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On the wild side Getting nutty with the great grain of the north woods p16

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4 La Vida Local

Bro-ing down Highlighting the need for more local mentors

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‘Cover’ band

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Meet the Yocal 10 Mountain Town News

Introducing Local First’s monthly guide to all things Durango

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20 Ask Rachel

Walk on the wild side 21 Free Will Astrology Going off the beaten rice paddy for an earthy dish from the Great White North

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22 Classifieds 23 Haiku Movie Review

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On the cover: The sun sets over the snow-covered slopes of Hesperus this week. The nearby ski area is 100 percent open for night and weekend skiing./ Photo by Stephen Eginoire

Deep Roots Southern hip hop, space rock and funny men in tights

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Folks typically visit Maria’s Bookshop to retreat into the stacks and escape reality, even if just for a little while. But for a few hours next Sunday night, Jan. 20, they can flock to the downtown independent bookstore for a different reason: live music.

From 6 – 8 p.m., Maria’s will host Scotland’s acclaimed Bookstore Band. And don’t let the name fool you – this folk duo is anything but pleasant background noise while you peruse dust jackets.

Made up of partners Ben Please and Beth Porter, the couple has made a splash across the pond with their book-related original music. And it’s no wonder: they hail from the town of Wigton, aka Scotland’s “National Book Town,” known for its annual 10-day book festival.

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Ear to the ground: “They sang a song about masturbation on the air … after that, I was real quick about ending the interview.”

– Local DJ recounting the day he asked a punk band to do an in-studio concert

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Since forming in 2010, they have collaborated and performed with celebrated authors such as Ben Fountain (Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk), Armistead Maupin (Tales of the City) and Man Booker-winners Yann Martel (Life of Pi) and Ben Okri (The Famished Road).

In addition, the Bookshop Band has received commissions from the BBC and Pompidou Centre in Paris. They are regularly featured on the BBC’s “Radio 6 Music” hosted by songwriter and broadcaster Tom Robinson, and have been championed by the BBC’s Bob Harris. The New York Times called their music “achingly good.”

The Maria’s stop is part of the band’s threeweek, 15-stop tour of bookshops and libraries across the United States. The tour was organized by the American Booksellers’ Association after Times literary critic Dwight Garner issued a challenge. “If America’s independent booksellers can’t figure a way to get these two … to tour America, they’re doing something wrong.”

The two got their start near the English city of Bath at their local indie bookshop, Mr. B’s Emporium of Reading Delights. Since then, the band has played intimate gigs in more than 200 bookshops around the U.K., Ireland and France. “It creates such a great atmosphere to be singing about books, surrounded by them on the shelves,” Please said.

Audiences can expect to hear the musicians’ take on all things literary, from Alice in Wonderland to Shakespeare and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. And, of course, there will be some American authors thrown in as well.

“The USA has always been a powerhouse of great literature,” Porter said. “It’s hugely exciting to perform songs inspired by books and authors we love in some of America’s best bookstores.”

For those who don’t know (shame on you) Maria’s is at 960 Main Ave. Admission is free, and you know what they say: if it’s not Scottish, it’s … nevermind, just show up and find out.

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LaVidaLocal Groping for memories Sexual assault disorder (SAD) is not exclusively a man thing, but what’s really sad is the behavior is so ingrained in the drinking culture that this alcohol-induced lifestyle choice leads to acute cases of repressive memory disorder (RMD) and the assaulter, unable to recall what he did, sometimes denies his actions even in as little as the morning after. Binge drinking (even beer) may explain the memory blackout, but the victim suffers the exact opposite response, remembering what happened for the rest of her life.

In light of the recent SCOTUS nomination procedures, it also appears some of our elected officials are beginning to question whether it is even proper for anyone to be held accountable when sexual assault charges are lodged.

The thinking goes like this: a person’s behavior may be the result of a condition that can’t be helped, especially if it occurred in those good old days when boys were expected to sow their wild oats. In the wild oats euphemism, the male represents the farmer and the female embodies the earth. On the surface it appears to be a healthy metaphor, full of robust natural comparisons that unfortunately fizzle out if we remember how the petroleum industry’s drilling and fracking practices have provided us with another metaphor for harvesting the earth’s resources.

Is an uninvited pat on the ass just an alternative handshake between the sexes? If a woman is accused of dressing like a tramp, well then, what is a man with his pants down to his ankles accused of dressing like? And is it simply poetic justice if a man who claims it is only courtship eventually ends up in court?

An additional shift in our collective consciousness arises every time a woman publicly makes any allegation. We use the word “allegation” just like reporters use the word “alleged” when talking about a suspect’s arrest, in order to preserve his or her right to due process. But women who lodge complaints are often silently convicted of trying to ruin a man’s life by bringing up something his RMD already dismissed. Or could she be seeking revenge for feeling humiliated by a man who turned her down? She may

have made the whole thing up. Any woman voicing any complaint can end up being classified in the public’s mind as a Woman Emoting an Imaginative Revenge Disorder (WEIRD) and if one woman in a hundred-thousand admits to doing so, then every woman must be harboring the same motive, unless of course the archived 8mm Kodak films are produced to prove she might be telling the truth.

It appears I’ve paragraphed myself into a corner. Some readers may believe I am actually questioning the legitimacy of sexual assault complaints, so it may be appropriate to come clean about what happened to me. My experience is trivial compared to the sexual dynamics women deal with every day.

And to be clear, at the time of my encounter I hadn’t been drinking, smoking weed or digesting any mind-altering drugs. At least, let me say for the record, I don’t remember.

The woman involved must remain anonymous, unless she comes forth to file a complaint. Defending myself would only result in exposing not the woman but an overwhelming and somewhat sordid lifetime relationship with literature in general, and poetry in particular.

Once while browsing the shelves at a bookstore coincidentally dubbed Between the Covers, I came upon a book title that caught my attention: Poems That Touch You. Immediately the words felt like an awkward title for a book of poems, and as I browsed the pages it certainly lived up to that hunch. You see, I’ve read poetry that didn’t touch me, and the truth is – if I had to choose – I’d prefer what’s less invasive.

Sadness, rage, hormonal indiscretion, it all amounts to a crafted literarykind-of stimulation, like a sonnet that couples with itself in the last two lines. I do not want any indiscriminate touching when I pick up a book and stand in the aisle reading a page or two, clueless as to what I’ll feel. Women don’t either. Boundaries ought to assert themselves in a world so random.

I remember accidentally turning and bumping into a woman who didn’t expect it, touching a spot she preferred to keep to herself. She immediately and justifiably pulled away. To her I am no different than the poem she was forced to memorize in the fifth grade and has since forgotten.

If art must imitate life, then let us not be touched when all we want is to be moved.

This Week’s Sign of the Downfall:

Thumbin’It Purgatory offering free season passes to first year college students in an effort to attract more students to town Gov. Jared Polis championing education in his first few days, with proposals to freeze in-state tuition at FLC and fund all-day kindergarten, which would save districts millions of dollars A robust holiday shopping season helping to lessen the sting of this summer’s fires for local businesses, with the City’s November sales tax up 7.9 percent over last year and 1.9 percent year to date

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Apathy on the part of residents when it comes to keeping bears out of trash (and alive), with a recent survey finding that many folks don’t even lock their bear-resistant cans Signs of accelerating climate change, with U.S. CO2 emissions shooting up in 2018, the largest increase in eight years, and the U.N. finding that oceans are warming 40 percent faster than they were five years ago The continuing epidemic of depression among area youth, with one-third of area teens saying they experienced prolonged feelings of sadness and hopelessness in a 2017 survey

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The Sound of Convenience Ms. Chen of China recently woke up to discover that she couldn’t hear her boyfriend’s voice. After being admitted to Qianpu Hospital, she was seen by a female physician (Dr. Xiaoqing), whom Ms. Chen could hear, but when an unrelated male walked in and spoke, Ms. Chen didn’t hear a thing. She was diagnosed with reverse-slope hearing loss (RSHL), wherein lower tones become inaudible. She’s expected to make a full recovery, but frankly, I’d expect Ms. Chen’s condition to spread.

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With the first few weeks of the New Year under our belts, the Telegraph asked: “What resolutions have you already broken?”

“I dont need a new year to make any resolutions.”

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“I stopped making ’em.”

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“I vowed to cut down on sugar and then ate a whole box of fruit gushers.”

“All of them.”

“I had a grilled cheese sandwich.”

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ReTooned/by Shan Wells

Shackled to a leaky Tri-State ship To the editor, On Dec. 10, 2018, La Plata Electric Association’s electricity provider Tri-State Generation & Transmission (TSG&T) sent well-groomed executives to Durango to reassure us rural folk about TSG&T’s massive $3.3B debt-load.

Repeatedly questioned for hours by LPEA’s CEO, Board Directors and members about their financial strategy, TSG&T’s four managers (with combined salaries around $2.5M) offered wit, eloquence and confidence. But they carefully skirted the details that we and the LPEA Board wanted. Painfully aware of our contractual bondage to TSG&T’s debt-load, we came away frustrated, with unanswered questions such as “What protects LPEA customers from the towering financial liability of TSG&T? From eventual rising rates needed to satisfy TSG&T’s massive debt? Or from outright financial failure?”

TSG&T’s business model apparently depends on about 20 megamillion-dollar debts totaling $3.3B. On most of these debts, TSG&T pays only the interest, deferring principal payments.

Let’s look closely at this. Imagine that you bought a $250M house for your family. You decide to pay interest only (at 5 percent, that would be $12.5M/year) for the term of 10 years, then you owe the full $250M on the 10th year.

Good choice? Well, maybe, but if you want security for your family, save 1/10th of the principal ($25M) per year, then PAY OFF the debt. Make sense?

At the meeting, TSG&T did provide one specific example of its current debt handling: a $250M, 10-year debt that actually comes due in 2024. TSG&T pays only interest, and will therefore owe the full $250M in 2024. We LPEA members breathed a sigh of relief when TSG&T’s CFO reported saving $25M/year toward the debt. But on closer questioning, he admitted that those “savings” are then spent each

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Why would TSG&T suggest that they are saving $25M/year toward a $250M balloon payment, when in fact they spend all those “savings?” It turns out that for the ma-

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jority of their loans, TSG&T has no apparent plans to EVER pay them off.

That means LPEA and other cooperatives’ members must pay debt interest amounting to about $150M/year, every year, indefinitely. So that’s one part of why our 4

wholesale rates are higher than other regional utilities. Another is the high cost of coal-fired electricity itself, considerably higher than gas or renewable energy.

TSG&T sells electricity to 43 member cooperatives (including ours). What we cooperatives don’t purchase, TSG&T sells wholesale on the open market AT A CHEAPER PRICE than we member cooperatives pay. Why cheaper?

Because since around 2010, open market prices (driven by renewables and gas prices) have been cheaper than our cooperative member price. TSG&T relies for survival on longterm contracts like ours – contracts that lock us in to pay whatever price TSG&T sets, until the year 2050. On the open market alone, TSG&T could not survive.

TSG&T blended wholesale rates to LPEA increased over 85 percent from 2002 ($39.14) to 2017 ($73.58) while other electricity source prices fell dramatically. By 2010, all market projections showed coal’s demise. Nonetheless, that year our LPEA Board made the tragic mistake of extending our costly contract with TSG&T until 2050. Capitalizing on our blind willingness to legally guarantee their debts, TSG&T was then able to convince bankers to refinance their debts well into the 2040’s.

In addition to blind-faith cooperative contracts like ours, TSG&T’s primary collateral when refinancing their staggering debt-load indefinitely is coal plants.

That brings up another glaringly obvious problem: coal’s plummeting asset value. Coal is the horse-and-buggy of today’s cheapening energy market. It turns out that digging, shipping and burning millions of tons of flammable rock is more expensive than plugging in panels, catching the wind, even fracking and piping gas. Who knew, huh?

Of 600 North American utility executives surveyed in 2017, (https://s3.amazonaws.com/dive_assets/rlpsys/ SEU_2017.pdf), 52 percent expect coal generation to decrease significantly. and another 27 percent expected it to decrease moderately, replaced largely with solar and wind resources.

It’s already happening. Over 200 coal plants have been shuttered since 2010, many fully functional, and coal con-

sumed for electricity nationwide fell over 32 percent since 2010 https://www.eia.gov/coal/annual/. That’s good news for America’s skies, climate and lungs.

But not for LPEA. TSG&T (the worst emitter of CO2/ MWh of the 100 top domestic electricity producers https://mjbradley.com/sites/default/files/Presentation_of_Re sults_2018.pdf) plans only cosmetic changes to its coalheavy generation portfolio. Remember, we LPEA members are bound by contract to pay whatever rate hikes TSG&T demands.

And TSG&T has no Plan B for its eternal loans. Come 2024, what happens if no one refinances TSG&T’s first quarter-billion loan? Or the following one?

– Kirby MacLaurin, Durango

Grading Trump’s first two years To the editor, As an Independent, I provide the following evaluation of Trump’s first two years in office.

Positive accomplishments during the two years include: revised tax policy benefiting many Americans; elimination of some unnecessary or restrictive regulations; low unemployment; and funding the Department of Defense to $700-$750 billion.

During the first two years of Trump’s Presidency the following negative events transpired: • Russia has made significant in-roads into Syria.

• President Erdogan of Turkey asked Trump if the U.S. could leave Syria, and Trump complied and unilaterally decided to pull our troops out of Syria. Trump, against the judgement of his generals, is drawing down our military in Afghanistan.

• The U.S. ceased military exercises with South Korea because Kim Jong Un asked Trump to do so. We are currently in a stalemate with North Korea concerning their denuclearization.

• We have alienated our allies in the world by pulling out of agreements and diluting our responsibilities in various international organizations.

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• China has significantly expanded its outreach in the Far East & has developed strategic bases in the South China Sea. • We are in a trade war with China, and many states are losing billions of dollars in export revenue. China is a top importer of U.S. products.

• The stock market tanked in December 2018 with the worst December performance since 1931, and it continues to roil primarily due to the trade war with China, poor corporate profits, rising interest rates, the turmoil in the White House, and the government shutdown.

• Trump shut down the government and put 800,000 government workers out on the street because he wants to build a border wall that is very costly and might not solve the illegal immigration problem.

• Trump had the EPA weaken the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act, which will increase the pollution of our environment.

• Trump decreased the size of a number of national monuments in the U.S. • Trump has lost about 25 key White House officials in his first two years, which is a record.

• Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian collusion with the Trump campaign proceeded throughout 2018 and led to the prosecution of Lt. Gen. Flynn, National Security Adviser; Paul Manafort, Trump’s campaign manager; and Michael Cohen, Trump’s personal lawyer.

• Trump’s deep character flaws, including but not limited to his obnoxiousness, insults, lying, attacks on our freedoms and not understanding the workings of our government, led to the Democratic victories in the midterm elections. The Democrats took control of the U.S. House of Representatives and the governorships of the key states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. They also took control of the House and Senate in New Hampshire, my home state.

Based on my assessment of Trump’s first two years, I give him a D-. Mr. President, there is tremendous room for improvement in the new year.

– Donald Moskowitz, via e-mail

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MountainTownNews Smartwool exits Steamboat for Denver STEAMBOAST SPRINGS – Smartwool was founded in 1994 by two ski instructors in Steamboat Springs who figured out that merino wool could be used to produce warm, moisture-wicking clothing that is neither itchy nor stinky, as wool can be.

In time, Smartwool became a semi-big business, capturing 55 percent of market share for its products, mostly socks but also other sporting goods items. As smooth as silk, says one product review.

If the manufacturing never was done at Steamboat, the headquarters remained there, even after the company was sold to a larger company in 2005. That company was in turn swallowed in 2011 by an even larger company, VF Corp.

VF Corp is now consolidating offices for its various brands in Denver’s trendy Lo-Do neighborhood. Its brands include the North Face, Altra, JanSport and Eagle Creek. With this move, Steamboat will lose 90 employees. The new corporate headquarters will have 800 employees.

The location in Denver is just a few blocks from the headquarters for the Alterra Mountain Co., which owns the Steamboat ski area.

Alterra chose Denver for its headquarters because ski towns are too expensive. That seems to be part of the logic for the clothing manufacturer. A representative of Smartwool told the Steamboat Pilot that Denver’s transportation network was a factor. It’s a few blocks from Union Station, the rail and bus hub for the metropolitan area.

“There are a lot of positives in that particular area, and it’s a really vibrant part of the city,” Molly Cuffe, the company’s director of global communications, said.

Also a factor in the new corporate headquarter’s move to Denver: $27 million in state incentives over eight years, according to The Denver Post.

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FRASER – A new brewpub called Camber Brewing has opened in Fraser.

Nick Crabb, the owner, tells the Sky Hi News that he began brewing five years ago after his wife gave him a homebrewer’s kit. He took to it immediately.

In creating his brewpub, Crabb has chosen to make it as family friendly as he can. But that does not include TVs. “I really want to focus on conversation versus entertainment, and helping people reconnect,” he said.

If the names of his brews reflect the town’s history, he’ll have ample possibilities. Take the main street, where the new brewpub is located. Fraser agreed to name Zerex Street in the 1950s in a deal with the manufacturer of the antifreeze. For a time, the town was commonly called the Icebox of the Nation – although International Falls, Minn., has vigorously argued that no it’s the coldest town in the lower 48.

Everywhere has become warmer, but at least a couple decades ago Fraser only had an average annual 19 frost-free days.

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IDAHO SPRINGS – Nobody apparently has ever bicycled through the Eisenhower Tunnel, which pierces the Continental Divide 60 miles west of Denver, reaching an elevation of 11,158 feet.

Bicycle Passport hopes to make that happen. The group is seeking permission from the Colorado Department of Transportation to organize a group of 1,500 - 2,000 cyclists through the tunnel on a Sunday morning in September.

Eisenhower and a parallel bore, Johnson, are 1.7 miles long. They remain the highest vehicular tunnels in the United States, although there are now higher tunnels elsewhere in the world. The two tunnels were completed in 1973 and 1979 respectively.

Passport’s Mark Nadeau proposes using Idaho Springs as the launching site for the Sunday morning ride to Silverthorne. The Clear Creek Courant reports that the idea got a polite reception from city officials but no more. Two officials, including the mayor and the police chief, said their city usually doesn’t generate revenues from hosting bicycle riders.

13 feet of snow part of a bigger theme WHISTLER, B.C. – First Whistler had unseasonably warm weather and then record snowfall in December, 384 centimeters (151 inches). That’s nearly 13 feet of snow.

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But neither of those extremes seems to fully explain why Whistler Blackcomb was sluggish, which is part of a pattern at Vail Resorts properties. Rob Katz, chief executive, reported “much lower” destination guest visits than expected before Christmas. It was, he said, probably driven by concerns from the two prior years of poor pre-holiday conditions. And the arrival of snow in December didn’t appreciably bump the numbers.

In Whistler, the heavy snow has continued into January. And it fits into a pattern says Pique Newsmagazine. This early-January storm was preceded by a windstorm that cut off power to 750,000 in British Columbia. Such weather extremes will become more likely in future years, the result of increased greenhouse gas emissions, now pushing 410 parts per million.

British Columbia, for all its reputation as a “green” province, has struggled along with everybody else to tame its emissions. It is likely the province will not meet its 2020 emission reduction target of 33 percent below 2007 models, according to a recent report by the B.C. auditor general.

Even in paradise, opioids take their toll CANMORE, Alberta – Banff and the Bow Valley get their fair share of people dying young, mostly the result of climbing accidents and other outdoor activities. But since 2016, three people have died from opioid overdose and scores more have been admitted to local hospitals for treatment.

In Banff, at least 10 people have been hospitalized or visited the emergency room each year since 2015 because of opioid use. Downvalley 20 minutes at Canmore, at the entrance to the park, the count is a little higher.

Almost all opioid poisoning deaths are now related to fentanyl.

In the first half of 2018, reports the Rocky Mountain Outlook, fentanyl accounted for 92 percent of all opioid-related deaths in Alberta.

In recent months, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police seized drugs that contained fentanyl as well as carfentanil, a synthetic derivative considered 100 times more deadly than fentanyl.

Local police say it could be worse. “We know that a lot of the drugs that are being sold here originate either from Vancouver or from Calgary, and we see what’s happening in both of those communities in terms of opioid overdoses and death. Why we’re not seeing it as large here, I don’t really know,” Staff Sgt. Mike Buxton-Carr said.

But it can take just one bad batch of drugs in a community to create devastation, he added.

Whistler drawn into U.S. & China fight WHISTLER, B.C. – Tourism Whistler has paused its marketing efforts in China, the result of U.S.-China tensions. In doing so, it follows the lead of Destination British Columbia and Destination Canada.

The rift stems from the Dec. 1 arrest of Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer for Huawei Technologies. Detained in Vancouver, she remains there on bail pending possible extradition to the U.S. on suspicion of fraud involving American sanctions in Iran.

The diplomatic situation has put Canada in the uncomfortable position of being in the middle of a U.S.-China conflict, Amy Hanser, a sociologist at the University of British Columbia, said.

“There is a history of Chinese consumers (making) consumption choices based on national interests, and this is a moment in which Chinese consumers are recognizing that they are globally powerful as consumers,” she told Whistler’s Pique Newsmagazine.

If the Chinese market has grown for Whistler, it remains “very small,” Shawna Lang, director of market development for Tourism Whistler, said. However, Whistler expects growth in Chinese visitors as China gears up for hosting the 2020 Winter Olympics.

Shutdown could hamper wildfire fight SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Federal employees will eventually return to work, but there will be lingering effects on wildfire fighting capacities next summer. So says Keegan Schafer, supervisor of a crew on the Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District.

In January, the U.S. Forest Service typically begins preparation for the coming fire season, including hiring fire fighters and other personnel, he tells the Tahoe Daily Tribune. Normally, his phone would be ringing with reference checks and other hiring inquiries.

This year, it’s been quiet.

– Allen Best

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Our local comic-con shero HERE TO SAVE US--AFTER HER MORNING COFFEE

In a galaxy not far away, there was a superhero who couldn’t fly. She couldn’t become invisible, or turn into any sort of arachnid. She could jump pretty far, but she couldn’t leap or bound over tall buildings.

She couldn’t break through walls with a single kick, or karate-chop anything in half unless it was something that was soft and could tear easily.

She couldn’t save lives, predict the future, or read minds. She was pretty strong, but she probably couldn’t lift cars in the air unless she really, really tried. And until she’s had her morning coffee, our hero can’t solve any crimes.

But in this galaxy, our superhero is still a hero.

Her name is “The Localist” and she’s fighting crime daily. She saves the innocent not by swinging from spiderwebs, but by showing up day after day to make the choice to give local, independent businesses a voice. A voice that’s being captured not by slimy, frothy-mouthed

villains but by big-boxes, big malls, big suits, and big cyber-shopping carts.

Our Localist hero straps on a cape every day to make sure that our community remains both unique in its quality of living and economically resilient. She promises a community that continues to support people, the planet, and prosperity for everyone by choosing to shop locally and responsibly.

So the next time you hear a “KABOOM!!” or a “KABAM!!” it probably isn’t our superhero saving anyone from a burning building (maybe cover your head, though), and our hero is not in a galaxy far, far away.

Localists are your neighbors and your friends, here to remind you that the next time you shop, try to be our hero and think local first.

-JENNAYE DERGE

The Localist’s guide to helping you shop local for

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Do you want to look as good as our superhero? La Plata County Humane Society is always a good bet for any costume.

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If you’re looking to KAPOW! and ZAP! with style, Silk Sparrow has various tights and corsets to make sure you fight with zest. 801 Main Ave

Get Greeky with Medusa at Animas Trading Co. There are hats, gloves, wigs, etc galore. Just be sure that if you take home the slithering serpents you don’t poke anyone’s eye out.

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You can’t have this mannequin, but you can have her awesome style.

Durango Antique Market not only has a plethora of costumes, but also a variety of old comic books.

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Local real estate firm owner Dan Korman makes home buying feel like home

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There’s a theory that floats around Durango that if you live in our small city even once, and if you ever attempt to move away, you’ll always return.

Resident Dan Korman is no exception. He’s the owner of the local real estate firm Alpenglow Properties, and after leaving town 15 years ago, his return came as a pleasant albeit risky surprise.

In 2004, Korman was living in Durango and graduated from Fort Lewis College before moving back to Colorado Springs to study the art of real estate under his dad. That’s where Korman experienced the early effects of the oncoming recession in 2007. But instead of letting the slowing economy worry him, his imagination stepped in and helped him come up with other ideas.

He decided to move to New Orleans with a friend to live in an area of potential growth, and he obtained his employing broker’s license and founded his own business, Korman Gerrity Real Estate. Then, in 2014, as fate would have it, Korman sold half of the company to embrace the inevitable move back to Durango.

“I love to travel. Anytime I travel anywhere, whether it’s to a different state or to another country, I’m so happy every time I return, knowing that Durango is ‘home.’ I think we all share that,” Korman says.

He’s right: the people who have chosen to live in Durango do so because we love to call this area “home.” We love leaving and then coming back with the same feeling of excitement that’s special to our little mountain town.

Home ownership may be difficult in this area, but with the right person, especially a person who shares similar sentiments and who has a high standard of professionalism and an extensive and strong network, the intimidating logistics can become clearer and easier to navigate.

“I highly recommend having a professional on your side to tell you these

things,” Korman says. “To navigate the property search and to understand the market, the paperwork, the closing and post-closing aspects of buying or selling a home. Having the vendors and the expertise to support you when you might need a plumber, an electrician, or anyone else.”

If you’re one of the many people who has met Korman, you know that his strengths lie in his network. His web of quality contacts is on call to help any of his clients at any time, and that’s because he’s apt to step up to the plate at the drop of a hat to help friends who might be in need.

“I believe that society can only be better if you help other people. I know that giving back to my community ultimately enhances everyone’s life, and that directly impacts my business relationships,” Korman says.

“Every time I work with someone, we end up becoming friends and they become part of my network. Durango is cool like that, and it’s why I love living and working here.”

As it turns out, a lot of us want to call Durango home because of the amazing community and insanely beautiful and accessible backyard. Korman’s mission is to give us our wish. As he sees it, being called back to Durango earlier than the expected retirement age is an incredible blessing.

In the almost five years it’s been since owner of Alpenglow Properties, Dan KorKorman moved back, he’s gotten married, man / photo: Jennaye Derge had a daughter, bought two houses, grown and sold his business in New Orleans, and started a new business here in Durango that has flourished under his leadership. Alpenglow

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“It’s the high-energy marketing and consideration for our clients’ needs and goals that sets Alpenglow Properties apart from the rest of the other brokerages,” Korman says.

But it’s also because Korman is well-versed in multi-tasking and has many talents under his wings.

“It’s funny, I’m a real estate broker, a friend, a counselor, a financial adviser, the front desk lady, a marketing person, a psychologist, a doormat—all of those things wrapped into one,” Korman jokes.

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He’s always striving to move forward and always pushing for “better.”

When it comes to Dan Korman, there is no slowdown, going backwards, or stagnation. He exudes energy and is not one for resting on his laurels.

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Snow birds

by Stephen Eginoire

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inter birding in Durango? Most folks familiar with Southwest Colorado’s birding scene will tell you that spring is the game-on season, when our feathered friends start to return home from southern climes.

But there’s plenty of amazing bird-watching to be had right now. The absence of foliage can allow for easier observation opportunities, especially if you are lucky enough to spy nesting raptors like bald eagles. Prime viewing awaits a short drive down La Posta Road or at just about any small pond or local water way. Just be sure to bring the binoculars so as not to disturb the wildlife. Here’s a look: A juvenile bald eagle takes flight along the Animas River.

Canada geese enjoy a snowy Animas River.

A bald eagle surveys its realm.

Coots mingle in a small pond near Weasel Skin Bridge.

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The wild side of rice

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met the wild ricer behind a ski lodge near Lake Tahoe. We were there for a writing workshop, reading each other our work. The wild ricer was a Northern Wisconsin hunting guide named Nick Vander Puy. He read about a father and son team of Chippewa Indians from inner city Milwaukee and their trip to a lake to collect wild rice using cedar “ricing sticks” to knock the seeds into their canoe.

Wild rice isn’t actually rice, but the kernel of a large aquatic grass native to the lake country of northern Minnesota, Wisconsin and southern Canada. Like the people of that northern landscape, it’s rugged and earthy, with more character than its soft, domesticated counterpart.

Wild rice has a nutty tea-like flavor and a texture that pushes back when you chew.

Soon after the workshop ended, Nick got his story picked up by “All Things Considered.” The piece I’d brought to the workshop, a passionate essay about Christmas tree farms, never went anywhere, but I hung onto the idea of real wild rice and started cooking it. Wild rice became a window into wild foods, an area I wanted to explore. I joined the rice hunters vicariously on their expeditions when I ate it. I thought about their efforts not only to collect but process the rice. As the wild ricer described in his radio story: “The ricers get a fire going, under a propped-up galvanized wash tub.

They pitch in several handfuls of rice, taking turns stirring the seed heads with a wooden paddle. The smell of burning plants fills the camp. This process, called parching, slightly roasts the rice, preserving it, and loosens the husk from the wild rice kernels.”

Hand-harvested wild rice is hard to find and expensive when you do. Farmers have figured out how to cultivate wild rice in paddies, the same way real rice is grown. Today, almost all of the wild rice sold is paddygrown and machine-harvested, mostly in California. To find the real wild stuff, you need to find a ricer who is willing to sell you some.

The wild rice community is divided over domesticated wild rice. Puy says the paddy-grown stuff isn’t comparable to hand-gathered wild rice in terms of fla-

vor, texture and overall performance in the kitchen. As a seller of wild rice, he laments the fact that paddygrown rice has disrupted the market for the real stuff, which costs twice as much.

Most people cook wild rice until it’s soft enough to eat, but some prefer to soften it with an overnight soak.

Hand-gathered wild rice tends to soften (and cook) more quickly than paddy-grown wild rice.

However long it takes to soften, soaking wild rice is worth a try. The flavor of soaked, uncooked wild rice is milder than that of cooked wild rice. You can wash down your chewy mouthfuls with sips of the earthy,

fragrant soaking water, like swallowing a pristine lake in the middle of the forest. For extra vibrancy, add a handful of pomegranate seeds. The juicy fruits will burst as you chew them with the hearty rice, adding their tartness to every bite, like little sips of wine.

If the soaking method fails to soften the rice enough, you can always cook it. For years, my go-to preparation was to mix it, still hot, with smashed garlic, sesame oil and soy sauce, and garnish with chopped scallions. The heat of the rice cooks the garlic enough to remove the edge, for a flavor that’s exciting and comforting. It was the first thing my wife wanted to eat after she became a mother.

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Morel Camp Wild Rice 1 cup wild rice 2 Tablespoons butter 2 Tablespoon olive oil 2 cloves of garlic, smashed 2 Tablespoons pine nuts 2 cups chopped mushrooms (a mix of different varieties is ideal) ½ teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper ½ cup pomegranate seeds Add a cup of wild rice and two cups of water (or stock) to a pot with a tight-fitting lid. Soak overnight.

Simmer on medium-low or bake at 350˚F for 30 minutes. (The cooking time for wild rice varies, depending on its provenance, with hand-gathered wild rice cooking much more quickly. Soaking wild rice overnight, or even for a day or two in the fridge, can reduce the cooking time to five or 10 minutes of boiling.) Check progress. If the liquid is nearly gone and the rice remains hard, add more liquid.

Keep checking, adding more liquid if and when necessary, until the grains split, curl and bloom like tiny brown and white flowers. Continue cooking until all moisture is gone, but don’t allow the rice to dry out.

Combine butter and olive oil in a large skillet or wok on medium heat. Add the pine nuts and mashed garlic.

Toss in the nuts and cook just until they start to brown.

Don’t overbrown. If the pan gets too dry at any point, deglaze with cooking water from the wild rice.

Add the mushrooms and stir. Season with the salt and pepper. When the fungus starts to brown and weep, add the cooked rice, stirring gently.

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Great American beer run, space rock and the Trocks

by Chris Aaland

in the Blue Ridge Mountains. They spend most of the year on the road, performing more than 150 dates per year. Along for the nce again, I find myself in a stare-down with my own ride is the Denver-based psychedelic rock fusion power trio, Cymortality. By the time you’ve read this, I’ll have already cles. Both bands play the ACT at 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. undergone my first-ever colonoscopy, something every Russ Liquid fuses classic funk with the inventive sound man should do when they turn 50. I have history on my father’s design of electronic production at 9 p.m. tonight (Thurs., Jan. side of the family tree. Papa Jake died of colon cancer in the 17) at the ACT. Songwriter, producer and renowned brass spe1980s; Dad has had polyps removed with each check-up. cialist Russell Scott heads up the New Orleans-based project, What makes me different is the wacky genetic stuff happenwhich evokes a kaleidoscope of textures, senses and moods. ing on Mom’s side of the family tree. She had Marfan’s SynFunkstatik opens. drome, which is a disorder of connective tissue that she passed Comedic ballet, anyone? Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte on to her kids. Those with Marfan’s suffer from bad knees, deCarlo brings exactly that to the Community Concert Hall at 7:30 tached retinas and scoliop.m. Tuesday. The Trocks, sis, among other things. as they’re known, were Most serious, though, is formed in 1974, with the susceptibility to aordancers wooing audiences tic aneurysms. I had mine with an impeccable comic at age 44 and survived. approach to ballet, while Mom dropped dead in demonstrating that men her tracks when she was can, indeed, dance en 67. My little brother, pointe without tumbling to Billy, died during surgery the ground. The original for his two years ago. He concept of the troupe was only 32. hasn’t changed through I now have a ceramic the years. Male dancers pervalve and a fancy fake form the full range of ballet aorta. I have to take and modern dance reperCoumadin daily – 7.5 mg toire, achieving comedy by Nappy Roots bring all-American Southern hip-hop to the ACT Sunday at incorporating and exaggermost evenings, and 10 mg three times a week. It 8 p.m. ating the foibles and accikeeps my blood thin and dents of serious dance. my valve constantly clicking. However, a routine procedure Part-time La Plata County resident Charlie Daniels drops by like a colonoscopy, where doctors remove polyps, presents the Toh-Atin Gallery at 2 p.m. Saturday for a book signing and some unique problems. Namely, my blood needs to be thick so CD release event. Yeah, that Charlie Daniels … “The Devil Went I don’t bleed out. Thick blood is good for my colorectal tract; Down to Georgia” guy. He’s one of country music’s original utilbut it also increases my chances of a stroke. Having my valve ity players who can shred on guitar, banjo, mandolin, bass and seize up would be bad. I can’t imagine I’d last more than a few fiddle. When he was starting out in the ’60s, he wrote songs for minutes if that were to happen.

Elvis Presley and was a session musician on albums by Bob Dylan So I’ll load up my three exit songs on my phone – the last three and Leonard Cohen. He’s a little bit country and a little bit rock I want to hear in case I die. It’ll be Skynyrd’s “Freebird” (for gal& roll. More recent decades have found him dabbling in bluelows’ humor), the Dead Milkmens’ “Takin’ Retards to the Zoo” (for grass and gospel. His new book is Let’s All Make the Day Count and bad ’80s punk humor), and the Beat Farmers’ “Happy Boy” (my sig- his new CD is “Beau Weevils: Songs in the Key of E.” nature song). Then we’ll get nice and sedated and hopefully wake Lawn Chair Kings are the unofficial house band of, well, up in an hour. I survived my heart being outside my body in an ice most establishments in Durango. They’ll hold court at 8:30 p.m. chest six years ago. Anal probing should be no problem. I sure Friday at El Rancho, where they’ll host a Kickstarter party to raise hope my editor gets to yell at me next week come deadline. funds to record a new album.

Yet I digress.

Back on Dec. 5, 2018, the folks from Monte Vista’s ProximThe Grammy-nominated hip-hop group Nappy Roots brings ity Malt visited Ska’s World Headquarters to craft a collaborative their “Great American Beer Run Tour” to the Animas City Thebrew. Ska has long been committed to supporting suppliers from atre at 8 p.m. Sunday. Nappy Roots has spent more than 20 years the region and is using quite a bit of barley malted from Proximin the public eye, achieving instant success in 2002 when they ity. The end result is Green Silo Saison, which will be canned and were the best-selling hip-hop group of the year. They were signed delivered to your favorite liquor store this week.

by Atlantic Records and released the multiplatinum album, “WaAlso of note: Tim Sullivan croons at the Diamond Belle Satermelon, Chicken & Gritz.” Singles like “Good Day,” “Po Folks” loon at 5 p.m. tonight; Robby Overfield entertains at Ska from and “Awnaw” helped define all-American Southern hip-hop. Re5-7 p.m. tonight and the Starlight from 6-9 p.m. Friday; Joel cently, they’ve expanded beyond music into projects that inRacheff, best known as the funny guy slapping bass for the Bar clude craft beer and television production with “40Akerz & a D Wranglers, swaps his doghouse for a six-string at 5:30 p.m. FriBrew.” They’ve mass-produced three craft beers, with two more day at the Belle; the Black Velvet trio plays the Derailed Pour in production that will become available later this year. Opening House at 7 p.m. Friday, while the duo works the Seven Rivers act Alex Blocker combines elements of the R&B, hip-hop and jazz Steakhouse at the Sky Ute Casino Resort at 6 p.m. Saturday; and influences of his Chicago roots. the Starlight also features dancing to Kaztro from 9 ’til close FriIt’s tough to define Papadosio. The five-piece act falls someday and DJ Smog from 9 ’til close Saturday. where in the space rock territory in between rock, jazz and electronic music. Originally from Ohio, the quintet now calls Hubba, hubba, hubba, hubba, hubba? Email me at chrisa@gobrain Asheville, N.C., home, although they spend little time nestled up storm.net. n

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Thursday17 Office Hour with Councilor Dick White, 9-10 a.m., downstairs at The Irish Embassy, 900 Main Ave. ​Baby Meetup with Durango Café au Play, 9:30-11:30 a.m., 2307 Columbine. durangocafeauplay.org.

Baby Meetup, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Columbine House at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 419 San Juan Dr. Office Hours with La Plata County Commissioner Julie Westendorff, 10 a.m.-noon, Pine River Library in Bayfield.

Karaoke, 8 p.m.-close, Wild Horse Saloon, 601 E. 2nd Ave. Russ Liquid performs with FunkStatik, 9 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Dr. www.animascitythe atre.com.

Friday18 Durango Early Bird Toastmasters, 7-8:30 a.m., LPEA, 45 Stewart St. 769-7615.

“Doc Swords,” PTSD Social Club for Veterans, 4-6 p.m., VFW, 1550 Main Ave.

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

“Locate,” drawings by Karina Noel Hean, opening reception, 4:30-6 p.m., exhibit runs thru Feb. 15, Art & Design Gallery at Fort Lewis College. 247-7167.

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

Robby Overfield performs, 5-7 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St. “Durango Rocks,” annual Chamber of Commerce awards, 5:30 p.m., Community Concert Hall. www.duran goconcerts.com.

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

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

Sitting Meditation, 5:30-6:15 p.m., Durango Dharma Center, 1800 E. 3rd Ave. “Rumble: Indians Who Rocked the World” screening, followed by panel discussion, 6-8 p.m., Durango Public Library.

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

“Cave Photography: Illuminating Space in the Absence of Light,” Durango Photography Club presents Stephen Eginoire, social gathering, 6:40 p.m.; meeting, 7-9 p.m., TBK Bank community room, 259 W. 9th St. www.durangophotographyclub.com.

“The Art of Conducting” with San Juan Symphony music director Thomas Heuser, part of the Life Long Learning Lecture Series, 7 p.m., Roshong Auditorium, Fort Lewis College.

The Four Corners Back Country Horsemen meet, presentation by BJ Boucher, author of Walking in Wildness, 7 p.m., Florida Grange. www.4cbch.org or 4420575.

Laugh Therapy Stand-Up Comedy, sign up, 7 p.m., show begins, 8 p.m., downstairs at The Irish Embassy, 900 Main Ave.

STEAM Lab: Marshmallow Structures, for ages 512, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Durango Public Library.

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

Full Moon Howler, featuring bonfire, s’mores, refreshments and presentation by Durango Nature Studies, 5:30 p.m., Durango Nordic Center. www.durango nordic.org.

Open Mic 5:30-8 p.m., sign up from 3-5 p.m.; Smiley Cafe, 1309 E. 3rd Ave. Sign up at 335-8929.

Artworks by Juanita Ainsley and Rebecca Dash, opening reception, 5-7 p.m., exhibit runs thru Feb. 22, Durango Arts Center; “Sands of Oman” photography

by Margy Dudley, opening reception, 5-7 p.m., exhibit runs thru March 9, DAC’s Friends of the Arts Gallery, 802 E. 2nd Ave. 259-2606.

Stillhouse Junkies perform, 6-8 p.m., Durango Craft Spirits Tasting Room.

Robbie Overfield performs, 6-9 p.m., DJ Kaztro spins, 9 p.m.-close, Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave. The Black Velvet Trio performs, 7 p.m., Derailed Pour House, 725 Main Ave. Teen Game Night, 7-10 p.m., Mancos Library. 5337600.

Ecstatic Dance with DJs CodeStar and CymaXium, 810:30 p.m., Yoga Durango. djcodestar.com.

The Lawn Chair Kings perform, 8:30 p.m., El Ran-

cho Tavern, 975 Main Ave. Papadosio performs, Cycles opens, 9:30 p.m., Jan. 18-19, Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Dr. www.ani mascitytheatre.com.

Saturday19 VFW Indoor Flea Market, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 1550 Main Ave. 247-0384.

Women’s March Durango, gather at 10:30 a.m., march begins 11 a.m., meet at Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad station, march along Main Avenue to Buckley Park.

Book signing and CD release event with Charlie Daniels and his wife, Hazel, 2-4 p.m., Toh-Atin Gallery, 145 W. 9th St. DJ CodeStar spins, 2-4 p.m., The Beach at Purgatory Resort. djcodestar.com.

The Black Velvet Duo performs, 6 p.m., Seven Rivers Steakhouse at Sky Ute Casino in Ignacio.

Pete Giuliani performs, 6-8 p.m., Swing Restaurant at Dalton Ranch Golf Club.

Kirtan, 6-8 p.m., Studio 10, Smiley Building, 1309 E. 3rd Ave.

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Sunday20 Veterans Breakfast, 9-11 a.m., Elks Club, 901 E. 2nd Ave. 946-4831.

Elks National Hoop Shoot free throw contest, 10 a.m., Whalen Gym at Fort Lewis College. 247-7972.

Traditional Irish Music Jam, 12:30-4 p.m., Irish Embassy, 900 Main Ave. Writers’ Workshop, 2 p.m., Ignacio Library.

DJ CodeStar spins, 2-4 p.m., The Beach at Purgatory Resort. djcodestar.com.

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

Nappy Roots with special guest Alex Blocker, 8 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Dr. www.animascitythe atre.com.

Monday21 Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Yoga Storytime, 9:30-10:45 a.m., Smiley Building Studio 10, 1309 E. 3rd Ave.

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

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

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

Tuesday22

“Selma” screening, 2 p.m., Ignacio Community Library.

Rotary Club of Durango, presentation by Briggen Wrinkle with the Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado, 6 p.m., Strater Hotel. 385-7899.

The story of the Coal Bank Pass Avalanche shared

by Jeremy Bird and Mark Helmich, hosted by Friends of the San Juans, 6-8 p.m., Powerhouse Science Center, 1333 Camino del Rio. www.thesanjuans.org.

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

The Trivia Factory, hosted by Ben Bernstein, 6:30-8:30 p.m., The Roost, 128 E. College Drive.

“Les Ballets Trocadero de Monte Carlo,” 7:30 p.m., Community Concert Hall t Fort Lewis College. www.duran goconcerts.com.

Latin Social Nights, 8-11 p.m., Wild Horse Saloon, 601 E. 2nd Ave. 375-2568.

Open Mic Night, 8 p.m.-close, Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.

Wednesday23

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

Thank the Veterans potluck, Peter Neds and Glenn Keefe perform, 5:30-8:30 p.m., VFW, 1550 Main Ave. 8287777.

McDonald’s Twilight Nights Races, for skiers, fat bikers and snowshoers, 6 p.m., event also runs Jan. 30, Purgatory Resort. www.durango nordic.org.

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

“Ode to Muir” screening, hosted by Friends of the San Juans, 7 p.m., Sunflower Theatre in Cortez; film also shows 7 p.m., Jan. 25 Durango Arts Center Theater, 802 E. 2nd Ave. www.sunflowertheatre.org or www.durangoarts.org.

The Green performs with special guests Eli-Mac and FIA, doors open, 7 p.m., show begins, 7:30 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Dr. www.animascitytheare.com Karaoke, 8 p.m., Blondies in Cortez.

The sands of time Margy Dudley returns with a show of her own What: “Sands of Oman” the photography of Margy Dudley When: Opening reception 5-7 p.m., Fri., Jan. 18; runs through March 9 Where: Friends of the Arts Library, Durango Arts Center, 802 E. Second Ave.

Photographer Margy Dudley is no stranger to the Durango arts scene, Karaoke with Crazy Charhaving owned the Open Shutter lie, 8 p.m.-close, Wild Horse SaGallery on Main Avenue for 15 years. nd loon, 601 E. 2 Ave. However, after closing the gallery, which featured local as well as internationally known artists, in November Winter Art Show, support- 2016, Dudley decided to focus on her ing Local First, thru Jan. 31, Smi- own work. The results of those years will be presented starting this Friday, ley Building, 1309 E. 3rd Ave. when Dudley opens her exhibit “Sands After-school program for of Oman” in the Friends of the Arts first through fifth grade, 4:15Gallery at the Durango Arts Center. The 5:15 p.m. Wednesdays, Mancos show, which features color images from Library. her travels to the small Middle Eastern country, will run through March 9.

Free Morning Yoga with A native of New York City who YogaDurango, 8:30-9:30 a.m., picked up her first camera in grade Saturdays and Sundays, Durango school, Dudley has always been drawn Mountain Institute at Purgatory. to remote and far-flung locales.

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traveler, I tend to gravitate toward the exotic, seeking out countries that are seldom visited,” she wrote in her artist statement. “Oman was one of those places. The camera provides me with a connection to those places and a way to tell a story.”

Although the travel is rewarding, Dudley said the hardest part of her work is when she gets home and has to cull her photos down to a succinct few.

“Subject matter can vary from place to place presenting opportunities to photograph people, events or unique landscapes,” she wrote. “But the biggest challenge comes in the editing process and how you want to tell that story.

The images you ultimately choose define your portfolio.”

Dudley moved from New York to Durango in 1999 with her husband, Henry, and four sons. Although now “retired,” she continues to be involved in the local art community and enjoys spending time outdoors, whether abroad or in Durango’s own back yard.

To view more of her work, go to: www.margydudleyphotos.com

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AskRachel Interesting fact: Every state in the union requires hairstylists to be licensed. It made no sense to me either, until I tried cutting someone’s hair in college once and basically ruined her life. Trust the professionals.

Dear Rachel, With all the snow we’ve been getting lately, I’m putting more in-town miles on my crosscountry skis than I am on my snow tires. The tricky thing is, I rely heavily on my car usage as a work-related tax deduction every year. If this keeps up, do you think I can claim a mileage deduction for wear and tear on my skis? How about writing off food as fuel, as well as a new jacket as work-related clothing?

- Tax Ski-ming Dear Rebel, I’m really confused. Do ski bums pay taxes? Do they even have real jobs? I was under the impression that one of the prerequisites for owning and using skis is that you are unemployed, either because you are a) wealthy beyond imagination or b) broke but living the “lifestyle.” You are a unicorn of sorts. Not necessarily a desirable unicorn, though. Maybe more of a centaur: a weird hybrid freak. I think you need to evaluate your life choices.

– Powder dazed, Rachel

Dear Rachel, I’m still sitting on a metric ton of Christmas cookies. I received too many bags and platters and plates during the holiday season for one man to eat, so I stuffed them all in my freezer, thinking I could ration them throughout the

Dear Crumb Hoarder, Pull those puppies out of the freezer for next year’s gift giving bonanza and hand them to all your neighbors, grocery baggers and so on. Who cares if they’re freezer burned and stale? No one expects plates of homemade Christmas cookies to be any good. They’ll appreciate the thought, and then they’ll leave them in the break room for the custodial staff to throw out. Same end result, but with more cheer along the way.

– Ho ho ho, Rachel Email Rachel at telegraph@durangotelegraph.com Dear Rachel, I hire all kinds of skilled laborers to tackle jobs that I’m not qualified to do. Plumbing, electrical, major medical surgeries. I draw the line at haircuts, though. I believe hair stylists are well trained and very good at what they do. I just don’t see the point in paying someone money to cut my hair, when a perfectly good trucker hat will do. Can you please help me convince my significant other of this wisdom?

– Au Natural

Tomorrow’s Bad Seeds perform 9:30 p.m., Jan. 26, Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Dr. www.animascity theare.com

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

Upcoming Winter Pride, hosted by the Four Corners Alliance for Diversity, Jan. 24-27, around Durango and Purgatory Resort. www.durangopride.org.

“The Second City” comedy troupe, 7:30 p.m., Jan. 24, Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College. www.duran goconcerts.com.

Rebecca Ray and Lisa Campi Walters perform on oboe and piano, part of the 2018-19 Recital Series, 7 p.m., Jan. 25, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 419 San Juan Drive.

Head for the Hills with special guests the Sweet Lillies, 9 p.m., Jan. 25-26, Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive. www.animascitytheatre.com.

National Theatre Live Productions presents “Antony & Cleopatra,” 11 a.m., Jan. 26, also shows 1 p.m., Feb. 24, Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Dr. www.animascitytheatre.com.

“The Middle East: Regional Disorder” with Katherine Burgess, part of the Great Decisions International Affairs Discussion Program, 11:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m., Jan. 26, Durango Public Library. www.fpa.org.

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year. But there’s just something not right about eating red-and-green sprinkles come mid-January. The flavor just isn’t as festive. Is there a better use for these petrified goodies than just throwing them out?

– Cookie Kingpin

National Theatre Live Productions presents screening of “The Madness of George III,” 1 p.m., Jan. 27, also shows 11 a.m., Feb. 9, Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Dr. www.animascitytheatre.com.

Meet the Author and presentation by Bruce Tremper, author of Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain, 6:30-8 p.m., Jan. 29, Backcountry Experience, 1205 Camino del Rio. www.bcexp.com.

Snowdown 2019, Get Your ComicOn, Jan. 30-Feb. 3. www.snowdown.org.

Dear Mop Top, Since corners are the only thing you’re cutting, I’m not going to try convincing you that your shaggy approach will cut it. Instead, I just want to say: trucker hats? Really? I have never understood the allure of the trucker hat. There are maybe three people on the planet whose heads are flattered by trucker hats, and they’re all truckers. Stop with the madness. Buy yourself a suite of multicolored beanies, start skiing to work and call it a tax write-off. And then get a haircut, you hippie.

– Hold still, Rachel

rect,” 7:30 p.m., Feb. 6, Community Concert Hall. www.durangoconcerts.com.

Backcountry Film Festival, hosted by Durango Nature Studies, Feb. 8, Durango Arts Center Theater, 802 E. 2nd Ave. durangonaturestudies.org.

Silverton Whiteout 10-Hour Fat Bike Race, Feb. 910, downtown Silverton.

La Plata Quilters Guild, 6 p.m., Feb. 14, La Plata County Fairgrounds. 799-1632.

Marshall Charloff – Purple Xperience – A Tribute to Prince, doors open, 7 p.m., show starts, 8 p.m., Feb. 16, Sky Ute Casino in Ignacio. skyutecasino.com.

Blue Lotus Feet Kirtan, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Feb. 1, YogaDurango, Florida Road.

An Evening with Keller Williams, 9 p.m., Feb. 16, Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Ave. www.animasci tytheatre.com.

The Met: Live in HD, featuring Bizet’s “Carmen,” 10:55 a.m., Feb. 2, Student Union at FLC. www.durangoconcerts.com.

The Pine Needle Langlauf, part of the Southwest Nordic Race Series, Feb. 23, Durango. www.durangonordic.org.

An Evening with the Chris Robinson Brotherhood, doors open, 8:30 p.m., show begins, 9:30 p.m., Feb. 3, Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Ave. www.animascity theatre.com.

“Renewable Energy with Tierra Vida Farm,” luncheon hosted by La Plata Dems on the Move, noon-1 p.m., Feb. 5, Double Tree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio. Register at theclubdems@gmail.com.

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by Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): In 1917, leaders of the Christian sect Jehovah’s Witnesses prophesied that all earthly governments would soon disappear and Christianity would perish. In 1924, they predicted that the ancient Hebrew prophet Moses would be resurrected and speak to people everywhere over the radio. In 1938, they advised their followers not to get married or have children, because the end of civilization was nigh. In 1974, they said there was only a “short time remaining before the wicked world’s end.” I bring these failed predictions to your attention, Aries, so as to get you in the mood for my prediction, which is: all prophecies that have been made about your life up until now are as wrong as the Jehovah Witnesses’ visions.

In 2019, your life will be bracingly free of old ideas about who you are and who you’re supposed to be. You will have unprecedented opportunities to prove that your future is wide open.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Movie critic Roger Ebert defined the term “idiot plot” as “any film plot containing problems that would be solved instantly if all of the characters were not idiots.” I bring this to your attention because I suspect there has been a storyline affecting you that in some ways fits that description. Fortunately, any temptation you might have had to go along with the delusions of other people will soon fade. I expect that as a result, you will catalyze a surge of creative problem-solving. The idiot plot will transform into a much smarter plot.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In 1865, Prussia’s political leader, Otto von Bismarck, got angry when an adversary, Rudolf Virchow, suggested cuts to the proposed military budget. Bismarck challenged Virchow to a duel. Virchow didn’t want to fight, so he came up with a clever plan. As the challenged party, he was authorized to choose the weapons to be used in the duel. He decided upon two sausages. His sausage would be cooked; Bismarck’s sausage would be crammed with parasitic roundworms. It was a brilliant stratagem. The proposition spooked Bismarck, who backed down from the duel.

Keep this story in mind if you’re challenged to an argument, dispute or conflict in the coming days. It’s best to figure out a tricky or amusing way to avoid it altogether.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): An imaginative 27-year-old man with the pseudonym Thewildandcrazyoli decided he was getting too old to keep his imaginary friend in his life. So he took out an ad on Ebay, offering to sell that longtime invisible ally, whose name was John Malipieman. Soon his old buddy was dis-

patched to the highest bidder for $3,000.

Please don’t attempt anything like that in the coming weeks, Cancerian. You need more friends, not fewer – both of the imaginary and non-imaginary variety.

Now is a ripe time to expand your network of compatriots.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In 1981, novice Leo filmmaker James Cameron got sick, fell asleep and had a disturbing dream. He saw a truncated robot armed with kitchen knives crawling away from an explosion. This nightmare ultimately turned out to be a godsend for Cameron. It inspired him to write the script for the 1984 film “The Terminator,” a successful creation that launched him on the road to fame and fortune. I’m expecting a comparable development in your near future, Leo. An initially weird or difficult event will actually be a stroke of luck.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Psychologists define the “spotlight effect” as our tendency to imagine that other people are acutely attuned to every little nuance of our behavior and appearance. The truth is that they’re not, of course. Most everyone is primarily occupied with the welter of thoughts buzzing around inside his or her own head. The good news, Virgo, is that you are well set up to capitalize on this phenomenon in the coming weeks. I’m betting you will achieve a dramatic new liberation: you’ll be freer than ever before from the power of people’s opinions to inhibit your behavior or make you self-conscious.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): What North America community is farthest north? It’s an Alaskan city that used to be called Barrow, named after a British admiral. But in 2016, local residents voted to reinstate the name that the indigenous Iñupiat people had once used for the place: Utqiaġvik. In accordance with astrological omens, I propose that in the coming weeks, you take inspiration from their decision, Libra. Return to your roots. Pay homage to your sources. Restore and revive the spirit of your original influences.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The Alaskan town of Talkeetna has a population of 900, so it doesn’t require a complicated political structure to manage its needs. Still, it made a bold statement by electing a cat as its mayor for 15 years.

Stubbs, a part-manx, won his first campaign as a write-in candidate, and his policies were so benign – no new taxes, no repressive laws – that he kept getting re-elected.

What might be the equivalent of having a cat as your supreme leader for a while, Scorpio? From an astrological perspective, now would be a favorable time to implement that arrangement. This phase of your cycle calls for relaxed fun and amused mellowness and laissez-faire jauntiness.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): Trees need to be buffeted by the wind. It makes them strong. As they respond to the pressure of breezes and gusts, they generate a hardier kind of wood called reaction wood. Without the assistance of the wind’s stress, trees’ internal structure would be weak and they might topple over as they grew larger. I’m pleased to report that you’re due to receive the benefits of a phenomenon that’s metaphorically equivalent to a brisk wind.

Exult in this brisk but low-stress opportunity to toughen yourself up!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Writing at ThePudding, pop culture commentator Colin Morris reveals the conclusions he drew after analyzing 15,000 pop songs. First, the lyrics of today’s tunes have significantly more repetitiveness than the lyrics of songs in the 1960s. Second, the most popular songs, both then and now, have more repetitive lyrics than the average song.

Why? Morris speculates that repetitive songs are catchier. But in accordance with current astrological omens, I encourage you Capricorns to be as unrepetitive as possible in the songs you sing, the messages you communicate, the moves you make, and the ideas you articulate.

In the coming weeks, put a premium on originality, unpredictability, complexity and novelty.

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They spoke with him, demonstrating a sophisticated understanding of navigation and airplane technology. Lindbergh’s spirits were buoyed. His concentration, which had been flagging, revived. He was grateful for their unexpected support. I foresee a comparable kind of assistance becoming available to you sometime soon, Aquarius.

Don’t waste any time being skeptical about it; just welcome it.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): More than four centuries ago, a Piscean samurai named Honda Tadakatsu became a leading general in the Japanese army. In the course of his military career, he fought in more than a hundred battles. Yet he never endured a major wound and was never beaten by another samurai. I propose we make him your inspirational role model for the coming weeks. As you navigate your way through interesting challenges, I believe that like him, you’ll lead a charmed life. No wounds. No traumas. Just a whole lot of educational adventures.

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Deadline for Telegraph classified ads is Tuesday at noon.

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

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Watch Found On slopes at Purgatory. Call to ID 970946-6869 Ski Poles Found on Florida Road on New Year’s Day. Call to identify 799-4923.

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

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

you have a big dog, wheel rig that you no longer need, please call my mom @ 970903-0005. Thank you.

HelpWanted Early Childhood Teachers Needed!

Durango Montessori School is hiring for the 2019-2020 school year! We are looking for a Lead Early Childhood Teacher and an Assistant Early Childhood Teacher, both positions are Full-Time. Please visit https://durangomontessori.com/employ ment/ for details and how to apply.

Video Edit Hand-Holding Old fart needs guidance using PCbased video editing software. I’ll adopt your program or freeware. I do not want a package with exceptional capabilities; just regular edits, joins, title inserts, music over, etc. etc. We meet in town, I buy the coffee, and you try your best over a few 1 hr sessions. 35.00 per hour. Send link to your video edit program and a name to bobrosenberg65@gmail. (And FYI, I’m way past 65)

Classes/Workshops Hope Yoga Studio Offers: Benefit for Women’s Resource Center, reduce stress and rejuvenate with gentle, restorative yoga for all ages and abilities, including beginners. Sat Jan 19th 9:3011:30 Smiley Studio 10. Pre-Register. Minimum donation $35. More info Dr Keneen Hope DC 970-305-3239 www.hopechi royoga.com Mommy and Me Dance Class Come join the fun! Now registering for classes. Call 970-749-6456. mom myandmedance.com.

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

Large Dog Wheels Wanted My name is Otis, I’m 12 and 110 lbs.

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tables, coffee tables and lots of beautiful framed art, glass and ceramics. New cool stuff and daily markdowns. 572 E. 6th Ave. 385-7336.

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Bayfield Farmers Market Seeks Farmers The Bayfield Downtown Farmers’ Market is recruiting farmers from the Four Corners area for the 2019 season. The season opens Thurs., June 20, and continues through the end of September. Markets occur under the shade of the trees at the Joe Stephenson Park at the intersection of Mill Street and Bayfield Parkway, 4:30-7 p.m. each Thursday. Fees for vendors are $100 for the season or $10 per visit. For more info, call 970-769-6873.

Massage by Cindi Sheridan!

I am very perceptive/receptive to each client’s specific needs & will schedule on wknds & early eves. Post holiday special!

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Couples, sauna, outdoor shower, cupping.

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RealEstate Radon Services Free radon testing and consultation.

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

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Rossignol Soul7 Skis (the red ones) Just in time for Gigantuary! 164cm (106mm under foot.) Semi-twin tipped, rockered, great all-around lightweight skis that will get you through the bumps, trees, cruisers and the fat days alike.

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Reruns Home Furnishings Spruce up your home – Desks, console

Calling for Auditions with The Durango Voice!

The Durango Voice is back! To enter the singing contest email your MP3 format demo to durangovoice2@gmail.com

by Jan. 23. Submit your best two-minute song. You can have a music backing track, but it must only be your vocals.

Include your name, phone, email and a short bio. We’ll contact you if you are one of the lucky contestants chosen to participate in the blind auditions at the Strater Theatre on Feb. 23. Singers chosen will be professionally coached and compete in the finals April 6.

WRC Seeks Nods for Extraordinary Women Award The Women’s Resource Center has made a tradition of recognizing the accomplishments and contributions of La Plata County women during the month of March, and they are now accepting nominations for their prestigious Extraordinary Woman Award. To nominate someone you know, call the WRC at 970-247-1242. The winner will be honored at a special dinner March 6. For more info, call 970-247-1242 or go to wrcdurango.org.

LPEA Offers College Scholarships Scholarships available through LPEA. Deadline to apply is March 4. For further info and to download applications, visit www.lpea.coop or contact Jeannie Bennett at 382-3505 or jbennett@lpea.coop.

Snowdown Fashion Do’s & Don’ts Ticket Sales Announced The ever popular Snowdown Fashion Do’s & Don’ts Luncheon has announced public ticket sales begin at 6 a.m. on Sat., Jan. 19, at Magpie’s Newsstand, 707 Main Ave. It is advised to get in line before Magpie’s opens at 6 a.m. Tickets are limited to four per person, cost is $15 for regular seating and $20 for runway seating. Only cash or checks will be accepted. For more info, visit www.snowdown.org.

San Juan Basin Health Offers Free Screenings Every year in the U.S., human papillomavirus (HPV) causes cancer in more than 30,000 men and women. San Juan Basin Public Health’s Women’s Wellness Connection program provides free screenings for eligible women between ages 21-64 in Colorado. Breast exams, pap tests, and pelvic exams are included. Referrals for free mammograms are available for women who qualify. To schedule an appointment for a Well Woman Exam and for more information about the human papillomavirus (HPV) series, call SJBPH at 970-335-2015.

More info about the clinic is at sjbpublichealth.org.

Alternative Horizons supports and empowers survivors of domestic violence. We are currently in the process of recruiting volunteers for our 24Hour Crisis Line. Bilingual Spanish speakers are needed in addition to English speakers.

If you’d like to make a difference in the

lives of others, join us Feb. 27-28 for a free, comprehensive training. For more info call 247-4374. If you or anyone you know is experiencing domestic violence, call our confidential 24-hour hotline 247-9619.

Applications Being Accepted for Advanced Standing MSW Program Students with a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work (BSW) are eligible for a one-year Masters of Social Work program. The University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work is accepting applications for the Advanced Standing MSW program starting in the summer of 2019. Classes taught in Durango, at the DU campus in The Commons building. Stipends in child welfare, integrated behavioral health care are available. Native American tuition support to eligible students is also available. Email wanda.ellingson@du.edu or call 247-9773.

A Call to Artists The Rec Center invites artists to display their artwork for a one-month period in the community wing hallway. Applications at durangogov.org or at the Rec Center.

HaikuMovieReview ‘To All the Boys I Loved Before’ Sixteen Candles for Generation Y? Why not.

John Hughes would be proud – Lainie Maxson

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