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48 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 52 LOCAL CALENDAR

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Contributing Writers Amiee White Beazley Amanda Rae Busch John Colson Mary Eshbaugh Hayes Kelly J. Hayes Barbara Platts Bob Ward Tim Willoughby High Country News Aspen Historical Society Sales Ashton Hewitt William Gross David Laughren Max Vadnais Louise Walker Tim Kurnos

37 COVER STORY In the holiday classic “Silver Bells,” Bing Crosby and sings of “city sidewalks, busy sidewalks.”

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THE WEEKLY CONVERSATION

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POPULAR MUSIC HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS are celebrating the New Year with a two-night run at Belly Up Aspen. The longrunning ’80s hit-makers play the club Dec. 30 and 31, making their local debut after 36 years as a band. “I’ve played in Aspen, skiing, but I’ve never played music in Aspen,” Lewis says with a laugh. “It’s one of like four towns in the world we haven’t played.” Formed in the Bay Area in 1979, the band went on to record a string of inescapable ear-wormy songs, among them “Heart of Rock & Roll,” “Stuck With You,” “I Want a New Drug,” “Hip to Be Square,” “Do You Believe in Love,” “Workin’ for a Livin’” and “The Power of Love.” With Lewis singing and playing harmonica, the band’s live shows boast a mix of pop, R&B and soul. The band isn’t on tour these days, but they’ve been in the studio writing and recording new music — some of which Lewis says they’ll showcase at the Aspen gigs — and are taking a break from the sessions to play here. Lewis says the intimate confines of the Galena Street club are his ideal venue. “Going to a big baseball stadium to see the Rolling Stones? You couldn’t pay me to do that. Belly Up, 400 people, that’s where I want to see a show, and play a show.” The Dec. 30 show begins at 9 p.m. while the New Year’s Eve set is scheduled for 9:30. Tickets are available at the Belly Up box office and at www. bellyupaspen.com. Pick up the Dec. 30 Aspen Times for more of our interview with Lewis.

Huey Lewis and the News will play a two-night run at Belly Up Aspen Dec. 30 and 31.

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Aspen celebrates the New Year with two rounds of fireworks Dec. 31. In Snowmass Village, holiday festivities include fireworks and a torchlight parade on Dec. 29.

Husband and wife Gary and Meredith Daniel, longtime cast members of the Crystal Palace, will perform in two Christmas shows at the Wheeler Opera House.

THIS TIME MIGHT really be the last time for Aspen’s own musical revue. Since the beloved Crystal Palace dinner theater closed its doors in 2008, its legendary players have performed occasionally around town and on Christmas at the Wheeler Opera House. The satirical cabaret’s cast is planning this year’s two-show run at the Wheeler Dec. 25 to be its last. The shows are scheduled for 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. Tickets are available at the Wheeler box office and www.aspenshowtix.com Read the Dec. 25 Aspen Times for more on the Crystal Palace players hanging it up.

FIREWORKS ONE NEW YEAR’S EVE fireworks display at midnight isn’t enough for Aspen. Like the truffle oil on our French fries, we just don’t know when to stop. There are two fireworks shows over Aspen Mountain on Dec. 31 — one at 8 p.m. and another at midnight. And in Snowmass Village, the festivities on Dec. 29 include a luminous torchlight parade down the slopes at 5:30 p.m. and a fireworks show at 6:30 p.m. Adults, and kids age 8 and up, are invited to take part in the torch parade. For more information, call 970-923-0560.

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VOX POP What do you want for Christmas this year?

with JOHN COLSON

Why still bullying, blustering over Cuba? AS 2014 DRAWS to a troublesome close, one bright note deserves celebration — the United States may finally be ready to back off of its 54-year-old, remarkably unsuccessful effort to bully our tiny neighbor, Cuba, into doing what American politicians and expatriate Cubans wanted it to do. Thanks to presidents Barack Obama in the U.S. and Raul Castro in Cuba, the two countries appear poised to normalize relations that went into the toilet two years after Raul’s brother, Fidel Castro, led a ragtag army in the overthrow of a disgusting and U.S.-backed dictator, Fulgencio Batista. Batista, you may recall, was a military strongman who took part in the overthrow of an earlier dictator back in 1933. Considered a moderately progressive guy at that time, Batista installed himself as the head of the military and the power behind a string of puppet governments and, in 1940, was elected president of the country. He left Cuba for a while when his term expired, to live in the U.S., then returned to run for a second presidential term in 1952. When it looked like he would lose that election, he staged another military coup that stopped the election in its tracks and put him back in charge. Having abandoned any progressive philosophies he once held, Batista cozied up to the Mafia in the 1950s, turning Cuba into an international playground dominated by vice, corruption and censorship of the media, while most of his people plunged into severe poverty under the monopolized economy run by wealthy sugar barons. Batista also embarked on a campaign of widespread repression and violence against Cuban citizens, the kind of terrorist tactics that despots always resort to when they hope to keep their citizens from throwing them out. And this is the guy we, the United States, were supporting when Fidel Castro, building on student unrest and widespread demands for reform starting in 1953, put together the socialist-leaning, five-year guerrilla war that became the Cuban Revolution and ousted Batista and his ilk. When Castro, hoping for friendly relations, turned to the U.S. for help, we rebuffed him and basically forced him to turn to the only other superpower then striding the global stage, the old Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or USSR, which promised to buy Cuban sugar (its only exportable product) in return for Cuban loyalty in international politics. So Cuba became a piece on the chessboard of the Cold War, was proclaimed to be an enemy of U.S.

interests, and in 1960 was slapped with a U.S.-led trade embargo that many other nations now ignore. The U.S. government, along with expat-Cubans (many of whom had been wealthy patrons of the Batista regime), mounted an invasion at the Bay of Pigs in 1961 under President John F. Kennedy. Since then, our government has done everything it can to destabilize Cuba’s government, economy and social stability. Castro, I think understandably, moved to tighten his grip on the country, feared that the U.S. would keep trying to either kill him or oust him, and resultingly turned into something almost as bad as Batista in terms of basic human rights and freedoms. In my eyes, though, we had a hand in the gestation of the repressive and anti-democratic tendencies the Castro government developed over the years, and any U.S. punishment of Cuba is hypocritical and disastrous for the Cuban people. And it’s about time we gave it up. I was in Cuba once, over Christmas in 1978, with a group of student journalists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison that took a 10-day trip to check out the state of the revolution at the time. Some people there still strongly supported the ideals of the revolution while criticizing the repressive controls on speech, political activity and the economy, which they largely blamed on U.S. policies toward their country. Others, convinced that all Americans lived rich, happy and carefree lives, wanted Castro ousted and Cuba to become a U.S. satellite, similar to Puerto Rico. The country also had free education and medical care for all (including one of our group who became gravely ill), a populace that was friendly beyond belief, and a beautiful nation of rugged mountains and fertile plains that ought to have been a treasure trove of agricultural products aimed at international markets. For some reason, an uncomfortable number of politicians get hysterical over Cuba, demanding that its leaders kowtow to our way of life and our corporate-style economy, and somehow view it as a litmus test for being a true American. I mean, it’s not like we have a clean record with regard to dictators and despots the world over, which we have supported shamelessly as long as they declared themselves against Communism and the USSR. It’s time to let Cuba breathe.

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by TIM WILLOUGHBY

Silver Bell ski run, as seen in the 1950s, lies atop the Silver Bell mining claim.

SILVER BELLS, SOON IT WILL BE CHRISTMAS DAY When you are a child you learn distinctions such as the difference

between table salt and road salt, and you discover that the association you have with a word lies in the context in which you learn and use it. One of those distinctions from my childhood involved Silver Bell and a triple context of the words. When I was in elementary school, Christmas meant skiing. In those days before snow making, Christmas skiing was often limited to the top of Aspen Mountain. Even when there was enough snow to ski to the bottom of the mountain, conditions deteriorated as you descended. Like most children, I favored One and Two Leaf and Silver Bell runs. I did laps on Silver Bell from Sundeck to the bottom of No. 3 (now Ajax Express). With my light body I did not gain speed easily so it thrilled me to tuck from top to bottom like a downhill racer. In those days, even at Christmas, the runs were sparsely populated so I didn’t scare too many beginners as I flew along. Christmastime also meant Christmas carols. My favorite was “Silver Bells.” I am sure that was not a coincidence. I am quite sure that the “s” on the end of the carol title did not distinguish the song from

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the run. In my mind, they were one and the same. Bing Crosby and Carol Richards first recorded “Silver Bells” in 1950. Many folks of a certain age

The two “bells” became one for me because I would mentally sing the song as I skied down the run. I didn’t sing it on Dipsy Doodle, just on Silver Bell.

CHRISTMAS TIME ALSO MEANT CHRISTMAS CAROLS. MY FAVORITE WAS “SILVER BELLS.” I AM SURE THAT WAS NOT A COINCIDENCE. I AM QUITE SURE THAT THE ‘S’ ON THE END OF THE CAROL TITLE DID NOT DISTINGUISH THE SONG FROM THE RUN. IN MY MIND, THEY WERE ONE AND THE SAME. also remember the Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell version sung in a 1951 movie “Lemon Drop Kid.” By the time I heard the song it had become a Christmas classic. A Wikipedia entry says the writers of the song derived the idea from the silver bells of the Salvation Army, Santa Claus bells or a silver bell they had in their office. That really narrows it down to three possibilities.

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As a descendant of a silvermining family I was also aware of the third context: the Silver Bell mining claim. There were actually two, Silver Bell and Silver Bell No. 2, side-by-side claims. Those claims were early discoveries in Aspen and early ore producers. They were considered part of the Tourtelotte mining district and the miners lived in the Tourtelotte camp. The

claims high above the camp to the east were described as being on Bell Mountain, actually the ridge that extends above what we refer to now as Bell Mountain. The Silver Bell claims had both tunnels and shafts. One claim had three shafts. Silver was discovered where it followed an outcropping of rock heavy with iron. Captain Thatcher, a major partner in the claims, became one of Aspen’s better-known and loved citizens. By 1889 the claims produced 35 tons of ore per day. There is another distinction, one that I did not have to hold in my mind as a child, a Silver Belle claim. Belle was a common mining claim name. In the Aspen area there is the Eva Belle, Bonnie Belle and Sara Belle, just to name a few. The Silver Belle claim was near the town of Crystal. Singing a line of Silver Bells as you ski the run over the Silver Bell claim will enhance your holiday: “In the air there’s a feeling of Christmas; children laughing, people passing, meeting smile after smile.” Tim Willoughby’s family story parallels Aspen’s. He began sharing folklore while teaching for Aspen Country Day School and Colorado Mountain College. Now a tourist in his native town, he views it with historical perspective. Reach him at redmtn@ schat.net.

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ON DEC. 16, 1926, the Aspen Daily Times described the preparations that retailers were making for Christmas, specifically the various window displays designed to entice holiday shoppers. As the article noted, “What is more pleasing than wearables for Christmas gifts? Evidently this is what the People’s Store and Kobeys thought in fixing their Christmas window displays. Of course Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without its usual Christmas tree trimming and package supplies. Cooper’s have a beautiful window display of these articles. Have you seen Santa? If not take a glimpse at Wilkes store window display and you will see him with his toyland for the kiddies. You will also see the large Christmas tree which is especially beautiful at night with its various colored lights. Tomkins Hardware Company store this year has the best display window they have had in years. There is the window for the kiddies showing sleds, automobiles and everything to please. The window for the grownups of silverware, cut glass, manicure sets, etc., is also arranged very attractively. Just take a look at the wonderful Christmas display of the Aspen Drug Company store and you will agree it is very fine. First of all the beautiful Christmas tree with its candles to remind you of the Yuletide season and then the assortment of candy, perfume atomizers, manicuring sets, toilet sets, kodaks and stationary. Both young and old will have their fill of Christmas goodies this year.” The photo above shows the front window of the Kobey Shoe and Clothing store on Hyman Avenue. 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

LISTEN UP; WEARABLE BLUETOOTH BUTTON THE GROWING PRODUCT category of “wearables” includes fitness-tracking bracelets, stickon medical gauges, biometric watches and things like Google Glass. This month, I tested a wearable from VSN Mobil. The V.ALRT product looks like a poker chip and weighs 0.3 ounces. It is designed to be worn on a necklace, around your wrist or clipped on a belt. Essentially, the V.ALRT is a button that via Bluetooth can stay in sync with your phone. Its main function is to provide a wireless link to the V.ALRT app, which has tools to alert people in an emergency. Press and hold the face of the button and it triggers a blaring alarm sound on your phone and also begins a procedure to alert the three people you designate via a custom text message. V.ALRT can also dial a predetermined phone number automatically in this mode. In my test, it was configured to dial my wife’s number, and once initiated it automatically turned on my iPhone’s speaker mode so I could talk to her hands-free. VSN Mobil’s main markets for the product are kids, independent-living elderly and people with medical conditions. The V.ALRT offers a connection at the push of a button with kids’ parents or other preprogrammed phone numbers.

For active and outdoorsy people, the product is most appropriate as a safety tool. If you are on a run or bike ride and are injured (and can’t reach your phone) the button gives a link. Another scenario is for personal safety. With a phone out of reach, for instance in your pocket or a backpack, the V.ALRT button offers a quick way to initiate communication if you feel threatened. Finally, the button has an accelerometer built-in. It can be set to sense when you take a hard fall. If you crash on a bike ride the device will sense the motion and initiate the emergency texts and call. It sends your GPS location, too, so someone can find you. I tested all of these situations, simulating the bike crash with a purposeful fall on the ground. It sensed the motion and worked with the app to go into its contact protocol. You can cancel the procedure in a false alarm by pressing a button on the phone screen. Caveats? You need a smartphone that has Bluetooth 4.0 LE as well as data service for the V.ALRT to work. (This is many new phones.) It works only in cellphone range, so don’t expect to use this device in the wilderness. Also, the setup does not support 911 calls; it will only text or call regular phone numbers. The V.ALRT costs $59.99 and requires no monthly or annual service fee. It does not require charging; the device runs off a standard watch battery, which the brand cites will last for up to a year of use in the city, at home or on a dark path at night. Stephen Regenold writes about outdoors gear at www.gearjunkie.com.

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A WINE LOVER’S HOLIDAY WISH VINTNER WEEKENDS AT TRIPLE CREEK RANCH

ALL I WANT for Christmas is… A visit to Montana’s Triple Creek Ranch for a Vintners Wine Weekend. Travel connoisseurs know Triple Creek Ranch, as it regularly ranks in the top tier of luxury publications “best of ” lists. In fact, this year the TCR, as we’ll call it, was named the “World’s Best Hotel” by Travel KELLY J. + Leisure magazine. HAYES Pretty impressive, but hardly surprising. Visionary proprietors Craig and Barbara Barrett have created an alpine oasis whose raison d’être is providing luxuriously comfortable accommodations and gourmet dining in an incomparably beautiful location in Montana’s Bitterroot Mountains. But the reason why I covet a trip to TCR as my Christmas gift is that each year the Ranch hosts a series of amazing wine weekends that allow guests to not just imbibe special wines, but also get to know celebrated vintners on an up-closeand-personal level. The winemakers and guests dine side-by-side, take amazing hikes, go on trail rides and snowmobile trips, and generally mingle in an environment that encourages everyone to get to know each other better. Get a winemaker on a horse, and he or she opens up like they never would in their own vineyard or winery. After all, they are on vacation too. In 2014, the visiting winemakers included Cyril Chappellet, Ehren Jordan of Failla, and Oregon’s Lynn Penner-Ash — a prestigious and gregarious group of winemakers indeed. I was fortunate to be included on a snowy May weekend for a gathering with one of my personal winemaking heroes, Merry Edwards. Merry and her husband, Ken, work in concert to run the eponymous Merry Edwards brand in Sonoma County, California, and this epic weekend the two wore the hats of both guest and host as they participated with us in a pair of unforgettable wine — and dining — events.

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Merry Edwards may be California’s most significant female winemaker. She began her career in 1977 at Matanzas Creek and, in 1996, bought 24 acres of Russian River Valley land, planting it to pinot noir. In the ensuing decades she has used those vines to make the stunning Meredith Estate Pinot Noirs that have come to define the quality of the Russian River Appellation. Today, she and her wines are legendary, and she has been both a James Beard Awardwinner for Outstanding Wine and Spirits Professional and a 2013 inductee in the Vintners Hall of Fame in St. Helena, California. Edwards also has worked with grapes grown at other Russian River Vineyards, like Olivet Lane and the Klopp Ranch, to make wines that are perfect expressions of both her winemaking style and the terroir where those grapes are grown. Some of these wines, as well as the blends made from them in concert with her Meredith Estate grapes, are amongst the most sought-after California Pinot Noirs ever made. The Merry Edwards Vintner Weekend, like all of the vintner events at Triple Creek Ranch, was focused around a special wine dinner prepared by TCR’s acclaimed executive chef, Jacob Leatherman. Here, in the exquisite glass-walled, log-framed dining room, guests indulged in a multicourse meal, paired with wine from the visiting winemaker who brought the best from their cellar for the meal — intimate, understated and unforgettable. The highlight of our time with Merry, though, was a tasting in the rooftop lounge of the “Flight of Angels” Pinot Noir Series wines from her 2006 through 2011 vintages, as well as a vertical from the same vintages of the Meredith Estate wines. With precision, Merry took us through the individual complexities of each vintage and the vinification practices that were used to make the wines. It was a look into the mind and the life of a winemaker. But even more revealing was the time spent tasting the Angel Wing

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wines that Merry makes to honor the memory of her son, Warren, who passed during the harvest of 2006. As we tasted through the wines, Merry explained that they were made as an expression of a mother’s love in liquid form. While we all gazed into our glasses of pinot noir, Merry emotionally told us about her lost son who “left on

the wing of an angel.” There was not a dry eye in the silent room when she finished and raised a glass, asking us to make a toast in celebration of the lives of those we love. A moment to remember forever. This year, TCR has already scheduled Vintner weekends with Chateau Montelena on Feb. 19-22, and with Oregon’s Et Fille wines on Feb. 26-March 1, with others to come. The events will be held in conjunction with the TCR cooking school, which will give guests an opportunity to work with the kitchen staff in the preparation of the paired meals. Yes, after an afternoon of dog sledding or Nordic skiing in the Bitteroots, you can go back to your luxurious cabin, take a Jacuzzi and then stroll into a world-class kitchen and learn culinary techniques from master chefs before settling down with the winemakers from Chateau Montelena. Now you know why I want what I want for Christmas. Happy Holidays. Kelly J. Hayes lives in the soon-tobe-designated appellation of Old Snowmass with his wife, Linda, and black Lab named Vino. He can be reached at malibukj@aol.com.

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UNDER THE INFLUENCE MERRY EDWARDS 2012 RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY PINOT NOIR While Merry’s reputation has been made with single vineyard wines, an excellent way to break into “Merry’s World” is with this blend from six different vineyards, all in the Russian River Valley. It is a place she loves and you can be assured that the selection of grapes for this wine was as meticulous as those in the much higher priced singe-vineyard releases. Dark, rich fruit flavor profiles, highlighted by the aromas of plums, blackberry and currents hit the nose and the palate. But the joy is in the weight of the wine in the mouth. Full on the tongue, long on the finish. Taste this and you’ll be hooked and will want to try the full

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NOODLES FOR NEW YEAR’S

RING IN 2015 WITH SOME SPICY COMFORT FOOD LET’S BE HONEST about New Year’s Eve. Once you’ve reached a certain age, celebrating stops being about partying and starts being all about hunkering down with a movie and comfort food on the couch. There is no shame in admitting this. After all, most of us spend most of the year wishing life would slow down enough to have just one evening now and again to do nothing and veg with a movie. So why not embrace this desire as a fine way to close out the year?

My comfort food of choice this year? Fried udon noodles with red peppers and shrimp, all slathered in a spicy peanut sauce. It’s simple. It’s filling. It’s addictive and satisfying in a totally carby-fatty way that will have you planning your resolutions for the next day. J.M. Hirsch is the food editor for The Associated Press. He blogs at www.LunchBoxBlues.com. Email him at jhirsch@ap.org

MAKE IT FRIED UDON NOODLES WITH SHRIMP AND SPICY PEANUT SAUCE Start to finish: 20 minutes Servings: 4 1 cup natural peanut butter 1-inch chunk fresh ginger 1/4 cup rice vinegar 1/4 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce 1/4 cup water 1 clove garlic 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper Hot sauce, to taste 4 tablespoons sesame oil, divided 1 large yellow onion, thinly sliced 2 large red bell peppers, cored and thinly sliced 8-ounce package udon noodles 1 pound shelled raw shrimp, patted dry 1/2 cup chopped peanuts 2 scallions, green and white parts, thinly sliced

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Bring a large saucepan of salted water to a boil. While the water heats, in a blender combine the peanut butter, ginger, vinegar, soy sauce, water, garlic and black pepper. Blend until smooth. The peanut sauce should be thick, but pourable. If the sauce is too thick, add a couple tablespoons of additional water and blend again. Taste, then add hot sauce to your desired heat preference, blending again. Set aside. In a large skillet over mediumhigh, heat 2 tablespoons of the oil. Add the onion and peppers, then cook until just tender, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a plate and set aside. Reserve the skillet. Add the udon noodles to the boiling water and cook for 2 minutes, or until just barely cooked. The noodles should still be a bit firm. While the noodles cook, return the skillet to medium-high heat and

add the remaining 2 tablespoons of sesame oil. Drain the noodles well and add them to the hot skillet. Stirfry the noodles for 2 minutes. Add the shrimp to the skillet and continue to cook, stirring constantly, until the shrimp are just pink, about 5 minutes. Return the onion and peppers to the skillet and toss until heated. Remove the skillet from the heat, then pour in a liberal amount of peanut sauce (use as much or as little as you prefer), using tongs to toss the ingredients until well coated. Divide between serving plates, then top with peanuts and scallions. Nutrition information per serving: 960 calories; 520 calories from fat (54 percent of total calories); 58 g fat (10 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 145 mg cholesterol; 70 g carbohydrate; 11 g fiber; 15 g sugar; 47 g protein; 1,630 mg sodium.

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GUNNER’S LIBATIONS

by JEANNE MCGOVERN

MAKE IT PASSION FRUIT BELLINI

1 cup unsweetened passion fruit pulp, thawed 2 tablespoons maraschino liqueur Ice 750-mililiter bottle prosecco, chilled Maraschino cherries or fresh raspberries, to garnish

PERFECT PROSECCO ‘Tis the season for bubbles, and I do love a good glass of Champagne or prosecco. But with a new year approaching — and dreams of all things new attached to it — I’ve begun seeking out new ways to enjoy this holiday standard. My “research” included tasting all types of concoctions, and there are few left on my list to try. But since the days are quickly slipping by, I offer you two excellent options for holiday imbibing. The first, which includes a spicy kick, is excellent when served with puff pastry tarts spread with brie (or any soft cheese) mixed with chopped fresh basil, then topped with persimmons that have been brushed with honey, then broiled until

In a large cocktail shaker, combine the passion fruit pulp (it can be found in the frozen foods section, often with the Goya brand products) and maraschino liqueur. Stir to combine. Add a handful of ice, then shake vigorously for 20 seconds. Strain into the wine glasses, dividing it evenly. Stir each glass gently, then top each with Prosecco. Add a cherry or raspberry to each glass. Serve immediately.

SPICED PROSECCO

1/2 ounce Sorel liqueur 3 ounces prosecco, chilled Orange twist

Pour the Sorel into a sparkling wine flute, then top with prosecco and an orange twist. Stir gently and serve immediately.

* Recipes courtesy of The Associated Press.

lightly browned and tender. The second, which features a creative twist on the Bellini, is perfect for the day-after holiday brunch. Libations was created by beloved Aspen Times publisher Gunilla Asher, who died June 2 after a brave battle with cancer. Cheers - to Gunner!

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2014 AND WHAT YOU SHOULD BOOK NOW FOR 2015 1. Best Family Destination: Disney Cruise. Not for the faint of heart, but a great combination of Disney thrills for the kids and plenty of adult entertainment to keep the parents happy, too. Visiting Castaway Cay, Disney’s private island in the Bahamas, is worth the cruise alone. 2. Best AdultsOnly Destination: The Society Islands. Who hasn’t dreamed AMIEE WHITE of sailing through BEAZLEY the islands of French Polynesia? Spend a week on a small ship like those offered by Windstar Cruises and get into small harbors and less explored areas of the Societies and the Tuamotus beginning in 2015. 3. Best Ski Destination: Irwin, Crested Butte. The best cat-skiing operation in Colorado is not cheap, but for $550 you can access a seat to the 1,000-plus private acres outside of Crested Butte that attracts on average 600 inches of snow per year. Cat seats open to those staying at Scarp Ridge Lodge first; any leftovers are doled out with 24 hours’ notice. 4. Best Food and Wine

Destination: Bordeaux, France. What can I say? The French know best when it comes to food and wine. Buildings in this “Petit Paris” have recently been cleaned revealing the beauty beneath hundreds of years of grime. But it’s the wine and food that shine most of all here. From small producers to the most famous chateaus in the world, each is a gem worth exploring and tasting. 5. Best Emerging Destination: Kelowna, British Columbia. Located about three hours from Vancouver, this town is the Boulder of 30 years ago: a small, historic city center surrounded by incredible mountains for hiking, biking and rock climbing. Skiing is nearby. But the real kicker is the 100-mile-long Lake Okanagan. In the heat of summer there are standup paddlers, kayakers and motor boat enthusiasts enjoying the water after emerging from the woods. This lake also makes the valley a great spot to grow grapes. With more than 300 wineries in the area, Mission Hill Winery is a standout white and pinot noir producer that we will definitely be hearing more from in the years to come. 6. Best Beach Destination: Esperanza, Cabo, Mexico. Only a

few hours from Denver, Cabo is a quick and satisfying destination for Aspenites, and there is no other property as beautiful and relaxing as Esperanza. Every room has a deck overlooking the Pacific with a private outdoor hot tub, double doors that open to the warm outdoors and an infinity edge pool where attendants deliver popsicles and shoulder and foot massages. Easy to get to and as close to heaven on earth as I found all year long. 7. Best New Hotel: Four Seasons Orlando at Walt Disney World. The newest and the largest Four Seasons in the resort’s global collection, the Four Seasons Orlando is located within Walt Disney World – the only non-Disney-owned property to ever open up on that sacred ground. This resort was made for multigenerational travel in mind, perfect for grandparents, parents and definitely the kids. There is Explorer Island — a huge pool, lazy river and water park on the property, free Kids for All Seasons (should parents want to golf the new Tom

Fazio-designed course) and The Hideout – complete with pinball machines, X-Box, pool, computers and any other gadget imaginable for the tween-teen set. Yes there are shuttles to the parks, but why would you ever need to leave? 8. Best Adventure Travel Destination: Albuquerque, New Mexico. Biking, hiking and kayaking all in an affordable, warm-weather destination with great food and an emerging craft beer scene. While often the red-headed stepchild of New Mexico thanks to the always chic Santa Fe, Albuquerque is showing itself for the cool college town it is. Stay at the beautiful Los Poblanos Historic Inn and Organic Farm for a one-of-a-kind desert retreat and fresh, innovative food. Amiee White Beazley writes about travel for the Aspen Times Weekly. Reach her at awb@awbeazley.com or follow her @awbeazley1.

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dreams THE STUFF THAT ARE MADE OF by KELLY J. HAYES photos by AUBREE DALLAS

ASPEN IS MANY THINGS. An amazing ski town. A haven for intellectuals. A wonderful wine community. But over the past couple of decades, it has developed into a shopper’s paradise. An exalted place in the pantheon of desired destinations for those who want the best of the best. Local emporiums and the crème de la crème of the world’s most aspirational brands sit cheek by jowl, lining the streets in the long shadows of Ajax Mountain. For those in need of retail therapy, Aspen is a must-stop. Especially at Christmas. With the holiday season in full swing and the shop shelves stocked to their tippy tops, we thought it would be fun to cruise the streets and gaze, enviously, at the spectacle of some of Aspen’s most appealing

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Here then, is a look at the stuff that dreams are made of:

A ‘GATSBY-ESQUE’ GLOW

As a boy in the Bronx, Ralph Lipschitz knew what it was like to be on the outside looking in. So when his fledging tie business morphed into POLO, one of America’s most iconic brands, Ralph Lauren made sure to reflect the dreams of his clientele in his store windows. The windows at the flagship shop on 72nd Street in Manhattan make you “want” not just the things, but the lifestyle that goes with them. The Aspen store mirrors that approach. In Christmases past, there have been epic displays of RLX gear in skiing motifs and climbing scenes that resemble movie sets. This year, with the DOW hovering around 18,000, the windows went a bit Gatsby-esque. It looks like parties trump skiing this winter as off-white gowns and slacks ensembles dazzle and drape the rail-thin mannequins. RALPH LAUREN • 501 E. Cooper Ave., 970-925-5147

BUNNY BRIGADE

“MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY WINDOWS IN TOWN BELONG TO PERFORMANCE SKI. THE SIMPLICITY, TIMELESSNESS AND FRESHNESS OF THE BEAUTIFUL WREATHS ON THEIR WINDOWS PUT ME IN THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT EVERY TIME I WALK BY.” – LAURA KAPLAN, HOLIDAY AFICIONADO

Think rabbits and Easter may come to mind. But this year the bunnies at the McHugh Gallery are celebrating Christmas. A bright-white, big, beautiful bunny sits in the window, sporting 19th-century mercury glass Christmas ornament earrings that hang on satin ribbons from his ample ears. This meticulously crafted copper sculpture is covered with 60 to 80 coats of shiny lacquer and represents thousands of hours of handwork. He (or is it she?) would be a welcome addition to any menagerie. Rounding out the theme is a series of paintings by renowned New York artist Hunt Slonem that also celebrates the joy of the Hare. Hop to it. McHUGH GALLERY 607 E. Cooper Ave., 970-925-4214

ALL DRESSED UP

What does the perfectly dressed Aspen man look like? Why like any given mannequin in Pitkin County Dry Goods front window, of course. Dana Laughren’s (see sidebar, opposite page) window assemblages combine the ethos and elegance of what the Aspen man could/ should/would wear if he had the design sense of the folks at PCDG. If fact, Dana so gets it that, rather than reflecting the Aspen man, her windows define him. This year’s Christmas window features a casually dressed mannequin with a green bough of a Christmas tree sticking out of the top of the neck where a head should be. Simple, clean and green. Something to which we all can aspire. PITKIN COUNTY DRY GOODS 520 E. Cooper Ave., 970-925-1681

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COOL CASHMERE

Cashmere is the fabric of the gods and this town has any number of stores that can cover deities — local and otherwise. Most bear Italian names, and while all will clothe you in cloth that feels as smooth as 3 inches of fresh snow on top of just groomed corduroy (for the righ price), I have always favored Loro Piana. Understated, clean and elegant, just looking at the way the cashmere falls makes me feel rich. And, if I were rich, my LP indulgence would be the box of cashmere “MYSocks” that sit in the window near the Paradise Bakery. One box. A dozen socks. Assorted colors. I may have no need for anything else ever again. LORO PIANA • 316 S. Galena St., 970-544-0502

IN TUNE

“NOTHING SAYS WARMTH OF SPIRIT QUITE LIKE LOOKING THROUGH THE BIG BAY DOORS OF MY CHARMING LITTLE CITY’S FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE BRIGHT RED LIGHTS ON THE OUTSIDE PILLARS BEG PASSERSBY TO LOOK IN AT THE FLEET OF SANTA SUIT RED FIRE TRUCKS WASHED IN THE GLOW OF EVENING LIGHTING. THE FIRE STATION IS SUCH A VISIBLE REMINDER OF THE GOODNESS IN HUMANITY.” – SAMANTHA JOHNSTON, ASPEN TIMES GENERAL MANAGER

While some windows showcase “things,” the subterranean window at Hamilton Sports showcases work. The labor that goes into putting a diamondsharp edge and a silk-smooth waxy finish onto a pair of skis, make that 100 pairs of skis, each evening. In the small alcove on the Durant Street side of the shop is a window where you can watch the ski techs turn out perfection each night. At this window you not only see the craftsmanship, you smell it as the hot wax fills the air. It is the smell of speed. Order tickets line the window of the shop and you can see the sparks fly as the edges get their grip. HAMILTON SPORTS • 520 E. Durant

HOW IT’S DONE A conversation with Pitkin County Dry Goods window designer Dana Laughren

KH: Where does the inspiration for your windows come from? DL: Inspiration comes from everywhere! What’s happening in fashion, color, media, what’s happening locally and what colors and styles are trending. I read trend reports and visual and retail merchandising journals. I create Pinterest boards about color, pattern, window ideas and fashion. I love collecting props and can find things everywhere — hardware stores are great for ideas!

KH: Are Christmas windows especially challenging? DL: The Christmas window definitely has the most preparation and planning involved. We start early every year but it seems like we never decide until the fall. I take notes and pictures throughout the year when I travel for inspiration and sketch out a rough design for my boss, David Fleisher, to approve. One of the craziest installs was when I

collected broken mirrors from a local glass company for months and then smashed and glued pieces to boards to look like ice and covered the whole floor with it. It looked amazing with these glass penguins, but my hands were pretty cut up! This year I really wanted to have a different look from all the urban, big-city shops that have opened and show that we are an Aspen, locally owned store. The theme this year is “rustic” and I carried it through to our Kraft paper packaging and gift options like candles in mason jars, etc. We’re kind of known for doing a mannequin a few times a year that is a “dress” made out of something unexpected. One of my favorites was a mannequin I made out of bicycle parts. KH: So do you dig doing this? DL: I love my job! It’s definitely my zen “happy place” when the creative juices are flowing. I love when a customer buys an outfit, head to toe, because they like how it looked in the window. I feel lucky that I get to create beautiful environments and I’m allowed a lot of creative freedom.

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GET THRIFTY

Here lie the ghosts of Christmases past. Yes, in one of the great bargain hunter destinations in all the world you’ll find a plethora of unused, or lightly used, gowns, ski outfits, men’s jackets and, of course, ties. Just peer at the windows. In most places this would be a town’s top shop. And the most beautiful thing about The Thrift Shop of Aspen’s windows is it is stuff we all can afford from the other places in this story that may be, well, a bit beyond reach. Oh, and the profits go to support the community rather than a hedge fund. Window shop here, but definitely go inside as well. THE THRIFT SHOP OF ASPEN 422 E. Hopkins Ave., 970-925-3121

COWBOY UP

No window in Aspen says “Come on in and make yourself comfortable pardner” like Kemo Sabe. I think it’s the hats that hang on the walls and are visible from the windows that draw folks in. But once inside they can’t help but fall for the buckles, belts and boots. While it may seem to be a folksy Western store, make no mistake, these are Aspen Cowboys we are talking about. In contrast to some other places that cater to the “all hat no-cattle crowd,” most of the customers of Kemo Sabe have plenty of cattle. If you get my drift. They just need a great hat.

“I DROVE AROUND THE OTHER NIGHT AND I WAS LOOKING AT THE WINDOWS IN TOWN AND I THOUGHT STEAKHOUSE 316 LOOKED SO GREAT! LIKE THE JEROME, IT IS AN OLD VICTORIAN BUILDING AND IT WAS LIT SO WELL.” – TONY DILUCIA, HOTEL JEROME GENERAL MANAGER

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FULL-ON BLIZZARD

Toro, Toro, Toro. I’m not talking sushi, but rather the new Blizzard Skis (with the Bull on the skins) that are front and center in the window of Miller Sports. Bill Miller and Ted Davenport have built a beauty of a ski shop in the old Performance Ski Shop space and the juxtaposition between this store and the new Performance Ski, which is now next door in the old Pomeroy Sports (got that?), gives us a block chock full of the finest ski gear and clothing known to man. Those Blizzard skis, which have been great on the snow but garish on the eyes the last couple of years, have received a stylish redesign and I am truly bullish on the Bull. MILLER SPORTS • 408 S. Hunter St.,

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TO SERVE AND PROTECT

The most impressive windows in all of Aspen are the behemoths that front the Aspen Fire Department on Hopkins. The glass doors that protect the gleaming trucks from the elements rise to let the engines emerge with a roar whenever danger is in our midst. They are a perfect marriage of form following function, and if you have ever seen the department leap into action when the great whistle blows you know what the adrenaline feels like. Every kid wants, at some time, to be a firefighter. And taking the young ones to gaze through the windows at the pumper trucks, to tour the fire museum, and to pay homage at the slab of the World Trade Center structure in front of the firehouse is an Aspen-only experience. Take a peak inside. THE ASPEN FIRE DEPARTMENT 420 E. Hopkins Ave.

WESTERN VIEW

There are plenty of places to buy great art in this Valley, but few windows say so much in such a small space as the one next to Little Annie’s at Wind River Gallery. The perfectly lit D. Michael Thomas sculpture of a cowboy on horseback is a still life of a still moment. The rider, perched on a pony, appears to be gazing back over his shoulder into the past, perhaps contemplating a time before there were art museums, chairlifts, and yes, even Christmas windows, in this the Valley of the Utes. The surrounding works by the icons of the Western art movement include paintings from Mark Keathley and Gene Speck that are colorful and evocative of the American West as it existed a hundred-plus years ago. WIND RIVER GALLERY 505 E. Hyman Ave., 970-925-3919

GOOD EATS AND TREATS

In the center of town is this wonderful bakery offering delicious cookies and treats, and the green benches in front provide a great spot to enjoy a delightful, steaming hot chocolate or coffee drink. However, what wins you over to visit this bakery is the holiday window outside. Around the window there is an exceptional display of green garland, and wrapping the posts are big red bows with pinecones hanging all around. The icicles are a natural addition strewn across the top of the sills. The window draws your eye to the scrumptious treats. PARADISE BAKERY & CAFÉ 320 S. Galena St., 970-925-7585 – by Kelley Francis, an Aspen Middle School sixth-grader who is mentoring at The Aspen Times

“LITTLE ANNIE’S. I LOVE THE SIMPLE GREEN WREATHS WITH RED BOWS — THE RED MATCHES THE RED OF THE FACADE, WINDOW TRIM AND ANNIE’S SIGN — AGAINST THE BUILDING’S NATURAL WOOD, ALL HIGHLIGHTED BY TINY, WARM, WHITE HOLIDAY LIGHTS. IT SUGGESTS TRADITION, HOLIDAY, FAMILY AND WELCOME WHILE BEING UNDERSTATED AND QUAINT.” – STEVE SKADRON, MAYOR OF ASPEN

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SMOKED OUT

The “smoked” glass window that adorns the front entrance to the newly remodeled Silverpeak cannabis shop serves a dual purpose. First, in accordance with state law, it conceals the contents of the shop from the underaged. Secondly, like the magician who hides his hand before the big reveal, it sets a stage for amazement. If Colorado is ground zero for the cannabis revolution in America, then Silverpeak is beyond, actually below, ground zero. This new dispensary will change the way the world looks at how it procures pot. I believe Silverpeak will be the most talked about place in town in 2015. It looks more like a jewelry shop than a “consumer marijuana dispensary.” Tasteful lighting, baby cannabis plants on display, exquisite woodwork. I knew this was coming, but I had no idea that THIS was coming. You gotta’ take a Peak behind the window. SILVERPEAK • 520 E. Cooper Ave., 970-925-4372

A TASTE OF THE ALPS

There are tons of luxury mountain lifestyle stores in Aspen. But as far as authenticity is concerned, none can hold a candle to the high-alpine empire built by Dave and Renie Gorsuch. The couple have been partners in life and business since they first met at the Junior National Ski Championships in Jackson Hole when they were just 14 years old, and today they are as timeless as their windows. Gorsuch shops can be found in Aspen, Snowmass, Vail and beyond, each filled with items of envy. But it is the windows of the flagship Copper Avenue home furnishings store that beckon with comfort each holiday season. The display of lights, the snow globes, the cozy throw blankets and antler chandeliers all conjure images of the Alps. Or the Rockies. GORSUCH ON THE MALL 419 E. Cooper Ave., 970-925-7576

“WE LOVE THE RED ONION WINDOWS — FROM THE INSIDE! THERE’S NOTHING QUITE LIKE SITTING ON THE INSIDE WITH A DRINK IN HAND WATCHING THE CLOTHES FROM EVERY WINDOW IN ASPEN, AS WELL AS THOSE FROM RODEO DRIVE AND FIFTH AVENUE, WALK BY ON LIVE MODELS.” – JEFF HANLE, ASPEN SKIING CO. DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

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THRIFT SHOP CHRISTMAS EVERY CHRISTMASTIME the Ladies of the Aspen Thrift Shop give themselves a holiday luncheon at the Aspen Meadows. And well they deserve it because in 2014 they gave over half a million dollars to area nonprofits. Undercurrent...If you live in Aspen, you need a pair of Sorel MARY boots to see ESHBAUGH you through the HAYES winter snows.

ATS LUNCHEON Katrina Strecker, Diane Wallace and Susan Bernard.

ATS LUNCHEON Barbara French and Peggy Amory.

ATS LUNCHEON Debbie Wachs, Dyna Mer Rinkus and Hattie Billings.

ATS LUNCHEON Rett Harper, Margot Gubser and Johnnie Alderfer.

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Toney Thomas, Jane Dinsmoor and Yasmin dePagter.

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ATS LUNCHEON Sue Kolbe, who was president of the Thrift Shop for many years.

ATS LUNCHEON Sam Moser, Judy Schramm, Patti Stranahan and Minnie Hauer (standing).

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Dusty Hamrick, Sonia Herman, Mimi Putnam and Joan Anastasi.

Sitting: New president Ellen Walbert, Zana Timroth, Judy Wrigley and Barb Frerz. Standing are Sam Louras and Jessica Salet.

ATS LUNCHEON Outgoing officers Diane Wallace and Cinnamon Moore Hughes.

ATS LUNCHEON Marian Melville, Katherine Sand, Becky Steere and Jill Winkler.

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by ANDREW TRAVERS

GRAM SLATON: THE EXIT INTERVIEW

WHEELER DIRECTOR LOOKS BACK ON NINE YEARS AT THE HELM OF THE ICONIC ASPEN THEATER FOR NEARLY A DECADE, Gram Slaton ran the Wheeler Opera House — Aspen’s historic downtown theater. But as 2014 comes to a close, Slaton is on the road back to his hometown of Charlottesville, Virginia, where he will direct the Piedmont Council for the Arts. Slaton’s nine years in arguably the most prominent job in Aspen’s arts scene included founding the MountanSummit film festival and the Aspen Laff Festival, which has kept comedy alive at the Wheeler in the wake of the HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival leaving town. He and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer John Oates founded the 7908 Songwriters Festival, which didn’t last, but which Slaton says may get a new lease on life in Virginia. Along with that programming legacy, he leaves a better building behind (though not a bigger one, as he had hoped). He oversaw more than $8 million in improvements to the city-owned historic building, including replacing a the venue’s balcony and cramped seating, which has knees all over town thanking him. Slaton says the deaths of former Aspen Mayor Helen Klanderud and Aspen Times arts editor Stewart Oksenhorn, and his own brush with mortality, encouraged him to make the move, along with his roots back east. I sat down with Slaton in his basement office at the Wheeler during has last week here to discuss the past, present and future of both Gram Slaton and the Wheeler. ANDREW TRAVERS: What made you decide to go? GRAM SLATON: A lot of what informed my decision that it was time to leave, other than the fact that it had been nine years — which is a long time for an executive director — was a series of personal events in my life. Starting with the fact that I learned I had kidney cancer in May 2013 and

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almost died. That was my big wakeup call that you can’t keep postponing your life and saying, ‘I’ll do that next year,’ because there may not be one. Then Helen Klanderud died [in 2013] and that was like snapping the lifeline with the town. That was a big loss for me. Then Stewy’s suicide [in February]. Helen’s death was pointing me at the door, Stewy’s death was turning me around and pointing me at it, and then when [stand-up comedian and Aspenite] David Brenner died two months after Stewy, that was the last push toward the door. All my era’s connections to the town were now gone. And I had almost gone, too, therefore, life was tapping me on the shoulder and saying, ‘What do you want to do?’ The answer was, ‘Uncomfortable as it’s going to be, I need to be moving on.’ AT: Are you getting nostalgic as you pack up?

GS: A funny thing about both me and my significant other is that we don’t really do that. We don’t look backwards. I think it just feels like this chapter is completing. I know this is a place I can go back to. It’s a place I’ll come back to ski for a week in the winter and that’s good. AT: The new gig brings you home. What was the attraction to go back to a place you haven’t lived since college? GS: Going back to Charlottesville allows me to deal with some family business that I’ve been putting off for years now. My mom has dementia. She first started showing signs 15 years ago. Four years ago I had to get her out of the house and institutionalize her. So that’s a big piece of it. The fact that there’s a home there waiting for me is a piece of it. The challenge of the new job, running an arts council, so I can work in public policy and things like that —

that I really found in the last number of years I really liked doing here — that’s exciting. But there’s also that thought that at the end of March it’s really warm there and I can plant a garden, there are songbirds that will sing all night long. When I was home four years ago, working outside on the house, strangers would come up and say, ‘Are you moving in?’ And I thought, ‘Why would I do that. Then I started thinking, ‘Well, that’s not a bad place. So I’ve been making peace with my hometown. It’s a place I can go back to without a family history looming over me, necessarily. Now I can come to Charlottesville on my own terms, make my mark in a positive way, and hopefully finish out my career. After college, I’d visit. But it wasn’t really until 2010 that I was spending extended chunks of tie there, going eyeball to eyeball with it, reconciling my history with it.

Wheeler Opera House executive director Gram Slaton, right, with filmmaker Tom Shadyac. Shadyac screened his documentary, “I Am,” at the Wheeler’s MountainSummit festival in 2010.

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AT: What have you had to reconcile? GS: You have to understand, my first grade class was the first class that was integrated in the state of Virginia. So I grew up in the civil rights era, and every spring there were riots. There were bomb threats. There was a lot of discomfort in being part of that process. You cannot sit on the sidelines in that kind of culture, you’re either in one camp or another. So for me the best thing to do was to extract myself from it. Now, there are still other problems in the town and they still have a fairly big racial issue to deal with. Virginia is a hotbed of conservatism in some ways again. Some of the old ghosts are rising out of the past, but I’m better equipped to deal with it now. AT: What are your proudest moments at the Wheeler? GS: When I want to be facetious I say that my greatest achievement was getting rid of Bentley’s [laughs]. But that actually is a good integer for everything we did — it’s certainly the most visible — in taking a place that’s served it’s time and replacing it with something [Justice Snow’s] that fits with what the Wheeler is now. When I came in, they wanted to reorganize the place, update it, and get the Wheeler expansion up and

going. And to repoint the ship after a number of years where it wasn’t quite what people wanted it to be. So those early years were easy in that you could get a lot done. The Aspen City Council then, led by Helen, was motivated to get a lot done. So we got a lot done in the first couple years. Then after the recession, after the fall of 2008 happened, everything got suspended for awhile and we refocused on our programming, starting the three festivals. Two of those have survived and I think they can continue to survive. I’ve already gotten John Oates hooked up with some people in Charlottesville restart [a songwriters festival]. So nothing is wasted. There’s redoing these offices. Doing the balcony project. The residency with Jean-Luc Ponty and Jon Anderson. Going skiing with David Brenner and just cracking up. I think it’s been a good nine years for me, I hope it has for the town.

as you hoped. Do you think it will? GS: We still need to do the expansion. We just flat-out do. And if we’re not going to do that then we need to have some kind of sister facility in town. It’s not going to be the powerhouse building, but if City Hall moves, it could be City Hall — that’s an old armory. If you’ve seen pictures of it from the 1950s — it would be a perfect space. The Wheeler really only has a season that runs 14 weeks. We miss the entire summer [because of the Aspen Music Festival and School takes over the theater in the summer months]. So if you’re not going to Theatre Aspen, you’re not going to the Music Tent, and you don’t want to spend a lot of money to go the Belly Up, you don’t have a lot of options. In the next five years, though, the key thing is renewing the real estate transfer tax [which funds the Wheeler]. If you don’t do that, it’s all moot.

AT: I imagine Brenner was a good skiing partner. Are there other relationships with artists that formed, or moments backstage, that stand out to you? GS: There’s a lot of them. Most of them I can’t say out loud.

AT: Programming-wise, have you identified a Wheeler brand of artist or event? GS: [Belly Up owner] Michael Goldberg and I have long agreed that you go to the Belly Up for the party and you come to the Wheeler for the concert.

AT: The expansion hasn’t happened

You come here to have a different kind of great time than you do there, and one’s not better than the other. I expect the new person will have a new spin, which I hope will be younger and hipper and bring in that audience that’s been elusive under my booking. AT: What kind of advice do you offer to that person? GS: Executive directors tend to have really big egos. And there’s nothing more humbling than a big hero idea of ‘I’m going to book this name and its going to be a sell out and they’re going to carry me around town on a sedan chair’ and then you can come up so short in this town. You can bring the greatest artist that ever was born and you can draw thin air. Is it because of the day of the week? The week in the month? How the wind blew that day? Eventually you realize you’ll just have some hits and misses and some surprises and you go forward. atravers@aspentimes.com

LEFT: Slaton with comedian David Brenner on stage at the Wheeler at the 2012 Aspen Laff Festival. Slaton says a series of recent deaths, including Brenner’s earlier this year, contributed to his decision to leave Aspen for his hometown of Charlottesville, Virginia. ABOVE: Slaton in the Wheeler Opera House lobby. Over Slaton’s nine-year tenure, the building was upgraded and refurbished in a series of projects. But his ambitious plan to expand the size of the building stalled when it came before the Aspen City Council.

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DECEMBER 25 - 31, 2014

320 E. Hyman Ave., Aspen. Tickets are available through the Wheeler Opera House or www.aspenshowtix.com. “AMERICAN SNIPER” — 8:15 p.m., Wheeler Opera House, 320 E. Hyman Ave., Aspen. Tickets are available through the Wheeler Opera House or www.aspenshowtix.com. TENACIOUS D — 9 p.m., Belly Up Aspen, 450 S. Galena St., Aspen. Rock comedy. Reserved seating is available for $555. 970-544-9800 OPEN MIC — 9:45 p.m., Red Onion, 420 E. Cooper Ave., Aspen.

TUESDAY, DEC. 30

SEE Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac star in director J.C. Chandor’s crime drama “A Most Violent Year.” The film screens at Aspen Film’s Academy Screenings Dec. 30 at 5:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, DEC. 25

SATURDAY, DEC. 27

THE CRYSTAL PALACE REVUE — 5:30 and 8:30 p.m., Wheeler Opera House, 320 E. Hyman Ave., Aspen. A satirical musical revue featuring veterans of Meade Metcalf’s Crystal Palace Players. Old favorites alongside new topical material. Appropriate for ages 16 and older. 866-449-0464

“THE LEGO MOVIE” — 3 p.m., Wheeler Opera House, 320 E. Hyman Ave., Aspen. Tickets are available through the Wheeler Opera House or www.aspenshowtix.com. “FOXCATCHER” — 5:15 p.m., Wheeler Opera House, 320 E. Hyman Ave., Aspen.

JAMESON — 7 p.m., Living Room at the Hotel Jerome, 330 E. Main St., Aspen. Classic covers.

“SELMA” — 8:15 p.m., Wheeler Opera House, 320 E. Hyman Ave., Aspen.

FRIDAY, DEC. 26 DAMIAN SMITH AND TERRY BANNON — 4 p.m., New Belgium Ranger Station, 100 Elbert Lane, Snowmass Village. Live music.

SUNDAY, DEC. 28 “BOYHOOD” — 2:30 p.m., Wheeler Opera House, 320 E. Hyman Ave., Aspen. Tickets are available through the Wheeler Opera House or www.aspenshowtix.com.

LIVE POETRY NIGHT — 6:30 p.m., Victoria’s Espresso and Wine Bar, 510 E. Durant Ave., Aspen. Live music with Bobby Mason and open mic for poets. Read an original and/ or favorite poem of the season. No fee. 970-379-2136 “WHIPLASH” — 8:15 p.m., Wheeler Opera House, 320 E. Hyman Ave., Aspen. Tickets are available through the Wheeler Opera House or www.aspenshowtix.com. Full program at www.aspenfilm.org. 866-449-0464 TENACIOUS D — 9 p.m., Belly Up Aspen, 450 S. Galena St., Aspen. Rock comedy. Reserved seating is available for $555. 970-544-9800

MONDAY, DEC. 29 “THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING” — 5:30 p.m., Wheeler Opera House,

“A MOST VIOLENT YEAR” — 5:15 p.m., Wheeler Opera House, 320 E. Hyman Ave., Aspen. Tickets are available through the Wheeler Opera House or www.aspenshowtix.com. “INHERENT VICE” — 8:15 p.m., Wheeler Opera House, 320 E. Hyman Ave., Aspen. Tickets are available through the Wheeler Opera House or www.aspenshowtix.com. HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS — 9 p.m., Belly Up Aspen, 450 S. Galena St., Aspen. Pop rock. Reserved seating is available for $495. 970-544-9800

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 30 NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY WITH DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND — 8 p.m., Wheeler Opera House, 320 E. Hyman Ave., Aspen. New Orleans brass band. 866-449-0464 HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS — 9:30 p.m., Belly Up Aspen, 450 S. Galena St., Aspen. Pop rock. . Reserved seating is available for $870. 970-544-9800

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Meet our sweet Bella girl. Although Bella had a rough start and suffered neglect and abuse, she is full of love and wants nothing more than to be in a loving home forever. Her foster mom said she is an absolute angel and a real cuddle bunny. She said she is so gentle and once she feels safe is very affectionate. Bella loves to go for walks and hikes but still needs to stay on a leash as some things still startle her. She needs a home with a confident owner to show her she is safe and the world is a good place! Bella is good on the leash and doesn’t pull unless she gets scared. She looks like a shepherd mix of some sort, weighs about 50 pounds and we are guessing her to be about 3 years old. She is house trained, has a super soft coat, is fine when left alone - not destructive at all. She loves other dogs and is playful. We do not know about cats. Bella is now spayed, current on her vaccinations, de-wormed, nails trimmed and micro chipped. If you are interested, please first fill out an Adoption Application on www.luckydayrescue.org and then call Kelley on 970-379-4606. LUCKY DAY ANIMAL RESCUE OF COLORADO

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De 1 a 2 dias por semana para la temporada de invierno personas que quieran trabajar cuando las llamemos y fines de semana favor de llamar al (970) 922-2400 ext. 152. para mas informasion aplicar al 65 Timbers Club Court Snowmass Village To apply stop in to fill out an application. Or email

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Baby and Toddler clothing and gift boutique. Holiday season. Long term or short term commitment. Possibly immediate start. Weekdays 3-6:30/7 and full day Saturday Sundays and holidays would be great, but not a must. Experienced, communicative, social, friendly, references. Please email resume to Kate@katebaby.com or call 512-944-5292

Chairside Orthodontic Assistant Help fulfill smile dreams in a challenging, fun enviroment. Busy orthodontic practice seeking full time chairside assistant excited to join a winning team & travel to multiple valley locations. Experience preferred. Apply online: hiltyortho@gmail.com

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Ryan & Matt Podskoch

Jack Musser

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Basalt - $575,000 Impeccably maintained 3bed/2.5 bath upgraded Willits Townhome with open floor plan, vaulted ceilings, crown molding, gas fireplace and 2 car garage. This 1,855 sq.ft. home is a 1/2 mile from Whole Foods in a well-run HOA with low monthly dues; maintenance free living at its best! Additional upgrades include custom walnut shutters that give the home a wonderful "British Colonial' feel.

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Basalt - $599,000

Willits townhome with mountain views. High-end finishes, central A/C, new carpet throughout. High ceilings and plenty of windows give the place an open feel. 2-car garage for all the toys needed to enjoy the Colorado lifestyle!

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3 bed/3 ba home. 35+ acres. East Sopris Creek area. $3k/mo +utilities. Tom Carr. L&C. 970-379-9935.

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Downtown Aspen garden level office space on Main Street in charming victorian building next to Hotel Aspen 880 sf, $25 per sf, NNN lease. Call Craig Rathbon, The Fleisher Company 970.927.6828

Beautiful, contemporary 4 BD 4 BA home in Blue Creek Ranch. $4300 per month. (970)379-0329

MID-VALLEY SHOP AND STUDIO SPACES Workshop & studio spaces for rent in Basalt. Sizes vary. Perfect for artists, craftspeople, tradespeople, & designers. 970/618-1231

VILLAGE GREEN TOWNHOMES! FP, W/D, Great community, beautiful landscaped play area. 2BD avail, $1250/mo. NP. N/S. 970-945-6622

Carbondale - $556,000

Gorgeous large lot in the West End. Incredible location, beautiful views. Priced to sell!

Sally Shiekman-Miller

AABC Bldg 300, Unit B Office space, 2nd Floor, 1040 sf Near bus/high visibility. Reasonable rent. 970-920-1558 x111

Rentals Glenwood Springs

Wonderful ranch style home located on 5 private acres with spectacular unobstructed views. Open floor plan with extensive upgrades including custom built-ins, wood and stone work, large master suite with 2 walk-in closets.

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Amazing location, beautifully remodeled 2BD/2BA townhouse. Custom Ralph Lauren carpet, Italian leather couches, marble counter tops, SS appliances, jacuzzi, steam shower, modern FP , flat screen TVs. NP. $4200/Mo. +utils. Walking distance to Gondola. Shael 203-536-2562.

1BD 1BA Core 1.5 blck to Gondola. $1750/ week Monthly negotiable. NS/ NP. Text 646-335-5400

1580 Tiehack Rd. is one of the finest homes in Aspen! Amazing front row Pyramid Peak views are had from this new approx 14,000 sq ft Aspen estate.

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Server & Busser Tempranillo is hiring an experienced Server and Busser. Full time/Year round available. Please apply in person. 165 Midland Ave. Basalt 970-927-3342

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Basalt - $478,000 Gorgeous 2 bed plus loft 2.5 bath Southside townhome front row and center with spacious living, dining and kitchen areas for entertaining. Large fenced front yard. Lock up garage and dedicated parking. Perfectly located near the valley's RFTA bus system and Basalt High School. Easy walk to historic downtown Basalt. View more at SouthsideBasalt.com.

Melissa Temple

970.948.8261 melissa@bjac.net AspenSnowmassProperties.com

Basalt - $759,000

Basalt - Elk Run - $609,000

35+acres. Private, peaceful and remote, yet only 10 minutes from Highway 82. Beautiful log home built in 2001. Recent renovation. Room to roam for horses, snowmobiling & other recreational activities. No HOA. Borders BLM lands.

Cute 4 BD home in Elk Run backing up to Arbany Park & pool. Vaulted ceilings, great room, remodeled kitchen, new paint & flooring, ground floor master, great yard. 4 min. walk to school, 10 min. to downtown. Wonderful family area.

Tom Carr

970-948-8142 kathy.dewolfe@sothebysrealty.com

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Basalt - $875,000 Lodgepole Pine log home with expansive windows and great mountain views. 4 bed, 3 bath custom built, 3540 sq.ft., vaulted ceilings, open floor plan, hardwood & stone floors, poured concrete countertops, custom carved banisters and railings, Jacuzzi tub, versatile finished basement, passive solar, spacious decks, abuts public land, overlooking valley floor and river.

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

Carbondale - $595,000

Commercial Carbondale

Glenwood Springs - $1,150,000

LIONS RIDGE ~ ACREAGE AND VIEWS Room for all in this 5 bd 4.5 bth home on over 2 acres. Enjoy views off the decks of the bedrooms on 2nd level. New kitchen, carpet, septic and drain field. Located just moments to Carbondale and Basalt.

Just completed 3-story building combines historic exterior details w/warm interior finishes. 948 sf retail allowed on 1st fl. Office suites on 2nd and 3rd fls range from 188 to 618 sf. Shared kitchen and and elevator. 25NNN.

Creek-side home on fenced-in four acres in Canyon Creek, west of Glenwood Springs. 3 bedroom, 4 bathroom house with large kitchen and master bedroom. One fifth mile of creek side water, Two apartments, workshop and greenhouse.

Brenda Wild

El Jebel - $879,500 Country Warmth The homes unique & brilliant floor plan creates a comfortable feeling throughout. Sitting on a acre with the perfect backyardspace for entertaining. Custom designed with antique doors throughout. & Authentic barn wood siding. 4 BDs, 4 baths, main floor master 3-car garage, A/C and so much more! Close to shopping, transportation and dining... This is a must see!

Teri Christensen

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Call for Appointment Buyers agents welcome 970-376-3328

Glenwood Springs - $75,000

Manhattan - $43,500,000

New Castle - $579,000

SKI-IN/SKI-OUT Brettelberg Condo on Sunlight Mtn Resort. Recently remodeled w/ Stainless Appliances, wood floors and cabinets, and more. HOA $249/mo, Taxes $250/yr.

Snowmass Village - $1,095,000

Snowmass Village - $505,000

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

LICHENHEARTH - TOP FLOOR CORNER Studio with HIGH CEILINGS and extra windows. Added half bath. Easy ski in ski out access. New exterior renovation with elevator. Call for showings

Recently remodeled 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo, ski accessible to Assay Hill. Front and back decks, granite and stainless kitchen, gas fireplace, marble baths, big screen TV. Beautifully furnished, turn key.

Tom Carr

970-927-4365 TerrySGriggs@gmail.com www.AspenRealEstate.ws

Kathy DeWolfe

970-948-8142 kathy.dewolfe@sothebysrealty.com

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Ski in and ski out of this spacious 3 bedroom + loft unit at Crestwood! Outdoor heated pool and hot tubs, new fitness center and steam room plus housekeeping make this the perfect rental investment and family retreat.

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Two Creeks Ski-in Ski-out. Rare Single Family 5b/5b home at Owl Creek Townhomes. Most private and best skiing location in the complex with up mountain views. Open Wed 2-4pm 610 Burnt Mountain Drive.

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Chevrolet Suburban 2004

Dodge Ram 2500 quad cab 2005

Beautiful silver with black leather. Dealer maintained, regularly detailed, SL Xenons, park distance, 97k.

Good condition. Great in snow 149,000 miles

$13,000 obo 970-376-7141

$6000 970-309-0770

Diesel, 4x4, auto, short bed. Lots of extras: 2in lift, 35in studded snow tires, leveling air bags, Sirius, moon roof, leather interior, hard tonneau cover, 151,000 miles. Title in hand. $20,500 OBO Please call Tim 970-274-2089

Ford F-150 1997

3 door Good condition. 191K Auto transmission. new tires wojtekaspen@yahoo.com $3,500 970-404-0440 A S P E N T I M E S . C O M / W E E K LY

Ford F-150 1997

Jeep Grand Cherokee 2007

Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 2009

Mercedes-Benz ML 350 2007

Porsche Speedster 1957

Lariat Edition. 217 K miles. 4x4, topper, New front tires. Good Condition! $3,400 303-669-8358

111,000 miles - 4WD, Remote starter. Leather Interior, Sunroof, Keyless Entry. New battery and alternator and just had oil change. Drives great! $9,750 917-587-3497

4x4, 68k miles, 4.7 Liter V8, Michelin Tires, Quadra Trac (R) II Active FullTime 4WD, Flex Fuel, tow Pkg., AC, Power, Power Sun Roof, Roof Rack, Heated Seats, Enhanced Accident Response System, & much much more $22,740 Call: 970-963-4478

62k mi. Biege leather. Htd Seats, GPS Nav, Rear Camera, Harmon Kardon Sound, Sat Radio, Sunroof and Pwr Liftgate. Exlnt cond.

It's what she wants for Christmas!!! 1957 Speedster Clone / Red / 17k mi / Basalt 970-618-6065 $32,500 970-618-6065

ShelbyCobra 1965

Smart CarPassion Cabriolet 2008

Toyota 4Runner 1997

Toyota Previa LE 1995

Crazy Mountain Exrtreme Sleds 2003

Shelby Cobra 1965 Chassis No. CSX4292. $105,000 OBO. 1,414 Miles. Showroom condition. 5-Speed Tremec trans. 427 V8. 550HP. David (303) 887-9300 $105,000 OBO (303) 887-9300

Red. Excellent condition. 3,125 miles. Auto trans. heated seats, power windows & locks.

Toyota 4Runner 1997, 3" lift, 33" tires, 17" wheels, winch bumper, well maintained, $5,000 970-946-5863 ski187@hotmail.com $5,000 970-946-5863

Limited edition. Super Charged. AWD. Brakes this year Struts last year. Great Car.

2 CMX Mountain Sleds - 900cc / 1280cc 900cc/1380cc 180hp/275hp, heated grips, digital instrumentation, 2.5" long track

Polaris RMK 700 2004

Diamond T TrailerSport Warrior 2013

$5900 402-306-0005

Furniture/Home Furnishings Asian Antiques at Aspen Home Consignment 202 East Main St.

New Motor and Clutch, Lots of Extras $3500 OBO Includes Triton 1-Place Aluminum trailer. Tom @ 970-376-7840

Diamond T Trailer Sport Warrior 2013 14 ft Brand New with spare and grease gun.

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Want to purchase minerals and other oil/gas interests. Send details to: P.O. Box 13557, Denver, CO 80201

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Delivery Service

Busy Bees Delivery LLC

Luxury Timeshare Vacation. Two bedroom deeded near Disney World. Best you can own. Use worldwide. Paid $20K. Widow must sell. Only $3800. 2015 dues paid. (406)261-8066

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Health & Beauty

Basalt Barber Shop Open

Appliances Vintage Persian Lambswood Jacket Peck & Peck Fifth Avenue. Classic for party season. $150. Excellent condition. Lee 970-948-3115

Class 2 rec'r hitch. Many mounting possibilities both front or rear of vehicle. Could be modified to taylor specific needs. I am unsure of the actual application vehicle type. Mounting holes are 32" apart, and 4" centers each side. Questions? Text them to 970-376-2500

Old automobile manuals: 1963-1971 T r i u m p h Service / Repair Handbook $15 Feb. 1973 Popular Mechanics $5

Clocks & Watches Oven. Miele Microwave & Oven $3900 OBO. Aspen. Prime condition. Diane Hogan/Tony Zagorski 512-299-0855 Dvhogan1111@gmail.co m

Cameras/Photo Equipment Vintage Photo Equipment

Vintage Patek Philippe wristwatch $12,500 Aspen Superb condition. 948-2652

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Aluminum tank, $50. Located in Silt CO. Call for information 970-404-1701

Fireplaces/Stoves

1976 Briggs & Stratton Service and Repair instructions $10 1973 Petersons Basic Auto Repair Manual $10 1971 Car Care and Repair by David N. Wenner $15

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T3 Telemark Scarpa boots, size 24. $50. P l e a s e c a l l 970-274-0647.

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Hair Cuts Chad and Lonnie Bones 302 Midland Ave.

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970-366-6550

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Pets - Dogs WANTED! Blue heeler puppy before XMAS! I will drive a few hours to pick it up. Need it not fixed. Please call. 719-251-3522

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Tappen Wood Stove

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Construction Hand Carved Portraits in stone. 12x12 with frame. 600. Minturn . Contact Kimberly 9703766789 Rockartnews@aol.com Www.rockartnews.net

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Clutter Clearing

Technal Dry Mount Press 500. Includes manuals. $450

1972 Volvo 140 Service Manual $30 1963-1967 Motors Auto Repair Manual $30

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PUBLIC NOTICE RE: 520 E. COOPER STREET TEMPORARY USE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held on Monday, January 12, 2015, at a meeting to begin at 5:00 p.m. before the Aspen City Council, Council Chambers, City Hall, 130 S. Galena St., Aspen, to consider an application submitted by Cooper Street Development, LLC & Aspen Core Ventures, LLC, for the property located at 520 E. Cooper Avenue. The applicants request a temporary use permit to locate a freezer on an outdoor parking area along the alley at 520 E. Cooper Avenue. The freezer will be used for the restaurant operation known as Little Annie's at 517 E. Hyman Avenue across the alley. The property is legally described as Unit SP-1, Aspenhof Subdivision, Parcel ID 2737-182-24-043. For further information, contact Justin Barker at the City of Aspen Community Development Department, 130 S. Galena St., Aspen, CO, (970) 429.2797, justin.barker@cityofaspen.com. s/ Steven Skadron, Mayor Aspen City Council Published in the Aspen Times on December 25, 2014 (10810330) Small Claims Court Pitkin County, Colorado Court Address: Combined Court 506 E. Main, Suite 300 Aspen, CO 81611 PLAINTIFF(S): PROPANE SERVICES INC. Address: PO Box 3318 City/State/Zip: Basalt, CO 81621 Phone: Home: 970-927- 4757 Cell: 970-379-3261 v. DEFENDANT(1): JOSH MEACHUM Address: 106 Haystack Lane City/State/Zip: Snowmass, CO 81654 Phone: Home : 970-366-0203 Work Cell Case Number: 14S22 Division Courtroom ALIAS NOTICE, CLAIM AND SUMMONS TO APPEAR FOR TRIAL (Part 1) If Defendant(s) is/are other than a person, go online at www.sos.state.co.us to determine the registered agent for service of this notice. Please enter name and address of the agent. Name: Address: 1. The Defendant(s) is/are in the military service: a [ ] Yes [X] No [ ] Unknown 2. The Defendant(s) reside(s), is/are regularly employed, has/have an office for the transaction of business, or is/are a student in this county, or the Defendant(s) own(s) the real property in this county that is the subject of this claim arising from a restrictive covenant or security deposit dispute. [X] Yes [ ] No 3. I/We understand that it is my/our responsibility to have each Defendant served with the "Defendant's Copy" of this Notice by a person whose age is 18 years or older and who is not a party to this action 15 days prior to the trial and to provide the Court with written proof of service. [X] Yes [ ] No 4. I am an attorney: [ ] Yes [X] No Notice and Summons to Appear for Trial To the Defendant(s): You are scheduled to have your trial in this case on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 (date) at 10:00 a.m. (time) at the Court address stated in the above caption. Bring with you all books, papers and witnesses you need to establish your defense. If you do not appear, judgment may be entered against you. If you wish to defend the claim or present a counterclaim, you must provide a written response or written counterclaim on or before the scheduled trial date and pay a nonrefundable filing fee. Dated: November 26, 2014. ROYA BEKLIK Clerk of Court/Deputy Clerk Plaintiff(s)'s Claim (Please summarize reasons to support your claim below.) The Defendant(s) owe(s) me $1694.10 , which includes penalties, plus interest and costs allowed by law, and/or should be ordered to return property, perform a contract or set aside a contract or comply with a restrictive covenant for the following reasons. (If seeking return of property, please describe the property being requested). PROPANE FUEL FOR HOME HEATING Note: The combined value of money, property, specific performance or cost to remedy a covenant violation cannot exceed $7,500.00. Plaintiff(s) declare under penalty of perjury that the above statements are true and correct, and that I/we have not filed in any Small Claims Court in this County more than 2 claims during this calendar month, nor more than 18 claims in this County this calendar year.

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ty, specific performance or cost to remedy a covenant violation cannot exceed $7,500.00. Plaintiff(s) declare under penalty of perjury that the above statements are true and correct, and that I/we have not filed in any Small Claims Court in this County more than 2 claims during this calendar month, nor more than 18 claims in this County this calendar year. Date: November 25, 2014 Margaret Devan Plaintiff's Signature

/s/ Beth Van Vurst Beth Van Vurst, #36931 Attorney for Lowe W/J, LLC

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 14-020 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On October 22, 2014, 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 L. MULLEN Original Beneficiary(ies) JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust July 02, 2007 County of Recording Pitkin Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 03, 2007 Recording Information (Reception Number) 539577 Original Principal Amount $5,000,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $3,607,713.91 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: failed to make the monthly mortgage payments as required by the terms of the Note and Deed of Trust. Such failure constitutes a breach under the Note and Deed of Trust triggering the power of sale by the Public Trustee. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: LOT 31, BLOCK G, THE MOORE FAMILY PUD, A PLANNED COMMUNITY, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AUGUST 10, 1998 IN PLAT BOOK 45 AT PAGE 81. Also known by street and number as: 18 CASCADE LANE, 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, 02/25/2015, at Pitkin County Courthouse, at the south front door, 506 E Main St, Aspen, Colorado, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication12/25/2014 Last Publication1/22/2015 Name of PublicationThe Aspen Times Weekly IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED. DATE: 10/22/2014 Thomas Carl Oken, Public Trustee in and for the County of Pitkin, State of Colorado By: Tiffany Wancura, Chief Deputy Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: MARCELLO ROJAS #46396S u s a n J H e n d r i c k #33196 Klatt, Odekirk, Augustine, Sayer, Trienen & Rastede, P.C. 9745 E HAMPDEN AVE, SUITE 400, DENVER, CO 80231 (303) 353-2965 Attorney File # CO140958 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

Published in the Aspen Times Weekly November 27, 2014 and December 4, 11, 18 and 25, 2014. (10744742)

Published in the Aspen Times Weekly on December 25, 2014 and January 1, 8, 15 and 22, 2015. (10802795)

Published in the Aspen Times Weekly December 4, 11, 18, and 25, 2014 and Janua r y 1 , 2 0 1 5 . (10758793)

District Court, Pitkin County, Colorado 506 E. Main, Suite 300 Aspen, Colorado 81611 Plaintiff: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-GEL2 v. Defendants: LAURENCE WOZNICKI, an individual; NANCY LAFEVER, an individual; TOM OKEN, in his official capacity as the Public Trustee for Pitkin County, Colorado; WHITE STAR RANCHES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, an HOA planned community; LOWE W/J, LLC, a Colorado limited liability corporation; W/J METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, a quasi-municipal corporation; FAMILY TITLE INSURANCE CORP., an Illinois corporation; and ANY AND ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT REAL PROPERTY Case Number 2014CV30115 Division 1 Courtroom Attorneys for Defendant Lowe W/J, LLC: Rhonda J. Bazil, Attorney Reg. No. 14921 Rhonda J. Bazil, P.C. 230 E. Hopkins Ave. Aspen, Colorado 81611 Phone: (970) 925-7171 Fax: (970) 925-4668 Email: rjbazil@sopris.net Beth Van Vurst, Atty. Reg. No. 36931 Priority Water Law, LLC P.O. 6560 Vail, Colorado 81658 Phone Number: (970) 343-9507 Email: beth@prioritywaterlaw.com SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO DEFENDANT: FAMILY TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, an Illinois Corporation, 815 Commerce Drive, #100, Oak Brook, Illinois 60523. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: FAMILY TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend against the CROSS-CLAIM OF LOWE W/J, LLC filed with the Clerk of this Court in this action, by filing an answer or other response. In the Cross-Claim, Lowe W/J, LLC seeks recovery of its attorneys fees for breach of an existing contract along with any other relief the court may deem just and proper. You are required to file your answer or other response to the Cross-Claim within 35 days after the service of this Summons upon you. Service of this Summons shall be complete on the last day of the publication. A copy of the Cross-Claim made against you may be obtained from the Court. If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Cross-Claim in writing within the applicable time period, the Court may enter judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Cross-Claim without further notice. Dated: November 21, 2014 Published in the Aspen Times First Publication: _November 27, 2014__________ Last Publication: December 26, 2014

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 14-021 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On October 22, 2014, 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) ROBIN E. GOROG Original Beneficiary(ies) BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust March 16, 2004 County of Recording Pitkin Recording Date of Deed of Trust March 24, 2004 Recording Information (Reception Number) 495790 Original Principal Amount $1,000,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $911,502.79 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay monthly installments due Note Holder. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property to be foreclosed is: LOT 33, RIDGERUN UNIT ONE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED DECEMBER 21, 1967 IN PLAT BOOK 3 AT PAGE 281, COUNTY OF PITKIN, STATE OF COLORADO.** **THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION HAS BEEN MODIFIED BY A SCRIVENER'S ERROR AFFIDAVIT RECORDED 2/29/2012 AT RECEPTION NUMBER 587077 OF THE RECORDS OF THE PITKIN COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER. Also known by street and number as: 563 FARAWAY ROAD, SNOWMASS VILLAGE, CO 81615. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 02/18/2015, at Pitkin County Courthouse, at the south front door, 506 E Main St, Aspen, Colorado, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication12/25/2014 Last Publication1/22/2015 Name of PublicationThe Aspen Times Weekly IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED. DATE: 10/22/2014 Thomas Carl Oken, Public Trustee in and for the County of Pitkin, State of Colorado By: Tiffany Wancura, Chief Deputy Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Daniel S. Blum #34950 David R. Doughty #40042 Sheila J. Finn #36637 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S MERIDIAN, SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 14-910-27420 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 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE FOLLOWING MATTERS OF INTEREST REGARDING THE PITKIN COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: ·Unless otherwise notified all regular and special meetings will be held in the Board of County Commissioners, Plaza One Conference Room, 530 E Main St, Aspen ·All regular meeting items begin at 12:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the conduct of business all o w s . C h e c k a g e n d a a t http://www.aspenpitkin.com 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://aspenpitkin.com/Whats-New-/CalendarEvents/ NOTICE OF FINAL ADOPTIONS BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AT THE FOLLOWING DULY NOTICED PUBLIC HEARINGS: The following Resolutions on December 15, 2014: Resolution No. 113 Summarizing Revenues and Expenditures for each fund and Adopting a Budget for Pitkin County, Colorado for the Calendar Year 2015 Resolution No. 114 Appropriating Sums of Money to the Various Funds for Pitkin County, Colorado for the Calendar Year 2015 Resolution No. 115 Levying General Property Taxes for the Year 2014, to help Defray the Costs of Government for Pitkin County, Colorado and its Special Districts for the 2015 Budget Year The following Ordinance on December 15, 2014 Ordinance No. 037-2014 Establishing Fees for the Environmental Health Department and Repealing and Replacing Resolution No. 064-2010 The following Resolutions on December 17, 2014: Resolution No. 117-2014 Approving an Intergovernmental Agreement with Health Care Policy and Financing for the County Medicaid Incentive Program Resolution No. 118-2014 - Approving an Intergovernmental Agreement for Financial support of the Colorado West Regional Mental Health Center, dba Mind Springs Health Detox Center, Operated in Pitkin County Resolution No. 119-2014 - Approving an Intergovernmental Agreement for Provision of Public and Environmental Health Services Resolution No. 120 - Setting Initial Airport Fees and Charges for 2015 NOTICE OF CONTRACTOR'S SETTLEMENT (FINAL PAYMENT): Notice is hereby given that the Board of County Commissioners of Pitkin County, Colorado, hereinafter the "Board," shall make final settlement for the work contracted to be done on the project known as Improvements to the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport, AIP Project No. 3-08-0003-49 Schedule IV Install Crack Seal and Fog Seal on Runway 15/33, Connector Taxiways "A1" Through "A9" and "B8" Through "B9", and Parallel Taxiway "A" from "A8" to "A9" and Schedule V (Non-Federal) - Install Crack Seal, Fog Seal, and Asphalt Patching on Landside Roadways and Parking Lots, Apply Surface Treatment to Existing Gravel Areas, to Maxwell Asphalt, Inc., hereinafter the "Contractor," on or after January 12 2015.

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

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DIVISION 5 WATER COURT- NOVEMBER 2014 RESUME 4. PURSUANT TO C.R.S., §37-92-302, AS AMENDED, YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT THE FOLLOWING PAGES COMPRISE A RESUME OF THE APPLICATIONS AND AMENDED APPLICATIONS FILED WITH THE WATER CLERK FOR WATER DIVISION 5 DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2014. The water right claimed by this application may affect in priority any water right claimed or heretofore adjudicated within this division and owners of affected rights must appear to object and protest within the time provided by statute, or be forever barred. 14CW3129 PITKIN COUNTY. SNOWMASS CREEK, TRIBUTARY TO THE ROARING FORK AND COLORADO RIVERS. John L. Zabriskie, Jr. Revocable Trust and Adelaide W. Zabriskie Revocable Trust dated September 3, 1998, Adelaide Zabriskie, Executor and Trustee c/o Western Slope Water Rights, LLC, Tom Kinney, Esq., 0274 Crystal Park Drive, Redstone, CO 81623, (970) 510-0650. APPLiCATiOn fOR SuRfACE WATER RighT, STORAgE WATER RighT, ChAngE Of WATER RighT AnD PLAn fOR AugmEnTATiOn. Applicants request entry of a Decree awarding new surface and storage water rights, changes of water right and approving a plan for augmentation described as follows: Zabriskie Pond. 0.717 a-f, abs., on-channel, non-jurisdictional reservoir having dam height less than 10 feet and a high water line surface area of 0.231 acre located on Applicants’ real property within the nE¼SW¼nW¼ and the nW¼SE¼nW¼, Sec. 2, T.9S., R.86W., 6th P.m., approx. 1,691 ft. from north and 1,349 ft. from west section lines of said Sec. 2 according SEO AquaMap, filled from Snowmass Creek, tributary to the Roaring Fork and Colorado Rivers, via a lateral of Williams No. 4 Ditch pursuant to Applicants’ requested changes of 0.0132 cfs (≈6 gpm) of their 0.475 cfs of a total of 4.0 cfs, absolute, Williams No. 4 Ditch, Priority 63A irrigation water right, and also filled by surface water from an unnamed stream tributary to the Williams no. 4 Ditch and Snowmass Creek at a diversion rate of 0.36 cfs, conditional, for stock watering, recreation, wildlife watering, piscatorial and fire suppression beneficial uses with an appropriation date of September 27, 2013; Williams no. 4 Ditch, Priority 63A. Applicants’ request changes of the place and type of beneficial use of 0.0132 cfs of their 0.475 cfs of a total of 4.0 cfs, abs., Williams No. 4 Ditch, Priority 63A, irrigation water right having an appropriation date of may 1, 1883 during the historical irrigation season resulting from drying up 2.57 acres of Applicants’ pasture under the Williams no. 4 Ditch having a historical consumptive use ratio of 1.03 a-f/a irrigated for a total of 2.64 a-f having a maximum associated consumptive use diversion rate of 0.0132 cfs during July for filling the Zabriskie Pond for stock watering, recreation, wildlife watering, piscatorial and fire suppression uses; Plan for Augmentation. Applicants request approval of a plan for augmentation operating during the irrigation and non-irrigation seasons with releases of water stored in priority from the Zabriskie Pond and/or releases of water from Ruedi Reservoir and bypass of historical irrigation consumptive use credits pursuant to Applicants’ Basalt Water Conservancy District (“BWCD”) ‘Area B’ Water Allotment Contract no. 642 to replace out-of-priority depletions resulting from Zabriskie Pond surface evaporation and out-of-priority depletions resulting from beneficial uses in and from the Zabriskie Pond to meet senior-priority water right calls originating in the reach of Snowmass Creek from the tail of the Williams No. 4 Ditch downstream to the confluence of Snowmass Creek with the Roaring Fork, in the reach of the Roaring Fork River from the confluence of Snowmass Creek downstream to the confluence with the Colorado River and in the Colorado River downstream from the confluence of the Roaring Fork River. (27 pages with attached Exhibits A through G). (27 pgs) YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT YOU HAVE until the last day of JANUARY 2015 to file with the Water Clerk a verified Statement of Opposition setting forth facts as to why this application should not be granted or why it should be granted in part or on certain conditions. A copy of such statement of opposition must also be served upon the applicant or the applicant’s attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service shall be filed with the Water Clerk, as prescribed by Rule 5, CRCP. (Filing Fee: $158.00) KATHY HALL, Water Clerk, Water Division 5; 109 8th Street, Suite 104 Glenwood Springs, CO 81601. 7. PURSUANT TO C.R.S., §37-92-302, AS AMENDED, YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT THE FOLLOWING PAGES COMPRISE A RESUME OF THE APPLICATIONS AND AMENDED APPLICATIONS FILED WITH THE WATER CLERK FOR WATER DIVISION 5 DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2014. The water right claimed by this application may affect in priority any water right claimed or heretofore adjudicated within this division and owners of affected rights must appear to object and protest within the time provided by statute, or be forever barred. 14CW3132 GARFIELD COUNTY. ROARING FORK RIVER, TRIB. TO THE COLORADO RIVER AND FOUR MILE CREEK, TRIB. TO THE ROARING FORK RIVER Application for finding of Reasonable Diligence. Applicant: Sunlight, inc., c/o Balcomb & green, P.C., P.O. Drawer 790, Glenwood Springs, CO 81602; 970-945-6546. Structure: Sunlight Roaring Fork Pump and Pipeline. Orig. Decree: Case No.: 07CW58, 11/4/2008 by the Dist. Ct., Water Division no. 5, State of Colorado. Locations: Pt. of Diversion no. 1: SE1/4, nE1/4, Sec. 34, T. 6 S., R. 89 W., 6th P.m. at a pt. 1,727 ft. from the n. Sec. line and 524 ft. from the E. Sec. line of said Sec. 34. Pt. of Diversion no. 2: nW1/4 SW1/4, Sec. 22, T. 22 S., R. 89 W., 6th P.M., 600 ft. from the W. Sec. line and 1,700 ft. from the S. Sec. line. Uses: Dom., irr., comm., snowmaking uses; and to fill and refill Babbish Gulch Reservoir Pond No. 1, Babbish Gulch Reservoir Four Mile Snowmaking Pond Alt., and/or Babbish Gulch Reservoir Snowboard Park Reservoir Alt., for such uses; and to fill Parks Reservoir for snowmaking use. Reuse and successive use for the foregoing purposes by diverting wastewater treatment discharges and snowmaking return flows by exchanges at those storage facilities or at Sunlight’s surface diversions from Four mile Creek and for augmenting out-of-priority depletions from diversions from the Roaring fork River and four mile Creek. Water that may be diverted by exchange for reuse and successive use is that amt. of return flows attributed to the Sunlight Roaring Fork Pump and Pipeline less the amt. used to augment depletions from four mile Creek described in the plan for aug. decreed in Case no. 07CW58. Amt.: 1.0 c.f.s. cond. Date of Approp.: 3/30/2007. Place of use: Sunlight Resort is located within SW1/4 of Sec. 33, T. 7 S., R. 89, W., 6th P.m., and in Sec. 4 and 5, T. 8 S., R. 89 W., 6th P.m. The Sunlight Roaring fork Pump and Pipeline will deliver water from the Roaring fork River to water treatment facilities or pre-treatment regulatory storage at Sunlight Resort; Into Four Mile Creek for storage in any or all of the ponds and reservoirs described in the application; or To Four Mile Creek for aug. of four mile Creek trib. diversions made at the Sunlight Resort pursuant to the plan for aug. decreed in 07CW58 . The water will be discharged into four mile Creek at a pt. located in the SW1/4 nW1/4, Sec. 33, T. 7 S., R. 89 W., 6th P.m. at a pt. located 800 ft. from the W. Sec. line and 2,365 ft. from the n. Sec. line, and/or at any pt. downstream on four mile Creek selected to provide delivery for use by calling senior rights pursuant to the plan for aug. requested herein. The pt. of discharge of Sunlight’s waste water treatment plant to four mile Creek for implementation of the reuse and successive use of water is located in the nE1/4 SW1/4 of Sec. 33, T. 7 S., R. 89 W., 6th P.m., 2,700 ft. from the W. Sec. line and 2300 ft. from the S. Sec. line. Remarks: use of the Sunlight Pump and Pipeline is subject to the terms and conditions of Case no. 07CW58. names of Structures: In Case No. 07CW58, Applicant was awarded cond. water storage rights for the Parks Reservoir and the approval of fill and refill rights for the following storage structure water rights: Babbish Gulch Reservoir Pond No. 1, decreed in Case No. 93CW196; Babbish Gulch Reservoir Four Mile Snowmaking Pond Alt.; Babbish Gulch Reservoir Snowboard Park Reservoir Alt.; and Parks Reservoir, currently undecreed (collectively referred to as the “Sunlight Reservoirs”). Legal Description: Table 1: SunlighT ReSeRvoiRS Name of Reservoir

Location

Amt. Dead Storage Active Capacity Surface Area Height of Dam Length of Dam

Babbish gulch Reservoir Pond no. 1

nW1/4 of Sec. 32, T. 7 S., R. 89 W. of the 6th P.M.; beginning at a pt. whence the nW corner of said Sec. 32 bears n. 43°30’00” W., a distance of 3,050 ft. to the mid pt. of the centerline of the dam

10 Af 0.5 Af

9.5 Af

0.95 acres

12 ft.

SW1/4 nE1/4 of Sec. 32, T. 7 S., R. 89 W. of the 6th P.M.; beginning at the midpt. of the centerline of said dam whence 4.3 Af 0.0 Af the nW corner of said Sec. 32 bears n. 52°52’06” W. a distance of 3,149.96 ft.

4.3 Af

0.46 acres

Less than ten ft. 295 ft.

SW1/4 SW1/4 of Sec. 33, T. 7 S., R. 89 W. of the 6th P.M.; beginning at the mid-pt. of the centerline of said dam 5.22 whence the W. quarter corner of said Sec. Af 33 bears n. 24°08’51” W. a distance of 2,167.55 ft.

0.0 Af

5.22 Af

0.4 acres

Less than ten ft. 235 ft.

nW 1/4 SE 1/4 of Sec. 4, T. 8 S., R. 89 W. of the 6th P.M.; beginning at the midpt. of the centerline of said dam whence 50 Af 0.0 Af the nW corner of said Sec. 4 bears n. 46°20’00” W. a distance of 4,500 ft.

50.0 Af

2.56 acres

29ft.

Babbish gulch Reservoir four mile Snowmaking Pond Alt. Babbish gulch Reservoir Snowboard Park Reservoir Alt..

Parks Reservoir

450 ft.

870 ft.

Structures used to fill and refill reservoir, and legal description of each pt. of diversion: The Sunlight Reservoirs are filled and refilled using the following structures: Sunlight Roaring fork Pump and Pipeline described above at a rate up to 1.0 c.f.s. Sunlight feeder Ditch four mile Creek Alt. Diversion Pt. at a rate up to 1.5 c.f.s., which diverts from four mile Creek and is located in the SW1/4 nE1/4, Sec. 32, T. 7 S., R. 89 W., 6th P.m., 2,550 ft. from the E. line and 2,100 ft. from the n. line. Date of Approp.: 3/30/2007. See the table above for the amt. of storage claimed for the Sunlight Reservoirs. All amt. are cond. The rate of fill for these reservoirs shall be a 1.0 c.f.s. cond. for filling the Sunlight Reservoirs using the Sunlight Resort Roaring fork Pump and Pipeline and 1.5 cfs using the Sunlight feeder Ditch four mile Creek Alt. Diversion Pt. uses: The Sunlight Reservoirs have the following uses: The Parks Reservoir will be used for snowmaking purposes. Babbish gulch Reservoir Pond no. 1, Babbish Gulch Reservoir Four Mile Snowmaking Pond Alt., and the Babbish Gulch Reservoir Snowboard Park Reservoir Alt. fill and refill rights will have the following uses. Dom., irr., comm., snowmaking and aug. of such uses; Reuse and successive use for the foregoing purposes by diverting wastewater treatment discharges and snowmaking return flows by exchanges at those storage facilities or at Sunlight’s surface diversions from Four Mile Creek consistent with paragraph 5. C. (ii), of app.; and Aug. of the foregoing uses pursuant to the plan for aug. decreed herein. Surface area of high water line: See the table above for the Sunlight Reservoirs. Cumulative Storage Limitation: The total annual (Water Year) storage by fill and refill by all of the cond. water storage rights identified in paragraph 4 do not exceed 135 AF. Wastewater Effluent Exchange: Amt.: 1 c.f.s., cond. Location: upstream terminus: Sunlight feeder Ditch four mile Creek Alt. Diversion Pt., described in subparagraph 4. B. (2) of app. Downstream terminus: Outfall of the Resort wastewater treatment plant to four mile Creek, described in subparagraph 3. f. (4) of app. uses: Dom., irr., comm., snowmaking and aug. of such uses; to fill and refill Babbish Gulch Reservoir Pond No. 1, Babbish Gulch Reservoir Four Mile Snowmaking Pond Alt., and/or Babbish Gulch Reservoir Snowboard Park Reservoir Alt. for such uses; and to fill and refill Parks Reservoir for snowmakng. Reuse and successive use for the foregoing purposes by diverting wastewater treatment discharges and snowmaking return flows by exchanges at those storage facilities or at Sunlight’s surface diversions from four mile Creek. Aug. of the foregoing uses pursuant to the plan for aug. and exchanges decreed in Case No. 07CW58. Date of Approp.: 3/30/2007. Total Exchange. The max. amt. of water exchanged from the wastewater effluent exchange and the snowmaking and irr. exchange is 155.4 AF per year. Remarks: Operation of the Wastewater Effluent Exchange is subject to the terms and conditions of Case no. 07CW58. Snowmaking Return flow Exchange: Amt.: 1.0 c.f.s. Location: upstream terminus: Sunlight feeder Ditch four mile Creek Alt. Diversion Pt., described in app. Downstream terminus: The reach of Four Mile Creek within which snowmaking and irr. return flows accrue: upstream terminus: SE1/4, NW1/4, Sec. 32, T. 7 S., R. 89 W., 6th P.M.; downstream terminus: SE1/4, NE1/4, Sec. 33, T. 7 S., R. 89 W., 6th P.M. Uses: Dom., irr., comm., snowmaking and aug. of such uses; to fill and refill Babbish Gulch Reservoir Pond No. 1, Babbish Gulch Reservoir Four Mile Snowmaking Pond Alt., and/or Babbish Gulch Reservoir Snowboard Park Reservoir Alt. for such uses; and to fill and refill Parks Reservoir for snowmaking. Reuse and successive use for the foregoing purposes by diverting wastewater treatment discharges and snowmaking return flows by exchanges at those storage facilities or at Sunlight’s surface diversions from four mile Creek. Aug. of the foregoing uses pursuant to Sunlight’s plan for aug. decreed in Case no. 07CW58. Date of Approp.: 3/30/2007. Total Exchange. The maximum amt. of water exchanged from the wastewater effluent exchange and the snowmaking and irr. exchange is 155.4 AF per year. Remarks: Operation of the Snowmaking Exchange is subject to the terms and conditions of Case no. 07CW58. integrated System. As decreed in Cases no. 07CW58, the Subject Cond. Water Rights are part of an integrated water supply for Applicants’ property. “When a project or integrated system is comprised of several features, work on one feature of the

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project or system shall be considered in finding that reasonable diligence has been shown in the development of water rights for all features of the entire project or system.” C.R.S. § 37-92-301 (4) (b). Claim for finding of reasonable diligence. In the diligence period preceding the filing of this application, Applicants have diligently pursued development of the cond. water rights decreed to the Roaring fork Pump and Pipeline, the Sunlight Reservoirs, Wastewater Effluent Exchange and the Snowmaking and Irr. Return Flow Exchange. Examples of work done to establish diligence are on file with this Ct. Names and addresses of owners or reputed owners of the land upon which any new diversion or storage structure, or modification to any existing diversion or storage structure is or will be constructed or upon which water is or will be stored, including any modifications to the existing storage pool: Sunlight Resort Roaring fork Pump and Pipeline Pt. of Diversion no. 1: Roaring fork Land no. 6 LLC, 333 SE 2nd Ave. 4400, miami fL 33131. Sunlight Resort Roaring fork Pump and Pipeline Pt. of Diversion no. 2: The City of glenwood Springs, 101 W. Eighth Street, glenwood Springs, CO 81601. Babbish gulch Reservoir Pond no. 1: Applicant. Babbish gulch Reservoir four mile Snowmaking Pond Alt.: Applicant. Babbish gulch Reservoir Snowboard Park Reservoir Alt.: Applicant. Parks Reservoir: united States forest Service, White River national forest, 900 grand Avenue, glenwood Springs, CO 81601. (11 pgs). YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT YOU HAVE until the last day of JANUARY 2015 to file with the Water Clerk a verified Statement of Opposition setting forth facts as to why this application should not be granted or why it should be granted in part or on certain conditions. A copy of such statement of opposition must also be served upon the applicant or the applicant’s attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service shall be filed with the Water Clerk, as prescribed by Rule 5, CRCP. (Filing Fee: $158.00) KATHY HALL, Water Clerk, Water Division 5; 109 8th Street, Suite 104 Glenwood Springs, CO 81601. 10. PURSUANT TO C.R.S., §37-92-302, AS AMENDED, YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT THE FOLLOWING PAGES COMPRISE A RESUME OF THE APPLICATIONS AND AMENDED APPLICATIONS FILED WITH THE WATER CLERK FOR WATER DIVISION 5 DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2014. The water right claimed by this application may affect in priority any water right claimed or heretofore adjudicated within this division and owners of affected rights must appear to object and protest within the time provided by statute, or be forever barred. 14CW3135 EAGLE COUNTY. RANCH HOUSE DRAW. James W. Griffith, Jr., c/o Patrick, Miller, Kropf & Noto, P.C., Kevin L. Patrick, Esq. and Jason m. groves, Esq., 229 midland Avenue, Basalt, CO 81621, (970) 920-1028. APPLiCATiOn fOR finDing Of REASOnABLE DiLigEnCE AnD TO mAKE ABSOLuTE. FIRST CLAIM: FOR FINDING OF REASONABLE DILIGENCE. name of structure: hignett Pond. Type: Reservoir. Conditional water right description: Original decree: november 15, 1983.Case no. 82CW443, Division 5 Water Court. Subsequent diligence and change decrees: Previous diligence and change cases: 87CW259, July 22, 1988; 93CW272, June 27, 1994; 94CW146, May 1995; 00CW106, June 4, 2001; 07CW114, November 4, 2008; and 14CW3089, pending. Legal description of hignett Pond: The left abutment of the hignett Pond dam is located in the nE ¼, SW ¼, Section 23, Township 7 South, Range 87 West of the 6th P.m. at a point 1,850 feet east of the west line and 2,400 feet north of the south. in Case no. 14CW3089, the Court transferred the remaining 3.2 acre-feet of the hignett Pond water right to the hignett Pond no. 3 at the following “as-built” location: The centerline of the dam at the new place of storage is located in the SW ¼ SW ¼ of Section 23, Township 7 South, Range 87 West, of the 6th P.m. at a point approximately 763 feet from the west section line and 160 feet from the south section line, all in said Section 23 (Eagle County). Source: Ranch house Draw, tributary to Blue Creek, tributary to the Roaring fork River, tributary to the Colorado River. Appropriation date: June 1, 1992. Remaining conditional amount: 3.2 acre-feet. The hignett Pond was originally decreed for 5.0 acre feet. Of those 5.0 acre feet, 1.8 acre-feet is decreed absolute at the original hignett Pond location for irrigation, stock watering, piscatorial, and fish propagation uses. 3.2 acre feet of the Hignett Pond water right is decreed absolute at the Hignett Pond No. 3 location for irrigation and stock water purposes. Remaining conditional uses: 3.2 acre feet at the Hignett Pond No. 3 location for piscatorial and fish propagation. Work to complete the appropriation, including expenditures, is on file with the Court. if claim to make absolute. Case no. 14CW3089 is pending before the Court to transfer these uses to the Hignett Pond No. 3. Date water applied to beneficial use: June 1, 2011. Amount: 3.2 acre-feet. use: Piscatorial and fish propagation. Supporting evidence: See the call chronology on file with the Court. Applicant filled the Hignett Pond No. 3 in priority before June 1, 2011, when it was stocked with fish. Applicant owns the land where the structure is located and upon which the water is placed to beneficial use. (18 pgs.) YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT YOU HAVE until the last day of JANUARY 2015 to file with the Water Clerk a verified Statement of Opposition setting forth facts as to why this application should not be granted or why it should be granted in part or on certain conditions. A copy of such statement of opposition must also be served upon the applicant or the applicant’s attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service shall be filed with the Water Clerk, as prescribed by Rule 5, CRCP. (Filing Fee: $158.00) KATHY HALL, Water Clerk, Water Division 5; 109 8th Street, Suite 104 Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 14. PURSUANT TO C.R.S., §37-92-302, AS AMENDED, YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT THE FOLLOWING PAGES COMPRISE A RESUME OF THE APPLICATIONS AND AMENDED APPLICATIONS FILED WITH THE WATER CLERK FOR WATER DIVISION 5 DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2014. The water right claimed by this application may affect in priority any water right claimed or heretofore adjudicated within this division and owners of affected rights must appear to object and protest within the time provided by statute, or be forever barred. 14CW3139 Carbondale Investments, LLC, c/o Ted Skokos, 5121 Park Lane, Dallas, Texas 75220, Telephone: (214) 600-0000; Roaring Fork Water and Sanitation District, c/o Scott grosscup, P.O. Box 790, glenwood Springs, CO 81602, Telephone: (970) 945-6546. Please send all pleadings and correspondence to Applicants’ counsel: Wayne forman and John helfrich, Brownstein hyatt farber Schreck, LLP, 410 17th Street, Suite 2200, Denver, CO 80202; Phone: (303) 223-1100; Fax: (303) 223-1111; Email: wforman@bhfs.com, jhelfrich@bhfs.com; Scott Grosscup, Balcomb & Green, P.C., 818 Colorado Avenue, P.O. Box 790, Glenwood Springs, CO 81602, Phone: (970) 945-6546, Fax: (970) 945-8902; Email: sgrosscup@ balcombgreen.com. APPLiCATiOn fOR WATER RighTS in gARfiELD, PiTKin, SummiT AnD EAgLE COunTiES. name of Structure: Appropriative Right of Exchange. Date of original decree: Case No. 2001CW0187; dated November 4, 2008; District Court, Water Division 5, Colorado. Subsequent decrees awarding findings of diligence: none. Legal description: The reach of the exchange is between the confluence of the Colorado and the Roaring fork Rivers, and the points of withdrawal for the Aspen glen and Coryell Ranch Wells and the Roaring fork Diversion as described in section ii.A., paragraph 7.B. of the decree in Case no. 01CW187. The downstream terminus of the exchange in the SE¼ of the nW¼, Section 9, Township 6 South, Range 89 West of the 6th P.m., 2,150 feet from the north Section line and 2,286 feet from the west Section line. The upstream terminus of the exchange is in the SE¼ of the nE¼ of Section 29, Township 7 South, Range 88 West of the 6th P.m., 2,086.54 feet from the north Section line and 86.95 feet from the East Section line. See Exhibit A. Source: Roaring fork River, tributary to the Colorado River. Appropriation date: December 31, 2007; Amount: 0.033 c.f.s. use: Applicants’ plan for augmentation incorporates an exchange of water rights currently stored in green mountain Reservoir for use in the Roaring fork River to augment out of priority depletions caused by withdrawals under the Basalt Conduit water right through the alternate points of withdrawal. green mountain Reservoir is located on the Blue River, tributary to the Colorado River. Augmentation water may be released from green mountain Reservoir pursuant to a Basalt Water Conservancy District contract and delivered to the confluence of the Colorado and Roaring Fork Rivers. Depth: n/A. Detailed outline of work done toward completion of the appropriation: During the relevant diligence period, Applicant Carbondale investments, LLC (“Carbondale”) has expended tens of millions of dollars to acquire the property on which the subject conditional water right is proposed for use, and to pursue the entitlements, approvals and contract rights necessary to develop the property to allow the subject conditional water rights to be put to beneficial use. The specific diligence activities undertaken by the Applicants include, but are not limited to, the following: (A) Carbondale acquired the real property on which the subject conditional water right is intended for use at a purchase price of $12.5 million. (B) Carbondale paid 8140 Partners, LLC, approximately $1.8 million for engineering and planning services required to successfully rezone a portion of the subject property to the “River Edge Colorado” planned unit development, a result of a multi-year entitlement process with Garfield County. (C) Carbondale paid approximately $74,000 to secure and retain its contract rights to water with the Basalt Water Conservancy District. (D) Carbondale has paid approximately $600,000 to project managers to pursue the required land-use entitlements and approvals. (E) Carbondale engaged the law firm of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP to assist with land use entitlement, contract negotiations with the Roaring fork Water and Sanitation District, access negotiations with the Roaring fork Transit Authority and water rights matters, all related to the development of the subject property. Carbondale incurred fees of approximately $687,000. (f) Carbondale engaged DAS Environmental to perform work on the property at an approximate cost of $98,000. (g) Carbondale engaged other consulting experts in support of its land use entitlement effort, including firms specializing in economic analysis, surveying, and engineering, at a cost of more than $150,000. (H) HDR Engineering performed a number of tasks related to access, traffic analysis and other engineering support for the project, including PuD support work for the property and amendments to the PuD. Preliminary plan documents were completed and prepared for Garfield County submittal. Services included engineering design support for transportation facilities required for access to and within the properties, site development support, and offsite improvements such as water and wastewater. in addition supplement aerial and ground survey services to support this project were provided. HDR also provided engineering services for a traffic engineering study and obtaining the necessary access permitting to provide access from the state highway system to the project site. HDR provided traffic and roadway design, environmental, geotechnical, structural design, survey and right-of way, and utility coordination services for the design improvements required on the state highway system, the access road into the proposed development, and a crossing of the RfTA rail corridor. fees paid to hDR Engineering for this work totaled approximately $527,300. (I) Carbondale engaged the law firm of Miller Rosenbluth, LLC to assist with the formation and operation of the Cattle Creek Metropolitan District, established to assist with the financing, ownership and development of infrastructure on the property. Carbondale incurred attorneys’ fees in this effort in the approximate amount of $139,000. (J) Resource Engineering, inc. provided water resource engineering services for the project, including the development of a water supply plan and support for an application to change the point of diversion of the Staton Ditch water rights, at a cost of approximately $29,000. (K) Carbondale paid the Roaring fork Conservancy approximately $187,000 in connection with the management of the conservation easement located on the portion of the property that adjoins the Roaring fork River. (L) Carbondale negotiated and executed a Pre-inclusion Agreement with the Roaring fork Water and Sanitation District for the provision of water and wastewater services to the property. Carbondale reimbursed the district for its costs incurred in that effort, as well as its costs incurred in reviewing the proposed designs for water and wastewater infrastructure to serve the project. in total, Carbondale reimbursed the district approximately $82,000. (m) Carbondale successfully rezoned approximately 160 acres of the 240-acre property to the River Edge PuD. Carbondale’s counsel and consultants have been pursuing an amendment to that PUD to account for a relocated access drive from SH82. (N) Carbondale, together with its affiliate Garfield County Commercial investments, LLC, is pursuing the rezoning of the portion of the property east of the RfTA trail corridor to commercial uses. (O) Carbondale successfully pursued several water rights applications, including those in Case nos. 07CW164 and 08CW198, which amended and supplemented certain aspects of the water rights available to serve the property, together with a change in the point of diversion of Carbondale’s Staton Ditch water rights in Case no. 13CW19. (8 pgs.) YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT YOU HAVE until the last day of JANUARY 2015 to file with the Water Clerk a verified Statement of Opposition setting forth facts as to why this application should not be granted or why it should be granted in part or on certain conditions. A copy of such statement of opposition must also be served upon the applicant or the applicant’s attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service shall be filed with the Water Clerk, as prescribed by Rule 5, CRCP. (Filing Fee: $158.00) KATHY HALL, Water Clerk, Water Division 5; 109 8th Street, Suite 104 Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 15. PURSUANT TO C.R.S., §37-92-302, AS AMENDED, YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT THE FOLLOWING PAGES COMPRISE A RESUME OF THE APPLICATIONS AND AMENDED APPLICATIONS FILED WITH THE WATER CLERK FOR WATER DIVISION 5 DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2014. The water right claimed by this application may affect in priority any water right claimed or heretofore adjudicated within this division and owners of affected rights must appear to object and protest within the time provided by statute, or be forever barred. 14CW3140 Carbondale investments, LLC, c/o Ted Skokos, 5121 Park Lane, Dallas, Texas 75220, Telephone: (214) 600-0000. Please send all pleadings and correspondence to Applicants’ counsel: Wayne forman and John helfrich, Brownstein hyatt farber Schreck, LLP, 410 17th Street, Suite 2200, Denver, CO 80202; Phone: (303) 223-1100; Fax: (303) 223-1111; Email: wforman@bhfs.com, jhelfrich@bhfs.com. APPLICATION FOR WATER RIGHTS IN GARFIELD, PITKIN, SUMMIT AND EAGLE COUNTIES. name of structure: Bair Chase Lake no. 5. Date of Original Decree: Case No. 2001CW0188; dated November 4, 2008; District Court, Water Division 5, Colorado. Subsequent decrees awarding findings of diligence: n/A. Legal description: Lake No. 5 will be located within the Development. The precise size and specific location of Lake No. 5 within the Development has not been finalized, but will be located generally as depicted on Exhibit A, in the E½, Section 12, Range 89 West of the 6th P.m. in no event will the total surface area and storage volume of the constructed lake exceed 5 acres and 25 acre feet, respectively. Source of water: Lake No. 5 will be filled through laterals of the Glenwood and Staton Ditches, from the following sources: glenwood Ditch: Cattle Creek, tributary to the Roaring Fork River, tributary to the Colorado River; and the Roaring Fork River, tributary to the Colorado River at a rate of up to 0.49 cfs from the Cattle Creek source and 5.0 cfs from the Roaring fork source. in Case no. W-2910, Water Division no. 5, the Court decreed a corrected legal description for the headgate of the glenwood Ditch, located in Lot 11 of Section 28, Township 7 South, Range 88 West, 6th P.m.,

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·Unless otherwise notified all regular and special meetings will be held in the Board of County Commissioners, Plaza Onethe Conference Room,of530 E 28 bears South 24º54’06” W., 2,665.19 feet, and the diversion point is situated in Lot 11 located at a point whence Southwest Corner Section Lake Nos. 1-4 within ·All regular meeting items begin at 12:00 p.m.,the orDevelopment have not been finalized, but will be located generally as depicted on Exhibit A, in the N½ of irregular Section Main St, Aspen of Section 28, Township 7 South, Range 88 West, 6th P.M., located at a point whence the Southwest Corner of Section 28 bears South thereafter 28º29’23” West, 18, Township 7 South,alRange 88 West, the W½ of irregular Section 7, Township 7 South, Range 88 West, the E½ of Section 12, Township 7 South, as soon as the conduct of business 2770.32 feet, meeting in Garfielditems County. From headgate ofor the Glenwood Ditch, said ditch runs in a northwesterly direction until with l o itwintersects s . C Cattle h e c k Range a g 89e West, n d and a the a SE¼ t of Section 1, Township7 South, Range 89 West, all West of the 6th P.M. In no event will the total surface area and storage ·All regular begin atthe 12:00 p.m., http://www.aspenpitkin.com or call 920-5200 for as soon theCreek conduct of business al- feet, using the bed of Cattle Creek as part of the Glenwood Ditch, to another headgate of Creek, andthereafter then down as Cattle for about one hundred volume of the constructed lakes exceed 20 acres and 100 acre feet, respectively, and the dam height for each storage structure will not exceed 10 feet. meeting forGarfield special meetings. ltheo Glenwood w s . Ditch, C hlocated e c kon the a gnortheast e n d bank a of a Cattle t Creek in Section 7, Township 7 South, Range 88 West, of the 6th times P.M., in Source of water: Lake Nos. 1-4 will be filled through laterals of the Glenwood and Staton Ditches, from the following sources: Glenwood Ditch: http://www.aspenpitkin.com or its call 920-5200 County. The Glenwood Ditch takes supply of waterfor mainly from the Roaring Fork River, which water so taken from said river isofcarried Cattle Creek, tributary to the Roaring Fork River, tributary to the Colorado River; and the Roaring Fork River, tributary to the Colorado River at a ·Copies the fullthrough text of any resolution(s) and ormeeting times for special meetings. said ditch to and emptied into said Cattle Creek, and is taken from said Creek, together with certain springs and other water flowingreferred in said creek rate of upduring to 0.49 regular cfs from the Cattle Creek source and 5.0 cfs from the Roaring Fork source. In Case No. W-2910, Water Division No. 5, the Court dinance(s) to are available through the of said ditchresolution(s) which is located onorthe north bank of said creek on the lands owned by C.C. Chase. The location hours of the headgate corrected business (8:30 - 4:30)decreed in theaClerk andlegal Re-description for the headgate of the Glenwood Ditch, located in Lot 11 of Section 28, Township 7 South, Range 88 West, 6th ·Copies of headgate the full text of any and corder's office, 530 101, dinance(s) referred arealso available during of the Glenwood Ditchtomay be described as regular being located in the NW¼ of the SW¼ of Section 28, Township 7 South, Range 88 West of theEast 6th Main P.M.,Street, located Suite at a point whence the Southwest Corner of Section 28 bears South 24º54’06” W., 2,665.19 feet, and the diversion point is situated in A A. s pStaton e n , Ditch: C o lCattle o r a d oLot811 1 of 6 1Section 1 o r28, aTownship t business hours (8:30 - 4:30) in feet the from Clerkthe and Re-section line and 1,540 feet from the West section line. See Exhibit P.M. at a point approximately 2,390 South 7 South, Range 88 West, 6th P.M., located at a point whence the Southwest Corner of Section 28 bears South http://aspenpitkin.com/Whats-New-/Calendarcorder's office,to530 East Main Suite 101, Creek, tributary the Roaring Fork Street, River, tributary to the Colorado River at a rate of up to 1.84 cfs. In Case No. 13CW19 the point of diversion of 28º29’23” W., 2770.32 feet, in Garfield County. From the headgate of the Glenwood Ditch, said ditch runs in a northwesterly direction until it Events/ Aspen, Colorado 81611 or at Applicant’s interest in the Staton Ditch water right was changed to the right bank of Cattle Creek in the SW¼ of Section 7, Township 7 South, Range intersects with Cattle Creek, and then down Cattle Creek for about one hundred feet, using the bed of Cattle Creek as part of the Glenwood Ditch, to http://aspenpitkin.com/Whats-New-/Calendar88 West, 6th P.M., at a point approximately 440 feet from the South section line and 1,240 feet from the West section line.NOTICE Appropriation Date: MayHEARINGS another headgate of THE the Glenwood Ditch, located on the northeast bank of Cattle Creek in Section 7, Township 7 South, Range 88 West, of the 6th OF PUBLIC BEFORE Events/ AND ZONING COMMISSION: 7, 2001. Amount Claimed: 25.0 acre feet, conditional, with right to fill and successively refill. Surface area of high waterPLANNING line: 5 acres. Maximum P.M., in Garfield County. The Glenwood Ditch takes its supply of water mainly from the Roaring Fork River, which water so taken from said river NOTICE OF FINAL BY5THE BOARD height of dam in feet: ADOPTIONS 10 feet. Lake No. will be constructed below grade and may not have a traditional dam. The active capacity of the lake will is carried through said ditch to and emptied into said Cattle Creek, and is taken from said Creek, together with certain springs and other water flowing Valley Ranch to Creek Road OF COUNTY ATlevel THE be controlled by COMMISSIONERS the outlet features and the of FOLpump intakes for each lake. To the extent a dam is required, the heightRE:Aspen (which will not exceed 10 in Brush said creek through the headgate of said ditch which is located on the north bank of said creek on the lands owned by C.C. Chase. The location of 10" Gas Line Location and Extent Review LOWING DULY NOTICED PUBLIC HEARINGS: feet under any configuration) and length will depend on the final lake location and configuration. Length of dam in feet: (Case The length will depend the headgate of the Glenwood Ditch may also be described as being located in the NW¼ of the SW¼ of Section 28, Township 7 South, Range 88 #P104-14; PID on 2643-042-00-033) the final lake location and configuration. Total capacity West of the 6th P.M. at a point approximately 2,390 feet from the South section line and 1,540 feet from the West section line. See Exhibit A. Staton The following Resolutions on December 15,of reservoir in acre feet: 25 acre feet. Active capacity: 25 acre feet. Dead storage: 0. Use: NOTICE ISand HEREBY GIVEN that aCattle public hearing Lake No. 5 will be used within the Development for recreation, aesthetic, wildlife habitat for birds and fish, water quality enhancement piscatorial Ditch: Creek, tributary to the Roaring Fork River, tributary to the Colorado River at a rate of up to 1.84 cfs. In Case No. 13CW19 the point 2014: will Applicant be held on Tuesday, February at a interest in the Staton Ditch water right was changed to the right bank of Cattle Creek in the SW¼ of Section 7, Township purposes. Detailed outline of work done toward completion of the appropriation: During the relevant diligence period, Carbondale of diversion3,of2015 Applicant’s meeting begin p.m. or as Resolution No. 113 Summarizing Revenues Investments, LLC (“Carbondale”) has expended tensand of millions of dollars to acquire the property on which the subjectregular conditional water to right is at75:00 South, Range 88 soon West, 6th P.M., at a point approximately 440 feet from the South section line and 1,240 feet from the West section line. thereafter as the conduct of business allows, beExpenditures for each fund and Adopting a Budget proposed use, andColorado to pursuefor thethe entitlements, subject Appropriation Date:ComMay 7, 2001. Amount Claimed: 25.0 acre feet, conditional, for each lake (100 acre feet total), with right to fill and successively forethe the Pitkinconditional County Planning and Zoning for Pitkinfor County, Calendarapprovals Year and contract rights necessary to develop the property to allow water rights to be put to beneficial use. The specific diligence activities undertaken by the Applicants include, but are notmission, limited to,Plaza the following: refill each lake. Surface One Conference Room, 530 E.area of high water line: Approximately 5 acres for each lake, not to exceed 20 acres total. Maximum height of dam in feet: 2015 Main St.,ofAspen to consider 10 anfeet. application submit(A) Carbondale acquired the real property on which the subject conditional water right is intended for use at a purchase price $12.5 million. Lake Nos. 1-4 will be constructed below grade and may not have a traditional dam. The active capacity of the lakes will be controlled by ted by Source (821 21 the ½ Road, Grand and JuncResolution No.paid 1148140 Appropriating Sums of Money$1.8 million for engineering and planning services required to successfully (B) Carbondale Partners, LLC, approximately rezoneGas a portion outlet features the level of pump intakes for each lake. To the extent a dam is required, the height (which will not exceed 10 feet under any tion,with CO Garfield 81505)County. requestingconfiguration) approval to and extend a will depend on the final lake location and configuration. Length of dam in feet: The length will depend on the final lake to thesubject Various Fundstofor Colorado of the property thePitkin “RiverCounty, Edge Colorado” planned unit development, a result of a multi-year entitlement process length 10" gas line through Woody Creek from Aspen for the Calendar Year 2015 (C) Carbondale paid approximately $74,000 to secure and retain its contract rights to water with the Basalt Water Conservancy District. locationCreek and configuration. Valley Ranch Road (D) to the Brush Intercept Total capacity of each lake in acre feet: 25 acre feet. Active capacity of each lake: 25 acre feet. Dead storage: 0. Use: Carbondale has $600,000 to project Carbondale Lake Nos. 1-4 as willa be used within the Development for recreation, aesthetic, wildlife habitat for birds and fish, water quality enhancement and Lot. The (E) properties are legally described strip Resolution No.paid 115 approximately Levying General Property Tax- managers to pursue the required land-use entitlements and approvals. of land crossing CDOT, Aspen Mass es for the 2014, to help Defray the Costs of LLP to assist with land use entitlement, contract negotiations with engaged theYear law firm of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, the Roaring ForkCozy WaterPoint, piscatorial purposes. Detailed outline of work done toward completion of the appropriation and application of water to beneficial use: During the Smith Hill of Way, Flats Road, W/J Applicant Carbondale Investments, LLC (“Carbondale”) has expended tens of millions of dollars to acquire the property Government for Pitkin County, Colorado its and Sanitation District, access negotiations with and the Roaring Fork Transit Authority and water rights matters, all relatedRanch, to the development the McLain relevant diligence period, Ranch, Aspen Raceway, Elam Subdivision, Rio Special Districts for the 2015incurred Budgetfees Yearof approximately $687,000. (F) Carbondale engaged DAS Environmental subject property. Carbondale to perform work on the on which the subject conditional water right is proposed for use, and to pursue the entitlements, approvals and contract rights necessary to develop Grande Trail, Woody Creek Road, Chaparral Asproperty at an approximate cost $98,000. (G) engaged other consulting experts in support of its land use entitlement effort, including theand property to allow the subject conditional water rights to be put to beneficial use. The specific diligence activities undertaken by the Applicants pen, GSH Ranch Holdings Aspen Valley The following Ordinance onofDecember 15,Carbondale 2014 firms specializing in economic analysis, surveying, and engineering, at a cost of more than $150,000. (H) HDR Engineering performed a number of include, but16, are not Ranch, located in Sections 5, 8, 9, andlimited 21, to, the following: (A) Carbondale acquired the real property on which the subject conditional water right is intended for 9 South, Range 85use West of the 6th P.M., Ordinance 037-2014 Feesengineering for the tasks related No. to access, trafficEstablishing analysis and other support for the project, including PUD support work for theTownship property and amendments at a purchase price of $12.5 million. (B) Carbondale paid 8140 Partners, LLC, approximately $1.8 million for engineering and planning services said strip having a Length ofrequired 23,818.81 Feet Grid.rezone a portion of the subject property to the “River Edge Colorado” planned unit development, a result of a multi-year Environmental Health plan Department to the PUD. Preliminary documentsand wereRepealing completed and prepared for Garfield County submittal. Services included engineering design support to successfully The State Number forwith theGarfield County. (C) Carbondale paid approximately $74,000 to secure and retain its contract rights to water with the Basalt and Replacing Resolution No. 064-2010 for transportation facilities required for access to and within the properties, site development support, and offsite improvements suchParcel as waterIdentification and entitlement process property is (various) 2643-051-00-033. The appliwastewater. In addition supplementon aerial and ground17, survey services to support this project were provided. HDR also provided services Waterinspection ConservancyinDistrict. (D) Carbondale has paid approximately $600,000 to project managers to pursue the required land-use entitlements and cationengineering is available for public the The following Resolutions December for a traffic engineering study and obtaining the necessary access permitting to provide access from the state highway system to the project site. HDR approvals. (E)City Carbondale Community Development Department, Hall, engaged the law firm of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP to assist with land use entitlement, contract negotiations 2014: 130 S. Galena St.,for Aspen, Comments provided traffic and roadway design, environmental, geotechnical, structural design, survey and right-of way, and utility coordination services the CO with81611. the Roaring Fork Water and Sanitation District, access negotiations with the Roaring Fork Transit Authority and water rights matters, all related due by January 16,development 2015. ForoffurResolution No. 117-2014 an Intergovdesign improvements requiredApproving on the state highway system, the access road into the proposed development, and a crossingorofobjections the RFTA rail corridor. to the the subject property. Carbondale incurred fees of approximately $687,000. (F) Carbondale engaged DAS Environmental to ther information Clarke at the Pitkin ernmental with Health Fees paid toAgreement HDR Engineering for thisCare work Policy totaled and approximately $527,300. (I) Carbondale engaged the law firm of Miller Rosenbluth, contact LLC to Lance perform work on the property at an approximate cost of $98,000. (G) Carbondale engaged other consulting experts in support of its land use Community Development Department (970) Financing for the County Medicaid Incentive Proassist established to assist with the financing, ownership and development entitlement effort, including firms specializing in economic analysis, surveying, and engineering, at a cost of more than $150,000. (H) HDR gram with the formation and operation of the Cattle Creek Metropolitan District,PUBLIC NOTICE amount of $139,000. 920-5452. of infrastructure on the property. Carbondale incurred attorneys’ fees in this effort in the approximate (J)Mirte Resource Engineering, Engineering performed a number of tasks related to access, traffic analysis and other engineering support for the project, including PUD support work s/, Mallory NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE GENERAL Chair for an application to Resolution 118-2014 - Approvingservices an IntergovInc. providedNo. water resource engineering for the project, including the development of a MATTERS water supplyOF planINand support for the property and amendments to the PUD. Preliminary plan documents were completed and prepared for Garfield County submittal. Services PUBLIC OF THE FOLLOWING Pitkin County Planning and Zoning ernmental Agreement for of Financial of the change the point of diversion the Statonsupport Ditch water rights, at TEREST a cost of approximately $29,000. (K) Carbondale paid the Roaring Fork Conservancy includedCommission engineering design support for transportation facilities required for access to and within the properties, site development support, and offsite REGARDING THE PITKIN COUNTY Colorado West Regional Health dba approximately $187,000 in Mental connection withCenter, the management of BOARD the conservation easement located on the portion of the property that adjoins the improvements such as water and wastewater. In addition supplement aerial and ground survey services to support this project were provided. HDR OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE THE Mind Springs Health Detox Center, Operated in Roaring Fork River. (L) Carbondale negotiated and executed a Pre-Inclusion Agreement with the Roaring Fork Water andBOARD Sanitation District for the also provided engineering services for a traffic engineering study and obtaining the necessary access permitting to provide access from the state OF ADJUSTMENT: Pitkin County ·Unless otherwise all for regular and special provision of water and wastewater services to the property. Carbondale reimbursednotified the district its costs incurred in that effort, as well as its costs highway system to the project site. HDR provided traffic and roadway design, environmental, geotechnical, structural design, survey and right-of meetings will be held in the Board of County ComHighway Setback Variance forcoordination services for the design improvements required on the state highway system, the access road into the proposed Resolution No. 119-2014 - Approving incurred in reviewing the proposed designs an for Intergovwater and wastewater infrastructure to serve the project.Room, In total, Carbondale reimbursed the district way, and utility missioners, Plaza One Conference 530 E RE:Arterial 951 Brush Creek Road, Aspen ernmental Agreement forCarbondale Provisionsuccessfully of Public and approximately $82,000. (M) rezonedMain approximately 160 acres of the 240-acre property to the River Edge PUD. Carbondale’s development, and a crossing of the RFTA rail corridor. Fees paid to HDR Engineering for this work totaled approximately $527,300. (I) Carbondale St, Aspen Lot 6, Block 1, Filingengaged 1, Brush Creek Environmental Health have Services counsel and consultants been pursuing an amendment to that PUD to account for a relocated access drive from SH82.AKA (N) Carbondale, together the law firm Vilof Miller Rosenbluth, LLC to assist with the formation and operation of the Cattle Creek Metropolitan District, established to ·All is regular meeting items at 12:00 or eastlage with its affiliate CountyInitial Commercial pursuing the rezoning of begin the portion of the p.m., property of the RFTA trail corridor assist with the financing, ownership and development of infrastructure on the property. Carbondale incurred attorneys’ fees in this effort in the (Case 01-2015) Resolution No.Garfield 120 - Setting AirportInvestments, Fees and LLC, as soon thereafter as the conduct of business alto commercial uses. (O) Carbondale successfully pursued several water rights applications, including those in Case Nos. 07CW164 and 08CW198, approximate amount of $139,000. (J) Resource Engineering, Inc. provided water resource engineering services for the project, including the Charges for 2015 l o w s . C h e c k a g e n d a a t NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public which amended and supplemented certain aspects of the water rights available to serve the property, with afor change in the point of diversion development of ahearing water supply plan and support for an application to change the point of diversion of the Staton Ditch water rights, at a cost of http://www.aspenpitkin.com or calltogether 920-5200 will be held on Tuesday, January 13, $29,000. 2015, to(K) Carbondale paid the Roaring Fork Conservancy approximately $187,000 in connection with the management of the NOTICE OF CONTRACTOR'S SETTLEMENT of Carbondale’s Staton Ditch water rights in Case No. 13CW19. Claim to make absolute: N/A. Name and address of owner of land on which approximately meeting times for special meetings. begin It atis5:30pm, or as soon thereafter as the (FINAL structure PAYMENT): for the water storage right is located: Carbondale Investments, LLC, 5121 Park Lane, Dallas, Texas 75220. Remarks: not anticipated conservation easement located on the portion of the property that adjoins the Roaring Fork River. (L) Carbondale negotiated and executed a Preconduct of business allows, in the Commissioner's of the text does of any resolution(s) and orthat LakeisNo. 5 will given intercept groundwater. if it is·Copies determined that full the lake intercept groundwater, Applicant will line Lakein No. 5 in Inclusion506 Agreement with the Roaring Fork Water and Sanitation District for the provision of water and wastewater services to the property. Meeting Room the Courthouse, East Main Notice hereby that the BoardHowever, of County dinance(s) referred to are available during regular accordance with the of the Office ofhereinthe State Engineer. In the alternative, Applicant may obtain a well permit pursuant to C.R.S. §37-the Pitkin Carbondale reimbursed the district for its costs incurred in that effort, as well as its costs incurred in reviewing the proposed designs for water and Street, Aspen, before County Board of Commissioners of lining Pitkincriteria County, Colorado, business hours (8:30 - 4:30) in the Clerk and Re- Adjustment, to consider an application submitted after thein"Board," shall make final thestorage 90-137, which case Applicant shall settlement abandon thefor water right claimed and Main shall apply for Suite underground rights and an amended wastewater infrastructure to serve the project. In total, Carbondale reimbursed the district approximately $82,000. (M) Carbondale successfully corder's office, herein, 530 East Street, 101, water by Matthew Smith, 951 Brush Creek Rd, Aspen, work contracted to be into done on the project known augmentation plan taking consideration lagged depletions. (8 pgs). rezoned approximately 160 A s p e n , C o l o r a d o 8 1 6 1 1 o r a t CO 81611, requesting an Arterial Highway Setback acres of the 240-acre property to the River Edge PUD. Carbondale’s counsel and consultants have been pursuing an as Improvements toNOTIFIED the Aspen/Pitkin County Air-until YOU ARE HEREBY THAT YOU HAVE the last day of JANUARY 2015 to file with the Water Clerk a verified Statement amendment to that PUD to account for a relocated access drive from SH82. (N) Carbondale, together with its affiliate Garfield County Commercial http://aspenpitkin.com/Whats-New-/CalendarVariance where 100' is required from the Brush port, AIP Project No. 3-08-0003-49 Schedule IV - Events/ of Opposition setting forth facts as on to why this application should not be granted or why it should be granted in partCreek or on certain conditions. forInvestments, LLC, of is pursuing the rezoning of the portion of the property east of the RFTA trail corridor to commercial uses. (O) Carbondale Road right-of-way, the construction an Install Crack Seal and Fog Seal Runway 15/33, A copy of such statement of opposition mustand also"B8" be served upon the applicant or the applicant’s attorney and anattached affidavit or certificate successfully pursued several water rights applications, garage. Thisofparcel contains 2.749 acres Connector Taxiways "A1" Through "A9" PUBLICincluding NOTICEthose in Case Nos. 07CW164 and 08CW198, which amended and supplemented NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE THE and isWater located in the AR-10 zone district. State Through "B9", and "A"Clerk, from as "A8" RE:available PITKINtoCOUNTY CENTERtogether SUBDIVISION such service shall be Parallel filed withTaxiway the Water prescribed by RuleAND 5, CRCP. (Filing Fee: $158.00) KATHY HALL, Clerk, Water certain aspectsThe of the water rights serve the property, with a change in the point of diversion of Carbondale’s Staton Ditch water PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION: Parcel Identification Number forinthis is to "A9" 5; and (Non-Federal) - Install SUBDIVISION & REZONING Division 109Schedule 8th Street,VSuite 104 Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 rights Caseproperty No. 13CW19. ClaimMAJOR to make absolute: N/A. Name and address of owner of land on which structure for the water storage right is Crack Seal, Fog Seal, and Asphalt Patching on RE:Aspen Valley Ranch to Brush Creek Road 264328202010. located: Carbondale Investments, LLC, 5121 Park Lane, Dallas, Texas 75220. Remarks: It is not anticipated that Lake Nos. 1-4 will intercept Landside Roadways and Parking Lots, Apply Sur- 10" Gas Line Location and Extent Review NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing 16. PURSUANT TOGravel C.R.S.,Areas, §37-92-302, AS AMENDED, YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT THE FOLLOWING PAGESinformation COMPRISEcontact groundwater. However,atif it is determined lakes doJanuary intercept groundwater, will line the lakes in accordance with the lining criteria For further Joanna Schaffner face Treatment to Existing to Maxwill be held that on the Monday, 12, 2015, atApplicant a (Case #P104-14; FILED PID 2643-042-00-033) A RESUME THE APPLICATIONS AND AMENDED APPLICATIONS WITH THE WATER CLERK FOR WATER DIVISIONDevelopment of the Office of the State Engineer. In to thebegin alternative, Applicant may obtain well permit pursuant to C.R.S. §37-90-137, in which case Applicant the Pitkin Community Department, well Asphalt,OF Inc., hereinafter the "Contractor," on meeting at 5:00 p.m. before theaAspen (970) or after January 12 2015. OF Cityright Council, Council CityforHall, 130 S. water rights and an amended augmentation plan taking into 5 DURING THE MONTH NOVEMBER 2014. The IS water right claimed thisa application may affect in920-5105. priority any water shall abandon the water storage claimed herein, Chambers, and shall apply underground NOTICE HEREBY GIVENby that public hearing Pitkin County Board of Adjustment Galena St., Aspen, to consider an application subright claimed or heretofore adjudicated within this division of Tuesday, affected rights must appear to object consideration lagged depletions. (8 pgs). willand beowners held on February 3, 2015 at a and protest within the time Any person, co-partnership, association mitted THAT by theYOU PitkinHAVE County Board of County Comprovided by statute, or be forever barred. of persons, regular meeting to begin at 5:00 p.m. or as soon YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED until the last day of JANUARY 2015 to file with the Water Clerk a verified Statement company or corporation that has furnished labor, thereafter as the conduct of business allows, be- N O T I C E O F A P P L I C A T I O N S T O B E missioners (530 E. Main Street, 3rd Floor, Aspen, 14CW3141 Carbondale Investments,provisions, LLC, c/o Ted Skokos, 5121 Park Lane, Dallas, Texas 75220, Telephone: (214) CONSIDERED 600-0000; Please send all COMMUNITY of Opposition setting forth facts as to whyrepresented this application shouldClauson not be granted materials, team hire, sustenance, provBY THE DEVELCO 81611), by Stan Associ-or why it should be granted in part or on certain conditions. th fore the Pitkin County Planning and Zoning Compleadings correspondence to Applicants’ counsel: Wayne Forman and John Helfrich, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, 410 17 Street, A copy of such statement ofates, opposition also be located served upon the and applicant or the applicant’s attorney and an affidavit or certificate of ender, orand other supplies used or consumed by the for themust properties at 506 530 E. mission, Plaza One Conference Room, 530 E. OPMENT DIRECTOR Contractor or its CO subcontractors in or223-1100; about the Main The applicant is requesting Major(Filing Fee: $158.00) KATHY HALL, Water Clerk, Water Suite 2200, Denver, 80202; Phone: (303) Fax: Main (303) 223-1111; Email: wforman@bhfs.com, APPLICATION such service shall be filed with theStreet. Water Clerk, as prescribed by Rule 5, CRCP. St., Aspen to consider an applicationjhelfrich@bhfs.com. submit- RE:Clark performance of the Project contractedPITKIN, to be done Family Trust Activity Envelope and Subdivision and Rezoning reviews to merge the FOR WATER RIGHTS IN GARFIELD, SUMMIT AND EAGLE COUNTIES. Name of structures: Bair Chase Lakes Nos. 1-4. Date Division 5; 109 8th Street, Suite 104 Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 ted by Source Gas (821 21 ½ Road, Grand Junc- Site Plan Review (Case P109-14) or that supplies machinery, tools,dated or equiptwo lots into one, vacate a portion of right-of-way, of Original Decree:rental Case No. 2001CW0189; November 4, 2008; District requesting Court, Waterapproval Division 5,toColorado. CO 81505) extend a Subsequent decrees awarding ment to the extent used in the prosecution of the tion, and rezone the entire new lot to Public. The propgasbeline through Creek from findings of diligence: N/A. Legal description: Lake Nos. 1-4 will located within Woody the Development. TheAspen precise size and specific locations ofGIVEN Published in application the Aspen Timeserties Weekly 19, 2014 as: Project, whose claim therefor has not been paid by 10" NOTICE IS HEREBY that an areDecember legally described Valley Ranch Road to the Brush Creek Intercept the Contractor or its subcontractors shall file with Lot. The properties are legally described as a strip has been submitted by Clark Family Trust (PO Box the Board written verified notice of such claims at of land crossing Cozy Point, CDOT, Aspen Mass #245, Snowmass, CO 81654) requesting approval 530 E. Main Street - Lots Q, R, and the westerly Public Notice any time up to and including the time of final set- Ranch, Smith Hill Way, McLain Flats Road, W/J to establish an Activity Envelope and obtain Site 7.5 feet of Lot S, Block 92, City and Townsite of tlement first stated above or forever waive any and Ranch, Aspen Raceway, Elam Subdivision, Rio Plan Review approval to realign a portion of the Aspen, Lots 11, 12 and the westerly 7.5 feet of Lot NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT all claims, without limitation, pursuant to C.R.S. § Grande Trail, Woody Creek Road, Chaparral As- driveway and construct an agricultural equipment 10, Block 19, East Aspen Addition to the City and 38-26-107, as amended, against the Board of pen, GSH Ranch Holdings and Aspen Valley storage building. The property is located at 7039 E Townsite of Aspen, County of Pitkin, State of ColoAfter thirty(30) days from December 25th, 2014, County Commissioners, Pitkin County, Colorado Ranch, located in Sections 5, 8, 9, 16, and 21, Sopris Creek Road and is legally described as Lot rado. Parcel ID 2737-073-24-004. the Aspen Consolidated Sanitation District, Owner, and the Project. Capitol and Elk Creek Subdivision. The State Township 9 South, Range 85 West of the 6th P.M., 1 will pay to 7.30 Inc. dba Western Pipeway, the full Parcel Identification Number for the property is 506 E. Main Street Lot 1, First Amended Plat of said strip having a Length of 23,818.81 Feet Grid. All claims must be addressed as follows: Board of The State Parcel Identification Number for the 2645-032-02-001. The application is available for Lot 1, Pitkin County Center Subdivision according balance due on the Contract "Aspen Consolidated County Commissioners c/o Mr. Brian Grefe, As- property is (various) 2643-051-00-033. The appli- public inspection in the Pitkin County Community to the plat recorded in Plat Book 93 at Page 56, Sanitation District: Ute Avenue Sewer Replacesistant Director of Aviation, Administration, 0233 E. cation is available for public inspection in the Development Department, City Hall, 130 S. Galena County of Pitkin, State of Colorado. Parcel ID ment". All persons having claims for labor, rentals, services, or materials furnished under this pipeline Airport Road, E. Concourse, Suite A, Aspen, Colo- Community Development Department, City Hall, St., Aspen, CO 81611. Comments or objections 2737-073-47-851. contract, who shall not have been paid herefor rado 81611. re due by January 26, 2015. For further 130 S. Galena St., Aspen, CO 81611. Comments a shall present the same to Owner in writing and verinformation, contact Suzanne Wolff at (970) For further information, contact Justin Barker at the or objections due by January 16, 2015. For furJeanette Jones, Deputy County Clerk City of Aspen Community Development Depart- ified prior to the date specified above, or the Owninformation contact Lance Clarke at the Pitkin 920-5093. er shall be free of all liabilities for attempting to obPublished in the Aspen Times Weekly on Decem- ther ment, 130 S. Galena St., Aspen, CO, (970) Community Development Department (970) Jeanette Jones, Deputy County Clerk tain payment to such persons by the Contractor. ber 25, 2014 (10810586) 429.2797, justin.barker@cityofaspen.com. 920-5452. P u b l i s h e d i n t h e A s p e n T i m e s W e e k l y o n s/, Mirte Mallory Published Aspen Times Weekly: December 25th December 25, 2014 (10810539) s/ Steven Skadron PUBLIC NOTICE Chair 2014, January 1, 2015. (10802534) Aspen City Council NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE GENERAL Pitkin County Planning and Zoning Commission PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC OF THE FOLLOWING MATTERS OF INRE: CARRY-FORWARD OF 2014 GROWTH Published in the Aspen Times on December 25, TEREST REGARDING THE PITKIN COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE THE MANAGEMENT ALLOTMENTS 2014 (10810190) BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT: ·Unless otherwise notified all regular and special meetings will be held in the Board of County Commissioners, Plaza One Conference Room, 530 E Main St, Aspen ·All regular meeting items begin at 12:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the conduct of business all o w s . C h e c k a g e n d a a t http://www.aspenpitkin.com 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://aspenpitkin.com/Whats-New-/CalendarEvents/ NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION: RE:Aspen Valley Ranch to Brush Creek Road 10" Gas Line Location and Extent Review (Case #P104-14; PID 2643-042-00-033) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at a regular meeting to begin at 5:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the conduct of business allows, before the Pitkin County Planning and Zoning Commission, Plaza One Conference Room, 530 E. Main St., Aspen to consider an application submitted by Source Gas (821 21 ½ Road, Grand Junction, CO 81505) requesting approval to extend a 10" gas line through Woody Creek from Aspen Valley Ranch Road to the Brush Creek Intercept Lot. The properties are legally described as a strip of land crossing Cozy Point, CDOT, Aspen Mass Ranch, Smith Hill Way, McLain Flats Road, W/J Ranch, Aspen Raceway, Elam Subdivision, Rio Grande Trail, Woody Creek Road, Chaparral Aspen, GSH Ranch Holdings and Aspen Valley Ranch, located in Sections 5, 8, 9, 16, and 21, Township 9 South, Range 85 West of the 6th P.M.,

RE:Arterial Highway Setback Variance for 951 Brush Creek Road, Aspen AKA Lot 6, Block 1, Filing 1, Brush Creek Village (Case 01-2015) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held on Tuesday, January 13, 2015, to begin at 5:30pm, or as soon thereafter as the conduct of business allows, in the Commissioner's Meeting Room in the Courthouse, 506 East Main Street, Aspen, before the Pitkin County Board of Adjustment, to consider an application submitted by Matthew Smith, 951 Brush Creek Rd, Aspen, CO 81611, requesting an Arterial Highway Setback Variance where 100' is required from the Brush Creek Road right-of-way, for the construction of an attached garage. This parcel contains 2.749 acres and is located in the AR-10 zone district. The State Parcel Identification Number for this property is 264328202010. For further information contact Joanna Schaffner at the Pitkin Community Development Department, (970) 920-5105. Pitkin County Board of Adjustment NOTICE OF APPLICATIONS TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR RE:Clark Family Trust Activity Envelope and Site Plan Review (Case P109-14) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an application has been submitted by Clark Family Trust (PO Box #245, Snowmass, CO 81654) requesting approval to establish an Activity Envelope and obtain Site Plan Review approval to realign a portion of the driveway and construct an agricultural equipment storage building. The property is located at 7039 E Sopris Creek Road and is legally described as Lot 1 Capitol and Elk Creek Subdivision. The State Parcel Identification Number for the property is 2645-032-02-001. The application is available for

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held on Monday, January 12, 2015, at a meeting to begin at 5:00 p.m. before the Aspen City Council, Council Chambers, City Hall, 130 S. Galena St., Aspen, to consider if any Growth Management Allotments from 2014 shall be carried forward and added to the 2015 Annual Allotment. For further information, contact Jessica Garrow at the City of Aspen Community Development Department, 130 S. Galena St., Aspen, CO, (970) 429.2780, jessica.garrow@cityofaspen.com.

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s/Steven Skadron, Mayor Aspen City Council Published in the Aspen Times on December 25, 2014(10810372) PUBLIC NOTICE RE: PITKIN COUNTY CENTER SUBDIVISION MAJOR SUBDIVISION & REZONING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held on Monday, January 12, 2015, at a meeting to begin at 5:00 p.m. before the Aspen City Council, Council Chambers, City Hall, 130 S. Galena St., Aspen, to consider an application submitted by the Pitkin County Board of County Commissioners (530 E. Main Street, 3rd Floor, Aspen, CO 81611), represented by Stan Clauson Associates, for the properties located at 506 and 530 E. Main Street. The applicant is requesting Major Subdivision and Rezoning reviews to merge the two lots into one, vacate a portion of right-of-way, and rezone the entire new lot to Public. The properties are legally described as: 530 E. Main Street - Lots Q, R, and the westerly 7.5 feet of Lot S, Block 92, City and Townsite of Aspen, Lots 11, 12 and the westerly 7.5 feet of Lot 10, Block 19, East Aspen Addition to the City and Townsite of Aspen, County of Pitkin, State of Colorado. Parcel ID 2737-073-24-004. 506 E. Main Street - Lot 1, First Amended Plat of

Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT After thirty(30) days from December 25th 2014, the Aspen Consolidated Sanitation District, Owner, will pay to 7.30 Inc. dba Western Pipeway, the full balance due on the Contract "Aspen Consolidated Sanitation District: "Aspen Airport Business Center B-Line Sewer Replacement". All persons having claims for labor, rentals, services, or materials furnished under this pipeline contract, who shall not have been paid herefor shall present the same to Owner in writing and verified prior to the date specified above, or the Owner shall be free of all liabilities for attempting to obtain payment to such persons by the Contractor.

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‘FOURTH OF JULY CREEK’ “FOURTH OF JULY CREEK,” the robust debut of Portland-based novelist Smith Henderson, follows the life of Pete Snow, a state social worker in the fictional town of Tenmile, Montana. At work, Snow is steady and skillful, able to calm frightened children and parse messy domestic situations. But after hours, he’s an alcoholic prone to unbridled benders, alienated from his own land-baron dad and fugitive brother. He has lived in an isolated cabin ever since he left his cheating wife. One day in the early 1980s, a disheveled child named Benjamin wanders into the town, west of Glacier National Park. Pete buys Benjamin new clothes and medicine for giardia and scurvy and returns him to the remote spot the boy calls home. Benjamin’s father, Jeremiah, a wild-bearded, scripture-quoting, shotgun-toting survivalist, collects by JOEL FAGLIANO / edited by WILL SHORTZ

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| 12.20.14 | Aspen | THE USPA PIAGET WORLD SNOW POLO CHAMPIONSHIP TOOK OVER RIO GRANDE PARK, WITH PIAGET WINNING THE TROPHY OVER U.S. POLO ASSN. IN THE FINAL MATCH. THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR THAT THE ASPEN VALLEY POLO CLUB HAS ORGANIZED THE 15-YEAR-OLD TOURNAMENT, WHICH IS SANCTIONED BY THE UNITED STATES POLO ASSOCIATION AND THE WORLD POLO TOUR. THE EVENT WILL BE TELEVISED ON NBC SPORTS NETWORK AT 2 P.M. DEC. 27 OR CHECK OUT WWW.WORLDSNOWPOLO.NET FOR MORE INFORMATION.

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5 bedrooms, 5 full, 2 half baths, 6,050 sq ft Direct ski-in/ski-out access Views to the Continental Divide Fabulous game room for hours of fun Impeccably maintained by the builder, it will bring many years of enjoyment World-class skiing in the winter Summer is perfect for hiking and biking This private home is located just ten minutes from Aspen and its cultural, dining and shopping amenities 8 fireplaces provide ambiance $11,900,000 $9,895,000 Chris Lewis | 970.379.2369

This Starwood Property Has It All!

Red Mountain with Stunning Views!

Serene Mountain Living in Horse Ranch

7 bedrooms, 8 baths, 9,307 sq ft Barn for horses or toys, amazing views Guest/caretaker wing, gym, media room $13,900,000 Carol Dopkin | 970.618.0187 www.StarwoodEquestrianEstate.info

Very private location, lovely outdoor spaces 5 bedrooms, 5.5 baths, 4,683 sq ft 636 sq ft 4-car garage $8,995,000 Furnished Craig Morris | 970.379.9795 Maureen Stapleton | 970.948.9331

5 bedrooms, 5.5 baths, 4,998 sq ft Main floor master, 5 fireplaces Beautifully planned and elegantly crafted $4,600,000 Furnished Becky Dombrowski | 970.618.0960 Anne White | 970.379.6876

Great Snowmass Ski Slope Opportunity

The Finest Roaring Fork River Views

4 bedrooms, 4 baths, media room, 3,862 sq ft Easy ski-in/ski-out access from Two Creeks Unobstructed views of Ski Area and creek Impeccably furnished, 4 bedroom suites $3,795,000 Furnished Garrett Reuss | 970.379.3458

5 bedrooms, 4 baths, 3,563 sq ft 4.57 acres with PRIVATE fishing access Guest house Endless views up and down the river $2,900,000 Doug Leibinger | 970.379.9045

The Perfect Mid-Valley Location 5 bedrooms, 4 baths, 5,836 sq ft Located on 5 wooded and private acres Majestic views of the Elk Mountain Range $2,750,000 Furnished Terry Rogers | 970.379.2443 Greg Didier | 970.379.3980

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