North Village Partnership in the Works for Mt. CB Town, RMBL and Alvarez Family to Develop 160-Acre Parcel [ by KENDRA WALKER ]

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The Mt. Crested Butte Town Council has agreed to begin the process of entering a three-way partnership with North Village owners—the Alvarez family—and Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL) to develop the 160-acre North Village parcel between Town Hall and the Snodgrass trailhead. Mt. Crested Butte owns 17 acres adjacent to the parcel, called Common Area F, and the North Village owners have considered using it for an affordable housing site. Alvarez would need formal support from ROCK ON: Aiden Niemi, along with several other students, captivated the crowd at the Crested Butte Community School guitar council to allow the property to be included performance on January 9. photo by Nolan Blunck in the overall design. Over the next four months in a due diligence period, council will determine how to incorporate their land into the site plan, Tri-State quits Bienvenue à Crested Butte along with other community objectives they wish to include, such as affordable coal projects; From France to Crested Butte, housing, town amenities and recreational ski patroller brings his family opportunities. A series of open houses will 13 years later also be held for public input on the project, increasing with the first one slated for as early as Feb- [ BY KENDRA WALKER ] ruary. If town decides after the four-month renewables It’s an evening scene of many due diligence period that it would like to families in this town: ski jackets hung enter into the partnership, the three groups Co-op members, business owners at the entryway, snowy boots lined up will then jointly develop a financial model asking for 80 percent carbon-free by the door. The kids sit at the kitchen and site plan for a layout to serve all par- electricity table working on their homework as ties’ needs and goals as best as possible. the hot water boils on the stove for tea. The development team has estimated this [ BY KATHERINE NETTLES ] The brakes of the bus hiss outside at the part of the process to take six months. bus stop as it makes the nightly rounds. The Alvarez family and RMBL will The call for cleaner energy from its Meanwhile, Mt. Crested Butte peeks then manage the formal Planned Unit De- members seems to have resonated with through the window, reflecting the soft velopment (PUD) application, a process es- a power supply cooperative within the wintry glow of houses and condos be- timated to take another six months. Town state. Local energy supplier Tri-State Gen- low. will be separated from the application, as eration and Transmission has announced The Bry family of Courchevel, the review authority determining wheth- it will cut back on coal and beef up on re- France has settled into Mt. Crested er the PUD meets town code compliance newable energy in the next several years, Butte for the winter. standards. marking a major transition for the co-op Stephane Bry has been working “The idea and objective behind this of- although they fall short of the requests as a ski patroller for 25 years. Based at fering from the Alvarez family is to help en- from environmental groups and co-op the Courchevel Tourisme ski resort, he able the town to take advantage of what I members to achieve 80 percent renewa- was first introduced to Crested Butte in think everybody sees as a once in a lifetime bles. 2004 through the ski patrol exchange opportunity to master plan this commu- The announcements are part of the program, living here and working on nity,” said North Village project manager co-op’s newly released Responsible Ener- the mountain for a winter season. He Crockett Farnell during a January 7 Town gy Plan which it started in July 2019. Tri- Council work session. “As council and returned to Crested Butte for a second courtesy photo state revealed on January 9 that it would exchange in 2006. Thirteen years later, staff, that’s your driving mandate, to direct close all the coal generation and mining he’s come back to town for the third the development and establishment and that it operates by 2030, and cancel plans time and brought his family along for “I wanted to show the mountain and standards of town and to define its future.” for an additional coal plant in Kansas. the ride. the community of Crested Butte to the “In regards to a courtship, we’re talk- On Wednesday they announced they will “It’s a great job and I love it, which family.” ing about dating now,” said council mem- replace that coal power with solar, wind is why I decided to come back,” he said. CONTINUED ON PAGE 9 ber Nicholas Kempin. and hydropower, achieveing a 50 percent CONTINUED ON PAGE 11 cleaner energy grid by 2024. Currently, almost half of Tri-State’s power is estimated to come from coal plants, and 70 percent overall comes from fossil fuels. [ Overheard ] In Colorado, the Colowyo Mine in the “The reality is, millennials northwest part of the state will close and are the ones who’ll be two units at the Craig Station coal power plant in Craig will be retired by 2030. An changing our diapers…” additional unit at the Craig Station is al- —Baby Boomer at Jackson ready scheduled for 2025 retirement. 22 MM731 Town League hockey Petito’s birthday party CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 2 | January 17, 2020 EDITORIAL Crested Butte News The refuge of mountains WORLD NEWS Monday night, two speakers addressed a nearly full auditorium at the former Crested Butte Center WORLD for the Arts for the Gunnison Valley Climate Ac- Salt truck named after Greta Thunberg in Manchester, England ― tion Conference kick-off. Both were inspiring and Introducing Gritter Thunberg one of eight new salt trucks hitting charismatic, and they seemed to understand the local the streets of Manchester in northern England this winter. The salt crowd of mountain people. Friday the conference spreader was named after Swedish teenage climate activist Greta will continue at Western Colorado University, with Thunberg following a public poll conducted by the Manchester City a full day of discussions to set regional goals and Council. The 16-year-old already has another gritter named after her strategies. in Scotland. Other vehicles in the Manchester fleet were named Spre- The first speaker on Monday night was Josh addie Mercury (after late Queen singer Freddie Mercury), Grit Astley Jesperson from Protect Our Winters (POW) Riders (after pop star Rick Astley) and Snowel Gallagher (after local Oasis Alliance, an international organization advocating singer-songwriter Noel Gallagher). —information compiled from HuffPost keeping snow falling on our mountains. Jesperson is a mountain guide and mountaineer, and also a vet- NATION eran Navy SEAL who understands that not everyone Ruth Bader Ginsburg reveals she is “cancer free” he encounters sees things the same way. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg revealed last week that The second speaker was Heidi Steltzer, Ph.D., she is “cancer free.” The 86-year-old has been treated for cancer twice who has conducted research at Rocky Mountain in the past 13 months. Last August, Ginsburg underwent a three-week Biological Laboratory, is a lead author for the High course of radiation for a tumor on her pancreas, according to a release Mountain Areas chapter of the most recent Intergov- sent by the Supreme Court. The tumor was treated “definitively,” ac- ernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and is a cording to the statement, and there is no evidence of disease elsewhere professor at Fort Lewis College. She’s also a mother, in the body. The justice told CNN that her year was off to a good start. which I maintain is an act of faith in humanity for “I’m cancer free. That’s good,” she said. —information compiled from CNN any of us. Both speakers discussed how to move forward Plane dumps jet fuel, hitting school children in Los Angeles in the face of a changing climate and make our A diverted flight from Los Angeles International Airport dumped fuel photo by Nolan Blunck mark as a relatively small but iconic and impactful on a school playground during an emergency return to the airport mountain town. The peaks around us and snowy January 14, accidentally hitting 17 children and nine adults in the pro- climate we want to protect inspire those of us living and big powder days ahead she said, but the pat- cess. The aircraft was en route to Shanghai when an engine problem here, obviously. As Steltzer said, the mountains terns emerging by the scientific method are of less. forced the pilots to end the journey abruptly. The airline said it was provide refuge—refuge to us who play in them, and Steltzer pointed out that scientists don’t easily agree forced to dump fuel over urban southeastern Los Angeles County, to animals seeking shelter from the summer heat, the on how to interpret their findings. So when they do, to reduce weight before the return landing. All those who came into winter cold, the wind and storms. They also provide as on climate change, she urged us all to listen. contact with the fuel as it rained down from the sky were treated for refuge to our visitors. “Some of the most remote places in the world mild skin irritation. —information compiled from the Los Angeles Times Both speakers encouraged local citizens to that are changing don’t even have a record of how,” engage with what we get excited about (snow?!) and she said. The data has never been collected, and STATE to help lean on our elected officials to work toward may never be collected before it is too late and ice Supply of homes for sale is shrinking across Colorado climate action. Jesperson also encouraged the audi- sheets have melted, ground has eroded, permafrost, Homebuyers across most of Colorado are faced with much slimmer ence to have conversations with our visitors, to be perhaps never detected or studied by humans, has pickings heading into 2020, according to December market reports from ambassadors for the public lands around us, and to disappeared. It seems like in the politicized debate the Colorado Association of Realtors. In metro Denver, the inventory of offer people we see out on the trails a perspective about climate science there could be a changing tide. single-family homes available for sale was 28.9 percent lower at the end they might not hear otherwise in their own home- Science doesn’t belong in political parties, and I hope of 2019 than the year prior. In Garfield County, listings of single-family towns. it will soon recede out of the public conversation, homes took a 40.9 percent plunge, and in Summit County, the inven- Jesperson talked about how he takes injured vet- when politics has more to do with how we solve the tory of single-family houses was off 27.4 percent and the inventory of erans to the mountains around Colorado and shows problems, not whether they exist. condos bucked the trend, rising 14.7 percent. “In 2018, Colorado ranked them how he has found fulfillment after military Steltzer said scientists are a really tough group number 16 on the list of states to move to. We now sit at 42 as word on service. It was very moving to hear him speak about of people to get to agree on anything. Maybe that’s the street is, we cost too much,” commented Patrick Muldoon, a Colo- that, and of all the mountains he has climbed and how people are too, but maybe we’re coming around rado Springs-area realtor. —information compiled from the Denver Post skied in the state—including all the 14ers, and plenty to the fact that the scientific method is nonparti- of peaks in Gunnison County. He carried a flag with san—telling us what isn’t happy news for anyone, Summit County facing showdown over conservation easement the names of fallen SEALS with him up every single which has millions of complex effects and millions of A dispute has heated up near Frisco over the potential Summit Coun- 14er, calling their memory and what they fought to interpretations that surely will be a matter of political ty condemnation of a conservation easement protecting 6.13 acres of protect the “juice” that fuels his work. Jesperson is will. But it is telling us something—and this week open space adjacent to a neighborhood. The county’s intention is to also lobbying to increase recreation economies in Crested Butte has collectively rolled up its sleeves extinguish the easement the Board of County Commissioners had some of the areas of our state that lack the tourism to agree that yes, let’s have our arguments about the granted on its own land in 1998. The county is now pushing to con- leverage to turn away extractive industry jobs. best course of action, the best ways to make compli- demn the parcel and have the land free of any restrictions to develop I’ve seen a lot of glimmers of why our com- cated changes. But have our discussions. Try to be it accordingly. The hope is to build senior housing and assisted liv- munity has decided to go forward with their climate nice about them. ing facilities. The neighborhood association is building a case that change effort. Maybe we are more than just a small There is a lot of commotion out in the world, but the easement needs to be protected, citing a potential precedent that population, a blip on the map compared to the large here we have some interesting changes on a micro- could further jeopardize the integrity of protected open spaces across populations and political voices of metropolitan scale. The past week, and even the New Year, has the state and the nation. The condemnation is also opposed by a non- areas. We may be small, but we may also have great had some hopeful events for environmental causes profit, Colorado Open Lands, the mission of which is to protect land impact. It also seems important that we be open to locally. We are seeing the local energy wholesale from development. —information compiled from the Summit Daily News listening to opposing perspectives and remember- provider, Tri-State, begin to publicly, financially, rec- ing that the world is not all black and white, right or ognize the need to change our energy sources. They —compiled by Katherine Nettles wrong, conservative or liberal, informed or ignorant. are taking steps to make changes, working with the Jesperson talked about affording people un- industry that they are decommissioning to minimize familiar with mountain life or outdoor adventures the impact this has on the 600 workers it will affect. more respect, rather than alienating them as “other.” And locally, another conservation easement was He talked about not treating people as outsiders. accomplished along the Woods Walk with the Crest- Maybe reaching out more like Jesperson sug- ed Butte Land Trust that will keep part of the Crested Owner: Crested Butte News, Inc. Publishers: Jill Clair and Melissa Fenlon Editor: Mark Reaman Staff Writers: Than Acuff, Katherine Nettles, Kendra Walker gested is a good idea. He said he has been able Butte legacy alive for future generations. The land- Copy Editor: Heather Harris Staff Photographers: Nolan Blunck, Robby Lloyd to reach people with more diverse backgrounds owners who made that choice have felt respected, Production Team: Kristin Fitzgerald, Nicole O’Connor, Jill Clair through his work as a veteran, a guide and a lobby- and have in turn been generous. Gunnison County Legals & Classifieds: Nicole O’Connor, Jill Clair Advertising: Josh Elmer, Pete Nichols Distribution Manager: Craig Burbank Contributors: Bonnie Chlipala, Denis B. Hall, Alissa Johnson, ist. He also described Washington, D.C. from a lob- has been quietly taking steps toward a cleaner Steve Church, Stan Cola, Rob Brezsny, Sandy Fails, Tyler Hansen, Lynda Jackson Petito, John Norton, byist’s perspective, saying it is run by the 20-some- energy future for several years now, starting with its Mike Horn, Dawne Belloise, Molly Murfee, Polly Oberosler, Hannah Holm, Toni Todd, Nel Burkett things. They are the aides to the office-holding own buildings and vehicles and supporting projects The Crested Butte News (ISSN # 0899-5761) is published weekly by Crested Butte News, officials, and they decide who gains access and who to bring in solar and geothermal energy sources to Inc.– P.O. Box 369, Crested Butte, CO 81224– 301 Belleview Ave. Unit A, Crested Butte, CO doesn’t. “If you aren’t respectful and considerate benefit residents across the county. Crested Butte 81224. Periodicals-class postage paid at Crested Butte, Colorado and additional mailing offices. Subscription rates: Gunnison County, $45 per year, $80 two years, out of county, $49 to them, you don’t get anywhere,” he pointed out. adopted a Climate Action Plan at the end of last year, per year, $88 two years; senior citizens receive a 10% discount per year. Office phone: (970) Probably good advice for all of us. Plus, go Millen- and has, along with the city of Gunnison, been a big 349-0500 Fax: (970)349-9876 Email: nials. part of organizing the climate action conference. [email protected]. POSTMASTER: send address changes Steltzer spoke of her travels around the world Maybe these little mountain towns can truly to THE CRESTED BUTTE NEWS Inc., to study mountains and snow. She and the hundreds be, as Gandhi said, the change we want to see in the P.O. Box 369, Crested Butte, CO 81224. of other scientists have concluded that there is now world. And maybe it can make quite a difference. Allow 2 weeks to take effect. Official coloradopress overall less “presence and persistence of snow” newspaper of Crested Butte, Mt. Crested ASSOCIATION Butte and Gunnison County. Copyright© across the world. There will still be big snow years, —Katherine Nettles 2018, The Crested Butte News, Inc. 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Thanks, Center for the Arts’ lease agreement and the let the Center be totally responsible for its Butte Chamber of Commerce would also, to all who donated while drop- Center’s request for a 50-year lease with the own affairs without the town meddling in its like to thank all who participated in ping off a tree; your funds help us town. The request seems totally reasonable to operations. the annual 12th Night Bonfire. It was ensure we can throw another fun event me considering the cost of the new building I also wonder how similar situations fun to gather around the fire with next year. Next up is Crafted (www. and continuing efforts by the Center to raise have been handled in other towns or cities. so many of you and shed those last cbcrafted.com) on February 1—see you funds. signs of the holiday season. A special soon! There is no doubt the new Center will Warm regards, thanks to the town of Crested Butte, be standing right where it is for perhaps Eileen Hughes Crested Butte Fire Department (shout Ashley UpChurch and Brittany Couts, out to Rob, Jason and Liam) and Paul CB/Mt. CB Chamber of Commerce Notions forgot one very important thing CB memory: Meeting “Captain Botsie” Dear Editor: To the Editor: was an interesting character. All the great achievements, domestic and international, as elaborated in John’s It was a warm August afternoon. I had We sat down at the bar and I ordered January 3 “Notions” are clouded by the prevailing evidence and consequences of been fishing at the “Turkey Ponds,” just us a beer. Botsie started talking. We were global warming, something he completely overlooks. south of the Roaring Judy Hatchery. My having a great discussion when I realized 2019 was a horrible year for the planet; overlooked, sometimes ridiculed and frustration over not catching any fish big that Botsie had finished his beer. He had not dismissed by those who measure a successful year by a good paycheck, return on enough to keep me from being charged with said one word about his “secret technique.” investments and access to electricity. The gorilla in the room is climate change causing “child molestation” helped me rationalize Not wanting to be rude, I ordered two more the planet that has already become less and less inhabitable for millions of people. that stopping at the Wooden Nickel for a beers. Upon their arrival, I asked Botsie how Climate change can be addressed but not while we lay prostrate before an admin- cool one would help me deal with my agony. to put the salmon egg on backwards. He rev- istration with a disdain for science and reality. The best luck I had that day was finding a eled me with stories of his great prowess as parking place in front of the Nickel. I got out an angler. He started telling me how to read Roy Smith of my truck and started taking off my fishing the water and the likes and dislikes of brown vest when a voice from behind me asked, and rainbow trout. Up to that point, the me. I left the Nickel thinking that I had The egg was still on the hook. My third cast “Been fishin’?” When I turned to see who only thing that had impressed me was how made a new friend and that the price of his produced a 10-inch brown, but the egg was had asked, I saw a small elderly man wear- quickly Botsie could down a beer. I pressed three beers was a real bargain. I couldn’t gone. I caught my limit of eight in about 30 ing a baseball cap. He said, “People call me him about his technique. He explained that wait to get back to the ponds to try what I minutes. I drove back to town and turned Captain Botsie and I’m the best fisherman in we would need two hooks and some salmon had learned. down Elk Avenue, hoping to see Botsie. He Gunnison County. Where were you fishin’?,” eggs for him to really teach me. I got up early the next morning. After was not in sight. he asked. When I told him the Turkey Ponds, I left the bar and went to my truck to a cup of coffee and a sweet roll from the Before leaving Crested Butte to go he responded quickly, “I bet the trout sucked retrieve the hooks and salmon eggs. When Corner Bakery, I headed off to the ponds. back to my home in Texas, I was able to the salmon eggs right off of your hook.” I returned, the third set of beers was on Upon arrival, I quickly put a salmon egg have another beer with Botsie and thank “How did you know that?” I asked him. the bar in front of us. After a big drink of on backwards and flipped it into the pond, him again. During the next 40 summers in He ignored my question and responded, “If his third beer, he started showing me his just where the creek enters the north end of Crested Butte, I have shared Botsie’s “secret you’ll buy me a beer, I will teach you how to technique. I could not believe how he was the first pond. WHAP! An immediate hit, technique” with friends and strangers, but put the salmon egg on your hook backwards putting the salmon egg on the hook. We which rewarded me with a 12-inch brown. only if they would buy me a beer. so they can’t suck it off.” I thought, what the finished our third beer and I thanked him Amazingly, the egg was still on the hook. heck, I was going to have a beer and Botsie for his time and sharing his expertise with I cast again and reeled in a 14-inch brown. Charles H. Robertson

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Maggie Dethloff Broker Associate c 970.209.7880 [email protected] CrestedButteNow.com 4 | January 17, 2020 LETTERS Crested Butte News CB memory: The Mule Barn fire Dear Mark, The fateful mule barn fire in January of 1972 (circa) was I really liked my old time-worn mule-barn that sat in caused by an old, poorly attended Ashley stove that got out the alley behind our modest low-Victorian house on Maroon of control while my imprudent and inebriated English tenant Avenue—that was built sometime in the mid 1890s and occu- slept soundly in the loft. By the time he awoke the fire was pied until the last mine closed in 1952 by a mine foreman and out of control. Panic-stricken and unable to locate his boots, his family. The wall-logs of the mule barn, sitting on a bare clothes and other belongings, he ran outside into the starlit earth foundation, sagged with a weary time-worn look, buf- night virtually naked, where temperatures that night had feted by winter storms and bleached by incessant sunshine. dropped to 20 below zero. Without shoes or clothing, and Remnants of hay from an earlier era were discernable in for the sake of modesty, he was unable to leave the warmth the barn along with the detritus of half a century’s passing of the fire to run for help and was compelled for reasons of The mule barn, prior to the fire. Left to right: John Ben- time, neglect and perhaps, as I sensed, the sadness of an era survival to remain next to the burning barn until, fortunately, jamin, Tom Morrell, Dusty Teal, Mike Goff, Roy Smith. that began in 1884 with impoverished Yugoslavian and Ital- my neighbor, John Benjamin, also inebriated and somewhat courtesy photo ian immigrants leaving their native soil forever, brought here incapacitated, saw the flames dancing on his bedroom wall. first across theAtlantic and then by train across the prairies Thinking it was his house that was on fire he had the pres- everything and was probably wishing he’d never left home. to dig anthracite coal in our anthracite mines. ence of mind to push his girlfriend out of their pre-nuptial Inadequately clothed, he left town the following day without In the early 1960s a new wave of foot-loose immigrants, bed to alert the fire brigade. apologies for burning down the barn or paying his overdue many from the East Coast, came to our mountain town like The fire brigade in those days consisted of a hand- rent, never to be heard of again. I’m still trying to track him the miners before them for a new beginning. It was a new drawn cart, loaded with several hundred feet of hose, pulled down. The fire brigade team was apologetic for not saving era. These new immigrants needed neither mules, picks or by a team of local, oft-times sober, volunteers. By the time the barn—and I certainly couldn’t blame them—but assured shovels (nor would they have known how to use them) but these unfortunate fellows, roused from their beds at two in me they had never lost a lot, for which I was thankful. they were the ones who created much of the town we know the morning, had reached the mule barn it was becoming an As a footnote to this sad story I should mention that today. A few still linger here. Today we have a new wave of unsalvageable inferno. Undeterred by the extreme cold and our current Fire District has an extraordinarily accomplished migrants, well-heeled and armed not with picks and shovels interrupted sleep, the brigade ran a fire hose from a water crew of men and women, full-time and voluntary, who serve but with computers and cell phones, and it appears, some hydrant on 2nd Street to the barn only to discover when they this community 24/7. After taking a tumble on the 401 trail with plenty of cash. reached the burning barn that they had pulled the wrong end this summer my left arm suffered a nasty puncture wound During the summer of 1970 I started a program based of the hose. With several feet of snow and sub-zero tempera- and loss of flesh. The clinic in town was closed, so, dripping out of Crested Butte named Challenge-Discovery, a program tures, the operation was proving to be a tortuously slow and blood, I ran over to the fire station where two really terrific similar to Outward. The base was our house on Maroon Ave. tedious task. Undeterred, and once the hose had been cor- female firefighters cleaned and bandaged my wound. They that I’d bought for $12,500 in 1968 and where many of the rectly arranged, they then discovered what little water they redressed it a few days later. We are truly fortunate to have a staff slept. Some slept in the renovated old mule barn (see had in the pipe from their earlier misconnections, had frozen team of this caliber serving our community. Thank you. photo). The last occupant was an itinerant Englishman—I solid. All they could do now was lend what little assistance forget his name—to whom I rented the barn for $50 a month. they could to my emotionally distraught tenant who had lost Roy Smith CB memory: New Year’s Eve To the Editor: hour approached in Colorado, the mountain outside what was Crested Butte. The eerie feeling humor and wonder. But as I tell My family and I have been however, it seemed fairly certain then the Marriott (nee Grand went away, the crowd got rowdy myself, it was just another day in coming to Crested Butte for al- that the frantic preparations that Butte) to say goodbye to 1999 again, and I was able to get that Paradise. most 30 years. Three generations had been taking place all year and welcome 2000, my mind was second glass of bubbly before the of us have learned to ski on this had been successful and catastro- much more focused on another local show began. I look back on Gordon Floyd grand mountain. I could easily phe had been averted. glass of champagne than on fire that experience with a mixture of Little Rock, Arkansas share a “good memory” from There was another type and brimstone. We were eagerly every trip, but the memory I will of apocalypse that had been awaiting the fireworks scheduled submit comes from New Year’s predicted for the new millen- for midnight. Then it happened: CB memory: Rolling on the River Eve, 1999. nium, and anyone raised in an the red glow over the mountains Anybody who was around evangelical culture was familiar was small at first, but it grew To the Editor: then remembers the excitement with it. Many southern preach- and turned a burnt orange. As My wife and I and Terry, a childhood friend, and his son were and apprehension surrounding ers had been proclaiming with the glow expanded and moved driving south on 135 from Crested Butte to meet up with Chess the turn of the century. (I know, I vehemence and volume that toward us the crowd grew silent. and Albert, fishing guides and part owners of Scenic River Tours. know. The 21st Century didn’t ac- 2,000 years had been time enough I wasn’t the only one who was Chess, Albert and Matt had been our fishing guides for many tually begin until 2001, but that’s to repent and since most of us aware of the evangelists’ predic- years. Terry and his son had never float-fished the Gunnison. a discussion for another time.) obviously hadn’t, surely fire and tions. “This is ludicrous,” I said We exited off of 135 almost opposite of Garlic Mike’s. Chess The world had been warned of brimstone would descend as the to myself. But then I thought that and Albert were there with two rafts on a flat-bed trailer, pulled the Y2K collapse that would oc- calendar turned to the new year the people who had made fun of by Chess’ old green truck. We got our rods, fishing vests, lures cur because none of our technol- (why those preachers continued Noah might have said the same and life jackets and walked down to the river to board our rafts. ogy could function in a year that to solicit contributions when the thing when the first raindrops One fisherman in the back of the raft, guide in the middle of the didn’t begin with “19.” Even in end of the world was imminent fell. It took just moments to real- boat and the other fisherman in the front. It was early July and the carefree Crested Butte, people is also a discussion for another ize that the “fire and brimstone” river was running fast. were keeping an eye on televi- time). was actually coming from Aspen Terry and his son launched first, with Albert on the oars. sion reports as midnight arrived As my family and I gathered where their pyrotechnics had After waiting a few minutes to create some distance between the around the globe. As the witching with many others at the base of started a little ahead of ours in rafts, Ann and I boarded our raft and Chess pushed us into the river and then jumped aboard. Chess’ girlfriend had the job of driving the truck and trailer to the pickup area, which was past the airport. Her inexperience driving a stick-shift vehicle was about to create a wild and crazy day. The truck was parked on a fairly steep slope and the back end of the trailer was just a few feet from the water. When she started the truck to leave the put-in, her foot was still on the clutch pedal. Her foot slipped off of the break and the truck and trailer started rolling slowly toward the river. As the trailer entered the fast- flowing water, it was pulled into the river. The truck followed obediently after the trailer and the two were floating down the APRÉS SKI TODDIES & BOOTIES river after the second raft. OUR SPECIALS THROUGH FEBRUARY 1ST CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE $35 Express Pedicure $60 Signature Pedicure $35 Express Reflexology Treatment $60 Signature Reflexology Treatment Connecting you with the Crested Butte Lifestyle *Treatments include an Epsom salt foot soak and warm beverage (i.e Toddy or Tea). Foot scrub & mask with warm booties can be added on in the Signature treatments. 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was parked on the bridge, winch Rolling on the River the truck and trailer against the CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS current toward the launch area. A PAGE steel cable, several hundred feet STOCK UP A blood-curdling scream long, was attached to the front axle split the air. The young driver had of the truck. It had been several AT SOMA jumped out of the truck just before hours since we had put into the it was pulled into the river. Hear- river. It had taken that much time CRESTED BUTTE DAILY SPECIALS ing the scream, we all looked back to get the proper equipment to Munchy Monday 10% off all edibles and drinks | Topical Tuesday 10% off all topicals toward the launch point. Chess extricate the “Wayward Truck” Wax Wednesday 10% off all wax | Thrifty Thursday 10% off all accessories yelled, ”Oh my God, the truck is from the water. floating down the river!” Not only did we have a great Freaky Friday 10% off all cartridges, disposable pens, and syringes He steered the raft to the day fishing, we also participated Shatterday 10% off all shatter and live resin | Sunday Fun Day 20% off all top shelf flower bank, jumped out of the raft and in a “happening.” We talked to a started running along the bank number of the folks who had gath- toward the truck and trailer. I ered to watch the retrieval. Several have a weird sense of humor and of the observers said that incident thought, “What to my wonder- was the most exciting thing that ing eyes did appear, A truck and a had happened in a long time. trailer floating toward here.” Chess told me that he was Before he could get back to the not going to charge us for the trip truck, it grounded itself on a sand because it had been so messed bar. The truck and trailer looked up. I told him, “Nonsense, this firmly beached on a shallow area is the most exciting and success- of sand and small rocks. ful fishing trip I have ever had.” Chess came back to the raft Chess and I agreed that the old and asked, “What do you want to green truck had probably seen its do?” last day. It was towed to a repair I responded, “Let’s fish.” shop in Gunnison. I gave Chess We continued our fishing some extra money to either help trip, leaving the truck securely fix the truck or apply toward get- grounded on what looked like ting another truck. He protested a small island at a bend in the my giving him any money for the river. Despite the rocky start, the truck. I told him that he had given fishing was great. All four of the me a life-long memory, which was fishermen caught their limit. We worth far more than I had given beached the rafts at the take-out him. Not only did it give me a site and cleaned the fish. great memory, it allowed me to Somehow the news of the share it with you. CRESTED BUTTE GUNNISON incident had spread quickly. Matt 423 BELLEVIEW AVENUE 500 WEST HIGHWAY 50 #101 was there to take us back to our Charles H. Robertson 970.349.6640 970.642.4120 truck at the launch point. As we approached where our truck was P.S. The next day Chess called BOTH STORES OPEN DAILY \\ MUST BE 21+ WITH VALID ID parked, we saw several hun- me. He had received word from the dred people along the road and repair shop. The mechanic had told standing on the bridge over the him, “I got the old girl running.” \\ SOMACOLORADO.COM \\ river. The observers were watch- Chess had his truck and I still have ing a heavy-duty wrecker, which the good memory. 6 | January 17, 2020 Crested Butte News

ESPRESSO · GREEN DRINKS SMOOTHIES · SWEETS & SAVOURIES SHERIFF’S stories BY THE GUNNISON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE 3 day juice cleanse Note: If a defendant is charged September 2019. issue but was given a summons offered weekly! with a crime in any of the following 1/9/2020, The detention for no proof of insurance and no incidents, it should be emphasized captain wrote a warrant for the registration. that the charge is merely an accusa- escape of an inmate who was 1/12/2020, Deputies con- Open 7:12 - 2:08 daily tion and the defendant is presumed granted a medical furlough tacted a driver north of Gun- Email: [email protected] | Location: Elk Avenue innocent until or unless proven outside of Gunnison. This in- nison for speeding. The driver Shared space with Djangos... across street from the Last Steep! guilty. mate walked out of the hospital was given a verbal warning 1/7/2020, Deputies patrolling against doctor’s orders and has for speeding but did receive a north of Gunnison stopped a not returned or contacted deten- summons for no proof of insur- subject who was driving 64 mph tion staff. ance and no registration in the in a posted 40 mph zone. The Deputies took possession of vehicle. driver could not produce insur- a gun that was found southwest Deputies responded north ance information at the time of of Gunnison. of town for the report of a the stop and was given a sum- 1/11/2020, Deputies patrol- dispute. Deputies cleared the mons for speeding and failure to ling north of town contacted a residence without incident. provide insurance upon request. vehicle that was driving 51 mph Deputies assisted the Colo- Deputies contacted a subject in a posted 40 mph zone. The rado State Patrol in the city of Local, Professional & west of Gunnison and issued a driver was given a verbal warn- Gunnison with four individuals citation for driving while license ing for speeding but a summons they observed to be unsteady on suspended. for no proof of insurance. their feet as they entered a vehi- Experienced! 1/8/2020, Deputies took an Deputies stopped a vehicle cle and began backing it up. The information report on some north of Gunnison whose run- driver was taken into custody stolen or lost binoculars north ning lights were not working. for further investigation of driv- of Gunnison that occurred in The driver was able to fix the ing under the influence. Gary Huresky 970.209.2421 BRIEFS crested butte [email protected] BY MARK REAMAN

New affordable housing set to close Stuff: CrestedButteHomes.com The Crested Butte Town Council agreed to lift —Council will hold an all day retreat on Feb- its option to purchase back some Paradise Park ruary 25 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. units in case of default by Bywater Development —National Geographic will be in town shoot- UPPER GUNNISON RIVER WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT so that sales closings could occur on the properties. ing a documentary on snow. They will be shoot- Protecting your water since 1959 • 970.641.6065 • ugrwcd.org A master deed restriction protects the units from ing some Elk Avenue scenics on Saturday, Janu- PUBLIC NOTICE: 2020 FUNDING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ever going into the free market. The closings will ary 18. take place soon and allow 15 local families and two —Council member Laura Mitchell noted that The Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District Board of Directors announces town employees to move into the new units. Alpine Lumber located in Crested Butte had pur- the availability of $200,000 in Upper Gunnison Grant Funding for projects within chased several of the Whetstone Industrial lots the District that would enhance water supply or improve stream conditions. south of town. She said if the lumber yard relo- Funding for demonstration projects is also available this year through a separate Employees hit lottery with new rentals cated the town would lose a lot of sales tax rev- District Watershed Management Planning (WMP) project funding allocation and a A public hearing will be held January 21 to con- enue, the council should anticipate that. grant from the Colorado Water Conservation Board. Such projects would include sider employee leases for a new duplex. Mel Yem- but not be limited to water system efficiency improvements, delivery structure or ma and Jackson Morgan won the employee lottery —Marshals reported that New Year’s Day system improvements, construction of new storage impoundments, enlargement and will get the new units. The smaller unit will was “oddly quiet. Whatever everyone was doing or rehabilitation of existing impoundments, and restoring or enhancing riparian rent for $780 per month, while the larger unit will that day, keep doing it.” habitat. Requests for financial assistance will be considered only for projects that go for $1,015 per month. The rents are conducted —Sales tax collections through November are consistent with the District’s purpose, mission, and objectives, and that have a through ordinances that require the public hearing. were up 4 percent over last year for Crested Butte. 50 percent match (match not required for WMP funds). Water supply projects that provide benefits for agricultural, municipal, domestic, environmental or recreational uses are considered eligible. BRIEFS gunnison county Project applicants must submit an application to the BY KATHERINE NETTLES District by close of business, February 28, 2020. Application materials can be obtained via the District website, www.ugrwcd.org, or by contacting the District Gunnison library project Commission. County Commis- “The sketch plan approves office at 210 W. Spencer Avenue, Suite B, Gunnison, CO, gets great interest from sioner Jonathan Houck said he the idea of a project, but in no 81230, 970-641-6065, [email protected]. contractors appreciated the Planning Com- way a finished product,” agreed mission’s joint public hearings community development direc- The recent Request for that allowed for comments from tor Cathie Pagano. Qualifications (RFQ) for a con- the town and the public. He ac- struction manager/general con- knowledged that the sketch plan tractor for the new Gunnison Cottonwood Pass selected has some significant challeng- library yielded great results, as best Colorado Rural es, “But you’ve responded to according to Gunnison County Highway Reconstruction those,” he said, addressing de- Manager Matthew Birnie. He veloper/applicant Jamie Wyatt. project for 2019 reported that the RFQ resulted Commissioner Cottonwood Pass has been in eight submissions, and the Mason agreed that the remaining issues recognized for its superior pave- review committee has chosen ment quality. The reconstruction will be addressed in the prelimi- four or five of the applicants to and paving project, which was include in the actual Request for nary plan phase. County Com- missioner John Messner said, done by United Companies and Proposals (RFP). “Very strong finished in spring of 2019, was “I’m looking forward to signifi- response, very strong firms, so a selected as the Best in Colorado cantly more information in the lot of good options there,” said Rural Highway Reconstruction next phase but at this point in Birnie. project for 2019 this week. the process I don’t see the need Candidate interviews will The Colorado Asphalt Pav for that.” - be in March, and Birnie asked ing Association (APA) gives out The resolution included con- that one of the commissioners be the Best of Colorado awards ditions placed on the application available to participate in the in- each year at their annual con by the Planning Commission, in- - terviews. County Commissioner cluding that numerous issues be ference, and the awards com- Roland Mason agreed to do this, mittee visits each project and addressed, such as compatibility due to his background in gener- scores them based on a variety with neighboring properties, ge- al contracting and construction. of criteria. The judges gave the ologic hazards, water and sewer Cottonwood Pass project 350 plans, traffic studies, snow stor- points overall—a perfect score. Hunter Ridge sketch plan age plans, wildlife considera- The APA reported they have approved tions and wildland delineations, never had another project even The commissioners ap- among others. come close to achieving a perfect proved the Hunter Ridge subdi- “I think it’s important to score. The award will go to Unit vision sketch plan application on note this is sketch plan and it is - January 7, as recommended by exploratory at this point,” said ed Companies as the contractors the Gunnison County Planning Messner. on the project. Crested Butte News NEWS January 17, 2020 | 7

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BLUEBIRD DAY: Holiday crowds fill the bar of Uley’s Cabin for some liquid sustenance in-between ski runs. photo by Robby Lloyd Crested Butte’s New Neighborhood Framed by the Slate River and the Crested Butte Recreation Path, Aperture is ideally located a short walk or bike ride from downtown Crested Butte. Neighborhood highlights include: Mt. CB council struggles to nail • 23 Homesites ranging from 0.32 to 0.96 acres starting at $1,099,000 • Can build up to 5,000 sq. ft. finished space + 750 sq. ft. accessory building • Design guidelines are specific to Aperture’s HOA • All utilities installed including water and sewer service provided by the Town of CB down STR license fee • Private homeowner river park and pavilion – completion in 2020! “To me in my head it’s not,” replied mayor Ja- The convenience of being next to town with views, space, privacy “Our purpose is to establish a baseline” and exceptional amenities of a mountain home! net Farmer. “My building that’s so heavily inspected [ BY KENDRA WALKER ] versus some home that might take a lot more time … ApertureCB.com I have issues charging everyone the same amount.” The Mt. Crested Butte Town Council attempted “But the inspection is only a portion of that The Mountain Office Team to set the fees for town’s short-term rental (STR) li- budget,” said Fitzpatrick. “There are multiple differ- Joel Vosburg & Charlie Farnan censing program during their January 7 council meet- ent managers within that building … We won’t know 970.209.1581 | 970.209.0609 [email protected] ing, but was unsuccessful in achieving a majority vote until after we’ve been able to go through all of these [email protected] and will try again at the January 21 meeting. units and see if any of these violations exist. Once The Mountain Ofﬁce 211 Elk Avenue Council has already enacted Ordinance No. 9, we’ve been through we’ll have answers to that and Series 2019 to create a licensing program to regulate we can adjust accordingly.” STRs in town, and the next step is to adopt the fees for He continued, “In the first year the goal is to the licensing, regulation and inspection of those STRs share the burden of the cost evenly across the board. It based on town administrative costs and time. gets extremely complicated to figure out a fair distri- 2020 Wish List “With the growth of rental by owner throughout bution for all these different complex configurations.” the community, we found it necessary to establish a short-term rental licensing program,” said town Public comment manager Joe Fitzpatrick, “first of all, primarily for life Many Mt. Crested Butte STR owners attended Raffle Winner: safety issues to ensure that places that are used for the meeting and council opened the discussion to short-term rentals have things like carbon monoxide public comment. Congratulations to Lyn Maresca! detectors, smoke detectors, fire extinguishers and Joel Benisch, owner in the Grand Lodge West proper access to egress. who also serves on its HOA board, explained his is- “The VRBO challenges throughout the commu- sues with including an inspection fee in the short- nity include things like parking issues, need for lo- term rental license. “Everything you’re talking about cal contact, impacts on neighborhoods with parties charging us for is already done as part of our HOA ... trash and recycling challenges. All of those things dues.” put together, we need to get a better control and bet- “Are you advocating for a reduction in the fee ter handle of what’s going on with short-term rentals or for remission from the program?” asked council throughout the community.” member Roman Kolodziej. Fitzpatrick explained that after looking at other “The [inspection fee] would be a duplicate pay- STR licensing programs, staff has estimated an initial ment on my part ... because we’re already paying for annual cost to run the licensing program for 2020. it through our HOA dues and providing adequate “The STR license from town’s point of view is just documentation,” said Benisch. the cost of the license whether you’re a condominium “Could there be an option to have your STR pri- 349-9113 • Open Daily or single-family home,” he said. “The fee will be re- vately inspected?” council member Nicholas Kempin viewed annually once we have an actual year under asked Fitzpatrick. 203 ELK AVENUE DOWNTOWN CRESTED BUTTE our belt. Understanding what it really does cost for “We’re not suggesting it or recommending it,” administrative time, etc., we will be able to adjust the said Fitzpatrick. fee.” Town attorney Kathleen Fogo offered additional Staff has suggested a $200 fee for each short-term clarity, “One of the issues that has come up is life rental unit that is not a hotel (based on approximately safety, but also where are people planning on put- 867 non-hotel STRs in town) and a $500 fee for each ting people.” She explained that units often have hotel, the Elevation and the Nordic Inn. For compari- lofts or futons that get included in the room/pillow son, the Town of Crested Butte has a two-year rolling count that shouldn’t be. “I don’t think it’s necessarily license that requires two years of fees paid in advance a standard inspection,” she said. “That is one of the at $1,500 the initial year, and $750 each following year. main reasons the town wants to see the units.” Because each hotel has only one owner, town Kim Aronson, owner in the Grand Lodge East will inspect a sample of the hotel rooms. “If we start and member of its HOA board, suggested town inspecting a sample and find problems, then we’ll in- charge the STR units per square foot or have all spect every one,” clarified Fitzpatrick. the CBMR-managed units at the Grand Lodge be However, based on public input letters and com- charged $500 collectively, as if a hotel. “If they are IT’S JEN’S 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!! ments received prior to the January 7 meeting, coun- not, they have to pay the individual [$200] tax,” she cil members had some issues with charging owners said. LET’S CELEBRATE an inspection fee as part of the license cost when units Barbara Haas pointed out that owners being WITH A SALE! vary so much in size. Additionally, many STR own- managed through CBMR aren’t allowed to bring in ers already pay for and go through an inspection by a additional furniture, pillows or décor to their units THURSDAY, JAN 16 - MONDAY, JAN 20 management company, like Crested Butte Mountain that haven’t been provided by CBMR. “We really 25% OFF STOREWIDE!! YES- EVERYTHING! Resort for the Grand Lodge. count on CBMR to do the maintenance. We’re pay- (if it’s already on sale, it will be 40% off) “If I put myself in their shoes that’s a tough nut to ing 50 percent [of the nightly rental fee] basically for swallow,” said council member Michael Bacani. that. We don’t have the option. We’re totally different Open Daily 10 A.M. | 428 Elk Ave, Crested Butte “It’s similar to a business license,” said Fitzpat- from a home. CBMR keeps very good track of us.” 970.349.9711 | www.paradoxfootwear.com rick. CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 8 | January 17, 2020 NEWS Crested Butte News NOW ACCEPTING Mt. Crested Butte STR license fee NEW LISTINGS! CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 license fee. Council members Steve Morris, Kolodziej Call Me TODAY! 970∙275∙2384 “It does seem like there could be a mechanism for and mayor Farmer voted yes; council members Koel- a third-party inspection,” said Kempin. liker, Bacani and Kempin voted no. Staff asked for more [email protected] “How can we say CBMR is doing a good job but direction, as the licensing program has already been en- www.michellegerber.com Crested Butte Lodging isn’t?” said Kolodziej. “We have acted and a fee needs to be set as soon as possible. Michelle Gerber no way to base that.” “I would like for the opportunity for the inspection Associate Broker “We’re establishing a baseline. We’re not going to to be carried out by a third party,” said Koelliker. Resort and Second Home Specialist inspect every year,” said Fitzpatrick. “We are attempting to protect the town by doing 2018 GCAR Realtor of the Year “People don’t always tell the truth,” said Fogo. the inspection as a town,” replied Fitzpatrick. “We have “The goal is safety and also the proper taxes being paid a building department, we have a building code that for what they’re renting. People will rent a two-bed- we live by. Our purpose is to establish a baseline. We room unit as a three-bedroom unit. We’re trying to pro- need to do the inspection, not the third party.” tect people and we’re also trying to protect the town.” By the end of the discussion, the majority of coun- AMAM SalvageSalvage “While I still think there’s a lot of huge questions cil appeared amenable to the $200 STR and $500 hotel RECLAIMED LUMBER/BARNWOOD here we have the opportunity to go with this for one license fee figures if staff could clarify that the fee, espe- year and evaluate,” said Farmer. “I would charge the cially the inspection portion, will be revisited annually. Largest Selection and hotels more,” she added before voting on the resolu- “It will look like it does tonight with the addition of that Best Prices in Colorado! tion. sentence,” said Fogo. Beautiful 1x12 circle sawn silver/gray siding! With council member Dwayne Lehnertz absent With mayor Farmer out of town for the upcoming 9’’ lap and kiln dry available, preorder only. from the meeting, council was split with a 3-3 vote, January 21 meeting, council faces the possibility of an- 1x7 “as-is”DF lap. Naily”1x6-14.’’ 1x6-12’’brown. which ultimately killed the resolution to set the STR other split vote. “NEW” Rough sawn 2x and 3x brown lumber. Hand hewn slab siding. Long hand hewn timbers. Large Doug Fir, 8x10x30’+&10x10x30’+. School district being conservative 8x16x20. 12x12x20. 6x12’s. 3x10x20+. All DF. Free Delivery to Crested Butte, Open by Appointment in Gunnison. with mill levy override dollars barnwoodamsalvage.com (970) 596-2407 [email protected] It’s about more than just the that in 2020 there is a significant re- tinued, “to see what things in terms state shortfall duction to $1.3 million in the nega- of funding hold from the state and tive factor but the Fund 26 com- see what the operating costs for the [ BY MARK REAMAN ] mittee looks at district needs and local programs are. We all want to makes recommendations for the provide some taxpayer relief if pos- Reinforcing budget decisions big picture.” sible but we must be prudent.” made early last summer, the Gun- She explained that increased Nichols said the deficit in state nison Watershed school district in operating costs for programs such funding over a long period of time December set the 2020 mill levy as the Summer Experience came had hurt the district, especially NAME: Rocco | AGE: 2 lower than in 2019, but to still bring into play as did the original intent when it comes to teacher salaries. FAVORITE THING: Being the in about $19 million for the local to put money in a reserve fund to “A major impact of the $17 million luckiest guy this side of the schools. eventually be able to pay for op- in funds denied the district over Mississippi! The district will also continue erations in the future with the same the last decade by the negative Rocco has been waiting for the to collect $2.4 million through a mill amount of money but taking into factor has been in the district’s in- right family for quite some levy override known as Fund 26, consideration inflation. ability to continue to chip away at time and guess what?!!! He passed by voters in 2014. One pri- “The Fund 26 dollars that were creating a salary schedule to recruit finally found them!! Not only mary reason for the override was approved by voters are not just tied and retain teachers and to address did he get a family, he got an to make up the difference in the so- to the state negative factor but also the gap between our teacher sal- amazing family. A little holiday called state “negative factor.” That to a strong curriculum and strong ary schedule and our community’s magic floated into the new is the deficiency in the amount of infrastructure needs,” Nichols said. ever-increasing cost of living. This year and we couldn’t be money expected from the state and “The committee this year kept the district is the eleventh-most expen- happier for this connection! what actually is distributed to the override collection amount at $2.4 sive district out of 178 in the state school district. In 2014 that gap was million because of program costs in which to live. By maintaining 970-349-5047 www.ohbedogful.com $1.9 million. This year it will be $1.3 and potential future needs. We programs in Fund 26 with the cur- 336 Buckley Dr. • Riverland (3 miles south of CB) million. acknowledge the decrease in the rent mill levy, we are able to apply Mon - Fri 7:30am - 6:00pm | Sat & Sun 9am - 11:30pm • 2pm - 5pm “Overall, the override was not negative factor but things like the the reduction in the negative factor We are an environmentally conscious company. strictly tied to the negative factor,” Summer Experience have grown to start to bring our salary schedule said district superintendent Leslie and we want to maintain the level up to par.” THE CENTER PRESENTS Nichols. “It was also to reinstate the community expects. Nichols noted that while the programs that had been cut and “So the Fund 26 committee $2.4 million collected has held continue to provide services for recommended to the school board steady, the actual mill levy has teresa kc golden successful public education in the that it maintain the $2.4 million decreased. That is based on an in- magestic mountain wildlife Gunnison Valley. We understand level one more year,” Nichols con- crease in value of local properties. Cowherd suggests a dozen new places to increase workforce housing in town Issues, but opportunity courts and Pitsker Field near the Four-way Stop. “These ideas are meant to be a starting point for [ BY MARK REAMAN ] discussion,” he said. “These are areas where housing has been previously overlooked or dismissed. They are Former council member and regular Crested Butte all difficult sites with some challenges to work through. Town Council meeting attendee Kent Cowherd pre- But the ideas are discussion points of where to maxi- sented the council with some ideas for in-fill affordable mize opportunity for more housing within the town housing at the January 6 meeting. He cited a dozen boundaries.” locations in town where small affordable housing “Anything is possible but some of these sites units could perhaps be squeezed into existing neigh- would require some drastic changes to our snow man- borhoods. Some were on property identified as being agement plan,” commented town public works direc- zoned “Public,” while others were on lots used for tor Shea Earley. snow storage or in wetlands. Other potential locations Town manager Dara MacDonald said some of the were on existing affordable housing lots, but Cowherd suggestions were viable and others presented challeng- said smaller units could turn a place where a tri-plex es. “A lot of the parcels are being used for other pur- was planned into a place where four or five or six units poses,” she told the council. “As for a minimum size, no Show runs through 01 | 27 could be built. one has built under 400 square feet even on the micro From elk roaming the vast valley floors to bighorn Cowherd emphasized that units would be small— lots. Parking will always be a conversation. People in sheep skipping across the steep mountain between 350 and 400 square feet. He said more units affordable housing don’t necessarily have fewer cars. peaks, Teresa Golden captures the wildlife-rich could be built if the town also revised its parking regu- But overall, it is a useful list to evaluate.” lations to lower the number of parking spaces required Cowherd’s proposal indicated that an additional environment of the Gunnison Valley with awe, for each unit. Locations ranged from the batting cage 41 to 66 units could be built on the sites, depending on reverence and a strong connection to the divine. area near Gothic Field to several areas in the Paradise parking and size limitations. Park subdivision to near the Tommy V. Field bath- “Let’s get Michael [Yerman] to look at it all and see Kinder Padon Gallery at the Center rooms, the gravel pit south of the Crested Butte Com- what he comes up with,” suggested council member crestedbuttearts.org munity School and the spot between the town tennis Laura Mitchell. 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FINANCIAL SERVICES CB Town Council approves Slate & INSURANCE River Annexation preliminary planLife • HealthCommercial • Disability 80 percent of the 14 acres that the applicant, Cypress hills LP will develop six single- & Business will be town-owned Foothills LP, will draft an agree- family homes on the remain- ment that permits recreational ing parcel, which sitsLong-term near the CareCoverage • Annuities [ BY KRISTY ACUFF ] use to continue along the Slate west bank of the Slate River. River where it passes near the The Slate River is classified as including Worker’s Comp The Crested Butte Town newly annexed private proper- a high-quality protectedRetirement wet- Plan Design Council unanimously ap- ty. In addition, town staff will land, which prohibits any de- Introducing Andy Albershardt proved the Slate River Annexa- work to draft a deed restric- velopment within 100 feet of 1977 Western State Grad tion Preliminary Plan with a tion prohibiting development the banks. EmploymentBeen Benefitin the industry and servicing Design few minor conditions at a pub- in perpetuity for the wetlands “Basically out of the 14 Andy lic hearing January 14. This area that lies between Gothic acres being annexed, the town clients’ commercial needs since 1989. moves the annexation of the Road and the Slate River and will own 80 percent of it,” ex- 14-acre parcel north of town will come under town owner- plained town planner Bob Serving the Gunnison and west of the Slate River one ship as part of the annexation. Nevins. “Ten percent will be step closer to becoming town Ultimately, if approved, public roads and the remain- 970-641-4700 property. the town will own nine out of ing 10 percent will be privately 114 N. Boulevard St. Suite 106 Gunnison Council approved the pre- the 10 parcels to be annexed, owned and developed.” areaLocal sinceService Since 1994. 1994. liminary plan on the condition while developer Cypress Foot- CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 CO1998070012612001 114 N. Boulevard, Suite 102 641-4700 10 | January 17, 2020 NEWS Crested Butte News Wolf reintroduction controversy uncertain for commissioners “We shouldn’t be taking a some of the e-mails he has been our role…. Our votes as citizens have around. There’s no doubt in tive 107. Some people are going to stand on this in January” receiving since the ballot measure of Colorado will count the same my mind that the ranching indus- say that you should support it,” became official. as any other three people.” try has the brunt of a restoration said Zieber to the commissioners. [ BY KATHERINE NETTLES ] Messner said he thinks other “We do take positions on … I personally would love to see “I am urging a neutral ground, county commissioners passing stuff, and we can take positions wolves just migrate into Colora- that you should study the situa- The Gunnison County com- resolutions so early on to state on it. But we shouldn’t be taking do. However, as a wolf advocate tion and what it means to actually missioners have struggled to pin- their positions “is just political a stand on this in January,” said I’ve been waiting 20 years for have wolves on the ground and point their role in the concept of a posturing as a referred measure Messner. He emphasized that this this,” he said. Ever since the re- how it is going to affect people.” referred measure on wolf reintro- for the ballot… I think we do would be more appropriate in introduced population in Yellow- Zieber recommended two duction in the state, and decided have a role to play, but not until summer after they had all done stone National Park grew large groups exploring that “middle at their most recent meeting to we hear what the opinions of the more research, heard from con- enough to disperse, Zieber said ground,” the Wood River Project take an approach of due diligence people of Gunnison County are,” stituents and election season was he expected wolves would have in Idaho, a collaboration between and holding off on any official he said. closer. a chance to come back into Colo- livestock growers studying how positions while hearing from con- Commissioner Roland Ma- “So the answer to current rado through natural migration. to discourage wolves from in- stituents and experts on all sides son suggested a public input inquiries is that it’s premature,” The reality, as Zieber de- teracting with livestock, and a of the issue. meeting. said Birnie. scribed it, is that one or two will California-based organization The Colorado secretary “Maybe we should hold a Mason offered to bring the occasionally migrate but end working toward proactive stew- of state’s office announced on forum… as opposed to writing a topic of wolf reintroduction up up shot, run over or poisoned. ardship. California has a natural January 6 that Initiative 107, the resolution that we are for this or at a mayor/managers meeting The hundreds of miles between wolf migration from Oregon, he Colorado Gray Wolf Reintroduc- against this,” agreed Houck. to discuss with other community protected areas of Wyoming to said. tion Initiative, qualified for the County manager Matthew leaders. the Colorado state line prevent Ultimately, Zieber said, he statewide November ballot. The Birnie cautioned that they should Later, during the public com- wolves from travelling safely, supports the initiative, despite measure would reintroduce gray plan for a very large turn-out if ment portion of the commission- particularly with laws that allow some questions he has about its wolves on designated lands west they did hold a meeting on this. ers meeting, Gunnison resident them to essentially be shot on focus on the Western Slope. “I’m of the Continental Divide. “This is an incredibly emo- Tom Zieber spoke. Zieber said he sight. And the benchmark for an hoping this doesn’t turn into a “Historically, wolves were an tional issue for folks across the works in Crested Butte and was established species “is a repro- difficult, divisive debate. It’s re- essential part of the wild habitat spectrum,” he said, predicting at one time a paid gray wolf ad- ducing population.” ally easy to frame this as an urban of Colorado but were extermi- that attendance will be signifi- vocate with extensive experience “Your position in a livestock- versus rural, left versus right, en- nated and have been functionally cant. studying the gray wolf and its re- accommodating county, and vironmental versus rancher—it’s extinct for 75 years in the state,” “Are we the right folks to put introduction or revival in various also with a ski area that tends pretty much a common theme.” according to the statute. this forward?” wondered Mess- parts of the country. toward…more environmental Commissioner Houck The gray wolf is listed as an ner. “I don’t recall us ever doing “There’s no doubt in my protections, is not enviable. Some thanked him for his thoughtful endangered species, and pro- that for any initiative.” mind that wolves from a lot of people are going to advocate that approach, and this discussion is ponents argue that if they are “What is CPW’s [Colorado perspectives … are not easy to you need to be opposed to Initia- certain to lead to many more. restored to Colorado, this “will Parks and Wildlife] current man- help restore a critical balance in agement plan, and what would nature.” The initiative accounts happen if this were to pass? for the need to prevent, compen- There are a lot of different aspects CBLT closes on Woods Walk easement sate and resolve conflicts with to this. I think a lot of people are tament to how it’s about a part- etiquette. “These trail corri- ranchers and farmers in the state curious what our positions are on 20 years in the making nership, not just with the land dors, and the relationships that whose livestock may be affected. this, but we are not the drivers [ BY KENDRA WALKER ] trust but also with land users,” underpin them, require that Opposition to the newly here,” he argued. said Durant. everyone takes care to leave coined initiative has been direct- Houck agreed that maybe it Last week, the Crested Conservation easements the trails better than they found ed at a range of issues, including wasn’t the commissioners’ role Butte Land Trust secured a between the land trust and them,” he said. the need to better plan for the to take on public education, al- critical donation that helped private landowners help per- As for any changes to ex- re-introduction, to protect the though he hoped there would complete a trail conservation manently protect conservation pect along Woods Walk, “With rural and agricultural West from be an effort to that effect. He was easement on the Woods Walk values in the Gunnison Valley, conservation easements, the the predatory population, and to interested most in providing in- trail that connects the town including public recreation ac- change is that things stay the avoid the extensive costs associat- formative resources to the com- of Crested Butte to the Lower cess, wildlife habitats and sce- same,” said Durant. “The Crest- ed with the re-introduction plan. munity so voters can make an Loop trail. According to land nic views. “It was a long time ed Butte Land Trust thanks our The commissioners have re- informed choice. trust executive director Noel in the making to build trust conservation landowners who luctantly joined the conversation, Mason suggested they get in Durant, this connected corridor with the owner,” said Durant, made the conscious choice to but have agreed they are all un- touch with another entity about has been 20 years in the mak- speaking to a valued partner- make this community trail ac- comfortable with taking any posi- the initiative, such as Western ing, with the first easement se- ship. “Being good neighbors is cess to the Slate River a reality tions at such an early stage of an Colorado University. cured in 2000. a key element of this.” by granting public access, and election year. Houck has gotten some very “Securing that final 1,000 Durant also stresses the im- thanks the many trail users “People seem to misunder- thoughtful e-mails and some feet of trail that guarantees portance for Woods Walk users who respect this amenity and stand that if enough counties advising how he should vote. community access across this to respect the private property leave it as a gem to pass on to [take a stand] it goes away,” said “There’s this important piece corridor is exciting, and is a tes- signs and follow proper trail the next generation.” commissioner Jonathan Houck of where people need to understand

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Crested continuing the dating analogy. located between an urban area Butte to North Village to get “The Alvarezes are very gen- and the Gothic townsite,” Bil- their mail. Perhaps the best erously allowing this partner- lick told council. place for an annex would be the NOW OPEN ON ship. What happens if town and “I would love to say Mt. base area.” RMBL have a different vision?” Crested Butte is the home of The Alvarez party has also “At the end of the four- RMBL as well as Crested Butte presented the idea of a lake SUNDAYS! month period, that’s when we Mountain Resort,” said Farmer. reservoir, which CBMR has want to have worked through reserved water rights for stor- those types of concerns,” said Council priorities age and snow making. Farmer Open at 5pm Tuesdays-Saturdays Farnell. “We’ve spent a lot of Several members of coun- said town staff is looking into time thinking what makes sense cil agreed that rental housing is the legalities involved and the Closed Mondays from both sides. That’s what the number one priority while potential of building a dam. we’re trying to work toward.” looking at their 17 acres and “Hopefully we can get enough Reservations Recommended He continued, “I’ve never the North Village. Other possi- people involved so it’s not an had a client like this. They’re bilities include town facilities, overwhelming burden for any not looking to have 100,000 feet commercial space, postal an- one group,” said Farmer. LILSSUSHIBARANDGRILL.COM of commercial space. They’re nex, a boutique hotel and park- “I’d like to get as much more concerned that it’s a beau- ing, all while keeping in mind public input as early on as pos- 321 Elk Avenue Open Tues - Sat tiful place, it’s well developed transportation, parking and sible,” said Kempin, speaking 349-5457 at 5:00 and it keeps the quality of the to town’s four-month due dili- public access to the Snodgrass valley as is.” trailhead. gence period. “The way these “It sounds like we’re all “As a council we need to things tend to go is public in- good with trying to make this think about our piece of land put comes very late in the game Western Colorado University work,” said mayor Janet Farm- and allowing that land to be when it’s least useful.” er. “There’s obviously going to planned with the whole parcel “The best luck I’ve had is be lots of questions about the in mind,” said council mem- the open house process,” said EVENTS CALENDAR finances and what’s expected ber Lauren Koelliker. “Maybe Farnell, who was involved with JANUARY 16 - JANUARY 23 of us. To have a non-profit, a our affordable housing might the open house process for the private developer and the lo- not be on that whole 17 acres— Center for the Arts. cal government all working to- maybe it’s spread throughout “I think we also want to gether will really look good for the whole development.” make sure that everyone knows FRIDAY, JANUARY 17 funding on an application.” “The first question we real- it’s not public land,” added Gunnison Valley Climate Action Conference Farnell stressed the impor- ly need to ask is where our com- Koelliker. 8 am - 4:30 pm, University Center Ballroom tance of determining the reali- mercial center is,” said coun- “That’s the benefit of do- ties of finances from the town’s cil member Roman Kolodziej. ing those open houses—getting Women’s Basketball v. Fort Lewis College perspective, as well as making “Once we decide what that is that information out ahead of 5:30 pm, Paul Wright Gymnasium sure things move forward in the then these decisions will be a time,” said community devel- process. “It just can’t be a nev- lot easier. We already have a opment director Carlos Velado. Men’s Basketball v. Fort Lewis College er-ending floating experience,” base area that could use some “I’m all in,” said council 7:30 pm, Paul Wright Gymnasium he said. work.” member Steve Morris, a senti- “I think it’s a nice idea to ment voiced by all of council SATURDAY, JANUARY 18 Alvarez and RMBL goals have a big commercial center throughout the work session. Women’s Basketball v. Adams State University Owner Claudio Alvarez up at Snodgrass, but if we can’t Council member Dwayne Leh- 5 pm, Paul Wright Gymnasium has reiterated in discussions get people to stay in Mountain- nertz was not in attendance. with council that he wants a eer Square already I think that “It’s deep and it’s a lot of Men’s Basketball v. Adams State University low-density development that trying to create a second com- hard work,” said Farnell on 7 pm, Paul Wright Gymnasium focuses on community values mercial district in Mt. Crested next steps. “We appreciate your rather than financial returns, Butte might not go as well as attitude towards it.” ESPORTS Rocket League and League of Legends which includes affordable we hope,” said Koelliker. “We The three entities will fi- Can be watched at www.twitch.tv/wcuesports housing and recreational op- already have the issue of peo- nalize a memorandum of un- portunities while maintaining ple leaving Mt. Crested Butte derstanding (MOU) under a MONDAY, JANUARY 20 working group of representa- open spaces and views. every night to go into [Crest- No Classes - Martin Luther King Jr. Day RMBL hopes to address its tives from each partner, which ed Butte] for the nightlife and MLK Day of Service - 10 am, University Center Ballroom employee housing needs and not staying up here, so to fur- includes council members create infrastructure for public ther spread people out across Kolodziej and Kempin on be- education and additional re- Mt. Crested Butte between the half of the town. Council will TUESDAY, JANUARY 21 search and lab space. RMBL ex- base and Snodgrass, I just don’t look over the MOU during BLISTER Speaker Series presents Wendy Fisher ecutive director Ian Billick also know if we have the population their next council meeting on 7 pm, University Center Theater said RMBL is interested in es- base to make that a reality.” January 21. 12 | January 17, 2020 NEWS Crested Butte News Tri-State to close coal plants Slate River annexation CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 deep appreciation for the contri- try and the economic impacts Tri-State also said it will re- butions of our employees who that will have on coal-centered preliminary plan tire its Escalante coal plant in have dedicated their talents and communities in the state, Cattles New Mexico this year, ultimately energy to help us deliver on our commended Tri-State’s efforts to CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 reducing its coal emissions in mission to our members.” “soften the blow.” Town staff presented council with a possible layout of both states by 100 percent. In a Tri-State said it would ac- “That’s obviously a hard the annexation that included a mix of utilitarian and recrea- press statement, Tri-State’s senior count for the obsolescence of its thing. The fact is that this is be- tional uses, including two acres dedicated to affordable hous- manager of communications and coal assets over time through use ing driven by economics, when ing. In addition, town staff proposed a 1.5-acre site for a new public affairs Lee Boughey wrote, of deferred revenue, accelerated in the past it was seen as a liberal emergency services facility and two acres to build facilities “It is significant transition in how depreciation or regulatory as- agenda.” he said. “It’s a tough for non-profits such as the Nordic Center or Gunnison Valley Tri-State serves its member elec- set recovery. It will also build six situation for anybody who is fac- Hospital. tric cooperatives and public pow- new solar and two new wind pro- ing job loss.” The annexation also includes a protection for a 1.2-acre er districts. We are able to make jects by 2024. The final component of Tri- wetland area that will be left undeveloped in perpetuity. this transition rapidly and while “The low costs of renewable State’s Responsible Energy Plan Boaters wanting to access the Slate River will use a launch maintaining stable rates.” energy and operating cost re- announcement is that it will in- “ramp” located on town property as part of the annexation. Collectively, co-op repre- ductions help to counterbalance crease member flexibility to de- Part of the annexation includes the capped landfill, which sentatives estimate that the pow- the cost to retire our coal assets velop more local, self-supplied has potential for passive park space, according to Michael er plants and mine closures in early,” said Duane Highley, Tri- renewable energy. Yerman, community development director for Crested Butte. Colorado and New Mexico will State’s chief executive officer. “I think the interesting thing “The two-acre public site in the annexation represents impact approximately 600 power The initial announcement for Gunnison County is that we the last available public land that will be in town limits,” says plant and mine employees. The came three days after 92 business have the ability to support the Yerman, referring to the part of the annexation known as TP2. co-op said it is working with state owners from 10 Tri-State coop- expansion of a cleaner grid us- “There is a lot of potential there. It is a large space and could and local leaders to support and eratives delivered a letter to the ing electric charging stations. We possibly house two non-profits in the valley.” transition the employees and board of directors asking Tri-State want to be able to expand out During the public hearing, which incidentally had exact- communities affected by the clo- to commit to 80 percent carbon- the rural electric charging station ly zero citizens in attendance, council members asked ques- sures. free electricity by 2030. Gunnison possibilities in our rural member- tions about boater access, parking and affordable housing. Tri-State has been under County officials have chimed in ship areas,” said Boughey. “Do you think this configuration has maximized the pressure from many of its 43 recently about Tri-State’s energy Sierra Club senior campaign potential for affordable housing?” council member Candice co-op members that span Colo- sources and its approach to what representative Anna McDevitt Bradley asked Yerman. rado, Nebraska, Wyoming and some see as looser government said in a press release that Tri- “Yes, absolutely,” answered Yerman. “And the way it is New Mexico to transition away regulation. State should commit more ef- laid out, the housing will be situated nearest Gothic Road from coal power. The co-op pro- Gunnison County sustain- fort to that concept of locally with access to the bus and public space, including the park.” vides wholesale power to Gun- able operations director John produced energy. “Tri-State’s “The previous configuration showed a road wrapping to nison County Electric Associa- Cattles spoke on behalf of the ‘responsible’ energy plan will be the boat launch but this shows the road much higher than tion (GCEA), which supplies all county regarding Tri-State’s first irresponsible without a full tran- the launch. How will people access the boat launch?” asked of Gunnison County except for announcement. “In our view it’s sition away from all its Western mayor Jim Schmidt. the city of Gunnison with power, a good thing. We were really ex- coal by 2030 and a robust plan “This still allows for boater access, just not parking at the and has 17 other Colorado co-op cited with the first announcement for worker and community tran- launch,” answered Nevins. “People can drop their gear at the members. Colorado has adopt- last week, and overall I think we sition. Tri-State still has far more launch and then park on either side of Pyramid Avenue.” ed a goal to reduce statewide just wanted to hear more about to do when it comes to member “We do have concerns about the boater access along the greenhouse gases (GHGs) by 50 what they would replace that transparency and democracy, Slate River banks,” Yerman said. “We plan to fence off much percent by 2030, using baseline coal energy with,” he said. committing to de-carbonization, of that parcel and add interpretive signage that informs peo- measurements from 2005. Cattles had worked closely and providing impacted commu- ple about the wetland so they do not walk their boats across According to Tri-State’s sec- with the Gunnison County com- nities with the tools needed for a it, but use the launch area instead. It is a pristine, high-qual- ond announcement on Wednes- missioners this fall to draft a let- just transition,” said McDevitt. ity wetland and it would only take a few people and their day, it will fall in line with those ter to Tri-State asking that the co- “We’re disappointed that dogs to ruin it. We are cognizant of that and want to guide all state goals. operative pursue more renewable Tri-State declined to allow for boater traffic to the launch area.” “Serving our members’ clean energy sources, and demonstrate any participation by the member “The plan calls for 50 units of affordable housing. Is that energy and affordability needs, willingness to comply with Colo- owners of the rural electric co- a set number? Is that based on R4 zoning?” asked council supporting state requirements rado’s energy regulations even if operatives, like La Plata Electric member Will Dujardin. and goals, and leading the fun- they proved more stringent than Association here in Durango, in “That number is a reference but it really depends on the damental changes in our indus- federal ones. “I definitely think the creation of this plan,” said types of units you are going to build and the parking require- try require the retirement of our they [Tri-State] are responding Mark Pearson, executive director ments,” answered Yerman. “This site, because it lies on top coal facilities in Colorado and to the fact that people are want- at San Juan Citizens Alliance. He of the old town landfill, has state mandates that could add New Mexico,” said Rick Gordon, ing more renewables. They are expressed the “desires of coop- additional costs to any builds. For example, the state requires chairman of the board of Tri-State understanding the path that most erative members to benefit from a clean-up for the foundation of any single-family homes that and a director of Mountain View people in Gunnison County want locally owned renewable energy could add $9 per square foot to the costs. Think about what Electric Association in eastern to see,” Cattles said. in communities like ours with you know about radon mitigation and take that to the next Colorado. “As we make this dif- As far as the fallout of retir- abundant solar and renewable level times 10. However, if the structures have underground ficult decision, we do so with a ing aspects of established indus- resources.” parking, then that cost is eliminated because the parking is already ventilated. So if we build an affordable housing complex with underground parking, that could be a cost savings.” “The cost savings would be significant because you would avoid having to backfill the excavation with clean dirt,” added Cameron Aderhold, Cypress developer. “For the clean-up that we have already done on the landfill, the Upcoming Shows majority of our costs were for backfilling the excavation with New Deal | Jan 15 clean dirt. And with underground parking, you would avoid Maddy O’Neal | Jan 16 that cost.” Just How | Jan 17 Before the discussion came to an end, Dujardin proposed Irwin Brewing Beer Yoga | Jan 21 an in-town hike-access jib park. 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or yoga blocks. The instructor is Peers can address substance use Alexandria Rodriguez. The cost issues, depression, anxiety and BENCHTALK for the entire winter session of 11 more. For more information call BY D. CLAPSADDLE classes is $110, or $102 for Gunni- or text (970) 596-6287. At the Center this week mountainrootsfoodproject.org. Lift your seat, tone your muscles, son Arts Center members, or $13 per class on a drop-in basis. Enjoy a cathartic and educational The classes take place Mondays, and feel the burn on Wednes- Birthdays: painting experience to wind 4 to 6 p.m. from January 27 days, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The winter January 16- Ric Ems, Barbara down after hitting the slopes through March 9 at Oh Be Joyful session runs January 22 to March Peer services can help Winter with Watercolor & Wine Series: Church. Baking is fun, warming, 11 (with 11 classes total). Use the The Center for Mental Health January 17- Alex Reinhardt, (Thursday, January 16). Then see exciting and delicious. With dif- fundamentals of ballet, yoga, and is offering a program free to the Allan Roman, Toby Martineau how the pros do it with a visit ferent recipes each week, you’ll Pilates to sculpt long lean dancer public: Peer Services. A peer is a January 18- Al Smith, John to the Art Studio Gallery Fea- bake scrumptious main courses, bodies. All of the movements are caring community member who Gregg, Elle St. Pierre tured Artists Opening Reception desserts and sides. Learn the small and will work each of your has walked through his or her January 19- Tanner Gordon, (Saturday, January 18). The Art exciting science behind baking muscles to fatigue. This is a low- own journey with mental health Ashley Sargent, Isabel Aragon, Studio Gallery features the work as you develop your skills in the impact, full-body workout de- issues and is there to help you Alan Bernholtz of six outstanding visual arts kitchen and with the oven. signed to make you stronger not find your way through difficult January 20- Annie Rijks, Blake workshop instructors and artists. Parent tasting night will be at only physically but also mentally. times. Unlike therapy, a peer Woodward, Tim Essig, Aaron End with a Thursday happy the last class. The $20 Choice No dance experience is required, guides you from his or her own Huckstep, Lauren Murry hour learning all about tequila Pass discount is available, as are and Guys are welcome! Bring a personal experience and can January 21- Rudy Damjanovich, and mezcal at the Culinary Arts scholarships. Allergies can be ac- yoga mat and optional additions: meet you for fun activities like Linda Carr Spirits Series (January 23). commodated. Contact Sasha with 2 to 5 lb. hand weights, resistance walks, Nordic skiing, or coffee January 22- Savannah Talbot, any questions, at sasha@moun- bands, small Pilates ball and/ around town. John Nelson, Alyosha Paden Mountain Roots kids tainrootsfoodproject.org. cooking class Mountain Roots invites kids ages Barre Sculpting with GAC 10 to 16 to join the Mountain Pretend to be a ballerina (no Roots Kids Cook! Winter Session, performance required) as you “Baker’s Delight.” Register at learn all the athletic moves in an hour-long barre workout class.

CBCS BAND AND CHOIR PERFORMANCE: On Wednesday, January 8 the middle school choir, band, and the high school band held a performance at the Center for the Arts. The bands and choir were led by the new band director, Tyson Rogers. photo by Jennifer Read

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT: Proud parents, Earle and Staci O’Hagan, welcomed Kolter Ray O’Hagan into the world on December 11, 2019. Kolter is a fifth generation Crested Buttian. Congratulations! courtesy photo

CAMEOS OTHER THAN SKIING OR WOMEN’S ALUMNI: Some women dusted off the skates and suited up to join current collegiate skaters SNOWBOARDING WHAT IS YOUR and the WEHA u19 team for an alumni hockey game over the holidays. photo by Than Acuff FAVORITE WINTER ACTIVITY?

Drawing Snowshoeing Eating Soup Sauna Settlers of Catan Neil Windsor Brittany Phelan Gordon Gianniny Benn Schmatz Brittany Perkins

Guess the movie quote! If you can identify what movie the following quota- “You’re a little low on the food chain to be mouthing off, aren’t you...” tion is from, email [email protected] and Aimee Dryer won last week’s movie quote “For 27 years, I dreamt of you. I craved QUOTATION win a free movie pass from the Majestic Theater. you... I’ve missed you!” It was from the movie It Chapter 2 OF THE WEEK One winner per week. 14 | January 17, 2020 WEEKLY Crested Butte News

driven basslines, and jazzy hip-hop. Laying her heart and soul out every time she hits the stage, her undeni- SOUND board able passion gives her a massive appeal that any music MADDY O’NEAL junkie can relate to. Thursday, January 16, Public House, 9 p.m. Maddy O’Neal has been catching the eyes and ears of EVELYN ROPER AND SEAN music fans around the world with her tasteful versatility and TURNER mixing style. Hailing from Denver, Maddy O’Neal has carved Friday, January 17, Talk of the Town, 6 p.m. out her niche in the always changing and very diverse elec- Sean and Evelyn bring honky-tonk happy hour to tronic genre. Maddy’s rock n’ roll family roots and growing the Talk this Friday with loads of classic country, honky appetite for old-school hip-hop, give her a sound that sets her tonk, and rock ‘n’ roll for your dancing and listening apart from other artists in the scene. It’s this versatility, paired pleasure. Join friends and neighbors for drink specials, with her meticulous ear and effortless mixing style that allows lively music and a perfect atmosphere to kick off your Maddy to connect with her audience. Self-taught, Maddy weekend in paradise! incorporates influences from the entire spectrum. Maddy’s CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE productions and original sets are full of melodic overtones, Maddy O’Neal courtesy photo

COMMUNITY calendar THURSDAY, JANUARY 16–WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22

• 4:30-5:30 p.m. Happy Hour Yoga (open level) at Thrive Yoga. • 6:15-9:15 p.m. Adult Creative Clay: Wheel Throwing in the Gunnison Arts Center Clay THURSDAY 16 • 6:30-7:30 p.m. Guided Sound Meditation at 405 4th Street. Studio. • 7-7:45 a.m. Guided Meditation (open level) at Thrive Yoga. • 7-9 p.m. Dungeons & Dragons Mixer at Rumors Coffee and Tea House. • 7 p.m. Alanon meeting at the Last Resort. • 8:30 a.m. Women’s book discussion group at UCC. • 7-8:15 p.m. Yin Yoga Nidra / CB Yoga Co-Op at Town Hall. • 8:45-10 a.m. Prana Vinyasa (level 2) at Thrive Yoga SUNDAY 19 • 7-8 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in Sunset Hall, 349 Teocalli Ave. in CB South. • 8:45-10 a.m. Vinyasa Flow / CB Yoga Co-op at Town Hall. • 8:30 a.m. Mass at Queen of All Saints Catholic Church. • 7-8:15 p.m. Vinyasa Yoga (level 2/3) at Thrive Yoga. • 9-10:15 a.m. Heated Vinyasa (level 1/2) at Thrive Yoga in CB South. • 8:45 a.m. Slow Flow (open level) at Thrive Yoga. • 10:30-11:45 a.m. Yoga Fundamentals (open level) at Thrive Yoga. • 9 a.m. Oh Be Joyful Church Worship Service at 625 Maroon Ave. WEDNESDAY 22 • 11 a.m. Weekly storytime at Townie Books. 349-7545. • 9 a.m. Worship Service at Union Congregational Church. 349-6405. • 6-7 a.m. Iyengar Yoga (open level) at Thrive Yoga. • 11:30 a.m. Duplicate Bridge at UCC. 349-1008. • 9:30-11 a.m. Sunday Donation Yoga / CB Yoga Co-op at Town Hall. • 7:30 a.m. The Crested Butte / Mt. Crested Butte Rotary Club breakfast meeting in the • noon All Saints in the Mountain Episcopal Church Community Healing Service at Queen • 10-11:15 a.m. Vin-Yin (open level) at Thrive Yoga in CB South. Shavano Conference Room at the Elevation Hotel. of All Saints Catholic Church. 349-9371. • 10:30-11:45 a.m. Vinyasa (open level) at Thrive Yoga. • 7:30-8:30 a.m. Sound Healing and Meditation (open level) at Thrive Yoga. • noon-1:15 p.m. Vinyasa (open level) at Thrive Yoga. • noon Narcotics Anonymous Meeting at UCC, 403 Maroon Ave. Closed meeting for addicts • 8:45-10 a.m. Vinyasa Flow / CB Yoga Co-op at Town Hall. • noon-1 p.m. Lunch Break Yoga / CB Yoga Co-Op at Town Hall. only. (1st & 3rd Sundays) • 8:45-10 a.m. Kundalini Yoga (open level) at Thrive Yoga. • 1-3 p.m. Tech Time at the Crested Butte Library. 349-6535. • 2-3:15 p.m. Restorative Yoga (open level) at Thrive Yoga. • 9-10:15 a.m. Advanced Vinyasa (level 2/3) at Thrive Yoga in CB South. • 2-3 p.m. Therapeutic Yoga (open level) at Thrive Yoga. • 4-5:30 p.m. Therapeutic Yoga (open level) at Thrive Yoga. • 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Two Buttes Senior Citizens van transportation roundtrip to Gunnison, • 4 p.m. Free tour of the new Center for the Arts building. 349-7487. • 5-6 p.m. All Saints in the Mountain Episcopal Eucharist at Queen of All Saints Catholic weather permitting. Call first for schedule and availability. 275-4768. • 4-5:30 p.m. St. Mary’s Garage, a free thrift store. 300 Belleview, Unit 2, on the south end Church. 349-9371. • 10:30 a.m.-noon Prana Vinyasa (level 2/3) at Thrive Yoga. of 3rd Street. 970-318-6826. • 5-7 p.m. Pick-up Adult Basketball. HS Gym, CBCS. • noon Closed AA at UCC. • 5:30-6:45 p.m. Restorative Yoga (open level) at Thrive Yoga. • 6 p.m. AA meets at UCC. • noon T’ai Chi for beginner participants in the Town Hall Community Room. • 5:30-6:45 p.m. Vinyasa Yoga (level 2) at Thrive Yoga in CB South. • 6 p.m. Duplicate Bridge at UCC. 349-1008. • noon-1 p.m. Fundamentals of Alignment / CB Yoga Co-Op at Town Hall. (class ends • 6 p.m. Talk to a Lawyer: Free legal information clinic sponsored by the Northwest Colora- • 6 p.m. Evening Service at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church, 711 N. Main St., Gunnison. February 26) do Legal Services Project at the Queen of All Saints Catholic Church. 970-668-9612. • 7 p.m. Gamblers Anonymous meets at the Last Resort. • 1 p.m. T’ai Chi for advanced participants in the Town Hall Community Room. (every third Thursday of the month) • 7-8 p.m. Guided Meditation (all levels) at Thrive Yoga. • 2-3 p.m. Iyengar Restorative (open level) at Thrive Yoga. • 6-7:15 p.m. Restorative & Sound Healing (open level) at Thrive Yoga in CB South. • 3:30-5 p.m. ICELab tours at Western Colorado University with Patrick Rowley. • 6:30 p.m. AA Open Meditation at UCC. MONDAY 20 • 4:30-6:30 p.m. Parenting Support Group in the Gunnison Valley Health Conference • 7:30 p.m. Narcotics Anonymous meets at 114 N. Wisconsin St. in Gunnison. Crested Butte Library closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Room, [email protected]. • 6-7:15 a.m. Hip Hop Vinyasa at Thrive Yoga in CB South. • 4-7:30 p.m. Tang Soo Do classes for children and adults with West Elk Martial Arts, Jerry’s FRIDAY 17 • 6:30-7:30 a.m. Vinyasa (level2/3) at Thrive Yoga. Gym at Town Hall. 901-7417. • 6-7:15 a.m. Hip Hop Vinyasa at Thrive Yoga in CB South. • 8:45-10 a.m. Vinyasa Flow Yoga / CB Yoga Co-op at Town Hall. • 5:30-6:30 p.m. Barre Sculpt in the Gunnison Arts Center Dance Studio. • 7-8:15 a.m. Rise and Align Yoga (level 2) at Thrive Yoga. • 8:45-10 a.m. Prana Vinyasa (level 2) at Thrive Yoga. • 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wine Wednesdays Tasting Series – Tour Through Spain with the Culinary • 8:45 a.m. Core Power Yoga Class at the Pump Room. • 10:30-11:45 a.m. Iyengar (open level) at Thrive Yoga. Arts Department of the Center for the Arts. 349-7487. • 8:45-10 a.m. Yoga for the Flexibly Challenged / CB Yoga Co-op at Town Hall. • 12:15 p.m. Adult Children of Alcoholics open meeting. Please call Jessica for schedule, • 6-7:15 p.m. Heated Vinyasa (level 2) at Thrive Yoga in CB South. • 8:45-10 a.m. Prana Vinyasa (open level) at Thrive Yoga. 970-641-6095 (not every Monday). • 6-7:15 p.m. Gentle Hatha / Yoga Nidra / CB Yoga Co-op at Town Hall. • 9-10:15 a.m. Heated Soul Flow (level 1/2) at Thrive Yoga in CB South. • 12:45 p.m. Bridge at the Senior Center. 641-4529. • 6:30 p.m. Alanon at UCC Parlour (in back), 4th and Maroon. 349-6482. • 9 a.m.-noon Slab Built Ceramic Butter Dish with the Visual Arts Department of the Center. • 2-3:15 p.m. Kundalini Yoga (open level) at Thrive Yoga. • 7-9 p.m. “GriefShare,” a grief recovery seminar and support group, meets at Mt. Calvary for the Arts. 349-7487. • 4-5 p.m. Teen Yoga (18 & under) at Thrive Yoga. Lutheran Church, 711 N. Main St., Gunnison. 970-349-7769. • 10:30-11:45 a.m. Iyengar Yoga (open level) at Thrive Yoga. • 4-7:30 p.m. Tang Soo Do classes for children and adults with West Elk Martial Arts, Jerry’s • noon Closed AA at UCC. Gym at Town Hall. 901-7417. • 12:15-1:30 p.m. Vinyasa Yoga (level 2/3) at Thrive Yoga. • 5:30 p.m. Communion Service at Queen of All Saints Catholic Church. • 1 p.m. Art group meets at the Senior Center. 641-4529. • 5:30-6:45 p.m. Yin Yoga Nidra (open level) at Thrive Yoga. EVENTS & entertainment • 1-4 p.m. Wheel Throwing Workshop with the Visual Arts Department of the Center for the • 5:30-7 p.m. Moms in Motion class at the GVH rehab gym. Arts. 349-7487 • 6-7:15 p.m. Prana Vinyasa / CB Yoga Co-Op at Town Hall. • 6:30 p.m. Sundance Head plays the • 3-5 p.m. Tech Time at the Crested Butte Library. 349-6535. • 6:30-8 p.m. Women’s Domestic Violence Support Group at Project Hope. Childcare THURSDAY 16 Mountain High Music Festival at The • 5:30 p.m. Communion Service at Queen of All Saints Catholic Church. available upon request. 641-2712. Mountain High Music Festival begins and Lodge at Mountaineer Square. • 6-7 p.m. Poi Playshop at the Pump Room. • 7:30 p.m. Open AA at UCC. 349-5711. runs thru January 18, see full schedule at • 7 p.m. Casey Falter plays at The Prin- • 6-7:15 p.m. Vin-Yin Yoga (open level) at Thrive Yoga. • 7:30 p.m. Narcotics Anonymous meets at 114 N. Wisconsin St. in Gunnison. mountainhighmusicfest.com. cess Wine Bar. • 7:30-9:30 p.m. Beginning Adult Tap in the Gunnison Arts Center Dance Studio. • 8 a.m. Free Yoga Class with instructor • 8 p.m. Moonlight Concert Series: A.J. SATURDAY 18 Katie Thomas at the Crested Butte Fullerton Band in the Black Box Theatre • 7:30 a.m. Open AA at UCC. TUESDAY 21 Library. at the Gunnison Arts Center. • 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Winter Writer’s Retreat with the Literary Arts Department of the Center. • 6-7 a.m. Sunrise Vinyasa (open level) at Thrive Yoga in CB South. • 2 p.m. Novel Tea Book Club: Little 349-7487. • 7-7:45 a.m. Zen Meditation (open level) at Thrive Yoga. Women at the Crested Butte Library. SUNDAY 19 • 8:30-10 a.m. Vinyasa Yoga (level 2/3) at Thrive Yoga. • 7:30 a.m. AA/Alanon Open at UCC. 349-5711. • 6-9 p.m. AND Series: Gemstones, Jew- • 7 p.m. Shannon Redmon plays at The • 9-10 a.m. Mindful Flow / CB Yoga Co-op at Town Hall. • 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Free Co-Working Tuesdays at the ICELab at WSCU. elry and Gin in the Gunnison Arts Center Princess Wine Bar. • 9-10:30 a.m. Community Yoga at the Sanctuary Yoga & Pilates Studio, Gunnison. • 8:30-10:30 a.m. St. Mary’s Garage, a free thrift store. 300 Belleview, Unit 2, on the south Main Gallery. • 10-11 a.m. Hip Hop Community Dance Class at the Pump Room (above Fire House on end of 3rd Street. 970-318-6826. • 7 p.m. Jack Mangan plays at The Prin- MONDAY 20 3rd & Maroon). 415-225-5300. • 8:45-10 a.m. Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga / CB Yoga Co-op at Town Hall. cess Wine Bar. Crested Butte Library closed for Martin • 10:30-11:45 a.m. Slow Flow (open level) at Thrive Yoga. • 8:45-10 a.m. Vinyasa (level 2/3) at Thrive Yoga. • 7-9 p.m. Late Night Study Hours for Luther King Jr. Day. • 10:30 a.m.-noon St. Mary’s Garage, a free thrift store. 300 Belleview, Unit 2, on the south • 10:30-11:45 a.m. Yoga Fundamentals (open level) at Thrive Yoga. Finals at the Crested Butte Library. • 7 p.m. Willa Emmitt plays at The Prin- end of 3rd Street. 970-318-6826. • 11:30 a.m. League of Women Voters meeting at 210 W. Spencer in Gunnison. • 8 p.m. Ladies’ Night at the Red Room. cess Wine Bar. • 2 p.m. Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum’s Walking Tours. (runs thru March 28) • noon AA Closed at UCC. • 9 p.m. Maddy O’Neal plays at the Public • noon-1 p.m. Open Practice (open level) at Thrive Yoga. House. TUESDAY 21 • noon-1 p.m. Fluid Flow Vinyasa / CB Yoga Co-Op at Town Hall. • 9 a.m. Socrates Café at the Crested • 2-3 p.m. Therapeutic Yoga (open level) at Thrive Yoga. FRIDAY 17 Butte Library. KIDS calendar • 4 p.m. Free tour of the new Center for the Arts building. 349-7487. • 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Gunnison Valley Cli- • 7 p.m. Crested Butte Mine Disaster • 4-5:30 p.m. St. Mary’s Garage, a free thrift store. 300 Belleview, Unit 2, on the south end mate Action Conference in the Western 136th anniversary presentation at the children and adults with West Elk Martial of 3rd Street. 970-318-6826. Colorado University Center Ballroom. Gunnison Library. FRIDAY 17 Arts, Jerry’s Gym at Town Hall. 901-7417. • 6-7:15 p.m. Prana Vinyasa (level 1) at Thrive Yoga in CB South. • 6 p.m. Evelyn Roper and Sean Turner • 7 p.m. Dwayne Dodson plays at The • 9:30-10:15 a.m. Mickies & Minnies in the • 4:45 p.m. Tang Soo Do classes for • 6-8 p.m. Figure Drawing Sessions with live model in Downtown Crested Butte. 349-7228. play at the Talk of the Town. Princess Wine Bar. Gunnison Arts Center Dance Studio. juniors at Town Hall. 901-7417. • 7 p.m. Melanie Hall & Kevin Kimura play • 10-10:45 a.m. Storytime! For All Ages at at The Princess Wine Bar. WEDNESDAY 22 the Crested Butte Library. 349-6535. WEDNESDAY 22 • 6:30-9 a.m. Gunnison Valley Health’s • 4-5 p.m. Tang Soo Do Martial Arts class- • 11-11:30 a.m. Baby & Toddler Storytime proudly sponsored by SATURDAY 18 Early Blood Testing at the Queen of All es for youth with West Elk Martial Arts, (ages birth-3) at the Crested Butte • 5-8 p.m. Artists of Crested Butte ArtWalk Saints Parish Hall. Town Hall Fitness Room. 901-7417. Library. 349-6535. Saturday at participating galleries of • 7 p.m. Matt Grant plays at The Princess • 4-5 p.m. Kids Yoga (ages 8 & under) at Crested Butte. Wine Bar. SATURDAY 18 Thrive Yoga. • 5-8 p.m. Oil painting demonstration and • 8 p.m. Ladie’s Night at The Talk of the • 2-4 p.m. Intro to Acting (ages 9-11) in the • 4-7:30 p.m. Tang Soo Do classes for reception featuring George Bodde at Town. Gunnison Arts Center Dance Studio. children and adults with West Elk Martial Rijks Family Gallery. Arts, Jerry’s Gym at Town Hall. 901-7417. • 4:30-5:30 p.m. Art Fusion (ages 6-11) in MONDAY 20 THE CRESTED BUTTE LIBRARY HOURS: • 3:45-5 p.m. Messy Mondays! at the the Gunnison Arts Center Kids Art Studio. 116 6th Street | Crested Butte | CO 81224 Crested Butte Library. 349-6535. • 4:45 p.m. Tang Soo Do classes for 970-349-0170 Monday-Thursday: 9 a.m.-7 p.m. • Friday: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. • 4-7:30 p.m. Tang Soo Do classes for juniors at Town Hall. 901-7417. Saturday: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. • Sunday: 1-5 p.m. Crested Butte News WEEKLY January 17, 2020 | 15

CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE the books, Sundance caught the attention of iconic songwriter/producer Dean Dillon, who SUNDANCE HEAD subsequently produced Stained Glass and Neon, Saturday, January 18, Lodge at which was released on Dean Dillon’s Wildcat- Mountaineer Square, 6:30 p.m. ter Records. The video for Sundance’s debut Born in Porter, Texas and champion of single “Leave Her Wild” was a World Pre- Season 11 of “The Voice” for Team Blake, miere on CMT and his single “Close Enough CRESTED BUTTE’S OLDEST BAR Sundance Head is noted for his signature To Walk,” was written by Sundance and Bobby 127 Elk Avenue | 970.349.7117 Blue-Eyed “Soul Country” and powerhouse Tomberlin. voice. The son of 1965 hit-maker Roy Head (“Treat Her Right”), Sundance has been sing- A.J. FULLERTON BAND OPEN 2PM - 2AM ing professionally in front of live audiences Saturday, January 18, Black Box and slinging guitar since the age of 13. With Theatre, 8 p.m. MONDAY - FRIDAY numerous independent releases under his belt, A.J. Fullerton is a 24-year-old Progres- musical accolades, and a bevy of life shows on sive Roots artist raised in western Colorado. OPEN Winner of eight 2017 Colorado Blues 11AM - 2AM Society “Member’s Choice Awards.” SATURDAY & SUNDAY He has steadily built a reputation as one of the hottest rising talents on the Colorado music scene. A.J. is well known for his skillful guitar and SHOWTIMES FOR FRIDAY THE 17TH THROUGH THURSDAY THE 23RD powerful vocals, often called “Be- yond his years.” His style of playing falls somewhere between the finger picking and slide of country roots music and the groove based up- tempo sensibilities of blues and rock DOLITTLE (PG) & roll. A.J. gathers his band mates for WEEKDAYS: 4:00, 7:00 this concert you don’t want to miss. Tickets are $15 for adults and $13 for SAT & SUN: 1:30, 4:00, 7:00 Sundance Head courtesy photo members. LITTLE WOMEN (PG-13) On MLK Day, serve your community WEEKDAYS: 4:15, 7:15 Western Colorado University’s Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Circle is hosting the SAT & SUN: 1:15, 4:15, 7:15 annual MLK Day of Service on Monday, January 20. Check-in will be in the UC Ballroom on Western’s campus at 10 a.m. Free lunch and a t-shirt will be provided. Dress for the weather as 1917 (R) some sites are located outside. If you have questions, reach out to Annie Westbury at [email protected]. WEEKDAYS: 4:30, 7:30 SAT & SUN: 1:45, 4:30, 7:30

ICELab announces local Incubator program 970-349-8950 • cbmajestic.net If you have a business idea elevator pitch at the ICELab the ICELab is focusing on: In the Majestic Plaza next to Clark’s Market that you need help getting off Community Event on March 3. co-working, startups, exist- the ground or if you have a From there, up to four teams ing businesses, and recruiting start-up business that needs will be selected for the 2020 businesses. Co-working is help getting to the next stage, Incubator program. seen as the foundation piece applications are being accepted Beginning March 17, the of economic development and for the ICELab’s Pre-Incubator Incubator program will meet is experiencing year-over-

program now through January three mornings per week over year growth at the ICELab’s Stern photo by Lydia 22 at www.icelab.co/incubate. the course of an eight-week physical facilities on Western The programming focuses program. Darcie Perkins, Colorado University’s cam- on start-up companies that ICELab assistant director, pus. The Incubator program need help in the beginning explains, “Founders and teams will help startup companies stages of their business plan- participating in the Incubator from within the county. The ning. program will develop suc- Local Accelerator program Up to eight companies will cessful business habits, create covered the growth of exist- be accepted into the four-week a solid business model and ing businesses and graduated Pre-Incubator program. Start- expand their entrepreneurial three teams in 2019. Later this ing on February 4, teams will mindset in order to maximize year, the ICELab will host the meet for one hour each week the potential of their idea.” Catapult Outdoor Recreation and have one hour of home- ICELab means business Accelerator for the second year work per week. The four-week This Incubator program and this program will serve as program will culminate in a fulfills one of the four groups a business recruiting channel presentation of each team’s of economic development that for the ICELab. Habitat applications being taken for local housing Habitat for Humanity of the Gunnison Valley is accepting applications for housing. The deadline to apply is March 12. Applications may be picked up at the Habitat office at 307 N. Main St. in Gunnison. With questions, call (970) 641-1245 or email gunnisonvalleyhabitat@ gunnison.com. Museum to examine local conservation efforts of the 1970s A French-American Bistro ORGANIC | SUSTAINABLE | LOCAL Over the winter, the Crested Butte Moun- explore conservation efforts of the 1970s and tain Heritage Museum is hosting a series of beyond through discussion and storytelling. A panels exploring the 1970s and the decisions panel of guests who made the hard decisions that were made in this decade that continue and worked to protect our landscape will share Located in the historic aLLey behind the Forest Queen to influence the development of this mountain their experiences in conservation work. This and Kochevar’s saLoon just oFF eLK avenue. town today. conservation panel includes Jim Starr, Polly Crested Butte in the 1970s laid the frame- Oberosler, Sandy Allen Leinsdorf and Glo Cun- open 7 nights a weeK work for the community we know today. In ningham. this decade, there was an explosion of creativ- The museum invites those who also share two seatings: 6 & 8:30 p.m. ity, proliferation of new activities and sports, in these memories to come and join the con- and a political takeover. This was a riotous versation to share stories of your own. The mu- Reservations Required time, establishing some of our most loved tra- seum encourages the audience to come with ditions and sense of community character. questions and stories to help us truly under- (970) 349-5448 Join the Crested Butte Mountain Heritage stand how the 1970s laid the foundation for the www.soupconcb.com Museum, Wednesday, January 29 at 7 p.m. to community we know today. This is a free event. WEEKLY

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ave McGuire’s Crested Butte Mountain Resort name tag says he’s “David” and tourists will swear that he wasn’t their ski instructor because the guy they skied with was “Mac,” the nickname McGuire was given as a kid in Little League. Born in Deer Lodge, Montana, Mac grew up at 10,200 feet elevation in Leadville, Colo. until he was 12. His dad worked in mine safety and heath. When Mac was young, the family took hikes, explored, climbed, and by the time he was 7, Mac had already summited Mt. Elbert, the highest point in Colorado. Both Mac’s parents worked at ski resorts on weekends. His mom, Gwen Nixon, was a ski instructor at Cooper Hill and his father was ski patrol at the now-defunct Meadow Mountain ski resort in Minturn. Naturally, Mac was skiing before he was 2 years old. “We had a long driveway that the plow guys would leave snow mounds and Mom would pack it and smooth out a run for us to ski on until we were old enough to get on the ski areas. I was 3 when I got to the resorts.” From the age of 5, Mac was on a ski team and says, “I continued to do that the rest of my life.” CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE Crested Butte News WEEKLY January 17, 2020 | 17

ern cross country and track team today because it’s just really, really Mac has been a ref and coach for Duane Vandenbusch. In his steep and doesn’t hold snow real for soccer and hockey for over 20 junior year at Western in 1981, Mac well,” Mac explains. But it was years. He also coaches and refs Lit- got a part-time job at the Crested an ideal venue for the champion- tle League as well as adult softball. Butte Mountain Resort ski school ships finale. “It was in that event “I’ve done that for 30 years because and says, “My upper education that I took a fall in Hourglass that I want the kids to be able to play took a backseat to working at a ski ended me in a bad spot clinging and they can’t without officials. area after that.” to the edge of a cliff. It was like a So all you parents out there, think He left college to work hallway of rock and there was no about becoming an official,” he full-time at CBMR. During the way up or out on either side. I real- encourages. summers he worked on construc- ized the only way out was to drop His early childhood love of tion crews on Mt. Crested Butte down. The crowd was silent, and trains has led to Mac’s hobby of that built Elevation, The Plaza and one person yelled out, ‘You’ve got being a model railroader, with an Wood Creek. “I ended up on a pile kids,’ which I heard very clearly. So extensive layout in his attic with driving crew driving steel H-beams I dropped in. I hit the snow, which hundreds of cars and locomotives over 100 feet into the ground to immediately shot me back into the and tracks. He’d like to see this his- produce stable foundations.” When air, and as I was flying through the tory installed in the Crested Butte the golf course was proposed in air, through the walls of the rock Community School, like “an op- Skyland, Mac got a job landscaping hallway, my right ski edge caught portunity to put a small train lay- and after its opening, he became the rock wall, putting me into a out in there that kids could run that greenskeeper (and golfer) for the horizontal spin 30 feet into the air. I might build more interest in what I next eight summers, utilizing his flew back into crowd view, having think is a very fun hobby.” He was high school experience when he missed all of the trees, landed in one of several who put together worked on the San Juan Island the snow, got up, skated to finish the popular train diorama at the golf course. For about six years in line and signaled that I was done Crested Butte Heritage Museum, the mid to late 1990s, Mac became competing for the rest of the day. which he dreams of expanding to a carpenter apprentice, building Thus ending my career as an ex- include the Floresta breaker and custom homes for Bob Huckins. treme skier.” the Anthracite turntable someday. Mac met his wife, Kelly Ervin, The impact of the rock wall at Mac has gained an honor- back when the Crested Butte male that speed jammed his leg up into able fame from last year’s 2019 to female ratio was five to one in his hip socket so severely that it Flauschink celebration when he CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS astic agate finder. I’d walk with 1988, “So every guy in town was split the socket. Ten years later, on was crowned King Dave. “At the PAGE my head down for hours on the after her,” he laughs. “I had had his 50th birthday, he had that hip end of every ski season, I usu- One of Mac’s favorite things beaches,” he says. The water acted my first major ski injury, a blown replaced with a steel one. ally go work in Vail and other ski to do during summer was learn- like a stone tumbler and polished ACL, and was walking to work at The outdoor mountain life is resorts after we close so I’m never ing about trains. “Dad always took the rocks. “They’re beautiful, all the ski school every day on crutch- hard on a human body and Mac’s around for Flauschink. But this me out to watch trains go by. The different colors. Mom would take es. Kelly would drive by me every had more than his share of injuries, year, being injured, I was,” he says, tracks are still there on Tennessee us to all these great beaches to hunt morning and wave until finally one reconstruction and replacements which created the opportunity for Pass,” out of Leadville, Mac says. for agates.” day she stopped and offered me a from skiing, mountain biking and the Flauschink committee to snag “There’s a tunnel at the top of Island life dictated that Mac ride. One thing led to another and softball—a few ACL surgeries, him. “I couldn’t ask for a better Tennessee Pass, which is where Ski couldn’t be on an organized ski we were married in 1989.” Their both shoulder reconstructions Queen, Queen Krista. We’ve done Cooper is, and on the other side of team, “but I took many an island son Connor was born in 1991, and and replacing that steel hip with a all we can to outdo all other royalty the tunnel is Camp Hale, where the friend and taught them to ski,” daughter Ali came along in 1996. titanium one in 2018 when he fell by being at as many events and 10th Mountain Division trained.” he says. He graduated from high Mac decided to really push on it so hard while running bases activities as possible. We’re having Mac remembers how excited school in 1979 as valedictorian, and his skiing career. “I knew I could that it came apart. Last ski season, a blast doing it. After all, it won’t he was as a kid feeling the rumble had become a successful competi- always have a career in teach- he realized that his left knee wasn’t be too long before we’re Royal and roar of those trains going up tive runner in school on the cross ing but I knew I could take it to holding up on the slopes, so that Has-Beens.” the pass. “It was a steep grade of country team, running distance another level.” After getting all his was also replaced this New Year’s Having been a local for quite the pass and one time in the 1960s, and track. “There were a few instructor certifications he became Eve. some time, Mac feels, “I’ve always there was a train that came over northwestern colleges interested in an examiner for Rocky Mountain “Then last June, I signed up to loved the fact that Crested Butte is that had 18 locomotives pulling both my academics and running, Professional Ski Instructors of do Ride the Rockies, roughly 500 harder to get to; thus, people who that one train and that’s a lot of but my stepdad, Jack Nixon, told America (PSIA) in 1993, and he miles. I rode really strong and felt really wanted to come here maybe noise and power.” The last train me about a school in Colorado was still a ski instructor. like the next chapter in my skiing have that same desire to get away went over Tennessee Pass around called Western State College right A close call in the late 1990s career was off to a good start,” but, from the masses and be someplace 1989, he recalls. near a great ski mountain.” And had Mac reexamine his race choic- he tells, “I went back to playing they can explore. When his parents split, his with that, he turned down all the es. Extreme skiing had just cranked softball and got taken out running “And it still always comes mom packed up the kids, moving scholarships and applied to West- up and Crested Butte hosted the bases when a player fell on down to the great people I’ve got- to San Juan Island in the Puget ern because he wanted to get back the first National U.S. Extreme me.” That incident dislocated and ten to know and live with all these Sound. Then when she remarried a to ski racing. Championships. “I competed in fractured his femur and tore the years and the effort involved in friend from Leadville, they moved In that era, Western had the the first eight, making the finals meniscus, cartilage and knee ACL. living here,” he says of the com- to Aspen. But in 1973, Mac ex- strongest team in years, competing every year,” Mac says. The eighth He’s recovering from that July sur- munity and challenges of living plains, “Aspen was too expensive for national championships. Mac year competition was held in Big gery and says defiantly, “I should at 8,885 feet. “Everybody who can for dual parents working, so we hadn’t raced in years so his game Hourglass, “which had never been be skiing by February... but I think do that has what it takes to be a moved back to the Pacific North- was off and he didn’t make the open to skiing and is still closed I’m done with softball.” Crested Buttian.” west, first to Seattle and Belleview team; however, Western created and eventually back to San Juan their first B team. “So I got training Island to a town named Friday and was able to stay on the team. Harbor.” We couldn’t compete collegiately, Mac felt that living on an but we B teamers took on other island was uniquely cool, but iso- competitions. We’d try to qualify lated. “You’d have to park your car for pro races all around the state— in a line and wait for the ferry to unsuccessfully,” he laughs. the mainland, and then you’d have He started successfully com- to drive for a few hours.” Because peting in the Colorado Pro Mogul of the time and distance to ski re- Tour in the early 1980s, making it sorts, Mac became a beachcomber to round eight several times for instead. “I became an enthusi- prize money. He also ran for West-

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Making a mark on not with a life-threatening illness to lights, and Josh was a trooper just the kids the Golden Circle of Champions in keeping Brody engaged and at the rodeo finals. having fun.” [ BY MARK REAMAN ] The Golden Circle of Cham- During Round 4, Josh got pions was conceived to raise bucked off his bull. “When I A 7-year-old Crested Butte awareness and provide funds saw Brody after the rodeo, he kid battling a life-threatening to help those children in need. was still holding his ‘Josh Frost disease had one of his dreams Each year, families are honored is my Champion’ sign, but had Clean, Dust Free Environment come true in early December as during the opening night of the a frown on his face,” recalled 469 Riverland Drive he and his family were treated rodeo. Through donations and Dawson. “I asked, ‘Brody, as special guests at the Wrangler fundraising efforts, support is what’s wrong? 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Wear Pink campaign, “We also family couldn’t have gotten FLY THEN FRY!!! “It was really cool and I like provided swag for the kids, through this difficult time in our hanging out with Josh Frost,” gift bags and the volunteers at lives without the generous sup- Brody said. the events, along with our NFR port of our family, friends and His parents agreed. “Both Committee tickets. Each kid our employers. We met numer- boys were so excited for the ro- received Justin Boots, Wrangler ous families that were going deo and had wide eyes through- jeans, a Custom Golden Circle of through similar struggles as us, out all the events, especially Champions belt and buckle and but without the same support of when Josh Frost [the boys’ new a Resistol cowboy hat signed by their community. Each day we best friend] got his chance to all the competitors at the Na- were reminded that although ride,” recalled Brody’s mom tional Finals Rodeo, along with we have an enormous hurdle Casey. a ton of other gifts and merchan- to overcome, we would have Mike Dawson, Cattlemen’s dise. The family was treated like a home and jobs to return to. Days vice president and Tough the rock stars they are,” he said. Thanks to everyone—you know Enough to Wear Pink board “Brody’s champion, Josh who you are.” member, along with TETWP ex- Frost, a bull rider from Utah Dawson concluded that ecutive director Heidi Sherratt, who was number 25 in the this trip to the rodeo finals was served as Brody’s chaperones world, was competing at his first special. “It was the hardest, but for the event. “Thankfully, Bro- NFR. best, day I’ve had at the NFR in dy is through the worst parts, “Josh was salt of the earth the six years I’ve been going,” but is still being monitored. 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CRESTED BUTTE’S FAMED EXTREME TERRAIN IS WAITING Get the most out of every run with a perfectly tuned pair of skis or snowboard. Head to the Crested Butte Mountain Resort Repair Center located in the lower level of Crested Butte Mountain Outfitters in the Treasury Center. Crested Butte News WEEKLY January 17, 2020 | 27 CENTER stage not just your realtor, your friend Performing Arts Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers–Damn the Sandy Perrino Torpedoes performed by Classic Albums Live: Broker Associate Thursday, January 23. 8 p.m. $35 to $50 c 970.275.6308 Relive the magic as the acclaimed studio musi- cians of Classic Albums Live recreate this quintes- [email protected] sential classic rock album in its entirety—note for bbre1.com note and cut for cut—with superb attention to detail, reconstructing these masterpieces of our modern era with utter authenticity. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers’ breakthrough release album, Damn the Torpedoes, features renowned songs such as “Don’t Do Me Like That” and “Refugee.” The band’s third album, released in 1979, quickly rose Everyday to #2 on the Billboard charts, second only to Pink We’re Floyd’s The Wall. The record went on to become triple platinum, listed by Rolling Stone as one of Classic Albums Live Brusselin’ the 500 greatest albums of all time. The group was named to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002, Watercolor & Wine Series: Thursday, January 16. while Tom Petty himself—with more than 80 million re- 4 to 6 p.m. $50 / session cords sold worldwide—remains one of the best-selling Enjoy a cathartic and educational painting experi- music artists of this day. ence. A great way to wind down after hitting the slopes. Gain skills in watercolor painting ranging from basic Literary Arts washes to different kinds of masking, while exploring Scottish Burns Supper Fundraiser: Saturday, composition and color. Each session revolves around Organic Soup January 25. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. $65 dinner only; $95 din- the creation of a single image, differing each session. Made From Scratch Daily! ner and whiskey tasting Enjoy a glass of wine (or two), while you paint. These What do you get when you combine haggis, classes are designed to suite all skill levels—bracing th whisky, bagpipes, fiddle and poetry with lots of fun beginners for a fun hobby or refreshing professionals 405 4 Street •CB • 970-349-5132 • 8 to 8 Daily and conviviality? A Scottish Burns Night of course! in a pressure-free environment. Your course fee covers Enjoy a rare glimpse into authentic Scottish traditions instruction, materials and a glass of wine—though you and cuisine for an evening of community and celebra- are welcome to purchase additional drinks. Additional THE CENTER PRESENTS tion of some of the greatest poetry known to man, even sessions February 13, March 12, April 16. All skill levels if you can’t understand a single word of it! Burns Night welcome. Ages 21 and over. Come alone or bring your VISUAL ARTS is held every January 25 throughout Scotland in honor friends. Location: Hawk Visual Arts Classroom. Instruc- of the birth date of Scottish national poet Robert Burns tor: Karen Hill. and is commemorated with a Burns Night supper, Winter Wheel Throwing complete with the traditional Scottish dish—haggis, Fridays, January 17, 24, 31 along with toasts, traditional Scottish dancing and Instructor: Laura Elm reading Burns’ poetry. Hear the history of the first 1 - 4 pm | $80 | 111 Elk Ave. Scottish settlers to the Valley with Duane Vanden- busch and Scottish fiddle with Lizzy Plotkin. The price includes food, some drinks and an intoxicat- ingly good time. Special whiskey tasting: Enjoy a Watercolor + Wine Thursday, January 23 tour of some of the most celebrated and obscure Scot- Instructor: Karen Hill tish whiskeys in this informative, top-shelf whiskey 4 - 6 pm | $50 | 111 Elk Ave. tasting led by sommelier Aaron Tomcak of Mountain Spirits Liquor. At the Center.

Culinary Arts Teresa KC Golden: Majestic Spirits Series–Tequila & Mezcal: What’s the Mountain Wildlife Difference?: Thursday, January 23. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Show runs through January 27 $45 9 am - 5 pm | Mon - Fri | Free | Spike your thirsty Thursday happy hour habit Kinder Padon Gallery with knowledge and depth. Waltz through the hard stuff in a monthly journey of revolving poisons including tequila and mezcal (January 23), gin (Febru- PERFORMING ARTS ary 13), and whiskey (March 19). January 23 features Art Studio Gallery: Peggy Stenmark artwork Tequila & Mezcal. It’s like squares and rectangles: all tequila is mezcal but most mezcal is not tequila. From Damn the Torpedoes the type of agave used to the various growing regions Gallery Shows by Classic Albums Live and distilling processes, explore the rich and fascinating Teresa KC Golden: “Majestic Mountain Wildlife” Thursday, December 23 history of Mexican agave spirits as you taste through a From elk roaming the vast valley floors to bighorn Doors 7 pm | Show 8 pm | $35 - $55 fine selection of tequila and mezcal. The price includes sheep skipping across the steep mountain peaks, from heavy appetizers and all tastings. Instructor: Mountain the mighty bald eagle to the playful chipmunk, in Spirits Liquors owner and sommelier Aaron Tomcak. Majestic Mountain Wildlife Teresa Golden captures the At Bonez. wildlife-rich environment of the Gunnison Valley with CULINARY ARTS awe, reverence and a strong connection to the divine. Show runs through January 27 at the Kinder Padon Visual Arts Spirits Series: Tequila + Mezcal Wheel Throwing Workshop: Fridays through Gallery. Thursday, January 23 April 3. 1 to 4 p.m. $80 / session Instructor: Aaron Tomcak Are you a professional artist looking to improve Art Studio Gallery Featured Artists Opening 5:30 – 7:30 pm | $45 or experiment? Are you a hobbyist looking to learn a Reception: Saturday, January 18. 5 to 8 p.m. At Bonez, 130 Elk Ave. new medium? Dive into clay each Friday afternoon The Art Studio Gallery features the work of six of with a Master Potter and learn to create the pottery our outstanding visual arts workshop instructors and you’ve always dreamed of. Ages 12 and up. Instructor: artists. Showcasing Audrey Anderson (watercolor, fab- LITERARY ARTS Laura Cooper Elm. Location: The Art Studio at 111 Elk ric); Laura Elm (ceramics, drawing, painting); Suzanne Avenue. Pierson (watercolor); Christina Stillwaggon (glass- work); Peggy Stenmark (watercolor, acrylics, Scottish Burns Supper block printing); and Mary Tuck (acrylics, Saturday, January 25 watercolor, textiles, jewelry). Downtown 5:30 – 8:30 pm | $65 - $95 shoppers will fall in love with the variety of At the Center giftable, one-of-a-kind items handcrafted by this talented group. Show runs through June 15 at the Art Studio Gallery at 111 Elk Avenue.

Ticket information All tickets are now on sale. For comprehensive TO REGISTER event information and tickets visit www.crested- crestedbuttearts.org (970) 349-7487 buttearts.org; (970) 349-7487; The Center for the Find us on facebook! Arts at 606 Sixth Street in Crested Butte from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, or find us Watercolor & Wine Series courtesy photos on Facebook. 28 | January 17, 2020 WEEKLY Crested Butte News Local research non-profit offering guide to a complex if we know about it... CRESTED BUTTE NEWS you’ll know about it topic: Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) The locally based Sustain- little-known market functions: the RECs market functions and able Development Strategies the Renewable Energy Credits how it contributes to renew- Group (SDSG) has dug into Re- (RECs) market. able energy generation. Their newable Energy Credits (RECs) The RECs market is one of preliminary research on this and is offering its analysis to many digital markets used for complex topic revealed the need citizens. After initially working renewable energy development for a basic policy primer on the on international environmental and is foundational to many subject, which could make RECs Casa Bella sustainability issues, SDSG has utilities’ resource portfolios. more comprehensible to layper- turned its attention to local envi- However, RECs since their incep- sons as policymakers and active ronmental sustainability issues. tion in the late 1990s have been a citizens. In February 2019, SDSG nebulous concept for laypersons The brief, 11-page primer published a study on the 13 to parse out from other terms discusses what RECs are and ELEVATION TEA communities in Colorado that like “green power,” “net-zero” how they may be traded to meet Elevation Mountain-Grown Herbal Teas are a celebration of get electricity from the Munici- or “carbon emissions,” to name different goals. The primer will local farmers, great taste, positive health and inspiring state pal Energy Agency of Nebraska a few. It is the hope of SDSG be available, free to the public from which they come. Drink it in. All ingredients are grown (MEAN), including Gunnison, that this policy primer on RECs via the SDSG website as well as and how that affects their renew- and the RECs market will help at the upcoming Gunnison Val- on farms at the base of Colorado's West Elk mountains. able energy options. That study demystify some of the jargon ley Climate Action Conference. is available on the SDSG website around RECs and their facility. Beall and Ross will be available at https://www.sdsg.org/mean- While SDSG has been busily at the conference to discuss RECs study. Building on that initial reviewing the varied aspects of and encourage a robust conver- study of state and local renewa- renewable energy policy at the sation about the topic of renew- ble energy policy, SDSG has had municipal and state level, Annie able energy access. two research associates, Annie Beall, a research associate with SDSG is a non-profit er - www.casabellacb.com Beall and Ellen Ross, research- SDSG in collaboration with Ellen search institute located just north 321 ELK AVENUE • CB • 349-6380 ing how a very common but Ross has been digging into how of Highway 50 on Taylor Street. Kitchen Tools * Sheets & Towels * Home Accents * Bridal Registry Gunnison rodeo wins regional award The goal each year for the annual Cattlemen’s for winning the steer wrestling title; a year ago, Days PRCA Rodeo committee is to produce the Payden McIntyre earned a little more than $1,700. FRIDAY: JANUARY 17 | 8 AM best event possible for the fans, contestants and But that’s just part of what was offered in Free Yoga Class with instructor Katie Thomas sponsors. Gunnison, where the committee has long been Consider the 2019 celebration a success. Dur- recognized as one of the most hospitable in the FRIDAY: JANUARY 17 | 10-10:45 AM ing the Mountain States Circuit Finals Rodeo the country. From offering free hay to stalls to making Storytime for all ages final weekend of October, voters selected Gun- sure cowboys and cowgirls feel at home, the Cat- nison’s popular event as the Medium Rodeo of tlemen’s Days volunteers go above and beyond to MONDAY: JANUARY 20 the Year in the region made up of contestants and make sure every detail is handled. Library closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day events primarily in Colorado and Wyoming. “It’s pretty awesome for a committee to go TUESDAY: JANUARY 21 | 9 AM “This is a big deal for us, because it repre- above and beyond for us cowboys,” McIntyre said Socrates Cafe sents all the hard work our volunteers have done in 2018. “It’s real nice to come down here and have over the years and, especially, this past year,” a lot of people appreciate when you do well.” WEDNESDAY: JANUARY 22 | 11-11:30 AM said Kevin Coblentz, president of the volunteer McIntyre continued, “This is an awesome Baby & Toddler Storytime committee. “We have many longtime sponsors community, and it’s a good place to relax and hang that step up every year, and when we decided to out. The hospitality has been great, and they’ve THURSDAY: JANUARY 23 | 7 PM increase our ‘added money’ this year, they stood taken care of us. We haven’t won a lot of money Local History Presentation: by us. the last few weeks, so if somebody will feed you th 136 Anniversary of the Crested Butte Mine Disaster “This award is a testament to everybody in for free, you can’t complain about that.” our community,” concluded Coblentz. It’s comments like those that serve as a benefit “Added money” in rodeo refers to the local to the members of the committee. organizers’ financial commitment to the payout for “We always appreciate the contestants who cowboys and cowgirls. In the case of Cattlemen’s vote for us, and we really appreciate the support Days, the committee offered $5,000 per event and constant positive feedback,” Coblentz said. ($10,000 in team roping) that is added to the con- “We really want any feedback we can get, though, testants’ entry fees to make up the overall purse. because we will continue to try to improve Cattle- That made for a significant increase. Jacob men’s Days to the point where it is considered one Colorado Edler, for example, pocketed $2,017 this past July of the top rodeos in the country.” Crafted Fishing outfitters using state wildlife areas must be FEBRUARY 1ST | VIP HOUR 1-2 PM | GA 2-6 PM ELEVATION HOTEL permitted with CPW Over 20 Craft CO distilleries, breweries, Commercial fishing outfit- CPW is considering issu- finite esourcesr continues to ters and their guides wishing ing commercial use permits for increase and CPW is seeking a wineries and food vendors. to take clients on state wildlife the following properties owned balance between commercial areas in the Gunnison area and managed by CPW in the use and the general public’s Live music from Coal Creek Connection. must now be permitted with basin: Roaring Judy State Fish enjoyment of state wildlife Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Unit; Cochetopa State Wildlife areas,” said area wildlife man- Chance to win a pair of Romp Skis. A meeting to explain regu- Area, including Dome Lakes; ager J Wenum. “We hope that th lations, applications, and fees and Gunnison River State over time, we can develop a Prices go up on January 25 for commercial use is sched- Wildlife Area. program that meets the needs uled for 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Commercial use on state of the majority of our constitu- cbcrafted.com January 29 at the Colorado wildlife areas has always been ents, while putting first priority Parks and Wildlife office, 300 regulated by Colorado Parks on the natural resources we are W. New York Ave. in Gun- and Wildlife; however a formal charged with managing.” nison. CPW staff will explain program has not been imple- Contact the Gunnison the pilot program and answer mented in the Gunnison Basin. CPW office at (970) 641-7060 questions. “Recreational use of these for information on the meeting. Vandenbusche to teach Crested Butte history class this winter Duane Vandenbusche will teach the History of Crested Butte at the Crested Butte Community School on Thursday evenings from 7 to 8:30 p.m. from January 23 to April 9, 2020. The class will cover the Elk Mountains, silver and gold mining, ethnic peoples, early day skiing, coal mining, polka music and Pete Dunda, narrow gauge railroads, satellite mining camps and ranching. Slideshows will be shown on skiing, narrow gauge railroads and Crested Butte. Register online at www.western.edu/es or call Extended Studies at (970) 943-2885. Crested Butte News Crested Butte News January 17, 2020 | 29 SSportportss BBarrelarrel

Titans basketball rattles off two more wins Enter league play this week

[ BY THAN ACUFF ] defense and getting back to doing what we do well.” The Crested Butte Titans boys basketball team wrapped The Titans did just that and up their series on non-league games to open the season last then some as they followed the weekend with a come from behind win over Ridgway on Fri- timeout with a 14-0 run to finish the day, January 10 and an easy cruise past Creede the next day first half up 24-22. to improve to 6-1 on the season with league play opening this “The momentum shifted and weekend at home against Del Norte on Friday, January 17. we started rolling and Ridgway had The Ridgway game was another test of the Titans’ mettle to adjust to us,” says Hamilton. as they finished the first quarter down 16-10 and then fell The third quarter turned into a win. Creede opened the game with a tight 2-3 zone forcing further behind in the opening minutes of the second quarter battle as both teams traded off taking the lead, finishing with the Titans to score from outside and Bacani went immediately down 22-10 when coach Brandin Hamilton called a timeout. the Titans up 33-31 heading into the fourth quarter. Ridgway to work. He opened with a three-pointer and proceeded to “We were just a little flat and they were playing to their opened the fourth with a small run to pull ahead by three rattle off several more throughout the first half including a strengths and getting the ball to their big guys inside and points until Ethan Bacani drained a deep three-pointer to tie half court heave at the buzzer to put the Titans up 40-12 at rolling,” says Hamilton. “During the timeout we talked about the game. The two teams continued to trade off buckets until halftime. getting back to being aggressive on offense, helping out on the Titans defense stymied Ridgway to pull ahead by three Wasinger then took over in the third quarter to score 13 with a minute left. points and keep the Titans rolling as Owen Forsythe closed Ridgway resorted to fouling to the quarter with a four-point play hitting a three pointer, get- stop the clock but the Titans hit their ting fouled and sinking the free throw. free throws down the stretch to seal “At halftime we talked about what we wanted to work the 47-39 win. Bacani led the Titans on as a team and that no matter what the score, keep playing with 15 points, Carlos Franco scored with our identity intact,” says Hamilton. 10, Erik Wasinger dropped in seven The Titans bench then took over in the fourth quarter points and led the team in rebound- and kept the energy high until the final buzzer with Cedar ing and five different players hit from Fessenden, Alan Bacani and Kyle Beck all scoring down the behind the three-point arc. stretch to cap the 65-33 win. Bacani led the team again with 21 “It was just a matter of us being points, followed by Wasinger with 17 and Forsythe tacked on tenacious on both sides of the ball,” eight points. says Hamilton. “It’s an aggressive The Titans now head into league play as they host Del style of play that can cause foul trou- Norte on Friday, January 17 and then head to Sanford on ble. But, if we can figure that out, then Saturday. we will be that much stronger.” “Right now confidence is high but the team knows The Titans returned home that there’s still a lot of room to grow,” says Hamilton. “We’re evening and returned to the floor Sat- sticking with our philosophy of treating every game the same urday, January 11 to host the Creede and that it’s just another opportunity to play basketball. This Miners and had a far less stressful weekend will be a test of that motto and I’m really excited to see how we respond.” photos by Robby Lloyd experience as they cruised to a 65-33

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Last Steep cruises to hockey if we know about it... CRESTED BUTTE NEWS win over Clark’s Market you’ll know about it Do you know who this is? No, who is this is?

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Wrap your head around that genius in the subhead. It’s an excerpt from Cheech Marin and I’ve been working my way through it for the past two days after hearing it on KBUT. Speaking of genius, the Last live music begins @ 7pm Steep played some borderline Thursday| Jack Mangan genius hockey Monday night as Acoustic singer/songwriter they cruised to a 7-3 win over Clark’s Market. Furthermore, Friday | Melanie Hall & Kevin Kimura I know I sound like a broken photo by Nolan Blunck Acoustic Americana record here but seriously, the Clark’s Market parking lot renders Saturday | Casey Falter even the smartest of individuals Sabers in 1991. Adventure acoustic guitar and loop artist hopelessly lost as they try to negotiate their way You’re welcome for that also. through there and find a parking spot. And while Granted, Clark’s Market struck back 40 seconds Sunday | Shannon Redmon you Facebook trolls look to shame people who park later when Jack Weise found the back of the net and Acoustic guitar, singer songwriter on the sidewalk in front of Clark’s, I applaud their it appeared for a minute, actually two, that we had decision-making. Rather than circle hopelessly a game. But the Last Steep passing had Clark’s Mar- Monday | Willa Emmitt looking for a spot causing additional chaos they ket heads spinning and they scored two more in the Acoustic singer songwriter obviously go into F*** It mode and call it for what it first period as Dennis Magnetti skated around the Tuesday | Dwayne Dodson is. Utter chaos where only the strong and adaptable Clark’s goal to slip in a backhand in the fourth min- survive. You’re going to need those qualities when ute and then a series of tape-to-tape passing set up Flat picking guitar with folk sensibilities, the s***storm really hits once Trump wins again, Ian Dethloff for the third Last Steep goal in the final original material as well as an eclectic mix of songwriters and he will. minute of the first period and a 3-1 Last Steep lead. I would suggest you hit Clark’s Market park- The Last Steep continued to punish Clark’s Wednesday | Matt Grant ing lot as often as possible to see how you stack up Market in the opening minutes of the second period American pop with acoustic rock influences amidst the chaos because that will offer you insight as well. Mike Wright scored a mystery no-angle FREE SHUTTLE! FREE SHUTTLE! FREE SHUTTLE! FREE SHUTTLE! into your psyche. You don’t need a therapist to tell goal to put the Steep up 4-1 and then after Clark’s HAPPY HOUR 4-6 DAILY you that if Clark’s parking lot causes you fits you goalie Roan Perschke turned away a series of shots, THEPRINCESSWINEBAR.COMWINTER got bigger issues because… I just did and you’re McGuinness eventually found a seam between welcome. Perschke’s pads for a 5-1 lead. 218 Elk AvEnuE | 970-349-0210SCHEDULE I will say that the Last Steep passing caused fits Remarkably though, Clark’s turned their game for Clark’s Market. It was really uncanny how well around midway through the second period and For complete route & schedule information, visit www.mtnexp.org the Last Steep moved the puck and it wasn’t all started to take back the night scoring when Dakota FREE SHUTTLE! FREE SHUTTLE! FREE SHUTTLE! FREE SHUTTLE! TOWN SHUTTLE Mike Lauerman and Shane McGuinness, either. Wiggins took a long pass up the ice and beat Eric It didn’t take long to see how the game would DiMarco one-on-one. We now had ourselves a EVERY 15 MINUTES — 7:10 AM to Midnight WINTER play out as the Last Steep scored the quickest goal game and things were looking good for… Actually, Crested Butte to Mt Crested Butte SCHEDULE in town league history when Eric Dishmon slipped the Last Steep responded 12 seconds later to take a STOP TIMES FIRST BUS LAST BUS the puck through traffic and into the bottom corner 6-2 lead into the third period. FREE Old Town HallSHU TTLE! :10, :25, :40, :55 7:10 AM ! 11:40 PM eight seconds into the game. 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M neet Cr res21 Squted &are Bu Septte 3:55-Ski Area Open7:55 am 9:55 pm STOP FIRSTTIMES BUS LAS FIRSTT BUS BUS LAST BUS price includes rental equipment, full of fat bikes and won’t be evening a winner is crowned.Ol d Town Hall 9:35 PM 11:35 PM trail pass, shuttle to the trail- much fun to ski on. We sug- Bonus points for costumes!EVERY 6th & Bell 40 evMINUTESMiewountai nee r SquareCRYSTAL/CASTLE 9:40:25 PM 11:4 CONDO8:250 PM am LOOP10:25 pm head, guide, food, beverages, gest you head to the West Side Crested Butte to Mt Crested Butte Mt CrestedServ Buestte Pit tochfor Cresk,t edCry BustaltteFIR Rd, S CTastle BUS Rd, Hunter LHASill Rd,T BUS Snowm ass Rd live music and gratuity. Phew! or the Bench instead. January Volunteer for the Alley LoopOlountad Towninee Hrall S quare 10:7:3500SNODGRASS PMAM 10:5512:00 LOOP PMAM 6th & BellevSTOPiew 7:40TIMES AM 11:00 FIRST PM BUS LAST BUS That’s a lot of stuff. 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LOOP CrestedCB Bu toFr ttGotome to hiMoun Mc t CtairesneetedCBr BuSq tuaotte Gotr e tohi ycour condo/Gothomhice: to Boar Mt CB/Cd the BCo ndo Express and tell the table experience. year, so expect a bit of craziness through the alleys as a giant From 4Serv-Wayes S Pittochforp Fromk, Cry stalMountaFIR Rd,S CineeTastle BUSr Sq Rd, HunterFrom LH GASilloth Rd,T icBUS S Gnowmen l Sasstore Rd Old Town Hdrivall er where you need to g7:35o. AM 10:55 PM there. It’s fun to spectate! Come dragon in the 5K race, the Alley STOP TIMES FIRST BUS LAST BUS MO6thNDA & BellY THRevFriewomOUG a poH intTHUR on anySDA CoY nd7:40o Loo AMp to Mountai11:00neer Sq PMua re: Call (970) 275-3469 between Backcountry Bistro is back down, grab a burger and a beer Loop is bound to be a good 8;30Mountai11 AM and 11:30neer pmSqu toare req 8:40ue stAM a:10 pic :40k-up. 9:008:10 AM am 10:40 pm Everybody’s favorite and cheer on these crazy folks time. Not interested in skiing?Mt Cres12:30ted Bu PMtt e to Crested Bu12:40tte PM 1:00 PM Mountaineer Square 8:00 AM 11:20 PM Sunday brunch is back. The as they ride either 32.5 or 19.5 We need volunteers! It takes CONDO EXPRESS 8;30 AM 8:40 AM CB SOUTH9:00 AM Backcountry Bistro will be open miles. Or jump in yourself and an army to make this fun event 12:30ServesGOTHIC PM all four coBUSndo12:40 loops - PMJun from 1110 p-mAug to M idni161:00ght. PM this Sunday, January 19 and next experience the Nordic trails in a happen. Email events@cbnordic. 5:00Mountai PM n Express and5:10 the PM Gunnison Valley RTA5:30 prov PMid e free bus service between SATURDACB tYoCBFr ANDGotom So hiMounuth ScUNDA andtai MneeY t. CBCrestedr Sq tuao Gotre B touthi ytceour duri condng tho/Gotehom wihicntere: to Boar seMtas CB/Cdon. the BCo ndo Express and tell the Sunday, January 26 from 10 a.m. whole new way. More informa- org to get involved. From 4-Way Stop From Mountaineer Sq From Gothic Genl Store 11:00Fodriv AMr completer wheree y CBou Soneeuth11:10d tbous gAMo. sch edule and informa11:30tio AMn call 970.349.5616 or to 2 p.m. Pastries, soups and tion is available at cbmba.org. 5:00 PM 5:10 PM 5:30 PM MONDAY THRwwFromOUGw.mtnexp.or a poH intTHUR on ganyS DAor CowwY ndwo.g Lunnisooop tonva Mounlleyrta.orgtaineer Square: Call (970) 275-3469 between charcuterie, as well as hot and The Nordic Center is located 8;3011 AM and 11:30 pmAll bu tos reseq8:40 areue wstAMhee a plcichak-up.ir accessible. 9:00 AM cold beverages are available for Alley Loop Pub Ski at 2nd and Whiterock in downtown 12:30 PM All busesFor ADA are12:40 Para wheelchair-accessible. PMtran sit, call (970) 349-561 1:00For6. ADA PM Paratransit, call (970) 349-5616 mountain express ▪ info line (970) 349-7318 ▪ ofc (970) 349-5616 ▪ www.mtnexp.org purchase. Grab a trail pass and There’s something enchant- Crested Butte. Stop by in person or 8;30 AMmountain express 8:40info lineAM (970) 349-7318CB SOUTH •9:00 ofc (970)AM 349-5616 • www.mtnexp.org rental equipment at the Nordic ing about Elk Avenue full of learn more at cbnordic.org. 12:30 PM 12:40 PM 1:00 PM 5:00Mountai PM n Express and5:10 the PM Gunnison Valley RTA5:30 prov PMid e free bus service between SATURDAYCB AND South SUNDA and MY t. Crested Butte during the winter season. 11:00Fo AMr complet e CB South11:10 bus AM sch edule and informa11:30tio AMn call 970.349.5616 or 5:00 PM 5:10 PM 5:30 PM www.mtnexp.org or www.gunnisonvalleyrta.org All buses are wheelchair accessible. All busesFor ADA are Para wheelchair-accessible.transit, call (970) 349-561 For6. ADA Paratransit, call (970) 349-5616 mountain expressmountain ▪ info line express (970) 34 9info-7318 line ▪ ofc (970) (970 349-7318) 349-5616 ▪• wwwofc (970).mtnexp.org 349-5616 • www.mtnexp.org 32 | January 17, 2020 SPORTS BARREL Crested Butte News Fat bikers to roll into town next weekend Bike polo on Elk Avenue quarters behind the Crested Butte Community School. There will be a [ BY THAN ACUFF ] vendor village out there and fat bike demos from Borealis and the official Once again, fat bikers from all Fat Tire World Championship course over the state, the country and even will be open for riders to enjoy and possibly from overseas, will roll into racers to strategize. Crested Butte for the fifth annual Bo- “It’s the only time people will realis Fat Bike Worlds presented by get a chance to pre-ride and check Ska Brewing Friday through Sunday, out the course,” says Ochs. “We just January 24-26. And while the Fat Bike want to thank Crested Butte Nordic World Championships on Saturday and the homeowners along that are the centerpiece event of the week- stretch of Nordic track for allowing end, the Borealis Fat Bike Worlds will us to use it for the event.” also bring a new event to the line-up Registration for the weekend by incorporating what is arguably the events and the world championships “oldest team sport” into the modern will be open at the event headquar- era. We’re talking Fat Bike Polo. ters behind the school until 3 p.m. The Borealis Fat Bike Worlds are Then, things take a turn to prepare now completely under the umbrella the masses for the debut of Fat Bike LINING UP FOR THE STEEPS: Thanks to the extra boost of snowfall this past week, a happy group of ski- of the Crested Butte Mountain Bike Polo—possibly the only Fat Bike Polo ers waited to ski the extreme terrain accessed by the North Face Lift for the first time this season. Both North Face and High Lift opened on Wednesday, which unlocked 333 acres of fresh terrain. Just before removing Association (CBMBA). After sharing event on the planet, hell, probably the the closed gate on North Face, ski patroller Krista Hildebrandt referred to the variable conditions on the the event with the Crested Butte/Mt. only one in the universe. extreme terrain as an “epic mix.” Practice those T-bar skills. photo by Jill Clair Crested Butte Chamber of Commerce Following a brief break, event the first four years, CBMBA has now organizers will then be set up at the taken the helm completely and they Brick Oven at 4 p.m. for registration are simplifying things just a tad. For and preliminary activities leading up group of merrymakers attempted to with the championship game around coming back to defend their titles and starters, they have eliminated the to the Fat Bike Polo tournament on put last night’s revelries behind them. 8:30 p.m. it’ll be very competitive out front,” races typically held on Thursday of Elk Avenue. While playing a docile game of cro- Ochs does recommend plenty of says Ochs. “But it’s also about being the event weekend at the North Vil- According to an informational quet, one visitor noticed her moun- pads, perhaps even headlamps, and a out there on a fat bike, eating bacon, lage by the Snodgrass trailhead. pamphlet procured by Ochs from tain bike lying neglected nearby on readiness for anything. drinking whiskey and having fun.” “It’s a tough venue with all of the Crested Butte Mountain Heritage the grass. During some particularly “We have no idea what condi- The after-party kicks off at 3:30 the wind and the weather,” says Museum, bike polo was invented in slow play, she mounted her bike, tions will be like,” says Ochs. “I’m p.m. with live music and the awards CBMBA director Dave Ochs. Crested Butte in 1987. mallet in hand, and took a few expecting high scoring, high fun ceremony is at 4:20 p.m., with the As a result, the weekend of- The pamphlet reads, “One July swings at a croquet ball. Eureka!!” entertainment.” party continuing at the vendor vil- ficially kicks off on Friday, January 24 5th in Crested Butte, Colorado—the Now, thanks to CBMBA, bike Saturday morning is when the lage with more live music, heated with fat bike demos at race head- fat tire bike capital of the world—a polo has now made the move to weekend comes to a climax with tents, Ska Brewing beer and plenty of winter for Fat Bike Polo. the Fat Bike World Championships. BBQ food. “We’re jumping on that train Day-of race registration opens at the “We encourage anybody to and keeping the tradition alive on fat vendor village location at 8:30 a.m. come out and join in the celebration,” bikes, in the snow, on Elk Avenue,” and sign-up is already ahead of past says Ochs. says Ochs. “We wanted to do some- years. The vendor village officially The weekend closes on Sunday thing different and bring Fat Bike opens at 10 a.m. and the racing starts as 45NRTH will host a group ride on Worlds to downtown Crested Butte. at 11 a.m. The start/finish area is Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. We wanted to bring the party to the behind the school and the racers will Volunteers are always needed heart of town.” complete five laps, including the op- and you can contact CBMBA to help CBMBA has the mallets—ski tional money booter, with a three-lap out by emailing [email protected] poles with mallet heads on the end— option available for the fun race. and all information and registration and glow-in-the-dark balls and is “We got some heavy hitters can be found at cbfatbikeworlds.com. looking for 64 intrepid athletes to be part of the magic Friday evening. All of the rules for the tournament are available on the website cbfatbikeworlds.com so I will spare you that but rest assured, all you need is a fat bike, or a bike with plus- sized tires, and a penchant for the photos by Petar Dopchev extreme. The action starts at 5 p.m.

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Crested Butte News SPORTS BARREL January 17, 2020 | 33 Titans hockey gets mixed results over past week Host Pueblo County this weekend [ BY THAN ACUFF ] Ball and Chain After decimating Resurrection Christian on Wednesday, January 8 with a score of 7-1, the m e t a l fabrication Crested Butte Titans hockey team dropped both games on the road to Summit Friday and Satur- day, January 10-11, and are sitting in the middle of c u s t o m f u r n i t u r e the Peak Conference standings with a conference record of 2-4, 5-5 overall. w o o d w o r k s The Titans came out firing from the opening face-off against the Resurrection Christian (480) 275-9584 photo byNolanphoto Blunck [email protected] pushing and tacked on two more goals in the third BallandChainCB.com period. Stock scored his Made in Crested Butte, Colorado second goal of the game four minutes in off an assist from Chinn and then Chinn completed the hat trick to ice the 7-1 win. LONG LIVE LONG LAKE The good feeling of the mid-week win was soon washed away though, as Crested Butte hit the road to face Summit. Summit sits at the top of the Peak Confer- ence standings and has developed into a stout high school hockey opponent. They netted two goals in the first period of the Cougars, outpacing the Cougars up and down the ice. game Friday night before Crested Butte struck back Pressure high up the ice opened the door for the Titans’ late when Myers scored off an assist from Solanik. But first goal two minutes into the game when Joseph Summit’s play continued to frustrate the Titans as they Stock stripped the puck off a Cougar as they looked to scored three more goals over the next two periods to breakout and fed Connor Chinn crashing the net for a skate away with a 5-1 win. 1-0 lead. “They’re a very well-organized team with very TOGETHER, WE CAN The Cougars tied the game midway through the well run systems,” says Myers. “It gets hard to defend SAVE LONG LAKE first period but the Titans continued to set the pace and that and generate any offense. We weren’t playing as a tone for the game yet struggled to find any gaps past team and cooperating with each other on the ice.” FOR FUTURE the Cougars’ outstanding goalie. Adding insult to injury, the Titans lost goalie Crested Butte’s work ultimately paid off in the Shaughn Rourke to an infraction late in the game and GENERATIONS TO second period as they scored four unanswered goals. It would be forced to play without him in their second ENJOY, FOREVER. all started in the third minute when Chinn tipped in a game against Summit on Saturday. shot by Matthew Solanik. Two minutes later the Titans Summit opened the scoring again on Saturday but were on the powerplay and took their time moving the the Titans responded when Chinn scored in the 10th CBLANDTRUST.ORG/LONGLAKE puck around to eventually set up jack Lambert in the minute to keep the team locked in a 1-1 tie. slot for Crested Butte’s third goal of the game. Stock Summit then rattled off a quick strike early in (970)349-1206 tacked on a fourth goal off an assist from Adam Collins the second period and added a third goal in the 12th in the eighth minute and then Solanik closed the period minute looking to put the game away. Crested Butte scoring in the final minute for a 5-1 Titans lead. did close the period with another goal as Graham Bar- “We woke up and started moving our feet more, rett scored to pull back within one but Summit finished got on the powerplay more and just got things going,” scoring three more goals in the third period, sealing the says assistant captain Chris Myers. Crested Butte’s demise 6-3. With the game well in hand, Crested Butte kept “We played a much better game but had moments when small mistakes led to goals for Summit,” says My- ers. “Jack [Perkins] did amazing in goal for his first varsity game ever. Summit just played together and for each other with their systems dialed in.” The Titans return home this weekend as they host the Pueblo County Hornets Friday, January 17 in Gunnison at 7 p.m. and then again on Saturday, January 18 at 2:30 p.m. “In the past they’ve been a hard-hitting team,” says Myers. “We need a good week of practice and motivation from the older guys so the younger players can play confident and photo by Jana Barrett not scared.” 34 | January 17, 2020 Crested Butte News

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Plus, cooking In this month’s National Geographic, there’s a more at home provides more shared family time. fascinating two-page graphic laying out what it Bring biodiversity to the table. Purchase would like if the entire planet went on a diet with foods from local farmers and retailers who support a goal of feeding 10 billion people by 2050 and biodiversity. doing it nutritionally and sustainably, factoring in Food is so important because it connects our greenhouse gas emissions, land and energy use. health to the health of the planet and it connects Written by the EAT-Lancet Commission on Food, people—forging true community. I, too, strongly be- Planet, Health (EAT for short), the report uses sci- lieve food, and specifically local food, can save the ence to determine what a healthy and sustainable world. So as a final thought, I encourage you to find diet looks like and maps out how to get there. out more about our local non-profit that’s working The commission is composed of 37 world- hard to transform our local food system—Mountain leading scientists from across the globe, and the Roots Food Project. I have served on the board for report is scientific blueprint on how to transform five years, and we have worked and continue to our broken food system into an earth system ap- act on many of the initiatives suggested by the EAT proach to sustainable food systems. That’s pretty commission. See the sidebar for more information— wordy, but stay with me. Basically, EAT believes and happy New Year eating. Now Accepting Applications healthy food can save the planet, not only from the climate crisis, but from the health crisis of Local freelance writer Cassie Pence is passionate for 2020 Pre-Incubator under-nutrition and over-nutrition, helping us about living a natural, sustainable lifestyle. This column feed the hungry and slim the obese, while lower- Greener Pastures is raising awareness about all things Looking to get your new business ing the risk of cancer, strokes and diabetes. that will better the planet, reduce greenhouse gasses and “Food is the main cause of species extinc- help us connect to the simple, low-waste pleasures of off the ground? tion and 1/3 of all greenhouse gas emissions,” The Pre-Incubator Program is a four-week life. Doing something sustainably cool? Contact her at the report says. “But if we change the way we [email protected]. prerequisite for the ICELab’s Incubator Program, produce, consume, transport and waste food, we which nurtures success in early phases of can feed everyone while improving the health of business development. our planet.” If we get this transformation right, New year, new plate the report suggests, we can achieve the targets of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals and the According to the EAT-Lancet Commission The Pre-Incubator requires one hour per week in Paris Agreement on climate change. of Food, Planet, Health, this is what our 2020 person and one hour per week of homework. The You can read the report in full on EAT’s plate should look like per day and per week: one-hour meetings are located at the ICELab on the website at www.eatforum.org, watch their ani- • 98 grams per week of beef, lamb, pork campus of Western Colorado University on Tuesdays mated video on the findings, as well as individual • 203 grams per week of chicken at 8 a.m. lectures. There’s also a section on what you and I • 196 grams per week of seafood Cost for the program: $100 personally can do to eat healthy and sustainable. • 200 grams per day of fruits Deadline for applications: Jan. 22 Here are some of my favorite takeaways from the • 300 grams per day of vegetables list of personal actions: • 232 grams of grains per day Embrace plants as a source of protein, and • 50 grams per day of potatoes SCHEDULE dive into the breadth of veggie options. We should • 250 grams per day of dairy • Why 10x growth is the goal Week 1, Feb. 4: eat more fruits, vegetables, nuts, legumes and • 75 grams per day of legumes • Week 2, Feb. 11: Investigating the opportunity/ whole grains. It is important to eat a variety to • 50 grams per day of nuts competitive landscape ensure that we get all the nutrients we need while Of course, limit refined sugars and highly • Week 3, Feb. 18: Managing innovation with also supporting biodiversity in the food system. processed foods Lean, Design Thinking and Agile Go easy on meat consumption. The recom- • Week 4, Feb. 25: Creating an elevator pitch mended planetary diet does not suggest completely eliminating meat consumption, as it is an important source of key nutrients, including Think globally, act locally protein, iron and vitamin B12. But excess meat Learn More and Apply @ Local non-profit Mountain Roots Food Pro- consumption can harm our health and the planet. ject is working hard to transform our local food icelab.co/incubate The report says aim to consume no more than 98 system into a more sustainable one. Find out grams of red meat (pork, beef or lamb), 203 grams more at www.mountainrootsfoodproject.org. of poultry and 196 grams of fish per week. Crested Butte News January 17, 2020 | 35

ing grounds of my ancestors. We heritance I didn’t ask for and never 4,000 to 2,500 B.C. who built passage EARTH muffin memos emerged from this place.” would have chosen? tombs honoring solstices, equinoxes BY MOLLY MURFEE Around us were buff-colored The predominant spiritual and the movement of light and canyons and piñon juniper-studded traditions in North America are warmth on the earth. The depths of mesas. The Mancos River. Ute extracted out of their native lands that dig are so profound only a faint reaching both up into the heavens Mountain. And the epicenter of vast and cultures. Truthfully, any spir- waft of their presence even exists Searching for the and down into the earth, it is a networks of ancient cliff dwellers. itual tradition other than that of the and it certainly lacks some consist- peak holy to four religions. Hindus She had a recommendation for indigenous people of this continent, ency in the passing. Sacred: Part I from India trek nine days to reach the folks of European descent sit- that has made its way to this soil as While my blue eyes and feisty it, circumventing it by lying flat on ting in front of her. “Find your own we like ants from a colony seek and disposition might follow threads Dear Readers: What follows the ground, rising, then walking to mythological traditions in the places migrate, comes from another place, back to my Scottish-Irish roots, I is an excerpt from my book in pro- the point where their hands once of your ancestry. Many of the ancient no matter how great it may be. wonder how much of any meaning- gress, The Adventure of Home. As the touched. traditions are basically the same but Sacred sites and holy lands ful and influential genetics have draft Prologue, it sets the stage for Closer to home I sat in front you have to find your own.” reside in countries across oceans remained intact from that long-ago the foundational topics driving the of seven Southern Ute elders and Find my own? Hmmm. What and continents, surrounding people homeland. All of my home-places in ensuing adventures, saunters and Tribal Council members on their mythological culture should I seek? and cultures utterly foreign and North America have been land- ponderings. It will come out in five reservation. An elder woman was The one that created ideas incomprehensible to most of their locked. I did not grow up visiting parts over the upcoming weeks. I speaking to the misconception she such as Manifest Destiny in order to followers. There are not histori- these European island nations, hope it finds resonance and intrigue felt many anthropologists held that perpetuate the annihilation of native cally relevant spiritual sites evoking learning their stories, histories and with you. the Ute people traveled over the Ber- habitats and cultures? feelings of reverence, connection or customs. Rituals connecting me to ing Strait to eventually reside in the The one that degrades women mysticism in this land with any of that land haven’t been passed down Mt. Kailash in Tibet is the most Southern Rockies and the Colorado and their power by recreating these religions. to me by my elders. Their songs sacred mountain in Asia. It is said Plateau. matriarchal Goddess myths so that Tracing my lineage, my genetic were absent from my lips growing to be the physical embodiment of “It’s not true,” she said. “Our the woman causes the demise of the ancestry finds its origins in the cul- up as a child. the mythical Mt. Meru, the center people emerged from a place in entire human race? ture of an island people, several in of the universe, the “navel of the the ground not far from here.” She The one that perpetuates greed fact, who traveled across an ocean This essay will be continued in world.” As an axis mundi, its power pointed to her left. “This is the birth- and isolation through the rabid and the major part of a continent the coming weeks. Stay tuned. pursuit of the individual? ranging from 200 to 400 years ago, Or how about the one that be- depending on which branch of my Creative non-fiction and place- lieves anyone with different beliefs family tree you follow. based author Molly Murfee specializes is doomed with a one-way ticket to Spiritually if I were to go back in nature and environmental writing eternal damnation? to a mythological tradition woven cut with cultural and societal critique. Oh, I know! The one that into these familial lands, would I Sign up for the Earth Muffin Memos thought slavery was a totally legit seek the ancient Celts? According Blog & Newsletter for more on her ongo- practice? to some archeological reports they ing book project; field-based Writing & The elder’s suggestion, I admit, participated in human sacrifice. Or Connection Workshops; online advertis- made me mad. What the hell was perhaps the search must dig deeper ing and syndicate column opportunities; I supposed to turn to in such a into time to the Neolithic period of and freelance writing services at www. courtesy photo checkered and bloody ancestral in- the first large-scale agriculturalists in mollymurfee.com.

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Focus on big things that who worked as scribes found tention Span Era. Crucial bless- are challenging, rather than it harder to get work. In our ings will flow in your direction on little things that are a snap. era, big culture-wide shifts are as you honor the gradual, incre- TAURUS impacting our personal lives. mental approach to everything. (APRIL 20-MAY 20) Climate change, the internet, CAPRICORN Author Honoré Balzac (1799– smart phones, automation, and (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) 1850) was born with sun and human-like robots are just a “I love to be surprised by some- Mercury in Taurus and in the few examples. What are doing thing I have never thought tenth house. Astrologers might to adjust to the many innova- of,” declares Capricorn actor hypothesize from these place- tions? And what will you do in Ralph Fiennes. According to ments that he was ambitious, the future? 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I suspect always making them.” So said (MAY 21-JUNE 20) you’ll find the sweet spot, self- one of the most famous and in- Before he was 21 years old, Wil- editing with just the right touch. fluential scientists who ever liam Shakespeare and his wife LIBRA lived, Aquarian-born naturalist had birthed three kids. When (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) Charles Darwin. In accordance he was 25, while the brood was Thomas Love Peacock was a with upcoming astrological fac- still young, he started churning Libran author whose specialty tors, I invite you to draw inspi- out literary masterpieces. By the was writing satirical novels that ration from his approach. Allow time Will became a grandfather featured people sitting around yourself to explore playfully as at age 43, he had written many tables arguing about opinions you conduct fun research. Just of the works that ultimately and ideas. He was not renowned assume that you have a mandate made him one of history’s most for cheerful optimism. And yet to drum up educational experi- illustrious authors. From this he did appreciate sheer beauty. ences, and that a good way to do evidence, we might speculate “There is nothing perfect in this that is to amuse yourself with that being a parent and hus- world,” he said, “except Mo- improvisational adventures. band heightened his creative zart.” So much did Peacock love PISCES flow. I bring this to your atten- Mozart’s music that during one (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) tion because I want to ask you: several-month stretch he attend- “How do you get your main What role will commitment and ed six performances of the ge- pleasure in life?” That question duty and devotion play in your nius’s opera *Don Giovanni*. 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The following stories appeared in percent. The increase would bring this publication 20 years ago this week. in about $215,000 each year. Mt. All stories have been edited for space. Crested Butte town manager Chuck Stearns reminded the council that Mt. Crested Butte prepares to ask approving a five mill maximum voters for property tax hike did not mean that much would be by Shara Rutberg collected each year. “It could be Bill Dickerson did not belt out less,” he said, “after the salaries are catchy jingles. Fritz Diether did adjusted and if our capital needs not show off sketches for Gothic are down.” Road billboards, and Pete Schewe The group briefly debated did not mention an all-you-can-eat whether to specifically earmark ribs incentive, but members of Mt. the money for salaries. “I feel the Crested Butte Town Council did thing would sell a little better to the discuss how best to sell a property public if it emphasized the police tax increase to voters last Tuesday. department and wages more and The group discussed how that the verbiage be ‘primarily’ or much of an increase they want to ‘substantially,’” said council mem- put in a ballot question and how ber Jeff Shipley. they could describe their plans for The town manager disagreed. the money in a way most appealing “I’ve never seen a lot of sympathy to voters. for government pay wages,” said Ski fashions from the 1940s to the 1990s came out as Dizzy Creek, Eflin Sports, The Colorado Boarder, Six The Town Council began Stearns, “though we might be dif- Points and the Hoags shared in a Millennium Fashion Show on the Antlers deck last week. photo by Tiffany talking about a tax increase early ferent here.” Wardman in December as they came to terms Council members and staff with the fact that the town was hav- seemed concerned that if town staff bring in revenue. “If we’re trying to stopped—though I know everyone Cyprus Amax. ing difficulties keeping employees salaries were advertised, voters respond to the increased need for thinks it never will.” “We haven’t yet made a deci- due to salaries that were not nearly may focus on the higher-end num- services, and it’s the future growth sion on the Mt. Emmons project,” competitive with other ski towns. bers, which still are slim compared that is driving that need, why not Phelps Dodges remains uncertain says Clay Allen, Phelps Dodge The sales tax revenues that might to other municipalities. tax newcomers instead of existing about local molybdenum mining director of communications. have pitched into paychecks are “They’d look at the top,” said residents?” he asked. by Will Sands “It’s probably a matter of several not rolling in this season, so council council member Gwen Pettit. Though some council mem- Phelps Dodge, the company months until we make a decision members brought up a property “They’d vote to fire me and bers agreed that other alternatives that recently bought out Cyprus on that side of the business.” tax increase as another method of hire two cops,” said Stearns. should be examined in the future, Amax, is presently pondering the Despite Phelps Dodge’s indeci- financing the town’s needs. Council member Fritz Diether mayor Bill Dickerson seemed to options for mining beneath Red sion, the push for water rights to Council members easily mentioned the possibility of an dismiss an excise tax, “while a Lady Bowl. Though the company service Mt. Emmons mining is go- agreed to limit the increase to five excise tax, a percentage tax on new mill levy would continue to bring plans on following through on Cy- ing forward. Just prior to the sale, mills, an average increase of 7 developments, as another means to revenue even if development prus Amax’s bid for water rights, Cyprus Amax filed an appeal of its there is no certainty that Phelps water court loss, and according to Dodge will push for a Mt. Emmons High Country Citizen’s Alliance at- molybdenum mine. torney Bruce Driver, deadlines are In the fall of 1996, Cyprus upcoming, and it looks like Phelps Amax’s desire for molybdenum Dodge will be moving the appeal brought the company back to forward. Crested Butte in pursuit of a prime “They have evidently acquired deposit beneath Mt. Emmons. At the interest that Cyprus Amax had that time, the company made an in this water right and the prop- application for local water rights erty,” notes Driver. to mine and mill molybdenum in Allen concurs, saying that Crested Butte’s backyard. The wa- Phelps Dodge wants to keep its ter bid was denied in water court options open. “A final decision on on September 1 of last year. the project is down the road, but in Shortly thereafter, Cyprus the meantime, we’ll stay the course Amax entered an agreement to with what Cyprus Amax had been sell out to Phelps Dodge, a leading doing as far as getting the project international copper producer. The to the next stage of feasibility,” he sale of Cyprus Amax, including its says. interest in Crested Butte mining, What is now Phelps Dodge’s was completed in late October. appeal to the Colorado Supreme In spite of the exchange, the Court will see preliminary action in future of Red Lady Bowl has hung the next couple of months. in limbo, and it will continue to be unknown for several months. Nel Burkett is the curator at the Phelps Dodge currently has no mo- Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Mu- The Adaptive Sports Center offered a glimpse of the next thousand years during last Thursday’s Futuristic lybdenum business and has been seum and enjoys putting the present in Parade on Elk Avenue. photo by Tiffany Wardman reviewing that major component of the context of history.

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ity, with 2,790 residents voting tourism (the No. 2 industry in chose to be here. By pushing GUEST commentary in favor of it and just 822 voters Colorado) when the Colorado this message, we speak almost BY ANDREW SANDSTROM opposed. Tourism Office was defunded exclusively to people who Since 2009, tourism has in 1993. By 1995, the state was share our love of public lands, height of the Great Recession, I grown and allowed for more losing $1.4 billion annually, trails and stewardship. TAPP Who? began working at the Elevation year-round jobs in the valley. and losses grew to $2 billion In 2019, 35 percent of Hotel. During that time, the Recently there have been rum- annually in subsequent years. Crested Butte Mountain Bike Tourism hotel was closed for two-plus blings that our valley needs to This loss was primarily in the Association members had non- months on either side of the stop tourism marketing in or- summer, as the ski industry local addresses, and a stag- Marketing seasons. These four to five der to alleviate overcrowding. banded together with market- gering 45 percent of the more months of unemployment each Oddly enough, the state ing to keep wintertime flat. than $1,000 donors or “found- In Part 2 of this series year forced me to retreat back of Colorado provides a cau- Stopping marketing ing members” had non-local we will focus on the Tourism to the Front Range to scrape tionary case study on what wouldn’t freeze our tourism at addresses. Our messaging via and Prosperity Partnership’s together odd jobs and pay my happens when marketing is current levels. It would most the Never-Never Land video (TAPP) primary and oldest rent back in Crested Butte. defunded. Recently at the likely lead to a precipitous de- series follows personalities in mission, tourism marketing. In 2009, Gunnison County Colorado Governor’s Tourism cline similar to Colorado’s. our community and focuses Like many of us here in the voters were asked for a second Conference (GovCon) in Den- Yes, it is hard to see our on what they love about it Gunnison Valley, I first came time if they supported taxing ver, Colorado governor Jared favorite local restaurant with a here. By attracting like-minded as a tourist. Since then, I have visitors 4 percent on their lodg- Polis and Betsy Markey, head line out the door. On the flip- visitors, we are bringing in decided to call this place home ing stays for tourism promo- of the state’s Office of Econom- side, busier seasons mean that stewards who care for our and raise my family here. tion. Voters overwhelmingly ic Development and Interna- more locals don’t have to leave backyard as much as we do. When I first arrived fresh approved the Local Marketing tional Trade, reminded the home to find work every off- Highlighting our valley’s out of college and during the District (LMD) tax in perpetu- group of the 30 percent drop in season. Most of our local econ- values in advertising will con- omy is dependent on visitors tinue to attract the “temporary bringing money into the valley. locals” that we are looking for The Forgotten 59, a tribute to the victims of the How can we keep ourselves and hopefully keep our locals employed year-round without working year-round. overrunning our backyard? In the next installment, we Crested Butte mine disaster At TAPP, we strive to will focus on TAPP’s efforts to Larry McDonald, local historian, will pre- Thursday, January 23, beginning at 7 p.m. There attract the right type of visi- mitigate the impacts of greater sent “The Forgotten 59,” a slideshow about the will also be a brief ceremony at the Crested tors who have the same love visitation and the sustainable sorrowful details of the 59 men and boys who Butte Cemetery mass grave, including a read- for this place that brought us tourism aspects of our mission. perished in the Crested Butte Mine Disaster on ing of the victim’s names, on Friday, January here. Our efforts are to invite the frigid morning of January 24, 1884. 24, beginning at 7:30 a.m. (Skis or snowshoes “temporary locals” to fill the Andrew Sandstrom has If you are interested in learning more about required.) For more information, or to schedule hotel rooms and businesses. worked as the communications this important local event, presentations are a presentation, please contact local historian Our marketing has been almost director for the Gunnison-Crested scheduled at the Gunnison Library on Tues- Larry McDonald at larrymcdonald@rocketmail. totally focused on trails. We Butte Tourism and Prosperity day, January 21, and Crested Butte Library on com. feel the trails and public lands Partnership, formerly the Tourism are the main reasons we all Association, since January 2017. LegalsLegals [email protected] • phone: (970)349.0500 ext. 112 • fax: (970)349.9876 • www.crestedbuttenews.com

—AGENDA— TOWN OF CRESTED BUTTE REGULAR TOWN COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2020 COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CRESTED BUTTE TOWN HALL The times are approximate. The meeting may the Consent Agenda will be considered under 8:30 2) Ordinance No. 44, Series 2019 - An 9:00 COUNCIL REPORTS AND COMMITTEE move faster or slower than expected. New Business. Ordinance of the Crested Butte Town Council UPDATES 6:00 WORK SESSION 7:06 PUBLIC COMMENT Authorizing a Potable Water Agreement for Lot 9:15 OTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE 1) Five Year Affordable Housing Plan. Citizens may make comments on item not 8, Trapper’s Crossing at Crested Butte, Gun- THE COUNCIL 7:00 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING scheduled on the agenda. Those commenting nison County, Colorado. 9:25 DISCUSSION OF SCHEDULING FU- CALLED TO ORDER BY MAYOR OR MAYOR should state their name and physical address 8:40 3) Ordinance No. 1, Series 2020 - An TURE WORK SESSION TOPICS AND COUN- PRO-TEM for the record. Comments may be limited to five Ordinance of the Crested Butte Town Council CIL MEETING SCHEDULE 7:02 APPROVAL OF AGENDA minutes. Approving the Lease of 815 Gothic Avenue to • Monday, February 3, 2020 - 6:00PM 7:04 CONSENT AGENDA 7:12 STAFF UPDATES Mel Yemma. Work Session - 7:00PM Regular Council 1) January 6, 2020 Regular Town Council 7:20 Presentation by Tori Jarvis from North- 8:45 4) Ordinance No. 2, Series 2020 - An • Monday, February 10, 2020 - 6:00PM Meeting Minutes. west Colorado Council of Governments, Water Ordinance of the Crested Butte Town Council Work Session to Discuss Empty House Tax The listing under Consent Agenda is a group of Quality and Quantity (QQ) Committee. Approving the Lease of 817 Gothic Avenue to • Tuesday, February 18, 2020 - 6:00PM items to be acted on with a single motion. The 7:40 Presentation Regarding Possibility of Jackson Morgan. Work Session - 7:00PM Regular Council Consent Agenda is designed to expedite Coun- Lead in the Water of Some Homes in Town. 8:50 NEW BUSINESS • Tuesday, February 25, 2020 - 9:00AM cil business. The Mayor will ask if any citizen 8:00 PUBLIC HEARING 1) Ordinance No. 4, Series 2020 - An Council Retreat or council member wishes to have any specific 1) Ordinance No. 39, Series 2019 - An Ordinance of the Crested Butte Town Council 9:30 ADJOURNMENT item discussed. You may request that an item Ordinance of the Crested Butte Town Council Approving the Lease of 808 Ninth Street, Town be removed from Consent Agenda at that time, Approving the Lease of a Portion of the Property Ranch, Unit 3 to Andrew Crowley. Published in the Crested Butte News. Issue of prior to the Council’s vote. Items removed from at 606 Sixth Street to The Center for the Arts. 8:55 LEGAL MATTERS January 17, 2020. #011710

—REGULAR TOWN COUNCIL MEETING— JANUARY 21, 2020 ~ 6:00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS MT. CRESTED BUTTE, COLORADO DRAFT AGENDA for the official agenda please go to CORRESPONDENCE by Reference of the 2015 International the Town of Mt. Crested Butte, Colo- • Discussion and Possible Consider- www.mtcrestedbuttecolorado.us OLD BUSINESS Energy Conservation Code Chapters 1 rado, Setting the Fees Charged for the ation of Ordinance No. 1 Series 2020 6:00 P.M. - PUBLIC HEARING - To • Discussion and Possible Consider- through 6 (Commercial and Residen- Inspection and Licensing of Short-Term of the Town Council of the Town of Mt. Receive Public Input on 5-year vested ation of Ordinance No. 12 Series 2019 tial); Adoption by Reference of the 2015 Rental Units Crested Butte Approving a Planned Unit property right for the Nordic Inn Planned – An Ordinance of the Town Council of International Fuel Gas Code, Chapters NEW BUSINESS Development Major Alteration Applica- Unit Development. the Town of Mt. Crested Butte Establish- 1 Through 8 and Appendices A Through • Discussion and Possible Consider- tion Submitted by Pearls Management, CALL TO ORDER ing the Minimum Regulations Governing D; Adoption by Reference of the 2015 ation of Resolution No. 3 Series 2020 LLC to Amend the Existing Planned Unit ROLL CALL the Conditions and Maintenance of all International Property Maintenance – A Resolution of the Town Council of Development for the Nordic Inn with the PUBLIC COMMENT - Citizens may Property, Buildings and Structures; By Code; Chapters 1 Through 8; Adoption the Town of Mt. Crested Butte, Colorado Design Provided at the December 17, make comments on items NOT sched- Providing the Standards for Supplied by Reference of the 2015 International Appointing the Town Clerk as the Des- 2019 Town Council Meeting, with Condi- uled on the agenda. Per Colorado Open Utilities and Facilities and Other Physi- Existing Buildings Code; Chapters 1 ignated Election Official and Authoriz- tions, and Also Approving a Five-Year Meetings Law, no Council discussion or cal Elements and Conditions Essential Through 15, and Appendix Chapter ing the Town Clerk to Appoint Election Vesting Period for Such PUD – First action will take place until a later date, to Ensure that Structures are Safe, A, and Chapters A1 through A5, and Judges for Municipal Elections Held in Reading – Carlos Velado if necessary. You must sign in with the Sanitary and Fit for Occupations and Appendices A and B and Resource the Town of Mt. Crested Butte, Colorado • Discussion and Possible Consider- Town Clerk before speaking. Comments Use; and the Condemnation of Build- Chapter A; Adoption by Reference of – Tiffany O’Connell ation of North Village Parcel Pre-Devel- are limited to three minutes. ings and Structures Unfit for Human the 2015 International Fire Code Chap- • Discussion and Possible Consider- opment Memorandum of Understanding MINUTES Occupancy and Use and Demolition of ters 1 Through 80 and Appendices A ation of Resolution No. 4 Series 2020 – Between North Village Associates, LLC • Approval of the January 7, 2020 Such Structures; Known as the Building Through C and Appendices E Through A Resolution of the Town Council of the and the Town of Mt. Crested Butte – Regular Town Council Meeting Minutes Code by the Adoption by Reference of G; Adoption by Reference of the 2015 Town of Mt. Crested Butte, Colorado, Crockett Farnell REPORTS the 2015 International Building Code, International Swimming Pool and Spa Directing the Town Clerk of the Town OTHER BUSINESS • Town Manager’s Report Chapters 1 through 35 and Appendi- Code; Providing Penalties for the Viola- of Mt. Crested Butte to Conduct the ADJOURN • Department Head Reports ces B, C, E, F, I, and J; Adoption by tion Thereof; and Repealing Ordinance Regular Municipal Election Scheduled If you require any special accom- - Community Development Reference of the 2015 International No. 2, Series 2015, of the Town of Mt. for April 7, 2020, as a Mail Ballot Elec- modations in order to attend this - Finance Residential Code, Chapters 1 Through Crested Butte, Colorado and All Other tion – Tiffany O’Connell meeting, please call the Town Hall - Police Department 24 and Chapter 41 and Appendices A Ordinances and Parts of Ordinances in • Discussion and Possible Consid- at 349-6632 at least 48 hours in - Public Works Through H, Appendices J Through O Conflict Herewith – Second Reading – eration of a Letter of Support for Grant advance. Public comment on these • Town Council Reports and Appendices Q Through U; Adoption Carlos Velado Funding for the Slate River Integrated agenda items is encouraged. • TAPP Update – John Norton by Reference of the 2015 International • Discussion and Possible Consider- Monitoring Project – Coal Creek Wa- • Annual Mountain Express Update – Mechanical Code, Chapters 1 Through ation of Resolution No. 5 Series 2020 tershed Coalition – Zach Vaughter and Published in the Crested Butte News. Chris Larsen 15 and Appendices A and B; Adoption – A Resolution of the Town Council of Ashley Bembenek Issue of January 17, 2020. #011711 Crested2 | January Butte 17, News 2020 JanuarCrestedy 17, Butte 2020 News | 39 Legals —NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF MEMBERS OF— —NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING— GUNNISON SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION CONCERNING A LAND USE CHANGE PERMIT Notice is hereby given that the Annual acts of directors and officers of the As- APPLICATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SHADY ISLAND RIVER PARK Meeting of the members of the above- sociation; HEARING DATE, TIME AND LOCA- a river park. The primary purpose of (Community Development, 221 N. named Association will be held at 303 (4) Election of directors to fill the TION: The Gunnison County Planning the park will be to provide riverside Wisconsin, Suite D, Gunnison, CO North Main Street, Gunnison, Colorado offices the terms of which are then Commission will conduct a public boat access and adequate parking 81230), so long as they are received 81230, on the 22nd day of January expiring. hearing on January 24, 2020 at 9:00 and sanitary facilities. The current ac- by 5 p.m. the afternoon before the 2020, at the hour of 5:30 p.m. of said (5) No other matters. a.m. in the Planning Commission cess site (across Hwy 135) at “North date of the meeting so that they may day. The business to be taken up at the Dated this 18th day of December 2019. Meeting Room, 2nd Floor, Blackstock Bridge” is not a legal, permitted use be submitted for the public record Annual Meeting shall be: Maureen Eden, Secretary Building, 221 N. Wisconsin, Gunnison, nor does it provide adequate parking during the hearing. A copy of the ap- (1) Considering and voting upon the Gunnison Savings and Loan Associa- Colorado, to hear public comment or infrastructure. plication is available online at: https:// minutes of last members’ meeting; tion concerning land use change permit The following amenities are proposed www.gunnisoncounty.org/436/Permit- (2) Considering and voting upon application LUC-19-00037. at the Park: 36 trailer parking spaces Database. Additional information may reports of officers and committees of Published in the Crested Butte News. APPLICANT: The applicant is Gun- and 43 vehicle parking spaces; 19 be obtained by calling the Community the Association; Issues of January 10 and 17, 2020. nison County, represented by John walk-in, tent only campsites and camp Development Department at (970) (3) Considering and voting upon the #011007 Cattles, Director of Sustainable host site; Boat prep and staging area; 641-0360. Operations. Boat ramp; Restrooms; Picnic shelter; ADA ACCOMMODATIONS: Anyone LOCATION: The site is legally de- Nature play area; Nature trails; ADA needing special accommodations as —NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING— scribed as 10.5 acres in the NE1/4, access; and instream fisheries habitat determined by the American Disabili- CRESTED BUTTE BOARD OF ZONING AND ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW Section 24, Township 50 North, Range improvements. ties Act may contact the Community TOWN OF CRESTED BUTTE, COLORADO 1 West, NMPM. 2728 Highway 135, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: The public Development Department prior to the 729/731 WHITEROCK AVENUE the subject parcel is approximately 1.7 is invited to submit oral or written day of the hearing. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT a public hearing, which may result in the miles north of the City of Gunnison. comments at the hearing, or to submit granting of a vested property right, will be held on January 28, 2020 beginning PROPOSAL: The applicant proposes written comments by email: plan- Published in the Crested Butte News. at 6:00 p.m. in the Crested Butte Town Hall located at 507 Maroon Ave. in the development of 10.5-acre site into [email protected]; or letter Issue of January 17, 2020. #011701 Crested Butte, Colorado for the purpose of considering the following: The application of Gregory S. Faust and Susan M. Faust to construct a single family residence and accessory dwelling per the approved demolition plan —NOTICE OF APPROVAL CREATING A VESTED PROPERTY RIGHT— from the December 18, 2019 BOZAR for the existing building to be located at PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town of Crested Butte at 615 Second Street, Block 41 in the P zone. Architectural 729/731 Whiterock Avenue, Block 62, Lots 31-32 in the R2 zone. approved the following site specific development plan(s) for approval was granted. Relocation or demolition of an existing Additional requirements: construction or subdivision within the Town which creates a non-historic accessory building in the P zone was approved. - Replacement housing and architectural approval are required. three year vested property right pursuant to Colorado Re- More information is available at the Town Office located at - A conditional use permit for an accessory dwelling in the R2 zone is vised Statutes, section 24-68-103 (as amended). 507 Maroon Ave., Crested Butte, CO. required. The “vested property right” gives the following applicant(s) TOWN OF CRESTED BUTTE (See Attached Drawing) the right to undertake and conditions of the approval for their by Jessie Earley, Assistant Design Review and Historic Pres- TOWN OF CRESTED BUTTE site-specific development plan(s). ervation Coordinator By Jessie Earley, Assistant Design Review and Historic Preservation Coordi- December 17, 2019: nator Crested Butte Nordic in conjunction with the Town of Crested Published in the Crested Butte News. Issue of January 17, Butte: construct an addition to the existing cat barn located 2020. #011704 Published in the Crested Butte News. Issues of January 17 and 24, 2020. #011706 —NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING— CRESTED BUTTE BOARD OF ZONING AND ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW TOWN OF CRESTED BUTTE, COLORADO 414 NINTH STREET PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT a public hearing, which may result in the granting of a vested property right, will be held on January 28, 2020 beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the Crested Butte Town Hall located at 507 Maroon Ave. in Crested Butte, Colorado for the purpose of considering the following: The application of 9th Street Blue Sky, LLC to construct a single family residence and an accessory building to be located at 414 Ninth Street, Block 70, Tract 3 in the R1D zone. Additional requirements: - Architectural approval is required. - A conditional use permit for a non- residential, heated and/or plumbed accessory building in the R1D zone is required. (See Attached Drawing) TOWN OF CRESTED BUTTE By Jessie Earley, Assistant Design Review and Historic Preservation Coordinator deadline tuesday at noon Published in the Crested Butte News. Is- sues of January 17 and 24, 2020. #011705

—NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING— —NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING— CRESTED BUTTE BOARD OF ZONING AND ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW CRESTED BUTTE BOARD OF ZONING AND ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW TOWN OF CRESTED BUTTE, COLORADO TOWN OF CRESTED BUTTE, COLORADO 113 SOPRIS AVENUE 821 ELK AVENUE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT a public hearing, which may Additional requirements: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT a - Architectural approval is re- result in the granting of a vested property right, will be held - Permission to demolish two existing non-historic public hearing, which may result in quired. on January 28, 2020 beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the Crested structures in requested per Ordinance #34, Series 2019. the granting of a vested property - A conditional use permit for Butte Town Hall located at 507 Maroon Ave. in Crested TOWN OF CRESTED BUTTE right, will be held on January 28, a non-residential, heated and/or Butte, Colorado for the purpose of considering the following: By Jessie Earley, Assistant Design Review and Historic 2020 beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the plumbed accessory building in the The application of Barry Alan Sullivan and Jennifer Preservation Coordinator Crested Butte Town Hall located at R1E zone is required. Diesman Sullivan to demolish the existing single family 507 Maroon Ave. in Crested Butte, (See Attached Drawing) residence and accessory building located at 113 Sopris Published in the Crested Butte News. Issues of January 17 Colorado for the purpose of consider- TOWN OF CRESTED BUTTE Avenue, Block 29, Lots 22-23 in the R1C zone. and 24, 2020. #011708 ing the following: By Jessie Earley, Assistant Design The application of Midtown Moun- Review and Historic Preservation tain, LLC to construct a single family Coordinator —NOTICE OF APPROVAL CREATING A VESTED PROPERTY RIGHT— residence and an accessory building to be located at 821 Elk Avenue, Published in the Crested Butte News. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town take and conditions of the approval for More information is available at the Block 69, Tract 7 in the R1E zone. Issues of January 17 and 24, 2020. of Crested Butte approved the following their site-specific development plan(s). Town Office located at 507 Maroon Additional requirements: #011707 site specific development plan(s) for December 17, 2019: Ave., Crested Butte, CO. construction or subdivision within the Gregory S. Faust and Susan M. Faust: TOWN OF CRESTED BUTTE Town which creates a three year vested to demolish the existing building locat- by Jessie Earley, Assistant Design property right pursuant to Colorado ed at 729 Whiterock Avenue, Block 62, Review and Historic Preservation Revised Statutes, section 24-68-103 Lots 31-32 in the R2 zone. Permission Coordinator (as amended). to demolish an existing non-historic The “vested property right” gives the structure was granted per Ordinance Published in the Crested Butte News. following applicant(s) the right to under- #34, Series 2019. Issue of January 17, 2020. #011702

—NOTICE OF APPROVAL CREATING A VESTED PROPERTY RIGHT— PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town of Crested Butte 3.4’, North 28’ of the West 3.4’ of Lot 19 (AKA Sopris Sub- approved the following site specific development plan(s) for division) in the R1C zone. Continued from the October 29, construction or subdivision within the Town which creates 2019 and November 19, 2019 BOZAR meetings. Architec- a three year vested property right pursuant to Colorado tural approval was granted. Revised Statutes, section 24-68-103 (as amended). More information is available at the Town Office located at The “vested property right” gives the following applicant(s) 507 Maroon Ave., Crested Butte, CO. the right to undertake and conditions of the approval for their TOWN OF CRESTED BUTTE site-specific development plan(s). by Jessie Earley, Assistant Design Review and Historic December 17, 2019: Preservation Coordinator Trilby Carriker: Relocate the existing historic shed onsite and construct a new shed to be located at 501 Sopris Avenue, Published in the Crested Butte News. Issue of January 17, Block 25, Lot 17, Lot 18 excluding the South 28’ of the East 2020. #011703 403 | | January January 17, 17, 2020 2020 CrestedCrested Butte News Legals —DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION NO. 2, COLORADO— TO: ALL INTERESTED PARTIES Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are reported location: 399983E, W-4411. Cottonwood Irrigating 2 is Turquoise Reservoir, Twin Lakes and other statutorily authorized plans, hereby notified that the following case 4253720N); North Fork Reservoir located approximately 200 feet or less Reservoir, Pueblo Reservoir, from including but not limited to, such is a portion of the resume of applica- (WDID: 1103300): In Section 5, upstream of the Cottonwood Irrigating direct flow transmountain water or approval as authorized by C.R.S. §§ tions and amendments filed and/or Township 50 North, Range 6 East, Ditch. Because the Cottonwood transmountain return flows by 37-92-308, 37-92-309, 37-60-115(8), ordered published during the month of NMPM, more particularly described Irrigating 2 is already set-up divert and exchange.” The leased water will be or 37-83-101 et seq., operated by December 2019, in Water Division No. as: The northeasterly point of contact return water to Cottonwood Creek, delivered at confluence of Lake Creek UAWCD to replace out-of-priority 2. The Water Judge ordered this case of the dam axis with the existing UAWCD requests the flexibility to and the Arkansas River, or at Pueblo depletions from structures located be published in the Crested Butte ground is at a point whence the divert, measure, and administer the Reservoir. The Twin Lakes water within UAWCD’s boundaries, in News in Gunnison County, Colorado. Northwest corner of Section 21, Changed Rights at the Cottonwood rights are described above. On addition to the existing decreed uses The name(s) and address(es) of T.50N., R.7E, NMPM, in Chaffee, Irrigating 2 point of diversion. Return information and belief, other water by the Town of Poncha Springs. The applicant(s), description of water rights County, Colorado bears South 68º50’ flows from the historical use of the rights that BWWP owns or has the Friend Ranch water rights are more or conditional water rights and de- East a distance of 31,920 feet; said Changed Rights accrued to the right to use and that may also be used fully described in the Application on scription of ruling sought as reflected point being further described by Arkansas River. UAWCD requests the to deliver water under the lease file with the Water Court, and in the by said application, or amendment, bearing on the Peak of Granite right to use any fully consumable include, but are not necessarily limited Decrees in Case Nos. 07CW111 and are as follows. Mountain of North 23º28’ West and by water rights in its portfolio, but not to: The Ewing Placer Ditch, the 17CW3037. A map showing the CASE NO. 2019CW3089; THE UP- bearing on the Peak of Calico Fryingpan-Arkansas Project Water, to Warren E. Wurtz Ditch, the Wurtz Cottonwood Irrigating Ditch and PER ARKANSAS WATER CON- Mountain of North 37º03’ East, in comply with any obligation to maintain Extension Ditch, the Busk-Ivanhoe Cottonwood Irrigating 2 points of SERVANCY DISTRICT, ACTING Chaffee County (Division Engineer’s historical return flows from the System, and the Homestake Project, diversion, a map showing the location THROUGH THE UPPER ARKANSAS reported location: 384999E, Changed Rights in time, location, and as each such right was changed in of UAWCD’s boundaries and the WATER ACTIVITY ENTERPRISE, 4274370N); Boss Lake Reservoir amount. When return flows are one or more of the following cases: proposed places of storage, and a P.O. Box 1090, Salida, Colorado (WDID: 1103920): E½ of Sec. 25 and replaced using water other than the 84CW177 (Div. 2); 84CW177(B) (Div. table of diversion records for the 81201, (Please address all pleadings NE¼ Sec. 29, T. 50 N., R. 6 E. NMPM, Changed Rights, the corresponding 2); and 90CW340 (Div. 5). The points Cottonwood Irrigating Ditch are and inquiries regarding this matter to in Chaffee County (Division Engineer’s diversion of the Changed Rights shall of diversion of the foregoing water attached as Exhibits to the Application. Applicant’s attorney: LAW OF THE reported location: 385004E, be a fully consumable depletion credit rights are located in the Colorado (All exhibits mentioned herein are ROCKIES, Kendall K. Burgemeister, 4268662N); Cottonwood Lake (WDID: available for the Changed Uses. The River drainage basin. Other water incorporated by reference and may be Atty. Reg. #41593, 525 North Main 1104005): Section 36, Township 14 other rights that UAWCD may use to rights may include the Clear Creek inspected at the office of the clerk of Street, Gunnison, CO 81230, Phone: South, Range 80 West, 6th P.M., in replace return flows include fully Reservoir Second Enlargement, this Court.). 4. Name(s) and 970-641-1903). Chaffee County (Division Engineer’s consumable water attributable to: 04CW130 (Div. 2), and BWWP’s address(es) of owner(s) or reputed Application for a Change of Water reported location: 388969E, Water available pursuant to shares of interest in the West Pueblo Ditch, owners of the land upon which any Rights 4293209N); Rainbow Lake (WDID: Twin Lakes Reservoir and Canal 90CW55 (Div. 2). HBL Water Rights. new diversion or storage structure, CHAFFEE, CUSTER, FREMONT, 1103535): S½ Section 19 and N½ Company owned, leased, or controlled Name of Structure: Alfred Katzenstein or modification to any existing LAKE, AND PUEBLO COUNTIES. Section 30, T.14S., R.79W., 6th P.M. in by UAWCD (“Twin Lakes Water”). The Ditch No. 1 (aka A. Katzenstein Ditch diversion or storage structure is or 2. Description of Changed Rights. Chaffee County (Division Engineer’s water rights producing the pro rata No. 1) (Priority Nos. 51 and 207(B)). will be constructed or upon which In this case, UAWCD seeks to change reported location: 390150E, interest of UAWCD are described in Date of Prior Decrees, Case Numbers, water is or will be stored, including a portion of the water rights decreed to 4296557N); DeWeese Reservoir detail in the Application on file with the and Court: Original Decree: Decree of any modification to the existing the Cottonwood Irrigating Ditch that (WDID: 1303613): The southeasterly Court, and in Decrees entered in Civil the Fremont County District Court storage pool: Pueblo Reservoir, Twin were previously quantified in Case No. corner of the dam of said reservoir is Action No. 3082, District Court, dated March 12, 1896. Relevant Lakes Reservoir: U.S. Dep’t of Interior, 79CW172 (Div. 2), more particularly North 41º37’ East, and is distant 758.7 Garfield County, August 25, 1936; subsequent decrees: 95CW10, August Bureau of Reclamation, 11056 West described as follows: Name of feet from the Northeast Corner of Case No. W-1901, District Court, 4, 1998 (changed to augmentation County Rd., 18-E, Loveland, CO, structure: Cottonwood Irrigating Ditch Section 20, T. 21 S., R. 72 W., 6th Water Division 5, May 12, 1976; use); 00CW42, February 12, 2001 80537-9711 (“Bureau of Reclama- (WDID 1100648). Legal description: P.M., in Custer County (Division 95CW321; Civil Action No. 2346, (added alternate point of diversion); tion”). O’Haver Reservoir, North Fork On the south bank of Cottonwood Engineer’s reported location: District Court, Chaffee County, July 10CW30, March 10, 2013 (change for Reservoir, Cottonwood Lake: United Creek, in the SW1/4NE1/4, Section 460703E, 4229165N); Twin Lakes 14, 1913; Case No. W-3965, District use in Plan for Augmentation (the States Department of Agricultural, 13, Township 14 South, Range 79 Reservoir (WDID: 1103503): Twin Court, Water Division 2. North Fork “06CW32 Plan”) approved by the Forest Service, 5575 Cleora Road, West, 6th P.M., in Chaffee County. Lakes Reservoir is formed by a dam Reservoir. Case Number, Date, and decree entered in Case No. 06CW32 Salida, CO 81201 (“Forest Service”). Decreed source: Cottonwood Creek, across Lake Creek in Lake County in Court of Original Decree: 82CW204, (the “06CW32 Decree”) and storage in Boss Lake Reservoir: SALCO tributary to the Arkansas River. Section 23, Township 11 South, Range May 23, 1983, nunc pro tunc April 14, Pueblo and DeWeese Reservoirs), all ASSOCIATES, L.L.P., 225 G Street, Appropriation dates, amounts 80 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, 1983, District Court, Water Division 2. in District Court, Water Division 2. Salida, CO 81201; and the Forest decreed, and amounts Applicant as described in the Decree in Case Case Number, Date, and Court of Conquistador Reservoir No. 1: Date of Service. Rainbow Lake: Rainbow Lake intends to change: Priority 15: July 31, No. 80CW6 (District Court, Water Subsequent decrees: 87CW23, May Prior Decrees, Case Numbers, and Resort, Inc., P.O. Box 17450, 1866, 6cfs, 0.145 cfs; Priority 43: Division No. 2), dated October 23, 10, 1988; 94CW17, November 22, Court: Original decree: District Court, Oklahoma City, OK, 73136. DeWeese December 31, 1872, 13 cfs, 0.535 cfs. 1980 (Division Engineer’s reported 1994; 00CW121, September 20, 2006; Water Division 2, August 1, 1978, Reservoir: DeWeese-Dye Ditch and Original and all relevant subsequent location: 387247E, 4326098N); and 12CW97, February 9, 2013; Case No. W-4320. Relevant subse- Reservoir Company, 1631 Chestnut decrees for all of the above water Conquistador Reservoir (WDID: 13CW3030, December 2, 2013; quent decrees: 86CW67, January 9, Street, Canon City, CO 81212. rights: CA-1127 (6/19/1890, District 1303535): SE ¼ of Section 21, 19CW3014 (pending); all in District 1987 (change in place of storage); UAWCD holds the right to store water Court, Chaffee County). 79CW172 Township 22 South, Range 73 West of Court, Water Division 2. Location: 95CW10, August 4, 1998 (changed to in the lower bay of Conquistador (January 9, 1981, Water Division 2). the 6th P.M., in Custer County SE¼ of Section 5, Township 50 North, use in HBL augmentation plan); Reservoir, which is on land owned by Other portions of the Cottonwood (Division Engineer’s reported location: Range 6 East, N.M.P.M., in Chaffee 00CW3, September 27, 2001 (decreed C. Jean Zeller, PO Box 25, Westcliffe, Irrigating Ditch that are not being 452098E, 4219247N). Franklin County, Colorado. Source: North Fork, absolute storage right for 134.6 CO 81252. Franklin Reservoir: changed in this case were the subject Reservoir (a/k/a Ice Lake) (WDID South Arkansas River. Appropriation acre-feet, and the remaining condi- Lakeside Estates Preserve Homeown- of Case Nos. CA-4396, CA-4738, and 1103511): SWNW Section 8, Township Date: September 9, 1982. Amount: tional 15.4 acre-feet was declared to ers Association, PO Box 4454, Buena W-4411. Decreed uses: Irrigation. 3. 14 South, Range 78 West, 6th P.M., in 595 acre-feet (495 acre-feet absolute, be abandoned); 10CW30 (change for Vista, CO 81211-4454. The Cotton- Detailed description of proposed Chaffee County (Division Engineer’s 100 acre-feet conditional). Use: use in 06CW32 Plan and storage in wood Irrigating Ditch 1 and 2: Robert change: UAWCD operates existing reported location: 400754E, irrigation, municipal, industrial, Pueblo and DeWeese Reservoirs), all Orris, 13851 W County Road 270, plans for augmentation that augment 7300760N). The above-described recreational and augmentation uses. in District Court, Water Division 2. The Nathrop, CO 81236-8716. out-of-priority depletions from uses may be accomplished directly or O’Haver Reservoir. Case Number, A. Katzenstein Ditch No. 1 and THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BY structures located within portions of by exchange, including by exchange Date, and Court of Original Decree: Conquistador Reservoir No. 1 water THE FOREGOING APPLICATION(S) UAWCD’s territory (See, e.g., pursuant to UAWCD’s exchange 82CW205, June 28, 1985, District rights are more particularly described MAY AFFECT IN PRIORITY ANY WA- 92CW84, 94CW5, 06CW32). UAWCD decreed in Case No. 04CW96. The Court, Water Division No. 2, Colorado, in the Application on file with the Water TER RIGHTS CLAIMED OR HERE- also operates a Rule 14 replacement historical consumptive use of the Case Number, Date, and Court of Court, and in the Decrees entered in TOFORE ADJUDICATED WITHIN plan to replace depletions from wells Changed Rights was determined in Subsequent Decrees: 88CW75, Case Nos. 95CW10, 00CW42, and THIS DIVISION AND OWNERS OF located within UAWCD’s boundaries. Case No. 79CW172. In that case, 1 September 6, 1989, amended July 13, 10CW30. Friend Ranch Water Rights. AFFECTED RIGHTS MUST APPEAR UAWCD may also obtain approval of cfs owned by the applicants was found 1990; 95CW207, December 10, 1996; Name of structures: Huntzicker Ditch TO OBJECT AND PROTEST WITHIN additional plans for augmentation and/ to irrigate 26 acres, resulting in an 02CW178, November 25, 2003; (WDID: 1100600), Hensie Ditch No. 1 THE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE, or substitute water supply plans (or average annual consumptive use of 09CW128, March 31, 2011; (WDID: 1100602), Boon Ditch No. 2 OR BE FOREVER BARRED. similar administratively approved 34 acre-feet per year, or 1.31 acre-feet 13CW3031, November 4, 2013, all in (WDID: 1100608), Hensie Ditch No. 2 YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that plans that may be authorized by per acre per year. Those findings are District Court, Water Division 2. (WDID: 1100609), Mundlein Ditch No. any party who wishes to oppose statute in the future) to replace not subject to re-litigation in this case. Location: Near the center of Section 2 (WDID: 1100597). Original and all an application, or application as out-of-priority depletions from Williams v. Midway Ranches Prop. 12, T.48 N. R.7E., N.M.P.M., Chaffee relevant subsequent decrees for all of amended, may file with the Water structures located within UAWCD’s Owners Ass’n, 938 P.2d 515, 524-26 County, Colorado. Source: Gray’s the above water rights (the “Friend Clerk a verified statement of opposi- boundaries. In this case, UAWCD (Colo. 1997). UAWCD is the succes- Creek by means of O’Haver filler Ranch Water Rights”): Civil Action No. tion setting forth facts as to why the seeks to change the Changed Rights sor in interest to the applicants in Ditch. Appropriation Date: September 1127, District Court, Chaffee County application should not be granted, or to allow their use as a source of Case No. 79CW172, and the Changed 9, 1982. Amount: 193 acre-feet (6/19/1890); W-294, District Court, why it should be granted only in part augmentation or replacement water in Rights are a portion of the rights (absolute). Uses: Irrigation, municipal, Water Division 2 (October 18, 1978); or on certain conditions, such state- all such plans (the “Changed Uses”). quantified in 79CW172. The Changed industrial, augmentation, and 07CW111, District Court, Water ment of opposition must be filed by UAWCD’s use of the Changed Rights Rights are 68% of the water rights recreational. Water Leased from Division 2 (June 13, 2012); the last day of February 2020, (forms for the Changed Uses may occur by changed in 79CW172, therefore, the Board of Water Works of Pueblo, 17CW3037, District Court, Water available at Clerk’s office or at www. applying stream depletion credits from historical consumptive use of the Colorado. UAWCD has entered into a Division 2 (March 22, 2019). In Case courts.state.co.us, must be served on the Changed Rights as they accrue to Changed Rights is 23.12 acre-feet per lease with the Board of Water Works No. 07CW111, the Friend Ranch parties and certificate of service must the stream, or through storage in and year. In Civil Action No. 4396 (Chaffee of Pueblo, Colorado (BWWP), for 202 Water Rights were changed from be completed; filing fee $192.00). The subsequent release from the storage County), the point of diversion of acre-feet of fully consumable water irrigation use to direct flow and foregoing are resumes and the entire structures listed below: Pueblo another portion of the Cottonwood per year, for a term of 40 years. With storage for the Town of Poncha application, amendments, exhibits, Reservoir (WDID: 1403526): The Irrigating Ditch water rights was respect to the source of the water to Springs’s municipal uses in its existing maps and any other attachments filed Pueblo Reservoir Dam axis and the changed to a point on the southeast be provided the lease provides in and future service areas including the in each case may be examined in the center line of the Arkansas River bank of Cottonwood Creek, in the pertinent part that BWWP “will deliver Friend Ranch, including, without office of the Clerk for Water Division intersect at a point in Section 36, W1/2E1/2 Section 13, Township 14 water derived from the Board’s shares limitation, domestic, commercial, No. 2, at the address shown below. Township 20 South, Range 66 West of South, Range 79 West, 6th P.M., from in the Twin Lakes Reservoir and Canal industrial, irrigation, recreational, fire Witness my hand and the seal of this the 6th P.M., from which the Northeast whence the northwest corner of said Co. to the extent that such water is protection, augmentation, exchange Court this 10th day of January 2020. corner of said Section bears North 61º Section 13 bears North 52°33’ West a available to the Board. If Board does and replacement purposes as /s/ Michele M. Santistevan 21’20” East, a distance of 2,511.05 distance of 4425 feet. This new point not have sufficient water from the Twin provided in the 07CW111 Decree. In Michele M. Santistevan, Clerk feet, in Pueblo County (Division of diversion is sometimes referred to Lakes Reservoir and Canal Co. to Case No. 17CW3037, UAWCD District Court Water Div. 2 Engineer’s reported location: as Cottonwood Irrigating 2 and is satisfy its delivery obligations under changed the Friend Ranch Water 501 N. Elizabeth Street, Suite 116 524076E, 4235362N); O’Haver assigned WDID 1100936. Per the this lease, then the Board may deliver Rights to allow their use as a source Pueblo, CO 81003 Reservoir (WDID: 1103921): Near the Decree entered in Case No. W-4411, water from other sources of fully of augmentation or replacement water (719) 404-8832 center of Section 12, Township 48 Cottonwood Irrigating 2 is used as the consumable water available to the in all existing and future plans for North, Range 7 East, NMPM., in point of diversion and measurement Board including, but not limited to, augmentation, Rule 14 replacement Published in the Crested Butte News. Chaffee County (Division Engineer’s for the 3.8 cfs changed in Case No. stored water at Clear Creek Reservoir, plan, substitute water supply plans, Issue of January 17, 2020. #011709

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GROWTH OPPORTUNITY: The Divvy is include a gym membership, and 25% to Jessica at lilredschool- (1/17/15). looking to hire lead cook/sous chef. off hotel services. Possible onsite hous- [email protected]. (1/24/71). Come by in person with a resume to ing available for the right candidates. NEED CASH? We’ll buy your gold, silver, Disclaimer: discuss joining the team or send your Apply online at boxerproper- THE GUNNISON COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS platinum and diamonds by appoint- DUE TO THE LAYOUT OF OUR ment. Zacchariah Zypp & Co. Noel at resume to alpinemon- ty.com/jointheteam. (1/24/48). DEPARTMENT is now accepting applica- CLASSIFIEDS, SOME EMAILS [email protected]. If you like being cre- tions for a full time Heavy Equipment 349-5913. (1/17/18). ative and are passionate about food, WOODEN NICKEL BAR AND STEAK Operator I position. The opening is a 40 MAY APPEAR WITH A HYPHEN. HOUSE: Positions available for VETERINARY CHIROPRACTIC, ACUPUNC- this is the job for you! 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FRONT DESK SUPERVISOR: The Elevation Health Card. Applications submitted PARK AIRSTREAM FOR SUMMER, WILL PAY (1/17/21). without proof of a valid Commercial RENT: Pollination researcher at Rocky SUZIE’S DESK: Administrative support, Hotel & Spa in Mt. Crested Butte, CO is bookkeeping or special projects. TOAD PROPERTY MANAGEMENT is always hiring a full time, year round Front Desk Driver’s License and a current Health Mountain Biological Laboratory looking Card will not be considered. Must have to stay in my Airstream on property in Contact 970-275-9392 or email looking for great people! We are cur- Supervisor. Benefits include health insur- [email protected]. (1/17/14). rently seeking an experienced book- ance, paid time off, gym membership, equipment operator certification CB area mid-May to mid-August. keeper to handle accounts receivable, and 25% off hotel services. Possible and/or two (2) years experience driving [email protected], ORTHO-BIONOMY ® SESSIONS WITH payable and general administrative onsite housing available for the right a truck, operating a loader, and back- 314-541-8156 (text/call. (1/24/33). Mountain Nugget, a painless structural duties. Please go to toadpropertyman- candidates. Apply online at boxerprop- hoe. Applications may be picked up at approach to bodywork, effective for the Gunnison County Public Works NEW SLOPESIDE SKI LOCKERS: New lock- agement.com/employment to submit erty.com/jointheteam. (1/24/49). acute pain and injury, chronic pain, Office, 195 Basin Park Drive, Gunnison, er room with limited number of over- your resume. (2/7/34). sized lockers available. Truly ski-in/out. achieving overall wellness and align- RESTAURANT SHIFT LEADER: The Elevation CO 81230 between 7:00 a.m. - 4:30 ment. mountainnuggetbodywork.com; 970-349-2525. (1/17/18). MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN: The Hotel & Spa in Mt. 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Possible onsite housing avail- right candidates. Apply online at boxer- not re-apply. Completed applications CFP® – Reasonable rates. For more (1/17/pd/28). able for the right candidates. Apply property.com/jointheteam. (1/24/49). should be submitted to Gunnison information and to contact, visit online at boxerproper- County Public Works at 195 Basin Park CRYSTAL CLEAN professional cleaning www.WestElkFinancial.com or call 349- ty.com/jointheteam. (1/24/46). ASSISTANT CHIEF ENGINEER: The Drive, Gunnison, CO. Applications will service. Let us clean your house, vaca- 5725. (1/17/24). Elevation Hotel & Spa in Mt. Crested be taken until the position is filled. tion rental, office space, or construc- PITAS IN PARADISE looking for studs & Butte, CO is hiring a full time, year round (1/17/191). tion site! Contact Jessica Johnson 612- BURBANK STONEWORKS: New construc- studettes for full-time kitchen help. Assistant Chief Engineer. Benefits 382-5612, crystalcleancb.com. tion, remodels and repairs. Stone Health benefits & premium pay for self- include health insurance, paid time off, ACTION ADVENTURES SNOWMOBILING is veneer, fireplaces and patios. Call (1/17/22). motivated & hardworking individuals. gym membership, and 25% off hotel now accepting applications for the fol- Craig at 970-209-8633. (1/17/pd/16). Apply in person or email pitasinpar- services. Possible onsite housing avail- lowing positions: Snowmobile Tour [email protected]. (1/17/26). able for the right candidates. Apply Guides, Shuttle Van Drivers, and Guest online at boxerproper- Services / Office Staff. We also have an THE HIGHLY RESPECTED and award win- ty.com/jointheteam. (1/24/49). opening for a Snowmobile Tech ning King Systems – Crested Butte, /Mechanic. Come have fun with us this Colorado office is looking to add new SPA RECEPTIONIST with chance for winter! Send resume to team members to our staff. Must enjoy advancement at Elevation Spa. We are [email protected] or call all 4 seasons and be able to travel. looking for great communication skills, 970 349-5909. (1/17/48). ClassifiedsWORK. Audio Video Technician: We’re search- friendly personality and very responsi- ing for a couple of full time Audio/Video ble. Hourly + commission + included $6.50/week for 26 words or less. 25¢/word after that. Technicians to provide on-site installa- gym membership. Discounted spa tion services and support of basic to treatments & skin care education. NOTICES DEADLINE IS TUESDAY AT NOON complex audio and video systems for [email protected], 970-331- our residential and commercial based 7268. (1/17/35). GENERAL CONTRACTOR/PROFESSIONAL Please email copy to [email protected], clientele. These are entry level positions ENGINEER seeks quality remodel or new and you will be trained as necessary. WANT TO GET IN ON the local construc- home construction. 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