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Carbondale’s weekly, non-profit newspaper Volume 3, Number 9 | April 14, 2011

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Roaring Fork High School presented “Spring Shorts 2011” during three performances over the weekend. Subject matter in the short plays and monologues ranged from seriousto humorous. Shown here are Lisa Bauer (left) and Emily Eason (right) in a play titled “Beauty.” Photo by Lynn Burton

row the pie. Be inconclusive. Car-bondale is growing and it betterlearn to adapt or the communityis going to fracture.

If there was a take-home message fromMonday’s meeting on the fate of the town’smonthly First Friday festivities, that wasprobably it.

Nearly 60 people showed up at the Thun-der RiverTheatre to tackle a topic that startedgetting attention on a popular town email listabout a month ago: Some Main Street busi-ness owners assert their sales have dwindledduring First Fridays, and they blame theproblem on the tenants in Carbondale’s newnon-profit hub, the Third Street Center.Theysay business has bogged down ever since the

center, located three blocks from Main Street,began to host events on First Friday, drawingcustomers away from the downtown core.

Over the past few weeks, the discussion hasswelled into a lively debate,but one conductedmostly via electrons. That changed with themeeting on Monday,which was moderated byformer Carbondale Town Manager TomBaker and attracted Main Street business own-ers, tenants of the Third Street Center andmembers of its board of directors, as well asmore than a few concerned citizens.

Over the course of two hours of open dis-cussion, Baker managed to distill the meet-ing’s most constructive comments into a fewcore ideas. Everyone seemed to agree thereare too many hands in the First Friday“pie,”but only a few participants appeared willingto bar some organizations (Third Street Cen-

ter tenants) from participating. At the sametime, not many people jumped on an idea tospread the energy of First Friday through therest of the month (for instance, by askingThird Street Center tenants to host theirevents on the third Friday of the month).

Instead, many people pushed for astronger, better coordinated marketing strat-egy to attract more shoppers to town on FirstFriday – the “grow the pie” approach.

Ro Mead, director of the CarbondaleCouncil on Arts and Humanities, whichhelped start the First Friday festivities about adecade ago but has since relocated from MainStreet to the Third Street Center, said thatspreading out First Friday felt “divisive” toher. She suggested that instead, schedulescould be adjusted so that Main Street andThird Street events don’t overlap.

“We’re friends. This is Carbondale, andwe need to preserve, above all ... our rela-tionships,” Mead said.

Local artist Tanya Black stressed thatCarbondale should be delighted its economyis growing.

“I think we’re forgetting gratitude in ourtown here for what we have, what we’ve cre-ated as a unit,” she said.

GBy Terray SylvesterSopris Sun Staff Writer

‘Grow the pie,’ say Main Street, ird Street organizations

Next Steps:The discussion on the fate ofCarbondale’s First Friday festiv-ities will continue at the next meetingof the Carbondale Business Coalitionat 8 a.m. on April 21 at CarbondaleTown Hall.

Ethics are for everyoneEditor’s Note: This letter was also addressedto the Carbondale Board of Trustees. Townstaff was actually able to review eight tapesof the radio show. Two were relevant to theallegations against Trustee Frosty Merriott.Dear Editor:

In response to Laurie Loeb’s recent letterregarding Trustee Merriott’s unethical andimproper behavior: Ethics are for everyone.Why isn’t Laurie Loeb defending trusteeMerriott’s actions instead of urging the“dis-counting” of the voices and concerns of 159citizens,most of whom live and work in Car-bondale? One hundred and fifty-nine peoplesigned a letter saying that CarbondaleTrusteeFrosty Merriott should recuse himself fromfurther Village at Crystal River discussionsbecause of ethical misconduct.The 159 peo-ple represent a large constituency of Carbon-dale residents and businesses. These areprofessionals of all types. Laurie Loeb be-lieves these people carry little influence andvalidity.Who is Laurie Loeb to say what peo-ple have a voice? Why does she make an ex-ception for Missouri Heights? Surelysomeone that lives in Redstone or El Jebeland owns a business in Carbondale is heav-ily invested in the community and shouldhave a voice!

Loeb doesn’t focus on Merriott’s“banter-ing” on the radio shows about public hear-ings, misrepresented facts, spreading rumorsand the trashing of a local businessperson onthe radio. She could have reassured us thatMerriott will bring all of the missing tapes tothe next meeting so all will know that FrostyMerriott is unbiased (Merriott couldn’t re-spond because he missed his 10th meeting inthe last 12 months) But no! The tapes of allbut two of the 15 relevant shows are myste-riously missing. But there are facts on tapeand on the public record that Merriott lied(he said he stuck to the facts), spread rumors,disparaged a local businessperson and actedillegally. Maybe that is why Loeb is attack-ing the right of 159 citizens to have theirvoices heard instead of defending Merriott.When Loeb brought in her signatures, sheand her supporters were respected and JohnFoulkrod at all times acted properly, legallyand with integrity. Finally I think Loeb ismaking the case that I am biased. She’s right,but I am no more biased than she and FrostyMerriott are in this fiasco.

Juan GroblerCarbondale

Waste management proposal stinksEditor’s note:This letter was also addressed tothe Garfield County Board of Commissionersand the Carbondale Board of Trustees.

Dear Editor:I wish to share my great concern about

the proposed waste management site onCatherine Store Road. I am a business ownerin town (True Nature Healing Arts). I re-cently bought property on Catherine StoreRoad not far from the bridge, and my chil-dren go to school at Waldorf. We frequentlytravel County Road 100.

Will this process be transparent and

will the community have the chance toparticipate/comment?

I am very concerned about the long termenvironmental impacts, large truck trafficand noise associated with such a project.

Branden CohenCarbondale

Fine young menDear Editor:

Thank you for writing the very nice arti-cle about Brandon McDuffey and Ian Mor-rison. These two fine young men deserve therecognition.Their“New Broken Calculator”is an excellent film. In this world of mostlybad news it is heart-lifting to know that TheSopris Sun makes a point of showing the pos-itive side of our world.

Kitty Riley, Teacher LibrarianBasalt High SchoolSponsor, Rocky MountainStudent Filmfest

An amazing opportunityDear Editor:

We have an amazing opportunity beforeus. The Catherine Store Road (County Road100) is slated for industrial development in thenew Garfield County Comprehensive Plan2030.We can expect many industrial propos-als in the future. Some may be a fit and somemay not. Before us now is a proposal for awaste transfer station and recycling center. Inaddition to asking for approval for this project,IRMW, LLC is asking Garfield County tochange the code to“use by right,”meaning no

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Spring breaking at Maya Beach in Placencia, Belize. That’s what these three Roar-ing Fork Valley families were doing, anyway. They are: Logan Pickrell, Greg Pick-rell, Bodi Dallas, Aaron Dallas, Harry Teague, Elliott Teague, Sarah Teague, JuliePickrell and Karen Teague. Photo by Midge Dallas

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Buying locally brings huge benefitsBy Ashley ReynoldsThe 350 Project

We’ve all been there – our fingers poised above the“Add to Cart”button on our favoriteWebsite. We’re saving a few bucks by shopping online rather than buying local, but werarely stop to ask: Will my decision make or break a local business?

Turns out there’s more to it than a little money saved.Imagine that you decide to spend $100 of your hard-earned money. If you spend it in

a local store, $68 of that purchase returns to the community through payroll, taxes andother expenditures. If you spend that money in a national chain, only $43 of your moneystays local. If you spend that money online, nothing comes home. The result is that whatyou think of as a small decision, one made somewhat spontaneously while sitting in frontof your computer, could have a huge impact on your community. That $68 could meanbetter roads to drive on, more funding for local schools and more jobs for others in thecommunity.When you look at it that way, the $10 that you save by finding a bargain on-line might not really be worth it.

Not only does buying locally bring huge economic benefits, there are other advantagesfor the community when we support our local businesses. Think of the last fundraiser,fun event or race that you attended. Your local business owners most likely supportedthat event. They care about your community because it’s their community as well. Shop-ping locally reduces our carbon footprint because long distance transport isn’t needed asmuch. Local businesses are more likely to use locally sourced goods, thus spreading thewealth around the community. And perhaps most importantly, you are more valued as aconsumer by your local business. It’s pretty much guaranteed that you won’t be stuck inrobo-dial-world when you call your local shop with a question.

Every time we make a decision to buy something, we are deciding what kind of com-munity we want to live in. A great example is the disappearance of two local bookstoresin Basalt and Carbondale. The creation of massive buy-it-all Web sites with cheap bookprices led to a quick decline in the business of local bookstores.As a result, people in ourcommunity are forced to drive to Aspen or Glenwood Springs to buy a book if we don’twant to buy online.This is a drastic example but one that’s easy to see.We still have cloth-ing stores, gear shops and furniture stores that need the support of a community.We mightcomplain if the town we live in is being filled with chain stores and big names but this de-cision rests entirely in our hands. No one likes losing small businesses in a town, but nota lot of people equate that with how they spend their money.

Take a moment to think about three independently owned stores that you would missthe most if they were to disappear. Stop by those stores and say,“Hello,”and maybe pickup a little something that you need. Though some of us can’t afford much discretionaryspending these days, your contribution, whatever the size, keeps these businesses around.You have the power to save your local economy.

Ashley Reynolds lives in Carbondale and works at an independently owned busi-ness. She is currently a student of Roaring Fork Leadership, working with a teamof six other community-minded individuals to raise awareness about the benefitsof buying locally. For more information about the buy-local initiative, visitthe350project.net.

Carbondale Commentary

By Lynn BurtonSopris Sun Staff Writer

A Carbondale crew won the Olympus48 Hour short-film contest at the recentVail Film Festival, bringing home the$5,000 prize, five HD cameras and a meet-ing with Hollywood producer SandyMoore.

The judging panel included film pho-tographer Kris Krosslove, whose most re-cent credits include 2010’s “Secretariat.”

“I think the judges were unanimous,”said Austin Lottimer, co-director/director ofphotography for the winning short “Run-ning Colors.”

“He (Krosslove) said he’d be workingfor us soon,” Lottimer said.

Other crew members were Lottimer’sbrother Maitland Lottimer, their fatherBarclay Lottimer, actress Sophie Saksonand assistant Sally Brennan.

The contest attracted 18 other filmmak-ing teams from across the United States.Their assignment was to shoot a four-minute short feature in 48 hours in Vail,using the Olympus PEN hybrid video/stillcamera the company provided. The Lot-timer brothers finished off their entry bycomposing an original score on a portablekeyboard from 4 a.m. to 6 a.m., only hoursbefore the final film was due.

“It was crazy,” Lottimer said.“Running Colors” contains no dialogue

but tells the story of a frustrated artist (Bar-clay) who chases down the unexpected in-

spiration for his painting (Sakson) and re-turns the hat she drops during their scam-pers through Vail Village.

Austin and Maitland (ages 24 and 22 re-spectively) grew up in Boulder, while Sak-son was raised in Carbondale. Barclay hada career in film and theatre before movingto Carbondale several years ago, openingthe Third Street Café in the Third StreetCenter, and Roadside Gallery in downtownCarbondale.

Barclay had been mentoring Sakson intheatre acting for the past few months andboth wanted to see how she would comeacross on camera. Austin related: “So Bar-clay told Sophie, ‘You wanna be on cam-era? Find a film festival and enter us, andAustin and Maitland will make the movieand you can act in it.’”

Sakson quickly located the Vail FilmFestival and signed the team up for theOlympus contest without asking anyone.“We almost bailed on the contest two daysbefore we went because I was in Californiaand everyone was unclear what we weredoing, but we committed and it all came to-gether,” Austin said during an interview at“the big table” at the Third Street Café.

Austin is low key and matter of fact.When asked if he attend film school, hesaid, “I self educate really well” after ex-plaining he learned a lot while employedas a sound engineer for a TV series Bar-clay produced about golf. He attributestheir contest win to pre-production plan-

ning. “We knew what we wanted beforewe started.”

Austin and Maitland operate Bujin Pro-ductions, which specializes in video pro-duction, motion graphics, interactivemedia installations and Web design.“Run-ning Colors” can be viewed at bujinpro-

ductions.com or on the Vail Film FestivalWeb site.

As for future projects, the Lottimerbrothers are working on a film they hopeto enter in the Sundance Film Festival, plustwo more shorts, a screenplay and a sciencefiction project. “It’s a trilogy,” Austin said.

By Terray SylvesterSopris Sun Staff Writer

When a Carbondale police officer shothimself in his patrol car in the parking lot be-tween the Church at Carbondale and Crys-tal River Elementary School late last month,his death came as a shock to Carbondale Po-lice Chief Gene Schilling, but it didn’t comecompletely out of the blue.

Records from the Garfield County Sher-iff’s Department, the agency that investigatedthe incident, state that Schilling was con-cerned the officer, Nino Santiago, might besuicidal when Santiago sent a text message tohis family to tell them he loved them late onMarch 21.Early the next morning, as officersbegan to search the predawn dark for Santi-ago, Schilling reportedly told Garfield CountySheriff’s officers he was concerned Santiagomight be suicidal.

At the time, Schilling believed Santiagomight be arrested as soon as the next day aspart of an investigation into sex crimes thatallegedly took place in Arapahoe County be-tween 2004 and 2008. Schilling had knownabout the investigation for two weeks beforeSantiago killed himself, but he had decided tokeep Santiago on active duty. Under townemployment guidelines, that choice wasSchilling’s to make, and he said he did so be-cause he trusted Santiago, and because Santi-ago had not been charged with a crime.

Schilling said that when he made the de-cision to keep the officer on duty, he wasworking with information he had obtainedfrom Santiago himself. Two weeks prior to

the suicide, Schilling said he was approachedby Santiago, who told the chief he was underinvestigation.

At the time, Schilling said it was clear thatSantiago was struggling. Upset over the ac-cusations, Santiago offered to resign in orderto spare the police department potential neg-ative attention, but Schilling suggested theyshould both wait to see what would come ofthe accusations before taking action.

Schilling also decided not to put him onadministrative leave, which would have beenan option in such a situation.

“I didn’t feel it was appropriate to put himon administrative leave because it was accusa-tions and he said he didn’t do it, and he’s al-ways been an honest person,” Schilling said.“If I thought there was an issue that was goingto relate to the safety of the people I wouldhave done it differently. … If he would havebeen charged then that’s a different story.”

According to the case report from the sui-cide, Schilling asked for assistance fromGarfield County Sheriff’s officers at roughly 2a.m. on March 22. Steve Hopple, a sergeantwith the sheriff’s office, reported Schilling toldhim Santiago’s text message suggested the of-ficer was suicidal and that“there was a strongpossibility that [Santiago] would be arrested.”

Schilling said he has since learned he wasoverestimating that possibility at the time.

After Santiago committed suicide, Schillingcontacted Arapahoe County Sheriff GraysonRobinson for the first time,Schilling said. In aninterviewwithTheSopris Sun,Robinson stated

Police officer remained on dutywhile under investigation

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Austin Lottimer (left) was co-director and director of photography in a Vail Film Festivalcontest sponsored by Olympus. Sophie Sakson (center) and Barclay Lottimer (right) actedin the four-minute piece. Not shown are co-director Maitland Lottimer and Sally Brennan.Photo by Jane Bachrach

Carbondale crew wins short film contest in Vail

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Planning & Zoning CommissionThe Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) is created pursuant to Article 23, ColoradoRevised Statutes 1973, and shall have all powers, discretion and duties established by law.(Ord. 9-1979 §1: Ord. 13-1972 §2). P&Z consist of seven members and two alternatemembers, each serving four-year terms. Two members may live outside of the Town bound-aries. The Commission meets on the second and fourth Thursday of the month, as required,at 7:00 P.M. to hear land use proposals. The P&Z provides analysis and recommendationsto the Board of Trustees regarding the Town’s Comprehensive Plan and other plans relatedto land use, circulation, infrastructure, open space and recreation, and the Municipal Code.A detailed description of the Planning and Zoning Commission is available on the Townwebsite, www.carbondalegov.org / Municipal Code / Title 18 Zoning: 18.60.020.

Board of Adjustment & AppealsThe Board of Adjustment and Appeals (BOA) consists of five members and up to twoalternate members. Members must live within the boundaries of the Town of Carbondale.The term of office is four years. The BOA meets on the last Wednesday of the month, asrequired, to hear and decide appeals from and review any order, requirement, decision ordetermination made by any administrative official charged with enforcement of theMunicipal Code. The BOA may reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or may modify theorder, requirement, decision or determination appealed from by a concurring vote of fourmembers. A detailed description of the Board of Adjustment is available on the Townwebsite, www.carbondalegov.org / Municipal Code / Title 18 Zoning: 18.60.025.

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Trustees continue Thompson ParkThe Carbondale Board of Trustees con-

tinued the Thompson Park annexation toMay 10 after voting 5-2 not to deny the ap-plication on Tuesday night.

Voting for a motion to deny the applicationwere mayor Stacey Bernot and trustee Eliza-beth Murphy.Voting against the motion weretrustees John Foulkrod,Ed Cortez,John Hoff-mann, Frosty Merriott and Pam Zentmyer.

As presented in a revision by developerFrieda Wallison on Tuesday night, Thomp-son Park would now include 45 housingunits (up from the previous 30) on 10.2 acreson south Highway 133 next to River ValleyRanch. A key element in the proposal con-tinues to be Wallison’s agreement to donatethe historic Thompson House to the town orother entity. The Thompson family has al-ready donated the house’s contents to the Mt.Sopris Historical Society.

Net slated for Hwy. 82 bridgeColorado Department of Transportation

contractorYenter Companies will install 660feet of steel netting between the old and newMaroon Creek Bridge during the week ofApril 18. The work had originally beenscheduled for April 11-14. Work will be un-derway from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day andwill not cause any lane closures.The work isexpected to cost $20,000.

The netting will help protect pedestriansin the wake of a fatal fall that occurred fromthe bridge this winter. According to a pressrelease from Pitkin County, the new MaroonCreek Bridge, which was completed in 2008,meets all federal and state requirements andsafety standards for pedestrian and vehiculartravel, including the lighted and signed pedes-trian path, the shoulder width, barrier andbridge rail.

Heating help availableColorado residents behind on home heat-

ing bills still have time to apply for help. TheLow-income Energy Assistance Program(LEAP) encourages Coloradoans who arehaving a hard time paying utility costs toapply for assistance. Applications will be ac-cepted through April 30.

LEAP provides cash assistance to help fam-ilies and individuals pay winter home heatingcosts.The program pays the highest benefits tothose with the highest heating bills and lowestincomes by family size.Applicant income can-not exceed 185 percent of the federal povertyindex, which equals a maximum income of$3,400permonthbefore taxes forahouseholdof four people. The minimum LEAP benefit ahousehold could receive is $200 and the max-imum is $1,000. Call 1-866-432-8435 to bemailed an application or, download one an at:cdhs.state.co.us/leap/index.htm.

Police have arrested a Carbondale man on charges of alleged sexual assault on a minor.He has been charged with aggravated incest, a class 3 felony. Carbondale police arrested

him on Tuesday, April 12, after he confessed to assaulting his stepdaughter in 2009 whenshe was 6 years old.The incident allegedly occurred in a home in Carbondale that he sharedwith the child and her mother.

According to an affidavit filed by the Carbondale police department, the man has beenmarried to the child’s mother for six years. Police began investigating on Tuesday afternoonafter the child was taken to a doctor in Basalt for a stomach ache and told the doctor he hadtouched her. The case was referred to the Garfield County Department of Human Servicesand from there to the Carbondale Police Department.

The man was scheduled to appear in Ninth District Court in Glenwood Springs yesterday,April 13, after The Sopris Sun went to press. He was scheduled to be advised of the chargesagainst him and a bond was to be set. A date for a formal advisement of charges was to bescheduled on Wednesday.

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.

Cop ShopFRIDAY May 1 Residents of Highway 133 reported that someone had attempted to per-petrate identity theft over the previous couple days using information from their AlpineBank account.

SATURDAY May 2 At 1:31 a.m. police roused a woman passed out on the sidewalkon the west end of Main Street. An officer offered to give her a ride home, but she re-fused the help and left, walking east on Main Street.

SATURDAY May 2 At 6:25 a.m. police contacted an Edwards resident sleeping in hisvehicle in the parking lot of Crystal River Elementary School. They told him to sleepsomewhere else.

SUNDAY May 3 At 12:29 a.m. an officer removed a large tree branch that had fallenon Snowmass Drive.

WEDNESDAY May 6 At 3:34 p.m. police responded to a two-car accident on the 600block of Highway 133. No one was injured.

WEDNESDAY May 6 At 7:55 a.m. police responded to a fender bender at the intersec-tion of Main Street and Highway 133. One driver complained of head and neck pain.

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

News Briefs

Man arrested for alleged sexual assault

Photos and text by Jane Bachrach

Until about a year ago, a community of dancers quietly crept around town,hiding in studios and waiting for the right moment to pounce into the spotlight toreveal their artistry and athleticism to an audience.

Their moment finally came during the newly formed Dance Initiative pres-entation DANCE for US on Friday and Saturday night, when more than a dozendancers leaped, clogged, shimmied and twirled into the spotlight at ThunderRiver Theatre.

Thanks to Peter Gilbert, Dance Initiative now exists and is open to individualdancers and choreographers. With a great deal of help from Carbondale balletdancers Alexandra and Anthony Jerkunica, Gilbert formed the Dance Initiative alittle over a year ago to promote and support local dancers and choreographers.According to Alexandra, “We support local dancers’ dreams to continue choreo-graphing and performing and sharing that with the communities. More and moredancers are popping up and starting to blossom for every show.”

Deborah Colley (top) is a choreographer and dancertrained in ballet but whose passion is creative organic

movement and modern dance. Anna Komula (above, right)is a contestant in the Miss Colorado competition in June

and is also a painter. Alexandra Jerkunica (bottom photo)is a choreographer and teaches Pilates and ballet at Coredi-

nation studio at the Third Street Center. Kari Sea (above)was a professional ballet dancer, taught ballet throughoutthe Roaring Fork Valley and is now also teaching in Vail.

Dance Initiativecreates new opportunity

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Eleven cents from $4Gasoline prices on the east side of High-

way 133 inched to within 11 cents of thedreaded $4 level this week. Meanwhile, onthe west side of the highway, gasoline heldsteady at $3.77.

Restaurant notesMr. Drinkmore at Carbondale Beer

Works reported in with a few items thisweek. First, CBW has installed some sound-dampening acoustical felt under the tablesand bar, and is in the process of installingacoustical panels on the ceiling.“Once com-plete, these measures will certainly make aHUGE difference in your sonic experience at

CBW,” Mr. Drinkmore said. Meanwhile,construction is under way on an outdoorpatio to the east (where a car punched a holein the wall when CCAH was headquarteredthere a few years back).Also, Mr. Drinkmorestates that a woman got up and danced onthe bar last week, which was a first for theestablishment,“but hopefully not the last.”

Up Main Street a couple of blocks, Eco-Goddess is offering a new tapas and bar menufrom 3 to 7 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundaysis brunch day from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

If you own or manage a restaurant (or itowns or manages you), feel free to send yournotes to The Sopris Sun at news@sopris-sun.com.

Greening upThe shrubs in front of the post office

started greening up on Sunday, the first suchgreening that’s been reported so far this spring.

Watch out for marmotsThose marmots about a mile up Prince

Creek Road survived the winter and appear tobe thriving (one whistle pig might not thrivefor much longer,however,as he was seen lyingnear the middle of the road soaking up theblacktop heat last week). If you enjoy watch-ing the playful critters, please slow down andkeep an eye out when you drive that stretch.

Good goingCarbondale’s Danielle Brownell-Patty,

who attends Burke Mountain Academy inVermont, won the women’s super G at lastweek’s J3 Whistler Cup in British Columbia.The event attracted 450 racers from all overthe world. Previous winners include currentstars such as Lindsey Vonn, Julia Mancusoand Steven Nyman.

Melus takes over kennelFormer Sopris Sun columnist Sue Melus

has taken over the former Midvalley Kenneland is open for businesses as Good Life Ken-nel. “I offer compassionate, clean, experi-enced and affordable dog boarding and daycare, board-in training and private coaching,pet first aid classes and grooming services,”she said. Good Life Kennel is at 16480 High-way 82, across from the Waldorf School. Fordetails, 963-6647.

Save the datesCarbondale’s new Art aRound Town

sculptures go on display June 3, while theCarbondale Community School’s eighthannual Roaring Fork Valley Studio Tour isslated for the following day. Stay tuned.

They say it’s your birthdayBirthday greetings go out to Ed Brown

(April 14) and Leslie Emerson (April 19).

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From left, Finn Keleher, Levi Gavette, Kristen Joiner, Emiliah Ahumada and Cole Hol-lenback were selected as students of the month for April. Photo by Terray Sylvester

Chad Neu (left) and Sierra Neu (right) tooktheir Peppino’s ice cream cones (with sprin-kles) across the street to check out the Bud-dha on April 8. They and their dad, Steve,also chowed down on pizza before dessert.Photo by Julie Albrecht

Letter to the Garfield County Commissioners:

The “Don’t Trash Carbondale Coalition” has major concerns about a Solid Waste Transfer Station and Recycling Center being proposedat the Mid-Continent Mine Building in Carbondale. A Solid Waste Transfer Station is a hub for garbage collection. It means everyone’sRAW GARBAGE could be brought to this site for processing, all the way from New Castle to Aspen. We will have a mountain of garbagein Carbondale, which brings potential environmental issues, heavy industrial traffic and safety concerns. This will affect Carbondale’simage forever!

Our primary concern is that the owners of this property are asking Garfield County for a “Use by Right” application process. This isequivalent to a FREE PASS, which would allow them to bypass the rules! If granted, the company can receive approval for this facilitywith NO PUBLIC INPUT and WITHOUT DOING THE CRUCIAL IMPACT REVIEW STUDIES* that are currently required by the CountyLand Use Code. These studies are designed to protect the public from POTENTIAL HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL and SAFETY CON-CERNS created by these types of trash handling facilities. We think there may be many. WHAT DOES THE COMPANY HAVE TO HIDE?

Environmental: Potential air, water, ground and noise pollu-tion! Potential hazardous materials, known in the industry as“Unwantables”, could be dropped off including car batteries,electronic components, solvents, lead paints, pesticides, andold tires to name a few! What if these substances leech fromthe site into our ground water?Safety: • Crystal River Elementary School - the proposed truck route

runs directly in front of the school. Do we want our childrenput in harm’s way?

• Rio Grande bike path - runs directly in front of the site.What safety hazards could this create?

• Fires - these types of facilities are prone to fires. This was anold coal transfer site for many years!

• Regulation: Who is going to regulate this facility to makesure it remains in compliance with all federal, state andlocal laws?

Heavy Industrial Traffic: This includes heavy garbage trucksand semi-trailers on County Road 100 and Snowmass Dr., whichcannot sustain this kind of traffic.

Odor: Foul odors and smells will be generated by this site. Isthis how we want to welcome people to Carbondale?

Carbondale’s Image: Carbondale is listed as one of the Top 50Places to Live. How will a major trash processing center justoutside Carbondale affect its image?

What effect will this have on the RODEO, which is locateddirectly across the road from this site?

Does Carbondale want to become the TRASH RECEPTACLE forthe entire valley’s garbage?

What will this site look like in 10, 20 or 50 years? CouldWASTE MANAGEMENT potentially own this site in the future?How big could it get? How much more noise, traffic, odor andenvironmental damage could be created?

In summary, as our elected County Commissioners, we feel strongly that you have a moral and ethical responsibility to the citizens ofCarbondale to look out for our health and safety. We ask that you DENY the company’s request for a “Use by Right”. Instead, werespectfully request that you make the company follow the required “Impact Review” process so together, we can make an INFORMEDand RESPONSIBLE decision that is advantageous to the Carbondale community.

Sincerely,

The Don’t Trash Carbondale CoalitionTo learn more about our coalition, go to www.donttrashcarbondale.com

To the Friends of Carbondale: If you want to keep garbage out of Carbondale, NOW IS THE TIME TO SPEAK UP! TheCommissioners will decide this issue at their meeting on Monday, April 18th at 1:15 p.m., at the Garfield County Plaza Building, 1088th Street, Glenwood Springs. THIS COULD BE YOUR ONE AND ONLY CHANCE TO LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD! PLEASEATTEND THIS MEETING!

THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!

We could be the “Garbage Dump” of the valley!

Why the Citizens of Carbondale are concerned?

Help Save Carbondale!

*A Solid Waste Transfer Station and Recycling Center require a Limited Impact Review and a Major Impact Review, respectfully!

8 • THE SOPRIS SUN • APRIL 14, 2011

THURS.-SUN. April 14-17“PETER PAN” • Jayne Gottlieb Produc-tions, a young persons' theater companybased in Basalt, performs“Peter Pan”at theWheeler Opera House at 7 p.m. on April14-16, and at 2 p.m. on April 16-17. Tick-ets range from $17 to $25. Info: 920-5770.

THURSDAY April 14LIVE MUSIC • Carbondale Beer Workspresents My Countrymen (blues, jazz andinstrumentals). There’s no cover.

FRIDAY April 15MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents“Limitless” (PG-13) at 8 p.m. April 15-21.

KDNK BASH • Colorado’s own HillbillyHellcats come to town for KDNK’s 28thbirthday party. This one’s at Thunder RiverTheatre starting at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10and dancing is expected to occur. SteveSkinner and the Uninhibited Swedes warmup the crowd.

EPIC TRIP PRESENTATION • Pat andRalph Wanner show slides and discuss theirepic, 18,000-mile bike trip from PrudhoeBay, Alaska, to Ushuaia, Argentina, at TheBlend coffee company at 7:30 p.m. TheBlend is located at 1150 Highway 133, justsouth of Carbondale Car Care.

CLAY CENTER SHOW OPENS • Wind-Walkers and the Carbondale Clay Centeropen the show “Horsin’ Around” with asilent auction, refreshments, horseshoe dec-orating and more. It’s from 6 to 8 p.m. at135 Main St. Info: 963-2529.

LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s, located in theDinkel Building, presents Fire in the Asy-lum at 10 p.m.SPECIAL EVENT • Steve’s Guitars presentsthe Dos Gringos String Pickers at 8:30 p.m.The DGSP consists of Dave Notor, DanJohns, K.O. Ogilby, Russell Hedman, LarryGottlieb and others. “It’s like string orches-tra with more than 10 players,” said Stevehimself. “We’ll get to hear guitars, fiddles,mandolins, banjos and perhaps even a pedalsteel guitar and more.” Info: 963-3304.LIVE MUSIC • Rivers in GlenwoodSprings presents Gneiss (classic rock) from9 p.m. to midnight. There’s no cover.LIVE MUSIC • Big Daddy Lee & the KingBees plays Jimmy’s in Aspen.GO BIKE • The Outdoor Baby Networkmeets at the North Face skatepark at 9 a.m.You can try out your balance bike, thepump track and obstacle course. There’llalso be some bikes and helmets on hand.Info: outdoorbaby.net@gmail.net.OPENING • The Glenwood Springs ArtGuild opens its all-members exhibit at theGlenwood Springs Center for the Arts (601E. Sixth St.) at 6 p.m. The exhibit contin-ues through May 31. Info: 404-1208.

SPELLEBRATION • Literacy Outreachstages its 17th annual Spellebration at theGlenwood Springs Community Center at6 p.m.

SATURDAY April 16HEALTH FAIR • Valley View Hospital’sCommunity Health Fair will be held at

Roaring Fork High Schoolfrom 7 to 11 a.m. Health in-formation and testing isavailable to those 18 andolder. Info: 384-6651.

GRAND OPENING • Col-lage Creative Collections fea-tures singer/songwriter LisaDancing Light at its grandopening celebration from 6to 8 p.m. The store sellslocal homemade arts andcrafts, and is located at1154 Highway 133.

LIVE MUSIC •Carbondale BeerWorks presentsElements 3(killer jazz).There’s no cover.

LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’sin the Dinkel Building presents Joint Pointat 10 p.m.

FAMILY FARM DAY • The Aspen Centerfor Environmental Studies holds a familyfarm day at its Rock Bottom Ranch inBasalt. The hours are 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.There’s a suggested donation of $20 perfamily. RSVP at 927-6760.

TUESDAY April 19BOOK CLUB • The Senior Matters bookclub meets the third Tuesday of the monthat the Third Street Center from 11 a.m. to1:30 p.m. Info: 945-7094.

BLOOD DRIVE • Valley View Hospital in

Glenwood Springs holdsits monthly blood drivesfrom 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. thethird Tuesday of themonth. Info: 384-6657.

WEDNESDAYApril 20

LIVE MUSIC • White HousePizza on Main Street presents El-ements (jazz/rock/trumpet/piano)Info: 704-9400.

AUDUBON PROGRAM • TheRoaring Fork Chapter of the

Audubon Society presents “Birds of West-ern Colorado” with birder Dave Clark andphotographer Robin Henry at town hall(511 Colorado Blvd.) at 7 p.m. The pro-gram is great for brushing up on the club’sspring bird count on May 28. info: roar-ingforkaudubon.org.

SENIOR MATTERS • The Senior Mattersboard meets at the Third Street Center thethird Wednesday of the month from 8:30to 10:30 a.m. Anyone wishing to attend orto become a board member is invited. Info:945-7094.

BEAR VOLUNTEERS NEEDED • TheColorado Division of Wildlife’s “BearAware” program needs volunteers to helpease conflicts between the native born bru-ins and humans.An organizational meetingtakes place at 455 Rio Grande Place inAspen from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Info: your localDOW office.

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.

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Further OutApril 30-May 1RFOV TRAINING • Roaring Fork OutdoorVolunteers holds crew-leader training atWulfsohn Open Space in Glenwood Springson April 30 and May 1. Info: 927-8241.

April 30RIVER CLEANUP • The Roaring ForkConservancy holds its annual Fryingpan

River Cleanup starting at Lions Park inBasalt at 8:30 a.m.There’ll be prizes for Bestof Trash, Most Toxic, Most Useful and MostUnusual Trash. Info: 927-1290.

CITIZEN WORKSHOP • Mi Familia Votaoffers a workshop on applying for citizenshipat St. Stephen’s Church in Glenwood Springsfrom 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The workshop is co-sponsored by the Colorado ImmigrationRights Coalition. Info: 303-727-8035.

OngoingCCAH SHOW CONTINUES • The Car-bondale Council on Arts and Humanitiespresents the sculpture show “Feel Free toTouch (or Not)” at the Third Street Centerthrough April 29. Local sculptors includeJames Surls, Alicia de las Hera Matesanz,Michael Lindsay, Janet Nelson, Joe Burleigh,Will Perry, Sherrill Stone and Doug Case-beer; Jason Schneider and Paul Collins arefrom the Anderson Ranch Arts Center. TheCCAH's R2 Gallery is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,Tuesday through Friday. Info: 963-1680.

S.A.W. SHOW CONTINUES • S.A.W.presents the work of K and Mark Cesarkthrough May 11. S.A.W. is located at 978Euclid Ave. The hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,Monday through Friday.

BASALT SHOW CONTINUES • The firstannual Roaring Fork Valley Women’s His-tory Art Show continues at the Basalt Re-gional Library through April. The theme is“Our History Is Our Strength.” The showcontinues through the month.

CMC SHOW CONTINUES • “ViewpointX3,”featuring the work of Wewer Keohane,Lynette O’Kane and Laurren Whistler, con-tinues at the Colorado Mountain CollegeGallery through May 25. The gallery is lo-cated at 831 Grand Ave. in GlenwoodSprings. Info: 947-8367.

ACT PREP CLASS • Colorado EducationalConsulting holds ACT prep classes at BasaltHigh School on Thursday nights from 6:30to 8 p.m. April 14 and 21, and Tuesdaynight, April 26. The classes, in order, are:math, science, English and reading. The costis $175. Info: (970) 274-6298.

WYLY ART CLASSES • The Wyly Commu-nityArt Center offers after-school art programsfor grades 1-5 from 2 to 4 p.m.onWednesdaysthrough May. Info at wylyarts.org.

MATINEE BINGO • It’s Matinee BINGOtime in the Rominger Room at CrystalMeadows senior housing after lunch everyWednesday. It’s five cents per card, and largeprint cards are available. Info: 704-1579.

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Letters continued om page 2morepublic commenton thisproject,ever.Thiswould set a precedent for all future industryalong our Rio Grande Trail and across fromCarbondale’s rodeo arena.The current countyrules are in place for a reason, to protect ourenvironment and safety. I want the GarfieldCounty commissioners to impose the impactreviews so we can fully understand the poten-tial impacts this facility couldhaveonourcom-munity. My concerns are potential air, waterand earth pollution.This project is not about afew recycling bins.A waste transfer station hashuge impacts: fire, blowing trash, truck traffic.This important meeting is scheduled for Mon-day,April 18 at 1:15 p.m.at 108 Eighth Streetin Glenwood. Let the county commissionershear your concerns.

Patty PhelanCarbondale

Raise taxes for the schoolsDear Editor:

The $3.5 million in budget cuts being con-sidered will have serious consequences forour public schools. Proposed budget cutswould eliminate 34 teaching positions (in-cluding all vocational positions) and 62 sup-port positions (athletics coaches, custodial,health and technology).There are alternativesto budget cuts that you must consider.

Raising taxes is never popular, but doesn’tour community deserve great schools? Col-orado has one of the lowest tax burdens inthe country, ranking 49th out of the 50 statesin the amount of state taxes paid. The Roar-ing Fork School District can ask the public tosupport a mill levy override that would in-

crease our property taxes minimally whileeliminating the need to pack our classroomsfull of children while keeping kids on theplaying field. To some, asking for a mill levyoverride when so many are struggling seemsfiscally irresponsible, but I would argue thatit is the responsible approach. It’s responsiblebecause it values the education of our chil-dren and provides them the same opportuni-ties for success each of us was given.

At a minimum, the community, not ourfive elected representatives, deserves the op-portunity to decide if supporting public edu-cation is a community priority.

In the interim, the board should use its$3.7 million reserve fund to offset a portionof proposed cuts to be repaid if a mill levyoverride is passed. Reserves are spent duringtimes of financial distress. If the current situ-ation does not qualify, what situation will?

A mill levy override and reserve spendingare great, but the fact that less than $30,000is raised annually by the Roaring Fork Pub-lic Education Foundation is laughable. Theschool board needs to work with the foun-dation to develop a business and fundraisingplan that greatly increases the resources thecommunity contributes to the public schools.

Our schools and community deserve atopnotch education system. School boardmembers, please give the community an op-portunity to weigh in on what type of educa-tion system it wants. Explore a mill levyoverride, spend some reserves and re-invigo-rate the Public Education Foundation.

Matthew HamiltonCarbondale

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I remember a late afternoon from yearsago, waiting for a massage. I sat outside on ahalf rotten, low wicker chair. It had a fadedflower-print cushion, softand welcoming as the Vel-veteen Rabbit. We, thechair and I, were beneaththe gnarled branches of anancient fruit tree.The whiteghosts of its blossomsdrifted down around me,landing like fragrant kissesin my hair, on my cheeks,my legs. It was more magi-cal than the massage itself,which was fabulous.

Stillness in the out-doors isn’t celebrated asmuch as “just do it!” Forme though – and maybeyou, if you’re one of myreaders – I firmly believe having the perfectplace to sit and “just be” is definitely a radi-cal sport. It has nothing to do with a view ora garden or even a sense of place. Sometimesit’s simply just having a comfy place to parkyour butt and close (or open) your eyes.

So I’m in the market for a chair.True to the Cult of Carbondale, I want to

support local businesses, so I’ve askedaround.“Try Little Bear Antiques,”urges myfriend, Mare. It’s got many quirky pieces thatshe goes“Goldilocks”over, touching and sit-ting in them, one by one. My buddy Evan, ofHabitat for Humanity’s Re-Store, says theyjust received 240 rooms of furniture from the

Aspen St. Regis – how about a “gently dis-tressed” leather chair for the front porch,bare feet kicked up on an ottoman? I’ve been

meaning forever to go toStrange Imports in GlenwoodSprings, too. A hand carvedBalinese chaise could make fordreamy afternoon reading.Last summer, clients of minefurnished their new outdoor“lounge” with an entire set offurniture from A Great Find inEl Jebel. As comfy as livingroom digs, they actually usetheir backyard now, hangin’ bytheir fire table late into thesummer nights.

Do I want to invest? MyfriendToni,ofToni McWilliamsInterior Design,has several linesof outdoor furniture. I could

score pretty much any sick piece I want alongthe lines of what I see in my garden designmags. How about teak or resin, cedar orsteel? Chella to Sunbrella fabrics, overstuffedto sleek and hard – so many choices.

Or do I want something truly unique?Another friend of mine, Ben Kelly, of HonuStudios, is a woodcrafter. One of his rockingchairs in his own home sits by an originalRussell Chatham and looks out over therolling waves of Missouri Heights. Betweenthe lithograph, the view and the perfectionof the rocking chair, I’m sold on Ben’s cre-ations. I wonder if he could make a weather-resilient one? Well, Ben?

Anyway, when I do find the perfect chair,it’ll be stashed away in a remote part of ourproperty, in the tall brome grass along theditch, surrounded by soaring cottonwoods,monster mounds of three-leaf sumac andcreeping thickets of woods rose. I’ll spend

hours there,with Juniper and the dogs,notingthe first wild asparagus to pierce the soil or thepassage of our resident owl. If we’re quietenough, the deer and the birds will come reallyclose. In the stillness of comfort and being,we’ll become more aware of many things.

is summer, find the furniture to ‘just be’

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Business BriefsC’dale nurse earns certification

On Feb. 20 Laura Wright-Smith, an RNat Heritage Park Care Center, became a cer-tified wound care associate by the AmericanAcademy of Wound Management. TheAmerican Academy of Wound Managementseeks to promote the prevention, care andtreatment of acute and chronic wounds. Thecertification earned by Wright-Smith is in-tended to be a nationally accepted standardof excellence among caregivers providingwound management.

“I am very honored to have received thiscertification,” said Wright-Smith. “I studiedextremely hard and made passing the exami-nation my personal goal. It is my desire to pro-vide the best possible care to my patients, andI felt this certification advanced my abilities.”

Wright-Smith has more than 32 years ofexperience in long-term health care. She hasbeen an RN with Heritage Park Care Centerfor the past eight years. Prior to her time atHeritage Park, Wright-Smith served varioushospitals and long-term facilities in Coloradoas an RN and director of nursing. Wright-Smith earned an associate’s degree from Hud-

son Valley Community College in Troy, NY,and a nursing degree from the MemorialSchool of Nursing in Albany, NY. She haslived in New Castle for 28 years.

CMC to relocate district officesColorado Mountain College is moving to

a new home.OnApril 1 the college closed onthe $3.8 million purchase of a new locationfor its centralized district offices at 802 GrandAve. in downtown Glenwood Springs. CMCplans to move by the end of December. Thedistrict offices host departments and services,that provide support for all CMC locations.

The college hopes to build a two-level un-derground parking garage behind the build-ing (on a separate $1.6 million property) inpartnership with the City of GlenwoodSprings and the Downtown DevelopmentAuthority. Negotiating are underway withthe Garfield County Public Library Districtto site a new Glenwood Springs Libraryabove the garage. Currently, the college’s dis-trict offices are located in Glenwood Springsat 831 Grand Ave. and at rented space onColorado Avenue.

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Soccer camp registration starts soonRegistration for the Challenger Sports and Tetra Brazil

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Officer continued om page 3that not much is known about the allegations against Santiago.

“I can’t share a lot of detail because we really didn’t have anawful lot to start with,”he said.

Robinson said his department had been investigating thecase for no longer than a month when the suicide occurred.

“I want to re-emphasize that it was absolutely an allegationonly,”Robinson said.“We hadn’t been able to go far enough todetermine the validity of the allegation.”

An unprecedented situationSchilling, who has been chief of police in Carbondale since

1997,said the situation was unprecedented in his experience atthe department. Before he decided to keep Santiago on activeduty he said he consulted two sets of employee guidelines: thetown’s employment manual,and an additional set of operatingprocedures for the police department.The police protocols re-quire an officer accused of a crime to report it to his supervisor,but beyond that the town guidelines are largely silent on thetopic, leaving the matter to a chief’s discretion, Schilling said.

“I would say that one of the things we’ve learned out of thisis that we’re going to look at an update of our guidelines and

see if we need to get something in there,”Schilling stated.InterimTown Manager Nancy Barnett also said she was un-

aware of any employee guidelines that would apply to Santi-ago’s situation.

Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario stressed that in gen-eral, each law enforcement agency has a significant degree ofautonomy when dealing with personnel issues.But he said pro-tocols at his department would require him to put an employeeon paid leave in similar circumstances.

Schilling still believes Santiago was not a threat to the com-munity, and he said that from a public safety standpoint, hewould make the same decision today if he were given the choice.

“If it was Nino, yeah,”Schilling said.But then he added,with his voice rising as he spoke through

his emotions, “No, I wouldn’t because I’d take all his gunsaway from him so he couldn’t do something stupid.”

After Santiago killed himself theArapahoe County Sheriff’sOffice decided to close its investigation. Because the investiga-tion was still in the early stages and involved allegations of sexcrimes, the department has so far refused public records re-quests from the media.

Legal NoticesORDINANCE NO. 5Series 2011

AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEESOF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADOAPPROVING AN EXTENSION OF THE DEADLINETO RECORD THE THIRD STREET CENTER COR-RECTION PLAT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY PART-NERSHIP P.U.D.

NOTICE: This Ordinance was introduced, read, andadopted at a special meeting of the Board ofTrustees of the Town of Carbondale, Colorado, onApril 5, 2011.

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

THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE_________________________By: s/s Stacey Bernot, Mayor

ATTEST:__________________________s/s Cathy Derby, Town Clerk

Published April 14, 2011 in The Sopris Sun.