Crystal Valley Echo October 2011

THE CRYSTAL VALLEY ECHOand Marble Times

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WebEntitypage 3

Radio Redstonepage 5

Art show recappage 10

Marble Timespull-out section

pages 13-16

Charity racespages 20-21

Finishing touchesRedstone's historic coke ovens

restoration project is nearly completeSee page 27

Masons from Building Restorations Specialties, above, are almost finished rebuilding Redstone’s coke ovens to their 1903 original dress during arecent fall day. Except for final landscaping work, the restoration project is almost done. Photo by Alyssa Ohnmacht

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MISSION STATEMENT:To provide a voice for Crystal Valleyites; to bringattention to the individuals and local businessesthat are the fabric of the Crystal Valley region; tocontribute to the vitality of our small town life.

PublisherAlyssa Ohnmacht

EditorCarrie Click

Staff WriterSue McEvoy

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Contributors to this issue ofThe Crystal Valley Echo:

Alan Pilkington, Mark Lacy, George Newman, Allyn Harvey,

Web Entity, Redstone Art Foundation, Christine Murray, Ellie Kershow, Bruce Gledhill, Melissa Sidelinger, Larry Good, Craig Macek,

Justin Mock, Lon Winston, Colorado Mountain College, Joseph Kuper,

Harry Knipe, Lisa Wagner, Ron Sorter, Bettie Lou Gilbert, John Hook,

Crystal River Caucus, Jennifer Dockery,Marble Charter School students and staff

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W H O W E A R E

Alan PilkingtonRedstone

Name: Alan Pilkington

Age: North of 60, south of 70

Where do you live?In a nice log home in Redstone.

Birthplace: A small country town in southeast Australia.

When did you move to the Crystal Valley and why?About 10 years ago, seeking post-divorce solitude and aquiet place to write the great American novel.

What three things would you like people to knowabout you? 1) It wasn't the great American novel, but many peopleenjoyed it.

2) There's another life after retirement if you look for it.

3) No matter what your achievements, there is no successgreater than being part of a happy family, especially onewith lots of dogs!

Which living person do you most admire? There's notan artist, writer, sportsman or political leader who gets evenclose to either of my two daughters Emma and Amy or mywife Martha.

What's the best piece of advice you've ever beengiven? From my father: Be respectful to women, have afirm handshake, and look a man in the eye when talking tohim.

What is your favorite thing to do in the CrystalValley? A toss-up between hiking the Avalanche Creek trailin summer, enjoying the wildlife that wanders through ourproperty, and grilling on my deck.

Who are you? Would you like others to know who you are and what you’re about? Or do you know someone wholives and/or works in the Crystal Valley who would make an interesting Who We Are subject? Let us know by con-tacting the Echo at [email protected], or call 963-2373.

“Who We Are” is a Q&A about a Crystal Valley resident or visitor. Our objective is to give community members better connections and familiarity with each other.

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Teenage web designers atWebEntity help the Echo join the21st century

By Carrie Click, Echo editor

When you – “you” being an adult who is old enoughto remember life before computers – have a questionabout the web and computers andhow to do something oneither one of them,whom do you go to?

If you’re savvy,you’re likely to asksomeone who’s grownup around technology –ideally, someone still inhigh school. And most ofthe time, you’ll probablyget the answer to yourquestion.

In the case of TheCrystal Valley Echo’s newwebsite, at echonewspa-pers.com, publisher AlyssaOhnmacht decided to dojust that. Through a busi-ness-to-business event host-ed by the Carbondale cham-ber, Alyssa learned aboutYouthEntity, a Carbondale-based nonprofit that is teaching kids about the work-place, and utilizing their energies and talents.

Working with web designer Blake Lockard, aGlenwood Springs High School senior, Alyssa nowhas a website for The Crystal Valley Echo and its sis-ter paper, The Grand Valley Echo, and Blake has somevaluable hands-on work experience.

Real-world web designYouthEntity began in 2001 as Computers 4 Kids, an

organization that took donated computers, refur-

bished them, and distributed them toschools. Today, that initial premise hasmorphed into a center that offers diversecareer opportunities for local children andteenagers. The kids also learn how to man-age and budget their money, and how to geta job and hang onto it.

At the helm is Kirsten Petre McDaniel,YouthEntity’s executivedirector who has an MBAfrom DePaul University,and who worked forDow Chemical and BASFprior to her leadershiprole with YouthEntity.

“Our mission is toprovide real-world learn-ing experiences to youth that devel-op financial knowledge, cultivatebusiness experience and build tech-nological skills,” said Kirsten.

Under the technological skillsumbrella of YouthEntity isWebEntity, the organization’sweb design service.

Kirsten explained thatWebEntity started designingwebsites and serving clients inthe spring of 2010. They charge afee of $495 for a five-page site.

Intuit provides hosting services for $4.99 amonth for a five-page site. Additional pages are $100 perpage and Intuit may charge additional monthly fees forhosting if extra space is needed or if they client wants tolink to Paypal to accept credit card purchases online.

The future is brightCurrently the organization has three designers – all

high school students. Besides Blake, Elizabeth Ritchieattends Roaring Fork High, and David Wood goes toBasalt High. Each student participates in the designprocess for all projects, and each client is providedwith at least three design options. Once the client

chooses a design, the student builds the site and coor-dinates the review session and approval before thesite goes live.

The lessons and experience gained at WebEntityare already having an effect on seniors Blake andElizabeth. Blake is working with a Carbondale firm,and the future is bright for both web designers.

“Blake secured an internship at Blue Tent Marketingthis summer and he is continuing his work there, andat WebEntity, during his senior year,” said Kirsten.“Both plan on attending college to study design. Blakewill study web design, and I think Elizabeth maystudy either architecture or illustration.”

Besides building the sites, WebEntity also offersmaintenance packages for the sites they design. Andeach client is provided with a one-hour training sessionon how to make basic changes to their sites themselves.

For Alyssa and the Echoes, working with Blake andWebEntity has been a great experience.

“It’s been fun and easy,” said Alyssa. “Blake and therest of the staff made the process of getting a site upon the web less daunting than my attempts to do it onmy own.”

WebEntity is part of YouthEntity, which is locat-ed at 455 S. Third St., Carbondale, 963-4055,youthentity.org, webentity.org.

The Echo (finally) gets a website: echonewspapers.com

Blake Lockard was the lead designer on The Crystal Valley Echo’s site.He is a senior at Glenwood High School.

Photo courtesy of Kirsten Petre McDaniel


Your calendar for goings on in and around the Crystal River Valley

C R Y S T A L C A L E N D A R

Help the Echo’s calendar grow; let us know. Send event items [email protected] by the 15th of the preceding month. Besure to include the five Ws (who, what, when, why and where); con-tact info, cost and anything else you think readers need to know.

• Oct. 1: 1-4 p.m. A reception for Kurt Isgreen: NewWatercolors is at the Redstone Art Center, on the Boulevard,Redstone, 963-3790.

• Oct. 1: 7:30 p.m. Thunder River Theatre Company presents“The House of Blue Leaves,” at the Thunder River Theatre, 67Promenade, Carbondale. Performances also on Oct. 7, 8, 9, 13,14 and 15. 963-8200, thunderrivertheatre.com.

• Oct. 3: Last day to register to vote in the mail-in Nov. 2election; registertovote.org.

• Oct. 5: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. The last Carbondale Farmers’Market of the season is at Fourth and Main from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.704-4190, carbondalefarmersmarket.com.

• Oct. 5: 2-5 p.m. Flu shots offered at The Marble Hub,sponsored by Roaring Fork Family Physicians of Carbondale.$25/person. 704-9482.

• Oct. 6: 1-3 p.m. Time to recycle in Redstone. In front of theChurch at Redstone, Redstone Boulevard.

• Oct. 6: 7 p.m. The Marble Board of Trustees meeting isat Fellowship Hall at the Marble Community Church.

• Oct. 7: 6-8 p.m. First Friday is a tradition in Carbondale, andincludes all types of retail businesses, galleries, restaurants, freeshuttles, rickshaw rides, maps, and performers along theHighway 133 corridor, Third Street Center, and of course, down-town. carbondalearts.com.

• Oct. 7-8: Celtic Fest and Octoberfest, sponsored by theTown of Carbondale and Steve’s Guitars, is at the Fourth StreetPlaza in downtown Carbondale; 963-3304, stevesguitars.net.

• Oct. 8: 1-4 p.m. Make Your Own (body mannequin)Double, presented by the School of Textile Arts at theCarbondale Council on Arts and Humanities, Third Street Center,Carbondale. carbondalearts.com, 963-1680.

• Oct. 10: 10 a.m. Redstone Community Association meetsat the Redstone Inn. Learn about upcoming Redstone events,and help plan for them. redstonecolorado.com.

• Oct. 12: Last day to comment on the environmental assess-ment regarding the Mystic Eagle Mine up Avalanche Ranch.625-6864, [email protected].

• Oct. 13: Singer/songwriter Marc Black is at Steve’sGuitars, 19 N. Fourth, Carbondale. For prices, time and moreinfo contact 963-3304, stevesguitars.net.

• Oct. 14: 8 p.m. Vermont singer/songwriter AnaisMitchell is at the Performing Arts Center at the Third StreetCenter (PAC3) in Carbondale. Doors open at 7 p.m. For ticketsand prices, contact 925-1663, pac3carbondale.com.

• Oct. 14: Folk rockers Blue Mountain is at Steve’s Guitars,19 N. Fourth, Carbondale. For prices, time and more info con-tact 963-3304, stevesguitars.net.

• Oct. 15: Singer/songwriters Alice Peacock and DannyMyrick are at Steve’s Guitars, 19 N. Fourth, Carbondale. Forprices, time and more info contact 963-3304, stevesguitars.net.

• Oct. 18: 2-5 p.m. Flu shots offered at The Marble Hub,sponsored by Roaring Fork Family Physicians of Carbondale.$25/person. 704-9482.

• Oct. 19: 7 p.m. Carlotta Walls LaNier, author ColoradoMountain College’s Common Reader selection, “A MightyLong Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central HighSchool,” is at Colorado Mountain College’s Spring Valley loca-tion. coloradomtn.edu/commonreader.

• Oct. 20: 1-3 p.m. Time to recycle in Redstone. In front ofthe Church at Redstone, Redstone Boulevard.

• Oct. 20: 7 p.m. “A Literary Evening of Poetry and Prose”with Jennifer Catto, Kristen Carlson, and Wendy Videlock in theRound Room at Third Street Center, Carbondale. 963-1680, car-bondalearts.org.

• Oct. 21: Rock ‘n’ Roast, barbecue and live music, to benefitCarbondale preschools tuition assistance programs, at thePerforming Arts Center at the Third Street Center (PAC3) inCarbondale. For tickets and prices, contact 925-1663, pac3car-bondale.com.

• Oct. 21: Folk musicians The Refugees are at Steve’sGuitars, 19 N. Fourth, Carbondale. For prices, time and moreinfo contact 963-3304, stevesguitars.net.

• Oct. 23: 9:30-11:30 a.m. Olivia Savard presents Pancakes forParkinson’s, a breakfast fundraiser for Team Fox, to raisemoney for Parkinson’s disease research, at The Gathering Centerat the Church at Carbondale. Donations appreciated. 963-2373,963-9616.

• Oct. 25: 7:30 p.m. “The Hidden Side of Peacemaking,”with mediator and therapist Barbe Chambliss, a 90-minute pres-entation, in the Calaway Room of the Third Street Center inCarbondale. 963-1680, carbondalearts.com.

• Oct. 27: Anders Osborne at the Performing Arts Center atthe Third Street Center (PAC3) in Carbondale. Doors open at 7p.m. For tickets and prices, contact 925-1663,pac3carbondale.com.

• Oct. 29: 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. An African-inspired drum-ming workshop is at the Carbondale Community School.Contact Laurie Loeb at 963-2798 for more information.

• Oct. 29: Halloween Party with Eufoquestra at thePerforming Arts Center at the Third Street Center (PAC3) inCarbondale. Costumes encouraged. Doors open at 7 p.m. Fortickets and prices, contact 925-1663, pac3carbondale.com.

• Oct. 31: Halloween. Boo.

• Oct. 31: Halloween Party and Costume Contest at theRedstone Inn. Call the inn for details, 963-2526.

ONGOING

• Haunted Hayrides with Redstone Stables in October onFridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays before and onHalloween – Oct. 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29, 30, and 31. $25/per-son; contact the Redstone Inn for children ticket prices. Rides at6, 7, 8 and 9 p.m. The 6 p.m. ride is for parents and kids 5 andunder. Tickets available at the Redstone Inn, 963-2526.

• In October, Thunder River Theatre Company presents “TheHouse of Blue Leaves,” at the Thunder River Theatre, 67Promenade, Carbondale, on Oct. 1, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14 and 15. 7:30p.m. except for 2 p.m. Sunday matinee. 963-8200, thunder-rivertheatre.com.

• October is SWAN month, which is Support Women’s ArtsNow with more than 14 events in 21 days presented by theCarbondale Council on Arts and Humanities; 963-1680, carbon-dalearts.com.

• Starting Oct. 1, the Redstone Inn is collecting firewoodfrom 7 a.m.-7 p.m. for the Grand Illumination bonfire on Nov.25. Check in at front desk before unloading. Call the inn at 963-2526 regarding approved burning materials.

• Guided tours of the historic Redstone Castle during Octoberare Fridays through Mondays at 1:30 p.m. Tickets are availableat The Crystal Club Café, Tiffany of Redstone, and the RedstoneGeneral Store. $15/adults, $10/seniors/children, free for kidsunder 5 years. More info on group tours: 963-9656 or red-stonecastle.us.

• October is College Application Month. College In Coloradoencourages students to prepare for their college applications bylogging onto the site for a chance to win a $1,000 scholarshipor $500 gift card. Go to collegeincolorado.org for more info.

• Historic walking tours of Marble are available by appoint-ment at The Marble Hub on Main Street in Marble. Donationsaccepted. Call 704-9482.

• Mill Site tours are available by appointment at The MarbleHub on Main Street in Marble. $5/person. Call 704-9482.

• Take a horse-drawn carriage ride around Redstone.$25/person. 963-2526, redstoneinn.com.

• Resuming Oct. 6, Pilates in Redstone is on Monday andThursday mornings; 8-9 a.m. is advanced; 9:30-10:30 a.m. isbeginner; and Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. – all levels, everyone wel-come, at the Redstone Inn. $10 fee, punch passes available.Dress comfortably and bring a mat. 704-1843.

• The School of Textile Arts is a new collaboration ofCarbondale Council on Arts and Humanities, Studio Ten and theCarbondale Sew-Op. Classes offered now and on an ongoingbasis. Look through class offerings at carbondalearts.org.

• Roaring Fork Combat Veterans Support Group, a safeplace for veterans who have served in combat operations toshare, meets every Monday at 8 p.m. at the Circle Club, 123Main St., Carbondale. Contact Adam McCabe, 309-613-6-91,[email protected].

• Total Body Fitness schedule in Redstone is Tuesday andThursday, 8:30-10:30 a.m., at the Church at Redstone on theBoulevard. Have a two-hour body experience: Sculpt your figurewith low impact to burn body fat, weight-bearing exercises tostrengthen and breathing and mindful stretching for flexibilityand body/mind awareness. Free to the community. All abilitieswelcome. Since 1995. Personal training available. Instructor: LisaWagner, 963-8240.

• HEARTBEAT – support for survivors after suicide –meets the second Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at theUnited Methodist Church, 824 Cooper St. (the Bethel Chapelentrance), Glenwood. Call Pam Szedelyi, 945-1398, [email protected].

• Want to be "In Stitches"? Every first, third and sometimes fifthWednesday, bring the stitches (knit, crochet, needlepoint etc.) ofyour choice to the Redstone Inn Library Room from 4-6 p.m.Beginner to advanced. Call Kay Bell, 963-9811 or Mary Dorais,963-3862.

• Recycling in Redstone is on the first and third Thursday ofeach month from 1-3 p.m. Bring your cardboard, glass, plastic,newspapers, magazines, aluminum, steel cans and office paperto the Pitkin County bin parked adjacent to the Church atRedstone, Redstone Boulevard.• Carbondale Recreation offersclasses and programs for a range of activities for kids and adults.704-4190, carbondalerec.com.

• Redstone and Marble locals can get a Locals Card for dis-counts at the Redstone Inn at Happy Hours and more. Stop bythe inn. 963-2526.

• Get help: Crystal Valley residents living in Pitkin County (that’syou, Redstonians), are encouraged by the Aspen CounselingCenter to pick up the phone if you are in an emotional crisis andneed to talk to a trained professional. Don’t wait. Call 920-5555.

UPCOMING

• Nov. 1: Mail-in ballots due (except for Marble mayoralrecall).

• Nov. 10: 7 p.m. Crystal River Caucus annual meeting isat the Church at Redstone on Redstone Boulevard;[email protected], 963-2143.

• Nov. 15: Ballots due for Town of Marble’s special mail-inmayoral recall ballot election. Marble Town Clerk Karen Mulhall,274-6105.

• Nov. 25: Redstone’s Grand Illumination with Santa. Savethe date.

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Part-time Redstonian loves sharinghis music collection with anyonewho’d like to listen

By Alyssa Ohnmacht, Echo publisher

It’s not a real radio station that you can tune in onyour radio dial. In fact, Radio Redstone is not a radiostation at all. Instead, it’s a full-blast music experiencecreated by part-time Redstonian John Hook thatmakes John’s front porch in Redstone come alive withthe sound of music.

Some of the time, John lives in Florida when he’snot at his Redstone home, which sits on the north endof Redstone Boulevard. And no matter where he is,he’s always had a love of music.

“The first album my dad gave me had FatsDomino’s ‘Blueberry Hill’ on it,” said John. “I caughtthe end of the ‘50s, and was around in the ‘60s for thedawning of the Age of Aquarius.”

Whether it’s the Cambridge King’s College Choiror George Strait, John has a wide range of musicaltastes. About the only genres he doesn’t delve into arehip-hop, rap, and extreme dance.

“I think to do that justice you would have to havebigger speakers than I possess,” he said.

The Fourth of JulyIt all started this past Fourth of July.

John loaded a number of John PhillipSousa’s military marches into the iPodfunction on his iPhone, along withWhitney Houston’s rendition of “TheStar Spangled Banner” and several otherpatriotic pieces. Next, he put a speakersystem together on his front porch. AsRedstone’s annual Fourth of July parademarched by his home, the parade partic-ipants found the beat of the music. Eventhe kids started peddling their bicycles insynch with the tunes. And when “TheStar Spangled Banner” began to play,everyone stopped and placed their righthands over their hearts.

“The music inspired extraordinarybehavior, which further instilled agreater sense of community and nation-al pride,” John said.

After the parade and the patrioticmusic, John broadcasted five and a halfhours of tunes that spanned sevendecades of music history. People dancedin John’s front yard, and some danced inthe street. John said many people toldhim it was the best Fourth they’d ever

had. Before the daywas over, severalpeople asked if Johnwould be playingmusic like thatagain – maybe evenon a regular basis.

Music for thepeople

John decided togive it a try. Hestarted broadcastingmusic a couple oftimes a week fromhis front porch. Hefelt listeners wantedmore, so soon he started provid-ing a little commentary abouteach song and/or artist.

As time went on, Johnwatched people walking by, andhe could tell some of them didn’tget it. That’s when he created theslogan “Radio Redstone - We’ll

Rock You ‘Til You’re Red.” This summer, whenever John

aired his “radio” show, crowdscontinued to form.

“I had somewhere between150 and 200 visitors whom I hadnever met before sitting on myporch, tapping their feet to thebeat, talking about their favoriteconcerts and all sorts of musicaltrivia, and having what some ofthem described as an incrediblygood time,” he said.

The Berrys are part-timeRedstone neighbors of John’s,and love his musical contribu-tions to the Boulevard.

“Radio Redstone meanseverything to us,” said Sharon, speaking for her hus-band Roger and son William. “We enjoy the musicdrifting through the mountains. We like the way visi-tors to our little mountain town interact with localsand John during his broadcast.”

John imagines his music selections help enhancevisitors’ Redstone experience, and may have even

Radio Redstone rock ‘n’ rolls

Radio Redstone’s John Hook: Top picks“It’s hard to pick my top 10 of all time,” said John Hook as he

thought about listing his favorite tunes. So he didn’t. Instead, hepicked some top artists and songs, then ran down some of hisfavorite artists:

Top tunes:1. Devil with the Blue Dress – Mitch Ryder and the Detrolt

Wheels2. Whiter Shade of Pale – Procal Harum3. She’s Not There – The Zombies4. I Feel Free – Eric Clapton in Cream5. May This Be Love – Jimi Hendrix (and Emmy Lou Harris, who

covered it later)

Some favorite artists (in addition to the above and in no orderbut alphabetical): Lynn Anderson, Bee Gees, Jeff Beck, MichaelBloomfield, Patsy Cline, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joseph Haydn, AlKooper, Lyle Lovett, Willie Nelson, Michael Nesbitt, Roy Orbison,Elvis Presley, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Carlos Santana, Mavis Staples,Josh Stone, George Strait, The Supremes, Temptations, Stevie RayVaughn, Hank Williams.

Continued on page 27

John Hook broadcasts from his front porch at his house on RedstoneBoulevard. Bottom, Radio Redstone prompts spontaneous dancing, likethis newly-wed couple who happened by John’s house during a recent ses-sion. Photos courtesy of John Hook


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By Mark Lacy, Crystal River Caucus board member

At September’s Crystal River Caucus meeting, Jim Genung from the U.S. ForestService’s (USFS) Carbondale office outlined the vegetation management workthat’s beginning in the Crystal Valley. The two areas targeted for this fall areAvalanche Creek and Filoha Meadows. The purpose of the work is to improve for-age for big game in Avalanche Creek bymowing the oak brush, and opening upthe juniper habitat on Pitkin County OpenSpace lands in Filoha Meadows forbighorn sheep.

At Avalanche Creek workers are treat-ing approximately 119 acres of oak brushusing a hydro axe, which is basically afront-end loader with a mowing head on it.The purpose of the mowing is to stimulatethe oak to re-sprout with tender shootswhich are more palatable for big game.

The purpose of treating the juniperhabitat in Filoha Meadows is to improveforage and open up the meadow so thatbighorn sheep will be less susceptible topredation in the thick juniper. Bighornsheep rely on their good eyesight to evadepredators. Work in Filoha Meadows con-sists of mechanically treating approxi-mately 30 acres with hand crews usingchainsaws and a chipper to open up thecanopy.

In the spring of 2012, to promote plantvigor for wildlife and to reduce fuel loads, the USFS plans to follow up this workwith approximately 200 acres of controlled burning in both Avalanche Creek and

Filoha Meadows for a total of 400 additional acres. Jim will notify affectedlandowners about when the burns will be conducted and about smoke manage-ment. For more information, contact Jim Genung at [email protected] or 963-2266.

There was a presentation by Mike Mechau, Crystal Valley EnvironmentalProtection Association; Mark Lacy, White River National Forest; and SharonClarke, Roaring Fork Conservancy regarding ongoing work and future restoration

plans in Coal Creek. Work is ongoing tostabilize the landslide just downstream ofthe Braderich trailhead and is expected tobe completed in this month. The purposeof the project is to stabilize the landslideto improve water quality in Coal Creekand protect the road. Also in October, theUSFS and Colorado Division ofReclamation, Mining, and Safety will sta-bilize some areas in upper Dutch Creekusing boulders, compost, and vegetation.For additional information regarding CoalBasin restoration, go to the Pitkin Countywebsite at aspenpitkin.com, and searchthe Crystal River Caucus to view thePowerPoint presentation, or contact MarkLacy at [email protected] or 963-2266.

Upcoming caucus meeting agendaThe next Crystal River Caucus meeting

is on Nov. 10, at 7 p.m. at the Church atRedstone on Redstone Boulevard. This isthe annual meeting. If you are interestedin serving on the Crystal River Caucus

board, contact Peter Martin or Bob Dupre, or the Crystal River Caucus. Contactinformation for the Crystal River Caucus is [email protected], 963-2143.

US Forest Service begins wildlife vegetation treatments, Coal Creek restoration

Stabilization work is being done on a landslide near the Braderich trailhead in CoalCreek. Photo courtesy of Crystal River Caucus

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G O V E R N M E N T

Referendum 1A – Healthy CommunityFund: A vote for citizens’ health and safety

By George Newman, Pitkin County District 5 commissioner

Referendum 1A on this fall’s mail-in ballot concerns theHealthy Community Fund. It is a dedicated property tax that pro-vides a stable source of critical funding to local health and humanservices and community nonprofit agencies working to keep cit-izens independent, healthy and safe.

This fund sunsets in December 2012 and as the need in ourcommunity continues to increase, the Pitkin County Board ofCounty Commissioners (BOCC) has authorized a ballot issue tocontinue this property tax starting in 2013 for six years. We areasking voters to approve a marginal increase of the fund by$446,000 to raise the current level of funding from $1,480,000 to$1,944,000. This equates to an additional property tax of only$1.31 per $100,000 of assessed property value.

For the past nine years, the Healthy Community Fund hasprovided millions of dollars to promote the social, emotional,physical and economic well being of our children, families andseniors. It is estimated that each year, the fund assists agenciesthat reach more than 10,000 people throughout the Roaring ForkValley. A volunteer citizen grant review committee evaluates allgrant requests based on a grant criteria, and their recommenda-tions are then approved by the BOCC.

Last year, the fund contributed more than $1,560,000 to 61organizations, but for the first time had to utilize some of its reserves to do so. Sixty-three percentof those dollars went to health and human service programs that support family and youth issues,mental health, substance abuse and legal services. Twenty-four percent went to programs that sup-port the well being of our senior citizens, and 13 percent went to community nonprofits thataddress community problems and enhance our quality of life from cultural, recreational, and edu-cational programs to environmental concerns.

As funding from federal and state agencies faces cutbacks, our priority these next several yearswill be to support those agencies that provide basic health and human needs. The HealthyCommunity Fund supplements fundraising efforts by these community nonprofits, providingapproximately six percent of their total funding.

These critical dollars go directly towards:• Protective and supportive services for children• Connecting at-risk youth to community programs and activities to help them succeed and

keep them safe• Assisting victims of domestic violence and sexual assault• Caring for the terminally ill and their families• Mental health and substance abuse counseling and preventative services• A variety of physical, social, and educational activities for seniors, including support for those

who need one-on-one help to deal with the challenges of everyday life• Preventative health services for low-income citizens (immunizations and teen pregnancy

counseling) to avoid higher costs later• Working with developmentally disabled citizens and their families to enhance their ability to

live independent lives• Programs that protect the quality of our natural resources

Where else can we as individuals contribute so little to help so many? Please vote yes onReferendum 1A to continue to support the health and well being of our citizens.

In this column, District 5 Pitkin County Commissioner George Newman offers his take on currentmatters. You can reach him at [email protected]. Pitkin County commissioners hold week-ly work sessions on Tuesdays and bi-monthly public hearings on Wednesdays in the Plaza One buildingnext to the Pitkin County Courthouse on Main Street in Aspen. Agendas are available ataspenpitkin.com. Both meetings are televised live and repeated on locater CG12 TV. They are alsostreamed live and available on Pitkin County’s website, at aspenpitkin.com.

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Marble Board of TrusteesBy Bettie Lou Gilbert, Echo contributor

On Sept. 8, the Marble Board of Trustees approved a buildingpermit for the Barnards/Whites.

In other business, according to Marble Town Clerk Karen Mulhall,a property located at 5590 County Road 3 has been foreclosed on,and Citibank holds title to the property. The board is concerned aboutthe health, safety and welfare of the town’s citizens since the roof isfalling down on the building located on the property. It’s also a firehazard, rodents are on the property, and mold is in the building,which is migrating to adjacent properties. The trustees agreed to haveattorney Sherry Caloia write a letter to Citibank regarding health andsafety issues, so that Citibank can rectify these problems.

The trustees voted to make a monthly donation to the MarbleCommunity Church for the use of Fellowship Hall at the churchfor town meetings and work sessions.

A mail-in recall election for Marble Mayor Tony Petrocco isbeing held with ballots due Nov. 15. According to Karen, the recallprocess gives citizens an avenue to recall an official with whomthose citizens are dissatisfied.

The meeting concluded with an executive session concerninglegal issues.

The next meeting is at the Marble Community Church’sFellowship Hall on Oct. 6 at 7 p.m.

Government briefsMore on Redstone’s Elk Park

In the August Echo, we reported that Redstone’s Elk Park wasapproved for a Colorado Scenic Byways grant for $156,000.

Since August, Gary Tennenbaum, the Pitkin County Open Spaceand Trails (OST) manager has informed us of how the grant works.

“A hundred and fifty six thousand dollars is the full grant,” Garysaid. “[Pitkin] county is matching [the grant] with $31,000, andColorado Scenic Byways is funding $125,000.

“We have conceptual designs [for Elk Park] and will be starting thefinal design planning with the original planning committee this fall sowe can have a final design approved and built in 2012.”

Redstone’s Elk Park is a wide-open field and parking lot betweenthe Crystal River and Highway 133 at the entrance to Redstone. Withthis funding, the park is one step closer to being renovated into a use-able parcel of community open space.

To access the park’s conceptual designs, go toaspenpitkin.com/openspace, then “Properties,” then “Redstone Parksand Open Space Management Plan.”

Mine operations up Avalanche Creek under review

The US Forest Service is reviewing a proposal for year-round oper-ations at a gypsum and alabaster mine located up the Avalanche CreekRoad, about six miles north of Redstone.

Formerly known as the White Banks Mine, the operation’s permitexpired in April 2010. Under a new name, the Mystic Eagle Mine,operators are proposing year-round operations, including under-ground mining 24 hours a day.

The Crystal River Caucus, the Crystal Valley EnvironmentalProtection Association, Pitkin County, and the Colorado Division ofWildlife (now Colorado Parks and Wildlife) have come out in opposi-tion to winter operations at the mine. Presently, the road leading tothe mine, which is officially named Forest Service Road 310, is closedfrom Nov. 15-April 30, in part to protect bighorn sheep habitat.

The forest service has created an environmental assessment reportregarding the mine. Aspen-Sopris District Ranger Scott Snelson has indi-cated that while the forest service cannot restrict access to the mine’smineral holdings, the agency can set parameters on mine operations.

The mine’s environmental assessment public comment period runsthrough Oct. 12. The assessment is available online atwww.fs.fed.us/nepa/fs-usda-pop.php/?project=34869. RangerSnelson will make the final decision regarding mining operations atthe site. Contact forest service spokeswoman Skye Sieber at 625-6864,[email protected] for more information.

– Carrie Click

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Fire district asking voters to continuefunding at current levelsBy Allyn Harvey, Special to the Echo

Carbondale’s firefighters are asking voters and residents in the Crystal Valley and greaterCarbondale area for money and time to adjust to new economic realities.

Specifically, a question on this November’s mail in ballot asks voters living in the fire district toauthorize a mill levy override for the next two years that will allow the district to continue collect-ing property taxes at their current level. After two years, the override expires and tax rates returnto original levels.

If voters agree, the property taxes homeowners pay to the district, which represent a small per-centage of the overall property tax bill, will remain approximately the same as they currently are.

“With the decrease in property value, the fire district portion of property taxes will go down $70on a $500,000 house,” said Ron Leach, Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District’s fire chief.“We’re asking them to continue paying that $70 for two years, while we put together a master planthat is in line with the economy.”

That will allow the district to collect $775,000 during the next two years, and keep its budget-ing at current levels. The money, if approved, will be used to maintain existing levels of employ-ment and service, which ranges from fighting fires and paramedic services to community educationand a remote defibrillator program that puts the lifesaving device in key spots around the district.

The override will also allow the district to continue its training programs, which keep employ-ees and volunteers up to date on the latest techniques for fighting property and wild land fires, andmountain and swift-water rescue.

The Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District serves a 320-square-mile area that includes theCrystal Valley, Marble, Redstone and Carbondale. The department employs 20 fulltime employeeswho support 75 volunteer firefighters. A portion of the paid staff includes paramedics who are ableto respond to calls 24 hours a day.

In 2010, the department responded to 1,100 emergency calls. Its equipment includes 12 firetrucks and four advanced life support ambulances.

“This two year mill levy override buys us a little time to see what the economy is going to do,and make an appropriate master plan for the fire district that looks at both capital and operatingneeds and is responsive to the economic realities we face going forward,” Ron said.

The chief said cuts will be necessary if the voters don’t OK the mill levy override. “If this question doesn’t pass, we’re not going to close the doors — we’ll still respond to and put

out fires,” Ron said. But the organization will contract, response times will lengthen, equipment will get older and

replacement schedules lengthened out, training will get cut, and maintenance will be delayed. Jeff Wadley, a volunteer firefighter of 27 years and the chair of the department’s campaign

awareness committee, hopes voters allow the district the time it needs to work out a plan that fitsthe community’s needs and the economy.

“As a resident, volunteer firefighter and businessman, I believe we need to support and main-tain our essential emergency services,” he said.

Government briefElection time is nearing

Throughout this issue of the Echo, we have severalstories and letters about various ballot issues concern-ing voters in the Crystal Valley. Among the issues vot-ers will decide on this fall are:

– Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District $775,000 mill levy override

– Marble mayoral recall election– Roaring Fork School District Re-1 3E $4.8 million

mill levy override

Voters are also being asked to vote for board mem-bers in Roaring Fork School District Re-1, and inColorado Mountain College’s six-county district. And,Proposition 103, a statewide mill levy override ballotquestion that would add $536 million to state fund-ing for both K-12 and higher education, is a question being asked of all Colorado voters.

Crystal Valley election contactsGarfield County portion: 945-2377, ext. 1770, garfieldcounty.com; under

“Departments,” click on “Clerk and Recorder”Pitkin County portion: 920-5180, pitkinvotes.orgGunnison County portion: 970-641-7638, gunnisoncounty.org/electionsRegister to vote: registertovote.org/forms/colorado.

– Carrie Click

ELECTION SEASON DATES:Oct. 3: Last day to register to votein the Nov. 1 election.Oct. 11: Ballots mailed out to reg-istered voters (except the Marblemayoral recall election ballots)Oct. 24: Marble mayoral receallelection ballots mailed out this weekNov. 1: Election day (all ballotsreceived by designated facility,except for Marble mayoral recall)Nov. 15: All Marble mayoral recallmail-in ballots received by Whitsettand Gross, PC, 320 Main St., Suite200, Carbondale, by mail or in per-son. (Since there is no secure Marblelocation to receive ballots, theColorado Secretary of State hasapproved this location.)


A R T S & E N T E R T A I N M E N T

Labor Day art show organizerspleased with turnout, fundraisingBy Carrie Click, Echo editor

At the Redstone Art Foundation’s art show wrap-up meet-ing on Sept. 22, the 16th annual Labor Day Weekend Art Showwas deemed a success, garnering a round of applause forChuck Logan, this year’s art show chairman.

“The art show seemed to take a huge leap in professional-ism, quality and diversity this year,” said Betty Bradley,Redstone Art Foundation (RAF) president. “There are artistsand volunteers already saying they want to help next year.”

RAF organizers report a profit of more than $3,000. Moneyraised from the show helps to fund the Jack RobertsScholarship offered to graduating seniors from Carbondale’sRoaring Fork High School who are continuing their educationin the field of art.

Held from Sept. 2-5 under large white tents on the groundsof the Redstone Inn, Betty estimated that at least 600 to 800people attended the event. The annual show attracts art loversto Redstone to view work, watch artists demonstrate varioustechniques, and participate in one of the short, free workshopsoffered throughout the weekend.

RAF board member Connie Hendrix reported that the show’s opening night event was wellreceived, with live music by Michael Farrell and lots of attendees enjoying themselves.

RAF board member Patti Cappa noted that the clay demonstration she did with children wentwell, and that she would like to see more kids’ art opportunities in the future. Additionally, power-ing the lights at the show needs to be addressed, either through a quiet generator or by running powerthrough the Redstone Inn or a power line. Lighting options will be researched in the coming year.

“The progressive painting, hands-on art for kids and artist demonstrations were added featuresthat everyone enjoyed,” Betty added. “To me that means it was a success.”

Local sculptor Greg Tonozzi and RAFboard member Becky Trembley atopening night of the Labor DayWeekend Art Show on Sept. 2.

Photo courtesy of RAF

Sue in India: An oil massage and a Bollywood extravaganzaT R A V E L

By Sue McEvoy, Echo staff writer

Editor’s note: By now, Echo readers have come to expectSue’s stories about her trips to India to volunteer with GlobalDental Relief, a Denver-based medical organization that pro-vides dental care to children. As of press time, Sue was still inIndia where she’d spent the month. We wanted to share some

of her Bollywood adventurein Delhi when she firstarrived in India, before sheheaded to Ladakh and theclinic.

Sept. 3I got to Delhi, after 30-

plus hours on the flight,without any fanfare. Ihad a massage scheduledfor 12:30 that afternoonand the taxi driver actual-ly found the masseuse’saddress (though it took a

try or two). I picked the hour and a half, full-body, oil-dripping-on-head package for 2,000 rupees (about $40).It was quite amazing, and I left fully recovered frommy flight – and with some really moisturized hair.

I rested a while and set out on my next goal – aBollywood film. When I asked how one went aboutthat, with a full page of newspaper listings in my hand,the guy at the hotel desk asked if I was interested in“live Bollywood” or “screen”?

“What is live?” I queried. He pulled up a website called kingdomofdreams.in,

and printed it out for me. It took me quite a while andseveral phone attempts before I got a ticket to“Zangoora” at 8 p.m. and I had the desk get me a taxi,since the show was about an hour away.

“Zangoora” ended up to be a two and a half hourBollywood production with 30' x 60' stage. Differentimages splashed up on the theater’s side walls andbehind the stage, while the audience was treated to anamazing sound system and headphone sets for English(in case you don't speak Hindi). I counted up to 75dancers during the 20-plus numbers, all in constantlydifferent costumes, while the sets changed aroundthem every three to five minutes. Actors dropped androse from wires above the back wings to the top of thestage. It was your modern day Wheeler Opera Housecrossed with Broadway in India.

The whole show was incredible to me. They per-formed “Jai Ho,” the song made famous by the film“Slumdog Millionaire.” Like every other female in theaudience, I am actually now in love with Zangoora’smale star (whatever his name is!).

On the hour-plus way back, my taxi driver got lostand backed up three times (on roads going one way). Ifigured out he could speak some English, but couldn’tread it at all. No one died or got their cars bent. We(meaning me) eventually found my hotel. I was defi-nitely the backseat driver, but it got me home. Left, the poster advertising the oil-dripping -on-head

massage package. Above, Sue and masseuse post mas-sage and pre-Bollywood show.

Photos courtesy of Sue McEvoy

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Thanks for participating in Redstone’sfarmers’ marketsDear Echo:

Many thanks to Dava Parr of Fresh & Wyld, andAlesia Riehl from Bottoms Up Pork & Pesto formaking our Fresh Fridays farmers’ market such awonderful Redstone event. We are grateful for alltheir hard work and we look forward to seeingthem next summer.

The last market for us was during the LaborDay weekend. We look forward to seeing everyoneagain on July 4, 2012.

Thanks so much!Deb McCormick

Redstone Company StoreRedstone

Marble Charter School: ‘an amazinglabor of love’Dear Echo:

This letter was originally addressed to “MarbleCharter School community members (past and presentstudents, parents, staff, volunteers and donors.)”

It was with great delight that I attended theSeptember open house at Marble Charter School tocelebrate the completion of the new school buildingand playground. What an amazing labor of love itwas to accomplish this feat!

Thanks go out to everyone who contributed tothis project, and that is certainly a very long list. Thechildren of the upper Crystal River Valley now havea beautiful facility and playground to enjoy. I washonored to be part of this process, and truly appre-ciate the dedication of the marble sundial!

Thanks to all.Sincerely,

Wendy BolandMarble

Register to vote in Marble’s mayoralrecall electionDear Echo:

Marble's mayoral recall election is a necessarycorrection.

A special local election is scheduled for Nov. 15.It will be held by mail-in ballots. Marble citizenswill decide whether to retain Mayor Tony Petrocco.If they decide not to, they will elect a new mayor tofinish Petrocco's term.

I would urge all Marble dwellers to register tovote: registertovote.org/forms/colorado. It is quickand easy. So is voting.

–Larry GoodMarble

Redstone Art Show ‘a huge success’Dear Echo:

Once again, the Redstone Art Foundation isindebted to the wonderful volunteers who helpmake our annual Redstone Labor Day Weekend ArtShow a huge success.

From the hours of planning, to the openingnight gala, right on to the tearing down and storingthe supplies, we rely solely on the good people ofRedstone, Marble and the surrounding area to makeit happen. I counted more than 80 different peoplegiving more than 400 hours of their time this year.Thank you one and all. You are truly appreciated.

We had 38 artists and craftspeople displayingand sharing their talents. The demonstration area,hands-on area and progressive art panel were funadditions that all ages enjoyed. We are also indebt-ed to our sponsors: American National Bank,Colorado Stone Quarries, the Nick DeWolfFoundation, Gallegos Corp., Bethel Party Rentalsand the Redstone Inn.

Regards,Betty Bradley,

President, Redstone Art FoundationRedstone

A better future for MarbleDear Echo:

Speaking for myself and the Marble mayorrecall petition committee, we are ready to helpMarble move forward in positive directions.

At this time, I don't want to revisit all the detailsof the situations that have led to the upcoming Nov.15 mail-in ballot, special election for the citizens ofMarble. I'll summarize by saying that there is noroom for anything less than open, honest, demo-cratic and cooperative government in our smallcommunity. It is the goal that a vote for new, openand honest leadership will make this happen soon-er than later.

The recall petition has the required 25 percentof Marble citizens’ signatures who voted in the lastelection. We believe Marble citizens want to votefor their mayor rather than have their mayorappointed, which was the case during the last elec-tion when the current mayor ran unopposed.

It's time to put the best interests of the town-at-large first. There are many good things that couldand should be done to serve everyone. The petitioncommittee has paved the way for new, open andhonest leadership. We now put our trust in the peo-ple to make the right choice for a better future.

If you would like to discuss this recall with mefurther, you may contact me at [email protected].

Jim Aarts Marble Board of Trustee member

Marble

Recover $4.8 million for Re-1Dear Echo:

As an educator and a parent with children atCrystal River Elementary School, I urge everyone tovote “YES on 3E” for Roaring Fork School DistrictRe-1. Due to cuts required by the State ofColorado, our district funding has been cut by $5.1million. If 3E passes, we can recover $4.8 million ofthese cuts.

Before taking time away from the classroom tocare for my young children, I worked for two yearsas the math coach for Crystal River ElementarySchool. For many years prior to that, I was a fifthgrade teacher also in the Re-1 district.

Since my time in the classroom, funding pres-sures have increased and it has become more diffi-cult for the district to fund coaching and mentoringpositions within our local schools. After years ofcarefully nipping at the budget, trying to maintainteacher positions in order to keep class sizes small,Re-1 was forced to cut 15 teacher positions last year.As a result, teacher/student ratios have increased. Inaddition, classroom budgets for art teachers andother specialists have been greatly reduced. Nextyear will see this abysmal trend continue if we don’tvote “YES on 3E.”

We have thoughtful and skilled teachers in ourschools. By passing 3E, we have the opportunity todemonstrate our collective support for these people.Teachers deserve salary increases and kids deserveto have small classes as well as funded art, musicand PE programs. By passing 3E, we can ensure thatclass sizes stay manageable, that field trips continueto occur, that kids get PE, art and music, and thatteachers get the salary increases that they deserve.By adopting 3E, we are showing teachers that wevalue them and the work that they do for our chil-dren every day. Vote for our schools! Vote “YES on3E”!

Sacha HartCarbondale

Thank you from The Marble HubDear Echo:

The Marble Hub, the newest nonprofit econom-ic co-op to the community of Marble, has conclud-ed its first 90 days of business with wonderful suc-cess. This new community center, visitor informa-tion, and WiFi hot spot in the historic Marble CityState Bank building, has been a bright new starupvalley for locals, travelers and guests from all overthe world.

This success would not be possible without theenthusiastic “buy-in” from community volunteersand supporters that has kept The Marble Hub doorsopen to serve seven days a week throughout thesummer!

Our deepest thanks for the generous supportfrom the following businesses and organizations:Connie Hendrix Studios, Crystal River Computers,The Crystal Valley Echo, Defiant Bean Roasters,Redstone General Store, Pinnacle Water ofCarbondale, Crystal Dreams Bed & Breakfast, R.J.Paddywacks of Basalt (for our “Hub” doggie park),White River National Forest Service – Carbondale,Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District, SlowGroovin’ BBQ, Marble Charter School commercialbakery, Chair Mountain Ranch, Beaver Lake Lodge,Inn at Raspberry Ridge, Crystal River Jeep Tours,OutWest Guides, RPS ATV Rentals, GunnisonCounty Commissioners, Gunnison CountyDepartment of Public Works, and Town of Marble.

Huge appreciation goes to The Laura JaneMusser Fund Rural Initiative for their seed-fundinggrant to the Crystal River Civic Commission(CRCC), a grassroots initiative formed by theseMarble nonprofits to operate The Marble Hub:Crystal Valley Preschool, Marble Charter School,Marble Community Church, Crystal River HeritageAssociation, and Marble Crystal River Chamber.These nonprofits recently received dividends fromtheir first 90 days of business (yes, unheard of!) tofurther their own organizations’ goals this winter.

The biggest accolades and honor go to all Hubvolunteers who have made The Marble Hub thehappiest, most fun new place to volunteer andcome to in Marble. Their sense of pride, ownership,and responsibility ‘above and beyond’ to captureseven-day-a-week summer revenues to share iswhy The Marble Hub is now set to go into “wintermode,” focusing more on service to locals and theirdesires for Hub resources.

Thanks to such rich volunteerism from folks inMarble, Redstone, all up and down the Crystal andRoaring Fork valleys, The Marble Hub will be awarm beacon of light in the dark of winter. Magichappens every day in The Hub! Come check it out.To volunteer, call 704-0567 or e-mail [email protected].

Sincerely, Charlotte GrahamExecutive Director

Crystal River Civic Commission d.b.a. The Marble Hub

(501(c)(3) pending)Marble

Thank you for A Bite of RedstonedonationsDear Echo:

I wanted to say how much I appreciated thedonation of recipes and art work for the creation ofthe recipe cards, A Bite of Redstone. The cards werea beautiful display of the array of talent of artistsand cooks here in our valley.

A big thank you to the Redstone Art Foundationfor allowing me to be able to sell and display theserecipe cards at the Friday night reception of theLabor Day Weekend Art Show.

If anyone who participated in this project andhas not seen the collection of recipe cards pleaseeither call me at 963-8240 or stop by at CrystalDreams Bed & Breakfast.

Lisa WagnerRedstone

Thanks for the musicDear Echo:

This year we rocked Redstone at the 10thanniversary of the Magical Moments SummerConcert Series. We had a great turnout for each andevery concert this summer. We were very fortunateto have as our headliner Peter Karp and Sue Foley.

I wanted to thank Bighorn Toyota for theiryears of major sponsorship and making this anoth-er successful year of music. Plus thank you toAmerican National Bank, Alpine Bank, RedstoneArt Foundation, The Crystal Valley Echo andMarble Times, Avalanche Ranch Cabins, Antiquesand Hot Springs, Mason Morse Real Estate,Redstone Community Association, the RedstoneInn and the Crystal Club Café.

I am looking forward to another magicalmoment of music in 2012. If anyone is interested inperforming or becoming a sponsor of this event,please call me at 963-8240.

See you next year! Lisa Wagner

Redstone

In support of 3EDear Echo:

If our local economy and jobs are somethingyou think about these days, then consider that greatschools are a major component in attracting andretaining businesses and employees.

In order to be perceived as a healthy communi-ty with solid schools to support our business base,we need outstanding and adequate numbers ofteachers, updated technology and learning materi-als, and maintained facilities that are top notch aswe have always had in the past. Investing in educa-tion is absolutely and inherently part of supportingcommunity and keeping business strong.

That’s why I am voting yes on 3E this fall andhope you will too. For more specific informationabout the ballot question, go to voteforourkids.org.

Jacque Carpenter WhitsittBasalt Town Council

Basalt

Thank you from Habitat for HumanityRoaring ForkDear Echo:

Our local Habitat for Humanity affiliate wantsto thank the amazingly large number of people whohave once again rallied in support of others by par-ticipating in “Golfing for Habitat!,” our recent sixthHabitat for Humanity fundraising golf event at theRoaring Fork Club in Basalt. These people are help-ing us to execute our mission of giving a hand up(not handout) to families in need of safer and afford-able homes.

It is remarkable how many people are involvedin staging a fundraising event of this size. In addi-tion to the 180 golfers who came to play at theRoaring Fork Club, there were another 190 peopleinvolved in putting on the event, from the amazingteam at the Roaring Fork Club (management, golfcourse maintenance, pro shop and the food andbeverage people) to the 48 sponsors, to the 53 silentauction donors, to the onsite volunteers, toHabitat’s volunteer board and staff. It was a mass ofhumanity taking action to help families in need.

We were able to generate substantial resourcesfor our building and land fund. We would like toextend an additional thank you to our key sponsors:Bighorn Toyota and Timbers Resorts for their con-tinued support. Also, thank you to the many indi-vidual players, businesses, and volunteers who con-tributed to make this a memorable event.

We live in such a supportive community whereso many people repeatedly rally together for othersin need in our valley.

Sincerely,Scott Gilbert

PresidentHabitat Roaring Fork Valley

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Obituary

Jacqueline Susmark1950 – 2011

Jacqueline Susmark of Lakewood, Colo., passed awaypeacefully on Sept. 12 at home after a brief illness. Shewas 61.

Jacqueline was the founder of Inner Harmony, a nutri-tional and alternative therapy practice where, for 20years, she advised and aided countless individuals.

She enjoyed travel and many outdoor activities, butmost cherished the long weekends at her cabin in Marblewith Katie, her golden retriever.

Jacqueline was preceded in death by her parentsHerman and Patricia Smith, and sister Dr. Linda Crnic.

She is survived by her daughter Christine (Daniel)Murray, son Thomas (Julie) Murphy, brother Brent(Debra) Smith, sister Janine Bisbee, several grandchildren,nieces and nephews, and Katie.

Services are on Oct. 1 at 2 p.m. at the Crown HillPavilion, 7777 W. 29th Ave., Wheat Ridge, Colo. 80033.


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Marble Charter students camped at Lily Lake, above Marble, during their annual school fall trip,doing everything from studying bear tracks and ant homes, to learning about diversity and teambuilding. Photos by Jennifer Dockery, KD, Justice and Carley

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The students at Marble Charter School (MCS)went to Lily Lake for our fall education trip. Wewent camping for two nights but ended up stay-ing at the school for the first night because of therain. The second night we stayed in a big field atthe privately owned Lily Lake

The kindergarten-2nd grade rode the bus andstarted exploring at Lily Lake while the 3-8 gradehiked up to Lily Lake. On the hike they lookedfor animal tracks, animal homes, and animals.They found bear tracks, ant homes, and live deerand salamanders. When they got to the lake itwas beautiful, and the kids loved having funteam-building activities on diversity.

The third day we had to sadly say goodbye tothe amazing sights we saw those couple days.

We would like to thank Makela and CraigBarnes for letting us stay on their beautiful prop-

Open House At MarbleCharter School By Justice

Students, parents, Marble Charter School(MCS) staff, and others had a great time at ouropen house on Sept. 1, not only enjoying greatpotluck food but also seeing the new andimproved classrooms. The event started at 4p.m. and lasted until 7:30 p.m. Everybody gotreacquainted in that time. Children showed theirportfolios to their parents so the parents could bemore acquainted with the children’s work.

There was also a dedication ceremony forWendy Boland during the open house. Wendy,who was the director of the school for nineyears, was honored with a marble sundial. Asundial was chosen because it will be a continu-ous learning tool, and Wendy has a great love oflearning and teaching.

News from K-2 • Gina Cousino, teacherLast month was a great time of getting to know

each other and our school. We had a wonderful timeon our fall trip to Lily Lake. We learned about howdiverse organisms live in nature. We also enjoyed ouryearly trip to the river to do nature sculptures and enjoythe first day of fall.

This month, we will continue to celebrate the falland all of the wonderful changes that are happening.We are learning new songs, how fun rhyming is, andhow we treat one another kindly.

We will be learning about how different peoplearound the world live focusing on folktales and music.

News from 3-5 • Dan Poll, teacherWhat a beautiful time of year to be in the moun-

tains of Colorado. The aspens are turning, the air hasa crispness to it, and the students are all getting intothe swing of things.

Here in the 3rd-5th grade classroom we have beenbusy getting the school year started off right. Our falltheme has been centered on diversity. On our fall tripthe students not only explored diversity among our-selves but also with the environment around us.Students have also been exploring with data. Theyhave been collecting data using charts and displayingtheir data with graphic organizers. Students werethen asked to analyze and formulate a conclusionbased on the data they collected.

Another main focus this month has been on theconstruction of student’s portfolios. The portfolios willbe used to display the student work so that studentswill be able to easily see the progress they have beenmaking throughout the school year.

News from 6-8 • Debby Macek, teacherThis month we've been working on the theme of

Diversity, as well as learning what kind of learners wewant to be this year. Our class name is the E Team,and I'm very proud that the E stands for Effort, myfavorite word. My favorite classroom rule is: No onecan say, "I can't." You can say, "I can't do that YET."

Next month we'll be working on learning aboutAsia, mastering skills in data analysis and statistics,and examining the themes of loyalty and respect andwhat shapes who we are as we read, write and workon language skills in Language Arts.

Here are a few quotations that exemplify our class-room theme:

I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I workthe more I have of it. ~Thomas Jefferson

I've got a theory that if you give 100 percent all of thetime, somehow things will work out in the end. ~LarryBird

The difference between try and triumph is a little umph. ~Author Unknow

Opportunity is missed by most people because it isdressed in overalls and looks like work. ~Thomas Edison

News from Science • Amy Rusby, teacherAt MCS we have been doing some really great

things in Science! We kicked off the school year bylearning about bio diversity and how all living organ-isms are different. One great thing about going toschool in Marble is that the students have great oppor-tunities in exploring this beautiful place and connect-ing it back to the things they are learning in scienceclass. We will be collecting specimens from variousecosystems, studying them under microscopes, andthen discussing and learning how each one of us canbe a steward in protecting our environment.

Excitement at Lily Lake

erty at Lily Lake. Thank you also goes to DezaRaeO’Flannery for helping to coordinate this trip, and alsoJennifer Dockery, Alicia Benesh, and Jason Rusby and toALL the volunteers and MCS staff for bringing food andextra equipment – we couldn’t have done it withoutyou! Thanks!

Students presenting their diversity posters at Lily Lake.

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Student Interview: By José

Name: Maximus Cerf

Where did you used to live? Deerfield, Florida

How old are you? 10 years old

What do you like about your classroom and your teacher?

All the group work where we help our younger kids and how nice Danis and how he helps us know how to respect others.

What do you like about this school? The numbers of kids andeverybody knows everyone.

What is you favorite subject in school? I like math.

Who would you like to meet? Clint Eastwood

Who is your hero? My dad because he is loyal and teaches me to behonest and to do better at school and he gives me confidence.

What is your favorite sport? My favorite sport is football.

What is your favorite book? My favorite book is “Redwall.”

MCS Director Debra Winston was asked several questions about Read More Monthhappening during October.

Please explain what Read More Month is.Read More Month (RMM) is a wonderful Marble Charter School tradition that

usually follows the national calendar; nationally RMM takes place in February. Itis a month to progressivlely read more and turn off electronic devices...especiallythe TV and computer...until the final week of the month when we ask everyoneto TURN OFF everything and READ READ READ!

Why did MCS move Read More Month to October this year?After several parents told us that it really kicked their students into high read-

ing gear, they asked if we could move it up to earlier in the school year. We said"SURE" and decided that October would be our best bet.

Will there be a school sleepover this year? What inspired you to have thesleep over as part of last year's Read More Month?

Yes, we'll do it again! An all-night read-a-thon is something that sounded likefun and a great challenge to our donors who might donate even more to ourPennies for Pages pledges if we read all night. And it worked! So of course we will

have to do it again! This time, our all-school sleepover is on Oct. 27, and as we didbefore, we will begin with a 9 a.m. all-school read on the 27th and we will try very,very hard to have at least SOMEONE in the school reading for a full 24 hours.After a pancake breakfast on the 28th we will celebrate 9 a.m. (and 24 hours ofreading) by gathering up our sleeping gear, packing up lunches and going to theGlenwood Springs Library. After a short presentation by the librarian, we will goto the Glenwood Hot Springs Pool for lunch and an afternoon of swimming. We'lldo a reverse bus run and send our students home clean, refreshed and well read!

Is there anything else you’d like the readers of The Marble Times to knowabout Read More Month?

This month we are going to have several guest readers who will trade hot lunchfor a couple of hours of reading to students. We have some wonderful authors andartists in our community and we'd like to have them join us as often as they canto read throughout the month. We'd like the community to join us by having aOne Book, One Town approach. Maybe the readers of The Marble Times wouldlike to suggest a book we could all read. Then we could have a discussion about iton Oct. 27 after dinner. That would be a great way to involve the communitymore in our school.

WANTED: The Marble Times is in need of used digitalcameras and used laptop computers

If you have a used, but still functioning digital camera or laptop computer, please con-sider donating it to our class. The students love having a camera checked out to them forthe week or month so that they can be a staff photographer and we can have many won-derful student-taken photographs to run in The Marble Times.

It is our goal to have one or two laptop computers that we can use for writing our sto-ries in our Marble Times office. We only need to be able to run Word on this computer…so nothing too fancy is needed. THANK YOU!

Attention community members: We need you!We are doing two different events in October that we need sponsors for. Our Read-A-

Thon is a reading challenge that we use to get kids reading more, use electronics less, andraise money for MCS.

The Math-A-Thon is a math challenge that raises money for St. Jude’s Hospital forCancer Research for Children. If you would like to be a sponsor, please call MCS at 963-9550 and we will set you up with a kid who needs a sponsor. Thank you!

October is Read More Month at Marble Charter School

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As part of the diversity studies at MCS, students did an interesting project where they did “Me” and “Opposite Me”drawings.

At the beginning of theyear, each student in the3-8 grades at MCS madeportfolio covers telling alittle bit about themselves.Inside their portfolios willbe a record of theirprogress and performance,and will be kept through-out the year.

K-2 students at MCS collected apples from the apple tree.They did watercolor still lifes and wrote descriptive sen-tences about the apples.

Found Poetry – Creating poetry from words and phras-es taken from other documents. MCS students in grades3 – 8 used words from a descriptive list they created at LilyLake during solitary time at our Outdoor Education FallTrip. Students sat for a while in a natural spot anddescribed their surroundings. Back at school, they turnedtheir descriptions into poetry. Here are some outstandingexamples!

Plant PersonalityBy Julia

Tall cream stalks of grassCrowned in white, dangling tiaras of seeds Sway gracefully, dancing in the cool, gentle

breeze.The pink-orange Paintbrush Lifts its head to the sky and joins in.High above it all,Propped up by their tall, leaning posts,The aspen leaves quiver and shiverIn their gold-dusted cloaks.The green-as-grass moss Sits and watches as it calmly sticks to its spotPerfectly content with its rock and the promise

of rainThe clouds on the horizon bring.

By Easton

A fallen tree surrounded by sky blue IndianPaintbrush in a field,

Where there is sticky, icky mud and sandstone.The fallen tree is a dead aspen treeIt looks like a mossy rockIt has a field mouse living on itThe furry, brown mouse hunts for little sticks

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A wild night in RedstoneOn Aug. 28, the Crystal Valley Environmental Protection

Association (CVEPA) held its annual meeting in the Osgood Room atthe Redstone Inn. The association started decades ago and fought theproposed ski area in Marble in the ’70s. It’s still going strong today. Ifyou missed the meeting, here’s a synopsis of the night.

The group convened on the back porch of the inn with the waninglight on Chair Mountain. We chatted about environmental issues going

on the valley and made introductions and greetings. After cocktail hour, we moved inside to thedining room where we enjoyed a great meal. After dinner, the meeting resumed discussing associ-ation business, current environmental issues, and projects that have been and will be supported byCVEPA.

Then it was time for John Groves, the guest speaker from the Colorado Division of Wildlife,Department of Natural Resources, who came to talk to the association about the state of wildlifein the Crystal River Valley. His PowerPoint presentation was full of great pictures and valuableinformation.

First John talked about the small animals living in the valley such as birds, squirrels, and chip-munks. He explained how they are an integral part of the wildlife community and the migratorynature of some of the avian community. Then he described the mega-fauna of the valley, such asdeer, elk, bighorn sheep, and black bear. The Crystal Valley has big game animals as well as small-er animals such as mountain lions, lynx, and fox.

Next he talked about the decline in the population levels of deer and bighorn sheep in the val-ley. Deer levels have been dropping recently, though an ongoing concern is the decline of theAvalanche Creek bighorn sheep herd, which has been declining for quite a while. The culprit is thecontinual proliferation of a lung infection that is being genetically transmitted to sheep’s offspring.The origination of the lung disease comes from domestic sheep and is crossing over to wild sheep.Keeping sheep separated and making sure domestics don’t stray when herded is one way to slowthe spread of the disease, but for some reason the wild sheep are drawn to the domestic sheep andvice versa.

Elk populations have been steady or actually growing in the valley. And to determine bear pop-ulation densities, a new non-invasive technique is being used. Hair is collected from fences andthen estimations are made regarding numbers and geographical locations of bears. In the CrystalValley, John said there isn’t a bear behind every tree, but almost. The consensus for now is that,in general, bears are thriving in the valley.

In conclusion, the information on wildlife in the area was intriguing. For more information ofCrystal Valley wildlife or other questions, contact John Groves, the district wildlife manager for theCrystal Valley, at 947-2920 in Glenwood Springs.

The CVEPA supports many important efforts in preservation and protection of the CrystalValley’s natural resources and intrinsic beauty. Its continued success is instrumental in maintainingthe valley’s environmental quality that we have grown accustomed to, as well as restoring sites thathave been impacted in the past.

Ellie Kershow lives in the Crystal River Valley where she writes about botany and environmental science.She has a master's degree in environmental science policy.

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Help Olivia celebrate her 15th birthday whenshe hosts

Who: YOU are invited

What: Delicious pancakes AND raising money for a good cause!

Where: The Gathering Center at Church of Carbondale100 Snowmass Drive, Carbondale

When: Sunday, October 23 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Why: Olivia wants to help raise money for Team Fox and help raise awareness of Parkinson’s Disease

More information: Contact Olivia [email protected]

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As I See ItA MONTHLY COLUMN BY BRUCE GLEDHILL

Refined by fireThrough the summer it’s been fascinating to watch the

restoration of the Redstone coke ovens. For me, at least, it hasstirred thoughts about what life might have been like here 100years ago. In those days, life here revolved around the railroad,the mine, and the coke ovens.

I’ve found that most visitors who come here have no idea of the original purpose for thosebeehive-shaped structures. Even when you say they are coke ovens, most people don’t knowwhat coke is. In short, coke is coal that has been transformed into almost pure carbon by beingheated to an intensely hot temperature. Back in that era, it was a vital material because cokewas used to produce almost all of our nation's iron and steel. Coke and iron ore were mixedat the foundry and heated in a furnace. As the coke burned, it pulled oxygen from the iron oreleaving pure iron.

Coke also has a role – a very unexpected one – in our modern world of space exploration.Quite by accident, scientists discovered that when combined with other materials, coke createssome of the very best heat-shielding substances. It’s amazing, isn’t it…a material that’s essen-tially a fuel (similar to charcoal) also can serve to protect from heat! Coke was used in the heatshields for the Apollo space program and also on the more recent Mars Pathfinder spacecraft.

The work associated with the coke ovens was dirty, hot, and strenuous. A lot of the workwas done by human power rather than machinery. Although we think of the cokers as bluecollar workers, their job required a very high level of skill and knowledge. After the coal wasloaded into the oven, it was critical to regulate just the right amount of air to sustain combus-tion but not enough to allow much of the coal to burn. The temperatures in the ovens couldclimb to more than 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit. Each oven had to be tended for about 72 hoursbefore the impurities such as water, coal tar, oil and natural gas were baked out.

You’ve probably heard the phrase “refined by fire” applied to our human experience. Inmany cases, it’s going through the “fire” of suffering or loss that helps us identify and get ridof some impurities in our own lives. The man Job, an example of enduring through suffering,said, “When God has refined me, I will come out as pure as gold.” Seeing the coke ovens is agood reminder that all of us are still in that process of being refined by fire.

Bruce Gledhill is the pastor at the Church at Redstone.

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One door closes,another one opens

This is the final Local Flavor col-umn that I will ever write.

This may seem a bit abrupt, since up until now I have nothinted that I intend to end my two-and-a-half year long presencein The Crystal Valley Echo. But after many months of consider-ation and uncertainty, I have concluded that it is time for me tomove on to other writing projects. My work has changed itscourse during the last year and I need to focus my time and ener-gy on the endeavors that are most meaningful to me.

Looking back over the past years, I realize that nutrition wasnever truly a passion of mine. In all honesty, I couldn’t care lessabout the vitamin and mineral content of lettuce or the antioxi-dants contained in grapefruits! Nutrition was an area of study Ifelt obligated to pursue due to pressures from the media – in theform of books, magazines, movies, television, pop culture, thediet and fitness industries, advertisements, etc. – and from vari-ous people in my life whose approval I was desperately seeking.

Messages such as “be skinny at all costs,” “count every calo-rie, or else” and “food is a danger and a sin” became imbeddedin my mind, driving me to concentrate on an academic disciplinethat robbed me of the pleasures of eating and cooking. There’sjust no room in life for joyful foods like home-baked cookies andbirthday cake when you’re fixated on the ratio of carbohydrates,fats, and proteins in the batter! Everything you put on your plateis suddenly transformed into a chemical equation that must beproperly calculated in order to obtain maximum health benefits.Talk about taking the enjoyment out of life.

My genuine interests in food have nothing to do with nutri-tional studies. Personally, I am passionate about cooking, baking,vegetarianism, organic gardening, home food preservation, com-munity-supported agriculture, food cooperatives, and farmers’markets. With regards to the diet and nutrition industries, I thinkwe’d all live healthier and more satisfying lives if we stoppedobsessing over calories and started actually enjoying the foodsthat we eat. We all have a right to find pleasure in eating, and itis harmful to claim that food is simply fuel or that being fat is amoral fault.

As for my future writing projects, I have finally decided topursue the topics that spark the most excitement in my heart.Personally, I have always wanted to write both fiction and non-fiction for children. I am also interested in writing cookbooks,craft books, gardening books, and other types of non-fictionbooks for adults. I currently have several projects in the works,and I plan on self-publishing them and then marketing them atfarmers’ markets, arts-and-crafts fairs, local shops, and any otheravenues that present themselves.

The choice to accept myself and embrace my true passionshas been difficult but ultimately fulfilling. I hope that my read-ers are not too disappointed in my decision to end the LocalFlavor column, and that they will look upon my new writingendeavors as being better than the old ones. I am grateful toeveryone who has read my articles over the past years. Pleasekeep an eye out for my upcoming works, and feel free to e-mailme at [email protected].

Have a blessed rest of the year, and many wonderful newbeginnings in 2012. Cheers!

Melissa Sidelinger lives in Marble. We at the Echo thank her forher contributions over the years, and wish her much happiness as shepursues her new path.

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By Carrie Click, Echo editor

Editor’s note: For disclosure sake, Olivia Savard is the eld-est daughter of Alyssa Ohnmacht, publisher of The CrystalValley Echo.

Last October, Redstone’s Olivia Savard celebrated herbirthday by throwing a pancake-breakfast fundraiser forParkinson’s disease research.

Since then, Olivia’s step grandfather, Bob Olander ofDenver, passed away as a result of the disease.

So what’s in store for Olivia this year, as she turns 15?Another Pancakes for Parkinson’s fundraiser.

“Losing your grandfather is hard,” said Olivia, “andlosing your grandfather to a disease like Parkinson’s orcancer or anything like that makes you want to do some-thing about it. And thinking about all the other peoplewho suffer from Parkinson’s makes me want to do whatI can to fight for a cure.”

Now a freshman at Roaring Fork High School inCarbondale, Olivia is planning her second annual Pancakesfor Parkinson’s. The pancake breakfast, complete with cof-fee, orange juice and all the fixings, runs from 9:30-11:30a.m. on Oct. 23, at The Gathering Center, which is locatedat the Church at Carbondale in Carbondale.

“I like helping people and I feel like there is no betterway to celebrate my birthday than trying to make a dif-ference in the world and in somebody's life,” Olivia said.“Pancakes for Parkinson's was so much fun last year, I amreally looking forward to doing it again this year!”

Parkinson’s disease, or PD, is a progressive disorder ofthe nervous system that causes tremors, balance problemsand irregular movement by those who suffer from it.

Pancakes for Parkinson’s is one of many fundraisingprojects created by Team Fox, a national nonprofitfundraising organization founded in 2006 that provides astructure for people to organize events to raise money forParkinson’s research. It’s a part of the Michael J. FoxFoundation, which is dedicated to finding a cure forParkinson’s. Actor Michael J. Fox has the disorder.

Besides last year’s pancake fundraiser, which raised$1,800, Olivia organized another event this past summer– this time enlisting the help of her uncle, JohnOhnmacht of the Johnny O. Band. Olivia’s concert andsilent auction at The Crystal Club Café in Redstoneraised another $2,600 for PD research. She’s hoping tocontinue her fundraising streak with this October’s pan-cake breakfast.

A hundred percent of the profits from Olivia’sPancakes for Parkinson’s will go to Team Fox. Olivia iscurrently accepting donations of pancake ingredients andpaper goods. To make a donation or for more informa-tion, see box, above.

Pancakes for Parkinson’s9:30-11:30 a.m., Oct. 23The Gathering Place at the Church at Carbondale, 110 Snowmass Dr., Carbondale963-9616, 963-2373

Donations accepted at the door. If you would like todonate, but are unable to attend, go to Olivia Savard’sTeam Fox page and make a donation on her behalf. • Go to teamfox.org.• Click "Support a member.”• In the "Find a member" form, type “Olivia Savard,Redstone, CO.” • Click on the name "Savard."• Click on "Contribute" and fill in the requested infor-mation.


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Marble’s Lake Kids Loop a winner for kids – and MarbleCharter SchoolBy Larry Good, Echo contributor

A Marble tradition went into its eighth year on Sept. 18. The Lead King Loop is a set of threerunning races held in the high alpine beauty of Lead King Basin, the colorful aspen leaf sanctuariesup Yule Creek and, for the kids, a relatively flat mile and a quarter around Beaver Lake.

The Lead King Loop races are directed by local educators Craig and Debbie Macek (see story,right) with the assistance of many Marble Charter School parents. The event attracts runners of allages from across the west to compete in the upper Crystal River high country, and it’s the largestannual fundraiser for the Marble Charter School.

Although the 25k Lead King Loop is the centerpiece of the event, many Marble Charter Schoolstudents run the Lake Kids Loop every year. The competition is increasing as more out-of-townchildren from running families find their way onto the course.

The Lake Kids Loop starts in front of the Beaver Lake Lodge, turns south at the Beaver Lakeparking lot, and trails around Beaver Lake. Some dips and hops await the kids at the farthest sideof the lake before they merge uphill. This is the hardest stretch of the mile-and-a-quarter kids’ loop– until the end.

Before the race at this year’s event, I fell into conversation with Joslyn Blair, a 9-year-old runnerfrom Eagle.

“Have you run this race before?” I asked. “Yes,” she answered, politely. “How’d you do?” “I came in first,” she said softly. I was surprised at her choice of words, her matter-of-fact tone, the simple fact of her victory

merely implied. There was no “I won it all,” no “I creamed everybody,” “took home the gold,” or“I own this race.” She is a confident child, a successful athlete at 9, who doesn’t need to trumpether achievements to bolster her confidence.

Obviously, Joslyn embodies an important lesson for young athletes to learn: Don’t talk abouthow good you are. If you are good, the other athletes will talk about how good you are.

Before the Kids Lake Loop, I tracked down some local kids warming up for the race. Theyalready knew Joslyn was there, and had recognized her from her victory as an 8-year-old the yearbefore. Obviously, the ‘no talk’ rule was working for Joslyn, as these other young runners werestrategizing on how, or if, Joslyn could be beaten.

Lucas Bensch, the top boys finisher in 2010, had a strategy: “If I’m with [Joslyn] again, go slow-er, then attack at the end,” he said. Lucas’ goal was “to get the foot” – a marble statuette of a foot– just like the one he was awarded the year before.

Joslyn’s strategy was to stay in second place, then kick into the lead at the end. Her goal: analmost apologetic “I’m going for first.”

As it turned out, the two young runners’ strategies played out the same way as they did in 2010.Joslyn finished first, her younger sister Samantha was second, and Lucas and his younger brotherTomas came in third and fourth, respectively. Lucas again won “the foot” as the fastest boy, andnow has a matching pair for his desk at home.

“Somehow [the race] paced a little faster,” Lucas said afterwards. “I couldn’t keep up with[Joslyn].”

Lucas’s brother Tomas fought off Benjamin Oakes for fourth place, in a painful finish for bothrunners.

“The race felt good, but it hurt at the end,” Tomas admitted. “I let Lucas go ahead, then I keptmy eye on Ralphie.”

My son Ralph Good finished seventh. His strategy was to stay with the Bensch boys. His goalwas to beat his good friend Lucas for the first time, and lower his personal best time.

“I couldn’t keep up with them” he explained, “but I got my best time.”Race directors Craig and Debby Macek put up a strong familial showing in the Lake Kids Loop

race. Their daughter and son, Maia and Mason, finished ninth and 10th, respectively. “It was a hard race,” Maia said. Six-year-old Mason gutted through a late race stomach cramp

that had him howling in pain at the finish line. Other Macek clan top-10 finishers were secondcousin Benjamin Oakes, who came in fifth, and niece Caitlin Wells, who came in eighth.

Team Blair had a great day, as Joslyn and Samantha’s parents both added strong finishes in theirraces. Team Bensch could be proud with third place for Lucas and fourth place for Tomas. And theMarble Charter School had the best day of all, raising thousands of dollars, with 19 students fin-ishing the race.

An additional triumph was Matt Engelstad’s finish, at 36th. His pre-race goal: “To run!” Matt isonly 3 years old.

Sally Rusby, 75, won a Vintage People award – a bottle of wine – as the most elderly woman tofinish the Quarry Climb race. Seventy years ago, Sally attended kindergarten in the original MarbleCharter School building that is still in use today.

Sports & OutdoorsLead King Loop provides fast times and fun for all

By Craig Macek, Lead King Loop director

After a week of rain and chilly fall weather, the day ofthe eighth annual Lead King Loop Charity Races dawnedclear and beautiful. A record number of runners camefrom all over the state of Colorado, and a few from fur-ther, as hundreds gathered at the Beaver Lake Lodge inMarble early on Sept. 18.

Hikers were off at 7 a.m., and the Lead King Loop 25krace began at 8:30 a.m. with a trumpet note blown byMarblite Ralph Good. More than 120 people participat-ed in the loop. At the same time, another 50 peoplebegan the ascent on the sixth annual Quarry Trail Climb12.5k race. Under brilliant blue skies, most racers hadcompleted their races when the fifth annual Lake KidsLoop 2.5k race set off at a record pace around BeaverLake (see story, left).

All course records were blown away this year. In theLead King Loop, the top three men and top two womenall beat previously set marks. This year, the loop was theUS Association of Track & Field (USATF) 25k state cham-pionship.

Aside from prize money, raffle prizes was given awayto participants including a $150 dinner in Aspen, a roundof golf for two at the Roaring Fork Club, and a free tripto Crystal by Crystal River Jeep Tours, to name a few ofover 60 prizes. Even the kids had their own separate raf-fle of prizes for free pizzas and other gifts.

Racers enjoyed a huge lunch spread after their racesthanks to Marble Charter School and Crystal ValleyPreschool parents and staff, as well as barbecue fromSlow Groovin’ BBQ.

“This race has the best views, the best lunch, the bestT-shirt, and the best prizes of any race I’ve ever been in!”said one racer.

There you have it. Join us next year on the sameSeptember weekend for more fun in beautiful Marble,and help us raise lots of money for our local schools!

Lead King Loop 25k

Top finishes –

MenAlex Nichols – Colorado Springs 1:51:06Peter Maksimow – Manitou Springs 1:51:14Adam Rich – Colorado Springs 1:53:27Bernie Boettcher (master’s) – Silt 1:59:47

WomenStevie Kremer – Crested Butte 2:11:19Myriah Blair – Glenwood Springs 2:13:12Rachel Viele – Vail 2:14:11Cindy O’Neill (master’s) – 2:32:07

– Justin Mock

For more information, go to runcolo.com/members/jmock/


S P O R T S & O U T D O O R S

What is life coaching?

By Carolyn McCulloch Burdick, certified life and career coach

Life coaching is a professional partnership that helps people produce extraor-dinary results in their personal lives, relationships, careers, businesses or organ-izations. Through the coaching process, clients can deepen and broaden theirlearning, heighten their self-awareness, improve their performance and enhancetheir quality of life.

Coaching accelerates progress by providing focus and awareness. It concen-trates on where you are now and what you are willing to do to get where youwant to be, recognizing that results are a matter of their intentions, choices andactions. The bottom line is a great coach helps you get what you want, and getit more rapidly than doing it alone.

Why hire a life coach?A life coach can help you get in touch with your purpose and passion, your

dreams and hopes, and overcome your fears and doubts. And most important-ly, your coach gives you ongoing support in taking the necessary steps, week byweek, day by day, for getting what you want.

What is involved in the coaching process?In each session, the coach listens and contributes observations, insights and

questions to create clarity to move the client into action. A coach also helps youdream big and makes sure you do the things you say you will do in order tohave the important things you say you want. With a coach, you will be chal-lenged, stretched and empowered. Your coach will give you homework to helpyou learn how to build new skills, working within your integrity core as a com-pass for finding solutions to problems. The results are feelings of grounding, ful-fillment, joy and contentment. You get back in the driver’s seat in your journeythrough life.

How do I select a coach?1. Educate yourself about coaching. Hundreds of articles and books have

been written about it, particularly within the last five years. 2. Know your objectives for working with a coach.3. Interview coaches and experience a coaching session before making a deci-

sion.

What are some of the benefits of life coaching?People who benefit from life coaching have a real desire for change in their

lives and are willing to make a commitment to do so. Clients have reported thefollowing outcomes as a result of working with a coach:

Carolyn Burdick is a certified life and career coach at In Touch Healing Center inRedstone, and can be reached at 963-9064, [email protected], intouch-healingcenter.biz

• Increased self-awareness • A more balanced life• Higher self-confidence • Enhanced communication skills • Improved health • Increased energy • More income • More free time • Started new business • Joy and contentment • Clearer goals

• Lower stress levels• Improvement in your quality

of life• Project completion• Better relationships• More fun• Change in career• Increased profitability of business• Business turn around• Change of residence

Picture of Health

Lead KingLoop CharityRaces 2011

Clockwise from top left: JoslynBlair, Lucas and Tomas Benesch inyellow and other Lake Kids Looprunners; center, two young ath-letes run together; BernieBoettcher of Silt won the men’smaster’s division; the start of the25k race; the start of the Lake KidsLoop race.

Photos courtesy of JenniferDockery and Larry Good



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This fall, the Common Reader program at Colorado MountainCollege (CMC) invites all community members to explore the topicsof challenging injustice and improving access to education by readingthe book “A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little RockCentral High School.”

The memoir was written by Carlotta Walls LaNier, the youngestmember of the Little Rock Nine, the nine black teenagers fromArkansas who were some of the first to attend all-white segregatedpublic schools in the southern U.S. in 1957.

Community members are encouraged to read “A Mighty LongWay.” Copies are available at local bookstores and libraries.

Also, Carlotta, who is a Denver resident, will visit CMC at SpringValley near Glenwood Springs at 7 p.m. on Oct. 19.

Through the Common Reader program, the college is sponsoringan art and creative writing contest titled Challenging Injustice. Allentries inspired by the book or the October author’s talks are due Nov.18. The contest is open to students and community members.

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The VA has 15 conditions that are automatically service-connectedfor relation to Agent Orange exposure. The three most common aretype II diabetes, ischemic heart disease, and prostate cancer.

Requests for the enrollment form can be made by calling 970-263-5019. Veterans can also ask questions on the Grand Junction VAMedical Center's Facebook page at facebook.com/VAGrandJunction.Please do not post personally identifiable medical information.

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A R O U N D T H E V A L L E Y

By Ron Sorter, Redstone Historical Society

Editor’s note: This is the sixth in a series of monthly updates about the construction at theRedstone coke ovens.

The coke ovens preservation project is coming to a close. The contractorexpects to have all the masonry done by Oct. 2 in time for an Oct. 4 walk through.Although the mortar will not have had time to completely cure by then on all theovens on the north side, it should be close. We expect to be able to sign off on allthe south side work on that day. The masons are working extra days to make surethey're done on schedule.

The entire project is expected to be done by Oct. 24, and Oct. 31 at the very lat-est. I think we can all be glad it has run so smoothly. It's a tribute to our engineer,Dan Cooke, who decided that a request for quotation (RFQ) be held prior to bid-ding to prequalify all bidders as experienced in historic restoration. Knock onwood, there've been no severed water lines or fiber-optic cables, no confusion-causing (expensive) demolitions and redos, no arguments, no ovens destroyed byout-of-control machinery – just smooth operations and lots of fascinated visitors –like the reporter who called me for some background about the project for the arti-cle he's writing for The New York Times.

Eventually the new bricks will weather, the grass and weeds will grow betweenthe ovens and they will regain that "ruined" look we all like. Even though we hadto comply with the Secretary of the Interior's restoration standards to get our grantmoney, and even though the original oven brickwork was all covered, PitkinCounty agreed that parging (the mortar covering the exterior) wasn't necessary onthe current work except where it'd be covered by grass, so the bricks will remainexposed to the weather.

One question I get is how it was determined how many or how few ovens topreserve. At the community meetings we held in September 2009, we discussedthat idea at length. The challenge was to figure out if the community wanted toallow the remaining ovens to further disintegrate or to preserve them. The backrow was obviously too far gone, the cinderblock-faced ovens were no longer "his-toric,” and the existing ruined look had some supporters.

But the winning argument was that they'd slowly disintegrate if we did noth-ing, that we owed them a future, and that any money and friends interested inhelping us wouldn't come along again anytime soon. So it was decided to go forit and let any grant monies we'd get determine how many ovens we would pre-serve. Lucky for us we were awarded a nice collection of grants and the winningbid came in lower than expected so we were able to preserve all the ovens whichweren't already too far gone.

Every time I go over to the site, I look at that back row of ovens that are slow-ly disappearing under the assault of tree roots, bushes and vegetation. It's hard totell some of them are even there anymore. I'm convinced our grandkids willapprove of what we've done.

The last domino is the landscaping we'll need to do, to help the site look evenmore ruined. We're presently getting pre-bids to determine the amount of grant

dollars to ask for, and to determine the amount of county dollars needed as match-ing funds for those grants. Given the current economic maelstrom, the competi-tion for all dollars at the county is intense.

Bluegreen, our landscaping designer, is helping us plan any phasing we mightneed to do if we can't get all the grant money we need to finish the landscaping nextsummer. Fortunately, we have a bunch of things working in our favor. Grantors liketo work with successful applicants. All of us associated with the project can point tolists of successful projects we've done together here in Redstone, most recently the$150,000 grant needed to implement Redstone's master plan at Elk Park across thehighway from the ovens, which is scheduled to break ground in 2012.

They also like to fund projects that include volunteers. Not only do we haveRedstonians ready to fill that role, but the Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers alsowant to work on the project. Plus, this design has already won a state award andis now on the radar of the American Society of Landscape Architects to win anational award (if the project is finished as designed and as Redstone hasapproved). For the record, the county wants the removal of the existing fence tobe the first priority on the first phase we're able to do.

So we're going to keep driving this project down the road as fast as it will go.Together, we've come a long way with this since 1995. The finish line is up ahead,just beyond the landscaping. Then we can put this project to bed for another cen-tury and we'll all have some champagne, big time.

As always, if you have any questions call Melissa Sever, the project manager, at920-5390 or me, Ron Sorter, at 963-1787.


This column sponsored by an anonymous history aficionado

It’s taken a lot of volunteers, community leaders, historians, public employees, skilledworkers – and even a dog or two – to see the Redstone coke ovens project to the finishline. Photo courtesy of Ron Sorter

H I S T O R YRedstone Coke Ovens Update

The Redstone Coke Ovens restoration project is nearly complete

Radio Redstone from page 5built some good will for the village.

“Through music and without cost to listeners,” he said, “[I want RadioRedstone to] put a little joy in their hearts, if even only for the length of theirfavorite song.”

That seemed to be the case during the Labor Day weekend when a newly-mar-ried couple – the bride and groom still in their full wedding garb – stopped by fora dance in John’s front yard. The Berrys were in attendance as well.

“Our favorite memory of the summer broadcasts was the Labor Day weekendparty,” Sharon said of the unplanned wedding dance. “Where else can you do this?It will be a lifetime memory for that couple.”

Thousands of songsJohn has around 5,000 pieces of music in his archives. He tries to play moods,

not genres. John said it isn’t unusual for him to play something by Rachmaninofffollowed by something from BB King. Like an impromptu disc jockey, he has todecide what song will follow the previous one in a smooth, logical manner. Even

though it’s challenging, John likes the spontaneity of his shows. “I never know exactly where the [musical] trail is going,” he said. “I have no

idea where we’re really going to go. It is a lot of fun.”John realizes that Radio Redstone causes some controversy. Pitkin County

Sheriff deputies have visited him on two occasions because of noise complaints,and he makes no jokes about that.

“I think the issue is that some people want a little more life and fun, and othersprefer the quiet and like to hear the hummingbirds,” he said. “I don’t like the noisefrom motorcycles, but we have motorcycle events [in Redstone] and I support that.I believe you have to have a give and take in any community.”

As much fun as John is having, he has no plans to expand his music sharingbeyond his porch, but he would like to play his music for the public again nextsummer.

“It’s just fine the way it is,” he says. “I’ve already accomplished producing thosesmiles and have taken people away from their worries.”


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See you next month!

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