Durango Telegraph - July 26 2018

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4 La Vida Local

Down the line Ripples from China’s recycling policy felt nationally and locally

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Green machine Train adds new diesel, oil locomotives to next summer’s line up

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Flower power

Ear to the ground: “I wonder how long it will be until ‘GoFundMe’ is the nation’s largest insurer?”

– Local commenting on the current dismal state of affairs with health care

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RegularOccurrences

Here to pump you up If you’re feeling a little flat or think you may have a screw or two loose, the Elks can help get you rolling like a champ. Last week, Durango Elks BPOE #507 installed a new bike rack and fix-it station outside their lodge, on the corner of E. Second Avenue and 9th Street. The station includes racks with parking for up to 12 bikes and a fix-it station complete with work stand, basic tools and a pump “for when your townie has been sittin’ tooo long, and you don't realize its tires are a little soft till you’re already in town,” notes Elks member Forrest Jones.

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Amid her fire and fury, Mother Nature has a kinder, gentler side, too photos by Stephen Eginoire

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Play time Durango PlayFest aims high to put town on the theatrical map

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The station was a true community effort, with several local business that contributing to the project, including: MBS; 2nd Ave. Sports; Pedal the Peaks; 4CRS River Sports; Santé; Sweet CO2; and Rundquist Masonry.

Not just for pickles

Why cucumbers just may be the coolest summer vegetable around

by Ari LeVaux

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Dirty deeds The long arm of the law (and social media) has caught up with three off-road moto scofflaws.

The men became a social media sensation earlier this month after they were caught on video illegally tearing up the fragile tundra near Lake Emma on July 5.

“All three suspects were identified and have provided statements,” San Juan County Sheriff Bruce Conrad told the Silverton Standard. The case is being turned over to the Bureau of Land Management, and the men could face federal charges.

A hiker took photos and videos of the motorcyclists, and the Sheriff’s Office posted some of the images on Facebook, warning the individuals to turn themselves in. However, the tactic may have worked a little too well.

“They asked me to take down the post because they’ve been getting death threats on Facebook,” Conrad told the Standard. “I told them ‘that’s how serious we take our backcountry.’”

Conrad said he wants to send a message that driving off-road on the fragile high-alpine tundra will not be tolerated. “You will not get away with it, and there will be consequences,” he said.

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LaVidaLocal The root of the problem There comes a time in all writers’ lives when, after years of studying the craft and traveling the world to gather new experiences, their art and their career culminate in that kismet moment called “I have aspired to define my generation, and yet here I am, writing about flowers.”

But unlike my peers who have run out of other things to discuss, I have a really good reason for writing about flowers: they’re the closest objects at hand at this particular moment. They’re inspiring me, these marigolds and snapdragons and unidentified volunteer squash plants – and not only with their luscious beauty. They’re also inspiring me with the realization that, by including them as an integral element of this piece, they may become a deductible business expense.

Now I’m not one of those people who take advantage of our taxation system by filing frivolous business expenses. I’m simply preserving my Jeffersongiven right to pursue happiness, which, once a year, means I go to the garden center. To do that, I require all the cash I can get.

Garden centers, after all, transform perfectly rational human beings into perfectly irrational ones. I become a man obsessed.

It’s like the more living beings I purchase, the more life I myself acquire. Ponce de León looked in all the wrong places for the Fountain of Youth; it exists in every garden center.

Wise people say that the only way money buys happiness is to give it away. Good thing, because I pass through that gate, and money loses all relative value under the influence of that wet dirt smell.

I pay real money for pots with holes in the bottom, and I pay extra money for plates to hold whatever leaks and spills out of those holes. I pay money for special dirt to put in those pots, even though there’s free dirt for sale on Craigslist. And then I pay money for a special vessel to carry water from my sink to these pots – which, I knew all along, would just leak out the bottom anyway.

And then I heap my cart full with plants I’m buying on spec. These plants are not native here, or else I would just dig them up myself. They did

not evolve over millions of years to survive in the precise conditions of my front porch. I have no guarantee that these plants will thrive, let alone not die, over the course of a summer of wildfires, heat, too little rain, too much rain, deer and my neighbor’s weird cat that enjoys eating flowers.

That all assumes I don’t kill them myself. But I don’t let that fear stop me from spending a month’s grocery budget on plants I will never eat, unless I eat my begonias. Obviously, though, I don’t hoard flowers for any practical reason. They are not things I need, but they help keep my house from looking abandoned.

I can’t say the same for other things I don’t need in life – things I have already gotten rid of, as a matter of fact, but that somehow keep finding their way back to me. Since you brought it up, one such relic haunting me from my past is a vibrating football game.

This game makes garden center shopping look like a well-organized activity. You place small plastic football players on a metal field, plug the field into a wall socket, and the figures buzz in circles until they congregate in a clump along the edge of the field. Play goes until you realize, at 8 years old, that your life is worth more than this.

I did not throw away the game, though. I refuse to drop possessions in the garbage if they have any semblance of life in them, because I won’t have clogging our landfills on my conscience. So I make other people take my stuff so THEY can clog the landfill on THEIR conscience.

That’s why I gave away that game more than two decades ago, to my mom’s friend’s son. Just last week, they texted me to ask if I would like my game back. I decided to change my cell phone number and pretend I never got the text, because I really don’t want to see that thing ever again.

And that’s when I realized why I enjoy my flowers so much. It’s not for the aesthetic pleasures opening for me at dawn. It’s for the reminder that life is fleeting, and I don’t want to waste my precious life on things like the worst game ever invented. The only certainties for my flowers, as well as myself, are death and taxes. That’s a pretty deductible deduction, if you ask me.

This Week’s Sign of the Downfall:

Thumbin’It The highly likely chance that El Niño will make a visit this winter, bringing with it customary dumpage to Southwest Colorado

The bad development that would not die, with the Forest Service making a sudden about face and granting access to the much-maligned Village at Wolf Creek

The D&SNGRR parting with tradition to keep up with a changing world and adding diesel and oil locomotives to its fleet next year to help avoid another catastrophe like this summer

The Interior Department ignoring evidence that national monuments boost tourism in favor of promoting extractive industries in its decision to shrink Bears Ears and Grand Staircase

The Durango-La Plata County airport receiving a $236,000 grant to rebuild its failing taxiway

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– Zach Hively

A problematic summer for OHVers in the high country, with the latest incident involving a drunken 27-year-old who rear-ended a Jeep before catapulting down Black Bear Pass

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He’s doing asbestos he can.

An asbestos company named “Uralasbest” in Russia has started using Donald Trump’s face in their logo (the seal also says, “approved by Donald Trump, 45th president of United States,” which even sounds Russian if you read it right).

Trump, ever the evil overlord, has always supported asbestos even though it causes mesothelioma – in his 1997 book, The Art of the Comeback, Trump said that anti-asbestos efforts were “led by the mob.”

But that’s not your sign of the downfall; here it is: Trump still has a 40 percent approval rating.

WordontheStreet With the dog days of summer upon us, the Telegraph asked, “What makes you sweat?”

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Ben Dukeminier

“Anything above 75.”

Edward Blumenfeld

“Mountain biking this morning.”

Liz Blumenfeld

“The current political climate.”

Savanna Stamps

“Work.”

Todd ‘Fat’ Albert

“Just the thought of heat.”

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To keep long-term rights, act now To the editor, The nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court raises many troubling questions, but for me this question is critical: 40 years from now, will the American people have fewer rights and opportunities than we do now?

Judge Kavanaugh has consistently decided against working people’s rights, consumers’ rights, voting rights, women’s rights, the right to privacy, and science-based protections for our environment and public health. He has been outright hostile to the Affordable Care Act and the more overarching idea that all Americans need access to quality, affordable health care. He has turned a blind eye to elderly Americans and their retirement security. He consistently favors large, multinational corporations and Wall Street over Main Street and the majority of Americans. His decisions have aimed to overturn fundamental legal protections and advances gained throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, striking at the heart of our American Dream.

Many have referred to Kavanaugh as “an originalist,” a jurist committed to interpreting our Constitution “as it is written.” Since 1787, we the people have worked to expand human rights, civil rights and equal protection under the law for ALL, not just a privileged few. Kavanaugh’s jurisprudence aims to roll back these advances while – ironically – also lending legal weight to something that emphatically was NOT in our 1787 Constitution: corporate personhood.

His decisions suggest that he does not realize or does not care that the economic opportunity ladder in our country is now missing critical rungs for the middle class due in part to recent court cases that unabashedly favor large corporations over employees and consumers.4

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Members of the U.S. House have no direct authority on the confirmation of Supreme Court nominees, but our representatives do have the responsibility to protect our rights through Legislation. House members have the duty to check and balance the powers of the Executive and Judicial branches, but Scott Tipton has proven that he is unwilling to protect what voters in the 3rd Congressional District value. Now – more than ever – we need a congresswoman who can effectively legislate and protect the interests of all the people.

If you are as committed as I am to ensuring that in 40 years we all have fundamental legal protections and real economic opportunities, please consider funneling your concern into action. Our campaign needs as many volunteers as we can get.

– Diane Mitsch Bush, Democratic nominee for Congress

Trump’s bigly, little white lies To the editor, As I listened to Trump he said, “Whoever comes to Europe and are immigrants, they are ruining the culture of Europe.” He reminds me of Hitler in 1939.

Hitler said we need an Arian nation and killed 6 million Jews and others to try to achieve the goal of whites only and a pure gene pool.

America is made up of immigrants, Jews, Polish, Italians, Swiss and his father is German and his mother from England. His father said he was Scandinavian so he could sell homes and land to the Jews in New York City after WWII. Why? To make money from immigrant families. If they knew he was German, they may not have bought from him.

My grandparents on both sides came from Italy in the 1920s and worked in the coal mines and rail roads in Iowa. They loved America and became citizens and were loved by all.

Trump is obsessed with dark-colored people of any nationality other than white. It sure is funny that two

out of his three wives came from Europe and became citizens.

When Trump says immigrants will ruin the culture, what about him walking in front of and not by the side of the Queen of England or at least holding out an arm for the 92-year-old for support? He says he has culture ...

Trump has no culture – not even agriculture.

– Robert Battani, Durango

Getting derailed by poor excuses To the editor, This is just a note of thanks to Luke Mehall for his piece last week regarding the fire. There seems to be quite a bit of whitewashing of the cause and effects, or perhaps people are just naturally more Pollyanna-ish than I am. Some of the comments I’ve heard in the community really make me scratch my head. Things such as, “We did everything humanly possible to prevent a fire ... but there’s only so many things you can do. The rest is up to good fortune.” No, you didn’t. That regrettable comment is not very reassuring for the future. Or, “There were fires all over Colorado, so we were bound to have one anyway.” How ridiculous. Then there’s this, “Wildlife know how to get away from fires.” Uh, no, not in catastrophic, erratic fires such as 416. Populations of terrestrial and aquatic species may recover, but many animals were barbecued, not to mention the sterilized soil where plants will take decades to re-establish.

Unfortunately, the fact that most people have never been to the burned area and the fact that most of the area is not readily visible from a fast-moving vehicle mean that this unnatural disaster will quickly be orgotten. Fifty-four-thousand scorched acres (and counting) is a significant number. In addition, there’s the cost of fighting the fire, the economic and public health impacts to the communities, and major disruption of people’s lives.

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The causes of the fire should not be viewed as “blame.” Knowing the causes will help prevent future disasters. Remember – the causes of the fire include officials not stopping operation of the alleged guilty party in exceptional drought conditions. I sincerely hope the community will take a serious accounting of the causes and effects and keep them in mind for a long time. This did not have to happen.

– Hildreth Cooper, Durango

Unger clean air & water candidate To the editor, Guinn Unger is running for Colorado State Senate. In today’s political climate, I find it admirable to see that he stands for common sense, responsible environmental policy and for holding polluters accountable. He states “While we continue to need viable mining and oil/gas industries, those industries need to be responsible citizens. It is naive to believe that large companies will be responsible on their own, so we need to have regulations that ensure that all industry is carried out responsibly.”

Unger is running against Sen. Don Coram, who was appointed – not elected – to his position. It’s no surprise that Coram’s voting record receives low scores from environmental watch groups. Coram voted to prohibit Colorado’s participation in reducing carbon dioxide emissions at the state level. He voted to strip from local governments the democratic right to make decisions about oil and gas operations that affect their own communities. He even voted to repeal the widely popular electric vehicle credit that helps consumers save money on fuel and stimulates Colorado’s tech economy.

If you care about clean air and water, vote in November for Guinn Unger.

– Philip Riffe, Hesperus

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Sword fight Ripples from new China recycling policy felt across nation – and in Durango homes

by Tracy Chamberlin

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or decades, people across the United States have been able to consume without consequence. Recycling had become so easy, residents only needed to toss their cardboard Amazon boxes, plastic water bottles, campaign flyers and milk jugs into the blue bins, then drag them out to the curb on Wednesday morning.

After that, it was assumed those products would end up in a place where they could be turned back into more cardboard boxes, plastic bottles, flyers and milk jugs – and with an environmental bonus to boot.

And, in most cases, that’s exactly what happened.

“A year ago, you could buy any package in the grocery store and almost all of them were acceptable in the recycling program,” Mark Thompson, owner of Phoenix Recycling, said. “Now, it’s going to change.”

China pulls the plug In the early 1990s, China’s hunger for the world’s waste began to grow – and grow and grow.

Plants dedicated to turning something old into something new sprung up across the southern regions of China. It seemed the country couldn’t get enough cardboard, paper, plastic and other bits of scrap from countries all over the world, including the United States.

Over the past several decades, in fact, China has taken almost half of the world’s recyclable rubbish. (For an interesting read about what happened to recyclables once they reached China’s shore, check out Adam Minter’s 2013 book, Junkyard Plant: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade.)

Since all of this waste found a home in China, people in the Southwest – and across the country – became accustomed to tossing everything in the blue bin and shipping it to China.

So, instead of building plants capable of turning a plastic bottle into a fleece jacket, what sprung up in this country were materials recovery facilities, or MRFs. These types of automated plants separate single stream waste into different types of marketable commodities – mixed paper, cardboard and all the different plastics.

Although there are some plants in the United States that process glass, cardboard, paper and even plastic, what America really became good at was collecting the single stream and separating it.

In this way, China actually shaped the single-stream habits of Americans and the West.

Now, they’re doing it again.

According to Fay Fisk, a regional broker with Centennial Recycling based in Aurora, the first scent of China’s changing winds came in 2013 with the “Green Fence” policy.

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Workers sort single-stream recycling material at Phoenix Recycling, southeast of Durango. Phoenix, unlike the city of Durango, sorts all of its single-stream into mixed paper, cardboard, aluminum and different types of plastics. It’s the only facility capable of sorting in the area. The city sends its single stream to Friedman Recycling in Albuquerque./Photo by Steve Eginoire Fisk works with companies like Phoenix Recycling to get their recyclables from the blue bin to manufacturers who can to turn bundles of mixed paper into home insulation.

“If you were in the business, you could see parts of it coming,” she said.

Green Fence was an effort to enforce contamination standards set years earlier, and it began with Chinese officials actually

inspecting shipping containers as they came into port.

Green Fence did have an impact on the markets back then, but it was nothing the industry hadn’t weathered before. And, nobody really believed it would go too far.

Then came China’s “National Sword” policy in February 2017. It began as a crackdown on illegal waste shipments but soon morphed into a policy change on

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recyclable imports in the name of environmental reform.

China made things official a few months later when it announced intentions to the World Trade Organization: no more dirty single stream.

This announcement was the real shot heard round the world. Markets began to fall, dirty bales of single stream started piling up, and National Sword started making its way into news cycles in the United States.

Over the past year, China has tweaked its rules on importing recyclables, but it’s nothing that would signal a change in policy. In fact, it’s the opposite.

In March, the country came up with “Blue Sky” – a new name attached to more recycling restrictions. At this point, China will only take recyclable material with a 0.5 percent contamination rate – a standard industry experts like Fisk say is impossible to meet. (As a comparison, the City of Durango is allowed a 5 percent contamination rate with Albuquerque’s Friedman Recycling, the company that sorts the city’s single stream.)

China has also prohibited the import of mixed paper recyclables and announced plans to stop taking other items in the future, like scrap metal.

David Friedman, CEO of Friedman Recycling, said since China’s new policy was implemented in January of this year, the country has bought half of what it typically does, and the value of recyclable materials has plummeted.

“It’s a commodities industry, we’re used to some volatility,” he added. “But this is nothing like we’ve ever seen.”

Friedman’s company has been operating in the Southwest for 41 years. He started sorting recyclables as a teenager and today runs the business with his brother, Morris Friedman.

It’s not just the pure scale of the cut off on Chinese imports or the speed in which things have changed, Friedman said, but the fact that the decision is not driven by the markets.

“It’s a political fabrication,” he explained. “There’s no rationality to it. Who knows what the Chinese government will think of next week? It’s unprecedented.”

In response, material recovery facilities like Friedman’s are looking for new homes for their products. They’ve turned to Vietnam, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Korea, Mexico and Brazil – just to name a few.

But the truth is without China in the game, the world of recycling and single stream has to change. (The Telegraph examines industry changes – today and in the future – in Part II of this article in next week’s edition).

“It’s bad enough what they’re doing is so disruptive, it’s also so unclear,” Friedman 4

said. “There’s very little transparency with the Chinese government. We’re operating under the assumption it’s not going to change anytime soon.”

Taking the hit at home Communities across the United States are having to deal with the implications of China’s new policy. Some had to adjust their recycling programs, a few have stopped recycling altogether, and others are taking recyclables to the landfill.

The first time the Durango community felt the sting from China’s National Sword was with the $2.69 surcharge added to residents’ recycling bills in June.

With Friedman Recycling struggling to find buyers for its material, the company needed to offer a cleaner product – which means less contamination. It also means they are forced to slow things down and hire more workers to search through the scrap. As a result, Friedman needed to charge the city of Durango $25 per ton just to take its recycling. That cost was passed on to residents in the form of the surcharge.

It’s not something Friedman – or the city – wanted, according to both, but operating costs for the company have doubled since January.

So far, the surcharge is the only thing Durango residents have felt. But things are changing quickly. “It’s a very fluid situation, day-to-day, week-to-week,” Friedman said.

The next change likely coming down the pipe is plastic.

The United States does have some plants with the ability to take quality No. 1 and 2 plastics. The real rub is what’s known as No. 3 through 7 plastics.

What are 3-7s? These plastics are typically thinner, lower-quality and tougher to turn into other products.

Some examples are the plastic clamshells used to hold berries at the grocery store, or those flimsy water bottles that fold with the slightest touch.

No. 1 and 2 plastics include things like milk jugs and laundry detergent bottles. They can more easily become more milk jugs and detergent bottles. Those “quality plastics” have always been easier to sell, but under the National

Sword policy, it’s the only plastic that will sell.

Phoenix’s Thompson said if it’s not a No. 1 or 2 plastic bottle, he would lose money trying to find a home for it.

“But it’s gone beyond that,” he added. “It’s no longer, ‘It’s expensive for me to recycle it.’ Now it’s, ‘I can’t recycle it at any price.’”

Friedman admitted his company does have a backlog of the 3-7 plastics, but he also said they are encouraging their customers, like the City of Durango, not to change their recycling programs – at least, not yet.

“We continue to sort 3-7s, storing the material in our facility,” he explained. “We’re hopeful there will be a viable market; we’re actively searching. But, we haven’t found anything yet.”

The city is preparing in case things don’t change – or get worse.

“We are trying to stay ahead of this,” Durango’s Director of City Operations Levi Lloyd said. “So, if there are changes coming down the pike, we can start getting the word out as quickly as possible.”

One of the reasons the city’s single-stream recycling program has been a success over the years is the tremendous amount of public outreach the city did in the beginning, Lloyd said. Along with meetings, flyers and social media campaigns, city workers took the time to examine bins in the early days of the program and leave notes reminding residents what was – and was not – recyclable.

If the city had to change the program, all that would need to happen again. Lloyd said city officials have already started talking about such a campaign in the likelihood the No. 3-7 plastics get cut out of the marketplace. But, all the players are hoping it doesn’t come to that.

“We’re working extremely hard,” Friedman said. “We don’t want to send anything to the landfill.” n In next week’s edition, coming out Aug. 2, the Telegraph takes a look at how the United States and the Southwest are adapting to China’s National Sword policy and how it might reshape the industry moving forward.

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Parsing the plastics

No. 1

No. 2

No. 1 and 2 plastics include things like milk jugs and laundry detergent bottles. These items can more easily become more milk jugs and more detergent bottles. They are considered “quality plastics” and have always been easier to sell. Under China’s new National Sword policy, these are the only plastics that will sell.

No. 3-7

No. 3-7 plastics are typically thinner, lowerquality and tougher to turn into other products. Some examples are the plastic clamshells used to hold berries at the grocery store, or the flimsy water bottles that fold with the slightest touch.

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DENVER – During Christmas week last December, lift maintenance worker Adam Lee crawled under the Magic Carpet, a 30inch wide conveyor belt on a beginner slope at the Loveland Ski Area.

Why Lee crawled under the ski escalator is not clear, according to a report filed by the Colorado Passenger Tramway Safety Board in January.

Industry standards “prohibit the performance of maintenance beneath a conveyor while the conveyor is in operation,” said the board in its January report. “In addition, witness interviews and dispatch records confirm there was no mechanical or electrical issues with the conveyor and that Mr. Lee was not dispatched to the conveyor.”

The conveyor quit operating about an hour after Lee had crawled underneath it.

Other lift maintenance workers discovered his body entangled in the machinery.

In a new report, Denver TV station RustyRelics: Remnants of the San Juans’ past can be found dotting the landChannel 7 reports high levels of THC were scape around Silverton, such as this drill near an old mine./Photo by Stephen Eginoire found in Lee’s system. Because of that, the victim’s widow and two children have been denied $800 a month in workers’ compensation benefits, half bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics. But Waterous does not want to see Olympic events within the national park, as she believes it the total that would normally be awarded survivors.

Colorado law allows workers’ comp companies to cut benefits would create unacceptable impacts. She said she was motivated to by 50 percent if tests return positive for marijuana or any other con- investigate the rail potential by the worsening traffic in Banff. “We got into this because we want to make Banff more pedestrian trolled substance.

Brian Vicente, a Colorado attorney who played a major role in friendly,” she said.

Adam Waterous is the managing partner of Waterous Energy the campaign to legalize marijuana in the state in 2012, told the Fund, a private equity fund primarily focusing on privately owned TV station that the law is unfair.

“We voters spoke loudly and said marijuana should not be illegal oil and gas companies in North America. for adults. Yet we still have some parts of the Colorado revised statutes that appear to penalize people who are using this sub- Enviros warn of oil train river danger stance,” he said.

KALISPELL, Mont. – Environmental groups continue to point to According to the TV station, experts, whom were not identified, booming traffic in trains carrying oil across the Continental Divide said there’s no way it could be determined whether Lee was intoxin Montana as an accident waiting to happen, the Flathead Beacon icated or impaired at the time of his death. reports.

His widow, Erika Lee, said she plans to appeal the decision, citing The rail line over Marias Pass, just south of the Glacier National the fact that marijuana is now legal in Colorado.

Park, carries 10 to 18 trains each week of cars containing oil from the Bakken fields of North Dakota and eastern Montana. The tracks Spacing may yield cap on weed stores adjoin the Middle Fork of the Flathead River, which flows into FlatBANFF, Alberta – Elected officials in Banff, the town, are being ad- head Lake, between Missoula and Kalispell.

American Rivers, an environmental group, points out that the river vised to space stores selling cannabis no closer than 100 meters apart.

This is in addition to provincial requirements that stores be located helped inspire adoption of the Wild & Scenic River Act of 1968.

Jack Stanford, emeritus director of the Flathead Lake Biological more than 100 meters from schools and health care facilities.

While Banff is not sure whether to establish a hard cap on the Station, said an entire 80-car train going into the river would be a number of cannabis stores, as some places have done, the distant “disaster beyond belief.”

Burlington Northern-Santa Fe, operator of the railroad, defends separations might well achieve the same result, the Rocky Mountain its safety record and points out that it has spent $850 million on Outlook reports. its tracks in Montana during the past five years to reduce risks and Partial financing secured for Banff train leverage new technology.

Railroad officials also point to their work with avalanche foreBANFF, Alberta – Proponents of a project to revive passenger rail casters to predict when snow slides may impact the rails and trains, service between Banff and Calgary have secured $300 million from the better to curtail operations. the private sector. That’s half the amount needed to build the tracks Environmentalists, though, want to see a publicly reviewed spillparallel to the Canadian-Pacific Railway. prevention plan.

Jan Waterous, who owns the train station in Banff and 30 adjoining acres with her husband, Adam, told the Rocky Mountain Out- Hurt grizzly bear put to death after fall look that the private institution, which was unidentified, will pay GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, Mont. – Officials decided to euthahalf the cost if local, provincial and federal governments match it. nize a female grizzly bear who slipped from an overhanging It’s 125 kilometers (about 75 miles) from Banff to Calgary, where construction is under way on a third light-rail line. The cost of that precipice and fell 20 feet onto the Going-to-the-Sun Road across light rail line in Calgary runs more than $170 million a kilometer. Logan Pass in Glacier National Park.

A necropsy found the bear had significant trauma to its thoracic The line from Banff, however, could cost only $4 million a kilomevertebrae, broken ribs, and a dislocated hip. She was estimated to ter, Waterous estimates.

The ultimate dream is to enable Banff visitors or residents to be be 5 to 7 years old and believed to be otherwise in good health. able to take rail from the national park to the Calgary airport, as well as downtown Calgary. This could play into Calgary’s potential

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Train gets onboard with non-coal engines

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he green train is about to roll into the station. Literally.

Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad owner Al Harper said this week that the train is buying two new (new to them anyway) diesel locomotives. The locomotives, which are being built in South Carolina, should be finished in time for next year’s busy summer season. And since the diesel-powered engines will be a departure from the train’s historic steam locomotives, so will their appearance. They will be painted green (other exterior details will be forthcoming, he said.)

“I call it ecological green, like the forest,” said Harper on Tuesday. “It’s kind of fitting.”

For those who have spent the summer on Mars, the D&SNGRR may or may not have started the 416 Fire on June 1. Although eyewitnesses said the fire started from train cinders, its cause is still classified as “under investigation” by the U.S. Forest Service.

But in the meantime, Harper said he does not want to take any more chances with the local economy or environment.

He said the train lost $6 million in revenue when it was shut down for several weeks this summer, and 224 of his employees were out of work. This is in addition to the

economic repercussions felt far and wide throughout the Durango and Silverton communities.

“We want to be good neighbors,” said Harper. “Next year, the train is going to be 137 years old, and there’s never been scheduled service without coal. It’s a big change, but we are adapting with the times.”

In addition to the two diesel locomotives, the train is also retrofitting an existing engine to burn oil, much like heating oil used back East, instead of coal. The exciting thing about these engines, other than the fact they will sharply reduce fire danger, they will all be able to make the trip to Silverton. (The train’s existing diesels are not able to make the sharp grade past Hermosa.) The two 2,000-horsepower diesels will be able to tow eight cars each; the oil train, 12 cars.

Since nobody builds new diesel locomotives, the two new D&SNG engines – which Harper plans to, fittingly, name the 416 and 550 – are being built from existing 8-foot engine platforms. The oil locomotive is being built on-site by train mechanics and will be ready by May 1, 2019, he said.

“It’s going to be a big help, no question,” said Harper. The plans is to run the trains during times of high fire risk, such as earlier this summer. “They can work so we don’t

Some D&SNGRR engines will have a new look in 2019, with plans to introduce one oil and two diesel locomotives. The diesels will be painted green, which might look something like this, but we won’t know until the train releases details in coming weeks. Unlike the train’s existing diesels, these will be able to make it to Silverton. ever get shut down again.”

The three new trains plus a new 3,000square-foot building to house and maintain them, is expected to cost $6 million.

Harper said it has been bittersweet, parting with the long tradition of coal-powered steam trains, but that he is excited about

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the new direction as well. (He plans to nickname the new diesels “Rail Ranger” and “Forest Ranger.”)

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or five days this August, Durango will be the site of “PlayFest,” billed as the first American theatre festival in Southwest Colorado. Actors Wendie Malick and Dan Lauria, no strangers to town (“The Guys” and “Love Letters”), inspired a small group of local performing arts lovers to start the local theatre festival. Lauria acknowledged that the idea grew out of admiration for The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference in Waterford, Conn. – a program of public, staged, script-in-hand readings.

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Justthefacts What: Durango PlayFest When: Mon. - Sat., Aug. 6-11 Where: Durango Arts Center, Henry Strater Theatre, Rochester Hotel Info: www.durangoplayfest.org; 970-335-8264; or at the door, if available development, established an industry standard that is now seen in theaters around the world. The objective is to provide a supportive space for playwrights to develop new work in conjunction with seasoned actors and direc-

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tors. With Durango’s tourism hurt by fires, drought and toxic spills, it is hoped the PlayFest will grow to be a new summer economic driver for the area.

“In light of recent events and what our community has gone through, it is more important than ever that we present an exciting festival that will bring audiences and visitors to our community to celebrate the creative process of bringing a new play to life,” Christina Erteszek, chairwoman of the PlayFest Advisory Committee, said. “We need to increase our community’s number of visitor attractions and this festival will help accomplish that.” 4

As conceived, the festival will also offer opportunities for locals to engage the visiting artists through panels, social gatherings, performances and post-show talkbacks. The 10-member advisory committee hopes to make Durango a home for new theatrical work and that the festival will be a benchmark for an emerging voice in American Theatre.

“The playwright is coming to Durango to get (their play) on its feet with experienced actors,” Festival Director Felicia Lansbury Meyer explained. “To hear it; try things, change things.”

Lansbury Meyer also teaches for the Fort Lewis College Theatre Department. As a result, PlayFest is working in collaboration with FLC to give four student interns the chance to experience real-world challenges in theater problem-solving, networking and management skills. In addition, recent FLC Theatre graduate Jake Yost will have his play included in the final reading lineup.

You may know him from his roles as the Wizard in “The Wizard of Oz” and the Strater’s annual “Rocky in Rocky Horror Picture Show.” His play, titled “Standby to Standby,” was written for Yost’s senior seminar project and reflects some of his experiences as a five-year Navy veteran.

The festival is drawing other big names in national theatre as well, such as Mike Farrell, best known as Captain B.J. Hunnicutt from “M*A*S*H,” and Laura Spencer (“Bones,” “The Big Bang Theory”). Also on the roster is Pulitzer, Tony and Olivier award-winning playwright Lee Blessing, whom Lauria referred to as “one of the greatest American playwrights.” And Lauria

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would know, having appeared in Blessing’s “The Winning Streak” (2005).

Others joining the illustrious group include prize winning writers Emily Dendinger and Stephen Nathan; actors David Lansbury (“Scent of a Woman,” “Gorillas in the Mist”) and nephew of Angela Lansbury, Gwen Malick (niece of Wendie), Angela Pierce (“30 Rock,” “Criminal Minds”), Anya-Whelan Smith, Christopher McFarland, and Elizabeth Gray.

Directing the readings of the newly developed works will be Jeni Mahoney, Christy Montour-Larson, Ian Belknap and

ment of the playright. “Lee Blessing is, in my opinion, the best-kept secret in American theatre. He has written more plays than Shakespeare and is produced all over the country.”

Outside of the actual play readings themselves, there will be opportunities for the public to get up close and personal with the directors, actors and writers. On Tues., Aug. 7, Montour-Larson, Belknap and Mahoney will host a journey into the art of theatrical storytelling at the R Space (734 E. 2nd Ave.) On Wed., Aug. 8, Lauria will moderate a program titled “Appreciation of

“It is thrilling to be a part of something that is just beginning. We need plays now more than ever.”

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local Daniel Sullivan.

“It is so wonderful to have the playwright in the room to ask questions and make sure that we are all making the right choices to support them,” Montour-Larson said of the opportunity. “And it is thrilling to be a part of something that is just beginning. We need new plays now more than ever.”

Montour-Larson has directed Blessing plays in the past and will be working with him during PlayFest on his “A Body of Water.” She concurs with Lauria’s assess-

Acting,” illustrated with clips from films and some engaging stories, one of which recalls his breakfast with Hollywood legend Cary Grant. Both events are free to the public upon pre-registration.

There will be a festival party Thurs., Aug. 9, at the Rochester Hotel’s Secret Garden, with music by the Jeff Solon duo, appetizers and a cash bar. It is a chance for locals to mingle with the artists.

The readings, which will be open to the public, begin Fri., Aug. 10. Selecting the plays was a collaborative process, and Lans-

bury Meyer said Lauria was a huge help. Theater people, being a close-knit community, often know each other, and once the PlayFest ball got rolling, friends and colleagues were invited to participate. “(Lauria) knows Lee (Blessing), and once Lee agreed to come, we knew we were off to a great start!” she said.

Likewise, a friend of hers at The Acting Company, in New York, Ian Belknap, worked to find an emerging writer. “And that’s how we found Emily Dendinger,” she said.

In addition, playwright Nathan, who will be presenting his play “The Dizziness of Freedom,” had a role in bringing Farrell to the fest. Having done a table read with him a while back, Nathan suggested the actor join him in Durango. Farrell enthusiastically accepted. “It’s fun to be able to try things out in front of an audience; to see what works and what doesn’t work,” Farrell said.

Keeping in mind the economic strain on our community as a result of the 416 Fire and drought, getting tourists back to our hamlet is of paramount importance. To that end Lansbury Meyer mused, “We get to show off Durango to a whole host of new people, and our community has the opportunity to experience the creative process, as professional artists come together in this beautiful place to work on new plays and learn to love Durango as we do!”

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Getting out of a pickle

by Ari LeVaux

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he expression “cool as a cucumber” had no choice but to exist. The cooler the better, in fact. But even a warm cucumber, freshly picked, can be gloriously refreshing in the middle of a hot field. The impossibility of a cucumber gathering that amount of water and stashing it is as cool as the hydration itself.

People make a big deal about the different kinds of tomatoes they can buy during tomato season, but the same can be said for cucumbers. The differences are more subtle, but no less enjoyable. Variations in flavor, water content, crispness and how it explodes in your mouth all add up to myriad gastronomic experiences.

And unlike tomatoes, which would give me heartburn, I can eat cucumbers all day. A tall, crunchy drink of water that’s loaded with vitamins is always welcome.

It’s no surprise cucumbers are considered a physiologically “cooling” food in the Aryuvedic medical philosophy of India, where the plant is thought to have first been cultivated. One sure-fire way to be cooled by a cucumber is to cool your cucumbers first. With all due respect to the quenching you can get from a warm cucumber in the middle of a hot, dry field, there isn’t a finer thing to do than stand in the sun and eat a crispy, juicy cucumber straight out of the fridge.

Pharmacological researchers have zeroed in on several chemical compounds found in cucumbers that have potential medical benefits. Many of these are found in cucumber seed extract, but interesting compounds have been isolated from the peels as well. And from the blossom end of the cucumber, also known as the bitter end, Cucurbitacin C has emerged as a molecule of interest.

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It’s the very bitter flavor you sometimes taste at one end of the cucumber. The blossom end is a toxin created by the plant to ward off predators like spider mites.

Chemically, Cucurbitacin C is a steroid molecule (though it isn’t currently banned by any sports leagues, so it must not be much good in that department). Nobody has gotten sick from too many cucumbers, but there have been cases of toxicity resulting from bitter melon, a relative of cucumber, and from eating un-intended hybrid cucumbers, zucchini, squash, melon or other members of the same family that have cross-pollinated and volunteered in the compost pile or some other unexpected place.

Meanwhile, Cucurbitacin C is under investigation for potential pharmacological benefits and is showing promise in many arenas, including anti-tumor, anti-diabetic, anti-atherosclerotic, and anti-inflammatory activity. Likewise, the cosmetics industry has latched onto several molecules in cucumber seeds, promoting their ability to hydrate, elasticize and, you guessed it, cool and calm the skin.

Now is peak cucumber appreciation season at the farmers market. Last week, I brought home five different varieties from three different vendors, and let the comparisons begin. The highlight was the “Chinese cucumbers,” sold to me by the Russian babushkas in an uncharacteristic show of diversity; usually they sell the same gherkin pickling cukes that all the other Russians sell. The Chinese cucumbers have thin, spikey skins like pickling cukes, a sharp crisp and explosive water content.

And don’t let the title “pickling” fool you when you want to eat a fresh cucumber. My wife (the vegetable whisperer) prefers the pickling variety of cucumbers to slicers, at least for raw use. For what it’s worth, I agree. If

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pickles are on your agenda, however, you should actually stick to pickling cucumbers. I’ve never seen anybody pull off a decent pickle with slicers.

Another great cucumber is the Armenian, which is as delicious as it is enormous. And some of the plane-Jane looking normal slicing cucumbers these days can surprise you.

As for preparation, there are all kinds of lovely recipes for fresh cucumbers, but if your goal is to compare and contrast, munching them straight out of the fridge is the way to go. It’s also a very enjoyable and refreshing thing to do.

But if that’s too much chewing, I suggest putting your cukes in a Vitamix or similar high-speed blender with some ice cubes and whipping up some of this cool elixir.

Cucumber Ambrosia 2 medium cukes 4-8 ice cubes 1/4 lime 4 mint leaves Slice the blossom ends of both cucumbers. If you can’t tell which end is which, slice them both off and nibble each end. Then you will know. If you want to remove any bitterness, rub the cut face of the bitter end with the cut face of the nonbitter end. Rub in a circular pattern, which will extract a bitter, milky substance that you can wipe off. Cut the remaining cucumber sections into three or four pieces each, and put them in the blender with the ice cubes and lime juice.

Blend, starting low until it’s a chunky slurry, then turn the blender up to high. If it’s too slushy for your taste, add water. If it’s too bitter, add sweetener or fruit, and blend again.

Sipping on this milky, foamy treat is refreshing and satisfying on so many levels and is a delightful way to pass the afternoon, while loading up on vitamins and fiber. And, depending on the hour, these flavors go very well with gin. I can slip about half a shot into a glass of cucumber smoothie and barely taste a thing. And if I turn it up from there, the gin flavor creates a lovely cocktail.

Detoxification and intoxication are complex phenomena that are often dependent on the dosage. One can do worse than explore these realms with cucumber in hand and mouth.n

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Hi*Beams, Erik & Friends and Moska Mule shows will be at the Festival Tent at Purgatory. Tickets remain at musicinthemountains.com.

The next installment of Erik & Friends finds a pair of Lawn echnically speaking, late July is summer’s midpoint. This Chair Kings holding court at Mancos Brewing from 5-9 p.m. Sunyear, more than ever, we all seem anxious for autumn, waitday when LCK frontman Erik Nordstrom and drummer Patrick ing to reclaim what 416 incinerated before the summer even got started. Businesses are hurting. Employees are broke. The Dressen perform acoustic tunes. Dressen, the granddaddy of the Durango bluegrass scene, has played guitar and mandolin for river is low and choked with ash runoff. Fish are suffocating from such groups as the Hermosa Creek all the Badly Bent, Heart & way to the state line.

Soul and, if you’ve been Many of my favorite around these parts long parts of the San Juan enough, the Marmot National Forest are still Mudflaps. inaccessible, and there’s If you’re heading up no telling when we’ll be to Telluride in the midable to hike back in. dle of next week, check I’m happy that some out Old Salt Union at of my favorite mushthe free concert series at rooming and grouse Sunset Plaza in Mounhunting grounds were tain Village. The upspared from the fires. and-coming quintet is Others were right in its signed to the groovy path. And, while I’ve Compass Records label spared my creek trout and making waves during this low-water summer, I’m hoping the Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams play retro honky-tonk tonight (Thurs., July across the country.

They’ll play at 6 p.m.

26) at Buckley Park starting at 5:30 p.m. monsoons will raise Wednesday. Looking to creek levels and lower the future, alt-country songwriting sensation Brent Cobb plays temperatures enough to float a caddis without remorse. I’m anxthe same series Aug. 8, while the jazz innovators in the Charlie ious for the time when I can light a campfire again, guilt-free and Hunter Trio perform there Aug. 15. safely.

For the lucky few, RockyGrass runs Friday through Sunday at Festival season, too, is in the homestretch. Telluride Jazz (Aug. 3-5), Rhythms on the Rio (Aug. 3-5), Meltdown on the Mesa (Aug. the Planet Bluegrass Ranch in Lyons. It’s a veritable who’s who of bluegrass, with headliners including Sam Bush, David Grisman & 18), Four Corners Folk Festival (Labor Day weekend) and Blues & Peter Rowan (performing “Old & in the Way” in its entirety), Hot Brews (Sept. 14-16) are still on the horizon. But blink a couple of Rize, Steep Canyon Rangers and a DGQ reunion, among others. A times, and they’ll all be behind us.

Friday night women’s jam includes Alison Brown, Becky Buller, Water restrictions in my neighborhood put the kibosh on any Sierra Hull, Missy Raines & Molly Tuttle. This one sold out immereal gardening. I did rescue a couple of dying tomato plants that diately, but scalpers usually line the highway leading into the were intended for a co-worker. At least four or five of these plants ranch. are producing cherry tomatoes. And my sage plants seem to proIn brewing news, Ska has canned its 23rd anniversary beer, duce from start to finish each year, even with minimal watering.

Moska Mule. Spicy ginger and fresh lime flavor the slightly Otto starts his final season of YAFL football next week. Next acidic, slightly sour wonder. It’s billed as being inspired by the month, he’ll enter middle school. In many ways, it feels like vodka-and-ginger beer concoction, the Moscow Mule. While I we’ve lost a summer of his youth, if for nothing other than the don’t quite get that taste, I certainly found my first six-pack to be summer that burned away. refreshing. The Moska is the first of Ska’s anniversary ales to be The free Concerts @ the Park series concludes tonight available outside Durango.

(Thurs., July 26) starting at 5:30 p.m. in Buckley Park with the reElsewhere: Terry Rickard plays from 6-8 p.m. tonight on the turn of Halden Wofford & the Hi*Beams. This retro honkyDalton Ranch patio; Kirk James picks solo blues at Serious Texas tonk outfit from the Front Range is no stranger to Durango, BBQ South from 5-8 p.m. Friday, while he brings the full band to having played in the region dozens of times through the years, the Rusty Shovel Saloon at Vallecito Lake from 1-5 p.m. Saturday; most recently at a KSUT fundraiser at the Powerhouse Science the Lisa Blue Trio blends jazz, rock, country and pop at 6 p.m.

Center in April. The quintet has been busy since, recording a new Friday at Foxfire Farms Winery near Ignacio; and Black Velvet album that was produced by legendary guitarist Bill Kirchen, of Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen fame. Kirchen joined stays busy with three gigs this weekend, including 7-11 p.m. Friday at the Derailed Pour House, 5-9 p.m. Saturday at the Animas the Hi*Beams at a couple of performances recently, energizing an River Beer Garden at the Doubletree Hotel, and 4-8 p.m. Sunday already frenetic band that’s loyal to such traditional country forms as the aforementioned honky tonk, trucker anthems, rocka- at the Balcony.

The best thing I’ve heard this week is the third album from albilly and Western swing. The Hi*Beams were scheduled to perform a freebie in Buckley last summer, but the show was cancelled ternative country musician Rayland Baxter, “Wide Awake.”

The son of legendary steel guitarist Bucky Baxter, Rayland has due to heavy smoke from the Lightner Creek Fire. This time moved from twangy country to more of an indie-rock sound. Polaround, the only thing smokin’ will be Greg Schochet’s doubleitics enter the fray, too, on two of the record’s early singles: neck guitar, Bret Billings’ steel, the upright thumping of Ben O’“Strange American Dream” and “79 Shiny Revolvers.” The latter Connor, the punk-schooled drumming of Damon Smith, and features the chorus, “You really wanna save the world, man/Well I Halden’s own crazed energy. wanna save it, too/We can blow ’em away/The American way/79 Sadly, Music in the Mountains’ 32nd season draws to a shiny revolvers.” close this weekend with festival orchestra performances of “Beauty & the Beast” at 7 p.m. Friday; “I Love the Piano” at 7 Blowing through the jasmine in my mind? Email me at chrisa@go p.m. Saturday; and “Prince Charming” at 7 p.m. Sunday. All three brainstorm.net. n

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Dave Mensch performs, part of Three Springs Outdoor Concert Series, 6-8 p.m., Three Springs Plaza.

Intermediate Tai Chi, 10:30-11:30 a.m., every Friday, Durango Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave.

Terry Rickard performs, 6-8 p.m., Dalton Ranch Swing Restaurant, 589 County Road 252.

Kids’ Club: DIY Flower Pots, for ages 5-12, 1-2 p.m., Durango Public Library.

Women’s Drop-in Tennis, 9 a.m., Durango High School courts. www.durangotennis.com.

Gary Walker & Faith Evangeline perform, 6:308:30 p.m., Jean-Pierre Restaurant & Wine Bar, 601 Main Ave.

Screen-Free Playtime, 3-5 p.m., White Rabbit Books & Curiosities, 128 W. 14th St. 259-2213.

Here to Hear: Office Hour with City Councilor Dick White, 9-10 a.m., Steaming Bean in the underground of the Irish Embassy, 900 Main Ave.

Powerhouse Pub Trivia, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Powerhouse Science Center, 1333 Camino del Rio. www.powsci.org.

Beginner Tai Chi, 9:15-10:15 a.m., Durango Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave.

Drumming & Dancing for Rain Circle, 6:30-9 p.m., Tatanka Lodge, Durango West II. Register: 978-2702230.

Durango Fiesta Days, thru July 29, La Plata County Fairgrounds. www.durangofiestadays.com Yoga Flow, 8 a.m., Pine River Library.

Baby Meetup, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Columbine House at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 419 San Juan Dr. Toddler Storytime, 10:30-11 a.m., Durango Library.

Teen Time: Music Trivia, 1-2 p.m., Durango Library.

Drop-in Tennis, all ages welcome, 4 p.m., Durango High School courts. www.durangotennis.com.

Submit “On the Town” items by Monday at noon to: calendar@durangotelegraph.com

“Doc Swords,” PTSD Social Club for Veterans, 4-6 p.m., VFW, 1550 Main Ave. Farmers Market, 4-8 p.m., Three Springs Plaza.

Green Drinks, hosted by SHERPA Sustainability Institute, 5-6:45 p.m., Carver Brewing Co., 1022 Main Ave. 4D3 performs, part of Burger & a Band Series, 5-8 p.m., James Ranch Harvest Grill, 33846 HWY 550. 6761023.

Ska-B-Q with Leah Orlikowski, 5-8 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St. The Ben Gibson Acoustic Duo, 5-9 p.m., Animas River Beer Garden at the Doubletree Hotel.

Sitting Meditation, 5:30-6:15 p.m., Durango Dharma Center, 1800 E. 3rd Ave. durangodharmacenter.org.

Concerts @ The Park features honky tonk band Halden Wofford & the Hi-Beams, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Buckley Park. www.durangoconcerts.com.

Pine River Garden Club monthly meeting, 6 p.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield.

“Introduction to Mindful Self-Compassion and Inner Resilience,” free presentation with Myoung Lee, 6-7:30 p.m., Durango Public Library.

Acoustic Music Jam, 7 p.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield.

“Ramblings of a Retired Mesa Verde Ranger,” presented by career national park ranger Linda Martin, 7 p.m., Cortez Public Library.

“Ghostbusters” screening, 7 p.m., Sunflower Theatre in Cortez. www.sunflowertheatre.org.

Open Mic & Stand-Up Comedy, 8 p.m., El Rancho Tavern, 975 Main Ave. Laugh Therapy, stand-up comedy, 8 p.m., The Steaming Bean, 900 Main Ave. 403-1200.

Karaoke with Crazy Charlie, 8 p.m.-close, Wild Horse Saloon, 601 E. 2nd Ave. Thursday Night Funk Jam, 9 p.m.-midnight, Moe’s, 937 Main Ave.

Fab Fridays in July, block party featuring local businesses, 5-8 p.m., 500-700 blocks of Main Avenue. www.downtowndurango.org.

Kirk James performs, 5-8 p.m., patio at Serious Texas South.

Patrick Crossing performs, 5:30-9:30 p.m., Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave. 403-1200.

Lisa Blue Trio performs, 6 p.m., Foxfire Farms in Ignacio.

Dave Mensch performs, 7 p.m., Blondies in Cortez.

739-4944.

4 Corners Comedy Festival, featuring area stand-up comics, 7 p.m., show also runs July 28, Sunflower Theatre in Cortez. www.sunflowertheatre.org.

Beauty and the Beast Festival Orchestra Concert, part of Music in the Mountains, 7-9 p.m., Festival Tent at Purgatory. www.musicinthemountains.com.

Teen Game Night, 7-10 p.m., Mancos Public Library.

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Open Mic Night, 7-11 p.m., Steaming Bean, 900 Main Ave. 403-1200.

Shawn Arrington Blues Band, 8 p.m., Billy Goat Saloon in Gem Village.

Friday27 Mancos Days, featuring activities, parade, live music and more, July 27-29, Boyle Park in Mancos. www.face book.com/mancoscoloradodays.

Durango Early Bird Toastmasters, 7-8:30 a.m., LPEA headquarters, 45 Stewart St. 769-7615.

“Coco,” outdoor movie night, 8:30 p.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield.

DJ P.A., 8:30 p.m., Blondies in Cortez. 739-4944.

DJ Noonz, 8 p.m.-close, Starlight Lounge, 937 Main.

Free yoga, 8:30-9:30 a.m., Lively Boutique, 809 Main Ave.

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Zumba Gold, 9:30-10:15 a.m., La Plata Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave.

Durango Farmers Market, featuring music from the Julius Quartet, 8 a.m.-noon, First National Bank parking lot, 259 W. 9th St. www.durangofarmersmarket.com.

Open Art Studio, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Ignacio Library.

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Mancos Days Parade, 9 a.m., downtown Mancos. www.facebook.com/mancoscoloradodays.

Preschool Storytime, 10:30-11 a.m., Durango Library.

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“Growing Your Farm Business,” free tours of large vegetable farms hosted by Southwest Farm Fresh, 9 a.m.4:30 p.m. Register at southwestfarmfresh.com/events.

Watch Your Step class, 10:15-11:15 a.m., Durango Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave.

Henry Stoy performs, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Jean-Pierre Café, 601 Main Ave. 570-650-5982.

Trailwork on Smokejumper Trail, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., meet at north end of Smokejumper Trail. Register at www.trails2000.org.

VFW Indoor Flea Market, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 1550 Main Ave. 247-0384.

Trivia Night, 7-10 p.m., Durango Brewing Co., 3000 Main Ave. Open Mic Night, 8 p.m.-close, Moe’s Lounge, 937 Main Ave.

Gentle Yoga, 1 p.m., Durango Senior Center.

Legos & Wii, 2 p.m., Ignacio Community Library. 5639287.

Wednesday01 Morning Meditation, 8 a.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield. 884-2222.

Trivia Night, 7 p.m., Blondies in Cortez.

Learn to Square Dance, with Wild West Squares, 78:30 p.m., Florida Grange, 656 Hwy 172. 903-6478.

Free Kids Yoga with Joy Kilpatrick, ages 3-7, 9-9:45 a.m., Pediatric Associates, 1199 Main Ave., Suite 205. www.Breathworkswithjoy.com.

Family Water Safety with Josh the Otter, nationally recognized drowning prevention and water safety program, 10 a.m., Ignacio Community Library. 563-9287.

Kirk James Blues Band, 1-5 p.m., Rusty Shovel Saloon, Vallecito.

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Forest Health Walk, Talk & Work Day, hosted by Mountain Studies Institute, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Kendall Mountain.

Register at laurel@mountainstudies.org.

Beginner Tai Chi, 9:15-10:15 a.m., Durango Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave.

StoryTime, 10-11 a.m., Ignacio Community Library.

563-9287.

Zumba Gold, 9:30-10:15 a.m., La Plata Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave.

Intermediate Tai Chi, 10-11 a.m., Durango Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave.

Nature Tours, hosted by San Juan Mountains Association, 9:45 a.m.-noon, meet outside ticket office, Purgatory.

759-9113.

Story Hour, hear stories about farms and ranches, 10-11 a.m., Wednesdays thru Aug. 22, James Ranch. 767-1023.

Picker’s Circle, all levels, 3-5 p.m., White Rabbit Books & Curiosities, 128 W. 14th St. 259-2213.

Jade Robbins Band, 5:30 p.m., Digs in Three Springs.

Pete Giuliani performs for Mancos Days, 6:30-7:30 p.m., downtown Mancos.

I Love a Piano: A Festival Orchestra Concert, part of Music in the Mountains, 7-9 p.m., Festival Tent at Purgatory. www.musicinthemountains.com.

Comedy Cocktail open mic stand up, 8 p.m., Eno Wine Bar, 723 E. 2nd Ave. DJ Noonz, 8 p.m.-close, Moe’s, 937 Main Ave.

Sunday29 Henry Stoy performs, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Jean-Pierre Café, 601 Main Ave. 570-650-5982.

Stillwater Musical BBQ, 1 p.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield.

Pete Giuliani Band, 2-5 p.m., Trimble Hot Springs.

Yoga for All, 9 a.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield.

Ballroom Dance, 10-11 a.m., Tuesdays thru Aug. 28, Durango Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave. Storytime, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Mancos Public Library.

533-7600.

Teen Summer Reading Program, noon, Pine River Library in Bayfield.

ICL Knitters, 1-3 p.m., Ignacio Community Library. 5639287.

Baby Storytime, 2-2:30 p.m., Durango Public Library.

Yogalates, 9 a.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield.

Play days for caregivers and children, 10 a.m., also

Free Trauma Conscious Yoga for Veterans and Families, noon-1 p.m., Elks Lodge, 901 E. 2nd Ave.

“Mable Dodge Luhan & Company: Creating Southwest Modernism” with Lois Rudnick, part of Women in the Southwest lecture series, 1:30 p.m., Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College, Lyceum Room.

Rotary Club of Durango, presentation by Brent Schoradt from the San Juan Mountains Association, 6 p.m., Strater Hotel. 385-7899.

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Teen Summer Reading Program, noon, Pine River Library in Bayfield.

Twin Buttes Farm Stand, 3-6:30 p.m., Tuesday and Friday, Twin Buttes Farm, Highway 160.

Patrick Dressen & Erik Nordstrom perform, 5-7 p.m., Mancos Brewing Co.

Prince Charming: A Festival Orchestra Concert, part of Music in the Mountains, 7-9 p.m., Festival Tent at Purgatory. www.musicinthemountains.com.

Pine River Valley Centennial Rotary Club, noon, Tequila’s in Bayfield.

Open Knitting Group, 1-3 p.m., Smiley Café, 1309 E. 3rd Ave.

Drop-in Tennis, all ages welcome, 4 p.m., Durango High School courts. www.durangotennis.com.

Blue Moon Ramblers, 7 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.

Storytime, 11-11:30 a.m., White Rabbit Books & Curiosities, 128 W. 14th St. 259-2213.

Smiley Farmers Market, 3-6 p.m., each Tuesday, Smiley Building, 1309 E. 3rd Ave.

Adult Coloring & Afternoon Tea, 3-5 p.m., White Rabbit Books & Curiosities, 128 W. 14th St. 259-2213.

Black Velvet Duo, 6-9 p.m., Cyprus Café, 725 E. 2nd Ave.

Early Literacy Play Date, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Durango Public Library.

Knit or Crochet with Kathy Graf, 6-7 p.m., Mancos Public Library. 533-7600.

Animas City Farmer’s Market, 3-7 p.m., 2977 Main Ave. Floor Barre Class, 3-4 p.m., Absolute Physical Therapy, 277 E. 8th Ave. 764-4094.

Adult Board Game Night, 6-7:30 p.m., Durango Public Library. 375-3380.

La La Bones performs to benefit the Durango Education Foundation, part of the Summer Concert Series, 5-7 p.m., Rochester Hotel Secret Garden, 726 E. 2nd Ave. www.rochesterhotel.com.

Folk Jam, 6-8 p.m., Steaming Bean, 900 Main Ave. 4031200.

Thank the Veterans! potluck, Peter Neds & Glenn Keefe perform, 5:30-8:30 p.m., VFW, 1550 Main. 828-7777.

DJ Crazy Charlie hosts karaoke, 6:30-10:30 p.m., Billy Goat Saloon in Gem Village.

Adult Game Night, 6 p.m., Giant Connect 4 Tournament, 6 p.m., Durango Brewing Co., 3000 Main Ave.

Open Mic Night, 7 p.m., Blondies. 920-539-9998.

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AskRachel Interesting fact: Despite weighing 1,800 pounds, moose can run 35 miles per hour, can swim miles at a stretch, and will submerge themselves completely for 30 seconds or more. I’m officially waiting for a moose horror film.

Dear Rachel, I feel like a horrible daughter because I don’t want to talk to my mother on the phone. She’s incapable of talking for less than an hour, and she actually states her desire to talk for three hours. I don’t have that much time or patience.

So I end up going six, eight months at a stretch without answering. Am I under some obligation to talk more often than that? Or is my own selfpreservation worthy of sending her to voicemail?

– Do Not Disturb Dear Inbox Full, What obligation? I mean, she brought you into this world. And then you paid her back by doing chores for 18 years. It’s a clean slate after that point. They say you can pick your friends (and your nose), but you can’t pick your family. I call baloney. If you want to die having never spoken to your madre again, that’s your prerogative.

– Choose wisely, my friend, Rachel

Dear Rachel, Everyone I know outside of Colorado thinks that I must live within walking distance of Den-

OntheTown from p. 19 Bluegrass Jam, 6-9 p.m., Steaming Bean, 900 Main Ave. 403-1200.

Jeff Solon Jazz Duo performs, 6-9 p.m., Cyprus Café, 725 E. 2nd Ave. Bluegrass Jam, 6-9 p.m., Steaming Bean, 900 Main Ave. 403-1200.

True West Rodeo, featuring bareback, barrel racing, bull riding and more, 6:30-9 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds. www.facebook.com/TrueWestRodeo.

Yoga en Español, 7:30-8:30 p.m., YogaDurango, 1140 Main Ave. Karaoke, 8 p.m., Blondies in Cortez.

Karaoke with Crazy Charlie, 8 p.m.-close, Wild Horse Saloon, 601 E. 2nd Ave. Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 8:30 p.m., BREW Pub & Kitchen, 117 W. College Dr. 259-5959.

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ver. My friends visiting the capitol city will write me that we should get together. My own sister even called me on a long layover at DIA to see if I wanted to get lunch. How do people not understand that Colorado is bigger than New Hampshire? I think we need some PSA work here.

– Hop, Skip and a Seven-Hour Drive Dear Over Yonder, You think that’s bad? My amigos who grew up in New Mexico still get people thinking that they’re not citizens of the Union. Still, I get annoyed by the same phenomenon. I heard future President Hickenlooper once describe Colorado like this: if you took a magic piece of silk and covered all of Colorado’s surface area with it, every creek bed and mountain peak, and then unfurled it, it would be larger than Texas. That totally-not-high illustration should give Schoolhouse Rock some material.

– I drive it in six, Rachel

Dear Rachel, I have never seen a moose. And I’m not some shut-in or city slicker who wouldn’t know a moose if it scooped me in its antlers and called me Squirrel. I go backpacking in the high country, and traveling all around the Rocky Mountains. I was OK with my distinct lack, until a coworker who moved here three months ago saw his first moose last weekend. I’m starting to take it personally. Am I repellent to moose?

What the what?

– Bullwinkled

Email Rachel at telegraph@durangotelegraph.com Dear Mooseless, Take heart, I too have never seen a moose outside of a beer bottle label. Unlike you, though, I’m OK with that.

Even though they’re not carnivorous, they’re like the Godzillas of the wild. They’re three stories tall, and they’d crunch you like a Moosehead can without even realizing you’re there. I’d rather spend three hours on the phone with a mother, any mother, than encounter wild moose (meese?)

– Moo, Rachel

Improvisational Quilters Group Show, thru July 31, Durango Public Library.

Gurhan Jewelry Event and Show, noon-6 p.m., Aug. 4, show runs thru May, Sorrel Sky Gallery, 828 Main Ave. 247-3555.

Works by Sheila Maynard (Dan Groth’s mom), thru August, Raider Ridge Café, 509 E. 8th Ave. “Collection,” works of Mary Ellen Long, thru Sept.

1, F.O.A.L Gallery, Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave. www.durangoarts.org.

Live music, 5:30 p.m., daily, Diamond Belle, 699 Main Ave.

Free Legal Clinic, 2-3:30 p.m., Aug. 7, Mancos Public Library. 533-7600.

2018 La Plata County Fair, Aug. 8 – 12, La Plata County Fairgrounds.

Live music, 7 p.m., daily, The Office, 699 Main Ave. Karaoke, 8 p.m., Thur-Sun, 8th Ave. Tavern, 509 E 8th Ave.

Upcoming Less Jargon, More eBooks & Audiobooks, 1-5 p.m., Aug. 2, Ignacio Community Library. 563-9287.

Blue Lotus Feet Kirtan, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Aug. 3, Yoga Durango, Florida Road.

Pine River Brewfest, 12 noon – 7 p.m., Aug. 4, Eagle Park, Bayfield. Benefits the Be Frank Foundation. www.pineriverbrewfest.com.

“Intransigent Stratum,” works of Jave Yoshimoto, thru July 29, Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave. www.du rangoarts.org.

Muck & Mire Mud Adventure Race, Aug. 4, Purgatory Resort, purgatoryresort.com

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Writers’ Workshop, 2 p.m., Aug. 5, Ignacio Library.

Durango Playfest, Aug. 6-11, Henry Strater Theatre.

Bar D Chuckwagon, 5:30 p.m. nightly, 8080 County Road 250.

“Southwest Impressions,” works by Cheryl Berglund, thru July 28, Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave. www.durangoarts.org.

Music in the Mountains, thru July 29. www.music inthemountains.com.

Veterans Breakfast, 9-11 a.m., Aug. 5, Elks Club, 901 E. 2nd Ave. 946-4831.

Ophir & Chattanooga Fen Revegetation Day, hosted by Mountain Studies Institute, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Aug. 4, Ophir Pass. Register at discovery@mountainstudies.org.

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Stillhouse Junkies play the Summer Concert Series to benefit the Community Foundation, Aug. 8, Rochester Hotel Secret Garden, Durango. rochesterhotel.com.

Heartbeat Durango, support group for individuals affected by suicide, 6-8 p.m., Aug. 8, La Plata County Fairgrounds, look for the Heartbeat sign. 749-1673.

The Movement and Lola Rising perform, 9 p.m., Aug. 8, Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive. www.animas citytheatre.com.

Deadline for “On the Town” submissions is Monday at noon.

To submit an item email: calendar@durango telegraph.com

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by Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): Be extra polite and deferential. Cultivate an exaggerated respect for the status quo.

Spend an inordinate amount of time watching dumb TV shows while eating junk food. Make sure you’re exposed to as little natural light and fresh air as possible. JUST KIDDING! I lied! Ignore everything I just said! Here’s my real advice: Dare yourself to feel strong positive emotions. Tell secrets to animals and trees.

Swim and dance and meditate naked. Remember in detail the three best experiences you’ve ever had. Experiment with the way you kiss. Create a blessing that surprises you and everyone else. Sing new love songs. Change something about yourself you don’t like. Ask yourself unexpected questions, then answer them with unruly truths that have medicinal effects.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Your past is not quite what it seems. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to find out why – and make the necessary adjustments. A good way to begin would be to burrow back into your old stories and unearth the half-truths buried there. It’s possible that your younger self wasn’t sufficiently wise to understand what was really happening all those months and years ago, and as a result distorted the meaning of the events. I suspect, too, that some of your memories aren’t actually your own, but rather other people’s versions of your history. You may not have time to write a new memoir right now, but it might be healing to spend a couple of hours drawing up a revised outline of your important turning points.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): One of the most famously obtuse book-length poems in the English language is Robert Browning’s Sordello, published in 1840. After studying it at length, Alfred Tennyson, who was Great Britain’s Poet Laureate from 1850-92, confessed, “There were only two lines in it that I understood.” Personally, I did better than Tennyson, managing to decipher 18 lines. But I bet that if you read this dense, multi-layered text in the coming weeks, you would do better than me and Tennyson. That’s because you’ll be at the height of your cognitive acumen. Please note: I suggest you use your extra intelligence for more practical purposes than decoding obtuse texts.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Ready for your financial therapy session? For your first assignment, make a list of the valuable qualities you have to offer the world, and write a short essay about why the world should abundantly reward you for them. Assignment #2: Visualize what it feels like when your valuable qualities are appreciated by people who matter to

you. #3: Say this: “I am a rich resource that ethical, reliable allies want to enjoy.” #4: Say this: “My scruples can’t be bought for any amount of money. I may rent my soul, but I’ll never sell it outright.”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): As you wobble and stumble into the New World, you shouldn’t pretend you understand more than you actually do. In fact, I advise you to play up your innocence and freshness. Gleefully acknowledge you’ve got a lot to learn. Enjoy the liberating sensation of having nothing to prove.

That’s not just the most humble way to proceed; it’ll be your smartest and most effective strategy. Even people who have been a bit skeptical of you before will be softened by your vulnerability. Opportunities will arise because of your willingness to be empty and open and raw.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Since 1358, the city of Paris has used the Latin motto “Fluctuat nec mergitur,” which can be translated as “She is tossed by the waves but does not sink.” I propose that we install those stirring words as your rallying cry for the next few weeks. My analysis of the astrological omens gives me confidence that even though you may encounter unruly weather, you will sail on unscathed. What might be the metaphorical equivalent of taking seasick pills?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): “I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature. My attachments are always excessively strong.” So said Sagittarian novelist Jane Austen. I don’t have any judgment about whether her attitude was right or wrong, wise or ill-advised. How about you? Whatever your philosophical position might be, I suggest that for the next four weeks you activate your inner Jane Austen and let that part of you shine – not just in relation to whom and what you love but also with everything that rouses your passionate interest. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you’re due for some big, beautiful, radiant zeal.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “There are truths I haven’t even told God,” confessed Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector. “And not even myself. I am a secret under the lock of seven keys.” Are you harboring any riddles or codes or revelations that fit that description, Capricorn?

Are there any sparks or seeds or gems that are so deeply concealed they’re almost lost?

If so, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to bring them up out of their dark hiding places. If you’re not quite ready to show them to God, you should at least unveil them to yourself. Their emergence could spawn a near-miracle or two.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The Spanish word “delicadeza” can have several meanings in English, including “delicacy” and “finesse.”

The Portuguese word “delicadeza” has those meanings, as well as others, including “tenderness,” “fineness,” “suavity,” “respect” and “urbanity.” In accordance with current astrological omens, I’m making it your word of power for the next three weeks. You’re in a phase when you will thrive by expressing an abundance of these qualities. It might be fun to temporarily give yourself the nickname Delicadeza.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): What are your goals for your top two alliances or friendships? By that I mean, what would you like to accomplish together? How do you want to influence and inspire each other? What effects do you want your relationships to have on the world? Now maybe you’ve never even considered the possibility of thinking this way. Maybe you simply want to enjoy your bonds and see how they evolve rather than harnessing them for greater goals. That’s fine. No pressure. But if you are interested in shaping your connections with a more focused sense of purpose, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to do so.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Uninformed scientists scorn my oracles. Reductionist journalists say I’m just another delusional fortuneteller.

Materialist cynics accuse me of pandering to people’s superstition. But I reject those naive perspectives. I define myself as a psychologically astute poet who works playfully to liberate my readers’ imaginations with inventive language, frisky stories and unpredictable ideas. Take a cue from me, Scorpio, especially in the next four weeks. Don’t allow others to circumscribe what you do or who you are.

Claim the power to characterize yourself.

Refuse to be squeezed into any categories, niches, or images – except those that squeeze you the way you like to be squeezed.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In Janet Fitch’s novel White Oleander, a character makes a list of “twenty-seven names for tears,” including “Heartdew. Griefhoney. Sadwater. Die tränen.

Eau de douleur. Los rios del corazón.” (The last three can be translated as “the tears,” “water of pain” and “the rivers of the heart.”) I invite you to emulate this playfully extravagant approach to the art of crying. The coming weeks will be en excellent time to celebrate and honor your sadness, as well as all the other rich emotions that provoke tears. You’ll be wise to feel profound gratitude for your capacity to feel so deeply. For best results, go in search of experiences and insights that will unleash the full cathartic power of weeping.

Act as if empathy is a superpower.

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Deadline for Telegraph classified ads is Tuesday at noon. Ads are a bargain at 10 cents a character with a $5 minimum. Even better, ads can now be placed online: durangotelegraph.com. Prepayment is required via cash, credit card or check.

(Sorry, no refunds or substitutions.)

Ads can be submitted via: n classifieds@durango telegraph.com n 970-259-0133 n 777 Main Ave., #214 Approximate office hours: Mon., 9ish - 5ish Tues., 9ish - 5ish Wed., 9ish - 3ish Thurs., On delivery Fri., 10:30ish - 2ish please call ahead: 259-0133.

Announcements The Perfect Gift for your favorite dirtbag. Literature from Durango’s own Benighted Publications. The Climbing Zine, The Great American Dirtbags, American Climber, Climbing Out of Bed and Graduating From College Me are available at: Maria’s Bookshop, Pine Needle Mountaineering, the Sky Store, or on the interweb at www.climbingzine.com.

Pets Love Your Dog! At the Durango Dog Wash behind Liquor World in the Albertson’s parking lot. Open every day!

Wanted Turn Vehicles, Copper, Alum, Etc. Into Cash! at RJ Metal Recycle, also free appliance and other metal drop off. 970-259-3494.

HelpWanted Exec. Assistant/Office Manager The Wyss Foundation seeks an enthusiastic professional to provide executive support to the Vice President of the Foundation and to help manage and run the Durango office. For more information: Go to www.idealist.org and search “Wyss Foundation.”

Durango Arts Center The Durango Arts Center, (DAC) a regional multi-faceted non-profit organization based in Durango, Colorado seeks a dynamic, creative, and energetic leader to serve as Executive Director. Functioning as the chief executive officer and ap-

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pointed by the Board of Directors, the Executive Director exerts the will of the Board in projecting the face of the DAC, providing visionary and strategic leadership, ensuring financial sustainability, serving collaborative needs within the community, managing all operations and staff and upholding DAC policies. To see a full job description and instructions to apply visit the website www.duran goarts.org.

Experienced Prep Cook & Line Cook Responsible, reliable individuals with excellent knife skills needed to fill full-time positions at BREW Pub & Kitchen. Email resume to brewpub kitchen@gmail.com or stop by with resume and fill out an application.

Barber Needed For At-Risk Youth Open interview/tour at DeNier Youth Services, Tuesdays 10:00 am or 5:30 pm, Thursdays 3:00 pm or 5:30 pm. Must be 21 yo and pass drug/background tests incl THC. Email resume Peggy.McMahan@ROP.com or apply at 720 Turner Dr, Durango.

Maintenance Technician Open interview/tour at DeNier Youth Services, Tuesdays 10:00 am or 5:30 pm, Thursdays 3:00 pm or 5:30 pm. Must be 21 yo and pass drug/background tests incl THC. Email resume Kimberly.Todd@ROP.com or apply at 720 Turner Dr, Durango $1,000 Sign-On Bonus Interested in psych, human services or corrections careers? Work with at-risk students in a secure detention facility. - Coach counselor (FT/PT days/nights). Open interview/tour at DeNier Youth Services, Tuesdays 10:00 am, Thursdays 3:00 pm or 5:30 pm. Must be 21 yo and pass drug/background tests incl THC. Email resume Karen.Doyle@ROP.com or apply at 720 Turner Dr, Durango.

Classes/Workshops The Art of Mindfulness Summer Kids’ Camp Prepare for the upcoming school year, as a life skill, and just plain fun! Mindfulness through art/nature/ communica-

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tion/acting, and more. Ages 6-12, Aug. 13-16. on-pointmindfulness.com or call JoAnne at 970-749-4912.

Hope Chiropractic and Yoga Presents: Help Heal Your Hurting Hips: 5 things you need to know. Limited to 10/ 3 spots remain. Sat July 28th. Smiley Studio 10.

Early bird extended 7/26 $65, $75 thereafter. 416 Fire partial scholarships available. Dr Keneen Hope DC. 970-305-3239 www.hopechiroyoga.com Mommy and Me Dance Class Come join the fun! Now registering for classes. Call 970-749-6456. mom myandmedance.com.

Services Freelance Graphic Designer Brochures, catalogs, logos and more! www.theartstation.net Pet/House Sitting Exp, very reasonable, exc references, all animals. Lisa 970-903-5396.

Advanced Duct Cleaning Air duct cleaning specializing in dryer vents. Improves indoor air quality; reduces dust and allergens, energy bills and fire risk. 970-247-2462 www.advanced ductcleaninginc.com

BodyWork Insight Cranial Sacral Therapy Quiet, relaxing, deep. Don 970-7698389.

Massage by Meg Bush, LMT 30, 60 & 90 min. 970-759-0199. massageintervention.life 25 years experience. Couples, sauna, cupping. Reviews on FB + Yelp. 970-9032984.

Massage with Kathryn 20+ years experience offering a fusion of esalen style, deep tissue massage with therapeutic stretching & Acutonics. New clients receive $5 off first session. To schedule appt. call 970-201-3373.

RealEstate Radon Services Free radon testing and consultation.

Call Colorado Radon Abatement and Detection for details. 970- 946-1618.

Flying Picards Studio of Music Etc. Now re open after 20 years! 390 E.12th Street in an open and bright studio.

Piano, flute, ukulele, saxophone. Private and group lessons. All ages. 3-5 year old small group music classes. French language conversation class all levels. Music for weddings, funerals, events. K-12 certified music and French teacher with over 30 years experience. 970-259-4383 or tra cymaui@aol.com

Grass Fed Ground Beef and Soup Bones Ground beef $6.75-7.50/# soup bones $5/# local, happy cows offfamilyranch.com 970-259-5366.

Low Price on Inside/ Outside Storage Near Durango, RJ Mini Storage. 970259-3494.

99 AWD Astro Van Runs great, good tires/breaks. 155k miles, $2,600.00. 970-884-2635.

Harmony Organizing and Cleaning Services Create harmony in your space this year by organizing and cleaning your home, vacation home or office. Martee 970-403-6192.

Durango Wood Company Saw dust available. $10/cu yard. Call to schedule appointment 970-247-2088.

Spray Tans! Organic and Beautiful!

Meg Bush, LMT 970-759-0199.

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Colorado Paddle Boards are at the Durango Outdoor Exchange on College Drive. 10.6, 9.6, and 11.0 board packages! Starting at $799.

Hot Tub – New 6HP pump, 50 jets. Cost $8,000. Sell $3,650. 505-270-3104.

Reruns Home Furnishings We’ve got you covered for patio season with tables, chairs, bistros, umbrellas, lanterns, garden pots, tablecloths & yard art. And indoor furniture: mid-century pieces – chairs, side table, teacart & several nice dressers. 572 E. 6th Ave. 385-7336.

ForRent 2BD 1 BA Downtown Hot tub w/d storage deck yard etc 1,950/mo 970-799-1868 avail Aug 1.

CommercialForRent 640 sq. ft. Solar Unit at the Durango Tech Center. Office includes 3 rooms, private bathroom and storage. It is located on the ground level, there is plenty of (free!) parking and large windows with great views. 1200/month includes utilities. Available 8/1. Minimum 1 year lease. 970-769-9267.

CommunityService Durango Chamber Singer Auditions August 7-9, auditioning for all voice parts, contact 970-799-0148 or durangocham bersingers@gmail.com to schedule an audition.

Pine River Brew Fest Needs Volunteers The Be Frank Foundation is the nonprofit beneficiary of the Pine River Brew Fest on Aug. 4 at Eagle Park in Bayfield. There will be children’s activities, a BBQ cook off, local craft beverage sampling, and quality live music throughout the festival culminating with three headliners: Parsonsfield, the River Arkansas and Sam Morrow. Tickets are still available, however they are limited. We are looking for volunteers to help with the many logistics. Please sign up on the site to help this inaugural event be a smashing success!

Free ticket and a t-shirt for volunteers! www.befrankfoundation.org.

Lost Work Due to 416 Fire?

The Community Emergency Relief Fund is set up for broad-based community emergencies in Southwest Colorado. In response to the 416 Fire, the Community Emergency Relief Fund’s goal is to support local people and relief efforts. Funds are being raised to help 750-1,000 people in La Plata and San Juan counties with bridge funding (immediate expenses) for food, transportation and shelter. Who are we going to help? Core hourly wage workers (32-40 hours/week) and flex hourly wage workers (25-31 hours/week) – all whom have lost their jobs due to 416 Fire. To request funds, fill out application at https://swcoda.org/.

Library Card Sign-Up Month. The discount program promotes shopping locally as well as encouraging people to sign up for library cards. To participate, local businesses offer discounts and incentives for customers who show their library card when visiting their location. In turn, businesses receive free advertising as well as more local community members discovering what they have to offer. The Durango Public Library has over 30,000 active card users. Free to participate.

Contact Daisy Grice at 970-375-3387 or daisy.grice@durangogov.org for info.

Crow Canyon, Mesa Verde Development Program for Teachers The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center and Mesa Verde National Park are teaming up to offer a two-day professional development opportunity for teachers in the Four Corners. Participants receive a $100 per day stipend and have the opportunity to earn continuing education units.

All Four Corners-area educators who service grades 3-8 (including special area teachers) are encouraged to apply. The

scheduled training dates are: 3rd-4th grade, Aug. 2-3; 5th-6th grade, Aug. 6-7; 7th-8th grade, Aug. 9-10. To register or get more info, contact Crow Canyon educator Cara McCain at cmccain@crowcanyon.org, or call 970-564-4387.

Volunteer-Powered Program Offers Hope SASO seeks compassionate, caring people to become advocates on our 24-hour crisis hotline. Provide sexual assault survivors with support and resources to promote healing. Call Laura, 259-3074 for information about our free upcoming training!

HaikuMovieReview ‘The Boss Baby’ Cute, except for the: ‘do-what-you-want-if-you-throwcash-at-folks’ message – Lainie Maxson

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Durango Telegraph Dining Guide listings include a 50-word description of your establishment and your logo for the screaming deal of just $20/week.

Durango Public Library Seeking Businesses for Card Discount Program Each September, the library partners with local businesses to celebrate National

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Drinking&DiningGuide Himalayan Kitchen 992 Main Ave., 970-259-0956 www.himkitchen.com Bringing you a taste of Nepal, Tibet & India. Try our all-you-can-eat lunch buffet. The dinner menu offers a variety of tempting choices, including yak, lamb, chicken, beef & seafood; extensive veggies; freshly baked bread. Full bar. Get your lunch punch card – 10th lunch free.

Hours: Lunch, 11am-2:30 pm & dinner, Sun. - Thurs., 5-9:30 p.m., Fri. & Sat. ‘til 10 p.m. Closed 2:30 to 5 daily $$ Crossroads Coffee 1099 Main Ave., 970-903-9051 Crossroads coffee proudly serves locally roasted Fahrenheit coffee and delicious baked goods. Menu includes gluten-free items along with bullet-proof coffee, or bullet-proof chai! Come in for friendly service and the perfect buzz!

Hours: Mon.- Fri., 7 a.m. – 4 p.m. $

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BREW Pub & Kitchen 117 W. College Drive, 970-259-5959 www.brewpubkitchen.com Experience Durango’s award-winning brewery & restaurant featuring unique, hand-crafted beers, delicious food - made from scratch, and wonderful wines & cocktails. Happy Hour, Mon.- Fri. 3-6 pm & all day Sunday with $2 off beer, $1 off wines & wells & 25% off appetizers. Watch the sunset behind Smelter Mountain.

Hours: Sun.-Thurs.11 a.m. - 9p.m., & Fri. & Sat.11 a.m. to 10 p.m. $$

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