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his week’s 5Point Film Festival stepsdown from the Carbondale Recre-ation Center’s big screen at times and

steps into the community, with an Alpine Anglingcasting clinic, solar-array bike tour, sidewalkchalk-art session and more.

For the seventh year, the Carbondale-basednon-profit festival will present all manner of out-door-oriented films and related programs onApril 24-27. This year’s programming has ex-panded to include more community involvement,according to 5Point organizers.

“Participation and involvement are twothings we believe in; two things that make a com-munity strong and vibrant,” says the 5Point pro-gram, available at numerous locations and alsoonline at 5Pointfilm.org. “When you can inspiresomeone to get outdoors … (and) experiencetheir place through their passions, they will nat-urally want to protect this experience and get in-volved … for their own adventure.”

The activity schedule is as follows:

April 268:30 a.m. – Trail run; meet at Dos Gringos andhead out with Independence Run & Hike.8:30 a.m. – Fryingpan River cleanup; join in withthe Roaring Fork Conservancy in Basalt (see Cal-endar section for details).9 a.m. – Coffee demo; Bonfire Coffee gives ademonstration on exotic brew methods, includingthe ibrik, flat drip and moka pot.10 a.m. and 1 p.m. – Adventure art completion;in the recreation center lawn, join CCAH andsculptor Michael Lindsay, and add your own prayerflag.11 a.m. – Casting clinic; Alpine Angling, Trout Un-limited and Patagonia host a casting clinic andriver talk at Sopris Park. Space is limited, so signup at the recreation center in advance.2:30 p.m. – Scavenger hunt; join Ragged Moun-tain Sports for a “mountain pirate” themed huntstarting at the recreation center and ending at thestore (located in the Sopris Shopping Center onHighway 133).

April 279 a.m. – Gardening; head to Rock Bottom Ranch

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Kinsey Romero and crew delighted a Thunder River Theatre crowd with “All that Jazz” from the Broadway musical “Chicago”on Saturday night. The performance was part of the fifth annual Spectrum Dance Collection, which brought together dancersand choreographers from Aspen to Rifle. For more on the two-night show, please turn to page 8. Photo by Jane Bachrach

Spectrum delights

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Letters

Thanks to everyoneDear Editor:

We would like to thank everyone for thecards, food and help with Jim’s service. We arelucky to live where we have so many friendswho called or came by. We love you all.

The Schausters:Jewell, Jean, Mike, Randy,Alan, Stacey, Jenna, Lauren,Tom, Vicki, NatalieCarbondale

About CR 106(Editor’s note: This letter was also sent toColorado Rocky Mountain School).Dear Editor:

Either clearly define the section of CountyRoad 106 that goes through your campus sothat people may use their right-of-way with-out feeling like they are intruding, or don’t.But please stop erecting new buildings righton/around the county road and then ex-claiming that students are in danger becauseyou built their dorms on one side of the pub-lic path and classrooms on the other.

And stop petitioning Garfield County tovacate a public access. That land belongs tothe taxpayers of Garfield County, and as anon-profit school, you are not included inthat group. The Carbondale Town Council,Garfield County Planning and Zoning Com-mission, and CDOT have all recommendedno vacation (not to mention countless resi-dents of unincorporated Garfield County) soif the BOCC goes the other way it’s pretty ob-vious their judgment has been compromised.Instead of waiting another three to five yearsonly to regurgitate this issue, why not openan honest dialogue with your neighbors tosolve it once and for all?

Jeannie PerrySatank

Re-elect fire incumbentsDear Editor:

As a long-time resident of Carbondale, Iwrite in support of the current members serv-ing on the Carbondale and Rural Fire Pro-tection Board: Gene Schilling, Mike Kennedyand Mark Chain. During their years of serv-ice, these individuals have worked hard to di-rect and support the community fire districtas it has changed and grown. I am confidentthat these three members can continue tofind creative and effective solutions for thechallenges that face the board. I believe thatthese three candidates should continue toserve on the fire board.

Jillene RectorCarbondale

Vote for McElweeDear Editor:

We are supporting Gary McElwee forthe Carbondale Fire District Board of Di-rectors for three reasons.

1. Gary brings with him a great deal oflife experience in management and dedica-tion as a firefighter and EMT.

2. Gary is forthright and will bring agreat level of transparency to the manage-ment and operations of Carbondale FireDistrict. He will use good business sense inthe operations and will explore bringingneeded thoughtful management to the firedistrict.

3. Gary is passionate and dedicated tobringing the best fire protection to the com-munity while supporting the men andwomen who dedicate themselves to thiscommunity.

We support Gary and hope you will too.Holly and Jerry BurdenCarbondale

Return fire boardDear Editor:

Please return all the current fire and EMTboard members to office. Bill and I know firsthand about how wonderful they are. They havebeen here way too often to help both of us.

Pat FenderCarbondale

Planet Earth’s openDear Editor:

The old adage “Rumors of my demisehave been greatly exaggerated” may wellapply here. Bob Albright from The Sopris Sunhas worked with me to write ads for PlantedEarth proclaiming the store is open and roar-ing into spring!

Plastering an enormous “For Sale” signover the store sign on the highway all wintermight suggest otherwise, I know. But it’s busi-ness as usual, with an emphasis on what mostof us are passionate about — gardening!

Sara McAllisterCarbondale

What’s their mission?(Editor’s note: This letter was addressed tothe BLM and Forest Service).

As a physician I am observing the largescale experiment being conducted on thehealth of the people, lands, forests, grasslands,air quality, watersheds and creatures of Col-orado and this nation with extreme fossil fuelextraction techniques including fracking.

I understand you are requesting publiccomments regarding this issue in relation toan area near my home called Thompson Di-vide. I also understand you are requesting anyperspectives that have been overlooked asyou make decisions regarding existing and fu-ture leases.

This current experiment reminds me of ear-lier experiments conducted in America with as-bestos, radiation, tobacco and toxic chemicals.

I would suggest you both carefully readyour mission statements which state: “It is themission of the Bureau of Land Managementto sustain the health, diversity, and productiv-ity of the public lands for the use and enjoy-ment of present and future generations” and“The mission of the USDA Forest Service is tosustain the health, diversity, and productivityof the Nation’s forests and grasslands to meet

the needs of present and future generations.”I share your multigenerational responsi-

bility, as do all parents.Although health would seem to be a word

easily understood, as we know from theseearlier experiments, it can be easily over-looked in states of enthusiasm for substancesand methods which seem to promise benefits,but which over time prove to destroy diver-sity and productivity of public lands and infact the public health. The current dictum formulti-use of land and resources is unhealthy,if a use destroys health and diversity and awasteland results.

I read your missions to be ones of sustain-ing and, although proof of toxicity may takedecades to prove, risking health is not a pru-dent decision given your responsibility to sus-tain. A similarity between your mission andmine seems to be one of standing tall for health.

I acknowledge there is much confusion inthis nation about the meaning of health andthat it can be easily overlooked. Since healthis an interest of mine, I will be honored to ex-plain the importance and meaning of health,if you would value the understanding I havegained in my experience.

William Evans, MDCarbondale

Please comment Dear Editor:

I attended the public scoping meetingsthat were held by the BLM in GlenwoodSprings and Carbondale on Tuesday andWednesday evenings this week. It is difficultto find words to express how inspired I wasby my fellow citizens’ passion for our wildplaces, for our home. More than anything, Iam writing to thank everyone who caresenough about this place, about the Thomp-son Divide, and about each other, to keepshowing up and speaking up and writing let-ters and doing everything they can to protectand preserve our shared way of life.

Thank you Carbondale. Thank you Glen-wood Springs. Thank you Pitkin County. Andthank you to the Rifle sixth grade scienceteacher who came to testify about the waythat gas drilling has impacted his studentsand to so many other individuals.

If you are someone who wanted to be atone of those meetings, but couldn’t because ofwork or some other obligation, you can stillsubmit a written comment to the BLM. Scop-ing comments must be received by May 16and may be emailed to [email protected],faxed to 970-876-9090, or mailed to Bureauof Land Management, Colorado River Val-ley Field Office, 2300 River Frontage Road,Silt, CO 81652

Finally, I want to thank the Thompson Di-vide Coalition and Wilderness Workshop foryour tireless work helping us all be not onlyunited for the Thompson Divide, but in-formed about what is happening and how wecan have an impact. Thank you.

Dawn DexterCarbondale

in Basalt to help with spring planting.9 a.m. – Backcountry skiing; Cripple Creek Backcountry in La Fontana Plaza leads a back-country ski tour (meet at Dos Gringos).10 a.m. – Biking; Aloha Mountain Cyclery leads a group mountain bike ride starting at10:30 a.m. (meet at Dos Gringos).11 a.m. – Solar bike tour; CORE and CLEER host a bike tour of Carbondale’s solar arrays(head out from Dos Gringos).1 p.m. – River talk; Roaring Fork Conservancy river stewards explain the Colorado Riverwatershed at Riverside Park in River Valley Ranch (under the South Bridge, limited to 30people, sign up at the recreation center).4 p.m. – Chalk art; help decorate the town and close the festival with Trina Ortega (meetat Thunder River Theatre).

Other actionIn other non-screen action during 5Point:April 24 at 5 p.m. – Kick-off party and Van Life Rally featuring “livable” vehicles at therecreation center.April 25 at 10 a.m. – Live Enormocast at Bonfire Coffee.April 25 at 10 p.m. – DJ dance party at Phat Thai ($3 cover).April 25 at 10 p.m. – Music at Carbondale Beer Works (no cover);April 26 at 11 a.m. – Dirtbag Diaries at Steve’s Guitars (no cover; lasts 2 ½ hours).April 26 at 12:30 p.m. – Ice cream social at the recreation center (no cover).April 26 at 4:30 p.m. – Tailgate party at the recreation center (no cover).April 26 at 10 p.m. – After party at the Black Nugget ($5 cover).April 26 at 10 p.m. – DJ dance party at Mi Casita (no cover).April 26 at 10 p.m. – Movie star costume party at Carbondale Beer Works (no cover).April 27 at 4 p.m. – Closing party at the recreation center (no cover, lasts 2 ½ hours).

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Meet the Surls sculpture fund-raising team: (left to right, front) Connie Calaway and SueEdelstein; (left to right, back) Jody Ensign and Mark Kloster. In the center is a scale modelof James Surls’s “Sewing the Future.” The sculpture itself will be placed in the center ofthe Highway 133/Main Street roundabout. Photo by Lynn Burton

Installation slatedfor OctoberBy Lynn BurtonSopris Sun Staff Writer

Houston and Carbondale don’t seem tohave much in common.

Houston boasts a population of 2.1million, while Carbondale logs in atabout 6,000.

Houston sits near the Gulf of Mexico,while Carbondale rests in the RockyMountains.

Houston is generally hot and muggy,while Carbondale is cool and dry.

Houston is home to a National Foot-ball League team, while Carbondale mustrely on the Roaring Fork Rams for itsfootball fix.

And, Houston probably has more yogastudios than Carbondale.

So, what’s one noticeable similarity be-tween Houston and Carbondale? ComeOctober, Carbondale’s soon-to-be round-about at Highway 133 and Main Streetwill be graced with a 20-foot-tall JamesSurls sculpture, the 35-foot sister piece ofwhich was installed at a prominent inter-section in Houston’s Upper Kirby districtearlier this month.

Once again, however, there’s a differ-ence between the two towns. Houston’sSurls sculpture cost private donors$800,000, while the noted sculptor is giv-ing the town “Sewing the Future” at his

cost — $200,000.Jim and Connie Calaway have donated

$100,000 for the cause and a team of lo-cals, including Connie, has kicked off adrive to raise the rest.

“The Surls sculpture, centered in ournew roundabout, is something our com-munity can share with each other and ourvisitors,” said Jim Calaway, a retired oil-man and philanthropist. “It is intended tosignify growth, has the potential to attracttourism, inspire creativity and add to ourcommunity’s sense of place. It will be thesignature of our town.”

According to a hand-out prepared bythe fund-raising team, “Sewing the Fu-ture” flows upward from a “standingvase” that is a metaphoric symbol of thefemale, giving forth the thread of life in allof its ways. The thread is placed throughthe eye of three needles, which representhuman nature and includes art, scienceand philosophy. The sculpture’s otherthree elements include the jewel, theflower and the tree, which Surls has usedfor years.

“All of these elements derive from thevery nature that gives us our existence onthe earth,” Surls said. “The jewel is theequal to and represents the crystal in all itsforms … . Parallel to this are the flowerand the tree, both of which humans wouldbe hard pressed to live without.”

Surls, a Texas native, moved to Mis-souri Heights several years ago and worksout of a hangar-like studio near his home.

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What’s next, valet parking?John ColsonSopris Sun Correspondent

Curbside dining will be coming to MainStreet in Carbondale this summer, when atleast two restaurants — phat thai, 343 MainSt., and Allegria, 335 Main St. — erect din-ing platforms in the parking spaces in frontof the two adjacent establishments.

The Carbondale Board of Trustees gaveits approval for the plan on Tuesday at thetrustees’ regular meeting.

“We contemplate the design/constructionof a contiguous platform the length of ourcollective storefronts and the depth of astandard parking spot,” stated a letter fromthe restaurants to the trustees, which waspart of the meeting packet on Tuesday.

The wooden platforms are to be nine feetdeep from the curb outward into the street,and traverse the storefronts of the adjoiningrestaurants, eliminating several parkingspaces on Main Street. The sidewalk wouldbe left open to pedestrian traffic.

Town manager Jay Harrington told thetrustees that the plan discussed at Tuesday’smeeting is “very similar” to one approved bythe town, for phat thai only, a month ago.

Harrington, in a memo dated April 22,

alerted the trustees to the fact that Allegriaand the Pour House, situated in the sameblock as phat thai, had both expressed in-terest in doing the same thing as phat thai.

But town staff members told the trusteeson Tuesday that Pour House manager SkipBell recently withdrew his application to bepart of the plan.

Bell, who was not at the trustee meeting,told The Sopris Sun on Wednesday that hiswithdrawal from the plan is not necessarilyfinal, and is due primarily to financial con-siderations. He said the Pour House mightstill join with the other two restaurants,after he has talked it over with the ownerof the business.

In the memo to the trustees, Harringtonnoted that due to the loss of parking spacesand the possibility of controversy as a re-sult, “When adopting the policy (approvingthe restaurants’ plans), the Town Board in-dicated they were considering this a one-year trial period to gauge the success andimpacts of street side dining.”

According to the application, the plat-forms would be built over the next monthor so and curbside dining would begin inlate May.

Allegria owner Andreas Fischbacher saidthe grand opening of curbside dining mightcoincide with the First Friday events on June6 and continue until the end of September.

“It’s going to liven up the Main Streetarea,” predicted Fischbacher.

In other action, the trustees:

• Approved a “tasting permit” licensetransfer for the Sopris Liquor and Winestore at 1026 Highway 133, adjacent to theintersection of the highway and Main Street.The business has been sold by former ownerTerry Kirk to Carbondale businessman Fed-erico Peña, who also owns the Mi Casitarestaurant on Main Street. A hearing on thefull liquor license transfer is scheduled forthe May 13 trustee meeting.

• Agreed to be signatories to a letter to

acting state director Ruth Welch of the U.S.Bureau of Land Management (BLM), re-questing that Welch conduct a special reviewof a pair of BLM decisions to “suspend” gas-drilling leases in the Thompson Divide heldby the SG Interests and the URSA energycompanies. The decisions, made on March31, 2014, extends until April 2016 suspen-sion decisions that were made in 2013. Thesuspension decisions essentially stopped the

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John ColsonSopris Sun Correspondent

Carbondale’s elected leaders were some-what amused by a proposal this week thatthe consumption of beer and wine be al-lowed at their regular board meetings.

But they told the proponent of theidea, long-time local resident and politi-cal gadfly John “Doc” Philip, that the ideais not likely to ever become a reality.

“Nobody’s having any fun anymore,”Philip lamented to the trustees on Tues-day, arguing that his idea would increasepublic interest in town meetings.

“You’ll get more people to come here,”Philip predicted, gesturing at the nearlyempty room where the trustees meet atleast twice month.

“We appreciate your coming here, andthe overall mission of having more fun,”said Mayor Stacey Bernot, adding thatthere are state laws against open contain-ers of alcohol in public buildings, as well asmembers of the public that “have troublewith their sobriety” and might object topeople drinking booze at public meetings.

“I don’t drink, and personally Iwouldn’t feel comfortable with opencontainers of alcohol at our meetings,”remarked Trustee Katrina Byars.

Still, when pressed by Philip, Bernotconceded, “We tend to be thoughtful andtry to encourage people to bring things(ideas and suggestions) to us,” addingthat if others support Philip’s suggestionthe trustees will at least consider it.

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5Pointers announcedThe 5Point Film Festival has announced

the recipients of this year’s Dream Projectscholarships. The five high school winnerswill use the $1,500 prize to “embark on theiradventures … while giving back to the com-munities they visit,” according to the festival’sprogram. The winners are:

• Fiona Laird – The Roaring Fork HighSchool sophomore wants to create an out-door courtyard at the school where studentsand faculty can connect.

• Liam Kelly – A senior at Bridges HighSchool, Kelly plans to support the greaterCarbondale area by buying and training him-self in amateur radio emergency communica-

tion systems, and installing a solar array topower his system.

• Juliette Moffroid – A senior at Col-orado Rocky Mountain School (CRMS),Moffroid will backpack the John Muir Trail,making art prints along the way. She plans tosell the prints and donate the money to trailconservation organizations.

• Rotceh Vazquez – The CRMS junior isstarting a deaf camp for kids, with a goal ofbecoming fluent in American sign language.

• Nic Reitman – A senior at CRMS, Re-itman speaks Russian and will travel to thecountry of Georgia to work on a trail con-servation crew. While there, he also plans toclimb Mount Kazbek.

The judges in this year’s program wereSandy Burden (Timbers Resort), RichardFuller (Alpine Bank), Jim Gilchrist (AspenCommunity School), Julie Oldham (DosGringos) and Julie Schoenfeld (local climber).

Dandy nominations releasedThe nominees for the 2014 Order Of The

Dandelion award are:• Stephanie Syson for initiating and con-

tributing to the creation of the Basalt SeedLibrary.

• Illene Pevec for developing school gar-dens in the Roaring Fork Valley.

• Kim Doyle Willie for creating Grow-ing Food Forward to feed hungry people inthe area.

• Kay Brunnier for the Kay Brunnier TreeFund, which provides trees that beautifyschools and neighborhoods.

• Darryl Fuller for his work with the Car-

bondale Bike, Pedestrian and Trails Commis-sion, which makes Carbondale a BikeFriendly Community.

Voting takes place at dandelionday.orgthrough May 7.

The award will be presented at DandelionDay on May 10.

Johnson slates retrospectiveThe Carbondale Council on Arts and Hu-

manities celebrates Bob Johnson’s 45 years asa wood furniture maker in an exhibition thatstarts May 8 at the R2 Gallery. In the sameexhibition, Annette Roberts-Gray will showher watercolors.

They say it’s your birthday Folks celebrating their birthday this week

include: Lee Ann Eustis and Gayle Embrey(April 26); Wewer Keohane (April 27); andAlexandra Jerkunica (April 30).

On your mark! Get set! They went! On April 11, Crystal River Elementary Schoolstudents participated in the second annual Rams Run. Cheering them on, and oftenrunning by their sides, were their parents, teachers, principals and other communitymembers. Each grade ran laps to raise money for enrichment and physical educationprograms. First grader Cole Fenton declared, “Rams Run was awesome. I ran with myfriends and my aunt and uncle have to give my school a bunch of money 'cause I ran sofar!” Teacher Marty Madsen and the PTO organized the day which was filled withmusic, encouragement and proud smiles. From left to right are: Emma Charters, CarlyCrownhart, Payton Marlow and Sari Anderson. Courtesy photo

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The Sharp Family Singers – from Auburn, Kansas – treated the Carbondale Community United Methodist Church to hymns during a sunrise service on Easter morning butthere’s more to the story than that. Odalis Sharp (far right) said the family’s 1995 Dodge van broke down last week in Glenwood Canyon while the family was on its way toNevada to support rancher Cliven Bundy in his 20-year dispute with the BLM over grazing his cattle on federal land. A good Samaritan put the family up in the Hotel Col-orado their first night and the Crystal River Baptist Church the night after that. As of Tuesday afternoon, the Sharps were staying in the Methodist church basement. “Wetook up a collection to help with their expenses,” said church congregant John Stroud. The singers were scheduled to perform live on KDNK on April 23. No word on whetherthey plan to continue their trip to Nevada this week or head back to Kansas. Photo by Lynn Burton


Saturday evening’s performance of Dance Spectrum at Thunder River Theatre lived up to its title and offered the audience everything from clogging to ballet, flying hair to coiffed “do’s,” and choreography from the dramatic to energetic.

On this page, The Sun offers you a spectrum that begins during the warm-up (upper right) to the finale (lower left).

Text and photos by Jane Bachrach

Spectrum delivers

Top row, left to right:Candace Crosby andBailey Barnum, BrianneJones; middle row, leftto right: Jeni Ptacekand Kari Sea; bottomrow, left to right:Dance Spectrum Director Peter Gilbertand dancers, andBrandi Donelson andCipriana Dacuma.


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e Sopris Sun announcessummer internship programRFHS, Bridges students eligibleSopris Sun Staff Report

In keeping with The Sopris Sun’s commitment to sup-port the journalism program at Roaring Fork High School,The Sun is offering two paid summer internships to qual-ified 2014-2015 juniors or seniors who attend either ofCarbondale’s two public high schools (RFHS and Bridges).

Interns will be assigned discrete projects they can com-plete in the summer with weekly supervision and supportfrom Sopris Sun board and staff members. In the process,they will gain experience in both print and online journal-ism. Such projects may include writing, photography, work-ing with social media, and other website-focused activities.These internships will provide income to students while alsoenhancing student resumes and enriching the youth-focusedcontent in The Sun and at www.soprissun.com.

Interns will be expected to work a total of 50 hoursover the course of the summer (defined for this project asthe period between June 9 and August 22); individualschedules can be adjusted to accommodate family vaca-tions and other pre-arranged commitments. Interns willbe paid $10/hour for a maximum total stipend of $500each. Interns will work with an assigned mentor/supervi-sor identified by The Sopris Sun’s board, with regular,weekly check-ins at mutually agreed upon times.

All prospective (2014-2015) juniors and seniors atRoaring Fork High School and Bridges High School arewelcome to apply. Application details are available fordownload at soprissun.com.

The application deadline is Monday, May 5. Awardswill be announced sometime before May 12. Any ques-tions can be directed to Debbie Bruell, Sopris Sun BoardPresident, 379-0214 or by writing to [email protected].

These internships are made possible by generous fund-ing from The Thrift Shop of Aspen.

BLM extends TD comment periodSopris Sun Staff Report

The Bureau of Land Management has extended thepublic comment period on Thompson Divide oil and nat-ural gas leases until May 16, according to a press release.

The comment period is part of a process that calls fora draft Environmental Impact Statement on the leases tobe released in early 2015.

Comments may be emailed to [email protected];faxed to 970-876-9090; or mailed to Bureau of LandManagement, Colorado River Valley Field Office, 2300River Frontage Road, Silt, CO 81652.

For more information on the process, go to blm.gov/co/crvfo.

The EIS will analyze 65 leases issued since 1993 inthe White River National Forest, including the 25 leasesin the Thompson Divide area that were recently sus-pended through April 1, 2016.

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The ideaFund-raising-team member Sue Edelstein said the idea for

a Surls sculpture was hatched by herself and fellow Carbon-dale Public Arts Commission (CPAC) member Sherrill Stoneabout six years ago. At the time, there were no official CDOTplans for a roundabout on Highway 133 but the two womenthought if there ever were one, a Surls sculpture should beplaced in the center. The arts commission agreed andvoted for the sculpture — if and when the round-about was built.

Upon that vote, Edelstein and Stone droveup to Surls’s studio and made their pitch. “Heimmediately said yes,” Edelstein told The So-pris Sun. “We shook (hands) on it.”

Unknown to Edelstein when she and Stonefirst came up with their plan, Jim Calaway knewthe sculptor and was a supporter dating back totheir Houston days.

Finally, last summer, the Carbondale Board ofTrustees held a public meeting to solicit other propos-als or ideas for the roundabout. Nobody else proposedanything for the roundabout, let alone donating asculpture, and the trustees voted 7-0 to allow theSurls piece.

The town’s landscaping plan for the roundabout showsground-hugging flowers with the Surls sculpture atop a five-foot base, bringing the entire package to about the sameheight as the existing traffic light standards – which will goaway when the roundabout goes in.

With Mount Sopris as a backdrop, Edelstein said “Sewingthe Future” will first come into view for south-bound mo-torists at about the Family Dollar store. She said CPAC hasplans for four pads on Highway 133 leading up to the round-about that will support sculptures in the on-going aRTAround Town program.

Fund-raising team members Connie Calaway, Edelstein,Jody Ensign and Jay Walker Lodge Director Mark Klosterspoke enthusiastically about the Surls sculpture placementduring a recent meeting in Edelstein’s art-packed home inRiver Valley Ranch.

Calaway and Edelstein are focusing on large donors,while Ensign and Kloster will reach out to other community

members. At least one donor is already on board at the$20,000 level.

The community will get it first good look at a“Sewing the Future” scale model during the Car-

bondale Chamber of Commerce’s Highway133 construction open house at Sopris Shop-ping Center on May 12. The push will continueduring June’s First Friday celebration, at which

time a new lineup of aRT Around Town sculptureswill be unveiled. Surls himself is scheduled to discuss the

sculpture, and his thoughts on public art, during upcom-ing Rotary club meetings and other gatherings.

Beyond bragging rights, and giving town residents,tourists and others an intriguing piece of sculpture to

enjoy and contemplate, the fund-raising team said theplacement should have a positive economic benefit forCarbondale.

“It’s called ‘art tourism’,” Edelstein explained. “People willgo out of their way to see art.”

For example, she said she knows of a Dallas group that iscoming to Colorado and is planning its stops around a Vailmuseum, the Aspen Art Museum and a private collection.

“This will bring people off of Highway 82,” Edelsteinconcluded, with the implication those people will stickaround and eat in Carbondale restaurants and support otherbusinesses.

For more information on the Surls sculpture fund-raisingproject, e-mail [email protected].

THURS.-SUN. April 24-275POINT • The 5Point Film Festival takesplace at the Carbondale Recreation Center.Dozens of outdoor-oriented films and otheractivities. Info: 5pointfilm.org.

THURSDAY April 24CRES ART SHOW • Crystal River Ele-mentary School holds its annual art showat the school from 5 to 7 p.m.

DAVI NIKENT • Swami Kenananda pres-ents a meditation and satsang programfrom 2 to 4 p.m. at the Third Street Center.It’s free. Info: shantivan.org.

HUH? • CMC presents a free workshopon listening at the Lappala Center at 5 p.m.Info: 963-2172.

ROTARY • The Mt. Sopris Rotary meetsat Mi Casita at noon every Thursday.

FRIDAY April 25MOVIES • The Crystal Theatre presents“The Grand Budapest Hotel” (R) 7:30 p.m.Apr. 25-May 1, additional showings Apr.26 at 5:15 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Apr. 27. Alsoshowing “The Monuments Men” (PG-13) at2 p.m. (captioned) on Apr. 27.

lIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the oldpart of the Dinkel Building presents TheNew West Guitar Group. Info: 963-3304.

BENEFIT • Davi Nikent is hosting a ben-efit for Kevin Badalian that will includeyoga and vibrational healing in the ThirdStreet Center at 6:30 p.m. The donation is

$30 in advance and $35 at the door.

COUNTRY DANCE • Someone isthrowing a big country dance at theMasonic Temple in GlenwoodSprings (901 Colorado Ave.) Thespinnin’ and grinnin’ goes from 8 to11 p.m. Info: [email protected].

G’WOOD ART • OutdoingGlenwood Springs Art CenterDirector Gayle Mortell showsher art collection at a recep-tion at 6 p.m. Info:Glenwoodarts.org.

HOUSING • The Colorado DevelopmentalDisabilities Council presents the forum “Af-fordable Housing: Options and Resourcesfor People with Disabilities” at the ThirdStreet Center from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Lunchwill be provided.

SATURDAY April 26lIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars in the oldpart of the Dinkel Building presents World’sFinest. Info: 963-3304.

TAI CHI • Folks up and down the RoaringFork Valley celebrate World Tai Chi Day atSayre Park in Glenwood Springs (on GrandAvenue) at 10 a.m. Come on out.

MUD PUPPETS • Carbondale’s own Outof the Mud Theatre brings their larger-

than-life puppets to the Carbondale Recre-ation Center for a performance during the

5Point Film Festival’s Youth Adventurefilm program. The hours are 11

a.m. to 12:30 p.m.Admission is

free to those 13and under. Info:5pointfilm.org.

lAFFERTY SPEAKS• Author and former Car-

bondale school teacherLinda Lafferty speaks atthe Carbondale BranchLibrary at 3 p.m. She’lldiscuss her most recentbook “House ofBathory,” which par-tially takes place in Car-

bondale, is available on Kindle International.Lafferty’s other books are “The Bloodletter’sDaughter” and “The Drowning Guard.”

THE 11TH STEP • The Mindfulness inRecovery 11th Step retreat takes place atCarbondale Community School in Satank.The fee is $50; scholarships are available.Info: 970-633-0163.

E-ART • The Wyly Community Art Centeropens its electronic waste art show at 10a.m. Info: 927-4123.

SHRED THIS • Alpine Bank accepts papermaterials for shredding from 10 a.m. to 2p.m. at Basalt Center Circle. The town isalso accepting e-waste during the samehours at town hall.

ClEANING THE ’PAN • The RoaringFork Conservancy holds its annual Frying-pan River Cleanup in Basalt starting at8:30 a.m. Info: 927-1290.

RETREAT • Mindful Life presents an 11thstep retreat at Carbondale CommunitySchool from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Info:970-633-0163.

SUNDAY April 27POETRY • The Aspen Poets’ Society holdsits monthly poetry night at Victoria’sEspresso and Wine Bar at 6:30 p.m. Info:379-2136.

ASC • A Spiritual Center in the Third StreetCenter presents Golden Sha at 10 a.m. Info:970-812-2120.

MONDAY April 28TRANSFORMATIONAl DEADlINE •Today’s the deadline to register for the up-coming Transformational Healing: Inte-grated Therapy workshop at the ThirdStreet Center. Info: 303-442-1684.

TUESDAY April 29TWO-STEP TUESDAY • The RoaringFork Social Dancers present Two-StepTuesdays from 7:45 to 9:45 p.m. at theThird Street Center. Admission is $7 andpartners or experience are not necessary.Info: [email protected].

GARDEN MEETING • Good Seed Com-munity Garden at the Orchard holds a


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RETIREMENT TIPS • A workshop on re-tirement planning takes place at the ThirdStreet Center at 6:30 p.m. Info: 928-0585.

WEDNESDAY April 30ROTARY • The Rotary Club of Carbon-dale presents Anika Klemmer (the Rotary’sexchange student from Germany) at the firestation at 7 a.m. Info: [email protected].

lIVE MUSIC • Rivers restaurant in Glen-wood hosts open mic nights with DanRosenthal from 8 to 10 p.m. on Wednes-days. Info: 928-8813.


Further OutTHURSDAY May 1JOY • Davi Nikent presents Elizabeth Hareand “Steps to Transformation: An Experien-tial Journey to Joy” at the Third Street Cen-ter at 6:30 p.m.

SATURDAY May 3CARNEVAl BAllET • Coredination, AMovement Studio presents the ballet “Carni-val of the Animals” at the Bridges Center onSopris Avenue at 2 and 6 p.m.

THURSDAY May 15MlP • The five-week Mindful Life programcourse is held at the Third Street Center from6 to 8 p.m. on May 15, 22, 29 and June 5,and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 7. The fee is$250. Info: 970-633-0163.

OngoinglINX • The Linx Networking group meetseach Tuesday at 7 a.m. in the Aspen-Sotheby’sreal estate office on Midland Avenue in Basalt.Info: Keith Edquist at 928-8428.

VAUDEVIllE RETURNS • GlenwoodVaudeville Review returns with a spring showon Friday and Saturday nights. Doors open at6:30 p.m. There’s a full bar and pub style menufrom Juicy Lucy’s, Daily Bread and 19th StreetDiner. Tickets are $24 for adults, $22 for seniorsand $16 for kids (show only). Reservations at945-9699 or gvrshow.com.

CCAH • The Carbondale Council on Arts andHumanities continues “Dream On: When thesubconscious takes on art” at its R2 Gallery at6 p.m. The show features John Cohorst, BrianColley, Lisa Ellena, Deborah Jones, Wewer Keo-hane, Frank Norwood, Johanna Mueller andPhilip Hone Williams, and is curated by Colley.Info: 963-1680.

ClAY CENTER • “Pairings” continues at theCarbodale Clay Center. Info: 963-CLAY.

MAIN STREET GAllERY • Main StreetGallery and the Framer presents new out-door/wildlife paintings from nationally-knownartist Daniel Loge. Info: mainstreetgall.com.

MINDFUlNESS GROUP • The MindfulnessGroup is a casual gathering that supportsmeditation and mindful practice, and builds acommunity to connect with it. Each eveningbegins with a meditation, followed by a groupdialogue to share experiences in living a mind-ful life. Donations are accepted. The weeklygroup meets from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at 1154Highway 133 (next to the Blend). Info: 970-633-0163, [email protected] ormindfullifeprogram.org.

AAM • The Aspen Art Museum presents “AmySillman: One Lump or Two” through May 18.The show is the first museum show for the NewYork-based painter and spans the years 1995 tothe present. It’s organized the Institute of Con-temporary Art/Boston and was presented therelast year. Admission is free. Info: 925-8050.

BONFIRE • Carl Zoch and Sarah Uhl present“On the Road” at Bonfire Café in the DinkelBuilding through April.

BRIDGE • The Carbondale Bridge Club meetsin the Third Street Center’s Senior Matters roomfrom 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. every Wednesday. Allduplicate bridge players are welcome but youmust bring a partner. Admission is $3. Info:

Diane Morgan at 963-0425.

lIVE MUSIC • Carbondale Beer Works hostsopen mic nights with Patrick Fagan Mondaysat 7:30 p.m.

lIVE MUSIC • The Hotel Colorado hosts aMonday night jazz jam in its lobby at 7 p.m. Thesessions are open to jazz musicians of all levels,semi-formal attire encouraged. Spectators wel-come. For more information visit the MondayNight Jazz Facebook page or contact ZackRitchie at 987-9277.

DAVI NIKENT • Weekly meditation anddharma talks with John Chophel Bruna con-tinue Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. at the ThirdStreet Center. Info: wayofcompassion.org.

MAYOR’S COFFEE HOUR • Chat with Car-bondale Mayor Stacey Bernot on Tuesdaysfrom 7 to 8 a.m. at the Village Smithy.

CANCER CONSUlTATIONS • Valley ViewHospital offers free lung cancer evaluations onThursdays from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Info: 384-7707.

MUSIC TOGETHER • All Valley Music To-gether classes are under way. For details, go toallvalleymusic.com or call 963-1482.

Hold the PressesFAIR POSTER ENTRIES DUE • The deadline to enter the MountainFair poster contest is April 25. For details, call 963-1680 or go to car-bondalearts.com.

POETRY SlAM • The Carbondale Branch Library holds a teen poetryslam at 6 p.m. on April 28. For details, call 963-2889.

GAllERY DEADlINE MAY 1 • The deadline to sign up for the

Mountain Fair’s Valley Artists’ Gallery is May 1. For details, call 963-1680 or go to carbondalearts.com.

MEET SOME CANDIDATES • Carbondale Fire District board candi-dates Gary McElwee and Carl Smith share coffee with the public atBonfire on Fridays at 7 a.m. and Saturdays at 8 a.m. The last day tovote in the mail in ballot election is May 6.

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Mike Cerise

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Chris Chacos

Georgia Chamberlain

Peggy “yes, the wife” Chain

John & Nancy Chromy

Ed “Jerry Garcia” Cortez

Scott “Sunsense” Ely

Olivia Emory

Lee Ann Eustis

John Foulkrod

Carol & Ernie Gianinetti

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Michael Hassig

Bill “Mr. Maui” Hurd

Richard Huttenhower

Bill Jochem

Susan Kennedy-Cady

Bill & Joan Lamont

Jennifer Lamont

Laurel Lamont

Leslie Lamont

Chrissie “lives up theCrystal” Leonard

Julia Marshall

Mark McLain

Maggie McVoy

Louis Meyer

Beth & Jeff Mohsenin

Wick “Uncle Wicked” Moses

Yancy Nichol

Debbie “the Mighty” Quinn

Missy “Teach” Reynolds

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lotería nightThe Carbondale Branch Library hosts lotería nights at

6:30 p.m. on the last Wednesday of each month. Described as“the quintessential Mexican game,” lotería is fun for all ages,cultures and languages. There’ll be beverages, face painting,music, prizes and appetizers. For details, call 963-2889.

TSC seeks restaurant tenantThird Street Center is seeking RFPs (requests for pro-

posals) for its existing café space, according to a press re-lease. The lease would begin Aug. 1 for the 1,024 squarefoot space. Proposals are due on May 23. For details, visitthe TSC website at thirdstreetcenter.net or call SarahMoore at 963-3221 to schedule a tour.

It could sell outOpera anyone? Tickets for the Opera of Colorado

Young Artists performance of “Barber of Seville” at theThird Street Center on May 22 go on sale April 25. “The‘Barber of Seville’ is filled with some of opera’s most fa-mous tunes. This is a comedy not to miss,” said a Car-bondale Council on Arts and Humanities press release.The show starts at 8 p.m. For ticket information, visit car-bondalearts.com or call 963-1680.

Build your boardsJVA Consulting and HighLife Unlimited present the

workshop “Transform Your Organizational Culture” at theThird Street Center from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on May 2.For details, call 963-9182.

Summer art registration beginsRegistration is under way for seven CCAH summer arts

camps. The camps are for youth of all ages and are taughtby some of CCAH’s finest teachers. Camps include printmaking, storytelling, sewing, mixed media, the ukulele andmore. For details, go to carbondalearts.com.

Garden plotters meetThe Good Seed Community Garden holds a member-

ship meeting at the Orchard on Snowmass Drive at 6 p.m.on April 29. Plots start at $25. For details, e-mail [email protected].

Red Hill still needs helpThe Red Hill Council, in conjunction with the BLM,

continues its volunteer trail work days on May 3 and May24. Meet at the Red Hill parking lot at the intersection ofHighway 133 and County Road 107. For details, [email protected].

Orchard hosts health initiative The Orchard hosts a six-week series on healthy life-

styles and Biblical principles starting on May 4. The pro-gram is based on Rick Warren’s “The Daniel Plan,” whichconcentrates on “faith, food, fitness, focus and friends,”according to a press release. “We know that our habitscontrol our lives,” the press release continues. “ … the‘Daniel Plan’ helps the individual to face the truth aboutthemselves and their relationship to God, food, their pur-pose in life and to other people.”

lIFT-UP concludes driveThe local food-pantry LIFT-UP concludes its Feinstein

Foundation Challenge to Fight Hunger fund-raising driveon April 30.

Rehearsals are under way for Coredination’s ballet“Carnival of the Animals” at the Bridges Center on SoprisAvenue at 2 and 6 p.m. on May 3. Jane Bachrach photo

By Lynn BurtonSopris Sun Staff Writer

After the first round of bids came in too high for CDOT’s Highway 133 constructionproject, the second round attracted more interest and an apparent low bid from a GrandJunction company.

“The apparent low bidder was United Companies … and CDOT is in the process ofawarding the construction contract to United Companies,” CDOT resident engineerRoland Wagner told The Sopris Sun.

Wagner said he expects construction activities to begin in mid to late May; the con-struction contract has a Nov. 14 completion date.

On a related note, the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce will host an open house toexplain the project at Sopris Shopping Center from5:30 to 7 p.m. on May 12. Representatives from theColorado Department of Transportation (CDOT),the town and United Companies will be on hand todescribe the project and it’s impact on traffic, busi-nesses and related issues, and to field questions.

Literally years in the making, the project will seeHighway 133 reconstructed to three lanes from Do-lores Way to Main Street, construction of a round-about at the intersection of Highway 133 and MainStreet, an asphalt overlay between Cowen Drive andDolores Way, an asphalt overlay between MainStreet and Meadowood (south of Main Street), newsignalization at Snowmass Drive, new trail connec-tions between Hendricks/Sopris Drive and MainStreet and between Main Street and Dolores Way onthe west side of Highway 133, plus pedestrian cross-walk improvements and lighting improvements.

Funding for the project breaks down as follows:• CDOT — $7.319 million;• Town of Carbondale — $675,000 (roadway improvements, and roadway lighting

and water line improvements);• Garfield County — $500,000 (roadway improvements);• RFTA — $100,000 (trail improvements near the Village Road park-n-ride lot).Last fall, the town of Carbondale and a federal mineral lease district partnered on a utility

relocation project in conjunction with the current construction plan, according to Wagner.Wagner said the first round of bidding in March attracted less than three bids and they

were more than 10 percent over the CDOT engineer’s estimate.“In a case such as this, where less than three bids are received and the bids received are

more than 10 percent over the engineer’s estimate, the bids are rejected at the table andwe do not disclose the bidding contractor information or their bid prices per ColoradoStatue. This allows for competitive re-advertising of a project,” Wagner explained.

The new bids were opened on April 17 with five bids received.Wagner said that CDOT would like to thank the Project Leadership Team “which pro-

vided valuable input into the context sensitivity of the project,” town staffers Larry Bal-lenger, Janet Buck and Jay Harrington “for their timely coordination,” mayor StaceyBernot and the town trustees for their “input, support and resource allocation” and “toour Garfield County, RFTA, town of Carbondale and FML district funding partners.”

CDOT finds apparent taker onHwy 133 construction project

clock on 25 leases, issued in 2003, that were set to expire last year, according to the letter.The letter maintains that the BLM ignored or subverted its own rules in granting the sus-pensions.

• Approved special event liquor licenses for two upcoming events — Dandelion Days onMay 9-10, and The Shindig, a fund-raiser for the Mt. Sopris Historical Society, to be heldat the historic Thompson House on Aug. 9.

• Approved a change in the town’s computer software for collecting and managing salestax receipts from local businesses, from the Caselle system that has been in place for one year,to a new system called MuniRevs. Town finance director Renae Gustine told the trustees thatthe MuniRevs system is better suited to the town’s needs.

“It will save us money in the long run,” Gustine said. “It will make us more efficient. Wecan get better reports (submitted monthly to the town board) than we have been.”

She also said the local business community has complained about the difficulty of sub-mitting sales tax payments and information under the Caselle system, and that businessesare in favor of the switch to the new software.

Sales tax revenues are the single largest component of the town’s annual income.Gustine said she cannot say yet how much staff time will be saved by using the new soft-

ware, but that she will know more after the new system is up and running in August.• Elected Trustee Allyn Harvey as the new mayor pro-tem, replacing Trustee John Hoff-

mann, who has been mayor pro-tem for a year. The mayor pro-tem presides over trusteemeetings when Mayor Stacey Bernot is not able to attend the meetings.

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You can check it out online, pick your copy up at Basalt Town Hall, or we

would be happy to drop one in the mail for you.

Just call us at 970-927-8214 x400 or you can visit our website at

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You can also register online.

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On the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month,meet in an informal setting with Basalt MayorJacque Whitsitt for coffee and a chat.

• Ideas for downtown redevelopment? • Thoughts on marijuana laws? • Questions on the river project?

This is a great opportunity to share your thoughts,make comments and catch up onwhat’s happening in Basalt. All issues and topics welcome.

The next Coffee with the Mayor is:

Wednesday, May 14 – Starbuck’s in Willits - from 7 to 8 AMAnd at Saxy’s in downtown Basalt from 8:15 to to 9:15 AM.

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Spring is springing at the Wyly Art CenterSopris Sun Staff Report

With the springing of spring, there isnew energy at the Wyly Community ArtCenter. The focus is shifting from indoorart to outdoor landscapes and sculptures,and the excitement of summer is on thehorizon with summer art camps rollingout for the kids and many new intensiveworkshops for adults of all levels.

Expanding landscapesDavid Warner is an accomplished

large-scale landscape painter from Car-bondale. He will give a free art talk onMay 9 at 5:30 p.m. and will discusswhat he has learned from the history ofcontemporary art that brings artistic rel-evance to bear on his landscape painting.

Warner will display examples from avariety of artists and expand on his in-ternal dialog, which informs his own

work, according to a press release. Hewill also ponder that which elevates alandscape painting from picture to art.

The May 9 talk is a prelude to hislandscape painting class “Making Land-scape Painting Relevant: Mountain,Woods, Water” on May 17-18. Partici-pants will paint the local landscape as astarting point for artistic expression bylooking beyond representational andstylized conveniences.

Young artistsSince January, The Wyly has part-

nered with Basalt Middle School (BMS)to implement its second year of theYoung Artist Studio program. WylyBoard President Nicole Gogolak co-taught the classes with BMS art teacherGuinevere Jones, in which students inte-grated the visual arts and music by in-terpreting a song in mixed media on to

an actual guitar. Basalt High Schooljoined the project in March with artteacher Sunny McLaine in the lead. TwoOld Hippies, formerly of Aspen, donatedthe guitars as canvases. The art pieceswill be displayed at The Wyly for themonth of May. A public reception willtake place on May 15, from 5 to 7 p.m.at The Wyly.

Summer art campsThe perfect way to prepare for Basalt’s

Lemonade Day is in the Wyly’s “Lemon-ade Stand Building” workshop, whichruns June 9-13 with Guinevere Jones.

“Sculpture is Easy,” with visiting artistBill Gruenberg, follows from June 16-19.

The Wyly partners with the AspenWriter’s Foundation again this summerfor the “Art of Books and Words” fromJune 23-27.

Printing on paper and fabrics will

be sure to please children again thisyear with “Printmaking: Art, T-shirts& more” from June 30-July 2 withPenny Greenwell.

In the ever popular summer artcamp “sCREATURES: Art & Nature,”from July 7 – 10, Hilary Forsyth andGarry Pfaffmann teach kids how to in-vent their own creature and its habitat,and write about their invention in theirown journals.

In May, Danielle Howard will be backfor her monthly “Creativity, Wine,Women and Wealth” on May 21 at 6 p.m.

New programs and information areconstantly being shared on the Wylywebsite at wylyarts.org. The Wyly Com-munity Art Center is located at 99 Mid-land Spur, downtown Basalt. For moreinformation and full schedule and to reg-ister go to wylyarts.org, call 927-4123 ore-mail [email protected].

Kidsswarm

at Easteregg hunt

Photos and text by Jane Bachrach

It probably took less than five minutes for the hun-dreds of kids that descended on Sopris Park last Satur-day morning to gather the thousands of eggs thatcovered the grass. For these kids, any Easter egg hunton Sunday would have a lot to live up to.

Judging by the joy and excitement written on thefaces of the hunters and gatherers, the annual Easter egghunt, organized by the Carbondale Recreation Depart-ment, was a huge success. Besides the hunt and the open-ing of each kid’s stash of goodie-filled eggs, the whiteEaster bunny that danced on stage and entertained kidsbeforehand and played “Easter Santa” afterwards addedto the fun.

Some of the kids included Mackayla Bryan (top left),Amy Garcia (pink ears), and Alex Brodhurst (admiringone of his new-found eggs).


By Evan ZislisSpecial to The Sopris Sun

Over the past three years, there has been a50 percent increase in marijuana use amonglocal teens, according to YouthZone, a nonprofitorganization working with adjudicated youthfrom Aspen to Parachute. In recent presenta-tions to county commissioners, YouthZone re-ported that teens of the Roaring Fork Valley areusing marijuana over 20 percent more thanteens in other parts of Colorado, and nearly 50percent more than the national average.

In response to reports from the medicalcommunity in 2013, along with surges ofminor in possession charges among juveniles,YouthZone approached Roaring Fork Leader-ship (RFL) to request a task force to help raiseawareness of this issue. As a result, participat-ing members of RFL, with YouthZone, Be-Heard TV, and True Media Foundation, hosteda panel discussion on April 17, entitled “Mar-ijuana and the Teenage Brain.”

With approximately 180 people in atten-dance at Carbondale Middle School plus 90people participating via live Internet broadcastto Rifle and Glenwood Springs high schools,the event was the kick-off to a series of discus-sions designed to help educate families aboutthe effects of marijuana on the teenage brain.

Dr. Jonathan Birnkrant, MD, a pediatricianand local youth and adult psychiatrist, cau-tioned that young people under the age of 18are 2.4 percent more likely to develop psy-chosis and schizophrenia with regular use;

these risks are exacerbated when individualspossess a combination of specific genotypes.

Shelly Evans, executive director of Com-munity Health Initiatives and certified addic-tions counselor, provided several indicators tohelp parents discern if their children may beusing. She cited stereotypical signs, including:bloodshot eyes, uncontrolled giggling, the“munchies,” as well as social indicators suchas anxiety, paranoia and hanging out with oth-ers who also may be using. She warned, how-ever, that parents should not over-react tosigns of use or respond dramatically. She rec-ommended calm discussion and thoughtfulcuriosity over interrogation.

Michael Zimmerman, a law enforcementand school resource officer with the Carbon-dale Police Department, discussed evidence ofmarijuana use among youth. Zimmerman ad-mitted that law enforcement officers and schoolofficials feel “behind the eight ball” in terms ofreconciling the disparity between the danger ofteen marijuana use and cultural norms thattreat marijuana as relatively harmless. Zim-merman reports that efforts are currently con-centrated on helping adults to use marijuanareasonably and responsibly, and assisting com-munities in keeping marijuana substances (in allforms) out of the hands of young people.

Frankie Grundler, executive director of ANew Path (a Carbondale-based substance re-covery program) shared his personal experi-ences using substances. He advised families tohelp their teens by encouraging them to try

new things and discover what makes themtruly happy.

James Leonard founded the Doctor’s Gar-den marijuana dispensary for medical use in2010. He is a Carbondale local and graduate ofOccidental College with a degree in urban andenvironmental policy. Leonard said his dispen-sary far exceeds state mandates regarding stan-dards of operation for industry dispensaries.Working closely with law enforcement,Leonard affirms his resolve that marijuana andyoung people don’t mix. Offering to help par-ents identify questionable substances that maybe found at home, Leonard is committed to acollaborative approach, but emphasized thatparents need to take a proactive role in ensur-ing that marijuana (in all forms) is kept safelyout of the hands of minors.

Broadcast by youth members of BeHeardTV, the 90 minute panel discussion will be ed-ited and made available for future video pre-sentations. For more information on theharmful effects of marijuana on the teenagebrain, and to get involved, join the discussion atwww.Facebook.com/ColoradoTeenWeedBrainand visit YouthZone online at www.Youth-Zone.com or call 945-9300.

Evan Zislis is a member of the RoaringFork Leadership civic project groupcharged with organizing this event, alongwith Stephanie Wheeler, Travis Stewart,Lori Mueller, Julie Kiefer, Alice Hackneyand David Gray.

Teen pot use up; panel discusses the issue


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