January 10, 2013

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ne of the inscriptions above the westentrance of the University of Col-orado’s Norlin Library reads: “Who

knows only his own generation remains always achild.” The other inscription reads: “Enter here thetimeless fellowship of the human spirit.”

The Norlin Library, with 11 million books, canboast of just two entrance inscriptions, while thenew Carbondale Branch Library, with substantiallyfewer than 11 million books, plans to post up to144 inscriptions. Those inscriptions are comingfrom local residents as part of Shannon Muse’s artinstallation at the library titled “Pillars of Light.”

“Each pillar will include a number of tiles fea-turing thoughts on libraries, learning, enlighten-ment and community,” said a Garfield CountyLibrary District press release.

The seven support pillars themselves have al-ready been erected on the library’s north side, whichwill be the main entrance. The inscriptions (30characters maximum) or symbols will go on glasstiles that measure 4 1/2 inches by 4 1/2 inches.

One submittal is the Dewey Decimal number forgraphic novels. A suggested inscription in the “Pil-lars of Light”hand out at the library reads“TempusFugit” (Time flies).

Inside the library, a reference map will be postedthat shows the location and gives the name of eachperson whose inscription was chosen. The entrydeadline is Jan. 31 and forms are available at the li-brary or at www.gcpld.org/construction.

A panel including representatives from the Gor-don Cooper Library, the Garfield County LibraryDistrict, the Carbondale Council on Arts and Hu-manities, the Carbondale Public Art Commissionand Willis Pember Architects chose Muse from afield of five finalists. Other artists have also beenchosen to create functional and ornamental piecesat the library’s front desk and outside.

Muse works out of her Paradise Art Glass stu-dio, less than a block away from the new library. Inher proposal to the library district, she wrote: “Theconcept is based on the philosophy that we ashuman beings have a hierarchy of learning … Theexperience of higher learning creates an atmosphereof enlightenment.”

Muse said she is also accepting donated glassand participants to work on the tiles. For details,call Muse at 319-1939 or Andi Korber at [email protected]" [email protected].

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Good snow and blue skies brought Sarah Johnson and dozens of other skiers to the Spring Gulch Nordic trail systemsouthwest of Carbondale on Saturday. On a related note, the Mount Sopris Nordic Council’s annual Ski for SISU fund-raiser is Feb. 3. For trail grooming and weather updates, go to springgulch.org. Photo by Lynn Burton

Make ita reality

Whenever I hear the words ‘fiscalcliff’ I get annoyed. Congressmen claim-ing to be worried about the looming fi-nancial disaster while voting to givethemselves a pay raise, how politypical(new word: political + typical. As in,

we’ve come toexpect beingscrewed bythese clowns.)

It feels likeparagl idingwith a bunchof old whiteguys in suitswho areslowly lower-ing themselves

to the ground with their golden para-chutes, and all the while we have to lis-ten to them shout out in alarm that theground is getting closer.

FYI Congress — most of us alreadywent over the cliff a few years ago and weare now living down here at the bottom.Don’t worry; life isn’t so bad at the bot-tom of the cliff. I mean, we still havecleanish air and water, when we havewater, and we still have television. Morereality shows than reality, i.e., real news,but it’s all good. Well, except when thenews is even about the reality shows, thenit starts to feel like we’re living in an Or-wellian mini-series.

Love Honey Boo BooI have to admit it, I love me some

Honey Boo Boo Child.Normally I wouldnever recommend a reality show; I stillthink it’s worth it to pay writers, actorsand directors to entertain us.And if I haveto choose between watching Honey BooBoo or re-runs of“Cheers”there’s no con-test. But there is something about Honey(and her sisters, Punkin and Chubs) thatkeeps me watching, usually with my eye-brows slightly raised and my mouth open.I swear she is a film star from the 1940sreincarnated. Or maybe it’s that wholeScottish-clan-to-Appalachian-hillbillyconnection, I don’t know. Deep down,let’s face it, Americans love an outlaw.

Speaking of hillbilly connections, ourlocal county election played out like anold western where the inner ring of gam-bling and drinking salooners turns out tobe the local law enforcement. We re-elected these guys even after that secret,seedy rendezvous in Utah?

I’ve been meaning to call up Mr. Mar-tin and Mr. Samson to ask them whenthey will officially go on the record asstanding with the Thompson DivideCoalition and against fracking up ourwater supply. Well, that and I also wantto know if the Holiday Inn in Vernal has

By Laurie Guevara-StoneTwenty-one years ago, two Carbondale

locals — Ken Olson and Johnny Weiss —who were teaching a solar program at CMCdecided to branch off and start a non-profitorganization, teaching people around theworld how to bring renewable energy tech-nologies into their lives.

The Solar Technology Institute, soon tobecome Solar Energy International (SEI),was born. In 1991 Carbondale had just over3,000 residents, and solar energy was fornon-conformists, hippies and people living“off-grid” in small cabins in the mountains.The past 21 years have seen a great changein solar energy both for Carbondale and theworld,and a lot of that is thanks to Solar En-ergy International. However, with recentchanges,people are now asking if SEI’s era inCarbondale has ended.

Over the years SEI has brought a lot ofinteresting folks to Carbondale, many ofwhom now call Carbondale home. Duringthe 1990s it wasn’t unusual to see Africansfrom remote rural villages walking downMain Street in their colorful dress, Indianwomen in saris shopping at City Market,and Jamaicans in dreadlocks giving talks onherbal medicine, all here to learn about solarenergy. Since SEI first opened its classroomdoors in Carbondale in June of 1991 until2012, SEI brought almost 2,500 studentsfrom around the world to our small town.Some of these people fell in love with Car-bondale, and like many of us, couldn’t leave.They still live here today working for manyof the clean energy companies and organi-zations that now populate our valley.

Carbondale is also home to more solarelectric photovoltaic (PV) systems per capitathan most places in the country. Our townhall, a town park, non-profit center, recre-ation center, and numerous homes and busi-nesses are all covered with solar panels, notto mention the 147 kW solar array at Col-orado Rocky Mountain School. Althoughmany organizations were involved in bring-ing these projects to fruition, SEI played alarge part in putting Carbondale on the solarmap. And SEI did more than photovoltaics,teaching people how to build energy efficienthomes, installing solar hot-water systems,and building with natural materials, leadingto many of the beautiful strawbale, adobeand earthen homes in the area, as well as thesolar thermal companies and naturalbuilders that call Carbondale home.

What happened?So what happened to SEI’s presence in

Carbondale? The change can be attributedto many factors including national politics,the economy, and internal SEI differences ofopinion and decisions.

Since 1991 SEI operated out of offices upand down Main Street, including behind theantique store and at the current real estateoffice across from what used to be the Land-mark (before becoming restaurant Six89).For more than a decade SEI operated out ofthe former town hall alongside KDNK, butas classes grew, so did a need for more space.

Trying to buy a piece of land in high-pricedCarbondale to eventually house a world-class training facility, with office spaces andstudent dorms, proved too much for thesmall non-profit, and it had to look else-where for cheaper land.

Some SEI employees had actually al-ready moved over the hill to Paonia forcheaper housing, and Delta County wasmore than happy to help SEI find a spaceto house their workshops. So in 2006, SEIbought seven acres of land in Paonia tobuild a renewable energy-training center.However, SEI also runs lesser known butequally as important“Outreach”programs,including international programs, NativeAmerican programs and solar K-12 educa-tion. Most of these programs, along withadministrative support and a handful ofclasses continued in Carbondale.

In 2009, when President Barak Obamasigned the economic stimulus package(after being introduced by SEI alum and PVcompany founder Blake Jones) he madesolar energy and green jobs a householdword. SEI grew quickly to keep up with thenew demand for people who wanted to gettheir foot in the door of this rapidly grow-ing industry. SEI had more students thanever before, waiting lists for all the classes,and could easily support two campuses andthe charitable Outreach programs thatmany staff and board members were pas-sionate about.

Economic crisisBut then came the nation-wide economic

crisis, coupled with increased competitionfrom training companies and a decrease insolar incentives. All of this meant less rev-enue for SEI. At that time SEI was trying toramp up its fundraising efforts for its Out-reach programs, and it hired a developmentassociate to grow these important youthand international programs that some staffwere highly committed to. Others on stafffelt that SEI’s resources should focus on thePaonia campus and PV training, which waswhat was bringing in the important revenuethe organization needed to survive.There isno doubt that SEI offers some of the best PVtraining in the world, with expert instruc-tors who are passionate about solar. Yetthere were some SEI staff who felt that SEIwas much more than PV training. Therewas also Carbondale staff that saw the im-portance of keeping SEI in Carbondale, asCarbondale is an incredible model of a com-munity that prioritizes clean energy.This in-ternal division led to a lot of strife withinSEI, and after months of trying to come upwith a plan to keep SEI afloat, the board ofdirectors decided to focus SEI’s efforts onthe training lab in Paonia, which resulted inlaying off some Carbondale marketing andadministrative staff.

Didn’t sit wellThis decision did not sit well with some,

and led to the resignation of the executivedirector,Tresi Houpt, some board membersand some staff. Co-founder Johnny Weiss,

who stepped down as executive director ayear ago, is the most recent person to leavethe SEI board, though he still will act as anadvisor to SEI from his new home in Paonia.

For now, SEI still has a presence in theThird Street Center with a dedicated admin-istrative staff and a couple of offices.And SEIcontinues to do important work around theworld, and even in the Roaring Fork Valleythrough programs such as Solar In theSchools. And fortunately, Carbondale ishome to many organizations and companiesthat will carry on SEI’s legacy of bringingclean energy and energy education to theValley and to the world.CORE,CLEER, theClean Energy Collective, SunSense, SolEn-ergy, and Solar Flair are just some of theamazing resources we have in this even moreamazing town.

We are lucky to live in a town that theCarbondale.com website calls“a hot bed forgrassroots organizations who are working topromote renewable energy, reduce pollutionand waste, and help businesses make theiroperations more environmentally friendly.”

People in this town care, about the envi-ronment and each other. And although wecouldn’t keep SEI as an anchor in our town,we’re still one of the greenest, coolest, clean-est, caring towns around.

We are truly blessed.

(Laurie Guevara-Stone is the former in-ternational program manager for SolarEnergy International).

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By Lynn BurtonSopris Sun Staff Writer

It’s right there as Goal No. 1 in ChapterTwo of the town’s draft comprehensive plan:“Optimize resources in the town boundarywith infill/redevelopment.”

AtTuesday night’s Board ofTrustees meet-ing, trusteeAllyn Harvey said that infill zoningin Aspen had created an “unmitigated mess”and urged the trustees to be careful with it.

“It’s been ugly,” said Harvey, who wasraised in Aspen and moved to Carbondaleabout 10 years ago. “It (infill) has changedhow Aspen looks and feels.”

Mayor Stacey Bernot and trustee PamZentmyer expressed similar concerns aboutinfill before the board voted 6-0 to continuethe comprehensive plan public hearing toJan. 22. Trustee John Foulkrod was absent.

Infill generally occurs in established partsof a town when existing lots are subdividedto allow for new, free standing buildings, oraccessory residential units are allowed onexisting buildings.

Parts of old-town Carbondale saw a fairamount of infill several years ago when a pre-vious planning director touted its benefits andtrustees amended the zoning code to accom-modate his ideas. One pitch the trusteesbought: infill will reduce sprawl in the Car-bondale area by increasing the residentialdensity in town.

AtTuesday night’s board of trustees meet-ing, Bernot pointed to EuclidAvenue betweenSecond and Third streets as a prime exampleof recent infill. “It (infill) has had a huge im-pact on that neighborhood,” she said.

The house at 246 Euclid Avenue is oneexample. The two-story house sits betweena small Victorian house to the east and re-modeled cabin to the west. The new housewas built after the cabin’s owner sold his

property and the new zoning allowed thesubsequent owner to split the lot and buildthe house. Some residents in the neighbor-hood point to other two-story houses thatthey say loom over and dwarf pre-existing,smaller homes.

At Tuesday night’s meeting, Bernot saidthe draft comprehensive plan says infill is OKbut that the town will “struggle” with it foryears to come.“It (infill) will be a reoccurringtheme,” she said.

Planning consultant Gabe Preston, whohelped the town’s working group craft thedraft plan over the past year, attended Tues-day night’s meeting via Skype and said infill is“painfully slow.” He also said the trusteeswill be able to review infill requests on a case-

by-base basis, and that they can say “no” ona case-by-case basis.

“Not everybody who wants infill is goingto get it,” he said.“You can be picky.”

The draft comprehensive plan also callsfor limited-size annexations to accommo-date growth.

Much of Tuesday night’s comprehensiveplan discussion focused on Chapter Two,which is titled “Vision Goals and Strategies.”The eight goals are:

• Optimize resources in the town bound-ary with infill/re-development;

• Encourage quality design that enhancessmall town character;

• Integrate trees/landscaping into futuredevelopment and the public realm;

• Identify opportunities for mixed-use/residential;

• Integrate safe, attractive multi-modal op-tions into infrastructure and development;

• Preserve and enhance the desirablecharacteristics of neighborhoods;

• Contribute to and encourage land con-servation on the town periphery;

• Preserve the historic buildings, land-marks and features by implementing the His-toric Preservation Program.

ChapterTwo points out that strategies forimplementing the small town character ele-ment of the comprehensive plan are articu-lated in Chapter Four: Future Land Use Plan.

Part of Chapter Two states, “The chal-lenge of maintaining small town character isa matter of designing new development to ac-commodate future demand while still main-taining the elements of character that makeCarbondale so appealing. … Small towncharacter is not defined as one uniform con-dition that extends through town. Characteris a convergence of several physical elementsin specific places that influence the look andfeel of the town. Maintaining small towncharacter requires attention to the details ofdesign in each neighborhood as the commu-nity manages the future.”

The draft master plan is 140 pages longand includes five chapters and an appendixthat includes an economic and demographictrend summary.The plan is available at townhall and also online on the town’s website.

The trustees have said they will use thedraft plan to write new zoning codes in 2013.Rewriting the zoning codes would most likelystart at the Planning and Zoning Commissionlevel. P&Z member Jeff Dickinson told thetrustees the commission is“pretty fired to up”to continue the process. “We’re not done byany means.”

Lilly Adams (fore-ground) and her sisterAnna keep an eye ontheir hotdogs as theyroast over a bonfireduring First Fridayon Jan. 4. Despitetemperatures that

were dropping towardzero, kids seemed

to have a great timecooking their ’dogs,

flaming their marshmal-lows and zipping around

the ice rink at Fourthand Main. Photo by

Lynn Burton

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The house at 246 Euclid Avenue created a neighborhood stir when it was built under thetown’s new infill zoning code several years ago. Photo by Lynn Burton

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By Lynn Burton

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arbondalians will enjoy one more

outdoor diversion this winter as

the town plans to install a pond-

style skating rink at the Fourth

Street Plaza park on Main Street.

“Weather permitting, we will unveil the

rink during the ‘Light Up Carbondale’ event

on First Friday in December,”said Carbondale

Recreation Center Manager Eric Brendlinger.

“The rink will be a family-friendly experience

for skating only, with no sticksports like

hockey or broomball allowed.”

The town will also put in an ice rink at the

rodeo grounds east of town as it has for the

past several years.

Brendlinger said the idea for a new rink

came up after the most recent Parks and

Recreation Committee meeting.“The idea is

to create that‘NewYork’ feel of a downtown

ice rink — lit up and festive.” He joked, “If

this all works it was my idea. If not, I will

have to blame it on someone else!”

The property at Fourth and Main Street is

privately owned and sees lots of summer ac-

tion with music events and other activities.

Brendlinger said the cost will be minimal be-

cause the town will use part of the old rink

liner from the rodeo grounds and the boards

and hardware from the former in-line rink at

North Face park.

The in-town rink is experimental and will

be weather dependent. It will measure ap-

proximately 45-feetby 70-feet,

will have

lights and be open from noon until the lights

automatically go out at 9 p.m.

Brendlinger said 4 to 6 inches of water will

be put down as a base for the non-refriger-

ated rink. The top two inches of ice will be

managed on an ongoing basis with a “Man-

boni” and not a Zamboni.

The sun is the enemy for any unrefriger-

ated outdoor rink.The site has good shade in

the morning but faces direct sun from about

11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The best skating will probably be in the

evening hours after the sun is long gone and

the ice has had a chance to re-freeze.

“This should be fun if Mother Nature

cooperates,” Brendlinger said.“Think cold;

think ice.

On a related note, registration for the

broomball league and introduction to youth

hockey lessons for ages 6-9 and 10-14 is un-

derway. The registration deadline is Dec. 30.

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Skating rink planned for park at Fourth and Main

A red-tail hawk takes wing from a fence post just east of Carbondale on Monday. Photo by Lynn Burton

Cop ShopFire destroys chicken coop

At 12:18 a.m. on Jan. 9, the Carbon-dale & Rural Fire Protection District waspaged for a structure fire at Cedar RidgeRanch, located at 3059 County Road 103,Carbondale, according to a press release.

The first responding fire officer wason scene within 15 minutes and reporteda chicken coop engulfed in flames, nextto a barn occupied by up to 30 horses.The property owner was fighting theblaze with fire extinguishers when thefirst fire truck arrived 19 minutes afterthe initial report.

The fire destroyed a chicken coop andapproximately 20 chickens. The barn wasalso damaged, but firefighters saved thestructure.The horses were released prior tofirefighter’s arrival and none were injured.

The fire department responded withthree fire trucks, an ambulance and 12personnel, and the fire was under controlat 12:44 a.m.

Fire chief Ron Leach said the horsebarn is an important structure on Mis-souri Heights. “I am so happy the prop-erty owner and the firefighters were ableto save it from burning last night.”

By Celeste ComingsSopris Sun Correspondent

It’s that time!Basketball season is under way for the Roaring Fork

Rams as the boys began the regular season strong and thegirls work to get into sync.

Preseason started with the annual Brenda Patch Tourna-ment in December. It was successful in its purpose of hon-oring the memory of former RFHS basketball player BrendaPatch. Each year a deserving senior is awarded a scholar-ship in her name to put towards college tuition. This yearthe tournament also marked the end of nearly 40 years ofvolunteer scorekeeping by Clint Gilfry. He was commemo-rated at the tournament for his dedication and loyalty.

In tournament action the boys lost to Steamboat andEagle Valley. Dakotah Grett was the only player with varsityexperience and the team was missing senior Trea Moxley.The girls won both games against 4A teams, but split thetourney, forfeiting a win over Eagle Valley on a technicality.The preseason served its purpose as both a learning experi-ence and an opportunity to work out any kinks.

It did just that for the boys, who took the court in thefirst nine days of regular season and came out with a five-game winning streak. Four of their five wins were on theroad, an impressive feat fresh out of the gates. Their oppo-nents included Coal Ridge, Glenwood Springs, Grand Val-ley and Olathe.The team enjoyed a home-game win againstMoffat County. It was the first home game for a new seniorstarter Israel Leyva, who didn’t play last year, but is proving

to be a big defensive stopper.Returning starters include Dakotah Grett and Trae Mox-

ley, both seniors who were selected All-Conference last year.There is no shortage of talent on this year’s team, with jun-iors Tanner Nieslanik, Jack Fisher, Dwayne Yin (fromCRMS) and sophomore Ben Carpenter.All have been majorcontributors so far this season.

The boy’s success as a team has come from their speedand a balanced inside/outside game.With several wins undertheir belt, head coach Larry Williams reports the team is stilllooking to “improve in every phase of the game, especiallythe execution of the offense.”

GirlsThe regular season started well for the girls, coming out

strong with wins against Coal Ridge (61-46) and MoffatCounty (51-41), who moved down into the 3A class thisyear. In the third game of the season the girls lost a heart-breaker to Glenwood in overtime after being up by ninewith 1:24 left in the game.

Grand Valley and Olathe were played on the road andthe Rams came up on the short end. Roaring Fork’s rosteris sturdy, with seven solid varsity players including seniorsGeorgia Ackerman, Hattie Gianinetti, Megan Gianinetti,and Shaeley Lough, plus juniors Autumn Grandberry, ToniGross and Maddie Nieslanik.

Despite a few losses, head coach Kirk Cheney is confi-dent in this team, saying“At the present time our biggest ad-versity is ourselves. We look forward to coming out strong

and asserting ourselves as one of the top teams in our league.They are as talented as any group I have coached.”

With the boys holding the top spot in their league and thegirls beating one of the top contenders in their league, it is shap-ing up to be an exciting basketball season at Roaring Fork.

Sopris Sun Staff ReportCORE has announced its $2,500 Holiday

Home Energy Smart award goes to long-timeAspen residents Peter and Colleen Carvelli.

The Carvellis live in a 1939 cabin on Cas-tle Creek that is plagued by high propane billsand cold drafts, according to a press release.

“Their project starts next week with ahome energy assessment, which will providea blower-door test and infrared imaging toidentify the most crucial locations to seal airleaks and improve insulation,” said a COREspokeswoman.

In other news from the Community Officefor Resource Efficiency:

Rebates: CORE, Holy Cross Energy andthe city ofAspen have announced new rebatesfor 2013. This year, the city of Aspen utilitiesdepartment will increase its maximum EnergySmart rebate to 50 percent of project costs,upto $1,000 for residential properties withinAspen’s urban growth boundary. “There hasnever been a better time to upgrade your in-sulation, improve your heating equipment, re-place those old windows, or install solarenergy,” said the spokeswoman. For details,call 925-9775. Holy Cross is offering rebates

to help offset the cost of energy efficiency up-grades for homes or businesses, and is also of-fering free energy audits. Rebates are firstcome, first served. For details, go to holy-cross.com.

Share your ideas: The city of Aspen hostsan open house on Jan. 16 to receive input onhow the city can achieve its 100 percent re-newable energy goal. This one takes place inthe Rio Grande room above Taster’s Pizzafrom 5 to 7 p.m.on Jan.16.There will also beseveral booths dedicated to renewable energytechnologies and energy efficiency options.

Energy Smart update: In the final quarterof 2012, CORE’s Energy Smart program up-graded more than 400 units in multifamilybuildings. As of Jan. 1, the Energy Smarthomeowner co-pay for home energy assess-ments is only $100, for a service valued at$450 that includes analysis, personalized im-provement recommendations and quick-fixmeasures installed on the spot.

Carbondale requests proposals: The townof Carbondale requests proposals for a newsolar power purchase agreement. The con-tractor/vendor will design, fabricate, deliver,install, operate and maintain a rooftop or

ground-mount solar photovoltaic electric gen-erating system under a power purchase agree-ment (PPA).For details, go to CORE’sCarbondale Energy Page.

Gas lease update: The Bureau of LandManagement has announced a gas lease salein the North Fork Valley on Feb. 13.This is arepackaging of the 30,000-acre lease sale pre-

viously proposed for August 2012.CMC course: Colorado Mountain College

is offering a commercial building energy au-diting class at the Lappala Center in Carbon-dale from 6 to 9 p.m. on Mondays. DanRichardson, a senior energy consultant atSGM, is the instructor. Register at any CMClocation.The course code is 71820.

RFHS hoopsters return to court for league play

The Roaring Fork girls won two games in December’sBrenda Patch Tournament but had to forfeit one due to atechnicality. Highlights so far include wins over CoalRidge and Moffat County. Photo by Sue Rollyson

BOYSJan. 11 – Roaring Fork vs. Gunnison, 7 p.m.Jan. 18 – Roaring Fork vs. Aspen (away), 7 p.m.Jan. 19 – Roaring Fork vs. Basalt, 4 p.m.Jan. 22 – Roaming Fork vs. Coal Ridge, 7 p.m.Jan. 25 – Roaring Fork vs. Cedaredge (away), 7 p.m.Feb. 1 – Roaring Fork vs. Grand Valley, 7 p.m.Feb. 2 – Roaring Fork vs. Olathe, 4 p.m.Feb. 5 – Roaring Fork vs. Aspen, 7 p.m.Feb. 8 – Roaring Fork vs. Gunnison (away), 7 p.m.Feb. 15 – Roaring Fork vs. Basalt (away), 7 p.m.Feb. 16 – Roaring Fork vs. Moffat County (away), 4 p.m.Feb. 22 – Roaring Fork vs. Cedaredge (7 p.m.)

GIRLSJan. 11 – Roaring Fork vs. Gunnison, 5:30 p.m.Jan. 18 – Roaring Fork vs. Aspen (away), 5:30 p.m.Jan. 19 – Roaring Fork vs. Basalt, 2:30 p.m.Jan. 22 – Roaring Fork vs. Coal Ridge, 5:30 p.m.Jan. 25 – Roaring Fork vs. Cedaredge (away), 5:30 p.m.Feb. 1 – Roaring Fork vs. Grand Valley, 5:30 p.m.Feb. 2 – Roaring Fork vs. Olathe, 2:30 p.m.Feb. 5 – Roaring Fork vs. Aspen, 5:30 p.m.Feb. 8 – Roaring Fork vs. Gunnison (away), 5:30 p.m.Feb. 15 – Roaring Fork vs. Basalt (away), 5:30 p.m.Feb. 16 – Roaring Fork vs. Moffat County (away), 2:30 p.m.Feb. 22 – Roaring Fork vs. Cedaredge 5:30 p.m.

Basketball scheduleThe schedules are as follows. Junior varsity and C team games precede varsity games, so times are not exact:

CORE awards $2,500 home energy upgrade to Aspen couple

The CarbondaleBoard of Trustees

honored Students ofthe Month on Tues-day night. They are(left to right): Fran-

cisco Arellanes,Naomi Mayo, Leah

Shafer and FisherJacober. Courtesy

photo


Peak inks Osmia OrganicsPeak, the upscale magazine published

twice a year in Aspen, profiles Osmia Or-ganics founder Sarah Villafranco in its win-ter/spring edition.“A striking mother of two,with long dark hair and palpable energy,Vil-lafranco found renewed direction in an un-likely place, a soap making class at RockBottom Ranch in Basalt,” writes AmieeWhite Beazley. From that class, the formerValley View Hospital emergency roomphysician went on to create her own line ofbar soaps and skincare products, which shemanufactures and sells in a Satank industrialpark on Dolores Way.

And speaking of not speaking about Sa-tank — there are apparently no ‘Tankers inPeak’s full-page “The List’ on page 62, un-less Katie Couric, Jack White, BarbraStreisand, Christopher Dodds, Chris Thile,Diane Tegmeyer or one of 48 others set upresidence or took a seat on the ditch boardwhile nobody was looking.

If you’re wondering where to snag a freecopy of Peak, The Sopris Sun’s delivery guyreports it’s available at the Basalt 7/Eleven,or drop by RFTA’s Rubey Park bus station.

Also inkedThe January issue of Colorado Biz mag-

azine mentions Meier Skis in its Small Bizsection. The Meier factory is located nearCattle Creek on Highway 82. Meier’s an-nual production run is probably less than aday’s output at a mass producer like Rossig-nol, but company founder Matt Cudmoretells the magazine, “I’m convincing theworld, one skier at a time.”For details aboutMeier Skis, go to meierskis.com.

Sheehan plays Cage in PhillyCarbondale pianist Laurel Karlik Sheehan

is part of the on-going“Cage: Beyond Silence”series at the Philadelphia Institute of Musicand will perform the program “Two Pianos”

with Rob Haskins at 8 p.m. on Jan. 19. Theseries is presented by Bowerbird in conjunc-tion with the Philadelphia Museum of Art.For details, go to cagebeyondsilence.com.

Join upThe Mt. Sopris Historical Society re-

minds folks they can become members atlevels ranging from $30 to $5,000. The so-ciety manages the historic Thompson Housenorth of River Valley Ranch and also a mu-seum on Weant Boulevard. For details, go tomtsoprishistoricalsociety.org.

Lost keysAn anonymous e-mailer reports he or she

lost a set of keys in the street near SoprisPark. If you found ’em, call 948-5386.

Remember when?Remember when rock bands sold mil-

lions of vinyl albums? Not anymore, withCDs and downloads and however else folksget their recorded music these days.

Bands are still releasing vinyl, however,and the top seller in 2012 was Jack White’s“Blunderbuss”at 33,000 copies, according toThird Man Records.White’s album knockedoff an album that was No. 1 for the previousthree years — the Beatles’ “Abbey Road.”

Third Man did not release the number ofCDs that White sold, but folks at KDNK re-port it was one of their most played record-ings of 2012.

They say it’s your birthdayFolks celebrating their birthday the week

of Jan. 10-16 include: Mary Finley andNancy Vories (Jan. 10); Brett McKenzie (Jan.11); Barry Sheehan, Gentri Engelke, LouDawson, Barbara Peckler and Trevor Stroud(Jan. 12); Steve “Smitty” Smith, Heidi Kim-mel and Steve Weaver (Jan. 13); KathyWilliams and Anne Marie Zanca (Jan. 14);Annika Johnson (Jan. 16) and a belatedhappy birthday to Bob Albright (Jan. 4).


Scuttlebutt Send your scuttlebutt to [email protected].

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Celtic band FEAST presents an ALL-NEW show

Blaine DonovanNorth American Irish Dance champion!

Jessica Lessermultiple-award-winning dancer!

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TICKETS: Adults: $24 in advance, $27 at the door. Kids $9.

Celtic band FEAST returns with an explosiveALL-NEW show! A virtual wall of gorgeous string

sound, gutsy percussion, dazzling costumesand dances will make CELTIC RHAPSODY

an incredible evening-to-rememberfor the whole family!

Get your tickets early - this show sells out every year!

special guest starRosemarie Mientka,

ballerina The CarbondaleBoard of Trustees

has chosenMichael Dunton’s“To the Core” as

its Best in Show inthe current Art

aRound Town ex-hibit. The award

brings with it aprize of $1,000.The sculpture islocated at Sixth

and Main, just eastof Carbondale

Beer Works. Photoby Lynn Burton


Colorado’s dry climate calls for Eastern remediesSeveral weeks ago, a friend of mine who recently moved here from the lush, ver-

dant and moist Pacific Northwest told me she enjoys our climate because it gives herthe sense that her body is drying out. I looked at her slightly askance and responded,“Just wait!”

When thinking of pathogenic factors, one might conjure images of viruses, bacteriaand a host of other critters too small to be seen with the naked eye. Thediscovery of these microscopic organisms is one of the great advancesin modern medicine.

In the days before microscopes, when viruses and bacteria were un-known, traditional medicines associated pathogenic influences with de-scriptive terms linked to the humors, emotions and climactic factors. InChinese medicine, pathogens were (still are) called the six perniciousinfluences and are associated with climactic characteristics: wind, heat,cold, dampness, dryness and fire.

In Chinese medicine, a pernicious invasion of wind is characterizedby its sudden onset and shifty nature. It comes and goes quickly and issaid to enter the body at acupuncture point Du 16, which is located atthe nape of the neck and is named Wind Mansion. (Wear a scarf!) Windis the vehicle that carries other pathogenic factors such as heat and cold.One might catch wind/cold with symptoms of chills, slight fever and aclear runny nose or wind/heat with symptoms of a fever, a sore throatand red, swollen glands.

Dryness, when viewed as a pernicious influence, has two main char-acteristics. First, it is likely to injure fluids, with initial symptoms suchas dry mouth, dry nose and lips and a sore, dry throat.

Second, it primarily attacks the lungs, with the end symptom generally being a drycough with little sputum.

Since Chinese medicine recognizes dryness as a pathogenic factor/pernicious influence,it would stand to reason that the medical system would also have a way to treat dryness.

It does.Numerous herbal formulas exist that treat the effects of dryness. Luckily, however,

one need not go to an herbalist to treat dryness. There are many of what I call modernfolk remedies that address dryness and help restore balance to the body.

Humidifiers did not exist in ancient China, but fortunately they exist at Ace Hard-ware. Running a warm air humidifier in the living room, or in the bedroom at night, isa great way to moisten the body and combat the dry pathogen.

Fish oils as a supplement, as well as plenty of healthy oils and fatsin the diet, will moisten the body from the inside out.While it won’t im-mediately help a dry throat or a dry cough, adding fats to the diet overtime will help keep the body in balance in the face of an arid climate.

A neti pot is a good way to moisten the nose and sinuses, espe-cially if one is suffering from a sinus condition. Running warm saltwater through the nose and into the sinus cavities will help moistenas it disinfects.

And remember, drink plenty of water. It is the liquid the humanbody was engineered to run on. Not coffee, not soda, not Gatorade,not beer. Water!

My No. 1 cure for the dry Colorado cough or sinus infection is aparticular folk remedy I am fond of and am sure most anyone wouldbe willing to try. A lasting, pernicious attack of dry, Colorado air isinvariably cured by a week on the beach in Florida! Each breath ofwarm sea breeze is a wash with the neti pot. The humidifier is alwayson. And with the lack of stress, which often exacerbates a chroniccondition, you can see how a week on the beach will invariably clearthis condition.

I am not suggesting one must go to Florida to cure a cough, though it works.Rather, the idea is to create a moist environment the nudges the body toward balanceand counteracts the pernicious influence now known as dryness.

David Teitler practices at Carbondale Acupuncture Center where he specializes in thetreatment of respiratory conditions. He also owns Dr. Dave's Herbal Medicine. For de-tails, call 704-1310 or e-mail [email protected].

Tribute paid tocoal minersStaff Report

Call it what you’d like, but the recentrenovation of the Black Nugget at the cor-ner of Fourth and Main streets in theDinkel Building has restored this long-time watering hole to its recent roots andthen some.

The Nugget had seen better days untilDasha Balasova and her husband,Vit Blanar,bought the business with a long-term lease onJuly 9 last year, and undertook a major reno-vation in a quick three-month turnaround.

Whether it is known as the“Re-Nug”asweekend bartender Michele Zebrowitzfondly calls it versus the “McNugget”(nicknamed in its last reincarnation as Car-nahan’s Tavern) the renovation has broughtnew light, literally, into this corner space.

Once considered a night-time venue formusic, drinking and dancing where youcould also shoot a game of pool in the backroom and bar fights were not uncommon,Balasova intends for this to be a family-friendly, “warm and cozy” meeting placewhere kids can eat a hot dog at the new bartables separated by real aspen tree trunkswhile their parents enjoy a bowl of greenchili washed down with a long neck Bud ora black-and-tan from one of 20 beers ontap, and watch the sports game on one ofthree wide-screen TVs.

Carbondale has been missing a sports/pool table bar, and the new Black Nuggetmay fit this bill. It is open seven days a

week, noon to 2 a.m. with a limited lunchand dinner menu until 10 p.m.

While there’s still a bandstand in thecorner, almost everything else in the space isnew or cleaned up — a lot. It smells freshand disinfected. For starters, it’s one, big,open, smoke-free space with no more backroom. The pool tables are out in the open,and are oftentimes pushed back to create adance floor when bands play at night.

There’s a new floor and ceiling; new,clean, spacious, handicap accessible bath-rooms; and a new bar, but with wooden in-serts from the original bar of brands fromsome Roaring Fork Valley ranches — allunder the “In Memory of Coal Miners”embossed ceiling support beam.

Mining memorialsThere are also two custom door arch

and post memorials honoring the victimsof the Mid-Continent Coal and Coke Co.mine explosions outside Redstone in De-cember 1965 and April 1981.

Glenwood Springs resident TerryLucero, 28, was one of the victims from themethane gas explosion in 1981 that killed14 other miners. His friend, Terry Sieler, along-time Nugget patron — back to 1958when it was the rough and tumble Moun-tain Man — remembers Lucero.

According to Sieler, Lucero had askedhim to cover his shift in the mine the day itexploded in 1981, but chance preventedthat from happening. “I’m one lucky guy,”Sieler said.

The mining motif is nothing new to Bal-asova who, when decorating the newly ren-ovated space, harkened back to her home

in the Czech Republic mountains wheremining was a mainstay industry, and actu-ally took some items from there to finishthe look of this space.

After speaking to many former and cur-rent patrons, it was important to Balasovato include the themes of mining and its his-tory into the Black Nugget renovation.

“We all depended on the coal minersboth here and in the Czech Republic, so I

thought it would be a nice thing to do,” shesaid. “It was a good connection for me tothis place.”

With another bar (the Brush Creek Sa-loon in Eagle), their son, Hans Balas, is thegeneral manager of the Nugget, and runsthe day-to-day operations including thebooking of music on the weekends likePotcheen (dance party) and Concrete Vibe(fusion jazz) playing there this weekend.

For yourHealthby David Teitler

New owners polish the Dinkel Building’s Black Nugget bar

The new Black Nugget décor pays tribute to the local coal miners who lent the bar itsname. Photo by Lynn Burton


THURS.-SUN. Jan. 10-13THEATRE • Theatre Aspen School pres-ents the Winter Teen Conservatory produc-tion of the Tony award-winning musicalcomedy “The Drowsy Chaperone” at theAspen School District Theatre at 7 p.m. onJan. 10-12 and 2 p.m. on Jan. 13.The storycenters on a die-hard musical theatre fanthat plays his favorite cast album on hisrecord player, and the musical springs tolife in his living room. “This show is anew favorite for many people,” said playdirector Graham Northrup. Tickets are$20 adults/$12 students and are avail-able at 920-5770 or aspen-showtix.com.

THURSDAYJan. 10LIVE MUSIC • The BasaltRegional Library presents Allthe Pretty Horses and theGlenwood Springs HighSchool jazz band at 5:30p.m. in the CommunityRoom. Info: 927-4311.

LIVE MUSIC • The Black Nugget in theDinkel Building presents Couch at 9 p.m.No cover.

ROTARY • Mt. Sopris Rotary meets at MiCasita every Thursday at noon.

FRIDAY Jan. 11MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents“Hitchcock”(PG-13) at 7:30 p.m. Jan.11-12

and 15-17 and “Searching for SugarMan” (PG-13) at 5:30 p.m. Jan 12.Closed Jan. 13-14.

LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the oldpart of the Dinkel Building presents livemusic every Friday night.

LIVE MUSIC • Carbondale Beer Workson Main Street presents Mark Nuss-meier (rock and soul) from 8 to 11 p.m.No cover.

LIVE MUSIC • The Black Nugget inthe Dinkel Building presents Potcheenat 9 p.m. No cover.

LIVE MUSIC • Rivers restaurantin Glenwood Springs presents JoshRogan (original rock) from 9 p.m.to midnight. No cover.

WINTERSKOL • The Winter-skol Mad Hatter’s Ball returnsto the Wheeler Opera House.Bring your own startling head-gear, as the night starts at 5:30p.m. with “Aspen History” fea-

turing Dr. Slats Cabbage andKlaus Obermeyer at 5:30 p.m. At

7:30 p.m., Dr. Sadistic & the Classical CryBabies headline the ball (with Jes Grew asopening act). No cover.

SATURDAY Jan. 12LIVEMUSIC • Carbondale Beer Works onMain Street presents Thomas Kivi (acousticAmericana) from 6 to 9 p.m. No cover.

LIVE MUSIC • The Black Nugget in the

Dinkel Building presents Concrete Vice(jazz) at 9 p.m. No cover.

SUNDAY Jan. 13CELTIC RHAPSODY • The Celtic bandFeast presents an all new show with stepdancing, champion Irish dancers and balle-rina Rosemarie Mientka at GlenwoodSprings High School at 3 p.m. Tickets forthis family show are $24 in advance and$27 at the door; kids are $9. Info: junc-tionconcerts.com or 970-241-4579.

TUESDAY Jan. 15READING TO DOGS • The GordonCooper Library offers Paws to Read forgrades K-5 at 4 p.m. Kids are invited to readto Heeling to Partners dogs in 15 minute ses-sions. To register for a slot, call 963-2889.

WEDNESDAY Jan. 16NATURALIST NIGHTS • The WildernessWorkshop, Roaring Fork Audubon Societyand ACES kick off their winter NaturalistNights lecture series with “Bird Banding:The Art and Science of Handling WildBirds” with Amber Carver of the RockyMountain Bird Observatory at the ThirdStreet Center at 5:30 p.m. The program isrepeated at ACES in Aspen on Jan. 17 at7:30 p.m. Info: 963-3977. Coming up onJan. 30: “The Journey of Cutthroat Troutin Colorado” with Jessica Metcalf, PhD.

ROTARY • The Rotary Club of Carbon-dale presents Dick Durrance (“Dream Likea Champion) at the firehouse at 7 a.m. Info:Ken Neubecker at [email protected].

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

Save the dateSATURDAY Feb. 16IMAGINE • River Bridge Regional Centerpresents IMAGINE, featuring a menu createdby reality TV finalist Susie Jiminez, at the Or-chard from 6 to 10 p.m. on Feb. 16. The menuincludes: lamb meatballs with taziki sauce,tostaditas with chorizo beans and cucumbersalsa, shrimp ceviche,pork dumplings with gin-ger sauce, tempura veggies, and chocolate fon-due. Tickets are $45, which includes drinks.There’ll also be live music,dancing, a silent auc-tion and raffle. Info: 945-5195.

Further OutTHURS.-FRI. Jan. 17-18LIVE MUSIC • Singer/songwriter LeonJoseph Littlebird will weave his native and pi-oneer roots in two January performances inthe Jim Calaway Honors Series at ColoradoMountain College. Blending Native Americanflute, guitar and vocals, Littlebird’s musicspeaks of Colorado’s rich history. His storiesof pioneer life are influenced by his great-grandfather, one of the original settlers inBlackhawk, and he connects to his ancestralroots of the indigenous Navajo people ofnorthern New Mexico with ancient flutemusic. Littlebird has released four albums.The Jan. 17 concert takes place at the NewSpace Theatre on the Spring Valley Campusat 7:30 p.m., and the Jan. 18 concert at CMCin Rifle (3695 Airport Road) at 7:30 p.m.Both concerts feature a reception at 6:30 p.m.

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PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE for Roaring Fork Valley CitizensThursday, Jan. 10, 4-7 pm

Carbondale Town Hall511 Colorado Ave.

Come talk to Town of Carbondale staff and their consultant, Otak, about creating better hiking and biking access to the popular BLM Red Hill Recreation Area Trail System. Come learn about existing conditions and new potential opportunities and constraints to access the trail system. We need your thoughts, suggestions and ideas to help formulate possible improvements to access Red Hill.

Please...Your feedback is needed!

Call Otak at 970-963-1971 if unable to attend, but you would like more

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Further Out from page 8 OngoingTickets are $20 for adults, $15 for full-timeCMC students and children up to 17 years.Advance tickets are available at 947-8367.The Thursday concert will honor George andPatti Stranahan and the Friday concert willhonor the late Marvelle Couey.

THURSDAY Jan. 24LIVE MUSIC • The Black Nugget presentsthe Todd Tijerina Trio (blues/R&B). This Al-buquerque-based band is touring behind itsrecent recording“Meant to Be,”which won aNew Mexico Music Award for its song“Nothin’ Like the Blues.” Rima Ralff of TaosNews’ Tempo magazine wrote, “Tijerina’stechnical prowess is glazed with a finesse thatcan mesmerize an audience into a state ofspellbound awe. His inherent sense of thegroove, however, is so strong and insistentthat to sit unmoving through his perform-ances is inconceivable.”The band has sharedthe stage with Kansas, Head East, CannedHeat, Sonny Landreth, Coco Montoya,Jimmy Thackery & The Drivers, The DirtyDozen Brass Band, Kelley Hunt, Lucky Pe-terson, Anders Osbourne and others.

SATURDAY Feb. 2SNOWSHOE RACE • The fourth annualRedstone snowshoe race/walk takes place atthe Redstone Inn at 10 a.m. The entry fee is$20 for adults and $10 for kids. The 5Kcourse follows the Crystal River in places andalso crosses the Redstone Castle grounds.Proceeds benefit HomeCare & Hospice of theValley and Info: 704-1843.

Hold the pressesCMC CONSIDERS SPLITTING PRESIDENT’S ROLE • The Colorado Mountain College Board of Trustees meets in a teleconference onJan. 10 to discuss whether it wants a “visionary,”“leader,” or “administrator” as its next president, and whether the role should be split intochancellor and president positions, according to a press release. The college recently accepted the resignation of former president Stan Jensonand gave him a $500,000 severance package. His salary was $198,854 per year.

BASALT FILLS POLICE SEARCH COMMITTEE • The town of Basalt has filled the seats on a community advisory panel (CAP) to find anew police chief. The members are: Kelley Burk, Matthew Hamilton, Leroy Duroux, Bernie Grauer, Tim Belinsky, Bennett Bramson andSuzanne Wheeler DelPiccolo, according to a press release.“The members of the CAP reflect a wide cross section of our town and we’re so for-tunate that they’ve all agreed to help,” said Basalt Mayor Jacque Whitsitt.“I along with the town council will value their input and I look for-ward to working with them over the coming months.”The CAP will meet at the Basalt Regional Library from 6 to 7:30 p.m. the third Tuesdayof each month and the public is invited to attend. The CAP will also serve as one of three panels for the final interview in the police chief se-lection process.

HOOPS • The Carbondale Middle Schoolgym is open for boys in grades 5-8 for basket-ball shoot arounds and games from 10 a.m. tonoon on Saturdays.

MAYOR’S COFFEE HOUR • Chat with Car-bondale Mayor Stacey Bernot onTuesdays from7 to 8 a.m.at theVillage Smithy onThird Street.

CONTRADANCE •A contra dance with callerand band is held at the Third Street Center Sat-urdays at 7:30 p.m. (promptly).The cost is $8.

ZINGERS • Betsy Schenck leads the SeniorMatters Zingers sing-along group at HeritagePark Care Center on Tuesdays at 2 p.m. Info:963-2167.

KOROLOGOS SHOWCONTINUES • AnnKorologos Gallery in Basalt continues its“Winter Welcome!” show, featuring Carbon-dale artist Andy Taylor and more than twodozen western regional artists. Info: 927-9668.

APRÈS SKI • DJ RasGis spins roots rock reg-gae during après ski every Sunday from 3 to 7p.m.at Burger Bar & Fish, located in SnowmassBaseVillage across from the Elk Camp gondola.

SNOWSHOE TOURS • The Aspen Centerfor Environmental Studies offers Elk CampMeadows nighttime snowshoe tours Fridaysthrough March 29. The one-hour tours startat the top of the Elk Camp Gondola at theSnowmass ski area and conclude with dinneror a nightcap at the new Elk Camp restaurant.The cost is $35, which includes gondola ride,snowshoes and naturalist guide. Tours leavefrom the top of the gondola 6 and 7:30 p.m.Tickets are available at any Aspen/Snowmasslift ticket office.

BILINGUAL STORY TIME • GordonCooper Library presents a bilingual story timefor kids 1-5 years old Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m.info: 625-4270.

BEER RUN • Independence Run & Hikestages a four-mile beer run Thursdays at 6:30p.m. and a group run Saturdays at 8:15 a.m.Info: 704-0909.

JAZZ JAM • A jazz jam with players rangingfrom middle school students to adults is held atthe Ramada Inn in Glenwood Springs onMonday nights.

STORYTIME • The Gordon Cooper Librarypresents Storytime with Sue at 6 p.m. everyMonday. Info: 963-2889.

JAM SESSION • Carbondale Beer Works onMain Street hosts an old-time jam session withDana Wilson from 7 to 9 p.m. every Monday.All abilities are welcome.

TAI CHI • Senior Matters in the Third StreetCenter offers tai chi with instructor John Nor-ton at 9 a.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays.Info: 274-1010.

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

IMAGINE seeks auction donationsOrganizers for the IMAGINE fund-raiser for River

Bridge and two other child-oriented non-profits are lookingfor donations for their silent auction. IMAGINE takes placeFeb. 16 at the Orchard and includes appetizers prepared bychef Susie Jimenez. For details, go to riverbridgerc.org orcall 945-5195.

P&Z talks IGCCThe Carbondale Planning and Zoning Commission dis-

cusses the International Green Construction Code (Chapter4) at it’s meeting at town hall on Jan. 10.The meeting startsat 7 p.m. and the IGCC discussion is slated for 7:10 p.m.

Watershed collaborative meets at TSCThe Roaring Fork Watershed Collaborative discusses

Coal Basin restoration, watershed plan projects and climatechange impacts at its quarterly meeting in the Third StreetCenter from 1 to 4 p.m. on Jan. 10. For more information,go to roaringfork.org/events or call Barb at 927-8111.

Crystal River Caucus meetsThe Crystal River Caucus meets at the Church at Red-

stone from 7 to 9 p.m. on Jan. 10. The meeting is a contin-uation of the annual meeting in November. The remainingitems on the agenda include board member elections and adiscussion of the Crystal River Recreational Trail.

Red Hill open house at town hallAlternatives for pedestrian and bicycle access to the

BLM Red Hill Recreation Area Trail System are presentedat an open house from 4 to 7 p.m. on Jan. 10 at town hall.The town of Carbondale initiated the Red Hill Trans-portation Alternative Study in the fall of 2012 to formulateoptions for improving the safety and quality of access to

the popular trail system, and selected a consultant teamheaded by Kate Schwarzler of Otak to work with the pub-lic and local stakeholders including landowners, RFTA,CDOT, and Garfield County.

The informal open house will focus on presenting exist-ing conditions, opportunities and constraints. The projectteam will be available to answer questions and is seekingfeedback from the public. Potential improvements will becovered during a future meeting. For more information,contact Kate Schwarzler, [email protected].

Lift-Up names Loving as assistant directorLift-Up has appointed Kim Loving as its executive di-

rector after serving as office manager for the past two years,

according to a press release.“Her wide range of skills, along with her attention to

detail and strong work ethic, led Lift-Up’s board of directorsto select her as the new assistant director for the organiza-tion,” said a spokesman.

Loving brings 15 years of management and bookkeep-ing experience to the position, where she processes dona-tions, handles accounting responsibilities and oversees grantwriting for the organization.

“I’m grateful for this opportunity and I look forwardto it. My goal is to help Lift-Up continue the great work ithas been doing in this region for the past 30 years,” Lov-ing said.

Kim moved to Rifle with her family four years ago fromthe Lake of the Ozarks area of Missouri, where she andher husband Brook ran their own insulation business for10 years.

Lift-Up is a non-profit organization that distributesemergency food and government commodities to residentsfrom Basalt to Parachute.

G’wood presents economic forecast 2013The Glenwood Springs Chamber Resort Associa-

tion presents “Economic Forecast: 2013” at the HotelDenver from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 24. Breakfastwill be served.

Data analyst Julia LaVigne of Ribbon Demographicswill join city and county government and industry leadersin housing, tourism and health care to forecast the yearahead. The discussion panel includes Drew Gorgey(Garfield County manager), Jeff Hecksel (GlenwoodSprings city manager), Steve Beckley (owner of GlenwoodCaverns Adventure Park), Larry Dupper (CFO of ValleyView Hospital) and Rob Rulon (branch manager of LandTitle Guarantee).

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The Wyly Community Art Center hosts an opening re-ception for“RecentWork”by photographer George Strana-han from 5 to 7 p.m. on Jan. 11.

"What we have here at the Wyly is a sample of my cur-rent work, what I like now, and as I look back, I see that thisoutcome was inevitable all along," Stranahan said on theWyly website.

In his artist’s statement on the website, Stranahan said,“Iwished my grandson a happy sixth birthday the other day,and he was excited and chattering about the things he waslooking forward to. I noticed, without surprise, that he hadnothing to say about looking back. A grandfather, on theother hand, will find that there is more to look back uponthan there is to look forward to, and will likely do so.

“Looking back, I see a gadfly, a jack-of-all-trades, masterof none. Is there a reason for all of this jumping from onething to another? It really doesn't matter, it's all water over

the dam. One constant has been acamera and a commitment to the artsand crafts of photography.While mylife may have been more of a mean-dering brook than a straight cutditch, there is a record; there are thephotographs. My photo craft haswandered, much as my life, fromview cameras and sheet film, theMinox, and to the digital that I donow; and the subject matter has wan-dered accordingly.”

The website says, “If you don'tknow who George Stranahan is, youare probably not a local.” Stranahanis one of the most memorable peopleof the Roaring Fork Valley, “a truerenaissance man.”

A man of many talents and manyinterests, Stranahan was born in1931 in Toledo, Ohio. He holds aPhD in physics from the Carnegie In-stitute of Technology and has taughtat Michigan State University. He is afounding owner of many organiza-tions and businesses such as the Woody Creek Tavern, Fly-ing Dog Brewery and the Carbondale-based Manaus Fund.He has served on many local boards of directors such as Col-orado Mountain College, Western Colorado Congress andAspen Institute.He is an inductee of theAspen Hall of Fameand has received the Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian

Award. His photography has served as a constant through-out his many endeavors.He has been exhibited at theToledoMuseum of Art, New York Metropolitan Art Museum, andtheAspenArt Museum.These days,he’s often seen in a sand-colored, calf-length down coat, scooting in and out of theThird Street Center, where the Manus Fund has its office.

As for other Basalt/El Jebel action, Rock Bottom Ranchhosts a winter star gazing session from 7 to 8 p.m. on Jan.15.“The motion of the stars has fascinated us since our ear-liest ancestors looked up at the sky,” said a RBR press re-lase. “Every constellation has a story, and every culture itsown version to tell. What happens up there as the seasonschange, as the afternoons grow ever darker or lighter? Howdo other societies around the world celebrate or interpretthese transitions? And what do they see when they gaze upat the sky?” The suggested donation is $10. Hot beverageswill be provided but dress warmly. Rock Bottom Ranch ispart of the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, and islocated at 2001 Hook Spur Road. To RSVP, call 927-6730.

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On behalf of theTown of BasaltTown Council

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Stranahan shows recent work at Wyly Art Center


Photographer George Stranahan has worked with view cameras, the Minoxand now digital cameras. He has exhibited in the New York Metropolitan ArtMuseum, the Toledo Museum of Art and Aspen Art Museum. He also holds aPhD in physics and has taught at the college level. Photo by George Stranahan


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mini friges in the rooms … But I’ve been busy withthe“silly season” — Mojo Nixon and so I haven’thad time to spend my two cents.

I’m pretty sure the county commissioners al-ready know that their constituents do not want tosee fracking trucks driving along our local highwayswhile we watch from the windows of our brandnew cancer center.And I’m sure they know that wedon’t want to trade our grass-fed beef and cleanwater for contami-nated soil and waterthat catches on fire.

Or maybe theydon’t. In that case,we’ll just have to se-cede from GarfieldCounty and start ourown. Fender Countyhas a nice ring to it, orCerise County— I likethe sound of that, especially the false-positive allit-eration, or whatever it’s called.

It’ll be Carbondale and Redstone, including theCrystal valley up to Marble, Missouri Heights,Aspen Glen, and of course, Satank — or‘TheTank’as it is affectionately known to its revolutionary res-idents. (Basalt can come too if they want to leavethat whole Garfield-Eagle-Pitkin mess behindthem.)

With a clean slate we’ll protect the ThompsonDivide, keep our air and water quality intact, andour law enforcement, headed up by sheriff Mus-tang Molly, will not use any gas-powered vehicles:only horses, bicycles or Segways — with county is-sued helmets and goggles, of course.

We’ll be the bee’s knees; an oasis in the midst ofoil and gas pads.Our M.O.will be clean energy andindependence, as evidenced by our hybrid Subaruswith gun and ski racks, and we’ll make our moneyon the backs of tourists and potheads — bothgullible and amiable targets, I might point out.We’lldo what we want and have a good time doing it,just like Honey Boo Boo. After all, better to makeour own reality than to watch someone else’splayed out right in front of our eyes.

“ … we’ll makeour money onthe backs oftourists andpotheads … ”

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Western Slope Poet Laureate Art Goodtimes performs at the 2012 Karen Chamberlain Poetry Festival in Carbondale.An open mic fundraiser for the festival takes place on Jan. 25 at Thunder River Theatre. Photo courtesy TRTC

TRTCholds openmic night poetry fund-raiserBy Trina OrtegaSopris Sun Correspondent

According to local writer/actor Valerie Haugen, baringyour soul in front of an audience at an open mic night is “alittle scary” but also feels wonderful.

So Haugen is encouraging poets, musicians and otherperforming artists to attend an open mic night on Jan. 25at Thunder River Theatre Company.

“Open mics are fabulous. You learn so much about apoem by sharing it this way. It’s a very here-and-now mo-ment for a poet, and it can be such a powerful experiencefor both the poet and the audience,” said Haugen, a writerwho published a collection of her poems, “Naked Under-neath,” in August 2012. Haugen is also TRTC’s associateartistic director.

The open mic night is a fund-raiser for the annual KarenChamberlain Poetry Festival (scheduled for March 29-31this year), which TRTC started as a celebration of Cham-berlain’s commitment to poetry and writing.

“My hero is the late Karen Chamberlain who, in herlife, helped writers always,” Haugen said.“She told us thatpeople want to hear our voices, and read our words, and

she encouraged everyone to write, write, write.”The festival features evening performances, open mics

and daily workshops. Colorado State Poet Laureate andWestern Slope Poet Laureate Art Goodtimes attended in2012 and will name the new Western Slope Poet Laureateat the 2013 festival.

For the Jan. 25 fund-raiser, Haugen encourages allperforming artists to participate, and says poets can gainso much from reading at open mic nights. She has readfor the Aspen Poets’ Society and at The Blend’s monthlyopen mic.

“It might seem a little scary, baring your soul in front ofan audience, but it also feels wonderful,” she said.“Listen-ing to poets, being an audience, is a gift to the poet and tothe listeners. … Poetry, like prayer, connects us to eachother. Poetry evokes both our personal and universal feel-ings. It redeems us and feeds us.”

The benefit open mic starts at 8 p.m., and performersmust contribute a “nominal” fee that will go toward theMarch festival. Entry for the audience is free, and TRTCwill be selling beverages from its bar. For more informa-tion, visit http://thunderrivertheatre.com.

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