Ups and downs
Remembering the man, the myth, the legend, Dave Diaz by Missy Votel
“I call her a rez doodle.”
– Proud mutt owner discussing his dog’s pedigree at the dog park
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Weighing the upsides and downsides of a disappearing Lake Powell by Jonathan Thompson
Animas High School students return with winter 2023 edition
Forest Service seeking input on recreation in Junction Creek area by Jonathan Romeo
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Have you ever noticed people (and not just dads) love talking about the weather? Like, a lot?
While a five-minute Google search did not churn up any concrete data to back this up in the United States, there was a study conducted not too long ago across the pond. Research showed that 94% of Brits who took part in the survey said they had talked about the weather in the past six hours, with 38% talking about it in the past 60 minutes.
Of course, there’s a range of reasons why we are obsessed with the weather, and not just as a tactic to get your Fox News dad off blaming Biden for high gas prices.
That same study in England, for instance, said people use the weather to overcome social inhibitions and serve as an icebreaker. It’s also easy small talk for strangers and warring family members alike. And, weather is ubiquitous – it affects everyone and is fairly objective and neutral. Or at least it used to be (coughcoughclimatechangecoughcough).
All this to say, here’s some stuff about the weather: It’s snowing. Hard. And we love it. But there are some societal responsibilities we all have to take part in to make the difficulties of a storm a little easier.
The City of Durango, for example is requesting we alter our parking patterns for the next few days to facilitate plowing:
• No parking on north and west sides of the streets on even dates;
• No parking on south or east sides of the streets on odd dates.
For those who live downtown, this basically means you can park on even sides on even days and odd sides on odd dates.
The parking restrictions are voluntary, but, just do it. Also, if it snows more than 2 inches, “Snow Routes” will be activated, which means parking on both sides of the routes is prohibited and will result in a ticket/tow.
Also, to get the latest on road/highway conditions, your best bet is www.cotrip.org. Yes there are a ton of Facebook groups about current road conditions, and that may be helpful. But please, don’t pull out your phone while driving to take a photo of dangerous road conditions.
And while we’re at it – remove the snow from your windshield! On Wednesday, we saw TWO cars driving with their windshields entirely covered by snow, with the driver looking out the side window.
Alright phew; rant over. And now, to Chuck with Sports.
The first time I met Dave Diaz was around 2005. I had just moved into a house downtown with my husband, toddler and newborn. Dave lived a few doors down in what was known as “The Blue House,” a somewhat notorious college dude den of questionable repute (it went by another name, as well, but decorum prevents me from printing it here). Anyway, it was a beautiful summer day, and I was out in front of my house, probably taking a break from diaper duty and obviously looking like I could use a cold beverage. Right about then, Dave strolled by toting a 12-pack of Miller High Life.
A yellow beer connoisseur myself, I complimented him on his fine choice of the Champagne of Beers. Without missing a beat, he reached into the cardboard box, fished out a bottle, handed it to me and said “cheers.”
Little did I know that day marked the beginning of a nearly 20-year friendship with a man who would go on to marry and have two boys with one of my oldest friends in Durango (incidentally one of the toughest chicks I know). He would go on to become a beer league hockey teammate, a kayaking, biking and skiing buddy, and someone whose deadpan humor delivered the best joke I’ve ever heard in my life (again, decorum prohibits me, and I never do it justice in the retelling anyway. Suffice to say, it entails two Canadians, a bar and a punchline about a large ungulate’s genitalia).
Dave was a man who was king of the one-liners, who wasn’t afraid to tell someone to “get the sand out” when necessary and rocked a ’stache like no one’s business. But he was also a man who was amazingly gentle, sweet and devoted to his young boys and rode a pink BMX bike with pride at the skate park. A fixture in the lift line on every powder day, his snow sports and hockey prowess belied his Puerto Rican heritage. He was a rad snowboarding bro who didn’t mind hanging with a dorky, old lady skier. He wore Vans mountain biking but kicked everyone’s
ass on the downhill while still stopping to admire the wildflowers. He was the first to strip down to bike skivvies and dad bod to join you in a dip in a freezing alpine lake. He would encourage you to run the rowdy line but not shame you for taking the sneak and cheer you on from the surf eddy. And, he was a man who ended every conversation or text not with sappy sentiment or banal chit chat but with a simple and concise: “Word.”
Little did I also know that lasting friendship would come to a sudden, shocking and horrific end last Friday.
I had just finished skiing and ran into friends in the Purg parking lot. We were sipping beers and rehashing the day, when another friend walked up to his car, which was parked nearby.
We exchanged hellos, and the other friend asked if I had heard about … and his voice trailed off.
He had a grim look on his face, so I walked over to hear him over the apres din.
“I’m sorry, did I hear about who?” I asked.
“Diaz,” he said. “Dave Diaz.”
From the look on his face, I knew it was not great news. I began scanning through the mental Rolodex of bad scenarios – car accident? Injury? Covid?
But instead it was the worstcase scenario.
“He was skiing the trees … something happened … and he didn’t make it,” the friend stammered.
Suddenly, the Friday afternoon vibe shattered, and the ugly face of denial set in as I peppered the messenger with useless questions. Questions you know are cliche, but you ask anyway because you can’t stop yourself.
“Wait - what!? Dave Diaz? Are you sure? What do you mean he ‘didn’t make it?’”
My friend only hung his head and shook it back and forth. He was still processing the news himself, having only heard it moments before.
“He’s gone.”
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Last month, Lee Weir, of New Zealand, received the Guinness World Record for having the most tattoos of Homer Simpson’s face. He has 55 of them, and each one is a different version of Homer, such as “Grunge Homer” from season 19 or “Baby Homer” from season 25. Weir is a DJ at a rock station who moonlights as a wedding officiator, and surprisingly, he’s married to a human woman. He even has a tattoo of “Lady Homer” in her honor. They have three children, but they aren’t named Bart, Lisa and Maggie, because that would’ve been too much, I guess.
He relayed the scant details he had of the accident, and we both stood there, stupefied.
Suddenly, my slushy beer was no longer appealing. I threw the can down and stomped it with my ski boot repeatedly because I didnt know what else to do. I remember fixating on the golden slush as it oozed from the can, thinking if I just could make it disappear into the icy ground, everything else would disappear too.
But it didn’t. The can was still there, and the fact that Dave was somehow gone from this world, and I would never run the river or ski powder with him or hear his jokes ever again, slowly began eating away at the edges of my subconscious.
We stood there, both in shock and at a loss. We did the only thing two friends in pain could do when there are no words and hugged for a long time.
I thanked him for breaking the news to me, said a few incoherent things to my parking lot crew and numbly stumbled to my car. Before I had unlocked my car door, my phone rang with the first of many calls from Dave’s huge orbit of friends.
See, like many adventurous-spirited young men who move to the mountains, Dave lived large and made many friends along the way. Sure, sometimes his lifestyle was a detriment to himself – and others – but his love for life was infectious and impossible to deny. He was by no means perfect – but then again, who wants to hang out with perfect people? I believe it was his flaws, foibles, humility and vulnerabilities that endeared him to so many.
Strangely enough, right around the time Dave left this earthly realm, I was taking a lonely ride on Chair 5
at Purg and thought about him. I hadn’t seen him in a while and thought how I needed to hook up for a ski date with my old pal.
But that date will never come, and all I now have is
memories of the last time we skied together. It was a powder day, and I picked him up early. When he got in my car, he proudly presented a tin-foil wrapped sandwich he had made for me: Croissant, ham and cheese.
Now, anyone who knows me, knows I am more of a nuts and berries girl. As we drove, and I subjected him to ’70s music to calm my white-knuckle nerves (to which he never complained), I slyly stashed the sandwich in my car door pocket with no intention of eating it.
But when we got done skiing for the day, I found myself famished. I pulled out the foil package and devoured the shit out of that cold, cheesy, greasy, glutinous mess. And it was delicious.
Because hanging with Dave had that effect – live life to the fullest; press glass on that epic powder day; hoot and holler through the trees; run the meat through the Whitewater Park even though it scares the crap out of you; and hell yeah, eat that giant fat bomb of a sandwich when you’re all done. Because life is meant to be lived, savored and enjoyed.
Of course, even though Dave would fully agree with this sentiment, he would never say it. Too mushy; too dramatic; too ... too. Instead, he would look at you with his gigantic mustachioed grin and let four letters sum up the moment perfectly: “Word.”
Special thanks to the Purgatory Ski Patrol, who had the very difficult job of being the first responders on the scene of Dave’s accident. An educational trust fund for his sons, Tucker, 7, and Milo, 4, has been set up on gofundme. A celebration of Dave’s life and silent auction will be held from 2-5 p.m. Sat., Feb. 25, at the Elks Lodge in Durango. ■
We are more than a third of the way through our legislative session, and the wave of bills is reaching tsunami proportions. All 100 General Assembly members can submit five bills, so we have quite a few starting through the process.
Here is a summary of some bills I am sponsoring:
• House Bill 23-1093 has passed through the House and is headed to the Senate. Fort Lewis College employees gave me the idea; higher education employees throughout Colorado support it. Professors, according to statute, may take sabbaticals, as long as they work on something that helps their students, departments and schools. And only with permission from the school. This bill gives that same right to staff members, defined as an employee in a management position, including a director up to a vice president. The bill is good for students, schools and staff retention.
• House Bill 23-1087 allows payments for charitable food organizations using state grant money to pay in advance when purchasing state agricultural products. Under statute, Colorado generally
prohibits prepayment until the work is done, with some exceptions: advertising, construction permits, catering, IT, service agreements, etc. Prepayment is not a new, untested model. Instead, this will help our growers by giving them funding up front, and it will give the state a sense of what kind of food needs the state charitable programs have.
• House Bill 23-1036 focuses on avoiding the dangers of lead poisoning. Originally, this bill set up a process for hunters to voluntarily trade lead bullets for nonlead bullets and be educated as to the necessity. Hunters who eat their prey are subject to lead poisoning, as are their children, pregnant wives and the eagles who eat the small game and domestic pets who consume the food scraps. The fiscal note, which estimates a bill’s budget impacts, on the original version of the bill was large and included raising the cost of hunting licenses.
After a great deal of stake-holding with hunting, outdoor recreation and wildlife advocate groups, we amended the bill to become a pilot program in small sections of the state to gauge interest. Funding for the bullet vouchers and education will come from non-governmental agencies,
for the most part, and the fiscal note was cut significantly. This bill passed through the Agriculture Committee and is now headed toward Appropriations.
• House Bill 23-1177 is designed to keep our students safe, preventing drivers from blasting through school bus stop signs. The bill will add cameras to the stop arms or bus sides to capture a license plate photo and fine the offender. This will only apply to school buses that transport students.
• House Bill 23-1194 is also a work in progress. It comes from the La Plata County commissioners concerning the Bayfield landfill and was supported by 100% of the Colorado Counties, Inc. membership. It requires the Department of Public Health to work with local governments on landfill issues before implementing fines and establish a process for resolving disputes. Many times, commissioners are struggling to find money to fix their landfills, but the fines they incur meanwhile prevent the remediation from happening.
Lots of work is happening under Colorado’s gold dome, with more to come.
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On March 5 from 2-4 p.m., the Boulevard Neighborhood Association will host an educational question and answer forum for the five candidates running for the Durango City Council. Residents from all Durango neighborhoods are invited to this event to better understand the views of these candidates.
The focus of the forum will be neighborhood life and other issues of importance in citizens’ lives. The forum will be held at the First Presbyterian Church, 1159 East 3rd Ave. Candidates will present their reasons for running for office and then answer questions.
Rep.
Barbara McLachlan, D-Durango
If you have a question you would like to be asked, you can send an email to russinflorida1@gmail.com no later than March 4. Please include your contact information (name, phone, email). The BNA, a registered nonprofit, will not endorse any candidate. We are providing this opportunity for citizens to become more knowledgeable about these candidates and their plans for Durango. Please join us.
– Mike Todt, BNA board member
Unlike other dams, Glen Canyon does not provide any meaningful flood control. It doesn’t regulate streamflow to stretch out the irrigation season. And it isn’t so great at storing excess water because, well, there is no excess water. At best, it serves as an overflow basin for when Lake Mead fills up. But with both Lake Powell and Lake Mead holding only about 25% of their total capacity, the upper reservoir has become redundant – at least from a water storage standpoint.
It is from this redundancy that the Fill Mead First philosophy has emerged. Wouldn’t it make more sense, adherents of this school ask, to drain Lake Powell and put what water remains there into Lake Mead, so that you’d have one halffull reservoir rather than two quarterfull ones? So that you’d have billions of gallons of water evaporating off just one reservoir rather than two?
It’s a great question. And it brings up another one: Why Lake Powell? As in, what purpose does Glen Canyon Dam still serve in a climate-changed, diminished Colorado River world?
Let me start by saying that I believe the construction of Glen Canyon Dam was a crime against nature. It inundated countless cultural sites, killed 186 miles of the mainstem of the Colorado River along with hundreds of additional miles of side canyons and tributaries, and deprived everyone born after 1963 of the opportunity to experience one of our nation’s natural marvels. It radically altered the ecology of the Grand Canyon and further endangered already imperiled native fish.
Why was this sacrifice made? Primarily to enable the Upper Colorado River Basin states to comply with the Colorado River Compact.
The compact did two big things: First, it divided the assumed average annual flows of the river between the Upper Basin states (Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico) and the Lower Basin states (California, Arizona, Nevada). The Lower Basin got 8.5 million acre-feet per year; the Upper Basin got 7.5 million acre-feet per year. Mexico was added later, getting 1.5 million acre-feet.
But there was something else: To ensure the Lower Basin would get its share, the Compact mandates that the Upper Basin “not cause the flow of the river at Lees Ferry to be depleted below an aggregate of 75 million acre-feet” for any 10-year period. In other words, the Upper Basin couldn’t merely take out its 7.5 MAF share each year and let whatever remained run down to their downstream compatriots. It had to deliver an annual average of 7.5 MAF.
That’s no problem during big water years, but during years when less than 15 MAF is in the river, the Upper Basin would have had to reduce its take accordingly, while the Lower folks would still get their share. During some dry years, the total flow of the river has been lower than 7.5 MAF, meaning the Upper Basin States would be left high and dry.
Unless they had a savings account. Or, in this case, a reservoir above Lees Ferry (Lake Powell) to store enough water in wet years to be able to release the Lower Basin’s 7.5 MAF during the driest years. If not for Lake Powell, the Upper Basin States would have been in deep doo doo over the past couple of decades, because they would have had to substantially cut consumption or go to war with California.
So you could say the Colorado River Compact’s downstream delivery mandate is the main reason we now are cursed or blessed with Lake Powell. It’s also perhaps the biggest hurdle for Fill Mead First folks to clear: You can’t really get rid of Glen Canyon Dam without scrapping the Compact, for better or worse.
The mandate and Lake Powell have another consequence: they force the
Upper Basin states to count evaporation losses against their consumptive use of the river (because they have to deliver the 7.5 MAF after evaporation occurs). Meanwhile, the Lower Basin states can simply take their allotted share out of the river, regardless of evaporation: Another inequity baked into the system.
Glen Canyon Dam serves other purposes, too, such as:
• Silt control: Well, “control” may not be the right word, because no one has control over the clay and mud and sand (and other less savory sediments) carried down the Colorado and San Juan rivers. But Lake Powell does a good job of catching the silt and keeping it from continuing downstream to clog up Lake Mead. Silt was piling up in Mead at a rate of up to 137,000 acre-feet per year before Glen Canyon. Now it’s down to less than 10,000 acre-feet annually,
thanks to that big silt-catcher upstream.
• Hydropower production:
We’ve written about this a lot. The short version: If you did away with Glen Canyon Dam, you’d be depriving the grid of enough electricity annually to power about a quarter of a million homes in the Southwest. It would also drain between $100 million and $200 million annually from dam electricity sales, which helps fund endangered fish recovery programs. That said, by putting that water in Lake Mead, you’d offset some of those losses by increasing the generating capacity of Hoover Dam’s hydroelectric plant.
• Recreation: I will confess, when the Blue Ribbon Coalition announced its “Fill Lake Powell: The path to 3,588” initiative last year, I laughed. After all, the motorized recreation lobbying group was calling for massive consumption cuts by all Colorado River users not to save the river or keep the system from collapsing, but to keep Lake Powell boatable. That just seemed like some slightly lopsided prioritizing. But then a friend and Lake Powell lover called me out on it, and I do have to admit that I’ve done some recreating on Powell myself, and loved it.
The first time I saw Lake Powell was in the mid-1970s when the reservoir was still filling up. My parents’ friends had rented a houseboat, and we spent a week or so with them exploring side canyons, camping, swimming – which for me was floating around in my life jacket – in the warm waters, and hiking to out-of-the-way places that the reservoir and boat had made easily accessible.
There’s something surreal, even shocking about this vast body of water within an arid sea of stone. It’s easy to imagine someone heading off from their houseboat for a hike, getting lost, running out of water, and dying of thirst on
a precipice hanging over a trillion gallons of water. It’s otherworldly in that it seems horribly out of place in this world, which maybe is why it played the part of a post-apocalyptic planet in the opening scene of “Planet of the Apes.”
But the otherworldliness is part of the appeal, I suppose. Over the years, I would return to Lake Powell with friends to camp out on the sandstone shores, sometimes getting there with boats, other times taking creaky old cars on sandy backroads to sections of shoreline that are now miles from the water. We spent a summer solstice or two on the reservoir, and it was so damned hot and the days so long that early each morning, I’d peel myself out of my suncooked and sweat-soaked sleeping bag and head straight for the tepid water.
It was usually a lot of fun: A luxurious change from the death march backpacking trips I tended to go on and a sort of novelty to be able to go on a big swim behind the Slickrock Curtain. Well, besides that time that some friends and I encountered a half-submerged cow carcass in the murky water near shore, its legs jutting skyward out of a horribly bloated body, Coors Light cans floating nearby like offerings to a bovine God. But, hey.
Back in 2006 or 2007, my wife, Wendy, and I headed to Powell for a different sort of trip, setting out from Halls
Crossing in sea kayaks for a three-day tour. There’s something eerie about being right down in the glassy, dark water like that. When out in the main channel, I tried not to think about how those waters went down below me for hundreds of feet. I tried not to think about the story my cousins used to tell about how divers searching for one of the reservoir’s many victims didn’t find the body but did encounter 12-foot-long catfish in the depths. I tried not to think of what would happen if one of those monster houseboats crashed into me in
my skinny little skiff. But all in all, it was a marvelous trip and a great way to see that part of the world. I’ve been plotting a longer journey ever since, one in which maybe we hitch a ride with a motor boat up the Escalante or something.
My experiences notwithstanding, recreation at Lake Powell is not only big business but has also become critical to the economies of the communities that have sprouted near its shores. A National Park Service study found nearly 3 million visitors to Glen Canyon National Recreation Area spent $332 million in and around the park in 2021 (down from $420 million in 2019 when reservoir levels were higher).
Page, Ariz., was established to house the workers who constructed Glen Canyon Dam and later became the park’s main gateway community, housing its employees, boats and businesses that cater to park visitors. When the Navajo Generating Station coal plant shut down in 2019, a lot of folks worried that Page would collapse, economically. But it has stayed afloat – pardon the pun –
thanks in part to Lake Powell tourism.
If you drained Lake Powell, would tourism to the area dry up, too? I doubt it. Plenty of folks – myself included –would flock to the place to see what the actual canyon looks like, even if it is half silted over. Others, I’m sure, would want to witness the carnage of climate change-wrought collapse. Hell, I’d pay good money to be on a house boat as the reservoir drained just to see the place revealed in real time.
I suspect Powell will be drained or drain itself in the next few decades, but I doubt it will happen in the next few years. The Bureau of Reclamation is clearly intent on keeping reservoir levels viable for as long as possible, even if it means bringing the hammer down on the states and forcing cuts in consumption. Combine those efforts with a few good snow years and, who knows, the reservoir might just rebound somewhat.
The Land Desk is a newsletter from Jonathan P. Thompson, author of “River of Lost Souls,” “Behind the Slickrock Curtain” and “Sagebrush Empire.” To subscribe, go to: www.landdesk.org
If you enjoy recreating on the public lands northwest of Durango – think Junction Creek, Kennebec Pass, Animas City Mountain and Falls Creek – you might want to listen up.
The U.S. Forest Service is about to launch a longrange, robust recreation plan for what’s being called the “Durango Northwest Recreation Project,” in the general aforementioned area. An open house will be held 5-7 p.m. Thurs., March 2, at the San Juan National Forest Headquarters Office at 15 Burnett Ct.
A couple years ago, the Forest Service started planning for the “Junction-Falls Integrated Resource Management” (J-FIRM) project, which, among many goals, was largely focused on developing a plan to reduce wildfire risk.
The area in question, on the northwest outskirts of Durango, is within the “wild-urban interface,” a zone between wilderness and development that could pose a risk of wildfire to the city of Durango.
Included in J-FIRM was an effort to manage all the recreational pressure in the area, which have been exacerbated since the increased use on public lands in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of social, unauthorized trails.
It became clear, however, that the recreation side of the plan was far too complex and complicated, warranting its own separate process, Nick Glidden, the San Juan National Forest’s Columbine District Ranger, said.
As a result, the Forest Service started a separate plan for recreation, allowing the agency to go ahead with fire mitigation efforts. “We didn’t want to slow down that project when the threat (of wildfire) is real,” Glidden said.
Hikers, mountain bikers, ATVers, snowmobilers and skiers all use the public lands northwest of Durango. It’s home to the southern terminus of the Colorado Trail, the popular Log Chutes mountain biking trails as well as the heavily used Falls Creek area.
Tackling recreation management will be no easy task, however. Many of the trails, for instance, aren’t even authorized within the Forest Service trail system (and that includes Long Chutes and all of the trails in Falls Creek).
Parking, too, is a continual problem, leading to even more social trails. Many unauthorized trails, Glidden said, travel through important wildlife habitat. And, there are a vast number of important Native American cultural sites, especially in Falls Creek, at risk.
“It’s just not possible to have trails everywhere, especially when they’re in areas that come at an ultimate detriment to other resources,” Glidden said. “We really need to go into this landscape with a holistic approach.”
The “Durango Northwest Recreation Project” is in the very early stages, Glidden said. The open house on March 2 is the first major community engagement, but
it won’t be the last. He expects the process could take more than a year.
“As of now we’re just at the drawing board,” he said. “And we want the public’s input.”
When original J-FIRM documents were released, the Forest Service did include some ideas for recreation improvements, which are still just proposed ideas.
For starters, the Forest Service proposed hardening (not paving with concrete) a small segment on the lower end of the Colorado Trail to be ADA-compliant, which would allow persons with disabilities to enjoy the area.
Also, the Forest Service proposed chip sealing Junction Creek Road up to the Animas Overlook but keeping the seasonal closure (Glidden said a common misconception he’s heard is to pave the road and keep it open year round). One idea, too, would be to groom the road under a special use permit in the winter.
Another misconception, Glidden said, is that the plan would open public lands on the west side of County Road 205 (Falls Creek Road) that are currently off-limits. The area, which is rich in Native American sites, will remain closed.
Glidden said some ideas are still on the table, but ultimately, it’s too early to say what the final plan will look like. “The menu of options is open, and we’re looking for things we’ve missed on the menu and taking input,” he said.
Dealing with social trails is another difficult component, Glidden said. While Log Chutes is not a system trail, it is well-known and heavily used. “We’re not naïve to that fact,” he said.
The challenge going forward will be finding a balance to keeping trails open while not sacrificing other resources, like wildlife such as elk and deer that use the habitat, especially in winter.
“This area has a ton of sensitive resources in it, and we need to account for everything,” he said.
Indeed, Jimbo Buickerood with San Juan Citizens Alliance, said more and more studies are coming out about the adverse impacts of all forms of recreation on the environment, namely wildlife.
In Falls Creek, for instance, the whole reason a citizens group formed in the 1990s to save the area from a proposed massive development was to save elk habitat. Now, recreation has become the dominant use there, pushing out wildlife.
Ultimately, though, Buickerood said the Forest Service hitting the brakes and going back to the drawing board could have some seriously positive outcomes.
“There can be some really creative, smart way to use this area that could support all these recreational uses and support wildlife,” he said. “The community just needs to recognize that this resource now needs to be managed and maintained.” ■
Community and locality are interesting, if not sometimes abstract, mutable concepts. Like many of us, I found my own community within the greater community of which I am somewhat protective. Protective of the people, places and things even adjacent to my personal community. And while I might be protective of them, I have zero control over them. Because we live in such a rural area – sometimes an achingly rural area, by my estimation – your Venn diagram of community and my Venn diagram of community are bound to intersect. That’s what they do. For better and worse. Whether we want them to or not.
Within those intersections, there are going to be perpetual happenings and changes, and inev itable ripple effects. In a tiny town (cue The Dead Milkmen!), those ripple effects will be felt by more and more people. Aside from the constant that is change, the only other one might be death. This community, like every community everywhere, is going to experience death and all its tendrils. It’s omnipresence. Relationships die, people get sick, and yes, eventually, we all die. But it seems like there has been more of it in my personal and tangential community as of late, and I’m thankful to have the people here, in this community to lean on and to talk to and to process with, to laugh and grieve with, to remember and reminisce with, and to get pissed off with. Then we circle back around and do it all over again, in perpetuity. With each other.
So, embrace the community you have chosen here or glommed on to, and go out and support the local arts and music options forthcoming. On Fri., Feb. 24, you’ve got a handful of options. Jenn Rawling is an abstract painter, singer-songwriter and much more. She has an upcoming exhibit, “Tracks: Image & Sound: A solo exhibition,” and the opening reception at
Studio &, at 1027 Main Ave., is from 5-9 p.m. Rawling described the event as “a visual, audio tour of 10 abstract paintings that coincide with each song on the new record.” That new album, “Hand Me a Shovel,” was recorded over a two-year span with Thomas Bailey. Bailey produced, engineered and played on the record, and features contrib-
was here in Durango back in the early aughts with the Auto Club, playing a daytime set on Main Avenue, and then appeared at the sadly, regrettably nowdefunct venue The Summit. Slim will be appearing alongside his wife, Maria, accompanying him on autoharp. If any tickets are left, they will be available at the radio station on campus until 3 p.m. Friday, or at the door.
On Sat., Feb. 25, do everything in your power to see the triple bill of bands playing at Anarchy Brewing, at 225 E. 8th Ave., Unit C. Music will likely start around 6 p.m. and go until 9 p.m. For a $5 cover, you can catch Acid Wrench, Lo Cash Ninjas and American Businessman. It’s reassuring to see the recent influx of bands playing in and around town of a certain, noisier ilk. I’m not going to attempt to genre classify or pigeonhole any of the bands playing that night, but if you are a fan of heavier, guitardriven rock and roll with elements of punk, noise, metal and all the deviations therein, just go to the show. It will be loud, there will be pogo’ing, apparently beer is served at breweries, and the house music at Anarchy is possibly, maybe the best within city limits. I would absolutely do a better job with the music, but I don’t work there. I’m kidding. Or am I?
utions from Jon Bailey (his brother), Stephen Sellers, Scott Roberts and Alissa Wolf.
Also on Friday, KDUR – of which I am an employee but not personally, fiscally benefitting from – is hosting an intimate evening of music with Slim Cessna at Jimmy’s Music & Supply on 1239 Main Ave., Suite 101. Slim Cessna is the front person of Slim Cessna’s Auto Club, a band based in Denver since the ’90s that has become legendary for raucous live shows rooted in various styles of American music. Slim
Here’s the thing – support the local art and music communities; it’s your community, and it’s constantly evolving and revolving. You never know when you’re going to see that person for the last time, so do the most with whatever time you/we have left. You can kill some of that time berating me if it helps.
Send your tirades and record recommendations along with questions, comments or gripes.
Especially the gripes.
Jon E. Lynch is the program director at KDUR. He can be reached at KDUR_PD@fortlewis.edu
This time of year, citrus season is in full swing, offering more than a half-rainbow’s worth of color, including the red, orange, yellow and green parts of the spectrum. If you live in the dark, frigid north, these glowing orbs and oblong spheroids can light up a room from a bowl on the table, so cheery they practically boost your vitamin D levels.
If you have spent time in the sun belt during these months, when citrus dangle from the bushy trees like Christmas ornaments, you know these fruits are good for more than juice, a snack or a garnish.
They are useful ingredients in all sorts of ways, including in cooked dishes. You may not want to eat a cooked lemon quarter, but if you add some lemon quarters to a stew, you’ll be rewarded with a more flavorful bowl, as it donates its fragrant acidity to the mix.
One of the easiest ways to get into a citrus state of mind is to use lemon or lime, or even orange, in place of vinegar, in salad dressings, marinades or any other context that calls for acid. And if you want the flavor without the acid, or the water content, use grated zest from the peel. Zest is often used in baked goods and mixed drinks, but can also be added wherever a hint of citrus would be appreciated, like a salad, a bowl of soup or a side of vegetables. A little goes a long way. Depending on what’s cooking, the zest might be the most useful part of the fruit.
This time of year, when tomatoes are
out of season, I use peeled slabs of citrus in my winter salads. They pack a tart punch similar to a tomato, and a pile of multicolored slices of citrus looks similar to a heap of heirloom tomato rounds. Here is a recipe for a winter salad of citrus and greens. Like any salad recipe, you don’t have to follow it exactly. Instead, consider it a framework. Winter greens like endive, radicchio and kale tend to have more personality than lettuce, which makes them a perfect contrast to the passionate citrus. My favorite
green for this salad is baby arugula from the winter farmers market. Its spicy, mustardy zing is nicely balanced by the zesty citrus. I also like to include a gamey cheese like Romano to balance the sweetness of the citrus.
This salad performs like a team of rivals, with many competing flavors creating multiple subplots. For example, the way the arugula coincides with the spicy black pepper, onions and garlic, along with the occasional piece of bitter pith clinging to the fruit. This salty combina-
tion presents a dramatic contrast to the sweet, tart fruit. When you factor in the umami from the nuts and cheese, the salad delivers every category of flavor. Mix and match your favorite citrus, leaves, nuts and cheese.
Citrus Wintergreen Salad
Serves 2
1 blood orange
1 cara cara orange
1 grapefruit
1 navel orange
2 tangelos or tangerines
4 cups baby arugula
¼ cup olive oil
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
1 clove of garlic, pressed or mashed
¼ of a large onion, minced
¼ cup grated Romano cheese
¼ cup slivered almonds
Juice of ½ lemon
Cut the top and bottom off each piece of citrus and place fruit on a cutting board with the cut ends flat so they won’t roll. With a thin knife, slice off the skin of each fruit, following the curvature of the flesh. Then slice each piece into circles, and cut the slices of larger fruit in half or quarters to make them more bite-sized.
In a large bowl, toss the arugula with the olive oil, salt, pepper, onion and garlic. Divide the leaves and put each portion on a plate. Arrange the citrus artfully atop the leaves. Sprinkle the almonds and cheese on top, and squeeze the lemon.
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Workforce Housing Forum, 8 a.m., DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio.
Durango Green Drinks, 5-7 p.m., 11th St. Station.
Bingo Night, 5 p.m., Fenceline Cider, Mancos.
Live music, 6-9 p.m., The Office & Diamond Belle, 699 Main Ave.
Trivia Night, 6:30 p.m., Powerhouse Science Center, 1330 Camino del Rio.
Ecstatic Dance w/Salamander Collective, 6:30-8:30 p.m., American Legion, 878 E. 2nd Ave.
“Murder on the Orient Express,” presented by Merely Players, 7 p.m., Merely Underground, 789 Tech Center.
“Clue,” presented by Troupe 1096, 7 p.m., Durango High School.
“Songs for a New World,” theatrical production, 7:30 p.m., FLC MainStage Theatre.
Vallecito Winterfest, Feb. 24-26, bit.ly/VallecitoWinterfest2023
“Tracks: Image & Sound: A Solo Exhibition by Jenn Rawling,” opening reception, 5-9 p.m., Studio & Gallery, 1027 Main Ave. Exhibit runs thru March 4.
Dave Spencer Classic Welcome Party, 5 p.m., Old Barrel Tea Co., 713 Main Ave.
The One Stand Band plays, 5 p.m., Mancos Brewing.
Jack Ellis & Larry Carver play, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle, 699 Main Ave.
Live music, 6-9 p.m., The Office, 699 Main Ave.
Ru Paul’s Drag Race Watch Party, 6 p.m., Father’s Daughters Pizza, 640 Main Ave.
Slim Cessna plays (solo), 7 p.m., Jimmy’s Music & Supply, 1239 Main Ave.
Snakes and Stars (ft. Michael Travis of The String Cheese Incident and Aaron Johnston of Brazilian Girls) play, 7 p.m., Animas City Theatre.
“Murder on the Orient Express,” presented by Merely Players, 7 p.m., Merely Underground, 789 Tech Center.
“Clue,” presented by Troupe 1096, 7 p.m., Durango High School.
Improv Night, 7:30 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave.
Thom Chacon plays, 7:30 p.m., Smiley Café, 1309 E. 3rd Ave.
“Songs for a New World,” theatrical production, 7:30 p.m., FLC MainStage Theatre.
Drag Show, 8:30 p.m., Father’s Daughters Pizza, 640 Main Ave.
Vallecito Winterfest, Feb. 24-26, https://bit.ly/VallecitoWinterfest2023
Silverton Banked Slalom, snowboarding fundraiser to get more kids into snowboarding, 8 a.m., Kendall Mountain, silvertonbankedslalom.com
Dave Spencer Classic Ski/Snowboard Race, 9 a.m., Purgatory Resort.
Ben Gibson plays, 12 noon-3 p.m., Purgatory Resort’s The Beach.
Five Year Anniversary Party, 2 p.m., Fenceline Cider, Mancos.
“Clue,” presented by Troupe 1096, 2 p.m., Durango High School.
Ravensong Trio plays, 5 p.m., Mancos Brewing.
Ben Gibson, 5:30 p.m., The Office, 699 Main Ave.
Acid Wrench, Lo Cash Ninjas and American Businessman play, 6 p.m., Anarchy Brewing, 225 E. 8th Ave.
Jack Ellis & Larry Carver play, 6 p.m., Derailed Pour House, 725 Main Ave.
The Afrobeatniks play, 6 p.m., Fenceline Cider, Mancos.
Salamander Collective plays, 6-9 p.m., 11th St. Station.
Live music, 6 p.m., Diamond Belle, 699 Main Ave.
Great deals on gently used skiwear, puffies, boots & sweaters from brands like Patagonia, Madewell, Merrell, Prana & Kühl
Community Yoga, 6-7 p.m., Yoga Durango, 1485 Florida Rd. Donations accepted.
“Murder on the Orient Express,” presented by Merely Players, 7 p.m., Merely Underground, 789 Tech Center.
San Juan Symphony – “Visionary Beethoven,” 7:30 p.m., FLC’s Community Concert Hall.
“Songs for a New World,” theatrical production, 7:30 p.m., FLC MainStage Theatre.
Thom Chacon plays, 7:30 p.m., Smiley Café, 1309 E. 3rd Ave.
Spafford plays, 8 p.m., Animas City Theatre.
Silent Disco w/DJ Spark Madden, 9-11:30 p.m., 11th St. Station.
Vallecito Winterfest, schedule at bit.ly/VallecitoWinterfest2023
Silverton Banked Slalom, snowboarding fundraiser to get more kids into snowboarding, 8 a.m., Kendall Mountain, silvertonbankedslalom.com
“Murder on the Orient Express,” presented by Merely Players, 1 p.m., Merely Underground, 789 Tech Center.
Silent Sundays w/Adam Swanson, 2 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave.
Feed the People! free mutual aid meal & winter gear drive for homeless community members, every Sunday, 2 p.m., Buckley Park.
Open Mic, 2 p.m., Mancos Brewing.
Four Corners Slow Money community potluck and farmer’s pitch fest, 2-5 p.m., Sunlight Room, Durango Rec Center Durango.
“The American Landscape” live concert, presented by Southwest Civic Winds, 3 p.m., FLC’s Community Concert Hall.
Open Mic, 4 p.m., Fenceline Cider, Mancos.
Live music, 6-9 p.m., The Office & Diamond Belle, 699 Main Ave.
Sunday Funday, 6 p.m., Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.
Interesting fact: The slang word “keister” comes from somewhat uncertain etymology, yet absolutely certain humor quality. So how come I hear nobody but me use it?
Dear Rachel, Speaker McCarthy released over 40K hours of Jan. 6 tapes to Tucker Carlson. I ask, how much money did he get on the back side? Oh… sorry about the sexual reference.
– Fox Hole
Dear Cheeky,
“Back side” is a sexual reference? I can think of five other phrases with “back” that are most definitely sexual right off the bat (or right off the back, amirite?). You can’t seriously wonder why McCarthy released the footage to Tuchus Carlson, can you? I would have taken it, but I’m too busy backsliding into butt jokes to watch it.
– Shoulda gone with keister, Rachel
Dear Rachel, I recently mentioned I never understood why the movie “Zoolander” was so popular. It wasn’t just dumb, it genuinely was bland and flat. I nearly started a riot. Can we please stop
treating my dislike of a subpar Stiller flick as a personal affront to goodness and humanity?
– More Like Boolander
Dear Siskel & Ebert, Wow, I genuinely just had to Google check myself to make sure that it really was Siskel AND Ebert and not first name/last name Siskel Ebert. That’s how long it’s been since I’ve thought of them. Also, Siskel never got to sit through “Zoolander.” I looked up what Ebert said, and I can’t tell if he liked the movie or not, although he does use the word “tasteless.” So let’s just call it one thumb out sideways, and let it rest.
– Blue steel, Rachel
Dear Rachel,
I have a chair in my living room. It’s too small to be a chair for a normal, grown human. But it’s not so small as a comical kid’s chair, like one you end up sitting in for a parent-teacher conference. It just sits there, not being sat upon, making me feel like a slightly larger person than I am. Yet I can’t get rid of it, because it’s otherwise a perfectly solid piece of furniture. What can I do with this?
– Throne for a Loop
Happy Hour Yoga, 5:30 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St.
Live music, 6-9 p.m., The Office & Diamond Belle, 699 Main Ave.
Open Mic, 6 p.m., Weminuche Woodfire Grill, Vallecito.
Comedy Showcase, 7:30 p.m., Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.
Great Decisions: Climate Migration, 11:45 a.m., Durango Public Library.
Community Yoga, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Yoga Durango, 1485 Florida Rd. Donations accepted.
Bluegrass Jam, 5:30 p.m., Union Social House, 3062 Main Ave.
“Native Plant Restoration in the Mancos Canyon,” presented by Colorado Native Plant Society, 6-7:30 p.m., FLC’s Lyceum room.
Live music, 6-9 p.m., The Office & Diamond Belle, 699 Main Ave.
Open Mic Night, 7 p.m., Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.
Dopopod plays, 7 p.m., Animas City Theatre.
Dear Chairperson,
Disproportionate things are so darn CUTE. Oh how I hope you set up this slightly tiny chair across from a slightly overstuffed armchair, with an end table with an oversized water tumbler and a slightly misshapen vase with teeny tiny flowers sticking out of it. Even if you don’t, you HAVE to hang onto it. It’ll be just perfect if you ever make a modestly tiny friend who needs a place to put their keister.
– Knew I’d work it in eventually, Rachel
Durango Independent Film Festival, March 1-5, www.durangofilm.org
Small Group Meditation, 8-9:15 a.m., Durango Dharma Center, 1800 E. 3rd Ave., Suite 109.
Live music, 6-9 p.m., The Office & Diamond Belle, 699 Main Ave.
Ben Wendel Group plays, 7:30 p.m., FLC’s Community Concert Hall.
Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 8 p.m., The Roost, 128 E. College Dr.
Karaoke Roulette, 8 p.m., Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.
Whimsical Wonderland Gallery, 12 noon-6 p.m., Tuesday thru Saturdays, Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave.
“Life in Small Moments” art exhibit, thru March 1, FLC Center for Innovation, Main Mall, 835 Main Ave.
Tyrannosaurs – Meet the Family, Farmington Museum, 3041 E. Main St. Exhibit runs thru April 26.
The Hive Indoor Skate Park, open skate and skate lessons. For schedule and waiver, go to www.thehivedgo.org
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Philosopher
John O’Donohue wrote a prayer not so much to God as to Life. It’s perfect for you right now. He said, “May my mind come alive today to the invisible geography that invites me to new frontiers, to break the dead shell of yesterdays, to risk being disturbed and changed.” I think you will generate an interesting onrush of healing, if you break the dead shell of yesterdays and risk being disturbed and changed. The new frontier is calling to you.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Rightwing religious influencers are rambling amuck in the U.S. In recent months, their repressive pressures have forced more than 1,600 books to be banned in 138 school districts in 38 states. The forbidden books include some about heroes Nelson Mandela, Cesar Chavez and Rosa Parks. With this appalling trend as a motivational force, I encourage you Tauruses to take inventory of any tendencies you might have to censor the information you expose yourself to. According to my reading of the astrological omens, now is an excellent time to pry open your mind to consider ideas and facts you have shut out.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I think we can all agree that it’s really fun to fall in love. Those times when we feel a thrilling infatuation welling up within us are among the most pleasurable of all human experiences. Wouldn’t it be great if we could do it over and over again as the years go by? But alas, giving in to such a temptation might make it hard to build intimacy and trust with a committed, long-term partner. Here’s a possible alternative: Instead of getting smitten with an endless series of new paramours, we could get swept away by novel teachings, revelatory meditations, lovable animals, sublime art or music, amazing landscapes or sanctuaries and exhilarating adventures.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): The scientific method is an excellent approach for understanding reality. It’s not the only one and should not be used to the exclusion of other ways of knowing. But even if you’re allergic to physics or never step into a chemistry lab, you are wise to use the scientific method in your daily life. The coming weeks will be an especially good time to enjoy its benefits. What would that mean, practically speaking? Set aside your subjective opinions and habitual responses. Instead, simply gather evidence. Treasure actual
facts. Try to be as objective as you can in evaluating everything that happens.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Is there anything in your psychological makeup that would help you do some detective work? How are your skills as a researcher? Are you willing to be cagey and strategic as you investigate what’s going on behind the scenes? If so, I invite you to carry out any or all of these four tasks in the coming weeks: 1. Try to become aware of shrouded half-truths.
2. Be alert for shadowy stuff lurking in bright, shiny environments. 3. Uncover secret agendas and unacknowledged evidence. 4. Explore stories and situations that no one else seems curious about.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The country of Nepal is divided into seven provinces. One is simply called “Province No.1,” while the others are Sudurpashchim, Karnali, Gandaki, Lumbini, Bagmati and Janakpur. I advise Nepal to give Province No. 1 a decent name very soon. I also recommend that you Virgos extend a similar outreach to some of the unnamed beauty in your sphere. Have fun with it. Give names to your phone, your computer, your bed, your hairdryer and your lamps, as well as your favorite trees, houseplant and clouds. You may find that the gift of naming helps make the world a more welcoming place with which you have a more intimate relationship.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Are you aimless, impassive and stuck, floundering as you try to preserve and maintain? What you do in the coming weeks will determine which of these two forks in your destiny will be your path for the rest of 2023. I’ll be rooting for the second option. Learn the distinctions between your own soulful definition of success and the superficial, irrelevant, meaningless definitions of success that our culture celebrates. Then swear an oath to love, honor and serve your soulful definition.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The next four weeks will be a time of germination. The attitudes and feelings that predominate during this time will put a strong imprint on the seeds that will mature into full ripeness by late 2023. What do you want to give birth to in 40 weeks or so, Scorpio? Choose wisely! And make sure that in this early, impressionable part of the process, you provide your growing creations with positive, nurturing influences.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I recommend you set up Designated Arguing Summits. These will be short periods when you and your allies get disputes out in the open. Disagreements must be confined to these intervals. You are not allowed to squabble at any other time. I believe that many positive accomplishments are possible for you in the coming weeks, and it would be counterproductive to expend more than the minimal necessary amount on sparring. Your assignment: Be emotionally available and eager to embrace the budding opportunities.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Actor Judi Dench won an Oscar for her role as Queen Elizabeth in the film “Shakespeare in Love” – even though she was onscreen for just eight minutes. Beatrice Straight got an Oscar for her role in the movie “Network,” though she appeared for less than six minutes. I expect a similar phenomenon in your world, Capricorn. A seemingly small pivot will lead to a vivid turning point. A modest seed will sprout into a prismatic bloom. A cameo performance will generate long-term ripples.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Most of us are constantly skirmishing with time, doing our best to coax it or compel it to give us more slack. But lately, you Aquarians have slipped into a more intense conflict. And from what I’ve been able to determine, time is kicking your ass. What can you do to relieve the pressure? Maybe you could edit your priority list – eliminate two mildly interesting pursuits to make more room for a fascinating one. You might also consider reading a book to help you with time management and organizational strategies, like these: 1. “Getting Things Done” by David Allen. 2. “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen R. Covey. 3. “15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management” by Kevin Kruse.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “What is originality?” asked philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Here’s how he answered: “to see something that has no name as yet, and hence cannot be mentioned though it stares us all in the face.” Got that, Pisces? I hope so, because your fun assignments in the coming days include the following: 1. to make a shimmering dream coalesce into a concrete reality; 2. to cause a figment of the imagination to materialize into a useful accessory; 3. to coax an unborn truth to sprout into a galvanizing insight.
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for Advanced Standing MSW Program
Students with a bachelor’s degree in social work (BSW) are eligible for a oneyear Masters of Social Work program through the University of Denver. The program starts summer 2023 and classes are taught in Durango. Stipends for child welfare, integrated behavioral health care are available. Native American tuition support to eligible students is also available. For more info contact Janelle.Doughty@du.edu or visit our website at www.du.edu/socialwork
Found: Ski Poles
Upper Columbine Lot, Wed., Feb. 15. Call to ID: 970-259-3207.
1100-sf Office/Retail Space in Bodo Park
Ground floor with open-front floor plan & back-of-house space + 1/2 bath & kitchenette. Wheelchair access ramp & on-site parking. Short- or long-term lease avail. $1600 a month. 970-7993732
Front Desk Receptionist
We are looking for someone that has a positive attitude, is an effective problem solver, has a strong desire to achieve goals and is knowledgeable of the Durango area. Handling check-ins and check-outs, office duties, answering phone calls, responding to emails, creating reservations; inform guests of rates, available rooms, motel amenities and information; maintaining a high standard of cleanliness of lobby and property; resolving guest issues and conflicts in a professional and timely manner. Start date: March 2023. Job types: full-time, part-time, salary: $15.75/hr
ance and other metal drop off. 970-2593494.
Never Used TaoTronics 4k Action Camera
New and in the box. Comes with user guide and all accessories that came with it: waterproof housing, handlebar/pole mount, mounts, battery, tethers, protective back cover, USB cable and lens cleaning cloth. $50. J.marie.pace@gmail.com
‘Triangle of Sorrow’
A vomitous class warfare equivalent to ‘Faces of Death’ films
Lowest Prices on Storage!
Inside/outside storage near Durango and Bayfield. 10-x-20, $130. Outside spots: $65, with discounts available. RJ Mini Storage. 970-259-3494.
In-Home Fitness Training
Get fit in 2023! I come to you! All ages. Diane Brady NSCA-CPT. 970-9032421
Massage Special
$10 off first time clients. Valentine’s Day gift certificates. Call/text Nancy (970) 799-2202/ Durango.
Harrison Wendt for City Council
It’s time for compassionate and collaborative governing, vote Harrison Wendt for Durango City Council! Return your ballot by April 4th.
New Aikido Intro Class
Aikido is self-defense with a do-noharm attitude. Promotes mindfulness and stress-relief. Intro class M & Th 6645pm Mar 6-30th. Details/sign-up at durangoaikido.com or text/call 970426-5257.
Durango Outdoor Exchange is looking for a full-time or part-time Gear Specialist. Do you have -retail sales experience -gear knowledge -Saturday availability - self motivation - stoke for the outdoors? Join the crew! Applications available on our website or swing by to meet with Jen, 3677 Main Ave.
Cash for Vehicles, Copper, Alum, Etc. at RJ Metal Recycle. Also free appli-
Crusher Fat Bike - Now $425
2015 Sun Bicycle, 7 speed, in excellent cond. Barely ridden. Basket & kick stand. MSRP $530, now $425. 970-9030005.
Gordon Smith FibreFlex Longboard
A classic – sweet, smooth ride for cushy cruising. Been around the block but still in great shape. 42” long. $50 Text: 970-749-2595.
Reruns Home Furnishings
Brighten up your space with quality pre-owned furniture and décor. Lamps, tables, rugs. Looking to consign smaller furniture pieces … 572 E. 6th Ave. Open Mon.-Sat. 385-7336.
Harmony Cleaning and Organizing
Residential, offices, commercial and vacation rentals, 970-403-6192.
Lotus Path Healing Arts
Now accepting new clients. Offering a unique, intuitive fusion of Esalen massage, deep tissue & Acutonics, 24 years of experience. To schedule call Kathryn, 970-201-3373.
Massage by Meg Bush LMT, 30, 60 & 90 min., 970-7590199.
Local vendors
Join us for the 2023 Durango Farmers Market season. We are accepting applications thru March 1 at: man agemymarket.com/landing.aspx?orgID =2099. We only accept vendors who have a farm or business location in: La Plata County, Montezuma County, Archuleta County, San Juan County, Colorado, and San Juan County, N.M.
