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DEPARTMENTS 04 THE WEEKLY CONVERSATION 10 LEGENDS & LEGACIES 14 WINE INK 16 FOOD MATTERS 18

LIBATIONS

20 ASPEN UNTUCKED 31

MOUNTAIN MAYHEM

34 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 35

LOCAL CALENDAR

42 CROSSWORD 43 CLOSING ENCOUNTER

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THE WEEKLY CONVERSATION

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POPULAR MUSIC THEIR BIG New Year’s Eve

show at the Wheeler Opera House got canceled when the theater’s renovation went long, but the adventurous Slambovian Circus of Dreams is finally making it here on Saturday, March 12.

The quirky and fiercely independent band has been touring the world since the late ’90s and earned a cult following with electrifying live shows that blend the avant-garde and the exotic with Americana, eclectic instrumentation and soaring anthems often compared to Pink Floyd. The Slambovian live show is more experience than concert.

They may be best known for their annual Halloween shows – dubbed “The Grand Slambovian Extraterrestrial Hillbilly-Pirate Ball” – which take over venues in both New York City and London every fall.

The Slambovians have been on the road recently behind their 2014 release, “A Box of Everything” (dubbed “the greatest hits you never heard”) and are at work on their sixth studio album.

The show is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. Tickets are $45, available at the Wheeler box office and www.aspenshowtix.com.

Pick up the Aspen Times Weekend section on Friday, March 11 for more on the band and an interview with Slambovian bandleader and songwriter Joziah Longo and accordion player Tink Loyd.

The Slambovian Circus of Dreams will perform at the Wheeler Opera House on Saturday, March 12.

CURRENTEVENTS LITERATURE

Singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett returns Sunday, March 13, for a joint show with fellow Texan Robert Earl Keen.

Novelist Geraldine Brooks will speak at a Winter Words event on Tuesday, March 15.

HUSBAND-AND-WIFE LITERARY PAIR Geraldine Brooks and Tony Horwitz return to Aspen for a joint Winter Words event on March 15 at Paepcke Auditorium.

Both are Pulitzer Prize winners, Brooks for fiction (for “March”) and Horwitz for journalism (for his Wall Street Journal reporting on low-wage working conditions in the U.S.).

Brooks has a new book, “The Secret Chord,” based on the life of King David, which was released to wide acclaim in the fall. The reading and talk is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. and will be followed by a book-signing. Tickets are $20, available at the Wheeler Opera House box office and www.aspenshowtix.com.

POPULAR MUSIC LYLE LOVETT AND ROBERT EARL KEEN have long been Aspen favorites whenever they roll through town, so it’s no surprise that the singer-songwriters’ co-headlining March 13 show at Belly Up has become one of the hottest tickets of the springtime in Aspen.

The duo’s sold-out show is scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. on Sunday.

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WELL, IT LOOKS as though we’ve fallen down the rabbit hole for sure, and no one knows what kind of monsters we’ll be meeting once we drop out the bottom into Wonderland … er, I mean Donald J. Trumpetland.

I note, just for the record, that Charles Evers, elder brother to the slain civil rights activist Medgar Evers, last week endorsed The Donald’s run for the highest office of the land.

Now, I don’t know Charles, but he’s listed as another civil rights activist by numerous sources, and reportedly became Mississippi’s first field secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in the wake of his brother’s assassination in front of the family’s home in Jackson, Miss., 1963.

He also was elected the first black mayor of a Mississippi town (Fayette, 1969) since the Reconstruction era after the Civil War, and prompted not a few raised eyebrows when he switched parties and became a Reagan Republican in 1980.

So far, I haven’t seen any evidence that he’s suffering from dementia (he’s 93) or that he’s drunk way too much of the wrong kind of Kool-Aid, but the clock is still ticking. And it is interesting that his endorsement of Trump was, in part, because Trump is “a self-made man” who will bring jobs to Mississippi.

No mention of the fact that Trump was born wealthy and has managed to stay so because, well, that’s America for you, where even the dimmest rich man has to blunder awfully badly to lose his wealth.

As for Trump’s apparent unwillingness to disavow a political endorsement from David Duke of the KuKluxKlan, Evers said, “all of us have some racism in us. Even me.”

Meaning Trump must be all right, in Evers’ eyes, since he hasn’t been accused of actually handling the rope at a lynching or striking the match to light a burning cross.

Last weekend’s Sunday New York Times was chock full of opinions about Trump, from Nicholas Kristoff’s query, “Why, at a moment when the country desperately needs our A-team, would we send in the clowns?” to Ross Douthat’s comparison of Trump to the world’s historically worst authoritarians and tyrants in their early days.

The most critical take-away from “Trumpism,” Douthat declared, is that it is “a lesson in what could happen, how the republic could slide into a strongman’s hands.”

Douthat cited Trump’s endorsements from a wide range of “apologists” that encompass the witless (Sarah Palin) to the clueless (Chris Christie) and the spineless (Mike Huckabee), with a host of others standing by.

All these people seem to feel that the Trump bandwagon has the momentum of

a herd of buffalo in the beast’s heyday and cannot be stopped, so they’d better figure out a way to hop on now or get mowed down and buried like so many saplings in a Wyoming meadow.

But the plain fact is that only 35 percent of Republican primary voters can demonstrably be said to be the fuel for Trump’s political conflagration, although there apparently are a few idiotic Democrats, Tea Baggers and other mental midgets tossing faggots (in the historical English usage) onto the fire as well.

With numbers like that, as Trump might say, who needs to talk about the issues? Just feed the hate-fueled fires of anti-Muslim, anti-minority, pro-corporate, know-nothing madness, and you’ve got an election in the bag.

Or, at least, a few primary victories and sufficient publicity to keep even his outsized ego fully engorged and standing tall (once again, as he might have said himself).

Kristoff announced that “a Trump presidency would constitute a national security threat,” because Trump’s bellicose approach to the world might easily end up sparking World War III if he had his hand on the nuclear button.

Kristoff noted that the German magazine, “Der Spiegel,” has tagged Trump as “the most dangerous man in the world,” and not just because of Trump’s bad hair.

J.K. Rowling, Kristoff reported, recently twittered that Trump is “worse than Voldemort,” her admirable archvillain in the Harry Potter books.

Like Maureen Dowd in the same New York Times Sunday Review section, I might be amused about Trump’s hegemony in the Republican primaries, if I weren’t so unnerved by it all.

But I remain convinced (or perhaps “hopeful” would be a better word) that the American electorate is not quite as brain-dead as Trump clearly believes it is.

Granted, we elected both Reagan and The Shrub (George W. Bush to most of you) not once but twice, so the political precedent is not inspiring.

But that was then; this is now.

And Hillary Clinton, as Bill Maher quipped recently, must be broadly confident that she surely can make American voters “hate me at least a little less than they hate Trump.”

And since it is increasingly likely that Bernie Sanders cannot overtake Clinton in the delegate count (at least 1,121 for Hillary, versus perhaps 479 for Sanders after last weekend’s primaries), I am preparing myself once again for a “lesser of evils” choice in November that I hope keeps The Donald out of the White House.

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LEGENDS & LEGACIES

FROM the VAULT

by TIM WILLOUGHBY

The summer crew tames Spar Gulch during the 1950s.

ADVANTAGES OF AN OLD MOUNTAIN The passage of time allows more opportunities for things to

go wrong. Skiers have been tracking down Aspen Mountain for nearly 80 years. More than a few have broken their equipment and fractured ancient bones. Many of the town’s houses were built during the sport’s earliest days—or before. The aged buildings radiate historic charm, but decades of wear increase the need for restoration and replacement. For an old ski mountain, however, time runs in reverse. Upgrades start in the beginning.

And like a good marriage, an old ski mountain simply grows better.

Hike up the mountain in the summer on a route you have skied often enough to remember. Don’t follow the road. You will discover that not only columbines and wild raspberries lie beneath the snow. Aspen Mountain is a mining ruin. Its insides spill onto the surface. The rockier surfaces require more snow to become ski-worthy.

The surface now is different from the one I found as a child. The mountain crew spent a portion of every summer improving trail surfaces. They cut brush, threw rocks into the trees at the sides of the runs, and covered gravelly sections with straw so grass would sprout. Over the years the runs grew to be more like lawns than mine dumps.

This surface smoothing was fundamental to ski area survival. In the absence of snowmaking equipment the Ski Corporation counted on early snow to open by Christmas. Quantity was not the only success factor. The snow had to be the right kind. Blizzardblown Colorado powder did not cover

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HIKE UP THE MOUNTAIN IN THE SUMMER ON A ROUTE YOU HAVE SKIED OFTEN ENOUGH TO REMEMBER. DON’T FOLLOW THE ROAD. YOU WILL DISCOVER THAT NOT ONLY COLUMBINES AND WILD RASPBERRIES LIE BENEATH THE SNOW. ASPEN MOUNTAIN IS A MINING RUIN. ITS INSIDES SPILL ONTO THE SURFACE. THE ROCKIER SURFACES REQUIRE MORE SNOW TO BECOME SKI-WORTHY. the largest ski-scraping rocks. Fewer rocks reduced the depth of snow that was required for the slopes to open.

As the crew felled trees to widen the runs they used the wood as filler. Spring runoff ran downhill and carved shallow ravines. These watercourses did not warrant bulldozing, but they were large enough to snag a ski early in the season.

A trunk and a few limbs would iron out the surface for a smoother ride.

The workmen also covered old mine shafts with trees. During summer,

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I felt disconcerted to peer through the crisscrossed trees to the chasm below. In many cases the shaft had already caved and the trees covered only a surface dimple. But some holes ran deeper into the dark and silent earth than my eyes could see.

This summer trail work vastly improved the major ski runs. One challenge remained. Where bulldozers cut roadbeds that crisscrossed runs, rock piles littered both sides of the road. Straw and early snow did little

to cover these mounds of rock. To negotiate such terrain, skiers knew to slow down whenever they neared a road. They would reconnoiter a safe spot to drop onto the road.

Next they would ski down the road until they found a place where snow piled deeply enough over the rocks to continue downhill passage.

We kid skiers had our own early season method. Our “don’t gouge my wood ski bottoms” technique worked reasonably well for crossing roads. On skis shorter than the 210s adults used, we would swoop down the uphill bank to cross the road at a perpendicular angle. Next, with a move like a downhill racer’s pre-jump, we would leap up. Gaining air just before the far edge of the road, we would avoid the rocks at the road’s edge. And then, if we jumped far enough, we would clear the downhill pile, sometimes.

We learned to identify roadcrossing advantages. We could launch on a mogul at the top edge of a road, fly completely across the road, and land beyond the road cut rocks. Occasionally we managed the entire maneuver without falling when we landed.

Snowmaking has saved many skis and skiers. But I wonder whether the innovation has diminished children’s aerial advancement.

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

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LEGENDS & LEGACIES

FROM the VAULT

compiled by THE ASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY

UP IN THE AIR

1963 P E A R L PA S S

“TRAM FROM ASPEN TO CRESTED BUTTE CONSIDERED,” announced the Aspen Daily Times on Nov. 8, 1963. “A 20-mile gondola tramway from Aspen to Crested Butte is now in the discussion stage but action on the plan is not expected for at least five years, if then. The man who is evidently behind the proposal is Harley Jackson of Delta. Crested Butte investors, who were eager to tap Aspen’s winter tourist trade with a series of airplane flights between the two resorts last winter, are said to be enthusiastic about the idea. According to one source, there are some interested Aspenites, also. Jackson is said to be thinking about a system of 24-passenger aerial buses which would travel over a cable stretched from Aspen to Crested Butte via Pearl Pass. .... Reactions of Aspenites who have heard rumors are mixed. Some scoff at the idea because of the cost involved. Others say that it would provide a EuropeanAlps atmosphere to the two towns and draw more tourists both summer and winter.” The photograph above shows Pearl Pass in 1963.

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

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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GEAR of the WEEK

by STEPHEN REGENOLD

RIDE ON: BIKE SHOE FOR COLD-WEATHER CYCLING

SOLD AS A BIKE SHOE for “transition seasons,” cyclocross, and cold-weather commuting, the Japanther is a niche product I have stretched beyond its limit this winter.

Made by 45NRTH, the ankle-high footwear is rated for temps between 25°F and 45°F. But in my review, including more than 500 collective miles ridden throughout winter, the shoe-boot is valid in air much colder.

The Japanthers, for me, are a nearly perfect winter shoe. They have a wind- and weather-resistant upper (note: not 100% waterproof ), clipless-pedal compatibility, a high cuff and tight fit around the ankle, and a roomy toe area that increases warmth.

They came to market late last year for $225.

Not cheap, but the price may be worth it to keep your feet warm.

Despite a prescribed 25-degree lower limit, I rode straight through winter in the Japanthers, including days where the mercury dipped below 10 degrees F. Granted, I was bike-commuting in a city and only on the bike for 30 minutes on the coldest days. But pedaling hard on the bike my feet stayed warm enough, though the cold would seep in if my pace slowed.

Riding on pavement or winter paths, the fit of the Japanther is “performance oriented,” meaning they feel much like normal summer bike shoes. 45NRTH touts the shoe’s last was “designed for rigorous training and competition positions on the foot for optimal energy transfer but with a roomy forefoot.” I found this to be true.

But with the extra material comes a weight

penalty. They are heavier by a margin than almost any summer shoe, weighing in at 20.5 ounces per shoe on my scale (Euro size 44). This is twice as heavy as my best summer-weight bike shoes.

The upper is a complex design made with a rubberized textile and breathable poly fabric. An angled zipper seals it shut.

A caveat: Be careful with the zipper, as pressure from the upper fabric causes force you can see in the zipper teeth; I was afraid at times the zipper would “explode” when zipping these on, which has happened to me with other similar shoes.

Inside, the Japanthers offer a “waffled foam” insole with reflective aluminum and wool felt for warmth. The shoe cinches onto the foot with a speed-lace, and the ankle area is secured by two overlapping Velcro cuffs.

Anti-slip “micro-glass filament” lugs are on the rubber outsole, which along with the tread give the shoe better purchase when off the bike and pushing over snow or ice.

Overall, I like the Japanthers and recommend the shoes to serious winter riders.

How cold should you go? Years of biking abuse has somewhat deadened the

nerves in my feet, so maybe I am a bad litmus.

But as noted in the review I see this mid-weight footwear being wearable on most winter days, perhaps comfortable down to 20 or even 15 degrees, depending on your level of tolerance for chill.

Either way, despite the zipper design, I have been happy with the Japanther shoes. They got me through a season of winter biking, comfortable and warm enough without being too bulky or adding a ton of weight. I’ll wear them happily next year when I again suit up for the winter road.

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WHO ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THE WINE INDUSTRY? ON A RECENT TRIP to the Napa Valley, I was struck by how much work was being done in the vineyards in what is still late-winter. Everywhere I looked there were laborers with pruning sheers cutting vines, clearing fields and getting ready for the first buds of the vintage of 2016.

It got me to thinking: Just KELLY J. who are the most HAYES important people in the wine industry?

For many, the obvious answer is that the winemakers who craft the vintages are the most valuable players in the game. Some may argue that bankers who fund the purchase of vineyards and provide financial capital are the key cogs in the industry. And it is hard to underestimate the role of marketers and distributors, who get both the message and the wines to consumers. One could even suggest that it is you and I, the consumers, who are the most important people in wine.

But as I watched the work being done in the vineyards, the thought occurred that none of the above would have lives in wine if it were not for the considerable efforts of the vineyard workers. And in California, the overwhelming majority of these hired hands are workers of Mexican descent.

Later that same day, I stood in the Vintners Hall of Fame Barrel Room at the Culinary Institute of America Greystone in Napa Valley. As I tasted a glass of wine, I glanced up and saw a plaque that had been erected in honor of Cesar Chavez, the American-born farm worker who was perhaps the most significant labor leaders of our time.

Chavez was part of the seventh class of the Vintners Hall of Fame (VHF). He was recognized in 2013 by the VHF in acknowledgment of his contributions to the world of wine. Chavez was instrumental in changing not just the California wine industry, but also the lives of thousands of migrant

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workers. To this day, changes that were made in the 1960s and 1970s in response to the nonviolent protests that Chavez led impact how workers and the wine industry interact.

Born in Yuma, Arizona, in the late 1920s, Chavez became aware of inequality as a child when his family lost a patch of land during the Depression. His family then followed the seasons in California, working the harvests. By Chavez’s count he attended 38 schools before they finally settled in Delano, California, the heart of the table grape industry in America.

Chavez, inspired by the nonviolent tactics espoused by activists like Mahatma Gandhi, became a community organizer, working with farm workers who were harvesting table grapes and lettuce in California’s fertile fields. He first became a national symbol of the movement in 1968, when then-Democratic Presidential candidate Robert Kennedy traveled to Delano to break bread with Chavez following Chavez’s 25-day fast in protest of labor conditions.

In 1975, Chavez led a march of members of his United Farm Workers union from San Francisco to Modesto, California, and the headquarters of America’s most profitable wine concern, E & J Gallo Winery. By the time the group completed their 110-mile walk, 15,000 people had joined them. The march led then (and now) California Gov. Jerry Brown to propose, and the California Legislature to pass, the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act (CALRA), one of the most significant pieces of legislation of its kind.

As Chavez was a leader of the movement, he became a symbol of those who worked in the fields and vineyards in California, toiling tirelessly for minimal wages in deplorable conditions.

While still not ideal, things have changed dramatically for seasonal laborers in the wine industry. Housing, hourly wages and benefits have improved greatly over the years. In the Napa Valley, vineyard owners are

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assessed a fee per acre that goes into a fund to provide shelter for migrant workers.

But perhaps even more dramatic have been the changes in perception and the relationship that now exists between vineyard workers and those who employ them. Today, there is not just recognition but appreciation among the wine community for the accomplishments and contributions of the workers who prune, till, toil and pick.

Chavez is celebrated each year on March 31, his birthday, with official state holidays in California, Texas and Colorado, and there is a continued call to make the day a national holiday. In 1994, President Bill Clinton awarded Chavez posthumously (he died in 1993) with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award. And California has honored him with a spot in the state’s Hall of Fame.

As Cesar would say, Sí, se puede, “Yes, it can be done.”

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

UNDER THE INFLUENCE KENDALL-JACKSON “AVANT” CALIFORNIA CHARDONNAY 2014, $17 It’s starting to feel a bit like spring out there, so maybe it’s time to turn to an easy quaffing white wine from California.

This crisp and refreshing chardonnay is made from blending juice that has been fermented in stainless steel tanks with juice fermented in neutral oak barrels.

The result is a clean and fresh chard that is as good on its own as it is with a piece of fresh salmon.

PHOTO COURTESY OF NAPA VALLEY VITNERS

by KELLY J. HAYES

ABOVE: Cesar Chavez leads the United Farmworkers Union in 1975.

LEFT: Anthony Chavez, Cesar’s grandson, at the ceremony honoring the 2013 Vintners Hall of Fame inductee.

RIP PETER MONDAVI On the same day that I was in Vintners Hall of Fame, Peter Mondavi died in his home at the Charles Krug Winery, which sits literally across the street from the Culinary Institute. While perhaps less well-known than his brother Robert, Peter was a seminal figure in the advancement of the Napa Valley wine industry. His use of French oak for aging wines and cold fermentation in the production of white wines were significant factors in improving the quality of wines. He was 101 years old and, like Cesar Chavez, a member of the Vintners Hall of Fame.

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AN ELEMENTAL DOCUSERIES STOKES OUR APPETITE TO COOK LAST WEEK, the inconceivable happened: I let a perfectly pillowy loaf of bread go stale on my kitchen counter. I could have made killer French toast — had I been able to stomach such a sweet, eggy confection. But I was battling the bad bug that you or someone you know may have caught, too, and I just didn’t have the energy. An appetite?

AMANDA Fuggedaboutit.

RAE So, off to the couch I went, to curl up in front of the TV with a bowl of applesauce and a fistful of Saltines.

If I couldn’t eat a tasty meal, I figured, I’d do the next best thing: watch someone else cook one.

Ironically, my eager subscription to “foodtainment” in lieu of making breakfast — sick or not — is precisely what puzzles award-winning food author and activist Michael Pollan.

“The less time we invest in cooking ourselves, the more time we seem to spend watching other people cook on television,” says Pollan, in an early scene of his new Netflix Original Series, “Cooked.”

“Food we never get to eat!”

So, Pollan sets out to discover how we got here by visiting food artisans around the globe and linking their customs to his own kitchen adventures. Based on his bestselling 2013 book of the same name, “Cooked” explores how the four natural elements — fire, water, air, and earth — relate to the history of food preparation in as many digestible episodes.

The first installment, “Fire,” opens with a panoramic shot of Australian grassland ablaze, where Martu aborigines hunt iguanas with steel spikes to roast over open fire pits. “This is sign you were about to be fed,” Pollan narrates, as a controlled burn consumes the plains. “No other species cooks. When we learned to cook is when we became truly human.”

First, a brief history lesson: the evolution of the first human, homo erectus, from primal apes,

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shows how man has biologically adapted to eat cooked meat using smaller jaws and teeth. Pollan visits a barbecue pit master in North Carolina, then returns to his Berkeley, Calif., home to build a backyard barbecue oven with a buddy. He touches on “the dark side of Southern barbecue” — that much of it is based on commodity pork, raised on feed lots — contrasted with happy heritage hogs bred by a gentle farmer and broken down with care by a local butcher. James Taylor shows up to tell a story about his pet pig, immortalized in his mellow tune, “Mona.”

Unlike many other call-toaction films out there — Forks Over Knives, Fed Up, Cowspiracy, even Food, Inc., in which Pollan is a subject — “Cooked” is refreshing in its mission: to inspire viewers to return to cooking by investigating our shared biological roots and cultural influences. Instead of preaching, Pollan is playful yet candid.

“There are ecological reasons to justify meat-eating,” Pollan declares during a farm visit. “The most sustainable agriculture involves animals and plants.

Plants are feeding the animals, and the animals are producing waste that feeds the plants. You have a complete nutrient loop.

If the whole world were to go vegetarian, I don’t think it would necessarily be a good thing.”

The second episode, “Water,” travels to India, where a country defined by its regional cuisine — long, slow braises and stews, which require water as the transformative element — is succumbing to convenience foods manufactured by companies tasked with engineering our innate cravings for fat, salt, and sugar. Archival footage portrays the American housewife’s constant struggle to put supper on the table and how TV dinners and microwaves swoop in as mother’s little helpers — for better or worse.

“Air”—which focuses on universally adored bread—is the episode that hits home for me, literally. Pollan journeys to the

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“Cooked,” a new Netflix Original Series produced by award-winning food author Michael Pollan, explores how the four natural elements relate to the history of food preparation.

rolling hills of my childhood, to bread-whisperer Richard Bourdon’s Berkshire Mountain Bakery in Housatonic, Mass.

Bourdon is a true food artisan, having mastered the art of slowfermented sourdough since the early 1980s. I remember when my mom, always on the hunt for local food, would drag us to the bakery—housed in an old, 3,000-square-foot brick paper mill crumbling into the Housatonic River — to procure loaves of what we knew then as “sour bread.” The loaves we left with were deep brown with a thick crust, and they tasted tart and chewy. To a 10 year old: “icky.”

Back then, my younger brother and I didn’t understand — nor care about — Bourdon’s fermentation process, which allows natural bacteria to break down carbohydrates and gluten and release healthy minerals in the dough for easier digestion.

(Fermented foods — “made strictly through the action of microbes, without applied heat”— get their own showcase in “Earth,” a visual feast of artisanal cheese, chocolate, and kimchi — with support from other rotten-good items (ketchup, hot sauce, beer, sake, salami, prosciutto) that make up roughly a third of our American diet.

Along the way, Modernist Cuisine founder Nathan Myhrvold demonstrates how current bread production has all but abandoned the slow-fermentation process revered by Bourdon. Enter soft-whipped, vitamin-fortified Wonder Bread…and today’s misguided gluten-free fanaticism of epidemic proportions.

Remarkably, Pollan narrates, while we watch women in Morocco and Egypt pummel mounds of dough into submission, wheat plus water plus heat equals a food that “can feed a lot of people — out of thin air.”

Gorgeously shot — thanks to Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney (known for films including Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine, and Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) and a cast of top cinematographers and directors—“Cooked” is a satisfying amuse-bouche that inspires us, as Pollan hopes, to reclaim lost traditions and reconnect with our primal urge to cook.

I devoured all four episodes of “Cooked” in one sitting during my sick day— the series combines an absorbing balance of education and eye candy. And, wouldn’t you know it, my appetite returned after all. amandaraewashere@gmail.com

by AMANDA RAE

ENCORE! OTHER FAVORITE FOOD DOCS TO WATCH THE SEARCH FOR GENERAL TSO His chicken dish is ubiquitous in Chinese restaurants across America — how did that happen?

JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI Then-85-year-old Jiro Ono, considered by many the world’s greatest sushi chef, struggles with leaving his legacy — a 10-seat restaurant tucked in a Tokyo subway station — to his son Yoshikazu.

CHEF’S TABLE Peek inside the lives of six worldrenowned chefs from Argentina to Australia.

KING CORN East Coast college pals move to Iowa to farm a bumper crop of America’s mostproductive, most-subsidized grain.

F*CK, THAT’S DELICIOUS (Munchies TV) Rapper and bon vivant Action Bronson eats favorite foods with celebs and common folk in six- to 20-minute clips. Hilarity ensues.

THE MIND OF A CHEF (PBS TV, 4 seasons) Anthony Bourdain narrates this Emmyand James Beard Award-winning series featuring top chefs (David Chang, Sean Brock, April Bloomfield, Ed Lee, Gabrielle Hamilton) exploring cooking through history, science, and inspiration.

Food author Michael Pollan’s bestselling 2013 book, “Cooked,” informs a new four-part docuseries on Netflix.

Elemental episodes explore the art of baking bread with Richard Bourdon of Berkshire Mountain Bakery (“Air”) and the cultural significance of fermented foods such as kimchi (“Earth”).

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GUNNER’S LIBATIONS

by JILL BEATHARD

SILVER MINER’S DAUGHTER With a dozen drinkers in tow, we had a plan. Looking at the list of bars on the Après Ski Cocktail Classic Pub Crawl agenda, we numbered them off in the order we wanted to go and calculated how much time we had for each. This was drinking on a professional level, and we succeeded in visiting all 13 bars with (most of) our dignity still intact.

The Audience Award went to Silver Miner’s Daughter, a Don Julio cocktail dreamed up by the team at Chair 9. I’m ashamed to say I didn’t vote (it’s hard to keep track of a five-digit code when you’re fivedeep), but I agree this one stood out. Simple and smooth, it went down easy even as the end of the day neared. (The more knowledgeable members of the official jury chose The Lady Marmalade, a Hennessy creation at Chefs Club, as their winner.)

We then took over the patio of Aspen Kitchen where lawn games, including plush snowballs, encouraged the best of childlike behavior, tons of red-hued swag and a DJ pumping tunes. Arriving ahead of schedule, we lingered for half an hour and came back at the end of the day to celebrate our success.

The Après Ski Cocktail Classic has done a great job of including our local bartenders, mixologists and imbibers, but it also acknowledges talent throughout the industry, such as with its Ajax Award presented to Charlotte Voisey of William Grant & Sons. This is an event that brings us together over one of our favorite pastimes, and in its fourth year, the 2016 Cocktail Classic put its best foot forward.

LIBATIONS WAS CREATED BY BELOVED ASPEN TIMES PUBLISHER GUNILLA ASHER, WHO DIED JUNE 2, 2014, AFTER A BRAVE BATTLE WITH CANCER. CHEERS — TO GUNNER!

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ASPEN UNTUCKED

by JEANNE MCGOVERN

MIXOLOGY MADNESS

ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR AT THE APRÈS SKI COCKTAIL CLASSIC YEAR FOUR is in the books for this cocktail festival that has now proven to be one of the favorite events of the winter season in Aspen. As in past years, there was a plethora of local, regional and national talent showing all of us attendees that bartending is truly an art form.

A big thank you to the creators, local Joe Lang, Laura Albers and Kevin and Kim Haasarud, for making it happen and helping it grow. I may not currently be or ever in the future be a mixologist, but I will forever be an adamant admirer of the craft. I’m overwhelmingly happy that our small mountain town is fortunate enough to have an event like this and to have the local talent to back it up. As Joe Lang said to me the other day, it’s really the local bartenders and the local attendees that are the soul of the four-day event. I couldn’t agree more.

Congratulations to all of the mixologists that killed it during the Grand Tasting, Pub Crawl, tasting dinners and various seminars. All of the creations were as tasty as they were creative, which is not an easy feat. I wish I could praise all of the drinks shaken and stirred throughout the weekend, as well as all the shakers and stirrers who made it happen, but unfortunately

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this column is only so long. So here instead is an overview of five of my personal favorite drinking experiences during the weekend.

ASPEN KITCHEN WITH STOLI VODKA

I had yet to be up to this new spot that all of Aspen has been anxious to see for the past couple of years. The talk around town was that it was a fun place, but it was much more than I ever expected. The extensive patio was filled with fun bar games by Stoli Vodka, as well as several fun pieces of schwag like Stoli branded headbands, glasses and fake snowballs (and yes, there were fake snowball fights). The interior almost had this chic Bohemian vibe with the wood floors and the fun decorative pillows on the chairs.

It’s a place I hope to return to very soon for dinner, or maybe even more après fun. And hopefully the Stoli people will be there because they were just heaps of fun.

CHEFS CLUB

Mattias Horseman always knows what’s good in the cocktail scene and with the ever clever William Golde and the rest of the cocktail team at Chefs Club by his side, there was no way they wouldn’t come

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up with one of the most inventive drinks on the Crawl. They called it The Lady Marmalade and it was made with Henessey XO, lemon juice and vanilla simple syrup.

They topped it off by foaming it with heavy cream and garbanzo brine. Wowza…it was a treat.

JIMMY’S

Alex Guevara is as hospitable behind the bar as he is ingenious.

This bartender truly cares about how he treats his guests and it really shows. Plus, his drink titled The Durant during the Pub Crawl was refreshingly light. He made it with Stranahan’s Whiskey, Amaro Nonino, Cappelletti and lemon to “tie it all together” and then poured it in an absinthe rinsed glass. It was the perfect après refresher.

MICHTER’S WHISKEY

Local Matsuhisa bartender Sam Gemus came up with this tasty whiskey treat, which was served Friday and Saturday afternoon at the Grand Tasting Village. He called it The Swerve, which is basically a Manhattan made with Michter’s Rye, Foro Amaro and Angostura bitters, giving it an orange chocolaty taste. Gemus said he plans to bring the drink back to Matsuhisa so if it sounds appealing, make sure to go there and talk to him to try it.

NELLO ALPINE

I was thoroughly impressed with this restaurant’s tasty sipper during the Pub Crawl. I’ve known the new establishment for its incredible pasta, but didn’t know much about its cocktail program. This drink was made with King’s Ginger, also something I knew little about. It’s a liqueur with a ginger and citrus taste, making it go down far too easily. The drink they made involved tequila anejo, King’s Ginger, blackberries, orange blossom, a slice of ginger, lemon juice, simple syrup, a dash of Pimento bitter and ginger tea. I’m not sure if they have the ingredients to re-create this masterpiece, but it’s definitely worth going in and asking.

My favorite part about this whole cocktail experience is that it’s not fleeting. It doesn’t only come around once a year. It’s here all of the time. You just need to know where to look for it and who to ask. That being stated, by biggest piece of advice is to get out there and start exploring.

Cheers!

Barbara Platts is always in awe of the variety, talent and fun this town provides. Reach her at bplatts.000@gmail.com.

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STRANGLED BY SUCCESS

BY SCOTT CONDON

PLANNING PICKS UP STEAM FOR AN ENTRANCE TO ASPEN SOLUTION

Aspen’s not the kind of town that easily admits a mistake, but it’s got to wonder if rejecting funding for rail in a community referendum in November 1999 was a mistake.

The traffic congestion is back, maybe not as bad as pre-recession levels of 2004-05, but it’s building (see graph, page 26).

Commuters stew in line trying to get to work on time in the morning.

Residents choke on fumes from vehicles stretching from 7th Street to the Hotel Jerome on the worst afternoons. Tourists from New York, Chicago and Los Angeles discover they mistakenly thought they left traffic jams behind when they try to return to Aspen after a day of skiing Snowmass.

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Up to 900 buses roll in and out of Aspen, past Castle Creek Bridge, on the busiest days of summer and winter. Add internal service in Aspen and the number hits 1,129 bus trips.

The bus system grew after the failure of rail at the polls and the public bus agency was finally super-sized in 2013. The Roaring Fork Transportation Authority (RFTA) invested $46.2 million in the nation’s first rural Bus Rapid Transit system, which includes dedicated bus lanes, bigger and more comfortable buses, additional parking lots with snazzier stations and buses running every 15 minutes at the busiest times of the day.

It’s proving popular with riders. RFTA hauled 4,878,824 passengers in 2015, despite a mild 201415 winter. Nevertheless, personal vehicle use is also climbing now that the upper valley’s construction-real estate complex is cranked back up (see graph, right).

Aspen has avoided exceeding its annual average daily traffic ceiling for the last 22 years, noted city of Aspen Transportation Director John Krueger. The community goal is to remain below the 1993 traffic level. It’s done that with innovative steps, such as dedicated bus lanes.

Even with its success, the bus system appears to be a Band-Aid on Aspen’s problem of growing traffic levels.

“There’s a point where the number of trips diminishes the quality of life” for Aspen residents, said Mayor Steve Skadron. “I’ve said from the council table, no more buses.”

Bus passengers exchange rides at the Intercept Lot at Highway 82 and Brush Creek Road. Mass transit advocates envision the lot being used as staging for light rail, an aerial connector or tram into Aspen.

NOT JUST A BUS GUY Dan Blankenship is a bus guy. He took the helm of RFTA after it was well established but still an adolescent and he built it into a powerhouse. But he says the upper valley needs a multi-modal solution.

“Buses have worked well since 1975 but is that the kind of system the community wants for the next 40 or 50 years?” Blankenship asked.

Technically, RFTA could add service. At some point, the cost of operating the system will be more than some other form of mass transit, according to Blankenship, RFTA’s chief executive officer.

“It can work for a long, long time,” he said of the bus system. “We can run a lot more buses, but is it acceptable to the community?”

Burlingame resident Matthew Monaghan isn’t an elected official. He’s just an average guy trying to make a living. His laundry and dry cleaning business requires him to make deliveries in Aspen, so he acknowledges he is part of the problem. He’s quick to note that he isn’t

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an expert on transit issues, but he’s amazed that people find the current state of affairs acceptable. The rush hour traffic jams go against everything Aspen stands for, he said.

He knows some people are clamoring for a fourlane highway and a straight shot into town over a new bridge. He doesn’t see that as a viable option.

“I don’t think it’s about accommodating more cars,” Monaghan said. “It’s about reducing the number of cars.”

He also disagrees with Aspen’s apparent approach of making parking so difficult that “people will throw up their hands and get on the bus.”

He suggests creating a toll system on Highway 82 at the intersection of Highway 82 and the Intercept Lot. Aspen-area residents would get a free pass.

Construction and service vehicles would get a pass for a specific purpose. Other commuters could purchase a pass or pull into the Intercept Lot to take mass transit

into Aspen.

It would take cars off the road, improve the quality of life and raise funds for mass transit, Monaghan said.

“Right now it’s essentially a free for all,” he said.

RAIL, AERIAL CONNECTORS, TRAMS The good news is that a lot of people are thinking about solutions to Aspen’s traffic congestion. The bad news is any solution is expensive and many years off. That’s why Pitkin County Commissioner George Newman wants to dive into the details now.

“I would like to revisit the idea of non-rubber tired technology,” Newman said. “There’s newer technology then last time it was being looked at.”

RFTA’s capacity issues aren’t only a problem in Aspen, he noted. The park-and-ride lots RFTA constructed in Glenwood Springs, Carbondale and El Jebel are at capacity just 2½ years after completion. We don’t want to pave the valley floor to accommodate more bus riders, Newman said.

He wants to use the Intercept Lot as a hub. Buses would deliver passengers to a rail line running between the intersection of Highway 82 and Brush Creek Road into Aspen, with stops at the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport and Buttermilk. The cost savings from a smaller RFTA could be applied to operating rail.

Toni Kronberg has supported the idea of an aerial connector for nearly 40 years. The original concept was an aerial gondola that whisked skiers from mountaintop to mountaintop. That’s an idea that’s caught on at other western ski resorts (see related story, page 28).

“It became a personal goal of mine to have Aspen and Snowmass Village live up to the standards they set for themselves as far as traffic and congestion,” she said.

Her vision has evolved. She’s now thinking more people-mover than skier-mover. The horizontal aerial connector would run from Aspen to the Intercept Lot, making the same stops as rail at the airport and Buttermilk.

She thinks it is the more politically achievable option. “I don’t think there will be any kind of rail

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going into Aspen. The public will never allow it,” Kronberg said.

The aerial connector could be constructed with minimal disruptions to Highway 82. Kronberg said modern systems operate with towers about the height of the training tower constructed by Mountain Rescue Aspen. The gondola would be relatively cheap to operate and service would be constant — no waiting for departures.

The Austrian company Doppelmayr/ Garaventa is building innovative ropeway systems around the world, including several cities.

The public owns most of the right-of-way required for an aerial connector or light rail. Kronberg hopes RFTA, the city or Aspen Skiing Co. will take the lead on the idea and pursue an aerial connector.

The Aspen City Council’s top goal for 2016 is to, “Develop and implement a plan to

“IT’S ALMOST GUARANTEED THAT IT’S NOT GOING TO GET BETTER WITHOUT A CHANGE. I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF OPTIONS FOR MOVING PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF TOWN FROM BRUSH CREEK.” - DAN BLANKENSHIP, CEO of RFTA reduce traffic within the next two years.”

Aspen Skiing Co. President and CEO Mike Kaplan said transit is very much on Skico’s mind (see related story). The company’s executive team met this week with Blankenship to learn more about transit issues.

RFTA GEARS UP RFTA recently hired a company called Parsons to conduct an Integrated Transportation Systems Plan. Jargon aside, the study will look at existing and looming transit issues throughout the region, engage the public on what to do, create a vision statement, explore mass transit alternatives and create a plan on how to pay for it.

It will be at least a two-year process, Blankenship said. The city of Aspen might want to pursue a parallel path to look at solutions specifically for the entrance, he said.

He, too, noted that some people want the problem “solved” with a four-lane highway into Aspen. He doesn’t think that will solve the problem in the long run. Traffic will increase once the capacity increases.

“It’s almost guaranteed that it’s not going to

SKICO’S MIKE KAPLAN TALKS TRAFFIC Solving the Entrance to Aspen problem will require publicprivate partnerships because of the astronomical costs. That will require governments teaming with Aspen Skiing Co., among others.

Skico President and CEO Mike Kaplan said the company is already taking numerous steps to ease traffic congestion, but realizes more needs to be done. Skico advocates performing and in-depth study to determine where Aspen’s traffic is generated, then working on solutions.

Kaplan outlined he thoughts on Aspen’s traffic issues in a Q&A with The Aspen Times.

ASPEN TIMES: How does the traffic congestion affect the guest experience? Is there anything concrete from your guest surveys?

MIKE KAPLAN: Broadly speaking, traffic is a major concern for Aspen Skiing Co. It affects our employees, and our guests have started to make mention of it on survey responses. Actual delays getting to and from the ski areas only occur during peak visitor days. Otherwise, the ski buses remain a remarkably hassle-free and efficient way to get large numbers of visitors and locals to the slopes. Still, the quality of life impacts — not to mention the environmental concerns — of increasing congestion have the potential to chip away at elements that positively define the Aspen Snowmass experience. All of that said, we are still below the capacity the community hosted (in 1998).

ASPEN TIMES: Obviously, it’s going to require partnerships to address it. Has ASC explored solutions?

MIKE KAPLAN: We partner with RFTA, at a substantial dollar cost, for the free skier buses, which also accommodate non-skiers heading to Snowmass or to Aspen for work. So we understand the importance of partnerships on an issue as vexing as this one. And our company is exploring solutions.

We created a dedicated full-time position to do just that. We’ve asked Dan Blankenship to speak next week to our senior staff about the next big-idea solutions to transportation challenges. … We’ve even sat down with a representative from Uber to discuss if that company’s carpooling and commuter apps would make sense for our valley. What else can be done? A proper traffic study would be a great step, showing numbers and sources of traffic at different periods of the day, week and year. Remote parking (Brush Creek?) and small shuttle solutions should be explored. Note that during the recession, traffic was no problem. The number of tourists is not significantly impacting traffic — it is local trips and service vehicles. There are people who are making the Highway 82 traffic an argument to say Aspen is too full already — no more tourists or hotel rooms needed. We disagree and have the skier-visits numbers to prove it.

ASPEN TIMES: It seems like tourist traffic and local trips/service vehicles are linked. The local trips/ service vehicle trips increase when our tourist economy is humming along. I’m not sure I understand the point that the number of tourists isn’t significantly affecting traffic.

MIKE KAPLAN: We know that tourists staying in hotels rarely rent cars and utilize RFTA Free Skier Shuttles and hotel shuttles. Incremental employee trips tied to overall occupancy are minimal, particularly for hotels and restaurants, as they cannot flex the size of their staff down in a major way just because a hotel is at 60% vs. 90% or a restaurant turns once instead of twice as happens in the busy season. Certainly, there are more food deliveries and service calls when you have full occupancy in the resort, and second home occupancy (which typically exists outside the core) is certainly a traffic generator, but that use is usually between mountains or for local trips into town and not part of the primary rush hour jam ups coming into Aspen in the morning and heading downvalley in the afternoon.

Again, a proper traffic study is required to fully understand who and what is driving traffic.

ASPEN TIMES: Does Skico have a preferred alternative — light rail or aerial tram or something else?

MIKE KAPLAN: Anything that gets cars off the road is appealing, so both ideas are worth exploring.

We hear inquiries from valley residents at an increasing frequency — it’s come up twice this week already — asking when we are going to connect the ski areas with gondolas. Guests bring it up from time to time on surveys as well. While we don’t see that as a work-commuter fix, a mountain interconnect plan could complement other valley transportation solutions. Light rail connecting any portion of the valley, whether from Brush Creek to Aspen or Glenwood to Aspen, is a solution that meets the scale of the valley — population growth forecasts in the next 20 years and beyond.

ASPEN TIMES: Breckenridge voters approved a lift ticket tax in November to raise revenues for a parking garage and transit solutions. Now the council is working on specifics of how the revenues would be allocated. What are Skico’s views on a lift ticket tax in Pitkin County?

MIKE KAPLAN: Aspen’s sales and lodging taxes include a 0.4 percent transportation tax, so guests are already kicking in. A lift ticket tax would imply that our guests should pay for a valley problem they play a very small part in creating. As a company, we already pay significant contributions, which can be considered skier dollars — several million dollars’ worth — toward transportation to RFTA to run the ski shuttles and for the Snowmass Village shuttles. Putting a further burden on the cost of skiing for our guests would contribute to making Aspen less competitive.

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get better without a change,” Blankenship said.

“I think there are a lot of options for moving people in and out of town from Brush Creek.”

One is a high-capacity electric bus. More passengers per bus means fewer bus trips.

Other alternatives include an aerial connector and the light rail that was thoroughly vetted in the late 1990s, he said.

Then there’s what he called the modern European tramway system, where tramcars get charged by sitting for a short time where there is a groundbased charging station along the tracks. Those systems avoid overhead wires. A short charge could provide enough power to get the tram to the Intercept Lot and back, Blankenship said. He said he is leaning toward that type of system.

Skadron doesn’t have a preferred alternative at this point, but he is eager to get the process moving to determine one.

“We can’t put this off anymore,” Skadron said. scondon@aspentimes.com

Vehicles travel through the roundabout on a snowy Monday night. The average annual daily trips is nosing up to levels in 2004 and 2005.

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congestion are seeking solutions.

“I don’t think Aspen-Snowmass is unique,” he said.

An increasing number of ski areas are connecting A resort like Crested Butte would be well served the dots. solving its traffic issues with a gondola connecting Ski area operators that have two adjacent ski the town with the mountain village, where the mountains are sweetening the pot for customers — ski area is located, he noted. You don’t have to and removing driving and parking headaches — by look any further than Telluride for proof of the connecting them with gondolas. “transformative” power of an interconnection, Vail Resorts created the largest ski area in the Berry said. country Dec. 18 when it fired up a high-speed Telluride opened what it bills as a one-of-a-kind gondola connecting Park City Mountain Resort and public transportation system in November 1996.

The Canyons. The Quicksilver Gondola’s terminals The gondola hauls workers are strategically placed at and sightseers as well as terminals of other chairlifts skiers and snowboarders located up on the slopes of between Telluride and the two ski areas. It makes Mountain Village. And the trip between the ski areas it’s free. in 8½ minutes. A midway The gondola entices station allows passengers to visitors and locals to leave disembark and ski terrain in their keys at home and either ski area. replace what is an 8-mile Squaw Valley and Alpine drive between the two towns Meadows are trying to make with a 3-mile gondola ride the link after years of talking over the mountains with about it. The ski operator’s spectacular views. The ride application is in the early time is 13 minutes. stages of review by Placer “Over 2.5 million people County and the U.S. Forest ride the gondola each year, Service. which reduces environmental The plan is for a gondola impacts caused by vehicles,” that would travel about 13,000 Telluride ski resort website feet in length. The gondola says. It hauls 900 people per would have capacity to haul A gondola now liks Park City Mountain Resort and The Canyons, making it the largest ski area in the country. hour, the equivalent of 18 1,400 passengers per hour in 50-passenger buses. eight-person cars. It would make interconnecting gondola for the ski areas would be Whistler-Blackcomb has what Berry called the trip from base to base in about 13 minutes. A considered separate from ground transportation the “Mack Daddy of them all.” The Peak 2 Peak midpoint station would let skiers and riders out on upgrades.

Gondola is as popular for sightseers in the summer the slopes.

If Skico could ever pull it off, it would truly as for skiers and riders in the winter. The gondola A website explaining the proposal estimates it unleash the Power of Four. The four ski areas stations are 2.73 miles apart. The ride time is would eliminate 100 vehicle trips per day during the combine for 5,517 acres.

11 minutes. The cabins hold 24 people seated ski season. The lift wouldn’t operate outside of ski Michael Berry, president of National Ski Areas and four standing and have a capacity of 4,100 season and the gondola cars would be tucked away Association, an industry trade group, said cable passengers per hour. to preserve the natural beauty of the area. ropeway systems are coming into their heyday.

The plan has run into objections from a coalition Many destination resorts struggling with traffic — Scott Condon of environmental groups, so the review could take

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an unknown amount of time.

Environmental concerns regularly hampered discussions of a gondola connecting the AspenSnowmass ski areas in the 1980s and 1990s.

Environmental groups criticized the concept before a formal application was made by Aspen Skiing Co. Environmentalists objected to plans to run the lift over Burnt Mountain — the wildlife friendly terrain between West Buttermilk and Snowmass.

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ART AS SKIING, SKIING AS ART

SKICO CEO MIKE KAPLAN AND ARTIST SHINIQUE SMITH FIND COMMON GROUND WHEN YOU’RE A HAMMER, everything looks like a nail. And when you’re a skier, perhaps everything looks like good fall line.

Stick around Aspen for any length of time and you’ll hear your share of ski metaphors — most of them in the logically flimsy to outright ludicrous range. Life is skiing (cold? fast?). Playing the stock market, of course: it’s skiing. Politics is like skiing. Marriage, sure, same as skiing.

If you’ve heard enough of that kind of talk, you would have groaned a bit in late February when Aspen Skiing Co. CEO Mike Kaplan — in a public talk with artist Shinique Smith and Aspen Art Museum CEO Heidi Zuckerman — started waxing philosophical about skiing as abstract art.

But quickly he and Smith, whose “Resonant Tides” site-specific mural at Elk Camp was the occasion for the event, began vibing and finding some fascinating common ground.

“I bring everything back to skiing,” Kaplan told her, to laughs from the crowd of about 30 that came out to hear the talk at a Snowmass’ Ullr Night event at Elk Camp. “In skiing, you can ski the same run over and over and over, but no two runs are ever the same.

It almost creates this state – people call it the flow state, being ‘in the zone.’ When creating your work, do you go to another place?”

Smith talked about how her earliest teachers focused on the need to master the basics, specifically drawing a straight line.

On that foundation, she said, she built the ability to draw the kind of ecstatic, gestural movements in abstract works like “Resonant Tides.” “My teacher was torturous in making one long single gesture,” she said.

From there, she said, she moved to a place where she could create from her gut and lose herself in her energetic blend of collage, paint and line-drawing.

To Kaplan, that sounded a lot like learning French fry-pizza pie before freeskiing a headwall.

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from a place of deep technical understanding,” he said. “You can then elevate.”

He recalled an early ski instructor who would berate him, yelling “Commit!” if he skied cautiously.

And Smith, likewise, said she needs to make an aesthetic commitment to get a piece moving. When she was working on the mural, alone in Elk Camp in the fall offseason, she said she had to get herself out of questioning where she was going with it.

“When I was here, if I wasn’t feeling it, I took a break,” she said.

“I went outside, I did some stretching, and then I went back to it — to get out of my mind and get back to that place.”

Smith isn’t a skier.

And Kaplan isn’t an artist (though he’s made the arts a cornerstone of the

company in recent years — even bringing Zuckerman in during the design process of Elk Camp to craft a mural-friendly wall). But their passions, they agreed, bring them to a similar place. Where else might Smith find that freedom of mind?

“I’ve never felt that in anything else,” she said, “except when I’m dancing by myself, with my eyes closed and no one else is around.”

“Resonant Tides” will be on

view in Elk Camp Restaurant on the Snowmass Ski Area through Sept. 4. After that, like a powder day run down Longshot, it’ll be nothing more than a good memory. atravers@aspentimes.com

BELOW: Shinique Smith used a variety of mediums and textures to create her new mural in the Elk Camp restaurant on Snowmass.

Heidi Zuckerman, Shinique Smith and Mike Kaplan discussed Smith’s mural, “Resonant Tides,” during a Ullr Nights event at Elk Camp on Feb. 26.

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THE SLAMBOVIAN CIRCUS OF DREAMS — 8 p.m., Wheeler Opera House, 320 E. Hyman Ave., Aspen.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 13 LIVE MUSIC WITH WADE WATERS AND CALLIE ANGEL — 2 p.m., Base Camp Bar and Grill, 73 Wood Road, Snowmass Village. Upbeat country Americana. 970-923-6000 SEE Comedian Dana Gould will perform at the Wheeler Opera House on Friday, March 11.

THURSDAY, MARCH 10 CHRIS BANK — 3 p.m., The Nest, Viceroy Hotel, 130 Wood Road, Snowmass Village. Contemporary and soulful live music.

DAMIAN SMITH, TERRY BANNON AND DENNIS JUNG — 9 p.m., Maru Sushi, 320 S. Mill St., Aspen. Live music.

FRIDAY, MARCH 11 LARRY AND PATTY HERD — 3 p.m., The Nest, Viceroy Hotel, 130 Wood Road, Snowmass Village. Rock, blues and variety.

SMOKIN’ JOE AND ZOE — 3:30 p.m., McKenney’s at the Inn, Inn at Aspen, Highway 82, Aspen. Live music duo.

DAMIAN SMITH AND TERRY BANNON — 4 p.m., New Belgium Ranger Station, 100 Elbert Lane, Snowmass Village. Live music.

CHRIS PHILLIPS — 6 p.m., 8K Lounge, Viceroy Snowmass, 130 Wood Road, Snowmass Village.

Classical and flamenco guitar.

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SARAH MCKENZIE — 7 and 9:15 p.m., Little Nell, 675 E. Durant Ave., Aspen. Live music.

DANA GOULD — 8 p.m., Wheeler Opera House, 320 E. Hyman Ave., Aspen. Stand-up comedy by film and television veteran.

SMOKIN’ JOE AND ZOE — 8 p.m., St. Regis Hotel, 315 E. Dean St., Aspen.

Live music duo.

SATURDAY, MARCH 12 JOE KELLY AND ZOE — 3 p.m., The Nest, Viceroy Hotel, 130 Wood Road, Snowmass Village. Guitar and bass.

Rock, blues and Latin music.

DAMIAN SMITH AND TERRY BANNON — 3 p.m., Venga Venga, Snowmass Village. Live music.

CHRIS PHILLIPS — 6 p.m., 8K Lounge, Viceroy Snowmass, 130 Wood Road, Snowmass Village.

Classical and flamenco guitar.

ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL WINTER MUSIC RECITAL — 6:30 p.m., Harris Concert Hall at Aspen Music Festival and School, 960 N. Third St., Aspen.

MARK JOHNSON AND CHRIS BANK — 3 p.m., The Nest, Viceroy Hotel, 130 Wood Road, Snowmass Village.

Live jazz.

SMOKIN’ JOE AND ZOE — 4 p.m., Limelight Hotel, 355 S. Monarch St., Aspen. Live music duo.

CHRIS PHILLIPS — 6 p.m., 8K Lounge, Viceroy Snowmass, 130 Wood Road, Snowmass Village.

Classical and flamenco guitar.

FILM SCREENING: “BEYOND SIGHT: THE DEREK RABELO STORY” — 6 p.m., Crossroads Church, 726 W. Francis St., Aspen. The story of a man born blind in Brazil who learns how to surf. Free. 970-925-7828

MONDAY, MARCH 14 LIVE MUSIC — 4 p.m., Limelight Lounge, 355 S. Monarch St., Aspen.

Americana rock.

LIVE MUSIC BY CRANFORD HOLLOW — 9 p.m., Turks, 72 Elbert Lane, Snowmass Village. Americana Southern rock band from Hilton Head, South Carolina.

TUESDAY, MARCH 15 WINTER WORDS PRESENTS GERALDINE BROOKS AND TONY HORWITZ — 6 p.m., Paepcke Auditorium, 1000 N. Third St., Aspen. Meet the authors. Tickets and passes available at the Wheeler Box Office and www. aspenwords.org.

SING ALONG WITH “THE MUPPET MOVIE” — 6:30 p.m., Wheeler Opera House, 320 E. Hyman Ave., Aspen.

Family-friendly interactions with the films of Jim Henson presented by his daughter Heather Henson. Features puppetry, kiting and shadow acting.

LIVE MUSIC BY CRANFORD HOLLOW — 9 p.m., Turks, 72 Elbert Lane, Snowmass Village. Americana Southern rock band from Hilton Head, South Carolina.

ART APRES — All day, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, 5263 Owl Creek Road, Snowmass. Art, ceramics, books and art supplies. Galleries and art studios open for viewing.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16 DAMIAN SMITH — 4 p.m., New Belgium Ranger Station, 100 Elbert Lane, Snowmass Village. Live music.

ART EXHIBIT: “DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE?” — 5 p.m., Aspen Chapel Gallery, 0077 Meadowood Drive, Aspen. A show about how the viewer sees the art. Landscapes, abstracts, collage and mixed media. Artists include Jake Bozza, John Bozza, Sally Cole, Bill Gruenberg, Gena Hawkins, Kathy Honea, Sam Louras, Marina Romanov, Marty Schlein and Lisa Singer.

LIVE MUSIC — 6 p.m., Sage Bar, 0239 Snowmass Club Circle, Snowmass Village. Rich Ganson and guests perform.

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Roaring Fork School District

Roaring Fork School District

Head Secretary - Basalt High School BHS is seeking a highly-qualified and enthusiastic Head Secretary for immediate hire in our front office. Fluency in English and Spanish is highly desirable. Full benefits included.

Come join the BHS team!

Payroll Specialist - District Office RFSD seeks a detail-oriented individual with strong accounting and computer skills to serve as Payroll Specialist in our downtown District Office. Full benefits included! Immediate hire.

Join the RFSD team!

To apply, visit www.rfschools.com

To apply, visit www.rfschools.com

Government

Government

Office/Clerical

Restaurant/ Clubs

Hire Me

Administrative Assistant with PA experience available to start immediately. Must have QB, Word and Excel expertise. Full time / long term potential with benefits if right fit. Must be local, flexible and able to provide references. cmski07@gmail.com

WHITE HOUSE PIZZA Full & part time cook & dishwasher positions available.

Bilingual preferred.

Will train right person.

Apply in person or visit whitehousepizza.com to print an application. 801 Main Court, Carbondale

Major Aspen Home Manager/Personal Aide.

Extensive Resume. For the very Best in Service C o n t a c t P a u l : 970-618-2340 p.andersen@comcast.net

Please Recycle

Trades/ Construction

Administrative Assistant

Jobs Building Services

ProBuild Aspen Now hiring for • Yard & Store ProBuild Glenwood Springs Now hiring for • Store ProBuild offers excellent pay and benefits. If interested, please apply online at probuild.com or in person. ProBuild is an EOE/Minorities/ Females/Vet/Disability.

Customer Service Blazing Adventures

is seeking passionate, fun individuals to fill guiding and office sales positions for this summer. No experience necessary.

Call 970-923-4544 to apply.

Mowing and Garden Maintenance Services Now accepting proposals for mowing and garden maintenance services, as well as snow removal for the 2016-2018 seasons.

For detailed information visit http://basalt.net/172/ Public-Works

Try a border for just five bucks!

Parks Seasonal Job Opportunities (April - Oct 2016) • Irrigation • Maintenance • Site Construction • Landscaping

April-Oct. 2016 Valid CO driver's licence and background check required. Starting pay $16.50 Job description and application visit http://basalt.net/172/ Public-Works

Treeline Landscape Gardeners, landscapers and crew leaders 970-274-0445

Management/ Executive SENIOR CREATIVE MANAGER

Licensed Real Estate Brokers Coldwell Banker Mason Morse is hiring licensed real estate brokers to join our Willits real estate team. New to the business?

No problem, we love to train. Please send resume and cover letter to careers@masonmorse. com

Other

For more info and to apply go to:

THE HOTTEST JOB ON THE MOUNTAIN

Background ck req.

http://www.aspenpitkin.com/ Departments/Parks-TrailsOpen-Space/SeasonalJob-Opportunities/EOE

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Aspen Snowmass (formerly BJ Adams and Co.) Position encompasses supporting several brokers, coordinating listings and sales transactions from beginning to end.

Our ideal candidate is an exceptional writer, creative, organizational master and a stickler for details. Are you self-directed, a team player, cheerful, energetic and completely reliable? Real estate-license and familiarity with CTMe software useful but not required.

If this describes you and you’re proficient with primary Microsoft Office applications, please E-mail resume, plus cover letter with thought given to the above, to Kendra@BHHSAspenSnowmass.com A S P E N T I M E S W E E K L Y V March 10, 2016

Need A Carpenter?

General Carpentry, Painting, Home & Office Repair. Insured, Ref’s, Quality Minded.

Carl 970-379-7194

Landscaping

$17.00-$17.50 /hr.

TRANSACTION COORDINATOR

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Seasonal Irrigation and Parks Maintenance

Premier visual arts nonprofit seeks a highly motivated Senior Creative Manager to coordinate the visual marketing for the Ranch in print and digital mediums. Must have excellent project management, organizational & communication skills. Minimum 5 years related experience. We offer a dynamic & supportive work environment, competitive salary & benefits program.

Reports to Marketing Director.

Full job description at andersonranch.org Send resume to: info@ andersonranch.org with subject "Senior Creative Manager" No phone calls, please.

Have the best winter of your lifetime, enjoying mountain living and making new friends, while learning photography, a skill that will last forever.

Are you outgoing and love to ski or board? We are currently hiring for the world class ski resorts at Snowmass, Aspen Mountain and Buttermilk.

While photography experience is a plus, we are mostly looking for your outgoing personality and sales ability.

You must be able to ski safely.

Earn a $500 Sign-on Bonus!

Receive a Ski and Bus Pass!

Call Randy at 720-277-7998 Apply at

sharpshooterimaging.com/careers

Rentals Basalt Area

500 SF COMMERCIAL SPACE at the ABC, available starting 4/1/16. $1700/mo plus utilities, 2 designated parking spaces. Please call 9703-309-2000

3 BD 2.5 BA Single Family, 2 Car Garage $3000. First,Last & Security. Long-term Lease. 970-319-9807 Ute, El Jebel CO

Sell your vehicle,

guaranteed,

when you place an auto photo ad for a month!

Willits, Nice, large 4 bedrm , 3.5 bath home, $3400 + utilities.

Avail April 1st.

Stacey Craft (Happy RE) 970-445-8032

Journeyman/ Apprentice

Electricians Needed

IMMEDIATELY

in Vail and Aspen, CO! Ludvik Electric Co is HIRING full-time electricians for large projects in Vail and Aspen, CO. JW rate is $29.05/hr PLUS PER DIEM!!!

Benefits include:

health insurance, 401K with company match, 6 PAID vacation days and MUCH MORE!

Please go to www.ludvik.com

to apply or contact us

303-781-9601.

Ski Sales Photographer

Rentals Aspen

Rentals Rentals Aspen 2 bed/2 bath upgraded, furnished, top floor, corner, Ajax views. Gas fp, w/d, deck, storage, walkable. NP/NS. Long term. $3600/mo incl. most uts.

Joanne (ASSIR) 970-319-6827 Intermix is a contemporary luxury women's brand with over 40 stores nationwide.

Intermix is a Gap Inc company.

Floor Coordinator / Visual Merchandiser Keyholder/management position with a strong emphasis on achieving visual merchandising and sales objectives.

This passionate, highly organized and creative leader must have experience selling in a commission-based environment, styling & clienteling experience, have a passion for visual merchandising, be a self-motivator who can uphold team integrity, have excellent communication skills and keen sense of detail, be a brand ambassador who motivates and inspires customers and other team members, seeks growth and development opportunities.

Competitive hourly rate, 401k, medical, dental, vision, plus hundreds of community discounts.

Email resumes to aspen@intermixny.com

5BD 4BA 4000 Sq Ft SFH in East Aspen (Knollwood across from Aspen Club) Pets allowed w/approval. No smoking. $9500 per month, $8550 per month for 1 year or more First, last & sec. Long-term lease.

Heather Kroeger 314-378-8788 heatherkroeger@yahoo.com See photos: http://tours.mountainhomephoto.com/public/ vtour/display/396537

Blue Lake Family Home.

3 BD/ 3 Bath. Garage, W/D, 1662 sq. ft. $2,500/mo. + utils. LT. cdelise@yahoo.com 970-319-2636 or 970-379-3474 Studio w/full kit., private entrance, W/D, NP, NS, $1,200/mo incl wifi, utils, cable 970-309-6697

Rentals Snowmass

Rooms for rent, available now. Short term lease. Call 970-922-9001 or email housingoffice@ aspensnowmass.com

Rentals Basalt Area

2br remodeled home private location downtown Basalt NP/NS garage $2850/mo all util. included. 970.948.7358

DLUX STUDIO CONDO Furn, Full kitchen SI/SO FP WiFi & Cable TV Pool, Sauna, Exercise Rm, Hot Tubs, Long Term $1599 June F/L/S NP/NS Michael 954.205.2165 AspenwoodCondo@aol.c om Rooms for rent, available now. Short term lease. Call 970-922-9001 or email housingoffice@ aspensnowmass.com

Rentals Snowmass

Rentals Commercial/Retail

Rentals Office Space

3,500 s.f. with office, warehouse & storage areas.

Roland 970-927-4038 ext 4 Suite in magnificent 3600 SF home in Old Snowmass. 1200 SF $1,900/mo. Large BD on main floor, $1,100/mo.

Rick 970-343-0707.

Photos online.

Who can resist THAT face!

Aspen Office in beautiful Main Street Victorian, $350-$700/mo.

970-379-3715

Commercial Bldg on S. Grand in GWS

Find a feline friend in the

Rentals Vacation/Resort

EXCEPTIONAL LOCATION IN ASPEN 1200 sq.ft. Next to the Gondola in the North of Nell Building.

Indoor Parking. Avail 4/1/16. 970-429-1558

classified PET section.

South Beach 2BR 31st Flr 1st St Near Joe's, Above Marina, 5 Min walk to Beach vrbo.com/479437

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Aspen - $11,995,000

2 Bedroom / 2 Bath - Downtown Core 2 bedroom condo with A+ location... steps away from Aspen's Silver Queen gondola! Convenient walking distance to all of Aspen's restaurants and shopping.

Corner unit, light and bright.

Mclain Flats New Luxury Home.

Incredible, over 8,000sqft of living, 5BD, 2 car over-sized garage, best views in Aspen, main floor master suite, great floor plan, still time to pick some of the finishes, completed in Oct, sold furnished.

Tom Carr / Holly Goldstein

Ryan & Matt Podskoch

970-379-9935 www.aspenreinfo.com

970-710-1725 Info@InvestInColorado.com InvestInColorado.com

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Aspen - $13,250,000

Aspen - $1,495,000 •Breathtaking panoramic views •Aspen School District Home on 2+ acres, 5 beds, 3.5 baths •Nestled into hillside with no Hwy 82 road impact •2012 remodel includes new roof, new kitchen and more •2 living areas, flexible spaces, multiple storage sheds •A b u n d a n t w i n d o w s , w o o d burning fireplace, decks •MLS#142442

One of Aspen’s finest central core residences. Located across from Herron park, one of Aspen’s most enjoyable summertime family river parks as well the beginning of the Rio Grande Trail & just 6 blocks from Aspen Mtn. gondola.

Sally Shiekman-Miller 970.948.7530 sally@sallyshiekman.com www.AspenSnowmassSIR.com

Danny Becker & Michael Latousak 970-948-5769

970-618-7768

Douglas Elliman Real Estate

Aspen - $1,695,000 • Aspen School District Home • 3 en-suite bedrooms, 2,652 sqft • 2+ acres with panoramic views • Vaulted ceilings, open floor plan with abundant windows & skylights • Remodeled, wood floors, slab granite countertops, stainless appliances • Wood fireplace, oversized garage, mud room, east-facing deck • MLS#142339

Sally Shiekman-Miller 970.948.7530 sally@sallyshiekman.com www.AspenSnowmassSIR.com

Aspen - $45,000-$550,000

Downtown Studio Condo Wonderful ground floor corner condo in downtown Aspen. Clean, bright with plenty of light (south-facing). Remodeled kitchen and bath. New carpets, new paint. Ready to move in!

Aspen's Premier Fractional Interests The best value fractional project in Aspen. A+location. Studios, 1, 2 & 3 BD luxury condos. Pool, hot tubs & many other amenities.Fixed week times frames (holiday, peak winter/summer weeks)

Tom Carr

970-379-9935 www.aspenreinfo.com

Aspen - $45,000

Find YOUR dream home here.

Aspen - $49,000

Winfield Arms Aspen Core Condo Remodeled Studio with Aspen Mountain Views. Low dues include everything. Dog friendly.

Walk to Gondola or lift 1A. Ideal core location close to restaurants, shopping, movies. Amenities include extra storage, jacuzzi, BBQ, and bike storage.

Come take a look!

Ritz Carlton Club

28 Days of use every year.

2 winter weeks, summer week & 1 float week.

Gareth Williams

Tom Carr

970-379-9935 www.aspenreinfo.com

Aspen - $459,000

1/12th Share at Ritz Carlton Club, 2412 in White River Lodge.

(970) 309-7649 gareth@gwillproperties.com http://www.gwillproperties.com

Cozy home in a treed setting...

Aspen - $389,000

Victoria Thomas

970-948-1341 tory.thomas@sothebysrealty.com Tory@torythomas.net

1/12th Share at Ritz Carlton Club, 8409 in Elkhorn! 28 Days of use every year.

2 summer weeks, 1 winter week & 1 float wk.

Gareth Williams

(970) 309-7649 gareth@gwillproperties.com www.gwillproperties.com

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Aspen - $779,000

Aspen - $779,000

Basalt - $1,500,000

2 Bedroom / 2 Bath - Downtown Core Remodeled condo located on Waters Ave (short walk to downtown area/gondola).

Wood-burning fireplace, on-site management, heated pool and shuttle service during ski season.

North/East facing 3bd 2ba Condo. Located on HC bus line & Galena St. Shuttle. Enjoy HC's Pool, 2 hot tubs & 2 tennis courts. You can also enjoy Hunter Creek & Rio Grande trails just out your front door. Washer/Dryer tap in the unit.

Huge valley views from Capitol to Sopris and beyond Stellar opportunity in prime Aspen Junction neighbor-hood to customize this 5-Bed, 4-Bath, 3-Car Garage Castle in the sky. Call and come see your dream.

Tom Carr

Danny Becker

(970)544-3646 kovacsch@yahoo.com

Aspen - $540,000 •Affordable In Town, Roomy 1 bedroom, Low HOA fees Include Most Utilities •Private Deck, Storage •Assigned Parking •Gas Fireplace, Laundry •Great First Home or Terrific Rental with Solid Rental History •6 Block walk to Downtown Aspen or hop on shuttle bus •Now is the time to Buy & Stop Paying Your Landlord's Mortgage! MLS#138752

Sally Shiekman-Miller 970.948.7530 sally@sallyshiekman.com www.AspenSnowmassSIR.com

970-379-9935 www.aspenreinfo.com

970-948-5769

Douglas Elliman Real Estate Basalt - $370,000

Carbondale - $995,000

Basalt - $585,000 •3 bd/2 ba remodeled in Elk Run •Large kitchen with granite, stainless, maple cabinets •Wood-burning stove, open living room. vaulted ceilings •Nice Basalt Mountain views •Deck, hot tub, mature trees, sprinkled lawn, flower boxes, garage storage •Quiet cul-de-sac, walk everywhere in Basalt •MLS#142674

COMMERCIAL Unique, creative, cutting edge project.

May be used for commercial or residential or combine the uses in the same unit. Ground floor with rollup, garage door. Seller financing possible.

Sally Shiekman-Miller 970.948.7530 sally@sallyshiekman.com www.AspenSnowmassSIR.com

Robert Tobias

970-618-1231 swift@sopris.net www.willitsbend.com

Spectacular view of Mt. Sopris.

2.68 A with beautiful Crystal River Frontage. Farmhouse built in 1963. Garage/ workshop perfect for craftsman. Seasonal pond for yard irrigation.

MLS#138057

Marianne Ackerman 970.379.3546

Kathy Westley 970.379.8303

Costa Rica $295,000 - $1,595,000

Remodeled kitchen & bathrooms....

Find YOUR dream home here.

Edwards - $5,900,000

Glenwood Springs - $159,000

Glenwood Springs - $289,000

Luxury Ski Retreat One of Vail Valley's most spectacular residences, 10,000+ sqft on 35 acres. Elevator, 8 fireplaces, 5 car garage, 3000 bottle wine cellar, 2 full kitchens, pond with landscaping, unending vistas.

Beautiful Four Mile Ranch lot that is ready to build on. Views in every direction. Enjoy open space, and the convenience of being close to town.

MLS#142346

Conveniently located in Glenwood Springs, this townhome would make a great home or investment. Home has 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms with finished mother-in-law unit, and a fenced back yard with mountain views.

Looking for a winter retreat?

New construction Penthouse in Flamingo Beach, Guanacaste Gold Coast.

2,200 SF 3BR/3BA penthouse with 1,500SF private roof top terrace enjoying 360 degree views of marina, Flamingo Beach and Pacific Ocean for $1,595,000!

Luxury 1BR start at $295,000. Call today! MLS #140187

Charley Podolak

970.948.0100 CallCharley.com Charley.Podolak@sothebysrealty.com

Ryan & Matt Podskoch

Marianne Ackerman 970.379.3546

Marianne Ackerman

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NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION

BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL BUTTERMILK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Buttermilk Metropolitan District of Pitkin County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the regular election to be held on May 3, 2016, is hereby canceled pursuant to C.R.S § 1-13.5-513(1). The following candidates are hereby declared elected:

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FIVETREES METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ Kelly Ducharme Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District:Jim Korpela, Beach Resource Management Telephone Number of the District: 970-273-3100 Address of the District: 711 E Valley Rd, #103, Basalt, CO 81621 Published in the Aspen Times Weekly March 10, 2016. (11965072)

Jeffrey Yusem to a 4-year term until May 2020 Charles Malkemus to a 4-year term until May 2020 Charles Wall to a 4-year term until May 2020 Dated this 1st day of March, 2016.

BUTTERMILK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ Kelly Ducharme Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District:Jim Korpela, Beach Resource Management Telephone Number of the District: 970-273-3100 Address of the District: 711 E Valley Rd, #103, Basalt, CO 81621 Published in the Aspen Times Weekly March 10, 2016. (11965023)

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Division 5 Courtroom The change is depicted in the land use application Published in the Aspen Times Weekly March 10, on file with the City of Aspen. For further informa- 2016 (11966195) All persons having claims against the abovetion contact Reilly Thimons at the City of Aspen named estate are required to present them to the Community Development Dept., 130 S. Galena St., Personal Representative or to the District Court Aspen, Colorado, reilly.thimons@cityofaspen.com, of Pitkin, County, Colorado on or before July 3, (970) 429-2754.

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Ralph Dean Logan, Personal Representative Notice is hereby given that Crystal Valley Wild(11970173) 1076 E. Sopris Creek Road cats LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, Basalt, Colorado 81621 has been dissolved. Pursuant to C.R.S. §§ 7-80-803 and 7-90-912, any claim against the Published in the Aspen Times Weekly March 3, dissolved entity will be barred if an action to en10 and 17, 2016. (11958392) force the claim is not commenced within five years after this publication of the notice or within four months after the claim arises, whichever is later. Send claims for processing to the law firm of Karp Neu Hanlon, P.C. 201 14th Street, Suite 200, P.O. Drawer 2030, Glenwood Springs, ColNOTICE OF CANCELLATION orado 81602, Attn: Matthew Trinidad.

OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL Published in the Aspen Times Weekly March 10, 2016. (11973285) ASPEN HIGHLANDS COMMERCIAL METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE OF CANCELLATION ASPEN HIGHLANDS OF REGULAR ELECTION RESIDENTIAL METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Aspen HighASPEN VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT lands Commercial and Residential Metropolitan Districts of Pitkin County, Colorado, that at the DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Aspen Village close of business on the sixty-third day before the Metropolitan District of Pitkin County, Colorado, election, there were not more candidates for direcFEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT that at the close of business on the sixty-third day tor than offices to be filled including candidates filAGENCY before the election, there were not more candiing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; dates for director than offices to be filled including therefore, the regular election to be held on May 3, Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations for candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in 2016, is hereby canceled pursuant to C.R.S § Pitkin County, Colorado and Incorporated Arcandidates; therefore, the regular election to be 1-13.5-513(1). The following candidates are hereeas held on May 3, 2016, is hereby canceled pursuant by declared elected: to C.R.S § 1-13.5-513(1). The following candi- The Department of Homeland Security's Federal dates are hereby declared elected: Emergency Management Agency has issued a Ron Chauner to a 4-year term until May 2020 preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), and Mignon Wills to a 4-year term until May 2020 where applicable, Flood Insurance Study (FIS) re- Nicholas DiMeglio to a 4-year term until May 2020 Ellen Anderson to a 4-year term until May 2020 port, reflecting proposed flood hazard determinaVACANCY (2016-2018) tions within Pitkin County, Colorado and Incorpo- Frank Mouffe to a 2-year term until May 2018 VACANCY (2016-2018) rated Areas. These flood hazard determinations VACANCY (2016-2018) may include the addition or modification of Base Dated this 1st day of March, 2016.

Flood Elevations, base flood depths, Special Flood Dated this 1st day of March, 2016.

Hazard Area boundaries or zone designations, or ASPEN HIGHLANDS COMMERCIAL & RESIthe regulatory floodway. Technical information or DENTIAL METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS ASPEN VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT comments are solicited on the proposed flood haz- By: /s/ Kelly Ducharme By: /s/ Kelly Ducharme Designated Election Official ard determinations shown on the preliminary FIRM Designated Election Official and/or FIS report for Pitkin County, Colorado and Incorporated Areas. These flood hazard determi- Contact Person for the District:Jim Korpela, Beach Contact Person for the District:Kelly Ducharme nations are the basis for the floodplain manage- Resource Management Telephone Number of the District: 970-273-3100 ment measures that your community is required to Telephone Number of the District: 970-273-3100 Address of the District: 711 E Valley Rd, #103, either adopt or show evidence of being already in Address of the District: 711 E Valley Rd, #103, Basalt CO 81621 effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for par- Basalt CO 81621 ticipation in the National Flood Insurance Program.

Published in the Aspen Times Weekly March 11, However, before these determinations are effec- Published in the Aspen Times Weekly March 11, 2016. (11964602) tive for floodplain management purposes, you will 2016, be provided an opportunity to appeal the proposed information. For information on the statutory 90-day period provided for appeals, as well as a complete listing of the communities affected and the locations where copies of the FIRM are available for review, please visit FEMA's website at www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/fhm/bfe, or call the

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NOTICE OF CANCELLATION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS §1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3) C.R.S. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the East Aspen Metropolitan District, Pitkin County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2016 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Robert Oxenberg 4 year term Maureen McCluskey 4 year term Donald Harris 2 year term

until May, 2020 until May, 2020 until May, 2018

/s/ Evan Boenning Evan Boenning, Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District:Diana Ettlinger, Esq. Telephone Number of the District: 970.925.6300 Address of the District: c/o Sherman & Howard, L.L.C., 730 E. Durant Avenue, Suite 200, Aspen, CO 81611 District Facsimile Number: 970.925.1181 District Email: dettlinger@shermanhoward.com Published in the Aspen Times Weekly March 10, 2016. (11966354) NOTICE OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ASPEN HISTORIC PARKS AND RECREATION DISTRICT

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BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE ASPEN CONSOLIDATED SANITATION DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, by the Aspen Consolidated Sanitation District Pitkin County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixtythird (63rd) day before the election there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates, therefore the election to be held on May 3,2016 is hereby cancelled pursuant to 1-5-208 (1.5) C.R.S. The following candidates are deemed elected: D. Stone Davis Four (4) Year Term Joseph M Zanin Four (4) Year Term Bruce Matherly Designated Election Official for the Aspen Consolidated Sanitation District Published in the Aspen Times Weekly March 10, 2016. (11968127)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors of the ASPEN HISTORIC PARKS AND RECREATION DISTRICT, of the County of Pitkin, State of Colorado, will hold the next REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD AT 12:00 p.m. ON MONDAY, March 14th, 2016, AT THE WHEELER/STALLARD MUSEUM, 620 WEST BLEEKER, ASPEN, COLORADO, 81611, (unless otherwise indicated), for the purpose of addressing those matters set forth in the agenda, and conducting such other business as may properly come before the Board.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS: ASPEN HISTORIC PARKS AND RECREATION DISTRICT By: /s/ Stefan Reveal, Board Member Dated this 2nd Day of March, 2016 Published in the Aspen Times Weekly March 10, 2016. (11967718) PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE FOLLOWING MATTERS OF INTEREST REGARDING THE PITKIN COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: ·Unless otherwise notified all regular and special meetings will be held in the Board of County Commissioners, Plaza One Conference Room, 530 E Main St, Aspen ·All regular meeting items begin at 12:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the conduct of business allows. Check agenda at: http://pitkincounty.com/Calendar.aspx or call 920-5200 for meeting times for special meetings. ·Copies of the full text of any resolution(s) and ordinance(s) referred to are available during regular business hours (8:30 - 4:30) in the Clerk and Recorder's office, 530 East Main Street, Suite 101, Aspen, Colorado 81611 or at: http://pitkincounty.com/Calendar.aspx NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 2016: Resolution Authorizing the Board of County Commissioners of Pitkin County Colorado, to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the USDA Forest Service, White River National Forest as Related to the 2016 Annual Operating and Financial Plan.

·Copies of the full text of any resolution(s) and ordinance(s) referred to are available during regular business hours (8:30 - 4:30) in the Clerk and Recorder's office, 530 East Main Street, Suite 101, Aspen, Colorado 81611 or at: http://pitkincounty.com/Calendar.aspx NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 2016: Resolution Authorizing the Board of County Commissioners of Pitkin County Colorado, to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the USDA Forest Service, White River National Forest as Related to the 2016 Annual Operating and Financial Plan.

An Application for a Modification to a Retail Marijuana Cultivation Facility License Submitted by K.I.N.D. Wellness Center, LLC d/b/a Stash located at 102 North River Road Snowmass, Colorado 81654 Published in the Aspen Times Weekly on March 10, 2016 (11970301) Jeanette Jones, Deputy County Clerk PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE FOLLOWING MATTERS OF INTEREST REGARDING THE PITKIN COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: ·Unless otherwise notified all regular and special meetings will be held in the Board of County Commissioners, Plaza One Conference Room, 530 E Main St, Aspen ·All regular meeting items begin at 12:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the conduct of business allows. Check agenda at: http://pitkincounty.com/Calendar.aspx or call 920-5200 for meeting times for special meetings. ·Copies of the full text of any resolution(s) and ordinance(s) referred to are available during regular business hours (8:30 - 4:30) in the Clerk and Recorder's office, 530 East Main Street, Suite 101, Aspen, Colorado 81611 or at: http://pitkincounty.com/Calendar.aspx NOTICE OF APPLICATIONS TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR: RE:Bedell Site Plan Review, Minor Amendment to PUD Guide, Special Review and GMQS Exemption for Caretaker Dwelling Unit (Case P005-16) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an application has been submitted by Linda Bedell ( 309K AABC, Aspen, Colorado 81611) requesting Site Plan Review to construct a single family residence, garage and a caretaker dwelling unit. The Applicant is also requesting approval for a caretaker dwelling unit and to amend the PUD Guide to vary the front yard setback for the caretaker dwelling unit. The property is located on Buttermilk Lane and is legally described as Lot 1, Buttermilk Meadows PUD Subdivision. The State Parcel Identification Number for the property is 2735-034-02-001. 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 April 4, 2016. For further information, contact Suzanne Wolff at (970) 920-5093.

RE:S u n n y R a n c h L L C A c t i v i t y E n v e l o p e Amendment, Site Plan Review, and Minor Plat Amendment (Case P014-16) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an application has been submitted by Sunny Ranch LLC (1144 West Olympic Boulevard, 11th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90064) requesting approval to amend the building envelope approved in 1993 to include existing and proposed development and obtain Site Plan Review approval to replace the single family residence. The property is located at 1190 Mandalay Lane and is legally described as Lot 1, Guber Family Trust Lot Split. The State Parcel Identification Number for the property is 2735-092-01-001. 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 April 11, 2016. For further information, contact Suzanne Wolff at (970) 920-5093.

RE:S u n n y R a n c h L L C A c t i v i t y E n v e l o p e Amendment, Site Plan Review, and Minor Plat Amendment (Case P014-16) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an application has been submitted by Sunny Ranch LLC (1144 West Olympic Boulevard, 11th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90064) requesting approval to amend the building envelope approved in 1993 to include existing and proposed development and obtain Site Plan Review approval to replace the single family residence. The property is located at 1190 Mandalay Lane and is legally described as Lot 1, Guber Family Trust Lot Split. The State Parcel Identification Number for the property is 2735-092-01-001. 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 April 11, 2016. For further information, contact Suzanne Wolff at (970) 920-5093.

RE:Dransfield/Bridger Activity Envelope Review (Case P011-16) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an application has been submitted by Robert Bridger and Wendy Dransfield (PO Box 7788, Aspen, CO 81612) requesting approval to an Activity Envelope for future redevelopment of the parcel. The property is located at 110 Difficult Lane and is legally described as a parcel of land in Section 28, Township 10 South, Range 84 West of the 6th P.M. The State Parcel Identification Number for the property is 2737-283-00-011. 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 April 11, 2016. For further information, contact Suzanne Wolff at (970) 920-5093.

Published in the Aspen Times Weekly on March 10, 2016 (11970414) Jeanette Jones, Deputy County Clerk DISTRICT COURT, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO 506 East Main Street, Ste. 300 Aspen, Colorado 81637 COURT USE ONLY ∞ Case Number: 2016 CV 30002 Div. 5 Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant: GERARD P. SZATKOWSKI, an individual v.

Defendants: STEVEN FEINER, an individual, and ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO CLAIM ANY INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ACTION Counterclaimant: STEVEN FEINER, an individual Attorneys for Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant: David L. Lenyo, #14178 Christopher D. Bryan, #35522 Angela M. Vichick, #47169 GARFIELD & HECHT, P.C. 625 E. Hyman Avenue, Suite 201 Aspen, Colorado 81611 Telephone: (970) 925-1936 Facsimile: (970) 925-3008 E-mail: dlenyo@garfieldhecht.com E-mail: cbryan@garfieldhecht.com E-mail: avichick@garfieldhecht.com

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint in writing within 35 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the complaint without further notice.

This is an action, among other things, involving a claim for declaratory judgment as to the rights and obligations of the parties benefitted and burdened by an easement, recorded in the real property records maintained by the Pitkin County Clerk & Recorder at Reception No. 182972, and for quiet title with respect to that conveyance. The subject property encumbered by the easement at issue is situate in the County of Pitkin, State of Colorado, located at 161 Popcorn Lane, Aspen, Colorado 81611 ("Subject Property"). Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant Gerard P. Szatkowski has asserted claims, is requesting judgment in his favor and against the owner of the Subject Property, and all persons who claim as heirs, devisees, assignees, creditors, or otherwise under said owner, and all unknown persons who claim any interest in the subject matter of this lawsuit.

Dated: February 25, 2016.

Published pursuant to Court Order in the Aspen Times Weekly.

First Publication: February 25, 2016.

Last Publication: March 24, 2016.

Respectfully submitted, GARFIELD & HECHT, P.C. David L. Lenyo, #14178 Christopher D. Bryan, #35522 Angela M. Vichick, #47169 Attorneys for Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant Gerard P. Szatkowski (This summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4(g), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure. This form should not be used where personal service is desired.)

(TO THE CLERK: When this summons is issued by the clerk of the court, the signature block for the clerk or deputy should be provided by stamp, or typewriter, in the space to the left of the attorney's name.) *Rule 12(a), C.R.C.P., allows 35 days for answer or response where service of process is by publication. However, under various statutes, a different response time is set forth; e.g., §38-6-104, C.R.S. (eminent domain); §38-36-121, C.R.S. (Torrens registration).

FORM 1.1 R1-12SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION Published in the Aspen Times Weekly on February 25, 2016 and March 3, 10, 17 and 24, 2016.

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SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

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An Application for a Modification to a Retail Marijuana Cultivation Facility License Submitted by K.I.N.D. Wellness Center, LLC d/b/a Stash located at 102 North River Road Snowmass, Colorado 81654 Published in the Aspen Times Weekly on March 10, 2016 (11970301) Jeanette Jones, Deputy County Clerk

RE:Dransfield/Bridger Activity Envelope Review (Case P011-16)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an application has been submitted by Robert Bridger and Wendy Dransfield (PO Box 7788, Aspen, CO 81612) requesting approval to an Activity Envelope for future redevelopment of the parcel. The property is located at 110 Difficult Lane and is legally described as a parcel of land in Section 28, Township 10 South, Range 84 West of the 6th P.M. The State Parcel Identification Number for the property is 2737-283-00-011. 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 April 11, 2016. For further information, contact Suzanne Wolff at (970) 920-5093.

Published in the Aspen Times Weekly on March 10, 2016 (11970414)

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This is an action, among other things, involving a claim for declaratory judgment as to the rights and obligations of the parties benefitted and burdened by an easement, recorded in the real property records maintained by the Pitkin County Clerk & Recorder at Reception No. 182972, and for quiet title with respect to that conveyance. The subject property encumbered by the easement at issue is situate in the County of Pitkin, State of Colorado, located at 161 Popcorn Lane, Aspen, Colorado 81611 ("Subject Property"). Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant Gerard P. Szatkowski has asserted claims, is requesting judgment in his favor and against the owner of the Subject Property, and all persons who claim as heirs, devisees, assignees, creditors, or otherwise under said owner, and all unknown persons who claim any interest in the subject matter of this lawsuit.

Dated: February 25, 2016.

Published pursuant to Court Order in the Aspen Times Weekly.

First Publication: February 25, 2016.

Last Publication: March 24, 2016.

Respectfully submitted, GARFIELD & HECHT, P.C. David L. Lenyo, #14178 Christopher D. Bryan, #35522 Angela M. Vichick, #47169 Attorneys for Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant Gerard P. Szatkowski (This summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4(g), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure. This form should not be used where personal service is desired.)

(TO THE CLERK: When this summons is issued by the clerk of the court, the signature block for the clerk or deputy should be provided by stamp, or typewriter, in the space to the left of the attorney's name.)

*Rule 12(a), C.R.C.P., allows 35 days for answer or response where service of process is by publication. However, under various statutes, a different response time is set forth; e.g., §38-6-104, C.R.S. (eminent domain); §38-36-121, C.R.S. (Torrens registration).

FORM 1.1 R1-12SUMMONS

BY PUBLICATION TRUSTED LOCAL CONNECTIONS POWERFUL NATIONAL REACH Published in the Aspen Times Weekly on February 25, 2016 and March 3, 10, 17 and 24, 2016.

(11933601)

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Joe Pickett’s daughter Sheridan, a college student, decides to go with her roommate to a nighttime rally out in the middle of the

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