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Take it or leave itAt Carbondales Christmas tree recycling drop-off spot at Fourth and Colorado, The Sopris Sunnoticed last weekend that one mans trash is another womans treasure, or something like that.Why would anyone, such as Lisa Johnson (right), be taking trees? Doesnt she know thatChristmas 2014 is over, and her newly acquired tree probably wont last until December 2015?Turns out, the tree heister reports that her goats loved the pine needles on her tree and theywanted some more really, really baaaad! Another goat owner said her goats also love pine nee-dles but only certain kinds. On a related note, pine needles are reportedly good for goats asthey are high in Vitamin C. Goats will also be happy to know the town will accept Christmastrees through the end of January.

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By Patrick Hunter

Its cold outside. If you are like me, mywood-burning stove is cooking along. Imburning wood that is mainly trimmings anddead or overgrown trees needing removal.I thought I knew somethingabout wood burning, butthen I went to the Environ-mental Protection Agencys Website calledBurn Wise. The EPA has a partnershipwith the stove-manufacturing industry.They have the responsibility under theClean Air Act to set standards for air qual-ity. Those standards include the kind ofemissions produced by wood burning.Their latest version is due out soon.

The EPA has studied the issues aroundwood burning for heat in very great detail.They have also worked with the manufac-turers to develop better equipment. A lot ofthese improvements will be phased in overseveral years. One feature that is very ef-fective is catalytic converters; they are sim-ilar to what is on the tail pipe of your car.A converter uses a metal-like platinum thatincreases the heat and burns up particlesthat would otherwise go up your chimney.Even some new conventional replaces cancome equipped with catalytic converters.

The better heaters will also have convolu-tions built into them that make the smokego a longer distance before it goes up thechimney. That allows more heat to be usedin your home.

Why, you may ask, has theEPA made so much effort? Inmany parts of the country,

the topography, altitude and temperaturescontribute to a really unhealthy quality ofair. Years ago Aspen had a huge problem.Driving into town you could see a solidcloud of dense smoke. That cloud was acombination of wood burning and greasesmoke from restaurant exhausts. Everycondo had a wood burning replace for themountain vacation ambiance. Unfortu-nately, replaces do very little to heat a placesince most of the heat of the re goes up thechimney, along with the smoke. Aspen andPitkin County have had a policy of remov-ing wood burning replaces. In many cases,people have substituted gas log appliances.

Burn-WiseThere were at least two things on the

Burn-Wise web page that were new to me.First, hydronic heaters are a special kindof wood burning heater that sits outside of

a home or other building. It has a chimneyand is air-tight. It has a large rebox andsome can take logs up to four feet long.These heaters are wrapped with a jacket ofwater that is connected to the house withunderground pipes. The re heats the waterthat is pumped into the building and caneither run right through your radiators, oris connected to heat exchangers. Typicalunits run as much as $10,000. The biggermodels can heat several buildings, their do-mestic hot water, and heat hot tubs andswimming pools.

I talked to a dealer in Kremmling, Col-orado. He said its not unusual for anowner to buy an entire truckload of logsfor rewood. We are talking about a log-ging truck! This is big boy wood burn-ing. If you are a rancher, your cowhandsare going to spend some time sawing andsplitting rewood. The dealer said therewere hundreds of these units in his area.The rural setting means that many folkswould otherwise heat with propane or elec-tricity, which is much more expensive thannatural gas. Naturally, these kinds of unitsproduce prodigious amounts of emissionsand are a real target for the EPA.

Wood stoving: ere is lots to learn

Carbondale and sculptureDear Editor:

I agree with the folks who are disgrun-tled about the new sculpture. It really hasnothing to do with what made Carbondale,Carbondale. It has to do with the future ofour town.

I chose Carbondale to live 25 years ago

because of its affordability, its beauty andits peoples, and a huge reason I chose it wasits neighboring towns. In one direction wasthe largest hot springs in the world andshopping malls, and in the other directionwas a city of culture and glamour, and aplace to make a living working for the rich.Aspen paid us well.

Today, Carbondales workers are gettingit from both ends.The inux of more andmore money is changing the cost of living(i.e. Housing). And the inuxes of peoplefrom other countries (who are paid lowwages) make it impossible for many work-ers to make a decent paycheck. And nowCarbondale is a town budding into a Tel-luride, Sedona or Jackson Hole, and is asuburb of Aspen. It is no longer run by pro-gressives in the sense of having grassrootsvalues. Its a socio-cultural change that ishappening worldwide and is evolving intothe rich, the poor and not much in between.

I like to think where $200,000 couldhave been used, like building another badlyneeded animal shelter, or updating the onewe have, or building tons of affordablehousing for locals who are going under, orfor the workers who deserve a place tohang their hats and continue to live in thetown they love to death.

Since I am discussing the sculpture andthe changing of the towns guards, I wouldlike to remind everyone that Carbondale isthe only town in the United States that doesnot spray poisons on the grass at our localpark. The center piece for the round-aboutcould have represented a dandelion, espe-cially since there are more than 250 toxicchemicals in the umbilical cords of our off-spring. So my hat is off to the founders ofthese kinds of rules that made our townwhat it is/was.

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OPINION

WOODBURNING page 9

LETTERS page 8

John ColsonSopris Sun Correspondent

Fresh from his re-election victory last November, andset to dive into the 70th session of the Colorado GeneralAssembly this week, Colorado Rep. Bob Rankin (R-Car-bondale) already had been hard at work for more than twomonths in his new role as a member of the bi-partisan JointBudget Committee (JBC), which oversees the states $26.9billion annual budget.

Its really good to have a person from the WesternSlope on that committee, Rankin told The Sopris Sun dur-ing an interview on Jan. 3 in Carbondale, explaining thatwhile he is the sole Western Slope member on the JBC, hisposition give him the chance to ask questions about thingsthat might affect us over here, issues that might not beraised or addressed by representatives from districts in east-ern Colorado.

Rankin, 72, says of himself on his Facebook page, I ama constitutional and scal conservative who believes in lim-ited government, less regulation and support of free mar-ket capitalism. His district includes Gareld, Rio Blancoand Moffat counties in northwest Colorado.

Bill #1Rankin said he already has two bills he plans to intro-

duce this session, which is scheduled to run from Jan. 7until May 11, 2015, barring unexpected extensions.

One bill he is certain he will be introducing is a FederalLands Coordination bill, which calls for greater coordi-nation between state government and the local govern-ments at the county and city level in dealing with federaloversight of public lands in the state.

He termed this a major bill that Ive run two years ina row, that Im going to get passed this year.

He said that 70 percent of the lands in Western Col-orado are federally controlled, a circumstance that oftengenerates friction between federal land managers and localgovernments for a variety of reasons.

For example, he pointed to the ongoing debate over thestatus of different wildlife species that the federal govern-ment has listed as threatened with extinction, such as thesage grouse.

He pointed out that Gareld County has come up withits own sage grouse management plan, which he felt is asgood as anything the federal agencies have in mind, butlocal governments have trouble convincing federal au-thorities to accept local management ideas.

If theres a species that comes up on the radar, andwere doing a good job protecting it, it works better withlocal protection, Rankin declared, adding that the sameis true for resource management plans concerning suchareas as the Roan Plateau in western Gareld County,where environmentalists and the energy industry haveclashed over oil and gas drilling proposals.

Rankin said he was involved in negotiation of a recentcompromise settlement regarding the Roan Plateau, andpredicted, Were going to try to do that with the Thomp-son Divide, an area near Carbondale where a similar dis-

pute over oil and gas drilling plans has done on for the pastve or six years.

His bill, he said, would bring the state governmentinto such disputes on the side of local governments, andwould result in negotiated settlements that meet theneeds of environmentalists, industrialists, ranchers andarea communities.

We can make it a win for everybody, Rankin said,calling his approach a way of creating a better partnership

Ricardo Zavala Magana, a third grader at Crystal River Elementary School, prepares to pick himself back up aftera downtown ice-rink outing on Monday. Physical education teacher Marty Madsen said the eld trip to the icerink was a completion to the students indoor oor hockey unit and was a way to introduce them to somethingnew. We are working hard on teaching our students that when things get hard we need to persevere and workhard, Madsen told The Sopris Sun. Plus, ice skating is a lot of fun and should be enjoyed in our beautifulvalley. Photo by Jane Bachrach


An ad-hoc group of Carbondale-area residents is hopingto convince a developer to build a new, middle-incomesenior housing center in the Carbondale area, as a way ofhelping senior citizens to stay in the Roaring Fork Valleyrather than being forced to move away in their old age.

A development partner is talking with the group, but arepresentative told The Sopris Sun this week that the ideais too preliminary to be discussed in any detail, although apotential site is under contract and the company is startingto interview architects for the project.

The representative declined to comment for the recordabout the project or the development company that is con-sidering it.

The group has been dubbed the Senior Coalition toDetermine and Address Senior Housing Needs in the Roar-ing Fork Valley, although it is known simply as The Coali-tion among its advocates.

The Coalition got its start two years ago when long-time local resident Chris Chacos, co-founder with his wife,Terri (founders of the Village Smithy restaurant), met withJo Anne Anderson, when the two were neighbors at the

Ranch at Roaring Fork just outside Carbondale.Anderson, who has lived in the valley for nine years,

said she had spent the previous 45 years living in Arizonaand was aware of a number of retirement communitiesthat she felt could be replicated here.

Really, for seniors who want to stay here, theresnowhere to downsize, she said, referring to seniors needto shift from life in a family-sized house to more compactquarters, once their children have moved out or their cir-cumstances otherwise have changed.

Aside from the cultural vacuum created when senior cit-izens move away, Anderson noted, These are the peoplewith disposable income, so their departure can deal a

blow to the local economy, as well. She said the goal is tobuild a housing complex aimed at middle income sen-iors, to ll in a gap between facilities that serve low-incomeresidents and those that are for wealthier seniors.

Anderson said the Coalition had its rst meeting abouta year and a half ago, in Glenwood Springs, and that a re-cent meeting in Carbondale, at the Methodist Church, hasadded to the growing interest in the project.

Its exciting times, said Chacos this week. Its a lot ofpotential on the horizon here.

And Bill Dunn, chair of the Senior Matters nonprotorganization in Carbondale, said of that organization, Wesupport it.

Anderson is a member of Senior Matters, Dunn said.The organizations mission, according to its web site(www.seniormatters.org) is to foster diverse educationaland social programs for seniors of all ages.

Dunn called a meeting for Jan. 15 in Carbondale, tobring together local advocates of the project and the de-velopment company. But the company representative toldThe Sopris Sun on Tuesday that while a feasibility study ofthe concept had just been completed, the meeting itselfprobably would be postponed to some future date.

New group promoting middle-income senior housing

Rep. Bob Rankin pushing two bills in legislative session

THE SOPRIS SUN, Carbondales community supported newspaper JANUARY 8, 2015 3

Really, for seniors who want to stay here, theres nowhere

to downsize. Jo Anne Anderson

RANKIN page 5

Cdale resident snags JBC position


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Town Briefs Good news on the water line frontSopris Sun Staff Report

So far this winter there have been no frozen water linesreported in Carbondale, according to a memo written thisweek by Carbondale Finance Director Renae Gustine. Thememo (dated Jan. 2) stated that notications have beensent out to water customers on the freeze list about thepossibility of lines freezing during the colder months ofthe year.

In other highlights from Gustines memo:

The towns two ice skating rinks, at Main and Fourthstreets in the center of Carbondale and at the Gus DarienRiding Arena on Catherine Store Road (County Road 100)east of town, nally froze solidly enough for users to getout and do some skating over the weekend. Reports on thecondition of the ice were positive from hockey players andnon-hockey users. Meanwhile last week, town crews werebusy clearing away snow and dealing with icy street sur-faces in advance of the First Friday celebration on Jan. 2,and the annual Family Skate Night at the in-town rink.

Public works technicians continue to rene the con-trols and settings for both the wastewater treatment andthe water treatment plants, to improve the efciency ofoperations. Among the new methods, according to thememo, is a system of automatic chlorine feeds at the watertreatment plant to minimize the need for plant operatorsto be on hand to adjust the chlorine levels, and adjust-ments to the screw press controls to reduce the buildupof biosolids in the wastewater treatment system.

Workers for the Colorado Department of Trans-portation were planning to complete work on a new traf-c signal at Highway 133 and Snowmass Drive, and have

the signal operating by Jan. 6.

The installation of curb-and-gutter at the north endof the Highway 133 project, along the area occupied byGarcias Market, Robs Automotive and the Aspen SkiingCompany housing complex (formerly Thunder RiverLodge), is scheduled for the spring.

A regional water efciency plan, available for publicperusal on the towns website (carbondalegov.org), will bemade available for public comment soon, according to thememo, which noted that meetings on the plan are to beheld in the coming week.

The towns winter/spring recreation brochure wasdistributed as an insert in the Sopris Sun on Jan. 1 andschedule and sign-up opportunities are available at therecreation departments website (carbondalerec.com). Thememo reported that a full slate of climbing classes has re-sumed this week, including an added climbing class forkids aged 4-6 years, called the Spider Monkey Class,which was included in answer to consumer demand.Youth Hockey lessons were scheduled to begin this week,including two additional days for the Adults Learn to PlayHockey program, which will take place on Thursdaynights in January. Youth Basketball League continues topractice from 4-7 p.m. Monday through Thursday in therecreation center. Games will start up in January againstteams from Aspen, Basalt and Glenwood.

Regarding Carbondale Police Department trainingactivities, the memo reported that several ofcers recentlycompleted recertication classes in roadside maneuvertesting for drivers suspected of driving under the inuenceof alcohol or drugs, and that several ofcers will undergowinter-driving training in January.

Cop ShopThe following events are drawn from incident reportsof the Cdale Police Dept.

FRIDAY, Dec. 26: At 11:37 a.m. police were called to a homein the 900 block of Highway 133 and arrested two individ-uals on charges of harassment and domestic violence againstthe man involved, and third degree assault and domestic vi-olence against the woman.FRIDAY, Dec. 26: At 10:51 p.m. police were notied that a22-year-old man was missing and that his family was con-cerned for his safety. By the next day, the mans mother calledback to report that the man had turned up at a relativeshome after spending the night at a church, and was OK.SATURDAY, Dec. 27: At 11:46 a.m.police took a report of analleged check-fraud incident, but upon contacting the NinthJudicial District Attorneys ofce were informed the DA wouldnot le criminal charges and that it is a civil matter.SATURDAY, Dec. 27: At 5:31 p.m. police issued a warningto one man suspected of driving under the inuence of alco-hol or drugs and suspicious behavior, and a warning toanother man for exhibiting suspicious behavior.SATURDAY, Dec. 27: At 10:08 p.m. police stopped a vehi-cle on Main Court for traveling without headlights, and tick-eted the driver on a charge of driving under the inuence ofalcohol or drugs. He was summoned into court and released.SUNDAY, Dec. 28: At 2:35 a.m. police stopped a vehicle atWeant Boulevard and Euclid Avenue, and ticketed the driverfor operating a motor vehicle while under the inuence of al-cohol or drugs.TUESDAY, Dec. 30: At 4:04 p.m. police received a report ofalleged sexual assault by a juvenile. No further informationwas available about the incident.TUESDAY, Dec. 30: At 8:52 p.m. police encountered a ve-hicle that had slid off the roadway along River ValleyRanch Drive, and arrested the driver on suspicion of driv-ing under the inuence of alcohol or drugs.


Heroin, according to local police and emergency-careofcials, is less of a rarity in the Roaring Fork Valley thanit has been in the recent past, and the medical personnelwith the Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District saythey dealt with several such cases in 2014.

But exact statistics are hard to come by, primarily becauseheroin overdose cases can appear essentially the same as, say,an overdose on opiate-derived prescription medications.

But whatever the drug involved, emergency medicalprofessionals say, there is a remedy available as quickly asan ambulance can get to the scene.

The remedy for opioid overdoses, said CarbondaleDeputy Fire Chief Rob Goodwin, is a substance calledNaloxone, known by its brand name, Narcan, whichblocks the brain receptors that heroin attaches too and thusblocks herons effects.

Narcan is administered either through auto-injectorsthat plunge a needle into a limb, typically a leg, or it is ad-ministered nasally.

It's extremely effective, Goodwin said, and there'sno real side effects.

He said he has seen cases where the patient had stoppedbreathing and was on a ventilator when the antidote wasadministered, and the person has quickly come out of thecomatose state.

We have had a number [of opioid overdoses], con-tinued Goodwin, more than you can count on both hands,in Carbondale in the last year. And that number includesquite a number of heroin cases.

The other drugs in such cases, he said, include prescrip-tion pain killers such as codeine, morphine, and oxy-codone, which is found in such brand names as OxyContinand Percocet.

While he acknowledged that hard numbers are not eas-ily available, he said it is the common belief among emer-gency medical staff that it (heroin) has made what I'd calla considerable comeback in the Roaring Fork Valley.

Carbondale Police Lt. Chris Wurtsmith concurred, say-

ing in a telephone interview, Yeah, we see 'em.But, he said, statistics are difcult to come by.When we go to an OD, typically, no one's going to get

arrested, he explained. It's bad enough they're going tothe hospital. So, he continued, the incident is put down asan ambulance assist and left at that.

Still, after going through 242 ambulance assist reportsfor 2014, Wurtsmith counted three reported heroin over-doses, one cocaine overdose and one case where the sub-ject was detoxing from a problematic dose of heroin.

Statewide deathsA story on Channel 4 news in Denver last April re-

ported that the number of heroin-related deaths in the statehad more than doubled in just over a decade, from 37 in2000 to 91 in 2012. A third of those who died in 2013were between the ages of 20 and 34, the report stated, andve of them were teenagers.

The Channel 4 story also reported, The number of(Coloradans) seeking treatment for heroin nearly tripled in

the last decade. The number of people admitted to statedrug treatment programs primarily for heroin abuse rosefrom 1,643 in 1993 to 4,556 in 2013, the latest year sta-tistics are available.

Last August, Fox31 News in Denver stated bluntly, Inthe last ve years, the number of heroin users has doubledin Colorado, although no statistics were offered to backup that contention.

Heroins comebackA large part of the reason for heroin's comeback, experts

have said, is a recent tightening of restrictions on opioid-basedprescription medications, which has become something of anational health crisis.

Plus, according to one local expert, heroin is cheaper thanthe prescription pills, making the drug even more attractive.

This actually is something that's become a lightning rodfor conversation, said Bob Ferguson, owner of the JaywalkerLodge recovery facilities in Carbondale.

That conversation was jump-started when actor PhillipSeymour Hoffman died nearly a year ago, at 46, of an over-dose of mixed drugs including heroin, Ferguson said.

The supply is plentiful, and the cost is low, he said ofthe drug.

A decade ago, when Jaywalker opened its doors, cocaineand speed were the most often cited addictions by thoseseeking help.

Now, he said, heroin and opiate addiction is moreprevalent.

And while his residents are clean and sober, he said, theyare keenly aware of what's available out there, and theywould openly say that heroin is readily available in the valley.

At least to emergency medical personnel in the RoaringFork Valley, according to Goodwin, it does appear thatheroin can be easier to obtain than the pills that come froma pharmacy.

So, he said of the crackdown on prescription medications,It's working, and that's probably a good thing, though henoted that a regrettable consequence seems to be an uptick inthe use of heroin and in overdoses from that drug.


Heroin not so rare, ODs are apparently up

with the federal government and avoiding the cost andtime of bureaucratic battles and possibly court action overeverything from species protection to mineral extractionand cattle grazing.

Asked if his approach has anything common with theold Sagebrush Rebellion of the 1970s and 1980s, whenwesterners tried to wrest control of public lands from fed-eral hands and turn control over to state and local govern-ments, Ranking conceded, Theres some of that going on.

But, he said, Thats not what my bill is all about. Hemaintained that federal land managers love it when localgovernments offer to form partnerships in these matters,and that his bill will help that to happen.

Bill #2Another bill he has in his pocket would provide state

funding to help the 20 Boards of Cooperative EducationalServices, known as BOCES (pronounced bo-seez), whichprovide a variety of services and programs to school dis-trict throughout the state.

The goal of his bill, Rankin said, is to help school dis-tricts pay for such things as informational technology(computers and related equipment), transportation serv-ices and teacher training.

Its not a new idea, he conceded, but (currently)theres no funding channeled to the BOCES network to doall this.

He said there is pressure from some ofcials to furtherconsolidate school districts to improve efciency in educa-tion, but that school districts mostly object to such pro-

posals in order to preserve local control over schools.So, Rankin continued, Rather than consolidate the dis-

tricts, well consolidate the back-room functions, the over-head functions, so we can operate a lot more efciently toachieve the core mission of a good-quality education.

His bill, he said, will ask for $500,000 in grants to theBOCES, plus smaller grants later, in a three-year pilot pro-gram that probably will be limited to assistance to a fewof the BOCES initially.

He explained that there are 174 school districts, thesmallest of which has only 12 students in a northeasternsection of the state, and they do not want to consolidatebut are in need of assistance such as that offered in his bill.

A key part of his reasoning, he said, is a shortfall instate funding for schools due to state budgetary problems,to the tune of $894 million that was earmarked in astatewide constitutional amendment, Amendment 23, ap-proved by voters in 2000 to reverse a decade of budgetcuts in the 1990s.

Rankin said there are other bills he is thinking about,noting that JBC members can put forward as many billsas we like during a legislative session, compared to theve-bill limit imposed on the other members of the GeneralAssembly.

Rankin and his wife, Joyce, 67 (who works as his leg-islative aide at a wage of $11.50 per hour) also have startedin an outreach program that engages high school studentsin monitoring and reporting on the state legislature. Theprogram was started last year, said Joyce Rankin, and inthat rst year involved at least one student from everycounty in his district.

Beyond that, he encouraged residents of his district to pay

attention to the legislative process as it unfolds in Denver.Ive met people who think we go to Washington, D.C.

to conduct legislative business, Rankin said with a shake ofhis head. They dont even know they have a state repre-sentative.

He also urged voters to monitor his Facebook page forongoing updates about statehouse business, and to e-mailhim at [email protected] with questions, con-cerns or suggestions.

Rankin om page 3

Rep. Bob Rankin

We have had a number [of opioid overdoses],

more than you can count onboth hands, in Carbondale in the last year. And that number includes quite

a number of heroin cases.Rob Goodwin

Deputy Fire Chief

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Chances are, no matter how intrigued youwere by the Highway 133 roundabout con-struction project last year, you probablymissed some of the action packed moments,such as: the trafc lights being taken down,the concrete curbs being poured, the concretecurbs drying in the sun, highway striping, thenew pedestrian crossing lights, the crane thatpulled up in late November to lift the Surlssculpture into place, and so much more. Ifyoure lamenting the fact that you missed alot more of the construction than you wit-nessed, here is some good news. On June 13last year, Bill Knapp, of Security Solutions, puta time-lapse camera on the Sopris Liquor &Wine building at the intersection of Highway133 and Main Street, and programmed it tomake one image every 10 minutes for eighthours a day throughout the project. Knappsson, Aaron, who creates graphic images forTV commercials, helped edit the footage,which came in at 2 minutes, 46 seconds. Theconstruction of the Highway 133 round-about is now available for viewing. Just go toyoutube.com/watch?v=UfW0vOaUcZQ.Who knows? You might even see yourself.Knapp said the town will also post a link onits website.

Proceeds to CAREIn memory of Isabel, Wewer Keohanes 16-

year-old arctic wolf rescue dog, proceeds fromher book A Story for Isabel will be donatedto Colorado Animal Rescue (CARE) duringJanuary. The book is available on amazon.com.

Best of 2014Colorado Springs theatre critic/blogger Bill

Wheeler has chosen the Thunder River The-atre Company production of Lion in Win-ter as one of the best from a Colorado small

theatre in 2014. He also named Lon Winstonas Best Actor in a lead role and Trary Madde-lone as Best Actress in a supporting role. Fordetails, go to theatrecolorado.blogspot.com.

Merriott acceptedShiloh Merriott, a 2013 graduate of Roar-

ing Fork High School, was recently acceptedinto the Louisiana Tech University nursing pro-gram in Ruston, La. Upon completing the pro-gram, Merriott will be prepared to sit for thelicensing exam to become a registered nurse. In2014, the Louisiana Tech University programwas ranked No. 21 out of the top 100 nursingprograms in the country by College Atlas A-List rankings. Shiloh is the daughter of Frostyand Carly Merriott. Her great-grandmotherEunice Webb completed her degree atLouisiana Tech in 1908, her grandmother andgrandfather nished in 1941, and her dad in1970. Shiloh plans to become a pediatric nurse.

Youth Entity/RFSD recognizedYouth Entity and the Roaring Fork School

District has been named to the Career andCommunity Leaders of Americas Elite 50 listfor secondary school hospitality programs forthe 2014-2015 school year. The list reectshigh schools and tech centers that excel in theareas of culinary arts, baking and pastry arts,or hospitality management. More than 350schools were invited to apply for the honor,according to a press release.

They say its your birthdayFolks celebrating their birthday this week

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Skip Bell (left) and Skip Bell (right) at the Pour House this week. The Bell on the left cele-brated his 75th birthday with a packed house of family and friends on Sunday, while the Bellon the right has looked down from the wall since Majid Kahhak painted him 10 years ago.In any case, the Pour House founder announced hes retiring as manager some time this year.It appeared that some of Bells staff were not aware of his intentions, at least judging by thetears and affectionately angry outbursts as his employees surrounded him near the cash reg-ister following the announcement. He told The Sopris Sun that he made his decision on thedrive to Carbondale from his home in Redstone, and that not even his wife of 13 years, KayBell, was aware of what he had planned. The transition, he predicted, might take place inthe spring, although one bartender discounted the whole thing and declared, Hes notgonna retire, hes just gonna take more time off! Photo illustration by Jane Bachrach

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Jan. 9 RFHS v Aspen (home); girls at 5:30 p.m, boys 7 p.m.Jan. 10 RFHS v Basalt (away); girls at 2:30 p.m., boys 4 p.m.Jan. 16 RFHS v Grand Valley (home); girls at 5:30 p.m., boys 7 p.m.Jan. 17 RFHS v Olathe (away); girls at 4 p.m., boys 6 p.m.Jan. 23 RFHS v Moffat (home); girls at 4:30 p.m., boys 6 p.m.Jan. 24 RFHS v Gunnison (home); girls at 2:30 p.m., boys 4 p.m.Jan. 30 RFHS v Coal Ridge (away); girls at 5 p.m., boys 6:30 p.m.Jan. 31 RFHS v Aspen (away); girls at 2:30 p.m., boys 4 p.m.Feb. 6 RFHS v Grand Valley (away); girls at 2:30 p.m., boys 4 p.m.Feb. 13 RFHS v Olathe (home); girls at 5 p.m., boys 6:30 p.m.Feb. 14 RFHS v Moffat (away); girls at 2:30 p.m., boys 4 p.m.Feb. 18 RFHS v Coal Ridge (home); girls at 5:30 p.m., boys 7 p.m.Feb. 20 RFHS v Gunnison (away); girls at 5:30 p.m., boys 7 p.m.

Basketball scheduleThe schedule for the rest of the season is as follows:

The Roaring Fork Ram boys and girls take their gamesoff the practice courts and into 3A Western Slope leagueaction starting with respective homes games against Aspenon Jan. 9, followed by road games to Basalt on Jan. 10.

The boys head into 2015 with an overall 4-2 record and1-0 in league play; the girls are 2-4 overall and 1-0 inleague play.

Larry Williams returns as the boys head coach whileChris Hall is in his rst year as girls head coach.

Photos by Emily Henley


Expansion slated in springor summerJohn ColsonSopris Sun Correspondent

Area bus riders might be forgiven for being a littleupset at the Roaring Fork Transportation Authorityabout the availability of parking spaces at the Carbon-dale Park & Ride lot, acknowledged the transit agencysCEO Dan Blankenship recently.

But, he promised, things will improve in the springor summer.

Were in the height of the busy season right now, andthe lots overowing, said Blankenship in an interview inlate December.

But RFTA planners had been working on a solution, in-cluding the purchase of a lot next to the Park & Ride at acost of $425,000 and making plans to expand the parkinglot, plans that he had hoped would come to fruition beforethe end of 2014.

But, he said, the agency got a nasty surprise when con-struction estimates for another Park & Ride expansionproject in New Castle came in last fall at more than twicethe $500,000 estimate.

At that point, he said, he and his board were worriedthat RFTA was at the mercy of contractors who alreadyhad plenty of work, and who were putting high-premiumprices in their estimates for anyone trying to get more workout of them.

So they decided to put off the bid process for Carbon-dale, dropped plans for the New Castle expansion, and areon hold until a little later in 2015 before they put out anew set of bid documents.

We hope to be able to get more competitive bids forCarbondale and for New Castle, Blankenship told TheSopris Sun, explaining that until the high bids came infor New Castle he had anticipated spending about thesame amount in construction costs for each project about $500,000.

He said the agency has applied for federal grant moneythat could be used to augment RFTAs construction budg-ets for the two projects, if that becomes necessary.

Certainly the Carbondale project is one we think is ahigh priority, he said, adding that he hopes to get the proj-ect built in the spring or early summer.

Blankenship was eager to placate angry bus riders whond themselves circling the Park & Ride lot in the early-morning rush to nd scarce parking spots, then having todrive back into the center of town to park and take a con-nector bus back to the Park & Ride.

He suggested that bus riders driving to the Park & Ridelot in the morning should keep in mind that the lot typi-cally is lled up by 7:30 a.m., and adjust their schedule ac-cordingly to allow time to park in the center of town and

get to the Park & Ride lot.He said there is auxiliary parking between Colorado

Avenue and Main Street at Highway 133, and another lotnear town hall on Colorado Avenue, and that the Carbon-dale Circulator bus will take drivers from stops near eachof those lots to the Park & Ride facility.

The schedule for the circulator bus has it at the SixthStreet bus stop (near town hall) at three, 18, 33 and 48 min-utes after the hour, and taking roughly seven to eight min-utes to get from there to the Park & Ride lot to connect withBus Rapid Transit buses heading upvalley or downvalley.

The circulator stops at the Main Street bus stop atHighway 133, according to the schedule, at four, 19, 34and 49 minutes after the hour, with a transit time of aboutsix minutes to the Park & Ride lot.

Some RFTA riders riled over crowded 133 lot

Letters continued om page 2Of course there is a good side to this

change. Many are making out like banditsand I take my hat off to them as well.Where else in a small town can you nd asexy top (made in Taiwan) for a mere $100.

Carolyn Cary HallCarbondale

What a placeDear Editor:

What a wonderful community andplace to live, lled with generous and sup-portive people.

On behalf of our Habitat Families, Iwant to thank the many people of theRoaring Fork Valley for helping us lend ahand-up. Whether it was swinging a ham-mer on the construction site, writing acheck to help us purchase building materi-als or shopping at one of our ReStores,your support has made a signicant impactin our community and in the lives of thepartner families weve served in 2014.

We were able to complete homes withthree partner families and our ReStoreended the year as one of the top 10 in thenation. All of this was possible onlythrough the generosity and support of ourdonors, partners and volunteers. Habitatwould also like to thank The Sopris Sun

for its continued widespread coverage ofour organization. We are appreciative ofthe ability to share our mission of build-ing homes, building hope and buildingcommunity in our valley in partnershipwith local hard-working families whowant to experience the American Dreamof owning a home.

As we head into 2015, we are on trackto complete four more homes, along withan Aspen duplex home in the works.

We are continuously looking to increaseour volume of volunteers as we build morehomes in partnership with local hard work-ing families. We have found people arelooking for an organization with volunteerhours that t in their schedule, where theyreceive an experience that is worth sharingwith others and can see a tangible impact atthe end of the day. We are fortunate to livein a community where volunteers are pas-sionate about affordable housing and lend-ing a hand-up, not a hand-out.

Its not too late to sign up to volunteer atour two ReStores: the Annex located at 120Midland Avneue, and our Boutique/Ware-house located at 7025 Highway 82 and ourbuilding sites in Carbondale. We invite youto visit our website at www.HabitatRoar-ingFork.org to sign up to volunteer, meet

our families and make a monetary dona-tion in which 100 percent j13

of every donation goes back into ourbuilding fund because our ReStore coversALL of our afliate, staff and ReStore ex-penses.

And, now that Habitat for Humanityhas been designated as an Enterprise Zonefor economic development, donors are eli-gible for an additional 25 percent state taxcredit. Donate today on our website atHabitatRoaringFork.org.

Geneva FarrVolunteer CoordinatorHabitat for Humanity

Who is that guy?Dear Editor:

I am just wondering who this guy isfrom California who keeps writing itemsfor the Western Slope to read and then actslike this country is just his crystal ball.Gosh, this guy must have his head in somebeach ball as he points out how great theeconomy is: jobs galore, Obama has cre-ated three million jobs and there are only18 million out of work Americans; millionsof government workers on the dole. It does-nt equate to a great jobs market.

Even the media is saying with tongue incheek that there is a long way to go. Thenhe talks about how the DOW is way upthere, so that equates to a brilliant Obamaeconomy? Well we all know that the stockmarket has been manipulated for years andyears. So it could drop at any time. Anymarket that tends to jump hundreds ofpoints also tends to correct itself hundredsof points. We all know that the economypicks up about Thanksgiving and thenstarts jumping in December, but then whenJan. 1 rolls around, it can fall at on itsface. This, gentlemen, fails to mention allthe trillions of dollars in debt that hasntbeen paid back. We just took on anothertrillion so that the government wouldntshut down in February.

So, tell me again how great everything isgoing in all of the other states where jobs arescarce, but there are now millions of illegalsthat Obama is going to give jobs to betweenfour and some of them because we needmore of the so called Hispanic elites thathave chosen to stay in the USA. The lawyers,the administrators, the judges, etc. etc.

Frankly, I think this guy is joke and reallydoesnt know of what he speaks of. Just an-other know it all from a California surfer.

Jane Spaulding

RFTA ofcials are advising bus riders to arrive at the Carbondale Park & Ride lot before 7:30 a.m. if they want to nda parking spot. Plans are in the works for RFTA to expand the parking lot. Photo by Lynn Burton


Sopris Sun Staff Report

Following a national search, anew vice president will soon leadColorado Mountain Colleges cam-pus in Edwards. Dr. KathrynRegjo, currently president andCEO of Lincoln College of NewEngland, will start her new posi-tion at CMC March 1, accordingto a press release.

Regjo is currently the presidentand CEO of Lincoln College of NewEngland, a small, private residentialcollege in Southington, Conn. Beforejoining Lincoln College, she heldseveral positions with The PrincetonReview, a national leader in provid-ing college-bound students with test-preparation services, tutoring andadmissions resources, as well as re-source books and online courses.

Jeremiah Johnson, a search com-mittee member, said During the in-terviews I saw that Dr. Regjopossesses a focused, analytical mindthat is supported by a warm and col-laborative personality. I believe Dr.Regjo will make informed, condentdecisions and that she will make anexcellent leader for our campus.

Regjo holds a Doctor of Education in higher education management from the Uni-versity of Pennsylvania, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Den-ver and a Bachelor of Arts in international business and German from Adrian College ofAdrian, Mich. She also studied at the Universitt Heidelberg in Heidelberg, Germany.

She is a member of the Connecticut American Council on Education Womens Net-work, Penn Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy, and the American Associationof University Women. Regjo enjoys swimming, hiking and living outdoors. She is marriedto Daniel Regjo and they have two children, Luka (7) and Ella (4).

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Wood pelletsThe second new thing for me was wood pellets as a fuel for heating. Wood pellets are

really popular in the upper East Coast and Midwest. They are also very popular in Eu-rope. The pellets are available locally in bags or by truckloads. Some hydronic heaters aredesigned for burning pellets. They have a second container next to them that allows theautomatic feed of pellets. The advantages to wood pellets are: high energy content, lowemissions when burnt, the ability to regulate their burn rate, low amount of ashes, andthe automatic nature of their use. Some inside-the-home burners have a screw-auger feedthat sends the pellets into the burner. The equipment works just like gas red equipmentand responds to thermostat controls.

Internationally, wood pellets are marketed as commodities. Quantities such as 20,000tons are traded. Full shipping containers are traded. Entire shiploads are traded and thewhereabouts of such ships is a topic of discussion on websites.

I became more interested in wood pellets when I spoke with a real estate agent inAustin, Colorado, who had invested in a company that was coating these pellets withpolyethylene melted pop bottles. He said it became difcult because China was buy-ing up all the available pop bottles. (Seriously?) He said they sold the concept to a com-pany in Amsterdam.

Wait a minute!It turns out that wood pellets are replacing coal in power plants in Europe. Pellets

have about one-tenth of the emissions of coal. Shiploads are being sent to Europe fromthe United States

But guess what? You can buy pellets at the Roaring Fork Valley Co-op, Ace Hardwareor City Market. They are sold in 40-pound bags. There are three brands available in Car-bondale. The pellets are made in Walden or Kremmling, or in Sand Point, Idaho. TheColorado products are using dead pine trees that were killed by beetles. You may have apellet heater in your home, or, you may want to burn pellets in your wood burning woodstove. One can buy a perforated basket that ts in your wood stove into which you canpour the clean-burning wood pellets.

For a later column, we can talk about HOW to burn your rewood.

Patrick Hunter is a member of the Carbondale Environmental Board.

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THURSDAY Jan. 8LITERACY OUTREACH Volunteers whowant to help adults learn basic literacy skillsare invited to attend a Literacy Outreach ori-entation session at the Carbondale Branch Li-brary at 4 p.m. Some participants struggle toread and write while others want to improvetheir oral English skills. Info: 945-5282.

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

FRIDAY Jan. 9MOVIES The Crystal Theatre presentsWild (R) at 7:30 p.m. nightly Jan. 9-15 ex-cept Jan. 11 showtime is 2 p.m. (captioned)and 5 p.m. only.

OPENING Ann Korologos Gallery inBasalt opens Color & Form featuringPeggy Judy and Gayle Waterman with a re-ception from 5 to 7 p.m. The show will beon display through Feb. 13.

OPENING The Wyly Art Center in Basaltopens Domestic Wild featuring Carbon-dale artist Susan Obermeyer Strauss from 5to 7 p.m. The show continues throughMarch 7.

LIVE MUSIC Steves Guitars in the oldpart of the Dinkel Building presents livemusic every Friday night. Info: 963-3304.

HOOPS Roaring Fork High School hostsAspen with the girls at 5:30 and boys at 7 p.m.

SATURDAY Jan. 10AUTHOR SPEAKS Brad Tyndall, authorof Touching God, speaks and signs books

at the Carbondale Branch Library at 3 p.m.Tyndall takes readers on a journey to far-reaching corners of the world, where hedrinks tea with Sudanese Muslims, prays inancient Coptic churches, and whirls with Sudervishes in the desert. In seeking the mys-tical in extraordinary places, he discoversthat an intimate relationship with God canbe found in known religious practices,said a library press release. Books willbe available for purchase. Thepresentation is free. Info: 963-2889 and gcpld.org.

EAGLE CREST The Satur-day Winter Market returns toEagle Crest Nursey in ElJebel on Saturdays from11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.Check out the local produce,food, coffee, sopas, clothing,accessories and more.

HOOPS Roaring Fork HighSchool travels to Basalt with the girlsat 2:30 and boys at 4 p.m. The regular sea-son concudes at home on Feb. 21.

SUN.-MON. Jan. 11-12FASHION SHOW AUDITIONS Audi-tions for CCAHs Green is the New Blackfashion show take place at the Third StreetCenter at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday and 6:30 p.m.on Monday. The Carbondale Council onArts and Humanities is looking for enthusi-astic and creative community membersfrom 18 to 80 years old. The shows takeplace March 14-15 and the theme is Un-derground. Rehearsals will begin on Feb. 8.

All models must attend one of two auditionsto be considered. Info: 963-1680.

SUNDAY Jan. 11SEVENTH/EIGHTH HOOPS The Car-bondale boys seventh and eighth grade bas-ketball teams host a round robin tournament

at Roairng Fork High School.The Carbondale seventh

graders play at 2 and3 p.m.; the eighth

graders play at 1and 3 p.m. Theother teams areMontrose andNew Castle.Carbondalehosts anothertournament at

RFHS featuringMontrose, Glen-

wood and Silt onJan. 25. Doors for

both tournaments openat 12:30 p.m. Admission is

$3 for adults, $1 for kids. Concessions willbe available

TNHA True Nature Healing Arts holdsgong meditation with Barry Chapman from5 to 5:45 p.m. Info: 963-9900.

LUTHERANS MEET Faith LutheranChurch holds worship services 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.

ASC A Spiritual Center in the Third Street

Center presents Angel Fowler (Art of Re-ceiving) at 10 a.m. Coming up: Rev. AultCD (Self Acceptance) on Jan. 18, ArdisHoffman (Integrating Spirituality Shiftingfrom Our Head into Our Heart) on Jan. 25.Info: 963-5516.

XC SKIING The Aspen-Snowmass NordicCouncil offers free lessons at the Aspen CrossCountry Center at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Info:925-2145.

MONDAY Jan. 12DESIGNERS DEADLINE Today is thedeadline to submit designs for CCAHs 2015Green is the New Black fashion extrava-ganza. This is for sustainable fashions. Info:carbondalearts.com or 963-1680.

FIGURE DRAWING CCAH offers livegure drawing with Philip Hone Williams atthe Third Street Center at 6:30 p.m. on Mon-days. The fee is $10. Info: 970-456-2865.

JAZZ JAM The Hotel Colorado in Glen-wood Springs continues Jazz Jam Mondaysfrom 7 to 9:30 p.m. All abilities are wel-come. For more info contact Hunter Damm319-7853.

TUESDAY Jan. 13CHAMBER LUNCHEON The Carbon-dale Chamber of Commerce holds its quar-terly luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. atthe Orchard. Susie Jimenez (Spice it Up) willprovide the lunch. The cost is $20 in advanceand $30 the day off. The luncheon is also the

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

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Community Briefs Please submit your community briefs to [email protected] by noon on Monday.Free advice on health insurance

The West Mountain Region Health Assistance Network is offering free sessions in Jan-uary for citizens to receive assistance to register for health insurance through Connect forHealth Colorado, according to a press release. Attendees in Gareld, Eagle and Pitkincounties will have the opportunity to speak with local health coverage guides who can an-swer questions and provide personalized enrollment assistance. For an appointment, call970-471-0672 (Eagle, Vail), 970-471-3554 (El Jebel, Aspen, Basalt), 970-471-3510 (Glen-wood Springs) and 970-471-6954 (Rie and Parachute) or eaglecounty.us/healthassis-tance. The remaining schedule is as follows:

Jan. 11 1 to 4:30 p.m. at the Avon Library (200 Benchmark Road); Jan. 13 2 to 8 p.m. at the El Jebel Community Center.

Library board meetsThe Gareld County library board meets at the Rie Branch Library at 6 p.m. on Jan.

8. Agenda items include: a strategic planning committee update, sales tax refund updateand marketing plan implementation.

Crystal River Caucus meetsThe Crystal Caucus meets at the Church at Redstone at 7 p.m. on Jan. 8. Agenda items

include work on Master Plan revisions and such other business as may come up. TheCrystal River Caucus mailing address is Box 870, Carbondale, CO 81623.

Calling all artistsThe deadline to submit entries into the non-juried Valley Visual Art Show is 5 p.m. on

Jan. 9. The Valley Visual Art Show is the biggest of the Carbondale Council on Arts andHumanities exhibitions and features more than 40 artists from the Roaring Fork andCrystal River valleys. For details, call 963-1680 or go to carbondalearts.com.

Fire district actionHere are the Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District emergency 911 calls for the

week of Dec. 28 through Jan. 3. Medical emergencies (7); Smoke alarm responses (3); Motor vehicle accidents (2);

Trauma emergency (1); Fire alarm response (1); Carbon monoxide alarm response (1); Medical alarm response/false (1); Request for standby for Basalt (1).

The Town of Carbondale is currently offering

Christmas tree recycling in the parking lot at 4th and Colorado. Please remove all ornaments and tree stands.

Wreaths are not accepted.

Thank you.


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Every class at Roaring Fork High School gets to decorate a hallway before the Christmasbreak. Word has it all the hallways looked fantastic this year. The seniors snagged aprime spot at the school entrance. Sue Rollyson photo

By Darin Binion During an incredibly foggy bicycle com-

mute one fall morning, I looked up and sawMount Sopris peeking out from behind theclouds. I had to stop and take a picture ofthe incredible beauty of this valley in whichwe live.

The next day, while running errands onmy bike, I ran into a friend on the bike path,and we stopped and chatted fora bit, talking about how fastthe summer had passed us by.

We all get caught up in ourdaily routine, and before weknow it, summer is gone. Weget depressed because we feel like we didntget outside as much as we wanted. Commut-ing by bike allows for that daily explorationand to get outside. When I arrive at workevery morning after pedaling in, I feel re-freshed and ready to start the day, and whenI head home after a stressful day at work, it isall but gone in the rst few pedal strokes.

No matter why you choose to initiallystart commuting by bicycle more exer-cise, more freedom you will continuallynd more reasons to continue commutingby bike.

Now that were ofcially in winter, a lotof you may be thinking only of next sum-mer and that you need to ride your bikemore during the warm months.Im here toencourage you to try riding in winter, too.We live in the Roaring Fork Valley and have

the gear to play outside all winter. Much ofthat gear will cross over to cycling even if itis not cycling specic.

The commuteWhen people ask me how I commute all

year long, I tell them that as long as you takecare of your ngers and toes, you can behappy for many hours in the cold and wet

conditions. We all know that is truewhen we are skiing, snowboarding,hiking/snowshoeing, and it is verytrue for cycling/commuting as well. Ilove Pearl Izumi gloves, and I haveabout three pair (including lobster

mitts) that provide varying degrees ofwarmth. I will also add pogies/bar mitts forextra warmth and wind proong. Pogies at-tach to the handlebars, wrap around yourhands, and cinch shut, creating a microcli-mate similar to a sleeping bag.

I usually wear my Shimano insulated andwaterproof cycling shoes and on morningsbelow 15, I put on at pedals and wear myBogs because theyre toasty warm.

As far as pants and other layers, I typi-cally wear a pair of Ibex wool knee warmerswith a pair of bibs. If its less than 25 degrees,I will wear some Endura pants that are windproof but not waterproof so they remainhighly breathable.

As you ride more and more, you will getused to the daily changes in weather andknow exactly what to put on in the morn-

ing; you will know what to pack in your bagor on your bike to make sure your commuteis a happy one.

Carry moreWinter commuting is obviously much

slower, especially if youre using studdedtires (which I recommend), wearing moreclothing and carrying more items. Youshould carry all the normal tools in case youget a at or have another mechanical break-down. Down jackets are amazing for timeswhen you need to stop.

Lights are important, and I use a NiteriderUSB rechargeable headlight that is about 150lumens and lasts the 14-mile, one-way com-mute, which typically will take me 45-75

minutes, depending on conditions and timeof year.

I commute on my Xtracycle, which al-lows me the carrying capacity to take every-thing I need to and from work. There are avariety of ways to carry things on your bikeand not have to carry a large pack on yourback, especially important on the longercommutes. It also allows you to travel lighterand not feel like you are lugging around aton of stuff. Rack and panniers have been themost popular way for commuters for many,many years. Leaving a few changes of clothesand even keeping a small toiletries kit atwork can help in situations where it is espe-cially hot during the summer months andyou arrive at work feeling a bit spicy.

There are many reasons we live here inColorado and the Roaring Fork Valley, andfor me it is to be outside as much as possible.With more than 300 days of sunshine a year,it is very hard to not take every advantage ofheading outside, especially right before workand immediately after.

Darin Binion worked at The Gear Ex-change for 10 years before having an op-portunity to help build custom titaniumbikes at Twenty2 Cycles in GlenwoodSprings. He also works at Rad Bike Shopin Glenwood. If you have any questionsabout riding your bike to work or bik-ing in general, drop him a line [email protected].


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We get depressed because we feel like wedidnt get outside asmuch as we wanted.Commuting by bike allows for that daily exploration and to get outside.

Keep biking to work even in the winter

By A.J. Hobbs

The sputter of the 100 LL gasoline pow-ered engine rattles through the six-seatCessna 210. I use oil and gas, pilot BruceGordon, of EcoFlight, statesas he points to the dash-board of the small planewhile we taxi towards take off. EcoFlight isnot against oil and gas drilling, but feel, itmust be done properly and responsibly. Thereare some places where it shouldnt be done,such as the Thompson Divide.

The Thompson Divide area he is referringto today is a controversial swath of land beingconsidered for oil and gas drilling, much ofwhich is designated roadless. It sits to the westof Carbondale, south of Glenwood Springs,east of Rie, and north of Paonia.

EcoFlights mission is to educate and ad-vocate for the protection of remaining wildlands and wildlife habitat, which are dwin-dling daily, by providing an aerial perspectiveand encouraging an environmental steward-ship ethic among citizens of all ages.

The subjects for education today are SusieAmichaux, an employee of Gareld CountyPublic Health, her husband Craig, Carbon-dale Trustee Katrina Byars and myself; unfor-tunately Gareld County Commissioner TomJankovsky was unable to make the ight.

Clear and chillyIt is a fairly clear and chilly December

morning as we take off from Pitkin CountyAirport. The ight begins alongside the ma-jestic Elk Mountains, most of which are des-ignated wilderness, the highest form ofprotection the government can give to a piece

of land. No mining, logging, drilling, roads,vehicles, or permanent structures are allowedwithin a wilderness designation. This land isto be preserved in its natural condition, for

natures sake, wildlifes sake,our sake, and for future gener-ations. Its forests are thick, lush

and unbroken as seen from above.Our ight continues west, past Mount

Sopris and the town of Carbondale, wherewe enter the Thompson Divide area. Thereare clear signs of human impact from past

mining operations, old oil and gas wells(which now serve as storage and trans-portation of fuel to heat Carbondale homes),current logging and agriculture operations,and Sunlight Mountain Resort. For the mostpart though, this land is ourishing andhealthy with thick forest and clean waters.There is ample opportunity for wildlife tolive relatively undisturbed.

The last portion of our ight takes usabove the oil and gas drilling operations nearNew Castle and Rie. This land appears bar-

ren and dry, worn out like the skin of an oldrancher who has spent decades in the ele-ments. There are no signs of trees or forestsurrounding the drilling operations. Roadscrisscross much of the land. Retention pondssit stagnantly so the chemicals we put in thewater can dissipate out. I cannot say if theland is this way because of oil and gas, hav-ing not seen this area from above before itsprevalence. But it is clear that there is a dif-ference between land near drilling and landthat is not.

PerspectiveWhen it is all said and done, it is a matter

of perspective. The perspective of proponentsof oil and gas is as legitimate as any; oil andgas drilling produces energy, which at thispoint we all use to some extent, and it stimu-lates the economy, allowing many people tomake a decent living and support a family.On the ip side of the coin, opponents of oiland gas believe the same economic value canbe created by using renewable resources(solar, wind and water) without the risks ofenvironmental and health impacts.

The perspective I gained from a birds eyeview makes it clear that oil and gas has a di-rect impact on the surrounding land. Thereare many ways we can remedy this. Living ina capitalistic culture, the most powerful votewe have is with our dollar. As long as we de-mand oil and gas, it will continue to be pro-duced. If we make simple changes in ourindividual lives by walking, riding the bus,eating locally, conserving resources andchoosing to use renewable energy, we cantruly make a difference.

While each of us continues to make ourindividual lives better, there are some great or-ganizations that are working tirelessly behindthe scenes to help educate and advocate forthe protection of wild lands, such as:EcoFlight (ecoight.org); The Thompson Di-vide Coalition, working to secure permanentprotection of the Thompson Divide from oiland gas drilling (savethethompsondivide.org);and Wilderness Workshop, working to pro-tect nature for its sake and ours (wilderness-workshop.org). Think of donating to one ofthese great non-prots as a gift to nature,wildlife, yourself and your grandchildren.

Most of all, remember its all perspective.Put yourself in the shoes of the father work-ing on a drilling rig who wants to give hisdaughter an opportunity to live the best lifeshe can. Put yourself in the perspective of thetrees and the water whose voices are notheard. Put yourself in the perspective of fu-ture generations and imagine what they willthink of our current actions. Its all about ed-ucation and perspective, and I thankEcoFlight, Bruce Gordon, and his dedicatedteam for helping to broaden that perspective.We are in this together and we can do better.

A.J. Hobbs is a member of the CarbondaleBoard of Trustees, and the GareldCounty Energy Advisory Board. He be-lieves the rst step in minimizing conict isface-to-face communication and realizingthat neither side is an enemy. We are alljust humans trying to make it in this crazyexperience called life and we all want tosee a better world. He can be reached [email protected].

Putting oil and gas development into perspective

Sometimes the onlyreason for us to besomewhere else is to see things from a

different perspective. Leila Summers

OPINION

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Basalt Art Walk returns on Jan. 9 with two artists re-ceptions and four different shows.

The WylyThe Wyly Art Center presents Domestic Wild, fea-

turing Susan Obermeyer Strauss. Im exploring severalphilosophical questions: what is wild and what is domes-tic? How do we make meaning out of visual information;whats required versus what can just be lled in? Thirdly,Im curious about how we manufacture memory. Mymothers dementia has inspired me to re-evaluate howhuman beings make meaning out of our experience.

Strauss said she is also interested in the relationshippeople have with the wild part of themselves. Are we bornwild into the domestic society and civil structures, muchlike our companion species, equines, canines and housecats? Or do we come in wild and exit wild, and negotiateour wildness as we locate the boundaries of domestic liv-ing? With technology being able to track our living move-ments, Im contemplating death as a wilderness in which

Downtown Basalt Art Walk returns Jan. 9

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The location is the former recycle center at the corner of Two Rivers and Midland Spur.

Trees must be completely free of all ornaments, lights, garland and tinsel.

The recycle site will be open from December 26th to January 31st.

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technology cannot cross the boundary and follow.Domestic Wild features experimental monotypes, including seven large format solvent

transfer assemblages mounted onto board panels, as well as smaller works arranged as anarchive of experience and movement. While the subject matter at rst glance is recogniz-able as equines, the content is multifaceted, examining how we construct stories in order tomake meaning out of our experiences, Strauss explained.

An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Jan. 9. The show runs throughMarch 7. Strauss will discuss her work on Feb. 19 at 5:30 p.m.

The Wyly Art Center is located at 99 Midland Spur in downtown Basalt. The galleryhours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Korologos GalleryThe Ann Korologos Gallery presents Color and Form: Peggy Judy and Gayle

Waterman.Aspen resident Gayle C. Waterman creates abstract art that challenges the tradition

of photography and provokes the desire to look beyond the layers of time, accordingto a press release.

Denver artist Peggy Judys acrylic artwork highlights traditional western subject matterwith a modern, expressive interpretation.

The Ann Korologos Gallery in the clock tower building at 211 Midland Ave. An artistsreception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Jan. 9. The show continues through Feb. 13. Thegallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. For more information, call927-9668 or e-mail [email protected].

Toklat GalleryThe Toklat Gallery presents the three-dimensional wildlife paintings of Terry Doyle. A

former taxidermist, Doyles work explores going from two-dimensional paintings to three-dimensional sculptures. Toklat Gallery will be open from 5 to 7 p.m. on Jan. 9 and is lo-cated at 255 Gold Rivers Ct. For more information, call 927-1437 or [email protected].

Creative SpacesThe Creative Spaces Project is organized by the Basalt Chamber of Commerce and lo-

cated in Space 1 at 227 Midland Ave., #14A. The current show features Chris Chapmansarchitectural leather-wrapped furniture, Rick Stevens Plains Indians weaponry, DaveStruemplers ne furniture and marquetry, and Dave Durrances abstract color paintings.

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Three in Trees, an acrylic on canvas by Peggy Judy at the Ann Korologos Gallery,is one of several paintings in the current show that includes Gayle Waterman.Courtesy photo

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The property is located at 191 Sopris Ave, (Lots 13through 15, Block 4, Original Townsite, Carbondale)and is zoned Residential High Density.

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