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Carbondale’s weekly, non-profit newspaper Volume 3, Number 26 | August 11, 2011

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By Lynn BurtonSopris Sun Staff Writer

his summer hasn’t been exactly nor-mal for catering company ownerSusie Jimenez.

For starters, the Food Network chose theCrystal Valley resident as a contestant on its“Food Network Star” show, where the grandprize is a season-long show of her own.

Through the weeks that followed (as meas-ured in pre-recorded TV time), Jimenez shared abig house in Los Angeles with other contestants,bantered on-air with such TV food stars as GuyFieri, had her “bowl licked” by actress CourtneyCox during one segment, and listened over herthumping heart when super-star food entrepre-neur Wolfgang Puck said her open-face chili rel-leno was “memorable” during one of the show’sfinal episodes.

Oh yea, the 31-year-old California native alsotraveled to the Atlanta Food & Wine festival justlast week with a handful of other “Food Net-work Star” finalists, where she received a taste ofwhat celebrity is all about.

“They (fans) were calling out ‘Susie overhere’ … It was a little surreal, them calling outmy name.”

The final name call is the one that counts, andit takes place in the “Food Network Star” con-cluding episode from 7 to 9 p.m. on Aug. 14,when a panel of three judges will decide whetherJimenez,Vic“Vegas”Moea or Jeff Mauro shouldstart planning their next life as a Food Networkcooking-show host.

“Win or lose, it’s been an adventure,”Jimenez told the Sopris Sun while taking a briefbreak during one of her private chef gigs earlierin the week.

Friends, fans, well-wishers and everyone else isinvited to a party at the Viceroy Hotel in Snow-mass Village on Aug. 14 to watch the final showand cheer at the appropriate times. The bandstarts at 5:30 p.m. and the show airs from 7 to 9p.m. RSVP to susiespiceitup@hotmail.com.

“It’s cocktail attire,” Jimenez said. “ … noflip flops.”

Susie Jimenez flashes a wide, easy smile anddescribes herself as a people person who likes tosocialize and enjoy life. She’s friendly, quick wit-ted and doesn’t always take herself too seriously.During the Fourth of July show while preparinga dish that required fresh lime juice, she told theaudience that when she was growing up peoplemade fun of her stubby thumbs.

“You know what these thumbs are good for?”

Jimenez makesfood showfinal cut

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Kate Keleher, 5, was kidding around with her brothers Finn and Patrick (not shown) at the Bonedale Buddha during FirstFriday on Aug. 5. The Buddha provides a favorite place in the summer time for kids to climb and lick ice cream conesthey grab across the street at Peppino’s. Photo by Jane Bachrach JIMENEZ page 12

BonedaleBuddhasees it all

ask for paper you got plastic because theywere cheaper and easier to sack, so this messis all the consumers fault? Why if you don’twant them used don’t they just do away withbags all together and do like the health foodstores do and box groceries in boxes if youdon’t have your own bags, that way you re-member to use them.

As for it not making sense to drive toGlenwood or Rifle to get groceries, just watchus. People do drive to these towns at leastonce or twice a week because of regular shop-ping. Go ahead and implement more taxes onus right now while your town coffers arestruggling and see what happens. We areAmericans and are tired of the ones whothink they are so much smarter than the restof us pushing us around.So I am urging morepeople that think this will not happen in Car-bondale to attend the meetingAug.23 to stateyour displeasure of this “Ordinance”!!!!

Joan CheneyCarbondale

You are our gyrosDear Editor:

The 40th annual Mountain Fair in Car-bondale is a pleasant memory and the Roar-ing Fork Family Resource Centers’ GyroBooth is retired until next year. Like most ofthe other booths, we had a great fair servingmore than 2,000 delicious gyros with our spe-cial secret sauce!

A big thanks to the 90 volunteers whohelped run the booth — you special peopleknow who you are! Thanks to Alpine Bankand the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Coloradofor your generous sponsorship. We are alsograteful to Marcella Ach for donating ournew wonderful tent.All of this support helpsbring more to our bottom line and providesneeded services in our valley.

The Roaring Fork Family Resource Cen-ters is a not-for-profit organization. We are agrant-funded partner of the Roaring ForkSchool District and often have referrals fromteachers. With offices in Basalt, Carbondaleand Glenwood Springs,we provide parentingand nutrition classes, assistance to childrenand families, health and dental education andwork to help families become self-reliant inour community. We have a new series of par-enting classes starting in September and ourannual Halloween Happening for families isjust around the corner. Call 384-5689 formore information or check us out online atrffrc.com or on Facebook.

Thanks for eating Mountain Fair gyros!See you next year!

Katie MarshallSpecial Events coordinatorThe Roaring Fork FamilyResource Centers

John Denver views?Dear Editor:

The proposal and petition with 500names to make John Denver the name of oneof the two summits of Mount Sopris is beingsent in by the sponsor from Littleton to theU.S. Board of Geographical Names, accord-ing to a Post Independent article on Aug. 2.

Even though the article cites two local pollswithAspen and Carbondale 74 percent againstthis proposal, the sponsor states“Some peoplearen’t listening. It’s like they have their mindmade up before thinking about it.”

Duh, is the sponsor listening? I personallylike the idea but the sponsor needs to admitthey picked the wrong mountain and get onwith their commemorative campaign tohonor John Denver. As they are proceedinganyway, we the 74 percent can stop them bybeing the vocal majority.

The U.S. Board on Geographic Namesrules state: “Names for features already es-tablished in spoken or written form amonglocal citizens ... are given priority.”

Furthermore,“Board review of a proposalwill be expedited if the proposer furnishessome evidence of local support for a proposedname ... in the form of: newspaper clippingsof letters to the editor showing public aware-ness and endorsement of the proposed name.”

What is good for the goose is good for thegander. If anyone wrote a letter to the editoragainst this idea, make it count by faxing it to703-648-4549, or send it to Lou Yost, Exec-utive Secretary for Domestic GeographicNames, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sun-rise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20191-0523,or e-mail him at bgnexec@usgs.gov. Refer-ence Pitkin County, CO, Mount Sopris.Yostalso told me people should contact the PitkinCounty commissioners, as the names boardwill contact them prior to making a decisionon changing a peak on Mount Sopris toJohn Denver.

The names web site is geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/index.html.

Otherwise, get motivated and send a sim-ple note to the above, or be prepared to livewith“My what a lovely view of John Denveryou have.” Spare us all from that, please.

Gary PaxCarbondale

The Sopris Sun welcomes your letters, limited to no more than 400 words. Includeyour name and residence (for publication) and a contact email and phone number.Submit letters via email to letters@soprissun.com or via snail mail to P.O. Box 399,Carbondale, CO 81623.

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Carbondale CommentaryAmountain by any other name

J.P. McDaniel has some nerve petitioning the U.S. Board of Geographical Names to nameone of the peaks of Mount Sopris after John Denver. Just so we’re all clear on this — MountSopris is not inAspen, you can’t even see it from there.Why doesn’t she petition them to nameone of the Maroon Bells after him? She doesn’t live here, he didn’t live here, and no one Iknow who does live here wants to see this happen.

All I can say is, Wow. I’ve never seen an intent to memori-alize someone bring up so much unsavory history about saidmemorialee. Ever since this story entered the national newsscope I’ve learned all kinds of tawdry details about the life ofthe man that I listen to singing Christmas carols with the Mup-pets each and every year. (My favorite is the song where MissPiggy goes on too long:“If you haven’t got a penny, a ha’pennywill do. If you haven’t got a ha’penny, then God bless you!”)

Before all this nonsense, I knew John Denver as a folk singerwith a few fanatical fans and a drunk driving record. I didn’t re-alize that so many people, including me,would get angry at thesuggestion of naming a major feature in our daily lives afterhim.“Do you think it’s the hat? No? A lot of people hate thishat. It angers a lot of people, just the sight of it.”– Buck Russell.

There is a group on Facebook specifically formed againstthis petition titled“Don’t name Mt. Sopris after John Denver.”

As in, don’t name any part of the mountain after him; not the peak, not the false peak, noteven a meadow of wildflowers where many a hippie has penned lyrics to many a song whilehigh on more than the Rocky Mountains, if you know what I mean.

Here are some comments from people who actually have lived here — here, in Carbon-dale, where we don’t go a day without seeing this majestic mountain:

“Johnny boy crashed his Porsche up on McClain Flats and tried to sue the bartender thatserved him at 9 in the morning. Tool.” – GdC (Carbondale resident for 25 years).

*“This stresses me out. I don’t want to come home to the John Denver Valley. I met him afew times at the Windstar Foundation and I honestly think he would be honored at the ges-ture but would politely decline. He loved the rockies [sic] for what they are not what a pieceof paper could make them.” – KS (Carbondale resident for 22 years).“It doesn’t matter howmany peaks there are on Mt. Sopris; it is one mountain and it has a name.Find something elseto name after John Denver.” – RP (Carbondale native).

“Let’s rename John Denver instead.” – CS (Crystal Valley resident for 9 years).J.P. McDaniel claims that there seems to be fairly little resistance to the idea of naming one

of Mount Sopris’ peaks after Henry John Deutschendorf Jr., but how would she know? Iimagine living in Littleton shields her from a significant amount of the resistance. KDNK hasposted a poll on their Web site and last I checked, 75 percent of the people who voted werenot in favor of naming any part of Mount Sopris after the man“who once toldTV Guide thatthe highlight of his week was mowing his Starwood lawn in the nude.”*Not exactly what youwould expect to hear from someone with “a lifelong commitment to environmental and hu-manitarian causes.” **And to think, I won’t even mow the lawn in open-toed sandals.

Besides the unnecessary nature of this petition, I have an issue with a non-local petitioningto name a local peak after another non-local. Roaring Forkers do not like to be told what tocall anything in their backyard by anyone (especially those of us in the mid-valley who prettymuch consider Mount Sopris to be ours, and double especially by anyone on the Front Range.)

*http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2011/07/john_denver_mountain_name.php**http://aspentimes.co.newsmemory.com/

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Ps & QsBy Jeannie Perry

Carbondale’s socialist governmentDear Editor:

Boy, you talk about socialistic govern-ments. When you start making the decisionsfor me as to what kind of bags I use at thestores I would say that is just about as bad asit can get!!!

I don’t know who this Nathan Ratledge is,but if he wants to dictate to Aspen and PitkinCounty what they can and can’t do that isfine, but stay out of“Down Valley”business.

I thought up until now that we had apretty level headed town council in Carbon-dale, but why they are letting this guy andAshley Cantrell, whoever she is, rule them? Iam having second thoughts. I have observedthe plastic bag recycle bin at City Market and

it is always full!And to“reimburse”the storesfor them implementing the program, you’vegot to be kidding; they need reimbursed withthe prices we pay for groceries in this valley?And what are the towns and cities going toteach us about using other bags instead ofplastics. Give me a break!!

This is going to be tough on senior citizenswhere they are on set incomes anyway andno raises on their Social Security or pensions.It is just a stupid tax and that is all you cancall it.Why are they not charging the grocerystores for using these plastic bags instead? Ithink they are the ones that implementedthem in the first place! If I remember whenthey first came in we didn’t really like thembecause they were so flimsy, but if you didn’t

By Lynn BurtonSopris Sun Staff Writer

Take a wild guess.How many free-standing sandwich-type

signs are spread around throughout Car-bondale’s downtown and on Highway 133,advertising everything from restaurantlunch times to locally raised meat?

If you guessed 44 you either read thememo from town staff to the trustees con-cerning the issue, or you went out there andcounted them yourself.

With so many sandwich-type signs andmore seemingly popping up each week,town trustees Tuesday night instructed staffto draft a policy to address the issue whilethe planning and zoning commission draftsan ordinance or amendment to the existingsign code.

Staffers told the trustees the new policy,which can be enforced, will addresshealth/safety/public welfare issues, limitthem to one per business, and require thatthey be brought in at night.

Wrapping up Tuesday night’s discussion,trustee Pam Zentmyer said the town hasspent a lot of money on beautification, butafter looking at pictures of sandwich signsand illegal banners that staff has taken inrecent days, “what are we doing it (beauti-fication) for?”

The sandwich signs, which are not ad-dressed in the town’s sign code, are locatedprimarily on sidewalks, town right-of-wayand other public property. The staff memolooked at how Aspen and GlenwoodSprings addresses the issue, and at least onetrustee said he likes Aspen’s approach.

“We could use Aspen’s criteria to cleanthings up,” said trustee John Foulkrod.

Many Aspen businesses are located onthe downtown pedestrian malls and em-ploy sandwich signs to attract customers.Its code says:

• Sandwich boards must be metal orwood and have a professional finish;

• A six-foot travel width must be main-tained on sidewalks where they are located;

• They shall not be left out overnight;

• Must be permitted;• Are meant to be used for businesses

that are difficult to find and for sales;• Only one per business, not to exceed

six square feet per side.All five trustees in attendance Tuesday

night were sympathetic to the challengesCarbondale businesses face and none indi-cated they wanted to completely ban sand-wich signs.

At the same time, the town must addresssafety issues such as sight lines that themoveable signs might obstruct, pedestrianaccess to sidewalks and related issues.

As for banners, which are usually placedon a businesses property and advertiseeverything from sales or specials to phone

numbers and other basic information, theyare addressed in the town sign code.

“The banner situation has been a strug-gle for enforcement as no permit is requiredbut they are still regulated as temporarysigns,” said a staff memo.“They are limitedto … no more than 10 consecutive daysand no more than 30 days a year. Therehave been more citizen complaints regard-ing banners than sandwich signs in the pastyear. The above standards cannot be en-forced until the banner is up and a com-plaint is received.”

Town staffer John Leybourne told thetrustees,“ … 99 percent of banners are notin compliance so we could enforce thatright now.”

The trustees are expected to discuss anew policy on sandwich signs at their nextmeeting; a P&Z recommendation is ex-pected before the end of the year.

In other business from Tuesday night’smeeting:

• Trustees approved liquor licenses or re-newals for Main Street Liquors, City Mar-ket, Cowboy Up (special event), Festival LasAmericas (special event) and KDNK Bluesand Brews BBQ (special event);

• Awarded a contract to Twisted Treefor landscape work at the intersection ofMain Street and Snowmass Drive;

• Heard a second quarter update fromCarbondale Chamber of Commerce Direc-tor Sherri Harrison.

Sopris Sun Staff ReportCarbondale becomes the North Ameri-

can sheepdog center of the universe on Sept.13-18 as the 2011 National Sheepdog Finalstake over Strang Ranch and parts of town.

Highlights at the ranch include the Pa-rade of Qualifying Dogs and Handlers,Double Lift Finals, and Calcutta for the top17 dogs on Sept. 18.

In downtown Carbondale, the annualCowboy Up dinner/dance at the FourthStreet Plaza takes place on Sept. 16.

The following night the annual commu-nity barbecue/street dance will set out evenmore tables this year on Sept. 17 to accom-modate hundreds of spectators and con-testants the event will attract from acrossthe United States and Canada.

The United States Border Collie Han-dlers Association chose the Strang Ranchto host its national finals last year afterMeeker’s Ellen Nieslanik, Carbondale’sBridget Strang and Alamosa’s Dan Keetonteamed up to hold sheepdog trials at Strang

ranch in 2010 to prove they could producethe event here.

Next month’s finals will bring in 225handlers and their dogs as they compete fora total purse of $40,000. Sheep (850 in all)are being brought in from the 65,000-acreRaftopoulous ranch in Craig.

Other items of note: the finals will beWeb cast and sponsored by Serta. Last year’sfinals attracted 3,000 viewers, according tothe event’s Web site at sheepdogfinals.com.Aside from the handler/dog/sheep action,

the event at Strang Ranch will also featurearts and crafts vendors and food boothssuch as Milagro Beef/Louis Swiss Bakery.

Daily ticket prices are $10 for adults, $5for kids 8-16 and seniors, and free for kidsunder 7. A six-day pass sells for $40 foradults, $20 for kids 8-16 and seniors, andfree for kids under 7. Gate proceeds go tothe Aspen Valley Land Trust.

Competitions are held in two categories:experienced (open) and younger dogs(nursery). Most of the daily events begin at7 a.m. The schedule is as follows:Sept. 13 – open preliminary runs;Sept. 14 – nursery preliminary runs, open

preliminary runs, open field;Sept. 15 – nursery and open runs con-

tinue;Sept. 16 – nursery finals, open prelimi-

nary runs;Sept. 17 – open semi-finals, educational

demonstrations with Laura Van Dyne,lamb cooking demonstrations and lambtasting, Calcutta for top 17 open dogs;

Sept. 18 – opening ceremony, parade ofqualifying dogs & handlers, Calcutta for 17open dogs, lamb cooking and lamb tasting.

The 2011 National Sheepdog Finalssponsors include: Alpine Bank, The PourHouse,The Sopris Sun, Bravo Fine Catering,Mason & Morse, KDNK, Bank of America,Mountain & Plains Border Collie Associa-tion, the Town of Carbondale, Down ValleySeptic, Colorado WAGYU (Emma FarmsCattle Company), Premier Party Rental,Western Slope Trailer Sales, Blacksheep De-sign, Amore Realty Neil-Garing Insurance,Stifel/Nicolaus, Antelope Leather Works,Berthod Motors, Dalby/Wendland, LassiterElectric, Niesbrouck Farmers Market,TybarRanch, Colorado Lamb Council, CrystalRiver Ranch, Crystal Springs Ranch & Sad-dlery, Marc and Susan Michie, MRI,Propane Services, Porter Ranch, and Roar-ing Fork Valley Coop.

The event is also supported by fundingfrom the Colorado Council on the Arts,and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Trustees addressing rampant use of sandwich signs, banners

Sheepdog countdown begins; all eyes are onC’dale

An adult male Rufous hummingbirdtook a perch at one of Shep and Mary

Harris’s busy feeders between ElJebel and Carbondale last Sunday.

Hummingbirders up and down theRoaring Fork report fewer beaks in

their feeders this summer. Harris saidfolks are theorizing that wet condi-tions in the high country produced

plentiful wildflowers, which enticedthe migrating birds to feed there

rather than buzzing down to lowerelevations. In any case, Harris said

the Rufous migrates up fromsouthern Central America or

northern South America in thespring, traveling up the West Coast

and flying as far north as Alaskato breed. She leaves her feeders

(white sugar only, never honey orraw sugar) out until mid-October

to help any late or lost migrants“that might need a quick sugar fix.”

Harris can be reached atsmnharris@gmail.com, or check

out roaringforkaudubon.org.Photo by Lynn Burton

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Cop ShopThe following events are drawn from incident reports of theCarbondale Police Department.

SUNDAY July 31 At 12:26 a.m., police officers observed threesuspicious males near Gordon Cooper Library. One man allegedlythrew a bag into a nearby backyard while a second male took offrunning. Police pursued the runner and arrested him for posses-sion of marijuana. They also found 15.5 grams of marijuana inthe backyard where it was thrown.

TUESDAYAug. 2At 8:55 p.m., police contacted several juvenileswho were making noise at the southwest corner of Sopris Park.They said they’d keep it down.

WEDNESDAY Aug. 3 At 8:17 p.m. an officer helped a residentat the corner of Euclid and Weant move a broken limb fromthe street.

WEDNESDAYAug. 3At 11:40 p.m., officers were dispatched toa downtown bar on a disturbance call. The victim in an alterca-tion did not want to press charges.

THURSDAY Aug. 4 At 1:20 a.m., officers were dispatched on anoise complaint at the corner of Eighth and Cleveland.They wereunable to locate the noise.

THURSDAY Aug. 4 At 2:44 a.m., an officer wrote a ticket for acar parked in a no parking zone in the 600 block of Main Street.

THURSDAY Aug. 4 At 2:20 a.m., an officer asked a resident onCrystal Circle to turn down his music. He did.

Beth Shoemakergives her daughterSadie a big hugdowntown duringFirst Friday onAug. 5. That’s dadSloan Shoemakerlooking on. Photoby Jane Bachrach

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By Eva Will and Wes StokesSpecial to the Sopris Sun

When attending the Carbondale WildWest Rodeo, one encounters exciting eventssuch as bull riding, team roping and others,but surely the hidden gem of the night is bar-rel racing.

“Spectators should watch for tight turnsand good balance, a rider who is sitting in themiddle of their saddle and who speeds up atthe end of the run,” said Cherry Cano at theJuly 14 performance.

As at all Carbondale Wild West Rodeoperformances, the playing of the NationalAn-them kicked off the night but this go-roundwas special. In the packed stands and on thearena floor, a sea of pink gave off a glow.

Why the pink?The theme of the season’s seventh per-

formance was“Tough Enough toWear Pink”and spectators, contestants, announcers andvolunteers sported pink shirts, hats, ban-danas, belts, boots and more.

The night honored breast cancer survivors;10 percent of the gate receipts were donatedto the new Calaway-Young Cancer Center atValley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs.

The sun had stretched its way far enougharound the world that the rodeo proved theonly light in a sea of darkness out on CountyRoad 100. Stadium lights illuminated thearena, setting the stage for barrel racing.

After several events earlier in the evening,the arena was cleared and three barrels stoodready for thundering hooves.“There’s a lot ofspeed and techniques involved in barrel rac-ing,” said one young cowgirl before her run.“One little mistake and your whole run couldbe ruined.”

Barrel racing is a speed event at the rodeo.An appeal is that it is one of the few profes-sional rodeo events open to primarily women.In Texas, some men compete but it’s all aboutthe ladies at the CarbondaleWildWest Rodeo.

The task is simple: the contestants mustperform a cloverleaf pattern on horsebackaround the three barrels.This year’s best timeis 15.98 seconds; but times can depend onarena conditions.

To compete in barrel racing, mandatoryattire calls for: blue jeans, a cowboy hatand a long-sleeved button up shirt, accom-panied by equally fashionable and practi-cal cowboy boots.

A pair of barrel racing events took placeon July 14. The junior barrel-racing event –which is open to riders 12 and under – at-

tracted six contestants, while the open barrelracing event attracted nine.

Preceding her run, Lindsay Soucie (one ofthe chosen nine) commented on how impor-tant it is to have her mind completely focusedprior to her run. “It is crucial to be in tunewith your horse” in order to strive for thebuckle, Soucie said. The buckle is an awardpresented at the end of the rodeo season tothe most accomplished racer.

As the event continued, Katy Perry’s“Hotand Cold” filled the arena from end to endand wafted into the trailer parking lot be-yond. Our view of the spectacle was the sameas Dianne Teague’s, who was the ColoradoSenior Barrel Racing Champion in 2006.

“Barrel racing,” she informed us, “hasgrown to be a more popular rodeo event andsport in recent decades,” an assessment thatwas proven by the audience’s hearty applauseafter each run.

After a night of racing, Dani Brownell-Patty (who began riding at four years of age)gave this advice to prospective racers: “Ridehard and keep pushing.”

Brownelle-Patty has won the season-finalebuckle before. She said she loves the crowdsand notes,“My favorite part is the adrenalinrush. I love it. (Barrel racing) is fast.”

The night came together with a near-record-breaking run from Soucie, who pre-sented spectators with one of the mostexciting runs of the year with a time of 15.99-- only .01 off the season’s best.After her run,

Soucie commented on how good she feltabout winning, because earlier this year her18-year-old horse, G, was diagnosed withnavicular syndrome. Fortunately, 2011brought their long and successful fight withthe disease to a rewarding end, and they wonthe race.

By far the event of the night in our eyes,barrel racing is a spectacle, as new fans andold ones will no doubt agree.

(Eva Will and Wes Stokes are students atColorado Rocky Mountain School).

Barrel racing is a mainstay on the rodeo circuit and a highlight of the Carbondale Wild West Rodeo. A good rider will stay in thecenter of her saddle and accelerate through the end of the run. Photo by Jane Bachrach

Barrel racing: Carbondale rodeo’s hidden gem

Next steps:The final Carbondale Wild West Rodeo performances are Aug. 11 (Hawai-ian Night) and Aug. 18. Performances take place at Gus Darien arena east of Car-bondale on County Road 100. Gates open at 5:30 p.m., with slack at 6:30 p.m. and theGrand Entry at 7:30 p.m.

Flock TalkMore reports of sightings of Agnes and Baa have inspired a local Sheep World Daily

reporter to look into their story … and more was revealed after Agnes and Baa ruminatedabout the true nature of their quest in Carbondale.

“We want to be counted!!!” they bleated in unison.Turns out these woolies are from a small-farm flock but have big dreams of joining the

Raftopoulous flock of 850 range ewes that will be used for the National Sheepdog Finalsto be held at Strang Ranch Sept. 13-18.

Agnes and Baa tried last week to open an account at Alpine Bank but were turnedaway because ear tags are not considered valid ID in Colorado. Meanwhile, they havebeen spotted browsing at Hestia, the Pour House and Bella Mia, and are petitioning tohave the pig replaced by a sheep on the sign at down valley Tavern in El Jebel.

With just 32 days until the National Sheepdog Finals, Agnes and Baa are cramming.They will be watching the sheepdog demonstration at the Carbondale Wild West Rodeoon Aug. 11 and a demonstration between Days Inn and the Comfort Inn on Aug. 17 at7 p.m.

These sheep are desperate to be counted among the range ewes and accepted into theFinals flock. They are also thrilled to learn that the movie “Sweetgrass” will be shown atthe Crystal Theater on Aug. 28 at 2 p.m. and Aug. 29 at 5 p.m.“Sweetgrass” is a poignantdocumentary about the last-ever sheep drives into the Beartooth Range. They are surethat this movie depicting the life of a Montana range ewe will give them the “sheepish-ness” they need to finally be accepted.

Watch for sheep tracks in your neighborhood and remember in Colorado:“If you don’twant them in, fence them out!”

Just a reminderThe Sun’s man-about-town points out the handicapped parking spot at City Market

closest to the main door is not really meant for folks to use so they can jump out of theirvehicle and run to the VCR rental return box right next to the door.“If you can jump outof your car and go running around, you probably don’t qualify for handicapped parkingstatus,” he stated.

Shoe drive under waySopris Chiropractic and Soles 4 Souls have teamed up for a shoe drive to help those in

need. Just drop off your gently used shoes at the Sopris Chiropractic offices at 20 N.Fourth St. in Carbondale or 711 E. Valley Rd., Suite 202A in Basalt (Willits).

They say it’s your birthdayBirthday greetings go out to Tripp Adams (Aug. 11) and John Ginn (Aug. 13).

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Aspen real estate broker, Ed Zasacky,is a health fanatic with no previous heart problems, but last September suddencardiac arrest brought him to the brink of death. Ed survived because Smuggler Racquet Club manager, John Phillips, called 9-1-1 and administered CPR until the paramedics arrived using an AED to bring

him back to life. Without Phillips’ immediate action, “Undead Ed, “ as he isnow known by his friends, would likely have died.

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Aspen real estate broker, Ed Zasacky,is a health fanatic with no previous heart problems, but last September sudden cardiac arrest brought him to the brink of death. Ed survived because Smuggler Racquet Club manager, John Phillips, called 9-1-1 and administered CPR until the paramedics arrived using an AED to bring

him back to life. Without Phillips’ immediate action, “Undead Ed, “ as he is now known by his friends, would likely have died.

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Agnes (shown here) and Baa (not shown) decided to pool their limited resources andprocure a trim at Floyd’s of Mayberry earlier this week. The pair of small-flockers saidthey want to look their collective best in order to be accepted into the 850-headRaftopoulous flock, slated to play a key role in the upcoming National Sheepdog Finalsat Strang Ranch. Photo by Ewe B. Herded

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Full schedules – including credit classes – for the Car-bondale, Glenwood Springs and Spring Valley locations areno longer being mailed out. Instead, paper copies of theschedule are available at college centers at 690 ColoradoAve. in Carbondale, 1402 Blake Ave. in Glenwood Springs,or 3000 County Road 114 in Spring Valley (south of Glen-wood Springs). You can also browse online for classes atcoloradomtn.edu/classes.

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REALTORS hold golf tournamentThe Glenwood Springs Association of REALTORS holds

a scholarship fund-raising golf tournament at Rifle Creekgolf course on Aug. 26. To register a team, call 945-9762.

This year’s scholarships went to several area high schoolstudents, including Roaring Fork High School graduatesSonia Cortez and Coral Froning.

RFOV keeps on workingRoaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers has released the fol-

lowing schedule of projects. For details, call 927-8241.Aug. 20 – RFOV will complete construction of the

Tootsie Roll Trail from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on SmugglerMountain in Aspen.Sept. 24-25 – RFOV volunteers and volunteers for Out-

door Colorado will complete Phase 2 of the Hanging Lake

Trail project with trail maintenance from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30p.m. Meals will be provided Saturday morning throughSunday lunch.Oct. 1 – Volunteers will build new trail segments on the

Weller Trail, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Independence Pass,nearAspen.The project includes free dinner and refreshments.

Oct. 15 – RFOV and project partners (Garfield County,the Colorado Department of Transportation, Trout Un-limited, and Lower Valley Trails) continue the eradicationof tamarisk and Russian olive on several riverfront parcelsin and around the Rifle rest area. The project includes afree dinner and refreshments.

Clouds tickled Missouri Heights early in the morning hours on Aug. 5. Photo by Jane Bachrach

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THURSDAY Aug. 11ROTARY • John Plano, building inspectorand code officer for the town of Carbon-dale, speaks at the weekly Mt. Sopris Ro-tary luncheon at Mi Casita. At the Aug. 18meeting Rotary’s district governor RogerPtolemy will speak.

POETRY • Spoke ’N Word presents “AMidsummer’s Night” couplet poetry slamcompetition at Carbondale Beerworks at8 p.m. Bring friends, original work or justa pen to take part in this unique, originalCarbondale event. Carbondale Beer-works is located on Main Street, east ofthe post office.

MINETOUR • Roaring Fork Conservancyhosts a Smuggler Mine tour in Aspen from5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Please wear good walk-ing shoes and dress appropriately. It’s free.Info: 927-1290.

HIDDEN GEMS HIKE • The WildernessWorkshop stages another Hidden GemsHike at 7:30 a.m. This one goes to Treas-ure Mountain near Marble. The hikestarts at the Marble mill site and culmi-nates at Treasure Mountain’s saddle. Info:www.whiteriverwild.org.

FRIDAY Aug. 12MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents“Buck” (PG) at 8 p.m. Aug. 12-18; “Mid-night in Paris” (PG-13) at 6 p.m. Aug. 13-14 and “Bridesmaids” (R) at 5:30 p.m.Aug. 15-18.

FOSSIL TALK • Colorado Mountain Col-

lege instructors discuss the Ziegler ReservoirIce Age fossil discoveries at the new IceAge Discovery Center on the Snow-mass Village Mall from 5:30 to 7p.m. every Friday throughSept. 16. Info: 947-8177.

ART OPENING •Basalt High Schoolstudent Jess Wileyshows her work atthe Wyly Commu-nity Art Center,beginning with areception from 5to 7 p.m.The showculminates the sec-ond year of the WylyWomen’s Studio Men-torship, directed by long-time local artistNancy Lovendahl. Info: wylyarts.org.

ART TALK • Anderson Ranch Art Centerin Snowmass Village presents TheasterGates and two monks in a free lecture at12:30 p.m. Reservations are required at923-3181.

LIVE MUSIC • Rivers restaurant in Glen-wood Springs presents the Leonard CurryTrio (bluegrass, folks and rock) from 9p.m. to midnight. There’s no cover. Info:928-8813.

SATURDAY Aug. 13SEI BIRTHDAY • Solar Energy Interna-tional celebrates its 20th birthday at theThird Street Center from 1 to 4 p.m.

LIVE MUSIC • White House pizza on

Main Street presents Dave Tay-lor in a benefit for Feed

Them With Music.

GYMKHANA •A gymkhana will be

held at the GusDarien arena east of

town at 1 p.m. on Aug.13 and Sept. 17. Thegymkhana is for eques-trians seven and olderand the events are bar-rels, poles, flags and arotating event. Vol-unteers are needed.

Info: 274-3223 or379-9978.

BASALT SATURDAY LIVE • As a part ofthe Basalt SATURDAY LIVE! summer gath-erings, folks are throwing a “Neighbor toVecino” event from 3 to 6 p.m. at LionsPark. The event includes entertainment bythe Glenwood Vaudeville Revue, interactivegames and art projects, a time to honor sev-eral mid-valley residents who exemplify thespirit of compassion and several speakers.

ARTAUCTION •TheAnderson RanchArtsCenter’s annualArtAuction takes place at theSnowmass Village facility. More than 250works of art by international, national andlocal artists will be offered Preview all avail-able artwork at andersonranch.org/2011auc-tion. Info: 923-3181.

SUNDAY Aug. 14LIVE MUSIC • The Crystal Club Café in

Redstone presents the Johnny O. Band from4 to 7 p.m. It’s a fund-raiser for Parkinson’sdisease research and tickets are $15. JohnnyO plays the blues. Info: 963-9515.

YOGA • Award winning singer/songwriterJennifer Friedman facilitates a song anddance circle for people of all ages and levelsof experience at 10 a.m. at the Third StreetCenter. She practices “Laughter Yoga,”which promotes therapeutic laughter as amethod to bring people together and releasestress.The event is sponsored by Two RiversUnitarian Universalist church. Info:TwoRiversUU.org.

SUNDAY MUSIC • Vocalist Jan Garrettperforms at A Spiritual Center in the ThirdStreet Center at 10 a.m. A love donation isoptional. Info: Joseph at 945-8812 orGolden at 963-5516.

WEDNESDAY AUG. 17LIVE MUSIC • White House pizza onMain Street presents Dave Notor (blue-grass). Info: 704-9400.

GOP ROUNDUP • The Garfield CountyRepublicans’ Roundup and Chili Cookoffwill be held at Jolley Campground nearNew Castle. Peter Wallison will be the fea-tured speaker.

AREDAY • American Renewable EnergyDay in Aspen takes place Aug. 17-21.Speakers include Ted Turner,Tim Wirth andDr. Sylvia Earle. Discounted locals passesare available at the Wheeler Box Office.Info: areday.net

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.

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Come Watch Sheepdog Demos with Top Handler Jim Swift!

Before he competes at the 2011 National Sheepdog Finals in Carbondale next month, the Western Slope’s own Jim Swift will be showing us how he and his amazing border collies work together to gather, drive away, sort, and pen these wily sheep. Meet Jim’s dogs, learn what this exciting activity is all about, and find out how it’s all done! Food and drinks will be available so come down and enjoy! Call (970) 210-1125 for more information!

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Ongoing

THURSDAY Aug. 18PAONIA MUSIC • Paonia’s Pickin’ in thePark summer concert series features rootsrockers Old California at 6 p.m. on Aug. 18and Nashville’s the Black Lilies on Aug. 25.It’s free. Info: Rob Miller at 970-260-6493.

FRIDAY Aug. 26THEORCHARD •An art and music jam eventtakes place at the Orchard (formerly the Churchat Carbondale) from 7 to 10 p.m. The eventbrings together visual artists and musicians in arelaxed atmosphere. Info: 970-366-6140.

SATURDAY Aug. 27COWBOY GOLF • A non-traditional golfcourse will be laid out at Dallenbach Ranch up

the Frying Pan for the “Cowboy and CowgirlGolf”benefit for HomeCare & Hospice of theValley from 2 to 8 p.m. Spectators are also in-vited to enjoy the barbecue and support thehospice. Tickets are $75 for golf and barbecueor $25 for spectator golf and barbecue. SmokeModern BBQ will cater the event. RSVP byAug. 15. Golf starts at 2 p.m. and cocktailsbegin at 5 p.m. Info: 927-6650.

FRIDAY Sept. 2ART SHOW • The 16th annual RedstoneLabor Day Weekend Art Show opens with areception at the Redstone Inn from 6 to 8p.m. The show continues Sept. 3-4 from 10a.m. to 5 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. respec-tively. Info: 704-9963.

MILL SITE TOURS • Tours of the historicMarble mill site are offered Fridays throughSundays at 1 p.m. Info: 704-9482.

STONE CARVER’S EXHIBITION • The15th annual Stone Carver’s Exhibition is heldat the Redstone Art Center through Sept. 30.Colorado sculptors include Madeline Wiener,Kathi Caricof and Steve Kentz. Info: 963-3790.

CLAYCENTER SHOWCONTINUES • TheCarbondale Clay Center presents the nation-ally juried show “Atmospheric Fired 2011,”featuring more than 40 ceramic artists. TheCarbondale Clay Center is located at the eastend of Main Street. Info: 963-2529.

NETWORKING • The Linx networkinggroup meets Tuesday mornings at 7:15 a.m. atthe Light real estate office in downtown. Info:390-8401.

FARMER’S MARKET • The Carbondale

Farmer’s Market at Fourth and Main St. con-tinues Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.There’s music, new vendors and old favorites,plus fish, prepared food, flowers and more.Themarket is sponsored by American NationalBank and runs through Oct. 5.

CMC SHOWS GRANT • Native Coloradoartist Lanny Grant will exhibit many of his stu-dio paintings of Colorado,Wyoming,Montanaand Canadian mountain scenes at the ColoradoMountain College Gallery in Glenwood Springsin August and September. A signature memberof Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters, Grantoften works in remote areas, where he makesnumerous sketches and oil color studies to helphim create the larger studio paintings.An open-ing reception is set for Friday,Aug.12 from 5 to8 p.m.The gallery is open weekdays from 9 a.m.to 5 p.m. For more information, call the col-lege’s ArtShare program at 947-8367.

Hold the pressesGARRETT PERFORMS AT ASC • Vocalist Jan Garrett performs at A Spiritual Center in theThird Street Center on Aug. 14 at 10 a.m. Garrett is listed in Rolling Stone’s“Who’s Who in Rock& Roll.” She toured with John Denver, Steve Martin and the Dirt Band, and is also a certifiedlaughing instructor (according to a press release). She calls Sunday’s program “Rich IntelligentMusic with a Universally Uplifting Message.” Admission is free but donations will be accepted.For details, call Golden at 963-5516.

BACKTO SCHOOLTIE-DYE • The Gordon Cooper Library shows students how to tie-dye T-shirts for back-to-school wear at 10 a.m. on Aug. 25. Space is limited and the deadline to registerand pick out a T-shirt size is Aug. 13. For details, call 963-2889. The class is free.

CHAMBERHOSTSCOMPPLANUPDATE•The Carbondale Chamber of Commerce hosts anupdate on the town’s on-going comprehensive plan process for the business community and eco-nomic development advocates at town hall on Aug. 15 from 6 to 7:30 p.m.The agenda includes apresentation on demographics, growth projections and economic information; and draft visionstatements and works-in-progress goals. A question and answer session wraps up the update. Fordetails, call 970-382-9886.

BELL PRESENTS“NEWWORKONDECKS” • Stanley Bell presents“New Work on Decks”atRadio Boardshop from 7 to 10 p.m. on Aug. 12. Other artists collaborating in the show includeAmber Sparkles, Carly Sewell, Andrew Huffman, Hanna Boone and Drury Brennan. Bell said hiswork intermixes hallucinatory fragments of the urban landscape with the surrounding atmosphereand environment.“These paintings have taken the form of detailed, colorful, microscopic visionsof energy amidst clouds,bridges and buildings, attempting to describe energy physically, graphically,and symbolically.”

CLAYCENTERPRESENTSBURLESON •The Carbondale Clay Center presents Mark Burleson ina solo exhibit from 6 to 8 p.m. on Aug. 12.The show was rescheduled due to shipping problems ear-lier in the month. For details, call 963-2529.The Carbondale Clay Center is located at 135 Main St.

Save the dateSATURDAY Aug. 20BLUES MUSIC • KDNK’s Blues & Barbecue takes place in downtown Carbondale. For details,go to kdnk.org.

MONDAY Aug. 29SLOW FOODDINNER • The “Summer Harvest Social,” a benefit for Slow Food Roaring Fork,takes place at Six89 on Carbondale’s Main street. Featured chefs include Alex Seidel (Fruit in Den-ver), Frank Bonanno (Mizuna in Denver), Mark Buley and Mark Zitelli (BB’s Kitchen in Aspen),Rob Zack (EightK at the Viceroy in Snowmass), Bryce Orblom (restaurant Six89 in Carbondale)and John Chad Little (the Pullman in Glenwood Springs).A cash bar (with silent auction) starts at6 p.m., with dinner at 7 p.m. Tickets are $96.89 for Slow Food members and $126.89 for non-members. Reservations: 963-6890.

The past two years as I’ve chilled onwork, focusing on our daughter Juniper,I’ve stayed connected to my fieldthrough classes, tours and the like. Andduring this sabbatical, I’ve watched mychosen field (garden design) go the wayof the dinosaurs.

Don’t get me wrong. Gardening is asrobustly trendy and popular as ever.Grama and grampa still do petunias andtomatoes. Kids still earn their GreenThumb badge growing sugar snaps andsunflowers. Gen X and Y are the newbackyard farmer growing hip food slowly.Urbanites do it in pots, window boxes andon green roofs. So it sounds like most of usstill want gardens, right?

Hmmm. Blogs and clients hint at a dif-ferent vibe. Between the lines, you’re ask-ing for a sense of place paired with a bitof nature. You want your spot in the sunand trees, where you can kick it and en-tertain both yourselves and your friends.You want a comfy setting to reflect whoyou are, what your tastes or style is, andyou want it to be “Low Maintenance!”Screw the weeding and deadheading, themulching and the pruning. When I inter-view you, your favorite colors or flowershardly enter the conversation.

Back in the day (do I sound prehis-toric?) design was all romance and blos-soms. I got clients excited based not on thedrawn plan, but during the final designwalk through. I would wave my arms,gushing and oozing over the bells andwhistles (the views! the flowers! such fra-grance!) I also used my pen to tell thestory, to paint the picture of their futurelives in this fabulous new Eden so that ifthey later found themselves staring at abird’s-eye view of colorful blobs, they

could refer to the write up and be like“Oh, yeah, the flowers.”Back in the day, itwas about the garden.

Today, we’re busy.We want to smell theroses, not futz with them.

A whole new field has evolved, over-lapping mine, that’s often referred to as“Exterior Design.”Some garden designershave even changed their title to reflect this.I know of firms that even have interior de-signers on staff to hone the non-landscapedetails.The gardens are less“gardens”andmore of a green backdrop, the touch ofnature that works on our subconscious.

So I get it now. For a few years, I didn’t(and wouldn’t) and I’m sorry. Sorry to allthe clients that now pay a gardener tomaintain my romantic notions!

The last few years, our garden too hasgone the way of the dinosaurs. What isn’tmaking it without my attention is now“extinct.” (I have a lot of brown areas inthe beds!) As the green survivors stretchand yawn through the long spring, Peterand I go overdrive instead on the decksand patios. We put more effort into craft-ing our outdoor summer home over afew weekends than we put into the gar-den all summer. We get excited over howto arrange the furniture, place the art,

hang lights.Let me be honest though – my sense of

place still needs a complexity of plants. Igo ape $%*t over my pots and annuals. Iswitch it up every year, starting seed, buy-ing plants and composing my paradise. Imight be a romantic but I’m lazy, so we in-fuse the economy and hire out the gar-dening now.

It’s August.Ahhhh, sabbatical. My con-tainers are a Garden of Eden. Callibra-choa, African daisies, flowering yucca –they match our furniture.

Really!Red, fuchsia, aqua and green; aqua,

salmon and burgundy, all! Flowing, spray-ing, cascading mounds of romance! Welaze on the sunny sofa in a pile of pillows,watching our toddler toddle. The waterfall burbles. The birds flit and the beesbuzz. We grill antelope sausage and drinkgarden-mint mojitos. We’re definitely dig-gin’ this shift in the garden scene.

Hmmm…maybe that table needs somedinosaur art?

Genevieve is a valley mama, still tryingto squeeze in a bit of writing and de-sign. She can be reached at Genevieve@evolvinglandscape.com.

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Terry Kirk and his colleagues at Sopris Liquor &Wine are going to be more comfortable and more pro9table this summer. SoprisLiquor &Wine completely upgraded the store’s lighting, including LED lights and motions sensors in the coolers (the coolers aredark until customers approach them). Sopris Liquor &Wine quali9es for rebates from Xcel Energy and Gar9eld Clean Energy.

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After all the work planting in earlyspring and the weeding and watering ofmid-season, garden work at this time ofyear makes a shift to time spent harvest-ing. The cool season greens have been fin-ished for a while, and the heat-lovingplants are getting ready to roll.

While most gardeners put a great dealof thought and energy into soil prep andplanting, knowing when to harvest forpeak flavor, how to sustain productionand to handle the fruits of your labor tomaintain freshness and flavor are equallyimportant.

Some general rules apply to harvestingalmost all vegetables. If possible, harvestin the cool of the morning or late eveningand chill produce quickly. For quick ma-turing vegetables like summer squash,beans and peas, pick every day to keepthem from getting too large. Continualharvest will also promote additionalgrowth and fruit set. Most vegetables areannuals and their mission in life is to pro-duce seed. By picking before that happensthe plants will continue to produce.

Some vegetable varieties should berinsed off before storing, while others

need to be dry. Beans, peas, basil, broccoli,cauliflower, chard and okra will holdlonger in the refrigerator if not washed.Excess water on the surface can lead tomold, and with beans and basil can causethem to turn black. Greens can be rinsed,but excess moisture should be removed.

Tomatoes (the holy grail of gardening)should be picked for peak flavor, butcolor is not the only indicator of ripeness.With many of the heirloom tomatoes,waiting for a bright red color may ensureharvesting an overripe, mushy fruit.Tomatoes are ripe when a light pressureon the surface yields slightly. Squeeze a re-ally green tomato first to get a baseline. Invery warm weather (90 degrees orhigher), pick tomatoes slightly under ripeand let them finish up inside at a lowertemperature, which will help the texture.

Broccoli heads should be harvestedwhen the bead size is still consistent andthe head has not gotten too loose. Oncethe main head is cut the plant will con-tinue to produce side shoots that can beharvested. Pick cucumbers at any stageof development before the seeds becomehard and the skin begins to yellow. Sweet

peppers are usually picked when they arefully-grown and mature – firm to thetouch and green. For the colored vari-eties leave them on the plant until theyturn, which doesn’t always happen withour short season. Pick beans after thedew is off the plants, and they are thor-oughly dry. Avoid letting them get toobig and tough. Carrots can be pulledwhen the roots are at least 1/2 inch in di-ameter or allowed to get larger. Beets canbe harvested at any size, but with mostvarieties beets larger than 3 inches maybecome woody.

Because summer squash develop veryrapidly after pollination, they can easilyget too large over night.We have all prob-ably encountered one or two monsterzucchini in our gardening careers. Sum-mer squash should be harvested whensmall and tender. Most elongated varietiesare picked when they are 2 inches or lessin diameter and 6 to 8 inches long. Pattypan types are harvested when they are 3to 4 inches in diameter. Consider harvest-ing the male squash blossoms, which donot develop into fruit, as a summer deli-cacy. They can be chopped and sautéed,

stuffed or dipped in batter and deep-fried.For more detailed information on veg-

etable harvesting and storage visit theColorado State University extension of-fice at www.ext.colostate.edu.

If you feel the need to get out in thegarden and plant, there is still time forlate summer growth for a fall harvest. Asday length shortens, the time needed forcrops to mature increases by about 10-14days for each week for planting datesafter early August. For germination suc-cess with most of those cool season crops,the soil temperature needs to be below 70degrees. Cool the soil by using shadecloth or watering for a couple of days.Even better is to try to plant during thecool, rainy spells we get at this time ofyear. With the help of row covers, oncethe weather turns cold, leaf lettuces,spinach, Asian greens, radishes andkohlrabi planted now can be harvestedinto late fall.

Linda Halloran’s column runs the secondThursday of the month. She coordinatesColorado Rocky Mountain School’s Or-ganized Gardening Learning Center.

Not all garden vegetables harvest the sameBy Linda Halloran

Special to the Sopris Sun

she asked the crowd. “Squeezing limes,”which she proceeded to do in preparing theaforementioned dish that former “Friends”star Courtney Cox could not get enough of.

When asked about her thumbs duringthis interview she joked, “Maybe I shouldmarket silicone (thumb) attachments” toother foodies who aspire to duplicate the“Jimenez squeeze.”

Beyond the laughs, there is also a seri-ous side to Jimenez. For example, she takespart in the Aspen School District’s “Girls toWomen” conference for eighth graders,where role-models explain to young girls

what it takes to be successful.“As a child I didn’t have a

mentor … but I took cookingand turned it into a career,”she said.

Some of that childhood didrevolve around helping hermother and grandmother inthe kitchen, and working withthe whole family in Californiaand Oregon fields picking cher-ries, peaches and other crops.

“My dad came here 40years ago (from Mexico) …

now he tells me I’m an icon ofwhat someone can do (here.)”

Jimenez shares a housewith her husband, DougLyons, about mid-way be-tween Carbondale and Red-stone in Swiss Village. Shedescribes her husband as thequieter of the two, who ismost happy when bow-hunt-ing for deer, wild boar, caribouand other big game.

“You name it, he brings itin,” she said. When “he brings

it in” she cooks it up, with her own culi-nary flair.

“One magazine wants to use my (wildgame) recipes … hunters want me to gowith them (to cook) … .”

Cooking for hunters may or may not bein Jimenez’s game plan after Sunday night’sfinal“Food Network Star” show of the sea-son. She plans to have a booth at the LaborDay Jazz Aspen festival, and also go on abook signing tour with other finalists fromthe TV show.

Beyond that? It looks like we’ll all justhave to wait and see.

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing willbe held before the Carbondale Board of Trustees forthe purpose of considering an annexation and rezon-ing request for property owned by the Town of Car-bondale. The Town of Carbondale is the applicant.

The property is located at 640 County Road 106,Garfield County, CO 81623. The property was previ-ously known as the Sopris RV Park and Camp-ground. The property is currently referred to as theGateway River RV Park. The site is located on thesouthwest corner of the intersection of SH 82 and SH133, north of the Roaring Fork River. SH 82 is thenorth boundary, SH 133 is the east boundary and theRoaring Fork River fronts the south boundary. Thewest boundary is bordered by the RFTA railroad right-of-way. The property is approximately 7.74 acres.

UnclassifiedsSubmit Unclassifieds to unclassifieds@soprissun.com by 12 p.m. on Monday. $15 for up to 30 words,$20 for 31-50 words.

CHURCH MUSIC DIRECTOR. Carbondale Community United Methodist Church is seeking a di-rector of music for a 40-week season from Aug. 24, 2011, through May 29, 2012. This person willdirect a small chancel choir and vocal groups to sing during Sunday worship services. Duties includeleading Wednesday evening choir rehearsals for 1.5 hours, and directing during Sunday worship.Compensation is $6,000. To inquire, contact Pastor Rich Stoakes at (970) 404-0307.

GET THE WORD OUT IN UNCLASSIFIEDS! Rates start at $15. Email unclassifieds@soprissun.com.

*Credit card payment information should be emailed to unclassifieds@soprissun.com or call 948-6563.Checks may be dropped off at our office at the Third Street Center or mailed to P.O. Box 399, Carbon-dale, CO 81623. Call 618-9112 for more info.

Service Directory

Susie Jimenez

News BriefsCMC accepting board applicants

Colorado Mountain Junior College District is accepting applicants to run seats on its board of trustees.Each potential candidate must be an eligible elector and reside within the boundaries of the district

in which they submit their candidacy. The four districts with seats up for election are District 2 (Roar-ing Fork School District RE-1 Director Districts B, C, D and E), District 4 (Summit County School Dis-trict RE-1), District 5 (Steamboat Springs School District RE-2) and District 6 (Lake County SchoolDistrict RE-1 and Eagle County School District RE-50J Director District A).

Petitions are available from the college’s central services offices in downtown Glenwood Springs.Petitions, with at least 50 qualifying signatures, must be returned to the college’s central services byAug. 26 at 1 p.m. The election will be held Nov. 1.

For details, call Debbie Novak at 947-8365.

P&Z holds Gateway hearingThe Carbondale Planning and Zoning Commission holds a public hearing on annexation and zon-

ing on Aug. 25 for the Gateway River RV Park, located at 640 County Road 106 (formerly known asthe Sopris RV Park). Copies of the annexation and zoning application are on file at town hall and maybe examined during regular hours. The Aug. 25 P&Z meeting starts at 7 p.m.

AREDAY features billionaire philanthropistThomas Steyer, billionaire philanthropist and champion of renewable energy, will speak at the Amer-

ican Renewable Energy Day (AREDAY) conference in Aspen Aug. 17-21. Steyer helped to defeat CaliforniaProposition 23 last year, a ballot initiative that called for the suspension of state’s 2006 global-warminglaw, which aims to reduce the California’s emissions of greenhouse gases down to 1990 levels by 2020.

Steyer will be joining Larry Schweiger, president of the National Wildlife Federation, in an armchairconversation titled “Lessons from Prop 23” at 12:30 p.m. on Aug. 20, and an evening conversationwith Ted Turner on “The Business of Philanthropy” from 8 to 9 p.m. on Aug. 19.

For more information, visit areday.net.

This old jalopy (have you ever seen a new jalopy?) was a major headturner downtown at the Aug. 5 First Friday. Other downtown actionincluded a bluegrass band, rock band, balloon twister, art demon-strations and more. The next First Friday is Labor Day weekend.Photo by Lynn Burton