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With recent temperatures hitting the 90-degree mark, it’s officially ice-cream-cone season around town. This particular cone moment for Annabelle Stableford (left) andInez Passerini (right), both 8 years old, occurred Friday evening during the 13th annual Mount Sopris Music Festival at Fourth Street Plaza. The two-day festival helped tospread music to other venues as well. For more on the music fest, please turn to pages 14-15 and also visit soprissun.com. Photo by Jane Bachrach

Corrections• The June 26 article about the June 24 trustees meeting in-

correctly stated that mayor Stacey Bernot made a motion to di-rect staff to draft an emergency ordinance concerning minimumlocal ownership requirements for marijuana outlets; she did notmake that motion. Also, Bernot did not voice the need for suchan emergency ordinance. After the meeting, Bernot told The So-pris Sun she was just trying to clarify what a regular ordinance

would cover and what an emergency ordinance would cover. • A Community Briefs item in the June 26 issue gave an in-

correct location for the roundabout currently under construc-tion. The correct location is the intersection of Highway 133and Main Street.

• In the June 26 Sopris Sun, the telephone number for Dr.Greg Feinsinger was accidently cut out. The phone number is379-5718.

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Needed: books, not visionDear Editor:

Does the Garfield County library systemreally need to create a vision for its publicservices? According to The Sopris Sun (June26) it has hired consultant JVA Consulting todevelop strategic and marketing plans. Cost iscertainly in the thousands of dollars.

I don’t know why the highest priority is tospend money on what they could be doingwhen I spend weeks or months waiting for a

popular best seller to arrive in Carbondale.I moved here from a community that is

also rural (Moab, Utah) but their book col-lection is so much larger and more available.I am happy that the Marmot statewide sys-tem is in place. I just hope that the state li-brary doesn’t divert its resources to a visionstatement when good books are so short insupply. I don’t recall that the library patronswere asked. Basic services would be a No. 1on the upcoming vision statement. That, by

the way, is free advice.Emily MillerGlenwood Springs

Co-op clarificationDear Editor:

Thank you for the article on preventionand treatment of disease through nutrition(plant-based, whole, low fat food). To clarify,at this point, prepared, frozen meals are not

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Well, it’s officially summer, also known as construction seasonhere in Colorado, and we are finally addressing the issue of trafficon Highway 133.

Hooray!It’s great to see CDOT and the town of Carbon-

dale and RFTA all working together for the bettermentof our little mountain town. A roundabout big enoughfor fracking trucks, a turning lane for businesses onthe Upper East Side, and 71 additional parking spacesat the Carbondale Park & Ride; looks like Carbon-dale’s “movin on up” just like the Jeffersons.

The only problem is that pesky intersection atHighway 133 and Dolores Way. If it was just the en-trance to Satank, and no one else really used it, I wouldunderstand the blatant blind eye. But we’re also talk-ing about Carbondale Community School parents andteachers, Carbondale Business Park employees andcustomers, Colorado Rocky Mountain School facultyand students, and now any and all kissing commuters(people who drop off their loved ones with a kiss and a wave.)

Carbondale P&Z gave the go-ahead to RFTA last Thursday(June 26) after discussing landscaping at length and snow removalto handle Minnesota’s standards. The fact that RFTA’s dumpingmore traffic onto an already deadly congested Dolores Way wentover like a fart in RVR, i.e., everyone avoided eye contact until thesubject changed. (They voted while Charlie Kees was out of the

room and Rich Camp was out of town).There are some residents who would like to see the entrance to

our town gussied up, as they say. I am not one of them. I am more ofthe Brad Hendricks school of thought: the worse itlooks, the longer we’ll be able to hang on to the see-saw that is a real town vs. a cute little destinationwhere people in white jeans come to eat and shop.

Highway 133 has the ability to protect our town.As long as it scares people off and they head up thevalley in search of greener polo pastures, we may beable to hold on to our unique community for a littlebit longer. The beautification of the stretch of High-way 133 from the bridge to River Valley Ranch re-minds me of those parkways you see in West Africaleading from the airport to the fancy hotel; trees andflowers and smooth pavement that ends abruptly onthe next block over where little kids are kicking a soc-cer ball in the dirt amid the trash.

In the not-too-distant past, local politics have alsoresembled the corruption and hubris often found in developing coun-tries. An example of this is the sculpture by James Surls planned forthe center of the new roundabout. Personally, I have nothing againstJames Surls or his artwork. I’ve actually been in a kiva with the manand I think he, like the rest of us, is just playing the hand he was dealtas well as he can. But the process for this particular sculpture was

By Amelia Potvin and Dave ReedOur group came together like a small flash

mob, gathering in the marble corridor 15minutes before the meeting was to start. Werecognized each other by the blue “Citizens’Climate Lobby” buttons we wore.

We got right to work: Who’s the lead?Who’ll take notes? How many of us are con-stituents and what things do we want to ac-knowledge the congressman for?

It was a scene that was repeated 500 timeslast week, as Citizens’ Climate Lobby volun-teers from all around the country traveled toWashington, D.C. to meet with their mem-

bers of Congress and their staffs to find a bi-partisan solution to climate change. Morethan 600 volunteers were there — twice asmany as at last year’s lobbying day — repre-senting over 200 CCL chapters. We went onbehalf of the Roaring Fork Valley chapter,which formed last fall.

Citizens’ Climate Lobby is a fast-growingmovement that takes a unique, almost Gand-hian approach to global warming. As itsname suggests, it trains and empowers citi-zens to directly lobby their members of Con-gress for climate legislation. Specifically,we’re advocating for a revenue-neutral car-

bon tax, with all revenues returned to house-holds. This is the policy that has the bestchance of achieving bipartisan support, be-cause economists on the right and the leftagree that putting a price on carbon emis-sions is the fairest way to reduce them, andbecause returning the money to householdsavoids enlarging government.

In the office of Rep. Mike Coffman, a Re-publican from the Denver suburbs, our groupconsisted of a 16-year-old from Michigan, aphysicist from Longmont, a concerned advo-cate from Massachusetts, and a teacher from

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Ps & QsBy Jeannie Perry

Two wrongs don’t make a right, but three les do

Climate change report: CCL “flash mobs” Congress

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CITIZENS’ CLIMATE LOBBY page 19

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When was the last time the Fourth of July was also aFirst Friday? Well, while you’re consulting your smartphone or some other source of infinite knowledge, here’swhat’s going down at Boogie in Bonedale on July 4,brought to you by the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce,Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities, CarbondaleMoms for Moms, Friends of the Fourth committee andCarbondale Recreation Department.

For the 36th straight year, hundreds of kids with andwithout their handlers will pedal, stride, walk, hop, skipand generally head west on Main Street starting at 10:30a.m. Many kids, adults and pets will be festooned in red,white and blue. Paraders will start forming up at Secondand Main at 10 a.m. in the following order: fire engines,ages 14 and up, ages 9-13, ages 6-8, ages 5 and under,adults and animals.

The parade ends in Sopris Park and at that locationfrom 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. there’ll be food, kids carnivalgames, a bounce house, free watermelon and ice creamsandwiches and live music with Lyn Byars. The swimmingpool will also be open with discounted dips from 11 a.m.to 4 p.m.

The Fourth of July action shifts back downtown whenMain Street is closed from Third Street to Weant Boule-vard starting at 5 p.m. One of the first orders of businesswill be Chalk It Up Carbondale!, in which Main Streetbusinesses will provide ammo to chalk artists of all per-suasions and skill levels. Outlined bodies are always a pop-ular theme but the concrete canvas is wide open towhatever inspires you.

Music kicks off with the No Joes at the Fourth StreetPlaza stage at 5 p.m. Formed in 2008, the No Joes won theJAS Band Battle Middle School Garage Band title for fouryears in a row and went on to perform at Steve’s Guitars

and other well-known local venues. They just completedtheir third tour and racked up their first out of state gig.

Tjaar takes the stage at 7 p.m. Tajaar (two Jews and aredneck) formed in 2007 and mixes folk, country, rockand jams — most of which is original. These days, thelineup includes Marc Bruell, Pam and Dan Rosenthal andKendall Spyker.

Dance of the Sacred Fire (a fire show) closes out thenight at about 9 p.m.

Elsewhere around town:• The Crystal Theatre presents “Chef” at 5 p.m. and

“The Immigrant” at 7:30 p.m.;

• The Carbondale Clay Center at the east end ofMain Street opens the Birdie Boone show “Sink” with areception from 6 to 8 p.m.

• Many galleries and stores are open late.

The Fourth of July kids parade brings out Bonedale’s best each year. If you’d like to join in, kid or not, head over toSecond and Main at 10 a.m. and organizers will find you a spot. Photo by Jane Bachrach

Fourth of July: Time to Boogie in Bonedale


Town Briefs Staff helping plan professional bike raceSopris Sun Staff Report

Carbondale staff members met with city of Aspen staff mem-bers to discuss the Aspen to Crested Butte leg of the USA PROChallenge bike race on Aug. 19, according to town manager JayHarrington’s weekly report. Bicyclists will enter Carbondale fromCatherine Store Road then go onto Main Street. There will be aprize sprint at Main Street and Fourth Street as the cyclists con-tinue to Seventh Street, where they will turn south toward EuclidAvenue. The cyclists will turn left on Euclid toward Weant Boule-vard where they will turn right toward Highway 133 and con-tinue over McClure Pass to Crested Butte. “We will need 26 TypeIII barricades, 10 Type I barricades and 26 town staff and volun-teers to secure the race route,” Harrington’s report said.

In other paraphrased news from the report:• DirtSculpt LLC was awarded the contract for the Car-

bondale Community Bike Park and will begin construction onthe project the week of June 30-July 4.

• Design Workshop was awarded the contract for the 10-year update to the Parks, Recreation & Trails Master Plan. Theywill be meeting with the Parks & Recreation Commission inJuly to kick-off the project.

• Because of recent events in the upper valley, the town hasdisseminated information to lodges regarding THC (marijuana)candy and its dangers to children of housekeeping crews. SomeAspen lodging housekeeping crews are allowed to bring homewhat they find in rooms they clean. This has led to at least oneTHC poisoning of a child who ate THC candies.

• The Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed and rec-ommended approval of the application for a group home to belocated at 634 Euclid Ave. The application will next be reviewedby the Board of Trustees at a future meeting. The P&Z also re-viewed and approved the proposed BRT parking lot site plan

for the parking expansion and approved it with added condi-tions. The review is required for the encroachment into the 30-foot landscape buffer along Highway 133. The P&Z will bereviewing an infill application at 178 S. Eighth Street and a con-dominium exemption at ET Plaza at its July 24 meeting.

• The utilization rate at Gateway RV Park the week ofJune 21-27 was 57 percent (69 booked nights out of 120available spots).

• Banners advertising “Historic Downtown CarbondaleShops, Galleries and Restaurants” have been placed at Highway133 and Weant Boulevard, and on Colorado Avenue and Vil-lage Road.

• Youth softball and baseball is in “full swing” with weeklypractices and games taking place at River Valley Ranch, BillHanks and Tiny Nightingale fields. Adult men’s softball leaguegames take place every Tuesday night at Bill Hanks Field. Reg-istration for recreation programs is open as www.carbon-dalerec.com.

• Vandals kicked or rammed the concrete blocks on one ofthe Sopris Park bridges into the Weaver Ditch. The parks su-pervisor waded into the ditch to retrieve the blocks and fixedthe bridge.

• From the police department, cases of note the week ofJune 12-26 included: burglary (two cases), DUI (four), childabuse (one), criminal mischief (two), warrant arrests (two) andtheft (two).

• Police officers have been issuing lights to bicyclists at nightwho are violating the state’s lighting requirements. Officers alsocontinue to patrol on bicycles when staffing allows it. Numer-ous warnings were given out on June 21 to cyclists on MainStreet for failing to observe traffic control devices and riding onthe Main Street sidewalks.

TUESDAy June 24 Police investi-gated a report of a juvenile possiblyusing Facebook to facilitate a mari-juana transaction. The informationwas turned over to the TRIDENTdrug taskforce.

THURSDAy June 26 At 12:27 a.m.on Fourth Street, police contacted sev-eral people who were playing musicloudly. The musicians were asked toquiet down and they said they would.

FRIDAy June 27 At 10:21 p.m. policecontacted a male and female in a car.The pair said they were just talkingand the police officers observed “noth-ing criminal.”

FRIDAy June 27 At 11:31 p.m. atFourth and Main, an officer warned anintoxicated man who was standing inthe middle of the street.

SATURDAy June 28 At 12:04 a.m. onCounty Road 106, officers observedtwo males, 49 and 62, sleeping in theirvehicle. After the contact, the menmoved on.

SUNDAy June 29 At 12:38 a.m. atFourth and Main, police observed awoman sitting in her car with a cup ofbeer. She was given a warning.

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Carbondale is about to take its next stepin the continuing evolution of small-townmedical care, when the doctors, nurses andtechnicians who have met the town’s medicalneeds for decades move into a new buildingand a new kind of business arrangement.

The Roaring Fork Family Practice clinic,1340 Highway 133, will move later thismonth to a new home just two blocks away,at the corner of Euclid Avenue and Highway133 — a short stroll for a pedestrian but abig jump for the doctors.

The new building’s open house will be onJuly 15, which actually will be before thedocs finish moving in and open up the doorsfor business.

That will come on July 21, after a hecticweek of shifting furniture and records,equipment and everything else, which willbe accomplished in part by the 25 peoplewho work at the clinic, and in part by pro-fessional movers.

After that, as they say, history will havebeen made and it will be time to settle downto business, in which the doctors and otherstaff will be employees of Valley View Hospi-tal in Glenwood Springs.

Half century of careIt all started back in 1958, when a group

of local citizens decided Carbondale neededa doctor’s clinic and raised money to buildone — a 1,200-square-foot Sears & Roe-buck kit building that offered what was thenthe most up-to-date, small-town medicalcare going, in a practice known as the Tri-County Medical Clinic.

Now, 56 years later, the medical needs ofan expanding community have outgrownthat once-tiny clinic, and the Roaring ForkFamily Practice will move into a new homewith twice the space (10,000 square feet com-pared to 5,000 square feet in the currentbuilding), more patient-care technology, moremedical specialists and more than twice asmany employee amenities as the old one.

The two senior doctors of the practice,who both have been working at the office formore than half of its existence, are still thereand plan to stay on for the foreseeable future.

“I think I’ve got two or three years left inme,” said Dr. Gary Knaus, 65, who came tothe practice in 1978 after growing up in Rifleand going to school at Colorado State Uni-versity in Ft. Collins and the University ofColorado Medical School in Boulder.

“I’d like to practice until I’m 70 or 71,”said Dr. Richard Herrington, 68, originallyfrom Lincoln, Nebraska and later, Ft.Collins, Colorado. He went to medicalschool at the University of Colorado Den-ver in 1972, did his residency in Ogden,Utah and first arrived in Carbondale in1974, after a harrowing drive over ScofieldPass (above Marble) in his then-new ScoutInternational while on a trip to check out theregion’s medical practice opportunities.

That gives Herrington 39 years on the jobhere and Knaus 35 years, at a practice thatapparently inspires lengthy service from doc-tors and staff alike. Dr. Kimball Spence joinedthe practice in 1992 after a residency at the

University of Nevada in Reno, which giveshim 22 years here. And Dr. John Findley, wholeft earlier this year, was part of the practicefor 15 years.

And that, of course, does not include theoffice staff, such as Cindy Watkins in med-ical records, who has been there for 32years, Herrington said; Dianne White, with30 years; Susie Cheney in billing and in-surance, 22 years; receptionist ConnieWilliams, 22 years; and receptionist KathyHunter, 15 years.

Herrington recalled that the Tri-CountyMedical Association board, which built thenew clinic in 1958, included such local lu-minaries as John Holden (co-founder ofColorado Rocky Mountain School), and along-time local veterinarian whom Herring-ton remembered only as “Doc” Harlan,among others.

The association built the clinic in 1958using money from a Sears Foundation grant,on a section of pastureland donated to the as-sociation by the late Elmer Bair, a rancher ofconsiderable renown in this area.

A physician named Dr. Tubbs was the firstdoctor in Carbondale, as far as Herringtonknows, and he practiced out of his house (thebuilding that until recently housed the now-shuttered Six89 Restaurant and, further backwas the home of long time locals Paul andGinny Lappala). Herrington still has a largeoak roll-top desk he bought from Tubbs’schildren years later; the desk the old doctorhad used in his practice.

Another physician, Dr. Harry Hendricks(the Hendricks Ranch subdivision is built onhis old property) was the first to practice atthe Tri-County Medical Center, but he left inthe late 1960s, Herrington reported.

Hendricks was followed, after a short gapin time, by Dr. Al Waskie, who was still inresidence when Herrington got here, butWaskie left in 1978, leaving Herrington asthe sole doctor.

Growing with the townTo help him get established, Herrington

said, the association offered him six monthsrent-free, and three local women agreed towork for him free for two months —Dorothy Marshall, a registered nurse, BettyDeBeque, who was an accomplished, if un-certified nurse herself, and Marge Velasquez,who served as secretary and all-aroundhandy woman.

Once the two months were up, Marshalland Velasquez stayed on as paid help,Melanie Gianinetti was hired to be the newsecretary, and DeBeque “retired … again,”Herrington said.

At about the same time, the ladies run-ning the Near New second-hand store intown raised perhaps $20,000 to buy a mod-ern X-ray machine, replacing the outmodedrelic that was deemed to hazardous to oper-ate for any length of time.

Herrington quickly got to know some ofthe leaders in town, which at the time wasdominated by ranchers and coal minersworking for the Mid-Continent mines inRedstone. Roaring Fork Bank (now AlpineBank) President Bob Young was one, as was

From left to right: Doctors Gary Knaus, Rick Herrington and Kimball Spence at theentrance to the existing Roaring Fork Family Practice building on Highway 133. Thepractice will move to its new building, owned by Valley View Hospital, later thismonth. Photo by Rebecca Young

Ground breaking, circa 1958. That’s the year the Tri-County Medical Association brokeground on the structure that evolved into the Roaring Fork Family Practice building.From left to right are: Lael Hughes (contractor) and association board of directors Col.Leroy Cooper, Dr. W.H. Harlan, Charlie Keepers, Marian Jacobs, Clark Shipley, JohnHolden and Keith Berry. Courtesy photo

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Notes on Surls open houseThe open house for James Surls to explain and discuss his

“Sewing the Future” sculpture at town hall from 6 to 8 p.m.on July 7 requires some explaining here. Why? Because thetown is “posting” the get together as a Carbondale Board ofTrustees meeting, just in case a quorum shows up and a full-fledged trustees meeting technically breaks out. Anyway, adesignated trustee is expected to attend the open house toanswer possible questions about last year’s process that ledto the town agreeing in principal to accept Surls’s gift of his20-foot “Sewing the Future” sculpture, to be planted in themiddle of the Highway 133/Main Street roundabout. As forSurls himself, the noted sculptor who works out of his Mis-souri Heights studio has explained the symbolism behind hispiece several times in recent months, and plans to explain itsome more before the roundabout is “sculpture ready” inNovember. On a related note, the trustees are expected tovote on a motion to accept the sculpture as a gift during theconsent part of the agenda at their July 8 meeting.

Glacier hits Fat BellyGlacier Ice Cream, named by Forbes Traveler magazine

and the Boulder Daily Camera as Colorado’s best ice cream,is now being served up at Fat Belly Burgers at the east endof Main Street. “Fat Belly is the only Western Slope locationfor buying Glacier Ice Cream,” said Fat Belly spokeswomanFrancie Jacober. Flavors include Key Lime Pie, Jack DanielsOreos, Chocolate Raspberry Truffle, Root Beer Float andDeath by Chocolate. Also new at Fat Belly in the non-icecream category: two salads made with local and organicseasonal greens and vegetables. “The organic kale-quinoasalad is large enough for a meal by itself, with carrots, redonion, dried cranberries, pistachios, feta cheese and grapetomatoes with a balsamic dressing,” Jacober continued.“The locavore green salad has all local and organic mixedgreens, carrots, radishes or baby turnips, cherry tomatoes

and your choice of balsamic or orange-cilantro dressing.”Fat Belly still serves several versions of Crystal River Meatsburgers, hotdogs and lamb, plus hand-cut French fries, andhas added a chilidog with homemade chili.

June finally heats upA not-too-serious weather watcher up Red Hill reports

that his ACE hardware thermometer, propped in a shadycorner of his south facing porch, recorded its first 90-de-gree day of June on Sunday.

Remembering Storm KingIn commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the South

Canyon fire on Storm King Mountain, each show at theCrystal Theatre on July 4-6 will be preceded by a five-minute musical tribute by Mateo Sandate, Lyn Byars andSopia Clark. The Storm King fire near New Castle claimedthe lives of 14 federal fire-fighters on July 6, 1994.

Some of the winners are …Carbondale’s Casey Weaver was the overall winner

with a time of 3:30 in the June 28 Aspen BackcountryMarathon. Andea Bauer (from Carbondale) was first inher age group, as was Laurie Guevara-Stone in her agegroup. Get this: The 119 contestants first ran up Smug-gler Mountain then on to Van Horn Park. After that theycrossed the Roaring Fork River, charged up Buttermilkthen up Little Cloud Trail on Aspen Mountain. Question:with a 4,000 feet in elevation gain added to the 26.2-milecourse itself, is the Aspen Backcountry Marathon sort ofa marathon-plus-one? One heck of a marathon?

They say it’s your birthdayFolks celebrating their birthday this week include: Sissy

Sutro, Maggie Jones and Katie Jones (July 3); Brad Geddesand Dick Allenby (July 4); Herb Feinzig (July 5); DavidClark (July 6); and Will Grandbois (July 9).

Mark Fischer hoisted Lari Goode at the urging of a certainphotographer after learning Travel & Leisure’s onlinemagazine named their Phat Thai restaurant as one of thetop 20 Thai restaurants in the United States. Fischer andGoode credited chef Antonio Martinez for much of therestaurant’s success. They also own and operate Town.restaurant in Carbondale and the Pullman in GlenwoodSprings. Photo by Jane Bachrach

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Carbondale Soda Company: from hobby to business


Home delivery coming soon;Aspen expresses interestBy Nicolette ToussaintSopris Sun Correspondent

On May 11, during Dandelion Day, the Carbondale SodaCompany popped the cork on a dandelion honey crèmesoda, offering its first public samples to passers-by. Since then,the new firm has quickly bubbled to life, so far brewing uparound 80 gallons of fizzy fun, even though it has advertisedonly on Facebook and by word of mouth.

“We didn’t realize that we had a company until peoplestarted asking for sodas!” chuckles Adam Phillips. “It wasmore of a hobby at first.”

His partner Cody Skurupey adds, “It caught on, and thenwe had to go into scramble mode.”

Locals are currently imbibing the Carbondale Soda Com-pany’s sophisticated creations at the Roaring Fork Beer Com-pany and at White House Pizza, which recently held a tasting.Customers there were invited to try a spicy ginger beer, madefrom organic ginger and spiked with fatali peppers. “Half ofthem loved it, and half of them hated it,” reports Phillips. “It’snot for everyone.”

Carbondale Soda Company has also begun a home-de-livery subscription program. Bonedalians can sign on for twoliters a week on the company’s website at http://carbondale-sodaco.com/.

“We love being in Carbondale,” comments Jeff Allinson,who moved here in May, quickly becoming the venture’sthird partner. “The quality of ingredients is great around hereand people are happy to try something different.”

The company was Phillips’s brainchild. He grew up inCincinnati watching his mom make soda syrups. He broughtcooking and horticultural skills with him when he moved

here to take an IT job with SilverPeak Apothecary in Aspen.“I didn’t have a home life at first, so I was cooking at home,”he said. “I started making soda hoping to make enoughmoney to make and market a hot sauce. I grow peppers, andtiny drop of fatali pepper sauce goes into the ginger beer.”

Phillips eventually ran into Cody Skurupey at WhiteHouse Pizza and the two quickly discovered that they shareda Cincinnati background. Skurupey, who had alreadylaunched a successful local light bulb recycling business,soon signed on to handle marketing for the CarbondaleSoda Company.

Allinson, who oversees finance, has coined a slogan forthe company: “Taste the seasons.” The tagline refers to thecompany’s plan to offer two changing flavors each quarter,rotating them as ingredients come into season.

This June, their menu featured spicy cucumber ginger,honey cream, hops and honey, a dandelion cola, chile Limón(made from lemon verbena and fatali chilis), a chamomilehoney and a chamomile lavender flavor. They also brew aroot beer using burdock — an invasive weed that local gar-deners abhor, but soda sippers love.

The Carbondale Soda Company is brewing in the com-mercial kitchen of Bravo Catering, has its business licensesin place and is now ramping up its bottling — which meanswaiting. “You can’t buy just a few bottles,” chuckles Phillips.“You have to buy 4,000! So we’re waiting for a pallet to ar-rive.”

The truth is that we weren’t expecting this to take off sofast,” he said.

The company will be brewing a special, secret soda thatwill be offered to participants in the Glenwood SpringsCruise-aThong on July 19. (Phillips describes the Cruise-aThong as a “marathon for the common man.” It includes aone-mile bike race and a flip-flop walk, and the person withthe most-average time wins. The event is dedicated to im-proving the river experience in Glenwood through education

and infrastructure improvements).An outlet in Aspen has expressed interest, and the partners

have also had inquiries about brewing signature sodas forweddings and parties.

“As far as something new, unique and all-natural, there’snothing else like this around,” said Skurupey.

“We think this is going to take off,” Allinson added.

Adam Phillips (left) and Cody Skurupey (right) are two ofthe three partners at the Carbondale Soda Company. JeffAllinson rounds out the crew. The sodas are available ontap on a limited basis right now, and a bottling operationis in the words. Photo by Nicolette Toussiant


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John ColsonSopris Sun Correspondent

They were talking trash at Carbondale’sTown Hall on Monday night, but in theend it all came to little beyond a call formore meetings and more talk.

The town’s Environmental Board (akaE-board) called the meeting to get publicinput for a proposal to rewrite the town’strash-hauling ordinance, and possibly to re-arrange the entire system of trash pickupsand disposal.

But after hearing from several localtrash haulers, including a lengthy presenta-tion from Scott Eden, a self-described “pro-fessor of garbology” and a part-owner ofInterMountain Waste and Recycling inCarbondale, the meeting broke up for lackof time.

There will be more talks, however, afterone of the organizers, Jason Haber of theCommunity Office of Resource Efficiency(CORE) called for another meeting andfurther study of what those at Monday’smeeting generally agreed is a complex sub-ject and one that could have serious rami-fications beyond decisions about who picksup trash in town, when they do it andwhere they take it.

BackgroundMonday’s meeting grew out of a pres-

entation by Haber and E-board memberJason White to the town’s board of trusteesin April, about the E-board’s long-standing

interest in seeking ways to better managethe garbage that town residents generate.

Haber offered a summary of issues thatincluded assigning the residential trash-hauling business to a single hauler as a wayof cutting down on the number of tripsthrough town by trash trucks and reduc-ing road damage, exhaust emissions andnoise impacts.

The idea, according to Haber’s list andideas voiced at the meeting, is to provide avariety of services — regular trash pickup, agreater level of recycling including compost,and pickup of household hazardous waste.

Other topics are to include whether res-idents would benefit more from a “flat-fee”payment structure. White told the meet-ing’s attendees that the town has been con-sidering a remake of the trash haulingsystem for about five years, but that anumber of complications arose that de-railed the effort until now.

Town Trustee Katrina Byers, appointedas a liaison to the E-board, told those inthe room, “I see our waste as an opportu-nity,” largely to boost recycling as a meas-ure of the town’s commitment to anenvironmental ethic.

“I think we can put together a really re-markable system,” she declared hopefully.

Others, particularly the professionaltrash haulers in the room, were more skep-tical about the proposed changes.

“You’re going to put me out of busi-ness,” said Eden, referring to the idea of

putting a single company in charge ofeverything. He predicted that one of the bignational trash companies, such as WasteManagement, Inc. (a Texas corporation)would underbid smaller outfits based lo-cally and eliminate them from the market.

“I think everybody should have a choiceabout who comes to your house to pick upyour trash,” said Jackie Bluiss of VIP TrashServices in Glenwood Springs. She also re-vealed that where recycling is concerned,the only landfill in the Roaring Fork Valleythat will accept recycled material, PitkinCounty, recently put a cap on the amountof recycled stuff it would take from indi-vidual haulers. That forces haulers to takerecycled material to other, more distantlandfills, which affects everything from fuelconsumption to wages for drivers to pollu-tion from truck exhaust pipes.

Another hauler, Don Vandevender ofMRI (once known as Mountain Rolloffs,Inc., now called Mountain Refuse, Inc.)shared the concerns mentioned by Bluiss.

“It affects us tremendously,” he said,adding that “we’ve already hit our max”with the Pitkin County dump and are nowhauling recycled trash to Eagle County orto the South Canyon dump west of Glen-wood Springs.

“It really comes down to human con-sumption (and) responsibility,” Vandeven-der continued, suggesting that the only wayto improve the recycling situation would beto limit the amount of recycled material

that haulers can accept.“Limit the amount of recycling?” re-

joined Dave Reindel, co-founder of EverGreen Events and an E-board member.“That’s ridiculous.”

Instead, he said, “Let’s work upstream”to identify the sources of unnecessary trash— such as packaging materials for con-sumer goods — and cut down on that.

Karen Eden, part-owner of InterMoun-tain, emphasized that having smaller, localcompanies doing the work offers the bene-fit of local offices where customers can con-nect with a human being on the phone whocan quickly address and solve problems.

Scott Eden, in his PowerPoint presenta-tion to the meeting, outlined the manycomplexities involved in the garbage han-dling business, pointing out that 60 percentof the waste stream in the U.S., statisticallyspeaking, is food waste.

A number of topics listed by Habernever made it into the discussion, such asthe issue of bandit dumping — people ille-gally putting their trash in Dumpsters thatthey do not pay for.

Despite a lack of progress toward rec-ommendations on how to proceed, Habersaid at the end of the meeting, “I don’t thinka minute of this has been wasted time.”

And he encouraged those present andanyone with an interest in the subject, tocome to the next meeting, scheduled for 6 to7:30 p.m. on July 23 at Town Hall andmake their thoughts known.

E-board talks trash; trash haulers talk back


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The Carbondale Rotary Club meets at 6:50 a.m.on Wednesdays at the Carbondale Firehouse. Visitorsare welcome to come enjoy our weekly program andlearn about the wonderful work Rotary does in thecommunity and around the world.

UPCOMING PROGRAMSJuly 9 — Rick Blauvelt, Raising a ReaderJuly 16 — A visit by our new District Governor,

Bob Delevan July 23 — Garfield County Commissioner

Tom Jankovsky and county attor-ney Frank Hutfless will be talkingabout health insurance issues

July 30 — John Craig, update on Rotary Africaproject

For program suggestions, contact Steve Skinner,[email protected]

For membership and other Rotary Club information, visit www.rotarycarbondale.org

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New year for RotaryJuly is the start of a new year for Ro-

tary clubs around the world, and bringsa new theme for Rotary International,“Light Up Rotary.” Our club would liketo thank outgoing president Louis Meyerfor his service this past year, and wel-comes Ken Neubecker as our club pres-ident for the coming year.

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Happening was a global successCarbondale Rotary’s annual Happen-

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THURSDAY July 3lIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the oldpart of the Dinkel Building presents Skyfootat 8:30 p.m. This touring trio plays a mix offunk, rock and bluegrass in the spirit ofDerek Trucks and Phish. Tickets are $10.Info: 963-3304.

RAPTOR FAIR • The Aspen Center for En-vironmental Studies holds its second annualRaptor Fair from 3 to 6 p.m. at Hallam Lakein Aspen 9 (behind the post office). It’s free.Info: 925-5756.

RODEO • The Carbondale Wild WestRodeo continues its 2014 season at GusDarien Arena east of town on County Road100. Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; slack starts at6 p.m. with the Grand Entry at 7:30 p.m.Tickets are $10 adults/$30 per carload up tosix, free for kids under 10. The weekly rodeoruns through Aug. 21. Info: carbon-dalerodeo.com.

ROTARy • The Mt. Sopris Rotary meets atMi Casita at noon every Thursday.

THUR.-SAT. July 3-5THEATRE • Thunder River Theatre con-cludes its production of “American Buffalo”at 7:30 p.m. on July 3 and July 5, and 2 p.m.on July 4. This David Mamet play is recom-mended for adults and mature teens. Thestory is set in a mysterious landscape in whichthere can never be any accuracy about whatis true and what is illusion. “’American Buf-falo’ is a very funny play,” said a TRTCspokesman. “It also contains a steady streamof profanity! The language is not gratuitous.TRTC has chosen to do the play as it is writ-

ten.” Tickets are $22 for adults and $12 forstudents. Info: thunderrivertheatre.com and

963-8200.

FRIDAY July 4FIRST FRIDAy • Carbondale’s monthlyFirst Friday takes place with variousevents and related activities all over town.THE FOURTH • Today’s Fourth of Julyaction is as follows:10:30 a.m. – Kids parade downtown;(line up starts at 10 a.m.)11 a.m. – Ice cream and watermelon in

Sopris Park;5 p.m. – Sidewalk chalk art downtown;5 p.m. – No Joe’s at Fourth Street Plaza7 p.m. – Tjaar at Fourth Street PlazaDusk – Fire show with Sacred Fire.Info: 963-1890.MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents“The Immigrant” (R) at 7:30 p.m. July 4-10;“Chef” (R) at 5 p.m. July 4-6 and “Belle”(PG) at 5:15 p.m. (captioned) July 7.lIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the oldpart of the Dinkel Building presents theIowa-based Comfort Kings. They play a

high-energy blend of Americana, indie rockand folk, with mandolin, banjo, guitar, har-monica, foot percussion and great har-monies. Info: 963-3304.lIVE MUSIC • Rick Rock & the Roostersplays American Legion Post 100 after tonight’scookout. Admission is $5. Info: 963-2381.GOOD GRUB • American Legion Post 100(at 97 N. Third St.) throws an old-fashionedcookout starting at 5 p.m. It’s $8 for membersand $12 for non-members. Info: 963-2381.ClAy CENTER • The Carbondale ClayCenter opens the Birdie Boone show “Sink”with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Boone is aSanta Fe potter who is influenced by theJapanese mingei idea of “beauty in use.”

SATURDAY July 5THOMPSON HOUSE TOURS • The Mt.Sopris Historical Society hosts free tours ofthe Thompson House Museum on Saturdaysfrom 2 to 5 p.m. through the summer. Thehistoric Thompson House is located directlybehind the River Valley Ranch tennis courts.Info: 963-7041.DEAD AlERT • Dark Star Orchestra playsState Bridge Riverside Amphitheatre inBond. Info: 614-285-7472.

SUNDAY July 6KOROlOGOS • “Bones of America:Western Barns and Farmlands” by artistSimon Winegar concludes today at the Ko-rologos Gallery in downtown Basalt. Info:korologosgallery.com. lUTHERANS MEET • Faith LutheranChurch holds a worship servcie at the Car-

bondale Middle School auditorium: tradi-tional service (9 a.m.), educational hour (10a.m.), living praise worship (11:30 a.m.).Info. Faithcarbondale.com and 925-7725.

TUESDAY July 8PROFESSOR PROTON VISITS • The Pro-fessor Proton Science Show visits the Car-bondale Branch Library as part of thesummer reading program at 10:30 a.m. Theprof will talk about force, motion, electricityand more. Info: gcpld.org.TWO STEPPIN’ • Two Step Tuesdays re-turn to the Third Street Center from 7:45 to9:45 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday ofthe month through August. No partner orexperience necessary; $7 per person. Info:meetup.com/RFVDance/ or Facebook.lIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the old partof the Dinkel Building presents Adam Ezra.On July 10 it’s Seth Walker. Info: 963-3304.GlENWOOD MARKET • Glenwood’sDowntown Market happens every Tuesdayfrom 4 to 8 p.m. There’s live music and more.Info: glenwoodmarket.com and 618-3650.ASPEN INSTITUTE • The Murdock Mind,Body, Spirit series presents “Mindfulness andthe Psychology of Possibility” with EllenLanger from 7 to 8 p.m. at Paepcke Audito-rium. Langer is a social psychologist andHarvard professor who has written 11books, including “Mindfulness: The Powerof Mindful Learning.” She is also the recipi-ent of a Guggenheim Fellowship and wonthe Staats award for Unifying Psychology.Admission is $20. Info: 920-5770.


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OngoingMEDITATION AND DHARMA • John(Chophel) Bruna facilitates a meditation andDharma talk at the Third Street Center from5:30 to 7 p.m. on Wednesdays. There will be a25 minute meditation, followed by a dharmatalk with time for questions and answers. It’soffered by the Way of Compassion Founda-tion and co-sponsored by Davi Nikent. Info:wayofcompassion.org.DANCE AND MOVEMENT • Coredination

and Bonedale Ballet’s Summer Dance andMovement Workshop will be held from June23 to Aug. 23. Classes include ballet, jazz, tap,Pilates and yoga for all ages. Info: 379-2187 orbonedaleballet.com.CCAH • The Carbondale Council on Arts andHumanities continues its show “Landscapes& Landmarks” at the Third Street Center. Theshow features Mary Cervantes (pastel), MaryNoone (acrylic), Charles O. Bailey (latex),

Greg Watts (photography), Brian Colley (wa-tercolor), Mark Simpkins (oil) and CarrieTrippe and Nicole Kinsler (mixed media).Info: carbondalearts.com.

FREE yOGA • True Nature Healing Arts(100 N. Third St.) offers free yoga from 4 to 5p.m. on Sundays through the summer. Info:963-9900.

MINDFUlNESS • The MLP MindfulnessCourse, taught by John (Chophel) Bruna, isoffered July 8, 15, 19 and 22. Info: mindful-lifeprogram.org.

WEDNESDAY July 9yO yO MASTER PERFORMS • Yo yomaster Aman Sircus performs at the Car-bondale Branch Library at 4 p.m. Sircus usesyo-yo’s and other skill toys, while adding anew-age twist to old tricks alongside elec-tronic music. Info: gcpld.org.

POTTERS SPEAK • The Artstream CeramicLibrary Potters (Alleghany Meadows, StevenColby and Andy Brayman) give a lecture at theCarbondale Branch Library from 6 to 7 p.m.They will speak about what inspired the cupsthey lend from the Ceramic Library. Theseunique cups, crafted by 13 nationally-knownpotters, will stay at the library until July 30 andmay be loaned out to library patrons for a pe-riod of seven days. Info: gcpld.org.FARMER’S MARKET CONTINUES • TheCarbondale Farmer’s Market returns to theFourth Street Plaza from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on

Wednesday through Oct. 1. There’s live music,fresh produce, local meat/cheese/bread/craftsand more. This week, some artists fromCCAH’s current show “Landscapes & Land-marks” will be painting live at the market.CUlTURE ClUB • The Carbondale CultureClub presents hand analyst expert CindyColano at the Third Street Center at noon.Colano wrote the book “World of Hands:Your Life in Your Hands.” The presentation isfree. Coming up July 16, AO Forbes(singer/songwriter); July 23, Ananda Banc(singer/songwriter/guitarist); July 30, JoannScott (nia black belt instructor) combiningmovement, art and energetic clearing.lIVE MUSIC • Basalt continues its LiveAfter Five free music series with AlreadyGone at Willits Town Center. The free musicgoes from 5:30 to 8 p.m. and alternates be-tween Willits and downtown Basalt. Info:Basaltchamber.org.ROTARy • The Rotary Club of Carbon-dale meets at the Carbondale fire station at6:50 a.m. For program suggestions, [email protected].


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Save the DateSATURDAY Aug. 9SHINDIG • The Mount Sopris Historical Society holds its first ever Shindig at the ThompsonHouse Museum from 6 to 9 p.m.

THURSDAY July 10CARBONDALE LIBRARY • The Carbon-dale Branch Library offers Pizza & Pagesfor teens at 4 p.m. on the second Thursdayof the month. Info: 963-2880 or gcpld.org.

THUR.-SAT. July 10-12THEATRE • SoL Theatre Company includesthree adults (Lee Sullivan, Brian Keleher andLogan Carter) in its production of Shake-speare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” atthe Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork’s au-ditorium. Curtain time each on July 10-12 is7 p.m., with a 2 p.m. matinee on July 12. Tick-ets are $10 for students and $15 for adults.The Waldorf School is located just upvalleyfrom Catherin Store on the Highway 82frontage road.

SUNDAY July 13lIVE MUSIC • CCAH presents Paa Kowand the Main Squeeze at Sopris Park startingat 5 p.m. Paa Kow kicks off the evening withhis Ghana-jazz and African pop. He closed

out last year’s Mountain Fair on Saturdaynight. The Chicago-based Main Squeeze takesthe stage at 7 p.m., funkifying a wide varietyof music. The concert is free. Info: 963-1680or carbondalearts.com.

THURSDAY July 17SUN MEETING • The Sopris Sun wants tohear from YOU! Please join us for a Com-munity Open House to gather input fromcommunity members as we chart the futureof The Sopris Sun. The meeting will take placein the Carbondale Branch Library’s commu-nity room from 6 to 8 p.m. Info: Debbie at379-0214 or [email protected].

FRIDAY July 18lIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the oldpart of the Dinkel Building presents thesoulful rock act Quiney Mumford & TheReason Why. You can check out the band’ssong “A Hard Place” from last year’s “It’sOnly Change” on Guitar World’shttp:/bit.ly/1lkHOb2.

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Microsoft Windows basics in Spanish at 6p.m. on July 24. The introductory classgives hands-on training for adults whohave basic computer skills but are new tothe Microsoft Windows 7 operating sys-tem. The class is for Spanish speakers onlyand space is limited. To reserve a spot, call963-2889 or go to gcpld.org.

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Encouraging Conference slatedThe Orchard, Christ Community

Church and Bread & Wine Ministries arepartnering together to bring Theresa Ded-mon to the Roaring Fork Valley for their

Encouraging Arts Conference scheduledfor July 18-20. Dedmon has an interna-tional ministry that focuses on equippingand activating people and churches so theycan step into their supernatural destiny,while touching their communities throughcreative expressions and love, according toa press release. “Are you a writer, an artist,a photographer, a dancer, a fashion de-signer, a musician, a craftsman, an inven-tor, a culinary artist or an actor?” said aconference spokeswoman. “Theresa willempower your creative gift and wake upnew areas of creativity in you.” The costfor the two-day event is $44. For details,go to eventbrite.com and search “encour-aging arts.”

CPW accepting turkey applicationsThe deadline to apply for a limited fall

turkey-hunting license is July 10, accordingto a Colorado Parks and Wildlife. For de-tails, call 303-291-7526.

Computer volunteers neededHigh school and college age volunteers

are needed in Silt and Glenwood Springs toteach computer skills to adults with intel-lectual disabilities. “The computers are pro-vided and all you need is a compassionateheart and an hour or two a week to helpthese wonderful individuals operate ancomputer, iPad, or Android phone,” said aHigh Country RSVP spokeswoman. Fordetails, call 947-8462 or 947-8461.

TRTC looking for playwrightsThe Carbondale-based Thunder River

Theatre Company will spotlight a local play-wright in its 2014 new play development se-ries. Playwrights from Aspen to Parachuteare eligible to submit original, never-pro-duced, full-length plays (no longer than 90minutes and seven or fewer characters). The

new play series was launched in 2010with Kristin Carlson’s “Eudora’s Box.”Other selections include “The GreaterGood” by Rebecca Gilman (2011) and“Leonard and Daphne,” by Felice Locker(2013). The entry deadline is Aug. 1. Fordetails, go to thunderrivertheatre.com.

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Brittany Biebl, of Carbondale, returns a serve from Glenwood’s Phyllis Zilm in the women’s 4.5 singles final at last weekend’s 17th annual River Valley Ranch Tennis Classic.The three-day tournament attracted a field from around the state. Zilm won her championship match against Biebl 6-4, 6-1. Photo by Lynn Burton

Crankit upThe weather was hot but

the ice cream and music werecool at last weekend’s 13thannual Mount Sopris MusicFest. The festival, which tookplace on Friday and Saturdayin downtown, was a hit withkids and adults, and gavemost everyone a reason tosmile. On Friday, Carbon-dale favorite Lipbone Red-ding performed on stage,hung out with locals andlater joined the Steve SkinnerBand on stage (right), addinghis signature “lip trombone”and unique vocal stylings toa few songs.

Photos and text by Jane Bachrach


Clockwise from upper left: Jax Mosscame equipped with ear protectorsand a nifty hat but did not seem tobe enjoying himself quite a much as everyone else, dancers dancing,Cody Lee and daughter Avi, andan unidentified dog.

Clockwise from upper left: Louie Girardot, anunidentified tiny dancer, and Karen Grey andone of her Walkinder School students. Musiciansprovided some good licks and so did the icecream, Tyler and Sam (on shoulders) Stableford.Photos by Jane Bachrach


By Denise BarkhurstSopris Sun Correspondent

In last week’s article, I ruminated about the remark-able success of the wolf reintroduction program in Idaho’sFrank Church Wilderness and Yellowstone NationalPark. There are now just over 1,600 wolves throughoutMontana, Wyoming and Idaho, and though wolves re-main on the federal endangered species list, each of thesestates has removed state protection. These predators arebeing kept in limited numbers through hunting tags andloose verification that they, in fact, have been killed forposing a threat to one’s livestock. A stable population ofabout 1,000 wolves is expected to become the norm forthe Northern Rockies.

Wolf behavior is distinct; the animals establish a terri-tory as a pack and then defend that territory from otherwolves. Their habitat spreads when a pair moves into anew area, has pups, and a new pack is formed. Packs con-sist of an average of seven wolves, but can be as large as15. This is what has happened in Oregon with wolves mi-grating in from Idaho. Wolves have established new ter-ritory in the Cascade Mountains and high easternplateaus of Oregon; there are now seven packs, totaling64 wolves. They have also wandered into northeast Wash-ington, with 53 wolves reported in mid 2013.

OR-7As noted in last week’s Sopris Sun article, OR-7, as he

was named, had a tracking collar, and Oregon wildlife of-ficials wondered whether they should re-collar him whenthe batteries began to die. After all, his fate as a loner wasdire. He had wandered 250 miles in Oregon looking for

a mate. However, after three years ofsearching, OR-7, renamed “Journey,”found a black female to pair with. Thispair and their pups are causing a stir inthe wildlife world as they create a homein southwest Oregon just 60 miles fromthe California border. The newsprompted California to follow in Ore-gon’s footsteps by quickly passing pro-tective legislation.

Wolves are successfully re-enteringtheir ancient habitats. Even though manybelieve that Wyoming’s eagerness to keepwolf numbers small will inhibit theirspread into Colorado, it seems only in-evitable that their need for new, remotelands will bring them to our forests. Thehabitat identified by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service asmost likely to support wolves in Colorado is focused onthe Flat Tops and the San Juans. Rocky Mountain Na-tional Park officials have also debated the idea of intro-ducing a few wolves to the park to control elk populationsand re-balance the wildlife ecosystem. According to a U.S.Fish and Wildlife report, it is believed that Colorado couldsupport approximately 1,200 wolves.

A planAccording to Eric O’Dell with the Department of Nat-

ural Resources, it is highly unlikely that a wolf reintro-duction into Colorado will ever be implemented. Rather,the Colorado Wolf Management Working Group, madeup of county commissioners, wildlife biologists, livestockproducers, environmentalists and sportsmen, developeda plan for dealing with the likely scenario of wolves even-tually migrating down from Wyoming to live in our

wilderness.The basic concept is one of conflict

avoidance. The group accepts that wolvesshould be allowed to naturally reintegrateinto Colorado, that keeping the public en-gaged and educated is key, and that theplan will remain dynamic as situationschange. Monitoring and managing thepopulation is paramount. The plan specifi-cally outlines protocol for wolf-humanand potential wolf-livestock conflict, em-phasizing non-lethal methods of discour-agement. Currently, gray wolves are stillprotected under the Endangered SpeciesAct, and it is a federal offense to kill onein Colorado. Should the federal govern-ment de-list the wolves as endangered,

they would still remain on the state endangered specieslist until Colorado laws changed. So far, the few that havebeen sighted have either not been verified or have not sur-vived (one was hit by a car on I-70 and one was illegallypoisoned). The “trophic cascade” effect (see last week’sartcle) from predator introduction offers an unknown forColorado. Findings and recommendations from the man-agement group indicate that, “top-level carnivores mayspeed up nutrient cycling, provide carrion for otherspecies, cull sick or weak animals, influence the way preyspecies use the landscape and contribute to biological di-versity as exhibited in Yellowstone National Park.

“Broader habitat management and conservation pur-poses are also served by the presence of large carnivoressuch as the gray wolf.”

But the gray wolf has not roamed these mountains fornearly a century, and some believe that the landscape has

Colorado plan deals with wandering wolvesBut reintroduction unlikely

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been so altered that wolf reintroductioncannot possibly reverse the ecological ref-ormation. At a time when global warm-ing is resulting in increasingly warmertemperatures, beetle kill is devastatingour forests, and fracking is negatively af-fecting the winter ranges of migratorywildlife, focusing on wolves as an eco-logical balancing solution is too simpleand distracts from more serious conser-vation challenges. That being said, datacollected over the last 20 years verifies theimmense benefits to wildlife populations,stream repair and plant recovery by al-lowing this top predator to once againbecome part of the lower 48 states. It is astep closer to balance.

Greatest challengePerhaps the greatest challenge in learn-

ing to live with wolves is more politicaland social than environmental. Wildlifebiologists can predict how wolves willchange elk and deer populations based onobservations in other states, and evenforesee healthier riparian habitats as abenefit, but calculating cultural accept-ance is an unknown. The managementplan quotes one researcher as speculatingthat “perhaps no other wildlife species isas affected by human perceptions and at-titudes than is the gray wolf.” Whenwolves arrive here, will we be educatedand prepared to share our lands? Whatwill our perceptions be?

Physicians om page 5

Reed Harris, who owned the Morrison-Knudsen trucking company that hauledcoal for Mid-Continent.

Herrington said he lived on MaroonDrive, a relatively new subdivision at thesouth end of town. He recalled being keptawake nights for a week, until he got usedto it, by the sound of coal trucks poundingpast on the nearby Coal Road (also knownas Snowmass Drive), a bypass built to takethe trucks around town on their way toMid-Continent’s loading facility onCatherine Store Road.

At that time, he said, Sopris Avenue wasthe only truly paved street in town, asMain Street was surfaced in chip & sealmaterial.

Coal miners made up a considerableportion of his practice, he said, althoughnot in emergencies. If a miner was seri-ously injured in those days, Herringtonsaid, the mine’s practice was to “load himinto a van and drive as fast as possible toValley View.”

Once his practice was established, hecontinued, the van might stop at the clinicbuilding “if the miner was still alive and ifit looked like there was somebody there (inthe clinic building).”

In fact, Herrington said, he was instru-mental in setting up the first true ambu-lance service for Carbondale and theCrystal River Valley, along with newlyhired Mid-Continent safety manager, RichVanDellen. The two put together a series

of emergency medical technician classes, atfirst just to provide medical care whiletransporting injured miners. Two well-known locals, Ron Leach and nurse edu-cator Maureen Nichols, were among thefirst to take the class, Herrington said.

By 1976, Herrington had been hard atit as the solo doctor for a couple of years.

“We were so busy my wife told me,‘You need to find a medical partner or anew wife,’” he remembered with a grin.

Knaus had recently contacted Her-rington about a continuing residency atthe clinic (Knaus already had finished aresidency in Greeley), saying he wantedto return to the Western Slope but notnecessarily to Rifle, and by January, 1977he had moved to Carbondale and house-sat for a few months then returned forgood in 1978.

In the ensuing years, Herrington andKnaus formed a partnership, naming theclinic Herrington & Knaus, P.C., for anumber of years, before switching toRoaring Fork Family Physicians whenSpence bought into the business in 1992.

The practice grew steadily over thedecades, Knaus told The Sopris Sun, as didthe building. There were two expansions,one in 1963 when the Tri-County boardadded an X-ray room and an exam room,and again in 1999 when it was brought toits current shape and size.

As the building grew, the staff did too,taking on new doctors, new physicians’ as-

sistants, new clerical staff and nurses.Today, Knaus’s son, Dr. Chad Knaus,

who moved to Carbondale as a toddler in1977 with his dad, also is part of the practice.

All through that time, of course, the pa-tient load grew, too.

Knaus said the practice has 25,000people in its patient data base (the clinichas been paperless for years, switching toelectronic record-keeping long before it be-came the industry standard).

An audit of the records over the lastthree years, he said, revealed that theclinic had seen about 10,000 patientsover that period.

Knaus acknowledged there is “a littlebit of angst in the community about usbeing part of Valley View,” but added, “thebusiness of medicine is so complex thesedays, a small mom-and-pop operation justcan’t do it.”

For instance, he said, a new X-ray ma-chine to replace the 40-year-old model stillin use, would cost as much as $400,000.

The hospital, he said, can absorb manyof the functions and costs that a smallpractice finds impossible to deal with.

But, he stressed, other than the size ofthe building, increased efficiency and bet-ter equipment, the practice is not supposedto change.

“We have no plans to change any-thing,” he said. “The bottom line is, we’renot raising prices because we’ve movedinto a new building.”


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The way this works right now is that in-terested people can sign up with me for a28-day program of frozen lunches and din-ners, which will be stored in a freezer at theFood Co-op and picked up weekly. We havefound that committing to a 28-day programis the best way to introduce people to thislifestyle modification.

Most people will be free of their addictionto salt, sugar and fat in two weeks, and in fourweeks they will feel so good and will be sohappy with their weight, their blood pressureand their numbers (blood glucose, lipids) thatthey want to find a way to continue the pro-gram, either on their own or with some pre-pared meals. We plan to offer cooking classesto help them and offer them other support.

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PS’ing Harvey on SurlsDear Editor:

I’ll add a PS to Carbondale Trustee AllynHarvey’s recent writing about the Surlsroundabout sculpture: “’Sewing the Future’is a distinctly modern piece of art that will bea source of inspiration for some and conster-nation for others. That is, it will join the pan-theon of public art installations around theworld that get people talking.”

Years ago I went to a lecture by artistsChristo and Jean Claude, known for theirshort-term pieces in the out-of-doors that re-quired years of planning but don’t last verylong. Examples are the “Gates” in CentralPark in New York, wrapping the Reichstagin Berlin, putting lily pads around islands nearMiami, their current “Over the River” projectproposed near Salida, and the “Rifle Curtain”at Rifle Gap, which was torn apart by thewind in about 28 hours.

When asked why they would spend yearsplanning a project that would last from hoursto a of couple months at most, they said thatreally the most important part of their art wasnot the fleeting-end product. The most im-portant thing was that it created conversa-tion, often controversy, about what art reallyis, where it belongs, what it does to quality oflife, and more.

Christo would be tickled about Carbon-dale. Between the new Art aRound Townsculptures and the upcoming Surls piece, peo-ple are talking!!! I hope lots of people, nomatter their opinions, come to the July 7 openhouse at Town Hall at which James Surls willdescribe how the piece relates to Carbondaleand its environment and will tell about hisunique vision.

An illustration and description, T-shirts,and the opportunity to donate will also beavailable at most Carbondale Farmers’ Mar-kets on Wednesdays. May the level of buzzbe audible.

Sue EdelsteinCarbondale

Sculpture wears no clothesDear Editor:

Numerous people have approached meand thanked me for helping to initiate a con-versation regarding the roundabout and

Surls’ sculpture. Numerous times, locals havevoiced dismay that this artwork does not rep-resent Carbondale. They wonder why morepeople haven’t spoken up. They ask why thepublic was shut out of the decision process.They wish we’d had a vote. They say a peti-tion won’t cut it — you have to sign yourname to a petition and the proponents of thesculpture have been so good to them, to theentire town that they simply cannot publi-cally speak up. But behind closed curtains,where you can anonymously cast a vote, theyassure me they would vote against this par-ticular piece of art.

A couple of prominent locals have likenedthis situation to the “Emperor’s New Clothes”parable. Perfect analogy. What I see is a crewof archeologists unearthing the sculpture38,000 years from now and needing a RosettaStone to decipher it.

There’s a public meeting scheduled for earlyJuly. Let’s all be there. Before it’s too late.

Molly SwantonCarbondale

Digging the SurlsDear Editor:

Carbondale can be proud to host a grandsculpture by James Surls at the new round-about on Highway 133 and Main Street. Heis one of the great American sculptors and weare all grateful that he is donating his timeand talent to give us an iconic symbol of thecreativity, beauty and community that we alllove so much.

For those of you that are not familiar withSurls’s work, please visit his website at james-surls.com and, if you agree with me and somany others that love his work, donate to theproject at carbondaleroundaboutsculpture.com.James has been holding occasional events athis studio on Missouri Heights and I encour-age you to attend and learn about the round-about sculpture and other incredible examplesof the creativity for which Carbondale has be-come so well known.

Eric SmithCarbondale

Festival thanksDear Editor:

Carbondale put on a fantastic celebrationthis last weekend with the 13th annualMount Sopris Music Fest. Our annual festi-val presented over 20 hours of great livemusic thanks to over 100 volunteer musicianswho came to the historic, downtown to playfor their friends and neighbors. The localmusic scene just gets better every year and thisyear’s music lineup raised the bar again. Besure to thank and support your favorite localmusicians every chance you get. They makeall our lives better with their musical skills.

The fest was another successful fund-raiser for KDNK and its staff and volunteersran the beverage garden smoothly on two hotsummer days and nights. The free-music festwas made possible by the work of manymusic-loving volunteers along with our spon-sors: the town of Carbondale, AlpineBank, KDNK, Jen Perez, Copy Copy, AmoreRealty, Senor Taco Show, Sopris Chiroprac-tic and all the music venues. It was a real mu-sical blast! Hope to see you next year.

Steve, Mary Margaret and ShannonSteve’s GuitarsCarbondale

Citizens’ Climate Lobby om page 2Carbondale. Coffman has publicly denied an-thropogenic warming, but that did not alterour strategy: Begin with gratitude, in this casefor his military service and support of windmanufacturing. Explain our policy in briefterms. Ask if the Congressman could supportour bill. Listen actively to his concerns. Mar-tin Luther King, Jr. said, “Love is the onlyforce capable of transforming an enemy intoa friend.” Citizens Climate Lobby volunteersknow we can achieve landmark legislation ifwe help heal a divided Congress.

Knowledge is power, and in our case, a re-cent economic study of carbon-fee-and-divi-dend gave us the confidence of a team with agift to share, instead of the nerves of a groupabout to pick a fight.

In June, Regional Economic Modeling,Inc. (REMI) found that as a purely fiscalpolicy, without accounting for potential en-vironmental benefits, this policy wouldgrow GDP 1 percent and create two to threemillion jobs in its first 20 years. This is ca-reer-saving news for Colorado’s House Re-publicans, including Scott Tipton (District 3,the Western Slope) and Mark Udall’s oppo-nent in the 2014 Senate race, Cory Gardner(District 4, the Eastern Plains).

In difficult economic times, representativescan offer carbon-fee-and-dividend as a boostto districts, without squabbling over whetherglobal warming is real. Republican officesthat accept the science are eager to avoid big-government spending on cleanup for increas-

ingly destructive fires and floods. For thoseopposing the EPA’s new rules for powerplants, fee-and-dividend provides a gracefulalternative that could obviate the need forheavy-handed regulation.

And the hidden benefit to all this?A livable world!The REMI study predicts 50 percent CO2

reductions by 2035, if the policy is enacted inthe next two years.

Our keynote speaker at CCL’s conferencewas former U.S. Rep Bob Inglis, a Republi-can from the most conservative district inSouth Carolina. He assured us that we willsucceed, because we have the right policy, andmore importantly, the right people. No oneexemplifies the human element of this organ-

ization better than Jay Butera, a politicallymoderate, soft-spoken volunteer fromPhiladelphia. When Butera discovered thatsouthern Florida had no active CCL chapters,he bought a one-way ticket and spent amonth recruiting volunteers, inventing theprocess as he went. Jay says it best: “I believethat bold actions by a few brave people canchange the course of history and stabilize theearth’s climate. I believe I am one of thosepeople. Doing this will not be easy or com-fortable, but it is definitely possible. And sinceit is possible, I must try.”

Amelia Potvin and Dave Reed are membersof the Roaring Fork Valley chapter of Citi-zens’ Climate Lobby.

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about as rigged as they come. What’s theold saying? Art is in the eye of the personbuying said art.

Carbondale does not need Houston’ssloppy seconds in its gateway or anywhereelse. Besides:

1. Ask someone who has lived here formore than 10 years if they know of JamesSurls and you will probably hear this an-swer, “Who? Oh yeah, I think he works atJunction Pipe.”

2. The roundabout is already decoratedwith Mount Sopris (or as the Utes call it –“Big Mountain by Two Rivers” becausethey don’t have the white-man hang-upwhere we have to name everything after

ourselves for posterity).3. $200,000 would buy a hell of a lot

of art supplies for the local kids whowill have to play real-life Frogger when-ever they’re trying to get to 7/Eleven fora Slurpee.

Let’s blame it on Mercury in retro-grade, or the fact that poop rolls downhilland Aspen’s like a Willy Wonka factorywhen it comes to poop … whatever thecase, it’s not too late to showcase our truecolors, and let the roundabout just beabout the traffic. As we all know, Car-bondale is a great place to be! (Once youactually get here). And I, for one, wouldlike to keep it that way.

More than 600 Citizens’ Climate Change members traveled to Washington, D.C. to lobbyCongress last week. From left to right are Dave Reed and Amelia Potvin of the RoaringFork Valley chapter, Susan Secord and Susan Riederer, both from Boulder, and BetseyHouse of Denver. Courtesy photo

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The logo for Cassie’s Corner Store in Basalt is none other than Cassie herself — ajoy-filled Bernese mountain dog who loved the Roaring Fork Valley as much as herowners. Her corner store/gas station/propane outlet is garnering some great attentionas a go-to place for locals and tourists alike. Andwith Clark’s Market closing this month in the sameplaza, their timing couldn’t be better.

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Valle MusicoCarbondale Rhythm Collective

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Bulls & bowls Fueled by foot-stomping music fromthe Mount SoprisMusic Festival, thedowntown scene onSaturday night wasn’texactly like a bull ina china shop, buthow about a fakebull near a ceramicsstudio? Such was theaction when the ad-venturous set climbedonto the mechanicalbull set out by theBlack Nugget onFourth Street (far left),while others (left)chose their bowls atthe Carbondale ClayCenter’s Cajun ClayNight fund-raiser.More than 200 hand-thrown bowls foundnew homes at CajunClay and more thanhalf of the six-footalligator cake wasconsumed. As for thebull riders, no wordon how manyclimbed on board butthis contestant wasthe reported winner.Photos by Jane Bachrach


TOWN OF CARBONDALE 2014 Drinking Water Consumer Confidence ReportFor Calendar Year 2013

Public Water System ID: CO0123167Esta es información importante. Si no la pueden leer, necesitan que alguien se la traduzca.

We are pleased to present to you this year's water quality report. Our constant goal is to provide you with a safe and dependable supply of drinking water. Please contact MARK O'MEARA at 970-963-3140with any questions about the Drinking Consumer Confidence Rule (CCR) or for public participation opportunities that may affect the water quality.

General InformationAll drinking water, including bottledwater, may reasonably be expected tocontain at least small amounts of somecontaminants. The presence of con-taminants does not necessarily indicatethat the water poses a health risk.More information about contaminantsand potential health effects can beobtained by calling the EnvironmentalProtection Agency's Safe DrinkingWater Hotline (1-800-426-4791) or byvisiting http://water.epa.gov/drink/con-taminants.Some people may be more vulnerableto contaminants in drinking water thanthe general population.Immunocompromised persons such aspersons with cancer undergoingchemotherapy, persons who haveundergone organ transplants, peoplewith HIV-AIDS or other immune sys-tem disorders, some elderly, andinfants can be particularly at risk ofinfections. These people should seekadvice about drinking water from theirhealth care providers. For more infor-mation about contaminants and poten-tial health effects, or to receive a copyof the U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency (EPA) and the U.S. Centersfor Disease Control (CDC) guidelineson appropriate means to lessen the riskof infection by Cryptosporidium andmicrobiological contaminants call theEPA Safe Drinking Water Hotline at(1-800-426-4791).The sources of drinking water (bothtap water and bottled water) includerivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reser-voirs, springs, and wells. As watertravels over the surface of the land orthrough the ground, it dissolves natu-rally occurring minerals and, in somecases, radioactive material, and canpick up substances resulting from thepresence of animals or from humanactivity. Contaminants that may bepresent in source water include:� Microbial contaminants: virusesand bacteria that may come fromsewage treatment plants, septic sys-tems, agricultural livestock operations,and wildlife.� Inorganic contaminants: salts andmetals, which can be naturally-occur-ring or result from urban stormwaterrunoff, industrial or domestic waste-water discharges, oil and gas produc-tion, mining, or farming.� Pesticides and herbicides: maycome from a variety of sources, suchas agriculture, urban stormwaterrunoff, and residential uses.� Radioactive contaminants: can benaturally occurring or be the result ofoil and gas production and miningactivities.� Organic chemical contaminants:including synthetic and volatile organ-ic chemicals, which are byproducts ofindustrial processes and petroleumproduction, and also may come fromgas stations, urban storm water runoff,and septic systems.In order to ensure that tap water is safeto drink, the Colorado Department of

Public Health and Environment pre-scribes regulations limiting the amountof certain contaminants in water pro-vided by public water systems. TheFood and Drug Administration regula-tions establish limits for contaminantsin bottled water that must provide thesame protection for public health.

Lead in Drinking WaterIf present, elevated levels of lead cancause serious health problems (espe-cially for pregnant women and youngchildren). It is possible that lead levelsat your home may be higher than otherhomes in the community as a result ofmaterials used in your home's plumb-ing. If you are concerned about lead inyour water, you may wish to haveyour water tested. When your waterhas been sitting for several hours, youcan minimize the potential for leadexposure by flushing your tap for 30seconds to 2 minutes before usingwater for drinking or cooking.Additional information on lead indrinking water, testing methods, andsteps you can take to minimize expo-sure is available from the SafeDrinking Water Hotline (1-800-426-4791) or at http://www.epa.gov/safe-water/lead.

Source Water Assessment andProtection (SWAP)The Colorado Department of PublicHealth and Environment has providedus with a Source Water AssessmentReport for our water supply. For gen-eral information or to obtain a copy ofthe report please visit http://wqcdcom-pliance.com/ccr. The report is locatedunder �Source Water AssessmentReports�, and then �AssessmentReport by County�. SelectGARFIELD County and find 123167;CARBONDALE TOWN OF or bycontacting MARK O'MEARA at 970-963-3140. The Source WaterAssessment Report provides a screen-ing-level evaluation of potential con-tamination that could occur. It doesnot mean that the contamination hasor will occur. We can use this informa-tion to evaluate the need to improveour current water treatment capabili-ties and prepare for future contamina-tion threats. This can help us ensurethat quality finished water is deliveredto your homes. In addition, the sourcewater assessment results provide astarting point for developing a sourcewater protection plan. Potentialsources of contamination in our sourcewater area are listed on the next page.Please contact us to learn more aboutwhat you can do to help protect yourdrinking water sources, any questionsabout the Drinking Water ConsumerConfidence Report, to learn moreabout our system, or to attend sched-uled public meetings. We want you,our valued customers, to be informedabout the services we provide andthe quality water we deliver to youevery day.

Detected Contaminants

CARBONDALE TOWN OF routinely monitors for contaminants in your drinking water according to Federal and State laws. Thefollowing table(s) show all detections found in the period of January 1 to December 31, 2013 unless otherwise noted. The State ofColorado requires us to monitor for certain contaminants less than once per year because the concentrations of these contaminantsare not expected to vary significantly from year to year, or the system is not considered vulnerable to this type of contamination.Therefore, some of our data, though representative, may be more than one year old. Violations and Formal Enforcement Actions, ifany, are reported in the next section of this report.

Note: Only detected contaminants sampled within the last 5 years appear in this report. If no tables appear in this section then nocontaminants were detected in the last round of monitoring.

Microorganism Contaminants Sampled in the Distribution System

ContaminantName

TimePeriod

Results SampleSize

MCL MCLG MCLViolation

TypicalSources

Coliform (TCR) Apr

year

9.09

% PositiveSamples

11 No more than 5.0% positivesamples per period

(If sample size is greater thanor equal to 40) OR

No more than 1 positivesample per period (If sample

size is less than 40)

0 No Naturallypresent in

theenvironment

Lead and Copper Sampled in the Distribution System

ContaminantName

TimePeriod

90th

PercentileSampleSize

Unit ofMeasure

90th

PercentileAL

SampleSitesAboveAL

90th

PercentileAL

Exceedance

Typical Sources

Copper 07/13/2011 to

07/13/2011

0.5 20 ppm 1.3 No Corrosion ofhousehold plumbing systems; Erosion of

natural deposits

Lead 07/13/2011 to

07/13/2011

6 20 ppb 15 No Corrosion of household plumbing systems; Erosion of

natural deposits

Disinfection Byproducts Sampled in the Distribution System

Name Year Average RangeLow – High

SampleSize

Unit ofMeasure

MCL MCLG HighestCompliance

Value

MCLViolation

TypicalSources

TotalHaloacetic

Acids(HAA5)

2013 1.07 0 to 1.8 3 ppb 60 N/A No Byproductof drinking

waterdisinfection

TotalTrihalome

thanes(TTHM)

2013 8.5 5.4 to 11.5 3 ppb 80 N/A No Byproductof drinking

waterdisinfection

Total Organic Carbon (Disinfection Byproducts Precursor) Removal Ratio of Raw and Finished Water

ContaminantName

Year Average RangeLow – High

SampleSize

Unit ofMeasure

TT MinimumRatio

TT Violation

Typical Sources

Total OrganicCarbon Ratio

2013 1 1 to 1 4 Ratio 1.00 No Naturally present in the

environment

MCL) ism


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�Action Level (AL) � The concentration of a contaminant which, ifexceeded, triggers treatment and other regulatory requirements.

�Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level (MRDL) � The highestlevel of a disinfectant allowed in drinking water. There is convinc-ing evidence that addition of a disinfectant is necessary for controlof microbial contaminants.

�Maximum Contaminant Level Goal (MCLG) � The level of acontaminant in drinking water below which there is no known orexpected risk to health. MCLGs allow for a margin of safety.

�Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level Goal (MRDLG) � Thelevel of a drinking water disinfectant, below which there is noknown or expected risk to health. MRDLGs do not reflect the bene-fits of the use of disinfectants to control microbial contaminants.

�Violation (No Abbreviation) � Failure to meet a Colorado PrimaryDrinking Water Regulation.

�Formal Enforcement Action (No Abbreviation) � Escalatedaction taken by the State (due to the risk to public health, or numberor severity of violations) to bring a non-compliant water systemback into compliance.

�Variance and Exemptions (V/E) � Department permission not tomeet a MCL or treatment technique under certain conditions.

�Gross Alpha (No Abbreviation) � Gross alpha particle activitycompliance value. It includes radium-226, but excludes radon 222,and uranium.

�Picocuries per liter (pCi/L) � Measure of the radioactivity inwater.

�Nephelometric Turbidity Unit (NTU) _ Measure of the clarity orcloudiness of water. Turbidity in excess of 5 NTU is just noticeableto the typical person.

�Compliance Value (No Abbreviation) � Single or calculated valueused to determine if regulatory contaminant level (e.g. MCL) ismet. Examples of calculated values are the 90th Percentile, RunningAnnual Average (RAA) and Locational Running Annual Average(LRAA).

�Average (x-bar) � Typical value. �Range (R) � Lowest value to the highest value.�Sample Size (n) � Number or count of values (i.e. number of watersamples collected).

�Parts per million = Milligrams per liter (ppm = mg/L) � Onepart per million corresponds to one minute in two years or a singlepenny in $10,000.

�Parts per billion = Micrograms per liter (ppb = ug/L) � One partper billion corresponds to one minute in 2,000 years, or a singlepenny in $10,000,000.

�Parts per trillion = Nanograms per liter (ppt = ng/L) � One partper trillion corresponds to one minute in 2,000,000 years, or a singlepenny in $10,000,000,000.

�Parts per quadrillion = Picograms per liter (ppq = pg/L) � Onepart per quadrillion corresponds to one minute in 2,000,000,000years or one penny in $10,000,000,000,000.

Not Applicable (N/A) - Does not apply or not available.

Our Water Sources

Source Source Type Water Type

WELL RFWF NO 1 WL GU



WELL CRYSTALRIVER NO 2

WL GW

SOUTH NETTLE CREEKDIVERSION

IN SW

NORTH NETTLECREEK DIVERSION

IN SW

Summary of Turbidity Sampled at the Entry Point to the Distribution System

ContaminantName

SampleDate

Level Found TT Requirement TT Violation

TypicalSources

Turbidity Date/Month:Jul

Highest single measurement:0.699 NTU

Maximum 1 NTU for any singlemeasurement

No Soil Runoff

Turbidity Month:Dec

Lowest monthly percentage ofsamples meeting TT requirement

for our technology: 100 %

In any month, at least 95% of samples must be less than 0.3

NTU

No Soil Runoff

Radionuclides Sampled at the Entry Point to the Distribution System

ContaminantName


SampleSize

Unit ofMeasure


Typical Sources

CombinedRadium

2012 0.2 0.2 to 0.2 1 pCi/L 5 0 No Erosion ofnatural deposits

Combined Uranium

2013 2.8 2.8 to 2.8 2 ppb 30 0 No Erosion ofnatural deposits

Inorganic Contaminants Sampled at the Entry Point to the Distribution System

ContaminantName


SampleSize

Unit ofMeasure


Typical Sources

Barium 2013 0.06 0.04 to 0.07 4 ppm 2 2 No Discharge ofdrilling wastes;discharge from

metal refineries;erosion of natural

depositsFluoride 2013 0.08 0 to 0.19 4 ppm 4 4 No Erosion of natural

deposits; wateradditive which

promotes strong teeth; discharge

from fertilizer andaluminumfactories

Nitrate 2013 0.6 0.35 to 1 3 ppm 10 10 No Runoff fromfertilizer use;leaching fromseptic tanks,

sewage; erosion ofnatural deposits

Nitrite 2012 0 0 to 0.01 2 ppm 1 1 No Runoff fromfertilizer use;leaching fromseptic tanks,

sewage; erosion ofnatural deposits

Inorganic Contaminants Sampled at the Entry Point to the Distribution System

ContaminantName


SampleSize

Unit ofMeasure


Typical Sources

Selenium 2013 0.2 0 to 0.8 4 ppb 50 50 No Discharge frompetroleum and

metal refineries;erosion of natural

deposits; dischargefrom mines

Unregulated or Secondary Contaminants****Secondary standards are non-enforceable guidelines for contaminants that may cause cosmetic effects (such as skin, or tooth

discoloration) or aesthetic effects (such as taste, odor, or color) in drinking water.

ContaminantName


Sample Size

Unit ofMeasure

Secondary Standard

Total DissolvedSolids

2013 370.5 346 to 395 2 ppm 500

Violations, Significant Deficiencies, and Formal Enforcement Actions

No Violations or Formal Enforcement Actions


Legal NoticesPUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearingwill be held before the Carbondale Planning andZoning Commission for the purpose of consideringan Infill Application to convert an existing carport intoa residential unit, and to enclose the open area of astudio structure.

The property is located at 178 S. 8th Street, Town ofCarbondale.

The applicants/property owners are Linda Halloranand Andrew Taylor.

Said Public Hearing will be held at the CarbondaleTown Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, COat 7:00 p.m. on July 24, 2014.

Copies of the proposed application are on file in thePlanning Department office, Town Hall, 511 ColoradoAvenue, Carbondale, CO and may be examined byinterested persons during regular working hours,8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

John LeybournePlanner

Published in the Sopris Sun on July 3, 2014.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearingwill be held before the Carbondale Planning and

Zoning Commission for the purpose of consideringa condominiumization application to divide one con-dominium unit into two units.

The property is located at 181, 183 and 185 N. 12thStreet. It is also known as Unit 200, E.T. Plaza In-dustrial Park Planned Community, according to thePlat thereof recorded August 24, 2001 as ReceptionNo. 587149.

The property owner is Durgin Commercial Condo, LLC.


Copies of the proposed application are on file in thePlanning Department office, Town Hall, 511 ColoradoAvenue, Carbondale, CO and may be examined byinterested persons during regular working hours,8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Janet BuckTown Planner


PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearingwill be held before the Carbondale Board ofTrustees for the purpose of considering a SpecialUse permit to operate a Group home.

The property is located at 634 Euclid Ave.

The applicant and Owner is Yellow House LLC.


Copies of the proposed application are on file in thePlanning Department office, Town Hall, 511 Col-orado Avenue, Carbondale, CO and may be exam-ined by interested persons during regular workinghours, 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m., Mondaythrough Friday.

John LeybourneTown of Carbondale


PUBLIC NOTICE

Request for Proposals to provide Construction for

Elk Park Phase IPitkin County #054-2014CDOT # SBY C570-021Construction Project Code No. 19370

Pitkin County is accepting proposals to provide Con-struction for Elk Park Phase I. Elements will includethe construction of a “Depot” open air structure, in-terpretive panels and site work. More detailed infor-

Classifieds Submit to [email protected] by Monday 12 p.m. Rates: $15 for 30 words, $20 for up to 50 words. Payment due before publication.*

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OUTDOOR WRITERS WANTED. The Sopris Sun is looking for volunteer writers totell about hikes, bike rides, fishing and other local summer-time excursions. Experi-

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*Credit card payment information should be emailed to [email protected] or call948-6563. Checks may be dropped off at our office at the Third Street Center or mailed toP.O. Box 399, Carbondale, CO 81623. Call 618-9112 for more info.

mation may be obtained by contacting:

Lindsey Utter Recreation PlannerPitkin County Open Space and Trails530 East Main Street, Third FloorAspen, CO 81611

[email protected]://www.rockymountainbidsystem.com/Desk: (970) 920.5224

Proposals must be received at the above address nolater than 1pm MST, Wednesday, July 16th, 2014, tobe considered. There will be a mandatory Pre-Bidmeeting at 10am MST, Tuesday, July 1st, 2014, atthe project site, the current parking lot at Elk Park.

Project Goals. The CDOT EEO officer has set Dis-advantaged Business Goals at 3.5% for this proj-ect. There will be no on the job training goals. TheCDOT Form 347, Certification of EEO Compliance,is no longer required to be submitted in the bidpackage. This form certified that thecontractor/proposed subcontractors were in com-pliance with the Joint Reporting Committee EEO-1 form requirements. The EEO-1 Report must stillbe submitted to the Joint Reporting Committee ifthe contractors and subcontractors meet the eligi-bility requirements (29CFR 1602.7); we will, how-ever, no longer require certification. For additionalinformation regarding these federal requirements,please refer to: http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/job-pat/e1instruct.html . This project includes fundingby CDOT administered by FHWA grants, therefore

Davis Bacon wages will apply.

Printed Form for Bids: All bids must be made uponthe Pitkin County Bid Form. Bidder must includeCDOT forms 606 and 714 with his bid, forms 605,621, and 718 the following day and form 715 within48 hours of bid opening. If a work schedule is in-cluded as part of the bid package it must also becompleted in ink and signed by the individual whowill execute the Contract Form. Any work form com-pleted as part of the bid package shall indicate thecommencement date for construction. The workschedule must conform to the commencement andcompletion dates for the contract.


NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Clement F. Hughes, deceasedCase No. 14 PR 30030

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of GarfieldCounty, Colorado on or before November 3, 2014,or the claims may be forever barred.

Roxan K. HughesPersonal RepresentativeP. O. Box 606Carbondale, Colorado 81623


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