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Volume 7, Number 44 | December 10, 2015Carbondale’s weekly community connector

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Several SoL Theatre members led a crowd of more than 200 kids and adults in song from a horse-drawn wagon to kick off Light Up Carbondale on Friday night. After rous-ing versions of “Jingle Bells,” “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” and other Christmas-season tunes before the tree lighting ceremony at Weant and Main streets, the assem-bled multitude clip-clopped, strolled and scampered down to Fourth and Main for more holiday revelry. Shown here are (left to right) Anakeesta Ironwood and Frida Rojo.Not shown are SoL members Kira Locke, Ella Gruel, Tyler Gruel, Bryan Edelmann, Emily Henley and Danielle Orbloom … plus Santa (who drove the wagon) and a pair ofblack draft horses who pulled it. For more Light Up Carbondale action, please turn to page 13. Photo by Lynn Burton

Lighting upCarbondale

CorrectionThe Sopris Sun mistakenly reported on

Dec. 3 that the Carbondale & Rural FireProtection District's board of directors hadgiven themselves a raise this year, from a

total of $4,800 in 2014 to $8,000 in 2015.In fact, the difference between the two

amounts, taken from budget documentsthat were the basis of the report, reflects de-cisions by some of the fire district board

members to decline their paychecks in 2014,although the budgeted amount for theboard's paychecks was and remains $8,000per year for all five board members together.

The Sopris Sun regrets the erroneous report.

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Clarifying ColsonDear Editor:

I would like to correct some incorrectstatements made by John Colson in his ar-ticle “(Fire District considers volunteer re-duction”) in the Dec. 3, 2015 edition of TheSopris Sun.

Never during this board meeting didChief Leach, Deputy Chief Goodwin or Iever state that we wanted to cut any volun-teers for not making “every emergency call.”NEVER once did any of us mention everycall or anything of the kind. We referred tothe 15-20 percent who rarely if ever come

to a call and those same folks, rarely if evercome to training. If a volunteer does notcome to training and rarely comes to a call,they may be a danger to themselves and toothers when they do come because they arenot adequately trained. The Carbondale Fire

Debate over the Hospital Provider Fee continues to heat up asthis year’s Colorado state budget problems unwind. From its incep-tion, there has been a debate over whether the “fee” is actually a taxand should have been considered such at its creation.Even though it has been considered a fee, its associatedrevenue counts toward the total TABOR (Taxpayer Billof Rights) revenue limit.

The governor recommends draconian cuts to educa-tion to balance next year’s budget. He proposes mov-ing the Hospital Provider Fee into an enterprise andexempting it from the TABOR limit as a solution. Whilesuch a move would give some temporary TABOR reliefin years that tax and cash fund revenues exceed theTABOR spending limit, it won’t make much of a dentin the long term needs of K12 and higher education orthe need for more spending on transportation.

The Hospital Provider Fee is a part of the larger issueof funding for health care costs, driven by the expan-sion of Colorado Medicaid in 2013 and expansion of other benefitsover the last several years.

In my opinion, expanding Medicaid coverage up to 20 percent ofthe population should not have been done without an adequatemechanism to pay both hospital costs and individual medical serv-ice providers. The Hospital Provider Fee should have been called atax at its creation in 2009. And then in 2013, when the legislature

took on Medicaid expansion and the need for spending in the future,including predictable growth of the Hospital Provider Fee, morenew taxes were needed to pay for new promises. New taxes require

a vote of the people under the Constitutional require-ments of TABOR.

In many medical specialties today, providers mustincur losses or raise rates to private clients and insurancein order to see Medicaid patients. Primary-care doctorsespecially need increased rates. While these providersmay have been absorbing losses prior to the expansionof Medicaid, most are under tremendous stress to seethe increased number of patients after the expansion.

So perhaps there should be a ballot initiative nextyear to ask the voters if they desire to move the Hospi-tal Provider Fee to an enterprise and also pay for in-creased rates to medical service providers underMedicaid, relieving the “crowd out” within the Col-orado budget for education and transportation.

But that ballot initiative should also be part of a larger or longerrange plan to connect multiple problems in Colorado’s revenue andspending formula.

To be continued.

Representative Bob Rankin, House District 57, lives in the Carbon-dale area and represents Garfield, Rio Blanco and Moffat counties.

The Sopris Sun welcomes your letters, limited to no more than 400 words. Letters exceeding that length may be edited or returned for re-visions. Include your name and residence (for publication) and a contact email and phone number. Submit letters via email to [email protected] or via snail mail to P.O. Box 399, Carbondale, CO 81623. The deadline to submit letters to the editor is noon on Monday.

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Under theDomeBy Bob Rankin

With technology in schools come privacy concernsTechnology is being touted as a pathway to education for the future.

It can facilitate incremental learning and allow for a curriculum tai-lored to the individual students’ needs. Technology can give studentsaccess to online courses and expanded learning oppor-tunities. However, along with advancement of learningopportunities come privacy concerns. What is the ap-propriate amount of data being collected and is it secure?

Should pupil identified information (Pii) be used ex-clusively for the immediate needs of the classroomteacher, or available to state and possibly the federal gov-ernment for further analysis to determine how our stu-dents compare with students throughout the UnitedStates? The data, when aggregated, can also be used todetermine program and cost effectiveness.

Our personal data is being collected and stored allthe time. Cell phones and computers can save millions ofpieces of personal data on every user, every day. These de-vices make our lives easier so we seldom consider thisfact. Have you ever shopped on the Internet, then noticed online ad-vertising for items of your interest? Did it feel creepy?

What happens to all of this stored information? Nothing, untilsomeone analyzes it. This is a tedious task for an analyst, however

new analytical tools (software) are being created that can sortthrough past data and make predictions or draw conclusions. A sim-ple example is when police solve a cold case file involving blood sam-

ples collected at the crime scene. It wasn’t until DNAtesting that the sample could be connected to the crim-inal, sometimes 40 years after the crime. This, we agree,is a good use of technology.

There are many examples of technology where storeddata isn’t always a good thing. Recall recently the highschool students in Cañon City who were texting nudephotos of themselves. Some of the students were asyoung as eighth grade, however some were 18 and can belegally charged with a felony sex crime. There have beennumerous examples of social media where photos orwritten statements have not been removed from the In-ternet and have been maliciously reposted at a later date.

Technology is here to stay. We can embrace it, learnfrom it, and educate ourselves and our children, or we

can trust others to do it for us.

Joyce Rankin is the Third Congressional District’s representative onthe Colorado State Board of Education.

Across the StreetBy Joyce Rankin

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Staci Dickerson’s adult coloring book was published a few weeks ago, and can bepurchased at stores in Glenwood Springs, Carbondale, Basalt and Aspen. Photo byJane Bachrach

Carbondale MiddleSchool eighth-graderGrant Weimer (left)plants a whipped-creampie on music teacherMark Gray to culminatethe students’ Penny Warsfund-raiser for the ChrisKlug Foundation onTuesday. Sixth graderscollected the most pen-nies and silver coins onNov. 30 through Dec. 4and got to choose fiveteachers as targets:Michael Logan, KennyTeitler, Sue Feeney, Brittany Bergin-Foss and Gray. The fund-raiser netted $475. It was organized by Sara Porter’s eighth-gradeCREW class, whose efforts entailed postermaking, announcementsand other jobs. Photos by Jane Bachrach

Artist cracks adult coloring book marketBy Lynn BurtonSopris Sun Staff Writer

The publishing world has discovered “adult coloring books” at about the same time Car-bondale artist Staci Dickerson printed her own, titled “Mountain Life COLORado.”

The coloring books — sold at retail giants such as Amazon, Wal-Mart and Barnes & Nobel— caught the attention of The Atlantic magazine senior editor Julie Beck. In the Nov. 4 issue, inher article headlined “The Zen of Adult Coloring Books,” Beck started out “I have never changedmy mind about anything as quickly or completely as I changed my mind about adult coloringbooks.” I found the trend mostly baffling and a little dumb.” After buying one, however, Beckwrites “ … it has filled a particular activity niche for me, which is ‘something to do with my handswhile I watch Nexflix. … In part it’s because I feel a little less lazy if I’m making something whileI wile away the hours with (the TV show) Friday Night Lights.” She said studies have shown theeffectiveness of art therapy in reducing stress, “ … and col-oring seems to offer some similar benefits.”

Enter Staci Dickerson: “As an artist and a practicingmeditator, I am completely aware that drawing and paint-ing calm my mind, relax my body and allow me to be inthe present moment.”

Dickerson told The Sopris Sun her idea for creating anadult coloring book came last summer while talking to thelate Ro Mead, an art teacher and ceramist. “She told meshe never had time to learn to paint! … Not being able todraw remains a major obstacle for people to color or paint.I got the idea to draw some favorite scenes for my friendRo … and those are the beginnings of my coloring book.”

Dickerson focused mostly on 20 local scenes, landmarksand events, and hand-drew outlines of the Crystal Mill, Mt.Sopris, Maroon Bells, a cattle drive and rodeo, and more.She started in mid-summer and had about 10 drawingswhen she pitched her idea to Marjorie DeLuca (aka AspenGraphic Solutions). “She gave me an Oct. 31 deadline.”

DeLuca did the layout and worked with Peczuh Printing of Grand Junction. “She (DeLuca)was an all around awesome behind the scenes gal,” Dickerson said.

Mead knew that her friend was working on the book. She saw some of the drawings butdid not live to see the book published, nor did she color any of them. “The book is dedicatedto Ro Mead.”

“Mountain Life COLORado” retails for $14.95 and is available in Carbondale at The Ar-tique in the Launchpad, Dancing Colours, and the Roaring Fork Valley Co-Op; in Basalt atBristlecone Mountain Sports and Basalt Printing; in Aspen at Carl’s Pharmacy and ExploreBooksellers; in Glenwood at the Book Train and Treadz and from Dickerson herself.

Beck concluded her article in The Atlantic, “I’m sure my interest in this hobby will wax andwane with my whims, just as it does with knitting and nail-painting and cooking things thataren’t quesadillas. But as someone who can’t sit and breathe deeply and try to calm mythoughts for even 30 seconds without getting itchy all over, it’s nice to have something otherthan meditation that still feels meditative. … ”.

“I got the idea to draw some favorite scenes for my friend Ro… and those arethe beginnings ofmy coloring book.”

– Staci Dickerson


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Any local organizations hoping to usetown parks in 2016, or to seek street clo-sures for events of some sort during the year,are invited to contact the Carbondale Recre-ation Department about the events in ques-tion, according to a Dec. 4 memo fromTown Manager Jay Harrington to the Boardof Trustees and town employees.

Applications involving these requests willgo to the town’s Special Event and StreetClosure Committee, which will meet onDec. 17 at 5:15 p.m. in Town Hall (511 Col-orado Ave.) to discuss the applications andmake recommendations to the Board ofTrustees (BOT). The BOT will, in turn, dis-cuss the applications at a meeting in January,Harrington reported, and both meetings areopen to citizens, business owners and spe-cial event organizers.

Warm temperatures prevented the recre-ation department from laying down ice atthe town’s two ice skating rinks last week, inpreparation for the December First Fridayand Light Up Carbondale celebrations, Har-rington wrote in his memo. The unseason-able warmth, in fact, has caused a delay inputting down the PVC liners at the tworinks, and Harrington reported “ice rinkopening day will depend on weather.”

Town staff members are working on theCarbondale Marketplace development ap-

plication from City Market/King Soop-ers/Kroger, which involves subdivision, aspecial use permit and a conditional usepermit. The application is set for publichearings before the Planning & ZoningCommission in January or February of nextyear, according to Harrington’s memo.

The Carbondale Historic PreservationCommission has been notified that it hasbeen awarded a State Historical SocietyFund grant that will enable the commis-sion to finish the next phase of surveys ofbuildings in town, with the goal of estab-lishing which are the town’s “historicstructures of merit.” The ongoing survey ofbuildings around town has been underwayfor some time, and is meant to provide thetown with a list of buildings that may beeligible for historic preservation of somesort, at some time.

The town was planning to pull the LeafDays dumpsters from the vacant lot across4th Street from Town Hall last week, al-though no specific date was mentioned inHarrington’s memo. The moving of thedumpsters marks the end of Carbondale’s2016 Leaf Days collection service, which isoffered to help residents dispose of the au-tumnal crop of fallen leaves.

The town’s arborist, David Coon, fin-ished installing LED lights in trees alongMain Street last week, and turned to the

planting of spruce trees in flower pots in thedowntown area, Harrington reported.

The parks crew has been installing signsat the town’s parks, advising users of theparks’ hours of operation (generally from6 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily).

The parks crew also fixed a crack on thechildren’s playground equipment at one ofthe parks, removed snow from the trails andsidewalks around town, and performedstandard maintenance work on trash recep-tacles and dog-waste stations.

Online registration for town recreationprograms is available to the public at thewebsite, www.carbondalerec.com, and theofferings include a variety of programs atthe Carbondale Recreation and CommunityCenter next to town hall, including activi-ties for children and adults.

Registration is now open for the men’sbasketball league, the adult broomballleague, and the adult co-ed volleyball league,according to Harrington’s memo. Youthbasketball league registration has closed, asteams have been selected and classes startedlast week.

At the police department, Officer RobbWindham was said to be attending a “drugrecognition expert” class this week, a classthat includes a “green lab” that will focus onrecognizing driving impairment associatedwith marijuana use.

Cop ShopFrom Nov. 24 to Dec. 3, Carbondale policeofficers handled 159 calls for service. Dur-ing this period, officers investigated the fol-lowing cases of note:

SATURDAY, Nov. 28: At 1:59 a.m. po-lice stopped a vehicle at Sopris ShoppingCenter for having its tail lights out oforder, and ended up arresting the driveron charges of driving under the influenceof marijuana, not having a valid driver’slicense and having defective tail lights.

TUESDAY, Dec. 1: At 12 minutes pastmidnight, police stopped a vehicle onHighway 133 for having “a busted taillight and no tail light,” and ended up ar-resting the two men in the car for posses-sion of about two pounds of marijuanaand one gram of cocaine. The two wereidentified as Michael Ivan Alvarado-Laf-faye, 22, of Kansas City, Kansas, andRamon Gutierrez, 22, of Kansas City,Missouri. They were taken to the GarfieldCounty Jail.

TUESDAY, Dec. 1: At 6:07 p.m. policeresponded to a traffic accident at the in-tersection of River Valley Ranch andHighway 133, in which a Toyota 4-Run-ner had rear-ended a tractor-trailer rig,reportedly because the rig’s tail lightswere not functioning. The driver of theToyota, who was injured, was taken toValley View Hospital in GlenwoodSprings for treatment. The driver of thetractor-trailer rig was ticketed for driv-ing an unsafe vehicle.

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District is very proud of its safety and train-ing record (no serious injuries in my 35 yearswith the department) and we want to keepit that way.

The personal protective equipment (PPE)is one way we do that. As a taxpayer, I do notwant to pay $2,700 to outfit one volunteerwho has no time for training or calls. Train-ing of staff and volunteers is expensive, too.The Fire District averages nearly 1,200 callsper year and 7,500 training hours. If a vol-unteer only makes one-to-two calls per yearand logs less than 10 training hours, we don’tneed them in my opinion. Having spent 25years as a volunteer myself, I feel qualified tosay that.

During these tough times, we cannot af-ford to have a name on the roster; we needparticipation from them. It is not a new prob-lem. It is one that any volunteer organizationstruggles with all the time.

Just to clarify the PPE issue, once a($2,700) set of PPE (coat, pants, helmet,boots and gloves) is 10 years old, it is nolonger in compliance and it must be removedfrom service. Even if it was in the box and isnew at 10 years, it must be removed fromservice and replaced with new PPE. With 18paid staff and 65 volunteers, that can be a bigexpense. The most logical way to trim thatexpense is to start with the people who don’tever participate.

In the past, we have always tried to makeroom for everyone who is interested, but inthese economic times, the reality is that we

don’t have the money to do that. Since wecannot send someone on a call with non-compliant gear, that leaves only one choice.

Mike KennedyVice PresidentCarbondale & Rural FireProtection District

Keep on pushingDear Editor:

Wilderness Workshop initiated a campaignpushing the White River National Forest torevise its stale and outdated oil and gas leas-ing plan in early 2000s. By then the agencyhad already approved more wells than it everanalyzed in that plan. With the recent issuanceof a final decision, that nearly 15 year cam-paign has achieved meaningful success.

We hope that BLM takes note of this For-est Service decision. The Forest Service madeit very clear that the Thompson Divide is aninappropriate place for oil and gas leasing andthat roadless areas must be protected fromsurface disturbance. BLM should follow thisdirection as it considers canceling leases it soldillegally in the Thompson Divide and localroadless areas. We’ll need to continue pushingfor that result, though, with all of the strongsupport for protection of those areas thatdrove this good Forest Service decision.

Peter HartStaff Attorney/conservation analystWilderness WorkshopCarbondale

Cindy Salinas (#20) drives the lane in Roaring Fork’s loss to Steamboat Springs inthe Brenda Patch tournament on Dec. 5. The Ram girls and boys hope to reboundin upcoming games: Dec. 11 at Vail Christian (5 p.m. girls, 6:30 p.m. boys); Dec. 12at home against Cedaredge (3 p.m. girls, 4:30 p.m. boys); Dec. 15 at home againstDelta (5:30 p.m. girls, 7 p.m. boys); and Dec. 17 at Basalt (5 p.m. girls, 6:30 p.m.boys). The teams return to action in Aspen on Jan. 8 (5:30 p.m. girls, 7 p.m. boys).Photo by Lynn Burton


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Congrats to RFHS playwrightsThe following plays from Roaring Fork

High School students have been chosen as fi-nalists for Aspen Theater Masters’ AspiringPlaywrights competition: Kloe Lee for “HowAre You, Really?”; Jack Arnold for “It’s Onlya Weekend”; Tyler Gruel for “No EasyThing”; Byron Thurston for “Stay or Go”;and Zoe Hanlon for “Why Don’t You LikeSydney?” These students are now in the run-ning to have their 10-minute plays chosen fora full production in Aspen with a profes-sional director from New York and a cast oflocal actors, alongside the winners of the Na-tional MFA Playwrights Festival. The stu-dents are from Carmen McCracken’s creativewriting class. “A representative from AspenTheatre Masters came in to support the stu-dents,” McCracken told The Sopris Sun.Twelve students submitted plays for the com-petition, five of which made it to the list of 13finalists. The winners of the valley-wide com-petition will be announced on Dec. 11.

This just inThe Carbondale Chamber of Commerce

is well stocked with Carbondale-logo T-shirtsand they make great stocking stuffers. Thechamber of commerce is located in the ThirdStreet Center.

Celebration of lifeA celebration of life for John Fagan will

be held at the Mid-Valley Church of Car-bondale on the highway access road (just up-valley from Catherine Store off Highway 82)

at 7 p.m. on Dec. 10. John was a loving hus-band, father, brother and friend to so manythroughout the Roaring Fork Valley and hishometown in New York. He was vibrant andalways had a smile to share with everyone hecame across. Please come ready to share yourstories memories and laughter, as John wouldwish that we remember him. Some food willbe provided. Please bring a side dish for apotluck style setting.

Don’t do thisA Carbondale man reports at least one

airline company closes and locks its airplanedoors 10 minutes before take off, and noamount of snit throwing, perturbed looks atthe ticket taker, pleas or stomping around incircles will change her mind. Apparently, theguy, with boarding pass in hand, left his gatefor a quick trip to the facilities a few minutesbefore take off, thinking he could pull it off(so to speak). The upshot? He had to wait atDIA for a few hours to get the next flight.

Attention fashion designersCCAH has announced that submissions

for its 2016 Green is the New Black fashionextravaganza are due on Jan. 8. GITNB sellsout the house with more than 500 people anight for two nights. “That’s more than1,000 people seeing your designs!” said aCCAH spokeswoman. Coverage on GITNBreaches more than 30,000 people (andcounting) between newspaper, radio and so-cial media. “Both our designers and audiencecome from all around the country,” she con-

tinued. All designers must meet CCAH’s sus-tainability guidelines. Clothes do not need tobe designed around the theme of the show,which is “Transformation.” E-mail submis-sions to [email protected]. For de-tails, visit carbondalearts.com.

They say it’s your birthdayFolks celebrating their birthday this

week include: Kirstie Smith, VickiYarbrough, Bob Johnson and Bill Laem-mel (Dec. 10); Marc Bruell and LeslieJohnson (Dec.11); Beth Mohsenin (Dec.12); Amy Broadhurst and Jon Araujo(Dec. 13); Steve Keohane (Dec. 14); Cia-rra Bristol, Lynn “Jake” Burton, ArturoOrtiz and Anthony Ortiz (Dec.15); andJR Burton (Dec. 16).


The Carbondale Board of Trustees recognized its Students of the Month for Decemberon Tuesday night, and they are: front row left to right, Kai Holcombe and Ella Klingel-heber; back row left to right, Lorenzo Andrade and Felina Cruz. Photo by Lynn Burton

This year’s theme is “MAGICAL MOMENTS.”The contest is open to grades pre-K through high school. Artwork must be on 8 ½” x 11” paper, vertical orientation.• You may use a variety of media, such as watercolor,

pen and ink, crayon, chalk, markers, etc. • Brighter colors are encouraged. • No glitter please. • Please keep designs 2-dimensional in order for us to

scan the artwork for publication.

Let your imagination run wild and get thosecreative juices flowing.Spruce Up the Sun contest winners receive the honor of having their artwork inthe Dec. 17 issue which is distributed through-out the Roaring Fork Valley as well as beingposted on the Sun’s website.

The deadline for entries is 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11.Drop them off at The Sopris Sun office in the Third Street Center (520 S. Third St., #36 – at the end of the “long hall”) or send them to P.O. Box 399, Carbondale, CO 81623, postmarked by Dec. 7. Please include your name, grade, age, and phone number ON THE BACK of your entry.

For more information, call The Sopris Sun at 510-3003.

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Celebrating RosybelleOn Saturday afternoon the gym at

the Carbondale Recreation Centerwas stuffed with people, and afterthose folks chowed down on copiousamounts of food, the place was evenmore stuffed — not to mention thestomachs of the attendees.

There was music and dancing,skits and storytelling. There werereadings. There was noise and silence,humor and drama, laughter and lotsand lots of tears. The event probablyelicited the biggest group cry in quitesome time, and it seemed as if enoughKleenex was used to fill up the recre-ation center’s dumpster.

To a stranger observing this scene,it would certainly appear as if a cele-bration was taking place — and theywould be correct. However, this par-ticular standing-room-only crowdwas celebrating a life of one of Car-bondale’s most beloved citizens – alife that sadly ended on Oct. 24.

The celebration of life for Ruchille“Ro” Mead drew a crowd of epic

RO’S MEMORIAL page 9

Photos and story by Jane Bachrach

Ro Mead died in her home, surrounded by family and friends, on Oct. 24 after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 79. She moved to Carbondale from herhometown of Denver in the early 1970s. She became known for a unique ceramic style that emerged in the form of colorful slab-built bowls, platters, vases and other worksof functional art. She taught at CMC and in the 1990s teamed up with close friend Candy Resnick to create tile murals and three-dimensional installations around the U.S.Photos of note here: top, Mead’s book club played an important part in her life; middle row far left, her brother Jerry Rosenbloom lights the menorah he created; far left,bottom row, daughter Lauren Meer and grand-daughter Emily.


proportions. A crowd that clapped,laughed and cried throughout theprogram portion of the afternoon.

The well-deserved accolades thatwere bestowed upon our “Rosy-belle” were unprecedented, accord-ing to several locals that have livedhere for a very long time.

In addition to a number of fam-ily members who were introducedindividually by Ro’s daughter Lau-ren, the celebration was attended byfolks that knew Ro and whose agesranged from 7 to 90 years old.Some folks dressed up while otherswore jeans. Some were dressed incostume and some were barelydressed at all (they played a part inthe program).

Many of these folks were men-tored and taught by Ro, but mostwere friends and people that she em-braced and touched during her life.Most people were from Carbondalebut some came in from Denver andother areas. Judging from the ap-plause during the program, it ap-peared as if everyone there admired

her spunk, enthusiasm, dedication,creativity and humor.

There’s not enough space in thisnewspaper to express how muchthis reporter and we as a commu-nity loved and appreciated thissassy, giving and lovingly opinion-ated woman of many talents. Weshall all miss her but her spirit willnever die and no doubt will con-tinue to endure in our town.

Oh, I almost forgot …If I had been involved in organ-

izing this love fest for Ro, the onlything that I would have done dif-ferently is to put artfully arrangedcenterpieces on every table madeout of Kleenex boxes with easy ac-cess to the tissues to catch all of thetears that flowed freely during thissad, yet joyful celebration of thelife of Ro Mead.

LONG LIVE ROSYBELLE!

Thanks to Ro’s friends, familyand volunteers who so painstak-ingly put this celebration together.

Ro’s memorial om page 8

Clockwise from upper left: Someone named a drink after Mead called a “Rotini,” which merited a can-can dance from friends familiar with the concoction; Rochelle Norwood delivers finger food; Mead’s bookclub also decided that a Ouija board skit was in order but it reportedly had no particular significance.


THURSDAY Dec. 10ENERGY UPDATE • CLEER and othershost a community meeting to explain and dis-cuss the town of Carbondale’s 2020 energyplan from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Third Street Cen-ter (refreshements will be served). Topics in-clude a possible carbon tax on electric andnatural gas bills inside the town of Carbon-dale. The meeting starts with an open houseat 5 p.m.; the discussions begin at 5:30 p.m.

WRENCHING • Wilderness Workshop pres-ents “Wrenched” with conservationist DaveForeman at Paepcke Auditorium at 5 p.m. AQ&A with Foreman follows. Tickets are $25in advance and $35 at the door. Info: wilder-nessworkshop.org.

CO-HOUSING • Carbondale Co-Housingholds a potluck discussion and planning ses-sion from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Third Street Cen-ter. The next potluck is Jan. 17. “This ismulti-generational living at its best,” said aCarbondale Co-Housing spokesman. Info:Philip Hone Williams at [email protected] or610-513-9885.

ROTARY • The Mt. Sopris Rotary meets atMi Casita at noon every Thursday.

THURS.-SUN. Dec. 10-13THEATRE • Thunder River Theatre Com-pany opens a two week run of the comedy/drama “Bakersfield Mist” by Stephen Sachs.“Bakersfield Mist” won the 2012 ElliotNorton award for Best New Play. It was in-spired by true events and asks questionsabout what makes art and people truly au-thentic. “Not to be missed,” said Vanity Fair.

TRTC Associate Artistic Director CoreySimpson directs the play, which featuresTrary Maddelone and Mike Monroney.Curtain time is 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Fri-day and Saturday, and 2 p.m. on Sunday.Tickets range from $14 to $25 for adultsand are available at 963-8200 or thunder-rivertheatre.com. “Bakersfield Mist” contin-ues Dec. 17-19 at 7:30 p.m., and a 2 p.m.matinee on Dec. 20. Thunder River Theatreis located in downtown Carbondale, northof Main Street on the brick walkway.

THEATRE • SoL Theatre presents “TheMuppet Christmas Carol” at the Third StreetCenter at 7 p.m. on Thursday-Saturday, andat 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are$15 for adults, $10 for kids. Concessions willinclude homemade baked goods and othertreats. Info: soltheatrecompany.com.

FRIDAY Dec. 11MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents“Brooklyn” (PG-13) at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 11-17.

KOROLOGOS GALLERY • The Ann Ko-rologos Gallery in Basalt presents the workof acclaimed printmakers Leon Loughridgeand Joel Ostlind in “Works on Paper.” Theshow opens with an artists’ reception from5 to 7 p.m. and continues through Jan. 4.The gallery is located at 211 Midland Ave.Info: 927-9668.

TREE LIGHTING • The Christmas Tree atTriangle Park in Willits gets lit from 4 to 6 p.m.Santa will drop by. There’ll also be a bonfire,carols, carriage rides, hot chocolate, spicedcider and general merry-making.

DESIGN THAT COVER • Today is the dead-

line to enter The Sopris Sun’s annual “Spruceup the Sun” cover design contest. For details,please see the ad in this week’s issue.

LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the old partof the Dinkel Building presents guitarist Hi-roya Tsukamoto at 8:30 p.m. Since receivinga scholarship to the Berklee College of Music,Tsukamoto has played all over the world, in-cluding the Blue Note in New York. He hasreleased six albums and performed on na-tional TV. He calls his music, “… cinematicacoustic music,” while Jazz Review said, “ …chops, passion and warmth … Zealously rec-ommended. Tickets are $15. Info: 963-3340.

VVAS • Today is the deadline to enter the36th annual Valley Visual Art show. Info:963-1680 or carbondalearts.com.

SAT.-SUN. Dec. 12-13MUSICAL EVENT • In anticipation of theupcoming film, Symphony in the Valley willreprise music from the past Star Wars filmsalong with favorite Christmas movie themesat Rifle High School at 7 p.m. on Saturday, andat Glenwood Springs High School at 4 p.m.on Sunday. “The program is a slight depar-ture from the usual holiday fare,” said SITVArtistic Director Kelly Thompson. “In thisperformance, we explore the sounds ofpeace and warfare, joy and reflection. Theconcert offers a wonderful opportunity forfamilies to celebrate and enjoy this specialtime of year together.” Adult tickets are $15at the door. Symphony in the Valley is anall-volunteer community orchestra thatdraws student, amateur and semi-profes-sional musicians from Aspen to Parachute,

and east to Vail. Info: sitv.org.

THEATRE • Aspen Santa Fe Ballet presents“The Nutcracker” at Aspen District Theatre.Info: 920-5770.

SATURDAY Dec. 12LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars presents WillyPorter and fellow Milwaukian Carmen Nick-erson at 8:30 p.m. Porter has recorded 10 al-bums since 1990 and toured with Sting, JeffBeck, Tori Amos and others. Steve Standifordsaid “We love Willy! He has become a truefriend of the shop over the years with hisamazing performances and loving spirit.”Porter is particulaly known for creating songson the spot, using words tossed out from thecrowd. Among other accolaids: Guild guitarsissued a special “Willy Porter” model. Formore in Willy Porter, go to willyporter.com.Info: 963-3340.

LIVE MUSIC • The Black Nugget on MainStreet presents Kerry Pastine & the CrimeScene (swing/rockabilly, Motown/blues) at9 p.m. No cover.

HEALTH INSURANCE • The CarbondaleChamber of Commerce holds a heath careenrollment fair from 9 a.m. Several licensedinsurance agents will offer information onhow to pick a health-care plan. For more in-formation, please to turn Community Briefsof call 963-1890.

WAY OF COMPASSION • Buddhist scholarTenzin Priyadarshi leads a retreat on the“Eight Versus of Thought Transformation” atCarbondale Community School. Priyadarshi

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

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Further OutTHURSDAY Dec. 17AUTHOR TALK • F. Darrell Munsell dis-cusses his new book “Colorado Artist JackRoberts: Painting the West” at the GlenwoodSprings Branch Library at 7 p.m. The talk ispart of the library’s Winter Lecture Series, andis co-hosted by the Frontier Historical Soci-ety. On a related note, 11 of Roberts’s origi-nal paintings are on view at the librarythrough December.

MEET THE CHIEFS • Carbondale PoliceChief Gene Schilling, and Carbondale Fire Di-

stirct Chief Ron Leach, meet the public overcoffee from 8 to 9 a.m. at the Village Smithyon the third Thursday of the month.

SATURDAY Dec. 19GINGERBREAD HOUSES • Eliza Roganoffers a gingerbread house workshop forkids of all ages from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. atthe Launchpad. The cost is $50. Sign up atcarbondalearts.com.

SAT.-SUN. Dec. 19-20CRBS • Crystal River Ballet School presents

“Nutcracker Sweets” at Carbondale MiddleSchool at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday and 2 p.m.on Sunday. The school’s 16th annual holidayprogram includes ballet and jazz-dance stu-dents from three years old to adult, alongwith their teacher, Jeni Ptacek. The night willfeature Robin Muse as Clara and the beauti-ful music of Tchaikovsky – with a twist! Tick-ets (at the door) are $15 for adults, $10 forstudents/seniors, and $35 for families. Kidsthree and under are free. Info: crystalriver-ballet.com, [email protected] or704-0114.


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OngoingNEW PAINTINGS • Main Street Gallery pres-ents new paintings by Victoria Broyles. Info:963-3775.POP UP • Gallery 774 in Red Rock Plaza(0774 Highway 133) continues a pop up showfeaturing photographer Yancy Clete Christo-pher, and painter Paul Manes.DECK THE WALLS • CCAH’s Deck the Wallsholiday show at the Launchpad continuesthrough Dec. 24 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. onMondays through Fridays, Thursdays until6:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Info: carbondalearts.com or 963-1680.

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will be hosted by the Way of Compassiondharma center, a Buddhist center based at theThird Street Center. “We have been workingto make this happen for two years, and arethrilled to see this come to fruition,” said Wayof Compassion director John Bruna. Info:510-0583 or wocdharmacenter.org.

SUNDAY Dec. 13BAKE SALE • The American Legion Post100 Women’s Auxiliary hosts a holidaybake sale at the veterans home in Rifle. Thesale takes place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at97 N. Third St.

ASC • A Spiritual Center in the Third StreetCenter presents Sean Jeung at 10 a.m. Com-ing up: Dec. 20, Sonny Conley, Dec. 27 thepastor Andy Stanley CD “The Value of YourLife.” Info: 963-5516.

MON.-WEDS. Dec. 14-16TDC • The Thompson Divide Coalition is

holding a series of public meetings to explainissues relating to proposed natural gas drillingon the Thompson Divide southwest of Car-bondale. The schedule is as follows: Glen-wood Springs Community Center, 4 to 7 p.m.on Monday; DeBeque Elementary School, 4to 7 p.m. on Dec. 15; Roaring Fork HighSchool (Carbondale), 4 to 7 p.m. on Dec. 16.Info: wildernessworkshop.org.

MONDAY DEC. 14WRITERS GROUP • The Carbondale Writ-ers Group meets at the Carbondale BranchLibrary at 6:30 p.m. the second Monday ofthe month. All are welcome, from beginnersto experts. Info: 947-9593.

TUESDAY Dec. 15LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Music in the old partof the Dinkel Building presents the Portland-based World’s Finest. This ska/jamgrass bandhas played Steve’s Guitars two other times and

is back by popular demand. Info: 963-3340.OPEN HOUSE • Bombshell Salon of Car-bondale hosts a holiday open house/cocktailreception from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Bombshellis located at 981 Cowen Dr., Suite A. RSVPonly at 510-5271.AUTHOR TALK • Jonathan Watermanpresents “An Adventurer’s Lessons in Con-servation” at the Carbondale Branch Librarystarting at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free. Wa-terman is a journalist, film-maker and ex-plorer. Signed copies of his book will beavailable for purchase. He’ll also speak at li-braries in Silt, Parachute and New Castle theweek of Dec. 15-18. Info: gcpld.org.LINX • The Linx Business Network meetsTuesdays at 7:15 a.m. at the Sotheby’s Inter-national real estate office (201 Midland Ave.)in Basalt. Linx is a networking organizationwhose members work together to grow andpromote their businesses, according to apress release. All dues not used for adminis-

tration are given to local non-profits eachDecember. Info: Keith at 970-390-8401 [email protected].

WEDNESDAY Dec. 16ROTARY • The Rotary Club of Carbondalepresents Sara Sims and Randy Lowenthal(Mountain Valley Developmental Services) atthe Carbondale fire station on MeadowoodDrive at 6:45 a.m. Upcoming speakers are:Jan. 6, Lucy Kessler (CORE) and EricaSparhawk (CLEER) talk about Carbondale’sclean energy efforts; Jan. 13, Pat Thrasher(Glenwood Springs Railroad Museum). Theclub will not meet on Dec. 23 and Dec. 30.Info: rotarycarbondale.org.

LIVE MUSIC • Dan Rosenthal hosts an openmic night at Rivers restaurant in GlenwoodSprings from 8 to 10 p.m. every Wednesday.

LIBRARY • The Basalt Regional Librarypresents a free film at 5:15 p.m. Info:basaltlibrary.org.

Community Briefs Please submit your community briefs to [email protected] by noon on Monday.


Health insurance fair at TSCThe Carbondale Chamber of Commerce

presents a health insurance enrollment fairat the Third Street Center from 9 a.m. to 3p.m. on Dec. 12, according to a press release.In attendance will be licensed health agentsfrom Martin Insurance Group; GlenwoodInsurance; AFLAC/Donni Cochran Insur-ance Services, LLC; and Pat Pier of CowgirlInsurance. All the agents hold a certificationwith Connect for Health Colorado to assistin determining eligibility for tax credits. “Wewill also have Mountain Family to assistanyone that may qualify for Medicaid,” saidchamber director Andrea Stewart. “Peoplewill be seen on a first come first servedbasis.” Stewart also offered the followinghealth enrollment reminders:

• If you currently qualify for a tax sub-sidy on your health insurance the deadlineto renew your 2016 plan is Dec. 15, 2015;

All other individual plans without subsi-dies can enroll all the way up to Dec. 31, 2015and still receive a Jan. 1, 2016 start date;

• The penalty for not carrying qualifyinghealth insurance in 2016 is 2.5 percent ofhousehold income.

Forest service taking commentsThe White River and Gunnison National

Forests are revising the special regulationsfor the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness,according to a press release. The process is afive-year administrative review and renewalof regulations that expire on Dec. 31, 2015.“The Forest Service requests comments in

the next 30 days for these changes,” said aWRNF spokesman. The purpose of theseregulations is to protect the natural andrecreational wilderness resources by com-plying with the 1964 Wilderness Act, ForestService Wilderness policy and the WhiteRiver National Forest Plan. The proposedorder will remain in effect for the next fiveyears. Forest Supervisor Orders are a tool tominimize resource damage caused by visi-tors. Two notable changes are proposed tothe Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wildernessspecial regulations. Overnight visitors willbe required to store all food, garbage andother attractants in bear resistant containersapproved by the Interagency Grizzly BearCommittee. Appropriate use is also requiredand includes securely storing attractants ina container except during food preparationor consumption where the attractants arewithin 100 feet and in direct sight. The pur-pose of this order addition is to preserve thewildness of wilderness bears, and protecthuman safety and property while minimiz-ing the need for emergency management in-tervention. Frequent bear-human incidentsin recent years have resulted in a human ha-bituated black bear population that is adeptat retrieving food stored in the traditionalhanging method. The other notable changeis a proposed modification of the existingcampfire regulation, which is needed to ad-dress impacts related to firewood collectionin sensitive tree-line forest stands. The com-ment deadline is Jan. 1. For more informa-tion, contact Martha Moran or Andrew

Larson at 970-404-3155 or 970-404-3149,via e-mail at [email protected] or [email protected], or go to fs.usda.gov.

Fire district emergency callsHere are the Carbondale & Rural Fire Pro-

tection District 911 calls for Nov. 29-Dec. 5.* Medical emergencies (10);* Trauma emergencies (2);

* Motor vehicle accident (2);* Police Department assist (1);* Structure fire/false (1);* Out-building fire/out upon arrival (1);* Down power line (1);* Fire-alarm responses (2);* Smoke-alarm response (1);* Odor-check responses (2);* Carbon monoxide alarm (1).

It’s never too late to publish a good selfie in The Sopris Sun, or to remind folks to shoplocal. Left to right: Shannon Weeks (18) and Laiken Groom (13) during CarbondaleChamber of Commerce’s selfie contest on Nov. 28 to promote keeping our holiday sea-son dollars in town. Courtesy photo


FirstFridayReflecting on the holidays

Photos by Lynn Burton

Kira Locke (upperleft) helped get First

Friday rolling duringthe tree lighting sing-

along at Weant andMain Street, then

hundreds of otherskept the festivities

going at stores, gal-leries, restaurantsand other venues

through the night.The Launchpad

(shown here) – withSanta, snacks, drinks

and the Deck theWalls show – stayed

busy until closingtime. Photos by

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John ColsonSopris Sun correspondent

The two suspects in Monday morning’smarijuana shop armed robbery snagged$1,000 in cash and $3,500 in related prod-uct, allegedly fled the store in a stolen redMustang, and were apprehended south ofGlenwood Springs at the intersection ofFour Mile and Dry Park roads.

That’s the long and short of Carbondalepolice reports, an arrest affidavit and SoprisSun interviews. As of Wednesday afternoon,three young men were in Garfield CountyJail while a juvenile had been released to hisparents. All four were arrested for armedrobbery of the Sweet Leaf cannabis shop onVillage Road, following a manhunt that in-volved four different law enforcement agen-cies and the area’s district attorney’s office.

The escapade started on Monday morn-ing when two men walked into the SweetLeaf cannabis shop and one of the menbrandished a gun, according to police, andlater walked out with cash and goods fromthe shop. The arrest affidavit said the menwere wearing camouflaged masks and sockson their hands when they entered the shop

Police were alerted to the incident atshortly after 10 a.m. on Monday, accordingto a statement from the Carbondale PoliceDepartment, and were told that the two malesuspects had left in a red Ford Mustang.

Officers from the Glenwood Springs Po-lice Department and the Garfield CountySheriff’s Office reportedly then joined the

hunt, to be joined later by the Ninth Judi-cial District Attorney’s Office personnel andthe Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office, accord-ing to official statements.

According to reports, police got callsthat morning from citizens who had spot-ted the Mustang on a couple of differentcounty roads west of Carbondale, and thecar ultimately was found by county deputysheriffs ditched along Garfield CountyRoad 108. Police at that point started look-ing for another car, believing that the sus-pects had switched vehicles and that otherswere involved.

Deputies later stopped a green Honda withfour people inside, along CR 125 and CR117,concluding that two of those in the Hondamatched the description of the robbers.

After questioning, all four in the Hondawere arrested and charged.

The suspects are Arturo-Nuño Cer-vantes, 20, and Erick Jose Colon, 25, bothof Glenwood Sprints; Bryan Flores-Calix,19, of Silt, and the unidentified minor.

The suspects all are charged with armedrobbery of a controlled substance and con-spiracy to commit armed robbery, bothfelonies, and false imprisonment, a misde-meanor. The bonds for Cervantes andColon was set at $200,000 respectively.

This is the second reported armed rob-bery of a cannabis shop in this area this year.

Hayden May, 21, is facing trial overcharges that on July 28 he walked into theStash cannabis store in Aspen, where he

had once worked, and stole cash and prod-uct after brandishing a hammer.

He reportedly then stole a 2007 ChevyTahoe from a former employee of the shopand left, heading east. He was arrested in

St. Louis, Mo., following a car chase withpolice that topped speeds of 100 miles perhour, according to published reports.

– Lynn Burton contributed to this report

Suspects flee in red Mustang; busted in green Honda

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Suspects in Monday’s marijuana-shop robbery allegedly stole this 2004, 40th anniversaryFord Mustang and used it as a getaway car before ditching it for a green Honda onCounty Road 108. Four men were arrested; two are being held on $200,000 bonds. The40th anniversary Mustang came in three colors and has a V6, 3.8-liter engine, with an au-tomatic transmission, according to websites. As of Wednesday, police had not yet releasedthe vehicle to its owner. Photo by Lynn Burton

Sopris Sun Staff Report

The Bureau of Land Management is host-ing three public meetings to provide infor-mation and accept public comments on aDraft Environmental Impact Statement thatanalyzes 65 existing oil and gas leases on theWhite River National Forest (including leasesin the Thompson Divide area), according to aBLM press release.

The meetings will run from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.They begin with a 45-minute open house inwhich BLM specialists will be available to an-swer questions with the public one-on-one. Abrief BLM presentation will begin at 4:45 p.m.,followed by a question-and-answer session.The BLM will begin taking oral comments atabout 5:15 p.m.

The meetings will be held at the followingdates and locations:

• Dec. 14, Glenwood Springs CommunityCenter, 100 Wulfson Rd, Glenwood Springs;

• Dec. 15, DeBeque Elementary School,730 Minter Ave, DeBeque;

• Dec. 16, Roaring Fork High School,2270 Highway 133, Carbondale.

The EIS presents five alternatives, rangingfrom no changes to the existing leases to can-celing them in their entirety. The final alter-native the BLM ultimately selects mayincorporate components of two or more ofthe alternatives presented in the Draft EIS.

“The meetings serve two purposes,” saidBLM Colorado River Valley Field ManagerKarl Mendonca. “We want to help the pub-lic understand what is in the draft so that they

can provide more effective comments, and wewant to provide an opportunity to peoplewishing to give us their comments verbally.”

Written comments on the draft will be ac-cepted at the meeting and through Jan. 8.Comments may be e-mailed to [email protected]; faxed to 970-876-9090; ormailed to BLM Colorado River Valley FieldOffice, Attn: WRNF Leases, 2300 RiverFrontage Road, Silt, CO 81652. Informationon the EIS is available at blm.gov/co/crvfo.

On a related noteWhite River National Forest Supervisor

Scott Fitzwilliams on Dec. 3 released the FinalRecord of Decision (ROD) for future oil andgas leasing on the 2.2-million-acre forest. Thisdecision finalizes the analysis that revises theWRFN 1993 Oil and Gas Leasing Final En-vironmental Impact Statement (FEIS) andRecord of Decision (ROD).

In the Final Decision, Fitzwilliams said heplaced an emphasis on conserving the road-less and existing natural character of theWhite River National Forest, while provid-ing oil and gas development opportunities onlands that have proven to be productive in thepast 15-20 years.

“Closing an area ‘through management di-rection’ is not a permanent withdrawal oflands for oil and gas development,” Fitzwilliamsstressed. “Laws and policy that govern na-tional forest management allow for certainlands to be closed to leasing for a period oftime, but not permanently. The authority to

permanently withdraw an area from leasing ormining rests with Congress.”

Fitzwilliams continued, “Over one-millionacres of the White River National Forest are notgeologically conducive for natural gas produc-tion. In addition, I have decided not to allow

leasing on 176,000 acres of the White River Na-tional Forest in order to protect and maintainthe natural character of these areas and protectimportant wildlife habitat. I believe this is theright decision at this point in time. The landsmade available in this decision have shown ademonstrated production potential over the lastdecade or so. If conditions or technologychanges in the future, this decision can be revis-ited to address these changing circumstances.”

The WRNF Final Record of Decision iden-tifies what lands are available for future oil andgas leasing and under what conditions leasingand/or development will be allowed. These“Lease Stipulations” are implemented to in-sure surface resources are protected.

The essential elements of the Draft Record

of Decision are as follows, according to aWRNF press release:

• 194,100 acres will be AdministrativelyAvailable for leasing. Of these acres, 118,613acres are lands not already leased. Of the74,493 acres of Designated Roadless Areasmade available for oil and gas leasing, all wouldhave a No Surface Occupancy Stipulation.

• 800,555 acres are Legally Closed to oiland gas Leasing (including Congressionallydesignated Wilderness, permitted ski areas,campgrounds and administrative sites).

• 1,281,700 million acres will be closed foroil and gas leasing through Management Di-rection. Approximately 1,067,000 of these acresare closed because there is little or no potentialfor oil and gas production due to the geologyof these lands. The remaining acres were closedin order to protect other forest resources andmaintain the natural character of the area. Thisincludes parts of the Thompson Divide Area.

• The draft ROD amends the White RiverNational Forest Land and Resource Manage-ment Plan as written in Appendix D of the FEIS,and replaces the adoption of the 1993 WhiteRiver National Forest Oil and Gas Leasing En-vironmental Impact Statement and the Recordof Decision with the 2015 White River NationalForest Oil and Gas Leasing FEIS and ROD.

All documents associated with the Oil andGas Leasing Environmental Impact State-ment and the Final Record of Decision canbe found at following Forest web page:http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/whiteriver/home/?cid=STELPRD3824477.

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The Ann Korologos Gallery in Basaltpresents the work of acclaimed print-makers Leon Loughridge and JoelOstlind in “Works on Paper,” whichopens with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m.on Dec. 11. The show features etchingsand wood-block print on paper.

According to gallery director JuliaNovy, “Both artists are masters who knowhow to use paper to its greatest effect.”

Loughridge’s works are reduction-style wood-blocks, hand-printed on a1920 Vandercook flatbed letterpress.Ostlind’s medium is copper-plate etch-ings. “Both require finely honed drawingskills and the mastery of old and venera-ble print methods,” said Novy.

Raised in the open ranch land ofnorthern New Mexico, Loughridge de-veloped an affinity for the Southwesternlandscape. His vision was influenced by

his grandmother’s involvement in north-ern New Mexico art circles. After pur-chasing his first letterpress in 1998, hereceived immediate success with thewood-block prints he produced. The lay-ering of color in the process uniquely cap-tures the atmosphere and depth of theSouthwestern landscape.

Loughridge’s Dry Creek Art Presspublishing company produces his wood-blocks and limited edition books. Hiswork is in collections at the Denver ArtMuseum, the Denver Public Library, andthe Colorado History Museum. He wasselected as the featured artist for the 2005Colorado Mountain Landscape Exhibi-tion and Sale. His work was also includedin the American Masters 2015 show atthe Salmagundi Art Club in New York.

Wyoming native Joel Ostlind is a self-taught artist who spent much of his lifeon horseback, herding cattle in the

American West. He always carried asketchbook, conveying his intimate un-derstanding of the land with exquisitedetail and authenticity. In 1990, Ostlindsigned up for a print-making class atSheridan College and his drawingsfound new life as copper-plate etchingsdepicting the full range of Western life— from Native American lodges to con-temporary fly fishermen, telemark skiersand grazing horses.

Ostlind’s prints were exhibited in a2005 solo show at Bradford Brinton Mu-seum in Big Horn, Wyoming. He was thefeatured artist at the 2002 Coors WesternArt Show and the subject of a 2005 arti-cle in Southwest Art magazine.

“Works on Paper” will be on view atthe Ann Korologos Gallery through Jan.4. For more information call 927-9668,e-mail [email protected], or goto korologosgallery.com.

Korologos Gallery features acclaimed print-makers

Shown here: “Hay Barn,” a wood-blockprint by Leon Loughridge. It’s part of thetwo-man show, “Works on Paper,” whichincludes Joel Ostlind and opens on Dec. 11.



It’s a Monday morning, start of the school day, and 20 fourth-graders at Crystal River Elementary School (CRES) warm upwith the “rhythm of the day” in Amber Bate’s music class. Thestudents read a series of half, quarter, sixteenth, dotted half, andwhole notes/rests written on a staff on the whiteboard and trans-late the notes into corresponding sounds (and lengths of sounds)based on each note. It’s a foundation for reading music.

Then Bate has the students line up in two rows in order topractice for the upcoming holiday concert. It’s early and some ofthe students are slow to get going but once the music begins,knees begin to rock and shoulders begin to sway. They start bysinging an Irish folk-influenced version of “Here We Come A-Caroling” with recorded hornpipes and fiddles. The tune is oneof a dozen songs the school’s fourth-graders will perform at whathas become a tradition for the school — the annual Winter Cel-ebration concert.

The Winter Celebration will be at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 17 at Car-bondale Middle School (180 Snowmass Drive). It is free andopen to the public. For those looking for a dose of holiday spirit,the students’ soulful songs and cheery voices (including somebudding soloists) are well worth the outing.

All of CRES’s 80 fourth-grade students are practicing for theupcoming performance and most will grace the stage and singunder the bright lights. The Dec. 17 concert will feature a full setof songs, along with some theatrical snowfall, solo performances,a visit from Santa, and a small celebration following the concert.

Songs include some traditional Christmas tunes, including ajazzy rendition of “Jingle Bells,” some Hanukkah songs, and afew non-traditional songs, such as “A Hawaiian Christmas,”“Christmas Jubilation” and “Este Es La Navidad.”

Started in 2010Bate began the concerts in 2010, and the fourth-graders ad-

ditionally perform for the entire school on the same day. It has

CRES continues annual Winter Celebration concert

Snowfall on the fourth-graders in CRES’s 2014 Winter Celebration concert. The performance is free and open tothe public. Photo by Amber Bate

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1. Call to Order/Roll Call 2. Review of 2015 Events & Main St. Closures3. Call to the Public & Special Event Organizers4. Discussion & Approvals 2016 Sopris Park Events5. Discussion & Approvals 2016 4th St. Park Events6. Discussion & Approvals 2016 Main Street Closures7. Updates & Announcements from Committee or others

2016 Special Events & Main Street ClosureCommittee Meeting – December 17 at 5:15 p.m.

Carbondale Town Hall, Room #1

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Meeting is open to all interested citizens. For more information call:Jeff Jackel, Recreation Director, at 510-1214

Sopris Sun Staff ReportRenowned Buddhist scholar the Venerable Tenzin

Priyadarshi will lead a retreat on the Eight Verses ofThought Transformation at Car-bondale Community School onDec. 12. The program is hostedby the Way of CompassionDharma Center, a local Buddhistcenter that serves the greaterRoaring Fork Valley, according toa press release.

John Bruna, the director ofthe Way of Compassion, empha-sized that it is “truly a rare andprecious opportunity to be ableto receive teachings from such ahighly regarded lama. We havebeen working to make this hap-pen for nearly two years and arethrilled to see this come tofruition. When His Holiness theDalai Lama had to cancel histeachings in Boulder, we re-quested Venerable Priyadarshito teach on the same topic, andhe accepted!”

Tenzin Priyadarshi is presidentof the Prajnopaya Institute and Foundation, a World-wide non-profit humanitarian organization. He wasordained by his holiness the Dalai Lama (his spiritualmentor) and has trained under many great Buddhistteachers. He is the spiritual director of Bodhimarga, aBuddhist study and meditation group. Priyadarshi isalso the founding director of the Dalai Lama Centre

for Ethics and Transformative values at MassachusettsInstitute of Technology (MIT).

Born in Bihar, India to a Hindu family of high-rank-ing bureaucrats, political leadersand scholars, Priyadarshi ranaway from home at the age of 10to become a Buddhist monk.When his parents objected,Priyadarshi struck a deal with hisparents and agreed to undertakeboth secular education andmonastic studies.

He eventually came to theUnited States where he studiedat Le Moyne College, graduat-ing summa cum laude with abachelor’s degree as an integralhonors scholar studying philos-ophy, physics and religiousstudies, with minors in interna-tional relations and Japanese.He then attended Harvard,where he completed a graduatedegree in comparative philoso-phy of religion.

In his work with the DalaiLama Center, he trains MBA stu-

dents and heads of companies in ethics. Priyadarshialso works with MIT students to design apps that pro-mote moral awareness and empathy. Fluent in severallanguages, Priyadarshi travels internationally, advanc-ing numerous humanitarian projects.

To learn more or to register for the retreat, visitwww.wocdharmacenter.org or call 510-0583.

Harper Stone (left) plays Robin the Frog/Tiny Tim, and RobinMuse is Miss Piggy/Emily Cratchit, in SoL Theatre’s produc-tion of “The Muppet Christmas Carol.” For details, see thead on page 10. Photo by Asha Ironwood

The Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshiran away from home in India to be-come a Buddhist monk. Today,among other endeavors, he trainsMBA students and heads of compa-nies in ethics, and works with MITstudents to design apps that pro-mote moral awareness and empathy.Courtesy photo

Renowned Buddhist monk/scholar leads retreat in Carbondale

become one of Bate’s favorite programs because the studentsare proud to perform for both CRES and the greater Car-bondale community.

“In my opinion, there is no greater performance to watchthan when the students are involved, excited and fully par-ticipating. It is also fun to see soloists blossom on stage fortheir last elementary school performance. It is truly a joy towatch the faces of children singing holiday songs this time ofyear,” she said.

Some of the students recently sang for the town’s LightUp Carbondale event on Dec. 4. Bate first enlisted her stu-dents to sing for the own in 2012, and it has become expectedat First Friday.

“We started participating in Light Up Carbondale in 2012with the fourth-grade students singing some of their showsongs for the event,” said Bate, who is in her 13th year ofteaching music at CRES. “The kids have a great time and re-ally enjoy singing outside for the community. They wear

Santa hats, have jingle bells and love singing with Santa.” Student Sugey Gonzalez Rascon says they could have

done better at First Friday, but she loved singing “Turn Offthat Nose” and the students agreed that drinking hot choco-late around the fire was pretty awesome.

Back at school the following Monday, they are mindful ofwhere to improve and how to make the performance betterwith some arm movements, such as coordinated hula dancingduring “Hawaiian Christmas.” They continue practicing themellow island tune, then naturally wrap their arms aroundone another and smile as they sing in both Hawaiian and Eng-lish: “… Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, too….”

Next StepsEvent: CRES Winter Celebration Concert Time: 6:30 p.m. Date: Dec. 17Location: Carbondale Middle School (180 Snowmass Drive)Admission: Free.


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should re�ect all of our unique qualities asshould each branch library cater to the re-quirements of its own community. Carbon-dale’s needs and interests are different thanthose of Ri�e or Silt. All well reviewed liter-ary �ction and topical non-�ction must be aparamount part of Carbondale’s collection.

I want to thank Molly and staff for the jobsthey are doing. I love walking into our libraryand seeing many young people there and I lovethe programs that are offered for both youngand old. The library should and can be a com-munity hub and still ful�ll its purpose.

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Thanks to Heritage ParkDear Editor:

I recently lost a close friend who spent thelast 18 months of her life at Heritage ParkCare Center, �rst in assisted living and then,as her health further failed following severalstrokes, in the Skilled Nursing section. For thelast month of my friend’s life, I was there sev-eral times a day and able to observe the ex-

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It is so dif�cult to observe our loved onesin discomfort and we strive to do all we canto ease their pain. I felt that every request thatI made to Heritage on her behalf was hon-ored and every attempt was made to ful�llher needs. She was treated with the utmostdignity and respect and loving care. I am verygrateful to the wonderful folks at HeritagePark. How fortunate we are to have this fa-cility in our community.

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Thanks to the crewDear Editor:

No doubt most of you have noticed theaddition of new �ower boxes along the en-trance to Carbondale’s Main Street publicparking lot. How nice to see beautiful �ow-ers blooming in these newly covered sectionof previously ancient black railroad ties.

A special thanks to Smiley Wise, one of the

chiefs in the Public Works Departmentwho gave permission to the project, and toCarlos Loya, the one who transformed thatold look to the “new look.”

Also, thanks to our newest planting vol-unteers: D’uan Hajdu, O. D., Jeanie Hays withthe law of�ces of Whitsitt & Gross, and ZaneKessler with the Thompson Divide Coalition.

Thanks to the town’s new arborist, DaveCoon, who in addition to his many dutiesmanages to water every �ower pot in ourtown three times a week!

Other volunteers involved with plantingtheir own plants in those large pots are: MaryBeth Bos (new owner of Main Street Spirits),Aimee and Anthony Gullwick (Koru con-struction company), Amy Kimberly (CCAH),Peter Gilbert of the Dance Initiative (soon-to-be occupants of the old town library on FourthStreet), Stacy Evans & Friends, Susan’s Flow-ers plus 21 others who are repeat participantssince 2010. Thank you folks!

What attractive and pleas-ant gifts your efforts are tothis community. We appreci-

ate all of you. Thank you.Chris ChacosProject “Gunga Din!”Carbondale

Boogie’s thanksDear Editor:

This past Friday, over 1,000 people kickedoff their Fourth of July celebration with oneof Aspen’s most popular traditions: the an-nual Boogie’s Buddy Race to bene�t theBuddy Program! This 5K race and 1-milefamily and canine walk provides funding tosupport nearly 1,000 local youth and theirfamilies through many critical services andprograms including individual mentoring,group mentoring, leadership education,Lemonade Day, activities, scholarships, andtherapeutic counseling.

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