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Sept. 20, 2018 Vol. XVII, No. 38 durangotelegraph.com

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Cole Taylor takes advantage of some downtime to get in some “up� time on the San Juan River./ Photo by Stephen Eginoire

Home at last

The other 99

Tri try again

After a decade, Liberty School moves into permanent digs p8

Former one-percenter has radical idea for equality: empathy p10

FLC, Durango Tri Club resurrects Tri the Rim for fall p14

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4 La Vida Local

New school

Ear to the ground: “It did keep the tubers off the river.”

– One local’s silver lining in this summer’s fire and ensuing ash flows

A fish story

Liberty School opens new facility for dyslexic, gifted students

4 Thumbin’ It

by Tracy Chamberlin

5 Word on the Street

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Who’s on third?

Author, wage activist and former onepercenter brings message to Durango

by Missy Votel

11 Mountain Town News

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12-13 Day in the Life

The golden hour

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Piute Farm, the “unrunnable” waterfall below the must-make take-out at Clay Hills, has long struck fear in the hearts of San Juan River runners. However, new research shows at least a few river runners are successfully navigating the 20-foots falls – at least one way.

A new study from the Bureau of Reclamation has found a large population of endangered razorback sucker and pikeminnows in the San Juan below the waterfall and above Lake Powell.

Using radio transmitters and antenna, researchers counted 1,000 razorback and dozens of Colorado pikeminnow downstream of the waterfall. The study was conducted in 2015-17 and appears in the journal River Research and Applications.

The new information will help guide future recovery and conservation efforts of the endangered fish. “Even though we knew the waterfall existed, nobody knew how it affected the Colorado pikeminnow and razorback sucker,” BuRec’s Mark McKinstry, coauthor of the study, said.

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If fall is your jam, now’s the time to catch it in all its glimmering glory photos by Stephen Eginoire

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FLC, Durango Tri Club resurrects autumn installment of Tri the Rim

20 Ask Rachel

Three’s a charm

by Missy Votel

21 Free Will Astrology

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Let’s get pickled

The time-honored autumn tradition of turning lowly cukes into magic

23 Haiku Movie Review

by Donna Hewett

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Researchers on the San Juan River, below Piute Farms falls.

The waterfall formed in the 1980s, as changing reservoir levels and sediment redirected the San Juan over a 20-foot ledge. Until recently, little was known about its effect on the two endangered fish.

Although the number of razorback downstream of the waterfall is proportionally larger than the population upstream, biologists do not fully understand the ability of the fish to spawn and grow in river-reservoir conditions.

The situation is not unique to the San Juan.

Downstream at the Grand Canyon, the recently formed Pierce Ferry rapid is also believed to be stymying endangered fish moving between Lake Mead and the Grand Canyon. It’s a scenario that’s expected to play out more in coming years, given changing climate and dropping reservoir levels.

“We know connectivity is important but these emergent river-reservoir processes could be further stressing populations,” Casey Pennock, a study coauthor, said. “It’s challenging researchers to better understand the resiliency of populations in systems that may never return to historical conditions.”

To help further that understanding, Reclamation recently funded a $3.4 million study in the Lake Mead and Grand Canyon areas – the only selfsustaining population of razorback. Researchers will look at habitat, flows, water temperatures, as well as other factors impacting the fish.

The razorback sucker is one of four large fish native to the Colorado River Basin. Listed on the Endangered Species List in 1991, it was historically abundant throughout the main stem of the Colorado as well as major tributaries in Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.

Although current populations of razorback are greatly reduced from historic levels, the fish has survived thanks to aggressive stocking efforts.

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LaVidaLocal ¿Hables desobediencia civil?

The Spanish language is in my bloodstream. I grew up in New Mexico; Spanish was a part of daily life, from the street signs in my neighborhood to the street signs in other neighborhoods.

However, just because it’s in my bloodstream doesn’t mean I know how to use it. Kind of like white blood cells, actually. I just trust them to come out when I need them.

But what about those times I want Spanish but don’t necessarily need it?

I never learned to call it forth on command, any more than I can coagulate on command. So that’s why I’m taking Spanish lessons.

More accurately, I have taken a Spanish lesson. As in uno. And already, all sorts of dormant words are waking up. Things like hasta la vista, baby, and yo quiero something something and y tu mamá también and phrases you probably can’t print in a public newspaper even without the accompanying translations. Also, for some unknown reason, miércoles, which is either whipped cream or mascarpone.

It’s empowering to discover just how well-stocked my brain already is, because the more I know, the less I have to work to become fluent enough to dance el tango.

That’s the real reason I took my Spanish lesson, after all. Just as culinary artists learn French and advertisers learn to talk like youths these days, I decided it was high time to learn the language of this dance I love. The best part, pedagogically speaking, is that one need no speak at all to dance el tango.

You see, it’s all in the eyes. When one wants to dance with a woman, one does not ask her to bailar. Oh no. One makes intense eyes at said woman until finally, three or so hours into the night, she makes eye contact back.

Thus, she agrees to dance three songs with one – in a row, mind you. And so long as one does not step on her toes, one need not say anything at all.

All communication in the dance happens with the heart. Which pumps blood. Which is where my Spanish lives anyway. ¡Bueno!

But the day after my lesson, I discovered a new reason that makes learning Spanish sound even more impressive: it’s openly rebellious.

I haven’t traveled the world, but I’ve hit maybe three of its four corners. I

therefore know that a passport is the most valuable thing you can possess abroad, aside from the ability to pass as Canadian. You’d rather misplace your left arm in the vicinity of a Dublin heroin deal than lose your passport under a sheath of mold. Which sounds arbitrary and random, I know, but my passport did mold in Ireland, and I feared I might never get home if the Homeland Security agent was allergic.

But I could laugh it all off in the end, because passports are admirably resilient, and also because my last name didn’t sound like the street names back home. Nowadays, having a last name paired with the secondmost common native language in the world (hint: it’s Spanish) is enough to get your American passport – and with it, the protections and benefits of your United States citizenship – yoinked from you without cause.

I’m aware that I’ve engaged in hyperbole here twice, maybe thrice, before. So you’d be forgiven for thinking I’m exaggerating. You’d also be wrong.

American citizens are losing their passports at the border because they are Hispanic. ICE agents are going to Hispanic citizens’ homes and confiscating their passports. Americans are being detained by ICE simply because they spoke Spanish in public.

You know what I did last week for an hour in a coffee shop? I spoke Spanish in public. I could have been forced to surrender my passport and been carted away just for saying ¿Donde esta el baño? ¿Donde esta el supermercado? ¿Donde esta miércoles? even though I didn’t actually mean a single one of those questions.

It didn’t happen, even with my marvelously trilled r’s, because I am a gringo. It’s happening now to someone, though. The fundamental rights of citizenship are being disregarded during passport renewals simply because the State Department can declare that it doesn’t believe you when you prove your citizenship.

So speaking Spanish is now subversive. I don’t care if this column is seditious – I encourage you to speak it too. Speak Farsi and Klingon and whatever else you’ve got. Let our compatriots know, whatever languages they speak, that estamos juntos. It’s civil disobedience at its most linguistic.

And then, come dance with me, por favor. I’m getting tired of staring at you already.

This Week’s Sign of the Downfall:

Thumbin’It The BLM agreeing to a kinder, gentler bait-and-water method to round up wild horses in the Spring Creek herd rather than the previously disruptive use of helicopters Durango climber Bee Mathis, who lost her lower leg to a climbing accident, being selected to join a group of fellow amputees to summit Ecuador’s 19,347-foot Cotopaxi volcano The city going back to its old 20minute downtown trolley schedule after the 30-minute route resulted in delays and overcrowded busses

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– Zach Hively

A recent flyover of the Hermosa Creek drainage confirming that two “champion” trees – known to be the largest of their kind in the state – succumbed to the flames of the 416 Fire The slow-moving Florence continuing to pummel the Carolinas with rain and flooding, which is implicated in 31 human – and 1.7 million chicken – deaths thus far The fire season that would never end, with red flag warnings last week and unseasonably dry and hot conditions causing the Bull Draw Fire to grow another 1,000 acres

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Downfall Déjà Vu We had one of those “thousandyear” storms again this year, and people fell for the same misinformation again (I remember writing about it last year; I titled that downfall “Sharkicane.”) But despite our warning, people all across the country have fallen for the “there are sharks in the hurricane” prank. Good ol’ Rush Limbaugh even said it on the air this time, which should’ve been a clear enough BS red flag for anyone to catch.

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With the Tri-the-Rim triathlon returning next week, the Telegraph asked, “What three events would you choose for your triathlon?”

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“Tri the limb, tri the rim, tri the tip.”

Kevin Banash

“It’s gonna start with a beer bong, then a laugh-off, then ... stay in the boat.”

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“Tri giving a raise, tri giving a day off, tri giving benefits.”

Haley Tamberi

“Dog walking, bull riding, how many ‘It’s Always Sunny’s’ I can watch in a row.”

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ReTooned/by Shan Wells

Smith, more than a cowboy hat To the editor, 1) His leadership style is inclusive and effective, earning him prestigious awards from both state and federal agencies for his competence and diligence during the 416 Fire.

2) His excellent record of fiscal responsibility. Having the largest budget of any county agency, he has saved $2 million over three years! And he brought in $750,000 of new outside revenue at no cost to taxpayers. He also acquired over $250,000 worth of emergency equipment – at virtually no cost to the county.

3) He’s a Desert Storm veteran. He understands and upholds the Constitution of the United States. Not only the Second Amendment but the entire document!

The responsibility of this office requires more than a big cowboy hat and promises; it needs hard work, experience and proven leadership.

Vote for Sean Smith for Sheriff.

– Helen Kunz, Durango

Backing up the College Drive plan To the editor, After attending a recent meeting on the city’s College Drive & 8th Street safety project, I came away thinking we’ve got good people working on public safety, but is the project itself a good one in its current form? Jim Horn, of Russell Engineering, explained the plan to reduce College Drive down to three lanes (two lanes plus a center turn lane). Also included would be: bike lanes on each side (to “create friction & slow traffic” Jim said), sidewalk enhancements, bump-outs, three bus stops, ped-Xings, and a possible “hot flash” light crossing (like 7th & Camino Del Rio).

All this and the current 800-1,200 cars per hour, and Jim assured us this would be possible without traffic slow4

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downs (other than at rush-hour times). It would also improve safety and increased business traffic.

I hope he’s right. If not, I and others at the meeting fear that if the flow of traffic slows (along with the speed limit), cars will move to side streets like 7th Street (with only one stop sign at 5th Avenue) to get from 8th Avenue to E. 3rd Ave. On the biking front, I tried to explain that as a city commuter and biker, I try to avoid busy streets like College or Main and instead use side streets (which have bike route designations). Even with bike lanes, why would I want to bike with more traffic, and have cars turning right on my side of the street – either having to wait for me to pass the intersection, or speed up to turn in front of me?

All things being equal, I think the city is right in trying to improve traffic flow and citizen safety with this project. I just hope the $1 million the city is matching with the grant moneys it has received will not create traffic and safety problems on adjacent streets. I urge the city to also have an action plan if the proposed re-configuration doesn’t work as promised.

– Tim Thomas, Durango

It is time for a Trump-ervention To the editor, There’s something really strange and disturbing going on in this country. Roughly 35 percent of the country seems to be under some kind of delusional spell or mass psychosis. I’m talking about Trump’s followers. His supporters will believe what they’re told by Trump, regardless of the facts, evidence and even common sense It’s baffling to try and understand why you would continue to trust someone who has been documented telling 4,229 (as of August) lies or false and misleading statements.

If your significant other is caught lying to you repeatedly, how much longer are YOU going to trust them? Trump’s Whitehouse relies on “alternative facts” and his clownish lawyer Rudy Guiliani has stated “truth is not truth.”

This plague of delusion and willful ignorance is not new. We’ve seen this before with the Branch Davidians led by David Koresh, the Manson Family led by Charles Manson and the infamous Peoples Temple led by Jim Jones. Over 900 members of the Peoples Temple drank poison mixed with Flavor Aid and died as a result of their blind devotion to a fool.

What’s described above are eerily similar to the Cult of Trump we’re seeing now. But the Cult of Trump literally has millions of followers and one very large media outlet: Fox News.

Some of the Sociological characteristics of a cult are: • Charismatic leader who has no meaningful accountability yet becomes defining element of the group and its source of power and authority. Trump’s followers know he lies but just don’t care. They support his tariffs even though many will suffer bankruptcy when their farms no longer are profitable.

• Exclusivism: Cults often believe that they alone have the truth. Trump’s followers ONLY watch Fox News. According to Trump followers, all other news outlets are in conspiracy to hurt Trump and dispense fake news. It is not rational or reasonable to believe that every news outlet is in a vast conspiracy to defeat their beloved leader.

But this is typical of a cult member.

• Opposition to Independent Thinking: Typically, cults discourage members from thinking independently. The “thinking,” as it were, has already been done for them by the cult leadership; the proper response is merely to submit. Only Trump tells the truth.

• Climate change is a myth. Ignore the science (plus historic wildfires, extreme weather, drought, floods etc.) and even your own common sense.

• Unreasonable fear about the outside world, such as impending catastrophe, evil conspiracies and persecutions. Propagate myths like the black man is to be feared and kept down; Mexicans are rapists and gang members.

Prevent even legitimate claims for asylum while taking extreme measures such as separating children from fami-

lies. Ban all Muslims. When Trump says “Make America Great Again” what he’s really saying is “Make America White Again.”

• The group leader is always right. Trump claims his Hurricane Maria response was an unsung success. Really?

Nearly 3,000 Americans died due to his slow and pathetic response. He gives himself an A+. Seriously! Trump actually said he’s “a stable genius.” Try not to laugh, but who talks like that?

The problem really isn’t with Trump – the problem is with his followers. To them, Trump represents what they wish they were: rich, powerful, famous. Trump can make racist comments publicly, without penalty. But if they did, they would be called out on it. Trump can fire people at will whereas most of his followers have no real power and are usually on the wrong side of the desk. Trump has multiple affairs with porn stairs and Playboy bunnies and commits sexual assault with no accountability. His supporters (mostly white men) are envious. His followers sincerely believe that this economic boon was started by Trump not Obama! Remember the economic pile of crap Bush left for Obama?

If it were not for Trump’s solid support (among Republicans), his political minions in Congress who are terrified of his base turning on THEM, would probably have impeached him by now. Trump’s support is much higher than is Congress.’ This explains why Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell and other politicians will not utter a word of condemnation. Yes, they’re gutless cowards, but they’re also craven politicians.

Their re-election and addiction to power outweigh what’s best for the country.

There is a two-pronged solution: 1) register to vote and then vote for a Democrat; and 2) try to talk some sense and reason into his followers. They’re scared and confused by a changing world and they need help. Maybe have an intervention.

– Bill Vana, Durango

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The Liberty School’s new home was designed with Colorado in mind. Earth tones are used in the flooring, high ceilings in the main entrance and wooden cubbies for students lining the main corridor. It sits on a 9-acre property, all of which was given to the school by an anonymous donor, and most of the land has been left as open space and trails./Photo by Stephen Eginoire

Putting down roots After moving around for more than a decade, Liberty finds a place to call home

by Tracy Chamberlin

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he first – and last – thing you notice are the smiles.

Not because it’s recess, but because the students are happy to be in the classroom. Something that might seem curious for a group of kids who’ve struggled with school in the past.

But, that’s what makes this place so unique. The students have fun learning because this school was built for them.

In someone else’s shoes The Liberty School teaches students from first to eighth grade who are dyslexic, gifted or what’s called twice-exceptional – meaning they are both gifted and dyslexic.

Grouping the two together is important for a couple reasons. Gifted students often have other challenges, like sensitivity to sound or light, making the typical classroom setting a difficult learning environment. Also, dyslexic students are often gifted. People with dyslexia tend to be entrepreneurs,

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JusttheFacts What: The Liberty School Ribbon-Cutting Celebration When: Thurs., Sept. 27, 5-7 p.m.

Where: Liberty School campus, 3107 Western Ave. For info.: www.thelibertyschool.org

inventors, or out-of-the-box and creative thinkers.

“It’s a learning difference as much as it is a disability,” Christian Holmen, Liberty School’s Teaching Head of School, explained. “There’s plenty of advantages to having dyslexia.”

Some famous dyslexic individuals include Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, investor Charles Schwab, Gen. George S. Patton and Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet. Also, as scholars learn more about dyslexia and continue to study the journals and other written works of Leonardo Da Vinci, it

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seems that he, too, was dyslexic.

Although it can have advantages, dyslexia also has disadvantages. The chief one being students with dyslexia don’t fit into the typical classroom mold. It’s something Holmen was able to get a sense of at Reading in the Rockies, an annual conference for educators hosted by the International Dyslexia Association.

One of the events he attended was a dyslexic simulation – specifically an oral reading exercise.

The educators in attendance were given passages to read aloud in a circle, a common activity in public schools. However, the passages were printed with some of the text backwards or upside down. It wasn’t an exact replica of what a dyslexic student sees on the page, but it was like peeking through a window of what dyslexic students experience.

As they went around the circle, Holmen said, others seemed to be reading their passages just fine. He, on the other hand, was having to work hard to read the words on his page and figure out what was going on. 4

“It’s building this anxiety in me,” he explained.

The feeling of being alone in the struggle and not being able to cut it was overwhelming and, Holmen said, it’s something that takes a toll on a student’s self-image and psyche.

“I came out of there profoundly affected,” he added.

“And, this is what they live with every single day.”

Holmen said the first goal for the teachers and administrators at Liberty is to break down the social and emotional barriers that many of the kids have because of similar experiences.

“The first order of business is making sure they know ‘We got your back,’” he said. “We’re going to move you at a pace that’s right for you; and we’re going to push you sometimes, but it’s OK if you stumble and fall.”

The curriculum at Liberty is highly individualized with special attention paid to one-on-one tutoring sessions, which Holmen called the lifeblood of the curriculum.

This type of instruction is called Orton-Gillingham, named after its creators, Samuel T. Orton and Anna Gillingham. It’s a phonics-based system of learning first introduced in the 1930s and is meant for children with dyslexia or other reading challenges.

This teaching method focuses on the basics of word formation first, essentially breaking the code of the English language and utilizing the senses – visual, auditory and kinesthetic – to tap into a student’s ability to learn.

Neither the students nor the curriculum at Liberty are divided up by grade level. The children are taught where they are at, not where their age or grade determines.

“If he’s three and needs to be in algebra, he’ll take algebra,” Holmen explained. And, vice versa. If an older student needs basic math, that’s the class he or she will take.

“The school is really designed to meet the needs of the kids individually and each one is so different,” Holmen said.

Home at last After jumping around five temporary locations over the past decade – including church basements and airport hangers – Liberty students finally moved into their per-

manent home on Western Avenue, just off Junction Creek Road on the north end of Durango, to start the 2018-19 school year.

“It’s the best thing, by far, to have a place to call home,” Holmen said.

“And, a place that’s designed to be the best place for our kids,” Barbara Stine, president of Liberty’s Board of Directors, added. “That makes this building as special as the school.”

Stine joined the school’s board after a friend and fellow board member took her for a visit several years ago.

She said she walked into a noontime reading session, but it wasn’t what she expected to see. In Liberty’s version, the students were reading to the volunteers – not the other way around.

Her first thought after that was, “How can I not give 25 minutes a week to these kids, when this school is so important?”

Of course, Stine gives much more than 25 minutes a week. It’s probably closer to 25 hours, but like everyone else at Liberty, she does it for the students.

“The staff is really here because they believe in the mission,” Holmen said. “They believe in what they’re doing.”

The Liberty School first opened its doors in 2007. That year, they had 12 students. In 2017, they ended the year with 32.

As word begins to spread about Liberty’s unique and specialized curriculum, more students join its ranks. Although most hail from La Plata County, there are students from other parts of the Four Corners and as far away as Alaska, Minnesota, Connecticut, Texas and Nevada.

The school currently has three classroom teachers – including Holmen – and 11 tutors. None of them get any benefits, like health insurance or retirement plans.

As a private school, Liberty doesn’t receive any state or federal funding. It relies primarily on fundraising efforts and grants.

The current tuition is $15,600, which is actually much cheaper than similar schools in other parts of the coun-

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try, according to Holmen. About half the students receive some kind of scholarship help, and each year the fundraising priority is to raise scholarship funds.

“We can never reward as much as we’d like,” he added.

Holmen said it’s not fun to ask for financial help, but it is humbling to see people offer it. And, the school’s new home would not have been possible without fundraising and donations.

The dream of a permanent home kicked into high gear about three years ago when the 9-acre property was donated by an anonymous supporter. The administrators and Board of Directors then raised $1.6 million in donations, which allowed them to secure a remaining $1.5 million loan, both of which were used to pay for the new facilities.

More than half of the campus is open space and trails where the students can get outdoors to learn and have fun. Students with dyslexia work extremely hard on their education – especially in reading and writing – so getting them outside and having fun is important, Holmen said.

It took a couple years to get through all the permitting, fundraising, designing and other necessary hurdles of creating a new home, but Holmen and Stine said the design was the best part.

The building was created with Colorado in mind. It resembles the state’s natural setting with earth tones in the flooring, high ceilings in the main entrance and wooden cubbies for students lining the main corridor. Holmen said it’s meant to feel like home, and still be professional.

The main hall has a handful of classrooms on one side – each featuring a combination of chalkboards and iPads – and small offices used for one-on-one tutoring sessions on the other.

Along every wall lining the hallway are photos of former students enjoying the outdoors or working together in the classroom. And, just like the current students walking the hallway, every one has a smile on his or her face.

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The other 99 percent Former one percenter makes the case to share the wealth

by Missy Votel

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hen Chuck Collins, an heir to the Oscar Mayer fortune, was 26, he gave it all away. Half a million dollars to be exact.

Collins, who was born in Madison, Wisc., and later moved to Detroit, was a child of the turbulent ’60s. At a young age, after witnessing the 1967 race riots in Detroit, be began questioning the idea of white privilege and inequality.

“It doesn’t seem fair,” he complained to his mother, who agreed but offered few solutions.

So Collins set out to find them on his own. Today, at the age of 59, he is one of the nation’s leading activists on solving inequality and an expert on tax policy, corporate power, class privilege and something he calls “effective” philanthropy.

On Oct. 4-6, Collins will be in Durango to share his vision for creating a more equitable society in a series of events hosted by La Plata County Thrive! Living Wage Coalition.

“Collins is a national expert on economic inequality, tax policy, corporate power and class privilege,” Thrive spokeswoman Maureen Maliszewski said. “His message is acutely relevant to the mission of Thrive and our region.”

The area’s vexing high cost of living paired with service-sector wages is no secret. According to Thrive!, the livable hourly wage for a single person in La Plata

JusttheFacts Who: Chuck Collins, author of Born on Third Base – A One Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequity, Bringing Wealth Home and Committing to the Common Good When: Thurs. – Sat., Oct. 4-6 What: Three events (all free): • “Reversing Inequality: What is the Path Forward?” part of the Lifelong Learning Lecture Series, 4 – 8 p.m., Thurs., Oct. 4, Fort Lewis College Ballroom.

• “Born on Third Base: Engaging Wealth & Power to Reverse Inequality,” 12 p.m., Sat., Oct. 6, Pine River Library, Bayfield.

• “Inequality and the Beloved Community: A Faithful Response to Extreme Wealth Inequality,” 4 – 6 p.m., Sat., Oct. 6, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Durango, 419 San Juan Drive.

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County is $13.31. However, 27 percent of working people in La Plata County earn less than $12.98 – this is despite the fact that most have a high school education or GED, and nearly half have a college degree.

Collins has addressed such wage gaps in several books, including his latest, Born on Third Base: A One Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequality, Bringing Wealth Home, and Committing to the Common Good. In addition, he is director at the Washington, D.C.-based progressive think tank, Institute for Policy Studies, where he directs the program on Inequality and the Common Good and writes for the website, www.inequality.org. He is co-founder of Responsible Wealth and Wealth for the Common Good – a national network of business leaders and high net worth individuals concerned about shared prosperity and fair taxation.

But Collins doesn’t just write about the problems, he also walks the talk. In addition to living in a commune in his younger days, he also worked at a refugee camp in El Salvador in the 1980s; regularly stands up for renter’s rights during evictions; and most recently, joined a fracking blockade.

On rejecting his financial legacy – which was given to social justice organizations – Collins said he made the decision upon realizing his inheritance wasn’t helping him but

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could help others. Nevertheless, like many in white America, he realized the move still didn’t erase all his advantages in life. According to Collins, much of privilege is “hardwired” and mostly taken for granted – access to good schools and doctors, healthy environments and social connections. It is this “head start” that fuels inequity and drives a deeper wedge between the haves and the have nots.

“I don’t hate the 1 percent,” Collins recently said in an interview with The Sun magazine. “But I deeply hate the ways extreme inequality wounds people’s lives, fuels racial divisions, rips our communities apart and destroys our ecological home.”

Consider a few statistics Collins likes to throw out: • In the first six months of the 2016 presidential campaign, almost half the money contributed to candidates, both Republican and Democrat, came from just 158 donors.

• The wealthiest three people in America – Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates – have as much as the poorest 50 percent.

• The poorest 20 percent of Americans have negative net worth, meaning they owe more than they own and have nothing to fall back on.

• Nearly 45 percent of American households don’t have access to $1,000 in case of

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• About 58 million Americans earn less than $15 an hour, including more than half of African American and Hispanic workers.

• More than 41 million workers earn less than $12 an hour – barely above the poverty line for a family of four.

Though Collins understands how these numbers can direct anger at the superwealthy, he believes real change needs to be built on empathy. He insists everyone, whether rich or poor, are all interdependent on one another.

“As we divide into affluent and poor enclaves, people’s sense that they share a common destiny withers, replaced by fear, misunderstanding, and class and racial antagonisms,” he told The Sun. “If we don’t try to understand each other’s experiences, we’ll remain separated.”

Collins said the wealthy can help the problem by paying their fair share of taxes, as opposed to avoiding them. “Philanthropy is not a substitute for an adequately funded public sector and a progressive tax system,” he said. “Wealthy people also need to take their capital out of global financial speculation and start investing it in real economies and businesses.”

He points to several successful societies, where the wealthy pay their proportionate share of the communal safety net, such as in Norwegian countries. There are even examples of this kind of progressive thinking at home, with Portland, Ore., in 2016 imposing a 10 percent tax on companies that pay their CEOs more than 100 times the median salary of their workers. In July, Seattle passed a 2.25 percent income tax on those with annual incomes over $250,000/individuals and $500,000/married couples, and in 2016 San Francisco voters levied a real-estate tax on all properties selling for more than $5 million.

“We’re not here on this planet to toil, especially when we don’t understand why we’re doing it,” he told The Sun. “I think we’re here to take care of each other, to be good stewards of the earth, to help it regenerate, to put back what we take out, and to defend the commons … the future could go badly, of course. But we could also go in a different direction. It’s in our hands.”

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MountainTownNews Citizen scientists track shrinking glaciers JACKSON, Wyo. – Citizen scientists have been participating in an effort to document the melting of the 13 glaciers and permanent snowfields in Teton National Park.

The Jackson Hole News&Guide explains that the 13 volunteers each carried a camera to capture the ice from many angles. The photos will be compiled into a single 3-D model.

Peri Sasnett, the park geologist, says this project is a test to see if both the technique and use of volunteers works.

“We could do this as park employees,” she said. “We could run around for a few days and just take a jillion photos. But the more people we have, the more photos we have, the better the model, and, of course, citizen science is a very meaningful way for people to engage with park science,” she said.

The collated images will allow scientists to better track how the glaciers add and lose mass from year to year.

Ever since the last big glacial advance, the glaciers in the Tetons and elsewhere have waxed and waned. The most recent expansion was during the Little Ice Age, from 1300 - 1850.

Among the volunteers was Vince Anderson, an engineer from Denver. “You can teach someone about it from a textbook and blah blah blah, but when you come up here you become a stakeholder,” he told the News&Guide.

If the surroundings inspired awe, the weather even in late summer was challenging. Hurricane Pass – where some of this ice is located – was named that for a reason.

confused with heroin or other opioid drugs.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement administration classified the drug as a Schedule I controlled substance after 46 deaths were linked to U47700 in 2015-16.

Lake Louise not in mix for 2026 Games

JACKSON, Wyo. – Bus drivers in Jackson Hole this winter will get bumped wages. Drivers for Start, as the bus service is called, will get $19.25 an hour plus their choice of winter bonuses that range from $450 to $1,000 or a mountain ski pass. To get these perks will require an average 30 hours a week.

Larry Pardee, the town manager, says wages may be nudged even higher if administrators get insufficient applications. The town is advertising nationally, reports the Jackson Hole News&Guide.

CANMORE, Alberta – If Canada gets the right to host the 2026 Winter Olympics, it won’t be in Banff National Park. That rules out Lake Louise, a perennial spot on the World Cup skiing circuit.

Instead, committee organizers in Alberta have put together a package that would employ two venues that hosted events in the 1988 Winter Olympics. Nakiska, located in the Kananaskis Country south of Banff, would host the skiing and snowboarding events, while Canmore, at the entrance to the national park, would host the cross-country and biathlon events. Calgary is proposed for aerials, big air and assorted other events.

But here’s where the new attention to frugality comes in: the Canadians propose to let Whistler – site of several of the events at the 2010 Winter Olympics – to again host the ski jumping and Nordic-combined events. This, according to bid organizers, will save $50 million.

However, upgrades would be needed to make it work.

The Rocky Mountain Outlook says Lake Louise was ruled out because of its location within Banff National Park. Both the Yellowstone-to-Yukon Conservation Initiative, or Y2Y, along with Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society opposed holding the Olympics within the national park. The park has three downhill ski areas: Lake Louise, Mt. Norquay and Sunshine.

The Canadian proposal sees need for an investment of $3 billion in capital costs and $2.4 billion for operations. The latter would be largely offset by $2.4 billion in revenue.

In addition to Canada, six other countries are investigating bids for the 2026 Winter Olympics. The United States is not among them, but a handful of resort cities are looking at 2030, including Denver.

A group there plans to put the bid to a public vote.

The committee appointed by Denver Mayor Michael Hancock has recommended that the state pursue privately funded games, without direct public funding or any threat of financial losses for taxpayers. The Committee, reports The Denver Post, estimates the cost of hosting the event at $2 billion, with half that coming from the International Olympic Committee.

But the group wants to ask Denver voters next May whether the city government can spend any public money or resources on the Olympics. In other words, a “no” vote will ensure no city moneys will be used.

The Post points out that the committee includes an individual who shocked Denver last year by succeeding in getting a greenroofs initiative approved by voters despite the opposition of developers and the city itself.

The committee also includes former Colorado Gov. Dick Lamm.

As a state senator in the early 1980s, he led the effort to reject public funding for the 1976 Winter Olympics. Denver had been named the host city, but the public vote in 1972 forced organizers to withdraw.

Instead, the 1976 Olympics were held in Innsbruck.

In the early 1970s, Denver and Colorado altogether were booming not unlike today. Highways were getting more congested and rents were spiking, just as they are now.

Parents in opioid death file lawsuits

Aspen ponders impacts of bigger airport

Jobs aplenty, but begging is free speech GRANBY – “Get a job,” wrote one commentator on the Sky-Hi News website last week. “In this county there is no excuse for panhandling.”

What provoked the barbed comment was a Sky-Hi News story that the town of Granby, located between Rocky Mountain National Park and the Winter Park ski area, was planning to update its town code upon advice of the American Civil Liberties Union.

The current law bans vagrancy and defines a vagrant as “any person wandering abroad and begging, or any person who goes about from door to door or private homes or commercial and business establishments, or places himself in or upon any public way or public place to beg or receive alms for himself.”

Federal courts have found such broad restrictions unconstitutional. And the ACLU points out that the U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly stood behind heightened protections for free speech.

The ACLU sent dozens of such letters to Colorado towns recently, including several mountain resort towns.

Bus drivers’ wages may need to be raised

PARK CITY, Utah – Parents of a 13-year-old Park City boy who died of a drug overdose in 2016 have sued the companies they claim shipped, marketed, distributed and sold the drug that led to the death of their son and his friend, who was also 13.

James and Deborah Seaver filed the lawsuit against the estate of the deceased Alexandre Cazes, who founded the now-defunct online dark web market AlphaBay; the Tor Project Inc., software that enables access to the dark web; and the postal services China Postal Express & Logistics Co. and Express Mail Service. The Seavers claim in the lawsuit that the defendants are liable for the death of their son, Grant.

The Park Record says the boy and his friend, Ryan Ainsworth, died within days of each other after ingesting U-47700, commonly called pink but also pinky and U4.

The Recovery Village, a website, says pink is an “extremely potent, highly dangerous synthetic opioid drug” developed in the 1970s. It is several times more powerful than morphine and is often

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Most of Aspen’s best-heeled visitors arrive by plane at Sardy Field, just outside town.

United, Delta and American Airlines all use Bombardier CRJ jets that carry up to 78 people for direct flights from Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco, among others. These smaller capacities are less of a gamble than larger planes. This smaller gamble enables more flights daily, seven a day to Los Angeles and six to Chicago, allowing visitors to make easier connections.

The problem seems to be that Bombardier’s jets are getting old, but Pitkin County, the operator of the airport, is under no immediate obligation to revamp the airport to make it functional for other planes. One possible replacement is Embraer’s 70-seat plane called the E175. Like other new airplanes, it is more fuel efficient and probably quieter, too.

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thesecondsection Members of the newly formed Durango Triathlon Club get in a lunchtime jaunt on the FLC Rim recently. After a four-year hiatus, FLC’s Tri the Rim returns Sept. 30./Photo by Stephen Eginoire

Tri, try again Durango Triathlon Club, FLC gets Tri the Rim back on track

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ttention all iron men, women and children: Tri the Rim is tri-ing again. Yes, after a heart-breaking four-year hole in the local triathlon calendar, the once-annual event is a making a comeback (we’ll refrain from using “triumphant” since that’s already been done) Sun., Sept. 30.

Formerly hosted by Fort Lewis College’s Housing Department, the popular sprint triathlon had an illustrious 26-year run from 1988-2014 before tapping out.

(For the record, it was also held in the notoriously temperamental month of April.)

“It’s a lot of work putting on any race, let alone a triathlon – its three times the logistics and cost,” local triathlete Michelle Blankenship said.

Last spring, Blankenship helped found the Durango Triathlon Club – of which, believe it or not, there previously had been none.

“We have a running club, biking clubs and master swimmers, but not something that brought us all together,” she said. “I thought, surely there’s more people that thought it was a good idea to form a

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Justthefacts What: Tri the Rim sprint triathlon When: 9 a.m., Sun., Sept. 30 Where: Fort Lewis College, starts and ends at the clocktower Info or to register: www.durangotriclub.org nonprofit tri club.”

So Blankenship put the word out, and they came. In a few short months, the nonprofit group gained 28 members, as well as plenty of nonjoiners (triathlon is, after all, a solo sport) who like to partake in an occasional training sesh or open water swim.

“There’s a lot of people who aren’t members but just show up,” she said. “Sometimes we’ll even get out-oftowners.”

It was Blankenship, along with fellow club member Melissa Maloney, who came up with the idea to revive Tri the Rim. She’s not sure who proposed the idea first – let’s call it a tie – but consensus was unanimous. Maloney, who also happens to be the director of the Health

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Sciences Department at FLC, popped the question to FLC Athletic Director Barney Hinckle, and they were off running.

“Everyone was on board to bring back Tri the Rim,” Blankenship said. “It’s great for the school and possibly finding women athletes for a program.”

See, although FLC has no formal triathlon club, USA Triathlon, the national governing body for the sport, has grants available to help colleges develop womens teams. It’s something Blankenship, Maloney and others would like to see – and something the college is exploring. Although womens college tri teams are not exactly commonplace, Blankenship notes it is an “emerging sport.” (In fact, the grant is called the Womens Triathlon Emerging Sport Grant.)

With roots tracing back to France in the 1920s, the first official triathlon on American soil didn’t take place until 1974, in San Diego’s Mission Bay. The infamous Hawaiian Iron Man came along a few years later – a familiar story of a “friendly” wager – and the sport was out of the gates in the United States. By the early 1990s, the Iron Man had grown to a multi-million dollar name and was gobbled up by a Chinese conglomerate. 4

Going the distance: Although there are about a bazillion different triathlon distances, here are the most popular, small, medium and large:

Sprint:

750 meters (.47 miles)

20K (12 miles)

5K (3.1 miles)

Olympic:

1.5K (.93 miles)

40K (25 miles)

10K (6.2 miles)

Iron Man:

3.6K (2.4 miles)

181K (112 miles)

42.2K (26.2 miles)

A participant in 2012’s Tri the Rim digs deep./File photo Iron Mans, Iron Man 70.3s (a half Iron Man), Iron Girls and Iron Kids were popping up all over the country. In 1996, an off-road “extreme” version, the Xterra Games, launched, and in 2000, triathlon became an official Olympic sport. In 2015 (the most recent year for which numbers are available) USA Triathlon had more than 116,000 member and sanctioned some 4,300 events.

Today, there are even special tri-specific road bikes (the ones with the funny ushaped handlebars), cold-water wetsuits (with extra buoyancy) and clothing that can go straight from pool to bike, called a “speedsuit” (which, we imagine, leaves lit-

tle to imagine.)

If all this is enough to leave you breathless – and slightly terrified – fear not.

Blankenship – who has 40 Xterras and seven assorted road tris under her hydration belt – said Tri the Rim is being billed as a “beginners” tri. That is, an 800-yard swim (16 laps in the pool); 1-mile bike ride (three laps around the Rim); and 3.1-mile run (one lap). Totally doable.

(And lest you try to use the “I’m too old” excuse, be forewarned: Blankenship just turned 50, albeit a 30-ish looking 50. She’s what’s called an “age-grouper” – someone who races with others in her age range.)

“I think it’ll be fun for beginners and experienced athletes, too,” she said “We don’t want people to be intimidated, triathlons can be intimidating.”

In that vein, folks wanting to get their feet wet can even sign up as a team, with each person doing one leg. The cost is also meant to entice newbies: $50/solo; $95/team and $35 for students. Durango Tri Club members get 20 percent off their registration.

“We tried to make it as affordable as possible,” Blankenship said.

Because the more people who “tri,” the more people who get hooked – just like Blankenship did eight years ago.

“I fell in love with the sport. I got bitten by the bug,” she said.

So bitten, in fact, than when her longtime employer Conoco-Phillips relocated out of the area a few years ago, she took the severance and started working part time so she could focus more on her training. Admittedly, she prefers the Xterra to the road varieties (“it’s challenging and beautiful, and a little dirtier and grittier”) and even envisions bringing an Xterra games to the area some day But that’s a lot farther down the road.

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Time to get pickled

by Donna Hewett

10 fun facts about pickles

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mid the beauty of the melons, fat tomatoes, vibrant eggplant and glowing beets, lies what we’ve come for: the small and ungainly pickling cuke. We’re in search of the snappy Calypso variety, perhaps a peck, that despite its unassuming appearance will soon pack a punch.

“I’ll take the box,” Laura tells the gentleman with silver hair and a slight stoop.

We’ve arrived late to the Durango Farmers Market, but it doesn’t look as if we’ve missed a thing. The band is in full swing, the roasted green chiles’ heavenly scent still permeates. Laura, master pickle maker, hits the jackpot – she finds two more boxes for a total of 60 pounds of cucumbers, and lots of fresh dill. Her mission is to get them washed and in the fridge right away, where she’ll let them sit for a couple days.

“I found out by accident that if you keep the cukes cold for 48 hours, and then process them, they come out super crunchy,” she says.

And that, after all, is the very essence of a pickle. The palate-cleansing, silenceyour-craving “snap!” It’s like a bite full of excitement and zest. “You should hear the crunch of a good pickle at 10 paces,” she says. (A theory to be tested in about six weeks.)

From July to September, you will find her sterilizing jars and simmering sauces.

She says her “stubborn canning habit” comes from her native Midwestern roots.

She loves to sweat away weekends filling jars with pickles to be split amongst relatives, clients and friends. What she doesn’t give away, she keeps for herself for dirty bloody Marys or shots of tequila with a pickleback. There’s nothing like a cold brine chaser down the hatch! Whew!

While most people think of cucumbers as vegetables, they’re actually a fruit, a member of the squash and melon family.

Although it may not surprise you to learn they are America’s favorite pickled produce, just how much we consume might: 8½ pounds per person, per year, according

to the Department of Agriculture. Hundreds of varieties exist in dozens of colors, shapes and sizes. The edible types are classified as either the “slicing” or “pickling” kind. Common pickling varieties intended for the brine jar include: Royal, Calypso, Pioneer, Bounty, Regal, Duke and Bliss.

Archaeologists believe we’ve been pickling since as far back as 2400 BC, when the Mesopotamians realized that by immersing produce in a brine of vinegar, they could extend its life. When cucumbers were brought in from India around 2000 BC, it was a match made in pickling heaven.

Though most cucumbers are 95 percent water, they’re purported to be chock full of phytonutrients (plant chemicals that are protective or disease-preventive) with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anticancer benefits.

And then there’s the byproduct of pick-

ling and the new-old darling of the fitness set: pickle juice. Ideal for helping the body replenish fluids lost through exertion or overindulgence – Dr. Oz claims it helps alleviate hangovers and athletes swear by it to stop muscle cramps – pickle juice has 20 times the electrolytes of most sports drinks (and no sugar). In fact, it’s become so popular that you can now buy pickle juice by the gallon, in 2.5 oz. shooters and or even as frozen “pickle pops.”

But back to Laura’s pickle juice, which begins with a simple brine of vinegar, water and salt. Instead of pickling spices, she makes use of what’s in her garden to flavor her spears. Onions, garlic, banana peppers, hot red peppers, dill and mustard seed are all common additives.

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1. Mason jars were invented for pickles.

2. Cleopatra claimed that eating pickles made her feel “pretty.”

3. In Connecticut, in order for a pickle to officially be considered a pickle, it must bounce.

4. Nov. 14 is National Pickle Day 5. The phrase “in a pickle” was first coined by Shakespeare in his play, “The Tempest.” (“How cam’st thou in this pickle?”)

6. In America, dill pickles are twice as popular than sweet ones.

7. Pickles are mentioned in the Bible.

8. “Pickle” comes from the Middle English “pikel,” meaning a spicy gravy served with meat.

9. Pickle Packers International, the pickle worker’s union, was founded in 1893 at 1 Pickle and Pepper Plaza, St. Charles, Ill. (They still regulate 95 percent of all pickle workers in North America.

10. To make pickles crunchy, add a half-grape leaf per jar. The tannin-rich leaves keep foods super crisp. Also, cut the blossom end off the pickle before canning. (Because no one likes a limp pickle.)

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Russell, Ramblin’ Jack and a Night at the Opera

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blin’ Jack was at the 1999 Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering; I’ve not only seen Russell, but booked him three times to play locally). must admit that I love my professional life, balancing radio If you’re a fan of folk, Americana or cowboy music, grab one of and writing. Ever since 1987 when I stumbled through an inthose last few tickets. Now 87 years old, there’s no telling if Elliott terview with Warren Zevon for KDUR and the FLC Independent, will ramble back into Durango again.

I’ve been hooked. Along the way, I’ve produced hundreds of conThe Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Durango kicks certs, interviewed dozens of musicians, spun countless records off its 12th annual recital series at 7 p.m. Friday with a performance and CDs, and listened as my musical tastes ebbed and flowed by soprano Ingela Onstad, mezzo-soprano Kerry Ginger, tenor Erik with the latest craze, always returning to my roots.

Gustafson, baritone Michael Hix and pianist Debra Ayers. The vocal Take this week, for example. I get to see two of my heroes at quartet and pianist will perform “A Night at the Opera” featur7:30 p.m. Saturday, as folk music ing arias, duets, trios and quartets. takes center stage at the Hank Music will range from the when KSUT presents Tom RusBaroque era to the 20th century, sell and special guest Ramalternating between some of the blin’ Jack Elliott. Just 34 most celebrated arias and the tickets remained as of Tuesday most rousing ensembles, includnight; the others will be quickly ing Handel’s “Julius Caesar,” snatched up at ksut.org. Russell Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” and and Elliott represent two vastly “Cosi fan Tutte,” Puccini’s “La Bodifferent poles of folk music. heme,” Donizetti’s “The Elixir of Russell is one of America’s truly Love,” Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavagifted songwriters, having lier,” Rossini’s “The Barber of penned songs for Johnny Cash, Seville,” Berlioz’s “Beatrice et Nanci Griffith and the Sir DouBenedict,” Stravinsky’s “The glas Quintet. Ramblin’ Jack inRake’s Progress,” and Gilbert & terprets classics from Woody Sullivan’s “The Yeomen of the Guthrie, the Carter Family and Guard.” The fellowship is located Hank Williams. The common at 419 San Juan Drive. thread is a love for all things Discover what your favorite Western.

Wonderland characters would be Russell plows the fertile fields doing had they ran away and of country, folk, blues and rock joined the circus when Durango with emphasis on storytelling.

Aerial Arts & Acrobatics presents His best-known tunes have be“Circus in Wonderland” at 7 come part of the American songp.m. Friday at the Animas City American songwriter extraordinaire Tom Russell graces the Theatre. Once upon a time, long writing canon – “Gallo del Hank stage this Saturday. Tickets are selling fast, though.

Cielo,” which both Bob Dylan before Alice’s story, Wonderland and Bruce Springsteen count was a beautiful, peaceful and among their favorites, and “Navajo Rug,” later made famous by Ian prosperous place. Aerialists and acrobats of all ages will fly high Tyson and Jerry Jeff Walker. He’s certainly prolific: counting studio from the ground to stilts, rope and trapeze. albums, live records, compilations and imports, Russell has released Wells & van Tyn perform a benefit for the Humane Society more than 40 LPs in a career that spans five decades. at 7 p.m. Friday at the Durango Arts Center. The duo plays storyIf Russell is a pioneer of Americana music, then Elliott is an icon. driven songs in multiple genres from folk to Celtic to Gypsy and He ran away from his Brooklyn home to join the rodeo in the mid beyond. This new powerhouse duo features CV Wells, known in 1940s. Though he only lasted a few months before his parents California wine country for his soaring vocals and narrative tracked him down, he was enamored by a singing rodeo clown who songs, and Durango-based singer, violinist and multi-instrumenplayed guitar and banjo. A young Jack Elliott taught himself to play talist Jeroen van Tyn. guitar and started busking. By 1950, he’d befriended Woody The latest iAM Music Fest at 11th St. Station features Make Guthrie and became a disciple of his. Huntington’s disease claimed Beats, Street Blues Family, House of Stairs and iAM students at 5 Guthrie in 1967, but by then the torch had already been passed p.m. Saturday. from master to pupil. Elliott was the living link between Woody and Elsewhere: Durango’s latest bluegrass sensation, the Smelter Dylan, inspiring countless aspiring troubadours, including Arlo Mountain Boys, plays 11th St. Station at 7 p.m. Friday; the Jade Guthrie and Phil Ochs. Rock & rollers took note of him, including Robbins Band will be at the Balcony at 5 p.m. Saturday; the Kirk the Grateful Dead and New Riders of the Purple Sage.

James Band rocks the Rusty Shovel at 5 p.m. Saturday; and the The two come to Durango as part of Roots on the Rails, which Black Velvet trio returns to the Balcony at 4 p.m. Sunday. books music trains all over North America. Their narrow gauge seThe best thing I heard this week is the latest from North Carries includes a stop at the Hank; this out-of-town promoter has olina-via-Wisconsin singer/songwriter Phil Cook, “People Are worked with Durango Acoustic Music in the past, bringing the My Drug.” Cook, whose day job is teaching for the Center for Inlikes of the Flatlanders, Fred Eaglesmith, Corb Lund and Eilen quiry Based Learning at Duke University (Go Blue Devils!), has alJewell to town over the past dozen years. ways dabbled in Americana, with veins of country, folk, blues and Russell & Elliott have toured together several times. Both were soul running through his two prior albums. Add gospel to the part of the HighTone Records stable in the ’90s and early 2000s, mix on his latest effort … no doubt because Cook worked with along with Dave Alvin and Chris Smither. The foursome toured as both the Blind Boys of Alabama and Mavis Staples in between “Monsters of Folk.” Elliott enlisted Russell to help with his “The records. The lead single, “Steampowered Blues,” sets the tone for Long Ride” record in 1999, and the two shared vocals on “Cup of an album of pure joy and happiness.

Coffee” and “The Sky Above, the Mud Below.” Both are also veterYou don’t find things that last anymore like a double-woven Navajo? ans of the cowboy poetry circuit. (The only time I’ve ever seen Ram- Email me at chrisa@gobrainstorm.net. n

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Thursday20 Navajo-Churro Sheep Association’s annual Gathering, a celebration of Four Corners agriculture, history and culture, Sept. 20-23, Lewis-Arriola Community Center in Cortez. ncsa@arriolasunshinefarm.com.

Kiwanis of Durango annual Pancake Day, 7 a.m.7 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds.

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

Here to Hear: Office Hour with City Councilor Dick White, 9-10 a.m., Steaming Bean, 900 Main Ave. Veterans Breakfast, 9-11 a.m., Elks Club, 901 E. 2nd Ave. 946-4831.

Beginner Tai Chi, 9:15-10:15 a.m., Durango Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave. Baby Meetup, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Columbine House at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 419 San Juan Dr. Writers’ Workshop, 2 p.m., Ignacio Library.

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

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

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

Bayfield Farmers Market, 4:30 p.m. to dusk, along Mill Street in Bayfield.

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

Ska-B-Q featuring live music, 5-7 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St.

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

“Now & Then: The Creative Evolution of 15 Artists,” opening reception, 5-9 p.m., Studio &, 1027 Main Ave. anddurango.com.

“Two Great Americans” featuring Thomas Edison, part of the Life Long Learning Lecture Series, 7 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave.

Phyllis Stapler’s “True Myths,” artist reception 5-9 p.m., show runs thru September, Sorrel Sky Gallery, 828 Main Ave. 247-3555.

“Across the Universe” screening, 7:30 p.m., Sunflower Theatre in Cortez. www.sunflowertheatre.org.

Laugh Therapy Comedy Showcase, 8 p.m., Steaming Bean, 900 Main Ave.

11th annual Birthday Bash Celebration: Forever Young, an ’80s Prom, fundraiser for the Boys and Girls Club of Durango featuring food, drink, music and more, 5:30-7:30 p.m., DoubleTree Hotel Ballroom, 501 Camino del Rio. 375-0010.

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Bayfield Schools and Community Welcome Fair, 6 p.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield.

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

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

Engage, Exchange, Explore: Book Walks, 9:15 a.m., meet at Ignacio Library for carpool, or 9:30 a.m. at Little Bear Trailhead for walk back to library. 563-9287.

Zumba Gold, 9:30-10:15 a.m., La Plata Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave. Open Art Studio, 10 a.m., Ignacio Community Library. 563-9287.

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

Intermediate Tai Chi, 10-11 a.m., every Friday, Durango Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave. Twin Buttes Farm Stand, 3-6:30 p.m., Twin Buttes Farm, Highway 160.

STEAM Lab: Can you build a table sturdy enough to hold a book? Out of newspaper? 3:304:30 p.m., Durango Public Library.

Songs for Grown-Ups featuring CV Wells and Jeroen van Tyn, benefit concert for La Plata County Humane Society, 7 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave. www.durangoarts.tix.com.

Smelter Mountain Boys perform, 7 p.m., 11th St. Station.

“A Night at the Opera,” vocal quartet with piano, part of the 2018-19 Recital Series, 7 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 419 San Juan Dr. “Circus in Wonderland,” presented by Durango Aerial Arts & Acrobatics, 7 p.m., show also runs 7 and 9 p.m., Sept. 22, Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive. www.animascitytheatre.com.

“The Origins of the Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum,” part of the Four Corners Lecture Series, 7 p.m., Chapin Mesa Museum at Mesa Verde National Park. www.mesaverde.org/four-corners-lecture-series.

Blind Alley Troubadours perform, 7-9 p.m., Outlier Cellars in Mancos. www.outliercellars.com.

Saturday22 National Public Lands Day, Sept. 22.

Talk on Mars Curiosity Rover with Kirsten Seibach from Rice University, hosted by The Four Corners Geological Society, social 5:30 p.m.; dinner 6 p.m.; talk, 7 p.m., Fort Lewis College. Register at www.fourcornersgeologi calsociety.org.

Sitting Meditation, 5:30-6:15 p.m., Durango Dharma Center, 1800 E. 3rd Ave. Community Foundation’s 9th annual Community Taste Dinner, featuring live music from Tim Sullivan & the Narrow Gauge Band, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Ridgewood Event Center at Blue Lake Ranch. www.swcommunity foundation.org.

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

Ben Gibson Band performs, 5 p.m., Machos North, 1485 Florida Rd.

Fall Photography Train, Sept. 22-23, Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. www.durangotrain.com.

Durango Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, featuring music from Thom Rader and Durango Shimmy Mob at 11 a.m., TBK Bank parking lot, 259 W. 9th St.

Trunk Show by Taylor and Tessier with live music from Jeff Solon and John O’Neil, part of the annual Fall Gallery Walk, 5-8:30 p.m., Karyn Gabaldon Fine Arts, 680 Main Ave.

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

Annual Fall Gallery Walk, presented by Durango Gallery Association, 5-9 p.m., along Main. 247-9018.

Mountain Marmot Trail Run, 12-mile trail race, 9 a.m., Purgatory Resort. www.purgatoryresort.com. 4

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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.

“Touch a Truck” for kids! featuring a variety of trucks and vehicles from firefighters, police officers, and City Operations, 10:30 a.m.-noon, parking lot across from Durango Public Library. corinna.manion@durangogov.org.

“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NightTime,” screened by National Theatre Live Productions, 11 a.m., also shows 1 p.m., Sept. 23, Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive. www.animascitytheatre.com.

Kirk James Blues Band performs, 5 p.m., Rusty Shovel Saloon in Bayfield.

7th annual Wolfwood Refuge Art and Silent Auction, Lacey Black performs, 5-9 p.m., D&SNGRR Grange.

“Jubilee,” visual sounds of freedom by Nadya and Tron, art opening, 5-9 p.m., Mancos Mystical Market.

Halfway to Paddy’s/10th Anniversary Celebration, featuring live music with Patrick Crossing, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave. 403-1200.

Sway Wild performs, 7-9 p.m., Outlier Cellars in Mancos. www.outliercellars.com.

Full Moon Ghost Crawl and Haunted Train Museum Experience, 9-10 p.m., event also runs Oct. 26, Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad.

Sunday23 Glacial Geology Field Seminar with San Juan Mountains Association interpretive guide MK Gunn. Carpool from Durango at 7 a.m. or meet at trailhead to Highland Mary Lakes near Silverton, 8:30 a.m. Register at MK@sjma.org.

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

Potluck with Faith Based & Nonprofits for Housing the Homeless/Low-Income Workers, hosted by Community Compassion Outreach, 4-6 p.m., Durango Christian Church, 255 E. 11th St. Blue Moon Ramblers, 7 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.

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Fighting fire with fiery dance What: Animas City Farmers Market Dance Bazaar When: 5 – 7 p.m., Wed., Sept. 26 Where: N. Main and 30th Street Still feeling burned by the 416 Fire and the summer that almost wasn’t? Dance your troubles away next Wed., Sept. 26, at the Animas City Farmers Market at 30th and Main.

OK, wait. Isn’t this where you go to buy fresh, locally grown produce and maybe pet a goat or two? Well, since beginning earlier this summer, the weekly Wednesday market (which recently added “bazaar” to its name, which will all make sense in a second) has shapeshifted into a funky block party with different themes each week. Past themes have included bike parades, ping pong tournaments … and now interpretive dancing.

That’s right, next week’s market will morph into a veritable dance bazaar, featuring an interpretative performance about the 416 Fire led by professional performance artist Tanya Blacklight.

Blacklight will lead attendees in a workshop, and the resulting “public dance ritual” will be performed for the crowd.

“Through movement and art, we will explore the impact of the 416 Fire on our community and ourselves,” market organizer Erin Murphy said.

Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave. Monday Music, instruments, rhythm and singing, 10:30 a.m., Durango Café au Play, 1309 E. 3rd Ave., Room 201.

Womenade, annual fundraiser for the Women’s Resource Center, 5:30-7 p.m., Rochester Hotel, 726 E. 2nd Ave. Learn to Square Dance, with Wild West Squares, 78:30 p.m., Florida Grange, 656 Hwy 172. 903-6478.

All ages and dancing abilities are welcome and the workshop is $15 per person. Dancers should come dressed in comfortable black and red clothing and flexible dancing shoes, and with an open heart and mind.

For those who prefer the sidelines, there will be tango dancing, live music, a DJ, and a Native American blessing by Ute Mountain Ute tribal member Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk, former Co-Chair of the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition. There will also be a visual art tribute to the fire that the public is invited to contribute to as well.

For more information or to register for the workshop, go to: www.eventbrite.com/e/forest-fire-dance-ceremony-du rango-tickets-49968786987 Zumba Gold, 9:30-10:15 a.m., Durango Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave. Card Making, 10 a.m., Pine River Senior Center.

Marketing Workshop: Social Media & Content, hosted by Southwest Colorado Small Business Development Center, 10 a.m.-noon, TBK Bank, 259 W. 9th St. Storytime, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Mancos Library.

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

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

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Watch Your Step class, 10:15-11:15 a.m., Durango

National Voter Registration Day, 9 a.m., Yoga for All, 9 a.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield.

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AskRachel Interesting fact: I tried to find proof that horse manure on the trail is in fact a health hazard to humans.

But it appears that, aside from the frustration of stepping in it, you’re only like 15 percent likely to get diarrhea.

Dear Rachel, I’ve hit my breaking point on the trails regarding right of way. Every posted sign shows that foot traffic has the right of way over bicycles. That means, mountain bikes should stop to let me pass. Now I’m fine that I always step to the side and let them through, it beats getting run over. But almost no bicyclist who passes me says “Excuse me” or even “Thank you.” They act like they own the joint, and my presence is merely a nuisance. Any advice beyond stabbing sticks in their spokes?

- Wrong of Way Dear Run Down, You’re experiencing just one symptom of Bicyclist Entitlement Syndrome. It’s rare among cyclists – just like you never see good news in the daily paper, you never notice the considerate bikers. But some cyclists feel better than the rest of us, just because they have admittedly perfect quads or some such. They feel they can ride 12 abreast on a two-lane county road. They feel they can park their bikes on handicap ramps. They run over kittens. And they dominate the trails. You won’t change their ways, but you could always just call them fat.

– On your left, Rachel

to look outside and assess it. But I don’t understand the economy at all. It’s doing so great, they say, but my friends’ and my wages haven’t gone up in years, the bank’s interest rates haven’t improved on our meager savings accounts, and nothing seems particularly different or exceptional to us. So, Rachel: what is the economy, anyway?

– The Econo-missed

Dear Pleb, Ah, the economy is a mythical creature, like La Llorona or bipartisanship, that people in power use to entice certain naïve and non-self-serving behaviors from those perceived to be “lesser” beings. “If you’re a good boy and/or girl,” they say, “the economy will not eat you while you sleep!” So we keep working wage jobs and wishing that, maybe someday, we’ll get our economy membership cards in the mail.

– Dream on, Rachel

Dear Rachel, Dog owners are supposed to pick up after their wards. That’s fair; I don’t want to step in dog poop at the park. But what about horses?

Horse riders don’t have to pick up horse poop on the trail. Do the tourist buggies have to pick up horse poop on city streets? What about if horses were at the park? I don’t want to step in horse dung either, even if it is just grass.

– Hay Fevered

Email Rachel at telegraph@durangotelegraph.com Dear Strawman, All’s fair in love and war, but no one adds a clause regarding public defecation. I want to know, why are dogs allowed to, but I’m not? Even if I offer to pick it up, my neighbors seem to have a real problem with the idea. Although, I do suddenly have a devious idea for reducing mountain bike traffic on our local trails… .

– Bad dog, Rachel

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Steve Redding, 3:30-5 p.m., Durango Library. 375-3389.

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Trails 2000 Trailwork Party, 4-7 p.m., Telegraph Trail, meet at Meadow and Telegraph intersection in Horse Gulch.

“The Silver Thread,” runs thru Oct. 27, Friends of the Arts Gallery at Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave.

Candidate Forum for La Plata County Commissioner, Sheriff and Treasurer, hosted by League of Women Voters, 5-6:30 p.m., Bayfield Town Hall.

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

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

Free one-on-one technology tutoring, Durango Public Library. www.durangopubliclibrary.org.

Citizens Climate Lobby, presentation on the Climate Reality Project, social time 5:30 p.m., meeting 6 p.m., Himalayan Kitchen, 992 Main Ave.

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

Dear Rachel, What is the economy? People talk about it like the weather, like just anyone should be able

Marketing Workshop: Social Media & Content, hosted by Southwest Colorado Small Business Development Center, 10 a.m.-noon, TBK Bank, 259 W. 9th St. Smiley Farmers Market, 3-6 p.m., 1309 E. 3rd Ave. Twin Buttes Farm Stand, 3-6:30 p.m., Twin Buttes Farm, Highway 160.

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

Stress, Mindfulness and Self-Compassion, free community presentation, 5:30-7 p.m., Durango Public Library.

MyahMindfulness@gmail.com or 946-5379.

Let’s Taco ‘Bout Organics! 6-7 p.m., Natural Grocers Demo Kitchen, 1123 Camino Del Rio. Durango Diaries: Food, local chefs discuss their craft and share recipes, 6-7:15 p.m., Durango Public Library.

“The 4 Keys of Mindfulness” with Cindy Schmidt, 6-7:30 p.m., Pathways Physical Therapy, 2243 Main Ave. “From Deep Time to Deep Valleys: The Geologic Evolution of the Animas River Valley” with Gary Gianniny, professor of geosciences at Fort Lewis College, 6:30 p.m., Animas Valley Grange, 7271 CR 203.

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Zia Town Series Raiders Ridge Enduro, hosted by Durango Devo, B Race 5:30 p.m., A Race 6 p.m.

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

Autoimmune Support Group, 5:45 p.m., Living Tree Live Foods, 680-B Main Ave. La La Bones performs, 6:30 p.m., Red Scarf Studio Listening Room.

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

Ongoing

“Studio Art & Communication Design Faculty Biennial,” thru Sept. 27, Art & Design Gallery, Fort Lewis College.

“Junkyard Steamroller,” runs thru Sept. 29, Barbara Conrad Gallery at Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave. “Caught in the Mirror,” runs thru Sept. 29, at Du-

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Upcoming

Manhattan Short Film Festival, presented by Durango Film Festival, Sept. 27-Oct. 7. www.durangofilm.org.

Meet the Author: Rebecca Clarren, author of Kickdown, 6:30 p.m., Sept. 27, Maria’s Bookshop, 960 Main Ave. www.mariasbookshop.com.

San Juan Mountain Bike and Beer Festival, Sept. 2830, Purgatory Resort. www.purgatoryresort.com.

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): “The flower doesn’t dream of the bee. It blossoms and the bee comes.” So says poet and philosopher Mark Nepo in The Book of Awakening. Now I’m transmitting his observation to you. I hope it will motivate you to expend less energy fantasizing about what you want and devote more energy to becoming the beautiful, useful, irresistible presence that will attract what you want. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to make plans to produce very specific blossoms.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Budi Waseso, the former head of the Indonesian government’s anti-narcotics division, had a radical plan to prevent escapes by people convicted of drug-related crimes. He sought to build detention centers that would be surrounded by moats filled with crocodiles and piranhas.

But his replacement, Heru Winarko, has a different approach. He wants addicts and dealers to receive counseling in comfortable rehabilitation centers. I hope that in the coming weeks, as you deal with weaknesses, flaws, and sins – both your own and others’ – you’ll opt for an approach more like Winarko’s than Waseso’s.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In one sense, a “patron saint” is a Catholic saint who is a heavenly advocate for a person, group, activity, thing or place. St. Jude is the patron saint of lost causes, for instance. St. Francis of Assisi is the guardian of animal welfare and St. Kentigern is the protector against verbal abusers. “Patron saint” may also be invoked poetically to refer to a person who serves as a special guide or influence. For example, in one of his short stories, Nathaniel Hawthorne refers to a veteran nurse as “the patron saint of young physicians.” In accordance with current astrological omens, I invite you to fantasize about persons, groups, activities, things or places for whom you might be the patron saint. To spur your imagination, here are some appropriate possibilities. You could be the patron saint of the breeze at dawn; of freshly picked figs; of singing humorous love songs in the sunlight; of unpredictable romantic adventures; of lifechanging epiphanies while hiking in nature; of soul-stirring music.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): In August 1933, author Virginia Woolf wrote a critical note to her friend, the composer Ethel Smyth, lamenting her lack of emotional subtlety. “For you,” Woolf told Smyth, “either things are black, or they’re white; either they’re sobs or shouts—whereas, I always glide from semitone to semi-tone.” In the coming weeks, fellow Cancerian, you may encounter people who act like Smyth. But it will be your

sacred duty, both to yourself and to life, to remain loyal and faithful to the rich complexity of your feelings.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “People think of education as something they can finish,” writer and scientist Isaac Asimov, who wrote or edited over 500 books, said. His point was that we’re wise to be excited about learning new lessons as long as we’re on this earth. To cultivate maximum vitality, we should always be engaged in the processes of absorbing new knowledge and mastering new skills and deepening our understanding. Does that sound appealing to you, Leo? I hope so, especially in the coming weeks, when you will have an enhanced ability to see the big picture of your future needs for education.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo businessman Warren Buffet is among the top five wealthiest people on the planet. In an average year, his company Berkshire Hathaway adds $36 billion to its already swollen coffers. But in 2017, thanks to the revision of the U.S. tax code by President Trump and his buddies, Buffet earned $65 billion – an increase of 83 percent over his usual haul. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you’re entering a year-long phase when your financial chances could have a mild resemblance to Buffet’s 2017. I’m not predicting your earnings will increase by 83 percent. But 15 percent isn’t unreasonable.

So start planning how you’ll do it!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): As he stepped up to use an ATM in a supermarket, a Scottish man named Colin Banks found £30 (about $40) that the person who used the machine before him had inadvertently neglected to take.

But rather than pocketing it, Banks turned it in to a staff member, and eventually the cash was reunited with its proper owner.

Shortly after performing his good deed, Bank won £50,000 (about $64,500) in a game of chance. It was instant karma in dramatic action – the positive kind! My analysis of the astrological omens reveals that you’re more likely than usual to benefit from expeditious cosmic justice like that. That’s why I suggest you intensify your commitment to doing good deeds.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): As you dive down into your soul’s depths in quest for renewal, remember this testimony from poet Scherezade Siobhan: “I want to dig out what is ancient in me, the mistaken-for-monster … and let it teach me how to be unafraid again.” Are you brave and brazen enough to do that yourself? It’s an excellent time to douse your fear by drawing wild power from the primal sources of your life. To earn the right to soar through the heights in November and December, delve as deep as you can in the coming weeks.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): According to author Elizabeth Gilbert, here’s “the central question upon which all creative living hinges: do you have the courage to bring forth the treasures that are hidden within you?”

When I read that thought, my first response was, why are the treasures hidden?

Shouldn’t they be completely obvious? My second response was, why do you need courage to bring forth the treasures?

Shouldn’t that be the easiest and most enjoyable task imaginable? Everything you just read is a perfect riddle for you to contemplate during the next 14 months, Sagittarius.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A blogger named Sage Grace offers her readers a list of “cool things to call me besides cute.” They include dazzling, alluring, sublime, magnificent and exquisite. Is it OK if I apply those same adjectives to you, Capricorn? I’d like to add a few more, as well: resplendent, delightful, intriguing, magnetic and incandescent. I hope that in response you don’t flinch with humility or protest that you’re not worthy of such glorification.

According to my astrological analysis, now is one of those times when you deserve extra appreciation for your idiosyncratic appeal and intelligence. Tell your allies and loved ones that I said so. Inform them, too, that giving you this treatment could help mobilize one of your half-asleep potentials.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Many educated Americans and Europeans think of reincarnation as a loony delusion, even though it’s a cornerstone of spiritual belief for over 1.5 billion earthlings. I myself regard it as a hypothesis worthy of intelligent consideration, although I’d need hundreds of pages to explain my version of it. However you imagine it, Aquarius, you now have extra access to knowledge and skills and proclivities you possessed in what we might refer to as your “past lives” – especially in those past lives in which you were an explorer, maverick, outlaw or pioneer. I bet you’ll feel freer and more experimental than usual during the next four weeks.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “When the winds of change blow,” says a Chinese proverb, “some people build walls while others build windmills.” Since the light breezes of change may soon evolve into brisk gusts of change in your vicinity, I wanted to bring this thought to your attention. Will you be more inclined to respond by constructing walls or windmills? I don’t think it would be foolish for you to favor the walls, but in the long run I suspect that windmills would serve you better.

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

excellent knife skills. Bring resume to 117 West College Drive and fill out an application between 2pm and 4pm.

Visiting Angels of SW Colo Is now hiring compassionate caregivers to do non-medical in home care in the Durango, CO area. We are the #1 agency in the nation, we encourage and build leaders, and we take pride in caring for the elderly. If you have a heart for this kind of work, we want you! We offer incentives, bonus program, flex schedules, paid training and much more! Call us today to become an Angel Caregiver.

LOVE....its what we do! Call 970-2645991 or go to visitingangels.com/south westcolorado to apply.

Reruns Is Hiring!

Bring resume to 572 E. 6th Ave.

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

Flying Picards Studio of Music Etc. Piano, flute, ukulele, saxophone lessons. Private or group. All ages. French class. Weddings, funerals, events with flute and harp duo. Toddler music classes. Certified, experienced and fun teacher. 970-259-4383 or 970-764-7443 390 e.12th Street. tracymaui@aol.com

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

HelpWanted Phlebotomy Certification (Blood Drawing) $350, Farmington, Oct. 27 and 28. swphlebotomy.net, 505-410-7889.

KDUR Radio is Looking for Someone to fill the community member position on our Community Advisory Board.

This person should live in La Plata County and be a regular listener to KDUR Radio. Monthly meetings/assistance at fund-raisers and miscellaneous duties are the commitment. Interested parties email Liggett_b@fortlewis.edu Experienced Line/Prep Cook wanted at BREW Pub & Kitchen. Must be reliable with a strong work ethic and

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Love Your Job! MountainHeart Massage School, Crested Butte! 11/27/18. 800-673-0539 www.mountainheart.org Mommy and Me Dance Class Come join the fun! Now registering for classes. Call 970-749-6456. mommyandmedance.com.

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Yoga for Chronic Pain Learn yogic practices that reset the nervous system in the face of persistent pain for more ease in movement, reduced pain, and improved quality of life. Sunday, Sept. 23, 11–1:30 pm at Yogadurango. Cost: $35. Contact Lynn (799-5829) or preregister at yogadu rango.com/workshops/.

8 Week Mindful Self-Compassion 8 Thursdays starting Oct. 11 (10/11 12/6 - No Class on 11/22) 5:30 - 8pm Smiley Building, #205 Sliding scale fee: $250-400 payment plan available.

Contact Myoung Lee, Certified Mindfulness & MSC Teacher: MyahMindfulness@gmail.com or 970-946-5379.

Love and Logic Parenting Course Licensed psychologist Dr. Doug Miller, PsyD, is offering a 4-week parenting course, “Parenting the Love and Logic Way,” designed to give parents practical skills to be used immediately to address struggles parents often face.

Wednesdays, October 3, 10, 17 & 24; 11:45am – 1:15pm; Summit Psychology, 270 East 8th Avenue, Suite N-206 at Horse Gulch Health Campus. $110 per person. To register call 970-382-2680 or email dougmillergroup@gmail.com.

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Fall Spray Tans!

Organic & Beautiful!

Meg Bush, LMT 970-759-0199.

Fall in love with Massage!

Meg Bush, LMT 970-759-0199.

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

RealEstate BMW Repair Shop for Sale Mancos CO. BMW motorcycle repair shop for sale in Mancos to an experienced BMW mechanic tell a friend. tedullman@gmail.com Radon Services Free radon testing and consultation.

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

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Low Price on Storage!

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

Piano Lessons w/fun, expert teacher. Any level or age.

Lawrence Nass 769-0889.

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

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

1981 Honda Cub Motorscooter Sweet vintage ride, fully refurbished by local mechanic. Only about 6,000 miles, 70 cc, manual, new tires and battery. It runs – just not currently. Needs small-engine jedi to get her up and on the road again. $1300 OBO. 970.749.2595.

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Antique Cuckoo Clock German with quill bone numbers and hands. 970-259-4159.

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

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

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

Reruns Home Furnishings Back-to-school – nice variety of furniture, lamps and rugs. 1950s table and

chairs, dishes; kitchen items; bedding; tapestries and more! Unique treasures arriving daily. 572 E. 6th Ave. 385-7336.

Rustic Wide Board Dining Table New rustic contemporary virgin white pine wide board table and chairs, very unique, 22” wide boards, table 8’ x 3.5’, 10 chairs, $3,000. Also 12’ table and 14 chairs $4,000. 920-421-4644

ForRent Durango In Town 3 BR/1 BA, new carpet, paint, W/D hook up, students welcome with ref., 1-year lease and deposit. 970-259-8117.

Downtown Updated Historic Home 2bd/1ba, ofc, w/d hot tub $2,100/mo 970-799-1868.

CommunityService Volunteers Needed for High School Cycling League State Championships

For the first time since its founding in 2010, an interscholastic high school crosscountry mountain bike race is coming to Durango and it’s the State Championships.

As the host city, we need to make sure all the volunteer spots are filled. If Durango “knocks it out of the park” we will have a Colorado High School Cycling League race in Durango every year for years to come. The championships will be the weekend of Oct. 19-21. Many volunteer shifts are 2-3 hours. For more info, visit duran godevo.com.

Teen Two Day Backpacking Trip – Sept. 29-30 Durango Parks and Recreation in partnership with San Juan Mountains Association is offering a two-day backpacking trip for teens, 13-17. MK Gunn, certified interpretive guide, will lead the trip on the First Fork Trail along the Piedra River. Trip length is dependent on abilities of the group and will be approximately 4-7 miles each day. This trip is designed to teach kids how to backpack, and participants must be able to carry their gear. More details, waiver form, as well as gear list is available at: www.durangogov.org/ParksandRec. Register online at www.durangogov.org/register4rec or in person at the Recreation Center, Chapman Hill or Durango Gymnastics. Call Parks and Recreation at 375-7300 with questions.

your established business need help growing to the next level? Do you need education, mentoring and equity funding? SCAPE’s mission is to help launch and propel local jobproducing businesses. All companies accepted into the 2019 class will be eligible for small investments to go toward helping develop the business. SCAPE is positioned to have $200k to invest in the most promising startups that come out of the 2019 SCAPE program. Apply by 12/31/18 at www.go scape.org Grant Funding Available The Durango Area Association of Realtors is accepting grant-funding requests from local nonprofit organizations. Qualifying organizations must be in La Plata or San Juan counties. Preference will be given to housing and family support organizations. Deadline for submission is Sept. 30.

To fill out an application, visit www.surveymonkey.com/r/FLPGWXX. For more info, contact Audrie McGonigal at audrie@du rangorealtor.com.

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Stephen Ministry Program Open to Help People in Our Community The First United Methodist Church of Durango has an active Stephen Ministry program which offers one-to-one care for individuals experiencing a crisis like losing a job, losing a loved one, divorce or terminal illness. Stephen Ministers are available to all members of our community. Please note: Stephen Ministry is not mental health counseling. If you know someone who is having a tough time, please ask them to call

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

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

Hours: Mon.- Fri., 7 a.m. – 4 p.m. $

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

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

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