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Carbondale’s weekly, non-profit newspaper Volume 3, Number 17 | June 9, 2011

he Village at Crystal River developertouted his proposed grocery store’s sus-tainability features at Tuesday night’s

board of trustees meeting, claiming it would be“the most green (grocery store) in the state.”

Richard Schierburg also told trustees he hasno problem with committing 20 percent of hisproject’s open space to urban farming.

“Does this Carbonize the project (enough) foryou?” he asked in reference to urban farming(such as a community garden), his proposedLEEDs building standards, and other responsesto a six-point spread sheet on sustainability heand the trustees discussed for almost two hoursTuesday night.

As expected, the trustees took no action onthe Village at Crystal River planned unit devel-opment application, and continued the publichearing to a later date.

The Village at Crystal River is a proposed24-acre mixed-use development bordered byWest Main Street to the south and Highway 133to the east. Several years ago Carbondale votersturned down a larger, more commercially-focused project on the same parcel.

The three-page spreadsheet prepared by townstaff listed six sustainability topics for compari-son: Building Energy Efficiency (Energy Star),General Green Development – Site Phase (LEEDNeighborhood Development), General Green De-velopment – Building Phase (LEED New Con-struction), Passive Solar Design (South FacingResidential Units), Renewable Energy, UrbanFarming and Transportation Energy.

After each topic, the spreadsheet listed thetopic’s “intent for discussion, current staff rec-ommendation, approval options” and the “appli-cant’s proposal.”

For example, the intent of urban farming is to“Prioritize urban farming as it is a sound strategyto improve quality of life, build community andallow residents the opportunity to grow their ownfood.The intent is to require community land andaccess in perpetuity.”Trustee John Hoffmann saidthe VXR urban farming area would cover a plotof about 100X100 feet.

Schierburg said he was OK with urban farm-ing and would even “build a shack” for the proj-ect. Other proposals, such as requiring allbuildings to be equipped with showers for work-ers to use (presumably after biking to the jobs) hewasn’t too crazy about.

VCRdevelopertouts store’s“green” featuresBy Lynn BurtonSopris Sun Staff Writer

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“Valkyrie” by Jack Howard-Potter will be stepping down Main Street for the next year as part of the new Art aRoundTown exhibition. Carbondale’s Public Arts Commission stepped up the exhibition’s overall quality this year by solicitingentries on the Web site callforentry.org. For more, please turn to page 5. Photo by Lynn Burton

Stepping out,stepping up

Project Graduation thanksDear Editor:

The Class of 2011 has moved on fromRoaring Fork High School.They celebratedsafely on the night of their big event withProject Graduation. This party is heldyearly in honor of the graduates and is onlypossible with the tremendous efforts andsupport of many, many individuals. Thecommunity as a whole makes monetarycontributions that are used to purchaseprizes and gift certificates from local mer-chants wherever possible. Parents and busi-nesses donate time, food, and merchandiseto make the evening a memorable one forall the seniors.

The list of donors is lengthy and eachwill be acknowledged individually but Iwould like to publicly thank NickiZugschwerdt, who single handedly organ-izes all the volunteers and has the agendanailed from start to finish. Her last gradu-ating senior left the school nine years agoand Nicki still plans and pulls off thisgreat event for our kids out of the goodnessof her heart. Also, Bob Olenick from theRed Rock Diner generously opens hisrestaurant and kitchen in the wee hours ofthe morning to provide an early morningbreakfast to all the graduates year afteryear, even in these tough economic times.He quietly donates time after time and is astellar member of our community.

I can’t adequately describe the gratitudewe, as parents, feel toward all of you in thissmall and very special community whovalue the youth of our town to such a de-gree. Having grown up in Carbondale,these kiddos have a great foundation fromwhich to spring. You have modeled themany important attributes we hope theywill take forward with them into the futuresuch as caring, generosity and participa-

tion for the greater good.Many thanks again to all who made this

safe alternative possible. Please continue tosupport all our local businesses.

Robin GarvikCarbondale

Art thanksDear Editor:

Thanks to everyone who helped in col-lecting recycled goods for the CarbondaleMiddle School art department! We justfound out that CMS won the "Most Com-munity Involvement" category for themiddle school level. We will be receiving$500 for our art department for a piecethat was done for the 2011 Eco Art Ex-hibit in Aspen.

Start collecting recycled goods over thesummer; we'll definitely participate nextyear and are hoping to do more projectswith recycled materials.

Things to collect that we could easilystore ahead of time: cereal/food boxes (flat-tened), nice shopping bags, brown paperbags, cotton T-shirts, wool fabric (oldsweaters), pop cans, plastics, little treas-ures/trinkets/toys/ jewelry. Please, no glass.Just drop off the items by the art roomdoor or call me to pick up at 309-7686!

Thanks again!Ami MaesArt instructorCarbondale Middle School

Biking was greatDear Editor:

My name is Emily Adams and I justcompleted sixth grade at Basalt MiddleSchool. I would like to share with you howwonderful it was biking to my school lastweek. My teacher, Jennifer Kauffman,along with community safety officer

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Michael Hutton were so nice to arrangethe entire biking experience.

There were 23 kids, two teachers andmy mom along with Ms. Kauffman andofficer Hutton! Most of us met in El Jebelnear City Market at 6:50 a.m., then werode our bikes on the bike path towardsWillits where we met the remaining kidsand a teacher. We took the bike path allthe way to Basalt Middle School and itwas so cool riding under/over bridges, see-ing the river and enjoying the early morn-ing with everyone.

When we arrived at school officer Hut-ton got all of us a treat at Midland Bakeryand that was really nice of him. The bestpart of this entire experience is that wewere exercising, getting outdoors and con-serving energy in our community.

Since that first bike ride many other kidshave started to ride their bikes to school. Iwant to give a special thank you to myteacher Ms. Kauffman and officer Huttonfor giving us a wonderful opportunity.Theyreally care for kids and I hope we can con-tinue to ride to school in the fall.

Thanks!!!Emily AdamsAge 12El Jebel

Thanks to JeffDear Editor:

Every year over Memorial Day week-end, the Glenwood Springs Soccer Club ishost to over 50 youth soccer teams thatvisit our valley and gather at the Spring Val-ley campus of Colorado Mountain Collegefor a couple days of tournament play. Thisyear, the hero of the tournament was Car-bondale’s own Jeff Jackel, who providedthe key element needed to make this tour-nament run smoothly.

The Gates Soccer Complex at CMC isone of the finest in the state. However, theperfect fields lack one asset: parking.We relyon parking cones from the city of GlenwoodSprings. Without the cones, the parking sit-uation degenerates into complete chaos.

This year our arrangement with Glen-wood fell through. In a panic, I visited Car-

bondale Town Hall to check if the towncould loan us cones -- at 4 p.m. on Friday.Jeff was contacted, he said he’d give it look.He personally escorted me around to findenough cones and even help load them up,clearly above and beyond the call of hisparks and recreation department duties.

As club president, I’m forever grateful toJeff for saving us this year at the 11th hourand helping us execute this importantfundraiser and community event. ThanksJeff, you were the tournaments most valu-able volunteer this year!

Lindsay BrownGlenwood SpringsSoccer ClubPresident

Thanks to HabitatDear Editor:

Carbondale Senior Housing Corpora-tion would like to thank Habitat for Hu-manity and pass along how pleased andhappy our residents are with the comple-tion of Crystal Meadows’ new roof project.All the Habitat workers were so wonderfulto our residents and it was fun to see themlaughing and respecting them as the proj-ect evolved.

Carbondale Senior Housing Corpora-tion has had several residents come andthank them by telling them about how thisproject has improved their quality of life.Thank you seems to small of words to useto show how much Carbondale SeniorHousing Corporation appreciates whatHabitat has done to improve CrystalMeadows and the lives of the residents.

Well done, Habitat.The Carbondale SeniorHousing Corporation board

John VanNostrand (left)and Terray Sylvester(right) at Muir Camp onMt. Rainier, where thesun was shining above theclouds. Courtesy photo

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RE-1 School Board member DebbieBruell says she will continue to seek en-hanced accountability from superintendentJudy Haptonstall.

She also supports the right for teachers tobe able to confidentially share problems andissues with the school board.

“In general, I think the community wantsbetter communications on what’s happening– both the good things and the bad,” Bruellsaid during an interview with the Sopris Sunthis week.

Bruell, of Carbondale, was the lone dis-senter in a 3-1 school board vote on May 25that granted Haptonstall a two-year contractextension. She said some community mem-bers had proposed the idea of offering Hap-tonstall a one-year contract – an idea sheagreed with – but the board never voted on

that scenario.“There were a lot of

community members callingfor a more comprehensiveevaluation of the superin-tendent,” she said.

The current system forevaluating the superintend-ent is basically comprised ofboard members talkamongst themselves abouther performance,Bruell said.

“And unless there’s communication be-tween teachers and board members,we don’thear about all the issues,” she said.

To combat this perceived lack of commu-nication between school staff, teachers andthe school board, Bruell said she supports amore comprehensive evaluation process thatwould receive input from teachers,principals,other school staff and possibly even parents.

“I think there needs to be bet-ter communication betweenteachers and board members soboard members have a bettersense of what’s going on on alllevels, from all perspectives,” shesaid. “I just felt like that wouldhave been a good way to estab-lish trust with the communityand demonstrate accountability.”

Bruell said another way theboard can apply a more compre-

hensive evaluation process to Haptonstalland future superintendents is to allow teach-ers to confidentially share problems and con-cerns directly with the school board.

“The board has actually committed todoing that,” she said, noting that no formalprogram for these confidential talks hasbeen put in place yet. “The board hasagreed that we want to be able to hear

input directly from teachers and we willkeep it confidential.”

She said some teachers are uneasy aboutpublicly raising concerns they have aboutthings that are going on in the district.

“They’re afraid of being labeled ‘trouble-maker’ or ‘bad teacher,’” she said. “It’s im-portant to be able to speak confidentially.”

Bruell said neither she nor her fellow boardmembers are trying to run the district, butrather attempting to encourage more openlines of communication.

“The argument has been that it’s not theboard’s role to fix problems out there,” shesaid.“And I agree, it’s not the board’s role tofix problems. But it is the board’s role to beaware of problems. It’s the superintendent’srole or the superintendent’s role to find some-one to fix it. But it is the board’s role to beaware and to provide oversight as to howthose problems are being addressed.”

By Lynn BurtonSopris Sun Staff Writer

All things Carbondale – the chamber ofcommerce, council on arts and humanities,and town of – have teamed up for nextweekend’s Rocky Mountain Omnium bicy-cle races. If all goes well, town officials hopethe event will return for years to come.

“We hope to build on it,” said Carbon-dale Recreation Director Jeff Jackel.

Folks may or may not remember lastyear’s inaugural omnium, which included arain-drenched downtown criterium on Sat-urday that at times saw more racers thanspectators. Nobody can guarantee goodweather this year to produce an event thatnot only entertains town-folk but draws inshoppers and tourists as well, but it won’t befor lack of trying. Events provided by locals

include a Carbondale Council on Arts andHumanities concert downtown on June 17,a downtown beer garden and live music pre-sented by the Carbondale Chamber of Com-merce on June 18, and logistical support forrace organizers provided by the town itself.

“Last year was no indication (of theevent’s potential) due to the rain,” Jackelsaid. “We hope that this year it (the event)will reflect positively on the town.”

The Rocky Mountain Omnium runsJune 17-19, is organized out of an office inGlenwood Springs, and attracts most of itsracers from the Front Range. There are am-ateur and professional divisions with a$9,000 purse for the pros, according to therace’s Web site.

Saturday, June 18 is the big day for Car-bondale. That’s when both ends of Main

Street from Third Street to Weant will beblocked off for the “Street Fight Criterium”circuit race. From early morning to earlyevening, more than a dozen heats will takeoff from the starting line at Main Street andWeant, speed down to Third Street, turn leftthen left again on Colorado, and back upSixth Street. Altogether, race organizers areexpecting up to 500 bicyclists to compete invarious classes, with races ranging from 45-minutes to just over an hour.

Riders average 35 miles per hour.On Friday, June 17, racers take part in a

25-kilometer time trial that runs from Col-orado Rocky Mountain School and outCounty Road 109 to Ironbridge golf club.

The omnium concludes on June 19 with a50 and 80-kilometer road race that starts andends at Dotsero (east of Glenwood Springs).

All the races were staged in GlenwoodSprings in 2008 and 2009.

Jackel said the town proposed this year’stime trial to run from Carbondale east to ElJebel on County Road 100 or on the RioGrande Trail, and the road race south toMcClure Pass on Highway 133, but the Col-orado State Patrol, Garfield County Sheriffand Roaring Fork Transit Agency either ve-toed the plans or would have had to payovertime to ensure their safety, Jackel said.

Still, Carbondale is left with the criterium– perhaps the most spectator-friendly event.

“Setting up on the corners can be excit-ing,” Jackel said.

A course-side seat at the CarbondaleBeer Works patio should also prove to be aprime spot.“I’m sure they’ll be doing somegood business.”

Town rolls out red carpet forRockyMountainOmnium

Bruell to continue seeking RE-1 superintendent accountability

Carbondale’sHeidi Small, 14, cuts it

close as she races herhorse Manny around

the final turn during thebarrel racing competition

at the CarbondaleWild West Rodeo

last Thursday night.The series continuesthrough the summer.

Photo byJane Bachrach

Debbie Bruell

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SATURDAY June 4 At 12:30 a.m., apolice officer contacted a male who hadfallen into the ditch in Sopris Park andgave him a ride to Wheel Circle.

SATURDAY June 4 At 3:23 a.m., anofficer contacted three intoxicatedmales at Highway 133 and Mead-owood Drive and gave one a ride home.

SATURDAY June 4 At 10:36 a.m. po-lice received a call from a man who re-ported he was walking his dogs andwhen he became distracted, ran into thenew sculpture at the northeast cornerof Fourth and Main. He was concernedthat others might do the same.

SUNDAY June 5 At 5:27 p.m., in the300 block of Main Street, Carbondalepolice arrested a man on a felony war-rant out of Basalt and took him toGarfield County Jail.

SUNDAY June 5At 2:47 p.m., at Eighthand Colorado,police arrested a male forviolating a protection order and resist-ing arrest.

SUNDAY June 5 At 5:34 p.m., policeobserved two parked vehicles blockingthe alley in the 100 block of Euclid/Garfield. Police told the owners tomove them.

Maria Mork reacts after receiving herdiploma at Colorado Rocky MountainSchool’s graduation ceremonies on June 4.Featured student speakers includedCharles Boyne and Peter Madigan.The school graduated 33 seniors.Photo by Ed Kosmicki

“I have a problem requiring showers.” He indi-cated it would be a burden to force someone whowants to build a 1,200-square-foot store to also in-clude one or more shower stalls.

In the Renewable Energy Category the townstaff is recommending, “a minimum of 10 percentof all projected building energy use (electricity andheating fuel) shall be generated by renewable en-ergy,” according to the spreadsheet. Schierburgsaid he doesn’t’ have a problem with the 10 per-cent requirement (through means such as photo-voltaic panels) in Phase 2, but it’s not cost effectivein Phase 1 (which includes a grocery store).

“You’re right about PV (photo-voltaic),” trusteeEd Cortez told Schierburg. “The cost is outra-geous” and the payback is not that great.

During public comment, Laurie Loeb cautionedabout the town accepting Schierburg’s word thatthe grocery store (presumably a City Market)would be as green as he claims.

Loeb said she’d like to see some documentationfrom City Market’s parent company (Kroger) thatsuch a store is in the offing.“It would behoove thetown to get some assurances.”

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By Lynn BurtonSopris Sun Staff Writer

Carbondale is a week into a year-long runof its new Art aRound Town exhibit, so overthe next 12 months folks will get to know the11 sculptures pretty well.

For example, what do you want to betthat as early as Mountain Fair, someone willdiscover that“Valkyrie”(shown on the frontpage) makes for an elbow-high prop to leanagainst and have their picture taken.

Just west of “Valkyrie,” it shouldn’t takelong for someone (probably a kid) to dis-cover that “Touching Sound” is a sculpturalinstrument that can actually be played withthe attached mallets.

And at the corner of Sixth and MainStreet, the following exchange during thePotato Day parade might actually happen:

“Martha, look at this. This guy stuck abunch of ‘57 Chevy tailfins into a pedestaland called it art.”

“Larry, look at the title. It’s called ’57 De-scending.’ It’s sort of a tribute to MarcelDuchamp’s ‘Nude Descending a Staircase.’”

“Well whatdaya know about that? It stilllooks like ’57 Chevy tailfins to me.”

The Carbondale Public Arts Commis-sion, which is appointed by the CarbondaleBoard of Trustees and administers thetown’s 1% for the Arts program, unveiledthe exhibit during a walking tour last Friday

night. Approximately 50 people trailed thesculptors as they stopped at each piece andexplained how they were created.

The sculptures’ names, locations andprices are as follows: “Free Mind,” by RikSargent (Greenwood Village, Colo.), atFourth and Main Street ($38,000); “Cat’sEye,” by Michael Lindsay (Carbondale), atThird and Main Street ($24,000);“Valkyrie,”by Jack-Howard Potter (New York City), atFourth and Main Street ($20,000); “Touch-ing Sound,”by Maureen Hearty (Denver), inthe 400 block of Main Street ($5,000); “Ki-netic Crescents,” by Dale Montagne (Silver-thorne, Colo.), Eighth and Main Street($10,000); “57 Descending,” by ThomasAitken (Holland, Michigan), at Sixth andMain Street ($8,000);“Totem,”by Jud Berg-eron (San Francisco), at the west end of theDinkel Building ($20,000); “Catalyst,” byJohn Ferguson (Denver), at Fourth and MainStreet ($10,000);“Solitude,”by Julia Ousley(Dallas), at Fourth and Colorado ($8,400);“Mongo at Night,” by Rollin Karg (Kechi,Kansas), in front of town hall ($16,000);“Triple Bond,” by Bill Wiener (Aspen), infront of town hall ($12,000).

The art was chosen from a field of 94 bya jury headed by internationally knownsculptor James Surls, who has a studio onMissouri Heights.The applicants learned ofthe Carbondale exhibit through the Café

Web site.“The quality of the work was terrific and

the choices were not easy,” said jury man-ager Sue Edelstein.

Besides the town’s 1% for the Arts pro-gram, which is assessed on public worksprojects, funding for the Arts aRound Townexhibit comes from donations and commis-sions on sales.

The town pays the sculptors a stipend todisplay their work for the year and each yearthe town buys one of the sculptures if fundsare available.

Carbondale’s public art now numbers 16pieces and includes:“Flowers”at Eighth andMain (Michael Lindsay), “Hanging inLimbo”at Seventh and Main (Muse-Kentz),“Love of a Child” at Sixth and Colorado(Sherrill Stone), “Namaste” at Second andMain (Steve Kentz), “Save the Last Dance”

at the Mt. Sopris Historical Society (SmileyWise), “Get Set Go” at the CarbondaleRecreation Center (Bill Nuehler), “FleetingYouth” the Carbondale Recreation Center(Michael Lindsay), “Swing Low” in townhall (Sherrill Stone),“End of Day”at GlassierPark on Weant (Smiley Wise),“Sun Dial” inCentennial Park (Will Perry), “Untitled” inRotary Park (Will Perry), a mural on theDinkel Building (Fred Haberlein),“Balloons& Bike” in Sopris Park (anonymous), amural on the Churchill Building (Stan Bad-gett), “Helping Hands” at Third and Main(Stephen Lock),“Miner’s Park Memorial” inMiner’s Park (artist name not available) and“Ceramic Tile”at the Carbondale Clay Cen-ter (artist name not available).

Not all the art was purchased with pub-lic funds, nor are all the pieces on publicproperty.

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Bonedalers rock S’daysA couple of Carbondale bands head

downvalley June 18 and 19 and it ain’t justto look around, shop or soak in the HotSprings Pool. Nope, these bands got a pay-ing gig at Strawberry Days.

Steve Skinner with Louie Girardot,Frank Martin and Captain X take the mainstage from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on June 18. Thefollowing day (which for most folks will beJune 19 All the Pretty Horses bring theirmix of country and rock to the main stagefrom 12:30 to 2 p.m.

Other upvalley (upvalley from Big Sid’sliquor store, anyway) bands includeSlightly White, which will play from 11a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on June 18.

Vision Quest members are high schooland college kids.They’ll play jazz and relatedstyles from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. on June 17.

More good tunesSpeaking of hot tunes and cool times,

Hayes Carll may just ignite before his ap-pearance at PAC3 on June 23. The up andcoming honky-tonker of note has been get-ting good airplay on KDNK and look atwho else has latched onto Mr. Carll – for-mer degenerate Don Imus (now an up-standing radio personality). The I Manplayed “Another Like You” on Mondaymorning and said “I just can’t get enoughof that record.” The tune involves a boozycouple who are getting to know each otherand includes the back and forth lyrics “You

were smoking on a cigarette, talking aboutthe deficit, putting all the wild boys down…You was falling like the Alamo, drinkingfast and talking slow … You’re probably aDemocrat, what the hell is wrong withthat, nothing if you’re Taliban.”

Local Americana experts say “AnotherLike You” is the best of its kind since JohnPrine and Iris Dement teamed up on “InSpite of Ourselves.”

Ritchie aces some ACTRoaring Fork High School soon-to-be-

senior Elizabeth Ritchie scored a perfect 36on the reading part of her ACT test. Itturns out, however, that perfection is notrare at RFHS. Sources say that David Ack-erman did the same in science last year.

Mark your calendarThe Carbondale Council on Arts and

Humanities holds its annual meeting/bar-becue at Fourth and Main Street at 5 p.m.on June 17. All current CCAH membersare rewarded with free barbecue and avote.There’ll be a drawing for concert tick-ets, restaurant gift certificates and more.You can also renew your membership righton the spot. The levels are: $50 individual,$100 family, and $250 business. For details,call 963-1680.

Engler shows workJoan Engler shows her watercolors at

the Village Smithy through June.

They say it’s your birthdayBirthday greetings to out to: Rock

Leonard and Henry Ortiz (June 9), DickHunt and Paul Sutro (June 12), and EileenWaski and Lynni Hutton (June 15).

Members from Carbondale’s U10 blue and gold teams combined forces to win their di-vision of the Glenwood Springs Soccer Club tournament at Colorado Mountain CollageMay 28-29. Back row (left to right) Bodi Dallas, Lucas Schramer, Remy Grimm, AidenFoote, Liam Laird, Mikel Mayo, Ronald Clemente-Alonzo, Leo Loya, Sawyer Shook andIsreal Olmebo. Front row (left to right): Will Rose, Ariahn Barajas, Joe Salinas and AndyWiley. On the road to the championship, Carbondale defeated the Glenwood ScreamingGreen Meanies 3-0, Gunnison FC 2-1, Aspen United 6-0, lost to Crested Butte East 2-3then defeated Salida 7-0 in the semi-finals and Glenwood Ice Red Demons 4-0 in the fi-nals. Photo by Midge Dallas

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Once upon a time, in an outdoor para-dise not so far away, there was a gloriouslyframed, juniper-dodging, rock-hopping,creek-fording, endo-pounding,prettiest set of two tires youever did see kind of activitycalled Mountain Biking.

Although there were manyvast and varying climes of land,air and water in this outdoorparadise, it was no surprise thatMountain Biking soon becamea driving force of recreation, re-laxation and remonstrationWho would have imagined allthe driveway circling, paper-route riding and homemadejump building might one day beapplied to ripping around thecorners of trails at near break-neck speeds?

Who would have foreseen packs of fiveto 15 mountain bikers strung across thedeserts and mountains of Colorado likelight brigades, all in tight jerseys, cute cush-ioned shorts and camelbacks?

Oh, nearly every sport has sunglasses, buthow about airy sleek helmets and body armor?

Howaboutpowerenergygummygelcubes?How about such a dedicated following of

gear heads and pedal pushers, trail buildersand tire poppers?

True, the first time I climbed onto a moun-tain bike I was encouraged to clip in and holdon! And true, within the first five minutes Ihad managed to fall over backwards, endo,

bloody, bruise and otherwise beat-up myuninsured body.

And true, I spent a large majority of therest of that day carrying andpushing my bike (while run-ning) in order to keep upwith the contingent of for-mer “friends” and “familymembers”who were“break-ing me in.” But still, some-how by the end of the day,chased by an ugly lookingstorm cloud from the west, Ifound myself having “fun.”

Now,every summer, I findmyself on 20-30 mile rideswith no conditioning on awell-used bike ready to rattleapart. A large part of this

dysfunctional relationship includes the factthat I don’t know the first thing about bikemaintenance, but I love lung busting climbs.Even though I’m a huge liability (to end upskewered on the end of a branch or tangledup in barbed wire) it must also be comedic re-lief to have me along for the ride: digging intomy breaks like an 18-wheeler on the down-hill, missing the turn and flying into the sage-brush like a jackrabbit on the flats, andotherwise grinning like an all around idiot.I’m the guy who makes everyone else feel likea rock star, and despite thinking that having abike seat jammed up my sit bones all day isunpleasant, I keep coming back for more.

And so, as the last of the winter clings to

the high country and springy summer slinksin and out of the Roaring Fork Valley like apossum through the dog door, to all youmountain bikers already getting after it: Isalute you. To those I’ll be riding with thisyear: Be kind.

And,finally,Do not tell mountain bike sto-ries where the people know you; but particu-larly, don’t tell them where they know themountain biking. Let the tire popping begin.

Mountain biking: A hate/love affair

Tailgateby Cameron Scott

The Gas to Get ThereThe things we notice later in life;the things we have never noticed before

like all the traveling between the starsand the gas it takes to get there.

Depending on who you askheaven and earth and sea and sky melt;

its time for me to ignore, I meanquit ignoringthis melting. Sometimes reality

just slips away—like it was a glacierand now just a bunch of morons.

Don’t be so surprised.It could all go up in fire;

this other world we associate so closelywith this one.

– Cameron Scott

During branding at his parents’Missouri Heights ranch (the SmilingA) on Sunday, 8-year-old Gus Carneynot only roped this calf but it’s thefirst time he was able to dally his ropeand hold on to his calf. Congratula-tions Gus! Photo by Jane Bachrach

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THURSDAY June 9RODEO • The Carbondale Wild WestRodeo continues its season at the GusDarien arena east of town (on County Road100) at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the gate.

FRI.-SUN. June 10-12MUSIC FESTIVAL • The Palisade Blue-grass & Roots Festival takes place in Pal-isade. Headliners include Junior Brown andDavid Lindley. Info: palisademusic.com.

FRIDAY June 10MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents“African Cats” (G) at 8 p.m. June 10-16and “Atlas Shrugged” (PG-13) at 5:45 p.m.June 10-14.DOG GRINGOS OPENING • Dos Grin-gos in La Fontana Plaza unveils its newWindow to the World community art proj-ect during a reception starting at 6 p.m.Artists Rochelle Norwood, Mary Noone,Amber “Sparkles” Palochak, Kate Oldham,Danika Krajcar, Kat Rich and Erin Rigneycreated the paintings that frame each of therestaurant’s seven windows and are basedon their individual interpretation of one ofthe world’s cultures. Info: 618-5195.SECOND FRIDAY • S.A.W. host itsmonthly Second Friday reception featuringceramics, jewelry, paintings and prints by AviArenfeld, Stanley Bell, Lisa Ellena, AnneGoldberg, Lyla Goldstein, Angus Graham,Andi Korber and Colby June. The openingnight hours are 6 to 8 p.m. The show runsthrough July 1. Info: 963-0201 or visit saw-carbondale.wordpress.com. S.A.W. is located

just of Highway 133 at 978 Euclid Ave.

CMC SHOW OPENS • TheColorado Mountain CollegeGallery in downtown Glen-wood Springs hosts an open-ing reception for Basalt artistMichael Raaum from 5 to 8p.m. The show features 28 ab-stract impressionist paintings andcontinues through July 27. Raaumis a full-time counselor and art in-structor at CMC’s Aspen campus. Thegallery is located at 831 Grand Ave.Info: 947-8367.

LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in theDinkel Building presents the SpringCreek Bluegrass Band. Info: 963-3340.

LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s in the DinkelBuilding presents Steve Skinner & The Ritesof Spring at 10 p.m.

ARTIST SPEAKS • The Rifle Branch Li-brary hosts a reception for painter LannyGrant from 5 to 7 p.m. as part of its Art inthe Stacks series. Grant is a Colorado nativeand one of his paintings is included in theVatican collection. Info: 625-3471.

LIVE MUSIC • Kathy Markle plays Kon-nyaku from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Konnyaku islocated on Highway 133 in La Fontana Plaza.

LIVE MUSIC • Guitarist /songwriter MattJohnson will perform solo at the historicCardiff Schoolhouse in south GlenwoodSprings at 7:30 p.m. Johnson has openedfor such noted folk singers as Vance Gilbert,Kelly Joe Phelps and Tony Furtado. Tickets

are $8. Directions to the school-house: From Glenwood Springs,

drive south on Midland, turnleft on Sopris Drive. Parkingis available at the GlenwoodPark soccer fields and baseball

diamonds. Walk down thesidewalk into Park East alongSky Ranch Drive. The school-

house is in Conservancy Park onthe corner of Skyranch and Col-

orow Drives. Bring a flashlight, asthere are no lights on the paththrough the neighborhood. Info:cdbaby.com/cd/mjboneyard.

SATURDAY June 11GYMKHANA • A gymkhana will be heldat the Gus Darien arena east of town at 1p.m. on June 11, July 16, Aug. 13 and Sept.17. The club is for equestrians seven andolder and the events are barrels, poles, flagsand a rotating event. Volunteers are needed.Info: 274-3223 or 379-9978.

YACHT CLUB • The Aspen Yacht Clubhosts an open house at its club at RuediReservoir at 1 p.m. The club occupies Bene-dict Bay in a small cove in the middle of thefour-mile-long reservoir located 18.6 mileseast of Basalt. The club’s racing season be-gins on June 12. The annual regatta isscheduled for July 16-17.

LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s presents JamesBurke & Co. at 10 p.m.

LIVE MUSIC • Pianist/singer John Rigerplays Fin’s in downtown Glenwood Springs

every Saturday night through the summer.

TAMALE DINNER • English in Actionhosts its annual fund-raiser Fiesta de Tamalesat the Gathering Center (next to CrystalRiver Elementary School on SnowmassDrive) from 5:30 to 9 p.m. The night in-cludes a bar, a DJ playing salsa music, danc-ing, a prize drawing and piñata. The pricesare $15 for an adult plate, $5 for a childplate. English in Action matches mentorswith those wishing to learn to speak English.

SUNDAY June 12SPECIAL SERVICE • The Sounds of Praisechoir, led by Laura Porterfield, performs“The King is Coming” cantata, at theChurch at Redstone at 9 a.m. Fellowshipand refreshments will follow the service anda love offering will be taken.

YOGA IN THE PARK • True Nature Heal-ing Arts offers yoga in Sopris Park Sundaysfrom 5 to 6 p.m. through August. It’s freeand all levels are accepted. Info: 963-9900.

PIG ROAST • Downvalley Tavern in ElJebel celebrates its first birthday with a pigroast at 4 p.m. Plates are $10 and there willbe live music.

MONDAY June 13LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars presents KevinBurke and special guest. Info: 963-3340.

TUESDAY June 14DRUMMING • Colorado Mountain Col-

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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Applications are available and may be picked up and turned in at Mountain Regional Housing 520 South Third Street, #23, Carbondale, CO

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Further Out

Ongoing

June 16CARBONDALE CLAY CENTER •The Carbondale Clay Center hosts“Pairings” from 6 to 9 p.m., featuringmore than 700 cups from 80 local andnational artists. Numerous brands ofspirits, wine and beer will be poured intothe cups, which will be offered for salefor tastings. Chili and other beverageswill also be available. The Carbondale

Clay Center is located at the east end ofMain Street. Info: 963-CLAY.

June 17CCAH MUSIC SERIES • The Carbon-dale Council on Arts and HumanitiesSummer of Music series kicks of withSmooth Money Gesture at Fourth andMain at 7 p.m.. It’s free. Subsequentshows will be staged at Sopris Park.

June 17-18“THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL” •Thunder River Theatre Company be-gins its run of “The Trip to Bounti-ful" June 17-18. The play continuesJune 24-26, June 30 and July 1-2. Allcurtain times are 7:30 p.m., exceptthe 2 p.m. Sunday matinee. Info:thunderrivertheatre.com.

lege’s ArtShare program and theAspen Dance Connection will pres-ent a performance by the MaputoMensah African Drumming andDance Company, known as LogoLigi, at the Third Street Center at 8p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and$5 for students up to 17. Children 5and under are free. Advance ticketsare available at 947-8367 [email protected].

WEDNESDAY JUNE 15FARMER’S MARKET • The Carbon-dale Farmer’s Market at Fourth andMain St. kicks off its summer seasonfrom 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There’ll bemusic, new vendors and old favorites,plus fish, prepared food, flowers andmore. The market is sponsored byAmerican National Bank and runsthrough Oct. 5.

FOSSIL FINDER SPEAKS • Dr. KirkJohnson of the Denver Museum of Sci-ence and Nature discusses the Snow-mass Village fossil dig site at theColorado Mountain College SpringValley Campus gym at 7 p.m. Theevent is free but seating is limited. Info:963-2172.LIVE MUSIC • White House pizzapresents Tony Rosario (blues, folk,cowboy) from 7 to 10 p.m.

DANCE CLASSES • Crystal River Bal-let School offers creative dance classesfor ages 3-5 Mondays at 4 p.m. andWednesday at 10 a.m.; beginning balleton Tuesdays at 4 p.m.; and contempo-rary ballet for ages 7 and older Wednes-days at 4 p.m. The school is located at455 S. Third St. Info: 704-0114.

AFRICAN DANCE • African danceclasses are offered at the CarbondaleCommunity School Thursdays from

6:30 to 8 p.m. A special workshoptakes place on June 13. Info: 404-0305.

MAYOR’S COFFEE HOUR • Chatwith Carbondale Mayor Stacey Bernoton Tuesdays from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Vil-lage Smithy, located at 26 S. Third St.

ZINGERS SING • The Zingers singinggroup gets together at the Third StreetCenter every Thursday from 2 to 3 p.m.Info: 945-7094.

GROUP RUN • Independence Run andHike at 995 Cowen Drive leads groupruns Saturdays at 8:15 a.m. rain orshine. Info: 704-0909.

AL-ANON MEETS • Al-Anon forfriends and families of alcoholics meetsat the Orchard Tuesdays at 7 p.m.

SMITHY SHOW • Joan Engler showsher watercolors at the Village Smithythrough the month of June.

Kat Rich (foreground) puts the finishing touches onher contribution to the “Windows to the World” walltreatment at Dos Gringos. That’s Rochelle Norwoodin the background. The restaurant holds an openingreception for the artists who took part in the projecton June 10 at 6 p.m.

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Gardens are known to make the soulsmile. The northern Highway 133 entranceto town? Not so much. However, change isin the air. A new “welcome garden” is com-ing to Cowen Drive – the western stretchperpendicular to Highway 133.

The lonely ol’ crabapple on the traffic is-land east of the highway will soon be joinedby a cheery, white- flowered ‘Dolgo’ crab,the billowy cloud of a May Day tree that‘llsend it’s fragrance sailing up the highwayevery spring, and a pair of pink-blossomed‘Prairie Rose’ crabs holding the whole partyin from both ends. While these new trees,donated through the Kay Brunnier TreeFund, are the backbone of the welcome gar-den, it doesn’t stop there.

Sometimes there’s more drama in sim-plicity, and that’s the route we’re going.Wave after wave of ornamental grasses willtoss and turn in the wake of every speedingcar and whisper of a breeze. Sprinkledthroughout like confetti will be colonies ofwildflowers, coming and going with thepassing of spring, summer and fall.

It’ll be fun to see old-fashioned poppiesfloating like orange silk lanterns above a seaof native blue flax, or proud drifts of lumi-nous lavender penstemon reminding us toget our butts up Prince Creek. It would be

lovely to see three or four species going offat a time, with crescendos around Memo-rial Day, the Fourth of July, Mountain Fairand Labor Day.

That is where YOU can help out: won’tyou “adopt a wild flower?” If you have afavorite species that peaks during one ofCarbondale’s festive windows and wouldlike to “adopt” it for the welcome garden,please email me to arrange it. Colonies ofwildflowers can be adopted for $65 each,

with checks written to the CarbondaleTown Clerk, memo line filled out with“Welcome Garden” and dropped off attown hall by June 17.

The welcome garden was proposed bya local aviation company (Four Dog Fly-ing) and Evolving Gardens & GroundsDesign. Having put the word out, friendsand businesses are stepping up to matchtheir initial gift.

Some are giving what they can, be itwith time, equipment, materials – whatever.The list of thanks includes my family’sneighbor – Curtis of Sopris Fencing. Asoften as we borrow his skid steer, weoughta make a few of the payments, too!The boulder placement is gonna rock,thanks in part to his “tool box.”

Thank you to Travis of Western SlopeMaterials for the sweet delivery of thoseboulders – an entire truckload – and thankyou John for letting us use the Days Inn’s lotas a staging area (and yes, I promise, theclover and cheat grass will grow right back).

Thanks to Gretchen and Pat, friends ofours from Down to Earth Landscaping.Access to your wholesale accounts withnurseries will give us an immense bang forour check – all the checks written andsigned by our donors.

Thank you Mike, of the Cowen Center;Dr. Leake, our veterinarian of five years, twodogs and three cats at the Red Hill AnimalHealth Center; and even SkiCo. I want tokiss all of you for the hefty checks youwrote, especially in these lean times.

Craig Rathbun of Fleischer Real Estatehas been a champion of Highway 133beautification for as long as I’ve known him.If it weren’t for his earlier efforts at bringingthe business community together to dosomething about Highway 133, I neverwould have gotten this bug up my skirt inthe first place.

So thank you Craig. Thank you forknocking on doors and asking for dona-tions. Thank you for your own donation –and not even just a check. Fleischer is givingthree full days of a five-man crew to helpwith the landscape installation and willmaintain the welcome garden until the towncan take it over.

Thank you, community. I hope the gar-den will give us all a full-on, flourishing“Welcome” – big enough to make us smile.

Geneviève is a valley mama still tryingto squeeze in a bit of writing and design.She can be reached at [email protected].

GettingGroundedBy Geneviève Joëlle

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The Green Thumb Guide The Green Thumb Guide is printed the second Thursday of each month. If you’ve got afarm photo or tip to share, let us know at [email protected].

Frequently, when I am asked questionsabout growing vegetables, the questioneris looking for one simple answer. While asimple solution would be great, there arealways variables to take into consideration.The best gardeners spend time observingtheir plants on a daily basis and watch forthe small changes that indicate the plant’sneeds and have a mental checklist of thevariables that influence those needs — inthe case of water: plant type and maturity,current weather conditions and soil type.

Newly planted seeds require consistentsoil moisture levels until germination oc-curs. That can be a challenge for smallseeds that need to be sown near the sur-face. Full sun on a windy day can dry thesoil out within a couple of hours requiringvigilance and frequent light watering.Larger seeds like beans and squash are vul-nerable to over watering and can rot in thesoil before germination.

Bedding plants that have just been putinto the garden have not yet set roots intothe surrounding soil and need to be wa-tered more frequently until their roots areestablished. In intensively planted gardens,as plants grow and develop, they begin toshade the soil and may require less water.

But when they begin to set fruit, the waterrequirements increase again. Over water-ing can create as many problems as underwatering. Yellowing of plants can be an in-dicator of too much water. As the waterfills the pore space in the soil, it can actu-ally drown the plants. Yellowing can alsobe an indicator of other problems.

Typically, vegetable plants need aboutone quarter inch of water per day or an inchevery four days. Colorado State UniversityExtension ext.colostate.edu/) has informa-tion in Garden Note 716 about criticalwater periods for vegetables along with amultitude of other useful information.

Less frequent, deep watering works bestin our clay soils. Deeper water penetrationencourages roots to grow away from thesurface and provides some protection incase of drought. Water needs increase, asdays get longer and hotter. Wind dries thesoil quickly. Thus, there’s no single answeron how much and when to water.

Monitoring soil moisture can be donein simple ways: stick some type of probeinto the soil — if it goes in easily the soilis most likely moist enough, too much re-sistance indicates dry soil. Use an inex-pensive soil meter, or take a trowel or

shovel and dig down a couple of inchesand look at and feel the soil. While awilted plant may indicate a need for water,on the hottest days, many plants will wiltduring the heat of day, but bounce back atnight. Wilted plants in the early morninghours are a clear indicator of a problem,most likely water related.

In Western Colorado, where we receivean average of 12-14 inches of precipita-tion, water is a precious resource. Makingthe best use of the water we put on ourgardens is essential. Mulches placed at thebase of plants or in between rows is agreat way to lessen water loss. Mulcheshave the added benefit of adding organicmatter and cooling the soil. Drip and

soaker hoses place the water where it’sneeded and reduce losses to evaporation,but can be difficult when using untreatedwater that may have carry large amountsof silt that can clog the hoses. If usingoverhead irrigation, place straight sidedcans into the garden to measure the sys-tem output and use this for guidance inhow long to run your sprinkler and lessenthe changes over or under watering.Choosing optimum times of day to applywater (early morning or late evening)lessens water loss to evaporation. Whilemost gardeners work on improving theirsoil for the direct benefit of plants, soilsthat are higher in organic matter holdmoisture better.

While it would be nice to have rain thatarrived on a consistent basis for our gar-dens, our high and dry climate providesmany of the benefits that keep us in thevalley. We just need to be mindful of theclimate challenges as we try to keep ourveggies happy.

Linda Halloran’s column runs the secondweek of the month. She coordinates Col-orado Rocky Mountain School’s OrganicGardening Learning Center.

Remember four main things when growing vegetablesBy Linda Halloran

The Garfield County Board of County Commissioners is required by CRS 30-10-306 to make sure that eachcommissioner district be as nearly equal in population as possible based on the most recent federal cen-sus of the United States.

The hearing to discuss and determine commissioner district boundaries based on 2010 Census numbersis set for Monday June 20, 2011 at 8:00 a.m. during the regularly scheduled board meeting at 108 8th St.,Room 100 in Glenwood Springs.

A map showing the current commissioner districts with 2010 population numbers is available on the home-page of the Garfield County website www.garfield-county.com. Information is also available from JeanAlberico, Garfield County Clerk and Recorder at 945-2377 ext 1820 or [email protected].

Any citizen may make comments prior to this hearing by contacting the County Clerk. Comments may bemade in writing to the Clerk's email address or mailed to 109 8th St., suite 200 Glenwood Springs, Co.81601. Any person desiring to express his or her opinion or give testimony regarding commissioner districtsmay appear at the above date, time and place.

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on the hottest days, manyplants will wilt during theheat of day, but bounce

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Legal NoticesThis 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:

ORDINANCE NO. 9Series 2011

AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEESOF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADO,EXTENDING DEADLINES FOR COMPLETION OFGIANINETTI SUBDIVISION IMPROVEMENTS LOTS 15A, 15B, 16A, AND 16B

NOTICE: This Ordinance was introduced, read, andadopted at a special meeting of the Board of Trusteesof the Town of Carbondale, Colorado, on May 31, 2011.

nicipal Code. The proposed ordinance would affectthe location, zoning and establish conditions of op-eration of Commercial Medical Marijuana Facilitiesas defined in the Ordinance. Conditions to be con-sidered will be allowed locations in zone districts andwill specifically include restrictions and requirementsfor operation of such facilities.

The applicant is the Town of Carbondale.

Said Public Hearing will be held at the CarbondaleTown Hall, 511 Colorado Avenue, Carbondale, CO

at 7:00 p.m. on June 30, 2011.

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

Janet BuckTown Planner

Published June 9, 2011 in The Sopris Sun.

__________________________s/s Cathy Derby, Town Clerk

Published June 9, 2011 in The Sopris Sun.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearingwill be held before the Carbondale Planning andZoning Commission for the purpose of consideringthe adoption of an ordinance which would amendChapter 18 (Zoning Districts) of the Carbondale Mu-

HELP WANTED: The Carbondale Police Department isnow accepting applications for the position of OrdinanceOfficer. We are looking for a highly motivated individualwho will enjoy working in a TEAM/Community Policingenvironment. Ability to work shift work, weekends and hol-idays a must. We offer an excellent benefit package. Span-ish is a plus! Applicants must be at least 18 years old, have

or have ability to obtain a valid Colorado driver’s licenseand no felony convictions. Applicants must complete back-ground checks and participate in a ride-along program.Send resume and references to Carbondale Police Depart-ment, 511 Colorado Ave., #911, Carbondale, CO 81623 orto Sgt. Chris Wurtsmith, [email protected], orfor an application and further information, go to www.car-

bondalegov.org. Deadline is June 24, 2011 at 5 p.m.

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Submit Unclassifieds to [email protected] by by 12 p.m. on Monday. $15 for up to 30 words, $20 for 31-50 words.

*Credit card payment information should be emailed to [email protected] or call 948-6563. Checks may be dropped off at our office at the Third Street Center or mailed toP.O. Box 399, Carbondale, CO 81623. Call 618-9112 for more info.

Community BriefsBusker alert

The Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities is cre-ating a database of performers, musicians and emcees whoare available for First Fridays. The idea is for buskers toperform from Main Street to the Third Street Center, ac-cording to a CCAH press release. “The pay is $25 per per-former, plus the opportunity to collect tips from the peoplepassing by inspired by your art,” said a CCAH spokes-woman. “We are so excited to expand the artistry that isFirst Fridays in Carbondale.” To sign up, e-mail Amy Kim-berly at [email protected].

Puppet Park CampRegistration is under way for the Carbondale Council

on Arts and Humanities two-week Puppet Party Camp forages 8-14. Campers will create puppets and masks, learnmovement and adopt a story they will perform at theMountain Fair Oasis stage. The camp runs July 11-22 andthe cost is $45 per week. Scholarships are available. Fordetails, call 963-1680.

Soccer Club deadlinesThe Carbondale Soccer Club has two deadlines coming

up: Fall soccer sign ups are due June 15 and the deadlinefor receiving a free British soccer replica jersey by signingup online is June 17 for the British camp.

Registration forms are available at the CarbondaleRecreation Center or at carbondalesoccerclub.org. For de-tails, call 704-1838.

Recreation goes onlineThe Carbondale Recreation Department’s new Web site

includes program registration options at carbon-dalerec.com. Upcoming classes include swimming lessons,climbing class, t-ball, skateboard lesssons are more.

Happening tickets on saleTickets are now available for the annual Carbondale

Rotary Club Happening, taking place July 9 at The Gath-ering Center (located at The Orchard Church at Carbon-dale, 110 Snowmass Drive).

The Happening is a fundraising event to support theclub’s humanitarian efforts locally and abroad, includingthe Carbondale Rotary community grants and studentscholarships. The evening includes a gourmet dinner, beerand wine bar, silent and live auctions, and dancing to musicby Steve Skinner & The 4-Way Test Band.

Tickets are $125 per person. Doors and silent auctionopen at 5:30 p.m. and the bar opens at 6 p.m., followed bydinner, the live auction and dancing.

Tickets may be purchased from any Carbondale RotaryClub member or by sending an email request to [email protected].

More information about the Carbondale Rotary Cluband its programs at rotarycarbondale.org.

Time bank formingA group of citizens organizing a time bank will hold a

public sign-up session in the Senior Matters room at theThird Street Center at 6:30 p.m. on June 13.

Organizers call time banking “an expanded method ofbartering” in which participants bank hours of service andcan withdraw them. “Think trading gardening for a mas-sage,” said group spokesman Russ Criswell.

Criswell said time banking is based on the belief thateveryone has unique gifts, talents and resources to share,regardless of age, employment or ethnic background. “Bysharing talents, community is strengthened and everyonebuilds social value,” Criswell said.

The first time bank was formed in 1980 and today thereare banks in 40 states and 15 countries. For details, e-mailCriswell at [email protected] or Gwen Garcelon [email protected].

Roaring Fork’s Jake Strack-Loertscher (shown here)was named the Western Slope 3A player of the year ina vote by league coaches. He was a senior and playedcatcher. Others named to the first team were AlexRascon (senior pitcher), Shae Nieslanik (junior in-fielder), Johnny Nieslanik (sophomore outfielder)and Trent Reeds (junior outfielder). Thomas Cerise(junior infielder) was named as an honorable mention.In girl’s soccer, sophomore Taylor Adams was namedto the all-league first team while Nayeli Alfaro andHattie Gianinetti (both sophomores) were picked ashonorable mention. Photo by Lynn Burton

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