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By Lynn BurtonSopris Sun Staff Writer

ithout dissent, the Carbondaletrustees on Tuesday night solidifiedtheir stand against gas drilling on

Thompson Divide, instructing staff to draft a newletter to the Bureau of Land Management ex-plaining the town’s position.

“Most folks feel it (Thompson Divide) is toospecial to drill in,”trustee Frosty Merriott said dur-ing a discussion on what to include in the letter.

The trustees concerns included impacts to theenvironment, roads, tourist economy and more.

“I think the board should take a strong stance,”said trustee Elizabeth Murphy.

The Houston-based SG Interests has applied tothe BLM for unitization of its leases on Thomp-son Divide southwest of Carbondale,which couldprotect its rights to drill in the future.

TrusteeAllyn Harvey said the tourist industry’simportance to the economy is “profound” and itssuccess depends on a healthy environment“even inCarbondale.”

The trustees sent a letter to the BLM statingtheir concerns in March 2011. That letter, withpoints made in letters from Glenwood Springs andGarfield County, will form the basis for Carbon-dale’s new letter.

Town Manager Jay Harrington said he’ll e-mailthe trustees drafts of the new letter before theirnext meeting.

Earlier in the meeting,Thompson Divide Coali-tion member Chuck Ogilby told the trustees hisgroup is pushing for the federal government towithdraw gas-drilling leases from the area. Hecalled the push the “end game” to the current ef-fort to protect Thompson Divide. “That’s wherewe’re coming from,” he said.

In some of the other trustee business fromTues-day night:

• Trustees voted 4-3 not to extend the deadlinefor property owner J&J Newell, Inc. to record itsplat for Lot 62 in the Hendrick Ranch PUD.Trustees Pam Zentmyer, Frosty Merriott, JohnHoffmann and Allyn Harvey voted not to extendthe deadline; mayor Stacey Bernot, and trusteesJohn Foulkrod and Elizabeth Murphy voted to ex-tend it.

Trustees approved a sub-division exemptionplat for Lot 62 in 2008. A staff memo said theproperty owner was given extensions in 2008 and2009 but the plat has not been filed.

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Prom night2012Saturday night was Prom Nightfor Roaring Fork High Schoolstudents and they did it up infine style at PAC3. Clockwise

from upper left: Shaely Lough,Kaleigh Wisroth and Toni Gross;

Natalie Olivas and OmarTorres; Dakotah Grett andYanell Guzman (bottom left

and right); and SharleneSalinas and Trenton Reeds

(center). Photos bySue Rollyson

OST effort to intrude upon critical wildlifehabitat along the rail grade up the east side ofthe Crystal to Filoha Meadows. The out-standing recreation benefits to the Carbon-dale community afforded by the generousWexner land exchange were reviewed and amajority of the trustees rejected the attemptto undermine their support for the exchange.

It is apparent that the Pitkin County OSTeffort to acquire land parcels and accessalong the historic grade are an attempt to dic-tate the trail alignment prior to wildlife habi-tat reviews and vetting. Pitkin County OSTmay have to live with just open space with-out the impact and intrusion of trail devel-opment. Crystal Valley residents believe thatthe trail may be appropriately aligned with-out the loss of watchable wildlife or the viewplane of the scenic by-way through shareddecision-making.

The Carbondale trustees and MayorStacey Bernot should be extended thanks fortheir time,patience, and handling of the two-hour ordeal.

Bill Hanks,Avalanche Creek

St. Pat’s thanksDear Editor:

Thanks to all that helped to make thisyear's St. Patrick Day Parade another greattime in Carbondale.

Jeff Groom for his team of horses andwagon for King Marty and Queen Kathy toride in.All that had floats,bikes and anythingelse you could imagine that participated.

Betsy Schenck and The Zingers for keep-ing the music going. The town of Carbon-dale, American Legion Post 100 and ThePour House for all their help for this year andkeeping this tradition going strong.

Special thanks to The American Legion-Ladies Auxiliary for the annual corned beefand cabbage meal, music and fun.

Looking forward tonextyear—March17.American Legion Post 100Carbondale

Support CPS reformDear Editor:

Child abuse and neglect resulting in deathhas been at an all time high in Colorado overthe past five years. In fact, 43 children havedied under the eyes of the state child welfaresystem. The causes of these deaths are be-lieved to be because of the lack of concernand poor decision making from Child Pro-tective Service workers placed on these cases.

As a concerned group of students fromRoaring Fork High School, myself and fourother juniors have started a group calledPCAA — Protect Children Against Abuse.

As a part of this group, we are trying ourhardest to make a change to the ChildWelfareSystem here in Colorado. We have starteddoing this by creating a four-step plan that wethink can truly help improve children’s safety.

The first step to our plan is to improve thescreening and recruiting of CPS workers.Thiswill create better chances for hiring a highlytrained and well-qualified employee.

The second step is to make caseloadsmore reasonable for each caseworker. Ac-cording to a recent study, the average case-worker in Colorado has 24-31 childrenalone. They should really only have 12-15.

Thirdly, we suggest that more than onecaseworker be assigned to each case depend-ing on the severity of the case and the num-ber of children involved. This would lessenthe possibilities of poor decision-making andallow second opinions and discussions.Lastly, increase the pay for caseworkers.Thismight cost the state a lot of money but it istruly beneficial to not only caseworkers butalso to children.

We kindly ask for the support of the com-munity in helping us make a change. Like ourpage “PCAA” on Facebook and get in touchwith us at studentsforpcaa@gmail.com.Every-body wants to be able to say that they saved achild’s life and you can do so by supporting us!

Shaeley LoughRoaring Fork High School

Fire thanksDear Editor:

On April 9 there was a house fire in SwissVillage. I have some“THANKYOUs”to thefolks that kept that fire in check.

Thanks to James and Denise Watson fortheir quick action that may have kept the firefrom spreading.

This valley is most fortunate to have greatfire departments with fire fighters who arecommitted, skilled, and ready to serve theircommunity at any time day or night. I wasimpressed with how quickly they responded,and how well they managed the fire. Our firefighters don’t always get the credit they de-serve. My appreciation and support go outto the firefighters who give to their commu-nity every day.

Sharon HagedornSwiss Village

Thanks to the trusteesDear Editor:

A systematic 10-year effort to acquireCrystal River historic rail parcels and accessby the Pitkin County Open Space and Trails(OST) was slowed just a little on March 20 bythe Carbondale trustees attention to propriety.

The request by the OST and Carbondalebiking committee was an attempt to coerce

trail access up the Crystal by asking thetrustees to reverse their votes of support forthe Wexner land exchange in order to forceaccess from the Wexners. Even a PitkinCounty commissioner registered disapprovalof the back-room tactic by open letter.

A Colorado Parks and Wildlife manager,a wildlife biologist, and the Crystal RiverCaucus presented testimony opposing the

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Act II: Let’s have sustainableenergy for everyone

Every time I see Mitt Romney on the television I think it’s a Just For Men commercial.Then I remember that this is what a modern day Republocrat looks like — good-lookingin a dull and easily forgettable way.

Watching these talking heads in their expensive suits andsculpted hair, standing on their red-white-and-blue platformsof greed and arrogance, while everyday Americans are un-employed and evicted makes me throw up a little in mymouth. They are an old, tired lot; a worn-out image of whatthis country used to think it wanted, like a 24x36 inch posterof Cheryl Tiegs in a one-piece.

These guys seriously stand up there on stage and act likethey have anything to offer us. And it doesn’t matter a bitwhat they call themselves: Democrat, Republican, FreakyDeaky Mormon Dutch. Not one of them does what they’rehired to do— represent the people. All they are capable of,evidently, is selling us out to corn, drug and oil companies.So, I guess we’ll just have to keep hacking away; the revolu-

tion may not be televised, but we’ll be able to see it on YouTube.The online world is like an open-mic night of unbiased, idealistic freaks who share in-

formation the way our parents shared STDs.The Internet makes it easy to keep tabs on thesejokers, and makes it harder for them to hide behind their wives’ pre-suffragette-sized-skirts,particularly when they’re caught with someone else’s wife. If I ever did want a stranger’sopinion on what I should or should not do with my own body, I cannot think of a less-qual-ified lot to consult. Asking them to represent my best interest when it comes to health careis like asking Halliburton to recommend the latest renewable energy technology.

No matter what your political affliction, we can all agree that the oil will run out beforethe sun does. Oil & Gas can inject its face all it wants, and put on makeup to hide the wrin-kles, but its days above ground are numbered — ha!

So, let’s get out of the hearse and jump on the clean-energy biodiesel bandwagon. Thisis what I’d like to hear come out of one of those Republocrat’s mouths: We are no longergoing to send YOUR sons and daughters to war so that large corporations can rake theprofits into the pockets of a few CEOs who happen to lunch on endive salad with membersof OUR Congress.

Instead of promoting joining the Corps, why not invest in training a whole generationto work in renewables? That way, we can really get off the oil (foreign and domestic) andbe producers as well as consumers. Switching to renewable energy sources would increaseemployment, make us self-sufficient and eliminate our need for oil which would end mostof the wars we’re involved in. Then, instead of sending our youth to foreign places to rapeand kill the locals, we can train them to manage energy sources like solar, wind and torus.

In the movie“Thrive,” torus is presented as a free energy source available to anyone andeveryone on the planet, once we figure out how the damn thing works. Since energy is ar-guably the biggest industry on Earth, one can see how free access to clean energy wouldmean significantly less war and strife.

If all the “little people” could use energy the way we use gravity then the giant corpora-tions would be left out in the cold, with no money and no power— pun intended!

Coal, natural gas, oil, all the limited resources we’ve been using as though they’re un-limited are on their last song. Just like the clowns on stage trying to convince us they havea new solution for our “fiat”sco of an economy (as if history isn’t about to repeat itself)they’re soft-shoeing their way right into the orchestra pit.

Let’s face it, we’re at the end of the scene; it’s time for the next act. We’ll all go get a lit-tle snack and come back to watch the curtain rise on Act II: The people of Earth, an evolv-ing species that thinks “digital watches are a pretty neat idea” – Douglas Adams, work onsustainable energy for everyone.

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Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers willonce again launch a summer season of trailmaintenance, restoration and expansion proj-ects as the non-profit organization has donefor the past 16 years.

From Aspen to Glenwood Springs, hun-dreds of volunteers will pick up shovels andpulaskis to improve, restore and even reroutemany of the valley’s favorite trails.

“By the time the summer is over,hundredsof individual volunteers as well as many or-ganizations and company employees willhave spent thousands of hours helping tomake many of our favorite trails more enjoy-able for hiking, biking, and walking,” saidDavid Hamilton, executive director of RFOV.

Thursday evenings during May, RFOVwill host public work-evenings in GlenwoodSprings to add to the Wulfsohn Trail.

On NationalTrails Day, volunteers will bethe first to build a new world-class trail sys-tem on the recently acquired Sky MountainPark (formerly the Droste property) that bor-ders Aspen and Snowmass Village. Also inJune, volunteers will help create a publicspace on the old Basalt Bridge by buildingbenches, platforms and planters.

Other projects include:• A long weekend project partnering with

the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative to im-prove the trail on the route up to peak fromCapitol Lake, and an overnight project willcontinue work started last year on the Ar-baney-Kittle Trail in Basalt;

• The Smuggler Mountain Trail projectwill see its third summer of volunteers,work-ing to turn the old road system into a trail, aproject that will include native planting, seed-ing and other restoration techniques;

• Anderson LakeTrail restoration to turnthe old road to Anderson Lakes into a single-track trail;

• During the end of the summer and intothe fall,RFOV volunteers will move on to theold road toAnderson Lake,where they’ll helpcreate a new trail by seeding, covering andbringing in slash to turn the old road into asingle-track trail;

• Later in the fall, it’s back to the Glen-wood Springs area in to rebuild sections of thefirst three miles of the popular No NameTrail,and to continue efforts along the ColoradoRiver to eradicate the invasive tamarisk andRussian olive. More information is availableat rfov.org or 927-8241.

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Two acclaimed experts from Europe arecoming to Carbondale to debate and discussthe future of the European Union (EU) withstudents from Roaring Fork High School,Colorado Rocky Mountain School (CRMS)and Aspen High School.

Consul General Beverley Simpson fromthe United Kingdom and Philippe Le Guen,Director of the l’Association Jean Monnet,will speak to the perspectives of the Euro-skeptic and European integration, respectively.The panel will comment on questions andpoints made by students and offer perspec-tives to enlarge our understanding of Europe.

“Our goal,” said Roaring Fork HighSchool social studies teacher Ben Bohmfalk,an organizer of the event, “is to provide arange of perspectives on the challenges facingEurope. Europe’s economic crisis threatensto derail the U.S. recovery, and the decisionsmade in Europe today affect all of us. Euro-peans are faced with two stark alternatives:go forward more unified or more dividedthan they are today.”

The evening — April 27 at 7:30 p.m. atThunder River Theatre in downtown Car-bondale — is sponsored by the Roaring ForkCultural Council (RFCC)in Carbondale; the Col-orado European UnionCenter of Excellence inBoulder, Colorado; andthe Center for Educationin Law and Democracyin Denver,Colorado.Theevent is free and open tothe public.

“I am delighted theRoaring Fork CulturalCouncil can host thisevent at the Thunder River Theatre,” saidRFCC co-chair Jim Calaway.“Events like thismirror my own belief in the importance of K-12 education as it applies in the wider world.”

The topic for debate:“Since it's inception,the 27 member nations of the EU have vol-untarily given up some national sovereigntyto fulfill the goals of peace and prosperity.Should member states give up more sover-

eignty to solve the Euro crisis?”Students from Roaring Fork High School,

CRMS, and Aspen High will join studentsfrom other Coloradocommunities to debate aquestion that will en-hance their knowledge ofEuropean politics, eco-nomics, and history.Community membersare invited to listen in,ask questions, and pro-vide feedback to stu-dents. Following thestudent event, everyonewill then have an oppor-

tunity to interact with panelists about the un-derlying issues and solutions to the Europeanfinancial crisis.

Beverley Jayne Simpson became HerMajesty’s Consul-General to Colorado,Wyoming and New Mexico in November2011. Prior to her arrival in Denver, Simpsonserved as Deputy Consul-General in Erbil,Northern Iraq; and Deputy Consul-General

in Chongqing, Southwest China. She hasbeen a member of the British DiplomaticService for 22 years and been posted all overthe world including Australia, the Caribbean,the Falkland Islands, Bosnia, India, and at theUnited Nations in New York.

Philippe Le Guen is the Director of theJean Monnet Association, a non-profit or-ganization whose main objective is to reviveand transmit the memory, work, and teach-ings of Jean Monnet, one of the founding fa-thers of the European Union. Theassociation, located in Paris, organizes train-ing activities and provides information onEuropean construction at the Jean MonnetHouse. Mr. Le Guen has a master’s degree inmodern languages from the UniversityDiderot of Paris and a graduate degree inHuman Resources and Training. He receivedthe 2011 European Citizenship Award fromCOJEP International, a French-Turkish or-ganization working on the issues of democ-racy and human rights, as a reward for hisinvolvement in the process of making alivethe concept of European citizenship.

High schoolers debate European Union’s future

RFOV sets summer project schedule

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By Lynn BurtonSopris Sun Staff Writer

Three candidates are running for twoseats on the Carbondale & Rural Fire Pro-tection District board of directors.They areincumbents Bob Emerson and Lou Eller,and Kathy Ortiz.

The Sopris Sun submitted questions via e-mail to the three candidates. Emerson repliedquestion-by-question, while Eller and Ortizsubmitted a letter-to-the-editor style writtenresponse. We start with Emerson.

Bob EmersonQuestion: Background: how long in thevalley or Carbondale, job/profession/etc.Boards you serve on or served on. Any-thing else you want to add.Answer: Here since 1976; attorney forAlpineBank; former attorney for the fire district.

Q: Are you on the fire board now and ifso for how long?A: On the fire board for two years.

Q: Are you a fire district volunteer and ifso for how long?A: No.

Q: Why are you running?A: To continue to provide service to thedistrict.

Q: How do you view the role of the board?A: To establish and set district policies.

Q: What are one or two of the challengesyou see for the fire district in the comingyears?A: Sufficient revenue and personnel tomaintain service levels.

Q: What can the fire board do about it?A: Be fiscally responsible and produce goodplanning.

Q: Do you have any projects you'd like totackle or for the board to consider?A: I am on the long range planning com-mittee to develop a new master plan.

Q: Should the fire board increase commu-nication between itself and the public? Ifso, how?A: The public can access the district Website, which has current information aboutthe district. We encourage the public to at-tend board meetings.

Kathryn “Big Mama”Wright Ortiz

I have lived in the district since 1980. Icompleted EMT-B through ColoradoMountain College and the fire department,and my company has worked with the firedepartment for the last 16 years providingassistance on numerous fires.

I am neither a volunteer or a boardmember of the district at this time.

I am now at a time in my career and lifeto give back to the community and hope towork with the board members and the fire

department administration.I believe I am a good fit with the fire de-

partment, as growing up in upstate NewYork my father and grandfather have over80 combined years as volunteers; mymother and grandmother both initiatedauxiliaries in two districts.

The board uses local community mem-bers to guide the department on decisionsto maintain and improve the district. I seethe dropping of property values in the dis-trict, as a long-term challenge. Keeping upthe quality of the equipment and trainingis an ever-rising cost. The board will haveto make smart decisions to get the most forthe taxpayer’s money.

This year with the lack of moisture it isvery important to educate the residents ofthe fire dangers we could expect; any firecould be potentially devastating.

The board meetings are all open to thepublic and I encourage all district residentsto attend as often as they can.

Having started a successful cateringcompany in the Carbondale area I under-stand the logistics of running a businessand believe I can make smart decisionsfor the taxpayers of the district. I ask foryour support on the upcoming mail-inballot election; please return by May 8. Ifyou have any questions for me please feelfree to contact me either via e-mail(mama81623@hotmail.com) or give me acall at 618-6443.

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By Kyle BrunaRampage Staff Writer

It is no secret that there have been budget cutsin schools everywhere including Roaring Fork HighSchool.

As well as academic cuts, such as teachers and sup-port staff, there were athletic cuts. Girls’ tennis wasamong the sports that were cut at RFHS this year, andthe athletes who played tennis were no longer going toable to participate in the one sport they love: including alarge number of senior girls whose only sport was tennis.

“The programs were not cut, they were combined,”says RFHS principal Cliff Colia. The tennis team wassupposed to be combined with the Glenwood HighSchool tennis team.

The problem was that the Glenwood team is alreadyvery large and thus would not be able to accommodateall of the Lady Ram tennis players. Another problemwas that many of the girls do not have any form oftransportation so they would not be able to make itdown valley every day in time for their practice.

“Theoretically, we were combining teams, but whatit really meant was that the girls at Roaring Fork wouldnot be able to participate,”explains Colia.Tennis coach

Eileen Waski then approached Colia.“Coach Waski said that she would do anything she

could to make sure that the program could keep going,”adds Colia. Coach Waski offered to volunteer her timeto coach the team without pay.

“I love tennis, I love the girls, that is more importantto me.”saysWaski. She also says that she spends a lot oftime bonding with the girls and really getting to knowthem instead of just being a coach.

“It’s really cool that our coaches are taking time tocoach us for free,” says RFHS junior tennis playerMariah Ahumada. “This season our team is reallystrong and we are going to do really well.”

“They have been improving every year by leaps andbounds, and I hope this is the year where both the kidsin the program, especially the seniors and the coaches,get some recognition by being able to participate at ahigher level,”says Colia. Colia not only expects the ten-nis girls to do well and win games but also to exceed insportsmanship and teamwork as well.

(Editor’s note: This article was originally printed inthe April issue of the Rampage, Roaring Fork HighSchool’s newspaper).

Coach steps up to help save RFHS girl’s tennis

Clockwise from upper left in Saturday’s home court action,Kenia Reyna (#1 singles), Shaely Lough (#1 doubles) andLeanna Jenkins (#1 doubles). Photos by Lynn Burton

Sheepdogs returnIf you got up to Strang Ranch last Septem-

ber to watch amazing sheep dogs do astound-ing things, circle May 9-10 on your calendar.

Strang Ranch is hosting a sheepdog trialon those dates and it’s a qualifier for the Na-tional Finals in the Open and Nursery dog di-visions. Handlers will be coming to the ranchfrom around Colorado plus Utah, NorthDakota, California and Oregon. For moreinfo, go to strangranch.com.

On a related note, Strang Ranch will hostthe first Colorado West Hunter Jumper As-sociation horse show May 5. There’ll beclasses for all levels of English riders. For de-tails, go to cwhja.com.

Check out the OMOM Theatre is showcased in the 5Point

Film Festival with an all-ages performance at11 a.m. on April 28. Word has it there’ll beshadow puppetry, masks, musicians, dancersand larger-than-life puppets. It’s free for those13 and under and takes place at the Carbon-dale Recreation Center.

Flash mob headed in?Rumor has it a flash mob will hit down-

town Carbondale during First Friday onMay 4.The last flash mob to strike presentedsome kind of skit opposing the Village atCrystal River development last October. Ona related note, lulubelle will stage a fashionshow downtown during First Friday.

Webb inks Carbondale womanGrand Junction Daily Sentinel reporter

Dennis Webb wrote a story last week aboutRobynn Woodward, which the AssociatedPress picked up and circulated around the U.S.

What did Woodward do that was news-worthy? Technically she did it in 1983 at age11, when she put a message in a bottle andsent it off a New York river. Lo and behold, acouple of brothers happened upon the bottlewhile fishing in the Raquetter River in upstateNewYork over Easter weekend.The brotherslooked up Robynn Woodward on Facebookand got in touch.

The messageWoodward put in that bottle29 years ago said in part she wanted thefinder to write her,“I’m boared.” She movedfrom Buffalo, New York to Carbondale sixweeks ago and works at Birch Tree AnimalHospital in Glenwood Springs.

Carbondale woman is runningCarbondale resident and democrat Jessica

Garrow received the Democratic Party nom-ination for the CU Board of Regents in Col-orado’s Third Congressional District at the

convention in Pueblo on April 13.She graduated summa cum laude from the

University of Colorado-Boulder with a degreein political science in 2004 and earned herMaster’s Degree in city and regional planningin 2006 from Ohio State University.

Don’t forgetCarbondaleWildWest Rodeo royalty try-

outs for the 2012 season are May 7 at theGus Darien riding arena east of town.The ap-plication deadline is May 1. For details, call720-936-9732.

Problems with VerizonWord has it folks with Verizon Wirelss

service are experiencing dropped calls in newareas along Highway 82 that include theBlue Lake, Catherine Store and Gerbazdalearea.“The more people that call in and com-plain, the sooner they send out a technicianto check the towers,”said an anonymous tip-ster. When a dropped call occurs, she said,dial “### Send.”Verizon will know what todo with the information.

leaving for North CarolinaEmily Fahey is leaving the Basalt Regional

Library after 3 1/2 years and is headed to theNorth Carolina coast. In remarks posted ontheWeb site. She said in part,“I feel very priv-ileged to have worked with my follow em-ployees … .” Good luck, Emily.

They say it’s your birthdayBirthday greetings go out to Gayle Em-

brey (April 26), Wewer Keohane (April 27)and Jeff Leahy (May 1).

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Music by Tim Rice, Lyrics by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Auditions: Saturday, April 28th, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Third Street Center, Carbondale

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THURSDAY April 265POINT • The 5Point Film Festival takesplace at the Carbondale Recreation Centerand other venues through April 29.info: 5pointfilm.org.

EllISON SPEAKS • Susy Ellisonpresents “Taking Science to the Ex-treme: Artic Research Adventuresat the Gordon Cooper Library at6:30 p.m. Info: 963-2889.

BIKE TOUR • The Roaring ForkConservancy hosts a Pitkin Countyopen space bike tour from 5:30 to 7:30p.m. It begins in downtown Basalt. Info:927-1290.

ROTARY • The Mt. Sopris Rotary meetsevery Thursday at noon at Mi Casita onMain Street.

FRIDAY April 27MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents“Salmon Fishing in the Yemen” (PG-13) at7:30 p.m. April 27- May 3 and “Jeff WhoLives at Home” (R) at 5:30 p.m. April 27-May 1.

ART OPENING • The Aspen Art Mu-seum’s Young Curators of the RoaringFork’s 2012 exhibition, titled “Re,” openswith a free reception at 4 p.m. The exhibitfeatures local high school artists and wascurated by high school students, includ-ing: Ticah Burrows, Nicole Cardenola,Julia Williams, Rene Nieblas FeenaghO’Donnell, Sara Pearson, Daniel Peña,Elizabeth Ritchie and Jessica Ruiz Zu-

niga. The show continues through May 4.The museum hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7

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SATURDAYApril 28lIVE MUSIC • Matt Miller, a baritone gui-tarist and original vocalist, performs at Car-bondale Beer Works on Main Street. There’sno cover.

RIVER ClEANUP • The 14th annual Fry-ing Pan River Cleanup starts at Lion’s Parkin Basalt at 8:30 a.m. Info: 927-1290.

DREAMER SYMPOSIUM • An “Awak-ening the Dreamer” symposium takes placefrom 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at town hall. Dona-tions will be accepted. RSVP at 963-9182.Info: highlifeunlimited.com.

lAKOTA CEREMONY • A Lakota cere-monial protocol workshop takes place in

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SUNDAY April 29NATURAl BIRTH • Karen Bradshawgives a series of natural birthing classesstarting at 10 a.m. today, and continuingTuesday nights from 6 to 8 p.m. in May.Info: 970-274-8473.

A SPIRITUAl CENTER • Richard Lyonspeaks at A Spiritual Center in the ThirdStreet Center at 10 a.m.

MONDAY April 30lIVE MUSIC • Dana Wilson hosts an old-time jam at Carbondale Beer Works onMain Street at 7 p.m.

TUESDAY May 1AlE TASTING • Carbondale Beer Workson Main Street presents a Monty PythonHold Grail ale tasting at 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY May 2ROTARY • The Rotary Club of Carbon-dale meets at the Carbondale Firehouse onHighway 133 Wednesdays at 7 a.m. Info:927-0641.

VAllEY DIVAS • The Valley Divas,women’s networking group, meets at Kon-nyaku from 5:30 to 7 p.m. the first Wednes-day of every month. The cost is $12, whichincludes appetizers, a house drink and tip.

Community Calendar To list your event, email information to news@soprissun.com. 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.

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OngoingSTUDENTS SHOW WORK • Figure drawingstudents of Ida Burnaman show their work at theLappala Center on Colorado Avenue throughMay 3. The hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondaythrough Thursdays and 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. onFridays.

S.A.W. SHOW CONTINUES • “PICTURESEAT LOVE: Work by Chad Stieg and OliviaPevec”continues at 978 Euclid. Info: 355-9058.

CCAH SHOW CONTINUES • The CarbondaleCouncil on Arts and Humanities show “FIVE”continues through April 27 at the Third StreetCenter. Info: 963-1680.

AVlT SHOW • The Aspen Valley Land Trust’seighth annual “Living on the Land” art show andsale continues at 831 Grand Ave., GlenwoodSprings. Fifty percent of all sales supports localland conservation. Info: 963-8440.

WOMEN’S HISTORY ART SHOW • The BasaltRegional Library presents “Women’s Education –Women’s Empowerment.” Info: 925-5858.

WYlY • Wyly Community Art Center presents“The Long View: New Landscapes by BayardHollins” through April 27. Gallery hours are 9a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Info:927-4123.

ClAY CENTER • A show featuring residentartist Tony Wise continues at the CarbondaleClay Center. Info: 963-CLAY.

VOICES FOR CHANGE • Lisa Dancing Lightand Annie Flynn present Voices for Change atSteve’s Guitars from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday eveningsthrough May 21. The suggested donation is $10per session. Info: lisadancinglight.com.

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CLEER and others present Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute at 7 p.m. on May17 at Thunder River Theater in Carbondale.

Lovins will speak about RMI’s latest ground-breaking project, “Reinventing Fire: Bold Busi-ness Solutions for the New Energy Era.” The book maps pathways for running a 2050 U.S. econ-omy 158 percent bigger than today’s but with no oil, no coal, no nuclear energy and dramaticallylower costs.

Tickets are $15 (students are free) and available at cleanenergyeconomy.net or at the door ifthey are still available. For details, call 704-9200.

CLEER is Clean Energy Economy for the Region. Other sponsors are the Rocky Mountain In-stitute, Alpine Bank and Thunder River Theater.

last call for Mother’s Day picsTo sign up for Mother’s Day photos for The Sopris Sun’s May 10 issue, e-mail Beth White at

bethwhitephotography@gmail.com. All kids must have been born in the past 12 months.

COREmmuter Challenge kicks off at WHPThe COREmmuter Challenge kicks off at White House pizza on Main Street from 6 to 7:30

p.m. on April 26. Free food will be served. The COREmmuter Challenge runs through May 18.For details, go to aspencore.org.

Basalt detours comingFrom April 30 through May 4, the intersection of Midland Avenue and Two Rivers Road will

be closed for construction and detours will be in effect. For details, call 927-4723.

ZION 1 plays PAC3PAC3 in the Third Street Center presents the hiphop/electronica/dub/reggae band ZION 1 at

8 p.m. on April 27. After PAC3, ZION 1 is off to the Forecastle Festival where they will share thestage with the likes of Galacitca, Girl Talk, Flying Lotus and others. Tickets are $15 at pac3Car-bondale.com.

Basalt garden club meetsThe Pardon My Garden club meets at the Basalt Library at 5:30 p.m. on April 26. Also at the

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Sol holds auditionsThe Sol Theatre Company holds auditions for “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream-

coat” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 28 at the Third Street Center. For details, call 720-936-9732.

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If Carbondale isn’t the center of theoutdoor film universe this week, it’s abouta light-minute away.

Major names appearing at the 5PointFilm Festival include Jon Turk and ErikBoomer, who will discuss their 1,485-mile,104-day Arctic journey around theworld’s 10th largest island by ski, kayakand foot. They appear in Program II at 7p.m. on April 27.

Then there’s Renan Ozturk and JimmyChin. In Program V, they’ll present thestory of their historic first ascent of theShark’s Fin on Mount Menu, in theGarhwal Himalaya. That presentationtakes place at 7 p.m. on April 28.

Carbondale local Hayden Kennedyand Canadian Jason Kruk became the firstclimbers to summit the Southeast Ridge ofCerro Torre by fair means last January.Kennedy will discus the climb in ProgramI at 7 p.m. on April 26.

The festival takes place at the Carbon-dale Recreation Center and other venuesaround town on April 26-29. Dozens offilms will be presented. For details, see thead in this Sopris Sun or go to 5Pointfilm.org.

Other festival highlights include:An opening reception for photogra-

pher Ben Moon at Phat Thai starting at 5p.m. on April 26;

The kick-off festival celebration at theCarbondale Recreation Center at 5 p.m.

on April 26 with food from restaurantSix89, beer from New Belgium Brewingand wine from Infinite Monkey Theorem;

Program II at 7 p.m. on April 27 withemcee Aaron Garland, followed by a DJdance party at Phat Thai;

Program III: All-Ages Adventure Seriesat 11 a.m. on April 28 followed by a freeice-cream social and community picnic(includes book signings, and “climbing forprizes”);

Program IV at 2:30 p.m. on April 28,then “Campfire Stories: Wakeup Calls” atSteve’s Guitars from 2:30 to 5 p.m., andProgram V with emcee Chris Davenportat 7 p.m.;

Program VI at 3 p.m. on April 29,which celebrates the film festival winners.

One film highlight should be “Jane’sJourney” on Saturday. The 11-minute filmchronicles Dr. Jane Goodall’s 25-year mis-sion to study chimpanzees in Africa. Fol-lowing that film, the 22-minute “The LastGreat Unknown” takes viewers into someof the Grand Canyon’s most remarkablefeatures. The filmmaker, Rich Rudow, isexpected to attend the screening.

“The Equation,” on in Program V onSaturday night, is a world premiere by Je-remy Collins that focuses on botanist Ju-lian Desvaux’s mission to find theBreathing Orchid, which is said to be alife-giving elixir in floral form. Collins isexpected to attend the screening.

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lou EllerI have lived in the Roaring Fork Valley

30 years. I have been associated with thefire department for nearly 20 years as a vol-unteer fire fighter, served 15 years on thevolunteer pension board and the past 12years on the board of directors. I alsoserved eight years on the Spring Valley San-itation District board.

I am seeking a fourth term on the Car-bondale & Rural Fire Protection Districtboard of directors to help the district pre-pare for an uncertain financial future, pri-oritize capital expenditures and handle anincreased demand for service. These will bethe biggest challenges facing the district inthe next four years.

The Carbondale & Rural Fire Protec-tion District staff and volunteers haveworked very hard to earn the level of com-munity respect they receive. You see thembehind the scenes at community eventsproviding for a safer environment by of-fering advance planning, medical and fire

services. I encourage everyone to attend adistrict meeting, tour the main facility orjust visit your local fire station and intro-duce yourself and meet your local emer-gency responders.

It has been my honor to serve as a com-munity representative on this board.

Election info:Ballots for the mail-in fire board elec-tion went out April 16-20. If you did not receive a ballot or lost it, call 963-2491 for areplacement ballot.Ballots can be mailed to the Carbon-dale & Rural Fire Protection District, 300 Meadowood Dr., Carbondale, CO81623, or returned in person during regularhours Monday through Friday, and until 7 p.m. on May 8.There are five members on the fire district’sboard of directors. The three board mem-bers who do not face reelection this yearare Gene Schilling, Mike Kennedy andMark Chain.

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Some Carbondale Community School students adopted a stretch of Highway 133,went out there and cleaned it up last week. They are (left to right): Maizy Post, MayaWexler, Lilly Webber and Leah Jenkins. Photo by Mark Burrows

Cop Shop continued om page 4The following events are drawn from incident reports of the Carbondale Police Dept.

stores and made off with more than$1,000 in cash. At the time, she told TheSopris Sun her store had been robbed twoother times since she opened in 2005.

In May of 2011, Garcia reported topolice that she’d been robbed in front of arestaurant in the Sopris Shopping Center.At the time, police said she gave conflict-ing reports of the robbery and an arrest ofthe alleged robber was never made.

On Sept. 6, 2011, Garcia told policethat two men had entered her store justbefore noon, bound her and put her inthe Desportes Jenny bathroom, thenrobbed the store.

For about a year, a Desportes Jennytaco wagon was located in the parkinglot east of the store. On Dec. 18, 2010,police received a report that two males

took off with the wagon’s tip jar at12:17 a.m. Police found the empty tipjar a short distance away but no arrestswere made.

Desportes Jenny was a general mer-chandise store, which sold food, cloth-ing, jewelry and other items.

In other police news:SATURDAY April 14 At 10:26 p.m.

a citizen on Colorado Ave. called policeand reported someone had “flicked” acigarette on the ground. Police were un-able to locate a suspect.

MONDAY April 16 At 1:26 a.m. apolice officer observed a man walkingon Highway 133 who “appeared to bewet and cold.” The man requested a rideto El Jebel, which was given.

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Ordinary table sugar, chemically namedsucrose, is a remarkable molecule. It does veryinteresting things when heated. You’ve heardyour mother or grandmother talk aboutcooking it to various soft andhard ball and crack stageswhen making candies orother treats. I tried that sev-eral times but never was surethat my notions of soft andhard were the same as theperson who wrote the recipe.

My favorite bit of sugarmagic is caramelization.Caramel comes in manyforms, every one delicious.We’ve all enjoyed caramelcandies, and the hard cruston crème brulee is caramel.You may also have slurpeddown a flan, aka crèmecaramel to the French, whichis a custard baked in a caramel-lined container.As it bakes, the caramel remelts and mixes withsome of the custard to form a fabulous sauce.

One of my sisters-in-law brought a home-made batch of brittle to a recent reunion. Per-haps rebelling against my father’s passion for it,I long ago declared that peanut brittle simplywasn’t sufficiently delectable to justify the trou-ble of making it. But hers was nearly addicting,and her insistence that making it in a mi-crowave oven was foolproof, quick, and easyovercame my juvenile resistance.

I have used microwaves for decades, butonly for frying bacon, heating leftovers, mak-ing cocoa, or popping popcorn. I arrogantlynever regarded the microwave as a legitimatecooking device. But perhaps brittle would bean acceptable thing to cook thusly, given herassurances and my new fixation. I gave it a try.

I worried about heating dry sugar toppedwith thick corn syrup, with no water to dis-solve the sugar for even cooking. And, on thefirst try, the sugar did heat unevenly, burningin one area while remaining dry and white inothers. Stirring and reheating led to a hugemess, with caramelized spoons stuck to everysurface they touched.

I tried putting the corn syrup in first. Thathelped, but the sugar caramelized and threat-

ened to burn far sooner than the specified min-utes. All microwaves are not alike, and mine isapparently more powerful than sis-in-law’s.

I next added a tablespoon or two ofwater, which worked fine, ex-cept that it took several addi-tional minutes to boil away thewater before caramelizationcould begin. I was losing faithin microwave infallibility.

Reading numerous mi-crowave peanut brittle recipes onthe Internet, I saw that there iswide variation in the recipes. Ichose to try the old-fashionedmethod. Freed from exact min-utes and unknown variables, thisone really does work every time.You don’t even need a candy ther-mometer, but keep the kids at adistance until it’s done — this stuffis adults-only hot.

Have a large cookie sheet handy. It’s notnecessary to grease it; the butter in the brittlewill keep it from sticking. Wet the bottom of atleast a two-quart pan with a few tablespoonsof water, then add about a cup of sugar fol-lowed by half a cup of light corn syrup. Coverand heat until it’s boiling away, avoiding thetemptations to peek and stir. After it has boiledfor several minutes, uncover, resist again theurge to stir, and just watch.

Once all the water boils away, the tem-perature of the sugar and corn syrup will rise,and the bubbling liquid will begin to color.When it’s a nice, medium gold, stir in about acup of roasted nuts, any kind — dry, cocktail,party, Spanish, cashews — your choice. Thesewill cool the caramel; once it heats back up,it will continue to color. Let it get just a bitdarker, not really brown, and remove fromheat. Quickly and carefully, stir in a teaspoonof vanilla, a tablespoon of butter, and a touchof salt, then stir in two teaspoons of bakingsoda (not powder). The vanilla and butterwill instantly boil in this hot caramel, so usea long spoon to safely stir it all around. Thesoda foams the mixture, which looks like itmight erupt right out of your pan. The mil-lions of tiny bubbles make the brittle easierto chew and less threatening to dental fillings.

Spoon the mixture onto the cookie sheet asevenly as you can, so that it doesn’t all pile upin one spot. Have a second spoon handy, toscrape the sticky mix off the main one. You canspread it out more thinly with the spoon or agreased spatula if you like. Don’t lick the spoon,as it will be extremely hot for quite a while.

Let the brittle cool to room temperature,then break into pieces. Store what you and

your helper elves don’t immediately eat in anairtight container. The pan and spoons willclean themselves if you fill the pan with waterand let it sit for an hour or so, in which timethe hard caramel will dissolve into the water.You’ll be all ready to make another batch!

The Forkthat RoaredBy Chef George Bohmfalk

Caramelization: A great form of sugar magic Recipe Notes:Brittle Ingredients: sugar, light cornsyrup, nuts, butter, vanilla, baking soda.

Guest Opinion By Bill Grant, a Carbondale resident

“Smart Growth:” Be careful what you wish forRecently, I have received emails question-

ing the United Nations “Agenda 21” andICLEI, which stands for International Coun-cil for Local Environmental Initiatives. Theseemails have referenced the terms “SmartGrowth” and “Sustainable Development.”

A recent op-ed piece on “Smart Growth”in the Sopris Sun addressed one opinion ofhow “Smart Growth” applied to Carbon-dale. This discussion closely followed theWikipedia definition of “Smart Growth” asan “Urban planning and transportation the-ory that concentrates growth in compactwalkable urban centers to avoid sprawl.”

The implementation of these policies re-quires a relinquishment of local control toan outsider with potentially different goals.

In 1987, the UN Brundtland Commis-sion created the following definition of“Sustainable Development:”

“Development that meets the needs ofthe present without compromising the abil-ity of future generations to meet their ownneeds.” It contains within it two key con-cepts: the concept of “needs,” in particularthe essential needs of the world’s poor, towhich overriding priority should be given;and the idea of limitations imposed by thestate of technology and social organizationon the environment’s ability to meet pres-ent and the future needs.

In 1990, at the UN World Congress ofLocal Governments for a Sustainable Fu-ture, The International Council for LocalEnvironmental Initiatives (ICLEI) was cre-ated. Aspen, Carbondale and Basalt joined

in support of these UN initiatives.Maurice Strong’s address to the opening

session of the Rio Conference (Earth Sum-mit II) in 1992, said that industrializedcountries have: “…developed and benefitedfrom the unsustainable patterns of produc-tion and consumption … . It is clear thatcurrent lifestyles … of the affluent middleclass — involving high meat in-take … ap-pliances … air-conditioning — are not sus-tainable. A shift is necessary towardlifestyles less geared to environmentallydamaging consumption patterns.”

The United Nations produced a reportabout sustainable development to addressthe Brutland Commission and MauriceStrong called Agenda 21.

This is why some people are saying“Whoa.” They are looking at the amount ofregulation created by just the EPA and arewondering if we really need the rest of theworld to start piling on, too.

Does it make a difference if ICLEI, theUN and EPA control every aspect of our fu-ture resources and asset allocation? Thatdepends on your valuation of your freedomto make your own “Smart” choices.

“Smart Growth” policies disfavor thepoor by driving up housing prices. The col-lective result of “Smart Growth” is to wrapthe process with enough red tape to stifleeconomic improvement and stop (in Car-bondale) building on private property thatrequires tree removal to proceed.

The devil in central planning is the un-planned unintended consequences.

4.26 7:00pm PROGRAM IA little adventure to inspire and move you. To kick off the festival, we explore taiko drummers in Japan and the inner dialogue of adventurous minds. Be inspired by the dreams of local high school students and by the connection created when you share a seat with a stranger—on a bike. Tonight is just a taste of what you will experience throughout the weekend.

4.28 2:30pm FEATUREJANE’S JOURNEYAlmost 25 years ago, famed primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall gave up her career in order to devote her entire time and energy to the mission of saving our planet. She is shown among her beloved chimpanzees in Africa, as well as on her travels around the globe, spreading her message of hope for future generations.

4.28 7:00pm PROGRAM VSpecial Presentation: Renan Ozturk + Jimmy ChinPursuing Passion without flinching. Reach into the soul of why we do what we do. Tonight it’s all about living life authentically, living life creatively. It’s also about growing old but never growing tired. It’s about inspiring others and being inspired. Tonight is a celebration of everything that is beautiful – it’s just a matter of changing your perspective.

4.29 3:00pm PROGRAM VILove, loss and new beginnings. We wrap up this year’s festival with a trip around the world, and take one final look at what it means to leave a legacy. We’ll explore old sports in new ways and welcome this year’s 5Point Award winners.

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