved to Sept. 23) and takeson Aspen at home on Sept. 22. The gamesare at 6 p.m.

The football team takes on Palisade athome on Sept. 16 at 7 p.m., then faces CoalRidge for homecoming on Sept. 23 at 7 p.m.

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ObituaryVelma Fae Duffy Rowland 1928-2011

Velma was born to Philip and Mary Duffy in Fairplay, Colorado. Velma married FredRowland on Aug. 29, 1947 and they recently celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary.

Velma is survived by her husband Fred, children Terry (Bob) Peckham and Colette (Rod)Barksdale, brother Alvin LeRoy Duffy, and many nieces and nephews.

Velma had five grandchildren, Robin and Richard Peckham, Alan and Greg McClain,Mike Barksdale, and nine great-grandchildren: Alaina and Asher Peckham, Camille, Alex,Sumner and Madeleine McClain, Jaren Peckham, and Bryson and Cameron McClain.

Preceding her in death were her parents, brothers and sisters: Frank, Walter, Phillip, Mar-garet, Marie and Maxine. A memorial service will be held on Sept. 17 at 11 a.m. at the Far-num Holt Funeral Home Chapel in Glenwood Springs.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Elks BPOE 2286 Perpetual ScholarshipFund in Velma’s name; P.O. Box 57, Glenwood Springs, CO 81602.

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THURS.-SUN. Sept. 15-18SHEEP DOG FINALS • The NationalSheepdog Finals take place at Strang Ranch(County Road 102 across from the MissouriHeights schoolhouse). Admission is $10;seniors and kids 8-16, $16; kids under 7 arefree. Info: www.sheepdogfinals.com.

THURSDAY Sept. 15CHAMBER LUNCHEON • The Carbon-dale Chamber of Commerce holds is quar-terly luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. atthe Garthering Center on Snowmass Drive;it’s catered by Ghandi’s. Trent Shield willspeak about flexible plan investments.Ticketsare $20 in advance and $30 the day of.RSVPat 963-1890.

DOS GRINGOS • A Coremmuters Chal-lenge organizational meeting takes place atDos Gringos Burritos in La Fontana Plazaat 7 p.m. The Coremmuters Challenge is afriendly competition in which 12 teams willaccumulate car-free days and human pow-ered commute miles. Beverages will beserved at the meeting and there is no sign-up fee. Prizes will be announced.

RFHS SOCCER • The Rams host CoalRidge at 4 p.m. (junior varsity at 6 p.m.)

RFHS VOLLEYBALL • The Rams travel toRifle for a 6 p.m. game.

PIANO • Laurel Sheehan offers piano classesthrough the Carbondale Council onArts andHumanities from 3:45-4:30 p.m. (beginners)and 4:30-5:30 (intermediate). Info: 963-1680or 963-7411.

FRI.-SUN. Sept. 16-18BALLOON FESTIVAL • The 36th annualSnowmass Balloon Festival takes place Sept.16-18 as SnowmassVillage.A total of 31 bal-looons are expected to take to the sky justafter dawn.The Balloon Night Glow starts at6 p.m. on Saturday night.

FRI.-SAT.Sept. 16-17“PROP 8” READING •A reading for theKristin Carlson play“UNMarried inAmerica: Prop 8 onTrial” takes place atthe New Space The-atre on the Col-orado MountainCollege Spring Val-ley campus at 8 p.m. Asuggested donation of$10 will be accepted. Info:947-8177.WINE FESTIVAL • The Snowmass WineFestival takes place Friday and Saturday with“food,flavors, sights, sounds and prizes.”TheGrand Tasting is Sept. 17 from 1 to 5 p.m. atthe Snowmass Village Mall. Info: 379-6577.

FRIDAY Sept. 16MOVIES •The CrystalTheatre presents“Be-ginners” (R) at 8 p.m. Sept. 16-21; “Buck”(PG) at 6 p.m. Sept. 16-18 and “Crazy Stu-pid Love” (PG-13) at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 19-21.Filmfest Sept. 22-25.

COWBOY UP • Cowboy Up, a fund-raiserfor the Carbondale Chamber of Commercecelebrating the town’s western heritage, takesplace downtown from 6 to 11 p.m. at FourthStreet Plaza.There’ll be dinner from 6 to 8 p.m.and music from Adam Ashley with Round-about after that,plus a live auction,door prizesand the Jack Daniels Girls.Tickets are $5 gen-

eral admission and $8for dinner.

LIVE MUSIC • Grammy award winningbluegrass mandolin player Sam Bush playsPAC3 in the Third Street Center. Tickets are$30 in advance and $35 the day of the show.Info: pac3carbondale.com.

LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s in the DinkelBuilding presents Fire in theAsylum at 10 p.m.

FOOTBALL • Roaring Fork High Schoolhosts Palisade in a 7 p.m. game.

COMEDY • Rivers restaurant in GlenwoodSprings presents a comedy night from 9:30 to11:30 p.m. with MC Brett Tenza, RobO’Leary,Don Cheney,April Clark,Bob Rich-mond, Jeremy Firth and Noah Davis.There’sno cover.

SATURDAY Sept. 17COMMUNITY BBQ • Carbondale’s Com-munity Appreciate Day downtown on MainStreet features free barbecue clowns, facepainting, and a bounce house, with theSirens taking the stage at 6 p.m. The actionstarts at 2 p.m. It’s all made possible by thetown of Carbondale and Pour House restau-rant in conjunction with the National Sheep-dog Finals.

KITES •TheTurning Point Center forYouthand Family Development in the Third StreetCenter celebrates its first birthday with Kitesfor Kids.There’ll be kite demonstrations, kiteflying, crafts and fun for kids. Lunch will beprovided. It’s from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Info:Nathan Scott at 970-567-6459.

GYMKHANA • The final gymkhana of theseason will be held at the Gus Darien arenaeast of town at 1 p.m. The club is for eques-trians seven and older and the events are bar-rels, poles, flags and a rotating event. Info:274-3223 or 379-9978.

LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s in the DinkelBuilding presents Blind Side(alternative punk)at 10 p.m.

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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.

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who is in charge of shredding paper and spreading joy in the community.

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Community Calendar continued from page 10

Further OutTHURSDAY Sept. 22PAUL SPENCER SPEAKS • The CarbondaleCouncil on Arts and Humanities presents PaulSpencer (founder of the Clean Energy Collec-tive) at 7:30 p.m. at the Third Street CenterCalaway Room.The company allows commu-nities to collectively own a clean energy facility(solar, wind, biomass, micro hydro.) Spencer isalso an active member of Tom’s Door, whichprovides emergency assistance to those in need.Spencer’s talk is part of CCAH’s “CreatingChange”series. Info: www.carbondalearts.com.

FRIDAY Sept. 23BOOK SALE • The Friends of the GordonCooper Library fall book sale starts at 10 a.m.and continues through Oct. 3. The sale will beheld during regular library hours in the com-munity room of the library. Friends of the Li-brary needs volunteers to organize and run thesale; come to the library at 76 South 4th Streetin downtown Carbondale to sign up for a shift.Info: 963-2889.

SATURDAY Sept. 24POTATO DAY • The 102nd annual Carbon-dale Potato Day includes the Tater Trot 5K/1-mile run at 8 a.m., a parade on Main Street

starting at 10:30 a.m., followed by music andactivities in Sopris Park and Bareback Bonanzaat the Gus Darien arena.The theme is“A Fash-ion Extravaganza: Potato Sack is the NewBlack.” Info: 963-3744.

CARE FUND-RAISER • Colorado AnimalRescue (CARE) holds its annual “Dressed tothe K9’s” fund-raiser at the Carbondale Recre-ation Center.The night includes a fashion show,music, short video and food from Hestia.Tick-ets are $75. Info: 947-9173.

SUNDAY Sept. 25SCHOOL CARNIVAL • The Roaring ForkPublic Education Foundation’s annual carnivaltakes place behind Carbondale Miiddle Schoolstarting at 11 a.m. on Sept. 25. There’ll be newinflatable attractions for all ages, midwaygames, face painting, food and a battle of thebands. Volunteers are needed.

WEDNESDAY Sept. 28GLENCANYONFILM • Photographer JamesKay and journalist Annette McGivney docu-mented the reemergence of Glen Canyon in thefilm “Glen Canyon and a New Vision for theAmerican West.” The Aspen Center for Envi-ronmental Studies (100 Puppy Smith St.) screens

the film at 6 p.m. Info: www.aspennature.org.

FRIDAY Oct. 7GOLF TOURNEY • The Ram Classic golftournament is held at River Valley Ranch. It’s a

fund-raiser for Roaring Fork High Schoolsports programs and the cost is $100 per per-son/$400 per team. Sponsors are also needed.Info: 970-355-4554.

ture Park presents Skinner, Girardot, X andMartin from 6 p.m.Tram rides are free in ex-change for a can of food for Lift-Up.

RFHS VOLLEYBALL • Roaring Fork trav-els to Olathe for a noon match and Gunni-son for a 6 p.m. match.

RFHS SOCCER •The Rams host GlenwoodSprings at 11 a.m. (JV at 1 p.m.)

SUNDAY Sept. 18LEAD KING LOOP • The eighth annualLead King Loop begins and ends in Marbleand features a 25K, 12.5K and kids race.There’ll be cash prizes, T-shirts, a raffle, bar-becue and awards. Sign up at IndependenceRun & Hike in La Fontana Plaza on High-way 133,go to leadkingloop25K.com,or call

Craig Macek at 704-1275.

TUESDAY Sept. 20LIVEMUSIC•Carnahan’s in theDinkelBuild-ing presents Greg Masse and friends at 10 p.m.

WEDS.-SUN. Sept. 21-25FILMFEST • The 33rd annual AspenFilmfest presents movies at the Crystal

Theatre and PAC3 in Carbondale, and theWheeler Opera House in Aspen. Info:www.aspenfilm.org.

WEDNESDAY Sept. 21LIVE MUSIC • White House pizza presentsTom Edman (acoustic bluegrass and fingerpicks). Coming up Sept. 28 – Dave Taylor(classics). Info: 704-9400.

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Hold the pressesCCAHANNUALMEETING IS SEPT. 20 • The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanitiesholds its annual meeting, plus a Mountain Fair volunteer thank-you party and celebration forformer director Ro Mead at the Third Street Center on Sept. 20 at 6 p.m.The night includes theMountain Fair slideshow plus free food and drink. Members will also vote on three new boardmembers: Bailey Haines, Mark Harris and Dan Miller. For details, call 963-1680 or go towww.carbondalearts.com.

TOWN SEEKS SKATE PARK VOLUNTEERS • The town of Carbondale and the skate parkcommittee is seeking volunteers and donations for an addition to the Carbondale kid’s skate-board park. On Sept. 18, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the North Face Skateboard Park, kids and parentsare invited to come see the design plans for the project and to have a hot dog and drink. Therewill also be an opportunity to discuss how parent volunteers and kids can help assist with theproject. For details, call Jeff Jackel at 963-2733.

UNITED WAY HOLDS GARAGE-LESS SALE • Community Banks of Colorado holds itsfourth annual Garage-less Sale for United Way in the bank parking lot on Sept. 17 from 8 a.m.to noon. The bank is located at 1810 Grand Ave., Glenwood Springs. Donors can drop of gen-tly used items at the bank at any time, according to a press release, although large items mustbe dropped off on the morning of the sale, and clothing will not be accepted. For details, callMichele Diamond at 945-7035.


Community BriefsSponsors wanted for Ram golf tourney

Sponsors are needed for the Ram Classic Golf Tournament, slated for River Valley Ranchon Friday, Oct. 7.

The Title Sponsorship is offered for $3,000 (which includes the tournament name, signageand entry for two teams). Corporate sponsorships are $1,000 (which includes signage andone team entry). Hole sponsorships are $250 (the sponsors sign on a tee or green).

For details, call Larry Williams at 355-4554, Kirk Cheney at 379-3031; email to [email protected], or write to Ram Classic, 2270 Highway 133, Carbondale, CO 81623.

The 18-hole tournament begins with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. Entry fees are $100 per per-son or $400 per team. There’ll be contests for longest and straightest drive, closest to pin, apoker round and prize for a hole in one, plus a raffle, awards ceremony and door prizes. Abox lunch is provided and mulligans are $5 each.

Proceeds benefit Roaring Fork High School sports programs.

Firing and drum circle slated for Community OvenAn inaugural firing and drum circle are slated for the Carbondale Community Oven on

Oct. 7 according to a press release.The masonry oven, located at the Third Street Center, will be available to groups and in-

dividuals who want to bake the wood-fired way and turn out crusty breads and pizzas.The Carbondale Community Oven was organized, financed and built by volunteers, with

assistance from Gallegos Corp, Valley Lumber, Slow Food and others. For details, go towww.Carbondalecommunityoven.weebly.com.

Coremmuter Challenge kicks offThe Colorado Office of Resource Efficiency (CORE) kicks off its Coremmuters Chal-

lenge with an organizational meeting at Dos Gringos Burritos in La Fontana Plaza on Sept.15 at 7 p.m.A total of 12 teams will compete during the next two months to accumulate themost car-free and human-powered commute miles.“The winning teams will gain almost cer-tain fame and just a taste of fortune,” said a CORE spokesman. For details, call 963-1090.

Photo contest continuesThe Roaring Fork Conservancy’s 2011 Roaring Fork Watershed Photography contest is

open to professionals and amateurs who photograph rivers, streams or water in the RoaringFork watershed, either directly or indirectly.

“This area includes the Fryingpan, Crystal and Roaring Fork rivers, as well as their trib-utaries,” said Roaring Fork Conservancy Education Coordinator Sarah Johnson.

The entry deadline is Sept.30.For details,call 927-1290 or go to www.roaringfork.org/photo.

Biz-Opoly trade fair slatedBooth space is available for the Glenwood Springs Chamber Resort Association’s Biz-

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Last week, my wife came home with a big piece of London broil meat.That made me wonder: what exactly is London broil? Is it the same as flanksteak? Is there any way to improve on its generally tough texture, even whensliced across the grain in thin strips after a quick broiling or grilling?

Exactly what London broil is, is a good question, with no universallyagreed-upon answer.As with Belgian waffles and French fries, which do notgo by those names in those countries, do not look for London broil in Lon-don. How it got its name in the United States a mystery.

London broil is both the informal name for a cut of meat as well as thegenerally accepted method of cooking it. Most often, a London broil is aflank steak, that inch-thick layer of lean abdominal muscle between a steer’slower ribs and its pelvis. However, just about any lean, fairly tough beef cutmight be labeled London broil, such as top round or even brisket. Depend-ing on the butcher, those London broils might be several inches thick. If youventure into Canada and look for a London broil, you’ll find a ground meatpatty wrapped in flank or round steak, among other variations. If you askfor a flank steak in London, you’ll be met with blank stares.

Assuming you’ve bought a flank steak, how should you pre-pare your London broil? Traditionally, instructions say to mari-nate the meat for hours before broiling or grilling with high heatto medium rare, and then to slice it across the grain. The mari-nade, quick slight undercooking, and cross-grain slicing are allmeant to tenderize the tough meat.

As it turns out, marinades don’t penetrate more than a few mil-limeters into meat, so any tenderizing is limited to the immediatesurface areas. Seasoned marinades may impart some flavor tomeat, but only long, slow cooking will make tough meat tender.

Meat cooked just to medium rare will retain more naturaljuices, and as those juices are squeezed out by further cooking,the meat becomes drier and tougher. You well-done steak loversneed to get with the program.

Slicing tough cooked meat across the grain does help some-what with the impression of tenderness, but only inasmuch as you

get a thin bite of tough fibers, which you perhaps don’t have to chomp quiteas much as if it were sliced lengthwise. But the meat is still tough. No oneslices a filet mignon crosswise.

So I decided to take a new tack, along the lines of slow-and-low barbe-cue smoking. I tried a braise.

Braising is the technique of slow, moist cooking, to do essentially whatone does with barbecue, minus the smoke. It may be the easiest form ofcooking, and most economical, as braising turns inexpensive, tough, less-de-sired pieces of meat into exquisite tender luxuries.You may have noticed therecent proliferation of beef short ribs, cheeks and other odd cuts on finerestaurant menus. These are all braised. So was the pot roast your mothermade, which slowly simmered to tenderness while you sat in church on Sun-day mornings. So are osso buco, coq au vin, bouef bourguignon, Moroccantagines, and other exotic delicacies.

The difference between braising and stewing is mostly semantic, and somesay nonexistent. The splitters maintain that stewing involves submersing themeat completely in the cooking liquid, while braised meat sticks out a bit, like

an iceberg. The essential aspect is long, gentle simmering in liquid.So I trimmed the peripheral gristle and fat from my London broil

and set it in a baking dish with my favorite marinade of achiote paste,orange and lime juice, crushed garlic, and salt and pepper. Nearly anymarinade will do. There’s no need for a long soak in the marinade be-fore cooking; just turn the meat over a few times so that it gets wellcoated. I covered the baking dish with foil and set it in the oven ataround 225 degrees. When I checked the meat after four hours, it wasfalling apart, as I had hoped. Longer cooking would make it evenmore meltingly tender.

A substantial amount of liquid usually comes out of the meat anddilutes the marinade. If the resulting pan juices are too thin for yourlikes, pour them into a saucepan and reduce it until they’re thicker. Ipulled the meat apart into serving portions, like pulled pork and potroast, and served it over rice with the reduced cooking liquid. It wastender, flavorful, great. And not even cut across the grain.

The Forkthat RoaredBy Chef George Bohmfalk

Braise that London broil (aka flank steak)

If you venture intoCanada and look for aLondon broil, you’ll find

a ground meat pattywrapped in flank orround steak, among

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Sustainable Settings’Harvest Festivaldraws a crowdSopris Sun Staff Report

Sustainable Settings’ ninth annual Harvest Festival featured mostlyhome-grown food, plus music from the Starletts and All the PrettyHorses, on Sept. 11.

Sustainable Settings, located just south of Carbondale on High-way 133, is an entrepreneurial non-profit organization that inspirespeople and communities to embrace integrated solutions for sustain-able development, according to its Web site.

To accomplish their mission “we research, design and demonstratewhole-systems strategies in sustainable agriculture, green development,micro-enterprise, land stewardship and art for daily life.”

Sustainable agriculture and green development are among thesubjects of study at Sustainable Settings. The educational center offersclasses, workshops, and educational programs for all ages relatedto sustainable gardening, organic farming, ranching, green living,permaculture, self-reliance, the arts and personal growth.


Clockwise from upper left: Sustainable Settings DirectorBrook LeVan (right) hands the pitchfork prize to Tom

Gillespie (left) after being named Local Organic Farmersof the Year (not shown is Lynn Gillespie); Mark Fischer

stirs up some whipped cream for an interested bystander;theatrical commentary and puppets were a big part of

the day; Maya Lindbloom mugs for the camera.Photos by Jane Bachrach


By Amos EnoHigh Country News writer

The behavior of Congress might seemunusually erratic, but one thing can be con-fidently predicted: The Interior appropria-tions bill for 2012 will contain the largestcuts in conservation funding in 40 years.Look for lots of hand-wringing and gnash-ing of teeth in environmental circles.

For many reasons, though, I see this as agodsend for ranchers across the west.When-ever public land expands, the private landnear it tends to face increasing regulation —the pattern for approximately a hundredyears. Much of our public policy and fund-ing has been dedicated to protecting our richestate of public lands. But what few peopleunderstand is that most of the west’s publicland is over 3,000 feet in elevation; our fed-eral conservation lands are an inventory ofrock, ice, evergreen forests and high sage-brush deserts.

Private ownership is where the west’smost bio-diverse lands exist, and they arefound where the region’s lifeblood is —around water. Privately owned rancheshost the bulk of riparian areas, creating thearteries and veins that flow through ourarid and mountain regions. That makeswestern ranches the most important seg-ment of private lands in America today —five times more important than lands eastof the Mississippi. They’re crucial becausethey provide all the water for western met-

ropolitan areas, as well as the water that’sneeded to nourish agriculture, fish, wildlifebiodiversity and winter ranges. Ranch-lands also provide water for recreation andoffer thoroughfares for transportation andour energy grid.

If we want to save the American west aspart of America’s great heritage, we need tosave its ranchers. Unfortunately, traditionalfederal government programs and conser-vation dollars don’t provide the help theyneed. The most serious problem facingranchers these days is purely demographic:The average rancher is over 60 years old.More than ranchettes, ski areas, and oil, gasand coal development, the aging of ourranching community is dictating the desta-bilization and loss of ranches across thewest. That is why ranchers need an arrayof tools and services to help them achieveboth a sustainable future and a smoothtransition within their families and associ-ations. Once they do that, their workingranches can survive and even prosper intothe 21st century.

Because ranchers tend to be conservative,individualistic and self-help-oriented, the or-ganization I lead, Resources First Founda-tion, takes Lao Tzu’s approach:“Give a mana fish, feed him for a day; teach a man tofish; feed him for a lifetime.” The nonprofitoffers an array of Web-based tools and serv-ices for the ranching community includingthe www.privatelandownernetwork.org,

www.conservationtaxcenter.org, www.pri-vatelandownernetwork.org/plnblog, The Al-ternative Enterprise and AgritourismResource Evaluation Guide (www.re-sourcesfirstfoundation.org/aea).

I know that in the environmental com-munity, most people think land trusts are thesolution; I think they are only part of it.ThePrivate Landowner Network, for instance,hosts over 1,000 attorneys specializing intax and estate planning and conservationpractice, because before a rancher contacts aland trust, he will more likely call an attor-ney or tax and finance advisor.

Why? It all comes down to a matter oftrust. In many ranchers’ eyes, unfortu-nately, the environmental community andits many offshoots are not sources to betrusted. That is why the websites the foun-dation lists are neutral and avoid any en-vironmental advocacy. In addition toattorneys, we host consulting foresters, AgExtension offices, conservation districts,appraisers and hundreds of wildlife, graz-ing and irrigation companies. We list all thefederal (USDA and Interior Department)programs that have technical assistance oron-the-ground program services forlandowners, plus most state programs thatapply. And we include clean energy serv-ices, such as home wind-system providers,bio-fuels and new financial players for car-bon markets.

So, when you hear the outcries against

reductions in federal funding for land ac-quisition, don’t forget that even minimalfunding adds to a federal infrastructurethat’s groaning under the weight of anenormous operations and maintenanceoverload — to the tune of $25 billion in2010. Think instead of ways to support thelivelihood of ranchers across the west.Whenever you can, buy grass-fed beeffrom the nearest rancher. It’s not only goodeconomics for the ranchers; it’s good eatingfor you.

Think also of supporting ways to assistranchers’ long-term survival and intergen-erational succession. So far, the most im-portant tool on the horizon is theGerlach-Thompson Conservation EasementIncentive act, HR 1964. Currently pendingin Congress, it extends tax deductions forconservation easements and will do more toperpetuate the legacy of ranchers than allthe traditional programs combined.

Amos Eno is a contributor to Writers onthe Range, a service of High Country News(hcn.org).

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By Ed QuillenHigh Country News writer

By now most of us have heard of “envi-ronmental racism,” which involves actionslike putting toxic facilities in minorityneighborhoods. The opposite, “environ-mental privilege” is explored in a book dueout this month, The Slums of Aspen, Immi-grants vs. the Environment in America’sEden by David Pellow and Lisa Sun-HeePark, both professors of sociology at theUniversity of Minnesota.

The victims of environmental racism,they say, are “the great majority of immi-grants and people of color in the valley”who are “there to work and make a livingso that the wealthy of the world can play,relax, unwind, and enjoy nature, unsullied

by hordes of brown folks who remain offthe social radar but always be available fora good housecleaning, a hot meal, condoconstruction, or a landscaping touch-up.”

On the other side is “environmentalprivilege” which “results from the exerciseof economic, political, and cultural powerthat some groups enjoy, which enablesthem exclusive access to coveted environ-mental amenities such as forests, parks,mountains, rivers, coastal property, openlands, and elite neighborhoods.”

That strikes me as a stretch. I’m as “eco-nomically challenged” as most freelancewriters and I live in what has, in the past20 years, become a resort town increasinglyattractive to People of Money. But theforests, parks, mountains, rivers and open

lands hereabouts seem as accessible as ever.I haven’t noticed anything exclusive aboutthem. We don’t have “coastal property” inthe Rocky Mountains, and “elite neighbor-hoods,” no matter where they sit, have al-ways been defined by “exclusive access.”

It also seems odd to call Aspen “Amer-ica’s Eden.” It may be beautiful, but it’s cer-tainly not a haven of innocence like theBiblical garden.

The upcoming book has already in-spired a long and interesting essay/reviewon the Aspen Journalism web site, anddoubtless you’ll be hearing more about itafter it appears in bookstores.

Ed Quillen is a freelance writer in Salida,Colo.

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Vote yes on 3DDear Editor:

I am deeply concerned about the state ofour schools and the severe impact that cut-ting quality education will have on the fu-ture of our communities.

After $5.2 million in budget cuts overthe last three years, schools are already fac-ing the challenges of doing more with less.We need to vote yes for the mill levy. Foran average of just $9.50 a month we cansupport our community by keeping ourschools strong.

When the mill levy passes, class sizes willremain smaller (15-24 students), we’ll re-tain our most experienced teachers, con-tinue to provide quality materials, andensure that students are prepared for lifeafter graduation.

Most of us can’t imagine surviving anhour with more than a few 5-year-olds.Imagine spending the day (all day!) withover 30; add to that the task of teachingthem how to read and write. Now pictureyourself spending the day trying to educateover 30 14-year-olds. Yikes!

Our teachers already put in more than100 percent. If we fail to pass this initiative,our standout teachers will have the optionto stay and work for less money in a com-munity that doesn’t support them, or moveto a district that offers competitive salariesand votes for education.We all have a stakein getting the mill levy passed.

Please vote yes for 3E on Nov. 1.Wendy KennedyCarbondale

around town. Even folks who must drive to or from work or to attend to out-of-townerrands are learning that at least some of their trips can be done on foot or bicycle.

Pedestrians and bicyclists are good for our town by promoting community, creativeexpression, healthy lifestyles, and support of our local economy.

So dust off your old bicycle or pull on a pair of comfortable shoes. Take advantageof the amazing bicycling, walking, and running opportunities that our town and areaaffords. Ride or walk on over to the next BiPeT commission meeting and share yourideas about how we can improve conditions for riding and walking, or better yetcome join our commission and help us realize our goal of creating a more friendlycommunity through the promotion and development of safe and effective programsand infrastructure and the encouragement of bicycling and walking.

The BiPet Commission meets at 6 p.m. on the first Monday of the month, townhall, room No. 2.

Darryl Fuller is a member of the Carbondale Bicycle, Pedestrian and Trails (BiPeT)Commission.

The Sopris Sun encourages commentaries on local issues from our readers. Re-member: Keep your commentary local and keep it to 700 words, then dispatch it [email protected] or P.O. Box 399, Carbondale, CO 81623. Don’t forget to tellus your name, phone number, where you live and any other pertinent informationabout yourself.

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DATE AND TIME: SEPTEMBER 27, 2010,AT 6:30 P.M.DATE OF APPLICATION: AUGUST 18, 2011DATE OF EVENT: OCTOBER 7 & 8, 2011BY ORDER OF: STACEY BERNOT, MAYOR

APPLICANT:JESSI ROCHEL for the TOWN OF CARBONDALE

Information may be obtained from, and Petitions orRemonstranceʼs may be filed with the Town ClerkCarbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue,Carbondale, CO 81623

Published in The Sopris Sun on September 15, 2011

NOTICEPURSUANT TO THE LIQUOR LAWSOF COLORADO

JESSI ROCHEL, TOWN OF CARBONDALE567 COLORADO AVENUECARBONDALE, CO 81623

HAS REQUESTED THE LIQUOR LICENSINGOFFICIALS OF CARBONDALETO GRANT A SPECIAL EVENT LIQUOR LICENSETO SELL MALT, VINOUS, ANDSPIRITUOUS LIQUORSFOR CONSUMPTION ON THE PREMISE ATOKTOBERFEST/CELTIC FEST4TH STREET PLAZACARBONDALE, CO 81623

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Sopris Sun Staff ReportCLEER and Garfield Clean Energy will present a workshop titled “Jobs & Money:

How to Grow the Economy with Smart Energy” on Sept. 23 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. atthe Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs.

Community and business leaders, community residents, and economic developmentgroups are invited to join partners from throughout the region to discuss how investmentsin energy efficiency and clean energy can create jobs and save money, and how the regioncan maximize economic opportunities from smart energy.

Local and regional economic development experts will offer presentations and hostdiscussions on the role of energy efficiency in local, state and national economic recovery;steps communities can take to harness economic benefits of smart energy; how the regionand state can map the supply chain to maximize manufacturing opportunities; the jobcreation potential of compressed natural gas (CNG) as a transportation fuel; and how tomaximize opportunities and create an action plan for progress.

Speakers will include:• Skip Laitner,American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE), interna-

tional expert on energy productivity and the economy;• Roger Wilson, Colorado State Representative, District 61;• Matt Cheroutes,Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade;• Tom Despres, director, Supply Chain Development, Colorado Clean Energy Cluster;• Alex Schroeder, senior manager for Transportation Fuels, Governor’s Energy Office;• Karen Ehrhardt-Martinez, Ph.D, University of Colorado Renewable Energy Institute;• Charley Haupt, president, New Energy Technology.Participating partners in this event include Roaring Fork Business Development Cen-

ter, Glenwood Springs Chamber Resort Association, Rifle Regional Economic Develop-ment Council, EnergySmart/CORE, the Rifle Chamber of Commerce, the CarbondaleChamber of Commerce.Additional funding is provided by the U.S. Department of EnergyBetter Buildings program.

Registration is $20 and includes lunch and resources for follow-up action. Coffee/net-working begins at 8 a.m.; the workshop begins at 8:30 a.m. Register in advance atwww.garfieldcleanenergy.org/register.php.

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