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Volume 8, Number 13 | May 5, 2016Carbondale’s weekly community connector

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HappyMother’s

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See more photos on pages 9-11

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Congratulations to the Roaring Fork Valley’s newest moms and babies.

Kelly Gerhart and Amelie van Kesteren Jennifer, Andrew and Michael Angeloro Chanthy and Arlo Hays Zuleika Pevec and Hosa Kodama

Whitney Urrutia and Aliyah Isabell Urrutia-Guzman Nicole and Landon Ludlow

Katie and Bodhi Fielding Delia and Karter Urrutia-Wilson Sara and Micah Erickson Clare Bastable and Eliza Hmielowski

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Megan Jammaron and Emma Alane Fretty Brittani and Mattie Chilson Jennifer, Nova and Wilco Lauckhart Casey and Ann Livingston

Julie and Magnolia Hall Heather and Alexander Thomas

Lauren and Griff Suhrbier Vanessa and Asher Anthes Johanna Geary and Nikolai Larson Becky and Lucas Fontarez

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Angie and Mayla Sunshine Davlyn Brooke and Emma Laurin Coon

Carrie Tippet and James Clapper Lauren and Lucy Sontag Jessica and Georgia Owings Mila and Alexander Fomina

Laura and Maxwell Bond Crystal and Maple Holsinger Molly Nickerson and Evelyn and Maeve McGovern Emily Phelan and Luca Venerdini-Phelan. Submitted photo

Blythe and August Tardie Sabine and Yens Burrows Monica, Ryland and Isabelle Viall Carly and Kutler Passchier

HappyMother’s

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Congratulations to the Roaring Fork Valley’s newest moms and babies. See more photos at www.soprissun.com

Photos by Mark Burrowsrfvphoto.com

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Ana Poz and Brandon Garcia Shawna and Hayden Brown Jaspen and Conrad Mackin Shilo and Vincent Trom

Kelsey and Aaron Cruz Koski Carly DeBeque and Delaney Jaeger Rose and Alma Rosella Brie and Duke Fitzsimmons

Liz and Charlotte Sinkinson Yuset and Zoe Silva Toni and Theo Bradford Karolina Rykowska and Maximilian Santacruz

A special thank youto Mark Burrows for

taking all of the wonderfulphotos and for all of the momsand babies who have gracedthe pages this traditional

Mother’s Day issue.

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HAPPY MOTHER’SDAY TO ALL YOU

MOMS!!A special heart felt Thank You

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THURS.-FRI. May 5-6STEVE’S GUITARS • Mini DeTour actiontakes place as “Summit at Steve’s” with BeatMaking with Cari Sorenson at 6 p.m. onThursday; One Manorchestra, Russicks-smith and At-Play at 8:30 p.m. On Fridayit’s Hello Doll Face and Let Them Roar.

THURSDAY May 5ART WALK • CCAH and the Colorado Cre-ative Industries Summit host an art walkfrom 5 to 9 p.m. in downtown. The eveningstarts from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. with libationsand barbecue at the Launchpad. ZononokaMarimba and the Banjira Project (banjomeets marimba) will provide the music. TheMarble Distillery will host live music with LetThem Roar and also offer distillery tours. TheCarbondale Clay Center will open its doorsfor its current exhibition. The evening culmi-nates at the east end of Main Street with amini-burn featuring Dance of the Sacred Fire,The Creative Industry Mini Temple Burn, andThe Carbondale Clay Center’s outdoor rakufiring. Info: carbondalearts.com.

S.A.W. • Studio for Arts and Works(S.A.W.) holds its spring open house from 5to 9 p.m. There’ll be a DJ spinning tunesand refreshments. New to S.A.W aremax.ink/Project Shop and Modern WestFloral Company. The regular S.A.W. partic-ipants include: Alonna Bucheimer, Al-leghany Meadows, Angus Graham, BrianColley, Carla Reed, Christin Cleaver, Debo-rah Jones, Elliot Marquet, Jennifer Degges,Jay Phillips, John Emerson, Kyrie Berezuk,Lisa Ellena, Maggie Woods, Megan DeNev

Wussow, Tara Abbaticchio and VanessaGilbert, Natasha Seedorf, Rachael Gillespie,Robert Burch, Ryan Burch, StevenColby, Takeo Hiromitsu and 5 PointFilm. S.A.W. is located at 525 BuggyCircle. Info: sawcarbondale.comand Facebook. 

BRAIN TRAIN • Applications forthe Roaring Fork Brain Train aredue today. Go to seniormatters.orgthen type in /braintrain.html. Info:818-800-1092.

BASALT REGIONAL LIBRARY• Valle Musico plays world-fusion music at from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Admission is free.

RFOV • Roaring Fork Out-door Volunteers work on theWulfsohn Trail in GlenwoodSprings May 5 and May 12.Info: rfov.org or 927-8241.

ROTARY • The Mt. SoprisRotary meets at Mi Casita atnoon every Thursday.

FRIDAY May 6FIRST FRIDAY • This month’s First Fridayincludes the annual family block party from4 to 8 p.m. on Third Street next to the Vil-lage Smithy. Activities include: arts & craftswith HANDMAKERY, face painting fromthe Carbondale Clay Center, music fromSteve Skinner/Louie Girardot/Captain X andspecial guests, a silent auction and more.CARE pets will also be on hand. Other FirstFriday action includes:

– The Launchpad: Greg Tonozzi will give amarble sculpture demonstration. He’ll bring

extra tools if you’d like to give it a try.CCAH will also feature Artique

artist Megan DeNev Wusso, asthe “Renascence” showcontinues. It all hap-pens from 6 to 8 p.m. at

76 S. Fourth Street.

–The Mt. Sopris HistoricalSociety presents a visual his-

tory program at 7:30 p.m. atthe Fourth Street plaza.

MOVIES • The Crystal Theatrepresents “Eye in the Sky” (R) at

7:30 p.m. May 6-12 except May 8which will show at 5 p.m. only;

“Hello, My Name is Doris” (R) at5:30 p.m. May 7 and “Eddie the Eagle”

(PG-13) at 2:45 May 8.

LIVE MUSIC • Rivers restaurant in Glen-wood Springs presents Wink & the Signal(Afro-country) at 9 p.m. There’s no cover.

SATURDAY May 7DANDELION DAY • The annual Dande-lion Day heads down Main Street startingat 10:30 a.m., followed by numerous at-tractions and activities at Sopris Park until4 p.m. The food booth lineup includes theSenior Matters bake sale (baked items canbe delivered to the park on Saturday or toSenior Matters in the Third Street Centerfrom 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday).

DERBY DAY • The Roaring Fork ValleyHorse Council holds Derby Day to view

the Kentucky Derby and have a little fun.Holly McClain will be the host and it’ll alltake place at Rumble Ridge Ranch startingat 2 p.m. There’ll be two flat screen TVs forwatching the race (which starts at 4 p.m.)plus a southern-style buffet dinner andsilent auction. Advance tickets are $25 foradults and $10 for kids; $35 and $15 at thedoor. Checks can be sent to WindWalkers,Box 504, Carbondale, CO 81623, boughtonline at windwalkerstrc.org, or at 963-2909. Proceeds benefit WindWalkersequine therapy.

CONTRA DANCE • The monthly contrabarn dance takes place at the CarbondaleCommunity School at 7 p.m. the WoodenNickel String Band will provide the music.Admission is $8 at the door.

YARD SALE • The Carbondale Com-munity United Methodist Church on Sec-ond Street holds a yard sale from 8 a.m.to 2 p.m.

SUNDAY May 8MOM’S DAY MILE • The 17th annualMother’s Day Mile is held at the GlenwoodSprings Community Center at 1 p.m. Pro-ceeds benefit the Advocate Safehouse Proj-ect. Info: 928-2070 eventbrite.com.

ASC • A Spiritual Center in the Third StreetCenter presents Sandy Haber (“Cultivationand Nourishment for our Inner Child andUltimate Mother) at 10 a.m.

Community Calendar To list your event, email information to news@soprissun.com. 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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