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Last call

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Airport seeks comments on terminal make-over p12

Chatting with one of Durango’s favorite suppliers p13

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4 La Vida Local

Rolling with it BLM’s new travel plan allows for e-bikes on public lands

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by Tracy Chamberlin

5 Word on the Street

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River time

Fall is the perfect, not-so-hot time for wandering the Juan

10-11 Day in the Life

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12 Quick ‘n’ Dirty

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Coffee talk with one of Durango’s favorite suppliers

15-17 On the Town

by Kathleen Rittenhouse

17 Ask Rachel

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18 Free Will Astrology

Musical jambalaya Homage to the Crescent City, wounded warriors and doing a jig

19 Classifieds

by Chris Aaland

19 Haiku Movie Review

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Skyhawks mountain bikers are hitting the road. This week, 22 riders are headed to Big Bear, Calif., for the USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike Nationals, Oct. 11-13. The team will be looking to defend its national title and bring home FLC’s 25th team national title.

The weekend’s events include cross country (XC), short track (STXC), dual slalom (DS) and downhill (DH) for men and women as well as the coed team relay (TR). The action will kick off Friday with the XC, followed by the STXC and DS on Saturday and DH and TR on Sunday. The championship will be determined by the scores of the top three riders from each school in each event.

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“The biggest advantage that FLC has is its depth, with any rider on the team being capable of a win,” Head Coach Dave Hagen said.

The Men’s Endurance Team (XC/STXC) was dominant all season with FLC filling most top spots. FLC XC and STXC National Champ Cole Paton will look to defend his titles with the help of Henry Nadell, Nash Dory, Cooper Wiens, Keiran Eagen and Guy Leshem. “Mountain biking is usually an individual effort, but with the depth of this team they often can use team tactics to secure the desired result,” said Hagen.

The Women’s Endurance Team has also had a great season with wins by defending STXC National Champ Savilia Blunk and teammates Ellen Campbell, Stella Sisneros and Camryn Sippy.

Freshman revelation Maddie Gerritsen and local Katja Freeburn complete the team. “The women XCers are all coming into great form for the championships,” said Hagen.

The Women’s Gravity Team (DS/DH) is anchored by junior Elle Runyan who will try to improve upon last year’s fifth place finish.

Four-time MTB Nationals team member Anna Schehrer will bring her experience to the team along with Barb Edwards, Emily Knight, Campbell and Blunk.

The Men’s Gravity Team has two returning members, Shane Ellis and Asa McGill-Howe. New members include Will Farmer, Keanu Smith, Trent Del Grippo and Cole Fiene.

The deciding factor at Nationals is often the Team Relay, pitting the best two female and male riders from each team against each other. FLC won the relay last year in convincing fashion, and although this year’s team won’t be determined until this weekend, all four are in the mix again.

To keep up with the action, check out FLC Cycling Team on Facebook, or Twitter and Instagram @flccycling. Official results can be found at www.usacycling.org.

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LaVidaLocal Operation insemination “I’ve never seen so many pregnant bellies at a wedding,” proclaimed one poofyhaired, lip-sticked aunt I’d never met as I waddled by on my 11th trip to the bathroom that evening. I smiled, yelling over the music into her ear, “That’s because we planned it. We call it Operation Insemination. All of us pulled the goalie around the same time and everybody got knocked up!” And then I waltzed off to the chamber, feeling her puzzled gaze hanging behind me.

To the hundreds of similar comments we’ve received over the last few months, I’d usually just reply, “It was a long winter,” tossing in a wink. And while it was a long winter full of fireside canoodling, the cheeky, unabridged explanation behind four good friends getting pregnant within a month of each other can be credited to a hairbrained venture we call Operation Insemination, a highly improbable, slightly weird, wildly successful campaign to start our families around the same time.

The logic behind Op In is simple: we wouldn’t have to change friend groups when people announced they were pregnant; we could all just try to have babies at the same time. The first baby popped out in April 2018, followed by one in August, another in January and two more in March. The second wave is more of a tsunami, with four of us due, like, right now (in fact, the first baby dropped the day after that wedding with the befuddled aunt last weekend).

When Operation Insemination was first conceived over beers back in summer 2015, my husband, Nick, and I were still proudly comfortable in a kid-free-life philosophy. We don’t like babies or teen-agers (seven- to nine-year-olds are OK). And then, one night, Nick jumped ship, suggesting that when we’re 60, we’d regret it if we hadn’t at least tried. He was right. We had to try. But not yet.

In January 2017, we won the coveted permit for a private Colorado River trip through Grand Canyon. Launch date: Aug. 2, 2018. For us, this was not only the trip of a lifetime but would also take us to the place where we met guiding back in 2010, where our love first bloomed, below gaping Redwall Limestone beside the turquoise blue waters of Havasu Creek. Operation Insemination could clearly not happen till the Canyon.

Not everyone had the same hellbent attachment to this timeless adventure, much less the patience to calm their biological clocks, so we weren’t surprised when one baby’s arrival date was announced as Aug. 2, 2018, same as the day we’d embark on our journey into the unknown. Good for them, but we were sticking to the plan of detonating Op In on the river.

After so many years of avoiding getting pregnant at all costs, the trying revealed itself to be exhilarating. Sandy, and not the most sanitary, but absolutely thrilling.

And while a booze-and-boomer fueled three weeks works for some, it was obvious that my womb was far from the purified temple necessary to spawn our offspring. It would’ve made for a great story, but we were relieved, and off to the races, stoked on more trying.

Meanwhile, down in the Canyon, I’d re-torn my ACL and took the PLC and meniscus with it, a quiet suffering that I didn’t deal with till December. Considering it’d be my fourth knee surgery, I decided to go to the Steadman Clinic in Vail where

the doc told me I needed not one but two surgeries. The first would be a bone graft, which we scheduled for February 20, 2019. My focus turned from Operation Insemination to Operation Get Knee to Ski. We kept trying, mind you. I was even using ovulation strips to see if we could nail when the egg would drop, but the strips never showed positive. I assumed my body and mind were so focused on my lack of stability and inability to ski powder that there was no space for carrying a baby.

I’d be in Vail for 10 days post-operation, so work and family were fully aware of our situation. The day before surgery, we awoke to pack for the trip and make the six-hour drive north. I was two days late and knew they’d test for pregnancy in preop. We just happened to have two First Responses given to us from already-knocked-up friends, so I unwrapped my first ever pregnancy test, peed on it, waited and blinked at the result.

The second line showed up pale. What did that mean? We didn’t have the instructions. So I used the other stick. Again, one sharp line, one faded. We got in the hot tub to discuss our options.

Fully convinced we were not pregnant, I voted we stay with the plan and start driving. But Nick went to the store and bought one of those tests that read definitively PREGNANT or NOT. We stood in the bathroom staring at three positive pregnancy tests. Happy tears and hugs came first and then we started the phone calls. First up, my surgeon. Congratulations, he said, but we’re not operating. See you in 2020, he said – when I’ll have an infant, I thought. Nothing to do about it now. Then we called everybody else because everybody knew about the surgery, and, by day’s end, at only four weeks pregnant, everybody knew Operation Insemination was a go for the Martins.

Some quick math traced the conception back to Comicon Snowdown, when I dressed as Captain Yes in my gold one-piece suit, flowing cape and Marie Antoinette wig with twinkly lights laced throughout, controlled by a battery pack in my DIY Yesplated superhero belt. Combined with the ensuing, Hornitossoaked month of a hut trip, the White Out fat bike race and a random weekend at Dunton Hot Springs partying with The Killers, I hung my head in shame, realizing this poor kid will be fighting for brain cells his or her (we don’t know the sex) parents couldn’t stand to lose in the first place. But the internet and other girlfriends with healthy children say we’re probably fine. TBD. Operation Insemination has no ending, for the finish line of pregnancy is really the start line for whatever comes next, a title-less chapter with only one guarantee: we’re not alone in this. We’ve got a village of support, wisdom, hand-me-downs, brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, and the same old drinking, biking and skiing buddies who make Durango the kind of place we want to raise a kid.

We look forward to storytime, the pumpkin patch, the Polar Express, DEVO, and all the other kid-centric subcultures around town yet to be discovered. Until then, know that we’re grateful for the opportunity to welcome this human into a community we’re proud to call home, and to raise a respectful, kind, creative citizen – maybe the one who will solve the affordable housing or homelessness crises, or the one who will fund solar paneling the train, or the baker of the perfect donut. We wouldn’t be where we are without you, Durango. Well, you and my Yes costume.

– Joy Martin

Sign of the Downfall:

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Hine Art The Trevor Project, a nonprofit that works to combat LGBTQ teen suicide, working to expand its presence in Colorado, where one in five teens who identify as gay or transgender has attempted suicide Help for locals struggling with homelessness, with Housing Solutions partnering with the State of Colorado and City of Durango to build Espero Apartments, 40 affordable housing units for people with disabilities or extremely low-income or who are exiting homelessness Fort Lewis College breaking down barriers to higher education with its Tuition Promise, which offers free tuition to lowincome students whose family income is $60,000 or less

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The recent hard freeze signaling an end to one of the shortest local growing season in recent memory and the death knell for countless rock-hard green tomatoes still on vines all over town The BLM’s final travel management plan failing to address several requests for more connectivity between local trail systems, despite trails being a huge amenity and driver for the area’s economy Trump’s belligerent defiance in refusing to cooperate with impeachment inquiries resulting in an unprecedented Constitutional crisis and setting the stage for a showdown between the legislative and executive branches

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Trump’s fundraising team recently started selling the “Donald J. Trump Limited Edition Fine Art” poster, thereby combining more oxymorons than was previously thought to be possible. Each poster is “hand numbered,” even though they don’t say how many will be sold, and the asking price is $24 each (before shipping, of course). But the “artwork” takes the cake because a skinny Trump is pictured flying like Superman over a skyline, and of course, his hands are enormous.

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Dancing with the wolves To the editor, Last weekend we attended an amazing performance by Lost Walks at the Powerhouse. In conjunction with the Rocky Mountain Wolf Project, Lost Walks, a collection of talented musicians and dancers, conveyed through “music, movement and collaboration for conservation,” a story about a wolves.

The music was powerful. The dancing was incredible.

Every expression, every gesture, every muscle of the dancers conveyed the thoughts and actions of the characters. The costumes completed the characters artfully. The whole effect was haunting.

Jen GaNum, the director, sang and narrated beautifully. One of the musicians produced a wide range of vocals and narrative. Each of the other musicians performed outstandingly as well.

This was a once-in-a-lifetime experience I hope many get to see. What better tribute to animals that are critical to Colorado’s well-being.

– Joel and Marianne Pearlman, Durango

Elks vs e-bikes. Really.

To the editor, (The following letter is in response to “Elks vs. E-bikes. Really?” which appeared in the Oct. 3 issue of the Telegraph.)

A recent move by the Trump administration will open millions of acres of public land trails to motorized ebikes. Publications based on data collected at the USDA Forest Service’s Starkey Experimental Forest and Range near La Grande, Ore., from 2002-04 show how motorized and nonmotorized types of recreation – ATV use, mountain biking, horseback riding and hiking – affect elk.

Mike Wisdom is a research wildlife biologist with the Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station who worked on the project. His findings provide quantitative evidence about the effects of recreation on elk. In short:

hunted populations of elk generally don’t care to be around people, especially people on ATVs and mountain bikes, even during non-hunting seasons.

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trails associated with their activities. Their intolerance (as indicated by the distances they maintained) was highest for ATV riding, followed by mountain biking. To a lesser degree, the elk also avoided hikers and horseback riders.

Some people participating in the study reported that they could see elk from the trails. However, telemetry data revealed that the elk that were seen by recreationists represented a small portion of the larger population: most of the elk had retreated far enough to be hidden from view.

Avoiding motors, in particular, takes a toll on elk in two ways: increased energy expenditures and decreased access to food sources. Moving more than necessary and not having enough to eat can be detrimental to the viability of elk populations. For example, if females don’t put on enough body fat, they may not be able to reproduce.

Nearly half (44 percent) of all elk locations detected by telemetry during the recreation activities occurred in the 15 percent of the study area that was farthest from trails.

In other words, a large number of elk sought refuge by crowding into a smaller range. “You’ve basically reduced what we call carrying capacity, the number of animals that can make a living on the landscape,” Wisdom says.

He calls this “habitat compression.”

This is a form of habitat loss, similar to the well-documented effects of forest roads and traffic on elk and other wildlife. In the words of Kent Ingram, former Sportsmen Representative to Colorado Division of Wildlife Big Game Working Group: “We are finding elk do not tolerate intrusion into their habitat sanctuaries. E-bikes can add yet another new layer of intrusion.”

Today some 98 percent of the lower 48 states is within 1 mile of a motorized route. Ninety-two percent of all national forest lands in Colorado lie within 1 mile of a road, and there are over 17,000 miles of roads in Colorado’s national forests. In the San Juan National Forest, where I hunt elk every fall, motorized road miles increased from 2,817 in the late 1990s to more than 6,400 miles in 2008.

How many miles of motorized routes are enough?

“We risk loving places to death and further overwhelm-

ing wildlife every time technology advances,” Aaron Kindle, senior manager of western sporting campaigns for the National Wildlife Federation, said. “Management that treats nonmotorized and motorized recreation differently has worked well for quite some time … e-bikes are motorized vehicles and should be managed as such.”

Some argue that e-bikes help aging folks, like myself (my knees don’t hike/climb/hunt like they used to), experience the outdoors. I accept that there are some things I can no longer can (or never was able to) do but don’t accept that my limitations should be used as an excuse to degrade our wild public lands, waters and wildlife.

As explained by Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers member Jay Gingrich: “With new battery tech, and no enforcement, we will see impacts on wildlife, habitat and the experience we have on trails. What is to prevent more powerful machines from being used on trails?

Presently, nonmotorized is simple and reasonable. There are already thousands of miles of roads and trails open to motorized use, including e-bikes.”

For additional information see: Science Findings #219 (U.S. Department of Agriculture-Forest Service): September 2019. www.fs.fed.us/pnw/sciencef/ scifi219.pdf – David Lien, Chairman, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers

Trumps wipes feet on Constitution To the editor, It’s been a busy few weeks as our so-called president tries to recruit foreign leaders to aid his 2020 re-election campaign. At stake is the future of our Constitution, let alone quaint ideas of honor and integrity.

Trump has claimed authority to amend the Constitution by imperial decree – the birthright citizenship that’s

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part of the 14th Amendment. Lack of Republican pushback was telling. Now he thinks the impeachment clause should be eliminated. The Founding Fathers put it in there for good reason, along with checks and balances and separation of powers.

Then there’s the ongoing and blatant violations of the Constitution’s emoluments clause as Trump uses the presidency to enhance his and his family’s wealth. No Republican push-back there either.

First an intelligence agency whistle-blower reported a July phone call between Trump and Ukraine’s new president, seeking his help in digging up dirt on Democrat Joe Biden and his son Hunter; this right after Trump blocked $250 million in military aid to Ukraine. Trump has admitted the conversation happened. But there was nothing improper, the habitual liar insisted. The partial transcript of the conversation showed otherwise. He responded by also seeking assistance from China to dig up dirt on the Bidens.

Then Trump said the whistle-blower should be charged with treason, along with Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff for attempting to assert those checks and balances and separation of powers.

The Constitution defines treason, and investigating presidential wrongdoing doesn’t qualify.

Trump has seeded the Executive Branch with people who will be loyal to him personally rather than to the country, the Constitution or the rule of law; especially the State Department and Department of Justice.

Still no push-back from Senate Republicans.

Trump knows he can act with impunity, because his Executive Branch minions and Senate Trumpublicans will protect him from any accountability. The ugly reality that we see here is that our Constitution isn’t worth the paper it’s written on if our elected representatives refuse to uphold it and instead aid and abet Trump’s coup against it.

– Carole McWilliams, Bayfield

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The roll-out

City follows suit?

E-bikes consume debate over BLM’s new travel plan

by Tracy Chamberlin

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ot much has changed since the public scoping process for the Bureau of Land Management’s travel plan for Archuleta, La Plata and Montezuma counties began earlier this year – something local trail advocates aren’t pleased about.

There are still miles of new trails marked for Mancos, a rerouting of the system atop Animas Mountain, no connectors between Twin Buttes and Overend Mountain Park, and a halt to any official routes along Skid Ridge or Hogsback.

The one thing that has changed, however, is all anyone is talking about – e-bikes.

Opening the flood gates?

On Aug. 29, Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt signed Order 3376: Increasing Recreational Opportunities through the use of Electric Bikes.

This order means e-bikes are now allowed on all lands managed by the Department of the Interior, which includes the National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management.

It’s sparked yet another e-bike debate – something that’s increasingly commonplace as they become more affordable, more available and easier to use. Part of the rising popularity is access, which Bernhardt highlights in his order.

“This order is intended to increase recreational opportunities for all Americans, especially those with physical limitations, and to encourage the enjoyment of lands and waters managed by the (department),” the order reads.

But, like any evolving technology, no one really knows how it will impact public lands.

One of the arguments against allowing e-bikes is that because they have motors – albeit electric ones – it opens the door to other motorized vehicles, like motorcycles or dirt bikes.

Jeff Christenson, outdoor recreation planner for the BLM’s Tres Rios Field Office, said he’s heard concerns about whether or not allowing ebikes on public lands would erode the boundary between what’s considered motorized and nonmotorized.

“I’ll be curious to see what the public thinks – is it that much of an issue or not?” he added.

With the BLM’s recent release of the preliminary Environmental Assessment for its proposed travel plan, he could soon find out. The document is open for public comment through Oct. 21, and Christenson is looking forward to seeing those comments – particularly the ones related to e-bikes.

What’s happening?

The BLM offers three options in the proposed travel plan – all of which Christenson said are considered viable. Alternative A is the pre-

To comment on the Bureau of Land Management’s proposed plan, visit go.usa.gov/xE6ZU./ Courtesy photo ferred option and the most detailed.

Some key features of Alternative A are: n The Aqueduct: A new 14-mile, nonmotorized trail system about 2 miles northwest of Mancos, which was intended for mountain biking, hiking, trail running and equestrian use. n Phil’s World: Although a portion of Phil’s World near Cortez runs across BLM lands, changes to this area are not included. Instead, the BLM is going to address any Phil’s World proposals on a project-specific basis. n Mud Springs: A new 4.5-acre motorized play area near Cortez, which would be for day use only and limited to off highway vehicles, or OHVs. n Chutes and Ladders: A new trailhead and parking lot with a new trail connecting these to the existing system, and the closure of a ½-mile section to improve wildlife habitat in the area. n Perins Peak: Enforcement of the prohibition of mechanized use, which includes closing Skid Ridge and Hogsback trails (which connect to Overend Mountain Park) to mountain bikes. n Animas City Mountain: A new 2-mile trail on the western rim for nonmechanized users, a rerouting of existing trails on the eastern rim, and two new trails on the interior specific to mountain bikes. n E-bikes: Class 1 e-bikes (which are pedal-assist only with a 20 mph speed limit) would be allowed on all trails designated for mechanized and motorized use.

The second option (Alternative B) is no action. This is a part of every federal Environmental Assessment, and is used like a baseline or control.

The third, and final, option (Alternative A-1) is considered a modified version of the first. The modification is that it would allow Class 1, 2 4

The one place where e-bikes wouldn’t be allowed on BLM lands is Animas City Mountain. It turns out, that trail system north of town crosses property owned by the City of Durango.

“For the time being, no ebikes could access Animas City Mountain, but that would change if the City of Durango were to authorize e-bike use on city trails,” the BLM’s newly released Travel Management Plan reads.

Under current federal and state law, it is up to the local governments to decide how they want to regulate e-bikes on their natural surface trails. However, there is one unknown.

All the city’s open space – with the exception of Twin Buttes – was purchased using Great Outdoors Colorado, or GOCO, funds and set up as conservation easements with the La Plata Open Space Conservancy, which does not permit motorized travel.

The question then becomes, are e-bikes considered motorized?

Parks and Recreation Director Cathy Metz said they’ve reached out to the La Plata Open Space Conservancy for clarity, but have yet to hear back.

They are hoping to have an answer before next week’s meeting with the Natural Lands Preservation Advisory Board at 6 p.m. Mon., Oct. 14, at the Durango Rec Center when they’ll take up the issue.

“The city is looking at this, and we will definitely have a public meeting before we make any kind of decision,” she added.

– Tracy Chamberlin

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and 3 e-bikes on all mechanized and motorized trails, whereas Alternative A only allows Class 1.

Unlike the Class 1 e-bikes, which are pedal assist and can reach speeds of 20 mph before the motor shuts off, Class 2 is throttle-controlled (with top speeds of 20 mph) and Class 3, also throttle-controlled, can reach speeds of 28 mph.

“With their increased speed and increased similarity to motorcycles, this alternative would be expected to cause more social conflicts between trail users,” the proposed plan reads.

Christenson couldn’t say if the BLM is required to allow all classes of e-bikes under the new order, or if regional offices can use some discretion. He’s waiting for clarification from BLM officials in Washington, D.C., and it’s unknown when they’ll send word.

It’s not all about e-bikes Although e-bikes are the big topic of discussion, several of the BLM’s other decisions unrelated to e-bikes are not sitting well with local trail advocates either.

One of those is the lack of any trail connecting Twin Buttes with Overend Mountain Park on the western side of Durango.

“The BLM is not listening,” Mary Monroe Brown, executive director for Trails 2000, said in an email. “We are disappointed that they will not help the community locate an acceptable access route between these two parcels, especially given the number of meetings and requests we have put forward over the years.”

The BLM considers the property that divides these two systems to be a wildlife management area, which prohibits mechanized uses like mountain biking. In the proposed plan, this means the only way to get from Overend to Twin Buttes is via Highway 160.

Monroe Brown said social trail connections are forming because people are trying to avoid the traffic on 160. “We are trying to propose a sustainable connection that protects the landscape, yet provides access,” she added.

According to Christenson, the proposed plan is a good backbone for land management, but it doesn’t mean the door

On the move: BLM relocating headquarters to Grand Junction Word came out in July that the Bureau of Land Management would be relocating its headquarters from Washington, D.C., to Grand Junction – a move that was spearheaded by Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo.

“Relocating the Bureau of Land Management to the Western Slope of Colorado will bring the bureau’s decision makers closer to the people they serve and the public lands they manage,” he said in a statement.

Some praised the move, including Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, who pointed out the economic boon it would have on the West Slope city.

Others criticized it, including top administrators who would have to make the move, claiming it was the first step to dismantling the federal agency – an Hikers stroll through lands run by the BLM along the Utah/Ariidea that wasn’t quelled with the appointment of zona border. The BLM manages 245 million acres of land in the William Perry Pendley, who has advocated for the U.S., much of it in the West./ Photo by Stephen Eginoire sale of public lands in the past, as the BLM’s new actcommunities, advocates for public lands and proponents for ing director. Critics also point to the announcement that the a more responsible and accountable federal government,” BLM’s neighbors in their new digs would be oil and gas lobas he touted. byists and employees of Chevron.

Only time will tell if Gardner’s move is a “victory for local – Tracy Chamberlin is closed to requests for new connectivity.

“There were several trail proposals that weren’t quite right at this time,” he explained. “Those (proposals) can still be addressed in the future.”

Other missing pieces in the proposed travel plan, according to Monroe Brown, include not recognizing the Old Car Loop trail, which connects Durango Mesa to the Grandview and Three Spring areas; and, the creation of a connector trail for the Edgemont neighborhood to the Smoke Jumper Trail.

She also pointed out that although the proposed plan mentions the importance of the recreation economy to the Southwest, it seems the BLM took few steps to pro-

mote that ideal.

Durango has more cycling national champions, world champions and Olympians per capita than any other town in the U.S., Monroe Brown said, including one of the most successful junior development programs in the country and FLC’s cycling team has 24 national titles to its credit.

“We have six bike shops, four outdoor stores, two running stores and more (of an) outdoor recreation economy than any town in the area,” she added. “Companies are located here and recruit employees based on trail access … we feel the Durango brand relies on access to the outdoors and trails are the gateway to that access.” n

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Quick’n’Dirty Airport to discuss future plans The Durango-La Plata County Airport is planning to spread its wings and inviting the public to weigh in. Next Mon., Oct. 14, airport officials will host an open house on its Terminal Area Maser Plan from 5 – 7 p.m. at City Hall, 949 E. 2nd Ave. The public is invited to learn about and review options for expanding the existing terminal, including plans for the newly acquired 12.5 acres of land northeast of the existing terminal. The $3.9 million parcel, which was bought on a lease-to-own agreement, will be paid for using airport passenger facility fees.

According to airport officials, 2019 is on track to be the busiest year ever at DRO, with more than 380,000 passengers expected to arrive or depart the airport. In addition, enplanements (defined as the number of people departing) has more than doubled since 2000, from just over 90,000 to more than 190,000 in 2018.

On top of this, over the years, Transportation Security Administration screening and offices have gobbled up even more space and airlines are now flying bigger planes, which places more demand on the airport’s infrastructure. Plus, competing airlines also tend to schedule arrivals and departures in close proximity, causing airport “rush” hours, according to airport officials.

The original 36,500-square foot terminal was built in 1988 and with the exception of a 4,500-square foot temporary passenger holding area that was added in 2014, has changed little.

Since voters turned down a property tax increase that would have raised $40 million to build a new terminal in 2016, the airport has undertaken a piece-meal approach to fixing the airport. It is currently finishing up a $1.7 million terminal renovation project that included a new baggagehandling conveyor belt, remodeling of the ticket counter and offices, and construction of a 4,600-square-foot build-

ing to serve as a baggage-handling facility and garage.

The airport operates as an enterprise fund of the City of Durango and generates self-sustaining revenue from airport tenants and users in the form of rent, landing fees, terminal concessions, ground leases and parking fees. The airport does not receive any local tax funding. The master plan was a collaborative effort between the community, airport, City of Durango, La Plata County, CDOT, Federal Aviation Administration, and other state and federal agencies.

For more information on the open house or plan, contact Tony Vicari, Director of Aviation, at 970-382-6052 or Tony.Vicari@DurangoGov.org.

Impact investing workshop Oct. 15 Drink a beer for the Weminuche Want to put your money where your heart is? Join the City of Durango and Local First to learn about unleashing the power of capital for good next Tues., Oct. 15 from 12 noon – 1 p.m. at the Durango Public Library.

The session will include a panel of local experts speaking on how to build retirement plans based on your ethics, move your money locally and maximize local resources to grow your business. This workshop is the fourth in a series offered by the City of Durango and Local First through the Best for Colorado Challenge. Best for Colorado is a statewide initiative that helps businesses measure their impact on their community and the environment as well as understand industry best practices.

In addition, the workshop will help businesses take the next step on how to improve and communicate their impact. According to Local First, close to two-thirds of customers are willing to go out of their way or pay more to support a company that shares their values or ideology.

Snacks will be provided. For more information or to RSVP, visit local-first.org/best-for-colorado.

With increased visitation to and decreased federal funds for one of Durango’s most beloved wilderness areas, the San Juan Mountains Association is getting active. The local landpreservation nonprofit recently launched the Weminuche Wilderness Stewardship Fund. The fund will support on-theground stewardship projects, improved management and trail access in the nearly 500,000-acre wilderness area.

To kick things off, SJMA is holding a fundraiser Thurs., Oct. 17, from 5:30 – 8 p.m. at the Durango-Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Grange Hall (next door to the Museum). The evening will include bluegrass from the Six Dollar String Band and La La Bones, Ska beer, hors d'oeuvres and a silent auction. Speaking of which, SJMA is now accepting donations for the silent auction, such as vacation rentals, guided trips, gift certificates, outdoor gear and apparel. Interested donors should contact Lea Parks Novak (lea@sjma.org).

The event is also sponsored by Alpine Bank and Backcountry Experience.

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or travelers along Highway 160 on the west side of Durango, Wildcat Canyon Liquors is either the first store to welcome them into town, or the last one to see them go. Partially nestled into the trees on the banks of Lightner Creek, the store looks more like a house than a place of business.

While speeding home or rushing to work, a small letter board and a flashing “OPEN” sign under the green trim can be easily missed. Yet all it takes is one stop at the little white house for a six-pack, a bottle of wine or your favorite spirits to make it stick in your memory.

After frequenting this store a dozen times over the years, a few weeks ago I finally introduced myself to its proprietor, Erika Pray. I wanted to know the name of the cat who purrs around my ankles as I stare into the beer coolers; to know more about the woman perched high on a stool behind the counter, never taking my money without first discussing the weather or commenting on the TV show playing beside her. When I asked to write an article about her, she agreed with a chuckle, but muttered about an uninteresting life.

Arriving at Erika’s store for our interview, I was greeted by “Sh**** kitty,” more formally known as “Guinness.” Erika offered me a jar of coffee and suggested we sit outside on her Coors double lawn chair.

We took our seats by the front door, facing the highway and a canyon wall dotted with yellow and orange trees.

The drone of cars passing by became background music to our ensuing conversation, and as we soaked up the blazing fall sun, I began to feel as though I was catching up with an old friend.

Erika grew up in the suburbs of Cincinnati. She has one sister, currently a Coloratura Soprano in San Francisco … “the only person I know who can sing ‘Amazing Grace’ with tears streaming down her face and never waver a note.” Their mother was born in Hungary, where their grandfather was an engineer. Not wanting to help the Russians, he fled the Soviet occupation with his family and immigrated to the United States in 1956.

I asked Erika to tell me about her parents: “They just went skydiving!” At 75 years old, they passed a skydiving spot and spontaneously decided to go for it. Erika’s mom said her mouth was really dry from smiling.

Erika’s voice lightened when talking about her parents. They never missed one of her home softball games, or at least they were there by the third inning.

Reminiscing about her childhood, Erika vividly recalls her mother picking up trash while walking into the grocery store. As a child, Erika hated it, but now she does it all the time. She spoke of the support her parents gave her, and the trust they showed in letting her do things like collect pop bottles at construction sites in exchange for dimes.

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Erika played softball for Fort Lewis College and majored in humanities.

After leaving Fort Lewis, with a change-of-heart about teaching, Erika decided to make a life for herself in Durango. She started working at Wildcat Canyon Liquors on her dad’s birthday in 1998, buying the business a year later when the owners divorced. Last week was the 20th anniversary of her store, a fact that seemed to have just

dawned on her during our conversation. She still doesn’t know exactly why she bought it other than she thought she could do it better.

I told her the store seemed to be doing well, to which she responded, “It’s like a bad rash. It just won’t go away.” While we laughed hysterically, I sensed this statement wasn’t completely untrue. She calls herself a drug dealer, and she has dealt with her fair share of misusers and uncouth events. Over the years, Erika has felt her responsibility to the community deepen. She has made enemies by not selling to people who are drunk, sometimes asking them to put their keys on the counter. Her worst nightmare is something bad happening and feeling like she could have stopped it: “It’s never the drunk asshole who dies in the wreck.” It doesn’t do her any good to have people drinking themselves to death.

But while owning a liquor store comes with its demons, Erika loves it. She doesn’t like feeling buzzed, but enjoys a good beer, wine with dinner, or a bourbon on the rocks by the fire. What does she like most about her business? “The people. If you’re playing the game right, it’s not something you need to do, it’s something you enjoy. I like watching people who have been drinking the same thing over and over, all of sudden switch.”

She likes her community and she likes doing right by her customers. When regulars showed up during our interview, she knew them by name.

As midday came and went, I thought our interview might be wrapping up. I asked Erika if there was anything else she wanted to tell me. “F*** plastic,” she said.

Growing up in the ’70s, she says plastic made then was made to last forever. Now, it disintegrates when left out in the sunlight, leaving it unusable and un-recyclable.

Like her mother before her, Erika picks up trash wherever she goes and recycles whenever she can. Her father used to cut the plastic windows out of envelopes to recycle the paper. Yet she credits her friends and the Durango community with supporting her desire to cut back on plastic waste. She doesn’t sell anything that can’t be recycled, and she has recycle bins for every material, including compost, in front of her store. In 2013, she stopped buying plastic and proudly drinks her coffee out of a mayonnaise (or maybe spaghetti sauce) jar.

I thanked Erika for her time, packed up my notepad and recorder, and she gave me some homemade soap to take home. I had just spent a few hours with a Durango icon, but really it was an overdue chat with a friend. A friend who listens, a friend who hugs and a friend who believes in her community. Erika says that if we can each make something better every day, it’s better for everyone.

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Crescent City classics, wounded warriors & coming of the Scots

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Hall. Ivan and Ian Neville are also along for the ride, as is bluesy funkmaster Walter “Wolfman” Washington and Mardi Gras Indior my 51st birthday last spring, my buddy Dirk Lang gave ans like Big Chief Monk Boudreaux of the Golden Eagles and Big me a copy of the behemoth The Encyclopedia of Cajun & Creole Chief Romeo of the 9th Ward Hunters. Plenty of tickets remain, Cuisine. It’s much more than just a cookbook, although it which is surprising. This very well could be the concert event of contains hundreds of recipes that can appeal to beginning cooks the fall in the Four Corners. all the way on up to classically-trained chefs. The 853-page coffee The Concert Hall also presents laughs for a cause when table book delves into all things Louisiana, detailing the history Skippy & the Comedy Warriors perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturbehind Louisiana cooking and the Cajun and Creole cultures. day. Actor and troupe leader Marc Price, best known as Skippy To the average Joe, Cajun food means seafood, red beans, from the TV series “Family Ties,” has teamed up with military vetrice and cayenne pepper. Most chefs know about the Holy Trinerans Joe Kashnow and Bobby Henline for a fun-filled night of ity – onions, bell peppers stand-up comedy. Comedy and celery. But a deep Warriors is part of “Healing study of Louisiana cooking Through Humor” as Amershows dozens of influences ica’s wounded warriors refrom four continents. Most gain their enthusiasm for people can detect the life through comedy while French influence in the raising awareness of the difculture, but they’re unfaficulties facing returning miliar with such influences veterans. They share their as Native American, poignant life stories and the African, Spanish, German, role comedy has played in English, Italian, Acadian, their rehabilitation. While Caribbean and South the subject is serious, the American. The New Orshow is humorous and leans and Louisiana roux light-hearted. In addition to drew from many cultures. the 7:30 p.m. show, a preAs such, it’s spicy, savory, concert VIP dinner and sweet and sour all at once. meet & greet takes place Walter “Wolfman” Washington joins the lineup for the Take Me to the I’m fascinated with from 5-7 p.m., limited to River LIVE! show at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Concert Hall.

Cajun cooking. It reminds the first 28 who purchase me in many ways of Northern New Mexican cuisine, which borthis package. A portion of ticket sales from the VIP event will be rows from Native American, Mexican, Spanish and cowboy culdonated to local veterans organizations. tures. Since I’m a hunter and fisherman, no regional style of The Concert Hall’s busy week continues at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday cooking lends itself more to my hunting, fishing and gathering when Skerryvore brings traditional Scottish music to town. lifestyle than Cajun. Chicken and duck in gumbo and jambalaya Twice winners of Scotland’s Traditional Music Live Act of the Year can be replaced with pheasant, quail and grouse. Cayenne can be Award, Skerryvore creates a unique fusion of folk, traditional, replaced with Ancho. rock and Americana that represents the personalities and upbringLikewise, my love for Crescent City classics has blossomed in ing of its eight band members. the past decade. I’ve gone through rock, country, bluegrass, folk The free Third Thursday Market in Cortez concludes with and jazz phases of my life. The scene that’s developed the past Songs from the Road Band from 4:30-7:30 p.m. tonight in century in Louisiana has influenced all of those genres and everyMontezuma Park. I caught Songs from the Road Band this past thing that’s come since. It’s quite simply the cradle of American Monday at the Wild Horse Saloon. Led by Charles Humphrey III – music. the former Grammy-winning bassist and IBMA Songwriter of the Much like its cooking, Louisiana’s music is a rich, savory Year nominee from Steep Canyon Rangers – the quartet is rapidly blend. European parlor music and African beats gave way to Dixascending in the bluegrass and jam band scene. They’re also vetieland and jazz. Field songs and gospel hymns gave birth to Delta erans of the 2019 Durango Bluegrass Meltdown and were just anblues. Irish- and Scottish influenced Appalachian string band nounced as the first band signed to KSUT’s 15th annual Pagosa music gave birth to country and bluegrass. By mid-century, Folk’n Bluegrass next June. Trust me, it’s worth the drive over rhythm and blues, rockabilly and rock & roll were added to the Mancos Hill. mix. Even contemporary influences like hip-hop, reggae, world Pianist Norman Krieger tickles the ivories at 3 p.m. Sunday beat and electronic have spiced things up. in FLC’s Roshong Recital Hall. He’ll perform Beethoven’s Tempest, This year was a rough one in the New Orleans music scene.

Chopin Nocturnes and Etudes, a Brahms sonata and three GershWithin a span of a few weeks, we lost Dr. John, Dave win preludes. Funds will help bring future artists to FLC for the Bartholomew and Art Neville. The need to preserve the musical augmentation of students’ education. lessons taught by those innovators is urgent.

Elsewhere: the Pete Giuliani Trio returns to Ska Brewing at Fortunately, that trio and others – Louis Armstrong, Fats 5 p.m. tonight; Kirk James plays solo blues at Dalton Ranch Domino, Professor Longhair and Allen Toussaint – passed the from 6-8 p.m. tonight and at Digs Restaurant in Three Springs baton on to eager torchbearers. The Community Concert Hall from 5-8 p.m. Saturday; Lawn Chair Kings play Mancos Brewpresents Take Me to the River LIVE! Celebrating the Music of ing’s fifth anniversary from 6-9 p.m. Friday; The Animas City New Orleans at 7:30 p.m. tonight (Thurs., Oct. 10). This producTheatre hosts Elder Grown and Alex Blocker at 9:45 p.m. Frition starts with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, which has taken day; The Garage hosts some of Colorado’s finest black and death the traditional foundation of Crescent City brass band music and metal bands at 8:30 p.m. Saturday with a trio of Denver bands second line and blended it with bebop, funk, R&B and soul. Du(Saeva, Darconigan and Malum Mortuus) and Durango’s own Vile rango is no stranger to them, as they’ve performed nearly a halfAesthetic. dozen times at such venues as the Animas City Theatre (back when it was known as The Abbey) and the Community Concert Gonna jump overboard? Email me at chrisa@gobrainstorm.net. n

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Thursday10 Baby Meetup with Durango Café au Play, 9:30-11:30 a.m., 2307 Columbine. 749-9607.

Durango Marijuana Hospitality Association hosts “Learning Session 1 an Introduction,” 12:302 p.m., Durango Public Library. www.durangomjhospital ity.com.

Drop-in Tennis, 4 p.m., Durango High School, 2390 Main Ave. Thursday Afternoon Social Club for veterans, their spouses and supporters, 4-6 p.m., VFW, 1550 Main Ave. A Rockin’ Snowdown 2020 Volunteer Organizational Meeting, 5 p.m., Durango Elks Lodge, 901 E. 2nd Ave. Fruit Glean Happy Hour, hosted by Good Food Collective, 5-7 p.m., meet at Smiley Building, 1309 E. 3rd Ave. info@goodfoodcollective.org.

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

The Pete Guiliani Trio with Ross Douglas and Schyler Healy performs, 5-8 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St. Adam Swanson performs, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave. Family Fun Night, dinner and activities for families with preschool and elementary aged children, 5:30 p.m., Ignacio Community Library.

Sitting Meditation, 5:30-6:15 p.m., Durango Dharma Center, 1800 E. 3rd Ave. Open Mic Night, 6 p.m., Eno Wine Bar, 723 E. 2nd Ave. Kirk James performs, 6-8 p.m., Dalton Ranch Restaurant.

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

the River,” the music of New Orleans, 7:30 p.m., Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College. www.durango concerts.com.

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

Sunny & the Whiskey Machine performs, 7-9 p.m., Durango Craft Spirits, 1120 Main Ave., Suite 2.

Shawn Arrington Blues Band performs, 7-11 p.m., The Billy Goat Saloon in Gem Village.

Karaoke, 7 p.m.-close, VFW, 1550 Main Ave.

Karaoke, 8 p.m., Wild Horse Saloon, 601 E. 2nd Ave. Plursday featuring DJ Zirk, 9 p.m., Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.

Friday11 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 Ave. Coffee and Conversation with the Business Improvement District, 8:30-9:30 a.m., TBK Bank, 259 W. 9th St.

11th annual Gothla Belly Dance Show & Dance Party, 7:30 p.m., Henry Strater Theatre, 699 Main Ave. www.henrystratertheatre.com.

“The Mystery of Irma Vep: A Penny Dreadful,” opening night, 7:30 p.m., show also runs Oct. 12, 17-19, and 2 p.m., Oct. 13, Main Stage Theatre, Fort Lewis College. www.durangoconcerts.com.

A Couple of One Acts: “The Zoo Story” & “Three Women and an Onion,” opening night, 7:30 p.m., event also runs 7:30 p.m., Oct. 12, and 2 p.m., Oct. 13, Sunflower Theatre in Cortez. www.sunflowertheatre.org.

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

Elder Grown performs, featuring special guest Alex Blocker, 9:45 p.m., Oct. 11, Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Dr. www.animascitytheatre.com.

STEAM Lab: Leaf Science, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Durango Public Library.

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Chapman Hill Ice Rink Opens, hockey gear swap 4 p.m., free BBQ from The Palace 5:30 p.m., live band public skate 6:30-7:45 p.m., Chapman Hill. 375-7395.

Free Legal Clinic, 4-5 p.m., Ignacio Community Library. 563-9287.

Spanish Speaking Parents & Littles Fridays, 4-6 p.m., Durango Café au Play, 1309 E. 3rd Ave., Room 201. durangocafeauplay.org.

Wolves and Art Fundraiser, featuring artist Edward Aldrich, proceeds go to Wolfwood Refuge, 5-7 p.m., Sorrel Sky Gallery, 828 Main Ave. 247-3555.

5th annual Southwest Ag Seminar, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Lewis Arriola Community Center in Cortez. 529-8368.

Durango Farmers Market, music from Darryl Kuntz, 9 a.m.-noon, TBK Bank parking lot, W. 8th Street. www.du rangofarmersmarket.com.

Drop-in Tennis, 9 a.m., Durango High School, 2390 Main Ave. Henry Stoy performs, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Jean-Pierre Restaurant & Wine Bar, 601 Main Ave. VFW Indoor Flea Market, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 1550 Main.

Adam Swanson performs, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.

The Met: Live in HD, featuring Puccini’s “Turandot,” 10:55 a.m., Student Union at Fort Lewis College, Vallecito Room. www.durangoconcerts.com.

Live music, 6-9 p.m., DJ Hakan 9 p.m.-close, Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.

“The Humans” by Stephen Karam, presented by Merely Players, 7 p.m., show also runs Oct. 11-12, and 2 p.m., Oct. 13, Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave. www.durangoarts.org.

Artist Reception for Dina Herrmann, 4-6 p.m., works on display thru Dec. 7, Olio in Mancos. 533-1381.

The Lawn Chair Kings perform for Mancos Brewing Co.’s 5th Anniversary Party, Mancos Brewing.

Friends of The Colorado Trail Gathering, 5-7 p.m., Carver’s Patio, 1022 Main Ave. 303-384-3729.

Community Acoustic Music Jam, 7 p.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield.

“The Humans,” a dramedy presented by Merely Players, 7 p.m., Durango Arts Center. www.merelyplay ers.us.

Kirk James performs, 5-8 p.m., Digs Restaurant in Three Springs.

Robby Overfield performs, 7 p.m., The Office, 699 Main Ave.

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Mark Smith performs, 6-10 p.m., Seven Rivers Restaurant at Sky Ute Casino Resort in Ignacio.

“The Humans,” a dramedy presented by Merely Players, 7 p.m., Durango Arts Center. www.merelyplayers.us.

Leah Orlikowski performs, 7 p.m., The Office.

The Assortment performs, 7 p.m., Down the Rabbit Hole, 640 Main Ave. “Nerd Amongst Men,” stand-up comedy with Skippy and the Comedy Warriors, 7:30 p.m., Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College. www.durangoconcerts.com.

Comedy Cocktail Open Mic Stand Up, 8 p.m., Eno Wine Bar, 723 E. 2nd Ave. DJ Side Affex, 9 p.m.-close, Starlight Lounge, 937 Main.

Sunday13 Durango Flea Market, 8:30 a.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds.

Henry Stoy, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Jean-Pierre Restaurant & Wine Bar, 601 Main Ave. Traditional Irish Music Jam, 12:30-4 p.m., Irish Embassy, 900 Main Ave. “The Humans,” a dramedy presented by Merely Players, 2 p.m., Durango Arts Center. www.merelyplayers.us.

Blue Moon Ramblers, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave. Free Classic Movie Series – “High Anxiety,” 6 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive. 799-2281.

Open Mic Night, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Hermosa Coffee Roasters, 738 Main Ave. Joel Racheff performs, 7 p.m., The Office, 699 Main Ave.

Monday14 Yoga Storytime, 9:30-10:45 a.m., Smiley Building Studio 10, 1309 E. 3rd Ave. Watch Your Step class, 10:15 a.m., Durango Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave. Mystery Book Club, featuring The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides, 11:30 a.m., Ignacio Community Library.

Joel Racheff performs, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.

The human touch: Merely Players stages family dramedy What: “The Humans,” a play by Merely Players When: 7 p.m. Fri. – Sat., Oct. 11-12 (Oct. 10 sold out); and 2 p.m. Sun., Oct. 13 Where: Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave. Tickets: $26/adults at www.merelyplayers.us, www.durangoarts.org or 970.259.2606 What happens to a family when life unravels in unexpected ways? Merely Players is delighted to kick off its 2019-20 season with the regional premiere of “The Humans,” which won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Play. Stephen Karam’s brilliantly rich and tender drama explores the love and fear inherent in modern family life. Job loss, unfulfilled career dreams, financial calamity and dementia present challenges and obstacles to the Blake family, who must find a way to navigate life together. It’s funny, heartbreaking and real – in other words, human.

“Into the familiar dinnertable-drama genre, the playwright has mixed the unexpected element of terror – or, rather, he has created a new element by bombarding one with the other,” a reviewer for New York Magazine wrote. “For all this, the play is rackingly funny even as it pummels the heart and scares the bejesus out of you.”

Animas High School Information Nights, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Animas High School, 271 Twin Buttes Ave. 247-2474.

Ignacio School Board Candidate Forum, sponsored

by League of Women Voters, 5:30-7 p.m., Ignacio High School Auditorium. www.lwvlaplata.org.

Classic Movie Mondays: “Comanche Station,” 6 p.m., Pine River Library in Bayfield.

Rob Webster performs, 7 p.m., The Office, 699 Main.

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

Contiki Party with the Aussies, 9 p.m.-close, Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.

In addition to the dynamic directing/set-making duo of Mona Wood-Patterson and Charles Ford, the local cast is comprised of John Garza (Sancho in “Man of La Mancha”); Jeannie Wheeldon (Sonia in “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike”); Brin DeVore (in her first major role with Merely Players); Mandy Gardner (Donna in “Mamma Mia!”); Jeff Graves (Harry in “Mamma Mia!”); and Judy Hook (“Sense and Sensibility.”)

To enhance the theatrical experience, after each performance, the troupe will host “Afterwords.” The popular talkback series is a chance for audience members to ask questions and discuss the play amongst themselves and the Merely team.

New this season, Merely Players is introducing a “Behind the Scenes Series,” a preshow talk about one theatrical aspect of the play. For “The Humans,” Ford will present a scenic design seminar, discussing how he develops a set and “The Humans” set in particular. The half-hour seminar takes place at 6 p.m., Oct. 12, in the DAC Studio and is free to all ticket holders.

For more info or to buy tickets, go to www.merely players.us.

Tuesday15 Zumba Gold, 9:30-10:15 a.m., La Plata Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave. Teen Robotics, 3:30 p.m., Durango Public Library.

Drop-in Tennis, 4 p.m., Durango High School, 2390 Main Ave. FLC Sustainability Summit – Find Your Action, 4:30-7 p.m., Student Union Ballroom at Fort Lewis College. mlpool@fortlewis.edu.

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AskRachel Interesting fact: For all the differences in ingredients and styles and methods, the true distinguishing factor between muffins and cupcakes is frosting. Diehards out there swear a cupcake always has frosting. So what does that make a naked cupcake, hmm?

Dear Rachel, My friend and I recently came across a glutenfree, dairy-free, sugar-free, vegan cupcake. This seemed to us like the greatest human accomplishment since maybe the moon landing. But it begs the question, what is a cupcake, anyway? If you take away the eggs and the sugar and the flour, do you still have a cupcake, or do you just have a food-like product that looks like a cupcake for those poor souls who can’t or won’t eat those things?

- Two Girls, One Cupcake

belongs, like pies? A-OK. But my sister, knowing my feelings about pumpkin spice, just gave me a box of Pumpkin Spice Cheerios. If there are Pumpkin Spice Cheerios, then I think we have hit the final frontier. Will this ever end?

– Oversaturated Dear Spice of Life, You know where the one place is that pumpkin spice has not touched? The Spice Girls. Think about it. You had Sporty Spice (whatever that means), Baby Spice (talcum powder and warm milk?), Ginger Spice (OK, I get that one)… Pumpkin Spice would have fit right in. Fake tan, toothy smile, seasonal pop hits. If they’re still contemplating a comeback, I think they should give you a call.

– What you really really want, Rachel

Dear Dos Chicas, There’s an old philosophical question. If you have a boat, and over time you replace every plank on that boat with fresh wood, do you end up with the same boat?

And there’s an old Rachel question: does it even matter?

If it looks like a cupcake, and it tastes more or less like a cupcake, and it comes in a little paper cupcake cup, then yes, you’re thinking way too hard about this.

– Happy birthday, Rachel

Dear Rachel, I recently started caring for a dog, and for the first time I had to give him heartworm and flea medication. It’s this little tube of liquid that I squeeze out onto the base of his neck, covering about one inch of skin. This just feels like a sham to me. Seriously, one inch of medication is somehow going to prevent all these parasites on his entire body, inside and out? Did I just get duped, or is this legitimate?

– Ticked

Dear Rachel, So I know this is not an original complaint, but I’ve seriously had it with the pumpkin spice.

It was fine in lattes while that was the only thing. And of course, products where pumpkin

Dear Dog Warden, I grant you that dog medication does not have to go through the same rigorous FDA-approved bribing process that human medication does. But still, there are people

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5:30 p.m., Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College, Lyceum Room 120. 247-7456.

Rotary Club of Durango, presentation from Shaun Smith with Durango High School, 6 p.m., Henry Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave. 385-7899.

Student Ballot Issues Video Presentation, sponsored by League of Women Voters La Plata and FLC Political Science Department, 5:30-7 p.m., FLC Noble Hall, Room 130. www.lwvlaplata.org.

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Trivia Factory, hosted by Ben Bernstein, 6:30-8:30 p.m., The Roost, 128 E. College Dr. DJ Crazy Charlie, 6:30-10:30 p.m., Billy Goat Saloon, Gem Village.

Tim Sullivan performs, 7 p.m., The Office, 699 Main Ave.

Loki Moon – Raw Experiments, 6-8 p.m., Eno Wine Bar, 723 E. 2nd Ave. Pub Quiz, 6:30 p.m., Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave. 403-1200.

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

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

Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m., The Roost, 128 E. College Dr.

Latin Dance Nights, 8 p.m., Wild Horse Saloon, 601 E. 2 Ave. salsadancedurango@gmail.com. nd

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

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

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

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Kennebec Market, featuring farms, baked goods, handmade products and more, 2-6 p.m., each Wednesday, Kennebec Café in Hesperus. 759-7345.

“Marks, Strokes, Scribbles: A Survey of Drawings”

by Rosemary Meza-DesPlas, exhibit runs thru Oct. 10, FLC Art Gallery.

Donny Johnson performs, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.

“Interconnection,” exhibit runs thru Oct. 29, upstairs Art Library, Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave. www.duran goarts.org.

Thank the Veterans potluck, 5:30 p.m., Peter Neds performs, 7-8:30 p.m., VFW, 1550 Main Ave. 828-7777.

“Voices of Women in the Mexican Army: 19362018,” a free lecture from Doctoral Fellow Cony Márquez,

“It Was There all Along,” handmade books and photography by Frank Hamrick, exhibit runs thru Oct. 29, upstairs Art Library in Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave. www.durangoarts.org.

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Email Rachel at telegraph@durangotelegraph.com who have spent way more time studying animals than you have, and they say it works. I suggest you trust them. I mean, my vet gives this stuff to her own dog, and she (the vet) is not stupid. As for the miracle drug?

Maybe it’s simply humankind’s greatest accomplishment since the food-free cupcake.

– Scratch my back, Rachel “Inside Out: Visions from the Artist’s Mind,” thru April 2020, Southern Ute Museum, 503 Ouray Dr. www.southernutemuseum.org.

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

Upcoming San Juan Mountain Jam & Silent Auction, benefit for the Weminuche Wilderness, 5:30-8 p.m., Oct. 17, Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Grange Hall, 479 Main Ave. www.sjma.org.

Liver Down the River performs with special guests High Country Hustle and Noodle, doors open, 8 p.m., show begins, 8:30 p.m., Oct. 18, Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive. www.animascitytheatre.com.

Durango Record Swap, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Oct. 19, VFW Hall, 1550 Main Ave. Harvest Fest, featuring BBQ, face-painting, hay rides, live music from The Flat Tire Blues Band and more, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Oct. 19, Durango Nursery & Supply, 271 Kay Cee Lane. 259-8800.

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by Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Love is when you meet someone who tells you something new about yourself,” poet André Breton wrote. I think that’s an excellent principle to put at the top of your priority list in the coming weeks, Aries. To be in maximum alignment with cosmic rhythms, you should seek input from allies who’ll offer insights about you that are outside your current conceptions of yourself. You might even be daring enough to place yourself in the paths of strangers, acquaintances, animals and teachers who can provide novel reflections. There’s just one caveat: Stay away from people who might be inclined to fling negative feedback.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Constantine P. Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians” imagines the imminent arrival of an unpredictable agent of chaos. “The barbarians are coming today,” declares the narrator. Everyone in town is uneasy. People’s routines are in disarray.

Faces look worried. What’s going to happen? But the poem has a surprise ending.

“It is night, and the barbarians haven’t come,” reports the narrator. “Some people have arrived from the frontier and say that there aren’t any more barbarians.” I propose that we use this scene as a metaphor for your life right now, Taurus. It’s quite possible that the perceived threat isn’t really a threat. So here’s my question, taken from near the end of the poem: “What are we going to do now without the barbarians?”

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Some folklorists prefer the term “wonder tales” rather than “fairy tales.” Indeed, many such stories are filled with marvelous events that feature magical transformations, talking animals and mythical creatures like elves and dragons and unicorns. I bring this up, Gemini, because I want to encourage you to read some wonder tales. Hopefully, as you do, you’ll be inspired to re-imagine your life as a wonder tale; you’ll reframe the events of the “real world” around you as being elements in a richly entertaining wonder tale. Why do I recommend this? Because wonder tales are like waking dreams that reveal the wishes and curiosities and fascinations of your deep psyche. And I think you will benefit profoundly in the coming weeks from consciously tuning in to those wishes and curiosities and fascinations.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I suspect that in the coming days you’ll be able to see into everyone’s souls more vividly than usual. You’ll have a special talent for piercing through the outer trappings of their personalities so as to gaze at the essence beneath. It’s as if your eyes will be blessed by an enhancement that enables you to discern what’s often

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hidden. This upgrade in your perception may at times be unsettling. For some of the people you behold, the difference between how they present themselves and who they actually are will be dramatic. But for the most part, penetrating to the depths should be fun, enriching, even healing.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “This heart is rusty,” poet Gabriel Gadfly wrote. “It creaks, it clanks, it crashes and rattles and bangs.” Why is his heart in such a state? Because he has been separated from a person he loves. And so he’s out of practice in doing the little things, the caring gestures and tender words, that a lover does to keep the heart well-oiled. It’s my observation that most of us go through rusty-heart phases like this even when we are living in close proximity to an intimate ally. We neglect to practice the art of bestowing affectionate attention and low-key adoration. We forget how important it is for our own welfare that we continually refresh and reinvigorate our heart intelligence.

These are good meditations for you right now, Leo. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “All the effort in the world won’t matter if you’re not inspired,” novelist Chuck Palahniuk wrote. I agree! And that’s a key meditation for you right now. Your assignment is to enhance and upgrade the inspiration you feel about the activities that are most important to you – the work and the play that give you the sense you’re living a meaningful life. So how do you boost your excitement and motivation for those essential actions you do on a regular basis?

Here’s a good place to begin: visualize in exuberant detail all the reasons you started doing them in the first place.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I hope you are embarking on a vigorous new phase of self-redefinition. I trust you are excited about shedding old ways of thinking about yourself and eager to revise and re-imagine the plot of your life story. As you do, keep in mind this helpful counsel from physicist Richard Feynman: “You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish. I have no responsibility to be like they expect me to be. It’s their mistake, not my failing.”

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You’ve probably heard the saying, “Genius is 99 percent perspiration and one percent inspiration.” It’s often attributed to inventor Thomas Edison. Sixteenth-century artist Michelangelo expressed a similar idea. “If you knew how much labor went into it, you would not call it genius,” he said about one of his masterpieces. I’m guessing that you Scorpios have been in a phase when these descriptions are highly apropos. The work

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you’ve been doing may look productive and interesting and heroic to the casual observer, and maybe only you know how arduous and exacting it has been. So now what do you do? I say it’s time to enjoy the fruits of your efforts. Celebrate! Give yourself a thrilling gift.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): “The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you,” declared astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.

If that’s even a little bit true, I bet you won’t believe it in the coming weeks. According to my analysis, the universe will make a great deal of sense to you – at times even exquisite, beautiful, breathtaking sense. Life will be in a revelatory and articulate mood. The evocative clues coming your way about the nature of reality could tempt you to believe that there is indeed a coherent plan and meaning to your personal destiny.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In 2005, Facebook was a start-up company barely on the map of the internet. Its president asked graffiti artist David Choe to paint murals on the walls of its headquarters. Choe asked for $60,000, but the president convinced him to be paid with Facebook stock instead.

Years later, when Facebook went public, Choe became a multi-millionaire. I suspect that in the coming months you will be faced with choices that are less spectacular than that, Capricorn, but similar and important. My conclusion: Be willing to consider smart gambles when projects are germinating.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Experiment is the sole source of truth,” philosopher and polymath Henri Poincaré wrote. “It alone can teach us something new; it alone can give us certainty.” He wasn’t merely referring to the kinds of experiments that scientists conduct in laboratories. He was talking about the probes and explorations we can and should carry out in the course of our daily lives. I mention this, Aquarius, because the coming days will be prime time for you to do just that: ask provocative questions, initiate novel adventures and incite fun learning experiences.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In my opinion, Piscean singer, poet and actor Saul Williams produces high-quality art. So he has earned a right to critique mediocre art. In speaking about movies and TV shows that are hard to enjoy unless we dumb ourselves down, he says that “we have more guilty pleasure than actual f——— pleasure.” Your assignment in the coming weeks, Pisces, is to cut back on your “guiity pleasures” – the entertainment, art and socializing that brings meager returns – as you increase and upgrade your actual f——— pleasure.

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CommunityService Music in the Mountains Announces Music Lesson Scholarships Applications are available for the 2020 Music in the Mountains Private Lesson Scholarships for students K-12 in Durango and the surrounding areas. Sponsored by Bank of Colorado, scholarships provide financial assistance for students by paying half of the total cost of private music lessons. Students must show interest toward a particular instrument and a desire to increase their musical knowledge. Financial need is important but it is not the only criterion. Applications are available by going to www.MusicintheMountains.com, you can ask your music teacher, visit the Bank of Colorado on Main Avenue, or call Music in the Mountains at 970-385-6820 for more information. Applications must be submitted by Nov. 14.

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