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An I-Ker prepares his packraft for a low-water descent of Vallecito./ Photo by Steve Eginoire

Map quest

Embracing silence

Hot pursuit

Redistricting, campaign finance top part 2 of monster ballot p9

Mandy Harvey hits right notes with voice, message p14

Durango Mesa to host state high school MTB finals p15

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4 La Vida Local

Numbers game Redistricting to campaign finance, tackling the rest of this year’s ballot

4 Thumbin’ It

by Tracy Chamberlin

5 Word on the Street

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6-8 Soapbox

Tripping out

Conquering the Black Canyon’s famed Hallucinogen Wall

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photos by Stephen Eginoire

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12-13 Day in the Life

Pitch perfect

16 Flash in the Pan

Mandy Harvey brings impeccable vocals and inspiring message

by Stew Mosberg

17 Top Shelf

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Ear to the ground: “I did find a frozen condom water balloon in the freezer.”

– One of the more inexplicable findings upon returning home after a weekend away

Creative thinking

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Attention all you right-brained types – we know you’re out there, we’ve seen your Halloween and Snowdown costumes – Local First needs your input tonight (Thurs., Oct. 11) from 5 – 7 p.m. at the Rec Center. That’s because the local nonprofit is spearheading an effort to designate Durango (or possible part thereof) as a certified Creative District.

OK, so it may sound a little nebulous but think of a Creative District as a bustling hive of creative energy and innovation, where people flock to shop, gawk, grab a bite or check out an outdoor concert. Overseen by Colorado Creative Industries (CCI), an arm of the Colorado Office of Economic Development, the program was created in 2011 to foster the arts and bolster local economies. Creative Districts are eligible for grant funding, technical assistance, training and advocacy tools. Since 2012, in conjunction with the Boettcher Foundation, CCI has established 23 creative districts around the state, including Crested Butte, Telluride, Mancos and Ridgway.

Greeley’s Creative District

18-20 On the Town

King of the hill 20 Ask Rachel

Durango hosts top high school cyclists in NICA championships

by Missy Votel

21 Free Will Astrology

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22 Classifieds

A few of my favorite things

23 Haiku Movie Review

Beer, sports, live music ... and beer

by Chris Aaland

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In addition to creating a space for local artsy types to let their imaginations run amok – everything from craft brewing to duct tape fashion – the districts also include complementary non-arts businesses, such as restaurants, offices, retail, housing and lodging. In addition, they serve as a hub for events, such as art walks, festivals, concerts and community gatherings. The vision is to help communities preserve their uniqueness, attract moneypaying visitors, and make for an overall (more) awesome place to live, work and play.

If all this sounds good, show up Thursday, where you can learn more, get involved, and hear from other towns who have plowed the fertile creative soil ahead of us.

For more, visit coloradocreativeindustries.org.

Getting lit If Main Avenue seems a little brighter, it’s not just you. The City of Durango recently completed the first phase of its downtown streetlight retrofit. All the 90-watt historic light fixtures from 5th to 13th streets have been switched out with new, energy-efficient LED lamps. Not only are they environmentally friendly, they also pump out some mean photons, adding significant illumination to corners and crosswalks, helping to enhance pedestrian safety.

In addition, two reduced-wattage “test lights” have been installed mid-block in the 700 block – a 60-watt in front of Durango Roasters and a 45watt in front of Mountain Taco. Weigh in on which you like best by emailing Mr. Downtown Tim Walsworth at timw@downtowndurango.org.

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LaVidaLocal the dish pit If what goes around comes around, I know the exact reason why I was a dishwasher for such a long time.

I was 16 years old and it was closing time at the Old Country Buffet. Restaurants can be good places to find mentorship, but this was not one of those places. I was young, dumb and working in a restaurant in the mall; my first job.

We were in the dish pit. The pile of dishes seemed insurmountable, and I came up with an idea. “Let’s just get rid of the dishes,” I told my co-worker, who was also my best friend. “I bet we can pull out that panel on the ceiling and just throw them up there.”

So we did. And with that, I was cursed to be a dishwasher, for a long time.

I hopped around a bit, too, as a busboy, food runner and line cook, but I always found my way back to dishwashing. I committed simple sins, especially back in Illinois as a teen-ager: stealing beer, smoking weed on shift, and buying drugs off my fellow co-workers.

Nothing too criminal, although one time after completing my ritual of standing on the toilet seat, taking a hit off my one hitter and blowing the smoke into the fan, I cracked the toilet. I didn’t realize what I’d done until I came back later and noticed the base of the toilet had a huge crack in it and was leaking. I was so stoned I didn’t realize I was actually the one who had broken it! I reported it to my manager, and slowly as I sobered up, I put together the logic.

The manager, who could have had a role in Office Space, (“you wanna see my flair!”) launched a full investigation and called the police. So, one morning, I was questioned by the police in my hometown for the case of the cracked toilet. I denied everything. I’ve never actually confessed this, but I think the statute of limitations has probably run out, and the business has long been gone.

When I arrived out West in the late ’90s, I found a perfect place that paired with the experience of my previous debauchery. It was a basic burger and steak joint, and they needed a dishwasher. (All restaurants everywhere always need a dishwasher.)

The owner was a pitiful alcoholic who said he was a recovering alcoholic but was actually still an alcoholic. He was from the Midwest as well, and buying the restaurant seemed to be his form of self-reinvention, something I’d later learn was quite popular “out West.”

I didn’t really have any form of reinvention in mind, but in my heart, I think I just wanted to become a decent human being. Someone who could do a good job, get a paycheck and put the teen-age years me behind me.

It took a couple more years – bouncing from line cook to burrito roller back to dishwasher – until I finally found myself on my way to becoming a decent human being. Gone were the days of petty criminal behavior: I was a climber and a writer, and I called myself the best damned dishwasher this side of the Mississippi.

The reason I came back to dishwashing was that I wanted to avoid the neverending drama of the food service industry. I had one job and that was to make sure the dishes were clean. I started calling myself the “zen dishwasher” – with good weed and the right tunes, I was unstoppable. I’d do my honest work for an honest wage and go home soaking wet. I didn’t care.

Mentorship found me in Crested Butte at a joint called Donita’s, which some of you may have heard of. Although Donita was long gone, the place still bared her name.

Tom became my mentor. He was a trained chef who said that French cuisine was the closest to his heart. The fact that he was working at a Tex-Mex place seemed to be a cruel twist of fate. Tom had made some decisions in his life he wasn’t proud of, and he was open about it. He had a son he never saw. So maybe he saw something in me; a chance to mold a young man into a better man.

A stoned dishwasher with a college education is an OK thing in your twenties; add another 20 years, and it can be sad. Tom was blunt: find something else, follow your writing and don’t end up like me.

Now there’s an important distinction to make here: the restaurants I was working in weren’t fine dining. They were tourist traps. And I didn’t go to culinary school. I was just biding time, working for a few months while I lived in a tent, so I could save money and go somewhere else and live in a tent there. Anthony Bourdain I was not.

Last year, I finally left the food industry. Before leaving, I had another important mentor here in Durango: Tim, the owner of Zia Taqueria. I worked at Zia’s for six years and did all the jobs from dishwasher to prep cook to manager on duty. I got to know the Durango community well, and can probably remember what you ordered if you were a regular. Like Tom, Tim knew my dreams and aspirations in the writing world and challenged me to turn those visions into reality.

It’s unfathomable how many dishes I scrubbed over the years. There were some dark times – working at a vegan joint in Salt Lake City one winter while living in a basement without heat – and it was hard getting dates with the many beautiful waitresses I’ve worked with over the years. There’s just something about a man covered in wet, food slop that interferes with the pheromones. Luckily, I ended up with a former waitress anyway, the love of my life, who I’m thankful didn’t meet me in the stoned haze that was my twenties.

There are things we do when we’re young that don’t make a bit of sense to our adult selves. I was a reckless kid, who luckily had good parents and eventually found a way to be surrounded by good people. And a lot of that journey happened washing the dishes of America, with more than one misstep along the way.

– Luke Mehall Luke Mehall is the author of American Climber and the publisher of The Climbing Zine.

His fifth book, The Desert, will be released in December. More of his work can be read at climbingzine.com. He can be contacted at luke@climbingzine.com.

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This Week’s Sign of the Apocalypse:

The unseasonably earl opening of Wolf Creek and the glorious sight of a blanket of snow on the mountains, a scene conspicuously absent for most of last winter

An alarming new study on climate change from the world’s top scientists, who warn we could reach the point of no return in the next dozen years without swift and drastic measures

Durango’s coup to host this year’s Colorado League high school mountain bike championships, which will bring hundreds of riders and their families to town next weekend

Another natural disaster striking the south, with Hurricane Michael barreling down on the Florida Gulf Coast as regional residents struggle to recover from Florence

The continued move away from coal with a 30-megawatt solar farm proposed near Nucla to replace some of the power lost from two retiring coal plants

The EPA moving to loosen rules on radiation, which could lead to higher levels of exposure for workers at nuclear and oil & gas sites, medical workers, people living next to Superfund sites and members of the public

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Happy Halloweenie I should lose my job because it’s no longer necessary to point out signs of our downfall, but I always write about trending Halloween costumes in October, so here’s one more. This year’s hottest costumes are out, and for women, they’re all “sexy” this or that as you’d expect. But for men, they’re more phallic than usual (kinda like SCOTUS).

A giant, wearable pen saying “my pen is huge” tops the list, but the bestseller is a crotch fidget-spinner, because if America were a costume, it’d look like this:

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ReTooned/by Shan Wells

Trump is saving us from fascists To the editor, Mr. Bill Vana (Sept. 20) just described the democrap party. I’ve never in my life heard such utter nonsense in from a progressive. He cites President Trump has lied 4,229 times but did not cite one single provable time. You’ve drunk the progressive kool-aid, Mr. Vana, falling for the old “Make America White Again” dis-information.

The President is not perfect, just like everyone of those politicians who claims and acts as if they were. I certainly do not agree with everything he does and says. However, I would rather he president than criminal Hillary any day of the year. And speaking of craven politicians who are in love with the power, lets mention corrupt folks like Diane Frankenstein, Nancy Pelosi, Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan and last but certainly not least the most corrupted person helping to run the Democratic plantation, Hillary.

All the politicians are corrupt and their only interest is to save the swamp the President is trying to drain in order to save the future of this country that has fallen into evil, despicable, fascist and racist lifelong politicians.

Yes, the Democratic progressive left (alt-left) are the true racist fascists. Don’t believe me, then go do your homework before and you will see how they live by the rules for radicals. I’d start with reading The Big Lie and follow up with Death of a Nation.

Take for example the attack on Judge Kavannaugh. It is plainly obvious that everything they are doing is only because they do not want a man of his high regard sitting on the court, threatening the prevention of the alt-left’s agenda of controlling speech, taking our right to bear arms, and all the other rights that will follow once we lose the first two.

It is simply amazing that the anti-Trump crowd cannot recognize where this country is going because of things he

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continue with the downfall of our great country.

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progressives because I told myself a long time ago common sense and reality cannot be driven into their kind. Liberalism is a mental disorder. Please help find a cure by educating yourself on the facts and not the spin news of the likes of CNN, MSNBC, Fox, NPR, and all the other mainstream news. Seek out the truth for yourself instead of being brainwashed. The anti-Trump folks need to accept the validity of our duly elected President and live with it instead of trying to destroy this nation. Everything the alt-left is doing is considered sedition. If you don’t like the colors of our flag, then go find another flag to live under.

– Roger Stonefeld, Durango

Smith good guy, not good ol’ boy To the editor, “I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.” The Eric Clapton song seems to be the refrain of Charles Hamby and his posse of rhetorical assassins bent on lobbing lies and distortions in the direction of Sheriff Sean Smith. Personal attacks are the refuge of those lacking ideas and vision. Not so incidentally those attacks shoot the deputy.

Attacking the head damages the body of good folks who work for the department. The La Plata County Sheriff’s Office is made up of folks doing a difficult and often thankless job, well. Morale is high, as is performance, traits that trend from the top – Sean Smith. Ask anyone: citizens, inmates, deputies. All these folks will tell you that Sheriff Smith listens and works tirelessly to solve problems.

There is a new sheriff in town. There has been for a refreshing four years. This man is the epitome of integrity and service. Apparently, integrity and decency threaten some folks. Don’t fall for the propaganda. Sean Smith succeeded a man who held court in a pawn shop not a court of law. Sean is open to every citizen. He has transformed a moribund department and brought it into the 21st century. He has proactively managed our homeless problem while local officials sat on their hands.

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Like my grandpappy used to say, ‘There’s two kinds of folks in the world: them’s that do, and them’s that complain about them’s that do.” Sean Smith is the one of them’s that do.

– Patrick Owens, Durango

Vote Diane for people, not profits To the editor, We are fortunate in Colorado that our government makes it easy to vote – by mail or drop-off box. Please exercise your right as a responsible citizen. The upcoming election is critical! Aren’t you sick of having a dysfunctional, polarized congress and a so-called “representative” who listens to his big corporate donors instead of you and your fellow constituents? Who voted to increase the federal debt by $1.9 trillion to give tax breaks to the wealthy? Who sponsored and passed a bill to clear-cut 30,000-acre swaths of our forest in the name of “fire prevention?” Who repeatedly voted to make health insurance less available to you and your family? Who voted to drill the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (is he representing Alaskans or Coloradoans)?

It’s time that CD3 replace Scott Tipton with a real representative. One who has pledged to not take any corporate PAC money. Who has a proven record of working “across the aisle” to enact practical, scientifically sound legislation. Who listens to and works for the people, not corporations. If you care about our environment, our health and our runaway federal debt, don’t sit out this election. Your vote is important! Vote for Diane MitschBush to represent CD3.

– Eilene Lyon, Durango

Unger will protect our health To the editor, Clean air, pure water and healthy soil to grow our food. These are the essential elements of life on Earth that

we literally cannot live without. While our short-term financial and material interests may lead us to short-term thinking of what is most important, you cannot live a healthy life without these essential elements and neither can your children and grandchildren.

We have a remarkable, highly qualified candidate for state senate in Guinn Unger. His advocacy for renewables as a director at La Plata Electric Association is clear evidence of his willingness and ability to think long term about solutions that will protect the environment in which we live. I have personally worked with Guinn to study and promote ideas to change our current healthcare system, which is another critical element for creating and sustaining health for all, not just for those who can afford exorbitant health insurance premiums and escalating drug costs.

We are way past due on implementing a Medicare for All type of system as most developed countries have already successfully accomplished. We need Guinn in the Senate to help pass bills that will protect our environment and promote health for all over profit. Please give Guinn your vote this November.

– Lauren Patterson, Durango

Coming out of the Trump closet To the editor, I am responding to Bill Vana’s recent letter regarding President Trump’s “cult” following.

The letter offered a stereotypical description of someone who supports the president. I have been to two Trump rallies and have spoken to the people attending, and many of them do not meet Vana’s description of an all-white, all-male “Fox-news-watching-only” radical.

In 1993, I graduated from the University of Southern California’s School of Journalism, and I value my education and the foundational principle of unbiased news reporting. I find the treatment of the president to be

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embarrassing. The president is unfairly treated by the vast majority of news outlets. Vana’s editorial mirrors this sentiment and depicts a cult of radical, racist xenophobes who follow the president mindlessly.

I am a successful female business owner who would like to see the president succeed because I want America to succeed. I do not vote on party lines, I vote for winners, and Trump is a winner. Trump’s business success cannot be denied, he became a very popular reality TV show star in a highly competitive field, and most importantly he won the presidency.

My 401K has appreciated 55 percent since his election, and it is clear that President Obama shares no credit, respectively. I cannot find a friend who is unemployed. Many of my friends have started a business after Trump’s election.

I actually even think my dogs are happier since the election, just joking, they are happier, though :). I am writing this letter to tell fellow Trump supporters it is OK to come out of the closet and stand up against radical liberals. Our country is winning, so quit your cry babying, Vana, and join the anti-resistance majority.

– Jennifer McCoy, Durango

Kiksuya … ‘remember’ in Lakota To the editor, On Indigenous Peoples Day, it would be good to remember that 10,000-13,000 years before Columbus arrived, there was a people, a culture with language living, surviving, thriving in what we call the good ole USA. Today, the Mashpee Wampanaugs of Cape Cod, Mass., are fighting to retain their rights to the reservation land appointed to them by the federal government. They are one of three surviving tribes of the original 69 in the Wampanoag Nation. Their current reservation land is a measly 320 acres, half of 1 percent of their original homeland stretching from Rhode Island up the coast of Eastern Massachusetts to New Hampshire. But the U.S. govern-

ment wants to remove their rights to it.

On Sept. 7, the Department of the Interior issued a decision for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s reservation to be taken out of trust and disestablished. This is the first time since the dark days of the termination era that the United States acted to disestablish an Indian reservation and make a Tribe landless.

Imagine a foreign power came to our shores, made us subject to their laws, then took away the little remaining property we lived on. After being defeated in King Phillip’s war of 1675, over 40 percent of the Wampanoag were killed, large numbers of healthy males sold off as slaves. The British designated Mashpee a plantation of the Massachusetts Bay colony, later allowing them 16,000 acres. In 1822, the now-United States denominates Mashpee as a tribe in occupation of reservation land.

This current action by the Interior results in the people suffering a massive loss of resources and services due to the uncertainty of reservation trust status. Millions of dollars of funding will be delayed for clean water, education, emergency services, housing and substance-abuse programs. How “great” is America now?

It must be remembered that despite its stated mission “to promote Indian self-determination, enhance the quality of life, promote economic opportunity and carry out the responsibility to protect and improve the trust assets of American Indians,” the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Dept. of Interior have in fact been doing the exact opposite for 150 years. Both grew out of the Dept. of War in the 1800s with the mission to dispossess the Indian in every possible way. Remember the slaughter of millions of buffalo to deprive Indians of their traditional source of food and culture? The forcible removal of Indian children from their homes to be sent to boarding schools? Why? To reconstitute Indians’ minds and personalities by severing children’s physical, cultural and spiritual connections to their tribes. A common punishment for students speaking their tribal language was being made to chew

lye soap that burned the inside of their mouths.

Congress also authorized the Indian Office to withhold rations, clothing and other annuities from Indian parents who would not send and keep their children in school. It left a legacy of intergenerational trauma and unresolved grieving across Indian country to this day.

This became starkly evident to me during my recent volunteer week on the Pine Ridge reservation of South Dakota, where we made bunk beds for children sleeping on floors exposed to hantavirus in mouse droppings; replaced wheel chair ramps that mimicked sledding hills; and built trailer skirting to ease heating bills by 66 percent. It is not unknown for elderly folks far out on the Rez to freeze to death for lack of heating. Pine Ridge is more like a Third World country, the size of Connecticut, population 40,000 with 1.5 “supermarkets” – the poorest county in the U.S. Most get their groceries at the local gas station convenience store with its soda station, chips and hot dog roller. Fresh produce? In the back corner in a stand the size of my refrig, old, over-priced ad three-quarters empty.

It has run-away rates of diabetes and alcoholism, and teen-age suicide 150percent higher than the national average. There is 90 percent unemployment, practically no jobs, no industry, 33 percent of homes have no electricity or water. We listened to Native speakers daily learning that in this land where the buffalo once roamed, Native kids trying to follow traditional ways are mocked and ostracized by their peers. Some families live out of vans through the winter to occupy their land so they don’t lose their rights to it.

Driving through the Rez, you see big fields of sunflowers, hay, corn, cattle grazing, fairly decent small homes and trailers – not so bad. Yet these fields are farmed by non-Natives who lease the Indian land through the BIA. The Indian “owners” get 3 percent of the lease money.

What happens to the other 97 percent? Nobody knows.

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Map quest Redistricting, age limits and campaign finance round out ballot breakdown

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ver the past few weeks, The Telegraph has been breaking down the plethora of ballot questions voters will have to ponder this November. Along with races for Colorado Governor, the U.S. Congress, State Legislature and local offices, there are 13 state ballot questions and a handful of local issues in the Southwest.

With ballots hitting the mail Monday, it’s time to tackle the rest of the lucky 13 before finishing off next week with our Candidate Questionnaire.

Amendments Y and Z: Congressional and Legislative Redistricting It might seem hard to believe in a country divided into red and blue, but there’s actually something everyone agreed on.

All 35 members of the Republican-led Colorado Senate and all 65 members of the Democratic-led Colorado House voted to put Amendments Y and Z on the ballot this November. What legislators are asking voters to approve is a new way of drawing district maps.

Here we go again ...

Ballots go in the mail Mon., Oct. 15. There will be drop-off boxes in several spots across La Plata County in the coming weeks and plenty of places to go for help.

For the latest election information or to check out sample ballots, contact the La Plata County Clerk and Recorders office at co.laplata.co.us or 382-6296.

Every 10 years, following the national census, the state’s elected officials redraw the political maps for both the State Legislature and the U.S. House of Representatives.

Currently, the maps are drawn by the Colorado Legislature and voted upon like any other bill. These amendments, however, would create what’s called an Independent Redistricting Commission – one commission for the U.S. House (Amendment Y) and another for the state (Amendment Z).

Each commission would have 12 members: four from the state’s largest political party, four from the secondlargest political party, and four unaffiliated (all of which are determined by voter registration).

The members would be chosen by a panel of retired judges chosen from a pool of “qualified applicants.”

(Some of the qualifications include being registered to vote, having voted in the past two general elections, and having not been a registered lobbyist or elected public official in the past three years.)

Commission members will be tasked with redrawing the map. While they must take into consideration the federal Voting Rights Act, they are also asked to consider what’s called “communities of interest.” These are defined as “any group in Colorado that shares one or more substantial interests that may be the subject of federal legislative action (and) is composed of a reasonably proximate population.”

The commissions would be subject to all of Colorado’s open records and open meetings laws.

In the end, the final maps must be approved by eight of each commission’s 12 members, including at least two unaffiliated representatives. Once approved, the final maps then go to the Colorado Supreme Court for approval or to be kicked back for revisions.

The text for each Amendment is long and descriptive – which some see as thorough, and others argue gets too much in the weeds.

Supporters of Amendments Y and Z say the creations of these commissions would make the process of redistricting transparent and impartial. Voters would have a window into the entire operation, and no single political party could control the process.

Opponents say, however, the process isn’t going to be any less political than it already is.

The individuals appointed to the commission would

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not be elected officials and, therefore, would not be accountable to voters.

Also, because eight of the commission’s members would come from the two largest political parties, this would promote a two-party system and make it almost impossible for a third party to gain any ground.

The official campaigns supporting the issue are Fair Maps Colorado and Yes on Y & Z. The League of Women Voters of Colorado has come out in support, as well as Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and Republican and Democratic legislators. Even former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg tossed $500,000 into backing both ballot measures.

So far, there’s no official campaign opposing the two.

However, one well-known Colorado name has come out against it – Douglas Bruce, the author of the Taxpayer Bill of Rights and a former state representative.

Amendment V: Lower Age Requirements Unlike other ballot issues, this one is very simple. It would lower the minimum age for serving in the State Legislature from 25 to 21.

This is not the first time this has been brought to voters. A similar question was on the 2008 ballot, but only 46 percent of Coloradans supported it. This time around, the measure will need at least 55 percent approval to be added to the State Constitution.

The measure is backed by a group called New Era Colorado, a Denver-based nonprofit dedicated to giving young people a voice in politics. They also backed the 2008 attempt.

The argument for Amendment V is about encouraging young people to get involved in public service and government. The argument against is about experience, and whether or not someone should have a little more before becoming a lawmaker.

Amendment W: Judicial Elections One of the top talking points about judges on the ballot has often been how the question is worded – whether or not a voter wishes to “retain” a judge? Well, Amendment W wouldn’t really change that. What it would do is change the way judge elections are listed on the ballot.

Currently, each judge is listed as a separate question.

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The argument in support is that this would make ballots shorter, more concise and more reader-friendly. The argument against is that this would make the question about retaining judges even more confusing than it already is.

There are no official campaigns for the measure, and it has received bipartisan support from the Colorado Legislature.

Amendment 75: Campaign Contributions Amendment 75 is – as they say – all about the Benjamins. This measure would allow for an increase in individual campaign contributions when one candidate spends more than $1 million of his or her own money on his or her own campaign.

Under the current law, for example, the limit for an individual donation this year in the race for governor is $575, according to the Colorado Secretary of State. However, there is no limit on how much one of those candidates could give to his or her own campaign.

If Amendment 75 passes and one candidate gives his or her own campaign $1 million or more, the other candidate would be allowed to increase the limit of an individual campaign contribution by five times.

In this year’s race for governor, this would only raise the limit to $2,875 – and, that’s actually one of the arguments against the measure. It would still take almost 348 individual donations to get to the $1 million.

Campaign contribution limits in Colorado are complicated. The maximum donation amount is different for each office. It also changes if the donation is from a political party, business, corporation, labor union, and so on. Limits also change each election cycle depending on inflation and other factors.

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It takes two: Amendments X and A To finish off the breakdown of the 13 ballot measures this November, The Telegraph takes a look at industrial hemp and slavery.

Amendment X: Industrial Hemp Definition This measure would remove the specific definition of industrial hemp, which was included in Amendment 64. By default, Colorado would then use the definition of industrial hemp spelled out in federal law.

The basic pro argument is that if Colorado has the same definition as the feds, the state will already be in line with federal regulations as they evolve or altogether change. On the other side, opponents say this would be changing an amendment voters originally approved in 2012.

The measure has some voices against it, but a majority of the State Legislature – including Democrats and Republicans – have come out to support Amendment X.

Amendment A: Prohibit Slavery and Involuntary Servitude in All Circumstances Amendment A would remove language in the Colorado Constitution that allows slavery and involuntary servitude to be used as punishment for a crime.

The argument is about whether or not prison workers – for example – would still be allowed to work. A similar measure was on the 2016 ballot, and narrowly lost out with 49 percent voting for and 50 percent against. There is a campaign supporting the measure, but not one against it.

– Tracy Chamberlin is that Colorado’s campaign finance laws need a lot more help than Amendment 75 can offer, and it would only make things worse.

On the other side of the fence are those who think something is better than nothing.

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It’s believed by some that the federal government will legalize industrial hemp, which is used to make textiles and other items, in the coming years. Supporters of Amendment X want to see the definition changed now, so the state will be in sync with the rest of the country when this happens./File photo

ever no official campaign committees have come forward. n The Telegraph returns next week with our candidate questionnaire, where we give candidates running for local offices a chance to talk to voters. To keep up with the ballot breakdown, visit www.durangotelegraph.com.

MountainTownNews Two laborers die when trench collapses JACKSON, Wyo. – Two laborers suffocated to death Friday morning when a trench they were working in outside Jackson collapsed on them. The trench, which was 15 feet deep, had not been shored.

A fact sheet from the federal government’s Occupational, Safety and Health Administration cited by the Jackson Hole News&Guide says dozens of fatalities and hundreds of injuries each year result from trench collapses. The agency says trenches deeper than 5 feet require a protective system of sloping, shoring or shielding unless the excavation occurs entirely in stable rock.

Both men were from Mexico. The family of Juan Baez-Sanchez, 42, said he had been sending his wife and daughters in Mexico money regularly and had built them a beautiful home there.

“He was planning on leaving next year. He was here for so many years. That was his wish, to have accumulated enough money. He was planning on opening up his own business,” said his sister in law, who lives in Idaho.

The other victim, Victoriano Garcia-Perez, 56, had arrived in Jackson 12 years ago and was similarly remembered as a hard-working man whose priority was supporting his family in Mexico.

“He wasn’t content around the house not doing anything,” a nephew, who lives in Jackson, told the News&Guide. “He always, more than anything, dedicated himself to his work.”

An investigation by OSHA could take a month, said the News&Guide.

Aspen sends a message of climate hope ASPEN – Among writers with opinions, especially those who bend just a bit left, it gets no bigger than the op-ed section of the Sunday New York Times. On Sunday, Auden Schendler of the Aspen Skiing Co. was there.

“It’s unlike anything I’ve experienced in writing. I’ve written for the Los Angeles Times and the Denver Post. … . But the New York Times is the paper of record. It’s a big deal,” Schendler said Monday even as messages continued to be posted on Twitter and Facebook.

Schendler, the vice president for sustainability with the Aspen Skiing Co., and his co-author, Andrew P. Jones, wrote an essay headlined: “Stopping Climate Change is Hopeless. Let’s Do It.” The Times added this subtext: “It begins with how we live our lives every moment of every day.”

The op-ed was prepared with advance notice of a new report from the International Panel on Climate Change. The report, said the New York Times in a news story Monday “paints a far more dire picture of the immediate consequences of climate change than previously thought and says that avoiding the damage requires transforming the world economy at a speed and scale that has no documented historic precedent.”

Anticipating that news, Schendler and Jones asked “how do we even get out of bed in the morning?” The answer, they said hopefully, is that “if the human species specializes in one thing, it’s taking on the impossible.” They go on to outline their approach, concluding with this: “Perhaps the rewards of solving climate change are so compelling, so nurturing and so natural a piece of the human soul that we can’t help but do it.”

Schendler said he usually gets messages attacking him when he is published. In this case, the message of hope produced comments of support.

Among those endorsing the essay was Bill McKibben. “As these folks point out, the climate fight – like every movement for justice – is a long daily grind against strong foes. The work can’t be avoided,” he wrote on Twitter.

Jasper mulls where to allow cannabis use JASPER, Alberta – Jasper’s elected officials have adopted laws governing cannabis within the townsite located within Jasper National Park in advance of Oct. 17, when cannabis officially becomes legal.

Next comes a process for determining in which public areas smoking and vaping will be allowed. This will include proposals for marijuana zones at events, reports the Jasper Fitzhugh.

“We recognize that designated cannabis areas may be desired, and we’ve provided a process to consider such requests,” Mayor Richard Ireland said.

The new law allows private property owners who want to designate a cannabis area within a public place on their properties to write a letter to the mayor and council requesting an exemption.

In Canmore, at the gateway to Banff National Park, elected officials in mid-October will decide whether to restrict public consumption of cannabis.

So far, good signs in Vail takeover of CB CRESTED BUTTE – Vail Resort now owns the Crested Butte ski area, and the early word from people who work there is that the “new owners of the resort are really pretty good,” Mark Reaman, editor of the Crested Butte news, reports.

“The employee benefits appear to be an upgrade from the previous ownership, and Vail Resorts managers are focused and professional and have the people humming in anticipation of a new ski season.”

Reaman says his community seems to want to figure out ways to collaborate with the corporation to “maintain the uniqueness of Crested Butte while skimming off some of the benefits that money can bring to a ski area.”

Local papers keep officials accountable WHISTLER, B.C. – All but the biggest newspapers, those purchased by billionaires, have been struggling as advertising has shifted to digital platforms. In Canada, 70 percent of online ad revenue goes to Facebook and Google.

But wait just a minute, says Clare Ogilvie, editor of Whistler’s Pique Newsmagazine, consider what your local newspaper delivers.

“Accountability is a cornerstone of a high-functioning community, and newspapers are a crucial part of achieving this,” she writes. As for on-line sources, accountability rarely measures up.

Record Alaskan heat, Rockies get snow TRUCKEE, Calif. – Last year, the worst fires of the year occurred on the West Coast in October. This year could be better.

Daniel Swain, on the California Weather Blog, points to something called the Omega Block, one of the highest pressure systems to form over the Northern Hemisphere for decades. It has taken up residence over Alaska, producing record-breaking if relative warmth even into the high Arctic.

“Such blocking patterns are notorious for bringing unusual and persistent weather regimes to adjacent regions, and this block should prove no exception,’ he writes. “Many areas across the Mountain West may see earlier October snowfalls over the next one or two weeks than they have experienced in recent years, while the Eastern U.S. will experience simultaneous record warmth.”

Normally, California is at its most vulnerable by October. As the San Jose Mercury News explains, rain in the state’s Mediterranean climate unusually ends by April and, apart from a few light sprinkles, don’t resume until November.

“Until we get a bunch of rain, we’re still in fire season,” Craig Clements, director of the Fire Weather Research Laboratory at San Jose State University, said. “If it starts warming up this month, it will get worse.”

Solar farm near retiring coal plant?

TELLURIDE – San Miguel County commissioners have indicated their support for a proposed Megawatt solar array being considered west of Telluride, near Nucla.

A 100-megawatt coal-fired power plant at Nucla is scheduled to be retired before 2023. The closing of that plant and another much larger plant near Craig, west of Steamboat Springs, is the result of a settlement over air-quality violations. State regulators, pushed by environmental groups, argued that the pollutants from the coal plants were contributing to declines in air quality, as reflected in regional haze, another name for smog.

The solar plant is being planned in response to an appeal by TriState, owner of the coal plants.

About 30 percent of Tri-State’s power comes from renewable sources, mostly from the large hydroelectric dams of the Colorado and Missouri river basins. The wholesaler provides most of the electricity consumed by co-operatives in the mountain towns of Durango, Crested Butte and Telluride, among others.

“The energy use in our regional residential and commercial buildings accounts for almost 50 percent of carbon emissions,” read the letter sent by the county commissioners, as reported by the Telluride Daily Planet. “There is significant demand for local action to reduce our carbon footprint and increase local renewable energy projects.”

– Allen Best

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Embracing silence Pitch-perfect phenom Mandy Harvey hits all the right notes despite adversity

by Stew Mosberg

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magine you are standing on stage, performing songs that you have written, back-up musicians playing alongside, and an appreciative audience applauding wildly. Thrilling to be sure, but what if you couldn’t hear any of it?

Although she has been totally deaf since the age of 18, Mandy Harvey, an “America’s Got Talent” runnerup (2017), has been winning over audiences around the world with her concerts and motivational speaking engagements.

On Tues., Oct. 16, Harvey will be at the Community Concert Hall playing ukulele and singing her own compositions of jazz, blues and pop in a voice that has been described as pitch perfect, according to an L.A. Times review. “From the first note, Mandy Harvey tames her audience into stunned appreciation as she glides pitchperfect from breathy jazz standard to growling blues,” it read. “At show’s end, the audience is on its feet.”

Born 30 years ago in Cincinnati, one of four children, her family later moved to Florida and eventually Colorado. In 1998, she attended Twin Peaks Charter Academy in Longmont and gleefully entered singing competitions. At her high school graduation, she was named “Top Female Vocalist,” and with a dream to be a vocal music educator, she was accepted into Colorado State University. But it was not to be. Hard of hearing as a toddler, her audible range continued to deteriorate as the result of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a rare disorder of the body’s connective tissue that can cause a defect in the middle ear. It eventually led to a complete hearing loss during her freshman year of college. Devastated, she dropped out of school.

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Justthefacts What: Mandy Harvey in concert When: Tues., Oct. 16, 7:30 p.m.

Where: FLC Community Concert Hall Tickets: $42/$37/$27 at durango concerts.org

“When I lost my hearing, I lost myself and my identity,” she remarked. “Waking up in the morning and facing the day was a struggle. One of the biggest successes I ever had was walking outside my front door while being deeply depressed.”

There have been a number of musicians through the years that faced physical challenges. Many composers and instrumentalists have been blind, and Beethoven, as most people know, became deaf, yet continued to write some of the world’s most beautiful music. But few, if any, singer/performers have been totally deaf. How, one might ask, did Harvey overcome such a loss?

The singer is gifted in many ways, not the least of which is in her optimism, inspiration and ability to accept what destiny handed her. Asked about her success, she defines it differently than most. “Success is measured in so many forms. I never would have been as comfortable singing in front of others had I not lost my hearing,” she said. “It’s a freeing experience to sing without being able to judge yourself. I was the worst critic of them all.”

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Harvey says she realized there was no value in focusing on things she couldn’t do. She started taking American sign language classes and got involved with the deaf community where, she explains, she found clear communication. “It was the first time I was in a room full of people who were all communicating, and I understood what was happening around me,” she said. “That gave me a lot of confidence to start re-evaluating my life.”

She took up singing lessons again from her former singing teacher and found that she could sing in perfect pitch. Ironically, she can’t hear her own voice but is able to stay in tune by singing through memory, sight reading, visual tuners and sensation. “You get different vibrations,” she explained. “Deeper ones hit in a different spot and they are thicker. And then lighter ones you can feel up higher and they kind of tingle.”

With a renewed confidence, she began to perform in small but well-known jazz venues in Colorado. She received high-praise from JazzTimes after her debut album, 2009’s “Smile,” was released, and is now working on her fourth.

The major break came after her dazzling performance on “America’s Got Talent,” which led to national exposure, other television appearances and a performance at the Kennedy Center. Harvey is an ambassador for “No Barriers” a nonprofit that helps people with dis-

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abilities overcome their obstacles. Her own inspiring story is chronicled in a book she wrote titled, Sensing the Rhythm – Finding My Voice in a World Without Sound.

In helping others to face loss and physical challenge the singer tells them, “If I take back any of the bumps, bruises or scrapes I’ve been through, I wouldn’t be the same person. This is going to be hard but you’re going to get through it, and you’re going to be better for it.

Just keep going.”

Harvey’s tour schedule is international in scope, returning from Finland just last week, she has brought her music and inspirational speaking engagements to Canada, Sweden and the Bahamas this year. She is home on the Front Range roughly three days out of the month, “The rest of the time,” she says, “I’m happily busy making people smile.”

Prior to her performance at the Concert Hall, Harvey will offer a pre-show presentation from 5:30-6:15 p.m. that is free to the public. She will provide her inspirational story of never giving up, which she refers to as “Wisdom for Life.”

In her heart, Harvey is a singer/musician who just happens to be deaf. “Yes, it’s a part of me and who I am, but it’s not the entirety of who I am,” she acknowledged. “At the core, I’m a musician. I want people to value that part of me.” n

Hot pursuit State high school MTB championships land in Durango

by Missy Votel

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hile we’ve all been relieved to see rain the last few weeks, some of us have been a little more excited than others.

“Oh my lord, I was willing to do anything to make it rain,” Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Director Gaige Sippy said this week.

Now typically, Sippy would not be caught dead saying this sort of thing come late May. But he’s wearing a different bike helmet right now – that of race director for the 2018 Colorado League High School MTB Championships. Sponsored by the somewhat newly formed National Interscholastic Cycling Association (aka “NICA”), this be-all-end-all grand finale for Colorado high school shredders is coming to Durango for the first time ever the weekend of Oct. 19-21.

Dubbed the “Durango Mesa Pursuit,” the races will take place on Durango’s newest outdoor (*but yet to be opened to the public) venue, formerly known as Ewing Mesa.

Sippy, along with the help of Trails 2000, Durango Devo, the City of Durango, the Katz family and a slew of others, began preparing for the races more than a year ago. With a blank slate, they built 4 miles of trail to link into the existing Carbon Junction Trail for a kickass race loop.

The thought last fall was, build the trails, let them rest under a blanket of snow over the winter, and voila! Come summer, all the loose sand and bumps characteristic of a new trail would be magically condensed into sweet, buff singletrack. But, as we all know, Mother Nature had different plans. The snow and rains never came and, up until a few weeks ago, the track was a bit, shall we say, rough.

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Durango Mesa will be home to hundreds of bikers next weekend during the Colorado League championships./Courtesy photo ous. See, not only are they expecting up- struggling to keep pace with since its num- more than welcome to come up and watch wards of 2,000 folks – some of whom likely bers exploded tenfold in its first eight years. the races next weekend and get a sneak have never set foot south of I-70 – but getEvery time Sippy saw the state’s NICA Di- peek. In fact, Sippy and other organizers ting NICA to even consider Durango in the rector Kate Rau, he reminder her of this. “I hope they do. first place was a bit of an uphill slog. told her it was time to get this to Durango,” “People can check out what Durango Mountain bike coach Sarah Tescher put he said.

Mesa looks like and what the future can the bug in the NICA powers that be ears back Eventually his persistence paid off – the hold,” Sippy said. “The potential for large when the organization first started in 2010. stars aligned and Durango got the official outdoor events that could happen up there Sippy took up the cause in earnest in 2016, word last fall. is incredible.” with plenty of ammunition. Not only do DuFrom there, it’s been a monumental push Perhaps more than that, though, he just rango kids rule in the mountain biking de- to get ready – an effort Sippy says would not wants the local community to get psyched partment, he reasoned, but participation is have been possible without help from every- about mountain biking and supporting the rising across the region. Sippy estimates there one from law enforcement and city big wigs local kids. are some 700-800 kids participating in the to Devo families, sponsors and good-hearted, “The NICA races are the best vibe I’ve Colorado League’s Southern Tier (it’s dirt-loving volunteers. And of course, the seen,” he said. “We just want folks to come grouped into north and south) – with new Katz family. out. Once they do, the enthusiasm is pretty teams forming in Cortez, Pagosa and Taos “The Katz family has been integral, the infectious.” (which technically isn’t in Colorado but they race would not have been able to come here And who knows? Maybe that infectiousrace here anyway since there is no New Mex- without their help,” Sippy said. ness will rub off on everyone else, too – even ico league.)

And speaking of the Katzes, the Durango after a long drive.

Not only that, but – as any Durango par- Mesa land is still under their private ownerOf course, perfectly coifed, tacky trails ent with a kid in sports knows – Durango ship. As such, folks are kindly asked not to won’t hurt either. (Are you listening, rain kids travel. A lot. Maybe it was time to share ride the trails until they are officially opened gods?) the mileage load, Sippy suggested. for public consumption at a later date. (We “We would like to be a stop on the “Durango kids have traveled to these know it’s tempting, but there are a bazillion league’s schedule every year,” Sippy said. races since 2010,” he said. “They get home other trails to ride on ‘til then.)

“After all, it’s the same distance from Denver at midnight on a Sunday and get up and go “It’s not a new trail system that can be to Durango as it is from Durango to Denver.” to school the next day.” used by the public at this point,” said Sippy And last but not least in his argument: if (who referred to the trail difficulty as a “light there’s one thing Durango knows how to do, blue” on the Durango scale.) “We need to be Volunteers are still needed in a variety of cait’s put on a bike race. Not only that, but in sensitive about respecting private property.” pacities for the Durango Mesa Pursuit. To sign up, Durango Mesa we have the perfect venue – But just because the area is off limits to go to: durangodevo.com. For a full race schedule, something the Colorado League has been riding for now doesn’t mean folks aren’t go to: coloradomtb.org/

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Putting the ‘rad’ in radicchio

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n the produce section, radicchio stands out, with its purple foliage and blindingly white veins. At home, the leaves taste like something most people would just as soon spit out, as soon as possible. That’s because what they’ve learned about radicchio is wrong.

For starters, those burgundy leaves are as tightly packed as a head of cabbage, and just as crispy, but the similarities end there. Radicchio’s crisp depends on water pressure rather than fiber, which gives cabbage its crunch.

A more important distinction is that the spicy flavor of cabbage mellows with cooking, unlike the bitter elements of radicchio. Nevertheless, confusing radicchio and cabbage may be at the root of why everyone is wrong about radicchio. Even Wikipedia seems to conflate the two, which come from different plant families entirely.

Every recipe for cooked radicchio that you will find includes some note about how braising or grilling or whatevering radicchio will soften, mellow, relax or otherwise temper its taste.

That may work for cabbage, but if anything softens when you cook radicchio, it’s the radicchio itself, which collapses into a damp heap gray-brown heep. All the bitterness remains, and that’s OK. The problem is the slimy, stringy remains of a dish that appears to be in a state of decay and shouldn’t have been prepared to begin with.

Because most toxins are bitter, humans have understandably become wired to regard bitter with skepticism.

But clearly, we are also born with the capacity to override this aversion, and actually come around to appreciate certain bitter flavors on a case-by-case basis. Chocolate, coffee and beer, for example, have all earned passes, as they are nontoxic, or even pleasantly intoxicating, making us feel good in various ways.

But with bitter vegetables, the benefit of swallowing is not so immediately obvious. And without something to compel us, we often stay in default mode, and simply avoid these flavors. But bitter flavors, aside from the various feelings they invoke, are worth exploring.

Jennifer McLagan, author of the award-winning Bitter: A Taste of the World’s Most Dangerous Flavor, likens bitter-

ness to a kind of wizened charisma. “Bitter,” she writes, “is a cultured, intriguing and sophisticated taste, with a dangerous side. Who could be more fun to cook or to dine with?”

My wife seems to agree. She would sooner dine with a bowl of radicchio than her husband.

We live on a radicchio sanctuary, where my wife is chief caretaker, lead researcher and executive salad-dressing maker. She is so far past the bitter barrier that bitter tastes better to her than sweet.

Many of these bitter flavors come from vitamins, antioxidants and various healthy phytonutrients. My wife eats radicchio like some people eat chips and salsa. She either peels the leaves off a head or slices it into wedges. Either way, she’s dipping it into her special dressing, which consists of two parts XVOO, one part soy sauce, one part vinegar (the vinegar portion being equal parts cider and balsamic), and half a lime. Her typical dinner consists of six to 10 radicchio heads, or a massive bowl of leaves from the sanctuary, where the harvest of entire heads is frowned upon.

Her dressing is designed to celebrate, rather than hide, the bitterness. She says eating all that radicchio makes

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her feel good, approximately as good as coffee, beer and chocolate combined (not literally combined).

Being a relative grasshopper in radicchiology compared to her, I don’t mind a little assistance in order to get to that special place. So I’ve designed my own chocolate and beer-based salad dressing, with which to handle life’s bitterest leaves.

Some may consider it cheating to incorporate chocolate and beer, but I call it science. By surrounding the bitter flavors of radicchio with bitter flavors from elsewhere, the bitter jolt of a naked bite is couched in layered complexity, a context that has the effect of softening the bitter like cooking wishes it could.

In addition to the beer – a citrusy IPA, ideally – and the chocolate, which is added in the form of powdered hot cocoa mix, the dressing contains bitter notes from olive oil, garlic powder and cumin. Meanwhile, the bitter flavors are countered by the sweetness of the hot chocolate mix, and acidity from the vinegar, lime juice and the beer.

Chocolate Radicchio Dressing ¾ cup XVOO 1 T hot cocoa powder ¼ cup balsamic 2 T IPA beer, preferably a citrus-y brew 1 T lime or lemon juice Salt, black pepper, garlic powder, cumin, to taste Combine ingredients, season to taste by dipping leaves and testing. When it tastes right, continue dipping. Or better yet, use the dressing to flavor goodies that you can wrap in radicchio. Those purple leaves may not like being cooked, but wrapped around rich foods, they not only add a dignified dose of bitterness, but hold it all together for perfect mouthfuls every time.

My favorite use of my new dressing, so far, is to toss it with rounds of pan-fried sausage and fried cheese curd, and place those in a radicchio leaf with raw shallot, pine nuts and a slice of jalapeño, and maybe another dollop of dressing. Fold, insert in mouth, bliss out, repeat.

If this mouthful of bitter, sweet, spicy, sour, salty fat doesn’t make you a bitter believer, it may not be in the cards. But at least you didn’t waste any time, or radicchio, cooking it limp. n

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by Chris Aaland

lot during her career. She was pursuing a vocal music education degree at Colorado State University in 2007 when she lost her ctober is that glorious time of year when all of America’s residual hearing due to a connective tissue disorder, yet she batmajor pro sports leagues are active. Baseball playoffs are in tled through this devastation to pursue her dream. She “relearned full swing, although I’m still reeling a bit from the Colher life” over the next year and found a way to return to music in orado Rockies’ offensive woes in their quick dismissal from the 2008. She later dumbfounded the notoriously cantankerous NLDS. The football season is far enough along to realize that the Simon Cowell on TV as a pitch-perfect vocalist.

Denver Broncos have a snowball’s chance in hell of flirting with The Durango Celtic Festival & Society hosts an evening with mediocrity this year. But a Adam Agee & Jon Sousa quick start by the Colorado at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Avalanche and a promising Henry Strater Theatre. The NBA preseason by the Denduo began playing together ver Nuggets lead me to bein 2005 in Boulder and lieve that I’ll have an moved to Ireland three enjoyable winter watching years later to further imthose two. Even in the colmerse themselves in the lege football front, locals music, land and culture. can rejoice in Ralphie’s triWhile living in Ennis, umphant return, as the CU County Clare, Sousa earned Buffs have jumped out to a his master’s degree in Tradi5-0 start on their season tional Irish Music Performand a No. 19 ranking. ance at the University of Mostly, I like October beLimerick. They returned to cause of the chill in the air. I Boulder in 2009 and have can still wear shorts to work, toured the U.S. and internabut not necessarily comforttionally ever since. ably so when I start my car KDUR’s Fall Memberin the morning. I love havship Drive runs from this ing to grab extra blankets for Friday through the followthe bed, yet the pillow stays SunSquabi brings electronic, funk-fueled, jam-band grooves to the An- ing Friday. Call 970-247imas City Theatre on Saturday at 10 p.m. cool through the night.

7262 or visit kdur.org if you Watching the flames dance enjoy shows like my peraround the logs in my fireplace always brings warm and happy sonal favorites, “The Velvet Rut,” “Audience of One,” “Rezbilly thoughts. And Sunday dinners are usually vegetable-laden soups Breakdown,” “Cranky Old Guy Rock Show,” “Lovely Day Radio” and stews that make me especially thankful for the hard work of or “Wakeman and the Baker.” Your pledge will put a smile on those farmers and ranchers who put the food on my table. grumpy Liggy’s face.

It’s also an exciting time to be a music fan, as new music gets Autumn means the return of “The Met: Live in HD” to the Valreleased at a breakneck pace to entice the soon-to-be-frantic holilecito Room of the FLC Student Union. The season opening is day shoppers.

Verdi’s “Aida,” which is screened at 10:55 a.m. Saturday. Run time SunSquabi brings its Instinct Tour 2018 to the Animas City is approximately four hours, with two intermissions. “Aida” first Theatre at 10 p.m. Saturday, giving fans the chance to catch its premiered in Cairo in 1871 and is considered the grandest of three-piece outfit, live electronic experience. The band broke out grand operas. Set in ancient Egypt and filled with magnificent in 2016, a year that saw the release of its seven-track EP, choruses, complex ensembles and elaborate ballets, it never loses “Odyssey,” which took listeners on a laid-back, electronic, funksight of its three protagonists, while exploring the conflict of prifueled journey. They effortlessly traveled between synth-bass vate emotion and public duty. heavy vibes and smooth, jam-band grooves. That same year saw I like beer. I still like beer. And I’m rejoicing that BREW Pub them tour extensively across North America, playing such festi& Kitchen has several new offerings on tap, as well as a couple vals as Electric Forest, High Sierra, Camp Bisco and Hulaween, as of old favorites. Erik Maxson has recently tapped Nigel, an exwell as regular stops at Red Rocks, the Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas tremely drinkable oatmeal stout; Buckley, a damned fine English and more. They followed that with the 2017 release of their sophPale Ale; Frida, a dry-hopped German hefeweizen; and his tradiomore EP, “Deluxe.” Denver’s Late Night Radio, another electional seasonal specialty, Oktoberfest. The hugely popular Zen, a tronic melting pot, opens the show. summery ale with Thai basil, cucumber and lemon, and the easyGrowing up on the south side of Chicago, Jack Cloonan was drinking standby, Keller, a crisp and refreshing Bohemian style immersed in American roots music. His father and grandpa pilsner, are also available in pint glasses, growlers and kegs. taught him to play the accordion and fiddle in the second grade.

More good stuff: Gary Gorence & Carl Mori play this By the time he was grown, he’d added guitar, mandolin, piano, week’s Ska-B-Q at the World Headquarters from 5-7 p.m. tonight banjo, drums and bass to his repertoire. Upon moving to Col(Thurs., Oct. 11); Sitton Shotgun is at the Wild Horse Saloon at orado, Cloonan raised the bar and surrounded himself with some 9 p.m. Friday; country crooner Tim Sullivan returns to the Wild of the top pickers in the state. He later created the Jack Cloonan Horse at 9 p.m. Saturday; and the Blue Moon Ramblers hold Band, which plays the ACT at 9:30 p.m. Friday. The JCB brings court at the Diamond Belle at 6 p.m. Sunday. more than traditional bluegrass to the table, with elements of The best thing I’ve heard this week is “When I Rise,” the latest Irish music and old episodes of “Soul Train” putting the funk into album from Fort Collins bluesman Cary Morin. A member of the fiddle of the group’s discograss sound. Durango’s own High the Crow Tribe, Morin plays a deft fingerstyle acoustic guitar and Country Hustle opens the show. writes vocals from the heart. Originals like “When I Rise” and “America’s Got Talent” star Mandy Harvey takes the stage of “Jug in the Water” are complemented by covers like “Dire Wolf” the Community Concert Hall at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Harvey is an on the new record. inspirational jazz and pop singer/songwriter who has overcome a We sat down for a game? Email me at chrisa@gobrainstorm.net. n

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Thursday11 Yoga Flow, 8 a.m., Pine River Library.

Sight-in Days, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., event also runs Oct. 12, 18-19 and Nov. 1-2, Durango Gun Club Outdoor Range.

STEAM Lab: Coffee Filter Autumn Leaves, 3:304:30 p.m., Durango Public Library.

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

Spanish Speaking Parents & Littles Fridays, 3:305:30 p.m., Durango Café au Play, 1309 E. 3rd Ave., Room 201. 749-9607 or durangocafeauplay.org.

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

“The Stain: Slavery and the Constitution,” part of the Life Long Learning Lecture Series, 7 p.m., Noble Hall at Fort Lewis College, Room 130.

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

Fred and Alissa perform, 7 p.m., The Office, 699 Main Ave.

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

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

Little Artists, for toddlers and preschoolers, 10:30 a.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield.

Open Mic & Stand-Up Comedy, 8 p.m., El Rancho Tavern, 975 Main Ave.

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

Here to Hear: Office Hour with City Councilor Dick White, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., City Hall, 949 2nd.

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.

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

La Plata Quilters Guild meets, 6 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds. 799-1632.

Kidz Klub, 4 p.m., Booklings, 4 p.m., Ignacio Community Library. 563-9287.

Adulting 101: Resume Building and Finding a Job, 4-5 p.m., Durango Public Library.

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

Happy Hour Community Fruit Glean, bring bags and boxes to take home extra fruit, 4:30 p.m., meet in front of the Smiley Building Café, 1309 E. 3rd Ave. rachel@goodfoodcollective.org.

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

Free Legal Clinic, 4-5 p.m., Ignacio Library.

“Learning to Live with Megafires,” 4:30-7:30 p.m., Powerhouse Science Center, 1333 Camino del Rio. Ragtime Piano with Adam Swanson, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle, 699 Main Ave. Community Art Show Reception, 5:30 p.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield.

The Session Players perform, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave. 403-1200.

Friday Night Funk Jam with Bootyconda, 6-9 p.m., Moe’s Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.

Friday12 Durango Early Bird Toastmasters, 7-8:30 a.m., LPEA, 45 Stewart St. 769-7615.

“Cracked, Not Broken” with suicide-survivor Kevin Hines, 6:30 p.m., Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College. www.durangoconcerts.com.

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

Greg Ryder, 7 p.m., The Office, 699 Main Ave. BID Coffee & Conversation, 8:30-9:30 a.m., TBK (formerly First National Bank), 259 W. 9th St.

Thom Chacon performs, 7 p.m., Pine River Library.

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

Mancos DocFest opens with “Unbranded” and “Ace and the Desert Dog,” 7 p.m., Mancos Opera House.

Open Art Studio, 10 a.m., Ignacio Community Library. 563-9287.

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

533-7600.

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

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

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

The 8th annual Ten-Minute Play Festival, opening night, 7:30 p.m., event also runs 7:30 p.m., Oct. 13 and 2 p.m., Oct. 14, Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave. www.durangoarts.org.

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

2001: A Homeownership Odyssey, celebration of Homes Fund, 4:30-6 p.m., Sorrel Sky Gallery, 828 Main.

Creative District Stakeholder Meeting, hosted by Local First & City of Durango, 5 p.m., Durango Rec Center.

Gary Gorence and Carl Mori perform, 5-7 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St. Ragtime Piano, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle, 699 Main.

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

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10th annual Gothla Belly Dance Show & Dance Party, 7:30-10:30 p.m., Henry Strater Theatre, 699 Main Ave. www.henrystratertheatre.com.

Women’s Idea Exchange, noon, Thrive Chiropractic Studio, 202 W. 22nd St. www.womensideaexchange.com.

Carny Bones performs, 8 p.m., Billy Goat Saloon in Gem Village.

Monarch Butterfly Beautification Project, planting milkweed to increase monarch butterflies, 3-5 p.m., Hermosa Rail Yard. www.trails2000.org.

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

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

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Original Bayfield Market, 8:30 a.m.-noon, Roadside Park in Bayfield.

Ska Durango Double Trail Run & Mountain Bike Ride, benefit for Women’s Resource Center, Trails 2000 and Durango Devo, 8:45 a.m., Animas Surgical Hospital, 575 Rivergate Lane. www.durangodouble.com.

Durango Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-noon, music by Easy Eddy & the Smoky Valley Scramblers, TBK Bank parking lot, 259 W. 9th St. www.durangofarmersmarket.com.

Drop-in Tennis, all ages, 9 a.m., Durango High School.

DJ Noonz, 8 p.m.-close, Moe’s, 937 Main Ave. SunSquabi performs, with guest Late Night Radio, 9 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive. animascitytheatre.com.

Sunday14 Henry Stoy performs, 10 a.m.1 p.m., Jean-Pierre Café, 601 Main Ave. 570-650-5982.

ICL MakerSpace, 11 a.m., Ignacio Community Library.

Old Growth Walk in the 416 burn area, hosted by the San Juan National Forest, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., from lower Hermosa campground. Space limited. Register: gfitzgerald@fs.fed.us

Irish Jam, 12:30-4 p.m., Irish Embassy, 900 Main Ave.

ICL MakerSpace, 10 a.m., No Carve Pumpkin Decorating, 10 a.m. Ignacio Community Library. 563-9287.

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

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

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8th annual Bulb Sale, hosted by Durango Botanical Society, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds.

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

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

Opioid Memorial Wall Display, part of the Lift the Label Campaign, 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Durango Public Library.

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

Play days, 10 a.m., also Wed., Pine River Library.

The Met: Live in HD, featuring Verdi’s “Aida,” 10:55 a.m., Student Union at FLC. durangoconcerts.com.

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

“Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” presented by National Theatre Live Productions, 11 a.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive. www.animascitytheatre.com.

1st annual Fishing Derby, noon-3 p.m., Lake Nighthorse boat ramp. 375-7335.

Mancos DocFest featuring documentary films, 1, 4 and 7 p.m., Mancos Opera House.

Ragtime Piano with Adam Swanson, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle, 699 Main Ave. Mike Testa performs, 7 p.m., The Office, 699 Main Ave. Blackout Poetry, hosted by Pine River Library in Bayfield, 7 p.m., Billy Goat Saloon in Gem Village.

Comedy Cocktail open mic stand up, 8 p.m., Eno Wine Bar, 723 E. 2nd Ave.

Monday Music, 10:30 a.m., Durango Café au Play, 1309 E. 3rd Ave., Room 201. 749-9607 or durangocafeauplay.org.

Legos & Wii, 2 p.m., Ignacio Community Library. 563-9287.

Theater for short attention spans: 10-minute plays return What: 10-Minute Play Festival When: 7:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat., Oct. 1213; and 2 p.m., Sun., Oct. 14 Where: Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave. Tickets: $10 DAC members / $14 general, www.durangoarts.org.

There’s a lot you can do in 10 minutes: eat lunch, take a shower, scan the headlines or walk the dog. But conduct an entire play, from start to finish?

This weekend, local actors and playwrights from around the world will take on the challenge with the return of the Durango Arts Center’s 10-Minute Play Festival.

Known as the “haiku of the American stage,” the idea for these bite-sized morsels of theatrics started with the Actors Theatre of Louisville in 1977. Since then, 10-minute plays have become a popular genre not just for audiences but emerging playwrights as well.

One of the DAC’s most popular events and the only one of its kind in the region, the 10-Minute Play Festival is meant to introduce new voices and creative works to the community. This year’s plays include a grab-

bag of comedy and drama, including such intriguing titles as: “After Her;” “Good Taste;” “The Mudgett Lattice;” “These Boots Are Made for Hikin;’” “Transforming Your Life Through Hula-hoop;” and “The Anonymous Donor.”

The DAC event represents a year of work, which starts in the winter with a request for submissions. This year – the eighth annual – the festival received some 161 submissions from the United States and beyond, including England and New Zealand.

The hopefuls – whose identity remained anonymous to the panel of judges – were culled to a handful and presented at the 10-Minute Play Readings last spring. From there, local producers and actors got busy, staging their whirlwind performances, the fruits of which we can enjoy this weekend.

This fast-paced evening is sure to entertain, all while supporting new and emerging voices and your local theatre community. The dog and headlines can wait.

For details, or tickets, go to: at www.durangoarts.org.

Ragtime Piano, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle, 699 Main Ave.

Books & Brews, hosted by Durango Public Library, 78:30 p.m., Animas Brewing Co., 1560 E. 2nd Ave.

Info Night for Destination Imagination of Southwest Colorado, 6:30 p.m., Mercy Regional Medical Center.

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

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

Low Vision & Assistive Technology Expo, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Durango Public Library.

Classic Movie Monday, 7 p.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield.

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AskRachel Interesting fact: You can register to vote online at www.GoVoteColorado.com through Oct. 29 and in person right up until Election Day on Nov. 6. Do it.

Dear Rachel, Why do I feel like everyone I know is asking for money? Every time I go on the social media that shall not be named, someone is raising money for a cat’s Lasik surgery or a charity I’ve never heard of or a revolutionary new art project. It’s like life itself is becoming a public radio pledge drive, and all I want to do is listen to the music. What happened to the days when making a living was a respectable career path?

– Just Say No

Dear Ebenezer, Let me guess. When you pass a person on the street asking for money, you don’t just ignore them or cross to the other side of the street, like most people do. No, I bet you lie to them and say you don’t have any money on you. News flash: no one enjoys asking for money. But the people who do so swallow their pride to support a cause they truly believe in. It’s charity and art and survival, man. Don’t begrudge us those things.

– I’ll match your pledge, Rachel

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Dear F*&k Yeah, Kavanaugh. Ugh. But seriously, vote. Please vote. I don’t even care how you vote. (OK, I care. But still.)

Vote.

– Vote vote vote, Rachel

Dear Rachel, I’ve got this boss who loves to over-communicate. I completely understand the philosophy behind this approach. I’d rather touch base on things unnecessarily than find out too late that we didn’t talk enough. But seriously, there’s got to be a point that’s beyond unnecessary. I basically can’t go take a leak without him wanting to hold a five-minute informal chat about how everything went in there. He even follows every request with “Just over-communicating!” which makes the whole ordeal even more annoying.

How can I make myself clear to him without, myself, over-over-communicating?

– Clam It

Dear Sounding Board, This feels like one of those problems where the only thing worse is not having the problem at all. (I mean, we’d all rather have a receptive listener on the Supreme Court, amirite?) If you tell your boss to stop over-overover-communicating, he’ll probably just shut up and give you that worse problem of stony silence. Maybe you could at least benefit from his managerial style. Set up a Patreon where people can give you a dollar every time Free Restorative Yoga for Healing with Martha Evers, 11:15 a.m., Rm 32, Smiley Building, 1309 E 3rd Ave. 769-2508.

from p. 19 Beginner Tai Chi, 9:15-10:15 a.m., Durango Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave. Storytime, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Mancos Library. 533-7600.

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

Smiley Farmers Market, 3-6 p.m., Smiley Building, 1309 E. 3rd Ave. Twin Buttes Farm Stand, 3-6:30 p.m., Twin Buttes Farm, Highway 160.

Teen Time! 3:30 p.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield.

Statewide Ballot Issue Forum, hosted by the La Plata County League of Women Voters, 5:30-7 p.m., Center of Southwest Studies at FLC. www.lwvlaplata.org.

Rotary Club of Durango, presentation by the Bureau of Land Management, 6 p.m., Strater Hotel. 385-7899.

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

Free Trauma Conscious Yoga for Veterans and Families, noon-1 p.m., Elks Lodge, 901 E. 2nd Ave. Tween Time: Fall Food Favorites, drop in activities for tweens and teens, 4-5 p.m., Durango Public Library.

Pumpkin Patch in the Rochester Secret Garden, featuring pumpkin decorating, “Charlie Brown,” s’mores bar and festive drinks, 4-7 p.m., Rochester Hotel, 726 E. 2nd Ave. Aztec Farmers Market, 4:30-7 p.m., Westside Plaza.

Animas City Farmer’s Market & Night Bazaar, 5-7 p.m., 2977 Main Ave. Thank the Veterans potluck, Peter Neds and Glenn Keefe perform, 5:30-8:30 p.m., VFW, 1550 Main Ave.

Gary B. Walker performs, 6-9 p.m., Jean-Pierre Restaurant & Wine Bar, 600 Main Ave.

Mandy Harvey performs, 7:30 p.m., Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College. www.durangoconcerts.com.

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

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

Little Readers, 10:30 a.m., Pine River Library.

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

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Gallery at Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave. “Destination Durango Paint-Out,” presented by Plein Air Artists of Colorado, thru October, Sorrel Sky Gallery, 828 Main Ave. 247-3555.

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

Free one-on-one technology tutoring, Durango Library. Register at 375-3382 or durangopubliclibrary.org.

Live music, nightly, Diamond Belle & The Office, 699 Main Ave. Karaoke, 8 p.m., Thur-Sun, 8th Ave. Tavern, 509 E 8th.

Upcoming CONNECT featuring Posh Josh & Friends, 9 p.m., Oct. 20, Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive.

Stooki Sound performs, 9 p.m., Oct. 26, Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive. animascitytheatre.com.

Kirk James, 6-8 p.m., Four Leaves Winery, 528 Main Ave.

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

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Pub Quiz, 6:30 p.m., Irish Embassy, 900 Main Ave.

Ongoing “Un-Educated” performance, thru Oct. 13, Fort Lewis College Theatre. www.durangoconcerts.com.

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Full Moon Ghost Crawl and Haunted Train Museum, 9-10 p.m., Oct. 26, Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. www.durangotrain.com.

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by Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): In his book The Snow Leopard, Peter Matthiessen describes his quest to glimpse the elusive and rarely seen creature in the Himalayas. “Its uncompromising yellow eyes, wired into the depths of its unfathomable spirit,” he writes, give it a “terrible beauty” that is “the very stuff of human longing.” He loves the snow leopard so much, he says, that it is the animal he “would most like to be eaten by.” I bring this up, Aries, because now would be a good time, astrologically speaking, for you to identify what animal you would most like to be eaten by. In other words, what creature would you most like to learn from and be inspired by? What beautiful beast has the most to give you?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Richard Nelson is an anthropologist who has lived for years with the indigenous Koyukon people of Alaska. He lauds their “careful watching of the same events in the same place” over long periods of time, noting how this enables them to cultivate a rich relationship with their surroundings that is incomprehensible to us civilized Westerners. He concludes, “There may be more to learn by climbing the same mountain a hundred times than by climbing a hundred different mountains.” I think that’s excellent counsel for you to employ in the coming weeks.

dle through rational analysis. Your best strategy is to deeply experience all the interesting feelings that are rising up in you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Do you ever experience stress from having to be so interesting and attractive all the time? It may on occasion feel like an onerous responsibility to be the only artful egomaniac amidst swarms of amateur egomaniacs. I have a suggestion that might help. Twice a year, celebrate a holiday I call “Dare to Be Boring Week.” During these periods of release and relief, you won’t live up to people’s expectations that you keep them amused and excited. You’ll be free to be solely focused on amusing and exciting yourself, even if that means they’ll think you’re dull. Now is an excellent time to observe Dare to Be Boring Week.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A Chinese proverb says, “Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.” I’m happy to let you know that you are currently more receptive to this truth than maybe you have ever been. Furthermore, you have more power than usual to change your life in ways that incorporate this truth. To get started, meditate on the hypothesis that you can get more good work done if you’re calm and composed than if you’re agitated and trying too hard.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “It is sad that unless you are born a god, your life, from its very beginning, is a mystery to you,” writes Gemini author Jamaica Kincaid. I disagree with her because she implies that if you’re human, your life is a complete and utter mystery; whereas my observation has been that for most of us, our lives are no more than 80 percent mystery. Some lucky ones have even deciphered as much as 65 percent, leaving only 35 percent mystery. What’s your percentage? I expect that between now and Nov. 1, you can increase your understanding by at least 10 percent.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): My astrological analysis suggests that life is conspiring to render you extra excited and unusually animated and highly motivated. I bet that if you cooperate with the natural rhythms, you will feel stirred, playful and delighted. So how can you best use this gift? How might you take maximum advantage of the lucky breaks and bursts of grace that will be arriving?

Here’s my opinion: be more focused on discovering possibilities than making final decisions. Feed your sense of wonder and awe rather than your drive to figure everything out. Give more power to what you can imagine than to what you already know. Being practical is fine as long as you’re idealistically practical.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You Cancerians may not possess the mental dexterity of Virgos or the acute cleverness of Geminis, but you have the most soulful intelligence in the zodiac.

Your empathetic intuition is among your greatest treasures. Your capacity to feel deeply gives you the ability to intensely understand the inner workings of life.

Sometimes you take this subtle acumen for granted. It may be hard for you to believe that others are stuck at a high-school level of emotional skill when you have the equivalent of a PhD. Everything I just said is a prelude to my advice. In the coming weeks, I doubt you can solve your big rid-

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): How far is it from the Land of the Lost to the Land of the Lost and Found?

What’s the best route to take? Who and what are likely to provide the best help? If you approach those questions with a crisply optimistic attitude, you can gather a wealth of useful information in a relatively short time.

The more research you do about the journey, the faster it will go and the more painless it will be. Here’s another fertile question to meditate on: is there a smart and kind way to give up your attachment to a supposedly important thing that is actually quite burdensome?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): In her only novel, Save Me the Waltz, Zelda Fitzgerald described her main character like this: “She quietly expected great things to happen to her, and no doubt that’s one of the reasons why they did.” That’s a bit too much like fairy-tale wisdom for me to endorse it unconditionally. But I do believe it may sometimes be a valid hypothesis – especially for you Sagittarians in the coming months. Your faith in yourself and your desire to have interesting fun will be even more important than usual in determining what adventures you will have. I suggest you start now to lay the groundwork for this exhilarating challenge.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Russian philosopher George Gurdjieff taught that most people are virtually sleepwalking even during the day.

He said we’re permanently stuck on automatic pilot, prone to reacting in mechanical ways to every event that comes our way.

Psychology pioneer Sigmund Freud had an equally dim view of us humans. He believed that it’s our normal state to be neurotic; that most of us are chronically out of sync with our surroundings. Now here’s the good news, Capricorn. You’re at least temporarily in a favorable position to refute both men’s theories. In fact, I’ll boldly predict that in the next three weeks you’ll be as authentic & awake & at peace as you’ve been in years.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In the late 19th-century, American botanist George Washington Carver began to champion the nutritional value of peanuts. His influence led to the plant being grown and used more extensively. Although he accomplished many other innovations, including techniques for enhancing depleted soils, he became famous as the Peanut Man. Later in life, he told the story that while young he had prayed to God to show him the mystery of the universe, but God turned him down, saying, “That’s for me alone.” So George asked God to show him the mystery of the peanut, and God agreed, saying, “that’s more nearly your size.” The coming weeks will be a great time for you to seek a comparable revelation, Aquarius.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Every year, people discard 3.3 million pounds of chewing gum on the streets of Amsterdam. A company named Gumdrop has begun to harvest that waste and use it to make soles for its new brand of sneakers, Gumshoe. A spokesperson said the intention was to “create a product people actually want from something no one cares about.” I’d love it if you were inspired by this visionary act of recycling, Pisces. According to my reading of the cosmic omens, you now have exceptional powers to transform something you don’t want into something you do want.

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

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

HelpWanted Assistant Professor, Modern Languages sought by Fort Lewis College to work in Durango, CO to teach undergraduate courses in all levels of Spanish language, Spanish for the Professions, Latin American Literature, Hispanic Culture & related courses. For job details, rqmts & appl info refer to: https://jobpost.works/8126dv-2 Assistant Professor of Exercise Science sought by Fort Lewis College located in Durango, CO to teach Motor Learning, Sports Psychology, Research Design & Development & other classes within the Department of Exercise Science. For job details, rqmts & appl info refer to: https://jobpost.works/8126si-2 KDUR Radio is Looking for Someone to fill the community member position on our Community Advisory Board.

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Classes/Workshops Learn to Square Dance Free ongoing class with open enroll-

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ment Monday, Oct. 15 and 22nd. Wild West Squares offers a safe environment to learn with Caller Carla Roberts. Singles welcome. Mondays 7:30 to 9 pm at the Florida Grange, 656 Hwy 172. Call 970903-6478 to register Foot & Ankle Yoga Workshop Saturday, October 27 9:30 am - noon @ 4 Corners Yoga in Rm 32, E 3rd Ave. Restore optimal foot posture and regain ankle and foot health. Certified Iyengar Yoga instruction for 30 years. marthaevers.com 769-2508 Awakening Joy Weekend Retreat International teacher + author James Baraz will offer Awakening Joy meditation retreat (non-residential) Oct. 26-28 at Durango Dharma Center. durangod harmacenter.org 8-week Mindfulness Foundations Class Mondays, 6-8:30 pm, Oct. 22-Dec. 10, at Pathways Physical Therapy, 2243 Main Ave, 1B. Cost: $250, Sliding scale and scholarships available. Contact Certified Mindful Life Program Teacher, Cindy Schmidt: 970-985-2416 or cindy@pathwaysdurango.com.

Nia Classes Nia with Ashley Hill, certified Black Belt Instructor. Ongoing, Thursdays, 1:302:30pm, Smiley Building, Rm 15. Tuesdays, noon-1pm, Smiley Building, Room 24. (The Dance Center 2nd floor) 970759-0234 or visit niadurango.com EveryBody welcome!

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

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1981 Honda Cub Motorscooter Sweet vintage ride, fully refurbished by local mechanic. Only about 6,000 miles,

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Honda Element 2010 Honda Element EX, 4WD, 5-sp auto, 104K miles, VG cond., sn tires. $9,450 970-769-3904.

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CommunityService Volunteers Needed for High School Cycling League State Championships For the first time since its founding in 2010, the interscholastic high school cross-country mountain bike race State Championships are coming to Durango.

The championships will be the weekend of Oct. 19-21. Many volunteer shifts needed, 2-3 hours. For more info, visit du rangodevo.com.

Adaptive Sports Association (ASA) ASA, a nonprofit sports and recreation outfitter for people with disabilities, kicks off the winter season with volunteer training! Training is free & a great way for people interested in the outdoors to get involved & connect with their community.

Volunteers are needed daily to teach ski and snowboard lessons. Volunteers also earn discounted skiing at Purgatory. No experience necessary, but volunteers must be at least intermediate skiers or snowboarders.

Internships earning college credit can also be arranged. Orientations are Nov. 7 & 8 (choose one) at the Durango Rec Center.

Returning volunteers meet 6-7 p.m. New volunteers meet 7-8 p.m. Call 970-2590374 or visit asadurango.com for more information and events.

Nonprofit Looking for Community Reps to Join International Team ASSE International Student Exchange Programs is seeking individuals to serve as area

representatives in their local communities.

ASSE provides academic year and semester exchange programs in the U.S. for high school students from around the world. Students are 15 to 18 years of age, have passed a series of academic and character requirements, and are awaiting an opportunity to embark on their American Adventure. Area representatives recruit and screen prospective host families, interview students to study abroad and supervise the exchange students in their community. Area reps are compensated based on the number of students they are supervising. For more info about ASSE or becoming an Area Representative, call our Western Regional Office at 1-800-733-2773 or email us at asseusawest@asse.com. Check out the website at host.asse.com.

SCAPE Accepting Applications for 2019 Do you have a new business idea? Does your established business need help growing? Do you need education, mentoring and funding? SCAPE’s mission is to help launch and propel local job-producing businesses. All companies accepted into the 2019 class will be eligible for small investments to help develop the business. Apply by 12/31/18 at www.goscape.org Stephen Ministry Program Open to Help People in Our Community The First United Methodist Church of Durango has an active Stephen Ministry program which offers one-to-one care for individuals experiencing a crisis like losing a job, losing a loved one, divorce or termi-

nal illness. Stephen Ministers are available to all members of our community. Please note: Stephen Ministry is not mental health counseling. If you know someone who is having a tough time, please ask them to call Stephen Leader, Cathy Schadt, at 970- 259-9293 for more information.

Opportunity for Local Students to Study Abroad Qualified high school students can spend an academic year, semester or summer holiday in Europe, Asia, North or South America, Australia or South Africa as part of the ASSE International Student Exchange Program. Students, 15-18, qualify with academic performance, character references; and do not need to know the language. Families abroad are carefully screened. ASSE also provides opportunities for families to host students – who are screened and selected students 15-18 years old – from Spain, Mexico, Germany, Great Britain, France, Brazil, Thailand, Japan, and more. For more info call 800-733-2773, visit asse.com, host.asse.com or email asseu sawest@asse.com.

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

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

Hours: Mon.- Fri., 7 a.m. – 4 p.m. $ BREW Pub & Kitchen 117 W. College Drive, 970-259-5959 www.brewpubkitchen.com Experience Durango’s award-winning brewery & restaurant featuring unique, hand-crafted beers, delicious food - made from scratch, and wonderful wines & cocktails. Happy Hour, Mon.- Fri. 3-6 pm & all day Sunday with $2 off beer, $1 off wines & wells & 25% off appetizers. Watch the sunset behind Smelter Mountain.

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

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