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Eat Zawadi. Seriously.You need to eat Zawadi, stat.

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Mmm. Beef samosas, packed with, well ... beef, with a hint of spice, wrapped in a perfectly-fried pastry shell. The mango chutney, for dipping, with its own set of interesting flavors and sizable chunks of mango in the mix.

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If you, like us, are elated whenever a new restaurant opens — especially one specializing in a type of food that’s hard to come by in the Four Corners — we have good news. Eat Zawadi, specializing in traditional African cuisine, has opened in Durango.

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From the blog News from our site on the interwebs you may have missed suddenly announce mandatory masks orders for public places.

While most people don’t mind making a store run in a mask, wearing one for up to two hours in a building with recycled air might be a bigger turn-off. On top of this, studios probably are not completely comfortable with the fact that theater chains will be restricted to only 50% capacity during showings.

While it appeared more people were comfortable venturing outside regularly earlier this month, the mask order now seems to have influenced some people back into quarantine mode. Because of all this, I wouldn’t be surprised if future movie release dates became modified yet again before summer’s over.

Dino-riffic When it comes to new scientific discoveries, very few things are quite as exciting as the identification of new dinosaur species. As anyone who has ever been 6 years old will agree, dinosaurs are just cool. And having more species on the record just gives the imagination that many more tools to play with while imagining what the prehistoric world might have been like.

25 feet long. It weighed about 5 tons and lived about 75 million years ago. It likely browsed on shrubs and ferns in herds of up to two dozen individuals.

feet tall at the hip and 6 to 7 feet long. It totally hunted the same way its cousins do in the films. So there’s that.

The front and back of a parietal bone — the part that would extend back and up into the dinosaur’s skull frill — of a Navajoceratops.

With movies like “Black Widow” and “Mulan” from Disney, I’m guessing the mega-company is fine with holding back their new releases until autumn, as they’ve been doing pretty well with the popularity of Disney+ and merchandise An expedition to collect more fosin the meantime. Because Christopher sils in northwestern New Mexico was Nolan’s “Tenet” for Warner Bros. has supposed to be underway right now, held on this long to the month of July Steven Jasinski, curator of paleontology for release, I can picture them sticking and geology at the State Museum, told PennLive.com. But like everything else, it to the date and either making history as was delayed by the coronavirus pandem- the lowest opening weekend of all time, ic. It may resume this fall or sometime or the big weekend to bring back new next year. movies. “Wonder Women 1984”, “No —— Nick Gonzales Time to Die” and “Bill & Ted: Face the Music” might be wild cards for either holding back release or sticking to their Summer suckbusters? current dates.

Let’s play a game for the rest of the That’s where I am with the lack of summer. It’s called, ‘How Many Articles new film releases in the present world.

Can Megan Write That Become Dated Check back next week to see if anything Less Than a Week Later?’ After I wrote my piece on this summer not getting any sporadic occurs in the show business blockbusters, the movie theater busicommunity. Who knows, maybe another nesses were given the okay to re-open big-budget film will quickly be sold off to in the middle of June. Then I write a a streaming platform out of desperation follow-up to my original article going — like Columbia Pictures’ “Greyhound”, into the details of current movie releaswhich was sold to Apple in May. es planned for the rest of the summer season, but only for several states to —— Megan Bianco

The fossils that led paleontologists to identify Navajoceratops were collected in New Mexico in 2002 and hauled off It turns out the Four Corners, northto the State Museum of Pennsylvania, western New Mexico in particular, are where they’ve been analyzed since. a great place to dig them up. The Ojo The Badlands Dinosaur Museum at the Alamo geologic formation, found near Dickinson Museum Center in North Farmington, spans the Mesozoic/CeDakota made the announcement. From nozoic boundary – the delineation in a scientific standpoint, the discovery of time that separates the so-called Age of the new species is important because it Reptiles and Age of Mammals (we’re cur- helps fill in the fossil record. Navajocerrently living in the latter – sorry, reptilian atops and Terminocavis sealeyi, a similar overlords). recently-named dinosaur, help fill in an In fact, on June 5 a new species found evolutionary gap between Utahceratops in the region was officially named: Nava- and Anchiceratops. joceratops sullivani. It was named after Navajoceratops isn’t the only dinothe indigenous people of the area where saur from the region that was recently it was found and Robert Sullivan, the identified. In late March, the State leader of the expedition that dug it up.

Museum announced the discovery of It’s a member of the ceratopsid famiDineobellator notohesperis, a feathered ly – you’re probably most familiar with upright-standing dinosaur. These guys its relative, Triceratops – which all have were dromaeosaurids like their cousins, long frills on the backs of their skulls and the Velociraptors. It’s worth noting, horns on their faces.

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So with the on-going, ever-changing and unpredictable state of the present world, I’m going to predict on the fly which movies will be most likely to keep their current release plan and which will make yet another change in schedule.

were nowhere near as large as they are in the movies. Velociraptors are about turkey-sized, and Dineobellator was 3.5

Dineobellator notohesperis’ name literally means “Diné warrior of the Southwest.” Living about 66 million years ago, it was one of the last species of raptors alive before the mass extinction that killed it and all the dinosaurs (that hadn’t already evolved into birds).

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Eat Zawadi brings traditional African cuisine to the Four Corners

Eatery’s Chef Safari has been a staple around Durango since at least 2013 very fast.

If you, like us, are elated whenever a new restaurant opens — especially one specializing in a type of food that’s hard to come by in the Four Corners — we have good news. Eat Zawadi, specializing in traditional African cuisine, has opened in Durango.

Chef Arnold Ngumbao, aka Chef Safari, has been a staple of the Durango food scene for a while now. He originally came to the city as a guest chef at the Strater Hotel’s Mahogany Grille while working as the chef at a five-star resort in Zanzibar, Tanzania. In 2013, he took over as the executive chef of the hotel and has since also done stints at the DoubleTree Hotel and Manna’s culinary arts program.

According to the Eat Zawadi Facebook page, Safari began working on Zawadi with Grant Andrew, the current owner of the Smiley Cafe, in February, right before you-know-what happened. But now it’s open at both the Smiley Cafe on East Third Avenue and a location in College Plaza on East Eighth Avenue, depending on what meal you’re looking for. It’s open at Smiley for lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and for dinner on East Eighth Avenue from 4 to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

As soon as we found out about the African eatery’s existence, we had to try it and ordered a three-course dinner.

Safari says the food is “Good Crazy,” and

The sides, couscous and sautéed greens, didn’t last much longer than the lamb curry.

The thing that stood out about the couscous were the cashews and yellow raisins, which added a savory and fruity aspect to the steamed semolina, even when it was eaten in separate forkfuls from the rest of the meal.

The collard greens, sautéed in what we’re guessing was butter, based on the flavor, with a little bit of onion, also complemented the entrée. The ever-so-slightly bitter vegetable taste balanced out the rest of the dish.

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»» Clockwise from left: Eat Zawadi’s Spicy Moroccan Lamb with couscous and sautéed greens, Papaya Coconut Treasure, and two Beef Samosas. If you’re basing your order off this photo, note that this is the half-order of the Spicy Moroccan Lamb.

“zawadi” is the Swahili word for “gift.” So we gifted ourselves with some food togo. (It’s all to-go at the dinner location.)

For an appetizer, we chose the beef samosas, which are packed with, well ... beef, with a hint of spice, wrapped in a perfectly-fried pastry shell. The mango chutney, for dipping, was also excellent, with its own set of interesting flavors and sizable chunks of mango in the mix.

For an entrée, we chose the Spicy Moroccan Lamb, which the menu says is cooked in a ten-spice curry sauce.

They weren’t kidding. While it all tasted fantastic — the meat was among the best lamb we’ve had in Durango — there were quite a lot of flavors to unpack.

In one bite, one of the licorice-tasting herbs (fennel maybe?) really jumped out in a surprising and wonderful way.

But it wasn’t quite so noticeable in the rest of the curry. Above all else, though, what set the curry apart from others we’ve had around here was its fruitiness.

Alongside the obvious savoriness was a strong coconut and raisin aura that ensured the core of the dish disappeared

Even the dessert, Papaya Coconut Treasure — chilled, fresh papaya braised in coconut milk, with fresh ginger and lemon – was loaded with spices. A bite of the papaya itself, with the coconut milk, bursts into action with a sweet, fruity flavor that gives way to a more complex character that spreads across the palate, activating all sorts of receptors.

As they all fade away, a pleasant ginger-based burn lasts on the tongue. For such a simple-looking fruit dish, it’s quite something.

There’s a 100% chance we’ll be going back for more in the very near future, and we’re excited for this new thread on Durango’s food tapestry.

—— Nick Gonzales

Does Farmington’s Mmm Que Rico restaurant live up to its name?

Mexican eatery has interesting marg variations It isn’t often that you come across restaurants that name themselves an exclamation. There aren’t many diners calling themselves “Now, This Is a Lot of Grease!” or pizza places identifying as “OMG, I Can’t Handle the Cheesiness!”

caught our eye. For instance, we smiled at the cartoon employees painted above the passage leading back to the kitchen.

Farmington’s Mmm Que Rico!, on the other hand, does — prompting hungry eaters to wonder if the restaurant’s Mexican cuisine really will have them exclaiming, “How delicious!”

The first thing we noticed upon entering was its cute interior. In addition to the typical Mexican restaurant decor, there were a handful of other things that

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The second thing we noticed, upon opening the menu, was the selection of margaritas. There were the usuals, of course — pretty much every place will make you a strawberry margarita. But then there were a few that we don’t see very often at all. When deciding which one to get, it came down to either platano (banana) or miel (honey). We were less able to imagine what a honey margarita would taste like, so we chose Continued on Page 11

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From Oh Hi to Keef Life: Four cold cannabis drinks you should slurp on this summer Summer is finally here, and it’s friggin’ hot, guys. Almost too hot to light up a joint out on your porch, one might say. Almost.

But for those of you who are struggling with the idea of flicking on a lighter when it feels like your face might melt off as soon as you step outside, thankfully, there are a lot of alternative options. Cue the parade of cold, cannabis-infused drinks you should be filling your fridge up with in case of emergency. A weed emergency.

In case you need a little guidance on what sort of beverage you should stock up on, here’s a few to consider.

Oh Hi Hard seltzer was the drink of 2019.

Why can’t cannabis-infused seltzer be the drink of 2020?

These delicious drinks were created in a meeting of the minds between Durango Organics owners Jonny Radding and Aaron Miles, and Matt Vincent, one of the owners of Ska Brewing, these entrepreneurs released Oh Hi, a THC-infused sparkling seltzer, back in 2019.

The canned edibles, er, drinkables, are available in four flavors: ginger basil limeade, pomegranate, grapefruit, and lemon-lime. While pomegranate, grapefruit, and lemon-lime are dosed with 10 mg of THC each, ginger basil limeade contains 5 mg of THC and 5 mg of CBD. Keef Cola Our resident pothead writer DGO Pufnstuf decided it would be a good idea to haul a bunch of Keef Cola cans out to the middle of nowhere to survive a rained-out camping trip.

While the camping part of the story sounded a little iffy, chugging Keef Colas sure wasn’t. It ended up being one of the best parts of the trip!

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hound, Keef Cola is the perfect way to quench that thirst so you get that sugar AND the high.

Keef Cola comes in four different flavors – grape, root beer, original cola, and orange crush, all of which have 10 mg of THC in them.

CannaPunch Does anything say summer like a glass of punch? No? Well, we have good news for you. CannaPunch has plenty of tasty flavors that go together perfectly with this heat so prepare to be stoned whilst getting some sun this summer.

CannaPunch offers its drinks in pineapple mango delight, blue raspberry sour, grand daddy grape, watermelon nectar, and black cherry fusion. Each comes infused with 100 mg of THC each, so drinker beware! This stuff is hella potent.

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Keef Life, Keef’s brand of THC-infused H2O, comes in four flavors: blueberry-lemon (indica), sour cherry (THC:1/CBD:1), cranberry lime (sativa), and strawberry kiwi (hybrid). They’re non-carbonated fruity juices made of CO2-extracted cannabis oil, reverse osmosis water, agave, monk fruit, and other natural flavors to give you that refreshing effect.

Keef Life comes in a 12-fluid-ounce bottle with a cap that you can use to measure out 10 mg of THC, a nifty tool seeing as each bottle comes with 10 servings. The best part is when you use the lids to measure out your servings, you can pretend to take a shot.

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Godzilla and Kayla Shaggy take on Toh-Atin’s Chief in comic Semi-autobiographical comic “Godzilla Decolonizes Durango” describes personal encounters with racism in Durango Amid national unrest sparked by the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, renewed calls to remove racially insensitive monuments have spread across the United States.

In Durango, this has placed the “Chief,” a giant sign that once advertised the Chief Diner on north Main Avenue, and now points at Toh-Atin Gallery, in the crosshairs.

derogatory, but to indigenous people that live in that area that visit the area, they will see it and it’s a sign of how they themselves as a person and their culture is commodified and dehumanized.”

Shaggy said she was working on the comic, one of her first longer-form autobiographical works, for three weeks before the first of the Chief petition campaigns was launched. She said she was inspired to draw the comic after coming up with the visual of Godzilla destroying the sign while she was driving through downtown Durango, but wanted to input more meaning as to why she wanted Godzilla to destroy the sign. The end result was a complete comic rather than a single image.

The sign is the subject of two competing Change.org petitions, “Take Down ‘The Chief’ Racist Caricature Sign of Toh-Atin Gallery in Durango, Colorado” and “SAVE THE CHIEF SIGN,” each of which has several thousand signatures.

And through the art of Kayla Shaggy, even world-famous kaiju are weighing in on the debate.

Shaggy’s semi-autobiographical comic “Godzilla Decolonizes Durango” describes her personal encounters with racism as a Native American living and working in Durango – up until the King of Monsters shows up in a dream,

declares that he will avenge the injustices done to the indigenous residents of the city, and uses his atomic breath to

obliterate the Chief. “The sign is dehumanizing in a rather casual way,” Shaggy said. “It’s not overtly stereotypical or

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When she heard that a petition against the Chief was launching at the same time as she was finishing up the comic, she added a reference to the petition on the last page to draw readers’ attention to it.

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Break out the masks and the Magic cards as in-person tabletop gaming slowly returns Durango’s Guild House Games cautiously letting gamers play in the store again If you’re the kind of gamer who likes to gather with others to play tabletop and card games like Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Warhammer, or even Pokemon, Spring 2020 was a long season.

tables on June 13, the first night Commander was offered.

When it comes to surviving the outbreak economically, Perez said that he noticed some interesting patterns. After

Quarantining yourself from anyone who was not in your household put a damper on in-person gaming that not even a Lesser Restoration spell or a Circle of Protection card could fight. Games like D&D and Magic could still be played online, but as almost any person who has used Zoom for anything in the past three months will tell you, it isn’t the same.

Luckily, for those who have been itching to play at a table with other people, venues like Durango’s Guild House Games are slowly reopening to gaming.

the shutdowns hit, Guild House quickly reopened in April, at least for contact-free sales and delivery, and began allowing customers back into the store in May. He noted that total sales were mostly the same during the quarantine Nick Gonzales/DGO

»» From left: Kat Green, Bret Kindsvatter, and Cube play Magic: The Gathering Commander June 20 at Guild House Games in Durango.

mask, they must leave the building), assigned tables (once someone is at a table, Daniel Perez, owner of the store in they’ll have to stick with the people at the Main Mall, said that he has been that table for the rest of the night), and monitoring what similar game stores are a basic standard of hygiene (don’t be doing around the country — from some gross). The tables — including the chairs, in Texas that are hosting games seeming- Perez points out — are distanced from ly without any precautions to others that each other enough to leave a 6-foot gap, don’t plan to host games again for a year and if needed, Perez is ready to overflow or more. Perez, however, believes that more tables into the mall itself. Hand a happy medium can be found in which sanitizer is provided and the store’s surplayers can still play games in person faces are routinely sanitized, especially while also taking precautions against the immediately before the start of an event. spread of the coronavirus.

“We can do this and we can do this To that end, he has instituted a right, ” he said. “It’s just being respectful number of rules for gaming in the store. to the other players.”

These include a “no mask, no gaming” policy (if gamers want to remove their

So far, the only specific events Guild

House Games is hosting are Commander nights — a relatively casual variant of the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game — on Saturdays at 6 p.m. The game room, however, is open until 5:30 for specific games approved by the store. So far, Perez has allowed people to experiment with D&D and Warhammer, two tabletop games players can play without touching each other’s miniatures and whatnot. For the time being, the vast majority of board games are verboten in the store.

Perez is considering bringing back Pokemon on Mondays — especially because it caters to a different demographic than most of the other games the store hosts. He was able to fill several

as compared to the same months last year. But whereas a greater number of people used to come in and buy one game, this year they were coming in less often, but tend to pick up four or five games, especially after stimulus checks were sent out. He said board games that can’t be played online and puzzles were the top sellers over the last few months.

Now that the game room is reopening, Four Corners-based Planeswalkers have a place to lay down their Magic cards.

With any luck, local events for aficionados of other games shouldn’t be far behind.

—— Nick Gonzales

For real or fake: Authenticity over Forrest Fenn treasure discovery continues search of the treasure. As many as five people are believed to have died.

After an infamous treasure chest was allegedly found in June, the very important controversy over whether the Forrest Fenn treasure was actually discovered is continuing to unfold after photos of the cache were released.

In June, however, Fenn claimed that a man (who did not wish to be identified) discovered the chest. To confirm he had found the treasure, Fenn said the man sent him a photo of the chest. He claimed the man who found the cache was able to locate the treasure in the Rockies because of a poem Fenn had written in his 2010 memoir, “The Thrill of the Chase.” The poem apparently held clues as to the treasure’s whereabouts.

Fenn wrote the poem to inspire people to go on a good ol’ fashioned adventure, and boy did they take him up on that offer.

In case you’re new to the world of treasure hunting, welcome to the adult version of “The Goonies”! This particular booty is a bronze chest filled with gold and jewels worth more than $1 million, according to the man who hid the treasure..

It was hidden by Forrest Fenn, a Santa Fe author and artifact dealer, in 2010 in the Rocky Mountains, and for the last decade, more than 350,000 people have scoured the wilderness in search of it.

Some of them have gone as far as to give

up their jobs and spend their savings in

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Not far from Williams, Arizona, on Historic Route 66, lies a spot where nature and ancient history converge.

The Keyhole Sink features both millennium-old petroglyphs and, at times, a picturesque waterfall.

District station, about 13 miles west of Keyhole Sink. Archaeologists can tell that Clover was a dwelling and Keyhole was not, because the Cohonina left their stuff (projectiles, axes, pots and grinding stones) at the former and not the latter.

The location is a box canyon — which is shaped like a keyhole, in case you were wondering how that figures in — that water carved into the surrounding basalt cliffs, which were left behind by lava flows from an ancient volcano. According to the Kaibab National Forest, visitors to the spot left glyphs depicting bear paws, deer, frogs, lizards, people, suns, and snakes on the walls of the oasis between 700 A.D. and 1100 A.D. These were likely left by the Cohonina people, now the Havasupai, Hopi, Hualapai, Navajo, Quechan, and Zuni.

They moved out of the immediate vicinity and to the east with good reason, though. Around 1085 A.D., Sunset Crater, a cinder cone volcano on the other side of what is now Flagstaff, erupted.

Ash and cinders rained from the sky and set the forest aflame. Most of the area’s inhabitants moved far enough away so that the changes to the landscape would be less of a disruption to their way of life.

If you’re, say, a deer, it’s hard to escape from the watering hole if someone is guarding the exit and entrance. As such, and because of the petroglyphs, archaeologists believe that the canyon was used as a hunting ground and a place to conduct religious ceremonies.

However, it doesn’t seem as though anyone ever actually lived there for any length of time, which is surprising, because it’s a big ol’ source of fresh water in a pretty arid region. When it’s full, the pond below the falls holds about 60,000 gallons of water.

The ancient hunters’ homes — or at least one of them — can be found at the Clover Ruins at the Williams Ranger

If you could somehow travel back in time a decade, many of the petroglyphs would be much easier to see. Unfortunately, in August 2010, two asshats by the names of Ace and TJ, judging by what they chose to write, vandalized the rock wall, painting over the petroglyphs with aluminum roofing cement. Banksy, it was not. Three months and $6,000 later — an expert had to be flown in from Atlanta — the Forest Service was able to remove the graffiti, but the ancient artwork it was covering is noticeably duller and harder to make out.

The destination used to be accessed by a road that provided parking within 100 yards from the site, but people visiting were being destructive and trashing the place. To prevent this (or at least slow it — as 2010 showed it’s Continued on Page 22

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»» A miel (honey) margarita at Mmm Que Rico! in Farmington. that one.

The honey margarita was pretty great, if only because of how subtle the honey was. It tasted like your basic margarita, but just slightly sweeter and honey-flavored. Otherwise, it was the classic lime juice and liquor concoction.

As we sipped it, ideas about how to make it at home wandered through our thoughts. (We will also have to get the banana margarita as soon as possible, as that’s also not something we’ve ever tried.)

As we waited for our beverage, we chowed down on the complimentary chips and salsa. The salsa roja was pleasant — not much to report there — but the chips had a noteworthy taste and texture. They had a give to them as you bite down that, paired with how they tasted, felt freshly homemade.

For our main meal (a lunch), we were torn between terrestrial and seafood, of which Que Rico has quite a selection.

Ultimately we settled on Enchiladas de Mole, as mole is one of the sauces that we’re always interested to see how different cooks create their own interpretation of it. Mole, the Nahuatl word for “sauce,” has all sorts of varieties

and even within the same one, making it with slightly different ingredients or quantities thereof can change the flavor quite a bit. This time, what came through the most was the chiles, and not necessarily in a capsaicin-spicy way.

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We were also delighted to see that the enchiladas were absolutely stuffed with chicken. For a relatively small dish, it was incredibly filling. The rice and beans were relatively average, but complimented the enchiladas just fine.

Ultimately, Que Rico was actually quite a bit rico.

The restaurant is located in the pack of restaurants on East Main Street pretty much equidistant from the big box store part of town and Farmington’s downtown area, making it kind of centrally located in a sense. (It was also about 3,000 feet due south of Lauter Haus Brewing Co., a position we approve of, as the brewery does not necessarily have its own food.) We’ll be back.

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PINBALL RETURNS to the Four Corners Pinball players and tournaments are back — at least when we’re not in quarantine

By Nick Gonzales DGO STAFF WRITER

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More recently, he bugged J.Bo’s owner Bo Maloney for years to let him manifest his vision of being able to promote pinball in the pizza place and bar. At the time, only a handful of other places, including laundromats and the airport, had machines, and they were poorly maintained.

Establishing the pizzeria as a headquarters for pinball allowed a community to slowly form.

Finally, in 2016, they let him put a Metallica and a Ghostbusters machine in the restaurant.

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»» Players varying wildly in age participate in a tournament at J.Bo’s Pizza and Rib Co. in Durango. The location is home to many of Durango Pinball’s tournaments and events.

But, with the advent of “barcades” in major cities, and as the generations that grew up on pinball earn increasingly disposable incomes and grow nostalgic for the game, pinball is on the upswing again. Pinballers generally point to 2015 as the start of the new golden age.

The return of pinball

Durango’s current scene owes a lot to Jason

“I’ve always been fascinated by moving parts and the fact that it’s random,” he said. “I like video games, but if you memorize the Pac-Man thing that’s gonna be the same every single time versus in a (pinball) game, you can never replicate it — it’s always different than the last time you played.”

Many of Thomas’ machines are new — a surprising fact to anyone who hasn’t been paying attention to the industry. Interest in pinball began to wane in the late ’80s as arcade-style video games took over pinball spaces. Then, the arcades that still had them started to go the way of the dinosaurs. With no one to maintain them, the random machines you’d find in gas stations and restaurants fell into disrepair in the 2000s, and pinball nearly died.

In a handful of venues across the Four Corners, there are familiar clacks, dings, sounds of steel rolling across a surface, and music and audio samples herald the return of a form of entertainment that has quietly survived the test of time: Pinball.

The machines that once dwelled in bars and arcades across the country are back, inviting adults with nostalgia for bygone eras to return while also hooking in a new generation of players. The pinball cabinets are not just relics dusted off for the amusement of a niche community — as the industry slowly returns, companies are creating brand new machines, featuring innovations that continue to evolve the game.

In the Four Corners, the pinball renaissance is mostly occurring at five locations: three in Durango, one in Farmington, and one in Pagosa. Durango Pinball, a club in Durango that has hosted a number of tournaments in Durango and Farmington over the last three years, has about 100 members.

The most famous machine he had growing up was the 1979 KISS pinball cabinet. His mother thought it was satanic, though, and blamed it for anything he did wrong, he said, to the point where she sold it for $200 to get rid of it. Thomas got his revenge, though, by always having more machines coming in.

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»» Pinball operator Jason Thomas plays the Metallica machine — part of the private collection of Michele Zebrowitz and James Upshaw. Zebrowitz said Metallica is her favorite pinball machine.

Thomas. He’s an operator, meaning he owns and maintains the pinball machines at J.Bo’s Pizza and Rib Co., The Garage, and Union Social House in Durango — fourteen of the city’s machines.

Thomas’ dad owned Love’s Wood Pit Bar-

becue in Sacramento, California, and Thomas worked there during the summers in the mid’80s to earn enough money to buy pinball machines. Living not exceptionally far from Santa Cruz and its boardwalk, Thomas was obsessed.

Michele Zebrowitz, who runs Durango Pinball’s social media, said the group also formed about four years ago with just a handful of people as a selfie league — in which individual players go and play pinball independently and take photos of themselves with their high scores.

They’d get together once a month to play as a group. After the group grew to 20 or 30 people, they began hosting more formal tournaments, which draw up to 50 or 60 players at a time (up to a quarter of which are a new generation of kids and teens). Their first tournament occurred during 2017’s Intergalactic Snowdown festivities.

When Farmington’s Lauter Haus Brewing Co. opened in October of 2019, there was a set

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»» Three of the 12 games currently up and running at Lauter Haus Brewing Co. in Farmington. By the end of the year, owner Brandon Beard hopes to have 18 machines available.

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theme, but it was always supposed to have gaming, said owner and brewmaster Brandon Beard. While he grew up more on the video-game side of the arcade, his business partner Brad Foley was a pinball aficionado all along. By bringing those two elements together, they’ve created the only honest-to-goodness “barcade” in the region.

Lauter Haus currently has 12 machines up and running, but hopes to have 18 by the end of the year, Beard said. The brewery owns all of the machines, and between the time they opened and March, they were able to host two of Durango Pinball’s tournaments.

While Zebrowitz and Thomas describe their club as rather casual in nature, Beard perceives it differently.

“The people down here, when they enter these tournaments, and they see the guys from Durango come down, they get their asses kicked,” he said. “But they also watch the game and learn at the same time.

Like, ‘How are they doing this?’ ‘What are they doing differently than what I do?’ So it’s a nice educational thing for people, too.”

If Durango actually has any superiority over Farmington, it may be owed to the fact that it has had a pinball community for a few years longer. (Meanwhile, in Pagosa Springs, players of all ages have access to at least six machines at Avalanche Arcade, according to pinballmap.com.)

Owning pinball At present, of course, nobody is getting together for a tournament, as a certain virus is preventing crowds of people from gathering in public. And even as the restaurants, breweries, and bars begin to reopen, it’s unclear what the rules are or how safe it is to play a pinball machine in a public venue. For example, New Mexico’s coronavirus orders require patrons of breweries like Lauter Haus to remain seated while they’re in the establishment so that they don’t mill around the bar. To comply with this rule, but still allow patrons to play pinball, he placed bar stools in front of the pinball machines.

Many of the region’s most avid pinballers own their own machines, though, and have been playing them through the quarantine. For instance, Zebrowitz and her boyfriend James Upshaw, who introduced her to pinball, have seven in their garage and have been able to bring friends over for pinball-based potlucks.

Owning pinball machines is not an endeavor to be undertaken lightly, though. Even older, used machines can cost thousands of dollars. And pinball machines break.

Pinball is growing as an industry again, but it’s still pretty niche. If your machine breaks, there are not many professionals around who know how to fix it, unless you live in a metropolis. As such, you basically have to teach yourself how to do it. Zebrowitz said she recently took one of her machines apart, and upon putting it back together realized she missed something somewhere.

“I can’t turn it on. It might start smoking if I plug it back in,” she said, gesturing to a Crescendo pinball machine from 1970.

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»» Michele Zebrowitz holds open the cabinet of a Surf Champ pinball machine from 1976. It’s a member of the generation of machines that existed before anything was digitized.

but quickly broke and took two months to fix. After replacing four or five things on it, the machine worked for two and a half weeks before something else broke — a pop-up mechanism for which no replacement parts exist. The brewery is now looking into whether the part can be 3D-printed.

And depending on what’s in your collection, you might have to learn how to repair electronics from across the better part of a century. There are four basic eras of pinball based mostly on their technological sophistication, especially in score-keeping: electro-me-

chanical (1947-1978), early solid-state (1979-1989), dot matrix display (1990-2012), and colorized displays (2013-now). Looking at the inner guts of an early pinball machine and a new one is not unlike an auto mechanic comparing a Studebaker to a Tesla.

This is not to say that those ancient machines are not worth maintaining, though. Their simplicity is part of their charm and it comes across at every level. For instance, hearing the machine as you play it evokes a visceral level of pleasure, largely because unlike their modern equivalents, their bells and

Dead” machine at The Garage no longer has the generic hillbilly call-outs it was programmed with — they’ve been replaced by sound bites from the AMC television show.)

Becoming a pinball wizard The hard thing about getting good at pinball is that it takes practice. And unless you own your own machine, practice costs money.

Zebrowitz said she got into pinball about four years ago, while Upshaw, whose parents owned a bar in San Diego, has been playing his entire life. But even as a relative neophyte, she said it’s not terribly difficult to learn how to play well.

There are all sorts of skills that pinball players can master — catching the ball, saving it, tilting — but Zebrowitz said for a beginner, the best thing to do is hit what’s blinking.

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»» Jason Thomas plays the South Park pinball machine at The Garage in Durango. He recommends it to beginners because it’s easy to activate and learn the game’s various modes.

It’s also important to realize that every even halfway-modern pinball machine has a game within it, on top of the basic mechanics of how pinball works — something Beard said he found out the hard way very recently. For example, the AC/DC machine features a number of different modes based on 12 of the band’s songs, which illuminate different parts of the board and require you to hit different targets to unlock things like multiball — that ridiculously fun mode where you have to juggle multiple balls at once. Once you’ve successfully completed all of the songs, a super jackpot unlocks, allowing you to rack up a ton more points — assuming you’ve lasted that long.

In Durango, Thomas said one of the best machines to learn pinball basics on is the South Park machine (currently at The Garage) because it’s easy to activate its various modes. In Farmington, Beard likes Lauter Haus’ Iron Maiden cabinet because even if it’s not an easy machine to play through, it’s an easy one to earn a lot of points on.

As companies like Stern Pinball come out with new machines, they often feature innovative new play modes. For instance, it’s been possible to play multiplayer pinball for decades. Players just take turns whenever they sink a ball, competing for points over multiple rounds. But Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, one of the newest games on the market, features a cooperative mode in which up to four players each embody one of the turtles, and as players take turns, their progress through the game is carried across to the next player. This allows them to help each other complete modes, fuel the multiball, and defeat enemies.

Courtesy of Durango Pinball

»» Members of Durango Pinball gather for a photo at one of the club’s events at J.Bo’s. whistles are actual bells and whistles. When they make a noise, they’re doing it mechanically by, say, hitting a metal bar like a xylophone, rather than playing a recorded audio sample.

“It’s so cool to watch it run,” Zebrowitz said.

Owning pinball machines can be fun in a creative way, too. There’s an entire mod community that takes existing machines and adds to them, hooking up extra lights or gadgets or changing the experience of the game. (Astute listeners will notice that “The Walking

Once you start competing in tournaments, you get points and a ranking from the International Flipper Pinball Association, which oversees pinball tournaments across the globe. And once you go down the pinball rabbit hole, you find out it’s very deep. Pinball fans congregate across the country, dragging their machines with them, to set them up for others, sometimes under the clear blue sky. At massive conventions, the price of admission grants you access to hundreds of machines, all set to free play.

With a growing fan base in both Colorado and New Mexico, Pinball is here to stay in the Four Corners.

As soon as it’s safe to do so again, we expect to see crowds lining up again to play the silver ball.

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Vaping on some sizuuurp ... erh, Boulder Built Grape Mints concentrate from Prohibition Herb Vapin’ on some sizuuuuurp, vape-vapin’ on some siz...

given its relatively short time on the shelf.

Excuse the horrible Three 6 Mafia ripoff, but that vaping version of “Sippin’ on Some Syrup” has been going through my head ever since I picked up some Boulder Built concentrate from Prohibition Herb for review.

I, on the other hand, had very little background info on Boulder Built’s products, so I did what any smart person would do: I asked the budtender what was up. Ol’ dude said he loved the ones he’d tried, but recommended the Grape Mints Diamonds in Sauce for this review.

That’s what we’re reviewing for He liked the high on that one, he said, Prohibition this week, and if you aren’t familiar with the name Boulder Built, join which is basically all I needed to hear. the club. We hadn’t heard of it either, I was impressed to see that the tag and that’s because Boulder Built is brand boasted a whopping 79.87% THC once spankin’ new. So new, in fact, that their I got my little container of diamonds only web presence is via an Instagram in sauce home, and I was even more account showcasing photos of their impressed once I popped the lid off. The beautiful wares.

Grape Mints diamonds were indeed in some sauce (or as I like to call it, syrup), But being new doesn’t mean they and said sauce was the most brilliant weren’t already making a splash with the budtenders up at ol’ Prohibition. The bright canary yellow color. The “diamonds,” on the other hand, were crystal budtender I spoke to when I went up to clear and sat happily in the puddle of the dispensary to pick this concentrate sauce. up for review had already tried at least three different types of Boulder Built concentrate, which is pretty impressive

Given the gorgeous color of this concentrate, I couldn’t wait to try it out. I

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It was a good call on my part, if I do say so myself, as it helped to protect the shiny concentrate that was sitting in the jar. It was also a good call because the pen easily melted down the concentrate and elicited massive clouds. I really wasn’t expecting such huge shows of smoke, but holy hell did this stuff heat up nicely.

It also tasted quite nice – it was clean and bright rather than chemically, which is the taste I’ve gotten from a few other types of concentrates. And, a few hits in and my brain was as foggy as my living room had become via the clouds. In other words, I was very high.

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I was so high, in fact, that the one pathetic bulb I had lit in the lamp near me felt entirely too bright to deal with.

The only problem was that I wasn’t super interested in getting up and resolving the issue, so I just sat there complaining to myself, inside my own head, about the fact that it was so freaking bright in my house.

there, aware that the light was too bright and my eyes were pulsating, but not caring enough to do something about it.

I also didn’t care to do anything about the fact that my brain had latched onto the “sippin’ on some sizzzzurrrrrrp” line from the song referenced above and morphed it into an ode to the canary yellow syrup in the concentrate container.

I was just happy being stoned on some sweet Boulder Built, I guess.

And, it’s been in and out of my brain ever since. Normally I’d be complaining, but I really liked this concentrate, so I’ll let the earworm issue go. Dealing with that is worth the kind of high I got from Grape Mints, and it’ll go away at some point, right? Like maybe when I run out of concentrate?

Anyway, long story short: Boulder Built is clearly more than good looks.

It’s also quality stuff. Will it cause you to hum Three 6 Mafia for a week? Maybe.

But it’ll also get you super stoned and it’s clearly a quality product. So if I were you I’d snag some before the budtenders and DGO employees buy out the entire stock And, shortly thereafter, my eyes at Prohibition. It’s bound to happen started to feel super high – you know the sooner or later with a concentrate this feeling; it’s that dry, pulsating sensation good. that happens from time to time with —— DGO Pufnstuf quality cannabis products. So, I just sat

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Flo Limone is the kick in the pants you’ll need to get things done (and you’ll be high as a bonus) Hey, you. You got a bunch of junk to do and no motivation to do it? Well, well, well. Do I have a fix for you. It’s called Flo Limone, and it is basically the equivalent of drinking 14 summer Red Bulls (the best flavor ever, which is why it’s sold out everywhere).

We’re reviewing Flo Limone this week for The Green House in Durango, and I was kind of surprised that this is the strain they asked us to check out. There are so many unique strains on the floor up at that dispensary right now, and I guess I expected them to hand me some super heavy indica that would make me puddle-glue to the couch.

But let me tell you – it made sense why they handed me this one after I smoked it, cause this strain is definitely a unique one. Flo Limone, if you aren’t familiar, is a sativa that was created by crossing that old beloved and bright strain Flo with Nina Limone. What resulted was this beast of a strain, which has an unassuming name and tiny, dense nugs, but is a real kick in the pants when you smoke it.

And smoke it I did, over and over. I noticed a pretty clear-headed buzz after the first bowl, which was surprisingly pungent and tasty considering how small the nugs are. It tasted a bit like hash and lemon rind, which was pretty pleasant (though it sounds horrible). The second bowl, though: that was what did it. Once that was cashed, I was a freaking productivity machine.

I did laundry, cleaned out the closet, and mopped, all while managing to take in the majority of the crappy documentary I was watching. Once that was done, I wrote a bunch of stuff I’d been putting off for my other (very serious) writing gigs – and all of it was well-organized and well-researched, which makes no sense but I’ll take it.

I then decided I was going to make barbacoa, which is normally a pain in the ass because it has to be slow-cooked for hours on end, but Flo Limone made me a goddang genius on top of a productivity machine, and I decided to pressure cook that massive slab of beef instead.

Details Where to find the Flo Limone strain: The Green House, 730 S. Camino del Rio, thegreenhousecolorado. com <insert chef’s kiss here> I don’t know how this strain did it, but holy hell was I productive. I knocked out allllll of the house stuff I’d been putting off for weeks (and by that I mean months), and even started projects I had no intention of messing with. Best of all? I had zero – and I’m talking ZERO – anxiety from this strain. Lately I’ve been getting massive anxiety from sativas, but this wasn’t a racy strain at all. It was oddly mellow, even though it kicked me in the pants in the productivity department.

I don’t know how this strain did it, but a combination of motivation, action, and no anxiety? Hell yeah, I’ll take it.

This strain is going to be my Saturday morning go-to. Watch out for me at the farmer’s market as I whiz by with my microgreens and fancy goat cheese.

Maybe I’ll even finally make it up there before the freaking cucumbers sell out. I haven’t managed to get there in time this entire season, but with Flo Limone, literally anything – including me being on time – is possible.

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Intoxicated, both literally and figuratively, by Sweet Mary Jane’s horchata cookies Have you ever been so intoxicated with how delicious an edible is that you actually forget you’re eating an edible?

And then tried to smoke your couch?

Well, dear readers, this is exactly what happened to this pothead one evening.

Let me explain.

I’m always on the lookout for new edibles to munch on and the more creative marijuana companies get with making tasty treats that will get me stoned, the more I go all in. This is exactly what happened when I discovered Sweet Mary Jane’s horchata cookies at my local dispensary. The Colorado-made edibles were baked (HA) in Boulder, so not only was I going to get stoned but I was also supporting a Colorado business. I believe the scientific term for that is win-win.

These horchata cookies are a delicious concoction of cajeta, vanilla, and cinnamon. There’s no weedy aftertaste, so it feels like you’re just munching on a bag of cookies from old gran-gran.

I popped in (more like devoured, but whatever) on a rainy weekday after work. With gloomy, overcast skies

a bowl.

overhead, nothing felt more appropriate than eating a cinnamon and weed laced cookie.

It had a strangely comforting effect.

They were the perfect antidote to a day of being trapped indoors. I had tried all of one time to go outside that day (hoping that the rain would let up) and halfway through my walk, I found myself drenched and running back to my apartment. This cookie was the next best thing to drinking a delicious glass of horchata.

The high was quick to settle in. Like eating the cookies, this edible had a very calming effect on me. I ended up splitting up the edible throughout the day to maintain the chill high I had going. Each cookie contains 10 mg of THC and the bag comes with 10 edibles.

leave my couch which was probably for the best, because the cannabis that had seeped into my brain waves was telling me that I should probably just never get off my ass — ever.

As I’d gone the sativa route with these cookies, my brain emitted a relaxing buzz. No, I was not inspired to actually take advantage of this head hum energy, but I did video chat with a friend who was also stoned off their ass. The best part of it was that I never had to even

It was, uh, not a fruitful conversation as I was an entire edible in and my friend was toking on a vape pen. It was a lot of trailing off mid-sentence and full-on forgetting what we were talking about.

At one point, I decided it was a fantastic idea to get even more stoned by smoking

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If you’re no good at baking and are looking for an alternative to gummies, Sweet Mary Jane’s horchata cookies might be exactly what you’re looking for.

It offers a real pleasant high that will not only relax you, but chill you the eff out to the point where even smoking up your couch sounds like a good idea.

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As weed doesn’t really make me the smartest cookie (dad joke for the win), I tried balancing my pipe on my leg and ended up dumping the contents all over my couch. As these are dire times, however, I did not let this get in my way. I proceeded to spend the next five minutes picking up every tiny piece of bud and putting it back in my bowl. Then I had to spend the next ten minutes picking out all the couch fibers from my pipe.

In conclusion, I definitely smoked part of my couch that evening and I have Sweet Mary Jane to thank for my stupidity.

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Pairing Phyx Pax Era Cartridges and Netflix binges If you need to kill some time, grab a Granddaddy Purp cart and binge some trash TV or horror films; life will be good

We have bad news: We’re basically never leaving our homes again. Ok, maybe we’re being a little dramatic but with the uptick in COVID-19 cases, we might not be too far off.

Summary: This citrus-tasting strain will liven up the day of anyone that smokes it. Think creativity and positive energy, or whatever the hippies are saying these days. Sweet Jack is perfect for when you need that little boost of energy.

This is why it’s important to get creative with our cannabis habits when it comes to staying in the great indoors, folks. While it’s maybe not the most exciting of prospects it is, unfortunately, our reality. Luckily, we have weed and Netflix! Specifically, we have Spherex vape cartridges that just so happen to pair nicely with some binge-worthy shows.

Do: Seek out documentaries on this strain. With Sweet Jack’s invigorating effects, you’ll be able to absorb that information way better than you would while smoking an indica. Netflix has loads of interesting docs for you to binge like, “13th,” “Fyre,” “Wild Wild Country,” and “Don’t F*ck With Cats.” Some will make you laugh. Some will make you cry.

And some will just make you wonder, “what the eff did I just watch…?” After all, you are stoned.

Don’t: Get on your phone to research the details of whatever documentary you’re watching. You’ll fall into a black abyss of an information wormhole that you won’t be able to extricate yourself from until you inevitably pass out on your couch and miss the ending of the documentary. When you wake up the next morning, you’ll have no memory of why you Googled, “why do people cry in their cars?” - which is a sad question even for sober you.

What shows might that be?

Glad you asked! Let’s get into the weed(s).

Strain: Granddaddy Purple Type: Indica Summary: This berry-flavored vape cartridge is made for turning your brain off and getting some relaxing R&R. It’s got a potency of 85 percent THC, 12 percent cannabinoids, and three percent terpenes.

Do: Turn the channel to trash reality TV: “90 Day Fiance,” “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” “Teen Mom,” “Jersey Shore,” etc. You literally need no brain cells for this undertaking. Just sit back and half-ass absorb the fact that, yes, while you are a beautiful disaster, at least your life is not nearly as much as a dumpster fire as the ones shown on the screen.

Unfortunately, they still get paid a lot more than you. Just don’t think about that part.

Don’t: Look up how much Bristol Palin

got paid to do a single season of “Teen Mom OG.” Stoned you might say or do some things sober you may regret. Like emailing your boss.

Strain: OG Kush Type: Indica Summary: This indica strain is one of the most popular in the world.

It’s ideal for unwinding after a long day and will take you straight to Chillville. It has a potency of 85 percent THC, 12 percent cannabinoids, and three percent terpenes.

Do: Stick to dumb humor shows like “Family Guy,” “American Dad,” and “Bob’s Burgers” for this strain. You’ll

break your noggin if you train to watch anything that requires anything beyond two brain cells to rub together. Not to say these are terrible shows. They’re funny as hell and they’re probably exactly the medicine you need to wrap up the day.

Don’t: Watch a horror film after smoking this beast.

It’ll make you so paranoid you’ll think your cat in the other room isn’t meowing for you to feed her. Oh no. It’s because she is warning you about the headless ghost of a serial killer that’s haunting your laundry room. Good luck sleeping after that.

Strain: Sweet Jack Type: Sativa

Strain: Lemon Haze Type: Sativa Summary: Lemon Haze’s flavor profile has ties to the terpene Terpinolene, which gives this strain a piney, floral, and citrus smell. This strain is great for enhancing and inserting energy into any activity or conversation. It, too, has a potency of 85 percent THC, 12 percent cannabinoids, and three percent terpenes.

Do: Try some TV dramas like, “Marcella,” “Black Mirror,” “Dark,” and “Ozark.” They might not be the Continued on Page 22

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Up until recently, Fenn refused to show the photos of the treasure chest allegedly sent by the treasure’s finder.

most uplifting, but at least under the influence of this strain you’ll be able to follow along with these complex plots. Or at least, you can ask your sober roommates what’s going on anyway. The best part is you’ll get so sucked into these dramatic TV shows so quickly, you won’t even realize until it’s too late.

However, DanNeitzel.com (Fenn’s official blog) recently released photos of the discovery which, for some, has confirmed the story’s authenticity while, for others, it’s only added to their doubts.

Linda Bilyeu, the ex-wife of Randy Bilyeu, a Colorado man who died hunting for the treasure in 2016, is one such skeptic.

“I believe he never hid the treasure,” she told Westword. “He needed attention and this is how he got it. Fenn needed more attention, which is why he said the treasure has been found with ‘no proof.’”

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“I think for a long time people were afraid to say something,” Shaggy said. “I think once they realize there are more people willing to share their thoughts and help actualize the feelings they have, it creates the sort of vehicle for them to take action.”

The artist is selling PDFs of the eightpage comic at gumroad.com/l/KAygE. Her other works can be found at www. kaylashaggy.gallery.

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Don’t: Go too overboard with this one. Sometimes you can find yourself in too deep and your brain starts to short circuit trying to remember who murdered who and how time travel makes sense. (It doesn’t.) At that point just accept defeat, turn off the TV, and go to bed.

Since Fenn first announced the buried treasure, the quest has drawn its fair share of controversy.

According to the Santa Fe New Mexican, a Chicago attorney, Barbara Andersen, said she is filing an injunction in federal District Court. She alleges that it was actually she who solved the case but a mysterious hacker stole her answers.

Another treasure hunter, Brian Erskine of Prescott, Ariz., filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court claiming that it was he who solved the mystery. Erskine believed the treasure was located in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains, between Silverton and Ouray.

As to whether or not the public will ever truly know for sure the status of the treasure? Well, the odds don’t look good in our favor.

“The finder wants me to remain silent and I always said the finder gets to make those two calls. Who and where,” Fenn wrote on his blog.

Strain: Mango Kush Type: Hybrid Summary: Mango is the best fruit so it makes sense that Mango Kush is an award winner in this lineup. Euphoria is Mango Kush’s middle name, so if you’re having a downer of a day try this little pick me up. Like the other cartridges, it has a potency of 85 percent THC, 12 percent cannabinoids, and three percent terpenes.

Do: Dark and/or smart comedies such as “Dead to Me,” “Atypical,” “The Good Place,” and “Russian Doll” pair super well with this strain. You’ll find

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still possible to carry roofing paint up there, apparently) the Forest Service closed down a couple roads in 1992 and built an easy ¾-mile trail through the ponderosa pines. They also put up some interpretive signs to teach people about the area.

monuments with similar cultural attractions, the Keyhole Sink is completely free — there’s no fee involved with stopping and hiking there. It’s also open to snowshoeing and cross-country skiing if you find yourself in northern Arizona in the winter.

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—— Nick Gonzales

Horoscope ARIES (March 21 to April 19)

You are an adventurous sign, and right now you want adventure! You want to learn something new and discover a change of scenery! Good luck!

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Right now you will work to further your own best interests in shared property, inheritances, insurance matters and anything that you own jointly with others. It’s right thing to do.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) People are moody right now, which is why you might feel you cannot express your true feelings to a partner or close friend. Be polite. Listen carefully. Don’t worry.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22)

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yourself laughing until you cry while simultaneously sitting at the end of your seat waiting to find out what happens next.

Everyone you live with will think you’re weird for giggling one minute and weeping the next, but don’t worry. That just means you’re more stoned than they are.

Don’t: Turn off the TV. These types of shows are 100 percent worth watching all the way through to the end even if by the time you reach the final episode it’s 3 a.m. and you have a work meeting in five hours. It’s worth it. Just call in sick.

We won’t tell.

—— Sir Blaze Ridcully

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) This is a difficult time for romantic relationships, as well as dealing with kids, because people are inclined to stifle their feelings.

They can’t say what they really mean. (It’s just what’s happening.)

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22)

Be prudent and sensible when dealing with money matters right now. This is a poor time to shop. Wait till next week, which is an excellent time.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20)

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21)

agenda. Instead, pull in your reins. Wait

Relations with others are a bit shaky at the moment, and you can feel this. Don’t make a big deal about anything. Why? Because it isn’t a big deal.

Your relations with family members might CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. not flow easily right now. But hey, this is life.

19) Relationships have their ups and downs. Be You will function well working alone or patient with loved ones. behind the scenes right now. Because social LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) situations are a bit off track, enjoy your own solitude.

For some reason, you might be doubtful about something right now. You might not AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) be sure what to do or what you even want If you feel a bit antisocial or uncomfortable to do. (Many people feel this way at the dealing with others, don’t worry. Just cope moment.) as best you can. Many people feel ill at ease SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) dealing with each other right now. Relax.

This is a poor time to make your pitch to the boss or to do anything to advance your until next week at the earliest.

BORN DURING THESE TWO WEEKS You are affection and loyal. You are also realistic about other people. It’s encouraging to see that your hard work will start to pay off this year. Channel your energy and focus on building solid foundations now and for the future. Work with purpose. Physical exercise will be important, which is why you should explore something physical that you like to do. (c) 2020 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

Bizarro

A misunderstanding with a co-worker might arise right now. Be prepared to cut this person some slack because many people

are experiencing mild misunderstandings today. No biggie.

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the anti-Chief petition was at about 4,420 signatures, while the pro-Chief petition had about 3,330.

On June 17, Durango Mayor Dean Brookie told The Durango Herald the sign is on private property, and therefore the city has no authority or say as to whether the sign comes down.

After the Chief was vandalized on the night of June 19, Toh-Atin co-owner Antonia Clark told the Herald she is open to conversations about what to do with the sign, but making that decision is of secondary importance to keeping the art gallery open through the COVID-19 pandemic.

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