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24 VOYAGES 29 COVER STORY 37 AROUND ASPEN 40 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 43 LOCAL CALENDAR 50 CROSSWORD 51

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Valentine’s Day might be a Hallmark holiday for some. But wine writer Kelly J. Hayes sees it

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with KARL HERCHENROEDER

POPULAR MUSIC Formed in the Waterhouse district of Kingston, Jamaica, in 1972, Black Uhuru has been a cornerstone of reggae for more than 40 years. The group has employed a number of different musicians over the years, but Derrick “Duckie” Simpson remains the focal point. At 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15, Black Uhuru performs in the Bud Light Hi Fi Concert Series at Snowmass Base Village, with Matthew Moon opening. Known for its hits “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” “Sponji Reggae,” “Shine Eye Gal” and “Sinsemillia,” Uhuru reminds the world where reggae started.

Black Uhuru plays the Bud Light HI Fi Concert Series in Snowmass on Saturday, Feb. 15.

CURRENTEVENTS FESTIVAL Nancy Lovendahl’s WHAT IS WHERE? WHAT IS THERE? is on exhibit at the Wyly Community Arts Center through Feb. 27.

IF YOU AND THE kids are ready for a hoedown, come to Snowmass’ Cozy Point Ranch on Saturday, Feb. 15 for pony rides, square dancing, calf roping, archery, farm animals and bounce houses.

The Lil’ Wranglers Family Hoedown, which will benefit the Woody Creek Early Childhood Center, runs from 3 to 7 p.m. and is free for adults. Tickets for children 18 months to 12 years old are $20 in advance, which includes a meal and most activities.

Come dressed in your best Western attire. There will be a costume contest for cowboys and cowgirls, as well as square dancing to live music performed by Tom Paxton and the Buffalo Joe Bluegrass Band. Other hoedown features include handson Western-themed arts and crafts building, food provided by Basalt’s Smoke Modern BBQ and the High Noon Saloon where adults can purchase beer and wine.

VISUAL ARTS “FORGET ABOUT THE U.S. scene. Go to China. It’s where the future is,” an art director told Nancy Lovendahl.

So in 2009, Lovendahl spent two months at Beijing’s Red Gate Residency Program for artists. From 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 19 at the Wyly Community Arts Center, she will share experiences and images in China, which was the basis for her exhibition, WHAT IS HERE? WHAT IS THERE? works on paper: China and the USA. This informal art talk is for those curious about art, China and travel. Lovendahl’s exhibit is at the Wyly through Feb. 27.

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Season No. 17 Richard Blanco • Carole DeSanti Nick Flynn • Karen Joy Fowler Tom Reiss • James Salter Maria Semple • Dani Shapiro

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VOX POP What’s the most epic powder day you’ve had this season?

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“The Saturday after the 2 feet of snow.

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“Monday was pretty special. I was over at Highlands, and the Bowl was skiing really well. Visibility was a little lacking, but if you headed for the trees, it was great. Snow in the trees was awesome, probably about a foot or so.

Made a couple nice runs in there.”

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THE WEEKLY CONVERSATION

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time he gets drunk he starts feeling a little gay, or what? If so, it’s a bold and welcome statement.

More recently, in an interview with the 560AM KLZ radio station, Buck managed to compare his recent brush with lymphoma (a form of cancer) with pregnancy, in comments about his total opposition to abortion, for any reason.

Saying he recognized that a woman wants to be in charge of what happens with her own body, he continued that when he was undergoing cancer treatment, “I wanted to be in control of the decisions that were made concerning my body.”

But a woman really doesn’t get to have that kind of control, he went on, because he grants supremacy to the rights of an unborn child over the rights of the woman carrying that child.

This is the same guy, by the way, who about a decade ago, while working in the U.S. Attorney’s office in Denver, apparently undermined federal a case against a few rogue gun dealers suspected of illegally selling Saturday Night Specials to crooks.

Buck hurt the federal case, reportedly, by criticizing the position held by his own office in conversations with defense attorneys. That gaffe drew a reprimand from his then-boss, John Suthers, who now happens to be Colorado’s Attorney General.

Now, I don’t know Buck, having never met nor interviewed the guy.

But my doubts about his mental stability, his basic understanding of the issues facing this country, and his ability to represent Colorado in the U.S. Senate are as strong today as they were in 2010.

As regular readers of this column undoubtedly know, I also have grave reservations about the agenda and methods of the Tea Party and its chosen candidates for any office, at any level.

What I want to ask of you, dear reader, is to remember that no matter what kind of makeover his handlers have accomplished in four years, Buck is not the guy we want to send to the U.S. Senate in 2015.

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JEEZ, the national election is almost nine months away, and we here in Colorado have a field of Republicans that is as chock full o’ nuts as anyone could want.

To narrow the conversation for the purpose of this column, I note that teabagger Ken Buck is at it again, trying to unseat popular U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, a Democrat who has served this state pretty well in his first term in that office.

Buck, currently district attorney of Weld County, is an odd duck, to say the least.

He burst onto the national scene four years ago, when he lost to Michael Bennet, the current junior Democrat in the Senate from Colorado, a loss that many see as the outcome of Buck’s apparent love of the taste of shoe leather.

The most oft-cited example of Buck putting his foot in his mouth was when he rather hypocritically demanded that “those Tea Party dumbasses” stop shouting out questions about President Barack Obama’s citizenship “while I’m on camera” in public appearances.

He even sought heavenly assistance in this quandary, chuckling out the question, “God, what am I supposed to do?”

I guess God didn’t answer, and Buck did not jettison his Tea Party support, a decision that seems to have left many Colorado voters questioning his fitness for office, if not his sanity.

He also was quoted as urging voters to support him because “I don’t wear high heels,” a jab at Jane Norton, his female Republican primary opponent in 2010.

According to some news stories, he followed the “high heels” remark by saying he was wearing cowboy boots caked with bullshit, adding, “That’s Weld County bullshit, not Washington, D.C., bullshit.”

Well, I’d have to say he got that right, regardless of whether he was speaking metaphorically or literally.

Buck also likened homosexuality to alcoholism, in a 2010 interview on “Meet The Press,” a political talk show on NBC. Does that mean that every

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LEGENDS & LEGACIES

FROM the VAULT

by TIM WILLOUGHBY

A Valentine’s Day card representative of those sold in Aspen during 1890.

VALENTINE’S DAY IN A MINING TOWN When I was a principal, a certain student’s father expressed concerns almost daily. He scheduled an appointment to talk to me about a “serious matter” and his body language signaled his annoyance. “You have to stop this valentine thing,” he said. He felt upset that the fourth-grade teacher had sent home a typical directive that students were to bring enough valentines for everyone in the class.

This father felt his 10-year-old son might be edged into being gay by being forced to give valentines to other boys.

I suppressed the urge to laugh when I realized the parent felt seriously concerned. Apparently he had never experienced the century-old grade school tradition, a valentine exchange.

Selecting valentines for each classmate and decorating shoeboxes or shopping bags to receive them provided a favorite break from winter routine when I was in grade school.

It seems likely that kids felt the same back in 1886 Aspen, when Miss Miller’s sixth- and seventh-graders exchanged more than a hundred valentines. The newspaper reported that those cards were delivered to just two boxes, so I suppose one box was for boys and the other for girls.

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became popular around 1850. At least six Aspen stores stocked valentines, including several that also sold tobacco

create a Valentine’s Ball. Held at the Rink Opera House, it attracted an enthusiastic crowd.

MANY CARDS IN THOSE DAYS WERE HAND-WRITTEN, BUT PRINTED CARDS BECAME POPULAR AROUND 1850. AT LEAST SIX ASPEN STORES STOCKED VALENTINES, INCLUDING SEVERAL THAT ALSO SOLD TOBACCO AND NEWSPAPERS SUCH AS PHILLIP A. BOOCO’S AND A.W. RUCKER’S, AS WELL AS STATIONERY STORES LIKE OVREN’S, AND CARBARY AND BEARD’S. and newspapers such as Phillip A. Booco’s and A.W. Rucker’s, as well as stationery stores like Ovren’s, and Carbary and Beard’s.

Adults looked forward to Valentine’s Day for an additional reason, the festivities. In 1888 the ladies of St. Mary’s Guild of the Episcopal Church formed committees to

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The next year, professor Godat, the town’s dance master and orchestra leader, held a for-profit masquerade ball. He charged gentlemen $1.50, a half day’s wages, and women $1.

Patrons could rent dress gowns and suits from a local store, Smith and Potter, or they could rent masquerade costumes instead. Those who chose

the latter were forewarned that at a specific time during the ball they would have to reveal their identities.

The 1890 Valentine’s Ball, held again at the Rink Opera House, topped them all. This event was organized and executed solely by the men. The Silver Legion of the Select Knights of the Ancient Order of United Workmen spent a month in preparation.

Twelve men of the organization, who regularly practiced drill team marching, rehearsed several routines.

One was a grand march, and the finale was a presentation of St. Valentine’s Cross. They got away with charging $2 per person for their entertaining fundraising event.

One kind of ball or another occurred nearly every month, some were held within a week of the Valentine’s Ball.

Society’s toast of the town was the one who booked Aspen’s ever-present dance master, Godat, and an orchestra.

The availability of only one Godat and only one local orchestra limited the entire town to only one ball each Feb. 14; yet on a day that celebrates romantic attraction, one ball in an intimate setting sufficed.

Tim Willoughby’s family story parallels Aspen’s. He began sharing folklore while teaching for Aspen Country Day School and Colorado Mountain College. Now a tourist in his native town, he views it with historical perspective. Reach him at redmtn2@ comcast.net.

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VA L E N T I N E ’ S D AY

1930 W O OD Y C R E E K S C HO OL

ON FEB. 21, 1935, the Aspen Daily Times reported on a celebration held at the Woody Creek School in honor of Valentine’s Day. According to one of the participants, teachers and students “had a Valentine party Thursday afternoon. Many games were played after which refreshments consisting of cocoa and cookies were served. Most of the cookies were made like Valentines.

Mrs. James Vagneur made candy as a special treat. The Valesquez children brought hearts filled with cookies for all of us. The Valentine box was made to resemble a cottage with [the chimney designed] to put the Valentines in. Many Valentines were received by everyone. Those who were guests are Mrs. Margaret Arlian and Lena, Mrs. Con Phillips and Mrs. Albert Grange.”

This photo and more can be found in the Aspen Historical Society archives at aspenhistory.org.

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WINE: THE VALENTINE GIFT FOR BOTH OF YOU. THIS ONE IS FOR the dudes.

This week the sweetest of all of our holidays is on tap. Oh, yeah, I know, many of you guys will roll your eyes, scoff, dismiss and even act disdainful about this “chick- flick” of a holiday. But if you can just come correct on the Valentine’s Day thing it can benefit you in ways that are, well, sensational. There is nothing better than sex KELLY J. and Valentine’s Day HAYES is the one day a year devoted to it. What could be better that?

Go ahead, act all macho, like “gettin’ sum” is just something that comes your way ‘cause as a man you have that animal charm that women can’t resist Go ahead, make the claim that you prefer to ski bumps or ride the Pass or bang the boards of the hockey rink rather than getting down with that angel who wants nothing more than to love you. Go ahead, be that guy.

But if you are honest, you’ll admit that of the things you do on this planet, all pale in comparison to those special times, those warm, wet, nasty and wicked times, those, yes, sweet and tender times you have rockin’ with the one you love.

And Valentines Day is tailor made to give you a chance to show her that you want it, need it, Lord, that you’ve got to have it!

Which brings us to the gift.

According to a recent study the most gifted gifts are, in order, a card (yawn), candy (she’ll tell you the stuff goes straight to her thighs), flowers (you want to pollinate her pistle?), and bling.

Now bling can work wonders, and lingerie (my personal favorite with a side of massage oil) shows you really care. But if you really want to give the gift that keeps on giving may I suggest…wait for it…wine.

You knew this was coming but hear me out. While a card or some roses or a jewel encrusted charm might get your girl to heat up for a night based on your caring gesture, the evidence shows that wine is the

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gift that keeps on giving. Over and over and over again.

That’s right a study, a different study than the aforementioned recent study, has indicated a direct link between the consumption of red wine by women and an increase in their desire. Uh-huh, women who drink want it more than women who don’t.

“Duh” you say, as though your time spent hanging out in seamy bars ‘till closing time or going to Cancun spring break can be construed as “a study.” But this is the real thing. First of all consider that this study was undertaken at the University of Florence, as in Florence, Italy, where they know a thing or due about amore.

Then consider that in a scientific undertaking scientists studied over 800 women, ages 18 to 50, separating them into three groups, those who don’t drink, those who drink a little, say less that a glass a day, and those who drink a little bit more, up to two glasses of red wine per day.

The results? You guessed it.

In a 19-question Female Sexual Function Index questionnaire, an FSFI for short, those who drank the two glasses of red wine each and every day, um, “functioned” better, if you know what I mean and I think you do, than those who didn’t sip as much. This study was published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine if you care to study the study and for the life of me I don’t know why winemakers have not jumped its bones for marketing purposes.

Now I think wine is the perfect Valentine’s Day gift anyway. A glass of Champagne is a great way to show your lover how you feel and start your night of seduction.

A glass of perfectly pink Rosé will entice her into an evening of love.

And sharing a vintage Burgundy from France in front of a fire, just the two of you, is an experience that will stimulate all the senses.

But it seems to me that if you love your honey and you love yourself, then the right thing to do is make a stop at Of Grape

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WHILE A CARD OR SOME ROSES OR A JEWELENCRUSTED CHARM MIGHT GET YOUR GIRL TO HEAT UP FOR A NIGHT BASED ON YOUR CARING GESTURE, THE EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT WINE IS THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING. OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. and Grain on your way home this evening. And don’t scrimp. Buy a case for your baby. Or two. She’ll thank you for it.

And it’s so much better than a card.

Kelly J. Hayes lives in the soonto-be-designated appellation of Old Snowmass with his wife, Linda, and black Lab named Vino. He can be reached at malibukj@aol.com.

PHOTOS BY THINKSTOCK

by KELLY J. HAYES

K.J. SELECTS A handful of wines for Valentines Day — a few to get the night right and then a case for the future. Enjoy.

2005 LOUIS ROEDERER CRISTAL BRUT MILLESIME CHAMPAGNE The bling for the evening. A little Cristal has certainly worked magic in the past.

2003 MÖET & CHANDON DOM PERIGNON ROSE, CHAMPAGNE Maybe the prettiest pink bubbles in the world. And the bottle’s sloped shoulders and pink label are sensual as well.

2010 FLOWERS CAMP MEETING RIDGE CHARDONNAY Grown from grapes that kiss the sea, this is what giving Flowers is all about.

1999 CHATEAU D’YQUEM, SAUTERNES The Aussies call them “Stickies”, those sweet wines made from from ‘noble rot..

A sip and a splash. Golden love in a small bottle.

2005 CHATEAU DU BEAUCASTEL CHATEAUNEUF DU PAPE If you are gonna go, go big. Get her hooked on this stuff and you can make it an annual gift. Just wait for the 2010 vintage to be released.

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FOOD MATTERS FOOD MATTERS

UP, UP, AND AWAY

FALL IN LOVE WITH THE MOUNTAIN ALL OVER AGAIN DURING SNOWCAT DINNERS

SPEND ENOUGH TIME skiing around here and you’re bound to score a date with Cloud Nine. The cozy alpine bistro tucked high on Aspen Highlands is where late lunches can quickly devolve to devil-maycare debauchery.

Cranked-up music is the cue to drop utensils, request a drink refill, and climb atop chairs, benches, tables, each other, whatever, to AMANDA stomp away feverishly RAE in ski boots or socks.

On a recent afternoon, our fearless ringleader in the 45-seat dining room was an Italian birthday boy, clap-clapclapping and then spastically shaking a bottle of bubbly. Diners ducked, unsuccessfully, from the inevitable spray, but nobody could look away from the jaw-dropping finale. Guy wriggled his head beneath a buddy’s champagnedrenched T-shirt to guzzle the bottle straight through it. An elderly couple with grandkids in tow cowered in the corner, perhaps wondering how their quaint lunch spot morphed so rapidly into a spectacle from MTV Spring Break.

Longtime locals may trumpet that times are tame compared to the good ol‘ days, but nobody can argue that a meal at Cloud Nine isn’t a quintessential Aspen experience still.

So, the party rages on…until the Man in Black Carrying A Cross slips through the door, signaling the crew to shut it down. Time to bumble through bundling up, again, and spill outside to a slightly toobright Rocky Mountain vista. Feel like you’ve stepped into a surrealist painting? Take a few deep breaths.

Your mission, as always, is crystal clear: make it down the mountain without any major mishaps. Après awaits.

I can’t help but contrast this scenario with my Cloud Nine initiation a couple of years ago, on a brisk evening in early February.

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I had just moved to town, and a friend invited me to “dine at 11,000-feet.” Of course, that could only mean one thing, but I had vague expectations. I hadn’t been to Highlands. I hadn’t even picked up a ski pass yet.

That evening, cozied up shoulder-to-shoulder in the back of the snowcat beneath thick wool blankets and warmed by spiced glühwein, 18 of us lurched over steep, narrow trails for what seemed like blissful eternity. (In reality, half an hour.) By the time we arrived at the cabin, seemingly buried on one side by a snowdrift, darkness cloaked the scenery.

Inside, candles dripped down old wine bottles perched in every nook, and I noticed a stunning moving picture, framed by a window: the lone headlamp of an intrepid trail groomer canvassing the slopes beyond.

Nighttime at Cloud Nine was the sly, sexy, sophisticated Dr. Jekyll to the rowdy, fist-pumping-beneathchampagne-rain Mr. Hyde I’d meet weeks later in broad daylight. For those who don’t or can’t ski, snowcat dinners offer an opportunity to enjoy the mountain in a way they otherwise wouldn’t.

“We specialize in raclette, fondue, champagne, and parties,” says Jim Butchart, executive chef of Aspen Skiing Company’s mountain division, which includes Cloud Nine as well as Lynn Britt Cabin on Snowmass. “Cloud Nine is more of a European scene, the way lunch flows into après. Lynn Britt is more romantic: Colorado rustic cuisine and live entertainment. Both have that cozy alpine cabin feel.”

Lynn Britt Cabin hosts public snowcat dinners on Tuesdays and Thursdays; Cloud Nine on Thursdays—though private groups may reserve either space any other day of the week. This year lovebirds luck out with a Valentine’s Day double whammy on Friday.

At Cloud Nine, the evening’s four-course prix-fixe ($130) menu begins with a glass of champagne,

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gruyère fondue to share, and an amuse-bouche of Kumamoto oyster with saffron, candied lemon, and Oscietra caviar. Other aphrodisiac foods favor prominently: lobster, asparagus, pine nuts, truffle, chocolate, and strawberries, along with elk, lamb, and scallops.

Rumor has it that the dining room’s standard communal seating will split into intimate tables for two.

Lynn Britt Cabin offers a fourcourse Valentine’s prix-fixe dinner ($99; special menu for ages 3-11, $57; children under 2 free) of classic Colorado fare: a harvest platter for the table; butternut squash soup; fennel, prosciutto, and chèvre salad; choice of sea bass, filet mignon, or mushroom risotto; warm chocolate cake with raspberries.

Though Butchart is hesitant to bill Lynn Britt Cabin as a family destination, a few factors make the Snowmass spot suitable for kids.

The snowcat journey here is half as long—15 minutes—and meals are shorter (plan for 5:30-9 p.m.).

Plus there’s live, interactive music

by Rich Ganson. Families with very young children, however, should scope the 32-seat Burlingame Cabin, not far from the Snowmass

Mall. The sheepherder’s shelter is open for shorter snowcat dinners on Tuesdays (5-7:45 p.m.), serving barbecue fare and sing-a-long entertainment ($79; ages 3-11, $31).

Valentine’s Day reservations on Friday at Cloud Nine and Lynn Britt Cabin may have evaporated faster than a snowflake in a hot tub, but eight-plus weeks remain to dine at these lofty hideaways after dark.

And soon, glimpse sunsets. (Both venues are open for à la carte lunch daily, reservations required.) There’s also an adults-only, six-course French wine dinner ($180) at Lynn Britt on February 27.

“It’s a unique experience, not what you’d get at lunchtime per se,” Butchart says. But these public snowcat dinners can be mellow or madcap, depending on the crowd.

“That’s what’s exciting about it: any given night, any given day, you don’t know what’s gonna happen at Cloud Nine.”

At least at night you don’t have to worry about schussing down the mountain to safety—your chariot awaits.

Champagne? Yes, please: amandaraewashere@gmail.com

by AMANDA RAE

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ON-MOUNTAIN SNOWCAT DINNERS Cloud Nine Alpine Bistro Thursdays, 5:45 p.m. $130, 4 courses (return 10-10:30 p.m.)

Aspen Highlands Lynn Britt Cabin: Tue/Thu, 5:30 p.m. $99, 4 courses, live music (return 9-9:30 p.m.)

Snowmass RSVP required: 970-923-8715 Private dinners: 970-300-7681 aspensnowmass.com

POP! FIZZ! MMM. On Friday evening, kick-off a swank on-mountain dinner with a complimentary glass of bubbly at the St. Regis Aspen Resort in downtown Aspen. The property shows off its nightly Champagne-sabering ritual with a Valentine’s Day twist—homemade chocolate truffles— outdoors at 4:45 p.m.

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GUNNER’S LIBATIONS

by JEANNE MCGOVERN

MAKE IT 1.5 ounces Stolichnaya vodka 1.5 ounces of crème de cacao 1.5 ounces of cream Shake and strain into a martini glass. Top with cocoa powder and chocolate shavings.

SOCHI MARTINI It seems everyone’s getting in the Olympic spirit these days. Take, for example, the Edge Restaurant & Bar in Snowmass Village, where they’re serving up a martini made especially with Sochi in mind (think White Russian meets vodka martini). Plus, if anyone breaks a world record or Olympic record while you’re at the bar, you get a free draft beer. Not a bad way to join in the Olympic festivities.

GUNILLA ASHER DIDN’T MAKE IT TO THE BARS THIS WEEKEND, BUT SHE’LL SHARE ANOTHER FAVORITE DRINK WITH US SOON. IN THE MEANTIME, EMAIL JMCGOVERN@ ASPENTIMES.COM WITH WHAT COCKTAILS YOU’RE MIXING, WHAT LIBATIONS YOU’RE DRINKING, WHAT TASTES HAVE TEMPTED YOUR TASTEBUDS AND WE’LL SHARE THEM WITH OUR READERS. CHEERS!

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Adult Stem Cells

For 20 years, parents have been creating personal stem cell banks for their newborn children. Now, this health-giving option is available for adults in good health.

The Healing Cell

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We all have them.

They may cure the diseases of aging affecting you.

You can save them when you are young and healthy.

Find out if CelBank is right for you.

Visit www.celbankco.com or call Ashley at exclusive Aspen provider Dr. Gail King at Regen Aspen (970) 925-4897 CelBank is a tissue banking service. It is not offered and claimed to be a therapeuticfor any medical condition. CelBank is available only through a doctor.

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FROM ASPEN, WITH LOVE

ASPEN UNTUCKED

by BARBARA PLATTS

Aspen Curling Club president Wendle Whiting, left, gets ready to deliver the stone.

MORE THAN AN OLYMPIC SPORT THE ASPEN CURLING CLUB

THERE IS ALWAYS an Olympic sport that, well frankly, confuses the hell out of viewers. Often to the point where they blurt out in whatever viewing establishment they happen to be in, “Is this even a sport?”

For me, that sport is the one where athletes use a broom-like tool to incessantly scrub the ice in front of a large, sliding stone. Otherwise known as curling.

BARBARA Call me a newbie, PLATTS but after I finally understood that curling was actually a sport, I believed that it was only played during the Winter Olympics. I imagined that curlers hid in underground ice rinks, ardently practicing their technique for a chance to show it off to the world once every four years.

That is, in fact, far from the case.

Curling leagues are popular around the world and many exist throughout the northern Midwest, Canada — and even in Aspen.

The Aspen Curling Club organizes a league every winter from January to March at the Aspen Ice Garden.

Locals that have played the sport for the better half of a century to people who have never been on the ice before come out on Wednesdays and Saturdays to compete, have some fun, and kick back with a beer and possibly even a tequila shot or two.

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Most curlers in the club don’t claim to be particularly knowledgeable about the sport, but all have a smile on their face and an eagerness to attempt something new.

Wendle Whiting, acting president of the Aspen Curling League, said it is the perfect activity during the colder months in Aspen.

“There aren’t a lot of activities at night in the winter in Aspen, so this is perfect,” Whiting said. “It’s also good in this town because it’s kind of a drinking sport.”

Whiting has been a member of the Aspen Curling Club board for years, but became president two years ago, which means he sets up the schedule and helps teams register to compete.

The city of Aspen helps fund the sport by providing four sets of stones (there are four stones in a set and each set costs roughly $4,000) and helping to

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maintain the ice for the games.

“We are really fortunate to have a city that supports recreation,” Whiting said. “The city helps as much as they can.”

A curling league existed in Aspen in the 1960s, but disappeared after that decade until 2004, when the current club was created. Today, the club has 32 teams with four members per team, the most participants in the club’s history. Recently, there has been a big surge in participation among younger people.

“The average age in the club has been cut in half,” Whiting said. “It’s a fun thing for the younger generation to do.”

If I understand the rules to curling correctly, which there is little chance I fully do, the game has a scoring system like Bocce (a game I have never played) and a strategic

approach similar to shuffleboard (a game I participate in often at Eric’s or Ryno’s in town). In curling, both teams try to slide their stones to a circular target area on the ice and points are allotted to the team whose stones get closest to that area. The people that appear to be scrubbing the ice are called sweepers. They do this to make the stone go farther and to help it stop on target.

The technique and strategy seem simple enough to learn, but quite difficult to master.

Eric Boyden of team Wet Cake (yes, each team gets to make up their own name) just started curling in January with a group of friends.

“It’s just a low-key night where you can hang out with friends and do something different,” Boyden said, with an ice-cold beer in hand. “It’s harder than it looks, but anyone can do it.”

Watching the Aspen Curling Club gave me a newfound respect and understanding for a sport I knew embarrassingly little about. Perhaps next year, I will actually get out on the ice and give it a try. But for now, I will stick to shuffleboard, since that’s about as far as my skill set goes.

Barbara Platts, a local marketing professional, writes about the “mountain millennial culture” that she participates in every day. Reach her at bplatts.000@gmail.com or follow her @barbaraplatts.

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ESCAPE ARTIST | DALLAS & SANTA MONICA

by AMIEE WHITE BEAZLEY

NEW PROPERTY ALERTS! WHEN I’M NOT traveling to the best of the best locations in the U.S., I’m scourging for the next best of the best locations. I love to see how resorts are evolving to incorporate travelers’ interests and desires, whether through art, adventure or wellness.

Recently, I’ve learned about two new properties that should be on everyone’s radar: It’s no secret for my AMIEE WHITE new love of all things BEAZLEY “Big D,” and now there is a new place to stay in Dallas — perfect for a girls’ getaway. Hotel ZaZa Dallas, a boutique hotel known for its art collection and one of the reasons Uptown Dallas is so chic, recently launched The Bungalows at Hotel ZaZa. This new collection of 12 one- and two-bedroom luxury residences are situated in two buildings — one in a tree-covered historic neighborhood and the second on a private new compound adjacent to the hotel.

Hotel ZaZa properties (there is also one in Houston) are know in for their unexpected, elegant

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accommodations, thoughtprovoking art and extraordinary event spaces. The owner of the hotel group, Charlie Givens, an Oklahoma-based real estate developer and art collector, was a pioneer of the “concept suite” by creating such themed rooms as the “Houston We Have a Problem,” “Tycoon” and “Leonardo” at both art-filled hotels 10 years ago.

Taking the concept suite one step further, The Bungalows are a collection of 12 guest suites ranging from 600-1,200 square feet, many of which feature kitchens, living rooms, and private porches and patios. No two suites have the same layout, design or collection of art and oddities.

Among design elements you’ll find in The Bungalows are a Napoli freestanding tub from Victoria + Albert, a 1904s 24-inch TV set built into a beautiful wooden cabinet and an amber-colored LED tree.

Along with its ZaSpa concept, signature restaurants and poolside experience, which turns the pool area into a vivacious club at night, ZaZa hotels entice travelers with their whimsical imagination and

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friendly atmospheres. Like the name indicates, ZaZa is all about fun. www.hotelzaza.com The second new property alert comes from Southern California. Ocean Avenue South in Santa Monica is the first major development of its kind in Santa Monica in two decades and is expected to be the ultimate address for beach living in L.A. Built by Related California, the project when finished will inlude a total of 158 luxury condos.

The first of the two buildings, The Waverly, has just opened, with interiors by Santa Monicabased Marmol Radziner + Associates. The second building, The Seychelles, will be designed by Clodagh Design of New York.

Aside from their primo location, the two properties are also LEEDcertified design, and feature modern interiors with private balconies with ocean or mountain views.

Combined, the buildings

will have five new retail and restaurants on the ground floor, a yoga studio, a pet spa (yes, a pet spa), fitness centers, and two open-air resident lounges with stunning views and amenities like fully-equipped kitchen, fireplace and viewing deck at The Waverly.

The Seychelle’s resident lounge will have a pool, Jacuzzi and sundeck accompanied by an entertainment lounge with a stone fireplace, outdoor kitchen and barbecue areas.

During its design, there was some major infrastructure also added. There are plazas and public walkways offering direct access between Main Street and Ocean Avenue as well as to the adjacent new Tongva Park. Doesn’t some time spent in the sun and warmth sound right now just about now? www.oceanavenuesouth.com

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DEEP (POWDER) CONNECTIONS SELKIRK WILDERNESS AND ITS TIE TO THE ROARING FORK VALLEY

by BOB WARD

It’s deep out there, and the skiing couldn’t be better. Or could it? In a season when there’s no reason to leave our local mountains, we still love to hear about what else is out there, right? Powder pigs, read on...this one’s for you.

PHOTOS BY JEREMY SWANSON (TOP) AND STEVE SHANNON/SELKIRK WILDERNESS

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Skiing powder snow can be a transcendent experience, but let’s face it — most powder days include a fair amount of stress.

Every powder morning is, by definition, rushed. You hurry through breakfast, hurry on the drive to the slopes, hurry while parking and hurry — boots slipping on the ice — to catch the first possible chair. No time to call or meet any friends.

If you arrive in time for a few runs in the uncut fluff, then congrats are in order, but chances are the mountain is tracked up well before noon. So stop and consider: How much would you pay, and how far would you travel, to have virgin snow all day long, with no stress and several of your best ski cronies?

Scott Munro has a proposition for you.

Canadian by birth, the Basalt resident recently partnered with a longtime buddy to buy a snowcat operation amidst southeastern British Columbia’s snowiest mountains.

“I know the value of a powder day,” Munro says with a grin. “The thing is, with a powder day here, there’s no traffic, no lines, no stress, and at the end of the day you get to enjoy a beer and an appetizer with your buddies.”

Munro and his partner, Paul Osak, aren’t launching some half-cooked startup.

They’ve acquired the world’s original snowcat lodge operation, a 38-year-old business called Selkirk Wilderness Skiing.

At Selkirk Wilderness, guests drive to an office in sleepy Meadow Creek, about two hours north of Nelson, B.C., then board a snowcat for a ride to a remote lodge. From this warm and comfortable base, snowcats take guests through deep woods up onto snowy ridges, where seemingly endless fields of powder await. The last run of each day ends back at the lodge porch.

A PROUD HISTORY

Allan and Brenda Drury founded Selkirk Wilderness in 1975. They had no template to follow and no special training, but the couple’s contagious enthusiasm for skiing and hospitality attracted loyal guests and employees.

“Allan and Brenda had the ability to pick their people well, and to pick people that liked to stay with each other,” said Kevin Marr, a guide who first came to SWS in 1986.

While teaching skiing in Aspen in the 1960s, Allan Drury saw guests transported on snowcats in the open air. When the Drurys eventually needed their first snowcat, Allan convinced Bombardier to add a 12-person enclosed cabin. Later, he would work with snowcat manufacturers to design better cabins.

Allan Drury died in 2008, and Brenda decided in 2012 to sell the business.

That’s when Munro and Osak came along. Recognizing the legacy they’ve

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acquired, the new owners are watching and learning this season.

Munro likens his role to that of a “nonpaying guest,” but he and Osak jump in to help whenever possible — serving prime rib or kale salad at dinner, hauling gear in and out of the cat, or helping a guest find a lost ski.

TERRAIN, PEOPLE, CLIMATE

The guest-service ethic has always distinguished Selkirk Wilderness, according to Marr, but the primary attraction is the terrain — 4,000 vertical feet and 30 square miles, equal to nearly six Snowmass ski areas — and 50 feet of annual snowfall. With 24 guests at a time,

• Reservations: Selkirk Wilderness is almost fully booked with 5-day trips for winter 2014, but in 2014-15 they’ll mix in some 3-day and 4-day trips that should create more availability.

• Cost: Trips vary in length and configuration, but figure on $800-$900 per day for skiing, lodging, food and amenities, including hot tub, sauna and showers.

• Flights: The closest airport is in Castlegar, B.C., but American guests prefer Spokane, Wash., which is less expensive. The 5-hour drive from Spokane to Meadow Creek is lovely but can be snowy. Depending on timing, an overnight stay in charming Nelson (three hours from Spokane, two hours from Meadow Creek) can break up the drive.

• Website: www.selkirkwilderness.com

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CAN YOU SAY 'JAPOW'?

A late January trip to Japan reveals a perfect powder jungle

by DOMINIQUE TAYLOR

CHOKING ON FRESH POWDER as I flew through perfectly gladed birch trees on my snowboard, stopping every five to six turns to let the snow settle so I could see where I was going, it occurred to me that there would be no snow monkeys in my immediate future.

I had come to Japan looking for thigh-deep powder and snow monkeys and the snow monkeys quickly lost out to the waist deep powder that just kept getting deeper.

As I stopped to photograph my friends bursting through the snow it became apparent that I was in fact one of eight Vail snow monkeys giggling in a perfect powder jungle.

This was the trip of a lifetime for me. I had been dreaming of it since an old boyfriend in New Zealand told me Japanese snowboarding tales of riding incredibly deep snow in perfectly spaced trees. Having checked Alaska off the bucket list last year, it was time to redeem my Japanese snowboard dream points. I casually searched for flights to Tokyo on a random evening in November. I bought two tickets for my boyfriend and I and it wasn't long before another six of my friends jumped on the Japanese dream tour with me and we started planning our trip.

After some research, we decided to head to Hakuba, otherwise known as the Japanese Alps. It is about five hours southwest of Tokyo, host to the 1998 Winter Olympics and consists of 11 ski resorts of various sizes.

Hakuba boasted steep terrain with easily accessible backcountry. We decided to stay at the Hakuba Powder Lodging, in a cottage that slept six comfortably, and up to eight, not as comfortably. For 30,000 yen per night (U.S. $389), it was right within our budget. The owners of the Lodge, Nick Kowal, a Canadian expatriot, and his Japanese wife, Hiro, were incredibly hospitable. They offered a wealth of knowledge about the area, including the best places to eat, soak and, of course, ride and ski.

Arriving in Tokyo at 6:30 a.m., our group split up as we arranged different ways to get to our final destination. Four of the group members opted for a private shuttle that took four-and-half hours. Two

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others took a highway bus, which took around five hours. My boyfriend Mike and I opted for the infamous Shinkansen, or Bullet train, which supposedly could get us to Nagano in an hour and a half, with another hour bus ride to Hakuba.

Well, somewhere in the information exchange at the airport, "bullet train" got lost in translation and we ended up on the "fast train," which ended up being five different trains that took a total of eight hours and a strain on our relationship. It was definitely an adventure, but after arriving at the lodge four hours after our friends and seeing them smiling in shock after their first half day of riding deep, untracked powder, I was a little bitter. It passed as quickly as it came the next morning as I snacked on a pork-steamed bun from the local convenience store and took in my surroundings.

Our cottage was about five minutes from Happo One, one of the largest resorts in the valley. It was a fairly typical ski town but in Japan it meant more Japanese restaurants, plenty of Onsen (traditional Japanese hot springs) and plenty of tiny frontwheel drive cars cruising snow-

packed roads between four-foot walls of snow. Free shuttle buses departed regularly in the mornings for the different ski resorts and lift tickets ranged from $45 to $72.

For our group of eight, included seven snowboarders and one skier, Hakuba offered endless terrain possibilities both in and out-ofbounds, not to mention that the valley was completely drowned in powder, having gotten the most snow it had received in 30 years.

In eight days of riding, we rode three of the 11 resorts in the valley, including Goyru, Happo One and Cortina. Goyru was the strictest of the three resorts we rode as far as restricting access to what we considered prime terrain, essentially all the tree runs. It was there, after cutting a rope to access the side country (and getting two fantastic powder runs back there) where half our group had their passes pulled for the violation. Ski patrol politely explained their rules were to protect the general ski population who lacked avalanche safety equipment and knowledge and because of occasional inbounds avalanches.

At Happo One we found what we

came to call free refills on snow and easily accessible and challenging backcountry. We'd ride a tree line, take two chair lifts back to the top to do it again, only to find that with each run not only were our tracks filled in, but the snow was even deeper.

It was Cortina that stole my snowboarding soul, though. A small resort with only six chairlifts, it was also the catchers mitt of the valley, regularly receiving the brunt of the snowfall. A 40-minute taxi ride (about $20 each) got us there in time for first chair and fresh tracks down the most consistently pitched, perfectly spaced tree runs of my life. It's hard to imagine this resort without the tree runs, which only opened to skiers and riders two years ago.

Along with all the snow also came hidden treasures and traps. There were the Japanese serow, or goat antelope, which Mike nearly jumped over as he dropped a pillow line; or the big Australian guy I nearly buried in a hole after jumping off a snowcovered bush he fell underneath.

Luckily I heard his squeal of terror as I landed in a powder puff right next to him, and helped dig him out.

Each resort offered a slightly different experience and with over five feet of snow falling in seven days, each of us found exactly what we were looking for. Whether that meant riding untracked tree lines, ridges and shoots in-bounds all day long, powsurfing an old abandoned ski hill or following some local Japanese riders off into the side country, no one left disappointed.

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cott Munro and Paul Osak are both married with kids. Munro and his wife, Janie Rich, live in Basalt, while Osak lives in Nelson, B.C., with his spouse, Megan.

It’s hard not to ask of them, “Why would you buy this business in the middle of nowhere and turn your lives upside down?”

The answers are several, beginning with a love of powder skiing. Beyond that, it gets serendipitous.

In fall 2012, Osak had just sold the Nelson video store that he’d run for years, and Munro was casting about for something new after the recession slammed the brakes on his career as a Roaring Fork Valley builder. Munro was looking at a Colorado cat-skiing operation when Osak urged him to “come take a look at this place.”

The longtime friends were enchanted immediately with the terrain and the culture of Selkirk Wilderness. It helped that their wives and kids also love to ski. In what may become a new tradition, both families spent Christmas 2013 at the lodge.

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“I KNOW THE VALUE OF A POWDER DAY. THE THING IS, WITH A POWDER DAY HERE, THERE’S NO TRAFFIC, NO LINES, NO STRESSS, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU GET TO ENJOY A BEER AND AN APPETIZER WITH YOUR BUDDIES.” – SCOTT MUNRO

crowds aren’t a concern.

“We are in the zone,” Marr said confidently from the passenger seat of one of the operation’s three snowcats. “The snow between here and Revelstoke doesn’t get better anywhere in the world.”

During my three-day stay, it snowed roughly 18 inches, ensuring face shots on nearly every run. We charged steep glades full of terrain features, and open, alpine bowls with panoramic views.

Most impressive, however, was the warmth of the staff. The authentic Canadian hospitality — delivered with a wicked sense of humor — just flowed from the guides, the cooks, the office, everyone.

Two quick examples: • I was asked multiple times if I had any food allergies or special requests for the kitchen staff. They were prepared to meet my every foodrelated need. I didn’t have any, but I loved the freshly prepared smoothies at each breakfast, and every meal was hearty, healthy and delicious.

• After a run, most skiers simply click out of their own skis. At Selkirk Wilderness, the Carhartt-wearing cat drivers approach guests and click the heel-piece of the guest’s binding to pop the guest out of the skis. The drivers then swiftly rack the skis on the rear of the cat. Even after two days, I still said, “wow, thanks,” every time.

Of 43 Selkirk Wilderness reviews on TripAdvisor.com the week after my trip, 42 were “excellent” and 1 was “very good.” The lesser boxes had not been clicked, even once.

Jim Gilchrist, principal at the Aspen Community School, gushed about his recent “family fantasy” vacation with his wife and two boys: “I just think (the staff ) get everything right. It’s luxury but it’s never silly or pretentious. It’s like a family — they’ve all been there for like 20 years.”

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Back at the lodge, Munro and Osak plan to put their own stamp on Selkirk Wilderness — some building upgrades and changes to the reservations system are planned — but they’ll absolutely respect the magic they’ve inherited.

Said Osak: “How often in your life do you get the opportunity to buy the original of anything?”

Bob Ward is a freelancer writer and former editor of The Aspen Times.

PHOTOS BY JEREMY SWANSON (TOP) AND BOB WARD

RIDING A THIN LINE OF CONTROL Welcome to snowboarding in the Kashmir region of India, where a week of sun can quickly turn into a 5-foot storm and 36 hours later everything you think you know about ski resorts goes out the taxi window

by DOMINIQUE TAYLOR

STANDING ON the top of a 2,000 foot long ridge, I held my breath in anxious anticipation. I was watching as Mats Anderman, the first rider in our group of four, dropped in and waiting for him to radio back that he was safe and give us feedback on the line.

This was not a super steep line and yet all the feelings I had riding in Alaska, all the adrenaline and anxiety, came rushing back to me. The difference here was that standing on top of the 13,780-foot high Mt. Apharwat, surrounded by the Himalayas, with massive avalanches everywhere, we all knew the consequences of something going wrong here. Those consequences were much different than heliboarding in Alaska. Here, there were no guarantees of help from either helicopters or guides and, even if we saved ourselves, we were at least four to six hours from any hospital. It was late January and we were in Gulmarg, in the Jammu and Kashmir state of Northern India, right on the Line of Control between India and Pakistan. This was just the tip of the adventure.

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While previous snowboarding vacations revolved solely around good weather and good snow, snowboarding in Gulmarg could mean being torn between the overwhelming need to stay as close to a toilet as possible, and the equally strong desire to ride five feet of fresh powder from an overnight storm in spite of the obviously messy possible consequences.

Riding deep snow in the trees could also mean hiking a two-mile single track around town with 100 other determined skiers and snowboarders to ride through a flat, old-growth forrest, past a pack of wild growling dogs, in snow so deep we had to crawl on our snowboards at times to get to another mountain town. Or it could mean flying through the trees down

steep, deep untracked powder with only the threat of running into a snow leopard or a pack of wolves.

Snowboarding in Gulmarg proved to be much more than just navigating massive mountains, incredible snowfall and the constant avalanche risks associated with riding the terrain both on and off-piste. This trip was also about navigating our way through the culture, the food, the traffic and wildlife, as well as the constant military presence in the area where we were within nine miles of the Line of Control, the disputed area between India and Pakistan.

Interspersed through it all was some of the best riding of my life.

Dominique Taylor is a freelance photographer who lives in Eagle-Vail.

She is the former photo editor for the Vail Daily.

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AROUNDASPEN

The SOCIAL SIDE of TOWN

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HALL OF FAME THE ASPEN HALL OF FAME 2014 inducted Carolyn and Tom Moore and Cherie Gerbaz Oates.

So many Aspenites came to the banquet in mid-January to honor them. It took last week’s column and this week’s to show photos of just some of them.

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AHOF Tony Vagneur, Linda Wang, Margaret Reckler and Lisa Stutsman Thorpe.

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Joy and Steve Connor.

Karen Ryman and Pat Carey.

AHOF Penny Ritchie, Leelee Harriman and Linda Ukrain are all volunteers at the Aspen Thrift Shop with Carolyn Moore.

AHOF Marsha and Jack Brendlinger, who were inducted into the Aspen Hall of Fame in 2011.

AHOF Judy Kolberg and Griff Smith.

AHOF Erik Peltonen, Marie Tavlin and Carla Peltonen.

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AHOF Tania Broglia and Jack Frey.

AHOF John Kelly and Mary and Jim Moran.

AHOF Charlie Hopton and Betty Marolt.

AHOF Madeleine Osberger and Rick Low. Mad was a member of the board of the Hall of Fame and now Rick is a member.

AHOF Joyce Christensen Kearns and Leo and Carolyn Barabe.

AHOF AHOF Jackie Thaxter Wogan and Dolores Stutsman, who is a cousin of Cherie Gerbaz Oates.

AHOF David Cummings, Kevin Cassidy, Ann Cummings, who is Kevin’s sister and was Cherie Oates’ college roommate, and Iris Cassidy.

AHOF Greg Poschman, who did the videos of the new inductees, his mother Jony Larrowe and Sara Garton.

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DANCE FROM THE HEART ONE OF THE most beautiful experiences for an artist — in this case, a dancer — is making a connection to the audience, breaking down the wall between the performance and the viewer. But it’s not always an easy thing to do.

“Audiences often watch ballet like a voyeur, it can be very distant,” says Aspen Santa Fe Ballet artistic director Tom Mossbrucker, himself a former principal dancer himself with Joffrey Ballet.

But this weekend’s ASFB performance at the Aspen District Theatrer is bound to shatter that comfortable separation. ASFB is set to premier to the world its eighth commissioned work by choreographer Nicolo Fonte. “The Heart ‘S’pace” is one of three ASFB-commissioned pieces that will be performed, in addition to “Beautiful Mistake” by Cayetano Soto, and “Fold by Fold” by 26-year-old, up-and-coming choreographer Norbert de la Cruz.

“With Nicolo’s work the dancers are much more outwardly based,” explains Mossbrucker. “The dancers are dancing for the audience. A lot of times you will see them run toward the audience, and make that open connection. It really brings the audience in.”

Mossbrucker describes the ‘Heart ‘S’pace” as “exuberant,” “upbeat” with bright lighting and colorful costuming.

“The work is a bit of a departure for Nicolo,” says Mossbrucker. “It takes courage to do something new, and not be afraid to connect with the audience and have the dancers perform in this way.

Fonte, who 13 years after his first commissioned work for ASFB, is now a sought after contemporary choreographer, creating works for ballet companies worldwide including Oregon Ballet Theater, Ballet West and Royal Ballet of Flanders.

“I wanted to do something very upbeat, and not so dark, literally dark to look at light on stage, and dark in mood,” Fonte says. “I wanted this to be big and enjoyable to watch. I also wanted to make something light in spirit but with substance. It is very accessible. That was my goal.”

Enlisting eight of the 10 dancers in the company, Fonte pushed open the door on the “conversation” between the dancers and the audience.

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“This is something I started exploring in previous works, where (the dancers) go right to the front of the stage and stare out at the audience,” he says. “I really like the implied conversation, them waiting for a response, and then the movement is the response. There is something very naïve about it.”

But beyond breaking down the walls between performer and audience, is a ballet that at its core addresses all aspects of the heart, love, life and light.

“The piece is so energetic, and life affirming, and celebratory, and there is also a lot of tenderness in the piece,” says Fonte. “It taps into love — in the very broad sense. There is a little bit of romantic love experienced in the piece, but when we talk of the heart it is addressing the love of humankind and compassion, the love that can really help each other.”

“The Heart ‘S’pace” is also influenced by the physical heart as well. A yoga practitioner, Fonte was inspired by the “heart space” that he connects to during that practice. He also found a personal connection to issues of the heart. “My dad just passed away from heart (implications), and I was thinking of him when thinking about the heart, and what it would be like if a lot of our actions were motivated from our heart. A lot of the actions in this dance are about this, to be there in a time of need for others.”

In exploring the heart and love, the ballet also seeks out the inner light emanating from each of us collectively.

“I am exploring if we can really tap into that light as a human race,” he says. “But these are very broad general philosophical ideas. My job is to make a dance. I love to start with big, big, big sweeping dramatic ideas, and make a dance that works. Dance is a physical language and it has own rules and own logic that makes sense and is logical to watch.”

Fonte’s ballet premier was created to highlight all dancers in the company.

But as veteran dancers and Fonte favorites Seth DelGrasso, Katie Dehler and Sam Chittenden retired, newer dancers quickly found their places in bigger roles.

“When I came in and saw the piece in the studio, I thought ‘Wow, this is the new company. This is who we are now.’ It is the rebirth of the company and that is a really great feeling,” says

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her own voice. Steps have been done Mossbrucker. over and over limitlessly. A lot of time Newer dancers are featured in you’ve seen it before, you’ve seen tie all of the works to be performed in before, you’ve seen it before.” this weekend’s performances. But And for those choreographers, beyond their roots in classical ballet says Fonte, it is the quality of the vocabulary, they are very different dancers and the power of the small in choreography and performance. organization that great works and him According to Mossbrucker, “Beautiful back to Aspen.

Mistake” is full of aggressive, angst“First and foremost it is good driven movement, juxtaposed with dancers. That’s why I want to keep deep emotional tenderness. “Fold by coming back,” he says. “They’re a small Fold” is about a sense of community, reflecting the light hearted accessibility organization, but very big in scope and of its young choreographer, and “Heart I love that. Idea wise, (ASFB) is very broad and broad-reaching with bold ‘S’pace” is a celebration of love. ideas.

What connects them is they are “And at this point, after all of these all commissioned original works for years working together, we are like ASFB. Now with almost 30 original old family. (ASFB) is so unbelievably works in its repertoire, ASFB has supportive and kind and to my artistic attained a positive reputation for process,” says Fonte. “It’s been really supporting new choreographers. wonderful experience.”

Mossbrucker says it’s difficult to pinpoint the exact ability he has in discovering new choreographers, but he knows a great new work when he sees one.

“It’s hard to find work we like,” says Mossbrucker. “A Aspen Santa Fe Ballet lot of contemporary work Feb. 14-15, with encore looks the same. Everything performance on March 29 so global, and so connected 7:30 p.m. it can be very hard for Aspen District Theatre choreographer to have his or

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SUNDAY, FEB. 18 BRADMAN’S ONE MAN BAND — 2:30 p.m., Highlands Ale House, 133 Prospector Rd., Aspen.

HEAR The Infamous Stringdusters play Belly Up on Monday, Feb. 17.

ONGOING TERESITA FERNANDEZ — All Day, Aspen Art Museum, 590 N. Mill St., Aspen. Esteemed artist and 2013 ArtCrush Aspen Award for Art honoree Teresita Fernandez will create a new mural for the 2013-14 winter season at the restaurant at Elk Camp in Snowmass. 970-925-8050

THURSDAY, FEB. 13 DWEEZIL ZAPPA GUITAR MASTERCLASS — 4 p.m., Belly Up Aspen, 450 S. Galena St., Aspen.

FREE PUBLIC RECEPTION: AMY SILLMAN — 6 p.m., Aspen Art Museum, 590 N. Mill St., Aspen.

970-925-8050 PIANIST JOYCE YANG — 6:30 p.m., Harris Concert Hall . 970-925-3254 ALOUD! THE HIGH ALTITUDE POETRY JAM — 6:30 p.m., Wheeler Opera House, 320 E. Hyman Ave., Aspen..

BOO COO — 7 p.m., Saint Regis Hotel, 315 E Dean St, Aspen. Dynamic music duo featuring Smokin’ Joe Kelly and Chris Bank HAY FEVER — 7:30 p.m., Aspen Community Church, 200 E. Bleeker St., Aspen. The Hudson Reed Ensemble presents a concert reading of Noel Coward’s brilliant

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comedy of manners, “Hay Fever.”

970-544-4888.

St. Regis Aspen Resort, 315 E. Dean, Aspen.

DAN FORDE AND DENNIS JUNG — 4:20 p.m., The Red Onion, 420 East Cooper Ave, Aspen.

ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA — 9 p.m., Belly Up Aspen, 450 S. Galena St., Aspen.

JUDY COLLINS — 8 p.m., Wheeler Opera House, 320 E. Hyman Ave., Aspen.

ELAINE ELIAS — 7 and 9:15 p.m., The JAS Cafe Downstairs, 675 East Durant Avenue, Aspen. 970-920-4996

PIXIES — 9 p.m., Belly Up Aspen, 450 S. Galena St., Aspen.

MY BROTHER’S KEEPER PERFORMANCE — 4 p.m., Bar at Wildwood, 100 Elbert Ln, Snowmass.

THURSDAY NIGHT KARAOKE — 10 p.m., The Red Onion, 420 East Cooper Ave, Aspen.

VID WEATHERWAX KEYBOARDS & VOCALS — 4:30 p.m., 8K Lounge Viceroy Snowmass, 130 Wood Rd, Snowmass Village. Contemporary, Latin & N’Orleans jazz, R&B and blues.

MAGIC AT THE ARTISAN — 6 p.m., Artisan Restaurant at Stonebridge Inn, 300 Carriage Way, Snowmass Village.

FRIDAY, FEB. 14 BRADMAN’S ONE MAN BAND — 4 p.m., Aspen Brewing Co., 304 E Hopkins Ave, Aspen.

TRAVIS BLAIR APRES ACOUSTIC — 4:20 p.m., The Red Onion, 420 East Cooper Ave, Aspen. Acoustic Big Hillbilly playing rebel country favorites.

Always free.

ELAINE ELIAS — 7 p.m., The JAS Cafe Downstairs, 675 East Durant Avenue, Aspen. 970-920-4996 DEREK BROWN BAND — 7 p.m., The

ELAINE ELIAS — 9:15 p.m., The JAS Cafe Downstairs, 675 East Durant Avenue, Aspen. 970-920-4996 TIMBERMILL — 3 to 5 p.m., The Edge Snowmass, 690 carriage way, Snowmass Village. Cash Cashman on bass, Twirp Anderson on guitar, and Randy Utterback on fiddle.

LIVE MUSIC FOR APRES SKI WITH DAMIAN SMITH & TERRY BANNON — 4 p.m., The Vue Lounge at the Westin Snowmass Resort, 100 Elbert Lane, Snowmass Village.

VID WEATHERWAX - KEYBOARDS & VOCALS — 4:30 p.m., 8K Lounge Viceroy Snowmass, 130 Wood Rd, Snowmass Village.

SATURDAY, FEB. 15 LIVE MUSIC WEEKENDS — 4 p.m., The Red Onion, 420 East Cooper Ave, Aspen.

ELAINE ELIAS — 7 p.m., The JAS Cafe Downstairs, 675 East Durant

VID WEATHERWAX — 4:30 p.m., 8K Lounge Viceroy Snowmass, 130 Wood Rd, Snowmass Village.

MONDAY, FEB. 17 THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS — 8 p.m., Belly Up Aspen, 450 S Galena St, Aspen. $25 GA / $38 Reserve OPEN MIC — 10 p.m., The Red Onion, 420 East Cooper Ave, Aspen.

TUESDAY, FEB. 18 MAGIC AT THE ARTISAN — 6 p.m., Artisan Restaurant-Stonebridge, 300 Carriage Way, Snowmass Village.

JOSEFINA MENDEZ JAZZ — 6 p.m., Hotel Jerome, 330 E. Main St., Aspen.

THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS — 9 p.m., Belly Up Aspen, 450 S Galena St, Aspen. $25 GA / $38 Reserve

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Very friendly, 6-month-old, black and white-colored, blue-eyed Pit Bull male. Found in Basalt 1/9.

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PIPPA

Beautiful, scruffy, 9-month-old Australian Cattle Dog/Terrier mix.

Great with people and other dogs.

Unfortunately, she developed a taste for her previous owner’s pet chickens. If you don’t raise chickens, this pretty, happy, friendly dog, might be for you!

MOWGLI

Sensitive, 2-year-old husky who was retired early from dog sledding because he suffers from seizures. Fine with people + other dogs, but nervous with new people.

Needs an understanding, loving home.

ROXY

Large, beautiful 9-year-old Sharpei/ Rottweiler/Hound mix. Not for the novice dog owner.

Very protective of her home + car. Blossoms into a soft, attentive, affectionate companion once she knows you. A great dog who just needs a very responsible, loving home :).

BILLIE AND SPYDER

Billie is a really sweet 6-year-old Black Lab/ Australian Shepherd mix who is great with people and other dogs. She was released to the shelter with her son, Spyder, who is a handsome, 4-year-old Lab/Australian Cattledog mix. He is also a really nice dog— easy with everyone. It would be nice for them to be adopted together, but it is not a requirement.

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MARSHALL

Marshall is an outgoing, very happy, 3-year-old Lab mix who gets along well with people+ other dogs.

Super friendly + anxious to please.

Great energy and would love to hike with you.

HUNTER

3.5-year-old medium-size Chow mix, found wandering around Aspen. Wary of strangers, but friendly once he knows + trusts you.

Loves treats. Needs a responsible owner.

MAX

Handsome, outgoing, 9-year-old Siberian Husky. In keeping with his breed, Max is goodlooking and he likes to exercise, but he is not trustworthy off his leash.

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JIM

Outgoing, energetic, 12-yearold American Foxhound/Husky mix male. Good with people and other dogs. A retired sled dog. Came to the shelter with his sister Jackie (not shown).

So handsome!

ALLIE

Beautiful, friendly, soft-spoken 10-year-old Husky mix female. She is a retired sled dog looking for a loving home. She is very outgoing with people. What a cute face she has.

OPEN 7am-6pm EVERY DAY 970.544.0206

ZOE

This sweet, mostly blind, 9-year-old miniature Schnauzer female was turned in to the shelter because her owner was ill and could no longer take care of her. Very deserving of a home at this point in her life.

TIMBER

Soft-spoken, sleek, friendly, 10-year old Husky mix who gets along well with people and other dogs. She is a retired sled dog who deserves a comfortable, loving home.

SAM

4.5-year-old gorgeous Lab/Pit Bull mix female.

Such a sweet girl.

Allie is happy, friendly, affectionate and energetic.

Turned in because of housing.

Strong, energetic, black/white 5.5-year-old female Boston Terrier mix with a splash of Pit Bull—larger than a typical Boston.

Outgoing + loves people. Best as only pet.

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Finishes: Spaces come ready with sophisticated yet functional Interior finishes including stained oak floors, doors and trim, painted walls, acoustic grid ceilings and Caesar stone countertops. Main level finishes include stained concrete floors, tile wainscot, painted doors, trim, walls and ceilings, and Caesar stone countertops.

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Hospitality

The Snowmass Club is looking for interested candidates in the following areas/ positions: • Servers • Cooks • Bartender/Captain • Pool Technician/ Maintenance • Room Attendants Benefits include-Ski pass, employee meal per shift & discounted bus passes.

Email Michelle.

mwhiting@tollbrothersinc. com with resume.

Seeking an assistant to work through ski season, possibly until June.

Need experience working in a business environment with proven skills. PT. Please reply in confidence to: AspenHR39@gmail.com.

Now Hiring!

Currently we are hiring experienced, professional, highly motivated, team oriented people for the following positions at our Cooper Avenue Location.

Professional Administrative Assistant Administrative Assistant FT for fast paced Aspen office. Word, Excel, Adobe Suites & social media experience required. Strong communication skills & work ethic. email resume: aspendesigner@hotmail.c om Interior Designer Interior designer for Aspen office. Design degree, AutoCad, Adobe Creative req'd.

SketchUp a plus.

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Competitive pay based on experience.

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Enjoy mountain life, make new friends, learn photography and experience the winter in a world class ski resort. Now hiring for our Aspen and Snowmass locations. While photography experience is a plus, we are mostly looking for your outgoing personality and salesmanship. You must be able to ski safely. www.sharpshooterimaging.com/careers

Assistant General Manager

Full-time year round position, Benefits incl. 401K, dental, health & paid time off.

Personal Chef & House Manager/ Child Care Giver.

Full-time, year round, professional couple with over 25 years experience. Own our own housing and transportion.

970-618-8673

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80 percent of adults in households earning $100,000 or more read a newspaper in print or online each week.

Seasonal Ski Sales Photographer

Restaurant/ Clubs

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TUTORING - SERVICES French Conversation Elementary: math, reading, and writing Middle/high school English reading and writing TEST PREP: SSAT, SAT, ACT 15 years experience Creative and results based approach Excellent references 970-355-9982

Technology

Non-Profit Executive Director/Attorney Alpine Legal Services, which provides equal access to civil legal services in Pitkin, Eagle and Garfield County, seeks an executive director who has a passion for public service and fundraising for the cause of justice for all. Salary commensurate with experience.

All applications confidential: ALSexecutivedirectorposition@gmail.com.

Full job description: www.alpinelegalservices.org.

P/T AV Technicians & Support Staff Experience Preferred Contact: Eric Blomberg eric@alchemyavcs.com

David Burke Kitchen is hiring ALL Front of the House staff.

Please apply at 300 E. Hyman Ste 2D Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 4pm

J J.Crew- Mill Street J Full-Time Keyholder Submit Resume to: jennifer.pacella @jcrew.com

Aspen $12,000,000

Master Plumber Seeks House Plans for Bid. Licensed and insured.

High end, no skimp plumbing and radiant heat. Long list of satisfied customers.

970-618-2276.

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2 BD 1 BA great views w/d pets w/aprov N/S F/L/S $1500 970-618-5794

2BD Core Condo Weekly/Monthly Rentals $400 - $500 / night Two blocks to Core, 2 parking spaces, Deck with mtn views!

203-710-5984 Bowden Properties

Contact:

NOW HIRING!!

Need Aspen 1 BD apartment, long term.

Quiet, non- smoking retired professional w/quiet well behaved dog, excellent references 970 618 1858 jfinissmith@hotmail.co m

Rentals Aspen

kristina@davidburke.com

Management/ Executive

Aspen 2 BD Furnished.

House/condo/apt Single family Near ski slopes.

Fireplace. 1 year lease.

860-508-9971 Mikemontano@gmail.co m Medical professionals looking to find pet friendly rental that will accommodate ourselves and our 2 extremely well behaved dogs.

Large contemporary 4 bed/4.5 ba home. By schools, ski-in from Highlands.+1/2 acre.

Built 2007. $15k/mo.

Tom Carr, L&C RE. 970 379-9935

Rentals Basalt Area SUMMER Exchange NYC Ultra Lux apt, Lc Cntr, Hlth clb, deck, Hud riv vw, Large 1BD/1.5BA Exchange for: Aspen apt /hse 6/20 - 8/15, NP/NS Anna, 917-501-7548

Aspen - $15,750,000

2BD, 2BA,+ Bonus Room, Willits Lakeside. Deck, garage, washer/dryer.

Pet OK. Great mid-valley location. $1,795/mo.

Barbara: 970-379-1990

Aspen $22,950,000

Rentals Basalt Area

Rentals Snowmass 2 BD 2.5 BA condo, furn, FP, decks. $2400 per month 213-256-9725

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4 BD 2 BA, SFH newly remodeled in 2012, Pets considered, $2,500/ Month, L/T lease, 5.5 miles from Basalt, great views, on 3 acres.

970-379-3458

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4 BD/Beautiful home in Missouri Heights, mins fr. Whole Foods, stunning views, beautifully furnished main floor & master. Media room, large office, oversized garage.

Major BREAK for 1st 5mo @ $2000!

970-618-5447

Search locally or expand your search throughout the mountains and beyond.

Rentals Carbondale 3BD 3.5 BA luxury home.

2 car garage, AC, yard, views, $2950/Mo. 970-948-1341

Lovely, 4BD/3.5BA 4,500SF MH home available for LT RENT! Quiet, family neighborhood, Basalt School bus stop, HOA POOL and TCourt, separate ADU perfect for visitors! Pets/furniture /rent negotiable. $3800+util. 970-927-1077

Picture perfect Ms Heights log home, 4 bed/ 3 bath, 4,300 sq ft. On 5 acres, yet only 5 mins to Hwy 82! $3000/month + utils.

Stacey Craft ( Happy RE)

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RE Aspen Deluxe Condos. Studios + Bunks 2/2/Loft SI/SO. NP/NS from $1195. 6-12 mths 954-205-2165 SnowmassCondos@aol.com

ASPEN'S HUNTER CREEK Pool, Tennis, Hot Tubs!

Rarely available STUDIO Top floor corner. Lg. wall unit w/Murphy. No Pets! $325k. Ed Monge Rty. 970-925-3003

Rentals Commercial/Retail

Girl power.

AABC Choices: Office 1,000 sq. ft. 2nd fl, private BA, 3 large offices, conference room, great layout, light, private entry.

Storage/Warehouse/ Office/Shop/Light Industrial 2,800 sq. ft., 16+ foot ceilings, parking, private bath, roll up door, separate office entry 970-618-3544 www.aspenabc.com

81 percent of women in a management or professional position with a household income of $100,000 a year or more read a newspaper in print or online in an average week.

Mortgages/ Loans

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Rentals Glenwood Springs VILLAGE GREEN TOWNHOMES! FP, DW, W/D, Great community, beautiful landscaped play area. Large 1, 2, & 3 bdrms $875 - $1325 970-945-6622

Purchase or cash out

Downtown Basalt 690 sf retail space. $900 p/m.

Info & pics on-line.

Matt ASSIR 970-948-7703

• High LTVs and low rates, Super Jumbo, very high loan amounts

Rentals Office Space

• Farm and Ranch, no

Main Street Offices, Storage & Parking, Avail. NOW! MOD Bldg, Secured Lease Cheryl 970-925-1677

• Rural Homes low down payment

max or min on acreage

A Bigger Better Mortgage

970-476-5547

Aspen - $2,700,000 18 Lupine Mountain Valley House 5 bedrooms 4 baths 3 garage Aspen Mountain Views 1/2 Acre 3 Fireplaces Private Beautiful Flat Lot Downstairs Apartment Shuttle Service to Aspen Easy to Show

Stunning Victorian Home with mountain contemporary renovation in West End close to Aspen Institute. $8,500,000 or $12,000.000 w/ adjacent lot.

Contemporary Ski-In/Out Estate Gorgeous home in private setting borders Buttermilk Ski Area & Owl Creek Nordic Ski Trail for easy ski-in/out access.

6BR 9BA. Aspen Living at its Best is had at this 14,000sqft home on a 5 acre estate nestled in a peaceful and protected setting within a private gated community.

Ryan & Matt Podskoch

Ryan & Matt Podskoch

Ryan & Matt Podskoch

303 579 2725 or 970 236 6672 info@investincolorado.com investincolorado.com

303 579 2725 or 970 236 6672 info@investincolorado.com investincolorado.com

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Pamala Steadman (970)618-0092 Pamala01@msn.com

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Aspen - $389,000

Aspen - $2,900,000

Aspen - $3,995,000

Aspen Pied-á-Terre!

Located in the Center of Downtown Aspen, this beautifully remodeled studio offers DEAD-ON Aspen Mountain Views. Rooftop deck includes Jacuzzi and BBQ. This property is perfect for the part-time resident. Easy rental with on-site Management. Pets allowed, of course! Please call me for your personal tour!

ASPEN REDEVELOPMENT SITE.19,832 sq/ft lot, FAR 3,568 sq/ft. Beautiful views of Aspen Mt, over Roaring Fork River, walk to gondola, restaurants, clubs..

Build single family home. Now 2/3 duplex. Only site like this left in Aspen.

David Harris

Tory Thomas

970-379-1513 david.harris@sothebysrealty.com

970.948.1341 Tory@ToryThomas.net

MARY ELLEN SHERIDAN

981 King St. Spectacular private setting right in town. 6 min walk to City Market. 5 bdrm, 4 bath., 2,697 sq ft.

River and park frontage. Aspen Mountain views. Use for your family, enjoy annual rental income of approximately $100K. Remodel, or start over. Build +/4,800 FAR

970-618-2696 MES2696@MSN.COM

Aspen - $515,000

1bd/1ba furnished Aspen Condo. Views of Aspen Mt.. Adjacent to Hunter Creek Trail. Bamboo, Stainless, Pool, Jacuzzi, Tennis Courts. Walk or shuttle to Gondola, Restaurants, Shopping.

Mary Ellen Sheridan 970-618-2696 mes2696@msn.com AspenRealEstates.co

Aspen - $7,250,000

Comm./Grand Junction-$639,000

Exquisite Luxury Enclave Duplex 4 BR w/ 2 Master Suites Aspen Mountain View corner 2 blocks from Gondola Plaza Great Room with Cathedral Ceilings 4120 sq. ft. + Garage

Office/retail building 1 block from Main St. in beautiful downtown GJ. 10,000+ sqft.,offices, lobby, kitchen, conference rms & storage. Private parking lot & convenient street parking. Close to shops, restaurants, hotels & post office.

Stephen C. Peer

Dale Beede, CCIM

970.618.5557 peerman1@msn.com www.aspenluxuryforsale.com

970-244-6615 dbeede@cbcworldwide.com www.grandjunctioncommercial.com

Crested Butte-Historic Restaurant - $2,750,000 The iconic Wooden Nickel in downtown Crested Butte, under continuous ownership since 1981, is offered for sale. The "Nickel" is Crested Butte's oldest & finest bar & steak house w/seating for approximately 110. The offering includes real estate, business, & all furniture, fixtures & equip- ment. Inventory to be purchased separately.

Qualified buyers only please.

Listing broker is also the seller.

Eric B.Roemer 970-209-1596 (cell) pwrhouse@rmi.net Broker Associate

THE PEER GROUP LLC Eagle - $275,000

Glenwood Springs - $1,150,000

Montrose - $4,500,000 Hall and Hall and Leadbetter Webster Land Co. Video at HallHall.com (303) 861-8282/ (800) 279-0406

New Castle - $345,000

Norwood, CO - $845,000

35.93 acres - High Alpine Paradise zoned (R) Resource with approved Special Use Permit for 16 Beds Commercial Lodging.

Includes active Yurt Rental Business w two 24 ft Yurts plus all equip, furniture & fixtures on the property. 4 mining claims

Creek-side home on fenced-in four acres in Canyon Creek, west of Glenwood Springs. 3 bedroom, 4 bathroom house with large kitchen and master bedroom.

One fifth mile of creek side water, Two apartments, workshop and greenhouse.

MORE FOR YOUR MONEY! • 1,992 sq. ft.

• 3 bedrooms + office, 3 baths • Close to walking trails and BLM • MLS #132627

162-acre Norwood, CO ranch.

35 minutes to Telluride.

Adjoins National Forest.

Live water. Equestrian, corporate retreat, hunting lodge, farming.

www.backcountry-colorado-yurt.com 1-800-444-2813 htayurt@yahoo.com

Call for Appointment Buyers agents welcome 970-376-3328

Luxury Home on 33 acres located on south rim of Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, located inside the park. Truly a one of a kind property near Montrose, Colorado, $4,500,000. Additional 1766 acres also available. Video at HallHall.com.

Hall and Hall and Leadbetter Webster Land Co.

(970) 379-4997 michelle@vlgrealtors.com www.vlgrealtors.com

Old Snowmass - $999,000

Redstone - $5,200,000

(303) 861-8282/ (800) 279-0406 Don@leadbetterwebsterland.com leadbetterwebsterland.com

Michelle James

Snowmass Village - $490,000 Around The Corner From The Gondola in Snowmass New Base Village. Panoramic Views, Granite Kitchen, New Construction, Large One Bedroom, Large Bathroom, Fireplace. Parking, Deck, Hot Tubs, Gym, Storage. Price Reduced $100,000 to $490,000.

Tenant in Place, Cash Flow Property!

Lowest price home on 1 acre Bordering ranch land, views from every room, wide open spaces, distant vistas of majestic Mtn. peaks & a peaceful & tranquil setting. 2 horses allowed, Expansion possibilities incl. a studio above a barn.

Historic Old Word Estate Features irrigated horse pastures, barn & out buildings, 3+ garage, gameroom w/ bar, pool, hot tub, sauna, wine cellar, tennis court, guest house and much more.

970 379 1662 rochelle.bouchard@SothebysRealty.com

303 579 2725 or 970 236 6672 info@investincolorado.com investincolorado.com

Rochelle Bouchard

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Ryan & Matt Podskoch

Pamala Steadman (970)618-0092 Pamala01@msn.com

Your listing in front of thousands each week…

Aspen Times Weekly 970-925-9937

classifieds@aspentimes.com

Dodge RAM2500 Laramie 4x4 2005

Dodge Ram 3500 1 Ton 2004

Jeep CJ-7 1982

Quad Cab, Prime condition. 144K. Cummins, Smarty, KORE lift, airbags, Bilsteins New 35" tires/brakes, HD trans, Pacbrake, Airdog, sunroof, tonneau - much more! $23K OBO Jeff 970-531-1815

4x4, Cummins Turbo Diesel, 84K miles, always garaged, excellent condition, Banks power system. Custom wheels, electronic running boards, leather interior, custom fog lamps, Bull bar.

Original owner. $29,395 970-948-1212

White 1982 Jeep CJ-7 Soft top included 2 door. Runs Great.

A S P E N T I M E S W E E K L Y V Febr u ar y 13, 2014

Nels Cary

970.729.1404 nels.cary@sothebysrealty.com www.earthstarranch.com

$4,900

716.698.4125

Jeep Liberty 2005

“SOLD”

Jeep Wrangler 2012

LandRover Discovery - 2004

Lexus LX 450 1997

Lexus LX470 - 2000

Lexus RX330 - 2005

Best buy in Aspen, only 2,600 miles, freedom hard top, also included full soft top, “Never used” auto, AC, PS.

7 Seats, Fully loaded, winter package, sun roofs, rear aircon, etc.

Black with Black leather interior.

Landrover service. 74K miles.

Lexus LX 450 1997 $ 4,300.00 4 door.

Good condition. 116 K miles Auto transmission. 6, C ,ABS. Luggage rack.

AWD. Power seats. Brown/Gold Efrain 970 948 7171 $ 4,300.00 970 948 7171

1 owner, all extra: sunroof, wood & leather interior, break system for trailer, V8, 112k miles, grill back & front.

Good Condition. $11,760 970.309.9434 or 305-764-9400

Exc. cond, silver w/ light interior, gps navigation, heated leather seats, sunroof, roof rack, back-up camera, new snow tires, avg. 26 mpg, $13,800 970-927-4365 TerrySGriggs@gmail.com

$24,875 970-948-1335

$14,000.

Phone owner, 970-379-5144

Mercedes Itasca Navion Iq. 2011

Toyota Tundra 2000

Why are there so many auto photo ads listed each day?

Because auto photo ads WORK! Chassis with turbo diesel. 25 foot long with 2 slideouts, 2 flat screen TVs, generator, awning, queen memory foam bed. Excellent condition.

35000 miles. $79,000.00 970-948-4419

Auto Parts/ Accessories

4 BFG T/AKO 235-85-16 Better then good condition! $225.00

SOLD THEM!!

Sports package. 4 door. Used condition. 221,000 Auto transmission.

CD Player. Power windows.

Call or go online to sell your wheels!

$5500 OBO 970-319-9435 or info@fitzgeraldlandscaping.com

Clothing

Sharp Looking

‘WESTERN WORLD’ Ladies

Construction Equipment/Material

925-9937 • www.aspentimes.com/placead Furniture/Home Furnishings

Buffalo Tools

Fringe Leather Jacket.

Entertainment Center.

Excellent condition.

Gorgeous wood. $475.

213.458.4944

guaranteed,

Mobile Auto Detailers Pressure Washer, Hose & Wand + 60 Gallon Portable Water Tank. $350.

970-618-5512

Autos AVALANCHE AUTOMOTIVE LLC

05 Subaru Outback Auto. 152K. We finance anyone with approved credit.

BUY HERE PAY HERE. Hwy 24 in Minturn.

(970) 827-5336.

$1500 OBO. Call Josh at

Like New Hardly Worn!

Size XL. $130.

970.456.3291

76 percent of adults who spend more than $500 on fine jewelry in the last year read a newspaper in print or online in an average week.

info@avalancheautosales. com

Merch andise Appliances

719-989-0774

Glass TV / Electronic Stand.

Good condition.

Electronics

Glass TV / Electronic Stand.

Good condition.

$50. OBO

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PUBLIC NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that 5222 Snowmass Creek Road, LLC and 5228 Snowmass Creek Road, LLC have filed a Petition with the Basalt Water Conservancy District requesting the inclusion into said District of the following described lands located in the County of Pitkin, State of Colorado, to wit: 5222 Snowmass Creek Road: Lot 1, Snowmass Springs Subdivision, according to the Plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 4 at Page 378, as Amended in Plat Book 6 at Page 86, and as further Amended by Plat recorded in Plat Book 27 at Page 76.

5228 Snowmass Creek Road: Lot 2, Snowmass Springs Subdivision, according to the Plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 4 at Page 378, as amended in Plat Book 6 at Page 86, and as further Amended by Plat recorded in Plat Book 27 at Page 76, County of Pitkin, State of Colorado.

Together with an easement for ingress and egress across Lot 1, Snowmass Springs Subdivision, as described more fully in the Mutual Easement Agreement recorded in Book 400 at Page 899 at the Pitkin County records.

Said Petition shall be heard at the regular meeting of the Board of Directors of said District on March 11, 2014, at 7:00 P.M. at the Comfort Inn & Suites, 920 Cowen Dr., Carbondale, Colorado, when and where all persons interested shall appear and show cause, in writing, why said Petition should not be granted. The failure of any person to file a written objection shall be taken as an assent to the inclusion of the above-described lands within the District. Written objections may be filed in advance of said meeting by mailing to the Basalt Water Conservancy District, P.O. Box 974, Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81602.

BASALT WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT By: /s/ Chad J. Lee Chad J. Lee - Secretary Published in the Aspen Times Weekly February 13, 20, and 27, 2014 and March 6, 2014. (9939331) PUBLIC NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Bradley L. Zanin has filed a Petition with the Basalt Water Conservancy District requesting the inclusion into said District of the following described lands located in the County of Pitkin, State of Colorado, to wit: Parcel B, Snowmass Trust Subdivision (PID No. 2645-141-01-002) also known by street number as: 5084 Snowmass Creek Road, Snowmass, Colorado, 81654.

Said Petition shall be heard at the regular meeting of the Board of Directors of said District on March 11, 2014, at 7:00 P.M. at the Comfort Inn & Suites, 920 Cowen Dr., Carbondale, Colorado, when and where all persons interested shall appear and show cause, in writing, why said Petition should not be granted. The failure of any person to file a written objection shall be taken as an assent to the inclusion of the above-described lands within the District. Written objections may be filed in advance of said meeting by mailing to the Basalt Water Conservancy District, P.O. Box 974, Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81602.

BASALT WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT By: /s/ Chad J. Lee Chad J. Lee - Secretary Published in the Aspen Times Weekly February 13, 20, and 27, 2014 and March 6, 2014. (9939399) CALL FOR NOMINATIONS MEADOWOOD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and, particularly, to the electors of the Meadowood Metropolitan District (the "District") of Pitkin County, Colorado.

tion will be held on the 6th day of May 2014. At that time two (2) directors will be elected to serve 4-year terms. In order for an individual's name to appear on the ballot for the election, a self-nomination and acceptance form or letter must be filed with the designated election official of the District on or before 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 28, 2014. Affidavit of Intent to be a Write-In Candidate forms must be submitted to the office of the designated election official by the close of business on Monday, March 3, 2014. Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms and Affidavit of Intent to be a Write-In Candidate forms are available upon request from the designated election official, c/o Spencer Fane, 1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 3800, Denver, Colorado 80203, telephone number 303-839-3873.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for mail-in ballots may be filed with the designated election official at the address and telephone number listed above between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. until the close of business on Friday, May 2, 2014. If the applicant wishes to receive the mail-in ballot by mail, the application shall be filed no later than Tuesday, April 29, 2014. The application for a mail-in ballot shall be made in writing or by fax, using the application form furnished by the designated election official, or on the form provided by the Colorado Secretary of State or in the form of a letter which includes the applicant's printed name, signature, residence address, mailing address if the applicant wishes to receive the mail-in ballot by mail, and date of birth.

MEADOWOOD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By:/s/ Dawn J. Fredette Designated Election Official Published in the Aspen Times Weekly on February 13. 2014. [9938272]

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and, particularly, to the electors of the Basalt & Rural Fire Protection District of Eagle & Pitkin County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election will be held on the 6th day of May 2014 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time, three (3) directors will be elected to serve 4-year terms and one (1) director will be elected to serve a 2-year term. Self-Nomination and Acceptance Forms are available from Jennifer Lemke, Designated Election Official of the Basalt & Rural Fire Protection District, at 1089 JW Drive, Carbondale, CO 81623.

Self -Nomination and Acceptance forms are to be returned to the Designated Election Official not less than 67 days prior to the regular election, Friday, February 28, 2014.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for and return of absent voter's ballots, may be filed with Jennifer Lemke, District Designated Election Official, at 1089 JW Drive, Carbondale, CO 81623, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., until the close ofbusiness on the Friday immediately preceding the regular election, Friday, May 2, 2014.

Basalt & Rural Fire Protection District Jennifer Lemke Designated Election Official Published in the Aspen Times Weekly February 13, 2014. (9926407)

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR CROWN MOUNTAIN PARK & RECREATION DISTRICT TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the Crown Mountain Park & Recreation District of Eagle & Pitkin County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a regular election will be held on Tuesday, May 6, 2014, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time, three (3) directors will be elected to serve a four-year term.

Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms are available from Katheryne Fitzpatrick of Robertson & Marchetti, PC, the Designated Election Official for the District, at the Eagle County Community Building, 20 Eagle County Drive, Suite F, El Jebel, CO 81623.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a regular election will be held on the 6th day of May 2014. At that time two (2) directors will be elected to serve Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms must be 4-year terms. In order for an individual's name to filed with the Designated Election Official for the appear on the ballot for the election, a self-nomina- District at the above address not less than 67 days tion and acceptance form or letter must be filed prior to the election (Friday, February 28, 2014). with the designated election official of the District on or before 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 28, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications 2014. Affidavit of Intent to be a Write-In Candidate for absentee ballots may be filed with the Desigforms must be submitted to the office of the desig- nated Election Official of the District at the above nated election official by the close of business on address between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 Monday, March 3, 2014. Self-Nomination and Ac- p.m., until the close of business on the Friday imceptance forms and Affidavit of Intent to be a mediately preceding the election (Friday, May 2, Write-In Candidate forms are available upon re- 2014). All absentee ballots must be returned to the S P E N T I Melection E S W E Eofficial, K L Y Vc/oFebrDesignated u ar y 13, 2014 quest from theAdesignated Election Official by 7:00 p.m. on elecSpencer Fane, 1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 3800, tion day.

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County of Recording Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms must be Pitkin filed with the Designated Election Official for the Recording Date of Deed of Trust District at the above address not less than 67 days July 20, 2006 prior to the election (Friday, February 2014).

Recording (Reception M O N 28, DAYF R I DAY 8 : 3Information 0 A M TO 5 : 0 0Number) PM 526677 NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications Re-Recording Date of Deed of Trust 970.

3 8 4 9 1 3 5 for absentee ballots may be filed with the Desig- March 06, 2012 nated Election Official of the DistrictLatEthe above (Reception Number) GA L S @Re-Recording AS P E N TInformation I M E S .CO M address between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 587232 p.m., until the close of business on the Friday im- Original Principal Amount mediately preceding the election (Friday, May 2, $395,500.00 2014). All absentee ballots must be returned to the Outstanding Principal Balance Designated Election Official by 7:00 p.m. on elec- $365,201.95 tion day.

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have CROWN MOUNTAIN PARK & RECREATION been violated as follows: failure to pay principal DISTRICT and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured By:/s/ Katheryne Fitzpatrick by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

Designated Election Official THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. Published in the Aspen Times Weekly February The property to be foreclosed is: 13, 2014. (9935135) SEE EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO AND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE. A CALL FOR NOMINATIONS A tract of land situated in the NE1/4SW1/4 of Sec(NOTICE BY PUBLICATION OF) tion 34, Township 8 South, Range 88 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian lying easterly of the east32-1-804.1; 32-1-804.3, 1-1-104(34), 32-1-905(2), erly right of way line of a 30 foot roadway and C.R.S. westerly of the Big 4 Ditch, said tract being described as follows: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and, particularly, to the electors of East Aspen Metropolitan District Beginning at a point whence an iron post with a of Pitkin County, Colorado. brass cap found in a place and properly marked for the center of said Section 34 bears: North NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election 14°50'24" East 933.57 feet; will be held on the 6TH day of May, 2014, between thence South 12°01'56" West 83.05 feet; the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time, thence South 00°44'04" East 66.96 feet; three (3) directors will be elected to serve 4-year thence South 05°43'56" West 75.75 feet; terms. Eligible electors of the East Aspen Metro- thence South 10°29'05" East 57.04 feet; politan District interested in serving on the board of thence South 68°41'51" West 126.14 feet to a point directors may obtain a Self-Nomination and Ac- on the easterly right way line of said road; ceptance form from the District Designated Elec- thence North 02°05'26" East 80.71 feet along the tion Official (DEO): easterly right of way line of said road; Robert Oxenberg thence North 10°03'35" West 103.95 feet along the c/o Sherman & Howard, L.L.C. easterly right of way line of said road; 320 West Main Street thence North 21°33'50" West 65.14 feet along the Aspen, CO 81611 easterly right of way line of said road; (970) 925-6300 thence North 01°40'23" East 39.82 feet along the The Office of the DEO is open on the following easterly right of way line of said road; days: Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. thence North 20°26'32" East 39.54 feet along the If the DEO determines that a Self-Nomination and easterly right of way line of said road; Acceptance form is not sufficient, the eligible elec- thence North 88°08'57" East 155.42 feet to the tor who submitted the form may amend the form Point of Beginning. once, at any time, prior to 3:00 p.m. on Friday, Feb- D E E D O F T R U S T R E - R E C O R D E D I N T H E ruary 28, 2014. The deadline to submit a Self- RECORDS OF PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO Nomination and Acceptance is close of business ON MARCH 6, 2012 AT RECEPTION NO. 587232 on Friday, February 28, 2014 (not less than 67 TO CORRECT THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION. days before the election). Earlier submittal is en- Also known by street and number as: 296 S. Bill couraged as the deadline will not permit curing an Creek Rd., Carbondale, CO 81623. insufficient form. Affidavit of Intent To Be A THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL Write-In-Candidate forms must be submitted to the O F T H E P R O P E R T Y C U R R E N T L Y office of the designated election official by the close ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF of business on Monday, March 3, 2014 (the six- TRUST. ty-fourth day before the election).

NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, an application The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured for a mail-in ballot shall be filed with the designat- by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed ed election official no later than the close of busi- Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided ness on Friday, May 2, 2014, except that, if the ap- by law and in said Deed of Trust. plicant wishes to receive the mail-in ballot by mail, THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at the application shall be filed no later than the close public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, of business on Tuesday, April 29, 2014.

04/02/2014, at Pitkin County Courthouse, at the south front door, 506 E Main St, Aspen, Colorado, East Aspen Metropolitan District sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said By: /s/ Robert Oxenberg Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, Designated Election Official for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Published in the Aspen Times Weekly February 13, Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of 2014. (9929154) sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION First Publication 2/6/2014 CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE Last Publication 3/6/2014 SALE NO. 13-054 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with Name of PublicationThe Aspen Times Weekly regard to the following described Deed of Trust: IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A On December 4, 2013, the undersigned Public L A T E R D A T E , T H E D E A D L I N E T O F I L E A Trustee caused the Notice of Election and De- N O T I C E O F I N T E N T T O C U R E B Y T H O S E mand relating to the Deed of Trust described be- PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE low to be recorded in the County of Pitkin records.

EXTENDED; Original Grantor(s) DATE: 12/04/2013 Edward Ptacek Thomas Carl Oken, Public Trustee in and for the Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as County of Pitkin, State of Colorado By: Tiffany Wancura, Chief Deputy Public Trustee nominee for Affiliated Financial Group, Inc. The name, address, business telephone number Current Holder of Evidence of Debt and bar registration number of the attorney(s) JP Morgan Chase Bank, National Association representing the legal holder of the indebtedness Date of Deed of Trust is: July 17, 2006 Britney Beall-Eder #34935 County of Recording Cynthia Lowrey-Graber #34145 Pitkin Kimberly L. Martinez #40351 Recording Date of Deed of Trust Caren Jacobs Castle #11790 July 20, 2006 Deanne Westfall #23449 Recording Information (Reception Number) Christopher T. Groen #39976 526677 Jennifer Griest #34830 Re-Recording Date of Deed of Trust The Castle Law Group, LLC 999 18TH ST., #2201, March 06, 2012 DENVER, CO 80202 (303) 865-1400 Re-Recording Information (Reception Number) The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector 587232 and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information Original Principal Amount provided may be used for that purpose. $395,500.00 Attorney File # 13-07559 Outstanding Principal Balance ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised $365,201.95 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby 9/2012 notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have Published in the Aspen Times Weekly February 6, been violated as follows: failure to pay principal 13, 20 and 27, 2014 and March 6, 2014. (9902224) and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: SEE EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO AND IN-

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COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 13-053 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On November 13, 2013, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Pitkin records.

Original Grantor(s) MICHAEL FULLER Original Beneficiary(ies) ALPINE BANK Current Holder of Evidence of Debt ALPINE BANK Date of Deed of Trust August 22, 2005 County of Recording Pitkin Recording Date of Deed of Trust September 19, 2005 Recording Information (Reception Number) 514955 September 13, 2010 Re-Recording Information (Reception Number) 573467 Re-Recording Date of Deed of Trust Original Principal Amount $221,249.32 Outstanding Principal Balance $126,375.00 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: CONDOMINIUM UNIT 41, BUILDING D, ROARING RIVER LODGES CONDOMINIUMS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP THEREOF FILED FOR RECORD IN PLAT BOOK 10 AT PAGE 53, AND AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, AND RESTRICTIONS OF THE ROARING RIVER LODGES CONDOMINIUMS, RECORDED APRIL 11, 1980 IN BOOK 387 AT PAGE 470, AND AMENDED DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, AND RESTRICTIONS OF THE ROARING RIVER LODGES CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED JULY 7, 1980 IN BOOK 391 AT PAGE 253, AND AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION OF COVENANTS OF THE ROARING RIVER LODGES CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED SEPTEMBER 3, 1980 IN BOOK 394 AT PAGE 130, AND SECOND AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION OF COVENANTS OF ROARING RIVER LODGES CONDOMINIUMS RECORDER MAY 14, 1981 IN BOOK 408 AT PAGE 361, AND THIRD AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION RECORDED IN BOOK 522 AT PAGE 512, AND FOURTH AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION RECORDED IN BOOK 611 AT PAGE 224, AND BOOK 621 AT PAGE 475, AND APRIL 9, 1991 IN BOOK 668 AT PAGE 904, AND DECEMBER 23, 1993 IN BOOK 736 AT PAGE 452, AND JANUARY 19, 1994 IN BOOK 739 AT PAGE 296, JUNE 17, 1994 IN BOOK 753 AT PAGE 593, AMENDMENT TO SECOND SUPPLEMENT RECORDED DECEMBER 5, 1995 IN BOOK 801 AT PAGE 424, SECOND AMENDMENT TO SECOND SUPPLEMENT RECORDED AUGUST 30, 1996 UNDER RECEPTIONS NO. 396567 , AND THIRD SUPPLEMENT RECORDED APRIL 7, 1995 IN BOOK 778 AT PAGE 120, AND AMENDMENT TO THIRD SUPPLEMENT RECORDED OCTOBER 7, 1997 UNDER RECEPTIONS NO. 409226.

COUNTY OF PITKIN, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 23400 RIVERS ROAD, UNIT 41, BASALT, CO 81621.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 03/12/2014, at Pitkin County Courthouse, at the south front door, 506 E Main St, Aspen, Colorado, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication1/16/2014 Last Publication2/13/2014 Name of PublicationThe Aspen Times Weekly IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE

for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication1/16/2014 Last Publication2/13/2014 Name of PublicationThe Aspen Times Weekly IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 11/13/2013 Thomas Carl Oken, Public Trustee in and for the County of Pitkin, State of Colorado By: Desiree Wagner, Deputy Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: ROBERT B EMERSON #1123 Alpine Bank 0350 HWY 133, CARBONDALE, CO 81623 (970) 704-3132 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

Attorney File # ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012 Published in the Aspen Times Weekly January 16, 23, and 30, 2014 and February 6 and 13, 2014.

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PUBLIC NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that The Whitney H. Marvin Revocable Trust has filed a Petition with the Basalt Water Conservancy District requesting the inclusion into said District of the following described lands located in the County of Pitkin, State of Colorado, to wit: Parcel B, as shown on the Plat of Shelly Burke recorded January 27, 1999 in Plat Book 48 at Page 42.

Said Petition shall be heard at the regular meeting of the Board of Directors of said District on March 11, 2014, at 7:00 P.M. at the Comfort Inn & Suites, 920 Cowen Dr., Carbondale, Colorado, when and where all persons interested shall appear and show cause, in writing, why said Petition should not be granted. The failure of any person to file a written objection shall be taken as an assent to the inclusion of the above-described lands within the District. Written objections may be filed in advance of said meeting by mailing to the Basalt Water Conservancy District, P.O. Box 974, Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81602.

BASALT WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT By: /s/ Chad J. Lee Chad J. Lee - Secretary Published in the Aspen Times Weekly February 6, 13, 20 and 27, 2014. (9884407)

follows:

LEGAL NOTICE ORDINANCE 5, 2014 PUBLIC HEARING Ordinance #5, Series of 2014 was adopted on first reading at the City Council meeting February 10, 2014. This ordinance, if adopted, will approve allowing the application to meet the affordable housing mitigation requirement by cash-in-lieu or affordable housing credits, the code in effect at the time of building permit. The public hearing on this ordinance is scheduled for March 10, 2014 at 5:00 p.m.

City Hall, 130 South Galena.

To see the entire text, go to the city's legal notice website http://www.aspenpitkin.com/Departments/Clerk/Legal-Notices/ IF you would like a copy FAXed or e-mailed to you, call the city clerk's office, 429-2687 Published in the Aspen Times Weekly on February 13, 2014. [9935997] LEGAL NOTICE ORDINANCE 6, 2014 PUBLIC HEARING Ordinance #6, Series of 2014 was adopted on first reading at the City Council meeting February 10, 2014. This ordinance, if adopted, will approve a lease purchase agreement for IT firewall. The public hearing on this ordinance is scheduled for February 24, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. City Hall, 130 South Galena.

To see the entire text, go to the city's legal notice website http://www.aspenpitkin.com/Departments/Clerk/Legal-Notices/ IF you would like a copy FAXed or e-mailed to you, call the city clerk's office, 429-2687 Published in the Aspen Times Weekly on February 13, 2014. [9936021] District Court, Pitkin County, Colorado 506 East Main, Suite E, Aspen, CO 81611 CONSOLIDATE NOTICE Pursuant to C.R.S. 14-10-107(4) (a) notice is hereby given as follows: Since the date of the last such notice, the following actions have been filed herein: Action No. Parties 2014DR2 Petitioner Maritza Hernandez Chavarin Respondent Victor Manuel Arechiga The forgoing seeks dissolution of marriage.

A copy of the petition and summons may be obtained from the clerk of this court during regular business hours.

A default judgment may be entered against Respondent if Respondent fails to appear or file a response within 30 days of the date of publication hereof.

Dated this January 22, 2014

PUBLIC NOTICE The Crown Mountain Park and Recreation District hereby issues An Invitation To Bid For the 2014 Landscape Maintenance and Irrigation Services For the Crown Mountain Park Property in El Jebel, Colorado.

The Crown Mountain park and Recreation District, located at 20 Eagle County Drive, Suite F, El Jebel, Colorado 81623, requests bids from qualified landscape maintenance and irrigation firms for services to the District for the upcoming 2014 season.

The District is responsible for the maintenance of approximately 55 acres of park land with approximately 35 acres in turf grass, plus associated open space, trails, and irrigation facilities. The irrigation system has six large controllers with 136 operable stations that must be monitored and altered on a weekly basis. The mowing operations will require a mower with hydraulically lifted decks with a minimum total of ten feet of mowing deck surface to accomplish the mowing operations with a two day period. The full bid package is available at the District Office located at the above address, by fax, email at crownmtndirector@sopris.net or via download on the District website www.crownmtn.org Bid packages must be returned by 12:00 noon February 28th, 2014. Call Crown Mountain Office at 970-963-6030 for more information.

Published in the Aspen Times Weekly and the Glenwood Springs Post Independent February 13, 2014. (9935520)

LEGAL NOTICE ORDINANCE 3, 2014 PUBLIC HEARING Ordinance #3, Series of 2014 was adopted on first reading at the City Council meeting February 10, 2014. This ordinance, if adopted, will adopt a code amendment regarding procurement code. The public hearing on this ordinance is scheduled for February 24, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. City Hall, 130 South Galena.

To see the entire text, go to the city's legal notice website http://www.aspenpitkin.com/Departments/Clerk/Legal-Notices/ IF you would like a copy FAXed or e-mailed to you, call the city clerk's office, 429-2687 Published in the Aspen Times Weekly on February 13, 2014. [9935949]

DISTRICT COURT PITKIN COUNTY , COLORADO 81611 By: Gail H. Nichols District Court Juge Published in the Aspen Times Weekly February 13, 20, and 27, and March 6 and 13, 2014.

(9939903) PUBLIC NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME Public Notice is given on January 24, 2014, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a [X] Minor Child [ ] Adult has been filed with the Pitkin County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Morgan Leah Wood Melahn be changed to Morgan Mokihana Melahn

Jonna Goldstone Clerk of Court By: M. Inez Vergerue Deputy Clerk

Published in the Aspen Times Weekly January 30, 2014 and February 6 and 13, 2014.

(9905406) PUBLIC NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Paul Kovach and Katherine Kitchen have filed a Petition with the Basalt Water Conservancy District requesting the inclusion into said District of the following described lands located in the County of Pitkin, State of Colorado, to wit: Parcel A, Snowmass Trust Subdivision, according to the Plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 38 at Page 11.

Said Petition shall be heard at the regular meeting of the Board of Directors of said District on March 11, 2014, at 7:00 P.M. at the Comfort Inn & Suites, 920 Cowen Dr., Carbondale, Colorado, when and where all persons interested shall appear and show cause, in writing, why said Petition should not be granted. The failure of any person to file a written objection shall be taken as an assent to the inclusion of the above-described lands within the District. Written objections may be filed in advance of said meeting by mailing to the Basalt Water Conservancy District, P.O. Box 974, Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81602.

BASALT WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT By: /s/ Chad J. Lee Chad J. Lee - Secretary

LEGAL NOTICE ORDINANCE 4, 2014 PUBLIC HEARING Ordinance #4, Series of 2014 was adopted on first reading at the City Council meeting February 10, 2014. This ordinance, if adopted, will approve development of housing units outside city limit and establish affordable housing credits. The public hearing on this ordinance is scheduled for February 24, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. City Hall, 130 South Galena.

To see the entire text, go to the city's legal notice website http://www.aspenpitkin.com/Departments/Clerk/Legal-Notices/ IF you would like a copy FAXed or e-mailed to you, call the city clerk's office, 429-2687 Published in the Aspen Times Weekly on February 13, 2014. [9935980]

Published in the Aspen Times Weekly February 13, 20 and 27, 2014 and March 6, 2014. (9939363) PUBLIC NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Polk Properties, LLC has filed a Petition with the Basalt Water Conservancy District requesting the inclusion into said District of the following described lands located in the County of Pitkin, State of Colorado, to wit: A parcel of land being located in Section 14, Township 9 South, Range 86 West of the 6th Principle Meridian; Said parcel is more fully described as follows: BEGINNING at the Northeast corner of said Section 14, thence South 00°07'15" West along the Easterly line of said Section 14, a distance of 1330.56 feet; thence North 89°34'09" West 650.00 feet to the Northeast corner of that tract of land conveyed by Aspen International Properties, Inc. to Stephen J. Marcus in Deed recorded April 14, 1972, in Book 262 at Page 747; thence South 05°54'14" West along the Easterly line of said tract described in Book 262 at Page 747, a distance of

BEGINNING at the Northeast corner of said Section 14, thence South 00°07'15" West along the Easterly line of said Section 14, a distance of 1330.56 feet; thence North 89°34'09" West 650.00 feet to the Northeast corner of that tract of land conveyed by Aspen International Properties, Inc. to Stephen J. Marcus in Deed recorded April 14, 1972, in Book 262 at Page 747; thence South 05°54'14" West along the Easterly line of said tract described in Book 262 at Page 747, a distance of 856.56 feet to the True Point of Beginning; thence continuing South 05°54'14' West 401.16 feet; thence West 940.00 feet; thence North 01°24'00" East 337.11 feet; thence North 11°04'00" East 63.20 feet to the Southwest corner of that tract described in Book 262 at Page 747, thence East along the South line of said tract described in Book 262 at Page 747, a distance of 960.91 feet to the true point of beginning. Presently known as 5134 Snowmass Creek Road, Snowmass, Colorado.

(Formerly known as 3330 Snowmass Creek Road, Aspen, Colorado.) EXCEPT that part of the property occupied by Snowmass Creek Road.

Said Petition shall be heard at the regular meeting of the Board of Directors of said District on March 11, 2014, at 7:00 P.M. at the Comfort Inn & Suites, 920 Cowen Dr., Carbondale, Colorado, when and where all persons interested shall appear and show cause, in writing, why said Petition should not be granted. The failure of any person to file a written objection shall be taken as an assent to the inclusion of the above-described lands within the District. Written objections may be filed in advance of said meeting by mailing to the Basalt Water Conservancy District, P.O. Box 974, Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81602.

BASALT WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT By: /s/ Chad J. Lee Chad J. Lee - Secretary

l o w s .

C h e c k a g e n d a a t http://www.aspenpitkin.com for meeting times for special meetings or call 920-5200 ·Copies of the full text of any resolution(s) and ordinance(s) referred to are available during regular business hours (8:30 - 4:30) in the Clerk and Recorder's office, 530 East Main Street, Suite 101, Aspen, Colorado 81611 or at http://aspenpitkin.com/Whats-New-/CalendarEvents/

Name of Publication The Aspen Times Weekly IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2014

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: OLIVER E. FRASCONA, ESQ #5748 KAREN J. RADAKOVICH, ESQ #11649 Frascona, Joiner, Goodman and Greenstein, P.C. 4750 TABLE MESA DRIVE, BOULDER, CO 80305-5500 (303) 494-3000 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012 Published in the Aspen Times Weekly January 23, and 30, 2014 and February 6, 13, and 20, 2014.

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The following Resolutions: Resolution Approving an Intergovernmental Agreement with Aspen Valley Hospital for Pitkin County Jail Inmate Meal Service Emergency Resolution to Improve the Contract with the Colorado Department of Human Services for Child Care HB1291 Grant PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT Notice is hereby given that the Board of County Commissioners of Pitkin County, Colorado, hereinafter the "Board," shall make final settlement for the work contracted to be done on the project known as Improvements to the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport, Schedule I - Terminal Building Fire Suppression and Access Control Improvements and Schedule II - Terminal Building Secure Hold Room and Exterior Check-In Kiosk Improvements, hereinafter the "Project," to Stewart Custom Builders, Inc., hereinafter the "Contractor," on March 3, 2014.

·Unless otherwise notified all regular and special meetings will be held in the Board of County Commissioners, Plaza One Conference Room, 530 E Main St, Aspen

Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender, or other supplies used or consumed by the Contractor or its subcontractors in or about the performance of the Project contracted to be done or that supplies rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the Project, whose claim therefor has not been paid by the Contractor or its subcontractors shall file with the Board written verified notice of such claims at any time up to and including the time of final settlement first stated above or forever waive any and all claims, without limitation, pursuant to C.R.S. § 38-26-107, as amended, against the Board of County Commissioners, Pitkin County, Colorado and the Project.

·All regular meeting items begin at 12:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the conduct of business all o w s .

C h e c k a g e n d a a t http://www.aspenpitkin.com or call 920-5200 for meeting times for special meetings.

All claims must be addressed as follows: Board of County Commissioners c/o Mr. Brian Grefe, Assistant Director of Aviation, Administration, 0233 E. Airport Road, E. Concourse, Suite A, Aspen, Colorado 81611.

·Copies of the full text of any resolution(s) and ordinance(s) referred to are available during regular business hours (8:30 - 4:30) in the Clerk and Recorder's office, 530 East Main Street, Suite 101, Aspen, Colorado 81611 or at http://aspenpitkin.com/Whats-New-/CalendarEvents/

NOTICE MUST BE PUBLISHED TWO TIMES AT LEAST TEN (10) DAYS BEFORE PAYMENT

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2014:

COMBINED NOTICE - AMENDED - PUBLICATION FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 13-045

Published in the Aspen Times Weekly February 13, 20 and 27, 2014 and march 6, 2014. (9939382) PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE FOLLOWING MATTERS OF INTEREST REGARDING THE PITKIN COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS:

The following Ordinances: ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO, AMENDING TITLE 8 OF THE PITKIN COUNTY CODE, SPECIFICALLY THE 2006 LAND USE CODE TO CREATE THE WEST OF MAROON PLANNING AREA OVERLAY ZONE DISTRICT ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO, REZONING FOR THE WEST OF MAROON PLANNING AREA OVERLAY ZONE DISTRICT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE THE HEARING OFFICER ON TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 2014: RE:Whipple Site Plan Review and Special Review for a TDR Receiver Site (CASE P005-14) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held on Tuesday, March 18, 2014 to begin at 3:00 P.M., or as soon thereafter as the conduct of business allows, at the Library Meeting Room, 102 North Mill Street, Aspen, before the Pitkin County Hearing Officer, to consider an application submitted by George S. and Lydia B. Whipple (121 South Galena Street, Aspen, CO 81611) to attain Site Plan approval for construction of an addition to a single family home. The property is located at 650 Pioneer Springs Road and is legally described as Parcel 2, Droste/Pioneer Spring Ranch. The State Parcel Identification Number for the property is 2643-291-00-009. The application is available for public inspection in the Community Development Department, City Hall, 130 S. Galena St., Aspen, CO 81611. For further information, contact Lance Clarke at (970) 920-5452. s/James True Jeanette Jones, Deputy County Clerk Published in the Aspen Times Weekly on February 13, 2014. (9939452) PUBLIC NOTICE RE:INTERPRETATION A code interpretation to subsection 26.710.140 (B)(2), Uses allowed on the ground floor (within the Commercial Core zone district) including parts of section 26.104.100, Definitions of the City of Aspen Land Use Code, initiated by the Community Development Director, was rendered on February 4, 2013 and is available for public inspection in the Community Development Department.

Published in the Aspen Times Weekly on February 13, 2014. [9942238] PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE FOLLOWING MATTERS OF INTEREST REGARDING THE PITKIN COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: ·Unless otherwise notified all regular and special meetings will be held in the Board of County Commissioners, Plaza One Conference Room, 530 E Main St, Aspen ·All regular meeting items begin at 12:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the conduct of business all o w s .

C h e c k a g e n d a a t http://www.aspenpitkin.com for meeting times for special meetings or call 920-5200 ·Copies of the full text of any resolution(s) and ordinance(s) referred to are available during regular business hours (8:30 - 4:30) in the Clerk and Recorder's office, 530 East Main Street, Suite 101, Aspen, Colorado 81611 or at http://aspenpitkin.com/Whats-New-/CalendarEvents/ NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE THE

Jeanette Jones, Deputy County Clerk Published in the Aspen Times Weekly on February 13, 2014. (9939436)

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On October 30, 2013, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Pitkin records.

Original Grantor(s) NORA BELLA FELLER-COUTURIER AND FRANCOIS COUTURIER Original Beneficiary(ies) WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Date of Deed of Trust December 14, 2007 County of Recording Pitkin Recording Date of Deed of Trust December 26, 2007 Recording Information (Reception Number) 545223 Original Principal Amount $357,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $349,429.78 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: SEE LEGAL DESCRIPTION ATTACHED HERETO AND INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE HEREIN. EXHIBIT A LEGAL DESCRIPTION UNIT K-11, OF THE UPPER WILLOWS CONDOMINIUMS ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP THEREOF FILED FOR RECORD DECEMBER 8, 1967 IN PLAT BOOK 3 AT PAGE 276 AND SUPPLEMENTAL CONDOMINIUM MAP FILED FOR RECORD NOVEMBER 12, 1968 IN PLAT BOOK 3 AT PAGE 315, AND ACCORDING TO THE DECLARATION FOR THE UPPER WILLOWS RECORDED DECEMBER 8, 1967, IN BOOK 231 AT PAGE 206 AND AMENDMENT THERETO RECORDED NOVEMBER 12, 1968 IN BOOK 237 AT PAGE 311, COUNTY OF PITKIN, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: CO 81615.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 03/12/2014 the date to which the sale has been continued pursuant to C.R.S. 38-38-103(2)(a), at Pitkin County Courthouse, at the south front door, 506 E Main St, Aspen, Colorado, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

Amended First Publication 1/23/2014 Amended Last Publication 2/20/2014 Name of Publication The Aspen Times Weekly IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 1/14/2014 Thomas Carl Oken, Public Trustee in and for the County of Pitkin, State of Colorado By: Tiffany Wancura, Chief Deputy Public Trustee

COMBINED NOTICE - AMENDED - PUBLICATION FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 13-046 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On October 30, 2013, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Pitkin records.

Original Grantor(s) Harold S. Lichtin Original Beneficiary(ies) The Ritz-Carlton Development Company, Inc. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Ritz-Carlton Development Company, Inc. Date of Deed of Trust September 10, 2001 County of Recording Pitkin Recording Date of Deed of Trust September 14, 2001 Recording Information (Reception Number) 458639 Original Principal Amount $261,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $175,565.35 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: SEE EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO AND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE EXHIBIT A Residence Interest No. 11 consisting of an undivided 1/12 interest in Residence No. 8303 of ASPEN HIGHLANDS CONDOMINIUMS, according to the Declaration of Condominium for ASPEN HIGHLANDS CONDOMINIUMS, recorded January 11, 2001, Reception No. 450454 as amended and supplemented from time to time and according to the Map for ASPEN HIGHLANDS CONDOMINIUMS recorded January 11, 2001, in Book 56 at Page 24, Reception No. 450455 as amended and supplemented from time to time, all in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Pitkin County, Colorado, together with the perpetual use of twenty-eight (28) days per year for each 1/12 interest owned in accordance with the Association Documents and the Membership Program Documents for ASPEN HIGHLANDS CONDOMINIUMS. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 03/12/2014 the date to which the sale has been continued pursuant to C.R.S. 38-38-103(2)(a), at Pitkin County Courthouse, at the south front door, 506 E Main St, Aspen, Colorado, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

Amended First Publication1/23/2014 Amended Last Publication2/20/2014 Name of PublicationThe Aspen Times Weekly IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 1/14/2014 Thomas Carl Oken, Public Trustee in and for the County of Pitkin, State of Colorado By: Desiree Wagner, Deputy Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Caren Jacobs Castle #11790 Jennifer C. Rogers #34682 Alison L Berry #34531 Camille Y Harlan #43789 Deanne R. Stodden #33214 Christopher T. Groen #39976 Cynthia Lowrey-Graber #34145 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Kimberly L. Martinez #40351 Reagan Larkin #42309 The Castle Law Group, LLC 999 18TH ST., #2201, DENVER, CO 80202 (303) 865-1400 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

Attorney File # 13-06684 ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012 Published in the Aspen Times Weekly January 23, and 30, 2014 and February 6, 13 and 20, 2014.

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DATE: 1/14/2014 Thomas Carl Oken, Public Trustee in and for the A S P E N T I M E S . C O M / W E E K LY County of Pitkin, State of Colorado By: Tiffany Wancura, Chief Deputy Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

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INTELLIGENT EXERCISE

by CHRISTINE BENEDETTI for the ASPEN WRITERS’ FOUNDATION

NOTEWORTHY

BOOK REVIEW

‘BIRDS WITHOUT WINGS’ IN TURKEY, there’s an airport named after Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. His image is on the currency and thoroughfares bear his name. He founded Turkey in 1923 and established the country’s modern, democratic state, becoming its first president.

The history of the country that straddles Europe and Asia is as convoluted as its labyrinthine streets, but at the center of its modern story is Ataturk. Rightly so, he takes the spotlight in Louis de Bernieres’ “Birds Without Wings,” a 2004 novel depicting the end of the Ottoman Empire and its effects on a small, maritime community.

De Bernieres, author of “Captain Corelli’s Mandolin,” takes us back to the Mediterranean during wartime — this time leading up to World War I. On the Anatolian coast in the fictional town of Eskibahçe, a cast of characters with blurred cultural identities — except the community itself — is introduced.

The language is Turkish, but it’s written

by DICK SHLAKMAN and JEFF CHEN / edited by WILL SHORTZ

TOIL AND TROUBLE

in Greek. A Muslim boy teaches his Christian friend to read and write and a Christian girl is betrothed to a young Muslim boy. Goats pasture in stepped agricultural hillsides, and the melodic sound of songbirds mirrors the harmony felt among the neighbors.

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Besides Ataurk’s historical narrative — taking him from a fledgling soldier to the Battle of Dumlupinar toward the end of the Turkish War of Independence — a love story between Ibrahim and Philothei unfolds. The young characters navigate their way from youthful bliss among the olive trees to tragic events that threaten each other’s existence. Their loyal love drives the plot of the book, adding a romantic and realistic perspective to the loss of innocence that eventually turns 1

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