July 12, 2012

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Maddie Melia concludes her solo performance during the PAC3 Foundation Music Academy Summer Camp show on July 6. The camp is designed to give students a taste of manyaspects of the music industry, including running the lights, dialing in a PA system, promotion and more. For more, please turn to page 8. Photo by Jane Bachrach

Thanks to the firefightersDear Editor:

I am writing in praise of Ron Leach andthe Carbondale and Rural Fire ProtectionDistrict for their fast response to the residen-tial fire in Hermits Hideaway on July 6.

Although the home was a total loss theiractions contained a very explosive fire fromturning into a major disaster.

The Hermits Hideaway subdivision twomiles west of Marble borders the Ragged

Mountain Wilderness Area. The subdivisionitself is on the south side of the Crystal Riverand is heavily timbered.

The members of the Marble sub stationmade a rapid response and with their expertactions were able to prevent the loss of manymore homes and a major forest fire. Withcritically dry forest conditions and the windblowing my direction, and our home withonly 200 yards of dense trees separating usfrom the burning structure, trees next to the

burn were already on fire.I tried to approach the fire from above and

personally witnessed these heroic volunteerfirefighters risking their lives. I was closeenough to see four or five in the heat of theflames dragging hose up a steep driveway towithin feet of the 30-40-foot flames totally en-gulfing the three-story home.All the while ex-plosions were going off within the structure.

I was close enough to hear one of the fire-fighters shout for more water because theyhad run out. The supply water tankers werehauling water from the lake below.

They demonstrated great leadership, or-ganization and coordination of resources.

I have no doubt that they not only savedmy and my neighbors’ homes but also pre-vented another forest fire for the state ofColorado.

These volunteers deserve and have ourgratitude and thanks.

Thanks and God bless you.John JaegerThe Jaeger familyMarble

Stop posturingDear Editor:

A recent Glenwood Springs Post Inde-pendent article entitled “Garfield Countyrejects home sprinkler mandate” was inac-curate. Although the PI has since printed acorrection, I don’t think we should let theGarfield County commissioners off thehook for misleading the reporter intospreading misinformation.

Fire sprinklers are NOT a “federal re-quirement” and have nothing to do with thefederal government.The requirement is in the2009 International Residential Code, pub-lished by a non-profit, non-governmental or-ganization called the International CodeCouncil, Inc.

Most local governments use the IRC in-stead of writing their own residential buildingcode, and adopt the new version when it isupdated every three years.When the GarfieldCounty commissioners adopted the 2009version, they had the option to delete thehome sprinkler requirement,but instead theyjust postponed it to Jan. 1, 2013. Recentlythey changed their minds and decided todelete it after all, and they are patting them-selves on the back for standing up againstgovernment mandates.

Other local jurisdictions were ahead ofGarfield County in deleting this requirement.For example,before Carbondale adopted the2009 IRC, the building official met with rep-resentatives from the industry and the fire de-partment, who recommended deleting therequirement that all new homes have firesprinkler systems. This group recommendedother more cost-effective steps to protect lives(mainly extra sheetrock in key locations), andthe town’s government is in incorporatingthis advice into its building code.

Carbondale is lucky to have John Plano asits building official and Bill Gavette at the firedepartment.These guys both have a deep un-derstanding of life safety codes, which allowsthem to interpret the rules flexibly, so that thepublic is protected, but money is not wastedon feel-good measures that have no real effect.

Maybe the Garfield County commission-ers could learn something about effectivecompromise from the town of Carbondaleand the Carbondale and Rural Fire Protec-tion District, instead of indulging in politicalposturing about the size of government.

Nancy SmithCarbondale

Curry is runningDear Editor:

I will be submitting petitions to the Col-orado Secretary of State on July 11 in orderto be placed on the November ballot as anunaffiliated candidate for Colorado HouseDistrict 61.

I will be providing 600 signatures, well inexcess of the 400 required by law.

The overwhelming positive response andencouragement I received while completingthe ballot petition process has energized thecampaign and convinced me that voters areready for the current political system to bereformed and improved. I spoke to hundredsof voters throughout House District 61 overthe past month and learned that there is agreat deal of support for a non-partisan ap-proach to problem solving.

I am very grateful to the volunteers thathelped me circulate petitions and appreciatethe time the voters took to visit with me andsign their names. I look forward to a positivecampaign and am excited about giving thevoters of House District 61 a viable optionon the ballot this year!

Kathleen CurryGunnison

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.Yes, in our back yardBy Mary Noone and Frank Breslin

We know that Garfield County is an amazing place to live, raise a family and es-tablish roots. As transplants – Frank over 35 years ago and Mary in 1981 – we haveembraced Garfield County for its beauty, recreation and economic opportunity. Thebreathtaking vistas and natural resources of Garfield County have a value both personaland economic to us.We have also lived and worked here for long enough to realize theebb and flow of the county’s economic fortunes.

Western Colorado, and indeed many places in theWest, historically had to cope withthe ups and downs of local economic fortunes. We know it well in Garfield County: in1982, the oil shale boom of the late 1970’s suddenly stopped as Exxon pulled its oper-ations out of the area, creating economic hardship and uncertainty.Today we are expe-riencing another swing in the economy as Garfield County seeks to balance our amazingenergy resources with a future that balances growth and economic security.The constantis the unmatched beauty of the land,well-stewarded by the hard-working families of theColorado and Roaring Fork river valleys, and the uniqueness of each of the six distinctcommunities in the county. From Carbondale in the shadows of Mount Sopris to Para-chute at the epicenter of new energy development, Garfield County has it all.

This unmatched diversity is something that should not be taken for granted.We feelthat now is the time to safeguard the vistas and grandeur of the landscape and naturalassets of Garfield County for future generations.Twenty of Colorado’s 64 counties cur-rently have some sort of program that provides funding to support their water resources,wildlife and working ranches. We believe now is the time to create an open-land pro-gram for Garfield County.

Through the Garfield Legacy Project, we have been working with the county com-missioners to create such a program that fits our unique character.We support the cre-ation of an open lands and recreation economy program that embraces the followingcore principles:

Keep private lands in private hands. We support voluntary land conservationwith willing private landowners.

Keep decisions local. Projects are reviewed by a volunteer advisory board madeup of citizens from Garfield County.

Minimize government involvement. We propose a 5 percent cap on revenues thatmay be used for administrative purposes.

Automatic expiration of the program after 10 years.Keep it transparent. An annual independent report will be produced to ensure

wise money management.A modest sales tax of one-quarter of 1 percent, or 25 cents on every $100, would

provide the necessary funding to implement such a program. Because we are such avisitor and industry destination, only 40 percent of the revenue would be borne byGarfield County residents, and that cost averages out to less than $40 per year. Threedollars and change a month. A small price to pay for what is priceless.

We want our children and our grandchildren to know that there will always beworking farms and ranches, protected rivers and access to those rivers, wildlife habitatfor hunting and fishing, and world-class recreation opportunities.This is another valu-able option for local landowners in lieu of development. Now is the time. For more in-formation on the Garfield Legacy Project go to www.garfieldlegacy.org and be onemore voice saying Yes In My Back Yard to an open lands program in Garfield County.

Mary Noone and Frank Breslin are involved with the Garfield Legacy Project.

LETTERS page 15

By Lynn BurtonSopris Sun Staff Reporter

Due to last winter’s low snow pack andthis summer’s drought, the CarbondaleBoard of Trustees on Tuesday night put intoeffect even/odd watering days for lawns, gar-dens and related uses.

The trustees exempted residents whoneed water for newly installed landscaping,lawns and trees, provided the total area is notmore than 400 feet, according to a staffmemo by Carbondale Utility DirectorMark O’Meara. Those residents mustobtain an exemption permit at townhall, which carries with it an exemp-tion from even/odd watering days.Residents whose addresses end withan even number are allowed to wateron even numbered days, and thosewith odd numbers on odd days.

Trustees declined to enact a“no use”wa-tering period from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily, sowatering will be allowed throughout the day.

Town staff first alerted the trustees of thepossible need for watering restrictions in aMay 22 memo. Since May, stream flowshave continued to decline in the Crystal andRoaring Fork rivers. Carbondale’s primarywater sources are wells on the Roaring Forkand Crystal rivers, and from Nettle Creek,which feeds the water treatment plant on theshoulder of Mt. Sopris south of town.

The high demand for water in June tookplace on the 18th, with the Roaring Fork andCrystal river wells running 24 hours alongwith the Nettle Creek plant, according to astaff memo dated July 10.“Running these fa-cilities at this high rate is not advisable.Doing so leaves little room for maintenanceor failure of equipment.”

The watering restrictions include thetown ditch system, which resident’s use fortheir lawns and gardens through the use ofprivately owned pumps. The town has theoption of turning sections of the ditches onand off to allow for reduced demand.

In other action from Tuesday night, thetrustees voted 6-0 to remove the fire pits inStaircase Park and to hire a consultant todraft a plan for addressing vegetation con-

cerns up and down the Crystal River fromthe park.

Staircase Park, which is accessed fromOak Run on the west side of town south ofMain Street, is secluded and even during theon-going fire ban continues to attract folkswho persist in building fires in fire pits downthere – and steal and deface fire-ban signs.

In last week’s Sopris Sun, several CrystalVillage residents expressed concern over thepotential for wildfires in the overgrown park,

and stated, “It has long been ahaven for teenagers and young

adults who hang out, drinkalcohol and smoke ciga-rettes and pot.”

Also at issue arecovenants attached to prop-

erties along the Crystal Riverthat can make it difficult for

property owners to remove deadtrees and other vegetation.“They (covenants)are pretty strict,” Public Works DirectorLarry Ballenger told the trustees.

Dead trees and other vegetation on townproperty along the Crystal have also piled upover the years, creating a fire hazard. OneOak Run resident, John Towne, said he usedto not be concerned about fires in the areabut after a recent wildfire just upstream, heisn’t so “cavalier” any more.

Although the trustees voted 6-0 to re-move Staircase Park’s concrete fire pits, thediscussion flickered back and forth. TrusteeJohn Foulkrod said even if the town takesout the pits, kids are still likely to go downthere and start fires.“Are you going to haveless the (fire) danger? I don’t know.”He alsosuggested homeowners overlooking thepark should call the police when they seefires.“We should have some enforcement.”

Earlier in the meeting, trustee AllynHarvey said people will build fires in Stair-case Park with or without fire pits.“I don’tif know if that (removal) will solve theproblem,” he said. “It might make mattersworse.”

In making his motion to remove the pits,trustee Frosty Merriott said “We ought totake them out and be done with it.”

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News BriefsRE-1 superintendent resigns

Roaring Fork RE-1 School District Superintendent Rob Stein ten-dered his resignation on July 11 due to family medical problems thatrequire his full and undivided attention, according to a press release.

“In my short time getting to know the district, I have grownextremely fond of the people and developed a deep regard for theirwork,” Stein said. “Regretfully, however, given the needs of mywife and family, I can find no workable means of continuing assuperintendent. The staff, students and community of the RoaringFork schools deserve strong, dedicated leadership and I am sorryI am unable to provide it at this time.”

School board president Matthew Hamilton said,“The Board ofEducation is saddened to have to consider this letter of resignationat its July 18 board meeting. At this meeting we will work towardsthe selection of an interim superintendent and begin to layout atimeline for the selection of a new superintendent. The board andstaff extend their best wishes to Rob and his family as they workthrough this difficult time.”

legislature reinstates senior exemptionThe Colorado state legislature voted to fund the Senior Citizen

Property Tax exemption for 2012 in its recent session. The deadlineto apply for the exemption is July 15.

Fifty percent of the first $200,000 of the actual value of qualify-ing senior’s homes will be exempted from property tax.

The exemption applies to home owners ages 65 and older thathave owned and lived in their homes for the past 10 years.

To apply, residents must complete either the short or long formapplication, depending on their specific qualifications, and return theinformation to their county assessor.

Stage II fire ban still in effectDespite recent rains, the Garfield Garfield County Sheriff’s Of-

fice, Garfield County fire protection districts and municipalities arekeeping in place a Stage II fire ban based on local weather condi-

tions, fire fuels, resources available and the risk to the safety of areacommunities, according to a press release

“This county faces enough natural risk with thunderstorms with-out opening up additional opportunities for accidental fires,” saidGarfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario.

Under a Stage II fire ban, campfires and open flames (includingcigarettes and charcoal grills) are prohibited outdoors.

Vallario said that with forecasts climbing back towards the upper90’s and relative humidity dropping, combined with expected windsthrough the week, it will only take a day or two to return to extremefire danger.

Firefighters snuff three wildfiresArea firefighters quickly put out three wildfires started by light-

ning strikes on and around Missouri Heights on July 5. There wereno injuries and no structure damage.

Carbondale fire chief Ron Leach said the fires were all called inby citizens and occurred about five miles apart at Sterling Ranch andSpring Valley Ranch sub-divisions north of Carbondale. The thirdfire was not in a sub-division. Each blaze covered about one-tenth ofan acre and were put out with shovels, other hand tools along withwater carried on the fire trucks.

Carbondale,Basalt and Glenwood Springs fire districts responded.Carbondale and Basalt fire districts conduct routine patrols in the

Missouri Heights areas due to extreme fire dangers.“Had the fire department first response trucks not been in the

area and put the fires out pronto, there is no telling how bad thingsmay have gotten in Missouri Heights,” Leach said.

Carbondale talks economic developmentCarbondale Chamber of Commerce Executive Director An-

drea Stewart, along with Maura Masters and Tom Kenyon, ad-dress the Garfield County commissioners during their regularmeeting on July 16 to discuss marketing Carbondale with thecounty. An exact time was not listed on the meeting agenda but ittakes place in the morning.

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

TUESDAy July 3 At 10:14 p.m. a citi-zen called to complain about“hundredsof midnight bike riders” in Carbondale.The caller said he became trapped onRoaring Fork Avenue and the bicyclistswould not let him pass.

WEDNESDAy July 4 At 3:25 p.m. anofficer observed a man smoking a ciga-rette under a tree at Seventh and Main.The officer advised the man of Carbon-dale’s outdoor smoking ban.

SATURDAy June 7 At 1:15 a.m. a po-lice officer observed a disturbance be-tween several males in the alley near 351Main Street. The officer told the menthey needed to go home or they’d begoing to jail. One male “kept mouthingoff” to the officer, who noticed he washolding an open container of beer. Policearrested the 26-year-old Basalt man forpossessing an open container of alcohol.

SUNDAy June 8 At 10:17 a.m. a citizencalled police to report a person who was“out of control”the night before.An of-ficer investigated but could not find any-thing suspicious.

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Jenna Bradford(shown here)helped lead theCarbondaleRenegadeMarching Banddown MainStreet duringFirst Friday onJuly 6. Elsewheredowntown, theMarboniaSprings All Starsdrumming grouplaid downrhythms forlocal break-dancers whileCCAH openedits current show“BowHaus” atthe Third StreetCenter. Photo byLynn Burton

Sojourner inks CarbondaleAspen Sojourner magazine, which puts

visitors in the know about that town and itssurrounding environs, features Carbondalein its summer issue. The story by Mitzi-JillRapkin and photos by Daniel Bayer, com-pares Carbondale to Brooklyn’s Williams-burg of the 1990s or San Francisco’s’ BernalHeights of the more recent past.

Four-year resident Janine Cuthbertson isquoted as saying, “There is this freedomand acceptance here that you can go afteryour passion. In fact, it’s almost like an ex-pectation that if you have a passion here,people want you to go for it. Everyone be-lieves in something and it bleeds into thevibe of the town.”

A sidebar with photo of kids on thefence at the Carbondale Wild West Rodeolists the“community pillars”as: communityaccess radio station KDNK, Sustainable Set-tings, PAC3, the rodeo,Thunder River The-atre Company and Steve’s Guitars.

Another newcomer, Nicole Kinsler, toldRapkin she particularly likes the CrystalTheatre, which she loves “ … For movieson a cloudy, rainy day. I love the intimacyof it … everyone is so personable and warmand welcoming.”

Dancing inDance Initiative – organized in 2009 to

support and promote dance, dancers andchoreographers – returns with its SpectrumDance Festival & Workshops at PAC3 andThunder River Theatre on July 20-21.

This action-packed weekend includes ahip-hop competition with $1,000 prize, adance with kites indoors, an aerial dance onfabric, two dance parties, and an originaltheatrical combination of tango and con-temporary ballet, plus outstanding danceworkshops like aerial, hip-hop, ballet,tango, movement and injury prevention.

Read more about it in next weeks SoprisSun or go to www.danceinitiative.org.

Hitched upDr. Hugh E. and Mrs. Rosemarr

Greathouse of Carbondale announce themarriage of their daughter, Patricia, to AbelEsteban Gomez, son of Mr. Abel EstebanCruz and Mrs. Ernestina Gomez Alvarez.

The Ceremony was held in the Churchof Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mor-mon) temple in Denver on June 16, 2012,

with a reception following at the LDSchapel in Glenwood Springs on June 21.

The Greathouses retired to Carbondalefrom Southern California in 2004. Theyhave five children (four daughters, on son),15 grandchildren and two great-grand-daughters born last year.

Patricia, their youngest, received herbachelor’s degree in dance from BrighamYoung University in Provo, Utah; her mas-ter’s degree in education with emphasis inEnglish as a second language at SimmonsCollege in Boston. She has taught at SoprisElementary School in Glenwood Springsand Carbondale Middle School.

Abel owns his own accounting businessin Glenwood Springs. They met at Church.

They say it’s your birthdayBirthday greetings go out to Rebecca

Self (July 13), John Tolan (July 14), DonVoltmer (July 15), Diana Alcantara (July16), Jason Steinberg, Tony Comer and EricBrendlinger (July 17), and Jacque Whitsitt,Laurel Sheehan and Heidi Paul (July 18).Belated birthday greetings go out to DebiMartinez (July 10) and Sarah Villafranco(July 11).

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Airport Director Jim ElwoodInvite You To Take a

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

Aspen/Pitkin County AirportIt’s your Airport.

Be a part of the plan.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Sarah Buckley headed over to the ThirdStreet Center by herself on First Friday andreturned a dog-owner after adoptingRhino from CARE. The rescue dogs wereon hand to help celebrate the CCAH show“BowHaus.” Photo by Jane Bachrach


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Dr. Ben Mackin helped judge the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities“BowHaus” show at the July 6 First Friday and the winners are: Best in Show, Fido’sEco House (Rowland and Broughton Architects, Scott McHale team leader); BestUse of Recycled Materials, Greenline Architects (Steve Novy); Best Two-Dimen-sional Art (a book), Land + Shelter (Andrea Korber); and Jury’s Choice, DHM Land-scape Architects. The show, at the Third Street Center, features a collectionof dog/cat-house related designs and doghouses, created by local architects as wellas photographs and art by local artists that are being sold in a silent auction thatends on July 18. Proceeds benefit Colorado Animal Rescue (CARE) and CCAH.Photo by Jane Bachrach


I f any of these PAC3 Foundation Music Academy Summer Camp studentswere nervous during the afternoon rehearsal for their July 6 performance itwas impossible to tell.

The musicians were focused when they needed to be and it was mostly a fun ex-perience for them during the camp’s recently completed second session. The teacherswere Marc Bruell, Shanti Gruber and Rob Miller.

“I think all of us had been thinking of similar programs, but it was (PAC3’s) MarkTaylor who came up with the idea to create a program where students get to learnabout many facets of the industry,” Bruell told the Sopris Sun this week.

Bruell continued,“We also felt it was important to give young people an opportunityto learn creative,healthy ways to express themselves. It’s important for teens to be engagedin something they feel good about, and it helps when that thing is valued by their peers.”

The summer’s third and final session is scheduled for Aug. 6-10 from 9 a.m. to3 p.m. daily.

In the top photo (left to right): Olin Morrison, Maddie Melia, Ben Pope (behindMaddie), Assata Wells and Ben Neiley. In the other photos (left to right): IsaacLong, Morrison and Elijah Hale, and Morrison. Not pictured are Evan Piccoloand Ryan Myler. Photos by Jane Bachrach

Makin’ some music

Sopris Sun Staff Report

Thunder River Theatre Company haswon the Colorado Theatre Guild’s SpecialHenry Award for Outstanding RegionalTheatre of the Year.

“This is an amazing honor, and we are de-lighted that TRTC has been recognized thisway by colleagues and critics alike,” saidThunder River Theatre Company ExecutiveDirector Lon Winston.

Winston said the company is preparingfor its 18th season. For the first 11 years ofTRTC’s existence, their theatre home was an18-wheeler, and TRTC performed whereverthey could in the Roaring Fork Valley.

In 2004, TRTC’s capital campaign raised$1.25 million in 11 months; and TRTCbought land, designed and built their theatre,

and opened on New Year’s Eve of 2005 withthe building paid for.

“Of course, none of this could have beenaccomplished without the incredible gen-erosity of TRTC’s founders, donors and the-atre patrons,”Winston said.

TRTC’s productions have been recognizedfor their excellence regionally and nationally.When TRTC brought a production to thethen Morrison Theatre, it was chosen by theRocky Mountain News as Critic’s Choice. In2006, the El Pomar Foundation selectedTRTC as one of three finalists in Coloradofor their “Excellence in the Arts” award, andthe only theatre.

TRTC creates many original works, in-cluding last year’s nationally touted “A Tem-pest of the Mind” about the Shakespeare

authorship controversy.TRTC has developedan original Greek Shards series including“Greek Shards – Medea.”

Winston and Associate Artistic DirectorValerie Haugen were invited to bring portionsof that production to Dartmouth College bythe Classics Association of New England in2004.

Dr. Mary Wilson, Director of CANE,wrote in CANE’s 100th anniversary Journalthat TRTC participation was the “highlightof her tenure.”

TRTC has begun another original series“Passionate Collaborators,”and are creatinga new work on Gracie Allen and GeorgeBurns for this coming season.

“TRTC strives to open new doors toAmerican and European classics, making

them resonate for contemporary audiences,”Winston said. “TRTC does not shy awayfrom difficult literature.”

This year TRTC did Chekhov’s master-piece “The Cherry Orchard.” In the past fewyearsTRTC did“A Streetcar Named Desire,”“Death of a Salesman,” “Glass Menagerie,”“Mother Courage” and Max Frisch’s “TheFirebugs.”The company has also done playssuch as “House of Blue Leaves” and SarahRuhl’s “The Clean House.”

This coming season TRTC will be doingO’Neill’s masterpiece “Long Day’s Journeyinto Night.” Of TRTC’s 51 productions todate, 28 have been dramas and 23 comediesand musicals.

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ObituaryRuth Hollen Dewell1937-2012

Funeral services for Ruth HollenDewell, 74, of Dolores, Colorado, werescheduled for July 9, 2012, at MonteloresBaptist Church. Interment was planned forFairview Cemetery.

Ruth Hollen Dewell was born Oct. 2,1937 to Robin and Marie Hollen of PleasantView, Colorado. She was the last of ninechildren born to the Hollens. Ruth was a1955 graduate of Cortez (MCHS) High

School. She attended Fort Lewis A&M atthe old Hesperus campus and then the newsite in Durango. Ruth received her teacher’scertificate and taught at Cahone ElementarySchool. In 1958 she married George Dewell,whom she met at Fort Lewis, and who wasto be her loving companion for 54 years.

The couple moved to Fort Collins whileGeorge finished college. They lived in Car-bondale, Colorado, for 36 years whereGeorge had a veterinary practice. To thisunion were born three children: Denise,Douglas and Grant. After George’s retire-ment the couple moved back to Dolores.

Ruth was a member of Montelores Bap-tist Church, an avid flower gardener and afriend to all who knew her. She passed fromthis life to be with her Lord and Savior, JesusChrist, on July 2, 2012 after a long andcourageous battle with pancreatic cancer.

Ruth is survived by her husband; daugh-ter Denise (David) Close of Buena Vista,Colorado; son Douglas (Cheryl) of Tenmile,Oregon; and son Grant (Reneé) of Nevada,Iowa; and five grandchildren of whom shewas so proud: Koby and Trevor Close, andCaitlin, Nicole and Nolan Dewell. She is alsosurvived by sisters Waneta Martin, Velma

Hollen, Bessie White and June Bertram, allof Montezuma County plus numerousnieces, nephews and cousins.

In lieu of flowers, those who wish areasked to donate in Ruth’s honor to Mon-telores Baptist Church, Box 2, Lewis, CO81327 or to the Pancreatic Cancer ActionNetwork, 2141 Rosecrans Ave, Suite 7000,El Sequndo, CA 90245.

Services were under the direction ofErtel Funeral Home. For more informationor to send condolences, log on towww.ertelfuneralhome.com and click onthe obituary section.

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THURSDAY July 12lIVE MUSIC • PAC3 in the Third StreetCenter presents David Grisman BlueGrassExperience at 8 p.m. Tickets are $35 in ad-vance and $40 the day of the show. Info:pac3carbondale.com.

FIlOHA WAlK • The Roaring Fork Con-servancy’s final Filoha Meadows, Firefly &Rare Orchid Walk of the season takes placenorth of Redstone from 7 to 7:30 p.m. Reg-istration is required at roaringfork.org/events.

RODEO • The Carbondale Wild WestRodeo takes place at the Gus Darien arenaon County Road 100 every Thursdaythrough Aug. 23 at 7:30 p.m. Admission is$10 for adults or $30 per carload (six peopleor less). Info: carbondalerodeo.com

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

FRIDAY July 13MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents“Moonrise Kingdom”(PG-13) at 8 p.m. July13-19 with additional showing at 6 p.m. July14 and“Bernie”(PG-13) at 5:45 p.m. July 15.

BOOK lAUNCH • A poetry reading andbook launch for Karen Chamberlain’s newbook “Ephedra” takes place at the ThirdStreet Café in the Third Street Center at 7p.m.The readers include Kristin Carlson,Va-lerie Haugen, Kim Nuzzo and RosemerryWahtola.A reading is also scheduled for Vic-toria’s in Aspen at 7 p.m. on July 12.

CAJUN ClAy NIGHT • The CarbondaleClay Center brings back its popular CajunClay Night from 6 to 10 p.m. The night in-

cludes Cajun flavored fun with handmadebowls, gumbo, appetizers donated by localrestaurants, alligator cake, costume contest,silent auction (featuring the works of JamesSurls, Mark Cesark, BayhardHollis, Sally Cole and oth-ers), cash bar live musicwith Steve Skinner andmore. Tickets are $45 inadvance and $55 the dayof the event. Info: Car-bondaleclay.org or 963-2529. The CarbondaleClay Center is locatedat the east end ofMain Street.

SECOND FRIDAy• SAWorks holds itsmonthly Second Fri-day featuring tyler-WARE by Lea Tyler from6 to 8 p.m. Tyler’s hand-painted wooden bowls burst withcolor and make perfect weddinggifts. She is based in Carbondaleand has held residencies at Anderson RanchArt Center and the Carbondale Clay Center.SAW is located at 978 Eulcid Ave. Info:[email protected] or 970-355-9058.

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

lIVE MUSIC • Rivers restaurant in Glen-wood Springs presents Greg Masse from 9p.m. to midnight. Info: 928-8813.

SAT.-SUN. July 14-15REGATTA • The Aspen Yacht Club ‘s 43rd

Open Regatta takes place at Ruedi Reservoireast of Basalt.

SATURDAY July 14WIlDFEST • The Wilderness Workshop’s

family-friendly hoedown featuring HaldenWofford and the Hi-Beams, AcousticMayhem, Slidewhistle, Pastor Mus-

tard, Jammin’ Jim’s juggling andDance of the Sacred Fire takes place

at the Flying Dog Ranch inWoody Creek from 5 to 10

p.m. Tickets are $15 forWW members, $25 fornon-members, and kids12 and under are free.Admission includes din-ner featuring local grass-fed beef hamburgers,

brats and other fare (vege-tarian or equivalent). Beer and

wine will also be sold. The Flying DogRanch is located three miles upWoody CreekRoad (aka Lenado Road).Everyone who car-pools or rides a bike will be entered into adrawing for prizes donated by local busi-nesses. Info: wildernessworkshop.org.

lIVE MUSIC • BighornToyota and the Red-stone Community Association kick off theMagical Moments summer concert serieswith the Johnny O Band and Mike Gwinnfrom 6 to 9 p.m. at Redstone Park.The nightincludes a Howard Berkman tribute andsilent auction. Berkman was a well-knownlocal bluesman who died last year.

lIVE MUSIC • PAC3 in the Third StreetCenter presents The Malah, a South Car-

olina-based jam band, at 8 p.m. Tickets are$8 in advance and $12 the day of the show.Info: pac3carbondale.com.

GyMKHANA • The season’s gymkhana se-ries continues at the Gus Darien arena onCounty Road 100 east of Carbondale at 1p.m. (check in is at noon). Each event is $5and all ages (starting at 7) and abilities arewelcome. For details, call Mike Goscha at274-3223. The gymkhanas are held the sec-ond Saturday of the month through Septem-ber.

PIN-UP ClASSES • Creative College Col-lections on Highway 133 offers another NewSchool of Pin-Up class from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Info: collagecc.com or 963-9488.

SECOND SATURDAy • Basalt’s SecondSaturday,which takes place from 5 to 8 p.m.,features a motorcycle show, pedal tractorpull, the Carbondale All Stars plus food anddrink.

DRAKE EXHIBITION • An exhibition fea-turing photographs by Martha Drake opensat the Wyly Community Art Center in Basaltfrom 5 to 7 p.m. info: wylyarts.org or 927-4123.An exhibit by Theodore B. Mockbee isalso on view.

SUNDAY July 15lIVE MUSIC • CCAH continues its freeSummer of Music series with Big Sandy &His Fly-Rite Boys, playing Western swing,rockabilly and traditional country at 7 p.m.atSopris Park.Milemarkers kick off the show at6 p.m. She show is free. For details, go to car-bondalearts.com.

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

KITES • As part of CCAH’s Concerts, Kitesand Carbondale free music series,RavenheartGallery (across from Sopris Park) offers a freekite-making class with Heather Morrowfrom 5 to 7 p.m. Morrow, has worked at nu-merous kite shops, including GuildworksFlight Studio, HQ Kites, Disney World, Kite-man Productions and IBEX Puppetry. Fol-lowing the workshop, students are invited tofly them at Sopris Park. Info: 963-1680.

FREE yOGA •True Nature HealingArts of-fers free yoga in Sopris Park from 5 to 6 p.m.Sundays through August. All levels are wel-come. Info: truenatureheals.com.

BOBBy MASON • A Spiritual Place in theThird Street Center presents Bobby Mason at10 a.m. Other presenters this month areSonny Conley (July 22) and NancyVan Don-nelan (July 29).

MONDAY July 16JAM SESSION • Carbondale BeerWorks onMain Street hosts an old-time jam sessionwith Dana Wilson from 7 to 9 p.m. everyMonday. All abilities are welcome.

NEWSPAPERS DISCUSSED • Local writerPaul Anderson leads a three-part discussionon local newspaper journalism at the BasaltRegional Library from 5:30 to 7 p.m.on July16, 18 and 24. For details, call 927-4311.

TUESDAY July 17G’WOOD MARKET • Glenwood’s Down-town Market at Ninth and Grand takes placefrom 4 p.m. to dusk. There are vendors andlive music. Info: glenwoodmarket.com.

COMEDy • Jack Green presents CardiffTuesday Night Comedy Night at the Cardiffschoolhouse every week from through thesummer, fall and into the winter. Tickets are$7.17. Info: 618-0199.

DAVI NIKENT • Davi Nikent’s TuesdayNight Streaming Speaker series continueswith “Holding Steady in Times of Change”with Louise Hay and Cheryl Richardson atthe Third Street Center at 6:30 p.m.The sug-gested donation is $10.

WEDNESDAY July 18lIVE MUSIC • PAC3 in the Third StreetCenter presents the Dirty Dozen BrassBand at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advanceand $25 the day of the show. Info:pace3carbondale.com.

lIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in theDinkel Building presents the DriftwoodSingers. The Los Angeles-based duo is intheir early 20s and embrace not only a lovefor the Carter Family but punk ethos aswell. Pearl Charles and Kris Hutson weaveguitars, autoharp, banjo, fiddle and man-dolin on their releases, including last year’s“Look!” on Trailer Fire records.

FARMER’S MARKET • The CarbondaleFarmer’s Market returns to Fourth StreetPlaza eachWednesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.through Oct. 3. There are new vendors andold faves, plus free entertainment.

ROTARy • The Rotary Club of Carbon-dale meets at the Carbondale Firehouse onHighway 133 Wednesdays at 7 a.m. Info:927-0641.

Save the DateJuly 27, 28 and 29CARBONDAlE MOUNTAIN FAIR • The 41st annual Carbondale Mountain Fair featuresarts, crafts, music and entertainment and held in Sopris Park throughout the weekend.Visit car-bondalearts.com for more information.

TUESDAY Aug. 28ROBIN SUTHERlAND • The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities presents classicalpianist Robin Sutherland at 6:30 p.m. at the Colorado Rocky Mountain School barn. An appe-tizer and champagne reception follows the concert. Tickets are $65 for CCAH members and$75 for non-members. For details, call 963-1680 or go to carbondalearts.com. Sutherland isprincipal pianist for the San Francisco Symphony.

Hold the PressesJOSH &ANANDAAT CBW • Josh &Ananda go acoustic with mellow tunes at Carbondale BeerWorks on Main Street from 8 to 11 p.m. on July 13.There’s no cover.Trivia Night at 7:30 p.m. onJuly 18 benefits Extreme Sports Camp (an athletic experience for kids with autism). There’s a $5suggested donation to play. Coming up at CBW: Oregon’s Quick & Easy Boys on July 20, BigDaddy Lee and his band on July 21. Info: 704-1216.FREEDOMWORKS PRESIDENT SPEAKS • Matt Kibbe, president of FreedomWorks, and DickArmey speak at the Doerr-Hosier building at the Aspen Institute at 5:30 p.m. on July 19.


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Coal Creek Culvert ReplacementThis project is expected to beginlater in July. It involves replacinga culvert approximately 1¼ milesup Coal Creek Basin Road nearRedstone. This is a two-month-longproject, but it will only be necessaryto close the road for a little over aweek. Stay tuned for more informationabout the exact dates of closures.

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Further OutTHURSDAY July 19ClASSICAl MUSIC • The Basalt RegionalLibrary presents free concerts featuring AspenMusic Festival and School students Thurs-days at 5:15 p.m. through Aug. 16. Info:basaltlibrary.org

FRIDAY July 20JEVON BOUDREAUX BENEFIT • A ben-efit for former Carbondale resident JevonBoudreaux takes place at the Gathering Cen-

ter on Snowmass Drive from 6:30 to 8:30p.m. Titled “A Ladies Night Out,” the benefitincludes manicures, pedicures and massages,plus appetizers, a cash bar, Pampered Chefand Kiko Paprika presentations, a silent auc-tion, music and more. Boudreaux, a 2004graduate of Roaring Fork High School, livesin Washington state and was recently diag-nosed with lung cancer. A “bags” tournamentis also slated for Mountain Fair weekend (ata site to be determined). Donations can besent to Alpine Bank-Carbondale.


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Mi Casita is a fun restaurant and bar with an outdoor patio at 580 Main Streetin Carbondale. Their summer offerings include stuffed avocados, lettuce wraptacos, ceviche, oysters on the half shell, ice cold beers and really tasty "turbori-ta" margaritas. Why not enjoy lunch or dinner, flash your card and enjoy fiesta?Mi Casita has free delivery: 963-5866.

MORE GOOD NEWS! Members also receive a ten percent discount atSopris Liquor and Wine in Carbondale. Sopris Liquor and Wine at 1026Highway 133 (across from City Market) is the largest liquor store in the valley.They have hundreds of selections of beer, wine and spirits. Recipes and a sched-ule for upcoming tastings are at www.soprisliquor.com.

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Community BriefsVolunteers needed for Wildfest

The Wilderness Workshop is still rounding up volunteers for its first annual Wildfestfrom 5 to 10 p.m. on July 14 at the Flying Dog Ranch in Woody Creek.

Volunteers receive free admission, which includes dinner, and are needed for parking,food and beverage service, and set up and clean up. For details, call Melanie Finan at 963-3977, ext. 13.

Music headliners include Halden Wofford and the Hi-Beams, Acoustic Mayhem, Pas-tor Mustard and Slidewhistle.

CCAH offers adult classesThe Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities offers summer art classes to adults

through Aug. 7. Classes include Exploration of Relief Printing, on Tuesdays from 6 to 8p.m. for four weeks starting on July 17. The teacher is Thea DeRudder. Tuition is $90 forCCAH members and $100 for non-members. For details, call 963-1680 or go to carbon-dalearts.com.

RFOV looking for crew leadersRoaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers holds another crew leader training on July 14-15.

The training includes a technical overview on what makes for sustainable trails, leader-ship techniques and models and hands-on experience building new trail and performingtrail maintenance. For details, call 927-8241, e-mail [email protected] or go towww.rfov.org.

Crown Mountain offers coed kickballCrown Mountain Park in El Jebel offers an adult coed kickball league from July 19

through Sept. 20. There’s a minimum of three girls and three guys per team, according toa press release. The cost is $250 per team and the registration deadline is July 17. The sea-son ends with a tournament and prizes. For details, call 963-6030.

Alzheimer’s caregivers workshopHomeCare & Hospice of the Valley offers a free workshop to caregivers, hospice vol-

unteers and family members who care for people with Alzheimer's at Valley View Hos-pital in Glenwood Springs from 1 to 3 pm. on July 17.

The workshop’s goal is to provide information about how to guide people with

Alzheimer’s through daily activities.Teresa Black from the Alzheimer’s Association and Nancy Becker, Social Services Di-

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Democrats open campaign headquartersThe Democratic Party has opened a campaign headquarters for President Barak

Obama and other candidates at 912 Grand Ave. in Glenwood Springs.

Cajun Clay Night on July 13 features not only gumbo, music, a costume contest and silentauction, but slices of an authentic alligator cake as well. The whole thing takes place from6 to 10 p.m. at the east end of Main Street. See the ad in this week’s Sopris Sun for de-tails. Sopris Sun file photo


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SATURDAY JULY 14SECOND SATURDAy, BASAlT • Second Saturday ac-tivities take place on Midland Avenue from 5 to 8 p.m.and include a motorcycle show, local food, cold bever-ages, the Earthbeat Choir (from 4 to 4:45 p.m.) a WylyArt opening (5 p.m.), Pedal tractor pull, the CarbondaleAll-stars and more.

SUNDAY JULY 15BASAlT SUNDAy MARKET • Locally grown produce,local artists, cooking demonstrations and more. Meet andtalk with local growers, ranchers, artisans and healers.Take home some of the finest local foods available, as wellas arts, clothing and more from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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MONDAY JULY 16-27S.P.E.E.D. CAMP, CROWN MOUNTAIN PARK,BASAlT • S.P.E.E.D. Camp (Speed, Endurance EqualsDominance). Every athlete that attends this six-sessioncamp will learn cutting edge speed and strength trainingtechniques that will bring their sports performance to thenext level. Ages 13-18 are from 8 to 9 a.m., ages 7-12 arefrom 9 to 10 am.

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I didn’t know whoLew Lama was, but wewere staying in theheartlands of Wiscon-sin – an agrarian day-dream of landscapes soidyllic it pulls at theheartstrings. Fading red and silver barns sit aging atopcentury-old stone foundations; silos compete with Vir-ginia creeper in their slow race to the sky. Farm fields,forests and pastures undulate in every direction, cloakingthe hills in a dazzling patchwork of green against blue.Rockwork has deep roots here.

Did I want to see some stonewalls?Are you kidding me? And that was how it started.Who is Lew? A fantastic character who has always

loved two things: great conversations and putting twostones together. His livelihood seems inevitable, growingup in the Hudson Valley, tagging along with the Italianstonemasons amidst the hewn rock aqueducts carryingfresh water to New York City. Lew still has the accent andhe speaks with ease, in short raspy bursts, always with achuckle. Sun-darkened skin and a skullcap of shorn silverhair frame eyes that are alive. His hands are a cliché –wide capable palms and strong fingers, sanded to smoothleather, burnished brown by sun. Stonework and farminghave kept him strong.

We spent the next week visiting his creations, a coun-try home here; renovations of a series of walls there; it

was terrific. My perceptions of Lew shiftedat the very first wall. When I get to see su-perior work, that which is imbued withsoul and artistry, time stops and my heartraces.The spirit in their work is them. I be-came very aware that I was in the presenceof a kind of greatness. Lew’s work is roughand beautiful and foreign. So different, stillright, following the regional style, yet bet-ter.

I get the impression his mastery ofstone began in the 1970s, with his work inMallorca, a Mediterranean island off thecoast of Spain. An anthropologist by de-gree, he was working with the British Mu-seum carbon-dating excavated findings. Inthe off-season, local stone crews, hot forthose of “strong body and weak mind,”took him on.This is where he learned theirindigenous craft, which he has absorbedinto his own method. Further studies inEngland and east and North Africa, wherehe studied stone terracing and water dis-tribution systems in the Rif and AtlasMountains, have also influenced Lew’s art.

His walls are a textural trip. Lew ex-plains that the roots of his style have Arab origins, whobelieve the perfect stone has six sides – more of a circlethan a rectangle. Rather than a series of uniformly straight

courses, there may exist in his work irregular areas, asthough rock has moved with earth changes, but held

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Lew Lama’s Wisconsin walls: priceless

Lew Lama’s pièce de résistance is found at a boathouse on Lake Wis-consin. Photo by Genevieve Villamizar

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It has matured into quite a beautiful place if you ask me.From Day One the plan was: community classes/work-shops, resident artist work space and a gallery, all to pro-mote excellence in the ceramic arts and to build community.It’s been very challenging to do these programs in such lim-ited space, but they are doing just that!

There is wonderful, positive, youthful energy at the ClayCenter these days. Every First Friday they generously opentheir doors and welcome the community to a state-of-theart gallery exhibit. Children’s and adult classes are thriving.

Many of the 33 former resident artists go on to graduateschool and/or teach in universities, community colleges, claycenters, work in professional studios, and win fellowshipsand national awards. Among them is a Fulbright Scholar,Alix Knipe. Not only is the Clay Center a fixture in ourcommunity, it is also a nationally recognized resource.

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a New Play Development Series supporting promising play-wrights, Literary Nights,Educational Outreach, and a LatinoTheatre Initiative. TRTC is also partners with the RoaringFork Cultural Council that brings distinguished luminaries tothe theatre to speak, including Madeleine Albright andThomas Friedman.

Thunder River Theatre Comopany’s After-School pro-grams and Summer Drama Camps award many scholarships.Reduced ticket prices for teachers and students are offered forall productions. TRTC also donates hundreds of tickets tononprofits each year for their fund-raising efforts, and havenever turned down a request, Winston said.

Most recently, TRTC’s Valerie Haugen developed theKaren Chamberlain Poetry Festival attracting well knownpoets from around the country.

“TRTC thanks its board and theatre-goers for their sup-port as the company strives for continued excellence,” Win-ston said. “Nothing matters if you do not have peopleattending the productions. The company also thanks all ofthose talented professional theatre artists in the valley whohave worked with TRTC. They maintain the professionalstandard, work ethic, discipline and excellence that TRTC’sdiscerning audiences have come to expect from their home-grown professional theatre.”

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strong. Lew also sets “columns” of stacked stone into the walls as“checks”to prevent potential failures from infecting the whole wall.Andrather than flat capstone across the top, he places vertical coping stones.Nothing tips or moves when you test his work and I didn’t see the touchof power tools anywhere. Everything looked hand hewn, seemingly an-cient and timeless, with a classical quality. They were magnificent.

His pièce de résistance is a boathouse on Lake Wisconsin. Lew is theregion’s only artisan with the know-how to successfully complete thespecified 10-foot-high dry-stack walls.

Arriving in a clearing, our anticipation built.The boathouse was hid-den from view, along a bluff.Water sparkled through the park-like trees.When we finally came upon it, my body just sighed. It was beautiful,homage to Frank Lloyd Wright’s prairie style: sheets of glass contrast-ing against rock, joints of stone curving into stone. The craftsmanshipwas breathtaking.

Lew has no arrogance though; I think even he is amazed by how itturned out. As we were leaving, he had to lighten the mood (of course)by pointing to a “soldier,” a vertical rock he had placed in the horizon-tal courses of the outdoor kitchen wall.

“Otherwise it’d be boring. It’d look like brick.”I love his sense of play! It absolutely pissed off the clients of course,

but to hear Lew’s glee as he related the tale? Priceless.

Lew Lama became seriously interestedin building stone walls on the island ofMallorca in the 1970s. Today, his wallsare found throughout Wisconsin. Photoby Genevieve Villamizar

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