March 17, 2011

Here’slookingat you!

It’s springtimeand someCarbondalers’thoughts areturning tochickens, whichare legal to keepinside the townlimits. Onereminder, how-ever: there’s asix chicken limitand roosters arenot allowed.This particularchicken belongsto the Bruellfamily and wasphotographedin the coop itshares withseveral otherbirds in the alleybetween Euclidand Garfield.Photo byLynn Burton

By Lynn BurtonSopris Sun Staff Writer

everal First Friday participants say at-tendance has dwindled at their loca-tions after the Third Street Centeropened last summer, and are calling

for a confab to discuss the issue.“We have had great success and nearly al-

ways have a great showing of people,” saidone Main Street storeowner in a recent e-mailto other First Friday participants.“However,since the opening of the 3rd Street center (sic),we have experienced a marked decline in par-ticipation in our store, and have had MANYcustomers express ‘First Friday Fatigue’ basi-cally there are too many things to do and toomany things to see for one night!” She alsoasked, “Are any of you experiencing/hearingthis, or is it just us?”

A downtown gallery operator replied, “Icouldn’t agree more! We have really stopped

doing many openings, as the traffic is so low.”A First Friday patron said,“I totally agree.

When we went to First Fridays a month agowe only went to 3rd St.”

The Third Street Center at 520 S. ThirdStreet is in the old Carbondale ElementarySchool building,and is operated by a 501(c)(3)non-profit for the use of non-profit organiza-tions and a few for-profit organizations.

First Friday,as the name implies, is held thefirst Friday of the month and is an opportunityfor galleries, stores and other businesses to stayopen late to attract customers and visitors.

These days, there is no official First Fridayorganizer, but the event didn’t start out thatway. Carbondale Council on Arts and Hu-manities Director Ro Mead said she and afew businesses got together a few years agoand formed an actual First Friday committee,independent of CCAH.Mead said businessesand galleries contributed money to print

brochures and make flags to designate FirstFriday participants.

“It was extremely successful for every-body,” Mead said. “We wanted to makedowntown a destination, and we did that.”

During warm months, crowds of peoplewalked or rode bikes up and down MainStreet, dropping in on the galleries and stores,munching on snacks, and sipping wine, beerand soft drinks.Attendance was smaller dur-ing the winter but Main Street was still usu-ally a lively scene on First Friday.

The Carbondale Council on Arts and Hu-manities (which used to be located in the cur-rent home of Carbondale Beer Works) was abig draw during First Friday and anchored thewestern end of Main Street. That all changedwhen CCAH moved to the Third Street Cen-ter and the First Friday focus shifted severalblocks from Main Street to the south.

“After 3rd St (sic) came alive we made the

choice to move SAW openings and artistgallery talks to 2nd Fridays (sic),” said aS.A.W. spokesman in an e-mail in responseto the 10 or 20 that have circulated for thepast week. S.A.W. is located at the east endof Euclid.

The Carbondale Council on Arts andHumanities isn’t the only art venue in theThird Street Center. Other art studios in thecenter also participate, so the Third StreetCenter becomes the one-and-only stop formany people.

“The sheer size and mix of 3rd St (sic)makes it a nightlong destination,” said theS.A.W. spokesman.

Several of the First Friday e-mailersfloated ideas for possible solutions that in-clude: expanding the event to the entireweekend, having some months focusing onMain Street and other months for TSC, and

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Carbondale Island could be soldPage 3

Poetry festival comes toCarbondalePage 3

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can a majority of us agree on?As a town, let’sfocus on what we do want, rather thanspending so much time and effort on some-thing we don’t want, and frankly don’t reallyneed. This town is full of great minds, let’scome up with the newest, coolest, greenest,most“Carbondale”project we can! If we re-ally have to develop here, let’s do it right, andin a way that we can all grow and build thecommunity’s social, environmental and eco-nomic capital. Let’s do it in a way that addsto the character of our town that funky vibewhich makes Carbondale what it is.There’s plenty of retail space for rent rightnow, so we should be OK for at least a littlewhile, right? Let’s “shop around” and findsomeone who is willing to build the townwhat it wants.

I have visited a few co-housing neighbor-hoods – those are pretty cool, using sustain-able building practices and creating a reallysweet community feeling.

12. A no-brainer here. The town made astatement earlier about what we didn’t want.What ever happened to the Road Map plan?Is it time for the town to revisit this and de-fine the direction we want to go?

Thanks for asking us!Michael GormanCarbondale

Who voted for these bozos?Dear Editor:

Who voted for these Republicans extrem-ists, and did they have any idea of what theywere voting for?The House Republicans justvoted to slash the Environmental ProtectionAgency budget by a third – more than anyother agency. Why? They want to stop theEPA from regulating greenhouse gasses (be-cause they don’t believe in global warming,despite the fact that 97 percent of scientistsassure us it is happening), and they want tostop “excessive regulation” – such as pro-tecting the public from cancer causing chem-icals that industry likes to use because it’scheaper or easier than the alternatives.

Why the hell did we hand power over tothese bozos? At election time the reasonsgiven were the high unemployment and theslow economic recovery. OK, I get that wewere mad at Obama and the Democrats be-cause they didn’t turn around the Bush de-bacle fast enough, and the public wantedimmediate solutions to problems that oc-curred over decades. But weren’t the Repub-licans supposed to focus on jobs and theeconomy? Instead, they’ve focused on theirfringe issues: tax cuts for the rich, destroyingunions, slashing any programs that help thepublic but hold businesses responsible fortheir actions.Too bad we have to wait almosttwo more years to send another mes-sage. Next time, think before you vote.

Peter WestcottCarbondale

Stop GMO cropsDear Editor:

“Despite denials that GM seeds would beused as part of Gates Foundation’s Alliancefor a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)agenda, connections between the GatesFoundation, AGRA, and Monsanto, and fi-nancial conflicts of interest between the GatesFoundation and Monsanto appear to be akey element ofAGRA’s new green revolutionstrategy,” reports the Website Netline, agri-culturalmissions.org/netline_2011_002.htm.

Interlocking and corrupt agendas as doc-umented further by Wikileaks’ release of U.S.State Department cables should be of concernto all people of good will concerned about thefuture biodiversity of crop seeds in the world.

No matter what one might think of themerits of genetically modified seeds, it is anundisputed fact that transnational concen-tration of market share and power inevitablymeans diminishing crop biodiversity, in manycases forever, as seed varieties are lost for alltime in the shuffle. That is the bottom line.

That is why small-scale farms, based inand loyal to the communities they nourish,must prevail as the model for the future ofagriculture. Seeds in traditional societies havealways been shared freely among farmers,guaranteeing biodiversity for small farmers’crops worldwide. Without that basis of na-tive biodiversity, there can be no food sover-eignty and therefore fewer and fewerpractitioners (family farmers) on the groundcapable of slowing global warming and feed-ing the hungry of the world through sustain-able land usage and reforestation.

As community gardeners, we must re-learn how to save seeds and revive this tradi-tional practice. By doing so, we represent aprimary defense for future generationsagainst crop variety loss, famine and pesti-lence that can result from monoculture of hy-bridized food strains.

Genetically modified crops represent one ofthe most significant threats to life on this planetand must be stopped before it is too late. Esti-mates indicate soybeans are already 93 percentcontaminated with GMOs. Unfortunately,there’s no shortage of men who think they aresmart misusing their intelligence. Bill Gates isjust one of the most prominent in this group.

Fred PulverCarbondale

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Editor’s Note: In the March 3 edition, weasked readers to choose from a list of poten-tial article topics on the proposed Village atCrystal River Development. The followingtwo letters were written in response.The sec-ond refers to questions 1, 7 and 12: Whydoes the property need to be developed atall? What is the perfect project and is it eco-nomically viable? What is “sustainable de-velopment” and would it work for the VCR?

To check out the complete list, visit sopris-sun.comorcontact [email protected].

The skinny on the VillageDear Editor:

In the March 3 issue of The Sopris Sun,the editors proposed a series of questionsabout theVillage at Crystal River project andasked the readers to prioritize which ques-tions they’d like to learn more about. As acommunity service, I have answered them all.

Q: Why must the VCR be developed?A: Because vacant land is un-American.

Q: What does the zoning allow?A: Zoning? We ain’t got no zoning.We don’tneed no stinking zoning!

Q: What is the property’s history?A: The history of the VCR parcel (abridged):From way long ago until 10,000 BCE it wasa wooly mammoth mating ground; from10,000 BCE to 1879 CE it was a Ute Indianhunting ground; from 1880 CE until 2003CE it was a cattle grazing ground; and from2003 and beyond it has been a political bat-tle ground.

Q: Did CRMS start this mess by selling theproperty?A: That sure didn’t help.

Q: Is it against town ordinances to keep live-stock in the city limits?A: Only if the livestock are part of a pot-growing operation situated within 1,000 feetof a liquor store.

Q: Should we vote ourselves a sales tax in-crease to make this happen?A: Taxpayer-financed PUD fees are a com-plicated public finance mechanism wherebythe public subsidizes the developer’s profitsin a way that is not unlike sending themoney to him stuffed in suitcases, exceptwith more traffic lights.

Q: It looks to some like VCR opponents areholding out for the perfect project.What is theperfect project and is it economically viable?A: It looks to some like VCR proponents areholding out for the perfect project.What is theperfect project and is it economically viable?

Q: The community helped the developercome up with the proposed plan.A: They did? Did I miss a memo? Oh wait, Iremember something about that. It would befun to dust off that study and see if that’swhat it says.

Q: Why can’t the town wait to do this?A: Because the developer is in a hurry to in-vest in the smoking-hot commercial real es-tate market.

Q: Are VCR opponents trying to stall thedeveloper so he’ll eventually go away?A: Just be glad they’re not making rude noisesand obscene hand gestures too.

Q: What is “sustainable development”?A: That’s development that you can do overand over. Like for instance you put up a bigbuilding that sits empty until it goes bank-rupt, then you knock it down and then lateryou build it again.

Q: Didn’t the people of Carbondale alreadysay they don’t want another shopping center?A: People schmeeple.

Q: What happens if the developer turnsaround and sells out?A: Maybe he’ll sell it back to CRMS.

Q: What if some billionaire buys the landand lets it go to weeds?A: Perfect solution. Enforce the weed ordi-nance, collect full property taxes, and enjoythe peace and quiet.

Malcolm McMichaelCarbondale

The most ‘Carbondale’ projectDear Editor,

1.Let’s hear about why we need to developthis parcel, and how we could benefit fromkeeping it more or less as is. Let’s also pointout what values we have for it as it is right now– wildlife habitat, cultural and historical value,open space, town character and a communityseparator that provides a sense of place and aseparation between our town and the next.

7. What is the “perfect project?” Or what

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By Terray SylvesterSopris Sun Staff Writer

“She gave me permission to be a satanicbitch,”chuckledValerie Haugen as she recalledher late friend and mentor Karen Chamberlain.

Haugen, who is the associate artistic di-rector forThunder RiverTheatre Company –and certainly not the sort of person whosprings to mind when you think “satanicbitch”– explained that Chamberlain inspiredher to embrace her own voice as a playwright,whatever the impact on the audience.

“I thought, ‘I’ve got permission from agreat lady to be what I am, to write what Iwant to write,’” Haugen said of the supportshe received from Chamberlain, an award-winning poet who lived above Cattle Creek.

Haugen first crossed paths with Chamber-lain at the Glenwood Springs Writers’ Work-shop, which Chamberlain co-founded.Haugen said Chamberlain was an excellent in-structor. At the workshop, Haugen watchedher inspire writers ranging from poets and es-sayists to elderly aspiring memoirists and, oc-casionally, even someone wrestling with a jobapplication, but at Chamberlain’s memorialservice last fall,Haugen realized Chamberlain’sinfluence extended much more widely as well.

“Karen always made me feel like I was her

own special one, and then hearing peoplespeak [at the memorial] I realized she made alot of us feel like that,” Haugen said.

Now,Haugen and theThunder RiverThe-atre Company are attempting to keep thatcurrent of inspiration flowing. In what maybe a first-of-its-kind event for the RoaringForkValley, the theatre company will host theinaugural Karen Chamberlain Poetry Festivalat its theatre in downtown Carbondale fromFriday,March 25, through Sunday,March 27.

The festival will feature workshops, livemusic and more. It has attracted poets andother artists from around the West, includingArt Goodtimes, poetry editor for MountainGazette and founding poetry editor for EarthFirst! Journal; Laurie James, who claims tohave been born to a one-eyed man and a one-

thumbed woman in a Montana blizzard;Seth, one of Colorado’s most creative per-formance poets and others. Celebrated poetRosemerry Wahtola Trommer and KimNuzzo, founder of the Aspen Poets’ Society,will act as emcees.

The theme of the first annual event will be“Desert of the Heart.”That’s a nod to a bookof the same name penned by Chamberlain, inwhich she intertwined her experiences on aranch in the Utah desert with the ranch’s ownhistory.A series of writing workshops on Sat-urday will play off themes in the book.

Also on Saturday, a Western Slope PoetLaureate will be named. If Haugen’s researchis accurate, it will be the first time such anhonor has been awarded. The festival willwrap up on Sunday with breakfast, live musicand more poetry performances.

Haugen said Chamberlain would have en-couragedeveryonetoattendthefestival,whetheror not they think of themselves as writers.

“Really, she thought everyone shouldwrite,”Haugen said.“It’s amazing what a col-lection of poets can do when poets start in-spiring each other.”

Chamberlain passed away in September2010, after devoting her life to the arts. Sheestablished the Aspen Writers’ Foundation,

co-founded Nature Within, a summer out-door writers’ program based at a wildlifesanctuary in the Colorado Rockies, and for adecade served as literary coordinator for theCanyonlands Field Institute’s Desert WritersWorkshop near Moab, Utah. She also servedas the poetry editor for Mountain Gazettemagazine for five years.

Her poems, essays and stories have ap-peared in numerous magazines, includingTheHudson Review, The Nation, Poetry andOrion, as well as a variety of anthologies. In1983 Chamberlain received The Nation/Dis-covery Prize.Among other accolades, she wasgiven a Fellowship in Poetry from the Col-orado Council on the Arts in 1989 and a2004 Contribution to Poetry Award fromSparrows Poetry Festival in Salida.

Karen Chamberlain Poetry Festival coming to Carbondale

By Terray SylvesterSopris Sun Staff Writer

The Carbondale Town Trustees are con-sidering an ordinance to sell a parcel of prop-erty the town owns in the Roaring Fork River.

The land is the subject of a lawsuit againstthe town and, if the ordinance is approved,would be sold to adjacent private landownersas part of a legal settlement.

The ordinance was developed in the wakeof a series of closed-door meetings thetrustees held over the last several months. Itwas introduced to the public for the first timeduring a hearing onTuesday.The closed-doormeetings, or “executive sessions,” are stan-dard procedure when a lawsuit or real estatematter is being discussed by the trustees, saidtown attorney Mark Hamilton, but at themeeting, several members of the public saidthey felt they had been left in the dark as thepotential land sale was being discussed.

At issue is a parcel that may be as large as17 acres,which consists of an island and someshoreline on the south side of the RoaringFork River near Planted Earth and Highway82.The land is undeveloped, and can only beaccessed by boat or by wading the river.

The town was given the land in 1981 byPaul and Rachel Krausch,Hamilton said.Butnearly a decade ago, a former town attorneynoticed corners of properties on the northside of the river, owned by Michael Stahl andbyThomas and Mary Beth Joiner,overlappedwith the town’s land.

Part of the discrepancy in the lot linesstems from wording in the town’s deed. Thedeed states the town owns land south of thecenterline of the Roaring Fork River, butthree strands of the river flow through thatarea, and the river may have shifted positionsince the deed was issued, making it hard totell exactly where the river’s centerline is lo-cated, Hamilton said. The settlement wasdrawn up as a way for the town to avoid legalexpenses associated with arguing the case,

and to ensure that some of the town’s inter-ests in the land are protected, he explained.

The settlement would give all of the townland to Stahl and the Joiners in exchange for$100,000 and certain restrictions, includinga prohibition on any development on the par-cel; an easement to allow rafters, fishermenand other recreational boaters to floatthrough the property but not touch the shoreor the river bottom; and an easement thatwould allow the town to drill a handful ofgroundwater wells on the property.Currentlythe town operates wells nearby, but no wellsare actually located on the island parcel.

Hamilton estimated the town’s legal feescould climb as high as $50,000 if the casegoes to court. The town and the landownerarrived at the $100,000 sum during settle-ment negotiations.The town has not had theland appraised recently.

Thomas Joiner asserted that the lot linediscrepancy has prevented him from sellinghis land. He said he has lived there for nearly30 years and would like to move.

“I’ve had a piece of property for eight

years I can’t sell,”he said in an interview withThe Sopris Sun.After the lot line discrepancywas discovered in 2003, Joiner said he“couldn't get any attention” until he andStahl finally decided to sue the town inGarfield County District Court in 2009.

As Joiner described it, the settlementclause barring development would create asort of “unofficial conservation easement.”

At Tuesday’s meeting, Trustee JohnFoulkrod described himself as “probably theinstigator of this proposal.” The settlementwould bring revenue to the town, he said,which could be put toward the Gateway Parkplanned near the intersection of highways 82and 133,“to benefit many people in Carbon-dale, not just the select few who know aboutthe island.”

Trustee John Hoffmann objected to the$100,000 sum, arguing it was much lowerthan the roughly $390,000 per acre the townpaid in December 2010 to purchase eightacres for the Gateway Park.

But others question whether the land isworth big bucks. Martha Cochran, director

of theAspenValley LandTrust, said that withno access to the town land from the shore,and with no development prospects, it makessense the parcel would be worth less than theacreage purchased by the town downstream.

“Who’s going to buy that?” she said in aninterview with The Sopris Sun, stressing thatthe island’s greatest worth is probably ecolog-ical, a value best preserved by leaving theproperty undisturbed,whether or not that en-tails keeping it in public hands.

The public packed town hall on Tuesdaynight, and several local fishing guides spokeout against the settlement.

“That’s our only stretch for two miles thatyou can get out of the boat … the fishermanneed it,” said Mal Burks, who works forAlpine Angling.

Some members of the public felt they hadbeen left out of the loop. Outspoken town ac-tivist Laurie Loeb and others admonished thetrustees for not going to greater lengths to alertthe public a land sale was being considered.

Under state statute, towns must hold apublic vote before disposing of municipalproperty that has been used by the town gov-ernment, Hamilton explained at the meeting.As he interprets it, the island property has notbeen used by the town and can be disposed ofwith an ordinance.

At themeeting,MayorStaceyBernotsaidthetown had followed public notice requirements.

“It’s high time this came out in the pub-lic,” she said.“It’s more than appropriate thiscome out now.”

The trustees unanimously decided to con-tinue the public hearing to April 19.

This 17-acre parcel of town land in the Roaring Fork River across Highway 82 fromPlanted Earth could be sold to settle a lawsuit against the town. Photo by Terray Sylvester

Carbondale trustees considering sale of 17-acre parcel

Next Steps:The Thunder River Theatre Com-pany will host the first annual KarenChamberlain Poetry Festival from March25 through March 27 at its playhouse indowntown Carbondale. The theatre com-pany is also seeking donations to help off-set expenses associated with the festival.For tickets and more information, visitthunderrivertheatre.com or call 963-8200.

Next Steps:The Carbondale Board of TownTrustees will hold a continued publichearing on the island property at theirmeeting on April 19 at town hall. Formore information, call 963-2733.

Karen Chamberlain

Third Street Center honoredThe Sustainable Buildings Industry Coun-

cil has recognized the Third Street Centerfor “exemplary community involvement” inthe 2010 Beyond Green High-PerformanceBuilding Awards. Angela Loughry, an archi-tect with Energy and Sustainable Design ac-cepted the award on behalf of the rest of theThird Street Center team in a ceremony atU.S. House of Representatives Rayburn Of-fice Building in Washington, D.C. on Feb 24.

“This is incredible to be recognized na-tionally for the work everyone has done tomake the Third Street Center a success, notonly for its sustainability,but also for the com-munity involvement,” said Jeff Dickinson,Principal of Energy and Sustainable Design.

The awards are presented annually inrecognition of construction projects that havemade exceptional contributions to sustain-ability across the country, and which have in-corporated a“whole building”approach.TheThird Street Center was recognized for itsunique partnership between Carbondaletown government, the Roaring Fork Re-1School District, and a myriad of nonprofit de-velopers, donors and tenants. For more in-formation visit thirdstreetcenter.net orsbicouncil.org/2010-awards.

CORE offers new rebatesThe Community Office for Resource Effi-

ciency (CORE) has announced changes to its

renewable energy and appliance rebate pro-grams. CORE is now offering rebates forsolar photovoltaic systems in the RoaringFork Valley at 50 cents per watt, up to sixkilowatts.The new maximum rebate availablefrom CORE has been set at $6,000. Solarthermal and microhydro rebates will remainin effect at the previous levels.OnApril 18 theappliance rebate program will change as well,offering larger rebates for appliances that meetmore rigorous energy efficiency standards.Residents of Pitkin and Eagle counties maycall the Energy Resource Center at 925-9775to learn how to combine CORE rebate offerswith energy audits and building rebates of-fered through the Energy Smart program.Forthe complete low-down on the rules and re-strictions of CORE’s rebates, visit: aspen-core.org or call 963-1090 for the Carbondaleoffice, 544-9808 for the Aspen office.

Home repair assistance availableElderly, low-income residents of Carbon-

dale can apply for assistance with necessaryhome repairs and improvements as part ofHabitat for Humanity’s “Brush with Kind-ness” program.Projects may include exteriorrepairs to roofs,doors,windows and porches,as well as painting, siding repair, handicapramp installation, insulation upgrades andother improvements. Applicants must own ahome in Carbondale town limits, possesshomeowner’s insurance and earn a combined

income lower than 60 percent of GarfieldCounty’s average household income, amongother requirements. For more information,call 945-7733.

School budgetThe next meeting of the Roaring Fork

Re-1 School Board will be held on March23 at 6 p.m. at the district offices in Glen-wood Springs. The board will discuss thedistrict budget. The hearing will also beWebcast live at Carbondale Middle School,Basalt Elementary School and GlenwoodSprings Middle School.

Trustees supportThompson Coalition

At their meeting on Tuesday night, theCarbondale Board of Town Trustees unan-imously voted to draft a letter in support ofthe Thompson Divide Coalition’s efforts toprevent further gas development in the wa-tersheds west of Carbondale.

The letter will urge the Bureau of LandManagement to take a few steps to ensuredevelopment in the area does not proceedbefore the plan is approved. The letter willbe drafted to ask the BLM to defer any re-leasing of oil and gas leases set to expire,issue no new leases in the Thompson Di-vide area, refuse to approve new requeststo unitize leases and continue to review ex-isting units for inappropriate leases.

The Weekly News Brief The Sopris Sun and the KDNK news departments team up to discuss recent news from the RoaringFork Valley and beyond. Catch the Brief on KDNK between 7:30 and 8 a.m. and between 5:30 and 6 p.m. on Thursdays.

The following events are drawn fromincident reports of the CarbondalePolice Department.

MONDAY March 7 At 3:21 a.m. aman called the police, explained hehad fallen asleep on a RFTA bus andasked for a ride from Carbondale to ElJebel. The police told him they couldnot give him a ride past Carbondaletown limits.

MONDAY March 7 At 3:53 a.m. anofficer contacted a man sitting in a vanoutside the Village Smithy. It turnedout he was waiting to deliver pastries.

THURSDAY March 10 A woman re-ported that on the previous afternoon,Thursday, she was jogging along thepath near Highway 133 close to Vil-lage Road when a man with longblond hair spit on her. She did notwant to press charges.

FRIDAY March 11 At 12:32 a.m. anofficer noticed two “no parking” signshad been removed from Barber Drive.


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A vision workshop for the Carbondale Comprehensive Plan is slated for town hall from6 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 23.

According to Comprehensive Plan consultant Gabe Preston, the workshop will helpresidents identify their shared values and aspirations for Carbondale, and will answerthe questions:

What concerns do you have for now and for the future?What do you treasure and want to preserve in Carbondale?What would you like to change?What do you want Carbondale to look like in 20 years?“It is essential that the Comprehensive Planning process begins with a well-attended

public meeting comprised of a truly representative slice of our community,” said Carbon-dale Planning and Zoning Chairman Ben Bohmfalk.

The workshop is the first step in a nearly year-long process to update Carbondale’sComprehensive Plan.

Bohmfalk said the Comprehensive Plan is the central guiding document that directs landuse, infrastructure investment and policymaking for the next 10 years.

“It has the potential to help us resolve many of the perennial issues that we face, re-garding growth, sustainability, transportation, small town character, the local economy andmore,” he said. “This process is our opportunity to come together as a community andgrapple with these issues comprehensively. We can be proactive instead of reactive duringthis process. We can examine alternative paths forward and embark on the path that thecommunity truly supports.”

Preston, of RPI Consulting in Durango, said the vision workshop will be an interactive,fast-paced event with both small- and large-group discussions. Following the workshop,planners will draft a vision statement for Carbondale and convene a community opinionpolling session to ask the community "Did we get it right?"

“The vision statement will become the foundation for the comprehensive plan updateas the process evolves and the plan's subject matter becomes more detailed and action-ori-ented,” Preston said.

Carbondale town hall is located at 511 Colorado Ave. For more information, call963-2733.

Comprehensive Plan visionnight is on March 23

Roaring Fork’s SamCarpenter (in white)dishes off a pass againstJefferson Academy inlast Thursday’s openinground of the 3A statetournament at CSU’sMoby Gym in FortCollins. The Ramspulled to within onepoint late in the gamebut lost 68-64. The nextday, the Rams faced hot-shooting Brush, who hit9-17 from three-pointrange, and fell 57-37.Roaring Fork finishedtheir season with arecord of 17-9. Photoby Jordan Hirro (jor-danhirro.zenfolio.com).For the spring highschool sports schedulesee page 7.

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Education talk packs ’em inA community discussion on Diane Rav-

itch’s book“The Death and Life of the GreatAmerican School System” drew about 35people to the Gordon Cooper Library’s meet-ing room on March 10. “That’s just aboutmax for that space,” discussion organizerBonnie Cretti told The Sopris Sun.

Cretti said the audience included a rangeof people, including teachers, parents, schoolboard members, CMC students, retired edu-cators and“those interested in either the bookor the subject.” Discussion points included:educational movements (good and bad); test-ing; teachers and teaching; angst among par-ents, teachers and students; the media;curriculum; the lack of understanding of the“mission” of education; and schools as a re-flection of the community.

One of the most encouraging parts of thenight?“It was wonderfully civil,”Cretti said.There are no plans to take the book discus-sion on the road,but Cretti said she intends tofigure out a way to keep the ball rolling andhave future “civil conversations.”

Good going Fiona and EmilyCarbondale Middle School students Fiona

Laird and Emily Bruell are headed to the statespellingbee inDenverafterplacingfirstandsec-ond respectively in the recent district tourna-ment. Fiona is a seventh grader and Emily aneighthgrader.Thestate tournament isMarch19at the Colorado Convention Center.Good luckFiona and Emily and remember, the bird that’spronounced“tarmigan”begins with a“p.”

Goodman inks CarbondaleAmy Goodman mentioned Carbondale in

her March 10 syndicated column after in-cluding our little burg in her 10-town, two-dayWestern Slope/Colorado tour to promotecommunity radio and argue against Corpo-ration for Public Broadcasting cuts earlier thismonth. Part of her trip included a snowmo-bile trip between Paonia and Crested Butte,where she noted in her column the aspen onKebler Pass are all interconnected, formingone gigantic organism. Other stops includedIdaho Springs, Telluride, Rico and Durango.In wrapping up her column, Goodmanwrote: “In the packed town halls, auditori-ums and theaters, the passion among the localresidents and their stations demonstrates that… these small stations are resilient, strongand deeply rooted in their communities.Theirfunding is an investment that should be pre-served.” Goodman’s “Democracy Now!”radio show airs on KDNK Monday-Fridayat 6 p.m.

On a related note, KDNK-FM reached its$60,000 spring membership drive goal lastweek.The station is broadcast at 88.1 in Car-bondale/Glenwood, 88.3 in Aspen, 88.5 inBasalt/Redstone, 93.5 in Leadville and 94.9in Thomasville.

Rubingh skis for cancer awarenessJeremy Rubingh is part of the six-member

Ski Colorado Breast Cancer Awareness Tourthat is visiting27ski areas in eightdays throughMarch20.“Our rallyingcry is‘Skibumps,fightlumps,’”said tour organizer Laura Yale.

The skiers are not hard to spot; they’ll hitthe slopes in bright pink costumes and the RVthey travel in is wrapped in pink plastic.Theyconclude the tour March 20 with stops atSunlight Mountain Resort, Snowmass, But-termilk, Aspen Highlands and Aspen Moun-tain. A fundraising victory party will be heldat the Ski Hotel pool in Aspen from 3:30 to6:30 p.m. Admission is $15.

As of March 12 the tour had raised$16,000.Money is raised through dedicationlaps with tour participants in the name of aloved one, making donations via credit cardat skibumpsfightlumps.org or with checkssent to the Colorado Breast Cancer Coalition,P.O.Box 2328,Englewood,CO,80150-2328(note that the donation is part of the Ski Col-orado Breast Cancer Awareness Tour).

Rubingh is a former Aspen resident andson of Carbondale’s Ruthann Zlogar. Yale isthe Gunnison County representative for theCarbondale-based Wilderness Workshop.

Korologos joins Anderson RanchAnn Korologos was recently elected to the

Anderson Ranch Art Center board of direc-tors. Korologos, whose namesake gallery isin Basalt, is the former secretary of laborunder Ronald Reagan and former chair of theAspen Institute. She splits her time betweenBasalt and Washington, D.C. Local artiststhat Korologos shows or has shown includeJanet Nelson, Andy Taylor and Dan Young.

Historic photosSupplies are limited but while they last,

folks who become a member of the Mt.SoprisHistorical Society receive a catalogue of his-toric Garfield County photos availablethrough the Denver Public Library – WesternHistory Collection. Carbondale photos in-clude a field of potato plants south of town,taken by L.C. McClure between 1900 and1910, a potato picker with his spuds, and ascenic from Red Hill with Mount Sopris in thebackground.To join the Mt.Sopris HistoricalSociety, drop them a line at 499 Weant Blvd.,or call 963-7041. Memberships start at $30.

Happy birthdayBirthday greetings go out to John

Foulkrod (March 17), and Julie Oldhamand Jeff Kelley (March 20).A belated happybirthday to “Downtown” Vickie Browne(March 11).

Humphrey Bogart is keeping an eye on theconsignment door at Misers Mercantilethese days so don’t even think about leav-ing something on the sidewalk. The “Sam”he refers to is owner Sam Hunter. Photoby Lynn Burton

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Community BriefsDandelion Day needs a logo

Dandelion Day is soliciting logo designsthat represent the theme “celebrate spring,celebrate sustainability.” The winning designwill be featured on event posters and reusablegrocery bags for sale at Sopris Park the day ofthe event (May 7).

This year’s Dandelion Day is organized bythe Carbondale Tree Board and the Carbon-dale Environmental Board.

The entry deadline is April 11. They canbe dropped off at town hall or e-mailed toCandace Goodwin at [email protected].

Rotary Happening seeks sponsorsThe Carbondale Rotary Club, through its

nonprofit Roaring Fork Rotary Foundation,is seeking business sponsorships for the 12thannual Happening fundraiser, taking placeon Saturday, July 9 at the Gathering Centerin Carbondale.

The Happening is a gala evening featur-ing a gourmet dinner, drinks and dancing toa local band (tickets are $125 each). Therewill be a live and silent auction with a varietyof donated goods and services.Proceeds fromthe event go to support local grant programsand humanitarian projects of the CarbondaleRotary Club.

The Rotary Foundation has sponsorshiplevels of $500, $1,000, $1,500, $2,000,$2,500, $3,000, $4,000 and $5,000. Spon-sors will also receive two guest tickets to theevent for each $1,000 donated.

For more information, contact FrankMcSwain at 948-3469, or Tim Whitsitt at963-6363.

Clay Center offering classesThe Carbondale Clay Center is enrolling

students in adult and children’s clay classes.For details, visit carbondaleclay.org or call963-2529.The Carbondale Clay Center is lo-cated at 135 Main St.

ReStore accepting household itemsIt’s spring-cleaning time, and Habitat for

Humanity is reminding folks to consider do-nating household items to ReStore. Accept-able items include: residential and officefurniture,kitchen appliances, flooring, toilets,washers/dryers, doors (solid only) and more.ReStore does not accept clothing, computers(and related electronic items),TVs and VCRsmore than 10 years old, paint, chemicals, drywall/sheet rock, food or baby items.

ReStore is located just off Highway 82 atthe Cattle Creek turnoff. For details, call963-2758.

Basaltmarket accepting applicationsThe Basalt Sunday Market is accepting

applications through April 15. The markettakes place in downtown Basalt Sundaysfrom June 19 to Sept. 25. For details, visitbasaltsundaymarket.com.

Music series seeks food vendorsThe Glenwood Springs Center for theArts

and Summer of Music Committee are solic-iting food vendors for this year’s music seriesatTwo Rivers Park.The six free concerts takeplace on Wednesday nights and feature a va-riety of music.

To apply, call the Glenwood Springs Cen-ter for the Arts at 945-2414.

Rams, CRMS gear up for spring sportsSopris Sun Staff ReportRoaring Fork High School fields girl’s soccerand tennis teams this spring, while the boysfield a baseball team. Both boys and girls willcompete in co-ed track meets.Colorado Rocky Mountain School has a girl’ssoccer team.The schedules are as follows:Baseball (RFHS)March 19 at Hotchkiss, a doubleheader (11 a.m.)March 22 at home, Basalt (4 p.m.)March 26 at home, Grand Valley, double-header (11 a.m.)

April 2 at Gunnison, doubleheader (11 a.m.)April 9 at Cedaredge, doubleheader (11 a.m.)April 12 at home, Rifle (4 p.m.)April 19 at Basalt (4 p.m.)April 23 at Olathe, doubleheader (11 a.m.)April 26 at Rifle (4 p.m.)April 30 at home, Coal Ridge, doubleheader(11 a.m.)

May 3 at home, Glenwood (4 p.m.)May 7 at home,Aspen (doubleheader) 11 a.m.Soccer (RFHS)March 22 at home, Basalt (4 p.m.)March 24 at Vail Christian (3:15 p.m.)April 6 at Aspen (4:30 p.m.)April 7 at Coal Ridge (4 p.m.)April 9 at home, CRMS (11 a.m.)April 12 at home, Rifle (4 p.m.)April 15 at home, Rangely (4 p.m.)April 19 at Vail Mountain (4 p.m.)April 21 at Glenwood Springs (4:30 p.m.)April 23 at CRMS (11 a.m.)April 26 at home,Aspen (4 p.m.)April 28 at home, Vail Christian (4 p.m.)May 3 at Rangely, (4 p.m.)

Track (RFHS)March 19 at Delta (time TBA)March 26 at Hotchkiss (TBA)April 2 at Cedaredge (TBA)April 5 at Glenwood (TBA)April 9 at Eagle Valley (TBA)April 16 at Glenwood (8:30 a.m.)April 23 at Rifle (TBA)April 29 at Moffat County (1 p.m.)May 6 at Battle Mountain (TBA)May 7 at Battle Mountain (TBA)May 13 at Grand Junction, regionals (9 a.m.)May 14 at Grand Junction, regionals (8 a.m.)May 19-21 at JeffCo Stadium, state (TBA)Tennis (RFHS)March 26 at Hotchkiss (time TBA)April 7 at Delta (time TBA)April 8 at Delta (time TBA)April 12 at Aspen (4 p.m.)April 14 at Grand Junction Central (4:30 p.m.)April 16 at Glenwood Springs (10 a.m.)April 21 at Glenwood Springs (4 p.m.)April 23 at Delta (10 a.m.)April 28 at Glenwood Springs (4 p.m.)May 5 at Delta (regionals, time TBA)May 6 at Delta (regionals, time TBA)Soccer (CRMS)March 17 at home, Rifle (4 p.m.)April 5 at Basalt (4 p.m.)April 7 at home, Vail Christian (4 p.m.)April 9 at Roaring Fork (11 a.m.)April 12 at home, Grand Valley (4 p.m.)April 21 at home, Coal Ridge (4 p.m.)April 23 at home, Roaring Fork (11 a.m.)April 28 at Vail Mountain (4 p.m.)April 30 at Rangely (noon)May 3 at home,Aspen (4 p.m.)

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GREENDRINKS • CLEER and the Moun-tains to the Mesa Homebuilders AssociationTeam host St Patrick’s Day Green Drinksfrom 5 to 7 p.m. at the River Valley Ranchbarn,333 RiverValley Ranch Drive.Builders,architects, energy consultants and others in-terested in sustainable building and clean en-ergy will be on hand to meet and greet.

THEATRE • Colorado Mountain Collegepresents the one-act plays “A Picasso” and“Wildwood Park” at the Spring Valley cam-pus New Space Theatre at 7 p.m. on March17-19 and 24-26. Both plays are for matureaudiences.Tickets at the door: $15 for adults,$10 for students, seniors and CMC staff andfaculty. Ticket reservations: 947-8177.

NATURALIST NIGHTS • “The Sound ofFear: A Journey from Mountain Marmots toHollywood” with Dr. Dan Blumstein is pre-sented as part of the Aspen Center for Envi-ronmental Studies’ Naturalist Nights series at7:30 p.m. at 100 Puppy Smith St.

LIVEMUSIC •The Last Minute String Bandperforms its unique blend of jigs, polkas,waltzes and old time American music at theBluebird Café, 730 Grand Ave. in GlenwoodSprings, from 7 to 10 p.m. No cover. Info:945-0350.

ROTARY • The Mount Sopris Rotary pres-ents Re-1 pre-collegiate program director

Leslie Emerson at Mi Casitarestaurant in downtown Car-bondale at noon. Coming upon March 24: stress man-agement expert Dr.Stephanie Stanfield.

REGISTRATION DEAD-LINE •Today is the registra-tion deadline for ColoradoMountain College’s symposiumBiomass to Biofuels inWestern Col-orado at its Rifle Center, 9 a.m. to 2p.m., March 24. $10. Info: 625-6945.

FRIDAY March 18MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents“True Grit” (PG-13) at 7:30 p.m. March 18-24;“The Fighter” (R) at 5 p.m. on March 19and“127 Hours”(R) at 5:30 p.m. March 20.

LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars on FourthStreet presents live music every Friday nightInfo: 963-3304.

LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s in the DinkelBuilding presents Fly & the Family Stone (hiphop) at 10 p.m.

LIVE MUSIC • Rivers restaurant presentsMissing Link (rock,R&B,country and blues)from 9 p.m. to midnight. There’s no cover.

LIVE MUSIC • A variety of singers, dancersand other acts perform at 7 p.m. at ColoradoMountain College in West Rifle as a benefitfor the RifleAnimal Shelter.Tickets usually sellout and are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors andstudents, $35 for families. Info: 625-2333.

WILDLIFEWALK • Rock Bottom Ranch inBasalt hosts a Full Moon Wildlife Walk at

6:30 p.m. featuring beaver, elk andowls (potentially) and hot drinks(definitely). Info: 927-6760.

ARTTALK • The Wyly Commu-nity Art Center in Basalt presentsArt Talk with Anderson Ranchartist in residence Jason Nein,whowill discuss his approach to pho-

tography and filmmaking from 6 to 7p.m. at the old Basalt Library. Info: Wyly

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SATURDAYMarch 19THE INFAMOUS STRING DUSTERS •

The Carbondale Council on Arts andHumanities presents The Infamous

Stringdusters at the Church at Car-bondale (110 Snowmass Dr.) at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $20 for CCAH members and $18for non-members in advance, and $25 at thedoor. The opening act is The Tippets. Ticketsare available at Dos Gringos, GlenwoodMusic and CCAH. Info: carbondalearts.com.LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan's in the DinkelBuilding presents Rick Rock & the Roostersat 10 p.m.FULLMOONFEAST •TheWaldorf Schoolon the Roaring Fork hosts its Full MoonFeast at the Third Street Center from 4:30 to9 p.m. featuring organic Colorado food andspirits. Tickets are $25 for the auction/winetasting/appetizers, and $75 for the entireevening. Dinner will be prepared by MarkFischer of Six89, Phat Thai and the Pullman.Music will be provided byAcoustic Mayhem.Info: 963-1960.SPRING THING • Crystal River Spas in

Carbondale hosts the Spring Thing Festivalat Sunlight Mountain Resort.Events include:big air/rail pro demos,big air/rail jam contest,a bikini lunch tray contest and a Pink Floydcover band. Info: 963-2100 or crystal-riverspas.com.

POKER RUN • Colorado Animal Rescue’sthird annual Poochie Poker Run takes placeat Sunlight Mountain Resort during SpringThing. Tickets are $10 each or $15 for two.Great prizes.

SUNDAYMarch 20ACT COURSE • Carolyn Williams of Col-orado Educational Consulting offers anACTprep course through April 7. Info: 274-6298.

WEDNESDAYMarch 23ENVISION CARBONDALE • The town ofCarbondale and a consultant host a commu-nity vision session for the town’s comprehen-sive plan revision from 6 to 8:30 p.m.at townhall. The workshop will be an interactive,fast-paced event with both small and largegroup discussion.

BALLET • Ballet Magnificat! presents theChristian ballet“Hiding Place”at GlenwoodSprings High School at 7:30 p.m. The balletis inspired by the true story of Corrie Boomand the Jewish holocaust of the 1940s. Tick-ets are $12 at the door or in advance ateventbrite.com.

REAL ESTATE EVENT • A presentation onfinding foreclosures, short sales and other realestate bargains will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m.at Wells Fargo Bank on Grand Avenue inGlenwood Springs on Feb.23. Info: 230-9000.

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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The almost $2.5 trillionspent in 2009 was $134 bil-lion more than the previous year, whenhealthcare consumed 16.2 percent of thegross domestic product, according to an an-nual report from the federal Centers forMedicare and Medicaid Services.

Most of these health care costs are relatedto chronic, degenerative diseases. Examplesof degenerative diseases include heart disease,cancer, stroke, diabetes and arthritis.Accord-ing to the Centers for Disease Control,chronic diseases cause 75 percent of all U.S.deaths each year and can largely be preventedby lifestyle factors. All I keep hearing in thenational health care debate is “who is goingto pay for it?” I never hear,“Why it is so ex-pensive and what do we need to do to changethe status quo in our health care delivery sys-tem?” We largely have a “disease-care” ap-

proach instead of a health-care approach in this coun-try.Therein lies the problem.

Given the enormity of thecosts of disease care, a pre-ventative approach makesmore sense than ever. Thecost of managing complex,chronic disease will bank-rupt the current healthcaresystem as our populationages unless we help peopleage healthfully and reducetheir dependence on expen-sive drugs, surgery and tech-nology as they do so.

Functionalmedicine (FM)is an example of an emerg-ing new approach to treating

the needs of the 21st century. It is an approachto healthcare that includes primary care physi-cians of all disciplines (medical doctors,natur-opathic physicians, chiropractors,osteopaths,dentists, and optometrists) trained extensivelyin wellness and promoting health, not merelythe eradication of diseases or symptoms. Byshifting the traditional disease-centered focusof practice to a more patient-centered ap-proach, the treatment plan of an FM practi-tioner addresses the whole person. When wasthe last time your practitioner asked youabout your lifestyle with inquiring questionssuch as: What do you eat on a daily basis?How much sleep do you get?What sort of ex-ercise do you get? How do you eliminate?How do you handle stress and what toxicchemicals are you regularly exposed to?”

There is a very long (sometimes decades-long) gap between the emergence of scientificresearch pointing to new treatments and theiradoption by the practitioner community,par-ticularly for nutritional and dietary interven-tions. For example, it was in the 1980s thatwe learned hydrogenated fats like margarinepromote bad cholesterol, but only recentlyhave we begun to take significant action. FMpractitioners emphasize the absolute necessityof understanding the emerging scientific re-search in biochemistry and physiology in thecontext of the clinical setting with a focus ondiet and lifestyle.

Unlike most standard laboratory testing,diagnostic tests in FM are designed to helpidentify problems before chronic conditionsdevelop.FM doctors give tests for underlyinginflammatory markers for heart disease risksas opposed to merely testing for cholesterol

levels. When it comes to sickly children, FMpractitioners will look for underlying food in-tolerance, sensitivity, allergies and underlyingopportunistic fungal infections for asthma,eczema and other disorders, as instead of justprescribing waves of antibiotics.

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operating some kind of shuttle betweenMain Street and TSC.

One e-mail read, “I think that this is aconversation that can have an incrediblypositive outcome, simply because...we arean incrediblyAMAZING community! Canwe find a time and place to all sit down andhave a brainstorming session? It would be amiracle ... but hell ... it’s BONEDALE!”

Mead said CCAH wasn’t aware theThirdStreet Center had become an issue for otherFirst Friday participants. “January throughMarch are always bleak months,” she said.

“We’re not happy some people feel we’vetaken business away from Main Street.”

Mead said one solution might includestaggered openings, so that maybe CCAHwould open from 5 to 7 p.m., and everyoneelse from 6 to 8 p.m.

“I don’t see this as an unresolvable prob-lem,” she said.

A meeting for everyone to hash thingsout has not been scheduled, but in her e-mail Mead said,“Let’s get creative and mar-ket the entire area. How about it folks?After the fashion show? …”

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Folks showed up at the Carbon-dale Recreation Center in droves onFriday and Saturday nights, packingthe gym, which had been trans-formed into a fitting venue for anight of fashion-performance art.

Green is the New Black, afundraiser for the CarbondaleCouncil on Arts and Humanities,was expanded to two nights thisyear and included a kids’ fashionshow on Saturday. The two-dayfashion extravanganza was deemeda success by just about everyone, notonly for its entertainment and pro-duction values, but because “itshowed just how much a commu-nity can accomplish by working to-gether,” said show organizer AmyKimberly. “This was an event pro-duced by the community, for thecommunity.”

Dozens of community membersstepped up to volunteer as fashionmodels, backstage assistants, make-up artists and hair stylists, technicalworkers, ticket takers, members ofthe beverage squad and others.

In case you missed the event,these photos serve up a taste of whatGreen is the New Black was allabout, from behind the scenes to infront of the spotlight.

Photos and textby Jane Bachrach

Ananda Lavender (top)and Dermott McHugh

(center) designed their ownoutfits and modeled them

in the Youth Fashionperformance on Saturday

night. Jenna Bradford(bottom) styled the Egypt-

ian-themed threads ofAnanda Banc.

It was so “Carbondale”


The Cocktail Crew (top) stepped offthe runway and strutted their stuffdown Main Street in the lead up to theopening night of the show. They were,from left, Susan Mount, Shara Dame,Bailey Haines, Dana Ganssle, MehganPerry, Megan Perkins, Tami Suby andJennifer Cull. Photo by Matt SubyPhotography

Clockwise from far center left: QuinnBeckett modeled Enviro Textiles;Alexandra and Anthony Jerkunicaperformed a ballet wearing designsfrom their fashion line, The GoldenMiddle Way; an outfit by Lula MaeChapman; Peter Gilbert and NoahScher sported suits from the AspenThrift Store; and Deborah Colley inIndie Attire.

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Published March 17, 2011 in The Sopris Sun.

NOTICEPURSUANT TO THE LIQUOR LAWSOF COLORADO

ROSS MONTESSORI SCHOOL407 MERRILL AVENUECARBONDALE, CO 81623

HAS REQUESTED THE LIQUOR LICENSINGOFFICIALS OF CARBONDALETO GRANT A SPECIAL EVENTS PERMITTO SELL MALT, VINOUS, AND SPIRITUOUSLIQUORSFOR CONSUMPTION ON THE PREMISE ATTHE THIRD STREET CENTERAPRIL 22, 2011

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

DATE AND TIME: MARCH 22nd, 2011, 6:30 P.M.DATE OF APPLICATION: MARCH 7, 2011BY ORDER OF: STACEY BERNOT, MAYOR

APPLICANT: SARAH MOORE

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


NOTICEPURSUANT TO THE LIQUOR LAWS

ORDINANCE NO. 4Series 2011

AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEESOF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADOCREATING A NEW PROVISION IN CHAPTER 5.25OF THE CARBONDALE MUNICIPAL CODE BYADOPTION OF A NEW SECTION 5.25 ENTITLED“MEDICAL MARIJUANA LICENSE EDUCATIONAND ENFORCEMENT FEE” ESTABLISHING A FEETO OFFSET THE ADVERSE IMPACTS ON YOUTHOF THE GROWING AND SALE OF MEDICAL MAR-IJUANA IN THE TOWN

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


ORDINANCE NO. 3Series 2011

AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEESOF THE TOWN OF CARBONDALE, COLORADOCREATING A NEW CHAPTER 5 (BUSINESS TAX,LICENSES AND REGULATIONS) OF THE CAR-BONDALE MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADOPTION OF ANEW CHAPTER 5.25 ENTITLED “MEDICAL MARI-JUANA LICENSING” ESTABLISHING PROCE-DURES FOR LICENSING AND REGULATINGMEDICAL MARIJUANA

NOTICE: This Ordinance was introduced, read, andadopted at a regular meeting of the Board ofTrustees of the Town of Carbondale, Colorado, onMarch 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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March 17, 2011

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