Archive for November, 2009
Monday November 30, 2009
It was a very hard and fast race course on Aspen Mountain for the weekend’s world cup competitions----several crashes as the U.S. women’s team failed to make it to the second round. 24 year old Sarka Zahrobska of the Czech Republic came out on top for the second consecutive year.
It’s the real estate broker’s show every Tuesday on KSNO at nine a.m. Our guest tomorrow: taking a break from the business due to the recession: agent Jackie Chenowith…a long time representative in the mid-valley.
Chenowith will describe what it’s like to survive in the tough economy---and her plans to ramp up activity in real estate as the economy recovers.
On Tuesday December 8th-----we’ll interview Bennet Bramson---a broker with the Fleisher Company.
The indoors farmer’s market at Willets is taking off----with several hundred shoppers making their way into a 1500 square foot space next to Kitchen Collage on Saturday------the developers decided a few weeks ago to try letting the popular markets continue through the winter months----indoors.
KUUR, which you can hear at 101.1 fm in Aspen, 96.7 fm in Basalt and Carbondale and 107.7 f.m. in Glenwood springs and Rifle---is drawing attention to the twelve days of Christmas-----a non-stop music blitz of holiday cheer: happy and sentimental----music to fit the holiday. That program starts on December 14th---and will continue through Christmas day.
Check it out.
KUUR also will stream the broadcast online at aspenglenwood.com
Send your news tips and opinions to news@aspenglenwood.com, and listen to KUUR and KSNO radio!
November 30th, 2009
The Hudson Reed Ensemble will present a staged reading of Elizabeth Aley’s one act play, PARADOX COLORADO Friday, December 4th in the Old Youth Center building at 7 p.m. in Aspen. Free admission.
Aley’s one act play dives headlong into the western slope gas drilling controversy which has become a heated political debate due to the proliferation of gas drilling rigs on the western I-70 corridor.
A great influx of drilling equipment, roads and workers has deeply divided folks in a small rural community on the Western Slope in this humorous and thought provoking tale of greed and glory. The debate is joined by a colorful array of ten characters that each have a stake in whether the town sells out or tries to maintain it’s ranching based economy and traditions.
Buck Anderson, owner of a rundown gas station in town, is counting on money his grandparents stand to make off selling gas drilling rights on their land. However, Verle, Buck’s scruffy sidekick and sometime employee, is worried about the impact drilling will have on the health and environment of the town and their neighbors.
Meanwhile, Buck & Verle’s girlfriends, Rhonda and Darlene are scheming on how to spend some of that money on the town at the Dance & Prance.
Playwright, Elisabeth Aley, a longtime resident of Aspen, has been a reporter for the Aspen Times in the early fifties, a stringer for the Denver Post and later a feature writer for Aspen Today, and the Snowmass Sun. Aley is also a past president of the Aspen Writer’s Conference.
The play has won has won the Roaring Fork Valley Annual Playwright Series.
This reading is a part of the Anita Rosenau Memorial Playwright’s Project.
November 27th, 2009
Of course, it goes without saying that Marilyn Marks and campaign treasurer Elizabeth Milias are not about to go away just because the Aspen City Council pulled the plug on the Election Commission. A technicality is all it took, but the ramifications are far-reaching:
(1) Marks and Milias burned their political capital and then some in a misbegotten attempt to reform a system that should simply be thrown out as unworkable....
Continue Reading November 24th, 2009
Herewith key excerpts from the email correspondence between Marilyn Marks, Election Commissioners Elizabeth Milias, Chris Bryan, and Kathryn Koch--and others.
Continue Reading November 23rd, 2009
My distaste for Marilyn Marks is no secret and it includes my disdain for anyone who unrepentantly disregards the truth. Much as I detest what she stands for, I have tried to keep my criticism tied tightly to things she has done that disgrace the body politic, as in the ongoing Election Commission fiasco, whereby her cries of the common good were swallowed whole only by those determined to get fooled again and again.
All of that is prelude to saying Marilyn Marks plays dirty--and I'm going to tell you how.
Continue Reading November 20th, 2009
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet presents The Nutcracker, December 5th, 2pm & 7:30pm and December 6th, 1pm & 5pm
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet’s presentation of The Nutcracker is a magical journey not to be missed. Children of all ages will marvel at this sumptuous production with its magnificent sets and thrilling dance.
Classic in choreography, costume and story, with a wonderful circus-like twist, ASFB's Nutcracker features professional Aspen Santa Fe Ballet dancers and many guest artists. Year after year, families cherish this whimsical holiday tradition.
Performances are held at Aspen District Theatre at 7:30 pm unless otherwise noted. Tickets start at $20 and can be purchased by contacting Aspen Show Tickets: 970-920-5770 or toll-free 866-449-0464, stopping by the box office (Aspen Show Tickets at the Wheeler Opera House) or going online: www.aspensantafeballet.com.
To request photos, please contact:
Jennica Lundin
Director of Marketing
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
970-925-7175; 970-925-1127 fax
jennica@aspensantafeballet.com
www.aspensantafeballet.com
November 19th, 2009
Aspen Times columnist Andy Stone, a former editor of the paper, takes his successors to task, albeit mildly, for not reporting on the Marilyn Marks/Elizabeth Milias Election Commission brouhaha:
These days the editors of The Aspen Times — two talented, dedicated, honest, hard-working men — are deeply restricted by savage cuts in the paper's editorial staff, the sad result of the ongoing national recession.
The paper has not been able to assign a reporter to get that job done. That reporter would have to read all the e-mails and read the court filings and sit down and interview Jack Johnson, Marilyn Marks (and Elizabeth Milias and City Clerk Kathryn Koch and election commissioner Chris Bryan and ... you get the idea). And maybe talk to some of them twice. And cross-check what they said. And challenge questionable statements. And then pull it all together in a solid, comprehensible story that explained what was going on, specified provable facts and demolished half-truths and evasions.
Continue Reading November 19th, 2009
Thursday November 19, 2009
It’s not expected, at this time, for any local flight disruptions, but at DIA and connecting flights today there may be some upset as the FAA center in Atlanta recovers from a major computer glitch---which is slowing things down.
The computer system for the nation’s air traffic is sometimes described as antique-----and this is the second incident of major computer problems in the last 15 months.
The nation’s heaviest travel season is coming up----starting with Thanksgiving Day…..and it’s hoped, say flight controllers, that this current problem may act as a red flag to debug the system in time for the crush of holiday traffic.
Three cats owned by Richard Moreau are up for adoption. The Eagle valley animal rescue says the prime murder suspect in the shooting death of Carbondale’s Dr. Gary Bruce Kitching on November seventh----in west vail, has signed over ownership of the animals--------no takers yet.
November 19th, 2009
Law enforcement officials in the Roaring Fork Valley are abuzz with news of the botched investigation of Aspen local Cheryl Ann Lurie, 54, the Aspen local found dead near the Pitkin County Library.
Cheryl Ann Lurie died of a “blunt force trauma to the head. The manner [of death] is undetermined,” according to the Pitkin County Coroner's Office--but the issue plaguing the investigation is the failure of Aspen Police to immediately secure the crime scene.
The scene was unsecured by Aspen Police for more than 24 hours: not until Tuesday night was the Pitkin County location treated as a true crime scene.
November 18th, 2009
Many of you don't know that I am a personal trainer. I am also teaching Power Fitness (boot camp type) classes I designed, at the WIN Institute 10:30 -11:30 AM Tuesdays and Thursdays, and Saturdays at 9:30 AM. I am generally very fit and healthy. I just got over the flu, I am not sure which one it was. The influenza viruses attack muscular tissue. My resting pulse rate went from 40-41 to 49-50. I lost 8-9 lbs, considerable aerobic fitness capacity and anaerobic glycolysis capacity, I can't tolerate as much "burn" as before. Near maximal strength appears to be relatively intact.
I mention this because the flu is nothing to dismiss. Your health, wellness and fitness going into the flu, if you are unlucky enough to get it, are very important. I can see how ones health could be very seriously compromised. For the first time, I wish I had taken a flu shot.
November 18th, 2009
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