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The mine-waste spill on the Animas River in southern Colorado has captured the nation’s

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attention. Locally, it has Aspenites wondering if the same type of disaster could happen here,

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where abandoned mines are aplenty. Reporter Scott Condon answers the tough questions about and the threats they may or may not pose in this week’s cover story.

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POPULAR MUSIC NOUVEAU FLAMENCO

guitarist Ottmar Liebert brings his far-flung influences and popular easylistening style to Belly Up Aspen on Friday, Aug. 21. Liebert & Luna Negra’s new album, “Waiting + Swan,” brings his classical flamenco touch to a seemingly unlikely subject: the music of Bob Marley. He found an interesting connection between Marley’s reggae and Liebert’s flamenco. The album features nine Marley covers and reggae takes on two of Liebert’s older songs, “Barcelona Nights” and “Heart Still/Beating.” “Growing up in the ’70s, Bob Marley and the Wailers were one of my favorite bands and they meant a lot more to me than the Beatles or the Rolling Stones,” says Liebert. He’ll likely play a few Marley songs during his performance at Belly Up, amid a set pulling from his diverse repertoire of world music. Performing with Luna Negra since 1989, Liebert has blended flamenco guitar with Latin rhythms and rock, pop and jazz. His groundbreaking debut, “Nuevo Flamenco,” is one of the best-selling guitar albums ever made. A native of Germany, Liebert is a longtime resident of Santa Fe and has found in the American West a fitting landscape for his progressive take on acoustic guitar music. The show is scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. Tickets run from $23 to $55 and are available at the Belly Up box office and www.bellyupaspen.com Read more about Liebert in the Weekend section of The Aspen Times on Friday, Aug. 21.

Guitarist Ottmar Liebert will perform on Friday, Aug. 21 at Belly Up Aspen.

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Theatre Aspen’s production of “Peter and The Starcatcher” closes on Friday, Aug. 21. Soprano Susanna Phillips will perform during the Aspen Festival Orchestra’s closing concert on Sunday, Aug. 23.

THE ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL and School will close its 2015 summer season on an epic note, with Mahler’s Symphony No. 6. The closing concert, at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 23, is your last chance of the season to see the Aspen Festival Orchestra in the Tent (or listen over a picnic on the lawn). The program, with Robert Spano conducting and featuring soprano Susanna Phillips, also includes Mozart’s “Bella mia fiamma…” and Ravel’s “Sheherazade.” Tickets are $80 and available at the Wheeler Opera House and Harris Concert Hall box offices, as well as www.aspenmusicfestival.com.

THEATER THIS WEEKEND also marks two endings and a new beginning for Theatre Aspen, with closing performances of “Peter and the Starcatcher” and “Other Desert Cities” and the launch of the inaugural Aspen Theatre Festival. The fantastical “Peter” closes Friday, Aug. 21 with performances at 3 and 7:30 p.m. The drama “Other Desert Cities” plays Saturday at the same times. New work is the focus of the festival, with public performances of the new play, “The Agent,” by Scott Martin on Tuesday, Aug. 25 and the new musical “Finn the Fearless” on Friday, Aug. 28. Tickets and more information at www.theatreaspen.org.

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THE WEEKLY CONVERSATION

with ALLEN BEST

Lessons from a yellow river THE MUSTARDCOLORED water flowing down the Animas River in southwestern Colorado is a painful reminder of the lengthy gestation time of environmental disasters. The ugly surge was unleashed last week by an Environmental Protection Agency contractor, which unwittingly breached a dike that allowed contaminated water from the Gold King Mine to flood into Cement Creek, a tributary of the Animas River. Images from the polluted river as it flowed downstream through the town of Durango were appalling, and the story became a media sensation. But the disaster actually had its start almost 130 years ago. Located seven miles north of Silverton at an elevation of 11,400 feet, the Gold King was among several big mines and mills clustered around a company town called Gladstone. The Gold King had a brief but productive life. The mine was staked in 1886, and the vein that made it a bonanza was discovered in 1896. By the time the mine was shuttered in 1922, it had produced $8 million in ore, more than a tenth of all production in San Juan County, according to “The Rainbow Route,” a railroad and mining history. A bonanza to owners, the mine was deadly to workers. Six people died when carbon dioxide was drawn into it by a fire at the nearby boardinghouse. Another five died in an avalanche, reports Scott Fetchenhier, a local historian and San Juan County commissioner. Mining can be hazardous to people living downstream, too. In the 1930s, farmers along Clear Creek, northwest of Denver, complained bitterly that gold mining upstream at Central City and Blackhawk was polluting their irrigation water and withering their crops. Eventually, state and federal laws were enacted to curb pollution from mines, but we’ve continued to cut corners in our enforcement. After a century of mining ended there in 1979, continuing pollution from the Eagle Mine, located a few miles from Vail, left people uncertain whether it was safe to eat fish caught in the Eagle River. The mining company and Colorado regulators reached a settlement and decided to seal the mine. The experts assumed that this would prevent its tainted water from flowing into the rivers, but the experts were wrong. By early 1990, the Eagle River looked like yellow Kool-Aid, and the fish had vanished. Belatedly, the Environmental Protection Agency was called in, and $100 million and years of work later, the pollution was mostly cleaned up. “Mostly,” because heavy metals must continue to be removed

from that water before it gets into the river. In the 1990s, that effort cost $1 million a year. It’s a job that will have to be done in perpetuity. The continuing cost of the Eagle River cleanup is being borne privately, by a corporate conglomerate. Not so the $155 million cleanup at Summitville, an open-pit mine in southern Colorado, where cyanide was used to extract gold from low-grade ore. After the mess became public, Galactic Resources filed for bankruptcy in 1992. Since 1995, the nonprofit Animas River Stakeholders Group has been working to address these so-called legacy problems. But the group has been thwarted by the absence of supportive federal legislation. Independent groups just can’t afford to touch problems like the Gold King, because, if an accident happened, they would “own the damages,” as Ken Neubecker of the nonprofit American Rivers puts it. He says environmentalists also worry that Good Samaritan legislation would just make it easier for big mining corporations to skip out on their responsibilities – which is exactly what happened at Summitville. The larger lesson derived from the continuing pollution afflicting Silverton and Durango is that mining doesn’t belong in headwaters areas, says Matt Rice, director of the Colorado River Basin program for American Rivers. He cites the danger of a copper-mining proposal for the Smith River in Montana. “Eventually, inevitably, the (contaminated) water will make it back to the river, whether it’s by catastrophic accident or a natural event,” he warns. Still, let’s not blame the miners of 100 years ago. Some of us have friends whose parents and grandparents worked at the mines high in the mountains near Silverton and Vail. Their lives were hard, and we respect their memory. But today we know better. Of course, we also know better than to pollute the atmosphere with reckless abandon, creating a bigger, denser greenhouse around the planet. Yet we keep doing it because people complain that it would cost too much to change the way we live. But who isn’t wondering right now: What would have cost us more in the end, having to clean up mines in perpetuity, or preventing them from polluting in the first place?

Allen Best is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a column service of High Country News (www.hcn.org). He lives in the Denver area where he produces an online magazine, www.mountaintownnews.net.

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LEGENDS & LEGACIES

FROM the VAULT

by TIM WILLOUGHBY

Hauling heavy weights to mines was a challenge of the 1890s.

MOVING HEAVY LOADS THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS My father was flabbergasted to hear that the number one lift

towers — which he had laboriously built in 1946 — had been removed in one day, by helicopter. Erecting them had taken two months. During the summer, a team cleared access routes to each tower site, and constructed the foundations. The prefabricated towers, however, were late in arriving. The first shipment arrived by train in mid-October. The first couple of towers posed few problems. But soon, 2 feet of snow covered the ground and cold weather took its toll on the workers. My father, Ed Techkouchich, Tony Caperella, and Bob Zick erected the number one lift towers. They came in two parts: the main structure, and the bonnet — the section that supported the pulleys and cable, which weighed 1,200 pounds. The main structure, lighter than the bonnet, was unloaded on its side on the ground and then simply tipped upright over the mounting bolts. The men used a gin pole to lift the bonnets onto the top of the tower. For their gin pole, they stripped a 45-foot pine tree and attached a pulley to its top. The pulley could be guided by hemp ropes from below. The team maneuvered the gin pole over the tower, and then pulled the bonnet up by the ropes, which were attached to a small Caterpillar tractor. With the snow

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and cold, the stiff rope would have frozen had they not stored it in a barn each night. All the men had worked on mountain mine construction projects before there were Caterpillars. Although trucks eventually replaced most wagons, many steep mountain slopes remained inaccessible, except with mules and horses. For some jobs, horsepower meant horse

winter. Snow can be confounding, but sleds, when sliding downhill, could carry heavier loads than wagons. The number one lift towers were not like the one-piece poles of today. They were constructed out of angular steel rods riveted together in a crisscross pattern. That made them reasonably light, compared to the steam boilers, milling equipment, or hoisting structures used in the mines. A lift

ALL THE MEN HAD WORKED ON MOUNTAIN MINE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS BEFORE THERE WERE CATERPILLARS. FOR SOME JOBS, HORSEPOWER MEANT HORSE POWER. TRANSPORTING HEAVY MINING EQUIPMENT REQUIRED WELL-MUSCLED MEN, MANY FOUR-LEGGED FRIENDS, AND THE CREATIVE USE OF ROPE, PULLEYS, WAGONS AND SLEDS. power. Transporting heavy mining equipment required well-muscled men, many four-legged friends, and the creative use of rope, pulleys, wagons and sleds. Erecting the number one lift in snow was unpleasant work, but the men knew it could be done because the Park Tram had been constructed during

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tower and mining equipment could be transported easily enough to Aspen by rail. But after it arrived, it had to be moved up the mountains and erected with horse and manpower. Until nearly 1920, if you wanted to haul heavy items into the mountains you contracted with Atkinson and Holbrook. The company provided the

requisite number of trained animals. They had experience hauling heavy iron parts up the mountains, and heavy loads of ore back to town. Before the trains arrived, they would haul a piano over Independence pass for $36 (in today’s dollars) per 100 pounds. It was not unusual for Atkinson and Holbrook to manage jack trains of 80 animals packing silver ore out of the mountains. For heavy wagonloads, they provided four four-horse teams. Really large and heavy items might take over a week to deliver from town to a highelevation mine, at a pace of not much more than a mile a day. A helicopter makes short work of moving material through the mountains today. But I think it would have been more exciting to watch muscles grapple with mountain-size challenges.

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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MAKING MIN ING HISTORY

1893 ASPEN

“THE GREAT COWENHOVEN TUNNEL WAS FINISHED YESTERDAY,” proclaimed the Aspen Daily Times on Jan. 20, 1893. “And its completion certainly marks an important point in the history of silver mining in the Great West. ... During the first 3000 feet, great difficulty was experienced owing to the heavy flow of water encountered, carrying large volumes of quicksand. In spite of these difficulties the work never slackened. The tunnel is six feet, eight inches high and seven feet, eight inches wide in the clear of timbers and is provided with a drain box sixteen inches wide and twelve inches deep underneath the center of the sills. The tunnel is double tracked throughout, and is laid with thirty five pound steel rails, all frogs and switches being of the latest and most improved construction.” The image above shows the Cowenhoven tunnel, circa 1893. This photo and more can be found in the Aspen Historical Society archives at aspenhistory.org.

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GEAR of the WEEK

by STEPHEN REGENOLD

‘BEST IN SHOW’ LAST WEEK, I previewed products from the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market, a twice-annual event in Utah. After spending three days at the trade show, these items stood out as some of the most innovative and unique, a “best in show” list of outdoor gear coming to market in 2016.

Mega Headlamp At 2,000 lumens, it is brighter than most car headlights. The XEO from LED Lenser was built for biking at night, skiing after dark, and other nocturnal adventures where a normal headlamp won’t cut it. To manage the inevitable heat build-up that comes from all that light, there’s an air intake chamber on front — as you bike, run, or ski, air gets “scooped” into the vent, cooling the LED unit.

‘Customizable Warmth’ A high-quality down bag serves as the base for the Thylacine system from Kammok. From there, a camper can add or remove layers (sold separately) to use a single bag in many temps and seasons, from 30 degrees to zero F. The company markets the Thylacine as “the last sleeping bag you’ll ever need.”

Sleep On Wet Ground The Moonwalk sleeping bag from NEMO has an impermeable “bathtub” floor, meaning you can lay on wet grass, mud, or other surfaces without getting wet or damaging the bag. The lightweight design weighs 2 pounds, 2 ounces, and it is rated for nights down to 30 degrees.

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The MSR Guardian Purifier is unique to the world of pump-based units because of a new kind of filter so small it eliminates viruses. It is touted to remove every biological threat, including viruses, bacteria, and protozoa. It cleans itself, “flushing” the filter with 10 percent of the water you pump. Finally, a hard-to-break plastic case is touted to withstand 300 pounds of force for mishaps in the outback.

Two brands debuted the category’s first lightweight, self-bailing packrafts. Aire and Kokopelli designed boats that pack up small but can navigate big whitewater. Instead of taking in water, the rafts “bail” the excess water via the floor, letting the crafts remain lighter and more maneuverable in fast river currents.

Mini Lantern

This little workhorse of a lantern packs a lot of power into an 8-ounce package. With a runtime of more than 500 hours on its low setting, you can likely plan on an entire summer of camping without a recharge. Called the Goal Zero Lighthouse MINI, the light does double duty as a battery pack through a USB output on the front that can recharge a camera or a phone.

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FIRE AND WINE SMOKE AND WINE. It’s a hazy relationship. On the one hand, the taste of burnt tobacco in a glass of wine can be very pleasant. Consider carménère from the Colchagua Valley of Chile, which often exudes hints of heat and smoke as it pleases the palate. And the industry has long relied on the “toasting” of wine KELLY J. barrels, a process HAYES where the staves of the wood are burned or smoked slightly to give a red wine a flavor that, again, hints of smoke. But the taste of a smoky stogie, or of an ash tray full of cigarette butts, or that sharpness that comes from the acrid smoke of burnt sage, pine, oak or eucalyptus that has been incinerated by a brush fire, well, that is not a taste you want in a $150 bottle of Cabernet. I raise this point not only because of the brush fires that are raging this summer in California, Washington and Oregon, the three largest producers of wine in America, but also because this could be just the start of a phase where wine regions around the world must be vigilant

growing regions of Northern California. While there has been some smoke, and just this past weekend a “Spare the Air” advisory was issued in Napa for smog rather than smoke, the majority of the residue from the Jerusalem and Rocky Fires in Lake County has drifted to the east, away from the premier wine regions. Which is a very good thing indeed. Past experiences have shown that there is something called “smoke taint” that can have a profound effect on grapes, infusing them with that unpleasant smoky influence that can make a wine unpalatable. This is a particularly significant issue as the grapes get closer to harvest and their skins are thin and susceptible to the smoke. While much of the information on how smoke affects wine is anecdotal, it is clear that smoke taint is real. One vintner from the Okanagan wine region of western Canada told me that, after a large forest fire in 2003 had blanketed his vineyards with smoke, the wines had “that taste you get when someone puts their cigarette out in your coke.” Yuck. Needless to say it was a lost vintage. The hot spot, if you will, for research being conducted on

PAST EXPERIENCES HAVE SHOWN THAT THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED “SMOKE TAINT” THAT CAN HAVE A PROFOUND EFFECT ON GRAPES, INFUSING THEM WITH THAT UNPLEASANT SMOKY INFLUENCE THAT CAN MAKE A WINE UNPALATABLE. about the effects of smoke on their products. As climate has changed there have been, and it is predicted that there will continue to be, more cases of drought and extreme weather events around the globe. This past March in South Africa, record temperatures spurred on fires that burned on the Western Cape causing serious damage to vineyards there. Fortunately, despite what some stories have indicated, the fires and smoke have thus far spared the Napa and Sonoma wine

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smoke taint is the Australian Wine Research Institute in Adelaide. Fires in 2003, 2006 and 2009 have provided the Institute with a wealth of information on how grapes are affected by smoke. Basically, their research shows that grape skins, vines and leaves all absorb levels of chemical compounds called guaiacol and 4-methyl guaiacol that are present in smoke. Because these compounds are absorbed systemically it is not possible to simply wash them from the skins. Certain grapes,

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such as pinot noir, cabernet sauvignon and sangiovese, appear to be highly susceptible to the taint, while (and this is good news for the Australians) shiraz appears to be less affected. The bad news, especially for the regions of that have been basking in smoke, is that grapes are most likely to be affected by the smoke as they get closer to harvest. The good news is that there does not appear to be any lingering effects for future vintages. This does not mean that you should avoid wines from regions and vintages that have been affected by wildfires. Vintners in these areas know that they have reputations to protect and it would be suicide for a producer to bottle and sell wine that has been tainted by smoke. In addition, there are ways to mitigate the damage from a smoky infusion. Some winemakers have used reverse osmosis to “split” their wines

into multiple components and pull out the smoky compounds. Other options include fining and filtration. Reputable wine marketers will, as my Canadian friend did, accept that a lower yield, or perhaps pulling a vintage, is simply the cost of doing business in the wine world. As we approach what will be the close of the fire season in the late fall, the forecast for California is calling for what could be torrential rains due to the building El Niño in the Pacific. When you are a farmer it is always something. Let’s drink a toast to their travails, and keep your butts in the car. Kelly J. Hayes lives in the soon-to-be-designated appellation of Old Snowmass with his wife, Linda, and a black Lab named Vino. He can be reached at malibukj@ aol.com

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UNDER THE INFLUENCE 2006 SHAFER “FIREBREAK” SANGIOVESE Back in the early part of this century, Doug and John Shafer made a sangiovese and cabernet blend from a vineyard that had been planted in 1981 to protect their house and winery. They dubbed the wine Firebreak. Though it was a favorite of mine, it did not meet the Shafer standards and they discontinued making it in 2006. As an homage to the Antinori Family of Tuscany and their epic Super Tuscan blend, Tignanello, which inspired the Firebreak, they sent the final bottle to Marchese Piero Antinori wrapped in a white flag of surrender. One assumes the vineyard will continue to protect the Shafer property. As wildfires ravage parts of the West, the winemaking world considers the effect fire and smoke have — and will continue to have — on grapes and vintages.

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THE REVERSE BAR MENU AT LA CRÊPERIE SERVES MANY SMALL SURPRISES TICKETS TO DINNER? The concept might be difficult to catch on across a little place called Aspen, yet it’s working at La Crêperie du Village. On Tuesday and Thursday every other week, executive chef Andreas Neufeld presents a special tasting menu of seven small courses — but only for seven lucky diners who reserve their spot in advance. That’s how many bar seats face AMANDA RAE the tiny open kitchen here in the subterranean European haunt on Restaurant Row. “It’s one seating, one show,” says Neufeld, who has commanded the 45-seat Alpine French bistro for the past two years with owners Raphael Derly and Karin Schwendtner. The prix-fixe menu of petite dishes, available only at these bar seats and paired with wine or a specialty cocktail per plate, fashions what Neufeld calls a “reverse bar menu.” “Usually a bar menu is lower in price, simple, more affordable,” he says. “This is more a chef’s table at the bar — you sit right in the kitchen. And Raphael always thought of doing a wine tasting. It showcases what we can do in the Crêperie beyond the crêpes, fondue, and raclette. There’s so much more.” Last Tuesday was Taste of Spain, featuring classic dishes inspired by Neufeld’s travels to San Sebastián and Barcelona. The first plate was a surprise in itself: five tapasstyle amuse-bouches, including a shotglass of chilled pea soup with a steamed clam and basil oil; chorizo Iberico with sweet onions and apple cider; and small bites on toasted country bread meant to mimic Spanish fondue, including a twist on pan tomate with melted Manchego and another crostini with a bloomy rind sheep’s milk cheese, microgreens, and sliced pear. Next up, Neufeld deconstructed gazpacho into a colorful mosaic of cubed heirloom tomato, watermelon, and cucumber arranged on a plate with mâche salad with paper-thin slices of cured lomo Serrano de Lomo and champagne vinaigrette.

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To drink: “Spanish Summer in a Glass,” or crisp watermelon sangria with orange and blueberries. For nearly three hours, we perched on our stools overlooking the kitchen and watched Neufeld and sous chef Miguel Sanchez send out dish after dish: piquillo chile pepper rellenos stuffed with shrimp, bacon, and cheese and served with Romesco and parsley oil (alongside old-vine verdejo, a crisp Spanish white wine similar to sauvignon blanc); a cocktail glass of ajo blanco, chilled white soup made primarily of slowroasted garlic, almonds, bread, and good Spanish olive oil, topped with sliced red grapes, lima beans, more almonds, and basil oil. Miniature cast-iron skillets contained petite portions of saffron paella Valencia, each topped carefully with one mussel, one clam, one shrimp, one piece of chorizo, and two pieces of crispy-skin chicken each, accompanied by dry, effervescent rosé. As with all of his dishes, Neufeld’s pimento-spiced pork loin was arranged in a miniature artistic tableau, decorated with apple-citrus salsa, charred spring onions, and candied chestnuts. (The perfect pairing: Tempranillo, natch.) “It’s fun to be able to be creative in the kitchen, (but) to execute 30 tasting dinners in one night, I just don’t have the room to plate,” Neufeld explains of the 100-square-foot open kitchen. “Seven people, that’s as many plates as I can do at one time. It’s very limited, but special.” Accommodating only seven seats and selling tickets in advance also safeguards against no-shows. As a recent article — “Dinner: The Toughest Ticket in Town” — in GQ magazine explains, certain restaurants, particularly in big cities such as New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, can lose thousands of dollars per year on missed reservations. In creating a purchasein-advance system, restaurants are also creating demand. “I tried to get to Tickets in Barcelona, but it was impossible: six weeks booked out, no chance,” Neufeld says of the famed 80-

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The first course of Taste of Spain at La Crêperie on Aug. 11 featured a riff on fondue with Spanish cheeses on miniature crostini, plus a pea soup shooter.

seat restaurant opened in 2011 by brothers Ferran and Albert Adrià in the city’s theater district, which uses that model. The result: creative freedom for chefs and a fresh opportunity for diners to enjoy food as an overtly cultural experience. “Tapas at the Crêperie doesn’t happen every day,” Neufeld says. “It’s a lot of extra work that we put on ourselves voluntarily, and timeconsuming. I have a good kitchen crew and they have to work a little harder, but I have the support of my sous chef Miguel. It’s fun to do that as a team.” At the first two tastings, Neufeld played around with other personal influences. Taste of South Tyrol (Alto Adige) showcased the flavors of northern Italy, where Austriannative Neufeld cooked for five years. Diners enjoyed flavors of Mediterranean, Alpine, and Austrian cuisines via smoked trout rillettes, white asparagus soup with speck croutons, lobster risotto, and braised veal cheeks with parsnip purée and schupfnudeln, a gnocchi-like German noodle. Neufeld’s playful “Vitello Tonnato” took a traditional dish — veal scallopine smothered with a tuna-flavored sauce — and turned it into a trompe l’oeil combination of thinly-pounded veal wrapped

around sushi-grade ahi tuna alongside saffron-caper aioli. Lemon granita with prosecco and mint served as a bright palate cleanser between courses. For dessert, Neufeld prepared traditional sweet Austrian dumplings stuffed with apricots and strawberries, rolled in cinnamon sugar crumbs, and served with beurre noisette and white peachraspberry coulis. “I’m not restrained,” Neufeld says, adding that the opportunity as a chef to have free rein is energizing and challenging. “‘If you can pull it off, you can do it too,” he recalls Derly telling him. “In Aspen it’s easy to fall into complacency.” That’s true for chefs and diners alike, of course. The next chef’s table menu — on August 25 and 27 — will feature flavors grown downvalley in Palisade and Paonia. Produce is at peak season, a plethora of Colorado-raised proteins are available, and Neufeld will likely encounter some tough decisions: Choosing which ones will decorate those seven dishes.

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CLOCKWISE FROM BOTTOM RIGHT: La Crêperie executive chef Andreas Neufeld plates piquillo chile pepper rellenos stuffed with shrimp, bacon, and Manchego cheese (center); rice pudding ice cream with lemon-almond cake, mint, and cinnamon capped the chef’s seven-seat, seven-course Spanish tasting on a sweet note.

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GUNNER’S LIBATIONS

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DOWNEAST CIDER DRINK IT

There was a day not so long ago when this country had squat to offer as far as hard ciders. And for those of us who came of age on this deliciously dryly-sweet boozy beverage, it kind of sucked. That was more than a few years ago. Today, we are awash in hard cider choices, a trend that has piggybacked on the craft beer wave. Sadly, most of them still aren’t worth drinking, tending to be either stupidly sweet or breathtakingly dry. Then I spent this summer living (and drinking) in Boston, where Downeast Cider House ciders flow something akin to

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water. And the company produces a deliciously murky cider. Wait... Murky? Murky isn’t often a term associated with delicious. But roll with this one. Downeast Cider House ciders are cloudy. I balked when my first pint was poured. But then I tasted. Clean and crisp, a little sweet, a little dry. Which is to say, a balanced cider. The sort of drink Americans have shown themselves not particularly adept at producing. My favorite is their “original,” which accounts for nearly three-quarters of the 17,000 barrels they expect to produce this year, a more than doubling of overall production over last year. So it would seem I’m not the only one impressed by their ciders.

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FOODIE AND WINE TRAVEL BECKONS ROAD TRIPPERS WHEN DREAMING of travel, my favorite way to satisfy the appetite is reading books and recreating dishes from my favorite destinations. If you are dreaming of the West Coast, there is a new cookbook and travelogue with great family-friendly recipes that will transport you along scenic routes to small cafes, roadside eateries and hidden gems in the same time AMIEE WHITE it takes to make dinner. BEAZLEY “Eating Up the West Coast,” from author Brigit Binns and the editors of Sunset magazine, is a gastronomic guidebook to the ultimate West Coast culinary road trip. Divided into four sections — Southern California, Northern California, Oregon and Washington — the book features the most scenic routes from Southern California north through Washington State, with stories from more than 75 dining venues, and 125 original restaurant recipes for foodloving travelers. And for those who can make the trip west, Sonoma County is promoting its spectacular agritourism offerings this fall. From

milking a goat to picking fresh fruit, travelers can get their hands dirty before relaxing in the awardwinning vineyards. Full House Farm in Sebastopol offers a farm life tour that immerses visitors in the activities of a working farm. Visitors interact with the horses, goats and sheep, as well as tour the organic gardens that supply the farm with fresh vegetables ranging from artichokes to zucchini and many more in between. Tours are offered at 10 a.m. every Saturday and Sunday through November, and also available in offseason, weather permitting. www.fullhousefarm.com In Petaluma, McClelland’s Dairy has been running since 1938 and holds three generations of history. The farm offers a 90-minute experience that begins with a history lesson next to the farm’s original milking parlor. Visitors stop at the calf nursery, tour the pastures and learn about how the farm recycles water. The tour concludes in the milking parlor where guests can watch the cows being milked and taste the farm’s signature product, Europeanstyle artisan organic butter. www. mcclellandsdairy.com. Of course Sonoma is known for

more than its dairies and farms. It has some pretty good wine, too, with a dedication to sustainable practices. In fact, Sonoma County vineyards are more than halfway toward their goal of becoming 100 percent sustainable by 2019, making it the first wine region in the U.S. to hold this recognition. The Deep Roots Tour provides a luxury, guided tours of artisan wineries using hands-on, conscientious practices. Deep Roots arranges vineyard and cave tours along with tastings. Guests can sip small-production wines and learn more about wine growing with a personal wine guide followed by a picnic lunch under 130-year old olive trees with sweeping vineyard views. Costs begin at $279 per person for a fullday tour. www.obsidiantours.com. Three peak attractions in the Sonoma valley village of Glen Ellen – Jack London State Historic Park, Quarryhill Botanical Gardens and Benziger Family Winery – have joined forces to create a day-long experience with a focus on environmental practices. The day begins at 25-acre Quarryhill Botanical Garden with a docentled tour of 20,000 wild-origin

plants and flowers. At Jack London, visitors can enjoy a picnic, followed by a tour about the farming practices of the Beauty Ranch and cottage where London lived. The tour concludes at Benziger Family Winery with a close-up look at the winery’s biodynamic vineyards, fermentation facility and barrel caves. www.jacklondonpark.com The Wine Road of Northern Sonoma County is preparing for a yearlong celebration recognizing the association’s historic 40th “ruby” anniversary taking place in 2016. Beginning with nine founding winery members in 1976 to what is now a world-class wine tourism destination, the Wine Road currently represents 200 wineries and over 50 lodgings throughout the Alexander, Dry Creek, and Russian River Valleys. Beginning in January 2016, a series of special events will take place throughout the year, culminating with a “Ruby Affair” gala on May 14 and “40 Years of Cheers” community event on July 23. www.Wineroad.com Amiee White Beazley writes about travel for the Aspen Times Weekly. Reach her at awb@awbeazley.com or follow her @awbeazley1.

“Eating Up the West Coast” offers readers a scenic — and delectable — tour of place ranging from the Wine Road of Northern Sonoma County (left) to Circa 62 in Little River, California (above).

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THE INFAMOUS SLAUGHTERHOUSE A KIWI TUBING ADVENTURE

LAST WEEK, my good friend Courtney asked if I wanted to go tube Slaughterhouse Falls with her. When someone mentions Slaughterhouse Falls, a six-foot high waterfall on the Roaring Fork River, it tends to invoke fear in anyone slightly uncomfortable with aquatics, which is certainly the case for me. After all, we all live in the mountains. If we wanted thrillBARBARA PLATTS seeking water sports, wouldn’t we have moved to Nantucket or some other utopian beach town? Here, most of us seem to prefer the water when it’s frozen and falling from the sky in large clumps. I’ve been getting more comfortable with the water recently, particularly this summer since I invested in a paddleboard. But rivers are still very foreign to me. That’s why I hesitated when my friend Courtney, who is driving to Boston as you read this, wanted to get a group together and tube Slaughterhouse Falls on the Roaring Fork River as a goingaway event. I had gone down Slaughterhouse once before last

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EACH OF US FELL OUT AT LEAST ONCE, SOME OF US MANY MORE TIMES, BUT EVERY TIME THE PLUNGE INTO WATER ENDED IN ROARS OF LAUGHTER. EVEN AT THE SCARIEST PART, SLAUGHTERHOUSE FALLS, WE ALL HAD SMILES PLASTERED TO OUR FACES AS WE FELL DOWN THE WATERFALL ONE BY ONE. IN THE END, THERE WAS REALLY NOTHING TO BE AFRAID OF. AND WE WERE ALL DYING TO DO IT AGAIN. summer, but it was in a raft with paddles and lots of other people. Coasting down it in a tube with nothing but my arms flailing about sounded terrifying. Courtney insisted that it was not. So this past Sunday, 10 of us took to the river with Scotty Gibsone’s whitewater adventure company Kiwi Adventure Ko. Some of you may know Scotty from behind the bar at L’Hostaria. He’s one of those quality bartenders that diligently keeps your glass of wine full during the evening, often leading you to wonder why one quick drink with a friend turned into a raging night out on the town. Scotty, who has lived in Aspen for two decades, is a bartender by night, but Kiwi Adventure takes up the majority of his daytime

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in the warmer months. The New Zealander started as a raft guide when he was 18. After spending several years working for other rafting companies in Aspen, he decided to start his own in 2007. When taking to the water with Kiwi Adventure, it becomes obvious right out of the gate that it’s not the traditional whitewater adventuring company. It states this on the home page of the website and it’s also easy to tell when you meet the Kiwi guides. They are all very laid back and a whole lot of fun. Going into the adventure, I knew this about the Kiwi guides. And I was trying to trust that Courtney knew what she was talking about. But past rafting experiences, and conversations with other guides,

always led me to think the worst when it came to Slaughterhouse Falls. But when we got there I couldn’t find anything to be stressed out about. Our crew was drinking beers while the guides set everything up. The day was sunny and bright and everyone was laughing. Scotty even handed us a waterproof carrier that looked like it was designed to carry beer cans. Actually it probably was designed just for that. As he handed it to me he said, “We aren’t your normal rafting company.” Well that did it for me. Hand me an apparatus from which to store booze for my friends and me and I’m ready for just about anything. Once we were all strapped in and ready to go, we got the traditional safety briefing from Kiwi guides Sammy Sandall and Blair Gibsone (Scotty’s brother). Their delivery was so casual, telling us exactly what we needed to do without invoking any fear. They encouraged us, ensuring that the adventure would be a lot of fun, even in the sketchy parts of the river. Scotty said this is both a strategy they use and just a natural way of guiding that comes with many years of experience. “If they see a little fear in your

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face then they will be all over you,” Scotty said later to me. He makes sure that he and the other guides are comfortable with the water levels at the current time and that they feel confident in the trip they are guiding. “If it’s over a certain level we are not going and that’s the final call,” he said. Sammy and Blair’s safety briefing made me feel much more comfortable about the adventure … or maybe it was the half can of Bud Light I had guzzled down before they started talking. Either way, I was ready. The Kiwi Adventure tubing session from the put-in at Cemetery Lane to the takeout at the Airport Business Center was probably the most fun I’ve had in a 60-minute period in recent memory. Each of us fell out at least once, some of us many more times, but every time the plunge into water ended in roars of laughter. Even at the scariest part, Slaughterhouse Falls, we all had smiles plastered to our faces as we fell down the waterfall one by one. In the end, there was really nothing to be afraid of. And we were all dying to do it again. Perhaps thrill-seeking water sports weren’t as bad as I thought. Barbara Platts would like to make it clear that even though the tubers were guzzling domestic lights on Sunday, the guides never touched a drop. They were extremely professional for the whole adventure. To reach her, email bplatts.000@gmail.com.

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ASPEN’S MINING MAZE DOES DANGER STILL LURK BENEATH THE GROUND? by SCOTT CONDON

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tirling “Buzz” Cooper recalls venturing into the Lower Durant Mine on Aspen Mountain as a kid in World War II-era Aspen. The owner of the mine at the time charged tourists 50 cents to go on a tour that started one-half block from the Glory Hole, now site of a city park. “I went in a couple of times with tourists,” Cooper said. The big attraction was a waterfall in the interior of the mine, maybe as much as a mile inside, Cooper said. The water came out the same adit, or tunnel, as the tourists entered. “You could walk along the rails and the ditch was off to the side,” Cooper said. His dad, owner of Cooper Books, used flash photography to capture the image. He used the picture on postcards he sold highlighting the Durant Waterfall (see photo, above). Cooper’s experience is no longer possible but take a ride up the Silver Queen

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Gondola or a walk up Smuggler Mountain Road and Aspen’s mining heritage still pops out. Numerous openings are still visible on Aspen Mountain and evidence of collapsed mines is easy to spot. The Smuggler Mine Tours provide a bona fide glimpse into Aspen’s rich mining history.

WATER DRAINS INTO WATER TABLE

Pitkin County has between 600 and 800 mine features, including multiple adits into the same mine, according to an estimate by the Colorado state government. And as Cooper’s experience shows, there are Aspen mines that are filled with water — but just because there’s water, that doesn’t mean it’s contaminated water. Still, that hefty inventory of adits and shafts makes it reasonable to wonder if something similar to the discharge of 3 million gallons of toxic water from the

PHOTOS BY JEREMY WALLACE; HISTORIC PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY

AREA OF CONCERN

Gold King Mine near Silverton into the Animas River earlier this month could happen in Aspen (see story, page 33). State and federal officials as well as miners with street credibility will never say never, but a similar disaster in Pitkin County is unlikely, in large part because of geology, they agreed. Aspen Mountain’s mines tended to be internally drained to the water table, so “there is generally no significant surface drainage discharges associated with the underground workings,” said Bruce Stover, an official with the Colorado Inactive Mine Reclamation Program. That means there is a “very limited possibility” of underground impoundments of water being formed, he said. Mines in the San Juan Mountains and other parts of the state have water above the surface. Toxic water was intentionally captured inside the Gold King Mine. It breached when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency undertook a reclamation effort. Aspen miners tended to encounter water below the level of the water table and Roaring Fork River, said Jay Parker, a partner in the Compromise Mine on Aspen Mountain and a miner and tour guide at the Smuggler Mine. The water emerging from Aspen’s mines hasn’t been found to be acidic or laced with

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heavy metals in any testing to date. In one of Aspen’s few hard-rock mine reclamation projects, water in Castle Creek tested similarly above and below where the Hope Mine discharged, according to Forest Service records. Parker said water draining from the Compromise Mine on Smuggler Mountain feeds ponds where fish thrive and ducks gather.

LOCAL MINE RECLAMATION AIMED AT SAFETY

Many of Pitkin County’s mines have collapsed, either naturally or by public agencies for safety reasons. “Our records show we have safeguarded approximately 90 hazardous, non-coal openings in Pitkin County, many of them on Aspen Mountain,” said Stover. Numerous closures have also been completed on coalmines in the Coal Basin and Thompson Creek areas. The Forest Service typically performs safety closures on three or four mines per year, according to Greg Rosenmerkel, engineering, minerals and fleet staff officer on the White River National Forest. “There are hundreds of mines across the forest.”

The area around the Ruby Mine southeast of Aspen is stunning. Craggy peaks soar to 13,000 feet in every direction at the head of Lincoln Creek. Meadows of wildflowers carpet the valley floor. Deteriorating mining structures liter the landscape. But part of the scene is also unsettling. Streams flowing from the inactive Ruby Mine workings and from at least one spring intermingled in the mine area run a milky white color. The water winds through vast rust-stained mine dumps — the waste rock strewn outside mine adits and shafts — that give the area an otherworldly appearance. A layman can be forgiven for wondering if the water is contaminated. The landscape that it flows through and the water itself doesn’t look natural before it runs into the pristine headwaters of Lincoln Creek. But looks can be deceiving, according to experts with the U.S. Forest Service and Colorado Inactive Mine Reclamation Program. Greg Rosenmerkel, engineering, minerals and fleet staff officer for the White River National Forest supervisor’s office in Glenwood Springs, said Colorado’s mountains contain a lot of minerals. When water runs through them and becomes discolored, it isn’t necessarily a sign of contamination or threat to water quality, he said. A glance at Red Mountain, the 13,000-foot high peak where the Ruby is located, reinforces his point. Large swathes at various elevations are stained red, showing the presence of iron. The Ruby Mine, abandoned decades ago, hasn’t raised any red flags for toxicity to Lincoln Creek, according to state and federal officials. The creek fills Grizzly Reservoir. Water from the reservoir is diverted to Twin Lakes and released downstream to the Roaring Fork River. The flushing of the reservoir to repair a gate at the intake earlier this month caused a stir because the discharge turned lower Lincoln Creek and the Roaring Fork River through Aspen and all the way below Basalt a chalky color. The city of Aspen took samples of sediment at the drained reservoir to have it tested for metals. It’s unclear if the reservoir have ever been tested before, but Steven Renner of the state Inactive Mine Reclamation Program tested Lincoln Creek above Grizzly Reservoir at the request of the U.S. Forest Service in the early 2000s. Renner is a senior project manager and geologist with the agency. He said most of the water flowing into Lincoln Creek from the area disrupted by mining is from a spring. A smaller amount of water comes from the collapsed Ruby Mine. The degradation from the spring flow is due to natural mineralization in the mountain, he said. The mine drainage appears to be rich in aluminum and iron, he said. Aluminum results in white strains on rocks in and around the streams and Lincoln Creek. Red stains are from iron. Renner said he didn’t recall that the test results showed that the water quality warranted further monitoring or action by the state. Ruby isn’t on the list of 230 mines in Colorado that have been identified for leaking toxic discharge into waterways, according to a map produced by the Denver Post based on information from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Nevertheless, the Ruby Mine continues to raise questions to most who see it. – Scott Condon

OPPOSITE PAGE: Mines such as the Smuggler (top) and an abandoned one up Independence Pass (right) have a “very limited possibility” of a waste spill like the Gold King Mine, though historic photos prove there is water below ground— such as this one of a waterfall in the Durant Mine in the early 1900s. ABOVE: Mountain bikers check out a stream running from the mine works at the Ruby Mine up Lincoln Creek Valley. The rust-colored water pools before spilling over into a dump for waste rock for the inactive mine. Iron naturally occurs in the rocks and soils of Red Mountain.

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The focus of both the Forest Service and the Inactive Mine Reclamation Program is to prevent people from entering an unsafe situation. Old mining timbers have often rotted, making interior travel perilous. Air deep underground can be toxic without proper ventilation. “It’s almost an attractive nuisance,” Rosenmerkel said of the old mines. A recent closure was completed earlier this summer at three mines in the high ground beyond Crystal. The typical closure costs $200,000, though no two projects are the same, he said. Both the Forest Service and Inactive Mine Reclamation Program are focused on finding mines that pose a physical hazard, such as ones located in a ski area or adjacent to a popular hiking trail, and safe-guarding them.

NO TOXIC WATER IMPOUNDED

If Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management officials suspect environmental issues, the state Water Quality Control Division is mobilized to test for acidity or metals. If a problem is found, the Inactive Mine Reclamation Program figures out how to solve the problem. If an environmental problem is suspected with a mine on private lands, the Forest Service might be involved if it affects public lands, Rosenmerkel said. The Hope Mine in Castle Creek Valley warranted remediation while the Ruby Mine in Lincoln Creek Valley has raised concerns but hasn’t been found in need of monitoring (see related stories), according to officials. Rosenmerkel said there is no situation in the Aspen-Ranger District where water as toxic as that in the Gold King Mine is being impounded. The Roaring Fork Conservancy, a Basaltbased nonprofit focused on water quality and quantity issues in the valley, doesn’t specifically test to see how water coming from mines affects rivers and streams in the basin. “Outside of Ruby, I don’t know if we have a big enough problem or big enough source,” said Rick Lofaro, the conservancy’s executive director.

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A MINE RECLAMATION SUCCESS STORY ABOVE: Morgan Williams checks the soil moisture levels in test plots at the Hope Mine tailings pile in 2011. The site, sloping sharply down to Castle Creek, was the focus of a successful reclamation effort. BELOW: Jay Parker, a partner in the Compromise Mine on Aspen Mountain and a miner and tour guide at the Smuggler Mine, said Aspen miners tended to encounter water below the level of the water table and Roaring Fork River; he said water draining from the Compromise Mine on Smuggler Mountain feeds ponds where fish thrive and ducks gather.

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State and federal officials have teamed for very few reclamation projects in the Aspen area because of a lower risk of toxic water building up in old mines and then suddenly breaching barriers (see related story). But agencies teamed with a local nonprofit organization, For the Forest, earlier this decade to stabilize the waste rock from the Hope Mine in Castle Creek Valley and drastically ease the risk of an ecological disaster. The Hope Mine was an ore producer well after Aspen’s silver-mining heyday. The mine is located about 6 miles southwest of Aspen on Castle Creek. Substantial work was performed in the 1920s before a fire destroyed many of the structures tied with the operation in 1929, according to Forest Service records. The Forest Service and partners became concerned earlier this decade about the potential of a waste rock pile at the inactive mine to erode into Castle Creek. The Forest Service conducted an engineering evaluation and cost analysis in 2013 and decided to remove 8,000 cubic yards of material from the mine dump, stabilize it elsewhere on the property and cap it. The area has been vegetated to make it look more natural. It gained regional attention because bio char was used as a cover to stimulate growth of vegetation. “It’s a great success story,” said Steven Renner, a senior project manager and geologist with the Colorado Inactive Mine Reclamation Program. “That waste pile, sooner or later, was going to fall into Castle Creek.” Scott Snelson, the Aspen-Sopris District Ranger at the time of the project, took a great interest in the project because of the threat of waste material collapsing into Castle Creek and fouling a source of drinking water for the city of Aspen. “There wasn’t much choice that we had to do something,” Snelson said. The Forest Service was also concerned about heavy metals in the mine dump and in water discharged from the collapsed mine. Testing of both the water and rock alleviated concerns of toxicity. There were slightly higher findings for zinc titanium, manganese, iron, nickel, arsenic, silver, barium, chromium, copper, mercury, lead and strontium in the mine dumps than in surrounding soils. The levels weren’t deemed a threat to health. “We didn’t find anything that was a great cause of alarm,” Snelson said. The water from the mine wasn’t polluting Castle Creek. Rights to the water running from the mine were secured by a downstream resident and piped to the property to stock ponds. For the Forest, which was later wrapped into Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, helped raise funding for the project. Snelson said the Hope Mine reclamation was a stellar example of cooperation between state and federal agencies and a local environmental partner. – Scott Condon

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WHEN THE RIVER TURNED ORANGE WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE ANIMAS RIVER MINE-WASTE SPILL

by JONATHAN THOMPSON for HIGH COUNTRY NEWS

n a scorcher of an August afternoon, a crowd gathered on a bridge over the deep-green waters of the Animas River on the north end of Durango. A passerby might have thought they were watching a sporting event, perhaps a kayak race or a flotilla of inebriated, scantily clad inner tubers. Yet the river that afternoon was eerily empty of rowers, paddlers or floaters — unheard of on a day like this — and the mood among onlookers was sombre. One mingling in the crowd heard certain words repeated: sad, tragic, angry, toxic. They were here not to cheer anyone on, but to mourn, gathered to watch a catastrophe unfold in slow motion. Soon, the waters below would become milky green, then a Gatorade yellow, before finally settling into a thick and cloudy orangish hue — some compared it to mustard, others Tang. Whatever you called it, it clearly was not right. The mustard-Tang plume was the result of approximately three million gallons of wastewater and sludge that had poured from the dormant Gold King mine into Cement Creek, a tributary of the Animas, some 60 miles upstream on the previous morning. The water had backed up in the mine behind a sort of dam formed when the mine portal’s ceiling had collapsed sometime earlier. Workers from the Environmental Protection Agency were hoping to install a pipe to drain the water so that they could eventually plug the mine, keeping the contaminated water inside it and out of the streams. Instead, they ended up accidentally breaching the dam, releasing the water. While the spill occurred just a few miles above Silverton, the impacts hit Durango the hardest. The Animas River courses through the middle of Durango, provides a portion of its drinking and irrigation water, and over the past few decades has become the recreational and aesthetic, wild, green heart of the city. The spill essentially stopped the heart’s beat. Officials closed the river for public health reasons, shutting down hundreds of recreational boaters and tubers, not to mention the local rafting industry. No one yet knows what will happen to the fish, the birds, the bugs and other wildlife that call the river home. “I’m very sorry for what happened,” said David Ostrander, EPA’s emergency response director, at a public meeting in Durango held just hours after the plume reached town. “This is a huge tragedy. We typically P H OTO S B Y J O N AT H A N T H O M P S O N / H I G H C O U N T RY N E W S

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been going on in the Upper Animas River Watershed for decades. Here’s are a handful of facts to help you understand the big picture; details on each can be found at www.hcn.org:

• POLLUTION IN THE ANIMAS IS NOT NEW • SUPERFUND HAS LONG BEEN ON THE TABLE, AND LONG BEEN SWEPT OFF • THE PROBLEM IS MASSIVE AND COMPLEX, BUT NOT HOPELESS. THEN IT GOT EVEN MORE COMPLEX. IN THE MEANTIME, A PIECEMEAL APPROACH CONTINUES • THIS ISN’T THE FIRST TIME THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAS HAPPENED, NOR IS IT THE WORST • SHORT-TERM IMPACTS AREN’T AS BAD AS THE WATER LOOKS • LONG-TERM IMPACTS ARE STILL UNKNOWN • THE EPA MESSED UP, BUT THEY’RE NOT THE ROOT CAUSE

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GLITZ & GLAMOUR: A ROARING 20S GALA

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THUNDER RIVER THEATRE COMPANY in Carbondale marked a benchmark anniversary this summer, celebrating 20 years in show business. The nonprofit hosted a Roaring ’20s benefit on Aug. 15 at The Orchard, turning the community gathering center into a speakeasy for the night. Guests dressed as flappers, gangsters, silent movie stars, and characters from the Cotton Club, Great Gatsby and Prohibition era. All enjoyed a cocktail reception followed by a buffet dinner and drinks, a live auction, dessert, entertainment and dancing.

Event volunteers Kusuma Potvin and Alaina Diaz from 1st Bank, a sponsor of Thunder River Theatre Company.

Adam Bartley, the headliner for the evening, returned to town for the special occasion. Formerly a member of the Crystal Palace Players, Bartley moved to Hollywood to pursue his career years ago, landing notable parts along the way including the role of Deputy Ferguson on the Netflix series “Longmire.” Scores of other talented performers were in attendance from a number of the other theatres throughout the valley, as well as area artists who contributed works for the live auction. Thunder River Theatre Company’s 2015-2016 season begins next month with

“The Mineola Twins” directed by Sue Lavin, “Baskersfield Mist,” directed by Corey Simpson, in December, “Rashomon” opening in late February and directed by Lon Winston, and closing with “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” next summer and directed by Corey Simpson. For tickets, to support Thunder River Theatre Company or to learn more, visit www.thunderrivertheatre.org. Contact May with insights, invites or info: allthewaymaymay@hotmail.com

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Hollywood singer/actor/director (and Crystal Palace alum) Adam Bartley served as the evening’s entertainment with his band. Thunder River Theatre Company co-founders Valerie Haugen and Lon Winston. Wendy and Jack Bergstrom.

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HERBERT BAYER WALL-TO-WALL THE TAPESTRIES Herbert Bayer made for the boardrooms and offices of Atlantic Richfield Company and other clients will never overshadow his work in paint, graphics, photography, typography or sculpture. Made between 1961 and 1983, the Bayer tapestries collected in a new exhibition at The Aspen Institute constitute a footnote in

fabricated, and there are rumors of forgeries that were created as well.” The tapestries — on view through next July — were likely made as functional decoration for offices, Ballinger said, doubling as sound absorbers. Many are alterations of existing works, including his “Gates” series. His painted carpet study for a

“BAYER FASTIDIOUSLY ANNOTATED EVERYTHING THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, BUT NOT WITH THIS. … HE DIDN’T HAVE THE SAME ANNOTATION, SO WE DON’T KNOW HOW MANY WERE IN THE EDITIONS, WE DON’T KNOW WHERE THEY WERE FABRICATED, AND THERE ARE RUMORS OF FORGERIES THAT WERE CRATED AS WELL.”– LISSA BALLINGER, ASPEN INSTITUTE REGISTRAR the Bauhaus artist and Aspen icon’s career. But, since the Institute last year began exclusively collecting Bayer — not accepting gifts or loans or work by other artists to solely preserve and study Bayer’s output — highlighting such footnotes is a worthy endeavor. If nothing else, the show underscores how Bayer’s signature aesthetic — geometric studies, vibrant colors — moved across media. The seven pieces in the exhibition in the Paepcke Gallery, all on loan from private collectors, are instantly recognizable as Bayer designs. For Institute registrar Lissa Ballinger, the fascinating thing about them is the mystery of how and where Bayer made them, and what his thoughts were on working in the medium. Bayer left little information behind about this work, other than that he traveled to textile factories in Puerto Rico, Morocco and China to learn about the design and manufacture of tapestries. ”There is very little known about these tapestries, which is what makes them so interesting,” says Ballinger. “Bayer fastidiously annotated everything throughout his career, but not with this. … He didn’t have the same annotation, so we don’t know how many were in the editions, we don’t know where they were

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chapel by Robert O. Anderson — who, along with Aspen city father Walter Paepcke, was Bayer’s primary patron — offers a peak into Bayer’s process. Bayer designed the wall-towall carpet in accordance with the peculiar shape of the New Mexico chapel, with intricate designs around where the baptismal font, altar and pews would go. Unfortunately, you

Untitled by Herbert Bayer, N.D.

Yellow with Squares by Herbert Bayer, 1980.

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IF YOU GO... can’t road trip to see the realized carpet — Bayer’s design was rejected for a simpler one. Using the key and map, available in the gallery, you can take a self-directed walking tour of 15 more Bayer tapestries hanging around the campus (the Institute’s regular, free guided tours of Bayer’s work onsite are also a must for Aspenites). Bayer is everywhere, of course, around the campus — but you (or at least I) tend to overlook the tapestry works when I’m out there for an event or hustling around a festival. Once you spend some time looking at them, though, they sort of become the focal point of a room. I’d always been curious about the one in the Paepcke Auditorium lobby — “Star” from 1983 — after spending considerable time staring at it while waiting in line at booksignings there. Steps away you’ll find two more, “Ordered Amassment” from 1973 and “Polychrome” from 1976. Downstairs, by the bathrooms, is the curious “White Moon on green,” from 1961 – a more figurative work than most of Bayer’s – featuring a nest under a gibbous moon. Across campus, in Plato’s Restaurant, is a 1954 untitled tapestry, depicting something like a red sun reflecting in a body of water. The Kaufman Room in the Doerr-Hosier Center has three of the most compelling tapestries out there, including two from the “Gates” series. The Institute’s main Bayer exhibition, the career-spanning retrospective in the DoerrHoser Center’s Resnick Gallery, is still the best intro to his work on the campus. But hopefully the tapestry is the first of many shows illuminating some lesserknown aspects of his expansive career.

What: Herbert Bayer, “Tapestries” Where: Paepcke Gallery, Walter Paepcke Memorial Building, Aspen Institute When: Through July 2016 How much: Free More info: www.aspeninstitute.org

ABOVE: Close detail of Chromatic Compostion by Herbert Bayer, 1976. RIGHT: Jason tapestry by Herbert Bayer, 1961 BELOW: Chromatic Gates series by Herbert Bayer, 1970.

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HEAR Jenny Lewis will perform on Thursday, Aug. 20 at Belly Up Aspen.

THURSDAY, AUG. 20 MOZART’S “COSI FAN TUTTE,” K. 588 — 7 p.m., Wheeler Opera House, 320 E. Hyman Ave., Aspen. Jane Glover, conductor; James Robinson, director; Edward Berkeley, Aspen Opera Theater Center director. JOSEFINA MENDEZ — 7 p.m., Living Room at Hotel Jerome, 330 E. Main St., Aspen. Latin bossa nova. LIVE MUSIC — 7 p.m., St. Regis Aspen Resort, 315 E. Dean St., Aspen. “PETER AND THE STARCATCHER” — 7:30 p.m., Theatre Aspen’s Hurst Theatre, Rio Grande Park, Aspen. Prequel to “Peter Pan.” Call the box office at 844-706-7387 or visit http:// theatreaspen.org to purchase tickets and for more information. CHAMBER MUSIC — 8 p.m., Harris Concert Hall at Aspen Music Festival and School, 960 N. Third St., Aspen. Conrad Tao, piano; Bil Jackson, clarinet; Stefan Jackiw, violin. 970-925-3254 JENNY LEWIS — 8 p.m., Belly Up, 450 S. Galena St., Aspen. 970-544-9800 ENCORE — 8 p.m., Zeno’s, 501 E. Dean St., Aspen. Live music by Steve Peer, Terry Bannon and Damian Smith.

FRIDAY, AUG. 21 LUNCHTIME AUCTIONETTE — 11:45 a.m., Anderson Ranch Arts Center, 5263 Owl Creek Road, Snowmass. Barbecue for $10 before bidding. “PETER AND THE STARCATCHER” — 3 p.m., Theatre Aspen’s Hurst Theatre,

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Rio Grande Park, Aspen. Prequel to “Peter Pan.” Call the box office at 844-706-7387 or visit http://theatreaspen.org to purchase tickets and for more information. SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK: “GENERATIONS OF TANTALUS” — 5:30 p.m., Old Aspen Power Plant, 590 Mill St., Aspen. Greek comedy by Todd Hartley. Free. ASPEN CHAMBER SYMPHONY — 6 p.m., Benedict Music Tent, 960 N. Third St., Aspen. Johannes Debus, conductor; Stefan Jackiw, violin; Conrad Tao, piano; Edward Berkeley, director. LIVE MUSIC — 7 p.m., St. Regis Aspen Resort, 315 E. Dean St., Aspen. “PETER AND THE STARCATCHER” — 7:30 p.m., Theatre Aspen’s Hurst Theatre, Rio Grande Park, Aspen. Prequel to “Peter Pan.” Call the box office at 844-706-7387 or visit http:// theatreaspen.org to purchase tickets and for more information.

SATURDAY, AUG. 23 ELLEN SKIDMORE EXHIBIT AND BOOK LAUNCH — 11 a.m., Forre Fine Art Gallery, 426 E. Hyman Ave., Aspen. Author of children’s book “Ellen: The Little Girl Who Found Her Voice” tells about her difficulties growing up with a severe speech impediment. Cocktail reception with the artist to follow. “OTHER DESERT CITIES” — 3 and 7:30 p.m., Theatre Aspen’s Hurst Theatre, Rio Grande Park, Aspen. Play tells the story of the fictional Wyeth family and a memoir dredging up a pivotal and tragic event in the family’s history. Call the box office at

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STEVE EARLE AND THE DUKES — All day, Belly Up, 450 S. Galena St., Aspen. Country, rock, folk and rockabilly. 970-544-9800

CHAMBER MUSIC — 4:30 p.m., Harris Concert Hall at Aspen Music Festival and School, 960 N. Third St., Aspen. Aspen Contemporary Ensemble performs. Sylvia Rosenberg, violin; James Dunham, viola; Michael Mermagen, cello; Anton Nel, piano; Bonita Boyd, flute; Gillian Benet Sella, harp. 970-925-3254

ZACH HECKENDORF — 8:30 p.m., Belly Up, 450 S. Galena St., Aspen. Acoustic singer-songwriter. 970-544-9800

“GENERATIONS OF TANTALUS” — 5:30 p.m., Old Aspen Power Plant, 590 Mill St., Aspen. Comedy by Todd Hartley. Free. More information at 970-319-6867.

MOUNTAINSUMMIT PRE-FESTIVAL SCREENING OF “LES VOYAGEURS SANS TRACE” — 9 p.m., Third Street Center, 520 Third St., Carbondale. Visit www.mtnsummit.org.

MOZART’S “COSI FAN TUTTE” — 7 p.m., Wheeler Opera House, 320 E. Hyman Ave., Aspen. Jane Glover, conductor; James Robinson, director; Edward Berkeley, Aspen Opera Theater Center director.

MONDAY, AUG. 24

TUESDAY, AUG. 25

LIVE MUSIC — 7 p.m., St. Regis Aspen Resort, 315 E. Dean St., Aspen.

FARM TO TABLE TUESDAYS — 5:30 p.m., Elk Camp Restaurant, Snowmass Ski Area. A la carte dinner menu with full cash bar, outdoor family activities and live music.

RECITAL BY MARC-ANDRE HAMELIN, PIANO — 8 p.m., Harris Concert Hall at Aspen Music Festival and School, 960 N. Third St., Aspen. 970-925-3254

HADEN GREGG, DANA UNDERWOOD AND FRIENDS — 6:30 p.m., L’Hostaria, 620 E. Hyman Ave., Aspen. Live music on the patio.

ASPEN SANTA FE BALLET — 8 p.m., Aspen District Theatre, 355 High School Road, Aspen. World premiere of commissioned work from Alejandro Cerrudo, resident choreographer at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.

JOSH ROGAN — 7 p.m., Living Room at Hotel Jerome, 330 E. Main St., Aspen. Folk music.

ENCORE — 8 p.m., Zeno’s, 501 E. Dean St., Aspen. Live music by Steve Peer, Terry Bannon and Damian Smith. REBELUTION — 8 p.m., Belly Up, 450 S. Galena St., Aspen. Reggae, rock and world music. 970-544-9800

SUNDAY, AUG. 23 ASPEN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA — 4 p.m., Benedict Music Tent, 960 N. Third St., Aspen. Robert Spano, conductor; Susanna Phillips, soprano. DON MILLER AND CHRISTIAN REX VAN MINNEN LECTURE — 7 p.m., Anderson Ranch Arts Center, 5263 Owl Creek Road, Snowmass. Woodworking, sculpture, painting and drawing. Free. RED LIGHT RODEO — 9 p.m., Justice Snow’s, 328 E. Hyman Ave., Aspen. Country, bluegrass and traditional music. 970-429-8192

LISA CLAGUE AND JILL GIERGERICH LECTURE — All day, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, 5263 Owl Creek Road, Snowmass. Ceramics, painting and drawing.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 23 RICH GANSON TRIO — 6 p.m., Sage Bar, Snowmass Village, 0239 Snowmass Club Circle, Snowmass Village. Live music. SUMMER SIZZLES AND LIVE MUSIC — 6 p.m., Snowmass Village. 970 923-0920 HADEN GREGG, DANA UNDERWOOD AND HAP HARRIMAN — 7 p.m., Heather’s Savory Pies, Midland Avenue, Basalt. Live music on the patio. THE BIG EASY BRAIN TEASY — 8 p.m., Square Grouper, 304 E. Hopkins Ave., No. 1, Aspen. Trivia with prizes.

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The Snowmass Club is looking for interested candidates for the Summer in the following areas/positions: • Lead Line Cook • Line Cooks • Dishwasher • Hostess • Servers • Back Server • Fitness Attendants • Men's Locker Room Attendant Benefits include-Employee meal per shift, complimentary parking and discounted bus passes. Email

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Our ideal candidate is an exceptional writer, creative, organizational master and a stickler for details.

Balentine Collection

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@aspensnowmassproperties.com

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NEWLY REMODELED SMV Office. No-traffic commute. Ski to work! High visibility from street; great foot traffic. $1700/mo long-term lease. Available unfurnished, or furnished (+$$). FREE RENT??? 4BD 2BA gorgeous luxu- jennyroberts@me.com ry townhome. Top of the line custom finishes. $3250/mo, + utils. Avail. 9/1-5/31 970-379-1907

Rentals Snowmass 2 bd 2 bath, furnished corner condo W/D, parking, pool. $2500+, cable/wifi inc. 1 year, Sept. 1 available. N/S, N/P. Joanne ASSir 970-319-6827

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The Roaring Fork School District seeks an experienced Communication Contractor to join our team. This position will work part time in collaboration with our communication firm and our staff to provide information to the public via newsletters, websites, social media, etc. This position pays $1500.00 per month, over the course of 10 months. Interested candidates should send a letter of interest and resume to Linda Fiske at lfiske@rfschools.com Closing date for this position is August 21, 2015

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Beautiful, Furnished 1 BD 1 BA Condo in small complex. Foyer, Livingroom, Diningroom, Bedroom and Bath. Washer/Dryer. Patio in yard with stream. Designated off street parking. No Pets/ No smoking. Includes all utilities except electric. $2,100/mo. Deposit required. 1 year Lease. Call or Text 970-618-8833.

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Business Opportunities For Sale - Turn-Key catering operation. In business for 25 years. Call for details 970-618-2200

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84 Haystack Lane, Snowmass, CO This completely remodeled 3 bedroom, 2 bath home features vaulted ceilings, hickory floors, alder doors and cabinetry and surround-sound. The master suite includes an office, fireplace, steam shower, 2 walk-in closets and a walk-out deck. The chef’s kitchen boasts Viking appliances, double ovens, dual dishwashers and granite counters. Enjoy breathtaking panoramic views.

2605 Capitol Creek Rd, Snowmass, CO Gentleman’s ranch on 15 acres. 4 bedroom with finished basement. Game room with pool table, outdoor spa off the master deck and a covered porch for shady afternoon and evening dining. A large tractor storage shed with shop. Bring your horses!

1469 Snowmass Creek Road, Snowmass, CO This 3 bedroom home features 2 living areas, office space, and an abundant kitchen and dining area. It is a cozy winter hangout with woodstoves in both sitting rooms and it is naturally cool and airy during the summer. Nestled among an acre of grass and trees, this property is quiet and private. There is a large pond that provides irrigation and a refreshing swim on a hot summer day.

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Lift One #209 Beautifully remodeled 1-bedroom condo staring up at Aspen Mtn. Fully furnished and equipped, move in ready. A condo for all seasons with a pool and Jacuzzi. Excellent on site management.

3BR/2BA 1280 SF SINGLE FAMILY HOME in Smuggler Park in Aspen built in 2012. 2 car garage, HUGE storage, walk to town, free bus route, Aspen schools, fenced yard, high ceilings, views from both decks, dues - $175/mo

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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.

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Weaver and Briscoe

Aspen - $1,350,000 Custom built, 2486 sq.ft., 4 bed, 3.5 bath home with a southwestern flair and Aspen Mtn views. Vaulted ceilings, roomy kitchen, dining and living area, main level master, bamboo floors, walk in closet, separate shower and jetted tub. 4th bedroom has its own living room, kitchen, bathroom & entrance. Good storage, patio, sweet yard, mature aspens and hot tub. Walk or bike to town.

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Best value Aspen Valley School District Close to town, Snowmass, airport, Basalt. Open layout, light, convenient location, well built. 3 spacious BD, 3 BA, 1 car garage & property is over 2 acres. Works great as a rental or to live in.

Time Share, 3 consecutive weeks every mid August-Labor Day weekend. Great central location on Wagner Park, with Ajax view. 1 bed, 2 bath, Murphy bed area, kitchenette, private deck with hot tub, sauna

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Ritz Carlton Club Winter Interest 5. 2 BD in White River Lodge. 28 days of use. 2 winter weeks, 1 summer week & 1 float.

Affordable, updated, bright 1 bed/1 bath condo with an open floor plan, gas fp, walk in closet & mountain views. Low HOA fees include unit heat, building has laundry and storage. Assigned parking, an easy walk to Aspen's core or one block to shuttle bus. A great property to live in or rental property for the investor. MLS#138752

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In-town stunning remodel in Aspen's best complex, Winfield Arms! Come see the latest in Mountain Design. With views of Aspen Mtn and only 3 blocks to gondola, garage parking included, this pied-a'- terre can't be beat. Dogs invited.

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Beautifully renovated 3B/2BA home. Detached office & bonus room, gardens, master deck & hot tub, outdoor entertaining space. Aspen School District, No HOA fees, AV swimming pool, club house, gym and playground.

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Sopris Mountain Ranch A custom 3-bedroom, 6,031+/- sq ft, log home on 35+ acres in Sopris Mountain Ranch, one of the valley's premier equestrian communities.

Build your dream home at Willits 6,000+ sq. ft. lot located in one of the valley's highly desired communities. Located adjacent to Willits town center. Only a short walk to Whole Foods, Starbucks and terrific restaurants.

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Missouri Heights

Glenwood Springs - $1,150,000

Missouri Heights - $1,350,000

Excellent opportunity. 1 million+ value for only $645,000. Sensational views and excellent water rights! 9.47 acres, fenced, plus corral area, water fall, pond and 4 stall barn. Large septic installed and utilities to building envelope. Can build up to 10,000 sq ft home. Call today! MLS # 140169 Creek-side home on fenced-in four acres in Canyon Creek, west of Glenwood Springs. 3 bedroom, 4 bathroom house with large kitchen and master bedroom. One fifth mile of creek side water, Two apartments, workshop and greenhouse.

Charley Podolak

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Call for Appointment Buyers agents welcome 970-376-3328

Missouri Heights $850,000 161 Milburn Court Spacious 4 bedroom 4 bath set on 1.5+ acres with expansive views from Snowmass Ski area to Sunlight with Mt. Sopris front and center. Large Master Suite on the main level provides one level living. Enjoy a large rec room with wet bar and fabulous views. 5 minutes from all of the amenities Willits has to offer. HOA amenities include swimming pool, hot tub, tennis courts and basketball court. Perfect family home. New carpet. MLS # 139605

Charley Podolak

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2247 Upper Cattle Creek Road Breathtaking mountain views, soaring ceilings with wood trusses, hardwood floors, the finest of finishes, and all the state-of-the-art bells and whistles. Main level master bedroom with gas fireplace and big views provides one level living. Large media/recreation room and 3 car garage for all your toys! Perfect family home or corporate retreat. Minutes frm Willits. MLS #135763.

Charley Podolak

970.948.0100 CallCharley.com Charley.Podolak@sothebysrealty.com

New Castle - $699,000

Old Snowmass - $249,000

Old Snowmass - $789,000

TOP OF THE LINE . . . 4,679 sq ft, high-end home - 2 master suites, 3 fireplaces - Pool, golf, rec center. Price Reduced! MLS #139420

5 acres - Old Snowmass Discover a hidden gem atop the mountains in Shield O-Mesa. Build your dream home (approvals in place) with 360 degree panoramic views to the Snowmass Mtn ski area, the West Elk Range & more

1+ acre lot- Wonderful 3+ bedroom ranch-style home situated on private lot. Plenty of sun with east / south exposures. Flat lawn with mature Aspen trees. Mountain views overlooking the Snowmass / Capitol Creek valley floor.

Michelle James

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Tom Carr

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Tom Carr

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Audi A4 2007

Audi S4 2005

BMW Z3 Convertible 2001

Chevrolet TrailBlazer SS 2008

Audi A4 2007 $9,000.00 obo 142K Auto transmission. New tune up.2.0T Silver 970-319-1698 $9,000.00 obo 970-319-1698

Audi S4 2005 $11,000.00 Good condition. 141K Auto transmission. 4.2L White Pearl 970-456-6029 $11,000.00 970-456-6029

Excellent condition. 46,100 mi Auto transmission. Dk Green, tan leather and sheepskins

Loaded . 36,000K miles Auto trans V-8 Air Induction - dual exhaust Sunroof AWD Silver

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Ford Roush Mustang 2009

GMC SAFARI VAN 1994

Honda Accord 2005

Honda CRV 2003

ONE OF A KIND 429 5 Speed, 435 Horsepower Supercharged Roush Engine. Show room condition. Less than 1,000 miles. Driven by 1 owner. Great Investment! $55,000 Duane (610) 636-7407

GMC SAFARI VAN 94,149k miles,good condition, auto transmission,all wheel drive,all weather tires, upgraded stereo,well maintained. $5000. obo 970 274-3773 $5000. obo 970 274-3773

Honda Accord 2005 2 door. Good condition. 142000 Manual transmission. V6 Alloy wheels. Heated seats. Leather seats. $3,750 970-618-9626

4 door. Good condition. 187,000 Auto transmission. 4 cyl AWD. CD player. Sunroof. Power windows. Blue,

Jeep CJ-7 1984

Lexus IS-300 2002

Porsche Porsche 911 Targa 1986

Shelby American Cobra 1965

168K 6CL, 5SP New tires, Brakes Runs Great, Hard, Soft, Bikini ,Tops, Tow Hitch. Needs Body Work.

Sports package. 4 door. Exc. cond. 18100 miles. Auto transmission. ABS. Heated seats. Power seats. Power windows. Sunroof. Dark Gray $9000 970-922-7048

Stylish Porsche 911 Targa 1986. 2 door. Good condition. Manual. CD Player. Leather seats. Performance tires. White. Charlie chantalinaspen@gmail.com $26,900 OBO 9177551951

Shelby Cobra 1965 Pristine. Under 1,500 mi. 5-Speed Tremec trans. Under the hood 427 FE Shelby Signature engine, dyno-tuned 550 plus HP at the flywheel. $98,000 OBO Dave 303-887-9300

Volkswagon Passat Wagon 2004

SHORTBED 850 Eagle Cap 2007

Aprilia Tuono R 2003

BMW R90s 1975

Volkswagon Passat Wagon AWD 128000

AC, 1 slide, Generator, wet bath, 2 awnings

1 of 50 made for US market. 5200 miles, Ohlins, OZ wheels, includes race kit.

Superbike, Cafe Racer. Black, 35k Miles. 900cc. Excellent Condition!

$17,500 970-366-0627

$7000

Honda Pilot 2009

EX-L, Sunroof, Leather, 4x4, 111,000 miles. One owner, runs great. $14,500 970-390-1187 Toyota TUNDRA SR5 2000

Good condition 235K Easy In/Out Custom Bed Tape/CD/XM Radio GREAT TRUCK!!

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$6500 970-379-6228 Harley-Davidson FLSCTIFirefighter Limited Edition 2005

Yamaha Virago 535 - 2000

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970-404-0759 Ford Tractor 801 Series

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1984 BMW 318i. 2nd owner, runs good , but needs water pump. $700. (970) 618-7252 trhasemail@gmail.com

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Furniture/ Beds & Mattresses Firm Queen mattress and box spring for sale, in nearly-new condition (used for less than one year). Originally cost $850, we're now asking $250 for it. Please call 502-619-4689 if interested.

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COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 Aspen-Snowmass FORECLOSURE In-Calls SALE NO. 14-017 / Out-Calls 760-397-3242 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On May 18, 2015, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating Washer/Dryer. Bosch to the Deed of Trust described below to be recordAxis 899.00 Aspen Like ed in the County of Pitkin records. new condition. Wido Original Grantor(s) Schaefer 970-920-3991 BUSINESS CLOSE LEIRY MARTINEZ wido.s@travelstore.com Original Beneficiary(ies) OUT MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION WEDNESDAY SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE First Alert Combination FOR COUNTRYWIDE BANK, FSB 8/19/15 AND Safe, .94 c.f., Brand New Current Holder of Evidence of Debt THURSDAY CHRISTIANA TRUST, A DIVISION OF WILMINGIn Box, $80.00. Call PREMIUM CABINETS Peter Lik Maroon Bells ~ With your garage sale TON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN weekends or after 5:30 8/20/15 COLORADO TAKE $200 ANY ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT ASOFF TRUSTEE 1.5m Artist Proof 11/45 ad you’ll also receive M-F, (970)-989-8116 B O A T $ 4 0 0 . 0 0 S e a r s “The kitchen you want at 2 FROM 8:30am TO OF ARLP TRUST Italian Cigar Leaf signs & stickers! SHED IN AUGUST Aluminum flat bottom Date of Deed of Trust the price your want” wood (44 x 96.5 in) ~ Make sure all your 8 X 12 or Larger 2:30pm Julythan 03, 2008 12' x 44" Aspen Used 30-50% less Lowes $10,000 Aspen Chris preparation and hard SHEDS – Custom built condition. Dan Forde and Home County Depot.of Recording HORSE SHELTERS christoball19@gmail.c work doesn’t go to Pitkin *NO PHONE 970-618-1670 or Call 970-274-9276 om waste- get PEOPLE to Recording Date of Deed CHICKEN of Trust COOPS 970-925-9330 CALLS* All wood cabinets. 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Remington mo. 1100s the electors of the Woody Creek Metropolitan Disby the deed of trust and other violations of the Original Grantor(s) trict of Pitkin County, Matched Pair Skeet .28 H e r mColorado. an Miller Office terms thereof. LEIRY MARTINEZ ShedCityUSA.com LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST Original Beneficiary(ies) & 410. 1969 100% New Chair, size Large, WILDFIRETHE MITIGATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election will LIEN.home and MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION 800-987-4337 Unfired.. Factory Letter Protect your excellent condition with be held on the 3rd day of November, 2015 by mail BLOCK 1, GATEWAY OF SNOWMASS INC.,Hay ACTING SOLELY & Hard Case. SYSTEMS, Horse $5 bale E.Z.AS NOMINEE property LOT from1,wildfire Children's Furniture. arm ballot. At thatnew time,leather 3 directors will rests, be elected to 970-963-0679 MESA SUBDIVISION, FILING NO. 1, ACCORDFOR COUNTRYWIDE BANK, FSB Magnificent. FFL req. a c c e s s . Y o u l o a d . N o Z o n e 1 W i l d f i r e L L C $800.0 0 D r e a m h o u s e Carbondale. $450.00 serve until the second regular special district elecING TO THE PLAT RECORDED PLAT BOOK Current Holder of Evidence of Debt See ourINsheds in Checks. 970-984-0392 970-618-1256 website girls bunk bed. Basalt Call weekends after will be $3,200. 970-379-3474 tion after district organization and 2or directors 3 AT PAGE 399. CHRISTIANA TRUST, A DIVISION OF WILMINGGlenwood Springs elected to serve until the(970)-989-8116 next regular special disNew Castle deb333@me.com 5:30 M-F, outfitter738@rof.net and number as: 280 TON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB,www.zone1wildfire.com NOT IN Also known by street trict election occurring in any year following the ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT AS TRUSTEE G A T E W A Y R O A D , S N O W M A S S , C O year in which the district is organized. Eligible 81654-9207. OF ARLP TRUST 2 electors of the Woody Creek Metropolitan District THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL Date of Deed of Trust interested in serving on the board of directors may OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMJuly 03, M O N DAY- F R I DAY 8 2008 : 3 0 A M TO 5 : 0 0 P M obtain a Self-Nomination and Acceptance form BERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. County of Recording from the District Designated Election Official NOTICE OF SALE Pitkin 970. 384-9135 (DEO): The current holder of the Evidence of Debt seRecording Date of Deed of Trust Gus Filiss (Designated Election cured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has L E G A L S @July AS07, P E2008 N T I M E S .CO M Official) Recording Information (Reception No. and/or filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as c/o Rhonda J. Bazil, P.C. (DEO Address) provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. Book/Page No.) 230 E. Hopkins Ave., Aspen, CO 81611 THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at 550774 (DEO Address) public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, Original Principal Amount COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION (970) 925-7171 (DEO Telephone) 09/16/2015, at Pitkin County Courthouse, at the A CALL FOR NOMINATIONS $840,000.00 CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE The Office of the DEO is open on the following south front door, 506 E Main St, Aspen, Colorado, Outstanding Principal Balance SALE NO. 14-017 sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly, to days: Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with $838,300.47 the electors of the Woody Creek Metropolitan Dis- 5:00 p.m. regard to the following described Deed of Trust: Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby said real property and all interest of the said Granttrict of Pitkin County, Colorado. On May 18, 2015, the undersigned Public Trustee notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have or(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the If the DEO determines that a Self-Nomination and caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating been violated as follows: failure to pay principal purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election will Acceptance form is not sufficient, the eligible elec- to the Deed of Trust described below to be record- and interest when due together with all other pay- said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of be held on the 3rd day of November, 2015 by mail tor who submitted the form may amend the form ed in the County of Pitkin records. ments provided for in the evidence of debt secured Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale ballot. At that time, 3 directors will be elected to once, at any time, prior to 3:00 p.m. on Friday, Au- Original Grantor(s) by the deed of trust and other violations of the and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as proserve until the second regular special district elec- gust 28, 2015. The deadline to submit a Self- LEIRY MARTINEZ terms thereof. tion after district organization and 2 directors will be Nomination and Acceptance is close of business Original Beneficiary(ies) THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST vided by law. First Publication 7/23/2015 elected to serve until the next regular special dis- on Friday, August 28, 2015. Earlier submittal is MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION LIEN. trict election occurring in any year following the encouraged as the deadline will not permit curing SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE LOT 1, BLOCK 1, GATEWAY OF SNOWMASS Last Publication 8/20/2015 year in which the district is organized. Eligible an insufficient form. Affidavit of Intent To Be A FOR COUNTRYWIDE BANK, FSB MESA SUBDIVISION, FILING NO. 1, ACCORD- Name of Publication The Aspen Times Weekly electors of the Woody Creek Metropolitan District Write-In-Candidate forms must be submitted to the Current Holder of Evidence of Debt ING TO THE PLAT RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATinterested in serving on the board of directors may office of the designated election official by the close CHRISTIANA TRUST, A DIVISION OF WILMING- 3 AT PAGE 399. ER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE obtain a Self-Nomination and Acceptance form of business on Monday, August 31, 2015. TON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN Also known by street and number as: 280 OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENfrom the District Designated Election Official ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT AS TRUSTEE G A T E W A Y R O A D , S N O W M A S S , C O TITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, an application for a OF ARLP TRUST 2 IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LEND(DEO): 81654-9207. Gus Filiss (Designated Election mail-in/absentee ballot shall be filed with the desig- Date of Deed of Trust THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL ER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REnated election official no later than the close of July 03, 2008 Official) OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUM- QUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONbusiness on Friday, October 30, 2015 TACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE c/o Rhonda J. Bazil, P.C. (DEO Address) County of Recording BERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SEC230 E. Hopkins Ave., Aspen, CO 81611 Pitkin NOTICE OF SALE Gus Filiss (DEO Address) Recording Date of Deed of Trust The current holder of the Evidence of Debt se- TION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE Designated Election Official Signature (970) 925-7171 (DEO Telephone) July 07, 2008 cured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORThe Office of the DEO is open on the following Recording Information (Reception No. and/or filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as NEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR days: Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to Published in the Aspen Times Weekly on August Book/Page No.) provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. 20, 2015. 5:00 p.m. 550774 THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL Original Principal Amount public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. A S P Colorado E N T I MAttorney E S . C O General M / W E E K LY If the DEO determines that a Self-Nomination and $840,000.00 09/16/2015, at Pitkin County Courthouse, at the Acceptance form is not sufficient, the eligible elecOutstanding Principal Balance south front door, 506 E Main St, Aspen, Colorado, 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor tor who submitted the form may amend the form $838,300.47 sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the Denver, Colorado 80203 once, at any time, prior to 3:00 p.m. on Friday, AuPursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby said real property and all interest of the said Grant- (800) 222-4444 gust 28, 2015. The deadline to submit a Selfnotified that the covenants of the deed of trust have or(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Nomination and Acceptance is close of business been violated as follows: failure to pay principal purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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TION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 05/18/2015 Thomas Carl Oken, Public Trustee in and for the County of Pitkin, State of Colorado By: Sydney Tofany, Chief Deputy Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: MONICA KADRMAS #34904 LISA CANCANON #42043 Barrett Frappier & Weisserman, LP 1199 BANNOCK STREET, DENVER, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 1269.08829.F01 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. Published in The Aspen Times Weekly on July 23 and 30, 2015 and August 6, 13 and 20, 2015. (11361559) DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF PITKIN, COLORADO COURT ADDRESS:506 E. MAIN ST. #300 ASPEN, CO 81611 PLAINTIFF: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., V. DEFENDANT: JOHN TOWNSEND AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE ESTATE OF R. JAMES TOWNSEND, DECEASED; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; AND TOM OKEN OR HIS SUCCESSOR, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE OF PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO. ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF: HOLLY SHILLIDAY, #24423 MCCARTHY & HOLTHUS, LLP 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 150 CENTENNIAL, CO 80112 TELEPHONE: 877-369-6122, EXT. 1903 FACSIMILE: 866-894-7369 EMAIL: HSHILLIDAY@MCCARTHYHOLTHUS.COM CASE NUMBER: 2013CV30064 DIVISION: 2 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This is to advise you the above-captioned action is pending. A Decree has been entered in this action concerning a judgment in favor of Plaintiff. The real property which is the subject matter of this litigation, which is the property subject to the Decree, is situated in Pitkin County, Colorado, and is described as follows, to-wit: Condominium Unit 1112, Building 1100, Hunter Creek Condominiums, Phase III, according to the Condominium Map thereof recorded February 16, 1984 in Plat Book 15 at Page 87-88 and Supplemental Map thereof recorded December 21, 1984 in Plat Book 16 at Page 79-80 as Reception No. 264920 and First Amendment thereto recorded February 15, 1985 in Plat Book 16 at Page 90-92 as Reception No. 266098, and as defined and described by the Condominium Declaration for Hunter Creek Condominiums, Phase III, recorded November 23, 1983 in Book 456 at Page 218, as Amended by First Amendment, recorded February 16, 1984 in Book 461 at Page 23, and Second Amendment recorded February 22, 1984 in Book 461 at Page 472 as Reception No. 257479, and as set forth in First Supplement thereto recorded November 29, 1984 in Book 477 at Page 418 as Reception No. 264306, First Amendment to Supplemental Declaration recorded December 26, 1984 in Book 478 at Page 840 as Reception No. 264988, Second Amendment to Supplemental Declaration recorded February 14, 1985 in Book 481 at Page 452 as Reception No. 266058,

Second Amendment to Supplemental Declaration recorded February 14, 1985 in Book 481 at Page 452 as Reception No. 266058, Located in the County of Pitkin, State of Colorado, and also known as 1112 Vine St Unit #112, Aspen, CO 81611. The Plaintiff named above is the judgment creditor in this action. As of February 24, 2014, Plaintiff was owed the total amount of $368,636.14, plus attorneys' fees and costs in the total amount of $5,649.75, plus additional accrued and unpaid interest from February 24, 2014 until the judgment has been paid in full or the foreclosure sale has been completed. Further, additional fees and costs (including legal fees) have also been incurred and are due and owing. I shall offer for public sale to the highest bidder, for cash, as public auction, all the right, title and interest of the Defendants in said property on September 30, 2015, at 10:00 am, on the Pitkin County Courthouse steps, 506 East Main Street, Aspen, Colorado 81611. NOTE: THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED, OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO STATUTES AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE. IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BURAU (CFBP), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSUE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 www.coloradoattorneyg Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (800) 222-4444(855) 411-2372 eneral.govwww.consumerfinance.gov DATED at Pitkin County, Colorado this 8th Day of August, 2015. Joe DiSalvo Sheriff By: Timothy Gustafson Civil Deputy SALE DATE, September 30, 2015 at 10:00 am Bidders are required to have cash or certified funds to cover their highest bid at the time of sale. Certified funds are payable to the registry of the Pitkin County District Court. Published in: Aspen Times Weekly First Publication: August 6, 2015 Last Publication: September 3, 2015 Published in the Aspen Times Weekly August 6, 13, 20, and 27, 2015 and September 3, 2015. (11392536)

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 15-011 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On June 16, 2015, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Pitkin records. Original Grantor(s) MONTGOMERY LOVE AND MELANIE LOVE Original Beneficiary(ies) WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust December 14, 2007 County of Recording Pitkin Recording Date of Deed of Trust December 14, 2007 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) Located in the County of Pitkin, State of Colo- 544912 rado, and also known as 1112 Vine St Unit #112, Original Principal Amount Aspen, CO 81611. $195,940.00 Outstanding Principal Balance The Plaintiff named above is the judgment $194,886.32 creditor in this action. As of February 24, 2014, Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby Plaintiff was owed the total amount of $368,636.14, notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have plus attorneys' fees and costs in the total amount of been violated as follows: for reasons including, but $5,649.75, plus additional accrued and unpaid not limited to, the failure to make timely payments interest from February 24, 2014 until the judgment required under said Deed of Trust and the Evihas been paid in full or the foreclosure sale has dence of Debt secured thereby. been completed. Further, additional fees and costs THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST (including legal fees) have also been incurred and LIEN. are due and owing. PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED EXHIBIT A PT15-011 I shall offer for public sale to the highest bidder, EXHIBIT A for cash, as public auction, all the right, title and UNIT 202, 0161 MINING STOCK PARKWAY interest of the Defendants in said property on BUILDING, BURLINGAME RANCH I CONDOSeptember 30, 2015, at 10:00 am, on the Pitkin MINIUMS, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINICounty Courthouse steps, 506 East Main Street, UM MAP RECORDED NOVEMBER 13, 2006 Aspen, Colorado 81611. UNDER RECEPTION NO. 530970 AND FIRST SUPPLEMENT RECORDED JANUARY 9, 2007 NOTE: THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MY NOT UNDER RECEPTION NO. 533147, SECOND SUPPLEMENT RECORDED JUNE 26, 2007 UNBE A FIRST LIEN. DER RECEPTION NO. 539360, THIRD SUPPLEYOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL MENT RECORDED JUNE 26, 2007 UNDER REPROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED, OR HAVE CEPTION NO. 539361, FOURTH SUPPLEMENT C E R T A I N R I G H T S O R S U F F E R C E R T A I N RECORDED NOVEMBER 7, 2007 UNDER REL I A B I L I T I E S P U R S U A N T T O C O L O R A D O CEPTION NO. 543904 AND FIFTH SUPPLES T A T U T E S A S A R E S U L T O F S A I D MENT RECORDED NOVEMBER 7, 2007 UNDER FORECLOSURE. RECEPTION NO. 543906 AND ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION OF BURLIF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER INGAME RANCH I RECORDED NOVEMBER 13, O R S E R V I C E R H A S V I O L A T E D T H E 2006 UNDER RECEPTION NO. 530969 AND REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF FIRST SUPPLEMENT RECORDED JANUARY 9, CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE 2007 UNDER RECEPTION NO. 533146, SECPROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION OND SUPPLEMENT RECORDED JUNE 26, 2007 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A UNDER RECEPTION NO. 539358, THIRD SUPCOMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY PLEMENT RECORDED JUNE 26, 2007 UNDER G E N E R A L , T H E F E D E R A L C O N S U M E R RECEPTION NO. 539359, FOURTH SUPPLEFINANCIAL PROTECTION BURAU (CFBP), OR MENT RECORDED NOVEMBER 7, 2007 UNDER BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL RECEPTION NO. 543903 AND FIFTH SUPPLENOT STOP THE FORECLOSUE PROCESS. MENT RECORDED NOVEMBER 7, 2007 UNDER RECEPTION NO. 543905. COUNTY OF PITKIN, Colorado Attorney General STATE OF COLORADO. 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Also known by street and number as: 0161 Denver, Colorado 80203 MINING STOCK PKWY #202, ASPEN, CO 81611. www.coloradoattorneyg THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMFederal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau BERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. P.O. Box 4503 NOTICE OF SALE Iowa City, Iowa 52244 The current holder of the Evidence of Debt se(800) 222-4444(855) 411-2372 cured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has eneral.govwww.consumerfinance.gov filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. DATED at Pitkin County, Colorado this 8th Day of THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at August, 2015. public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 10/14/2015, at Pitkin County Courthouse, at the u st 20,front 2015door, 506 E Main St, Aspen, Colorado, Joe DiSalvo A S P E N T I M E S W E E K L Y V Augsouth Sheriff sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the By: Timothy Gustafson said real property and all interest of the said GrantCivil Deputy or(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in SALE DATE, September 30, 2015 at 10:00 am said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of

Recording Date of Deed of Trust December 14, 2007 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 544912 Original Principal Amount $195,940.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $194,886.32 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: for reasons including, but not limited to, the failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED EXHIBIT A PT15-011 EXHIBIT A UNIT 202, 0161 MINING STOCK PARKWAY BUILDING, BURLINGAME RANCH I CONDOMINIUMS, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED NOVEMBER 13, 2006 UNDER RECEPTION NO. 530970 AND FIRST SUPPLEMENT RECORDED JANUARY 9, 2007 UNDER RECEPTION NO. 533147, SECOND SUPPLEMENT RECORDED JUNE 26, 2007 UNDER RECEPTION NO. 539360, THIRD SUPPLEMENT RECORDED JUNE 26, 2007 UNDER RECEPTION NO. 539361, FOURTH SUPPLEMENT RECORDED NOVEMBER 7, 2007 UNDER RECEPTION NO. 543904 AND FIFTH SUPPLEMENT RECORDED NOVEMBER 7, 2007 UNDER RECEPTION NO. 543906 AND ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION OF BURLINGAME RANCH I RECORDED NOVEMBER 13, 2006 UNDER RECEPTION NO. 530969 AND FIRST SUPPLEMENT RECORDED JANUARY 9, 2007 UNDER RECEPTION NO. 533146, SECOND SUPPLEMENT RECORDED JUNE 26, 2007 UNDER RECEPTION NO. 539358, THIRD SUPPLEMENT RECORDED JUNE 26, 2007 UNDER RECEPTION NO. 539359, FOURTH SUPPLEMENT RECORDED NOVEMBER 7, 2007 UNDER RECEPTION NO. 543903 AND FIFTH SUPPLEMENT RECORDED NOVEMBER 7, 2007 UNDER RECEPTION NO. 543905. COUNTY OF PITKIN, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 0161 MINING STOCK PKWY #202, ASPEN, CO 81611. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 10/14/2015, at Pitkin County Courthouse, at the south front door, 506 E Main St, Aspen, Colorado, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication 8/20/2015 Last Publication 9/17/2015 Name of PublicationThe Aspen Times Weekly IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 06/16/2015 Thomas Carl Oken, Public Trustee in and for the County of Pitkin, State of Colorado By: Sydney Tofany, Chief Deputy Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: ERIN ROBSON #46557 Joan Olson #28078 Holly Shilliday #24423 IMAN TEHRANI #44076 Jennifer Cruseturner #44452 McCarthy Holthus LLP 7700 E ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230, CENTENNIAL, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-15-670399-JS The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Published in the Aspen Times Weekly August 20, and 27, 2015 and September 3, 10 and 17, 2015. (11439020)

DATE: 06/16/2015 Thomas Carl Oken, Public Trustee in and for the County of Pitkin, State of Colorado By: Sydney Tofany, Chief Deputy Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: ERIN ROBSON #46557 Joan Olson #28078 Holly Shilliday #24423 IMAN TEHRANI #44076 Jennifer Cruseturner #44452 McCarthy Holthus LLP 7700 E ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230, CENTENNIAL, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-15-670399-JS The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Published in the Aspen Times Weekly August 20, and 27, 2015 and September 3, 10 and 17, 2015. (11439020) NOTICE TO NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT BY PUBLICATION NOTICE TO : Michael Tessanne, non-custodial parent. Notice is given that a hearing is scheduled as follows: Date: September 9, 2015 Time: 1:30 P.M. Location: County Court Pitkin County , CO Combined Court 506 E. Main Street, Suite 300 Aspen, CO 81611 for the purpose of requesting a change of name for Lilyona Paul MercyGrace Steimle At this hearing the Court may enter an order changing the name of the minor child. To support or voice objection to the proposed name change, you must appear at the hearing. Date: July 7, 2015 Robyn Joiner 314 Truscott Pl Aspen, CO 81611 Published in the Aspen Times Weekly August 7, 14, and 21, and 28, 2015 and September 3, 2015. (11410320) NOTICE TO CREDITORS BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO §15-12-801, C.R.S. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James Salter, Deceased Case Number 2015PR030034 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Pitkin County, Colorado on or before December 6, 2015 or the claims may be forever barred.

PUBLIC NOTICE RE: CASTLE RIDGE APARTMENTS – 1175 DOOLITTLE CIRCLE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the general public of the approval of a use determination pertaining to the following legally described property: Parcel ID# 273513201701, A tract of land situated in the NW ¼ of the NW ¼ of Section 13, Township 10 South, Range 85 West of the 6th P.M., the property commonly known as Castle Ridge Apartments, by order of the City of Aspen City Council on August 10, 2015. The applicant was granted a Planned Development Minor Project Review Amendment and 8040 Greenline Review approval that increased the floor area for the property by 988 sq. ft. to build a maintenance equipment storage shed on the site. For further information contact Sara Nadolny, at the City of Aspen Community Development Dept. 130 S. Galena St, Aspen, Colorado (970) 429-2739. s/ City of Aspen Publish in The Aspen Times on August 20, 2015

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING RE: 434 E. Cooper Avenue Public Hearing:5:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 9, 2015 Meeting Location:City Hall, City Council Chambers 130 S. Galena St., Aspen, CO 81611 Project Name:434 E. Cooper Avenue Project Location:434 E. Cooper Avenue Legal Description:L ots Q, R, and S, Block 89, City and Townsite of Aspen, Colorado. PID#2737-182-16-011 Description:The existing structure is proposed to be demolished and replaced. Land Use Reviews Req:Conceptual Major Development, Conceptual Commercial Design Review, Demolition and Viewplane Review Decision Making Body:H i s t o r i c P r e s e r v a t i o n Commission Applicant:434 East Cooper Avenue, LLC, 2001 N. Halsted Street, Ste. 304, Chicago, IL 60614 More Information:For further information related to the project, contact Amy Simon at the City of Aspen Community Development Department, 130 S. Galena St., Aspen, CO, (970) 429.2758, amy.simon@cityofaspen.com. Published in the Aspen Times Weekly on August 20, 2015.

Kathleen Anne Eldredge 500 North Main Aspen, CO 81611 Published in the Aspen Times Weekly August 6, 13, and 20, 2015. (11411858) NOTICE TO CREDITORS BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO §15-12-801, C.R.S. NOTICE TO CREDITORS

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Estate of Priscilla E. Twombly, also known as Priscilla Erdine Twombly, Deceased, Case No. 2015 PR 30031 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative of the Estate of Priscilla E. Twombly Vernon J. Twombly c/o Paul J. Taddune, Esq. 323 West Main Street, Suite 301 Aspen, CO 81611 or to: [X] District Court of Pitkin County, Colorado

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DIVISION 5 WATER COURT- JULY 2015 RESUME 1. PURSUANT TO C.R.S., §37-92-302, AS AMENDED, YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT THE FOLLOWING PAGES COMPRISE A RESUME OF THE APPLICATIONS AND AMENDED APPLICATIONS FILED WITH THE WATER CLERK FOR WATER DIVISION 5 DURING THE MONTH OF JULY 2015. The water right claimed by this application may affect in priority any water right claimed or heretofore adjudicated within this division and owners of affected rights must appear to object and protest within the time provided by statute, or be forever barred. 15CW10 EAGLE COUNTY-TONER CREEK TRIBUTARY TO THE FRYING PAN RIVER TRIBUTARY TO THE ROARING FORK RIVER TRIBUTARY TO THE COLORADO RIVER. Mary Kobey; P.O. Box 615 0401 Toner Creek Road; Basalt, CO 81621 (970)927-9928. Smith Toner Creek Ditch #2 Kobey Enlargement- Application for Absolute Water Rights (Surface). Location: NW¼SE¼ of Sec. 3, T.8S, R.86W. of the 6th P.M. 2,267 ft. from the south sec. line and 1,783 ft. from the east sec. line. Appropriation: Aug. 1, 1991. Amount: 0.05 c.f.s., absolute. Use: irrigation of lawn and garden. (8 pgs.) YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT YOU HAVE until the last day of SEPTEMBER 2015 to file with the Water Clerk a verified Statement of Opposition setting forth facts as to why this application should not be granted or why it should be granted in part or on certain conditions. A copy of such statement of opposition must also be served upon the applicant or the applicant’s attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service shall be filed with the Water Clerk, as prescribed by Rule 5, CRCP. (Filing Fee: $158.00) KATHY HALL, Water Clerk, Water Division 5; 109 8th Street, Suite 104 Glenwood Springs, CO 81601. 5. PURSUANT TO C.R.S., §37-92-302, AS AMENDED, YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT THE FOLLOWING PAGES COMPRISE A RESUME OF THE APPLICATIONS AND AMENDED APPLICATIONS FILED WITH THE WATER CLERK FOR WATER DIVISION 5 DURING THE MONTH OF JULY 2015. The water right claimed by this application may affect in priority any water right claimed or heretofore adjudicated within this division and owners of affected rights must appear to object and protest within the time provided by statute, or be forever barred. 15CW3065 GARFIELD COUNTY, ROARING FORK RIVER, COLORADO RIVER. Application for Finding of Reasonable Diligence and to Make Conditional Water Right Absolute. Name and address of the Applicant: Kathleen Schiavi, c/o Garfield & Hecht, P.C., 420 7th Street, Suite 100, Glenwood Springs, CO 81601. Name of structure: Moochie Spring. Original decree: Entered on November 7, 1988 in Case No. 88CW252, in the District Court in and for Water Division No. 5. Subsequent decrees: Subsequent decrees finding reasonable diligence were entered in Case Nos. 94CW295 and 01CW105, District Court, Water Division No. 5. Legal Description: The point of diversion is in the SE1/4 of the NW1/4 of Section 9, Township 7 South, Range 89 West of the 6th P.M. at a point 2,350 feet south of the North section line and 2,600 feet east of the West section line of said Section 9. Source: Spring tributary to Four Mile Creek, tributary to the Roaring Fork River, tributary to the Colorado River. Date of appropriation: July 2, 1987. Amount: 0.011 c.f.s. (5 g.p.m.). Uses: Domestic, livestock watering, fire protection, and irrigation of 1.0 acre of lawn and gardens. Claim for finding of reasonable diligence: The Application includes a detailed outline of what has been done for completion of the appropriation and application of water to beneficial use as conditionally decreed, including expenditures. Claim to make absolute: Applicant requests the Court to determine and decree that the water right for the Moochie Spring has been made absolute in the amount and for the uses described below. To the extent that the Court does not determine that the Moochie Spring has been made absolute, the Applicant requests a decree finding reasonable diligence in the development of the subject water right and continuing it for another six years. Date first applied to beneficial use: June 24, 2015. Amount: 0.011 c.f.s. (5 g.p.m.). Uses: irrigation of 1 acre of home lawns and gardens and fire protection. Evidence of legal diversions: The water right was first placed to beneficial use on June 24, 2015. There was no administrative call on the affected stream reaches on that date. Description of place of use where water is applied to beneficial use: Applicant’s property located at located in the SE1/4SE1/4 of the NW1/4 of Section 9, Township 7 South, Range 89 West of the 6th P.M. See the property and water right location map attached to the Application as Exhibit A. Name and address of the owner of land upon which the subject water right is located and on which water is used: Applicant. Wherefore, the Applicant respectfully requests this Court to determine, adjudge, and decree as follows: The Moochie Spring water right has been made absolute in the amount of 0.011 c.f.s. (5 g.p.m.), for irrigation and fire protection uses; and the Applicant has shown reasonable diligence in the development of the remaining conditional uses of the of the Moochie Spring for domestic and livestock watering purposes, and continuing such conditional water right for another six years. (5 pgs.) YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT YOU HAVE until the last day of SEPTEMBER 2015 to file with the Water Clerk a verified Statement of Opposition setting forth facts as to why this application should not be granted or why it should be granted in part or on certain conditions. A copy of such statement of opposition must also be served upon the applicant or the applicant’s attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service shall be filed with the Water Clerk, as prescribed by Rule 5, CRCP. (Filing Fee: $158.00) KATHY HALL, Water Clerk, Water Division 5; 109 8th Street, Suite 104 Glenwood Springs, CO 81601. 7. PURSUANT TO C.R.S., §37-92-302, AS AMENDED, YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT THE FOLLOWING PAGES COMPRISE A RESUME OF THE APPLICATIONS AND AMENDED APPLICATIONS FILED WITH THE WATER CLERK FOR WATER DIVISION 5 DURING THE MONTH OF JULY 2015. The water right claimed by this application may affect in priority any water right claimed or heretofore adjudicated within this division and owners of affected rights must appear to object and protest within the time provided by statute, or be forever barred. 15CW3050 (07CW145, 01CW057, 94CW105, 88CW206, 84CW162, 80CW180, W-722-76, W-722, W-64, 3082) PITKIN COUNTYINDEPENDENCE PASS TRANSMOUNTAIN DIVERSION SYSTEM. Twin Lakes Reservoir and Canal Company (the “Company”), P.O. Box 8, Ordway, Colorado 81063, (719) 267-4411. Application for Water Rights of the Twin Lakes Reservoir and Canal Company for Findings of Reasonable Diligence. Karl D. Ohlsen, Johanna Hamburger, Carlson, Hammond & Paddock, L.L.C., 1900 Grant Street, Suite 1200, Denver, Colorado 80203; Phone: (303) 861-9000; Fax: (303) 861-9026; e-mail: kohlsen@chp-law.com, jhamburger@chp-law.com. 2. Name of Structure: Independence Pass Transmountain Diversion System (“IPTDS”). 3. Describe conditional water right: A. Date of original decree: August 25, 1936, Case No. 3082, District Court in and for Garfield County, Colorado; Date of most recent diligence decree: May 27, 2009, District Court, Water Division No. 5, Case No. 07CW145. B. Location: The IPTDS is composed of the following ditches, tunnels, headgates, dams, and reservoirs: (1) Lincoln Gulch Diversion Dam and Tunnel No. 1. (2) New York Collection Canal. (3) Roaring Fork Diversion Dam, Tunnel No. 2, and Lincoln Gulch Connection Canal. (4) Lost Man Diversion Dam and Lost Man Diversion Canal. (5) Twin Lakes Reservoir. The locations of the above structures are as follows: Lincoln Gulch Diversion Dam and Tunnel No. 1: The initial point of survey of the Lincoln Gulch Diversion Dam (which creates Grizzly Reservoir) is located in Pitkin County, Colorado, at a point whence the southwest corner of Section 6, T. 11 S., R. 82 W. of the 6th P.M. bears N 18° 55’ E 14,565.5 feet. The headgate or intake of Tunnel No. 1 is located in Pitkin County, Colorado, at a point from whence the southwest corner of Section 6, T. 11 S., R. 82 W. of the 6th P.M. bears N 17° 33’ E 14,380.9 feet. New York Collection Canal: The headgates of the New York Collection Canal are located in Pitkin County, Colorado, as follows: a. Headgate No. 1 (also known as the New York Gulch Diversion) is located on the east bank of West Fork Gulch, a tributary of Lincoln Creek, at a point whence the southwest corner of Section 6, T. 11 S., R. 82 W. of the 6th P.M. bears N 58° 06’ E 24,724.6. b. Headgate No. 2 (also known as the Brooklyn Gulch Diversion) is located on New York Gulch at a point whence the southwest corner of Section 6, T. 11 S., R .82 W. of the 6th P.M. bears N 57° 24’ E 23,997.4 feet. c. Headgate No. 3 (also known as the Tabor Gulch Diversion) is located on Tabor Gulch at a point whence the southwest corner of Section 6, T. 11 S., R. 82 W. of the 6th P.M. bears N 51° 32’ E 16,923.1 feet. Roaring Fork Diversion Dam, Tunnel No. 2, and Lincoln Gulch Connection Canal: The initial point of survey of the Roaring Fork Diversion Dam is located in Pitkin County, Colorado, at a point whence the southwest corner of Section 6, T. 11 S., R. 82 W. of the 6th P.M. bears S 80° 09’ E 6,946.3 feet. The headgate or point of intake of Tunnel No. 2 is located in Pitkin County, Colorado, on the south bank of the Roaring Fork River at a point whence the southwest corner of Section 6, T. 11 S., R. 82 W. of the 6th P.M. bears S 80° 38’ E 6,921.6 feet. The point of beginning of the Lincoln Gulch Connection Canal is located in Pitkin County, Colorado, at the south end of Tunnel No. 2 at a point whence the southwest corner of Section 6, T. 11 S., R. 82 W. of the 6th P.M. bears N 50° 42’ E 12,539.2 feet. Lost Man Diversion Dam and Lost Man Diversion Canal: The initial

point of survey of the Lost Man Diversion Dam is located in Pitkin County, Colorado, at a point whence the southwest corner of Section 6, T. 11 S., R. 82 W. of the 6th P.M. bears S 58° 42’ E 6,473.2 feet. The headgate of the Lost Man Diversion Canal is located in Pitkin County, Colorado, on the east bank of Lost Man Creek at a point whence the southwest corner of Section 6, T. 11 S., R. 82 W. of the 6th P.M. bears S 58° 18’ E 6,871.2 feet. Twin Lakes Reservoir: Twin Lakes Reservoir is located in Sections 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23, in T 11 S, R 80 W of the 6th P.M., in Lake County, Colorado in former Water District No. 11, Water Division No. 2, on the natural stream known as Lake Creek, a tributary of the Arkansas River. C. Source: The IPTDS is an integrated, complex system of ditches, canals, diversion dams, and tunnels whereby water collected from the various streams is gathered for diversion to the Eastern Slope via the transmountain tunnel, Tunnel No. 1. The source of the water for the IPTDS is the Roaring Fork River and certain of its tributaries, including Lincoln Creek, Grizzly Creek, Lost Man Creek, West Fork Gulch, New York Gulch, and Tabor Gulch, all in former Water District No. 38, Pitkin County, Colorado. D. Appropriation Date: August 23, 1930, Priority No. 431. Amount: Original IPTDS Appropriation: The total amount decreed to the Original IPTDS Appropriation is 625 c.f.s. The individual amounts decreed to the structures under the original appropriation are: Lincoln Gulch Diversion Dam (a/k/a Grizzly Reservoir) and Tunnel No. 1: 625 c.f.s. Absolute. NYCC: NYCC Headgate No. 1 (West Fork Creek): 77 c.f.s. Absolute; NYCC Headgate No. 2 (New York Gulch): 127 c.f.s. Absolute NYCC; Headgate No. 3 (Tabor Gulch): 171 c.f.s. Absolute. Roaring Fork Diversion Dam, Tunnel No. 2, and Lincoln Gulch Connection Canal: 322 c.f.s. Absolute; 28 c.f.s. Conditional. Lincoln Gulch Connection Canal (water collected along its course): 20 c.f.s. Absolute. Lost Man Diversion Dam: 251 c.f.s. Absolute; 24 c.f.s. Conditional. The remaining conditionally decreed components of the IPTDS are: (1) 24 c.f.s. for the Lost Man Diversion Canal (Applicant seeks to make 21.33 c.f.s. of this amount absolute in this case. See below); (2) 28 c.f.s. for the Roaring Fork Diversion Dam, Tunnel No. 2, and Lincoln Gulch Connection Canal. E. Use: The water gathered and collected from the IPTDS is used for direct flow and storage purposes, for irrigation, domestic, commercial, industrial, municipal and all beneficial uses, pursuant to the Decree of the District Court for Water Division No. 5, dated May 12, 1976, in Case No. W-1901, described more fully below. Change of Use Decree: The decree in Case No. W-1901 (“Change Decree”) adjudicated a change in water rights for the IPTDS water rights. The Change Decree was affirmed by the Colorado Supreme Court in Twin Lakes Reservoir and Canal Co. v. City of Aspen, 193 Colo. 478, 568 P.2d 45 (1977). Under the terms of the Change Decree, all collection component diversions remain subject to the terms and conditions of the original decree entered in 1936, which limits the total amount of water to be collected and diverted at all sources to the finally decreed capacity of Tunnel No. 1, namely 625 c.f.s. Further, all collection component diversions remain subject to the terms and conditions of the Change Decree, which specifies, inter alia, that no entitlement to divert exists when the following two conditions are concurrently present: (1) Twin Lakes Reservoir has stored in a “water year” its decreed capacity of 54,452 acre feet, and (2) There is 756.28 c.f.s. available in priority from the Arkansas River at the headgate of the Colorado Canal to a water right with a priority date of June 9, 1890, with a decree date of March 23, 1896, for direct flow irrigation uses. To the extent that the Arkansas River water available in priority as described in (2) above is less than 756.28 c.f.s. and water could otherwise be beneficially used for the irrigation of lands, there arises a corresponding entitlement to divert that amount of water from the IPTDS. Such water may itself be stored or applied directly to beneficial uses. 4. Detailed outline of what has been done toward completion of the appropriation and application of water to beneficial use. A. All components of the IPTDS have been constructed, have diverted, and now divert water, and the water has been and is applied to beneficial use. Throughout the diligence period the Twin Lakes Company has continued its sustained efforts to improve the structures comprising the IPTDS to enable the Company to divert and apply to beneficial use the entire appropriation conditionally decreed thereto, and has diverted and applied to beneficial use additional portions of the conditionally decreed rights, as set forth below. In addition to making additional portions of the water rights absolute, the Company has diligently pursued the development of these water rights during the diligence period by implementing numerous capital projects and activities that support the Company’s ability to divert and put to beneficial use the full amount of its absolute and conditional water rights. The IPTDS is an integrated system and as such work on any part of the system shows diligence for the whole system. In furtherance of its continuing efforts to perfect its full appropriation, the Company has undertaken and performed the following actions in this diligence period: (1) The Company installed trash racks on the inlet to the siphon under Highway 82 on the Lost Man Connection Canal and on the inlet to Tunnel No. 2. These trash racks provide for the safety of human life as well as to prevent the plugging of these structures by foreign objects and debris, thus ensuring the free flow of water and supporting full diversion of the IPTDS water rights. (2) The Company installed a new metal bridge over the Lost Man Connection Canal at the measurement flume replacing the old log bridge. (3) The Company performed design work for a channel stabilization project for the Lost Man spillway channel. (4) The Company performed repair work on the outlet gates of Grizzly Reservoir. In addition, the Company performed a condition assessment on Tunnel No. 1 to identify any deficiencies and identify any necessary repairs or maintenance needed to assure full ability to divert the rights of the IPTDS. (5) The Company continued to install temporary flumes and perform flow measurements at numerous points in its system to more accurately measure gains and losses in reaches of the collection system to assess and analyze opportunities to minimize conveyance loss and to support diligence filings. (6) The Company completed construction of a new equipment shed at the Grizzly camp for the storage and maintenance of Company equipment. (7) The Company participated with other East Slope and West Slope partners to provide its pro-rata share of 10,825 AF of water in support of endangered fish as part of the Colorado River Recovery Program/Programmatic Biological opinion. The Company spent in excess of $1.6 Million to purchase water delivery contracts from NCWCD in the Colorado-Big Thompson Project and the Colorado River District in Ruedi Reservoir to provide its pro rata share of the 10,825 acre-feet for this program, thus protecting its right to divert the full amount of the IPTDS water rights. (8) The Company has participated as an Objector in approximately 28 cases in Water Division No. 5 during the diligence period in order to protect its decreed water rights, including the water rights conditionally decreed to the IPTDS. B. During the diligence period, the Company has expended at least $2,801,826.00 in legal, engineering, construction, and other expenses in connection with the actions described above. 5. Claim to Make Absolute: A. Name of Structure: Lost Man Diversion Dam and Lost Man Diversion Canal. B. Date water sought to be made absolute applied to beneficial use: June 7, 2010. Amount: An additional 21.33 c.f.s. more than the 251 c.f.s previously made absolute, for a total of 272.33 c.f.s., absolute; 2.67 c.f.s. remain conditional. Use: Direct flow and storage purposes, for irrigation, domestic, commercial, industrial, municipal and all beneficial uses: specifically, the water was diverted from Lost Man Creek at Lost Man Diversion Dam into the Lost Man Diversion Canal, which diverts water into the Roaring Fork River just above the Roaring Fork Diversion Dam. The water was then collected in Grizzly Reservoir, transported through Tunnel No. 1 into Lake Creek in the Arkansas River basin, and thence into Twin Lakes Reservoir and was then used by Company stockholders for the decreed beneficial uses. C. Description of place where water is applied to beneficial use: At sites of use by stockholders that are capable of being served by deliveries from the discharge portal of Tunnel No. 1 in Lake Creek or storage in Twin Lakes Reservoir. D. Remarks: On June 7, 2010, the Company measured the average daily flow at the Lost Man Diversion Dam and Lost Man Diversion Canal, finding a flow of 272.33 c.f.s., an amount that exceeds the 251 c.f.s. previously decreed absolute to the Lost Man Diversion Dam and Lost Man Diversion Canal by 21.33 c.f.s. The water collected was duly transported through Tunnel No. 1 of the System into Lake Creek, stored in Twin Lakes Reservoir, and released and used by Company stockholders. A rate of flow equal to 2.67 c.f.s. remains conditional for the Lost Man Diversion Dam and Lost Man Diversion Canal component of the IPTDS. In addition, 28 c.f.s. for the Roaring Fork Diversion Dam, Tunnel No. 2, and Lincoln Gulch Connection Canal remain conditional. 6. Names and addresses of owner(s) or reputed owners of the land upon which any new diversion or storage structure, or modification to any existing diversion or storage structure is or will be constructed or upon which water is or will be stored, including any modification to the existing storage pool: A. United States Forest Service, Aspen Ranger District, 806 West Hallan Street, Aspen, CO 81611. B. United States Bureau of Reclamation, Pueblo Field Office, 610 Pueblo Reservoir Road, Pueblo, CO 81005. WHEREFORE, the Company requests the Court to make absolute an additional 21.33 c.f.s. conditionally decreed to the Lost Man Diversion Dam and the Lost Man Diversion Canal component of the IPTDS, and to enter a finding of reasonable diligence in the development of the remaining conditionally decreed portions of the water rights originally decreed to the IPTDS in Case No. 3082. (8 pgs.) YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT YOU HAVE until the last day of SEPTEMBER 2015 to file with the Water Clerk a verified Statement of Opposition setting forth facts as to why this application should not be granted or why it should be granted in part or on certain conditions. A copy of such statement of opposition must also be served upon the applicant or the applicant’s attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service shall be filed with the Water Clerk, as prescribed by Rule 5, CRCP. (Filing Fee: $158.00) KATHY HALL, Water Clerk, Water Division 5; 109 8th Street, Suite 104 Glenwood Springs, CO 81601. Published in the Aspen Times Weekly August 20, 2015.

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‘SO, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN NATIVE?’ ALEXIS C. BUNTEN understands what it’s like to be an outsider. A mix of Alaska Native, Swedish “and something else, French Canadian, I think,” the writer spent her childhood moving across the country, from Hawaii to South Dakota to Alaska and Washington state. She may have faced less outright discrimination than her mother and grandmother, but prejudice was still a fact of life. “Starting with the kindergarten role of ‘Thanksgiving Indian,’ ” she writes, “I was always inexplicably assigned the villain parts in grade school plays.” That outsiderness forms the backdrop for her first book, a first-hand account of the cultural tourism industry in Sitka, Alaska. “So, How Long Have You Been Native?” was inspired by the two summers Bunten spent working as a Native guide for Tribal Tours, a company owned and operated by the Sitka Tribe. The book deconstructs how tourism — “sorely undervalued as a suitable anthropological field” — influences modern Native identity. “The (Native)

culture on display,” she writes, “plays a bit part in a larger performance reflecting the dominant culture of the tourists themselves.” One local wryly calls the guides “Stepford Natives,” noting their perpetual cheer and willingness to go along with their customers’ cherished fantasies of a whitewashed past. Not to mention their idealized notions of the present: “Alcoholism, neglect, jealousy and violence (don’t) exist in the world of the Stepford Natives,” Bunten observes. “The veteran guides carved out larger than life personas. … It protected them from having to deal with never being able to live up to guests’ expectations of what it means to be Native.” With journalistic precision, Bunten explores topics as varied as the influence of cruise lines on the Alaskan economy, the history of the Tlingit people and the ongoing effects of colonization on tribes. Despite occasionally awkward attempts at softening the narrative with lighthearted banter or extraneous personal asides, she

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