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he Third Street Center turnedtwo years old earlier in May.Two-year-old kids are notori-ously uncooperative (thus the

label Terrible Two’s). But Third Street Cen-ter tenants agree that the opportunity to co-operate and collaborate with otherorganizations was among the many benefitsthat convinced them to make their homes inthe multi-tenant nonprofit facility. And liketwo-year-olds, the center’s tenants are active,energetic and enterprising.

To celebrate the Third Street Center’sturning two, there will be a birthday part inthe Calaway Room from 5:30 to 7 p.m. onJune 1.

The Third Street Center is a non-profit or-ganization with deep roots in collaboration.A partnership between the town of Carbon-dale, two local non-profits (SustainabilityCenter of the Rockies and Roaring ForkCommunity Development Corporation), ateam of design professionals, the ManausFund, and Alpine Bank became the founda-tion for the 18-month effort to renovate the50-year-old Carbondale Elementary Schoolbuilding.

Getting under way in 2008, these di-verse constituencies joined together totransform the 45,100-square-foot formerschool building.

The Third Street Center, located at 520 S.Third St., opened its doors to tenants on May1, 2010. Its mission is to promote commu-nity through a multi-tenant, mixed-use facil-ity that provides long-term affordable spacefor non-profit organizations and that servesas a model of sustainability.

“The biggest challenge at the start wasraising funds for the renovation,” saidThird Street Center Executive DirectorJody Ensign.“We were fortunate to receive$2.2 million from foundations, governmentagencies and generous individuals in thecommunity. However the entire cost of ren-ovation was over $4.7 million, so the cen-ter needed to enter into a long-term $2.5million mortgage with Alpine Bank to payfor all the improvements.”

Fundraising remains a challenge.The cen-ter’s annual budget is about $608,000. Leaseand common area maintenance paymentsfrom tenants fund about three-quarters ofthat amount. The center depends on contri-

butions from community members andgrants to raise about $150,000 each year.

Ensign said the center has exceeded itsambitious expectations.“Our 40 eclectic ten-ants include 26 of the valley’s beloved non-profits, six complementary for-profits, sevenartist studios and a community-friendly caféserving delicious food. The non-profit pro-grams encompass youth and human services,energy and the environment, communitybuilding and the arts.”

Diverse usesIn addition to the Carbondale Council on

Arts and Humanities, the center is home toBallet Folklorico, which provides free after-school classes for grades 1-12 from Aspen toGlenwood Springs.

Year-round, people use the center for pur-poses ranging from master gardener’s train-ing classes to the Roaring Fork High Schoolprom (held this year at PAC3).

The building has also attracted environ-

mental and energy non-profits and businesses:Clean Energy Economy for the Region,Com-munity Office for Resource Efficiency, GreenWeaver, SolEnergy, and Solar Energy Interna-tional.Their location in a sustainable buildingis prompting these groups to join forces innew ways. Several of the groups cooperate inproviding training sessions to help house-holds, the community and the region imple-ment alternative energy resources.

In 2012, the center welcomed three newupvalley tenants desiring to expand their out-reach in the mid-valley: the Aspen Commu-nity Foundation,Aspen Public Radio and theAspen Writers’ Foundation.

AndrewTodd, executive director ofAspenPublic Radio, said “In Aspen, we are used tobeing surrounded by fellow non-profits at theRed Brick Center … . TSC creates the sameatmosphere for us here. Additionally, almostall of our growth in membership has occurredin Glenwood Springs and Carbondale, andwe felt it was important to have a presence ina community in which we are experiencing alot of growth.”

Community outreach is also the goal be-hind the establishment of a satellite office byanother long-standing Aspen organization.Julie Comins Pickrell, the community out-reach consultant for theAspenWriters’ Foun-dation, explained: “As the Roaring ForkValley has grown and changed, it makes senseto grow and change with it. We see both amarket and a need for literary programmingin the mid- to lower-valley, and believe thearea's well-educated, intellectually and cul-turally curious population is eager to attendprograms such as author readings, writingworkshops, kids creative writing camps (andmore) closer to home.”

Mountain Valley Developmental Services,which has been serving individuals with devel-opmental disabilities in the Roaring Fork Val-ley since 1973,made a home in the center evenbefore the renovation was complete. Amongotheractivities, its participants enjoydrummingand dancing led by Barry Chapman and Lau-rie Loeb in the Calaway Community Room.

Reflecting on the past two years, Ensignsaid “The Third Street Center embodies thespirit of Carbondale under one roof. … Atired old elementary school once slated fordemolition is now a model of green building,a model for others wanting to establish multi-tenant non-profit centers, and a gatheringplace for vibrant community activities.”

ird Street Center turns two, still hitting stride

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In a photo from February 2011, a couple of little ballerinas have some fun.The TSC dancestudio is sandwiched between the 3rd Street Café and music/entertainment venue PAC3,and is home to Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Ballet and Ballet Folklorico. Photo by Jane Bachrach

in the area.The only impact I see that the town of

Carbondale has from the energy industryis the fine people in the industry spend theirhard-earned money in the town.

Can you say “hippie hypocrites?”Trent KiteSilt

Thanks for the sell outDear Editor:

The staff and board of CLEER wouldlike to thank everyone who attended ANDwho wanted to attend the sold-out “Re-In-venting Fire” presentation by AmoryLovins held on May 17. We are thrilledthat so many members of communitiesacross the region wanted to attend andhear about his important work.Thank youfor your enthusiasm and support for bring-ing a program like this to Carbondale.

We also want to thank Amory Lovinsand Rocky Mountain Institute for helpingus make the presentation happen, ThunderRiver Theatre Company for hosting us intheir fabulous space, and Alpine Bank forbeing a gracious co-sponsor. We couldn’thave had such a great event without all ofyou. Thanks to having over 60 people onthe wait-list, Lovins and RMI have ex-pressed interest in participating in anotherpresentation later this summer or early fall.Stay tuned for details.

Alice LairdCLEER Staff and BoardCarbondale

Watch those embersDear Editor:

During this dry, hot and windy springwe are all becoming aware of the primewildfire conditions in the area’s forests. Iam not so sure that we are as aware of thefire conditions within the town itself. Al-

though some might see Carbondale asbeing surrounded by roads, rivers and pas-tures that serve as an impenetrable fire-break, we should not be complacent aboutfire danger in this town.

My family moved to Carbondale in2009 from southeastern Australia, where adrought that lasted more than a decadebrought large summer fires measured in themillions of acres. As the town preparedeach year and as the fires arrived, neigh-bors began to teach me about the true dan-ger of these large advancing fires: emberspotting. This is where a fire creates astrong updraft of hot air and winds, ex-pelling countless bits of flaming or smol-dering leaves and needles upwards to floatdown far ahead of the fire itself. So wewere not preparing for a wall of fire march-ing through the town; we were preparingfor thousands of lit matches descendingfrom the sky.

Nobody wants to be paranoid aboutthis, but from firsthand experience I cansay that everyone does want propertiesthroughout their town to be prepared. Abig fire does not respect property lines orgive you time to catch up on your to-dolist. If your own property is free of drybrush, tall grass and leaf buildup, youmight want to help your neighbor prepare.This is a great community, and the towneven accepts dry brush for free this time ofyear. Let’s get ready and get on with an-other unbeatable summer in Carbondale.

Noah DavisCarbondaleHippie hypocrites

Dear Editor:It seems every day I read in the papers,

the town of Carbondale is trying to get agrant or monies from the county, state orfederal governments. The town is currentlylikely to receive $45,000 for a communitygarden. That seems like a lot of money for

a garden. This should be one fine commu-nity garden at the taxpayers’ expense.

And a week before, newspapers re-ported the town wants energy impactfunds from the state. This coming fromthe town that absolutely does not wantany kind of energy development aroundtheir town and does not have any drilling

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“Teaching’s agood life.”

By Will GrandboisSopris Sun Correspondent

For 28 years, Larry Black has been a fix-ture at Roaring Fork High School. He’s out-lasted most of his colleagues and fourprincipals. He retires at the end of this year,and it is hard to imagine that he won’t bethere to greet the students when they arrivein August.

Larry Black was in the second grade in1965, when his father sold their house inOklahoma and moved up to Carbondale forgood. The town held less than 1,000 souls,and Roaring Fork High School occupied thenewer part of what is now Bridges HighSchool on Sopris Avenue. As a senior in highschool, he helped furnish the new high schoolbuilding with desks, tables and bookcasesunder the practiced instruction of longtimeshop teacher Mr. Francis.

Black knew he wanted to be a high schoolcoach,which to him meant being a teacher aswell. He spent a year working after graduat-ing from RFHS, then paid his own way atWestern State College and returned home tostudent teach in 1981. For a few years, heworked elsewhere and coached freshman andJV basketball. In 1984, Mr. Francis retiredand recommended Black as his replacement.

Since then,Black has devoted his life to thestudents of Roaring Fork High School. As ateacher, he blended practical knowledge withbroad life lessons on perseverance, self-re-liance and attention to detail.As a coach andathletic director, he inspired leadership, team-work and ambition. In the halls, he made sureeach student felt welcome and valued.

Mr. Black has the uncanny ability to con-nect with any student, regardless of wherethey are on the spectrum. When my disabledolder brother attended Roaring Fork, Blackwas always there to welcome him in themorning. A few years later, I got the sametreatment. He sees to the core of his studentsand never seems to judge what he finds there.Instead, he finds a way to support the needsof every student, even those he doesn’t teachor coach himself. He helps construct Home-coming floats and class projects.He’s at everyhome game, play and awards ceremony. He

sets the tone, provides the heart, and alwayshas the right tool for the job.

I caught up with Mr. Black during a mo-ment of relative calm in a busy school day.Al-though his speech at a surprise ceremony thatmorning had been brief and modest, he con-sented to an interrogation by a former stu-dent. He managed to assist half a dozen

students during the course of our interview,though he was technically done with class forthe day.

Q: When you graduated from RoaringFork did you see yourself coming back here?

a: I didn’t even think about going to col-lege. Nobody in my family had ever really

been.Finally,when I was a junior I kind of gotexcited about school and tried to make goodgrades. I didn’t have the money for college anddidn’t understand that you could borrowmoney or get a scholarship. So I worked for ayear for my dad, who was a builder and forthe (Aspen) Ski-Co. I didn’t make a whole lotbut I saved most everything. At that point Ithought“I think I’d like to be a teacher, and Iwant to be a basketball coach.”

Q: What set you on that path?a: At that time,all the coaches were teach-

ers. So I thought, “What in the heck could Iteach?” I’m not a math teacher or an Englishteacher. But I thought I could be a shopteacher. Fortunately, Western State, where Iapplied, had a great shop program. Then,when I got out, the only place I could affordto student teach was home. Mr. Francis, theshop teacher,was awesome.He’d been teach-ing, probably, 25 years here. Then he taughtanother three years.When he retired, (princi-pal) Pat Henry called me on the phone andsaid that Mr.Francis had said that I was wait-ing for him to die so that I could have a job.So Mr. Henry and Superintendent DwightHelm took me to lunch and offered me thejob. I don’t know if I had a resume or a jobapplication. It was probably the least stressfuljob interview anyone had in their life, and Ispent the next 20 years doing it.

Q: Things have changed a lot in thattime, I imagine.

a: Carbondale changes every day. It wasmuch smaller and there weren’t a whole lot ofnew people. It’s still a lot the same.It still has somany of the wonderful, beautiful things thatyou love to see every day. The Crystal River.Mount Sopris. Carbondale’s a special place.

Q: are kids more or less the same?a: They’re a lot the same. I’ve always en-

joyed the kids. I always thought that before Istart not enjoying kids I gotta quit.Certain kidsI have right now remind me of kids I had 20years ago.They do different things.The musicchanges, the clothes change, the hairstyleschange, their vocabulary is different. It’s usuallypretty subtle. Carbondale kids are great kids.They’re good people to be around. They’rekids, but they’re also polite, mannerly, theylaugh.They do what kids are supposed to do.

Q: How has it been having your kidsgrow up here?

a: I think both my boys loved it.They’re

Larry Black looks back on 28 years at RFHS

Larry Williams (left) introducesLarry Black (right) at a recent as-sembly at Roaring Fork HighSchool. Black is retiring at the endof the school year after coachingand teaching for the past 28 years.He also graduated from RoaringFork High School. (Left) One ofBlack’s shop students, TravisProvost, made a pair of lawn chairsthis year. Dozens of students signedthe chairs, which will be presentedto Black. One inscription said,“Thanks for being a great teacher asmuch as a great friend.” Photos byWill Grandbois and Lynn Burton

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News BriefsCarbondale area under burn ban

Carbondale Fire Chief Ron Leach has set in place a burn-banthat prohibits open burning in the Carbondale & Rural Fire Pro-tection District, according to a press release.

The district stretches from Marble (in Gunnison County) southto Spring Valley and Cattle Creek, encompassing much of Prince,Thompson, Coal and Avalanche creeks between Carbondale andMarble.

Already this spring, district firefighters have responded to sev-eral wildfires.

For more information, call 963-2491.A similar burn ban is in effect for Pitkin and Eagle counties.

Crystal Meadows recognizedThe USDA Rural Development Authority has named Crystal

Meadows senior housing as its complex of the year for Colorado,according to a press release.

The award was given for exemplary execution in several cate-gories, including: a 1 percent vacancy rate for more than three con-secutive years, proficiency in green energy improvements, siteimprovements, curb appeal and overall quality of environment.

“Crystal Meadows would like to thank those special contribu-tors such as USDA, Habitat for Humanity, CLEER, the Aspen Ski-ing Company, Xcel and all those who’s hard work andcontributions made this possible,” said Crystal Meadows DirectorJerilyn Nieslanik.

Crystal Meadows is located west of Highway 133 on at 1250Hendrick Dr. The complex covers five acres and contains 79 unitsfor low-income and disabled residents. It was built in five phases,starting in 1986.

Dump slated for expansionThe dump where most of Carbondale’s trash ends up is cleared

for expansion after the Bureau of Land Management conveyed 62.5acres to the city of Glenwood Springs for its South Canyon Land-

fill. The landfill is located about five miles west of GlenwoodSprings, south of Interstate 70.

The conveyed land is on the northern boundary of the currentlandfill and is predominantly a steep slope that is not used by thepublic or for other purposes, according to a BLM press release.

The city of Glenwood Springs applied for the conveyance underthe Recreation and Public Purposes Act.This act authorizes the saleor lease of public lands for recreational or public purposes to stateand local governments and to qualified nonprofit organizations.The BLM released the environmental assessment on the proposalfor public review in June 2011.

“This conveyance benefits the citizens of Glenwood Springsand Garfield County by extending the life of this landfill by 20to 25 years,” said BLM Colorado River Valley Field ManagerSteve Bennett.

Shooting range closed for nowColorado Parks and Wildlife has closed the Lake Christine

Shooting Range in Basalt until June 22, according to a press release.The closure is brought on by a construction project to partially

enclose the facility and install soundproofing materials.The Lake Christine Shooting Range, located on the west edge

of town, has been in the Basalt State Wildlife Area since the 1960sand is popular with local hunters and people that like to shoot indesignated shooting facilities.

“Shooting ranges provide a safe place for the public to be-come familiar with their firearms, and provides a place forhunters to sight-in their scopes and sharpen their skills,” said aCPW spokesman.

Sutey swap open house May 31The BLM hosts an open house on the proposed Sutey Ranch land

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Cop ShopThe following events are drawn from in-cident reports of the C’dale Police Dept.

SUNDay May 13 at 9:11 p.m. policereceived a call of amplified music atCapitol and S. Third Street. An officerarrived, pointed out it was after 9 p.m.on a Sunday, but allowed the band toplay two more songs. The band quit at9:30 p.m.

MONDay May 14 at 12:10 a.m. po-lice received a call from a ThompsonCorner resident, saying the home own-ers association put a violation notice onhis front door. The caller questionedwhether the action constituted tres-passing, as the HOA representative hadto step over a gate to reach the frontporch.A police officer told the caller theaction was not trespassing, and advisedhim to contact the home owners asso-ciation board.

MONDay May 14 at 3:03 a.m. policeresponded to an alarm at a business onDelores Way for the fifth time since May2. The security company said they’dtried without success to locate the busi-ness owner.

more small-town people. It was awesome to beable to be a teacher. One of the greatest thingsabout ºteaching in the same area as your kids isthat you don’t miss anything. If it was thefourth grade play in Jerry Pluger’s class I couldask Mr. Williams to come cover my kids for 20minutes so I could go watch the play. My wifeteaches in Basalt and there were times she did-n’t get to do that. I was just across the street. Itwas pretty special.

Q: Do you see a lot of students return tothe Valley?

a: Some kids go off and their goal IS to comeback. Some don’t want to come back, becausethere’s more out there. I always thought this wasjust the greatest place in the world to live, to growup, to raise a family, to make a living. Is theremore out there? Yeah. I’ve seen some of it. Do Iwant to live there? That’d be all right. But usu-ally when I’m coming back, and I’m halfway be-tween Carbondale and Glenwood, and I startseeing Mount Sopris I think‘this is about the bestplace I’ve been.’ If I were to go someplace else, Iwouldn’t have my identity. I’d just be some per-son. I like living here. There may be somethingbetter, but right now I want to enjoy it and nothave to go to work every day.

Q: you decided to be a teacher so you couldcoach. How has that been?

a: I really enjoyed coaching when I wasyounger and then, when we had a child I steppedback from coaching. It takes a lot of time to be adad. My wife was such a good mom and such agood wife that I was still able to coach some. Icoached track for 17 years when my kids weregrowing up. I really enjoyed that,but the last four

years were really special. I hadn’t coached in quitesome time. I’d been the athletic director for threeor four years, and then when they didn’t have aJV basketball coach. At the last minute (coach)Shorty (Williams) asked me if I’d help him. Itkinda made it feel like I came full circle. This iswhere I started, and that’s where I end.

Q: Do you always feel like part of thecore team?

a: Oh yeah. There are things that kids in ourschool can only learn in a certain type of setting.I always felt like athletics was probably the great-est avenue to build leadership skills. I love athlet-ics, no matter the sport, because you need tothink on your feet. You develop a strategy, butonce you begin, you have to make decisions.

In the shop, there are those moments when thekids will go, “Oh, this is what Ralph was tryingto teach us in geometry, isn’t it?” It’s such a greatway to learn. It’s so visual. For certain kids, onceyou see it, you’ve got it. Once you’ve done it,you’ve got it. And it’s practical. I’ve always be-lieved that the more you can do for yourself inthis world, the better off you’re gonna be. I al-ways had supportive staff and administrationthat valued this. They see the value in activities.They’ll come in and look and go ‘Holy cow, thatkid made that?’ And the answer’s yes. ‘Did youhelp ‘em?’ Why, sure I helped ‘em! You don’t justsay,‘Here’s your math problems,now teach your-self.’ But as they learn more and more you help‘em less and less. And eventually they’re helpingsomebody else do something.

Q: any particular moments or students thatstood out?


Black looks back continued om page 3 Quotes from teachersLesley Keery and I feel the same way about Mr. Black. Anytime we need to bor-

row something for art or need him to cut something for the kids, he makes timeright away. I am always in fifth gear freaking out and Mr. Black is a cool sea ofcalm – he helps me see that I can take a breath! He has been my confidant, ateaching partner and a friend. His being gone next year will be a void in my life andthe school.

One of my favorite things to do is watch Larry with the kids, the ease of histeaching, his incredible patience and his warm demeanor. He also can make thekids laugh at the drop of a hat-there is always laughter when he just having funtalking with the kids.

Cathleen McCourtArt teacherRFHS

I could summarize Larry Black in one word "rock." Larry is the stable force thatkeeps the school afloat; he is the person other staff members turn to for guidance.When Larry Black speaks everyone listens. It has been so interesting to watchthe award nights over the years. When Larry goes to the podium the room turnssilent and then the giggles start. It doesn't take but a minute to realize why. Larryalways has such interesting and animated stories both with the students and thestaff. He is relatively quiet and so insightful, when he speaks at a staff meeting peo-ple stop, watch him and just listen. He is a man of few words and each word mat-ters, just like each of the students he has had in his classroom.

I go to Larry when I want to know the name of a former student, or I want toknow what a former student is doing. It is seldom that he doesn't know; he seemsto stay connected with so many groups of students. In addition, Larry has beenconstantly beautifying the school. As you look around the building there isn't anarea that hasn't had his "touch." Look at the benches, the trophy cases, the group-ings of yearbooks, the overall aesthetics both inside and outside of the building.He works behind the scene, he doesn't seek out recognition. Larry does whatneeds to be done.

I don't think Larry gets upset. I don't know how many students have come to himwith help on their CO2 car, or rockets or any other thing I may ask them to build.I don't know what I will do without him. I just can't imagine coming to school andnot having him there. Larry is a teacher, a coach, a friend, a mentor, an excellentrole model. I will miss him dearly.

Laura FrenchScience teacherRFHS

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tion is at 4 p.m. on June 1. Roaring Fork High School’sgraduation is 10 a.m. on June 2 and Basalt High School is4 p.m. on June 2. Colorado Rocky Mountain School’sgraduation is at 10 a.m. on June 2, outside in front of thebarn. The senior class speakers will be Wes Stokes andThorne Warner. CRMS also hosts a community arts raffleand coffee house at the barn at 7 p.m. on June 1.

ackerman, adams go workshoppingThe Redstone Art Guild has awarded its annual Jack

Roberts Memorial Scholarship to Roaring Fork HighSchool juniors Georgia Ackerman and Taylor Adams. Thescholarship will pay for the two students to attend an artworkshop.

Restaurant notesThe Red Rock Diner on Highway 133 is now open until

10 p.m. … Carbondale Beer Works is now serving lunch …and word has it a pasta restaurant is taking the place ofEco-Goddess on Main Street. If your restaurant has a newmenu item, new hours, new personnel or anything else new,send it to [email protected].

Town hall notesIf you haven’t stopped by Carbondale Town Hall since

the trees leafed out, hoof it on over. The four main trees(two on each side of the sidewalk) were planted when thenew town hall was built in 1996 and they are really grow-ing up, spreading out and throwing some shade (whichwe’ll all need this summer). Inside town hall, big-screenTVs were recently installed from the ceiling, with one fac-ing the trustees and the other facing the audience. Now,

both sides can enjoy power point presentations and the oc-casional video during trustee meetings. Old-timers who re-member the orange plastic chairs at the old town hall saythe TVs are the best thing since padded seats at the newtown hall.

Word from PaoniaThe Sopris Sun’s man in Paonia reports a New Yorker

magazine writer has visited the area, asking about the Kochbrothers, or one of the brothers, or one of the brother’sproposed federal land swaps, or something like that.

If you’re wonderingNow that it’s feeling like summer, Haagen Dazs vanilla

milk chocolate almond ice cream bars at 7/Eleven out onthe highway are selling for $3.09 (which includes tax).

Consignments takenA sign on the Miser’s Mercantile door says that con-

signments will be accepted as of June 1.

Watch your muttsA runner, and new-comer to town to boot, reports an

off-leash dog scratched her up pretty good while she wasjogging on Hendrick Drive on May 18. The scratchingtook place while the inattentive owner was standingaround, possibly staring off into space.

The jogger said she’d like to pass Carbondale’s animalcontrol ordinance (leash law) onto dog owners, and itreads in part: “Under the town’s animal control ordinance,dogs must be leashed (leash is not to be more than sevenfeet in length and made of material strong enough to re-strain the dog), in a vehicle or in an enclosure when off thedog owner’s property. A dog on its owner’s property must

be restrained or enclosed with a fence, proper chain, etc.;or attended by a person who can control the dog.”

They say it’s your birthdayOnly one person is on record as celebrating a birthday

this week. He’s Chip Munday (June 1).

David Hayes recently participated in the MS Walk forLife in memory of his sister, Judy. Hayes collected morethan $1,000 in pledges in less than four days and saidhe’d like to thank everyone who helped him reach hisgoal. Courtesy photo


If you are a member of Holy Cross Energy, you should have receiveda packet in the mail recently that looks like the sample envelope below:

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An overflowcrowd greetedthe RockyMountain Insti-tute’s AmoryLovins’ for hislecture “Rein-venting Fire:Bold BusinessSolutions for theNew EnergyEra,” presentedby CLEER,Alpine Bank andThunder RiverTheatre on May17. Through acombination ofenergy efficiencyand the use ofclean fuels, thecountry can getoff fossil fuelsby 2050 whileenabling a 158percent biggerU.S. economy,Lovins said.Photo byCameronBurns/CLEER

By Lynn BurtonSopris Sun Staff Writer

First Friday spins into summer with atwist on June 1.

Literally.The CarbondaleWildWest Rodeo is haul-

ing in a mechanical bull and will plant itdowntown, ready for closet cowboys and thereal thing to climb on.

For the more genteel set, from 6 to 8 p.m.,the Carbondale Clay Center at the east endof Main Street hosts a garden party featuringcustom made potted plants and the unveilingof a totem pole that kids worked on allspring.

As usual, there’ll be rickshaw rides to shut-tle folks from Main Street to the Third StreetCenter, a new show at the Carbondale Coun-cil on Arts and Humanities gallery and vari-ous establishments will be open late.

Other First Friday highlights include:The Carbondale Public Arts Commission

presents its new lineup of Art aRound Townsculpture,kicking off with an artists’ walkingtour at 5:30 p.m. (For details, see the insert inthis week’s Sopris Sun).

Downtown, word has it Kid Curry andDoc Holliday are hankering for a shootout;there’ll also be rope trick demonstrations anda Best Dressed Cowboy/Cowgirl contest.

PAC3 hosts its first-ever Bread & Brewsfestival on Friday and Saturday.

The Third Street Center celebrates its sec-ond birthday with a party (complete withbirthday cake) from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

In the stores and galleries:The Main StreetGallery & Framer presents painter LindaLoeschen from 5 to 8 p.m.,Ravenheart holdsa reception for Jared and Nicole Davis ofNorth Rim Glass, Marcel (Majid) Kahhakwill paint live at his gallery from 6 to 8 p.m.,and Harmony Scott Jewelry Design holds adrawing for a pair of newly created earringscoming out later in June.

Peppino’s Pizza will be giving away ticketsto the Carbondale Wild West Rodeo, whichtakes place every Thursday starting June 7.

Getting back to the Carbondale ClayCenter, the garden party features artist-madeplanters that have been filled with locallygrown plants donated and grown by Tai Po-mara and Debbie Flug. Pot sales will includethe plants; the price range is $25-$50. The

kids’ totem pole was created in conjunctionwith Art aRound Town 2012, the Carbon-dale Council on Arts and Humanities, andRotary of Carbondale. In the gallery, theClay Center presents the juried show ClayNational VIII: Sculptural Ceramics, whichfeatures sculptural artwork from 20 artistsand will run through June. It is sponsored byJay Leavitt, Katie Kitchen & Paul Kovach.

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weekend June 1-2.Bromberg hits the

PAC3 stage at 7 p.m.on June 2. The Itals

perform at 7 p.m. onJune 1. On June 2,

Whitewater Rambleplays outdoors. For

details, see this week’sCalendar section.


Remembering Jack Snobble

Jack would have celebrated his 90th birthday on June 2.

We miss you.

Get the Facts About the Airport Master Plan

Pitkin County and

Airport Director Jim ElwoodInvite You To Take a

“Behind the Scenes” Airport TourCall 429-2852 to make arrangements

Aspen/Pitkin County AirportIt’s your Airport.

Be a part of the plan.

Some Facts to Consider about FBOsand the West Side of the Runway

The west side of the runway was reserved for future aeronauticaluses in the 2004 Master Plan.

The recommendation for additional hanger space on the westside of the runway has been reduced from 180,000 to 19,400square feet.

The Federal Aviation Administration requires the airport to consider proposals for additional Fixed Base Operator (FBO)facilities as space allows and the market dictates. FBOs offerboth commercial and private aircraft services, including fuelingand deicing. There is currently one FBO at the airport.

The airport has received $64 million in grants from the FAAover the last decade for airport improvements. All FAA grantsstipulate that the County may not discriminate against futureproposed operators or grant exclusive rights to an existing operator. Whether another FBO gets built will depend uponthe need as determined by market conditions.

County Commissioners have certain latitude to control theway the airport is developed but must have clear, justifiable,documented reasons for precluding additional development.

To learn more about the Airport Master Plango to www.aspenairportplanning.com.

Members of American Legion Post 100 and Boy Scout/Cub Scout Troop 235 heldMemorial Day ceremonies at White Hill Cemetery, Weaver Cemetery (shown here)and on the Highway 133 bridge on Monday morning.The ceremonies included pre-senting the colors, a 21-gun salute and “Taps.” Photo by Lynn Burton

ObituaryDana L. Stangeland1958-2012

Dana Lynn Stangeland, 53, of Carbon-dale, Colo., passed away May 28, 2012.Dana was born May 31, 1958 in Mankato,Minnesota to Stanley and MaeannSwensen. She was a loving wife, mother,daughter, sister and friend. She marriedLarry L. Stangeland on Sept. 8, 1984. Theycelebrated the birth of their daughter, CaraJ. Stangeland, on Aug. 16, 1988. She lovedthe game of golf and always enjoyed watch-ing Roaring Fork Rams basketball games.

She was a member of the American Legion.Dana is survived by Larry, her husband of

27 years, daughter Cara, mother Maeann(Mickey) Swensen, and brother Larry. Danawas preceded in death by her father, StanleySwensen.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. on June 1at the Carbondale Fire House. A gatheringto celebrate Dana’s life will follow. In mem-ory of Dana the family is asking that every-one wear pink.

Memorials may be given to the Dana L.Stangeland High School Scholarship Me-morial Fund at Alpine Bank.


THURSDAYMay 31WETLaNDS BIRDING • Roaring ForkConservancy and Roaring Fork Audubongo birding at the Maroon Creek WetlandsOpen Space in Aspen from 7 to 8:30 a.m.Info: 927-1289.

ZUMBa • Custom Body Fitness offers afree Zumba class Thursday from 6 to 7 p.m.or a free group training session Monday,Wednesday or Friday. Info: 366-6084.

ROTaRy • Roaring Fork Rotary meets atMi Casita every Thursday at noon.

FRIDAY June 1MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents“The Hunger Games” (PG-13) at 7:30 p.m.through June 7, and “Marley” (PG-13) at4:30 p.m. on June 2-3. “The HungerGames” is set in the future and revolvesaround a televised competition of teenagersbattling to the death. “Marley” is a docu-mentary about the iconic reggae musicianwho died in the early 1980s.

NEW aRT • The Carbondale Public ArtsCommission unveils its 2012 Art aRoundTown exhibit with a walking tour featuringthe 12 participating sculptors. The tourstarts on Main Street at 5:30 p.m. For de-tails, see the insert in this week’s Sopris Sun.

FIRST FRIDay • CCAH, the CarbondaleChamber of Commerce and others presentFirst Friday, with events all over town.

BIRTHDay PaRTy • The Third StreetCenter celebrates its second birthday withgood vibes and cake from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

GRaDUaTION • Bridges High Schoolholds its graduation at the Bridges Center at4 p.m.

PESHLaKaIS RETURN • The Peshlakaifamily will be at the home of AdeleHause, 20 Clearwater in Car-bondale, with rugs andjewelry for salefrom 7 p.m. to8:30 p.m. Maeand James Pesh-lakai foundCarbondale byhaving abooth at theMountain Fairin the late 1970sand have been activein Navajo arts and edu-cation in the area since then.They have a granddaughtergraduating from Colorado RockyMountain School Info: 963-7068.

LIVE MUSIC • Carbondale Beer Works onMain Street presents Big Daddy Lee & theKing Bees from 8 to 11 p.m. No cover. Info:704-1216.

LIVE MUSIC • TRUNK opens for Itals(featuring Keith Porter) at PAC3. The showstarts at 7 p.m. Info: pac3carabondale.comor 1-888-71-TICKETS.

LIVE MUSIC • Josh Phillips’s new band,featuring Darin Elwell and Steve Cook,plays at Carnahan’s in the Dinkel Buildingat 9 p.m. Opening act (from Denver) is thehard rock band the Blackouts.

LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the DinkelBuilding presents music every Friday night.

LIVE MUSIC • Rivers restaurant in Glen-wood Springs presents Cam & Brian (coun-

try and alternative rock) from 9 p.m.to midnight. No cover.

Info: 928-8813.

WyLIE • The WylieCommunity Art Cen-

ter in Basalt opens“ME & YOUnity” by

Sara Pearson with a re-ception from 5 to 7 p.m.

an art talk with Pearsonand mentor Nancy Loven-

dahl starts at 6 p.m. Pearsonis a junior at Basalt High

School and has been interestedin ceramics for the past three

years. The show continuesthrough June 29.

FRI. & SAT. June 1-2BREaD & BREW • Sopris Wine & Liquorand PAC3 Carbondale present Bread &Brew with music, beer tastings, homebrewworkshops, bread baking and more. For de-tails, go to pac3carbondale.com.

SATURDAY June 2GRaDUaTION • Colorado Rocky Moun-tain School holds its graduation on campusat 10 a.m.

GRaDUaTION • Roaring Fork HighSchool holds its graduation at the school at10 a.m. in the main gym.

GRaDUaTION • Basalt High School holdsits graduation at the school at 4 p.m.

BROMBERG PLayS • As part of its Breadand Brew festival June 1-2, PAC3 in theThird Street Center presents guitar iconDavid Bromberg. Singer Jerry Jeff Walkeronce said Bromberg “... is the reason mancreated stringed instruments.” Dan Sheridanis the opening act. Info:pac3carbondale.com or 1-888-71-TICKETS.

LIVE MUSIC • White House pizza presentsTom Edman (blues and finger-style guitar)Info: 704-9400.

RIVER FLOaT • The Roaring Fork Con-servancy takes folks on a river float fromVeltus Park in Glenwood Springs at 8 a.m.The cost is $20 for members and $30 fornon-members. Info: 927-1290.

OPEN HOUSE • The Aspen Yacht Clubhosts an open house from noon to 3 p.m. atRuedi Reservoir east of Basalt. Lunch willbe served. The club is located up FryingpanRoad at mile marker 18.6. Info: aspeny-achtclub.com or 963-6810.

SUNDAY June 3aLPINE BaNK WaLK • Alpine Banksponsors the“Take Steps Walk” festival andpicnic in Rifle to help fight Crohn’s diseaseand colitis. It’s at Centennial Park from 4 to7 p.m. Info: 216-5058.

MONDAY June 4LIVE MUSIC • Carbondale Beer Works

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

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Alena Eden MossShelby Tamara NezEsmeralda Osorio PortilloTram Tran Bao PhamHong QianEduardo Salvidrez-JuradoMolly Cathryn SchumacherMichaela Gisela SteinerJames Wesley StokesCarroll Erwin Summers IVDominic Dragonette Tonozzi Jorge Aritz UrgoitiMichelle Grace VaughanYinxiang WangThorne LaVerne WarnerRobert Dylan WeinholdAlexander Kemp WindAlexander Isaiah WinokerYang YangJiahua ZhangZihe Zhou

Colorado Rocky Mountain SchoolA collage preparatory boarding and day school for students in grades 9-12 located in Carbondale, CO

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hosts an old time jam session with Dana Wilson from 7 to 9 p.m. All musicians, from ex-perienced to beginners, are welcome. Bring your banjo, guitar, mandolin, fiddle or whateverand join in the fun of early American music. Info: 704-1216.

TUESDAY June 5COMEDy • Jack Green is working to “get everyone to get their laugh endorphins up be-fore the end of the world” by producing Cardiff Tuesday Night Comedy every Tuesdayfrom May 29 through Dec. 22. Besides “hard laughter,” Green promises socials before andbetween shows. Audience entrance fee is $7.17 for each show. Info: 618-0199. The CardiffSchoolhouse is located in Glenwood Springs in Conservancy Park on Park East (Sky Ranch

road off Mt. Sopris Drive, on the banks of the Roaring Fork River.You can see it at the southend of Highway 82). Parking is available at Glenwood Park. Just walk along Sky RanchRoad or the river pathway. Bring a flashlight or antique miner’s lantern.

WEDNESDAY June 6ROTaRy • The Rotary Club of Carbondale meets at the Carbondale Firehouse on High-way 133 Wednesdays at 7 a.m. Info: 927-0641.

VaLLEy DIVaS • The Valley Divas, a women’s networking group, meets the first Wednes-day of the month from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Konnyaku in Carbondale. RSVP on Facebook.

Community Calendar continued from page 10

Further Out

Ongoing

SATURDAY June 9HaPPENING LUaU • The Roaring ForkRotary Foundation’s annual Happening Luautakes place at the Gathering Center on Snow-

mass Drive at 5 p.m. There’ll be dinner, danc-ing (with Big Daddy Lee), complimentarybeer and wine, and live and silent auctions.Casual Hawaiian attire is optional. Ticketsare $125. Info: rotarycarbondale.org.

VaUDEVILLE • The Glenwood VaudevilleReview’s all new summer show is staged inGlenwood Springs at 901 Colorado Avenue.Shows take place Fridays and Saturdays at6:30 p.m. and Sundays at 5:30 p.m. There’s apub style menu and full bar. Tickets are $22for adults, $20 for seniors, $16 for kids.Through June, kids under 16 are half price.Info and reservations: 945-9699 or gvr-show.com.

GROUP RUN • Independence Run & Hikestages an all-abilities run Saturdays at 8 a.m.Info: 704-0909.

REDSTONE CaSTLE • The Redstone Cas-tle is now open for summer tours. Daily toursare at 1:30 p.m. and tickets are available at

the Crystal Club, Redstone General Store andTiffany of Redstone. For details, call 963-9656 or go to redstonecastle.us.

aaM • The Aspen Art Museum presents“The Residue of Memory” and “Full Partici-pation” by Berlin-based artist Simon Dennythrough July 15. Admission is free.

ZUMBa • Paola Valenti gives Zumba Blastclasses at 1014 Grand Ave. in GlenwoodSprings Tuesdays and Thursdays. Info: 945-8822.

MayOR’S COFFEE HOUR • Chat withCarbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot on Tues-days from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Village Smithy,located at 26 S. Third St.

Hold the PressesBig Daddy plays CBWBig Daddy Lee and his entire band will play Carbondale Beer Works at 7:30 p.m. on June 1.“We are raring to go, so hang on to your wigs and high-heel sneakers,” Big Daddy Lee toldhis fans in an e-mail. Carbondale Beer Works is located on Main Street.

Bike rodeo at alohaThe Waldkinder preschool holds a bike rodeo behind Aloha Mountain Cycles from 5:30 to7:30 p.m. on May 31. There will be a pre-school bike course, bike safety instructions andpotluck for the end of the school year celebration.

Free heirloom tomatoesOsage Gardens’ Farm Store is giving away heirloom tomatoes through June 3, according to apress release. The store is located between Silt and New Castle at 36730 River Frontage Rd.

“We are so excited about all our varieties that we want to make sure everyone gets a chanceto taste them,” said store spokeswoman Rachel Shields.

“Heirloom” is a tomato variety whose seeds have been passed down from generation to gen-eration. They are grown for their flavor and have not been hybridized to make them sturdyfor shipping around the country or uniform in size for grocery stores and restaurants, so thereis no sacrifice in taste.

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Join us this Sunday, June 3, 2012, 10 a.m.for

A Word to the Wisedelivered by Rev. Dr. Lee Barker, president and professor of ministry,

Meadville Lombard Theological School, Chicago; with Denny Davidoff, UU lay leader, Westport, CT

Two Rivers Unitarian Universalist

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Inspirational, Contemporary MusicJimmy Byrne

Youth Program DirectorHeather RydellChildcare Provided

CLEER, CORE, E-Board step upCLEER, CORE and the Carbondale En-

vironmental Board hold a community pres-entation and meeting on June 6 on how thetown can use its sustainable energy and cli-mate protection leadership for creating amodel of how communities can act on theseissues, while at the same time improving thelocal economy, according to a press release.

“This year has been one of the hottest,driest years on record. Looking up at un-usually barren May snow pack on MountSopris is a daily reminder of the importanceof finding local solutions to climate change,”said a CLEER press release. “At the sametime, our community is concerned aboutdrilling for natural gas in our backyard,Thompson Divide, and has expressed inter-est in making sure we back up our concernwith innovations to reduce demand fordrilling.”

Presentations will cover a progress reporton the Carbondale Energy and Climate Pro-tection Plan and reaching adopted targets,how other communities are becoming modelclimate protection communities to illustratewhat is possible and improve their economy,and a discussion of how Carbondale canharness the town’s unique sustainable energyassets and successes to do even more.

The meeting takes place from 6 to 8 p.m.at the Third Street Center. Refreshmentswill be served. For details, call CLEER at704-9200.

Women’s auxiliary collectingnon-perishables

The American Legion Post 100 Women’sAuxiliary is collecting non-perishable itemsto send to a serviceman overseas.

“We found a local that is serving ourcountry,” said a spokeswoman. “Jake Bow-man is in the Marines and is overseas.”

Born and raised in Carbondale, Jake isthe son of Jack and Linda Bowman, thespokeswoman continued.

Non-perishable items or cash donationscan be taken to theAmerican Legion Hall, 97N. Third St., Carbondale, through June 1.Donations are taken Monday through Fridayuntil 3 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays untilnoon. Checks can be made out to “Women’sAuxiliary.” For details, call 309-5417.

RFC stages river stewards floatRoaring Fork Conservancy’s fourth an-

nual River Stewards Float starts at 9 a.m. onJune 9.

The float is targeted at young profes-sionals and community members 25 to 40years of age. The two-hour trip takes offfrom the lower Roaring Fork near Carbon-dale and continues to Prehm Ranch nearGlenwood Springs.

“Rig up your own raft or jump on a boatprovided and guided by Blazing Adventures,”said RFC spokeswoman Sarah Johnson.“Private boat owners can float along andmeet other locals who care about the river.”

Non-refundable donations of $50 arebeing asked for guided spots and $25 forprivate boaters. Advance registration is re-quired at roaringfork.org. For details, call927-1290.

Bread & Brews needs volunteersVolunteers are needed for Bread &

Brews at PAC3 in the Third Street Centeron June 2. The shifts and duties are asfollows:• 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. – set up, four people;• Noon to 4 p.m. – box office, four people;• Noon to 4 p.m. and 3 to 7 p.m. – security,four people on each shift;• 4 to 8 p.m. – clean up, four people.

Volunteers who work four hours ormore receive a free pass to a PAC3 show.For details, call 618-7182.

New programs at the poolThe Carbondale Recreation Department

is offering three new programs at the JohnM. Fleet swimming pool: Morning JumpStart, SilverSplash and Aqua for Life Fridays.For details, go to carbondalerec.com.

The pool officially opened for the sum-mer with regular hours on May 26. Formore information, call 963-2065.

Thrift store accepting stuffThe non-profit Defiance Thrift Store in

Glenwood Springs is accepting donations,including garage sale leftovers and business’lost-and-found items.The store is located at

2412 S. Glen (Highway 82). Proceeds bene-fit Lift-Up, Family Visitor programs and re-lated agencies and their clients. Donationhours are Tuesday through Saturday from10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, call945-0234.

CMC offers media campThe New Media Camp in the Rockies, a

cooperative venture between ColoradoMountain College and the True MediaFoundation, is launching its inaugural resi-dential summer program, for participantsages 16-20, at the college’s campus at SpringValley near Glenwood Springs.

Participants will learn how to tell sto-ries using high definition cameras, field andstudio audio mixers, and state-of-the-artsoftware.

For details, go to coloradomtn.edu or call947-8464.

GSCCa selling membershipsMemberships are now being sold in the

Glenwood Springs Community Concert As-sociation that will present five events begin-ning in September. The adult rate for all fiveconcerts is $40, students attend for $15, andfamilies are $85.

The program includes The Abbey RoadBand (a tribute to the Beatles) on April 28and “Take Me Home: Music of John Den-ver” on May 20.

For details, call 945-5384 or 945-8722.

a: There’s been some that were incrediblysuccessful in school and went on to success-ful adult lives. You just feel great knowingyou were part of that.Most kids when they’rein high school don’t really have the ability yetto let you know that they appreciate whatyou’ve done or that you’ve made a difference.Years later, some kid will knock on your doorand they’re not a kid anymore. They’re agrown man or a grown woman and they’llsay “Hey do you remember me, this is whatI’m doing. I just wanted to thank you.” I gotan e-mail one day from a kid that said,“I justwant you to know I have three daughters,and I built my first daughter a cradle. And Ilearned how to do that in your class. I lovedoing that now, it’s my hobby. I live to be out

in my shop.All three of my girls have slept inthat cradle.”There’s nothing better than that.

I had this one kid,he was so smart.He be-came some sort of engineer. I couldn’t evenspell it, probably. His daily schedule was like,chemistry, calculus, physics ... and shop.He’dsay,“That stuff’s all OK, but if I didn’t get tocome in here every day, I’d go crazy. I justneed to make something, not think, just DOsomething.”

Q: What are you doing next?a: Nothing for a little bit. Mrs. Black and

I want to just enjoy ourselves for a bit. She’sretiring, too. So we’re gonna go somewhereand just do simple things. It doesn’t take a lotto make me happy. I’ve always wanted to goto Lake Powell in the fall. When you’re a

teacher you never get to anywhere in the fall.You always go in the summer when it’s 150degrees. Little things like that. I want to ex-perience Carbondale during the week. I havea feeling that City Market’s not as busy on aTuesday morning as on a Sunday afternoon.I’m looking forward to going to the rec. cen-ter and having a morning workout. So, I don’thave any definite plans right now. But thesummer will be great.

Q: What do you think you’ll miss aboutbeing here?

a: I’ll miss being the shop teacher, ‘causethat’s what I am.That’s what I’ve been for 30years. That’s my claim to fame. I’ll miss thepeople that I work with.There’s a lot of folksworking here. I’ll miss ‘em all. I’ll miss ourcustodial staff, I’ll miss our cooks They’re

great people.I’ll miss the kids. Not just one kid, but all

the kids. One of the best things about teach-ing is that the kids help you stay actingyounger. I mean, I know I’m old, and I lookold, but I feel young. Teaching’s a good life.

I hope I still enjoy doing the things that Ilike to do. I like to go watch the kids playfootball, I like going to games,or going to theplay. You know, in small towns I really feellike the hub of the town is the school system.If you want to be involved in the community,involve yourself in the school.

Being able to retire this year ... I’m only53. Most people don’t get to do that. Not tosay I won’t get a job next year doing some-thing else,but the retirement portion of teach-ings is kinda where it starts paying off. I’mlooking forward to that. It’ll be pretty cool.

Black retires continued om page 5

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Fran Page, artistic/executive director of theAspen Dance Connection, recently received theLife Time Achievement Award from the Col-orado Dance Alliance.

Page grew up in Grand Junction and has a BSfrom the University of Colorado. Colorado. Sheattended the American Dance Festival on schol-arship and studied with Merce Cunningham be-fore going to the NewYork University school ofarts where she received her MFA in dance.

Page has performed in NewYork City,Lon-

don and Rio de Janeiro with Marilyn Woodand the Celebrations Group, and in New Yorkwith the Central Notion Company (advised byDavid Gordon and Barbara Dilley of theGrand Union). She was the first dance advisorfor University without Walls in New York andin 1986 was a founding member of the AspenDance Connection.

In 1970, she performed inAspen for the firsttime with a Chautauqua at the Red Brick whenit was still a school. She has choreographed 25modern dances for the stage, three musicals, two

films and more than 40 outdoor site specific per-formances and events. Page has performed indances by 25 different choreographers includ-ing Charles Weidman, Jean Erdman, CharlotteIrey, Jane Franklin, Barbara Dilley and DavidGordon, plus most of the early Aspen DanceConnection choreographers.

For the past 34 years, through the AspenDance Connection,Page has produced the Col-orado Choreographer Showcase. For the last12 years, the Aspen Dance Connection hastaken dance into schools from Aspen to Rifleand Grand Junction and this year they reached8,000 children.

She also teaches yoga for Colorado Moun-tain College and has taught students from theage of 3 to 93.For six years she taught dance tospecial needs students in Glenwood Springs andchoreographed the opening of the SpecialOlympics at Sunlight Mountain Resort.

“If not for Fran Page and the Aspen DanceConnection, I would have never met the amaz-ing dancers and choreographers that I now em-ploy for my original dance performanceof REVOLUTIONS,” said Loren Wilder. “Shebrings together people, resources and support inthe expansive area of modern dance for whichI am very grateful.”

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“It is that time of year when magical pods of fish appear,breakout the boats and break out the beer, they’ll be stupid for at leastanother week ... .”

The above sentence is a) salty b) whimsical c)breaks a rhyme scheme d) ironic e) all of the abovewith a touch of sarcasm?

If you picked any of the above, you are correct.If you picked c), let’s talk. But seriously, it is thattime of year when the Colorado Department ofParks and Wildlife (formerly DOW) stocks big,huge, glistening, wet, larger than life, fish. Myroommate came home last night with a weirdgleam in his eye.

“How was the fishing” I asked.He was reluctant to say.“Well?” I asked expectantly.He finally broke down, admitting he’d caught

the biggest fish of his life, a 24-inch trout. When Iasked him where, he sealed his lips like an un-opened beer can. I could have poppedthe top, but already knew. In the fishingworld, it is officially summer. Buy a li-cense. Head out to the river.Catch somefish. Fire up the grill. And pick yourteeth with their bones.

Stockers.Before I tell you where they are, I

want to tell you that stocked fish canruin you. Especially stocked fish of thebrood stock variety: trophy fish whogrew up in concrete rearing pens. They make me brood. Theymake me think of things like bio-engineered tomatoes.

They make me cringe. Suddenly if I were to catch a large troutI wouldn’t know if it was due to extreme mojo, persistence andtechnique or if someone just put it there. It is like going truffle hunt-

ing and having someone plant a few truffles in your path. Whenyou find them, you feel extreme elation, happiness, brassiness. Butthen, if someone put them there,well, yeah,you found truffles.The

adventure and sparkle of the thing just kind of dies.All this is to say I ate the plums in the refriger-

ator. They were delicious. So sweet and so cold.Which is to say I am, at times, extremely gratefulfor big stocked fish.

Excitement over fish, especially bigger fish,tends to catch like wild fire in a bad snow year.Theword gets out. The spots where they reside gethammered day after day. People get excited. Lastyear a group of stockers just below Basalt andabove Hooks Bridge in Willits caused a majoramount of vegetation to be worn down to dirt inthe places where the fish resided. They get smartquick. They get under angler’s skins. They hauntimaginations. They also saved my guiding day afew times last summer when I had three people

who weren’t very mobile due to healthissues, alcohol intake, or both.

So where are they?Out there.Swimming back and forth in the

current like torpedoes.Blue whales. Starships. Battle Star

Galacticas.Getting educated every day by the

people who are catching them.Pretty soon you’ll be hard pressed

to catch one. You’ll have to use a Roy Palm Emerger or a size-22midge or some weirdly hackled yet highly buggy fly the fish havenever seen before to catch one. In the immortal words of theGoonies,“Hey guys,our time is now!”Get on it.Go find em’. Sup-port your local fly shop. Better yet, hire a guide.

Stalking stockers: You might even need a guideRiver Clean-upNear the 7-11, beneath the bridge,

hundreds of lotto tickets curl

like fallen leaves, cigarette stubs

rest between delicate green shoots,

an empty can of Clamato Budweiser

dimly lit by the sun, fails to shine,

and a single mini Corona bottle

remains intact among the shards

of its companions. Just upstream,

around the bend, beneath yoga studios

and architecture firms, waste containers

spring up at intervals, morning dew beads

on brightly painted lawn furniture,

a limpid windsock waits for lift-off.

And of all this consumption I wonder

if anything will ever be enough:

not time, not space, not migration

or assimilation, not the blossoming

or breaking of histories, not global warming.

The accumulation of our refuse, the smallest

amount of which I am picking up

and stuffing into a large black bag

so it too might end up in a landfill.

– Cameron Scott

…he’d caught the biggestfish of his life, a 24-inch

trout. When I asked himwhere, he sealed his lips

like an unopened beer can.

TailgateBy Cameron Scott


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

ATTEST:__________________________s/s Cathy Derby, Town Clerk

Published in The Sopris Sun on May 31, 2012.

ORDINANCE NO. 9Series 2012

AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEESOF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO,AMENDING CHAPTER 15.30 OF THE MUNICIPALCODE REGARDING THE CARBONDALE EFFI-CIENT BUILDING CODE

ORDINANCE NO. 8Series 2012

AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEESOF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO,APPROVING AN EXTENSION OF THE DEADLINETO RECORD THE NEWELL SUBDIVISION EX-EMPTION PLAT FOR 2614 AND 2624 GRACE-LAND DRIVE, LOT 62, HENDRICK RANCH PUD,PHASE II, TOWN OF CARBONDALE

NOTICE: This Ordinance was introduced, read, andadopted at a regular meeting of the Board ofTrustees of the Town of Carbondale, Colorado, onMay 22, 2012.

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, 511Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, Colorado, during

NOTICE: This Ordinance was introduced, read, andadopted at a regular meeting of the Board ofTrustees of the Town of Carbondale, Colorado, onMay 22, 2012.

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


Letters continued om page 2Join inDear Editor:

Please join me at the Carbondale Councilon Arts and Humanities this Saturday, June2, any time between 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. tomake simple, easy-to-sew dolls to send to anorphanage in Panama called Hogar Trisker.All adults and children over nine are wel-come. No experience is necessary.

The word hogar means“home” in Pana-manian Spanish, which is exactly whatHogar Trisker (say tree-SCARE) is: a homefor children without a home of their own,located in Boquete, Panama. I visitedHogar Trisker this past March. Contrary tomy Orphan-Annie-like image of orphan-ages — glum kids, strict rules, cruel ma-trons — I found Trisker to be filled withhappy, playful children that I immediatelyfell in love with.

I was also saddened to see how little ma-terial wealth Trisker has. The recess

grounds consist of hard-packed dirt bakingin the hot tropical sun, and one brokenpiece of playground equipment for all 50children. These children also lack toys thatare so crucial to childrens’ development.They have some things that they can playwith, but nothing that doesn’t need to beshared with 10 other kids. Nothing of theirvery own. And in some children, it is clearthat that is a lack they are feeling.

Weeks before I arrived, a volunteerbrought with him a small drink bottle. Hegave the empty bottle to a child who askedfor it. The girl still clutches onto that plas-tic bottle — cracked yet painstakingly pol-ished — wherever she goes. When childrenare driven to such lengths as to treasure asmall plastic bottle, there can be little doubtthat they need something of their own.

That’s where the Doll Drive comes in.Through my Roaring Fork High School so-cial studies class, I teamed up with a few

other students and CCAH to create a doll-making party this Saturday.You don’t needto have any sewing skills. We’ll tell youwhat needs to be done when you arrive.While monetary donations are appreciatedto help pay for shipping, you don’t have to

donate money to help a child in need. Do-nate an hour of your time, join in our cre-ative endeavor and give an orphaned childone thing they can call their own.

Emily BruellCarbondale

One would have to look far and wide to find a happier dog than Carlos, accordingto folks who know him. The border collie’s favorite thing up on Missouri Heightsis to chase water shot from sprinkler systems. Nobody has told Carlos that his funmay just about be over, because the summer is shaping up as a dry one and wateris already in short supply. Photo by Jane Bachrach.

AMERICAN CONSTITUTION PARTYPRIMARY ELECTIONGARFIELD COUNTY, COLORADOJune 26, 2012

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 113TH UNITEDSTATES CONGRESS – DISTRICT 3

There are no candidates for this office.____________________________REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO – AT LARGE(Vote for One)

____ Brian X. Scott____________________________REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 3

There are no candidates for this office.____________________________STATE SENATE – DISTRICT 8

There are no candidates for this office.____________________________STATE REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 57

There are no candidates for this office.____________________________DISTRICT ATTORNEY –9TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

There are no candidates for this office.____________________________COUNTY COMMISSIONER – DISTRICT 2

There are no candidates for this office.____________________________COUNTY COMMISSIONER – DISTRICT 3

There are no candidates for this office.____________________________

DEMOCRATIC PARTYPRIMARY ELECTIONGARFIELD COUNTY, COLORADOJune 26, 2012

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 113TH UNITEDSTATES CONGRESS – DISTRICT 3(Vote for One)

___ Sal Pace____________________________REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COL-ORADO – AT LARGE(Vote for One)

____ Stephen C. Ludwig____________________________REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 3(Vote for One)

____ Jessica Garrow____________________________STATE SENATE – DISTRICT 8(Vote for One)

____ Emily Tracy____________________________STATE REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 57(Vote for One)

____ Jo Ann Baxter____________________________DISTRICT ATTORNEY –9TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT(Vote for One)

____ Sherry A Caloia____________________________

COUNTY COMMISSIONER – DISTRICT 2(Vote for One)

____ Sonja K.H. Linman____________________________

COUNTY COMMISSIONER – DISTRICT 3(Vote for One)

____ Aleks Briedis____________________________

REPUBLICAN PARTYPRIMARY ELECTIONGARFIELD COUNTY, COLORADOJune 26, 2012


___ Scott R. Tipton____________________________REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COL-ORADO – AT LARGE(Vote for One)

____ Matt Arnold

____ Brian Davidson____________________________REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COL-ORADO CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 3(Vote for One)

____ Glenn Gallegos____________________________STATE SENATE – DISTRICT 8(Vote for One)

____ Randy L. Baumgardner

____ Jean White____________________________STATE REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 57(Vote for One)

____ Bob Rankin____________________________DISTRICT ATTORNEY- 9TH JUDICIAL DIS-TRICT (Vote for One)

____ Martin Beeson____________________________COUNTY COMMISSIONER – DISTRICT 2(Vote for One)

____ John Martin____________________________COUNTY COMMISSIONER – DISTRICT 3(Vote for One)

____ Mike Samson____________________________

LIBERTARIAN PARTYPRIMARY ELECTIONGARFIELD COUNTY, COLORADOJUNE 26, 2012


____ Gaylon Kent

____ Gregory Gilman____________________________


GARFIELD COUNTY, COLORADONOTICE OF PRIMARY MAIL BALLOT ELECTION

JUNE 26, 2012Election Date: Tuesday, JUNE 26, 2012Election Type: Mail Ballot OnlyElection Hours: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.Ballots will be mailed between June 4th and June 8th to all active and inactivestatus registered voters affiliated with the following major or minor political par-ties: American Constitution Party, Democratic Party, Libertarian Party, andRepublican Party. Unaffiliated voters must affiliate with one of these parties inorder to receive a ballot.Voters who do not receive their ballots may request replacement ballots in personat the following Clerk and Recorder locations from June 4th through June 19th byphone, fax, or e-mail. The last day to request a ballot be mailed is June 19, 2012.After that date voters must appear in person at the County Clerkʼs office to requesta ballot. Any voter may surrender their mail ballot and cast their vote on an ADAaccessible electronic voting machine located at the Clerkʼs office in GlenwoodSprings or Rifle during normal business hours and 7am to 7 pm on Election Day.

Address changes and party affiliations may be done online atwww.govotecolorado.com through June 19, 2012 and a ballot will be mailed. AfterJune 19, 2012 address changes or party affiliations must be made in person at oneof the County Clerkʼs offices, to receive a ballot for the primary election. If you will be away from home when the ballots are mailed out on June 4th, pleasemake a request for your mail ballot to be sent to an alternate address in writing.Ballot packets by law may not be forwarded to another address. You mustinclude your full name, date of birth, physical address, mailing address and yoursignature on a mail ballot request or use the request form found at www.garfield-county.com. The last day to request a Mail ballot be sent to an alternate mailingaddress is Tuesday, June 19, 2012.

Mail requests to: Garfield County Clerk and Recorder

109 8th Street, Suite 200Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81601

E-mail: [email protected] requests to: 970-947-1078

Return your ballot by mail with appropriate postage affixed ($0.45stamp) or youmay hand deliver you ballot to one of the designated drop-office sites listedbelow. Remember postmarks do not count as a received date. Verify yourvoter registration information and track your ballot (sent and received) atwww.govotecolorado.com.

DROP-OFF SITES FOR VOTED BALLOTS:Garfield County Clerk & Recorderʼs Office

109 8th Street, Suite 200Glenwood Springs, Colorado

East Entrance M-F 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.Suite 200, M-F 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Election Day Open 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Garfield County Clerk & Recorder Rifle Branch Office109 8th St., Suite 200 144 E. 3rd St.Glenwood Springs, CO Rifle, COEast Entrance: M-F 7:30 am - 5:30 pm Monday - Friday 8:30 am - 5:00 pmSuite 200: M-F 8:30 - 5:00 pm Election Day Open 7:00 am – 7:00 pmElection Day Open 7:00 am - 7:00 pmNew Castle Town Hall Silt Town Hall450 W. Main Street 231 N. 7th StreetNew Castle, CO Silt, ColoradoMonday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pmIncluding Election Day Including Election Day

Parachute Town Hall Carbondale Town Hall222 Grand Valley Way 511 Colorado AveParachute, CO Carbondale, COMonday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pmIncluding Election Day Including Election Day

Questions: 970-384-3700 Option 2Designated Election Official:

Jean M. Alberico, Garfield County Clerk & Recorder

Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.109 8th Street, Suite 200Glenwood Springs, Colorado970-384-3700 Option 2Election Day 7:00 am to 7:00 pm

Monday - Friday 8:30 am - 5:00 pm 144 E. 3rd St.Rifle, CO970-625-0882Election Day 7:00 am to 7:00 pm

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