November 17, 2011

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Charles Richardson opened his Honest Grind espresso drive-through on Highway 133 about a month ago. Coffee houndsare slowing their cars and catching on fast, because Richardson was doing pretty good business on Wednesday morning.The Honest Grind is believed to be Carbondale’s first drive-through coffee dispensary. Richardson is an Atlanta native whomoved to town three years ago, in part for the rock climbing. He’s donating a percentage of his proceeds to the RoaringFork High School prom and Project Graduation. Photo by Lynn Burton

Sopris Sun Staff Report

he Carbondale Board of Trusteeschose Jan. 31 on Tuesday night asthe date for a mail-in ballot electionfor voters to decide whether to ap-

prove or deny the 24-acre Village at CrystalRiver PUD proposal.

The ballot question reads as follows: “Shallthe Town of Carbondale approve OrdinanceNo. 16, Series of 2011, which ordinance wouldrezone 24 acres within the Town of Carbondaleas the Village At Crystal River P.U.D., andthereby allow phased development of up to140,000 square feet of commercial buildingsand 164 multi-family residences, or a combi-nation thereof (together with utilities, lighting,parking, access roads, landscaping, and otherimprovements), limit the maximum size of anew full service grocery store to be developed inthe first phase of the project to no larger than60,000 square feet, limit the maximum size ofall other commercial buildings to no larger than30,000 square feet, and authorize collection ofa 1.0% Public Improvements Fee against grosssales of transactions within the P.U.D. that aresubject to the Town’s sales and use tax untildebt to be incurred by a Title 32 Special Dis-trict to construct Highway 133 improvementsis fully repaid.”

The project is proposed for a parcel west ofHighway 133 and north of Main Street. Pro-posed by developer Rich Schierburg, the projectcalls for 125,000 square feet of retail space, anew 58,000-square-foot grocery store, plus15,000 square feet of office space and up to 164residential units.

Other allowed uses include a gas station,bank and restaurant. Later phases could includea hotel, medical facility, senior care facility,school or light manufacturing.

The trustees first approved Village at CrystalRiver 5-1 on Nov. 1 then referred it to a vote ofthe people.

The Jan. 31 election will be administered byGarfield County Clerk Jean Alberico.

Trusteesslate VCRelection date

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ridor in Basalt’s vicinity — like too manyconstruction, retail and grocery jobs atWillits and Orchard Plaza have been out-sourced to non-Americans.

Now, Whole Foods says they’ll create100 jobs. When too many American-borncitizens struggle to find work — and areasked too often if they speak Spanish whenapplying for a job — what the hell areBasalt, Eagle County, and Colorado officials— and Whole Foods — doing to MAKESURE AMERICAN CITIZENS AREGIVEN PRIORITY FOR THESE JOBS?

Carbondale needs a viable developmenton property zoned for commercial. Manyof those saying the town needs to buy it toraise crops have good intentions, but theyfrankly should cut down on visits to their"medicinal" providers. Where’s the towngoing to get the money for that property —pot shops? There’s plenty of rural landnearby for farming, but we need a com-mercial development there or we’ll gobroke. That development needs an anchorfitting our character like a building/homeimprovement business — not a new loca-tion for City Market because:

• We’ll lose business to El Jebel even ifour City Market moves because WholeFoods offers unique items, and we’ll keepmuch grocery business here because somepeople still won’t drive to El Jebel or — likemyself — hate shopping in huge, imper-sonal super-center style grocery stores.

Carbondale can potentially generatemuch more sales tax if we have a buildingsupply or other anchor there and City Mar-ket stays put.

The PIF — if it stays — would be onnon-essential items.

• The current City Market space wouldnot become vacant — if vacated; it wouldremain vacant for a long time because of itssize, creating many problems.

We need balance — to maximize bene-fits and minimize negative impacts.We needsales tax and jobs, but elected officials mustmake sure any development will actuallyincrease sales tax, and create — not move—jobs for American citizens. If leaders de-cide to build without making sure these ob-jectives are achieved, then they are buildingfor the wrong reasons and they don’t de-serve to lead any more.

David JohnsonCarbondale

What?Dear Editor:

I attended the recent meeting at Car-bondale Town Hall regarding the Village atCrystal River. I can’t believe that people andthe developer think that a new City Mar-ket is going to bring people to Carbondaleto shop.

What?There is a City Market in Glenwood

Spring and a newer one in Basalt. Basaltwill soon have a Whole Foods as well.Maybe I am confused, but why would peo-ple come to our City Market to shop?

Carbondale has so many great qualities— wonderful restaurants, a vibrant artscene with great art galleries, fantastic livemusic venues, scenic rivers nearby, incredi-ble mountain biking, road biking, hiking —the list goes on.

Carbondale is having a rough time fi-nancially just like all the other towns/citiesacross America and hopefully we will getthrough it. We do not want to say “NO”to development, but come on — anotherCity Market?

We can be way more creative than that!Let’s add to our Carbondale’s beauty andstrengths, not make our town look likeevery other place, filled with chain storesand fast food.

Lastly, what will happen to the vacantCity Market? Why not work with what wehave and upgrade the existing building?Please remember to vote NO for this project.

Leslie McNamee-JohnsonCarbondale

Clay Center thanksDear Editor:

The Carbondale Clay Center would liketo thank all those who helped make Wheelsand Wheels the fun event that it has be-come. To see the collaboration between thebike and art community is a wonderful ex-ample of what makes Carbondale the townwe love. We would especially like to thankour sponsors: Aloha Mountain Cyclery,Gear Exchange, Ska Brewing, McBrideFamily Beef and DJ Muck.

A special thank you to Brad Nelson, ourorganizer as well as Max Cooper, H.PBloomer and John Cohorst who sharedtheir artistic talents with us.

The Clay Center is blessed to have awonderful volunteer crew and the Stom-parillaz have shared their great energy withus for a third year!

Correction(Editor’s note: Last week’s Sopris Sun mis-quoted part of Frank McSwain Jr.’s pre-pared statement about the Village atCrystal River during the Nov. 1 Carbon-dale Board of Trustees meeting. Here’swhat he said, in its entirety, as provided byMr. McSwain).

Dear Editor:My name is Frank McSwain, Jr.I live at 1599 Highway 133 with my

wife, Jill.We own Transformation Yoga Fit-ness Massage on Main Street. We supportthe Village at Crystal River. Many of myneighbors on Main Street feel the same way.Even if another yoga studio opens in thenew development, we still strongly supportthe project. Why? Competition makes usbetter. It benefits consumers. It’s the Amer-ican way.

I am not one of the town mothers. How-ever, I am one of the town’s manifesters!

I moved to Carbondale three years ago.There were no jobs then so I opened myown business and created my own job.Thelocal grocery store was (and still is) sub-par,so I started my own Community Gardenand Chicken Co-op — 100 percent pri-vately funded.

What’s the point?We need more manifesters in Carbon-

dale. Manifesters make dreams a reality.Manifesters open businesses, create jobs,and generate sales tax revenue.

Rich Schierburg is a manifester. Pleasevote yes for the Village at Crystal RiverTONIGHT and send a clear signal to theentire Western Slope that Carbondale isopen for business.

Thank you.Frank McSwain Jr. RYTOwner/Studio DirectorTransformation YogaFitness MassageCarbondale

No vote for 81623Dear Editor:

I disagree with Lynn Kirchner’s requestthat the entire 81623 zip code vote on Car-bondale’s VCR.

Most of El Jebel is 81623, and no oneasked for my vote on Willits, which is moreEl Jebel than Basalt — and arguably theugliest stretch of land in the valley. RickStevens says Carbondale needs to be openfor business. I fully agree. But Rick presidedover the beginning of the Aspenization ofBasalt and initiated successes like the recent$178,000 windfall by annexing land farfrom Basalt’s core. That income has basi-cally been outsourced from a highway cor-

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By Trina OrtegaSopris Sun Correspondent

If the new Rifle library is any indication, once a newCarbondale library is up and running in 2013, use will morethan double from the current circulation at the GordonCooper Library.

“Circulation or use of the Rifle library has more thandoubled. We’re just swamped, which is great. It’s now ourbusiest branch,” Amelia Shelley, executive director ofGarfield County Libraries, said of the LEED Gold facilitythat opened in November 2010.

“It’s the ‘build it and they will come’ phenomenon whenwe put together a beautiful new building we succeed. Basaltis also a good example of that, and we expect the same forCarbondale,” Shelley added.

Shelley was among the library officials, architects andplanners at the first of three community meetings where cit-izens are providing input about the programming and de-sign of the new Carbondale library, which will be located atThird Street and Sopris Avenue.

A second open house takes place from 4-6:30 p.m. onNov. 17 at the Third Street Center, and a final open housewill be Jan. 12.All meetings are in the Calaway Room, withopen house after-hours meeting time extending until 8 p.m.

“I was really happy with the turnout (on Nov. 8). It wasawesome. And it was not age specific. There was a realcross-section of the community,” according to Andrea Ko-rber of Land+Shelter.

Design-team members led presentations about modernlibraries, the site and civic architecture, and citizens were

asked to write down their ideas on sticky notes and placethem under a range of categories, including: site, commu-nity, Carbondale, learning, reading, teens, technology, chil-dren, and sustainability.

“We had a ton of comments about sustainability, aboutusing natural light and incorporating good building prac-tices. And we had a ton of comments about the view andthe Sopris connection, which I think is an obvious one butit’s nice to hear people underscore that it’s important tothem,” Korber said.

Library consultant Ozi Friedrich of the firm HumphriesPoli stated that the first meeting was largely to gather pro-gramming ideas.

“What we were doing tonight was showing people thewildest ideas so we get the wildest ideas back,” he said.

His portion of the presentation included slides showinglibraries from around the country with ceilings made oflocal woods and glass, fireplaces in a den-like setting, sta-tions where kids can sit comfortably together with a lap-top, music listening pods, study rooms, front porches, areading “forest” for children, storybook doors designed byartists, and more.

The budget for the new library is nearly $5 million andKorber said the building will be roughly 13,000 square feet.The entire site, which is immediately northeast of theBridges Center, is 25,000 square feet and primarily sur-rounded by residences. As a reference, the size of the exist-ing dilapidated tennis courts (where the structure will bebuilt) is a not quite 13,000 square feet.

In its effort to create a building that is “of” Carbondale

(not just“in” the town), design team members talked to cit-izens about how to interface a civic building in a residentialneighborhood; using local artisans to provide artwork; im-proving the foot and vehicular flow along Third Street andSopris Avenue; and bringing to the surface the century-oldditch that now runs underground on the south side ofBridges Center.

Jason Jaynes of DHM Design highlighted how advan-tageous the site is, with its location on an east-west throughstreet (from Highway 133 to Snowmass Drive), its prox-imity to Crystal River Elementary and Carbondale Middleschools, and its equal distance from Main Street and theThird Street Center.

“We recognize that the library enjoys a very valuablespot at the halfway point and has an opportunity to createand strengthen the connection between the heart of townand the Third Street Center,” Jaynes said, adding that theaddition of a library at that corner will improve the transitfrom Main Street to Third Street, making it safe and com-fortable for pedestrians and effective for vehicles.

The design team used the ideas generated at the firstmeeting to develop a conceptual direction, which will be re-viewed at the Nov. 17 meeting. The final meeting in Janu-ary will provide a look at design plans mid-process. Groundbreaking for the new library is expected in summer 2012.

DHM, Land+Shelter and Humphries Poli are part of thelarger design team led by Willis Pember Architects of Aspen.Other team members are Schmueser Gordon Meyer, DanRichardson, KL&A, Beaudin Ganze, Group 3 Planners, andMark Chain Consulting.

By Lynn BurtonSopris Sun Writer

The Colorado High School Sports Association hasdropped the Roaring Fork High School football team from2A to 1A for the next two-year cycle, according to schoolprincipal Cliff Colia.

“This is for football only,” Colia stressed.Colia said the cutoff to be a 2A school in football is an

enrollment of 300, and RFHS is currently at 296.Word that CHSSA might drop Roaring Fork surfaced

about a month ago in a memo to high school athletic direc-tors. Colia said that with the realignment, Roaring Fork willnow face Cedaredge, Hotchkiss, Lake County (Leadville),Paonia and Meeker in league play, and will still play Basalt,Aspen and Grand Valley as part of a nine-game schedule.

Roaring Fork finished the season with a 3-7 record andfor the past five years stands at 16-32. The Rams last madethe playoffs in 2006.

In a recent interview with The Sopris Sun’s Will Grand-bois, Colia said: “We’ll still be playing all the same schools.I think it’s gonna be really good for our football program.You need more kids to run a competitive program. We al-ways have a few great wins and some upsets, but to be com-petitive we’d need more numbers. ...We’ve always had greatquality, but in football quantity matters more than it does inany other sport. So, I feel OK about it. Sports aren’t so muchabout wins and losses, anyway. It’s about participation, beingpart of something, and learning life’s great lessons about ef-fort, cooperation, and working together, though the W’s stillsweeten the pot.”

Even though Roaring Fork dropped down a level in foot-ball, the Rams will still contend for championships in soccer,volleyball, basketball, baseball and track at the 3A level, and4A in tennis (where the only two classes are 4A and 5A).

Roaring Fork’s last football state championship came inthe mid-1980s when the Rams were undefeated and beatBattle Mountain on Roaring Fork’s home turf. The Ramswon that game on a late touchdown pass from Mike Patch

to Jeff Bokenko, then stopped Battle Mountain’s Jeff Camp-bell (who later played at CU and the NFL) on a two-pointconversion late in the game.

The year before that, the Brush BeetDiggers defeatedRoaring Fork by a touchdown in the championship game.

CHSSA drops Roaring Forkfootball team from 2A to 1A

“Build it and they will come” phenomena expected

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Roaring Fork players practiced hard all season but in theend could manage just three wins. The season’s highlightcame on an upset of Olathe. Sopris Sun file photo

“Friday NightLive” kicks off formiddle schoolersSopris Sun Staff Report

The Carbondale Recreation & CommunityCenter is starting up a new program called“FridayNight Live” from 9 to 11 p.m. on Nov. 18.

The program is targeting the involvement oflocal youth in hopes of providing them with a venuefor healthy physical activities in town facilities onspecific Friday nights, according to a press release.

“It is essentially an age specific open gym at therecreation center with activities driven by the usergroup with access to our gymnasium and climbingwall for basketball, volleyball, soccer, dodgeball orclimbing,” said recreation center manager EricBrendlinger.

Brendlinger said the long-term plan is to part-ner with school groups that are looking for addi-tional exposure or fundraising opportunities. The“Friday Night Live” program could be co-hostedby a student-led school group and the opportu-nity for fund raising could be actualized with thesale of concessions or a percentage split of thedoor proceeds.

“By involving the youth as partners, I feel thatwe will be using our facility in a manner that it wasintended for: to provide a venue for healthy ex-tracurricular activities that ultimately benefits theyouth groups willing to put in the effort to createthe event,” Brendlinger continued.

Admission to the Nov. 18 “First Friday” is $4.Food and drink will be offered at a minimal cost.

The rock band NoJoes will also perform in therecreation center lobby promoting the release oftheir first CD.

Chamber director steps downCarbondale Chamber of Commerce Di-

rector Sherri McClenahan announced herresignation last week.

In an e-mail sent to chamber memberson Nov. 9, McClenahan said, “I want tothank Carbondale, the Chamber member-ship, the Board of Directors, the TCC,Chamber committees, the BOT, my staffand everyone involved for a wonderfulnearly three years as the Executive Direc-tor of the Carbondale Chamber. Per our an-nouncement earlier today, the position ofExecutive Director of the Chamber is avail-able, as I am resigning to pursue my pas-sion in the restaurant business. I amcommitted to the Chamber through the endof the year (and beyond if needed) to en-sure a smooth transition for the new Exec-utive Director and the best for theCarbondale Chamber.”

CmS wins commuter competitionDuring the month of October, more

than 210 students and staff from fiveGarfield County schools participated in theGarfield Clean Energy Bike and Walk toSchool Commuter Challenge Pilot project,according to a press release.

Carbondale Middle School won themonthly school commuter honors with a

total of 947.5 miles walked or biked to andfrom school.

“Commuting by foot or bicycle is a fast,healthy, environmentally friendly, and a funway to get to school and work,” said aGarfield Clean Energy spokesman. In all,participating school commuters walked orbiked more than 2,500 miles during Octo-ber. They saved close to $4,000 in familyvehicle expenses, saved over 2,400 poundsof carbon dioxide emissions and burnedover 200,000 calories.

Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park fordonated tram rides and cave tours to thewinning team.

Fraud calls reportedThe Garfield County Sheriff’s Office has

received reports of fraudulent phone callsfrom a private number claiming to be eitherthe sheriff or an attorney. The fraudulentcaller makes statements that “they owemoney,” “are guilty of check fraud” and“they might be arrested.” The sheriff’s of-fice is reminding citizens not to give anypersonal information over the phone.

“If you receive these types of calls or anyothers you feel might be fraudulent, hangup the phone immediately and contact yourlocal law enforcement agency,” said a sher-iff’s office spokesman.


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By Debbie BruellSopris Sun Correspondent

The Roaring Fork School District Boardof Education announced onTuesday it has es-tablished three mechanisms for solicitinginput regarding administration leadership:

• A 360-degree review of the superin-tendent by district staff.The review will utilizean on-line, confidential survey from a thirdparty firm.

• Provide stakeholders opportunities tosubmit confidential input to school boardmembers.

• Provide stakeholders the opportunity tosubmit comments during board meetings onNov. 29, Dec. 14 and Dec. 16.

The school board released its statementoutlining the upcoming review following aspecial meeting on Nov. 14 to discuss issuessurrounding Roaring Fork School DistrictSuperintendent Judy Haptonstall’s leader-ship style.

The new review process was released lessthan a week after newly elected school boardmembers – Matt Hamilton, Daniel Briggsand Terry Lott Richardson – took their oathof office, joining board members Bob John-son and Richard Stettner for their first meet-ing on Nov. 9.At the meeting, Hamilton wasunanimously elected school board president.

•••The Nov.9 school board meeting, the first

since the school board election, started outfast. School board president Hamilton pro-posed scheduling a special meeting to discussschool district leadership and to identify

strategies to support teachers as they imple-ment Moving On.

While discussing the proposed specialmeeting, superintendent Haptonstall said“Daniel (Briggs) … mentioned that the threeof you (the three new board members) havefelt that I was not the person to be leading thedistrict ... Is that the meeting where you allare going to make a decision about that?”

Briggs responded, “It is important as aboard to have great confidence in who our

leadership is.”The board then scheduled a special meet-

ing for Nov. 14 (Monday) to include publiccomment and an executive session to discussHaptonstall’s contract.

Hamilton told The Sopris Sun he had notplanned to schedule the Haptonstall issueimmediately after taking office, but once thequestion of her contract was raised he felt itwould be unfair to everyone in the district toleave the issue unresolved.

Approximately 60 people attended thespecial meeting on Nov. 14, which took placeat 11 a.m. About 25 people spoke duringpublic comment. Most spoke in favor ofHaptonstall’s leadership, including severalRoaring Fork School District administrators.

Early Childhood Director Cindy Gray’sdescription of Haptonstall’s “non-stop en-ergy and commitment to the district” wasechoed by other administrators.

Crystal River Elementary School Princi-pal Karen Olson said that to dismiss Hap-tonstall would be to“take that work that wehave spent over 10 years on, and you wouldoverturn it.”

Crystal River Elementary School parentErin Rigney countered, “Our schools andour teachers can lead the way with MovingOn. We don’t need to tie this to Judy.”

Glenwood Springs parent Jenny Cutrighttold the school board,“The voters of this dis-trict have spoken. More than 50 percent ofvoters obviously were not happy with lead-ership of this district.”

Former Roaring Fork High School Prin-cipal Dale Parker disagreed: “The votershaven’t spoken. You (the new school boardmembers) didn’t run on getting rid of the su-perintendent. I didn’t see that anywhere.”

Basalt parent Stacey Craft claimed thatmore than 70 percent of teachers in someschools do not feel comfortable raising con-cerns. Carbondale Middle School PrincipalRick Holt countered the allegation of a cli-mate of fear:“Judy has done an amazing joballowing me to voice my disagreements.”

Some in the audience expressed concernthat dismissing Haptonstall might cost thedistrict $300,000 by paying the remainder ofher $146,265 annual salary through the endof her contract, which is June 30, 2013. (Ed-itor’s note: according to Haptonstall’s con-tract, which is public record, the district mayunilaterally dismiss the superintendent bypaying the salary due only through “the ac-ademic year in which the termination ismade.”)

Some members of the public drew a par-allel between the special meeting and lastspring’s meeting regarding former GlenwoodSprings Elementary School Principal SonyaHemmen. Recently unseated school boardmember Myles Rovig pointed out, “Theirony is, we had a similar situation less thana year ago ....That decision probably has cre-ated most of this problem ... .”

When school board president Hamiltonwas asked after the meeting whether theHemmen issue is the root of peoples’ concernregarding Haptonstall’s leadership, he re-sponded that there is“not one iota of truth tothat statement as it applies to me.”

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Some members of the public questionedwhether the school board was moving tooquickly and if they were taking the time to getthe input they need from the public.Concernswere also raised that the time of the meeting(11 a.m.) made it impossible for many to at-tend, including teachers.

Following the public comment portion ofthe meeting, the board met in executive ses-sion for more than two hours. Members ofthe public who had comments that weremore“personal” in nature during the publiccomment part of the open meeting, as op-posed to the issue of leadership, were invitedto provide their comments in executive


Roaring Fork School District Superintend-ent Judy Haptonstall listens during publiccomment at a special school board meetingon Nov. 14. Photo by Jane Bachrach

Superintendent subject to new evaluation process

School board statementThe Roaring Fork School DistrictBoard of Education released the fol-lowing statement regarding admin-istration leadership following itsspecial meeting and executive ses-sion on Nov. 14. It is printed here inits entirety.Thank you to all individuals who met withthe Roaring Fork School District Board ofEducation to discuss our leadership andfuture direction. We also would like tothank all of those who sent e-mails to theboard or called in advance of our meetingtoday. The Board values your input andstrives to create a respectful and delibera-tive process as we consider how to sup-port a learning environment where everychild succeeds. The Board has opted tocontinue the conversation in an effort toensure that all stakeholders have the op-portunity to contribute to this importantconversation. In order to ensure full partic-ipation the board has established the fol-lowing mechanisms to solicit input.• Complete a 360 degree review ofour superintendent by all districtstaff by December 15, 2011. This re-view will utilize an online survey imple-mented by a third party firm and theprocess will be led by the Board of Educa-tion. All input will be 100 percent confiden-tial and no identifying information will berequested. Staff members who are un-comfortable sharing their input on open-ended questions will be afforded additionalopportunities (more information below).• Provide all stakeholders multiple

opportunities to submit confidentialinput through board member officehours and personal emails to boardmembers (more information below).• Provide all stakeholders the op-portunity to submit public com-ments during 3 scheduled boardmeetings: 11/29/11 at 5:30 PM at the Dis-trict Office (additional agenda items to beadded); 12/14/11 at 4:00 PM at the DistrictOffice in Glenwood Springs (additionalagenda items to be added); 12/16/11 at8:00 AM at the Limelight Lodge in Aspen(part of an all-day board retreat – additionalagenda items to be added).The Board is committed to ensuring that allcommunity members have the opportunityto share their views and provide input re-garding district leadership. We hope tomake decisions about future direction atour retreat on December 16, 2011.While the Board works to ensure an openand deliberative process regarding districtleadership we also plan to fully engagewith our leadership staff in conversationsabout how we might support teachers, par-ents and administrators as they seek to im-plement the Moving On program. We willalso work to ensure a comprehensive planis developed that identifies short termneeds for the financial support our com-munity so generously provided. Our meet-ings on 11/29/11 and 12/14/11 will bedevoted to this discussion.Confidential office hours will be detailed onthe Roaring Fork School District’s websiteat: bit.ly/u7leho. Office hours will be postedby Friday, November 18, 2011.

New school board starts out with a bang

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Moving OnThe primary goal of Moving On is to cre-ate a system in which students progressat their own rate. For example, if a sec-ond grader has reached proficiency on allthe second grade standards (or learningobjectives) by the middle of the schoolyear, she will begin working on thirdgrade standards.Alternatively, if a secondgrader has not reached proficiency on allsecond grade standards by the end of theschool year, she will continue to work onthose second grade standards the fol-lowing year before beginningwork on thethird grade standards.The essentials of Moving On are:• Students are carefully assessed inorder to track their progress and plannext steps in their learning.• Students are involved in their ownlearning through setting goals and chart-ing their progress.• Students do not move ahead to thenext level of learning until they have theskills to be successful.• Students do move ahead to the nextlevel of learning as soon as they havereached proficiency on their current level.• Students’grades reflect their current levelof proficiency on their learning objectives.(Grades donot reflect how long it took stu-dents to reach that level of proficiency orthe level at which students started theirlearning; nor are students' behaviors di-rectly calculated into their grades.)Rather than providing one model for allschools, the school district allowed eachschool to create their own system thatwould incorporate Moving On essentialsand meet the unique needs of the stu-dents in their school. Moving On was ini-tiated at each school this fall.Moving On is part of StandardsBased Education, which is:• Everyone – students, teachers, parents– knows what students need to learn.• Students are involved in settinggoals and charting progress for theirown learning.• Everyone – students, teachers, par-ents – knows how to measure students’progress toward their learning goals.• Students have the opportunity toprogress at variable rates, reflecting theirindividual needs and abilities.All students are expected to learn all of thelearning objectives, it just may take somestudents longer than others to reach pro-ficiency on each learning objective.


Scuttlebutt Send your scuttlebutt to [email protected].

Garvik notches killsRoaring Fork High School graduate Landon Garvik, a

freshman at George Washington University in Washington,D.C., recorded a career high six kills against St. Louis Univer-sity on Nov. 4, according to the school’s Web site. Garvik haslogged quite a bit of playing time in her first year playing vol-leyball for the Colonials. The school plays in the Atlantic 10Conference and is headed for the playoffs in Dayton,Ohio onNov.18-20.Landon is the daughter of Ken and Robin Garvik.

Oscar donates writingsMarble historian Oscar McCollum Jr. has assigned publi-

cation rights of his writings to the Marble Historical Society,according to the group’s current Marble Chips newsletter.

Included in the grant are future publication rights to hisbooks “Marble: A Town Built on Dreams, Vol. 1 and II,”(published by Sundance Publications of Denver), and theprivately published book “Historical Vignettes of Marble,Colorado.”

Other items in the eight-page newsletter include brief his-tories of the Tischlauser family and early residents George W.Melton, Frank Fortsch and James Usher.

Marble Historical Society memberships range from $25(Individual) to $500+ (Unknown Soldier). Send your check to412 W. Main St., Marble, CO 81623.

Pick-up lineFrom the current Roaring Fork High School Rampage

newspaper comes this pick-up line provided by Alec Larson:“If I could rearrange the alphabet, I would put U and I to-gether” and“If you were words on paper, you’d be what theycall FINE PRINT.”

Speaking of which …Is Carbondale’s new make out corner located at the inter-

section of Sopris and Weant. On a recent morning at 8 a.m.,two teenage couples were out there “sucking face” as theyused to say but what the heck – can you think of a better wayto start the school day?

Dave the sateMake that “save the date” because the Band of Heathens

returns to Carbondale for a show at PAC3 on Jan. 13. Mile-markers will be the opening act. The Austin-based band’sbrand of music pays homage to Tom Petty, Tony Joe White,the Grateful Dead,Leon Russell,George Harrison,and“otherrarified stylists,” according to a press release.

brownell returnsSopris Therapy Services founder Belinda Brownell has re-

turned to the non-profit organization as program director. Inaddition to the traditional equine assisted rehabilitation pro-grams STS has provided for 17 years, Brownell now treatspatients with various orthopedic and neurological disorders.

Good eatin’Here’s the upcoming RE-1 school lunch menu:Nov. 17: (Elementary and middle schools) hamburger,

green beans, fresh orange wedges, milk; (High school) AsianBBQ chicken over rice, fruit and vegetable bar, milk;

Nov. 18: (Elementary and middle) homemade pizza, cu-cumber sticks, grapes,milk; (high school) pizza, fruit and veg-etable bar, milk;

Nov. 21-25: No school.

They say it’s your birthdayBirthday greetings go out to: RobinTolan (Nov.17),Larry

Smith (Nov. 18), Heather Lafferty and Kelsey Clapper (Nov.19), Rosie Sweeney and Mike Metheny, (Nov. 20) and Lind-say Henstchel (Nov. 23).

The Sopris Sun staff is a little short of Occupy Wall Streetexperts. And we’re also not in a position to answer thequestion “Does the 1 percent that the 99 percenters aremad at include most professional basketball players,Snoop Dog, Oliver Stone, Lady Gaga and BrittneySpears?” Anyway, this poster popped up on a phone poleon Eighth Street this week. Does anyone out there knowwhether is has anything to do with Occupy Wall Street?Photo by Lynn Burton

By Trina OrtegaSopris Sun Correspondent

As a child, Rochelle Norwood didn’t likechocolate. She chose not to like it, and shechose not to eat it, stating that it was a“men-tal thing.” Now, as an adult, she eats choco-late every day — partly because she haslaunched Sweet Rubys, a hand-crafted candybusiness based in Carbondale, and partly be-cause she actually loves chocolate.

A visual artist who has been living in theRoaring Fork Valley since 2007, Norwoodstarted Sweet Rubys shortly after the newyear and has been selling her sea-saltcaramels, dark-chocolate truffles, cayenne-spiced peanut brittle,macaroons, cashew tur-tles, and almond and peanut butter cups sinceJune. She’s been in business for less than ayear but already is covering costs. In otherwords, she is experiencing sweet success.

“My friend, who’s an artist as well, shehad us make vision boards for our NewYear’s resolutions and I don’t really rememberever having a strong feeling that I wanted achocolate business before then, but I put it inmy vision board,and I made it happen,”Nor-wood said while packaging almond buttercups in a small commercial kitchen she rentsoff of Dolores Way.

“But I had strong feelings that Carbon-dale doesn’t have a chocolate shop and thatall good towns should have a good choco-late shop, not just for the tourists but forthe locals.”

So she took her love for baking dessertsand started testing recipes for organic dark

chocolate truffles. Her mom is 100 percentItalian and is the “major cook in the family,”according to Norwood.“She is always tellingus to eat and having her friends eat. I was thecomplement to that by having dessertsaround …And then it turned into chocolate.”

On the wholesale front, Norwood’s regu-lar clients include Eagle Springs Organics,

which has a store in Aspen, and Osage Gar-dens retail shop is located in New Castle. Shesold her confections at the Carbondale farm-ers’ market this season and at Potato Day andhas crafted batches of chocolates for privateparties and other events, including a recentAspenArt Museum opening.Her candies arefor sale at the Saturday farmers’ market, theCarbondale Community Food Co-Op, Bon-fire Coffee and the Third Street Café (whereshe first started making the candies). Finally,she will sell at the Willits Winter Market andthe handmade arts gift show of the Carbon-dale Council on Arts and Humanities(CCAH), which opens in early December.

Norwood aims to grow Sweet Rubys —named after her daughter and the idea thather candies are sweet gems — into a store-front business and have online orders via hernew Web site.

Clara Coleman,a consultant for Four Sea-sons farms, says she’s always been a big fan ofNorwood’s dark chocolate truffles but fellhard for the chocolate sea-salt caramels.

“The taste is divine — dark chocolatecoating a chewy, melt-in-your-mouth, per-fectly salty sweet luscious caramel interior.And what makes it even better is that thechocolate is sustainably sourced and thecaramel is sweetened with brown rice syrupinstead of corn syrup,” Coleman said. “Notonly does your body feel good after eatingone, you know you are making a differencefor the planet as well.”

Whether you lean toward the sea-saltcaramels; the rich and creamy almond butter

cups; the spicy, savory peanut brittle; or oneof the other tasty treats, Norwood’s delec-tables are gluten free and made with 60 per-cent dark chocolate, brown rice syrup,honey,organic butter and other quality ingredients.The peanut butter and almond buttercups areadditionally dairy free.

“One thing I will not waver on is usingcorn syrup,” Norwood said, adding that shealso envisions using fair trade chocolate andeven has land in Ghana where she aspires togrow cacao trees.

Using high-quality ingredients is Nor-wood’s way of making Sweet Rubys special,even though her recipes are already unique.“I’m totally self-taught. I follow the ingredi-ents, but I always alter it to my own way. Alot of the things I make I don’t use recipes still.If I had someone helping me I guess I wouldneed one,”she said.“The one time I did try tomake it a recipe and wrote it down it didn’tcome out.”

With her chocolate business, teaching artat Ross Montessori School, her career as anartist, instructing for the Roaring ForkAccessafter-school fashion design program,and rais-ing a toddler, Norwood’s plate is full. Attimes, starting and running a business hasbeen financially and organizationally chal-lenging but it also has been gratifying.

“What is rewarding is that I’m a womanand I have a family and I started a businessand I went through that whole process. Ifeel like I’m becoming a big kid now,” saidNorwood who is literally a big kid in acandy shop.


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Mark your calendars for the Valley View Hospital Auxiliary’s annual event. Great bargains on Christmas gifts and unique

items. The gift shop is located in the second floor lobby of the hospital and free

valet parking is provided.

The drawing for the annual quilt raffle willtake place at noon. All proceeds from thegift shop and the quilt raffle benefit localhealth occupations scholarships and the

Connie Delaney Medical Library.

VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL1906 BLAKE AVENUE, GLENWOOD SPRINGS • WWW.VVH.ORG • 970.945.6535

Wednesdays in the Cardiac Rehab Education Room at VVH

Yoga can provide benefits for patients undergoing radiation therapy and chemo-

therapy, patients in remission or in hospiceor palliative care. Taught by Nova Loverro-Sprick, yoga therapist and cancer survivor.

Meditation/Relaxation Yoga provides deeprelaxation and breathing to support healthy

immune system and heart function, and lymphatic drainage. For those currently

or recently in treatment.

Vibrant Health Yoga helps those not currently receiving cancer treatment to regain strength, flexibility and stamina

without overtaxing the body.

Contact Nova Loverro-Sprick at 945-9515 or Integrated Therapies at 384-6954.

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YogaAT VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL

Heart-to-HeartGift Shop

Stocking Stuffer Sale

Thursday, December 19 am to 4 pm

Second floor lobbyFree valet parking

Holiday Craft FairFriday, December 2

11 am to 2 pmSecond floor lobbyFree valet parking

Creative employees of Valley View Hospital and the medical campus display

and sell their wares at this annual fair. A great variety of products are offered,

from holiday wreaths to jewelry, art,stained glass, candles and much more.

Give the gift of lifeBE A BLOOD DONOR

Tuesday, December 20, 10 am–2 pmThursday, January 19, 10 am–2 pm

Through a cooperative partnership between Saint Mary’s Hospital and Valley

View, blood donations can now be made atthe St. Mary’s bloodmobile. The bloodmobileis parked on the east side of the Valley Viewbuilding. No appointment necessary. Free

valet parking services area available.Call 384-6657 for information.

Fridays, 10-11 am • Valley View Cardiac Rehab & Wellness CenterRegistered dietitians teach weekly sessions on eating for wellness.

Free to Valley View’s Cardiac Wellness members, $7 for non-members. Preregister by calling 384-7006.

December 2: The “Cardiac Diet”December 9: Reading Food Labels, Grocery Store “Tour”

December 16: Top 10 Heart Healthy Super Foods, Proper HydrationDecember 23: Managing your Weight and Fad Diets

December 30: Common Food-Drug Interactions of Cardiac Medications and Dietary Supplements.

December Nutrition Classes

Rochelle Norwood creates her candydelights in a commercial kitchen off ofDolores Way. In business less than a year,she has already built up solid list of clients.Photo by Trina Ortega

Handcraed candies make new business a gem

(EDITOR’S NOTE: After citizencomplaints about the Full MoonCruise last summer, The Sopris Sundispatched freelance writer AndrewCohen to take part in one of themonthly rides. Here’s his report fromthe Nov. 10 cruise).

By Andrew CohenSopris Sun Correspondent

With a glow stick on my front han-dlebars and my headlamp on my knitcap, I head out of my garage into a fullmoon shining through the 25-degreeair. I ride to Sopris Park where I see 15or so bundled up figures on bicycles ofdifferent shapes, sizes and illuminationmethods. A man wearing a pea coatsays, “Hey Dad! Notice anythingabout the demographic here? Particu-larly the gender?”

His bearded father next to himlaughs and I chime in,“Still is a miningtown, huh?”

As we make our way toward Roar-ing Fork High School a rider wearingglasses and a hoodie says over themusic coming from the back of hisbike, “No one has been able to pin-point how it (the Full Moon Cruise) started. There’s a few guysthat have been doing it for all six years, but I can’t say there wasreally a founder.” After a brief pause he continues, “It has reallypushed forward the cycling culture in Carbondale, ya know, putit out there.”

The man is the creator of the most visible (and audible) aspectof the Full Moon Cruise — the “Boom Bike.” It is comprised ofa pair of lawn and garden batteries, an amplifier, speakers, anda subwoofer mounted on an exceptionally long custom-maderoad bike.

A man in a fleece cap says to him,“Hey Aaron remember Jan-uary 2010 when it was just you and me. What was it, like 10below?”

“Something like that,” Aaron replied. “We just did a coupleshort laps then went into Carnahan’s.”

A kid around 10 years old gently collides with a parked caryet does not fall off his bike and rides on unfazed.The low-speedbrush with a rear fender and our fleeing of the scene would bethe rowdiest event to occur during the night.

A local funk bassist riding next to me says, “Really like yourbike man, saw them working on it in the shop, always good to see an old Italian speed-ster out on the street.”

I sense the fellowship of the bicycling culture and say thanks.He continues, “The Cruise gets smaller and smaller as it gets colder. One time it was

at the end of Mountain Fair and there was probably 300 people. A few hardcore guys al-ways show up. ”

•••

A week ago I brought my bike into get fixed at Aloha Mountain Cy-clery where I spoke to the owner, Dar-ren, as he looked at my bent frontfork. He has the sinewy look of a manwho has been an athlete his whole life.Sporting the beginnings of a greybeard and a form-fitting cycling hat,he looked at me then down at my bikewith spirited eyes.

“The town wants it to go a certaindirection. Well no, its not that really,they just want to make sure we do agood job of self-policing (the FullMoon Cruise). This thing is going tokeep growing and we want to limit theinteraction between bikes and vehi-cles,” he said in regard to the town hallmeeting the night before that ad-dressed concerns that some of thepast Full Moon Cruises have beenexcessively loud or rambunctious.

“There aren’t any official leaders,but, for example, the bike commit-tee Daryl and I are on naturallysteers the direction of The Cruise.”

An employee from the backpiped in, “What does Daryl call itagain, not rebellious but …?”

Darren said, “I can’t remember the word he used.”After coming home from Aloha I looked on the Internet for in-

formation regarding The Cruise or how it started. The only evi-dence of its existence in digital form was a passing mention on ablog and a short video on YouTube.

•••I ask some of the other riders about the history of the Full

Moon Cruise.“Don’t know exactly how it began. Seems to me like a few guys

just started riding around and by word of mouth it grew … or-ganic, man,” the father of the sole youngster says in jest.

We arrive at the high school parking lot and bike around in cir-cles while electronic music that has swept the nation in the pastfew years blares from the Boom Bike. I do not think it is out ofplace. It is as unbiased and inevitable as the cold penetrating myhands and feet.

After some circling in the parking lot, a few riders head to thebars in town, leaving about seven in the pack crossing Highway133. Some riders stoically pass around a bottle. The techno musicgives way to Queen’s “Bicycle Race.”

“…I want to ride my bike.I want to ride my bicycle.I want to ride it where I like …”The Boom Bike croons as we slice through the smell of fall finally conceding to win-

ter, through the “Levittown Section” of River Valley Ranch, carrying the neon torch fora tradition of unknown origins towards the eerily lit permanence of Mount Sopris.


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The Full Moon Cruise “Boom Bike” (shown here) features a pair of lawn and garden batteries,amplifier, speakers and subwoofer. The monthly bike tour around town takes place year ’round,although winter outings sometimes consist of a lap or two around the block, then a beeline tothe nearest bar. Photo by Andrew Cohen

Full Moon Cruise continues in the cold

“The Cruise getssmaller and smaller as it

gets colder. One timeit was at the end ofMountain Fair and

there was probably300 people. A few

hardcore guysalways show up. ”

Sopris Sun Staff Report

The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities presents an explosion of youthfulfashion talent, dance and music at the first annual CCAH Youth Green is the New BlackFashion Extravaganza.

Titled “The Future is Ours,” the event takes place at PAC3 on Nov. 19 at 5 p.m. Doorsopen at 4:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults and an $8 youth donation is suggested.

2nd Shift, an after school program sponsored by Access Roaring Fork for valley-widemiddle school students, is a major collaborator, according to a press release. Volunteersare needed. For details e-mail at www.carbondalearts.com or call 963-1680.

The Youth Green is the New Black fashion show will feature eco-conscious clothingcreated by students enrolled inthe CCAH School of Textile Arts(SOTA) Fashion Troupe Work-shop taught by Adriana PevecBrown with assistance fromJenna Bradford, as well as stu-dents in 2nd Shift classes taughtby Rochelle Norwood and Jen-nifer Berry.

“Around 40 models and 20dancers from Aspen to Glen-wood will take part in thisshow. It is truly a collaborativeproject reflecting the values andtalents of our valley’s dedicatedand motivated young people,”said Amy Kimberly, CCAH ex-ecutive director.

The Trash to Treasure 2ndShift class taught by Mary Rus-sell is designing and building arecycled trash set for the stagedepicting the Crystal River wa-tershed as they hope to see it in20 years. The 2nd Shift hip-hopcrew and graffiti artists taughtby Claudia Santacruz and NealStiles will perform wearinghand-painted shirts.

In addition to the CCAH and2nd Shift youth fashion work,individual designs by DermottMcHugh (13 years old), KetherAxelrod and Kashana Tonozzi,Angie Riley (Mama Bird), RobinPaz (Foxy Moron), and AdrianaPevec Brown (AmNe Hemp),will also grace the runway.

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THURSDAYNov. 17ROTaRy • The Mt. Sopris Rotary Clubmeets at Mi Casita every Thursday at noon.Today’s speaker is Roberta McGowan, com-munications and business manager for theSalvation Army.

LIbRaRy • The second of three Carbon-dale library design sessions takes place at theThird Street Center from 4 to 6:30 p.m.

COmmUNITy GaRDEN • The Orchardchurch is developing a new community gar-den for local gardeners. Plans for the GoodSeed Garden include more than 60 plots ona half-acre of land, fruit trees and meetingareas. An organizational meeting takesplace at the Orchard on Snowmass Drivefrom 7 to 8 p.m. Info: Doug Stewart at963-1658.

INTERFaITH WORSHIP • An interfaithcommunity Thanksgiving worship takesplace at the Eagle County CommunityBuilding in El Jebel at 7 p.m. Participants areasked to bring a non-perishable food item.An offering will be taken to purchase per-ishable foods. Bring a finger-food to sharefollowing the service. Info: 379-4643.

LIvE mUSIC • Carbondale Beer Workspresents My Countrymen.

FRIDAYNov. 18mOvIES • The Crystal Theatre presents“Moneyball” (PG-13) at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 18-23 and “The Big Year” (PG) at 5:15 p.m.Nov. 18-23. Closed Thanksgiving, Nov 24.Thank you for all your support this past year!

mIDDLE SCHOOLERS • The CarbondaleRecreation Department presents “FridayNight Live” from 9 to 11 p.m. for middleschoolers. Beside the climbing wall, basket-ball, volleyball, soccer and dodge-ball, there’ll be a CD release partyfor the NoJoes in the lobby. Ad-mission is $4. Food and drink willbe available at a nominal cost.Info:704-4190.

LIvE mUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in theold part of the Dinkel Buildingpresents the Paula Nelson Band.Info: 963-3304.

LIvE mUSIC • Carnahan’sTavern in the Dinkel Buildingpresents Christoph Brownell at10 p.m.

LIvE mUSIC • Riversrestaurant in Glenwoodpresents Steve Skinner & theUninhibited Turkey Roasters(resort rock) from 9 p.m. tomidnight. There’s no cover.

LIvE mUSIC • The“MusicalShowcase of GlenwoodSprings” features high school stu-dents, Dave Taylor, Matt Haslett and the Tip-petts at Glenwood Springs ElementarySchool at 6:30 p.m. Russo’s Pizza and Star-bucks will provide free food and drinks.Theevent is free but donations will be accepted.Proceeds go toward the purchase of an in-teractive whiteboard for the GSES music de-partment.

WINTER FEST • The Glenwood Springs

Center for the Arts opens its Winterfest showat 5 p.m. Featured artists include: Joy Com-mons, Dan Glidden, Betsy Blackard, EwaLachur-Omeljaniuk, Chad Zanca, MaryBlichmann, Dara Barth, Nancy Helser, Phyl-lis Hackett, Anne Ramsay, Tara Vetter, AnneMoll, Sinda Wood, Barbara Jean Swan, SaraWard, Kellie Philburn, Jennifer Miller, RandiGarcia, Sandy Richards, Jamie Spry, MarciaFuscaro, Jessica Kidd, Terry Muldoon,Noemi Kosmowski, Kristoff Kosmowski

and Kari Doerr. The show continuesthrough Jan 3. The Glenwood

Springs Center for the Arts is lo-cated east of the Hot Springs Pool.Info: 945-2414.

SPaGHETTI DINNER • Col-orado Mountain College stu-

dent organizations and PhiTheta Kappa host aspaghetti dinner to benefitfamilies in need from 5:30to 8:30 p.m. at 1402 Blakein Glenwood Springs.Tickets are $10 for adults,

$7 for students and seniors,and $5 for children 12 and

under. Info: Bill or J.D. at 947-8220.

SATURDAYNov. 19mSHS FUND-RaISER • The Mt. SoprisHistorical Society holds a membership-drivefund-raising party at the Pour House at 7p.m. There’ll be free food a cash bar andsilent auction. It’s $10 members/$20 non-members. Info: 963-7041.

FaSHION SHOW • The Carbondale Coun-

cil on Arts and Humanities’ youth fashionshow Green is the new Black, the Future isOurs takes place at PAC3 in the Third StreetCenter at 5 p.m. The suggested donation is$15 adults/$10 youth. Info: 963-1680.

aRTS FaIR • Collage Creative Collectionsholds a holiday art fair from 10 a.m. to 4p.m. The store is located at 1154 Highway133 (next to the Blend). Info: 963-9488.

LIvE mUSIC • Carbondale Beer Workspresents Big Daddy Lee and the King Bees.

LIvE mUSIC • Carnahan’s Tavern in theDinkel Building presents Charlie Orlando at10 p.m.

CHRISTmaS bOUTIQUE • The 35th an-nual Carbondale Christmas Boutique takesplace at the firehouse from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.The items are handmade locally and include:barn wood benches and bird houses, holidaydecorations, wreaths and ornaments, hand-made knitted items, quilted bags, jewelry,handmade soap, crèmes and herbal remedies,up-cycled children’s clothing, homemadejelly, baked goods, and granola.A portion ofthe proceeds benefit the Carbondale & RuralFire Protection District.

WEDNESDAYNov. 23ROTaRy • The Carbondale Rotary meetsat the firehouse Wednesdays at 7 a.m.

LIvE mUSIC • White House pizza presentsCarbondale musician Greg Masse.

OPEN mIC • Dan Rosenthal hosts openmic nights at Rivers restaurant everyWednesday from 8 to 10 p.m.

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.


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FRIDAY Nov. 25PaULa POUNDSTONE • PAC3 presents co-median Paula Poundstone. Info: www.pac3.com.

FRIDAY Dec. 2CHambER SymPOSIUm • The Carbon-dale Chamber of Commerce “State of Car-bondale and Beyond” business symposium

takes place from noon to 6 p.m. at the Or-chard on Snowmass Drive. Keynote speaker iseconomist R. Dan Brumbaugh Jr. Brumbaughhas appeared on numerous TV news shows,including “NBC Today,”“The McNeil/LehrerNews Hour” and on National Public Radio.Tickets are $40 in advance and $50 at thedoor. Info: 963-1890.

S.a.W. • Ceramist Anne Goldberg and painterStaci L. Dickerson introduce new work at their“Simple Rhythms” show at the Studio for Art+ Works (S.A.W.), 978 Euclid Avenue. Theshow is about action, adaptation, and accept-ance and will be up through Dec. 6. S.A.W.hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. Info: 379-5050 or 379-9419.

CLay CENTER • The Carbondale Clay Cen-ter continues its 2011 Holiday Invitationalthrough Dec. 30. Featured ceramists include:H.P. Bloomer, Tony Wise, John Cohorst,Nathan Bray, Lyla Goldstein, Avi Arenfeld,Tyler McGinn, Casey Coffman, CJ Jilek, Eliz-abeth Farson, K Rhynus Cesark, ShawnO’Connor, Lusterbunny, Diane Kenney, SarahMoore, Donie Hubbard, Charlie Childress,Mary Ballou, Sue Tirrell, Katie Kitchen, LisaMaher, Tom Jaszczak, Ronan Peterson, Tam-mie Lane and Gail Burtik. The CarbondaleClay Center is located at the east end of MainStreet. Info: 963-2529.

RED bRICk SHOW • Carbondale artistsOlivia Pevec and Jill Scher are included in theRed Brick Center for the Arts show “The FiveElements of Sculpture.”The center is located at110 E. Hallam St. in Aspen. Info: 429-2777.

TEEN PHOTO SHOW • The Gordon CooperLibrary presents a photo show from local teensbased on their favorite book titles.

mayOR’S COFFEE HOUR • Chat with Car-bondale Mayor Stacey Bernot on Tuesdaysfrom 7 to 8 a.m. at the Village Smithy, locatedat 26 S. Third St.

PHOTOS SHOWN • Allison Austin shows herphotography at the Blend on Highway 133.

PHOTO SHOW • The Colorado MountainCollege Gallery in downtown GlenwoodSprings presents the photographs of CMCgraduate Elizabeth Moreno through Nov. 29.

GORDON COOPER • The Gordon CooperLibrary presents activities for kids from kinder-garten through fifth grade from 4 to 5 p.m. onTuesdays, and toddler and infant story time onThursdays at 10:30 a.m. Info: 963-2889.

bOOk CLUb • The Senior Matters BookClub meets the third Tuesday of the month atthe Third Street Center from 11 a.m. to 1:30p.m. Info: 945-7094.

bLOOD DRIvE • Valley View Hospital inGlenwood Springs holds its monthly blooddrives from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the third Tuesdayof the month. Info: 384-6657.

CONvERSaTION CIRCLES • Literacy Out-reach holds conversation circles for non-Eng-lish speakers to practice their English at theGordon Cooper Library Mondays from 2 to3:30 p.m. and Fridays from 10 to 1 a.m. Vol-unteers are needed. Info: 945-5282.

Hold the PressesCOmEDy FOR COaTS RETURNS TO STEvE’S • Local comedians gather at Steve’s Guitarson Nov. 19 for the fourth annual Comedy for Coats.“The goal this year is to collect over 100 gen-tly used coats to be distributed to those in need here in the Roaring Fork Valley as well as at theUte Indian Reservation in southwestern Colorado,” said organizer Mark Thomas.The lineup in-cludes: April Clark, Beth Brandon, Glenn Smith, Bob Richmond, Don Chaney,Todd Hartley, GailMason and Thomas. At the end of the evening a drawing will be held to give away two lift tick-ets. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.; show time is 8:15 p.m. Admission is $12 (at the door). The showwill run around 90 minutes.COmmUNITy OvEN FIRES UP • The Carbondale Community Oven will be fired up againon Nov. 17. Bread will go in between 3 and 3:30 p.m.“Please bring stiff yeast doughs of aboutone-and-a-half pounds that can be placed right on the hot hearth,” said spokeswoman LindaRomero Criswell, “or bread in a small metal pan; cookie sheets, please.”After the bread comesout, the oven can be fired up for a pizza-bake if someone wants to organize it. “Let me know,”she continued. For details, call 963-9371. The Carbondale Community Oven is located outsideat the Third Street Center.SOLaR SySTEmS IN NEPaL DISCUSSED • Alex Zahnd, co-founder of RIDS-Nepal, describeshow his organization improves lives for people in rural communities of the Himalayas at theThird Street Center at 7 p.m. on Nov. 21. Through solar lighting systems, fuel-efficient stoves,greenhouses, solar driers, pit latrines, and water filtration systems, RIDS-Nepal has improved theliving, health and hygiene conditions of thousands of people in remote, difficult to reach moun-tain communities, according to a press release. The event is sponsored by Solar Energy Interna-tional. For details, call 963-8855.HUFFIN’ FOR STUFFIN’ COmING SOON • Huffin’ for Stuffin’ – a fun run for bikes, scoot-ers, runners, walkers, waddlers and trotters, takes place at the intersection of Hendrick and Hol-land (near the dog park) at 9 a.m. on Nov. 24. Proceeds benefit the Carbondale Soccer Club.Theentry fee is $10 for individuals and $30 for families. Entry forms are available at Bonfire Coffeein the Dinkel Building.

session. Seven people chose to provide comments in executive session: Laura Merritt,Erin Rigney, Brad Thayer, Charla Meyer, Jim Hanks, Jeremy Voss and Don Kaufman.

In response to the turmoil surrounding Haptonstall’s tenure as superintendent, localteachers’ association president Megan Talbott expressed her concern that“the public hasfocused so much attention on the positions of a few in our district.We have many excel-lent teachers in the district, and great student achievement. … I’d like to see some of thefocus be on the amazing work that is going on in the classroom every day.”

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kDNk holds annual meetingKDNK holds a board election during its annual meeting at the offices of Mason Morse at

6 p.m. on Nov. 17. There’ll be complimentary pizza and refreshments. Three seats are open.The nominees are: Barry Cryer, Brian Kelerher, Keith Edquist and Mark André McClain.

Ballots have been e-mailed to members but are also available via mail by request, atKDNK and on-line at kdnk.org.

While ballots are being counted there will be an update on station news. “This is yourchance to give feedback, hear what’s happening and rub elbows with others who shareyour passion for community radio,” said station manager Steve Skinner.

Mason Morse is located at 0290 Highway 133.

Thanksgiving closuresThe Gordon Cooper Branch Library will be closing early for Thanksgiving on Nov. 23

at 6 p.m. All six branches of the Garfield County Libraries will be closed Nov. 24-25. Thelibraries will reopen at 10 a.m. on Nov. 26.

Carbondale Town Hall will also be closed the day after Thanksgiving.

Special Events Committee meetsCarbondale’s Special Events committee meets at Town Hall on Dec. 1 at 5:30 p.m. The

committee was formed at the request of the Carbondale Board of Trustees to review andmake recommendations on Main Street closures, according to a press release. The publicis invited to attend the meeting.

RbR offers butchering classesRock Bottom Ranch presents its “Pasture to Plate: RBR Butchering Series” starting

Dec. 3 from 1:30 to 5 p.m. The first session includes cow (slaughter, split and hanging toage) and chicken (slaughter and process). Butcher Derek Miller will present an ethical al-ternative to commercially processed meat. For details, call 927-6760.

Town maintains sewer systemCarbondale is performing annual cleaning and maintenance of its sewer system. High-

pressure water is used to perform the maintenance, creating a potential inconvenience forcustomers with short service lines, according to a press release. If you have experienced aproblem in the past with back-pressure or water back-up in your plumbing fixtures, coverthose fixtures with a plastic bag or a towel between the hours of 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Fordetails, call 963-3140.

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Thanksgiving is coming and with it, for many people, great fear and anxiety aboutthat big feast meal. Let’s talk turkey.

I’m not offering any sure-fire, simple recipe for the perfect roast turkey. You can get plentyof those from Martha, Emeril and dozens of others. We’re just going to chat a bit.

Two years ago, I gave the recipe for my favorite Thanksgiving un-yam side dish, butter-nut squash casserole. You can access it through the Sopris Sunarchives online, for Nov. 12, 2009, the issue with Anita “Go-diva” Witt on the cover.

My favorite green Thanksgiving side is Brussels sprouts,thinly sliced, and steamed in just a little water. When the waterevaporates and they’re tender, toss in a little crumbled crispbacon, butter, and some halved grapes. If you’ve always re-sponded with a big “Yuk!” to Brussels sprouts, this dish willmake you a convert.

Mashed potatoes are a given. My main suggestion for themcomes from a famous French chef, Joel Robucon, whosepommes puree are legendary. Someone asked him what makesthem so great, to which he reportedly said, “Equal parts pota-toes, butter, and cream.” That’s not precisely his recipe, butmashed potatoes are undoubtedly better the more liberal youcan be with the fats. I put a big dollop of sour cream in mine,along with butter and milk, and chives if I have them. And besure to cook the potatoes long enough before mashing — that’s

the secret to no lumps. You should be able to stick a fork in them with no resistance, such thatthey’re nearly falling apart in the water.

The major turkey anxiety centers around its meat becoming too dry. People fear under-cooking, for health reasons, so they tend to overcook it and then wonder why it’s not verygood. It is difficult to get something exactly right that you only cook once a year, especiallysomething as large and imposing as a big tom, with an intimidating crowd of hungry feast-ers looking on.

Many years ago, my family all began buying smoked turkeys from a smokehouse in Fred-ericksburg, a beautiful German Texas Hill Country town. Preparing these was a simple mat-ter of heating them through, as they arrive fully smoke-cooked. The meat was always moist,tender, and delicious. They took all the anxiety out of the big day. Well, at least out of themain course.

Unfortunately, the smokehouse operation burned down, and we never found a suitable

replacement. I was forced to learn how to smoke turkeys myself. It’s not that complicated,but if you don’t have a smoker already set up, you’re better off finding a turkey that’s beensmoked for you. I enjoy the processes of brining overnight, then smoking the turkey forabout eight hours, but I can accept that not everyone else does.

A smoked turkey is a real delight. I provided one for a Thanksgiving feast a few years agowith the in-laws of one of our sons. That family had never particularly cared for turkey, theirexperience being that the white meat was always dry, tough and tasteless. We all laughedwhen our daughter-in-law’s sister exclaimed, “Wow, I didn’t know turkey was supposed totaste good!”

The gravy is the next big thing. Using a commercially smoked turkey, you probably willnot have giblets with which to make gravy, assuming you like giblets in your gravy. You caneasily make fabulous gravy with canned chicken stock or broth and a roux (pronounced“roo”), which is the cooked mixture of flour and oil.

In a four-quart or so saucepan, place one cup of regular flour and a bit less of a light-col-ored oil, such as canola, vegetable or peanut. Whisk those together over medium heat, and ifthe mixture is too liquidy, add more flour. When heated, the texture should be like fairly wetsand — not dry and flaky. You have to stay with roux — stir it every few seconds and it willeventually begin to brown. Adjust your heat so this doesn’t take all day, but don’t get too im-patient, as it will burn if the heat is too high. Twenty minutes is about right.

I like my roux very dark, like chocolate, which gives the gravy deeper flavor. When the rouxis as dark as you like, carefully pour in two regular 14-15 ounce cans of stock, one at a time,and whisk like a madman. As the roux is very hot, the stock will boil furiously and put offsteam as you pour it in. That’s why you use a pot that seems larger than necessary. Whisk thatall around until it’s smooth and barely bubbling. Depending on a number of variables, in-cluding your desired thickness, you may need more liquid. You can use more stock or justwater. Pour in any juices that may collect from the warmed turkey, maybe along with a shotof Madeira or other such spirit. Season with salt and pepper, and add other herbs and spices,like ground sage, thyme, or even something exotic like ground dried orange zest. Let it sim-mer for several minutes, stirring frequently, and you should be good to go with perfect, lump-free, dark rich gravy for those sinful mashed taters you’ve made.

Happy Thanksgiving!

The Forkthat RoaredBy Chef George Bohmfalk

Talking turkey about Thanksgiving side dishesI like my roux very dark, like chocolate,

which gives the gravy deeper flavor.

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Legal NoticeORDINANCE NO. 16SERIES OF 2011

AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEESOF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADOAMENDING SECTION 18.50.080 OF THE CAR-BONDALE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDINGSTREET GRAPHICS

NOTICE: This Ordinance was introduced, read, andadopted at a regular meeting of the Board ofTrustees of the Town of Carbondale, Colorado, onNovember 8, 2011.

This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days afterpublication of this notice. The full text of said Ordi-nance is available to the public at www.carbondale-gov.org or at the office of the Town Clerk, 511Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, Colorado, during nor-mal business hours.

THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE_________________________By: s/s Stacey Bernot, Mayor

ATTEST:__________________________s/s Cathy Derby, Town Clerk

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Our presence in this community issupported by so many people and wethank all those who have been involvedwith keeping CCC part of Carbondale.

We look forward to seeing you allat the 14th annual Cup Auction onDec. 2.

K Rhynus CesarkSarah MooreExecutive Co-DirectorsCarbondale Clay Center

E-board thanks trusteesDear Editor:

As a volunteer board charged withthe responsibility to address a broadrange of environmental issues, theCarbondale Environmental Board ap-plauds our board of trustees for its en-dorsement of the Thompson DivideCoalition and its mission to precludeoil and gas development in theThompson Creek area.

Recognizing the economic trade-offs inherent in this debate, we believethe benefits of preservation outweighthe benefits of development. The neg-ative aspects associated with oil andgas development (e.g., increased trucktraffic, air and water pollution, loss ofwildlife habitat) and the negative im-pacts on tourism, outdoor recreationand local agriculture are simply too se-vere. We are all better served whenlocal industrial activities are morecomplementary to our communities’desires for achieving both environ-mental and economic sustainability.

We encourage readers to visitwww.savethompsondivide.org andjoin leaders from across the region inopposing the current proposal to allowexploratory and potentially long-termdrilling operations in this area.

David Reindel, ChairCarbondale Environmental Board

Give gift certificatesDear Editor:

The holiday season is rapidly ap-proaching. I would like to encourageall my friends and neighbors to shop

locally this season. It will make a dif-ference to our local, state and nationaleconomies if Americans support localbusinesses with their shopping dollars.

Most businesses are delighted toprovide gift certificates for goods andservices. Movie theatre tickets, dinnerout, even making a donation to a localcharity can be a more rewarding giftthan unnecessary items. Let’s remem-ber the spirit of the holidays.

Lynn DwyerNew Castle

No on vCRDear Editor:

Here are some of my reasons:The performance improvement fee

(PIF) is a tax to pay for the estimated$2.3-$2.4 million for public improve-ments such as traffic circles to mitigatethe impact of the mall on Highway 133traffic. It is a regressive tax. The tax (ongroceries) will be a burden for an esti-mated 23 years on the members of ourcommunity who can least afford it.

We do not need more housing andcommercial space in Carbondale. I seeno need for another bank, City Mar-ket or a restaurant with drive-throughas proposed by the developer. I am sat-isfied with the current City Market. Ican find most groceries that I want atthe current City Market and it is easyto get quickly in and out if you are ina hurry (not true for the one in ElJebel).

The current VCR plan does not fitwith the ideals of Carbondale regard-ing sustainability, small town charac-ter and diversity.

Whatever economic stimulationand jobs this project will create arelargely fleeting and illusory. Howmany additional, permanent jobs willresult from moving the City Marketacross the street?

I have seen too many communitieswhere the downtown core has sufferedas a result of the development of mallson the periphery of the downtown. Iam concerned that the same couldhappen here.

I don’t trust the developer. Much ofthe plan is “to be determined,” whichsuggests to me that the developerdoesn’t have a clue how he will be ableto eventually complete the project.

This will be a “sea change” for ourlovely, small community. Is it really inour best interest to compete withGlenwood Springs and El Jebel? Whyshould we want to become like them?Carbondale is unique. We should keepit that way. I believe that the sametired, old-fashioned model of buildingyet another mall, in the long run, willnot enhance our social or economicwell-being.

It is important to have reasonablegrowth in Carbondale. In the case ofthe VCR proposal there seems to be along list of negatives far outweighingany potential positives for the town.

Steve HesslCarbondale

RE-1 thanksDear Editor:

I would like to thank everyone whohelped support and pass the mill levyoverride for the RE 1 School District.

I’d like to keep the conversationgoing about the direction of ourschools. As a board member of RE-1as well as a father of two, I know howvital it is to be involved and under-stand more about the schools my kidsattend, so in an effort to be more ac-cessible to parents, teachers, studentsand community members, I will beholding office hours each month.

I will be based at the Basalt Ele-mentary School, so if you would liketo set up an appointment to meet withme, please contact the school office at384-5800. Below are the dates andtimes that I will be at the school.

• Thursday, Nov. 17, 4-5:30 p.m.;• Tuesday, Dec. 13, 3:30-5 p.m.;• Tuesday, Jan. 10, 3:30-5:30 p.m.;• Tuesday, Feb. 7, 3:30-5 p.m.;• Tuesday, March 6, 3:30-5 5p.m.

Richard StettnerRE-1 Board MemberBasalt

Each month, the Carbondale Board ofTrustees recognizesStudents of the Month.For November, theyare: (front row, left toright) Beymar Silva,Katie Grijalva andColin Daniels; (backrow, left to right) Sergio Vega, KatelynKrehbiel, Sierra Caldwell and ZamiraFuentes. No shown,Matt Townsley. Photoby Lynn Burton

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the lucky winner receivinga Glock pistol — “thesame brand of gun used ina Tucson parking lot toshoot Democratic Rep.Gabrielle Giffords and sixpeople waiting to meether,” reports the SeattlePost-Intelligencer.

Brian Miller, formerpresident of the Republi-can group, commenteddryly, “The people runningthe Pima County GOPright now aren’t exactlyknown for their ability tofeel the political pulse.”

IdahoWolves, it turns out, can

be surprisingly easy to kill.All Stan Burt of Boise had to do, he told the Idaho States-man, was drive to a spot where he thought a pack wasroaming and howl. “A whole chorus erupted,” he said, anda few minutes later, at least eight wolves “were millingaround and looking for the source of the howling.” He shotone at 75 yards, and was somewhat disconcerted when thewolves didn’t seem alarmed by the noise. A few secondslater, he shot a second wolf about 30 yards from the firstone; then when the remaining wolves retreated, Burt said heused a predator call that mimics a rabbit to lure them back.

“If I would have had five wolf tags, I probably could havekilled five wolves.” Burt is apparently the first person to killtwo wolves in a single day; he’ll get a full-body mount madefrom one wolf and a rug from the hide of the other.

OregonBob Welch wrote the perfect opening to an unusual

story: “The 90-year-old woman was talking to the execu-tive director of a Portland cemetery about her, uh, future.”The woman didn’t want to be cremated and she didn’twant to be buried in a coffin — she wanted to be “com-posted.” “Natural burial” is the preferred term, says theEugene Register-Guard, but it’s not easy to find a ceme-

tery that will let you go to ground without a lot offroufrou. Although more and more cemeteries are look-ing into natural burial, only a few now offer it, includingPortland’s own River View Cemetery, run by David Noble.There, a body might be put into a biodegradable casket,“perhaps something woven or made of bamboo or wil-low branches or sea grass. Compost might be packedaround it to speed the breakdown process.” Noble esti-mates that in a decade, natural burial will be a regular partof the cemetery business, which leads Welch to conclude:“In a trend inspired by eco-conscious baby boomers, youmight say it represents a generation’s final back-to-the-land movement.”

Heardaround the westBy Betsy MarstonHigh Country News

Arizona Republicans won’t turn back the Glock

By Marian Lyman KirstHCN Intern

It’s not often that the forest service gets embroiled inan issue involving the separation of church and state. Butthat’s the situation on a 25 by 25-foot patch of forestservice-leased land in the middle of a ski run on BigMountain near Whitefish, Montana. A statue of Jesusstands on the land, his arms outstretched to the skiersand boarders that whiz by.

Last month, the Madison, Wisconsin-based Freedomfrom Religion Foundation challenged the forest service’srenewal of a lease permit for the land beneath the statue,claiming the agency had violated separation of church andstate rules in allowing a religious icon to remain on federalland. The forest service decided not to renew the lease butthen, in the face of widespread community outrage, with-drew that decision and, instead, opted to take public com-ments on a request to reauthorize the lease permit.

The statue, which was erected as something of a warmemorial in the 1950s by World War II veterans andmembers of the local Knights of Columbus chapter, haslong been a source of curiosity and amusement for themountain’s skiers and boarders, who often take pictureswith the cement savior. And many locals consider thestatue to be a meaningful part of the mountain’s cul-tural history.

Like much of the local community, U.S. Rep. DennyRehberg, R-Mont, wants Jesus to stick around. In astatement, Rehberg argued that, “using a tiny section ofpublic land for a war memorial with religious themes isnot the same as establishing a state religion.”

Inspired by the Occupy Wall Street Movement and itsuse of social networking as a mobilizing tool, statue sup-porters have planned an “Occupy Big Mountain” rallyon Facebook for Saturday to protest the cement icon’sremoval, reported the Missoulian last week.

Jesus statue stirs controversy

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