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ast winter’s skimpy snow pack, followedby this summer’s drought, has sent hayprices soaring, and some hay buyers are

searching beyond the Roaring Fork Valley for grassand alfalfa to feed their horses and cattle.

“I know of some (ranchers and hay buyers)who are inquiring as far away as Kansas, Nebraskaand California,” said Max Macdonell, who runsthe hay operation for Strang Ranch on MissouriHeights north of Carbondale, and operates 2,000acres of his own up Coulter Creek to the west.

As for the price of local hay,“It could be triple(over last year),” said Sarah Tornare at MilagroRanch on Missouri Heights.“We’ve charged $8 abale for years and I know people who have alreadyspent $15 (a bale).”

Most local ranchers get two cuttings of hayeach year, one in June and a second later in thesummer, which adds to the collective inventory.This year, most ranchers will call it quits with onecutting. “We’re done,” said Tornare, whose hus-band, Felix, also cuts and bales hay for other arearanchers.

Felix was out in his swather in 90-degree heatcutting hay on Tuesday, which was as dry as thetwo weeks preceding it.The Sopris Sun asked Felixvia cell phone if this is the worst year for hay he’sseen.“Absolutely,” he quickly replied.

Hay production strategies — for grass, alfalfaand a mix — vary from ranch to ranch but it all de-pends on one thing — water. The water that fallsfrom the sky helps, but ranchers also rely on waterrights they own on the Roaring Fork or Crystalrivers, or from reservoirs such as Spring Creek onMissouri Heights. Spring Creek Reservoir is pri-marily fed by snow pack runoff from BasaltMountain. This year, the reservoir filled to onlyone-third of normal.

From the reservoir, water is distributed to

Hay pricesskyrocket;buyersscramble

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The aptly named Air Freight does his best to turn Jacob Badu into just that at the Carbondale Wild West Rodeo’s season opener.Bull fighter Bo Wertz looks on. The rodeo takes place every Thursday night through mid-August. Photo by Jane Bachrach

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Do homework on Sutey exchangeDear Editor:

As a resident of the Roaring Fork Valleysince 1972 — 30 of those years with MountSopris visible from either our yard or kitchenwindow, and as someone who has hiked andskied most aspects of Mount Sopris — I’d liketo offer a personal perspective on the pro-posed Sutey Ranch land exchange proposal.

Until recently, I was unaware of the quitereasonable access to Parcel A of the SuteyRanch land exchange, via public land (WhiteRiver National Forest) in the vicinity of Net-tle Creek. Indeed, I have avoided approach-ing the lower slopes of Mount Sopris viaNettle Creek for all these years on the as-sumption that “The only legal public accessto the parcel is from the National Forestwhere the topography is very steep with nodesignated roads or trails in the vicinity,” asstated in the BLM Land Exchange Feasibil-ity Analysis.

When I went up there last week, I wassurprised to find relatively easy hiking out ofthe Nettle Creek drainage on very goodgame, horse and cattle trails, and even easierwalking higher up.We found much evidenceof ranching/grazing activity on both WhiteRiver National Forest and BLM land: fences,maintained trails, cow patties, game blinds,salt lick containers and other typical ranch-ing/grazing debris. Nevertheless, the views ofMount Sopris and the Crystal River valleyare outstanding, and the landscape a greatexample of mid-elevation sage and oak. Be-cause the access to Parcel A is not well-known, few people are aware of howvaluable this land is to the public from scenic,wildlife and recreational perspectives.

The BLM should extend the comment pe-riod (slated to end on June 20) to allow thepublic to become more familiar with the landto be traded.What’s needed is a complete in-ventory of current conditions (existing trails,habitat science, grazing history,hunting qual-ity and more), as well as an analysis of howParcelA, in particular, could be managed andpreserved for public use. For example, whynot have a trail easement that would allowpublic access to ParcelA,or portions thereof,from White River National Forest land onNettle Creek and perhaps even from thePrince Creek Road?

In addition, the BLM should ensure thatthe Sutey Ranch land exchange appraisalsfully consider the “assemblage value” of theBLM lands to Two Shoes Ranch, which todate has spent some $84.5 million to acquire4,790 acres of surrounding private lands.Theaverage price per acre is roughly $17,000. Ifyou multiply the 1,280 acres of BLM land tobe exchanged by that number, the resulting“full price”based on what was paid to neigh-bors would be about $22 million, muchmore than the value of the private land beingoffered to the BLM in the exchange.

I’d urge anyone interested to not only ed-ucate themselves by studying the variousBLM documents (blm.gov/co) but to actuallyvisit the land in question (wildsnow.com) andfacebook.com.

Whether you believe, as I do, that theSutey Ranch land exchange ill serves thepublic interest, or if you think the currentproposal is worth the significant trade-offsinvolved, you should make your voice heard.

Michael KennedyCarbondale

PitCo is unanswerableDear Editor:

I am angered by articles and letters fromPitkin County Open Space and Trails boardmembers and staff encouraging increasedhuman traffic in wildlife sensitive areas onthe Lion’s Mane and Nettle Creek areas onthe west flanks of Mount Sopris.

This is an area where the Colorado Divi-sion ofWildlife wants to minimize public use,and where the Forest Service recently closedthe only recognized existing trail. This wasdone because, contrary to Hawk Greenway’sassertions, the area is critical bighorn sheephabitat. It is also the town of Carbondale’smunicipal watershed and is proposed for ad-

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Sutey isn’t about Pitkin CountyBy Davis Farrar

The Sutey/Two-Shoes land exchange is not about Pitkin County. Pitkin County’sstanding in the process is the same as yours, mine, Garfield County’s or that of any otherU.S. citizen. The goal of the exchange is to determine what is best for the public.

In the past three years of intense public scrutiny, Pitkin County has tried its best tohijack the process. They have no jurisdiction over federal lands. This exchange tran-scends our largely arbitrary county boundaries.

Carbondale is at the epicenter of the swap and stands to benefit greatly from BLMownership of the 112-acre Prince Creek-Monte Carlo Trail system, Sutey Ranch (inte-gral to the Red Hill recreation area) and permanent conservation easement protectionfor the exchange parcel. The Sutey/Two Shoes exchange ensures that 1,938 acres of pri-vate and public lands will forever be preserved in their open and natural condition.

There are those who vilify the Wexners as proponents because they are wealthy. Somehold a paranoid perception that a deal this good with so many public benefits must beflawed. Others fabricate flaws even where they do not exist. Just consider the downsideflaws absent the exchange: 100-plus homes on Sutey Ranch, elimination of the mainPrince Creek trail access, mineral leases on the BLM exchange parcel, eradication of 557acres of wildlife habitat, loss of $1.1 million to study and manage the BLM parcels, for-feiture of a wildlife connection to Fisher Creek and no public dedication of 2.26 cfs ofsenior water rights. The preliminary exchange appraisals estimate the value of the pri-vate parcels and the $1.1 million endowment to be twice that of the BLM property. BLMwill independently verify these estimates.

If the aforementioned information is not convincing enough, consider the following.The exchange parcel is landlocked from public access on 95 percent of its 10.5 mileperimeter. Public access to the BLM land is only possible on obscure and circuitous routesthat opponents describe as “ … a lengthy hike to and from the northeast corner of theproposed land exchange properties …” and they recommend,“ … travel with a personwho’s done the route, or use a GPS loaded with the data.”

This access traverses sensitive bighorn sheep habitat, elk-calving grounds and landsidentified with rare wildflowers and vegetation.The U.S. Forest Service in its Travel Man-agement Plan decommissioned trails in this area. Nonetheless, a June 1, 2012 AspenTimes article described members of the Pitkin County Open Space Board and “… theirefforts to erect cairns along the trail and hang ribbons from trees in some areas to helpguide people …” through this area. Rumor has it that they cut vegetation in order tobetter define the route. This same group has criticized illegal trail construction on theCrown (near El Jebel). The U.S. Forest Service should address these nefarious activities.

Wildlife protectionWildlife protection is a major issue on both the exchange parcel and the Sutey Ranch.

Like the north side of Red Hill, Sutey Ranch will be subject to closures from Dec. 1 toApril 30 for wildlife protection.The BLM exchange parcel will similarly be evaluated forwildlife characteristics and managed accordingly. It is not uncommon for public or pri-vate open space to be managed for wildlife protection.

Opponents suggest that Aspen Valley Land Trust and BLM are ill equipped to man-age the Sutey Ranch and the exchange parcel conservation easements. What an insult!Both organizations have successful track records demonstrating their capabilities tomanage lands under their control. In terms of additional review, the Sutey Ranch willbe subject to the rigorous standards of the federal National Environmental ProtectionAct (NEPA).

Public valueOn the issue of value to the public, the exchange must be based upon equal value and

not some illogical acre-for-acre standard.Who would trade an acre of land in Aspen foran acre of land in Cisco, Utah? The appraisal standards “Yellow Book” is the rule thatfederal agencies use for determining comparable values.

In the end, what does the public get with this exchange? We get financially endowedpublic lands estimated to be worth twice the value of the exchange parcel, Sutey Ranchpreservation, recreation opportunities, wildlife protection and 1,938 acres of permanentopen space. There will be additional future opportunities for public input as the BLMreview continues.

This land exchange has been through three years of public scrutiny with the in-volvement of hundreds of people. Now, it is time to move forward.

Davis Farrar lives on Missouri Heights.

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Sopris Sun Staff ReportWhat started as a town-sponsored lobster fest with a little

butter and music on the side 10 years ago has evolved into anothing-but music and fun-fest, featuring nothing but localtalent at numerous venues all over town.

Organized by Steve Standiford, the Mt. Sopris Music Festcranks up at 5 p.m. on June 22, continues through Saturdayand closes out on Sunday night

“There will be over 100 musicians in town over the week-end,” Standiford said. “Carbondale is a hot-spot for live musicand this week we will help honor our talented, local musicians.”

The lineup includes:The Lee MartinTrio,Hearty Moth,AVision Quest, the Steve Skinner Band,The Milemarkers, Off-Center, Monster Speaker, Ska Mitzfah, Petty Rich and TheNo Joes and more. Local singer-writers will also be featured,including: Dan Sheridan, Riley Skinner, Matt Johnson, TedFrisbie, Lea Epstein, George Weber, Pat Winger, John Ramo,Jim Polowchena, Dave Taylor, James Castaldo, Harley Stum-baugh III and Henry Johnson.

There will be late night DJ/disco music at Phat Thai andMi Casita on both Friday and Saturday nights. Carnahan’swill feature Coreshot on Friday, and Psychosomatic and An-

tibuse on Saturday Night. The Village Smithy and WhiteHouse Pizza will also feature music; Dos Gringos will host itsweekly bluegrass jam on Sunday night.

“Expect to see some live music when you stop by the Blendand the Bonfire coffee shops, too. There’s live music all overtown,” Standiford continued.

Music on the outdoor stage a Fourth Street Plaza starts atnoon on Saturday and goes until 9 p.m.

Other venues include Steve’s Guitars and CarbondaleBeer Works.

The KDNK beer garden opens at 4 p.m. on June 22.“KDNK members who bring their KDNK Community Cardwith them on Friday get their first beer free,” said KDNKGeneral Manager Steve Skinner. “We want to toast all ourmembers so stop by the booth at this free event.”

Moe’s barbecue be serving up w “’Bama-style” pulledpork, turkey and ribs.

“Once you’ve had Moe’s, you are gonna want Mo!” saidSkinner.

Sopris Liquor andWine will also team with KDNK to hosta free tequila tasting on Friday featuring the winners from thisyear’s taste off competitions.

Mt. Sopris Music Fest celebrates its 11th

By Lynn BurtonSopris Sun Staff Report

The Roaring Fork Valley’s last bad wildfire year was in2002, when the wind-whipped Coal Seam fire southwest ofGlenwood Springs forced the evacuation of several hundredresidents and headlined TV network news shows. Later thatsummer, the Panorama II wildfire on Missouri Heights(sparked by a rebar cutter at a construction site), spread tomore than 1,500 acres, forced the evacuation of 300-400 peo-ple and destroyed three houses.

As dangerous as 2002 was, 2012 shapes up as potentiallymore so.

“This (the conditions) is more dangerous than 2002,”saidForest Service spokesman Bill Kight.

“The state is in uncharted territory,”said Carbon-dale Fire Chief Ron Leach.

Virtually every local, state and federal agencyhas issued wildfire warnings and restricted theuse of fire on public land in the past few weeks.On Tuesday, the Bureau of Land Management,Forest Service and National Park service uppedtheir alert levels with Stage II Fire Restrictions,which, among things, prohibits all fires in the WhiteRiver National Forest, even in developed campgrounds,according to a press release.

What comes after Stage II?“Completely closing the forest,”saidWhite River National

Forest spokesman Bill Kight.This summer’s wildfire danger comes after last winter’s

scant snowfall, scattered spring rains and the on-going sum-mer drought.

The dryer the conditions the easier it is for wildfires to startand to spread. Kight said the soil moisture content on theWestern Slope and other parts of Colorado is as low as 3-4percent, compared to a normal level of 50 percent.Other fed-eral officials said that trees, shrubs and grasses are at 3 to 8percent moisture levels.Kight said a kiln-dried 2X4 has abouta 12 percent moisture level.

Lack of rain and winds continue to dry out vegetation.“Ifeverything aligns right, a wildfire can really take off on us, likethe Front Range (High Park fire),” in Larimer County thathas charred thousands of acres and destroyed 200 homes.

Leach said that current conditions are the worst he’s seenin 30 years as Carbondale’s fire chief. “Wildfires are whatkeep me up at night,”he said.For one thing,winds make wild-

fires more unpredictable than structure fires and canput firefighters in danger.

During the summer, especially when fire dangeris high, the Carbondale & Rural Fire ProtectionDistrict sends out two-person patrols to potentialhot spots on Missouri Heights, Redstone/Marbleand up Prince Creek in order to get on top of a

fire to keep it from spreading if one breaks out.Leach said the patrols, comprised of volunteers

and staffers, are sent out in brush trucks that carry up to300 gallons of water.“Three-hundred gallons can go a longway in putting out a small fire,” Leach said. He said he canremember at least three or four small fires the patrols quicklyput out before they could spread. “You never heard aboutthose fires,” he said.

Beyond the patrols and a wider fire-district response, fed-eral helicopters and tanker airplanes based in Grand Junc-

tion are also on call to help put out local fires.“That’s reas-suring,” Leach said. “They can be anywhere in the state in20-30 minutes.”

For folks who live where wildfires could destroy theirhome, Leach said they should have an evacuation plan inmind before a fire starts. He also suggests residents put to-gether a “Go kit” that includes important papers, medicineand personal effects that they can grab on the way out thedoor and take with them.

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Fire restrictionsHere are the federal government’s Stage II firerestrictions, as released on June 22. The re-strictions prohibit:• Building, maintaining, attending or using a fire or camp-fire, charcoal grill, coal, wood burning stove or sheep-herders stove, including in developed camping andpicnic grounds. Devices using pressurized liquid or gasare exempted;

• Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle, trailer,building or tent;

• Using an explosive requiring fuse or blasting caps, fire-works, rockets, exploding targets and tracers or incen-diary ammunition;

• Operating a chainsaw without an approved spark ar-restor and without chemical pressurized fire extin-guisher (8 ounce capability by weight or larger and keptwith the operator) and without one “O” or larger roundpoint shovel with an overall length of at least 35 inchesthat is readily available for use;

• Welding, or operating an acetylene or other torch withopen flame (except with a current permit, contract orletter of authorization and the welding area must bebarren or cleared of all flammable material for 10 feeton all sides of the equipment).

The use of fireworks, flares or other incendiary devices isalways prohibited on federal lands.

The Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District postedsigns like this one on Missouri Heights, Prince Creek andup the Crystal last week to remind locals and visitors to becareful with fire. Photo by Lynn Burton

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Highway 133 open house slatedThe town of Carbondale, Garfield

County and the Colorado Department ofTransportation (CDOT) host an openhouse explaining the Access Control Plan

being drafted for Highway 133 at town hallfrom 5 to 8 p.m. on June 27. The publiccan attend at any time between those hours.

Representatives from the town, CDOTand their consultant will be available to ad-

dress questions or concerns about the plan.The Highway 133 Access Control Plan willassess all existing and proposed intersec-tions and driveways along the highwayand, if appropriate, make recommenda-tions for future changes, according to apress release.

Additional information is available onthe project Web site at dot.state.co.us/SH133Carbondale.

Library bids due June 20Construction bids for the new Gordon

Cooper Library were due back on June 20,according to Garfield County Library Di-rector Amelia Shelley. After that, Shelleysaid, the district will compile a short list ofcontractors for interviews.

“We are hoping to approve an offer of acontract at the July 12 (library) boardmeeting and break ground the followingweek,” Shelley said.

The Carbondale Board of Trustees ap-proved the district’s subdivision agreementfor the property at Third Street and SoprisAvenue on June 12.

“We are confident that we will be com-plete by late summer 2013,” Shelley said.

CLEER rep presents campaignCarbondale architect and Building Effi-

ciency & Renewables Program Director forClean Energy Economy for the Region(CLEER) Jeff Dickinson recently presentedthe efforts of Garfield Clean Energy’s One

Not all asses can make political statements, but last Saturday morning at Skyline Ranchin Carbondale this ass named Daryl and his brother, Daryl (not pictured here) weredressed up so they could make a political statement in the Strawberry Day parade inGlenwood Springs.Word has it Daryl and Daryl were a big hit. Photo by Jane Bachrach

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MONDAY June 11 At 1:09 p.m. policeassisted several Ride the Rockies person-nel with their locked vehicles.

MONDAY June 11 At 11:42 p.m. po-lice responded to a noise complaint in the800 block of Colorado Avenue. The oc-cupant said he’d turn down the music.

TUESDAY June 12At 3:04 p.m. a policeofficer stopped a vehicle for defectivebrake lights and ended up giving threeoccupants citations for possession ofmarijuana and drug paraphernalia.

TUESDAY June 12 At 9 p.m. while onpatrol at Delaney park (aka the Carbon-dale Nature Park) an officer contactedseven individuals for possession of opencontainers. Police gave six of them sum-monses for underage drinking. The sev-enth “slipped away.”

THURSDAY June 14 At 2:47 a.m. po-lice contacted two intoxicated persons inthe vicinity of Cowen Drive and High-way 133.They gave one individual a rideto a bus stop and the other a ride to anearby motel.

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SH133 CarbondaleAccess Control Plan Open HouseThe Town of Carbondale, Garfield County, CDOT, and their consultant are developing an AccessControl Plan along SH133 within Carbondale town limits. The Plan will assess the existing intersections and driveways (access points) along SH133 and will make recommendations for future changes to the location and design of the access points.

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ranches through a network of irrigation ditches. Like otherMissouri Heights ranchers, the Tornares own shares inSpring Creek Reservoir, which allows them a set amount ofwater depending on the number and type of shares theyown. Each rancher receives his or her water for a set num-ber of days, usually all at once.With less water to go aroundthis year, each rancher’s allotment was drastically cut to thepoint that some ranchers and property owners receivedwater for only one day.

Felix said he has already used his allotment this year andwithout rain, isn’t counting on cutting any more hay thissummer.As a result, he’ll go looking for“hay to haul in”forhis clients.

“We’ll try to take care of everybody who needs hay,”Felix said.

Ranchers and firefighters are comparing this year to2002, whose dry conditions led to the Coal Seam fire outsideof Glenwood Springs and the Panorama Fire on MissouriHeights. Whether the Roaring Fork Valley gets lucky thissummer on the wildfire front depends on weather andhuman actions. This year’s hay season is much worse thanin 2002 because in that year, there was at least some decentsnow pack and rain in March and April leading into thesummer so the grass and alfalfa got a good start. This yearthe fields were dry leading into the planting season.

Then there were the high winds of April and May. Forranchers that use sprinkler systems rather than flood irriga-tion, much of the water just blew away rather than landingwhere it could do some good. Fields that did get sprinklerwater quickly dried out due to winds and heat.

There was also a fourth strike against growing hay thisyear: a late frost stunted the alfalfa. “So we had wind, dryconditions, frost and heat,” said Macdonell.

The end result? The Tornares and Macdonell said they’veheard that hay production is anywhere from 10 to 30 per-cent of last year.

In 2011 at this time of year, hay that was ready for cut-ting was “waist high and thick,” Sarah Tornare said. Thisyear, the Tornares got their last water two-and-a-half weeksago,“ … so it just burned up.”

Ultimately, when the cost to feed cattle and horses be-comes too much, the result of a bad hay-year shows up inlivestock sale barns. There have been reports of Western

Slope livestock auctions seeing increases of up to 400 per-cent. Information on horses is more difficult to come by, butlocal horse owners say the high cost of hay could force somehorse owners to sell their steeds.

“We’re all having to suffer,” Felix Tornare said as hisswather quickly cut through a scrawny field of hay.“Maybenext year it will be better.”

Ranchers won’t be putting as many miles on their swathers this summer due to bad growing conditions. Most ranchersare expecting only one hay cutting, rather than two. Photo by Jane Bachrach


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“Applicants for the grant were limitedto the 36 dancers and choreographers whoparticipated in one of the Dance Initiative’s“Dance for Us” performances,” said DanceInitiative founder Peter Gilbert.

Gilbert said Wood plans to travel toZimbabwe to study at the Chigamba Cul-tural Center in Harare.

“I expect to immerse myself in Zimbab-wean dance, music and culture,” Woodwrote in her application. “It is in my heartand I love it so much, as well as Zimbabweitself. The people are so joyful and thedance and music so spiritual. I expect to

study with traditional teachers, providingme with an understanding and experienceof this amazing dance and culture.”

On a related note, the Dance Initiative’sinaugural Spectrum Dance Festival takesplace in Carbondale on July 20-21.

People’s Press authors recognizedThree People’s Press authors are finalists in

the 2012 Colorado Book award competition.Daniel J. Watkins was nominated in the

Pictorial category for “Thomas W. Benton:Artist/Activist,” Mark Stevens in the GenreFiction category for “Buried by the Roan,”and Sandy Munro in the Creative Nonfic-tion category for “Finding Uri.”

Winners were scheduled to be an-nounced on June 22 during the 21st annualColorado Book Awards ceremony, whichtakes place from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Doerr-Hosier Center at the Aspen Institute.

“Thomas W. Benton: Artist/Activist” isa coffee-table book that chronicles the lifeand political activism of the artist with 150images of his work; he was known for hiscollaborations with Hunter S. Thompsonand disillusionment with politics during the‘60s and ‘70s.

“Buried by the Roan” is the sequel toDenver Post-bestselling Antler Dust. It fol-lows hunting guide Allison Coil into theFlat Tops Wilderness, where a mysteriousdeath leads her straight into the contro-versy over energy development and naturalgas exploration on the Roan Plateau.

Sandy Munro’s memoir, “Finding Uri,”is the real-time account of the discovery ofhis father, a naval pilot who was shot downduring World War II.

Sad newsFolks at the Crystal River Cafe report

they will be closing on June 25. In an e-mailto the Sun, they said: “We would like tothank all of our local supporters and busi-nesses. We had a wonderful year and willmiss all of you! Thanks again, Stephen andDebbi.”

They say it’s your birthdayBirthday greetings go out to: Arleen

Ginn, Todd Fugate and Ernie Kollar (June21), Jessica Kollar and Jim Calaway (June22) Marc Loggins and Felix Tornare (June23), Brian Keleher (24) and Zack Ritchie(June 26).

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RFHS Project Graduation is a community effort to keep our high school seniors safe on theimportant night of graduation, and is completely funded and supported by the generous

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A sincere TTHHAANNKK YYOOUU on behalf of the Roaring Fork High School graduating class and those who know and love them.

Apologies to anyone we may have neglected to list. Please know that your contribution has helped save lives. THANK YOU!

Merrilee Hindman, of Carbondale, playedHattie Thompson at the Mount Sopris His-torical Society’s annual meeting at the historicThompson House on June 13. Thompsonlived in the historic house for most of her adultlife, and died in Carbondale in 1944 at the ageof 75. Not only did Hindman tell of Thomp-son’s life in a first-person account, she alsowore one of her outfits. Photo by Lynn Burton

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The fruits of a volunteer effort are beginning to flower in the Cowen Drive median at thenorth end of Highway 133. How did all those trees, flowers and landscaping get there?From what the Sun gathers, it all started last summer when garden designer Genevieve Vil-lamizar and others decided the north entrance of town was not very inviting, and plansto create a landscaped entrance (with “welcome” sign) at Highway 82 and 133 are stillin the germination stage. So, with the help of a $1,500 matching grant from a local bene-factor, Craig Rathbun at Fleisher Land & Homes (located in the Cowen Center) startedrounding up donors. “We wanted to bring a touch of soul and beauty to a rather un-inviting entry to town,” Villamizar told the Sun. With funding in hand to begin the proj-ect, Villamizar (whose company is Evolving Gardens & Grounds Design) donated herown time to start the planting. She reports that funds are still needed for a “Welcome toCarbondale” sign for the new garden’s west end, and for ornamental native grasses, shrubsand perennials.The donors who helped to spruce up the town include: The Kay BrunnierMatching Tree Grant, Dr. Judy Leake of Red Hill Animal Health Center, Craig Rathbunof Fleisher Land & Homes, Mike Valero of the Cowen Center, the Aspen Skiing Co.,Travis of Western Slope Aggregate, Curtis Applegate of Sopris Fencing, Steve and WewerKeohane of Oneirica Art Ranch, Peter Martin of Martin Insurance, John Baker of JohnBaker Design Group, and Evolving Gardens & Grounds Design. Photo by Lynn Burton

Megawatt Campaign and Clean energyChallenge at the Department of Energy’sSunShot Forum in Denver. Dickinson wason a panel titled “Soft Costs: TransformingSolar Markets at the State and Local Level.”

The June 13 panel in Denver focused onchallenges and opportunities to transformsolar markets at the state-level, and then,in turn, at the local level, according to apress release.

The One Megawatt Campaign, startedin 2008 with a grant from the Colorado

Department of Local Affairs, is an effort toinstall one megawatt of renewable energyin Garfield County. The effort has to dateseen nearly 400 kilowatts of solar electric-ity installed on 47 buildings in Parachute,Rifle, Silt, Carbondale, Glenwood Springsand unincorporated Garfield County.

“It’s great that our efforts in Carbon-dale, and across Garfield County, are beingnoticed at the national level,” Dickinsonsaid. “We can be proud of what we’redoing out here in western Colorado.”

Get the Facts About the Airport Master Plan

Pitkin County and Airport Director Jim Elwood

Invite You To Take a“Behind the Scenes” Airport Tour

Call 429-2852 to make arrangements

Aspen/Pitkin County AirportIt’s your Airport.

Be a part of the plan.

Some Facts to Consider about Airport Costs and Revenues

The Airport is a County Enterprise Fund which means that all of itscosts must be covered by its own revenues. The County GeneralFund does not subsidize the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport.

The primary sources of airport revenues are federal/state grantsand loans, passenger facility charges (a $4.50 fee collected fromeach airline passenger) and tax-exempt debt.

The Airport also receives revenue from landing fees, rent, fuel fees,and concession fees. No County tax dollars are received by the Air-port.

As a condition of accepting Federal grants, all Airport revenue canonly be used for airport purposes. Funds may not be redistributedfor other County purposes.

Over the past 10 years, the Airport has successfully soughtand received over $63 million in federal and state airportimprovement grants.

As part of the Master Plan process, a financial analysis of theproposed Airport improvements has been conducted to ensurethe financial feasibility of the Plan.

If the Airport Master Plan is approved, any new improvementswould be evaluated based on market conditions, sound businesspractices, financial viability, and response to need.

To learn more about the Airport Master Plango to www.aspenairportplanning.com.


THURSDAY June 21RODEO • The Carbondale Wild WestRodeo continues at the Gus Darien arena forits 10th season. Info: carbondalerodeo.com

BUSINESS TALK • Cos Bar owner LilyGarfield presents “Building a Business inAspen” in the Lounge at BB’s Kitchen (525E. Cooper) from 6 to 7 p.m. Starting withone store in Aspen 25 years ago, Garfieldnow has 12 stores in eight states. The eventis sponsored by Pitkin County Republicans.

SOLTHEATRE • Sol Theatre Company, inconjunction with the Carbondale Councilon Arts and Humanities, presents “Josephand the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,”staring Obadiah Jones, at Carbondale Mid-dle School on June 21-24. The times are asfollows: June 21-22, 7 p.m.; June 23, 2 p.m.and 7 p.m.; June 24, 2 p.m. Tickets andinfo: carbondalearts.com.

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

FRIDAY June 22MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents“Moonrise Kingdom”(PG-13) at 8 p.m.on June 22-28, plus 6 p.m. on June 23-24.Set on an island off the coast of New Eng-land in the late 1960s, a young boy andgirl fall in love and are moved to runaway together.

LIVE MUSIC • Carbondale Beer Workspresents the Steve Skinner Orchestra. Nocover. Info: 704-1216.

LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the

Dinkel Building presents music everyFriday night.

LIVE MUSIC • Rivers restaurant inGlenwood Springs presents Bad Willie(rockin’ blues for the soul) from 9 p.m.to midnight. Info: 928-8813.

FRI.-SAT.June 22-23TRTC • Thunder River Theatre Com-pany in downtown Carbondale pres-ents “Eudora’s Box” at 7:30 p.m.Tickets and info: 963-8200 and thun-derrivertheatre.com. The play con-tinues June 29-30 and July 1, andJuly 5-7. There’s a 2 p.m. Sun-day matinee on July 1.

FRI.-SUN.June 22-24MUSIC FEST • The11th annual MountSopris Music Fest,presented by Steve’sGuitars, features localmusic, food and drink,and takes place at variousvenues around town. Info:stevesguitars.net.

SATURDAY June 23LIVE MUSIC • Straight from Sacramento,Calif., punk/hardcore legend Psychoso-matic plays Carnahans Tavern in theDinkel Building at 9 p.m. You gotta be at

least 21 to enter.

LIVE MUSIC • White Housepizza presents Greg Masse.Coming up June 30, the Tippets(bluegrass bombshells). Info:

704-9400.

PIN-UP CLASSES • Collage Cre-ative Collections (1154 Highway

133) presents New School of Pin-Up classes from 11:15 a.m. to 4 p.m.on June 23. Info: 963-9488.

SUNDAY June 24FREE YOGA • True Nature Healing

Arts offers free yoga in Sopris Parkfrom 5 to 6 p.m. Sundays through

August. All levels are welcome.Info: truenatureheals.com.

POETRYNIGHT • Victoria’sEspresso & Wine Bar (510 E.Durant in Aspen) hosts apoetry night with guestpoet Valerie Haugen from6:30 to 9 p.m. There’ll alsobe an open mic.Admission is

free. Info: 379-2136.

MONDAY June 25JAM SESSION • Carbondale Beer

Works on Main Street hosts an old-timejam session with Dana Wilson from 7 to9 p.m. every Monday. All abilities arewelcome.

TUESDAY June 26G’WOODMARKET • Glenwood’s Down-

town Market at Ninth and Grand takesplace from 4 p.m. to dusk.There are vendorsand live music. Info: glenwoodmarket.com.

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES • Davi Nikentpresents tele-streamed keynote addressesfrom the Hay House series “I Can Do It” atthe Third Street Center Tuesdays (except July3) throughAug.7. Info: www.davinikent.org.

COMEDY • Jack Green presents CardiffTuesday Night Comedy Night at theCardiff schoolhouse every week fromthrough the summer, fall and into the win-ter. Tickets are $7.17. Info: 618-0199.

MCBRIDE/WATERMANHOST OPEN-ING • The traveling exhibition “DiscoverEarth: A Century of Change” opens at theRifle Library 207 East Avenue) at 7 p.m.Photographer Peter McBride and writerJonathan Waterman will also give a pres-entation about the Colorado River. The ex-hibit continues through Aug. 17. Info:www.gcpld.org.

WEDNESDAY June 27WATER FILM • CLEER, the RoaringFork Conservancy and others present thefilm “Watershed: Exploring a New WaterEthic” at the Limelight Hotel (355 S.Monarch) in Aspen at 6:30 p.m. A dona-tion of $10 is asked. Info: 927-1290 orroaringfork.org.

FARMER’S MARKET • The CarbondaleFarmer’s Market returns to Fourth StreetPlaza each Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 3p.m. through Oct. 3.There are new vendors

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

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The Brush Creek Chip Seal Projectis nearly complete. Crews this week willbe striping the newly chip sealed road and applying a final “fog sealing” coat to the surface. This project should be completedthis week.

CDOT begins resurfacing a sectionof Highway 82 this week. Willits Laneup valley to Basalt Avenue will be paved beginning this week. There will be no impactsto up-valley traffic between 6:00am and9:00am and 3:00pm and 7:00pm Mondaythrough Friday. There will be some weekendwork, and delays during the height of theproject could be as long as 20 minutes.

Coal Creek Culvert Replacementis the next major Pitkin County road project.A complete schedule of work is expectednext week. This project involves replacinga culvert approximately 1¼ miles up CoalCreek Basin Road. This is a two-month-longproject but it will only be necessary tocompletely close the road for a little overa week. Stay tuned for more informationabout exact dates of closures.

Castle Creek Road (the entire road) isbeing repaved beginning in mid July.

Highway 82 between Gerbazdale andAABC will be paved in August.

Jack Gredig Road (the road to the landfill) is being repaved in August.

Redstone Boulevard, Smith Hill Roadand Willoughby Way are slated forrepaving later this summer and fall.

PITKIN COUNTY ROAD PROJECTSSCHEDULED FOR THIS SUMMER:

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Further OutFRIDAY July 6BUDDY BASH • The Buddy Program cele-brates its 13th annual Bash for the Buddies atHurst Ranch on McClain Flats. The event,which benefits more than 650 local youththrough Buddy mentors, is typically a sellout.The night includes dinner, dancing, horsd’oeuvres, cocktails and a silent auction. Info:920-2130.

Save the dateWEDNESDAY Aug. 15PAC3 • Donna the Buffalo, a KDNK DJ fave,plays PAC3 on Aug. 15. Info: pac3carbon-dale.com.

and old faves, plus free entertainment.

LIVE MUSIC • The Basalt Summer MusicSeries continues with Sue Krehbiel andFrank Martin from 5:30 to 8 p.m. atDowntown Lions Park. It’s free. The July11, July 15 and Aug. 8 shows take place atWillits Triangle Park.

RODEO • The Snowmass Rodeo takesplace from 5 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesdaythrough Aug. 15 (except July 4). Info:www.snowmassrodeo.org.

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

OngoingMAYOR’S COFFEE HOUR • Chat withCarbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot on Tuesdaysfrom 7 to 8 a.m. at the Village Smithy, locatedat 26 S. Third St.

VAUDEVILLE • The Glenwood VaudevilleReview’s all new summer show is staged inGlenwood Springs at 901 Colorado Avenue.Shows take place Fridays and Saturdays at 6:30p.m. and Sundays at 5:30 p.m. There’s a pubstyle menu and full bar. Tickets are $22 foradults, $20 for seniors, $16 for kids. ThroughJune, kids under 16 are half price. Info andreservations: 945-9699 or gvrshow.com.

COLBY CONTINUES • SAW, located at978 Euclid Ave., presents jewelry artist ColbyJune’s Coral Collection. Info: 970-355-9058.

UTE EXHIBIT CONTINUES • TheAspen Historical Society presents“Seasons ofthe Nuche: Transitions of the Ute People” atthe Wheeler/Stallard Museum (620 W.Bleeker) through the summer. Kids 12 andunder are free.

DANCE CLASSES • Aspen Santa Fe Ballet isoffering classes for ages 4 through high schoolat the Third Street Center this summer. Info:www.aspensantafeballet.com or 925-7175.

MUSIC CAMP • Mountain Laurel MusicPreparatory holds summer music camps inAspen June 25-28 and Carbondale July 9-13and 16-20. Info: 970-710-1573 or 963-1680.

WYLY • The Wyly Community Art Center in

Basalt presents “ME & YOUnity” by ceramistSara Pearson through June 29.

GROUP RUN • Independence Run & Hikestages an all-abilities run Saturdays at 7:45 a.m.Info: 704-0909.

AAM • The Aspen Art Museum presents“TheResidue of Memory” and “Full Participation”by Berlin-based artist Simon Denny throughJuly 15. Admission is free.

RED BRICK • The Red Brick Center for theArts in Aspen presents “Reclaimed” featuringStaci Dickerson, Cindy Hansen, Alicia Mate-sanz de las Heras, Michael Lindsay, MaryMansfield, Patricia Neeb and Susan Olsen.Info: 429-2777.

Hold the pressesThompson House open for toursThe Mt. Sopris Historical Society is conducting tours of the historic Thompson Houses Saturdays through the summer from 2 to 5 p.m. Toschedule a tour, call 963-7041 or 781-632-3326. Walk ins are also welcome. The house is located off Highway 133 near the north end of RiverValley Ranch.

RFOV works on AvalancheRoaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers’ members work on the Avalanche Creek trail south of Carbondale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 26 as partof the non-profit group’s Young Stewards Initiative.“The notion is that a day on the trail increases youth’s awareness and appreciation of pub-lic lands,” said RFOV Youth Coordinator Hannah Lippe. “It also provides a satisfying and meaningful work experience and builds teamwork.” For details, e-mail msundblom@rfov, call 927-8241 or go to rfov.org.

“Artists in Wilderness” show opensAn opening reception for the Wilderness Workshop’s “Artists in Wilderness” show takes place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on June 21 at VectraBank in Aspen. Vectra Bank is located at 534 E. Hyman.


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Thunder River Theatre Company’s NewPlay Development series comes full circlewith its presentation of Kristin Carlson’s“Eudora’s Box.”

Carlson is a Glenwood Springs resident,

as well as a member of TRTC. “Eudora’sBox” was the winner of the company’s2010 New Play Development series.

When “Pop” is diagnosed withAlzheimer’s, his three adult children swoopin to plan his future. As his memory falters,

Pop grows desperate to find his recently de-ceased wife Eudora’s “Box.” Meanwhile,his kids, driven by their own pressing is-sues, band together to protect him from itsshocking contents. Forced to reconsidertheir perceptions of the woman they knew

as wife and mother, each member of thefamily must ultimately face the question:how much of memory is fact and howmuch is fiction?

Returning to the TRTC stage is G.Thomas Cochran, a long-time Roaring ForkValley actor and past director of CMC The-atre. Also featured is TRTC member JeffCarlson, last seen as Yermolái Lopákhin inChekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard.”

Joining Cochran and Carlson are Sum-mer Cole, Sophie Sakson and Nyle Kenning(who played Yasha in “The Cherry Or-chard” and Frank N’ Furter in CMC’s re-cent “Rocky Horror Picture Show.”

Brad Moore directs and designed thelights.TRTC Artistic Director Lon Winstonproduces and designed the set.

The production has a preview for June21, and opens on June 22, with a cateredchampagne reception immediately follow-ing the performance.

The play continues June 23, 29, 30, July1 (2 p.m. matinee) and July 5-7.

All performances begin promptly at7:30 p.m. except the July 1 matinee.

Ticket prices are $20 for adults and $10for students.

Tickets are available at www.thunder-rivertheatre.com. For more information,call 963-8200. The theatre is located at 67Promenade in downtown Carbondale onthe Red Brick Walkway between Main St.and Colorado Avenue.

TRTC features Glenwood Springs playwright

Sol TheatreCompany presents“Joseph and theAmazing Techni-color Dreamcoat,”staring ObadiahJones, at CarbondaleMiddle School onJune 21-24. Thetimes are as follows:June 21-22, 7 p.m.;June 23, 2 p.m. and7 p.m.; June 24,2 p.m. Ticketsand info:carbondalearts.com.Photo by JenniferMichaud/Sol Theatre

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Summer art classes are in fullswing at Wyly Community Art Cen-ter in Basalt and at the CarbondaleCouncil on Arts & Humanities.

The Wyly Community Art Cen-ter is located at 99 Midland Spur(the former library building).To reg-ister for classes, call 927-4123 or e-mail [email protected] or to gowylyarts.org.Wyly classes include:

Collage and Mixed Media Tech-niques, June 30, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.,for high school ages and older,taught by Ami Maes. Tuition: $95(Wyly members get 10 percent off).

Sculpture and Photography ArtCamp, June 25-28, 9 a.m. to 3:30p.m., ages 7-11, taught by ColleenClare Irvin and Leslie Uhl. Tuition:$210 (members get 10 percent off).

Carbondale Council on Arts andHumanities classes take place at theThird Street Center (520 S. ThirdSt.). To register, call 963-1680 or goto www.carbondalearts.com.CCAH classes include:

Kids Piano Camp, Monday-Fri-day, three sessions starting June 25,9:30 a.m. to noon, ages 4 and upwith teacher Laurel Sheehan. Tu-ition: $150/$135/CCAH members.

Bilingual Shadow Puppets, Mon-

day-Thursday, starting July 9-12, 1to 3 p.m., ages 9-12 with teachersDiana Alcantara and Soozie Lind-bloom. Tuition: $80/$70 CCAHmembers. Scholarships are available.

Exploration of Relief Printing,Tuesdays for four weeks startingJuly 17, 6 to 8 p.m., ages 16 and upwith teacher Thea DeRudder. Tu-ition: $100/$90 (includes $20 mate-rials fee).

FELT: From Fiber to FunctionalCreation,Wednesdays for four weeksstarting July 11, 6:30 to 9 p.m., ages15 and up with teacher Jill Scher.Tu-ition: $110/$100 CCAH members(includes $20 materials fee).

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Wyly and CCAH offer summer art classes

Willits Veterinary Hospital is now open for business in Basaltat 351 Robinson, Suite 1014. That’s Dr. John Kuck (right), hiswife Kristin (left), plus Woodie (left) and Bonnie (right). Photoby Jane Bachrach

To list your Basalt/El Jebel event, email informa-tion [email protected] by Friday.

THURSDAY June 21BASALT CHAMBER AFTER HOURS • TheBasalt Chamber of Commerce’s premier networkingevent takes place the third Thursday of eachmonth...and it’s FREE for members and prospectivemembers! RSVP by calling 970-927-4031 or [email protected].

SATURDAY JUNE 23LEGACY LODGE FUN DAY • Please join otherfamilies for Legacy Lodge’s Joseph Family Fun Dayon from Noon to 3:30 p.m. at Carbondale MiddleSchool.There’ll be interactive family activities, lunchand discounted tickets to Sol Theatre’s “Joseph andtheAmazingTechnicolor Dreamcoat”at 2 p.m.Vol-unteers are needed. To learn more, go to the events

page at legacy-lodge.org or callWendy at 309-4070.

CORKY WOODS GRAND OPENING • CorkyWoods specializes in a wonderful variety of“GREEN” products for the home. From environ-mentally hip cleansers to inviting home furnishingsand more, you will become an instant fan of theGREEN Department Store. Come enjoy the grandopening with your host, Michelle Pauline Lowe.Corky Woods is located on Midland Ave. right nextto Two Rivers Cafe in Basalt

SUNDAY JUNE 24BASALT SUNDAY MARKET • Locally grownproduce, local artists, cooking demonstrations andmore. Meet and talk with local growers, ranchers,artisans, and healers. Take home some of the finest

local foods available, as well as arts, clothing andmore. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

TUESDAY JUNE 26FLY TYING CLASS • Frying Pan Anglers offers afly-tying class from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesdays.The cost is $10. For details, call 927-3441.

WEDNESDAY JUNE 27BASALT SUMMERMUSIC SERIES • Sue Kre-hbiel and Frank Martin perform in Lions Park.This concert will also feature the Basalt RegionalHeritage Society’s Fried Chicken dinner fund-raiserfrom 5:30 to 7 p.m. The cost for dinner is $6 forkids 5-12 years old and $12 for adults/teens. Kidsunder five are free. The whole thing takes place at

Lions Park in downtown Basalt.

STORY TIME • Bring the little ones for story timeat the Basalt Regional Library It’s for kids up to fiveyears old.

BASALT LIONS BINGO • Come join the BasaltLions Club for a fun evening of charity Bingo to ben-efit its many service projects.More than $400 in cashprizes are given out nightly and the progressive Bingopot is more than $250. Also, the Beta Chi sororityprovides yummy food. The action happens in theEagle County Building (0020 Eagle County Dr., ElJebel) from 7 to 9 p.m.

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dition to the Maroon Bells-SnowmassWilderness. The actions of the open spaceand trails officials runs directly counter to theplans,decision and wishes of the professionalagencies we have entrusted with managingthe land and wildlife on it.

The current attitude to the open space andtrails seemtobe that trails shouldbeput every-where eon our public lands.Build,baby,build.

The attitude prevails despite repeatedwarnings from the Colorado Division ofWildlife that there are areas where wildlifesimply needs to be left alone.

In 2012, Pitkin County proposed a newtrail into the Lion’s Mane and Nettle Creekareas,only to have the plan roundly criticizedby CDOW and ridiculed in an open meetingin Carbondale. It was withdrawn.

Now, they’re coming back with the samething from a slightly different starting point,and hoping we won’t remember. They seemanswerable to no one.

I have been an active environmentalist inPitkin County for over 50 years. I was anearly supporter of open space and trails.However, with the current actions of theopen space and trails director and boardmembers, creating illegal trails and encour-aging mountain bikers to do the same, I havelost faith in open space and trails.

I – and the local mountain bike organiza-tion – feel that the exchange is a good dealfor the public.

Charles HoptonAspen

Thanks from the chamberDear Editor:

On behalf of the Carbondale Chamber ofCommerce andTourism Council of Carbon-dale, I would like to thank the Carbondalecommunity for all of their time, efforts andsupport that went into making the Carbon-dale leg of Ride the Rockies such a success.

A special thank you to the following en-tities: the town of Carbondale for their gra-cious grant that assisted in covering the costsfor the entertainment, security, volunteer T-shirts, as well as their efforts in making Car-bondale look so welcoming, including theplanting of the flowers and the installationof the bike chevrons; the Carbondale Recre-ation and Community Center for their assis-tance in the layout, function, and flow of theentertainment site; CCAH for their efforts inorganizing the entertainment acts and sound;Roaring Fork High School for opening theirdoors as the headquarters site; the Carbon-dale Business Coalition for assisting in dis-tribution of marketing materials andinformation to the business community; thechamber and tourism board members andstaff; and all of our volunteers.

We are in the process of gathering eco-nomic impact statistics. Once the statistic in-formation is collected, it will be posted onwww.carbondale.com.

Andrea StewartExecutive DirectorCarbondale Chamberof Commerce

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