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ON THEIR GAME Aspen Youth Center celebrates 25 years

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Sometimes, kids just need to be kids. And in today’s world, that can be a greater challenge

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than one might imagine. But in the Roaring Fork Valley, kids have their very own “place” in the Aspen Youth Center, which recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. In this week’s edition,

Aspen Youth Center celebrates 25 years

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THEATER ASPEN COMMUNITY Theatre is celebrating its four decades of locally grown stage spectacle with an original showcase of musical theater and storytelling titled “40 Years of Laughter and Tears!”

The show aims to give local audiences a glimpse behind the curtain of this beloved local arts stalwart, with musical numbers and solos from years past interwoven with personal stories from the cast, crew and musicians who’ve made the magic happen.

The anniversary production is a departure from the Aspen Community Theatre formula of putting on a big Broadway show ever fall (spring, too, in the early years). Writer and director Mike Monroney wants instead to tell the story of what this scrappy, talented group of mountain town thespians have meant to Aspen.

“It’s risky,” Monroney said in the spring as he was hunting for stories from Aspen Community Theatre veterans. “It’s taking a chance. But let’s solicit every person who has ever been in a show, watched a show, helped produce, been on the technical side — any level of involvement — and let’s find out how it affected them.”

The show runs Nov. 11 through 13 at the Aspen District Theatre. Tickets are $18-$25, available at the Wheeler box office and www.aspenshowtix.com.

Aspen Community Theatre is staging an original 40th anniversary show Nov. 11-13 at the Aspen District Theatre. Pictured here is the 1977 production of “Fiddler on the Roof.”

CURRENTEVENTS POPULAR MUSIC Horseshoes & Hand Grenades will co-headline Belly Up on Wednesday, Nov. 16 with fellow bluegrass band Cabinet.

Penny & Sparrow will play the Wheeler Opera House’s “On the Rise” series on Saturday, Nov. 12.

THE GRAND FINALE of the Wheeler Opera House’s inaugural “On the Rise” series brings Austin-based alt-country duo Penny and Sparrow to the historic theater on Saturday, Nov. 12.

The acclaimed band made its local debut in September, opening for the Oh Hellos at Belly Up, when they made an impression (and, no doubt, made some local fans) with their sharp-witted stage banter and stark folk songs.

Tickets are $25, available at the Wheeler Opera House box office and www.aspenshowtix.com

POPULAR MUSIC BELLY UP ASPEN is hosting a promising double-bill of rootsy bluegrass bands on Wednesday, Nov. 16.

The evening features the rustic Appalachian sixpiece Cabinet and the Wisconsin-based folk quintet Horseshoes & Hand Grendades. Both bands are hardtouring, banjo-toting young outfits, playing mountain music to make you dance.

Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 on Wednesday, available at the Belly Up box office and www.bellyupaspen.com.

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1950 ASPEN

“YOUTH TO RULE CITY OF ASPEN ON MAY 2,” proclaimed The Aspen Times on April 8, 1960. “Youth will rule literally as well as figuratively in Aspen on Monday, May 2, when officials elected at the Aspen School take over administration of the city for a day.

With permission of the regularly elected government, the children, sponsored by the local Elks Club, will elect a mayor, four aldermen, a city clerk and a city treasurer and appoint a police chief. Regular political campaigns are planned and those elected will be briefed by the corresponding regular official before assuming their short terms of office.” The photo above, taken by Mary Eshbaugh Hayes, shows students in the Red Brick School during the 1950s.

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

RIDE ON: ALL-CITY PONY EXPRESS BIKE AUTUMN LEAVES covered the singletrack. It was 5 p.m. on a Tuesday, and I’d dipped off the pavement for a section of dirt on my commute home.

The Pony Express, a bike from All-City Cycles, delivered me to the trailhead fast. On pavement the 10-speed bike can rock to 25 mph, greater if you’re in a hurry.

Rolling onto the trail, the wide tires afforded a few minutes of ad hoc mountain biking before I skidded back toward the cement.

New this year, the Pony Express is fast and functional for a variety of tasks, and it’s refined with details not commonly seen on production bikes.

While built to be an urban steed, the bike is set up to handle gravel roads, moderate dirt trails, and even bike touring if you add racks.

The Pony is mainly a commuter.

But it’s a flexible around-town bike — fast on the open road and nimble near traffic.

It comes with a workhorse SRAM drivetrain, 700c wheels, and all-around good parts. There is one shifter for the rear cassette, offering 10 speeds, and it has common, adequate V-brakes.

The bike can accommodate tires up to 42mm wide, which are large for a road-oriented ride.

The Pony Express frame is made of a chromoly steel that’s comfortable on the road. A glossy red finish, internal cable routing on the top tube, and a shiny logo badge up front make the bike pop.

Not the lightest bike, the Pony Express hit 25.5 pounds on my scale. The extra weight was noticeable on hills.

Overall, however, I has happy with the bike. All-City designed a fun, fast, functional ride with the Pony Express.

Commuters who want a goanywhere bike with tuned-up aesthetics should look to this model for city rides and beyond.

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MR. SMITH MAKES A SALE: THAT’S WHY THEY CALL IT THE WINE ‘BUSINESS’

NEWS CAME from the Great Northwest in mid-October that Washington winemaker Charles Smith had sold five brands from his eponymous company to Constellation Brands, one of the biggest wine companies on earth.

The sale price for the Kung Fu Girl Riesling, Eve Chardonnay, Boom Boom Syrah, Velvet KELLY J. HAYES Devil Merlot and Chateau Smith Cabernet Sauvignon brands was a reportedly $120 million.

In total, the labels currently produce around 500,00 cases of wine each year with prices per bottle in the $12-$15 range.

The sale will make Constellation the second largest supplier of Washington state wines behind Chateau Ste. Michelle.

Smith will remain a consulting winemaker on the brands and keeps ownership of a number of his other wines, including the K-Vintners.

It is not just a nice payday for Smith, but it is also a very green validation of the amazing work that he has accomplished in his relatively short and meteoric career in the wine business.

While it is easy to look at the zeros and think about how lucrative the wine industry can be, the story reminded me once again of just how much work — and how many people — it takes to make a successful wine brand.

THE BUSINESS OF WINE Wine is a business of people. Some wear suits and work on computers while others wear dungarees and work with clippers.

From the very beginning, before a piece of property becomes a vineyard, before a building becomes a winery,

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there are financial transactions and contracts to be signed.

Bankers, brokers, lenders and the lawyers are all a part of the process before a single shovel is turned. Once an owner takes title, architects, land planners, horticulturists and winemakers come up with designs and drawings and dreams.

And the real work begins after the vines are planted.

Sorting equipment, fermentation tanks and barrels must be purchased and brought to the winery that has taken shape in the image of the architects’ drawings. Someone needs to bend, weld and rivet the steel in those stainless tanks.

Someone else grows the trees that are harvested and sent to a cooperage to be turned into vessels for aging the wine. And someone drives all that stuff to the winery. Of course, let’s not forget the middlemen. There are middlemen for everything.

Then consider the hardworking people who manage the vineyards throughout the year. They do the back-breaking work of clearing the brush from the steep hillsides, or tilling the valley floors so that the grapes can be planted and eventually harvested. They sort the grapes and keep the winemaking facilities beyond spotless. They are the heart and soul of nearly every bottle of wine that is made.

And of course there are the winemakers themselves. If a bottle of wine were a Hollywood film, the winemaker would be the director. He or she must select the right grapes for the right sites, ensure that they are grown properly and picked at the perfect time. They must make the final blending decisions and oversee the final edit — the aging. And don’t think for a minute that the devil is not in each and every detail.

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Winemaker Charles Smith recently completed the sale of five of his brands to Constellation.

Once the wine is made there are bottles to be bought, labels to be affixed and corks to be put in place. The labels are the product of designers who labor for ways to visually define the wine and make it attractive for buyers. The cork is harvested from trees, much of them found on generations-old farms in Portugal.

Finally the wine has to be sold. A network of distributors and representatives work with your wine shop and restaurant sommeliers to sell the wine and get it on the shelves or on the wine list so you can make a decision amongst which of the hundreds of wines offered you wish to buy.

“Let’s drink to the hardworking people…let’s drink to the salt of the earth” a young

Mick Jagger sang on the final cut from 1968’s “Beggars Banquet” album. It is a refrain that often comes to mind when I think about all of the hard-working people who are somehow involved in getting the liquid into my glass. How many people have a hand in some way, shape or form in turning the fruit of the vines into wine?

Congratulation to Mr. Smith, his partners, associates, employees and everyone who played a part in making his wines. After all, it ain’t easy.

Kelly J. Hayes lives in the soon-to-be-designated appella-

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UNDER THE INFLUENCE 2014 RIDGE LYTTON SPRINGS ZINFANDEL A couple of weeks back I wrote about zinfandel.

A California reader wrote back to say that I had missed an opportunity to mention Paul Draper, who he described as “arguably the person who brought zinfandel into the prominence of a fine wine.” The reader also noted that I had failed to mention that some of California’s finest zins are products of Amador and El Dorado Counties. He is right on both counts.

So to assuage my sins I sat down at the Houston airport between flights and had this fine bottle of Ridge zin for breakfast. Wish you were here!

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CH-CH-CH-CH CHANGES TURN AND FACE THE STRANGE EVOLUTION

RECENTLY I made the mistake of checking Facebook first thing in the morning, where I was notified of a photo posted by a friend, probably as she was fixing for a lunch break back in Boston. Very little on the site surprises me these days, but this image — stamped “10 YEARS AGO,” courtesy of Timehop — was unsettling. It’s not cringeworthy, AMANDA RAE though. Instead, my high-school pal and I are holding up plastic gold medals, faces flushed on a much-deserved team win at our hometown brewery’s Trivia Night. My hair is darker now but I’ve got the same side smirk; Jessie has the same dazzling grin, too. We’re old enough to buy booze but not wise enough to have skipped town yet, mountains of mistakes waiting to be made in our 20s ahead. It’s a charming blast from the past…and a startling reminder that times have changed, really.

I know I’m not the only one who feels as if change has steamrollered through life in Aspen, this fall in particular.

Main Street has been a blockslong construction zone for ages and gosh, it’s a balmy November!

By the time you read this, We the People will have voted one of two circus ringleaders into the Oval Office — a monumental change, no matter the outcome.

News of yet another beloved eatery closing? Nothing out of the ordinary, folks.

Certain buildings and even blocks of town have become almost unrecognizable compared to my early days here. And then, two weeks ago, Main Street Bakery closed for good. On its final day of operation in almost 30 years, the Thursday before Halloween, I passed the crumbling tan building with pale-pink trim

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while heading downvalley. I felt a sudden urge to pull over and find a parking spot. So I did.

When I entered the restaurant, now for the last time, I was pleased to see my elderly neighbor, Sylvia, sitting at the same table I first sat nearly five years ago, on one of my first mornings in Aspen. It was February 2012, and though I’d heard plenty of grumbling about sparse snowfall, a storm had dumped enough white stuff to make the colorful cabins (where the Jewish Community Center is now), look like gingerbread houses. I’d walked the few blocks east from the St. Moritz Lodge, where I was staying until I could find an apartment in this town full of strangers. Coming from another small town, anonymity at breakfast, however brief it would last, was refreshing.

“I thought it was over and I missed it,” Sylvia said now as she pulled on her jacket. I nodded in agreement. I’d almost driven by my chance to say goodbye! But here we were, in our first conversation outside of the confines of our apartment complex, talking about change.

The dining room was packed, as it always was, and the energetic buzz made it seem like any other day, except for a few visual clues that this was, in fact, the end: A multicolored HAPPY RETIREMENT garland on the wall, cabinet shelves cleaned of curios and collectibles, and lots of dramatic farewell wishes to owner Bill Dinsmoor.

I only had to wait a minute or two to sit at “my” table, the twotop by the door beneath a sign declaring, “We do not have wifi — talk to each other!” A server dropped a menu and was back in a flash with a cup of hot coffee.

A bus boy snaked through the crowd, refilling water carafes and clearing dishes. Forks and knives clinked on plates, cups tapped

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against tables, chatter hummed, and next to my table the front door wheezed open and closed, as if Main Street Bakery was taking its final breaths of crisp mountain air.

Like Johnny McGuire’s, Little Annie’s, and even McDonald’s, the closing of Main Street Bakery represents just another lowkey ending to a long survival.

A quaint mom-and-pop diner operating inside a bakehouse, Main Street Bakery earned its reputation as a town hub — fastpaced, no-frills, and friendly in a hurry-up-and-order kind of way.

No more. Aspen is changed.

Out on the street after breakfast, I run into a magazine colleague I haven’t seen in a while.

She, too, is on her way inside, “to get one last doughnut!” she says.

Alas, the doughnuts! There goes the neighborhood, indeed.

If fear of change doesn’t place among the top 10 phobias plaguing 6.3 million Americans according to the National Institute of Mental Health (public speaking, death, and spiders rank highest), why do we resist it?

Fear of the unknown? Not quite.

Psychologists explain that the element at work is not dread, but recognition that a new direction implies condemnation of the way things were done before.

“Unconsciously we all believe that longevity = goodness,” writes Heidi Grant Holvorson, PhD., in the Huffington Post. “Change isn’t simply about embracing something unknown — it’s about giving up something old (and therefore good) for something new (and therefore not good).”

The average American might choose to stay comfortably stuck rather than face the uncertainty, awkwardness, and inevitable struggle of embarking on a new path. Then again, this is Aspen, a place largely unconcerned with the habits of such foreign creatures as average Americans.

Aspenites comprise a strange stew of hedonistic adventureseekers, some who made a detour on a cross-country road trip and never looked back (or ahead, as the case may be), others who got roped into a good idea and made a great life from it, and still

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others who may have traded in a sluggish former existence to go Aspen-extreme…only to wake up years later with a hangover, wondering where their 30s went.

“The CHANGE is the shift from FEAR to LOVE,” says Jenny Emblom Castro, founder of Living Wholly, a wellness event company based in California and partner in the first-ever Lead with Love retreat held at the Aspen Meadows recently.

She’s explaining the mission of the four-day festival of yoga, health, spirituality, and creativity founded by Gina Murdock, who also started the Aspen Yoga Society.

“This shift is occurring all around us even if it doesn’t appear to be on the surface,” Emblom continues. “Think about the awareness of the food system, holistic health, the rise in yoga/meditation/healing arts, electric cars, sustainability in various areas of life, eco-travel, and the increase in the wellness industry…My intention is to cultivate connection and provide information for people to make small shifts in their lifestyle if they’re feeling ready.”

Emblom notes that 100 percent of proceeds from the four-day Lead with Love festival benefited Aspen City of Wellbeing, a nonprofit founded by Murdock, who celebrated her 40th birthday by launching the conference to introduce the new organization’s mission. Turning your personal milestone toward the public good — that’s a champion of change.

Sure, there’s a lot of change happening in Aspen lately.

Some of it — favorite haunts closing, friends moving downvalley, a seemingly slowto-start ski season — is tough to swallow. But if the internet is any indication, we can all take comfort in knowing that we may be better off than most other places in the U.S. today. The first four Google hits for “change in Aspen” point to fall foliage.

Amanda Rae would face her fear of donating blood for an Elevation wasabi Caesar with grilled shrimp. amandaraewashere@gmail.com

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MOVES ON MAIN STREET If anyone knows about change in Aspen, it’s Bill Dinsmoor. The longtime owner of Main Street Bakery closed the joint on Oct. 28 after nearly 28 years of operation.

“Main Street Bakery-type businesses, Little Annie’s, and others that offered a modest-priced meal in an environment that was approachable and comfortable for a variety of people — [not] a dive bar — they’re becoming dinosaurs,” says Dinsmoor, who is enjoying retirement with his wife, Jane. “The emotional side of me says it’s sad. The realist side of me says this is the direction the world is going.”

No doubt about it: the rising cost of doing business in Aspen is making it difficult for momand-pop eateries to survive here. At stake are local meeting spots.

“I’d like to think we created a comfort level not just for food, but for gathering, sitting around with multiple cups of coffee and chewing the fat about whatever’s on peoples minds,” Dinsmoor says. “We had great conversations. Certainly I’ll miss that — that’s hard to replace.”

While Dinsmoor hopes that the Aspen City Council will consider mobile food trucks as viable purveyors of reasonably priced food in the future, he’s happy to be out of the restaurant industry.

“You know what the biggest change is? We don’t set the alarm in the morning anymore!”

Dinsmoor says. “We stay up later. I’m not concerned with someone calling me at four in the morning and they can’t light the oven or the bread mixer is not working. Having time to spend with neighbors, family, and friends…we’re much more available to go out and have fun.”

There’s reason to believe the space at 201 E. Main St., home to Main Street Bakery for 28 years, will continue to operate as a restuarant in its future.

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FROM ASPEN, WITH LOVE

GUNNER’S LIBATIONS

by JEANNE MCGOVERN

PEACH BELLINI It’s over. Well, probably not completely and totally over, but Election Day 2016 has come and gone. To me, this is reason enough to celebrate (though I also hope I’m celebrating the election of a certain few candidates at the national, state and local levels). And while a nice glass of bubbly would be fine for the occasion, I am thinking this drawn-out campaign and its ultimate conclusions calls for something with a bit more

MAKE IT

flair, sort of like the state of politics these days. With that in mind, I’m going make my toasts with a Peach Bellini, and

2 ounces peach juice, puree, or nectar 4 ounces prosecco or Champagne

I’m going to add some punch to my prosecco-peach puree libations with a splash of Aperol (if you’re a peach super-fan,

Pour the peach juice into a Champagne flute. Slowly top with sparkling wine. Want it stronger? Add a shot of peach schnapps or splash of Aperol into your glass.

though, you might try a shot of peach schnapps to up the ante). And then I’m going to sit back, watch the aftermath, and likely turn to something even stronger. Stay tuned ...

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BUCKET LIST TRIP TO BORA BORA SOMEHOW I CONVINCED my husband that the fifth wedding anniversary is the Tahitian anniversary. The traditional gift, actually, is wood.

For years, I had dreamed of going to Bora Bora in French Polynesia.

The lagoon’s glimmering turquoise, jade and cobalt blue waters, the overwater bungalows, the seclusion — for me, it was the ultimate bucket list destination.

Some of the world’s most famous celebrities vacation in Bora Bora. Jennifer Aniston honeymooned there. Pictures of Justin Bieber swimming naked in Bora Bora circulated far and wide online last year. Usain Bolt celebrated his Olympic victories there in September.

That doesn’t mean normal couples can’t go too — if they can afford it, of course. Our trip for a week, including flights and our hotel stay (with breakfast), cost just under $10,000.

My husband and I spent a week lounging on the deck of our bungalow at Le Meridien Bora Bora.

We woke early to catch brilliant orange and pink sunrises. We got up close and personal with sea creatures, from moray eels and trumpetfish to sea turtles, sharks and stingrays. We discovered that the saying heard in pearl shops, “You

don’t choose the pearl, the pearl chooses you” is surprisingly true.

Most of all, we tried to relax and take it all in.

Bora Bora, located about 160 miles northwest of Tahiti, was formed by volcanic eruptions millions of years ago. Mount Otemanu, a remnant of the volcano, rises nearly 2,400 feet on the island and serves as the backdrop of many photos.

About 9,000 people live in Bora Bora. The temperature is a relatively consistent 80 F. The island is set in a lagoon and surrounded by a string of motus, or small islets, where luxury resorts are located. The colors are stunning. A friend said my photo looked like a watercolor painting.

We flew to Los Angeles, where many U.S. flights to Tahiti converge.

From Los Angeles, it’s about an eight-hour overnight flight to Papeete, Tahiti. It’s less than an hour by plane from there to Bora Bora. Then it’s a short boat ride to the main city, Vaitape, or to one of the luxury resorts. We didn’t need vaccinations or a visa.

Our overwater bungalow faced outward to the lagoon, which we requested when booking. Others are turned in, toward the resort.

It featured a glass floor for fish watching and a spiral staircase for climbing into the lagoon.

We splurged on massages early in the week, before our pale skin turned a reddish hue, and we fed baby sea turtles at the Turtle Center established at Le Meridien. We took the hotel’s boat to The St. Regis Bora Bora Resort to dine at the exclusive Lagoon restaurant by acclaimed French chef JeanGeorges Vongerichten and to check out the lavish bungalows with private swimming pools over the lagoon.

We tried paddle boarding. Then we tried snorkeling to find the sunglasses we lost while paddle boarding. Adventurous couples buzzed around the island on jet skis.

Feeling adventurous ourselves, we signed up for a snorkeling trip to swim with stingrays and sharks.

There are so many stingrays there, you feel their slick, rubbery bodies hitting your legs. One is an older, docile stingray the guides call “grandma.” Our guide from Teiva Tours lifted grandma and kissed it — on the mouth!

But when the guides started “chumming” the waters with fish parts to draw blacktip sharks, we climbed back into the boat. The sharks were much more interested in the fish than in us, but we weren’t taking any chances of a misdirected chomp. In deeper waters, we snorkeled at the surface as 9-foot

lemon sharks glided along the bottom.

We also spent a day in Vaitape.

There’s a center where locals sell their crafts, a small marketplace to stock up on sunscreen, juice and inexpensive French wine, and a café. The mountainside is home to cannons left behind by U.S. forces during World War II. The main thing we did, though, was shop for Tahitian pearls. We were leaving one of the stores when I caught a glimpse of a pair of green pearl earrings. I walked away but no other pearl could compare, so we returned at the end of the day to buy the pearl that chose me.

There’s a must-visit spot along the coastline, about 3 miles from the city center: Bloody Mary’s, a funky restaurant known for its seafood and celebrity visits. I enjoyed the restaurant’s signature plate of teriyaki wahoo and the house drink, a Bloody Mary of course, while my husband loved trying meka, a broadbill swordfish found in the South Pacific. By the entrance there’s a long list of famous people who have dined there.

At the hotel, we ended the week as we began. We lounged on the deck, telling each other how unbelievable it was that we got to see such beauty in person and check Bora Bora off the bucket list.

ABOVE: A moray eel and a variety of fish are pictured at the Turtle Center at Le Meridien resort in Bora Bora. Bora Bora offers celebrity-style seclusion and has been a vacation destination for the likes of Justin Bieber, Jennifer Aniston and Usain Bolt.

LEFT: Kayakers head out on the water from Le Meridien resort in Bora Bora, located 160 miles from Tahiti with a balmy and relatively consistent temperature of 80 degrees Fahrenheit.

PHOTOS BY JENNIFER MCDERMOTT/AP

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FROM ASPEN, WITH LOVE

ASPEN UNTUCKED

Woody Creek Distillery takes its spirit-making from the fields to the stills to the table.

FARM TO BOTTLE

KNOWING WHERE YOUR SPIRITS COME FROM WHEN YOU’RE AT the grocery store, or a farmer’s market, and see potatoes on display, have you ever thought about how crisp and refreshing those would taste if they were a part of the vodka drink served to you that evening?

Until a few weeks ago, a thought like that had never even crossed my mind.

BARBARA PLATTS I saw vodka and other hard spirits as mass-produced products. They occupied numerous bottles in liquor stores and helped stiffen a few cocktails I enjoyed drinking at my favorite restaurants. What they are and how they are made seemed entirely detached from why and how I drank them. Sure, I knew there were some spirits that were more luxurious than others. It became obvious during college that McCormick’s Vodka was much less desirable than Grey Goose, and not only because one is stored in a plastic bottle while the other fills the lyrics of rap songs in which artists boast about their wealth. Sure, we all prefer to go with the fancier options

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when we are able to. But, fancy or not, I still had no idea where the ingredients in my drink were coming from.

This method of blindly consuming is not typical for me or for many others I know that are my age. When it comes to food, we like to know what we’re putting in our bodies and where it comes from. With alcohol, we don’t seem to know or care nearly as much.

However, there are distilleries out there that want to change that mentality. In fact, there’s one

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right in our backyards that knows exactly where its product comes from and where it’s made. Woody Creek Distillers was established in 2013. In only three short years, the company has grown exponentially.

Currently, its products are available in 12 states. And the distillery has received numerous recognitions and awards for its two different kinds of vodka and its rye whiskey.

You’ve probably heard of Woody Creek Distillery in one form or another in recent years. Maybe you’ve tried one of their creative

cocktails at Food & Wine or the Aprés Ski Cocktail Classic. Or you’ve seen the bottle resting on a shelf at a local bar. Perhaps you’ve even had the opportunity to check out the tasting room and go on a tour of the distillery. But experiencing the process from start to finish, getting to sift dirt through your hands and pick up potatoes that will soon be turned into vodka, that’s what Woody Creek Distillery is all about. And there’s nowhere else quite like it in the entire country. That’s because every step of production is done in the Roaring Fork Valley, and the distillery has complete control, starting with the seed of the potato plant all the way to the bottling of the vodka.

It starts by planting potato seeds, which are of the Rio Grande and Stobrawa varieties, in the springtime. They are harvested in fields in the upper valley. From there, they are transferred to the distillery, which is located in Basalt, to be made into vodka.

A few weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to learn about Woody Creek’s vodka-making process firsthand from the man behind the nectar, David Matthews.

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by BARBARA PLATTS

He’s the head distiller and vice president of operations for Woody Creek; he has been with the company from the start.

Matthews and I started at one of the potato fields near Emma where they had just picked close to 300,000 pounds of potatoes.

They harvest more than a million pounds each year.

“It’s great that we get to grow the potatoes ourselves,” Matthews said. “They come out of the ground and right away the process is started with fresh potatoes.”

That process starts with cleaning the potatoes again (they were washed thoroughly at the field). They are then ground up and boiled. This helps to sterilize the potatoes and turn the starch into sugar. Then, yeast is added for fermentation. After that comes the complex distilling process. After a couple of days, it’s ready to be bottled. The whole process, from field to bottle, happens in less than five days.

“We have total control over our potato source. We are controlling the variety, the way they are grown and the quality. And they are fresh,” Matthews said. “This gives us selected varieties that make quality vodka.”

Matthews distills other spirits besides vodka. He created a gin because of the demand from bartenders for a quality product.

In his spare time, he’s also made a brandy, which can be tasted and purchased only at the distillery.

And, perhaps one of his most exciting endeavors, he’s been working on a bourbon for four years that will be released in 2017.

As far as vodka goes, this season was even more successful than past ones. Woody Creek is on schedule with production.

Last week the team finished mashing the potatoes. They completed harvesting a couple of weeks earlier than last year, thanks to the warm weather.

Already, the vodka is coming off the stills, and, as I can attest, it’s incredible. For the first time in my drinking tenure, I could actually taste and smell the potatoes that were used to make it. And I knew the journey it took to get them to that point.

Now, that is truly knowing where a product comes from.

Says Woody Creek head distiller David Matthews, pictured above: “We have total control over our potato source. We are controlling the variety, the way they are grown and the quality. And they are fresh. This gives us selected varieties that make quality vodka.”

IF YOU GO...

Check out the distillery for yourself Tuesday to Saturday from 2 to 8 p.m. For more information, call 970.279.5110 or go to woodycreekdistillers.com.

Barbara Platts was never a huge fan of vodka…until now. Reach her at bplatts.000@gmail.com.

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IT’S ALL ABOUT THE DODGEBALL ... OR AT LEAST THAT’S THE VIBE YOU GET WHEN YOU ENTER THE MADCAP WORLD OF THE ASPEN YOUTH CENTER. BUT REALLY, DODGEBALL IS JUST A METAPHOR FOR WHAT THE AYC MEANS TO STUDENTS WHO SOMETIMES CALL THE CENTER HOME — AND OFTEN THEIR WORKING PARENTS WHO ENTRUST THEIR CHILDREN TO THE AYC AND ITS STAFF. “They all love the dodgeball,” says Michaela Idhammar, executive director of the Aspen Youth Center, which celebrated its 25th anniversary

on Oct. 31. “But dodgeball is really just an example of what the Aspen Youth Center is all about; what we are trying to offer the kids who come here after school, in the summer, on days off school.”

The AYC, as it’s known to most, is located upstairs in the Aspen Recreation Center; it was once housed downtown (see timeline, below). It is weekdays for kids in grades 4-12 from Aspen, the Roaring Fork Valley and beyond. It’s mission is simple: “providing a safe and supportive place where youth can connect, learn, and grow during their out-of-school hours.”

A large part of that mission can be seen when you break down the game of dodgeball itself: teamwork, respect, hard work, and, of course, fun.

“From the beginning, we knew this place had to be something the kids themselves created,” says Sue Smedstad, a longtime board member and co-founder of the nonprofit center.

“Previous incarnations, we called them ‘teen centers,’ didn’t succeed; when we let the kids help determine what they

AYC KIDS: THEN AND NOW “I REMEMBER THIS PICTURE ACTUALLY...

THE COOKING CLASSES AT THE AYC WERE WHAT I WOULD ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO! I REMEMBER GOING TO THE YOUTH CENTER ALMOST EVERY DAY AFTER SCHOOL; IT WAS SO FUN.” - Luke Ryan, current Aspen High School senior, pictured here at age 9 pouring ingredients into batter for ginger-snap cookies during a Creative Cooking class at the AYC

1991

OPENING DAY AT THE AYC’S RIO GRANDE PLAZA LOCATION

2003

AYC MOVES FROM DOWNTOWN LOCATION TO THE ASPEN RECREATION CENTER

2008

RIBBON-CUTTING FOR NEW GYM FLOOR — AND THE RISE IN DODGEBALL FUN

PHOTOS BY ANNA STONEHOUSE; ASPEN TIMES FILE PHOTOS; PHOTOS COURTESY ASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY (1991 & 2003)

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ADMISSION TO AYC BECOMES FREE TO ALL; IT REMAINS FREE TO THIS DAY

TODAY

AYC CELEBRATES ITS 25th ANNIVERSARY WITH A PARTY ON OCT. 28

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GET INVOLVED: FAMILY FEUD ASPEN! Aspen Youth Center’s annual Spell What?!

Aspen Celebrity Spelldown had a successful fiveyear run, but event organizers say all good things come to an end — so, this year, the AYC game show fundraiser will be Family Feud Aspen!

The event is Friday, Feb. 3 at the Hotel Jerome. Tickets, tables, and sponsorship are on sale at https://aspenyc. ejoinme.org/MyEvents/ FamilyFeudAspen2017/ tabid/803183/ Default.aspx Teams are purchased through a Steve Harvey sponsorship, which includes 10 seats. Any four guests at a table can compete.

For questions, contact Michaela Idhammar at michaela@ aspenyouthcenter.org or 970.544.4130.

wanted and need, we saw success. And it continues to grow to this day — 25 years later.”

Among the reasons for the AYC’s ongoing success is the fact admission to the center is free to all comers.

According to an Aspen Times article, in 2010 an anonymous donor agreed to cover all program costs for one year — a contribution in the ballpark of $12,000 to $16,000.

While $6 — the previous admission fee — may seem reasonable, Idhammar says the center has seen usage numbers rise 40 percent since the facility has been free to all.

“I think what this does is makes it an easy option for all kids,” says Idhammar.

“It has also allowed us to focus more on programming, improve staffing, create an even better environment for the kids who come here.”

But it doesn’t come cheap. The AYC is a nonprofit; and despite its location in the city-owned ARC, it receives no taxpayer money.

Contributions and an annual benefit (see sidebar, left) now keep the center up and running — and free.

Which is why so many in the community remain committed to its continued success as a safe place for local kids to call home.

“Without AYC many kids would be home alone or up to no good somewhere else,” says AYC parent and board member Susie Lee. “As we come upon our 25th anniversary, we hope to continue learn, grow and maintain a positive impact on future AYC generations.”

From outdoor lawn games and ping pong to dodgeball and fun times with friends, the Aspen Youth Center has provided a place for kids to be kids since 1991.

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The Aspen Times Weekly and Aspen Public Radio launch a new collaboration with this week’s cover story on the Aspen Youth Center’s 25th anniversary. Hear the kids play dodgeball and talk about why they love the AYC, as well as a discussion with Executive Director Michaela Idhammar and longtime board member Sue Smedstad, at aspenpublicradio.org.

And check out more photos and a video of a day at the AYC at aspentimes.com.

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MOUNTAINMAYHEM

The SOCIAL SIDE of TOWN

by MAY SELBY

RUNNING 26.2 THROUGH NEW YORK

MAY SELBY

FOR THE 2016 TCS New York Marathon, goals were set not just by runners seeking completion or to nail their PR (personal record), but also by the organizers, the New York Road Runners Association (NYRR).

Prior to the race, the NYRR announced their intent to successfully cross as many runners over the finish line as possible.

It looks like they’ve achieved this, thanks in part to a dozen-plus athletes from the Roaring Fork Valley.

Last Sunday’s race was likely the largest marathon ever held with an initial count of 51,388 finishers, out of 51,995 people, making a 98.8 percent completion rate, according to the NYRR.

Founded in 1970 with just 127 competitors at the start and 55 finishing — all male — and a course consisting of several laps around Central Park, the race has now grown into the world’s largest and most supported marathon with more than 50,000 participants and 1,00,000 spectators.

This year marked the 40th edition of the modern course, covering the five boroughs of Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Manhattan.

The original champion, Bill Rodgers, who went on to win four New York Marathons to add to his four-time Boston Marathon title role, was at this year’s expo and race, encouraging all to “run forever — this is a sport for life.”

Aspenite Terry Rigney on course for the 2016 NYC Marathon. Courtesy photo.

Rodgers estimates 180-200k miles are under his running belt, having been competitive or recreational in the sport for 50 years…and running. Deena Kastor, the women’s American record holder for the marathon and half-marathon and bronze medalist in the 2004 Athens Olympics’ Marathon, was also onsite. Both spoke about the longevity of a running as a sport for many and career for some, sharing their insights, inspiration and encouragement to run, have fun and celebrate all running brings.

For more info, visit www.nyrr.org.

Contact May with insights, invites or info: allthewaymaymay@hotmail.com

A sweep of sibling marathoners — Sam, Marla and Charlie Lucarelli. Courtesy photo.

2016 NYC Marathon finisher Chris Ireland with his coach Mike Galietta — both from Boston, but game for the Aspen Valley Marathon next July.

Aspen runner Courtney DeVito in her finisher’s poncho with her fanfare family — son Wyatt, husband Chris and sister Katie. Courtesy photo.

Aspen runners Taylor Stafford and Patsy Bitter post-marathon. Courtesy photo.

Lighting fast runners: former pro cyclist and frequent Aspen visitor Craig Lewis (2:58:24) with former Little Nell wine director Bobby Stuckey (3:04:07). Courtesy photo.

Aspen Brewing Company’s Duncan Clauss runs over sponges on the race course on Sunday.

Courtesy photo.

Ready, set, running across the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and the start to the race.

The 2016 Chris Klug Foundation Team at the NYC Marathon Expo. Courtesy photo.

Team CKF’s Lady Fuller, Missy Klug and Sondy Rexford at the finish line. Courtesy photo.

Running inspirations and legends Bill Rodgers and Deena Kastor at the NYC Marathon Expo.

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MUSIC/ART/FILM/LITERATURE

by ANDREW TRAVERS

REACHING FOR THE ‘SUMMIT’

DEBUT NOVELIST HARRY FARTHING ON HIS EVEREST THRILLER HARRY FARTHING HAD summited Mt. Blanc, the Matterhorn, Kilimanjaro, and McKinley. He’d climbed in the Himalaya and on Everest, adventured in the Arctic and the Amazon. But the Brit had never taken on the challenge of writing a book until he retired to the U.S. Farthing’s debut novel, “Summit,” was published this summer. It combines the tactile details of Farthing’s climbing experiences with his passion for history to make a page-turning tale that’s part Mount Everest adventure, part alternate history and all thriller.

“I wrote it as a bucket list thing, really,” Farthing, 52, told me recently over coffee at the Spring Café in Aspen during a stop on his Colorado motorcycle trip.

Books, he found, were an intrinsic part of his mountaineering travels. At Mount Everest base camp and other hotspots, novels were invariably passed around among climbers — they tended to be long books for long flights and long nights before ascents, popular fiction like James Ellroy’s crime potboilers and the “Harry Potter” series.

“The prerequisite was that it was going to be an interesting, thick book,” he says. “And I thought, ‘Nobody’s ever really done it with mountaineering.’”

He wanted to write the kind of book that might get passed around among climbers.

“Summit” opens with Englishman and Everest guide Neil Quinn guiding a teenage son of privilege to the summit. The ascent turns tragic. And Quinn’s discovery of an antique ice axe and camera on the peak link him to a Nazi-sponsored expedition up Mount Everest in the late 1930s, which draws him into an underworld of neo-Nazis and international gangsters.

It’s a book of vividly drawn villains and heroes, but its backbone is the realism of its details about the climbing experience and its fascinating use of kernels of climbing history. The book also has some wicked fun with the dark side of

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commercial climbing operations.

“There are amplifications of behaviors I’ve seen — of summit glory, pushing people to get summit bonuses, people making money on the side with oxygen, people ending up in court over bad oxygen,” Farthing says. “Sure, I’ve seen all that.”

Farthing was a voracious reader and dutiful journal writer during his climbing days. But rather than going pro, he “sort of sold out” and went into commercial real estate to help bankroll his adventures (the job also enabled him to live in the Alps for a dozen years).

Several years ago — when he retired early, moved to the U.S. and settled in Charleston, South Carolina with his family — he finally sat down to write the novel he knew he had in him.

“I said, ‘OK, I’ll take a year or two out and just write,’” he recalls. “And you hope that it’ll be the next big thing but you suspect that probably 200 people will read it, your mother will say it’s lovely and your friends will say, ‘Alright, don’t give up your day job.’”

He finished the book and selfpublished a version of it in 2014.

That book drew the notice of the Gernert literary agency and led to a book deal with Blackstone Publishing, who released a more polished version this summer.

It may not yet be “the next big thing,” as Farthing put it, but it has drawn some notice online and may be on its way to becoming the kind of cult novel that gets passed around at base camps. As a debut author, Farthing is putting in the legwork to spread the word about the novel — which is part of what sent him tramping around Colorado for the first time this fall.

When we met downtown he’d just sped down Independence Pass, out-running a fall snowstorm. He made his way here from Camp Hale, where he was researching a new historical novel involving the 10th Mountain Division.

“In my climbing days, I met so many people from Colorado and I’d always hear, ‘You gotta go to

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NOTEWORTHY ‘Summit’ Harry Farthing 496 pages, hardcover; $29.95 Blackstone Publishing, 2016

Telluride, Breckenridge, you’ve gotta go here!’” he recalls.

With two young kids at home, his international climbing days are on pause for now, but a solo motorbike trip was doable. So he rented a Harley in Denver and zig-zagged the Centennial state sightseeing and talking to bookshops and writers about “Summit.” With the wide release of “Summit” from Blackstone, Farthing wanted to get it in the hands of high-country Coloradoans for the obvious reasons.

“If they don’t get my book in Colorado, they’re not going to get it anywhere,” he says.

ABOVE: Harry Farthing photographed in the Himalaya. The mountaineer-turned-novelist stopped in Aspen recently to discuss his debut, “Summit.”

BELOW: Harry Farthing’s novel “Summit” was published this year.

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NOV. 10 - 16, 2016

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EMMA SCHOOLHOUSE CHRISTMAS BAZAAR — 8 a.m., Emma Road, Basalt. Celebrating our 40th year, the Emma Schoolhouse Christmas Bazaar is in the historic Emma Schoolhouse just west of Basalt on Highway 82 between the yellow blinking pedestrian lights. A portion of all sales will be donated to the multiple sclerosis, pediatric brain tumor and Parkinson’s disease research foundations.

SEE Mary Ramsden’s recently opened “(In / It)” is now on view in Gallery 6 at the Aspen Art Museum.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 9 SUZZANNE PARIS — 7:30 p.m., Heather’s Savory Pies and Tapas, 166 Midland Ave., Basalt. Suzzanne is an award-winning, Grammy-entered, singer/songwriter/guitarist who has toured, recorded and played with artists such as Dave Mason (Traffic), Jeffrey Skunk Baxter (Steely Dan), Bo Diddley, Buddy Miles (Jimi Hendrix), Richie Havens, Stephen Stills (CSN&Y), John Denver, Michael Bolton, Phil Brown (Little Feat) and many others.

THURSDAY, NOV. 10 YAPPY HOUR — 5:30 p.m., Marble Distilling Co. and The Distillery Inn, 150 Main St., Carbondale. Mingle with some adorable, adoptable mutts while sipping on signature cocktails such as the Muttarita and The Bloodhound Mary. Colorado Aspen Rescue adoptables will be at Marble Distilling Co. from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Your well-behaved and leashed dogs are welcome to join you, too.

DANA UNDERWOOD, HADEN GREGG AND HAP HARRIMAN — 7:30 p.m., Heather’s Savory Pies and Tapas, 166 Midland Ave., Basalt. Haden Gregg has recorded with Starwood, toured with The Eagles, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and John Denver.

research foundations.

NONPROFIT ARTS SALE AND FUNDRAISER — 4 p.m., Living Arts Studio, 410 North Mill St., Aspen.

A 30-year-Colorado nonprofit view and purchase from four decades of art by Sarah Pletts.

ART WALK BASALT SECOND FRIDAYS — 5 p.m., downtown Basalt, Midland Avenue and Two Rivers Road. Experience the joy of art in nine unique galleries as you stroll along beautiful historic Basalt.

EXHIBITION OPENING: RICK GRIFFITH — 5 p.m., The Art Base, 99 Midland Spur, Basalt. The Charles J. Wyly Gallery at the Art Base presents printer and graphic designer Rick Griffith in an upcoming exhibition EXHIBITION OPENING: STANLEY BELL AND KAMP COLLECTIVE — 5 p.m., The Art Base Annex, 174 Midland Ave., Basalt. The Art Base Annex presents an upcoming exhibition, Conflux, showcasing nationally exhibited artists Stanley Bell and KAMP Collective artistsAndy Storey and Jeff Stevens.

CHRIS BANK AND MARK JOHNSON — 7:30 p.m., Heather’s Savory Pies and Tapas, 166 Midland Ave., Basalt.

Chris Bank has performed in concert with pop artist Kenny Loggins, The Temptations, John Denver, Bo Diddley, Jimmy Buffet and Francine Reed, as well as jazz greats Ernie Watts and Nelson Rangell.

FRIDAY, NOV. 11

SATURDAY, NOV. 12

EMMA SCHOOLHOUSE CHRISTMAS BAZAAR — 4 p.m., Emma Road, Basalt. Celebrating our 40th year, the Emma Schoolhouse Christmas Bazaar is in the historic Emma Schoolhouse just west of Basalt on Highway 82 between the yellow blinking pedestrian lights. A portion of all sales will be donated to the multiple sclerosis, pediatric brain tumor and Parkinson’s disease

CARBONDALE CHRISTMAS BOUTIQUE — 8 a.m., Carbondale Fire Department, 301 Meadowood Drive, Carbondale. The 40th Annual Carbondale Christmas Boutique features local artisans offering hand-made gifts. Select from jewelry, note cards, holiday decorations, candles, stained glass or leather items, handmade soap, aromatherapy, organic skin care products, jams,

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VALLEY WRITERS — 10 a.m., Basalt Regional Library, 14 Midland Ave., Basalt. Are you a serious writer who would like to connect with other local serious writers? Then the Valley Writers may be what you are looking for. Please contact Eleanor Shelton eleanors0420@ gmail.com for more information.

970-927-4311 NONPROFIT ARTS SALE AND FUNDRAISER — 11 a.m., Living Arts Studio, 410 North Mill St., Aspen.

A 30-year-Colorado nonprofit view and purchase from four decades of art by Sarah Pletts.

TRY HOCKEY FOR FREE — 4 p.m., Lewis Ice Arena, 861 Maroon Creek Road, Aspen. Come play youth hockey and experience more great moments in your child’s life. Come play youth hockey and introduce your child to a whole new world of adventure. www.aspenjuniorhockey.com/tryhockeyforfree.

970-920-7081 COMEDY NIGHT — 7 p.m., Marble Distilling Co. and The Distillery Inn, 150 Main St., Carbondale. This month, we welcome Nathan Lund, a Denver comedian who has traveled all over the country and is a favorite at Denver’s Comedy Works. Opening for Nathan is Steve Vanderploeg, who was recently featured on the High Planes Comedy Festival. $5 cover.

DANCE INITIATIVE PRESENTS HEARD: ORIGINAL CHOREOGRAPHY BY ALYA HOWE — 7:30 p.m., The Launchpad, 76 S. Fourth St., Carbondale. This full evening-length work is inspired by movements of a herd and herd mentality and will be performed by local dance artists Bailey Barnum, Dana Ganssle Ellis, Emily Fifer, Gabriela Alvarez Espinoza, Jeni Ptacek, Meagan Londy Shapiro, Natalie Rae and Robyn Hubbard. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at www.danceinitiative.org. Not recommended for ages under 14. 970-963-1680 ASPEN 440 — 7:30 p.m., Heather’s Savory Pies and Tapas, 166 Midland Ave., Basalt. David Blair Harding,

vocals/electric and acoustic guitars/banjo/Dobro.

TUESDAY, NOV. 15 JEROME JEOPARDY — 7 p.m., J-Bar at the Hotel Jerome, 330 E. Main St., Aspen. Fun and entertaining trivia contest centered on current news, culture, and media. Prizes and schwag given out each week, including a $50 JBar gift certificate awarded to the winning team.

ASPEN WEEKLY WRITERS’ GROUP — 7 p.m., The Red Brick, 110 E. Hallam St., Aspen. Read / present / edit / publish. Free.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 16 ROARING FORK CONSERVANCY’S 20TH BIRTHDAY — 4:30 p.m., Riverside Grill, 181 Basalt Center Circle, Basalt. Celebrate 20 years of bringing people together to protect our rivers! This is a free community event but please RSVP so we can save you a slice of birthday cake!

RSVP at www.roaringfork.org/ events. Questions? Please email info@roaringfork.org.

SING WITH SNOWMASS CHAPEL CHRISTMAS EVE CHOIR — 7 p.m., Snowmass Chapel, 5307 Owl Creek Road, Snowmass Village. Snowmass Chapel’s picturesque Christmas Eve Services are candle lit and traditional. All people are welcome to sing — there is no audition. RSVP to Paul Dankers (music director) is preferred, but you may also show up and sing.

BINGO NIGHT AT CARBONDALE BEER WORKS — 7 p.m., Carbondale Beer Works, 647 Main St., Carbondale. $1 per bingo card, 100 percent of proceeds will go to Colorado Animal Rescue. Win pints, gift cards from Carbondale Beer Works and other goodies.

WILD FEAST — 7 p.m., Justice Snow’s, 328 E. Hyman Ave., Aspen.

Enjoy a five-course, locally sourced dinner in this beautiful venue, a hallmark historic restaurant in the heart of Aspen. We only have a limited number of tickets, so purchase yours today. 970-429-8192 CABINET HORSESHOES & HAND GRENADES — 9 p.m., Belly Up Aspen, 450 S. Galena St., Aspen.

Genre: Bluegrass, folk, rock.

Doors: 8:30 p.m. Start: 9 p.m. All ages. Price: $12, $15 day of show.

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Vectra Bank Colorado offers a competitive salary and benefit package, including Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance, 401 K, Paid Vacation, Profit Sharing, Paid Holidays, and More.

Come join the Vectra Team!

1-2 years of Teller Experience or cash handling is preferred.

Qualified candidates must have strong sales skills in order to refer Bank products and services. Candidates will also have excellent customer service skills, and good attention to detail.

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Umbrella Roofing, Inc. is looking for the ULTIMATE COMPANY AMBASSADOR! Full time position will involve the search for new employees as well as bringing them on-board for a lifelong career with Umbrella. Marketing and Construction experience helpful, bilingual a big plus. Benefits include: Awesome company culture, Health insurance, Vacation plus a whole lot more!. Email resume to Trevor Cannon, trevor@umbrella-roofin g.com, Basalt and Eagle locations.

Rentals Carbondale

Rentals Glenwood Springs Restaurant Workers Ski or Snowboard to Work! The newly remodeled Gwyn's High Alpine is looking for Marketplace servers, bussers, line cooks, grill chefs and janitorial staff. Full ski pass included. Must ski or snowboard at an intermediate level.

Please email resume gwynshighalpine@gm ail.com servers, back servers, bartenders, hosts Venga Venga Cantina hiring all FOH positions.

Servers, back servers, hosts, bartenders. Open interviews Nov 9-14, 1-4pm each day. Must have guest service focus and work ethic.

Rentals Rentals Aspen 1BD, 1BA, roomy, NP, NS, 1yr lease. $1800 inc l u d e s u t i l s .

970-925-7039 2 BD 1 BA fully furnished condo in Aspen. N/S, N/P. Fireplace W/D. First last and security. $3200.00.

Call: 970-274-6762 2 bd+loft, 2 ba. Riverfront, remodeled, furnished, 4 blocks to gondola. River & Mtn views, parking, w/d, fp, NS/NP. 6 mo minimum. $6000/mo+uts. Sally, ASSIR, 970-948-7530,

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500 SF & 230 SF Commercial spaces avail. together or separate, located on Main St in Aspen, assigned parking space, asking $33/ft NNN for info call 970-309-2000

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Trades/ Construction Construction Supervisor/Project Mgr. Must have proven experience City of Aspen Residential renovation with own computer & tools.

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Professional Project Architect An award-winning boutique architecture firm focused on design seeks fulltime Project Architect-Licensed (10+ years) for our growing firm. AutoCAD proficient with Revit and SketchUp experience a plus. Salary based on experience.

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Luxury two bedroom two bathroom townhouse with large master suite and steam shower. Walk to town or take the free shuttle. $5500/month plus utilities.

Lisa Turchiarelli CB Mason Morse 970.379.5018 3bd/2ba. In town Designer Furn. Avail Aug 1st. $5,900/mo Long term. OR Summer $7,000/wk. View katefrankelrentals.com

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4 BD furnished Brush Creek. Aspen School District. nr bus $6200/mo.

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Rentals Basalt Area 2bd, 2ba, remodeled condo, granite, overlooks river, AC. $2800/month Avail. now.

Kyle, PPM 970-379-6011 European Mounting and Shoulder Mounting Competitive Pricing Call Josh for details

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Top floor RIVERFRONT 2br/2 ba. FP, A/C, elevator, garage.

NP/NS. INCLUDES HEAT. $2,250/mo.

Owner/agent.

PeterKelley@Earthlink.net

Executive Offices Elegant Ski-In/Ski-Out offices at Highlands. $2500/month.

970-404-2100 Newly Remodeled Aspen Office in beautiful Main Street Victorian. $900/mo.

970-379-0768

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Office Space, 1280 Ute Ave (Benedict Building) 2 office suite, and 2-3 river view offices, 970-319-1024, mike@aspencpa.com.

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Basalt - $370,000

WHITE BOX - YOU BUILD KITCHEN Unique, creative, cutting edge project.

May be used for Residential and/or Commercial. 16' to 19' ceiling with fabulous light. Seller financing possible.

Robert Tobias

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

Carbondale - $305,000

Basalt - $625,000 Least Expensive Home in Willits!

3 bd+ huge bonus room, 2.5 bath home w/updated kitchen, wood floors, gas fp in living room, tv room/den, dining room, roomy master with gas fp, jetted tub, 2-car garage. Front porch + spacious trex deck, fenced yard, mature trees for shade and privacy. Walking distance to playground, sledding hill & shopping/restaurants of Willits.

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Warm & contemporary 2BD/2BA CONDO. Beautifully remodeled sink fixtures and bathrooms, bamboo floors, new windows. Convenient location. Unit features a sunny private deck; a light touch for a classy homeowner. Motivated Seller!

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Carbondale - $724,900

Glenwood Springs - $625,000

Rifle - $179,000

Open House Tues 10/18, Most Sundays, Call for times.

Best priced single family home in Gated Aspen Glen. World class fishing, tennis, & fitness ctr. Nicklaus/Nicklaus II designed golf course.

This custom 3+bedroom, 3.5 bath home has a million dollar view of the Roaring Fork Valley, 20’ ceilings in the great room, quality construction and a main level master suite. Incredible value for the square footage!

Spacious light filled, condo on Rifle Creek. One car garage, 3 bed 1/2 bath, 1,890 Sq. Ft., end condo with wonderful decks.

Amy Luetke

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Wonderful single family home in Keator Grove. This 2 bedroom 2.5 bath is perfect for the local looking to become a homeowner. Don't miss this fabulous opportunity!

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Cheryl & CO Real Estate Snowmass Village - $585,000

Willits - $869,000 Beautifully appointed, 4 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom, 2005-built furnished home. Large gourmet kitchen, open floor plan w/ high ceilings, living room plus sitting area, charming gas fp. Oversized master suite with gas fp, Jacuzzi tub, steam shower, his & hers walk in closets. Covered front porch and back patio with built-in gas grill. In-floor radiant heat plus A/C, fenced yard, 625 sq.ft garage.

Snowmass Mountain Condo Aspen School District 2 bedrooms with private loft (ideal as 3rd bedroom or office space) Great Views and short walk to Assay Hill lift.

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Audi S4 2013

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36660 miles. Stasis tuned.

This car is REALLY FAST. Very Clean.

Beautiful inside and out.

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115,000 miles. New tires, AWD

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Porsche 944 Cabriolet 1990

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Toyota Land Cruiser 1989

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Excellent condition. Must See! $19,250 Call Bob in Edwards 970-390-4651

154" track. 1200 miles, Electric start, Large tunnel bag, extra belt, custom ski-doo travel cover, female ridden.

4 door. Good condition. 234000 Auto transmission. V8

2.9L 6cyl. Fully detailed, very clean, full service oil change. Michelin tires.

Garaged. 138,000 mi. outfitter738@rof.net

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Trans portation

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BMW F650 GS 2011

POLARIS RZR 900 4 ES 2016

Fully loaded with over $2k inupgrades. Toy hauler, 2 king beds, furnace, bathroom, indoor/ outdoor grills, indoor/outdoor shower, hot water. Newly sealed roof.

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Antique/Classic Autos

Auto Parts/ Accessories VW Jetta-4 Blizzard 205/55R16 snow tires on 4 ASA GT1 16x7.5 5-112 bright silver wheels with 20 lug bolts.

Tires used 1 winter.

Contact David @ (970) 963-0145

Computer/Supplies Printer. Brother 9420 C o l o r L a s e r printer/scanner. $125.

Good condition. Richard, 970-343-0707.

Set of four Hercules Avalanche R G2 snow tires almost new.

Electronics

Merch andise Antiques

Brand new iPhone 7 Plus 256GB Jet Black for T Mobile still in box with all accessories. Selling for $1,500.00. If interested contact me 970-319-8982.

235/60R18 107 R. rim width 7.

More versatile than most winter tires, it stands up to snow, slush, ice, rain and more. With exclusive AWC2 compound and vacuum siping, it maintains outstanding grip with low rolling resistance in all temperatures and conditions.

$500.

970-376-6523.

Firewood/Fuel

FIREWOOD

1/2 Cord, 1/3 Cord & Bundles Aspen, Pine & Spruce.

Delivery is avail.

970-309-8177

Circa 1950's Vintage Ski Lift Chair Porch Swing $5,120 (inc $125 delivery fee); Newly fabricated; articulates back & forth; includes removable seat cushions and powder coat finish. 505-471-3943 imaginationfab.com

Furniture/Home Furnishings

Clothing

Chevy Equinox Blizzak Tires 235/55/R18 $800 OBO Aspen Prime condition. Mary 970-618-6360 shmobie1@yahoo.com

Gorgeous and in pristine shape:

JET SET jacket

Partition for Dodge Promaster high roof van.$350 obo Aspen Like new condition, window.

Stay warm this winter!

Chris 970 319-9052 The BEST! 4 Blizzak snow tires, 235/55/18 $380 Snowmass Excellent condition.used one season. Bob 970-379-5939 bhelmus@sopris.net

with detachable fur hood. Size 6 (might fit a big 4). Parka-style filled with Thinsulate so it will keep you warm and dry. Really nice blue color that goes with everything; lighter blue quilted color on the inside. If you are looking for a great winter parka, look no more!

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Sofa, Forest green damask velour, Slip covered = fully washable. 349.00 Aspen, Excellent condition 7.5' L by 37" D. txt Joanne (518) 637-1620 jhrabovsky@icloud.com

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Miscellaneous Merchandise 4 studded snow tires size 235/45R17 $180 Aspen Good condition.

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Toshiba e-studio 4540 multipurpose color copier, printer, scanner, fax machine $3,000.00 obo Aspen Excellent condition. Fred Peirce 970-925-2600 fred@rfvlaw.com

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European Mounting and Shoulder Mounting Competitive Pricing Call Josh for details

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Ski Equipment

Bengal Kittens Purebred, beautifully marked, great temperaments, socialized.

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THE STORY OF ASPEN. This Aspen Classic is offered for Christmas gift giving. Giftwrap, notecard with message & shipping included. $37.50 970-209-1572 or e-mail jeff@storyofaspen.com

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A S P E N T I M E S W E E K L Y V Nove mb e r 10, 2016

PUBLIC NOTICE Re:Aspen Saturday Market Connor Park, 500 Block of E. Hyman Avenue, 500 Block of E. Hopkins and the 200 Block of S. Hunter.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held on Monday, November 28, 2016 at a meeting to begin at 5:00 p.m. before the Aspen City Council, City Council Chambers, City Hall, 130 S. Galena, Aspen, Colo. 81611 to consider an application submitted by the Commercial Core & Lodging Commission (CCLC) requesting approval for the continuation of the Aspen Saturday Market for five years until the end of the summer season 2021. For Further information, contact Kathleen Strickland at the City Clerk's Office, 130 S. Galena, Aspen. Colo.

(970) 429-2687, Kathy.strickland@cityofaspen.com. /s/Steven Skadron, Mayor Aspen City Council Published in the Aspen Times November 10, 2016 (12475840)

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING ASPEN VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT The Aspen Village Metropolitan District will hold a public meeting of the Board of Directors at 6:30 PM on Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at Aspen Village Community Center, 31 Aspen Village, Aspen Colorado, 81611, for the purpose of reviewing and approving the first draft of the Proposed 2017 Budget and any and all other business that may come before the Board. Copies of the proposed budget are available for review between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM Monday through Friday at the District Manager's Office listed below. Interested parties may file objections to the proposed budget at any time before it's adoption.

Any Questions regarding this meeting and public hearing may be directed to the District Manager: The Romero Group, attn: Jerome Simecek, at 970-273-3100, 208 Midland Ave./ PO Box 4100 Basalt CO., 81621.

Published in the Aspen Times Weekly November 10, 2016 (12469680)

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING HOLLAND HILLS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT The Holland Hills Metropolitan District will hold a public meeting of the Board of Directors at 6:00 PM on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at The Romero Group Offices, 208 Midland Ave., Basalt Colorado, 81621, for the purpose of reviewing and approving the first draft of the Proposed 2017 Budget and any and all other business that may come before the Board. Copies of the proposed budget are available for review between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM Monday through Friday at the District Manager's Office listed below. Interested parties may file objections to the proposed budget at any time before it's adoption.

Any Questions regarding this meeting and public hearing may be directed to the District Manager: The Romero Group, attn: Jerome Simecek, at 970-273-3100, 208 Midland Ave./ PO Box 4100 Basalt CO., 81621.

Published in the Aspen Times Weekly November 10, 2016 (12469652)

MID VALLEY METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE OF 2017 BUDGET HEARING Notice is hereby given that a proposed budget has been prepared by the Mid Valley Metropolitan District for the fiscal year 2017. A copy of the proposed budget is on file in the District office and is open for public inspection Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. The Board of Directors of the Mid Valley Metropolitan District will consider the proposed Budget at a public hearing to be held at the Mid Valley Metropolitan District office, 0031 Duroux Lane, Suite A, Basalt, Colorado, on November 16, 2016 at 7:00 p.m.

Any interested elector of the Mid Valley Metropolitan District may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections thereto at any time prior to the final adoption of the Budget by the Board of Directors.

Dated:November 2, 2016 Board of Directors Mid Valley Metropolitan District William Reynolds, Executive Director Published in the Aspen Times Weekly November 10, 2016. (12475881)

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING RE: 208 E. Main St. - Salon Tullio Public Hearing: December 5, 2016, 5:00 pm Meeting Location: City Hall, City Council Chambers 130 S. Galena St., Aspen, CO 81611 Project Location: 208 E. Main Street Legal Description: PID # 273707399002, Main Street Victorians Historic Landmark Lot Split Subdivision Exemption, Block 73, City and Townsite of Aspen, County of Pitkin, State of Colorado.

Description: The applicant is requesting a threeyear extension of vested rights.

Land Use Reviews Req: E x t e n s i o n o f V e s t e d Rights Decision Making Body: City Council Applicant: 4 Toolbox LLC, 208 E. Main St. Aspen CO 81611 More Information: For further information related to the project, contact Sara Nadolny at the City of Aspen Community Development Department, 130 S. Galena St., Aspen, CO, (970) 429.2739, Sara.Nadolny@cityofaspen.com.

Published in the Aspen Times on November 10, 2016 (12475842)

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING RE: 230 E. Hopkins Ave. Mountain Forge Building Public Hearing: December 6, 2016, 4:30 PM Meeting Location: City Hall, Sister Cities Room 130 S. Galena St., Aspen, CO 81611 Project Location: 230 E. Hopkins Ave., at the corner of Hopkins Ave & Monarch St. Legal Description: PID # 273707328008, Lot 74, Blocks R-S, City and Townsite of Aspen Description: City Council reviewed the plans for Conceptual Commercial Design that was approved

by P&Z on July 19, 2016 and has remanded the project back to the P&Z with direction for further study. The applicant has proposed a remodel of the existing building which includes a change to roof forms and an additional entryway along S. Monarch St., among other changes.

Land Use Reviews Req: Conceptual Commercial Design Decision Making Body: P l a n n i n g & Z o n i n g Commission Applicant: Web Capital LLC, P.O. Box 3807, Aspen CO 81612 More Information: For further information related to the project, contact Sara Nadolny at the City of Aspen Community Development Department, 130 S. Galena St., Aspen, CO, (970) 429.2739, Sara.Nadolny@cityofaspen.com.

Published in the Aspen Times on November 10, 2016. (12475837)

PUBLIC NOTICE Of DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL Notice is hereby given to the general public of the approval of a site-specific development plan, and the creation of a vested property right pursuant to the Land Use Code of the City of Aspen and Title 24, Article 68, Colorado Revised Statutes, pertaining to the following described property: Parcel ID #2735-124-26-003, Legally described as Lots E And F, Block 22, City and Townsite of Aspen, County Of Pitkin, State Of Colorado; commonly known as 615 W. Francis St. An administrative approval of an Amendment of an ADU Development Order, Removal of an ADU was granted to remove a deed restricted Accessory Dwelling Unit; Reception #633494, 11/1/2016. The project is depicted in the land use application on file with the City of Aspen. For further information contact Ben Anderson at the City of Aspen Community Development Dept., 130 S. Galena St., Aspen, Colorado. (970) 429-2765.

City of Aspen Published in The Aspen Times on November 10, 2016. (12475832) NOTICE OF PETITION FOR INCLUSION INTO THE MID VALLEY METROPOLITAN DISTRICT The Board of Directors of the Mid Valley Metropolitan District (the "District") received a Petition for Inclusion of property into the District. In accordance with C.R.S. Sec. 32-1-401(1)(b), notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors will hear the Petition for Inclusion at a public meeting to be held at 7:00 p.m. on November 16, 2016 at the District office located at 0031 Duroux Lane, Suite A, Basalt, Colorado 81621.

The names and address of the petitioners, who comprise 100 percent of the fee owners of the area proposed for inclusion, are as follows: Charles P. Spickert & Diane N. Spickert 795 Willits Lane P.O. Box 4860 Basalt, CO 81621 The legal description of the property proposed for inclusion into the District is as follows: A tract of land contained in Tract 53, Sections 2, 3, 10 and 11, Township 8 South, Range 87 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, more fully described as being that part of Tract 53 of said Sections 2, 3, 10 and 11, lying north of the centerline of the Roaring Fork River. Beginning at the NE corner of said Tract 53, thence S. 87°33'00" W. 1044.31 feet along the north line of said tract to the centerline of the Roaring Fork River; thence along the Roaring Fork River the following courses: thence S. 55°53'00" E. 556 feet; thence S. 74°27'00" E. 198.00 feet; thence S. 67°45'00" E. 139.00 feet; thence S. 68°52'13" E. 285.28 feet, along the said centerline of the Roaring Fork River; thence leaving the centerline of the Roaring Fork River N. 00°12'00" W. 564.89 feet along the east line of said Tract 53 to the point of beginning, County of Eagle, State of Colorado; except that portion of the subject property conveyed in Quit Claim Deed recorded January 20, 2009 at Reception No. 200900744.

All persons interested in this matter shall appear at the public hearing described above and show cause in writing why the Petition for Inclusion should not be granted. The failure of any person in the District or of any municipality or county which may be able to provide service to the real property proposed for inclusion to file a written objection shall be taken as an assent to the inclusion of the property described herein into the District.

Published in the Aspen Times Weekly November 10, 2016. (12475793)

PUBLIC NOTICE Of DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL Notice is hereby given to the general public of the approval of a site-specific development plan, and the creation of a vested property right pursuant to the Land Use Code of the City of Aspen and Title 24, Article 68, Colorado Revised Statutes, pertaining to the following described property: Parcel ID #2735-123-078-01, Legally described as: Parcel C, The Aspen Valley Hospital Subdivision, City of Aspen, County of Pitkin, State of Colorado; Street Address: 401 Castle Creek Road. An administrative approval of an Insubstantial Amendment to a Planned Development was granted for the reconfiguration of internal space and the memorialization of established net leasable square footage; Reception #633493, 11/1/2016. The change is depicted in the land use application on file with the City of Aspen. For further information contact Ben Anderson at the City of Aspen Community Development Dept., 130 S. Galena St., Aspen, Colorado.

(970) 429-2765.

City of Aspen Published in The Aspen Times on November 10, 2016. (12475830)

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 16-012 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On August 22, 2016, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Pitkin records.

Original Grantor(s) JANET WALL SEPARATE PROPERTY REVOCABLE TRUST u/t/a 10/1/2002 Original Beneficiary(ies) ALEX BORTNIK AND OLGA BORTNIK Current Holder of Evidence of Debt ALEX BORTNIK AND OLGA BORTNIK Date of Deed of Trust July 14, 2015 County of Recording Pitkin Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 14, 2015 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 621515 Original Principal Amount $227,128.46 Outstanding Principal Balance $227,128.46 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: The Borrower under the Debt failed to pay amounts due and owing when the Debt matured on January 15, 2016.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. CONDOMINIUM UNIT 15, BRAND BUILDING CONDOMINIUMS, according to the Plat thereof recorded August 6, 1990 in Plat Book 24 at page 53-57, as defined and described in the Condominium Declaration for the Brand Building Condominiums recorded August 6, 1990 in Book 626 at Page 628.

Also known by street and number as: 205 S. GALENA ST., UNIT 15, 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, 12/14/2016, 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 10/20/2016 Last Publication 11/17/2016 Name of Publication The Aspen Times Weekly IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; 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: 08/22/2016 Thomas Carl Oken, Public Trustee in and for the County of Pitkin, State of Colorado By: Narah Belmont, 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: Matthew L. Trinidad #38012 Karp Neu Hanlon PC 201 14th St., Ste 200, PO Box 2030, Glenwood Springs, CO 81602 (970) 945-2261 Attorney File # The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 published in the Aspen Times Weekly October 20, and 27, 2016 and November 3, 10 and 17, 2016.

(12412157) PUBLIC NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME Public Notice is given on October 12, 2016, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an [ X ] Adult has been filed with the Pitkin County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Sarah Eugenie Glah be changed to Michael Sara Kopes Glah Christopher Giles Seldin District Court Judge Published in the Aspen Times Weekly October 27, 2016 and November 3 and 10, 2016.

(12446176) PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE FOLLOWING MATTERS OF INTEREST REGARDING THE PITKIN COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: ·Unless otherwise notified all regular and special meetings will be held in the Board of County Commissioners, Plaza One Conference Room, 530 E Main St, Aspen ·All regular meeting items begin at 12:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the conduct of business allows. Check agenda at: http://pitkincounty.com/Calendar.aspx or call 920-5200 for meeting times for special meetings. ·Copies of the full text of any resolution(s) and ordinance(s) referred to are available during regular business hours (8:30 - 4:30) in the Clerk and Recorder's office, 530 East Main Street, Suite 101, Aspen, Colorado 81611 or at: http://pitkincounty.com/Calendar.aspx NOTICE OF FINAL ADOPTIONS BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AT THE FOLLOWING DULY NOTICED PUBLIC HEARINGS ON NOVEMBER 2, 2016:

·Copies of the full text of any resolution(s) and ordinance(s) referred to are available during regular business hours (8:30 - 4:30) in the Clerk and Recorder's office, 530 East Main Street, Suite 101, Aspen, Colorado 81611 or at: http://pitkincounty.com/Calendar.aspx NOTICE OF FINAL ADOPTIONS BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AT THE FOLLOWING DULY NOTICED PUBLIC HEARINGS ON NOVEMBER 2, 2016: The following Resolutions: Resolution No. 119-2016 - Reconsidering the Recognition of the Snowmass Creek Caucus Resolution No. 120-2016 - Authorizing Pitkin County to Enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with Eagle County for Snow Removal in the Frying Pan Valley for 2017 through 2021 The following Ordinance: Ordinance No. 024-2016 - Authorizing Amendments to Sections 6.48 and 6.49 of the Pitkin County Code Regulating Retail and Medical Marijuana Licensing Published in the Aspen Times Weekly on November 10, 2016 (12475896) Jeanette Jones, Deputy County Clerk PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE FOLLOWING MATTERS OF INTEREST REGARDING THE PITKIN COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: · Unless otherwise notified all regular and special meetings will be held in the Pitkin County Library William R. Dunway Community Meeting Room, 102 North Mill Street, Aspen, · All regular meeting items begin at 12:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the conduct of business allows. Check agenda at: http://pitkincounty.com/Calendar.aspx or call 920-5200 for meeting times for special meetings. ·Copies of the full text of any resolution(s) and ordinance(s) referred to are available during regular business hours (8:30 - 4:30) in the Clerk and Recorder's office, 530 East Main Street, Suite 101, Aspen, Colorado 81611 or at: http://pitkincounty.com/Calendar.aspx RE: 2016 URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY RESIDENTIAL GMQS COMPETITION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held on Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at a meeting to begin at 5:00 PM before the Pitkin County Planning and Zoning Commission, in Pitkin County Library Dunaway Community Meeting Room, 120 North Mill Street, Aspen, Colorado to score the following applications for growth management allotments for new development rights in the Urban Growth Boundary: · Doremus (P066-16) (85 Glen Gary Drive, Aspen, CO 81611): Requesting subdivision approval to split the above mentioned property into 2 lots and obtain a GMQS allotment for the development right for the new lot. The property is currently developed with a single family residence. The property is located at 85 Glen Garry Drive and is legally described as Block 1, Lot 15 of the Aspen Highlands Subdivision, plus the Baldwin Tract. The State Parcel Identification Number for this property is 2735-142-01-007. For further information contact Tami Kochen, at the Pitkin County Community Development Department (970) 920-5359. ·501 Buttermilk LLC (P067-16) (501 West Buttermilk Road, Aspen, CO 81611): Requesting subdivision approval to split the above mentioned property into 2 lots and obtain a GMQS allotment for the development right for the new lot. The property is located at 501 West Buttermilk Road and is legally described as a tract of land located in Government Lots 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21 in Section 3, Township 10 south, Ranch 85 West of the 6th P.M. The State Parcel Identification Number for this property is 2735-031-00-001. For further information contact Mike Kraemer, at the Pitkin County Community Development Department (970) 920-5482. s/ Jeffrey J. Conklin, Chair Pitkin County Planning and Zoning Commission Published in the Aspen Times Weekly on November 10, 2016 (12474256) Jeanette Jones, Deputy County Clerk COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 16-010 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On August 8, 2016, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Pitkin records.

Original Grantor(s) MICHEL MULLEN Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS INC., ACTING SOLEY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER, TEXAS CAPITAL BANK, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (SUCCESSOR TO BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION), AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS OF THE THORNBURG MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2007-1 MORTGAGE-BACKED NOTES, SERIES 2007-1 Date of Deed of Trust January 08, 2007 County of Recording Pitkin Recording Date of Deed of Trust January 09, 2007 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 533162 Original Principal Amount $5,037,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $5,037,500.00 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: including, but not limited to the failure to pay monthly installments due Note Holder

PLAT BOOK 37 AT PAGE 75.

Also known by street and number as: 440 NORTH 5TH STREET, 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, 12/07/2016, 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 10/13/2016 Last Publication 11/10/2016 Name of Publication The Aspen Times Weekly IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; 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: 08/08/2016 Thomas Carl Oken, Public Trustee in and for the County of Pitkin, State of Colorado By: Narah Belmont, 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: Toni M. Owan #30580 Holly L Decker #32647 Toni M.N. Dale #30580 Medved Dale Decker & Deere, LLC 355 UNION BLVD, SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # 16-922-29321 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 october 13, 20, and 27 and November 3 and 10, 2016.

(12416531)

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING RE: 506 E Main St - Pitkin County Public Hearing: November 28, 2016, 5:00 PM Meeting Location: City Hall, Council Chambers 130 S. Galena St., Aspen, CO 81611 Project Location: 506 E Main St., at the corner of Galena St and Main St Legal Description: PID # 273707347851, Pitkin County Center, Lot 1 Description: The applicant is proposing a temporary use for a Sally Port structure of approximately nine (9) feet in height between the jail and courthouse buildings for a period of approximately 3 years.

Land Use Reviews Req: Temporary Use Review Decision Making Body: City Council Applicant: Pitkin County, 530 E Main St, Aspen, CO 81611 More Information: For further information related to the project, contact Jessica Garrow at the City of Aspen Community Development Department, 130 S. Galena St., Aspen, CO, (970) 429.2780, Jessica.Garrow@cityofaspen.com.

Published in the Aspen Times on November 4, 2016 (12475810)

Proposed 2017 Budget for White Horse Springs Water and Sanitation District Notice is hereby given that a proposed budget has been prepared by the White Horse Springs Water and Sanitation District for the fiscal year 2017.

The proposed budget is open for inspection by the interested electors during normal business hours at 98 Glen Dee Rd #2, Aspen, Colorado. Any interested elector may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections thereto at any time prior to the public meeting and final adoption of the budget by the Board of Directors on November 15, 2016 by call Liz Bokram at 970-319-0385.

WHITE HORSE SPRINGS WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT By: Carol Dopkin, President Published in the Aspen Times November 10, 2016.

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THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. PARCEL 1, CARISCH LOT SPLIT, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT RECORDED JULY 24, 1995 IN PLAT BOOK 37 AT PAGE 75.

Also known by street and number as: 440 NORTH 5TH STREET, ASPEN, CO 81611.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. A S P E N T I M E S . C O M / W E E K LY 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

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INTELLIGENT EXERCISE

by ANDREW TRAVERS

BOOK REVIEW

‘WEAPONS OF MATH DESTRUCTION’ MATHEMATICIAN CATHY O’NEIL’S “Weapons of Math Destruction” is a lucid, alarming and valuable account of “the dark side of Big Data.”

Recently nominated for the National Book Award, it’s an easily digestible book about a forbiddingly complicated subject. O’Neill explains how mathematical models and algorithms are being weaponized — most often unknowingly — in the U.S. to perpetuate injustice and tear apart the social fabric.

She outlines WMDs’ toxic effect on college admissions, bank lending, criminal sentencing, online advertising, hiring and firing. Across industries, she argues, we’ve been seduced by the apparent objectivity of math as a solution to human bias.

But when our mathematical models are based on biases, prejudices and misunderstandings, they only perpetuate them. And when they’re

NOTEWORTHY ‘Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy’ Cathy O’Neil 259 pages, hardcover; $26 Crown, 2016

scaled across whole industries and government systems, the adverse effect of those biases multiplies exponentially.

Inevitably, O’Neil notes, these WMDs punish the poor and minorities.

“They’re opaque, unquestioned, and unaccountable,” she writes.

Her argument is passionate, her writing polemical. But these aren’t the ravings are of a Luddite or a technophobe. O’Neil is a mathematician making clear that this is all bad math. It’s difficult to argue with that.

In an early chapter, O’Neil recounts the “journey of disillusionment” that led her to write this disturbing book, recounting her jump from Barnard math professor to joining the legion of “quants” at the hedge fund D.E. Shaw (where she saw the 2008 financial crisis from the inside) to her time with the Occupy movement and as a blogger

(she still writes at mathbabe.org).

O’Neil’s writing is crisp and precise as she aims her arguments to a lay audience. This makes for a remarkably page-turning read for a book about algorithms. “Weapons of Math Destruction” should be required reading for anybody whose life will be affected by Big Data, which is to say: required reading for everyone. It’s a wake-up call — a journalistic heir to “The Jungle” and “Silent Spring.” Like those books, it should change the course of American society. atravers@aspentimes.com

by JOE DIPIETRO / edited by WILL SHORTZ

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