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Visitors from around the world go to great lengths to get to Aspen, but when they finally land they are greeted by an old, out-of-date airport. Aspen and Pitkin County officials want to change that with nearly

Aspen’s airport heads for $200 million in upgrades to aging terminal, outdated runway

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$200 million in upgrades to the terminal and runway. Aspen Times reporter Jason Auslander takes a look inside the push to give Roaring Fork Valley visitors a better first impression after they touch down.

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THE WEEKLY CONVERSATION

by ANDREW TRAVERS

THEATER SHAKESPEARE’S magical

late play “The Tempest” will run at Thunder River Theatre Co. in Carbondale from Feb. 24 through March 11. The classic is bringing Thunder River founder Lon Winston back to the boards as director and designer. On opening night, the company will also rename its theater in Winston’s honor. The production features some of the Roaring Fork Valley’s most accomplished actors, with Jeff Carlson as Prospero — the former Duke of Milan who has been usurped by his brother and cast away to a remote island — and Trary Maddalone and Nathan Cox as Ariel and Caliban, who help him exact revenge by raising storms and causing shipwrecks. This play gave us one of Shakespeare’s most quoted lines: “We are such stuff as dreams are made on,” which Winston sees as the heart of “The Tempest.” “This is the magic driving the entire play,” Winston says. “The timely themes of reconciliation and forgiveness are also at the heart of this piece.” Along with a threeweekend run of evening performances and matinees, Thunder River is hosting school group performances at 9:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. on March 8. Tickets and more info at www.thunderrivertheatre.com.

Thunder River Theatre Co. is staging William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” in Carbondale Feb. 24 through March 11.

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Jazz guitarist John Scofield is back at Belly Up Aspen on Tuesday, Feb. 28.

The Infamous Stringdusters come to Belly Up Aspen on Friday, Feb. 24.

JAM-GRASS GREATS and Aspen favorites The Infamous Stringdusters will return to Belly Up Aspen on Friday, Feb. 24. The Virginia-based band is touring in support of its eighth album of progressive bluegrass, “Laws of Gravity,” which the Stringdusters released last month. Tickets are $35 for general admission and $50 for reserved seats, available at the Belly Up box office and www.bellyupaspen.com.

POPULAR MUSIC THE LEGENDARY JAZZ GUITARIST John Scofield has played with Miles Davis and recorded with Chet Baker and done just about everything under the sun in music — one of his most recent shows in Aspen was a collaboration with jam-banders Gov’t Mule. Earlier this month he won the Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album for “Country for Old Men,” which brings him back to Belly Up Aspen on Tuesday, Feb. 28. Tickets range from $28 to $40, available at the Belly Up box office and www.bellyupaspen.com.

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LEGENDS & LEGACIES

FROM the VAULT

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TOUCHING DOWN

1948 ASPEN

“FIRST PLANES LAND AT NEW ASPEN AIRPORT,” announced The Aspen Times on Nov. 11, 1948. “Late Tuesday morning, about four and a half miles from town, an event took place which will have a marked effect on the future history of Aspen. The first planes landed on the Aspen Airport, thirty minutes after they left Grand Junction. So Aspen really is getting on the map, and now has added one more fact to her scintillating history and personality. For how many towns the size of this one can boast with pride, ‘We have an air field’? The airport cannot fail to be a boon to the town in many ways. Undoubtedly there will be flight school here in the future. And the landing field means more people because it will facilitate arrivals and will prove a time saver for those limited on vacations. For one thing, if for no other, visitors would return to see the view which lies before their eyes as they alight from the plane, the beauty of Aspen Valley surrounded with majestic mountains, snow-clad in winter and cool and green in the summer. Your reporter knows for she had her first plane ride, but would find it difficult to say which view is more beautiful, the one from above, which is absolutely breathtaking, or the one that greets the eye when you step from the plane. The air strip is one more step uniting the Victorian Era and the Era of Today. And it is to the far-sighted vision of Mr. Walter Paepcke that credit is due to this splendid airport which he, with Mr. Jack Spachner, was wholly instrumental in bringing to the community.” This photo and more can be found in the Aspen Historical Society archives at aspenhistory.org.

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GEAR of the WEEK

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THE GEAR JUNKIE: OFF-TRAIL SHOE BY ALTRA TRACTION IS NOT for want on a new shoe from Altra. The King MT is the brand’s toothiest trail shoe to date, including rows of 6mm lugs underfoot. Altra Footwear has a reputation for shoes that can go long distances on dirt trails. The King MT is a strange beast more at home off the trail than on it. A wide forefoot, a flat sole, and big tread underneath make for a different kind of run. A Velcro tab across the top straps you in for the ride. I took the $140 shoes, new this year, on a few test runs for a review. Overall, this is a neat shoe, though it is not for everyone. Nor is it very adaptable to different running styles or different terrain types. The King MT is a specialist shoe and one that will interest mainly advanced runners doing untraditional things. To start, its aggressive tread, made by Vibram, is among the largest I’ve seen on any running shoe. It gives grip, traction and braking ability when you’re sputtering on mud, loose dirt or sand, and even snow. Durability is another asset. The upper is a strong matrix with TPU overlays and polyester rip-stop fabric. A bumper in front and a rock plate in the midsole protect during stumbles and toe-stubs. A mid-foot strap cinches down to add support. It doubles as a lacekeeper; you can put the loose ends of your bows in the Velcro to keep them out of the way.

I found the strap to be a good idea, though not super noticeable while running. It may add a little support or tighten the fit, depending on the bulk of your foot. As noted, the shoes are zerodrop. This means there is no slant from the heel to the toe. That gives a “barefoot” feel and a more natural gait, though it can feel odd to anyone used to traditional running shoes, which have a higher heel. Altra markets the shoe for “runners whose idea of fun involves mud, wet grass and burly mountain climbs.” On flat terrain and hard-pack trail, the King MTs are usable but slow. I would not buy these shoes to replace your regular trail-runners. The King MT is a quiver shoe — pull it out for those occasions when off-trail events, summertime mountain climbs, and rough or muddy terrain is ahead. The company offers the King MT in men’s and women’s models. They cost $140 and are a similar design. Look at this model if you find yourself often on talus, scree, grass, mud, or if bushwhacking and avoiding trails are a part of your routine. I love running in the wilds. For me, this shoe will see wide use this spring as I ramp up my running and head off trail again. Stephen Regenold writes about outdoors gear at www.gearjunkie.com.

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Some of Aspen’s most accomplished ski mountaineers talk about their passions before a sold out-crowd at the Ale House at Aspen Highlands on Thursday.

TAKING IT TO THE BACKCOUNTRY: SKIING LEGENDS SHARE STORIES AND ADVICE ON GOING OFF-PISTE

THE HIGHLANDS Ale House was filled to the brim Feb. 15. There were nearly 200 people in attendance. So many that most had to stand for the Aspen Historical Society’s event titled “Five Decades of Backcountry Skiing.” At the front of the room were five men who are considered to be some of the pioneers of backcountry skiing in Aspen and beyond: BARBARA PLATTS Neal Beidleman, Art Burrows, Chris Davenport, Dick Jackson and Jordan White. Four out of the five panelists at the discussion are over 40 years old. The younger one of the group is White, who just turned 31. Don’t let their age deceive, though. Each of these guys could leave just about any capable skier in the dust without so much as breaking a sweat. Chace Dillon, the board president for the Aspen Historical Society, who also is an avid backcountry skier, thought up this event, invited the panelists and moderated the discussion. “It’s great to get the word out that Aspen is so uphill-driven. We have that history behind us, which makes for great discussion,” Dillon said after the occasion. “I think it was the ideal event for AHS, and they

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really helped get people in the door.” The sport of backcountry skiing has grown in popularity enormously in the past 40 to 50 years. Those who live in cities or warmer climates probably still have little idea what a pair of skins are or what the difference is between alpine and telemark skiing. But, around these parts, adventuring past the lift lines and the groomed terrain is no longer considered a mysterious idea. Beidleman, who has been venturing into the backcountry since he was a child, said this is partially due to the Internet and social media. “Some of the trepidation has really been taken out of the whole sport,” Beidleman said. “(The internet) makes it convenient, but it also makes it a lot easier.” Burrows agreed that the approach to get to backcountry adventures has changed since they were in their 20s. “You used to get all of your information from someone that had been there before,” he said. “Looking at a map was the primary guide, or you did a visual inspection by just going there.” More exposure in the backcountry is not the only thing that’s changed in recent decades. Burrows and Beidleman said the type of skiing has also changed. When these guys started, they were

looking to tour, to discover the undiscovered. It wasn’t necessarily about the downhill turns. “Now the backcountry flow is really about going up and slaying powder,” Beidleman said. Plus, the season is longer. People are getting into the backcountry for turns as early as November. It used to be more of a spring sport, according to Burrows. He said skiers are taking much riskier lines today than they were a decade ago. However, the fatality rate has not changed much in the state since the ’70s. Burrows said that’s due to welldistributed information. “It speaks to the education and communication about backcountry conditions,” he said. With the changes in the sport and its increased popularity, safety is of the utmost importance. Each panelist recommended for anyone who is interested in getting into the backcountry to take at least a couple avalanche safety education courses first. Talking about changing times and increased safety precautions was a large part of the discussion that evening. However, the skiers also shared past feats, adventures and scary moments. (Hint: Capitol Peak is one of the gnarliest descents in the area.) They talked about their ski idols and mentors over the years

and how Aspen has such a strong skiing community. They also talked about the future and what is left to ski in the area. White is currently trying to climb and ski all the 13,000 feet peaks in Pitkin County and the Elk Mountains. There are around 88 and he’s almost halfway done. Each of the guys has a list for what they hope to accomplish next, in the Elk Mountains and far beyond. “There’s lots to do. We are still writing the history of skiing in Aspen. This is a linear thing,” Davenport said. “We will be doing this event 30 years from now, and hopefully our kids will be telling the stories.” However, even with so many lines still left to be skied, White said he tries not to focus too much on lists. It’s important to remember why they’re all out there in the first place. “The soul of skiing is doing it for what it is, and it’s supposed to be fun,” White said. “I have to remind myself of that way too often.” For more on future historical discussions, go to aspenhistory.org. Barbara Platts has to admit that she is a total backcountry newb, however she really looks up to all of the skiers who have paved the way for her to give it a try. Reach her at bplatts.000@gmail.com.

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JENNY’S BLOCKS: EMMOLO WINES FROM (AND FOR) THE NEXT GENERATION IN MUCH OF THE “Old World,” that would be Europe, wine families have legacies and traditions that span both centuries and generations. Not so much here in America. So it was interesting to have a conversation with Jenny Wagner, the winemaker of Emmolo (pronounced em-oh-low) wines, a winery project that produces Merlot and KELLY J. Sauvignon Blanc HAYES in the Napa Valley, and hear about an emerging American wine family legacy. “I am the seventh generation of my family to live here in the Napa Valley,” Jenny said with obvious pride. “Members of my father’s family came here from Missouri in 1857, and my mother’s family came to Napa from Sicily a little later in 1923.” It must be noted that Jenny is a Wagner, the third child of Chuck Wagner, patriarch of one of the most successful and respected winemaking families in America and the co-founder of Caymus. THE WAGNER FAMILY OF WINE

The wines of Caymus Vineyards, first introduced in the early 1970s by Charles (Charlie) and Lorna Wagner along with their son, Chuck, are California classics. The Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley Special Selection was named Wine Spectator Wine of the Year two times, with both the 1984 and 1990 vintages receiving the honor. No other wine in the 40-year history of the publication has been named twice. Caymus is the heart and soul of the Wagner Family of Wine, which has grown to include the Conundrum, Mer Soleil and Red Schooner brands, all overseen by Jenny’s brother Charlie, along with Emmolo. While the family heritage was built on the back of Cabernet Sauvignon, Jenny and Charlie Wagner are building their own legacies with different grapes sourced from different appellations. It is part of a diversification strategy that has allowed them to put their own stamp on their

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unique and individual winemaking careers while working together in the family business. “Dad has always inspired us to keep trying new things,” said 29-year old Jenny of her iconic winemaker father. “It’s always been an ongoing adventure, and this is my opportunity with Emmolo to create something new and exciting.” For Jenny, the excitement comes from making Merlot and Sauvignon Blanc in two diverse winemaking styles. THE WINES OF EMMOLO

Emmolo Merlot, which is grown in the Oak Knoll appellation, is ripe, rich and concentrated. “It’s just the way I like it. The wines are all about balance, with soft tannins and structure being equally important,” Jenny said of her Merlot, which hails from a pair of family owned vineyard sites, one of which had its genesis on her mother’s side of the family and the second of which is now owned and farmed by her father’s side. Jenny’s second wine is a Sauvignon Blanc made in a clean and lean style that best reflects the terroir of the Emmolo vineyards in Rutherford and Oak Knoll. “I’m not a big fan of herbaceous or ‘green’ Sauvignon Blanc,” she said. “I like a lighter style that is crisp and has firm acidity,” she noted when explaining the very different style she uses in approaching her white wine as opposed to the bigger Merlot. Emmolo made a combined total 30,000 or so cases of the 2014 Merlot and the 2015 Sauvignon Blanc in the most recent release, a substantial number for a relatively young winemaker. Of course, it was inevitable that Jenny would follow in the family craft. “Yeah, it was never really a question,” she said. “I always wanted to become a winemaker.” Growing up in the Napa Valley, she attended the local schools before matriculating to study business at the University of San Diego. She returned to the Valley and went to work learning the skills of wine production as “an assistant to the assistant” on the Caymus winemaking team.”

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Jenny Wagner’s father, Chuck, was a cofounder of the acclaimed Caymus Cabernet and is the patriarch of the Wagner family of winemakers.

A TRADITION TAKES HOLD

In 1994, Jenny’s mother, Cheryl, had introduced the Emmolo label with the intent of carrying on the family name and wine tradition that dates to 1923, when Frank Emmolo, Jenny’s grandfather, first came to Napa from Italy. While the Emmolo family made wine, they were perhaps best known for creating a successful business that provided grapevine rootstock to the other winemakers in the valley. To this day wines are still made from grapes grown on that stock. When an opportunity came about around four years ago for Jenny to take the reins of Emmolo, she jumped at the chance. “The timing was right,” she said. “We were pretty confident that we could make a great wine with the right site, low yields and great soils.” That she has. As our American wine tradition is still in its relative infancy, it is exciting to see, and taste, the wines of emerging generations and legacies. Especially when it comes from a pair of families with a rich history in the Napa Valley. Kelly J. Hayes lives in the soon-to-be-designated appellation of Old Snowmass. He can be reached at malibukj@aol.com.

UNDER THE INFLUENCE EMMOLO 2014 MERLOT AND EMMOLO 2015 SAUVIGNON BLANC From rich and ripe to lean and clean, it is interesting to taste these two wines side by side. Both are made to appeal to palates that like to pair their wines with food. The Merlot is a great choice for hearty stews and grilled meats with big flavors of chocolate and a touch of earth and smoke. The savvy is a wine for seafood and shellfish. Nearly as clear as water in the glass, the wine has enough weight and texture to be a great food wine. These wines will no doubt evolve in vintages to come, but they already show the skills of a young winemaker.

by KELLY J. HAYES

NEED TO KNOW FOR THE ASPEN TIMES ONLY: A DINNER WITH THE WINEMAKER Jenny Wagner will be in Snowmass at 7 p.m. Thursday for a special wine dinner at Eight K at Viceroy Snowmass. She will be pouring Emmolo, along with other top drops from the Wagner Family of Wine. The wines poured will be paired with the cuisine of Eight K chef Will Nolan and include Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon and the appropriately named wines from Conundrum. While limited, reservations for this special event may be made by calling 970-923-8035.

ABOVE: The Wagner and Emmolo families have a long history of stewardship of Napa Valley vineyards. LEFT: Jenny Wagner’s grandfather Frank Emmolo was a pioneer in the Napa Valley wine and rootstock FAR LEFT: Jenny barrel tastes Merlot in the winery. business.

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FOOD EMBODIES LOVE, ACCORDING TO ‘THE PSYCHIC MATCHMAKER’ ONCE UPON A TIME, I spent a lot of effort chasing a guy who was no good for me. (Sound familiar, ladies?) When I wasn’t stressing about his apparent disinterest in a partnership, we enjoyed a summer’s worth of free-spirited fun, running amok and losing track of time. But the oddest thing kept happening: Every time I cooked for him, I’d ruin it. I didn’t botch AMANDA RAE meals on purpose, of course—I really, really tried. Maybe I tried too hard, because even the simplest act of building a breakfast sandwich ended in disaster. I burned the bacon and over-toasted the bread. After a few bites he pushed it away, smiled awkwardly, and I just knew. It was not meant to be. Another time I accidentally cut the Romaine lettuce for a Caesar salad into strips too skinny to stab easily with a fork. Then, after I soaked a fat steak in an impromptu soy-balsamic marinade, he smoked up the kitchen trying to sear the syrupy slab in a skillet. I blew it again! “I just like salt and pepper on it,” he offered, while we jabbed unsuccessfully at shredded lettuce on the plate. Can you imagine how monumentally frustrating that feels for someone who adores cooking? It seemed as if some cosmic force was conspiring to keep us disconnected (and hungry). It only got weirder. One night I met him at a French restaurant. This was out of character; we didn’t do dinner dates. The concept of convening over food and wine, looking into each other’s eyes while whispering about what might happen later — not his jam. Le sigh. Ironically we were at one of the most quintessentially romantic spots in the town. Candles flickered in the dining room, where warmth from an open kitchen enveloped diners deep in hushed conversation, sipping slowly from big, round globes of red wine. The place smelled of flames tickling wax, bubbling cheese, and melted chocolate. Every so often the unmistakable pop! of a champagne cork would punctuate the sensory

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decadence. Even the waitstaff seemed drunk off the atmosphere. I slid onto a bar stool next to the dude, already a half-cocktail deep, and ordered my own big, round globe of red wine. We chatted and perused the menu, shifting uncomfortably under the gravity of the exotic scene. I asked this lad what looked good, and you know what he said to me? “I’m not really into food,” he deadpanned. “I’m into drugs.” Check, please! I was reminded of this true tale turned life lesson last week, when I chanced upon meeting Deborah Graham, “The Psychic MatchMaker.” A spiritual medium and self-described “intuitive relationship expert” for 20-plus years, Graham consoles clients from Boston to Beijing with her sassy, chatty, and unapologetically nononsense approach. She is the face of an eponymous TLC reality show and has a regular guest slot on the “Waking Up with Taylor” show on SiriusXM Radio. Graham was scheduled to host a swanky, $95-per-plate tasting dinner at the St. Regis Aspen Resort on the Saturday before Valentine’s Day, and I’d been invited as a media guest. In collaboration with Remède Spa’s enhanced wellness program, the multi-course meal with wine pairings would explore ways in which participants might shed negative energy and use food and sensory experience as a tool to move their lives forward — in relationships, yes, as well as in realms of career and personal growth. Surely Graham, a self-professed “all-around matchmaker,” would sprinkle plenty of tough-love nuggets along the way. I received a text at noon on Saturday: Graham’s plane was delayed and she wouldn’t make it to Aspen in time. The supper was off. Cripes! The Universe works in mysterious ways, though, and that’s how I ended up meeting Graham for an early morning interview on Feb. 14, instead. In lieu of the canceled pairing feast, Graham had arranged to entertain invitees and other potential private clients from a St. Regis suite. I would be her

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second-to-last appointment before she boarded a midday flight back home to Boca Raton, Fla. “Whether you’re rekindling a relationship or looking for a new relationship, you have to shed the old and worn, create new space, and get ready for whatever is coming your way,” Graham says. “When you root into the earth and (its) energy, you’re connecting to a higher level of consciousness.” Food, a fundamental human need along with love and sex, is the ultimate avenue for connection, she explains. “Today I’ve had my phone ringing off the hook,” she continues, with most clients asking, “‘Should I take him to a special dinner?’” Graham wrinkles her brow. “No! Cook dinner! Make it special. Put love into it. I don’t care if you’re making an artichoke, put intention into it. The intention is (stoking) that home fire. The window to your soul — and heart — is food.” Making time and space for creativity, then, is crucial for healthy relationships — and our health. “When I go to Starbucks, I can tell when they didn’t put love into it. That coffee tastes bitter as hell!” Graham exclaims. “If someone puts love into it, then it tastes sweet. If you put anger into cooking or if

you’re rushing, like, ‘Oh, I just have to get this done’ — it’s not going to be a great meal, you know? It’s about putting that love and energy back into (the food).” That gave me pause. Might I have subconsciously sabotaged those elementary meals so long ago? Later Graham would use her gift to offer scary-specific wisdom about other aspects of my life, enhanced by her common-sense guiding principles. Sweet affirmation! “We live in a disconnected world,” says Graham, author of the 2015 book, “Get Your Head Out of Your App: A Psychic’s Guide to Attracting and Keeping True Love.” “We communicate through emails and text messages. Siri, when you speak into it, writes the wrong words! It’s not about buying someone a $100,000 ring. It’s about joining, showing the love, and creating.” What if you try — and fail — to connect with someone through food? Turn inward, Graham says. A missed connection, by definition, requires two components. “It starts with yourself — all relationships are 50/50,” she concludes. “I tell my clients, ‘Love the one you’re with — yourself.’ A lesson learned is a lesson earned.” amandaraewashere@gmail.com

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NEED TO KNOW Missed meeting Deborah Graham last weekend? Not to worry, the intuitive medium and celebrity “Psychic MatchMaker” is continuing a partnership with Remède Spa at the St. Regis Aspen Resort. Though Graham’s waiting list is months long, Remède has priority access to connect her with hotel and spa guests interested in readings via video conference/phone/Skype. To book an appointment, contact spa director Irisha.Steele@ stregis.com or call 970.920.3300.

Food tastes better at altitude, according to the world-renowned ‘Psychic MatchMaker’ Deborah Graham. “Everything comes out fluffier,” she says. “I picked up on that in two seconds. I’m a foodaholic; I love texture, flavors. My family is Greek, so we’re always eating.” Top meals from her first trip to Aspen: ASPEN OVER EASY: BREAKFAST “I love that little place. The eggs were fluffier. The waffles were fluffier. The desserts were fluffier.” SHADOW MOUNTAIN LOUNGE AT ST. REGIS ASPEN RESORT: FRITTO MISTO “Calamari, shrimp, and another seafood, fried, with mustard sauce. The rings were so crispy and flavorful! No fishy taste. And I live in Florida— we’re fish people.” WILD FIG: MEDITERRANEAN “I loved that place—amazing.” NEW YORK PIZZA: SLICES “No joke, it was better than New York. Again, I think it was because [of] the fluffiness. I want to get a slice on the way out to take on the plane.”

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BACK AROUND CHRISTMAS in 2014, three couples and their young children stranded at the Aspen airport faced an unpleasant situation. It was bitterly cold outside, all the hotel rooms in town were booked and airport employees were asking them to leave the terminal. The airport had a long-standing policy of not allowing anyone to spend the night in the terminal building, airport director John Kinney said. Kinney, who had recently arrived on the job from a previous post at Los Angeles International Airport, came to work the next morning, heard what happened and immediately changed the policy. “I met with our staff and said we will open for passengers who are stranded,” Kinney said in a recent interview. “I found it unusual that we couldn’t accommodate these passengers.” So where did families stay that cold Rocky Mountain night?

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“These people rented cars,” Kinney said. “That was where they spent the night. One (of the children with them) was less than 9 months old.” The airport has since bought cots, blankets and pillows as part of the new stranded-passenger policy as well as designating a sleeping area near bathrooms where lights can be turned down, he said. And while the policy has only come into play once since then, it was more evidence, to Kinney, of the antiquated policies and infrastructure that plague Aspen’s airport. “And it’s not only the passenger experience,” he said. “It’s local employees, too. The injury rate is higher than industry norms.” So with an eye toward the future, Pitkin County officials have already begun the yearslong process they hope will, possibly by 2020 or 2021, yield a sparkly, modern airport built to service Aspen and Pitkin County’s needs for decades to come.

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“If I heard, ‘Don’t do it, don’t do it,’ that would be one thing,” Pitkin County Commissioner Patti Clapper said. “But the majority of voices I’m hearing say we need to address the runway and the terminal. “But we don’t need to go overboard. We don’t need to build the Taj Mahal just because we can.” The new Aspen-Pitkin County Airport will take shape through two projects, each costing about $100 million. One is construction of a modern, green terminal building that meets the needs of today’s passengers as well as those of airport employees and the commercial airlines that fly here. The second is tweaking the runway’s location and making it wider and longer to be able to accommodate the fleet of larger regional jets said to be on the way. “I think we do need a new terminal,” Pitkin County Board Chairman George Newman said. “It’s for the

safety, security and comfort or our guests and passengers as well as to accommodate the new aircraft.”

TERMINAL ‘BURSTING AT THE SEAMS’ First consider the terminal. The original 17,500-square-foot building opened in 1976 and was “redeveloped” in 1986-87, according to the airport’s website. It is currently about 47,000 square feet, Kinney said, and its problems are myriad. Pitkin County Commissioner Rachel Richards likened the facility to “Mr. Potato Head.” “It’s just a mishmash of elevations and components,” she said. “You stack something on here and hope it looks better. “I see it as bursting at the seams.” For starters, Kinney said, the ticket counter and the baggage processing areas are too small, the Transportation

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Safety Administration area is too constrained and, even with a recent re-jiggering, the passenger boarding area is easily overcrowded. There are no drinking fountains, few bathrooms, limited food options, a lack of seating and a dearth of power outlets essential to charge travelers’ electronic devices, Kinney said. Finally, the back-ofthe-house facilities for airport and airline employees are also too small, baggage conveyer belts are too low — which leads to a higher than usual number of workers’ compensation claims — and the baggage-handling area is woefully undersized, he said. “During peak weeks, 600 bags are missing flights on the return out,” Kinney said. “They can’t examine and load them all (in time).” The Aspen Chamber Resort Association runs a guest-services desk at the airport and is well-aware of the facility’s issues, said Debbie Braun, the organization’s president and CEO. “It really isn’t accommodating today’s passengers,” she said. “I think our guests deserve a better space.” Braun said the county and airport staff have done “an amazing job” over the past two decades making travel through the airport the best experience possible. But while the experience isn’t consistently subpar, weather-related problems and popular weekends occur often enough to cloud many travelers’ Aspen vacation, she said. “There always seems to be, ‘Oh this isn’t the best experience,’” Braun said. “It’s not leaving a great taste in a visitor’s mouth.” Or, as Richards put it, the airport on a busy weekend “is like 15 pounds in a 10-pound bag.” Kim Allen, an Aspen-based ski vacation specialist with Ski.com who has booked ski trips throughout the country for the past 16 years, agreed. “The level of service at the airport is fairly nonexistent,” she said. “It’s pretty basic. There aren’t a lot of amenities. “There’s not really any welcometo-Aspen kind of feel.” Separate from the facility itself are Aspen’s geographical and weather challenges, Kinney said. The terrain, altitude, lack of an instrument-only landing system, which is forbidden because of the terrain, and frequent lack of visibility because of weather, especially in winter, lead to delays, he said. And that means travelers might have to wait for hours or possibly a day or two in the terminal. “It’s a difficult, challenging experience to get into Aspen,” Kinney said. The dichotomy between spending $30,000 on an opulent Aspen vacation and then experiencing a flight delay or cancellation at the Aspen airport can be striking, Allen said. “Think about how often in winter people are stuck in this rinky-dink airport all day,” she said. “It leaves

The crowded passenger boarding area at Aspen airport on Christmas Eve day.

“The delays and time spent in the ‘rinky-dink’ airport can be a factor in whether a visitor chooses to return to Aspen.” a bad taste from their visit.” Further, the delays and time spent in the “rinky-dink” airport can be a factor in whether a visitor chooses to return to Aspen, Allen said. “All it takes is one day of getting totally jammed up here,” she said. “If it happens two times in a row, you’re like, ‘Forget it.’”

EASING THE WAIT While controlling the snow and weather obviously isn’t an option, a new, modern airport might cushion the inconvenience, Allen said. “If they made it a bit more comfortable, maybe it’s not so bad a taste,” she said. “(The new airport) should speak to the world-class destination we have to offer here.” Richards said the building has outlived its purpose. “At some point we’re just throwing good money after bad,” she said. “And we’re not preparing for the future.” To that end, county officials have presented the public with two design concepts for the new terminal. The first, known as The Ridge, is a 1½-story structure with a large, open entrance area and small gate area upstairs. The second option is called The Pavillion and features a more standard two-story design, again with the entrance downstairs and the gate area upstairs.

Kinney said his best guess is that the terminal will be between 85,000 and 95,000 square feet. The most popular design with the public is The Ridge, he said. “We need something that is energy-efficient but wellserviced and maintained for the future,” Richards said. Clapper agreed, but said she doesn’t want to over-build a facility that glows in the dark and disturbs area residents. “We need to be careful how much and how big it is,” she said. “Let’s reserve space for the future and build what we need now.”

RUNWAY ON THE MOVE Moving and widening the runway is the second part of the airport project. Upcoming changes to the current fleet of regional jets that serve Aspen and many other small airports is the main reason commonly cited by airport and elected officials for the altered runway. The current jets, with a maximum wingspan of 95 feet, no longer are being built and will be phased out of commercial airline fleets in the near future, officials say. The new crop of regional jets is slated to be quieter and more fuel-efficient, but they also will be larger, Kinney said. In order to accommodate so-called Group 3 airplanes with wingspans as

wide as 118 feet, the runway will have to be moved, Kinney said. In order to keep the present level of service, the runway would have to be moved 80 feet west of its current location to accommodate those larger wingspans. The runway’s width also would change from 100 feet to 150 feet, Kinney said. “The question is do you want to maintain regional jets at the current class or downgrade to turbo props?” Richards said. “That would be a tremendous downgrade to service.” Another group clamoring for a longer, wider Aspen runway are those who own or want to buy top-of-the line Gulfstream G650 jets, which are currently too large to land here, Kinney said. The airport has received more than 30 requests regarding the Gulfstream G650, he said. Talk of larger planes with larger wingspans flying into Aspen has, historically, been met with vigorous opposition, often from the Woody Creek area, with visions of 737s and even 747s coming in and lifting off over their homes. Former Pitkin County Commissioner Michael Owsley, a Woody Creek resident and longtime caucus member, said better airplane technology has quelled many of those previously vocal airport opponents. “I don’t think you’ll find a lot of opposition,” he said. “Most planes have much quieter engines now. That has taken a lot of the bite out of this issue.” Twenty years ago, the noise was so bad in Woody Creek, which is in the flight path, it made dishes rattle when planes flew over, Owsley said. “You had to stop conversations if you were outside,” he said. “It was awful. The noise impacts were terrible.” Phil Holstein, a longtime Woody Creek Caucus member in charge of airport issues, said the group is OK with altering the runway for larger regional jets and building a bigger terminal, though 80,000 square feet “is pushing it.” But the caucus is adamant about not wanting 737s and 747s to land at the airport, he said. “Those are loud airplanes,” Holstein said. To that end, caucus members are proposing a weight limit of 150,000 pounds on any plane landing in Aspen, he said. That would allow the next generation of regional jets and Gulfstreams to land, but not 737s and 747s, Holstein said. The caucus also wants to keep the 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew in effect, he said. County Manager Jon Peacock said the curfew will remain. As for 737s, Commissioner Newman said he isn’t worried about them coming in as the result of a larger runway because of safety concerns related to flying those jets in to Aspen.

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As for 747s, Clapper said she’s checked with people in the airline industry and heard that corporate versions of that plane might be able to land in Aspen with a larger runway, but commercial 747s loaded with passengers could not land here because of similar safety concerns associated with 737s. Richards said she’s certain some county residents will be concerned about airport growth and its impacts. But, at the same time, it’s important to look at the advantages of the project, she said. “The new jets will be quieter and more fuel-efficient,” Richards said. “It’s what we want.” Conversely, downgrading to turboprop planes only, which would likely end direct service between Aspen and cities such as Dallas and Los Angeles, would probably not be a popular alternative for travelers, said everyone interviewed for this story. A turbo-prop plane was around the Aspen area for the Winter

“Now we really need to take a look at the type of experience we want people to have when they come here. These are people from all over the globe. And, right now, there’s a large disconnect.” X Games in January and it was “extremely noisy,” Clapper said. “It brought back memories of Rocky Mountain Airways, or Rocky Mountain ‘Scareways,’ as some used to call it,” she said. “They were rattling and shaking and noisy. They’re supposed to be safer, but when you’re in one, it doesn’t feel that way.” The bottom line is that turbo props could lead to more noise impacts, Clapper said. While the two airport projects are expensive, they are not expected

to be built with much, if any, taxpayer money, Peacock said. Ninety percent of the approximately $100 million needed to relocate the runway is expected to come from the Federal Aviation Administration, he said. The remaining 10 percent would come from the Airport Enterprise Fund, which collects revenue from airport leases, fuel fees, parking fees and other sources, Peacock said. Money to build the terminal — expected to be in the $96 million range — will come mainly from that Airport

Enterprise Fund, he said. Officials are hoping to secure FAA grants for, perhaps, 20 percent of the project, but that remains to be seen, Peacock said. “Right now we are not planning on any tax dollars going into this,” he said. A national consulting firm is nearing the end of an environmental assessment of the new runway and terminal. The firm looked at the impacts of a 140,000-square-foot version of both terminal designs under consideration, Peacock said. While the report is not yet finished, the only significant finding as of last month is that 1.5 acres of wetlands needs to be relocated, Kinney has said. “Now we really need to take a look at the type of experience we want people to have when they come here,” Kinney said. “These are people from all over the globe. And, right now, there’s a large disconnect.” jauslander@aspentimes.com

RIGHT: The Aspen airport terminal design known as “The Pavilion,” a more standard two-story structure. BOTTOM LEFT: Aspen-Pitkin County Airport Director John Kinney explains the airport’s myriad issues recently in the passenger boarding area. BOTTOM RIGHT: The baggage scanning area doubles as the airport’s break room for these Transportation Safety Administration employees, illustrating the close quarters that plague many areas of the facility.

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by RUSSELL CONTRERAS for THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DENVER’S HARLEM OF THE WEST LEGACY ENDURES AMID CHANGE DENVER — The neighborhood was once called “The Harlem of the West.” It’s a place where Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington and Miles Davis performed to packed rooms not far from the snowcapped Rocky Mountains. For years, the area served as a haven for black residents who couldn’t find housing elsewhere in the American West. But the historic black neighborhood of Denver’s Five Points now faces the encroachment of gentrification with new breweries and coffee shops near the buildings that once housed jazz clubs and black-owned businesses. Still, visitors can experience the character and history of Five Points despite the changes and fears that the community’s African-American identity may be endangered. Five Points is located on the northeast side of downtown Denver. Its name comes from an intersection of streets and a streetcar stop. The area became a hot spot in the 1920s for black families who were kept out of other Denver neighborhoods. Black-owned tailor shops, restaurants, jazz clubs, voting rights headquarters and real estate companies dotted the streets of Five Points, creating one of the most vibrant African-American communities west of the Mississippi River.

But as the 1960s’ civil rights movement made it easier for black performers, writers and entrepreneurs to work and live outside AfricanAmerican communities, neighborhoods around the country like Five Points began to fade. Today, a simple drive or rail ride can take you to the heart of Five Points from downtown Denver. Visitors can start at Sonny Lawson Park and walk around the softball field where the white writer Jack Kerouac famously worked on “On The Road” and tried to capture the spirit of the bebop movement as he saw it in Five Points. As in Kerouac’s Beatnik era, homeless campers still rest next to the softball field, and some are eager to tell you Kerouac legends that have been passed down for generations. The Black American West Museum, 3091 California St., tells little-known stories of black cowboys, miners and other early African-American settlers in the West. The museum’s hours are limited (Friday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.) but its artifacts and photos are worth seeking out. On Welton Street, visitors can stop by the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library where genealogy groups gather to investigate family history.

The library has an art/exhibit gallery and a reference collection that covers a variety of AfricanAmerican topics. It also serves as a community gathering place. Down the street, one can stroll to the Roxy Theatre and Cervantes Masterpiece & the Other Side music venues. They once hosted jazz legends but now showcase hip hop. In a sign of the times, between the historic venues sits the Denver Kush Club, a recreational marijuana shop. Across the street sits the nowclosed jazz club at the Rossonian Hotel, where Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong performed. A poster of Holiday and information about the Rossonian’s history hangs on the building’s brick exterior. Throughout Five Points are markers with black and white photos letting visitors know the significance of each location. You will learn how Leroy Smith, a Pullman porter, brought back the latest rhythm and blues records to Five Points and created a novelty store that sold albums and sporting goods. He became a promoter who represented the likes of Count Basie and Cassius Clay, better known as Muhammad Ali. You also will learn how Pullman porters formed a union hall and

got involved in the civil rights movement. Wellington Webb Jr., the son of one of those Pullman porters, would eventually become Denver’s first black mayor. “We had it all,” reads another marker showing photographs of thriving businesses and Ford Model Ts. Other markers describe the area’s first black lawyer and how residents navigated segregation. Denver’s Five Points isn’t the only historically black enclave changed by population shifts and revitalization. In New York, neighborhoods like Harlem and Brooklyn’s Fort Greene have lost black residents as rents have risen. Seminal black-owned landmarks, like Harlem’s Lenox Lounge, have shuttered. Activists in Houston’s Freeman’s Town have worked to prevent brick streets laid by former slaves from being uprooted despite development pressures. On the other hand, some of Five Points’ new businesses are opening in storefronts that have long sat empty, and they’re making an effort to recognize the neighborhood’s roots. The 715 Club, founded by the son of a Pullman porter at the corner of Welton and 26th, had been closed for years before a 2016 reopening. “We are a neighborhood bar in the heart of 5 Points trying to preserve a piece of Welton history,” the new owners say on their Facebook page. Austin Wiley helped open Spangalang Brewery in a former Five Points DMV office in 2015. Wiley and the brewery’s other owners opted to reflect Five Points’ history with a jazz theme. The brewery’s name, Spangalang, for example, is the term used to describe the bread-and-butter jazz cymbal rhythm. Beer names like “Birth of the Cool” and “Hop Colossus” are homages to Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins. “It’s the right thing to do,” Wiley said. “We are coming into this neighborhood, and we have to be respectful.”

A sign identifying Sonny Lawson Park sits while a commuter rail passes Sept. 17 in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood. The historic black neighborhood was once called “The Harlem of West,” a place where Billie Holiday, Count Basie and Miles Davis performed and novelist Jack Kerouac tried to capture the spirit of the bebop movement in “On The Road.”

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YAA GYASI’S ‘HOMEGOING’ AT WINTER WORDS YAA GYASI’S “HOMEGOING” is an epic novel that spans eight generations of two families, spanning two continents and three centuries. Most books with such a broad scope are 1,000-plus-page doorstoppers or series. Gyasi’s comes in at a potent 300 pages. The result is an extraordinary – and extraordinarily crafted – story that allows a reader to clearly see the big picture of the African slave trade, the legacy of slavery and institutional racism in America, the unhealed wounds of intergenerational trauma and the rhymes of human history from era to era. Initially, Gyasi planned to set the book – her debut – in the present, with flashbacks to Ghana and the U.S. in the 18th century. “I realized I was actually more interested in being able to watch the through-line of time, and how things like slavery and colonialism changed over this very long period,” Gyasi, 27, told me in a recent phone interview. “And I felt like, to do that, I needed a structure that would allow me to stop in as many generations as possible, so that we could see the kinds of gradual shifts that took place, how one thing led to this other thing, that led to this other thing.” The book begins with pair of half-sisters in Ghana. One marries a British soldier, while the other is sold into slavery and shipped to America. The rest of the novel tells of their descendants in chapters alternating between Ghana and the U.S. Released in June, “Homegoing” became one of the most acclaimed books of 2016, landing on Time magazine’s and Oprah’s top 10 lists and winning the John Leonard First Book Prize. Gyasi will discuss the book Feb. 28 as part of Aspen Words’ ongoing Winter Words series at Paepcke Auditorium. Gyasi was born in Ghana and raised mostly in Alabama. The novel’s roots trace back to 2009, when Gyasi and a friend toured the Cape Coast Castle in Ghana, where “Homegoing” begins. She was in Ghana on a research fellowship from Stanford University, where she was a sophomore. “The tour guide started to talk about things I had never heard before – about how the British soldiers used to marry the local women, about different aspects of the role of West Africans in the slave trade,” she recalls. “It was the beginning of me understanding that what I had learned

was incomplete and deciding that I wanted to seek out more.” In the novel, Effia lives with her husband in Cape Coast Castle while her half-sister Esi is kidnapped and imprisoned in the dungeon below. Characters in each generation of “Homegoing” are emblematic of their era – all play a role in history of Ghana and America. But, on the page, each is alive and nuanced and filled with the quirks of an individual – these are not the vessels of bad historical fiction who spew facts to inform the reader. They feel real. And as the book moves from era to era, its narrative tone and language shift ever so slightly, from almost Biblical and parabolic in early Ghana sections to the contemporary colloquialisms of the Harlem Renaissance and millennial America. Gyasi researched deeply for the book, and continued to throughout the writing process, but didn’t allow the research to smother her story. “That interplay between the research and the writing helped me remember that the focus was on the writing,” she says. “I couldn’t spend all my time worrying about what color shoes somebody might be wearing in the 18th century.” At a moment when many Americans are baffled by the seeming resurgence of white nationalism, shocked by the drumbeat of police shootings that gave rise to the Black Lives Matter

movement and frustrated by issues different relationship than you do when surrounding mass incarceration, you’re reading that same information “Homegoing” is vital reading. through the lens of fiction,” she says. “One thing I hope the book does is “Fiction can take these moments and that it reminds people that so much of make them not just digestible, but what we’re dealing with in the present visceral: These things play out in real didn’t appear out of nowhere – that people, in real lives; not just in this it’s important to look at events in detached, nameless, faceless way.” the present in the context of history,” Gyasi says. “When we see something atravers@aspentimes.com like the killings of unarmed black men, if you look at it like something that’s happening over the course of four years, it might not look as important or as dire to you as when you look at it in the long history and tradition of this very behavior.” Last year, when Aspen Words was planning the launch of its new Aspen Prize for Literature – honoring novels that address vital social issues of our time – the nonprofit’s executive director, Adrienne Brodeur, spoke of “Homegoing” as an example of the kind of book they’re looking to highlight (it won’t be eligible; submissions began in 2017). For Gyasi, fiction is a key companion to history and nonfiction – a powerful form that can build empathy and understanding in a way that textbooks cannot. “If you’re ABOVE: Yaa Gyasi’s debut novel, “Homegoing,” was reading something WHO: Yaa Gyasi, presented by Aspen Words published in June. WHERE: Paepcke Auditorium in a textbook, WHEN: Tuesday, Feb. 28, 6 p.m. you have a very HOW MUCH: $25

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FEB 23 - MAR 1, 2017

with the biggest Mardi Gras bash in the mountains in 2017. From a mid-afternoon madcap parade to a fireworks show on Fanny Hill, this authentic fete offers Cajun fun for every age. MOONSHINE MOUNTAIN — 3 p.m., Slow Groovin’ Snowmass, 67 Elbert Lane, Snowmass Village. Folk/Americana group on tour from Montana. SMOKIN’ JOE KELLY — 3:30 p.m., Shlomo’s Deli & Grill, 501 E. Dean St., Unit C-1, Aspen.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1 EMPTY BOWLS DINNER — 5 p.m., Bumps at Buttermilk, Colorado 82, Aspen. Art students are creating hundreds of beautiful ceramic bowls. The community is invited to a simple meal of soup, bread and dessert. All the money raised benefits Lift-Up. Cash or check. 970-920-0991 HEAR Shaolin Masters will perform their kung fu show at the Wheeler Opera House on Tuesday, Feb. 28.

THURSDAY, FEB 23

FRIDAY, FEB 24

CLAUDIA MEYER ART EXHIBITION — 10 a.m., Andi-Le Gallery, 529 E. Cooper Ave., Aspen. Elegant, abstract mixed media works. Claudia Meyers art depicts the imaginary, which is magnified by the light and mingles, in turn, with the shadows of its structures, angles and volumes. 970-922-0909

WINTER READERS’ RETREAT — 9 a.m., Aspen Meadows Resort, Catto Room, 845 Meadows Road, Aspen. Immerse yourself in translated literature for a three-day Aspen retreat led by Alane Salierno Mason, vice president and senior editor at W.W. Norton and president/ founder of Words Without Borders. 970-925-4240

CHRIS BANK — 3 p.m., The Nest at Viceroy Snowmass Hotel, 130 Wood Road, Snowmass Village. R&B melodies by the valley’s groove master. “I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO”: FILM AND PANEL DISCUSSION — 3 p.m., Paepcke Auditorium, 1000 N. Third St., Aspen. A journey into black history that connects the past of the civil rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter. SMOKIN’ JOE AND ZOE — 7 p.m., Heather’s Savory Pies and Tapas Bar, 166 Midland Ave., Basalt. BRAZILIAN JAZZ SESSIONS — 7:30 p.m., The Little Nell, 675 E. Durant Street, Aspen. Lively Brazilian jazz music from the Josefina Mendez Jazz Trio. SAM BUSH WITH RYLEY WALKER — 9 p.m., Belly Up Aspen, 450 S. Galena St., Aspen. Indie rock, indie pop. All ages, $30 GA/$45 reserved. 970-544-9800

LARRY AND PATTY HERD — 3 p.m., The Nest at Viceroy Snowmass Hotel, 130 Wood Road, Snowmass Village. Their sound is defined by Patty’s bluesy sultry voice and Larry’s jazz/blues inspired guitar style. Their song list includes jazz standards to rock, blues and country.

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MONDAY, FEB 27

BRAZILIAN JAZZ SESSIONS — 7:30 p.m., The Little Nell, 675 E. Durant Street, Aspen. Lively Brazilian jazz music from the Josefina Mendez Jazz Trio.

MOONSHINE MOUNTAIN LIVE — 3 p.m., Slow Groovin’ Snowmass, 67 Elbert Lane, Snowmass Village. Folk/Americana group on tour from Montana.

RETROSPECTIVE: THE ART OF SUE TATEM — All day, Lee Mulcahy Studio and Gallery, 53 Forge Road, Aspen.

BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL WORLD TOUR — 7 p.m., Wheeler Opera House, 320 E. Hyman Ave., Aspen. An international film competition featuring the world’s best footage on mountain subjects. Call Aspen Show Tickets at 970-920-5770.

SATURDAY, FEB 25 DWIGHT F. FERREN — 3 p.m., Venga Venga, Fanny Hill Slopeside, Snowmass Village. Acoustic instrumentals and then electric rock and blues. CHRIS BANK AND MARK JOHNSON

— 3:30 p.m., The Nest at Viceroy Snowmass Hotel, 130 Wood Road, Snowmass Village.

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WINE WEDNESDAY WITH ERICKA BRISCOE — 5:30 p.m., The St. Regis Resort, 315 E. Dean St., Aspen. Guests and locals are invited to experience and learn about different wine topics ranging from the types of grape varieties to the structural components of wines. Each class includes a tasting flight of relevant varietals as well as small bites. Open to the community but limited seating. Please book in advance. ARGENTINE TANGO DANCE CLASSES — 6:30 p.m., The Red Brick, 110 E. Hallam St., Aspen. Connection, movement, community, music and fun! Instruction by Heather Morrow. Contact 970-948-3963 with questions. THE LOW DOWN BRASS BAND — 9 p.m., Justice Snow’s, 328 E. Hyman Ave., Aspen. Lowdown Brass Band, hailing from Chicago, is a horn-driven ensemble with strong roots in the New Orleans Second Line tradition. A fierce sousaphone sets the foundation for trumpets, trombones and saxophones that intertwine in a cacophony of tight lead lines, spontaneous call-andresponse and bombastic brass attacks. 970-429-8192

TUESDAY, FEB 28 SNOWMASS MARDI GRAS CELEBRATION — 2 p.m., Snowmass Village. Snowmass celebrates 35 years of Fat Tuesday revelry

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ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES This 6.78 acre Colorado River property is a rare find! 3 beautiful log cabins, a duplex, a single family home, a studio apartment, a garage workshop, a bathhouse/laundry mat and several camping sites. A Special Use Permit allows for resort usage. The property could be used for retreats, B & B, addiction recovery center, employee housing, the possibilities are endless. Water rights, plus, partial producing mineral rights are included. This property is what dreams are made of!

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Meadow Ranch. With 2300+ SF and 4 bedrooms, this is one of the most attractive purchase options in the price range. New carpet & paint. Low dues, Located in the Aspen school district. Easy walk to parks, recreation, and ski shuttle.

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Dodge Ram 3500 2006 4 door. Excellent condition. 87K Auto transmission. Cummins 24v TurboDiesel. Bedliner 8th wheel, long bed Leather seats. 24000 970-618-0861

One of a kind. 429 5 Speed, 435 HP Supercharged Roush Engine. Show room condition. Less than 1,000 miles. 1 owner. Great Investment! $40,000 OBO Duane (610) 636-7407

AWD 40K mi, Limited SE Trim Pack., Seats 7, 24" TV, Blue Ray DVD, Luxury Cruiser. Exc. Condition.

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Non-Conforming without Significant Changes (Case P011-17)

PUBLIC NOTICE Of DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL

Notice is hereby given to the general public of a site-specific approval, and the existence of a vested property right pursuant to the Land Use Code of the City of Aspen and Title 24, Article 68, Colorado Revised Statutes, pertaining to the following described property: Parcel ID 2737-181-00-018; commonly known as 1411 Crystal Lake Road (full legal description is available on file). The approval grants an alternative Top of Slope Determination; relating to Municipal Code Chapters: 26.435.040.E; Special Review, Stream Margin. The change is depicted in the land use application on file with the City of Aspen. The approval was granted by the Planning and Zoning Commission on January 24, 2017 in Resolution 4, Series of 2017 (Reception 636139, 2/14/17). For further information contact Ben Anderson at the City of Aspen Community Development Dept., 130 S. Galena St., Aspen, Colorado, ben.anderson@cityofaspen.com, (970) 429-2765.

Notice is hereby given to the general public of the approval of a site-specific development plan, and the creation of a vested property right pursuant to the Land Use Code of the City of Aspen and Title 24, Article 68, Colorado Revised Statutes, pertaining to the following described property legally described as Parcel A: Lot E Callahan Subdivision, according to the Plat recorded April 21, 1989 in Plat Book 22 at Page 38 as Reception No. 310795 and Amendment to Subdivision and Planned Unit Development Agreement - Callahan Subdivision, recorded November 1, 1996 in Plat Book 40 at Page 81 as Reception No. 398667, County of Pitkin, State of Colorado. Parcel B: Easement Interest described by Grant Easement recorded December 21, 2015 as Reception No. 625755, County of Pitkin, State of Colorado, commonly known as 1419 Crystal Lake Rd. The property received the following approvals: Special Review, Stream Margin, Top of Slope Determination and Stream Margin Review, approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission in Resolution 6, Series of 2017. Reception #636140 (2/14/2017). The approval is depicted in the land use application on file with the City of Aspen. For further information, contact Hillary Seminick at the City of Aspen Community Development Dept., 130 S. Galena St., Aspen, Colorado. (970) 429-2741.

City of Aspen Published in The Aspen Times on February 23, 2017. (12667057)

PUBLIC NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME 17C507 Public Notice is given on February 8, 2017, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an [X] Adult has been filed with the Pitkin County Combined Courts. The Petition requests that the name of Marta Stenstadvold Webb be changed to Sofie Stenstadvold Webb

City of Aspen Published in The Aspen Times on February 23, 2017 (12667026)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO Â§15-12-801, C.R.S. NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Jonna Goldstone Clerk of Court

Estate of Darius Kalnenas, Deceased Case Number 2017PR2

Glenita L. Melnick Deputy Clerk Published in the Aspen Times Weekly February 16, and 23, 2017 and March 2, 2017. (12650059)

DISTRICT COURT, PITKIN COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2015CV030095, Division/Courtroom 5 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 16-475 OF REAL PROPERTY FIFTH AVENUE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, v. PATRICK IMESON; VICTORIA BARRENA; U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF BANC OF AMERICA FUNDING CORPORATION MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-J; UNITED FOOD SERV INC; DIANA KLOCK; BRUCE KLOCK; and TOM OKEN AS PITKIN COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE, et al. Defendant(s). Regarding: CONDOMINIUM UNIT 302, BUILDING C, FIFTH AVENUE (A CONDOMINIUM), ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP THEREOF, RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 3 AT PAGE 122, AND AS FURTHER DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR FIFTH AVENUE (A CONDOMINIUM) RECORDED DECEMBER 1, 1965 IN BOOK 217 AT PAGE 172 AS RECEPTION NO. 122634 AND FIRST SUPPLEMENT THERETO RECORDED FEBRUARY 7, 1967 IN BOOK 225 AT PAGE 379 AS RECEPTION NO. 126585 AND SECOND SUPPLEMENT THERETO, RECORDED DECEMBER 1, 1967 IN BOOK 230 AT PAGE 518 AS RECEPTION NO. 129229.; Also known as:800 S. Mill Street #302, Aspen, CO 81611 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice: You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Division of the Sheriff's Department of Pitkin County, Colorado at 10 O'clock A.M., on the 22nd day of March, 2017, on the Courthouse Steps at 506 East Main Street, Aspen, CO 81611, phone number 970-920-5300. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale. BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT THE TIME OF SALE. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Judgment is in the amount of $82,719.01. First Publication: January 26 2017 Last Publication: February 23 2017 Published In: The Aspen Times Weekly Published in the Aspen Times Weekly January 26, 2017 and February 2, 9, 16, and 23, 2017. (12557056)

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative, Donata Kalnenaite, in care of the undersigned attorney or to District Court of Pitkin County, Colorado at 506 E. Main Street, Aspen Colorado on or before June 30, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred. James A. Knowlton, Estate Attorney 211 Midland Ave, Suite 203 Basalt, CO 81621

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an application has been submitted by 71 Salvation Circle Holdings LLC (320 West Main Street, Aspen, CO 81611) requesting approval for a major remodel to an existing residence M O N DAY- F R I DAY 8 : 3legal 0 A non-conforming M TO 5 : 0 0 P M that exceeds the FAR (.13) in the R-30 Zone District and has-7 been developed within setbacks. The proper970 7 73 1 72 ty is located at 71 Salvation Circle and is legally described 21,MRidge P S C H U LTZ @ CLot MN .O RofGRed Mountain Subdivision The State Parcel Identification Number for the property is 2737-072-02-011. The application is available for public inspection in the Pitkin County Community Development Department, City Hall, PUBLIC NOTICE 130 S. Galena St., Aspen, CO 81611. Comments NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE GENERAL or objections are due by March 23, 2016. For furPUBLIC OF THE FOLLOWING MATTERS OF ther information, contact Mike Kraemer at (970) INTEREST REGARDING THE PITKIN COUNTY 920-5482. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: â&#x20AC;¢Unless otherwise notified all regular and special meetings will be held in the Pitkin County Library William R. Dunway Community Meeting Room, 102 North Mill Street, Aspen, CO 81611. â&#x20AC;¢All regular meeting items begin at 12:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the conduct of business allows. Check agenda at: http://pitkincounty.com/Calendar.aspx or call 920-5200 for meeting times for special meetings. â&#x20AC;¢Copies of the full text of any resolution(s) and ordinance(s) referred to are available during regular business hours (8:00 - 5:00 in the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners office, 123 Emma Road Suite #106, Basalt, CO 8162 or at: http://pitkincounty.com/Calendar.aspx NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 2017: Resolution Setting Airport Rates and Charges Resolution Accepting a Broadband Grant from the Division of Local Affairs Application for a new Retail Marijuana Cultivation Facility submitted by One River LLC for a facility located at 11556 Highway 133, Carbondale, Colorado Ordinance Accepting Covenant from Pearl Pass LLC for the Maintenance of the Debris Flow/Rock Fall/Avalanche Mitigation Devices An application for renewal of a Retail Marijuana Cultivation Facility license and a Modification or Premises License submitted by K.I.N.D Wellness Center LLC, d/b/a Stash for a facility located at 102 North River Road Snowmass, Snowmass, Colorado, 81654, in the County of Pitkin An application for a new Retail Marijuana Cultivation Facility License submitted by One River LLC for a facility located at 11556 Highway 133, Carbondale, Colorado, in the County of Pitkin Published in the Aspen Times Weekly on February 23, 2017 (12665938) Jeanette Jones, Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners

Published in the Aspen Times February 16, and 23, 2017 and March 2, 2017. (12647690)

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE FOLLOWING MATTERS OF INTEREST REGARDING THE PITKIN COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS:

LEGAL NOTICE: Notice to Creditors: Pure Horseplay LLC has been dissolved. All persons having claims against the LLC shall present them to its registered agent, Chris LaCroix, c/o Garfield & Hecht, P.C., 625 E. Hyman Avenue, Suite 201, Aspen, Colorado 81611. Pursuant to C.R.S. Â§ 7-90-912 "unless sooner barred by any other statute limiting actions, any claim against the dissolved entity will be barred if an action to enforce the claim is not commenced within five (5) years after the publication of the notice or within four months after the claim arises, whichever is later."

â&#x20AC;¢Unless otherwise notified all regular and special meetings will be held in the Pitkin County Library William R. Dunway Community Meeting Room, 102 North Mill Street, Aspen, CO 81611.

LEGAL NOTICE: Notice to Creditors: Peaceful, Easy Feeling Residence LLC has been dissolved. All persons having claims against the LLC shall present them to its registered agent, Chris LaCroix, c/o Garfield & Hecht, P.C., 625 E. Hyman Avenue, Suite 201, Aspen, Colorado 81611. Pursuant to C.R.S. Â§ 7-90-912 "unless sooner barred by any other statute limiting actions, any claim against the dissolved entity will be barred if an action to enforce the claim is not commenced within five (5) years after the publication of the notice or within four months after the claim arises, whichever is later." Published in the Aspen Times Weekly February 24, 2017. (12667308)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO Â§15-12-801, C.R.S. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Donald K. Sheeley, DeceasedCase Number 2017 PR 30006 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to [X] District Court of Pitkin County, Colorado or on or before June 24, 2017 (date)*, or the claims may be forever barred. Person Giving Notice: Tina Jill Sheeley, P.R. c/o Rick Jones, Esq. Richard McCulloch Jones, Jr., P.C. 323 West Main Street, Suite 301 Aspen, CO 81611 Published in the Aspen Times Weekly February 23, 2017 and March 2 and 9, 2017. (12665205)

â&#x20AC;¢All regular meeting items begin at 12:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the conduct of business allows. Check agenda at: http://pitkincounty.com/Calendar.aspx or call 920-5200 for meeting times for special meetings. â&#x20AC;¢Copies of the full text of any resolution(s) and ordinance(s) referred to are available during regular business hours (8:00 - 5:00 in the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners office, 123 Emma Road Suite #106, Basalt, CO 8162 or at: http://pitkincounty.com/Calendar.aspx

RE:Don Giovanni LLP Activity Envelope and Site Plan Review (Case P010-17) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an application has been submitted by Don Giovanni LLP (616 East Hyman Avenue, #204, Aspen, CO 81611) requesting Activity Envelope and Site Plan approval for the remodeling of an existing single family residence, conversion of a carport to a garage, a lower level expansion of the residence towards the hillside, and driveway/parking improvements. The property is located at 133 Sabin Drive and is legally described as Lot 6, Block 3, Red Mountain Ranch Subdivision. The State Parcel Identification Number for the property is 2737-063-01-007. The application is available for public inspection in the Pitkin County Community Development Department, City Hall, 130 S. Galena St., Aspen, CO 81611. Comments or objections are due by March 23, 2016. For further information, contact Mike Kraemer at (970) 920-5482. RE:HBAAR LLC/Red Mountain Estates LLC Activity Envelope, Site Plan Review, and Subdivision Exemption for a Minor Plat Amendment (Case P004-17) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an application has been submitted by HBAAR LLC (PO Box R Aspen, CO 81612) and Red Mountain Estates LLC (15280 Addison Road, #301, Addison, TX 75001) requesting approval for relocation of an access easement/driveway, relocation of utilities across both lots, and amendments to previously platted building envelopes. The properties are located at 332 Red Mountain Road and 362 Red Mountain Road and are legally described as Lots 1 and 2, Rubey Subdivision, respectively. The State Parcel Identification Numbers for the properties are 2737-072-03-001 and 2737-072-03-002, respectively. The application is available for public inspection in the Pitkin County Community Development Department, City Hall, 130 S. Galena St., Aspen, CO 81611. Comments or objections are due by March 23, 2017. For further information, contact Mike Kraemer at (970) 920-5482. NOTICE OF FINAL DETERMINATIONS BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the general public that on February 7, 2017, the Pitkin County Community Development Director granted approval for the Elk Mountain Ranch LLC (Case P069-16; Deter. #006-2017). The property is located at 981 Mesa Road and is legally described as The properties are located at 981 Mesa Road and Rural Mountain Way and are legally described as Parcel A: Lot 2, Douglas R. Casey Shield-O-Meadows Lot Split, Parcel B: A parcel of land situated in the NW Â¼ NW Â¼ of Section 23, Township 9 South, Range 86 West of the 6th P.M and Parcel C: a parcel of land situated in the SW Â¼ of Section 14, Township 9 South, Range 86 West of the 6th P.M. The State Parcel Identification Number for the property is 2645-143-00-013, 2645-232-00-004, 2645-143-00-003, and 2645-221-02-002. This site-specific development plan grants a vested property right pursuant to Title 24, Article 68, Colorado Revised Statutes. S/Cindy Houben Community Development Director Published in the Aspen Times Weekly on February 23, 2017 (12665954) Jeanette Jones, Deputy County Clerk

Pursuant to CRS Â§38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: (i) failure to pay the outstanding balance on the loan when due on September 30, 2013, and (ii) all amounts due have been accelerated pursuant to paragraph 24 of the Deed of Trust, as Grantor transferred the Property described below ("the Property") to a third party on October 31, 2016 THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. Lot 101, Mountain Valley Subdivision, Third Filing Also known by street and number as: 681 MOUNTAIN LAUREL DRIVE, ASPEN, CO 81611. 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, 04/05/2017, 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 Publication 2/9/2017 Last Publication 3/9/2017 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; IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 12/07/2016 Thomas Carl Oken, Public Trustee in and for the County of Pitkin, State of Colorado By: Sydney Tofany, 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: JOSLYN V. WOOD #32836 Wood Nichols, LLC 201 Main St., Ste 305, Carbondale, CO 81623 (970) 963-3800 Attorney File # 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. Â©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Published in the Aspen Times Weekly February 2, 9, 16, and 23, 2017 and March 9, 2017 (12630040)

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RE:Don Giovanni LLP Activity Envelope and Site Plan Review (Case P010-17)

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS Â§38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 16-017 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 7, 2016, 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) ANDREW MOSZYNSKI Original Beneficiary(ies) JAN SODERBERG Current Holder of Evidence of Debt JAN SODERBERG Date of Deed of Trust March 12, 2009 County of Recording Pitkin Recording Date of Deed of Trust March 18, 2009 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 557209 Original Principal Amount $900,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $2,146,568.46 Pursuant to CRS Â§38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: (i) failure to pay the outstanding balance on the loan when due on September 30, 2013, and (ii) all amounts due have been accelerated pursuant to paragraph 24 of the Deed of Trust, as Grantor transferred the Property described below ("the Property") to a third party on October 31, 2016 THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. Lot 101, Mountain Valley Subdivision, Third Filing Also known by street and number as: 681 MOUNTAIN LAUREL DRIVE, ASPEN, CO 81611. 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.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an application has been submitted by Don Giovanni LLP (616 East Hyman Avenue, #204, Aspen, CO 81611) requesting Activity Envelope and Site Plan approval for the remodeling of an existing single family residence, conversion of a carport to a garage, a lower level expansion of the residence towards the hillside, and driveway/parking improvements. The property is located at 133 Sabin Drive and is legally described as Lot 6, Block 3, Red Mountain Ranch Subdivision. The State Parcel Identification Number for the property is 2737-063-01-007. The application is available for public inspection in the Pitkin County Community Development Department, City Hall, 130 S. Galena St., Aspen, CO 81611. Comments or objections are due by March 23, 2016. For further information, contact Mike Kraemer at (970) 920-5482.

04/05/2017, 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 proA S P E N T I M E S . C O M / W E E K LY vided by law. First Publication 2/9/2017 Last Publication 3/9/2017 Name of PublicationThe Aspen Times Weekly IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE

NOTICE OF APPLICATIONS TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR: RE:Gooding Activity Envelope and Site Plan Review (Case P007-17) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an application has been submitted by Alexander Ryan and Rebecca Brunson Gooding (4707 Bear Ridge Road, Basalt, CO 81621) requesting Activity Envelope and Site Plan approvals to construct a detached barn, detached greenhouse, and a detached loafing shed. The property is located at 4707 Bear Ridge Road and is legally described as Lot 13, Majestic Peaks Pointe Subdivision. The State Parcel Identification Number for the property is 2465-364-00-011. The application is available for public inspection in the Pitkin County Community Development Department, City Hall, 130 S. Galena St., Aspen, CO 81611. Comments or objections are due by March 23, 2017. For further information, contact Mike Kraemer at (970) 920-5482. RE:71 Salvation Circle Holdings LLC Activity Envelope/Site Plan Review and Restoration of Non-Conforming without Significant Changes (Case P011-17) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an application has been submitted by 71 Salvation Circle Holdings LLC (320 West Main Street, Aspen, CO 81611) requesting approval for a major remodel to an existing legal non-conforming residence that exceeds the FAR (.13) in the R-30 Zone District and has been developed within setbacks. The property is located at 71 Salvation Circle and is legally described Lot 21, Ridge of Red Mountain Subdivision The State Parcel Identification Number for the property is 2737-072-02-011. The application is available for public inspection in the Pitkin County Community Development Department, City Hall, 130 S. Galena St., Aspen, CO 81611. Comments or objections are due by March 23, 2016. For further information, contact Mike Kraemer at (970) 920-5482.

PUBLIC NOTICE Of DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL Notice is hereby given to the general public of a site-specific approval, and the existence of a vested property right pursuant to the Land Use Code of the City of Aspen and Title 24, Article 68, Colorado Revised Statutes, pertaining to the following described property: Parcel ID 2735-013-02-003; legally described as: Lot 2, Block 1, Red Butte Subdivision, according to the plat thereof recorded September 16, 1960 in Ditch Book 2a at page 259 in the County of Pitkin, State of Colorado; commonly known as 1470 Red Butte Drive. The approval grants an alternative Top of Slope Determination and Stream Margin Review; relating to Municipal Code Chapters: 26.435.040; Stream Margin Review. These approvals allow the renovation of an existing single family residence and related patio features. The change is depicted in the land use application on file with the City of Aspen. The Top of Slope determination and Stream Margin Review were approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission on February 7, 2017 in Resolution 7, Series of 2017 (Reception # 636141, 2/14/17). For further information contact Ben Anderson at the City of Aspen Community Development Dept., 130 S. Galena St., Aspen, Colorado, ben.anderson@cityofaspen.com, (970) 429-2765. City of Aspen Published in The Aspen Times on February 23, 2017. (12667065)

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DIVISION 5 WATER COURT- JANUARY 2017 RESUME 13. PURSUANT TO C.R.S., §37-92-302, AS AMENDED, YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT THE FOLLOWING PAGES COMPRISE A RESUME OF THE APPLICATIONS AND AMENDED APPLICATIONS FILED WITH THE WATER CLERK FOR WATER DIVISION 5 DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2017. The water right claimed by this application may affect in priority any water right claimed or heretofore adjudicated within this division and owners of affected rights must appear to object and protest within the time provided by statute, or be forever barred. 17CW3013 (09CW141, 02CW127, 93CW246) PITKIN COUNTY – BLATTBERG SPRING AREA AND CASTLE CREEK PUMP AND PIPELINE, ROARING FORK RIVER. Double R Creek Limited, a British Virgin Islands Company, c/o Kevin L. Patrick, Esq. and Christopher R. Stork, Esq., Patrick, Miller & Noto, P.C., 197 Prospector Road, Ste. 2104A (970) 920-1030. APPLICATION FOR FINDING OF REASONABLE DILIGENCE. First Claim: Blattberg Pond First Enlargement. Date of original decree: May 19, 1996. Case No. 93CW246, Division 5 Water Court. Legal: SE ¼, SW ¼ of Section 18, Township 11 South, Range 84 West of the 6th P.M., at a point 2,400 feet from the west section line and 1,250 feet from the south section line of said Section 18, in Pitkin County, Colorado. Map is on file with the court as Figure 1. Source: Blattberg Spring Area and Castle Creek, tributary to Roaring Fork River. Appropriation date: July 17, 1993. Amount: 1.75 acre-feet, conditional. Use: Irrigation, domestic, aesthetic, piscatorial, augmentation, recreation, and fire protection purposes. A detailed description of the work to complete appropriation, including expenditures, is on file with the court as Exhibit B. Applicant owns the land on which the structure is located and where water is or will be beneficially used.( YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT YOU HAVE until the last day of MARCH 2017 to file with the Water Clerk a verified Statement of Opposition setting forth facts as to why this application should not be granted or why it should be granted in part or on certain conditions. A copy of such statement of opposition must also be served upon the applicant or the applicant’s attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service shall be filed with the Water Clerk, as prescribed by Rule 5, CRCP. (Filing Fee: $158.00) KATHY POWERS, Water Clerk, Water Division 5; 109 8th Street, Suite 104 Glenwood Springs, CO 81601. 14. PURSUANT TO C.R.S., §37-92-302, AS AMENDED, YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT THE FOLLOWING PAGES COMPRISE A RESUME OF THE APPLICATIONS AND AMENDED APPLICATIONS FILED WITH THE WATER CLERK FOR WATER DIVISION 5 DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2017. The water right claimed by this application may affect in priority any water right claimed or heretofore adjudicated within this division and owners of affected rights must appear to object and protest within the time provided by statute, or be forever barred. 17CW3014 (10CW26, 03CW05, 95CW329) PITKIN COUNTY – ROARING FORK RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. American Lake, LLC, c/o Paul L. Noto, Esq. and Christopher R. Stork, Esq., Patrick, Miller & Noto, P.C., 197 Prospector Road, Ste. 2104A (970) 920-1030. APPLICATION FOR FINDING OF REASONABLE DILIGENCE. First Claim: SCM Pond No. 1. Date of original decree: January 15, 1997. Case No. 95CW329, Division 5 Water Court. Legal: NW ¼ of the SW ¼ of the SW ¼, Section 20, Township 11 S., Range 84 West of the 6th P.M., at a point 1100 feet from the south section line and 75 feet from the west section line. Map is on file with the court as Exhibit A. Source: Kaiser Creek, tributary to Castle Creek, tributary to Roaring Fork River via deliveries through the Elk Mountain Ditch. Appropriation date: September 8, 1994. Amount: 0.23 acrefoot, conditional. Use: Piscatorial, recreation, fish and wildlife propagation, and fire protection. Max height of dam: 10 ft. Length of dam: 50 ft. Total capacity of reservoir: 0.23 acre-foot. Active: 0.184 acre-foot. Dead: 0.046 acre-foot. A detailed description of the work to complete appropriation, including expenditures, is on file with the court as Exhibit B. Applicant owns the land on which the structure will be located, where water will be stored, and where water will be placed to beneficial use. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT YOU HAVE until the last day of MARCH 2017 to file with the Water Clerk a verified Statement of Opposition setting forth facts as to why this application should not be granted or why it should be granted in part or on certain conditions. A copy of such statement of opposition must also be served upon the applicant or the applicant’s attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service shall be filed with the Water Clerk, as prescribed by Rule 5, CRCP. (Filing Fee: $158.00) KATHY POWERS, Water Clerk, Water Division 5; 109 8th Street, Suite 104 Glenwood Springs, CO 81601. 15. PURSUANT TO C.R.S., §37-92-302, AS AMENDED, YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT THE FOLLOWING PAGES COMPRISE A RESUME OF THE APPLICATIONS AND AMENDED APPLICATIONS FILED WITH THE WATER CLERK FOR WATER DIVISION 5 DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2017. The water right claimed by this application may affect in priority any water right claimed or heretofore adjudicated within this division and owners of affected rights must appear to object and protest within the time provided by statute, or be forever barred. 17CW3015 (08CW176, 01CW13, 90CW139) PITKIN COUNTY – ROARING FORK RIVER. W/J Metropolitan District, c/o Paul L. Noto, Esq. and Jason M. Groves, Esq., Patrick, Miller & Noto, P.C., 197 Prospector Road, Suite 1204A, Aspen, CO 81611 (970) 920-1030. APPLICATION FOR FINDING OF REASONABLE DILIGENCE. First Claim: Jaffee Well Nos. 3, 4, and 5. Date of original decree: July 13, 1993. Case No. 90CW139, Division 5 Water Court. Legal: Jaffee Well No. 3: SE ¼, NE ¼, Section 21, Township 9 South, Range 85 West, 6th P.M., at a point whence the NE corner of Section 21 bears north 19° 00’ 17” east 2,522.56 feet. The location is also described as 2,402 feet from the north section line and 818 feet from the east section line. Jaffee Well No. 4: NE ¼, SE ¼, Section 21, Township 9 South, Range 85 West, 6th P.M., at a point 2,190 feet from the south section line and 600 feet from the east section line. Jaffee Well No. 5: SE ¼, NE ¼, Section 21, Township 9 South, Range 85 West, 6th P.M., at a point 2,600 feet from the north section line and 750 feet from the east section line, in Pitkin County. Map of wells on file with the court as Exhibit A. Source: Roaring Fork River Alluvium. Appropriation date: August 24, 1987. Amounts and uses: Well: Decreed: Previously made absolute: Remaining conditional: Jaffee Well No. 3

112 gpm

75 gpm for domestic, irrigation, and fire protection.

Jaffee Well No. 4

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14 gpm for domestic, irrigation, and fire protection purposes.

Jaffee Well No. 5

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54 gpm for domestic, irrigation, and fire protection purposes.

37 gpm for domestic, irrigation, and fire protection purposes. 112 gpm for commercial, stock watering, and aesthetic purposes. 61 gpm for domestic, irrigation, and fire protection purposes. 75 gpm for commercial, stock watering, and aesthetic purposes. 54 gpm, commercial, stock watering, and aesthetic purposes.

Approximate depths: Jaffee Well No. 3: 21 ft. Jaffee Well No. 4: 33 ft. Jaffee Well No. 5: 34 ft. Well Permit Nos: Jaffee Well No. 3: 042935-F. Jaffee Well No. 4: 042937-F. Jaffee Well No. 5: 63098-F. A detailed outline of work performed and expenses incurred towards completion of appropriations during the present diligence period is on file with the court as Exhibit B. This application does not propose any new or modifications to any existing diversion of storage structures. Jaffee Well Nos. 3, 4, and 5 are connected with Jaffee Wells Nos. 1 and 2 in an integrated water supply system serving the W/J Metropolitan District. See. Decree, Case No. 08CW176, ¶¶ 10, 11.A. Work on one or more features of this integrated system constitutes diligence on the whole. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT YOU HAVE until the last day of MARCH 2017 to file with the Water Clerk a verified Statement of Opposition setting forth facts as to why this application should not be granted or why it should be granted in part or on certain conditions. A copy of such statement of opposition must also be served upon the applicant or the applicant’s attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service shall be filed with the Water Clerk, as prescribed by Rule 5, CRCP. (Filing Fee: $158.00) KATHY POWERS, Water Clerk, Water Division 5; 109 8th Street, Suite 104 Glenwood Springs, CO 81601. 19. PURSUANT TO C.R.S., §37-92-302, AS AMENDED, YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT THE FOLLOWING PAGES COMPRISE A RESUME OF THE APPLICATIONS AND AMENDED APPLICATIONS FILED WITH THE WATER CLERK FOR WATER DIVISION 5 DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2017. The water right claimed by this application may affect in priority any water right claimed or heretofore adjudicated within this division and owners of affected rights must appear to object and protest within the time provided by statute, or be forever barred. 17CW3019 (10CW82, 02CW284) PITKIN COUNTY – ROARING FORK RIVER. Robert H. Chapman and Cynthia M. Chapman, c/o Paul L. Noto, Esq. and Christopher R. Stork, Esq., Patrick, Miller & Noto, P.C., 197 Prospector Road, Ste. 2104A, Aspen, CO 81611 (970) 920-1030. APPLICATION FOR FINDING OF REASONABLE DILIGENCE. First Claim: Chapman Pond. Date of original decree: March 9, 2004. Case No. 02CW284, Division 5 Water Court. Legal: SW ¼ of the NW ¼ of Section 25, Township 8 South, Range 86 West of the 6th P.M., at a point approximately 800 feet from the west section line and 2750 feet from the south section line. A map is on file with the court as Exhibit A. Source: Chapman Pump and Pipeline, First Enlargement, diverting from Roaring Fork River. Appropriation date: July 26, 2001. Amount: 2.0 acre-feet, conditional. Use: Aesthetic, piscatorial, stockwatering, wildlife, domestic, and fire protection. Surface area: 0.5 acre. Max height of dam: 10 ft. Length of dam: 200 ft. Total capacity of reservoir: 2.0 acre-feet. Active capacity: 2.0 acre-feet. Detailed description of work to complete appropriation, including expenditures, is on file with the court as Exhibit B. Applicant owns the land on which structure will be located, where water will be stored, and upon which water will be placed to beneficial use. Remarks: Chapman Pond is a component part of Applicant’s integrated water supply plan as decreed in Case No. 02CW284. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT YOU HAVE until the last day of MARCH 2017 to file with the Water Clerk a verified Statement of Opposition setting forth facts as to why this application should not be granted or why it should be granted in part or on certain conditions. A copy of such statement of opposition must also be served upon the applicant or the applicant’s attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service shall be filed with the Water Clerk, as prescribed by Rule 5, CRCP. (Filing Fee: $158.00) KATHY POWERS, Water Clerk, Water Division 5; 109 8th Street, Suite 104 Glenwood Springs, CO 81601. 23. PURSUANT TO C.R.S., §37-92-302, AS AMENDED, YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT THE FOLLOWING PAGES COMPRISE A RESUME OF THE APPLICATIONS AND AMENDED APPLICATIONS FILED WITH THE WATER CLERK FOR WATER DIVISION 5 DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2017. The water right claimed by this application may affect in priority any water right claimed or heretofore adjudicated within this division and owners of affected rights must appear to object and protest within the time provided by statute, or be forever barred. 17CW3023 PITKIN, SUMMIT AND EAGLE COUNTIES; SNOWMASS CREEK, TRIBUTARY TO ROARING FORK RIVER. Applicant: Michael Silverman, c/o Mark E. Hamilton and William H. Caile, Holland & Hart LLP, 600 East Main Street, Suite 104, Aspen CO 81611 (970) 9253476, mehamilton@hollandhart.com; whcaile@hollandhart.com. Application for Findings of Reasonable Diligence and/or to Make Conditional Water Rights Partially Absolute. From Previous Decree: Original decree: Case No. 07CW230, Water Division 5, decree entered on January 16, 2011. Names of Structures: 1. Silverman Augmentation Tank: A. Legal description: The center of the tank will be located in one of the following alternate locations: (i)in the NW¼ of the SE¼ of Section 14, Township 9 South, Range 86 West of the 6th P.M., at a point approximately 1,560 feet from the East section line and 1,810 feet from the South section line. See map on file with Water Court. (ii) In the NW¼ of the SE¼ of Section 14, Township 9 South, Range 86 West of the 6th P.M., at a point approximately 1,600 feet from the East section line and 1,600 feet from the South section line. See map on file with Court. B. Source: Snowmass Creek, tributary to Roaring Fork River, tributary to Colorado River. The Silverman Augmentation Tank will be filled by: (i) Silverman Spring with a capacity of 15 g.p.m. (0.033 c.f.s.) and a point of diversion described in Paragraph 6.A, below. (ii) Silverman Pump and Pipeline with a capacity of 0.25 c.f.s. and a point of diversion described in Paragraph 5.A, below. C. Appropriation date: December 27, 2007. D. Amount: 0.8 acre-feet active storage, conditional. E. Use: Augmentation, fire protection and the right to fill and refill in priority. F. Remarks: The Silverman Augmentation Tank is decreed to consist of one or more enclosed water storage tanks totaling up to 0.8 acre-feet in capacity, all active storage, with the ability to directly release water into Snowmass Creek via an outlet pipe. 2. Silverman Pump and Pipeline: A. Legal Description: In the NW¼ of the SE¼ of Section 14, Township 9 South, Range 86 West of the 6th P.M., at a point approximately 1,700 feet from the East section line and 1,700 feet from the South section line. See map on file with Court. B. Source: Snowmass Creek, tributary to Roaring Fork River, tributary to Colorado River. C. Appropriation date: April 30, 1989 for irrigation and fire protection; December 27, 2007 for recreation,

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and to fill and refill the Silverman Augmentation Tank. D. Amount: 0.25 c.f.s., absolute for irrigation; 0.25 c.f.s. conditional for recreation (to fill a hot tub), fire protection (via storage in Silverman Augmentation Tank), and to fill and refill the Silverman Augmentation Tank for the purposes described in Paragraph 4.E, above (Applicant claims a total diversion rate of 0.25 c.f.s. from this structure for all described uses). E. Uses: (i) Fire protection, recreation, and to fill and refill the Silverman Augmentation Tank. (ii) Irrigation of up to a total of approximately 1.25 acres located in the SE¼ NW¼ SE¼ of Section 14, Township 9 South, Range 86 West of the 6th P.M. See map on file with Court. G. Remarks: Although irrigation diversions from this structure are decreed at a maximum rate of 0.25 c.f.s., total diversions shall not exceed an average rate of 0.031 c.f.s. per day. 3. Silverman Spring: A. Legal description: The collection structure is located in the NE¼ of the SE¼ of Section 14, Township 9 South, Range 86 West of the 6th P.M., at a point approximately 1,070 feet from the East section line and 1,575 feet from the South section line. The spring source is located in the NE¼ of the SE¼ of Section 14, Township 9 South, Range 86 West of the 6th P.M., at a point approximately 960 feet from the East section line and 1,500 feet from the South section line. See map on file with Court. B. Source: Spring tributary to Snowmass Creek, tributary to Roaring Fork River, tributary to Colorado River. C. Appropriation date: October 14, 1986 for irrigation, fire protection, and recreation; December 27, 2007 for fill and refill of the Silverman Augmentation Tank. D. Amount: 0.033 c.f.s. (15 g.p.m.), absolute for irrigation, recreation (including without limitation to fill and refill a hot tub), and fire protection; conditional for fill and refill of the Silverman Augmentation Tank. E. Use: (i) Recreation, fire protection and to fill and refill the Silverman Augmentation Tank. (ii) Irrigation of approximately 0.55 acres located in the SE¼ NW¼ SE¼ of Section 14, Township 9 South, Range 86 west of the 6th P.M. (these lands are part of the 1.25 acres described above in Paragraph 5.E.ii). F. Remarks: The Silverman Spring is a surface diversion which presently consists of a vertical concrete pipe with a debris screen that collects water flowing on the ground surface. 4. Silverman Exchange: A. Lower terminus of exchange reach: The confluence of the Roaring Fork River and the Colorado River located in the SE¼ of the NW¼ of Section 9, Township 6 South, Range 89 West of the 6th P.M., at a point approximately 2,200 feet from the North section line and 2,350 feet from the West section line. See map on file with Court. B. Upper terminus of exchange reach: The Silverman Pump and Pipeline and Silverman Spring located as described herein. C. Amount: 0.01 c.f.s., conditional, equal to the average daily depletion rate in the peak month. Appropriation date: December 27, 2007. Remarks: Pursuant to the augmentation plan decreed in Case No. 07CW230, augmentation of the Silverman Pump and Pipeline and Silverman Spring using water rights available by contract with the Basalt Water Conservancy District is accomplished by exercise of the above-described right of exchange. Integrated System: Pursuant to the decree in Case No. 07CW230, the subject conditional water rights are components of an integrated water system for the Applicant’s property as a whole. “When a project or integrated system is composed of several features, work on one feature of the project or system shall be considered in finding that reasonable diligence has been shown in the development of water rights of the entire project or system.” C.R.S. § 37-92-301(4)(b). Claim to Make Conditional Water Rights Absolute in Part: During the diligence period, Applicant has constructed the necessary infrastructure and diverted, stored, or otherwise captured, possessed and controlled water and applied such water to beneficial uses pursuant to the decree in Case No. 07CW230, including as described below. Applicant has constructed storage tanks with a total active capacity of 0.05 acre-feet (approximately 16,000 gallons). Construction was completed in 2011, and the tanks were filled to capacity in priority on or before June 1, 2012, pursuant to the Silverman Augmentation Tank water right. Applicant has constructed the Silverman Pump and Pipeline and has diverted and used water in priority at rates of up to 0.25 c.f.s. pursuant to that water right, commencing on or before June 1, 2012. Applicant has diverted and used water pursuant to the Silverman Spring water right in priority at rates up to 15 g.p.m. (0.033 c.f.s.), commencing on or before June 1, 2012. And, pursuant to written notice to the Division Engineer dated September16, 2016, Applicant has operated the Silverman Augmentation Exchange as set forth in the decree, at the full decreed rate of 0.01 c.f.s. E. The water diverted, stored, and exchanged as described above was applied to beneficial use for all decreed purposes pursuant to the decree in Case No. 07CW230, on the Applicant’s property (see map on file with Court). Accordingly: (i) The Silverman Augmentation Tank conditional water right should be made absolute in the amount of 0.05 acre-feet, and continued as conditional in the amount of 0.75 acre-feet, for all decreed uses; (ii) The Silverman Pump and Pipeline conditional water right should be made absolute in its entirety, for all decreed uses; (iii) The Silverman Spring conditional water right should be made absolute in its entirety, for all decreed uses; (iv) The Silverman Augmentation Exchange should be made absolute in its entirety. Land ownership: N/A (all structures are on Applicant’s property). A detailed outline of what has been done toward completion of the appropriations and application of water to beneficial use is included in the Application on file with the Water Court. (8 pages). YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT YOU HAVE until the last day of MARCH 2017 to file with the Water Clerk a verified Statement of Opposition setting forth facts as to why this application should not be granted or why it should be granted in part or on certain conditions. A copy of such statement of opposition must also be served upon the applicant or the applicant’s attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service shall be filed with the Water Clerk, as prescribed by Rule 5, CRCP. (Filing Fee: $158.00) KATHY POWERS, Water Clerk, Water Division 5; 109 8th Street, Suite 104 Glenwood Springs, CO 81601. 25. PURSUANT TO C.R.S., §37-92-302, AS AMENDED, YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT THE FOLLOWING PAGES COMPRISE A RESUME OF THE APPLICATIONS AND AMENDED APPLICATIONS FILED WITH THE WATER CLERK FOR WATER DIVISION 5 DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2017. The water right claimed by this application may affect in priority any water right claimed or heretofore adjudicated within this division and owners of affected rights must appear to object and protest within the time provided by statute, or be forever barred. 17CW3025 (10CW181, 96CW266, 03CW54) PITKIN COUNTY – ROARING FORK RIVER. Michael D. Eisner and Jane B. Eisner, c/o Kevin L. Patrick, Esq. and Christopher R. Stork, Esq., Patrick, Miller & Noto, P.C., 197 Prospector Road, Suite 2104A, Aspen, CO 81611 (970) 920-1030. APPLICATION FOR FINDING OF REASONABLE DILIGENCE First Claim: Sam’s Knob Reservoir. Date of original decree: November 5, 1971. Civil Action No. 5884, Division 5 Water Court. Legal: Snowmass Creek in Section 3, Township 10 South, Range 86 West of the 6th P.M. The approximate midpoint of the creek channel within Section 3 is located 2,650 feet north of the south section line and 2,450 feet west of the east section line of said Section 3. A map is on file with the court as Exhibit A. Alternate points of diversion decreed in Case No. 94CW0379: Michael’s Pond Pipeline: West Bank of Snowmass Creek in the SW ¼, NE ¼ of Section 3, Township 10 South, Range 86 West of the 6th P.M., at a point whence the NE corner of said Section 3 bears North 44°20’ East 2640 feet. Michael’s Pump and Pipeline: West Bank of Snowmass Creek in the NE ¼, NE ¼ of Section 3, Township 10 South, Range 86 West of the 6th P.M., at a point whence the NE corner of said Section 3 bears North 46°30’ East 1810 feet. Alternate points of storage decreed in Case No. 94CW0379: Michael’s Pond No. 1: NE ¼, NE ¼ of Section 3, Township 10 South, Range 86 West of the 6th P.M., at a point whence the NE corner of said Section 3 bears North 52°33” East 1731.84 feet. Michael’s Pond No. 2: NE ¼, NE ¼ of Section 3, Township 10 South, Range 86 West of the 6th P.M., at a point whence the NE corner of said Section 3 bears North 44°32’East 1670.59 feet. These locations are shown on Exhibit C on file with the court. Source: Snowmass Creek. Appropriation date: March 27, 1967. Amount: 10 acre-feet. Use: Domestic, municipal, recreational, industrial and other beneficial uses. A description of Applicants’ work to complete appropriation, including expenditures, is on file with the court as Exhibit B. Owners of land where structure is located: Snowmass Valley Properties, Inc., c/o Peter Ziegler 4363 Stoney Lane, Slinger, WI 53086. Spruce Lodge Trust Nos. 1, 2, and 3, 9401 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 760, Beverly Hills, CA 90212. P. Susan Helm, 11000 Snowmass Creek Road, Snowmass, CO 81654. Applicant’s basis for this Application is a leasehold interest through an agreement with the Snowmass Water and Sanitation District for 10 acre-feet, subject to prior decrees and agreements. (8 paages) YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT YOU HAVE until the last day of MARCH 2017 to file with the Water Clerk a verified Statement of Opposition setting forth facts as to why this application should not be granted or why it should be granted in part or on certain conditions. A copy of such statement of opposition must also be served upon the applicant or the applicant’s attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service shall be filed with the Water Clerk, as prescribed by Rule 5, CRCP. (Filing Fee: $158.00) KATHY POWERS, Water Clerk, Water Division 5; 109 8th Street, Suite 104 Glenwood Springs, CO 81601. 26. PURSUANT TO C.R.S., §37-92-302, AS AMENDED, YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT THE FOLLOWING PAGES COMPRISE A RESUME OF THE APPLICATIONS AND AMENDED APPLICATIONS FILED WITH THE WATER CLERK FOR WATER DIVISION 5 DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2017. The water right claimed by this application may affect in priority any water right claimed or heretofore adjudicated within this division and owners of affected rights must appear to object and protest within the time provided by statute, or be forever barred. 17CW3026 PITKIN COUNTY. FRYINGPAN RIVER. Meredith Long, c/o Rhonda J. Bazil, P.C., Rhonda J. Bazil, Esq., 420 E. Main Street, Suite 240, Aspen, CO 81611, (970) 925-7171. APPLICATION FOR CONDITIONAL UNDERGROUND WATER RIGHT, ALTERNATE POINT OF DIVERSION, AND APPROVAL OF PLAN FOR AUGMENTATION. FIRST CLAIM: FOR CONDITIONAL UNDERGROUND WATER RIGHT. Name of reservoir: Hamby Pond Well. Permit No.: Applicant will file for a well permit after the decree is issued. Legal description of the center of the pond. UTM coordinates: NAD 83 zone 13, Easting: 331809 m Northing: 4360817 m. PLSS description of the center of the pond: SW ¼, SW ¼, Section 1, Township 8 South, Range 86 West of the 6th P.M. 466 feet east of the west section line and 535 feet north of the south section line. Source of UTM and PLSS information: GIS. Street address: 5348 Frying Pan Road, Basalt, CO 81621. Subdivision and lot: The Hamby Pond Well is located on Hamby Subdivision, Lot 1, but will but used for irrigation on the Hamby Subdivision Lots 1, 2 and 3. Source: Fryingpan River, tributary to the Roaring Fork and Colorado Rivers. The Hamby Pond Well intercepts groundwater. Depth of well: Approximately 10 feet. Date of appropriation: January 11, 1994. How appropriation was initiated: By purchase of the property. Date water applied to beneficial use: N.A. Does the well withdraw tributary groundwater? Yes. Amount claimed: 0.111 c.f.s., conditional. Amount claimed in acre-feet annually: 7.2. Does the well operate pursuant to a decreed plan for augmentation? Applicant is applying for approval of a plan for augmentation in this Application. List all proposed uses: Irrigation, fire protection, piscatorial and recreation. If irrigation, complete the following: Number of acres historically irrigated: 0. Proposed to be irrigated: 3.8 acres. Does the Applicant intend to use this water right to supplement irrigation on an area of land already irrigated under another water right? No. Reservoir description: Surface area of high water line: 0.52 acre. Name and address of owner of land upon which any new diversion or storage structure, or modification to any existing diversion or storage structure is or will be located: Applicant owns the land upon which the structure is located and where the water will be used. David S. Grossman and Jennifer L. Grossman, 403 Hawthorne Ave., St. Louis, MO 631192513, own the property upon which a portion of the Hamby Pond Well is located. SECOND CLAIM: ABSOLUTE ALTERNATE POINT OF DIVERSION FOR HAMBY POND WELL. Name of structure: Hamby Irrigation Diversion. Type: Pump and Pipeline. Legal description. UTM coordinates: NAD 83 zone 13, Easting: 331961 m, Northing: 4360897 m. PLSS description: SW ¼, SW ¼, Section 1, Township 8 South, Range 86 West, of the 6th P.M. 960 feet east of the west section line and 807 feet north of the south section line. Source of UTM and PLSS information: GIS. Street address: 0400 Castle Drive, Basalt, CO 81621. Subdivision and lot: The Hamby Irrigation Diversion is located on Hamby Subdivision, Lot 2, but will but used for irrigation on Hamby Subdivision Lots 1, 2 and 3. Source: Fryingpan River, tributary to the Roaring Fork and Colorado Rivers. Date of appropriation: December 16, 2003. How appropriation was initiated: By purchase of the property. Date water applied to beneficial use: May 1, 2004. Evidence that the Applicant diverted the water in-priority and applied it to beneficial uses in the amount claimed is on file with the Court. Amount claimed: 0.111 c.f.s., absolute. List all proposed uses: Irrigation. If irrigation, complete the following: Number of acres historically irrigated: 3.8 acres. Proposed to be irrigated: 3.8 acres. Does the Applicant intend to use this water right to supplement irrigation on an area of land already irrigated under another water right? The Hamby Irrigation Diversion is an alternate point of diversion to the Hamby Pond Well. Name and address of owner of land upon which any new diversion or storage structure, or modification to any existing diversion or storage structure is or will be located: Applicant. THIRD CLAIM: FOR APPROVAL OF PLAN FOR AUGMENTATION. Augmented structures: Hamby Pond Well, applied for in the First Claim, above. Hamby Irrigation Diversion, applied for in the Second Claim. No other water rights are diverted from these structures. Water rights to be used for augmentation: A Basalt Water Conservancy District (“BWCD”) Water Allotment Contract (“Contract”) for up to 7.2 acre-feet from the following augmentation sources. Green Mountain Reservoir: Source: Blue River, tributary to the Colorado River. Legal description: NE ¼ of the SE ¼ of Section 15, Township 2 South, Range 80 West of the 6th P.M., 2,312 feet from the south section line and 992 feet from the east section line (Summit County). UTM coordinates: Northing: 4414928, Easting: 386227.9. Zone 13. Note: The distances from section lines and UTM coordinates were obtained from the Division of Water Resources’ CDSS database and/or Aquamap program. Adjudication date: October 12, 1955. Appropriation date: August 1, 1935. Case Nos.: CA 2782, 5016 and 5017, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; and Case No. 88CW022, District Court Water Division No. 5. Decreed amount: 154,645 acre-feet, and a refill right for 3,856 acre-feet, absolute, and 150,789 acre-feet, conditional. Decreed uses: In accordance with paragraphs 5(a)(b), and (c) of the section entitled “Manner of Operation of Project Facilities and Auxiliary Facilities” in Senate Document 80. Ruedi Reservoir: Source: Fryingpan River, tributary to the Colorado River. Legal description: NW ¼ of the NW ¼ of Section 18, Township 8 South, Range 84 West of the 6th P.M. 324 feet from the north section line and 984 feet from the west section line (Eagle and Pitkin Counties). UTM coordinates: Northing: 4358646, Easting: 34222.7. Zone 13. Note: The distances from section lines and UTM coordinates were obtained from the Division of Water Resources’ CDSS database and/or Aquamap program. Adjudication date: June 20, 1958. Appropriation date: July 29, 1957. Case No. 4613, Garfield County District Court. Decreed amount: 102,369 acre-feet (originally decreed for 140,697.3 acre-feet; reduced to 102369 acre-feet in Case No. 787-76). Decreed uses: Generation of electric energy, domestic, municipal, industrial, irrigation, piscatorial, and stock watering. Refill: In Case No. 81CW34, the Water Court decreed Ruedi Reservoir a refill right for 101,280 acre-feet, conditional. The Water Court decreed 44509 acre-feet and 25257 acre-feet of the refill right absolute in Case No. 95CW95 and 01CW269, respectively, for a total absolute amount for the refill right of 69,766 acre-feet. Troy and Edith Ditch. Date of original and all relevant subsequent decrees is on file with the Court in

the Application. In Case No. W-2281, Division 5, the Court decreed that 453 acre feet of annual consumptive-use credits were available to these ditches, and that 300 acre feet could be stored in an unnamed reservoir. The Basalt Water Conservancy District owns 412.89 acre feet of the 453 acre feet, and makes the water rights available to contract allottees for use pursuant to an approved substitute supply plan or decree of Court. The Troy and Edith augmentation water can be delivered to the Fryingpan, Roaring Fork or Colorado Rivers by by-passing water at the headgate on the Fryingpan River. Legal descriptions: Troy Ditch: The NW1/4 of the NE1/4 of Section 14, Township 8 South, Range 84 West of the 6th P.M., 285 feet from the South Section line and 967 feet from the East Section line (Pitkin County). UTM coordinates: Northing 4356860, Easting 350640, Zone 13. When AquaMap converts the UTM coordinates, the quarter quarter coordinates are SE1/4 of the SE1/4. Edith Ditch: The SW1/4 of the SW1/4 of Section 12, Township 8 South, Range 84 West of the 6th P.M., 326 feet from the South Section line and 981 feet from the West Section line (Eagle County). UTM coordinates: Northing 4358454, Easting 351278.1, Zone 13. Robinson Ditch water rights information is on file with the Court in the Application. Legal description: NW ¼ of the SE ¼ of Section 11, Township 8 South, Range 87 West of the 6th P.M., 2,307 feet from the south section line and 2,309 feet from the east section line (Eagle County). Historic use: Irrigation of approximately 137.2 acres of hay and pasture under BWCD’s interest in the Robinson Ditch water rights. In Case No. 93CW319, the Court decreed that 360 acre-feet of annual consumptive use credits are associated with said irrigation. In that case, the Court also decreed a change of use of BWCD’s Robinson Ditch water rights to include augmentation. BWCD makes the credits available to contract allotees for use pursuant to an approved substitute supply plan or decree of the court. Does Applicant intend to change a water right to provide a source of augmentation? No. Complete statement of plan for augmentation and exchange. Background: The Applicant owns Parcels 1, 2 and 3 in the Hamby Subdivision, which totals 8.1 acres. The Hamby Pond Well and the Hamby Irrigation Diversion provide irrigation water for a total of 3.8 acres on all three Hamby Subdivision parcels. The consumptive use rate for irrigation in this area was estimated to be 1.8 acre-feet per acre per year. For the full 3.8 irrigated acres, this equals 6.85 acre-feet of irrigation depletions. Lagged return flows do not change the net irrigation depletion calculations each month. The total open surface area of the Hamby Pond Well is 0.52 acre. Evaporation from the Hamby Pond Well is expected in all months when the Hamby Pond Well is not covered in ice. Maximum evaporation from the pond surface is calculated to be 1.69 acre-feet and is considered to be 100% consumptive. Operation of plan for augmentation: The Applicant is proposing to irrigate 3.8 acres from April through October and maintain the pond well full. The water rights that could potentially call out the Hamby Pond Well and the Hamby Irrigation Diversion are the Cameo Call and the Carbondale Recreational In-Channel Diversion. During times of an administered call during the months of March through October, the Applicant will continue diverting through the Hamby Pond Well or the Hamby Irrigation Diversion and the diversions will be augmented with water from the Applicant’s BWCD Contract. No injury. No owner or person entitled to use water under a vested water right or a decreed conditional water right will be injured by the approval of the plan for augmentation and exchange. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT YOU HAVE until the last day of MARCH 2017 to file with the Water Clerk a verified Statement of Opposition setting forth facts as to why this application should not be granted or why it should be granted in part or on certain conditions. A copy of such statement of opposition must also be served upon the applicant or the applicant’s attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service shall be filed with the Water Clerk, as prescribed by Rule 5, CRCP. (Filing Fee: $158.00) KATHY POWERS, Water Clerk, Water Division 5; 109 8th Street, Suite 104 Glenwood Springs, CO 81601. 27. PURSUANT TO C.R.S., §37-92-302, AS AMENDED, YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT THE FOLLOWING PAGES COMPRISE A RESUME OF THE APPLICATIONS AND AMENDED APPLICATIONS FILED WITH THE WATER CLERK FOR WATER DIVISION 5 DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2017. The water right claimed by this application may affect in priority any water right claimed or heretofore adjudicated within this division and owners of affected rights must appear to object and protest within the time provided by statute, or be forever barred. 17CW3027 PITKIN COUNTY. FRYINGPAN RIVER. Meredith Long, c/o Rhonda J. Bazil, P.C., Rhonda J. Bazil, Esq., 420 E. Main Street, Suite 240, Aspen, CO 81611, (970) 925-7171. APPLICATION FOR CONDITIONAL UNDERGROUND WATER RIGHT AND APPOVAL OF PLAN FOR AUGMENTATION. FIRST CLAIM: APPLICATION FOR CONDITIONAL UNDERGROUND WATER RIGHT. Name of reservoir: Long Irrigation Well. Permit No.: Applicant will file for a well permit after the decree is issued. Legal description of the well. UTM coordinates: NAD 83 zone 13 Easting: 331740 m. Northing: 4360892 m. PLSS description: SW ¼, SW ¼, Section 1, Township 8 South, Range 86 West, of the 6th P.M. 235 feet east of the west section line and 775 north of the south section line. Source of UTM and PLSS information: GIS. Street address: 5020 Frying Pan Road, Basalt, CO 81621. Subdivision and lot: Long Subdivision, Lot 1. Source: Fryingpan River, tributary to the Roaring Fork and Colorado Rivers. Depth of well: Approximately 10 feet. Date of appropriation: June 1, 2005. How appropriation was initiated: By construction and use of the Long Irrigation Well. Date water applied to beneficial use: N.A. Does the well withdraw tributary groundwater? Yes. Amount claimed: 0.067 c.f.s., conditional. Amount claimed in acre-feet annually: 2.7 acre-feet. Does the well operate pursuant to a decreed plan for augmentation? Applicant is applying for approval of a plan for augmentation in the Second Claim of this Application. List all proposed uses: Irrigation. Number of acres historically irrigated: 1.7 acres. Proposed to be irrigated: 1.7 acres. Does the Applicant intend to use this water right to supplement irrigation on an area of land already irrigated under another water right? No. Name and address of owner of land upon which any new diversion or storage structure, or modification to any existing diversion or storage structure is or will be located: Applicant. SECOND CLAIM: PLAN FOR AUGMENTATION. Name of structures to be augmented: Long Irrigation Well. Water rights to be used for augmentation: 2.7 acre-foot Allotment Contract (“Contract”) with the Basalt Water Conservancy District (“BWCD”) more fully described below. Green Mountain Reservoir: Source: Blue River, tributary to the Colorado River. Legal description: NE ¼ of the SE ¼ of Section 15, Township 2 South, Range 80 West of the 6th P.M., 2,312 feet from the south section line and 992 feet from the east section line (Summit County). UTM coordinates: Northing: 4414928, Easting: 386227.9. Zone 13. Note: The distances from section lines and UTM coordinates were obtained from the Division of Water Resources’ CDSS database and/or Aquamap program. Adjudication date: October 12, 1955. Appropriation date: August 1, 1935. Case Nos.: CA 2782, 5016 and 5017, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; and Case No. 88CW022, District Court Water Division No. 5. Decreed amount: 154,645 acre-feet, and a refill right for 3,856 acre-feet, absolute, and 150,789 acre-feet, conditional. Decreed uses: In accordance with paragraphs 5(a)(b), and (c) of the section entitled “Manner of Operation of Project Facilities and Auxiliary Facilities” in Senate Document 80. Ruedi Reservoir: Source: Fryingpan River, tributary to the Colorado River. Legal description: NW ¼ of the NW ¼ of Section 18, Township 8 South, Range 84 West of the 6th P.M. 324 feet from the north section line and 984 feet from the west section line (Eagle and Pitkin Counties). UTM coordinates: Northing: 4358646, Easting: 34222.7.

Zone 13. Note: The distances from section lines and UTM coordinates were obtained from the Division of Water Resources’ CDSS database and/or Aquamap program. Adjudication date: June 20, 1958. Appropriation date: July 29, 1957. Case No. 4613, Garfield County District Court. Decreed amount: 102,369 acre-feet (originally decreed for 140,697.3 acre-feet; reduced to 102369 acre-feet in Case No. 787-76). Decreed uses: Generation of electric energy, domestic, municipal, industrial, irrigation, piscatorial, and stock watering. Refill: In Case No. 81CW34, the Water Court decreed Ruedi Reservoir a refill right for 101,280 acre-feet, conditional. The Water Court decreed 44509 acre-feet and 25257 acre-feet of the refill right absolute in Case No. 95CW95 and 01CW269, respectively, for a total absolute amount for the refill right of 69,766 acre-feet. Troy and Edith Ditch. Date of original and all relevant subsequent decrees in on file with the Court in the Application. In Case No. W-2281, Division 5, the Court decreed that 453 acre feet of annual consumptive-use credits were available to these ditches, and that 300 acre feet could be stored in an unnamed reservoir. The Basalt Water Conservancy District owns 412.89 acre feet of the 453 acre feet, and makes the water rights available to contract allottees for use pursuant to an approved substitute supply plan or decree of Court. The Troy and Edith agmentation water can be delivered to the Fryingpan, Roaring Fork or Colorado Rivers by by-passing water at the headgate on the Fryingpan River. Legal descriptions: Troy Ditch: The NW1/4 of the NE1/4 of Section 14, Township 8 South, Range 84 West of the 6th P.M., 285 feet from the South Section line and 967 feet from the East Section line (Pitkin County). UTM coordinates: Northing 4356860, Easting 350640, Zone 13. When AquaMap converts the UTM coordinates, the quarter quarter coordinates are SE1/4 of the SE1/4. Edith Ditch: The SW1/4 of the SW1/4 of Section 12, Township 8 South, Range 84 West of the 6th P.M., 326 feet from the South Section line and 981 feet from the West Section line (Eagle County). UTM coordinates: Northing 4358454, Easting 351278.1, Zone 13. Robinson Ditch water rights in on file with the Court in the Application. Legal description: NW ¼ of the SE ¼ of Section 11, Township 8 South, Range 87 West of the 6th P.M., 2,307 feet from the south section line and 2,309 feet from the east section line (Eagle County). Historic use: Irrigation of approximately 137.2 acres of hay and pasture under BWCD’s interest in the Robinson Ditch water rights. In Case No. 93CW319, the Court decreed that 360 acre-feet of annual consumptive use credits are associated with said irrigation. In that case, the Court also decreed a change of use of BWCD’s Robinson Ditch water rights to include augmentation. BWCD makes the credits available to contract allotees for use pursuant to an approved substitute supply plan or decree of the court. Does Applicant intend to change a water right to provide a source of augmentation? No. Statement of plan for augmentation. The Applicant owns Long Subdivision Lot 1, which totals 26.4 acres. The Long Irrigation Well provides water to irrigate 1.7 acres on the property. The consumptive use rate for irrigation in this area was estimated to be 1.8 acre-feet per acre per year, as shown on Table 1. For the full 1.7 irrigated acres, this equals 3.07 acre-feet of irrigation depletions. Lagged return flows do not change the net irrigation depletion calculations each month. Operation of plan for augmentation: The Applicant is proposing to irrigate 1.7 acres from April through October. The water rights that could potentially call out the Long Irrigation Well are the Cameo Call and the Carbondale Recreational In-Channel Diversion. During times of an administered call during the irrigation season, the Applicant will continue diverting through the Long Irrigation Well and the diversions will be augmented with water from the Applicant’s BWCD No injury. No owner or person entitled to use water under a vested water right or a decreed conditional water right will be injured by the approval of the plan for augmentation. Name and address of owner of land upon which any new diversion or storage structure, or modification to any existing diversion or storage structure is or will be located: Applicant. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT YOU HAVE until the last day of MARCH 2017 to file with the Water Clerk a verified Statement of Opposition setting forth facts as to why this application should not be granted or why it should be granted in part or on certain conditions. A copy of such statement of opposition must also be served upon the applicant or the applicant’s attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service shall be filed with the Water Clerk, as prescribed by Rule 5, CRCP. (Filing Fee: $158.00) KATHY POWERS, Water Clerk, Water Division 5; 109 8th Street, Suite 104 Glenwood Springs, CO 81601. 28. PURSUANT TO C.R.S., §37-92-302, AS AMENDED, YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT THE FOLLOWING PAGES COMPRISE A RESUME OF THE APPLICATIONS AND AMENDED APPLICATIONS FILED WITH THE WATER CLERK FOR WATER DIVISION 5 DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2017. The water right claimed by this application may affect in priority any water right claimed or heretofore adjudicated within this division and owners of affected rights must appear to object and protest within the time provided by statute, or be forever barred. 16CW3101 PITKIN COUNTY, ROARING FORK & COLORADO RIVERS. Amended Application for Water Storage Rights and Water Surface Right. Darryl & Saundra Grosjean c/o Ryan Jarvis & Jeff Houpt of Beattie, Chadwick & Houpt, 932 Cooper Ave, Glenwood Springs, 970-945-8659. Application originally filed on 09/30/16, is amended as follows, including a new surface water right: Wilderness Pond I: Legal description of point of diversion: UTM Easting: 322835 & UTM Northing: 4355666. Appropriation date: 11/01/76. Date water applied to beneficial use: 06/01/77. Historically irrigated area: Approx 5.1 acres located on Applicants’ property in the SE1/4NW1/4 and the SW1/4NE1/4 of Sec 25, T 8 S, R 87 W, 6th PM. Wilderness Pond II: Legal description of point of diversion: UTM Easting: 322835 & UTM Northing: 4355666. Proposed irrigated area: Approx 5.1 acres located on Applicants’ property in the SE1/4NW1/4 and the SW1/4NE1/4 of Sec 25, T 8 S, R 87 W, 6th PM. Miller Ditch First Enlargement: Legal description of point of diversion: UTM Easting: 322835 & UTM Northing: 4355666. Source: East Sopris Creek, trib to Roaring Fork & Colo Rivers. Appropriation date: 12/01/76. Date water applied to beneficial use: 06/01/77. Amount: 0.20 cfs, absolute. Uses: Irrigation, fire protection, wildlife watering, piscatorial & stockwatering. Irrigated acreage: 5.1 acres. Location of irrigated acreage: Approx 5.1 acres located on Applicants’ property in the SE1/4NW1/4 and the SW1/4NE1/4 of Sec 25, T 8 S, R 87 W, 6th PM. Owners of land: Applicants & Robert & Susan Pietrzak, 1796 E. Sopris Creek Road, Basalt, CO 81621. (7 pages) YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT YOU HAVE until the last day of MARCH 2017 to file with the Water Clerk a verified Statement of Opposition setting forth facts as to why this application should not be granted or why it should be granted in part or on certain conditions. A copy of such statement of opposition must also be served upon the applicant or the applicant’s attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service shall be filed with the Water Clerk, as prescribed by Rule 5, CRCP. (Filing Fee: $158.00) KATHY POWERS, Water Clerk, Water Division 5; 109 8th Street, Suite 104 Glenwood Springs, CO 81601. Published in the Aspen Times Weekly February 23, 2017

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‘RUSH OF BLOOD’

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IT’S A COMMON SITUATION — strangers meet on vacation, strike up a quick friendship and promise to keep in touch once everyone returns home. But how many people keep the relationship going post-vacation, and just how well do they know each other? That scenario provides a compelling plot for Mark Billingham’s stand-alone thriller, “Rush of Blood.” Best known for his hard-boiled police procedurals about Tom Thorne, Billingham tones down the violence and smoothly integrates character studies of three couples into an absorbing psychological thriller. The chilling plot realistically intensifies as true personalities are revealed. The couples — Barry and Angela, Ed and Sue, David and Marina — meet at the swimming pool of a Sarasota resort. They bond quickly as they are all British and live within driving distance of each other. During their two-week vacation, the couples enjoy going to dinner as a by BRUCE HAIGHT / edited by WILL SHORTZ

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