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Then again, so does a whole sleeve of Thin Mints. “Because of the pandemic, I mean, it’s like, people are even more excited they’re like, ‘all right, give me five boxes instead of two,’” said Heather Merritt Gentry, the troop leader for Aspen Girl Scout Brownie Troop 15014. Local cookie hounds won’t find their fix at the usual booths outside grocery stores or near the gondola plaza this season. The Aspen troop took a COVID-cautious virtual approach with online ordering and options for contactless delivery or shipping to customers. “We are setting an example for our girls in Girl Scouts to make socially responsible decisions, and to do the right thing for our community,” Merritt Gentry said. “At times like this, as much our girls want to be out selling cookies and it’s the highlight of the year, we thought it was much more important to teach them the value of respecting what our communities need and being … upstanding citizens.” ....