DENVER, COLORADO-DECEMBER 19, 2006- Cortlandt Dietler <cq> is this year's Citizen of the West. PHOTO BY HELEN H. RICHARDSON [Getty Images]

DENVER, COLORADO-DECEMBER 19, 2006- Cortlandt Dietler <cq> is this year's Citizen of the West. PHOTO BY HELEN H. RICHARDSON (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

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