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is year’swinner is …The Sopris Sun continued its Spruce Up

The Sun cover competition this year, re-questing original designs from contestantspre-K through high school.

The theme this year was “Winter Won-derland” and almost 140 entries were sub-mitted, including a box full from CarbondaleMiddle School art teacher Ami Maes.

The entries included many beautiful andcreative winter holiday scenes as well assome thought-provoking scenes, such as theone from overall cover winner Jho-AnneMarie Cerdenola (an eighth grader at Car-bondale Middle School). Winter scenes in-cluded everything from winter sports tonighttime scenes in the forest. Snowmenwere a highlight this year, showing the manydifferent personalities these winter sculpturesoften portray.

First place winners in the various cate-gories are: Dylan Riley (pre-school throughsecond grade), Annabelle Stableford (thirdthrough fourth grade), Melissa Portillo (fifthgrade), Cesár Herrera Romero (sixth grade),Sara Ramirez (seventh grade) and SaraJensen (eighth grade).

Judging such a competitive contestwould not have been possible without thehelp of discerning eyes at the CarbondaleCouncil on Arts and Humanities. The SoprisSun staff and CCAH would also like tothank all of the contestants for sharing theircreativity and talents. It made judging atruly difficult task.

Contestants may pick up their originalartwork at The Sopris Sun office at 520 S.Third Street #35.

For the contest category winners, please goto pages 8-9. Visit our website (www.sopris-sun.com) for additional winners.

Thanks again to all who entered. Happyholidays and starting thinking now for the2015 contest.

Cover contest winner: Jho-Anne Marie Cerdenola, an eighth grader at Carbondale Middle School.

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By Martha Cochran

In the late 1990s, our ever-popular statewas losing over 140,000 acres of agriculturalland each year to rural subdivisions and newplanned communities, particularly on theFront Range. To try to stem that trend, thestate legislature created a tax-credit programin 2002 to give landownersa means to access equity intheir land without having todevelop or sell off 40-acreparcels. The legislation set up a tax-creditprogram but failed to define a process foroversight and guess what? Scams arose.

Two “land trusts,” established by attor-neys, appraisers and accountants, promotedthe program to landowners in the southeastand northeast corners of the state and reapedhuge fees for their services. Those servicesoften included “guaranteed” appraisals,which over-valued land by as much as 1,000percent and often resulted in conservationeasements worth much more than the landitself. Legitimate land trusts and conserva-tion professionals reported the abuses to thegovernor’s office and Colorado Departmentof Revenue (DOR), and, after almost 10years, those landowners and the people whopurchased the tax credits, are being asked topay up. The Denver Post reported this weekthat up to $220 million in credits, penaltiesand interest is owed to the state.

As executive director of Aspen ValleyLand Trust, which has been in existence for47 years and is Colorado’s oldest land trust,I’ve been intimately involved in a multi-yearprocess of not only seeing that fraudulentdeals were stopped, but creating a process toassure it doesn’t happen again. In 2008, Gov.John Hickenlooper established a Conserva-

tion Oversight Commission to deal with theproblems of over-valued easements and withthe DOR’s excruciatingly slow process forresolving the problems. Sadly, I read everyone of the 500 appraisals referenced in therecent Denver Post article during my sixyears on the commission, three as chairman.

While the individual transac-tions are classified becausethey are tax documents, I cangenerally say that the scope of

over-valued appraisals was appalling. Re-gardless of whether the landowners knew,my opinion is that the promoters clearlyknew and many landowners are now payingthe price. That the attorneys and appraisersinvolved have since lost their licenses is smallcomfort to landowners or state taxpayers.

The good news is, while all that was hap-pening on the Front Range, the programworked well in the rest of the state.Landowners — with ranches, prime wildlifehabitat, stream-front riparian areas and theopen lands that define our state and are thebackdrop of our economy — were makingthe decision to conserve their properties andforego the windfall of future development.While they too received state tax credits, thefinancial gain was and is always a small frac-tion of what landowners could receive byselling their land for development. The ben-eficiaries of their decisions are all of us whonot only appreciate our Western heritage andscenic wonders, but who value clean water,clean air and the benefits of being able togrow food locally.

Today, the Colorado conservation ease-ment program is stronger than ever and Col-orado is clearly the national leader inconservation and in best practices for con-

servation. Legislation enacted in 2014 pro-vides a system of review for all conservationeasement transactions that protects state tax-payers from fraud, and protects landownersfrom unnecessary entanglement with theDOR. All land trusts must be certified by thestate so that “rogue” organizations cannotoperate as described in the Denver Post.

AVLT the firstI’m proud to note that AVLT was the first

land trust in Colorado to be certified in 2010and one of the first 14 land trusts to receivenational accreditation in 2009. Among the1,500 land trusts in the United States, AVLT iswidely recognized as one of the nation’s best.

As a farm girl myself, I’m not unsympa-thetic to the East Slope farmers caught up inthe tax evasion promotions. However, as ataxpayer I also know that people tried totake advantage of the system. With a legiti-mate land trust, it’s virtually impossible toscam the system, and all of us who live hereshould be thankful that our legislature hasconsistently taken action to improve over-sight and encourage land conservation.

If you live here in the Roaring Fork orColorado river valley, look out your car win-dow or your front door. Chances are you’llbe looking at some of nearly 40,000 acres ofland conserved by private landowners inpartnership with the Aspen Valley LandTrust. Their commitment and our work im-pact the daily lives of each of us. In this sea-son of gratitude, please take the time to say“thank you” to all who have protected someof our past for the future.

Martha Cochran is executive director ofthe Aspen Valley Land Trust.

Roaring Fork Valley’s conservation easements are secure

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Rebekah’s thanksDear Editor:

Seven Stars Rebekah Lodge #91 andthe Near New Shop thank each andeveryone in our community and beyondfor the support you give and have givento our organization.

This support enables us to give back toour community and elsewhere. At a recentregular meeting, we were pleased to give aliberal amount to our Carbondale Fire De-partment, the Mt. Sopris Historical Soci-ety, our Boy Scouts, our local paper (TheSopris Sun), the senior housing complexand LIFT-UP.

Others throughout the year are scholar-ship funds, Project Graduation, United Na-tions Pilgrimage, Potato Day, musculardystrophy, our sister lodge’s cancer fund,and Children’s Hospital arthritis fund.

We also do a gift to the staff at HeritagePark and Doc Philips, who lends a helpinghand. Our door is always open for newmembers; come join us.

Again, our thanks to each and every one;our best wishes to all of you for a joyful hol-iday season and prosperous New Year.

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Going at it againDear Editor:

It looks like the Carbondale trustees andthe Roaring Fork School District are goingto be at it again? We have to have the fieldbehind the Bridges school filled with hous-ing? No place else. We have to have an in-fill on every available lot. There are alreadytwo story units going up all over the place.Apparently that isn’t good enough.

We have a four-year waiting period forsenior housing because of lack of livingspace. Apparently that doesn’t fit well withsome of the town council or the RoaringFork School District.

We have Thompson Corner that needsto be going. You look in the papers andthere are a lot of places for sale and for

rent, pretty high priced I agree. If the econ-omy is so good then why are people stillhaving a hard time finding jobs.

A lot of people use the field that sits be-tween the Bridges building and the ThirdStreet Center. There are new trees plantedall over the Third Street Center. What doyou call affordable? There seems to beplenty of vacant space other than the fieldthat is used for soccer games. I would hateto see that field used for housing andpaved over.

I would hope that the RFSD and thetrustees would leave a little open space forkids and people to walk their dogs, just sitout on the benches at Bridges and enjoy theview of Sopris.

Please call or write the town council andlet’s put a stop to this. Please don’t cut all ofthose established trees down and infill withhousing, just to please a few people. Just agood point of view.

Jane SpauldingCarbondale

LETTERS page 15

John ColsonSopris Sun Correspondent

The process of getting Carbondale certi-fied as its own Creative District got a boostlast week with a visit from Wendell Pryor, aconsultant from Chaffee County who hasbeen hired to assist the Carbondale Councilon Arts and Humanities in the three-yearcertification process.

Pryor, who also is the director of theChaffee County Economic DevelopmentCorporation and is listed as a lecturer at theUniversity of Colorado Denver GraduateSchool of Public Affairs as well as at Col-orado Mountain College, is being paid bythe state to help Carbondale through theCreative District process.

Meanwhile, said CCAH Executive Di-rector Amy Kimberly, the Carbondale Cre-ative District has $15,000 in grant proceedsand other contributions to kick-start theprocess in its first year. She said the districthas been told to expect another $10,000 ingrant money in year two, and a final grant of$15,000 in year three, which is the year thatcertification is to occur.

“We’re moving forward,” Kimberly saidduring an interview at the new Launchpadarts facility, housed in the old GordonCooper Library building.

“And I feel like other communities in thevalley are looking at us to see how thisgoes,” she added, explaining that represen-tatives from Garfield County and the townsof Glenwood Springs and Basalt have ex-pressed interest in the Creative District idea.

The entire Creative Districts idea, shesaid, came about after Gov. John Hicken-looper learned several years ago that the

“creative industries” of the state are an eco-nomic powerhouse.

“It was based on a survey where he sawthe creative industries were the fifth largestindustry in the state,” Kimberly said. And theterm, “creative industries,” covers everything

from art to agriculture, restaurants to brew-eries, distilleries to craft boutiques and muchmore, Kimberly said — any or all of whichcan be found in or around Carbondale.

She noted that Denver currently has fourseparate Creative Districts, focusing on dif-ferent neighborhoods around the city withcreative energy to spare, and that is whatKimberly hopes can happen in the RoaringFork Valley.

Kimberly said there currently are morethan 50 “stakeholders” taking part in theformative effort of the Creative District, in-cluding, among others, several individuals,businesses, nonprofit organizations, artists,the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority

(RFTA) and a couple of middle school stu-dents who are hoping to design and install anew bench along the RFTA-owned RioGrande Trail under the guidance of the Cre-ative District process.

businesses will benefitUnder the Creative District, Kimberly

noted, “Businesses are probably going tobenefit more than anyone” as a consequenceof the belief that being a Creative Districtwill attract people to town, including suchdisparate groups as tourists, valley residents,artists and others.

Already, Kimberly reported, the Resi-dences at the Little Nell, a luxury-condocomplex in Aspen, has been sending shuttlesto Carbondale, to give their residents achance to shop, check out the town and gen-erally get to know another part of the valley.

The idea behind the Creative District ef-fort, Kimberly explained, is to provide aframework for businesses, artists and othersto combine their efforts to bring people totown for all manner of activities.

Plus, she said, once Carbondale is certi-fied as one of a dozen or so such districtsaround the state, organizers can start work-ing with other Creative District personnelaround Colorado, as well as with state offi-cials in the Colorado Creative Industriesprogram, and with Western Slope entitiessuch as the Garfield County Economic De-velopment Roundtable, to come up withways to take advantage of the town’s manycreative businesses and events.

“There’s a synergy that’s happening inthe state, between all the Creative Districts,”

that Carbondale can tap into, she said.

Task forcesFour local task forces — covering Gov-

ernance, Economic Development, Mediaand Awareness, and Wayfinding and Con-nectivity — are to meet in January to com-bine their ideas so far and discuss what thenext steps are in becoming one of the state’searly Creative Districts. The task forces havebeen meeting since October.

Among other things, Kimberly said, theGovernance task force has been chargedwith deciding who, or which organization,should be selected to essentially manage theCreative Districts process as it moves ahead.

While CCAH has been in the driver’s seatso far, she said, “Some people might feel thatCCAH should not be in charge from hereon,” a prospect she said is not troubling toher in the least.

“I really think we’re on to something,”Kimberly said of the Creative Districtprocess. “It follows state and national trends(of joining together) communities that de-fine themselves through the arts. It’s consid-ered a 21st century economy.”

She said the process is not always wellunderstood or appreciated, particularly bythose who adhere to a more traditional viewof economic development.

Once, at a gathering of such local moversand shakers, Kimberly said she understoodtheir concerns.

“I’m not saying it’s the only answer,” shesaid she told the doubters. “But I think it’s abigger piece of the puzzle than you guys giveit credit for.”

Carbondale’s Creative District gets boost aer Pryor visit

ObituarymalcolmR. Smith1940-2014

Malcolm R. Smith,74, of Tampa, Florida, passed away onThanksgiving Day, Nov. 27, 2014, aftera battle with melanoma. He was sur-rounded by his family at the MelechHospice House.

Malcolm was born in San Diego,California on June 28, 1940. After hishigh school graduation, he enlisted inthe U.S. Coast Guard, which he calledthe best mistake he ever made. He hadan inspiring career as a search & rescuehelicopter pilot. He retired in 1977 as aLt. Commander.

After retirement, Malcolm curatedand sold European fine art in New Or-leans, Louisiana, and later in Scottsdale,Arizona. For the past 30 years, Mal-colm was a skilled and admired real es-tate broker in Colorado, Oregon andFlorida, proudly holding the CCIMdesignation.

Throughout his life, Malcolm pur-sued his passions of painting, writing,hunting, fishing and traveling. Duringhis time in Carbondale, Colorado in thelate 1900s and early 2000s, Malcolm

served on the board of directors of theCarbondale Fire District, was a mem-ber of the Carbondale Rotary Club andwas co-owner of Re-Max MountainWest in Carbondale. Malcolm alsoserved a term as president of the Glen-wood Springs Association of Realtors.He will be remembered by his charis-matic personality and knack for story-telling.

Malcolm is survived by his wife,Diane Smith; brother, Ron Leach (Lise);sisters, Elaine Markell (Doug) andMartha Dawson; his daughters, KellyBurnett (Alan), Holly Smith, WendySmith and Angela Drewien (Josiah);grandchildren, Kyle Bertoluzzi (Jenn),Amanda Hanson and Ingrid Drewien;nephew Jason Leach; and niece MonicaWisnieski.

Malcolm wouldn’t want his friendsand family to grieve but to live life toits fullest just like he did! In lieu offlowers, the family requests that dona-tions be made to Melech HospiceHouse, 11125 N. 52nd Street, TempleTerrace, FL 33617.

A memorial service and celebrationof Malcom’s life will be held on Satur-day, Jan. 17 at the U.S. Coast Guard AirStation in St. Petersburg/ClearwaterFlorida.

“There’s a synergy that’s happening in

the state, between allthe Creative Districts,

that Carbondale can tap into.”

Amy KimberlyCCAH Executive Director

A certain kind of dog, such as this one at the Third Street Center, loves to snapat snowballs as they are tossed from two-legged companions. This week’s snow-storms gave dogs, skiers and other humans plenty of reasons to rejoice. Photo byJane Bachrach

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Town Briefs C’dale skaters not even on thin iceSopris Sun Staff Report

As of Sunday, Dec. 21, Carbondale remains without ice in itsskating rinks, thanks to unseasonably warm weather in recentweeks, as the weather.com website predicts continued warmweather through the end of this week, though temperatures areexpected to dip down into the 20s around New Year’s Eve.

Town Manager Jay Harrington, in his weekly memo to theboard of trustees, noted that both the downtown rink (at 4th andMain streets) and the rink at the Gus Darien Riding Arena onCounty Road 100 east of town have been filled with water.

Harrington reported that “we need temperatures consistentlyin the teens at night” in order for the rinks to freeze solid, whichis the precondition for permitting skaters to use the facilities.

Once the rinks are ready and open, Harrington reported, skaterentals will be available at the town’s recreation center for $3 perday or $10 for three days, and skate sharpening is available atthe recreation center for $5.

In other recreational news, Harrington reported that the firstdraft of the town’s 10-year Comprehensive Parks, Recreation &Trails Master Plan, which has been in the hands of consultants atDesign Workshop, is to be submitted this week for review by theParks & Recreation Commission at its January meeting. It is ex-pected to be reviewed again on Jan. 20 at a work session of theboard of trustees.

The Carbondale Recreation and Community Center will beclosed Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, and will close early (at5 p.m.) on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, Harrington stated.He also reported that online registration is now available for win-ter/spring programming, at the website, www.carbondalerec.com.

With the continuing popularity of climbing classes at the recre-ation center, the town has added a class for those aged 4-6 years,

called the Spider Monkey class.Electricians working on a new traffic signal at Highway 133

and Snowmass Drive have been unable to get it working, andHarrington reported that the signal might not be working untilJan. 6. Meanwhile, the town’s street crew continues to work oninstalling signs to go along with the new flashing beacons atpedestrian crossings and other highway signage issues.

Street crew workers also have been sweeping up debris andice-control materials along the Highway 133 corridor and cer-tain spots around town, as well as cleaning away leaves fromstorm drain inlets, in preparation for the arrival of winter.

With the recent completion of the roundabout, Harringtoncontinued, the police department will begin delivering letters tolocal businesses, alerting them that the normal truck route downColorado Avenue has been resumed.

As parks-crew members continue working to beautify woodenfurniture on the streets and in town parks, the town’s arborist,David Coon, has been trimming and pruning trees around Car-bondale, Harrington reported.

There’s a new cop in town, as Carbondale Police DepartmentOfficer Steve Kuhl started his initial training last week, includinga field-training session with Officer Fred Williams on Saturdaynight. Harrington noted in his memo that the CPD would be con-ducting recertification training with its patrol staff, covering suchmatters as arrest control/defensive tactics and “standard fieldroadside maneuvers” for traffic stops involving suspected intoxi-cated drivers.

Utility department workers have been performing ongoing ad-justments and corrections to the town’s wastewater treatment andwater treatment plant, and those adjustments are continuing,Harrington wrote in his memo.

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

FRIDAY, Dec. 12: At 12:05 p.m. police ar-rested two juveniles at 2270 Highway 133,aged 14 and 15, in relation to an allegeddrug sale. One youth was charged withselling “marijuana or marijuana concen-trate” to the other teen, and the other teenwas charged with possession.

FRIDAY, Dec. 12: At 7:41 p.m. officers ar-rested a local man on charges of drunkdriving, failure to drive in a single lane andcareless driving, apparently at the round-about at Highway 133 and Main Street.

TUESDAY, Dec. 16: At 7:42 a.m. policetook a report about a two-vehicle accidentat Hendrick Drive and Highway 133,wherein the driver, a juvenile, reportedlyspilled coffee on his own lap and piled intothe vehicle stopped at the stop sign aheadof him. No citations were issued.

TUESDAY, Dec. 16: At 6:05 p.m. policeresponded to a two-car accident in theroundabout. No injuries were reported,and no ticket apparently was issued.

THURSDAY, Dec. 18: At 12:19 p.m. po-lice were called to a bar on a report that apatron had, apparently without manage-ment permission, “installed” a multi-stickpool cue holder on a table where patronsusually put their drinks while shootingpool. No one was arrested for the offenseat the time, though police are hopeful theidentity of the installer will ultimately beknown and he or she can be questioned.

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Sopris Sun Staff Report

In what might be the final event of the2014 season, 62 competitors finished theIndependence Run & Hike 5K run on Sat-urday despite an on-going snowstorm thatdid not rain on their parade.

Runners of all ages, abilities and outfitstook off on the Rio Grande Trail behind In-dependence Run & Hike at about 11 a.m.,headed east through the falling snow toEighth Street then south to Merrill Avenue,where they hooked a left and proceed pastwhat some folks used to call “Three Mile

Island,” then south on Fourth Streetthrough the Main Street intersection to So-pris Avenue, past the library then to the topof White Hill, at which point they turned,slipped and slid around an orange trafficcone and headed back the same way theycame.

Fourteen-year-old Henry Barth (ingreen, below) covered the 3.1 mile coursein 20:22 and took first place, followed byMegan Lizotte with a time of 20:49. Aftereveryone was safe and warm back at thestore, Ryan Foote was pronounced the

Ugly Sweater winner for an outfit that in-cluded short shorts and pink socks.

Other top-25 finishers are listed below:3 – Amy Rollins (21.25)4 – Bryce Risner (21.38)5 – Ryan Foote (21.57)6 – Michale Merrill (22.25)7 – Beth Broome (22.59)8 – Katy Dannenberg (23.04)9 – Dan Mirsky (23.04)10 – Brad Palmer (23.46)11 – Laurie Guevara-Stone (23.47)12 – Kaden Weller (23.52)

13 – Darren Broome (24.18)14 – Andrea Stewart (24.20)15 – Julie Lindsay (24.26)16 – John Foss (24.16)17 – Mark Feinsinger (24.55)18 – Patrick Johnson (25.06)19 – Kristin O’Sullivan (25.34)20 – Kuba Baknik (25.52) 21 – Morgan Hill (26.08)22 – Paul Freeman (26.16)23 – Robbie Klimek (26.46)24 – Carolyn Parker (26.46)25 – Suzanne Jackson (26.59).

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Let’s get visible, visibleA bicyclist is urging other bikers to “be

as visible as you can” and use hand signalswhen traveling the new roundabout, after amotorist knocked him off his bike just be-fore 8 a.m. on Dec. 12. Michael Mulry toldThe Sopris Sun he was not injured in thecrash, nor was he at fault, and is not blam-ing the roundabout at Main Street andHighway 133, “ … but the roundabout is sosmall you don’t have much time to makeyour move.” (Editor’s note: to understandthe dynamics of this mishap, envision aclock with a 12 o’clock on top, 6 at the bot-tom, 9 to the left and 3 to the right). Mulry,a retired school teacher who lives in CrystalVillage, said he entered the roundabout fromMain Street at the 9, intending to exit east-bound onto Main Street at the 3, on his wayto meet friends at Bonfire. After entering theroundabout as he approached the 6, therewere two north-bound cars waiting to enterthe roundabout. Mulry said he signaled hisintentions as he approached the cars, wavedand pointed to where he was going, but onedid not see him and clipped his rear tire as he(the motorist) entered the roundabout. Nextthing Mulry knew, he was on his back be-tween the 3 and 6, assessing any possibledamage to his body. Meanwhile, someonecalled 911 and others helped Mulry get hisbike, which was also uninjured, to the cen-ter of the roundabout and out of traffic.Mulry asked the responding police officernot to cite the motorist, then asked what hecould have done differently. “He (the officer)

pointed to his ‘don’t squash me’ greenjacket.” So, Mulry bought a yellow bicyclist’sjacket that he’s been wearing around townever since. Mulry said he was wearing a rustcolored jacket at the time of the crash andthere was a lot of rush hour traffic enteringthe roundabout, but that he thought the carssaw him. “(But) people speed up to get in,then are in a hurry to get out … especiallywhen the roundabout is busy, be as visibleas you can.”

PO closes earlyThe Carbondale post office will close at

noon on Christmas Eve and New Year’sEve. On a related note, Garfield County of-fices will be closed the day after Christmasbut Carbondale Town Hall will be open.

Lumenarias show the wayThe Mount Sopris Nordic Council, and

Aspen Valley Ski Club, host their annualNordic Lumenary Night at Spring Gulchfrom 6 to 8 p.m. on Dec. 31. Lighted lume-narias and starlight will show the wayaround the trail system. Bonfire coffee andother hot beverages will also be served. Fordetails, go to springgulch.org.

911 callsHere are the Carbondale Fire Dis-

trict’s emergency 911 calls for the weekof Dec. 14-20:• Medical emergencies (4);• Motor vehicle accidents (4);• Trauma emergencies (2);

• Controlled burns (2);• Chimney fire report (1);• Structure fire/mutual response with Basalt (1);• Carbon monoxide alarm response (1).

They say it’s your birthdayFolks celebrating their birthday this

week include: Emma Danciger and Greg

“DJ Phathead” Benson (Dec. 26); ChipBishop (Dec. 28); Randy Schutt, Sue Edel-stein, Nick Walgren and Mark Gray (Dec.29); Beymar Silva (Dec. 30); and Kris Cook(Dec. 31). A happy belated birthday toKayla Henley, who is a former Sopris Suncorrespondent and now a student at theUniversity of Denver.

Timbers Resort Management delivered a holiday dinner to about 50 volunteers at theCarbondale Fire District’s monthly membership meeting earlier this month. From leftto right are: Jerry Burden, Carly Passchier, Ron Leach (fire chief), Andrew Blake, JohnPoss and Rachel Elliott. Courtesy photo

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Hetty Van Kesteren: Indonesianative loving life in CarbondaleBy Adele Craft and Denise Barkhurst

(Editor’s note: This is the first of a series of articles aboutfolks who live at Crystal Meadows senior housing).

Considering her diminutive stature, Hetty VanKesteren’s joyful and easy laugh can seem out of contextuntil you grasp the emphasis in her statement “I havefound my place in life.”

Born in Jakarta on the Indonesian island of Java, Hettyis the epitome of a person who has lived a multi-culturallife. When she was a child, Indonesia was a Dutch colony,used for its oil, spices and sugar plantations. Both of hergrandfathers came to Indonesia from The Netherlandsand married Indonesian women. She grew up with 11brothers and sisters, and her father managed a medicalopium company. Indonesian labor was cheap, and Hettygrew up with servants who lived on the outskirts of townin “gedecks” — poorly constructed housing with dirtfloors. “We spoke Dutch at home, Indonesian to the ser-vants, and learned Oxford English in school. The nativeswere Hindu, but my family was Catholic so I went toCatholic school,” Hetty told The Sopris Sun.

Hetty’s middle class up-bringing did not spare herfrom the horrors of WorldWar II, however, and when theJapanese overtook Indonesia,her family was split apart.“My brothers were sent toprisoner labor camps inJapan, while my mother andsisters and I we transported bytrain to a Japanese prison camp on Java; we lived therefrom 1942 to 1945. The trains were hot, and we had nofood or water. Many people died on the train. At the laborcamp, my mother was quite weak, so my older sister madesure the work my mother was required to do was finished— mostly carrying rice from the paddies. When my sisterwas moved to work at the hospital, she was able to getmore food for us so we could survive. My brothers refusedto ever speak of their time at the camps in Japan. Theywould get teary-eyed.”

War’s endWhen the war ended, Hetty and her family were forced

to stay in the camp another year; the Dutch and Indone-sians were clashing over Indonesian independence, andthe ensuing violence made life outside of the camp wallstoo dangerous. The English and Australians attempted toget relief packages to them. “I had an apple for the firsttime in my life. I have never had an apple as good as thatone,” she said. But the ensuing attempts at food aid wereintercepted by the black market. “We survived. That’s allanyone can say, isn’t it? We survived.”

As a term of independence, the Indonesian residentswere all required to declare a nationality; racially, she andher family members were equally mixed. “We had tochoose whether we were Dutch or Indonesian. To stay, wehad to claim to be Indonesian. We chose to be Dutch andmoved to The Netherlands because the opportunities werebetter.” When asked about the radical cultural change andhow she adapted, Hetty exclaimed, “I loved it! For thefirst time I had potatoes! And carrots! And salad andmeat! In Jakarta, we had mostly lived on fish and rice.”

Hetty married and had a son before immigrating toCincinnati, Ohio, in 1962. She laughs as she says, “It wasJuly Fourth isn’t that something? It was hard to immigrateinto the U.S. then, and we had to have a sponsor. One ofmy sisters was in Cincinnati, so that’s where we went.”Hetty became a huge Reds (baseball) and Bengals (foot-ball) fan. Any sports star raised in Cincinnati became “oneof her boys.” As proof, her dog, Dallas, is named afterRoger Staubach, a Cincinnati native who became a Dal-

las Cowboys quarterback. Hetty said she feels the changes she has had to go

through in life have made her a better person. The abil-ity to adapt meant, “I wasworth something.” Now shelives an independent life nearher younger son, his wife,and their newborn boy, Hen-drix. Babysitting is a joy, asare her close friends at theCrystal Meadows seniorhousing complex. She saysthat having a dog has opened

many social doors for her as she rides her trike throughthe neighborhood with Dallas in the front basket. “Ilove Carbondale. I love everything about Carbondaleand living here.”

Adele Craft is a Sopris Sun intern and sophomore atBridges High School.

Crystal Meadows senior housing

Tucked between Highway 133 and the CrystalRiver, south of Main Street, is Crystal Meadows sen-ior housing. This safe, quiet and tight-knit commu-nity consists of 79 dwellings spread across five acres.Each 600-square-foot, one-bedroom residence is onestory. The property is conveniently placed, locatedwithin walking distance of the grocery store, doctor’soffice and downtown, and residents are allowed pets.It’s greatest advantage, according to many who livethere, is the sense of friendship and community thatabounds.

John Nieslanik and Dorothy Marshall started theCarbondale Housing Authority, which built CrystalMeadows, in the 1980’s by raising money and ap-plying for federal grants. The land was bought fromDr. Hendricks in the 1980’s and is part of the origi-nal Hendricks’ ranch. As these federal grants nolonger exist, the timing was perfect for establishing amuch-needed facility for senior citizens and disabledcitizens in the lower income bracket.

There are two types of federal housing programswithin the site: HUD units, for people over 62 yearsold with an income of no more than $25,900 peryear; and USDA rural development housing units,for people who are disabled or over 62 with an in-come of no more than $27,300 per year. Rents vary,as residents are charged 30 percent of their income;utilities are included in the rent. Currently, there is afour-plus year waiting list to get into the complex.Anyone interested in living at Crystal Meadows candrop by the office and pick up an application.

This complex is home to a wide range of colorfulCarbondale characters, all with unique and fascinat-ing stories to tell. They will chat up new friends andneighbors while working in the adjacent communitygarden or walking their dogs at the nearby dog park.Many of them landed here in order to be closer tochildren and grandchildren and have since foundgreat friends, an active lifestyle, and a welcoming andcomfortable town to call home.

Hetty Van Kesteren was born in Indonesia, where herfather managed a medical opium company. One of herjoys these days is babysitting her newborn grandson,Hendrix. Photo by Lynn Burton

“I had an apple for the first time in my life.

I have never had an apple as good as that one.”

The Carbondale Board of Trustees got up from behind their table, stood and honored several town employees for theirservice earlier this month, including patrolman Fred Williams for his 30 years with the force. Williams tells The Sopris Sunhe began his law enforcement career with the Rio Blanco Sheriff’s Department in 1974, joined the Carbondale PD in 1976and served as police chief from 1982 to early 1997, thenSun left to work as security director for Aspen Glen. He returnedto the Carbondale PD in 2004 and intends to remain a patrolman. Williams was born in Collbran (west of Carbondaleabout 40 miles) and grew up in Grand Junction; he graduated from Grand Junction High School and Mesa College. Also,Fred and wife Connie will celebrate their 42nd wedding anniversary in 2015. Photo by Lynn Burton


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WEDS.-FRI. Dec. 24-Jan. 2FILm • Aspen Film, a year-round non-profitfilm arts and education organization, bringsbig screen buzz to Aspen’s Wheeler OperaHouse with its 23rd annual Academy Screen-ings through Jan. 2. Info: aspenshowtix.com.

WEDNESDAY Dec. 24RIGGER IN REDSTONE • Pianist JohnRigger provides the music during dinner atthe Redstone Inn. Info: 963-2526.

ccAH SHOW cONcLUDES • The Car-bondale Council on Arts and Humanities con-cludes its “Deck the Walls” holiday show atthe Launchpad’s R2 Gallery on Fourth Street.The show features jewelry, silks, scarves andwool cowles, handmade dolls, lamps, candles,handcrafted bath and beauty supplies, kitchenwares and one of a kind holiday ornamentsand cards. The lineup includes: Betsy Bing-ham-Johns, Asha Ironwood, Susie KaldisLowe, Sharill Hawkins, Franscensca Howell,Lil Momeyer, Penelope Olson, Lucy Roginski,Alexa Webster, Joy Rosenberg, Natasha See-dorf, Penny Alexander, Pam Porter, Jill Scher.Dave Cary, Josefina Gordh, Hendrika Cegiel-ski, Jan Schubert, Paul Markham, RolandMacKendrick, Diane Kenney, Anne Goldberg,Peg Malloy, Bees & Weeds Bath & Body Sup-ply, Queen of The Meadow, Lisa Dresback,Two + Two, Brian Colley, Elizabeth Hazle,Kelly G. Field, Joan Engler, Mary Noone, JudyMilne, Kat Moser, Sharon Newsome, Jan Pan-ico, Sondra Reiff, Eliza Rogan, Lisa Singer,Wade Newsome and Philip Hone Williams.Info: carbondalearts.com or 963-1680.

THURSDAY Dec. 25LIVE mUSIc • The Wheeler Opera Housepresents the Crystal Palace Review. Theproduction is a satirical musical re-view featuring veterans ofMeade Metcalf’s legendaryCrystal Palace Players.Word has it this willbe the review’s finalChristmas per-formance. Ticketsare $20 to $50.Info: 920-5770or aspen-showtix.com.

ROTARY •The Mt. SoprisRotary meetsat Mi Casita atnoon everyThursday.

FRIDAY Dec. 26mOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents“Wild” (R) at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 26-Jan. 1.

LIVE mUSIc • Steve’s Guitars in the oldpart of the Dinkel Building presents BobbyMason and Jimmy Ibbotson together in arare show. Info: 963-3304.

AcES • The Aspen Center for Environmen-tal Studies hosts is annual après event from3:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Hallam Lake. The freenight features libations, appetizers, kids ac-tivities, a bonfire, and naturalist-guided toursof Hallam Lake, and it’s free. “This is the per-fect time of year to enjoy dusk on the nature

preserve as waterfowl come in for theirevening landing,” said an ACES spokesman.

SATURDAY Dec. 27A REmEbRANcE • A re-

membrance time for ArletteOndine Lawyer will be

held at St. Benedict’sMonastery chapel at3 p.m. The chapel isthe first door youcome to in the mainmonestary building.

EAGLE cREST •The Saturday Win-ter Market returns toEagle Crest Nursey in

El Jebel on Saturdaysfrom 11:30 a.m. to 4:30

p.m. Check out the localproduce, food, coffee, soaps,

clothing, accessories and more.

SUNDAY Dec. 28LUTHERANS mEET • Faith LutheranChurch holds worship services at the Car-bondale Middle School auditorium: tradi-tional service (9 a.m.), educational hour (10a.m.), living praise worship (11:30 a.m.).Info. Faithcarbondale.com and 925-7725.

ASc • A Spiritual Center in the Third StreetCenter presents Carmen Iacino (“Take theWhole You into the New Year”) at 10 a.m.Info: 963-5516.

MONDAY Dec. 29JAZZ JAm • The Hotel Colorado in Glen-

wood Springs continues Jazz Jam Mon-days from 7 to 9:30 p.m. All abilities arewelcome. For more info contact HunterDamm 319-7853.

WEDNESDAY Dec. 31NORDIc LUmINARY • The Mount SoprisNordic Council, and Aspen Valley Ski Club,team up for Nordic Luminary Night from 6to 8 p.m. at Spring Gulch west of Carbon-dale. Ski the system with lumenarias lightingyour way. After the ski, there’ll be BonfireCoffee and other hot beverages by the fire.The event is free and the public is invited.Info: springgulch.org.

LIVE mUSIc • The Redstone Inn offers din-ner and DJ dancing from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m.Info: 963-2526.

LIVE mUSIc • The Elks Club in Aspenpresents the Roosters in a New Year’s Eveparty.

LIVE mUSIc • The Dirty Dozen BrassBand rocks the Wheeler Opera House inAspen. Tickets are $89, food and open barincluded and the dance floor will be open.Info: 920-5770 and aspenshowtix.com.

LIVE mUSIc • Dan Rosenthal hosts openmic nights at Rivers restaurant from 8 to 10p.m. Info: 928-8813.

ROTARY • The Rotary Club of Carbon-dale meets at the Carbondale Fire Station at6:45 a.m. on Wednesdays. Info: [email protected] and [email protected].

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Further OutFRI.-SUN. Jan. 2-4mINDFULNESS cOURSE • The full Mind-ful Life Program Foundations Course is of-fered at the Third Street Center. The coursecombines meditation training with practical,accessible and universal skills that empoweryou to engage in your life with attention andintention, according to a press release. Thehours are 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, 9 a.m. to 6p.m. on Saturday and 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.on Sunday. The cost is $250; payment plansand scholarships are available. Info: 970-633-0163 or [email protected].

SUNDAY Jan. 4HOOPS • The Carbondale seventh/eighthgrade boys basketball teams holds a free-throw shoot-a-thon at Roaring Fork HighSchool at 1 p.m. Pledges are being acceptedfor each free throw made; each boy gets 50shots. Proceeds go to equipment, uniformsand travel expenses, with 15 percent going toCarbondale LIFT-UP. Info: 963-1109.

TUESDAY Jan. 13cHAmbER LUNcHEON • The CarbondaleChamber of Commerce holds its quarterlyluncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Or-chard. Susie Jimenez (Spice it Up) will providethe lunch. The cost is $20 in advance and $30the day of. The luncheon is also the chamber’sannual meeting, so it will announce its 2014Business of the Year and Non-Profit of theYear. The keynote presentation is titled “DoesDigital Marketing Have You Dazed and Con-fused?” Info: 963-1890.

OngoingKOROLOGOS GALLERY • The Ann Korol-ogos Gallery in downtown Basalt presents“The Gift of Winter” through Jan. 4. Info: ko-rologosgallery.com or 927-9668.

ASPEN cHAPEL GALLERY • The AspenChapel Gallery features Brian Colley, LisaSinger, Staci Dickerson, Kat Rich and 27 otherlocal artists in its “Small Wonders” showthrough Jan. 4.

cASTLE TOURS • Guided tours at the his-toric Redstone Castle are offered on Saturdaysand Sundays at 1:30 p.m. through the winter,with holiday tours Dec. 22-26 and 29-31.Info: 963-9656 and redstonecastle.us.

mAYOR’S cOFFEE HOUR • Chat withCarbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot on Tuesdaysfrom 7 to 8 a.m. at the Village Smithy.

TWO STEPPIN’ • Two Step Tuesdays takesplace at the Third Street Center every Tuesdaynight at 7:45 p.m. Admission is $7 singles/$12per couple. Partners are not necessary. Wearhard soled shoes and bring water. Info:meetup.com/RFVDance.

bRIDGE • The Carbondale Bridge Clubmeets at the Senior Matters room in the ThirdStreet Center Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. Youmust have a partner and the fee is $3 per per-son. Info: 963-0425.

FIGURE DRAWING • The Carbondale Coun-cil on Arts and Humanities offers figure draw-ing sessions on Mondays from 6 to 9 p.m. Info:970-456-2865 or [email protected].

AUTISTIc STORYTImE • The CarbondaleBranch Library offers a sensory storytime for

autistic children and their parent/caregiverSaturdays at 10:30 a.m.

LINX • The Linx Networking group meetseach Tuesdays at 7 a.m. in the Aspen-Sotheby’s real estate office on Midland Avenuein Basalt. Info: Keith Edquist at 928-8428.

WEEKLY RUNS • Independence Run & Hikeholds runs group runs at 8 a.m. on Saturdaysand 6 p.m. on Thursdays. Info: 704-0909.

mEDITATION AND DHARmA • John(Chophel) Bruna facilitates a meditation andDharma talk at the Third Street Center from5:30 to 7 p.m. on Wednesdays. There will bea 25-minute meditation, followed by adharma talk with time for questions and an-swers. It’s offered by the Way of CompassionFoundation and co-sponsored by DaviNikent. Info: wayofcompassion.org.

TAI cHI • Senior Matters offers tai chi classesat the Third Street Center on Mondays andWednesday at 8:30 a.m. Classes are $48 permonth or $8 for drop ins. Info: John Nortonat 379-1375.

TAI cHI • Senior Matters presents SimpleTai Chi in room 33 of the Third Street Cen-ter from 11 a.m. to noon on Fridays. Info:379-1375.

mINDFULNESS GROUP • The Mindfulnessgroup holds weekly sessions at 7:30 p.m. nextto the Boomerang on Highway 133. Info:970-633-0163.

EXTREmE cOFFEE • The Extreme SportsCamp in the Third Street Center invites folksto drop in for a free cup of Boomerang Coffee

during Friendly Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to3:30 p.m.

DAVI NIKENT • Weekly meditation anddharma talks with John Chophel Bruna con-tinue Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. at the ThirdStreet Center. Info: wayofcompassion.org.

cANcER cONSULTATIONS • ValleyView Hospital offers free lung cancer evalu-ations on Thursdays from 9 to 11:30 a.m.Info: 384-7707.

mUSIc TOGETHER • All Valley Music To-gether classes are under way. For details, go toallvalleymusic.com or call 963-1482.

TAI cHI • Martin Finkelstein presents “TaiChi Principles and Theory” at the Third StreetCenter a 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thurs-days. Info: 948-7379.

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Hold the PressesWRITER SPEAKS • Winter Words presentsNatasha Trethewey at Paepcke Auditoriumon the Aspen Institute campus at 6 p.m. onJan. 6 (doors open at 5:30 p.m.). Tretheweywon a Pulitzer Prize in 2007, was a PushcartPrize winner in 2014, and U.S. Poet Laureatein 2012-2014. Tickets are $20 at 920-5770or aspenshowtix.com. A book signing willfollow the presentation. For more informa-tion, go to aspenwriters.org.

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The public came, saw and soaked in more than 50 works from local artists, thenvoted to make Nicole DeSimone the recipient of the inaugural Wyly Open Winner(WOW) award for her oil on canvas titled “Lady on the Steps.”

The first annual Wyly Open, at The Wyly Art Center, was open to artists who livein the 816 Zip code.

In other Wyly news:• Bayard Hollins is featured at The Wyly Annex (174 Midland Ave.) in the show

“Two Worlds.” A Basalt resident and internationally exhibited and collected artist,Hollins’s contemporary landscapes interact between classical realism and abstract ex-pressionism conveying the rawness of nature in an explosion of color, according to apress release. The show runs through Jan. 24.

• The Wyly’s main gallery presents Carbondale artist Susan Obermeyer Strauss inthe show “Domestic Wild” starting with an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. onJan. 9. Strauss said her current work features horses (her “earthly obsession”) in abroad range, exploring them and man through many cultures. The show continuesthrough March 7.

• The Wyly recently named Eliza Rogan as its new program director. Rogan willoversee community programs and educational outreach, as well as develop and ex-pand art classes for adults and children to include pattern making, computer anima-tion, film making, digital photography and more. Additionally Rogan will curate new

exhibitions at The Wyly Annex and The Wyly Art Center, as well as coordinate artisttalks, panel discussions and art events at both galleries. Before joining The Wyly, Roganattended the Art Institute of Chicago and earned a BA in studio art and a Master inEducation from the University of Virginia. After teaching middle school art for fouryears, she founded The Flying Pig Art Center in Scottsville, Virginia. Since moving tothe Roaring Fork Valley three years ago, Rogan has worked as a free-lance illustrator,muralist and art educator. “I have found my roots in the community with my new roleat The Wyly Art Center,” Rogan said. She lives in Redstone with her musician hus-band Josh, and their two snow-loving dogs.

• The Art Project for kids will be offered on Tuesdays from Jan. 13 through Feb.17 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Children will develop a project from start to finish basedon creative themes like The Wyly’s twist on “Into The Woods.” They will also exploretheir own stories through mask making, dioramas, painting, printmaking and more.

Note: The Wyly depends on individual donations for more than three-quarters of itsannual budget. “Please support our good work,” said a Wyly spokeswoman. For ourfull schedule of events, classes, workshops and exhibitions, and to register, visit wyl-yarts.org, call 927-4123 or e-mail [email protected].

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A vintage, very colorful Volkswagen Mi-crobus that once sold coffee to tourists inSnowmass Village is now the mobile base ofCarbondale’s latest entry into Colorado’sburgeoning recreational marijuana industry,a “marijuana infused products” businessknown as the Magic Buzz — the same nameit had when it was basically a motorizedcoffee cart.

The 1971 Microbus, said owner ScottCalliham of Snowmass Village, is “almost likea mobile educational opportunity, or a mo-bile library about facts and information,”which is based in Carbondale and got its per-mits to do business here in October.

The information he offers, he said, is aboutthe Colorado legalized pot industry in general,and cannabis infused products particularly.

Calliham stressed that his products are dif-ferent from much of what is on the markettoday, noting that he puts out “functionallyenhanced” infused products, meaning he addsingredients that help the Tetrahydrocannabi-nol, or THC (the intoxicating component ofpot) achieve the desired results.

Calliham, 49, emphasized that he does notactually sell his products out of the van,which would be illegal and which he admit-ted has occasioned more than one conversa-tion with a concerned police officer and a feweager customers.

Back when he was selling coffee, he said,customers would walk up to his service win-dow and, after getting their coffee, wouldglance inside and ask, “Why don’t you sellpot out of this?”

“I would answer, because it’s not legal,” herecalled with a grin, adding that even now, asa licensed manufacturer of edible pot, he isprohibited from carrying product in the van.Instead, he carries around a number of whathe said are “empties” to show people whathis products look like.

He plans ultimately to have a multi-mediashow in the back of his van, to acquaint po-tential customers with his products, allpowered by a solar panel mounted on topof the vehicle.

coffee to “energy shots”Over the early years of his coffee enter-

prise, the business evolved from traditional

cups of coffee to a specialized product hecalled coffee-based “energy shots” in 2-ounceplastic bottles. He sold those drinks for twoyears, until 2013, when he decided the busi-ness had to evolve again, this time into therecreational pot market.

In this latest enterprise, he uses the samebasic packaging as he used for his coffee-flavored shots, with new labels and, ofcourse, new ingredients.

At present, his products include three shot-sized drinks, each with 10 milligrams ofTHC, which he said “is considered a single-serving low dose.” He emphasized that he ispart of a coalition of pot-related business inColorado (check out www.consumerespon-sibly.org) that offer advice to consumersabout how to use their products safely.

In his product line, one is a mango-orangeflavored concoction called “Buzzin’,” withTHC extracted from a “sativa dominant” potstrain that is generally considered the higher-energy pot on the market. That is blendedwith yerba mate, a caffeine-dense tea, and tau-rine, a naturally occurring amino acid believedto improve athletic performance. The result,according to his website (www.themag-icbuzz.com) is “an uplifting boost of energy,enhanced creative senses and cerebral mood… to supercharge your journey.”

Another preparation from the Magic Buzzis the acai-berry flavored “Chillin’,” a blendof indica (which produces a heavier, morelethargic high) and sativa pot strains, greentea and milk thistle, which the website terms“relaxing, restorative and contemplative.”

The third flavor Calliham has so far is ahoney-lemon flavored shot called “Snoozin’,”which is termed a “maximum strength sleepaid” that combines the effects of strictly in-dica pot, valerian root and chamomile tea, allof which induce sleepiness.

He plans to come out soon with a pinklemonade flavor, at a strength of 5 milligramsper shot, “because some people don’t evenwant 10 mg, it’s too strong for them.”

Calliham said he supplies 15 or so recre-ational pot businesses in the Roaring ForkValley and other communities on the West-ern Slope. Two Carbondale outlets — Doc-tor’s Garden and the Acme Healing Center —sell his products, and he said he expects soonto do business with another, more establishedlocal pot shop, Rocky Mountain High on Vil-lage Road.

In addition, he plans to expand to mar-kets in the metro Denver area and in Boulderin 2015.

He told The Sopris Sun that there are“about 90 licenses in the state of Colorado toproduce ‘infused products,’” some of whichare linked to previously approved medicalmarijuana or recreational dispensaries andtheir respective cultivation operations. Manyinfused products typically are made from the“shake” that naturally accumulates as part ofthe production process of growing and pack-aging pot for sale in the dispensaries.

Calliham wrote in an e-mail that there in-creasing specialization in the industry, withmore firms focusing on a “what you dobest” business philosophy, including compa-

nies that strictly produce infused products.“As such, I would guess there are less

than 70 and possibly as few as 60 ‘active’ in-fused product manufacturers in Colorado,”he concluded.

Calliham has lived in the Roaring ForkValley for 22 years, he said, and is marriedwith three young children.

Originally from Kansas City, Kansas, he“moved here to ski and play and ride mybike,” and came up with the motorized coffeecart idea as a way of supporting those aims.

His current business, he said, “Is just theevolution of that business, into this one.”

Magic Buzz spreading word about infused products

Sopris Sun Staff Report

David Troxel recently opened Higher Ground Commu-nity Mediation in Carbondale, according to a press release.

“Higher Ground offers a wide variety of dispute resolu-tion and group facilitation services to individuals, families,neighborhood groups and HOAs, community and commer-cial organizations, and public agencies,” Troxel said.

Services include:• Individual and group conflict coaching/consultation;• Family and group dialogue facilitation;• Divorce, custody and parenting plans;• Elder care and care giver mediation (including

guardianships and conservatorships);

• Neighborhood dispute resolution (noise, barking dogs,landlord/tenant issues, HOA, and more);

• Public deliberation process facilitation; and,• Other alternative dispute resolution processes.

“I am dedicated to supporting healthy families, organi-zations and communities by helping people build bridges ofcommunication and understanding. The Higher Groundconcept is based on the transformation of conflict engage-ment into creative opportunities to strengthen relationshipsand forge collaborative partnerships at all levels of society,”he said.

Troxel holds a MA in conflict resolution from the Uni-versity of Denver and is trained in multiple types of media-

tion and dialogue facilitation. His experience includes courtand human services mediation for Jefferson County Medi-ation Services in Golden. He currently serves as a mediatorand founding board member of Mountain Judicial Media-tion, a Carbondale non-profit providing case resolution serv-ices to Garfield County Combined Courts. In addition,Troxel has worked as a consultant in developing elder caremediation programs in Denver and Boulder, and is state cer-tified as a child family investigator for the fifth and ninthColorado Judicial Districts.

Higher Ground Community Mediation can be reached at970-987-2745, [email protected], hgcommuni-tymediation.com, and Box 694, Carbondale, CO 81623.

David Troxel opens community mediation service


Scott Calliham, proprietor of the Magic Buzz marijuana infused products business inCarbondale, stands beside his flagship vehicle – a vintage VW Microbus. At least onepolice officer has asked what’s actually inside the van. Photo by John Colson

John ColsonSopris Sun Correspondent

In keeping with Carbondale’s growingreputation as a healthy place to live andwork, the town is about to get yet anotherlarge medical office facility — a dental of-fice on a now-vacant lot between HeritagePark Care Center and Alpine Bank, nearthe corner of Village Road and Highway133.

This will be the town’s second new, en-larged medical business, following recentcompletion of the Roaring Fork FamilyPhysicians of Valley View Hospital facilityfurther south along the highway.

The new dental office is being built byDoctors Matt and Taylor Verheul (pro-nounced ver-heel), and their partner, long-time local dentist Eugene Covello.

All three dentists, along with theirstaffs, will be moving to the new buildingonce it is finished, some time next year,Matt Verheul told The Sopris Sun in a tele-phone interview on Dec. 18.

The building where the dentists cur-rently practice, at 289 Main St., is ownedby Covello, who has been in practice atthat location since 1975. The Verheuls

joined Covello’s practice approximately sixyears ago, and three years ago Covello soldthe business to his partners, but not theproperty.

Covello, reached by telephone in GrandJunction, where he now lives and com-mutes to the Carbondale office, said he willcontinue working for now.

“I’m not ready to close it up yet, but Iwas ready to not be running it,” said Cov-ello, who added that he is not done yet asa dentist.

“I’m gonna be around for a while,” hesaid. “I feel real good and I really lovedoing dentistry.”

And doing what one loves is somethingthat, at the age of 65, he has been im-mensely grateful for, he added.

“I think it keeps us stimulated, it keepsus healthy and young,” he remarked,adding that he is not sure what he will dowith the old office building on Main Street.

Plans for the new building, however, areunder review in the town of Carbondale’sbuilding department, where building offi-cial John Plano said it is to be a two-storybuilding with 5,000 square feet of space oneach floor.

It is to be built on a lot of 35,197 squarefeet, which Verheul said will be taken upby the structure and by a large parking lotto accommodate the vehicles anticipatedfor the dental business as well as whateverelse ends up there.

In addition, according to Plano, theplans call for a three-car, private garage atthe back of the lot.

The architect for the building, Plano re-ported, is Frank Malek, of the firm, 101Architecture in Greenwood Village, a sub-urb of Denver.

The dentists will be working on the firstfloor, Verheul said, while the upstairs iscurrently configured for three differentbusiness or retail spaces.

But, noted Matt Verheul, “it could endup being very different. I’m just kind ofleaving my options open.”

Concerning the new building, which ispredominantly the Verheuls’ venture,“We’re definitely really excited about it.”

The couple had been looking aroundfor a place to build, he explained, and“there’s not a lot of available dirt around,”at least not with ample space for parking.

And parking, he said, has been “one

of our problems here” at the Main Streetlocation.

The new location, Verheul said, is agood one because of its proximity to thehighway, which will make it easy to locatefor customers not familiar with the town.

Still, he added, “Honestly, the location,for our business, since we’re primarilyword-of-mouth (in terms of marketing andattracting new customers), is not that im-portant to us. We would have liked to stayon Main Street. We like it downtown.”

Verheul, 39, is from South Dakota orig-inally. He met his wife, who is from Mon-tana, while the two were attending dentalschool in Minnesota.

They practiced together in Sioux Falls,South Dakota, for “a few years,” he said,before relocating to Carbondale.

And they are happy they did, he con-tinued.

“Taylor and I love this valley, andwe love this city,” he remarked enthu-siastically.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearingwill be held before the Carbondale Planning andZoning Commission for the purpose of consideringa Special Use permit to operate a Retail MarijuanaCultivation Operation.

The property is located at 220 N 12th Street Unit A,Carbondale, CO.

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Said Public Hearing will be held at the CarbondaleTown Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, COat 7:00 p.m. on January 15, 2015.

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should re�ect all of our unique qualities asshould each branch library cater to the re-quirements of its own community. Carbon-dale’s needs and interests are different thanthose of Ri�e or Silt. All well reviewed liter-ary �ction and topical non-�ction must be aparamount part of Carbondale’s collection.

I want to thank Molly and staff for the jobsthey are doing. I love walking into our libraryand seeing many young people there and I lovethe programs that are offered for both youngand old. The library should and can be a com-munity hub and still ful�ll its purpose.

Ro MeadCarbondale

Thanks to Heritage ParkDear Editor:

I recently lost a close friend who spent thelast 18 months of her life at Heritage ParkCare Center, �rst in assisted living and then,as her health further failed following severalstrokes, in the Skilled Nursing section. For thelast month of my friend’s life, I was there sev-eral times a day and able to observe the ex-

cellent care provided by the kind, caring anddedicated staff; I cannot speak more highly oftheir commitment to their clients’ well being.

It is so dif�cult to observe our loved onesin discomfort and we strive to do all we canto ease their pain. I felt that every request thatI made to Heritage on her behalf was hon-ored and every attempt was made to ful�llher needs. She was treated with the utmostdignity and respect and loving care. I am verygrateful to the wonderful folks at HeritagePark. How fortunate we are to have this fa-cility in our community.

Patti StranahanCarbondale

Thanks to the crewDear Editor:

No doubt most of you have noticed theaddition of new �ower boxes along the en-trance to Carbondale’s Main Street publicparking lot. How nice to see beautiful �ow-ers blooming in these newly covered sectionof previously ancient black railroad ties.

A special thanks to Smiley Wise, one of the

chiefs in the Public Works Departmentwho gave permission to the project, and toCarlos Loya, the one who transformed thatold look to the “new look.”

Also, thanks to our newest planting vol-unteers: D’uan Hajdu, O. D., Jeanie Hays withthe law of�ces of Whitsitt & Gross, and ZaneKessler with the Thompson Divide Coalition.

Thanks to the town’s new arborist, DaveCoon, who in addition to his many dutiesmanages to water every �ower pot in ourtown three times a week!

Other volunteers involved with plantingtheir own plants in those large pots are: MaryBeth Bos (new owner of Main Street Spirits),Aimee and Anthony Gullwick (Koru con-struction company), Amy Kimberly (CCAH),Peter Gilbert of the Dance Initiative (soon-to-be occupants of the old town library on FourthStreet), Stacy Evans & Friends, Susan’s Flow-ers plus 21 others who are repeat participantssince 2010. Thank you folks!

What attractive and pleas-ant gifts your efforts are tothis community. We appreci-

ate all of you. Thank you.Chris ChacosProject “Gunga Din!”Carbondale

Boogie’s thanksDear Editor:

This past Friday, over 1,000 people kickedoff their Fourth of July celebration with oneof Aspen’s most popular traditions: the an-nual Boogie’s Buddy Race to bene�t theBuddy Program! This 5K race and 1-milefamily and canine walk provides funding tosupport nearly 1,000 local youth and theirfamilies through many critical services andprograms including individual mentoring,group mentoring, leadership education,Lemonade Day, activities, scholarships, andtherapeutic counseling.

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Thanks to Forest ServiceDear Editor:

I’d like to extend a huge thank you to theForest Service for its long-term commitmentto protecting the Thompson Divide. Their newoil and gas-leasing plan is an amazing step for-ward and a well-earned victory for all of theThompson Divide advocates in and out of theRoaring Fork Valley. This new plan is para-mount not only because it protects large por-tions of the Thompson Divide, but alsobecause it honors and supports what our com-munity has been saying in unanimity: The

Thompson Divide is not an appropriate placefor industrial gas development.

What’s even better is that the plan goesabove and beyond preventing new leasing op-portunities for the next 15 to 20 years; it alsoplaces “no surface occupancy stipulations” onthe respective roadless areas. This means thateven if a gas lease overlaps with a roadlessarea, construction of roads or well pads is pro-hibited, effectively protecting the wildlife, thewatersheds and the ecological integrity of theThompson Divide.

While this plan is an absolute milestone,

there are still 65 illegally issued leases, 25 ofwhich are within the Thompson Divide. TheBLM is ultimately responsible for analyzingand deciding the fate of the existing leases.

With a huge kudos to the Forest Service, Iwould encourage the BLM, our elected leadersand industry representatives to follow suitand serve the interests of the local communityand environment by putting this issue to bed.Void the leases.

Annie Henderson, co-founderUpper Colorado PrivateBoaters Association

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