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Seat at the table

Changing of the guard

Full-proof plan

Official Superfund citizen group launches, seeks members p8

Local artist, businesswoman takes reins at DAC p14

To fight holiday bulge, put down cookies and eat some kale p16

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Of the people Locals come together to create official link between EPA and the community

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Character building 5 Word on the Street

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Last call

One last desert trip before Old Man Winter takes over

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photos by Stephen Eginoire

12-13 Day in the Life

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16 Flash in the Pan

New order

17 Top Shelf

DAC’s new executive director Brenda Macon up to the task

by Stew Mosberg

18-20 On the Town

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20 Ask Rachel

Battle of the bulge Put down the Christmas cookie and eat some kale. You’ll be glad you did.

21 Free Will Astrology

by Ari Levaux

22 Classifieds

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23 Haiku Movie Review On the cover: Bryant AuCoin and friends enjoy a bromantic lunch top the summit of Anvil Mountain this week./ Photo by Steve Eginoire

’Tis the season

Blue Christmas, Cowboy Christmas, Homeboy and Franti

by Chris Aaland

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– Two co-workers Monday quarterbacking the aftermath of a Thanksgiving karaoke session gone off the rails

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The City of Durango is tackling the next district in its Durango Districts Initiative – the “College & 8th Character District.”

Next week, the city will host three workshops to share their ideas and gather input from residents on how the district will look heading into the future. All interested community members are invited to attend any of the sessions: • 8:30 – 9:30 a.m., Mon., Dec. 3, Durango Joes (College Drive location) • 1:30 – 2:30 p.m., Mon., Dec. 3, CJ’s Diner • 5 – 7 p.m., Wed., Dec. 5, Park Elementary The Durango Districts Initiative involves assessing and envisioning the future of 10 mixeduse districts through the community that have special “character-defining” traits with the goal of helping these areas reach their full potential.

Through these community workshops, the city hopes to formulate plans that embrace, enhance and preserve each district’s unique character while providing a vision for the future.

For more information about the initiative, visit districts.durangogov.org or e-mail questions/comments to savannah.jameson@durango gov.org.

Walk and roll Typically, fall means one thing to die-hard cyclists: cross season. And this year’s season will go slip-sliding away this Sat., Dec. 1, as Fort Lewis College Cycling hosts the final race in the Zia Taqueria 4 Corners Cyclocross Series. The racing takes place at Ray Denison Memorial Field with three waves of racing.

The first wave, at 10 a.m., is a 1-mile kids races with two categories, 6 and under; and 7–11.

Durango Devo and FLC racers will lead a pre-race ride at 9:45 a.m. to give kids a preview and help with their skills.

At 11 a.m., the Open Women, Men B and Men 50+ will race. This wave will feature FLC cyclists Tristen Musselman, Anna Schehrer and Kelsay Lundberg as well as the rest of the women’s CX team.

The Open Men and Men 35+ categories will start at 12 noon and race for 50 minutes. Many of Durango’s top cyclists, including Todd Wells, Ned Overend, Troy Wells and Travis Brown will test FLC riders Kobi Gyetvan, James Hilyer, Nash Dory, Thomas Gauthier and the rest of men’s team.

Both the mens and womens Hawks are looking to build their form in advance of the 2018 Collegiate Cyclocross National Championships in Louisville, Ky., Dec. 11-16.

Mountain bikes are welcome at all races and registration starts at 9 a.m. Entry fee is $25.

And for those who just like the mayhem that comes from racing skinny tires on snow, cyclocross makes for a great spectator sport. Don’t forget your cow bells.

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LaVidaLocal Lady coach Throughout my college career, my posse of friends and I were mistaken for a softball team so often that it became a running joke. I say “joke” not because softball players are particularly funny, but because the only games we ever partook in usually involved a keg and some quarters. Maybe the case of mistaken identity stemmed from the fact that we traveled in a pack, or the ever-present baseball hats gave us a “sporty” look. But sad truth be told, the only team I could lay claim to being a member of (albeit a top star) was the drinking team.

However, some would argue that looking the part of an athlete is half the battle.

The other half we accomplished by referring to each other as “coach,” which eventually became a term of endearment that remains to this day.

Now this isn’t to say I didn’t dabble in organized sports at a younger age – soccer, tennis, basketball, volleyball, golf (don’t judge me) and yes, even softball.

It’s just that as I got older, the traits required for such sports – you know, stamina, motivation, dedication, getting out of bed – waned in favor of less regimented, more sedentary pursuits.

It wasn’t until my 30s that I revisited my lost glory days of organized sports and picked up a hockey stick for the first time in a long time – at least since they started wearing helmets and my beloved North Stars moved to Dallas (I still cry into my pillow sometimes). Needless to say, it was love at first slash. For starters, did you know sticks are now made of fancy carbon fiber instead of 2-by-4s?

And while I wondered how it would hold up when I clobbered my opponents’ shins with it, honestly, it really served as more of a third leg to keep me from becoming the human ice Swiffer.

Eventually, though, I graduated from tri-podding and mastered the fine art of hockey stops, backwards crossovers and covert tripping. (Remember: it’s not a penalty if no one sees it.) Before long, I could hold my own (which basically meant not getting run over) at the Thursday afternoon drop-in. Off the ice, I could crack a dirty locker room joke, chirp like a surly trucker and shot-gun a cheap parking lot beverage with the best of them. And to atone for my sins, I did much penance in the box of shame, suffered numerous pucks to various appendages (including the now-legendary “immaculate deflection”) and dislocated my shoulder. Twice.

Which begs the question: Why? Especially at my age (let’s put it this way: Miracle on ice? I saw it. Live.)

But therein lies the beauty of ice hockey, which is way more deserving of the moniker “the beautiful game” than futbol. OK, maybe the hockey players themselves are not so pretty, but beauty is in the black eye of the beholder.

Alas, I digress. Believe it or not, hockey is a sport you can take with you into your golden years. Heck, I know players in their 70s and even 80s who still get out there and dice it up. You know what they say: if you can bend over to tie your own skates, you can play. (Actually, I’m pretty sure no one ever said this, but it’s pretty good, so go with it.)

That right there is proof that hockey keeps you young. There is always something new to learn: a new fake; a new strategy; a new creative cuss word for your rivals.

The same rivals, I might add, that you shake hands with after every game. And then there’s that smell – a mix of sweaty socks, dirty urinal, Fritos and Dr. J’s odor-eaters.

But to a hockey player, it’s the smell of victory (and sometimes a really good defensive strategy. Or should I say offensive?)

Which brings me back to this whole “coach” business. As a wise old woman of the ice (and because there were no other volunteers, and I can skate forward and backward) I was tapped to help coach my daughters’ U15 girls team. I say “help” because I am not the head coach – that, fortunately, is someone whose slapshot puts the fear of god into people and who actually got paid to play at one time. Instead, I am the one herding pucks, shlepping the heavy, awkward black barrier things from behind the bench, fetching water and imploring the girls that this is one time when it’s OK to be a “mean girl.” And yes, occasionally when I catch an edge and go sliding head first into the boards (something a head coach would never do), I do put the “ass” in “assistant coach.”

And lest you doubt, I have the credentials to prove it. Two of them actually, since I mistakenly took the online coaching modules for the wrong age group and had to retake them. (Can you blame me? The whole midget, mite, peewee, bantam, squirt business is ridiculous. Who makes these things up? The McKenzie brothers?)

OK, so it was 10 hours of my life I’ll never get back. But it’s all worth it to know I am officially Coach Missy (emphasis on long “oooo.”) And I can make my friends call me that without a hint of irony. So even though many of these girls that I’m coaching can skate circles around me, and the eye-rolling from my daughter would make a Zamboni driver dizzy, I’ll take it. Plus, I always reserve the right to order up a few Michigan miles to help keep things “respectful.”

Because Herb Brooks, Mike Ditka and Pat Summit didn’t get as far as they did by being soft. (Although, there’s always a time and place for Miley Cyrus and T. Swift, impromptu “cele” competitions or a game of zombie brain-eater, a team favorite.)

And, if I do my job right, these girls, too, will be taking this game into their 60s, 70s and beyond. Of course, I’ll be long gone by then, and real ice might be, too.

But hopefully, their love of the game will always remain.

This Week’s Sign of the Downfall:

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– Missy Votel

Passage of the $20 million “Emergency Watershed Protection fund,” which will help counties, including La Plata, with costs of restoring watersheds ravaged by floods, fires and other natural disasters

A blow to opponents of the Village at Wolf Creek, with the Forest Service dismissing their objections last week and agreeing to allow access, all but paving the way for the massive development atop Wolf Creek Pass

The welcome sight of a “snowflake” icon in the phone app forecast for several days in the upcoming week

Pink slips instead of holiday bonuses for 14,000 GM workers who were laid off this week amid the shutdown of five of GM’s North American plants

A valiant effort by Chapman Hill staff and volunteers to resurface the ice by hand during a recent multi-day breakdown of the Zamboni

The death this week of “Sponge Bob” creator Stephen Hillenburg, 57, who brought a generation of kids – as well as their parents – silliness and witty social commentary

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Ball-tox So many men have been asking for “scrotum enhancement” using Botox that the president of an international plastic surgery association, Fazel Fatah, released a statement warning against the dangers of unlicensed practitioners.

(As an aside, I clear my browsing history once weekly thanks to my downfall “research.”)

But many men aren’t listening, because it turns out, testicles can take 10 times as much Botox as a facial treatment to do the procedure “properly,” and worrying about the high cost is enough to make most men gonad.

WordontheStreet With “Colorado Gives Day”next Tuesday, the Telegraph asked: “Who or what would you like to give to?”

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“I would like to give my wife everything I’ve ever wanted.”

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“Manna Soup Kitchen – they do good work.”

“I have a list of about 25 organizations.”

“I would like to give to my Pops.”

Patrick Wright

“A back rub to one of my lucky friends.”

Ron Winfrey

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ReTooned/by Shan Wells

Slow down and enjoy the holidays To the editor, Christmas is coming fast, but try to slow down. Before you know it, Christmas will be over.

Most of us live our lives in a hurry. We hurry to finish school, hurry through meals, hurry through the work week and hurry into retirement. In a twinkle of an eye, we have hurried through our lives. The clock cannot be reset. The past is in the past and you can’t change yesterday. You can relish, rejoice or regret about yesterday but you can’t change the past. Actually you might not want to, or you might tweak a few days if you could, but you can’t.

If you could, you might have spent an extra hour at the lake or an extra day on vacation. You might have given an extra hour to passing ball with your kids or staying an extra hour to help mom clean up the kitchen. You might retract some words that came out of your mouth in a moment of frustration. The scenarios are numerous when we look back.

We can only look ahead.

Take the focus off spending lots of money. Consider drawing names if you have a large group that gathers.

Why try to buy for everybody? Some of the people you buy for may be strapped for cash. They might be able to buy one or two gifts with a limited budget but they can’t buy for 10 or 20 people. Even if you are blessed with cash, consider others who want to give but are limited.

Plan a way that all can enjoy.

Take the focus off eating. Do you really want to start the New Year 10 pounds heavier? Nobody needs five different kinds of pies and cakes. The more you have to eat in your refrigerator the more you will eat. Do your loved ones need diabetes? Don’t add to their problem. Make some good food and make it as healthy as possible. However, take the time to enjoy what you made and try to

enjoy it with people who are meaningful to you.

Try to focus on who and what Christmas is all about.

A humble family giving birth to a baby in Bethlehem.

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This season focus on what and who are important before the season is over and take an extra moment to enjoy.

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The Republican $40 trillion fallacy To the editor, Shouldn’t the world’s richest country – the world’s greatest democracy – strive to provide access to basic health care for all? It’s a noble goal. Republicans claim it would be too expensive. The best estimate is that Medicare for all would cost $40 trillion over the next 10 years!

That would be bad news, except that this is the $40 trillion fallacy! Our present health care system is staggeringly inefficient. Based on a study by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Studies, it’s projected that the cost of health care under our present system will be $50 trillion over the next 10 years!

We spend twice as much on health care as other developed countries that cover all their citizens. We could provide basic coverage for a lot more people for a lot less money. The regime for paying medical providers could be much more fair and efficient. Immense savings could be obtained by trimming the role of insurance companies.

Expanded Medicare could do what present Medicare should do but doesn’t – negotiate with pharmaceutical companies for better prices. Enormous savings could be obtained because people with adequate health care require fewer emergency services. Added revenue could be provided by taking the rich and the super rich off Republican-constructed welfare masquerading as tax reform.

The truth is that it’s too expensive morally and economically not to have Medicare for all. It’s a goal we should strive to reach.

– Edward Packard, Durango

A fond farewell to our super fan To the editor (and my local friends), This is partly business but mostly personal. It’s with a sad heart that I must cancel my mother, Ildiko Valeria Miesler’s, subscription to the Durango Telegraph since she

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passed away Saturday evening, Nov. 24. As the longestrunning subscriber, the Durango Telegraph meant the world to her. From her Norman, Okla., home she read it with enthusiasm, often commenting or asking me about various stories, she loved the colorful covers, even mentioning this picture or that and wondering if it had caught my eye.

She was always impressed with the great variety of music being written about and played in our area. Especially the Music in the Mountains program. She was interested in their lineups, and we’d have had season’s passes had she been a local. In recent years, when her amazing health and mobility started diminishing and she could no longer get out with the casualness of her younger days, the Durango Telegraph took on an ever more central place in her life, a connection with a vibrant community and the beautiful mountains she loved from afar, not to mention her son.

Considering that it’s the holiday season, I think she would have happily approved of seeing the balance on her subscription going to the Durango Telegraph Christmas Party fund as a final thank you for all your dedication, effort and the love that goes into producing your excellent weekly.

– Peter Miesler, Durango

day caravans.

Caravans of immigrants invading America is a new type of threat to this country. The liberals’ idea of an open border policy is a sign of insanity.

Especially now that Mexico has, as of Dec. 1, a new president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. He has been quoted as saying during his campaign that “immigrants must leave their towns and find a life in the United States.” Now some in the neighboring countries may be taking his advice.

And he was also quoted as saying, “and soon, very soon ... after the victory of our movement ... we will defend all the migrants in the American continent and all the migrants in the world.”

Hopefully, that was just campaign bravado. We will soon find out!

Too bad our gutless Republican legislators and their fellow Democrat/Abomination Party legislators didn’t give the president enough money to build the wall.

The wall should be 50 feet thick and 100 feet high, of reinforced concrete, down the center of the Rio Grande River, from the Gulf of Mexico to El Paso, Texas, and from there on the border line, all the way to the Pacific Ocean.

If it can be done, America can do it!

A broke America cannot take in the rest of the world.

– Manuel Ybarra Jr., Coalgate, Okla, via e-mail

Editor’s note: Peter, we are sorry to hear of Ildiko’s passing.

We thank you and her for your years of support and are glad we could provide a bright spot in her day. We will be sure to raise a glass to her at our annual holiday get together.

“We’ll print damned-near anything”

Keep out caravan of invaders To the editor, The picture of thousands of invaders trying to forcefully get into America is frightful. Especially to those living along the border with Mexico. For years, many have had their homes invaded by much smaller groups than the present-

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Locals are putting together a Community Advisory Group that will be an official part of the Superfund in Silverton, the Bonita Peak Mining District. The group will serve as the primary point for communication between the Environmental Protection Agency heading up the site and the communities who depend on the Animas River./Photo by Stephen Eginoire

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Locals launch official Superfund citizen group

by Tracy Chamberlin

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t’s time to make it official. Since the Bonita Peak Mining District was first declared a Superfund site in the summer of 2016, residents have been looking for ways to stay involved.

Whether it’s keeping up with meetings hosted by the Environmental Protection Agency, creating a citizen workgroup, or simply signing onto the latest email list, locals have been putting in the time to stay informed.

Now, they’re getting a seat at the table.

To find out more about the Community Advisory Group, sign up for their email list or to apply, visit www.bonitapeakcag.org Applications are being accepted until Sat., Dec. 22. Members will be announced in January.

The first meeting will be from 6:30-8:30 p.m., Jan. 31, in Silverton.

If you have any questions, email the formation committee at bonitapeakcag@gmail.com

Pull up a chair For decades, residents have struggled to deal with the hundreds of abandoned mines littering the mountains surrounding Silverton and the waste seeping from those mines into the headwaters of the Animas River.

Efforts to address the situation gave rise to groups like the Animas River Stakeholders Group in 1994 and, most recently, the San Juan Clean Water Coalition. The com-

munity even debated a Superfund designation as a way to help long before the Gold King Mine spill in August 2015.

But, once the spill happened and the river turned orange, any opposition to the idea of Superfund status dwindled, and the community came together in support of it.

When the Bonita Peak Mining District was created a year later, many locals con-

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sidered forming an official Community Advisory Group, or CAG – most Superfund sites across the country have them. But, at the time, lawsuits were flying and the blame game over the Gold King spill was in full swing. It was believed the CAG could quickly become political.

Instead, a Citizens Superfund Workgroup was formed. As an unofficial part of the Superfund story, its goal was partly to educate the public and partly to stay involved.

The group met several times starting in the fall of 2016, hosted tours of some of the abandoned mines – including the EPA’s processing site for waste from Gold King – and put together a list of goals that residents wanted to see the EPA address in coming years. They even hand delivered that list to EPA officials in the region and elected leaders in Washington, D.C., this past summer.

Now that the Citizens Superfund Workgroup has finished what it set out to do and the flurry of litigation and politics 4

has settled down, it’s time to move forward with the creation of an official Community Advisory Group.

One of the big differences – and benefits – of a Community Advisory Group versus a citizen workgroup is that it’s part of Superfund law.

Superfund designations are governed by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, also known as CERCLA. Under that law, the EPA is required to give local communities representation and a way to engage with the process. They do that through the advisory group.

“It is the primary communication mechanism between the EPA and those in the affected watershed,” Ty Churchwell, San Juan Mountains Coordinator for Trout Unlimited and a member of the CAG Formation Committee, said.

Although the EPA needs to approve the group, they don’t really have any say in it.

Churchwell said it’s initiated, driven and funded by the community. The only requirement the EPA gave to the CAG Formation Committee is that it must be diverse and include representatives from recreation, environment, agriculture, mine remediation, public health, local government and more.

“As long as we have people on the CAG that represent a broad group of stakeholders, (the EPA) will endorse our process,” Churchwell added.

The CAG will be limited to 15 members, but the entire process is open to the public.

Meetings will be posted online and anyone

can sign up to receive updates. The group also plans to host meetings in Silverton and Durango.

The formation committee includes Churchwell; Peter Butler, co-coordinator for the Animas River Stakeholders Group; Marcel Gaztambide, Animas Riverkeeper for the San Juan Citizens Alliance; Shannon Manfredi, facilitator for the Animas River Community Forum; and Anthony Edwards, community liaison for San Juan County and the Town of Silverton. The group is taking applications through Dec. 22, and members will be announced in early January.

Butler said he thinks they’ll likely receive a lot of interest from locals looking to be part of the CAG. But, even if someone isn’t selected to serve, everyone can still be involved.

“I think we’re really lucky we have a lot of citizens who are knowledgeable and experienced,” Gaztambide added.

CAG members will likely serve threeyear terms, but those details can be ironed out in their first meeting set for Jan. 31.

Time will also be taken in that first meeting to write a mission statement, develop operating procedures and decide on future meeting times.

Most CAGs last the duration of the Superfund designation, which could easily be 15-20 years – or more.

“It’s a completely open and public process,” Gaztambide said. “Even if you don’t feel you could be a member or at every meeting, you can still stay informed about what’s going on with the headwaters of your river.” n

Above: Wastewater from the Gold King Mine, along with lime, is pumped into gigantic bags designed to allow the water to leach out while metals and other materials, which attach to the lime, remain. In the end, only a burnt orange sludge is left. An excavator then rips open the bags and the sludge is moved up the hill to be laid out to dry. For the past two years, this has been the process for addressing mine waste flowing from the Gold King, but no permanent facilities have been built and even nearby mines have not been addressed. It’s something the EPA has been criticized for in recent weeks. At a November meeting, EPA officials said although it is taking longer than they hoped to collect initial data and craft a long-term plan for addressing mine waste in the Bonita Peak Mining District, it’s still early on in the process./File photo

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Even as snow falls, fire worries rise

WHISTLER, B.C. – As the snow falls, wildfire season weighs on many minds in ski towns of the West. California’s Camp Fire has been fully contained, but the still-rising death toll, highest in that state’s history, gives new urgency to planning.

Whistler has understood its vulnerability, already considerable but rising with the heat of every new record-breaking summer.

Winters haven’t changed all that much: more snow in the last 40 years on average and slightly increased temperatures.

But in summer, temperatures have increased 2.3 degrees C (4.1 degrees Fahrenheit), according to the weather records kept by Arthur De Jong, the long-time manager of mountain planning and environmental resources at Whistler Blackcomb. That summer heat has started to rapidly erode the mountain-top glaciers.

De Jong points to several reminders of the community’s wildfire risk. One was a 2009 fire on the Blackcomb component of the ski area. Another was a fire in 2015, some 20 to 25 miles away, that behaved differently than what was normal for fires in coastal mountains. It burned more intensely, similar to fires in the interior of British Columbia, which set a record for the number of wildfires this year, breaking the record set last year. Five of the top 10 years for fire in the province since 1950 have been in this decade.

Then there has been the smoke. It hasn’t dampened summer tourism, but it has adulterated the experience. For weeks the smoke has been like a cotton gauze draped over the community’s spectacular mountains.

Whistler has been taking steps to reduce its risks. It has a goal of thinning 30 hectares (75 acres) of forested areas along the inhabited interface each year as well as building 40 hectares (100 acres) of fuel breaks. But this is dwarfed by the 1,200 hectares (3,000 acres) within municipal boundaries recommended for treatment.

What has been done has been remarkable, says De Jong, but what remains to be done is daunting. The pace must be accelerated.

Recently elected to the municipal council, De Jong has been given the role of looking after environmental matters. The most sustainable action that Whistler can take, he says, will be to prevent the community from going up in smoke.

What will Whistler do? Locals have a high awareness of the community’s risk, he says. There has been broad participation in a chipping program. Trees and other vegetation near homes can be taken to a chipper. The chips can be used for mulch or as an amendment in composting.

For reasons unclear, second-home owners – most of them from Vancouver – have been resistant to vegetative removal.

But the pace of thinning needs to be stepped up, De Jong believes. As the younger trees that most need to be removed have relatively little value, the thinning needs to be subsidized. The province needs to be persuaded that it should absorb more of the cost, he says.

Despite the smoke, Whistler’s longer, hotter summers are good for tourism. But the bigger picture is of rising temperatures that have outpaced the original projections of climate scientists. Feedback loops – such as thawing methane, a potent greenhouse gas— have caused the International Panel on Climate Change to warn that warming must be contained within 1.5 degrees C, instead of the previous 2 degrees C. Wildfire, says De Jong, is by far one of the more compelling reason why greenhouse gas emissions must be slowed.

Whitefish, the Montana ski town, has also been talking about wildfire even as snow blankets Big Mountain, as the ski area used to be known.

At a recent meeting covered by the Whitefish Pilot, City Councilor Richard Hildner suggested regulations, which might be considered “government overreach” by some, would be in the public’s best interest.

He also pointed to the probability of a big fire at the ski area. The last big fire occurred just about a century ago. “So if the fire rotation is about 120 years in the lodgepole pine, we’re getting to that point where we can expect fire to again sweep across Big Mountain,” he said. “What do we do economically when that happens?”

Nearby Glacier National Park has had moderate-sized fires the last two years. Jeff Mow, the park superintendent, said the relatively low elevation of Glacier makes it more vulnerable to wildfire. Also contributing to the risk are the longer, warmer summers.

In Canada, near Banff National Park, glaciologist Shawn Mar-

shall has been studying the effect of smoke and ash along with rising temperatures on glaciers. When ash and debris lands on the glaciers, he explains, they hasten the melting process.

Rising temperatures already imperil glaciers. Those in Glacier National Park will likely soon disappear, he said in a talk covered by the Rocky Mountain Outlook. Those in Canada will likely persist because they are larger and at higher elevations, but they will certainly shrivel, particularly if greenhouse gas emissions continue to accumulate. “We may get down to losing about 95 to 90 percent of the ice in the Rockies by the end of the century,” he said in remarks delivered in August.

Marshall said when he began studying glaciers 25 years ago, he thought they were permanent parts of the landscape. “Now this idea that I might outlive some of the glaciers I am studying is a bit disturbing.”

Park City patrollers negotiate benefits PARK CITY, Utah – Ski patrollers at Park City have been negotiating a new two-year contract with Vail Resorts, and representatives from both sides say the talks have gone well.

Patrollers want to see more attractive benefits that will reduce turnover. Robby Young, president of the Park City Professional Ski Patrol Association, says the high cost of living in Park City causes several ski patrol members to work multiple jobs. “Employees are trying to start families, trying to put roots down in Summit County, and trying to work as career patrollers,” he told The Park Record.

These negotiations have gone far more smoothly than those three years ago, soon after Vail acquired Park City and merged it with the Canyons Resort. Those negotiations took a year to complete, and not all ski patrollers were inclined toward the union representation, but the union contingent narrowly prevailed.

Grizzly bears are still out and about LAKE LOUISE, Alberta – November isn’t necessarily hibernation time for bears. A grizzly bear was hanging out along the Great Divide Trail in mid-November even as World Cup skiers were preparing to compete at nearby Lake Louise.

“Just because it’s colder and there’s snow doesn’t mean that all the bears have gone to sleep yet,” Nick de Ruyter, program director of Bow Valley WildSmart Community Program, said.

Females with cubs typically den up by mid-November, explains the Rocky Mountain Outlook. Males, in particular, remain out and about as long as food remains available, sometimes well past Christmas. One male, nicknamed The Boss, often can be seen between Lake Louise and Banff as winter arrives.

In Montana, a hunter had a gun but still got banged up by a grizzly. Anders Broste was hunting elk on the south side of Glacier National Park when the bear charged. “It was on me in seconds,” he told the Whitefish Pilot. “I thought, ‘Oh my God, this is actually happening.’ I started backpedaling, trying to get the gun off my shoulder. I think I just fell to the ground immediately.”

Broste told the newspaper he thought he kicked the bear a couple times, and then suddenly the bear ran off. He believes he surprised the bear. “I was in its territory. It did what a bear does.”

Two more Olympic host hopefuls opt out CALGARY, Alberta – Two more communities have withdrawn from consideration for hosting the Winter Olympics in the next decade.

First to withdraw was the Reno-Tahoe Winter Games Coalition.

It had been considering a bid for the 2030 Olympics, as Denver and Salt Lake City still are.

“We have maintained from the start that a Reno-Tahoe bid would have to make sense economically, environmentally and socially,” Brian Krolicki, the board chairman for the coalition, said in a press release cited by the Tahoe Daily Tribune. “Given the parameters and conditions presented, we cannot make the numbers pass muster. To continue, at this point, would be untenable and unwise.”

Then, last week, the Calgary City Council voted unanimously to withdraw from consideration for the 2026 Winter Olympics.

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thesecondsection Local artist Brenda Macon took over as executive director at the Durango Arts Center on Nov. 1. Macon, who also has worked as a mediator, businesswoman and teacher, hopes to make the DAC more of a hub for local artists while helping to put Durango on the map as a state Creative District./ Photo by Stephen Eginoire

Changing of the guard Local artist, businesswoman Brenda Macon takes reins at DAC

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dozen interim and full-time directors. Albeit, it is not unusual for small town non-profit arts organizations to experience high turn over, and the DAC fits the profile.

The DAC has always struggled to make ends meet, making it hard to compete with staff salaries and benefits offered at large, big city institutions. That the center continues to function, and indeed grow, is a tribute

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to its Board of Directors and the previous directors. The director position calls for a hands-on, day-to-day leader who can inspire staff and a cadre of volunteers, interact positively with the board, conduct community outreach, and seek funding from grants and private donations.

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at the end of May, and by early June the DAC had received Although the job description is a tall order and few are 50 replies from seven states, with three coming from Du- capable of wearing all the hats, it would appear Macon has rango and one from Pagosa Springs. According to DAC all the qualifications to expand on the foundation laid by Board President Kristina T. Fox, qualified candidates met her predecessors, Sherry Rochford-Figgs and Cristie Scott. with the interview committee, and the best of them, proMacon expects her expertise as a mediator, educator, ceeded to a second interview with the committee, as well painter, businesswoman and grant writer will give her an as community members, DAC sponsors and donors. advantage in the new post. Whereas those skills were em“This is a big job with many moving pieces,” Macon ad- ployed individually throughout her career, the DAC oppormits. “It seems to have taken (the DAC) time to establish tunity offers her the chance to use them all concurrently. just what the executive diAs a mediator she rector position needs to be. learned to interpret similarThere was some discussion ities in people’s arguments that in the past the leader and find common ground. needed to be operations-foShe acknowledges this will cused, but now that there is come in handy during her such a strong staff in place, first three months, which my role is going to be more she plans to spend gathergeared toward visioning ing information and forg– Brenda Macon, executive director, work with the community ing relationships with the Durango Arts Center and putting the right restaff, board and outside insources together to move fluencers. the organization forward.”

Another major item on A Durango resident since 2005 by way of Ann Arbor, her agenda is to help in establishing Durango as a creative Mich., Macon was prompted by a friend to apply for the district in what will be a one- to two- year process, she said. position. She met with the board three times and un- Macon along with Monique DiGiorgio, from Local First, as abashedly admits, “I fell in love with them.” She hopes that well as other advocates, anticipates becoming a designated connection will go a long way in getting things accom- creative district will have wide ranging economic and social plished. impact.

One welcome element is that Macon, among her other Overseen by Colorado Creative Industries (CCI), an arm attributes, is a working artist with a fine arts background of the Colorado Office of Economic Development, the proand has taught art since moving here. That will likely gram was created in 2011 to foster the arts and bolster local please many local artists who have long felt disenfran- economies. Creative districts are eligible for grant funding, chised by the DAC. technical assistance, training and advocacy tools. Since To subsist as a culturally driven nonprofit in Durango 2012, in conjunction with the Boettcher Foundation, CCI requires appealing to many tastes and agendas. There is an has established 23 creative districts around the state, ineducational aspect, both for adults and school children, a cluding Crested Butte, Telluride, Mancos and Ridgway. theater and performing arts contingent, plus festivals, and Looking more short-term, Macon said 2019 could see the ubiquitous fundraisers. some other big changes for how people perceive the Arts

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Center as well. “The (board’s) five-year strategic plan has earmarked 2019 as a year for considering a re-brand of the DAC,” she said.

Re-branding, as she sees it, will involve surveying stakeholders and conducting a community outreach to determine what will best serve Durango and also set new parameters to make the center more approachable and homogenous. As an example of how the value of art and culture is viewed by other towns, Macon cited the minimal amount per capita spent on art by Durango versus other communities. An extreme illustration of that discrepancy is the difference between the Town of Breckenridge’s expenditure of $540 per person, as opposed to $1 per person by the City of Durango. “We need to think bigger. Art is needed now, more than ever,” she declared.

In recognizing our area artists, Macon said she wants to address their needs and find ways to help keep them in Durango. “I hope to offer our local talented artists a central hub and gathering place to showcase themselves and advocate for one another,” she said.

Daunting as the job may be, Macon views challenge as an opportunity and muses about finding enough hours in the day to do it all. “The stronger our collaboration and commitment to working together to put Durango on the map as a creative and forward-thinking place, the more successful we will all become,” she said. n

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ear after year, in survey after survey, the most popular New Year’s resolutions relate to diet, exercise and weight loss. It’s probably no coincidence that we make these resolutions after the damage is done, at the end of holidays.

Resolving to turn the ship around is a healthy response to the feeling of waking up fat, hungover and generally disgusted with oneself. But it would make a lot more sense to make our diet-related resolutions before we become unglued. Losing weight is a lot harder than avoiding weight gain.

So, now is the time to craft a plan so you can arrive at the holiday battlefields prepared with some belly defense strategies that will work. You want to enjoy yourself, obviously. You even want to stuff your face. And with the right set of holiday resolutions you can.

Here are some tips to help you navigate the treacherous temptations of the holiday food table. And if you are happy with the effectiveness of these holiday resolutions, you may want to re-up Jan. 1.

1. Treat your stomach like the most valuable piece of real estate, like Victorians treated virginity. Don’t just give it away to the first tray of hors d’oeuvres that floats by.

It’s easy to surrender to gluttony and slip into eating mode, filling your belly with whatever is within arm’s reach. Just don’t. If there is nothing good to eat then don’t eat. Take a breather. Something more worthy of your belly will be around soon enough.

2. Wait until lunchtime to eat breakfast, especially the day after a pig out. Some people worry that skipping breakfast leads to more eating later in the day to compensate, which can supposedly cause weight gain. But the most recent evidence (not to mention the anecdotal experiences of vocal breakfast skippers) suggests that response is rare. In any case, during the holidays you know you were already going to eat more later in the day, so skipping breakfast to compensate in advance for the gluttony to come just makes sense. You won’t starve, and after the gluttony, it sometimes feels like a relief to not eat, allowing your belly to sort

itself out and get some rest.

3. Up the activity. I don’t mean to imply that you can exercise away the excess. In theory you could, but unless you become an endurance athlete, your workouts probably won’t compensate for the level of gluttony typical of holidays fare. But exercise is always good for you and will help you build some discipline that you can put to work at the holiday trough. And if you’re skipping breakfast, you do have that time slot available … .

4. Pre-party with green plant fiber. I’m old enough to remember the T-shirts that advised “Arrive Stoned.” While that resolution involves a different plant, its wisdom applies to the holiday party. If you show up with a contented belly buzz, you won’t be that guy crowding the food table. You will be prepared to control yourself, better able to adhere to the first resolution.

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and cookies. A bowl or two of the following massaged kale salad will put a good base layer in your belly, taking the edge off your hunger. The recent e. coli outbreak is certainly a good reason to avoid romaine, but kale has a lot more to offer anyway. If you are looking to maximize fiber per forkful, or just prefer the chewy flavor of a mustard family plant to the crispy water of lettuce, the reasons to make this salad are many.

But be warned, like many salads, this one isn’t low on calories. But the calories come from fat, which like fiber, sates the belly and takes the edge off of hunger. Calories from salad are better than calories from cake.

In this recipe, you use your hands to knead salt and lime juice into the kale leaves. This action breaks the cell walls, leaving the kale soft, pliable and easier to eat than unmassaged kale. The effect of massage is similar to that of cooking. The kale even shrinks under massage, as it does when cooked. My kale of choice is the long and narrow-leafed Lacinato kale, aka Dino kale, black kale or Tuscan kale. Curly green kale is a good second choice.

Massaged Kale Salad 3 bunches kale, stems removed, chopped crosswise to 1/2 inch slices (about 8 cups) 2 limes, juiced 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup green cabbage, sliced thinly 1 cup sweet onion, sliced thinly 1 clove garlic, pressed (garlic lovers can multiply as necessary) 3/4 cup olive oil 1 cup grated Parmesan or crumbled feta 1 cup pitted olives 1 beet, preferably golden, shredded finely 1 medium carrot, shredded finely Place the kale, lime and salt in a large mixing bowl.

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Cowboy Christmas, Blue Christmas, Homeboy & Franti

by Chris Aaland

at the Community Concert Hall (the first sold out in a matter of days). This includes a screening of Franti’s debut film, “Stay he freezers are overflowing with poultry – both of the upHuman,” followed by a spoken word and acoustic music performland variety, as my annual trek to Kansas yielded a good ance from the legendary funk, reggae, soul and hip-hop artist. haul of pheasants and quail – and the store-gifted variety “The Community Foundation is proud to bring a message of hope (thank you, Mr. Grocer, for free turkey giveaway for every 100 and optimism through stories of everyday people and music this bucks spent!) Now that Turkey Day is in the rearview mirror, it’s holiday,” Briggen Wrinkle, executive director of the CFSSWC, holiday concert season. I can’t wait to said. Note that Spearhead stayed hear young Otto’s public debut on the home this time around … it’s simply saxophone during Escalante Middle Franti, his guitar and his film.

School’s holiday gala. I occasionally The Animas City Theatre welcomes hear jazzy squawks from the basement, Homeboy Sandman & Edan at so I know he’s practicing.

8:30 p.m. Saturday. The two formed Here’s what Santa and his elves Humble Pi after Sandman checked out have packaged for us: Edan’s live show several years ago.

Michael Martin Murphey brings Soon, Sandman and Edan, a DJ, prohis 25th anniversary Cowboy Christducer and rapper, began working on mas Show to the Henry Strater Themusic together, sharing the common atre at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Murphey is goal of reinventing the past so it feels an Americana icon, having morphed relevant today. They make a lethal from Austin singer/songwriting piocombination, with Edan’s intricate neer in the 1970s to pop-country beats the perfect foil for Sandman’s crooner in the ’80s to traditional cowgoofy, self-effacing, stream-of-conboy music and trail song torchbearer sciousness raps. And what is Humble in the ’90s to bluegrass aficionado in Pi? “We’re serving humble pi,” says the 2000s. Back in the early ’70s, Sandman. “Humble math. Pi is a MMM, Willie Nelson, Jerry Jeff Walker, magic number. From time to time Gary P. Nunn and others eschewed the folks need a couple slices of humble countrypolitan sounds favored by pi as a reminder of real magic.”

Music City hitmakers in favor of the Remember the Starlight? They’re rootsy sounds of the heartland, giving still kicking out live music from time us legendary cuts like “Carolina in the to time, including a funk jam from 9 Pines,” “Desert Rat” and “Geronimo’s ’til close Friday, Kid Konsume from Cadillac.” Call it “Cosmic Cowboy” or 9 ‘til close Saturday and Durango’s The ACT welcomes Homeboy Sandman & Edan at “Outlaw Country,” it was a Bohemian longest-running open mic from 7 ’til 8:30 p.m. Sat., Nov. 30. scene that merged Western swing, cowclose Tuesday. boy songs, country, bluegrass, folk and rock & roll. A gem on Finally, Raven Narratives present a night of live storytelling Murphey’s “Blue Sky-Night Thunder” album called “Wildfire” featuring willing volunteers from the audience who tell six- to showcased his ability as a pop craftsman and steered him toward eight-minute stories on stage related to the theme of family at commercial success. Though catchy, tunes like “Still Taking 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Sunflower Theatre in Cortez and the same Chances” and “What’s Forever For” alienated some longtime fans time Saturday at the Durango Arts Center. Stories must be true, and left Murphey’s creative heart yearning for the West. In 1990, told in first person, relate to the theme of family, with no rants or he released the first in a string of “Cowboy Songs” records that raves, and told without notes on stage. Bring your favorite stories faithfully recreated legendary Western tunes. The second in this of family to share – be that a family of humans, animals, pet rocks series was 1991’s “Cowboy Christmas: Cowboy Songs II,” which or cells in your body. Organizers will draw names out of a Cracker set the stage for future Cowboy Christmas tours, like the one that Jack box all night long. lands at the Hank.

The best thing I heard this week wasn’t an entire album but Local groups get into the act this week, including a trio of rather a single song I can’t get out of my mind: “Breathless” by shows at the Community Concert Hall. The FLC Music DepartCanadian First Nations singer/songwriter William Prince. ment holds its annual holiday concert at 7 p.m. Friday. The DuPrince is a folk and country musician from the Peguis First Nation rango Choral Society takes the stage for its joyous holiday in Manitoba. His debut record, “Earthly Days,” was released in celebration with jazz combos, Handel’s Messiah and much more 2015 in Canada but is seeing U.S. radio play this year after it won at 3 p.m. Sunday. Finally, the San Juan Symphony’s Youth a Juno Award (the Canadian equivalent to the Grammys).

Orchestra winter 2018 showcase lands at the CCH at 7 p.m.

“Breathless” is a simple yet catchy single that had the same effect Monday. That’s just the tip of the iceberg: the coming weeks find on me as Marc Cohn’s “Walking in Memphis” back in 1991, with the Nutcracker, Cherry Poppin’ Daddies and the Bar-D Wranglers an unforgettable chorus: “I never heard a song sung quite like all spreading holiday cheer in the venerable venue.

Elvis/Not much beats the sound of the pouring rain/And there’s Lisa Blue & guests present “A Blue Christmas” at 6 p.m. something in your kiss/Leaves me so helpless/You leave me Wednesday at the Wild Horse Saloon. Blue’s trio, which includes breathless/You leave me breathless.”

Glenn Keefe (bass) and Kevin McCarthy (guitar) will be joined by William Prince is a name you should know. I should know special guests Gary Cook (guitar), Denise Leslie (ukulele, piano) more than one track. But that one, beautiful earworm keeps burnand Tracy Campbell (saxophone, flute) to perform heartwarming ing through my brain. And “Breathless” burns through others’ songs to ring in the holiday season. The Wild Horse has been brains, too: Tennessee-born blues-rock hipster Mike Farris innewly remodeled and features concert-style seating, which is percluded a version on his excellent new record, “Silver & Stone.” fect for this family-friendly show.

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Focus on the family:

Yoga Flow, 8 a.m., Pine River Library.

“Durango Wolf Symposium: Is There a Future for Wolves in Colorado?” 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., and 79 p.m., Student Life Gymnasium, Fort Lewis College. bit.ly/co-wolf.

Beginner Tai Chi, 9:15 a.m., Durango Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave. ​Baby Meetup with Durango Café au Play, 9:30-11:30 a.m., 2307 Columbine. durangocafeauplay.org.

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

Office Hour with City Councilor Dick White, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., City Hall, 949 2nd Ave. Luminaries Toastmasters, open to all, noon, La Plata County Administration Building, 1101 E. 2nd Ave.

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

Afterschool Awesome! for K-5th graders, 3:30 p.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield.

Drop-in Tennis, all ages, 4 p.m., Fort Lewis College. www.durangotennis.com.

Kidz Klub for elementary school kids, 4 p.m., Ignacio Library. 563-9287.

“Doc Swords,” PTSD Social Club for Veterans, 4-6 p.m., VFW, 1550 Main Ave. GitPrime Open House, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Durango Main Mall, second floor. info@gitprime.com.

Durango Green Drinks, hosted by The Wilderness Society, 5-6:45 p.m., Carver Brewing Co., 1022 Main Ave. Robby Overfield performs, 5-7 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St. Holiday Art Market & Celebration, featuring local art, live music and libations, 5-8 p.m., Smiley Café, 1309 E. 3rd Ave. Death Café, gathering to talk about death and dying, 5:30 p.m., Mancos Public Library. 533-7600.

Raven Narratives hosts holiday slamfest What: “Raven Narratives” live story slam When: 7:30 p.m., Fri., Nov. 29 (Cortez) and Sat., Dec. 1 (Durango) Where: Sunflower Theatre, Cortez, and Durango Arts Center Tickets:$15 at ravennarratives.org ’Tis the season for family togetherness – and in that vein, the immensely popular Raven Narratives returns to the roost with a “family” themed story slam. The slam will take place Fri., Nov. 29, in Cortez at the Sunflower Theatre and head east for an appearance Fri., Dec. 1, at the Durango Arts Center.

The night of live storytelling will feature volunteers from the audience telling their own six- to eightminute story on the topic of family.

Although the selection process is fairly loose, organizers have a few requests. Stories must be true, told in the first person, relate to the theme and be told without notes (or a net).

And please, no rants or raves – this is a feel-good event, although audience members may find themselves laughing or crying – sometimes both simultaneously.

So, reach deep into that memory bank and come prepared to share your favorite stories of family, whether it’s your family of humans, animals, pet rocks or cells in your body. Storytellers’ names will be drawn out of the Cracker Jack Box all night long.

Doors to both events open at 7 p.m., with story time at 7:30. Tickets are $15/advance or $20/at the

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

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

The Bolshoi Ballet: La Sylphide, 12:55 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Dr. animascitytheatre.com.

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

Dolores River Brewery’s Holiday Arts and Crafts Show, featuring live music, refreshments and more, 10 a.m.2 p.m., Dolores River Brewery.

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

“Living with Wolves” documentary screening, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., Southern Ute Museum.

Lactation Support, 10 a.m.-noon, Prenatal Yoga, noon-1 p.m., Durango Café au Play, 1309 E. 3rd Ave., Room 201. 749-9607 or durangocafeauplay.org.

Caregiver Café, open playtime, 10:30 a.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield.

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

Smiley Café Open Mic, 5:30-8 p.m., sign up from noon-4 p.m.; Smiley Building, 1309 E. 3rd Ave. 403-5572.

Bluegrouse performs, 6-8 p.m., Durango Craft Spirits Tasting Room, 1120 Main Ave., Suite 2.

Rock the Rock Lounge, presented by iAM Music, 6:30 p.m., Rock Lounge, 111 E. 30th St.

“Our Town,” performance from Merely Players, 7p.m., event also runs Dec. 1, Animas High School’s Jesse Hutt Wing. www.merelyplayers.us.

Raven Narratives, live storytelling slam on the theme “Family,” 7:30 p.m., Sunflower Theatre in Cortez. www.ravennarratives.org.

Liver Down the River performs with special guest Coral Creek, 9:30 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Dr. www.animascitytheatre.com.

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Christmas Tree Train, Dec. 1-2 and 8-9, Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. www.durangotrain.com.

Friends of the Pine River Library Book, Bake and Craft Sale, 9 a.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield.

Information Session for those interested in free, year-long diabetes prevention program, hosted by Mercy Regional Medical Center, 9:30-10:30 a.m., Durango Public Library. Register at 764-3999.

Zia Taqueria 4 Corners Cyclocross Series, hosted by Fort Lewis College Cycling, kids, mens and womens races, 10

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

Sensory Storytime, for children on the autism spectrum and differently-abled children, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Durango Public Library.

“King Lear,” screened by National Theatre Live Productions, 11 a.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Dr. www.animascitytheatre.com.

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

San Juan Symphony Youth Orchestra performs, 2 p.m., Bayfield Performing Arts Center. 247-7657 or www.du rangoconcerts.com. iAM Music’s Winter Showcase, 2-7 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave. Blue Moon Ramblers, 7 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.

Monday03 Yogalates, 9 a.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield.

4Corners Slow Money meets, discussions on local economy, supporting local farmers and creating funding for low interest loans to get local food to local tables, 2 p.m., Durango Public Library.

Compañeros: Four Corners Immigrant Resource Center’s Fundraising Dinner, 6 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Church, 419 San Juan Drive. Register at comp anerosdurango@gmail.com.

Yoga Storytime with Chloe Dee Dudley and Baby Bronson, 9:30-10:45 a.m., Smiley Studio 10, 1309 E. 3rd Ave. San Juan Basin Public Health Help Desk for Health First and CHP+, 9:30 a.m.-noon, Durango Public Library, Study Room 5.

Play day, 10 a.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield.

Lisa Blue Trio performs, 6 p.m., Four Leaves Winery, 528 Main Ave.

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

2018 Skyhawks Cup Alumni Hockey & Skating Night, 6-9 p.m., free ice skating for FLC Alumni and families, 6-7:30 p.m., followed by annual Skyhawks Cup Alumni Game, 7:45-9 p.m., Chapman Hill.

Merely Players auditions for “Mama Mia!” 6 p.m., event also runs Dec. 5, Animas High School’s Jesse Hutt Wing. www.merelyplayers.us.

Raven Narratives, live storytelling slam on the theme “Family,” 7:30 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave. www.ravennarratives.org.

Kid Konsume performs, 9 p.m.-close, Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.

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

San Juan Symphony’s Youth Orchestra performs, 7 p.m., Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College. 2477657 or www.durangoconcerts.com.

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

Homeboy Sandman & Edan perform with special guests Ill Methods & Prestone, 9:30 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Dr. www.animascitytheatre.com.

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

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

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

Free Books, hosted by Durango Book Rescue, noon-4

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

Storytime, 10:30 a.m., Mancos Library. 533-7600.

Knitters, 1 p.m., Ignacio Community Library.

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AskRachel Interesting fact: The first swirling money game-show booth (on “The Diamond Head Game”) was called The Money Volcano, and its rules were brutal: any $1 bill in your pocket meant you lost everything.

Dear Rachel, I have been flying commercially 37 of my 40 years. There has always been an unspoken protocol of systematically filing out of the plane, row by row. This past weekend I had four different flights with peeps from the back rushing into the aisles as we were approaching the gate. Is this just the latest trend that we can blame on the Millennials or generations X, Y, Z? – Airsick Dear Cabin Fever, All I want for Christmas is for people to stop blaming behaviors they don’t like on entire generations. It’s happened probably ever since the Industrial Revolution, because before that people lived pretty much the same way, generation to generation, for their desperately short lifespans. If anyone is going to break the trend, it’s going to be the Millennials, and they’ll do it just to watch their elders’ heads explode.

– Your final destination, Rachel

Dear Rachel, I never thought credit card fraud was real, until it affected me. I got a call late one weekend night from a call center employee reading a script at 87 mph. Some buggers managed to lift

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my digits and fill up a tank of gas in Butthole, Mich. The woman read off all my other purchases from the last few days to verify if they were legitimate. They were, and in the moment honesty prevailed. But now I’m wondering, did I miss my chance at a week of free groceries? If it happens again, should I say no other charges were authorized?

– Shopping Spree Dear Cash Grab, Your question reminded me of that old game show where people went into a glass booth with money swirling around (and, based on what I know about money, there was probably cocaine and stripper juice swirling around too) to grab as much as possible. I don’t know the game show itself, just that gimmick. I looked into it, and it comes from two short-lived programs in the ’70s and ’80s. How could something so unsuccessful permeate our culture to this day? Or is it just me?

– Come on down, Rachel Email Rachel at telegraph@durangotelegraph.com

Dear Rachel, This is my first holiday season with my new belle. We’ve been talking since June about watching all our favorite Christmas movies together. Now that the season is upon us, I’ve discovered that her favorite holiday tradition is pointing out plot holes in all my favorite things.

No one needs to overanalyze the Griswolds, but there she goes anyway. How can I survive the next month without murdering her?

– Crabby Elf

Dear Red-Faced Reindeer, You could always just break up with her. I mean, I’ve dumped people for lesser offenses than finding fault in “A Christmas Story” (which you can’t, because that movie is perfectly constructed). Perhaps you just tell her that every time she opens her trap, an angel loses its wings. Or maybe go less drastic, and simply remove one of her gifts under the tree whenever she chimes in like an errant bell on Santa’s sleigh.

– Ho ho no, Rachel

turing silent auction, food, live music and more, 5-9 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St. marketing@pineneedle.com.

Winter Solstice Artisans Market, thru Dec. 22, Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave. www.durangoarts.org.

Thank the Veterans potluck, Peter Neds performs, 5:30-8:30 p.m., VFW, 1550 Main Ave. 828-7777.

“Herding Chaos,” works by Joan Russel, thru Dec. 22, Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave. www.durangoarts.org.

Lisa Blue performs with special guests, 6 p.m., Wild Horse Saloon, 601 E 2nd Ave., Suite C.

Polar Express, thru Jan. 2, Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. www.durangotrain.com.

from p. 19 Shared Vision Working Group for Durango Creative District, 1-3 p.m., Rec Center. local-first.org.

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

Ruby the Balloon Lady will be handing out balloons in honor of the library’s 10th birthday, 3-5 p.m., Durango Library.

Pre-Ski Season Yoga, 6 p.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield. Register at colleen1yoga@gmail.com.

Holiday Open House, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Pathways Physical Therapy & Holistic Health. 2243 Main Ave, Suite 1B. 9852416 or www.pathwaysdurango.com.

Auditions for “Mama Mia!” from Merely Players, 6 p.m., Animas High School’s Jesse Hutt Wing. www.merely players.us.

Living Room Conversations: Immigration, 6 p.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield.

Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 6:30 p.m., BREW Pub & Kitchen, 117 W. College Dr. 259-5959.

Avalanche Awareness Clinic, hosted by Friends of the San Juans, 6 p.m., Powerhouse, www.thesanjuans.org.

Super Ted’s Super Trivia, 6:12 p.m., Henry Strater Theatre, 699 Main Ave. henrystraterthe atre.com.

Michael Martin Murphy’s Cowboy Christmas, 7:30 p.m., Henry Strater Theatre, 699 Main Ave. www.henry stratertheatre.com.

Wednesday05 Free Trauma Conscious Yoga for Veterans and Families, noon-1 p.m., Elks Lodge, 901 E. 2nd Ave. Party with Pine Needle at Ska! CAIC fundraiser fea-

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Upcoming Community Forum on Suicide Prevention, hosted

by La Plata and San Juan counties Suicide Prevention Collaborative, 12:30-2:30 p.m., Dec. 6, Durango Public Library.

“Seussical the Musical” 7 p.m., Dec. 6-8 & 14-15 and 1 p.m., Dec. 8 and 15, Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave.

Pub Quiz, 6:30 p.m., Irish Embassy, 900 Main Ave. Karaoke, 8 p.m., Blondies in Cortez.

Rotary Club of Durango, presentation by Heidi Smith with Southwest Midwives, 6 p.m., Strater Hotel. 385-7899.

Karaoke, 8 p.m., Thur-Sun, 8th Ave. Tavern, 509 E 8th.

Karaoke with Crazy Charlie, 8 p.m.-close, Wild Horse Saloon, 601 E. 2nd Ave. Dirtwire with special guests Moontricks and Tone Ranger, 9 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Dr. www.animascitytheatre.com.

Ongoing “Ben Nighthorse Campbell: Becoming Cheyenne,” thru Dec. 14, FLC Center of Southwest Studies.

San Juan Mountains Association Christmas Tree Lot, thru Dec. 20, Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad parking lot. 385-1312.

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Random Rab Winter Tour, 9 p.m., Dec. 6, Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Dr. animascitytheatre.com.

Noel Night, Dec. 7, downtown Durango.

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): Every year the bird known as the Arctic tern experiences two summers and enjoys more daylight than any other animal. That’s because it regularly makes a long-distance journey from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back again.

Let’s designate this hardy traveler as your inspirational creature for the next 11 months. May it help animate you to experiment with brave jaunts that broaden and deepen your views of the world. I don’t necessarily mean you should literally do the equivalent of circumnavigating the planet. Your expansive adventures might take place mostly in inner realms or closer to home.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): When the American Civil War began in 1861, the United States fractured. Four years later, the union was technically restored when the northern states defeated the southern states. At that time, African American slavery became illegal everywhere for the first time since the country’s birth decades earlier. But there was a catch. The southern states soon enacted laws that mandated racial segregation and ensured that African Americans continued to suffer systematic disadvantages. Is there a comparable issue in your personal life? Did you at sometime in the past try to fix an untenable situation only to have it sneak back in a less severe but still debilitating form? The coming weeks will be an excellent time to finish the reforms; to enforce a thorough and permanent correction.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Does an elusive giant creature with a long neck inhabit the waters of Loch Ness in northern Scotland? Alleged sightings have been reported since 1933. Most scientists dismiss the possibility that “Nessie” actually exists, but there are photos, films and videos that provide tantalizing evidence. A government-funded Scottish organization has prepared contingency plans just in case the beast does make an unambiguous appearance. In that spirit, and in accordance with astrological omens, I recommend that you prepare yourself for the arrival in your life of intriguing anomalies and fun mysteries. Like Nessie, they’re nothing to worry about, but you’ll be better able to deal gracefully with them if you’re not totally taken by surprise.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Does moss really “eat” rocks, as Cancerian author Elizabeth Gilbert attests in her novel The Signature of all Things? Marine chemist Martin Johnson says yes. Moss really does break down and release elements in solid stone. Gilbert adds, “Given enough time, a colony of moss can turn a cliff into gravel, and turn that gravel into topsoil.” Furthermore, this hardy plant

can grow virtually everywhere: in the tropics and frozen wastes, on tree bark and roofing slate, on sloth fur and snail shells.

I propose that we make moss your personal symbol of power for now, Cancerian. Be as indomitable, resourceful and resilient as moss.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Let’s shout out a big “THANKS!” and “HALLELUJAH!” to the enzymes in our bodies. These catalytic proteins do an amazing job of converting the food we eat into available energy. Without them, our cells would take forever to turn any particular meal into the power we need to walk, talk and think. I bring this marvel to your attention, Leo, because now is a favorable time to look for and locate metaphorical equivalents of enzymes: influences and resources that will aid and expedite your ability to live the life you want to live.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Every dreamer knows that it is entirely possible to be homesick for a place you’ve never been to, perhaps more homesick than for familiar ground,” writes author Judith Thurman. I’m guessing you will experience this feeling in the coming weeks. What does it mean if you do? It may be your deep psyche’s way of nudging you to find an energizing new sanctuary. Or perhaps it means you should search for fresh ways to feel peaceful and well-grounded. Maybe it’s a prod to push you outside your existing comfort zone so you can expand your comfort zone.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Venice, Italy, consists of 118 small islands that rise from a shallow lagoon. A network of 443 bridges keeps them all connected. But Venice isn’t the world champion of bridges. The American city of Pittsburgh holds that title, with 446. I nominate these two places to be your inspirational symbols in the coming weeks.

It’s time for you to build new metaphorical bridges and take good care of your existing metaphorical bridges.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): To aid and support your navigation through this pragmatic phase of your astrological cycle, I have gathered counsel from three productive pragmatists. First is author Helen Keller. She said she wanted to accomplish great and noble things, but her “chief duty” was “to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.” Second, author George Orwell believed that “to see what is in front of one’s nose” requires never-ending diligence. Finally, author Pearl S. Buck testified that she didn’t wait around until she was in the right mood before beginning her work. Instead, she invoked her willpower to summon the necessary motivation.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): Blackjack is a card game popular in gambling casinos. In the eternal struggle to improve the odds of winning big money, some blackjack players work in teams. One teammate secretly counts the cards as they’re dealt and assesses what cards are likely to come up next. Another teammate gets subtle signals from his card-counting buddy and makes the bets. A casino in Windsor, Ontario, pressed charges against one blackjack team, complaining that this tactic was deceptive and dishonest. But the court decided in the team’s favor, ruling that the players weren’t cheating but simply using smart strategy. In the spirit of these blackjack teams, Sagittarius, and in accordance with astrological omens, I urge you to better your odds in a “game” of your choice by using strategy that is almost as good as cheating but isn’t actually cheating.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): What has become of the metaphorical seeds you planted during the weeks after your last birthday? Have your intentions flourished? Have your dreams blossomed? Have your talents matured?

Have your naive questions evolved into more penetrating questions? Be honest and kind as you answer these inquiries. Be thoughtful and big-hearted as you take inventory of your ability to follow through on your promises to yourself. If people are quizzical about how much attention you’re giving yourself as you take stock, inform them that your astrologer has told you that December is Love Yourself Better Month.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): If you want to play the drinking game called Possum, you and your friends climb up into a tree with a case of beer and start drinking. As time goes by, people get so hammered they fall out of the tree.

The winner is the last one left in the tree. I hope you won’t engage in this form of recreation anytime soon – nor in any other activity that even vaguely resembles it. The coming weeks should be a time of calling on favors, claiming your rewards, collecting your blessings and graduating to the next level. I trust your policy will be: no trivial pursuits, no wasted efforts, no silly stunts.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In his song “Happy Talk,” Academy Award-winning lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II offered this advice: “You gotta have a dream. If you don’t have a dream, how you gonna have a dream come true?”

Where do you stand in this regard, Pisces?

Do you in fact have a vivid, clearly defined dream? And have you developed a strategy for making that dream come true? The coming weeks will be an excellent time to home in on what you really want and hone your scheme for manifesting it. (P.S. Keep in mind Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s idea: “A goal without a plan is just a wish.”)

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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.

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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.

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

HelpWanted Caregiver/Companion Wanted for elderly gentleman in his home.

Part time, 4 hrs/day, 2 days/week plus extended care on occasional weekends.

Caregiving experience desired but not mandatory. Salary competitive and DOE. Worker’s comp plus benefits. Valid DL and background check required. Looking for a special person that wants to interact with and enhance the life of a man in his golden years on a regular schedule TBD. Serious applicants only please. Please contact Nancy at 970-259-2771 and email resume to nanoutfish@aol.com Registration Manager Vallecitos is seeking a part-time Registration Manager. Enjoy flexible hours and working from home while making a difference in the Dharma! $18-20/hr – approx. 15-25 hours per week. Candidates must have attended at least one silent meditation retreat and an understanding of diversity, equity and inclusion work is crucial. Great customer service, communication, attention to detail and organi-

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zation are a must as well. Position is in Durango, CO. Interested candidates must email a letter of interest and resume to director@vallecitos.org.

Nonprofit Executive Director The Garden Project of Southwest Colorado seeks executive director. Details online: TheGardenProjectSWColorado.org KDUR Radio is Looking for Someone to fill the community member position on our Community Advisory Board.

This person should live in La Plata County and be a regular listener to KDUR Radio. Monthly meetings/assistance at fund-raisers and miscellaneous duties are the commitment. Interested parties email Liggett_b@fortlewis.edu

Jaime McMillan. Jaime has over 25 years experience and knowledge as an investment advisor and will provide you an overview of the global rush to legalization, how to approach investing in the sector and the companies he believes you should buy now in this cannabis investing cycle. The Cannabis Capital Growth Portfolio is managed by McMillan Capital Management, a Colorado Registered Investment Advisor. To RSVP please visit www.cannabiscapitalgrowth.com or email cannabis@mcmillancapital.com or call 970-403-4686 to reserve your seat.

Mommy and Me Dance Class Come join the fun! Now registering for classes. Call 970-749-6456. mom myandmedance.com.

Services Classes/Workshops Yoga Storytime Yoga storytime! Babies, toddlers, mamas, papas, caregivers - Join us Mondays at 9:30-10:45am for yoga, storytime, music and sensory learning! Class taught

by Chloe Dee Dudley and Baby Bronson.

Studio 10 inside the Smiley Building at 1309 E. 3rd Ave, Durango. Suggested donation $10. All are welcome. Questions?

Chloe.dee.dudley@icloud.com Get Clear 2019 Annual Vision Board Workshop with Joy Rides Coaching. If you’re ready for more happiness and less stress in 2019, this is the place to start. Contact Trish for details: 970-946-7835; joyrides.dgo@gmail.com Yamuna Body Rolling for the Spine Spine Health Workshop Sunday Dec 9th 10am-12pm. www.durangobodyrolling.com Cannabis Investing Workshop Fri., Nov. 30, 12 noon, Alpine Bank.

Cannabis is a high growth, emerging industry projected to be in the billions over the next several years. For the everyday investor, however, it can be challenging to find the right companies for investment. We can help with our Cannabis Capital Growth portfolio managed by

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Herbal Medicine House Calls Clinical herbalist Kate Husted is making house calls. Specializing in stressed out moms. 303-917-3882.

Harmony Organizing and Cleaning Services Home and office 970-403-6192.

Organic Spray Tans!

Glow for the Holidays! Meg Bush, LMT 970-759-0199.

Low Price on Storage!

Inside/outside near Durango, RJ Mini Storage. 970-259-3494.

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 Therapeutic Massage Special: 1 hr.-$50 / 1.5 hrs.-$75 - Durango/free parking/call or text Nancy: 970- 799-2202. massageintervention.life Voted best massage in Durango 2018.

Couples, sauna, outdoor shower, cupping. Reviews on FB + Yelp. 970-9032984.

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

Massage Gift Certificates!

30, 60 & 90 min Meg Bush, LMT 970759-0199.

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.

RoommateWanted Male Roommate Wanted Male roommate to share quiet house in town. No smokers, parties. $550 per month, $600 refundable deposit, $50 cleaning fee non-refundable 759-0254.

ForSale 1990 VW Vanagon Needs New Home 1990 VW Vanagon Multivan – Westfalia pop-top, hanging closet and storage bin, table, sleeps 5. Excellent mechanical condition. Auto trans. Power windows.

Mostly original interior in very good condition. Only 18k miles on rebuilt engine, mud-snow tires, new brakes, Pioneer AM/FM/CD/MP3. She’s old but she’s reliable, easy to fix and all-around awesome!

247-7823.

Furniture/Electronics for Sale!

6-person table with bench and 4 chairs - comes with buffet table - used $800. 1 silver gray couch 82 x 36 inches - used $500. Small refrigerator (36 inches tall) -

$200. Adcom (black) stereo - tuner, 6 CD changer and amplifier - (used) $850. Call 970-903-7913 and I will send you pictures!

Red Cliffs Pottery Holiday Sale Local handmade pottery, lg selection!

Come see us at 1375 Florida Rd. Mon-Sat, 9-5, Sun. by appt only. Call 970-764-8229.

Woodland Crystals Crystals and crystal healing www.wood landcrystalshop.com Colorado Paddle Boards Make Great Gifts!

Free shipping to any location in the USA. Boards in stock at the Durango Outdoor Exchange.

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

Reruns – Two Stores to Choose From Get ready for the holidays! We have dishes, linens, serving ware and cool furniture. Beautiful new arrivals – several Pier One cabinets, nice Mission-style console table with mirror, stained glass, lamps, nice rugs, lots of cool art (local as well), and beverage fridge. 572 E. 6th Ave. 385-7336.

CommunityService Mercy Offering Free, Year-long Diabetes Prevention Program People at risk of developing type 2 dia-

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betes are invited to join a free, year-long lifestyle change program – tentatively set to start in January – at Mercy Regional Medical Center. Participants will learn skills to follow a healthy lifestyle focused on nutrition, physical activity and stress reduction. To be eligible, you must be 18 or older and meet at least one of the following: Be overweight or obese; have been diagnosed with prediabetes; have been previously diagnosed with gestational diabetes; or score a 5 or higher on the American Diabetes Association scoring tool. An information session is Sat., Dec. 1, from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at the Durango Library.

RSVP by calling 764-3999. For more info about the program, call 764-3415.

A Call to Artists The Durango Rec Center invites artists of all mediums to display their artwork for a one-month period in the community wing hallway. Applications and additional information are available at durangogov.org/index.aspx?NID=532 or at the Rec Center. For questions, contact John Robinette at 375-7323 or via email at john.robinette@durangogov.org

HaikuMovieReview ‘Sorry to Bother You’ “Idiocracy” meets “Equus” and eerie, late stage capitalism – Lainie Maxson

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 p.m. & 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! Pumpkin spice season is here! Come in for friendly service and the perfect buzz!

Hours: Mon.- Fri., 7 a.m. - 4 p.m. $ 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, Tues.- Fri. 4-6 pm & all day Sunday with $1 off beers, wines & wells & select appetizers at 20% off. Watch the sunset behind Smelter Mountain.

Hours: Wed.-Sun., Noon - 9p.m., Tues. 4p.m. - 9 p.m. Closed on Mon. $$

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