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Get your motor runnin’

A Powerhouse reboot

A moveable feast

Locals rally to keep Labor Day biker weekend rolling p8

Science Center back on top with new director, solid footing p12

Roving dinner parties latest way of serving up community p16

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4 La Vida Local

Motorin’

Local effort revs up Four Corners Motorcycle Rally

by Tracy Chamberlin

4 Thumbin’ It 5 Word on the Street

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6-7 Soapbox

Powering up Science Center back online with new director, solid financial footing

by Missy Votel

11 Mountain Town News 14-15 Day in the Life

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19 Top Shelf

A user’s guide to rally weekend photos by Stephen Eginoire

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Bon appétit The new old idea of community bonding around the dinner table

by Jennaye Derge

20-22 On the Town 23 Ask Rachel 24 Free Will Astrology 25 End of the Line

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26 Classifieds

Summer swan song The Griz headlines one of best Four Corners Folk Fest lineups ever

by Chris Aaland

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If iron horses of the human-powered variety are more your speed, head up to Purgatory this weekend for two days of collegiate mountain bike racing. That’s right – after a seven-year hiatus – FLC Cyling’s Squawker MTB Classic is returning to the roost Sat. and Sun., Sept. 1-2.

Over the weekend, the reigning 2017 National MTB Champion Skyhawks will be doing battle with their Rocky Mountain Collegiate Cycling Conference adversaries from the University of Colorado, Colorado State University, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado Mesa University and Adams State, just to name a few. On Sunday, there will also be USA Cycling-sanctioned cross country and downhill races for the community and junior riders as well.

18 Flash in the Pan

Ride on the wild side

EDITORIALISTA: Missy Votel (missy@durangotelegraph.com)

Ear to the ground: “She’s the type of girl who dyes her armpit hair for the Broncos.”

– Either your dream girl of the type you don’t take home to mom (or both)

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27 Haiku Movie Review

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The action gets rolling Saturday morning with the short track races at Purg’s base area starting at 8:30 a.m., with the fastest women and men racing at 10:05 a.m. and 10:40 a.m., respectively.

According to FLC Cycling Coach Dave Hagen, the short two- to three-minute course is prime for spectating as riders push themselves to the limit on each lap.

Then comes the dual slalom, with practice from 11:30 a.m. -1:30 p.m. and racing to follow.

Starting with a BMX style two-person gate, the course is action-packed with berms, rhythm sections and flat turns, also making it great for spectators.

“The crew at Purgatory has been working on it all summer, so it is in great shape,” said Hagen.

The action picks up bright and early again Sunday morning, with the cross country race taking off at 8 a.m. The course starts at the top of Chair 4 and uses most of the resort’s back-side trails, with plenty of room for passing and other jockeying tactics. Racing starts with the A men and women, with another wave starting at 10 a.m.

And last but not least, the final event of the weekend is the downhill, which will take place on Purg staples, the Divinity and Diggler trails. Racers will take one run on each course, and the fastest combined time on both courses will be crowned the winner. Practice is from 10-11:30 a.m. with racing to follow.

“Your cycling Skyhawks would be excited for the Fort Lewis and Durango communities to come up and cheer them on as they prepare to defend their 2017 Collegiate MTB Team National Championship,” said Hagen.

For more information or an full schedule, go to cycling.fortlewis.edu/squawkermtb. You can keep up with the action at the Squawker and the rest of FLC Cycling’s fall season on the team’s Facebook page.

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LaVidaLocal Empty nesters Like many Durangoans, we spent part of our summer confined inside our house.

But this was not due to smoke, heat, mudslides or any other natural debacle. Rather, we were held captive by a tiny tyrant, weighing no more than a nickel and measuring about the size of your average Q-Tip. Yes, our summer was ruled by a hummingbird.

I know it’s silly to think something the size of a flying chicken drummie could command such respect and fear from the top of the food chain. But despite their sweet, nectar-sipping reputation, it’s a little known fact that hummingbirds suffer from classic little-bird syndrome. In fact, piss one off, and you could find yourself re-enacting your own Tippi Hedron hell.

We learned this the hard way, after coming home from a night out on the town (and speaking of Tippi, yes we were.) We opened the back door to let the dog out when we were ambushed by a tiny feathered torpedo. It flew in the door and before we knew it, it was dive-bombing us like a blind kamikaze, running into walls, ceilings, furniture and other trappings of indoor human habitat.

Fortunately, we avoided a Willy Wonka like scenario when I made a heroic lunge to turn off the ceiling fan right as the little guy was headed for the churning blades. (Yes, we assumed it was a guy bird because a girl bird would be smart enough not to fly into a house full of screaming, panicked humans, even if she was just a birdbrain.)

Nevertheless, with the threat of birdicide de-escalated, we were still left with the unusual situation of having a bird loose in the house, late at night.

Efforts to lure Buzzy the “dummingbird” out with towels, flailing arms, watermelon and other stupid human tricks worked to no avail. By midnight, I resigned myself to the hope that he would find his own way out and went to bed. But others, including a house guest (who now thinks Durango is run amok with attack hummingbirds), kept up the good fight, and somewhere around 3 a.m., Buzzy found his way to freedom.

But that was not the last of him. For the next several days, he would accost us from the other side of the kitchen windows, stabbing at the glass, playing tough guy with wings spread and making my coveted morning coffee sadly uncomfortable.

Outside was even worse – and I have no doubt, had he been bigger, he would’ve pecked our eyes out with glee.

We began to wonder if maybe he was some kind of rare, aggressive Africanized hummer, and that’s when someone spotted the nest. The size of a sake glass, it was precariously perched atop a string of outdoor lights under our back porch’s overhang. It was built on the small area where one string connects into the other, roughly the size of a pack of Juicy Fruit (giving whole new meaning to “bird on a wire,” I might add.)

And that’s when we realized: a) Buzzy was a Buzzina; and b) she wasn’t dumb at all, just protecting her nest. (OK, maybe it wasn’t the smartest choice of venues, especially given two perfectly good, mature trees nearby. Then again, my house is red, so I sort of brought it upon myself.)

Although I like to fancy myself a birder – I can spot an LBB (little brown bird) a mile away – the hummer threw me for a loop. So, as any stymied advanced primate

with opposable thumbs would do, I went to Google.

“Like a crown jewel, the nest of a hummingbird is one of the great wonders in all of nature,” read one birder website. “They are so tiny, yet so perfect. Few of us have ever seen a hummingbird nest. This is because they are nearly impossible to find.”

Suddenly, I was filled with an overwhelming sense of pride and ecological duty.

She had picked our back stoop as the safe haven to lay her two tiny jellybean-sized eggs. By golly if I wasn’t going to seize my chance at Audubon greatness.

Of course, this meant six more weeks of tip-toeing around the back door and limiting our time in the yard so as not to scare her off from her sitting duties. (Another interesting factiod: female hummingbirds need to spend 55 minutes of every hour on their nest, leading me to wonder what they think about sitting there all day.)

As we got down to the waning days of the three-week incubation, we were on pins and needles. After a weekend away, we returned home to an empty nest and were filled with dread. Convinced we had failed as bird godparents, we concocted various scenarios. Maybe a bigger bird got to them. Or we disturbed her so much that the eggs never hatched and she abandoned the nest.

And that’s when Buzzina swooped in for a momentous return, and two tiny, hungry beaks jutted into the air.

The baby birds were alive!

(Right about now you are likely thinking I need to get a life – which is probably true. But you try being a prisoner in your own home and see what you do for fun.)

Despite the successful hatching, we were not out of the woods yet. During the second week of the three-week rearing, there was an unfortunate event involving an errant ladder and the light string. We gasped in horror as the commotion sent a shockwave up the wire, to the overloaded nest, which as a result precariously listed to one side.

My heart sank, and the next few days were filled with anxiety that even the smallest breeze would dump the nest onto the concrete below. We had come too far in our sleepless nights to let this happen, so I made an executive decision. Waiting until Buzzina left in search of food, we gingerly climbed a step stool and tried to right the wire.

When those efforts failed, we dug deep into our Durango ingenuity – and the raft kit – and emerged with a shorty cam strap. We slung it over the light cord, which provided just enough counterbalance to right the nest – all before Buzzina was the wiser.

(Don’t worry, I consulted Google on this one, too. Turns out that stuff about birds abandoning their nest or eating their young if you touch them is B.S. – although it’s probably still a good idea not to.)

With another tragedy averted, the teen bird years passed in a flash. Or in this case, a few days. Before long, the nest was trashed and their crap was everywhere. It was time for them to go. We awoke one day to find the smaller of the siblings perched on a nearby bike seat, the other stubbornly clinging to the wire. Eventually with some goading, he (again, just assuming) took the plunge.

Like many young adults, they lingered around home for a few days looking for food but eventually left for the greener pastures of the neighbor’s honeysuckle. We haven’t seen much of them lately – at least we don’t think so as all hummingbirds tend to look alike – and assume they’ll be off to Mexico before too long. To spread their wings, mate and start the cycle all over again.

We just hope they don’t forget to write.

This Week’s Sign of the Downfall:

Thumbin’It The nation’s largest grocery store chain, Kroger, announcing last week it is phasing out single-use plastic bags by 2025

The abrupt closure of the DeNier Youth Detention Center last week amid allegations of child abuse and other violations

A joint three-year study involving the state and local health departments, the USGS and San Juan County finding no long-term water quality impacts from the 2015 Gold King Mine spill

More startling statistics from the road, with a 22 percent increase in traffic fatalities last year in Colorado for people between the ages of 15-20

Local Boy Scouts stepping up to help with flood mitigation in the wake of the 416 Fire

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– Missy Votel

What seems to be a growing trend of hate crimes in Colorado, with the Anti-Defamation League reporting 36 white supremacist propaganda incidents in Colorado so far this year, including eight on college campuses

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Misfits & Gravy As it turns out, there are enough gravy wrestlers out there to justify a World Gravy Wrestling Championship, and this is the 11th year it’s been held in Lancashire, England.

Hundreds of people attended, and scores of idiots competed, trying their best to score high during the two-minute bouts in four judged categories: “fancy dress,” “comedy effect,” “entertainment” and “wrestling skill.”

Most people wore costumes, and of course, multiple male competitors dressed like that guy we’re all sick of talking about, because it just makes sense.

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With Labor Day upon us, the Telegraph asked, “How are you saying goodbye to the summer of 2018?”

Darrell Reed

“Goodbyes are hard, but I’m looking forward to a healthy winter.”

Jerrod Jenkins

“Looking for a new place ‘cuz my van’s gonna get real cold.”

Sierra DonGilli

“With more hard work.”

Tori Byam

“By finishing up my full (tattoo) sleeve.”

Yani Rodriguez

“Hiking Ice Lakes.”

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ReTooned/by Shan Wells

McCain could’ve stopped Iraq War To the editor, Although John McCain graduated at the very bottom of his class at a naval academy, he was slick enough to have advisors to work their PR magic to enhance his image – most notably in politics. One would think the trials and tribulations of his experience as a POW would have seen through the greedy war ambitions of Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld, whom I consider The Founding Father’s of ISIS, and stopped them from killing 400,000 innocent civilians in Iraq. Instead, McCain made up a cutesy song after a Beach Boy hit called, “Bomb Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran.” Going back in time, this PR crew made sure when the spotlight was on McCain for being part of the “Keating Five,” which created a financial collapse, he was unscathed and still won election after election. He knew “humor” was key to getting out of other jams. When it came to describe his time in the military, he said another “funny” by saying it was like being a “Pirate in the Caribbean.”

During a 2008 presidential campaign, candidate John McCain made a brave statement to a woman that accused Obama of not being a true American. I only wish McCain had been brave enough to call out a stop to the ungodly wars after the Vietnam War fiasco.

– Sally Florence, Durango

Polis should face West Slope voters To the editor, I am very concerned and even angered that Jared Polis has refused to debate Walker Stapleton at the Club 20 annual meeting. Club 20 has hosted political debates for years and never has a gubernatorial candidate snubbed the4

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event. Does Polis not care about issues on the West Slope? Is he a coward? I am sure he has all kinds of excuses, but I don’t buy them. And don’t give me the line that a debate put on by the Grand Junction Sentinel will suffice. Jared, if you want to be our governor, we on the West Slope deserve to know on what principles you stand. Come face us!

– J. Paul Brown, Ignacio

Vet’s office hosts S. Ute outreach To the editor, The main objective of the Veterans Service Office is to provide prevention, protection, advocacy and support services to veterans and their families so they can maximize their quality of life, well-being and potential. The La Plata County Veterans Service Office (CVSO) provides information and assistance to veterans and their families.

There is a wide range of benefits available for our nation’s veterans. Every veteran is encouraged to contact the CVSO to find out more about their VA benefits. Your CVSO can assist you in any matter pertaining to the Department of Veterans Affairs. These services are free of charge. Please visit www.co.laplata.co.us for more information.

The La Plata County Veterans Service Office is co-located with the Durango VA Clinic at 1970 E. 3rd Ave., Suite 102. For clinic appointments, call 970-247-2214.

The Veterans Service Office phone number is 970-7590117. Office hours are 8 a.m. – 12 noon and 1 - 5 p.m., Monday – Friday, except holidays. Appointments are encouraged: call (970) 382-6150.

CVSO Veterans Service Officer Richard S Schleeter will hold a veterans outreach event in Ignacio on from 9 a.m.

– 5 p.m., Sept. 5 at the multipurpose room at 258 Ute Road. This event is being hosted by the Southern Ute Veterans Association, who will be providing snacks.

There will also be a representative from the Denver VA

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regional office. The Farmington Vet Center also will be on site to share information about re-adjustment counseling, military sexual trauma counseling, spousal groups and family counseling.

All Southern Ute Veterans are encouraged to attend and learn more about your VA benefits. This outreach event is open to all veterans who reside in La Plata County. All veterans are encouraged to come by and visit with us and learn more about their veterans benefits.

– Richard Schleeter, La Plata County Veterans Service Officer

A checklist for Rep. Scott Tipton Dear Mr. Tipton: Here’s a worthy task for you: Restore conservative principles to the Republican Party; for example: 1. Explain to voters that personal integrity, human decency and adherence to the rule of law are traditional conservative principles that Trump tramples on every day, and that you’re going to stop pretending he doesn’t.

2. Denounce Trump’s attacks on the Justice Department, the F.B.I. and special counsel Robert Mueller.

3. Condemn Republican senators who encourage Trump to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

4. Demand that Devin Nunes be removed from the House Intelligence Committee, and that the Committee’s investigation of Russian interference in our elections resumes at once.

5. Subscribe to legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

6. Announce that you’ll initiate impeachment proceedings if either Mueller or Rosenstein are fired or disabled or if Trump pardons anyone who might be in a position to testify against him.

7. Promise that you’ll no longer be beholden to big corporate donors and the NRA and that from now on

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To the editor, Clean the swamp, witches found and removed. Only one big one to go. Looks like a cesspool cleaning, with the solid waste gone: Padopoulus, Gates, Cohen, Manafort, Weisselberg, Collins, Pecker. Some are convicted felons and some are under indictment. Witches found near and around Trump. Remember Trump only hires good people. Trump says he thinks flippers are bad people, and he knows a lot to them… HELLO? Do you know a lot of them?

He does. Sounds like New York mob talk. For the people who listen to only one TV station and don’t read, remember the newspapers report the real news. So go out and get one and read, read, read ... NOT FAKE NEWS. – Bob Battani, Durango

LettersPolicy “We’ll print damned-near anything” The Telegraph prides itself on a liberal letters policy. We offer this forum to the public to settle differences, air opinions & undertake healthy discourse. We have only three requests: limit letters to 750 words, letters must be signed by the writer; and thank-you lists and libelous, personal attacks are unwelcome. Send your insights by Tuesday at noon to: PO Box 332, Durango, 81302 or e-mail your profundities to: telegraph@durangotelegraph.com. Let the games begin ...

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Trevor Bird stands outside his Durango Harley-Davidson store Tuesday. After the motorcycle rally faltered last year, Bird took up the reins to return the event to the Four Corners./Photo by Stephen Eginoire

Hog heaven Local effort revives Labor Day Weekend motorcycle rally

by Tracy Chamberlin

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revor Bird and his wife, Catie, bought the Durango Harley-Davidson dealership in early June of last year.

They learned just weeks later, the region’s annual motorcycle rally – which should have been celebrating its 25th anniversary – had been cancelled.

“One of the attractive things about buying this dealership was the rally,” Bird explained.

So, the two got to work and were able to set up a handful of events – a bike show, demos and live music – welcoming riders who rolled into town.

This year, they’ve had a little more time to prepare.

With help from John Oakes, owner of California-based Freeze Management, and support from the Business Improvement District, Durango Area Tourism Office, City of Durango, La Plata County and others, the Birds have put together a three-day rally with events across the region.

The Four Corners Motorcycle Rally runs from Fri., Aug. 31, - Sun., Sept. 2, with bike shows, stunt exhibitions, a dirt track race, live music, fundraisers, a parade and more.

Bird said they’ve put a tremendous amount of time and energy into organizing this year’s rally, but it’s worth it because it is an investment in the future.

“We’ve got a long-term vision with this,” he added. “By taking the right steps, we hope to take it back to when it was a significant event in the Four Corners.”

For more than two decades, the rally has struggled to stay afloat. It’s been passed from private owner to a local town to private owner and, although, all have wanted to see it thrive, none have found a way to make it financially sustainable. That’s something Bird hopes to change.

He said he’s being conservative in his approach. He’s not trying to hire big-name (and expensive) music acts – at least,

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not yet. He’s also trying to promote events that anyone of dirt-bike race to benefit Durango BMX – at the Fairgrounds any age can enjoy. on Saturday; a vendor village at Sky Ute Casino in Ignacio When word got out that the rally would be throughout the weekend; and a poker chip run (much family friendly (meaning no wet T-shirt contests like the card game), which takes riders from or mud wrestling), Bird said he did catch some Durango to Purgatory, Silverton heat for it. and back.

“We’re not trying to leave anyone out,” he The point is to ride. added. “The biggest thing we’re trying to do is After all, it’s what changed get people out and ride.”

Bird’s life. He said he was One way he’s promoting that idea is by headed for a corporate world not having all the events in one spot. of software management when The rally used to be held in one central he took his first ride on a Harley location, where anyone who wanted to atDavidson more than 20 years tend had to pay to get in. Even when the ago.

Ignacio Chamber of Commerce took over “After my first ride on a Harley, in 2006, all the events were held in I never looked back,” he explained. downtown Ignacio.

All the rally events are intended This year, the events are intentionto get people on their bikes and out ally spread out across the region. across the Four Corners, enjoying the As an example, the first event of the scenery and each other, and supportweekend is the Veteran’s Poker Run. ing the community.

For $20 – all of which goes to the DuBird said the diverse landscape of rango Elks Lodge – riders go to five difthe Four Corners – desert, mountains ferent locations across the Four and forest – is unique and special. “The Corners, getting one card from each. In History repeats: ride changes so dramatically, we want the end, the best and the worst hands The first edition of the people to enjoy it,” he added.

Telegraph, published Aug. 22, get $100 gift cards.

As riders head out across the region, The Poker Run starts at Durango 2002, featured a cover shot and they’ll also shop at local businesses and Harley-Davidson, near the mall, heads story on the motorcycle rally. spend at local restaurants – something the to Four Corners Harley Davidson and Southwest could use. The 416 Fire resulted Berg Park in Farmington, then on to the Billy Goat Saloon in in a lackluster summer tourist season, so a wellGem Village, and finishes at the Rusty Shovel Saloon in Val- attended rally could bring a needed boost to local businesses. lecito.

Bird said it’s difficult to estimate how many people will Other events include the Hooligan Dirt Dash – a flat track, attend the rally, but there are some positive signs. Most 4

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of their partner accommodations, including hotels and campgrounds, are booked. Riding groups from California, Texas and other parts of the country have made plans to attend.

And early ticket sales for Saturday’s Hooligan Dirt Dash have been good.

Aside from the disappointed mud wrestling fans, community feedback has been encouraging. “Everybody has been so supportive,” he added.

One likely reason, according to Bird, is that every event benefits a nonprofit.

The Elks Lodge benefits from the Poker Run, and Durango BMX from the Dirt Dash. The other big beneficiary over the weekend is Building Homes for Heroes, a nonprofit dedicated to giving mortgage-free

homes to severely injured veterans who served during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

All of the beer sales throughout the weekend at Durango Harley Davidson, as well as beer sales at events at Main Avenue and 10th Street, and the sales from the Burrito Breakfast on Sunday morning before the motorcycle parade will benefit Building Homes for Heroes. In addition, Coors is donating all the beer, local businesses are providing the breakfast burritos and coffee on Sunday, and, Jon Sigillito, owner of Durango Party Rental, is supplying the rest.

Sigillito is not only a board member of Building Homes for Heroes, he’s been in-

volved since the beginning.

He and the organization’s founder and CEO, Andy Pujol, both were living in New York City when the Twin Towers were attacked on Sept. 11, 2001.

Sigillito said Pujol spent a couple days helping out at Ground Zero. Sigillito came out of that experience changed, and the idea for Building Homes for Heroes was born. He also said Pujol has never taken a cent as the nonprofit’s CEO. In fact, 93 cents out of every dollar the organization gets goes directly into the homes it gives to veterans. Which is why Building Homes for Heroes has a 4-star rating – the highest possible rating – with the nonprofit watchdog, Charity Navigator.

Building Homes for Heroes has been working with the organizers of the Four Corners Motorcycle Rally for the past seven or eight years, and it’s the biggest fundraising event for the nonprofit in the area.

Along with donating all the sales, Sigillito said there will be donation buckets as well, and people can drop in whatever they can. Building Homes for Heroes is gifting a home every 11 days, so every dollar counts.

“If everybody donated just a little bit, it’s amazing what we can do,” he said. n For more on the Four Corners Motorcycle Rally or a schedule, visit www.fourcornersmotor cyclerally.com. For more on Building Homes for Heroes, visit www.buildinghomesforheroes.org.

Four Corners Motorcycle Rally, Aug. 31-Sept. 2 Fri., Aug. 31 • Veteran’s Poker Run, benefitting the Durango Elks Lodge, 8-10 a.m. Stops include Durango Harley-Davidson, 750 S. Camino del Rio, Four Corners Harley-Davidson and Berg Park in Farmington, Billy Goat in Gem Village, Rusty Shovel Saloon in Vallecito.

• Vendors, live music and more, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m., rider meet and greet 1 p.m., burn out contests 3:30 p.m., Durango Harley-Davidson.

• Silverton Poker Chip Run, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

Stops include Durango Harley-Davidson, Purgatory Resort and Silverton Harley-Davidson.

• Vendor Village, all day, with Speed Kings Stunt Shows at noon, 3 and 5 p.m., Sky Ute Casino and Resort in Ignacio.

• Kirk James Blues Band performs, 6-9:30 p.m., Main Avenue and 10th Street.

Sat., Sept. 1 • Vendors, live music and more, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m., Hot Bike Chopper Show 2-4 p.m., Durango Harley-Davidson.

• Silverton Poker Chip Run, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

• Vendor Village with Speed Kings Stunt Shows, all day, Sky Ute Casino.

• Hooligan Dirt Dash, a flat track dirt bike

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race, 7 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds.

• Ben Gibson Band performs, 6-9:30 p.m., Main Avenue and 10th Street.

Sun., Sept. 2 • Vendors, live music and more, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m., Durango Harley-Davidson.

• Law Tigers Motorcycle Parade, burrito breakfast benefitting Building Homes for Heroes, 8:30-11 a.m. Transit Center Parking Lot, parade begins 11 a.m., Main Avenue.

• Silverton Poker Chip Run, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

• Vendor Village with Speed Kings Stunt Shows, all day, Sky Ute Casino.

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MountainTownNews All season smoke across the West?

BEND, Ore. – It’s still smoke season across large swaths of the West. In the future, smoke season might extend into the spring and fall, at least in central Oregon.

The Bend Bulletin reports that residents at recent hearings broadly supported loosening restrictions applying to smoke coming from controlled burns.

Controlled burns typically occur in spring and fall. More controlled burns could mean fewer wildfires – and hence less smoke – during summer and early fall.

Minimum wages rise to lure workers ASPEN – The Aspen Skiing Co. will be paying a minimum wage of $13.50 this coming winter, plus another $1 an hour if employees stay the season. The old minimum wage was $12.

In addition, employees get ski passes, health insurance and deep retail discounts.

“There are not a lot of employees out there,” Aspen Skiing Co. spokesman Jeff Hanle said.

Colorado’s minimum wage is $10.50, but in many parts of Colorado, the de facto minimum wage is higher. Vail Resorts two seasons ago raised its minimum wage from $11 to $12.25 an hour.

Town continues plastic bag conversation JACKSON, Wyo. – Kroger, by far the largest grocery store retailer in the United States, last week announced it plans to discontinue the distribution of free plastic shopping bags by 2025. In some places, such as Colorado, the end of plastic bags could come sooner, a Kroger spokesman told The Denver Post.

In Colorado, Kroger has 143 food stores, operating under the name of City Market in mountain towns and, along the Front Range, King Soopers. In Utah, it has 51 food stores under a variety of names, including Smith’s. In Idaho, it has 15 stores, and in Wyoming, nine.

Jackson aims to be Wyoming’s first town to move away from the proliferation of throw-away shopping bags. To that end, it has been holding workshops with the business community.

“We don’t want to harm businesses. We don’t want to harm consumers,” Mike Yin, a community member who helped shape the proposed law, said. “But we do want to change behavior.”

The shift from plastic freebies to alternatives had been proposed to occur July 1, 2019. But that’s the busiest time of year for Jackson.

Plus, many businesses may already have stocks of plastic bags which won’t be exhausted by then, reports the Jackson Hole News&Guide.

Then there’s the debate about paper vs. plastic. Though paper decomposes faster than plastic, according to Johnny Ziem, interim director of public works, creating paper bags requires three times the energy.

In Colorado, eight towns and cities have ordinances limiting plastic bags. In Utah, only Park City has banned the bag, according to a website called banthebag.com. In New Mexico, both Santa Fe and Silver City have bag bans.

Neither Idaho nor Montana have bag bans.

Are grizzly sightings mistaken identity?

WHISTLER, B.C. – Hikers on local rails around Whistler have been reporting more sightings of grizzly bears. Sometimes, they’re right.

A 2012 estimate identified 59 bears in the region. But biologists believe the population has increased somewhat. The number of backcountry users has also increased.

Wildlife biologists tell Pique Newsmagazine that it’s easy to mistake a black bear for a grizzly bear.

“Color doesn’t help you necessarily at all,” Johnny Mikes, field director of the Coast to Cascades Grizzly Bear Initiative, said. “You can have brown black bears, (and) you can have grizzly bears that are very dark, especially when they’re wet,” he said.

Size, too, can be problematic. Full-grown male black bears can be larger than a small female grizzly, he said.

Mikes said he sometimes can’t tell the difference. “I’ve seen scores and scores of grizzlies, and I’ve had instances where ... I haven’t been able to identify them,” he said.

The most telling characteristics of grizzly bears are prominent

shoulder humps, long claws and dished, concave faces.

Neither species is normally aggressive, but grizzly bears can be more aggressive than black bears in protecting their young and food sources.

Softening of the foreign visitor market VAIL – The Vail Daily reports the Vail municipal government forecasts only modest growth during 2019. Part of the story seems to be the softening foreign market.

Vail has long had strong visitation from foreign countries, particularly Mexico and in recent years Brazil. But there’s been a faltering.

Part of it is the exchange rate. The Mexican peso has lost almost half its value against the dollar since 2008. The euro has lost a third.

That makes visits to Canada more attractive.

Of course, there are people for whom money is no object. But Tom Foley, of Inntopia, said the fierce competition is among those who have money but not so much that cost is irrelevant.

Then there is the Trump factor. Ralf Garrison, a travel consultant, says that the politics of the Trump election have also played a role in more Latin Americans traveling to Canada instead of the United States.

Connecting the resort town carbon dots CRESTED BUTTE – Mountain towns pride themselves as being non-cities, places where nature, and not the built environment, dazzles at every turn.

The environmental footprint of mountain town residents, however, is just as big, if not bigger, than their city cousins. If not everybody understands this, Crested Butte’s Mark Reaman does.

“As green as we like to believe we are, we choose to live in a harsh winter environment that depends primarily on fossil fuels to stay warm, run the ski lifts and get people and food here. None of that is helpful to the environment or the long-term future of the planet,” Reaman wrote in a July op-ed edition of the Crested Butte News, which he edits.

“But we are human and we all (myself included) want the freedom of our cars, warmth in the winter, food on the table, the lifts to run and the tourists to come and spend their money so we can live here.”

Can Crested Butte more effectively put its words into action?

Reaman noted two disjointed but related items on the town council agenda. First was a study of greenhouse gas emissions triggered by the town and its resort economy. Later was a discussion about adding refrigeration to the outdoor ice rink on the outskirts of town.

“As a hockey parent, I like the idea of consistent ice, by the way.

But to discuss ways to cut electricity use in Crested Butte and two minutes later talk about refrigeration without at least noting some of the irony was a missed opportunity,” he wrote. “Crested Butte won’t save the world by banning cars or not allowing refrigerated ice. But every little bit helps.”

The baseline inventory shows that electrical generation was responsible for 48 percent of the community’s carbon dioxide emissions. Much of the demand came from buildings. A recent report to city officials points the finger toward improved building designs to enhance efficiency.

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The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that state highway officials have removed the last of the highway markers along Interstate 10 that honored Jefferson Davis, the president of the confederacy.

This all began in about 1910-20, when people were getting cars and starting to use them. In turn, adventurers began linking together local roads into what they called highways. The Lincoln Highway – mostly dirt paths until after World War I – eventually became what is today I-80.

The United Daughters of the Confederacy had in mind something similar, with a transcontinental highway from Virginia to California traversing the southern states.

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The Powerhouse’s new director, Wayne LaBar, stands inside the old boiler room where he envisions a part theater-part living history exhibit./Photo by Stephen Eginoire

A Powerhouse reboot Science Center picks up steam with new director, solid financial footing

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fter a decade of surges and blackouts, the Powerhouse Science Center is buzzing again. Not only does the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) center have a new director with a 30-year history in the biz (and some reallife experience with NASA), it’s also on terra firma financially.

“We’re in the best financial shape we’ve ever been in,” Powerhouse Board member Erica Max said Tuesday. “We’ve turned things around. We’re lean and mean.”

(Max, of course, is addressing the elephant in the room: the brief closure of the Powerhouse in May 2015 due to financial insolvency. The center re-opened four months later and has been slowly restructuring and developing new short- and longterm strategies ever since.)

“It took a lot of hard work. Our staff really went above and beyond, but we’ve moved past that in a big way,” she said. For starters, there’s the aforementioned new executive director, Wayne LaBar, the product of a national search last January. Max, who

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worked for an executive search firm, helped Since taking the helm in April, LaBar has head up that, well, head hunt. set about implementing what the center is “We conducted a national search and calling the “Four Corners Transformation” were lucky enough to attract the best in the campaign, which seeks to turn the center biz,” she said. into a regional player. “We want to transFor his part, LaBar, who most recently form the museum into a more impactful lived in Connecticut, has a slew of lengthy and relevant science center for the region,” degrees to his name, including one in aero- he said. The goal is not just to attract famispace engineering. lies and school kids In addition to his as the center has Justthefacts stint at NASA, he done for years, but was the director What: Powerfall Ball, fundraiser and donor gala destination tourists of exhibits at the When: 6 – 10 p.m., Sat., Sept. 8 as well. This will be Tech Museum in Where: Powerhouse Science Center done through new, San Jose, Calif., Tickets and info: powsci.org upgraded exhibits – and vice president all with a regional of exhibits at the slant.

Liberty Science Center, outside New York “The focus will be on science technology City. He also helped start science museums that is uniquely part of the Four Corners all over the world through his consulting and relevant to the community,” he said. business, Alchemy Studio. In other words, This could include exhibits on everything he knows his chops – and electrons, pro- from earth and space sciences to the area’s tons and nanoparticles. ecosystem, biomes, animals and plants, to So why Durango? mechanical sciences popular here (think “I was looking to rejoin a community, skis and bikes for starters.) it’s a little more fun and meaningful when “We want to feature the science behind you are working for a community,” he said. what makes Durango tick, things that are

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part of our everyday lives,” he said.

Which isn’t to say there won’t be a continued nod to the past – and what a past it was. The historic Mission-style building, built in 1892, was originally home to the Durango Light and Power Co. It was one of the country’s first plants generating A/C (alternating current) power, which is still widely used today, meaning Durango was cutting edge way before ski lifts or mountain bikes were even invented. The power plant’s original boiler room is still intact, something LaBar envision showcasing on a grand level.

“We want to transform it into a theater where it comes alive during the day,” he said. “That’s what this place should be. We want a better interpretation of the history of the powerhouse and energy creation. We want to bring history alive.”

And speaking of bringing things alive, LaBar said a virtual reality exhibit is also in the works. It, along with other new exhibits, will be previewed at the “Powerfall Ball” from 6 – 10 p.m., Sat., Sept. 8, at the center.

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these plans,” said LaBar. It will also raise vital funds for all these big plans, which is where you, the STEM-supporting public, comes in.

“There are a lot of works in progress at the moment,” said Max. In addition to the sneak peek, the ball will also honor four “Powerhouse Makers” in the areas of individual, organization, philanthropist and student.

“These four are emblematic of the ‘can do’ maker attitude that has been part of living here since the first people moved into Mesa Verde,” he said.

The awards will be given in conjunction with the Durango MakerLab, which joined the Powerhouse in 2016.

LaBar said the addition of the MakerLab played a big role in his decision to take the Powerhouse job.

“It’s a community of creative, industrial creators constantly changing and improving,” he said.

Folks can buy monthly or annual memberships to the MakerLab, which gains them access to all sorts of technological toys, from a 3-D printer and CNC router to industrial sewing machines. The lab is geared to attract not just basement tinkerers but the next big thing.

“If you are creating a start-up, we have equipment you could never afford that you can come in and use,” said Max. “We are creating businesses in town.”

In addition to all this, the center still hosts regular hours as well as toddler mornings, after-school activities, Thursday night trivia, science camps, Maker Mingle nights, corporate team-building retreats, a Kentucky Derby party – and pretty much anything else that powers the imagination.

A brief Powerhouse timeline:

Just a few of the projects created on the Maker Labs’ CNC router./Photo by Stephen Eginoire “The Powerhouse is a huge educational resource that needs to be open,” said Max. But if all that doesn’t convince you to turn out for the ball, perhaps the prospect of an electrical party, complete with dueling pianos, will. “Our event is way fun,” said Max. “It’s going to be the best party anywhere and support STEM education across the Four Corners.” n

• 1892: Durango Light and Power Co. opens, one of the first A/C generating plants in the country • Mid-1970s: Durango Powerhouse shuts down and falls into disrepair. At the same time, it is listed on the State and National registers of Historic Places and is named one of Colorado’s “Most Endangered Places.”

• 1998: Durango Children’s Museum, operating in the cramped upstairs of the Durango Arts Center, proposes converting the power plant into a science center.

• 2002: The City of Durango, which owns the power plant, approves plans to renovate the old plant. Grants for renovation and site cleanup, including asbestos removal, are secured.

• 2006: Restoration is completed.

• February 2011: Durango Discovery Museum opens its doors in the old power plant site • May 2014: Durango Discovery Museum changes its name to Powerhouse Science Center • May 11, 2015: Powerhouse closes abruptly • September 2015: Powerhouse re-opens after fourmonth financial regrouping

Makin’ it: Powerhouse recognizes ‘Maker Honorees’ As part of its first Powerfall Ball, the Powerhouse Science Center is starting another new tradition: The Powerhouse Maker Honorees. On Sat., Sept. 8, four honorees will be recognized for their ingenuity, perseverance and ability to innovate, succeed and survive in the fields of science, technology, engineering, math and education.

“These are individuals and organizations that lead by example and provide models for others in our community and in our world,” Powerhouse Director Wayne LaBar said.

This years’ honorees are: 1. Carver Brewing Co. – L. L. Nunn Honoree in Philanthropy. In 1988, Durango’s first brewpub since prohibition – and the second in the state – was established by brothers Jim and Bill Carver.

Since then, Carvers, as locals call it, has been a leader in supporting the STEM education efforts of The Powerhouse through contributions and community fundraisers.

The Carver Brothers, back in their Winter Park days, circa 1983.

Carver Brewing and the Carver family have donated more than $500,000 to The Powerhouse. In addition, Carvers is the main sponsor of the Search & Rescue Pancake Breakfast as well as many other community

events and nonprofits in Durango.

2. Henry Haggart – The Caroline Romney Honoree for a Student or Child. A senior at Animas High School, Henry interns with the Fort Lewis College Engineering Department, races mountain bikes and tutors for Durango Academic Coaching. He also has interned at the Powerhouse for five years, putting in more than 400 unpaid hours. Outside of working at the science center, Henry is a member of Durango’s Team America Rocketry Challenge and Solar Car Challenge teams. Known as a “Jack of all trades,” he has an insatiable curiosity about all things: minerals, galaxies, fluid dynamics and the list goes on. Curiously, out of his many skills, the one thing he can’t do is tie a balloon.

3. Richard Rohrbacher – The Stuart Allen “Stu” Roosa Honoree for an Individual. The CEO at Rohrbacher Waterblasting Technologies and Colorado Wildfire Con-

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trol, Rohrbacher invented the system for removing rubber from airport runways, and dirt and grime from theme parks, while recycling all water used in the process. He holds nine U.S. patents and 14 international ones. As a child, he built rockets, race cars and machines out of scrap lumber and metal scrounged from his dad’s garage. Later, he channeled his inventive spirit into creating industrial equipment that included a soil sanitation system for the USDA and decontamination devices for nuclear plants.

4. Advanced Mobile Propulsion Test – The William Jackson Palmer Honoree for an Organization/Business.

Founded in 2009, the prime mission of AMPT is to provide the expertise and infrastructure to test, evaluate and fabricate spacecraft propulsion systems, instrumentation design and implementation, altitude systems, and engine processing facilities.

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open road is calling. And if you’re really core, the Durango-Ignacio rally circuit is surely at the top of your to-do list this Labor Day weekend. With more action than Poison’s “Ride the Wind,” it’s no wonder that bikers have flocked to this neck of the woods year after year. To get your motor revving, here’s a gander at

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A moveable feast Local foodies serving connection, conversation through community dinners

by Jennaye Derge

nation is what it is today. Or not – but no doubt ending conflict amicably and respectfully has t might be impossible for shaped our history and is always people to be angry at each worth revisiting. other while sharing a meal.

The idea for Jeffersonian DinNot to say folks don’t hash ners came from Jefferson’s home things out over dinner, but it’s state of Virginia and a man just a little more difficult to named Jeffrey Walker who, have rabid animosity between besides having a similar name to bites of spaghetti or with Jefferson, loves the art of convertomato sauce on one’s shirt. sation. He jotted down some rules Maybe this is why more and for what he imagined a dinner more, Durango is setting the with Jefferson would be like: eight table for community dinners as to 15 guests around a table, but a way to bring people together no individual conversations – be it neighbors, acquainwould be allowed. Rather, talk tances or total strangers. The should be pointed toward the idea is to foster polite diswhole group on one overarching course, find common ground subject. Once the dinner starts, a and shared interests, or maybe mediator initiates that topic, once and for all, learn the which is then sent around the name of that neighbor you altable for comment. Guests are always wave to from afar. And lowed to chime in and ask queswhether the dinners are tacktions out of turn, but the general ling the thorny social issues of rule is to engage in others’ rethe day or just celebrating the sponses and listen intently. Sublocal bounty, here are a few jects are open, but the original we’d like to give a toast to: Jeffersonian Dinners were meant “Gather” Pop-up to tackle touchy or sensitive topDinner Series ics in an effort to bridge divides Elsa Jagniecki has always and find common ground. had a flare for design. As the And common ground is how owner of Heirlooms, a wedding Durango’s Jeffersonian Dinners and event-planning service, came to be. Durangoans Joy Marshe’s been practicing the art of tin and Colleen O’Brien met for bringing people together over the first time at the Mountain fancy plates and four-course Venture Summit in Telluride and meals for years. Earlier this decided to come up with a way summer, she decided to gather for residents to confront issues a few guests around a family- The first “Gather” pop-up dinner at the Smiley Building last May./Photo by Jennaye Derge and affect change on a grassroots style table for dinner, converlevel. sation and drink – but with a twist. She kept the al pretty setups or the delicious cocktails and food (OK, “You can change the fabric of your community by fresco dinner’s location top secret until 24 hours before- maybe a little). It’s about the deep sense of connection getting people to sit around a table in a non-confrontahand, with the dinner essentially “popping up” in a and community that the dinners stir up. tional place,” Martin said. “They know they can be “The beauty in what I do that keeps me going is heard and it’s safe, and you can talk about hard issues.” picturesque locale.

Riding on the success of her first dinner, she now about creating and holding space for process to happen Or, keep it on the lighter side as the Durango Jefferhosts them monthly, with hopes to run through Octo- – connection, ideas, art – with no expectations and sonian Dinners have. So far, topics have included ber. They are not only classy affairs, but also have the pressure,” Jagniecki said. “It’s open and safe.”

“What is art?” and “What does community mean to She said she tries to collaborate with anyone willing you?” intended purpose to connect attendees to the heart of our community. This might mean buying produce and to partner, which includes popping up in unique and “I want people to walk away from those experiences hiring new or local caterers, or popping up in the mid- unusual places, such as recently at the Animas City feeling hopeful, uplifted and encouraged by the fact dle of unexpected places to expose folks to something Farmers Market. that there are other people in the community that are “You never know how it’s going to turn out, and passionate about connecting and building a dream new.

“This is the epitome of what we’re all doing, we’re we’re just testing it as it goes,” she said. “But watching place to live,” Martin said. part of this movement to get people to look local and it come alive gives me goosebumps. It’s like a living, There is absolutely nothing wrong with keeping it get off Amazon, get off our phones and the internet, breathing art installation, and it’s beautiful.” light – after all, that is what any healthy community Gather Pop-up Dinners will continue monthly through needs: a space to air thoughts, ideas and opinions withand just go out around town and support people who live in the community and are part of this fabric,” said October. For info. or to get tickets, visit, www.heirlooms out starting a yelling match. The feeling of community durango.com or brownpapertickets.com.

Jagniecki of the new but seemingly growing trend. and connection is a fortunate byproduct, paving the Gather is meant to support the community as a Jeffersonian Dinners way for the harder questions to come later. whole. “It’s all about slow money – everything I do, in One of the newest dinner concepts making its mark Another offshoot is to leave not only as friends but the background of what I do is supporting everyone in- on local tables is the Jeffersonian Dinner. also to have folks spread the idea to their own part of volved,” she said.

Thomas Jefferson is a controversial lad indeed, but the world.

Jagniecki partners with many food, drink and ambi- no one can deny his important role in history and also After attending a Durango Jeffersonian Dinner, Erin ence purveyors around town, but Carol Clark, with his great taste in dining. Back in his day, he was known Murphy decided to host a potluck of her own for her Toast Mobile Lounge, and Emily Lloyd, with Violet Mae for lavish meals and using them as a tool for mediation Animas City neighbors. The guests included a few peoVintage, are her go-to gals for drinks and vintage amongst bickering colleagues. He would sit everyone ple she knew as well as people she had only passed on lounge furniture for folks to relax upon. down to hash out their differences over meat and po- her way to work or on evening walks.

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not intended to be exclusive, it’s intended to grow,” Murphy said.

To find out more about Jeffersonian Dinners or get ideas about hosting your own, check out Walker’s TED talk on YouTube.

Harvest Dinner Humans celebrate nearly everything – love, birth, leprechauns, cupid – so there’s no reason not to also celebrate food. It is, after all, one of the great common denominators.

About 18 years ago (now former) owner of Cyprus Cafe, Alison Dance, wanted to celebrate food and began hosting an annual Harvest Celebration.

Each fall, folks would gather at Cyprus to eat, drink and celebrate local food and farmers.

“It was just a big party, and it wasn’t about making money but about getting together to eat good food and have a lot of fun,” Dance said.

The concept was a hit, and when Ore House owner Ryan Lowe caught wind, he approached Dance with a proposition for a community dinner that would benefit not only foodies, but local nonprofits as well.

Durango’s first Harvest Dinner hit the Smiley Building lawn three years ago as a collaboration between Dance, Lowe and Local First, which has been a beneficiary of the dinner ever since. Together, the three entities connect local farmers and chefs to cook up an elaborate five-course meal for 150 attendees lucky enough to have gotten their tickets early.

An abundance of food paired with live music, elaborate desserts and beverages galore, the elegant evening is a hodgepodge

of fine dining and community connections.

“You are eating all night. The wine is flowing, the food is always coming, you will be stuffed by the end of it,” Local First Director Monique DiGiorgio said.

However, there is an educational element to the dinner as well. “The story first and foremost is a way to celebrate that connection between the local independent businesses and the chefs in town that are really connected to the local farms and ranches,” DiGiorgio added.

But the educational piece does not end there. The Harvest Dinner fuels the local food machine, helping to spotlight all of its moving parts.

“Across the region, there is a lot more food produced than realized, so it’s a great way to let people realize which restaurants are focused on using local ingredients,” Local First’s Programs and Membership Director Kiki Hooton said. “It’s also a way to start a dialogue with people about using local food and supporting the local food movement, whether it’s local independent grocers, local restaurants or the farmers markets.”

The Harvest Dinner is an experience as local as it gets, and with a beautiful, rustic vibe, an intimate setting, and food created specifically for the event, there’s nothing quite like it.

“The dinner itself is just such a great community environment but also a really nice feeling and really well done,” DiGiorgio said. “It’s not the kind of feeling you get by just walking into a restaurant.”

This year, the event will include guest

Jesse Ogle, center, takes the floor during a recent Jeffersonian Dinner held in the back of Animas Trading Co. After attending, Erin Murphy, right, went on to host her own Jeffersonian Dinner in her neighborhood./Photo by Jennaye Derge speaker Deborah Madison, a chef, writer and cooking teacher. Known for opening one of San Francisco’s first vegetarian restaurants in 1979, she is considered an expert of vegetarian cooking highlighting fresh produce, local foods and farmers’ markets.

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The Harvest Dinner takes place from 5 – 9 p.m. Sat., Sept 15, at the Smiley Building.

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Spicing up Labor Day

by Ari LeVaux

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abor Day is unique among holidays in that nobody really celebrates it. It lacks the excitement of New Years, the virtues of MLK Day, the mystery of Easter, the love of Mother’s Day, the sorrow of Memorial Day, the unity of the 4th, the excesses of Thanksgiving, and the baggage of Christmas. It’s easy to find people who celebrate any and all of those holidays. Labor Day, not so much.

A few politicians and advocacy organizations take advantage of a fat, slow pitch to their agenda, which they attempt to further with statements about the importance of labor and fair compensation for that labor. Then, we cut to school shopping and the last three-day weekend of summer.

To me, a crowded campground sounds a whole lot more like work than spending some time in the kitchen, putting in some labor to make sure there is yummy food to eat in winter.

It’s too bad Labor Day doesn’t get more love, because labor is a concept that truly should be celebrated, elevated and appreciated. Good labor makes the world a better place, and makes the laborer a better person. In the kitchen, good labor makes good food.

What’s not to love about that?

I was at the hardware store last week, and the seasonal aisle was packed with canning jars on both sides. Canning jar sales are booming, because this kind of lovely labor is catching on. Since the original mason jar design was created by the Ball brothers in Buffalo, N.Y., 130 years back, the design has hardly changed. One recent innovation by Newell/Rubbermaid, which now owns Ball and Kerr jars, has been to introduce amber colored jars which filter out UV, for longer lasting food. I have to

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In the meantime, this Labor Day I’ll be making salsa.

It’s a jar of all trades, the joker in the deck and the most versatile and valuable component of my pantry. If I need to grab something quick for a pot luck or a road trip, or if I have company, a sack of chips and a jar of my own salsa fixes the problem, with extra points for your labor.

If you pour canned salsa on eggs, you have huevos rancheros. Blended with cucumbers, it’s gazpacho. With avocado its guacamole. Mixed with gin and clam juice, it’s a drink. By itself, canned salsa is a spicy marinara that goes on eggplant, pasta or pizza.

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The best tomatoes for this are high-acid slicing or canning tomatoes. Normal tomatoes, that is. Tomatoes that are red and round. The pepper component is where we really personalize the salsa. Any kind of pepper, in virtually any form, can be used, including both hot and sweet. But it’s the hot ones that determine not only the heat, but much of the flavor. Dried peppers, pickled peppers, smoked peppers, green peppers, red peppers ... the more the merrier. Diversity is flavor. Just remember to wash your hands before you use the bathroom, as well as after.

Canned Salsa 10 cups chopped tomatoes (two blender loads) 10 cups chopped peppers, seeded as necessary 5 cups chopped onions 2 cups carrots 2 cups cilantro 1 cup chopped garlic 1 tablespoon salt 1 tablespoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon black pepper 1 cup cider vinegar (to ensure the whole business is acidic and safe) Puree all vegetables to the max. Add all of the loads to a large pot, stir together, and bring to a boil. As it heats, use corn chips to sample, adjusting salt, black pepper and chile if necessary. Turn off heat and immediately transfer hot salsa into warm sterile jars and screw on sterile lids.

They will seal as they cool on the counter.

All year long, you will enjoy the canned fruits of your labors of love. Give the gift of love in a jar, trade the gift of love in a jar. Heck, if it’s legal where you are, go ahead and sell it. After all, Labor Day is about getting paid for your labor.n

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Four Corners folks, Sneaky Pete and motorcycles

by Chris Aaland

Bonnie Sims and her husband, Taylor. Dig deeper into their roster, though, and you’ll find Colorado alt-country and bluegrass he 23rd annual Four Corners Folk Festival takes place royalty populating the Clydes. Drummer Todd Moore, pedal steel Friday through Sunday on Reservoir Hill in Pagosa Springs. guitarist Glenn Taylor and bassist Caleb Roberts are all alumni of This year’s lineup is one of the best ever, with headliners Colorado’s legendary goth-country outfit, Slim Cessna’s Auto like the Dawg Trio featuring David Grisman, Sam Bush, and Club. Taylor, in fact, has lent his talents to the likes of the RailNahko & Medicine for the People are sure to draw crowds. The benders and Cowboy Dave as well. Roberts is best known as a undercard, too, is strong, with Amy Helm, We Banjo 3, the Jon founding member of Open Road, the Northern Colorado blueStickley Trio, Darling West and grass outfit that was huge a the Accidentals on the bill. Even decade ago. And Taylor Sims longtime Reservoir Hill favorites once led Spring Creek, which like Front Country, Bonnie & the played the Durango Bluegrass Clydes and Tallgrass reappear.

Meltdown with regularity a While I haven’t been along for decade ago and was the only the ride from the beginning (I beband to win both the Telluride lieve my first was the fourth in and RockyGrass band competi1999), I have seen it grow into an tions in the same year. Catch annual highlight here in the them early on Saturday, at 11:30 Southwest. In 2003, a third day a.m. was added. A few years later, lateLest we forget, the Jon Sticknight sets sprouted from the ponley Trio is back. Stick is no derosa needles covering the forest stranger to local bluegrass fans. floor. Along the way, the fencedIn fact, he was one of us. Forged off beer garden was expanded to from the fires of Telluride, Rockinclude the entirety of the festival yGrass and Reservoir Hill was a grounds, allowing patrons to quintet called the Broke Mounenjoy a frothy pint from their tain Bluegrass Band. According seats. But some things have reto legend, five young’uns from mained constant, like the comthe Four Corners and North Carmitment to a family friendly olina met up and formed a musicamping environment. cal bond. Though their time One thing I’m truly looking together was brief, Broke Mounforward to is Sunday’s finale. Sam tain launched the careers of Bush takes the stage at 5:30 p.m., Travis Book (Infamous Stringfollowed by the Dawg Trio two David Grisman headlines the 23rd annual Four Corners Folk dusters), Andy Thorn (Leftover hours later. At age 73, David Gris- Festival Friday through Sunday in Pagosa Springs.

Salmon), Anders Beck (Greensky man isn’t getting any younger; nor is the 66-year-old Bush. The Bluegrass), Stickley and local singer/guitarist Robin Davis. Stickley two have collaborated numerous times throughout their career, bounced from one gig to another for several years after Broke including the instrumental masterpiece “Hold On, We’re StrumMountain dissolved (the Biscuit Burners, Colorado Playboys, min,’” released 15 years ago. It’s rare to get the chance to see one Shannon Whitworth and Town Mountain), playing acoustic & innovator who has developed his own style of music. Back in the electric guitar, bass, mandolin … basically, whatever he could get 1970s, Grisman created “Dawg Music,” which blended jazz, his hands on. His namesake trio gave him the chance to shine. swing, chamber and bluegrass into a laid-back groove. Bush and With fiddler Lyndsay Pruett adding flowing solos and intricate his cohorts in New Grass Revival popularized “newgrass,” with its backing to his guitar pyrotechnics, the trio has emerged as the psychedelic rock-inspired jams. Most certainly they’ll join each heir apparent to the David Grisman Quintet. Stickley plays at 6 other onstage Sunday. p.m. Friday on the mainstage and 11 p.m. Saturday on the lateAmy Helm is another I’m excited about. The daughter of the night stage. legendary Levon Helm, she fuses more soul, gospel and blues into The free Concerts in the Plaza series at Three Springs conher folksy, Americana sound than anyone since, well, her pops. cludes with the Jackson Hole-based R&B and rock band Sneaky Fifteen years ago, she was part of the neo-folk quintet Ollabelle, Pete & the Secret Weapons from 6-8 p.m. tonight (Thurs., which gained steam thanks to festival appearances (including on Aug. 30). Just down 160 from Three Springs, the weekly Ska-B-Q Reservoir Hill) and public radio. When Levon’s career had a features the Pete Giuliani Band at 5 that same night.

Grammy-winning renaissance 11 years ago, Amy played a central The Four Corners Motorcycle Rally rolls through town role, appearing both on record and in his notorious “Midnight Friday through Sunday, with a variety of events, including a Ramble” bands that would hold court each weekend in Woodpair of free concerts at 10th & Main from 6-9:30 p.m. with the stock. She went solo in 2015 with the exceptional “Didn’t It Kirk James Band taking the stage Friday and Ben Gibson Rain,” followed up by the brand-new “This Too Shall Light.”

Band playing Saturday. There will also be a full slate of acHelm takes the stage at 4 p.m. Saturday. tivites at the Durango Harley-Davidson as well as Sky Ute Then there’s Nahko & Medicine for the People, which Casino in Ignacio. Beer has been donated by Coors and prowrap up Saturday’s mainstage performances with an 8 p.m. set. ceeds will go to benefit Building Homes for Heroes. For dets, go Led by singer/songwriter/renaissance man Nahko Bear, who to www.fourcornersmotorcyclerally.com. struggled as a child to identify with his mixed background of Finally, Steamworks taps another firkin at 3 p.m. Friday – this Apache, Puerto Rican and Filipino cultures, the group is best time around it’s Palisade Punch, based in Third Eye P.A. and known for its feel-good messages, not dissimilar from those of fermented with Palisade peach juice and an apricot puree.

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Durango Diaries: Wildfires, 6-7:15 p.m., Durango Public Library.

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

Here to Hear: Office Hour with City Councilor Dick White, 9-10 a.m., Steaming Bean, 900 Main Ave.

The Black Velvet Duo performs, 6-8 p.m., Swing Restaurant at Dalton Ranch.

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

Sneaky Pete & The Secret Weapons, part of the Concerts in the Plaza series, 6-8 p.m., Three Springs Plaza. 764-6000.

​ aby Meetup Thursdays with Durango Café au B Play, 9:30-11:30 a.m., 2307 Columbine. 749-9607 or durangocafeauplay.org.

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

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.

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

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

Science on Tap presents WildEdge Brewing Collective, 7 p.m., Sunflower Theatre in Cortez. www.sun flowertheatre.org. “next to normal,” an American rock musical, 7:30 p.m., show also runs Aug. 31, Sept. 6-8; and 2 p.m., Sept. 9. Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave. www.du rangoarts.org.

Open Mic & Stand-Up Comedy, 8 p.m., El Rancho Tavern, 975 Main Ave. Karaoke with Crazy Charlie, 8 p.m.-close, Wild Horse Saloon, 601 E. 2nd Ave.

The Ben Gibson Band performs, 5 p.m., Animas River Beer Garden at Doubletree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio.

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“Blue Heart” screening, a new film from Patagonia, 5 and 7:30 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive. www.animascitytheatre.com.

Four Corners Motorcycle Rally, featuring rides, parade, live music and more, Aug. 31-Sept. 2, around Durango. www.fourcornersmotorcyclerally.com.

The Blue Moon Ramblers perform, part of Burger & a Band Series, 5-8 p.m., James Ranch Harvest Grill, 33846 HWY 550. 676-1023.

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

Ska-B-Q featuring Pete Giuliani Band, 5-8 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St. Sitting Meditation, 5:30-6:15 p.m., Durango Dharma Center, 1800 E. 3rd Ave. durangodharmacenter.org.

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

Lactation Support Fridays, 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.

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

Intermediate Tai Chi, 10-11 a.m., every Friday, Durango Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave. The Ben Gibson Band performs, part of the Four Corners Motorcycle Rally, noon, Durango Harley Davidson, 750 Camino del Rio; 6 p.m., Rusty Shovel Saloon, 760 Camino del Rio. Screen-Free Playtime, 3-5 p.m., White Rabbit Books & Curiosities, 128 W. 14th St. 259-2213.

Spanish Speaking Parents & Littles Fridays, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Durango Café au Play, 1309 E. 3rd Ave., Room 201. 749-9607 or durangocafeauplay.org.

Friday Night Funk Jam with Bootyconda, 6-9 p.m., Moe’s Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave. Lacey Black performs, 6-9 p.m., Fox Fire Farms in Ignacio. 563-4675.

Live music with Kirk James Blues Band and beer garden benefiting Building Homes for Heroes, part of the Four Corners Motorcycle Rally, 6-9:30 p.m., event also runs Sept. 1, outside El Rancho, 10th Street and Main Avenue. www.fourcornersmotorcyclerally.com.

Black Velvet Trio performs, 7-11 p.m., Derailed Pour House, 725 Main Ave. Open Mic Night, 7-11 p.m., Steaming Bean, 900 Main Ave. 403-1200.

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

Zumba Gold, 9:30-10:15 a.m., La Plata Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave. Open Art Studio, 10 a.m., Ignacio Community Li-

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Vibesquad, guest appearances from Krunkle Tom and Astralogic, 9 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive. www.animascitytheatre.com.4

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FLC Squawker Classic MTB races, short track, dual slalom, Purgatory Resort, www.purgatoryresort.com/events.

Durango Farmers Market, featuring live music from East Third Street Vocal Duo plus guest musicians and vocalists, 8 a.m.-noon, First National Bank parking lot, 259 W. 9th St. www.durangofarmersmarket.com.

Drop-in Tennis, all ages, 9 a.m., Durango High School courts. www.durangotennis.com.

Ultimate Tournament, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., elimination bracket, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Smith Sports Complex at Fort Lewis College. 10milliondiscs.org.

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

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

“Mutual Aid Disaster Relief: Direct Action Humanitarian Aid,” two-part workshop hosted by Dirty Hands Collective, 1-3 p.m., event also runs Sept. 2, Durango Rec Center. dirtyhandscollective.wordpress.com.

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

The Black Velvet Duo performs, 5-9 p.m., Animas River Beer Garden at the Doubletree, 501 Camino del Rio. Hooligan Dirt Dash, benefit for Durango BMX program, part of the Four Corners Motorcycle Rally, 7 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds. www.fourcornersmotorcyclerally.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.

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FLC Squawker Classic MTB races, cross country and downhill, Purgatory Resort, www.purgatoryresort.com/events.

Marrow-sucking soul food What: Author Thomas Lowe Fleischner presents his book of essays, Nature, Love, Medicine: Essays on Wildness and Wellness, followed by a panel discussion with contributing writers, Jana Richman and Edie Dillon When: 6:30 p.m., Thurs., Sept. 6 Where: Maria’s Bookshop “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately ... and suck out all the marrow of life,” Henry Thoreau penned in 1854. Take “woods” and substitute it with the outdoors haven that restores your soul most, and you’ve written a prescription for an uber-accessible, readily available drug that’ll heal everything from heartbreak to apathy and all ailments between.

This impulse to walk where the trees are tall and the only sounds are wind, wildlife or water is part of our “natural history.” Writer, naturalist and conservation biologist Thomas Lowe Fleischner refers to it as “a practice that leads us toward wholeness and healing … that ineffable wisp of life force, the sinew that braids us together.”

An environmental studies professor at Arizona’s Prescott College, Fleischner presents his ode to this powerful remedy in his latest book, Nature, Love, Medicine: Essays on Wildness and Wellness, from Torrey House Press. Here he’s bound the works of 23 writers from just as many backgrounds to share their tales of how time with nature heals, restores and awakens, leading us to the best versions of ourselves.

In Nature, Love, Medicine, Fleischner parallels the works of award-winning author Elisabeth Tova Bailey and Buddhist monk and teacher Thich Nhat Hanh with the writings of naturalist Saul Weisberg, who asks, “How many mornings do any of us have left? Why not wake early every morning and greet the day outside? We need to welcome sun and storms, loons and clouds into our lives.”

Because we don’t know how many mornings we have left, each of these narratives hearken back to Thoreau’s plea to pursue a deliberate life. It’s a theme that hits home particularly for those who have ever had time in nature taken from them, as it was for Judith Lydeamore after a ruptured brain aneurysm. Joy springs from her words about the role of the southern Australia’s gardens of Adelaide in her recovery.

From children climbing trees and sand dunes to adults raising children who want to do these things, this book sits perfectly on a sunny table primed for picking up to read as birds flock and life whispers to be noticed. Pay attention, reader, to the little things that keep the mind interested and the heart hopeful: flirting dragonflies, lunching snails, dog tails, forbidden mountains, snowflakes, blue jays, acorns...

Flowery and wholesome as it is, Fleischner’s literary journey does not shy away from the dark side, like the corrosive effects of depression, as author Jana Richman relays. Richman will join Fleischner and writer Edie Dillon on Sept. 6 at Maria’s Bookshop to read excerpts from this enriching compilation and share in a panel discussion on how we can incorporate more of nature’s salve into our community.

While Nature, Love, Medicine might not convince the stalwart rancher that protecting wilderness from grazing cattle is a noble cause, he’d still be reminded to not take the next hummingbird sighting for granted and that terrariums are an excellent gift for bedridden loved ones. In short, do not miss this celebration of Mother Earth and her simple, marrow-sucking, soul-food gifts found right under your nose this very moment.

– Joy Martin

Durango Wine & Rails, Sept. 2, Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. www.durangotrain.com.

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

Free Books, hosted by Durango Book Rescue, noon-5 p.m., 923 Narrow Gauge Ave.

Law Tigers Motorcycle Parade, burrito breakfast benefiting Building Homes for Heroes, breakfast 8:3011 a.m., Durango Transit Center parking lot, parade 11 a.m., Main Avenue, part of the Four Corners Motorcycle Rally. www.fourcornersmotorcyclerally.com.

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

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

Pete Giuliani Band performs, noon-4 p.m., Durango Harley Davidson.

The Black Velvet Duo performs, 4-7 p.m., Wines of the San Juan in Blanco, N.M.4

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Monday Music, a half hour of instruments, rhythm and singing, 10:30 a.m., Durango Café au Play, 1309 E. 3rd Ave., Room 201. 749-9607 or durangocafeauplay.org.

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.

Tuesday04 Yoga for All, 9 a.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield.

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

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Morning Meditation, 8 a.m., Pine River Library.

“Living with Wolves” photographic exhibit, “Lummi Nation Bear Totem Pole” and “Riders of the West,” exhibits, thru Nov. 30, Southern Ute Museum, 503 Ouray Drive. www.southernutemuseum.org.

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

Free one-on-one technology tutoring, Durango Public Library. Register at 375-3382 or www.durangopublic lilbrary.org/screens/bookatutor.html.

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

Intermediate Tai Chi, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Durango Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave. Early Literacy Play Date, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Durango Public Library.

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

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

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

Less Jargon, More eBooks & Audiobooks, 1-5 p.m., Sept. 6, Ignacio Community Library. 563-9287.

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

Overview of Inner Resilience and Mindful SelfCompassion, a free presentation, 6-7:30 p.m., Sept. 6, Durango Public Library. MyahMindfulness@gmail.com

Toddler Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., Durango Café au Play, 1309 E. 3rd Ave., Room 201. 7499607 or durangocafeauplay.org.

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

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

Floor Barre Class, 3-4 p.m., Absolute Physical Therapy, 277 E. 8th Ave. 764-4094.

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

Page Turners, book club for fourth - sixth grade, 3:30 p.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield.

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

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

Trails 2000 Trailwork Party, Wednesday, 4-7 p.m., meet at Stacy’s Trail in Horse Gulch. trails2000.org.

“Studio Art & Communication Design Faculty Biennial,” opening reception 4:30-6:30 p.m., exhibit runs thru Sept. 27, Art & Design Gallery, Fort Lewis College.

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

Animas City Farmer’s Market & Night Bazaar, 5-7 p.m., 2977 Main Ave.

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

Zia Town Series Star Wars Enduro, hosted by Durango Devo, B Race 5:30 p.m., A Race 6 p.m. devo townseries@gmail.com.

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

Community Uke Jam, all ages and levels, 6 p.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield.

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

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

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

Meet the Author featuring Thomas Lowe Fleischner, editor of Nature, Love, Medicine: Essays on Wildness and Wellness, 6:30 p.m., Sept. 6, Maria’s Bookshop, 960 Main Ave. www.mariasbookshop.com.

Opening receptions for “Junkyard Steamroller,” “The Silver Thread” and “Caught in the Mirror,” 5-7 p.m., Sept. 7, Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave.

Tuesday Crafternoons, 1 p.m., Pine River Library.

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

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

“Circus in Wonderland,” presented by Durango Aerial Arts & Acrobatics, opening night 7 p.m., Sept. 7, show also runs Sept. 8, 21-22, and 9 p.m., Sept. 8 and 22, Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive. animascitytheatre.com.

Twin Buttes Harvest Festival, food, drinks, bike demos, farm tours and music from the Afrobeatniks. 4 - 8 p.m., Sept. 7. twinbuttesofdurango.com Lawn Chair Kings play the Balcony, 5 - 9 p.m., Sept. 7.

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

Trailwork on Boulder Gulch, near Silverton, Sept. 8.

Hosted by the Silverton Singletrack Society and BLM. www.silvertonsingeltracksociety.org.

Author Talk with Curt Brown, author of Minnesota 1918: When Flu, Fire and War Ravaged the State, 6 p.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield.

La Plata County Democrats Picnic in honor of the Isgar family, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Sept. 8. Register at laplatadems.org.

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

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

Jeff Solon Jazz Duo performs, 6-9 p.m., Cyprus Café, 725 E. 2nd Ave. Karaoke, 8 p.m., Blondies in Cortez.

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

Karaoke with Crazy Charlie, 8 p.m.-close, Wild Horse Saloon, 601 E. 2nd Ave.

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Open Mic Night, 7 p.m., Blondies in Cortez.

Open Mic Night, 8 p.m.-close, Moe’s, 937 Main Ave.

Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 8:30 p.m., BREW Pub & Kitchen, 117 W. College Dr. 259-5959.

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over our local celebrities like they’re built of magic pixie dust that will make all their dreams come true. Come on – these artists are literally just like us. They drink the same beer and gripe about the same City Market parking lots. Can we stop fawning over them already?

– Star Stricken Dear With the Band, Agreed! But, with the Grateful Dead no more, what do you expect these people to do – live a life on the road following Chris Stapleton? At least they’re supporting local establishments at the same time they’re creeping on our musical wunderkinder. And, since mud sharks are remarkably hard to come by in the Rocky Mountains, I think these groupies are safe.

– Freebird, Rachel

Dear Rachel, I remember the days when I used to be spontaneous. Up for anything that showed up, in the moment. Now, my friends and I are trying to schedule a drink together (a drink, as in “one single drink”), and we’re having to look into November because we’re all so full up. And we don’t even have kids! First of all, how do people with kids ever schedule anything? And second of all, what is wrong with us, and how can we free up our calendars for what really matters?

– Waiting List Dear Overbooked, I hear you. I’ve lost budding friendships because I’m unable to commit to a weekend hike until next April, weather permitting. I don’t quite understand how it happens, because lord knows it’s not that I’m leading a rich and fulfilling life. It’s quite possible that I simply value Netflix more than cultivating interpersonal relationships, if we’re being honest here. Maybe we should both reprioritize.

– I’ll check my calendar, Rachel

Dear Rachel, I love books. I love used books. And I love used bookstores. But I’m finding that the circle of book-life doesn’t work like it used to. Years ago, I could take a stack of books to a used bookstore, get something like a fair trade for store credit, and leave with a smaller but new-to-me stack.

Now, it’s like the used bookstores won’t even look at my books. They say they just have too much stock. Are we really at the point where a book is worthless the moment I buy it? Am I stuck with my unwanted books forever?

– Drowning in Paper

Dear Rachel, I think it’s so weird that local bands have groupies. I don’t just mean “dedicated, loyal and supportive fans,” which certainly help out any musician. No, I mean the total kiss-ass, brownnosing, middle-aged men and women who fawn

Email Rachel at telegraph@durangotelegraph.com elf-dentist with your bumble. But if I learned a second thing from watching Rudy, it’s that every misfit has a home. You may not be able to sell your books for love or money. But you could donate them to a group in need.

Say, a monthly drinking club, so we have a better excuse to get together more often.

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by Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, our heroine encounters a talking caterpillar as he smokes a hookah on top of a tall mushroom. “Who are you?” he asks her. Alice is honest: “I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.” She says this with uneasiness. In the last few hours, she has twice been shrunken down to a tiny size and twice grown as big as a giant. All these transformations have unnerved her.

In contrast to Alice, I’m hoping you’ll have a positive attitude about your upcoming shifts and mutations, Aries. From what I can tell, your journey through the Season of Metamorphosis should be mostly fun and educational.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Juan Villarino has hitchhiked over 2,350 times in 90 countries. His free rides have carried him over 100,000 miles. He has kept detailed records, so he’s able to say with confidence that Iraq is the best place to catch a lift. Average wait time there is seven minutes. Jordan and Romania are good, too, with nine- and 12minute waits, respectively. In telling you about his success, I don’t mean to suggest that now is a favorable time to hitchhike.

But I do want you to know that the coming weeks will be prime time to solicit favors, garner gifts and make yourself available for metaphorical equivalents of free rides. You’re extra magnetic and attractive. How could anyone resist providing you with the blessings you need and deserve?

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): One of the big stories of 2018 concerns your effort to escape from a star-crossed trick of fate – to fix a long-running tweak that has subtly undermined your lust for life. How successful will you be in this heroic quest? That will hinge in part on your faith in the new power you’ve been developing. Another factor that will determine the outcome is your ability to identify and gain access to a resource that is virtually magical even though it appears nondescript. I bring this to your attention, Gemini, because I suspect that a key plot twist in this story will soon unfold.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Potential new allies are seeking entrance to your domain.

Existing allies aspire to be closer to you. I’m worried you may be a bit overwhelmed; that you might not exercise sufficient discrimination. I therefore urge you to ask yourself these questions about each candidate. 1.

Does this person understand what it means to respect your boundaries? 2.

What are his or her motivations for wanting contact with you? 3. Do you truly

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value and need the gifts each person has to give you? 4. Everyone in the world has a dark side. Can you intuit the nature of each person’s dark side? Is it tolerable? Is it interesting?

and seeking intimacy. As you crystallize clear visions about the future, make sure they are generously suffused with ideas about how you and your people can enhance your joie de vivre.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): While a young man, the future Roman leader Julius Caesar was kidnapped by Sicilian pirates. They proposed a ransom of 620 kilograms of silver. Caesar was incensed at the small size of the ransom – he believed he was worth more – and demanded that his captors raise the sum to 1,550 kilograms. I’d love to see you unleash that kind of bravado in the coming weeks, Leo – preferably without getting yourself kidnapped. In my opinion, it’s crucial that you know how valuable you are and make sure everyone else knows, as well.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): “My tastes are simple,” testified Sagittarian politician Winston Churchill.

“I am easily satisfied with the best.” I propose that we make that your motto for now. While it may not be a sound idea to demand only the finest of everything all the time, I think it will be wise for you to do so during the next three weeks. You will have a mandate to resist trifles and insist on excellence. Luckily, this should motivate you to raise your own standards and expect the very best from yourself.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Romanian philosopher Emil Cioran loved the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. “Without Bach, God would be a complete second-rate figure,” he testified, adding, “Bach’s music is the only argument proving the creation of the Universe cannot be regarded as a complete failure.” I invite you to emulate Cioran’s passionate clarity, Virgo. From an astrological perspective, now is an excellent time to identify people and things that consistently invigorate your excitement about your destiny.

Maybe you have just one shining exemplar, like Cioran, or maybe you have more.

Home in on the phenomena that in your mind embody the glory of creation.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Russian playwright Anton Chekhov articulated a principle he felt was essential to telling a good story: If you say early in your tale that there’s a rifle hanging on the wall, that rifle must eventually be used. “If it’s not going to be fired, it shouldn’t be hanging there,” declared Chekhov. We might wish that real life unfolded with such clear dramatic purpose. To have our future so well-foreshadowed would make it easier to plan our actions. But that’s not often the case.

Many elements pop up in our personal stories that ultimately serve no purpose.

Except now, that is, for you Capricorns. I suspect that in the next six weeks, plot twists will be telegraphed in advance.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I foresee the withering of a hope or the disappearance of a prop or the loss of leverage.

This ending may initially make you feel melancholy, but I bet it will ultimately prove beneficent – and maybe lead you to resources that were previously unavailable. Here are rituals you could perform that may help you catalyze the specific kind of relief and release you need: 1. Wander around a graveyard and sing songs you love. 2. Tie one end of a string around your ankle and the other end around an object that symbolizes an influence you want to banish from your life. Then cut the string and bury the object. 3. Say this 10 times: “The end makes the beginning possible.”

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “If a man treats a life artistically, his brain is his heart,” Oscar Wilde wrote. I’ll translate that into a more complete version: “If a person of any gender treats life artistically, their brain is their heart.”

This truth will be especially applicable for you in the coming weeks. You’ll be wise to treat your life artistically. You’ll thrive by using your heart as your brain. So I advise you to wield your intelligence with love.

Understand that your most incisive insights will come when you’re feeling empathy

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Would it be fun to roast marshmallows on long sticks over scorching volcanic vents? I suppose. Would it be safe? No! Aside from the possibility that you could get burned, the sulfuric acid in the vapors would make the cooked marshmallows taste terrible and might cause them to explode. So I advise you to refrain from adventures like that. On the other hand, I will love it if you cultivate a playful spirit as you contemplate serious decisions. I’m in favor of you keeping a blithe attitude as you navigate your way through tricky maneuvers. I hope you’ll be jaunty in the midst of rumbling commotions.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): People will be thinking about you more than usual, and with greater intensity. Allies and acquaintances will be revising their opinions and understandings about you, mostly in favorable ways, although not always. Loved ones and notso-loved ones will also be reworking their images of you, coming to altered conclusions about what you mean to them and what your purpose is. Given these developments, I suggest that you be proactive about expressing your best intentions and displaying your finest attributes.

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n the early ’90s, I visited a friend who signed a teaching contract on the Zuni Reservation. I remember rolling up to the single-wide and unpacking some items I was asked to bring. Taking a break for lunch, we headed over to the local grocery.

As we approached the bridge, three mudhead kachinas passed in front of the car. I must say it was an astonishing and surreal sight. Looking to the west, I could see the silhouettes of about 30 costumed dancers, each wearing a blue-black mask. They were dancing in place on a hillside. It was a perfect day. The sky was a deep blue without a single cloud in sight. Their songs were soothing over a light August breeze.

When we returned to the trailer, a Zuni elder came to greet us with a friendly smile.

As we prepared lunch, we were startled by a clap of thunder, followed by a downpour. I asked the elder who might be these dancers that we happened to see about an hour ago? He laughed and pointed at the rain, “They were the rain dancers! You know ... the power of prayer!”

I was astonished that a mere hour ago there was not a cloud in the sky. Skeptics would say a coincidence. I think not.

These people have been praying for rain for centuries, and their faith and perseverance had been rewarded.

A few years later, a friend and I were

exploring New Mexico’s Bisti Badlands below Nageezi. Upon returning to the truck, we discovered it wouldn’t start. We had no recourse but to start walking to the east. We were some 40 miles from the nearest trading post, where we had hoped to make a call. Tired and down to our last bottle of water, we rested on a short rise.

To the west we could see a blue-rusted

Toyota truck weaving its way in our direction. We waved the driver down. Two young Navajo teen-agers popped out and asked if we needed help. We asked them if they could take us to the rest stop near Huerfano. They said they would. We climbed in the back, and after a few stall outs and jump starts we made it to the highway. We shared some snacks and they

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both gave us a hug, then the tallest one called us over and chanted a short Navajo prayer. He said it was for our safe return.

In a flash, they were back on the road heading west, and I realized then, most Samaritans you never see again.

Last week, I found myself standing in a hospital room on the fifth floor of University of New Mexico’s Children’s Hospital. Misfortune can close in at any time. My 3-week-old granddaughter had just undergone two difficult surgeries in the past few days. It was one of the most tense times of my life. The hospital staff and nurses were the best, comforting the family and child continuously. They assured us that the child would be alright.

As doctors were dressing the baby’s bandages, I looked out the bay window to the west. As I stared toward the horizon over the buzz of I-25, I noticed the thunderheads building and heading eastward. I whispered a prayer under my breath and turned to see the baby sleeping in her mother’s arms. I thought of the Zuni elder, the boys of the Bisti and the power of faith and prayer. The thunder heads were a reassuring sign of healing, and they were heading our way!

“Sleep little one, sleep.”

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Cashier and Server Durango Doughworks is looking for a friendly individual to join our team! MF, 6am-2pm shifts are available. Email resume to info@durangodoughworks.com.

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Congregational Life Coordinator Join our fellowship staff in the position of Congregational Life Coordinator.

The primary focus of the position is to greet and welcome our new visitors and connect them with appropriate service opportunities. This position will be part time with a total of 7 hours per week that includes regularly scheduled monthly committee meetings and 3 Sundays per month at the 10:00 am service starting in August. We are a Certified Living Wage Employer - La Plata County Thrive. Please send resume and cover letter to informa tion@durangouu.org.

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Piano Lessons w/fun, expert teacher. Any level or age. Lawrence Nass 769-0889.

Classes/Workshops 8 Week Mindful Self-Compassion 8 Tuesdays starting Sept. 11 5:30 8pm Smiley Building, #205 sliding scale

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

RealEstate Radon Services Free radon testing and consultation.

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

Reruns Home Furnishings Back-to-school – nice variety of furniture, lamps and rugs. 1950s table and chairs, dishes; kitchen items; bedding; tapestries and more! Unique treasures arriving daily. 572 E. 6th Ave. 385-7336.

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Exchange with Educators in Australia and Canada Teachers are invited to apply for a oneyear exchange with educators in the Australian states or several Canadian provinces. Educators from both public and private schools are eligible. Exchange offers new approaches to current issues in the classroom and educational community.

This is an excellent opportunity for professional development as an educator. Applications for the exchange year 2020 (Australia) or 2019-20 (Canada) must be postmarked by Jan. 4. There will be an informational meeting to find out more Wed., Sept. 5, at 6:30 p.m. at Cortez Public Library. Contact Barbara Grist for more info. at barbaragrist@gmail.com Volunteers Needed for Durango Autumn Arts Festival As the Durango Arts Center’s most significant fund- and “friend-raising” event, the annual Durango Autumn Arts Festival benefits from the skills, generosity and enthusiasm of over 100 volunteers each year. The festival features over 90 incred-

CommunityService 17th annual School Reunion Inviting all former students and faculty of the Animas City School: the Animas Museum will be hosting the 17th annual School Reunion on our grounds from 1 - 3 p.m., Sat., Sept. 8. There will be refreshments and reminiscing! We will also dedicate a tree on the grounds at 2 p.m. Questions: 970-259-2402.

Free ADA Accessible Transportation to Durango Food Bank and Commodities for People with Disabilities, Seniors and Veterans – Southwest Rides, a program of Southwest Center for Independence, is pleased to provide free round-trip transportation from your home to the Durango food bank every Thursday and to Commodities distribution the third Monday of every month. Rides are available throughout La Plata County. This service is offered on a first-come-first-served basis and seating is limited. For more info about our services or to schedule a trip contact Angel at 970-946-0232.

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!

Kars for Kids A car that has lost its worth still has value to early education in Ignacio. Any model and age car can be donated to make a lasting gift to Kars for Kids, a program to fundraise for The Friends of Ignacio Head Start. The donation supports building a new facility for families in the community. Donating is easy and your vehicle will be picked up, free title services will be provided, and a receipt will be mailed for tax purposes. Donate your car now by calling 1-866-628 -2277. Find more info about Kars for Kids at www.SUCAP.org.

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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!

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