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Del McCoury hits town1

Grizzlies in CascadesPage 16

The 40th annual Carbondale Mountain Fair is July 29-31 at Sopris Park and all around town you hear folks telling each other “see you at the fair” or “have a good fair.”The folks you seehere got their Fair face on in recent years. To get prepped for this year’s party, turn to Fair coverage on page 3 and also the official Mountain Fair program inside. Photos by Jane Bachrach

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Carbondale’s weekly, non-profit newspaper Volume 3, Number 24 | July 28, 2011

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Petitioner comments on SoprisDear Editor:

I am writing to correct some misinfor-mation that is out about the naming of the“John Denver Peak.”

I am a co-sponsor for this effort. We areabsolutely not renaming Mount Sopris.Saying that we are doing that is 100 per-cent incorrect.

What we are attempting to do in honorof all that John Denver has done is name theunnamed east peak as“John Denver Peak.”

There are people out there very, veryupset that we are trying to rename MountSopris. Mount Sopris will always remainMount Sopris.

Karen LarsenLittleton

GrassRoots thanksDear Editor:

On Saturday, July 16, GrassRoots Com-munity TV held the first GrassGames at So-pris Park in Carbondale. We had a perfectday for games in the grass, barbeque andmusic. All participants had a great time.We’d like to thank everyone who partici-pated in making this a successful fundraiserfor GrassRoots Community Television.

GrassRoots Community TV is embark-ing upon an exciting new community proj-ect: creating a digital media access centerand television studio at the Third StreetCenter in Carbondale. Opening to the pub-lic in the fall of 2011, this communitymedia production center is already attract-

ing a lot of excitement in Carbondale.GrassRoots is looking to all local busi-nesses, citizens and non-profits to helpmake it a successful creative facility.

Thanks to our live music performers:Dave Notor and Friends,Three on the Tree,Casey O’Kane, and The Friendly Dictators

A big thanks to our sponsors: ACEHardware-Carbondale, Anderson Ranch,

The Sopris Sun welcomes your letters, limited to no more than 400 words. Letters ex-ceeding that length may be edited or returned for revisions. Include your name and res-idence (for publication) and a contact email and phone number. Submit letters via emailto [email protected] or via snail mail to P.O. Box 399, Carbondale, CO 81623.

Letters

Nothing without costBy Kendall Williams

Three simple words with so much meaning but if you think about it, everything thatwe do embodies some sort of expenditure, whether it be mental effort, time spent doingsomething, or not doing anything. Just existing implies a cost and when you put a dollarvalue on the things we do or don’t do as individuals and collectively we have one meas-ure of cost that most of us can understand.

Take housing for example. We all know that buying land, hiring an architect, andpaying a builder all add to the cost of a house. We also know that depending on howmany people are in the market mix for these essential ingredients, the cost may vary.Add in factors like location and the number of people who may want to buy the fin-ished house and you start to have the basic information needed to determine a price.These are all well recognized factors, but there are other costs that go into a house thatare not so obvious.

Let’s say that you want to build a house but the only lots you can find are expensiveones in a subdivision with rules that require the architect to add certain costly features tothe outside so as to maintain the value of neighboring properties. Let’s also say the home

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VCR: A step forward or backward?By Bob Schultz

(Editor’s note: This is the third in Bob Schultz’s three-part series titled “VCR: TheGood, the Bad, the Ugly.” He has titled the following installment “The Ugly.”)

The current proposal to develop the land at Highway 133 and Main Street ap-pears to be headed for action by the town trustees. While most people have lost in-terest and focus over the long and contentious review process for Village at CrystalRiver, it would be wise for all to understand the key points and weigh in on theirassessment of whether potentially good aspects outweigh the possible negative ef-fects. This is the third of three pieces on the good, bad and ugly aspects of this pro-posal. This column presents the ugly aspects surrounding the proposal.

The first ugly aspect is the Public Improvement Fee — a 1 percent or more fee onall sales at Village at Crystal River.

A 1 percent fee on groceries is about the most regressive form of taxation that Ican think of. While the average household in the U.S. spends about 10 percent ofdisposable income on food, lower income households spend as much as 20-25 per-cent on food. If we want to make lower income families pay proportionately morefor the infrastructure — roads, pipes, parking lots, street lights, etc. — at the Villageat Crystal River, then there is no better method than a PIF on groceries.

The second ugly aspect of VCR is the land use review process with the Board ofTrustees. The current board has purged about 50 years of planning experience fromits staff, and is now floundering through land use applications. Issues, both menialand threshold, and personal disagreements are debated endlessly without a clear senseof the goal line. Residents deserve better representation. So do developers.

Does this board have an agreement on land use goals? If so, it is impossible to tellfrom their deliberations on significant proposals. What do we want at VCR? Do wereally want to annex the Thompson land? If yes, why?

The trustees could answer those threshold questions first with a straw poll, andwhen they support a project, the council can, as a group, give staff and the applicantdirection on what’s needed to make it work. The details could be worked out be-tween staff and applicant and brought back for review. Trustee meetings should beabout deciding direction and reviewing agreements to implement that direction.

And when the trustees don’t support a project in the straw poll, staff can preparethe paperwork for denial, saving stress and money.

Speaking of the applicant, the VCR developer and his representatives are part ofthe ugliness. He has threatened to sue the town and/or trustees and has become in-creasingly adversarial in his approach. This bullying does not bode well for a long-term partnership that will drive town funding and land use for the next generation.We’d better hire the best attorney in Colorado to write up this Development Agree-ment, because the developer has given us plenty of warning about what to expectfrom him in the future.

Some will say that the answer to all of this is a referendum on the project — I hopenot. Ugliness begets ugliness. We need each other more than ever right now, and it isthe wrong time to be breaking into groups over this cursed piece of land again. I ambeginning to be convinced that Shorty Pabst cast a pall on this land from the etherswhen Colorado Rocky Mountain School sold it years ago for development.

The fact is we were dealt a bad hand with this property. When Carbondale an-nexed the land with commercial zoning many years ago, there was no development

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The coolest workout in town can be found at the John Fleet Memorial swimmingpool. Lap swims are noon to 1 p.m. and 5 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 11a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Open swim times are 1:15 p.m. to 5 p.m. Mon-day through Friday and 1:15 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. Photo by Lynn Burton

Sopris Sun Staff Report

A last minute addition to Mountain Fairweekend is putting 13 local musicians on astage at Fourth and Main in the “park” thetown leases from a private owner.

“I kind of hit Amy Kimberly (MountainFair Director) with this idea at the lastminute,” Dave Taylor told the town trusteeson July 21.

Kimberly told the Sopris Sun,“The down-town stage was the idea of Dave Taylor butwe are fully supportive and are helping inmany ways to make it a success. The Moun-tain Fair loves to get people downtown to ex-perience all our businesses so hopefully thiswill provide some little extra incentive.”

Taylor, a musician himself, said he got theidea of using the summer-stage for MountainFair when he gave an impromptu show therelast year.“There were about six people there,”Taylor joked.“And two of them got busted.”

In addition to music,Taylor also proposed10 vendors be allowed in the small park, aproposal the trustees also approved.

Taylor said the musicians will playacoustically with a small PA system. Thelineup is as follows:

Saturday, July 30Noon – Greg Masse1 p.m. – Yvette MacEachen2 p.m. – Dan Rosenthal3 p.m. – Patrick Fagan4 p.m. – Fallen Pines5 p.m. – Dave Taylor6 p.m. – The Tippets

Sunday, July 31Noon – Frank Norwood1 p.m. – Ellen Stapenhorst2 p.m. – Matt Haslett3 p.m. – Acoustic DNA4 p.m. – Rosewood Devine5 p.m. – Paul Franzich

As for local musicians playing the twostages at Sopris Park, the list includes: BobbyMason (5 p.m., Friday), the CarbondaleSound with All the Pretty Horses, Tjaar andthe Mile Markers (11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Satur-day), the No Joes (5 p.m., Saturday),singer/songwriter winners (5 p.m., Saturday),

One Way to Heaven (6 p.m., Saturday),Earthbeat Choir (10 a.m., Sunday), AnnieFlynn Band (11:45 a.m., Sunday), Sirens ofSwing (1 p.m., Sunday), open jam with theTippets (1:15 p.m., Sunday), Jeff Kagan andPaige Dougherty (2 p.m., Sunday), jazz work-shop with Aaron Taylor and Matteo Sendate& Friends (3 p.m., Sunday), Jazz Aspen stu-dent recital (5 p.m., Sunday).

In other Mountain Fair news:Signed and numbered prints of John

Toly’s 40th annual Carbondale MountainFair poster will be available for $35 at theInformation Booth near the Main Stage.Only 50 limited edition posters were printedso get there early.

Volunteers are still needed for severalsquads, including: 4-Corners, Peace Patrol,Ambassador, the Green Team, Raffle Roverand T-shirt sales.Volunteers who put in fourhours receive a Friend of the Fair T-shirt.Sign up at the Information Booth or call963-1680.

The “Mother of All Drum Circles” willopen the fair in Sopris Park at 4 p.m. on Fri-day, July 29. This facilitated circle of hun-dreds of people takes place in front of theMain Stage and kicks off the weekend.Kindly bring your own hand drum and/orsmall percussion if you have them. A limitednumber of drums and many small hand per-cussion instruments will be provided forthose who don't have their own.

Local artists in this year’s fair include theCarbondale Clay Center potters, Barry Shee-han (metal), Brad Reed Nelson (wood) andStaci Dickerson (painting).

For the second year, arts and crafts boothsopen at noon on Friday, July 29.“This is a ju-ried show, so the quality of artistry is high,”said Carbondale Mountain Fair DirectorAmy Kimberly.“We started the noon openinglast year so patrons who really want to focuson the arts and crafts booths without all theother fair hoopla have a chance to do soundisturbed.”

For more on the fair, go to carbon-dalearts.com or check out the Official FairProgram in this issue of the Sopris Sun. Thefair runs July 29-31 at Sopris Park and ad-mission is free.

Main Street stage addedto Mountain Fair weekend

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Fair Affairs:Scavenger hunt cluesThe grand prize in the Mountain Fair Retro T-shirt Scavenger Hunt is a pair of VIP tick-ets to Jazz Aspen Labor Day worth $2,500. Players who locate all the fair T-shirts fromprevious years at local businesses and fill out their cards can enter a drawing on Sun-day afternoon. The final set of clues is as follows:

Stop in here for a quick snack or two,you can try something different, something newwith candies and other goods from our neighbors to the far souththese sweet, salty and spicy delights will throw a fiesta in your mouth!

•••Living here, you come to love the outdoorsexploring, living and being around the creatures that walk on all foursbut what happens when all your best gear wears out because your lifestyleis so rapid?well, I know a store where you can get more, they might be slightly used, butthere’s no way your new things will be ragged!

•••Recycling is fantastic in more ways than oneand with it, even in this economy, it’s still easy to look hotter than the sunall you have to do is stop in here to look your best,cause I’ll tell you: it’s the best second hand store in the west!

•••When the spirit strikes youto have a drink or twoat the same time, you aren’t in a social mood, and there are only bars all around!well you can come by here for some takeout booze in the heart of downtown.

Paul Franzich wraps up the music lineup in the park at Fourth and Main on Sundayat 5 p.m. The downtown stage was organized by Dave Taylor. Courtesy photo

FAIR AFFAIRS page 9

By Lynn BurtonSopris Sun Staff Writer

Carbondale Trustee Elizabeth Murphyasked the board to discuss banning medicalmarijuana facilities or to consider puttingthe question to a vote of the people at Tues-day night’s meeting.

The other three trustees who attendedthe meeting were more interested in ad-dressing the agenda item at hand, a pro-posed zoning code for medical marijuanafacilities, and after more than two hours ofdiscussion approved the zoning 3-1.

Among themainprovisionsofCarbondale’sfirst-ever medical marijuana zoning code:

• Medical marijuana centers (dispen-saries) will not be allowed at ground floorlevels on Main Street and on Highway 133;

• Medical marijuana grown in thetown limits cannot be sold outside thetown limits;

• Dispensaries will be allowed with aspecial use permit in the HCC, CT, PC andCRW zone districts;

• Cultivation and infused product man-ufacture will be allowed with a special usepermit in the Industrial Zone District.

• Medical marijuana facilities within a400-foot radius of the intersection of High-

Trustees discuss pot ban;OK medical marijuana zoning

ZONING page 5

Economic symposium slatedAn economic symposium focusing on the

health of the Roaring Fork Valley’s real es-tate- and tourism-based economy will beheld at the Doerr-Hosier Center at the AspenMeadows on Friday, Aug. 5 at 3:30 p.m.

Participants include: Al White (directorof Colorado's Tourism Office), Mike Ka-plan (president and CEO of Aspen SkiingCompany), Bob Daniel (project managerfor the proposed Lift One Lodge at the baseof Aspen Mountain), and Michael Fox(president and CEO of Aspen Club Inter-national). The panel will be moderated byDwayne Romero, president of Related Col-orado and former Aspen city councilman.

The symposium is presented by BJAdams and Company. Advance tickets are$20 at 922-2111, at bjadamsandcom-pany.com, or $30 on the day of the event.

Libraries want feedbackGarfield County libraries are taking a

survey that’s available at all libraries andon-line. The survey results will help the li-brary system plan next summer’s readingprogram and other programs as well.

“The information you give us is in-valuable,” said library spokeswomanEmily Hisel.

PitCo trails conducting surveyPitkin County Open Space and Trails is

conducting a visitor-use survey designed tohelp Open Space and Trails check-in onpublic opinion of current policy, as well asto identify potential planning and man-agement issues.

“The opinions of Pitkin County’s citizensare very important to us,” said Open Spaceand Trails Recreation Planner, LindseyUtter.“We look forward to analyzing the re-sults of the survey. The results will helpguide planning and management of thecounty’s Open Space and Trails resources.”

The survey is available on-line at as-penpitkin.com. For details, call 920-5224.

Survey responses must be received byAug. 5.

AHS presents“Characters of Aspen”

The Aspen Historical Society’s TimeTravel Tuesdays series presents “Charac-ters of Aspen: Lou Deane and IsabelMace” at 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 2 at theWheeler/Stallard Museum at 620 W.Bleeker. Admission is free for membersand $8 for non-members.

The presentation is set in the 1940s and1950s when Deane established the T Lazy7 Ranch at the junction of Willow andMaroon creeks. For details, go online toAspenHistory.org.

GarCo commissioners meetThe Garfield County commissioners

meet in the Courhouse Plaza Bulding inGlenwood Springs Aug. 1-2.

Agenda items on Aug. 1 include:• a finance update and presentation of

the 2010 audited financial statements;• an update from sheriff Lou Vallario;• a federal mineral leasing district update;• a funding request from the Sopris

Barracuda swim team;• a request for a Northwest Colorado

Cultural Heritage tourism grant.Agenda items on Aug. 2 include a

work session at 8 a.m. on the land usecode for equestrian centers.

Honor Flight seeking veteransThe Western Slope Honor Flight is

seeking World War II veterans for itsFifth and Final Flight to Washington,D.C. on Sept. 21-22. Plans are to trans-port WWII veterans from the WesternSlope of Colorado and Eastern Utah tovisit those memorials built and dedicatedin their honor.

Applications can be accessed by call-ing Kris Baugh at (970) 434-2916 andshould be mailed to Western Slope HonorFlight, P.O. Box 3950, Grand Junction,CO 81502. The trip is free for veterans,but guardians are asked to pay a fee of$950 to accompany the veteran and pro-vide care.


News BriefsThe Weekly News Brief The Sopris Sun and the KDNK news departments teamup to discuss recent news from the Roaring Fork Valley and beyond. Catch theBrief Fridays on KDNK.

TOWN OF CARBONDALEBusiness Revolving

Loan Fund

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Loans available for new or expanding businesseslocated within Carbondale town limits

Contact Roaring Fork Business Resource Center945-5158

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Emmy Kidder jumped right into the sack race at the Orchard’s “One Love” day atSopris Park last Sunday.The event included music, barbecue, a dunk tank, face paint-ing and more, and brought out at least 200-300 people. Photo by Lynn Burton

By Lynn BurtonSopris Sun Staff Writer

After topping out at 11 in July 2010, thenumber of medical marijuana dispensariesin Carbondale has dropped to eight, ac-cording to town hall records.

The drop means that Carbondale is onlyone medical marijuana dispensary ahead ofGlenwood Springs, which now supportsseven according to that town’s records.

If there’s any change in the number ofdispensaries in either town it won’t comefrom new ones opening up. Both towns

have imposed moritoriums on new dis-pensaries.

Carbondale’s first medical marijuanadispensary — where patients with a doctor-prescribed permit can buy everything fromthe weed itself to edibles, drinks, salves andtinctures — opened on Village Road in July7, 2009. During the next year, three dis-pensaries opened in January 2010, and oth-ers were scattered through May and June.The last medical marijuana dispensary toopen was a Medical Marijuana Center of

way 133 and Main Street are banned.“This code is more restrictive, not less

restrictive (than the current situation),” saidMayor Stacey Bernot.

Voting for the zoning code wereBernot, Pam Zentmyer and John Hoff-mann. Murphy voted against it. TrusteesFrosty Merriott, John Foulkrod and EdCortez were absent.

Ever since the first medical marijuanaCarbondale dispensary opened in 2009 toprovide marijuana and its derivatives to pa-tients with doctor-approved permits, thetrustees have worked to draft licensing andzoning ordinances to regulate the industry.

Under Colorado statues, municipalitieshave the right to ban medical marijuana fa-cilities. Last year the Carbondale trusteesplaced a moratorium on new medical mar-ijuana dispensaries (see sidebar on page 9).

For the past two years, Murphy hasbeen the most likely trustee to express con-cern over the proliferation of medical mar-ijuana dispensaries. Tuesday night sheelaborated and said drug use is on the rise,medical marijuana is making its way intoschools, the number of medical marijuanadispensaries is tarnishing the town’s imagewith tourists and visitors, and police arehaving trouble enforcing some regulationssuch as dispensaries hours of operation.

“I question from a community perspec-tive where we are going,” Murphy said.“I’m not sure this (the zoning code) gets uswhere we are comfortable.”

She said a broader conversation wouldinclude whether to even allow medical mar-ijuana facilities.

“Many towns have banned them,” shereminded the trustees.

Bernot pointed out that with threetrustees missing, “I don’t think it’s in ourbest interest to (discuss) a ban tonight.”

At previous meetings, trustees and thepublic have commented on the image thetown puts forth with eight marijuana dis-pensaries advertising their presence on

Main Street and other locations aroundtown. Trustee Hoffmann countered thatwhen his friends from Utah come to visitand drive past liquor stores on Highway133, “it’s like they had to drive throughBabylon … of course, they don’t smokepot either.”

Hoffmann said the trustees should pass

the zoning ordinance. “If we ban it (med-ical marijuana) completely, it’ll go backunder ground.”He said the solution isn’t toban medical marijuana but to give it a“smart” place to be.

So far, existing medical marijuana facil-ities have been allowed to operate until li-censing and a zoning code is in place. Thetrustees had placed a moratorium on new

medical marijuana dispensaries until Dec.31, 2010 and extended it Tuesday night toJuly 1, 2012.

Under the new zoning code, existingmedical marijuana facilities are not allowedto expand.

Early in Tuesday night’s discussion,Bernot said the trustees could instruct the

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Fishing the Fork. Water levels dropped, rivers have cleared and fishing is back tonormal on the Roaring Fork. An unusually high runoff kept drift boats such as thisone off local rivers in recent weeks but all that changed earlier in the month. Nowthe boat ramp below the Highway 133 bridge has turned into a busy place for an-glers and rafters. Photo by Lynn Burton

“I question froma community

perspective wherewe are going.

I’m not sure this(the zoning code)gets us where weare comfortable.”

Elizabeth MurphyTown of Carbondale Trustee

MEDICAL MARIJUANA page 9

Number of medical marijuanadispensaries drops – to 8

ZONING page 9

More on DenverIf you think the “John Denver Peak” controversy has

peaked out, take a peek at KDNK’s Web-site.The community access radio station’s weekly poll asks

whether Mt. Sopris’s eastern peak should be named after thelate-singer, who lived just outside Aspen in Starwood anddied in an experimental aircraft accident off the Californiacoast several years ago. Denver is known in many circles forhis environmental views and support of like-minded proj-ects, such as his Windstar eco-think tank on several hundredacres near Snowmass that he founded in the 1970s.

Anyway, KDNK’s poll on Monday afternoon showedthat 65 percent of respondents (32) don’t want a Sopris peaknamed after Denver, 16 percent (8) do, and 18 percent (9)“don’t really care.”

On an unrelated note, there’s no truth to the rumor thatout-of-town petitioners want the BLM to rename Mush-room Rock on Red Hill“John Denver on Mushrooms”rockbecause who knows, he might have sat on Mushroom Rockand penned a tune.

Local pole dancer competesYes, you read that correctly. Local pole dancer Holly

“Honey” Miely is competing in an international poledancing competition at the Oriental Theatre in Denver onAug. 5-7.

“I am looking forward to the opportunity to performamongst so many amazing pole dancers I respect and ad-mire,” Miely said in a press release.“The international pres-ence is also very exciting for me as you rarely get access to somuch international talent in one place.”

For details, go to Poledancinguniverse.com, or get in yourcar and drive over to the Oriental Theatre and see it for your-self. Miely runs Honey’s Pole Fitness Studio in Carbondaleand Basalt.

Ravenheart opensRavenheart (formerly the Parkside Gallery) hosts a

grand opening celebration July 28. The gallery is locatedacross the street from Sopris Park. For details, see the ad inthis week’s Sun.

Independence Pass alertIf you’re motoring over Independence Pass on Aug. 2, you

might think of bringing some reading material or electronicgame device. That’s because CDOT is striping Highway 82for the 16-mile stretch between Aspen and Lincoln Creek be-tween the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Expect delays of up toone hour. For details on road conditions, go to col-oradodot.info and click on the green cell phone icon in theupper right corner of the page.

Heritage Park thanksFolks at Heritage Park Care Center say they’d like to

thank Kem and John Piccinati of Yesteryear, and CacalocoCompost for the donation of time, labor, love and great dirtfor their new vegetable and flower garden. Heritage Park islocated at 1200 Village Road.

Vote for BonedaleThe Carbondale Chamber of Commerce bills the town as

a great base camp for Colorado adventure. Well, the Sep-tember issue of Elevation Outdoors magazine will celebratethe “Best of” Colorado for favorite spots around the state.To cast votes for local faves and enter a contest for free geargo to: elevationoutdoors.com.

They say it’s your birthdayHappy birthday greetings go out to Tom Baker and Brent

Moss (July 28), Cheryl Loggins, and Nancy Barnett (July 31)and Anibal Guevera (Aug. 1).


Scuttlebutt Send your scuttlebutt to [email protected].

Here’s the latest installment of the Sopris Sun’s MysteryPhoto. If you think you know where it is, send your answerto [email protected]. The first person to answer cor-rectly gets his or her name in the paper. For an extra fivepoints (and you’re going to need them): who owns the signor where did the sign hang before coming to rest in Car-bondale? Photo by Lynn Burton

Doors open at 7pmLive performance starts at 9pmOpening Acts:Articulate Lounges & 970 RidasAftershow DJ’s: SubFoundations Crewvs. High Lyfe Entertainment CrewTickets available at One Love in Glen-wood and Aspen, Casual Culture, SpyderRose and the PAC3 box office and theirwebsite www.pac3carbondale.com - $30presale & $35 at the door. $50 packagedeals for Friday and Saturday night - 18and up.Sponsors: One Love, SoundRx, Sub-Foundations, Everlast Powder Coating,Independent Trucking, Back To EarthBodyworks, Downhill Boardshop, Emi-nent Apparel, High Lyfe Entertainment,Spyder Rose, Mother Earth, MountainInk, “WHERE’S THE PARTY AD?” APP., In-door Garden Supply, GRxeen House &www.Allen Pettenger.comLocated: PAC3 Theater,520 South Third StreetCarbondale, Colorado 81623(970.925.1663)www.pac3carbondale.com

Devin the Dude & Coughee Brothersperforming July 30th

featuringWhite Fudge

By Angela PaloneSopris Sun Correspondent

In 1958, a young woman from Germanycame to the United States with a great fam-ily tradition.

Her grandfather,of Magdeburg,Germany,was a jeweler, master goldsmith and WorldWar I veteran. Her father was a master gold-smith as well as an optometrist, two tradesthat went hand in hand because as a gold-smith he would frame glasses. Her father’smasterpiece was a diamond ring.Who wouldthink that decades later, the woman fromGermany and her daughter would be creatingtheir own masterpieces out of silk and stone?

For 20 years now, Brigitta Heller-Ulrychhas lived in Carbondale and has no intentionof leaving town or herVictorian-era house onSecond Street.Brigitta is a designer and seam-stress who operates a clothing business withher daughter, Barbara. They design most oftheir clothes together, Brigitta sewing andBarbara painting and dying the material.Thisdynamic duo began B*B designs in 1989.

Brigitta, surrounded by rolls of colorfulfabrics, racks of silky kimonos and displaycases of jewelry in her Second Street work-shop/home, sat down with the Sopris Sunearlier this month for an interview.

“I just love working. I really do,” Brigittaproclaimed with a twinkle in her eye. “Themain thing forme is thequalityof thematerial.”

The materials used at B*B Designs are im-ported silks, suede, chiffon, velvet and rayon,which are flattering to any figure, elegant andcomfortable.Their newest fabrics are bamboo

and pineapple, in which the women make aconscious effort to ensure a non-toxic manu-facturing process. Kimonos, shirts, skirts,pants and crocheted sweaters are just some ofthe clothing pieces you can find in their shop.Brigitta says her goal is to provide clothes forany body type and outfits for any occasion.

Barbara Sophia-Ulrych, a graphic artsmajor at Colorado State University, not onlypaints and dyes clothing material in the tra-ditional Japanese style (shibori), she createswall paintings, jewelry and also works withhand-blown glass. Her favorite medium in

which to work is Italian Murano glass be-cause centuries-old techniques are used andeach bead is individually blown.

Barbara began utilizing her talent aboutseven years ago. Every Mother’s Day shegives Brigitta a piece of jewelry that is moreexquisite than the previous year.Barbara alsofacilitates gift-giving for others, selling herwork at five stores in Hawaii, at the RedstoneArt Center, Carbondale’s own Main StreetGallery, and Spirit of the Earth in Santa Fe.

“Each piece of jewelry I have from mygrandfather has a story. I want my pieces to

meanenough to someone topass it down,sinceeach is made with lots of love,”Barbara said.

A fifth generation of Ulrych handcraftersis in the making. Barbara’s two children eachhave shared in the work, her daughter help-ing to bead and her son helping with colorand composition.

B*B Designs has never advertised and yetthey still have had at least five articles writtenabout them and have about 13 boutiquesacross the country that sell their clothing.Business has slowed since the terrorist attacksof Sept. 9, 2001 due to store closures andother factors but their zeal and thoughtfulwork guides them through, just as the samework ethic benefited their ancestors.

Barbara splits her time between Hawaiiand Carbondale but in the summer you canoften find her at Brigitta’s, or contact eitheror by calling 963-3717. You may also haveseen them at the Green is the New BlackFashion Show this past March,or the Rotary“Happening” earlier in July.

Barbara will be in attendance at MainStreet Gallery during Mountain Fair. Both ofthem will show their work at the RedstoneArts Fair over Labor Day weekend. Just in-troduce yourself and you will be warmly wel-comed and perhaps surprised at themother/daughter team’s talent and passion.

As their clothing tags state: “With an un-willingness to compromise quality … Barbarapaints, Brigitta sews to bring you a garmentrepresenting the respect for beauty which sur-rounds us all.”

Barbara’s Web site is barbarasophia.com.

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Colorado shop in the alley behind Russetson July 1, 2010, according to town records.

The Carbondale Board of Trustees hasbeen working for more than a year to draftordinances aimed at regulating a medical mar-ijuana industry that is still undergoing reviewand statute changes at the state level.

The most recent state deadline was July1. Medical marijuana dispensaries were re-quired by that date to meet new regula-tions, such as installation of securitydevices, conducting background checks toweed out felons, and providing the statewith other information dating back as faras 10 years.

“We had to fill out a lot of paper work,”said David Edgar at Mother Earth, locatedat 758 Main Street.

Edgar wouldn’t comment when askedhow much his dispensary’s new securitysystem cost, but “it was real expensive.”

Edgar and other dispensary operatorssay it’s hard keeping on top of regulationscoming from the town and the state. Somehave hired attorneys to track legislative im-pacts. Others rely on word of mouth fromother dispensaries, e-mails, the Internet andnews accounts.

“There’s a lot of talk,” he said.The next new requirement from Car-

bondale is an annual tax of $1,000 peryear, Edgar said.

“It’s not cheap (operating a medicalmarijuana dispensary),” he said.

Chris Busley operates CMD at 1101 Vil-lage Road in Roaring Fork Village. A for-mer civil engineer, Busley openedCarbondale’s first dispensary. When askedwhat he’s learned about operating a med-ical marijuana dispensary, he paused thensaid,“I should have gone to business school… There have been a lot of challenges butit’s been fun.”

As for state forms that were due on July1, “It was easier than I was expecting.”

Still, Busley has faced numerous hurdlesand uncertainties since opening his doors.One issue for him is the Carbondale Boardof Trustees and some of its members atti-tude toward medical marijuana. He saidthe trustees are “still stuck” on whethermedical marijuana is right or wrong, “andI don’t think that’s the issue.”

He said medical marijuana dispensariesare no different from other businesses thatface regulations. “Dry cleaners can dumpchemicals in the rivers (if they aren’t regu-lated or policed),” he said.

As for the future, Busley and other dis-pensary owners are waiting for the trustees

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town attorney to draft a medical marijuanaban for them to consider.After the vote, sheasked Murphy whether she wanted to havethe town attorney to draft a ban but Mur-phy declined.

In other trustee action:• The trustees voted 4-0 to accept a set-

tlement on the so called “Island Property”in the Roaring Fork that gives boaters theright to access town property on the islandand float through that stretch of the river.

The settlement between the town andadjacent property owners Thomas andMary Beth Joiner and Michael Stahl comesafter the Joiners and Stahl filed a lawsuitagainst the town concerning disputedboundaries on the 17-acre island.

The settlement calls for the town to re-lease and quitclaim all of its right, title andinterest to lots on the island claimed by theJoiners and Stahl. The Joiners and Stahlagreed to pay the town $25,000.

The island is located south of Highway82 and Planted Earth. Earlier this year, Car-bondale trustees were considering whetherto sell the Joiners and Stahl the island for$100,000 to clear up their long-standingclaims to partial island ownership.

• Police chief Gene Schilling told thetrustees that Mountain Fair will no longerstation crossing guards on Main Street dur-ing Mountain Fair. Schilling said he wastold that fair volunteers had been subjectedto harassment last year while carrying outtheir duties. To help mitigate the lack ofcrossing guards, police will set up portablestop signs in Main Street. “I don’t think itwill be a safer scenario,” said mayor Bernot.Schilling said that next year, the town mightmake the fair hire someone to act as cross-ing guards. Trustees Zentmyer said she“wasn’t comfortable”with the fact that thefair only told Schilling about the crossingguard change a week ago.“I wish I’d knowabout it sooner,” Schilling replied.

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•••Mother, could you tell me from where the banks get money, please?In this economy...they might as well try to get it to grow from the alpine trees.

•••Being loyal to consignment is a smart way to shop,I sure hope I’m not the only one that will go for a whole day nonstopSo it’s great to have another on of these treasured little stores,but there’s only one catch: don’t use the front door.

•••Some things are just better organic and freshwhen you eat the good stuff, you are feeling your bestso why don’t you wander in here to find great things to make you healthy and op-erative,when it comes to food, this business is more than cooperative.

•••For over 20 years, this place has been here for fun and good foodso why don’t you skip on over to be taken out of your poor mood.

•••If variety is what you seek,then look here for new brews and alcohol antiquesthe largest selection within milesso if you need refreshment, come here for plenty of styles.

•••Who is it you trust with your hair?is it your mother or your sister? well why risk a scare!the only one I trust is an honest barber,the only way I could love mine more is if he could trim and snip my 50 foot arbor!

•••A simple recipe, reallysome flour, water and corn maiz and you will have a delicious result, ideallybut if all goes wrong, and yours simply don’t taste rightthen stop by here for the best that are still warm on the last bite.

•••The mission is simple: help businesses strive to surviveand to let them make this town theirs, to let them thrivethe people here do their best to prevent failure,and that’s the truth, there are no secrets in this chamber.

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e medical marijuana breakdownSopris Sun Staff Report

No statistics that address medical marijuana use are available for just Carbondale,but according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment,statewide:

• As of May 31, 2011, there were 127,444 medical marijuana permit holders;• 69 percent of the holders were male;• The average age was 40;• 56 percent live in the Denver metro area;• There were 1,862 permit holders in Garfield County and 877 in Pitkin County;• “Severe pain” was cited most often as a need for medical marijuana, followed by

muscle spasms (20 percent), severe nausea (12 percent), cancer (2 percent) and glau-coma (1 percent).

More than 1,100 physicians have prescribed medical marijuana.

RFTA’s Mike Hermes says three of the slides that swept down on the Rio GrandeTrail east of Catherine Store on July 18 were of the 100-year variety. “We probablywon’t see those again.” In all, heavy rains produced 15 slides in the two-mile stretchfrom Catherine Store bridge to Rock Bottom Ranch. Hermes said he expects repairwork to start on Aug. 3 and hopes to have the trail re-opened the third week ofAugust. Photo by Lynn Burton


THURSDAY July 28ROTARY • BLM field manager Steve Ben-nett speaks at the Carbondale Rotary’snoon luncheon at Mi Casita.

LIVEMUSIC • Carbondale Beer Works onMain Street presents My Countrymen withspecial guests.

LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s Tavern in theDinkel Building presents Revernation (“or-ganic groove”) starting at 10 p.m.

LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in theDinkel Building presents Bill Powers &Kort McCumber.

LIVE MUSIC • PAC3 in the Third StreetCenter presents The Del McCoury Band.At8 p.m. Tickets are $30 in advance and $35at the door. Info: PAC3carbondale.com or925-1663.

FRI.-SAT. July 29-30LIVE MUSIC • Rhythm & Brew’s presentsthe Mountain Music Movement Weekendfeaturing Rahzel, Whitefudge and others atPAC3 in the Third Street Center starting at 9p.m. each night. Info: pac3carbondale.com.

FRI.-SUN. July 29-31MOUNTAIN FAIR • The 40th annualCarbondale Mountain Fair takes over So-pris Park until about 8:30 p.m. each night.Over 100 arts and crafts booths, more thantwo dozen food booths, bands from aroundthe United States. Admission is free. Info:The Mountain Fair program in this issue ofthe Sopris Sun.

FRIDAY July 29MOVIES • The Crystal The-atre presents “Midnight inParis” (PG-13) at 8 p.m.July 29-31;“Bridesmaids” (R)at 8 p.m.; “Midnight in Paris”at 6 p.m. and “Midnight in Paris”(PG-13) at 8 p.m. Aug. 2-4. ClosedMonday, Aug. 1.

LIVEMUSIC • Carnahan’s Tavern inthe Dinkel Building presents PineappleCrackers starting at 10 p.m.

LIVE MUSIC • Carbondale Beer Workson Main Street presents Steve Skinner andthe Uninhibited Swedes.

LIVEMUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the DinkelBuilding presents The Hillbenders.

SATURDAY July 30LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s Tavern inthe Dinkel Building presents Sector 7Gstarting at 10 p.m.

LIVEMUSIC • Carbondale Beer Workspresents Electric Lemon.

SUNDAY July 31LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s Tavern in theDinkel Building presents Already Gone from8 p.m. to midnight.

LIVEMUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the DinkelBuilding presents Blame Sally.

POETRYALERT • The second annual ARTComes From the HEART: Artists Support-ing Artists, a fundraiser for the Aspen Poet’s

Society at the Hotel Lenado in Aspen takesplace from 5 to 7 p.m., featuring a silent Auc-tion featuring artwork by 30 Roaring ForkValley artists. From 7 to 8 p.m., poet RachelKellum; reads from her book, followed by abook signing by poet Kathryn Bass and livemusic. It’s free. Info: 379-2136.

TUESDAYAug. 2LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s Tavern inthe Dinkel Building presents GregMasse at 10 p.m.

WED.-SUN. Aug. 3-7GARCO FAIR • The Garfield

County Fair takes place in Riflewith a rodeo, livestock

judging/sale, music andmore. Info: garfield-countyfair.com.

WEDNESDAYAug. 3LIVE MUSIC • The Valley Divas meet atKonnyaku from 5:30 to 7 p.m. the firstWednesday of the month. The cost is $10,which includes a house drink and appetiz-ers. RSVP at 704-1711. Info: the ValleyDivas on Facebook.ART LECTURE • Anderson Ranch ArtCenter in Snowmass Village hosts FredTomaselli.Tomaselli, will present a lecture onhis work and the inspiration behind it at 7p.m. It’s free. Info: 923-3181.LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s Tavern in theDinkel Building presents Yvette Maceachenfrom 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.LIVE MUSIC • PAC3 presents guitarist BillFrisell in a two-part show with his 858Quartet and Beautiful Dreamers. Info:pac3carbondale.com or 925-1663.

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

Hold the pressesCOREDINATIONHOLDSMOVEANDGROVE • CoredinationMovement Studio in the Third Street Center holds Move and Grove

(a dance, movement and wellness workshop) Aug. 5-7. “This is aweekend of fun exercise and growth for the entire family,” said Cored-

ination’s Anthony Jerkunica. “The workshop is for everyone who is in-terested in movement and the benefits of expression, gaining strength and

flexibility, and moving with clarity.” Registration forms are available a carbondalemomsfor-moms.com or 379-8108.

TRAIL RIDERS MEET AT DOS GRINGOS • The Colorado Backcountry Trail Riders Al-liance holds a community forum regarding the White River National Forest Travel ManagementPlan at Dos Gringos at 7:30 p.m. on July 28.The forum will be in Q&A form and will be hostedby Scott Fitzwilliams. It will attempt to answer such questions as: what does it mean for motor-ized use; how can motorized users get involved? Some trails in the Basalt Mountain, ThompsonCreek and Triangle/Kobe/Lenado area are slated for closure, according to a press release.


Further Out OngoingTHURSDAYAug. 4RFCC • The Roaring Fork Cultural Councilpresents Harvard professor Henry Louis GatesJr. at theThunder RiverTheatre at 7 p.m.Gateswill discuss the latest tools of genealogy and ge-netics for exploring family histories.Tickets are$15 and a sellout is expected. Info: 963-8200.

ROTARY • Energy consultant Dan Richardsonspeaks at the Carbondale Rotary luncheon,heldat Mi Casita, at noon.

LIVEMUSIC • PAC3 in theThird Street Centerpresents Patty Larkin.Tickets are $18 in advanceand $23 at the door. Info: pac3carbondale.comor 925-1663.

FRI.-SUN. Aug. 5-7MARBLEFEST • Marble Fest,with more thana dozen bands, takes place in Marble’s Mill Sitepark. Info: www.reverbnationa.com.

FRIDAYAug. 5JOHNDENVERTRIBUTE • Friends and for-mer band mates of singer/songwriter John Den-ver will perform country, folk, bluegrass, bluesand rock at the Gathering Place at 7 p.m., witha reception at 5:30 p.m.Proceeds benefit Lift-Upso bring a non-perishable food item.Tickets are$25 in advance and $35 adult the day of show;$10 for kids; free for kids under 5. Tickets areavailable at starsongfoundation.showclix.com.

SATURDAYAug. 6VISION QUEST SAYS FARWELL • A Vision

Quest plays their farewell show at the historicCardiff Schoolhouse in South Glenwood Springsat 7:30 p.m. The band consists of: Harris Jack-son (guitar/vocals), Joshua Darling (keyboards),David Ackerman (alto saxophone/flute), Sam“Wonderbread” Robison (bass), Paul Struem-pler (soprano saxophone) and John Carter Colia(drums).Tickets are $10 at the door.

KOMENRIDE • Carol Dopkin and the Roar-ing Fork Horse Council coordinate a Susan G.Komen horseback Ride for the Cure at HighAspen Ranch followed by a picnic lunch. Thecost is $120 per rider/$50 for picnic only. RSVPby Aug. 1 at 920-0250 or 920-1186.

SAT.-MON. Aug. 6-11ART FOR KIDS • The Wyly Community ArtCenter in Basalt presents “Festivals fromAround the World” with Tanya Black. It’s forages 5-7. Students will hear a story and thenmake a project corresponding with a summer-time festival from another culture. The cost is$70. Info: WylyArts.org.

SATURDAYAug. 13ART AUCTION • The Anderson Ranch ArtsCenter’s annual Art Auction takes place at theSnowmass Village Center. More than 250works of art by international, national andlocal artists will be offered Preview all availableartwork at andersonranch.org/2011auction.Info: 923-3181.

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.

CCAH SHOW CONCLUDES • “Child’sEye” at the Carbondale Council on Arts andHumanities (in the Third Street Center) contin-ues through July. The show features 20 youngartists ages 9-18 who use digital photographyand computers to create original images. TheCCAH R2 Gallery is openTuesday through Fri-day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Info: 963-1680.

CLAY CENTER SHOW CONTINUES •The Carbondale Clay Center presents the na-tionally juried show “Atmospheric Fired2011,” featuring more than 40 ceramic artists.

The Carbondale Clay Center is located at theeast end of Main Street. Info: 963-2529.

FARMER’S MARKET • The CarbondaleFarmer’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.The market is sponsored by American Na-tional Bank and runs through Oct. 5.

SAILING • The Aspen Yacht Club holds sail-boat races at Ruedi Reservoir on Sundaysthrough the summer. The club’s facility has ve-hicle parking, boat storage, a mast raising yardarm, club house, camping lawn, volleyballcourt, fire pit, beach, 60 boat slips, rigging dock& concrete launch ramp, porta potties and tworescue boats. Info: aspenyachtclub.com.

Sopris Sun Staff ReportBluegrass icon Del McCoury and his

band play PAC3 in the Third Street CenterJuly 28 at 8 p.m.

“I’d rather hear Del McCoury singing‘Are You Teasing Me?’ than just about any-thing,” said country-music star Vince Gill.

Tickets are $30 in advance at pac3car-bondale.com or by calling 925-1663, and$35 at the door. Doors open at 7 p.m.

For 50 years, McCoury’s music has de-fined authenticity for hard-core bluegrassfans — count Gill among them — as well asa growing number of fans that are onlyvaguely familiar with the genre.

McCoury has earned Grammy nomina-tions — and awards — but also remains on

the bluegrass cutting edge through collabo-rations with Sam Bush, Peter Rowan andPatty Loveless (who introduced him at hisinduction into the Grand Ole Opry).

McCoury has also recorded a duet withDierks Bentley of U2’s “Pride (In the Nameof Love),” and the Punch Brothers.

Established just this year, PAC3 is amulti-use theatre that provides a space forevents, concerts, non-profit functions, showsand more, according to a press release.

PAC3 holds 365 guests for seated eventsand 553 for general admission, giving folksa chance to enjoy the show in an intimateand comfortable setting.

PAC3, and the Third Street Center, is lo-cated at 520 S. Third Street.

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Bids will be received by the Town of Carbondale at 511 Colorado Avenue,Carbondale, Colorado until 1:00 pm on Tuesday, August 6, 2011 for the 2011Chip and Seal Program.The project consists of approximately 34,173 square yards of a 3/8” chip and sealcoat surfacing on existing streets. Bid packets can be obtain at Town Hall, 511Colorado Avenue. Carbondale, Colorado 81623.Contact Larry Ballenger, Public Works Director, with questions – 970-963-2733or [email protected].

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Save the dateSATURDAY Aug. 20BLUES MUSIC • KDNK’s Blues and Barbecue takes place in downtown Carbondale. For de-tails, go to www.kdnk.org.


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SEI seeks volunteersIn August, Solar Energy International is celebrating 20 years of providing renewable

energy education for a sustainable future with a community BBQ at the Third Street Cen-ter in Carbondale. The event runs from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 13, and SEI is seekingvolunteers to work 1.5-hour shifts to welcome guests, set up and clean up, serve food anddrinks, paint faces, set up games and more. E-mail [email protected] or call 963-8855, ext. 113 to sign up. Volunteers receive a SEI 20th Anniversary apron, mason mug,and flyer disc for helping SEI celebrate 20 years of training in the community.

Linda Sellers Scholarship fund establishedThe Linda Sellers Scholarship fund has been set up through Amore Realty’s Gift Back

program and set up at Alpine Bank.The scholarship will go to a graduating high school sen-ior who is: adventuresome, will want to travel the world, will make it a better place and willwant to help others, will develop a career doing something they are passionate about andwill have fun doing so, according to a press release.

“This was Linda Sellers and we want her memory to live on in the young lives of thosewho we may encourage and help to "Live the Dream" said Amore Realty’s Lynn Kirchner.

Donations can be made at any Alpine Bank (reference Linda Sellers Scholarship Fund).For details, call 379-4766.

Ashcroft workday slatedThe Aspen Center for Environmental studies is coordinating workdays at the ghost

town of Ashcroft on July 27-29 to construct a long-lasting trail through the historic ghosttown located 11 miles outside of Aspen. Volunteers should bring a sack lunch, water andplenty of sunscreen and meet at the Prince of Peace Chapel at the entrance to Aspen at 9a.m. or the lower Ashcroft parking lot at 9:30 a.m.

Other groups involved with the project include the Aspen Historical Society, the U.S.Forest Service and Valley Lumber. For details, call Anna Scott at 925-3721, ext. 103.

BLM hosting scenic values meetingThe Bureau of Land Management is hosting a series of community workshops in

northwestern Colorado the week of Aug. 8 to hear from the public about what mattersto them most about the scenic views on BLM lands.

The workshops will be held in Steamboat Springs, Rangely, Craig, Meeker, Haydenand Oak Creek. For details, call 970-826-5000.

The Trishas,from Austin,Texas,wrapped upthe Carbon-dale Councilon Arts andHumanities’summermusic seriesSopris Parkon July 24.The Trishas,warmweather andno rain insight alsoproduced theseason’sbiggestcrowd. Photoby JaneBachrach

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Fly-fishing is ultimately a solitaire pursuit. Sure, as a flyfisherman I rack up, accumulate, and otherwise spend agood amount of time causing trouble with myfishing buddies and buddettes, but few of uscan match the hatch, and fewer still can man-age to match our lives up enough to match thehatch with any regularity.

At my best, I’ve been able to get goodenough at riding the seasons to accumulate atleast one out of every three days on the water.At my very best I’ve gotten so good as to noteven bat an eye at catching trout. But in theend, I know I’m doing OK as a fly fishermanif I know the habits of trout and the habits ofrivers, and am still able to find a foothold inthe general awe of watching a trout eat whatamounts to nothing more than feathers, furand maybe some foam on a hook. In fact,lately I have to admit I’m doing better than OK. I’m justabout having the best summer of my life.

Somehow I’ve managed to revert to simpler ways: I livein a cabin with a burgeoning population of mice, spiders andground squirrels. I’ve continued a streak of not living withInternet access for almost two years now, so that isn’t new,but I’ve spent a lot more time on my bike, riding aroundtown and the mountains. I’ve been guiding fly fishing trips,and only guiding fishing trips, which has allowed me moretime to write, go fishing and tie flies.

A quick swim in the river after a run up Marion Gulch?Why not?A mid-day veg-out at the movies watching“Harry Potter”?Sure.Concerts in the park?I’m in.The thing is, as the onerous tasks of life have simplified,

I’ve had more time to just enjoy it.Which leads me into the absolute best part of this sum-

mer: Lightening Rounds (the oh so magicalhour-plus of bugs gone crazy).

Most of my days haven’t been ending until10 p.m., when it becomes too dark to fish(too dark to fish being a relative matter offorgetting a headlamp). In that hour or twoof dry-fly fishing, I can’t seem to get enoughof fish rising for caddis or drakes. Nothingseems like it can go wrong. I mean thingshave gone wrong, like the other night whenmy prescription glasses took a dive out of mypocket and were swallowed by the RoaringFork River, but for the most part things havebeen gravy. Besides, driving home in pre-scription sunglasses ended up cutting downthe glare from oncoming traffic, and I felt

kind of cool showing up to a bonfire wearing my sunglassesat night like Cory Hart.

All this tooling around has been glorious. Tooling, tool-ing, tooling.And in the end, the pursuit of this kind of sum-mer happiness is seriously serious. It is serious for the fishbeing fished for and the bugs being eaten (I, too, have eatenmy first bugs this summer on the recommendation of AlpineAngling’s Copi Vojta, who has a preference for the nuttytang of stone flies).

It is serous for quite a few of the anglers I’ve guided andserious in a natural-order-of-life kind of way, like a fewweeks back when a large coyote came lopping across theback yard, snagged one ground squirrel, then casuallygrabbed another before heading into the scrubby wilds ofStark Mesa (south of Carbondale). Which surely must havemeant: better grab the easy pickings of the summer beforeboth the summer and the easy pickings are gone.

TailgateBy Cameron Scott

Stark MesaI’m a 12 minute bike ride to town

and a 25 minute bike ride back home.

The 13 extra minutes are all up hill.

With groceries swinging from handlebars.

Or fly rod ducking beneath overhanging branches.

Sometimes late at night, peering through the dark

at eyes peering back into the light

I pedal a little faster. Out of breath I try to sing

a song over the creaks and groans

of parts needing tightening or slightly out of true.

But most nights the song dies in the back ofmy throat.

When everything is known I wait for the unknown

to come clattering over the sound of crickets

or the muffled voices of televisions through screens.

The far off whinny of a horse. The air descending

in pockets from the mountains or cooling near

the ditch.

– Cameron Scott

Lightning Rounds, coyotes and the meaning of life


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VCR commentary continued om page 2plan in hand. In today’s real estate market, a unified development plan based solelyon existing zoning would likely result in nothing, except perhaps its liquidation andsale. And if the land were subdivided and sold off, it would likely result in more hap-hazard development along Highway 133 than we currently experience.

There you go, not a pretty picture but it is real. What would you do if you werea town trustee?

For me, I would not have pushed out the town planner and town manager, andinstead sent them on a mission to seek redevelopment of the existing City Market sitewith a state-of-the-art grocery store. That would allow the town to focus its energyon sustainable downtown redevelopment, leaving the property at Highway 133 andMain Street for another generation to resolve or to develop without the benefits of amaster plan. That is still my assessment of the best strategy today.

Bob Schultz loves Carbondale and the fact it has become a richer and more diversecommunity over the past 20-plus years.

The Sopris Sun encourages commentaries on local issues from those who live andcare about them – that’s you, our readers.

Remember: Keep your commentary local and keep it to 700 words, then dispatchit to [email protected] or P.O. Box 399, Carbondale, CO 81623. Don’t forgetto tell us your name, phone number, where you live and any other pertinent infor-mation about yourself.

Costs continued om page 2owners have decided they want nice amenities like special landscaping, a club house witha pool, a park and other features. You find a building lot with a great view so you decideto spend the extra money to own it. Once you get going on the plans you realize that youshould build a house similar in size to your neighbor and you should have finishes and spe-cial rooms that you didn’t think about because the architect points out that you will prob-ably want to sell the house some day and you want it to be competitive with the otherhouses in the community.

You borrowed quite a bit more money than you had anticipated because rates werelow, and everyone tells you what a beautiful house you have but now you’re workingovertime and your wife has taken a job as well. One day you’re going through all the billsand you’re asking yourself “could I have done this cheaper?” You are thinking “whycouldn’t I find a less expensive lot?”And why do I need to pay for all these added featuresand amenities that I don’t really need? After all, I live in a beautiful place surrounded bypublic land and I could live comfortably in a house half this size, or even a third this size,once the kids are gone. After a great deal of thought you realize that most of your neigh-bors bought here because of the amenities. But why does it all have to cost so much?

The simple answer is because some people want to live in a nice place and they are will-ing to pay for it. The not so simple answer is that when people live in a nice place theyalso want to preserve it or even enhance it and they are willing to do what they think willachieve that result.They will ask for a restriction on the number of new homes built whileat the same time asking for nicer homes and a nicer community. They will make it moreexpensive to build homes by asking builders to provide more amenities.They may ask thathouses be provided to a select group of people at an artificially low price. All of thesechoices have cost consequences and affect the supply of housing, but the question is, iseveryone willing to pay for the result?

The truth of the matter is that while baking the cake that is the housing market, youhad better consider all the ingredients. When you go shopping for the makings you hadbetter consider who your guests will be, and what your budget is, and whether the icingyou put on the cake is palatable, because there is one universal principal — you pay forwhat you get.

In other words: Nothing without cost.Oh, and if you accidentally throw in too much yeast (that would be the cheap money),

the cake will rise and overflow the pan, and you will end up throwing it all away.

Kendall Williams lives and earns his livelihood in Carbondale. He can be reached at [email protected].

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Lately events from the localto the international have beenof great concern to me regard-ing what I expect of leaders.

Of course, that translates intomy own behavior and whetheror not I exhibit the charactertraits of true leadership.

My definition of a leader issomeone who accepts the chal-lenge to step forward and takeaction when no one else seemswilling, capable or committedto doing so. Serving others is in-herent in leadership. Puttingyourself first will rarely inspireothers to risk following you.

A leader is motivated by a deep and abiding passion for jus-tice that taps into the eternal well of joy coming from none otherthan the Creator. Human frailty alone will not suffice in timeswhen great sacrifice and personal courage are required of us.

Leadership is not a job, it is a calling. As Frederick Buech-ner says, the yearning for action must come from“the place inwhich our deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.”

My great fear is that on the human stage today many

are motivated from greed for power rather than by theneeds of others.

It takes great courage to become vulnerable enough to putyour very life on the line for what you know deep inside youmust do. It means being healed enough from the hurts of lifeto be whole again, to let go and move on whether anyone elseis following or not.

Trying to prove we are right means we aren’t listening todissident voices that might show us a better path to pursuecommon ground. Leaders listen. They listen deeply to othersand to their own hearts.And they are not afraid to speak fromthe heart.

This means being approachable.We all know by experienceand from stories that oftentimes the answer to our most urgentquestions come from the most unlikely sources.Hence we learnrespectful diplomatic compromise as a skill and not a sin.

True leadership means realizing that it is only by grace thatwe ever arise to the challenge life may bring only once but alsoin every moment.Grateful that we are given another day to livelife fully means we will live every moment to its fullest potential.

How else can we make a difference? How else can we getup when we fall, and fall we will? But when we fail or makea mistake we must be accountable rather than seeking some-one else to blame.

We all fall from grace so we give others a second chance

because we ourselves know what it is like to be human andhow the healing power of forgiveness works to set us free.

Our word has to mean something.We can’t give our wordand then not follow through.Making promises we can’t keepis not becoming of a leader.

As I speak my truth from the heart I weigh the actions ofthose who profess to lead us and I weep with rage.

Bill Kight has spent over 30 years as a public servanthelping to manage America’s public lands. In this columnhe is speaking as a citizen.


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Legal NoticesOF COLORADO

BONFIRE COFFEE433 MAIN STREETCARBONDALE, CO 81623

HAS REQUESTED THE LIQUOR LICENSINGOFFICIALS OF CARBONDALETO GRANT A NEW LIQUOR LICENSETO SELL MALT, AND VINOUS LIQUORSFOR CONSUMPTION ON THE PREMISE ATBONFIRE COFFEE433 MAIN STREETCARBONDALE, CO 81623

HEARING ON APPLICATION TO BE HELD AT:CARBONDALE TOWN HALL511 COLORADO AVENUECARBONDALE, COLORADO

DATE AND TIME: AUGUST 16, 2011, AT 6:30 P.M.DATE OF APPLICATION: JULY 15, 2011BY ORDER OF: STACEY BERNOT, MAYOR

APPLICANT:CHARLES CHACOSJARED ETTELSON

Information may be obtained from, and Petitions orRemonstranceʼs may be filed with the Town Clerk

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE CLAIRIFICATION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearingwill be held before the Carbondale Board of Trusteesfor the purpose of considering a Subdivision andPUD amendment to create 3 separate lots con-veyable lots.

The property is located at Lot 10, 12th Street Indus-try Place, Carbondale. The applicant and owner isCarbondale Earth Investments.

Said Public Hearing will be held at the CarbondaleTown Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO.at 6:30 p.m. on July 28, 2011.

Copies of the proposed application are on file in ThePlanning Department office, Town Hall, 511 ColoradoAvenue, Carbondale, Co. and may be examined byinterested persons during regular working hours,8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

John LeybourneTown of Carbondale

Published July 28, 2011 in The Sopris Sun.

NOTICEPURSUANT TO THE LIQUOR LAWS

ground/Open Space Zone District to the Townʼs zon-ing code (Title 18). The property would be rezonedto the new Campground/Open Space Zone District.

Said Public Hearing will be held at the CarbondaleTown Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, COat 7:00 p.m. on August 25, 2011.

Copies of the proposed application are on file in thePlanning Department office, Town Hall, 511 ColoradoAvenue, Carbondale, CO and may be examined byinterested persons during regular working hours,8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Janet BuckTown Planner


NOTICEPURSUANT TO THE LIQUOR LAWSOF COLORADO

CARBONDALE COMMUNITY ACCESS RADIOD/B/A KDNKP O BOX 1388CARBONDALE, CO 81623

HAS REQUESTED THE LIQUOR LICENSING

OFFICIALS OF CARBONDALETO GRANT A SPECIAL EVENTS PERMITTO SELL MALT, VINOUS, AND SPIRITUOUSLIQUORSFOR CONSUMPTION ON THE PREMISE ATKDNK BLUES & BBQS4th STREET PLAZACARBONDALE, CO 81623AUGUST 20, 20114:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

HEARING ON APPLICATION TO BE HELD AT:CARBONDALE TOWN HALL511 COLORADO AVENUECARBONDALE, COLORADO

DATE AND TIME: AUGUST 9, 2011, 6:30 P.M.DATE OF APPLICATION: JULY 18, 2011BY ORDER OF: STACEY BERNOT, MAYOR

APPLICANT:STEVE SKINNER

Information may be obtained from, and Petitions orRemonstranceʼs may be filed with the Town ClerkCarbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Car-bondale, CO 81623.


Carbondale Town Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Car-bondale, CO 81623


PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearingwill be held before the Carbondale Planning Com-mission for the purpose of considering an annexa-tion and rezoning request for property owned by theTown of Carbondale. The Town of Carbondale is theapplicant.

The property is located at 640 County Road 106,Garfield County, CO 81623. The property was pre-viously 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 andSH 133, north of the Roaring Fork River. SH 82 isthe north boundary, SH 133 is the east boundary andthe Roaring Fork River fronts the south boundary.The west boundary is bordered by the RFTA railroadright-of-way. The property is approximately 7.74acres.

The application also includes an amendment to theTownʼs Municipal Code to add a new Camp-

CommonGroundBy Bill Kight

Real leaders step forward when others won’t

By Nathan RiceHigh Country News writer

In a remote alpine valley in 1968, RockyWilson shot the last grizzly bear to be killedin the North Cascades. Since then, biolo-gists have longed for proof that any griz-zlies remain; some wondered if they wereall gone. But with the click of a cell phonecamera, hiker Joe Sebille brought the NorthCascades grizzly bear back to life. In earlyJuly, experts confirmed that his photos,taken last October above the town of Mar-blemount, were indeed the first verifiedgrizzly sighting since 1996 — and the firstphotographs since Rocky Wilson’s kill over40 years ago.

“These are the most critically endan-gered grizzlies in North America,” saidDoug Zimmer, external affairs director forUS Fish and Wildlife, to The Seattle Times.“We’re delighted to see that they’re stillhanging in.”

Within hours of the news, the NorthCascades grizzly was tweeting, its clandes-tine spokesperson joking that the photowas actually of a marmot.The next day, thesighting made headlines in London.

Whether the revelation and concomitantexcitement will inspire a meaningful recov-ery effort remains to be seen. For decades,North Cascades grizzly bear recovery workhas languished in a lack of funding and po-litical will. The first step on the road to acomeback is a $2 million environmentalimpact statement, which would study re-

covery options and gather public input.TheEIS findings could potentially lead to thereintroduction of bears from Canada tobolster the estimated 10 to 20 grizzlies leftin Washington. But the already cash-strapped U.S. Fish and Wildlife Servicemust prioritize Cascadian grizzly recoveryfor this to happen. To date, the service hasfocused on other more endangered speciesand grizzly populations in the Rockies,which has kept North Cascades grizzlies —the last salmon-eating grizzlies in the lower48 — staring down the path to extinction.

Regardless of what the sighting mightmean for management, though, the imageof a grizzly’s dark silhouette on the icybackdrop of the Cascades gives hope toconservationists that a lasting population ispossible. Education and sanitation effortshave set the stage for their presence whileongoing hair-snag surveys could help de-termine how many more grizzlies are outthere, and inform future conservation ef-forts.

As if the excitement over the grizzlysighting wasn’t enough, more big news re-cently howled out of the Cascades: Wolves.

On July 5, state wildlife officials con-firmed the presence of the state’s fourthwolf pack — dubbed the Teanaway Pack— near the town of Cle Elum, about 90miles east of Seattle. After catching a lac-tating female who recently birthed pups, of-ficials secured a radio transmitter to it sothey could find out how many more are in

the pack. DNA results will help wildlifemanagers determine if the pack came fromthe other two packs in eastern Washingtonor the resident Lookout Pack to the north.

The new wolves are another hopefulsign of wildlife recovery in Washington,particularly after poaching may have al-ready wiped out the Lookout Pack, firstdiscovered in 2008.

“Wolves bring life back into the Cas-cades,” said Jasmine Minbashian of Con-servation Northwest, the non-profit groupthat first spotted the new pack on remotecameras.“They can help restore balance toecosystems through their role as top dog ofthe wilderness.”

Not everyone shares that enthusiasm,though. As The Seattle Times reports,

ranchers are concerned about the impact ofwolves on their cattle. But more wolves inwestern Washington might mean their pro-tection under the Endangered Species Actwould one day be lifted. As Jack Field ofthe Washington Cattleman’s Associationtold the Times: “The question now is, doesthe state have ability to manage thesewolves? I guess we’ll see.” The state De-partment of Fish and Wildlife is currentlywriting a wolf management plan.

After a century of predator persecution,the new neighbors — first grizzlies, thenwolves — are putting the wild back inWashington.

Nathan Rice is an editorial fellow at HighCountry News, published in Paonia, Colo.

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e criminals who built the WestBy Betsy MarstonHigh Country News writer

Jeffrey John Shaw was not what you’dcall a “natural” rancher when he movedto Marsing, Idaho, population 890, in themid-1990s. He had a thick Boston accent,knew beans about cattle, and wore biboveralls and straw hats that were a littleover-the-top country, says a neighbor. Buthe gained the trust of nearby ranchers andeven took charge of the area irrigation sys-tem, according to The New York Times.

Over the years, Shaw — whose real namewas Enrico Ponzo — also began raising afamily and 12 cows of his own. ButPonzo’s life as a “remade man” endedabruptly on Feb. 7, after federal agents ar-rested him for crimes dating back almosttwo decades, including attempted murder.Investigators searching Ponzo’s housefound a treasure trove of 39 guns,$15,000 in cash, a 100-ounce bar of silverand lots of books about how to changeyour identity.

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