Durango Telegraph - May 31, 2018

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4 La Vida Local

Hot on the trail

4 Thumbin’ It

Trails 2000 study to get better handle on outdoor rec’s local impacts

by Tracy Chamberlin

5 Word on the Street

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6 Retooned 6-7 Soapbox

More than a game 10 Million Discs seeks to change the world, one disc at a time

by Missy Votel

11 Mountain Town News 12-13 Day in the Life

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16 Flash in the Pan 17 Top Shelf

Roll with it

All the blood, sweat and gears of Iron Horse weekend photos by Jennaye Derge

18-20 On the Town 20 Ask Rachel

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21 Free Will Astrology 22-23 Classifieds

A big deal DAC’s annual Juried Art show more impressive than ever

by Stew Mosberg

On the cover Airing it out: A rider goes big to the crowd’s delight at last Sunday’s Iron Horse BMX races in downtown Durango./ Photo by Jennaye Derge

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One Off A breakout box in last week’s paper regrettably left off the number “1” in the date for the Smiley Building’s 20th Anniversary party. The event is tonight, May 31.

Salad friendly

Don’t turnip your nose at this latest darling of the underworld

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We’re only human. If, by chance, we defame someone’s good name or that of their family, neighbor, best

friend or dog, we will accept full responsibility in a public flogging in the following week’s issue.

Although “free but not easy,” we can be plied with schwag, booze and flattery.

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Ear to the ground:

“She changes jobs more than I change underwear.”

– Observation on local member of the work force who is particularly adept at the Durango Tango

Seeing orange

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While some Americans may be seeing red over gun violence, they’ll be wearing orange this coming weekend. June 2-3 will be the second annual National Gun Violence Awareness Days and citizens are encouraged to wear orange in solidarity for gun safety. Durango will be joining the cause, and hundreds of other towns across the country, with a #WearOrange rally at Buckley Park starting at 2 p.m. this Sunday.

The event, which is sponsored by Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, is meant to honor victims and survivors of gun violence and promote efforts to save lives, protect schools and communities from gun violence, and increase gun safety. The rally will include talks from various local officials, students and gun safety advocates as well as Third Congressional District challenger to Scott Tipton, Karl Hanlon. In addition to addressing the crowd, Hanlon will also be on hand afterward for a meet and greet.

Since Columbine High School in 1999, 68 students have been killed in mass shootings at schools across America, including two in Aztec last year. According to the Washington Post, 187,000 children have been exposed to gun violence while at school.

A CNN report this week found that so far this year, there have been 23 school shootings where someone was hurt or killed. That averages out to more than one shooting a week.

In addition to rallying in person, folks are asked to rally in orange on social media and to share their photos on Facebook or Twitter with #WearOrange or to upload a photo at wearorange.org and tell why they "#WearOrange.”

For more info, email momsdemandaction durango@gmail.com

Put this in your pipe

From the state Marijuana Enforcement Division, comes something to chew on. According to the MED’s 2017 annual report, good old-fashioned pot smoking may be going the way of the Graffix bong. According to the report, adult use (formerly known as “retail”) edible sales rose 29 percent in 2017 over 2016. Additionally, the adult use market saw significantly more concentrates sold than the medical market in 2017.

At the same time, medical edible sales dropped 14 percent. MED also reported that the majority of new licenses issued (77 percent) were for adultuse in 2017. MED also found that the percentage of licensees passing underage sales checks rose to 95.1 percent in 2017, up from 94 percent in 2016.

For more on everything from pounds of concentrates sold, the average life cycle of a plant, and pounds of marijuana harvested, go to www.colorado.gov/pacific/enforcement/med-updates.

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LaVidaLocal Judgment day Good news! I believe I am now an official local celebrity, because I was asked to judge an elementary school dance-off.

The dance-off is the culmination of an annual program in the schools called “Take the Lead.” The program’s reputation is so well established that it can afford to take daring risks with your school-age children, such as minting new local celebrities without so much as fingerprinting them.

Of course, when the program leader asked me to judge, I said yes. I’d already been judging fifth-graders all my life. This competition finally afforded me the chance to do so openly, in a socially sanctioned way: by critiquing their rhythm.

I know precisely how much rhythm fifthgraders have, because I was once one myself, and I knew dozens of other fifth-graders all at the exact same time. And all of us together spent two whole weeks, at an hour a week, square dancing in PE class.

The square dance unit was, to put it kindly, brutal. This was unlike flag football or floor hockey, wherein we waddled around the gym on lowrider contraptions that you motored by swerving the handlebars back and forth, and which I cannot find anywhere on the internet to prove that they actually exist.

Square dancing, on the other hand, offered relatively few practical life skills. In fact, we all spent the entire unit trying to a) butt-bump our partner so hard that someone would get knocked over, or b) hip-thrust away from a butt-bump so that the butt-bumper would bump his or her (hint: his) own butt on the floor in a glorious collapse.

There are other skills in square dancing, of course, like the do-si-do and promenading and attempting not to come in actual skin-toskin contact with another human being if that human being is a girl. We performed all these skills to a recorded voice on a vinyl record; I presume that choreographed square dance music has to this day still never made the leap to CD-savvy listeners.

Meanwhile, Coach sequestered himself in his office. That poor saint had to suffer through an entire hour of this music every year of his professional life. I should call him to see how he’s hanging in there, and also to ask him about those wheelie hockey carts.

Anyway, that’s when I really began judging fifth-graders in earnest, particularly on their rhythm and steps. Even when told to allemande, all my

classmates would stop moving, stare at each other to see who would brave a first guess as to what “allemande” was, and then shuffle in vague circles until finally we got rescued by social studies.

In other words, this day of judgment was decades in the making. I arrived early to the dance-off, which was held in a local elementary school gym. In case you’ve never been in more than one elementary school gym, I’m here to tell you that all of them are the same. They have the same cinder blocks, and the same mascots painted on the walls, and the same suffering ghosts of dodgeball victims past. Despite the passing of a generation since my own personal days of yore, I would bet your life that this gym still has a cheap record player, too.

The other three judges and I were briefed on the scoring protocol, and then we took our seats at the head of the room. We stared out at all the nervous, anxious, antsy faces whose hopes and dreams we were about to dash.

But enough about the parents. The kids, whom we were already judging the moment they marched through the door, appeared absolutely composed. They were calm and smiling. They were willing to link arms with other actual fifth-graders. They wore clothing that required dry-cleaning.

Then they actually started dancing, to actual music stored using modern technology and lacking any choreographed calls whatsoever.

They danced waltz and swing. They danced tango and merengue. They held roses between their teeth, and they finished with flourishes, and they didn’t faint from having 200 people and four judges breathing down their necks.

Dare I say it? They were actually entertaining. They performed the steps to each of these dances more rhythmically and accurately than any adults I’ve seen, and I presume they weren’t even aided by alcohol. Watching them made me wish, for the first time in my life, that I could go back to being 11 years old just so I could start taking dance seriously as an art form with the capacity to enrich my life at that age. Perhaps young me could even find inner stillness through the meditative movement of dance.

And then I remembered that I was there to score the little boogers. So I scribbled down some fours and some fives, and they should all feel lucky to receive hastily pencil-scribbled comments from such a fine local dignitary.

Unfortunately, not every child can win. But next year, now that everybody knows who I am, they can offer me bribes.

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– Zach Hively

This Week’s Sign of the Downfall:

The quick response to last week’s 385 fire northeast of Durango, which thanks to a concerted air attack and hot-shot crews was quickly doused, protecting as many as 400 homes

The six out-of-town ATVers who allegedly went on a joy ride through sensitive tundra outside Silverton over the weekend, claiming they were not aware that the road had ended

Local riders representing in last weekend’s Iron Horse, with Howard Grotts taking King of the Mountain honors and Katja Freeburn winning the womens mountain bike race

Continued drought once again quashing local Fourth of July festivities, with the City of Durango wisely pulling the plug on fireworks again this year

Durango’s Smiley Building celebrating 20 years of bringing a vision to reality and offering an important community hub for art, entrepreneurialism and learning alike

Revelations that Hurricane Maria’s death toll was much worse than previously believed, with a new report finding that nearly 5,000 Puerto Ricans died in the storm’s aftermath

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Trojan Merit Badge The Boy Scouts will provide condoms at the 2019 World Scout Jamboree in West Virginia. So far, thousands of parents have removed their kids from The Scouts, saying the organization has caved to liberalism, and the protests intensified when it came out that alcohol would also be available in “designated areas” (scout’s honor). And even though most religious organizations have ceased funding The Scouts due to the uproar, they might’ve pulled out too late.

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WordontheStreet With Animas River Days this weekend, the T elegrap h asked: “What would you want to ride down the river on?”

“A cow that is riding a raft.”

Courtney Orhn

Aleysia Richardson

“I’d float down in a human skull.”

“An air mattress so I can take a nap.”

“I’d put a bridle on my wiener dog and ride him down.”

Anthony Duncan

“A human sized hamster ball.”

Nicole Orhn

Breezy O’Kane

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ReTooned/by Shan Wells

Hate-filled missive enlightening To the editor, On May 22, the Durango Herald published on its website a letter to the editor filled with hate against the LGBT community of Durango. The letter ended with “May God drain the LGBT cesspool.” Several folks condemned the publishing of such a letter to the editor. I disagree with them. I am glad the writer submitted the letter and that the Herald published it online!

The reasons for my positive attitude toward the letter being published are based on my beliefs from childhood when I saw newspaper and magazine photos of the Klan in their white robes and hoods marching around spewing their venom. They did not hide their identity. You knew who they were and you could confront these fringe characters and address their discrimination and hate-motivated diatribes and overt and often criminal behaviors.

Simply, they “came out” and showed exactly what THEY were all about.

Similarly the LGBT letter writer exposed himself as to the type of individual he is and the Herald ownership and editor exposed themselves by publishing the hate-filled missive. Realize the publishing of letters to the editor is discretionary. As good old Paul Harvey used to say “And now we know the rest of the story!” And now we know a little more about Durango!

– J. Meyer, Ignacio

Standing up for workers’ rights To the editor, On Mon., May 21, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, rigged the system even more against nonunionized working people.

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prevent employees from engaging in class action lawsuits that question whether company actions are lawful. The majority opinion, written by Justice Gorsuch, legitimates employment contracts that deprive employees of the right to bring a class action lawsuit and instead force employees into arbitration. His opinion relied on the 1925 Federal Arbitration Act, instead of the newer 1935 National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).

The three consolidated cases decided on May 21 concerned charges that employers had underpaid their workers. The workers’ employment contracts required that they resolve such disputes in arbitration rather than in court and, importantly, that they file their claims one-byone. The combined cases are EPIC Systems Corp. v. Lewis; Ernst & Young v. Morris; and NLRB v. Murphy Oil. By a 54 decision, the Court decided in favor of the employers.

In her dissent, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg called this decision “egregiously wrong.” She read her dissent from the bench, a move that underscores the importance of this dissent. In her oral statement, she said the upshot of the decision “will be huge under-enforcement of federal and state statutes designed to advance the well-being of vulnerable workers.” Trying to arbitrate such claims individually would be too expensive to be worth it, she wrote, and “the risks of employer retaliation would likely dissuade most workers from seeking redress alone.” Moreover, she argued that this decision will lead to more employer misconduct by changing employers’ cost-benefit calculations so that they receive greater benefit from underpaying workers and skirting legal obligations. Justice Ginsburg added that billions of dollars in underpaid wages are at issue.

Arbitration contracts are a growing trend. Justice Ginsburg wrote in her dissent that only 2.1 percent of nonunionized companies imposed mandatory arbitration agreements on their employees in 1992, but nearly 54 percent do so now.

The EPIC decision of May 21 makes it all but impossible for workers to legally insist on their rights when they

encounter discrimination, wage theft, pregnancy discrimination, sexual harassment or other illegal employer behavior on the job. This ruling is a significant blow to non-unionized working women, the #MeToo movement and all people seeking legal redress from corporations that have injured them, their communities, their families or the environment.

Arbitrations are generally held behind closed doors.

Justice Ginsburg pointed out that because they are not public, they may lead to very inconsistent results in factually similar claims.

In contrast, class action lawsuits allow people experiencing a similar issue with a particular company to band together to fight for justice. This is nearly impossible for anyone but the wealthiest to do on their own. Since the 1980s, class action lawsuits have held corporations responsible for their actions, especially when those actions or inactions have led to pollution, dangers to health, or unsafe or unlawful impacts to employees or to civil rights. Class action lawsuits are public, not decided behind closed doors.

The EPIC decision is part of a larger trend in which the Supreme Court has sided in favor of corporations over workers and consumers. It also affects those who seek redress for pollution or negative public health impacts of corporate wrongdoing. Justice Ginsburg called for Congress to redress this wrong and ensure an equal playing field. As your Congresswoman, I will join with my colleagues to right the wrong and here’s how: I will support and cosponsor two important bills that have been proposed: • Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s HR 4130 that mandates transparency.

• Sen. Richard Blumenthal’s Arbitration Fairness Act, which would render arbitration clauses unenforceable in employment, consumer, anti-trust or civil rights violations.

I will stand up every day for workers, consumers, women’s rights and for all people to seek redress. That’s

why the Colorado AFL-CIO, Colorado Professional Fire Fighters and Denver Chapter of Progressive Democrats of America have all endorsed me for our third congressional district.

I invite Scott Tipton to represent us and to stand up for us in the wake of this unjust Supreme Court decision.

– Diane Mitsch Bush, candidate for Congress

Protecting West Slope interests

To the editor, If Congressman Scott Tipton ever shows up for an inperson town hall meeting with constituents, hopefully someone will ask him why Congressional Republicans think it should be easier for a United States citizen to get a military assault rifle designed specifically to kill people than to get health care, or at least health care that won’t bankrupt you. Then pay attention to how he talks around that.

He’s voted many times, including last year, to take health coverage from millions and millions of people.

He’s been pretty quiet about any restrictions on military style assault rifles. According to Politico, he received $25,550 from the NRA during the 2016 election cycle.

If you or a loved one has a serious injury or disease diagnosis, which would you rather have? That assault rifle?

Or health care?

We deserve better. It is time we remove the callous and unpopular Scott Tipton from office. Primary election ballots will be mailed June 6. I am voting Karl Hanlon for Congress. Karl Hanlon grew up on a ranch near Walden and continues to work as a rancher and water attorney to protect Western Colorado agricultural and water interests.

His family operates a horse therapy program for veterans with PTSD and autistic children. Karl supports universal health care and has pledged to not take corporate PAC money for his campaign.

– Ken Francis, Durango

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Inspired by national and statewide surveys from the Outdoor Industry Association, Trails 2000 began work on a Trail Impact Study to determine just how much use local trails get and how they shape the economy./Photo by Jennaye Derge

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Trails 2000 to study economic impacts of trail usage in Southwest Colorado

by Tracy Chamberlin

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hat adds $28 billion to the Colorado economy and supports 229,000 jobs? Playing outside. In a recent study from the Outdoor Industry Association, or OIA, researchers learned the Centennial State earns $2 billion in tax revenue and $9.7 billion in wages and salaries from outdoor recreation annually.

Nationally, the industry supports 7.6 million jobs and is responsible for $887 billion in consumer spending, which is about 3 percent of the country’s GDP, or Gross Domestic Product.

Since more than a third of La Plata County is public land, supporting hundreds of miles of trails, and countless camping and river-running opportunities, it’s likely the Southwest part of the state contributes its fair share to those totals. But, just how much is a mystery.

It’s a mystery one local nonprofit is trying to solve.

Inspired by the OIA’s national and statewide surveys,

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What: Colorado Trail Work Weekend When: June 8-10 Where: Camping weekend to work on Trails 2000’s 19.1-mile adopted section of the Colorado Trail, from Champion Venture to Junction Creek.

For info.: info@trails2000.org or www.trails2000.org Trails 2000 began work this month on a Trail Impact Study across La Plata County to determine just how much use local trails get and how they shape the economy.

Mary Monroe Brown, executive director for Trails 2000, said the plan is to peel the OIA study down another layer and take a look at the impact outdoor recreation has locally on jobs, consumer spending and tax revenues.

“We want to mirror it on a regional level,” she added.

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When the numbers came out from the OIA, even Brown was a little surprised. “It’s approximately 3 percent of the GDP,” she added. “And, it takes into account all types of outdoor recreation users.”

The study, which came out in 2017, looked at 10 different broad activities like camping, fishing, hunting, snow sports, water sports, trail sports and off-roading. Within these broad categories, they broke it down even further. For example, trail sports included day hiking, backpacking, rock and ice climbing, running, horseback riding and mountaineering.

According to the OIA, this latest study is the largest and most comprehensive report of its kind.

The same can be said for what Trails 2000 is trying to accomplish. The nonprofit has never done a study like this before.

Volunteers will be stationed at trailheads all over the area, including Horse Gulch, Animas Mountain, Twin Buttes, Overend Mountain Park, Dalla Mountain Park, Coal Bank, 4

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When users come by, volunteers ask trail users for names and age, and also note day of the week, time of day, what each person is using the trail for and their zip code. If it’s an out-of-town zip code, the volunteers will also ask how many days they’re visiting. Data collection started a few weeks ago and will continue into the fall.

Brown said this kind of information is common to collect and useful in many ways – some of which they haven’t even discovered yet.

“There’s definitely a growth in trail usage, so this will be good information,” she added.

According to Brown, the trail impact study performed this year will be the first step to finding out just how much of an impact trail systems have on the area. The second step will be a broader, follow-up study next year, taking time in the off season to organize and analyze the information.

Explaining the usefulness of a trail system – not just economically, but the benefit to the health and well-being of a community – isn’t easy, according to Brown.

After all, trails aren’t just for enjoying outdoor recreation, they serve as portals to other outdoor activities.

When someone goes outside, no matter what the destination or activity, they are more than likely going to use a trail, Brown said. People take trails to get to the river, to the wilderness, to the beach. They use them to hike, bike or go horseback riding.

Breaking down trail use into statistical terms often helps people understand how they impact a community and its visitors.

“It is apparent in Durango that people use and love our trails,” Brown said in a press release. “The results (of this impact study) will help demonstrate the benefits of outdoor recreation on the health and well-being of locals and

By the numbers The outdoor recreation economy in Colorado generates: • 229,000 jobs • $9.7 billion in wages and salaries • $28 billion in consumer spending • $2 billion in state and local tax revenue - Source: Outdoor Industry Association

This year’s trail impact study is just the first step. The second step will be a broader, followup study next year./Photo by Jennaye Derge tourists, as well as the impact on our local and state tourism economies.”

Brown said often times, people are talking about how Americans aren’t healthy and aren’t getting outside. But that’s just not the case.

The OIA study found people in the U.S. actually spend more money on gear for trail sports, like hiking and climbing, than they do on home entertainment, $20 billion and $18 billion respectively. In addition, more people enjoy outdoor recreation than attend professional sports games.

The number of people who showed up to watch NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL games – combined – is about 134 mil-

lion per year. The number of people who headed outside to have fun is 145 million.

“When you look at these numbers, people are getting outside,” Brown said. “The next step is to encourage stewardship of these lands.” n When Trails 2000 said it needed volunteers for its Trail Impact Study, the response was overwhelming, according to Mary Monroe Brown, executive director for Trails 2000. The group has had enough interest to fill all volunteer spots through July, but more volunteers will be needed for August and into the fall. Look for those schedules in coming weeks at www.trails2000.org.

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Getting off on the right foot

Locally founded nonprofit seeks to better the world, one disc at a time

by Missy Votel

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orn from the social upheaval of the late ’60s, ultimate frisbee, with its revolutionary tenets of equality and self-governance, forever changed the landscape of organized team sports. But can this free-wheeling pastime, long the domain of tie-dyed college kids with a healthy distrust of authority, change the world?

Trent Simmons thinks so. Simmons, an avid ultimate player and former Durango resident who now lives in Switzerland, is the founder of 10 Million Discs, an international youth-development nonprofit. Founded in 2014 while Simmons still lived in Durango, the organization’s mission is to use the “Spirit of the Game” (caps intentional, as ultimate players take this very seriously) to advance social and humanitarian causes while teaching conflict resolution, gender respect and personal accountability. He also sees it as a way to help groom the world’s future leaders by redefining the concept of winning (sorry, Charlie Sheen).

For the uninitiated, ultimate (which for the most part has dropped the “frisbee” part in favor of “disc” over trademark issues with Wham-O) is the definition of social justice in motion. There are no referees, with players responsible for amicably working out their differences and transgressions in a civilized fashion. Teams are made up of men and women, with no real “positions” other than offense and defense. Body contact is out of the question and personal fouls are seriously frowned upon.

The name “10 Million Discs” obviously comes from Simmons’ vision for the future, with ultimate as a fun, easy-tolearn vehicle for imparting the game’s higher ideals. “What would the world look like if we could get 10 million discs into the hands of kids and people around the world?” he hypothesized. “If we can introduce these qualities in future leaders, the world would become a better place.”

But why ultimate, and not, say, soccer or tiddlywinks.

Well, for starters, there’s the jazziness factor – or lack thereof. Plastic discs are light, cheap, portable and easily slogan-izable for the occasion. All that’s needed to get a little pick-up going is an empty lot or field and 10 or 12 volunteers (even shoes are optional). Rules are easy: get your disc in the opposing end zone; no running with the disc; and when holding the disc, a player must keep one foot planted at all times (the rest is open to interpretation, so get creative.)

And, unlike soccer, which is considered a “boys” sport in many parts of the world (heck it’s even segregated here in the great U.S. of A) ultimate is open to all. This is why Simmons has focused his outreach efforts on countries such as Afghanistan (he is awaiting word on a grant to go there) where womens and girls rights are, shall we say, lacking.

“It’s all about empowerment and personal accountability.

A lot of societies don’t have equal rights, but when they get on the field, they are equals,” said Simmons, who, incidentally, is a former soccer player.

Ultimate also has other virtues that extend off the field beyond being able to wow your friends with your mad disc skills at the next barbecue. In the utmost show of sportspersonship, players are tasked with spotting and calling out violations, particularly their own.

“Hopefully, if they spot a violation on the field this will lead them to spot them off the field as well,” Simmons said of the game’s prospective new adherents.

Then there’s that little thing about cheating. Let’s face it, in many refereed sports, as the saying goes, “It’s not a penalty if the ref doesn’t see it.” Simmons feels this is a backwards way of teaching kids it’s not only OK to cheat, but in fact part of the game. He’d like to change that paradigm. “It’ easy to justify that behavior as ‘It’s just the way the game is played,’” he said. “But teaching kids how to bend or break the rules

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Durango player Melissa May, in blue, defends against a player from Albuquerque at last weekend’s Durango Invitational at Riverview./ Photo by Jennaye Derge. might not be the best for society.”

Speaking of breaking things, Simmons said perhaps the best part of ultimate is that it’s a great way to break the ice.

And get kids active and breathing that highly beneficial, mother-recommended fresh air. “It’s a very physical game,” he said.

So just how close is Simmons to his goal, one may wonder? Well, although he’s not keeping count, he has so far infiltrated his adopted country of Switzerland as well as Belgium, Germany, Tunisia and Botswana. He’s also reached out to kids in the once-war torn Balkan states of Hungary, Bosnia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Croatia and Bulgaria.

“That’s why we focused on that region, there’s so much bad blood,” said Simmons. “These young kids, they’re ready to move on. They just need an opportunity to do so.”

Closer to home, ultimate is making inroads as well. Just last weekend, Simmons hosted the ninth annual Durango Invitational at Riverview Sports Complex. The tournament, a fund-raiser for 10 Million Discs, drew six teams from throughout the region. There is also an active core of 20-30 players at Animas High School, where ultimate is part of gym class, and Durango High School has tentatively approved a new ultimate club for next school year.

The sport is also making a ripple on the international scene, in 2015 becoming the first sport without referees to be officially recognized by the IOC. While “on the bubble” for the 2024 Paris Summer Games, Simmons believes it’s practically a shoe-in for Los Angeles in ’28.

“It’s almost guaranteed since it’s a U.S. sport,” he said.

Despite ultimate’s spread, Simmons said occasionally he’ll come across someone who just can’t seem to wrap his or her head around the concept. To them, he concedes there are plenty of other organized team sports out there. But usually, that line of thinking only makes this self-described “full-time volunteer” want to work harder. “When I hear, ‘That won’t work,’ it usually indicates we need to at least try.”

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A new spin: the not so complete history of ultimate Before there was the Summer of Love, there was the Summer of Ultimate. According to lore, ultimate frisbee was officially christened in 1968 by students at Columbia High School in Maplewood, N.J. But they weren’t the first to use discs for something other than playing fetch with their dogs.

Apparently, the origins of the game date back to the 1940s before the dawn of plastic, when enterprising students at Amherst College tossed around pie tins for sport. In 1965, under Amherst student Jared Kass and others, the game evolved, using a plastic Frisbee and incorporating concepts from football, basketball and soccer. This game had some of the basics of modern ultimate including scoring by passing over a goal line, advancing the disc by passing, no travelling with the disc, and turnovers on interception or incomplete pass.

A few years later, as a summer camp counselor, Kass taught the game to a camper. He, in turn, passed the game onto his friends at Columbia High School, where the first game was played between students in 1968.

The rest, as they probably don’t say, is disc-ory. Eventually, the game spread to other schools and colleges on the Eastern seaboard. In 1975, it debuted out West at the World Frisbee Championships at the Rose Bowl.

“I just remember one time running for a pass and leaping up in the air and just feeling the Frisbee making it into my hand and feeling the perfect synchrony and the joy of the moment, and as I landed I said to myself, ‘This is the ultimate game. This is the ultimate game,’”Kass recalled in 2003.

(Thank you, Wikipedia)

MountainTownNews Tahoe’s Jeff Davis peak may be renamed MARKLEEVILLE, Calif. – Locally elected officials have recommended that a volcanic plug near Lake Tahoe named after a famous Confederate leader in the Civil War be renamed with a phrase used by the indigenous Washoe tribe.

The 9,065-foot-high Jeff Davis Peak honors the president of the Confederate States from 1861-65. That area of the Sierra Nevada had drawn silver miners, many of them Southern sympathizers.

Summitpost.org describes the mountain as “little known and rarely climbed” but “unquestionably the most impressive summit in the Lake Tahoe area.” Even by its easiest route, the plug is an “interesting, airy and occasionally spicy class-4 scramble.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that elected officials in Alpine County have recommended the peak be renamed “Da-Ek Dow Goet,” a named proposed by the local Washoe tribe. The name in their language means “saddle between points.”

The newspaper says that an insurance salesman and history buff from San Rafael, a city in the Bay Area, proposed the Confederate leader’s name be removed. As a replacement, he recommended the name of a businessman responsible for stringing the first telegraph wire over the Sierra Nevada. Local officials instead solicited advice of the Washoe.

The U.S. Board on Geographical Names has final say. But support of local county commissioners for the tribe-proposed name makes it more likely to be approved, the Chronicle observed.

Alpine County also recommended the board change the name of Squaw Ridge, near the Kirkwood Ski Resort.

So far, there seems to be no movement to rename Pickett Peak, another geographic feature near Lake Tahoe named after a Confederate general. However, another Jeff Davis Peak – this one in eastern Nevada’s Great Basin National Park – also sparked a renaming effort.

In that case, the proposal to rename it after an escaped South Carolina slave was rejected by the federal agency.

Jackson works on plastic bag ban JACKSON, Wyo. – Elected officials in Jackson have decided that it’s time to crimp the distribution of single-use plastic bags. Still to be decided is exactly how the crimping will be done.

“As a community, we pride ourselves on being a leader in mountain towns and try to set a good example, but we are slacking on this,” Ashley Watson told the Jackson Town Council last week. “I think we can do better and make a difference if we start with plastic bags and move to straws, forks, Styrofoam and really make our community a leader in this situation.”

Watson owns a home-grocery delivery business called Mountains of Groceries. She says she was among about 10 people who began connecting within the last year about their common desire to substantially remove the presence of disposable plastic.

As a destination, says Watson, Jackson needs to set an example.

“People come to us from all over the place, and maybe they’ll be impacted by what we’ve done and they’ll take (the idea) home.”

The Jackson Town Council first considered a bag ban in 2011, soon after California and Colorado towns and cities began taking up the matter. But the town’s mayor, Mark Barron, frowned on what he considered too much government intrusion into the affairs of businesses.

Other ski towns have adopted a variety of bans and fees. The most restrictive apply not just to grocery stores, but to all retailers.

In Jackson, that’s the preference of Watson. “I don’t think it’s fair to single out one type of store when all plastic is causing the problem,” she said.

A survey of the town’s largest merchants by a city employee showed both support and at least mild opposition. Albertson’s, the largest grocery store, already has a robust recycling program of plastic bags and aids the local community recycling program. Local bags get transported to Salt Lake City and eventually to Nevada for manufacture as plastic wood.

Even when people do collect them, plastic bags have limited use, according to a memo by Johnny Ziem, of the town’s public works department. Plastic bags are inherently contaminated with liquids, paper receipts and food items such as onion skins, he said. “Therefore, the number of plastic bags that can be recycled is limited by contamination of the bags themselves.”

The Environmental Protection Agency in 2015 found that 9 percent of all plastic bags were recycled, 12 percent were incinerated,

and the remaining 79 percent ended up in landfills.

Or, as the Jackson Hole New&Guide noted, they end up in oceans.

In early May, a plastic bag was found by researchers at the bottom of the Marianna Trench, 36,000 feet beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean. A World Economic Forum report recently found that the world’s oceans could have more plastic by weight than fish by 2050.

What fish swim in now is ending up in the fish – and in humans.

The Los Angeles Times notes a recent study by the University of California-Davis of seafood sold at markets in Half Moon Bay, between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Researchers found that one-quarter of fish and one-third of shellfish contained plastic debris.

California now has a state-wide ban on plastic bags. The number of plastic bags collected on the most recent annual Coastal Cleanup day dropped by more than 60 percent compared to 2010, notes the LA Times.

In Colorado, Telluride took action in 2011, followed by Aspen, Carbondale, and Boulder, then Breckenridge, Vail and, most recently, Avon. Crested Butte adopted a ban in 2016 that will take effect in September 2018. Park City, Utah, also has a plastic bag ban.

Park City gets federal trademark for seal PARK CITY, Utah – Municipal officials in Park City have secured a federal trademark for the municipal seal. Officials also have been seeking a trademark for the municipal seal as it relates to clothing and outerwear like jackets, shirts, hats and sweats.

The applications, explains The Park Record, were filed shortly after a dispute with Vail Resorts was resolved. The ski company had attempted to trademark the name “Park City” as it relates to the mountain resort. The ski company explained it was attempting to secure a trademark only to block another resort from using the name.

That argument fell short in Park City, where demonstrators took to the streets with signs to object. At length, the company retreated.

The seal now trademarked by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office gets used frequently for municipal business. It includes the name of the community and 1884, the year of incorporation. The seal can be found on documents as well as municipal garages and other infrastructure.

The dispute involving Vail Resorts promoted other businesses and notprofit organizations to also file for trademarks. Among them were Park City Coffee Roaster and the Park City Film Series.

A time for beer, polka & a 21-gun salute CRESTED BUTTE – On Memorial Day, explains Mark Reaman, editor of the Crested Butte News, his town has a different feel. It’s then that the old-timers or their descendants return, those who were in Crested Butte when it was a mining town, not a ski town.

That shift occurred in the 1960s.

“Veterans from the old Crested Butte families will squeeze into their old military uniforms” and “greet their old friends, reminisce about the previous year and chat about their old stomping grounds that are now the site of million-dollar houses.”

Writing in advance of the holiday, he predicted a Catholic mass at the cemetery in the morning following by a 21-gun salute and then a potluck. Then later in the afternoon would be a polka.

“There you will be taken back to a simpler time in Crested Butte.

No one will be talking about increasing visitor numbers or appropriate density. The afternoon will be full of solid people, beer and dancing,” he wrote.

They will not, he added, complain about changes in Crested Butte, having long ago accepted that their town is a different town than the one it was when they or their parents labored in the local coal mine.

Drought has tight grip on the Southwest SANTA FE, N.M. – Burgundy, maroon and other colors of distress continue to spread on maps of drought in the American Southwest.

Telluride and Durango are in the distressed splotch of maroon.

In New Mexico, so is Taos and other communities along the Rio Grande as it flows toward Santa Fe. the river is carrying only onesixth its average springtime flow.

“The river should be in runoff, but it’s really, really low,” orchardist Danny Farrara told the Santa Fe New Mexican. “Old-timers say they have never seen the Rio Grande completely dry up, but it might.”

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Going big DAC’s national Juried Show offers uncommon depth and breadth

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t’s rare that local art lovers get to see shows of a national scope and skill as that of the Durango Arts Center’s annual Juried Art Exhibit. Starting this Friday, gracing the walls and pedestals of the Barbara Conrad Gallery will be a range of diverse works in a variety of mediums. Featuring 41 artists from 11 states – 18 from the Four Corners – the exhibit is truly impressive in scope. Perhaps even more impressive was the job of whittling down the 291 entries to 50, which was the task of juror Josie Lopez, of Albuquerque.

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What: DAC’s 42nd Juried Art Exhibit When: June 1-30; opening reception and awards 5-7 p.m., Fri., June 1 Where: Durango Arts Center, 802 2nd Ave. Lopez is the curator of 516ARTS, a nonprofit, contemporary gallery in downtown Albuquerque.

“When I’m considering a juror, I want them to have a very well-rounded knowledge of contemporary art themes and a broad knowledge of

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mediums,” DAC Exhibits Director Peter Hay said of his choice. “I have a ton of respect for 516ARTS and all they have accomplished.”

In addition to offering her jury duties, Lopez is also holding portfolio reviews for local artists. Hay said he was grateful Lopez agreed to perform this added service. “Not all would agree to that,” he said.

“It is something I very much value when bringing in an outside juror. (Portfolio reviews) provide a chance for our local artists to talk about their work and receive feedback from someone who is completely unbiased and very knowledgeable.” 4

In discussing the portfolio reviews Lopez said, “I think this is a valuable process and contributes to providing (artists) not only the opportunity to show work, but to work through how an audience is experiencing them.”

And speaking of audiences, Hay is optimistic the show will appeal to a wide variety of people, with entries ranging from video and large-scale mixed-media assemblages to paintings, drawings, prints, metal and fiber art, photography and encaustic. “Nearly anyone can walk in and find something that they like or that catches their attention,” he said.

The show’s works are consistently high in quality and execution. Arguably, however, taste in art is personal, begging the age-old question: how does a juror choose work for a show without bias of one kind or another?

“Is that a trick question?” Lopez quipped when asked.

She admitted that the jury process is always somewhat subjective, but ultimately, it is about how the elements come together as a composition. She begins with basic elements of art and then thinks about how artists are engaging with the body, time, place or space.

“We all have our own personal tastes and biases. I think the most important thing is to be aware of those biases and try to avoid acting on them,” she said. “I think that is where technical criteria keep me honest.”

With so many entries to cull through, Lopez developed an evaluation process, weighting the artwork on a scale of tech-

nical merit. She did not read artist statements until narrowing the choices down.

“I created a spreadsheet with a scoring system that considered technical elements based on the media, including composition, value, contrast and technique. These components can be looked at fairly objectively,” she said.

To view so much art in person would be logistically impossible – if not extremely difficult. As a result, Lopez evaluated the work digitally. She is apologetic about the process and acknowledges it creates challenges of its own. “Unfortunately, with an online submission, poor images can actually make a big difference,” she said. “When it comes to judging painting, it is difficult to see the quality of brush strokes and in other works, the nuances in color and line. Scale is also a challenge. I think the impact of some multi-media work can be lost in reproductive images.”

At Friday evening’s opening reception, Lopez will have the honor of presenting cash awards for Best in Show ($400); Second Place ($200); and Third Place ($100).

Many of the artists appearing in the show are well known to Durango art enthusiasts. One such artist is Anna Wilson, whose black-and-white photograph “Magic Kingdom in the Badlands” is reminiscent of Ansel Adams’ exquisitely detailed silver prints.

Local artist Rebecca Koeppen is another familiar name. She entered a large, beautifully executed pastel, “Breakfast Cleanup,” while another outstanding landscape

by Milt Beens demonstrates his finesse with a pallet knife on a canvas titled “Last

An “Environmental Recipe Box” with hand-made paper and messages by local artist Mary Ellen Long./ Photo by Jennaye Derge Snows.” Semi-abstract in style, it invites the viewer to linger and experience the color and reflection of the scene.

Environmental artist and Durango treasure, Mary Ellen Long, has two pieces in the show. One is a wooden recipe box containing numerous “recipes” for saving the planet. Each recipe is written on handmade, decorated paper. And local sculptor Jeff Glode Wise’s tall, black metal sculpture is a curious mixture of kinetic art and whimsy that is ingeniously designed.

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artist Luba Zygrewicz, a Chilean-Ukranian artist who now lives in Louisiana. Her piece, “Nesting Flight Upon a Thousand Wishes,” is remarkable for its materials, as well as its sculptural form created from empty tea bags, ink, paper and hand-written wishes.

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Turnip-ing salad on its head

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he words “salad” and “turnip” rarely appear in the same sentence, much less the same room at the same time. That dense, pungent root, which must be cooked to be rendered edible, is a winter storage crop, the one you eat when all the potatoes and carrots are gone from the root cellar. A salad of mild leafy greens is the antithesis, in terms of flavor, season and plant parts, from the spicy white roots known as turnips. But a “salad turnip” does exist, and it is so sweet, tender and crispy that it contradicts the notion that a salad turnip is a contradiction.

Most shoppers have never had the opportunity to buy this subterranean unicorn, even after it’s been harvested.

Unless you shop at the farmers market, have a CSA membership, eat at locavore restaurants or are otherwise connected to the small farm scene, you’ll not cross paths with the hakurei turnip, as the Japanese variety is called.

It’s pronounced “Hacker Eye,” which is appropriate, because once I brought my first bunch home and began the most cursory of explorations, I was hooked. Next time I hit market I had my Hakurei Eyes on, and I saw those overgrown pearls wherever I looked.

Also known as the Tokyo Turnip, the hakurei has yet to debut in supermarkets, at least according to my wellplaced sources in all of the important places. But in the farmy trenches, word has travelled quickly along the farmer-to-farmer information superhighway. Their deliciousness, versatility, beauty, cold tolerance, quick life cycle and other favorable growth traits reward all who seek them out.

Hakurei translates to “esteemed companion,” a name that, like “salad turnip,” is entirely appropriate. The en-

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tire plant is edible, from green tip to root tip. You can do anything you want to a hakurei, including nothing. Raw and unpeeled, with just the spindly root part cut off, it’s ready to go. Just bite into it like a piece of ripe fruit.

Sweet and juicy, yet crisp, hakurei is like jicama, but less starchy, and like kohlrabi, but without the armor.

The seeds can be planted all summer long, and into the fall. Last year about this time, all of the seed was out of stock thanks to a crop failure from the farm that supplies seed to Johnny’s Seeds, in Fairfield, Maine. Johnny’s was the earliest adopter, among seed companies, of hakurei on this side of the big pond, and remains the biggest retailer of the seed.

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by Sam(antha) Burns, who answered the phone at Johnny’s. A farmer herself, Burns is a grower of hakurei.

(Or at least, she was and will be; this year her farm, Runamuk Acres, is in transit from rented land to new digs in New Portland, ME.) She said that many vendors, including herself, sell hakurei at the Madison farmers market, and are a major hit with the locals. But, she confirmed, they haven’t made the jump to retail stores.

I get a seafood feeling from hakurei. Maybe it’s because they look like diver scallops, or because they are delicious sautéed in garlic butter with a squeeze of lemon. I asked Burns if she knew of any good seafood recipes with hakurei. “I can’t afford to eat seafood,” she said matter of factly. “I’ve been saving up for this farm.”

It may not be fresh from Maine, but oyster and fish sauce can be thrifty alternative. Hakurei sauteed in oil with garlic, soy sauce, and either sauce makes a great dish.

Like fish, hakurei also does well in acid. Sliced and submerged in lime or vinegar, you’ll have pickled hakurei within the hour. The slices will keep pickling in your

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fridge for as long as you can refrain from eating them.

Which brings us to the recipe for hakurei ceviche, a juicy, crunchy and filling summertime dish.

Hakurei Ceviche Bonafide ocean creatures can be omitted, as hakurei can hold its own as the main event. If you do use seafood, white flesh like Pacific cod, halibut, scallops, tilapia or walleye works well. All fish used in ceviche must be frozen to -4F for seven days in order to kill any of the parasites it may harbor. Allow it to thaw to a point where the fish is soft enough to cut, but still hard enough that it won’t squish down when you push the knife through.

Citrus, by contrast, is nonnegotiable. I like a mix of lemon, lime and grapefruit. Squeeze the juice into a bowl and screen out the seeds. You want a cup and a half of citrus juice per pound of fish. Combine the citrus and fish slices. They should be completely submerged. Marinate for at least 30 minutes in the fridge.

Meanwhile, for that pound of sliced fish, add: • Half a medium onion, sliced thinly end to end • 3-6 trimmed hakurei depending on their size and your tastes, sliced end to end • Optional additions: cut tomatoes, minced Thai-style red chile peppers, fish sauce Add the onion, hakurei and any of the extras to the fish. Toss, and season with salt and pepper to taste. Garnish with chopped parsley or cilantro.

This is a recipe built on layers of redundancy. Multiple acids, including three kinds of citrus and tomato. Both fish and fish sauce. And two kinds of juicy white root, both of which have sweet and spicy notes. The hakurei, having been added and stirred in right before serving, maintains a crisp that distinguishes it from the other white ingredients swimming in the bowl.

This is a refreshing, satisfying dish that will make you sweat as much as you dare add chili. Served on greens, perhaps mortared together with mayo—the other other white meat – it will fill you up as it washes down the greens.

As for the hakurei greens, I prefer them cooked. I use them in fried rice, saag paneer, collards, and the like.

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Festival frenzy, Firkin Friday and Flashback

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oats, brews and bands make up this week’s entertainment here in the Southwest. The 35th annual Animas River Days takes place Saturday at Santa Rita Park/Whitewater Park in Durango, with such highlights as slaloms for kayak, canoe and raft, boatercross, SURF/SUP competitions and, of course, the river parade. The latter features a riverside DJ set by Posh Josh. Ska Brewing and Toast Mobile Lounge will be serving adult beverages starting at noon. Find a complete The Yawpers don’t play the San schedule at animasriverJuan Brewfest till Aug. 25, but days.com. if you want to see them, you The 15th annual Dobetter get your tickets now. lores River Festival takes place all day long Saturday at Joe Rowell Park in Dolores. This year’s lineup is heavy on local and regional bands, including Liver Down the River, Buster’s Ghost, The Crags, Elmore’s Corner, Niceness and Hurricane Jake’s One Man Band.

Headlining the whole affair is Hollis Brown, an American rock & roll band named after a Bob Dylan song. With roots in Brooklyn, Cleveland and St. Louis, the group has shot into national acclaim through three full-length albums, and EP, and a collaboration with Americana singer/songwriter Nikki Lane.

The festival is much more than simply music. It’s a celebration of the Dolores River, with rafting, river dog competition and more. It is hosted by Greater Dolores Action, a nonprofit organization that generates a sustainable funding source for implementing scientific, restoration and stewardship projects for the Dolores River. It’s also a rare pooch-friendly festival. Well-behaved and leashed dogs are welcome and dog bowls are available for hydrating your mutt.

The Animas City Theatre hosts the 16th annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival at 5 p.m. tonight (Thurs., May 31). Animas River Days and San Juan Citizens Alliance present the event, which celebrates the Animas River and the 50-year anniversary of the Wild & Scenic Rivers Act with films, prizes, food and drink.

Another month has rolled by, meaning it’s time for another Firkin Friday at Steamworks. This month is Ameri-Ken Ginger Warrior, which gets tapped at 3 p.m. Friday. Ameri-Ken is based in Steamworks’ popular Colorado Kölsch, a light and crisp ale that features a hint of fruitiness. “We’ve then made a tea of some great healthy components: green tea, ginger, lemongrass and lemon peel and zest,” Director of Brewing Ken Martin said.

“The result should be a blend of equal parts of all those ingredients with no one ingredient taking center stage, but rather a satisfying concoction of subtleties.” Because of the green tea, the beer actually does contain some caffeine.

It’s never too early to get San Juan Brewfest tickets. The 20th annual event, slated for Aug. 25 in Buckley Park, will go on sale at 10 a.m. this Friday at sanjuanbrewfest.com. Billed as the largest beer festival in the Four Corners, San Juan Brewfest will feature 51 breweries from throughout the country, as well as all six of Durango’s breweries. The musical headliner is one of my favorite up-and-coming alt-country bands, the Yawpers, who blend punk energy with high-test twang. “We’ve sold out four years in a row, so we’re trying to encourage folks to not wait until the day of the event,” said Tim Walsworth, executive director of

the Durango Business Improvement District (BID), which is assisting in the event coordination. Proceeds benefit the United way of Southwest Colorado. Three ticket types are available: VIP ($75), General Admission ($35) and Designated Driver ($20). The event is a 21-and-older affair, and nobody under 21 – including infants – will be admitted. Dogs are also strictly taboo at Brewfest.

Speaking of beerfests, the 2018 Colorado Burning Can Fest at the Lyons Outdoor Games takes place this Friday and Saturday in Lyons. The event combines adventure, beer, music and camping, nestled at the base of the Rocky Mountains in a natural playground for runners, riders, kayakers, dogs and climbers. Over 70 craft breweries and 250 beers will be on tap. Saturday night’s three-band affair is headlined by altcountry pioneers Son Volt, with the Sheepdogs and Mo Lowda & the Humble also on the bill.

Down in the Land of Enchantment, all the hippie tribes are gathering for Music on the Mothership Friday through Sunday on the grounds of Taos Mesa Brewing and Hotel Luna Mystica, 8 miles from the town of Taos. The event features a veritable Who’s Who of the jam band universe, including moe., Railroad Earth, the Infamous Stringdusters, Fruition, and Melvin Seals & JGB. The undercard features a lot of artists familiar to local bluegrass and jam fans, including the Lil Smokies, Rapidgrass and our own Liver Down the River.

If you’re one of those luddites who still likes purchasing tickets the old-fashioned way, take note of the Community Concert Hall’s new hours of operations for its downtown ticket office at the corner of 8th & Main. Starting Monday, the new hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 12 noon - 6 p.m. The oncampus box office will continue to be open on the day of show, one hour prior to performance time through intermission. “Since my arrival in 2009, our online ticket sales have grown from about 25 percent to almost 90 percent of our total sales,” concert Hall Director Charles Leslie said. “In our busy world, the convenience of being able to purchase tickets 24 hours a day, seven days a week online is now clearly preferred by our patrons.”

The best thing I’ve heard this week is the debut record from Flashback, a new bluegrass supergroup that features four seasoned festival and recording veterans. Don Rigsby (mandolin), Richard Bennett (guitar), Curt Chapman (bass) and Stuart Wyrick (banjo) are past members of J.D. Crowe & the New South, Longview and the Lonesome River Band, among others.

Pinecastle Records – a traditional bluegrass label that formed in 1989 and has been home to such acts as Dale Ann Bradley, BlueRidge, Jesse McReynolds and Special Consensus – released the project, giving it immediate street cred with fans of that high and lonesome sound. Titled “Denver Snow” after one of Bennett’s contributions, it mixes original material with covers of traditional bluegrass fare by the Osborne Brothers and Larry Rice. Highlights include Flashback’s take on Jimmie Buchanan’s “Moonshine,” Bill Emerson’s “Cowboys and Indians” and Don Robertson’s “Born to Be With You.” It’s an old-time bluegrass throwdown.

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Thursday31 Yoga Flow, 8 a.m., Pine River Library.

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

Here to Hear: Office Hour with Councilor Dick White, 9-10 a.m., Steaming Bean, downstairs at The Irish Embassy, 900 Main Ave. Baby Meetup, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Columbine House at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 419 San Juan Dr. Little Readers Storytime, 10 a.m., Pine River Library.

Friday01 Durango Blues Train, June 1-2, Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. www.durangotrain.com.

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

16th annual Adopt-A-Thon, hosted by the La Plata County Humane Society, 8 a.m.-8 p.m., event also runs June 2, Humane Society, 1111 S. Camino del Rio. 2592847.

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

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

Free education to those with prediabetes, 9-11 a.m., Medical Office Building at Mercy Regional Medical Center, Suite 140. Register at 764-3415.

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

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

Kidz Klub, after-school activities, 4-5 p.m., Ignacio Community Library.

Caregiver Cafe, 10 a.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield. 884-2222.

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

Open Art Studio, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Ignacio Community Library. 563-9287.

Smiley Building’s 20th Anniversary Open House and Celebration, featuring tours, performances, live music, refreshments and more, 4-7 p.m., Smiley Building, 1309 E. 3rd Ave. www.smileybuilding.com.

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

Ska-B-Q with Leah Orlikowski, 5-8 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St. Lacey Black performs, 5-9 p.m., Durango Brewing Co., 3000 Main Ave. 247-3396.

NOVA’s “Decoding the Weather Machine” screening, discussion to follow, 5:30 p.m., Ignacio Community Library.

16th annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival & Animas River Days Kickoff Party, 6 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Dr. www.animascitytheatre.com or www.animasriverdays.com.

Sitting Meditation, 5:30-6:15 p.m., Durango Dharma Center, 1800 E. 3rd Ave. 764-8070 or durangodharmacenter.org.

“What’s New and True: An Explanation of the Election Process in La Plata County,” hosted by the League of Women Voters, 6 p.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield. 884-2222.

DDAT performs, 7 p.m., Sunflower Theatre in Cortez. www.sunflowertheatre.org.

Open Mic & Stand-Up Comedy, 8 p.m., El Rancho Tavern, 975 Main Ave. Karaoke with Crazy Charlie, 8 p.m.-close, Wild Horse Saloon, 601 E. 2nd Ave. Thursday Night Funk Jam, 9 p.m.-midnight, Moe’s, 937 Main Ave.

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Firkin Fridays, featuring “Ameri-Ken Ginger Warrior” on tap, 3 p.m., Steamworks Brewing Co., 801 E. 2nd Ave. 259-9200.

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

42 annual Juried Art Exhibit, reception and awards, 5-7 p.m., exhibit runs thru June 30, Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave. www.durangoarts.org. nd

The Jeff Solon Jazz Trio performs, 6:30-9 p.m., 11th Street Station, 1101 Main Ave. Disco Night, 6:30-9 p.m., Chapman Hill Skate Rink. www.durangogov.org.

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

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

Karaoke and dance with Mr. Soul, 8 p.m.-midnight, Blondies in Cortez.

DJ Noonz, 8 p.m.-close, Moe’s, 937 Main Ave. The Chills perform, 8:30 p.m., The Billy Goat Saloon in Gem Village.

Saturday02 Summer Reading Programs, for children, teens and adults, thru July 28, Durango Public Library. 375-3380 or www.durangopubliclibrary.org.

Accessorize Me Sale, proceeds to benefit Durango

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Friends of the Arts, 8-10 a.m., Edgemont Ranch, 81 Culebra Circle.

Durango Farmers Market, featuring live music from Hal and Mel, 8 a.m.-noon, First National Bank parking lot, 259 W. 9th St. www.durangofarmersmarket.com.

35th annual Animas River Days, all-day events include kayak and canoe slalom, junior freestyle, inflatable rodeo, boatercross, SURF/SUP competition, parade viewing party and more, events begin 8:30 a.m., river parade 6 p.m., Santa Rita and Whitewater Park. www.animasriverdays.com.

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

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

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

“Libraries Rock!” Kickoff Party, start to the summer reading program featuring games, snacks and crafts, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Durango Public Library. 375-3380.

The Wild Rose Gang performs, 1-4 p.m., Purgy’s Patio at Purgatory Resort. www.purgatoryresort.com.

Picker’s Circle, all skills levels welcome, 3-5 p.m., White Rabbit Books & Curiosities, 128 W. 14th St. 2592213.

Kirk James performs, 6 p.m., Seven Rivers Steakhouse at Sky Ute Casino in Ignacio.

Movie Night for Teens, 7-10 p.m., Mancos Public Library. 533-7600.

Beth Lee & The Breakups perform, 8 p.m., Blondies in Cortez. 739-4944.

Comedy Cocktail open mic stand up, 8 p.m., Eno Wine Bar, 723 E. 2nd Ave. DJ Noonz, 8 p.m.-close, Moe’s, 937 Main Ave. Late Night Dance Party, part of the 35th annual Animas River Days, 10 p.m., El Rancho Tavern, 975 Main Ave. www.animasriverdays.com.

Sunday03 Help for Health First and CHP+, sponsored by San Juan Basin Health, 9:30 a.m.-noon, Durango Public Library.

Henry Stoy performs, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Jean-Pierre Café, 601 Main Ave. 570-650-5982. #WearOrange Rally, gathering to honor victims and survivors of gun violence and promote gun safety, 2 p.m., Buckley Park. www.indivisibledurango.co.

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

The Wild Rose Gang performs, 4-7 p.m., Wines4

Tristan’s Stained Glass Specializing in repairs, custom orders.

Sheet glass and art glass supplies. 970- 4032011.

Inflatable Kayak Fleet!

Like new 50% off - $499+ only used 1-2 times. GravityPlay.com - 970-403-5320.

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

Reruns Home Furnishings We’ve got you covered for patio season with tables, chairs, bistros, umbrellas, patio rug, lanterns, garden pots, tablecloths & yard art. Cool indoor furniture, too - retro record cabinet, dressers & kitchenware. 572 E. 6th Ave. 385-7336.

RoomateWanted Male Only, In-Town Clean, quiet. No smokers, pets, partiers. $550 including utilities, plus deposit. 970759-0551.

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CommercialForRent Office Suite Available Southeast corner, 8th and Main, 2nd floor, 21’ by 13’ windows, waiting room.

Call Joanie, 970-759-6606 for more info

CommunityService Crow Canyon, Mesa Verde Offer Development Program for Teachers The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center and Mesa Verde National Park are teaming up to offer an exciting two-day professional development opportunity exclusively for teachers in the Four Corners region. Participants in the program will receive a $100 per day stipend, and have the opportunity to earn continuing education units. All Four Corners-area educators who service grades 3-8 (including special area teachers) are encouraged to apply. The scheduled training dates are: 3rd-4th Grade: August 2-3; 5th-6th Grade: August 6-7; 7th-8th Grade: August 9-10. To register or get more info, contact Crow Canyon educator Cara McCain at cmccain@crowcanyon.org, or call 970-564-4387.

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Country Life, 2 BR 2 BA Home on quiet ranch near Navajo Lake. $1,025 + utils. 970-553-9332.

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

Cooking Matters seeks Volunteers Come learn more about how you can help fight hunger in Colorado! Or visit

co.cookingmatters.org/ways-you-can-help for more info. New Volunteer Training: June 25 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at 862 Main Ave, Suite 223.

PSA: Bear Smart Durango Seeking Steering Committee Members In response to increasing human and bear conflict, Bear Smart Durango is forming a Steering Committee that will be comprised of residents and stakeholders. This committee will help us to develop educational outreach, broaden our attractant removal programs, enhance and expand partner relationships, assist with area policy efforts and more. Time commitment would be a couple hours a month. If this is a way you can help, please email: bp@frontier.net.

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 $$

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Crossroads Coffee 1099 Main Ave., 970-903-9051 Crossroads coffee proudly serves locally roasted Fahrenheit coffee and delicious baked goods. Menu includes gluten-free items along with bullet-proof coffee, or bullet-proof chai! Come in for friendly service and the perfect buzz!

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11th Street Station 1101 Main Ave., 970-422-8482 www.11thstreetstation.com A culinary collective in the heart of Durango that offers five food trucks, a coffee shop, and a bar. Our food vendors offer everything from sushi to pizza. Come on down - there’s a little something for everyone!

Hours: Daily, 6 a.m. – 12 a.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 as the train goes by.

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

Monday04 Yogalates, 9 a.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield.

Help for Health First and CHP+, 9:30 a.m.-noon, Durango Public Library.

Jammin’ Juniors, 10 a.m., also Wed., Pine River Library in Bayfield.

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

Sitting Meditation and Talk, 5:30-7 p.m., Durango Dharma Center, 1800 E. 3rd Ave. 764-8070 or durangodharmacenter.org.

Democratic Primary Candidate Forum for Congressional District 3, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Durango Public Library.

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

Tuesday05 Yoga for All, 9 a.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield.

Zumba Gold, 9:30-10:15 a.m., La Plata Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave. Nature Tours at Purgatory, hosted by San Juan Mountains Association, 9:45 a.m.-noon, meet outside the ticket office, Purgatory Resort. 759-9113.

Little Readers Storytime, 10 a.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield.

Storytime, 10 a.m., Maria’s Bookshop, 960 Main Ave. Free Children’s Performances, featuring Katherine Dines and her award-winning music under the moniker Hunk-Ta-Bunk-Ta, 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., Durango Public Library. 375-3380.

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

533-7600.

The Club La Plata Democrats on the Move June Luncheon, presentation on “Climate Change in the San Juan Mountains and How it Relates to Drought” with Mountain Studies Institute’s Jeremy May, noon-1 p.m., Doubletree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio. theclubdems@gmail.com.

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

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

ARD returns with film fest and river events What: 35th annual Animas River Days When: Sat., June 2 Where: Santa Rita Park Info: www.animasriversdays.com The river may be low, but the good times are going to flow with another installment of Animas River Days. This year marks the 35th annual event, with slalom races, rodeo, boatercross, SUP and surf comps, inflatable rodeo and the ever-popular river parade. For those preferring to stay high and dry, the always-entertaining River Parade Viewing Party takes place at 6 p.m. at Santa Rita Park with music by DJ Posh Josh and beverages from Toast mobile lounge and Ska (both start serving at noon).

To kick things off, ARD will once again be hosting the “Wild and Scenic Film Festival” on at 6 p.m., Thurs., May 31, at Animas City Theater. This year’s selections include: • “A River’s Reckoning” - Paul Bruchez is a fifthgeneration rancher in the headwaters of the Colorado River, where he also runs a fly-fishing guide service. In 2002, severe drought devastated the Colorado River and his family’s ranching operations, while a simultaneous cancer diagnosis in the family challenged Paul and his younger brother Doug to grab the reins of the family business.

• “Wild Olympics” - Follow paddlers Adam and Susan Elliott as they kayak, fish, pack raft and explore the wild rivers of the Olympic Peninsula. The peninsula’s wild rivers provide clean water, world-class recreation and unmatched opportunities for inspiration and solitude as well as economic benefits to local communities and critical salmon habitat.

• “PROTECTED: A Wild & Scenic River Portrait” Take a ride with paddler, author and conservationist Tim Palmer on a canoe trip through the enchanting waters of Oregon’s Wild Rivers Coast, which has the highest concentration of National Wild & Scenic Rivers in the U.S. • “Chasing Wild: Journey Into the Sacred Headwaters” Three friends set off on bikepacking and packraft expedition – pedaling through boreal forest, paddling frigid whitewater and outrunning a grizzly – through northwestern British Columbia. The team’s goal is to understand what is at stake as a wave of new mines are developed across this remote corner of the province.

• “Granddad” - Every morning in the summer, Granddad rises at dawn to row twice around the lake. Join him on his morning meditation.

• “Nowhere” - Told by the lives that have been shaped by it, Nowhere is a film about the rugged heart of a wild place. It is the story of the hope and heartache of being drawn into a decades-long fight to protect backyard wildlands from nickel mine development in Southern Oregon’s South Kalmiopsis region.

• “The Elwha Undammed: What’s a River For?” The Elwha River in Port Angeles, Wash., is set for the largest dam removal in American history. A century ago, a businessman dammed the waters of the Klallam people where 100-pound salmon cast their shadows. Behind the dynamite and bulldozers is a saga of competing ideas about the purpose and meaning of a river.

Tickets for the film fest are on sale at 4Corners Riversports for $15, or $18 at the door.

Terry Rickard performs, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle, 699 Main Ave.

horse Saloon, 601 E. 2nd Ave., Suite C. salsadancedurango@gmail.com.

Rotary Club of Durango, 6 p.m., Strater Hotel. 3857899.

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

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

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

533-7600.

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

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

Salsa Classes and Social Dance Night, salsa classes begin, 6:30 p.m., free Salsa Night begins, 8 p.m., Wild-

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

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

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AskRachel Interesting fact: In 2017, 45 percent of Mother’s Day shoppers gave a gift card to Mum, and they spent a total of $2.5 billion to do so. Maybe babymaking is more lucrative than I suspected.

Dear Rachel, I can’t decide what to think about gift cards.

On the one hand, they make the perfect gift, because they take the guesswork out of gift-giving.

You can go get whatever you want with free money! On the other hand, they take all the heart and soul out of gift-giving. Someone didn’t even take the time to pay attention to what you want or need! Please tell me how I should feel on the subject.

– I Got Carded Dear Gift Horse, You should feel ashamed for even participating in the capitalist schema that requires us to purchase gifts with money for every occasion. Why do we even celebrate birthdays? It’s not like you did anything to facilitate your own birth, and you certainly didn’t keep yourself alive those first few formative decades. It’s time we take the money away from the gift card oligarchies and put it back where it belongs—inside greeting cards, mailed as cash.

– Many happy returns, Rachel Dear Rachel, I’m so sick and tired of paying rent in this town. I think I’m going to buy a condo. I mean,

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Morning Meditation, 8:30 a.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield. 884-2222.

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

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

563-9287.

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

there’s a lot to be said for building equity and other things that sound like adult things to do.

But I also kind of like not sharing walls with anyone, and being able to have a pet, and I think it’s weird to buy one unit out of a whole building. It’s just an apartment where you have to fix the leaky faucet yourself. Is there another option out there for a person like me?

– Renter to Owner Dear Home Owned, Sure, there’s another option. It’s called “living in Farmington.” When I put it like that, I bet a condo doesn’t sound so bad, huh?

– Suck it up, Rachel Dear Rachel, I’ve recently signed up for this newsletter that shows me deals on flights out of Durango.

Every now and again, there’s something ridiculous, like a flight to New York for $200 or Dublin for $500. But I’ve never pulled the trigger. Maybe I’m messed up from childhood, but I just expect that a deal too good to be true is actually too good to be true, and I’ll end up signing away my right foot or something. What’s wrong with me? Or is it them?

– Price Frozen Dear Hobbled, I can hardly fault you for getting gun shy around airlines, airfares, airplanes, air mail, air mattresses, Air Jor-

dans or anything else that makes you think of getting screwed by baggage fees, anti-terrorism taxes, duties, peak pricing and in-flight entertainment. It’s possible, though, that the airlines are just trying to fill empty seats, and what you see is truly what you get. I can think of one way to find out: You buy me a $500 gift card for each airline, and I’ll book the first cheap ticket to Europe I see.

– Bon voyage, Rachel

Zia Town Series Ska Circuit Race, hosted by Durango Devo, B Race 5:30 p.m., A Race 6 p.m. devotownseries@gmail.com.

“The Art of Trompe L’oeil,” thru June 30, Durango Arts Center upstairs gallery, 802 E. 2nd Ave. www.durangoarts.org.

Fundraiser and Kick-Off Party for Guinn Unger, Democratic candidate for state senator, 5:30-7 p.m., Rotary Park.

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

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

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

Upcoming

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

Terry Rickard performs, 7 p.m., The Office, 699 Main Ave.

Ukulele Club meets, for ages 9-12, 1-2 p.m., Durango Public Library. Register at 375-3380.

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

Using Your Brain with Dr. Melaney, 5-6 p.m., R Space at the Rochester Hotel, 726 E. 2nd Ave. Greg Ryder performs, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle, 699 Main Ave.

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

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

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

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

The Jeff Solon Jazz Duo performs, 6-9 p.m., Cyprus Café, 725 E. 2nd Ave.

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

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

Email Rachel at telegraph@durangotelegraph.com

Karaoke, 8 p.m., Blondies in Cortez.

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

Ongoing

Mariah Kaminsky oil portrait series, thru June 10, Animas Chocolate Co., 920 Main Ave. 317-5761.

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Qi Gong/Tai Chi with Tyler VanGemert, 10-11 a.m., June 7, garden at White Rabbit Books & Curiosities, 128 W. 14th St. 259-2213.

Teen Time: Guitar Pick Crafts, 1-2 p.m., June 7, Durango Public Library.

Burger & a Band Summer Series, Pete Giuliani Band performs, 5-8 p.m., June 7, James Ranch and Harvest Grill, 33846 Highway 550 North. 676-1023.

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

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

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by Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): A critic described Leonardo da Vinci’s painting the “Mona Lisa” as “the most visited, most written about, most sung about, most parodied work of art in the world.” It hasn’t been sold recently but is estimated to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Today, it’s kept in the worldrenowned Louvre museum in Paris, where it’s viewed by millions of art-lovers. But for years after its creator’s death, it enjoyed little fanfare while hanging in the bathroom of the French King Francois. I’d love to see a similar evolution in your own efforts, Aries: a rise from humble placement and modest appreciation to a more interesting fate and greater approval. The astrological omens suggest that you have more power than usual to make this happen in the coming weeks and months.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): These days, many films use CGI, computer-generated imagery. The technology is sophisticated and efficient. But in the early days of its use, producing such realistic fantasies was painstaking and time-intensive. For example, Steven Spielberg’s 1993 film “Jurassic Park” featured four minutes of CGI that required a year to create. I hope that in the coming weeks, you will summon equivalent levels of oldschool tenacity and persistence and attention to detail as you devote yourself to a valuable task that you love. Your passion needs an infusion of discipline. Don’t be shy about grunting.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): On Feb. 17, 1869, Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleyev had an appointment with a local cheese-making company to provide his expert consultation. But he never made it. A blast of inspiration overtook him soon after he awoke, and he stayed home to tend to the blessed intrusion. He spent that day as well as the next two perfecting his vision of the periodic table of the elements, which he had researched and thought about for a long time.

Science was forever transformed by Mendeleyev’s breakthrough. I doubt your epiphanies in the coming weeks will have a similar power to remake the whole world, Gemini. But they could very well remake your world. When they arrive, honor them.

Feed them. Give them enough room to show you everything they’ve got.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Ninety-five percent of your fears have little or no objective validity. Some are delusions generated by the neurotic parts of your imagination. Others are delusions you’ve absorbed from the neurotic spew of other people’s imaginations. What I’ve just told you is both bad news and good news.

On the one hand, it’s a damn shame you feel so much irrational and unfounded anx-

iety. On the other hand, hearing my assertion that so much of it is irrational and unfounded might mobilize you to free yourself from its grip. I’m pleased to inform you that the coming weeks will be an excellent time to wage a campaign to do just that. June can and should be Fighting for Your Freedom from Fear Month.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): During the next four weeks, I’ll celebrate if you search for and locate experiences that will heal the part of your heart that’s still a bit broken. My sleep at night will be extra deep and my dreams extra sweet if I know you’re drumming up practical support for your feisty ideals. I’ll literally jump for joy if you hunt down new teachings that will ultimately ensure you start making a daring dream come true in 2019. And my soul will soar if you gravitate toward the mind-expanding kind of hedonism rather than the mind-shrinking variety.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Everyone has a unique fate that’s interesting enough to write a book about. Each of us has at least one epic story to tell that would make people cry and laugh and adjust their thoughts about the meaning of life. What would your saga be like?

Think about what’s unfolding right now, because I bet that would be a ripe place to start your meditations. The core themes of your destiny are currently on vivid display, with new plot twists taking your drama in novel directions. Want to get started?

Compose the first two sentences of your memoir.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Dear Oracle: I find myself in the weird position of trying to decide between doing the good thing and doing the right thing. If I opt to emphasize sympathy and kindness, I may look like an eagerto-please wimp with shaky principles. But if I push hard for justice and truth, I may seem rude and insensitive. Why is it so challenging to have integrity? - Vexed Libra.” Dear Libra: My advice is to avoid the all-or-nothing approach. Be willing to be half-good and half-right. Sometimes the highest forms of integrity require you to accept imperfect solutions.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You have waited long enough to retaliate against your adversaries. It’s high time to stop simmering with frustration and resentment. Take direct action! I suggest you arrange to have a box of elephant poop shipped to their addresses. You can order it here: tinyurl.com/ElephantManure. JUST KIDDING! I misled you with the preceding statements. It would in fact be a mistake for you to express such vulgar revenge. Here’s the truth: Now is an excellent time to seek retribution against those who have opposed you, but the best ways

to do that would be by proving them wrong, surpassing their accomplishments and totally forgiving them.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): Marketing experts say that motivating a person to say yes to a big question is more likely if you first build momentum by asking them smaller questions to which it’s easy to say yes. I encourage you to adopt this slant for your own purposes in the coming weeks.

It’s prime time to extend invitations and make requests that you’ve been waiting for the right moment to risk. People whom you need on your side will, I suspect, be more receptive than usual – and with good reasons – but you may still have to be smoothly strategic in your approach.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I bet you’ll be offered at least one valuable gift, and possibly more. But I’m concerned that you may not recognize them for their true nature. So I’ve created an exercise to enhance your ability to identify and claim these gifts-in-disguise. Please ruminate on the following concepts: 1. a pain that can heal; 2. a shadow that illuminates; 3. an unknown or anonymous ally; 4. a secret that nurtures intimacy; 5. a power akin to underground lightning; 6. an invigorating boost disguised as tough love.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): When I was a kid attending elementary schools in the American Midwest, recess was a core part of my educational experience. For 45 minutes each day, we were excused from our studies so we could indulge in free-form play – outdoors, if the weather was nice, or else in the gymnasium.

But in recent years, schools in the U.S. have shrunk the time allotted for recess. Many schools have eliminated it altogether. Don’t they understand this is harmful to the social, emotional and physical health of their students? In any case, Aquarius, I hope you move in the opposite direction during the coming weeks. You need more than your usual quota of time away from the grind.

More fun and games, please! More messing around and merriment! More recess!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): For many years, actor Mel Blanc provided the voice for Bugs Bunny, a cartoon character who regularly chowed down on raw carrots. But Blanc himself did not like raw carrots. In a related matter, actor John Wayne, who pretended to be a cowboy and horseman in many movies, did not like horses. And according to his leading ladies, charismatic macho film hunk Harrison Ford is not even close to being an expert kisser. What about you, Pisces? Is your public image in alignment with your true self? If there are discrepancies, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to make corrections.

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Announcements White Dragon Loose Leaf Tea Now available at There’s No Place Like Home, 822 Main Ave. The Perfect Gift for your favorite dirtbag. Literature from Durango’s own Benighted Publications. The Climbing Zine, The Great American Dirtbags, American Climber, Climbing Out of Bed and Graduating From College Me are available at: Maria’s Bookshop, Pine Needle Mountaineering, the Sky Store, or on the interweb at www.climbingzine.com.

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

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

HelpWanted Detailed Cleaners Needed Local company seeks P/T detailed cleaner. $15/hr to start, must have smart phone and your own vehicle. Please respond to rjhsteam@gmail.com.

Hiring Director of Education The Powerhouse Science Center is hiring a new Director of Education who is responsible for the overall administration of the organization’s science education grant and non-grant funded programs and services. Visit our website for more information: https://powsci.org/blog/2018/05/14/director-of-education-position-available/

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CO Teacher for At-Risk Students $1000 sign-on bonus. Must have SPED within 1 yr of hire. Open interview/tour at DeNier Youth Services.

Tuesdays 10:00 am or 5:30 pm, Thursdays 3:00 pm or 5:30 pm. Email resume Karen.Doyle@rop.com or apply at 720 Turner Dr, Durango Interested in Psych, Human Services, Corrections Careers or Cooking? $1000 sign-on bonus. Work with atrisk students in a secure detention facility. Cook, PT Detention Specialist/Coach Counselor (FT,PT, days, nights) Open interview/tour at DeNier Youth Services, Tuesdays 10:00 am or 5:30 pm, Thursdays 3:00 pm or 5:30 pm. Must be 21 yo and pass drug/background tests incl THC. Email resume Karen.Doyle@ROP.com or apply at 720 Turner Dr, Durango

Classes/Workshops Yoga Classes Starting June 4 For students of all levels with Kathy Curran. Drop ins welcome. Smiley Building, Room #32 259-4794. www.4corner syoga.com Salsa Classes & Social Dance Night 3 wk series at the Wildhorse Saloon, begins Tuesday, June 5th! Cuban Rueda 6:30-7:15, Intermediate/Adv Combos 7:15-8pm, Intro to Salsa 7:15-8pm.

Salsa Night begins 8pm. Class cost: $30/3 weeks or $12/drop in. Contact salsadancedurango@gmail.com for more info.

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

massageintervention.life 25 years experience. Couples, sauna, cupping. Reviews on FB + Yelp. 970-9032984.

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

Get Your Summer Glow on at Spa Evo! Summer is here and the time is right for a gorgeous Spa Evo Spray Tan colorcustomized exclusively for you! A touch of color or go as dark as you dare! Expertly applied by Durango’s only GoldCertified Spray Tan artist. Packages available! 6 years exp. Read my reviews on Yelp & FB. Text or call 970-259-0226 to schedule. www.spaevo.com Mediation Generate options - create agreements resolve issues Save $ as parties split the fee.

E: Tricia - DurangoMediator@gmail.com Spray Tans! Organic and beautiful!

Meg Bush, LMT 970-759-0199.

Botanical Hi-Altitude Skin Care A drug free approach to metabolic, hormonal signs of aging, and environmental damage. Private and personal.

Monie Schlarb lic. esthetician. 970-7644261, leave message.

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

Hope Chiropractic and Yoga Presents Two Workshops 1) 2 spaces remain: Help for Low Back, Hip and Knee Issues, including sciatica.

June 2nd 9-12, $55. 2) 5 spaces remain: Help for Pain, Stress, Fatigue and Sleep Loss second to Trauma or Loss: What you need to know to accelerate your healing process. Friday June 8th 7-9, Saturday June 9th 10-3, $145. Pre-register and class sizes at Smiley Studio 10 are limited to 10 spots. More info at Dr Keneen Hope DC. 970-305-3239 www.hopechiroyoga.com

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

Yoga Outside with Lily with live music! @ the Smiley Building backyard. June 6, 13, 20, 27; July 11, 18, 25. 5:45-7pm, $10 drop in. 847-819-2039.

Edward Coons ~ Massage Therapy Advanced bodywork for athletes and people of all walks and ages for 15 years.

512- 731-1836.

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30, 60 & 90. Meg Bush, LMT 970-7590199.

RealEstate Radon Services Free radon testing and consultation.

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

ForSale Maria’s Bookshop Thriving indie bookstore in the heart of Durango Colorado. General bookstore with 34 year history as a community hub for SW region of Colorado. 1800 square feet of very busy retail space in a 3100 square foot historic building. Long term lease or option to purchase real estate. Current owners for past 20 years are ready to find the next community minded Maria’s Bookshop leader.

More info at www.mariasbookshop.com Inquiries accepted by email to opportunity@mariasbookshop.com Best Premium Organic Topsoil in Town Environmentally proper herbicide free! Not lead-contaminated silt from the Valley – real topsoil! Full line of gravel products & soils. Durango Gravel 2593995.

Geneva Sound System on pedestal, model L $400. 769-1022.

Sweet Tiny House Shell Tiny house shell on a new custom 24’ trailer. Engineer certified. We’ve done the hard part now you can customize it however you wish! 970-317-9698 TreeNet Willy Retreat and reconnect with nature with TreeNet Willy’s custom rope platforms built in the comfort of your own back yard. 970-403-2012 for free estimate.

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